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*****Author disclaimer: Due to graphic language and sexual debaucheries, this book is intended for mature audiences only. Fair warning.*****
What consequences would you be willing to suffer for the truth? How much would you willingly give and take for love?
Ande's life has changed drastically in the past year. Her mere plans to make it through culinary school unscathed are a thing of the past. Graduation is on the horizon, but Ande's life refuses to slow down and let her enjoy it.
Daniel stole Ande's heart, then ripped it, unforgivingly, from her chest. He left her feeling rejected and alone, buried deep under a mountain of questions. Now he's ready to let Ande see the darkness of his past, but is it too late? Has she moved on?
Blake is on the mend and his heart is back with a vengeance. Can people really change their ways? Is Blake the man for Ande?
With a new found mantra, and bad-ass friends at her side, Ande forces her way through the questions the men in her life have left her with. When she finally has the answers, will she regret searching for the truth?
Love and friendships will be tested. Lies will become truths. Who will make the final cut?
Ande? Ande, you here?"
I heard a distant voice, pulling me from my sleep. I rolled into Blake's side, searching for warmth when I heard the voice moving closer.
"Ande? Are you still in bed?"
I forced an eye open and lifted my head to look at the clock.
Blake stirred next to me, voicing his protest at my moving. His eyes opened half way, revealing his blood shot hazels.
"Good morning."
He smiled and leaned in for a kiss.
I slapped my hand over his mouth before he made contact.
"Oh, hell no. That dragon breath needs to be contained before you come near me."
His mouth fell open when I removed my hand.
"Oh, come on. It's not that horrible."
He exaggerated every word, making sure to direct his breath straight at my nostrils. I rolled out of bed, trying to escape death by halitosis. He followed suit, clearly in a playful mood. When he stood up, I jerked back toward the wall.
Naked Blake.
That was a sure way to wake you up quicker than an ice-cold bucket of water in the morning.
His expression mimicked mine, standing there naked, each waiting for the other to attack.
My bedroom door flew open and there stood my father. It took him a few seconds to realize what he had just walked into.
"Shit. Dad, get out! Get out!" I shouted.
My Review
Well Miss.Anderson you have done it again and brought me peace of mind with your second book in this series The Deepest Cut. I sure hope you all have read the first because man oh mighty does this one finish it with a bang. I love these characters and felt very invested with them so I was so happy to see how their stories played out in this book. If you all read my review for the first book (which I hope you did) you know my love hate relationship with this book and just like the first one my love for it out ways the hate by miles and miles!!
We catch up right where we left off in the first book with Ande being pregnant and abandoned by Daniel. She is trying to pick up the pieces, while taking life by the horns at the same time. She has decided to have this baby no matter what and will do it all on her own if she has to. But does she really have to?? Blake is still there wanting to make everything right between them and even wants to be the daddy for her baby. Ande though still loves Daniel but can't get over the betrayal of him lying to her and leaving her. She tries making all the right decisions in life but feels like she is falling short and failing all over again.
"I think it's time you realize that life won't always lead you where you want it to. But you can make the process easier to bear with the choices you make."
Tears crowded my cheeks. I had my own personal Yoda in the form of my mother.
"I'm scared that I'm in love with a man who can never fully love me back. The way he was with Bryn... that gutted me. I want someone to love me that much. To care about me so much, they would stick by me no matter what."
She gave me a knowing look.
"If that's what you want, that's what you have to give. It goes both ways, Ande. You have to give your heart fully or not at all. You can't hold back because you're scared he's holding back. Look where that's gotten you already. You have to go into this with an open mind and an open heart. Give until you have nothing left and without expecting anything in return."
"But what if he doesn't want me like I want him?"
"That's when you ask yourself if he's worth the pain of trying. Is he worth putting yourself out there, even though he may not reciprocate? If he is, then you shouldn't be scared. No matter what, you will live through it. It may hurt like hell if it doesn't go your way, but you will survive. You have too many people in your corner to let you fall. Now, you have a reason bigger than yours or Daniel's wellbeing to keep going."
Daniel's family is there for her though and wants to be a part of the baby's life, even if Daniel doesn't. But when Daniel's wife falls ill from an attempt on her life by one phyco clown. (Yes ladies she is in this book too.) it brings everything to light for Ande. Watching him at her bedside she realises that this is it her happily ever after isn't just going to fall in her lap and she can't keep trying to please people.
Daniel's story comes full circle in this book and we learn just shy he ran from Ande and the baby. His story is one that will break your heart so much that you will forget that you were thinking what a douche through most of the story. We learn the extent of his ex-wife's illness and just what brought on her final fall.
I loved this story so much and I don't think it could have been any better. The author was able to write a beautiful story that is not rushed but shows the time that is needed for hearts to mend and relationships to really grow. Cheers to you Miss.Anderson and I look forward too many more stories from you and hope that another book will come from this group of characters because I love them each inn their own way…even Blake now that I understand more..lol
"I think you're overreacting. I see you two together. He has to drag his tongue back into his mouth when you walk into the room," Bennett said, poking her head between us from the third row of the SUV.
"You sure it's not the other way around? Char's damn bra snaps off when she sees Cameron," I laughed as I propped the door open to climb out.
"That's impossible. I make sure to leave all undergarments at home when I know Cameron will be around."
Char grinned from ear to ear as she climbed out of the backseat.
"Well, I hope you left your panties at home," Bennett said as she clambered over the seats for the door.
She jumped out and pointed to the entrance of the school.
Char and I followed the direction of her finger. Cameron was standing next to the planters just outside the door, holding a box with a huge red bow attached to it.
"Holy sex monkeys," I whispered, gawking at Cameron.
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When I closed the guest room door behind me, I felt trapped. The panic started to rise slowly, then slammed me forward when I turned to see Blake crying.
"I'm sorry about last night. I should've stayed and talked to you. I know you guys have issues you haven't dealt with and I overreacted."
I blinked a few times, confused by his apology.
"No, Blake. I'm sorry. I didn't know he was going to be there. I sure as hell didn't know he was going to kiss me."
His hands settled on his hips, his eyes fixed on mine.
"I can't blame him, can I? I know what makes him want you, what makes him love you. 'Cause I feel it, Ant… all of it, if not more. I've had you for longer, and I want you forever." He paused, wiping the wetness from his cheeks with the back of his hand. "I feel like you're slipping through my fingers, like I'm screwing everything up all over again." He bit his lip, forcing his chin to stop quivering.
Blake wasn't an emotional man. Seeing him this distraught made me feel that everything he had said, was true. I wanted to accept his truths, but he had fed me so many lies. There was a time in my life when I was a glutton when it came to Blake, but now, it was time I said I had my fill of him.
"Blake, you had me for forever. I handed over my life to you, all of me. Our forever was shot to shit when you cheated on me. Our chance was then, and this is now we're talking about. I'm not trying to be a bitch, Blake, and this has nothing to do with Daniel. It's my heart... I can't..."
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Italy's budget row with Brussels is likely to escalate in coming weeks unless Rome agrees to revise its expansionary budget plans, EU officials warned.
In an unprecedented move, Brussels last month rejected Italy's 2019 fiscal budget and gave it two weeks – which come to an end on November 13 – to come up with a more moderate proposal.
But the Italian government, which has indicated that it does not plan to make any changes, risks initiating a long and painful dispute with the European Commission. The tensions could damage the Italian economy and have far-reaching political consequences. Italy's stance is likely to draw criticism from euro zone finance ministers at their monthly meeting on Monday, officials said.
