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The same week that U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder visited Memphis pushing a ban on profiling by federal law enforcement agencies, two Tennessee legislators from Shelby County have filed legislation that would require all law enforcement agencies in the state to put a similar policy in writing.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – House Speaker Beth Harwell decisively defeated a tea-party challenge from Rep. Rick Womick on Wednesday to win the Republican nomination for another term in charge of the lower chamber of the Tennessee General Assembly.
With a few adjustments and a legal question still to be decided in Nashville, the Shelby County Election Commission certified the last election of 2014 in Shelby County Monday, Nov. 24.
The results, audited by certified public accountants Watkins-Uiberall PLLC and Banks, Finley, White & Co., include new totals for the city of Memphis referendum on selling wine in food stores and the Memphis referendum on changes to the city charter provisions on the civil service system.
ALL THIS IS GETTING OLD. Mitch McConnell is 117. Across the aisle, Harry Reid is 132, same age as Nancy Pelosi over in the House, and John Boehner is 98.
The last time any of them had an original idea, they had to call it in on a rotary phone. The way they get somewhere, or fail to, is as antiquated as our infrastructure, as much in danger of collapse as our bridges.
Gov. Bill Haslam and fellow Republicans in the General Assembly are putting forward plans for how to select Supreme Court justices under a constitutional amendment ratified by voters last week.
The vote largely kept the current system.
The last of 2014's three elections promises to be defined just as much by the questions on the ballot as it is by the choices among candidates.
Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 4, across Tennessee, with polls open in Shelby County from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Amending Tennessee's Constitution isn't as rare as it was in the state's first 200 years, and yet it remains a tough, drawn-out task, even if the most popular process, the legislative method, is used.
The odds of an income tax becoming a reality in Tennessee – one of the nation's lowest-taxed states – are slim to none.
And, yet there is an amendment on the Nov. 4 ballot that would change Tennessee's constitution by giving the Legislature authority to prohibit passage of an income tax or payroll tax in the state.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – In a few weeks, Tennesseans will vote on a constitutional amendment to bar lawmakers from ever imposing a state income tax.
But regardless of what voters decide on Nov. 4, it's unlikely that Tennessee lawmakers would seriously consider an income tax because it's become such a toxic political issue.
NO. IT'S HER DECISION, NOT YOURS. The Tennessee General Assembly is 83 percent male – and those big, strong men in the majority are convinced they know what's best for the little ladies in the minority, in fact, what's best for all the women of Tennessee.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – The chairman of a legislative panel examining criminal justice reform in Tennessee says he will share information from hearings this week with a special task force the governor has appointed.
State Sen. Brian Kelsey of Germantown called Tuesday, July 22, for Tennessee Attorney General Robert Cooper to join a lawsuit over federal subsidies in the form of tax breaks for those who buy health insurance on an exchange established in the Affordable Care Act.
The Tennessee Legislature has passed a bill that may make it easier for some felons who have turned their lives around to find a job.
The bill, which passed with overwhelming bipartisan support, would allow courts to issue a certificate of employability to convicted felons who have stayed out of trouble. It would also grant some legal protection from lawsuits to employers who hire a felon who has the court-issued certificate.
It appeared no candidates who made the April 3 filing deadline for the August state and federal primary elections and nonpartisan county elections withdrew by the Thursday, April 10, withdrawal deadline.
Memphis City Council member Lee Harris is challenging Democratic state Sen. Ophelia Ford in the August primary for District 29, the Senate seat held by a member of the Ford family since 1975.
Until Tuesday, no one was running for the District 7 seat on the Shelby County Schools board. No one had pulled a qualifying petition from the Shelby County Election Commission until just two days before the filing deadline for candidates on the August election ballot.
Former Shelby County Circuit Court Judge D'Army Bailey filed his qualifying petition Wednesday, March 26, to run for Circuit Court Judge Division 3 in the August judicial elections.
Bailey filed one week before the April 3 deadline for candidates in those nonpartisan races and as well as the state and federal primaries on the ballot. He also had pulled a petition to possibly run for judge of Circuit Court Division 1.
Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam has walked a fine line since announcing a year ago that the state would not accept federal funding for an expansion of TennCare, Tennessee's version of Medicaid, at least for now.
NASHVILLE (AP) – A proposal that would allow parents to decide the fate of a struggling school is advancing in the Senate.
The so-called parent trigger legislation sponsored by Republican Sen. Brian Kelsey of Germantown was approved 8-1 in the Senate Education Committee on Wednesday.
Bailey filed one week before the April 3 deadline for candidates in those nonpartisan races and as well as the state and federal primaries on the ballot.
Kelsey Taylor has been promoted to account supervisor from account manager at Memphis-based advertising agency Red Deluxe. Taylor joined the firm in 2011 and leads the firm's work for Baptist Memorial Health Care Corp. and the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation in Washington, D.C.
NASHVILLE (AP) – Legislation that would allow the state's attorney general to investigate public corruption has likely failed this session.
The measure sponsored by Republican Sen. Brian Kelsey of Germantown was defeated 13-12 on Monday when it failed to get the 17 votes needed for passage.
Michael McCusker is used to the assumptions when the assistant district attorney general tells voters he is running for office this year.
"A lot of people keep saying to me, 'Wouldn't judge be a natural progression for you?' In some respects it would be," admitted McCusker, who is instead running in the May Democratic primary for Criminal Court clerk.
NASHVILLE (AP) – A proposal that requires Gov. Bill Haslam to secure legislative approval for any potential deal to expand Medicaid in Tennessee has passed the Senate even though the Republican governor has already said he would consult with lawmakers.
OUR NEW PHARISEES. Pharisee |'farese|, noun
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NASHVILLE (AP) – Lawmakers trying to decide on a limited school voucher program in Tennessee or a broader one say they're close to reaching an agreement on legislation.
Republican Senate Majority Leader Mark Norris of Collierville is carrying a proposal for Republican Gov. Bill Haslam that's limited to students from low-income families attending the bottom 5 percent of failing schools. He had that measure withdrawn last year when Senate Republicans sought to expand to a larger number of children.
Memphis restaurateur Taylor Berger says a variety of outside factors inspired him to set up a group called Make Memphis, which held a kickoff meeting earlier this month Downtown to identify community projects that ought to be tackled.
NASHVILLE (AP) – The Senate version of a bill to create a school voucher program in Tennessee has been delayed to allow sponsors of the measure and a competing version to try to work out differences.
With two weeks to the filing deadline for candidates in the May Shelby County primary elections and two months to the deadline for those in the August state and federal primaries and county nonpartisan elections, the fields have solidified enough that some political players are weighing their prospects for a late entry before the filing deadlines.
MAE BE ONTO SOMETHING. State Sen. Mae Beavers – really, that's her name – has offered legislation that makes it against the law in Tennessee to obey the law in the United States – really, I couldn't possibly make that up.
NASHVILLE (AP) – Local governments could hold votes on whether to allow wine sales in supermarkets and convenience stores, under a bill the state Senate passed on Thursday.
The measure sponsored by Republican Sen. Bill Ketron of Murfreesboro was approved on a 23-8 vote after the companion bill was revived in the House this week. Five Republicans voted against the measure, along with three Democrats.
John Campbell and Robert Weiss are judges on different sides of the civil-criminal divide in Shelby County jurisprudence.
Republican state lawmakers have proposed a school voucher bill they hope will be acceptable to Gov. Bill Haslam, who has repeatedly said he favors a more limited version of the program that gives parents another option for educating their children.
Fundraisers and other campaign events for judicial candidates are difficult.
Sometimes there are more candidates for other offices at them than citizens with no direct political interest who are undecided on who to vote for. And more so than in any other field of candidates, judges are limited by ethics in what they can say when trying to persuade someone to vote for them.
If ever the political axiom of needing a scorecard to keep up with the players applied to an election cycle, it would be the set of three elections in 2014 across Shelby County.
The middle election of the three – the August ballot of county general elections and state and federal primary elections – is expected to be one of the longest in the county's political history, if not the longest.
Orangetheory Fitness has signed a lease at Stonecreek Centre at Poplar Avenue and Forest Hill-Irene Road in Germantown.
Orangetheory Fitness will occupy 3,167 square feet at the location. Orangetheory Fitness is a workout method that is broken into intervals of cardiovascular and strength training while using heart rate monitors to keep heart rates in a targeted zone to stimulate metabolism and increases energy.
Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam says his letter this week to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on the terms of a possible Medicaid expansion in Tennessee means ongoing talks between his administration and Sebelius' office will continue.
The Tennessee lieutenant governor says it is a waste of time. The Memphis representative in U.S. Congress says it is overdue.
Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam is still negotiating with the White House on a possible $1.4 billion expansion of Medicaid in Tennessee that could cover 140,000 uninsured Tennesseans under TennCare, the state's version of Medicaid.
The only warning State Sen. Brian Kelsey, R-Germantown, gave of what he intended to do at U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius' visit to the Benjamin L. Hooks Central Library Friday, Nov. 1, was that he would appear "in protest of the visit."
NASHVILLE (AP) – Gov. Bill Haslam and fellow Republicans in the Tennessee General Assembly appear to be at odds about who will be blamed for the shutdown of the federal government.
The Republican caucus in the state Senate on Tuesday sent a letter to President Barack Obama, claiming that the president and his Democratic allies in the U.S. Senate are behind the move to close down parts of the federal government to protect the new health care law.
Tennessee Attorney General Robert Cooper said the state joined the U.S. Justice Department and five other states in opposing the proposed $11 billion merger of U.S. Airways and American Airlines, because of the state's experience with past airline mergers.
There were no campaign stickers or push cards at the Shelby County Republican Party's annual Lincoln Day dinner, but still plenty of hand-to-hand campaigning Friday, May 17, among the crowd of 350 at the University of Memphis Holiday Inn.
State Senate Democratic leader Jim Kyle of Memphis says Republicans in the Tennessee General Assembly are becoming like "Dixiecrats" – the Southern segregationist Democrats in the U.S. Congress in the late 1940s who formed their own party for a time.
Some on the Memphis City Council weren't certain Tuesday, April 16, about going ahead with a severance package for the city employees who now work at city-run auto inspection stations.
The council entered the budget season for the new fiscal year that begins July 1 just minutes earlier with Memphis Mayor A C Wharton Jr.'s budget address.
The state of Tennessee is helping facilitate talks between city and county leaders about the coming deadline.
There are conflicting versions of what will happen at the end of the fiscal year. No one is certain or clear about what the federal response will be.
NASHVILLE (AP) – The path may have been rocky at times for the new Republican supermajority in the General Assembly, but leaders are pleased that many of the most contentious issues have been decided as lawmakers enter the final few weeks of the session.
Republican state Sen. Brian Kelsey of Germantown says he is confident Shelby County vehicle owners outside Memphis won't have to go through auto inspections for another six years.
NASHVILLE (AP) – The Republican leader carrying Gov. Bill Haslam's proposal to create school vouchers in Tennessee said he's decided to let it die this session because he's tired of the "gamesmanship."
PIECE OF CAKE. Lately, and this is disturbing, I've been thinking about Sen. Brian Kelsey, R-Germantown, as Marie Antoinette, complete with a powdered wig and a cute little stick-on beauty mark, running up and down the halls inviting the poor to eat cake when they run out of bread. But these are not the halls of her Petit Trianon in Versailles at the time of the French Revolution. These are the halls of the state capitol in Nashville at the time of the super majority.
NASHVILLE (AP) – A bill seeking to make it a crime to enforce federal firearms laws in Tennessee has failed in the Senate Judiciary Committee.
The measure sponsored by Republican Sen. Mae Beavers of Mt. Juliet received a 4-4 vote on the panel Wednesday. Bills must earn a majority to advance.
The Senate has approved a proposed constitutional amendment to give lawmakers the power to refuse the governor's appointments to appeals courts in Tennessee.
The chamber voted 29-2 on Thursday in favor of the measure sponsored by Republican Sen. Brian Kelsey of Germantown. If the resolution passes the House by a two-thirds margin, it will go on the ballot in next year's general election.
State Sen. Brian Kelsey, R-Memphis, came to politics young, specifically as a second-year law student.
Today, at age 35, he sits in a unique position, sponsoring not one but two amendments to the Tennessee Constitution that appear likely to pass the legislature.
A measure to block courts from granting subpoenas for identities of anonymous commenters on news websites has passed the Senate.
The proposal sponsored by Republican Sen. Brian Kelsey of Germantown was unanimously approved 32-0 on Wednesday. The companion bill was also scheduled to be heard Wednesday in the House Civil Justice Subcommittee.
The Senate voted Thursday to place a proposed constitutional amendment to ban a state income tax before Tennessee voters.
The chamber approved the measure on a 26-4 vote, and if the House concurs, it would be placed on the ballot in next year's general election.
Tennessee's judicial system is in the midst of a makeover. This week, Tennessee Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey announced the launch of the state's first judicial redistricting process in nearly 30 years. It follows the state's recent legislative redistricting process that occurred a little more than a year ago and was led by the General Assembly's Republican majority.
NASHVILLE (AP) – Senate Speaker Ron Ramsey says fellow Republican Sen. Brian Kelsey has agreed to delay consideration of a bill seeking to ban the state from participating in Medicaid expansion under the federal health care overhaul.
The bill to come in the Tennessee Legislature that permits school vouchers will be built around the more than $9,000 in state funding per school child, in the case of Memphis, and the ability of parents to use it to move their child to a private school.
NASHVILLE (AP) – Senate Speaker Ron Ramsey on Thursday replaced the chairwoman of the powerful judiciary committee with a key ally, while some opponents of a proposal to allow wine sales in grocery stores lauded committee assignments in the lower chamber.
The Shelby County legislative delegation to Nashville returned to the capital Tuesday, Jan. 8, with three fewer members – one state senator and two state representatives – all Democrats – but with no new faces.
Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam may or may not push directly for some kind of move to school vouchers next year on Capital Hill.
But there will almost certainly be legislation to that effect, possibly with State Sen. Brian Kelsey of Germantown leading an effort he has made in several previous legislative sessions.
Republican state Sen. Brian Kelsey of Germantown has filed a state constitutional amendment that would ban a state income tax in Tennessee.
Republican state Sen. Brian Kelsey walked into the storefront at the Carrefour shopping center earlier this month and liked what he saw of the local effort for the Romney-Ryan presidential ticket.
A member of the Tennessee Senate Judiciary Committee says an audit of the Board of Probation and Parole casts doubt on the effectiveness of parolee supervision.
A performance audit by the state comptroller's office showed at least 82 people parole officers said they checked on between January 2011 and May 2012 were, in fact, dead. One of them died more than 19 years ago.
Two state legislators from Shelby County have requested a legal opinion from Tennessee Attorney General Bob Cooper on the recent annexation of South Cordova by the city of Memphis.
Anna Terry, president of The Russian Cultural Center of Memphis, will travel to Washington Tuesday, June 12, for a reception with Russian Ambassador Sergei Kislyak.
NASHVILLE (AP) – Gov. Bill Haslam has signed a proposal that allows parents to grade themselves on how involved they are in their children's schooling.
The measure sponsored by Democratic Rep. Antonio Parkinson of Memphis and Republican Sen. Brian Kelsey of Germantown was approved 94-2 in the House and unanimously passed the Senate 27-0.
NASHVILLE (AP) – A proposal that would allow parents to grade themselves on how involved they are in a student's school performance has passed the Senate.
The legislation sponsored by Republican Sen. Brian Kelsey of Germantown was approved 27-0 on Wednesday. The companion bill passed the House 94-2 earlier this week.
NASHVILLE (AP) – When the top three Republicans in the Statehouse coalesced behind a plan to cement Tennessee's current selection process for Supreme Court justices into the state constitution, there seemed to be a smooth path ahead for getting the measure before voters in 2014.
NASHVILLE (AP) – The state's top Republicans want to place a ballot measure before Tennessee voters to eliminate any constitutional questions about the current system for appointing judges.
There was one very important change to the new district lines for the Tennessee State Senate as the week ended in Nashville with the legislature taking final action on the once a decade redistricting process.
Tennessee lawmakers were in a holding pattern Thursday, Jan. 12, over redrawing legislative and congressional maps.
House Democrats oppose Republican efforts to group five African-American incumbents into three districts and have said they plan to offer amendments on the floor.
Memphis Mayor A C Wharton Jr. is expressing concern over representation for the city of Memphis in the three levels of redistricting plans now pending – county, state and federal.
Wharton wasn't specific about his concerns, but he told the Memphis Kiwanis Club Wednesday, Jan. 11, that he will have an announcement soon on the issue.
NASHVILLE (AP) – State lawmakers opposed to legislative redistricting plans are questioning the desire of Republican leaders to pass them so quickly.
GOP leaders hope their redistricting plans can come up for a vote early as Thursday, Jan. 12, after the judiciary committees in both chambers passed the plans on to the House and Senate floors.
GOP leaders hope their redistricting plans can come up for a vote early as Thursday after the judiciary committees in both chambers passed the plans on to the House and Senate floors.
