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Lil Scrappy aka Merlo Jonez is set to drop the Merlo Jonez EP July 4th! The Zone 3 Rock Boy is set to set streets on fire with this one, setting the record straight on a lot of topics! Here is a link to three records off the EP - "Helicoper", "Mr Cosbi" and "Benz Music" - clean / dirty / no dj

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My new text adventure is called THE ROSCOVIAN PALLADIUM and it deals with art, culture, and politics—well, it deals with the fictional politics of talking rats. It’s a rat heist in an art museum! Rats!!!

Development of my text adventures is supported by my PATREON patrons. If you like what I do, you can pledge some amount of money to send my way every time I release a game. Some Patreon folks have it set up so that you pay them every month but I don’t release a game every month so I don’t have it set up that way.

Lots of people pledge just a single American dollar per game, which means they each send me probably less than $5 a year, but none of it goes unappreciated and all of them get to view the secret Patreoneer-only Twitter feed.

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Grayson Again

Reason (via Instapundit) alerts us that Rep. Alan Grayson (D-FL) has returned to the spotlight with a bill that would institute mandatory vacation time: the Paid Vacation Act. Here's a rundown of the particulars:
The bill would require companies with more than 100 employees to offer a week of paid vacation for both full-time and part-time employees after they've put in a year on the job. Three years after the effective date of the law, those same companies would be required to provide two weeks of paid vacation, and companies with 50 or more employees would have to provide one week.

The idea: More vacation will stimulate the economy through fewer sick days, better productivity and happier employees.
As Reason points out it's a dumb bill. I'll add that "the idea" that it will stimulate the economy is pure claptrap. Stimulating the economy is what we have greenbacks for and with employees being compensated with more vacation time they will necessarily receive lower pay than they otherwise would have. In other words, vacationing employees will have fewer greenbacks with which to stimulate the economy. With less money to spend "getting away" these vacationing employees may take up gardening so they can not stimulate the economy by eating produce they've grown themselves.

While I think Grayson's bill is nanny state silliness, I have to admit that I'm a little conflicted about it. You see, I advocated something very similar when I wrote about going Galt:
have you ever wondered why it is that Europeans take so much vacation time? Part of the reason is that time-off is taxed at 0%. If you're negotiating your compensation then you should not only consider asking for more vacation time, but also a shorter work week—a four day work week is like a 20% raise.
Grayson's proposal is essentially a 2% raise, but it's a raise in untaxed compensation. If his bill becomes law, then companies would consider the government required vacation part of their employee's compensation and reduce employ monetary compensation by 2%. In practice, an employee slated for an 8% raise at the one year mark would get a 6% raise and a week of vacation. This means that tax revenue that would otherwise be collected at our vactioning employee's marginal rate, wont be. Sure, it's a small hit to income tax revenue—about $500 for someone making $50k.

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You've posted your resume on every possible jobsite out there. You review the job postings, even send out a few tentative resumes with dynamic cover letters and still, nobody calls or you get the standard “Thanks for Applying” emails. What's wrong?

Recruiters catch a lot of flak for not recognizing candidate qualifications. You hear stories about keyword scanning software that pitches out most candidates – even the most qualified ones. I cannot speak for every recruiter, but I can tell you that I personally review every resume I receive. However, I do use keywords to search for candidates with specific qualifications and honestly, I'm just not finding you.

Obviously, there are tons of opportunities out there right now and strong candidates are harder and harder to come by. However, the fact that I'm not finding you could also be due to the fact that your resume does not tell me who you are or what you've done. You assume I'll know that you have specialized experience just based upon the companies you've worked for – and I might, if I receive the resume, recognize that you do, or at least research the company to find out. However, if I'm searching for candidates I may never find you if the experience is not spelled out on the resume. For example, if I'm searching for a Production Manager who has a strong background in injection molding within a Tier I automotice environment, my search parameters may totally overlook the fact that you have that background if you simply put that you worked for XYZ Company as a Production Manager. It's really almost impossible to review every single Production Manager resume out there.

For all the flak that recruiters catch – most of us are not stupid. However, we do depend on technology to help us with what we're searching for. Because of this, it is important to spell it out – on the resume indicate that XYZ Company is a Tier I automotive supplier of interior trim, tell us that you were over X number of people in injection molding, assembly, etc.. In short, give detailed information about every company that you list on your resume, and then go on to give specific detailed information about your role within the company.

I know this goes totally against all the “one or two page resume” lectures that you've heard. However, if no one can find you, or if, when they receive your resume, they still have no idea what you've done, it doesn't matter just how concise you've managed to make the resume. Don't sell yourself short in an effort to be brief – and don't make it so difficult for me to find you or understand what you've done that I pass right over you.

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Comment by Esfandiar Bandari on August 26, 2014 at 4:18pm

This is an excellent post. It is amazing how much information is missing or missed when reviewing resumes.  Then remembering what to ask during the interview is another major problem. and its Report -- RSR were exactly developed to address those problem and minimize the risk of miscommunication and bad hires.

As you point out you cannot fit everything into 1 page resume.  But I think candidates are trying to optimize their chances.  According to Wall Street Journal and CareerLadder most recruiters are so flooded with applications, they will not go past the first page.  If you believe the Ladder study they spend only 6 seconds per resume!  That is why the machine should do the work for you, and leave the recruiter to do the deeper due diligence.

Thank you for your post.

Comment by Linda Ferrante on August 26, 2014 at 11:09pm

"I can't add in what I don't know, but I can always take out what's not relevant'.  I tell candidates this all the time.  There are so many 'experts' when it comes to writing resumes, I actually feel bad for candidates sometimes!  Put in the buzz words, show your accomplishments, TELL ME WHAT YOU DID, and we can go from there.

If I don't see it in your resume, I don't know to call you.  I certainly cannot call every single resume we get, hoping for one that has all this hidden experience.

