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10/01/2016: Oxford runs international Dorsal Root Ganglion Stimulation course for neurosurgeons and pain physicians from the UK, Ireland, and USA
Recent publications
Long-term outcome of deep brain stimulation in generalised dystonia: a series of 60 cases. FitzGerald JJ., Rosendal F., de Pennington N., Joint C., Forrow B., Fletcher C., Green AL., Aziz TZ. More
Deep brain stimulation abolishes slowing of reactions to unlikely stimuli. Antoniades CA, Bogacz R, Kennard C, FitzGerald JJ, Aziz T, Green AL. More
Targeting the affective component of chronic pain: a case series of deep brain stimulation of the anterior cingulate cortex. Boccard SG, FitzGerald JJ, Pereira EA, Moir L, Van Hartevelt TJ, Kringelbach ML, Green AL, Aziz TZ. More
Abnormal synaptic depotentiation in treated PD precedes the onset of levodopa induced dyskinesia. Cheeran B, Lago-Rodriguez A, Koch G, Jenkinson N, Hu M.
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Neuromodulation for pain

Neuromodulation means the use of implanted stimulator systems (a bit like heart pacemakers) that send small electrical pulses to specific parts of the nervous system. We treat several different types of pain this way, and the exact part of the nervous system that we choose to stimulate depends on the type of pain you have and where it is located in your body. Stimulators may for example be applied to the brain, spinal cord, or peripheral nerves.

These treatments involve surgery and therefore a degree of risk. It is important that all other treatment methods (including all appropriate medication) have been tried first, under the supervision of a pain specialist (i.e. a doctor working in a specialist pain clinic, or a neurologist if the problem is headache). Referrals to us should come from these specialists.

It is important to have realistic expectations of the benefits of treatment before it is undertaken. The aim of stimulation is to lessen pain, and in many cases pain cannot be got rid of completely. We have to be clear before treatment that even just a partial reduction in pain would be valuable, as an expectation of complete relief will often result in disappointment.

Some of the types of pain we treat, and the types of treatment used for them, are described below.

Headache and facial pain

Headache is a very common problem. In the vast majority of cases it can be effectively treated with painkilling medication, but a few people suffer with severe headaches that do not respond to the usual tablets or injections. In such cases neuromodulation may be useful.

Migraine headache is one-sided, often throbbing, and may be accompanied by nausea/vomiting or sensitivity to light. Episodes last from hours up to a few days. Some people experience warning symptoms before the headache called an 'aura', for example seeing zigzag lines, temporarily losing part of the field of view, or having difficulty with speech. The frequency of attacks is variable but patients coming to us for treatment generally have 'chronic migraine' where headache is present more days than not.

Before considering neuromodulation patients would in general have tried preventative medication including beta blockers, topiramate, sodium valproate, pizotifen, amitriptyline, and gabapentin, and would usually also have tried Botox treatment.

Where none of these have been effective, occipital nerve stimulation may be appropriate.

Cluster headache

This is an extremely severe form of headache which affects mainly men. Attacks typically last 15 minutes to 3 hours and there may be multiple episodes per day. Pain is located in or around the eye or temple and affects only one side of the head, which for each patient is always the same side. It is accompanied by other symptoms including facial flushing, tearing, and running nose. Attacks usually come in clusters as the name suggests, with lengthy headache-free periods (months) between clusters. However by the time they reach us patients have typically developed 'chronic cluster headache' where attacks occur virtually every day.

Before considering neuromodulation patients would usually have tried preventative medications including verapamil, steroids, lithium, topiramate and gabapentin.

We would usually try occipital nerve stimulation initially. If this is unsuccessful, deep brain stimulation may be effective. Cluster headache uniquely responds to stimulation of an area of the brain called the posterior hypothalamus.

Trigeminal neuralgia and anaesthesia dolorosa

Trigeminal neuralgia (TGN) is a type of severe facial pain. It is almost always felt only on one side of the face, and may affect the jaw, cheek, forehead, or more than one of these areas. It comes in brief episodes that are classically described as "lancinating" which means a severe, stabbing pain. Often there will be a "trigger" that sets it off such as wind on the face or brushing the teeth.

Neuromodulation is not usually a first-line treatment for TGN. Medications such as carbamazepine are usually tried first. Surgery may also be an option; TGN is thought in most cases to result from a blood vessel compressing the trigeminal nerve near the brainstem, and an operation called microvascular decompression (MVD), where the vessel is moved off the nerve, is often very effective. In other cases we might recommend a procedure where an injection is given to part of the trigeminal nerve called the "ganglion", or a special needle is inserted into the same area to heat it up. Both the injection and the heating work by deliberately damaging the nerve to stop it carrying pain signals. Another treatment involves treating the nerve with highly focussed radiation using a machine called a Gamma knife.

Unfortunately a complication that can occur in a small percentage of people with any of the surgical methods of treatment, or with the Gamma knife, is "anaesthesia dolorosa", which is a situation where the face goes numb but is still extremely painful. When this happens, none of the treatments above is likely to work any more. In this situation, deep brain stimulation may be an option.

Back pain

Failed back surgery syndrome

This is a condition affecting people who have had back surgery, for example a laminectomy, and are left with chronic pain in the back and/or the legs. They have often had more than one operation and ironically surgery will usually have been done to address a pre-existing pain problem.

More back surgery, particularly in those who have already had more than one procedure, may not be effective. In general, the more operations a patient has had already, the less likely it is that another will help.

In this situation, spinal cord stimulation may be an option. This is often more effective for leg pain than back pain, and so has generally been regarded as most suitable for patients with either leg pain alone, or leg pain that is worse than their back pain. However we will consider each case on its own merits and we are presently running a clinical trial of spinal cord stimulation for people whose back pain is worse than their leg pain (the PROMISE trial). Patients who are suitable will be invited to take part in this study.

