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Ottawa is granting former media baron Conrad Black permission to reside in Canada despite the fact he gave up his citizenship more than a decade ago and has since served jail time in Florida for fraud and obstruction of justice.
The Department of Citizenship and Immigration has authorized a one-year temporary resident permit for Lord Black that is valid from early May, 2012, until early May, 2013, The Globe and Mail has learned.
The former head of Hollinger International is expected to be released from a U.S. prison this Friday.
Securing this permit is the first step toward winning back Canadian citizenship, should Lord Black wish to do so.
The Globe and Mail has learned that Lord Black paid a $200 fee for a temporary-resident permit on March 20, 2012.
A source familiar with the matter said the Case Management Branch of the Department of Citizenship and Immigration approved the permit in March.
The department, in its decision, judged that Lord Black does not pose a threat to the Canadian public and that his high-profile status ensures his every move in Canada would come under close scrutiny.
Government sources say that Immigration Minister Jason Kenney explicitly ordered his department to leave him out of the decision-making on Lord Black.
In February, before Lord Black applied for the permit, Mr. Kenney's staff sent an email to Citizenship and Immigration officials asking that all decisions on the file be handled by the department.
Lord Black renounced his Canadian citizenship in 2001 in order to obtain a British peerage.
It is not the first time he's been issued such a temporary-resident permit (TRP) – but it's the first since his 2007 criminal conviction.
In December, 2005 – when Liberal prime minister Paul Martin was in office – he was issued a one-year multiple-entry permit. Lord Black also was granted another such permit by the Department of Citizenship and Immigration in November, 2006, by which time the Harper government was in power.
Lord Black was convicted in Chicago in 2007 of three counts of fraud and one count of obstruction of justice over the misappropriation of money at newspaper giant Hollinger International Inc. He was sentenced to 6 ½ years in prison.
Lord Black launched several appeals, including one to the U.S. Supreme Court, which ended up rewriting part of the U.S. fraud statute. Those appeals eventually led to the reversal of two fraud convictions and Lord Black was re-sentenced to 42 months in prison.
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Pastor: What Would Jesus Say to Tiger Woods and Jesse James?
"What would Jesus say to Tiger Woods and Jesse James?" posed the pastor of a Texas megachurch.
Addressing the recent celebrity scandals and adulterous affairs that have been adorning tabloids and magazines for the past several months, Pastor Kerry Shook of Woodlands Church challenged the congregation not to cast any more stones than have already been thrown.
"A lot of people have been throwing rocks at Tiger Woods and Jesse James," Shook said, alluding to the New Testament account of the adulterous woman the Pharisees wanted to have stoned.
"I'm not going to pick up another stone and add to what's happening here," he said Sunday, noting the gossip and water cooler talk surrounding the scandals.
Shook, author of bestselling book One Month to Live, began a message series earlier this month titled "Sacred," teaching the thousands at his megachurch about treating what is uniquely valuable as uniquely valuable rather than common.
Sexual intimacy is one of those gifts that seems to have lost its sacredness in society today, he noted.
"Most people treat God's sacred gift of sexual intimacy as common, casual, no big deal when God says it's to be treated as an uncommon, beautiful, wonderful, valuable, sacred gift in the marriage relationship," said Shook.
While sexual intimacy within marriage is beautiful and for the couple's enjoyment, outside of marriage it is destructive, the pastor pointed out.
Answering the curious question raised at the start of his sermon, Shook said, "I think Jesus would say to Tiger Woods and Jesse James and to me and to you 'I don't condone your sin. In fact, your sin is the reason why I had to go to a cross and die an excruciatingly painful and humiliating death on a Roman cross.
"'But I don't condemn you. I offer you forgiveness.'"
Famed golfer Woods and James, who builds custom motorcycles and is married to actress Sandra Bullock, have been on the hot seat since shocking allegations of infidelity surfaced. Each celebrity has allegedly had a number of mistresses and divorce is reportedly looming for both.
Amid the ongoing reports and public interest in the stories, Shook chose to address the matter for his message on "Sacred Love and Sex."
"What better way to show God's relevance than to pick something that's on the front page of every tabloid in America," the Woodlands pastor commented in a statement.
Before being quick to judge the celebrities, Shook reminded the congregation that all sin is sin to God, whether it is physically acted out or not.
"We always judge these ... outward sins that are so salacious," he said. "Everybody gossips; ... it makes us feel better about ourselves. But the sins of the heart (i.e. lust) are just as destructive, Jesus says."
"There are different consequences for different sins. There's no doubt," he noted. "The sins that these two guys have committed are really bringing about some terrible consequences, especially for their families and for themselves.
"[But] we can't compare ourselves. It keeps us from working on issues in our own lives."
"I just hope that we understand that every one of us need to work on our own lives," he underlined.
Addressing the general crowd, Shook preached on the readiness of God to forgive.
"Whenever you commit adultery or a sin like that that hurts, destroys marriage, you come to God and ask for forgiveness. He forgives instantly and He starts restoring your life instantly," Shook preached. "But it takes time to build trust back."
"We need to come to God for forgiveness because we're all sinners."
Woodlands Church is a multi-site church with more than 16,000 weekly attendees.

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Wednesday April 4, 2007 Four-Course Menu
Each week chef Isaac and staff, create a four-course dinner menu, each course paired with a specially selected glass of wine. Served from 5-9pm, reservations suggested. Not valid with any other offers or discounts.
$29.95 per person
Scallop Wrapped Prsciutto
Veramonte, Sauvignon Blanc; Chile
Avocado & Mango Salad
with a passion fruit vinaigrette
Cavit, Pinot Grigio; Italy
Smoked Salmon & Capers
with garlic ribbon pasta & lightly sauteed asparagus
Kia Kaha, Sauvignon Blanc; New Zeland
Bananas Foster
Mimosa Classica
Cointreau & Napoleon Champagne
The Historic Water Street Inn
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What's Up in Pizza: Sbarro Files for Bankruptcy, Health Wars, and Heston Blumenthal's Airport Pizza
Published: Last Updated:
- According to the New York Times, Sbarro, founded in 1956 in Brooklyn by Naples émigrés Gennaro and Carmela Sbarro, has filed for bankruptcy protection for the second time in three years. The rise of the fast-casual dining experience has seen a decline in mall goers which, coupled with their growing debt, necessitated the closure of over 180 restaurants (and 50 more are expected to shutter imminently). Michael Whiteman—restaurant consultant and president of Baum & Whiteman—says, "Sbarro has been stuck with an outdated business model...it sells food that has been sitting out for a while and more people want food made to order." As a short-term plan, closing money-losing stores will help, but whether or not these next steps are enough to turn the business into a sustainable one remains to be seen.
- Health wars seem to rage eternal, ebbing and waning in one direction or the other—only eat meat, only eat seafood, only eat avocadoes, only eat chia seeds. Pizza too, has fallen victim to the fight; it's good for you, it's terrible for you, some of it is good and/or bad for you, and so on and so forth. Well, the folks over at The Daily Beast decided to get in on the action, with doctor Daniela Drake musing on the potential pitfalls, noting that the excessive quantity and simultaneous lack of quality in nutritional research makes answering questions like these almost impossible. Some potential "health threat" suspects: gluten, dairy, tomatoes, anchovies, mushrooms, and onions, with side effects ranging from digestion issues to behavioral problems to arthritis. I think, as with all the other nutritional advice we're constantly bombarded with, it should be taken with a grain of salt—something to consider but not necessarily live or die by. The upshot of the piece is that perhaps as a society we overprescribe medicines for issues that could be alleviated by dietary change, which I'm generally in agreement with, but the sort of alarmist click-bait tone to the piece as a whole kind of rubs me the wrong way—what about you?
- Finally, The Telegraph reports that Heston Blumenthal (of The Fat Duck) is opening the Perfectionists' Café in Heathrow Terminal 2, aiming to deliver fun, familiar, and stimulating food. Classic fish and chips and other "nostalgic British favourites" will feature on the menu, and the overall vibe will key to the 60s heyday of air travel. Canoe notes that pizza also makes an appearance. The final recipe was a product of trial and error. Blumenthal and his team traveled to Naples to test the optimal oven temperatures for achieving that perfect Neapolitan crust, and ended up constructing the first ever wood-burning oven to be built inside an airport. To the jetsetters among us—let us know how it tastes!
All products linked here have been independently selected by our editors. We may earn a commission on purchases, as described in our affiliate policy.


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We know, it's a rough morning after a late night out. Luckily, as a public service to the hungover, every week we track down the best bartenders in America and ask them to share their favorite hair-of-the-dog remedies. This week, a wasabi and Sriracha-loaded Bloody Mary to help sweat that booze out of your system.
THE SPECIALIST: Marcel Paramore, head bartender at the St. Regis Deer Valley in Park City, Utah
HIS ELIXER: 7452 Bloody Mary
ITS ORIGINS: Many bars and bartenders lay claim to the original Bloody Mary. (See Harry's New York Bar, the 21 Club and my great uncle Toby.) One such story comes out of the St. Regis Hotel in New York City, which professes to have perfected the ultimate hangover drink stateside in 1934.