Great post!

Comment by Pam Sisson on August 27, 2014 at 8:33am

Thanks Linda, Estandiar - I cannot imagine any recruiter worth their salt who doesn't go past page 1 - I can pretty much review the whole resume in less than one minute (but definitely NOT 6 seconds).  The ONLY way to optimize your chances is to make sure I know what you've done!  I emailed 3 separate people in one week to advise them that they didn't appear to have the requisite experience for a position only to receive an email back from all 3 saying, yeah, I've done that it's just not on my resume.  I guess we're supposed to be mind readers now too!

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NHS contract win

05 June 2014

Redcentric has won a new contract with an NHS partner worth in excess of £5 million. The contract - a two year contract procured through the G-Cloud framework - will see Redcentric provide a unique solution engineered for application performance, providing fast processing and quicker application deployment, making its big data more manageable. Redcentric will also be providing Hosted Desktop (VDI) and networking solutions.

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HSCIC grants permission to connect approved third parties to N3 network

29 May 2014

Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) has granted InTechnology Managed Services (part of Redcentric plc) aggregator status for the N3 network allowing them to assess and approve third party N3 connectivity. This builds on InTechnology's experience gained over a decade of providing N3 services and having added more than 10,000 connections into the N3 network - and now InTechnology will be able to further support companies through the strict process of application and connection.

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Redcentric selected to provide The Salvation Army WAN

16 May 2014

Redcentric has won a three year contract with the leading UK-based charity The Salvation Army for it's Wide Area Network. The approximate value of the contract is £1.5 million with annual revenues of approximately £400,000 thereafter.

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Contract Wins

30 April 2014

Redcentric is pleased to announce it has won a number of contracts which will generate circa £3 million revenue. The contracts terms range from three to six years and include a Managed Lync platform for a global insurance brokerage for 1400 users across 40 sites, a IaaS solution for business critical applications with a commercial property consultancy, and a managed IT infrastructure contract with NHS Trust partner.

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Redcentric Heartbleed Announcement

23 April 2014

Redcentric treats security flaws very seriously and therefore, since the disclosure of the Heartbleed vulnerability, we have been performing checks and audits to ensure that our services and systems are not at risk.

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InTechnology expands client base within Health sector

18 March 2014

To improve on-going patient care East Lancashire Medical Service (ELMS) has contracted InTechnology Managed Services (part of Redcentric plc) for the provision of IT infrastructure services. The service will provide ELMS with a secure environment to manage primary care services out of hours across its seven treatment centres. ELMS is a social enterprise organisation.

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New Calyx survey reveals frustrated CIOs struggling to keep IT on the strategic agenda.

14 March 2014

A recent survey showed that CIO's from many organisations are failing to use the full potential of ICT and are still heavily focused on day-to-day tasks and maintenance. Calyx explain how freeing up the in-house IT team to focus on core IT can only benefit organisations in the long term.

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InTechnology signs major deal with HSCIC

24 February 2014

NHS partner the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) has selected InTechnology to deliver enhanced IT infrastructure to the health and social care sector.

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Is your business prepared for more storms and flooding?

11 February 2014

Last year businesses in the UK suffered as a result of the bad weather, which was estimated to have cost the economy approximately £470m a day. With the news of further storms and wet weather set to batter Britain, is your business ready to weather the storm? With 80% of affected businesses ceasing trade within 18 months of an severe incident, looking at more effective ways of working remotely is surely a necessary focus this winter.

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Healthcare software provider chooses InTechnology to enhance patient care

28 January 2014

InTechnology Managed Services has signed a contract with leading healthcare software provider INRstar. Developed by Sullivan Cuff Software, INRstar is the market leader for Clinical Decision Support Software (CDSS) in the UK, currently used by over 2500 anticoagulation clinics in both primary and secondary care. InTechnology Managed Services were awarded the contract because of its N3 pedigree, quality of infrastructure, scalability, support and account management.

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Redcentric extends cloud portfolio to launch Database-as-a-Service (DBaaS)

23 January 2014

Cloud services provider launches DBaaS to help manage, consolidate and virtualise databases for strategic growth management. This new fully managed Database-as-a-Service (DBaaS) solution will offer organisations access to Oracle, MySQL and Microsoft SQL Server environments on-demand, 24x7x365.

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Hays chooses Redcentric for cloud-based WAN and LAN managed service

09 January 2014

Following a competitive tender process leading global recruitment group, Hays has signed a contract with Redcentric, to provide network services, to link the recruitment firm's large and medium-sized offices.

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Leading fruit picker selects InTechnology to boost business continuity

12 December 2013

InTechnology has won a contract to provide colocation hosting, Wide Area Network and Managed Back Up Services to leading fruit supplier Poupart.

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Results of Redcentric's December 2013 General Meeting

06 December 2013

Redcentric plc has announced the results of the December General Meeting which was held earlier today.

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InTechnology expands retail client base with Teletext win

18 November 2013

InTechnology has won the contract to supply managed services and hosting to leading holiday provider Teletext Holidays.

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Proposed acquisition of InTechnology Managed Services Limited

18 November 2013

Redcentric plc has confirmed that it has agreed a deal, subject to approval, to acquire InTechnology Managed Services.

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InTechnology announces new Oracle-based offering for G-Cloud 4

31 October 2013

InTechnology (now Redcentric) has announced that it has secured its place on G-Cloud IV, the Government's Cloud procurement framework. GCloud IV will also include their latest Oracle Database as a Service (DBaaS) and Testing and Development as a Service solution for the Public Sector.

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InTechnology reaches milestone with Evans Cycles

29 October 2013

InTechnology has boosted its client base in the retail sector by signing a contract with Evans Cycles, one of the leading cycle retailers in the UK.