Spinal cord injury

Injury to the spinal cord can result in chronic severe pain in areas below the level of the injury (thus if the injury is at chest level, pain may affect the lower part of the trunk and the legs, while if the injury is to the neck, the upper trunk and arms may also be affected). The pain may be burning in nature or like severe pins and needles, and is often felt in areas that are otherwise numb.

Where pain-relieving medication fails, deep brain stimulation may be considered for this type of pain. However, as with post stroke pain (see below) it is important to note that this can be difficult when the pain is spread over extensive areas of the body, for example if the abdomen and both lower limbs are affected.

Abdominal pain

Visceral pain

The viscera are the internal organs, and sometimes the abdominal viscera can be a source of pain. One of these organs is the pancreas, and one condition that can cause chronic severe abdominal pain is pancreatitis. We have also seen cases of severe pain following bowel surgery.

Severe visceral pain that is unresponsive to other treatments can sometimes be treated using spinal cord stimulation.

Post hernia surgery pain

Inguinal (groin) hernias are a common problem and often require an operation to repair them. Whilst the surgery is straightforward and usually successful, some people after surgery can experience chronic pain in the groin.

When this 'post herniorrhaphy pain' is severe and does not respond to other painkilling methods, it may be treated using peripheral nerve stimulation or dorsal root ganglion stimulation.

Limb pain

Phantom pain

Most people who have lost part or all of an arm or leg will experience some form of "phantom" sensations, which are sensations that feel like they are in the missing limb. Commonly these sensations are painful, and sometimes severely so. The precise cause of phantom limb pain is unclear. It may include abnormal pain signals coming from cut nerve ends in the amputation stump, but it is also likely that the part of the brain that used to receive signals through those nerves is malfunctioning because it no longer has any normal sensory input, and it is somehow generating feelings of pain instead.

Phantom pain can be treated using dorsal root ganglion stimulation or deep brain stimulation.

Brachial plexus injury

The brachial plexus is a bundle of nerves in the neck that connect the spinal cord to nerves in the arm. The nerves in the brachial plexus carry signals from the brain to the muscles in the arm to control movement, and also carry sensory signals including touch and pain sensations in the other direction. The brachial plexus can be stretched or torn with a blow to the shoulder, and such injuries can lead to severe pain that is felt in the arm or hand. We see this most commonly in patients who have had motorcycle accidents.

If pain related to brachial plexus injury is unresponsive to medication it can be treated using spinal cord stimulation or deep brain stimulation.

Complex regional pain syndrome

CRPS is a poorly understood problem that has been given many different names in the past including "reflex sympathetic dystropy" (RSD), "Sudeck's atrophy", and "causalgia". Whilst the causes are uncertain, the clinical features are well known. The pain is usually in an extremity (arm or leg), is present constantly, and is typically burning, stabbing or throbbing in nature. Commonly it starts after an injury to the same area, which may have been relatively minor. There may be noticeable changes in the skin of the affected area including such things as swelling, redness, hotness (or occasionally coldness), excessive sweating and loss of skin hair. The area is often extremely painful when touched. Joint movements may be restricted and painful.

We have a range of techniques that may be useful for treating the pain of CRPS. These include spinal cord stimulation and dorsal root ganglion stimulation, and if these do not work there is the option of deep brain stimulation.

Post stroke pain

Central post stroke pain (CPSP) affects over 10% of stroke patients. It may feel icy, burning, or throbbing and commonly begins some months after the stroke, although it can sometimes occur immediately. It may respond to medications such as amitriptyline, gabapentin or pregabalin. Where pain is severe and medication is unsuccessful, deep brain stimulation may be considered.

We would emphasise that at present, this is one of the more challenging pain problems to treat with DBS. This is partly because the pain can extend over large body areas (for example sometimes it affects the whole of one side of the body including the arm, trunk, and leg) and the pain relieving effects of DBS are usually confined to smaller body regions than this. Another problem is that the stroke may have damaged the same parts of the brain that we would normally put an electrode into, so that the procedure is not possible. Each patient is different and we will discuss their symptoms with them to try to work out whether we can help.

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Webster is angry as Curran wins again

Paul Curran (Manchester Wheelers-Trumanns Steel) won Sunday's Lincoln Grand Prix for the second year in succession, the only rider to accomplish the feat since Albert Hitchen in 1963 and 1964, but it was not without some acrimony from the man he beat for first place - his team mate Darryl Webster.

Curran had broken away with two laps to go of the 12-lap race, Webster had chased after him, then complained bitterly afterwards that Curran had not sat up and waited for him.

"I gave him the race last year," said Webster. "I was disgusted that he didn't sit up and wait for me. That lost him an ally."

And when questioned by commentator Roger Hobby, he put on a show of petulance that endeared him to nobody.

"Would you say that Curran is a good time triallist?" asked Hobby.

"He is," was the reply.

"Is it your intention to compete against him in Star Trophy events this year?"

It was a pity that such an excellent race should end on a note of sour grapes, for Curran -the Commonwealth Games road champion - is so strong and so knowledgeable that he could pick any race in Britain and win it if he wanted to.

With 100 starters possible, 33 failed to start, and most of the reserves were missing too, leaving 91 to trundle away from the Yarborough Sports Centre, a mile and a half out of Lincoln, for this 100-mile classic that continues to grow in stature.

It was obvious from the start that this was going to be a fast race with people yo-yoing off the back before the race reached the turn-off to Burton village and its severe descent and sharp right-hand bend.

Out into the country and the narrow lanes were filled with riders, while turning on to the echelons began to form. Past the race course the speed grew for ahead lay the cobbled climb of Michaelgate, and everyone wanted to be first.

Stuart Coles (Coldra RC), who is turning out to be something of a hill-climb specialist, was first to the top, ahead of Nick Barnes ('34 Nomads) and Darryl Webster, while behind them the bunch had split in three.

