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This study investigated the effects of protease treatments (trypsin, chymotrypsin, and pepsin) under various pressure levels (0.1-300 MPa) for the characteristics of porcine placenta hydrolysates. According to gel electrophoretic patterns, the trypsin showed the best placental hydrolyzing activity followed by chymotrypsin, regardless of the pressure levels. In particular, the peptide bands of tryptic-digested hydrolysate were not shown regardless of applied pressure levels. The peptide bands of hydrolysate treated chymotrypsin showed gradual decreases in molecular weights (
) with increasing pressure levels. However, the pepsin did not show any evidences of placental hydrolysis even though the pressure levels were increased to 300 MPa. The gel permeation chromatography (GPC) profiles showed that the trypsin and pepsin had better placental hydrolyzing activities under high pressure (particularly at 200 MPa), with lower
distributions of the hydrolysates. Pepsin also tend to lower the
of peptides, while the major bands of hydrolysates being treated at 300 MPa were observed at more than 7,000 Da. There were some differences in amino acid compositions of the hydrolysates, nevertheless, the peptides were mainly composed of glycine (Gly), alanine (Ala), hydroxyproline (Hyp) and proline (Pro). Consequently, the results indicate that high pressure could enhance the placental hydrolyzing activities of the selected proteases and the optimum pressure levels at which the maximum protease activity is around 200 MPa.
Although collagen is the most abundant protein source which can be obtained from various animal wastes or by-products, it has not been attracted much attention as a nutritional source due to a lack of some essential amino acids such as tryptophan (
). Collagen has a molecular weight (
) of about 300 kDa and composed of double α-chains (~100 kDa) and β-chain (~200 kDa) structured by triple-helix (
Furthmayr and Timpl, 1971
). Recently, interests in collagen hydrolysates are greatly grown as a food, cosmetic or pharmaceutical ingredient since various bioactivities and functionalities of the hydrolysateshave been identified (
Giménez ., 2009
Iwai ., 2005
). It has been reported that collagen hydrolysates show different bioactivity depending on the molecular weights and amino acid sequence. For instant, antioxidant activity was identified in the collagen hydrolysates which were composed of 10-15 amino acids while antihypertensive (ACE inhibitory) activity were shown in the peptides consisted of 2-4 amino acids (
Commercial collagen hydrolysatesare produced mainly by acid treatments or by enzymatic digestion. In particular, acid treatment (normally HCl) a thigh temperature has been a standard way to produce collagen hydrolysates within a few hours (
Tsugita and Sheffler, 1982
), however, it also implies a generation of waste water and a requirement of neutralization/desalting processes. In more recent, subcritical water processing has been introduced as a novel collagen hydrolysis technology (
Lee ., 2013
). Upon elaborated pressure and temperature (subcritical region), collagen converts into gelatin and undergoes partial or complete hydrolysis depending on the subcritical conditions such as temperature. Our previous study indicated that subcritical water processing (37.5 MPa and 170°C) had a potential advantage to hydrolyze collagen within a few minutes (
Lee ., 2013
). Disadvantage of subcritical hydrolysis of collagen was relatively high
(＞5 kDa) of collagen hydrolysates.
The usage of proteases is an alternative of the second hydrolyze collagen. In spite of high cost of final products,enzymatic hydrolysis is a common method to produce high quality collagen peptides (
). Various enzymes including trypsin, pepsin, chymotrypsin, alcalase as well as collagenase are involved in collagen hydrolysis. Intriguingly, hydrolysis activity of proteases has been reported to be enhanced under and/or after high pressure treatment (
). It is likely that enhanced proteolysis activity of the enzymes provides various advantages in reducing the
of final product with reduced cost. Therefore, this study was conducted to evaluate the effects of high pressure (0.1-300 MPa) on the collagen-hydrolyzing activity of various proteases (pepsin, trypsin, and chymotrypsin).
Materials and Methods
Frozen porcine placenta was kindly donated by Samwoo Husbandry Co. (Korea). The frozen placenta was thawed in running water for 4 h and washed with water containing detergent to remove residual blood. The placenta was further washed with water several times and dewatering process was done by centrifugation at ×1,000 g for 15 min. Visual fat was completely trimmed off and the placenta was cut into about 5 cm in length. Aliquots of 1 kg placenta were vacuum-packaged using polyethylene pouch and frozen at -50°C prior to use (within 2 mon). Pepsin (E.C. 22.214.171.124, from porcine gastric mucosa, 250 units/mg protein), trypsin (E.C. 126.96.36.199, from bovine pancrease, 10,000 BAEE (N-benzoyl-L-arginine ethyl ester) units/mg protein) and α-chymotrypsin (E.C. 3.4. 21.1, from bovine pancrease type-II, 40 units/mg protein) were purchased from Sigma-Aldrich Co. (USA). All che- micals used in this study were analytical grade.
Frozen placenta was thawed at 4°C overnight. Moisture and crude protein contents of the placenta were determined respectively by 102°C air drying and by Kjeldahl (%N×6.25). The placenta was blended using a SMT homogenizer (SMT Co. Ltd., Japan) for 5 min and aliquot 50 mL was mixed with each protease (40 unit/mg of pepsin and chymotrypsin, 25.0 BAEE unit/mg of trypsin). High pressure was applied using a lab-assembled barostatic device. In brief, the device was composed of pressure generator, intensifier and pressure controller, and water was used for pressure-transmitting medium. Samples were pressurized at 100, 200, and 300 MPa for 5 min at ambient temperature. After depression, all samples were further incubated at 4°C for 2 h and the enzymes were inactivated by immersing the samples in 75°C water bath for 15 min.
- Gel electrophoresis
Samples were vigorously voltexed and diluted to final 4 mg/mL protein concentration by adding adequate amount of distilled water. Sodium dodecyl sulfate-poly acrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) was conducted using Ez-Way
PAG 12% acrylamide gels (KOMA Biotech Inc., Korea) based on the method of
. The sample dilutes were mixed with the same amount of KTG20 sample buffer (KOMA Biotech Inc., Korea) consisting of 10% glycerol, 2% SDS, 0.003% bromophenol blue, 5% β-mercaptoethanol and 63 mM Tris (pH 6.8). The mixture was boiled for 2 min and 20 μL of sample mixture was loaded into the gel wells. Peptide separation was performed at a constant voltage of 140 V (~1 h).
- Gel permeation chromatography (GPC)
Samples were centrifuged at ×10,000 g for 5 min and the molecular weight (
) of peptides in the supernatant was determined by GPC based on the method of
Gu . (2011)
. A YL 9100 high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) system (Younglin Instrument Co. Ltd., Korea) equipped with three Ultrahydrogel
120 columns (7.8×3,000 mm, Waters, USA) was used for GPC analysis. The flow rate of mobile phase was 1 mL/min using deionized/distilled water. The
distributions of the peptides were monitored using a YL 9100 refractive index detector (YL Instrument Co. Ltd., Korea) at 40°C. A
standards kit (0.68-1,670 kDa, Polymer standards service, Germany) was used as standards.
- Amino acid composition
Amino acid composition of the sample supernatant was determined using an Agilent HPLC 1200 system (Agilent Technologies Inc., USA) equipped with two detectors (a fluorescence detector and a UV detector) and a C
column (4.6×150 mm, 5 μm in diameter). The supernatant containing 3 mg of total protein was added to 30 mL of 6 M HCl and hydrolyzed at 130°C for 24 h. After hydrolysis, the sample was diluted with distilled/deionized water up to total volume of 100 mL, and then filtered using a DISMIC- 13CP 0.45 μm syringe filter (Advantec Co., Japan). Two mobile phases were applied, i.e., one was 20 mM sodium phosphate buffer (pH 7.8) and the other was 45% (v/v) acetonitrile/45% (v/v) methanol solution. The sam ples were monitored at an emission wavelength of 450 nm and an excitation wavelength of 340 nm for the
-phthalaldehyde derivatives, and an emission wavelength of 305 nm and an excitation wavelength of 266 nm for the 9-fluorenylmethyl chloroformate derivatives at 40°C in the case of fluorescence detecting and an absorbance at 338 nm at 40°C in the case of UV detecting. An Agilent 5061-3330 (Agilent Technologies Inc., USA) was used as the standard.
