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Hilly village lanes,
Whitewashed sunlit walls.
The laughter of children.
No matter where in the world you go, no matter how many languages are spoken, and no matter how many times cultures and government clash, the laughter of children is universally uplifting. The mirth of adults can be variously jealous, insecure, sadistic, cruel, or absurd, but the sound of playing children evokes the ideal of a simple and pure act. There are no concepts, no ideologies — only the innocent pleasure of life.
We as adults dwell upon our grizzled complexities, our existential anxieties, and our preoccupation with responsibilities. We hear the merriment of children and may sigh over our lost childhood. Although we can no longer fit into our old clothes and become young again, we can take comfort in the optimism of children. Their rejoicing can gladden us all.
We are too often in a rush for our children to grow up. It is far better for them to fully live each year of their lives. Let them learn what is appropriate to their time, let them play. And when their childhood is spent at adolescence, help them in a gentle transition. Then their laughter will continue to resonate with cheer and hope for us all.
Laughter is truly the best medicine. In taking care of your health, it’s important to relax and enjoy life as much as possible. Drink some green tea in the morning instead of that coffee, and see if your spirits don’t lighten up. Practice meditation and yoga. Make time for yourself, and plan special outings that you look forward to and enjoy. It doesn’t have to be fancy – a trip to the fabric store to admire different fabrics. A walk in your neighborhood, taking care to smile and greet your neighbors. A visit to a garden center to admire the flowers in bloom.
Take time for laughter – the laughter of nature, the laughter of your own spirit, the laughter of your friends and family. Not sarcastic or cynical laughter, but real, honest, friendly healthy laughter. Namaste.
I don’t think I feel much differently about laughter now than I did then. I always take time to notice children when I see them, watch how they act and am amused by their antics. Sometimes they see me and smile, and those children get a big smile back. Sometimes we will then play peekaboo or just looking at each other and then looking away, giggling. Other children become shy when they see they are being looked at, and I try to respect their privacy then. Others almost immediately look guilty and stop what they were doing. Those children I feel sorry for, since they obviously think adults are always judging them. I wonder what their parents have done to make them feel that way.
I miss my own children being small; I miss playing with them. I’m always glad I took time away from work to be with them. I have a golden retriever now and we play a lot, but he is getting older and playing less. So now I long for a puppy to play with.
Enjoy and appreciate the children in your life – and in yourself. If you find yourself playing and laughing, don’t feel guilty and think you should be doing something else. Enjoy the play and the laughter and hust have fun. We all need more fun and laughter in our lives.


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Luminous Pursuit: Jellyfish, Gfp, And The Unforeseen Path To The Nobel Prize
This book narrates the uniquely intertwined life and scientific career of Nobel laureate Osamu Shimomura, with particular attention to his discovery of aequorin and Green Fluorescent Protein (GFP). It includes his early memories of Manchuria and wartime Japan featuring an eyewitness account of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, his postwar studies and his travels to collect and research more than fifteen bioluminescent species, in locations ranging from Japan to San Juan Island, Bermuda, New Zealand and Norway. Dr Shimomura describes the unique combination of serendipity and perseverance that led ultimately to his 2008 Nobel Prize in chemistry. The book provides an engaging account of the life of a dedicated scientist, emphasizing the value of determination in the pursuit of pure scientific knowledge, and showing how a general understanding of science helped him open up new areas of research that have led to unforeseen applications in cell biology and medicine.
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Manchuria Sasebo and the Beginning of the War
Ohmura Naval Aircraft Factory and the Atomic Bomb
Nagasaki Nagoya and Luciferin 194857
Marriage Princeton and Discovery of Aequorin and GFP
Chapter 5 A Risky Endeavor Raw Jellyfish and Mysteries of Bioluminescence
Chapter 6 From Mushrooms in Woods Hole to Red Jellyfish in Bergen
Losses Gains and the Rise of GFP
Overige edities - Alles weergeven
Lessons from Jellyfish: the Path Towards a Nobel Prize
Osamu Shimomura,Sachi Shimomura,John H. Brinegar
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‘Taylor-made’ ending for Northern Highlands’ season
Moments after throwing the final ball of his varsity bowling career at the NJSIAA boys team finals, Josh Taylor was reflecting on his days with the Northern Highlands program when "guest coach" Rich Smith came over to offer his own thoughts.
"I just wanted to say congratulations, and thanks for a great four years," Smith told Taylor last Friday. "It’s been awesome; we’re all very proud of you."
And Smith wasn’t merely referring to the team-leading 631 series that the right-hander had just thrown at Brunswick Zone Carolier. Or the other two events that the senior attended at the North Brunswick lanes last week.
As the past four seasons progressed, Taylor helped lift the Highlander bowling teams – both boys and girls – to heights they never before had experienced. The peak came over a three-tournaments-in-four-days span at Carolier, where the state girls team (Feb. 12), boys and girls singles (Feb. 13) and boys team (Feb. 15) finals took place.
Boys team finals
In 2012, the Northern Highlands boys captured their first Bergen County and North 1A, Group 4 championships and advanced to the state finals for the second year in a row. Four starters from that squad graduated, leaving Taylor as the lone experienced returnee entering this winter.
The Highlanders started out 0-3 in Big North Freedom Division matches before knocking off Indian Hills for their first win on Dec. 14. They picked up serious momentum in late January with four straight victories, in addition to a 14th-place showing at Counties.
Then, at the North Section 1A tournament on Feb. 11, Highlands overcame a 20-pin deficit in the third and final game to leapfrog division rival Ridgewood for second in Group 4. Taylor’s third-place series of 710 and junior Carlo Russo’s 637 series contributed to a three-game, five-man total of 2,867.
"Basically, we just spent our entire year building," said Taylor, who carried a 210 league average. "We got third in our league, and it was a lot of big wins in very late [season] games that got us there. It wasn’t about dominating from the beginning of the season on, like it was last year; we didn’t have that luxury. We had to spend a lot of time coaching and a lot of time working to make sure we could get the [varsity newcomers] good."
Taylor, Russo and juniors John Wendeborn (617 series), Sean Verillo and Phil Hubelbank combined to shoot 2,766 at Friday’s state team finals, good for eighth in a stacked Group 4 field. Jackson Memorial rolled the third-best score in tournament history to claim its third straight title in the group, 3,304 to 3,217, over St. Peter’s Prep of Jersey City.
State singles finals
The boys team tournament came on the heels of Taylor finishing 14th at the state singles finals with a six-game set of 1,340 (223 average). The Allendale resident fired games of 257, 214 and 213 for a first-round series of 684 and was one of 18 bowlers to qualify for the second round, in which he added a 656 series.
Yet Smith was one of the first to admit that such striking numbers only tell part of the tale.
"Josh really is the spirit of the team," Smith said. "His life is bowling – he loves to coach it, he loves to watch it, he loves to be a part of it in any way. And he just loves helping people."
The coach added, "He’s like a prodigy. He sees things that I don’t see, and it means a lot to the team because the kids to look to him for advice. They look to him for corrections, they look to him for things they can do to become better."
Smith, who remains head coach of both the field hockey and girls golf teams at Northern Highlands, actually relinquished his post as coach of the bowling program before the season started, citing the desire "to balance my personal life and my work life." However, with new bowling coach Bob Tschinkel being called away on a business trip at the end of last week, Smith returned in a role that he dubbed "guest coach" on his Twitter page.
"I told Bob if he ever needed it, I’d be happy to help him," said Smith. "So my job [Friday] was more about mental preparation. Josh was really doing more of the technical captainship, directing the team and the more specific stuff."
Girls team finals
Tuesday, Feb. 12 marked the first-ever trip to Carolier for the Highlander girls, who were aligned into Group 3 for their sectional- and state-level tournaments.
They followed up their North Group 3 title with a fifth-place total of 2,173 in the group at the state team finals. Though the total was nearly 200 points below their sectional score, they topped league rival Hackensack by 22 pins. Group champ Brick Township (3,023) routed the rest of the six-team bracket by 391 points.
"I said to them, ‘Be happy, most people never get here’," Tschinkel said after the girls finals. "All in all, I was very happy with the season that they turned in and the way they bowled. I know they’re not happy right now, but that’s to be expected."