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Contract wins

21 October 2013

Redcentric has announced a number of new projects, contract wins and extensions worth an aggregate of circa £1.6 million with deals ranging from one year to five.

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InTechnology guide shows the relationship between data sizes

16 October 2013

InTechnology has created a new visualisation to help differentiate between the different data sizes we use on a daily basis.

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Memoirs of a Great Sports Rivalry

Winter is known to baseball fans as the time for the “hot stove league” – the time when fans get together to talk and debate the previous year’s events, trades, retirements, and transactions.  They also look forward with anticipation and wait impatiently for the start of spring training.  Fans from Boston and New York City are famous for the debates that take place when they come together to discuss what they expect from their team in the upcoming season.  Of course, competition between the Boston and New York baseball franchises has existed for more than a century now, and how many folks haven’t heard of the “Babe Ruth curse” that supposedly afflicted the Red Sox team for eons after their sale of Babe Ruth’s contract to the New York Yankees?

But don’t think this has only stretched one way from Boston to New York.  Numerous stars found themselves going to the friendlier confines of Fenway Park, instead of having to play in the cavern that was Yankee Stadium.   And athletes like Ted Williams, Johnny Pesky and David Ortiz enjoyed playing in Boston.  They made nearly every contest with the Yankees a memorable one, and fans with a real knowledge of the history of these two franchises could write a book about the events that took place both between the foul lines as well as behind the doors of the clubhouse.  It was well known that both franchises were among the most reluctant to field Black or minority athletes; this is ironic today when you see how many of their star athletes are minorities.  It is also ironic when you see how much of their fan base consists of minority supporters.

Baseball fans are noted for their loyalty to their favorite team; fans of the Brooklyn Dodgers were most noted for that trait.  The slogan “Wait ‘til next year!” became so famous you could hear it at any Walgreens drug store when fans came to pick up prescriptions or get something to bring home.  And loyal fans are the ones who will use Groupon coupons to save money when shopping there, just to save extra cash to buy a ticket to see their club play.  There is nothing that excites a true baseball fan more than the chance to see a great ball game like those Red Sox vs. Yankees contests of yore.

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From Prometheus to Pork Shoulder

Steven Raichlen '75 knows more about barbeque than Prometheus knew about fire. His stat sheet includes 26 books, five James Beard Awards, three IACP awards, a PBS-TV series, his own line of grilling tools, the founding of Barbeque University, a beat-down of Bobby Flay in a barbeque cook-off, a BA in French literature from Reed, and his liver has never been eaten by a raptor. Not to gloat, but another advantage over Prometheus.

"I'm not a chef," Raichlen told alumni celebrating Centennial Reunions this week. "Food, for me, has always been a window into culture."

His presentation began with an artist's rendering of the 3.2-million-year-old Australopithecus Lucy. It is believed that Lucy and her kin were the first to manage fire, and hold the pattern on the original barbeque pit.

He referred to the book Catching Fire, How Cooking Made Us Human, which points to that epoch as one of the great transformations in the evolution of humans. The ability to control fire and use it to cook food was the evolutionary accelerant that led to the rise of Homo Erectus. Raichlen used slides to contrast the huge jaw and small cranium of the Australopithecus with that of the daintier, human-like jaw and expanded cranium of their closest descendents.

His lecture seamlessly bounced from prehistoric times, to Ancient Greece, to Colonial American, to the Reconstruction Era, and to the Industrial Revolution. Barbeque is old and global as evidenced by the title of Raichlen's latest book, Planet Barbecue!: 309 Recipes, 60 Countries. The lecture introduced barbecue's modern American roots in Kansas City, and traveled to remote stops in Azerbaijan, Cambodia, Turkey, and South Africa.

Our word for cooking over an open fire came from the Caribbean Taino word "barbacoa." The first printed mention of "barbecue" appears in 1526 in the pages of A Natural History of the West Indies, published by Gonzalo Fernando Oviedo y Valdes. The word continues to have regional meaning. To most it's a style of cooking, but to a Texan it's brisket, in Tennessee and much of the South it means pulled pork, and in Kansas City it's ribs.

In most of the world, barbecue's not necessarily thought of as A Guy Thing, nor does it just mean meat, said Raichlen. In fact in many cultures, particularly in Southeast Asia, combinations of fish, meat, and vegetables are wrapped in banana leaves and cooked together. Korean barbecue is usually wrapped in lettuce and served with a variety of veggies.

How did a BA in French Literature from Reed prepare Raichlen for chatting with Oprah and Good Morning America as the man who reinvented barbecue? It started in 1975, when he received the Thomas J. Watson Foundation Fellowship to study medieval cooking in Europe. This led to training at the Cordon Bleu and La Varenne cooking schools in Paris, which led to jobs as a food writer and critic, which led to high cholesterol.

"The invention of Lipitor," quipped Raichlen about the cholesterol lowering drug, "opened the door for me to barbecue." From there, he followed his passion and his curiosity. Raichlen writes more eloquently about this journey in Thinking Reed: Centennial Essays by Graduates of Reed College, in his essay "From Christine De Pisan to le Maître du Grill: How a Degree in French Literature Led a Reedie to a Life in Food." The book can be preordered through the Reed bookstore.

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Lit–Theatre Major Nabs Class of ’21 Award

Leah Artenian ’15 won the Class of ’21 award for her senior thesis adapting "The Year of Silence" for the stage

Literature-theatre major Leah Artenian ’15 has won the illustrious Class of ’21 Award for her senior thesis, an adaptation of Kevin Brockmeier’s short story “The Year of Silence” for the stage.

The award recognizes “creative work of notable character, involving an unusual degree of initiative and spontaneity.” For her thesis, Leah wrote the script, assembled the cast, and directed the 90-minute production, which played to packed houses at the Blackbox Theatre in Reed's Performing Arts Building.

