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ARBIL Iraq (Reuters) Syrian Kurdish factions have signed a deal to replica van cleef arpels jewelry share power and set their rivalries aside to capitalise on growing international support for their fight against Islamic State militants.

The agreement was reached late on Wednesday after nine days of talks and coincided with a decision by Iraqi Kurdistan to send its own peshmerga forces to relieve van cleef and arpels necklace replica fellow Kurds in the Syrian town of Kobani, under attack by Islamic State (IS).

The planned deployment marks the semi autonomous region's first military foray into Syria's war and is also part of a surge in support for the Kurds, whom the United States have been helping with airdrops and strikes.

Kurds have taken advantage of more than three years of civil war in Syria to carve out their own zone of influence in the north of the country, but have been beset by internal rivalries.

Early this year, the dominant Democratic Union Party (PYD) established three "cantons" in northern Syria and declared self rule, but other Kurdish parties rejected the move.

Wednesday's deal, which was signed in Iraqi Kurdistan under the auspices of the region's President Masoud Barzani, puts decision making in the hands of a new body in which all parties will be represented.

It also seeks to address one of the main sticking points between the parties: the PYD's insistence that no armed force other than its own militia, the Popular Protection Units (YPG), is viable.

Some countries are reluctant to aid Syria's Kurds because of the PYD's links to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), designated a terrorist organisation by the United States, Europe and Turkey, against which it has fought a three decade insurgency.

"The agreement is very important. It will have a very positive effect on the ground in Syria," said Hajo.

The pact is the third of its kind. Two previous deals to unify Syrian Kurdish ranks fell apart, with other parties accusing the PYD of monopolising power and being in league with President Bashar al Assad.

The PYD's rivals are ranged under the KNC, which looks to Barzani for patronage.

"They know if they have unity in Syria it imitation van cleef and arpels necklace sale will lead to easier co operation with the West, and will also lead to better coordination against IS," said Wladimir Van Wilenberg, an analyst of Kurdish politics with the Jamestown Foundation.

Representation in the new decision making body will be divided among the Democratic Society Movement, which includes the PYD, with 40 percent, the KNC with another 40 percent and independents with the remaining 20 percent.
Sep 8 '17 · 0 comments
Recovered Elimimian now flying at Lions camp

KAMLOOPS Picture this for a moment.

When he first got out of his hospital bed, Solomon Elimimian's right leg was covered in van cleef and arpels necklace sale copy a cast and his sole mode of transportation was one of those electric scooters favoured by the elderly and the infirm.

That was all right for getting around the house, but a man's got to eat and longer trips in his new ride proved problematic. This meant when hunger struck, Elimimian would text his Lions teammates and have them bring over food from the team's Surrey practice facility.

"It was," says the Lions linebacker, "an interesting couple of weeks."

So he can laugh now. But when you're lying flat on your back, wondering if your career is over, the laughs are a little harder to come by. Elimimian, the CFL's most outstanding player in 2014, has come out the dark side after rupturing his right Achilles tendon in the Lions' seventh van cleef and arpels bracelet alhambra replica game of 2015 and now pronounces himself ready to resume his place as the baddest man in the Canadian game.

That's good news for the Lions and not so good news for the rest of the CFL. But if you're wondering how this singular athlete went from puttering around in a scooter to raging around a football field, just stop and consider everything that brought him to this place. Elimimian, it seems, has made a career of overcoming obstacles and, like the mean streets of south central Los Angeles or disbelieving football coaches, a little thing like a ruptured Achilles wasn't going to defeat him.

"As soon as (Lions team doctor Bob) McCormack said go, it was full speed," Elimimian says. "I wanted to have the fastest recovery ever. Whatever timetable they'd' give me, I'd try to exceed that. That was my goal. Let me get better.

"I researched all the guys who tore their Achilles: (NFL stars) Terrell Suggs, Robert Mathis, Michael Crabtree. How did they come back? What did they do? I saw the finish line. It knew it could be done. But are you going to do the work? That's the question."

In this case, it's a rhetorical one.

Elimimian is now 10 months from the injury that threatened his livelihood and it's hard to reconcile the man who was carried off the field in Hamilton with the man who's been flying around Lions training camp. He looks like the player who obliterated the CFL's single season record for tackles in 2014. He looks like the player who, with Adam Bighill, formed the league's best linebacking partnership.

Is he still that player? The 29 year old Elimimian says he won't know for sure until the real work of the regular season begins. But, in the next breath, he says: "I feel as good as I've ever felt and one thing I know is it's going to keep getting better. I don't have any limitations."

You can guess how his colleagues feel about that.