- Statistical analysis
Completely randomized design was adopted to evaluate the effect of pressure levels or types of enzyme. One-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) was conducted using a SAS statistical program (ver. 9.1) and the means were separated by Duncan’s multiple range test when the main effect (pressure levels) was significant (
Results and Discussion
- Gel electrophoresis
The three selected proteases exhibited different hydrolyzing features based on peptide band patterns of placenta (
). For pepsin treatments, high
bands were shown in the
range of ＞55 kDa, reflecting that pepsin had a poor placental hydrolysis activity. Contrary to literature which postulates proteolysis activity of pepsin (
Skierka and Safdowska, 2007
), poor hydrolysis in the present study would be due to type of substrate (mainly collagen) and environmental conditions (pH). Pepsin is reported to cleave peptide bonds between hydrophobic and aromatic amino acids (
). Because collagen rarely contains the aromatic amino acids such as tyrosine, tryptophan and phenylalanine (
Nelson and Cox, 2008
), placenta suspension is not a good substrate for the peptic-digestion. In addition, the optimum reaction of pepsin is occurred at around pH 2. At higher than neutral region, pepsin is inactivatedand irreversibly denatured (
Johnston ., 2001
). The placenta suspension had a pH about 6.3 which was too high for pepsin to hydrolyze the substrates as reported by
Lee . (2013)
. These factors would also affect the activity of pepsin under high pressure, being shown no visual changes in peptide band patterns.
SDS-PAGE pattern of porcine placenta treated with proteases and pressurized for 5 min after incubation at 4°C for 2 h.
For trypsin treatments, no bands were detected at atmospheric condition, indicating that trypsin had a potential to hydrolyze collagen. High
peptides were completely hydrolyzed which attributed no visual bands in SDS-PAGE gel, and the tryptic-digested hydrolysates had
below 20 kDa. Therefore, the effect of high pressure on the tryptic- digestion of placenta was not identical in SDS-PAGE.
The chymotrypsin-treated placenta showed different band intensities depending on applied pressure levels. All bands of placental hydrolysates were in the range of <40 kDa with more than 6 peptide bands. With increasing pressure, the bands of 30-40 kDa lost their intensities probably as a result of further hydrolysis, hencehigh pressure seemed to enhance the enzyme activity for placental hydrolysis. Meanwhile, the bands below 29 kDa were not affected by pressure levels.
Based on the results from gel electrophoresis, it could be concluded that trypsin had the best placental hydrolysis ability followed by chymotrypsin and pepsin. However, it should be noted that the trypsin concentration (BAEE units/mg protein) applied in this study could not compensate for that of chymotrypsin (unit/mg). On the other hand, trypsin in the present study was used after high dilution (×400). Therefore the usage of trypsin for collagen hydrolysis had advantages in product cost and hydrolyzing efficiency comparing to chymotrypsin and pepsin.
Because gel electrophoresis did not provide information regarding the
distributions of placenta hydrolysates, supernatant of the enzyme-treated samples were analyzed by GPC (
). Despite that pepsin exhibited poor placental hydrolysis ability in gel electrophoresis, the limited amounts of peptides produced by this enzymatic digestion were mainly separated by two groups, one group had a
higher than 20 kDa and the other group of which
was lower than 434 Da. Considering a repetitive primary structure of collagen, the former would be limited hydrolysates from collagen polymer while the latter was thought to be hydrolysates cleaved from C and/or N-terminal of collagen which was composed of 2-3 amino acids (
). With increasing pressure levels, the low
group was not affected irrespective of pressure levels while the high
peaks were shifted toward lower
range, indicating that hydrolysis activity of pepsin was enhanced after pressurization. The shift of high
peaks was preceded when the enzyme/placenta mixture was pressurized at 200MPa. In particular, all peptides belonging to high
group were observed within 20 kDa region, indicating the optimum pressure level for the maximum enhancement of peptic-digestion. The pressureinduced activity enhancement of pepsin was also reported when the substrate was soybean (
Peñas ., 2006
) or milk proteins (
Chicón ., 2008
). Alternately, further increase in pressure (300 MPa) resulted in higher
peaks than control (0.1 MPa). The result was not in agreement with
Chicón . (2008)
where the authors demonstrated that pepsin-catalyzed β-lactoglobulin hydrolysis was intense with increasing pressure levels up to 400MPa. Different substrate pH would result in different structural tolerance of pepsin over pressure.
Gel permeation chromatograph of porcine placenta treated with proteases and pressurized for 5 min after incubation at 4°C for 2 h.
The patterns in tryptic-digestion of placenta were also similar to those of pepsin. At atmospheric condition, hydrolysates of trypsin treatment had broad ranges of
peaks. With increasing pressure (100 MPa), all
peaks shifted greatly to lower
region, and the main peaks were detected at 1-5 kDa. At 200 MPa, the peaks were detected at lower
ranges comparing to those of control (0.1 MPa), however, the placental hydrolysis activity was lesser than that treated at 100 MPa. The decrease in tryptic-digestion activity was also shown when the hydrolyzing reactant was subjected at 300 MPa at which the
peaks were displayed at slightly higher ranges than those of control. Consequently, the optimum pressure level for tryptic-digestion was found at 100 MPa.
Peñas . (2004)
also noted similar results using soybean protein and concluded that pressure-induced aggregation of substrate diminished the hydrolysis activity of trypsin. In the current study, however, it was hardly expected that high pressure affected the placental collagen, because high pressure was reported not to attribute the collagen structure (
Suzuki ., 1993
). It was recognized that transient pressure of trypsin between native and denatured states was 6.5 kbar (650 MPa), while it depending on the concentration of proteins, ratio of enzyme to substrate and temperature (
Ruan ., 1997
). In the mixed conditions with substrate, there would be an interaction between hydrolysates and enzyme under high pressure and resulted less activity at higher than 200 MPa (
Peñas ., 2004
The placental hydrolysates obtained by chymotrypsin showed some unique pattern under high pressure. Increasing pressure up to 100 MPa resulted better hydrolysis of placenta as shown in lower
peaks than those obtained by control. However, no peak changes were shown with increasing pressure (＞200 MPa). The only attribute of chymotryptic digestion was an increase of the highet
peak dimension. Partial collagen peptides appeared to be fractionated and likely accumulated in the suspension.
- Amino acid compositions
Comparing the amino acid compositions of raw placenta, all digested hydrolysates showed similar pattern of changes after enzymatic hydrolysis (
). The enzymatic hydrolysis did not affect the contents of His and Met. Meanwhile significant increases in Gly, Ala, Lys, Hyp and Pro were observed with decreasing the other amino acid compositions (
<0.05). The amino acids of placental hydrolysates were also in agreement with our previous study (
Lee ., 2013
). For peptic and chymotryptic-digestions,changes in amino acid compositions with pressure level were not significant, though Gly in peptic-digested placenta hydrolysate was lowest at 100 MPa treatment (
< 0.05). Meanwhile, tryptic-digested placenta hydrolysates showed clear changes in amino acid contents by pressurization. In particular, Gly and Ala contents of tryptic-digested hydrolystae increased at 100 MPa. The Ala content did not differ among pressure treatments while Gly content was further increased with increasing pressure up to 200 MPa (
<0.05) thereafter no differences in Gly contents were observed. In addition, Hyp and Pro contents decreased at 100 MPa (
<0.05) and tended to decrease with increasing pressure levels, reflecting pressure-dependent peptide clavage of trypsin. It is reported that trypsin cleaves the carboxyl residues of Lys or Arg. However, this enzyme does not attack the same residues when it is followed by Pro (
Rodriguez ., 2008
). Considering that the low
peptides of tryptic-digestion was found at 100 MPa treatment based on GPC, the relationship between pressure levels and amino acid compositions of trypticdigested placenta was not clear in the present study, which warranted further exploration.
Amino acid composition of porcine placenta treated with proteases and pressurized for 5 min after incubation at 4°C for 2 h. Vertical bars represent standard deviations (n=3).