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Named after two characters (Warby Pepper and Zagg Parker) found in an early unpublished journal by American novelist and poet Jack Kerouac, Warby Parker—the online and brick-and-mortar retailer of prescription glasses, contact lenses and sunglasses—is planning to open its second Upper West Side location at 424 Columbus Avenue, between West 80th and 81st streets, in 2023. The site was previously home to Flying Tiger, the Danish home goods and toy store which closed all of its US locations in November 2020.
Founded in Philadelphia in 2010, Warby Parker started as an online-only retailer. In 2013, they opened their first flagship location in Soho at 121 Greene Street. Their corporate headquarters are also based in Manhattan. Currently, it’s estimated they have just over 200 locations in the US, with some stores also offering eye exams.
If shopping from your domicile is more your style, Warby Parker has a Home Try-On program where you can pick five frames they’ll ship to you to try on for free. The eyeglasses do not come with prescription lenses; it’s all about finding the right style and fit here. If you find something you like, you can order the frame online and they’ll send you a brand-new pair with your prescription lenses in place. You ship back the test pairs, they provide a return label. Warby Parker also offers a Virtual Try-On (available on iPhone X and above) where you upload a photo and get a digital peek at how the glasses will look on you.
The 424 Columbus Avenue address has a bit of an interesting history. “In April 1899 real estate operator John L. Miller purchased the small building at No. 424 Columbus Avenue from the estate of Amos R. Eno for $26,000,” wrote Tom Miller (no relation) of Daytonian in Manhattan. “It was home to John Castellano’s fruit and cigar store, and Anthony Carroll had just received a permit from the City to operate a bootblack stand out front. Both men would soon have to find a new location.”
Miller tapped architect Julius F. Munchwitz, who he’d worked with on several building projects before, to work on a replacement building at the site of Castellano’s grocery store. But this wasn’t the only construction going on in the area in the year 1900. According to Tom Miller, the Metropolitan Street Railway Company was working on a project of their own and had excavated a giant hole right in front of Miller’s site.
“As two Metropolitan employees, Cornelius Boshea and Owen Connorty, worked in the 8 by 10-foot-wide hole, Alexander Lesser tried to drive his horse-drawn wagon around the crater while navigating traffic,” details Tom Miller. “The horse slipped and the heavy animal tumbled into the hole, directly on top of the two men. Happily, Lesser and his wagon remained on the street; but the workers were pinioned beneath the panicked horse.”
In rushed the builders working on 424 Columbus Avenue to help, along with 200 other men working in the area. Someone was sent to find a derrick while the team struggled to move the ailing horse on top of the two pinned men. When they eventually got the derrick, it took about 20 minutes to get the horse out of the deep hole. As for the two men, both were sent to Roosevelt Hospital, with Boshea suffering several contusions, and Connorty a broken leg.
Soon after the scary incident, 424 Columbus was finished at a cost of $12,000—about $350,000 in 2016’s economy. “The second story of Munchwitz’s Renaissance Revival structure was, somewhat surprisingly, clad in sheet metal. Corinthian pilasters flanked grouped show window which were enclosed in picture-like framing. Dainty modillions lined up nearly should to shoulder to uphold the cornice.”
Miller quickly scooped two new tenants for the building. It’s reported Rich Schulder opened a branch of the National Cash Register Company on the first floor, while Tony Pauka put in a Brunswick pool table upstairs. By 1915, the building was taken over by the Wright Laundry, which installed state-of-the-art facilities which used electric motors to clean.
Today, you can still see the sheet metal pilasters at 424 Columbus, wars and all from years of city living.
We’ll keep you posted when we get an opening date for Warby Parker. Its other Upper West Side site is located at 185 Columbus Avenue, between West 68th and 69th streets.

