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A Study of Recombinant Vaccinia Virus to Treat Unresectable Primary Hepatocellular Carcinoma
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|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00554372
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : November 6, 2007
Results First Posted : August 17, 2015
Last Update Posted : February 4, 2016
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|November 2, 2007
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|November 6, 2007
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|May 12, 2015
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|August 17, 2015
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|Proportion of Subjects Achieving Disease Control (Non-progressive Disease) at 8 Weeks After Initiation of Treatment [ Time Frame: Initial progression status and response assessment at 8 weeks from first dose ]
Proportion of subjects achieving disease control at 8 weeks based on a modified Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors v1.0 (mRECIST). Per mRECIST for target lesions as assessed by dynamic contrast enhanced dynamic MRI: Complete Response (CR), Disappearance of all tumor(s); Partial Response (PR), >=30% decrease in the sum of longest diameter (LD) of tumor(s) taking as reference the baseline sum; Stable Disease (SD), any cases that do not qualify for PR or progressive disease (PD); PD, any increase of >= 20% in the sum of longest diameter (LD) of tumor(s) taking as reference the baseline sum. Disease Control (DC) = CR or PR or SD. For mRECIST criteria, new tumor(s) that developed within the liver were measured (a new tumor was defined as a malignant tumor not present at baseline, was ≥ 1 cm in LD had typical hypervascular features of HCC). Their maximum diameter(s) were included in the sum of the maximum diameter; new tumors were not considered evidence for progression.
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|To assess whether one of two dose levels of JX-594 is superior in producing a clinically meaningful reduction in AFP levels in patients with unresectable primary hepatocellular carcinoma [ Time Frame: Initial response assessment at 4 weeks after last dose ]
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|A Study of Recombinant Vaccinia Virus to Treat Unresectable Primary Hepatocellular Carcinoma
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|A Phase II-a, Open-Label, Randomized Study of JX-594 (Thymidine Kinase-deleted Vaccinia Virus Plus GM-CSF) Administered by Intratumoral Injection in Patients With Unresectable Primary Hepatocellular Carcinoma
|Brief Summary
|The purpose of this research study is to determine whether JX-594 (Pexa-Vec) has significant anti-tumoral activity and tolerability in primary hepatocellular carcinoma and to determine the dose to be used in further testing.
|Detailed Description
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is estimated to be the third most common cause of cancer-related deaths world-wide, and the fifth most common cancer diagnosis. According to the National Cancer Institute (NCI), approximately 17,000 new cases of HCC are diagnosed annually in the U.S. In Canada, the predicted incidence for 2007 is 1,350 new cases. In addition, approximately 10,000 new cases are diagnosed per year in S. Korea, 35,000 in the E.U. and 45,000 in Japan.
The five-year survival rate is estimated to be <10% for all HCC patients. Given the poor prognosis of these patients there is a desperate need for new therapies.
Surgical resection and liver transplant are the only curative treatment for HCC. Small HCC tumor(s) (less than 3 cm in diameter) can be resected by hepatectomy, the most effective treatment. Surgery was associated with a reported 50-60% five-year survival rate, but unfortunately was possible in only 10-15% of cases. Liver transplant is considered for patients with tumors that are unresectable but that are still limited exclusively to the liver, have no extracapsular or vascular invasion within the liver, and for whom there are no medical contraindications to transplantation. Patients with unresectable HCC that cannot receive liver transplantation, and who do not require systemic therapy, may be administered percutaneous ethanol injection therapy (PEIT), radiofrequency ablation (RFA), transarterial chemoembolization (TACE), and/or radioembolization, depending on the size of the intrahepatic tumors and the underlying liver function.
HCC may be a good target for IT injection with JX-594 because of the relatively high rate of accessible tumors for injection, the positive response seen in a patient with HCC in a recently completed Phase I study of JX-594 intratumoral injection within the liver, excellent tumor responses in multiple preclinical cancer models, and the lack of effective, tolerable therapy for most patients with HCC who cannot receive curative surgery or immediate liver transplantation. Furthermore, it is speculated that JX-594 replication targets the EGFR pathway, and that it's spread within and between tumors is dependent upon the intratumoral vasculature; HCC has highly activated angiogenesis and EGFR pathways in the majority of cases.
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|Phase 2
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Masking: None (Open Label)
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|Carcinoma, Hepatocellular
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|Genetic: JX-594: Recombinant vaccinia virus (TK-deletion plus GM-CSF)
Patients will be randomized 1:1 to one of two total doses (1e8 or 1e9 pfu)and injected intratumorally in 1-5 intrahepatic tumors on Days 1, 15, and 29.
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|Same as current
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|February 2013
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|December 2011 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
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|Jennerex Biotherapeutics
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|October 2011
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I just finished packing a package to deliver to a friend.
It was the dress I borrowed two months ago. Two. damn. months.
I've been postponing the thought of packing it because I thought it would be too much hassle: folding the clothing, searching for a bag, writing the address, etc etc. Moreover, I was too lazy to go to the post station.. If it wasn't because my campus now has its own post station, it would probably take another month until my friend received his stuff back.
Now that I'm at it, I'm reflecting to myself how I actually, by nature, like postponing mailing things.
I was about to exchange post cards with a friend of mine in high school. When I received the letter, I really wanted to reply but I procrastinate until.. well let's just say years flew by. It took me a year to actually buy the stamps (I'm lazy but I wanted to keep it traditional, no posted mail for postcards!). Now, it's been two years since I bought the stamps! (I would probably send the mail this year lol because I think I now have a postcard! *brb setting a reminder to look for that postcard*) In writing this, I want to say I'm sorry, Ina, for not replying for too long :( but it's always on my mind really..
The next thing, I don't see this as a tying commitment but I've said it myself that I'd send them something.. Yeah, me, this lazy mail sender, promised sending two package! One's out of town and the second destination is somewhere abroad!
I don't dare promising something until 2017 ends since it's ending soon (in two months!) but I think I can fill the promise by the end of my third year at uni.

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OPI Skull & Glossbones, OPI Fly, OPI Dating A Royal, China Glaze For Audrey, China Glaze Electric Beat
These nails were my attempt at recreating this fabulous mani by the amazing Mr. Candiipants (well the thumb and ring finger). I did each colour individually and after doing the first batch of lines in OPI Fly, I realised my lines were too big and my nails too were too small to get the amount of lines and colours that Candice's nails had. I still love how this turned out.


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Fender Texas Special Loaded Strat Pickguard White Pearl/Black
This White Pearl pickguard has been custom wired in our 920D Custom Shop with a top of the line components and the Fender Custom Shop Texas Special Strat Pickups. It also features a mini toggle switch for neck on in any position. This gives you two new settings - neck and bridge or all three pickups at the same time.
The pickup that redefined the Texas blues sound. Overwound, calibrated, vintage style Stratocaster pickups with plenty of midrange chirp, crystal highs and tight bass. Alnico 5 magnets and enamel coated magnet wire create the increased output that demands respect! Throw in a reverse wound/reverse polarity middle pickup for hum canceling in positions 2 & 4 and you're transported back to Austin to watch another set from Double Trouble.
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Fender Custom Shop Texas Special Strat Pickups give you that classic blues sound. Take a set of vintage Fender Strat pickups and overwind them for more midrange, punch, and output and you get pickups with Attitude! Featured in the Stevie Ray guitar, they are calibrated for each position with a reverse coil, reverse-wound middle pickup for noise cancellation. If you want plenty of midrange bark and crisp high-end bite, get these Special Strat Pickups.
