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Using the Testing Framework
|Getting Started
|Assigning TestIDs
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|Working with Test Results
|Fixing Defective Test Cell Groups
|Generating .wlt Files
|Directly Running Tests in a Notebook
Whether you are writing a single function or an entire application, Mathematica provides a framework in which to write and run tests of your code.
Getting Started
In the Mathematica menus, click on File ▶ New ▶ Testing Notebook. It will bring up a testing notebook. (The notebook depicted here has also been saved using File ▶ Save As... with name MyTests.)
Click the New button to insert a test into the notebook.
In the "Input" cell, type or paste the input for your test. In the "Expected Output" cell, type or paste what the output should be.
If messages are expected to be generated upon running the tests, add them using the Add Messages button. You can also add options to the individual tests such as MemoryConstraint, SameTest, TestID, and TimeConstraint using the drop-down to the right of the Add Options button.
Running Tests with the Notebook Interface
This section demonstrates running all tests in a given notebook.
Clicking the Run button will evaluate all tests in the testing notebook. The test results are inserted into the individual tests as they are evaluated, and upon completion of the test run, a summary of the test report is inserted at the top of the notebook. The following notebook displays the four possible test outcomes: Success, Failure, Message Failure, and Error. The Clear Test Results button may be used to clear test results from the notebook.
The test report summary details the total number of tests run, as well as the number of successes, errors, failures due to wrong results, and failures due to messages. Additionally, a summary bar depicts the test results and has two modes for ordering the test results: by status and by sequence. When the total number of tests in a testing notebook is 50 or less, every individual tab in the summary bar links to its appropriate test. In the lower-right corner, there are two buttons that find the previous and next failed test relative to the cursor position.
Working with Test Results
Generating .wlt Files
Click More ▶ Save As .wlt to save the tests in the notebook to a .wlt file. A file save chooser will be generated, allowing you to choose the file name and save it to a directory.
Here the file name was chosen to be MyTests2 and it was saved to the directory C:\\Users\\xyz\\Desktop. This makes a report for that file.
Here are the properties of the report.
Here are the test result rules.
This shows the expected ouput and actual output for the first failed test. For this test file there is just one failed test.
Assigning TestIDs
Click More ▶ Assign TestIDs to assign TestIDs to all tests in the notebook.
Here is a test cell group with a TestID assigned.
Notebook Conversion
You might want to convert a notebook of inputs, messages, and outputs into a test notebook. With that notebook being the input notebook, click on Window ▶ Toolbar ▶ Testing. A docked cell will then be added to the top of that notebook. Then click on the button Convert to Testing Notebook.
Fixing Defective Test Cell Groups
Clicking the Run button will first validate test cell groups. If any are defective, their cell brackets will be given a special color and you will have the option of fixing all such tests by clicking the Fix All button and then all tests in the notebook will automatically be evaluated or you can fix one at a time via the Fix Next button.
Directly Running Tests in a Notebook
Single tests may be directly run using VerificationTest.
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Premedication for Non-Emergency Endotracheal Intubation In the NICU
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Those infants who received the muscle relaxation in combination with the vagolytic (reduce vagus nerve impulses) and pain medication will have reduced time to successful intubation (placement of tube into the lungs), a decrease in the number of attempts, and better intubation conditions reported by the practitioner. The objectives of the study include: 1.) Does the medication protocol outlined in this study provide optimal intubation conditions? (i.e.good jaw relaxation, open and immobile vocal cords and suppression of gag reflex) 2.) Does the addition of a muscle relaxant prior to intubation contribute to less attempts and achieving successful intubation as opposed to neonates who do not receive the muscle relaxant.
Respiratory Distress Syndrome
Drug: Rocuronium
Other: Placebo
Phase 4
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Premedication for Non-Emergency Endotracheal Intubation In the NICU
- Intubator's perception of optimal intubation conditions (good jaw relaxation open and immobile vocal cords and suppression of gag reflex)based on scale of 1-4(1 being excellent, 4 being poor) [ Time Frame: 24 hours after intubation period ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- Timing of entire procedure (stopwatch)and recording number of attempts to successful intubation recorded. [ Time Frame: 24 hours after intubation procedure ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
|Study Start Date:
|January 2011
|Study Completion Date:
|January 2014
|Primary Completion Date:
|December 2013 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Active Comparator: Rocorium
0.6 mg/kg once
Drug: Rocuronium
0.6 mg/Kg once
|Placebo Comparator: Placebo
Other: Placebo
Normal saline same amt as 0.6mg/kg of study drug
Detailed Description:
The investigators project will study two different strategies of pre-medication in an attempt to eliminate the pain and discomfort associated with the elective intubation procedure. The study will be blinded and patients will be randomized in two different arms according to gestational age and identified by study number for pre-medication protocols. Demographic as well as study information prior, during and post intubation attempt will be recorded and closely monitored. Each patient will be monitored for study purposes for at least 24 hours after intubation attempt to record any potential side effects of the medication. The investigators plan to have a data safety monitoring board established composed of three pediatric doctors / specialists not associated with this study.
The response of paralysis, onset and duration will be assessed clinically. Onset of muscle relaxation will be described as the absence of spontaneous movements and flaccidity, measured in seconds from the end of the medication administration. Duration of paralysis will be determined by the difference in time from the onset of paralysis to the return of spontaneous movements and pre-intubation tone
|Genders Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
- Infants admitted to the NICU at Beaumont Children's Hospital Royal Oak and Troy.
