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United States v. O'Brien

United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, Eastern Division

January 17, 2018

United States of America, Plaintiff,
Jessica O'Brien and Maria Bartko, Defendants.

          Honorable Thomas M. Durkin Judge

         Defendants Jessica Arong O'Brien and Maria Bartko are charged with engaging in a scheme to defraud that involved causing lenders to issue and refinance loans related to two investment properties that O'Brien owned on the south side of Chicago. The indictment alleges that this scheme was comprised of a series of transactions in 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2007. R. 1 at 4-7. Of particular relevance here, the indictment alleges that in 2007, O'Brien and Bartko agreed that O'Brien would sell her two investment properties to Bartko using “a straw buyer whom O'Brien and Bartko knew would be fraudulently qualified for mortgage loans.” Id. at 4. Currently before the Court is O'Brien's motion to dismiss the indictment based on purportedly perjured grand jury testimony (R. 131).

         Bartko is a cooperating witness who testified before the grand jury in support of the indictment. O'Brien's motion to dismiss focuses on two documents (out of 5, 000 pages of documents) produced by O'Brien in response to a government subpoena after Bartko's grand jury testimony but shortly before the return of the indictment. These documents are both titled “Acknowledgment & Agreements Between [the alleged straw buyer]/Maria Bartko (‘Buyers') and Jessica O'Brien (‘Seller')” (collectively, “acknowledgements”). R. 131-2, 131-3. Each pertains to one of the two investment properties sold by O'Brien in 2007, and each includes a notary stamp with the name of the closing agent for the 2007 property sales. Id. The alleged straw buyer identified his signature on both of the acknowledgements. O'Brien argues that the government should have discovered based on the acknowledgements that Bartko lied to the grand jury regarding O'Brien's intent to conceal, and that the government should have affirmatively corrected the record. On this basis, O'Brien moves to dismiss the indictment.

         A federal court may “dismiss an indictment for misconduct before the grand jury” only where the misconduct violates “one of those few, clear rules which were carefully drafted and approved by th[e Supreme] Court and by Congress to ensure the integrity of the grand jury's functions.” United States v. Williams, 504 U.S. 36, 46 (1992) (quotation marks omitted). Even if a clearly defined rule is violated, the indictment may be dismissed only if the defendant is prejudiced, meaning that the violation “substantially influenced the grand jury's decision to indict, ” or “there is grave doubt that the decision to indict was free from [such] influence.” Bank of Nova Scotia v. United States, 487 U.S. 250, 263 (1988) (quotation marks omitted).

         The Court first analyzes whether O'Brien has shown a violation of a clear rule, and next analyzes whether she has shown prejudice.

         Violation of Clear Rule.

         The Seventh Circuit has explained that “knowing use of perjured testimony, amounting to the creation of trumped-up charges, might justify the dismissal of an indictment.” United States v. Fountain, 840 F.2d 509, 513 (7th Cir. 1988); see also United States v. Roth, 777 F.2d 1200, 1203-04 (7th Cir. 1985) (use of evidence “that the government know[s] . . . [wa]s perjured” could justify dismissal if it constitutes “prejudicial misconduct”). But O'Brien acknowledges that the government did not knowingly present false testimony to the grand jury. See R. 131 at 2 (conceding that “the Government cannot be held responsible for” alleged perjury by Bartko during her “March 21, 2017 grand jury appearance, ” before the government knew about the acknowledgements).

         O'Brien nevertheless claims that the government had “an affirmative obligation to correct the [allegedly] perjured testimony once it became aware of [it].” Id. In support, O'Brien's motion cites Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83 (1963), and case law applying Brady. But that case law deals with the government's “affirmative duty to disclose evidence favorable to a defendant and material either to guilt or punishment.” United States v. Bland, 517 F.3d 930, 933-34 (7th Cir. 2008) (quotation marks omitted). “A successful Brady challenge requires a defendant to show (1) that the prosecution suppressed evidence; (2) that the evidence was favorable to the defense; and (3) that the evidence was material to an issue at trial.” Id. (quotation marks omitted). As the government correctly points out, O'Brien's argument deals with failure to tell the grand jury about evidence turned over by O'Brien to the government, not the government's failure to turn over material evidence to O'Brien.

         O'Brien's reply brief shifts focus from Brady and progeny to other cases that more directly address a prosecutor's failure to correct what he later discovers to be false grand jury testimony. See R. 147 at 2-3 (citing United States v. Lee, 2016 WL 4046967, at *15 (S.D. Ill. July 28, 2016) (discussing prosecutor's “fail[ure] to correct what he later learned was false testimony” before the grand jury); United States v. Udziela, 671 F.2d 995, 1001 (7th Cir. 1982) (addressing “perjured testimony supporting an indictment . . . discovered before trial”); United States v. Provenzano, 440 F.Supp. 561, 565 (S.D.N.Y. 1977) (addressing situation where government's “key witness recanted his prior testimony” before the grand jury)). These cases indicate that a prosecutor's failure to correct perjurious testimony can constitute grand jury misconduct.[1] O'Brien relies in particular on Provenzano, where the Southern District of New York dismissed a superseding indictment supported by grand jury testimony that a witness had “recanted.” 440 F.Supp. at 565.

         Unlike in Provenzano, however, Barkto has not recanted her grand jury testimony. Nor has O'Brien proven that Bartko's testimony was perjurious. On this point, O'Brien's briefs paint with a broad brush. A more precise comparison between what the acknowledgements show and what Bartko testified reveals a far less clear picture.

         To begin, the acknowledgements indicate that Bartko's identity as a buyer was stated in documents that appear to have been notarized by the closing agent who attended both of the 2007 closings. R. 131-2, 131-3. But Bartko did not testify that her status as buyer was not identified in any document presented to the closing agent-testimony that would constitute perjury. Rather, Bartko testified: “Jessica [O'Brien] told me a few times that we could not talk about the fact that she was paying [the alleged straw buyer] and I to buy the properties from her, ” and “When [O'Brien] handed me the checks, she reminded me that we could not tell anyone that she had paid me and [the alleged straw buyer] to buy the properties.” R. 86-1 at 17, 26. These statements could be true notwithstanding the fact that Bartko's identity as the buyer is stated in the acknowledgements. Indeed, the acknowledgments say nothing about O'Brien paying Bartko and the alleged straw buyer to buy the properties, or about what O'Brien told Bartko about those payments.