In nominating Leah for the award, her advisers Prof. Peter Ksander [theatre 2011–] and Prof. Gail Berkeley Sherman [English 1981–] wrote:

Leah’s immensely successful and creative project was ambitious in scope (an hour-and-a-half play), involved translating from one artistic medium to another (short story to devised theatre piece), and included the creation of a highly skilled ensemble of actors from a group that had never worked together before . . .

Often a literature-theatre thesis will be strong in one aspect but not the other, but Leah’s work was outstanding in every way. The document thoughtfully explores big questions about the nature of narrative, and is equally successful at discussing narratology and the history of devising theatre. It provides an exceptionally well-written, clear, and thoughtful analysis of the process of putting on a successful theatre production. The production played to large, well-pleased audiences, including both students and faculty.

"I am shocked, touched, and very excited by this news," Leah said after learning of the award. Her thesis is titled “Listen Well: An Examination of the Relationship between Literary and Theatrical Narratives through a Devised Theatrical Adaptation of Kevin Brockmeier’s ‘The Year of Silence.’”

Mathematics major Maddie Brandt ’15 also won the Class of ’21 Award this year.

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Reed Arts Week (RAW) 2015: <i>Might Now</i>

Students gather at the RAW banquet/theme reveal Image by Jade Novarino '16

This year, Reed Arts Week (RAW), March 3–8, takes a turn for the understated and the peculiar, with the highlight of the opening exhibition being a fist-sized rock. The rock displays a smiley face on its surface, and its owner is attempting to sell it for $1 million on eBay, despite never having received a bid.

Other installations include a camera obscura inside Vollum lounge, which uses vibrations from Eliot Circle to create a subdued shadow world, and captures students walking to class in the form of indistinct silhouettes.

The Gray Campus Center features a “quiet room,” or traceless environment; the space is light and soundproof, completely cut off from the rest of campus. The intent of the room is to give students an experience of being entirely solitary, while still in the heart of campus. The sports center is home to the opposite effect, with an audio system set up in the racquetball courts that records the sound in the room and then plays it back a minute later, simultaneously with all of the sound that has been recorded previously. The cacophony will increase relentlessly throughout the week, resulting in a complete audio record of the room during RAW.

RAW works to include the audience and campus in the art in thoughtful ways that could only come from Reedies.

Download the RAW 2015 catalog from the website.

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Today the Washington Times editorial cartoon pictured a terrorist lying in bed while Senator John McCain (R-AZ) is polishing his shoes and Senators John Warner (R-VA) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC) are scrubbing his floor. That sums up the dilemma of President George W. Bush in dealing with the Senate and terror. The Democrats and some leading Republicans want to give terrorists the rights the Geneva Convention affords captured soldiers in times of war. This would mean that an interrogator would not be permitted to ask a captured terrorist any questions other than his name, his rank and his membership number in whatever terror group he belongs to. He could not be questioned about any future attacks or his past involvement in the murder of innocent civilians. In other words terrorists with the blood of civilians on their hands would have greater rights than American citizens arrested by the police in a marijuana bust. The President is so concerned about the coddling of terrorists that on Thursday, September 14th, he actually traveled to the Capitol Building to talk to Republican Senators. (Click here for Washington Times story) Addendum: I have great respect for Senator John McCain who endured years of torture in a Vietnamese prison camp. As a uniformed officer he should not have suffered this treatment at the hands of the North Vietnamese. However I, and many others, disagree with Senator McCain that rights equal to those of our citizens should be given to terrorists because of what he wrongfully endured.

This week I personally met with high ranking staff in the offices of Senator Jon Kyl and Majority Leader Bill Frist to move the Pledge Protection Act forward. There is no way to get this onto the Floor as a stand-alone issue because that would take six separate procedural events, each allowing as much as 30 hours of debate. With the Senate adjourning on September 29th, this just can't be done. We are now working to add the Pledge Protection Act on as an amendment to an appropriations bill. If this fails, we will have one last chance during a ten day lame duck session in November. With 19 Senators now signed on as sponsors of the Pledge Protection Act we should be able to move forward.

Senator Harry Reid, the Minority Leader in the Senate, voted for the Child Custody Protection Act (S-403) to send the message to voters in his home state of Nevada that he was really against taking minor girls across state lines for abortions. Then, fifteen minutes after the bill passed he blocked it from going to conference committee with the House version, thus killing it. This is the most two-faced, double-standard act I have ever seen in the Senate, and I have seen a lot in the last two decades working on Capitol Hill. Senator Reid did not do this as an after thought. As the Senate Democrat leader he told vulnerable Democrat Senators to "back it 'cause you need the votes back home, I'll kill it before it goes to conference." This was a pre planned attempt to fool voters back in the states while handing a major victory to the billion dollar abortion industry which funds the Democrat party. Please contact your Senator and let him know what you think of Senator Reid's duplicity.

The Public _Expression of Religion Act (PERA) is in fast forward in the House, having been passed out of the Judiciary Committee last week. The bill now has over 65 cosponsors, but we need more. PERA amends 42 U.S.C. which currently allows parties to sue state and local governments claiming their individual rights have been violated and demand attorneys' fees in the case if they win. The ACLU and other liberal groups use this clause to threaten lawsuits charging cities and towns with violating the Establishment Clause of the Constitution by allowing, for example, city council members to pray before meetings. Please contact your congressman and express your views on PERA to him.

Earlier this week a member of the House leadership told me that they would no longer seek any type of comprehensive solution to illegal immigration because of the Senate amnesty plan. Instead, I was told, the House would pass "bullet" legislation in a series of individual votes. The first of these votes was held on Thursday of this week when the House voted to build 700 miles of fence along the Mexican border. Many Democrats joined Republicans in a lopsided 283 to 138 vote on the fence. In Arizona, which has faced some of the worst effects of illegal immigration on its infrastructure, Republican Jim Kolbe joined the states' two Democrats in voting against the fence. Kolbe, who is openly gay, is leaving the House this year. Former state representative Randy Graf, whom I have personally supported, won a hotly contested primary against Kolbe's hand picked successor on Tuesday of this week. On Thursday, Randy flew to Washington and attended a fund raising event co-sponsored by the political action committee with which I am associated. After months of fighting against Randy, the Republican establishment now welcomes him after his very large six point victory over Kolbe's man. (Click here for details.)