Where are both sides in the budget standoff?
Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said on Thursday he is "confident" his government will strike a deal with the Commission.
Brussels argues that Italy's proposed deficit – equal to 2.4 per cent of gross domestic product – is too large to guarantee the reduction in the ratio of debt to GDP. Rome currently accounts for the second-highest deficit in the EU, at around 131 per cent of economic output. The Italian government instead argues that additional expenditures are necessary given Italy's lack of growth.
How are markets reacting?
While bond markets may have started to stabilise since Standard & Poor's Global Ratings reaffirmed the country's credit rating October 26, observers have flagged concerns at the strain on the banking system even at the current levels. The risk premium that had more than doubled since mid-May now stands at over 3 percentage points.
What are the possible outcomes?
Italy's public debt is a key vulnerability for the European Union. Unlike with Greece in 2010, Brussels and the ECB would not come to the aid of a country that openly defied EU rules should Italy's stance trigger a run for the exits on the country's mountain of debt. Rome is studying possible measures to support the banks if needed.
Italy is the EU's third-largest economy and its wellbeing is important for the entire single-currency bloc. But Brussels is determined to maintain its authority, while at the same time the Italian government does not wish to back off and embarrass itself ahead of the upcoming European elections.
What are the implications for Italy?
The prospect of new financial instability is much dreaded in a country where growth has been stagnant and the unemployment rate among 16 to 24 year olds stands at about 30 per cent.
What are the implications for the euro?
Italian budget concerns continue to weigh on the euro although extra downward pressure has recently been exerted by the news that German Chancellor Angela Merkel will not seek another term in charge after 2021. She has been one of the keenest advocates of holding the euro together and the perceived loss of stability in European politics after she departs has worried investors. Since September 25, the euro has fallen from €1.17 to the dollar to €1.13 on November 2.


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Transylvania is among the 10 winter destinations in Europe that the famous Lonely Planet travel guide recommends to tourists to visit this year.
Transylvania ranks ninth in this top by Lonely Planet publishers. "You can't visit Dracula's boulder on a sunny day, when the sounds of lambs on the field are heard, right? Try to visit the castle on a cloudy day, when the leaves of the trees have fallen and the snow begins to envelop the landscape. "says Lonely Planet publishers.
They also recommend visiting the cities of Brasov and Sighişoara, "two beautiful medieval cities", which have varied connections with Vlad Teases, who in the past was called Dracul, although it is not very clear whether he ever set foot in his so-called castle (Castle). Bran, no).
Bram Stoker (1847 – 1912) used Vlad Tepes as an inspiration for his novel "Dracula", published in 1897. In the top 10 of Europe's winter destinations recommended by Lonely Planet there are: Rovaniemi from Finland; Christmas fairs in Germany and Austria; Abisko (Sweden); Athens (Greece); Copenhagen (Denmark); Budapest (Hungary); Jasná (Slovakia); Andalusia (Spain); Venice (Italy).
About Bran Castle
Bran Castle was completed in 1388. It had a double role, as a defense settlement, but also as a customs point. The Ottoman danger was imminent at that time, and Bran Castle gained major importance as a strategic point of defense. Bran settlement began to develop in parallel with the new stone fortress. The history of Bran Castle is related to Vlad Ţepeş (ruler of Wallachia).
Everyone knows something about Dracula, the famous character from Bram Stocker's book, who had a remarkable echo. What not everyone knows is that Bran Castle is actually the place that inspired the writer. There are details in Bram Stocker's description that indicate that Bran Castle is indeed the source of inspiration.
Bram Stocker was never in Romania and built his entire story based on books and pictures depicting Vlad Dracul (Ţepeş) and stories about Bran Castle. His character is built after the stories about Vlad Tepes and his cruelty. He used to execute people who did not obey the laws by brutal methods.
When you reach Bran village you will discover a mixture of reality and myth. You'll find Bran Castle, you'll see all the books and historical documentation, but you'll also find plenty of vampire souvenirs and bloody scenes.


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ST. PAUL (WCCO) — On a frozen Washington County field partially covered in snow, bald eagle number 11-694 was found motionless and barely breathing.
The landowner placed it in a box and brought it to Carlos Avery Wildlife Area where the mature eagle was quickly taken to the Gabbert Raptor Center at the University of Minnesota.
"This was an acute lead poisoning. This bird didn't live more than a few days after it ingested this poison," said Dr. Pat Redig, co-founder of the Raptor Center.
For the 29th time in 2011, Redig and veterinary staff at the Raptor Center would try in vain to save the sickened symbol of our nation's freedom. In the more than 40 years that the specialty veterinary clinic has been tending to sick and injured raptors, roughly 25 percent of the bald eagles that enter are suffering from lead poisoning.
Showing up as little white dots in the X-ray images of the bird's body, the tiny lead fragments ingested by 11-694 were simply too toxic for the eagle to recover. In fact, of the 29 bald eagles admitted last year, only one survived the lead poisoning to be released back into the wild.
It is a sobering and sad outcome for the birds that are unintentionally ingesting the lead contaminating the carcasses of waterfowl, varmints and wild game shot by hunters.
Since October 24, 2011, 13 bald eagles were taken to the Raptor Center, each one suffering the effects of lead poisoning. With little or no snow cover to conceal the gut piles of field dressed deer, eagles can feed freely on the remains. It's within those remains where the tiny lead fragments contaminate the soon to be ingested food. Certainly unintended and without thought, a hunter's spend bullet can cause a second death.
Carrol Henderson is the Department of Natural Resources' non-game wildlife expert.
"This year, because of our ironically mild winter and late fall, the eagles are continuing to feed on a deer's gut pile and getting poisoned by shards of lead," said Henderson.
Henderson hopes that the DNR and Raptor Center can help educate hunters about a better choice of ammunition. He points out that just as lead was banned from paint and gasoline to protect human health, the same protection is due our nation's symbol.
Bullet manufacturers including Federal Cartridge, Remington, Winchester and Hornady, already offer non-toxic alternatives to lead shells. The tradeoff is cost. Expect to pay half to twice as much for the non-toxic shells.
"It's not a matter of anti-hunting, it's a matter of smart hunting," added Henderson.
TOTAL RUBBISH. I have heard this rant from the "Raptor Center", I was DOWN THERE to hear it in person. Here's the deal….. In the southern part of the state, where HIGH-powered rifles aren't allow to shoot deer, you have shotgun slugs being used. A big piece of lead, without a copper jacket, and guess what, you have a slug fragmenting upon impact on a deer. What they also don't tell you is that because there are now SO MANY EAGLES around, that some are bound to ingest such toxic fragments, which tells us that their populations have improved considerably. How about some COMMON SENSE HERE?? How about shotgun slugs having copper jackets, which would minimize the fragmenting of a lead shotgun slug?? NOPE, the researchers would NEVER consider THAT OPTION. I don't want to see any eagles die unnecessarily, but how about a COMMON SENSE approach?? Doesn't appear to be coming from those eagle researchers. All I see is DOOM and GLOOM, camoflauged by some kind of twisted patriotic illogic. The fact is, the more of these eagles that are around, the bigger the chance that they will die an unnatural death.
Hey Brett…..just shut up!
Hey Roger, unless you have something useful to contribute, why don't YOU JUST SHUT UP?
Settle down Brett.
