Race morning I was up and out of the hotel by 3:30am. I had to catch a bus at the finish line by 4:15am to get over to the starting line, so that meant drinking my coffee and eating breakfast in the car. Needless to say I spilled coffee all over my BMW rental (I did not pick the BMW but it was fun!). Since there was no cell service, I left the phone in the car then walked the 1/2 mile to the bus. It was so quiet and the moonlight was calming. I felt a lot more relaxed than I did the night before. The bus ride over to the start was about an hour or so long. I chatted with a young women who was running her first 50 miler and it was such a great distraction. At the starting line, it was pretty warm, at least warmer than what I had pictured November in VA being like. I had a rain jacket on but no hat or gloves, and I was wearing shorts. The first hour would be in the dark, which I've never raced in the dark before so I was little nervous about it. I had on a new headlamp as well that I purchased the day before. I dropped off the one drop bag we were allowed and then got in line at the towards of the pack. Just as things were about to get started, I looked over to see Scott Jurek standing on the sidelines. His book "Eat & Run" is what introduced me to ultra-running and inspired me to start long distance running, so it was motivational to see him there. The race started right at 6:30am. The first couple miles were flat road and then you turn into the woods onto jeep trails. The miles to the first aid station were rolling, but very runnable. Some water crossings that got your feet nice and wet, and I tripped and fell once, but other than that, they were pretty uneventful. My headlamp worked perfectly and I just tried to focus on keeping my heart rate low. It was pretty humid so I took off my jacket and wrapped it around my waist (while running.. I'm talented!). There was a little bit of single track downhill with loose footing during which I twisted my ankle, cursed a bit, then slowed down so I could pay attention to footing better. And then almost immediately after that, the sun came up and I was at the first aid station. I grabbed water and left quickly.


Miles 8ish-20 were a mix of jeep trails and dirt roads. The jeep trails were kind of tough to run on because they were off-camper at times and had a lot loose rocks covered with leaves and overgrown grass, but they were better than the hard packed dirt roads. I ran up all the climbs the first 20 miles. None of them were very long or steep, and I felt comfortable running them. I knew there were a lot bigger climbs coming up that I'd have to power hike so I didn't want to waste time power hiking these smaller ones. I had to pee so bad the first 14 miles and there were no porta-potties at the aid stations. I actually asked someone at an aid station if there were any porta-potties on the course and they jokingly said "there's no porta-potties in the mountains". I pee in the woods all the time, but we were running on dirt roads with steep drop offs and I was surrounded by other runners. It wasn't easy to just duck behind a tree. I finally found a side trail and ran down a little bit to pee, then ran back onto the course. I felt like a million bucks after. After the 21.94 aid station, is where the real climbing begins. We hit the first big climb, and I settled into a rhythm of running a bit, then power hiking, then running, then power hiking. I got passed by a lot of runners who were cruising up this climb, but I didn't want to waste all of my energy running uphill, at least not so early in the race. One of the chicks who passed me had the most obnoxious watch. It would beep every 10 secs


1256089  as I would hope, but it really is a bit better than the average mass-produced beer. Especially after drinking half a case. Also, it is named for a noted man of letters, which is an obvious point in its favor.


Reading for the Week: Letter XXX from Lord Chesterfield to his Son – The collected letters of Lord Chesterfield to his son are known as Letters to His Son on the Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman, so that’s awesome. The first time I read this letter, it almost felt like a rebuke for creating this blog. And I still haven’t quite shaken that impression.


Question for the Week: A number of Americans have made former presidents the objects of their deification. Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, the Roosevelts, and others are practically cult figures in various circles. In what way does this differ from an obsession with the ancients?


Posted: April 11, 2014 | Author: Gentleman Jake | Filed under: American Beer, Art, Farmhouse Ale, History, Red Ale | Tags: Art, Blue Moon, Painting, Travel | Leave a comment


Not so long ago, I took a two month vacation to travel across Russia and explore Europe. Naturally, there were a number of amazing sights and adventures. I spent seven straight days on a train. I was detained at the boarder between Belarus and Poland. I went down the Danube in a high-speed catamaran. I was physically accosted by Spanish protesters. I held a 3,000 year-old Athenian coin in the palm of my hand. (I am still awestruck at the idea that Socrates or Plato or Aristophanes might have held that very coin. And then, presumably, spent it on wine.) And, of course, I drank a lot of beers.


The beers I drank in Europe ranged greatly in quality, even in within each country. In Russia most of the beer was not great, but once I accidentally bought kvass (a beer-like soft drink brewed from rye bread.) It was delicious. In Austria and Belarus I happily drank liters of local beer in small restaurants while noshing on delicacies such as blood sausage and stuffed potato pancakes dripping in oil. In England I drank pint after pint of real cask ale, as well as pint after pint of cheap lager mixed with cider. And Belgium… well, words can’t even describe it.


But my appreciation for beer was well honed before my trip. My appreciation for fine art, however, was severely lacking. Sure, I visited the great churches and cathedrals in every city I visited and was thoroughly stuck by the beauty of the architecture and decor. It wasn’t until Amsterdam, though, that I really started looking at the art. After a night of throwing back Heinekens with an Australian backpacker, I decided that I should see the works of Van Gogh. To my dismay, the Van Gogh Museum was closed for renovations. This was a blessing in disguise, so to speak. Because the museum was closed, most of the paintings were on loan at The Hermitage Amsterdam. So instead of just seeing the works of Van Gogh, I got to see an outstanding exhibition of the Hermitage’s impressionist paintings side-by-side with contemporary works in more traditional styles preferred by the French Academy.


In a single day, I learned more about fine art than I’d ever known. Monet, Laurens, and Renoir were transformed from “painters I’d heard of” into real people expressing deep and meaningful scenes across the ages. Works that I recognized from posters or book covers were suddenly put into their proper context. And by placing the works of the impressionists next to those of their contemporaries, I finally saw how impressionism was more than just a new style, it was a movement.


After that day I was hooked. From Amsterdam I went to Paris then on to Italy, spending hours and hours in their amazing museums. (musea?) Don’t get me wrong; I am still no expert. As much as I loved seeing all of those amazing works, I am still mostly ignorant about fine art. In fact, when I got to the Raphael Rooms in the Vatican, I realized my greatest accomplishment as a student of art: I had seen original works by each of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.


Beer of the week: Short Straw Farmhouse Red Ale – This beer is part of the “Expressionist Collection” from the Blue Moon Brewing Company. The label is pretty obviously inspired by Van Gogh. If I remember the brochure from the museum, Van Gogh is considered “post-impressionist” rather than “expressionist.” But I don’t really know what that means, so I’ll just review the beer. Blue Moon beers are brewed by MillerCoors, but mass-production does not always mean low quality. Unlike Blue Moon’s signature Belgian White, this beer is reddish-amber in color and very clear. The carbonation level is rather high (as the picture shows.) The aroma is a bit yeasty and floral. The taste is quite good. It is a little on the sweet side, but that is balanced nicely by a tart finish. The bottle mentions that the brewers use hibiscus, coriander, and white pepper. It may just be a trick of psychology, but after reading the label I found that I did taste a hint of pepper, especially on the back of my tongue. Overall, I think this is a pretty good beer.


Paintings of the week: Impressionists and Their Contemporaries: Six-Pack of Paintings – In lieu of a reading this week, I have selected a few of the paintings I was lucky enough to see on my trip. I have followed the Hermitage’s idea of placing impressionist paintings alongside roughly contemporary neoclassical and romantic paintings. Pour yourself a beer and really have a good look at these paintings. Notice how Renoir, Monet, and Pissaro present scenes that are absolutely complete, even without the extreme detail of the paintings by Gérôme, David, and Laurens. Marvel at the mastery Laurens had over light and shadow. Seriously, spend some time looking at each. When the David painting looks as blurry as the Renoir, you’ve had enough to drink.


Question of the week: Aristotle and others have philosophized on aesthetics. Horatio Greenough was both a sculptor and essayist on the subjects of art and architecture. And of course, Leonardo da Vinci did everything. Are there any fine artists who are also well known for their philosophic writings?