Tennessee Senate Democratic leader Jim Kyle of Memphis and Republican state Sen. Brian Kelsey of Germantown are in the same Senate district under a redistricting proposal unveiled by Republican legislative leaders Wednesday, Jan. 4, in Nashville.
State Sen. Brian Kelsey, R-Germantown, has introduced legislation offering low-income mothers an incentive to seek prenatal care.
State Sen. Brian Kelsey, R-Germantown, has introduced legislation to reform the way pensions are calculated for new state employees.
The new president of the Memphis Bar Association said a hot topic in the coming year will be how appellate judges are selected.
Some of the debate about changing the process from one of appointment by the governor followed by the next scheduled retention election will come from Nashville, where the Tennessee Legislature will consider bills to change that.
NASHVILLE (AP) – Gov. Bill Haslam said Monday he wants to leave it up to local governments to decide whether to set their own wage requirements for contractors.
The Republican governor told reporters that he's "not a fan of the living wage," but that those decisions should be left up to counties and cities.
Tennessee state Sen. Brian Kelsey, R-Germantown, has introduced a bill aimed at helping reduce local government debt.
A leading supporter and an opponent of the way judges are chosen in Tennessee will square off for a debate Friday, Dec. 9, in advance of what's expected to be significant discussion about the topic among state lawmakers in 2012.
The Memphis Rotary Club will meet Tuesday, Dec. 6, at noon at the University Club of Memphis, 1346 Central Ave. Bill Gibbons, commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Safety & Homeland Security, will speak. Cost is $18 per person. For reservations, email Taylor Hughes at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Kyle Durrie will bring her Moveable Type Truck to Memphis for a print workshop and presentation with Crosstown Arts Monday, Dec. 5, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the parking lot of the Sears Crosstown building, at Cleveland Avenue and North Watkins Street. Visitors can tour the truck and print their own letterpress art to take away. For more information, visit www.powerandlightpress.com or www.type-truck.com.
The battle lines are firming up over an issue the state legislature is liable to spend considerable time and effort debating during its session that begins in January: judicial appointments and elections.
State Sen. Brian Kelsey, R-Germantown, has introduced Senate Joint Resolution 475, which proposes a constitutional amendment to set up a new way of appointing state appellate judges.
NASHVILLE (AP) — A proposal that would amend the Tennessee Constitution to ban an income tax has passed the Senate 28-5.
Republican Sen. Brian Kelsey of Germantown, the measure's sponsor, said before the vote on Wednesday that the proposal is necessary to "forever close the door" on an income tax in Tennessee.
NASHVILLE (AP) – A measure that would amend the Tennessee Constitution to ban an income tax is headed for a full Senate vote.
The proposal sponsored by Republican Sen. Brian Kelsey of Germantown passed the Senate Finance Committee 9-1 on Tuesday and is waiting to be scheduled for a vote on the Senate floor.
For the first half of the 20th century, one political machine with one man firmly at the controls ran Memphis. Not only did Boss Crump decide who got elected, appointed, fired and indicted around here, he pretty much did that for the whole state, and wielded considerable influence in the national Democratic Party. Memphis mayor for six years and congressman for four, he was the power behind everything for almost 50.
Two Republican members of the General Assembly have filed a proposed constitutional amendment banning a state income tax and payroll tax in Tennessee.
The resolution from state Sen. Brian Kelsey, R-Germantown, and Rep. Glen Casada, R-College Grove, specifies "that the legislature as well as Tennessee counties and cities shall be prohibited from passing either an income tax or a payroll tax."
This school fight is ours to win.
Somebody else started it.
The school bully tried to take our lunch money one too many times, and this time, he got his clock wound.
David Pickler's plan – pursued for years – to divorce 70 percent of Shelby County's school children and run off with the 30 percent with the most money has backfired. I call it Pickler's plan because he's gone to great lengths to make sure we all see him as the voice and face of Shelby County Schools, and he's been president of that board since he was just a cucumber. Although he doesn't seem to want it right now, he richly deserves the credit.
Tennessee Gov.-elect Bill Haslam knew the question was coming.
Haslam was in Memphis earlier this month to announce he was tapping District Attorney General Bill Gibbons for his cabinet.
The schools standoff that has followed the metro consolidation charter debate is proving to be more a creature of timing than that campaign ever was.
As the New Year approaches, there isn't a plan for what a consolidated countywide public school system would look like if Memphis voters surrender the Memphis City Schools charter.
Dear Santa, Please consider my gift list for our local elected officials. After all, they've been giving it to us all year.
To all: Common Sense – a simple grid for MATA routes, consolidated city and county services, cutting the grass, sidewalk maintenance, paying attention to review board and appointed commission recommendations.
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Acyclovir inhibition of IDO to decrease Tregs as a glioblastoma treatment adjunct.
Summary of "Acyclovir inhibition of IDO to decrease Tregs as a glioblastoma treatment adjunct."
Regulatory T cells, Tregs, are a subset of lymphocytes that have immunosuppressive attributes. They are elevated in blood of glioblastoma patients and within this tumor's tissue itself. Indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase, IDO, converts tryptophan to kynurenine. IDO activity enhances Treg formation by pathways that are unknown. Experimentally, inhibition of IDO decreases Treg function and number in rodents. The common anti-viral agent acyclovir inhibits IDO. Acyclovir may thereby decrease Treg function in glioblastoma. If it can be confirmed that Treg counts are elevated in glioblastoma patients' tumor tissue, and if we can document acyclovir's lowering of tissue Treg counts by a small trial of acyclovir in pre-operative glioblastoma patients, a trial of acyclovir effect on survival should be done given the current poor prognosis of glioblastoma and the well-established safety and low side effect burden of acyclovir.
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This article was published in the following journal.
Name: Journal of neuroinflammation
Pages: 44
- PubMed Source: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20691089
- DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1742-2094-7-44
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Regulatory T cells are redirected to kill glioblastoma by an EGFRvIII-targeted bispecific antibody.
Regulatory T cells (Tregs) play a central role in in tumor escape from immunosurveillance. We report that a bispecific T-cell engager (BiTE) targeting a mutated form of the epidermal growth factor rec...
Characterization of fenofibrate-mediated anti-proliferative pro-apoptotic effects on high-grade gliomas and anti-invasive effects on glioma stem cells.
Glioblastoma is the most common, and at the same time, most aggressive type of high-grade glioma (HGG). The prognosis of glioblastoma patients treated with standard therapy including surgery, temozolo...
EGFR signaling-dependent inhibition of glioblastoma growth by ginsenoside Rh2.
Glioblastoma is the most common and most aggressive malignant primary brain tumor in humans, accounting for 52 % of all functional tissue brain tumor cases and 20 % of all intracranial tumors. The t...
Protective Effect of Cytosolic Phospholipase A2 Inhibition against Inflammation and Degeneration by Promoting Regulatory T Cells in Rats with Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis.
Cytosolic phospholipase A2 (cPLA2) is the rate-limiting enzyme that initiates the production of various inflammatory mediators. Previous studies have shown that inhibiting cPLA2 exerts a neuroprotecti...
Glioblastoma patients in Slovenia from 1997 to 2008.
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Study of ME-609 and Acyclovir for Treatment of Herpes Simplex Labialis in Immunocompromised Patients
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the episode duration of a herpes labialis recurrence in immunocompromised patients treated with ME-609 or Acyclovir.
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Comparison of Brovavir Versus Acyclovir in the Treatment of Herpes in HIV-Infected Patients
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One of the CARBONIC ANHYDRASE INHIBITORS that is sometimes effective against absence seizures. It is sometimes useful also as an adjunct in the treatment of tonic-clonic, myoclonic, and atonic seizures, particularly in women whose seizures occur or are exacerbated at specific times in the menstrual cycle. However, its usefulness is transient often because of rapid development of tolerance. Its antiepileptic effect may be due to its inhibitory effect on brain carbonic anhydrase, which leads to an increased transneuronal chloride gradient, increased chloride current, and increased inhibition. (From Smith and Reynard, Textbook of Pharmacology, 1991, p337)
Benign and malignant central nervous system neoplasms derived from glial cells (i.e., astrocytes, oligodendrocytes, and ependymocytes). Astrocytes may give rise to astrocytomas (ASTROCYTOMA) or glioblastoma multiforme (see GLIOBLASTOMA). Oligodendrocytes give rise to oligodendrogliomas (OLIGODENDROGLIOMA) and ependymocytes may undergo transformation to become EPENDYMOMA; CHOROID PLEXUS NEOPLASMS; or colloid cysts of the third ventricle. (From Escourolle et al., Manual of Basic Neuropathology, 2nd ed, p21)
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The decrease in neuronal activity (related to a decrease in metabolic demand) extending from the site of cortical stimulation. It is believed to be responsible for the decrease in cerebral blood flow that accompanies the aura of MIGRAINE WITH AURA. (Campbell's Psychiatric Dictionary, 8th ed.)