The first crash came just after Burton on the second lap, although not on the descent or the hairpin bend but on a narrow section just after the village. About five of six riders came down, among them Jason Churchill (Dinnington RC) who was kept overnight in hospital for observation and Steve Farrell (GS Strada).

While all this was going on an 11-man break formed: Barnes, Willie Gibb (Scotland), Eamonn Rooney (Alpha RC), Andrew Perks and Nigel Bishop ( Manchester Wheelers); Coles, Deno Davie - the national champion -

Curran, Webster, Brian Smith (Scotland) and David Rayner (Bradford Wheelers), the break gaining 45 seconds.

As the race left the lanes for the A57 once more just before the race course, another crash occurred, with seven or eight riders mixed up with the roadworks and pandemonium setting in.

With the race split to smithereens the break gained momentum, its lead to 55 seconds.

Into Lincoln again Coles sprinted up Michaelgate ahead of Barnes and Curran. There were nine laps to go.

Davie was off the bike for service temporarily when Barnes, Rayner and Coles tried to force a split in the break. They gained 400 metres before being pulled back. There were 39 riders in the chasing group, the rest scattered over a wide area and being threatened of being caught by the juniors in the West Common race who had started five minutes behind them.

On the third climb to the castle and cathedral, Perks was dropped from the break, a muffed gear change and his drinking bottle into his gears putting paid to his chances.

Brian Smith too was temporarily shed, but Coles up front, was in prime-winning form again this time ahead of Webster and Curran.

With the break now down to nine, and Andy Johnson (Sheffield Central) the driving force in the chasing group, the lead of 55 seconds was still being maintained.

Rooney jumped away to take the fourth lap prime, but he was brought back shortly afterwards.

A chase had been set up by Brian Johnson (Wembley RC), Martin Williamson (Scotia CC), Harry Lodge (Chiltern RC) and Bernie Burns (Bradford Wheelers). Once the chasers were caught, so Pete Longbottom (Manchester Wheelers) set up his own chase.

Webster tried a breakaway from the break. He gained 10 seconds, increased it to 12, but was caught by Coles before the prime line at the castle.

Curran, Webster and Coles gained 100 yards on the rest of the break, then Smith slid off the back of the break to join Longbottom, Lodge and Chris Young (Paragon RT) in the new chasing group.

The third crash of the race took place on the Yarborough road with Scotland's Martin Williamson looking the worse for wear.

The chasing four caught the break, and there were now 13 men in the lead with a 44-second advantage. Smith, who had once been part of the original break, was dropped again on the Michaelgate climb, and this was to be for the last time.

Meanwhile, Coles had been winning all the hill primes.

At the start of the ninth lap the break had been honed down to seven - Davie, Barnes, Coles, Longbottom, Webster, Curran and Lodge.

Rooney, Young, Gibb and Bishop were trailing at 1-11, while Rayner had gone back to the bunch, but soon they were to join Rayner in the bunch. The reason for this sudden exodus was an attack by Curran and Webster, brought back swiftly but increasing the race lead to 25.

Webster took service on the foot of the climb, losing 150 metres, before powering back to the break. Then suddenly Davie was down on the ground with Barnes on top of him. A spectator had caused Davie's downfall, and while Barnes got up again to begin a forlorn chase, Davie had abandoned with his knee twisted from the fall.

With the Milk Race only days away, this was a blow that could put him out of the national Tour, and the break was now down to five.

At the top of the hill with two laps left, Coles went for another prime and found himself in the clear. Not relishing the prospect of two laps out on his own, he sat up and waited.

This was the moment that Curran had been waiting for. He stamped hard and opened a gap. Then Webster attacked on the right, now the race was on.

"I attacked then because Coles had been sitting in too much," said Curran afterwards.

"Curran was gone in our minds," said Coles. "I decided to settle for third place instead."

For two laps Manchester Wheeler pursued Manchester Wheeler, and depending on your bias, you either decided that Curran had 31 seconds on Webster, or that Webster was only 31 seconds behind Curran.

Coles, meanwhile had shed Longbottom and Lodge, but was to get caught by Longbottom later on who dropped Lodge. Longbottom was showing some good form for his last-minute selection for the Milk Race.

Webster was a sight to behold, back arched, he was revving at 35mph in pursuit of Curran, whose effortless style was actually pulling away from the 25-mile champion.

Curran had 50 seconds advantage over Webster as they started the last lap, but try as he might, Webster could make no impression. It was going to be a great double for Curran.

He crossed the line to great applause, looking down the road to see where Webster was.

"I didn't feel 100 per cent in the race," Curran said. "I felt as if I was riding on fresh air on that last lap.

Why didn't he wait for Webster?

"It's a bit different after 90 miles of racing. If he had caught me I would have worked with him, then outsprinted him."

It had been a great 32nd Lincoln Grand Prix, with many famous names among the winners. Now Curran's ranks with the very best.

1. PAUL CURRAN (Manchester Wh-Trumanns Steel) 100m in 3-45-22
2. D. Webster (Manchester Wh) at 1-15
3. S. Coles (Coldra RC) at 3-1
4. P. Longbottom (Manchester Wh) st
5. S. Cook (VC Etoile) at 4-33
6. N. Bishop (Manchester Wh)
7. N. Barnes ('34 Nomads)
8. W. Gibb (Scotland)
9. R. Kennison (Dinnington RC)
10. R. Spencer (Paragon RT)
11. A. Wilkinson (Port Sunlight Wh)
12. L. Wilkinson (Leeds RRC)
13. M. Kelly (Chesterfield Coureurs)
14. B. Johnson (Wembley RC)
15. H. Lodge (Chiltern RC) at 5-21
16. N. Miller (Dinnington RC) at 5-28
17. A. Johnson (Sheffield Central)
18. B. Burns (Bradford Wh)
19. R. Sutton (Olympia Sport)
20. C. Marshall (Chesterfield Coureurs) at 5-34.