Brett-Your right, common sense is the best approach. Most of the 10 deer that I've harvested in the past two years I used a "string and stick", so lead poising is not an issue. But the deer that I did get with a rifle, I buried their gut pile. Once again, common sense. It takes less than 5 minutes to dig a small hole and burry the gut pile, and the bleeding hearts have one less thing to gripe about hunting. I know, I'm going to have a ton of replies telling me how much of an inconvenience it would be to carry a shovel with them in the woods. Rubbish, most (not all) deer these days are removed from the woods by ATV, 4-wheel drive vehicle, some kind of a deer cart, or sled. All of which could easily carry a small shovel. (Okay, maybe if your hunting late Nov. or Dec. the ground is frozen . . . I'll concede that one.)
It's not just Minn. We get bald eagles with lead poisoning in PA and NY. It's happening all over. You may have "so many eagles" that you consider them expendable. I wouldn't say we do. You're right, using ammo that would be non-toxic is a common sense approach. As I understand it, such ammo is already available, but needs to be used in place of lead.
Obviously, nor do you. I like Rachel's challenge regarding your cereal supplement. Relating lead existing in the environment with putting a deadly toxin into food items eagles will eat and leaving it out there for them whether through field dressings or shot but not dropped and recovered deer doesn't hold water. But, if you're that sure of yourself, then give it ago. Or, maybe you already have and that is why you seem to be a conspiracy theory NUT.
I'll try again later when the censor is out to lunch.
Article says the raptors are ingesting lead from waterfowl…seeing as how lead hasnt been used since the the 1970's kind of makes you wonder what their agenda really is. Furthermore the whole lead fragments in game remains has been shown false the trace amounts are smaller then those found naturally occuring in nature. Very sad that WCCO didnt bother to background this story a bit more.
Exactly, but the people down at Wabasha are trying to make it sound like it is the deer hunters who are at FAULT. I have been down there and heard it with my own ears, so don't say that I am getting some kind of 'second hand' information.
no where in the article or video does it say eagles are ingesting lead from waterfowl….what article are you reading???
I take that back…just reread it again..obviously that is wrong unless hunters are using illegal ammo for duck hunting, which somehow based on what I am reading here doesn't surprise me!!
Lead shot aimed at waterfowl that missed its intended target years ago is still in the environment and still gets ingested by bottom feeding ducks who are scavenged upon. Although it may not be the problem that it was before it was banned, it in no way discounts the current poisoning problem caused by lead in big game and upland game hunting. Then there's the avid hunter I was speaking with recently who told me they use lead shot for duck hunting. When I informed them that it was banned decades ago, they told me that they didn't know that and that it didn't matter becasue he would continue to do so, it's cheaper. Very said that some hunters can reflect so poorly on other hunters and make the public wonder about the agenda of hunters' hesitation to stop using lead.
How stupid are these birds? Just don't eat the lead…it is that simple!
Thanks so much for alerting the public to this very big threat to our eagles and other wildlife. The comments above are ill-informed. The videos of dying eagles are heartbreaking. Most recently an eagle in Iowa died before it could be treated and a necropsy showed a lead level of 48 ppm when over 6 ppm indicates definite lead poisoning. We got rid of DDT, we need to get rid of lead shot and sinkers!
Andrea lead shot has been banned for decades and lead sinkers usually end up in the bottom of a lake or river far out of reach of the eagles and in case you didn't know it lead is a natural element found in the soil. don't believe everything these enviromentalists print
Lead shot has been banned for waterfowl but not anywhere else. Lead sinkers still end up within the reach of birds like Trumpeter Swans which will feed off the bottoms of marshes. Your argument about lead being a natural element/therefore it's safe is really a poor one. There are plenty of examples of naturally occuring elements which are extremely toxic or lethal when ingested, especially in the un-naturally occuring concentrations that we make them (lead slugs). If you think lead in the form of slugs/sinkers/paint/sodder is a totally innocuous substance, why not pop a few lead paint chips every day with your breakfast and see what happens? Oh wait, those might be hard to find since scientists and doctors decided they were very bad for our health. Might I suggest then taking a knife and shaving off bits of a sinker the sprinkle on your cereal? It will take a lot longer for you to get sick/become mentally ill because our digestive tracts will pass the lead fragments a lot easier that a bird's will. Also, our stomachs are not as acidic as a bird's, thus the lead will not break down and be absorbed as rapidly.
This is the same thing they were saying back in the seventies almost word for word. There is a big push to outlaw all lead projectiles by the Anti -Gun NUTS and this is part of their plan. Trying to get those that know little or nothing about firearms to support there agenda no matter how much they lie. They don't care what the facts are.
Obviously, nor do you. I like Rachel's analogy about your cereal supplements. Relating lead occuring naturally in the environement to putting a deadly toxin into a known food item for eagles and leaving it out there for them in field dressings or deer that were shot and not dropped immediatley and therefore never recovered does not hold water. But, if you're that sure of yourself, give it ago; unless, of course you already have and the resulting brain damage explains your Conspiracy Theory NUT comments that ignore the facts.
What the firearms dealers don't care enough to develop a cheaper alternitive then lead ?? OR they don't want to and they call themselves "Sportsmen"
Dealers sell ammunition…ammunition companies develop various loads. There ARE non-lead bullets. Curious, how's the white xray specks in the bird around the breast? They should be in the digestive tract, mainly the gizzard. Hmmm, I on the hoax side.
Jim, it was explained in the video how the lead ended up in the chest area. Because the bird was sick, it regurgitated, sending lead fragments up into it's crop.
Lead is a heavy metal so I think it builds up in the system, which is part of the problem. Eagles look like they're heavy birds but they only weigh between 10 and 14 pounds so it probably doesn't take much to get this to a toxic level. The argument for saving eagles is about more than the fact that they are our national symbol, though that is the low hanging fruit to get people to watch, so that is what is used. (Ratings!) These are top tier raptors and as such they provide an invaluable service with keeping balance in nature. These birds are not just scavengers. They are prolific fishers and hunters, seeking out high protein diets – which is what takes them to a gut pile. We don't know how many nesting pairs existed before we started killing them via DDT, which effected much more than just eagles, but estimates put them at around 50,000 pair. We currently have a couple thousand nesting pair in Minnesota, which mostly disperse and head for better hunting during the winter. Their populations are increasing after 40+ years of effort, and they were delisted as Endangered some short years ago, but their populations are still at risk and numbers could plummet rapidly. While this is a really sad story; awful to watch, eagle numbers across this country are facing a new threat that will kill them in greater numbers by outright striking them from the sky, fragmenting their nesting/hunting/foraging habitat, and causing disturbances to nesting grounds so the birds cannot lay or hatch eggs. The current AWA Goodhue wind energy project in SE Minnesota proposes to build in the midst of a cluster of active bald eagle nests. Their mitigation strategies include all things illegal according to the USFWS, because the greed outweighs behaving in a responsible and respectful manner and only siting as many LWECS as can properly "fit" in this area without starving, harassing or killing the bald eagles to make the landscape suitable. People seem to think that hunters do not care for animals, which is what allows them to hunt. Not true. I think most hunters would be upset by this story. What is really despicable is that wind energy developers like those associated with billionaire T. Boone Pickens and AWA Goodhue KNOW that they will be decimating eagle and bat populations but they could care less.
I agree with Brett in that we need to look at other ammunition options for hunters if this has been identified as a cause of death in raptors. That seems like a common sense approach to the problem.
Some birds eat rocks to help them break down food for digestion. I don't know if eagles are the same, but it wouldn't surprise me. They are not the only wild birds that die from lead poisoning: Trumpeter Swans share this fate with them.