This study demonstrated the enhancement of hydrolyzing activities of three selected proteases under high pressure. Trypsin revealed a potential protease to hydrolyze animal by-product collagen effectively. Although, it was obscure whether an interaction between enzyme and substrate was occurred under pressure or structural modification of the enzymes caused the enhancement of placental hydrolyzing activity, 100-200 MPa of pressurization was favorable to improve the proteolytic activity. Consequently, the results indicated that pressurization had a potential advantage in enzymatic-collagen hydrolysis.
Financial support for this study was obtained from the Korean Institute of Planning and Evaluation for Technology in Food, Agriculture, Forest, and Fisheries, Korea (iPET Project No. 311029-3).
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Relationships can be an emotional roller coaster. Throughout the ride, men and women can be everything from loving and nurturing, to sometimes verbally and even physically abuisive during fights. Domestic violence is real, and it happens to both men and women. While aggression in heterosexual are believed to stem from men, women tend to commit domestic violence as well. Just as men, women are classed as abusive too.
When it comes to me and domestic violence, there has been a perception made that men whom are assaulted by their partners are often ignored by the police. When reporting for protection via the courts with a domestic violence case, men and women go through the same exact procedure. “In our offie a person can come in and file, and just general questions are asked, (their name and their relationship with the parties) and they would fill out an application that would have their names and the other parties as well – they would then will out a petition. After they fill out the petition, it is then taken to the clerks office to be filed.” Says the receptionist in the Domestic violence intake center, from H. Carl Moultrie I Courthouse of the District of Columbia. (She wanted to remain unknown) After the petition is filled out, because it’s on a first come first serve basis, it all depends on timing to when the two parties can go before the judge.
With researching and traveling to the courts, I gathered as much information and observed as much as I could with domestic violence against men. With all of this, I found that there isn’t a greater ease/difficulty in filling claims and getting assistance for men vs. women, but however, when these two parties get in front of the judge it is indeed a different story. I had the chance to dig deeper and find out what it was like to watch an actual case of domestic violence be presented to the judge. I sat, observed, and saw what I expected to see. A guilty man of domestic violence have his only son taken from him with no mercy from the judge. The judge granted the mother full custody of the child, and twice every other week visitation from the father only, AND IF ONLY he is to enroll in a domestic violence counseling program as well as a parenting counseling program. I left the room speechless. His passion on how much he loves his child and how all he wanted to do was care for his children made me believe he was guilty. It was sad to watch that case end the way it did.
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By Tom Lehman 11:40pm, December 11, 2012 - Updated 12:01pm, December 12, 2012
Councilman Joe Reda on changes to benefit Christiana MallNew Castle County Council has given approval to County Executive Tom Gordon's selections for chief officers of the county's finances and human resources.
The county's new Chief Financial Officer, Michael Coupe, is a county employee of 35 years. Council President Chris Bullock says Coupe will be a good fit for the job.
"He comes to us with impeccable credentials, integrity and wisdom and experience that this government needs at this time," Bullock says.
The other appointee, Valencia "Lynn" Beaty retains her position as HR director, which she was appointed to by former County Executive Paul Clark.
County Councilman Penrose Hollins says Beaty's experience will benefit the county government.
"While she was at the State of Delaware Department of Health and Social Services, she oversaw management services that included a $2 Billion dollar annual budget and 4,600 service employees," Hollins says.
Council has also amended and deleted a declaration of restrictions on property at the Christiana Mall to allow for more development, and job creation.
Councilman Joe Reda says a declaration from more than 30 years ago needed to be removed to allow for development of a new 110,000 square foot building for shopping at the Christiana Mall property.
"It's gonna create a lot of jobs, construction jobs, plus permanent and part-time jobs and it's also a big asset to our area," he says.
He says by lifting the deed restrictions, which were set in 1977, the new building will bring more commerce to the county.
"There's another building like this in Pennsylvania and people from Delaware are going to Pennsylvania and have to pay sales tax. Now they don't have to. They can stay here and purchase the same thing they do up there and less gas mileage," he says.
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A pair of juveniles were indicted for a summer incident in which stolen acid was poured on slides at a playground by a grand jury in Hampden County, Massachusetts this week.
A break-in on June 10 at the Longmeadow, Massachusetts, city pool led to the theft of muriatic acid, a diluted form of hydrochloric acid used for cleaning.
That acid was then poured on three slides at the playground at Bliss Park in Longmeadow sometime before or on June 11, when the acid burned children at play.
Four young children ended up with minor injuries due to the June 11 incident, Hampden County District Attorney Anthony Gulluni wrote in a release on Facebook Thursday. Empty acid jugs were found in nearby woods following the incident.
The identities of the two accused juveniles indicted on Wednesday cannot be released due to their age, Mr. Gulluni explained. Each is charged with four counts of assault and battery of a child causing injury, four counts of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, and one count of vandalism.
“Our collective effort to charge those we believe are responsible should make clear that protecting this community’s children is among our highest priorities. Whether the threat and harm caused were intended as pranks or malicious acts, it will not be tolerated,” Mr. Gulluni wrote in a statement.
Mother Ashley Thielen had two of her children injured by the acid. She had initially thought the acid on the slides was rainwater.
“I didn’t really think much of it, and then, my baby, who is one, just started crying. That was when I knew this liquid that they were around was not water,” Ms. Thielen told WGGB-TV in June.

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Brokerage execs condemn SCOTUS ruling, pledge to cover abortion costs
Bess Freedman assails “egregious reversal of justice” as Ryan Serhant vows “fight for equality”
A growing number of real estate brokerages have promised financial assistance to employees seeking abortions in states that restrict access to the procedure after the Supreme Court effectively overturned Roe v. Wade on Friday.
Executives at Brown Harris Stevens, Compass and Serhant informed staff of the policy in the days following the ruling, mirroring a similar announcement from Douglas Elliman last week.
In a memo to BHS employees Monday, CEO Bess Freedman called the ruling an “egregious reversal of justice,” pledged up to $4,000 in travel expense reimbursement and laid out a list of pro-choice organizations, including Planned Parenthood and NARAL, that are accepting donations.
“To date, this has been our most responded to memo,” Freedman told The Real Deal. “The response has been overwhelming and supportive.”
Freedman said the $4,000 figure could be exceeded if necessary and that she would “personally” assist brokers and employees who face legal consequences for receiving an abortion. The company will also work to relocate staff members who want to move to a state where access to abortion is protected, she said.
“As I’m having this conversation, I’m starting to get frustrated thinking about it shouldn’t be harder to get an abortion than an AR-15,” she added.
In a memo to staff at his eponymous firm Sunday, Ryan Serhant wrote that the company would reimburse all abortion-related travel expenses and vowed to “work on ways to lobby our politicians in Congress to overturn the decision.”
The brokerage will name a chief justice officer to “ensure and fight for social justice and equality” within the company and the real estate industry at large, Serhant wrote. A representative did not immediately respond to questions about the specifics of the new role or the lobbying efforts.
“I appreciate that there are differing views in our workplace, in our community and around our country,” he wrote in the memo. “I see and feel how this decision can shake not just women, but anyone who wants to ensure their girlfriends, wives, partners, mothers, daughters, sisters, friends, and bosses have the right to make their own decisions for their own bodies.”
Compass will reimburse employees up to $2,500 for their own travel expenses and those of a companion, according to an internal memo viewed by TRD. A spokesperson said the benefit applies only to employees, not agents, because the reimbursements will be paid by Compass’ health insurance carrier.
“We are in active discussions with our providers as we assess legal and implementation complexities,” the memo read.
Anywhere (formerly Realogy), the parent company of Coldwell Banker, Corcoran and Sotheby’s International Realty, among others, said that like Compass, it would reimburse employees — but not brokers — $2,500 for travel expenses. Earlier in the week, CEO Ryan Schneider issued a memo that affirmed the company’s support for “equal access to quality healthcare of all kinds.”
Nest Seekers International CEO Eddie Shapiro said his company will cover all expenses for those who ask for help.