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Consumer Reports magazine has just come up with a list of what they are calling, "the dirty dozen" of dietary supplements which they are recommending people avoid. They came up with this list by working with an independent research group called the Natural Medicines Comprehensive Database.
Here are the twelve supplements they are telling consumers to avoid due to the potential for serious health side effects:
Aconite, Bitter Orange, Chaparral, Colloidal Silver, Coltsfoot, Comfrey, Country Mallow, Germanium, Greater Celandine, Kava, Lobelia, and Yohimbe.
Of these dangerous supplements there are two mentioned which are used for treating mental health related disorders. One is Kava used to treat anxiety and the other is Yohimbe which has been used to treat a wide variety of ailments including depression, erectile dysfunction, weight loss, and diabetic nerve pain. We will be focusing on Kava for the purposes of this post.
Kava goes by many names including: Ava Pepper, Ava Root, Awa, Gea, Gi, Intoxicating Long Pepper, Intoxicating Pepper, Kao, Kavain, Kavapipar, Kawa Kawa, Kawa Pepper, Kawapfeffer, Kew, Long Pepper, Maori Kava, Malohu, Maluk, Meruk, Milik, Piper methysticum, Rauschpfeffer, Rhizome Di Kava-Kava, Sakau, Tonga, Wurzelstock, Yagona, Yangona, Yaqona, and Yongona.
Kava is a supplement made from the root of the Kava plant which is native to the South Pacific. People have primarily used Kava to treat the symptoms of anxiety but there are many other reported uses including treating insomnia, symptoms of ADHD, epilepsy, psychosis, depression, migraines, and chronic fatigue syndrome among others.
Consumer Reports recommends that you avoid taking Kava due to the possibility of liver damage. We have talked about Kava here before on Anxiety Connection and our Eileen Bailey warned of the possible serious medical side effects of using Kava to treat anxiety.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued an advisory to consumers using Kava of the potential for severe liver injury. Some countries, such as Germany, Switzerland, France, Canada and the United Kingdom have banned products containing Kava because of the possibility of liver damage. Symptoms of liver damage include:
- Jaundice (yellowing of skin or whites of eyes)
- Brown urine
- Nausea or vomiting
- Light-colored stools
- Fatigue or weakness
- Abdominal pain
- Loss of appetite
Here are the latest warnings from Consumer Reports magazine about Kava:
Don't use it. Serious illness, including liver damage, has occurred even with short-term use of normal doses. The use of kava for as little as one to three months has resulted in the need for liver transplants, and even death.
Consumer Reports also warn that if you are taking Kava to treat depression that it may make your depression worse.
I remember researching supplements to help with my anxiety and I made the decision not to take Kava based upon the warnings of possible liver damage and death. That was far too risky for me. Yet there has been so much conflicting information about this supplement over the years that it makes it difficult for consumers to know what information to trust. For example, health blogger Harriet Hall from Science-Based Medicine, cited the fact that just several years ago, the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) was recommending Kava to anxiety sufferers. In August 2007 the AAFP published an article in the American Family Physician, entitled "Herbal and Dietary Supplements for Treatment of Anxiety Disorders" where they state:
Short-term use of kava is recommended for patients with mild to moderate anxiety disorders who are not using alcohol or taking other medicines metabolized by the liver, but who wish to use "natural" remedies.
Not only that, the AAFP gave it an "A" rating for evidence of effectiveness.
In contrast, they discouraged the use of St. John's wort, valerian, and omega-3 fatty acids for having little therapeutic value for anxiety disorders. Yet none of these supplements carry a life threatening warning like Kava. In addition, there are studies which conclude that these three supplements can be beneficial in treating symptoms of mental health disorders. In fact St. John's Wort is one of the supplements Consumer Reports has on their current "Supplements to Consider" list.
It becomes quite confusing for the consumer to know which sources to trust. If there is any conclusion that I have come to over the years is that there is quite often conflicting information about the use of supplements. One of the primary reasons for this is that supplements are not FDA regulated. It makes it extremely difficult for the consumer to know which supplements are safe and effective and which ones are not only ineffective but pose serious health risks. In a subsequent post we will discuss this topic in greater detail as well as the latest research on supplements which have been recommended to treat anxiety and/or other mental health symptoms.
What do you make of the latest warnings about supplements? How do you make the decision to take or avoid a particular supplement? Have any of you ever tried Kava to treat your anxiety? Did you experience any adverse effects? Will this latest warning affect your decision to continue to take this supplement? Thank you to all who participate in our discussions. We greatly rely upon your insights and opinions.

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What I wouldn’t give to go back 48 hours and change just one thing. Then you would still be here with me…
How many times has this been thought in grief? How many times does it get repeated, over and over, until you actually almost believe that it’s an option? The “if only”s, the “what if”s. They will torment you.
We lost our dear puppy Patrick on Friday. He was just a couple of weeks shy of 5 months.
D had taken the dogs with him to the farm, as he often does because it’s a great way to get Patrick to run off some puppy energy, and he has a grand old time. I still haven’t been able to bring myself to ask D to relay what happened in detail, but somehow Patrick was hit with the tractor. I was in town at the gym when he calls me in a disbelieved panic. “There’s been an accident with Patrick,” he says, “I think he’s dying.”
I tell him (although thinking back, as perceived by my fellow gym goers it was probably more like a strained yell) to get him into town immediately to get him to the emergency vet clinic. In my mind, I think I knew it wasn’t going to be a good outcome. But you grip on to every ounce of hope just to get you through each minute.
I met D just off the interstate because in his distress I knew he wouldn’t be able to find the clinic. I also had to be with my puppy, to somehow alleviate any suffering he was going through until we got to the clinic. As D raced up to me, I could tell by the way he was driving, it wasn’t good. Rushed, but perceivable defeated.
On the floor of the car where D had lain him, I reached down to feel for Patrick’s heartbeat and felt a few last faint beats slipping through my fingers. Then I knew he was gone. But oh, how I willed him to be come back to me. I sat kneeling beside him in the car on the side of the road for what had to be half an hour, his little body still warm from the vivacious life that had just left him. I was consumed by tears. I couldn’t tear myself away because I knew once I did, that would be it. That transition from life to death would be complete, and I would no longer have that handsome, crazy, wonderful little dog in my life.
For those who have been reading my blog for awhile, you may know that Patrick’s story sort of starts at the end of my beloved beagle Jack’s story. As all of you pet lovers can contest, they each truly leave their own paw prints on your heart. They are not human, but they are every bit your family. So I don’t know why I’m still surprised when the grieving for their loss comes on so strongly.
I got to know Patrick from almost the day he came into the world, though I didn’t know he specifically would be ours at that time. Our breeder sent us pictures from the get go, then every week thereafter so we could see the puppies grow.
At just over four weeks old, we got to go down and pick out our puppy, see where he was growing up, and meet his parents. From the pictures the breeder was sending us, I actually had thought my mind was already made up on who we would pick. And it wasn’t Patrick. But when we got to hold them in our arms, I just knew it was going to be this pudgy little (kind of whiny) chunk of a puppy.
Since we couldn’t bring him home for another four weeks, that whole next month dragged. I wouldn’t let myself buy any puppy things until about the week before, because I would be overcome with too much anticipation and restless excitement to bear.
When we drove up to to get him four weeks later, the breeder had him out playing around in the yard. He as a totally different little puppy then when we saw him a month before. He was tearing around in the sunshine and the grass checking out everything but considering nothing too seriously, just happy about life.
He slept most of the two and a half hour drive home. I’ve been around beagles my whole life and am no stranger to their vocal tendencies, but I was sort of hoping maybe I’d gotten a quiet one.
From the get go, Patrick was always a chatty little guy and I learned that on that initial drive home, in between sleeping stints. It’s something we had to work on continuously to rein those tendencies in, but looking back now, he came a long way.
Part of my commitment in my choice of deciding to get a puppy instead of adopting an older dog was to make socialization and training top priorities. In my line of work, I have seen too many unfortunate outcomes when a dog wasn’t started out right, when a family took on a puppy without truly understanding the full responsibility and time commitment that comes with it, when frustration has started to build on both sides of the equation because there is a general misunderstanding between the two species, and it always get blamed on the dog. I also have always had a strong interest in animal behavior and training to work with an animal has always intrigued me, so it was an exciting challenge to start out with young Patrick.
This isn’t to say that we didn’t have our struggles and frustrations. There were many times, especially early on in that initial adjustment period, when I wasn’t quite sure what I had gotten myself into. Patrick was an imp. And a bold little one at that. Some of you may get my reference to the viral YouTube video from a few years back of the honey badger. Patrick’s tenacity and imperviousness immediately reminded me of how the honey badger was portrayed in that video, and the reference stuck. Whenever we’d have moments of what I like to call “beagle ears” with him (general disregard for anything other than what said beagle was focused on in that moment), D and I would find ourselves muttering “Honey badger don’t care.”
I learned to start thinking of all our levels of training as simply overcoming a language barrier between two species. Patrick taught me to keep my frustrations in check, that working with him instead of against him was most effective, and that perseverance and patience are key. It took a lot of work and a lot longer than I naively thought it would, but seeing him learn and pick up on things quicker and quicker and start to truly communicate with me and my signals was such an unbelievably rewarding experience.
One of the hardest things I’m trying to overcome in Patrick’s loss, as I’m sure is the case with the loss of anyone or anything so prematurely, is not only the loss of the joy he brought me, but the loss of the long future I thought we’d have together. I was so looking forward to seeing how far we could go in our training together, to watch him grow and learn and grow and learn. We were starting to love to have sprinting session on our walks together. I was looking forward to having that running partner alongside me. I was looking forward to the more adventures and experiences we’d continue to have and that I would get to introduce him to. I was looking forward to 15 years together, to see him in his hopefully graceful elder years, as I had just been in with Jack.
He was going to be a great dog, I just know it.
All I can do now, in the midst of our grief, is to be so thankful for the five utterly short months I got to have with him, to know that this deafening quietness in our house and our lives will recede in time, and the tears will stop flowing so spontaneously.
Animal or human, hold your loved ones close. Accidents happen. We cannot control the universe. We cannot turn back time. We can only control how we decide to live in the present and make the most of each moment. When tragedy comes, that will be what carries you through.
I would give anything to have you back in my arms. But I am so glad I got to know you, honey badger.
All my love.

