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Let the countdown begin!
Only 13 more days until Christmas!!
What I get most excited about is decorating.
I normally bust out all the Christmas decor the day after Thanksgiving,
turn on some Christmas tunes on my Pandora,
make myself some hot chocolate and start decorating and singing away.
A lot of people prefer the red and green.
But not me.
I like the non traditional Christmas colors.
The modern look is more my style.
The pinks, turquoises mixed with the lime greens and bright reds
are my ultimate favorite!
I do like to add in classic pieces though.
Like our Pottery Barn stockings.
Those were a must have.
They go perfect with our decor.
And well to be honest they would go perfect with any decor you choose.
They are so simple and will last us many many years.
I got that little modern white glossy reindeer last year
and I think he makes my back table scape.
Isn't he cute!
I like to give him different collars throughout December.
Don't forget to go link up with Mandy today for our Jingle Bell Rock Blog Hop.
We are giving away lots of goodies.


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runDisney Reveals Medals for Star Wars Half Marathon – The Dark Side
The runDisney Star Wars Half Marathon – The Dark Side takes place April 14-17 at the Walt Disney World Resort and the finisher medals have been released.
This year is the inaugural year for the Star Wars Half Marathon – The Dark Side and participants are running on "Darth Vader's turf" with Stormtroopers keeping the runners on course.
The medals include a 5K finisher medal featuring Stormtroopers and a runDisney Kids' Races medal featuring Darth Vader.
The half marathon medal is a spinner medal with the Emperor on one side and Darth Vader on the other.
The Dark Side Challenge medal is a Death Star-themed medal and will be awarded to those who finish the 10K and the half marathon. The Kessel Run medal features the Millennium Falcon.

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Not a member of AirBnB? Well, we can make your holiday even cheaper – sign up through this link and get R600 off your first booking!


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Even though no one I ever knew seems to visit this site anymore, I figured I would update it anyhow. If you are ever looking to get in contact with me again, I do visit this site from time to time and it will email me if you send me a message here regardless. I played WoW for a number of years after leaving this site, but recently got bored enough of it to unsub. These days I'm spending most of my time catching up on all the great games I missed. Having a blast.
I've also recently started up a youtube channel. I'd love if you stopped by! http://youtube.com/HopliteKate
Borderlands 2Posted: January 23, 2013
I'm all in with this game right now and I think it's fantastic. I have played the game almost entirely in groups (pairs most often, but also in regular groups of three and four) but I've recently started on a solo adventure as well, just to see what it's like.
I know there has been some criticism that the mobs become too bullet-spongy as you add players to your game, but honestly we haven't found it to be much of an issue. Sure, we get downed from time to time, but that's an expected aspect of gameplay.
My 'main' character (if you could call it that) is level 50 now. We spent out True Vault Hunter playthru skipping all non-story quests that had a blue reward or better and so now we are working our way through those quests for some nice level 50 rewards. Most aren't upgrades to what we had, but it's always fun having level 50 versions of the really interesting guns/items.
That character is a Commando. I wasn't sure if I would find the class dull or not, but it really grew on me. I've got loads of grenades, a high powered turret, large and fast charging shields and I can pretty much use any gun that strikes my fancy without feeling like I'm squandering away any talents.
I also have a level 40 Siren (all out elemental SMGs, plus one rocket launcher for reviving quickly) and I've completed the first playthru on the other three classes. This is quite typical for me in multi-class games, but I enjoy all five of them fairly equally. There is just something to really enjoy about all of them.
Overall I've found the story and quests engaging and clever. Sure, there is a bit of immature humour in there, but it's all in the spirit of fun. Some great characters to be found as well. I love the way Jack's character evolves with the story and some of my other favourites include Tiny Tina (naturally), Face McShooty and Crank. And Claptrap, of course.
If you are on the fence about it, I would definitely recommend it. I've poured about four hundred hours into it already and I haven't even touched the three DLCs yet. I have it on PC and have no complaints about the port. Okay, just a small one. The inventory menu goes wonky from time to time, but it's easy to fix.
I put together a video of some fun multiplayer moments recently and uploaded it. I'll link to it at the end in case anyone is interested in checking it out. It features Grimey and I, with a couple of our friends. I have another one in the works and I'm working on a single player LP which will start going up shortly. Playing the Gunzerker for that one.
Anyhow, thanks for stopping by! I think I might just keep up this blogging thing. It's fun to write about games again.
Irishmalt/Hoplite and What's New With MePosted: January 18, 2013
So, it's been...a long time. I don't think that many people still come by here. At least not the ones I knew. I feel like updating my page though, just in case someone stops by. If you're reading this, "Hello!"
Lately I've been dipping in to Guild Wars 2. Not as often as I used to, but I still think it's quite fun, so that may increase as time goes on. I have a max level Guardian and I enjoy the class quite a bit. Other favourites for me include the Warrior and the Engineer.
I've also spend a considerable amount of time lately with Borderlands 2. Boy, is that game a blast! Played a lot of co-op with Grimey and a few other friends and I've more than got my monies worth out of that game and still going strong. Haven't even touched any of the DLCs yet, but they are sitting there waiting. I love the humour in the writing and there are some really great characters to be found.
I've also dusted off the Xbox 360 lately for a handful of games including Far Cry 3, Need For Speed: Most Wanted and Halo 4. Far Cry 3 has a great thing going on. I had a bit of trouble, for some reason, really getting into the last one, but this one has had my attention right from the start. The open world they have is great and I love the random stories that unfold as you are just wandering around. Just the other day I saved a lady from a pirate and, I kid you not, moments later she was eaten by a tiger. Freakin' tigers!
I recently started up a youtube channel as well. As of this moment, there are only about seven videos, but I'm ramping up to more regular content. I'm having fun with it and that is the most important part. If you're interested in checking it out: youtube.com/HopliteKate
I guess that is all I have to report for now. If you happen to be an old friend here to see what I'm up to, by all means send me a PM or stop by twitter/youtube/etc and say 'hi!'
*Cracks from the stress of thinking up a title*Posted: June 14, 2005
So, I'm back into Animal Crossing after not playing for two whole years. I blame TheApparition. All of you who say, "I'm afraid to see my town after all this time.." I say to you, "YOU SHOULD BE!" I think I picked weeds for an hour. Luckily I created a new character, so I didn't have to listen to all the townsfolk complaining about where I'd been all that time. Anyways, if you ever dust off that game and need anything (even NES games) I can hook you up. The funniest thing is that I thought I was all original when I thought up my first character's name two years ago. I called him Puddles. Then, when I peeked at the strategy guide yesterday, I noticed that one of the townsfolk has that name as well. I never knew! My new guy is Obi and he lives in Eni Cove with Wibbles. Yep.
I also need to start Midnight Club 3 one of these days..perhaps even today! My husband has played all the way through it and sings it's praises, so I'm definately looking forward to it. Designing cars is always fun, but the races look like they're a blast as well. Neither of us has taken it for a spin online yet, however. Has anyone tried it for the PS2 version?
Otherwise, I've been continuing to plug away at Hot Shots: Open Tee and Metal Gear AC!D and I keep meaning to make the Story mode map for Timesplitters: Future Perfect that I've had brewing in my head for weeks now. I also need to get started on Jade Empire and a slew of other games that I won't list for fear of overwhelming myself. o_O I've been logging on to SOCOM II from time to time as well, so if you're ever heading online for that, give me a shout.
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RCP Block & Brick/Lloyd Pest Control 26th Annual Golf Tournament
October 28, 2012 @ 11:30 am - 7:00 pm
San Diego, CA – RCP Block & Brick and Lloyd Pest Control will host their annual golf tournament for customers, employees, and vendors of both companies. The tournament will be held at Riverwalk Golf Club in San Diego, CA on Sunday, October 28, 2012. All funds raised will be donated to the Semper Fi Fund. For more information, please call (619) 337-2224 or download a registration form.
Check in: 11:30AM
Shotgun Start: 12:30PM
Entry Fee: $90 per person
Entry fee includes:
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– Closest to the Pin Contest
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Assessing The Gains Of Buhari's Visit To Saudi Arabia
Analysts observe that one of the gains of President Muhammadu Buhari's recent visit to Saudi Arabia is the commitment obtained from King Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud to arresting the falling oil price in the international market.
They note that the commitment will boost the efforts of the Buhari's administration by revamping the nation's economy because 70 per cent of Nigeria's national income comes from oil and gas sales.
Buhari and Al Saud, at a bilateral meeting held in Riyadh, expressed their commitment to a "stable oil market'' and a "rebound of oil price''.
Malam Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to President Buhari, said the two leaders accepted the fact that Nigeria and Saudi Arabia's economies were tied to oil.
"They, therefore, committed themselves to doing all that is possible to stabilise the market and rebound the oil price,'' he said.
Beside this, the two leaders agreed that terrorism posed a common threat to their states and stressed the need for close cooperation on fight against terrorism.
Although Buhari applauded the Saudi Arabia for spearheading the coalition of Islamic States against terrorism, he said Nigeria would not be able to join the coalition.
"Even if we are not a part of it, we support you. I must thank the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for the recent creation of a coalition to address the menace of international terrorism.
"Nigeria will support your efforts in keeping peace and stopping the spread of terror in your region.
"This is in consonance with our own commitment and ongoing efforts in seeking to stamp out Boko Haram terrorists from the West African sub-region and Lake Chad Basin Commission ,'' Buhari said.
He thanked the Saudi government for its continuing support to Nigeria in the fight against terrorism.
Speaking on the ongoing crisis in Libya, Buhari regretted that the late Libyan leader Muammar Ghaddafi recruited, trained and armed citizens of many states in the Sahel region.
"With his fall, these mercenaries have returned to their countries, doing nothing but to shoot and kill,'' he observed.
He cited Burkina Faso and Mali as the main victims but expressed delight that the countries neighbouring the Lake Chad had tightened their ranks to void the Boko Haram threat.
"Luckily, we have cultivated our neighbours. We are now working together against Boko Haram, otherwise the problem would have become worse,'' he added.
Al Saud commended the progress made by Nigeria in combating terrorism and promised to give further support.
The king pledged his support and cooperation for Nigeria and directed all agencies of his government to follow up on the discussions.
"I now instruct my team to go and sit down with your relevant agencies to push forward cooperation between our states,'' he said.
Mentioning some of the achievements of his administration so far, Buhari said his administration had introduced policies and programmes aimed at saving the nation's economy from collapse.
He cited the Treasury Single Account (TSA) and the Zero-based budget as some of the meaningful financial policies introduced by the Federal Government to check fraud in the system, saying it had started yielding fruitful results.
According to him, the nation has so far realised more than N2.6 trillion from the newly introduced TSA.
He, therefore, expressed optimism that with the introduction of the single account, the 2016 budget implementation might not record any form of deficit at the end of the financial year.
On the ongoing fight against Boko Haram insurgency, Buhari said that his administration was determined to tackle the menace.
"As you are all aware, insecurity has been a serious challenge for us in Nigeria, however, our armed forces have done a great job in dealing with the Boko Haram.
"We have also intensified collaboration with the Multinational Joint Task Force to handle the threats within the sub-region.
"These renewed efforts helped to decimate the capacity of the insurgents and as I speak to you, the group is not in control of a single territory in Nigeria,'' he noted.
Buhari also restated the determination of his administration to tackle the problem of corruption in Nigeria, noting that the present administration had zero tolerance for corruption and other unethical practices.
"This government will do everything within the provision of the constitution to recover stolen funds and put an end to corrupt practices.
"This will be done by empowering relevant government agencies and institutions to carry out the task of nipping corruption in the bud and dealing decisively with anyone found wanting,'' he said.
He said the Federal Government was working to fully diversify the economy, which in essence, would open up new opportunities for Nigerian entrepreneurs and foreign investors.
On the request for the establishment of an international school to cater for Nigerian children in Saudi Arabia, the establishment of a branch of Nigerian bank and provision of passport machine in Riyadh, Buhari pledged that relevant authorities of government would look into the issues.
He then directed the Nigerian Embassy in Riyadh to make necessary contacts with the relevant ministries with a view to addressing some of the challenges raised at the meeting.
He said that government had begun addressing the challenge of unemployment, insisting that the objective of his administration was to take steps to address these challenges and restore the confidence and trust of Nigerians including those in the diaspora.
Buhari commended the Charge' D Affaires, the Consular-General and all the members of staff of the Nigerian Embassy and the Consulate for working tirelessly to ensure the success of his visit.
He said the Federal Government would work with the government of Saudi Arabia to solve some challenges they might be facing.
Charge' D Affaires Tijjani Hamman-Joda thanked Buhari for finding time to visit and address members of the Nigerian community in Saudi Arabia.
Observers are hopeful that Buhari's visit to Saudi Arabia will also strengthen the existing cultural and economic ties between Nigeria and Saudi Arabia for the overall benefits of both countries.
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Five Dead Babies: A Lesson In Prenatal Politics
When the Nebraska lawmakers voted to end Medicaid prenatal care for approximately 1,500 women, their unborn babies paid the ultimate price.
Any labor room hospitalist who is responsible for the care of unassigned pregnant women will tell you that it is far easier to take care of pregnant women who have had prenatal care than it is to take care of women who haven't. The recent vigil of the Equality Nebraska Coalition in front of their state capitol to honor five dead babies whose death can be related to the lack of access to prenatal care speaks volumes.
On or about February of 2010, Nebraska expectant mothers received a "Dear John" letter from Nebraska's Health and Human Services stating that their pregnancies were no longer covered under Medicaid. It appeared that the rationale for making such a drastic decision involved a resistance of state politicians to pay for medical services of "illegal immigrants."
However, when one reads the comments on a popular website called Baby Center.com, the pregnant women who were affected were U.S. citizens who were college students, wives of husbands who had lost their medical insurance, and unemployed women. Eventually all the women were able to receive government-sponsored healthcare coverage, but the panic preceding their reinstatement was palpable.
Emotions about "illegal" immigration are passionate and there are insightful opinions on both sides of the fence. However, unborn babies are not political hostages. Unless you've done an emergency C-section because of a footling breech, a placenta abruption, or on a woman on the verge of having a stroke, one does not have a clue as to the deleterious effects of withholding or denying prenatal care for pregnant women.
Having a baby is not a benign act. Skilled prenatal care saves lives. As an obstetrician, I am saddened by the death of these five babies. As a citizen of the United States, I am very much ashamed. "First do no harm," Nebraska lawmakers. "First do no harm."
*This blog post was originally published at Dr. Linda Burke-Galloway*