         O'Brien maintains that the acknowledgements undermine the allegation in the indictment that O'Brien and Bartko “knowingly caused Bartko's status as a buyer to be concealed from lenders, ” R. 1 ¶ 18, which was supported by Bartko's testimony. But it is unclear whether the acknowledgements ever reached the lenders. A search of CitiMortgage/Citibank's files for the 2007 loans revealed that the acknowledgements were not part of those files. R. 131-4 at 1. Although, as O'Brien points out, closing agents owe fiduciary duties to lenders under Illinois law, see R. 147 at 7, it remains to be explored at trial precisely what involvement the closing agent had, whether she violated her fiduciary duties, and what relevance that has to whether the lenders were misled. It also remains to be explored at trial what precisely was disclosed to or concealed from lenders. In other words, Bartko's status as buyer may have been concealed from lenders, as the indictment states, R. 1 ¶ 18, notwithstanding the closing agent's notary stamp on the acknowledgments.

         The acknowledgements further represent that the two properties were being sold “AS IS”; that “the Seller cannot attest to the legality of the upgrades made on the property”; that with respect to one of the properties, “the seller agrees to install a thermostat and heat pump for the attic subsequent to closing”; and that with respect to the other property, “the Seller agrees to fix the closet doors.” R. 131-2, 131-3. Bartko testified before the grand jury that “[t]he properties were not in need of work at the time [the straw buyer] purchased them and the funds Jessica provided us had nothing to do with the condition of the properties because the properties were in excellent condition.” R. 86-1 at 31. Bartko therefore testified that the checks O'Brien wrote to Bartko and the straw buyer for “a total of $77, 836” were payments “for purchasing her two properties, ” pursuant to an “agreement” that O'Brien, Bartko, and the straw buyer “did not put . . . in writing.” Id. at 17-18, 23.

         O'Brien's alternative position, as implied in her briefs, is that the checks O'Brien wrote to Bartko were not illegitimate payments for purchasing the properties, but instead were legitimate payments used to make the repairs described in the acknowledgments. In further support, ...

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Monday, August 22, 2016

Crow Card

Howdy Crafters - Well, I think this is the first card I have created without stamping a sentiment - I just could not decide on what Sentiment I wanted - so the lower banner is ready to stamp when I get my thinking cap on  - thanks for stopping by and be blessed ~ Gail ~
White cardstock for base of card
Black Cardstock for mat 1 - cut with Spellbinders rectangular die
Designer cardstock for banner at top, and border on orange cardstock at the top
Designer cardstock and Fiskars Cloud Punch - pop up tape behind the cloud - distressed with black ink
Orange cardstock with Fiskars border punch used on one side
Orange and white striped Bakers Twine made into a Bow
Little Scraps of Heaven Crow Freebie Digital Stamp - thank you - colored with Spectrum Noir Markers and Stablio coloring pens - fussy cut and pop up tape added behind the digitals - A Wink of Stella used on the flowers and beak
Gold sequins glued with Glossy Accents used as the glue
Verve Stamps banner stitched die cut - orange Spectrum Noir Markers to create the strips on the banner  - ready to stamp a sentiment

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  1. Aww, he's so cute. Perfect for a fall birthday! (Greetings from another MI gal - from the thumb, living in Germany)

  2. Such a fun design, Gail - love the autumn colors, too! Thanks for playing with us once again at the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge!

  3. Adorable fall card, Gail! Very cute little crow. He looks bewildered!!

    Thanks for linking to Cut it Up for our Bow Tie challenge!

  4. How cute! Thanks for playing BUGABOO BINGO with us this week - good luck in the draw.
    Please join us again soon.
    Jen Leeflang

  5. Thank you so much for linking up with us in our challenge at Catch The Bug! Please join us, again, next time, for a new challenge and more chances to win! ~~Sammibug~~ DT Member For Bugaboo Stamps

  6. Hi Gail! He is a real cutie and this would be a great card for the upcoming Fall season too. Not a bad idea to have some blank cards around to add sentiments as needed. Thanks so much for joining my challenge this week :)

    Jeannie T.
    Dragonfly Journeys

  7. Love this cute card - the crow really pops against the orange - love it. Thanks so much for joining us this time at the Craftyhazelnut's Patterned paper Challenge, Elizabeth (DT)

  8. What a adorable card!! Thanks for joining us at Cut it Up challenge!

  9. Such a bright and happy card.Thanks so much for sharing your card at Just Keep on Creating September Anything goes link-up.

It is always and honor & blessing to have you stop by - may your day be filled with Joy & Happiness - God Bless you today & Always - ~ Gail ~

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Don’t Worry, Jamie Foxx and Katie Holmes Are Still Dating

Don’t Worry, Jamie Foxx and Katie Holmes Are Still Dating

The fact that Jamie Foxx and Katie Holmes’s are reportedly dating is a wonderful nibble of gossip, a personal favorite of mine that pops into my head at the strangest of times. Even though we reported that their unconfirmed relationship of over three years ended back in October, Lainey Gossip is here to set the record straight.

They’re still dating. They’re still together. They’re still keeping it extremely low-key, probably because Katie still has stress nightmares about her relationship with Tom Cruise or maybe just because that’s how she likes it.

Here’s the proof: a grainy Instagram photo shot through the plate glass window of a restaurant somewhere in New York.

The woman on the left with the ponytail and the sunglasses and that Joey Potter smile is definitely Katie Holmes. The man on the left in the big-ass hat and the sunglasses is…Jamie Foxx, I guess?

There you have it! There they are. Jamie Foxx and Katie Holmes. Still going strong.

As per a social media research firm called D’Marie Analytics, Beyoncé is the most influential celebrity on Instagram —but I bet you didn’t need a social media research firm that sounds like the name of a mid-range perfume from the 1970s to tell you that.

Using some magical formula of followers, “post reach” and “engagement,” the firm figured out that a single post by Bey on Instagram is worth $1 million. Second to Beyoncé is one Selena Gomez, who would reportedly rake in $775,000 per post, if Instagram posts by celebrities were monetized?

I guess if a brand were lucky enough for Beyoncé to allow them the use of her Instagram account and its massive following, it would cost them $1 million— maybe worth it? Seeing as that will never happen, this is just a fact that you can file away in the section of your brain that holds information about celebrity eyebrow shapes of the 2000s and never access it again.

[Us Weekly]

  • Jesse Eisenberg and his girlfriend Anna Strout had a baby boy. [Page Six]
  • Bella Thorne “came to the conclusion” that she struggles with depression. [Entertainment Tonight]
  • Did Lisa Marie Presley’s estranged husband arrange this paparazzi photo op to make it look like he’s a good dad? [TMZ]
  • Hmm, these rules for a successful dinner party from Chelsea Handler sound suspiciously like mine. [People]

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Wednesday, January 22, 2014

Illvibe x Heineken Green Room x REMIXBOUND Live Set

Here's a clip of Mr. Sonny JamesDJ Phsh playing Heineken Green Room live at Silk City. Remixbound is one of Illvibe Collective's acclaimed mixtape series' and now a live set we're developing. We're planning a short run to a few cities this year to promote the series. For booking holler at

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Philip Crangi

Acclaimed jewelry designer Philip Crangi has always drawn his inspiration from history; Greco-Roman artifacts, Baroque ironwork, and Japanese armor are but a few of the references found in his work.