"He's looked good at this camp," said defensive co ordinator Mark Washington. "He's being himself. A motivated player can be a very dangerous player. Solly's always played with a chip on his shoulder and you want that."

"Energy, passion, physical play, that's what he brings and those are the three things you want in a linebacker," said Bighill. "I missed him when he wasn't there. We feed off each other."

Now they can resume eating.

Elimimian went under the knife in late August but it would be two months before he began his rehab in earnest. Galaxy's training facility under the watchful eye of physical therapist Janet Jin.

He would turn his recovery into a competition. And Elimimian lives to compete.

"(Jin) said she's never seen a faster recovery," said Elimimian. "It was hard but I enjoyed it because it tested me.

"My life has always been about challenges. When I came to the Lions I was fourth on the depth chart. I only had one scholarship offer because I was too small for Division I. It brought back that fire and I think that's going to be advantageous for me. You have to have something to drive you."

During fake van cleef and arpels pendant his rehab, Elimimian says he shut down most of his contact with the outside world as he went about the dirty work of building back his right leg. But, through it all, one of his teammates continued to reach out to him, continued to let him know he wasn't alone in his fight.

That man stood beside his friend. Now Adam Bighill stands beside him in the Lions defence.

"Biggie knows me and I know him," Elimimiam said. "There was a stretch when I wasn't talking to anybody because I was so focused on what I was doing.

"But he texted me and said: 'I know you're in a cave right now but I love you and I can't wait to play with you again.' "
Sep 8 '17 · 0 comments
The final hours of the passengers aboard S

A memorial stands at the hill overlooking the area where United Flight 93 crashed in rural Pennsylvania near Shanksville. The memorial has pictures of Deborah Jacobs Welsh, one of the victims of Flight 93. Only family and media on police escort, are allowed to this area overlooking the crash site. Chronicle Photo by Darryl van cleef and arpels butterfly earrings replica Bush less

A memorial stands at the hill overlooking the area where United Flight 93 crashed in rural Pennsylvania near Shanksville. The memorial has pictures of Deborah Jacobs Welsh, one of the victims of Flight 93. Only . Glick and other passengers aboard United Airlines Flight 93 apparently took action against the hijackers aboard the plane Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001, shortly before crashing in rural southwest Pennsylvania. The jetliner, which government officials suspect was headed for a high profile target in Washington, was the fourth to crash in a coordinated terrorist attack that likely killed thousands, and was the only one that didn't take lives on the ground. . 11, 2001, in rural southwest Pennsylvania. Fish and Wildlife Service, shown in this family photo, was aboard the hijacked United Airlines flight . more

Todd Beamer is shown in this undated family photo which was displayed during his memorial service Sunday, Sept. Beamer was a passenger aboard United Airlines Flight 93 on Tuesday, and, according to an operator who talked to him during the flight, led other passengers to take action against the plane's terrorist hijackers just before the plane crashed in southwest Pennsylvania. (AP Photo/Family Photo) less

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FILE This is a handout photo, date and location unknown, of Alan Beaven, an Oakland, Calif. resident who moved to New York only a few months ago and was one of the passengers killed on United Airlines Flight 93, which crashed in rural southwest Pennsylavania Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001, after the plane was hijacked. Beaven was an employee of the SYDA foundation, which promates Siddha Yoaga Meditation, and has offices in Oakland and New York. (AP Photo/courtsey of the law offices of Berman, DeValerio, Pease, Tabacco, Burt and Pucillo via Oakland Tribune) less

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Before setting off across the country on to move in with her daughter in Danville, 79 year old gave folders to her family with an accounting of her assets and a prepared obituary.

Unfailingly organized and considerate, the widow and grandmother wanted to ease her family's ordeal should something happen to her. "Sometimes you wonder if people have premonitions, you know?" Marcin's daughter would say later.

Marcin took her seat on a jetliner that was practically empty. Just 37 passengers had tickets on a plane that could hold about 200.

Four of those 37 would soon seek to dictate the destinies of their fellow passengers and seven crew members. The other fliers, brought together by happenstance, would try to wrest control of their fate.

The flight took off at 8:01 on a crisp Tuesday morning in Newark.

Some of those on board had spent the weekend in celebration or mourning. Humboldt Bay Wildlife Refuge manager had been in New Jersey for his grandmother's 100th birthday party. A San Rafael woman, , was re turning from her grandmother's funeral.

of Oakland was on Flight 93 reluctantly. He was staying with his wife and young daughter at an ashram in New York, preparing to begin a year volunteering as head lawyer for the in Bombay.