Posted: April 4, 2014 | Author: Gentleman Jake | Filed under: American Beer, Language, Pale Lager, Sociology | Tags: American English, American history, Beer, English, Language, Mencken, National Bohemian, Natty Boh, slang | 1 Comment


I actually overheard an exchange substantially like that once. Until then, I could hardly have imagined a mother scolding her teen-aged child for such a thing. I had never even thought about the fact that “geez” is certainly a euphemism employed specifically to avoid saying “Jesus.” With a little thought, though, one could easily list quite a few very common euphemistic replacements: “gosh” for “God”, “darn” in place of “damn”, “heck” for “hell”, “son of a gun” for “son of a bitch”, “fudge” for… In short, every expletive that you might use with children in the room.


But pervasive euphemisms are not limited to exclamations or insults. The the word “restroom” has long given the squeamish or polite an excuse to avoid saying “toilet” or any other descriptive term. (And who doesn’t prefer a woman who “powders her nose” to one who “shits”?) Some of these euphemisms have been in use so long that we’ve forgotten that they are not the original terms. For example, H.L. Mencken informs us that the word “rooster” only came into usage to avoid having to say the word “cock.”


In his book The American Language, Mencken explores the origins of many of these euphemisms and expletives and compares the American and British sensibilities. Slang is an excellent indicator that American English is thoroughly distinct from British English. (For a crude example on this point, ponder what it might mean “to bum a fag.”) I find The American Language especially interesting because language is constantly evolving and sensibilities are constantly changing along with them. The rapidity of these changes is astounding. A few short years ago, South Park positively could not be aired before 10 pm; last week, I saw a re-run before 10 am.


And even as some words become less and less taboo (remember that episode when the characters of South Park said “shit” over a hundred times?) other words become more taboo. The word “retard” is now considered so offensive that I’ve seen it censored when used in a technical sense other than mental retardation. Similarly, “crippled” has given way to “handicapped” or “disabled”, which have in turn given rise to the euphemisims “handicapable” and “differently abled.”


There are those who rail against such changes,


1256090  calibrators have helped to improve the correlations between the different commercial assays by more than 10-fold, but standardization has not yet been achieved (23). A working group of the IFCC is cooperating with manufacturers to address the question of whether cTnI standardization or harmonization can be achieved (24). The most common reason for the discrepancy in cTnI measurements is the difference in epitope specificity of the antibodies used in different assays. We now know that cTnI measurements are influenced by multiple factors, among which are the aforementioned posttranslational modifications [proteolytic degradation (25), phosphorylation (20)] and complexing with other molecules [e.g., TnC (26), heparin (20), heterophile or human antimouse antibodies, and cTnI-specific autoantibodies circulating in patients' blood (27)]. Different mono- and polyclonal antibodies used in assays are sensitive to these factors to varying degrees. Therefore, it becomes increasingly important that hs-cTnI assays use antibodies specific to epitopes in the central part of the troponin molecule that are not affected by the numerous modifications found in human blood noted above.


HyTest Ltd. has assessed several hundred different 2-site MAb combinations to find the best one for accurately measuring cTnI by immunoassay (28). This firm has concluded that it is currently not possible to have a single antibody pair (i.e., 1 capture antibody and 1 detection antibody) that would be totally insensitive to all known cTnI modifications and interferences. Given these data, it seems wise to consider the recommendation of this group to use combinations of >2 MAbs for the development of precise cTnI immunoassays. One could use 2 MAbs for capture and 2 MAbs for detection (conjugated with the specific label)—a “2 + 2” concept (28). In these assays, MAbs should be selected in such a way that if one of the MAbs (capture or detection) is sensitive to the presence of an antigen in the sample, then the other MAb should be insensitive to the same antigen. Thus, the effect of negative or positive interference would be minimized. In addition, the antibodies used in the assay should be specific to the cardiac isoform of troponin and should not show cross-reaction with the 2 skeletal muscle troponin isoforms.


Factors that influence cTnI measurements are presented schematically in Fig. 1. Antibodies specific to different parts of the molecule are sensitive to these factors to different degrees. For example, purified cTnI is well known to be highly susceptible to proteolytic degradation; however, the central part of cTnI closely interacts with TnC in the troponin complex, and TnC protects cTnI from proteolytic degradation. Consequently, the epitopes located in the central part of the cTnI molecule are substantially more stable than the epitopes located in the terminal parts of the molecule. Concurrently, TnC competes with antibodies for binding to cTnI, and only a few antibodies specific to the central part of cTnI can recognize the cTnI–TnC complexed form. cTnI was recently demonstrated to be cleaved by endogenous proteases during incubation of necrotic myocardial muscle after an acute myocardial infarction (25, 26). Consequently, a mixture of the intact cTnI molecule and its proteolytic fragments can be detected in the bloodstream several hours after the onset of the chest pain, although the ratio of fragment molecules to intact molecules, the sizes of fragments, the relationship of the fragmentation with the infarct size, and many other questions need to be addressed. Given that the vast majority (>95%) of cTnI in human blood occurs as a binary cTnI–TnC complex, the antibodies used in the assay should recognize cTnI in complex with TnC. Ideally, antibodies used in assays should recognize all circulating cardiac troponin forms on an equimolar basis.


It is important to understand that the term “high sensitivity” reflects the assay's characteristics and does not refer to a difference in the form of cardiac troponin being measured. There is a need for a consensus on defining what nomenclature should be used for an hs assay. Several names have been used in the literature for these assays, including “high-performance,” “highly sensitive,” “high-sensitive,” “ultrasensitive,” “novel highly sensitive,” “sensitive,” and “high sensitivity.” We propose that the term “high-sensitivity” be uniformly used for publication in Clinical Chemistry and throughout the scientific literature. This term, however, begs the question: How does one define an hs assay? In a scorecard concept, an assay was proposed to be hs if it met 2 basic criteria (9). First, the total imprecision (CV) at the 99th percentile value should be ≤10%. Second, measurable concentrations below the 99th percentile should be attainable with an assay at a concentration value above the assay's limit of detection for at least 50% (and ideally >95%) of healthy individuals to attain the highest level of scorecard designation. It is unclear which data in the literature should be used for such an analysis, as study findings are variable. For hs-cTnT, the initial validation study showed measurable concentrations above the limit of detection for a large number of healthy individuals (29). A later study, however, showed much lower rates of measurable concentrations (18), as did a study of a large population that included patients with cardiovascular disease, for whom one would expect higher percentages of samples with measurable cTnT (6). As Table 1 shows, none of the currently marketed assays for both central laboratory and point-of-care testing met the 2-fold criteria for an hs-designated level 4 assay. Table 2 shows that the reformulated and newer hs assays (5 hs-cTnI assays and 1 hs-cTnT assay) potentially meet these criteria. The one hs assay that is commercially available worldwide (except in the US, because it has not yet obtained US Food and Drug Administration clearance) is the Roche hs-cTnT assay. Concentrations for hs assays are expressed in nanograms per liter (picograms per milliliter) instead of the commonly published units of micrograms per liter. We propose that all journals, manufacturers, and laboratories universally adopt the former unit of measure to avoid confusion and decimal points followed by unnecessary zeros. For example, a concentration of 0.0015 μg/L would need to be reported as 1.5 ng/L. Adoption of this convention would also help avoid clinical errors in data reporting for both electronic medical records and electronic data transfer, for which the rounding of decimals to zero is a real risk. It should be appreciated that using nanograms per liter as the standard unit will produce very high cardiac troponin values (>1000 ng/L) after large cardiac insults.


