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Joshua 6 in Zondervan's True Images Bible
I have long been interested in the way that Bibles interact with the violent portions of scripture. In "How do you teach God's genocide to children?" I noted how the Zondervan Adventure Bible for children deals (or doesn't deal) with the genocidal mandate in Deuteronomy 20. Here below I have another example, this one drawn […]Read more
Outraged at homosexuality, but unaware of genocide, and not angered by poverty?
You have to wonder how World Vision could be so out of touch with their constituency that they would think any policy change regarding homosexuality would be anything less than catastrophic? As soon as they lifted the ban on hiring practicing homosexuals, the response was swift as conservative evangelicals across North America vocally expressed their outrage […]Read more
William Lane Craig on genocide as a sign of purity
This is the tenth installment of my ongoing critique of William Lane Craig's defense of the Canaanite genocide. For part nine, "The Canaanite genocide as cruel and unusual punishment in extremis," click here. We rejoin the podcast at (14:16). Just prior to this point Craig had argued that God did not wrong the Canaanite adults […]Read more
The Canaanite genocide as cruel and unusual punishment in extremis
We've now arrived at the ninth installment of my ongoing critique of William Lane Craig's podcast "Richard Dawkins and Driving out the Canaanites." And you're thinking to yourself: "Geez, isn't this overkill? Move on Rauser." And I'm thinking: "That pun was in poor taste. And I'm not moving on, because there is just so much […]Read more
William Lane Craig thinks the Canaanites should've run! (And too bad if they didn't.)
This is the eight installment of my ongoing critique of William Lane Craig's podcast "Richard Dawkins and Driving out the Canaanites." In this installment we're going to return to an excerpt from the podcast which I transcribed originally in part 5. In this section Craig argues that the Canaanites had time to "get out of […]Read more
William Lane Craig on killing the Canaanite infants
This is the seventh installment of my ongoing critique of William Lane Craig's podcast on "Richard Dawkins and Driving out the Canaanites." You can find the sixth installment here. As in previous installments, we'll begin with Craig's own words as we join his discussion at 10:57 into the podcast: "So the only moral question that […]Read more
Could the punishment for legalized abortion be a national abortion?
In my article "William Lane Craig's defense of genocide based on a reprobate culture" I pointed out that the "reprobate culture" rationale provided for slaughtering all the Canaanites could apply equally well to the United States based on the argument provided by Clay Jones. Bilbo replied by suggesting that one could plausibly argue for the […]Read more
William Lane Craig's defense of genocide based on a reprobate culture
This article is the sixth installment in my series "On William Lane Craig's defense of the Canaanite genocide". (You can find part five here.) At this point we join the conversation at 10:32 into the podcast when Craig observes: "When you think how utterly corrupt these Canaanite cultures were — practicing child sacrifice to their gods, […]Read more
On William Lane Craig's defense of the Canaanite genocide (Part 5)
In the fourth installment of my critique of William Lane Craig's podcast defending the Canaanite genocide, Matthew Flannagan reiterated an objection he had posted in response to an earlier installment of the series, namely that Craig does not understand himself to be defending genocide. Matt writes: "Craig has repeatedly explicitly denied that the command was to […]Read more
Evangelicals who redefine genocide? A response to Justin Taylor
A few days ago Matt Flannagan took issue with my claim that William Lane Craig is defending biblical genocide. In Matt's view, what Craig is defending is not genocide at all. It soon became evident that Matt and I disagree over how the word "genocide" is to be defined. This is an important issue and […]Read more


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Naveed, Munir, Crampton, Andrew, Kitchin, Diane E. and McCluskey, T.L. (2011) Real-Time Path Planning using a Simulation-Based Markov Decision Process. Research and Development in Intelligent Systems XXVIII Research and Development in Intelligent Systems XXVIII . Springer, London. ISBN 978-1-4471-2317-0
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This paper introduces a novel path planning technique called MCRT which is aimed at non-deterministic, partially known, real-time domains populated with dynamically moving obstacles, such as might be found in a real-time strategy (RTS) game. The technique combines an efficient form of Monte-Carlo tree search with the randomized exploration capabilities of rapidly exploring random tree (RRT) planning. The main innovation of MCRT is in incrementally building an RRT structure with a collision-sensitive reward function, and then re-using it to efficiently solve multiple, sequential goals. We have implemented the technique in MCRT-planner, a program which solves non-deterministic path planning problems in imperfect information RTS games, and evaluated it in comparison to four other state of the art techniques. Planners embedding each technique were applied to a typical RTS game and evaluated using the game score and the planning cost. The empirical evidence demonstrates the success of MCRT-planner.
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This recipe was inspired by the cookie scoop I used here to make these evenly-sized cookies. My friend Tom gave me this thoughtful gift, knowing that I'm quite obsessed with baked goods being perfectly uniform in size and shape. I think he totally deserved a batch of cookies in return, no? His request was pretty simple; he just wanted a batch of the old-fashioned kind of oatmeal raisin cookies. But, being me, I wanted to be creative and throw in a handful of walnuts, or substitute the raisins with cranberries (not only is he not a fan of cranberries, he "super hate cranberries, period", or so he claims). Well, I have to respect his likes and dislikes, right? So the cookies were made exactly to his liking. And then devoured.
The simple combination of oatmeal and raisins is pretty tasty, I must admit! Seemingly plain, these cookies are anything but ordinary. They have a slightly crispy exterior, and are nice and soft on the inside. I ate one of them, and stopped myself immediately before I had nothing left to send over.
Old-Fashioned Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
Adapted from Smitten Kitchen
(makes 8 large cookies)
½ cup unsalted butter, softened
2/3 cup brown sugar
1 egg, at room temperature
½ tsp vanilla extract
¾ cup all-purpose flour
½ tsp baking soda
½ tsp cinnamon
¼ tsp salt
1½ cup old-fashioned oats
¾ cup raisins
Preheat the oven to 350°F. Line baking sheets with parchment paper.
In a mixing bowl, cream together the butter and brown sugar until they are well mixed. Add in egg and vanilla and blend well. In a separate bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt. Add the flour mixture into the wet ingredients and stir to combine. Fold in oats and raisins until they are incorporated into the dough.
Spoon the mixture by heaping tablespoons onto the baking sheets. Bake for 10-15 minutes, or until the edges of the cookies are browned.
Allow the cookies to cool for 10 minutes. Transfer them to a wire rack to cool completely.
*Oatmeal cookies are best when baked right after mixing. If you allow the dough to sit in the refrigerator, the oats and raisins tend to draw out the moisture from the batter and the resulting cookie becomes tough and crumbly instead of crispy on the outside and soft and chewy on the inside. But if you really can't bake it right away, you should pre-mix and refrigerate the dough, then fold in the oats and raisins right before you're ready to bake.