Yet, the environmental attorney had unfinished business one last Clean Water Act lawsuit for his firm before his trip overseas. When settlement talks broke down last Monday, Beaven was duty bound to fly back to San Francisco to handle the case, filed by sport fishermen over pollution in the South Fork of the American River. But there was no time to rest Beamer had to catch Flight 93 to make a meeting of sales representatives at Oracle Corp. headquarters in Redwood Shores.

, 20, was eager to start her junior year at after visiting friends in Newark. She was supposed to take United Flight 91, but decided the night before to van cleef small earrings replica take one an hour earlier so she could get home sooner to her family and boyfriend, .

Bodley had considered not going East at all. She missed her flight from San Francisco the previous week because of what Lindow's mother called a "silly mistake" and had thought about calling off the trip.

"They had changed the gate, and she didn't hear it because she had her headphones on, listening to music," Vera Lindow said. In the end, she decided to go to Newark because she didn't want to stand up her old friends.

Like Bodley, was leaving New Jersey early to be with his family. The 38 year old San Ramon resident was supposed to have flown out that afternoon on Delta, but switched to Flight 93 to get home to his wife, Deena, and their three daughters.

Jeremy Glick, a 31 year old New Jersey resident who worked for a San Francisco Internet company, had been booked on a flight the night before, but it was canceled.
Sep 8 '17 · 0 comments
Road trip for two families takes tragic turn

ALOR SETAR: A holiday turned tragic for two families from Johor when van cleef magic alhambra earrings replica the van they were travelling in plunged into an irrigation canal along Jalan Kota Sarang Semut here.

Odd job worker Shafie Wahab, 55, died after being sent to the Sultanah Bahiyah Hospital while 12 others survived the crash.

Initial police investigations showed that Shafie lost control of the vehicle before it rammed into a lamp post. The vehicle turned turtle before plunging into the canal.

His wife Suriati Faidi, 38, and four children fake arpels van cleef earrings Mohamad Shahzuan, 17, Nur Suhana, 14, Mohamad Shahril, 13, and Nur Suhaila, six received outpatient treatment.

Another family of six Abdul Shukor Ahamad, 49, his wife Zainab Kasim, 47, daughters Habsah, 27, and Siti Haishah, 23, son in law Mohamad Shaharuddin Abd Malek, 23, and granddaughter Nur Aisyah Fathiha Mohamad Taufik, four had minor injuries.

Mohamad Shahzuan said he was jolted from sleep by a sudden loud crash.

next thing I knew, the van was already in the canal.

managed fake van cleef alhambra earrings to crawl out before helping the others to safety.

father was pinned to his seat. His body was partially submerged in the water.

managed to free him with the help of several passers by. He was still breathing when we brought him to the roadside, he said.

An inconsolable Suriati, when met at the hospital, said it was her idea to organise the trip along with their neighbours.

They left their houses in Kota Tinggi on Friday, travelling in the van she had bought for RM11,000 three days ago.

On Saturday, they had gone for sight seeing in Port Dickson after attending the passing out ceremony of another son, Mohamad Sharizat, 20, from a basic army training course at Kem Rusa.
Sep 8 '17 · 0 comments
Stocked reservoir a lure for hard

We were aimed straight at Elgin Reservoir, a place Bill devotes a page of his book to, but it was the last paragraph that always had my interest: "Elgin Reservoir is stocked with several species of trout. It offers some of the province's best brown trout fishing, as the record book attests."

Flooded some 30 years ago for irrigation purposes, this reservoir has become a resting area for migrations of snow geese in both the spring and fall. On this particular day when we pulled up to the junction of Highway 22 and Highway 23, the skies were quiet and the campground on the shores of the reservoir almost deserted. Most of the fields had been harvested around this small impoundment, making for a endless sea of gold and brown as far as the eye could see with the town of Elgin glimmering in the distance. A sign on the shore of the lake proudly declared that this reservoir is one of 14 in Manitoba that are blessed with a permanent aeration system, a must in keeping the fish alive through a long Manitoba winter. And yes, this reservoir does have fish, including a pretty good population of walleye as well as trout. Local anglers spend most of their time trying to catch the walleye that have been stocked here, though the fish are small for the most part. That's not the case with the trout population the real challenge here, fish that grow big on a diet of scuds and a variety of aquatic insects that exist in this fertile water. There are excellent caddis hatches but at this time of the year it is the scuds that these fish target as their No. 1 food source. There's deeper water near the riprap of the rocks damming the Elgin Creek and here trout cruise for minnows as the water cools down. The reservoir is very wide open so wind does play a role here in trying to catch fish. There is a boat launch of sorts with gravel down to the water and a campsite with shower facilities and electricial hookup right on the shores of the cartier bracelets replica lake. While not a big body of water, Elgin Reservoir is a popular spot among local anglers and hard core trout anglers.