Leading positions in the BCF Star Trophy Competition after three events are:

1. Darryl Webster (Manchester Wh-Trumanns) 36
2. P. Curran (Manchester Wh) 30
3. P. Longbottom (Manchester Wh) 16
4. S. Farrell (GS Strada) 15
5. G. Platts (Charnwood CRC) 14
6. N. Bishop (Manchester Wh) 9
7. S. Coles (Coidra RC) 9
8. K. Smith (Paragon RT) 9
9. D. Spencer (Paragon RT) 7
10. N. Dunn (Ferryhill Wh) 6
11. S. Cook (VC Etolle) 6

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Peach City Radio Submits Applications
September 29, 2014 by CFUZ

A media event was held today at Cowork Penticton, where three major announcements were made by Peach City Radio.

Application Submission

Applications have been submitted by the Peach City Community Radio Society to the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) and Industry Canada, to establish a low-power frequency modulated (LPFM) terrestrial broadcast signal in Penticton BC. These applications are a major step in the progression of Peach City Radio to becoming the Okanagan's very first broadcast community radio station. The process of obtaining a licence could take between 6 to 12 months, as the CRTC requires this time to process the application. Stay tuned for updates on our progress!

Peach City Radio Studio Location

The Peach City Community Radio Society has been working closely with the Penmar Community Arts Society for the past 6 months in defining a physical space for community radio to happen in Penticton. We are pleased to announce that the Peach City Radio studio will be located at the Valley First Community Arts Centre, 361 Martin Street, Penticton BC. We expect to occupy new studio space in the renovated building in early 2015.

"Raise the Radio" Fundraising Campaign

Today, Peach City Radio officially launches its "Raise the Radio" fundraising campaign. The goal of this campaign is to raise the estimated $30,000 required to establish a physical presence for Peach City Radio in Penticton. This includes purchase of broadcast equipment, as well as outfitting of a studio space. Individuals, businesses and community groups interested in supporting the creation of a volunteer-driven community radio station are encouraged to support our efforts via our web site or through our Community Support Committee members.

Peach City Radio would like to thank our community partners for helping to make this announcement event possible: Cowork Penticton, Upper Bench Estate Winery, the Tin Whistle Brewing Co and Gregor's Gourmet.

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Today’s guest, Kate Carr, is an accomplished sound artist and field recordist whose recent work grapples with issues of communication and longing—themes we can all relate to in the Covid era.

In part one of the show, we mark Phantom Power’s three-year anniversary and 25th episode. Mack does a little thinking out loud about the different kinds of audio work that we’ve featured over the past three years. The terminology and practices for audio work always seem to be in flux—and people can have completely different terms for similar kinds of work. Mack imagines a spectrum of sound work, from more materialist genres like musique concrete to more conceptual or idealist genres like the audiobook, which emphasize meaning over form. In the end, the spectrum eats its own tail—the material is always conceptual and the conceptual is always material. Sound is always both resonance and meaning and the two can never be completely teased apart. Signal and noise are one.

Episodes discussed:

Ep. 20: What is Radio Art (Colin Black)

Ep. 12: A Book Unbound (Jacob Smith)

Ep. 15: Goth Diss (Anna M. Williams)

In part two, we meet Kate Carr, an artist the critic Matthew Blackwell describes as a “sound essayist.” Since she began it in 2010, Kate Carr’s work as a musician and field recordist has taken her around the world, from her native Australia to a doctoral program at University of the Arts London. She’s been featured in The New York Times, The New Yorker, The Wire, and Pitchfork. She also runs the field recording label Flaming Pines

Since slightly before the pandemic, the theme of communication at a distance—always implicit in field recording—has taken center stage in her work. We examine three such pieces by Kate Carr. Each one explores how sound helps us communicate at a distance and how it comforts us in moments of loneliness:

Contact”—a meditation on sonic connection through radio, morse code, and digital technology.

Where to Begin”—a study of love letter writing, which Carr says has profound similarities with field recording.

For Some Odd Reason”—an exploration of the kinds of noise we came to miss during social distancing and the mediated ways we’ve tried to add it back.

Together, these three pieces—one from before the pandemic, one from its beginning, and one from its interminable middle—explore how earnestly we try to connect across distance—and how heightened these attempts have become over the past year.

Huge thanks to our co-producer on this episode, Matthew Blackwell. He is a Visiting Assistant Professor of English at the University of Iowa and a freelance music writer. He writes and edits Tusk Is Better Than Rumours, a newsletter that covers the discographies of experimental musicians.  He is also a contributor to Tone Glow, a newsletter featuring interviews with experimental musicians.

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Blow Their Head When You Blow HisвЂ¦

While youвЂ™re getting vigorously skull (you know where IвЂ™m going with this), out of your mind before we begin, have the visions of hand regarding the straight back of the head. Pun meant!

You’re in control.

If a guy gets extremely вЂњenthusiasticвЂќ and starts forcibly going their sides, place each of both hands to them and securely push straight straight down (and/or away). If this doesnвЂ™t work, he does not deserve mind. Or perhaps you for example! If youвЂ™d instead perhaps perhaps perhaps not just take a danger, restrain him.

It could be impractical to get a whole penis in your mouth and also you donвЂ™t need to. WeвЂ™ll revisit this subject later on but, for the time being it really is imperative you are aware that your particular principal hand may be an expansion of the lips. Just be sure you move them in succession aided by the same quantity of stress and lots of spit. Yes, it was said by me. Spit is great. So are flavored lubes and they are yummy! It shall keep things sliding well in which he really really really loves it. Trust me.

No Teeth.