"Right after Prohibition was lifted, the St. Regis wanted to form one of the best bar teams in the entire United States," Paramore says. They hired French bartender Fernand Petiot, who had made a name for himself at Harry's New York Bar in Paris. "Fernand had already been working on this recipe in France, but he finalized it in New York," Paramore explains. As the story goes, a prestigious client staying at the St. Regis requested a spicy vodka drink with his breakfast. Petiot served him a tomato juice-vodka concoction spiked with Tabasco. He called it a "Bloody Mary" after the brutal Queen Mary I of England.
"The St. Regis management didn't think that was an appropriate name to have on their menu, so they named it the Red Snapper," Paramore says. "They still call it that at the New York location, but Bloody Mary is the name that caught on."
Today, every St. Regis location serves a signature Bloody Mary inspired by the region of the world where the hotel is based. To wit, the St. Regis Deer Valley, situated 7,452 feet above sea level, serves the 7452 Bloody Mary.
ITS HEALING POWERS: Bloody Marys are saluted as the supreme restorative cocktail and derided as the easiest brunch drink to screw up. What's so great about it, anyway? Is it the easy-to-swallow vodka? The hydrating tomato juice? The crunchy celery stalk? According to Paramore, it's the spicy peppers.
"When you're hungover, you have all of that alcohol stuck in your body," he says. "A Bloody Mary is supposed to help flush you out." His version, the 7452, incorporates horseradish, Sriracha, cayenne pepper and wasabi. "It's not supposed to be an easy drink to swallow," he says.
The 7452 may not be for the faint of heart, but every morning the bar is packed with skiers who went a little heavy on the après ski the night before. "They trudge in and ask for the Bloody Mary first thing," he says. "I offer them water, and they're like, 'No. I'm good. Just get me a Bloody Mary.'" After chugging it down, they perk right up. "I don't know if it's the actual Bloody Mary or if it's a placebo effect, but they definitely feel better. Sometimes I'll see them a couple of hours later, and as long as they haven't been drinking that whole time, they're on top of the world."
SOME FACULTIES REQUIRED: Paramore admits that his Bloody Mary is pretty complex. "There's a lot of production with the 7452," he says.
He starts with a glass rimmed with black lava salt, a nod to the coal in Park City's mining history. Next, he adds local High West Vodka 7000' and Bloody Mary mix. He tops the drink with a wasabi-celery espuma (Italian for "foam"), which is meant to mimic the snowy mountains nearby. He also mixes Worcestershire sauce and Tabasco together and squeezes it into a tiny pipette. He adds it to the mouth of the glass, opening down. If you want more bite, you squeeze the pipette. "This way, you're in control of how much spice is in your drink."
WHY YOU SHOULD TRUST PARAMORE: "I'm no doctor."
THE INGREDIENTS (makes 4):
6 oz. High West Vodka 7000'
Lime wedge
Hawaiian black lava salt
A few dashes cayenne pepper
16 oz. tomato juice
¼ cup lemon juice
¼ cup Worcestershire sauce
¼ cup cornichon juice
2 tsp. horseradish
1 tsp. Sriracha chili sauce
½ tsp. finely ground black pepper
1 tsp. celery salt
THE METHOD: Combine second set of ingredients to make the mix. Set aside. Rub a lime wedge around the rim of a glass. Dip the rim into black salt. Fill glass with ice and add 1 1/2 ounces vodka. Fill the remainder of the glass with Bloody Mary mix. Top with wasabi-celery espuma and a few dashes of cayenne pepper.
The Wasabi-Celery Espuma:
60 grams celery juice
30 grams green apple juice
2 grams wasabi powder
A few parsley leaves
1 tbsp. lime juice
Dash of salt
Dash of xanthan
THE METHOD: Combine ingredients in a blender. Mix until frothy. Strain. Put into a whipped cream dispenser. Add foam until Bloody Mary glass is full.
Alyson Sheppard is a writer and editor based in Brooklyn. Her work has appeared in Popular Mechanics, Mental Floss, McSweeney's, National Geographic Adventure, the Boston Globe and more. Follow her on Twitter @amshep.
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Petition of the day
The petition of the day is:
Strutton v. Meade
Docket: 11-1329
Issue(s): Whether an individual, civilly committed for being a "sex offender," or for otherwise exhibiting a mental abnormality posing a danger to others, has a substantive due process right to treatment that may ameliorate the danger posed by his abnormality, particularly where -- as here -- the withheld treatment was designed with the intention of providing a path to at least a conditional release from custody.
Certiorari stage documents:
Recommended Citation: Matthew Bush, Petition of the day, SCOTUSblog (Jun. 19, 2012, 9:58 PM), https://www.scotusblog.com/2012/06/petition-of-the-day-301/


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Questions for HoneyLove from the 2nd graders at Wildwood School in Mar Vista:
Are pesticides bad for bees?
How long does a queen bee live?
How do you raise a baby bee?
Why do bees buzz?
What do bees eat?
What is their life-cycle?
Do they go through metamorphosis?
Why are the bees dying?
How are the bees dying?
How do bees make their hives?
How long do bees live?
How do you take a bee out of a yard?
What tools do you use?
How do you keep them from running away?
How do you know if they are your bees?
Why are people killing bees?
How do bees make honey?
What types of bees sting?
What eats bees?
What time of the day do bees go to work?
Where are beehives located?
If the beekeepers have questions, who do they ask?
Do all bees really die if they sting you?
How do beekeepers keep from getting stung?
How fast do bee wings move?
How many types of bees are there?
Who is their enemy?
Does every bee have a hive?
Is there a king bee?
What plants do bees like most?
How big can bees get?
How many bees can there be in one hive?
What do you do if a bee stings you?
How much nectar can one bee collect?
Why do you use a steamer?
Who makes baby bees?
What's your favorite kind of honey?
What's your favorite kind of bee?
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Why do bees have fuzzy tummies?


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Oprah Winfrey will announce today that her quarter-century run as goddess of daytime talk TV will end in 2011, but nobody expects the billionaire to drift into obscurity.
Experts weighed in on Winfrey's unparalleled influence on dayime television and speculated about what the future holds for the icon, who has been at the top of her game in recent weeks, landing interviews with Sarah Palin, Whitney Houston and chimp attack victim Charla Nash.
- Joe Flint of the Los Angeles Times predicted Winfrey will dedicate herself fully to her new cable TV venture, the Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN), which coincidentally is set to launch in 2011. "Winfrey is making the decision that she can make more money and build her brand better on cable than broadcast. OWN, which will debut in 2011 in roughly 70 million homes, will be turbo-charged by having her on board as a regular presence," Flint writes.
- Ernest Wilkins, writing on Chicagonow.com, paid tribute to the Windy City icon. "You're an institution. You've taken a talk show and used it to change how people interact in our society. On a personal note, you more than exemplify what a little hard work can do for you. That's inspiring."
- Curt Wagner, also on Chicagonow.com, snapped back that "it's about time" Oprah moved on. "I think Winfrey's been ready to hang up the mic for years to pursue other interests and make billions of more dollars," he wrote. "Seriously, why run a syndicated talk show when you can run an entire network."
- "I don't believe this is the last we'll be seeing of Oprah's talk show -- I think she'll be doing it on [OWN]," industry analyst Marc Berman of Mediaweek told the New York Post.
- Newsrealblog.com proffered this easy and improbable (Oprah loves her some Obama), but impossible to resist prediction about Oprah's future: the White House. "Doing some quick math, that gives her just over a year to campaign for 2012," a giddy Karen Northon wrote of the September 2011 end date.


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Grats Paragon on getting the world first kill of 25 man Herioc Lich King without utilizing the zone buff. Very very impressive!!
Grats Paragon on getting the world first kill of 25 man Herioc Lich King without utilizing the zone buff. Very very impressive!!
inb4 trolls and fanboys.
This is impressive no matter what angle you look at it from. Grats to them.
The encounter wasn't that challengingso they were able to do it before but they didn't ?We wanted to see if Lich King with 0% zone buff awards an achievement or extra loot,
gz any way, just dont like the way they say it
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NOW, somebody has truely beaten WoTLK.
Grats to Paragon, thats one hell of an achievement, especially with a DC at the beginning of the fight.
This signiture is brought to you by the letters F and U, and the number 2.
"I know your $14.99 entitles you to play the game your way, but the rest of the raid's $359.76 says know your role."
Indeed it is impressive, grats paragon. My guild hasn't even taken LK10 NORMAL :/ Even if it is mostly due to lack of members, but still. Grats again
Cave Cave Deus Videt
... auch...We had Nakkimon disconnecting in the beginning of the fight so we ended up doing it 24-man. The encounter wasn't that challenging, the only problem was getting everyone to stay online the whole encounter.
Skoddraei, Draenei Shaman, Quel'Thalas-EU
gratz paragon good job on this self achievement.
gratz to them, why would you want extra loot or achievement? O.o they are probably swimming in icc25 heroic gear ;p
0/2 = 0 , ∞/2 = ∞
2/0 = error , 2/∞ = error
0*2 = 0 , ∞*2 = ∞
They did it with 5% and look what Time has passed, Yes its niced played but with the Huge Gear Upgrade they got i dont go as far to call it Impressive anymore.
Impressive, though expected.
It was probably a little easier for Paragon because of having loads of ICC25HC gear (including LK25HC drops) atm, and of course practice and having him on farm, but nevertheless, yeah, it's still impressive, congrats to them.