*If you're baking the cookies on two oven racks, rotate the baking sheets midway through baking for even brownness (front to back, top to bottom, and vice versa)
*Having your egg ready at room temperature is really important. If you add a cold egg right into the butter mixture, the softened butter will firm up again and separate from the egg and sugar. To bring eggs to room temperature, you can take them out of the fridge and leave them on the countertop about 30 minutes before you plan to use them. A quicker way? Place the eggs in a bowl of lukewarm water (not boiling water, because you don't want to cook them!) and they should be ready for use in 10 minutes.


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I Believe In Love: Barlow Girl (Verse 1) C#m A A/F# How long will my prayers seem unanswered? C#m A A/F# Is there still faith in me to reach the end? C#m A A/F# I'm feeling doubt I'm losing faith C#m A A/F# But giving up would cost me everything A B C#m B So I'll stand in the pain and silence A B And I'll speak to the dark night (Chorus) C#m A B E Ab C#m I believe in the sun even when it's not shining A B E Ab C#m I believe in love even when I don't feel it A B E Ab A And I believe in God even when He is silent B C#m B A F#m C#m B A F#m And I, I believe (Verse 2) C#m A A/F# Though I can't see my stories ending C#m A A/F# That doesn't mean the dark night has no end C#m A A/F# It's only here that I find faith C#m A A/F# And learn to trust the one who writes my days A B C#m B So I'll stand in the pain and silence A B And I'll speak to the dark night (Bridge... I have no idea) No dark can consume Light No death greater than this life We are not forgotten Hope is found when we say Even when He is silent
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Definitions for middlingˈmɪd lɪŋ
This page provides all possible meanings and translations of the word middling
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
mid•dlingˈmɪd lɪŋ(adj.)
medium, moderate, or average in size, quantity, or quality.
mediocre; ordinary; commonplace; pedestrian.
Category: Common Vocabulary
Older Use. in fairly good health.
Category: Status (usage)
(adv.)moderately; fairly.
(n.)middlings, any of various products or commodities of intermediate quality, grade, size, etc. coarser particles of ground wheat mingled with bran.
Origin of middling:
1425–75; late ME (Scots)
Princeton's WordNet
any commodity of intermediate quality or size (especially when coarse particles of ground wheat are mixed with bran)
average, fair, mediocre, middling(adverb)
lacking exceptional quality or ability
"a novel of average merit"; "only a fair performance of the sonata"; "in fair health"; "the caliber of the students has gone from mediocre to above average"; "the performance was middling at best"
reasonably, moderately, pretty, jolly, somewhat, fairly, middling, passably(adverb)
to a moderately sufficient extent or degree
"pretty big"; "pretty bad"; "jolly decent of him"; "the shoes are priced reasonably"; "he is fairly clever with computers"
Of intermediate or average size, position, or quality; mediocre
The football team is never the worst or best in its league; its position is always middling.
In fairly good health.
Webster Dictionary
of middle rank, state, size, or quality; about equally distant from the extremes; medium; moderate; mediocre; ordinary
Translations for middling
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
He's neither tall nor short, but of middling height.
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April 18, 2014
Press Release #14-024
St. Mary's College of Maryland is one of the 332 most environmentally responsible colleges in the U.S. and Canada, according to The Princeton Review. The education services company known for its test prep programs and college rankings, ratings, and guidebooks profiles St. Mary's College in the fifth annual edition of its downloadable book, "The Princeton Review's Guide to 332 Green Colleges," published April 17—a few days before the April 22 celebration of Earth Day.
In partnership with the Center for Green Schools at the U.S. Green Building Council, The Princeton Review chose the schools for the guide based on a survey it conducted in 2013 of administrators at hundreds of four-year colleges to measure their commitment to the environment and to sustainability. The institutional survey included questions on the schools' course offerings, campus infrastructure, activities and career preparation.
The 322 school profiles in the guide feature essential information for applicants – facts and stats on school demographics, admission, financial aid, and write-ups on the schools' sustainability initiatives. A "Green Facts" sidebar reports on a wide range of topics from the school's use of renewable energy sources, recycling and conservation programs, to the availability of environmental studies and career guidance for green jobs.
"We are pleased to recommend St. Mary's College of Maryland to the many students seeking colleges that practice and promote environmentally-responsible choices and practices," said Rob Franek, senior vice president and publisher, The Princeton Review.
Franek noted his Company's recent survey findings indicating significant interest among college applicants in attending "green" colleges. "Among 10,116 college applicants who participated in our 2014 'College Hopes & Worries Survey,' 61% said having information about a school's commitment to the environment would influence their decision to apply to or attend the school," he said.
St. Mary's College's green highlights include:
The Princeton Review does not rank the schools 1 to 332, nor does it report their Green Rating scores in its book.
MOU Between St. Mary's College and County Sheriff's Office Reinforces Commitment to Campus Safety
St. Mary's College Given Oral Histories of "The John Hanson Briscoe Historical Project"
St. Mary's College Receives High Honor for Community Service Work
College Rankings and Special Recognitions
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Joel Ladouceur. CHUO Music Department Coordinator email@example.com
Tracking. You can follow up on your music submission by email at email@example.com
How Do I Get My Band Played on CHUO?
Well, the first step is to send us a copy of your album. We accept EPs and full-length CDs (NOT singles – make sure you have at least three distinct tracks!) and we also love vinyl. Here are some important things to remember when you're sending music to CHUO:
• Use a jewel case, preferably with the band name and album title on the spine. Otherwise we have to make labels for your disk and that will make us a little cranky.
• Don't waste your money on file folders, glossy photos, or any of that other fancy stuff because it will most likely just end up in the recycling bin. All you need is the album and a bio or one sheet – that's it! However, we do have a soft spot for buttons, stickers, and candy should you feel inclined to send extra treats.
• Physical submissions can be sent to this address:
Attn: Music Director
65 University Pvt. Suite 0038
Ottawa, Ontario
Digital submissions can be sent to firstname.lastname@example.com, however make sure you're sending a full album, an EP or a demo rather than a few random songs.
Once we've received your album, our music department volunteers and staff will review it to ensure that it's appropriate for our library. As a non-commercial radio station, CHUO has a mandate to broadcast music that is not generally promoted by the mainstream media, and we do take this into account when we are reviewing music.
Another important thing: CHUO is a freeform radio station, which means that the programmers are volunteers and they have the freedom to choose the music that they play. We don't have rotations or playlists. So once your album has been added to our music library, it's all up to the hosts – not the music directors! Our job is to make music available to the programmers, not to tell them what to play.