- Gestational Age 28 0/7 weeks (or post menstrual age 28 0/7 weeks) or higher
- Infants who require endotracheal intubation on a non-emergent basis
- Signed informed consent by parents
- intubations that occurred in the delivery room or for other emergent basis,
- absence of intravenous access
- abnormality of the airway
- known or family history of neuromuscular disorder
- renal insufficiency (urine output <0.6 mL/kg per hour or creatine >1.7 mg/dL if > 1 day of age)
- known hepatic insufficiency (abnormal liver function or coagulation laboratory results)
- Current diagnosis of pulmonary hypertension
- Any infant deemed by the attending neonatologist as unstable or unfit for the study
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01749501
|Principal Investigator:
|Martin Espinosa, MD
|William Beaumont Hospitals
No publications provided
|Responsible Party:
|Martin Espinosa, MD, Principal Investigator, William Beaumont Hospitals
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01749501 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|September 28, 2012
|Last Updated:
|October 6, 2014
|Health Authority:
|United States: Food and Drug Administration
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Newborn
Infant, Newborn, Diseases
Infant, Premature, Diseases
Lung Diseases
Respiration Disorders
Respiratory Tract Diseases
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Malpais & Santa Teresa: Top Costa Rica Beach Destinations
Santa Teresa Beach in Costa Rica is known for its gold and light sand, warm, clear aquamarine water, world-class surf conditions and spectacular sunsets. Its neighbor to the south, the sleepy beach hamlet of Malpaís, is celebrated as a surfer's paradise with a very relaxed jungle lifestyle.
Both top Costa Rica beach destinations are found on the western coast of the southern Nicoya Peninsula. Poor or non-existing roads kept this tropical utopia off the beaten path for decades. Backpackers and surfers camping their way along the coast discovered the paradise of small fishing villages in the early 1990s. Today, they are popular – though still slightly isolated – tourism destinations and win awards for being the best beaches in Central America.
As a surfer, wouldn't it be nice to be able to surf for longer without getting tired, get a quicker pop-up, have more strength and flexibility and better balance, relax your breathing and sharpen your mental focus? You can do this with yoga. Pro surfers are already aware that the practice of yoga keeps their performance constantly improving, and aids in preventing injuries.
U.S. yoga instructors/surfers like Peggy Hall have produced DVDs that tout the benefits of the practice especially for pro surfers. Here are 10 yoga poses for surfers that will make your arms and back stronger, improve your strength and flexibility, give you better balance, and help you avoid the all-too-common nagging lower back pain. Remember to always warm-up before heading out to the water, and stretch for 5-10 minutes after surfing. Your body will thank you.
1. Downward-facing dog: Benefits: Stretches shoulders and calf muscles, strengthens and tones the arms and legs, lengthens and straightens the spine helping to relieve pain in the upper, middle and lower back.
Walk down the beaches of Santa Teresa, Costa Rica and you're likely to see multicolored crushed seashells, sea glass, and interesting rocks and pebbles along the white sand. What you won't see as readily is trash.
The Pacific beaches of Santa Teresa – Mal Pais, Playa Carmen, Playa Santa Teresa and Playa Hermosa – on Costa Rica's southern Nicoya Peninsula hold Ecological Blue Flag status. Costa Rica's Blue Flag award is an honor for a community to earn. It means the beach community has near-perfect ocean water quality, potable water quality, coastal sanitation areas, treated waste and run-off water, garbage containers and very little litter.
Businesses on these four beaches have taken it upon themselves to keep the beaches clean. Since 2011, they have worked together to pay for two workers to clean each beach every week, all year long. They pick up trash brought in on the Pacific tides, or washed out from nearby rivers or that is left behind by beach-goers. The rubbish is collected in extra-large garden-size trash bags, separated between garbage and recycling, and brought to a municipal trash collection spot.
The business owners take turns in rotation to pay for the two workers and the cleanup costs. "We started in 2011 with only five or six sponsors, and now we are up to 50-60 sponsors," said program coordinator Roberto de la Ossa. "The more business owners there are, the easier it is for everyone to maintain the program." De la Ossa, who is general manager at sponsor Hotel Tropico Latino, said he works with a small team of business owners and managers to run the program. In turn, they work with the Environmental Committee of Santa Teresa, which coordinates the Blue Flag program.
There is no better way to relax – especially recently arrived on vacation – than with a massage. It really is amazing what 60 or 90 minutes of a professional therapist making your muscles and body unwind will do to produce feelings of bliss and well-being.
Massage therapy benefits you by relaxing tight muscles, increasing circulation, releasing toxins, easing stress, and benefiting your whole body in numerous positive ways. It can boost your health and keep you feeling full of vitality.
Now imagine having a soothing massage listening to the rhythmic sounds of ocean waves (real ones, not recorded!), and feeling cool sea breezes blowing. That's exactly the experience at Spa Natural at Hotel Tropico Latino on Santa Teresa Beach in Costa Rica.
The southern Nicoya Peninsula of Costa Rica is a spectacular destination to visit – gold and white sand beaches, world-class surfing, warm blue Pacific Ocean, lush rainforest. The region stays off the beaten path, however, due to its remoteness.