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Once the road to Exit Glacier is snow-covered and closed to cars, it is accessible by fat bikes, cross-country skis, snowmobile, dog sled, and more. Winter recreation generally starts in early November and the snow can last into May. This can vary greatly from season to season, so be sure to check on current conditions before starting out.
Winter is one of the best times of year to spot moose at Exit Glacier. Enjoy viewing them from a distance, since they are likely to be stressed in this season of food scarcity.
A warming hut with wood stove and benches is available for day use when visiting the Exit Glacier Area. Pit toilets are also available, located just off the parking area. No potable water is available, so all drinking water should be brought in or properly treated before drinking.
Public Use Cabin
The Willow Public Use Cabin, in the Exit Glacier Area, can be rented by the night, providing visitors with a once-in-a-lifetime winter backcountry experience.
Snowmobile use is prohibited until the park superintendent has made a determination that there is adequate snow cover. Adequate snow cover is determined by evaluating the ability of the snow pack to support snowmobile use in a manner that does not damage resource values such as vegetation and soils. A combination of factors such as snow depth, snow structure, and the characteristics of the vegetation in the area are considered in this evaluation. The Harding Icefield has adequate snow cover year-round, but the rest of the park is generally open to snowmobile use from November through April. Check the current conditions as you plan your trip.
The use of snowmobiles is prohibited within the Exit Glacier Developed Area, except on the road to Exit Glacier, in the parking areas, and on a designated route through the Exit Glacier Campground to Exit Creek, as shown on the Exit Glacier Developed Area - Winter Map.
Be sure to read and understand the Snowmobile Regulations, as riders must follow all Alaska State Laws and NPS regulations that govern snowmobile use in the park. As always, be sure to be a safe rider, and follow these safety tips for all snowmobile users.
Winter Shuttle Service
Winter shuttle service, operated by Adventure Sixty North, is authorized to provide scenic tours and guided snowshoe walks. Passengers can also be dropped off to enjoy winter activities on their own. Costs and additional information regarding the service can be found at Adventure Sixty North's website for Winter Tours and Activities.
Winter Boat Tours
Accessing the fjords and tidewater glaciers during the winter can be very challenging. Weather in the Gulf of Alaska during winter can be cold and unpredictable. In addtion, most commercial boat tours are only available from mid-March to late-September. At this time, Seward Ocean Excursions does provide some winter boat tours in Resurrection Bay, which may also view the park.
Dog Sled Tours
Ice Climbing
Booking a trip with an experienced mountaineering guide company is a great idea. It saves on the expense of costly mountaineering gear, and gives added security and safety to the trip.
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Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3 Review - Performance and Camera Review
- Page 1 Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3 Review
- Page 2 Software and Video Review
- Page 3 Performance and Camera Review
- Page 4 Battery Life, Call Quality and Verdict Review
Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3 – Performance
To go with its mid-grade screen, the Galaxy Mega has a mid-range processor. It's a dual-core processor CPU on the Krait architecture – a 1.7GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 chipset.
Although dual-core, this is an otherwise up-to-date chipset that offers good day-to-day performance, in part thanks to the 1.5GB of RAM. There's some minor, very occasional stuttering but no consistent lag.
Benchmarks show that the Samsung Galaxy Mega is significantly slower than a phone like the Samsung Galaxy S4 – for example the Mega scores around 13,000 points in the AnTutu benchmark, where the S4 scores around 24,000. However, there's little to show the phone up too badly at present.
There appeared to be more texture pop-in and slight frame rate inconsistency in impressive 3D racer Real Racing 3, but it's more a case that the Mega will age more quickly than a top-end phone, rather than that there are things it currently cannot do well. Although dual-core, it's fairly powerful.
Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3 – Internal Speaker
Speaker placement in the Galaxy Mega is typical of Samsung's Android phones. There's just one speaker output, which sits to the bottom-left of the phone's rear.
In a phone this size, you might hope to see stereo speakers, so that when watching a film the sound isn't completely mono. However, its performance is pretty good regardless. The Samsung Galaxy Mega goes much louder than most, and has beefier bass than the vast majority of phones too.
Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3 – Camera
The Samsung Galaxy Mega has a camera that's roughly a year behind the competition. Its core specs are identical to those of the Samsung Galaxy S3 – an 8-megapixel main sensor and f/2.6 aperture lens.
Its image style is typical of a Samsung phone – they are processed to give a punchy, high-contrast look that is high on impact, if not quite as great at producing an entirely natural look when examined more critically.
Macro performance is reasonable, although you can't get super up-close to the subject. Around 15cm distance is required to get a solid lock-in in most conditions.
This 1:1 pixel crop gives you a decent idea of the amount of close-up detail you can get with the Samsung Galaxy Mega.
Given how small a proportion of the full photo's scene this represents, it's a pretty good performance. However, other Samsung phones we've tested have managed to get closer to the subject while maintaining focus.
Low-light performance won't get close to matching something like the HTC One or Lumia 925, either. With a fairly slow lens, no optical stabilisation and a 'standard', tiny 8-megapixel sensor, it can't do much with a low-light situation without resorting to a using the flash.
To the human eye, this scene was a lot less dark than it appears in the photo. A Photoshop edit of the photo shows that there is some more 'hidden' detail to be exposed, but the resulting image is horribly noisy.
The same scene with LED flash in action
The Mega offers a solid array of additional photo modes. The most useful for everyday shooting are HDR ("rich tone"), which melds to exposures to increase dynamic range – the level of detail resolved in very bright and very dark areas – and panorama.
Other photographic standards include the continuous shot burst mode and a couple of more specific burst modes that pick out shots with the best picture of the subject (where that's a person, that is.)
More frivolous extras include Sound & Shot, which records an audio clip along with the snap, and the standard array of basic filters such as Solarise and Vintage.
For a company renowned for packing-in as many phone features it can, the Samsung Galaxy Mega camera app is actually pretty classy. And dead easy to use.
There is some more fun to be had post-shoot, though. You can edit photos, and beyond the usual cropping and fiddling with brightness you can also mess around with people's facial features when they've been papped straight-on.
News editor Luke Johnson, post-fiddle
Its video skills are pretty good too. The phone shoots at 1080p and has software stabilisation to stop handheld video from looking too juddery. It's not a perfect replacement for hardware stabilisation, but OIS is still a rarity in mobile phones.
The Mega's video focusing is solid. There's both mid-capture touch focusing and autofocus, making it a versatile mobile video camera. Sadly there are none of the active face-distorting video effects included in an up-to-date vanilla Android phone.
There are also a few bits missing that you'll find in other new Samsung phones too, such as simultaneous rear and front camera photo capture (a feature we didn't miss) and HDR video (which we did miss).
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The Baptists trace their origins to John Smyth and the Separatist Movement beginning in England in 1608. Historians say that Smyth rejected baptism of infants and instituted baptism only of believing adults.
In America, several Baptist congregations came together in Augusta, Georgia in 1845 to form the largest American Baptist organization, the Southern Baptist Convention.
The Baptist denomination is the largest Free Church denomination in the world with 43 million members across the globe, where more than 33 million Baptists live in the United States. The Southern Baptist Convention comprises more than 40,000 churches. More than half of all Southern Baptists in the world live in five southern states: Texas, Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee and Alabama.
Each Baptist congregation is free to act for and govern itself. Baptist churches are free to operate inside the guidelines of the Bible, elect its own pastor and manage its own business. There is no hierarchy of bishops, councils or any other authority that oversees groups of churches.
However, there are a large number of Baptist churches today that formed alliances and conventions, such as the Southern Baptist Convention, that are cooperatively submit themselves to a non-local church authority. The convention does not hold complete authority over churches that participate in them, but many have centralized governing power, which conflicts somewhat with the historic Baptist position of local church autonomy.
Baptists believe that baptism is a symbolic act that represents the salvation of an individual. Also referred to as "Believer's Baptism," a testimony of salvation is required before someone is baptized by immersion. Baptists also believe that the Bible and its clear, literal teachings are the final authority for faith and practice.
There are many notable Baptists; among some of a few are Billy Graham, Jimmy Carter, author John Grisham, Johnny Cash, Reba McEntire and Carrie Underwood.
For more information on local Baptist churches, visit our church directory on page 19, or visit www.sbc.net.