A therapeutic treatment typically involving INTRA-ARTICULAR INJECTIONS of HYALURONIC ACID and related compounds. The procedure is commonly used in the treatment of OSTEOARTHRITIS with the therapeutic goal to restore the viscoelasticity of SYNOVIAL FLUID, decrease pain, improve mobility and restore the natural protective functions of hyaluronan in the joint.
A quaternary ammonium anticholinergic agent with peripheral side effects similar to those of ATROPINE. It is used as an adjunct in the treatment of gastric and duodenal ulcer, and to relieve visceral spasms. The drug has also been used in the form of eye drops for mydriatic effect.


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When you travel, it's such fun learning about other cultures, holidays and celebrations—especially through the eyes of your children. India and parts of southern Asia celebrate Diwali or Deepavali, the five-day October-November Hindu festival of lights, this week. Here's your How-To Diwali Guide, courtesy of Four Seasons Hotel Mumbai. Take a moment to teach the kids about this tradition (the biggest and brightest of the year), make a lantern or cook a special recipe together.
For Diwali, we light little clay lamps (diyas) and candles to symbolize the victory of good over evil. The scent of incense lingers in the air. We mark the occasion with great zeal, merriment and fervor—with fireworks, fresh flowers, exchanging of gifts, shopping for the house, buying new clothes, meeting new and old friends, prayers and offerings of traditional sweets. Diwali is also an auspicious time to buy a new home, close a business deal, start a new venture, redecorate and embark on a big cleaning spree.
Diwali diya lamps are made from clay and decorated elaborately with beads and sequins.
No-bake polymer clay
Hot glue gun
Sequins and beads
1. Knead a piece of clay the size of your palm until it is free of air bubbles and is malleable.
2. Flatten the clay and mold it into a teardrop shape. Lift the sides up so it forms a small bowl. The lamp should be small enough to hold in your palm. Smooth the edges and sides out. The center of the lamp should be big enough for the votive candle. You can even place the lamp on a flat surface and press the candle into the clay to ensure that it is flat and it will fit. Leave the lamp to dry for 24 hours.
3. Decorate your diya lamp with sequins and beads. Dab small beads of glue onto the lamp and then press sequins and beads into the glue. Tweezers will help you to pick up the sequins or beads and place them onto the glue. Let the glue dry for two hours.
4. Place a votive candle into the lamp and light it. Happy Diwali!
(Courtesy of: http://www.ehow.com/how_8765489_make-diwali-lamp.html.)
Burfi is an Indian dessert, with an almost fudge-like consistency. It is typically made with milk, nuts, flour and vegetables such as carrots, edible gourd, zucchini and winter melon.
1/4 cup heavy whipping cream
2 cups grated carrots. (The size of grated carrots should resemble long-grain rice or orzo or little larger.)
1/4 cup light brown sugar, packed
1/4 cup granulated sugar or to taste
1/4 cup unsalted butter
1/2 cup khoya or milk powder
1/2 tsp freshly ground cardamom
1/4 cup unsalted cashew halves
3 drops rose essence
Optional garnish: thinly sliced nuts of your choice
1. In a heavy saucepan, combine heavy cream and carrots. Bring the carrot mixture to a full boil, stirring constantly, and reduce heat. Cook over medium heat, stirring frequently, until all the liquid has been evaporated, approximately 35 to 55 minutes.
2. Add the sugar, 1 tablespoon of the butter, milk powder, cardamom and freshly grated nutmeg. Mix well to combine.
3. Cook, stirring constantly, 10 to 20 minutes, or until the carrot mixture is quite thick like soft cookie dough. Add more butter if desired. Remove from the heat and add in the remaining ingredients. Stir to mix thoroughly.
4. Lightly grease an eight-inch round baking pan (or stainless steel thali). Pour the carrot mixture into the baking pan and spread the mixture evenly using a heat-proof metal spatula.
5. Sprinkle thinly sliced nuts of your choice on the top, if desired. Let it cool completely before cutting. Then cut into diamond shapes to serve. Refrigerate any leftovers. Makes 12 to 16 pieces.
(Courtesy of http://nanisindiancooking.wordpress.com/2009/11/26/gajar-ki-burfi/.)
Karanji are sweet dumplings, a popular dessert prepared in India for Diwali.
For the dough:
1 cup white flour
1 TB ghee (clarified butter)
Salt, a pinch
Warm milk, enough to make an elastic dough (add gradually)
Water or milk to seal the dumplings
For the filling:
1 cup dried coconut, grated
1 tsp ghee (clarified butter)
1 cup powdered sugar
1 pinch nutmeg
1 pinch ginger
4 cardamom pods
2 tsp white flour
2 tsp poppy seeds
2 tbsp mixed nuts, chopped
Oil for frying
1. First prepare the dough, then make the filling. Once you are done with both of them, you simply fill the dough dumplings and deep-fry.
To prepare the dough:
Mix 1 cup of flour with the ghee, salt and warm milk. Try to keep the dough a little hard; add the milk gradually to gauge consistency.
To prepare the filling:
1. Toast the dried coconut in the oven or in a pan, stirring often to keep from burning. Set aside.
2. Sauté the flour in the ghee til it turns golden-brown. Remove from the heat and set aside.
3. Toast the poppy seeds. Set aside.
4. Mix all the ingredients and mill them finely.
To prepare:
1. Roll out the dough into small oval-shaped rounds.
2. Place a spoonful of filling in the middle of each round.
3. Moisten the corners of each round by applying a tiny bit of water or milk to seal properly. Do not to apply too much water or it will not seal properly.
4. Deep fry the dumplings in hot oil till they turn brownish in color.
5. Serve hot or cold.
(Courtesy of: http://festivals.iloveindia.com/diwali/karanji.html.)
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Lisa Greenfield, energy analyst at Confused.com answers the latest energy question.
Question: I'm in the early stages of thinking about putting solar PV panels on my roof. I understand the basics and the benefits of the feed-in tariff schemes - but I have one little worry.
I would be paid a fixed amount for electricity generated by my panels, and an extra 3p per unit for electricity passed back into the grid. But would I be tied to a single supplier for my 'normal' grid-supplied electricity? Would I end up paying a bit more for each kWh of 'normal' electricity used?
Answer: It's good to hear someone so 'switched on' about their energy usage!
From what I believe to be correct, it seems you're free to switch to any supplier. The only limitation you may have is that only the bigger suppliers - those with more than 50,000 customers - are running this scheme at the moment.
It also seems you don't need to have one supplier for both your 'imported' and 'exported' electricity. In fact, you're free to switch to any tariff you like for your 'imported' electricity and can choose another for the electricity you're passing back to the grid.
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On The Edge Of Spectacular
The rooftop can be a highly desirable, programmable space that enables the operator to host a variety of income-producing entertainment activities, particularly at night.
Pools at the edge of the roof can free up space for a variety of other guest and event activities. The popular infinity edge creates visual drama, and borrows space from the view beyond.
Many pools can be designed to double as fountains, adding sound, light, and movement to enliven the space.
"All pools leak:" So says Trip Knox of International Aquatic Design, a Massachusetts-based pool-design, fabrication, and installation firm. "Pipes move, concrete cracks, finishes wear out, or the pools just sweat from condensation."
Eventually, even the most carefully constructed pool will leak. This may not always involve the primary containment vessel, but may involve piping, connections, or drains.
For in-ground installations, this is not usually a major problem. But for pools situated above occupied spaces in a hotel or residential development, it can be extremely damaging, disruptive, and costly to repair.
For hotels in particular, which tend toward larger pool installations, this is a major concern. Bigger pools, more weight, and more plumbing invite more opportunities for something to go wrong.
Providing enough space for a meaningful guest amenity typically means using the larger spans associated with a hotel's public spaces and function areas (i.e., lobbies, meeting-room complexes, and ballroom ceilings). Shutting these down to fix a leaky pool can be disastrously expensive.
Almost all rooftop pools should provide secondary containment as a precaution, creating essentially a pool within a pool with the necessary supporting drainage systems.
A technique quickly gaining favor is fabricating the primary containment vessel in stainless steel as a single unit (or with larger pools, several large pieces that can be lifted into place and welded together), thus significantly reducing the likelihood of future leakage from the pool itself.
These pools are lighter, potentially reducing structural requirements in some cases; provide a higher level of quality control since they are built off-site; and often offset the higher initial cost with simpler and less time-consuming installation at the job site. They can be finished in the same way as with traditional concrete pools.