At Douglas Elliman, a company-wide memo Friday stated that the brokerage “stands firmly behind women and their reproductive rights.” The note was signed by CEO Scott Durkin and chairman Howard Lorber, who helped fund former president Donald Trump’s 2020 re-election campaign but has maintained a pro-choice stance in public statements.
“I believe in a woman’s right to choose,” Lorber told TRD in a 2016 interview. “I don’t know why people even bother arguing about it. It’s the law of the land.” Not anymore: Trump’s election that year positioned him to install three of the five justices who voted to overturn Roe v. Wade.
An Elliman spokesperson said the company is working out the details of its promise to “reimburse agents and staff who may be forced to travel out of state to obtain reproductive care” with its insurance carrier and finance and human resources departments.
A representative for The Agency and Triplemint, which merged last month, said staffers will be “reimbursed for needed travel and medical care if it’s not locally accessible.”
Others, such as Keller Williams, were finalizing their policies at the time that TRD contacted them and unable to comment.
None of the firms has gone as far as to suggest the ruling will affect its business strategies.
“We do not mix business with politics,” Nest Seekers’ Shapiro wrote in an email. “We are a service industry and we are here to service our clients no matter what their political positions are.”
Freedman said Brown Harris Stevens will not pull out of markets or avoid future expansions based on the Supreme Court’s decision. She also said she doesn’t anticipate that real estate will be heavily affected by the ruling, although she qualified that by saying “history is a study of surprises.”
“People tend to move more for issues that affect them economically,” she said. “People who have money, they can always fly around. Who this is going to impact, as we know, is going to be our most vulnerable.”


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- 2 pound salmon fillet, skin on
- 1/4 cup mirin
- 1/4 cup rice wine
- 2 tablespoons light soy sauce
- 2 tablespoons wasabi paste
- 2 teaspoons chopped ginger
- 1/2 teaspoon sugar
- Salt and freshly ground pepper
- 1 cup mayonnaise
- 2 tablespoons pickled ginger, chopped
Soak a plank in water for one hour. Place salmon in a dish. Combine mirin, rice wine, soy sauce, wasabi paste, ginger and sugar. Pour over salmon and leave to marinate for 30 minutes.
Preheat grill to high. Place plank on hot grill and let smoke for three to four minutes. Turn over before placing fish on plank.
Remove salmon from marinade, reserving marinade, and season fish with salt and pepper. Place salmon on prepared plank, skin side down, and grill for 15 to 20 minutes or until white juices begin to appear. The salmon should be slightly pink in the centre.
Place reserved marinade in a skillet and bring to a boil. Boil until reduced by half. Stir into mayonnaise along with pickled ginger.

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A far cry from the traditional necessity it once represented, wedding cakes have become an adventure in flavour and an expression of originality. René Hart speaks to Ganga Keshav, the owner of The Cake Alchemist about the art of creating a cake that’s unique and truly meaningful to each wedding couple, and where to find inspiration you never thought possible.
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There are many aspects that can inspire the theme of a wedding cake; some brides will bring the lace from their gown to a baker to create a very elegant and extravagant cake, while some couples may fall in love with a countryside scene and will want their cake adorned with colourful blooms.
Whether your wedding style is modern, traditional, feminine or streamlined, your wedding cake sets the tone and adds the finishing touch to your nuptials. It’s also an opportunity to showcase a confectionary delight that guests will admire and appreciate. After all, the cutting of the cake is one of the final formalities and the last thing on the menu, so guests are sure to remember it.
The Cake Alchemist specialises in creating magnificent, truly bespoke cakes that become the centrepiece of weddings, using only the finest, locally sourced ingredients. “Our cakes are handmade with no artificial flavours, preservatives or cake mixes,” says Keshav. “We source delicious ingredients from farmers’ markets and local businesses. Melbourne is blessed with abundant local and regional produce, so we make the most of it!”
A commitment to exceptional flavour ensures the designs look and taste spectacular. “Melbourne is one of the best places in the world for foodies and art lovers,” says Keshav. “There’s an amazing range of cuisines and a real sense of adventure. I wanted to explore this in the cake world, which is why I decided to step in and see what flavour adventures I could take people on.”
The extensive flavour options are ever-evolving based on client preferences, from classic favourites to more exotic infusions. “We can turn any flavour into a delicious cake! We love to work with customers who want to go above and beyond with flavour to create something truly unique and personal,” says Keshav.
Keshav understands the pressures of trying to come up with ideas and finding new inspiration. It can be a struggle, especially when you want to stand out from the crowd and create something totally unique and personal. “Your cake is more than just a menu item or a box to tick,” she says. “It’s a symbol of your special day together. It’s
not just about looks, either. The flavour has to be just right, too!”
Peering Into The Process
Keshav offers a truly bespoke service far exceeding what is traditionally expected of a cake designer. “Cakes are part of all types of celebrations, but they should be anything but generic,” says Keshav. “We provide cake consultations for every customer to understand exactly what they are looking for, how the cake fits into their celebration, and what it symbolises to them and their loved ones. We cater for gluten-free, vegan and organic too; no one should miss out on cake!”
Keshav finds inspiration in everything from nature and fashion to interior design, which allows her to create show-stopping cakes that are the perfect interpretation of the wedding theme. “Understanding what the event means for [the couple], their favourite colours, flavours, desserts and fruits, and what they want to convey, is important,” she says. “I make a list, and then design a way to combine all the things the couple loves into their cake.”
If you’re looking for inspiration that stands apart from the plethora of cakes swarming your Pinterest feed, a good place to start would be to explore what’s trending. “The prominent trends I’ve seen recently are at opposite ends of the spectrum!” says Keshav. “Rustic, semi-naked cakes with decadent drip detail and flowers, versus very traditional white-on-white wedding cakes with details like ruffles, lace and sugar flowers. Many couples look for ways to combine the two – they want something traditional, but with a modern twist. Metallic and marbled tiers are very popular too. Brush-stroke and painted cakes is a trend I am looking forward to. They’re truly elegant in white, but give a fabulous finish if done in colour.”
Let Nature Nurture
With greenery, blooms and plenty of other natural produce to choose from, nature-inspired wedding cakes are the countryside confections of choice that have guests scrambling to score a slice. In lieu of traditional tiers and classic fondant, brides are opting for subtly stylish wedding cakes with an earthier aesthetic.
“Nature is the best template there is, so that’s a constant source of inspiration,” says Keshav. “Botanical cakes are scheduled to be the next big thing, in line with the natural, rustic trends but with a cool, modern touch. Coloured succulents and green foliage take a rustic cake to the next level.”
Feast On Fashion
Fashion is a powerful force. It defines generations and bends cultural barriers, and it can even inspire culinary creations. We’ve seen how fashion can inspire table centrepieces, dinnerware, interior décor and, of course, colour palettes. “I like to look at what others are doing [in the] interior design, fashion, architecture, and machine design [industries],” says Keshav. “There’s art in everything if you look closely enough.”
Basing your wedding cake and colour palette on your favourite piece of clothing and different types of textures assures an incredible outcome. Think stripes, pretty pleats, romantic ruffles, beautiful beading, shiny sequins, fine fringes – the list goes on. You can even turn to interior design and architecture for inspiration, using marble, metal, ombré or geometric shapes. “Seasonal colours and fabric textures like chiffon, silk or linen can add unique elements used as bows and borders,” says Keshav. “Interior design is great for bringing disparate styles together; it’s a great place to start if the bride and groom want different things!”
When it comes to finding inspiration for your wedding cake, take some time to think about how you can create a concept that describes your relationship with the one you’re about to marry, and how that concept reflects what makes you unique. “I love cakes with a sense of romance,” says Keshav. “Yes, I’m one of those eternal romantics who think that every element of a wedding should have meaning for the couple!”
“Cakes are much more than just a dessert at a function; they are a symbol of the couple, and a depiction of their love and life together,” says Keshav. So let your wedding cake be the token of your personality and the highlight of your wedding day, and look to inspiration you never thought possible.

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To many people, Glastonbury Tor, rising dramatically from the surrounding countryside, is Somerset’s most memorable image. The views from the summit are spectacular – in clear weather you can see over three counties, Somerset, Dorset and Wiltshire.