The traditional way to get to the towns and beaches of the southern Nicoya Peninsula – Tambor, Montezuma, Mal Pais and Santa Teresa – is by ferry. The starting point is the Central Pacific port of Puntarenas, and it takes about 90 minutes for the ferry to cross the Nicoya Gulf to Paquera. Add on to that time at least another 20 to 30 minutes on each end for loading and unloading the ferry of cars and passengers. If it is high tourist season or a holiday and you are traveling with a vehicle, you need to be in line at the ferry terminal at least an hour or more before the ferry departs to ensure you'll get on board. The trip definitely is picturesque and not overly expensive – 810 colones per adult passenger and 11,400 colones for a car one-way – but you had better not be in a hurry.
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Ahmad Saeed
Ch Ahmad Mukhtar
Ch. Muhammad Gulnawaz
Ch Ansar Mahmood
Ch Mubashar Hussain
Ch. Pervaiz Ellahi
Tassdaq Hussain Bhatti
Ch.Rasikh Bllahi
Muhammad Afzal Gondal
Mirza Bilal Baig
Muhammad Nawaz Shaheen
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Ch. Imran Ullah
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Ch. Ahmed Mukhtar Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians (PPPP) 79,735
Ch. Shujat Hussain Pakistan Muslim League Quaid-e-Azam (PML Q) 65,738
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Valid Votes 146,179
Rejected Votes 3,638
Total Votes 150,621
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Over 2,000 falls in two Cumbrian hospitals
Last updated at 20:50, Thursday, 17 May 2012
More than 2,000 people have suffered falls at north Cumbria's two main hospitals in two years.
The figures were revealed in a response from health minister Simon Burns to Workington MP Tony Cunningham.
Mr Cunningham had demanded more information after it was revealed that four people had died at the hospitals after suffering falls.
In total 1,058 falls were reported to the National Patient Safety Agency in 2010, followed by 1,067 in 2011.
The deaths, which happened at the West Cumberland Hospital in Whitehaven and Carlisle's Cumberland Infirmary during September and October last year, were revealed in documents leaked to BBC Radio Cumbria.
A Freedom of Information request by the radio station revealed that, in September and October 2011, 29 people were injured in falls compared with nine in the same period of 2010.
Injuries ranged from fractures to bumps, grazes, cuts and bruises.
But the figures sent to Mr Cunningham reveal that far more people suffered falls overall.
In September 2010 there were 71 falls, with 80 the next month.
Eighty-four falls were reported in September 2011, with 84 in October 2011.
Mr Cunningham said he was concerned about the figures and would like to see more done to reduce the numbers.
A hospitals trust spokeswoman said the increase did not necessarily mean the number of actual falls was rising, as the National Patient Safety Agency encouraged trusts to report all incidents.
She said: "The NPSA is regularly seeing an increase in incidents reported year on year, which is actually a sign of a culture that is growing in awareness of patient safety."
Improvements had been made to falls assessments and follow-ups. Information boards about falls risks had been put up to raise awareness among patients, staff and relatives, and refresher training had been given to staff.
Each fall resulting in a fracture is investigated and formally reviewed to ensure lessons are shared, and the trust is also focusing on its work with dementia patients to reduce their fall risks.
Mr Cunningham said: "I welcome the work being done but much more needs to be done to make sure the number of falls is reduced to as low as possible."
He said he would write again to trust bosses to make sure that was done.
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Published by http://www.timesandstar.co.uk
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How sad this story is. An elderly relative of mine in WCH recovering from minor surgery and due to be discharged, fell on her way to the bathroom. She actually fell due to a heap of zimmers being left by the foot of her bed and worse than this, she lay for many moments before being found and helped into her bed. I questioned a nurse who said she was just fine. Upon her release, she was seen by her doctor who diagnosed muscle injury to her shoulder and hip. It took her 6 weeks to recover. Assuming this to be a rare event, I never took it any further but now I wish I had. The ward in particular was under staffed and frankly the nurses had more time to stand in the corridor arguing, than tending the elderly patients. Granted, at visiting times they probably do have free time, but it sets such a bad impression. There are some wonderful and dedicated nurses - but they weren't there when my relative needed them.
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NASA examining Shuttle's dings, extending mission
Mission controllers at NASA are inspecting some damage to the shuttle Endeavour's heat shield sustained during the "flawless" launch last week. Before docking with the International Space Station (ISS), the shuttle performed a now-routine flip to allow the ground crew at mission control to inspect the craft for damage. The …
Foam > Ceramic??
What kind of foam is this anyway, that can smash through thick ceramic tiles?
Could they not spray some sort of plastic coating onto the tiles which will protect them from (what ought to be) fairly trivial impacts but would burn off during reentry, or even during the flight to orbit?
When they designed this puppy, they should have had the underside away from the fuel tank and its ice and foam!
Great close-up....
....exactly how do they get such a clear shot from the ground?
Do they use a super-powerful camera/telescope combo or similar?
Assuming it is shot through the atmosphere the clarity is quite astounding.
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Imagine yourself sitting on the Space Station. You try to go about your work while parked right outside, your ride home has a hole all the way through its heat shield. On the ground, the 'rocket scientists' at NASA are trying to decide whether to fix it or just 'go for it' as is. IS IT ANY WONDER THE ASTRONAUTS GET DRUNK?
Re: Great close-up....
They take piccy's from the flying killer drones of course....
...or on a cloudy day possibly use the orbiters camera tipped boom to have a butchers are the soft underbelly of the shuttle.
I've got this great idea!
They could cover the foam on the external tank with some sort of covering designed to hold it in place - maybe something like a coat of paint would do the job?!!
What, you mean they used to do just that, but stopped because it freed up a little weight for extra payload. Don't be silly, who'd do anything that stupid!!