For those of you who don't care about the impact of lead on wildlife, perhaps you would like to worry about the impact it is having on the people who are eating the game themselves. See this article: http://www.mypitblind.com/main/index.php?option=com_kunena&func=view&catid=107&id=175045&Itemid=47
OH NOOO it's Silent Spring all over again. We're all going to die.
OH NOOO it's Silent Spring all over again. We're all going to die.
Why do the comments on sites like this often sound like Homer Simpson?
The anti-lead ammo movement is not an anti-hunting/fishing movement. We who want lead ammo banned recognize the important role hunting and fishing play in supporting wildlife management. What we oppose is the addition of toxic lead to what is already naturally-occurring in the environment. Lead doesn't go away. It is deadly and kills babies and Bald Eagles alike. There is a wealth of science to support this position. The NRA has the money, we have the science. Many take the position that eagle populations are increasing which seems to suggest that we have enough eagles, so why worry? We worry because we may reach the tipping point very soon without realizing it and have to start all over as we did with the DDT problem. This is so easily preventable. Eagles die off from starvation and loss of habitat and just plain old weather-related incidents in huge numbers, especially the "juvies" between their fledge and adulthood at approx 4-5 years. The researchers can't count all of the casualties because they don't know enough about juvie behaviors to track them during this period of their lives. Also their plumage is somewhat of a camouflage and you may have noticed most pictures of lead poisoned eagles are adults with full white plumage on heads and tails. We fear many more are dying without anyone knowing about it and that eagle populations will dwindle as a a result of these eagles not making it to maturity to breed. Estimates have put the mortality rate the first year after fledging at 50% and of those surviving, only 20% are estimated to make it to adulthood and breeding. Raptor rehab centers are reporting higher than usual numbers of poisoned birds being brought in this fall. Some are surviving, many are not. Can't we give them and ourselves a break and get rid of the toxins while we still can? Can't we stop contaminating the soil and water and maybe leave something for the future that doesn't require a massive cleanup? I am not going to suggest that anyone's 2nd Amendment rights should be ditched. Hunt if you want, fish if you wish. But please do it without leaded equipment and ammo. If you can quit smoking, surely you can give up lead ammo!
String and stick . . . as far as I know . . . there isn't a broadhead out there with lead in it.
bowhunters rock!
Wildlife rehabilitation data is like human emergency room data. It is the percentage of animals with lead in their systems that is alarming. If 25% of the people admitted to an emergency room had a poison in their body, won't the doctors be sounding an alarm, trying to eliminate the source. As Coopers Hawk numbers have increased, rehabilitators have been seeing more of them – but with an assortment of problems, fractures, starvation, orphans, concussions, etc. Not one overwhelming cause for admission. Lead poisoining is preventable. Hunters are stepping up. A recent survey in Iowa showed 57% of upland bird hunters were chosing to use non toxic shot and 38% of deer hunters surveyed were using copper slugs.
Where are all the deer hunters who are shooting their deer in the guts? This reeks of anti hunting anti gun mis information.
Chris, I am going to respectfully suggest that you should do some research before accusing people of being misinformed. There is abundant science to support the position that lead poisoning is a real occurence that can be resolved by discontinuing the use of lead ammo and fishing tackle. I do not understand the defensive position you are taking. Please consider the possibility that you are not fully aware of that which you speak. Start with Google if you are really interested. And here's a short slide show by the Wisconsin DNR narrated by a state environmental toxicologist: http://dnrmedia.wi.gov/main/Viewer/?peid=882a6ef17b5f4b40ba0a8d9bf6cc8b4c
Generally speaking deer hunters don't shoot deer in the guts. Do shotgun slugs break apart into fragments that are left in the gut pile of a field dressed deer? Do rifle bullets break into fragments when a deer is shot? How do lead fragments get into gut piles?
I'm not questioning whether eagles are dying of lead poisoning; I'm sorry that is happening because I love to see them. I don't understand how deer hunters are contributing.
They don't have to shoot them in the gut. Yes, the shot can hit bone and break apart and travel around. Google "bald eagle, lead poison" and you can see pictures of deer that have been x rayed revealing shot spread aroung the body cavity. It takes a very small amount, relative to a grain of rice, to cause a fatal level of poison in an eagle. Besides field dressings, there are deer that are shot but get away and are not recovered, they eventually die and are scavenged upon so the shot doen't even have to be in the gut.
Why don't foxes, coyotes, crows and other carrion eaters die from lead poisoning? Sounds like BS (Rate it up there with Radon, Arsnic in green treated wood, second hand smoke, and even mercury).
I think somone at the raptor center has a non-hunting agenda and WCCO is too lazy to do any sort of vetting on the subject.
Mammals have a different digestive system than birds do and the toxins pass thru more quickly. Many species of mammals do die of LP, tho, including fox, bear, coyotes, etc. Birds have a crop where food is stored until needed. When lead is ingested, it sits in the crop for a period of time, slowly leaching out into the neurosystem. As small an amount as a grain of rice is enough to kill an average sized adult eagle. i think you are a little bit defensive on this issue. This isn't about your 2nd amendment rights. It is about a powerful neurotoxin that shouldn't be available commercially especially for RECREATIONAL purposes. Your right to bear arms is not a right to pollute the environment.
Personally, I think this is damned embarrassing. Most of the hunters I've met know what they're doing as regards the environment. The fact that lead is poisoning eagles should have been given to them long ago. Any rate, I wish the DNR would try to get the lead shells made illegal outright. The more damage is done to the environment the worse hunting will get over time, since everything is connected. How much you want to bet that other animals are also suffering because of lead bullets? Wonder where that lead is going after the deer guts are gone? See what I mean?
In northern Arizona 90% of deer hunters voluntarily use non-lead bullets (solid copper) or carry gut-piles out of the field. They do so because AGFD have been offering education and incentives since 2005 to reduce lead poisoning in condors restored to the Grand Canyon area. Utah DNR recently started a similar program because condors also feed in southern Utah. This is a great example of hunters, agencies, and scientists working together for a shared goal…reducing unnecessary exposure of wildlife to a known toxin.
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Mean Venus' dedication is an example to follow. Led by a blonde man simply known as "J" who has the stage presence of a professional wrestler, the quintet has been bringing the rock around stages in the Garden State and as far as Hawaii. Just in the next few weeks, you can take your pick of several Mean Venus shows coming up. First, they open for Stryper at the Stone Pony in Asbury Park on Sept. 19, then play Dingbatz in Clifton on Sept. 25. Two days later, they're at a benefit on Lurker Park Field in East Hanover, then play Sayreville's Starland Ballroom with UFO on Oct. 9. In four short years, the band has opened for Skid Row, UFO, King's X, LA Guns, Dokken and tons more. Their status as an in demand opener most likely stems from their strong performances and simple approach to songwriting. "Take everything cool from the '60s, '70s, '80s and '90s and roll it all up into a single massive band, and there you have it, Mean Venus," says J.
Hitting the NJ club circuit in support of the recently released (on iTunes) album Crazy Ass American, the band's feel good rock 'n' roll tunes bring to mind an era of heavy metal hedonism, but the band's not looking to burn out any time soon.
"Record deals are seemingly less and less the goal and 'making it' on your own is seeming more and more feasible," explains J. "[The] main goal is to continue making the music we love and getting it to as many people as we can wherever they may be, and not compromising at all in attempting to do this for the next 20 or 30 years."