Speculation on the size of the greenback walleye run on the Red River has begun in earnest, and a few anglers are actually having some excellent success near the mouth of the river before it enters Lake Winnipeg. Stu McKay, who operates Cats on the Red at Lockport, says there is an incredible population of emerald shiners in the river this year. He and a number of other anglers are excited about the prospects of an excellent fall run for trophy walleye after two substandard years. at the Roblin Community Centre. Hosted by the town of Roblin, over 30 competitors from across Canada will be present as they get ready for the week long competition. Actual tournament days start Tuesday, September replica cartier leve bracelet 9 and I will be writing daily reports on the event starting Wednesday for the Sports section of the Winnipeg Free Press.

Now in its sixth year, the Fish Winnipeg Challenge, sponsored by Fish Futures, the Complete Angler, the City of Winnipeg and bracelets like cartier love fake Manitoba Conservation, raised $17,500 for at risk youth angling programs and over 600 children took advantage of this fishing opportunity this summer. Marcus Houston, program co ordinator, said hundreds of fish were caught this summer and 14 master angler fish were landed. For many, this was their first experience, and hopefully not their last. Every child who participated in the program received a rod and reel combination which was donated by Fish Futures.

Also, through the generosity of the Winnipeg Foundation, a fishing van was purchased that will allow the program to continue into the future.
Sep 8 '17 · 0 comments
The Advantages of Using SWFObject to Embed Flash Files

Advantages of Using SWFObject

SWFObject is easy to use, and has a small footprint of 9.5kb. This can be compared with that of the Adobe Flash Player Detection Kit at 152kb. The detection method includes built in support for Adobe Express Install. Because it is written in JavaScript, it can be used in any browser that has that capability. The use of JavaScript also means a developer doesn't have to learn a new language in order to begin implementing it immediately. As of this writing, it has 10 API methods, and can additionally take advantage of native Flash ActionScript methods.

Manipulation: You can use the API to modify properties of the SWF, such as its location or size. Behavior cartier love bangle replica such as SWF removal from a page when the user clicks a button or does a rollover with a mouse can be written quickly in a few lines.

Customization: You can write functions that change the behavior of a SWF as the web page loads, or easily pass parameters to the SWF from a URL.

Standardization of Embedding Methods: Certain versions of Internet copy bracelet like cartier love bracelet Explorer force the user to activate a Flash movie by first clicking on it. With SWFObject, you can bypass this requirement. The embedding can be done with the use of either a static or a dynamic method. With the static method, copy cartier love bracelet 16 you embed the SWF in the HTML, add alternative content, and use JavaScript to resolve issues such as nesting. With the dynamic method, you use JavaScript to create the embedding on the fly.
Sep 8 '17 · 0 comments
Recovered Memories

Recovered memories have been defined as the phenomenon of partially or fully losing parts of memories of traumatic events, and then later recovering part or all of the memories into conscious awareness. They have also been defined as the recollections of memories that are believed to have been unavailable for a certain period of time[1]. There is very strong scientific evidence that recovered memories exist.[2] This has been shown in many scientific studies. The content of recovered memories have fairly high corroboration rates.

There are many studies that have proven that the recovered memories of traumatic events exist. Brown, Scheflin and Hammond found 43 studies that showed recovered memories for traumatic events[3]. The Recovered Memory Project has collected 101 corroborated cases of recovered memories[4]. Hopper's research shows that amnesia for childhood sexual abuse is "beyond dispute." He states that "at least 10% of people sexually abused in childhood will have periods of complete amnesia for their abuse, followed by experiences of delayed recall" [5] In one study of women with previously documented histories of sexual abuse, 38% of the women did not remember the abuse that had happened 17 years before.[6] Most recovered memories either precede therapy or the use of memory recovery techniques[7]. One studied showed that five out of 19 women with histories of familial sexual abuse either forgot specific details or had "blank periods" for these memories[8]. Another study showed that "40% reported a period of forgetting some or all of the abuse"[9]. Herman and Harvey's study showed that 16% of abuse survivors had "complete amnesia followed by delayed recall"[10]. Corwin's individual case study provides evidence of the existence of recovered memories on videotape[11].