The gear upgrade they got from H25M is more then a 5% DPS increase compared to what gear they had on when they beat him the first time. So in a way...it was probably easier.
Kick me, your limping. Stab me, your bleeding.
Now this is the 3rd or whatever thread I read about the exact same thing. Beating him after 2.5 months of farming (3 shadowmourne, tons of 284 and Halion HC loot) is not nearly as impressive as their first kill.
Lol i bet all of those who dont find it impressive are ensidia fans^^ and gz paragon
Grats to Finland again
WotLK is finally over now, didn't actually think that this was possible.
And the people here that QQ that they out geared the encounter have to be fucking stupid, this is the hardest raid encounter in WoW,
YOU NEED THE GEAR! It's like saying you should solo (new)Onyxia with green gear.....
Also ain't paragon the only guild to downed him on 5% buff?
- 3 shadowmournes
- 284 gear ranging to nearly 300 dps upgrade with trinkets for some classes
- more 277 gear that alone made up for the 5%
- Finland has an average of 22 mbps broadband speed, nearly 6 times that of the US and third in the world
...doesn't really surprise me. Lack of suurprise or not, this was a significant accomplishment since they quite definitively are the best guild in the world. Congratulations, and I truly do hope for more in Cataclysm!
Wow you guys should get a golden medal for being the best
like seriously you just like raped every other guild in this world
That is very impressive..... Now enjoy the rest of the summer.


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The PerSiST (Personal Solar Survival Tube) can either be the SK-TF (Solar Kettle-Thermos Flask) or SaVeTaO (Solar Vacuum Tube Oven).
The idea of owning a PerSiST is that it ensures and empowers the individual with personal life saving cooking fuel powered by the sole energy from the Sun.
So long as the Sun shines, with the PerSiST, you literally persists while others can only fail to exist without critical cooking fuel in the event of an emergency.
In a natural disaster where drinking water could be contaminated with enterogenic microbes and where cooking fuel, power and sterilizing chemicals are not available, the PerSiST will ensure you continue to persist until the situation is restored to normal by solar pasteurizing drinking water, cooking, baking and even autoclaving surgical equipment.
If you are an aid giver to the remotest areas of the Earth, you will know how critical clean and safe drinking water is.
The only way to ensure that you don't die from diarrhea related death from drinking water contaminated with enterogenic microbes is to make your own solar pasteurized water with the PerSiST.
Carry a PerSiST with you as an Aid Giver and chances are that you will persist, otherwise you might perish for want of clean and safe drinking water in the field.
You went out to be a blessing; don't turn out to be a burden, carry a PerSiST with you.
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The 22-year-old has overcome several injury setbacks to become an integral part of both the Gunners' squad and the national team set-up.
However, Wilshere continues to find his every move questioned both on and off the pitch, after pictures emerged of him smoking again while on holiday after the World Cup, where Roy Hodgson's side failed to make it out of the group stages.
Wenger feels Wilshere, who battled back from a hairline fracture in his foot to help Arsenal win the FA Cup last season, just needs to concern himself with his own development and on staying injury free rather than worrying about what the pundits have to say.
"Before he was in (Calum) Chambers' position, then suddenly when you get to 22, the expectation level comes on you," said the Arsenal boss.
"(Manchester United striker Wayne) Rooney has gone through that, now it goes through Wilshere.
"I believe at the moment he should not respond to it, just focus on his game.
"If Wilshere can maintain to be fit physically, then he will make a huge career.
"At the moment, I believe he should just focus on that - being fit, present and to improve physically
The rest will come along.
"Yes (he needs to block everything else out), I told him the target is for him to have the whole season being available to play."
Wenger is in no doubt of Wilshere's character, having watched him come through a run of frustrating fitness problems - including an ankle injury which would see him ruled out of the 2011-12 season, missing both the European Championships and London Olympics.
"He is a guy who when he goes out there, he wants to play, he works hard, but he was out for one and a half years," Wenger added.
"I think he is on target of where he should be.
"He is not as far as everyone expected him to be from when he was 18, but he is not as far because he was injured, not because he doesn't train seriously."
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After giving my first impressions on this palette here, I am back with a more detailed post after playing around with it a bit more. The W7 In the Nude Eyeshadow Palette* features 12 shades that follow a neutral/rosey toned theme. It won't come as a surprise to you that this is meant to be an Urban Decay Naked 3 dupe, the main thing that separates this offering from W7 to other Naked 3 dupes though for me is that the packaging is a lot more similar; the tin case, the double sided brush (although it isn't the best at picking product up) and the layout of the shades. It looks the part but did it perform as well?
Most of the shades in the palette have quite a bit of shimmer, with a few that lean more on the metallic side, and out of the 12 there are only 3 shades that I would truly class as matte. One of the great things about this palette is that the shades are actually named so there won't be any attempts at numbering on my part. The split between the lighter and deeper shades is even at 6 a piece. The shades are also designed to take you from day to night, although I think there is a lack of a highlighter shade in the palette, however when you're mimicking a palette I guess you can't just add an extra shade in there or else it wouldn't be a dupe.
The Lighter shades are:
- Latte - A warm matte beige. I found that this didn't work as a highlighter as it just blended in with my skin so I use it as an all over base shade instead. It's also not as pigmented as I would have liked and slightly powdery.
- Angel - A beautiful iridescent baby pink shade with golden glitter running through it. Unfortunately, on the lid the glitter sort of takes over and there is also quite a bit of fallout.
- Venice - A metallic mauvey pink, although it does have fine golden specks running through this. I love this shade, it's very neutral but quite unique too, it would flatter everyone!
- Marilyn - A matte dusky pink. I love using this as a lid shade, the formula is very smooth although it could be a bit more pigmented. One of my favourite shades in the palette!
- Copper Pot - In the pan Copper Pot appears to be a deep mauvey rose, however it lacks in pigment and so it's more of a soft metallic rose on the lid.
- Sun Kissed - A lovely warm golden iridescent pink with shimmer running through it. This shade is a lot more pigmented than the other light shades, and the formula is that bit smoother as well. People who love their golden tones will enjoy this.
The deeper shades are:
- Alice - A matte mauve, borders slightly on burgundy. This is the deeper matte in the palette and I love it! It gives a lovely smoked look, although I did find the formula to be slightly chalky.
- Bad Manners - A brownish shimmery plum, this shade has intense pigmentation.
- Coffee Cup - A warm coppery brown with a shimmery finish. This is a lovely pigmented shade to go in the crease.
- Mud Slide - A metallic greyish brown. This is the only shade in the palette that leans a bit more on the cool side.
- Tokyo - A deeper grey. Out of the shimmer shades Tokyo have the least shimmer particles.
- Fashionista - A deep shimmery aubergine/burgundy shade. It can look black from afar but it's a lovely shade and perfect for intensifying a look.
Overall, as you can probably tell the deeper shades are much more pigmented than the lighter shades, the swatch above shows just how luminous and intense they are. Whilst some of the lighter shades don't have the same colour pay off I still love the mix of shades, especially the mattes. I would still say the palette is worth it as some of the shades are just too good to miss, plus in many eyeshadow palettes you can get some duds, so £5 (with free delivery here) for 12 shades isn't a bad deal I reckon! The pigment can also be improved a bit by wetting the brush beforehand, I used a facial mist for this and it really helped improve the look of shades such as Alice. I also tried them out with an eye primer but I think wetting the brush gives the best results.
I don't own the Naked 3 but from swatches online I would say the shades look quite similar, but Urban Decay comes out a bit better with the quality of the shadows, especially the lighter shades. However, that's £38 and this palette is almost an 1/8 of that! I think it's incredible that W7 can offer a lot for £5, so if you're looking for an affordable rose themed palette this is the one for you.


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Magnum Photos and Leica Camera AG announced a technological and photographic collaboration. BJP noted that as part of this agreement, Magnum photographers will contribute to the future development of Leica products. Leica will also sponsor a series of independently produced multimedia essays by Magnum's photographers:
"We'll start with five essays, but based on their success, it'll be a continuing relationship. You can consider these five essays as part of the first edition."
The first assays are expected to be produced in Spring of 2011. Magnum photographers can submit ideas for considerations even if they don't use/have Leica cameras.
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Magnum Photos International, Inc. and Leica Camera AG have begun a technological and photographic collaboration that will build upon almost a century's worth of shared history between these two world-renowned photographic institutions.
Since the founding of Magnum Photos in 1947 by the legendary photographers Henri Cartier-Bresson, Robert Capa, George Rodger and David "Chim" Seymour, Magnum photographers have served as fervent eyewitnesses to history. Through the lenses of their Leicas, they have captured the decisive moments of the 20th century with a unique vision and unparalleled intensity.
Magnum was established to reflect the independent nature of Magnum photographers as both people and photographers. The idiosyncratic mix of reporter and artist continues to define Magnum, producing work that emphasizes not only what is seen, but also the way one sees it.
Over the past sixty years, Magnum and Leica have made extensive contributions to the recording of history. Individually, each brand stands alone as a pioneer in its field. Leica has become synonymous with the best tools of the trade, blending hand-crafted quality with a dedication to precision mechanics and producing the best optics the industry has to offer. From the moment Henri Cartier-Bresson picked up his first Leica I, Magnum photographers have pushed the limits of documentary photography, and in turn the limits of their Leica's, with groundbreaking results.