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An army of stop-smoking specialists are helping patients at the Royal Free Hospital (RFH) quit the habit – part of a new drive to ensure the site remains smoke-free.
Smoking, including smoking e-cigarettes, is banned throughout the hospital grounds, including in all the outdoor areas such as the car parks.
In the past year 377 members of staff at the RFH have been trained in how to support patients to give up smoking.
RFH chief executive Kate Slemeck has led the drive to ensure patients are given the best chance of quitting – and can often be found outside the hospital asking smokers to put their cigarettes out.
In addition to trained staff, a number of other anti-smoking measures are now in place to ensure patients can walk around the hospital grounds without inhaling secondary smoke.
These include removing cigarette butt bins (as this encourages people to smoke) and increasing the signage around the boundary of the hospital. There has also been a renewed focus on cleaning the areas at the front of the hospital with regular patrols monitoring and cleaning up cigarette butts and other litter.
Kate Slemeck, said: “We want the hospital to be a pleasant environment for our patients, visitors and staff to enjoy, and to have areas that they can sit out and enjoy the air without the risk they will inhale secondary smoke.
“We understand that it can be difficult to give up, so that is why we direct patients, visitors and our own staff to expert services to help them stop smoking and we also offer nicotine replacement therapy on the wards. We also want patients and visitors to know that if they smoke on hospital grounds they will be politely asked to stop.”
To give patients the best chance of giving up, Naseem Mushtaq, smoking cessation programme manager, visits wards across the trust to train staff in how to support patients who want to quit.
Naseem advises staff how to approach smokers, that nicotine replacement therapy that is available to all in-patients, and that there are stop-smoking services they can access to help them give up.
She said: “I’m here to help staff support patients who wish to give up. By stopping smoking, patients are protecting their friends and family, and not just themselves.
“Breathing in second-hand smoke increases the risk of developing many different cancers and other conditions and we know that the health of people who give up can improve immediately so it’s really important to give patients the best chance of kicking the habit. There are lots of support services that can offer help and we can point them in the right direction.”
All patients admitted to the hospital are asked if they smoke and whether they would like help to give up. Nicotine replacement products such as patches, gum and inhalators are available to all patients on the ward and when they discharged, patients can take two weeks’ supply with them.
Out-patients can be referred to local stop-smoking service, while visitors can be given advice about where to access stop-smoking support.
Picture caption: Royal Free Hospital chief executive Kate Slemeck

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2017 年 27 巻 3 号 p. 198-204
The physical properties of silicate liquids show peculiar behaviors under pressure. Shear viscosities of acidic silicate liquids decrease with increasing pressure although that of basic silicate liquids increase. Moreover, the anomalies in compression curves also have been reported. These experimental results indicate that the silicate liquids have several types of characteristic structure in composition/pressure plane. The molecular dynamics simulation is an appropriate method for investigating response of static/dynamic properties of the silicate liquids vs. pressure and composition because it provides the trajectories of the all atoms in simulation cell. Moreover, the first-principles molecular dynamics simulation is more suitable method because the forces are calculated from electronic structure. It enables us to simulate the extreme situation, such as bond exchanging event in liquid, without empirical factor. However, the strong finite size effect does not allow the application of first-principles molecular dynamics simulations because of its heavy calculation cost, because the system composed of at least 104 atoms is required in order to obtain the reliable physical properties. Consequently, the development of linear-scaling first-principles molecular dynamics simulation codes is necessary for the advance of theoretical study of silicate liquids.


P2647 HONDA - Rocker Arm Oil Pressure Switch Circuit High Voltage
- Faulty Variable Valve Timing and Lift Electronic Control (VTEC) / Rocker Arm Oil Pressure Switch
- VTEC/Rocker Arm Oil Pressure Switch harness is open or shorted
- VTEC/Rocker Arm Oil Pressure Switch circuit poor electrical connection
There is a Factory Service Bulletin for the following Honda Models
2003-2012 Honda Accord L4
2002-2005 Honda Civic Si
2002-2009 Honda CR-V
2011 Honda CR-Z
2003-2011 Honda Element
2007-2011 Honda Fit
The factory bulletin suggests that replacing the VTEC oil pressure switch (P/N 37250-PNE-G01, H/C 6737217) take care of the problem.
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The VTEC system activates the rocker arm oil control solenoid (VTEC solenoid valve) by command from the engine control module (ECM)/powertrain control module (PCM), and it charges/discharges the hydraulic circuit of the VTEC mechanism that switches valve timing between Low and High. The ECM/PCM monitors oil pressure in the hydraulic circuit of the VTEC mechanism using the rocker arm oil pressure switch (VTEC oil pressure switch) downstream of the rocker arm oil control solenoid (VTEC solenoid valve). If there is a difference between the oil pressure condition in the hydraulic circuit that is determined by the ECM/PCM command and the oil pressure condition that is determined by the status of the rocker arm oil pressure switch (VTEC oil pressure switch), the system is considered faulty, and a DTC is stored.


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Lighthouse of Igueldo, on San Sebastian. 8,00 on the morning. It starts to rain slowly when the sun rays appear far, but hot. Not a very known place of this small city on the North of Spain.
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bubby (0) 2006-03-28 9:45
Very nice shot of a lighthouse work in the environment that they are ment to work in. Howver your focus was more on the horizon then on the lighthouse and slower shutter with stand or a longer focal length might help.
Elaine_Blath (8509) 2006-04-25 6:10
excellent photo with great colours...well done!
asanak (1972) 2006-04-30 18:46
i like this one a lot!
thanks for sharing
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- Genre: Places
- Medium: Color
- Date Taken: 2006-03-20
- Categories: Nature, Artwork, Decisive Moment
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Colour is my passion. Silks and wools are my canvases. I use these textiles to create individually hand painted “art to wear”, using a kaleidoscope of dyes and techniques.
I was formerly trained in Graphics and Typography, which is evident in my bold and patterned designs. I work with the dyes, the textiles and the environment, constantly delighting in serendipity to enhance and surprise!
The results are unique luxury scarves on Crêpe de chine silk, silk velvet or a wool/silk mix for pashminas. Each piece is handpainted one at a time, so colours and designs will vary. The scarf you select is a one off - totally exclusive! Only recently I have added a range of individual couture dresses and tops, designed by myself, each with handpainted textiles for only each garment.
I work in my studio in Malvern and attend many exhibitions and shows throughout the year. I am happy to take commissions too.
The photographs here are representative of my ranges and may not be in stock, but there’s plenty more to enjoy and make your selections from.