Congressman Todd Akin (R-MO) is working hard to make sure that chaplains in the military are not punished for praying. (Click here for important statement from Congressman Akin.) A bill protecting the rights of each chaplain to have the prerogative to pray according to his own dictates of conscience passed the house using language authored by Duncan Hunter (R-CA). It is being blocked by Senator John Warner (R-VA) who is the head of the Senate Armed Services Committee. Warner has bowed to military brass who say that they should have the final say as to what comes out of a chaplain's mouth. More than 50 chaplains have been punished by the military for using the name of Christ at "inappropriate times." The military brass, for example, may consider it inappropriate to pray in the name of Jesus Christ at the public funeral of a Christian serviceman. Figure that one out! Congressman Akin has personally talked to Senator McCain and to President George W. Bush to get this legislation promptly passed this month. Click here to contact Senator Warner.

"Anyone who describes Islam as a religion as intolerant encourages violence," said Pakistan Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Tasnim Aslam. This comment was in response to Pope Benedict XVI having quoted a conversation between 14th century Byzantine Christian Emperor Manuel Paleologos II and an educated Persian on the truths of Christianity and Islam. The emperor had said, "Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." The worldwide Islamic response to the Pope having quoted the emperor, is threats of violence. This is the knee jerk reaction of Muslims: "Call me intolerant and I will kill you." Apparently the words of Emperor Paleologos are as true today as they were seven hundred years ago. (Click here for Fox story) (Click here for more on Islamic fascism)

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Week Two Sarah DoliverNothing says Fall in the West like an ancient log cabin surrounded by golden aspen leaves, and that earned Sarah Dolliver the win this week. The reflection of the aspens in the window draws the eye to the curtains and makes the viewer wonder what secrets are hiding inside. It’s also easy to imagine a few weeks forward to a time when snow is piled up to the windowsill.

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This disease causes painful, round ulcers to develop on the linings of the cheeks and lips, the tongue or the base of the gums. The tendency to develop these ulcers is inherited. Ulcers also can be associated with other diseases, particularly connective tissue diseases such as lupus or Behçet's syndrome, which cause symptoms on the eyes and genitals as well as the mouth. There can be one or many ulcers at the same time, and they are recurrent, which means they keep returning. Multiple ulcers are scattered across the lining of the mouth, not clustered. Most people get one to three of these lesions at each episode, but a small number of people get more than a dozen ulcers at a time.

The cause of canker sores is not known, but most theories involve an immune abnormality. Certain blood diseases, vitamin and mineral deficiencies, allergies, trauma and Crohn's disease cause similar ulcers. Canker sores are often confused with cold sores, which are caused by a herpes virus.

Approximately 17% of the population has recurrent aphthous stomatitis, which is classified into three categories:

  • Minor ulcers are less than 1 centimeter (slightly less then ½inch) in diameter and do not leave scars. The sores usually heal within two weeks.
  • Major ulcers (also called Sutton's disease) are almost ½ inch or more in diameter, take longer than minor ulcers to heal and may leave scars.
  • Herpetiform ulcers are clusters of dozens of smaller ulcers. This form is rare.

People tend to have two to six ulcers per episode and have several episodes each year. For most people, canker sores are merely an annoyance, but some people experience large, painful, frequent sores that can reach 2 to 4 centimeters in diameter. The ulcers can interfere with speech and eating and can last for weeks to months, causing significant pain and disability. When they do heal, they may leave scars that can make it more difficult to move the tongue and can destroy oral tissue.

You may feel a burning or tingling sensation in an area of inflammation before an ulcer appears. An ulcer takes two to three days to form completely. The sores are round, shallow and symmetric, which means they are the same on all sides. The are painful. They usually are found on the inner part of the lips and cheeks and the tongue.

Canker sores are the most common recurring oral ulcers and are diagnosed mostly by process of elimination. If the ulcers become more frequent or severe, are accompanied by other symptoms (such as rashes, joint pain, fevers or diarrhea) or are larger than about ½inch in diameter, you should visit your dentist or physician. He or she will try to rule out blood diseases, connective tissue diseases, drug reactions and skin disorders. A biopsy and blood tests may be required to rule out other conditions or diseases.

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The painful stage lasts 3 to 10 days, and most canker sores disappear within 2 weeks.

There is no way to prevent canker sores.

Treatment focuses on relieving symptoms. Rinsing with a warm-water solution and eating bland foods can minimize discomfort. Anesthetic medications or over-the-counter agents that are placed directly on the sores to coat them also may help.

People with more severe disease may need steroid medications placed on the lesions. These medications significantly shorten the healing time of the ulcers and prevent them from becoming larger. Other possible treatments include placing a medication called chlortetracycline (Aureomycin) on the sores or injecting steroids into the sores. In very severe, disabling cases, your dentist may prescribe oral medication.

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Canker sores usually are painful but are not a significant risk to your health. However, if you have severe, recurring canker sores, or if they are becoming worse, consult your dentist or physician. He or she may do tests to look for blood problems such as anemias or deficiencies of iron, folate or vitamin B12. Some research has shown that canker sores improve when these deficiencies are treated. Persistent or large ulcers can also occur as a part of other, more significant, disorders, including inflammatory bowel disease, connective tissue diseases, drug allergies, arthritic disorders, inflammatory skin disorders and cancer.

