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This type of car insurance provides coverage to third party life and property and does not cover the insured vehicle
This type of car insurance provides coverage to your vehicle as well as third party and property
This type of insurance provides coverage for your car’s damages and losses including events caused due to man made, natural calamities, and theft.
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Add-ons should be bought right at the time when you buy the policy. Many insurers don’t allow buying add-on while you are in between the policy year.
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Yes, a policyholder while buying the policy can buy as many add-ons as they wish under a standalone own-damage or comprehensive car plan.
1. Contact the insurance company & let them know about the engine part or parts’ damages.
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3. After the evaluation, if the claim is approved the reimbursement amount will be paid to the policyholder.
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Yes, it keeps you from bearing heavy financial losses pertaining to your engine damages in the long-run.
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A PhD project is available in the area of spin dynamics in antiferromagnetic materials, in which spins precess on a picosecond (one trillionth of a second corresponds to THz frequency) timescale and strongly couple to electro-magnetic waves. To excite THz magnons we will use ultrashort strong electro-magnetic fields produced either by table-top ultrafast lasers or by electron bunches at electron-beam facilities of Cockroft Institute. We will push the driven spin dynamics into strongly nonlinear regime required for practical applications such as quantum computation or magnetization switching . We will investigate nonlinear interaction of intense and highly coherent magnons with an eye on reaching regimes of auto-oscillations, nonlinear frequency conversion and complete magnetization reversal.
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Two people had the dubious distinction of being the first to wear electronic tags on their wrists for violating quarantine rules.
Health authorities said the two were wearing the devices from 6 p.m. Tuesday and will have to keep them on for the rest of their self-quarantine period. One was caught in Daegu visiting a coffee shop, and the other in Busan walking near a school.
The central government announced the controversial electronic tags in late April. Quarantine violators can refuse to wear them but will then be interned in a government facility at their own expense, so they effectively have no choice.
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A St. Clair County man alleges he suffered chest, neck, right shoulder, right hand and right knee injuries after a driver failed to obey a stop sign and struck his vehicle.
Marlowe Mosley filed a lawsuit Jan. 15 in St. Clair County Circuit Court against Wilbert Williams.
According to the complaint, Mosley was driving north on Third Avenue and proceeding through its intersection with Missouri Avenue in East St. Louis on Sept. 11, 2014, when Williams, who was driving west on Missouri Avenue, ran a stop sign and struck Mosley's vehicle.
In addition to his injuries, Mosley suffered a torn labrum in his right shoulder, a partial tear of his ulnar collateral ligament in his right hand and a torn meniscus in his right knee, according to the complaint. He also incurred medical costs of more than $24,000, the suit states.
Mosley blames Williams for causing the collision, saying he negligently failed to obey a stop sign, failed to keep a careful lookout, failed to keep his vehicle under control, failed to yield the right-of-way, failed to stop or swerve to avoid a collision and drove too fast.
Mosley seeks a judgment of more than $50,000, plus costs and other relief the court deems just.
Attorney James T. Corrigan, of Onder, Shelton, O'Leary and Peterson in St. Louis, will represent Mosley.
St. Clair County Circuit Court case number: 15-L-19.

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This record was one of those “oh my gawd, I can’t believe I found this” dollar bin finds. I’ve loved Linda Clifford ever since hearing “Gypsy Lady” and just can’t get enough of her. “Gypsy Lady” was co-written by the one and only Curtis Mayfield.
Here’s a rip of the first track from her 1979 record “Let Me Be Your Woman” – mixed by Jim Burgess. The bass is deep and the strings are soaring. Strongly recommend good headphones for this listen..
Linda Clifford – Hold Me Close
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*The following is excerpted from an online article posted on EurekAlert.
Adolescent binge drinking modifies gene expression in a fashion that increases susceptibility to anxiety and alcohol use disorders in adulthood, according to research in rats recently published in eNeuro. Targeting the microRNAs responsible could be a new route for undoing the damage of alcohol use caused during adolescence.
Previous researchers found that microRNA, small bits of RNA that modify how genes are expressed rather than coding for a protein, are involved in how early-life alcohol exposure changes the brain, but the exact mechanism was unknown.
Researchers exposed adolescent rats to alcohol and measured the resulting levels of miR-137, one type of microRNA, in the rats’ amygdalae. The rats exposed to alcohol displayed increased levels of miR-137, resulting in lower expression of proteins necessary for healthy neuron growth and branching.
In adulthood, the rats displayed higher levels of anxiety behaviors and a higher preference for alcohol compared to control rats. Inhibiting miR-137 in the amygdala reversed the anxiety and alcohol preference in the rats with an adolescent drinking history.


REMOVAL & INSTALLATION
Without Air Bag
- Place the ignition switch in the RUN position.
- Remove the lockplate, turn signal switch and buzzer switch.
- Remove the screw and lock cylinder.
If the screw is dropped on removal, it could fall into the column, requiring complete disassembly to retrieve the screw.To install:
- Rotate the cylinder clockwise to align cylinder key with the keyway in the housing.
- Push the lock all the way in.
- Install the screw. Tighten the screw to 14 inch lbs. (2 Nm) for adjustable columns and 25 inch lbs.
(3 Nm) for standard columns.With Air Bag
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- Turn the steering wheel so the vehicles wheels are pointed straight ahead.
- Place the ignition switch into the LOCK position to prevent undercentering of the coil assembly.
- Disable the SIR system. Disconnect the negative battery cable.
- Remove the coil assembly retaining ring, then disconnect the inflatable restraint coil assembly. Let the switch hang freely if removal is not needed. To remove the coil assembly proceed.
- Remove the wave washer, then the shaft retaining lock ring with tool J-23653-SIR to push down on the shaft lock. Dispose of the ring, it is not reusable.
- Remove the shaft lock, then disconnect the canceling cam assembly.
- Remove the upper bearing spring, race seat and race.
- Position the turn signal to the right turn (up) position.
- Remove the multi-function lever and hazard knob assembly. Unfasten the round washer head screw and signal switch arm, along with the turn signal switch screws.
- Remove the turn signal switch assembly by unfastening the connector from the bulkhead connector. Gently pull on the harness through the column and disconnect.
- Make sure the coil assembly does not become uncentered, this could happen if the centering spring is pushed down letting the hub rotate while the coil is removed from the steering column.
- Remove the inflatable restraint coil assembly with the wiring harness from the column assembly.
- Remove the wire protector, then attach a length of mechanics wire to the coil terminal connector to aid in reassembly. Then gently pull the wire through the column.
- Remove the key from the steering column lock cylinder set, then remove the buzzer switch assembly.
- Reinsert the key into the lock cylinder, turn it to the LOCK position.
- Remove the lock retaining screw, then the cylinder.
Make sure all fasteners are securely seated before applying the necessary torque. If you fail to do so, component damage or malfunctioning of the steering column may occur.
- Install the lock cylinder assembly, insert the retaining screw, then tighten to 22 inch lbs. (2.5 Nm).
- Insert the key into the lock cylinder. Install the buzzer switch assembly. Turn the key to the LOCK position.
- Install the turn signal switch assembly wiring harness through the column, let the switch hang freely. Connect the wiring to the bulkhead.
- Insert the coil assembly wiring harness through the column letting the coil hang freely. Attach the turn signal assembly with the binding head screws. Tighten the screws to 30 inch lbs. (3 Nm).
- Attach the signal switch arm with the round washer head screw, tighten the screw to 20 inch lbs. (2 Nm).
- Install the hazard knob assembly and the multi-function lever.
- Install the inner race, upper bearing race seat and spring. Attach the turn signal cancelling cam assembly, apply grease for lubrication.
- Replace the shaft lock and install a new shaft lock retaining ring. Use tool J-23653-SIR or equivalent to push down on the shaft lock. The ring must be firmly seated in the groove on the shaft.
Set the steering shaft so that the block tooth on the race and upper shaft is at the 12 o'clock position. The wheel on the car should be straight ahead. Set the ignition switch to the LOCK position, as this will ensure no damage to the coil assembly.
- Install the wave washer, then attach the coil assembly, make sure it is centered correctly.
- Attach the coil assembly retaining ring, the ring must be firmly seated in the groove on the shaft.
- Gently pull the lower coil assembly, turn signal, and pivot (pulse) wires to remove any kinks that may be inside the steering column assembly. If you fail to do this you can damage the wiring.
- Complete assembling the steering column assembly.
- Attach the negative battery cable.
- Check the functions of the turn signal, make sure it cancels when turned on and the steering wheel is turned.
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The long-range side-chain repulsion between the (1R,2R,3R,5R)-2-amino-6,6-dimethyl-bicyclo[3.1.1]-heptane-3-carboxylic acid (trans-ABHC) residues stabilize the H12 helix in beta-peptide oligomers.
Galectin-1 (Gal-1), a ubiquitous beta-galactoside-binding protein expressed by various normal and pathological tissues, has been implicated in cancer and autoimmune/inflammatory diseases in consequence of its regulatory role in adhesion, cell viability, proliferation, and angiogenesis. The functions of Gal-1 depend on its affinity for… (More)
Various patterns of foldameric oligomers formed by trans-ABHC ((1S,2S,3S,5S)-2-amino-6,6-dimethylbicyclo[3.3.1]heptane-3-carboxylic acid) and β(3)-hSer residues were studied. NMR, ECD and molecular modelling demonstrated that octameric and nonameric sequences with multiple i-i+3 ABHC pair repulsions attain the β-H18 helix in CD(3)OH. As a close relative of… (More)