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Not exactly one of the most glamorous demographics to cater to, sex workers symbolize so much of what can be described as structural or systemic poverty. The squalor of the red-light districts in the urban areas of India do not provide much opportunity for the daughters of sex workers to escape the cycle of oppression and most end up following in their mothers' footsteps.
Sangini Women's Co-operative Bank aims to help these women break that cycle by providing savings accounts to the sex workers that can then be passed down to their children. As one sex worker laments:
"But earlier there was no way to save money. Even if you gave it for safekeeping to a shopkeeper or brothel manager, they would never return it."
One of the interesting outgrowths of this newfound ability to save is that it provides the women a means to say no to clients that are unwilling to use or do not have condoms. Accordingly, these savings accounts give the opportunity to the women to protect themselves from HIV.
Right now the bank has over 1700 accounts and recently started disbursing loans based on these funds. In order to make sure that the bank is accessible to their clientele, different strategies needed to be taken:
With its collection workers going from door to door to collect the cash, the bank is a hit with the sex workers of Kamathipura.
The total amount of money deposited at the bank, including at its newly-opened branches of Vashi and Bhiwandi, is well over 2m rupees ($49,000). With no minimum deposit clause, one can put as little as 10 rupees ($0.25) in the bank.
A similar project has been done in Calcutta some years back.
Filed under: Basic Rights, BoP, Finance/Credit, Grassroots Initiatives, Health, Social Entrepreneurship, Women's Rights | Tagged: HIV prevention, One World South Asia, Sangini Women's Co-operative Bank, sex workers |


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MPs have attacked BBC political correspondent Nick Robinson for a blog post about the House of Commons Speaker's expenses.
He wondered why so many members were defending Michael Martin from allegations he has spent public money on travel for his family.
Robinson suggested several reasons, including that expressed by some MPs - that the Speaker is the victim of snobbish lobby journalists.
Another was that leading politicians believe Martin will leave of his own accord if they keep quiet, or that MPs fear the media will "come for them next".
Today former minister Peter Kilfoyle responded by publishing a motion in the Commons, which has gained the support of more than 50 of his colleagues, criticising the blog post.
It "deplores the innuendo of the blog of Nick Robinson... calls upon him to substantiate the imputations he makes in his blog concerning the Speaker and hon. Members; and also calls upon the BBC to publish a full, itemised account of the expenses of Mr Robinson, in the name of transparency and accountability of public funds".
Robinson responded today in another blog post.
"My aim yesterday was to not to imply that the Speaker has or would abuse his position but to explain why the public statements of support for him did not represent the mood of all MPs," he said.
He stuck by his original point and called on Kilfoyle and others to explain why "the reporting of questions about MPs' and the Speaker's expenses" has angered them.
Robinson came up with some more possible reasons. They include "MPs loathe the intrusion into their private lives that's resulted from increased 'transparency'" and that a committee is now planning a new expenses system that will bolster "public confidence".


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Flaunting a glorious riverside position overlooking the fashionable maritime town of Falmouth, Atlas House sits on the banks of the Penryn River in the verdant west Cornwall village of Flushing. As bold as it is beautiful, this luxury self-catering homestay encompasses fresh coastal interiors, a private hot tub and gardens leading down to a secret beach, making it an idyllic coastal retreat for the young and young at heart.
West Cornwall's tranquil Penryn River provides the picture-perfect backdrop for this luxury self-catering homestay in Flushing. Grandly standing to attention on the riverbank alongside a neat row of elegant Queen Anne style houses, this large Victorian family home is awash with contemporary coastal style, with its focus all about the views. From boat trips to hot tub frolics and sand-castle building at low tide on the little private beach below, a holiday at Atlas House may only last a week or two, but will linger in the mind a lifetime.
Bedrooms and Bathrooms
This bountiful seaside home spans over three floors. On the first, the master bedroom features a king-size bed, en suite bathroom and sliding doors leading to a private balcony overlooking the harbour to St Mawes. There's a standard double plus two king-size double bedrooms with stunning sea views, one of which has an en suite shower room. As well as the family bathroom with separate shower and bath, there is an additional ground floor WC. The second floor is home to one twin and two single bedrooms, plus a bathroom with shower and small bath perfectly sized for little ones!
Winding through the Cornish lanes with a boot-full of buckets and spades singing "Oh I do like to be beside the seaside!" is a fitting way to start a family holiday at Atlas House. With an abundance of outside space, children will love to cartwheel along the lawn, go crabbing or launch kayaks and paddleboards (the owners provide two of each!) from the private beachfront at the bottom of the garden, leaving grown-ups to drink-in the views from the hot tub. With boats sailing The Carrick Roads past almost every window, it will be a hard task tearing yourself away from the tranquillity of this dreamy coastal haven.
For Relaxation
Enjoy a spot of boating up the creek, passing coppiced oaks and intricate flower beds backing onto some of Englands most impressive riverside real estate. Day trip to the trendy harbour town of Falmouth across the river, where quirky art galleries, speciality cafès and tantalising seafood restaurants await. Returning home sun-kissed and salty-lipped, the roaring double-sided wood burner and cinema den make Atlas House a cosy refuge after the day's adventures.
The high-spec kitchen flaunts a Britannia induction hob, double oven, American fridge freezer and microwave. There is an additional fridge freezer in the utility room, alongside a separate double sink, washing machine and tumble dryer. Although gated, young children should be supervised around the steep steps to the beach. Street parking is available. Although dogs are welcome, please keep dogs out of the TV room.
- SleepsUp to 12 guests
From £2,650 per week, £1,995 per short break
Day hire options are available
- Alternative Group OptionUp to 8 guests
- Your Home Stay IncludesLinen, towels and logs for the fire (enough to get you started)Digital Property GuideDiscover what else you can look forward to...
- BedroomsDoubles: The first floor has four double bedrooms, three of which boast king-size bedsTwins: One twin bedroom on the second floorSingles: Two single bedrooms on the second floor
- BathroomsThe ground floor has a WC whilst the first features a family bathroom (with bath and shower) plus one en suite bathroom and one en suite shower room. The second floor has a bathroom perfect for children.
- FamilyChildren: Yes, very welcomeCots: One travel cot is availableHighchairs: Two highchairs are available
- BBQWeber coal barbecue
- FeaturesHot tub, cinema den and private beachfront
- PetsTwo well-behaved dogs are welcome
Each pet is charged at £60 per week or part thereof
- Mod Cons36" and 2 x 55" Smart TVs, Apple TV, integrated Sonos sound system, underfloor heatingInternet & Communications: Wi-Fi internet with extenders to reach top floor and patioMobile Signal: Check reception maps
- Arrivals & DeparturesArrival Day: Friday or MondayArrival Time: 4pmDeparture Time: 10am
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Style: A contemporary seaside style has been washed all over this striking Victorian home. There´s a focus on clean lines and natural materials such as wood and slate, along with bold use of coastal colours.
Our Take
Property Owner Lorna says
My husband grew up in Cornwall so knew the secret of Flushing and this special road from his childhood, much of which was enjoyed playing on Flushing Beach and on boats in and around Falmouth. To have a home here for our own family is a dream come true.
Unique Extras
From professional in-house chefs to luxury at-home spa therapists and wine delivered to the door, see what's on offer for your bespoke escape.
Out & About
Discover places to see and things to do whilst in and around , Cornwall to truly enhance your stay come rain or shine!
All Aboard The coast surrounding Flushing offers a wealth of opportunity for adventure; from secret beaches to characterful fishing villages and waterside pubs with their own pontoons. With parking restricted at these popular creek-chic hangouts, why not charter a yacht and arrive in style?