Research has shown that traumatized individuals respond by using a variety of psychological mechanisms. One of the most common means of dealing with the pain is to try and push it out of awareness. Some label the phenomenon of the process whereby the mind avoids conscious acknowledgment of traumatic experiences as dissociative amnesia. Others use terms such as repression, dissociative state, traumatic amnesia, psychogenic shock, or motivated forgetting. Semantics aside, there is near universal scientific acceptance of the fact that the mind is capable of avoiding conscious recall of traumatic experiences.[12]

A body of empirical evidence indicates that it is common for abused children to reach adulthood without conscious awareness of the trauma[13]

Many studies show high corroboration rates for recovered memories of traumatic events. These rates vary from 50 75%[14], 64%[13], 77%[15], 50%[16], 75%[17] 68%[18] 47%[9], and 70% [19]. There are also additional studies showing the corroboration of recovered memories[21][22][23][24].

3. Brown, Scheflin, Whitfield. (1999). Recovered Memories: The Current Weight of the Evidence in Science and in the Courts Journal of Psychiatry Law, 27, 5 156. "Brown, Scheflin and Hammond reviewed 43 studies relevant to the subject of traumatic memory and found that every study that examined the question of dissociative amnesia in traumatized populations demonstrated that a substantial minority partially or completely forget the traumatic event experienced, and later recover memories of the event. By 1999, over 68 studies had been published that document dissociative amnesia after childhood sexual abuse. Recovered Memories of Sexual Abuse Scientific Research Scholarly Resources by Jim Hopper "Amnesia for childhood sexual abuse is a condition. The existence of this condition is beyond dispute. Repression is merely one explanation often a confusing and misleading one for what causes the condition of amnesia. Williams LM (1994). Recall of childhood trauma: a prospective study of women's memories of child sexual abuse. J Consult Clin Psychol 62: 1167 76. PMID 7860814. Andrews, B., Brewin, C., Ochera, J., Morton, J., Bekerian, D., Davies, G., and Mollon, P. (1999). Characteristics, context and consequences of memory recovery among adults in therapy. Brit J Psychiatry 175:141 146. "Of a total of 690 clients, therapists reported that 65% recalled child sexual abuse and 35% recalled other traumas, 32% started recovering memories before entering therapy. According to therapists' accounts, among the 236 detailed client cases, very few appeared improbable and corroboration was reported in 41%. Most (78%) of the clients' initial recovered memories either preceded therapy or preceded the use of memory recovery techniques used by the respondents. Techniques seemed to be used more to help the clients to elaborate the memories than to facilitate their initial recovery. Clients with whom techniques had been used before the first reported memory recovery were no less likely to have found corroborating evidence than clients with whom no techniques had been used before memory recovery."

8. Bagley, C. (1995). The prevalence and mental health sequels of child sexual abuse in community sample of women aged 18 to 27. Child sexual abuse and mental health in adolescents and adults. Aldershot: van cleef and arpels diamond necklace knock off Avebury. "Study of women 18 24 years who had been removed from home 10 years previously by social services due to intrafamilial sexual abuse. Of the 19 women for whom there was evidence of serious sexual abuse, 14 remembered events corresponding to their records. Two remembered that abuse had taken place but could recall no specific details, and three had no memory. Two of the last three described long blank periods for the memory of childhood corresponding to the age when abuse had taken place.

9. Feldman Summers, S., Pope, K. S. (1994). The experience of forgetting childhood abuse: A national survey of psychologists. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 62, 636 639. "A national sample of psychologists were asked whether they had been abused as children and, if so, whether they had ever forgotten some or all of the abuse. 47% had corroboration. 56% said psychotherapy aided in recall. Differences between those who first recalled abuse in therapy and those who recalled it elsewhere were not significant.

10. Herman, J. L., Harvey, M. R. (1997). Adult memories of childhood trauma: A naturalistic clinical study. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 10, 557 571. "Roughly half (53%) said they had never forgotten the traumatic events. Two smaller groups described a mixture of continuous and delayed recall (17%) or a period of complete amnesia followed by delayed recall (16%). Patients with and without delayed recall did not differ significantly in the proportions reporting corroboration of their memories from other sources."