Tables 1 and 2 present 99th percentile reference values for each assay, as designated by the manufacturer of each assay. A close examination of the package inserts, however, will reveal very little consistency in the types or numbers of individuals enrolled for determining the 99th percentile. No clear standard has been set for the statistical analysis used to calculate the 99th percentile. Defining what constitutes a healthy reference individual is currently a topic of debate. Should these individuals be apparently healthy individuals younger than 30 years, or should they be age-matched patients hospitalized without known cardiovascular disease, similar to the demographics of patients who rule in for an acute myocardial infarction, likely between the ages of 30 and 90 years? How does one determine who is apparently healthy, i.e., normal? Should these individuals be selected: (a) via personal interview with questions addressing known medications, such as the use of statins for hyperlipidemia; (b) after obtaining information about known diseases associated with cardiovascular disease, such as renal disease or diabetes; or (c) via definitive evaluation of an individual by a physician taking a history and conducting a physical examination, including an electrocardiogram and an echocardiogram? The third option, in our opinion, would be ideal but is likely cost-prohibitive. Sequential selection of a reference population on this basis can be shown to shift the derived 99th percentile (30). For deriving reference intervals for each assay, we recommend a 2-fold approach in which both younger (<30 years) and older (>30 years, with a median age of 60 to 65 years to be representative of the ages of cardiac patients) apparently healthy reference groups are recruited. Inclusion criteria should be based on data obtained from an interview for a history of medications and known underlying disease, as well as a blood measurement of a natriuretic peptide (N-terminal pro–B-type natriuretic peptide or B-type natriuretic peptide) interpreted vis-à-vis a cutoff value for the exclusion of ventricular dysfunction (31) to serve as a surrogate biomarker for underlying myocardial dysfunction. In addition, the groups should be split equally by sex and include a diverse racial and ethnic mix. The CLSI recommends a minimum of 120 individuals per group of healthy individuals for an appropriate statistical determination of a normal reference limit cutoff. This number was suggested as the minimum number of individuals necessary for estimating the limits of a central 95% reference interval (with limits at the 2.5th and 97.5th


1256091  customizing features on to your house. Narrowing down what fashion you will enhance in is a big stage. It's very tempting to switch issues up a bit midway through a venture, at which stage it is too late to flip back. By then, any changes produced will be extremely expensive.


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Ask the roofer how lengthy it will take to complete the occupation. And what happens if poor weather places a hold off on completing the occupation. The easiest way to discover the right roofer is to ask your family members, neighbors and friends. They can tell you of a roofer that they have utilized and you will also be able to how great of a occupation was done.<|endoftext|>It’s been a while since my last shooting with lovely Riko Misery and I’m really happy that we finally managed to realize some new pictures. Martina from Kostuemkunst was so kind to lend us some of her great costumes, e.g. Babydoll from the Sucker Punch Movie. My personal highlight was our peacock theme, since I had a lot of fun painting Riko’s body and I really like the results.<|endoftext|>in Pennsylvania. That dealer eventually folded, but Yenko followed it up a few years later with two Chevrolet


, the second of which was run by Yenko's son Don. That's the dealer that built all the hot rods and muscle cars. Yenko business was sold in 1982, though the name has


This Silverado follows the same formula as most other Yenko-branded products. The truck uses a 6.8-liter


LT1 V8 with an aluminum block, a forged-steel crank and connecting rods, forged aluminum pistons, ported heads, an upgraded fuel system and a tune. The coup de gras is a custom supercharger that brings the total engine output to 800 horsepower, though there isn't a torque figure listed.


Other performance upgrades include stainless steel headers, high-flow cats, stainless steel exhaust, six-piston Brembo brakes, 22-inch torque thrust-style wheels with


rubber and lowered suspension (2 inches up front, 5 inches in the rear). Visually, the Yenko/SC Silverado gets Yenko cowl and side stripes, an SYC graphic on the hood, Yenko badges on the grille, door and tailgate, and some other 800 horsepower and 6.8-liter badges and crests.


Now, this package isn't cheap. It's $46,995 on top of the price of a regular-cab Silverado. There are even a few options including a painted supercharger or some extremely sweet houndstooth seats. The truck does come with a 3-year/36,000-mile limited


would be available with a pair of powertrain offerings, one of which being "one of the most powerful electric engines on the market" with a driving range of 292 miles. Now, the Korean automaker has


siblings, with the biggest visual difference up front, with its closed grille. That's also where the car's plug resides. It features LED daytime running lights above its LED headlights. The Kona Electric offers a two-tone roof, and seven different exterior paint color offerings.


On paper, at least, the Kona Electric is pretty compelling. The long-range, 292-mile version features a 64-kWh lithium-ion polymer battery pack supplying power to a 150-kW (201-horsepower) electric motor. It does 0-62 miles per hour in a respectable 7.6 seconds, with a top speed of 103 mph. The base version's 39-kWh battery offers 186 miles of driving range, and a 99-kW (133-horsepower) electric motor. It does 0-62 in a more leisurely 9.3 seconds.


Inside the car, the Kona Electric features a pair of paddle shifters behind the steering wheel that allow the driver to dial in the preferred amount of regenerative braking force. A seven-inch digital display in the instrument cluster is accompanied by a head-up display providing key information directly in front of the driver. The car's infotainment system features


The Kona Electric offers a number of driver assist features for safety and convenience. These include forward collision avoidance with pedestrian detection, blind spot warning, rear cross-traffic alert, lane-keeping assist, intelligent speed limit warning and smart high. It also offers smart cruise control with stop-and-go capability to make those traffic jams a little more bearable.


in the near future, and we mean literally. One of our spy photographers caught the companies each testing full-size


At the front of the Kia, the entire fascia looks boxy with nary a curve in sight. It also has low-set, squared-off headlights at the far edges; both prominent features on the concept, too. That theme carries over to the back, where the metal portion of the hatch looks plain and flat and is almost perfectly vertical. The glass area leans forward a bit. The taillights also look like those on the concept, with thin vertical portions that make a 90-degree turn inward at the top. A neat design touch not found on the concept are the slight glass extensions into the roof on each side of the windshield.


platform and had a combined 400 horsepower. This power came from a 270-horsepower V6 and a 130-horsepower electric motor, which Kia claimed would provide 30 mpg in all-wheel-drive form. We expect that the Telluride will mainly be offered in non-hybrid forms, and perhaps in


variant like the concept. Kia and Hyundai both are getting serious about hybrids and electrification, and if Kia is targeting something like the


, which itself offers a hybrid powertrain, it would make sense that Kia is planning to offer a competing product. A Kia executive said


so we'll probably learn more about the production Telluride sometime this year, probably no earlier than the


has vacated. We're not sure what it might be called, but the last time Hyundai had a crossover bigger than the


Styling-wise, the front of this full-size crossover is right in line with the rest of Hyundai's new-generation crossovers. It has the split headlight design that first showed up on the


, with the lower lamps providing primary illumination, and the thin, scowling upper lamps working mainly as daytime running lights. It also has a large, angular version of Hyundai's corporate grille.


Along the sides, the most interesting styling feature is the chrome trim. It appears to start at the A-pillars and hug the door windows until the C-pillar. There it descends, hugging the rear most window. It's an interesting piece of design. The very back of the Hyundai is well-covered, but we can at least make out some vertically oriented taillights, which is strange since current Hyundais all have more horizontal taillights.


As for when this Hyundai may reach production, we'd estimate in a year or so. Odds are it will share components with the Kia Telluride. As such, it likely won't be long after the Kia's introduction that the Hyundai will be revealed.


Longsufferingtime readers of this authorâ€™s natterings know my preference for all things of the body-on-frame variety. Thatâ€™s why Iâ€™m going to take every opportunity I can to trumpet the kinda sorta maybe possibility that Nissan will reintroduce the Xterra.


The old Xterra only hung around for two generations, offering righteous options such as a stick-shift manual, supercharged power, and a locking rear diff. Itâ€™s the polar opposite of a Qashqai Rogue Sport. Given todayâ€™s market tastes, I totally understand why Nissan offers a phalanx of unibody crossovers â€“ like any smart company, its giving the people what they want.


It still doesnâ€™t stop me from pining for a small, butch SUV from Nissan, though. With an introduction yesterday in China, that future is one step closer to reality. Maybe.


The new Nissan Terra (see? It even has a similar name!) is touted as an all-new sport ute designed to bring rugged 4×4 capabilities to China and other select markets across Asia. Itâ€™ll be the first vehicle from Nissanâ€™s â€œframe and LCV divisionâ€ to launch under a company plan that looks ahead to the year 2022.


Nissan’s frame and LCV business unit â€“ made up of frame SUVs, pickups, vans, and light-duty trucks â€“ is said to be critical to achieving the company’s midterm objectives. Nissan says one in every six of its vehicles sold globally is a frame-based vehicle or an LCV, and that the company is focused on capturing this division’s full potential. In 2017, Nissan’s global frame and LCV sales reached 907,929 vehicles â€“ roughly a 7 percent increase from the prior year.


That number, of course, counts a good many products not found on our shores. However, given North Americaâ€™s appetite for all things SUV, itâ€™s a safe bet thereâ€


1256092  on human or animal health or agronomic performance. They also failed to ask any questions about the transgenic nature of the crops, choosing instead to focus only on a secondary effect, the impact of changing patterns of herbicide use. But neither did the FSEs compare the GMHT crops with ecologically-managed crops that use no herbicides, nor did they study effects on below-ground biodiversity (and thus soil fertility). They say nothing about gene flow, coexistence with other forms of agriculture and liability if anything goes wrong.


