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Liberty Mountain Publishing Book That Chronicles Professional Soccer Stars Faith Journey

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Lynchburg, Va. (PRWEB) September 02, 2014

A new book by Liberty Mountain Publishing shares the amazing life of former professional soccer player and Liberty University mens soccer coach William Bell.

The Light at the End of the Tunnel written by Bell tells the unlikely story of how a former Scottish and Leeds United soccer star turned his life around by giving it away to others. Bell, widely considered one of Scotlands greatest soccer players ever, shares his remarkable journey in an autobiography told to journalist and co-author Ron Starner.

Historians have already judged Bell as one of the greatest leaders and fiercest competitors ever to suit up in the white uniform of storied Leeds United; now readers will have the opportunity to understand what drove Bell to leave the millionaire lifestyle of British soccer behind and give his life to a ministry based on faith and service.

Bells salvation story begins in a small chapel in Ohio farm country and continues with the founding of his ministry, Within the Walls, where he helps young offenders in British prisons find hope. In between is a 20-year coaching stint at Lynchburg, Va.s Liberty University, the worlds largest Christian university.

From Elton John and Peter Frampton to Jerry Falwell and Bruce Arena, Bells incredible journey intersects with many people who changed the world. In writing his autobiography, Bell hopes that people both in and out of the sport of soccer will see that a life should not be measured by popularity and success, but by how many people one encourages along the way.

Endorsed by Liberty University President Jerry Falwell and Los Angeles Galaxy head coach Bruce Arena, The Light At the End of the Tunnel is a must-read for anyone who thinks that character counts for more than championships. It is available on Amazon.com and BarnesAndNoble.com.

About William Bell Born and raised in Scotland, Bell made his mark at the highest level of professional soccer in Scotland and England in the 1960s and 70s. He played for Scotland against Pel and Brazil; starred for Leeds United as a teammate of Sir Jack Charlton and Bobby Collins; and coached Birmingham City, Leicester City, and Brighton & Hove Albion. Following his 20-year professional career in Great Britain, Bell accepted the challenge of building a soccer program at Liberty University. For two decades, he led the Liberty Flames to state and national prominence, molding a number of young men into professional soccer players, including some who would suit up for their respective national teams. In September 2011, Bell was inducted into the Liberty Athletics Hall of Fame, joining such notable sports figures as Sid Bream, Al Worthington, and Kelvin Edwards. Bell and his wife, Mary, also founded the Within the Walls prison ministry in 1993 and spent much of the next two decades spreading the gospel of Jesus Christ to young inmates behind bars throughout England. Today, the Bells reside in Bluffton, S.C., near Hilton Head.

About Ron Starner A 1986 graduate of Liberty University, Starner is the executive vice president of Conway Data Inc. and Site Selection Magazine in Atlanta, Ga. He also serves as the executive director of the Foreign Direct Investment Association and editor of the FDI Report, the Janus Reporter, and the Trust Belt newsletter. He is the author of The 12 Standards of Successful Leaders, published in 2011, which profiles 10 notable leaders, including Jonathan Falwell, senior pastor of Thomas Road Baptist Church. A four-year soccer letterman at Liberty, Starner played for one of Bells most successful teams the 1985 squad that was ranked as high as No. 8 in the country in NCAA Division II. Starner was a GTE Academic All-American in soccer at Liberty and the All-Virginia Intercollegiate Soccer Association, registering three goals and six assists as a left defender. He now writes regularly for Site Selection, an international business magazine with a circulation of more than 48,000 worldwide.

About Liberty Mountain Publishing Liberty Mountain Publishing, an imprint of Liberty University press, focuses on Christian-living publications, such as novels, inspirational books, and children's books. Visit Liberty Mountain Publishing online for more news and information.

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Tiwi Islands students take part in writing workshop for Indigenous Literacy Day

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Fast workers: Students from the Tiwi Islands put down their ideas with author and illustrator Allison Lester. Photo: Don Arnold

You can't get much farther north than the Tiwi Islands and still remain in Australia. The islands lie 80 kilometres across the Beagle Gulf from Darwin, and are home to about 3000 people.

However, today nine schoolgirls from the islands are sitting around a table in the middle of Sydney as part of a workshop overseen by the Indigenous Literacy Foundation.

The view of the city from the 13th floor office of Harper Collins is distractingly gorgeous, but they're hard at work sketching out illustrations and working through the text for what will shortly become a book, helped along by children's author Alison Lester and the ILS's program manager, Tina Raye.