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Photos are taken on approach to the ISS.
About the close up
The close-up is shot from the International Space Station. If they could shoot such clear shots from the ground, military satellites would just become orbiting mirrors with various ground camera's being periodically updated at a cheaper rate than firing them into space ;-)
..and yes, regarding the foam - I also wish NASA would at least try to publicly explain how foam rips holes in ceramic tile. I don't doubt them, just would be nice to know WHY. I know ceramic is hard but brittle, and perhaps this only happens with usually soft foam coming off at Ludicrous Speed or foam covered in a layer of ice, but it always sounds like some pink bubbly cushions floated off the main fuel tank at lift-off and savagely cut into the shuttle...
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Mmm, I've always wondered what this foam stuff actually was too... Concrete?
Great closeup
It isn't shot from the ground.. the shuttle inverts to that the underside is facing the Space Station and the film from there and send the results to NASA....
Lots of questions
The foam is freezing cold making it very hard (like Ice) the tiles are very soft (u could push your finger nail into them)
Where would you put the fuel tank other than on the back?
They don't photo it from the ground they get out a big stick from the back of the shuttle (and soon from the space station) and stick a wee digi camera on the end of it and take lots of photos!
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re: Foam > Ceramic:
When that foam breaks off it is rapidly decelerated in the slipstream and hits those tiles as some rate of knots (insert SI unit as desired ;) The ceramic tiles themselves are a sort of ceramic foam, something a lot weaker than your dinner service.
"[the tiles] consist of fine glass fibers organized in an open cellular pattern, so that tiny spaces account for 95% of their volume".
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That pic was taken from the ISS, that's why they do the backflip before docking.
re: Foam > Ceramic
To simplify what Robin said above:
Yes. At 5, 10, or 15K mph, impacts from foam will cause damage to just about any surface, even if it's just a glancing blow like the impact that caused the hole in the picture.
what could have been
the shuttle was designed to be taken to near space by a lifting body, a sort of super jumbo, not these great big fire works they now have, light and forget.
the posh name was HTHL, horezontal take off , horizontal landing.
so the tiles being brittle did not matter so much, as they were protected by the slow take off speed and gentle handeling, and very light was an advantage,
Then cost cuts come in, and hay presto, you make the typical engineering decision, the best of a bad job.
The tiles have never been covered or painted. The external tank was origionaly painted, but bits flaked off even then. The major problem seems to be Ice, formed around the tanks, which has always been a problem using super cool stuff like LOX and H2. look back at the apollo launch films, you will see ice every where.
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"There's a beast in every man, and it stirs when you put a sword in his hand."
A saying told time and time over, during times of war and conflict.
The age of man is upon us, the fourth age. The past histories of Elf and Dwarf are long gone, as so is the tales of magical creatures. Now only exists a time of history plagued by humanity's wars against their fellow man for gold and power.
In the lands of the South, below the nation of the snow, and ice lands of Stovgard lay the lands of political intrigue, and war for territories.
The nation of Avalon sits astride to the Dead Sea above it, and surrounded from East to South, to West by other nations. To the West of Avalon lays the nation of Arater, a land of Mediterranean climate, and traditions dating back to the beginning of man itself. To the East, the nation of Terra Corra, a mysterious country with horrifying stories of the nation's Red Priestesses, and their power over the people. Stories leak from the infamous Tower of Corra on the Eastern coast of the country, where the Red Council sits governing the country. These stories concern sacrifice of life and flesh, for the pursuit of forgotten magic.
Blood magic as it was once referred to, the Red Priestesses of Terra Corra are intent on re-discovering the forgotten powers of the old world, even at the cost of lives and blood. These Priestesses, and the power they wield are protected and enforced by Red Guards. Chosen at birth to protect the power, and ways of the Red Council they are absolutely merciless in their destruction of anyone who oppose them.
To the South of Avalon lays the nation of Oralei, a land of Mediterranean climate also and made up of powerful tribes that command one of the largest armies in the region, and at the top of the Oralei power lies the Grand Tribe leader, his wife and children. The leader of Oralei is appointed Grand Tribe Leader by the majority of smaller tribes populating the land, and is also the most powerful of the tribes in the land. The daughter of the Grand Tribe Leader is in fact the next in line for the Throne, over the male children which is an unusual custom compared to other nations regarding the line of succession to power. Their traditions date back to a time believed that the land of Oralei was populated by the Elves, once magical creatures now gone and only spoken of in legend.
The Capital of Harlear, believed to have once been the Capital of the Elves, was rebuilt upon over many years by man in their own image. Even to this day the people of Oralei continue to excavate the old city beneath Harlear searching for Elven ruins and artifacts.
To the West of Arater and Oralei, borders the The Red Desert. A land rarely traveled, as the climate alone is enough to starve, and dehydrate travelers to their deaths.
Finally to the lands of Avalon once more, home to the native people regarded as Celts, due to the harsh northern regions of the country have bore strong willed, and warrior Clans that many years before came together to form Avalon under a monarchy of a King and Queen. It is believed the lands of Avalon and Stovgard were once home to the Dwarf people, now long gone and forgotten also like the Elves have been. Ruins and artifacts have been found over hundreds of years lending weight to the belief Avalon and Stovgard were once a land of the Dwarfs, and were once connected by land until the Dead Sea slowly eroded the passage.
Our story takes place in all of these lands, with the threat of war and the resurgence of forgotten magic looming over the Southern Lands. This is a tale of war, and conflict, but also betrayal and conspiracies.