The Farm Scale Evaluations of spring-sown genetically modified crops. A themed issue from Philosophical Transactions: Biological Sciences, Series B, Volume 358, Issue 1439, 29 November 2003:


"Judgement Day: With crunch GM test results set to be unveiled this week, the early signs are that they could deal a killer blow to the genetic food industry", by Rob Edwards, Sunday Herald, 12 October 2003, http://www.sundayherald.com/37399


"Farm Scale Evaluations published today", Royal Society press release, 16 October 2003, http://www.pubs.royalsoc.ac.uk/


"GM crops harmful to wildlife: Another reason to halt commercialisation", GeneWatch UK press release, 16 October 2003.


"Farm scale trials only one piece of the jigsaw: Oilseed rape and beet should be banned", Five Year Freeze press release, 16 October 2003.


"GM crops: Blair who do you represent, the British people, or Bush and the multinationals?", Friend of the Earth press release, 16 October 2003, http://www.foe.co.uk/resource/press_releases/gm_crops_blair_who_do_you.html


"GM crop trial results confirm English Nature's concerns", English Nature press release, 16 October 2003, http://www.english-nature.org.uk/news/story.asp?ID=525


"Focus: No support from the public. No evidence. No case for GM", by Geoffrey Lean, Independent on Sunday, 19 October 2003, http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/environment/story.jsp?story=454811


"GM test results already in doubt", by Alex Kirby, BBC News Online, 16 October 2003, http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3197480.stm


"Mixed message could prove costly for GM crops", by Erik Stokstad & Gretchen Vogel, Science 302: 542-543, 24 October 2003.


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Amazon Alexa is in court once again. During their investigation of the scene of a suspected double homicide, New Hampshire police found an Amazon Alexa in the home.


When you've been dominant as long as Walmart has, sometimes the brilliance of its leader is overlooked. To compare, in the 18 years he's served as head coach of the Patriots how many times has Bill Belichick won coach of the year in the NFL? How about Greg Popovich whose 21-year record as coach of the NBA's San Antonio Spurs makes him a first ballot Hall of Famer? What about Joe Torre, who helped take the Yankees to six World Series and compiled a better than .600 winning percentage during his 12-year tenure with the Bronx Bombers ? That's the case in my opinion with Doug McMillon, who in four years has turned around the biggest and once most bottom-heavy organization in U.S. retailing.


BENTONVILLE, Ark.-- --Nov 8, 2018--Black Friday is the best shopping day of the year, and Walmart has plans to make this year's event incredible for its customers. This Black Friday, Walmart will offer unbelievable prices on the most-wanted items and brands.


The Bentonville, Arkansas-based retailer will also have deals available on Walmart.com beginning at 12:01 a.m. ET on Thursday, Nov. 8, the company said. Similar to in years past, key departments, like toys, electronics, home and apparel, will be color-coded in store so shoppers can easily find deals.


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4) by calling him a “rifleman”, focuses Hall on his identity as a soldier (as opposed to a technician), which might save their lives if they run into trouble,


See that? It takes me longer to explain the awesome than for Winters to be awesome. That’s how awesome he is.


Winters and Hall hook up with a couple other men and some of E Company, including Guarnere, Malarkey and Toye. A group of German soldiers comes through, on horseback and in a horse-drawn cart. The men lie in wait; Winters tells them to wait for his signal before firing. Guarnere jumps the gun and opens fire. They kill everybody and every horse. Winters is pissed at Guarnere. He actually raises his voice. Guarnere is pissed at Winters, in general, because he doesn’t drink or he’s a Quaker or something.


The men encounter a bunch of dead soldiers, from whom they retrieve ammunition. Nearing battalion, they pass a group of German POWs at the side of the road. Goofing around with them, Malarkey discovers that one of the Germans is actually an American, who grew up close to Malarkey. They chat. Malarkey moves on. He passes Lt. Speirs on the path. Speirs offers the POWs each a cigarette and then opens fire, off-camera, killing them all. Malarkey stares back down the road in horror.


Lt. Meehan is MIA, so that means Winters is in charge of E Company. Col. Strayer briefs the officers and tells Winters to lead a team to take out the a group “88s”, which I guess are anti-aircraft weapons, doing a lot of damage to incoming Allied planes. There are a number of guns and many men established at a place called Brecourt Manor.


Winters plans the assault and gives orders. The men take out the guns and soldiers under intense fire. The assault seems to take forever, bullets whistling past everybody’s heads. Popeye is shot in the keyster; Hall is killed, which makes Winters very sad. Winters swipes a German map at one of the gun positions.


At the last minute, Lt. Speirs shows up, all bouncy and high on death and danger, replenishes their ammo and asks whether D Company can take out the next gun. He leads his men to the gun, NOT inside the trenches, which gets at least two of them killed. Speirs takes out the last gun. They all retreat to battalion. Winters reports success.


Nix comes along, riding on the front of a tank, and gives his boyfriend a lift to the next town. They’re moving on to secure a town that sounds exactly like Cote des Villes. Google it yourself; I'm tired.


It’s nighttime. Some of the men, including Malarkey, Guarnere and Buck, are cooking over a fire inside a tarp-covered truckbed. Winters pokes his head in to say hi. Winters accepts a drink. Guarnere and Winters are buddies now. Winters says, “Oh, and I’m not a Quaker.” This gets a big laugh.


Nix catches up with Winters, who tells the story of Hall, who died in the assault that day. Nix tries to cheer him up by telling him that the map Winters found shows the position of “every Kraut gun in Normandy.” Winters is still sad and walks away. Nix calls after him, “I sent that map up to Division. I think it’s gonna do some good!” Aw. Boys are so cute.


Winters makes a promise to himself and God. That if he gets out of the war alive he’ll find himself a “quiet piece of land someplace and spend the rest of my life in peace.”


The tag says that Winters’ team were awarded medals, and that their attack on the German guns is still taught today as a classic example of an assault on a fixed position.


I think my favorite moment was Guarnere offering Winters the drink. I really like both of them, and that was great. Also Guarnere and Hall: "That kid's alright." Hee.


Spiers is just.....ew. What a horrible person. I was really scared for.....was it Hall? all by himself in the foxhole and Spiers walks up - I thought he was going to get whacked, just cuz Spiers felt like it. He just didn't seem like someone who necessarily stops when he gets to the good guys. *shivers*


Nix trying to cheer Winters up by saying the map might do good was adorable. Those two crack me up. :-)


The opening sequence is just incredible: Unbearable tension, followed by unimaginable terror. Anybody who's seen Saving Private Ryan knows that the Germans defended against this invasion just as fiercely on the ground as they did in the air.


The initial conversation with Hall was exactly as you characterize it, Mary. Winters is just preternaturally calm when you consider the situation they're in. It can't help but calm Hall.


I like another moment, just as illuminating and just as subtle. They're getting ready to take out the guns that, as was illustrated in horrifying detail in the opening of Saving Private Ryan (last cross reference, I promise), were slaughtering our boys on Omaha Beach. (Just about everybody was decorated for the assault on the guns because, I'm sure, their actions saved countless American lives. But I'm getting ahead of myself.)


Dick says "Lipton! When you see me take out the first gun, I want you and your TNT as fast as possible." It makes all the difference in the world that Dick tells Lipton "when you see me take out the first gun."


Winters inspires the men to be brave. The world of difference between preparing for possibilities and creating an expectation. It's true when everyone's sitting behind desks; imagine how important it was on that day, under those conditions.


There's no Sorkin soliloquy, as much as I love those with every fiber of my being. Just "This is how we're going to do this. Let's go."


Winters tells them to wait for his signal before firing. Guarnere jumps the gun and opens fire. They kill everybody and every horse. Winters is pissed at Guarnere. He actually raises his voice. Guarnere is pissed at Winters, in general, because he doesn’t drink or he’s a Quaker or something.


I took Guarnere's gun-jumping to be his burning desire to avenge his brother's death bursting out of him. He seemed to want to kill as many Germans as he could by himself. Naturally, Winters is pissed at Guarnere going all cowboy because, as we learned in A Few Good Men, "We follow orders or men die."