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The 48-year-old Coronation Street actor will tell how his life fell apart after a wannabe actress wrongly alleged he abused her.
He had beer poured over him in his local pub and was called a "nonce" and a "paedo" outside court.
And he admits he grew so edgy he hardly dared venture outside a self-imposed "exclusion zone" close to his home.
Le Vell, who plays garage boss Kevin Webster, was suspended by Corrie chiefs pending the outcome of his trial.
His £250,000-a-year earnings were slashed to a modest basic retainer plus repeat fees.
The actor, a divorcee, was banned from seeing his two children. And he had to inform any women he associated with about the allegations he was facing.
He was forced to give up watching his beloved Manchester United at Old Trafford in case he received abuse from the terraces. He also had to turn away young fans unless they were accompanied by their parents as his bail conditions barred him from any unsupervised contact with minors.
Le Vell was found not guilty of 12 child sex charges, including five rapes, by a jury last week after a trial at Manchester Crown Court during which he made a series of confessions about his troubled private life.
He said was an alcoholic and had twice sought treatment but it did not succeed.
Le Vell also confessed to a string of one-night stands during his 25-year-marriage to actress wife Janette, 47.
And he admitted that he walked out on his wife after she got breast cancer.
Now he has been approached by Channel 4 to make a documentary.
A source at the television company said: "Michael can offer an almost unique insight into what it is like trying to live under the cloud of totally horrific and completely false allegations."
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If that was the answer I would have seen numbers when I typed the characters.
Anyway 'c' and 'b' are not part of the NumLock section of the keyboard.
Thanks but I feel the answer lies in the reason that faulty keys on the main keyboard worked on the alternate keyboard and vice versa.
hardware..... Software??
strange issue! I would try throwing in a linux LIVE CD, boot up to the LIVE OS, and start typing. if it types fine then is a software issue... if it is still messed up its a hardware issue...
if its a software issue I would try uninstalling the keyboard and allowing plug and pray to pick it back up.
I would also download SPybot S&... or something equal to that effect, It could be a Trojan screwing with you.
Thank you - I will try that.
Because it's so strange I thought someone might recognize it.
I will also try the spyware thing, the user is not too computer savvy so may well have picked up something. I am not used to vista so I'm not sure how good Defender & Vista firewall is at blocking nasties.
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Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak should now be preparing for the dancing equivalent of the Hindu walking over hot coals.
It has just been announced that in the new series of ABC's Dancing With The Stars he will be paired with the Ukrainian professional Karina Smirnoff.
Ms. Smirnoff is not someone who often suggests she has experienced satisfaction. Her primary expression is the one that says: "What the hell do YOU want?" She glares at critical judges as if they were aged drunken Latvians whom she has just seen emerging from a bordello.
She is no more forgiving of her amateur partners. The Woz can expect her to whip him with her eyes, test him with her demands and crush him with her displeasure. In the last series, Ms. Smirnoff had to cope with the two left stumps of restaurateur Rocco DiSpirito. She glowered at him as if he had presented her with spaghetti alla carbonfiber. Truly, this woman could scare the fishing shorts off Putin.
Her most successful partnership in the series has been with the occasional entertainer Mario Lopez. In truth, they deserved to win. When they were beaten by former NFL star Emmitt Smith and partner Cheryl Burke, Ms. Smirnoff appeared to be in the mood to incite a major international incident.
Personally, I have an immense fondness for her haughty naughtiness. But I am concerned that she has told producers that she doesn't want to stay too long in the series, as she has better things to do, such as organize her forthcoming wedding to fellow professional and pouter Maksim Chmerkovskiy.
I know that everyone here will be pulling for the Woz. The premiere is March 9. As most of you probably know, this is the day after one of the former Soviet Union's favorite dates--International Women's Day.
We can only hope that the Woz can pull it off for his newly appointed international dancing dominatrix.


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Introduction Supply Chain Case Study:
A worldwide leader in medical technologies and innovations needed to improve its entire logistical process, to ensure the optimal customer experience and to minimize waste in the delivery services.
The company is present in most countries across the world and needs to send parcels with goods from centralized international manufacturing sites and warehouses. Therefore, the logistics team needs to use many and different carriers. Due to the nature of their business, these deliveries are extremely time-sensitive, and permissible deadlines need to be kept at all costs. However, because of the different systems used by the carriers, the process of gathering data from them was mostly manual and the data was not standardized. As a result, it was hard to optimally assess their performance and calculate losses due to damages and delays. Moreover, the company also was not able to unify the service-level agreement (SLA) that is to be required from carriers, as such analysis was only possible on a regional level.
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- Using multiple carriers with different data gathering systems
- Inefficient data gathering from the carriers
- Orders and carriers not optimally processed
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- Inability to collect data from disparate carriers' systems
- Complexities of the client's ERP system
- Lacking vital data for assessing the carriers' service levels
- Introducing a unified criteria list to be used by all carriers
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This was done through a 'taster session' which gives professionals the chance to sample a variety of design thinking exercises that are used in regular Cookhouse Lab projects in a condensed time frame.
This sprint in particular focused on making the life insurance underwriting process more time and resource efficient to ultimately improve the customer experience. Read on to find out what processes were used to collaboratively identify three potential solutions in just 48 hours.
Day 1 – Identifying Pain Points & Determining Customer Personas
On the first day, the team focused on conducting research and empathizing with the customer to really understand their mindset. Empathy is a critical component of design thinking to ensure that the solution has the end customer's needs are at the forefront.
Identifying Pain Points
The project team identified pain points of the demographic by running a 'masterminds' interview session. This involved meeting with a group of experienced underwriters to understand the current process from their point of view, their pain points and what their ideal process would look, feel and sound like. Through these interviews, the team identified the following pain points:
- The current process has too many irrelevant questions
- There lies a big gap in communication between the agent, insurance company, and the end customer
- All age groups are being treated the same and asked the same questions
- Data exists, but it isn't accessible
- The current application needs to be more dynamic
Determining Customer Personas
The team also identified two main customer personas that the solutions would be targeted towards:
- 27 year old female that is living with her parents at the moment, but planning to have her own home one day and start a family
- She is commitment averse and prefers to avoid face-to-face communication when dealing with purchases
- She enjoys social media and instant gamification.
- 45 year old underwriter who has worked in the same organization for 20 years
- He has a 15 year daughter and a 3 year old son.
- He likes his way of doing things and is worried about automation
- He believes in the power and value of underwriting and likes the medical knowledge he has acquired throughout his career
- He is comfortable with the current system and is the type of person that feels the need to read every line on applications
Day 2: Developing Solutions
Using the research from Day 1, the project team continued their sprint on Day 2 to develop three possible solutions to better the current process.
Solution #1: Instant data collection, verification and clarity of product
This solution allows the agent to ask for permission from the customer to access various data pools that have collected valuable customer data, which would then be sent to a pre-filled application. Once the application is completed, the customer and agent would look over the information provided. At this point, the customer could make any necessary changes, edits or provide any missing information. Once the customer authorizes the application the agent is then able to provide possible policies based on the information given, which provides a custom solution that fits for each individual customer.