Focus On the Future
In December 2010, Magnum and Leica, building on their shared history, agreed to collaborate on a series of projects that continue their longstanding dedication to independent documentary photography. Alfred Schopf, CEO Leica Camera AG, and Magnum photographer Jonas Bendiksen, President of Magnum Photos International Inc., signed the project agreement in Solms, Germany.
Beginning in the Spring of 2011, Leica will sponsor the creation of a series of independently produced multimedia essays by Magnum photographers that will take a deeper look into the stories behind the photographs. The work will highlight the personal journeys and insatiable curiosity of Magnum photographers.
Publishing rights free of charge; please provide a specimen copy. Leica and Magnum will publish the stories online at www.Leica-camera.com, http://www.lfi-online.de, andwww.magnumphotos.com.
Commenting on the agreement, Magnum President Jonas Bendiksen stated: "The purpose of Magnum and its member photographers is to continue our long-standing commitment to discovering, witnessing, and communicating visually the sentiments of mankind. With this new agreement, Leica is making an important statement in support of that shared responsibility."
Tailoring to the needs of professionals
In addition to supporting individual projects, Leica and Magnum will use the production of the new essays as an opportunity to learn from Magnum photographers' experiences in the field with the latest Leica equipment. Magnum photographers' input will contribute to Leica's extensive ongoing user research efforts, with the shared goal of continuing to develop the Leica portfolio and tool-set to serve the needs of photographers world-wide.
Englishman George Rodger, another of Magnum's founding photographers, recalled how his colleague Robert Capa, the agency's dynamic leader, envisioned the photographers' role after World War II: "He recognized the unique quality of miniature cameras, so quick and so quiet to use, and also the unique qualities that we ourselves had acquired during several years of contact with all the emotional excesses that go hand in hand with war. He saw a future for us in this combination of mini cameras and maxi-minds."
Stephan Daniel, Leica's head of product development says: "The cooperation between Magnum and Leica will help us to create even better tools for professional photographers, both by getting their feedback with actual equipment and by testing future products. Stressing a camera or a lens under harsh circumstances is a welcome and important addition to our internal test procedures, making our products even more perfect for the hard daily work of professionals."


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Colleagues and family members remembered San Bernardino County Sheriff's detective Jeremiah MacKay Thursday as a devoted father and friend who "stood for good, against evil" and believed it was his duty to track down the subject of a manhunt in the moutains east of Los Angeles.
They spoke at a memorial service for 35-year-old Jeremiah MacKay, killed Feb. 12 during the Southern California search that ended with a shootout at a cabin near Big Bear. The service began after a 20-mile procession to the San Manuel Amphitheater during which MacKay was saluted by firefighters on freeway overpasses and mourners lining the route.
Images: Honoring Detective MacKay | Read: MacKay Funeral Poem | Timeline of Events | Article: Sheriff Describes Shootout
Patrol vehicles from throughout California parked in a lot at the amphitheater -- located in the hills of Glen Helen Regional Park in Devore -- and a line of law enforcement officers on horseback formed near the parking lot to honor their colleague. Mourners held signs, one of which read, "Det. MacKay: Hero," along the procession route and at the entrance to the amphitheater.
Pipe band members and sheep dogs -- MacKay was known as the "Sheep Dog Warrior" -- accompanied his casket. More than 100 pipe band members performed in front of a large flag of the United States after the casket arrived at the stage.
Near the end of the two-hour ceremony, just after doves were released into the air, the voice of a radio dispatcher came over the speakers.
"This is the last call for Detective Jeremiah Alan MacKay," the dispatcher said. "He gave of himself while serving his community with courage and valor. The men and women of the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department are forever grateful and proud to have served with Detective MacKay and will never forget his ultimate sacrifice."
San Bernardino County Sheriff's Deputy Roger Loftis, the best man at MacKay's wedding, spoke about MacKay's appreciation of fine whisky, cigars and life before explaining MacKay's "Sheep Dog Warrior" approach to law enforcement.
"He was the funniest guy I ever met," said Loftis, accompanied by two dogs on stage. "Everything he did, he did at volume 12 -- everyone else goes to 10.
"He believe the good, caring people were sheep that needed to be protected. There are evil people in the world, and they will feed on the flock without mercy. And, then there are the sheep dogs who live to protect the flock," Loftis said.
Video: Dispatcher's Final Call | MacKay's Father Speaks | Best Man on "Sheep Dog Warrior" | Sheriff Praises MacKay
Sheriff John McMahon, friends and family members also shared memories of MacKay, who is survived by his wife, 7-year-old daughter and 4-month-old son.
At the end of the ceremony, McMahon gave the folded flag that was draped over MacKay's casket to his widow Lynette, exchanging private words with her and the couple's daughter.
MacKay grew up wanting to become a sheriff's deputy, McMahon said. He usually was not assigned to work weekends, but insisted on volunteering to search the Big Bear-area every day during the February manhunt, McMahon said.
"Jeremiah MacKay stood for good, against evil," McMahon said. "He made his uniform, his uniform did not make him. Many of (his wife's) best friends did not know Jeremiah was a deputy sheriff, unless you told them.
"He had the courage, tenacity and resolve to face anything. He remained because it was his duty of the citizens of San Bernardino County to stop an evil man."
MacKay -- one of two law enforcement officers killed during the nearly weeklong manhunt -- stayed home on the day before the deadly shootout near Big Bear. He spent the day with his daughter and son, McMahon said.
MacKay was born in San Bernardino and grew up in Lake Arrowhead, about 20 miles west of Big Bear Lake in the San Bernardino Mountains. His father was an engineer for the San Bernardino County Fire Department, and his mother volunteered at schools.
MacKay's father recalled the time he found his 4-year-old son on the peak of the family's roof.
"He was quite a character when he was a kid," Alan MacKay said. "He was fun-loving, and a kind, gentle soul. But we found out rather fast he was an adrenaline junkie. ... He wasn't bothered by heights. He wasn't bothered by anything."
MacKay continued the family's tradition of public service when he joined the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department as a member of Academy Class 131 after attending Rim of the World High School. MacKay graduated from trainee to deputy on his 21st birthday.
Colleagues said he was proud of his Scottish heritage and played a key role in the Honor Guard's bagpipe events. The department's Honor Guard selected MacKay to play bagpipes during funeral ceremonies for slain law enforcement officials, parades and other events.
MacKay was most recently assigned to the Yucaipa Sheriff's Station.
A member of the Irish Emerald Society, an association of U.S. police officers and firefighters, MacKay organized an annual fundraiser for slain officers. MacKay and Riverside Officer Michael Crain were celebrated at the most recent event, which had been organized before their manhunt shooting deaths, on Feb. 15.
"He was very much in touch with his Scottish heritage, and loved playing the bagpipes," McMahon said. "He had a distinctive laugh that came from deep inside him -- the laugh of someone who enjoyed life."
MacKay earned several promotions in the department, but his family was the most important part of his life, family members said. He met his wife, Lynette, on Thanksgiving Day in 2010 and the two were married one year later.
MacKay helped his step-daughter Kaitlyn with her karate techniques. His son, Cayden James, was born in October.
MacKay was shot and killed Feb. 12 as the search for fired LAPD officer Christopher Dorner, who outlined a revenge plot involving law enforcement officials and their families in a manifesto, led to a cabin in the mountains east of Los Angeles. MacKay was outside the cabin when he and another member of the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department were struck by gunfire coming from inside the cabin.
Other deputies arrived and engaged Dorner in a shootout. The cabin burned and Dorner's charred remains were found inside. He died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head, according to investigators, bringing to an end a shooting rampage that began Feb. 3 with the slaying of an Irvine couple.


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Responding to Communication Skills Assessmentsfrom: Motivated Lifestyle - Staff Writer
Not all of us are effective at communicating, and in fact, when you take a look at the world today, many of us have trouble in even getting a simple message across. We all have pretty good idea what we want to let others know about, but most of us do not have the right idea about how to do it properly.
However, all we need to do is to improve our communication skills, and the first step to improvement, is being able to see our mistakes. This therfore, is the reason for communication skills assessments.
Communication skills assessments come in two parts, verbal and non verbal. The verbal communication skills assessment takes measure of how adept we are at the use of words, and it assesses the way we use words to convey our meanings, and the way we interpret meanings from words. This part of a communication skills assessment does this through written and oral exams.
Non verbal communication skills assessment takes note of the way we say things without the use of words. These take note of how well we are able to express ourselves using gestures, drawings, and other symbolic languages. This is usually done through observation and evaluation.
How therefore, should one respond to the results of a communication skills assessment!
1) Accept it – Tests are made to be as objective as possible, and the results of your communication skills assessment are assured to be free of any bias. This means that you cannot blame someone else if you made some mistakes, although You cannot be perfect, since no human being is. Even in such a natural field as communications, people are apt to make mistakes, so do not try and blame the testers for your mistakes.
Do not rant and rave about the test, simply accept the truth that you are not perfect and move on to the next step.
2) Improve yourself – The next step is improvement, so once you have accepted the fact that you are not perfect, you must try to improve yourself. The main goal of a communication skills assessment is not to criticize you, but to improve you.