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Diabetic Foot complications are the leading cause of amputations in Pakistan & huge financial burden on the society-Iqbal Durrani
KARACHI: Non Communicable Diseases (NCDs) account for high morbidity and mortality in Pakistan and health sector's focus is not at micro level how to manage it. It accounts for almost 54% of total deaths in the country annually. Pakistan is the sixth largest country with diabetes and one fourth of Pakistanis is obese and overweight which needs our attention. Diabetic foot complications are the leading cause of amputation in Pakistan and huge financial burden on the society.
Mental health fitness of political leadership is extremely importance
RAWALPINDI: For every job/work, medical fitness both physical and mental is a pre-requisite and for higher and sensitive jobs, fitness assumes much higher significance. For politicians, mental health fitness has higher importance because upon their deeds, utterances, actions, Nation's fate and future depends says Lt. Gen. (Retd) Mahmud Ahmad Akhtar former Surgeon General of Pakistan Army.
Researchers at Indus Hospital discover a new indication for use of Strontium Ranelate
KARACHI: Researchers at multidisciplinary Indus Hospital at Karachi have claimed to have discovered yet another indication for the use of Strontium Ranelate which is available for the last many years and is being already used for the treatment of osteoporosis. It is available in Pakistan with the name of Onita. Speaking at a press conference on August 16th 2014.
"Let us Save Lives" by Dr. Saeed Minhas
KARACHI: Health education of the community with particular reference to First Aid in case of emergency can save many precious lives if the victims are able to get First Aid in time during the golden hours and they are safely transferred to the nearest healthcare facility. However, there is a paucity of literature on health education in Urdu that is why the recent book "Let us Save Lives "by Dr. Saeed Minhas consultant orthopaedic surgeon at Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Center is a welcome addition to the scarce literature available.
When gynecologist should yell for a general surgeon
In 1966 while attending a course for Part-II FRCS at Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh, a professor of gynecology and obstetric from Edinburg Royal infirmary said jokingly that a gynecologist does six operations.
One in Six Lupus Patients get readmitted to Hospital within 30 days of discharge
A new study reveals that one in six patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is readmitted to the hospital within 30 days of being discharged. Results published in Arthritis & Rheumatology, a journal of the American College of Rheumatology (ACR), show that black and Hispanic SLE patients were more likely to be readmitted than white patients
Study finds increased rates of preventable deaths in the US following common urologic procedures
In recent years, a shift from inpatient to outpatient surgery in the U.S. for commonly performed urologic procedures has coincided with increasing deaths following complications that were potentially recognizable or preventable. The finding, which comes from a recent study published in BJU International, indicates the importance of monitoring urologic surgery patients for potential complications.
Do we need insulin Analogue?
Cost of medicines for health care is a problem all over the world – much more acute in the resource poor countries. Pakistan which has more than half the population living below poverty line and the Government's and its people with extremely scarce resources need cost-effective drugs. Insulin in particular is the case in point. Most patients suffering from diabetes mellitus, Type II, the most prevalent type, need insulin at later stages of treatment.
Health RAB is striving to promote research culture in Pakistan-Prof. Basit
KARACHI: Health Research Advisory Board established with unconditional financial assistance of PharmEvo, a leading national pharmaceutical concern is striving to promote the research culture in Pakistan. This was stated by Prof. Abdul Basit, an eminent diabetologist, Director of Baqai Institute of Diabetes and Endocrinology (BIDE) who is also Vice Chairman of Health RAB while sp
Widespread adoption of Robot-Assisted Cancer Surgery to remove the prostate
A new study reveals that the U.S. has experienced widespread adoption of robot-assisted prostate removal surgery to treat prostate cancer in recent years. The BJU International study also found that while such surgeries are more expensive than traditional surgeries, their costs are decreasing over time.
Medicaid Reimbursements may affect cancer screening rates among beneficiaries
A recent study has found that in states with higher Medicaid payments for office visits, Medicaid beneficiaries were more likely to be screened for breast, cervical, and colorectal cancer. Published early online in CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, the findings may help policy makers address barriers to access to care and improve the use of recommended cancer screening services.
Otsuka awareness campaign against Hepatitis
KARACHI: Hepatitis is increasing very rapidly in our country and about 80% patients examined at our Department are Hepatitis B or C carrier. Reuse of disposable syringes and pricking of I.V infusion bottles are major causes of Hepatitis spread. This was stated by Dr. Shahid Karim Consultant Gastroenterologist at Liaquat National Hospital Karachi. He was performing the Otsuka Lucky draw in connection with Otsuka awareness campaign against Hepatitis held at Otsuka Head Office on August 27, 2014.
Obituary: Lt. Gen. Shaukat Hassan, HI (M)
Lt Gen Shaukat Hassan an eminent surgeon of the Pakistan Armed Forces and Pakistan passed away on 29th May 2014. The cause of death was cardiac arrest. He was 95 years.
He was born on 12th may 1919 at Amritsar, received early education at the Govt. High School Amritsar and passed FSc from the M.A.O College Amritsar. He graduated in Medicine and Surgery from the K.E.M College with distinction and got initial training in surgery at the Mayo Hospital Lahore.
Broader organ sharing won't harm liver transplant recipients
New research shows that broader sharing of deceased donor livers will not significantly increase cold ischemia time (CIT)—the time the liver is in a cooled state outside the donor suggesting that this is not a barrier to broader sharing of organs. However, findings published in Liver Transplantation, a journal of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society,