History and Architecture History buffs will love to explore St Mawes castle, as well as its larger sister Pendennis Castle on the other side of the Fal estuary. Check the events calendars as there may well be an outdoor play or film showing during your stay.
Beach Days With a delicious picnic of Camel Valley bubbly and finger sandwiches, head to the coast for a good old fashioned day at the beach. Gyllyngvase beach is five miles away, a popular blue flag beach with good amenities and great for paddle boarding, or chose between Swanpool, Maenporth and Castle beach, each around twenty minutes drive away with their own unique beauty.
Cornwall's Capital The cathedral town of Truro is a short drive away and boasts boutique shops, cosmopolitan eateries and a lively farmer's market every Saturday. Well worth a visit!
Trefusis Beach Armed with crab line, fishing net, bucket and spade, children will love to spend hours playing on the private beachfront at the bottom of the steps. The hardest task will be luring them back inside for supper!
With granite worktops and warm grey panelling, the luxury kitchen is in-keeping with the home's period style - but with every mod con you could wish for. To impress the family with home-cooked delights, head to Truro to catch the farmer's market, or the local Waitrose which includes a whole section dedicated to Cornish produce.
In-House Cuisine
If you'd rather spend your self-catering break indulging in the little luxuries, let an in-house chef prepare a mouth-watering meal for you and your party (on prior request and subject to an additional cost).
Eating Out
With so many charming old Cornish pubs to chose from, the hardest task will be picking your favourites. The Royal Standard, Seven Stars and Waterside will be your trio of locals, each less than half a mile's walk away. To dine with a view, walk along the beautiful headland to Castaways set in the scenic Mylor Harbour, or make an entrance by arriving to the renowned Pandora Inn by boat, where you can enjoy a scenic supper on the jetty. Seaside perfection.
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Disclaimer: These particulars, whilst believed to be accurate, are set as a guideline so should not be relied upon as a statement of fact. The photographs show aspects of the property at the time they were taken and it should not be assumed that the property remains precisely as displayed. If there are points of particular importance that need clarifying before you book, please ask our team.


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Various writers throughout the 19th century confidently reported that they'd found the true and exact value of π. Unfortunately, they all gave different answers. In 1977 DePauw University mathematician Underwood Dudley tried to make sense of this by compiling 50 of their pronouncements:
He concluded that π is decreasing. The best fit is πt = 4.59183 – 0.000773t, where t is the year A.D. — it turns out we passed 3.1415926535 back in 1876 and have been heading downward ever since.
And that means trouble: "When πt is 1, the circumference of a circle will coincide with its diameter," Dudley writes, "and thus all circles will collapse, as will all spheres (since they have circular cross-sections), in particular the earth and the sun. It will be, in fact, the end of the world, and … it will occur in 4646 A.D., on August 9, at 4 minutes and 27 seconds before 9 p.m."
There is some good news, though: "Circumferences of circles will be particularly easy to calculate in 2059, when πt = 3."
(Underwood Dudley, "πt," Journal of Recreational Mathematics 9:3, March 1977, p. 178)


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Dating generally from the Mayan Classic period (AD 250 - 900), most Mayan ruins can be found throughout the Yucatán peninsula and Central America. Mayan Temples have steep stone steps and a platform at the top for wooden crowning structures. Mayan architecture is composed with a sophisticated eye to decoration, often using wall paintings and elaborate bas-relief stone carvings. Mayan arches forego the use of a keystone, instead creating a triangle-like arch known as a corbel vault.
(Note: Isn't this the civilization that disappeared for no reason? Or is that the Incas? - RL)
(Note: There are plenty of Mayans still living in that part of the world with their own rich culture, and a modern form of Mayan is still spoken there today. But, yeah, this once thriving civilization reached its height around 900 AD, before collapsing suddenly and declining slowly over the next few hundred years. People say it had to do with drought or short-sighted agricultural practices, but I don't think there's a standard agreement about what exactly happened. In any case, the last Mayan settlement was wiped out at some point in the late 16th century, about 40 years before the period we're studying. - DM)


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While popular opinion in the North solidified behind Lincoln after he called for troops to quell the rebellion, the Republican Party failed to sustain its popular support when the North failed to win the war quickly. In the elections of 1862, the Speaker of the U.S. House was defeated for re-election, and the Democratic Party made great gains throughout the North.
The more radical Republicans feared that Lincoln was leading the Party to sure defeat. They called a national convention in 1864 and nominated John C. Fremont for President.
The Republican Party met in Baltimore and nominated Lincoln again. The delegates replaced VP Hamlin with the southern unionist Andrew Johnson of Tennessee, the only southern Senator who remained in Congress after 1861.
The Democrats chose George McClellan, former general of the Union forces who had been removed by Lincoln twice for failing to take the initiative against the South. For the vice presidential nod the Democrats chose U.S. Rep. George H. Pendleton of Ohio, a relative of Roger B. Taney and Francis Scott Key.
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At the time of the Democratic convention, Republican editors were urging both Lincoln and Fremont to withdraw and call another convention to name a candidate who could win the election. Within a few weeks, however, news of dramatic Union victories at Atlanta and Mobile Bay proved that the war was quickly coming to an end. The Radical Republicans were ready to make a deal with Lincoln; they agreed to withdraw from the race if Lincoln would remove Montgomery Blair from the Cabinet. All of the parties involved agreed to the arrangement. By election day, the North was unified behind Lincoln. He carried all but three states in the election.
Congressional Quarterly states that in Kansas 543 votes were cast for an independent candidate named E. Cheeseborough and 112 "Unknown" votes were cast. William G. Cutler's History of the State of Kansas states that Ellsworth Cheeseborough was nominated for Presidential Elector on the Republican ticket on 9/8/1864 but died before the election. It appears that the 112 "Unknown" votes in Kansas were cast for another Republican candidate for Presidential Elector (Nelson McCracken), who also died before the election.[Less...]


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In the United States, "natural flavoring" can include all sorts of strange things, such as fluid from beaver anal glands, which are often labeled as castoreum; crushed cochineal beetles; and derivatives of human hair or duck feathers, sometimes labeled as l-cysteine, which is often used in baked goods. Other food additives include silicon dioxide — basically sand — which is used as an anti-caking agent, and a type of red coloring that is derived from coal tar.
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*eyes down*
I have friends who are… socialists.
*indrawn breaths and mutterings all round*
I have an unresolved tension in my political soul – I am not much of a socialist, yet I yearn for them to exist. I will speak up for their existence at any turn. Call it the ultimate pluralism. Or maybe a nagging lack of conviction around whether I am really right about absolutely everything. Anyway, I have these friends in and around the Labour party. And I got impatient with the whole attitude of the Blairite wing during their leadership election last year, the one which toppled The Wrong Brother Ed Miliband and elevated Jeremy Corbyn to leadership (which they despaired about), and it's only now I really understand why.
To be clear (in case it isn't), I am not particularly a Jeremy Corbyn fan. I would likely find his politics inadequate for the kind of society I envisage as ideal, even if he could express them adequately, which he can't. He seems, by one report, to be paranoid and strange.
But is his existence a step forward nonetheless?
@alixmortimer Brexit seems to be acting like a "hang on, none of these rules are real are they?" klaxon.
— Alex Parsons (@alexparsons) July 5, 2016
What I must have seen in him, and what the Momentum movement presumably sees (in a different way), was the possibility that we could stop playing by the old rules, that maybe the "normal" behaviour of politics no longer applied. And this isn't necessarily because it takes someone particularly brave or mould-breaking to do it, whatever Momentum would like to think.