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Open doors at the Royal palace of Brussels

Every summer Royal palace of Brussels opens its doors for public. This year it is open from 22 of July to 6 of September 2015, so there is still time if you are in the area. Visitors can walk around past home of Belgian kings and queens, free of charge .  They didn’t move to a normal sized apartment now, don’t worry, their place of residence is now The royal palace of Laeken.

Maneken Piss, Peing Boy, Brussels

Belgians take great pride in Manneken Piss aka the Peeing Boy statue. His clones can be found in every shop in Brussels.

Visiting the Royals

Today the King and Queen still have their offices in the palace and the King Philippe carries out his duties as the head of the state from there. The building houses state rooms where large receptions are held. There are also living quarters for visiting dignitaries. I was there in summer 2014 – twice in fourteen days. Sadly, only some parts are open for public, but enough to come out of the palace very jealous after a very long walk. You walk from one lavishly furnished room to the next, gold walls and exquisite fabrics everywhere. But afterseeing a few rooms, we realised that having a morning coffee in on one of the palace rooms would be too stressful. Imagine spilling your cup over mahogany table with extra rare tablecloth, while your cat decides to scratch the tapestry of the wall. But, of course, one could drink coffee in a different room every day for quite a while.

Sadly, back then I was not backing up my photographs as regularly as I do today. With this or something similar. After taking probably fifty selfies in front of my favourite pieces of furnishing extravaganza called insides of Royal palace of Brussels and posing under every chandelier, my SD card decided it had enough. And everything went blank. Some photos taken by other enchanted visitors are available here.

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After your SD card betrays you, there is only one thing to do. You find the nearest bar or one of many food trucks and treat yourself with an original Belgian waffle, with extra everything. Not what a local would do, but, life is too short to eat normal number of toppings on your waffles. Even if you skip the Royal palace of Brussels visit, don’t skip the waffles.

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nanoroverArtificial muscles made from strips of highly flexible, lightweight plastic are being developed for use on future space robots and rovers.

The polymer material will contract and relax, just like the muscles in human fingers, when an electrical voltage is applied. The US space agency, Nasa, believes the strips will greatly simplify robotic spacecraft tasks such as grabbing and lifting objects.

The technology could even lead in the future to the development of insect-like robots that emulate biological creatures, Nasa says.

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The artificial muscles, or electroactive polymers (EAPs) as they are known, will get their first test on a small Nasa rover destined to explore an asteroid.

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This 2002 mission will land a palm-sized, wheeled vehicle on Nereus or 1989ML and return a sample of the asteroid to Earth. The viewing windows of optical and infrared science instruments onboard the rover will be kept clear of dust by two miniature EAP wipers.

The Nasa team working on EAPs at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena has developed two types of artificial muscles that respond quickly to small amounts of electricity by lengthening or bending.

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The first is a flexible polymer ribbon constructed from chains of carbon, fluorine and oxygen molecules. When an electric charge flows through the ribbon, charged particles in the polymer get pushed or pulled on the ribbon's two sides, depending on the polarity.

The effect is to make the ribbon bend. Using four such ribbons, the team has made a gripper that can pick up a rock.

The second EAP consists of thin sheets wrapped into cigar-like cylinders that stretch when one side of a sheet is given a positive charge and the other a negative charge.

These charges cause the wrapped sheet to contract toward the center of the cylinder, and this constriction forces the cylinder to expand lengthways. When the power supply is turned off, the cylinder relaxes, enabling it to lift or drop loads.

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This approach has huge potential for robot design which currently relies on power-hungry gears and hydraulics to grab and move objects.

"Electroactive polymers are changing the paradigm about the complexity of robots," says Dr Yoseph Bar-Cohen who leads the research.

"In the future, we see the potential to emulate the resilience and fracture tolerance of biological muscles, enabling us to build simple robots that dig and operate co-operatively like ants, soft-land like cats or traverse long distances like a grasshopper."

The team would also like to extend the technology for medical uses with EAPs being used to replace damaged human muscles.

"My hope is someday to see a handicapped person jogging to the grocery store using this technology," Dr Bar-Cohen says, although he concedes such applications may be decades away.

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We switch GM's and let Matt take the reigns to this fantastic RPG. So with that comes new characters! Jason, Megan and our guest player Peter dive into the world of Diablo to collect a holy relic and save the world from damnation. Not everything goes as planned however, as the heroes find themselves in a hole, things spiraling out of control.

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Ryu’s Musings – Swallowing the Earth

Posted on July 4th, 2010 by Ryu Sheng |

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9781569700563 ISBN-13: 978-1-56970-056-3

Language: English

Direction: Right to Left

Pages: 516

by Osamu Tezuka

Publisher: DMP Platinum

                            Type: One-shot

                            Genre: Action, Mystery, Sci-fi, Seinen

Amidst the chaos of World War II, two Japanese soldiers hear of Zephyrus, an utterly captivating woman rumored to exist on an island in the South Pacific. The tales of this bold enchantress seducing men to their dooms are both chilling and fascinating. Over twenty years pass, and Zephyrus resurfaces in Japan, seemingly unchanged, to wield her mysterious power over men once more. The one man immune to Zephyrus’ charms is simple drunkard, Gohonmatsu Seki, son of one of the wartime soldiers. Employed to spy on Zephyrus, what will Gohonmatsu uncover about her ultimate plot to create international discord and consume the world of men? What brought this woman to conspire for decades against patriarchal society – against an entire gender – and can anything be done to stop her plans?

There’s really only two characters of note in this huge volume, which I found surprising. Gohonmatsu Seki, and Milda.

Gohonmatsu Seki is an unusual character right from the outset. His personality is well defined from the beginning, and while he does not change much over the volume, he does change those around him. In this way he’s more of a catalyst character. I love his character design, and the way Tezuka envisioned him. I was also impressed with the way Tezuka is able to keep the design consistent through out the volume.