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Special issue in Frontiers in Marine Science
Topic: The Changing Carbonate Systems in Coastal, Estuarine, Shelf Areas and Marginal Seas
The world’s oceans play a fundamental role in the exchange of carbon dioxide (CO2) with the atmosphere and constitute an important sink for atmospheric CO2. It was estimated that oceans absorb one-third of the total annual anthropogenic CO2 emissions. This exchange greatly influences the biogeochemistry of ocean carbon and has a great impact on the acidification of the Earth’s oceans, biological production as well as on the distribution of pollutants. Therefore, is important to understand the processes that regulate the CO2 fluxes since the projections of climatic change are, in great proportion, dependent on the distribution of CO2 between the atmosphere, soil, and ocean. Considering longer time periods, the most important processes influencing pCO2 in seawater are the dissolution of atmospheric CO2 (“solubility pump”) and relationship with sea currents and the biological uptake of carbon and transport from euphotic zone to ocean abyssal regions (“biological pump”). Although the coastal areas and marginal seas represent only 7% of the total ocean area, the input, production, and degradation of organic matter are much higher compared to the ocean waters suggesting that CO2 fluxes are very intensive and important in the global carbon budget.
This Research Topic encourages researchers to submit original papers from different marine areas: coastal, estuarine, shelf areas, and marginal seas that are particularly sensitive to changing atmospheric conditions, riverine inputs, air-sea CO2 exchanges, and multiple acid-base reactions that can alter carbonate chemistry. Papers on the long-term trends of CO2 system descriptors, as well as the interactions with calcifying organisms, are also welcome. Importantly, any actions to mitigate the change in pH will require adaptive management of multiple stressors simultaneously across several spatial scales.
- Abstract: 15 February 2022
- Manuscript: 16 March 2022
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NEW CANAAN, Conn. – Fairfield County residents will be a bit warmer this winter thanks in part to New Canaan’s Reed Schultz.
Schultz, a student at the Brunswick School, coordinated his second annual Thanks-for-Giving Clothing Drive.
Nearly 1,900 pounds of clothing and household items were collected in the holiday clothing drive.
The clothing was given to the Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southwestern Connecticut Foundation. Established in 2009, the foundation assists Big Brothers Big Sisters by providing money for its mentoring programs, enabling the agency to continue serving children and families across southwestern Connecticut.
“We are thrilled by the high volume of household items and clothes that were donated by the drive Reed Schultz organized, which will help to serve the local children who need mentors,” said Ken Kuntz, operations manager for Big Brothers Big Sisters.
Schultz’s first clothing drive last winter collected more than 500 articles of clothing.
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What is the European Health Insurance Card (EHIC)? The EHIC covers you in most European countries, just like the NHS does at home. It lets doctors know not to bill you or your insurer for anything that qualifies under the scheme. … [Read more...] about How will Brexit affect European Health Insurance Cards and can I still use my EHIC?
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'The Common Travel Area will remain, so people will be able to go freely across the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, and there is no desire from anybody to erect physical barriers. … [Read more...] about Jacob Rees-Mogg says no-deal Brexit would NOT lead to a hard border in Ireland as he speaks to DUP members in Ballymena
"The government's stubborn refusal to extend the transition period means we now face a costly and damaging no deal Brexit at the end of the year. I am urging all opposition parties to come together to stop this disastrous outcome and move this country forward." … [Read more...] about UK to spend £700m setting up new border bureaucracy for after Brexit
Jac cuts Zara down to size Solidarity with Jacqueline Jossa for having the guts to call out the soul-destroying techniques our High Street stores are using to shrink sizes, causing emotional turmoil in the process. … [Read more...] about The Royal Family will be in crisis for years thanks to randy Prince Andrew and Harry and Meghan


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Corn futures closed sharply lower, posting the largest intraday drop for the December 2015 corn contract since March 28, 2013. With the trade already leaning bearish on net drying and cooler temps in the forecast for the Eastern Corn Belt, concerns about global fallout from trouble with the Chinese economy put substantial pressure on the corn market. USDA issued its weekly crop progress report after the close where much of the trade was expecting a small improvement. The corn condition rating was up 1 point on the Brugler500 Index from last week, at 376; last year it was at 392 this week, and it was at 384 this week in 2010. As of Sunday night, 78% of the crop had reached the silking stage, 1 point ahead the 5yr avg for this week. About 14% of the national crop is in the dough stage, while the 5yr avg is 17%. Weekly export inspections reported this morning were 1.108 MMT; down from last week, but well above the same week a year ago.
Sep 15 Corn closed at $3.73, down 19 1/2 cents,
Dec 15 Corn closed at $3.83 1/2, down 19 1/4 cents,
Mar 16 Corn closed at $3.94 1/4, down 18 1/2 cents

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Police are urging parents to keep an eye on their kids following reports of schoolchildren fighting with knives.
Cops were called to Belchers Lane in Bordesley Green, on Friday, after disorder - including pupils in uniform - is understood to have broken out around 4pm.
They attended the scene but no offences were disclosed.
Police undertook extra patrols on Friday evening to reassure the public and later expressed their concerns on Twitter.
Birmingham East NTF tweeted: “Overhearing on the radio a disorder involving school kids, in uniform, with knives.
“It still astounds me how little regard these children have for life, both their own and their peers and how willing they are to carry weapons.”
Bordesley Green WMP tweeted: “PARENTS: Please do your part to combat knife crime and check what your children are taking to school.
“We are working closely with schools and partner agencies to tackle knife crime, please help us out.”
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A force spokesman said: “We were called to reports of teenagers fighting in Belchers Lane, Bordesley Green, just after 4pm on Friday (7 February).
“Officers attended and no offences were disclosed.”
Youth knife crime in the city is a major concern for the city.
Last year, the Home Office allocated more than £7 million to West Midlands Police in a bid to make the region safer.
It comes after Police and Crime Commissioner David Jamieson described knife crime as a ‘national emergency.’
The focus is on reducing knife crime among young people, and the lion’s share of the cash will be ploughed into prevention and enforcement.
The money will fund an initial 163,400 policing hours during the first year, using existing officers working extra time dedicated to reducing violence, particularly at night.
And 75 new police staff investigators (PSIs) will be employed on one year contracts to investigate a range of crimes which will help allow neighbourhood teams to be more focused on how they can work with communities to help prevent youth violence.


