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Shreveport, LA (KMSS) — Shreveport's Blue Cliff College dedicated their upcoming library to Caddo Commission Joyce Bowman, as well as honoring her with a community service award.
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Thirty-two-year old Elaine Yiu (姚子羚) has been in the entertainment industry for ten years. Possessing a hearty and talkative personality, she frankly revealed to the media that she hopes to get married soon and start a family. In addition, Elaine admitted that she was once an insolent girlfriend who was hard to tolerate.
"I want to quickly get married and have a baby. All I wish for is to have a husband with whom I am able to share a long-lasting relationship with." In Elaine's opinion, it does not matter if her husband is a boring man. The most important factor is not the feeling between them, but rather more about whether they are able to live together. Elaine believes two years of dating is enough. She expressed, "After five or six years of dating, we would feel like relatives and our love would turn into a responsibility. I don't want to marry someone who feels like a relative to me!"
Speaking about her love life, Elaine revealed that she currently has a pursuer. "He is someone outside the entertainment industry. I actually don't prefer dating someone within the industry, because I'm not used to seeing each other in the same work environment day and night. It would be so awkward if we have to film the same series!"
Apparently when Elaine was younger, she was hard to tolerate as a girlfriend. "Even though I was the one who was wrong, I would throw a tantrum! I'm not that intolerable anymore, but I'm still pretty picky and emotional. When that happens, it's best to just leave me alone. I'll get over it quickly!"
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Earlier, netizens pointed out that Elaine resembles Japanese adult-video actress, Riko Tachibana. Regarding these comments, Elaine simply laughed it off and said she does not mind. "Actually, Riko and I have the same profession. It's just that we film different things. Perhaps the audience thinks we exhibit a similar sense. Once, I ran into a chef backstage and he said, 'It's Riko!', when he saw me. He didn't even call me Elaine! Actually, it's not that great of a deal. It's a way for more people to know about me."
Currently, Elaine is filming for new drama, Unrequited Love in Two Cities <單戀雙城>, in which she portrays a singer. She expressed that in the future, she would like to try some comedic roles such as an insane woman, or roles that require her to overact.
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Elaine have very pretty eyes, the sparkles type of eyes that bright up her whole face. Pretty girl. Love her role in Missing You with Raymond Wong, very touching .
Much better than Mandy Wong face, lips too THICK!! Mandy face so annoying to me, always seem to be upset. Her annoying pregnant woman role in Friendly Fire was so annoying.
I thought Mandy's role in FF was pretty interesting; funny at first (to me, at least. But if I met someone like her, I'd punch her face in, even if she is a woman) but quite sad after. Her acting was great as well.
Yep I totally agree. If only Elaine pursued her career more aggressively, there would be no mention of Mandy Wong. She would stump Mandy if she actually acted more in TVB.
It is not quite up to Elaine Yiu to pursue her career more aggressively. It is TVB's decision if they want to promote her. Artistes are always passive in getting roles to act, unless they have good connections from senior management to help them out.
This applies to Nancy Wu, too. I think Mandy Wong will get her first lead role before Nancy Wu does.
Nancy is second lead in Food for Slaves but Mandy is only a supporting actress in On Call 2, Change of Heart, and that Bobby Esther series.
I hope Nancy can lead in the new series with Wayne, Power, Edwin, Raymond Cho and Raymond Wong.
I don't think she did any work, as one ages of course they're going to look different she just looks more mature than she had as Chole in RDOV.
Yeah I think that even if she did do her face, it wasn't really major. She still looks the same to me since her earlier days. (Just skinnier and more make up on the eyes)
I really hope she can become a lead actress! She's so underrated!
another skin and bone hk girl….
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>netizens pointed out that Elaine resembles Japanese adult-video actress, Riko Tachibana
Hah, nope!
She sounds just like her character in Revolving Door of Vengeance. Got to admit I'm prejudiced against her. She as a natural scheming look, and I cannot stand her pouty innocent look too.