The Age of Man, The Fourth Age, Summer, 4337AOM, Capital of ORALEI, HARLEAR, Royal Chambers
Princess Lopes, began to pace around her chambers erratically and irritated. The young Princess of Oralei was tired, and didn't want to play the host to her father's gatherings even if it was expected of her. Being in her later years, almost of age of nineteen she was expected to entertain her father's quests in hope of finding a suitable man to marry. Her father Raydol, current Grand Tribe Leader wasn't getting any younger, and with her mother now gone and buried she was expected to inherit the Throne from her father. Her father had asked the servants to dress the Princess befitting of her role, and she wore a beautiful elegant dress made of silk, dark brown in color. The light from outside the Royal Palace struck and bounced off of her dress, giving her an angelic appearance to all. Alike to men and women of Oralei, Princess Lopes had light caramel skin, due to the Mediterranean climate of the country.
In a nation most Southward of all other countries in the region, it was hit by the Mediterranean weathers and winds from the Dead Sea surrounding the region. This climate gave Oralei women an exotic quality to them, brown caramel skin that shone and beautiful hazel hair that illuminated simply from natural light. Princess Lopes was a woman, even her father could not deny that. She didn't possess an athletic, lean body but a voluptuous, thick woman in certain places. Particularly her legs, hips and bottom. She was a woman born to sire an heir, a child to the throne be it a son if possible, and if not a daughter to rule after she stepped down. That was the thinking of her father, seeing as war was ever more evident in the region.
Princess Lopes could not deny she didn't see her father's anxiousness to have her seated on the Throne as quick as possible seeing as the nations around them prepared for war. Terra Corra to the East was preparing for an invasion of Stovgard, in a bid to spread the faith of the Red Priestesses and their Red Council. Stovgard was looking to Arater for assistance as they were allies, but if Arater were to intervene and side with Stovgard then Lopes knew her father would have to aid Terra Corra, as they had been allies for hundreds of years already.
That would pit Oralei against an ally of theirs, and force the nation into a war that would cost many lives. Princess Lopes understood her father's situation, but if she was in charge of the country she would try and stay neutral. Why ally with a nation such as Terra Corra, when they are known for brutal practices and violent conversions to their faith. She knew her father was keeping a promise that former Grand Tribe Leaders upheld. The woman servants were watching her pace around her chambers, the brown silk dress swaying with her every move. Even the servants, though silent noticed her womanly figure and quite unusually large bottom, which seemed both firm and thick. A sign in Oralei culture of a woman ready for giving birth to a child, as it was regarded as a sign of good health and fertility.
"Princess, your father awaits you in the Royal Hall for the gathering." A young caramel skinned servant said gently, she was so small and petite Lopes almost didn't notice her.
"My father wishes to parade me in front of the tribes, waiting for one of their Tribe Leaders who wants to take me as their wife." Princess Lopes grunted, in anger.
The servants around the room said nothing, they knew their place in the presence of the Royal Princess. The princess sighed, and called out to her servants.
"Very well, bring me a shroud. If I must parade myself in front of the tribes then I shall do it with some modesty. Even if this dress does nothing to hide my figure from their leering eyes." She said, her voice low and subdued as a young servant gently placed the shroud on her head and pinned it into place.
Two servants walked with the Princess from her chambers to the Royal Hall, just in case she needed them for anything. As she passed some of her father's Royal Guards standing still as a statue couldn't help but look at her. She was a woman any man with red blood in their veins wanted, and they chanced a glance at her large, firm behind. The brown silk dress did nothing to conceal the size, nor the shape of her bottom. In fact it even rode up her large bottom, up between her luscious ass cheeks as it was uncommon for women, even Princesses to wear undergarments due to the heat and weather. Undergarments were more of a Avalon custom, not an Oralei one.
Princess Lopes pressed on, she knew her father's guards were leering at her, wishing for a chance with the beautiful princess. If her father had known, he would have had the soldiers beheaded and their heads placed on spikes at the city gates as a warning. The Princess knew all she had to do was tell her father, but she had never done that, and she wasn't about to start now. She in fact liked the attention from her guards, feeling wanted by a man with pure lust, and not lust for her father's Throne.
The Oralei Royal Guards wore dark brown leather armor, held in place with straps, with the Oralei national Symbol, a burning tree surrounded on either side by birds flying mid-air. No one knew how Oralei came about adopting the symbol, but many said it was the Elves national symbol in history, still used by the humans of the land now. Their eyes followed the Princess, they would protect her but not without a few glances at her womanly body. Their swords were curved, and strapped to their hips, and they kept one hand on the pommel and their eyes straight ahead.
They were loyal to her father, the Princess knew that, but where would their loyalties lie with her?
She knew from history, no female had held the Throne of Oralei in over a hundred years, Lopes feared if they would even follow a woman on the Throne once again. Eventually past the guards, followed by her hand-maidens she entered the Royal Hall to loud celebrations, and joyous singing and dancing.
There were men and women, of proud tribes across the country gathered together dancing, and enjoying the food laid out for them.
The Princess breathed in, there was no one she actually wanted to spend this gathering with. Until she saw her best friend, Shakri standing off to the side of the joyous dancing. She was one of her protectors, chosen by Lopes's father as they were friends. Shakri had bright, shiny curled hair that she had tied into a single ponytail, and she was slightly taller than the Princess. Today she was wearing a pair of tight leather breaches, made from animal leather and was pulled tightly against her tummy and around her legs. She wore a simple leather jerkin, made from patches of animal leather strapped together as armor and with dignity stood aside watching the room for any potential threats to the Princess and her father.