Some people when they get bad results from communication skills assessment, sink into despair, as they think that they have no hope of improvement. However, here is a simple reality,communication skills are not fixed from birth, which does mean that you can take steps to improve them.
There are two ways to do this, by yourself, or with the help of another person, and if you do choose the former, there are a lot of resources available out there for you to use, and this means that you only need the will to improve.
If you choose the latter, some professionals will be ready to help you, and more often than not, the same ones who conducted the communication skills assessment, will provide you with the help that you need.
3) Observe – Once you have improved yourself, you still need to be observant. We always need continuous improvement so be vigilant and see what improvements you need to do next, and if you do continue to be observant about your communication, you increase the chances that you will never need a communication skills assessment again.
Communication skills assessment is like a mirror by letting you see what parts of you need improvement, however this instrument alone, is not enough to make you better. You need to have the right attitude in order to actually improve, so you should always remember that in life, having the right attitude is everything.


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Increase in the number of the earthquakes is a sign of Hazrat Mahdi's (a.s) coming
The Hour [Day of Judgment] will not be established until ... earthquakes will be very frequent. (Ramuz al-Ahadith, 476/11)
There are two great events before the Day of Judgment ... and then years of earthquakes. (Ramuz al-Ahadith, 187/2)
There will be conflicts and frequent earthquakes... (Al-Barzanji, Al-Isha'ah li-ashrat al-sa'ah, s.166)
As is well known, very strong earthquakes have occurred throughout the world in the last couple of years. These earthquakes, occurring with such unprecedented frequency for the first time in the world's history strongly heralds the coming of Hz. Mahdi (as).
However, until recently earthquakes happened quite rarely.
For example, according to the reports of the US Geological Survey, the number of 5.0 and stronger earthquakes that happened between 1556-1975, a span of 400 years, was only 110.
However, beginning in the year 1400 according to the Hegira calendar, these earthquakes rose in an unprecedented manner.
All these figures show that the earthquakes rose rapidly in frequency beginning in the year 1400 of the Hegira calendar (1979-1980 in Gregorian calendar).
For example, in the year 1999 alone, there were 20.832 small and big earthquake.
According to the official reports, 22.711 people died in these earthquakes.
This was foretold by Prophet Muhammad (saas) in his hadith:
There will be earthquakes in my community. Ten thousand, twenty thousand, thirty thousand people will die. [Ibn 'Asakir, Gelecegin Tarihii 1 (History of the Future 1), Orhan Baytan, Mevsim Publishings, p. 81]
Some of the earthquakes that happened in the last thirty years are as follows:
Date : 28th July, 1976
Location: China
Magnitude: 7.8
On the 28th of July, 1976, a 7.8 earthquake shook China, killing 242,000 and injuring 164,000 people.
On the 7th of December 1988, the earthquake in Armenia killed 20.000 and left 500.000 homeless.
Date : 07th of December, 1988
Location: Armenia
Magnitude: 6.9
Date : 17th of January, 1995
Location: Kobe
Magnitude: 7.7
The Kobe earthquake of 1995 lasted only 20 seconds, but caused over 100 billion US dollars in damages.
The 7.9 earthquake in India on the 26th of January 2001, killed 30.000 and injured 166,000 people.
Date : 26th of January, 2001
Location: India
Magnitude: 7.9
The 6.7 earthquake in Iran that happened on the 26th of December, 2003 killed 20.000 and injured 50.000 people.
Date : 26th of December, 2003
Location: İran
Magnitude: 6.7
300.000 lost their lives as a result of the tsunamis that happened after the 9.0 earthquake in Indonesia on the 26th of December, 2004.
Date : 26th of December, 2004
Location: Indonesia
Magnitude: 9.0
The 7.6 earthquake in Pakistan on the 8th of October, 2005, killed 100.000 people.
Date : 08th of October, 2005
Location: Pakistan
Magnitude: 7.6
The Tohoku earthquake and tsunami, which occurred on the 11th of March, 2011, killed over 15,000, injured over 5,000, and left over 8,000 still officially missing. Additionally, this catastrophe cause over 300 billion dollars in damages, making it the most expensive natural disaster recorded.
Date : 11th of March, 2011
Location: Japan
Magnitude: 9,0
In the last 30 years, in other words, as of the year 1400 in the Hegira calendar, many other earthquakes, both small and large happened, in addition to those that have been listed here.
Many people were left homeless as a result of these earthquakes.
This is explained in one hadith of the Prophet Muhammad (saas).
The days when you can find no homes to shelter you or animals to carry you have come close. Earthquakes will demolish your houses… (Al-Barzanji, Al-Isha`ah li Ashrat as-Sa`ah, p. 146)
In addition to the Prophet Muhammad's (saas) hadiths, there are verses in Qu'ran, mentioning the link between earthquakes and the Day of Judgment.
The name of the 99th verse in Quran is Az-Zilzal (The Earthquake).
In this surah, the heavy shaking of the earth is described, and it is said that after this earthquake the people will be risen in the Day of Judgment and give account to All-mighty Allah:
I seek refuge with Allah from the accursed satan.
When the earth is shaken to her (utmost) convulsion, and the earth throws up her burdens (from within), And man cries (distressed): 'What is the matter with her?'- On that Day will she declare her tidings: For that thy Lord will have given her inspiration.
On that Day will men proceed in companies sorted out, to be shown the deeds that they (had done).
Then shall anyone who has done an atom's weight of good, see it! And anyone who has done an atom's weight of evil, shall see it. (Surat at-Zilzal, 1-8)
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Applications for appeal must be filed within sixty days of the mailing date shown on the assessment notice. If you choose to appeal your assessment, you should still pay your tax installments in full by the appropriate deadlines; otherwise, you may incur penalties while the case is in appeals. If your appeal is granted, a refund will be issued to you.
Further information about the appeals process can be obtained by calling (925) 335-1901 or writing to:
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Because of the large number of parcels and frequency of property changing hands in Contra Costa County, there are often delays in placing new assessments on the roll. Be sure to check the dates used to prorate the bill to ensure that the period covered is the period during which you actually owned the property. If you receive an incorrect tax bill, contact the Auditor – Controller's Office at (925) 646-2236.
NOTE: If you purchased the property or completed new construction between January 1 and May 31, you will receive an additional supplemental bill for the entire following fiscal year.
If the bill is mailed between November 1 and June 30, the delinquency dates -- which are printed on the bill -- are determined as follows: The first installment is delinquent at 5 pm on the last day of the month following the month the bill was mailed; the second installment is delinquent at 5 pm on the last day of the fourth month after the first installment delinquency date.
Penalties of 10% are added to any installment that is not paid on time, and an additional $15 charge is added to a late second installment.
Example:On May 29, 2003 you purchase a home on which no homeowner's exemption had been allowed. Because you are reassessed on the first day of the month following an ownership change, in the current Fiscal Year you will pay supplemental taxes for the one remaining month. Your 2002-03 supplemental assessment amounts to $20,000. If you file for and qualify for a homeowner's exemption, the entire $7,000 exemption amount would be deducted from the supplemental assessment BEFORE the taxes are calculated.


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Finally, I am a hero. I always thought I would be – I thought maybe I'd have the opportunity some time to rescue someone from some cracking ice, or uncover a scandal somewhere in our town, or at least rescue a crate of puppies at a bus stop or something. But no, fate had a different plan for me – it turns out I am a Guitar Hero (III).