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Beatings, screaming & death threats revealed in parents' divorce papers that scarred Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino, transforming him from geek to muscle bound hunk.
The Situation's parents cheated on each other and viciously beat one another, according to shocking divorce documents obtained exclusively by The ENQUIRER.
Mike's father Frank Sorrentino Jr. even threatened to cut his mom Linda "into pieces," while she once told him she'd be happy to go out to "find someone else to (have sex with)," the explosive court papers state.
"The Sorrentinos were the most dysfunctional family I ever met!" a family friend revealed. "Mike's father had a bad temper and the mom had a sharp tongue. When they butted heads, they were explosive."
Muscle-bound Mike, 29, who's vaulted to celebrity status now as a contestant on Dancing with the Stars, has two brothers, Frank III, 35, and Marc, 31, and a sister, Melissa, 23.
Their parents, Frank, 56, and Linda, 54, began divorce proceedings in New Jersey in 2004, and they flung scandalous charges at one another in their legal documents.
"(Frank) has constantly, throughout the marriage, beaten and battered (Linda) to the point where she believed that the beatings were part of her life," Linda claimed.
Meanwhile, Frank charged that Linda once "broke his nose" by bashing him with the heel of her shoe.
He frequently threatened to kill Linda and once told The Situation and his siblings that "he wanted to see the expression on their mother's face when he stabbed her and cut her up into pieces," Linda stated.
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Holiday Glam Look – December Ipsy Glam Bag
I really enjoyed sharing my first makeup post with all of you, so I thought I would post one again. This time, however, I am going to focus on a look for Holiday parties. 'Tis the season for holiday gatherings and Christmas parties, so this is my go to look. I set my base make-up […]Read More


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PFFS-University seventh graders will be visiting Westland Resources, an engineering and environmental consulting firm. In connection with their science focus on engineering and design last quarter and our upcoming focus on urban environmental issues, students will be learning how we solve environmental problems in an urban context.
The firm is located close to River and Alvernon, so we will head to Brandi-Fenton Park for lunch and some time on the river path afterwards. Please make sure to send your kiddo with a non-microwaveable lunch, comfortable clothes and walking shoes, and a full water bottle.


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SPC – Swiss Plasma Center
The Swiss Plasma Center is one of the world's leading fusion research laboratories. Through a wide range of research programs, all connected to education and training at different levels, we work to advance our understanding of the physics of plasmas and develop fusion as an energy source. (Source: SPC website)


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Steele Creek Park is located in Bristol,TN. and is one of the largest city parks in the State. It has a manmade lake, acres of forests and miles of hiking trails. It is essentially my second home, having wandered its environs since I was about 10 years old. It never ceases to enthrall & surprise me with its varied scenery, florals and wildlife.
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The production shows itself to be well crafted towards the latter half of the song, and the whole thing becomes notably familiar the further along you get.
It's really just a beautiful recording, a great song, hopefully one that has a positive influence on all who hear it. A pleasure to experience.
Sarantos has a skill for painting a vivid picture with his music, and although the idea of cheating is unpleasant; the music dances in the face of concern.
There is nothing fake or false; Sarantos prides himself on being a real artist, with much of what it is to be human; imperfections and all.
"There should never be a reason for conflicted or confused young people struggling with feelings of sexuality to commit suicide." – Sarantos.


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A rape case was registered against actor Alok Nath by the Mumbai Police on a complaint filed by a writer-producer, who had accused him of raping her nearly two decades ago, police said Wednesday.
A First Information Report (FIR) was registered at the Oshiwara police station in suburban Andheri on Tuesday night, a senior police official said.
Nath has been booked under Indian Penal Code section 376 (rape), Deputy Commissioner of Police, Zone IX, Paramjit Singh Dahiya, said.
The complainant, best known for a 90s TV show, had in a social media post last month alleged that the actor had raped her 19 years ago.
She had given an account of the alleged sexual assault in the post, soon after actor Tanushree Dutta's complaint of harassment against Nana Patekar sparked of what is known as India's #MeToo movement. Patekar denied the allegations.
In recent months, #MeToo has been gaining momentum in India with women calling out comedians, journalists, authors, actors and filmmakers.
The writer-producer had submitted a complaint against the actor at the police station on October 17.
Nath had refuted the allegations and filed a civil suit against the complainant in a court here. He had also sought Re 1 as damages for allegedly defaming him.
The actor's wife Ashu had also recorded her statement before a magistrate in connection with her complaint against the complainant and sought that defamation proceedings be initiated against the writer-producer.
She told the court that their (Nath and Ashu's) reputation has been damaged because of the allegations levelled by the writer.
The complainant had alleged that the actor had raped her 19 years ago.
Though she did not name Nath in her social media post, she referred to him as the actor who is known as the "most Sanskari person" in the field of acting.
Nath is known for playing characters endorsing 'moral values' in films such as "Maine Pyaar Kiya", "Hum Aapke Hain Koun!", "Hum Saath Saath Hain" and "Vivah".
The Cine and TV Artists Association (CINTAA) had earlier this month expelled Alok Nath in view of the rape allegations against him.
The #MeToo movement, which began in Hollywood a year ago, has seen thousands sharing their stories of sexual harassment.
The movement has resulted in the fall of Bollywood stalwarts such as Patekar, Sajid Khan, Subhash Kapoor, Vikas Bahl, Subhash Ghai, Anu Malik and Rajat Kapoor.


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I am still loving my Clarisonic Mia 2 (here on Amazon). Around the same time that I started using that nightly, I also implemented the hot lemon water habit and switched my nightly moisturizer for organic coconut oil. I'm not sure which step to attribute it to (or maybe it was the combination of all three!) but I really saw some nice improvements in my skin. I'm not doing the hot lemon water daily any more, only sporadically, because I've really needed plain ol' coffee recently!
Thanks to everyone who recommended the It Cosmetics CC Cream. Mine is from Ulta, and if you are shopping online you can go through Ebates you can get 6% back (join here). I love the SPF 50 in this product and it's a heavier coverage look but not a heavier feel. Some days I do switch it up and just wear the Laura Mercier tinted moisturizer, but I always top my CC cream or tinted moisturizer with this mineral powder. It's been my favorite for years.
I raved about the $3 Elf blush in the bright pink color that's similar to Bobbi Brown Pale Pink, but it has not lasted very long at all, and half of it broke out of the compact. So, as soon as it's dunzo, I'm splurging again on Pale Pink. It's pricier than I'd usually spend but completely worth it -- my last compact of it lasted several years. Which is probably a no-no in the makeup world, but oh well.


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Manuscript Completed: January 1983 Date of Issue: June 1984
Prepared by: M. Siman-Tov J. Dykstra D. D. Holt W. P. Huxtable R. A. Just W.R. Williams
Oak Ridge National Laboratory Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831 Under Interagency Agreement DOE 40-550-75
S. Bernstein, NRC Project Manager
Prepared for: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research Division of Risk Analysis Transportation and Materials Risk Branch Washington, DC 20555
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This report identifies and discusses potential scenarios for the accidental release of UF 6 at NRC-licensed. UF6 production and fuel fabrication facilities based on a literature review, site visits, and DOE enrichment plant experience. Analytical tools needed for evaluating source terms for such releases are discussed, and the applicability of existing methods is reviewed. Accident scenarios are discussed under the broad headings of cylinder failures, UF6 process system failures, nuclear criticality events, and operator errors and are categorized by location, release source, phase
of UF 6 Prior to release, release flow characteristics, release causes,.initiating events, and UF6 inventory at risk.* At least three types of releases are identified for further examination: (1) a release from a liquid-filled cylinder: outdoors, (2) a release from a pigtail or cylinder in a steam chest, and (3) an indoor release from either (a) a pigtail or liquid-filled cylinder or (b) other indoor source depending on facility design and operating procedures. Indoor release phenomena may be analyzed to determine input terms for a ventilation model by using a time-dependent homogeneous compartment model or a more complex hydrodynamic model if time-dependent, spatial variations in concentrations, temperature, and pressure are important. Analytical tools for modeling directed jets and explosive releases are discussed as well* as some of the complex phenomena to be considered in analyzing UF6 releases both indoors and outdoors.
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These burgers are one of the first dishes I learned how to prepare, and it's one of our favorites!
In Greece we use minced meat in several different ways, and I'm planning to post several of them (because they are delicious 🙂 ). We call this particular preparation biftekia (μπιφτέκια), and most often you can find them grilled.
They can be prepared using either minced beef or mixed pork and beef. I used only beef here because I prefer it, but I have tried the combination before and it works nicely as well.
It's quite easy to prepare them, because you just need to put all the ingredients in a bowl and mix them. And then you are ready to grill!
Preheat the oven at 240ºC (460ºF). Start by peeling the onions and the garlic, washing the parsley, and putting the minced meat in a bowl.
Mince the onion and the garlic in the food processor and finely chop the parsley. Put them in the bowl with the meat. Add the breadcrumbs, one egg, salt and pepper, oregano, vinegar and olive oil.
Using your hand (with or without a glove), mix well until everything is incorporated homogeneously.
(At this point you can even store the mix in the fridge for some hours).
If you're planning to grill the burgers outside, on your BBQ, shape them and start grilling! But here I was making them for dinner, after work, so the BBQ wasn't an option. I could have put them in an oven tray with some olive oil on top and cook them in the oven (they turn out awesome!).
But I went for a somehow lighter option, which is to grill them on a wire rack placed on top of a tray. In that way, the fat drips on the tray and we avoid eating it.
Cook them at 240ºC (460ºF) until nicely brown on top (took me around 25min). Flip them carefully with a fork and cook until the other side is ready. Take care because the bottom side is already quite cooked, so you'll only need some minutes more (took me 7min more).
Serve them with rice, potatoes, salad, vegetables or anything you like! You can also try ketchup (I like it, what can I do?) or mustard.
Have a nice day!
Makes 7 burgers (I serve portions of 2 per person)
Tablespoon: standard, soup-eating, big kitchen spoon
Teaspoon: normal kitchen small spoon
400g minced beef (or combination pork-beef)
1 large onion
1 clove of garlic
4 tablespoons thinly chopped parsley
6 tbsp breadcrumbs (around 2 fistfuls)
1 egg
½ tablespoon salt
½ teaspoon pepper
½ teaspoon dried oregano
1 tablespoon vinegar
2 tablespoons olive oil
Preheat the oven at 240ºC (460ºF). Mince the onion and the garlic in the food processor and finely chop the parsley. Put them in the bowl with the meat. Add the breadcrumbs, the egg, salt and pepper, oregano, vinegar and olive oil. Mix with your hand until homogeneous. Grill in the oven until nicely brown, from both sides. Serve with the side dish of your choice.