To follow up with the music directors to see where your album is in this process, feel free to call during tracking hours, which are on Thursdays from 1:00-5:00pm EST. We'll be happy to let you know whether we've received your music and update you on any airplay it has been receiving.


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Pre-Seed Capital Fund Microloans
Local Business Development Resources
Michigan's SmartZones -- collaborations between universities, industry, research organizations, government, and other community institutions -- have formed a consortium to establish the Michigan Pre-Seed Capital Fund. The mission of this fund is to support high-tech, high-growth start-up companies throughout Michigan as they near commercial viability. The focus is on companies that are creating the newest technologies in the following competitive areas:
The Pre-Seed Fund is now addressing the need for "investigative" capital through a microloan program to help companies achieve milestones that will make the company more attractive to equity investors or achieve first sales. Microloan funds can be used to further flesh out a competitive analysis, prepare financial pro formas, develop plans to cross regulatory hurdles, finish a prototype, complete a market study, travel to customers or partners, or other issues that are typically required by investors before they will invest.
A company can only be approved for funding once. Although a single investment decision will be made for each company a company may reapply for funding one additional time if initially rejected.
Companies must meet the following criteria before applying for funding:
Use of Funds
Award funds are directed mostly toward activities between proof of principal and working prototype. Examples of eligible pre-seed funding activities/projects would include but not limited to: intellectual property investigation (direct funding for IP protection is not eligible), market assessments, technology assessments, prototype development and testing, partner relations, and first customer attraction. It is assumed that these Companies will be past the concept development and analysis phase, but have very specific needs to achieve commercialization milestones to meet the requirements of an investor. One goal for this loan would be that the company would find a match for an application for investment from the Michigan Pre-Seed Capital Fund. Approval of this loan does not, however, guarantee approval for investment by the pre-seed fund.
Funding Levels
Funds must be used for business development services; capital improvement, salary or production expenses do not qualify. Michigan SmartZone business accelerators will screen Business Accelerator Fund applications, channel funds to service providers, and monitor the use of funds on behalf of approved applicants.
SmartZones will review deal submissions as submitted and recommend funding or not. They may recommend an amount different than the request. They will provide constructive feedback for all proposals as an added value. The review criteria will assess the company's potential to become a viable, robust, high growth Michigan-based business, and ultimately repay the loan. Funded companies will continue to work with their referring SmartZone for mentoring and business acceleration. The SmartZone will be responsible for providing information about milestone progress to the Fund administrator. Just as traditional seed investors must provide their portfolio companies with hands-on help, direct involvement by SmartZones will ensure that the deal is actively managed to agreed-upon milestones and thereby enhance the chance for success of each new venture funded.
Please review the loan document.
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A Subordinated Note will be used for the loan. The note will not require a personal guarantee and will be subordinate to any current or future debt from commercial institutions or private investors.
Before actual funding occurs the following documents will be provided and placed in the administrator's files:
After investment, the following information will be required of each successful company, in addition to any specific milestone information on an annual basis:
This data will be collected through an annual survey
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The Pre-Seed Fund will accept applications at any time. Requests, if complete, will be forwarded for review within one week.
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Submit all documents and contact information to email@example.com with a message briefly describing your business and how you intend to use the capital.
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This has to be creepy feeling as these little fish eat all of the dead skin off your feet.
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Gott mit uns
"God with us"
(none official)
"Heil dir im Siegerkranz" (Imperial)
"Deutschlandlied" (popular)
"Die Wacht am Rhein" (Unofficial)
|Territory of the German Empire in 1914, prior to World War I
|Official language:
Unofficial minority languages:
Danish, French, Polish, Frisian, Lithuanian
Colonial languages: Bantu, Oshiwambo, Afrikaans, Swahili,
(African Colonies) Chinese,
(Tsingtao & Jiaozhou bay)
Papuan languages, (German New Guinea)
(German Samoa)
Roman Catholic~40%
|Constitutional monarchy
|- 1871–1888
|William I
|- 1888
|Frederick III
|- 1888–1918
|William II
|- 1871–1890
|Otto von Bismarck (first)
|- 8–9 November 1918
|Friedrich Ebert (last)
|- State council
|Historical era
|New Imperialism/WWI
|- 1910
|540857.54 km2 (208826 sq mi)
|- 1871 est.
|- 1890 est.
|- 1910 est.
|120 /km2 (310.9 /sq mi)
|Vereinsthaler, South German gulden, Bremen thaler, Hamburg mark, French franc
(until 1873, together)
Goldmark (1873–1914)
Papiermark (after 1914)
|Weimar Republic
|Republic of Alsace-Lorraine
|Free City of Danzig
|Second Polish Republic
|Klaipėda Region
|Saar (League of Nations)
|Hlučín Region
|Northern Schleswig
| Today part of
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Czech Republic
Russia |-
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The German Empire (German: Deutsches Reich,[1] called by some German historians as Kaiserlich Deutsches Reich or Kaiserreich) refers to Germany from the unification of Germany and proclamation of William I as German Emperor on 18 January 1871 to 1918, when it became a federal republic after defeat in World War I and the abdication of William II (28 November 1918). Deutsches Reich remained the official name of Germany throughout the Weimar period and most of the Nazi period until 1943, when it was changed to Großdeutsches Reich ("Great German Empire").
During its 47 years of existence, the German Empire emerged as one of the most powerful industrial economies in the world and a great power, until it collapsed following its military defeat in World War I and the concurrent November Revolution. The most important bordering states were Imperial Russia in the east, France in the west, and Austria-Hungary in the south.
The German Empire consisted of twenty-six constituent territories (if Alsace-Lorraine is included) but the Kingdom of Prussia contained most of the population and most of the territory of the Empire.
German nationalism rapidly shifted from its liberal and democratic character in 1848, called Pan-Germanism to Prussian prime minister Otto von Bismarck's pragmatic Realpolitik. Bismarck sought to extend Hohenzollern hegemony throughout the German states; to do so meant unification of the German states and the elimination of Prussia's rival, Austria, from the subsequent empire. He envisioned a conservative, Prussian-dominated Germany.
Three wars led to military successes and helped to persuade German people to do this: the Second war of Schleswig against Denmark in 1864, the Austro-Prussian War against Austria in 1866, and the Franco-Prussian War, known as the German-French War in Germany, against France in 1870–71. During the Siege of Paris in 1871, the northern German states, supported by its German allies from outside of the confederation (excluding Austria), formed the German Empire with the proclamation of the Prussian king Wilhelm I of Prussia as German Emperor in the Hall of Mirrors at the Palace of Versailles.