The story didn't exist mere hours ago: the entire process from coming up with the idea through to sending the finished text and pictures off to print will take a grand total of two days.

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The story they've worked up together tells the day-to-day life of Mia, a fictional Tiwi Islands girl. She attends school, deals with the pressures of her family and community, and aspires to be a singer like her hero, Jessica Mauboy. She could be any one of the students laughing and talking around the table.

It will be the second book that has come out of the ILS's work with the Tiwi Islands. Bangs the Owl star of Bangs 2 Jurrukuk, the result of last year's workshop has pride of place in the middle of the table.

All of the girls are students at Tiwi College. They board at the school during the week which makes sense, as teacher Dianne "Tic Tac" Moore explains that the trip from the town to the school can take half a day via troop carrier during the wet season. The girls also field an Australian rules team which, as Moore proudly asserts, have never been defeated in competition.

The girls are not only using their time in Sydney to write this book: they're also presenting Bangs 2 Jurrukuk at the Opera House on Wednesday as part of the Indigenous Literacy Day celebrations.

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21 fascinating islands on the Thames

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Inhabitants of the island (there's around 38,000) call themselves "Swampies".

Chiswick Eyot

Recognisable to regular viewers of the Boat Race, Chiswick Eyot is accessible by foot at low tide, almost fully submerged at high tide (tree branches excepted) and like many islands in the Thames was used in the 19th century for the growing of osiers, used by basket and furniture makers. The island was in the headlines in 2010 after a pensioner claimed he had been living a Robinson Crusoe lifestyle on the island for six months, while sleeping in a net to avoid the incoming tide.

Olivers Island

Known as Strand Ayt until the English Civil War, this islands current name was inspired by the myth that Oliver Cromwell took refuge there. A secret tunnel supposedly linked the island to the Bulls Head pub in Chiswick.

A tollbooth was set up on the island in 1777, and a smithy was built there in the 1865, surviving until the 1990s. The island's only inhabitants now are birds, such as herons, Canada geese and cormorants.

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Brentford Ait

Now uninhabited, with no buildings, Brentford Ait was once home to the notorious Three Swans pub. Fred S. Thackers The Thames Highway Locks and Weirs, published in 1920, explains: In March 1811 one Robert Hunter of Kew Green described the island to the city as a great Nuisance to this parish and the Neighbourhood on both sides of the River. It contained a House of Entertainment, which has long been a Harbour for Men and women of the worst description, where riotous and indecent Scenes were often exhibited during the Summer Months on Sundays.

It is now covered with willows, planted to obscure the Brentford gasworks.

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Santa Barbara Island Dock Damaged

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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. -

News Release from Channel Islands National Park:

Santa Barbara Island is closed to public access due to damage from the high surf associated with Hurricane Marie.

There are several pilings damaged on the landing dock, and the pier landing ladder detached and washed away. Boaters should be aware of floating debris.

The closure will be in place until the dock structure can be repaired and a new ladder fabricated and installed. The closure is expected to last over a month. This is the second closure this year on Santa Barbara Island due to storm surge.

Santa Barbara Island is the southernmost, smallest, and one of the least visited islands within Channel Islands National Park. It is located over 50 miles from Ventura and about 24 miles from neighboring Catalina Island.

There is no damage known at this time to any other landings on any of the four northern islands within Channel Islands National Park.

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Little Bay Islands resident looks to government for answers

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Part-time residents of Little Bay Islands look to government for answers concerning resettlement

For years now, the residents of Little Bay Islands have had the issue of resettlement looming over their heads.

Its been a topic that has divided the community on more than one occasion, as advocates for the plan to resettle have made sure the issue has been brought up, and votes have been taken and failed when too many residents still opposed leaving their homes.

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Little Bay Islands has had the cloud of resettlement looming over it for a while, however a group known as Friends of Little Bay Islands is now seeking answers from government about what happens to them in the event resettlement eventually happens.

The talks werent just among those who call the community home, however. People like Christina Pelley were also raising the topic, with a hint of concern thrown in as well.

Pelley and her family are owners of a home on Little Bay Islands, however their permanent residence is actually in Springdale.

We wanted a summer home, somewhere we could go and spend time with the kids, she said. So we found a place on Little Bay Islands, and decided to buy it.

The Pelleys bought the home in 2012, and enjoyed it during the summer this year just like before.

However, Christina and her husband have been concerned of late because of the ongoing talk of resettling through the governments community relocation policy. Since the Pelleys arent permanent residents of Little Bay Islands, they dont qualify to vote on whether the community will resettle. According to her, they dont qualify for any compensation either.