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Day and night, the vast waters of the ocean press and recede along the shorelines of Earth’s every continent in accordance to the celestial movements of our planet in relation to the sun and the moon. This tidal movement is particularly pronounced in certain areas, like the Bay of Fundy, for example, where Spring tides can reach a height of 50 feet or more.
Innovators have long recognized the potential to capture great quantities of clean, free energy from these tides that can be used to spin turbines and readily produce electricity. Records of ocean power conversion date back to 900A.D. where the power of tidal movement was used to grind grains. The first modern commercial tidal power was installed off the coast of St. Malo, in Northern France. Installed in 1965, it has been operating continuously since then, producing 240 MW with every tide. This plant operates using a tidal barrage, which is a type of dam that closes off a basin with gates, captures the tidal flow, then releases it back through a turbine. This is still the most common type of tidal plant in use today, though there are two other types: the tidal fences and tidal turbines.
Tidal fences block a channel directing the tidal flow through turbines that are contained within the fence.
Tidal turbines are freestanding machines that can be thought of as underwater wind turbines, spinning as the tidal flow moves past them.
Because these are purely mechanical device, with no boiling fluids or heat transfer required, efficiencies are quite high, generally in the neighborhood of 80%. Unlike solar and wind, the power coming from these systems is quite predictable, though, like those other renewables, it is also not continuous. They only generate power during tidal surges which occur roughly 10 hours per day. The other issue is the ecologically sensitive areas where these turbines are often placed. Their impacts on biodiversity in fragile coastal ecosystems, while not always completely understood, can often be quite harmful. Let’s rack up the pluses and minuses.
Tidal Power Pros and Cons
As you can see, tidal power can be expected to play a small, yet not insignificant role in the overall renewable energy ensemble. It has been estimated that it could potentially produce 20% of Britain’s electricity. More research is required to understand how best to tap this resource with minimal environmental harm. Cost also remains a barrier at the moment, but that could change, either through product innovation, or through price increases in other sources. The baseline technology is basically the same as what was used in the 60's which suggests that there are opportunities for innovation. Indeed, Rolls-Royce recently announced a 500 kW tidal stream plant, a type of tidal turbine that has become operational at a test facility, 40 meters deep off the cost of Scotland. Deployed last June it had already delivered 100MWh as of October.
RP Siegel, PE, is the President of Rain Mountain LLC. He is also the co-author of the eco-thriller Vapor Trails, the first in a series covering the human side of various sustainability issues including energy, food, and water in an exciting and entertaining format. Now available on Kindle.
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RP Siegel (1952-2021), was an author and inventor who shined a powerful light on numerous environmental and technological topics. His work appeared in TriplePundit, GreenBiz, Justmeans, CSRWire, Sustainable Brands, Grist, Strategy+Business, Mechanical Engineering, Design News, PolicyInnovations, Social Earth, Environmental Science, 3BL Media, ThomasNet, Huffington Post, Eniday, and engineering.com among others . He was the co-author, with Roger Saillant, of Vapor Trails, an adventure novel that shows climate change from a human perspective. RP was a professional engineer - a prolific inventor with 53 patents and President of Rain Mountain LLC a an independent product development group. RP was the winner of the 2015 Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week blogging competition. RP passed away on September 30, 2021. We here at TriplePundit will always be grateful for his insight, wit and hard work.


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16 Bit Lolitas to releases stunning 2CD artist album “Warung Brazil 2012”
There’s no end to the musical highlights flowing from the studio of Amsterdam-based duo 16 Bit Lolitas. Hot off their successful ‘SÜPERMÅRKT’ album, Peter Kriek and Ariaan Olieroock present a brand new double artist album, ‘Warung Brazil 2012’.
Bursting with exclusive and yet to be released productions by 16 Bit Lolitas themselves, it is the ultimate must-have for fans of their deep, techy yet melodic sound. Underground music at its best!
Whereas the ‘Supermarkt’ album brought out the darker, more experimental side of 16 Bit Lolitas, ‘Warung Brazil 2012’ is all about the dance floor. 16 Bit Lolitas:”We’ve been on a producing frenzy these last few months and this album is the result. With our second Warung album we are focussing on bringing energy, good vibes and dance floor killers.”
Inspired by the South American temple of electronic music, the Warung BeachClub in Itajai, Brazil, 16 Bit Lolitas started the ‘Warung’ compilation series in 2008. The first album became a huge success and the fans have been waiting for its follow-up ever since. And here it is, four years later! “Warung has meant a lot to us”, the Amsterdam boys explain. “Warung gave us a home for our music. It’s a place where people come to dance and open their minds. A place where peoplecome as fans of electronic music, and not as critics. These are parties the way parties were meant to be.” It’s that exact feeling and vibe that inspired the guys to create a follow-up. Through ‘Warung Brazil 2012’, 16 Bit Lolitas confirm their love for the underground dance music movement.
All DJ’s have their favorite club to be playing at, and Warung is that clubbers paradise to 16 Bit Lolitas. With their ideal night at the Warung club in mind, Peter and Ariaan rocked it out in the studio, resulting in 21 new originals, coming together in 2 sharp mixes. “The best way to see these mixes is as snippets of a long DJ-set. They aren’t the whole story, just interesting segments of a longer story. But one main theme is our enjoyment of making music. We still love to make underground dance music.”
One of the most talented duo’s in underground music present a unique collection of brand new material, gathered in two continuous mixes aiming to take the listeners on a 2,5 hour journey. So start setting course to a clubber’s paradise…
“Warung Brazil 2012” Tracklist:
1 Dooh Dooh
2 Chant A Tune
3 Deep Space Girls
4 Leave Me Cold Part 2
5 The Coastline Of Atlantis
6 Temple In The Clouds
7 Caught Behind Mars
9 The Diary Of John Glitch
1 Full Moon Sunrise
2 Make It Mine (ft. Chino)
4 Santa Clause Is An Alien
5 The Garden
6 So High
7 The Cream
8 6 O’clock In The Morning
9 String Theory For Beginners
10 All I Want Is You
11 Nuclear Power Pants
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Discipline: Biological Sciences
Vera Okolo - University of Washington
Co-Author(s): Bryndan P. Durham and E. Virginia Armbrust, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
In the surface ocean, sunlight and atmospheric CO2 are captured and fixed by autotrophic unicellular phytoplankton to generate one of the largest reservoirs of carbon on Earth, rivaling in size the global inventory of atmospheric CO2. About half of this fixed carbon is subsequently degraded by heterotrophic bacteria, a transfer that accounts for the largest flux of carbon through the ocean. Although current views of carbon transfer are rooted in the idea of passive trophic exchange, recent laboratory model system findings suggest that marine autotrophic and heterotrophic plankton interact strategically via specialized metabolites and signaling molecules. Indeed, in a speciesspecific mutualism between the phytoplankton Pseudo-nitzschia multiseries and heterotrophic bacterium Sulfitobacter sp. SA11, it was shown that the bacterial-derived plant hormone, indole-3 -acetic acid (IAA), facilitates growth in P. multiseries. In exchange, Sulfitobacter is provided with phytoplankton-derived organic substrates for growth. We hypothesize that this type of species-specific metabolite exchange is widespread in ocean communities and extends to other relatives of Pseudo-nitzschia and Sulfitobacter. Here, we have isolated six bacteria from the bacterial community of Pseudo-nitzschia pungens, a close relative of P. multiseries. Based on 16S rRNA gene sequencing, we have identified several of these bacterial associates as Sulfitobacter relatives. Identification of P. pungens-associated Sulfitobacter species further demonstrates the taxonomic linkage and potential metabolite exchange between these two taxa. As Sulfitobacter was previously shown to interact with P. multiseries and produce plant hormones, we suspect it performs a similar function with P. pungens. Further, the presence of Sulfitobacter with P. pungens provides a new opportunity to develop a model system using these two species. Using a combination of targeted metabolomics and co-culturing experiments, we will determine whether IAA, or perhaps other novel signaling molecules, are involved in the Sulfitobacter – P. pungens association and how this signaling influences the metabolism and physiology of both the bacterium and phytoplankton. We can ultimately use this new model system to understand how bacterial-phytoplankton interactions influence processes farther up the food chain, specifically how they influence carbon cycling and sequestration in the ocean. This research will ultimately lead to the fuller understanding of the marine ecosystem and, thus, our global ecosystem as a whole.
Funder Acknowledgement(s): National Science Foundation (NSF), Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation (LSAMP), Genomics Outreach for Minorities (GenOM) Alliances for Learning and Vision for Underrepresented Americans (ALVA), University of Washington, and Simons Foundation.
Faculty Advisor: Virginia Armbrust,