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Candidate Donald Trump pledged to build a wall on the Mexican border, and he has taken steps to make that a reality as president.
The push implies droves of outsiders are clamoring to make their way to America, but one Wisconsin congressman says a basic assumption behind that effort is wrong.
"We're experiencing a net outflow of illegal, undocumented workers from America back to Mexico," U.S. Rep. Ron Kind, D-La Crosse, said Feb. 16, 2017 on Wisconsin Public Radio. "To build a wall now would be locking them in this country."
Are there really more illegal Mexican immigrants going than coming?
Research backs up claim
There are no perfect statistics when it comes to illegal immigration — it’s inherently impossible to track accurately. But U.S. and Mexican government data analyzed by the Pew Research Center shows the immigration trend reversed in the last decade.
The estimated number of Mexicans in the United States illegally rose steadily for many years, from 2.9 million in 1995 to a peak of 6.9 million in 2007. But the number began dropping in 2008 and has fallen more since, reaching 5.8 million in 2014, the latest year for which Pew analyzed data.
If the number is falling, that means more illegal Mexican immigrants are leaving the United States than entering it. The numbers include both immigrants who entered the U.S. illegally and those who overstayed their visas.
According to Pew, key factors in the decline are the Great Recession, which meant U.S. job losses in construction and other sectors where Mexican immigrants are likely to work; a rising number of deportations; and increasing numbers of U.S. Border Patrol agents.
Immigration experts from a variety of think tanks said Pew’s research on illegal immigration is well respected and saw no reason to doubt its methodology.
The change in migration patterns is also reflected in the number of apprehensions on the Mexican border by the U.S. Border Patrol. About 191,000 Mexicans were apprehended along the southern border in the 2016 fiscal year. At the peak of Mexican immigration in 2007, the Border Patrol apprehended 809,000 Mexicans.
Overall, illegal immigration was largely static from 2009 to 2014, as the drop in Mexican immigration was mostly offset by an increase from other areas, such as Central America and Asia. (In 2014 the two regions combined for an estimated 3.2 million illegal immigrants, just over half the total from Mexico.)
The overall number of illegal immigrants in the United States — from all countries of origin — held steady from 2009 to 2014 at around 11 million, Pew estimates.
In 2014, the Border Patrol apprehended more non-Mexicans than Mexicans for the first time in at least 60 years, Pew reported. Mexicans still accounted for about 52% of illegal immigration in 2014, though.
Kind said more unauthorized Mexican immigrants are returning to Mexico than coming into the U.S.
Immigration data gathered by a respected group shows that is an accurate synopsis of the trend since 2007.
We rate Kind’s statement True.

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UK: Medical notes lost in car park
Confidential patient medical records and a blank prescription pad have been found strewn across a Dudley clinic’s car park. The shocking lapse in security over patients’ intimate medical details could land The Central Clinic, Hall Street, in trouble as the blunder breaks several data protection laws and regulations.[…]
Dr Paul Brian Varney Brettell, whose name was on the prescription pad and Dr Touseef Safdar, a partner at the practice, apologised for the blatant breach of security.
Dr Safdar said: “I am deeply sorry for any data loss from our practice.
“I can only apologise to the patients concerned and assure the rest of our patients that we will now be looking hard at our processes to ensure this can never happen again.[…]
Dudley Primary Care Trust have been informed about the security breach and are investigating.
Read more on Dudley News.

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INDIANAPOLIS - Sixty Indianapolis Metro Police Department recruits were sworn in by Mayor Greg Ballard Monday with plans to add 20 more by the end of the year.
The new recruits were said to be a step in the right direction to strengthening the city's public safety ranks. The group also represented IMPD's largest and most racially diverse class of recruits. Sixty percent of its members are white, 28 percent are black and 12 percent are Hispanic.
Although law enforcement is considered one of the most dangerous careers, police recruit Babacar Diouf said he wants to make Indy streets safer.
"I've always wanted to be a police officer. I've always felt like a protector. I want to help people. I think this is the perfect career for me," Diouf said.
Diouf comes from the Department of Correction Re-Entry program. During his six years there, he tried to help people get out of prison. His new job will be to send offenders back.
"The prison system is a controlled environment. Outside, it's not the same. I do believe the IMPD Academy will provide its recruits to be trained and ready," he said.
The new recruits come at a time when staffing levels at IMPD have dropped to their lowest levels since 2007. The city will fund 50 recruits from existing public safety revenues. The other 30 positions have no funding beyond the end of the year, RTV6's Jack Rinehart reported.
Public Safety Director Troy Riggs said the agency is focused on building up its staff.
"Simultaneous to hiring officers, we're hiring 40 civilian employees this year. Any officers in those positions will be moved back to the streets," Riggs said.
The police department averages 42 retirements per year. With current staffing levels at more than 230 officers, officials said the new recruits will have a neutral impact on the roster.
Darius Latham's suspension lifted
Indiana University football player Darius Latham will play in Saturday's game against Penn State.
Franklin Township student population swells
When you witness a passing period at Franklin Township Middle School East, it becomes clear: The building is at (or over) its capacity.
Carroll County man charged after dog attack
A Carroll County man has been charged after his dogs attacked two women, seriously injuring both.
29-year-old inspires in fight against cancer
She got breast cancer against all the odds. A 29-year-old healthy athlete found lumps in her breast during a self-exam. And it taught her a…
Man sentenced to 103 years for aunt's murder
A central Indiana man was sentenced to 103 years for the murder of his aunt in 2011.