It might just be that it takes someone a bit dense about that stuff, someone a bit cloth-eared and rigid and without the quick thinking to, say, break up a nasty altercation happening in front of their eyes involving a self-styled supporter. Someone who – and this takes a bit of sinking in – lacks the nous to know when the game is up.
Here we are two weeks on from Brexit, the crisis-to-end-all-crises which should have toppled a doubtful Remainer in days, what with all the other shit hitting the fan, and Jeremy Corbyn is not only still here – he is possibly facing down the Parliamentary Labour Party.
Now, Brown didn't do this (he stood down before it became ridiculous). Even Blair didn't do this (he stood down before it even threatened to become ridiculous). The thing is, neither of them were idiots. And maybe it takes an idiot to break a pattern.
Look at what's happened here. The Parliamentary Labour Party have played their trump card. They have clearly invoked a leadership challenge. They have carried a vote of No Confidence. And Jeremy Corbyn remains, albeit seemingly filming propaganda in his bunker, but he abides. And really, what can you say to that?
Normal people stand down when there is a leadership challenge, normal people know when they're beaten. Normal people (let's not be coy about the real mechanism here) know when the press has turned against them, and they curl themselves up into a ball before the lion that is the collective press barons, knowing (because they are clever) that they can either be killed cleanly, or messily. Maybe it takes an idiot to break that cycle.
Jeremy Corbyn probably isn't a visionary. Nonetheless he has shown us something useful, something that may yet come to fruition in a new and better leader (from any party, not necessarily his): that if you don't play by The Rules of when you should resign and when you should admit defeat, nothing really that terrible happens to you. As far as the country (usefully distracted in this instance by a bloody Tory leadership election) is concerned, you just carry on.


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Fairbanks militia 'major' seeks reduced federal bail
Federal prosecutors say Coleman Barney, the alleged "major" of a Fairbanks militia accused in a kidnap and murder plot, is far too dangerous to be freed on bond despite nearly four dozen letters from family and fellow church members attesting to his good character.
Barney, from North Pole, has been in jail in Fairbanks since his arrest March 10 as he and Alaska Peacekeepers Militia leader Schaeffer Cox attempted to buy two illegally silenced pistols and six hand grenades from a government informant. On June 24, a Fairbanks judge reduced Barney's bail on state charges from $2 million to $100,000, and Barney's attorney wants a federal judge to do likewise.
In opposing bond, federal prosecutors released pictures and details of some of the evidence they seized after Barney's arrest, including more than 10,000 rounds of ammunition, illegal weapons and blueprints of a militia security operation that discussed shooting government agents and police if peaceful resistance failed. In those security plans, Barney, an electrical contractor who turns 37 next week, is described as an officer with the rank of major.
Cox and his followers are gun advocates and believe that state and federal courts have no jurisdiction over them. After Cox was charged last year with failing to inform a police officer that he was carrying a concealed weapon -- a minor charge compared with the serious felonies he's facing now -- he didn't show at court and a warrant was issued for his arrest.
In objecting to Barney's release on bail, Assistant U.S. Attorney Steven Skrocki said he "knowingly harbored" Cox for more than a month until both men were arrested together.
They've since been charged with federal firearms violations and with conspiracy to murder and kidnap a state judge and state trooper. Two other members of the alleged conspiracy are also charged with plotting to murder a federal judge and his family.
"The evidence here establishes significantly more than peaceful militia membership, or lawful enthusiast, hunting or hobbyist gun ownership," Skrocki wrote. "While Barney provides the court with a plethora of letters from various members of the community, his professional life, and private life, the government doubts that any of these individuals were privy to this aspect of Barney's life. Indeed, Barney harbored Cox as a fugitive, with the knowledge he was wanted by the state of Alaska, in his own home, along with his pregnant wife and their small children."
Among the new details of the case to emerge in Skrocki's filing are pictures of weapons seized in a trailer that Barney and Cox left in a Fairbanks parking lot where an ice carving festival was being held.
Cached in the trailer were a semi-automatic, tripod-mounted submachine gun, a fully automatic 9mm machine gun with a can of ammunition, a handgun with silencer and clips, gun-launched riot-control weapons consisting of 28 canisters of pepper spray and grenades with rubber bullets along with two launchers, a case of primers for assault-type rifles and 1,000 rounds of 30.06 ammo.
"The decision to deposit this trailer in such a public place defies explanation and speaks volumes concerning character," Skrocki wrote. "In leaving the trailer in plain view, Barney placed the needs of his cause and his allegiance to his co-conspirator above those of who lived in his community. The risk of harm to the attendees, which included children of all ages, were very real and very significant."
Details of Coleman's personal history also emerged in court filings, mainly from Coleman's attorney, Tim Dooley of Anchorage, in support of $100,000 bail. Like prosecutors, Dooley also revealed something of his case in his filings.
"The government is relying primarily on the word of a confidential informant whose veracity and penchant for exaggeration, if any, has not yet been tested," Dooley wrote. He asserted that at least some grenades were actually paperweights, that a machine gun Barney was accused of possessing belonged to someone else, and that a silencer affixed to a gun was actually "the hot water hose off of a washing machine."
If Barney isn't released, his contracting firm, Mammon Electric, won't be able to fulfill more than $500,000 in jobs, resulting in suffering for employees and families, Dooley said.
According to the letters filed by Dooley, Barney met his wife, Rachel, when both were serving church missions in the Nashville, Tenn., area. They were married in Salt Lake City and, with the birth of their latest child, have five children.
Many of the letters of support came from fellow members of the Mormon church's Eielson Ward in North Pole. Kathie Dorland, describing his respected position in the church, said, "Coleman's home and family is centered on moral values where, alongside of his wife, teach their children integrity, honesty, morality, faith accountability and how to love and serve others."
Others were from family, like sister-in-law Chelsea Barney who described him as a "God-fearing man" and "patriotic American concerned about America's future."
Reacting to the comments, prosecutor Skrocki wrote, "The Coleman Barney, father of five, business owner and member of the community referenced in the defense pleadings and in letters of support is not the same Coleman Barney who elected to arrive to an illegal arms sale wearing body armor and carrying two loaded pistols."
Skrocki filed a photograph of a whiteboard seized from Cox's residence which contained details of planning for a security team that was going to accompany Cox to an interview in October at the religious television and radio station in North Pole, KJNP.
The whiteboard refers to "Major Barney" and talks about surveillance teams and guards for Cox and his coterie, which included a self-appointed "judge." Any person who wandered by was to be interrogated. If a trooper were to attempt to make a "peaceful arrest," it would be allowed. But if "plainclothes" agents or officers pulled guns, the security squad would attack first with pepper gas and rubber bullets. Their second option: "lead poisoning."
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French Tourism Ad Campaign to Bring in Brits During Olympics is a Total FAILBusiness, Travel News — By christinegarvin on April 30, 2012 at 10:24 am
Whoops. Stock images apparently don't always save the day.
Particularly if you are heading up an advertising agency who is running a large campaign for a country. Unfortunately, an agency out of Britain called The Line Agency seemed to believe otherwise.
Atout France – France's tourism board – hired the British ad agency to run their billboard and newspaper campaign to get Brits out of England and into France during the Olympics. The flashy photos capture beautiful coasts and beaches in France.
Except for the fact that the photos aren't actually of France.
Photo: Daily Mail
At least three of the photos in the campaign are of beaches in other parts of the world, according to the Daily Mail. One photo is of Hawaiian waters with the coast of Corsica photo-shopped in, while another one of friends running on a supposed French beach is actually of Clearwater, FL. A third shot has a family joyfully skipping on a beach that is actually outside of Cape Town, South Africa.