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NAVTEQ Cites Top 10 Most Congested Cities in Europe A list you don't want to be on: leading traffic provider NAVTEQ ranks the Top 10 worst urban rush hours across Western Europe in 2010
LONDON, Jan. 6, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- NAVTEQ, the leading global provider of maps, traffic and location data enabling navigation, location-based services and mobile advertising around the world, today issued their experts' rankings of the Top 10 most congested rush hours in Europe. Topping the list are London, Paris and Dublin.
NAVTEQ Traffic(TM) is used in leading automotive, personal navigation, mobile, and online solutions worldwide. In Europe, NAVTEQ Traffic spans 13 countries* providing consistent and seamless traffic information. That information is based on data from an unmatched portfolio of sources including billions of GPS probe data points per month, a vast sensor network, as well as event-based data collected from bodies such as the police force, emergency services and road charge organizations.
NAVTEQ composed its Top 10 "most congested" list based on a mix of criteria including greatest rush hour delay in Western European cities containing more than one million inhabitants. The Top Ten list includes:1. London
2. Paris
3. Dublin
4. Berlin
5. Stockholm
6. Hamburg
7. Manchester
8. Lyon
9. Vienna
10. Marseilles
With NAVTEQ(R) quality-tested traffic data, drivers get a comprehensive solution that links up-to-the minute traffic information to map data and enables wireless transmission directly to in-vehicle navigation systems, personal navigation devices and mobile phones. NAVTEQ Traffic delivers detailed information about current traffic conditions, allowing drivers to make better routing and re- routing decisions.
NAVTEQ Traffic experts note that, aside from variable issues such as traffic incidents, time of day and weather, traffic is influenced by constant factors, among them:
-- Specific topographical circumstances, e.g. significant bodies of water
like rivers, lakes or coasts, small valleys and high mountains
-- Population and working places in cities and suburbs creating different
traffic situations
-- Intelligent interaction of individual and public traveling and transport
"These circumstances and many others intersect with time to produce traffic," says Andreas Erwig, Director, NAVTEQ Traffic Europe. "Because the fascinating complexity of traffic is that it's not only about movement from here to there, but from now to then."
To detect and understand those complex traffic processes NAVTEQ acquires data not only from different technologies, but also from different user groups, e.g. GPS consumer data and GPS commercial data.
A video featuring Mr. Erwig may be found at http://www.youtube.com/user/NAVTEQCompany.
About NAVTEQ
NAVTEQ is the leading global provider of maps, traffic and location data (digital location content) enabling navigation, location-based services and mobile advertising around the world. NAVTEQ supplies comprehensive digital location content to power automotive navigation systems, portable and wireless devices, Internet-based mapping applications and government and business solutions. The Chicago-based company was founded in 1985 and has approximately 5,100 employees located in 212 offices in 48 countries.
NAVTEQ and NAVTEQ Traffic are trademarks in the U.S. and other countries. All rights reserved.
* Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom
Web site: http://www.navteq.com/
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Collins says she'll support Sotomayor
Sen. Susan Collins announced Tuesday that she would become the fourth Senate Republican to support Sonia Sotomayor's nomination to the Supreme Court.
The support from the Maine centrist is the latest sign that Sotomayor will be confirmed by a comfortable majority before the Senate adjourns for its summer recess on Aug. 7.
" Judge Sotomayor has impressive legal experience, has excelled throughout her life and is a tremendously accomplished person," Collins said. "And based on my review of her record, my assessment of her character and my analysis of her adherence to precedent, Judge Sotomayor warrants confirmation to the high court."
But even though Sotomayor's confirmation is a foregone conclusion, Republicans are still going to take as much time as they are allowed under Senate rules. On Tuesday morning, the Senate Judiciary Committee delayed a vote for a week, putting off the committee roll call until July 28.
The Senate's top Republican, Mitch McConnell, and No. 4 Republican, John Thune, have announced their opposition to Sotomayor. But Democrats hold a 60-40 majority in the Senate, and GOP Sens. Mel Martinez, Olympia Snowe and Dick Lugar have already announced they would support her, ensuring she has enough votes to win confirmation. Some Republicans have privately predicted Sotomayor could receive up to 70 votes, but she does not have that level of support yet.
"We all know Judge Sotomayor wil be confirmed," Senate Judiciary Chairman Pat Leahy (D-Vt.) said Tuesday. Leahy said he was " disappointed" with the GOP's decision to delay the vote, but he acknowledged it was the minority's right to delay that vote for a week.
The only question remains whether any Republican on the committee will back her nomination. On Monday, Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) and Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) all said they were still considering her nomination.
"From a neutral observer's point of view, I thought she did good," Graham said of Sotomayor's performance at her confirmation hearings last week. "I'm leaning towards making my mind up soon."
Sotomayor submitted follow-up written questions to the Judiciary Committee on Monday evening, and Kyl said he would decide whether to support her after reviewing her answers. In her answers to the committee, which were written by White House lawyers but reviewed, approved and edited by her, Sotomayor hewed largely to the same script at her hearings, saying she would avoid taking a position on several thorny issues because of the possibility they could come before the court.
"She needs to answer the questions a certain way," Kyl said.
In her responses to Kyl, Sotomayor continued to defend her decision in the New Haven firefighters case, said that circuit court opinions have binding precedent over all district courts, and she weighed in on the analogy that judges are like baseball umpires.
"I believe all analogies are imperfect," she said. "I agree with the proposition, however, that judges, like umpires and referees should be impartial."
On Monday, both Kyl and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) signaled that there would not be a protracted floor fight over the nomination. Kyl, who said the floor debate could finish in four days, said he "personally" doesn't think a confirmation vote should be put off until September, as many conservative activists have sought.
McConnell, who has announced his opposition to the nomination, said that he wouldn't filibuster the nomination.
"I don't know of any Republicans who think that will be necessary, whether that will pop up along the way I couldn't guarantee you," McConnell said.


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§ Lord HYLTON
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In view of the approaching end of the British transitional period, what steps they are taking within the EEC to achieve harmonisation of the price of butter, given that it has been stated that the price of butter to the producer expressed in sterling is at present in Britain £1,142 per tonne, in Ireland £1,520, in France £1,645, in the Netherlands £1,985 and in Western Germany £2,135.
§ Lord STRABOLGI
During the transitional period the intervention prices for butter in the United Kingdom and in the Republic of Ireland are being progressively aligned with the common intervention price applicable in the rest of the EEC. After the final transitional step has been taken on 31st December 1977 the intervention price, expressed in EEC units of account, will be the same throughout the Community. The conversion of these prices into national currencies takes place at special fixed rates (the "green rates") which are not necessarily adjusted as market rates of exchange change. For this reason CAP support prices in the various Member States when expressed in any one national currency may continue to differ.


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Kim Swims
Documentary following Kim Chambers' attempt to become the first woman to swim a 30 mile open ocean, shark-infested route. Kim took up swimming as part of her rehab after she nearly lost a leg due to injury.
"If you think you can't do something, or you're afraid of doing something, that's exactly when you should do it." – Kim Chambers
Where to WatchBuy or Rent on Amazon (Not Available on Prime Video)
Watch Now on Netflix (Subscription Required)
Also available to buy or rent on YouTube, Google Play and other major outlets.