Wind on the water: Wind is a consideration when designing pools with infinity edges or raised zero edges. In conventional pool designs, where the final water level is recessed 8 to 12 inches below the deck surface, the effects of high winds across the water surface are usually limited to waves occasionally cresting the coping and splashing water onto the deck.
With flush-edge conditions, the increased wave action brought on by high winds can push much larger quantities of water onto the surrounding deck surface. While this typically isn't a concern where the pool is set back from the edge of the building, it is a point to consider when infinity-edge pools are placed in close proximity to the parapet.
To counteract the sometimes negative effects of this action, it is advisable to install controls that allow the water levels within the pools to be monitored and quickly modified.
At the Four Seasons Hotel in Baltimore, Md., guests are afforded three pool experiences. The fourth-floor feature pool is a raised-edge infinity pool that doubles as a water feature when not in use. An 18-inch granite-clad wall surrounds the pool entirely, and a bull-nosed edge allows water to slip smoothly across its top and down the wall face.
To catch and return water to the pump room, a 12-inch (W) by 9-inch (D) trough was designed at the base of the pool, concealed neatly by slotted, cantilevered stone pavers carrying the required depth and "No Diving" markers.
The fifth-floor amenity space consists of a hot tub with the same raised-edge concept as at the feature pool and a wet deck–a 3-inch beach-entry reflecting pool, which allows for a more subtle interaction with the water.
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Behind the Lens: Desmond Richardson Models for Capezio
By Deborah Searle of Dance Informa.
Contemporary dance icon Desmond Richardson recently modeled for a photo shoot to express why he is "Capezio" as part of the "I Am Capezio" campaign. Richardson is the Co-Founder and Co-Artistic Director of Complexions Contemporary Ballet and he's currently starring in After Midnight on Broadway. As a proud Capezio Athlete, Richardson was honored to model for the campaign. Here, he shares a behind-the-scenes glimpse into the shoot.
Tell us about the photo shoot for the "I Am Capezio" campaign.
"The experience was great from the word 'go.' We got together at their studio in New Jersey and they explained the campaign to me, what they'd like to do, and what they'd like me to showcase. Then they just kind of said 'go!', which was great because I like to collaborate in that way. We tried out some postures till they said, 'Let's go with those.' They were photos that were strong and that people could look at and identify with who I am as a dancer."
What is it that makes you 'Capezio?'
"I would say what makes me 'Capezio' is the commonality of having the sculpture, detail and line, as well as the precision, of Capezio's craftsmanship. That's indicative of how I like to dance. I have a lot in common with Capezio's mission."
What products did you wear in the photo shoot and what is your favorite Capezio product?
"I tried on a lot of great shoes and lots of clothing attire. What I really like is the shoes, specifically the split-sole jazz shoes. Those are really comfortable. I also like the jazz sneakers (Dansneakers®). The men's tights are always great for me too."
How many Capezio photo shoots have you done over the years?
"I've done three. I hadn't done it in quite a while so I was very honored to be asked."
Do you remember what your first photo shoot for Capezio was like?
"Oh, sure! It was during the time when I was with Alvin Ailey. They asked if I would be a part of their campaign for their tights products. It was really cool all the way back then too to be asked to be the face of a product."
How do you keep so fit, and photo shoot and stage ready?
"[Laughs.] Well, I'm in my mid-forties now so I do a series of floor barre and pilates mostly… Not a whole lot of gym work, because for me, if I do too much gym work then I get too bulky. So the floor barre lengthens my muscles. And of course I still take class, at least twice a week. (It's not necessary for me to take class every day now.) I'm back in a show on Broadway called After Midnight, so I maintain the good health I'm in to perform."
Tell us about After Midnight.
"Oh, it's really a lot of fun! The show is set in the Cotton Club era so joining us on stage is Wynton Marsalis' 17-piece jazz band. They're on the bandstand and on stage with us. And the work that Warren Carlyle has choreographed and directed for us is really just a lot of fun. A large number of it is taken actually from the old Cotton Club era so it's very nostalgic. The costumes are done by Rueben and Isabel Toledo, who did the First Lady's inauguration dress. The costumes are beautiful and very, very elegant. We're in tuxes with tails pretty much the whole show and it's just very glamorous. So we look really good, very expensive if you will. And there's no intermission. It's all done in 90 minutes in one sweep. It keeps audiences on this unstoppable journey and puts them into a high leaving the theatre."
Dance Informa just spoke to Capezio Athlete Jared Grimes about his role in After Midnight.
"He's fantastic in the show! Oh my! His tapping combined with his expertise and all the other performers is a great combination. It's a very family-oriented show too. It's great to be in another Broadway show."
For more information on Desmond Richardson, view his Capezio Athlete profile. For tickets and information on 'After Midnight,' visit www.aftermidnightbroadway.com.


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Personal Knowledge Management by Harold Jarche (BlueIQ Ambassadors)
If you have been following this blog for a little while now, you would know how Personal Knowledge Management, a.k.a. PKM, or Personal Knowledge Sharing (PKS), whichever term you would prefer to make use of, has always been one of my favourite topics to talk about and share some further insights over here and elsewhere. It's been all along one of those areas that has always caught my attention since way back when I was first involved with KM in the late 90s. It's one of those fascinating fields that has permeated successfully throughout time from traditional KM and into the world of Social Networking reaching a new level of awareness that surely makes it all worth while diving into, if you haven't done so just yet. More than anything else, because, if anything, that interest will keep raising as time goes by! And here is why …
Managing knowledge is quite a daunting task; in fact, most people claim (I am one of them, too!) that it is almost impossible to manage it successfully. How can you manage what you yourself don't know really that well after all? How can you manage what you are just not even aware you are knowledgeable about till you are confronted with it? How can you manage what you know till you eventually have a need for it to resurface again? Quite an interesting set of questions, don't you think? So where does Personal Knowledge Management fit in then?
Well, indeed, it's impossible to manage knowledge, even your own knowledge. However, knowledge workers can have a good chance to self manage some of that knowledge so that they can re-find and reuse it effectively and efficiently at a later time. There are a whole bunch of processes and traditional technologies that have been helping people try to figure out how they can have their own PKM strategy. And, lately, over the last few years, with the emergence of social software tools, that job of managing one's own knowledge seems to have become much easier. Although perhaps still with plenty of room for improvement.
Either way, under that premise, and if you are interested in finding out plenty more how things like social bookmarking, Twitter, wikis, (social) tagging and even your blog! could help you get off to a great start with building your own PKM strategy, I bet you are going to enjoy the remaining of this blog entry… hehe
Earlier on today, I had the great pleasure, privilege and honour to invite my good friend and (P)KM extraordinaire, Harold Jarche, to spend a few minutes with one of the communities I co-lead inside IBM: BlueIQ Ambassadors (A bunch of enthusiastic and rather passionate folks around social networking, whose main mission is to help facilitate the adoption of social software within IBM … Yes, my daily job, too!). I eventually asked Harold whether he would be willing to talk and share some further insights around the topic of Personal Knowledge Management. One of the various passions that he has been talking about for quite some time now.
Of course, I was really excited when he agreed to participate in such virtual event, since I knew he was going to provide some really good conversations on the topic of PKM that would get lots of interesting and relevant dialogue on this subject. The expectations were rather high, but then again, if you already know Harold, he was up to the task and big time, exceeding all of them and delivering plenty more!! (With lots of attendees clapping virtually at the end of the session!). Absolutely wonderful!
And the great thing about this all is that in agreement with Harold we eventually managed to record both the audio and video of the virtual webcast and I am now more than happy to drop by over here and share with you folks a bunch of interesting and relevant links to that virtual event that I'm sure would make you think around PKM for a long while.
As a starting point, you could have a look into the essential, must-read article he put together on this subject under the title "A Personal Learning Journey"; from there onwards you could browse through his delicious PKM tags to then stop by this Slideshare presentation from where he grabbed a good number of slides for today's event.
Once you have gone through that additional reading, it will get even more interesting, because you could actually check out the following couple of links, very much related to today's event:
- Presentation Materials – Personal Knowledge Management (PKM) by Harold Jarche (BlueIQ Ambassadors)
- Audio & Video Recording – Personal Knowledge Management (PKM) by Harold Jarche (BlueIQ Ambassadors)
That's right! Above, you would be able to find a link to the presentation that Harold used in PDF format and the second link is a streaming link that when clicking on it it will start playing the video recording of the session which will include the audio as well, so you will be hearing Harold, and a bunch of us!, commenting on PKM and what all the fuss is about
Of course, there are lots and lots of things that I could comment on with regards to the wonderful session that Harold did with us today, but I'm not going to do that right now. I would rather prefer you go and watch through it (Lasts for about 56 minutes, so get yourself comfortable first!) and then at a later time I will be putting together another blog post where I will share my two cents on what I learned from the event as well as I'll put together some further insights on whether I share his PKM vision … or not.