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I was going through some images yesterday looking for some shots for a friend when I came across a few unseen Honu shots from a dive in Maui.
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Contact me about getting one of these on your wall? :) It'd look great, I promise. Share the Aloha and love of the Ocean.
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Batman and Robin has been one of DC Comics’ most compelling New 52 ongoing series. Last week saw its recent “The Hunt For Robin” arc become the “Robin Rises” arc kicked off with Batman’s Robin Rises Omega #1 (spoilers here) with Part 1 being technically Batman and Robin #33 (spoilers here).
How this all fits into DC’s upcoming Darkseid War event remains to be seen.
Here’s what you need to know to be caught up on all things Batman and Robin leading into Robin Rises:
Ok, now onto Robin Rises Part 2!
Spoilers and capsule review follow for Robin Rises’ Batman and Robin #34!
Looks like Batman is hell-bent on getting to Apokolips to retrieve his son Damian Wayne’s corpse, but also to bring him back to life. To do that, he must keep the Justice League busy in an interesting way. We also learn that Batman doesn’t really see new Justice Leaguers Lex Luthor and Captain Cold as serious threats.
Despite that, Lex Luthor finds and confronts Batman. In fact, he wants to help Batman! Regardless, while the Justice League race back to the Watchtower, Batman – in Hellbat armor – enters the Boom Tube and ends the book on Apokolips!
Another, fun and action-packed issue on story and art. Can’t wait for Robin Rises Part 3!
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In foster care in Cyprus - Zorro is one handsome little dude! He walks well on a lead and is just an amazing little guy. Good with other dogs, cats and children. He will make a great addition to any family.
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Attack by German submarine during World War II
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Fighting a fire on board the H.M.S. Assiniboine caused by gunfire from the German submarine.
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Subglottis and proximal trachea of patient 1 demonstrating Intense inflammation before treatment (A) and demonstrating marked improvement after therapy for eosinophilic esophagitis.
Representative esophageal biopsy specimens of children with symptoms of eosinophilic esophagitis. A, Esophageal biopsy specimen from the middle of the esophagus of patient 1 demonstrating the equivocal finding of scattered eosinophils (arrows). The biopsy result was interpreted by the pathologist as likely to be reflux esophagitis, but the child responded to eosinophilic esophagitis therapy. B, Marked intraepithelial eosinophilia in a child who unequivocally had eosinophilic esophagitis. C, Rare intraepithelial eosinophils, as are commonly seen in reflux esophagitis (A-C, hematoxylin-eosin, magnification ×400).
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Brigger MT, Misdraji J, Hardy SC, Hartnick CJ. Eosinophilic Esophagitis in Children: A Pathologic or Clinicopathologic Diagnosis? Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2009;135(1):95–100. doi:10.1001/archoto.2008.502
To determine the accuracy of histopathologic diagnosis in distinguishing eosinophilic esophagitis (EE) from gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) in children with upper aerodigestive symptoms.
Masked review of esophageal biopsy findings and comparison with each child's established clinical diagnosis.
A tertiary care multidisciplinary aerodigestive center.
Children were selected from a longitudinal database of all children referred for upper aerodigestive symptoms who underwent a comprehensive evaluation between September 1, 2004, and September 1, 2007. Three groups were recognized based on clinical presentation, initial histologic review, and therapeutic response: children with EE, GERD, or neither.
Review of esophageal biopsy findings by a pathologist masked to the child's clinical or previous pathologic diagnosis.
Main Outcome Measure
Masked histopathologic diagnosis of EE, GERD, or neither.
Medical records from 31 patients were reviewed (11 children with EE, 10 with GERD, and 10 with neither). Diagnostic concurrence between the masked pathologic diagnosis and the established clinicopathologic diagnosis was 64% in children with EE, 70% in children with GERD, and 100% in children with neither. The 4 cases of EE that did not concur were misclassified as GERD when esophageal specimens were evaluated by histopathologic means alone. A clinicopathologic schema for EE developed by gastroenterologists accurately identified 82% of children with EE.
The distinction between EE and GERD cannot be reliably made on histopathologic evidence alone in children with upper aerodigestive symptoms. Despite the recent gastroenterology consensus statement regarding the clinicopathologic diagnosis of EE, children with primary airway symptoms in whom EE is suspected represent a diagnostic dilemma.
Eosinophilic esophagitis (EE) as a clinical entity has become routinely recognized only during the past 10 years. It was first described as a distinct condition in 1993 by Attwood et al1 in patients with symptomatic dysphagia that was out of proportion to the researchers' clinical findings on endoscopy. Because the symptoms are primarily dysphagia related, most reports are in the gastroenterology literature. The most common presenting symptoms in children are vomiting, regurgitation, poor eating, and epigastric pain.2 These symptoms are similar to and difficult to distinguish from those of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). Subsequently, it has been reported that as many as 94% of children with EE exhibit reflux symptoms refractory to proton pump inhibitor (PPI) therapy.3 During adolescence and entering adulthood, the symptoms manifest as solid food dysphagia and impactions that often require endoscopic removal.4
A particular subset of patients has emerged with airway manifestations. The initial report by Orenstein et al5 described an association between marked eosinophilic esophageal infiltrate and wheezing, congestion, and sinusitis. The first child described in the otolaryngology literature presented after a failed airway reconstruction with stridor, vomiting, and regurgitation.6 Subsequently, additional children with airway manifestations of EE have been identified.7
Distinguishing EE from GERD and establishing a definitive diagnosis of EE remains a challenging clinical problem. In clinical practice, the differentiation between EE and GERD in children with upper aerodigestive symptoms hinges on pathologic examination of esophageal biopsy samples. Such reliance on histopathologic findings raises the question of whether the spectrum of the disease entity is strictly a pathologic diagnosis or a clinicopathologic one.
A clear diagnostic paradigm that defines this entity has yet to emerge. The presenting symptoms are often nonspecific, requiring both GERD and other upper aerodigestive disorders to be excluded. There have been a variety of reports2,5,7,8 describing characteristic endoscopic findings, including concentric rings (trachealization), linear furrows, white exudates, and “crepe paper” appearance. However, none is pathognomonic, and often no gross endoscopic abnormality is seen.9
Endoscopic biopsies are generally performed in multiple locations owing to the known heterogeneity and “patchiness” of the eosinophilic infiltrate.8 There are often no mucosal irregularities. However, when present, biopsy of such sites increases diagnostic yield.7 Some histologic findings, such as basal zone hyperplasia, are common to GERD and EE. Low-grade intraepithelial eosinophilia is commonly seen in GERD.10 Attempts to define specific criteria for EE have led to quantification of eosinophilia, usually by counting the number of eosinophils in the squamous epithelium per microscopic high-power field (HPF). There has been variability in reporting in terms of number of eosinophils and in defining what constitutes an HPF. A variety of reports2,5,8,11 suggest that patients whose biopsy samples have more than 20 eosinophils per HPF at ×400 magnification represent EE. However, a subset of patients has clinical symptoms that respond to EE therapy and has biopsy samples that contain fewer than 20 eosinophils per HPF. Several different immunoassays and ultrastructural cellular evaluations have yet to add to the routine histopathologic diagnosis of this clinical entity.7,12
The lack of clear diagnostic criteria led to the recent development of a systematic review and consensus statement by the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA).9 The statement is a clear summary of the available evidence regarding EE as a clinical entity, and it provides the following set of diagnostic guidelines: clinical symptoms of esophageal dysfunction, 15 or more eosinophils in 1 HPF, and no evidence of GERD as defined by either lack of response to high-dose PPI therapy or normal pH monitoring of the distal esophagus. The diagnostic picture described relates primarily to the esophageal manifestations of EE.
As our experience with EE has increased, we have found a diagnostic dilemma to exist in children who primarily present with airway symptoms. The general consensus among clinicians is a reliance on histopathologic interpretation for diagnosis. Unfortunately, it is unclear what clinically and histologically constitutes EE in children, especially in those with airway symptoms. The goal of this study is to determine the accuracy of histopathologic diagnosis in distinguishing EE from GERD in children with upper aerodigestive symptoms, particularly those with airway manifestations. In addition, we seek to clarify the potential pitfalls in the diagnosis of EE in these children.
The multidisciplinary pediatric aerodigestive clinic at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary is a tertiary care referral center for children with aerodigestive symptoms. A pediatric otolaryngologist, pulmonologist, gastroenterologist, and a speech language pathologist jointly evaluate most children. A longitudinal database is used to track their diagnoses, interventions, and progress.
Institutional review board approval for the study was obtained from the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary. From the database, children who underwent a comprehensive evaluation, including endoscopy and esophageal biopsy during a 3-year period (September 1, 2004, to September 1, 2007) were identified. Endoscopic examinations consisted of rigid laryngoscopy and bronchoscopy, as well as flexible bronchoscopy and esophagogastroduodenoscopy. Esophageal biopsies consisted of tissue samples obtained from the proximal and distal esophagus under direct visualization using standard techniques during the esophagogastroduodenoscopy portion of each child's procedure. A total of 273 children underwent similar combined endoscopic procedures for a variety of aerodigestive symptoms.
For this review, the initial diagnosis of EE was defined as upper aerodigestive symptoms in children who satisfied all of the following criteria: (1) minimal or no improvement with antireflux therapy; (2) reported to have eosinophilia on both proximal and distal esophageal biopsy; (3) jointly evaluated, with a pediatric gastroenterologist (S.C.H.) who, after reviewing the pathology report and excluding other systemic and local causes of gastrointestinal eosinophilia, identified and initiated treatment for EE; and (4) demonstrated a documented clinical response to therapy directed at EE.
From the data set, 11 children were identified who met the inclusion criteria. Twenty additional age- and sex-matched children were chosen for whom initial esophageal biopsy findings were consistent with GERD (10 children) or normal (10 children). Medical record review of children with biopsy findings consistent with GERD demonstrated each child to have a reported clinical response to standard antireflux therapies. The medical records of children with biopsy findings interpreted as normal were reviewed and were confirmed to represent children with no overt history or endoscopic findings consistent with EE or GERD. Thus, 3 distinct groups of children were identified as having an initial diagnosis of EE, GERD, or neither.
Subsequently, a board-certified pathologist (J.M.) with expertise in gastrointestinal tract disorders and experience in the pathologic diagnosis of EE reviewed all available esophageal biopsy findings in a masked manner. Eosinophils were quantified per HPF (×400 magnification), and the highest number obtained was recorded. A pathologic diagnosis of EE, GERD, or neither was assigned based on the number of eosinophils at the proximal and distal biopsy sites. Specimens with 20 or more eosinophils per HPF at each site qualified as EE, those with fewer than 20 eosinophils per HPF were considered GERD, and those with no eosinophils qualified as neither. The masked diagnoses were then compared with the clinical diagnoses and the initial pathology reports.
In addition, the diagnostic guidelines of the AGA (see the introduction to this article) were applied to each patient.9 Using these guidelines, we arrived at a clinicopathologic diagnosis referred to as the AGA diagnosis. A comparison was then made between the clinical diagnosis and the AGA diagnosis. Ultimately, 3 distinct diagnoses were identified in each of the 11 children initially diagnosed as having EE: (1) a clinical diagnosis as defined by response to therapy, (2) a masked diagnosis based strictly on pathologic review, and (3) an AGA diagnosis based on the clinicopathologic schema developed by gastroenterologists.