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|Peace of mind on how the agent is collecting information
|Clarification on information collected
|A better understanding of what information the agent is collecting
|No need to go over the entire questionnaire, which may hold irrelevant questions
|Clarity on the value of their policy
|Allows for the opportunity to ask questions without lengthy waiting time periods
Solution #2: Simplified Application – Max 10 Qs
Instead of a standard application, this online question solution would contain a maximum of 10 key questions that customers are asked. The questions would have smart logic and adjust depending on the respondent's answers and would prompt the user it needs further information. In addition to being more efficient, this solution is also millennial friendly as it allows the target group to skip lengthy unnecessary and/or irrelevant questions. Key question categories:
- Lifestyle (Alcohol consumption, Drug use, Driving history, Criminal activities)
- MIB report
- Medical related (prescription medication)
- Foreign travel
- Immigration status
|Underwriter Benefits
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|Shorter application process
|Clear and relevant questions
|A questionnaire that is adaptable, and therefore relevant for all customers
|Shorter application process
Solution #3: Starter Plan
A product designed for university graduates and parents with children in university. Starter Plan is designed to be marketed through universities during orientation and months leading to graduation, student loan distributors and entry level employers. The plan would be based on:
- DI protection
- 50K coverage for 2 years
- Financial education
- Personalized dashboard with incentives and possible products as the life of the customer changes
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|Financially educated customers
|Financial education
|Data collection from an earlier age
|More accurate and customized products
|Engagement from the millennial generation
|Parents have peace of mind regarding insurance and their young adult's coverage
|Parents have peace of mind knowing that they've set their child up for a good start.
Unlocking Innovative, Disruptive Ideas in 48 Hours
In just two days this project team was able to create three viable solutions to solve an industry wide problem – which is a huge accomplishment! Through these solutions, they were able to achieve the following:
- Offer an efficient and speedy process to underwrite a policy
- Engage the most challenging age group for life insurance to attract at the moment (millennials)
- Build customer trust and financial literacy
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We Can Never Can Tell
I am always caught saying "we can never can tell". Sometimes, it's just my excuse and sometimes, I just like saying it because it sounds nice but there is truth to it. Whoever knows what will happen next? Whatever is "next" – the next time, next person, next tragedy, next tear, next smile. We can plan, predict, speculate, estimate… but truth is, we really can never can tell. Otherwise, where's the fun in that?… is what they say.
Honestly though, don't you sometimes wish to know what's next for you in life? Much more, where are all of these life struggles and adventures leading us to? Where am I going to end up? With who?
It's not like you want to impatiently fast-forward to the end of your life but you just want to know if in the end of all these crisis and drama, everything is going to be alfckingright just like what they always tell you when you're shitfckin depressed. You just want to know if having to struggle today means having a bright future tomorrow or will it be a recurring struggle, or worse, an endless pit of struggle.
It's not fair nor is it right to question life and its purpose but wouldn't that be nice? A little bit of assurance would be nice.
Lucky are those who have their future stable and planned out perfectly fine even before they were born. Trust fund babies, children or relatives of influential people, political dynasties, celebrity children, children of multimillionaires, even those who were born with beautiful genes, because that actually makes their lives easier (feel free to disagree).
***Please don't refer or send me a copy of The Purpose Driven Life because somebody already did, thank you.
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As birth or parenting classes are not conducted in most hospitals, parents are not aware of the common neonatal problems. Due to lack of information, most new parents find themselves running to the doctor at all times.
Here are a few common problems listed
• Swelling: Swelling of the chest may be seen in new born babies. When the chest is pressed, a liquid may ooze out of the mammary glands. Pediatricians caution against pressing the mammary glands as it may lead to infection and abscess formation. This is caused due to hormonal changes in the mother that is transferred to the baby. It reduces by itself by the end of 6-8 weeks after birth.
• Watery stools: This is the most common problem infants face. According to pediatricians, the infant takes some time to get adjusted to the mother's milk; also her diet has a direct impact on the breast milk and thereby on the infant.
• Sleep pattern: Often, babies sleep during the day and play and feed during the night. This is a normal phenomenon as the baby makes up for the exhaustion by sleeping during the day.
• Weight loss: The baby loses about 8-10% of its birth weight in the first 5 days after birth. However, from the 10th day, the baby will start gaining weight again.
• Jaundice: Development of jaundice in the first week after birth is common among new born babies. It might require investigation and treatment by the pediatrician.
• Breast feeding: It is important to let the mother know how best lactation can be initiated within the first few hours of birth and the right way to feed the baby. Sometimes, the baby might vomit soon after it is breast fed. According to Pediatricians, this is caused when the baby is not made to burp 10mins after it is fed or it is held in the wrong position. Holding the baby in the right lateral position after breast feeding reduces the chances of vomiting.
• Bow legs: This is a common phenomenon seen in new born babies which would straighten out with time.
• Congenital teeth: Babies have pearl like structures on the palate which goes away with time.
If parents are made aware of these common problems before the birth of the baby, panic and worry is reduce to a great extent.
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SKOPJE, Dec. 4 (Xinhua) -- The National Bank of the Republic of Macedonia (NBRM) and the European Central Bank (ECB) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on cooperation in the area of supervision, the NBRM said in a press release on Tuesday.
According to NBRM, cooperation will be directed towards ensuring effective exchange of supervisory information, including the Core Principles for Effective Banking Supervision developed by the Basel Committee.
The memorandum specifies that "cooperation is essential for further improvement in the integrity, stabilization and efficiency in the bank operations."
The implementation of the provisions of this MoU, according to NBRM, is of great importance for the materialization of the NBRM's commitment to the continuous development of supervision in Macedonia, in line with the latest European and international standards and recommendations.


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It has unfortunately been revealed that Billy Monger has suffered traumatic injuries after his accident at Donington Park last weekend. Racing in round six of the British Formula 4 Championship, Monger collided with fellow driver Patrik Pasma at high speed when completely unsighted as Pasma's car was stranded at Schwantz Curve.
The 17-year-old was carefully extracted from the car and after almost two hours he was airlifted to hospital. The World of Motorsport were left praying for Billy, whilst in the background efforts were being made to save his legs.
Unfortunately those efforts have been unsuccessful and today the news emerged that Billy has had both of his lower legs amputated.
Billy's team, JHR Developments, have setup a fundraising page along with BTCC driver Tom Ingram which will go towards supporting Billy's rehabilitation.
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Pasma was also taken to the same Queen's Medical Centre in Nottingham, by road, after the crash but was released on Monday without any serious injuries.
So far the support Billy has had has been truly amazing and has shown how tight knit the Motorsport community really is! As of 18:25 today, over £60,000 has already been donated to the target of £260,000.
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Swiss-made Stockli dehydrators offer an ideal way of preserving the goodness and flavour of fruit, vegetables, and herbs. Gentle and even drying throughout the continuously-variable temperature regulation of the Stockli Dehydrator means the produce is gently treated and the active warm air circulation ensures absolutely consistent drying. The valuable nutritional qualities in the produce are thereby fully retained. Dried food from the Stockli Dehydrator is not only tasty and inexpensive but also especially healthy. Properly dried and stored food can be preserved for months or even years. Home dried foods require no preservative and, unlike many dried foods offered in the shops, have not been treated with Sulphur. With the STOCKLI Dehydrator, fresh produce can be dried in the plentiful season for enjoyment at a later date!
The Stockli Dehydrator comes equipped with 3 dishwasher-safe drying trays with the option to add a further seven plastic or steel mesh trays to increase the drying area. Additional trays can be purchased in pairs or individually. This dehydrator is also available with a 12-hour integral timer.