For now, just to let you know that we have got much in common with both of our notions around PKM, to the point where his mantra Seek > Sense < Share is pretty much along the same lines of what I have been using myself for a long while now. But better get busy and start playing the recording itself to find out plenty more!
From here, just a very very special Thanks!! to Harold for being with us today and for doing a superb job in meeting up all of our expectations around the subject of Personal Knowledge Management and for sharing his insights, in-depth knowledge and expertise on that subject matter with us all! Wonderful stuff! Thanks ever so much, Harold!
What a blast!
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I am sure you would agree with me that Social Computing, and, in particular, social software tools, still have got plenty of different challenges within the enterprise in order to provoke that massive cultural shift most of us have been looking forward to for a long while. One of those challenges has always been trying to accommodate the mobile workforce and provide something so relatively simple as offline capabilities from most of those social tools.
Yet, it is not happening as much as one would have hoped for, don't you think? I mean, there are some Enterprise 2.0 Social Software applications out there that are starting to tap into the offline world. Alas, not as pervasively as what you would have hoped for. And that's one of the main issues that most mobile knowledge workers have got right now as we speak with regards to their own adoption of social software in a corporate environment.
At IBM, where 50% of the workforce is mobile already, we are seeing this very same issue as well and the interesting thing is that more and more we are seeing how some of our various social software tools we are exposed to on a daily basis are making serious attempts to accommodate offline interactions. And the latest example is coming from one of my favourite social software tools: IBM's Lotus Connections.
Actually, from one of the components I have started to rely very heavily on over the last couple of years: Dogear (Now graciously renamed Bookmarks after Lotus Connections v2.5 went GA). Check out "Bookmark Viewer for IBM Lotus Connections Dogear" by Hanspeter Jochmann, where you will be able to see how all of the bookmarks folks may have been storing in Dogear / Bookmarks can now be taken off into a Lotus Notes database that allows you to have a rich set of interactions, while working offline, and then synchronise them back to the server once you are connected again. Amazingly powerful! And something I was really looking forward to after having gone through some very bad experiences myself.
Remember Ma.gnolia? I was a big fan of it; I had several thousand bookmarks stored in it and was a rather heavy user all along… Till one day, I came to work, was on my way to bookmark a few sites and found out Ma.gnolia went through a server crash and LOST all of my bookmarks! Without a chance to provide a backup or anything. Just GONE! All of them! Ouch!! I thought I would have to re-create most of the work I put together in it, but lucky enough Dogear came to my rescue and allowed me to recover most of it.
Ever since that painful experience happened, I haven't gotten outside and use any other social bookmarking site available out there. Not only because I haven't been convinced that any of them would do what I would want them to do (Specially with the protection and backup of my own bookmarks!), but also because I don't think I would feel comfortable going through that very same experience of losing my bookmarks once more, should they suffer from an irrecoverable server crash.
So I have decided to go internal and rely, almost exclusively, on Lotus Connections Bookmarks inside the firewall. And every now and then I synchronise them with my Dogear / Bookmarks over at ibm.com so that folks out there would have an opportunity to check the kinds of links that are of interest to me and that can be shared externally. For the internal ones, you know where they would go… hehe
Thus when Hanspeter shared this brilliant offline Bookmark Viewer for Dogear I just couldn't help but giving it a try and all along to state I have been rather happy is probably an understament. It just works! My fellow colleague, and good friend, Luis Benitez, blogged about it and pointed out to a YouTube video that explains how that Notes database works:
And if you notice, it pretty much puts together that key concept of replication and "working offline" from traditional groupware tools into the space of social software, which, I am not sure what you would think, but I think it's just pretty awesome! Best of both worlds in just a single application coming together nicely and allowing me to always be control of how I use it, whether I am connected or not. Just brilliant!
I just hope that plenty of other social software tools follow this very same trend, because otherwise we are going to continue missing out on a large chunk of the corporate workforce who are constantly on the road, disconnected, while at customers, and the last thing they would want to worry is try to figure out whether they can get connected to just bookmark a site. This Bookmark Viewer clearly shows the way it's possible to accommodate those needs, because, after all, we all know what's like being on the road without a live Internet connection, don't you think?
(Oh, before I forget another special thanks to Hanspeter for helping make our lives much much easier with our own adoption of social software tools in combination with those other tools we have been using for a long while now! Talking about a nice, tight and smooth integration of the 1.0 and 2.0 worlds! Well done, Hanspeter! Thanks ever so much!)
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Giving up on Work e-mail – Status Report on Week 26 (K.I.S.S. on Business Processes)
Continuing further with the weekly progress reports on my new mantra of giving up e-mail, as in corporate e-mail, here I am again with another progress report, this time for week 26, where, it looks like, things have gone back to normal a bit. Or so it seems. You would remember how, for week 25 I reached a new low with regards to the incoming count of e-mails received, as I have blogged about it a couple of days back. Well last week things settled back into what I have been getting used to for the last few weeks already. Here is the screen shot of the report:
Yes, indeed, back again into the 30 e-mails coming through during the course of week. Somehow, I am starting to get used to such number, more than anything else because it makes a round number of 6 e-mails a day approx. although I am still keen on lowering it down more and more perhaps to 10 to 15 a week! Thus the fight is still on. Let's see how it goes further…
For today though, I would like to share with you folks a couple of links that I have bumped into or that some other folks have passed on and which I am sure you are going to enjoy quite a bit. The first link comes from Alan Lepofsky, former IBMer and very good friend, and who recently moved into SocialText, for those folks who may not be familiar with the huge piece of news that hit a couple of weeks back! Alan pointed me to this particular wild idea, which I think is very much spot on with regards to the kind of e-mail overload that plenty of folks can identify with: "Broken business processes contribute to our email overload".
In it you would be able to find some really really good gems like this particular paragraph for which I just couldn't stop smiling while reading through it:
"Worse than the volume of email is the amount of mental energy required by each email recipient, ergo worker, to parse each exception and determine what to do with it. E-mail was once intended to increase productivity and has now become so voluminous it is counter productive. Basex determined that business loose $650 billion in productivity due to the unnecessary email interruptions. And, the average number of corporate emails sent and received per person per day expected to reach over 228 by 2010."
Indeed! Maybe that's the problem we have been having all along. Maybe that's where it all got started. Maybe it was down to use to complicate our own corporate existence by putting together whatever the various different business processes and then create exception after exception after exception to ensure we could all possible scenarios. And as a result of that we all went mad using e-mail all over the place to process those exceptions.
I can surely agree with the idea that business processes are the main culprit, perhaps, as to a large chunk of the e-mails we get on a daily basis and kind of wondering whether we may need to STOP, re-think things again and go back to K.I.S.S. Yes, keeping things simple, straightforward, brief, with not so many exceptions would probably help us improve the way we interact through e-mail. However, why not take things further into the next level? Why not re-think the model of engagement and move straight outside the Inbox and start re-building processes with a 2.0 flavour where perhaps openness and transparency would be part of the criteria behind them? What is it out there that may be stopping us from doing that?
I mean, we all know that most of the processes we work with throughout the course of the day are somehow broken, so why not fix them? Why not re-evaluate their validity, update them accordingly and start making use of social software tools within the enterprise. Wouldn't it be quite something to, at least, give it a try? I am sure right from the beginning we would be able to see the benefits, like that former link / idea puts it nicely within the following quote:
"Socialtext has been building out business practice support using their customizable Enterprise 2.0 platform to return email back to its rightful place in the communication stratigraphy, which is not as the catch-all for exception handling. Their business social software makes the process more productive, reducing email by 30%."
If it sounds *so* easy, what's stopping / preventing us from diving in and address those broken processes? Exactly! Nothing!
So what are we waiting for then? Are we just too lazy, or gotten to much used to dealing with the exceptions that we just don't care in improving the way we work? I am not sure about you, but I refuse to think that is the case. So what is stopping us?!?
The second link is eventually a whole lot more fun, as well as educational and enlightening on what the possibilities are on moving away from the good old e-mail system(s) into a much more open and collaborative environment: in this case a wiki (This particular example coming from Socialtext as well).
The link is actually a screencast that Alan himself put together over here. It lasts a little bit over three minutes and it demonstrates how certain collaborative tasks, like gathering input, or brainstorming, can be better achieved through a wiki, which, in this particular case, taps into your regular e-mail. So those folks very keen on making use of e-mail, they still can. The rest can also then go into the specific wiki and see how they can each contribute into the overall effort.