Thirty-one children (26 boys and 5 girls—a striking male predominance) were included in the study (mean age, 4.6 years). The initial clinical diagnosis was EE in 11 children (9 boys and 2 girls; mean age, 5.3 years), GERD in 10 (7 boys and 3 girls; mean age, 4.0 years), and neither in 10 (all boys; mean age, 4.4 years). Although all of the patients had symptoms of airway compromise, presenting symptoms were simplified to primarily cough, dysphagia, and stridor. The most common symptom was a cough (Table 1).
Seven of 11 children (64%) with a clinical diagnosis of EE were also classified as having EE on masked pathologic review. Seven of 10 children (70%) with GERD and all 10 with neither EE nor GERD were similarly assigned by pathologic review.
The AGA guidelines identified 9 of 11 children (82%) with a clinical diagnosis of EE. Both patients who did not meet the AGA diagnostic criteria were also not identified by pathologic review. Therefore, 2 of the 4 patients with a clinical diagnosis of EE who were not identified by the masked pathologic diagnosis were correctly identified as having EE when the AGA guidelines were applied.
The original pathology reports in the EE group were read as diagnostic in 6 of 11 children (55%) and as suggestive of EE in the remaining 5 (45%). Of the 6 initial pathology reports interpreted as diagnostic, 4 were reported as EE on masked pathologic review and 2 were reassigned to GERD, yielding a diagnostic concurrence between initial and blinded pathology reports of 67% (4 of 6).
All initial pathology reports obtained from the GERD subgroup described some degree of epithelial inflammation, including basal cell hyperplasia and variable eosinophilia. All reports mentioned reflux as a possible diagnosis, and none suggested EE or allergic esophagitis as a possible diagnostic consideration. All of the pathology reports in the “neither EE nor GERD” subgroup revealed no diagnostic abnormality and, thus, confirmed the reproducibility of negative pathologic findings in this group. The following cases are representative of the difficulties in diagnosis.
A 5-year-old girl with a history of prematurity and tracheostomy dependence presented for consideration of decannulation. Her only reported symptoms were tracheostomy capping trial failures, secondary to airway obstruction and stridor. She was being treated for GERD with high-dose PPI therapy. Endoscopic examination demonstrated a posterior glottic scar and associated grade II subglottic stenosis. However, the most striking finding was intense inflammation of her subglottis (Figure 1). Proximal and distal esophageal biopsy findings were reported as “mild EE” without quantification (Figure 2). Radioallergosorbent testing demonstrated reactivity to egg protein. Given the presence of active eosinophilic inflammation in the esophageal biopsy samples despite her current regimen of twice-daily PPI therapy and the absence of other etiologies (no evidence of aspiration on modified barium swallow), EE therapy with swallowed fluticasone and egg avoidance was instituted. Follow-up endoscopy 6 weeks later noted marked improvement on endoscopic examination and no inflammation in repeated esophageal biopsy samples (Figure 1B).
Masked review of her biopsy samples resulted in a diagnosis of GERD. In the proximal biopsy sample, 3 eosinophils per HPF were counted, and in the distal biopsy sample, a maximum of 18 eosinophils per HPF were counted, although the distribution in the distal sample was patchy. Given her clinical history and the number of eosinophils per HPF, she would be diagnosed as having EE based on the AGA guidelines.
A 3-year-old boy with a history of prematurity presented with long-term daily cough and intermittent stridor, worse at night. He had been diagnosed as having croup 6 times in the past year. His neonatal history was significant because he had been intubated 54 days while in the neonatal intensive care unit. On arrival, he did not have an oxygen requirement. Overall, he was thriving, but his mother reported that he frequently experienced abdominal pain and distention. He underwent high-dose PPI therapy and was scheduled for triple endoscopy. Despite more than 6 weeks of PPI therapy, his abdominal and airway symptoms did not improve. Subsequently, he underwent triple endoscopy that demonstrated no evidence of subglottic stenosis or esophageal abnormalities. A pH probe was nondiagnostic. However, on histologic review, the proximal and distal esophageal biopsy specimens were interpreted as EE. An additional comment by the interpreting pathologist offered a differential diagnosis between reflux and allergy. Results of radioallergosorbent testing were negative to common food allergens. Swallowed fluticasone and montelukast therapy was instituted, with marked improvement in his cough and abdominal symptoms. In the subsequent 2 years, he improved greatly and was weaned off his medications.
On masked review, his biopsy findings were diagnosed as GERD. Quantitative counts demonstrated rare eosinophils and were reported as 10 per HPF distally and 6 per HPF proximally. Based on the number of eosinophils per HPF, he would not be diagnosed as having EE using the AGA guidelines.
The remaining 2 children not identified by histologic criteria demonstrated variable eosinophilia. One child demonstrated dense distal but absent proximal eosinophilia, and the other had mild distal and proximal eosinophilic infiltrate. Both patients presented with primary airway symptoms of cough and stridor, and responded to therapy directed at EE.
In recent years, the clinical entity of EE has been better delineated. The most common clinical presentations are gastrointestinal and are predominantly associated with some degree of dysphagia. However, as awareness of EE has increased, the variability and complexity of the associated symptoms have become further defined. Some patients exhibit extraesophageal manifestations in the upper aerodigestive tract. As described previously herein, a subset of patients present with cough and/or stridor, with some children displaying subglottic narrowing on endoscopy. In addition, the active inflammation of EE has been suggested to be a cause of failure in airway reconstruction. Thus, a particular concern has been the preoperative evaluation in tracheostomy-dependent children before laryngotracheal reconstruction.
As a tertiary referral center founded on a multidisciplinary approach to pediatric aerodigestive disorders, the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary has seen a variety of children with upper airway symptoms in the setting of esophagitis. As we have become more proficient at identifying and treating children with EE, we have realized the shortcomings in the literature concerning diagnosis of this entity. As expected, the complexity seems to be most pronounced in children with “atypical” presentations that manifest as noisy breathing or stridor.
This report represents the largest series of patients with airway symptoms associated with EE. Based on the design of the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, children are evaluated by a single pediatric otolaryngologist (C.J.H.) and a single pediatric gastroenterologist (S.C.H.), allowing consistency in the evolution of our understanding of EE. Previous reviews in children with airway manifestations of EE are limited to individual case descriptions.
Quantification of eosinophil counts is widely variable in the literature. Most studies address the gastroenterologic symptoms and findings of EE without mention of airway symptoms. As stated previously, 20 eosinophils per HPF is often reported as a suggested quantitative cutoff point. However, several studies refer to more than 15,13-18 more than 24,19,20 or even more than 30 eosinophils per HPF.21 One study22 reported that 7 or more eosinophils per HPF was associated with failing reflux and promotility therapy in 86% of patients, suggesting a diagnosis other than reflux, such as EE. To our knowledge, no studies specifically address eosinophil counts and correlate association with airway manifestations of EE.
In our experience, there seems to be variable understanding of the role of histopathologic diagnosis in the diagnosis of EE across different medical specialties. These results demonstrate that EE is not solely a histopathologic diagnosis based on quantitative eosinophilia. Children with atypical symptoms and equivocal findings on histologic examination pose the greatest diagnostic challenge. At this time, particularly in children with airway symptoms, EE is a clinicopathologic diagnosis. Although histopathologic diagnosis is a key component in identifying children with EE and accurately identifies most children with the disease, it must be recognized that an appropriate clinical setting supported by endoscopic findings and possibly even response to empirical therapy may be required to establish the diagnosis in select patients. Consideration for empirical therapy may be given for children who have unrelenting clinical symptoms despite traditional therapies and who demonstrate equivocal findings of eosinophilia on esophageal biopsy. Currently, a symptomatic response would be considered an end point, although other histologic markers may provide direction in the future. Duration of therapy in this population remains unclear.
Airway manifestations are rarely reported in EE, and recognition of this unusual presentation of the disease is essential for accurate diagnosis. In this setting, reliance on esophageal biopsy alone, particularly quantitative eosinophil counts, may result in an incorrect diagnosis. Furthermore, the clinicopathologic guidelines developed by gastroenterologists, although an improvement over quantitative histopathologic diagnosis alone, do not accurately diagnose all children with extraesophageal manifestations of EE.
In this series, quantitative eosinophil counts did not recognize 4 of 11 children with EE. This failure was due to eosinophil counts of fewer than the 20 eosinophils per HPF criterion used. Several factors may explain this discrepancy. Contributing factors likely include a combination of sampling error related to the known heterogeneity of the eosinophilic infiltrate in EE and the spectrum of disease in this population, particularly those with airway symptoms.
An interesting finding in this population is the male predominance. A 75% to 80% male predominance has been described in EE,5,8 thus echoing our experience. Overall, there is a slight male predominance in the number of children seen by our aerodigestive diagnostic center as a whole. Although EE clearly affects males more frequently than females, it is unclear whether the natural male bias of the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary and the somewhat limited sample size contribute to the finding.
The described patients serve as complex examples of cases when the diagnosis of EE rests on a combination of clinical and histologic findings. As demonstrated, many children were referred with primary airway symptoms and, although the initial pathology reports raised a suspicion of EE, quantitative eosinophil counts were equivocally low. Most significant is the dramatic improvement that each child experienced on the institution of therapy directed at EE.
Several weaknesses are inherent to this study. Particularly, the retrospective design limits the conclusions that can be drawn. In addition, this article represents an initial review; thus, we are limited in the amount of patient data available. Every effort to standardize identification of patients was made, but the specific difficulty that drove this study was the evolving definition of EE.
Future efforts are necessary to more clearly define the spectrum of EE. Further correlations with multiple clinical and histologic factors are under way to further define EE, particularly in children with atypical presentations. In addition, the identification of specific histopathologic markers to improve the diagnostic specificity would contribute greatly to the diagnostic algorithm. Ultimately, as EE becomes further defined, prospective designs can be used to track outcomes.
Correspondence: Matthew T. Brigger, MD, Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, 243 Charles St, Boston, MA 02114 (firstname.lastname@example.org).
Submitted for Publication: March 26, 2008; final revision received June 11, 2008; accepted July 6, 2008.
Author Contributions: Drs Brigger and Hartnick had full access to all of the data in the study and take responsibility for the integrity of the data and the accuracy of the data analysis. Study concept and design: Brigger, Misdraji, and Hartnick. Acquisition of data: Misdraji, Hardy, and Hartnick. Analysis and interpretation of data: Brigger, Misdraji, and Hardy. Drafting of the manuscript: Brigger. Critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content: Brigger, Misdraji, Hardy, and Hartnick. Administrative, technical, and material support: Brigger and Misdraji. Study supervision: Hardy and Hartnick.
Financial Disclosure: None reported.
Disclaimer: The views expressed in this article are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the Department of the Navy, the Department of Defense, or the US government.
Previous Presentation: This study was presented at the 2008 American Society of Pediatric Otolaryngology Scientific Program; May 4, 2008; Orlando, Florida.