Bismarck himself prepared a broad outline—the 1866 North German Constitution, which became the 1871 German Constitution with some adjustments. Germany acquired some democratic features. The new empire had a parliament with two houses. The lower house, or Reichstag, was elected by universal male suffrage. However, the original constituencies drawn in 1871 were never redrawn to reflect the growth of urban areas. As a result, by the time of the great expansion of German cities in the 1890s and first decade of the 20th century, rural areas were grossly overrepresented.
Legislation also required the consent of the Bundesrat, the federal council of deputies from the states. Executive power was vested in the emperor, or Kaiser (Caesar), who was assisted by a chancellor responsible only to him. The emperor was given extensive powers by the constitution. He alone appointed and dismissed the chancellor, was supreme commander-in-chief of the armed forces, and final arbiter of all foreign affairs. Officially, the chancellor was a one-man cabinet and was responsible for the conduct of all state affairs; in practice, the State Secretaries (bureaucratic top officials in charge of such fields as finance, war, foreign affairs, etc.) acted as unofficial portfolio ministers. The Reichstag had the power to pass, amend or reject bills and to initiate legislation.
Although nominally a league of equals, in practice the empire was dominated by the largest and most powerful state, Prussia. It stretched across the northern two-thirds of the new Reich, and contained three-fifths of its population. The imperial crown was hereditary in the House of Hohenzollern, the ruling house of Prussia. With the exception of the years 1872–1873 and 1892–1894, the chancellor was always simultaneously the prime minister of Prussia. With 17 out of 58 votes in the Bundesrat, Berlin needed only a few votes from the small states to exercise effective control.
The other states retained their own governments, but had only limited aspects of sovereignty. For example, postage stamps were issued for the empire as a whole, as was the currency and coinage through one mark. Higher valued pieces were issued by the states, but these were virtually commemorative coins and had limited circulation.
While the states issued their own decorations, and some had their own armies, the military forces of the smaller ones were put under Prussian control. Those of the larger states, such as the Kingdoms of Bavaria and Saxony, were coordinated along Prussian principles and would in wartime be controlled by the federal government.
The evolution of the German Empire is somewhat in line with parallel developments in Italy which became a united nation state shortly before the German Empire. Some key elements of the German Empire's authoritarian political structure were also the basis for conservative modernization in Imperial Japan under Meiji and the preservation of an authoritarian political structure under the Tsars in the Russian Empire.
One factor in the social anatomy of these governments had been the retention of a very substantial share in political power by the landed elite, the Junkers, resulting from the absence of a revolutionary breakthrough by the peasants in combination with urban areas.
Although authoritarian in many respects, the empire permitted the development of political parties. Bismarck's intention was to create a constitutional façade which would mask the continuation of authoritarian policies. In the process, he created a system with a serious flaw. There was a significant disparity between the Prussian and German electoral systems. Prussia used a highly restrictive three-class voting system in which the richest third of the population could choose 85 percent of the legislature, all but assuring a conservative majority. As mentioned above, the king and (with two exceptions) the prime minister of Prussia were also the emperor and chancellor of the empire—meaning that the same rulers had to seek majorities from legislatures elected from completely different franchises.
Under the leadership of Prussia and Bismarck, Germany had emerged as a nation and as a world power. In 1871, 39 separate states were united. The kings of Saxony and Bavaria, the princes, dukes and electors, Brunswick, Baden, Hanover, Mecklenburg, Württemberg, Oldenburg, all paid allegiance to the king of Prussia, the Kaiser. With unity there came an extraordinary period of energy and expansion.
In 1871, there were 41 million citizens in the German Empire. In 1913 there were nearly 68 million, an increase of over half. More than half of this number were living in towns and cities.
But it was not merely an expansion of population. The foundations of economic strength at the turn of the 20th century were steel and coal – Germany had made great strides with both:
In 30 years, Germany's share in world trade had risen by a third. Now, in 1914, Germany was the most powerful industrial nation in Europe. The epitome of her industrial might lay in the firm of Krupp, whose first factory was built in Essen. By 1902, the factory alone had become "A great city with its own streets, its own police force, fire department and traffic laws. There are 150 kilometres of rail, 60 different factory buildings, 8,500 machine tools, seven electrical stations, 140 kilometres of underground cable and 46 overhead."
Under Bismarck, Germany had come closer than any other state to modern conceptions of social welfare. German workers enjoyed sickness, accident and maternity benefits, canteens and changing rooms and a national pension scheme before these were even thought of in more liberal countries. Yet the life of the workers was hard. The steel mills operated a 12-hour day and an 80-hour week. Neither rest nor holidays were guaranteed. In Germany, as in every industrial state, there was poverty and protest.
By 1912, the Marxist Social Democratic Party was the strongest party in the Reichstag, the German parliament. But the Reichstag did not rule Germany. The Kaiser ruled Germany through officials whom he personally appointed.
Before unification, German territory was made up of 26 constituent states. These states consisted of kingdoms, grand duchies, duchies, principalities, free Hanseatic cities and one imperial territory. The Kingdom of Prussia was the largest of the constituent states, covering some 60 percent of the territory of the German Empire.
Several of these states had gained sovereignty following the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire. Others were created as sovereign states after the Congress of Vienna in 1815. Territories were not necessarily contiguous – many existed in several parts, as a result of historical acquisition, or, in several cases, divisions of the ruling family trees. The constituent Duchy of Saxe-Lauenburg, then ruled in personal union by the Prussian king, merged with Prussia in real union in 1876.
Each component of the German Empire sent representatives to the Imperial Council (Bundesrat) and the Imperial Diet (Reichstag). Relations between the Imperial centre and the Empire's components were somewhat fluid, and were developed on an ongoing basis. The extent to which the German Emperor could, for example, intervene on occasions of disputed or unclear succession was much debated on occasion – for example with the Lippe-Detmold inheritance crisis.
|Kingdoms (Königreiche)
|Prussia (Preußen)
|Bavaria (Bayern)
|Saxony (Sachsen)
|Grand duchies (Großherzogtümer)
|Hesse (Hessen)
|Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach)
|Duchies (Herzogtümer)
|Brunswick (Braunschweig)
|Saxe-Altenburg (Sachsen-Altenburg)
|Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha)
|Saxe-Meiningen (Sachsen-Meiningen)
|Principalities (Fürstentümer)
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Recent comments
- Andrea
- April 17, 2013 - 17:48
Pardon me but our nerves are anything but frayed. We are the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA!