But the attraction of Glastonbury Tor reaches far beyond its striking physical presence; its mysterious history and myths have attracted visitors for many centuries. At the top of the steep Tor there is the dramatic ruin of a church tower and excavations of the site have revealed two churches superimposed on the same site – the 15th century tower is all that remains. But many aspects of the Tor remain a mystery, in particular the nature of its early settlement, which may have been anything from a defended site to a dark-age monastery.
This mystery spreads to Glastonbury itself – legends associate it with Joseph of Arimathea, the Holy Grail and King Arthur. The ruins of Glastonbury Abbey, once the wealthiest monastery in England are visible from the Tor. The Abbey is one of the most visited Christian centres in the region.
The flat land around the Tor has a rich archaeological and historical story to tell. The waterlogged peat in the Levels acts as a preservative that gives us a unique insight into prehistoric life. The Glastonbury Lake Village some 5km north of the Tor is one of the best preserved Iron Age settlements in the UK. At the excellent Peat Moors Centre at nearby Westhay, there are reconstructions of Iron Age roundhouses and the famous Neolithic Sweet Track, the oldest man made timber trackway in Britain dating from 3806BC. The Centre offers many special activity days when you can learn how to make a wattle and daub wall or listen, as our ancestors did, to an ancient story by a fire in a roundhouse. Glastonbury Tor provides a view out onto a truly magical wetland landscape. All this makes Glastonbury a fascinating place to visit and explore and there is an amazing range of shops and cafés.

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Nurses and Burnout
Compasion fatigue and burnout not only hurts nurses, but also their organizations with high turnover costs.
Nurse Burnout Research
"More than a third of nurses have burnout symptoms" read more
In 2018, nurses were sent an anonymous survey asking about suicide risk factors
- 43% were rated as high risk
- 7% reported "active thoughts or actions of self-harm"
'High rates of burnout in the nursing profession are likely to contribute to a high rate of nurse turnover, which ranges from 13 to 21 percent" read more
"A recent study in the Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation found as many as 48 percent of nurses working in a critical care transplant unit met the criteria for PTSD" read more

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Amrita Sher-Gil: unseen brilliance
The Hungarian-Indian painter is rightly hailed, yet few outside India have seen her work.
Some grand claims have been made for the art of Amrita Sher-Gil (1913-1941). Christie’s described her as ‘one of the greatest avant-garde women artists of the early 20th century’, yet few art-history students in Europe and America know her name. The reissue of Amrita Sher-Gil: A Self-Portrait in Letters & Writings, which collects all of the artist’s writings and reproduces her 172 surviving paintings, allows us to judge the acclaim. In the foreword, Salman Rushdie explains how Sher-Gil became an inspiration for his character Aurora Zogoiby in The Moor’s Last Sigh.
There is scarcely a day without a gallery press release announcing the rediscovery of a female artist who has not just been neglected but ‘excluded from the Western fine-art canon’. The claim that any artist can be excluded from the canon is nonsensical. The Western canon is a list of the most important good art that a person should know in order to understand the Western art tradition. The canon is not a set text, but a composite of opinions and has no central authority and changes over time. Therefore no art or artist can ever be excluded from the Western canon, whatever you may be told. (For an explanation, read my essay here.)
Amrita Sher-Gil was born in 1913 in Budapest. Her family was middle class. Her father was Amrao Singh Sher-Gil, a Sikh writer and religious ascetic. He was a skilled photographer and his favourite subject was his family. Amrita’s mother was of French and Hungarian Jewish descent. The couple were mismatched in some respects and the conflict between an ascetic detached father and neurotic socialite mother would prove a source of instability in Amrita’s life. The family (including Amrita’s younger sister Indira) spent Amrita’s early years in Hungary before the family moved to Simla, India in 1924.
This two-volume book publishes all of Amrita’s writings, translated from the original French and Hungarian. She spoke English to her family and Indian colleagues, so much of the text is in her own words. The volumes open in collage style, with early diary entries reproduced next to adolescent drawings. The earliest subjects of the diaries are romantic fairy tales; later entries record family gatherings and parties. She drew film stars and fashion plates from the journals of the day. There are numerous photographs of Amrita and her family. She and Indira appear in the latest fashions for her father’s camera. In bobbed haircuts and 1920s flappers’ dresses, they strike superior poses or they perform in fancy dress. From the first, Amrita’s engagement with the sensuality of art and her love of colour come to the fore in her colourful drawings.
Nearly 260 letters from Amrita are transcribed in full, giving us an inside view of her life. Extensive illustrations bring added life and footnotes explain references and individuals mentioned. Extracts of the letters and memoirs of others fill in some gaps. The editor of the volumes is Vivan Sundaram, son of Indira Sher-Gil and nephew of Amrita. Sundaram is well placed to understand the dynamics of the family and is an artist himself.
When Amrita displayed skill in art and expressed the intention to become an artist, the obvious course was for her to study in Europe. The whole family relocated to Europe to allow Amrita to study art in Paris. In 1929, Amrita entered art school and became acquainted with the treasures of the Louvre and more recent painting, and expressed admiration for Gauguin, Van Gogh and Modigliani. She made rapid progress.
So, how good an artist is Amrita Sher-Gil? The answer is exceptionally good. Her paintings balance fluent drawing with brushwork that is descriptive and paint that is intelligently applied. The colour schemes are satisfying and rich, especially in her Paris phase. What distinguishes the art of her Paris period is the warmth and richness of her palette, firm yet sensitive drawing and her approach to modelling of volume, which is concise and well observed. Though some of the smaller pieces are slight, the best of her early portraits and nudes are among the best produced in Europe in that period.
Amrita was hungry for success but ambivalent towards praise. She wrote excited letters to her parents about winning prizes and earning critical praise for her exhibitions. She was contemptuous of a prize awarded to her as a ‘woman artist’. ‘It rather smacks of concession due to the feebler sex’, she said. She felt her art was good enough to be judged on equal terms with art produced by men.
Amrita’s letters are gossipy, feisty and funny. They are also informative, telling us which artists she admired, which books she read and giving us details of other interests. Through Amrita’s letters we become immersed in her affectionate but troubled relationship with her mother. Amrita’s dependence on financial support from her parents and her mother’s controlling and critical nature led the pair into conflict over money.
In 1934 Amrita and her family returned to India. One of the impetuses was for Amrita to explore Indian art more deeply and connect with her roots. She started painting subjects from Indian life and her style changed, incorporating elements of different Indian schools of painting. Pictorial depth in her art narrows dramatically and realism is decreasingly important. She attempted to depict Indian life in ways that were not clichéd or touristic.
Correspondence with Indian critics illuminates her views on art, both her own and that of other artists. She was scathing about her Indian contemporaries. It was an area she could not always keep diplomatically silent on. In return, Indian artists resented a half-Western, Paris-trained artist casting aspersions on them. Indian critics were largely positive about her art (some extracts are included). The newspaper articles she wrote on the state of Indian art are reprinted in full.
She formed strong aversions and her barbed tongue got her into trouble occasionally. While visiting one of the wealthiest men in India, she was asked her opinion on his collection of academic Victorian painting and she could not help savaging it. Unsurprisingly, her host did not buy any pictures by her. She exhibited paintings at an open exhibition and when she was awarded a medal for what she considered was her weakest painting, she rejected the medal and upbraided the jury in a haughty letter. A few Indians commented that she would never have acted that way towards the jury of the Paris salon.
Her first engagement was disastrous and the wedding was called off. She started a series of romantic and sexual attachments with men and women, all intense, exciting but ultimately short-lived. Her reputation as a seducer made her a figure of fascination. Amrita was rebellious as a person and an artist, but she was also shrewd. She used her attractiveness to catch the eye of critics and it is notable how many articles by and about her art prominently feature photographs of her. During her lifetime, her photograph made the front covers of journals and newspapers in France and India.