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In February 2014, Emery Planning secured planning permission on appeal for Bloor Homes for 25 houses of which 7 were affordable. The appeal was dealt with by way of a public inquiry, which was initially opened in October 2013 and reconvened in January 2014. The main issues were the sustainability of the site and whether Cheshire East Council could demonstrate a deliverable five year housing land supply.
The site is located in Brereton Heath, a village in the rural area of the former Congleton Borough between Holmes Chapel and Congleton. Whilst the majority of the site is included within the “infill boundary line” of Brereton Heath, part of the site to the north falls outside of the boundary. Initially, the Council’s case was that it could demonstrate a five year housing land supply in accordance with the NPPF. However, between the inquiry being adjourned in October 2013 and reconvening in January 2014, the Council accepted that it could not and a statement of common ground was agreed and signed by both of the main parties.
The Inspector made reference to the need for affordable housing, particularly when assessing the high cost of housing relative to income, concluding that the provision of both market and affordable homes would be of particular importance and would assist in addressing the housing need. She stated that she was not aware of any rural exception site in Brereton Heath and this scheme would be a considerable benefit. Reference was made by the Inspector to the 2008 Taylor Review of the Rural Economy (Living Working Countryside), commissioned by the Government. Whilst not being a “policy” document, she considered it to be an important publication regarding its aim to seek to enhance or maintain the vitality of rural communities, being in line with guidance contained in the National Planning Policy Framework.
The Inspector considered that the Council had undertaken a “tick-box” exercise when assessing if a development proposal was sustainable or not, and had relied heavily on whether new occupiers would be able to access facilities by methods of transport other than the car. She agreed with the Inspector in another appeal in Clitheroe (APP/T2350/A/11/2161186) that “a proposal can be a sustainable one even if it suffers from limitations in terms of accessibility.” (Paragraph 27).