Milda our heroin of the volume…sort of. She goes through a lot of personality changes over the course of the volume, and I found it fun following her changes. I was especially happy with the way she first experiences love, and has to come to terms with and the repercussions.

Her character design for a huge part of the volume is static and a bit off, but this was deliberate. As a result we tend to focus a lot more on her personality, and building up another image of her in our minds. When her real character design is finally revealed I found I liked it, more so than her original one. Though she does end up reminding me of Jessica Rabbit from Who Framed Roger Rabbit.

The story is nothing more than a simple quest for revenge. Milda’s mother finds out her husband wasn’t the nice man she thought he was. He married her just to get to her father’s research, which he promptly started to sell to the Nazi’s. When he tries to move her father to a Nazi laboratory he kills himself.

She runs off with her children and ends up on a island where they remain the rest of their lives. As she lies dying she begs her daughters to do several things, Destroy the worlds economy, Destroy the Laws, and Destroy Men. What follows are the years of the daughters putting that request into practice.

The actual story takes place in the final stages as things finally come to a head, and then the final culmination.

General Thoughts:

This was my first Osamu Tezuka title, I have refused to buy any of his works previously for a simple reason, they’re to expensive. His works are published by both Digital Manga Publishing, and Vertical, and both publishers give his releases a higher than average price tag.

DMP’s release of Swallowing the Earth has a price point of £18.99, which can get you three or four normally priced manga. Vertical’s releases have a price point of £14.99 which is double the normal price of manga. Sure you can get the manga cheaper online, but not from your local book stores.

The other reason I did not buy any was that I did not want to take a gamble on an unknown manga-ka that was so expensive to get. What if I had hated it? I would have been stuck with an expensive manga I most likely would never read again.

What a shame I wasted so much time in getting around to reading it!! Thank you to Kim (aka: ShroudDancer and The Kimi-chan Experience) for giving me the push to read it. And a HUGE thank you to DMP for letting me review this title on their eManga site.

I found the initial editorial pages an okay read, and extras like this always show just how much love the editorial team has towards their project. Though I only read stuff like that once, then skip over it from then on.

The manga itself starts off on an interesting turn, setting up the character of Zephyrus. It then fast forwards and picks up at a fairly good point.

The characters we get introduced to from the outset are interesting in several ways. Firstly they look more like olden american comic characters rather than manga characters. In fact if they flipped it and switched a few location names you would most likely never know any difference.

It also starts with the story well underway, and almost completed. This does mean for a bit of pondering as to what’s happening at first, but I like the way the back story is revealed.

Seki is an excellent lead character, the way he goes through the story blindly unaware of things was just hilarious. However what was really amazing (for me at least) was the relationship between Milda (Zephyrus) and Seki. When they first meet Milda has nothing but disdain for Seki, but over the course of their interactions she slowly falls in love with him. However at first she’s unaware that what she feels is love, and struggles to come to terms with it.

Seki meanwhile does not seem to feel anything towards her, other than that she’s a con artist. His only desire is to drink all the liquor in the world. Yet after agreeing to look in Zephyrus for a friend of his fathers, and for 300,000yen. He discovers that things aren’t what they appear to be, and ends up being chased not only by Zephyrus, but also the man that hired him.

What follows are a series of adventures (or miss-adventures) that see him ending up travelling world trying to stop what Zephyrus has planed.

As the story progresses Milda is considered a traitor by her sisters for loving Seki, and ends up imprisoned. We last see her lamenting her situation and wanting to be with Seki.

However we get several other mini stories that while on the surface seem unrelated, really set to help reinforce the feelings of the women involved. I really liked the mini that dealt with the oil well, which showed that Milda was not alone among her sisters, others of them could and did fall in love.

I was a bit disappointed with the way Tezuka suddenly brought Milda back into the story. The was no explanation as to how she escapes from a supposedly escape proof prison, on an island in the middle of the sea, and gets to Japan. The sudden from Zephyrus to Milda was also not explained, again a flaw in the story.

However Tezuka does recover fairly quickly for me, with the way the story develops from there. The way the story ends up, with Seki and Milda living together, and getting married was really touching. I especially loved the way the remaining sisters returned. I won’t talk about the last part of the manga since it would spoil I 😀 but I really loved the way the story goes a full circle, and the way it ends made me laugh.

At the end of the volume I realised several things, the volume is a one-shot that’s worth every penny it costs to buy; especially when you consider the page count. Also, I had just read an amazing manga that I had not been able to put down once I started reading.

I do not like recommending manga really, since what I like is what I like, and not everyone will like it as well. However if you’re looking for a Osamu Tezuka manga to start off with, this is definitely the one you should try.

Like Utena, this is a manga that is ageless, despite having been created in the late sixties, it is still entertaining and enjoyable.

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I like the cover design of the volume, considering the age of the manga, it makes sense for it to have an old school feel cover to it, DMP got the design spot on.

The editing of the manga was really well done, with inline notes on cultural or technical terms. The text was easy to read and follow, the font’s used were not hard to see, and were of a good size and colour. This was especially true of the out of bubble and thought text, which are usually the bits hard to read.

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SALISBURY served up a flipping fun time as pancake day was celebrated in style for the Annual International Pancake Race.

The Shrove Tuesday tradition, organised by St Thomas’s Church and the Trussell Trust, saw teams battling it out for the much-coveted Golden Frying Pan 2018.

This year entrants dodged the rain and competed in the Cloisters of Salisbury Cathedral, with all eager to show off their skills.

Representatives from the Salisbury Diocese, Barclays, Sarum College, BID, Scouts, Babylon School of Language, Friends of Salisbury Cathedral, Burger King and Harnham Parish all took part.

Entrants came from as far as Germany with Babylon School of Language pupil Wulf Joerck taking part in his first-ever pancake race.