- Anon
- April 17, 2013 - 16:43
Quick! Look over here! A distraction! No need to concern yourselves with the market crash monday, the near 10 percent drop in the price of gold or the legislature protecting insider traders in government and intelligence agencies. Nope. Nothing to see here. Look! a distraction in Boston! What convenient timing for a terrorist attack. Seems to fit a pattern if you're keen on your 21st century history.


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The Maryland Natural Resources Police
Reserve Officer Program:
is comprised of volunteers who have dedicated themselves to inspire people to enjoy and live in harmony with their environment, and to protect what makes Maryland unique -- our treasured Chesapeake Bay, our diverse landscape our living and natural resources. The Reserve Officers are committed to performing non-law enforcement duties that would otherwise have been performed by commissioned police officers.
This complementary effort enhances the Natural Resources Police ability to Preserve and Protect Maryland's natural resources. For additional information on how to join this volunteer program contact:
Mike Lewis
Tel: 443-934-3159
Baltimore City, Baltimore, Cecil, Carroll, Harford, Howard, Montgomery, Washington, Allegany and Garrett counties
Mark Fedders
Tel: 301-645-0062
Anne Arundel, Calvert, Caroline, Charles, Dorchester, Kent, Prince Georges, Queen Anne's, Somerset, St. Mary's, Talbot, Wicomico and Worcester counties
Citizens should call the RO Coordinators, Mike Lewis or Mark Fedders on information on how to join..
Become a Maryland Hunter Education Instructor
Over 7,000 novice hunters are trained each year in safe and responsible hunting practices by teams of dedicated volunteer instructors. Maryland's Hunter Education Program is one of the best in the country because instructors are dedicated to continuing the hunting heritage and insuring that first time hunters have the knowledge, skills and attitude to be a safe and responsible in the field.
The Hunter Education Program is seeking new instructor teams to teach the course. Instructors must have three years of hunting experience, the ability to work with youngsters and the desire to provide quality training to hunters. Prospective educators must complete an application, pass a background investigation and attend an instructor training program. Sporting clubs are encouraged to develop a team from interested members. Teams that commit to teaching a minimum of three classes a year will be provided with an instructor training program at their facility.
Help ensure the future of hunting by becoming a member of our elite corps of Maryland Hunter Education Instructors. For further information contact Maryland's Hunter Education Program at 410-643-8502.
Maryland Natural Resources Police
Volunteer Search and Rescue Teams Standards
Volunteer search and rescue teams can be utilized to augment Maryland Natural Resources Police (MNRP) personnel during search and rescue operations. Only qualified or provisionally qualified search and rescue (SAR) teams will be used. In order for a team to qualify it must meet and maintain the standards set forth below. In order to qualify a team must submit an application along with the documentation required to substantiate the teams qualification. If the application and documentation are in keeping with the established standards, representatives from MNRP will meet with representatives from the applicant team in order to review the documentation and standards. After the review, the MNRP will issue a letter indicating that the team is qualified, provisionally qualified, or unqualified. A team rated as qualified remains qualified until the rating is withdrawn. The MNRP may periodically review the status of the team to insure maintenance of established standards. A rating of provisionally qualified will be issued to a team that does not meet all the required standards but is deemed by the MNRP to be capable of meeting all of the standards within one year. After one year the MNRP will again review the teams documentation and issue a rating of qualified or unqualified. Any team that is rated as qualified may be a primary resource used by MNRP on SAR operations. A team, which receives a rating of unqualified, shall be informed in writing of the basis for the rating. A team, which has been rated unqualified, may resubmit its application for review at any time once appropriate corrections have been made.
SAR Team Standards- A SAR team shall:
- Possess and maintain a valid federal tax ID number and verification of the 501(c) 3 nonprofit designation of the organization, or parent organization, for deployable searchers;
- Maintain insurance on the organization deploying searchers of at least one million dollars of general liability insurance, and a designation for operational liability coverage;
- Maintain and adhere to the written policies of the organization governing search response, member conduct, record keeping, due process, and confidentiality;
- Maintain written operational standards for field deployable searchers, canines, and/or equestrians;
- Maintain written training and evaluation records for each deployable searcher, canine, or equestrian;
- Provide training for all deployable members, at minimum, in the following areas:
- Day and night land navigation
- Wilderness survival
- Search tactics
- Introduction to ICS/Search Management System
- Search resources
- Tracking awareness
- Search philosophy
- SAR legal issues
- Crime scene preservation
- Personal safety
- Maintain a list of unit equipment, logistics and capabilities:
- Provide an internal process for initial testing, and retesting every three years or less, for each deployable team member in each individuals search discipline;
- Maintain a valid FCC license for the frequency 155.160 Mhz, and all other licensed frequencies on which that unit may operate;
- Be equipped with two-way radios capable of operating on 155.160 Mhz frequency for each deployable team;
- Bring only the requested number and types of resources to the incident scene; and
- Provide and maintain an active dispatch number, and must be able to respond to search requests in 10 minutes, regardless of the teams deployment status.
Individual Member Standards
- Each deployable member must wear adequate clothing and footwear for the climate and environment and be equipped with appropriate search pack and personal safety equipment for their search discipline. Pack must contain a minimum of the following:
- Compass and grid reader
- One liter of water
- Improvised shelter material
- Space blanket
- Basic First Aid Kit
- Whistle
- Matches or lighter
- Knife or multipurpose tool
- Food or Snacks
- Each deployable member who responds to a MNRP request must have the appropriate credentials for the nature of the search discipline requested.
- Credentials are a combination of approved certifications that meet the minimum proficiency requirements in specific areas set forth below. A certification for a discipline must be issued by a state, regional or nationally recognized certifying organization within the stated discipline.
- Each deployable member must have certifications which meet the criteria for the following disciplines:
- Search Strategy/Tactics
- Land Navigation
- Examples of such certifications may include NASAR SAR Tech II or Virginia FTM with a recognized CPR certification, and NIMS ICS 200.
- In addition to the above certifications, specialty units must have the additional certifications as appropriate:
- Lost/Missing Person
Air Scent Basic Level Proficiency Certification
Trailing/Tracking Basic Level Proficiency Certification
- Missing Person Recovery (Cadaver)
HRD Basic Level Proficiency Certification
- Water Recovery
Water Search Basic Level Proficiency Certification
- Mounted Search Basic Level Proficiency Certification
- Lost/Missing Person
- The MNRP will determine whether a certification is acceptable on a case-by-case basis when the certification is presented, and provide examples of those currently accepted by request. The MNRP reserves the right to substitute local or organizational qualifications where certification programs do not exist in a particular discipline.
- A team member must possess a team picture ID card stating: operational status and deployment level.
- Unless directed by the agency in charge of the search and rescue effort, a team member may not contact the media or victims family members when assisting the MNRP.