All sectors are facing challenges to their business models as they are asked to provide better value for money and societal and environmental benefits while providing a better service to their customers. Utility and infrastructure organisations are challenged by ageing infrastructure, ineffective data management and unnecessary spending on maintenance. At Binnies we provide clearly defined strategies with systems and processes that allow for effective operationalisation of clients’ assets.
In the water sector, we are currently working on Yorkshire Water’s Dynamic Maintenance Planning Programme (DMPP), one of the first and largest programmes of its kind. We have produced a condition-based maintenance programme grounded in failure modes and including operations and maintenance (O&M) buy-in. This approach means that time and money is focused on ensuring process and asset outputs are maintained to reduce asset outages. We utilise innovative mobile technologies such as iPads with Bluebeam software that enables live updates to a dynamic asset database. Our teams in the field use mobile devices to access the condition-based maintenance programme, which guides the maintenance activities, thus resulting in an about 30% decrease in reactive O&M interventions.
As a result of the COVID pandemic, many working practices have had to change. In addition to making the best use of collaborative platforms, our asset optimisation team maximised the opportunity to continue programmes of work by avoiding multiple visual on-site assessments through utilising new 3D-camera scanning. The images are uploaded to our 3D model; this reduces the need for site visits and provides a record that operations can use to virtually access their site and retrieve O&M reports and condition information linked to the 3D model. Key site data can be depicted using the model if desired, thus making it an interactive tool to explore the asset.
Benefits were also realised in reduced travel and carbon footprint. As a result, this mode of working, coupled with on-site visits only when a project requires them, has become the norm for the delivery of maintenance transformation projects at Binnies.
Binnies is part of the RSK group of companies
The RSK group is a leading integrated environmental, engineering and technical services business offering bespoke end-to-end solutions to a variety of sectors. Headquartered in the UK but with an established presence throughout Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Asia, RSK helps organisations around the world achieve their business aspirations in a sustainable and efficient manner.


Comforday Removable Weighted Blanket Cover 48" x 72", Super Soft Minky Dot Duvet Cover, JUST Cover, NavyCategory: Personalized Minky BlanketDescriptions:Removable duvet cover is made of high quality organic cotton, particle embellishment texture. Plush fabric, soft texture, care skin. IT IS ONLY A REMOVEABLE COVER WITHOUT WEIGHTED BLANKET.Environmental printing and dyeing process, fine workmanship, blanket edge fine wrapping, after cleaning, not deformed, do not fade.Every duvet cover has a zipper closure with hidden design, easy open and close, easily removing or inserting your blanket, hold your comforter or blanket in place.In warm days you can use the cover without inner layer, breathable and natural, and in cold days you can add warm removable cover to the inner layer, soft and comfortable.Key Features:[Super Luxurious Soft Material] -- The removable duvet cover is made of super luxurious soft minky fabric. Plush fabric, soft texture, care skin, makes you ease down quickly and keeps you comfortable while you rest.[Tactile Comfort] -- Provides a gentle and soft protective nook that simulates the perfect feeling of additional weight from throw, comforters and other plush covers with less heat in comparison.[Anti-slip Corner Ties Closure Design] -- This minky duvet cover for 48" * 72" sized weighted inner layer. Hidden non-slip corner ties closure for seamless finish, avoid your blanket slide around within the cover, making it easy to take on and off.[Easy to Remove and Clean] -- Zipper closure with hidden design, easy open and close, that the duvet cover easy to remove and clean. IT IS ONLY A REMOVEABLE COVER WITHOUT WEIGHTED BLANKET.[Perfect for Weighted Inner Layer] -- Minky quilt covers protect your weighted blankets, extend the service life of the covered items. Navy minky dots for sensory stimulation on one side, change the look of your plain blanket, gender neutral colors easily match your room decoration.Care instructions: Duvet Cover is machine-washable on a low, gentle setting. Air dry for best results. These duvet covers stand up to constant washing, the fabric won't fade in color or fray at the edges.


Remains of Missing Fort Campbell Soldier Found
Skeletal remains found in Tennessee have been identified as those of a missing Fort Campbell Soldier. Medical examiners say the remains found Monday off Highway 24 are those of Private First Class Shadow McClaine, who had been missing since last September.
The cause of death is still under investigation.Two Fort Campbell soldiers have been charged with murder, kidnapping and conspiracy in the case. Sergeant Jamal Williams-McCray and Specialist Charles Robinson remain in pre-trial confinement pending court-martial on charges related to her death.