Finally, I am a hero. I always thought I would be – I thought maybe I'd have the opportunity some time to rescue someone from some cracking ice, or uncover a scandal somewhere in our town, or at least rescue a crate of puppies at a bus stop or something. But no, fate had a different plan for me – it turns out I am a Guitar Hero (III). "Guitar Hero" is a video game I bought for my older sons for Christmas, and at the time, I had not one whit of interest in it (I am still bristling from their ringing laughter when I crashed my car in "Driver II," and I remember the aching boredom of "Bass Fishing" on video – fish have never seemed more drugged.) I am just not the video game type. Or so I thought, until "Guitar Hero III" came roaring into my life. It started like this – my 18-year-old son was down in our basement playing it, along with our 8-year-old, who is also a casualty of the game. I was bringing down laundry, and I remember laughing – I actually laughed at my future back then – as they plucked plastic guitars that looked like the Fisher Price guitars they used to bang on back when they were toddlers. The screen in front of them was showing two cartoon heavy-metal rock stars, and some notes streaming across the screen, which they were to hit on their little guitars. The basement air was filled with the sounds of Mountain's "Mississippi Queen" as they played along. I threw the laundry in and re-wrapped my pink fluffy bathrobe that is embroidered across the back with "Let's Focus on Me" (how eerily true those words would become.) In slow motion it seemed, the way truly important moments in your life are showed in movies, my 8-year-old laughed and said, winking at his brother, "Hey, Mom, want to try this out?" I laughed, too – look at his little face, shining in the dim basement air, head bobbing to the beats of Pat Benetar's "Hit Me with Your Best Shot." Was there ever a sweeter Christmas tableau? "Sure," I answered, sitting next to him. Again in slow motion, he said, "Here's your guitar," and handed me a guitar that weighed as much as a postage stamp. It felt good; it felt right. "Let's go," I nodded to my 18-year-old, who rolled his eyes and started up a new song, Foghat's "Slowride." "Just follow the notes, Mom," he said, and we began to rock it all night. Sadly, I do mean all night – this video game should not be rated "T," for "Teen," but "HW," for "Housewife." Apparently I have some unresolved latent rock-and-roll issues, which, if coupled with talent, could have really led me places. But since I just have issues with no talent, I had to rock until I could rock no more. "Mom, Grammy's on the phone," my oldest son yelled down the stairs, as I sat, still in my robe, plastic guitar strap over my shoulder, tiny guitar in my lap. "Tell her I'll call her back – tell everyone I'll call them back, I've already told you that," I yelled up the stairs, frustrated at being distracted. I looked at my 18-year-old, who was quietly texting pleas for help from his cell phone to anyone who would read them. "Start up 'Story of my Life' by Social Distortion, I've got that one down," I directed, taking a sip of cold coffee. "Mom, I've got to go, I have a life," he mumbled, and I replied, eyes never leaving the screen, "Send someone down – get your dad. He's napping on the couch; go wake him up." Luckily, my husband is pretty competitive, and we're pretty competitive with each other – it's one of the intangibles that makes our marriage work, our interest in beating the other at anything, any time. He once kept me up until 3 a.m. because I was winning at Trivial Pursuit; I finally had to fake-lose by giving wrong answers to questions I knew. So he came right down when he heard I was still playing "Guitar Hero" from earlier that morning. He kind of blinked when he saw me – hair uncombed, robe sloppy (my 8-year-old and I had been standing up, back-to-back rocking), dark circles under my eyes from staring at the TV screen. "Let's do this," I said, not even looking at him, throwing him a guitar. "You got it," he said, sitting beside me. We chose Heart's "Barracuda" and began to play. Tears filled my eyes – it was so romantic, playing together. It was like we were bandmates! Rock on! Long story short; he won, he gloated, he left. I was dejected until my oldest son came downstairs. He plays guitar in a real band, so I got him to give me a few pointers ("Keep it real, Mom, feel the music"). He is amazing at the game; they should just drop the real band and be a "Guitar Hero" band. I am challenging my husband soon, after more practice. I can hardly wait. He is going down. So, I am finally a hero. And you know what? It feels all right! You can connect with Deirdre at www.exhaustedrapunzel.com.


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Justin Bieber Unknowingly Helps Save a Little Boy's Life
Justin Bieber has been receiving a lot of negative attention in the press recently, but this story may make you look at the 20-year-old singer in a different light.
In a new piece on NYMag.com, entitled 'How Justin Bieber Saved This Kid,' author Kera Bolonik recalls the difficulty of dealing with her young son's "mystery illness," one that left him suffering from seizures, projectile vomiting and refusing to eat. However, it was only when they played Bieber's hit 'Baby' (or 'Bee-bee-bay-bee,' as little Theo called it) could he eat -- and therefore gain nutrients.
"The song came to be Theo's life raft," Bolonik writes, "as well as our measuring stick for how long it would take to feed him. I'd sworn that Bieber would never be allowed in our household, but desperate times call for desperate measures, and the track was playing so frequently it became like white noise: Theo would demand the video repeatedly until his meal—or any task we needed him to endure—was done."
Still, it was a tough road for little Theo, who was still forced to deal with his serious health problems as doctors couldn't figure out a diagnosis yet. One night, Bolonik recalls, when Theo refused to have an IV put in his arm, the clever staff found a way to cheer him up:
"Suddenly, the doctor started singing the Bieber song, and soon the nurses joined in," she writes. "Theo stopped crying, his long eyelashes blinking through tears to watch the group of women harmonize in an attempt to soothe him."
Fortunately for Theo and his family, doctors were eventually able to figure out his illness, and he is doing much better today. But his mom will never forget how Justin Bieber unknowingly helped to save her son's life -- and neither will the 'Baby' singer himself.
Touched by the story, Bieber shared it on Facebook, simply captioning it: "Music Heals."
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Diagnosing And Treating Chemotherapy-Induced Nail Changes
Patients on chemotherapy can often experience changes in the toenails and although some of these changes may be tolerable, others are more serious and require treatment. Accordingly, this author reveals how one can recognize common nail changes such as Beau's lines and subungual abscesses, and provides a pertinent guide to prevention and treatment. Nail apparatus changes are an increasingly common adverse effect of multiple antineoplastic chemotherapeutic drugs. The type and severity of nail changes vary depending on the drug, dose, duration and frequency of treatment, the affected nail structure, and the environmental factors. Nail changes can affect all or some of both the fingernails and toenails. Taxanes, anthracyclines, epidermal growth factor receptor inhibitors and small molecule multikinase inhibitors are the chemotherapeutic drugs most commonly associated with nail changes.1-3 Nail changes are frequent. They reportedly occur in up to 44 percent of patients undergoing treatment with taxane drugs and 10 to 15 percent of patients undergoing treatment with epidermal growth factor receptor inhibitors.1,4,5 Authors have reported numerous chemotherapy-induced nail pathologies. These include nail color changes, Beau's lines, Mees' lines, growth reduction, onycholysis, onychodystrophy, Muehrcke's lines, onychodermal bands, paronychia, subungual abscess and subungual hematoma.6 While some chemotherapy-induced nail changes are benign, others have significant morbidity. The National Cancer Institute's Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events classifies two grades of nail changes.7 Grade 1 changes are mild and include pitting, ridging and or discoloration. Grade 2 changes are more severe and include nail bed pain and partial or complete nail loss.
What You Should Know About Nail And Nail Apparatus Pathologies Associated With ChemotherapyThe nail matrix epithelium is formed by highly proliferating cells that differentiate and keratinize to produce the nail plate. Numerous changes to both the nail plate and surrounding soft tissue structures can be adverse effects of chemotherapeutic drugs. Chemotherapy-induced nail pathology can involve nail color changes, changes in the surface of the nail plate, disruption of the bond between the nail plate and the underlying nail bed, and damage to soft tissue structures surrounding the nail. The nail matrix epithelium contains numerous melanocytes that are normally quiescent but can become activated by toxins, resulting in nail plate color changes. Researchers have reported multiple nail color changes following chemotherapy including dyschromia (alteration of nail color including yellow, brown, black, gray, white, red discoloration), melanonychia (dark nail pigmentation), hyperchromia (hyperpigmentation of the nail plate) and hypochromia (hypopigmentation of the nail plate).8 Chemotherapy-induced nail color changes can affect the entire nail plate or can occur as isolated or multiple bands. Mees' lines, also known as leukonychia striata, are commonly visible following chemotherapeutic treatment. Mees' lines present as white bands traversing the width of the nail.9 Mees' lines exist in the nail plate and eventually grow out to the end of the nail. Muehrcke's nails are also frequently visible following chemotherapy and present similarly with transverse white lines in the nail (leukonychia). In contrast to Mees's lines, the color alteration in Muehrcke's nails exists in the vascular nail bed and does not change position with nail growth. In addition to nail color changes, several alterations in the surface and structure of the nail plate have reportedly occurred following chemotherapy treatment. Structural nail plate changes result from the defective nail plate production caused by toxins damaging the nail matrix. Beau's lines, which are deeply grooved transverse lines in the nail plate, are a common adverse effect of chemotherapeutic agents. Beau's lines in theory result from a temporary arrest of cell division in the nail matrix.10,11 Nail plate thickening and crumbly nails have also reportedly occurred as adverse effects of chemotherapeutic agents.8,12 Several chemotherapeutic agents have adverse effects on the bond between the nail plate and nail bed. Onycholysis is a frequently reported chemotherapy-induced pathology involving the separation of the nail plate from the underlying nail bed. Onycholysis frequently leads to loss of a portion or all of the nail plate. Subungual hematoma and subungual abscess are also complications of chemotherapy that cause nail plate separation and potential loss of the nail plate. Onycholysis, subungual hematoma and subungual abscess can cause significant pain to the affected digits and create a portal for infection, which increases sepsis risk in immunocompromised patients undergoing chemotherapy treatment. Several chemotherapeutic drugs also frequently alter the skin and soft tissue structures surrounding the nail plate. Acute paronychia resulting from chemotherapeutic agents can be very painful and mimic ingrown nails. Severe cases of paronychias can lead to the development of pyogenic granulomas of the nail fold. Paronychia and pyogenic granuloma are reportedly relatively common adverse effects of many chemotherapeutic drugs.4