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Brown Twp Man Arrested in Connection with Fiery Death of Group Home Resident
January 26, 2021 7:15AM EST
BROWN TWP., Ohio (News Talk 1480 WHBC) – One man is dead and another jailed in connection with an argument that turned ugly at a Carroll County group home.
The Carroll County Sheriff’s Office says 58-year-old Scot Hupp was badly burned after 53-year-old Arlen Atkinson doused him with gasoline and set it on fire Saturday evening.
Hupp died at the Akron Burn Unit early Sunday.
Atkinson is charged with aggravated murder and arson.
Both lived at the group home at Bellflower and Lilly Roads in Brown Township.


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The Futurist Cookbook by Filippo Tommaso Marinetti
The Italian Futurist poet, dramatist and publicist Filippo Tommaso Marinetti (1876-1944) compiled La Cucina futurista in 1932, some twenty years after he burst on to the European art scene with ‘The Futurist Manifesto’. A man who cultivated a public image as a deliberate troublemaker, Marinetti and his friends espoused speed and transience as the essence of modern art and life.
Their Futurism dynamised and individualised Italian painting, while their cult of ‘the-word-in-liberty’, which pursued free associative expression without syntax, gave the world its first taste in literature of a Dadaism to come. Marinetti was way ahead of his time applying Futurist ideas to food, which meant treating ingredients primarily as a means of artistic expression and only incidentally as a source of nourishment. His revolutionary recipes include suggestions for themed restaurants, food performances and ‘staged’ meals. The twenty-first century is still catching up with his ideas.
“There is a faint twinge of alarm in recalling that Futurism was to become the house style of Italian Fascism. Mussolini never followed Marinetti’s plans to the letter, although one can well imagine him setting up crack squads of ravioli hitmen and a League for the Liquidation of Noodles. Mostly, however, this book gurgles to the innocent sounds of excess pleasure”
Anthony Lane, The Times
The Ambiguity of Play by Brian Sutton – Smith
Every child knows what it means to play, but the rest of us can merely speculate. Is it a kind of adaptation, teaching us skills, inducting us into certain communities? Is it power, pursued in games of prowess? Fate,deployed in games of chance? Daydreaming, enacted in art? Or is it just frivolity?
Brian Sutton-Smith, a proponent of play theory, considers each possibility as it has been proposed, elaborated, and debated in disciplines from biology, psychology, and education to metaphysics, mathematics, and sociology. Sutton-Smith focuses on play theories rooted in seven distinct rhetorics; the ancient discourses of fate, power, communal identity, and frivolity and the modern discourses of progress, the imaginary, and the self. In an analysis that moves from the question of play in child development to the implications of play for the Western work ethic, he explores the values, historical sources, and interests that have dictated the terms and forms of play put forth in each discourse’s objective theory.
This work reveals more distinctions and disjunctions than affinities, with one striking exception: however different their descriptions and interpretations of play, each rhetoric reveals a quirkiness, redundancy, and flexibility. In light of this, Sutton-Smith suggests that play might provide a model of the variability that allows for natural selection. As a form of mental feedback, play might nullify the rigidity that sets in after successful adaption, thus reinforcing animal and human variability. Further, he shows how these discourses, despite their differences, might offer the components for a new social science of play.
“Brian Sutton-Smith presents a lively, contemplative and challenging theoretical discussion of the ‘category of diverse learnings’…that make up play… leaving the reader alive and alert to the possibilities of play that transcend generations and cultures”
Jill Williams, British Journal of Educational Studies”
[According to Sutton-Smith] although we have a sense of what constitutes play, when asked to define it, explain its function, or even identify players, its paradoxical nature becomes apparent – it is and is not what it appears to be. Does and does not have a function, is and is not the purview of children”
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Brian Sutton-Smith is Professor of Education, Emeritus, at the University of Pennsylvania
Noise, Water, Meat: A History of Sound in the Arts by Douglas Kahn
This interdisciplinary history of the theory of sound in the arts reads the 20th century by listening to it – to the emphatic and exceptional sounds of modernism and those on the cusp of postmodernism, recorded sound, noise, silence, the fluid sounds of immersion and dripping, and the meat voices of viruses, screams and bestial cries. Focusing on Europe in the first half of the century and the United States in the postwar years, Douglas Kahn explores aural activities in literature, music, visual arts, threatre and film.
Placing aurality at the centre of the history of arts, he revisits key artistic questions, listening to the sounds that drown out the politics and poetics that generated them. Artists discussed include: Atnonin Artaud, George Brecht, William Burroughs, John Cage, Sergei Eistenstein, Fluxus, Allan Kaprow, Michael McClure, Yoko Ono, Jackson Pollock, Luigi Russolo and Dziga Vertov.
“Kahn’s research is impressive, and his presentation is thorough and precise”
Carol J. Binkowski, Library Journal
“…a unique and important contribution to this emerging, exciting field. It is overflowing with ideas, references, and conjecture”
John Levack Drever, The Art Book
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Tourism sector players in Mount Kenya region have been urged to upgrade facilities to attract and accommodate a larger number of tourists expected following the listing of Africa’s second tallest mountain as among the top 52 places to visit in 2020 by the New York Times.
The US newspaper ranked Mt Kenya in position 40, saying is it is an attraction site due to being one of the world’s last remaining tropical glaciers.
According to the Kenya Association of Hotelkeepers (KAHC) chairman of Mt Kenya region Edward Wangechi, the ranking offers a great opportunity for investors to put more effort in the hospitality industry.
“Investors in the hospitality industry should now upgrade their facilities to attract and accommodate the large number of tourists expected,” Mr Wangechi said.
The KAHC official also urged hoteliers in the region to engage professionals while putting up hotels.
“Most of the hotels in the region fail because investors don’t consult professionals in the hospitality industry on how to go about it. For example, ones’ choice of location determines what kind of recreational facility to come up with,” Mr Wangechi said.
According to Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS), Mt Kenya had 25,000 visitors last year, a 3.8 percent drop from the 26,000 hikers in 2018. 15,000 visited the mountain in 2017.
Mount Kenya National Park Senior Warden Isaac Mugo attributed the drop to bad weather which discouraged tourists from engaging in any mountaineering activities.
“Last year there were heavy rains that prevented mountaineers and hikers from engaging in any rock climbing activity,” he said.
Mr Mugo said the mountain’s physical geography and location — near the Equator and accessible from different routes in central Kenya makes its a place of interest.
“The mountain is mostly preferred to by tourists because its rocky, therefore making it very adventurous for hikers. Tourists also love the fact that they can use routes in different counties to climb up and down the mountain,” the KWS officer said.
Nyeri ecosystem conservator Moses Wahome said that the unique tree species found in Mount Kenya National Park also attracts tourists interested in learning about the environment.
Nyeri County Tourism Executive Diana Kendi said all the six counties — Nyeri, Meru, Embu, Laikipia, Kirinyaga, and Tharaka Nithi — which the mountain straddles should take full advantage of the resource.
“We can get a lot of revenue if we all pull resources together as counties to ensure that we get the maximum benefit from it,” she said.
The polling by the New York Times was arrived at following four months of research, discussion and debate involving regular contributors, domestic correspondents and the Times foreign correspondents.
The mountain is ranked number 40 behind Caesarea in Egypt (10), Lesotho (12), Egypt (17), Uganda (30). Ethiopia is ranked 49th, making the fifth African destination in the list.
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Viking View is a luxury apartment with one of the best views in Broadstairs, overlooking the scenic Viking Bay, an idyllic location for a relaxing break away.
A refurbishment of the whole apartment was completed to a very high standard in 2015. The apartment has two bedrooms: one a spacious double and one twin with single beds, both rooms have a double wardrobe and ample storage. There is a spacious lounge with two comfortable sofas affording fantastic views as you relax on your break in the fully heated apartment.
A dining table with four chairs together with a SMART internet TV and wireless high-speed fibre broadband are in the lounge. The kitchen is well equipped with oven, hob, microwave, dishwasher and fridge as well as a wide range of crockery, cutlery and utensils.Read the Whole Story
If you’re new to the Broadstairs area, you might not know exactly how much there is to do and see here. But, with this guide, we’ll show you loads of things to do that can make your stay here as special and memorable as possible.
Broadstairs has so many things to offer. With award-winning Blue Flag beaches, a wide range of independent shops on the traditional High street and an abundance of beautiful sights to see on walks around the coast. These are just a few things to see in Broadstairs the whole year round, but there’s so much more on at different times of the year that can make a visit extra special.
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This year the large date joined, once again, the Saxonia collection of A. Lange & Söhne, and it might be a watch a lot of watch connoisseurs have been waiting for. It combines A. Lange & Söhne ‘s purest design with their iconic oversized date. The result is an epiphany of German style and class, now in a slightly large package than the original dating back from 1994.
For this, we cannot credit only the dial design, but also its color: A. Lange & Söhne opted for black, which gives the watch a formal, dare I say even strict, look which suits the watch very well. For the Saxonia the outsize date also got a redesign, sporting a black background with white, printed numerals, which greatly contribute to its pure looks. Also its diameter is with 38.5-millimeter spot on. As a true gentleman, it gives the watch presences, yet will never be overbearing. With a height of only 9.6mm, it will also fit easily under the cuff of the gentleman wearing it.
The movement is about as understated as the watch itself. Fitted with calibre L086.8, it features a full-size, central-mounted oscillating weight with platinum mass, which moves over the signature three-quarter plate made from untreated German silver. This hides away most of the gear train, placing even more emphasis on the hand-engraved balance cock with its swan-neck regulator. The movement is equipped with a single mainspring barrel, yet A. Lange & Söhne achieved to get a generous power reserve of 72 hours out of it.
The Saxonia Outsize Date is available in two different colors gold. In rose gold, it is a very classical proposition, while white gold shows off the more formal and understated side of the watch. Both are priced the same, at $25.900,- and a very welcome addition to the Saxonia collection!