Stockli Dehydrator Highlights
Equipped with variable temperature control with fine adjustment between 20 and 70 °C to provide consistent, gentle drying by actively circulating warm air throughout its three deep trays
Features baffles on the fan which distribute heat more evenly with a clever series of concentric outlets in the base
Built in safety cut-out device which prevents the dehydrator from over-heating during the dehydrating process if the airflow is restricted due to overfilling
Ideal for the space challenged kitchen, a 33.5 cm circular base provides a compact footprint for this dehydrator making it ideal where space is limited while still offering a substantial drying area.
Transparent lid displays processing times and has a useful time indicator that can be set by hand to indicate either start or finish time for the produce you are drying.
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Jimmie Adkins, a more than three-decade government information technology market veteran, has joined Hitachi Vantara's federal subsidiary as vice president of federal sales.Read More »
Booz Allen Vet Kerry Konnert Named Hitachi Vantara Federal Services & Delivery Lead
Kerry Konnert, a 16-year veteran of Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH), has joined Hitachi Vantara's federal subsidiary as senior director of services and delivery. The two-decade information technology veteran will oversee the delivery of strategic programs and REAN Cloud products to civilian and defense customers in her new position, Hitachi Vantara Federal said Friday. …Read More »
ViON, Hitachi Vantara Federal Unveil Online Marketplace for IT Services; David Turner Comments
TYSONS CORNER, VA, August 9, 2018 — ViON, in collaboration with Hitachi Vantara's federal business, launched an online platform designed to help users compare, procure and manage analytics, artificial intelligence, infrastructure and information technology tools and services to support federal IT modernization efforts, ExecutiveBiz reported July 26. The Hitachi Vantara …Read More »
Hitachi Vantara Eyes Portfolio Expansion With REAN Cloud Buy; David Turner, Brian Householder Comment
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Weekly Roundup December 11 – December 15 2017 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson For this week's roundup we're taking a look at the current landscape of M&A activity in the government contracting market. 2017 is coming to a close and the …Read More »
Hitachi Vantara Federal Assumes Control of Brocade's Networking Maintenance Contracts; David Turner Comments
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HDS Federal Adopts 'Hitachi Vantara Federal' as New Corporate Name; David Turner Comments
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Former Govplace CFO Mark Serway Named HDS Federal Finance Chief, Operations VP
Mark Serway, former chief financial officer of government technology provider Govplace, has joined Hitachi Data Systems' federal business as CFO and vice president of operations. He will report to HDS Federal President and CEO David Turner and oversee the unit's controllership, treasury, tax, information technology and customer support functions, Hitachi Data Systems said …Read More »
HDS Federal, Brocade Agree on Transfer of Some Contracts, Assets; David Turner Comments
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"In terms of the highest tangible ROI, an MBA is hard to beat as a veteran, especially for someone like me coming from a non-technical background."
– David Lee
David Lee will be attending the Stanford Graduate School of Business next September after over six years of service in the US Marine Corps. He has served as the Director of MBA and Other Graduate Programs at Service 2 School, a free resource to help veterans get into their dream education program. As a result, he has's got a wealth of knowledge for veterans considering going to school once they get out of the military. A NROTC graduate of the University of Michigan, David was academically #1 of 600 at the Officer Candidate School.
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Man Thrown From Hoan Bridge Leaves Behind 6 Kids
Family Struggles With Sudden Loss
Katrina Jiles-Greer said she was emotionally shaken after her brother, Bobby Jiles, Jr., was killed in a accident Tuesday.
"When my mom told me the news I was heartbroken because that's my only brother," Jiles-Greer said between tears.
Jiles-Greer said her brother was on his way to work Tuesday morning when his car broke down on the Hoan Bridge.
Investigators said Jiles was looking under the hood of his car when another vehicle hit his car, throwing him off the bridge. They said he fell 80 feet to a parking lot below and was pronounced dead at the scene.
"He was a very good man and I'm not just saying this because he's my brother -- it's the truth," Jiles-Greer said.
Jiles' family said he was born and raised in Milwaukee.
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Bagan, 30 Sept—The 12th ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community Council
Meeting was opened at the Aureum Palace Hotel in Bagan on Tuesday, with an address by Vice President Dr Sai Mauk Kham, sources said.
Speaking at the meeting, Vice President Dr Sai Mauk Kham said:
We have witnessed, how ASEAN has endured and overcome the regional issues with resilience, and sustained its "One Vision, One Identity and One Community" since its inception 47 years ago.
For Myanmar's first ever Chairmanship, after being a member for 17 years, we have chosen the theme: "Moving Forward in Unity to a Peaceful and Prosperous Community," with the emphasis on further reinforcing collective actions, to ensure the emergence of a united and harmonious ASEAN Community, by 2015.
The challenges for ASEAN today, are huge, complex, multifaceted and transnational in nature, which call for a more coordinated socio-cultural pillar, can help minimize the tension of the regional issues, and be able to promote more ASEAN identity among the member states.
The human, natural and cultural resources of ASEAN, not only provide the means for economic growth, but also help sustain its development. Conservation of these resources, allows the region to prosper now and into the future, enabling people to uplift their socio-economy, thereby reducing poverty and improving their overall standard of living.
ASEAN Member states are to work even harder to help build ASEAN identity through the promotion of ASEAN awareness, and a sense of community, preservation of ASEAN cultural heritage, promotion of cultural
creativity and industry and engagement with the community.
It is accepted as our collective personality, norms, values and beliefs, as well as aspirations, as one ASEAN Community.
The commitment we made in 2013 in BSW Declaration, calls for moving forwards a people-centered Community and people connectivity. The Nay Pyi Taw Declaration, announced at the 24th ASEAN Summit, highlights most socio-cultural issues under ASCC, and urged constructive and meaningful engagement, with all relevant stakeholders, including the private sector, the academia, parliamentarians, youth and civil society groups, with the hope of forging and becoming a people-centered ASEAN.
Myanmar, the Chair of ASEAN, has proposed a number of priorities, in the ASCC Pillar's tasks. These include to undertake the work in progress, on the ASEAN Agreement for Protection of Rights of Migrant Workers, to reconsolidate collective efforts, on climate change and disaster management, to redouble the efforts, no poverty reduction, to strengthen social safety nets, and forge a common identity, to build a caring, sharing, and harmonious society, to promote inclusiveness in sharing the region's wealth, and to enhance the role of women and children.
We must continue to build ASEAN capacity, to advance regional peace, stability, prosperity and social harmony. For Post-2015 Vision therefore, all Working Groups under each Pillar, should come up with a comprehensive Framework too.
During this Meeting, with collaboration and coordination from each country, we will be able to undertake a meaningful deliberation and fruitful discussion, providing inputs to the ASEAN Community, for this year, and for many years to come.
As Chairman of the ASEAN Socio-Culture Council, Union Minister for Culture extended greetings.
After the opening ceremony, Vice President Dr Sai Mauk Kham received a courtesy call by ministers scheduled to attend the 12th ASEAN Socio-Culture Community Council Ministers' Meeting and the deputy secretary-general of ASEAN in Bagan on Tuesday morning.