There is no need teeth during fellatio. Really. It will also help to continue this to your self in your mind, repeatedly and once more. Cover your bottom teeth along with your tongue and usage that and your top lip (curved over your top teeth) to generate your suction. Or, cheat with this specific lovely invention that is little! Understand that dominant hand? With a mouth that is relaxed ensure you get your lips constantly in place, now allow your available fist hook up together with them. You wish to produce a suction without really drawing.

Slip down and up their member sluggish and deep (let me reveal something which will help flake out your neck muscle tissue), then increase rate and force. The top of this penis is incredibly painful and sensitive. Think your clitoris. Very Nearly. Plenty of guys benefit from the work of extremely mild sucking on their mind. Test it. Sweet and simple though, and soon you can inform just how he seems about this! Keep your hand nevertheless with this, lightly clasped round the base of their penis to keep it constant. You donвЂ™t have actually become fancy but, coordination is key.

Guys Have Actually emotions too.

If it had been as much as me personally I would personally just tell you straight to ALWAYS SWALLOW! But, it really isnвЂ™t as much as me personally, its my opinion and IвЂ™m right here to aid never be pushy. If you didnвЂ™t swallow although I have never heard of a man that doesnвЂ™t go wild even talking about his juices getting ingested, that doesnвЂ™t mean he would get offended. I assume. You are able to demurely expel the articles of one’s honor mouth that is winning a tissue orвЂ¦

In the event that you genuinely wish to decide on the gold, let him вЂњshowerвЂќ your breasts together with seed. Perhaps rub it around your skin layer and let him view you taste just a stop by placing your damp index hand into the pursed lips then gradually pulling it down making a noise that is mmmmm? Only a idea.

Think about switching it up just a little more and playing the вЂњDirty School GirlвЂќ or вЂњNaughty SecretaryвЂќ for him? You can easily knock away two huge male fantasies in a single by allowing him provide you with aвЂњfacialвЂќ that is thorough. It is heard by usвЂ™s perfect for the skin, too! include some sexy вЂњpropвЂќ cups if youвЂ™re focused on your eyes!


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Racist Memes

Lately, I have seen way too many racist memes and text on social media and racist policy from our government. Much of these messages include untrue stereotypes and conflated comparisons so I have decided to make a list of truths.

The following list contains truths as I see them. I am a white, atheist male born in Canada so I do not purport to be an expert on the Muslim faith. I am open to learning though…

Debunking Canadian racism against persons of Muslim faith (in no particular order):

  1. Newcomers are not going to ‘steal your jobs’ and they are not going to drain the economy. Canada has welcomed newcomers for hundreds of years and, for the most part, our economy has continually grown.
  2. Refugees from Syria are largely educated and secular. They are not responsible for civil war in Syria. They are civilians and are not a threat to Canada.
  3. Citizenship should be permanent. And if government insists on policy to remove citizenship from those deemed to be convicted terrorists, it should be removed by a rational-thinking judge using evidence and  NOT by politicians.
  4. Muslims do NOT hate Jesus. Jesus is a prophet in the Qur’an.
  5. Muslims do NOT hate beer. Some abstain and some drink tasty craft beer.
  6. Burkas, Niqabs and Hijabs are all different and not all Muslim women wear them. Descriptions can be found at http://www.bbc.co.uk
  7. Various forms of head coverings are also worn by Christians and Jews.
  8. If you think the Qur’an is about war and terror, try reading the Old Testament.
  9. The Klu Klux Klan cover their faces to avoid being caught committing hate crimes. Some women cover their faces for reasons of modesty. The KKK is not comparable to women of faith.
  10. Two women in approximately 700,000 immigrants have requested to wear a niqab during Canadian citizenship ceremonies and Conservatives made it into an election issue.
  11. Banning the niqab at citizenship ceremonies and other public events will only act to further oppress Muslim women.
  12. Many Muslim women who wear head coverings are strong, feminist women.
  13. The presence of terrorism was, at least partly, created by western meddling in the middle east. ISIS didn’t exist before US invaded Iraq following the attacks on the World Trade Center in New York.
  14. Neither Iraq nor ISIS were involved with the attack on the World Trade Center in New York.
  15. Christians are not judged and branded as KKK members and Muslims should not be judged and branded as terrorists.
  16. Sharia law is not coming to Canada.
  17. If you are worried that newcomers will change your way of life for the worse, you probably don’t know many newcomers. The only newcomers to significantly change the way of life in Canada were early Europeans who invaded and oppressed those who were already living here.
  18. Diversity is awesome! Diversity can be celebrated and we can all learn new things when meeting persons of cultures different from our own.

Please feel free to use any of the above with or without credit. Just please spread truth and peace rather than hate and racism.


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If you know a little bit about me you know I love all things mod and anything that smells good. This mod swing dress satisfied the first part, and taking these pictures and getting to explore Buffalo Trace Distillery fulfilled the latter fragrance feature. If you’ve ever been there you know exactly what I mean, if you haven’t you have to go just so you do. It’s almost like stepping back in time while you’re there. A past I would totally want to live in because its absolutely gorgeous and smells like warm cookies and bourbon all the time!

This dress, the moment I saw it in the store I knew I was going to end up purchasing. It’s so fun, mod, and girly while at the same time it also has some amazing structural features. I love that the built in slip isn’t just your average slip, it gives you shape (a good feature in any shift), the slip also has a fun neckline that’s very different from most. The overlay also isn’t too dark that you lose your shape; you keep your figure in this dress even with such a bold design. Floral patterns like these are so eye catching and are always great pieces for a wardrobe, especially when it’s time to start transitioning your wardrobe from winter to spring.

I’ve been obsessed with my Anastasia Beverly Hills Self-Made palette lately; all of the shadows I used in my look come from that palette. I don’t splurge on shadows often but when I see Anastasia has a new palette coming out I can’t resist. All of the shades are perfectly pigmented and apply beautifully every time. I’m also wearing one of my favorite lipsticks NARS Funny Face. It’s the perfect fuchsia color and finding out it was named after an Audrey Hepburn movie makes it even better.