Sharki always had a tight, firm body from years of training to become a Protector to the Throne, with a firm, rounded bottom and small breasts she was both lean, and firm at the same time. She had trained for most of her life, with every weapon imaginable to prepare for her role in protecting Lopes. It didn't stop the male guards leering at her, she was a very beautiful woman and most men didn't take her role seriously, until she had her dagger pressed against their throats. Then they took her seriously, no longer groping her when no one was around or even trying to force their way on her.
She had killed for the Throne, and she could do it again if needed. She could see some of the guards even now leering at her, and some of the male tribe guests but she ignored them. Keeping her hand on the pommel of her dagger dangling on her hip, she always had to know it was in easy reach. Princess Lopes began to walk among the guests, and making short greetings as she made her way to the dais where her father was sat overlooking the large hall.
Out of nowhere a pair of hands, rough and hairy grabbed her big, firm bottom through her dress. She span around and saw the owner of the hands, he was scruffy, and covered in long hair on his head, and wore poorly made tribal armor.
He grinned, his mouth missing most of its teeth and he looked perverted as he gripped her cheeks through the dress.
"Your time will come child, so long and ready to bear an heir. My heir." He laughed cackling, as the Princess backed away towards the dais.
He tried to grab her once again, and the Princess fell against the dais and out of nowhere a large built man, in armor she had never seen before step between her and the rowdy tribesman.
She looked up at the man from behind, his armor was plate steel and covered his chest while his arms were exposed, and muscular with inked tattoos covering them. He looked to be about 5'10 in height, towering over her and even Shakri. He had a war Axe in one hand, gripping it's handle he was looking down at the rowdy tribesman in silence. The Princess couldn't see the stare the man was giving her troublemaker, but the stare made him back away from both of them and he quickly moved to another part of the hall.
Slowly her savior turned to face her, his black thick hair on his head was wild and untamed, and stopped on his shoulders, wet and wild. Princess Lopes had never seen a man like this in her lands before, she wondered who this man was. There were intricate blue tattoos across his forehead, and one on his left face cheek. She had never seen symbols like his tattoos before, he looked in his thirties, and a seasoned soldier. He slowly put his war Axe back on his hip, strapping it in place and he smiled gently. She couldn't see the smile under the mass of bearded hair that covered his jaw, but his jaw changed into a smiling position so she knew.
"I will keep an eye on that tribesman, malady." He said in a strong Celtic accent, she assumed he was from the lands of Avalon. The only nation that remained neutral in this coming war.
Princess Lopes breathed hard, and nodded.
"What is your name, warrior?" She asked the seasoned, grizzled soldier.
He bowed gently, and straightened again for her.
"Korine, Princess. You can call me Korine." He said gently.
She could now see his armor, and it was blunted in places, with scratches he earned from battle, even his war Axe looked to have come with him through the wars, with chips in the steel.
"Where do you hail from, warrior Korine?" The Princess asked smiling.
He smiled, and ran his rough palm across his beard, and the Princess saw even more intricate blue tattoos covering the back of his hand.
"Avalon, malady. The Blue Mountains in the North of the country, where the Clans still live and live by the old Avalonian traditions, that came across from Stovgard a long, long time ago." Korine said smiling, his history proved intriguing to the Princess. She had heard of Avalon obviously, but only knew that most of the Clans came together a thousand years ago to found the modern nation of Avalon. She didn't know that some Clans chose to hold to the old Celtic traditions of old.
"I never even knew the old Clans still existed in Avalon, I thought all the Clans came together to found the country years ago." The Princess stated, waiting to be corrected by Korine's history.
Korine smiled and moved closer to the dais and leaned against it to talk to the Princess more privately, unaware that Shakri had her eyes on them both.
"The Blue Mountains at first refused to come together, and give up the traditions of old to form the country. So a balance was found, if the Blue Mountains swore allegiance to the King, and the Throne then they could keep their independence of traditions. So that's been our way since the founding of Avalon, separate in traditions and culture yet loyal to the Crown. We even have our own King, on the Stone Throne but he remains loyal to the Avalonian King." Korine said, as if reciting records of a library back home in Avalon.
Princess Lopes couldn't help but smile, and breath deeply as the images of the Blue Mountains entered her mind, she wanted to visit them. The Princess hadn't even touched a man, much less kissed one under strict instructions from her father to wait until marriage. As her father told her many times, when she expressed interest in boys her own age when she was a child, her father made her repeat what he told her.
"No man wants damaged goods, they want a Vase in pristine condition. They won't buy it with chips and dents in it." Her father constantly reminded her, the hard sordid truth of it all. Because of that strict upbringing of her sexuality, she was still a virgin of adult years now.
She was now seeing a man, not some tribal boy she she found handsome or nice looking, this was a man. Korine was the warrior type of man, built and muscular. A man she read about, heard about from her friends and hand maidens. His skin was pale, and looked hard and rough from the natural climate of the Blue Mountains. Even in Oralei, pale men and women were rare as those in Southern Avalon were olive skinned. Only those from the Blue Mountains and Stovgard were truly pale skinned.
This interested the Princess, as she was surrounded mostly by her own people in the form of guards, and hand maidens. It was unheard of to meet, or speak to Northern Avalonians, or even those from Stovgard.