I like the way Elaine pose in pictures very much. She has different expressions in different pictures. She remains the favour in me throughout the years due to her improvements in everything: look, acting and personality.
also a big fan of her .. i like the work that's done on her face. she doesn't have those carbon copy big japanese eyes.
her acting is very good in ancient and modern series.
I, too, think she's gotten to be very pretty and her skin looks good. No wonder she has a pouty look judging from what she said about herself. Her acting has improved a lot lately and I seem to like her more now.
No need to look further KM fits the criteria of being an instant noodle ready to eat, LOL
I've always thought she resembles a duckling. Must be the eye makeup.
She is so pretty when she keeps her mouth closed. Wish she could do something with her massive front teeth
i like her way more than mandy wong. tvb should give elaine most improved and mandy's roles instead. i guess it helps that mandy's grandfather has connections and elaine doesnt.
I also like Elaine Yiu more than Mandy Wong. She is more versatile in her acting. She is another one of Nancy Wu. Unfortunately, they are still supporting actresses no matter how good they are.
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I feel like the people who do Slut Walk are like those crazy bros in the Middle East who storm foreign embassy's over some amateur low budget movie that nobody even gives a shit about. Just delusional broads out of their minds stampeding around yelling nonsense. Like hey you loonies, nobody thinks it's okay to rape girls. There's a few whack nut rapists out there and literally 100% of normal people think they're all monsters and should be thrown in jail like dogs and kept away from the rest of society. So what the fuck are you protesting for? Might as well have a blowjob rally at a sports bar or a pro-butter march on Mike McCarthy's lawn. And it's all the fats and ugly's that come out for these things too. Girls nobody pays any attention to anyway. It's just so misleading. Save your energy for the treadmill babe, nobody wants to R you anyway.


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- Using a pestle or cocktail muddler, lightly bruise the rosemary needles. In a small saucepan, combine the rosemary with the honey and water and warm over moderately low heat for 5 minutes. Remove from the heat and let stand for 30 minutes. Transfer the rosemary-infused honey to a serving bowl or small pitcher.
- Meanwhile, using a sharp knife, peel the oranges, removing all of the bitter white pith. Cut the oranges crosswise into 1/4-inch-thick slices and arrange them on platters. Season the oranges lightly with salt and drizzle with some of the infused honey. Serve with additional honey alongside.
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The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Baby Penguins have moved into third place in the East Divison, after shutting out the Norfolk Admirals tonight on the road, by a final score of 3-0. Brad Thiessen stopped all 31 shots he faced, and posted his third AHL shutout of the year (fourth total – 1 in ECHL with Wheeling).
After two scoreless periods, Chris Conner pulled out a huge highlight reel type goal, while shorthanded.
From there, the Pens caught fire and added tallies from Nick Johnson and Ben Lovejoy.
A lot of heat between these two games from their last meeting on St. Patrick's Day, when Jesse Boulerice KO'd Juraij Simek and Mitch Fritz answered by punching Steve Wagner in his protective face shield. These two settle their feud, while Zach Sill gets into another spirited bout, and Tim Wallace throws down with Norfolk captain Ryan Craig.
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Habitat: Rocky forests and woodlands, edges of rock balds. [Hardwood to mixed forest (forest, upland)]
Range: Southern Maine and Massachusetts to Indiana, south to Georgia, Alabama, and Missouri
Aids to Identification: Glabrous stem, though can be puberulent in the inflorescence. Leaves pinnately veined, lanceolate to oblong, with a prolonged very slender acumination and rounded sessile base.
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I kind of hate to post this in the Tactical Scenerios column, but this is my follow up question to "Let's say the S just HTF, how much ammo do you have?".
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Posted by Ewen Rankin on Tuesday, 26 November 2013Sad to say that 'Clumsy Ninja' has provided not a lot more than a catalyst to continue to 'out' an ongoing and desperate flaw in the Apple App Model.