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American indie pop band have released a new single titled, "Lightning", off their third studio album, "Fever Dream."
The group which consists of lead vocalist Michelle Joy, guitarist Ryan Clapham, and keyboardist and bassist Paul Davis released the new project through Columbia Records.
Ryan Clapham and Paul Davis, who have been friends since childhood, began composing music together in their teenage years. In 2013, after posting an advertisement on the website Craigslist seeking a singer for their musical project, Clapham and Davis connected with Joy, who was thereafter recruited as Cannons' frontwoman.
Cannons issued their first EP Up All Night in 2014. The band then released their debut album Night Drive in 2017, as well as a second EP, In a Heartbeat, the following year.
"Shadows", Cannons' second album, was released in 2019 by AntiFragile Music. "Fire for You", the first single from Shadows, gained significant commercial traction after being featured in a 2020 episode of the comedy-drama TV series Never Have I Ever. The band subsequently signed to Columbia Records. In early 2021, "Fire for You" reached number one on the Billboard Alternative Airplay chart.
Signing to Columbia Records, CANNONS now make a lasting impression and an even deeper connection.


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Read to Succeed Buffalo
AARP Foundation Experience Corps
AARP Foundation Experience Corps is a volunteer-based tutoring program that connects older adults to their communities by engaging them in the intergenerational work of helping young students become better readers. The program helps older adult volunteers maintain a sense of purpose by putting their wisdom to work, at the same time addressing a major contributor to poverty: the inability of children to read at grade level by the end of third grade.
By connecting them to their communities, Experience Corps improves the mental and physical health of older adult volunteer tutors.
- During the 2016-2017 school year, the first year that Experience Corps came to Buffalo City Schools through a program expansion grant supported by the AARP Foundation, John R. Oishei Foundation and the Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo, 98 percent of volunteers nationally reported that participating in Experience Corps helped them stay physically and mentally active, and 96 percent of volunteers reported that the program increased their sense of purpose in life.
- According to one study, 96 percent of volunteers reported feeling better about themselves after working with Experience Corps, and more than 85 percent of volunteers felt that their lives had improved because of their involvement with the program.
- Studies have shown that participating in Experience Corps actually reduced deficits in areas of the brain associated with the development of dementia.
Low childhood literacy has negative long-term consequences.
Children who are not able to read at grade level by fourth grade are four times more likely not to graduate from high school. If they are poor, attend school with a significant number of other poor children and are not reading at grade level by the fourth grade they are 13 times more likely not to graduate from high school.
- The median annual income of a high school dropout in 2015 was $25,000, compared with $53,800 for someone who obtained a college or post-graduate degree.
- High school dropouts are more likely than those who graduate to be arrested or have a child while still a teenager.
Experience Corps has been proven to measurably benefit students who participate.
- The program has more than 2,000 highly trained volunteers working in 22 cities and serving more than 30,000 students in kindergarten through third grade in high-need schools.
- Students who worked one-to-one with Experience Corps tutors for a single school year saw more than 60 percent greater gains in critical literacy skills compared with students not served by the program.
- Before the school year was suspended on March 16, 2020 due to pandemic related school closings, Experience Corps Buffalo recruited, screened, trained, and coached 72 mature volunteers who were tutoring 524 students in six Buffalo Title I schools; representing every quadrant in the City.
- Despite the abbreviated school year, 93.5 percent of students completed 20 or more sessions and were on track to meet or exceed end of year target of 35 sessions. Of those, 144 or 29 percent had 30 or more sessions completed and 20 students had already achieved the target of 35 tutoring sessions.
- Across all six RTSB Experience Corps schools, second grade had the highest percentage of students at or above benchmark at the mid-year January assessment period with 43 percent. In third grade, 41 percent of students were at or above benchmark for fluency (number of words correct when oral reading) and 55 percent of students were at or above benchmark for accuracy (percentage of words correct out of total words read).
- Overall 28 percent (145/524) of Experience Corps Buffalo small group students improved one or more proficiency levels (change in DIBELS benchmark status) according to January assessment results, 39 percent (206/524) of whom with reading composite scores at or above benchmark for the middle of year.
Read to Succeed Buffalo Experience Corps Going Virtual in 2020-2021.
- The COVID-19 pandemic has required everyone to adjust their activities. Read to Succeed Buffalo is no exception.
- RTSB will be partnering with the Buffalo City Schools to provide Experience Corps 1:1 Tutoring virtually through the District's MS Teams platform, in the same six partner schools: D'Youville Porter Elementary School #3, Early Childhood Center School #17, Dr. Lydia T. Wright School #89, Southside Elementary School #93, West Hertel Academy School #94 and Waterfront Elementary School #95.
- To that end RTSB is changing its structured session model to better meet the demands of on-line learning. The new structured session, focused on fluency and comprehension, will have RTSB's Volunteer Tutors utilizing the BPS endorsed Reading A - Z (RAZ) leveled reading program. RTSB will be training the approximately 68 returning veteran Volunteer Tutors in this new model, as well as MS Teams and on-line tutoring strategies in late September.
- While refining RTSB's tutoring strategies into a more focused session primarily on fluency skill development was not an uncomplicated decision, there are compelling reasons to focus on a specific, discrete skill – particularly for virtual implementation. Multiple rigorous studies have shown fluency to be highly correlated to overall reading ability of elementary school students. Based on the evidence in the literature, fluency is predictive of overall reading ability in elementary school students from a moderate to high degree.