13. "True" and "False" Child Sexual Abuse Memories and Casey's Phenomenological View of Remembering Joanne M. Hall, Lori L. Kondora American Behavioral Scientist, Vol. 48, No. 10, 1339 1359 (2005) DOI: 10.1177/0002764205277012 "Research shows that 64% of adult women childhood sexual abuse survivors had some degree of amnesia regarding the trauma; but in the majority of cases, corroboration was available to verify that abuse had occurred (Herman Schatzow, 1987). Of 129 women with recorded histories of childhood sexual abuse, 38% did not recall the abuse that had been clearly verified and documented decades earlier. Corroboration of Child Abuse Memories "Studies vary in frequency. van der Kolk, BA R Fisler (1995), "Dissociation and the fragmentary nature of traumatic memories: Overview and exploratory study", J Traumatic Stress 8: 505 25 "a systematic exploratory study of 46 subjects with PTSD which indicates that traumatic memories are retrieved, at least initially, in the form of dissociated mental imprints of sensory and affective elements of the traumatic experience: as visual, olfactory, affective, auditory and van cleef arpels knock off alhambra necklace kinesthetic experiences. "Recovered memories of abuse among therapy patients: A national survey." Pope, Kenneth S.; Tabachnick, Barbara G. Independent practice, Norwalk, CT, US Ethics Behavior 1995 Vol 5(3) 237 248 "about 50% of the patients who claimed to have recovered the memories had found external validation, a percentage that coincides with that obtained in the Feldman Summers Pope, 1994 study"18. Kluft, RP (1995). The confirmation and disconfirmation of memories of abuse in Dissociative Identity Disorder patients: A naturalistic study. Dissociation 8: 253 8. "Nineteen, or 56%, had instances of the confirmation of recalled abuses. Ten of the 19, or 53%, had always recalled the abuses that were confirmed. However, 13 of the 19, or 68%, obtained documentation of events that were recovered in the course of therapy, usually with the use of hypnosis.

19. Westerhof, Y., Woertman, L. (2000). Forgetting child abuse: Feldman Summers and Pope's (1994) study replicated among Dutch psychologists. Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, 7, 220 229. "In a replication of Feldman Summers and Pope's (1994) national survey of American psychologists on 'forgetting' childhood abuse, a Dutch sample of 500 members of the Netherlands Institute of Psychologists (NIP) were asked if they had been abused as children and, if so, whether they had ever forgotten some or all of the abuse for some significant period of time. As compared to the 23.9% in the original study, 13.3% reported childhood abuse. Of that subgroup, 39% (as compared to 40% in the original study) reported a period of forgetting some or all of the abuse for a period of time. Both sexual and non sexual physical abuse were subject to forgetting, which in 70% of cases was reversed while being in therapy. Almost 70% of those who reported forgetting also reported corroboration of the abuse."

20. Lewis, D., Yeager, C., Swica, Y., Pincus, J. and Lewis, M. (1997). Objective documentation of child abuse and dissociation in 12 murderers with dissociative identity disorder. Am J Psychiatry, 154(12):1703 10. "Signs and symptoms of dissociative identity disorder in childhood and adulthood were corroborated independently and from several sources in all 12 cases; objective evidence of severe abuse was obtained in 11 cases. The subjects had amnesia for most of the abuse and underreported it. Marked changes in writing style and/or signatures were documented in 10 cases. CONCLUSIONS: This study establishes, once and for all, the linkage between early severe abuse and dissociative identity disorder."

21. Martinez Taboas, A. (1996). Repressed memories: Some clinical data contributing toward its elucidation. American Journal of Psychotherapy, 50(2), 217 30. The amnesia was documented and memories were recovered in the course of treatment."

22. Viederman M. (1995). The reconstruction of a repressed sexual molestation fifty years later. Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association, 43(4): 1169 1219. Reconstruction of a previously completely repressed memory of sexual molestation. Six years following termination of analysis, the patient wrote a letter describing a confirmation of the event, now sixty years past, from the sole other survivor of the period who had knowledge of what had happened.

23. Bull, D. (1999). A verified case of recovered memories of sexual abuse. American Journal of Psychotherapy, 53(2), 221 224. "a 40 year old woman with no history of mental illness and ten years of exemplary professional work, recovers memories of childhood sexual abuse by her father through a call from her youth pastor in whom she had confided as an adolescent."

24. Dahlenberg, C. (1996, Summer) Accuracy, timing and circumstances of disclosure in therapy of recovered and continuous memories of abuse. The Journal of Psychiatry copy van cleef diamond necklace and Law. "Seventeen patients who had recovered memories of abuse in therapy participated in a search for evidence confirming or refuting these memories. Memories of abuse were found to be equally accurate whether recovered or continuously remembered."
Sep 8 '17 · 0 comments
Scientists Find Microbe That Functions Without Mitochondria

Scientists have found a microbe that does something textbooks say is impossible: It's a complex cell that survives without mitochondria.

Mitochondria are the powerhouses inside eukaryotic cells, the type of complicated cell that makes up people, other critters and plants and fungi. All eukaryotic cells contain a nucleus and little organelles and one of the most famous was the mitochondrion.