Alan's screencast is a very good example of how a wiki, Socialtext, in this case, can help you reduce, tremendously, the amount of e-mails you get on a daily basis as well as reducing your outbound e-mails to others. And if not, check out how easy it is:
After watching the screencast you would have to agree with me that most of the times it is not that difficult, right? It is probably just a matter of thinking outside the inbox and Alan just demonstrated it how easy it is …
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The Breeding of the Bouvier des Flandres
by Fernand Malaquin
( Translators notes: This is the text of a speech given by Fernand Malaquin, French Bouvier Breeder of the kennel "de la Vallee de I'Ecaillon" in the early 1960's. Translated by Kathy Heilenman with commentary by Jim Engel. Commentary throughout the text in italics.)
Ladies and Gentlemen:
The presidents of the two Clubs, Belgian and French, have asked me to speak to you about the breeding of the Bouvier des Flandres.
It is with great pleasure that I have responded to this call and I am very grateful to them for the confidence they have shown me in asking me to treat a subject as complex as the breeding of the Bouvier des Flandres. I will attempt then to deliver to you, with objectivity, the few pieces of knowledge that I have been able to acquire during the course of a long career dedicated to dog breeding in general and to the Bouvier des Flandres in particular.
Given that I am not a medical or biological professional, I must ask your indulgence as you listen to my remarks and if from time to time I use informal terminology, please excuse me. Before beginning, however, it is good to look back on the past, not to lament it but in order to understand the present and to try to catch a glimpse of the future.
The origins of the Bouvier des Flandres are in fact quite obscure. Bouviers were, above all, the dogs of cow herders who used them to drive their herds through the countryside from one region to another, indeed from one market to another.
These dogs had a harsh coat but were of quite different types. Breeding had been haphazard, subject to chance meetings, and the criteria retained were above all intelligence, courage, and exceptional vigor. These dogs were meant to safeguard the conduct of the herds as well as serving as guardians of their masters during rest periods and nights spent outdoors.
We can be sure that present day Bouviers have inherited and preserved those mental qualities that are so much appreciated in our dogs and it is those same qualities that have contributed to their world-wide fame since Bouviers are now found on several continents.
I would now like to mention the major stages of the breed's evolution across time.
In my opinion, there are three important stages marking this evolution:
1. 1911-1914
2. 1920-1939
3. 1945-present
At this point, with your permission, we will examine together how the breeding of the Bouvier des Flandres evolved during the course of each of these periods.
First period: 1911 - 1914
The type and quality of these dogs made them stand out and it was in Ypres in 1911 that the first Bouvier des Flandres appeared in a show.
Several fanciers who were interested in this type of rough-coated dog got together on April 21, 1912 at a special show at Courtrai and it was there that the first standard of the Bou vier des Flandres was worked out.
The prototype chosen was that of the veterinary doctor Domincent's dog, Djinn de la Warnave, whose pictures had been seen on numerous show catalogs for quite a while now. This dog was of the Paret type.
In March 1912, the Club Cynophile de Roulers established a standard for a variety of Bouviers that were encountered in the Roulers region and known under the name of the Roulers or Moerman type. The prototype chosen was Marius des Baies.
The Societe Royale Saint-Hubert, in a communication published on August 9, 1912, made it known that it recognized the Bouvier de Roulers; on the other hand the Kennel Club Belge and the Societe Centrale de Paris officially accepted the Bouvier des Flandres of the Paret type.
These two quite distinct varieties both had their proponents and the homogeneity of each was nearly perfect for several years—at least until 1914 when the world war broke out during which numerous breeding animals disappeared, their owners no longer being able to feed them.
It was during this first period whose beginnings are situated around 1910, that the first founders of the breed are to be found registered with LOSH (without a number designation). Their names were Pic de Moerman, Laura de Wilaert, Bella de Moerman, Lise de Van der Heeren, and so on.
I have been able, thanks to the aid of our late and greatly missed friend, Felix Verbank, to reconstitute the origins of these first Bouviers, the ances tors of our present day dogs. I hope to interest you by introducing you to their pedigrees.
Going back into time, we can establish the fact that, if we go back far enough in the history of any bloodline, we will find common ancestors. (See the table of major breed ancestors A and B)
Second period: 1920-1939
The war having come to a close, each person counts his marbles and it is necessary to reconstitute the stock.
With the Lys separating Belgium from France, how did the breeding of the Bouvier evolve on each side of that natural frontier?
Several breeders took the breeding of the Bouvier into their own hands, using several dogs spared by the war, gleaned here and there on Flemish farms, a sire here, a breeding there, notably among the descendants of the kennels de la Lys, de la Barriere, de la Surete, de la Digue, all names with evocative force. (All of these kennels bred the Roulers type.)
Both on the Belgian and on the French side, stock is being reconsti tuted and breeding is going forward in an orderly manner.
But then, in 1931, the Societe Saint-Hubert, as a result of who knows what aberration, acknowledged that it was necessary to reunite the two varieties—Paret and Roulers—and estabish a common standard. This was a decision which seriously complicated things and from which present day breeding suffers still . As a result of this imbroglio, what happened and what were the reactions on the one side as well as the other?
The two varieties were cross bred—something that appeared so simple in the mind of the directors but was, in reality, much more complicated in its application.
The breeding of the Bouvier was in the hands of a small number of breeders both from the Paret as well as from the Moerman side. We can say that the establishment of type was done inside families, or more exactly, blood lines.
But we know from experience that nature does not lend herself as easily as that to human fancy, and it would be too simple if one were to put large together with small to obtain medium and rough coat together with soft to have an acceptable coat.
Puppies born of these breedings, litter mates even , represented each variety as well as hybrids? We will return below in a moment to establish ng the type.
Certain breeders, however, do not accept this fusion of the 2 varieties and want to carefully preserve the type they had developed and obtained as a result of judicious breedings.
On the French side, Jean Cott6eand his kennel, de la Boheme come to mind. Until 1939, excellent examples of the Paret types appeared and were shown. Examples include Ch. Asti de la Boheme, Purotin de la Boheme, Luck de la Boheme, and Isidore de la Boheme. It should be noted, however, that the ancestors of these dogs were, for the most part, from dogs registered with LOS H, for example Erix, a son of Dragon de la Barriere, himself a son of Milton de la Barriere whom we have seen before among the founding stock,Ch Asti being the son of Prius de la Lys and of B abylone, both LOSH, etc.
(This is the great paradox of French Bouvier history: most of the lines put forth as exemplifying the type Paret)
Table A Principal Ancestors
Kis de Ramillies '17 LOSH.10263 Sire
Duc (J.Mottoulle) Sire
Unknown Sire
Unknown Sire
Liske (Moutoulle) Sire
Filou '10 LOSH.9569 Sire
Pic (J.Moerman) born about 1906
Tata Sire
Gyp Sire
B Ch Nic '16 LOSH.12066 Sire
Unknown Sire
Unknown Sire
Cora '17 LOSH.9575 Sire
Filou '10 LOSH.9569 Sire
Pic (J.Moerman) born about 1906
Roma '13 LOSH.10284 Sire
Table B Principal Ancestors
Beau Cesar '22 LOSH17086 Sire
Duduc '13 LOSH.12872 Sire
Filou '10 LOSH.9569 Sire
Pic (J.Moerman) born about 1906
Lise (VanderHeeren) Sire
Pic (J.Moerman)
Mirza (F.DeMeyer about 1908)
Marianne '17 LOSH.13923 Sire
B. Ch Zola '08 LOSH.8892 Sire
Pic (J.Moerman)
Bella (Moerman)
Mariette '14 LOSH.13922 Sire
B. Ch Zola '08 LOSH.8892
Jax du Pandore '28 LOSH.32820 Sire
Dragon de la Barriere '25 LOSH.21555 Sire
Milton de la Barriere '24 LOSH.18580 Sire
Milton '19 LOSH.15936
Myarka de Turnhout '20 LOSH.18292
Mirza de la Barriere '23 LOSH.18578 Sire
Harry '20 LOSH.14721
Myarka de Turnhout '20 LOSH.18292
Blida du Pandore '25 LOSH.21453 Sire
Milton '19 LOSH.15936 Sire
Brick (R.Vandenbroucke)
Lize (G.Dekeeghel)
Asta de la Suerete '21 LOSH.11848 Sire
B. Ch Nic '16 LOSH.10266
Flandria '18 LOSH.11736
Both France and Belgium had their own standard.
On the French side, brindles were desired, black being excluded because of the Roulers types.
In Belgium, all colors were accepted, from fawn to brindle to black.