- A team member must comply with all reasonable direction and orders from the search management staff or MNRP representatives during a search and rescue effort.
- The MNRP may disqualify an individual member of a team from a search and rescue effort for due cause.
NRP News
- 12/18/14 - NRP Blotter
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- 11/18/14 - NRP Blotter
- 11/14/14 - NRP Charges Watermen, Hunters with Natural Resources Violations
- 10/29/14 - Baltimore Man Dies After Falling From Tree Stand in Dorchester County
- 10/26/14 - Allegany County Man Found Guilty of Black Bear, Deer Hunting Charge
- 09/29/14 - NRP Uses State Police Helicopter to Catch Illegal Clammers
- 09/26/14 - NRP Charges Two Pennsylvania Hunters with Baiting Deer
- 09/22/14 - NRP Charges another Charter Captain with Operating Illegally
- 09/18/14 - NRP Charges Two with Fishing, Crabbing Crimes; Penalties Could Total $200,000
- 09/15/14 - NRP Charges Two Men with Illegal Hunting in Allegany and Frederick Counties
- 09/09/14 - NRP Continues Its Dont Get Pinched Campaign to Catch Illegal Crabbers
- 09/08/14 - NRP Charges 10 Men with Riding Off-Road Vehicles on Protected State Land
- 09/05/14 - NRP, Coast Guard Shut Down Three Kent Island Charter Boats
- 09/03/14 - NRP Reports Labor Day Holiday Celebrated Safely
- 08/27/14 - NRP Blotter
- 08/18/14 - NRP Responds to Two Serious Boating Accidents
- 08/12/14 - NRP Blotter
- 08/04/14 - NRPs Dont Get Pinched Campaign Nets Violators Across Maryland
- 08/04/14 - NRP Blotter
- 08/01/14 - Two Tilghman Island Watermen Plead Guilty to Poaching Striped Bass
- 07/21/14 - NRP Wins Conservation, Boating Court Cases
- 07/17/14 - NRP Blotter
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About two dozen people attended the fourth annual prayer breakfast hosted by the First Coast Women's Services on January 7 to thank the faith-based abortion prevention organization's partners and supporters.
Category Archives: Features
Christmas sweater party potluck for 4-H
The Baker County 4-H Christmas party and potluck was held December 17 at the Ag Center in Macclenny featuring games, crafts and tacky sweaters. Read More »
4-H helps fund Avon Teddy Bear bags for children
Baker County's 4-H and livestock clubs closed the year with a community service project that supplied Avon bags with Teddy Bears and other items for first responders to have on hand for children they encounter in crisis, explained 4-H agent Shaina Bennett (above). Read More »
Chester draws 300 votes to win Christmas pet photo contest
Chester, a 9-year-old male black cat from Baldwin, won The Press' holiday pet photo contest on Facebook last week, getting more than 300 votes from readers.


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Health's Guide to L.A.
- Words: Health
So-Cal's brightly colored synth punks, Health, celebrate the best places to eat, drink, and dook in Los Angeles. Health's self-titled full-length is out now on Lovepump United.
Download "The Problem Is" by Health.
1. Best sit-down restaurant: Vegan House, Echo Park
This is where the good yum-yum takes place, right next to the foot clinic on Sunset. We recommend the high-protein salad–spend the extra dollar, son, and get that "fried chicken" on top. Get extra tahini dressing–you're gonna need it.
2. Best drink: G.T. Gingerberry Kombucha
Boochey… as in komboochey, and Gingerberry is the best. Insures solid a.m. dook despite how much beer and burrito you throw at it.
3. Best roach coach: Vons parking lot on Alvarado Street
So good. Spicy, spicy green sauce. The dook may be solid, but it's still gonna burn like track one on Rage's first album.
4. Best blog: Celebrity Juggalos
All your favorite celebrities and local scene stars made over with Juggalo facepaint and Photoshop lens flares by a revolving cast of artists. Slayer redone as "Slaygo: Reign in Faygo" is the band favorite.
5. Best live show: Beach Balls at Pehrspace
Local noise dudes Beach Balls blew our minds with a mega-high-concept noise set. Hard to describe, but it was a medley of tunes ending with Rihanna's "Umbrella," where the last "ella" kept repeating–like "ella, ella, ella, ella"–for, like, a minute while everyone got all amped, then they broke into super-harsh noise and it turned into a riot until E-40 showed up at the end. Everyone went nuts, but no one clapped.
6. Best L.A. slang: "C&C Music Factory"
The C&C roughly translates to "cock in the mouth, coke in the nose." It basically refers to having a raucous night. "Math balls" is good too. Everyone in L.A. talks retarded.
7. Best liquor store: House of Spirits, Echo Park
Not just everything you would ever drink ('cept booch), everything you would ever buy. If you forget a birthday, they got you covered.
We buy our socks there.
8. Best 7-inch: Abe Vigoda's "Animal Ghosts"
So good, it's already sold out. It's the debut of their new "tropical" sound. Vigodies Mike and Juan are on the speed dial of setting the party off, 'specially 'cuz Mike brings Mika Miko skins girl Kate Hall, who is killin' the game when it comes to partying.
9. Cultural trend: Jumpstyle
Captain Ahab became Captain Jumpstyle and for two weeks everyone was on YouTube studying how to jumpstyle dance just like the Belgians. Then he left on tour and everyone forgot.
10. Best place to dook: The Smell bathroom
Don't be a wuss–just do it. Boys, hold your junk so it don't tap that eggplant looking thing in the front. Also, who the hell wrote on our sticker?
Not cool, dudes.
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The Obelisk was built 3,500 years ago in Egypt, in honor of Pharaoh Thutmose III. Located on the east side of Central Park near 81st Street, it is the oldest outdoor monument in New York City.
For information on the Conservancy's conservation of the Obelisk and its history, please see below.
Conservation Work
The Central Park Conservancy is undertaking the most comprehensive conservation of the monument in nearly 130 years, cleaning much of its 2,112 square-foot surface with lasers and stabilizing sections of its surface with adhesives. The project will promote the long-term preservation and enhance the public's understanding of the monument, in conjunction with related tours and programs.
The conservation project was developed by the Conservancy with assistance from the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation. Planning the project began in 2011 and included photographing and scanning the Obelisk to document its condition, as well as a comprehensive survey of the monument's surface, the first in its history.
Planning also included testing various methods of cleaning the Obelisk; cleaning with lasers proved to be the method most sensitive to the stone and most environmentally friendly. Egyptologists from the Metropolitan Museum of Art believe that fragile areas discovered on the monument's surface are the likely result of environmental stresses that occurred more than one thousand years ago, as well as natural weathering. After they are cleaned, these areas will be treated with adhesive products typically used to conserve granite.