Needless to say, the tourism board is not doing well after this bust, being forced to publicly apologize and undergo an investigation by the French photographers' and journalists' union PAJ. Atout says they may take action against the British ad firm.
Besides being extremely bold – and stupid – to steal pictures for a campaign of this magnitude, we're not exactly sure why they did it. France has beautiful water and beaches, and the campaign cost £600,000. Just goes the show the public is smarter and better traveled than big companies think – shame on the agency for thinking people wouldn't notice!


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In leading up to the start of the 2017-18 athletics campaign at Irvine Valley, which starts on Aug. 25 with the men's soccer team hosting Rio Hondo and the women's volleyball team hosting Citrus, the Laser athletic department will count down the top 10 IVC sports stories from the 2016-17 school year.
The No. 4 story on the list was another standout season turned in by the Irvine Valley men's soccer team. The Lasers reached the CCCAA Southern California Regional Final for the second straight year and finished with a record of 16-5-3 overall. IVC took second place in the Orange Empire Conference, ended up ranked seventh in the state and 10th in the nation.
But for the second year in a row, Irvine Valley lost a heartbreaking match to Mt. San Antonio with a trip to the state tournament on the line.
The Lasers battled, but came up on the short end of a 3-2 decision in the rain at Mt. SAC on Saturday in November in a CCCAA Southern California Regional final contest. Rivera and Elder had goals for the Lasers.
Rivera was picked first team all-conference and also to the all-region and all-state squads.
He had 13 goals, 14 assists and 40 points for the squad. He led the conference in assists and ranked fourth in the state in the category.
The IVC staff also recognized its sophomore players. They included Marcos Cervantes, Jose Gamboa, Elder, Joseph Ferguson, Albert Chavez, Scott Clark, Rivera and Goode.
Goode was named to the all-region team as well.
And Goode and Chavez were picked first team all-conference, while Elder, Ferguson and freshman forward Daniel Segal were named second team all-conference for IVC.
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Woman Paid $700 For A 'Hairless Cat' But Days Later She Realized The Truth.
Sphynx cats act more like a dog than the brooding and temperamental traits other felines are known for. The hairless breed is social, energetic, and love to show an abundance of affection to its human. They are also quite curious which leads to them getting into all sorts of mischief.
Although, there are different variations of the Sphinx cat, the most popular in North America are the descendants of a natural mutated pair from Toronto, Canada, or the pair from Minnesota. Hence, those wanting to own their own will fork out hundreds of dollars.
A new scam, in Alberta, Canada is causing alarm from animal groups who fear regular cats are being put through painful and torturous situations to appear like the real Sphinx-cats.
JoAnne Dyck bought what she thought was a real Sphinx cat. She paid $700 for her feline. "He was like a little tiny kitten, no more than eight weeks old, and he was naked. Completely hairless," said Dyck.
JoAnne Dyck
Dyck had no reason to suspect the kitten named Vlad was any other breed. "It looked like a sphynx because he was very, very skinny and his face was really angular," she said.
JoAnne Dyck
Vlad could not get along with the older felines in the home so Dyck decided to sell him. But the new owner seemed to be having the same issues with the kitten.
JoAnne Dyck
"Me and her talked back and forth the next couple of days about him, because he wasn't seeming to really calm down. And she took him into the vet and the vet said the cuts on his skin were most likely caused by razor burn or Nair or something like that," explained Dyck.
JoAnne Dyck
"I thought he was crying for his mom, but he probably was in pain," she said. Dyck posted her experience on Facebook. Two other women from Edmonton came forward with a similar story.
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Papers are stored in the WVU Research Repository under collections, Regional Research Institute.
Click here to access papers.
A Technical Note on Spatial Aggregation for Independent Cities and Counties in Virginia
Jing Chen
RRI TechDoc 2017-03
Key words/Codes: Spatial Aggregation, Virginia, Independent Cities, Python; R00, Y10
This document provides an overview of two approaches to treat Virginia's independent cities in county-level data sets. Then, issues of spatial aggregation and geographical division change are introduced respectively. A Python function for spatial aggregation is also provided. Although this document focuses on independent cities and counties in Virginia, it can be extended into other regions for spatial aggregation.
Computing Coal Dependent Employment Estimates
Randall Jackson
RRI TechDoc 2017-02
Key words/Codes: Input-output, employment proportions,
coal dependence
This document presents the basis for estimating coal-dependent
employment in a reference region, then establishing a weighting factor
for each industry that can be used to provide a quantitative estimate
of the existing employment or employment change in a county that can
be attributed to existing or change in coal employment. The Matlab
function is provided. Although coal is the industry of interest in this
document, any other industry could be targeted for similar study.
Using R and Google-API tools to estimate geographic features
Juan Tomas Sayago Gomez
RRI TechDoc 2017-01
Key words/Codes: Geocode, Elevation, distance matrix
View Document(4 pp. 293KB)
Supporting Files
This technical document is a guide for using Google APIs to find information for research purposes. First, I apply the code to find the elevation at a given set of coordinates for specific locations. Second, I apply the code to find the street distances between two or more sets of coordinates. All the codes and sample files are available in the zip file attached to this guide.
Object-Oriented Interindustry Systems: Proof of Concept
Péter Járosi and Randall Jackson
RRI TechDoc 2015-03
Key words/Codes: Object oriented modeling, Interindustry Systems, Python; C67, C68, C63, R15
View Document (15 pp, 341 KB)
2015_3 Supporting Files
This document provides a proof-of-concept demonstration of an object-oriented approach to modeling an inter-industry system. The example framework uses a small CGE model based on a three-sector social accounting matrix (SAM). The economy is shocked by changing total factor of productivity in the production function, the new equilibrium is determined in classical CGE fashion, and the original SAM is updated to conform to the new equilibrium solution. In this way,the efficiency of the Object-oriented modeling (OOM) approach can be emphasized in the context of the computational simulations of inter-industry systems by a simplified CGE example written in Python. Since this example implemented as only a possible application of the OOM, the proof of the concept should be interpreted as a particular but among the most difficult economic modeling cases.
MATLAB and Python Functions for Weighted Disaggregation
Amir Borges Ferreira Neto and Randall W. Jackson
RRI TechDoc 2015-02
Key words/Codes: Matlab, Python, Weight Disaggregation;C67, R13
This technical document describes a weighted disaggregation problem and provides the code for a function in MATLAB and Python to perform such disaggregation.
Location Quotient, Coefficient of Specialization and Shift-Share
Juan Tomas Sayago-Gomez and Caleb Stair
RRI TechDoc 2015-01
Key words/Codes: Location Quotient; Coefficient of Specialization and Shift-Share
View Document (12 pp, 346 KB)
Supporting Document
This technical document describes the foundations for three
different regional economic functions implemented in MATLAB and R.
These functions are Location Quotients, Coefficients of Localization,
and Shift-Share Analysis.
Setting up a SAM in Excel using VBA
Amir Borges Ferreira Neto
RRI TechDoc 2014-05_v2
Key words/Codes: CGE, SAM, Spreadsheet, Excel; C68, R13
View Document (10 pp, 269KB)
This technical document describes how to set up a full Social Accounting Matrix from its own partition in a spreadsheet file. This is done using VBA code.
Using a Spreadsheet SAM for GAMS CGE Modeling
Amir Borges Ferreira Neto
RRI TechDoc 2014-04_v2
Key words/Codes: CGE, SAM, Spreadsheet, Excel; C68, R13
View Document (11 pp, 295KB)
This technical document provides in a single document a template to follow when using spreadsheet Social Accounting Matrix data to drive a GAMS-based Computable General Equilibrium model.