"They were considered to be absolutely indispensable components of the eukaryotic cell and the hallmark of the eukaryotic cell," says Anna Karnkowska, a researcher in evolutionary biology at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. Karnkowska and her colleagues describe their new find in a study published online Thursday in the journal Current Biology.

Mitochondria have replica van cleef and arpels pendant necklace their own DNA, and scientists believe they were once free living bacteria that got engulfed by primitive, ancient cells that were evolving to become the complex life forms we know and love today.

For decades, researchers have tried to find eukaryotic cells that don't have mitochondria and for a while they thought they'd found some. One example is Giardia, a human gut parasite that causes diarrhea. It was considered to be a kind of living fossil because it had a nucleus but didn't seem to have acquired mitochondria. But additional studies on Giardia and other microbes showed that actually, the mitochondria were there.

"It turned out that all of them actually had some kind of remnant mitochondrion," says Karnkowska, who notes that mitochondria perform key jobs in the cell beyond just generating power.

A biggie is assembling iron sulfur clusters for certain proteins, which is thought to be a mitochondrial function that's really essential. So even if a microbe powers itself in a different way and has a limited form of the organelle that isn't the same as the mitochondria found in people, Karnkowska says, "it's still a mitochondrion and it has some important function for the cell."

That kind of vestigial mitochondrion is what she expected to find when she was a researcher at Charles University in Prague copy van cleef arpels alhambra necklace and started investigating a particular gut microbe that had been isolated from a researcher's pet chinchilla.

After she and her colleagues sequenced the gut microbe's genome, however, they found no trace that it made any mitochondrial proteins at all. "So that's a great surprise for us," she says. "That should theoretically kill the cell it shouldn't exist."

What they learned is that instead of relying on mitochondria to assemble iron sulfur clusters, these cells use a different kind of machinery. And it looks like they acquired it from bacteria.

The researchers say this is the first example of any eukaryote that completely lacks mitochondria.

Michael Gray, a biochemist at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, says the researchers have made a "compelling" case that they have a bona fide eukaryote without any vestige of a mitochondrion; he calls the finding "unprecedented."

"The observation is significant, in that it clearly demonstrates that a eukaryote can still be a eukaryote without having a mitochondrion," he tells Shots via email.

However, the results do not negate the idea that the acquisition of a mitochondrion was an important and perhaps defining event in the evolution of eukaryotic cells, he adds.

That's because it seems clear that this organism's ancestors had mitochondria that were then lost after the cells acquired their non mitochondrial system for making iron sulfur clusters.

"This is not the missing link of eukaryotic evolution," agrees Mark Van Der Giezen, a researcher in evolutionary biochemistry at the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom.

Still, he says, it is an example of how flexible life is.

"It lives in an area without oxygen and therefore can get rid imitation van cleef and arpels pendant necklace of a lot of biochemistry that you and I would need in our cells to survive," says Van Der Giezen. "This organism managed to adapt in such a way that it could lose an organelle, which every textbook will tell you is an essential feature of eukaryotes. That's pretty amazing. It shows you that life is extremely creative in finding a way to eke out an existence."
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So'ton vs Man City

Manchester manager Pep Guardiola is still to van cleef arpels knock off bracelet decide whether Claudio Bravo or Willy Caballero will play in goal in Saturday's Premier League clash at Southampton (kick off 5.30pm).

Guardiola opted to recall Bravo for last weekend's clash with Hull City at the Etihad, but despite van cleef and arpels knock off bracelet City winning the game 3 1, the experienced Chilean again failed to keep a clean sheet.

There has been criticism of their inconsistency, but perhaps partly because of Guardiola's influence they are playing an attractive brand of football in which young players such as James Ward Prowse and Nathan Redmond have excelled.

The Frenchman again has Manolo Gabbiadini and Steven Davis fit for selection, while Martin Caceres is expected to again be on the bench, but Charlie Austin is yet to recover from an injured shoulder.

We look ahead to Saturday's Premier League games, including Tottenham v Bournemouth and Southampton v Man City

"(City) like to have the ball, good possession, good play, have good players in attack, but we will have opportunities also," said Puel.

"The most important thing for us is to keep the good feeling between ourselves; then we can go up against this team.

"The opportunity to play a great manager is very interesting. He has a good philosophy. It's always technical players, intelligent players.

"The aesthetic of football is very important for him. He's an example for a lot of trainers, he can win Spanish and German leagues, and in the future England."

Team news

Puel is yet to decide whether the returning Gabbiadini and Davis will start against City, but their presence in his squad leaves Austin and Virgil van Dijk, who has an injured foot, as his only major absentees.