I'm SO tired of games of the 'in-app' purchase business model. Its at the stage that almost ANY game which offers this at dipshit prices is certain to get a monstrous review from me. The recent Batman game that can easily toast £140 in additional purchases, or the Age 4+ Kids Burger Factory game that plays one level and then requires Mustard for the next burger at £35 (I am not kidding) or Lets Golf 3 that has a character that is so tired after a couple of shots that there is significant wait until the next opportunity unless you pay £35 for 'pill boosts'
I'm also sick of games which offer something and deliver nothing and then hide behind the fans boys saying "Well it is Free". No, its not and was never intended to be. Only the feeble of mind can defend what is a vastly exploited market strategy which is massively prone to abuse. Any other argument which is positively offered for this model is just plainly smoke and mirrors.
This type of game does one of two things…
1. Allows kids to buy on Parents credit cards unwittingly and there is no shortage of press on that very topic.
2. Cause untold bad feeling when parents have to say "No" to ridiculous in-app purchase prices and kids are left with minuscule amounts of gameplay and with growing frequency that too isn't even free!
I am pig sick of the model. Its flawed, there are no redeeming features and it provides a safe harbour for unscrupulous developers to attempt to exploit what is marketed by Apple as a safe user experience. Apple must intervene and carefully police this system or the bad press of the misuse of this type of game with kids will grow ever more.
"Its up to the parents to control it" you say. No it most certainly isn't. The device is sold as family friendly and has a UI which is simplified to allow very young users to navigate and take part. Also, there are still a good many parents who are not au fait with the model and will only become 'wise' after the inevitable troubles with payment hit them.
I would hate to cast aspirations that Natural Motion are such a developer however. The game is playable and the graphics are slick for around 20-30 mins of gameplay before you run out of jewels and have to wait until tomorrow or buy more.
What Natural Motion display is what MOST developers display. A complete lack of balls.
If…you think your game is worth £21 then bloody charge that and stand by your product. Don't give me stupid lines about 'affordability' and 'options' I'm tired of fighting with my kids over why there aren't enough decent games that play for more than 20 mins before they are tossed to one side.
This could be a very playable and enjoyable game. I would happily part with upwards of £10 for it but I need to pay £13.99 for a 'Cart of Gems'. Now as there is a 'Gem Mine' at £20.99, I'm guessing that the carts gem store is finite and that the Mine's supply is infinite (hence my earlier £21 comment) I would be extremely disappointed however, to find out if it wasn't.
Apple and their developers had this dead right from the start. Simple, Playable, Affordable games which have a set price with no jiggery pokery hidden charging which America is already well known for.
Devs…grow some balls and hang out a decent product at a price you think it will sell at. Apple, equally, grow some balls and control this marketplace before your good name is permanently tarnished…and it will be.
If you want an example of perfect monetary policy, the Minecraft is a shining example. A reduce game play 'free game' with a single user license purchase if you want the McCoy. Simple, objective and ultimately…fair
Add to that the fact that its actually a pretty slow and boring game after throwing the little character around for the 144th time and It's not worth it. When the iTunes reviews give it 5 Stars and actually what they talk about is the fluidity of the graphics/physics and not the gameplay, that should be a hint.


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Democratic attorney general hopeful Stan Garnett says the $50,000 he loaned to his own campaign earlier this month is a testament to his commitment to the race and the enthusiasm he's generated from supporters.
Garnett, Boulder County District Attorney, has raised nearly $200,000 without the loan in the down-ticket race where he's challenging Republican incumbent Attorney General John Suthers. Suthers has raised $428,686 this cycle.
Garnett said he knew that his late entry into the race – he filed papers April 8 – would mean he'd have to make a loan at some point.
"I'm ahead of Dan Maes, and he's running for a top of the ticket race," Garnett quipped about the new-to-politics GOP pick for governor. "And he's been at it for about a year longer."
He pointed out that he's not accepting money from political action committees, a message that helped gain failed U.S. Senate candidate Andrew Romanoff traction in his race. (Though not enough as of Tuesday.)
"Fund-raising rules in Colorado are tight, particularly when you're not taking PAC money," Garnett said. "We're running a very lean campaign. I've been encouraged by the excitement we've seen."