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Primal Quest, North America's Premier Expedition Adventure Race, will be held Sept. 6-15 in British Columbia.
The event is pleased to announce support from the Province of British Columbia. This support comes in recognition of the tourism benefit that this unique endurance event brings to the region. Global attention, international teams, broad social media reach will bring positive impact to the Sea to Sky Corridor and participating communities.
We are thrilled with this support and we plan to extend the reach and impact towards positive affect for tourism and businesses in communities throughout the 10-day event.
"Primal Quest is very excited to be hosted in this stunning Sea to Sky region of B.C. With an event of this length lasting 10 days plus preparation and recovery days we very much look forward to contributing to local tourism, community and businesses in the region. You can expect international teams to arrive early and bring families and friends for a bit of travel exploration to familiarize themselves with the terrain," says Maria Burton Primal Quest CEO, Race Director.
Primal Quest looks forward to delivering a campaign designed to encourage travel for all visiting teams throughout the region. We will help show prospective visitors from all over the world the natural beauty and rich cultural history of the British Columbia coastal area.
Details regarding sponsorship opportunities: email@example.com
For additional race information: www.primalquest.org
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17th International Conference on Fundamental Approaches to Software Engineering (FASE)
FASE is concerned with the foundations on which software engineering is built. Submissions should focus on novel techniques and the way in which they contribute to making software engineering a more mature and soundly-based discipline. Contributions that combine the development of conceptual and methodological advances with their formal foundations and tool support are particularly encouraged. We welcome contributions on all such fundamental approaches, including:
- Software engineering as an engineering discipline, including its interaction with and impact on society;
- Requirements engineering: capture, consistency, and change management of software requirements;
- Software architectures: description and analysis of the architecture of individual systems or classes of applications;
- Specification, design, and implementation of particular classes of systems: adaptive, collaborative, embedded, distributed, mobile, pervasive, or service-oriented applications;
- Software quality: validation and verification of software using theorem proving, model checking testing, analysis, refinement methods, metrics or visualisation techniques;
- Model-driven development and model transformation: meta-modelling, design and semantics of domain-specific languages, consistency and transformation of models, generative architectures;
- Software processes: support for iterative, agile, and open source development;
- Software evolution: refactoring, reverse and re-engineering, configuration management and architectural change, or aspect-orientation.
Important Dates and Submission
See the common call for papers of ETAPS 2014. Submit your paper via the FASE 2014 author interface of EasyChair.
FASE 2014 will not use a rebuttal phase.
Invited Speaker
Christel Baier (Technical University of Dresden, Germany)
Programme Chairs
Stefania Gnesi (ISTI-CNR, Italy)
Arend Rensink (University of Twente, the Netherlands)
Programme Committee
Marsha Chechik (University of Toronto, Canada)
Myra Cohen (University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA)
Vittorio Cortellessa (Università dell'Aquila, Italy)
Kzysztof Czarnecki (University of Waterloo, Canada)
Juan de Lara (Universidad Autonoma Madrid, Spain)
Ewen Denney (NASA, USA)
Jürgen Dingel (Queen's University, Canada)
José Luiz Fiadeiro (Royal Holloway, University of London,UK)
Dimitra Giannakopoulou (CMU/NASA Ames, USA)
Holger Giese (Universität Potsdam, Germany)
Reiko Heckel (University of Leicester, UK)
John Hosking (Australian National University, Australia)
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245. Battle of Five Armies (Part 2)
I headed for the door without really knowing where I was going. "Fight's this way, is it?"
The whole room was staring at me.
"Are you feeling alright?" asked Claire. Not in a 'Can I help you?' way, more of an 'Is it contagious?' while backing away manner.
"I'm fine. Untouchable."
It was hard to know how to explain it to them. Or even if i should. To be honest, I didn't understand it all that well, myself. I could access an alien landscape that looked like some tentacle hentai fan's wet dream and float about like Peter Pan. Oh, really, Colin? And what do all these tentacles do? I have absolutely no idea.
Would they all rush to follow me into battle? Probably not. Better to just go Big Dick Mode and style it out.
"Don't worry," I said. "I've finally figured out what my special ability is. We got this. No problemo." I gave them a thumbs up, which only seemed to increase their concern.
Yes, I was overselling it a bit. I didn't actually have a fully formed idea how to deal with the elf, but I felt better for having discovered I had an ability, even if I hadn't worked out how to use it properly. Yet. But the potential was huge.
It could easily be one of those powers where the possessor becomes so powerful, they lose touch with their own humanity and stop valuing human life altogether. It was the perfect ability for me—I was halfway there already!
Come to think of it, I didn't even know how to reaccess Tentacle World. I'd used one dwarfstone to kick myself out of my body, so assuming that would work again, I presumably had two more shots with the dwarfstones I had left.
"What is it?" asked Jenny.
I realised I was standing in the doorway, lost in thought. The stares were getting more intense. And most intense was Peter's. His usual air of smug condescension had left him for once, and he looked mildly worried.
"Peter." I pointed at him. "We should talk. You probably have your own plans, right? That's good, we should coordinate." I walked back into the room and sat down at the table. "So, what's the 411?" I put my head on the table and I was out like a light.
It was only when I woke up an hour or so later that it dawned on me how hyper I'd been. Apparently travelling between planes was a stimulant. I was so jumped up and full of beans I had been ready to take on the elf there and then, no plan, no ideas. Hell, I'd been ready to take on the world. Overconfidence can also be a fast and straightforward killer.
Bright sunlight slanted in through the windows, blinding me for a moment. The others were sat around, napping. Jenny was beside me, head resting on her arms, drool dripping onto the table. What's not to love?
It took me a few seconds to spot Uncle Pete sitting opposite me, twirling the spike in his hand. He didn't look menacing or sinister, which was odd because he most certainly was both those things.
"I really believed this would be the answer to my prayers," he said in a low voice. He was considerately trying not to wake the others. He placed the spike on the table and slid it across towards me.
"You know what it does?" I asked him.
"I do now. My lovely daughter was only too happy to inform me."
"Biadet? Is she your actual daughter?"
"No, not biologically. We can't have children; the elf took care of that the moment she took the throne of Requbar. A clever move, I have to give her that. No, Biadet is my adopted daughter and my greatest creation. At least that's how I like to think of her. She might disagree. Her mother's the same. Loves to hold a grudge."
I was still a bit groggy, but I sensed some pieces falling into place. "You and Queen Zarigold were an item."
"Yes. An item. That sums it up nicely." Peter produced a sad, thin sliver of a smile. I almost felt sorry for him but I didn't really have the machinery for it. It would be more accurate to say I recognised a situation where sympathy could be applied.
"You experimented on Biadet?" He seemed in a talkative mood so I decided to try for some answers.
"Experimented? Such a harsh word. She would have died if I hadn't. Not that anyone thanked me. It's a heartless world, Colin. I'm sure you know this already."
No argument from me there. "How did the elf stop us from having children? And why?"
"The why is fairly straightforward," said Peter. "The spires need a power source to work. The locals can provide a temporary surge but it's not enough to do anything really interesting." He tapped his bottom lip with a finger. "It's more of a borrowed power. Then there's us. Visitors are a true source of power and could get the spires fully operational, if there were enough of us. Only a few of us are bought here every four years, but if we were allowed to reproduce among ourselves… it wouldn't be as potent, but it would be substantially more potent than the locals."
That made sense. If the elf didn't want the spires to be active, she would want to limit the availability of batteries.
"As for how she did it, I'm afraid I haven't been able to work that out as yet. If I could just get her into the spires, under my control, I think the answers would come thick and fast. It would help, of course, if that spike actually did what it was supposed to. The threat of such a weapon would force the truth from her, but sadly it only kills dwarves. Such a waste." He shook his head. "That's Zarigold's ability. She can imbue weapons with powers, very specific powers, whatever she wishes, really. She could help me so much, but she's too bitter to see reason. Age does that to some people."
You know when someone offhandedly dismisses another person's feelings like that, there must be good reason for them being pissed off. Guaranteed.
"I may not have the right tools, but you could still help me with learning the truth of what the elfs are. And I could help you in return."
And so began the dance. "Help me how?"
Peter leaned across the table and dropped his voice even lower. "You see, kid, the gift I have, the special ability, it doesn't help me, it helps those around me." He was full-on earnest with wall to wall carpeting; the thick stuff your feet sink into. "I can improve your abilities. Adapt them, evolve them, make you a far better exponent of whatever it is you have been gifted with."
If I was able to see the vines and tentacles I'd seen earlier, would I see them growing out of Peter now, trying to form a bond with me? Trust. Greed. Desire. Would each have its own outstretched arm, a range of putrid colours?
If what he said was true, then I could see why he would be popular among Visitors. Who wouldn't want an upgrade on their special ability? But I somehow doubted the service would come free of charge or without a catch. He would find a way to retain control. Maybe even leech off the power he had turbocharged. Or soup it up, then threaten to take it away. Your own army of super-idiots to do whatever you commanded, or it's back to being a pleb.
Admittedly, I was speculating without any evidence, but when had that ever stopped me from being right?
"But I'm untouchable," I said. "You can't help me if you can't reach me?" Can't fuck with me, either.
Peter smiled woefully, as though a great tragedy had been revealed. "You are quite correct. Quite, quite correct. Such a shame. But that doesn't mean I can't be of some assistance to you." He sat back in the chair, catching a streak of sunshine across the top of his silver hair. He snapped his fingers and raised his hand. It glowed in the beam of sunlight like a lightbulb going off over his head. "If I can't increase your gifts, I can at least help you understand them better. Not myself—my talents don't lie in that direction—but through a friend. He was in the same group as I, but he left to pursue his own path a long, long time ago. He settled in Gorgoth—that's the city to the far east. He hid himself from the world and is a hard man to get hold of, but I could make some arrangements."
Peter tilted his head back like he was considering options.
"But I don't need to understand, I already know what it is I can do," I lied. "It's not that complicated."
"It isn't?" Pete sat up, eager to learn more. "Why, what can you do?"
He didn't know. He'd guessed it was will power, which I could see since my ability to get things done was quite striking, but it was all guesswork.
They had all figured out I was untouchable because none of them could get to me with their various abilities. I wondered if they'd had a meeting to discuss it. It was clear, though, that none of them fully understood what I could do. To be fair, neither did I, but I'd had a glimpse and it was probably best I didn't reveal the truth.
On the other hand, I had no problem revealing a bunch of lies.
"I can control the elf. After that, what my power is won't really matter. I'll have all her abilities to use any way I want. Should be a lot of fun."
Pete's face seemed to be doing a weird kind of twitching around the edges, although the middle remained as implacable as ever.
"You can't possibly believe it will be that easy," said Peter.
The King came rushing into the room, followed by a whole host of other people I didn't recognise. The others woke up.
"The elf is on the move," said the King. "We have commanded the armies to set forth. They will wait for you to arrive before attacking."
This was aimed at me. Even though nobody knew what I could do, I was still the best hope they had.
"I have prepared suitable clothing for you all," said Laney.
"Designed by you?" I asked. She was currently wearing a bright yellow outfit with red trim.
"Sadly, there was no time." A wave of relief passed around the group.
"I'm fine as I am," I said. I couldn't be bothered with any roleplaying bullshit. "They'll play dress up, though." The others were only too happy to agree. The only thing I needed was Jenny's wooden sword, which she handed over with questions on her lips that she kept there.
By the time we got to the dragon, the others looked like they were on their way to Comic Con. I couldn't say which movie they were cosplaying as, but it had probably been made in 1982 and was not a big hit. Rutger Hauer may have been involved.
They had cloaks and robes and straps and weapons. Headgear with jewels embedded. If a fight broke out, they would be my shock troops for all the wrong reasons.
Everyone was keen to go, Peter, Laney, even the King, but poor Vikchutni couldn't take us all. They wanted to see what I was going to do. I knew how they felt.
Bertie came bounding up to me and knocked me to the ground. He seemed to have grown.
"Can he fly?" I asked Flossie.
"Yes," she said. "He likes flying behind his dad. Why?"
I climbed onto his back. It was like a grown man on a kid's tricycle. Or a grown man on a BMX, which looks just as idiotic. No, smoking a joint while your knees are up around your ears doesn't make it any cooler.
It was a beautiful sunny day. Vikchutni took off and me and Bertie tucked in behind. I was glad of the alone time, even if the flight was a bit bumpy.
As soon as we were over tree height, the elf was visible. She was a figure in the distance, walking slowly towards us, built entirely out of clouds. Not like a fluffy Stay Puft Marshmallow Man. She was solid with clearly defined muscles and hips and breasts, even pointed elf ears. But the surface was constantly moving. Like a piece of the sky had been folded into a living being and the weather system was trapped inside.
We were flying towards it as it walked towards us. I had perhaps twenty minutes to come up with a plan. That or keep flying and so long suckers!
I took out the two gemstones I had left and held one in each hand.
"Evand, you in there?"
"Yes. I am here." He sounded pissy. "Your fate is sealed and nothing can save you."
"Nice. Thanks for that. Who's your friend?" I lifted up the other gem which had a slight green tinge to it.
"That traitor is no friend of mine."
"Who are you calling a traitor?" said a deep voice from the other stone. "Were you not the one who allowed Hernande her freedom?"
"That was meant to be temporary and you were supposed to bring her back."
"Why? So she could be locked up again?"
"It wasn't fair and you know it. They left her behind like she was nothing. An instrument to be used."
"Who left her behind?" I asked.
"Don't tell him anything," said Evand.
"The Elf Lords. They left her because she was the only female and they considered her expendable. The spires need to be fully charged to summon them back and she was meant to be the fuel to light their fire."
Peter had mentioned two methods of charging the spires, locals and Visitors, but not this one. I was guessing using an elf was the correct way to get them up to full speed.
"Quiet!" screamed Evand.
"So, they left her here so she could be used to power up the spires?" I said, eager to keep them bickering and revealing more information. "Would that kill her?"
"Of course it would," said the other dwarf.
"These Elf Lords sound like a bunch of dicks," I said. "Why are you so keen to see them return, Evand?"
"It is not our place to judge them. They tower over us and perform great feats. We should be grateful."
The Woody Allen defence. Separate the man from the art. A deep, philosophical question, but hard to consider seriously when all I could think of was a bunch of giant Woody Allens roaming the surface of the world like dinosaurs. Hard to take anything seriously after that.
"When my Lords return, then will you truly witness the majesty of being," said Evand. I had no idea what that even meant, but I kept shtum. Valuable intel was being disseminated by these two.
"When they return, they will find Hernande is no longer the ingenue they left behind."
"How can they return if she destroys the spires?" demanded Evand.
"She does not plan to destroy them. How can you think she would do such a thing?"
"When are these ELf Lords due back?" I asked.
"Very soon," said Evand. "Less than a thousand years."
Here was something I could have done with knowing earlier. "All this for something that won't happen for a thousand years?"
"It will pass in the blink of an eye," said Evand.
At least with one threat off the table (or at the far end) I could focus on the problem in front of me. I also gave me an idea how to turn this thing around.
I held up both gems. "I'm guessing you weren't the ones who put Hernande into her prison, but how were you supposed to control her? You must have a way to do it."
There was a pause and then Evand said, "It takes all three of us working together."
"That won't be happening anytime soon," said the other dwarf.
"You know I've got dwarf number three inside me, right? If I swallowed you two, would I be able to control the elf?"
"No!" they both said together.
Sometimes when a dwarf says no, he means yes. That doesn't mean you can tell when that time is, though. Still, it was an option. A last ditch, Oh no, we're all going to die, kind of option.
"Just remember, even if it doesn't work, I can swallow you and disconnect you from the gem. That means a lifetime stuck in my head. Believe me, you wouldn't like it."
Neither said anything, but it felt like both gems shuddered in my hands. I put them away and took in the view. Beneath us were thousands of troops marching in square formation. Lizardmen and humans. Fengarad and Dargot standards raised.
Vikchutni circled the elf who took no notice, and Bertie followed like a puppy after a tennis ball. On the other side, an army from Requbar approached with a familiar figure at its head. Sonny had decided to get his revenge and had somehow convinced the survivors of Requbar to join him. As much of an ass as he was, you couldn't deny his ability to bullshit his way into the affections of men. And I don't mean that in a gay way, he just appealed to bros in a way I never could.
Flossie brought us down just ahead of the Fengarad forces and me and Bertie came to a rather abrupt halt nearby, took off again, tumbled over a hedge and went our separate ways in the next field. Bertie needed to work on those landings.
There was an army waiting for my orders and I had nothing to tell them. I decided I might as well get this over with. I took out the two gemstones and ate Evand.
A moment later I was in my head with young me and dwarf number one.
"Hold on," I said. Back in a mo. I exited my body, wooden sword in hand, and sliced off the tube growing out of my back. That took care of dwarf number two. Then I floated up towards the elf, but I was immediately struck by what the world had turned into.
It had been strange enough seeing all the vines growing in the room back in Fengarad. Outside with nothing to impede my view, I could see for miles. And for miles, there was nothing but a world full of tentacles.
Everything was connected to everything else. As I rose higher and higher, I could see the vines spreading out and up and in every which way. It was a total mind fuck. No way could I make sense of this, it was too much to take in. I focused on the elf.
She was frozen just like everything else. Hundreds of vines grew out of her. There were so many of them, they covered her like a suit of armour. I tried to cut them with the sword, but they were so big and thick, the sword only made the slightest nick that quickly healed over.
I got all the way to the head, which suddenly moved to look at me with eyes made of dark clouds getting darker.
"You are too late," she said with a voice like a howling wind. "The victory will be mine."
She had a good point, which left me with only one option, as far as I could see.
"I agree," I said. "We surrender."