When you’re trying to rock your photo shoot and the 40mph wind gust hits¯\_(ツ)_/¯ On a side note: even with near hurricane winds, I never felt like I had to hold my dress down. Bonus!

Being able to pair a dress with a sleek moto jacket like this that plays on its colors helps transition this dress from spring to that winter transition period we’re in right now.

Jackets are always a good go to in making your spring / summer dresses wearable in the winter and fall. I wear this Marrakech moto jacket at least once a week- it’s so sleek and comfortable. If you’re looking to invest in a jacket I highly recommend this one.

The jacket, while being structured and fitted in the body has the sleeves of your favorite hoodie. The sleeves are so cozy you’ll reach for it more often than any other jacket and be glad you did because it’s so flattering.

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Anthropologie Marzena Swing Dress

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XXHash for haskell

Posted on January 10, 2014

I recently implemented the xxHash algorithm in Haskell. You may find my implementation on github and a criterion benchmark here.

At first, my implementation’s performance was terrible.

However, with a little tinkering I was able to get the performance up on par with C, mostly due to inlinePerformIO which appears to have unboxed and inlined everything as best as could be expected.

GHC was even smart enough to turn a call to rotateL into what looks like the assembly output of hand written C.

To elaborate:

  1. The little rotateL bit from this snippet:
prime1 = 2654435761
prime2 = 2246822519

vx v i = ((v + i * prime2) `rotateL` 13) * prime1
  1. Became the core:
	    (uncheckedShiftL# x#2_X1Bh 13)
	    (uncheckedShiftRL# x#2_X1Bh 19)))
      (__word 2654435761)))
  1. Which begat:
	movl $2654435761,%esi
	movq %rcx,%rax
	shrq $19,%rax
	shlq $13,%rcx
	orq %rax,%rcx
	movl %ecx,%eax
	imulq %rsi,%rax

Which looks a lot like like:

#define rotl32(x,r) ((x << r) | (x >> (32 - r))

Neat! Well. I thought so.

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Dear Aspirants,

We have listed below some of the General Awareness and Computer questions that were asked in LIC AAO Exam held on March 6, 2016:
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General Awareness and Current Affairs Questions asked in LIC AAO exam held on March 6, 2016 – Slot 1

1. Vienna is capital of – Austria
2. 23rd April is celebrated as – World Book Day
3. Name of institution where Ayurvedic drug BGR-34 made – CSIR
4. No of approx copies sold of playing it my way – 1.5 Lakh
5. 2015 Australian Open Winner - Novak Djokovic (Men) & Serena Williams (Women)
6. Shri jagmohan wins padma vibhusan for what category – Public Affairs
7. Missile related question –
8. Bharat Parv was inaugurated in which state - New Delhi
9. Sanjaly Gandhi National Park located in – Mumbai
10. In which state Indira Gandhi Wildlife Sanctuary and National Park is located? - Tamil Nadu
11. Recently, Prime Minister Modi approved 'Make in India' in which state - Chhattisgarh
12. Anup kumar related to which sports – Kabadi
13. Winner of national chess championship 2016 –
14. Kwangmyongsong 4 or shining 4 satellite from which country – North Korea
15. First aviation park is located in which state - Gujarat
16. Shyama prasad mukharjee Rurban mission starts from which state - Chattisgarh
17. Brendon McCullum's hundred came from 54 balls against which country - Australia
18. Umberto eco from which country - Italy
19. Cancer Awareness Day - February 4
20. Christian legard re elected for which organisation? - IMF
21. S S Tarapor who died recently related to which field? -
22. India's population is anticipated to surpasses China's population by which year - 2022 (According to the UN)
23. Australia women single winner – Angelique Kerber
24. First railway university to come up in which place – Vadodara
25. Anup Kumar is related to which sport - Kabaddi
26. Seven sister states –
27. Theme country of Kolkata book fair – Bolivia
28. Italy's author who died recently - Umberto Eco
29. Cyclone wiston hit which county – Fiji
30. Swach bharat state capital – Bengaluru
31. S.S.Tarapore died who is he ? - Retired from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) as deputy governor
32. Bharat parv celebrated at – New Delhi
33. Prime ministers of which countries attended Make in India Summit, which was held in Mumbai? - Sweden, Finland and Lithuania, and the Deputy Premier of Poland
34. Winner of National Chess Championship 2015 - Railways
35. Indian institute for petroleum and energy is located at – Dehradun
36. Where is Sanjay Gandhi National Park is located - Maharashtra
37. In how many balls Pranaav Danawade scores 1009 runs? - 323

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Barber Logo Design is the easiest way to get the attention of from your audience

    Evolution of technology has played a vital role in changing the world. In the salon and hairstylist have also adopted the latest technologies which help them in gaining new customers to their business. The modern tools and equipment have made their easy and comfortable. As the competition is increased in this sector, it has become very challenging for the startup kick-start their salon business. In order to stand out from the competitors, they should try marketing using their barber logo designs.

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Student Poster Humbles Humanity

Sometimes wisdom
comes in small packages.
In the case of Flor,
wisdom comes
in a 4 ft.  package.

Q POSTER Flor jpeg
Yes, it is quite a challenge
(and honor!)
teaching such a mind.