“I would describe my aesthetic as one of contrast in material, color and mood,” says Crangi, who was trained at the renowned Rhode Island School of Design as a goldsmith.

After graduating from RISD, Philip and his sister and business partner Courtney Crangi began creating unique objects and jewelry from their New York City studio. Using materials not often associated with traditional fine jewelry design, they created their signature collection, Philip Crangi, combining age-old techniques with a unique palette of gold, wrought iron and steel. Through this process, Philip Crangi crafts impeccably detailed heirloom pieces, which reflect the very personal style of the wearer, while at the same time creating classics for a new era.

Today, Philip Crangi is one of the most noted jewelry designers in the industry; in June, 2008 he was awarded the very prestigious CFDA Swarovski Award for Accessory Design and in 2007 he was named first runner-up for the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund Award.


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The UK has one of the oldest, most respected education systems in the world, with world-leading universities and private schools who are oversubscribed with applications every year.  It is a very competitive industry so it is very important that you have your child’s visa in place at the earliest possible time so as not to negatively impact on your child’s school place.

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Friday, March 21, 2014

Blender UI design proposal - mode sensitive N-panel

I spent some time mocking up another GUI proposal for blender. The thing that triggered that enthusiasm in me was this video.

So my reaction naturally was to question the decision to put the layers inside the toolbar. And prompt the developers to consider using the N-panel instead. In order to make decisions like this fit well with the rest of the already established design, I took the idea even further and filed another UI proposal at the official wiki.

1. The current N-panel is showing irrelevant information to the editing mode that you are in (for most cases)
The N-panel editor in the 3d viewport always shows the same information/properties in all modes. As a result you get a lot of irrelevant stuff to scroll through in most editing modes. The user wouldnt need to alter the rotation or the translation of a mesh while working in texture paint mode for example. They wouldnt need to access the "Motion tracking" panel in most modes.

2. Screen Space ~
Blender's UI is currently not using it's screen estate very well. The interface is wasting space to display a lot of irrelevant information when the user is texture painting for example. The properties editor is rarely accessed to set a custom brush or do some other small thing. And since it requires effort to hide completely, it just sort of stays there most of the time.
The N-panel on the other hand is easy to toggle on and off. This is distracting to old users, steals valuable canvas screen estate (artists)

3. The interface makes you work ~
The user also has to manually navigate to the required tab in the properties editor and know where to find the feature that would aid their task.

4. The properties editor is not available in most of the other layout presets~
There are a few items in the Properties editor which the user has to access in other editor windows, such as the image editor for example. But the properties editor is not available in the uv unwrapping layout preset or the image editor. It takes a lot of horizontal space as it is wide.
It is not available in the texture editor window. The N-panel however is available everywhere!

To solve a lot of this cluttered interface issue and also speed up workflow by reducing the need to deal with switching tabs in the properties editor and looking for stuff, Blender's N-panel can adopt some of the T-toolbar behavior.
It is already planned to get the tabs.
My suggestion is:
1. Make the N-panel sensitive to the editing mode that you are in- so it displays information/properties that are relevant to what you are doing. Just like the toolbar.
2. Since the N-panel already shows object properties (such as object coordinates in object mode), I don't see why we can't also move/duplicate some of the items in the properties editor to the N-panel. Everything in the properties Editor that is relevant to what the object mode needs needs to go to the N-panel's object mode.
We only need a few of the items that are found in some of the properties editor tabs.
if we move/duplicate some of the properties panels to the N-panel, we will allow the users to entirely hide the big fat Properties editor and outliner while they are not needed.
Some examples of items that are in the Properties editor, and would be useful in the N-panel:
  • n-panel in object mode: modifier stack,
  • n-panel in texture painting: Materials and textures lists (to switch between and edit textures),Textures>brush type(to set new brush textures), Vertex groups list (for masking), UV maps list,
  • n-panel in Edit mode: modifier stack, UV maps,
  • n-panel in sculpt mode: modifier stack, Shape keys, vertex groups, Textures>brush type (to set new brush textures),
  • n-panel in vertex paint mode: todo
  • n-panel in Weight paint mode: todo
  • n-panel armature - edit mode: todo
  • n-panel armature - pose mode: todo
-The N-panel is not present only inside the 3d viewport. It is also available in the Image editor and other blender editors. So this design logic can be beneficial to all of blender's layouts.

As you can see from this mockup, with a bit of improvement on the N-panel, Blender can look much cleaner!
-It can be much more intelligent in guessing what you need depending on what you are doing and show only relevant information.
-The user gains a lot more screen estate for the working area.
- The overall interface design is more predictable and it fits with some of the already established design concepts.
-Improved full view mode workflow.

Proposal 2 - Better GUI for animators.
Link to wiki here:

Outlining the usual set up

You need to have your graph editor to control the spacing, you also need to be able to easily select controls visually - so a 3d viewport big enough for you to be able to rotate around the target character and select their controls. You need to have the N panel channel box- to see the values in their numeric form and change them. Finally- you need to have a constant look at the camera that the final render is going to use- this is particularity important not only for staging, but also the silhouette of the character. It's your end goal and as such it's what you should be constantly looking at when animating.
Now with all these things open- you need to set up your layout in something like this:
Whatever you resize will sacrifice something else. The most important screens you need to observe is the graph editor and the final render screen. When you make them too big, then its difficult to quickly and visually select controls of the character.

Picking controllers

First of all we can make selection of rig controllers much easier in blender and eliminate the need for a dedicate 3d viewport open simply to select them. Professional animation studios tend to use a "character controller picker". This is a 2d panel that is basically a button maker. It allows the animators to generate buttons that select the character controllers- lay them down visually - by moving them around in 2d space over a screenshot of the character. The picker eliminates the need to tumble and orbit around the 3d character to get to their controllers. Some times controllers get obscured because of the pose,other controls or background elements. They are too small or hard to get to. So this 2d button map makes it super easy and quick to select multiple controls and add a keyframe on them.