But on one side as well on the other, these types are very heterogeneous and we arrive at the period where there was little progress.
In order to get a rough coat, the Berger Picard was used. But if the coat improved, the undercoat disappeared, the muzzle became elongated and the furnishings less abundant.
The rough coating Griffon might have perhaps remedied these disadvantages. We still find, it would appear, traces of those days in the dark fawn coats typical of certain lines.
Le Briard is often blamed but if the use of this breed improved the furnishings, coat texture suffered.
The Airedale would perhaps be the antidote, but his gait is to choppy.
As for the Schnauzer, the use of this breed would change the morphology of the head.
This was how things stood around 1938-39 when the bouvier stock was once more reduced to almost nothing by the second world war.
(Again, this is a French perspective. According to the records, and in the face of enormous hardship, both the Dutch and the Belgians were able to preserve their pre war lines and carry on with very little use of undocumented dogs. Indeed, Chastel was breeding the foundations for the recovery in 1943 and 1944 in such dogs as Soprano de la Thudinie.)
All of that, you may tell me, is ancient history, but it has been necessary to evoke it in order to measure the complexity of this breeding and the numerous difficulties encountered there.
Third period: 1945
We now arrive at the period that I term contemporary and which begins in 1945.
We found a significant number of Bouviers in the very first shows after the war, Bouviers which had escaped the anguish. 30 dogs and 24 bitches, from the four corners of the globe but representing a great disparity of type and with a large percentage not being registered, were at Lille for the first show of 1946. (Lille is a major city in northern France.)
All the work remained to be done. With great good fortune, good sires were quite often used and the stock was rapidly restored. Certain kennels quickly became predominant, in particular
—the kennel de la Boheme, in France with Quasimodo de la Boheme
—the kennel de la Thudinie in Belgium with Soprano de la Thudinie.
These sires were used, of course, with brood-bitches of different lines and we are able to say that today's breeding of the Bouvier descends from these two principal lines.
(Although there are gaping holes in what is known about Quasimodo's pedigree, what can be traced beyond one or two generations invariably leads back to Belgian LOSH lines.)
I will not cite all the breeders which have grafted themselves onto these two lines that I will call the Thudinie bloodline and the Boheme bloodline, the latter, since the passing of Jean Cotte, currently being comprised of very few representatives.
How is breeding currently evolvng from these two lines?
1.The Boheme line survived on its past accomplishments without the support of new blood until the disappearance of Jean Cotte. The kennel of Chateau Marocain has continued to work with this line but with recourse to outside sires of LOSH origins with brood-bitches of Bohemian blood from the kennel du Riff by Jim 11 de la Groue of President Pouchain (of the French Club), Boheme through Hussard de la Boheme and from a LOSH bitch Elite. The Boheme type continues to be dominant however, in this kennel, whose owner has ceased activity due to age.
There have been, of course, numerous fanciers who have bred the Boheme line but who have more or less rapidly disappeared.
The kennel de I'' Epee. —Perhaps the only kennel to function using the Boheme blood line, the first two founders of this kennel being Blue de l'Orme and Dolce des Hauts Chesnaux, both 100% Boheme. A first litter produced several good examples of the breed, among which were Gringoire and Gueline.
The kennel went out to Jal du Chateau Marocain who was also of Boheme lines, grandson of Igor des Hauts Chesnaux, to breed Gueline and the kennel has been inbreeding on 1/2 brother and 1/2 sister and then on first cousins.
The products of this kennel are homogeneous and characterized by their dark fawn color.
II. The Thudine line - This is now the most important, and it has been established well beyond the European continent.
There would be much to say on the subject of this line and its development but my friend Chastel has prepared an excellent work on the origins and development of his kennel. I wouldn't want to tread on his patch so I will limit myself to citing only the principal stages of the development of his kennel.
A bitch, Mirette de la Thudinie, grand-daughter of Klass du Pandore, bred to Kloudel Roque du Moulin, produced Rakina de la Thudinie, bred to Joris du Ble d'Or, produced Soprano de la Thudinie. From Soprano de la Thudinie and Rakina de la Thudinie, half-brother and half-sister, we have Ucaba. This bitch will play an important role in the de la Thudine kennel.
From the father Soprano on the daughter Ucaba, we obtain Zolla dela Thudinie. From this bitch Zolla bred by Ygor des Coudreaux, a son of Falon de la Thudinie et Wanda des Coudreaux, we get Canaille de la Thudinie.
Meanwhile, Ucaba, bred by Ch Volpi de la Vallee de I'Ecaillon, to your servant (a son of Quasimodo and my old Sapho), we obtain Argus de la Thudinie.
From Canaille, bred by Argus, we obtain Demoiselle de la Thudinie who remains at Chastel's and a sister from another litter, Eliane de la Thudinie, who went to the Grulois'. (Felix Grulois of du Posty Arlequin kennel in Thuin, Belgium.)
From these two bitches, will come all the future blood combinations in the kennels de la Thudinie and du Posty Arlequin.
With Bonzo l'Ideal de Charleroi on Flambe de la Thudinie, we find Hulotte de la Thudinie.
But the important event was the breeding of Cendrillo de I'Ile Monsin, a son of Urmin du Gratte Saule, of Thudinien blood and of Tamia de I'lle Monsin, of which one of the products, Hion de la Thudinie, provided a new lease on life infusing that vigorous quality which had been missing in those Bouviers. (Thus Cendrillo went back to the old Belgian Ring lines of Edmund Moreaux. Chastel, citing the decline in character of the breed, bred back heavily on these dogs to restore vigor.
These have been the important stages. Afterwards, this kennel, which had been enriched by new blood, continued to develop and using this new bloodline and guided by the great qualities he has as a breeder that we recognize in our friend Chastel.
I must still speak to you about breeding:
<within a bloodline
<between different blood lines
1. - Within a bloodline
You have been able to notice that the breeding of the Bouvier des Flandres is characterized by a line of dogs of whom the establishment of type and homogeneity in reproduction has been established by inbreeding that has often been very close at the beginning. Breeding of father on daughter — which I prefer to son on mother—The pedigrees of the founders of establish the type within a breed.
If we breed within the products of one and the same line, there are hardly any problems except some throwbacks that are easy to eliminate.
We should always choose, for breeding, sires which have the qualities we seek in our kennel but especially, we should not begin from the idea that a dog with a straight shoulder, for example, will be corrected by a dog with shoulder that is too oblique. That would be a serious mistake. Let us search out the example which is the most correct in order to correct the fault which we would like to have disappear.
2. — Introduction of a different blood line
But where difficulties appear is when we introduce a foreign blood line into a family. We witness in this case a true battle between the genes and we have the impression that the genes that I will call "ancestral" are the strongest since examples of the initial type, examples which can represent traits from the far past, often reappear.
In this case, the first generation is often a catastrophe and it is indispensable to eliminate the products which deviate too far from the desired type.
Several cases can be present.
First case — Where one type is dominant in the litter. Is this the type which we want to preserve?
This is the first question which we should ask ourselves. If this type is not the one which we want, we must search out another foundation dog from the same family as that which we first used but whose genes will perhaps be a little more susceptible to being domi nated by the receiving bloodline.
Second case —The litter is divided in two, half on the paternal and half on the maternal side. You choose the type which is the closest to your aspirations and you eliminate the others, without pity.
The battle is not won even so, for in the second generation, you must come back into the desired type by using a sire from the maternal or paternal bloodline according to the direction you wish to go.
You proceed until the moment when you obtain again great homogeneity in the offspring.
I believe that I have been talking too much and I would like to finish this presentation by telling you how happy I am to see the Bouvier des Flandres established in numerous foreign countries and I am particularly happy to see the unified view which exists among all those who have adopted the Bouvier.
We maintain excellent relations with our friends the Dutch and from what I have heard from those who go to Holland to judge, great progress has been made. We find very good examples of the breed in the shows, dogs capable of winning in France or in Belgium. The long type with a flat coat is disappearing and we are glad of that.
I judged in Italy several months ago and I found very good examples of the breed and quite acceptable homogeneity.
The English have imported several dogs but here I think that it will be necessary to be prudent and to observe future developments attentively.
The Americans remain in contact with the counties of origin. They continue to import good examples of the breed. But it is also indispensable that we preserve good relations with them if we want the single standard between the Belgians and the French to be respected.
Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for having listened to me.
clockwise from left top:
Roquepine de la Franche Pierre C.A.C. - C.A.C.I.B
Witou de Baugy C.A.C
Phare du Grand Tarsac and Tahiti de la Franche Pierre C.A. C. - C.A.C.I.B.
Surboum de la Franche Pierre C.A.C. - C.A.C.I.B.