Disaggregating Input-Output Models
Xueting Zhao
RRI TechDoc 2014-03
Key words/Codes: Disaggregate, Input-Output, C67, Q53, R15
View Document (11 pp, 357 KB)
This Technical Document describes the steps to disaggregate an industry sector in an I-O table using Python. A disaggregation method that based on weight factors is used in this document. The calculation has three parts. The first part is to calculate the disaggregated input matrix DIM, which represents all the input from common sectors into the new sectors. The second part is to calculate the disaggregated output matrix DOM, which represents all possible output weights of new sectors into common sectors. The last part is to calculate the intra matrix DINM, which represents the allocation of intra-industry sales in the disaggregated sectors. This document states the problem and introduces the calculation method of the paper by Wolsky (1984), then follows with an example based on the data of the paper by Linder et al. (2013).
Technical Document for Price Adjustment
Zheng Tian, Mulugeta Kahsai, and Randall Jackson
RRI TechDoc 2014-02
Key words/Codes: Input-Output Models, price changes, energy; C67, C53, Q47, Q41
View Document (6 pp, 309 KB)
Supporting Document
This document presents the basis for the price adjustment mechanisms in a time series IO model. The essentials of the price adjustment and price change propagation algorithms are presented, along with a matrix permutation algorithm that facilitates the implementation of the price adjustment mechanism. The Matlab function is provided.
Matlab Code for Structural Decomposition Analysis
Juan Tomas Sayago-Gomez
RRI TechDoc 2014-01
Key words/Codes: Structural Decomposition Analysis, Input Output, RAS procedure
View Document (14 pp, 249 KB)
Supporting Document
This TechDoc describes the steps necessary to apply the Structural Decomposition Analysis (SDA) using Matlab. The code has two stages. The first stage, which comprises PrepSDA.m and RAS_SDA.m, prepares the data and the input required for SDA based on the accounting identities defined in Miller and Blair (2009) and Jackson and Schwarm (2011). The second stage (SDA.m) carries out the analysis and estimates the results based on the mathematical procedure in Yang and Lahr (2010) and Zhang and Lahr (2014). The end results can be exported into a csv file.
Generating MATLAB Matrices from IMPLAN CGE Files
Mason Pierce
RRI TechDoc 2013-05
Key Words/Codes: IO, IMPLAN
View Document (6 pp, 380 KB)
Supporting Document
This document describes the process used to create usable tables from the 27 individual GAMS files in .DAT format generated by IMPLAN software. 26 of these are social accounting matrix (SAM) data files and 1 is an employment-by-industry data file. By performing the appropriate command in MATLAB, the user can create the desired table, for example use or make tables, which can then be used for various purposes.
IMPLAN 2 and IMPLAN 3 produce .DAT files of different formats. This document details the process of handling each of these file formats.
An Aggregation Matrix MATLAB Function
Caleb Stair
RRI TechDoc 2013-04
Key Words/Codes: Aggregate/Aggregation Matrix/Input-Output
View Document (5 pp, 471 KB)
This Technical Document describes the foundations for an aggregation matrix function implemented in MATLAB, including the format and structure of the required aggregation vector used as an argument to the function. The function is passed with the N-dimensional aggregation vector as an argument. The aggregation vector contains N values ranging from 1 to M, each of which is the aggregate index corresponding to the N pre-aggregation indices. The function returns an aggregation matrix with M rows and N columns. Pre-multiplying an existing matrix with N rows by the aggregation matrix reduces the row dimensionality from N to M by adding the sectors to be aggregated. Post-multiplication by the transpose of the aggregation matrix reduces the column dimensionality from N to M accordingly.
Integrating Input-Output and Life Cycle Assessment: Mathematical Foundations
Randall W. Jackson
RRI TechDoc 2013-03
Moved to Resource Documents #2013-02
Composite Input-Output Production Functions
Randall W. Jackson
RRI TechDoc 2013-02r1-2
Key Words/Codes: I/O
View Document (2 pp, 288 KB)
This document describes the algorithm used for creating an aggregated linear production function for an industry by weighting subsector production functions. The result can be used as a column in an interindustry (IxI) coefficients table or in a standard Use table (CxI) depending on the units (C or I) of the input data.
Integrated Modeling Frameworks
Randall W. Jackson
RRI TechDoc 2013-01
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With the fourth and final Conference Carolinas Tournament slot on the line, the Belmont Abbey men's lacrosse team scored six goals on its first eight shots and never looked back as the Crusaders celebrated Senior Day with an easy 20-2 win over Lees-McRae this afternoon.
Belmont Abbey clinches the fourth and final spot in next week's tournament as it improves to 6-9 overall and 1-3 in Conference Carolinas, while the Bobcats end their season with a mark of 0-14 overall and 0-4 in Conference Carolinas.
The winner of today's game would lock up the final spot in the Conference Carolinas Tournament and the Crusaders left little doubt as to which team that would be as they scored the first six goals on eight shots in less than five minutes gone by. Belmont Abbey scored the first nine goals of the game before the Bobcats scored the first of their two with 2:58 left in the first. Riley Quinlan capped the period with his first goal of the game, the fifth different Crusader to score in the period.
Belmont Abbey scored all three goals in the second period to stalk its lead to 13-1 at the half. Ryan Callahan, who finished with six goals, scored five in the first half alone, four in the the first quarter.
The onslaught continued in the third, as the Abbey scored five goals on 11 shots to increase the lead to 18-1.
The final period saw less scoring, as Brendan Rogers and David Fox capped the game with goals.
Belmont Abbey outshot the Bobcats 49-14 and won the ground ball battle 36-26. Callahan scored six goals on six shots. Will Chastain added four with Max Mullin and Joey McGinley adding two each. Rogers, Nick Lasalla, David Fox, Connor Sellars and Quinlan all had one. Sellars handed out had five assists.
Defensively, Devin Cruz caused six turnovers with Sellars adding three and Steele two.
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UK Football
UK football has losing streak on the brain
When the streak started, Coach Joker Phillips was a player at Kentucky.
The streak already was 14 years running when UK assistant coach Tee Martin was quarterbacking Tennessee to its national championship.
The last time Kentucky beat Tennessee was in 1984.
The Vols' 26 straight wins over the Cats is the longest active win streak between two major college teams in the country,
There have been close calls as of late. Five of the last seven games were decided by 10 points or fewer.
The last two times the games were in Lexington, they went to overtime.
In fact, the streak gets even lengthier when you consider that the Cats haven't beaten the Volunteers in Commonwealth Stadium since 1981.
Phillips didn't want to discuss the decades of futility on Monday.
"I'm not going to talk about the streak," the UK coach said, almost as if discussing a living, breathing thing. "I'll talk about the goal of ours to win the last game."
Tennessee Coach Derek Dooley shook off talk of the streak, as well.
"Our focus this week is Kentucky," he said. "I know a lot of people are going to want to change the focus away from Kentucky to other things like streaks and bowls and all that."
But now that Kentucky's other streak of five straight bowl trips has ended, the losing streak versus the Vols is the one the Cats (4-7, 1-6 Southeastern Conference) are most eager to talk about.
Before the scoreboard lights were turned off on UK's 19-10 loss at Georgia, which ended the bowl streak Saturday, Raymond Sanders was discussing the UT dominance.
When asked how Kentucky would motivate itself this week, he didn't blink.