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AFRICANGLOBE – Egyptian troops staged a crackdown on protesters that turned deadly Wednesday morning in efforts to clear two anti-government sit-ins in Cairo, a development that observers worry could plunge the already divided country further into uncontrollable violence.
The Ministry of Health raised the toll to 95 killed and 874 injured in violence in Cairo and elsewhere as the president declared a state of emergency across the country, giving the armed forces responsibility for "taking all measures to protect public and private property and the lives of citizens," according to a statement read on state television.
The Freedom and Justice Party, the political arm of ousted President Mohammed Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood, said the field hospitals the Brotherhood has set up in the two squares have recorded more than 300 deaths.
The storming of Raba'a al Adiwiya and Nahda squares paralyzed Cairo, with major roads closed and tanks lining the streets as the government braced for a reaction from Muslim Brotherhood supporters. Brotherhood leaders had vowed to send their supporters to march on government buildings if the sit-ins were attacked.
Images from state television and provided by the Brotherhood's press office showed smoke filling the air, helicopters circling the sky, government snipers on roofs and scores of protesters lined up against cars as they were arrested by police. They also showed bloody bodies being taken into a Brotherhood field hospital set up in Raba'a. Images were accompanied by a bar reading, "The peaceful dispersal of the sit-ins."
According to government news agency MENA, 200 protesters were arrested at both camps for possessing weapons.
Security forces fired tear gas and live ammunition at unarmed protesters including women. One older woman who had been tear gassed screamed, "God help us! We are unarmed!"
Ambulances were unable to get through to Raba'a due to thick plumes of tear gas. The wounded were instead being brought to the ambulances on motorcycle.
"They're killing people! Go take photos!" one motorcyclists screamed while taking his finger and making a slitting gesture across his throat.
The Egyptian army blocked reporters from going to the scene, violating earlier promises the police made to invite the press and human rights activists to observe the clearing of the sit-ins, amid concerns of police brutality.
"Forces have exercised self restraint and professionalism in their actions, this is reflected in the low number of injuries. The government reiterates that it will stand firmly against the attempts of some elements to attack public buildings and vital institutions and police stations," a statement from the Egyptian government that was read on state television said. "The government is committed to moving forward with implementing the future road map in a way that does not marginalize any group."
Human rights groups have condemned the brute force Egyptian police have used when clearing demonstrations. Human Rights Watch said at least 130 protesters had died in standoffs with the police in the past month and called on state security forces to refrain from violence.
A soldier with a flash grenade in his hand and sweating profusely blocked reporters from heading to the scene at one road to Raba'a, which soldiers and riot police wearing balaclavas and gas masks blocked off.
"You can't go in. We're shooting at them, they're shooting at us. Everyone is shooting at everyone," the soldier said, clutching his flash grenade with the instructions on how to detonate it.
Cairo's streets were fiercely divided Wednesday morning in what emerged as a battle for Egypt's political soul and whether the country would move toward a secular or Islamic state.
Secular Egyptians clashed with Brotherhood protesters on the streets around the Raba'a sit-in.
Supporters of the Brotherhood heeded the leadership's calls and poured into the streets, clashing with security forces and their secular civilian neighbors as they tried to move toward Raba'a and reinforce the sit-in there.
"With our blood and with our soul we will sacrifice for Islam and bring Sisi down," protesters screamed and clapped on the street, referring to Gen. Abdel Fattah Al Sisi, the leader of the armed forces who orchestrated the coup that overthrew Mr. Morsi and his Muslim Brotherhood-led government.
Pro-government supporters took to the streets to support security forces as they blocked Brotherhood protesters from joining the sit-in.
"Sisi! Sisi! The army, the people, one hand!" pro-government supporters screamed.
A Muslim Brotherhood pickup truck with a shot and wounded protester tried to navigate the streets but were stopped by a mob of pro-government people from the neighborhood.
"I'm going to the protest. God be a witness, God be our witness for Muslims," said one older woman who was being blocked by soldiers from joining the sit-in.
"Europeans understand democracy but Muslims don't," said Mahmoud Sayed, a 35-year-old protester. "I'm not with the Muslim brotherhood and I'm not with the government. But democracy here doesn't work and I'm here to support the innocent people being killed."
Mr. Sayed said he had come out to the streets after he heard live ammunition outside his home.
"My son is in Raba'a and I cannot get in to help him," said Hussein Ibrahim, a supporter of the protests. "We have no guns, all we have is our bare chests. This is a coup and in any other country people would stand up to this. And Obama is talking about democracy? He is a hypocrite. They are killing us with American aid money," he said pointing to a military helicopter in the sky.
Egypt's military receives more than $1 billion annually in U.S. aid.
Outside of Cairo, human rights groups reported several attacks on churches and Coptic Christians.
Churches were set on fire in the town of Sohag and the village of Delga in Minya, south of Cairo, while other churches in the Abou Helal district of Minya and in the city of Suez were also attacked, according to Ishak Ibrahim, a researcher with the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights.
Marches by pro-Morsi demonstrators in some places were also accompanied by the vandalizing of some shops and businesses belonging to Copts, he said.
"We've seen attacks like this before, but not of this severity and coordination," said Mr. Ibrahim. "There have been attacks before on an individual level, but these are mobs attacking simultaneously in governorates and these attacks are directly related to the dispersals of the sit-ins."
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