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A Drought Updates live video meeting, bringing experts from across South Dakota to discuss drought impacts, will be held July 23 at South Dakota State University (SDSU) Extension regional centers.
"The drought is worsening day by day and has reached the critical point where South Dakota's crop and livestock producers will need to make significant management decisions to address its challenges," says Rosie Nold, Agriculture and Natural Resources Program director for SDSU Extension. "SDSU Extension is here to provide information and key resources."
Seminar presenters include Jon Farris, deputy ag secretary; Dennis Todey, state climatologist; and SDSU Extension specialists. They include Warren Rusche, cow-calf; Mike Moechnig, weeds; Bob Fanning, plant pathology; and Carrie Johnson, family resource management.
The updates will be held at 7 p.m. CDT and 6 p.m. MDT at all eight SDSU Extension regional centers. Those include Aberdeen, 605-626-2870; Lemmon, 605-374-4177; Mitchell, 605-995-7378; Pierre, 605-773-8120; Rapid City, 605-394-1722; Sioux Falls, 605-782-3290; Watertown, 605-842-1267;and Winner, 605-842-1267. For specific addresses, visit iGrow.org.
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EduSave Launches in Ghana
EduSave - An Innovative Combination of Savings, Insurance and Education Launched in Ghana
MicroEnsure Ghana's surveys show that 65% of Ghanaians keep extra money at home rather than in a formal financial institution. Of those with savings accounts, 80% of depositors have less than GH¢ 100 (approximately US$50) saved.
As a means of helping to increase the national savings rate, MicroEnsure Ghana developed an innovative savings-linked life insurance product. This new product links savings with insurance benefits: the more money saved in an account, the more insurance earned. With the introduction of savings-linked insurance in June 2011, partner institution Women's World Banking Ghana experienced a tremendous growth in total saving across all branches: From June to November, deposits under GHS 100 (approximately US$50), the target population for the incentive, increased from GH¢ 750,000 to GH¢ 2.3 million, with the savings-linked insurance product representing the only major intervention during this five-month period.
Now, through the introduction of the EduSave product, MicroEnsure Ghana has partnered with Opportunity International Savings and Loans to add yet another benefit to savings-linked insurance: education finance. In Ghana, parents are required to pay school fees in order to send their children to school. If a parent dies or becomes permanently disabled, money for the child's education is often one of the first things to be spent. Through the introduction of the EduSave product, MicroEnsure increases the ability of Ghanaian children to attend school in the event of a parent's death or disability.
EduSave works very simply: a Ghanaian parent saves with Opportunity International Savings and Loans and names one child as a beneficiary. Once the parent saves GH¢ 50 (approximately US$25), one year of free school fees insurance is earned for the child (worth GH¢ 250, approximately US$125). As more money is saved, more school fees insurance is earned, up to a maximum of eight years of school fees insurance (GH¢ 2,000, approximately US$1,000).
The launch of EduSave is an innovative solution to two current problems in Ghana: a low savings rate and the inability of children with deceased or disabled parents to pay their school fees. Through EduSave, MicroEnsure Ghana steps closer and closer to achieving its vision of allowing "all Ghanaians to live with dignity, hope, peace and self-fulfilment."
Philippines Insurance Commission Starts Microinsurance Dispute Framework
The Insurance Commission (IC) has signed a circular to implement the Alternative Dispute Resolution for Microinsurance (ADReM) framework.
Richard Leftley Podcast with the Microinsurance Network
Richard Leftley speaks to the Microinsurance Network and shares his views on product development, innovation, outreach and distribution at the 9th Microinsurance Conference held in Jakarta.
Clinical Lessons from the Mountain (Part Two)
Is Pneumonia being over-diagnosed?
Identifying Microinsurance Breakthroughs
In 2001 Jim Collins wrote in his book "Good to Great" about how companies achieve breakthrough. He asked his readers to imagine having the task of getting a huge flywheel with a 30 foot diameter in motion.