Blender does not have a picker. My suggestion is to get one made in a plugin form and include it in trunk. It can make use of the toolbar tabs too! It would be extremely helpfull

Graph editor- overlay mode

This is mostly a GUI issue when you have one monitor. Maya has this issue too. Blender however has a feature that can be advantageous for blender users- but it is not making use of it. It can potentially help the issue.
When you use the graph editor- you need to have more space- both vertical and horizontal. But when the graph editor is sharing it with all of the other layout windows- it gets really tiny. This creates the need to do more zooming in and out- vertically or horizontally depending on how the graph editor window has been deprived of space.
I personally have it a floating window in maya- so I can resize and move it. But then again- it obscures my visibility over the 3d viewport that way. And I find myself constantly moving it around and resizing it.
Some times (again in maya), I have it at the bottom half,with the top half being shared between controller selector on and the left and a render can on the right. This however squishes my graph editor- depriving it of vertical space.
What I figured is though- I do not need to have good visibility of my character's details while posing it and changing the spacing. All I need really is to have a good look over how the silhouette looks like. Additionally the graph editor has a lot of negative wasted space while you edit curves. I look at 1-3 or 4 curves at a time- usually close enough to have fine control.
Now this proposal might sound a bit crazy, but it is something I always wished I had in any 3d software. Its a way to have a good look over both the graph editor curves and the 3d viewport at the same time- without sacrificing size. Whats even better- the actual curves are visually close to the character- my eyes dont need to travel up and down the screen to compare their shape and placement to the way they are affecting the character's pose at the in between poses. So much less effort for me that way!
We can take advantage of using the semi transparency we currently have in order to create an overlay mode for the graph editor. What I mean by that is pretty much the ability to view your 3d viewport (with the end render cam) as a background in the graph editor! The graph editor can be like a semi-transparent overlay we can turn on and off in the 3d viewport- while we are in pose mode.
Or we can have this as an option inside the graph editor- similar to how the compositor works- the ability to show the 3d viewport behind the f-curves.
This in my opinion can be a convenient option for animators, who are sick of moving windows around and resizing layouts when working with the graph editor. No other software has done it in my knowledge so it might sound risky, but it really can be a killer feature for blender.

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~Diann, Lift-Off 273~ My Impact Trainings Experience

The greatest way my life has changed as a result of the Impact Trainings is I no longer live in a lonely space “hoping” things will change or be different.  I live in the NOW and I feel such joy and love in my life.  I am so thankful that I could experience this amazing journey with my eternal companion.  I have been given the gift of a new life where goals are made and accomplished with such passion.  There was a time before my Trainings that I literally packed my dreams away, thinking I was too old to have dreams.  WOW!  We are never too old!

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The night sky over thousands of kilometers in Eastern Russia turn electric blue while massive “sky boom” raised fears of nuclear blast on 7 January 2018

January 23, 2018

Mysterious Comet “Kill Shot” For California Warned Coming In Days After Alaska Mega-Quake

By: Sorcha Faal, and as reported to her Western Subscribers

A new report circulating in the Kremlin today issued by Aerospace Defence Forces (ADF) doctor-scientists is warning that the likelihood of a catastrophic +7 magnitude earthquake striking the Basin and Range Province of the United States within the next 7 days has increased to an over 70% probability—and which is due to the mysterious 41P/Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresák Comet that shockingly began to slow down over this past year and started exchanging “plasma discharges” with our Earth and Sun—the latest occurring within the last 36 hours when this comet “struck” our Sun causing a massive solar flare and plasma discharge—and that was followed, 12 hours later by, an 8.2 magnitude earthquake striking the seas off the coast of Alaska. [Note: Some words and/or phrases appearing in quotes in this report are English language approximations of Russian words/phrases having no exact counterpart.]

According to this report [and as we’ve previously noted in our 17 January report “Mysterious Comet Begins “Firing” At Earth As Michigan Residents Cower In Terror”], over the past year, ADF doctor-scientists have documented the unexplained mysterious orbital slowdown of the 41P/Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresák Comet to a near stop—and who during its slowing down, began to exchange “plasma discharges” with our Earth not unlike “directed interstellar lightning bolts”—that Western scientists have no concept of as they’ve long been opposed to Russian scientific experts adherence to the plasma cosmology research of Nobel Prize winner for physics Dr. Hannes Alfvén—and who, in turn, had based his research into the “Electric Universe Theory” on the early 20th century findings of the American philosopher George Woodward Warder—whose stunning theories were confirmed as being true, in 2008, by NASA.

American philosopher George Woodward Warder’s 1903 description of “space tornadoes” confirmed as being true by NASA in 2008

Upon the 41P/Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresák Comet slowing down last year and beginning to exchange “plasma discharges” with our Earth, this report continues, its first effects on our planet were the mysterious, and enormous, thunderclap like “sky booms” being reported the world over—but that changed nearly immediately after the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) issued its strange 1 January 2018 “New Year’s Day geomagnetic storm warning notice”—and which was followed, on 7 January, when vast regions of Eastern Russia saw the night sky turn electric blue while “sky booms” shook the ground—on 10 January, when the night skies over Texas turned electric blue and a “sky boom” shook the ground—and, on 16 January, when large regions of the United States saw the night sky turn electric blue with a “sky boom” shacking the ground there, too.

Most concerning, however, to ADF doctor-scientists about the effects being experienced on the Earth due to the 41P/Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresák Comet exchanging “plasma discharges” with our planet, this report explains, is that within days of NOAA issuing its strange geomagnetic storm warning on 1 January—as the Sun is in solar minimum with barely no sunspots occurring—the entire American continental region began experiencing an unprecedented outbreak of powerful earthquakes—to include the 7.6 magnitude earthquake that struck the Caribbean on 9 January, the massive 7.3 magnitude earthquake that struck the coast of Peru on 14 January, the 6.5 magnitude earthquake that struck the Gulf of California on 19 January, the deep and strong 6.3 magnitude earthquake that struck Chile on 21 January—and that have now all been joined by the 23 January 8.2 magnitude earthquake that just hours ago struck off the coast of Alaska.

Unlike American earthquake scientists who always “downgrade” the magnitude of earthquakes in order to keep their citizens pacified by using the propaganda technique “lessening”, this report notes, ADF doctor-scientists use the first magnitude reading of an earthquake as it most accurately portrays what has occurred—thus meaning that the number of these earthquakes occurring within the same geographical area, and their great power, shows the American continental region is experiencing an earthquake outbreak of unprecedented proportions.

All earthquakes striking American continental region since 1 January 2018 (Red—earthquakes occurring on 23 January…Orange—earthquakes occurring on 22 January…Yellow—earthquakes occurring in the past 2 weeks.