"So what brings you here, Korine?" Princess Lopes asked, noticing Sharki watching them both as a Protector would do, as expected of them.
Korine looked around the hall, and then up at the dais where the Grand Tribe Leader, Lopes's father sat and then looked deep into her eyes.
"I'm here, on behalf of our King Thedas in Doren, and the Crown to protect your father and yourself against attack by the agents of Terra Corra." Korine said in such a low voice, the Princess almost didn't hear him.
The Princess had just been told a secret, even her father hadn't divulged to her. Oralei was not going to side with Terra Corra, as it's only alliance dictated. Her father was going to oppose the Red Council, and the Priestesses. This was hard to take in, why hadn't her father told her this?
This meant war with Terra Corra, and their Red Priestesses.
The Princess looked up at her father, he seemed in deep thought on his Throne.
He didn't seem to be enjoying the festivities, was this why he had held this gathering? To tell his people of their change of allegiance, from Terra Corra to Avalon.
But Avalon was neutral even in this war, so why was an agent of theirs in Oralei intent on protecting the Princess and her father from harm?
"My father intends to join Arater, and Stovgard against Terra Corra?" The Princess asked.
Korine looked once more around the room, as if enemy ears could be listening to their conversation. He looked at the Princess.
"Aye, indeed he does malady. It's why Avalon promised protection to you, and the Crown sent me to look after you. It's an old promise our nations made years ago, to protect the daughters of each monarchy. I am to protect you, I arrived here a few days ago. I haven't seen you as I've been preparing your protection." Korine explained.
"Is the threat viable against me, and my father?" She asked him.
Korine looked deep into her eyes, and it unsettled the Princess. She hadn't seen a man like Korine before, and it left an unusual feeling in the pit of her stomach. Before Korine could speak a loud voice shouted out for silence, to be heard among the crowd of guests.
"Is it true, that you intend for us to join with Arater and Stovgard against Terra Corra? They are our age old allies!" The man behind the voice was the same man who grabbed the Princess only minutes before, and he didn't seem drunk now as he was shouting to her father.
Her father, the Grand Tribe Leader of all of Oralei stood to face his people, and the tribe leader confronting him. He looked old, her father was almost sixty in age and he had fought in enough wars, and battles to drain his body of its once perfect physique and strength. His caramel skin was wrinkled and weathered now, his jaw covered in a small yet thick light brown beard on his jaw. His robes were brown in color, and with golden bands around the wrists, and the neck of the robe.


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Can a serious wine drinker prefer white?
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- Sanguine Aug 26, 2005 08:16 PM
It's often said that "serious" wine connoisseurs prefer reds over whites. Can anyone shed some light on this? If a poll were taken among the world's 1000 top wine experts, what percentage would prefer reds over whites? Why? Is it even possible that someone with vast knowledge and experience of wine might like white more than red, as a general category?
I realize it might be said, but the most versatile wine (in terms of matching to food) is Riesling. There are large groups of Europeans for whom white wine is the primary reference point. Even in ancient Rome, white wine was more commonly drunk than red.
The bias toward red in the English speaking world derives in part from historic English wine-trading relationships in Gascony (think Bordeaux) and Portugal. Nothing wrong with that. Great wines.
re: Karl S.
As I've started looking into wines more, I've slowly found white wines that I really enjoy. However, that took awhile.
I think it's easier to like reds because as a beginner, there are more drinkable reds under $10 and some very nice ones under $20. I've found that with whites, I have a hard time finding something really nice under $20.
Of course, now I'm wondering about the chicken and the egg. Are there fewer quality low end producers of white wine because people in the U.S. prefer reds, or do fewer people like whites because they can't afford good ones? Or, perhaps it's easier to produce a decent red than a decent white. Any oenophiles know more?
re: nooodles
Sales of red wines overtook whites after coverage of the "French Paradox".
re: Melanie Wong
I've just been reading some statistics that show a breakdown of US wine consumption as about 41% red, 47% White, and 12+% blush. I was a bit surprised by that because I'd heard the same about the US rection to the "French Paradox" as well.
I'm not trying to be nit-picky here, I'm just curious as to whether blush wines are considered red or white... or neither. Even at 41%, that's a lot of white wine.
re: Midlife
The "60 Minutes" broadcast was in November 1991. Looking at the time trend shows the shift more dramatically. Here are the figures from a presentation I attended in 2002 for the US market:
1991 -
Rosé 30%
White 50%
Red 20%
2000 -
Rose' 19%
White 39%
Red 42%
Source: Impact Databank
That's a huge market shift toward red wine in just nine years. I also have a note that the speaker said the US is unique in the world in drinking so much rose'. I haven't verified that claim, but I imagine that's due to the popularity of white zin, and prior to its introduction to the market, Mateus and Lancers rose'.
re: Melanie Wong
And white zin is what single handedly made America a major wine-drinking nation in terms of corked bottles rather than screwcap jugs. Most of the subsequent growth and movement rests on that foundation.
re: Karl S.