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Also taking part for the first time was St Thomas’s Church Rector Reverend Kelvin Inglis.

He said: “It was really good fun but a black cassock is not the best thing for running in. It is just interesting how competitive you get. It is a race that is a bit of fun but when you are on the starting line it is different.

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Recovering after the ICU

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“Good health is a crown on the head of a well person that only a sick person can see.”

Sometimes we are so preoccupied with our busy lives and our day to day problems that we fail to thank Allah for one of the greatest blessings He has given us, the blessing of good health.

A recent and sudden life-threatening illness in my family was a loud wake-up call for me. It made me realize how much we all take for granted. With every new morning sun that rises, I thank Allah for all the bounties He has given me.

We each have a responsibility to use our time, our youth, our mental capacities, and our physical strength in ways that bring us closer to Allah, to worship Allah better, to be of service to others, to learn more about Allah and our religion, and to teach others.

If someone you love is recovering after admission into the ICU, this article may help you get through this difficult time and know what to expect.

Initially my brother had been admitted to the hospital with a case of H1n1 virus, but complications quickly arose. He developed pneumonia and other breathing problems. As his condition worsened, the team of doctors had to induce a coma with powerful sedatives and put him on a ventilator. He was under the drug-induced coma for two weeks. Once his blood tests and chest x-rays improved, the doctors, gradually decreased sedation and began to wean him off the ventilator, and wake him up.

Undergoing a medically induced coma can be an extremely traumatic experience for the patient and family members. The recovery process is slow and thorny, but you can help your loved one feel more comfortable and ease the recovery process.

While in ICU, visit your loved one as frequently as possible. Talk to him/her. Tell her the date, what day it is, what the weather is like outside and what is going on in your family. This helps him/her remain connected to the real world, and may reduce the disorientation and confusion they experience when they wake up. Try to keep the lights dimmed down at night and brighter during the day. At night, keep the lights low; the nurses can turn the lights on when they need to check something or monitor the patient and then turn them off again. Blaring bright lights all night long can mess up the body’s circadian rhythm which increases the level of stress and confusion for the patient.

Speak to your loved one in a calm, clear manner. Make short positive statements that help them make sense of what is going on around them and gives them hope. For example: “You’re in the ICU and you have a tube to help you breath. This is just temporary and the nurses will give you some medication to make you more comfortable. You are doing great and making progress.” Keep reminding your loved one that this is only temporary and that they are getting better.

Hold hands. Stroke your patient’s arm, or rub his feet. Massage his legs. Acknowledge that you understand that he/she is in pain and discomfort.

Often times, what distresses ICU patients is that they feel cut off and unable to communicate, especially if they have a breathing tube. So you have to come up with alternative ways to communicate. Instruct them to nod their head if they are in need of pain relief medications. I would hold my brother’s hand and tell him to squeeze my hand if he wanted me to stroke his legs, or give him pain relief medications.

Simple things can help the sick patient in bed feel a little better. Make sure pillows prop up his arms and feet to make him more comfortable. If a tube was used for breathing, you will notice cracked and dried lips, spread a bit of Vaseline on your loved one’s lips. Move your patient’s position as frequently as possible to avoid bed sores, with the help of the hospital staff. Take permission from the staff to place a few cool drops of water in the patient’s mouth regularly, because they experience extreme dry mouth due to the breathing tube and sedatives. Brush his/her hair.

When your loved one wakes up and begins to recover, do not be shocked if he/she has terrifying nightmares and bouts of fear and panic. This is very common and it is called ICU psychosis. Sleep disturbances from the beeping machines in the ICU, nurses coming in for monitoring, stress and pain, the feeling of lack of control over their own body, and the effects of some drugs administered can all contribute to ICU psychosis. It can last for 24 hours after waking up in the ICU to up to 2 weeks. Do not be alarmed, and calmly talk your loved one through these frightful nightmares and hallucinations. Tell him that he is safe and is recovering from an illness. Do not abruptly walk up to their bedside, rather slowly approach them and let them know that it is you, because they may have flashbacks of nurses poking them with a needle or suctioning if they were on a ventilator.

To help your suffering loved one cope, remind him of the rewards from Allah for being patient and that his status in Paradise is being elevated for patiently enduring this illness.

When visiting your sick loved one, be sure to say reassuring words that inspire faith and hope.

Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said, “No Muslim is afflicted with harm because of sickness or some other inconvenience, but that Allah will remove his sins for him as a tree sheds its leaves.” (Sahih Muslim and Bukhari)

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, “Whenever a Muslim is afflicted with a hardship, sickness, sadness, worry, harm, or depression - even a thorn’s prick, Allah expiates his sins because of it.”

Do not complain or speak negatively in the presence of your sick loved one. Positive energy is what your loved one needs. Play a melodious recitation of the Holy Qur’an in the hospital room and later at home. As Muslims, we believe that the Holy Qur’an has healing properties which help sick people recuperate and recover, and will also calm and relax an agitated mind. Put your hand on the ailing body part, and recite verses of the Qur’an.

“And We send down of the Qur’an that which is healing and mercy for the believers.” (Chapter 17, verse 82)

Soothing sounds and words are helpful. Make supplication for your sick loved one, as the Prophet (peace be upon him) did when visiting the sick. Repeat seven times, “I ask Allah, The Supreme, Lord of the magnificent throne to cure you.”

Say this prayer, “O Lord of the people, remove this pain and cure it. You are the one who cures and there is no one besides You who can cure, grant such a cure that no illness remains.”

You can also expect that your loved one will need intensive physical therapy on a daily basis for a few weeks after an induced coma to regain the strength and the function of their body’s muscles. In essence, the muscles have been put to sleep for so long that they have become lazy and wasted away. It may seem frustrating at first, but with regular physical therapy and exercises you can do with your loved one, he/she will regain movement, control, and function of his/her body once again.