The conservation project will begin in April 2014 and is expected to be complete in fall 2014.
History of the Obelisk
Though the Obelisk is often called "Cleopatra's Needle," Cleopatra VII had nothing to do with its creation. In fact, the Obelisk predates her by more than a millennium. Approximately 3,500 years ago in the ancient Egyptian city of Heliopolis, stonecutters carved two obelisks out of granite. Each one was formed from a single piece of quarried stone, and the enormous feat of extracting and erecting the monolith was symbolic of the reigning pharaoh's power.
Both obelisks were inscribed with hieroglyphs praising Pharaoh Thutmose III, who reigned from 1479 to 1425 BCE, and were erected outside of a temple. The obelisks were toppled and possibly burned during an invasion by Persians in 525 BCE; for more than 500 years, they remained buried in sand until Roman Emperor Caesar Augustus discovered and transported them to Alexandria. They were erected in a temple built by Cleopatra to honor Julius Caesar, which may explain how they individually came to be known as "Cleopatra's Needle."
In the late 19th century, during a surge of renewed international interest in Egyptian antiquities, the Egyptian government offered one obelisk to England and the other to the United States to further diplomatic relations. Transporting the Central Park Obelisk from Alexandria to New York City was an extraordinary undertaking – it was shipped aboard a cargo vessel called the SS Denton, built especially for the task in England. The Obelisk was rolled on cannonballs through a 360-square-foot hole cut in the starboard hull of the ship; impressively, it took only eight hours to load the 220-ton monument! After a month at sea, the Obelisk arrived in Staten Island.
Its journey was far from over, however. It took six months to move the Obelisk from a Staten Island dock to its current location in Central Park, and a specially built railroad was built just for the task. Thousands of New Yorkers gathered to watch as the Obelisk was erected on January 22, 1881.
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CASE Salvadore married Ann SPERRIN 1870
Information & Research Journal.
Salvadore Alfred CASE (born South America) and Ann Rosina SPERRIN nee STEPHENSON (born Bristol) were married in Victoria in 1870.
Possible death for Salvadore is 1927 in Moonee Ponds, Victoria, aged 82 years. Parents recorded as Richard John CASE and Eliza BROWN.
Possible death for Ann is 1921 in Essendon, Victoria, aged 72 years. Parents recorded as James STEPHENSON and Harriet unknown.
Six children located Victorian records for Salvadore and Ann.
Alfred Salvadore CASE.
Born: 1871 Melbourne, Victoria.
Died: 1951 Parkville, Victoria, aged 80 years.
Married: Mary Ann ROBERTS.
Year: 1902.
Place: Victoria.
William Alexander CASE.
Born: 1872 Melbourne, Victoria.
Died: 1922 Mildura, Victoria, aged 49 years.
Married: Elizabeth Jane HENDERSON.
Year: 1899.
Place: Victoria.
Harriett Eliza CASE.
Born: 1873 West Melbourne, Victoria.
Died: 1929 Bacchus Marsh, Victoria, aged 55 years.
Married: William HOLT.
Year: 1902.
Place: Victoria.
Alice Gertrude CASE.
Born: 1875 Melbourne, Victoria.
Died: 1952 Chelsea, Victoria, aged 77 years.
Married: Thomas Isaiah BYERS.
Year: 1898.
Place: Victoria.
Florence Mabel CASE.
Born: 1880 Melbourne, Victoria.
Died: 1928 Ascot Vale, Victoria, aged 48 years.
Married: unknown MAPHAM.
Richard John CASE.
Born: 1887 Melbourne, Victoria.
Died: 1941 Mildura, Victoria, aged 53 years.
Married: Agnes BERTRAM.
Year: 1908.
Place: Victoria.
Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages Victoria.
Corrections and further details to help complete this family record would be appreciated. Thank you.
Updated 23 October 2011.
on 2011-06-08 04:37:52
TONKIN lives in Victoria, Australia.
Please note. Journals are intended to assist new researchers locate family lines in Australia and should only be used as a guide for follow up research and record searches as intended. Due to spelling and informant errors appearing in the records, typo errors and my misreading of the records mistakes must be expected. Errors will be corrected when detected.
St Salvadore Alfred Case was an early resident of Ardmillan Rd, Moonee Ponds. See page 35 of Ray Gibb's "Early Landowners: Parish of Doutta Galla" as an attachment (I hope)in the St Salvadore Alfred Case of Ardmillan Rd, Moonee Ponds journal, which I am about to post.
I found this when I entered Bertram. I am about to post a journal for Thomas Bertram of Glengyle/Ellengowan, Keilor; and Willow Bank, Brunswick/ North Fitzroy.
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"Sorry mate, I've only got a £20 note." No problem, I've got change. Marc the Big Issue seller was happy to sell a magazine to a friendly-seeming stranger. He wasn't happy when he tried to spend the note. It was a forgery, worth nothing. That was his day's earnings gone.
Young people are great users of cash. Even so, they are not very likely to come across a forged note. They are relatively rare and don't circulate for long. Just under 250,000 counterfeit £20 notes were taken out of circulation last year. Which sounds a lot, but not as a proportion of the 1.6 billion genuine £20 notes in circulation. Perhaps Marc was targeted as a vulnerable person, assumed to lack the confidence or knowledge to check a note.
Key things worth knowing about bank notes
- What are you supposed to do, legally, if someone tries to give you a forged note, in change or for payment? Similarly, what is likely to happen to you if you try using one in a shop?
- What are the security features signs of genuine £5, £10, £20 and £50 notes? How can you quickly identify one?
Answers to these are supplied in the Bank of England's rather old-fashioned public information video, Take a closer look. It's 15 minutes long and not very zappy. A good activity for groups of young people might be to distil the key information into a faster, slicker and more memorable format – a rap, a poster or whatever suits.
See a quick summary of the key points, below the video.
Summary of key points
It is a criminal offence to pass on or even hold onto a counterfeit note. If you have one, hand it to the police as soon as possible. You'll get a receipt. If someone tries to give you one, explain that you think it is counterfeit, give the person a receipt and pass it to the police.
Each value note is slightly different but all have raised print that you can feel, a metallic thread, a watermark. precise print quality, a hologram, microlettering visible under a magnifying glass and a number that appears under ultra-violet light. The £20 and £50 notes also have a see-through register forming a £ symbol and the £50 has a motion thread woven into the paper.
All quite amazing. Much more detail at the Bank of England website.


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Hyacinth Girl You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.
I am looking for a writing group in Vancouver. I don't want to join a critique group, but I would enjoy writing with other people and chatting about the writing process.