One of the most tantalising gaps in Amrita’s correspondence is with Jawaharlal Nehru, the future first Prime Minister of India. They met a number of times and exchanged letters while he was a prominent nationalist campaigner against British rule. Her parents wanted the pair to marry. Amrita admitted, ‘He is extraordinarily handsome and absolutely charming’. The question of how intimate they were is now virtually unknowable, since almost all of their letters were burned. Upon learning of Sher-Gil’s death, Nehru sent a touching letter of condolence to her parents.
In the summer of 1938, Amrita returned to Hungary and in August 1938 she married her cousin Victor Egan, with whom she had had a youthful affair. Amrita’s mother disapproved; she thought Amrita could do better. Victor had not established himself in the medical profession yet, and could not support Amrita, let alone any children they might have. Still, it was to be an open marriage and Amrita continued pursuing extra-marital affairs.
Amrita enjoyed being surrounded by the art of Europe’s greatest museums and began to adapt ideas from older European art into her own art. However, things were difficult. In Nazi-aligned Hungary, money transfers (which the young couple depended on) were becoming increasingly restricted. Moreover, under German race laws she would have been classed as mixed race (part Jewish). In June 1939, concerned about the deteriorating situation in Europe, they relocated to India.
In Simla, Amrita continued to make progress in the Indian art world. Catalogues were produced, her articles were published and reviews lauded her art. She studied ancient Indian art, visiting sites and museums. She attempted to fuse two distinct and clashing traditions. In 1941, the couple moved to Lahore and Amrita prepared for a large display of her art there. Bu just before the exhibition, Amrita became ill and died. The cause of her death is uncertain. A friend found her at home, very ill. Amrita told him that she had caught dysentery. When the friend returned a few days later, Victor informed him that Amrita was on the verge of death. Inexplicably, no other doctor had been called. When another doctor did arrive, he declared Amrita was past saving. She died shortly afterwards, aged 28.
There has been speculation about the cause of death. It could have been dysentery, but her mother believed she had died due to a botched abortion, perhaps performed by Victor. Whatever the cause, the inadequacy of care contributed to her death. Amrita’s mother claimed Victor had indirectly caused her daughter’s death and continued to believe that until her suicide in 1948.
There is no question of Sher-Gil’s art being neglected during her lifetime. From her student years onwards, her art was often reviewed positively and her achievements celebrated by journalists and critics. She was a minor celebrity in India. After her death, her art slipped from view largely because it remained with her family. The trauma of Partition quickly occluded cultural matters for a period. One reason for Westerners to plead honest ignorance about Sher-Gil’s art is that most of her art is in India and Pakistan. There is a barely a picture to be seen in a European public collection. In 80 years, only three major exhibitions featuring her art have been held in Europe.
In recent years, Sher-Gil’s life and work has been popularised by books and documentaries. Younger Indian creators see Sher-Gil in her own terms rather than through the lens of Western critics seeking to fit her into the European tradition. For filmmaker Anamika Bandopadhyay, Sher-Gil’s forthright independence is an inspiration: ‘She is unique in her own way – unique in her colour palette, which is far different than being Western and is international in every sense. It’s the epitome of Indian sensuality and passion. She’s a master artist above all. That’s our Amrita.’
Greatness is a high bar and if Sher-Gil fails to reach it, she gets close. The canon is the top level of art, judged on quality. It accepts the best art, no matter who produces it and it is already accepting the art of Amrita Sher-Gil.
Alexander Adams is an artist and writer. His website is alexanderadamsart.wordpress.com.
Amrita Sher-Gil: A Self-Portrait in Letters & Writings, by Amrita Sher-Gil, is published by Tulika Books. (Buy this book from Amazon(UK).)
Picture by: Wikimedia Commons.
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The President's Daily Diary: November 22, 1963 - January 20, 1969 The secretaries outside the Oval Office prepared President Johnson's Daily Diary. Juanita Roberts, the President's personal secretary, assigned the responsibility of preparing the Diary to secretaries in the office. A particular person would "work" the Diary for a scheduled period. As visits and telephone calls occurred, the secretary "working" the Diary would note them; occasionally the secretary missed noting a call or meeting. White House staff who worked closely with the President frequently entered the Oval Office without the visit being noted in the Diary.
Inside the National Archives Southeast Region 1. Welcome The Southeast Region of the National Archives holds in trust original records documenting the settlement and development of a unique section of the United States. It maintains historical records from regional offices of Federal agencies in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee. These records are the documentary evidence of day-to-day occurrences that have become part of our history. This presentation highlights treasures in the region's holdings. It tells intriguing stories of the people who once inhabited this land. Some documents are about famous people and events.

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This year the Historic Districts Council launched a new campaign to combat the potential loss of historic community libraries. The campaign is expected to lead to the nomination of all the New York City Carnegie Libraries to the New York State and National Register of Historic Places. [Read more…] about Campaign to Preserve NYC Carnegie Libraries Launched
The Department of Environmental Conservation and Department of Transportation have only just begun to prepare for a lengthy review that will include plenty of opportunity for public input.
A decision on the best use of the 119-mile corridor, previously operated by the New York Central Railroad but now operated as by the Adirondack Scenic Railroad, will take at least a year, according to DOT spokesman Beau Duffy. [Read more…] about State To Consider Removing Historic Adirondack RR
On June 12, 1909, New York City began an eight-day celebration of the connection of the East Side of Manhattan with Long Island City in Queens with the Queensboro Bridge, designed by Henry Hornbostel.
Though it officially opened to traffic on March 30, 1909, the June festivities drew over 300,000 people (larger than the population of Queens at the time) to see the bridge lit up with electricity, and hear 1,500 children sing the “Star-Spangled Banner” in its honor. It meant that crossing the East River was no longer an obstacle to the development of the borough of Queens. [Read more…] about When The City Celebrated The Queensboro Bridge
Great Camp Santanoni in Newcomb was built for Robert and Anna Pruyn of Albany beginning in 1892. The estate eventually included 12,900 acres and nearly four-dozen buildings. Adirondack Architectural Heritage (AARCH) director Steven Engelhart and 2012 intern Charlotte Barrett will lead a tour of the site on Friday, June 28, 2013 that will feature the launch of a new guide to Santanoni, authored by Barrett. [Read more…] about Great Camp Santanoni Historic Restoration Tour June 28
The Society for the Preservation of Long Island Antiquities (SPLIA) has issued its Endangered Historic Places List for 2013. The list includes six endangered properties that exemplify the vast diversity and character of Long Island’s historic resources. [Read more…] about Long Island’s List of Endangered Historic Places for 2013
The Jay Heritage Center kicks off NY Heritage Weekend and the Path Through History Weekend with the opening of their first major photography exhibit, The Landmarks of New York, on Sunday June 2nd at 3pm.
The show fills their newly configured gallery space at the 1907 Carriage House and includes a collection of 90 black and white photos documenting a select cross-section of New York City’s best loved architectural treasures. [Read more…] about Landmarks of New York Photography Exhibit Opening
The Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor Commission has announced the recipient of the 2013 Erie Canalway Heritage Award of Excellence: Enlarged Erie Lock 60 and Gallup’s Change Bridge #39 in Macedon, Monroe County. Honorable Mentions were awarded to Bushnell’s Basin Boat Dock and Canal Amenity Center in the Town of Perinton and the Trail of Hope in Lyons.
The Heritage Award honors significant places of the Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor and recognizes excellence in advancing the goals of the Erie Canalway Preservation and Management Plan. A five-person independent jury selected award recipients based on a written application and site visit, which included meetings with officials at each site, as well as community leaders, municipal representatives, and other stakeholders. [Read more…] about Erie Canalway Heritage Excellence Recognized
Hanford Mills Museum will offer two themed-weekends as part of the statewide Path Through History initiative, which seeks to connect people with New York’s rich cultural heritage. Hanford Mills operates a historic sawmill, gristmill and woodworking factory that grew in many stages between 1846 and 1902.