As to why Guarnere is pissed at Winters? I would guess it's that, because he presumes Winters is a Quaker and therefore a pacifist, that he lacks the proper inner fire to lead them. The NCOs figured it out before they left America, but Guarnere isn't convinced until he sees Winters' incredible leadership in combat.


Which made their bonding over a bottle, complete with "I'm not a Quaker," all the more delightful and satisfying.


Really, Guarnere was pissed at the Germans and as a result, everybody around him and Winters simply happened to be a non-drinker. Guarnere also thought Winters wouldn't give the order because Quakers are firmly set against killing.


You could argue that Spiers is the most interesting character of the series. Stopping there...we'll be talking about him again. ;-)


I know, right? I give Ron Livingston so much credit for the magic between the two of them. Nixon is almost the Jack Twist to Winters' Ennis Del Mar. (sorry, Brokeback reference) I'm not even talking about the ho-yay here, just the dynamic between the two friends. RL has to bring all the blood to it, you know? He's the one with the open face, the one who smiles easily, reaches out to Winters and cements the friendship. You'll see it even more as we go forward. And remind me of that when we get to "points" cause there's a great emotional twist that's predicated on this.


I would guess it's that, because he presumes Winters is a Quaker and therefore a pacifist, that he lacks the proper inner fire to lead them.


RL has to bring all the blood to it, you know? He's the one with the open face, the one who smiles easily, reaches out to Winters and cements the friendship.


That's certainly true, Mary. Especially at the end of this episode: Nix is trying to get across to him what a great thing Dick has done in finding the map, and says, without saying, that this will save lives. He's really emphasizing the point, in part because Nix's job is to see the big picture. But also because it's important to him that Dick feel good about it.


But Dick can't think about lives potentially saved at that moment; he's wrapped up in the life lost under his command. Which is really how you'd want him to be, right?


I know that


1256094  the Great Barrier Reef, but the cost of shipping Zopilote home was so high that he decided to stay and fish another season. Then he just kept on going, to Singapore, Sri Lanka, the Maldives, the Red Sea, the Mediterranean, Bermuda, Fort Lauderdale, Panama, Mexico and Marina del Rey, from 1990 to ’93.


Midway through the circumnavigation, he and Joan flew home to visit their mothers, and his agent was waiting on the tarmac. “As soon as I got off the airplane, I got hired,” he says. A producer he knew was frantic to salvage a pilot gone awry. Kessler signed on, fixed the project, flew back to the boat, and the couple resumed cruising. After their circumnavigation, “I went back to work,” he says, as did Joan, who worked in real estate. They stayed on the job until they retired in 1997.


“If you have an opportunity to cruise, you should take it,” Kessler says. “You don’t have to go around the world. Take a year and do The Great Loop. It’s not the length of the voyage that counts; it’s the voyage.” Just do it, he says.


Zopilote, a name Kessler chose in jest for his Hatteras and has given to every boat since, is a Mexican turkey buzzard. It was the perfect counterpoint to the macho warrior names he saw on the transoms of the other battlewagons in the marina where he kept his Hatteras. “All I wanted to do was get out there far enough to pick up these guys’ leavings,” he says. So he named his boats for a scavenger.


His 70-foot Zopilote went farther than anyone thought a sportfishing yacht could, or should, go — across the Pacific to Hawaii and Australia — and when he made that voyage he introduced a new paradigm for power cruising. “It changed all of our lives, in a sense,” Kessler says. “But at the time people thought I was nuts.”


Not for long, though. After Zopilote’s launch, he took it to the Miami boat show, where an incredulous boating public wanted to know if it really was a bluewater boat. “Zopilote changed the perception that a small powerboat can’t cross oceans,” Kessler says.


Zopilote made the cover of Yachting magazine and garnered so much publicity that Delta took orders for more.


Later, when the commercial fishing boat industry tanked, Delta found its future building power cruisers in the style of seiners. Today, it is one of the premier expedition-yacht and megayacht builders. Dozens of trawler builders have since crowded into the growing market for trawler-type cruisers, but when Kessler talks trawlers he means a particular kind — not the light, fast, twin-engine semidisplacement versions popular in coastal cruising but slower, more-efficient, single-screw, full-displacement types that cross oceans.


Kessler is ecumenical when it comes to yacht design — “I don’t diss boats, not even sailboats,” he says — but the key features of his Zopilote trawler class are hand-laid fiberglass-and-composite construction; a full-displacement, deep-draft keel; fuel-efficient, single-screw power plant; raised wheelhouse; ample cockpit; stand-up engine room; high bow; good stability; large fuel and water capacities; and very sturdy construction. Though pleasure boats below, Kessler’s passagemakers look like North Pacific seiners. “My first Delta was classified for the Bering Sea,” he says.


“Bruce was one of the first persons to do long-range cruising under power,” says Nordhavn’s Leishman. Leishman was just starting to build Nordhavn trawlers when Kessler was crossing oceans. A generous man, Kessler has shared with Pacific Asian Enterprises and other builders his experience and expertise in power cruising — at no charge. Leishman says he learned a great deal from Kessler after the circumnavigation, and it helped refine Nordhavn designs. “He played a big part in the design of our Nordhavn 57,” Leishman says.


Kessler also has opened new horizons for cruising powerboaters, helping change the perception that recreational powerboats could not cross oceans. “Bruce was really the first one — or one of the first ones — to undertake long-distance cruising in a motorboat,” says Milt Baker, 68, a retired Navy commander, founder of Bluewater Books and Charts in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and a friend of Kessler’s for 20 years. “What he did was exciting to people. He did inspire a lot of others to do what he had done.” Baker saw them in his chart shop.


More powerboaters today are crossing oceans, a new adventurousness that Leishman credits in part to Kessler spreading the gospel of cruising. “He just genuinely loves to see other people out there boating,” Leishman says.


And he is very generous in sharing what he knows, says Malcolm Farrel, of Fort Lauderdale, a friend and fellow trawlerman who cruises a Grand Alaskan 60. “Bruce is an accomplished seaman,” says Farrel, who keeps an eye on Spirit of Zopilote in Fort Lauderdale, its home port when the Kesslers aren’t cruising. “He handles the boat beautifully. He seems to be almost one with it at times.”


Baker agrees. “He really is one of the best seamen I’ve ever seen,” he says. The two met when Kessler came into Baker’s shop looking for charts for his Pacific voyage. Since then, Baker has crossed the Atlantic with Kessler and cruised Alaska and 1,000 miles of the Australian coast with him. “He’s a careful navigator, one of the most careful navigators I’ve ever seen,” he says. “He’s a hell of seaman. He knows his boat, and he knows how to handle it under any conditions that get thrown at him.”


Kessler says he learned a lot about seamanship while fishing offshore and from another close friend, Jo Swerling, a Hollywood producer and graduate of the California Maritime Academy. “Fishing really makes a seaman out of you,” he says. “You’re offshore. You’ve got limited fuel. You don’t always know where you are. It’s a real adventure. It gives you a different kind of confidence.”


He says Swerling shared a wealth of knowledge with him during a winter voyage to the Pacific Northwest on his 48-foot Pacemaker. “I’d already been to Mexico. I thought I was a pretty competent mariner until I saw him working,” he says. “I began to learn a lot conceptually about how to approach boating. He taught me to think as if I’m on an aircraft carrier, not a yacht.” He says he always goes to the entrance buoy to enter a port. He always carries paper charts and plotting paper, even though he has the latest in electronic navigation gear. He always takes heed of the weather.


When Kessler floated the idea of a Pacific crossing with Joan, she wasn’t at all ruffled. She wanted to explore the Pacific, and she knew the two of them could do it. “Bruce is a meticulous planner,” she says. “I have great faith in him.”


In 1994, after their circumnavigation and a season of shooting “The Commish,” Kessler was cruising to Alaska’s Prince William Sound on Zopilote and it hit an uncharted seamount at Dixon Entrance, 70 miles west of Ketchikan, Alaska. The yacht sank. The combination of a minus-18-foot tide and a big Pacific swell exposed the seamount, which ordinarily would have been deep under water.


“I almost turned my back on the ocean after that,” Kessler says. “I remember that night sitting in the hotel room after it was over. It was like losing a child.”


Zopilote was family. The Kesslers had put 11,000 hours on the boat and trekked 88,000 miles of seaway on it. Baker answers those who would ask what kind of seaman loses a boat like that on the rocks with an observation that any well-experienced mariner can appreciate: “One who is not sitting idly at the pier but is out using his boat.”