Current Insights On The Pathophysiology Of Chemotherapy-Induced Nail ChangesThe underlying etiologies of many chemotherapy-induced nail changes are unknown. Multiple mechanisms can affect the nail plate and nail apparatus including direct changes to both the nail plate and surrounding soft tissue structures, increased sensitivity to environmental factors, and secondary infection. Frequently, more than one pathologic process is present, leading to multiple changes in the nail apparatus. Direct nail apparatus changes. Chemotherapeutic treatments can cause several pathologic processes that directly affect both the nail plate and the surrounding soft tissue structures. Chemotherapy-induced structural nail plate changes hypothetically result from many factors, including defective nail plate production resulting from acute damage to the nail matrix, disruption of the nail plate secondary to a medication's toxic effects on cellular maturation and direct toxicity to structures of and surrounding the nail apparatus.13 Nail color changes secondary to chemotherapeutic treatment theoretically result from toxin-induced activation of normally quiescent melanocytes in the nail matrix epithelium.8 Multiple chemotherapeutic drugs cause disruption of the bond between the nail plate and bed and resultant onycholysis. Disruption of the bond between the nail plate and bed is a theoretic result of two mechanisms: acute toxic damage to the nail bed and toxin-induced subungual edema.13 Toxic damage to the soft tissue structures surrounding the nail plate can result in paronychias with subsequent nail matrix exposure and damage.4 Splinter hemorrhages, subungual hematoma and hemorrhagic onycholysis result from chemotherapy-induced thrombocytopenia and vascular abnormalities.5 A case study by Wasner and colleagues suggests that peripheral nerve fibers play a role in the development of chemotherapy-induced nail abnormalities.14,15 In this case study, a patient undergoing docetaxel (Taxotere, Sanofi Aventis) treatment for advanced breast cancer had complete peripheral nerve palsy of the right arm due to tumor infiltration of the brachial plexus. During treatment, the patient developed docetaxel-induced onycholysis of all extremities with the exception of the paralytic hand. The authors postulated two mechanisms to account for the absence of nail changes in the paralytic extremity: release of neuropeptides by activation of nociceptive C-fibers as is present in cases of neurogenic inflammation, or release of prostaglandins by sympathetic postganglionic fibers. In accordance with the hypothesis that chemotherapy-induced onycholysis is an inflammatory process that is maintained by postganglionic sympathetic terminals and nociceptive c-fiber afferents, the authors of the case study treated the patient with a cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitor.14,15 The patient experienced improvement in nail alterations in the neurologically intact limbs. Dose and frequency of chemotherapy drug administration. For many drugs, there is a dose-specific effect related to chemotherapy-induced nail changes. Hussain and coworkers studied 91 patients receiving treatment with paclitaxel (Abraxane, Celgene).16 Patients receiving more than six weekly doses of paclitaxel developed onycholysis while patients who received fewer weekly treatments did not develop onycholysis. Further, Spazzan, Mourad and their respective colleagues report a higher incidence of adverse effects on the skin and nail apparatus with weekly versus every three weeks treatment with paclitaxel.17,18 Segaert and Van Cutsem additionally report a dose-dependent effect on the development of skin and nail changes following treatment with epidermal growth factor receptor inhibitors.4 Environmental factors affecting chemotherapy-induced nail changes. In addition to the direct toxic effects that chemotherapy drugs may have on the nail plate and surrounding soft tissues structures, researchers have shown that environmental factors have an effect on chemotherapy-induced nail changes.16 Authors have suggested that chemotherapeutic agents increase sensitivity of the nail apparatus to ultraviolet light. Hussain and colleagues found that onycholysis secondary to paclitaxel treatment for breast carcinoma increases by exposure of the hyponychium to sunlight.16 The researchers additionally found that protecting the nails from sunlight prevented nail loss in a large percentage of patients despite continued chemotherapy treatment. The hypothesis is that the hyponychium may be more sensitive to UV light following chemotherapy treatment and that UV light may induce nail changes by rupturing the bond between the nail plate and the hyponychium directly or by inhibiting cellular maturation in this area.16 In addition to increased sensitivity to UV light, the toxic effects of chemotherapeutic drugs can make nail plates thin, brittle and more prone to mechanical trauma. Secondary fungal and bacterial infections. Both bacterial and fungal infections may contribute to chemotherapy-induced nail changes. Researchers believe that nail plate abnormalities combined with immunosuppression may allow colonization of the nail apparatus and surrounding soft tissue structures.13 Several case reports have shown bacterial and fungal infections of the nail apparatus associated with chemotherapeutic treatment.5,16,19 Numerous additional case studies have shown chemotherapy-induced nail changes leading to secondary bacterial and fungal infections of the nail plate and surrounding soft tissue structures.4,16,18-21 For example, Mackay-Wiggan and coworkers report the case of a 70-year-old male who receivied long-term, low dose chemotherapy treatment with paclitaxel and carboplatin (Paraplatin, Bristol-Myers Squibb) for lung adenocarcinoma and developed onycholysis of both his fingernails and toenails.22 The patient developed purulent drainage from below the separated nail plates with cultures growing Staph aureus, beta-hemolytic Strep species and E. coli. Following treatment with oral antibiotics and resolution of the bacterial infection, the patient shed multiple nail plates. A Periodic Acid-Schiff (PAS) stain was positive for Candida fungal spores and fungal culture later grew Candida as well. The patient received ciclopirox (Loprox) and complete resolution of both fungal infection and chemotherapy-induced nail changes occurred one year following treatment. Segaert and Van Cutsem report the development of paronychia in 10 to 15 percent of patients treated with epidermal growth factor receptor inhibitors and a high incidence of secondary pyogenic granulomas and Staphylococcus aureus infections in many of these patients.4
A Guide To The Prevention Of Post-Chemo Nail ChangesSeveral modalities may prevent or lessen chemotherapy-induced nail changes. Physicians have used cryotherapy to prevent several adverse effects of chemotherapy including mucositis, alopecia and nail changes.23-25 The hypothesis is that cryotherapy causes local vasoconstriction, temporarily decreasing blood flow to the specific tissue and reducing the exposure to the drug and the associated adverse effects.24 Scotté and coworkers conducted two multicenter studies examining the effect of frozen gloves and frozen socks for the prevention of docetaxel-induced onycholysis and skin toxicity.26,27 The glove study showed an approximately 40 percent reduction in both Grade 1 and Grade 2 onycholysis of the fingernails while the frozen sock study showed a 21 percent reduction in Grade 1 and grade 2 onycholysis of the toenails. Researchers have recommended advising patients, especially those who are being treated with taxanes and anthracyclines, to use gloves, opaque tape, artificial nails or reflective sunscreens to avoid exposure of their nails to UV light due to the potential to develop onycholysis, dyschromia and other nail changes with these medications.16 Authors have suggested additional protective measures, including appropriate nail trimming, avoiding environmental irritants, antimicrobial treatment, and stopping or reducing the offending chemotherapeutic drug.23 Segaert and Van Cutsem report several measures that are recommended to lessen and treat the skin and nail changes that occur with epidermal growth factor receptor inhibitors.4 These include ensuring maximum hydration of the skin with bath oil instead of soap, tepid water and emollient cream; avoiding sun exposure; avoiding friction and pressure on the nail fold from shoe gear; and regular use of antiseptic soaks and antibiotic cream.
Managing Chemotherapy-Induced Nail ChangesChemotherapy-induced nail changes warrant treatment depending on their severity and impact on patient well-being and function. Patients may well tolerate nail changes such as discoloration or irregularity in the nail plate, and require no treatment other than monitoring and patient assurance. Other adverse effects, such as a subungual abscess in an immunocompromised patient, create a much more serious condition, necessitating rapid and aggressive treatment. Multiple case studies have shown that eliminating or suspending the causative chemotherapeutic agent for four to six months can resolve some, if not all, of the chemotherapy-induced nail changes.8,13,28 While not specifically studied, several modalities are reportedly effective for the management of several of the chemotherapy-induced nail and skin changes. Seagert and colleagues found a combination of drying paste containing antiseptic (chlorhexidine), an anti-yeast (nystatin) and, in severe cases, a topical corticosteroid, to be an effective treatment for paronychia and pyogenic granuloma resulting from epidermal growth factor receptor treatment.4 Additionally, silver nitrate application on a weekly basis is reportedly an effective treatment for chemotherapy-induced pyogenic granuloma.4 The previously discussed case study reported by Wasner and colleagues suggests that onycholysis is an inflammatory process.14,15 The fact that the authors found that treatment with a cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitor led to improvement in nail alterations supports this theory and suggests a potential role for anti-inflammatory medication in the treatment of some chemotherapy-induced nail pathologies.14,15 Cases of chemotherapy-induced subungual abscess require formal drainage with nail plate avulsion if purulence does not freely drain.21 If infection remains localized, one should initially use oral antibiotics empirically to treat both subungual abscess and paronychia with secondary bacterial infection, and then use tailored antibiotics pending culture and sensitivity results.5 Advanced infections may require hospitalization, IV antibiotic therapy and surgical drainage.21 Given the immunocompromised nature of patients undergoing chemotherapy, researchers recommend rapid and aggressive antibiotic treatment to prevent secondary sepsis.