On June 1-2, Hanford Mills Museum will hold a History at Work Weekend, giving visitors a firsthand view of the work it took to run a mill. A century ago, mills were a mainstay of rural communities. They provided lumber for homes and farms, animal feed, and other needed supplies. On June 8-9, in addition to the 1926 Fitz Overshot Waterwheel and a water turbine, the Museum will be running its steam boiler and steam engine as well as its gas-powered dynamo, which provided the village of East Meredith with its first electricity. [Read more…] about Hanford Mills Museum Events Feature History at Work
The Committee to Save the New York Public Library has just released a point-by-point rebuttal of claims made by the New York Public Library (NYPL) administration over a controversial plan for the library’s 42nd Street branch.
Previously, the Committee issued a document entitled “The Truth About the Central Library Plan,” which it calls an “analysis of the NYPL’s plan to gut the 42nd Street Library and sell the Mid-Manhattan Library and Science, Industry and Business Library.” The latest volley in the battle over the library is a response to NYPL’s recent “Setting the Record Straight,” an attempt to counter critics. [Read more…] about Advocates Respond To New York Public Library Claims
What follows is a guest essay by J.R. Teeter, the founding artistic director of Bread & Water Theatre. Since 2000 Bread & Water Theatre has had as its purpose the development of new dramatic works and affordable arts programming for the public. This essay first appeared on the site Preservation News.
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But their speed is capped at a mere 300 kilometers, as is the speed of the older trains on the line, which has disappointed many.
These restrictions were implemented after the 2011 Wenzhou bullet train crash killed 40 and injured around 200, following a nationwide chorus of safety concerns.
Several political advisers have proposed increasing the speeds in recent years, but in vain. However some believe that the caps may be lifted for the Fuxings.
"I'm sure the Beijing-Shanghai high-speed rail line speed limit will be raised to 350 kilometers soon," Sun Zhang, a railway expert and professor at Shanghai's Tongji University, told the Global Times. "The Fuxing series will gradually replace the Hexie (harmony) bullet trains when they retire after an around 30-year life span."
However, the major significance of the Fuxings lies not in their speed, but in their standardization, Sun noted.
Ji Jialun, professor at the School of Traffic and Transportation, Beijing Jiaotong University, echoed Sun's opinion, saying the totally-homegrown Fuxing will mark a milestone in the export of Chinese high-speed rail (HSR) technology
"It's a landmark of the change from mix-blood to pureblood, and it will be no longer controversial for China to export our technology," Ji commented to the Global Times.
China first got HSR on April 18, 2007 when the country started running Hexie trains — based on Japanese, German and French technology — on upgraded rail lines at up to 250 kilometers per hour.
Based on technologies purchased and absorbed from foreign countries, China rapidly expanded its HSR network and was soon competing for projects abroad.
However, the fatal Wenzhou crash put a sudden brake on progress. The incident, caused by a signal failure after a lightning strike, ignited a backlash against HSR. Investment and expansion across the country was virtually suspended.
"Construction of many railways was affected. Some projects were interrupted due to a lack of funds, some were postponed. The government also stopped approving new projects. The situation lasted about two years," recalled Li Bo, an employee of a survey and design institute affiliated with the China Railway Construction Corporation in Wuhan, Central China's Hubei Province.
"Our workloads dropped sharply. There was only one survey and design project for a coal-fired railway in the whole year," Li told the Global Times.
China's efforts to build railways abroad were also affected.
"I don't rule out the idea that some Western rivals magnified the incident, fanned the flames and smeared Chinese technologies," Mei Xinyu, an associate researcher at the Chinese Academy of International Trade and Economic Cooperation, told the Global Times.
National pride again
The change in China's top leadership in 2012 turned the tide. The new leaders supported HSR at home and promoted it overseas.
In July 2015, Chinese President Xi Jinping inspected Changchun Railway Vehicles Co., Ltd, a subsidiary of China's biggest train-maker the CRRC Corporation Limited (CRRC), and remarked that high speed trains are a "name card" for China. Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has even been nicknamed "the salesman of Chinese HSR" for his continual promotion efforts at international events and on visits abroad.
Among all the 254 key standards used in the train, 84 percent are Chinese. Its core technologies, including its power supply, operation management and security monitoring, are all homegrown.
"The standardization will greatly facilitate the production and maintenance of high-speed trains in China," Sun said.
This marks a shift from the Hexie series, which used a variety of different standards in different trains under the Hexie name as the technologies used in their construction were borrowed from different countries.
Besides their attractive appearance, the stability, noise control, energy efficiency and traction power of the Fuxing series are all superior to their predecessors, according to the People's Railway Daily.
The introduction of the Fuxings has also smoothed the road for China to export its HSR technologies and greatly enhanced Chinese discourse power, Ji noted.
"In our previous HSR projects overseas, such as the railway we built in Turkey, we had to use European standards and had little discourse power," Ji said. An HSR line linking Turkey's capital Ankara and its most populous city of Istanbul, built jointly by a Chinese-Turkish consortium, was completed in 2014.
In the past, patent and safety issues had always been negotiation problems when Chinese groups vied for HSR projects with other major players in the sector.
However the patent issue will no longer be a sticking point as the Fuxing series is more or less totally homegrown.
"We have invited top US law firms to make an intellectual property assessment of our standard EMU trains, which concluded that our technology will have no intellectual property disputes when it is exported to other countries," Sun explained.
Mei believes that the Fuxing trains also show that China has completely walked out of the shadow cast by the Wenzhou crash. "The safe operation of the HSR network in recent years has proved Chinese technologies to the world and restored people's confidence," he said.
The railway construction drive has totally revived, Li Bo sharing that the workload at his firm last year was quadruple what it was in 2010.
Within 10 years, China, a newcomer to this sector, has become home to the longest and busiest HSR system in the world; by the end of last year, there were 22,000 kilometers of HSR lines in China, over 60 percent of the world's total.
The country plans to double the length of HSR lines in service by 2030 and link nearly all its cities that are home to over half a million people.
This rise in confidence domestically is being mirrored by a rise overseas, as China steps up its efforts to share its HSR achievements.
In 2015, China North Railway and China South Railway, the country's top two high-speed rail firms, merged to form CRRC, so as to be better capable to compete with heavy hitters like Germany's Siemens, France's Alstom, or Canada's Bombardier.
"There is no case of China exporting high-speed rail that can be described as very successful. The situation is very undesirable," Dou Xin, CRRC Qingdao Sifang spokeswoman, was quoted as saying by the South China Morning Post in April.
"The biggest obstacle for countries that have signed deals with China is the lack of financial strength. High-speed railways and bullet trains are unimaginably expensive," said Dou.
Sun believes the political turbulence of some recipient countries and political suspicion has also hindered HSR exports.
"Some may think that Beijing is trying to expand and penetrate by building HSR overseas, some even speculate that the trains might be used to deliver arms, which is all groundless," he noted.
The US private firm XpressWest unilaterally announced in September the termination of its cooperation with a Chinese consortium on an HSR project between Las Vegas and California.
"Our biggest challenge continues to be the Federal Government's requirement that high-speed trains must be manufactured in the US," Tony Marnell, CEO of XpressWest, said in a statement.
Some Chinese observers have cast doubt on this explanation, pointing out that CRRC already has a factory in the US that produces subway trains.
The Pan-Asia Railway Network proposed by ASEAN nations which would link China's Yunnan Province to Singapore via Laos, Thailand, and Malaysia in the middle, Vietnam and Cambodia in the east, and Myanmar in the west, came one step closer to becoming a reality last week when the Thai cabinet approved the Chinese-built Bangkok-Nakhon Ratchasima HSR project.
"Countries like Laos and Myanmar all welcome Chinese technologies, but Singapore didn't. It seems that they choose to stand with US and Japan and prefer their technologies," Sun said.
Ji says this is misguided. "Via expanding HSRs to other countries and increasing connections, China is willing to share the fruits of its opening-up and reform to the world," Ji argued.
Conversely, some Chinese are skeptical of the country's HSR trade pattern, under which the country provides not only technology but also favorable loans.
But Mei stated that overseas HSR investment is only made after a careful consideration of the destination's political situation, growth, population and profitability.
"China is exporting HSR technologies, not giving them away," he said.
There is a strategic need for China to export HSR, Ji said. "The driving force HSR development has on the manufacturing industry is remarkable. HSR exports will also help lead other industries to the world market," he explained.