Particular to note about today’s 8.2 magnitude earthquake off the coast of Alaska, this report details, is that it occurred within 12 hours of the 41P/Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresák Comet starting to exchanging “plasma discharges” with the Sun, and that resulted in a massive solar flare and “plasma ejection”—while at the same time, ADF began noticing an increasing destabilization event occurring in the Basin and Range Province of the United States—and whom one of whose major cities located there, Reno, Nevada, is experiencing an unprecedented earthquake swarm that no cause can be found for.

The Basin and Range Province, this report concludes, incorporates a vast area of the United States from Texas to Oregon—but has been stretched up to 100% of its original width causing this entire region to be subjected to extension that has thinned and cracked the crust as it was pulled apart creating large faults—and whose pummeling over these past few weeks by this unprecedented American continental earthquake outbreak cannot much longer be tolerated—and whose most probable fault-tension release will be in California whose already massive fault system has been put under further strain by the Alaskan earthquake—but with ADF doctor-scientists warning that anywhere within in this region, even to the entire American-Mexican coastlines, should now be considered as vulnerable—and whose next major +7 magnitude earthquake is expected to occur within days, not weeks.

January 23, 2018 © EU and US all rights reserved. Permission to use this report in its entirety is granted under the condition it is linked back to its original source at WhatDoesItMean.Com. Freebase content licensed under CC-BY and GFDL.”

[Note: Many governments and their intelligence services actively campaign against the information found in these reports so as not to alarm their citizens about the many catastrophic Earth changes and events to come, a stance that the Sisters of Sorcha Faal strongly disagree with in believing that it is every human beings right to know the truth. Due to our missions conflicts with that of those governments, the responses of their ‘agents’ has been a longstanding misinformation/misdirection campaign designed to discredit us, and others like us, that is exampled in numerous places, including HERE.]

[Note: The website was created for and donated to the Sisters of Sorcha Faal in 2003 by a small group of American computer experts led by the late global technology guru Wayne Green (1922-2013) to counter the propaganda being used by the West to promote their illegal 2003 invasion of Iraq.]

[Note: The word Kremlin (fortress inside a city) as used in this report refers to Russian citadels, including in Moscow, having cathedrals wherein female Schema monks (Orthodox nuns) reside, many of whom are devoted to the mission of the Sisters of Sorcha Faal.]

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To most young males, “Do whatever you want to me” uttered from a friend is almost a non-issue as to what the natural response is yet I answered this in the least expected way. The lead up to this unusual offer is almost as unbelievable as the offer itself. Her calling to me from her bed across the room, my refusal, her insistence, and finally laying next to her hearing those words whispered to me and my confused young minds’ response; A kiss.

I spent many nights at my best friend’s house, mostly because we were best friends and my parents need to go out. We slept in the same room, me, my brother, my best friend and his two younger sisters. I thought I was the only one awake. As I laid there in the small room lit up by the hall light, I heard her call to me. Her head was poking out from the top of their bunk bed, “Toi, come up here with me.”

“No,” I snapped. We’ve had a history together. A history as much as two young people like us could have. Put simply, I wasn’t in a hurry to jump into bed with her.

Her whisper grew softer, a gentle plead in her voice,”Please come up, Toi”

“NO!” a growl slipped into my tone trying not to waking anyone sleeping around me,”I’m not going to let you get me in trouble again”

Her head shook rapidly, “No, I won’t. Just please come up.”

I couldn’t believe when my foot was planted down on one of the wooden steps on the ladder. Further shock as I lay pressed against her side, under the soft blue light radiating from her blanket onto her white pajamas. My hearts pounded in my ear, almost blocking out the sound of the TV her parents were listening to in the next room. Her voice pulled my attention to her, “Thank you for coming up”

“What do you want?”

She smiled, “I wanted to see you”

“Well you saw me” I started back to the ladder when she reached out and pulled me back.

“No! I wanted to tell you something too!”

I was back next to her, the same smile not leaving her face.

“What?” I nervously shuffled, dying to leave but drawn to stay.

“Do whatever you want to me”

There was no tone in her voice, said as plainly as one might read the ingredients from a recipe book.

“What do you mean?” Of course I knew what she meant, but it struck me no differently than if she had said “I’m baking puppies and there’s plenty for you”

“I want you to do whatever you want to me,” she closed her eyes and laid her head back, “I’m yours”

So I lay there, staring down at her, thinking “What do I want to do?” And my only thought was, I wanted to kiss her. I didn’t want to kiss her because I loved her or even liked her. At some point in my life, I put all of my future worth in a relationship into how I kiss. This was a real fear. If I wanted someone to like me, not being able to kiss them would ruin that chance forever. This was perfect.

I leaned in and pressed my lips to hers. I expected something but there were no spark, or instant love, just two warm lips pressed together. I was confused. What did I do wrong? Embarrassed, I asked to kiss her again and she repeated her offer. So I kissed her again with the same reaction. I could tell she wasn’t getting what she wanted, waiting breathlessly for something I wasn’t going to do. But I also didn’t get what I wanted. It was empty.

I left her lying there without protest. I wouldn’t have heard her past my thoughts on the important kiss. I lingered on it. Moments later my parents showed up to collect us and not long after I was in my own bed. It never occurred to me what she wanted, only that she wanted more. My mind was only focused on the kiss. I fell asleep convinced that there was nothing there because I had no feelings for her and because I didn’t try to French kiss her. Even with her offer to do anything, I couldn’t bring myself to use my tongue. “Yes,” I rolled over, “It must be in the tongue.”


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The Hobart First United Methodist Church and the Hobart Historical Society in Lake County are sponsoring a cemetery walk of City Cemetery in Hobart on Saturday, September 6 from 6 to 8 pm and Sunday, September 7 from 2 to 4 pm. There will be costumed actors and re-enactments. Tickets are $8 per person or $15 per couple. Participants should meet at the Hobart First United Methodist Church (654 E. 4th St., Hobart IN). For more information, please contact Megan Faulkner - phone (219) 742-1483.

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Kamal Haasan to launch App Ahead of New Party

As Prime Minister Narendra Modi is going to visit Chennai on Monday, actor Kamal Haasan has decided to launch his mobile software app a day after on Tuesday, November 7 – his 63rd birthday just to be in touch with his fans. At a function to mark the 39th anniversary of his fan/welfare club on Sunday November 5, he confirmed ...

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Jazz Kitchen’s “Around the World Wine Dinner”

The Jazz Kitchen, in the Indianapolis Cultural District Broad Ripple Village, offers a unique dining experience and Indianapolis event. This Indianapolis restaurant has prime Indianapolis real estate in a mecca of Indianapolis dining. Wednesday, May 19 the Jazz Kitchen offers Indianapolis people a chance to travel Around the World with a Wine Dinner, an exotic taste trip through global wines. This special Indianapolis event is limited to only 50 people. The cost of dinner and education is $45.00 per person and $85.00 per couple. Members of the “Best of Perks” club at the Jazz Kitchen will receive $5.00 of the cost of their meal. Pre-paid reservations are required. The fun starts at 7:00 pm.