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PUBLISHED: 07 Nov 2012 00:32:23 | UPDATED: 08 Nov 2012 01:50:04PUBLISHED: 07 Nov 2012 PRINT EDITION: 07 Nov 2012Mercedes Ruehl
Deutsche Bank has kept its "hold" on Westpac Banking Corp and increased its 12-month price target by 8.6 per cent to $25.30 a share after the company's annual result. "Westpac has delivered a strong [second-half financial year ended September 30] result, especially when you consider the material restructuring that has taken place in the funding book with customer deposit funding increasing 5 per cent in one half," the broker said.Deutsche decreased its earnings per share forecast by 1.6 per cent in 2013 to $2.16 and by 4.1 per cent in 2014 to $2.26. The EPS forecast for 2015 was unchanged at $2.29.
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Ignatius McFarland: Frequenaut!
Kid Reporter Mariam El Hasan sits down with multi-talented author Paul Feig
- Grades: 3–5, 6–8
Sometimes, it seems like grown-ups just don't understand what it's like to be a kid. It's true that they were kids before, but they have forgotten. Somehow they just don't remember how funny it is when someone burps out loud in class. Any kid can tell you that is comedy at its best.
But Paul Feig remembers what it's like to be a kid. He is the author of the imaginative new science fiction book Ignatius McFarland: Frequenaut!
Ignatius McFarland is a book about an awkward 12-year-old boy, who doesn't have many friends. Even though Iggy doesn't bother anyone, the kids at his school are really mean to him, and nicknamed him "Piggy McFartland."
Throughout his life, he's always felt out of place, even when he's with his two best friends. Other kids treated him like he was from outer space. So he decided to go there. That's just when all his adventures begin.
I talked with the author about how he relates to Iggy. Feig said that when he was younger, he felt out of place just like his book's main character.
"I used to look out a telescope at night to look for UFOs," he said. Feig said he daydreamed about aliens coming to take him away just like he had seen in the movie Close Encounters.
Feig didn't really believe that aliens existed; he was just having fun with his imagination. But Iggy believes aliens are real and that they would understand him.
Iggy manages to travel to a different frequency, not a different planet, and that is why he is a "frequenaut" and not an astronaut. Feig was inspired to write about traveling to a different frequency because he liked the thought that we're here on Earth, but there's a different frequency exactly where we are standing.
In other words, he wanted to create a completely different type of life within the same world.
Feig has lots of careers: in addition to being a writer, he's an actor, a television producer, and a director. A lot of his artistic creations thought are all about the lives of nice kids who are just different from others. He even produced a popular television show called Freaks and Geeks.
He can't make up his mind as to whether he likes writing or directing and producing more. Feig says when he finishes one of his television projects, he likes to recharge his batteries by writing another book.
It's hard to believe that when he was a kid, Feig didn't like to read books. Comics like Charlie Brown Garfield were the only reading that could keep his attention. But when he got older, things started to change.
"When I got to college, I realized that I had missed out on so much," he said. "So, I started reading more, and pretty soon, I loved to read anything I could find."
The next book in the Ignatius McFarland series will be released in spring of 2010. The first one is like candy for your brain and second one is bound to be just as sweet. Feig may write books about life as a geek, but he's actually a pretty cool guy!
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European Medicines Agency Issues Positive Recommendation on Generic Zoledronic Acid
Zoledronic Acid Accord is a generic of Zometa, which has been authorised in the EU since 2001
- Date: 27 Nov 2013
- Topic: Palliative and supportive care
On 21 November 2013 the European Medicines Agency Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) adopted a positive opinion, recommending the granting of a marketing authorisation for the medicinal product Zoledronic Acid Accord 4mg/5ml concentrate for solution for infusion intended for the prevention of skeletal related events (pathological fractures, spinal compression, radiation or surgery to bone, or tumour-induced hypercalcaemia) in adult patients with advanced malignancies involving bone, and the treatment of tumour-induced hypercalcaemia (TIH).