In ConclusionWith the rapid development of new chemotherapeutic drugs and decreasing mortality with new treatment protocols, we can expect that more and more patients will present with chemotherapy-induced nail apparatus changes. It is important to have an understanding of these adverse effects as many can cause significant patient morbidity. Many of the chemotherapy-induced nail changes are mild and do not necessitate treatment other than patient assurance and monitoring. However, other chemotherapy-induced changes, such as subungual abscess, pose significant risk in these immunocompromised patients. Dr. Hoffman is in private practice in Boulder, Colo. References 1. Fenniche S, Hammami H, Badri T, Mokhtar I, Benmously R. Subungueal haemorrhages following docetaxel (taxotere) treatment. Curr Drug Saf. 2012; 7(3):247-249. 2. Choi JN. Chemotherapy-induced iatrogenic injury of the skin: new drugs and new concepts. Clin Dermatol. 2011; 29(6):587-601. 3. McLellan B, Kerr H. Cutaneous toxicities of the multikinase inhibitors sorafenib and sunitinib. Dermatol Ther. 2011; 24(4):396-400. 4. Segaert S, Van Cutsem E. Clinical signs, pathophysiology and management of skin toxicity during therapy with epidermal growth factor receptor inhibitors. Ann Oncol. 2005; 16(9): 1425-33. 5. Minisini AM, Tosti A, Sobrero AF, Mansutti M, Piraccini BM, Sacco C, Puglisi F. Taxane-induced nail changes: incidence, clinical presentation and outcome. Ann Oncology. 2002; 17(2):333-337. 6. Susser WS, Whitaker-Worth DL, Grant-Keis JM. Mucocutaneous reactions to chemotherapy. J Am Acad Dermatol. 1999; 40(3):367-98. 7. NCI, NIH, DHHS. Cancer Therapy Evaluation Program. Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE). Version 3.0, DCTD. 2009. Available at http://ctep.cancer.gov/forms/CTCAEv3.pdf . Accessed October 30, 2013. 8. Ranawka RR. Patterns of chromonychia during chemotherapy in patients with skin type V and outcome after 1 year of follow-up. Clin Exp Dermatol. 2009; 34(8):e920-926. 9. Shelley WB, Humphrey GB. Transverse leukonychia (Mees' Lines) due to daunorubicin chemotherapy. Pediatr Dermatol. 1997; 14(2):144-5. 10. Ben-Dayan D, Mittelman M, Floru S, Djaldetti M. Transverse nail ridgings (Beau's lines) induced by chemotherapy. Acta Haematol. 1994; 91(2):89–90. 11. Miyoshi I, Kubota T, Taguchi H. Beau's lines after chemotherapy for ALL. Intern Med. 2007; 46(1):61. 12. Rinderknecht JD, Goldinger SM, Rozati S, Kamarashev J, Kerl K, French LE, Dummer R, Belloni B. RASoptahic skin eruptions during Vemurafenib therapy. PLoS One. 2013; 8(3):e58721. 13. Gupta A, Parakh A, Dubey AP. Chemotherapy induced nail changes. Indian J Dermatol. 2008; 53(4):204-205. 14. Wasner G, Hilpert F, Schattschneider J, Binder A, Pfisterer J, Baron R. Docetaxel-induced nail changes--a neurogenic mechanism: a case report. J Neurooncol. 2002; 58(2):167-74. 15. Wasner G, Hilpert F, Baron R, Pfisterer J. Clinical picture: nail changes secondary to docetaxel. Lancet. 2001;357(9260):910. 16. Hussain S, Anderson DN, Salvatti ME, Adamson B, McManus M, Braverman AS. Onycholysis as a complication of systemic chemotherapy: report of five cases associated with prolonged weekly paclitaxel therapy and review of the literature. Cancer. 2000; 88(10):2367-2371. 17. Mourad YA, Matta-Muallem M, Shamseddine A. Nail toxicity related to taxanes. Dermtol Online J. 2003; 9(3);15. 18. Spazzapan S, Crivellari D, Lombardi D, Scuderi C, Magri MD, Veronesi A, Gatti A. Nail toxicity related to weekly taxanes: an important issue requiring a change in common toxicity criteria grading? J Clin Oncol. 2002; 20(21):4404-5. 19. Chen G, Chen Y, Hsu M, Tsao CJ, Chen WC. Onychomadesis and onycholysis associated with capecitabine. Br J Dermatol. 2001; 145(3):521-522. 20. Wantzin GL, Thomsen K. Acute paronychia after high-dose methotrexate therapy. Arch Dermatol. 1983; 119(7):623-4. 21. Hijjawi JB, Dennison DG. Acute felon as a complication of systemic paclitaxel therapy: case report and review of the literature. Hand. 2007; 2(3):101-103. 22. Mackay-Wiggan J, Nair KG, Halasz CL. Onycholysis associated with Paclitaxel. Cutis. 2003; 71(3):229-232. 23. Gilbar P, Hain A, Peereboom VM. Nail toxicity induced by cancer chemotherapy. J Oncol J Oncol Pharm Practice. 2009; 15(3):143-155. 24. Mahood DJ, Dose AM, Loprinzi CL, et al. Inhibition of fluorouracil-induced stomatitis by oral cryotherapy. J Clin Oncol. 1991; 9(3):449-52. 25. Ridderheim M, Bjurberg M, Gustavsson A. Scalp hypothermia to prevent chemotherapy-induced alopecia is effective and safe: a pilot study of a new digitized scalp-cooling system used in 74 patients. Support Care Cancer. 2003; 11(6):371-7. 26. Scotté F, Tourani JM, Banu E, et al. Multicenter study of a frozen glove to prevent docetaxel-induced onycholysis and cutaneous toxicity of the hand. J Clin Oncol. 2005; 23(19):4424–4429. 27. Scotté F, Banu E, Medioni J, Levy E, Banu A, Tourani JM, Andrieu JM, Oudard S. Matched case-control phase 2 study to evaluate the use of a frozen sock to prevent docetaxel-induced onycholysis and cutaneous toxicity of the foot. Cancer. 2008; 112(7):1625-1631 28. Lopes M, Jordao C, Grynszpan R, Sorde C, Ramos-e-Silvia M. Chromonychia secondary to chemotherapy. Case Rep Dermatol. 2013; 5(2):163-167. 29. Benatti C, Gnocchi M, Travaglino E, et al. Chemotherapy induced leukonychia. Haematlogica. 2004; 89(10)e126. 30. Hernandez-Martin A, Ros-Forteza S, de Unamuno P. Longitudinal, transverse and diffuse nail hyperpigmentation induced by hydroxyurea. J Am Acad Dermatol. 1999; 41(2):333-334. 31. Kluger N, Naud M, Frances P. Toenails melanoychia induced by hydroxyurea. Presse Med. 2012; 41(4):444-5. 32. Ghetti E, Piraccini BM, Tosti A. Onycholysis and subungual haemorrhages secondary to systemic chemotherapy (paclitaxel). J Europ Acad Dermtol Venereol. 2003; 17(4):459-460. 33. 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Groups Commend Louisiana Congressional Supporters on Passage of RESTORE Act
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Legislation restoring Gulf Coast ecosystems and economy included in Transportation Bill
(Baton Rouge, La. – June 29, 2012) Today, local and national conservation groups praised the passage of the Surface Transportation Extension Act that includes the RESTORE Act, a measure that will dedicate 80 percent of Clean Water Act fines from BP and other parties responsible for the 2010 gulf oil disaster to restoring the Gulf Coast environment and economy. In praising the RESTORE Act, the groups also encouraged the federal government and the State of Louisiana to ensure the fines are spent on the coastal projects laid out in the state's 2012 Coastal Master Plan.
"We applaud the leaders from both houses whose tireless efforts have seen the RESTORE Act to this point, especially Senators Mary Landrieu and David Vitter and Representatives Steve Scalise and Cedric Richmond," said the Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana, Environmental Defense Fund, Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation, Louisiana Wildlife Federation, National Audubon Society, National Wildlife Federation and The Nature Conservancy in a joint statement
"The BP oil disaster devastated an already degraded coastal region, one that is suffering from a decades-long coastal land loss crisis. Fortunately, through Louisiana's Coastal Master Plan, we have the solutions in hand to repair ecosystems, increase resiliency and ensure the long-term sustainability of coastal communities. We encourage state and federal officials to do the right thing and ensure RESTORE Act funds go towards jumpstarting the critical restoration projects needed to ensure our coast's survival."
Since the 1930s, Louisiana has lost more than 1,900 square miles of wetlands, an area roughly equivalent in size to the state of Delaware. A recent study by researchers at the University of Florida shows that the BP oil disaster accelerated land loss by killing the marsh grasses that hold the marsh together, doubling the rate of erosion in some areas.
Over the decades, the decline of the Mississippi River Delta's wetlands has dramatically impaired protection from hurricanes and wiped out much of the buffer against future storms and disasters. The loss of wetlands also threatens:
- One of our nation's most important fisheries
- One of our nation's most significant port complexes and navigation systems
- Wildlife, including tens of millions of migratory birds and waterfowl
- Domestic energy production and processing
- Communities all along the central Gulf Coast
Earlier this year, the Louisiana State Legislature unanimously approved the 2012 Louisiana Coastal Master Plan, a 50-year blueprint for restoring Louisiana's rapidly disappearing coastal wetlands and protecting the state's natural resources and communities. Funding from the RESTORE Act could be used to implement Coastal Master Plan projects, which is expected to cost $50 billion over the next fifty years. A study by Mather Economics also demonstrates the potential job benefits of using RESTORE Act fines for restoration. The study estimates that a $25 billion investment could create as many as 57,000 jobs through restoration.
Without the RESTORE Act, fines from the spill would automatically be deposited into the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund to cover future spills elsewhere and into the Federal Treasury for unspecified general spending. With today's vote and the President's signature, this measure will ensure that Louisiana and the other Gulf Coast states struck by this historic disaster receive the funding necessary to make a full recovery.
"The RESTORE Act will not just help restore Louisiana's ecosystems – the restoration projects it funds will also create new jobs and boost the state's economy. This is a win-win for coastal communities along the delta," the statement continued. "We look forward to working with the State and Administration to make sure these funds are used to revive the critical ecosystems and local economies that our nation depends on."