Chef Victor Ruiz team ups with Beverage Manager Lori Allee to take patrons on a globe trotting culinary and wine adventure. Wines from Canada, Argentina, France, Chile, Spain and Australia will be featured in this mind blowing and education event. An expert from Monarch Distributors will be on hand to lead participants through each gentle nuance and bold flavor of the wines and to explain pairing choices and answer your pairing questions.

On the menu for the evening is a delectable six course meal that includes grilled blue cheese and ricotta figs; caramelized pear, celery root gazpacho soup; grilled sea scallop with saffron risotto; herb crusted lamb chop with a chipotle honey glaze; braised short ribs with guajillo tomato sauce and spiced rum bananas foster with vanilla bean ice cream. This gourmet meal comes with samples of six spine-tingling wines, brilliantly paired with each defined flavor of your meal. Enjoy an elegant evening out, with a different kind of dinner. The Jazz Kitchen’s Around the World Wine Dinner truly offers an experience like no other.

After your belly is full of gourmet goodness, enjoy live music and dancing at the Jazz Kitchen. Or head to any of the many nearby Indianapolis bars for an after dinner drink as you discuss your new found wine knowledge. Stay tuned to Indianapolis News, Events and Information on Fun City for all the latest on fun things to do in Indianapolis. We cover Indianapolis sports to Indianapolis arts and everything in between. Get out in Indy and find some fun!

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Monday, June 2, 2008

cheney -- on scottie mcCee -- "bob dole got it about right."

but first, scottie mcCee, on dick cheney
courtesy of thinkprogress, today:

. . .lurking behind it all remained the magic man, Vice President Cheney. No one knew better how to orchestrate what was happening from behind the curtain while the grand production was playing out on stage. Quietly slipping in and out of internal deliberations, his influence and wand waving barely discernible to the outside world, Cheney rarely showed all his cards and never disclosed how he made things happen. Yet somehow, in every policy area he cared about, from the invasion of Iraq to expansion of presidential power to the treatment of detainees and the use of surveillance against terror suspects, Cheney always seemed to get his way. . .

now -- here's what cheney meant
with his reference to bob dole. he
made the remark at a d.c. press
luncheon, this very afternoon:

. . .There are miserable creatures like you in every administration who don’t have the guts to speak up or quit if there are disagreements with the boss or colleagues. . . No, your type soaks up the benefits of power, revels in the limelight for years, then quits and, spurred on by greed, cashes in with a scathing critique. . .

. . .In my nearly 36 years of public service I've known of a few like you. . . No doubt you will 'clean up' as the liberal anti-Bush press will promote your belated concerns with wild enthusiasm. When the money starts rolling in you should donate it to a worthy cause, something like, 'Biting The Hand That Fed Me.' Another thought is to weasel your way back into the White House if a Democrat is elected. That would provide a good set up for a second book deal in a few years. . .

gee, i just love me a good-
ole-boys'-pissin' contest, don't you?

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life's adventures lately

though we travel the world to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us, or we find it not. Ralph Waldo Emerson

it's pouring rain today in Taipei, and so I find myself inside the apartment and sitting in front of my computer. I've been pretty absent from the internet lately. no particular earth-shattering reason why: I just wanted a break and realized I could take one.

so here's what's been happening...

Taiwan elected its first female president

America isn't the only country with a potentially course-changing election happening in 2016. last weekend, Taiwan elected Tsai Ing-wen as their next president. she is a highly educated, multi-lingual cat lover who was highly supported by Taiwan's youth. this article gives you a brief idea of what she's about, while the New Yorker discusses more about how this could effect the country's future. I can't claim to be the most informed about the political situation here, but I'm interested to see how this turns out.

editing my book manuscript

remember way back in fall of 2013 when I decided to write a book? it took about 8 months of writing to get me to a very rough rough draft. I took a break before printing and reading it through for edits in summer 2014, slowly started making my edits and gave a portion to a friend for her notes that Christmas. in the spring of 2015 I started rewriting things into past tense. which first involved rearranging and gutting the first third of my manuscript. by the time I finished that and got to the actual changing of tenses it was so painful I had to take a break. I went back to it - maybe twice - last fall but I really wasn't ready to pick it back up until a few weeks ago.

right now I'm about 18,000 words into the revisions. sometimes that feels like I'm not very far at all. but looking back over what else has happened while I wrote this book - all the visitors we've had, keeping up with the blog and the teaching I did, moving to Taipei, traveling for nearly 3 months of every year - it's actually pretty damn impressive. and when I sat down at the beginning of this year to read through what I had already revised, I felt really proud of what I have written.

exploring around Taipei

before Anna [of Slightly Astray] left for Malaysia, we managed to have a few adorable adventures together - including the Taipei Zoo, a Disney Tsum Tsum exhibit, and a cat cafe. my friend Sharon took me to the historic Dihua Street, where all the shops are setting up for Chinese New Year. [and where delicious peanut-covered mochi balls can be found.] I met another expat downtown in Ximen to walk around and chat while drinking coffee, and have made habits of biking around our neighborhood, shopping at the local market for produce, and mid-week pho lunches with another friend.

planning travels for 2016

it's the time of year where everyone is talking about travel plans... and while I'm not quite ready to reveal everything yet, we've been making steps. a lot of this involves the least fun part of travel planning: making a budget. when I heard how gas prices have been dropping, I thought we would luck out on plane tickets... but no.

one thing I can say is that I won't be heading back to the states this summer. [I know that makes certain of you very sad - and me too.] but after three years of not planning to go back and somehow ending up in the US for a month or three each summer, I'm at a 99% confidence level that this will be the year it doesn't happen. but what Husband and I are trying to plan for instead should be pretty awesome.

what have you been up to lately?

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    Thursday, 27 August 2009

    I have a box of pen needles on top of the bureau in my bedroom. Every morning I pick out three of them to put in the case of my meter, so that I have all the three I'll need for the day, in case I get delayed somewhere and I'm not at home for dinner. Yesterday there were three left in the box. That was my second box of 100 needles. It was then that it hit me that I've been through 200 needles. In honour of the 200 needles, I was hoping to come up with a list of 200 things that I've learned/realised/observed during the time I used them.

    Then I tried it. It's hard. So I managed 50 things. And here they are...