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Madison public school students will no longer be allowed to wear clothing with Native American athletic team names, logos or mascots that depict “negative stereotypes” while at school, after the Madison School Board voted to enact the rule in a unanimous vote last month.
The policy, which goes into effect this fall, might be the first of its kind for a school district, according to students who drafted the proposal.
The new policy also mandates that Madison schools ask visiting teams to leave Native American mascots and logos at home when they play a Madison school. If the other school does not comply, the game may be canceled.
And it would ban other clothing with “negative stereotypes” of race, gender, religion and other characteristics.
Gabriel Saiz, a junior at West High School and a member of the Ponca Tribe, worked with student government and other Native American students to draft the new policy and propose it to the board. He said the proposal wasn’t based on anything he’d seen before.
“We’re here to destroy an aspect of our oppression,” he said. “People can say whatever they want, but I don’t want representations of how you see us and how you want us to act, because that’s going to destroy self-esteem and make the school less safe for Native students.”
Chris Ahmuty, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Wisconsin, said the policy was vague. He advised schools to enforce it carefully, and refrain from punishing students who don’t intend for their clothing to be offensive.
Tim Fish, the Title VII Indian Education coordinator in the Madison School District, said the movement began when Native American students, who make up less than 1 percent of the city school’s student population, told him they felt invisible. He created the Native American Student Association, and the group’s first priority was to ban clothing that members deemed harmful, he said.
The rule won’t outlaw all Native American names and logos, Fish said. The ban focuses exclusively on sports teams with Native American names.
Before the 2015-16 school year begins, the Native American Student Association will work with the district to publish a list of prohibited logos and team names, which Saiz said will include teams such as the Chicago Blackhawks and Florida State Seminoles.
He said that even though a few Native groups don’t find those team names offensive, they will still be banned because, as sports teams with Native names, they create a negative stereotype.
While some schools in the district have Native American names — such as Black Hawk Middle School — none has an athletic team or mascot based on Native Americans.
That means a student could wear a shirt from Black Hawk Middle School because its athletic teams use a wolf as a mascot. A shirt that reads “Chicago Blackhawks,” however, would be banned, because it’s a professional hockey team that uses a Native American name and mascot.
If a student breaks the rule, the school will treat it like any other dress code violation, Fish said. A teacher can ask the student to turn the clothing inside out, go home and change or put something over the logo. If a student refuses to change, the school reserves the right to suspend or expel the student, according to the district’s policies and procedures.
Fish said the student group will help develop a training program to instruct teachers on how to enforce the new policy.
The district’s Behavior Education Plan contains an existing dress code policy: “Generally, students may dress in any style they desire as long as their chosen attire does not cause a disruption or distraction in the school environment, reveal intimate body parts or pose a safety risk to the student or others.”
The policy lists other prohibited items, such as hats, exposed bras, large metal chains and pants that are too low.
The district said next year, the policy will also prohibit “clothing with words, pictures or caricatures based on negative stereotypes of a specific gender, race, ethnicity, nationality, religion, sexual orientation or disability. Students may not wear shirts, hats or other attire with Native American team names, logos or mascots that depict negative stereotypes. A list of team names, logos and mascots prohibited under this provision is available at all schools and on the District website.”
Ahmuty said the section of the policy that outlaws negative stereotypes has “a real problem with vagueness.” He asked, “How are students supposed to know what a negative stereotype is?”
And while the School Board will provide a list of prohibited Native American team names, Ahmuty said it’s not realistic to do the same for all negative stereotypes.
He said the part of the policy that outlaws Native American team names and logos was well-intentioned but must be enforced carefully. Schools can legally limit their students’ speech, but only when there is evidence that the speech is disruptive or harmful to the learning environment, he said.
He said the new policy presumes that an individual student — as opposed to a school or a district — can create a harmful environment and that might not be the case.
“Shouldn’t we look at these things individually instead of on the basis of fear?” he said.
But Carrie Bohman, a West High School history teacher, said one student’s clothing can create a harmful environment.
“If I see a student wearing a T-shirt that is anti-Semitic, anti-African-American, even anti-female, I have to respond to that,” she said. “That’s part of our mission statement. Even if one person may feel uncomfortable, that’s a hostile learning environment.”
Daphna Oyersman, a psychology professor at the University of Southern California who has researched the effects of Native American mascots and logos, said the amount of psychological harm a race-based logo can cause depends on the racial group.
“If there are plenty of other ways in which your group is represented, maybe it does not matter,” Oyersman said, “If your group is otherwise invisible and this is pretty much the only way that your group is present in the public sphere ... that is the image that comes to mind when people think of your group.”
In a school setting, Oyersman said that her research found mascot images reduced the importance of school in students’ future self-image.
And, she said that contextual cues in a learning environment are very powerful in shaping future self-identities and current actions.
“Small changes in context matter for everyone. It is not just Native Americans,” Oyersman said.
She said that while students wearing a Native American logo may not see themselves as bullies, they imply that their right to wear the logo is more important than Native Americans’ rights to define their own group separate from sports-based images.


Music for our region
Càvea Festival aims to become an annual recurrence, consisting in one evening of live concerts with the most interesting bands of the swiss music scene paying particular attention to local musicians. The first to be playing will be the young songwriter Terry Blue followed by the folk-pop singer Sebalter that will animate the quarries. The next musician will be Jack Jaselli and his band; an experienced artist from Milan, who has collaborated with Jovanotti and Ben Harper. Last but not least, the duo «km 0» Make Plain, supported by the granitical «GOS band», will close the first edition of Càvea Festival with a BANG!
What's special about our project
After the restoration, the marble quarries of Arzo, are beautiful and ready to be explored. Càvea Festival is one of the events proposed by Cavaviva, which wants to make his Festival, a fixed appointment in Mendrisiotto.
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It’s not easy to create an event in a particular location like the marble quarries, we’re sure that with your support we can realize something special, which can be an indelible memory in our hearts.


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RBI, claimed one of the complainants from the trade, is likely to initiate action shortly, considering the sharp rise in imports has happened during the traditional slack month of June.
DPCC had considered that and has granted the necessary extensions and has also issued a letter of revocation to the concerned government authorities.
The flag-waving crowd erupted in applause after screens showed the flight bringing the triumphant players to the German capital from Rio de Janeiro.
PPP is a handy way to inflate a developing country’s economy. But it is a rubbery standard when measuring the real clout of nations.
This pretty much sums up the plot of Tom Cruise’s new action science fiction flick Edge of Tomorrow.
The four were living in Malaysia since 2009 and were highly respected in the LTTE network, the Star paper reported quoting unnamed sources.
Consultancy firm PwC said the move would see up to Rs 1 lakh crore in potential investment into the sector and take the country into the top league.
“Our stars have aligned as both countries have strong democratic leaders who are pragmatic and business oriented," Amin Hashwani said.


Tuesday, June 21, 2011
SEI Vortex on .50 Cal Comparison
We did a comparison firing the Browning .50 Cal Machine Gun without the Vortex and then later with the Vortex. There was a lot of flash observed without the Vortex. Then when we added the Vortex, you could barely see anything.