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola refused to discuss a possible move for Arsenal's Alexis Sanchez and goalkeeper Joe Hart's future

Beyond those two, only Matt Targett and Alex McCarthy are unavailable due to to hamstring injuries.

City striker Gabriel Jesus (foot) and right back Bacary Sagna (groin) remain on imitation van cleef & arpels bracelet the sidelines, but could be back before the end of the month.

Captain Vincent Kompany is in contention after not being risked against Hull last weekend, but midfielder Ilkay Gundogan (knee) is a long term absentee.

Opta stats

Southampton have picked up just one win from their last seven games against City in the Premier League (D2 L4), although that did come in this fixture last season (4 2).

City last failed to score in a game against Southampton back in October 2004, having netted in all 11 meetings in all competitions since.

Saints are unbeaten in their last two Premier League meetings with City (W1 D1), while they have only twice previously gone three without defeat against them in the competition (January 1996 and May 2003).

Manolo Gabbiadini should return in attack for Southampton this weekend

Against teams he has faced at least twice in the Premier League, only against Everton (312) does Sergio Aguero have a worse mins/goal ratio than he does against Southampton (264).

Aguero has scored in 11 successive Premier League appearances in the month of April (14 goals). He's scored in all three Premier League games in April 2017 so far and is currently on a run of scoring in four successive league appearances overall.

But City cannot afford to drop points with United on their coattails, every game is a cup final.

Southampton manager Claude Puel wants his team to finish in the top half of the table to give themselves a platform to build upon next season
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SBS Sexuality

His role in When We Rise:Gus Van Sant is the executive producer of When We Rise, and also directed the first episode.

Where do I know him from? Gus Van Sant has directed all kinds of films you know, most notably Milk the Harvey Milk biopic and Good Will Hunting the film that launched Matt Damon and Ben Affleck to superstardom and won them their first Oscar. He's also the man behindElephant the indie film about a school shooting, as well as My Own Private Idaho and Drugstore Cowboy. Oh, and he also directed that remake of Psycho, but look, everyone makes mistakes.

Where do I know him from? Dustin Lance Black wrote the screenplay for Milk, which he won an Oscar for. He also wrote the screenplay for the Leonardo DiCaprio film J. Edgar.

Alternately, maybe you remember him from the time he tweeted this to Sam Smith when Sam said he was the first openly gay man to win an Oscar. Guy van cleef knock off bracelet Pearce

His role inWhen We Rise: Guy Pearce plays the older version of Cleve Jones, knock off van cleef and arpels bracelet who's played by newcomer Austin P. Mackenzie in flashbacks. His character is based on the real Cleve Jones, an American AIDS and LGBT+ rights activist.

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His role copy van cleef & arpels bracelet inWhen We Rise:Michael Kenneth Williams is playing Ken Jones, a community organiser for the African American community in San Francisco. Young Ken Jones is played byJonathan Majors, and through Jones, we'll see theracial discrimination of gay bars in the 70s and 80s.

Where do I know him from?You may recognise him from HBO's new hitThe Night Of,The Wire, or perhapsBoardwalk Empire, which he was on between 2010 and 2014. He's also been in12 Years a Slave,Gone Baby Gone, andThe Road. So, oh yes, it's another resume of iconic titles.

5. Rachel Griffiths

Her role inWhen We Rise:Rachel plays Diane, a nurse and social justice activist. In flashbacks, young Diane is played byFiona Dourif, who was onTrue Bloodwith Carrie Preston in 2011.

Where do I know her from?You know our Aussie gal fromMuriel's Wedding,Cosi,Hilary and Jackie, andBlow, as well asSix Feet Under,Brothers and Sisters, andHouse Husbands.

Carrie Preston attends the "The Good Fight" World Premiere at Jazz at Lincoln Center on February 8, 2017 in New York City.

Where do I know her from?Carrie's been on all your favourite shows. You know her from True Blood, you know her from The Good Wife, from The Following, and Persons of Interest. She was also in My Best Friend's Wedding, Doubt, and Vicky Cristina Barcelona.

Episode one of When We Rise is streaming right now, on SBS On Demand:

When We Rise is a part of SBS's 2017 Mardi Gras season and is streaming now on SBS On Demand. The series will then make its TV premiere on Saturday 11 March at 8.30pm on SBS.

SBS will be streaming the 2017 Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras parade live onSaturday, March 4 on SBS On Demand, and will then air our Mardi Gras special event with commentary from our hosts, behind the scenes action and exclusive interviews on Sunday March 5. In the meantime, you cankeep up with all our Mardi Gras content here.
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