"We end the streak," Sanders said. "That's the goal. It's got to end this year. We've got to come out playing like we did today and put an end to it."
Senior linebacker Ronnie Sneed said Saturday's game against the Volunteers means everything.
"We still get to end the Tennessee streak, and that's our main thing we're going to focus on this week," he said. "This is basically our bowl game when you look at it and we're going to come out swinging."
The game has importance beyond the streak for the Tennessee players, who are one win away from being bowl eligible themselves.
"It's going to make them come out and play hard, and it's going to make it that much tougher of a game for us," offensive lineman Stuart Hines said. "We're going to come out and prepare our best this week and be ready because they have a lot to play for, as well."
Some Cats admitted that it would be a bonus to beat Tennessee (5-6, 1-6 Southeastern Conference) and end its bowl hopes on Saturday.
"It's a really good opportunity to win, but you get to keep them from some of their goals while achieving ours," senior defender Anthony Mosley said. "It's a really huge game. It's a big opportunity."


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One of the best things about owning a caravan is the chance to turn every free weekend into a holiday. City breaks make perfect weekenders, and in the May 2015 issue of Practical Caravan, on sale from 26 March, we're celebrating the delights of seven superb cities, without breaking the bank.
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Last but not least in our city breaks special, Group editor Alastair Clements takes his wife to Paris, where they swap romance for family fun and bring the kids to enjoy Disneyland Paris, scaling the Eiffel Tower and more.
After the hustle and bustle of these amazing cities, it's time for the picturesque calm of the countryside, where the team recommends 10 top campsites for caravan holidays in the West Yorkshire Dales. They're perfect for exploring Settle, Ingleton, the Hardraw Force waterfall, the Settle-Carlisle steam train, the Ribbleshead Viaduct and other top places to visit in the Western Dales.
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'Me and my caravan' features our interview with the owner of Polly, a 1973 Thomson Mini Glen caravan that has been lovingly restored. You won't believe how beautiful this little old caravan now looks inside!
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My Bible study today was John 1:35-42. I am not a scholar but my take on this passage today has been an encouragement. I love that Jesus is so willing to spend time with those that want to know Him, and that from that time spent with Him, His guests are filled with joy and excitement to share Him with others and introduce those they love to Him. Sometimes reading the Bible feels less than exciting to me honestly, but how refreshing to be reminded of the joy that comes by spending time with Jesus daily.
Dear Heavenly Father on this day I thank you for another day of work, another day of peace, and for reminding me how you love it when we visit. Thank you for the time to play with our children today and our health in order to do so. Be with our sleep and help us to use the rest and strength it provides us to glorify your name tomorrow. In Jesus name I pray, amen.


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Metro Transit Police announced Monday that additional patrols were deployed on Nov. 13, as news broke of the attacks in France that left 129 dead and hundreds more wounded. A news release noted increased patrols "will continue for an unspecified period of time." "We're upset and troubled by the tragic events in Paris, but you have to look back here at the United States," MTPD Chief Ronald Pavlik told reporters Monday. "And although there is no credible threat here in the United States, it's important that we remind our riders and our employees that we do operate a safe system."
Pavlik addressed the press at the Gallery Place-Chinatown Metro stop, as two K9 units examined the area near the entrance gates. TheMTPD will conduct additional sweeps with K9 units at rail stations and "critical infrastructure." The department will also expand "random explosives screenings," and noted in its news release that, "Any bag or package carried onto the system may be subject to screening by MTPD officers."
Pavlik said the screening is not intrusive, and involves a bag being wiped with a swab and tested for traces of explosives. He said three to four officers will likely be on hand for the screenings and the department also often works with Transportation Security Administration agents to conduct the screenings. Pavlik was asked about the measures adding additional time to commutes.
"If our riders ever feel inconvenienced because we might delay their travel, that's an unfortunate price you might have to pay sometimes for security," said Pavlik. He latter added that the screenings are "over and done within a matter of seconds."
Pavlik said the department is coordinating with its federal partners, and he is in contact with top transportation security officials over the weekend.
The chief declined to go into specifics in terms of numbers of officers on patrol or cost for overtime of those officers. He did note that more officers will be deployed during the morning and evening rush hours.
Asked about specific measures taken at stops that are potential targets, such as Union Station and Capitol South, which service the U.S. Capitol, Pavlik cautioned, "There's no specific or credible threat against here in the United States, or Metro specifically, or mass transit." But he said sharing intelligence with law enforcement partners is essential.
Both Metro stops are within the jurisdiction of the Capitol Police. Earlier Monday, the Capitol Police Board sent a memo to congressional offices stating that the department is "on highest alert " following the Paris attacks.
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Thursday, June 17, 2010
Tyranny of the larks
It's a divide alright, perhaps the most important one amongst homo sapiens barring the gender divide. Because a few thousand years from now, when caste has been abolished, religion made irrelevant, the skin tones rendered an even beige and national boundaries erased, the lark will still sneer at the owl and say:
'Aren't you a lazy bum?'
To which, the owl will offer a half-owlish, half-sheepish, wholly apologetic grin and flutter away into a dark corner.
This exchange between the owl and lark has been one of the defining themes of my life. For I'm an owl. I've been one for as long as I can remember. In fact, I vividly remember my first day at secondary school. Having enjoyed the luxury of attending an afternoon primary school, I was now being given the opportunity to "be an adult." Which meant I'd have to wake up at 5 am, take a cold bath, gobble a breakfast and hop off to school, pretending to be happy.
'You'll get used to it soon enough,' my mother told me.
I never did. For the next six years, I woke up surly and sleepwalked through the morning routine. At school, I acquired a crucial survival skill. I learnt to appear attentive, although it was obvious to me that my brain refused to wake up before 10 am, no matter how long my body has been limbering along. Once past that threshold hour, I'd acquire the magical ability to comprehend the blackboard. I'd realize that my teachers weren't speaking Swahili after all.
'But you're missing more than half the lessons,' my mother worried. She began playing Suprabatham and Bhaja Govindam for me in the mornings. 'That'll perk you up.' I tried telling her that the great M. S. Subbalakshmi's voice sounded platinum to me only in the evenings. In the mornings, however, I couldn't differentiate between her melody and a catfight. 'Never mind. I'm sure it will help,' she concluded, raising the volume. Now, that's totally acceptable in our country. You can blare a devotional song from a loudspeaker at 4 am and everybody will take it in their stride. Try listening to an Eminem song on your stereo at midnight and the chances are that your neighbour will pay you an angry visit.
It seemed a little unfair that society was based on such hypocritical practices. I often tried to plead my case, especially to those oldies in the family who liked to kick me awake at 7 am during my summer vacations. All I received in return were sermons camouflaged as lessons:
'Asuras lurk in the nights,' an especially orthodox granduncle informed me once. 'You look like an asura, I concede that. But you don't have to behave like one.'
'If you don't learn to obey nature's laws, you'll never amount to anything,' a grandfather added.
'It has been scientifically proven,' an uncle – US-returned and all that – said, 'that the human brain works best in the mornings. Haven't you heard the Chinese proverb that one must finish half the day's work by 9 am?'
I nevertheless begged to differ. Experience taught me that waking up at 4 am to study for the exams meant that I'd languish at the bottom of the class. So I began studying till 4 am and did well. An idea began forming in my mind. Perhaps there were others like me. People who were journalists, security guards, truck drivers and the like. Heck, even the milkman relied on someone who drove a van through the night. Upon reaching this conclusion, I began asserting my Owl Rights (since Human Rights apply only to humans and I wasn't one). I even rebelled when necessary. By the time I began employment, I had acquired the joyous habit of sleeping well past midnight.