Three years later Bruce and Joan were back on the water and cruising aboard a smaller, 62-foot Seaton-designed Northern Marine trawler, one closer to the boat Kessler had wanted originally. They named it Spirit of Zopilote.


An incredible man. Two incredible careers. An incredible life on boats. Yet if you met Bruce Kessler on the dock, he hopes you would find him an average Joe who “dresses like everybody else, acts like everybody else, talks like everybody else.” Two things, though, would give him away: his salty yacht, one with the lines of a Bering Sea


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“Today at 6:30 p.m., an army post in the border area of Masharii al-Qaa came under gunfire from armed men on the Syrian side of the border, which prompted troops to fire back,” the Army Command said in a statement.


“No casualties resulted from the clash,” the statement added, noting that “normalcy has been restored and army units have reinforced their security measures in the area in order to protect citizens and confront any attack.”


Earlier on Sunday, al-Manar television quoted a security source as saying that "fierce clashes erupted between the Lebanese army and members of the Free Syrian Army in Masharii al-Qaa in the Bekaa."


For its part, LBCI television described the incident as the first clash of its kind between the two sides.


“The clash broke out when a Lebanese border patrol detected opposition fighters on the border and the gunmen opened fire to prevent the patrol from proceeding any further,” a Lebanese military source told LBCI, noting that the incident did not cause any casualties.


On September 22, the Army Command said a group of Free Syrian Army rebels infiltrated the Bekaa town of Arsal and attacked a Lebanese army post in the area.


Since the beginning of the Syrian revolt in March 2011, there has been frequent infiltrations into Lebanon by both the Syrian army and rebels fighting to overthrow President Bashar Assad's regime.


Taken with a grain of salt because of the source--Al Manar. They fail to mention when Syrian government troops shell Lebanese territories, and only mention things to make the Syrian government look good.


Don't know if it is true because of the source--give me collaboration from other sources. In any case, no matter the parties involved, the Lebanese army should fire back on any group who fires on them.


very dangerous slope,who gave the information to syrian moukhabarat about the infiltration from the north??hizballah is already fighting in syria, so is people army resistance true??????????????people are from all sects=true


look how u still cover up for the evil bashar regime.. at least normal people condemn BOTH the FSA and syrian army for shooting at Lebanon.. where as brainwashed people like to always create excuses (:


once the Lebanese government stops assisting the Syrian regime, we might be on the way to recover our country.


so then why do you accept that hezbis train sunni extremists in tripoli, palestinians in the bekaa... and who refused the army to enter the south for decades? now you are accusing M14 of doing so in the north? lol! the army is there in case you don t know! no one prevented it from doing its job there unlike your hezbis friends in the south!


"as for sunni extremists being trained by hezb that's a bit too far fetched from you and very stupid to make such an allegation."


even when the guys in charge of jamaah islamia goes on TV saying they are financed, armed and trained by hizbushaitan, ft will still defend blindly his masters and deny it :)


what do you expect from a disoriented lunatic fanatic seeing bashar his ultimate idol crumbling down the drain to say or think?


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The Trump administration is rolling back another Obama-era energy regulation, this time one that aimed to curb methane leaks from oil and gas operations on tribal and public lands.


Methane is a powerful greenhouse gas, even more potent than carbon dioxide in the short term, that contributes to climate change. The Obama administration said that large amounts of methane are lost into the atmosphere through leaks, as well as intentional venting and flaring at energy production sites. It moved to limit that by requiring oil and gas companies to capture leaking and vented methane at existing sites, to gradually update their technology and to make plans for monitoring escaping gas.


The Government Accountability Office says as much as $23 million of potential royalty revenue from those gases is lost annually.


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Also on the show, the rags to riches story of businesswoman Julia Harmel, SA rock music legend Arno Carstens talks to us about his passion for art, and we slow roast strawberries in the kitchen.


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Glaucoma is often called the 'silent thief of sight' due to its asymptomatic nature. About 50 per cent of all glaucoma cases remain undiagnosed until considerable, irreversible damage has already occurred. As part of Pfizer's dedication to eliminating preventable blindness, it tasked Resolute to develop an educational media event to raise awareness of glaucoma and the need for earlier detection, accurate diagnosis and appropriate treatment. Do You See What We See? was tailored to appeal to both consumer and specialist media, marrying clinician and patient perspectives to bring to life the reality of living with glaucoma. Journalists from eight European countries attended, with 22 articles published during World Glaucoma Week.


Accurate diagnosis of glaucoma can improve the likelihood of successful treatment and prevent blindness. In 2010, Pfizer tasked Resolute to develop and deliver an educational media event to raise awareness of glaucoma and encourage 'at-risk' individuals to seek a consultation via European-wide media coverage. The meeting was to be developed to coincide with World Glaucoma Week, providing a forum for journalists to learn about glaucoma and to experience first-hand what it would be like to have the disease.


Pfizer is dedicated to preserving sight and eliminating preventable blindness through innovation, partnership and education. These values were at the heart of the Do You See What We See? media event. Resolute devised a programme that was carefully tailored to cater for both consumer and specialist media, and encouraged them to consider the reality of living with glaucoma.


The event programme addressed a mix of scientific and emotional aspects of glaucoma, and was moderated by former BBC journalist Nick Horrell to ensure the needs of the audience were met. Strong relationships with key ophthalmology stakeholders were used to secure a panel of eminent speakers, including the president of the European Glaucoma Society and the head of policy and campaigns at the Royal National Institute of Blind People. Journalists were given the opportunity to learn about innovative technologies to detect glaucoma, and encouraged to put themselves in the shoes of a person with glaucoma via a live patient interview and by undertaking a 'Glaucoma Goggles' challenge – performing daily activities while wearing goggles mimicking advanced disease.


An electronic media pack containing information from the event, including an 'About Glaucoma' fact sheet and images of European landmarks as seen through the eyes of a person with glaucoma, was distributed to attendees.


Fourteen healthcare reporters from eight European countries attended the media briefing. This included representatives from nine consumer titles, including five national newspapers. In the initial two-week period following the event, a total of 22 articles were published, including pieces in Journal du Médecin (France), La Repubblica (Italy), Ophthalmology Times Europe (Europe) and El Periodico (Spain). Key messages were communicated in more than 90 per cent of all coverage.


"An engaging, innovative programme and the draw of major European ophthalmology thought-leaders resulted in an event that appealed to journalists from across Europe. As a direct result of the meeting, we saw uplift in media coverage during World Glaucoma Week, delivering on our commitment to educate the general public to be aware of the risks of glaucoma and the importance of regular eye examinations to prevent irreversible blindness from glaucoma."<|endoftext|>This Privacy Policy sets out our commitment to protecting the privacy of personal information provided to us, or otherwise collected by us, offline or online, including through this website (Site). In this Privacy Policy we, us or our means Invoxy Ltd, New Zealand Company Number 5743252 and its subsidiaries. When we collect, store and use your personal information, we do so in accordance with the rules set down in the Australian Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) and, to the extent applicable, by the European Union General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/279 (the GDPR) and the New Zealand Privacy Act 1993.


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tury produced not six whose names and works will be I remembered by the throngs a hundred years after I their death, but the name of this manger-bor- n Jew, I ) reared in Nazareth, never, save for the brief period of


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Hi Wc kept Ruth with us for several days after ho H had left town, until wc could take her home to her H mother. She was very angry when she found that we H were going with her, as she was planning to go to H another station and not go home at all. We had a lit-- H tie scene before leaving the train, and when off from H , the train she fairly ran, thinking that she would wear H me out and I would stop. But I did not, and thus wc


Hi I went for nearly a mile. After she had walked off most H I of her anger, she was ready to look at things in a more H reasonable way.


H all had a conference, after which we had prayer. As I I was praying Ruth rushed to me, threw her arms


As the train pulled out I left her there repeating I over and over, "Pray for me; I will do better; pray for


11 segregated by order of the courts, in institutions pro-- I vided for the purpose. If they refuse to obey the laws I and regulations of the institutions in which they are I placed, they ''may be isolated or separated from other I persons and restrained from leaving the institution."