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2014 Student-Created Quotes

2014 Submit-A-Quote Winners

1st Place
Don’t make fun of others.
God didn’t laugh when he made you.
>Flor Galindo<
4th Grade, Salinas Elementary, SBCUSD

2nd Place
The darkness is how you follow,
the light is how you lead.
>Alana Allard<
4th Grade, Seneca Elementary, MVUSD

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It is not easy to do something,
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>Saida Diaz<
6th Grade, Norton Elementary, SBCUSD

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“Our secret weapon are our minds”
Kyler Dorsey, Salinas Elementary

“If you gain a little,
save it up and you will earn something big.”
Ivan Jimenez. Seneca Elementary

“God gave me feet,
so I decided to walk them toward my dreams.”
Natalia Prandini, Seneca Elementary

“Those who sleep through life
will awaken to failure.”
Adrew Almada, Salinas Elementary

And the Winners Are…

Congratulations to the winners of the 5th Annual Quotationals Quote Bee!

1st Place
Samar Farooqi
Seneca Elementary, MVUSD

2nd Place
Andrew Almada
Salinas Elementary, SBCUSD

3rd Place
MaryAn Gutierrez
Salinas Elementary, SBCUSD

You are true poet-warriors!


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If you are an Australian resident, any donations over $2 are tax deductible. Seung-hoon Jeong examines André Bazin’s writings on such films as Crin blanc: le cheval sauvage and Umberto D to rethink the ontological and æsthetical concepts that define his cinematic vision. In 2018, this volume was replaced by a more extensive collection of Bazin's texts translated by Barnard, André Bazin: Selected Writings 1943-1958.[5]. 4234 (22 April 1958). Serge Daney sees through the paradox of Bazin’s law: The cinema seeking continuity and transparency at all costs is identical to a cinema that dreams of filming discontinuity and difference as such. Georges Didi-Huberman, “Le Paradoxe du phasme”, Phasmes: essais sur l’apparition (Paris: Minuit, 1998), pp. [3] He died in 1958, age 40, of leukemia. André Bazin (French: ; 18 April 1918 – 11 November 1958) was a renowned and influential French film critic and film theorist.. Bazin started to write about film in 1943 and was a co-founder of the renowned film magazine Cahiers du cinéma in 1951, with Jacques Doniol-Valcroze and Joseph-Marie Lo Duca.. “Louisiana Story aura été la dernière histoire de R. Flaherty”, Vol. It is no longer the camera eye, but the adaptation of editing technique to the aesthetics of the camera pen. Of Bazin’s two articles on the Disney film, A True Life Fantasy: Perri (Paul Kenworthy and Ralph Wright, 1957), a substantial one published in Cahiers du Cinéma delves into this dialectics of documentary and fiction with more complexity. 154 (23 April 1953), p. 23. (3) In this film about a poor teacher (played by De Sica himself), whom the neighbourhood forces to take away a baby elephant that he received from an Indian prince, Bazin pays attention to a scene that is present on script but absent on screen: a scene in which the elephant runs through the streets in Rome and rejoins the teacher marching on a strike for a higher salary. Given that the animal here takes the molecular form of plankton, it would not be over-the-top to rephrase this “return to the origin” as “becoming-animal” in its Deleuzian sense of “becoming multiple, imperceptible, clandestine”, towards the ontological “plane of immanence”. Although fictional films do not seem to have been central in Bazin’s interest in the animal, a couple of reviews are noteworthy particularly in reminding us of the Coco story on the level of diegesis. We then invest our belief not merely in what is present there, but in what is absent there. In brief, the whole Bazin work on animals could be titled: ‘De la difficulté d’être cinéma.’. With annotations by translator Timothy Barnard, this became the only corrected and annotated edition of these writings in any language. Film theorist Andre Bazin launched "Change Mummified" as a definition of film based in mankind's mummy complex, (the desire to freeze time, to ... André Bazin *the concentration on objective reality. The Bazin articles mentioned here were from the Yale archive of all Bazin’s published writings – 2,582 in total – that Professor Dudley Andrew founded. “Bonjour, Eléphant! The long-held view of Bazin's critical system[6] is that he argued for films that depicted "objective reality" (such as documentaries[7] and films of the Italian neorealism school or as he called it "the Italian school of the Liberation"[8]).

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‘Deficient On Its Face’: Trump Legal Team Insists On ‘Speedy Acquittal’ For Impeachment ‘Charade’

Monday, January 20, 2020
By Paul Martin

by Tyler Durden
Mon, 01/20/2020

President Trump’s legal team filed a lengthy legal brief on Monday in which they have asked for a ‘speedy acquittal’ from the Senate, as they begin impeachment proceedings on two articles advanced by the House after a four-week delay.

Trump’s legal team notes that the impeachment articles fail to cite any violation of the law, and the charge that Trump obstructed Congress was a “frivolous and dangerous” attempt to alter the separation of powers outlined by the framers in the Constitution, according to CNN.

The briefing comes one day after Trump’s legal team filed a shorter document on Saturday which laid out their arguments against impeachment – calling it “constitutionally invalid” and an attack on Americans.

Mr. Trump’s lawyers plan to dismiss the largely party-line impeachment by the House as a “brazenly political act” following a “rigged process” that should be repudiated by the Senate, according to a person working with his legal team, who spoke on condition of anonymity ahead of the submission of the trial brief. They will argue that neither of the articles of impeachment against Mr. Trump are valid because they do not state a violation of the law and they would in effect try to punish the president for foreign policy decisions and efforts to preserve executive prerogatives. -NYT

Trump’s attorneys don’t deny that he asked Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelensky to investigate Joe and Hunter Biden and other matters related to the 2016 US election – however they argue that the President has the right to conduct international relations between countries as he sees fit, and that he had valid grounds for raising the aforementioned issues.

The briefing rejects the notion that Trump abused his power, calling it a “novel theory” which was a “newly invented” offense which would set a dangerous precedent for the ability of future presidents to conduct legitimate foreign policy.

According to the filing, the “articles of impeachment as a matter of law are deficient on their face.”

Trump, meanwhile, weighed in from Florida – arguing over Twitter that he wasn’t being treated fairly, while dismissing Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY)’s call for ‘fairness.’