The working world partially brought me back to reality. Like school, office began early. Unlike school, it kept me chained way past midnight. This was no longer a battle between birds. It was a battle to overtake fatigue and retain sanity. But even in this overcharged atmosphere, I quickly learnt to tell the larks and the owls apart. The larks insisted on having the heaviest discussions first thing in the morning. The owls, as usual, didn't have a say in the matter. This discovery worried me. I had zombied through 12 years of morning classes, confident in my ability to teach myself later, preferably a few days before the exams began. But that sort of thinking doesn't work in the corporate world. One must make lucid decisions all the time. For which one must be lucid. So I learnt to listen intently during the morning meetings. I made detailed notes of everything that was said – the parrot part of my owlish brain worked alright in the mornings – and reprocessed them post noon. My bosses realized that my most productive inputs arrived after lunch. They began making allowances for my "disability." As a happy corollary, I realized that I was at my singing best in the evenings, around the time the larks were ready to throw in the towel. The time zone, too, worked in my favour. I did well during the conference calls with American clients. When I moved to the US, my offshore team called me during my nights, when I could resolve all their problems without batting an eyelid. Of course, they continued to call me in the mornings, but with the understanding that my half-coherent replies would crystallize into complete solutions by the time they returned to work the next day.
Today, as a writer, I find that my stories seep into my bones after the sun sets. And even now, I work extensively with corporate clients who insist on calling me as soon as they reach their workstations in the morning. I'd have gone to asleep around 7 am, but I'm duty-bound to pick up calls starting 9 am – after all, won't any self-respecting professional be up by then? And having picked up the call, I practice my latest art – the art of having a plausible conversation on autopilot. The content in these conversations "dawn" on me hours later, while I brush my teeth.
So there it is. I live in a world where I feel like a hapless minority. I don't accept this world's clock, but I must accept every other rule it imposes – rules regarding decorum, timelines, meeting hours etc. And despite my glaring disability, I've never missed my deadlines and meetings because I overslept. Oftentimes, I don't sleep in order to attend an early morning meeting. My body runs on an owlish clock, but I force it to wear larky apparel at least once a week. Does it take a toll on my body? It must. Not because my body is deprived of sunlight or is playing host to demonic elements. My body suffers simply because I don't give it sufficient rest. Because I'm dancing simultaneously to two rhythms – mine and the world's. Because I don't live in a progressive Scandinavian country which allows owls to begin work at a later hour.
As a result, I accept that friends will message me at 6 am, just as I'm drifting off to sleep. My bank will run early-morning batch jobs and thus send me an SMS at 7 am reminding me that I used my debit card last evening. School-going children of neighbours – fellow owls, I think – will create a ruckus and break my sleep. Telemarketers and travelling salesmen will wonder why I'm angry about nothing. And, finally, when I enjoy Bhaja Govindam at 9 pm, I will be called a weirdo.
And as we know, the majority is always right.
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Beautiful write up explaining the concept... On a totally different aspect.. lesson learnt.. CheersReplyDelete
Hehehe Esh!! What a brilliant piece!ReplyDelete
I faced the same situation in my early years in the profession; you may remember, we used to have a great time discussing the world in our B shifts. There is no way out of this situation - there will always be the Owls and the Larks. What works for me is to do the chores in Lark-time and do all the things I love in Owl-time. The rest of the time I spent dozing - it's a useful trick one has learnt - leading some to believe that I'm on drugs.
BTW, I'm still chuckling over the Asura bit and the Bhaja Govindam bits...wicked!!!
@Priyam - thanks for the empathy :)ReplyDelete
@Pat - I remember the B shifts. I also remember envying you for having the B and C shifts. Of course, the flip side was the A shifts that one had to endure for two days. You know, Pat, I seldom worked G alone. More often, it was G + B. I wonder now why I cared so much.
And yes, mind-numbing chores in Lark-time has been my survival tactic as well.
Why you cared? Well, thats because you were young and idealistic.ReplyDelete
And now we are, at at least I am, middle-aged, while you are an idealist. Which is why you do G+B+C.
First visit.An excellent read though could not agree with your logic I am with you on your right to do what pleases you.ThanksReplyDelete
@KParthasarathi - Thank you. I just wish all the larks are as charitable as you are.ReplyDelete
Oh My god.. how i relate to this.. And the irony of life is that Owls do get married to Larks. The disaster is when the Owl is the mother of another Kutty Lark..Thats me..Battling with the Larks and trying to retain myself as an Owl :-(ReplyDelete
Eshwar, Really liked your piece of work
True, Malavika. Owls inevitably get surrounded by larks and have to make hooting a luxury.ReplyDelete
Let's hope a new era of acceptance dawns (er, dusks?) on us owls :-).
Research is in favour of owls (!!!).ReplyDelete
Case closed :)
I really do not mind this article hooting at me from the back of my mind , every time I talk about sleep time and wake up time with my clients ever after....:) I guess I fit into Owrk or Lawl...depending on demand....this is a new generation now I guess..:)ReplyDelete
speaking Swahili... I know what that is ie OHT, melody and a catfight,the parrot part of my owlish brain, and the Asuras...are memorable...
Today, as a writer, I find that my stories seep into my bones after the sun sets........I guess I readily take that word..because your write ups and stories have marrow smoothness with emotions and get across bone strong messages which are very enjoyable no matter,dawn or dusk, lark or owl time.......
3 Luxurious hootings to You ...:)....thankyou for this lovely vivid owly article...I notice that I am enjoying RCGE bone deep.....or infact marrow deep......... :)
Yes Eshwar,I noticed that,also many more struggles and truths in depth this time..may be I have grown & aware a little more...also crystallized ways that's beyond survival...will probably voice it soon...that could lead to harmony in the world of owls and larks...majority may be always right...but speciality is minority and its always highly valued...:)ReplyDelete


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A 'well-known' footballer has won a High Court appeal to reduce the amount of child maintenance he pays, reports ITV News.
The unnamed player is in his early 30s and has two children aged 10 and five by different mothers.
He had complained that a local family court judge was wrong in ordering him to pay £30,000-a-year for each child - arguing that £60,000 a year was about a third of his gross annual income and was too much.
A High Court judge ruled in his favour and said Deputy District Judge Jane Drew had made mistakes in the way she formulated figures.
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Hibiscus Flower Nail ArtHi Fellas, I am back with another floral nail art. I feel I am too inclined to flowers these days. But what to do , its summers and there is color all around. I find florals so apt on nails now :)
It gives a happy and chirpy feeling. Also, I had got few MoYou London Plates and I wanted to put one to use. This is a simple nail art as it may look. But for some reason stamping wasn't a good experience. I think I switched on the fan which resulted into images not picking up or not transferring :( :(
Anywyas, this nailart was done few months back when I was all the more novice at stamping. I think I have improved a bit :P
I used Essence Mordern Romance nail polish for base. Its such a lovely coral peachy shade. Totally gorgeous, with some micro shimmers which do not hamper the subtle look of the finish in anyway. I used MoYou London Plate Pro Collection 07 for getting the Hibiscus stamped on my nails. The polish used for stamping was Konad Special Red. The image did not transfer very neatly though :( . I used some yellow acrylic paint to do some detailing on the petals. I think they added to the look.
I think the nail art has a very simple and serene kind of look. It is decent and elegant. The coral peachy color ensured that the nail art looks sophisticated and feminine. It can be proudly worn to work too :) . What are your thoughts on the nail art. Do you any similar old stamping experiences to share? I would love to hear.


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