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Scientists devise a bar code for the bacteria that causes tuberculosis

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1-Sep-2014

Contact: Jenny Orton press@lshtm.ac.uk 44-207-927-2802 London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

Doctors and researchers will be able to easily identify different types of tuberculosis (TB) thanks to a new genetic barcode devised by scientists from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine.

The bacteria that cause the deadly respiratory disease have evolved into families of strains, or lineages, which may affect people differently.

To help identify the different origins and map how tuberculosis moves around the world, spreading from person to person through the air, the research team studied over 90,000 genetic mutations.

According to the study published in Nature Communications the researchers found that just 62 mutations are needed to code the global family of strains.

Dr Taane Clark, Reader in Genetic Epidemiology and Statistical Genomics at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, who led the study, said: "There is increasing interest in new technologies that can assist those treating tuberculosis patients.

"This new barcode can be easily implemented and used to determine the strain-type that is a surrogate for virulence.

"We are making this information available to the doctors and scientists working with tuberculosis so that they can more easily know what strains they are dealing with."

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Pharmacogenetics advances personalized medicine

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John Hwa is a professor of medicine and the director of cardiovascular pharmacogenetics at Yale School of Medicine. Along with Dartmouth genetics professor Jason H. Moore, Hwa recently coauthored an editorial in the journal Current Molecular Medicine. The article, titled Pharmacogenetics and Molecular Medicine: So Close and Yet So Far introduces a new review series of eight articles contributed by different researchers in the field of pharmacogenomics. The News sat down with Hwa and his colleague, Yale postdoctoral fellow Jeremiah Stitham, to understand the latest advances in the field.

Q. How would you define the fields of pharmacogenomics and personalized medicine to the general public? What are the basic underlying principles and ideas?

H. About 100,000 people die each year from adverse side effects to medications, and millions of others have some sort of harmful drug reaction. The idea of pharmacogenetics is to try and figure out, based on genetics, who is going to suffer problems and who will benefit the most from taking a particular drug. Though there are actually many definitions out there, the simplest definition is that it is a combination of pharmacology and genetics: pharmacogenetics. It is the use of genetic data to understand how a disease process is influenced by genetics, progresses as a result of genetics, and responds to drugs. In terms of the pharmacology, there are two main components, pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics: the former dealing with how genetics influences the drugs effect on the disease and the latter dealing with how genetics influences the metabolism of the drug.

Q. As your lab specializes in cardiovascular medicine, what has been the core focus of your research in particular?

H. Commonly used drugs that are taken for pain, arthritis and fever can have a profound effect on the cardiovascular system and one of the main reasons for this is because of problems with [the molecules] prostacyclin and thromboxane. This has become a very major concern in cardiovascular medicine and the clinical sciences. I am part of a large consortium based at the University of Pennsylvania that has come together to address this problem. We are trying to figure out who would benefit from these common drugs without adverse side effects and who should be careful about taking these medications: essentially the concept of personalized medicine. Currently, my lab is focusing our efforts on the diabetic population, because they are particularly at risk for cardiovascular diseases. We have all the tools now and are beginning to make sense of the data. There is not doubt that in the near future, we will be able to predict who is going to have adverse side effects as a result of a drug and who is going be fine and benefit from the treatment.

S. That is basically the third component of pharmacogenomics: the first two being how genetics affects drug response and drug metabolism and the final component being how it is going to affect people with adverse reactions.

Q. Which recent advances and discoveries have been game-changers? Have any new experimental techniques and technologies really impacted the way the scientific community studies this field?

H. One major advance has been the advent of genetic sequencing. Back in 2001, sequencing used to cost a fortune, but now prices have gotten significantly lower. Whole-genome sequencing now costs a few thousand dollars, and the price is going to drop even further. I have no doubt that one day everyone will sequence his or her genome.

In many ways, we are overwhelmed with data from all of these sources. The real question now is the hypothesis-generation procedure: how are you going to make sense of all of this information? Certainly with an area like pharmacogenetics, there is a vast amount of data that is being collected, at multiple levels, and ultimately it is going to be a cross-disciplinary collaboration between the basic scientists, the translational scientists, the clinicians, the bioinformaticists, and the outcomes specialists. It is going to be a collaboration that makes sense of the massive data sets that are being generated and applies this knowledge to clinical practice.

Q. In the title of your editorial, you state that the scientific community in this field is so close and yet so far. What are the major challenges currently faced by the fields of pharmacogenomics and personalized medicine?

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