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In Afghanistan, the focus now is on the "end game". But the end is in doubt, and tension mounts over the rules of this game.

A much-touted plan for "transition," meant to provide foreign armies with an orderly, honourable exit by 2014, lurches from crisis to crisis. In the last week alone, there seemed to be an incident almost every day.

"The end of the rope," is now President Hamid Karzai's depiction of this imperilled relationship.

That was his angry mood after an emotional meeting with a delegation of tribal elders and villagers who came from Kandahar to discuss last Sunday's night-time massacre of 16 Afghans.

When I called out a question at the end of the gathering, the president clearly wanted to publicly cast doubt on the US account that it was the work of one rogue American soldier who "snapped".

"These horrible activities cannot be tolerated," he declared, in a reference to night raids and other Nato military operations he has repeatedly railed against. A day earlier, he had called on Nato forces to pull out of villages and go back to their bases.

Hardening tone

In public, his US and other Nato allies are scrambling to maintain a confident narrative of "enduring partnership".

In private, they express exasperation with an unpredictable president while trying to focus on their main priority in this end-game: securing enough gains on the battlefield against a resurgent Taliban, and training enough Afghans to continue the fight on their own.

Senior Afghan military officers agree with their Nato counterparts that they are not ready yet. Even the president has been ready to grudgingly discuss military tactics his allies still consider essential, but his tone is clearly hardening.

Still, Nato sources are confident they may finally be able to sign a long-awaited strategic partnership between the US and Afghanistan that would keep some US troops on bases here beyond 2014. There is even hope for a compromise on the most sensitive issue of night raids.

If it is clinched, the achievement would be the crowning moment of the Nato summit set for Chicago in May.

The US is also hoping it can use that occasion to report some progress in their fragile dialogue with the Taliban, even though the Taliban suspended the process this week because of what they called "the shaky, erratic and vague standpoint of the Americans".

But the few months until May are a long time in the midst of what the US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta keeps referring to as "the hell of war".

He has repeatedly expressed regret over the tragic incident in Kandahar. But in the same breath, he has warned it is not the first incident and will not be the last.

Searching questions

Afghans have been invoking an Afghan proverb with similar sentiments, "Every day, it gets worse, it doesn't get better."

I heard it from an Afghan instructor Lt Nasser while he was teaching Afghans at Kabul's Military Training Centre how to throw grenades.

There were loud exclamations of "Allah u Akbar" (God is Great) as plastic versions were hurled at the "dushman" - the enemy.

"We do our best training them but we can't predict what will happen in the future," Lt Nasser remarked philosophically.

Nato soldiers have also been troubled by incidents when Afghans in uniform have opened fire on them.

At what is Afghanistan's main military training centre, the staggering sums and commitment that Nato, and most of all the US, have ploughed into this mission are abundantly evident.

"The difference is astronomical," marvelled Canadian Major Carl Bennett as he swept his arm across a sprawling compound of training fields laced with roads plied by a constant flow of new military hardware.

"There was nothing here a few years ago."

But when I ask one young Afghan guard about the US military, he blurts a dismissive insult: "kafirs!" (infidels).

Moments later, he added: "There was more respect years ago. Our Afghan leaders also need to do more to build trust."

More than a decade since the Taliban was ousted and Western allies embraced a new relationship with Afghanistan, searching questions are being asked about why this partnership is still marked by so many mishaps and misunderstandings.

At a popular cafe reputed to offer "the best coffee in Kabul" even Afghans who have been able to benefit from Western scholarships and salaries are perplexed.

"It is difficult to digest and understand how, after so many years of engagement, the international community still doesn't realise what Afghans are sensitive about," remarked Suleman Fatimi who has worked both in government and the private sector.

He cited the recent inadvertent burning of the Koran at a US military base as a glaring example.

"We had all hoped for a smooth road until 2014," added Waheed Omer, a former Afghan presidential aide.

"Every incident," he regretted, "takes the ground from under those of us who would like to see a long-term strategic partnership."

Afghans have a wide range of concerns about this end-game that are not just about military engagement.

Some are more worried about what is certain to be a messy presidential election also set for 2014. The last contest was marred by allegations of fraud and Western meddling, and speculation is already growing over whether President Karzai will keep his pledge to stand down.

Others are focused on ensuring badly needed civilian aid does not dry up, too.

"The Afghan government is just focusing on survival now," remarked one Western aid official who has spent years in the region. "They're trying to get as much as they can from the international community before the pull out."

And there is growing concern about widespread corruption.

At the Afghan parliament, outspoken MP Ramazon Bashardost declared: "We still need financial and military support. President Karzai couldn't even afford to buy tea for the palace without foreign money!"

Dressed in a white tunic trimmed with the colours of the Afghan Flag, he exclaimed: "The foreigners can stay 100 years if they meet the needs of the Afghan people instead of corrupt warlords."

For now, everyone is just trying to make it through the next two years. They could make all the difference between something which could be called a success, and an utter failure.

"We're in the end game," affirmed Major Bennett", "but I guarantee you that if we pull out now, we will be back here in 20 years, starting all over from scratch."

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Róisín Lafferty is the Creative Director of Kingston Lafferty Design (KLD) in Dublin, a company she founded in 2010. Known for her fearless use of colour and materials, her designs are innovative, experimental, and playful.

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Its that time of year again- design season when designers and suppliers present their exciting ideas and trends for the year to come. Every January and September Paris’s Maison Objet springs to life. It is the ultimate interior designers treasure trove. 8 halls of every product relating to the home you can imagine! With so much to see it can be hard to identify whats next but here are my top 3 selections

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Munna | Ginger & Jagger | Now working with Maoliosa in Ireland – this constantly edited and curated furniture collection is all about quality not quantity – getting more stylish every year!


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    6355 Topanga Cyn. Blvd. #100
    Woodland Hills CA 91367

    DRE# 00923313

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