In the chief inspection room at Ellis Island, tho I immigrant station for the port of New York, the old


high iron network that separated each row of immi- - I grants has been removed. Seats are provided for tho I immigrants while waiting their turn to appear before I the inspectors. After the immigrants have passed I their inspection two missionaries of the New York H


Bible Society supply those admitted with Bibles, and I carry copies to those who may be detained. During I the past year there was the largest distribution of the I Scriptures among the immigrants by these mission- - I nries. The Society distributes the Scriptures in forty I languages and in raised type to the blind. In addition. H


; I Two weeks ago, an Eskimo woman with four I children, came from Nome to Sinuk. They pitched I their tent within two rods of our house. We I learned that the husband and father was a white man.


If A few days ago, when our schooner, the New Jersey, I returned from Nome, this white man came on it. It II has grieved our hearts as we have seen the family I around the tent. Our sympathy goes out to those I I children as we think of their future, handicapped as


After a vacation of two months Kensington Mis-- I I sion has again opened for hostilities. Hostilities? ' I Yes, hostilities; for what else can the battle against I ignorance, indolence and indulgence in sin be called? I New problems and new possibilities confront us, I with the of the work. An evidence of the I need of more systematic work among the mothers, les- - I sons in home-makin- g for the young woman, and the I setting of higher standards for the girls and boys call I for decisive action. A better equipped industrial de- - fl partment is imperative, and kindergarten material to H


ers who are taking up the work gladly and prayerfully H and with the determination to win. The building has


can help by sending the means which will assist us in rH training the people to be self-respecti- ng and self-su- p-porting


the reading of their appointments for practical work I for the coming months. The service closed with n tes-timony


II key-no- te address was given by Rev. Lincoln A. Ferris, I D.D., of Independence Avenue Church. His theme I was "The Cultivation of the Religious Life." "You are I ( offering yourselves to God and the world for religious I work; you must therefore cultivate assiduously the re-- I


born again," you must know Christ as your personal I Savior. There must be a close touch with Christ. "If I you mean to accomplish anything, keep the intercourse I open." I Cultivate assiduously a religious life, because God I will not be satisfied with anything less. You will never I be able to help a hurt world unless your own heart has I felt the warming influence of Christ. I You must have a growing Christian life. There is I no such thing as a finished life. It must be a grow- - I ing, unfolding life. H


To be fitted to do a work for God in the world wc I must be students; and we have the most sublime theme H


His Word and His work in the world. You can never I tench the life of Christ unless the Spirit of Christ H


Cultivate assiduously a religious life, because the I world will not be satisfied with anything else. You H


f frained from making any first move himeslf, as he IIi waited for God to lead. He did not want to get into


been published recently in several new languages or I dialects. In the Philippines there is the Ibanag New


Three young ministers of the Presbyterian Church I have gone to Hungary, where they will spend a' year ' I among the peasants of that country, studying their


languages and customs. On their return to America I they are pleged to give three years to work among im- - I migrants under the Presbyterian Home Mission Board. I They are the first young men to avail themselves of I fellowships which were created a few months ago by I the immigrant department of the board. Missionary H


Jews, 10,000 French, 10,000 Chinese, 10,000 Croatians, , jH 8,000 Mexicans, etc. etc. In Northern California are


home work. It is done by the aged, by cripples, by I women and children. The pay is at the rate of one


for Congress has enacted a law more drastic than the Ii postmen expected, providing that no mail except spec- -


I PERSONALS. I Miss Britt spent a week out in Kansas, speaking I at Chapman, Reinhart, and Pearl. I We received a pleasant visit in September from I r.viv. and Mrs. Isaiah McDowell of Salina, Kas. I j Miss 'Minnie Pike spent several days in Ottawa


the past week, called there by the death of her aunt. I Miss Etta Babbitt, '11, stopped at Fisk Hall for I a short visit enroute to her appointment at New Castle,


Miss Garretson was gladdened by a visit from her I 'mother, Mrs. Mary Garretson of Wilsey, Kas., for sev- -


II eral days. I Mrs. McGlumphrey of Chester, W. Va., spent sev- - I eral days with us visiting her daughter, Ellen, of the I ( Senior class.


I Miss Blanche Yoxall, '12, writes enthusiastically I of her work in the Salina District. Her' first work is I "at Beloit, Kas.


Mr. George Avery, brother of our Miss Avery, '10, I made us a pleasant call recently, enroute from Biloxi, H


Miss Lena Moffet, '12, spent Sunday with us Oc- - I tober G, enroute to Barre, Vt., where she will serve as H


Miss Ruby Davis, '12, made us a pleasant visit for I a few days on her way to Wilmington, Del., where she H


We acknowledge with gratitude the gift of an I organ for our Mission, the gift of Mrs. Alice Rhoades,


Mrs. Leebrick, mother of our Miss Minnie Lee-- I brick, was our guest over night recently, 'having come H to the city to visit her sister. H


Soulen, and Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Archer, all of Galena, H Kas., made us a very pleasant call Oct. 3rd. ( H


H Mr. E. V. Donaldson, husband of Ethel LeiVan H Donaldson, class of 1910, whose death was reported H last month, visited us on his way to Aurora, 111., where H he has gone to take charge of the Boys' Department in


H iology and Ethics last year, on his election to the office I of Dean of Ottawa University, Ottawa, Kas. and I teacher of Sociology. We also congratulate the Uni- - I versity on securing so competent a man. I Miss Edith Mann, '09, was married at her home I in Boulder, Colo., Sept. 11, to Mr. Fred Pierce of De- - I troit, Mich. We were glad to receive a visit from them I on their way to Detroit, where they will make their I home. Miss Mann has for the past year been superin- - I tendent of Tillman Avenue Mission in Detroit, where I her work was a good success. The home is indeed I favored that has received her .presence and love.


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1256098  with the help of people living with brain tumours (both adults and children) and their carers.


If you’re still unsure about how it can help, watch Jess’ video as she explains it in a little more detail.


If your loved one has sadly passed away from a brain tumour, you can still contribute to BRIAN on their behalf.


By telling BRIAN about your loved one's experience, in memory, you can provide potentially life-saving information to others affected by a brain tumour, help shape future research for scientists and allow clinicians to make better-informed decisions – a lasting way to make a difference and allow your loved one's memory to live on.


To contribute their information, please complete this expression of interest form and we'll be in touch once we have completed the legal process of approval for accessing and using medical information posthumously.


Currently, we are asking for patients with primary brain tumours to give us access to their medical records to help us build BRIAN. So, where possible, the person with the brain tumour should complete the consent form themselves. Only the person with the legal authority to make medical decisions should complete the form. This is usually the patient but can also be parents if the person is under 16.


Yes, if you would like a family member, friend or carer to be able to access BRIAN (once it's live) on your behalf, you can add their details as part of the patient consent form. However, it is important that they do not complete the consent form on your behalf unless they are your lasting/enduring power of attorney, or (if under 16) your parent. A family member, friend or carer can also be added or removed once BRIAN is live.


To ensure that BRIAN has a lasting impact on the lives of those living with brain tumours, we ask everyone to consent to sharing their medical records. BRIAN is designed and led by people living with brain tumours who want to make better-informed decisions about the disease and accelerate research to find a cure. So, the key to the success of BRIAN is in the community's willingness to share information for mutual benefit.


Patient medical data will be applied for and acquired from England and Wales' national data-sets with the appropriate consent *. Patients and carers will also be able to upload real-time information about their diagnosis, their treatment (both prescribed and non-prescribed) and the impact it has on their quality of life.


(*) Scotland and North Ireland will be included in later phases. We welcome quality of life data from patients in these areas.


BRIAN will use electronic medical records provided to us directly and securely by the official record-holders such as NHS Digital and Public Health England. Those that have joined BRIAN will be able to securely view their own official records through BRIAN and combine them with their own personal records and quality of life data, creating an incredibly informative set of records.


We welcome participation by those who live in Scotland and Northern Ireland, so if you would like to take part, and live in these areas, please complete the pre-registration form. The process for Scotland and Northern Ireland is slightly different to that of England and Wales, but we are working to ensure the correct measures and permissions are in place to collect this data in a later phase of the project. If you choose to complete the pre-registration form, we'll be in touch as our progress in Scotland and Northern Ireland develops.


Our aim is to have BRIAN accessible to all brain tumour patients and those affected by a diagnosis, to share information and experiences across the globe and accelerate research to find a cure. Whilst participation by people who live outside of the UK will not be available at the initial launch, we will be working to bring together data from healthcare providers and researchers across the world in the future. If you live outside of the UK but would like to take part in the future, please complete the pre-registration form and we will keep you updated on our progress to bring BRIAN to your part of the world.