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U.S. Senator David Vitter spoke to members of the Monroe Chamber of Commerce Tuesday. In a speech laying some groundwork for his gubernatorial run, Vitter discussed education as a top priority. He says a key potential for the future of Louisiana is education and shared some ideas he hopes will benefit K-12 and funding for the state's higher ed system.
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text: Repositório Colecção: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.18/46 2014-12-20T18:00:41Z 2014-12-20T18:00:41Z EUCERD Join Action: working for rare diseases (EJA) Isidro, Glória http://hdl.handle.net/10400.18/2274 2014-07-01T01:08:55Z 2014-03-24T00:00:00Z Título: EUCERD Join Action: working for rare diseases (EJA) Autor: Isidro, Glória Descrição: EUCERD - European Union Committee of Experts on Rare Diseases 2014-03-24T00:00:00Z How genetic characterization of Narcolepsy and hypersomnia is useful on phenotype definition Martins da Silva, A. Lopes, J. Ramalheira, J. Carvalho, C. Costa, P.P. Silva, B.M. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.18/2231 2014-07-01T01:07:51Z 2013-03-16T00:00:00Z Título: How genetic characterization of Narcolepsy and hypersomnia is useful on phenotype definition Autor: Martins da Silva, A.; Lopes, J.; Ramalheira, J.; Carvalho, C.; Costa, P.P.; Silva, B.M. Resumo: Introduction. The determination of HLA class II genotype is widely used to confirm the diagnosis of narcolepsy with or without cataplexy. It is known from studies carried out in the 80's and 90's that genetic markers, particularly HLA-DR2 (HLA-DRB1*15) and later DQB1*06:02, are strongly associated with susceptibility to narcolepsy (N). First studies in 1984 showed values of 100% of positive HLA-DR2 (Langdon et al; Lancet 1984) in narcoleptic patients with cataplexy (NC). Mignot et al (Sleep 1997) found values of 76.1% of HLA-DQB1*06:02 positive in NC and 40.9% in N. More recent studies emphasize difference between children and adults for HLA-DQB1*06:02. Values of 93.7% (adults) vs 92.6% (children) in NC and a frequency of 78,6% in adults vs 52.9% in children were found in N (Nevsimalova et al; J Neurol 2013). The dissemination of HLA genotyping was the result of two convergent reasons: i) the method is reliable, easy to perform and reassures the clinician; ii) the assay is less invasive than other methodologies, namely those involving cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) samples. Another contributing factor is the wide acceptance of the hypothesis of an autoimmune origin for Narcolepsy (a clinical field in which the relevance of HLA system is generally accepted). This hypothesis finds support in the virtually absent levels of hypocretin peptides in the CSF of patients with NC, which is postulated to be due to the autoimmune destruction of hypocretin producing neurons (Burgess et al; J Neurosci 2012). Aims. To evaluate the contribution of genetic markers (HLA) to the differential diagnosis between narcolepsy with (NC) or without cataplexy (N) and hypersomnia (H) and their relevance in the context of our population (Northern Portugal). Patients and methods. A cohort of 113 patients with sleep and hypersomnia complaints were observed at the Outpatient Sleep Clinic from Hospital Santo Antonio/CH Porto and were assessed by clinical, night sleep polygraphic recording, MSLT on the following day, blood sampling in a routine method. Data from laboratory parameters was confronted with the clinical diagnostic hypothesis. Clinical reevaluation of the patients was considered if results did not match. Of these patients, classified as NC, N or H (according to ICSD2, 2005), 38 were NC (age at testing: mean, 32.8 years; median, 30 years); 13 N (age at testing: mean, 34.2 years; median: 36 years); 62 patients had H (age at testing: mean, 38.2 years; median, 40 years). We used a control population (CP) of 206 reportedly healthy individuals from the same geographic origin. The allele frequencies of the control population were confirmed and compared with a larger cohort of another population (2500 individuals) from the central and south regions of the country. Results. The frequency of HLA-DQB1*06:02 allele was overrepresented in N and NC patients (46% and 71% respectively), as expected, and the p value is extremely significant for NC (p < 0.0000). HLA-DQB1*02 frequency was also increased in the population with H when compared with the CP (55% vs 34%; p = 0.00396). Interestingly the frequency of the HLADQB1*03 allele was decreased in the NC vs CP group (34% vs 56%; p =0.012153). No differences were found in the HLA-DQB1*06:03 frequency between the cohort of patients and the control population. Conclusions. The HLA-DQB1*06:02 allele, a susceptibility factor to other autoimmune disorders (e.g.: MS, SLE, sarcoidosis, sclerosing cholangitis), was confirmed as a susceptibility allele also to NC in our population. The frequency of this allele in our NC patients (71%) is within the range of other studies. This value is lower when compared to studies concerning only patients with severe cataplexy (frequencies between 85-95%). Some of the differences could be due to phenotypic uncertainty or to the clinical picture evolution in different age groups (Nevsimalova et al; J Neurol 2013). Also a modification of hypocretin levels, by circadian or other oscillations and the influence of environmental factors (infections, head trauma, immunization) can be involved. The role of the potential regeneration of CNS tissue is also a subject to be explored. Given these uncertainties, genetic characterization has the potential to enhance the ability to carry out differential diagnosis among diverse excessive daytime sleepiness phenotypes, helping in the distinction of diverse entities corresponding to fundamentally different biological processes. Finally a matter to be explored is the role of HLADQB1*06:03 allele, considered by some authors as a protective factor to NC (Hor et al; Nat Genet 2010) (Van der Heide et al; Sleep 2012). Our study did not confirm this assumption. 2013-03-16T00:00:00Z Tobacco in Portugal: present and future. Which path? Pacheco, Solange Teixeira, Joao Paulo http://hdl.handle.net/10400.18/2148 2014-07-01T01:11:39Z 2013-11-23T00:00:00Z Título: Tobacco in Portugal: present and future. Which path? Autor: Pacheco, Solange; Teixeira, Joao Paulo 2013-11-23T00:00:00Z Proteomics in biomarkers discovery for Obstructive Sleep Apnea Feliciano, Amelia Bozanic, Vesna Sofia Carvalho, Ana Almeida, Andreia Vaz, Fatima http://hdl.handle.net/10400.18/2145 2014-07-01T01:08:29Z 2013-11-23T00:00:00Z Título: Proteomics in biomarkers discovery for Obstructive Sleep Apnea Autor: Feliciano, Amelia; Bozanic, Vesna; Sofia Carvalho, Ana; Almeida, Andreia; Vaz, Fatima 2013-11-23T00:00:00Z


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