The applicant for this medicinal product is Accord Healthcare Limited. They may request a re-examination of any CHMP opinion, provided they notify the European Medicines Agency in writing of their intention within 15 days of receipt of the opinion.
The active substance of Zoledronic Acid Accord is zoledronic acid (as monohydrate), a bisphosphonate (M05BA08). Zoledronic acid stops the action of the osteoclasts. This leads to less bone loss. The reduction of bone loss helps to make bones less likely to break, which is useful in preventing fractures in cancer patients with bone metastases. Patients with tumours can have high levels of calcium in their blood, released from the bones. By preventing the breakdown of bones, zoledronic acid also helps to reduce the amount of calcium released into the blood.
Zoledronic Acid Accord is a generic of Zometa, which has been authorised in the EU since 20 March 2001. Studies have demonstrated the satisfactory quality of Zoledronic Acid Accord. This product is administered intravenously and is 100% bioavailable; therefore, a bioequivalence study versus the reference product Zometa was not required. A question and answer document on generic medicines can be found here. A pharmacovigilance plan for Zoledronic Acid Accord will be implemented as part of the marketing authorisation.
The approved indication is:
- "Prevention of skeletal related events (pathological fractures, spinal compression, radiation or surgery to bone, or tumour-induced hypercalcaemia) in adult patients with advanced malignancies involving bone.
- The treatment of tumour-induced hypercalcaemia (TIH)".
Detailed recommendations for the use of this product will be described in the summary of product characteristics, which will be published in the European public assessment report, and will be available in all official European Union languages after the marketing authorisation has been granted by the European Commission.
The CHMP, on the basis of quality, safety and efficacy data submitted, considers there to be a favourable benefit to risk balance for Zoledronic Acid Accord and therefore recommends the granting of the marketing authorisation.


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May 09, 2014 - 04:38 pm CDT
What if the design of a place leads to less obesity? Greater affordability? Reduced environmental impact? There are rating systems (such as LEED ND and STAR Communities) which recognize communities and projects addressing these goals, yet Author, Planner and Consultant Jeff Speck addressed how many of these goals can be accomplished by ensuring that cities mature and redevelop as walkable places.
Speaking to more than 150 attendees at the Making Austin Walkable lecture on May 6, 2014, Jeff shared important health, economic and sustainability information on walkable cities. What health and safety benefits do walkable places provide?:
- lower levels of obesity (which now effects more than 1/3 of US adults, and approximately 1/5 of US children),
- lower levels of diabetes,
- lower rates of high blood pressure, and
- longer life expectancy.
The most striking statistics include vehicular mortality. Cities-which have been deemed "unsafe" for perceived and past high crime-are safer than our suburban places. Walkable places like New York City have a vehicular mortality rate 85% less than automobile dependent places like Orland (3:100,000 and 20:100,000, respectively), and are safer still than suburbs when factoring in violent crime.
Jeff had the opportunity to tour some of Austin's walkable places (the good, the great, and the ugly) and his lecture shared important economic statistics about places that are walkable. Walkable places offer great economic benefit; retailers find that customers spend significantly more over cumulative trips when they walk or bike compared to those who drive; price premiums for homes in walkable places are $4,000-$34,000 per house; and households benefit from significant annual transportation cost savings $4,370 (from reduced vehicle miles travelled) to $9,320. Expenses from healthcare are also higher in less walkable areas; the five U.S. cities most likely to have asthma, people drive 27% more.
Not diving into the details of energy certification programs, Jeff assessed that the most energy efficient suburban household (think high-efficiency compact fluorescent lightbulbs, new appliances, Prius, etc.) still consumes more energy than an inefficent urban household. Just living without a car for one week saves more energy than using high efficiency lighting for a year. How are cities are laid out plays an important role in environmental sustainability, as US cities comsume half the energy per capita as suburbs consume, and peer cities outside the US (like Vancouver and London) use even half of the energy of US' efficient cities.