    1: I actually have to eat. It's rather important.
    2: Chocolate is not the be all and end all of everything.
    3: I really miss the ability to freely drink fruit juice.
    4: Apparently I look like a horse chomping on polos whilst eating glucose tablets (I've been told this by my friend Jenny several times)
    5: When you don't drink coffee, and don't know how to carb count, there's basically nothing at Starbucks that you can freely eat or drink other than bottled water.
    6: When you have a 30% discount card, and go and pick up things for other people in the office relatively frequently, this can really get annoying.
    7: You cannot make a mango fool with Splenda. It makes something rather like scrambled eggs instead.
    8: Suddenly having to do fasting bloods on a night that you've invited 10 people over for food is somewhat inconvenient.
    9: Then finding out that those bloods actually had to be done at the hospital rather than the GP's and needed to make it to the lab within 30 minutes, not 40 hours (meaning they had to be done again) is irritating.
    10: Discovering that the labs at the hospital caught fire the morning you go to get those bloods redone is concerning. Thankfully they were no longer on fire when I was there.
    11: The irony that Innocent Drinks finally made a banana free smoothie which I love, and had become hooked on just before I got diagnosed, which I can't really drink any more, with 29g of carbs and 26g of sugars per 250ml, is not lost on me. (In case you don't know, I cannot stand bananas, and don't tend to eat a lot of fruit and veg, so that smoothie was like sweet lime rain from heaven)
    12: Nairn's oatcakes are amazing. Both regular and ginger.
    13: If you actually have to eat breakfast in the morning, you do need to factor in getting up earlier into the equation. Otherwise you're just late all the time.
    12: The less Cadbury's Dairy Milk you eat, the less chocolately it tastes when you eat it again, the more it tastes of cocoa butter. (Also, bravo to Cadbury's for making Dairy Milk FairTrade now!)
    13: If you accidentally lock a sharps box, it takes the force of a man with a pocket knife to get back into it.
    14: Said man will then tease you about accidentally locking it for quite some time.
    15: When you test and you come up with a score of 12.4mmol (199 mg/dl), two glasses of white wine will get you back down to under 10, and pleasantly drunk and marginally more aggressive than normal whilst playing Mario Kart on the Wii.
    16: When out and about, there is nothing more frustrating than being in bar or restaurant and having only water or diet coke as your non-alcoholic options. How about another diet drink?
    17: People who say that you should get some orange juice instead make me want to bang my head against the wall, no matter how well meaning they might be.
    18: I don't think my fingertips will ever look normal again.
    19: Pins and needles now make me worry, when before it just made me think my foot was asleep.
    20: I still wonder why no matter what time of day it is, and regardless of whether or not there are any children there, the TV in the reception at clinic always plays children's TV.
    21: The guy who does my height, weight, blood pressure et cetera, at clinic clearly has a broken measuring stick because there is just no way I am as short as he says I am, because everyone I know who is shorter than me would have to be ridiculously small!
    22: There is really nothing that can explain how miserable it is when the only long lasting carbs you have access to are some very, very soft digestive biscuits, and having to eat them anyway.
    23: Despite the fact that people have so many complaints about it, I'm very proud to be part of a country that has a system like the NHS, and I really wouldn't want to be without it. I just don't understand a society that could provide health care for all and doesn't. It just seems wrong to me. Give me the NHS even with its faults any day.
    24: I'm not totally sure that my meter reads below 1.9mmol. Either that, or the lowest I seem to go whilst hypo just happens to always be 1.9
    25: I hate having to throw away an insulin pen because it's been out of the fridge more than 28 days when there's still about 100 units left in there.
    26: Frio wallets continue to fascinate me
    27: The online diabetes community is full of pretty fantastic people.
    28: I feel extremely bad about having encouraged people to by 'diabetic' chocolates in a former job at Thorntons. I blame the fact that they expected me to sell lots of things, regardless of what they were because I was their best salesperson. However, I still feel bad!
    29: Having tried a bar of 'diabetic' fudge, I can honestly say that though it doesn't taste bad, or give me any of the rumoured laxative effects, it still has some 'interesting' effects.
    30: I shall not be hurrying back for more.
    31: My meter, the Asencia Contour seems to be deeply unsexy in the world of meters. Although they have said they will be sending me a pink case for my meter. I would have preferred a colour other than pink, but beggars can't be choosers.
    32: When you pick up a box of Splenda, it does seem like it's actually completely empty. If it were it would be a very expensive box of nothing.
    33: Glucotabs taste like slightly stale Refreshers - not unpleasant but odd.
    34: I have an incorrect set of test strips on my prescription, which I sometimes get instead of the correct ones. I still have absolutely no idea how to get rid of the wrong ones, despite telling the pharmacist again and again that I would really like to know how to do this.
    35: Cinemas have absolutely rubbish snacks when you think eating popcorn is probably a bad idea.
    36: Articles in magazines, etc, that just say 'diabetes' and don't differentiate between Type 1 and Type 2 really get my goat.
    37: Re-reading the Babysitter's Club book 'Stacey's Emergency' is quite comic with more knowledge. Also a flashback to being really little and enjoying the BSC series a lot.
    38: I find injecting in any place other than my stomach awkward, and particularly in my arm, a bit painful.
    39: This is weird, because after I left hospital, I really didn't want to inject in my stomach, because I found the idea strange.
    40: I'm oddly proud of the fact I managed to inject in the cinema without anyone noticing.
    41: I found the story of the demise of my friend's diabetic cat, Marmite upsetting. Not because of the fact it was heavily caused by the diabetes, but just because I love cats.
    42: Listening to my body is rather crucial.
    43: When I'm hypo, I find myself obsessing over the strangest things, which become the centre of my universe for that period of time, and then I can't always remember them five minutes afterwards.
    44: A dream that I had (actually last night) in which I forgot to take one shot of insulin, then decided to make up for it by taking two (whilst shopping for a basketball, if I remember correctly), disturbed me greatly. Mostly because it took me a minute or so to realise that I hadn't actually done it
    45: People behind the bar don't seem to ever listen to you when you say DIET coke. This actually caused a friend of mine to yell at one bartender. She then turned to me and asked me if I minded her bringing up my diabetes. I didn't, but it was a bit late then!
    46: Dead test strips get everywhere! I still can't work out how one got inside my sock.
    47: I still don't like needles. Especially if I'm not the one controlling them.
    48: A 45g 70% cocoa Divine Bar is 12g of carbs, and I can't easily eat a whole bar. Which makes it a good choice, as chocolate goes. And it's FairTrade (which is very important to me).
    49: I found myself amazed at achieving the magical 5.6 (90mg/dl) that seems to be on most boxes of glucose meters, today. Interestingly enough, not on the box of mine, which has 5.2
    50: I never appreciated how amazing my pancreas was until it stopped working properly.