This article was written by Huang Jingjing and first published in the Global Times.


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And for the first time in Asia, Pinoy teenagers from 13 years old up to 17 years old will be the focus of the newest edition of The Voice Teens.
The biggest singing-reality show in the country and in the whole world is back! A first in Asia, The Voice Teens, aims to find the freshest young breed of teen artists ages 13 to 17 years old.
Excited and battle-ready, four superstar coaches return to the Red Chairs. The Broadway Diva, Ms.Lea Salonga who won the most recent season, wishes to complete her collection by winning the first-ever The Voice Teens trophy. To quote “You know how to sing, I know how to win.”
The returning Coach, Popstar Royalty- Ms. Sarah Geronimo, the only coach with a back-to-back win wants to reclaim her title as the winning coach. Backed with a similar experience to ‘kontesera-feels’, Sarah is indeed excited to hone the teen talent “Excited na ako for teen power!”
Known for turning for artists from different colorwheels, Rock Icon- Bamboo, is ready to slay the game with his teen artists. “This is their time, let the teens be heard.”
And last but not the least, The Megastar- Ms. Sharon Cuneta, is ready to embrace and sharpen the iGeneration’s vocal prowess “I’m so ready to learn mula sa kabataan ngayon.”
The Voice Teens is hosted by two of the distinguished Kapamilya hosts: VJ, actor, and award-winning host, Mr.Luis Manzno; and the Multimedia Star- Ms.Toni Gonzaga-Soriano.
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A boy and his toys
Teenager opens toy store on West Third Street
The small, cozy space at 29 W. Third St. may have a different name, but toys are still the main game.
At the beginning of July, 17-year-old Blake Edwards opened Blake's Toy Chest, a vintage toy shop full of classic toys and games. The shop is open 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Sunday.
Edwards moved into the space previously occupied by fellow toy enthusiast Shannon Myers and his Ogopogos Toys and Pop Culture Museum.
"I've been wanting to have a store ever since I started this," Edwards said. "(Myers) moved out and went back to Raleigh, so I felt like this was a perfect opportunity to go ahead and open it."
Blake's Toy Chest is packed with comic books and a variety of toys including super heroes, Star Wars, Voltron, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Barbie Dolls, wrestling action figures and several other items.
For the past five years, Edwards has been buying and re-selling toys through yard sales, estate auctions and toy shows.
"I didn't really collect anything when I first started — it just kind of accumulated," Edwards said. "... I started buying some antiques, and I started with the wind-up toys and battery operated toys from the '40s and '50s and then it kind of took off from there into the '70s and '80s. And what got me really collecting is I grew up with the Turtles and Power Rangers so I started collecting Turtles, Star Wars and other stuff."
Edwards previously attended Southwest Randolph High School, but he's been taking courses online since last year. He will be a senior this upcoming school year and is considering majoring in business once he graduates.
"I was going to wait till I graduated and everything to get a store, but the opportunity came up so I took it," Edwards said.
The young entrepreneur is constantly adding to his inventory and traveling to toy shows in Greensboro, Charlotte and Hickory. He even hosts his own show in Salisbury. According to Edwards, the shows are similar to any regular event where vendors rent tables to set up their collections and sell to interested customers.
In two weeks, Edwards is scheduled to attend a toy show in Charlotte.
"I normally try to take a variety," Edwards said. "That way you have more chances to sell, but I normally stick around Star Wars and Ninja Turtles and Megos."
Coincidentally, Blake's Toy Shop opened July 1, just a couple of days after the remaining Toys "R" Us stores in the United States closed their doors.
However, as a longtime toy aficionado, Edwards still sees the benefits of having a brick-and-mortar toy store.
"A lot of people want to come in and actually have it their hands and touch it and see what they're getting," Edwards explained. "I know a bunch of people that don't even order online or e-Bay or anything because they'd rather pay five or 10 or maybe even $20 more to have it in their hand."
As for his young age, Edwards said he's never questioned whether he was too young to open his own shop.
His friends approve and believe in what he's trying to do. The same is true for his parents, who helped him move in the toys and assist him around the shop.
"(My parents) were behind me 100 percent of the way," Edwards said.
According to Edwards, the customers are glad there's a toy shop, as well, which should be of particular convenience during the holiday season.
Toys are Edwards' passion — it's what motivates him each day.
"(I enjoy) just being around the stuff that I like to do and making conversation with people that enjoy the stuff just as much as I do," Edwards said.
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‘Jeopardy!’ host Alex Trebek has sadly announced he has stage 4 pancreatic cancer in a video he recorded and released on Mar. 6.
Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek, 78, released a sad but encouraging video on Mar. 6, that showed him informing his viewers that he has been diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer. Although he just received the life-changing news this week, the beloved television personality has insisted he’s going to keep on working on his world famous game show since he’s contracted to for the next three years, and he plans on beating the cancer even though it usually has a low survival rate.
“Hi everyone, I have some news to share with all of you and it’s in keeping with my longtime policy of being open and transparent with our Jeopardy! fan base,” Alex began, in the video. “I also wanted to prevent you from reading or hearing some overblown or inaccurate reports regarding my health. So therefore, I wanted to be the one to pass along this information. Now, just like 50,000 other people in the United States each year, this week I was diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer.”
“Now normally, the prognosis for this is not very encouraging, but I’m going to fight this, and I’m going to keep working,” the brave star continued. “And with the love and support of my family and friends and with the help of your prayers also, I plan to beat the low survival rate statistics for this disease. Truth told, I have to! Because under the terms of my contract, I have to host Jeopardy! for three more years! So help me. Keep the faith and we’ll win. We’ll get it done. Thank you.”
Alex’s lighthearted and confident attitude about his diagnosis reflects why he’s been a truly memorable host of Jeopardy! since it was revived in 1984. Although the news is tough, this isn’t the first time Alex has made headlines for struggles with his health. In Oct. 2017, Alex had a bad fall and hit his head, leading to a scary subdural hematoma that caused him to undergo brain surgery. Luckily, it was a success and Alex released a video of himself talking about it in Jan. 2018.
We’re keeping Alex and everyone affected by his shocking diagnosis in our thoughts and we wish him well on his journey in fighting the disease.

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Not much is known of the enigmatic North London-based singer Claudia Kane, but if her debut single, “Residents of Darkness” is anything to go by that won’t be the case for long.
The charismatic musician mixes dark disco with haunting vocals, sounding somewhere between Nancy Sinatra and Florence and the Machine via a 1950s cabaret. And with exactly that mix Claudia Kane manages to press the better-than-decent-pop-that-you-could-dance-to ‘in da club’ button.
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MRS. WASHINGTON. Martha Dandridse was born in the county of New Kent, Virginia, in May, 1732. Her education was entirely of a domestic character, there being no schools in the region where she dwelt As she grew up, she was distinguished for personal beauty, pleasing manners, and general amiability of demeanor. She frequently appeared at the court of Williamsburg, then held by the royal governors of Virginia, and became a general favorite. At the age of seventeen, she was married to Daniel Park Custis, of her native county, and the new-married couple were settled at the White House, on the banks of the Pamunkey Eiver. Mr. Custis devoted himself to agricultural pursuits, and became an eminently successful planter. They had four children, two of whom died at an early period. Martha arrived at womanhood, and died at Mount Vernon, in 1770, and John perished at the age of twenty-seven, while in the service of his country, at the siege of Yorktown, in 1781. Mr. Custis died at about middle age, leaving his widow, still young, yet possessed of an ample fortune. Beside extensive landed estates, she had ,£30,000 sterling in money. Mrs. Custis was sole executor of her husband's will, and she appears to have been well qualified to discharge the duties which devolved upon her. She conducted her affairs with surprising ability, and the concerns of her extensive fortune seemed to thrive under her management. In 1758, Colonel Washington, then twenty-six years of age, became accidentally acquainted with the fair widow, and, after a brief courtship, they were married. This occurred in 1759. Soon after, they removed to Mount Verhon, which henceforward became their permanent residence. Mrs.Washington had no children by this second marriage. Martha and John Custis were, however, fully adop...