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Home interior decoration is one of the key decisions you make in life in order to transform the ambience inside your home. Even a constantly travelling person tends to crave to get back to his own home, his own comfortable space. This mostly happens, because every house has a different character, and that character keeps growing, with the person residing in the home for a long time. Customizable furniture made from plywood sourced from the best plywood brands in India, furnishings, and decors are the elements, which represent the overall character of the house.
From the living room to the bathroom; from the kitchen to the bedroom; every corner of your house can be turned into a delightful space with extra attention. In fact, this is exactly the job of the home interior designers and decorators. The fundamental rule of interior decoration of any home is, to consider all the aspects and to offer it an individual character.
Here are some quick home interior decoration ideas to transform your home–
With the modern residential complexes, it is very essential to transform your limited spaced bedroom into a large and spacious one. There are multiple ways of doing it.
- The first and foremost important factor for this is the lighting arrangement of your room. Instead of playing with the shadows, you might want to reconsider soft and tender lighting for your bedroom, which will light up your room evenly. With diffused lighting system, a room tends to appear larger than its original size. It is also a wise idea to avoid powerful ceiling lights because they reveal the height of a room.
- The next thing to consider is the texture of your room. It is needless to say, that smooth surfaces like tiles reflect more light compared to the dull surfaces, like that of textured wooden flooring. Using mirrors along with chrome is also a good idea, to achieve a shining appeal and add on to the depth of a room.
- Wall colour of a room is also a very vital factor, to lend a house a spacious appearance. Using the cool pastel shades like beige, cream or even grey are the most desirable wall colours among the leading interior designers.
A home renovation usually means focusing on the finishing tasks like replacing the wallpapers, painting the walls, replacing the tiles and the window covers or furnishings. After this step, it is essential to balance the artworks or decorations, with the new changes such as custom made furniture made from high quality plywood sourced from the top plywood manufacturer in India. Adding up showpieces, simple handmade wall hangings, or candle stands too, are great options to shape up the character of your home, depending on your budget.

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About Xiao Shunyao
March 23, 1988
|Place of Birth||:||Xining, Qinghai, China|
|Also Known As||:||Xiao Shun Yao, Xiao Shunyao, 肖顺尧, Aero Xiao, Shunyao Xiao|
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Aero is a Chinese singer and actor. His major achievements include Hong Kong Asian pop music festival Super Nova Award, Chinese Music Media Awards Best Dance Artist, 2010 Star Academy microphone cushions championship, and in the song list of 2011's most popular combination fourth best combination Billboard Music.

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Are Alternative Investments Right for You?
With alternative investments, it’s critical to sort through the complexity.
Have A Question About This Topic?
Things to consider before retirement.
This video discusses issues related to your retirement accounts when you move on from your job.
Five strategies for managing your student debt.

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Soccer-Everton's McCarthy out for three weeks - Koeman
SOCCER-ENGLAND-SUN-EVE/KOEMAN:Soccer-Everton's McCarthy out for three weeks - Koeman
Soccer-Everton snubbed Sissoko to protect McCarthy - Moshiri
SOCCER-ENGLAND-EVE/MOSHIRI:Soccer-Everton snubbed Sissoko to protect McCarthy - Moshiri
Man Booker Prize: Paul Beatty's 'The Sellout' is the first US winner
Judges said Beatty's provocative book was a satire to rank with the clas...
Climate change may trigger next financial crisis: Paul Fisher
“It is potentially a systemic risk,” Fisher said Monday in an interview in Sydney. A sudden repricing of assets as a result of climate change “could be the trigger for the next financial crisis,” he added.
Donald Trump hits out at Paul Ryan, other 'disloyal' Republicans
Trump told the Fox News that "the fact is, I think we should get support and we don't get the support from guys like Paul Ryan".
Paul Sschulte's view on global market
In a chat with ET Now, Paul Sschulte shares his view on the global market and Fed.
'India's present scenario resembles McCarthy era in the US'
Noted writer Shashi Deshpande, said the present scenario bore a "dreadful resemblance" to the McCarthy era in the US, when nobody was exempt from being probed.
Ready to pose nude for Playboy: Jenny McCarthy
Actress Jenny McCarthy says she would love to go nude for Playboy one last time before its March 2016 issue.
Housefull! Fans snap up tickets for Prince tribute concert in St. Paul
Stevie Wonder, Christina Aguilera, Chaka Khan, John Mayer and Tori Kelly are among performers lined up for the concert.
Jose Mourinho tells Paul Pogba to forget price tag
United broke the world transfer record to bring Pogba, 23, back to the club from Juventus last month in a deal worth an initial 89 million pounds ($115.7 million, 103.7 million euros).
US House to avoid gov't shutdown with short-term spending measure: McCarthy
US House Republican leaders on Tuesday said they will seek to pass a short-term spending measure in order to avoid a shutdown of the federal government while negotiations continue over a larger spending bill.
Charlie Sheen should've been upfront about HIV status: Jenney McCarthy
The actress, who starred with Charlie Sheen in eight episodes of "Two and a half Men", feels that he should have shared the secret with her.
Paul Ryan wins primary race in Wisconsin
All the huge primary win means, Ryan insisted, is that he’s really well-liked in the congressional district where he was born and raised and that he has represented since 1998.
Standard Chartered names Paul Skelton as global head of banking
Paul Skelton, a 30-year banking veteran, will be responsible for Standard Chartered's large corporate and financial institutional client relationships.
Designing top tech in India on agenda says Paul Jacobs of Qualcomm
Speaking to ET, Jacobs said Qualcomm could regain lost ground in the Indian chipset market as 4G gains pace in what is a critical market for the company amid global challenges.


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- Craftivist Collective: Activism for Introverts - 8 June 2014
- Craftivist Collective: Craftivism Tree Roots for effective craftivism - 11 May 2014
- Craftivist Collective: Small & Beautiful rather than Big & Brash - 16 March 2014
When I tell people that craft can transform the world, I often hear cynical murmurs. When I talk of prisoners who craft with the support of Fine Cell Work, who work with top designers and who sell their products across the world, raising awareness of the prison system and breaking down stereotypes, often that cynicism turns to interest.
Fine Cell Work teaches prisoners needlepoint skills resulting in beautiful cushions, patchworks and tapestries. When you buy one, you fund the organisation’s work, and the prisoner gets cash so that they can start saving or pass money to their families. Time spent crafting fosters hope, discipline,self esteem. This helps the person to connect to society and to leave prison with the confidence and means to stop offending.
An Officer at HMP Wandsworth said, “Fine Cell Work gives these men dignity in work and, through this, dignity in life. When a man gains self-respect he may start addressing his offending behaviour”. Craft changes the lives of inmates often written off by society, and 53 such craftspeople provoked thousands of visitors of the V&A British Quilts exhibition including myself in 2010 (and more around the world- the exhibition is currently in Australia) to think about the socio-political situation in the UK through the medium of quilting.
Fine Cell Work sells crafted pieces by the prisoners many of which have been specially commissioned from designers such as Emily Peacock, Cath Kidston and Tom Dixon. Emily Peacock was inspired by the charity’s work and offered to design a cushion: ‘I wanted to get involved with Fine Cell Work because I strongly believe in the therapeutic benefits that needlework offers. Not only does Fine Cell Work offer inmates a new skill, but needlepoint also brings creativity and beauty to a challenging environment.”
The Craftivist Collective have supported Fine Cell Work for nearly 5 years, I have set up volunteering sessions to make craft kits for prisoners to cater for the demand over the Christmas period when they are locked in their cells. I have bought a cushion and when people ask about the label ‘Made in Prison” I tell them about Fine Cell Work and encourage them to support the organisation. Why not add Fine Cell Work products to your Christmas list this year?
You can Join in our projects and connect with me & the Craftivist Collective at www.craftivist-collective.com , buy our products on our Etsy shop (to help sustain our existence) & you can find more top tips on how to be an effective craftivist in our new book A Little Book of Craftivism.
Sarah Corbett grew up as an activist and has worked in the charity sector for over 7 years in engaging people in global injustices working for Christian Aid, DFID and most recently Oxfam as a Community & Activism Campaigner before she became a full time Craftivist. She founded the Craftivist Collective in 2009 after craft-lovers around the world asked to join in her craftivism (activism through craft) as a way to make positive change and give introverts a voice outside of traditional extrovert forms of activism.