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First Cancer Patients in the World Treated with the Smart, New Accuray Radixact™ System
European and U.S. Hospitals Advance Adaptive Cancer Care with Image-Guided Radiation Therapy System

SUNNYVALE, Calif., Dec. 8, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Accuray Incorporated (NASDAQ: ARAY) announced today that leading hospitals in Europe and the United States are now treating patients with the new Radixact™ Treatment Delivery System, fully integrated with the new Accuray Precision™ Treatment Planning System and iDMS™ Data Management System. The first patient treatment in the world was administered at the University Hospital Brussels (UZ Brussel) in Belgium and in the United States at Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin Froedtert Hospital in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, part of the Froedtert & MCW Cancer Network.

Radixact(TM) Treatment Delivery System

The Radixact System in Europe
The University Hospital Brussels (UZ Brussel) continues its legacy of innovation with the installation of the Radixact System, software, and treatment of the first patient worldwide. The smart new radiation therapy system represents the next generation in TomoTherapy® treatment delivery, significantly increasing treatment speed and ease of use. It enables clinicians to treat a wide range of cancer cases, from routine to complex, with precision and increased efficiency.

"We are proud and excited to be the first hospital in the world to offer the new Radixact treatment option to our patients here in Brussels. This advanced technology represents another step forward toward optimal cancer care and improved quality of life for patients," said Prof. Mark De Ridder, Head of the Radiation Oncology Department, University Hospital Brussels (UZ Brussel, Vrije Universiteit Brussel). "The first patient who underwent a Radixact procedure received radiation to treat a metastatic mass in the neck. We are now actively treating patients across a broad range of cases and all treatments have gone smoothly. The precision software is straightforward, the image quality on the system is improved and dose delivery is efficient."

Additionally, patients in France will have access to the Radixact System with its recent installation at the IUCT Oncopole – Institut Universitaire du Cancer de Toulouse in Toulouse, France. The hospital's clinical experts use the most current advances in cancer treatments to develop personalized programs which improve the quality of care they provide to patients.

The Radixact System in the United States
Multiple sites in the United States are now equipped with the Radixact System. Miami Cancer Institute, a part of Baptist Health South Florida, and Froedtert & MCW Cancer Network are the first to install the system.

Froedtert Hospital treated the first patient in the United States and is the only cancer program in the Midwest currently offering treatment with the advanced Radixact platform. Froedtert and MCW physicians selected this system because it expands cancer treatment capabilities to improve patients' outcomes and quality of life.

"For more than a decade, the Froedtert & MCW Cancer Network has been at the forefront of the evolution of image-guided and adaptive radiation therapy with the goal of providing more personalized treatments," said Christopher Schultz, MD, FACR, Medical College of Wisconsin Professor and Chairman of the Department of Radiation Oncology with the Froedtert & MCW Cancer Network. "The new Radixact™ platform tightly integrates the treatment planning function with the delivery of image-guided, highly conformal treatments and importantly, provides the tools to perform plan adaption when necessary."

The Radixact System was also chosen as the newest approach in advanced radiation therapy treatment for the new state-of-the-art $430 million facility at Miami Cancer Institute. "Being the first in the Southeast to offer this sophisticated technology helps to further expand the comprehensive radiation treatments available to Miami Cancer Institute's patient population, giving our unique and integrated department the opportunity to deliver therapies best suited to treat a wide variety of cancers," said Minesh P. Mehta, M.D., Deputy Director and Chief of Radiation Oncology at Miami Cancer Institute.

The Radixact® System leverages the TomoTherapy® System's efficient, daily low-dose fan beam MVCT image guidance and unique ring gantry architecture to deliver precise radiation treatments for more patients, every day.

  • The functionality effectively informs the radiation therapy team's clinical decision-making throughout the course of each patient's treatment, permitting precise and efficient treatment for a wide range of cancer cases during initial treatment and re-treatment.
  • Adaptive therapy is more automated and efficient, enabling clinicians to routinely incorporate adjustments to the treatment planning and delivery process.
  • Smart new tools can be used to monitor set-up technique each day, thereby enabling highly consistent delivery, fraction by fraction, patient by patient.
  • The system is so precise that, should the cancer re-occur, the patient can be re-treated on the Radixact System.

"We are excited about the early momentum in the adoption of this new radiation therapy platform. Our customers have already treated patients with the Radixact System, demonstrating their confidence in its value as a mainstream treatment option," said Joshua H. Levine, president and chief executive officer of Accuray. "These early adopters are leading the way for other hospitals and clinics seeking an innovative and effective technology to help them provide best-in-class radiation treatments for their cancer patients now and into the future."

For further information on the Radixact System, visit www.accuray.com.

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For Important Safety Information please refer to http://www.accuray.com/safety-statement-radiation-treatment

About Accuray
Accuray Incorporated (NASDAQ: ARAY) is a radiation oncology company that develops, manufactures and sells precise, innovative tumor treatment solutions that set the standard of care with the aim of helping patients live longer, better lives. The company's leading-edge technologies deliver the full range of radiation therapy and radiosurgery treatments. For more information, please visit www.accuray.com.

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Statements made in this press release that are not statements of historical fact are forward-looking statements and are subject to the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements in this press release relate, but are not limited, to clinical applications, clinical results, market acceptance of our new technologies, patient outcomes and Accuray's leadership position in radiation oncology innovation and technologies. Forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from expectations, including but not limited to the risks detailed from time to time under the heading "Risk Factors" in the company's report on Form 10-K, filed on August 24, 2016, the company's report on Form 10-Q, filed on November 1, 2016, and as updated periodically with the company's other filings with the SEC.

Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date the statements are made and are based on information available to Accuray at the time those statements are made and/or management's good faith belief as of that time with respect to future events. The company assumes no obligation to update forward-looking statements to reflect actual performance or results, changes in assumptions or changes in other factors affecting forward-looking information, except to the extent required by applicable securities laws. Accordingly, investors should not put undue reliance on any forward-looking statements.

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Apple iPod Classic

After 8 years the iPod I won is still going. I still have to use the tedious iTunes to manage the music that is on it.

Also after these years I have about 45gb used out of the 80gb capacity. The only problem is that it will no longer charge from the mains plug only when connected to a computer!

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Dan Diego said...

I needed music in my garage while I wrench on my old KLR. A friend gave me speakers but I needed an iPod. I found an iPod classic on Craigslist. 40 GB of music (5080 tunes) for $40.

Like Tupac said, Only God Can Judge Me (song # 4056, thank you very much!) 😃

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