Post to: BRIAN, The Brain Tumour Charity, Hartshead House, 61-65 Victoria Road, Farnborough, GU14 7PA.


Patients will share their data with carers and family members as well as with others living with the same disease through anonymised reports. Doctors and scientists can also access reports on groups of patients (anonymously) to help improve outcomes and speed up research into brain tumours. Rest assured, we will protect your privacy. Full details are included within the Patient Information Sheet within the sign-up process.


No. The launch of BRIAN will not affect our other services and we will continue to offer a wide range of inclusive and accessible services for everyone affected by a brain tumour, whether you are signed up to BRIAN or not. Please visit Get Support for more information.


BRIAN will be designed so that patients and their carers can compare their progress and experiences with groups of other individuals who have the same brain tumour, helping them to make better-informed decisions about their treatment to get the best possible outcome.


If you would like to connect directly with other people living with a brain tumour our Information and Support Team will be happy to help you. You can find out how to do so on our Facebook Support Groups


Clinical trials are a vital step in making sure that new treatments reach patients. Only 3% of brain tumour patients are currently enrolled in clinical trials, compared with 7.5% of cancer patients overall, yet research shows that people want to be asked. With BRIAN, we are determined to address this issue. Through BRIAN, patients will identify potentially suitable clinical trials based on their brain tumour type.


We are working hard to develop BRIAN and aim to launch it in Spring 2019. If you would like to consent to us accessing your medical records now and be part of the BRIAN community, please fill in our online form (hard copies are also available on request). Your consent will give us permission to get your medical records and add them into BRIAN so that you, and others affected, will have enough useful information to review when it launches. We will keep you updated with our progress through regular e-newsletters.


As at 21 September 2018, 492 people had joined BRIAN. Of these, around 92% are patients, 5% are parents or legal guardians of patients and 3% are consultees of patients.


The Charity has applied to both NHS Digital and Public Health England (PHE) to receive electronic medical treatment data. While we have been waiting to receive this data we have been building the database that we will be using for storing this information.


We have also developed a prototype patient portal, which is an interface or screen that can be used to input data such as quality of life information into BRIAN. By producing a prototype and sharing this with some of those that have joined BRIAN we have been able to gather invaluable feedback to help us design the actual patient portal.


Abby and Tanner met in Oklahoma City through mutual friends after they each began their careers. Once they realized they shared a love for adventure and a commitment to family and friends, their relationship quickly evolved and they soon became inseparable. After a few years of dating, he asked her father for his blessing and he proposed near a beautiful lake. A secret photographer captured the moment and they spent the evening celebrating with family and friends.


From the beginning, they knew they wanted a classic wedding – something simple yet elegant. They chose the historic Mayo Hotel in Tulsa because Abby fell in love with the grand staircase and the beautiful ballroom. It was also the perfect midpoint between their hometowns of Edmond and Fayetteville.


On April 8, 2017, their day had finally arrived. Abby walked down the aisle in a fit and flare gown with a cascading skirt and crystal-embroidered straps. The bridesmaids wore stunning sequin gowns. Tanner and his groomsmen wore timeless black tuxedos. The couple said “I do” and shared their first kiss as Mr. and Mrs. Horn under a whimsical floral arch. The wedding and reception were romantically decorated in hues of ivory, blush and hints of green. One of Tanner’s requests was to have a lively atmosphere, so they found the perfect band from Memphis, Tennessee. Their first dance as husband and wife was to Ray LaMontagne’s “You Are the Best Thing.” The newlyweds danced the night away and brought the evening to an end by serenading their guests on stage.


The couple could not have dreamed of a more perfect wedding weekend to celebrate the beginning of their life together. Abby and Tanner spent their honeymoon exploring Thailand and now reside in Oklahoma City.


In patients with heart failure and type 2 diabetes (T2D), primary prevention with aspirin reduced all-cause mortality but increased nonfatal myocardial infarction (MI) and stroke, according to research presented at the American College of Cardiology 67th Annual Scientific Session, held March 10-12, 2018, in Orlando, Florida.


Charbel Abi Khalil, MD, PhD, and colleagues analyzed data from The Health Improvement Network UK primary care database to assess the effect of aspirin for primary prevention in patients with heart failure and T2D.


Data were obtained from 12,534 participants with no prior history of MI, stroke, peripheral artery disease, or atrial fibrillation. In total, 5967 participants were given aspirin (137 were given a >75-mg dose) and 6567 did not take aspirin.


In the 5.2-year follow-up, aspirin reduced all-cause mortality and heart failure hospitalization (HR 0.89; 95%


1256099 ective” stories. Warm, witty, and nostalgic, this series is happy reading, and this novel is a fine addition to the series.


Notes: Also reviewed here are several other novels by Alexander McCall Smith. Check the Authors tab at the top of the Home page, if you are interested.


Posted in 9-2009 Reviews, Botswana, Humor, Satire, Absurdity, Mystery, Thriller, Noir, Social and Political Issues


“Droll films in which [Charlie] Chaplin played a down-and-out fellow plagued by bouts of bad luck who still managed to prevail against all odds were enjoying fantastic success in Japan. Something about the inner, utterly anarchic expression of that short, shabbily dressed, always melancholically amused, mustachioed hero, stirred the Japanese soul deeply; they applauded his cinematographic escapades, and his revolt against authority, usually embodied by cretinous policemen, was felt by the audience to be extremely liberating.”


Set in Berlin and Tokyo in the 1930s, Swiss author Christian Kracht’s latest novel offers an unusual fictional vision of the prewar years in Germany and Japan – one in which the primary focus of the author – and ultimately of his two main characters – is not that of reality as much as it is of cinema: Life and the future can be controlled in a film, even if they can not be controlled in real life. At this time, Hollywood is recognized as the center of the film industry, and its stars are recognized throughout the world. With Germany becoming more militaristic and more devoted to expansionist goals, and Japan wanting to counteract the national influence of the Chinese and the seeming omnipotence of American culture, however, it is only a small step before both Germany and Japan decide that the most effective way to accomplish their own specific goals may be to affect national opinion through the production of their own films.


Emil Nageli, a young Swiss film director nearing his thirtieth birthday, has been in Berlin talking with Reich Minister Hugenberg, who believes that a well-made horror film – “an allegory, if you like, of the coming dread” – would attract much attention, even in America. He also wants to involve the Japanese, however, since he believes that they “will sooner or later subdue the Asian continent” and when that happens, he hopes the globe will be “overrun with German films, colonized with celluloid.” Masahiko Amakasu, a Japanese film maker and admirer of Nageli, hopes to establish a relationship with the Germans and arranges for a meeting with Nageli in Japan. Amakasu, too, envisions film changing the world, hoping a Japanese film will “counteract the seeming omnipotence of American cultural imperialism in the realm of film.” As the novel works its way back and forth in time, back and forth between the Germans and the Japanese, back and forth between the two main characters, and back and forth between reality and the imagination, represented here primarily through cinema, the reader is introduced to the characters, in detail, along with their family histories, their personal goals, and just how far they are willing to go to protect themselves and those they love.


A meeting takes place between Nageli and Amakasu at the Imperial Hotel, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.


In the epigraph which introduces the novel, Virginia Woolf is quoted as saying, “What is life? That’s the question. Something not necessarily leading to a plot,” and the author takes this to heart here in The Dead. In a spectacularly dramatic scene, Kracht’s novel begins with a Japanese officer who “had committed some transgression or other [and who] now intended to punish himself in the living room of an altogether nondescript house.” The reader then discovers that a hidden, live camera is recording the young officer’s every movement, every breath, every thought as he disembowels himself, committing seppuku. In the next chapter, young Swiss director Emil Nageli is flying from Zurich to Berlin in an old, shuddering aircraft, and he is “at the end of his tether” – terrified – an ironic juxtaposition of the moods and cultural contrasts between East and West which will also be obvious in later scenes between Nageli and Amakasu. Here both main characters are so obsessed with their own visions of their futures – and their contrasting attitudes toward death and responsibility – that that they fail to distinguish between what is real and what is imagined, and that, according to the epigraph, is what life is all about. It also explains why the novel moves around so much, focusing on a variety of different times, places, and people without connecting all the details into a neat package.