The best single wine I've ever tasted--and I'm no stranger to the grape!--was not a red, but a Riesling at Lespinasse back in 2002. It was a 1983 Selbach-Oster Riesling Auslez/Mosel-Sarr-Ruwer. The wine changed character THREE times on the palate--going from super-dry to a flush of wet along the way. As startling as Pop Rocks!
re: Tom Steele
Indeed, I am also very partial to German Riesling (IMHO, no one has approached their best wines anywhere else in the world.) Do you know which vineyard that wine was from? One of the most startling German wines I've had was a young 1990 Bernkasteler Badstube Spaetlese from JJ Pruem. The only way I could describe it was that it was like pushing your face into a slate-bottomed stream in the middle of a field of wildflowers - just amazing. And the better ones age beautifully for decades. Unfortunately, they've become more expensive (comparatively speaking) but on the other hand, they're still bargains as "great wines of the world" go. You can practically buy a case of a great German Riesling for what you'd pay for some single bottles of the most sought after white burgs. Americans are apparently freaked out by the labels which is just fine AFAIC - more for me. :)
re: MikeG
My parents also preferred German whites and so do I. I'll only drink red if that is the only wine offered, and if I find it yucky, will stick with water. Yes one does tend to drink reds more slowly, but it is the only alcohol which gives me a hangover.
A college professor was raised a Christian Scientist, but his futre FIL turned him on to alcohol. He would have a yearly wine tasting for his students. At that time, the whites I disliked were all from California.
A friend got me to try French rose. I was dubious at first, but found it delicious.
My favorite white is Champagne, but I don't like Rose Champagne.
The first beer I ever had was an Austrian at 17. I then hardly ever drank during college because I couldn't take the domestic beer swill at parties.
re: RicRios
Sorry for the typo. I should have written:
I wonder where did you hear this.
re: RicRios
I hear it implied all the time, subtly & directly, but I still love my whites!! Enjoying that Martin Codax Albarino on this hot night right now!!
I admit it, I love good rich buttery California Chards, Kiwi Sav Blancs, Borgogne Blancs, Spanish whites, blends like Conumdrum & Alluvium - it's all good. Only problem it that I know that I drink whites a whole lot faster than reds...
BTW, I've found a nice Chard for under $10 on sale - Mia's Playground - cute bottle, I'm really starting to like screwtops - they fit back into the fridge & don't stress my wrist.
re: torta basilica
I believe there is a sexist issue behind this supposed color preference. As far as I'm concerned, I'm color blind, as long as behind it there's good body, solid flavors & round finish.
re: RicRios
Actually, I find my opportunities to drink rose' and white wines with my friends who are the most knowledgeable about wines and have the deepest cellars. They're more interested in trying different styles of wine. I don't know that they (or I) prefer white, but we do enjoy it and make it a habit. With other friends, the wines are almost always red, and if I happen to insist on opening a bottle of white or a rose', I'm drinking it alone.
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Yes. Preference is in the being. However, a total wine expert geekermonger seriouser must know many grapes, including white burgandys.
Someone told me that the red grapes get their color from the skins and that they have more tannins. I'm not a wine expert.
If your serious about your preferences and you like white, the answer to your question is yes.
But, I've heard it also that one "graduates" from whites to reds. I guess there are enough whites to discover, one could spend a lifetime knowing them. However, I have not seen many white wines age for long. Maybe there is something in that that makes people say your not serious if you don't know reds. Is it because more reds age? Why else would they say that?
Where do ports come into that theory? They are made from grapes, right? See, http://www.intowine.com/port.html
"White Port, is made from white grapes rather than the aforementioned red grapes Viosinho, Malvasia Fina, Gouveio, Cédega, and Rabigato."
And, is champagne included in your "white" category?
Sure, a serious wine drinker can prefer white. Just like a serious doctor can specialize in cardiology or pediatrics or podiatry, not know everything about one or the other, and still be a doctor >> right?
I think so.
re: kc girl
"I've heard it also that one "graduates" from whites to reds"
This was the pattern for the boomers in the US. But John Gillespie's market research on the leading edge of "millenials" 20-somethings preferences shows that they're starting out with red wine and the bigger the flavors, the better. One might assume that they're not drinking red wine as heart medicine, they're drinking for flavor. And, they're choosing wine over other beverages in much higher percentages than the X'ers.
re: Melanie Wong
You know, I have no hard research other than what I have observed. However, the millenials I see are starting out just like the boomers. Instead of Apple Hill it is Arbor Mist.
Some of the acknowledged greatest wines in the world are white, Chateau Yquem, the white burgundies, German Rieslings, Champagne, the whites from Alsace all are trememdous wines. For me, I prefer reds but a great white wine is still a great wine and given the right meal can be perfect. It's all preference.
what a silly notion! of course. there are whites out there that surpass many reds in quality and vice versa. it all depends on what the occasion is, what food youre pairing it with, what time of year..etc. etc. white wines are not inferior by default in any manner. both reds and whites can be equally enjoyed. goodness, i hope this isn't widely accepted.
re: violet
Here's the quote oft attributed to Harry Waugh, "The First Duty of wine is to be Red...the second is to be a Burgundy".
Except for Reislings and some White Burgandy, white wine is not really meant to age much (though some chards are very nice with 4 or 5 years on them). Almost all other white grape varitals are meant to drink very young. This puts them in the category of fun wines, or summer wines. As such they are taken as seriously as the great, powerful and ageworthy wines. In addition, Bordeaux only makes red wines for the most part and that is the cradle of serious wine.
However, that said, anyone who has tried the great Montrachets from Burgandy or some of the great CA Chards from the likes of Marcassin, Kistler, or Lewis knows that white wines are very serious wines.
re: dinwiddie
It depends. Alsatian tokay pinot gris are lovely when old, and they can take on the smokey, kerosene flavour prized in old rieslings. Sauternes can go for a while, as do Hungarian Tokaji. It's probably not fair to include vintage madeira in the mix, but they can last longer than red Bordeaux.