ASEAN's socio-cultural pillar can help minimize the tension of regional issues, promote more ASEAN identity among member states: Vice President Dr Sai Mauk Kham
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Left Atrial Distensibility and Left Ventricular Filling Pressure in Acute Myocardial Infarction
|The safety and scientific validity of this study is the responsibility of the study sponsor and investigators. Listing a study does not mean it has been evaluated by the U.S. Federal Government. Read our disclaimer for details.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01168609
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : July 23, 2010
Last Update Posted : July 23, 2010
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|Condition or disease
|Myocardial Infarction
|Procedure: Primary percutaneous coronary intervention
|Study Type :
|Actual Enrollment :
|521 participants
|Observational Model:
|Time Perspective:
|Official Title:
|Usefulness of Left Atrial Distensibility to Assess Left Ventricular Filling Pressure and to Predict Prognosis in Acute Myocardial Infarction
|Study Start Date :
|December 2007
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|March 2009
|Actual Study Completion Date :
|July 2010
patients with acute myocardial infarction
Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) was defined using the European Society of Cardiology / American College of Cardiology guidelines. Myocardial infarction was detected by the presence of at least two of the following criteria: chest pain lasting more than 30 minutes, typical electrocardiographic changes, and elevated creatinine kinase-MB fraction. Consecutive patients 18 years of age or older who presented within 12 hours after the onset of symptoms were considered for enrollment. Patients who had ST-segment elevation of 1 mm or more in two or more contiguous leads were classified as ST-segment elevation MI.
Procedure: Primary percutaneous coronary intervention
Primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) and stenting were performed for just the culprit lesion using standard techniques and bare-metal stents in all patients. Unfractionated heparin was used for 3 days after PCI, except in some cases with contraindications, and the dose of unfractionated heparin was selected to prolong the activated partial thromboplastin time by 2-3 times. The decision to use glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitors was left to the discretion of the treating physician. The measurements of LVFP were performed via a fluid-filled pig-tail catheter placed into the LV after coronary angiography if PCI was not indicated or after primary PCI.
- in-hospital death after acute myocardial infarction [ Time Frame: Average 2 weeks ]All cause mortality during index hospitalization of acute myocardial infarction was recorded.
- 1-year hard event rate after acute myocardial infarction [ Time Frame: 1 year after discharge ]After index hospitalization, patients were followed up at our cardiovascular clinic for at least 1 year. A follow-up survey assessing hard cardiovascular (CV) events was carried out after discharge. All cause mortality and heart failure with re-hospitalization were defined as hard CV event. Follow-up was performed between December 2007 and February 2010 by telephone interviews, medical record reviews, and home visits.
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|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
|Sampling Method:
|Non-Probability Sample
Inclusion Criteria:
- Myocardial infarction was detected by the presence of at least two of the following criteria: chest pain lasting more than 30 minutes, typical electrocardiographic changes, and elevated creatinine kinase-MB fraction. Consecutive patients 18 years of age or older who presented within 12 hours after the onset of acute myocardial infarction were considered for enrollment.
Exclusion Criteria:
- 1) presence of mitral stenosis or prosthetic mitral valves
- 2) more than mild severity of aortic/mitral valvular problem
- 3) any abnormality of atrial septum (e.g., atrial septal defect or aneurysm)
- 4) rhythm other than sinus rhythm
- 5) inadequate image quality
- 6) lack of informed consent
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01168609
|Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital
|Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 886
|Study Chair:
|Jong-Khing Huang, MD
|Department of Medical Education and Research Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital
Publications of Results:
|Responsible Party:
|Jong-Khing Huang, MD, Current Superintendent of Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|First Posted:
|July 23, 2010 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|July 23, 2010
|Last Verified:
|December 2007
Left atrial distensibility
left ventricular filling pressure
tissue Doppler
acute myocardial infarction
Myocardial Infarction
Pathologic Processes
Myocardial Ischemia
Heart Diseases
Cardiovascular Diseases
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On Monday, November 5th we keep up the pressure. Call Wolf's office at 717-787-2500 to demand that he meet with the families and friends of incarcerated people!
Last month, Department of Corrections Secretary John Wetzel and Governor Tom Wolf rolled out some of the most punitive anti-prisoner policies in the country. These new DOC policies violate prisoners' rights, restrict access to educational materials, and surveil and delay people's correspondence with loved ones on the outside.
On October 10th at a fundraiser in Philadelphia he told several family members of incarcerated people that he would meet with family members and friends of incarcerated people to hear our concerns. One of the family members called to schedule a follow up meeting so we can have our voices heard but she has yet to hear back.
On the eve of the election we are holding a mass call in to his office to make sure he follows through with his commitment to meet with the families of incarcerated people. Governor Wolf must hear why his harmful policies must be cancelled from family members who are directly impacted!
On Wednesday call Governor Wolf at 717-787-2500 and ask that he follow through with his promise to schedule a meeting with incarcerated people's families to discuss these harmful DOC policies.
Not sure what to say? Here's a sample call script:
Caller: "Hi my name is _____[your name]____, from ___[wherever]____ , and I'd like to speak to Governor Wolf or his staff person who handles prison issues."
[You will likely be told that no one is available to speak with you. You can then tell the receptionist or whomever you are speaking with]
Caller: "I am calling to voice my deep concern about the harmful new policies put in place by the Department of Corrections. These policies are both cruel and costly. I am calling to ask Governor Wolf to meet with prisoners' families so he can hear firsthand about how his constituents are being harmed. And I am asking him to repeal these policies immediately."
[Be sure that the receptionist or whoever does not discourage you from saying what you want to say. It can be very powerful to also explain how these policies are impacting you personally, so definitely feel free to share your own story and perspective.]
On Twitter? Don't forget to tweet at Wolf to let him know how you feel. Here are some sample tweets:
.@GovernorTomWolf why won't you meet with prisoners' families to hear about the harmful impacts of new DOC policies on your constituents? We need you to take a stand for human rights and repeal these expensive & destructive policies. #StopDOCcensorship #WolfDoBetter
.@GovernorTomWolf why are you spending $15 million of taxpayer money to restrict book and mail access to people in prison? Education & family connection help everyone. Repeal these policies now! #StopDOCcensorship #WolfDoBetter
We can no more punish our way to drug-free prisons than we can imprison our way to a drugless nation. @GovernorTomWolf it's time to listen to people in prison and their families to create policies that foster healing, not despair. #WolfDoBetter
Thank you for calling and tweeting! Keep spreading the word!
Mass Call In To Demand That Wolf Meet With Prisoners' Families
On Monday, November 5th we keep up the pressure. Call Wolf's office at 717-787-2500 to demand that he meet with the families and friends of incarcerated people!


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If you are struggling financially, you can contact the University's Student Life and Wellbeing team through the Student Portal to discuss support, or to apply for financial help.
The Student Food Project – Quick, cheap and easy student recipes: https://www.thestudentfoodproject.com/
Find a Foodbank near you: https://www.trusselltrust.org/get-help/find-a-foodbank/
Student Foodbank is a scheme that provides short-term support to students facing financial difficulties by providing them with a basic food parcel to last three days.
We believe no student should go hungry, which is why any Northumbria student can use our service. If you have any queries about using the foodbank, donating items, or volunteering for the service, please email email@example.com.
To use the service for the first time, simply go to the Welcome Desk at City Campus Students' Union between 9am-7pm (term time only) or the Students' Union Office at Coach Lane Campus between 10am-4pm (Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri) and show us your student ID – no questions asked. You will be given a food parcel tailored to your dietary needs that will provide you with three days-worth of food
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Do I need proof of my financial status to use the Foodbank?
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Can I use the service more than once?
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We appreciate that some students may not want others knowing that they use the Foodbank. That is why none of the data we collect is shared with anyone outside of the service without your permission.
The food bank should not be used as a long-term income source and students should seek support from other services within the university or externally if needed.
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Please donate foods that are non-perishable, unopened, not damaged, and in date. This could include:
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