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FCPS Widens Opportunities for In-Person Instruction Throughout April
Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) is announcing that it will be expanding opportunities to return additional students for four days of in-person learning for identified PreK-12 students throughout April.
These expanded opportunities will be based on the updated Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidance from March 12, which allows schools the opportunity to transition from 6 feet to 3 feet social distancing in some circumstances, and within certain community transmission rates as well as each school’s available space and staffing capacity.
“I am thrilled to announce that FCPS is continuing to move forward with bringing back additional students to in-person learning - particularly our students who are experiencing the greatest learning challenges,” said Scott S. Brabrand, FCPS Superintendent. “Overall, we see this as very good news for FCPS students, families, staff, and the community and will help us prepare for five days of in-person instruction this fall.”
Starting the weeks of April 6 and April 13, FCPS will offer four days of in-person instruction to PreK-12 students who are experiencing the greatest learning challenges, as identified by school personnel using the Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS).
Starting the week of April 20, FCPS will offer four days of in-person instruction to PreK-12 students whose families identified a preference for in-person instruction since the fall and are already attending two-days in-person.
Both options will take into consideration the school’s capacity, staffing, and associated current rate of community transmission and, as a result, the transition will not look exactly the same in every school. Each school will need to resolve how to manage lunch when students are still required to be 6 feet apart and all facing the same direction. Staff will also still be required to follow the 6 feet social distancing guidelines at all times.
For more information, please see the FCPS website at https://www.fcps.edu/returntoschool.
Scott S. Brabrand, FCPS Superintendent, will be available for virtual interview opportunities Tuesday, April 6, between 8:30-9:30 a.m. Please contact the FCPS Office of Communication and Community Relations (OCCR) with any interview requests. Contact Lucy Caldwell at 571-294-9184
The superintendent will also be hosting a Live Virtual Community Town Hall on Wednesday, April 7, from 7-8 p.m. Watch the town hall on FCPS cable channel 99 or online. Send questions in advance to firstname.lastname@example.org or call 1-800-231-6359 during the town hall.


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With its Civic Si concept, Honda looks to be on track to making its "tuner surprise" model into a player, even it stock form. Aspects of the concept will likely appear in the 2006 production model, due to debut later in 2005, including an updated i-VTEC engine — a 200-horsepower, 16-valve buzzer, with an 8,000 rpm redline, and now-obiligatory 6-speed manual transmission. Sportier still is the Civic's new design swoops, which will likely squelch the contagious yawns inspired by the current model, as often mistaken for an electric car from the 1970s as a modern street machine. We turn now to the latest in the Car Fans franchise for more on the Si. Take it, JCF.
Honda Civic Si Concept Unveiled [Japanese Car Fans]
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Stephen V. Liu, MD, discusses strategies for treatment and disease management for patients with advanced non–small cell lung cancer who are awaiting biomarker test results.
Although biomarker testing is crucial for determining optimal targeted therapies for patients with advanced non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), the time between conducting these tests and receiving results poses challenges for both oncologists and patients, according to Stephen V. Liu, MD.
“There are cases where we need to act fairly quickly [if] someone is symptomatic, and [we] use symptoms and disease burden to guide that [decision],” Liu said in an interview with OncLive® during the 18th Annual New York Lung Cancers Symposium®.
In the interview, Liu shared his insights on optimal ways to care for patients with NSCLC who are awaiting biomarker test results, which he presented on at the meeting. He highlighted the importance of biomarker testing for identifying effective targeted therapies for patients with lung cancer, characteristics that would make patients ideal candidates for chemotherapy before they receive biomarker test results, and strategies for symptom management during the waiting period.
Liu is an associate professor of medicine of Georgetown University, as well as the director of Thoracic Oncology and head of Developmental Therapeutics at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center in Washington, DC.
Liu: When we treat a patient with advanced NSCLC, we need biomarker results, but they’re not always available to us right away. We’ll get a diagnosis of lung cancer, but the next-generation sequencing may take a few weeks. What do we do in the meantime? It’s easy to say we just wait for those results, but the patients are often anxious to start therapy, which is understandable because the symptoms [they are experiencing have] probably been going on for a while. Additionally, there are often delays in diagnosis, [so patients have a] sense of urgency; they want to get started [on treatment] quickly.
However, we need to stress that we’re not looking for the fastest treatment; we’re looking for the right treatment. There are consequences with giving the wrong therapy or giving treatment in the wrong order. We know that when we give immunotherapy before a targeted agent, such as a TKI, it increases the toxicity of that TKI. We want to avoid putting ourselves and our patients in that situation.
When we get a [patient’s] diagnosis of metastatic lung cancer and we want to start systemic therapy, we need those biomarker results first. Those are going to point us toward targeted therapy or away from immunotherapy if we see an actionable driver. However, we have to wait for those results, which can be challenging to do.
If we need therapy quickly, it’s got to be chemotherapy. We can’t give targeted therapy without knowing the driver, because we’ll be giving an ineffective treatment. We can’t give immunotherapy without knowing the driver because it also could be ineffective if there’s an EGFR or ALK alteration. Also, [immunotherapy] can complicate subsequent targeted therapy, and it’s hard to walk back from that. Chemotherapy bridges that [period between testing and receiving results].
We can see modest responses [with chemotherapy; it] can work fairly quickly, and [it does not] alter the subsequent safety profile of other treatments. We can give chemotherapy safely, if needed, in the meantime. However, ideally, we are waiting for [biomarker] results when we can.
If [patients] have a lot of symptoms while we’re waiting for those results, and we need to start therapy, [a treatment such as] chemotherapy can be effective. Sometimes, palliative radiation [can be effective as well]. Again, if it’s a short wait, then we’d rather just wait for those [test] results. Sometimes, we can do things to speed up [the testing process, such as] using liquid biopsy to try to get results quicker or making sure the tissue goes out [for testing] with some urgency.
We need to make sure we’re in constant contact with our patients, so they know we’re not forgetting about them. [We need to] provide that reassurance. Watching symptoms, [prescribing] pain medicine, [and conducting] symptom control are strong strategies to [use] until we can safely deliver the right treatment to patients with advanced lung cancer.
Liu SV. Managing patients while waiting for test results. Presented at: 18th Annual New York Lung Cancers Symposium®; November 11, 2023; New York, NY.


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