Scroll down to check out Jeff's lecture below, or watch his 16-minute TED talk. Before leaving Austin, he left a few recommendations:
-Block and street size: Austin's downtown blocks fare well, but, right size your blocks and streets to the pedestrian scale. Skinny streets with ample pedestrian & tree space provide a safer public space; two-lane roads can handle 10,000 cars per day, but, many roads are 4-lanes of fast-moving traffic, count the cars and count the lanes to see if you can find space!
-Create connectivity: Connectivity needs to happen through large developments, especially multifamily; minimum spacing of intersections of constructed streets assists with this.
-Capacity: Increasing capacity of transportation infrastructure isn't successfully done by adding new lanes; within 4 years of new lane construction lanes have filled and congestion is at its previous level. You need to increase capacity by enabling other transportation options, so be sure that investment in transit is part of the conversation.
-Equity: Communities often want to distribute resources equitably, but, providing minimal improvements to all areas will not make any walkable. Instead, start small and build outward. Some streets-such as those with jails-will never be good, leave these for last so energy can be focused on improving areas that have opportunity. (recommendations continue below)
-Expectations: most unwalkable places have housing and parking over-represented, and things like office, retail, dining, entertainment, recreation and worship need to be added. Since retail and schools often are constructed 15 years after housing, be certain to plan for these uses so future residents can walk to school, work and entertainment.
- One-Way Streets: convert one-way streets to two-way; one-way streets are bad for retail and walkability
-Parking design: enable parking to be shared between uses; parking is one of the wasted land uses that oftentimes is quite valuable. Where parking garages exist, require 30' setbacks so they can eventually have liner buildings.
-Parking pricing: make changes to your parking pricing and benefits, charging more for where people want to parkland creating parking benefits districts can help to make these areas better
Follow Jeff on Twitter @JeffSpeckAICP
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My current studies are on heme oxygenase (HO) regulation of obesity induced hypertension. Nutrient overload and genetic factors have led to a worldwide epidemic of obesity that is the underlying cause of diabetes, atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease. Diet induced obesity results in elevated levels of glucose and fatty acids in liver, resulting in enhanced production of reactive oxygen species (ROS). The oxidative stress magnifies the adverse effects of obesity by inducing inflammation in liver, leading to non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). The onset of NAFLD has been linked to cardiovascular events by increasing levels of the proinflammatory markers interleukin-6 (IL-6) and C-reactive protein (CRP). CRP is an acute phase protein that is predominantly produced by exacerbated ROS in liver, resulting in secretion into blood, increasing the risk of hypertension and cardiovascular disease.
The heme oxygenase enzyme is functionally important for reducing ROS by increasing production of the antioxidant, bilirubin. Our studies show that increasing HO activity attenuates the development of NAFLD in obese mice by significantly increasing expression of the nuclear receptor, peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor alpha (PPARalpha). Induction of PPARalpha activity results in decreased CRP expression, as well as, increased expression of fibroblast growth factor 21 (FGF21), resulting in the reversal of hepatic steatosis, increased energy expenditure, and decreased body weight. My current studies have elucidated the HO-1-PPARalpha-FGF21 axis as a new signaling paradigm that can manage obesity induced NAFLD, resulting in the lowering of hypertension.
• For: Methods and Compositions for Treating Dyslipidemia and Obesity using Protein
Phosphatase 5 as a Drug Target (2012).
Inventors: Terry D. Hinds, Jr. and Edwin R. Sanchez
*US Utility Patent
• For: Glucocorticoid Receptor Beta in Mice (2010).
Inventors: Terry D. Hinds, Jr. and Edwin R. Sanchez
*Provisional Patent
Resource: Mouse Glucocorticoid Receptor beta Polyclonal Antibody
Inventors: Terry D. Hinds, Jr. and Edwin R. Sanchez
Awards and Commendations:
2010 Selected for Oral Presentation in "Hot topics of Physiology", Keystone Symposia, Nuclear Receptors: Signaling, Gene Regulation and Cancer, Keystone,
2010 Cancer, Genetics, and Signaling (CGS) Group at the National Cancer Institute-Frederick.
Selected as one of the Top 10 at the NIH Graduate Student Research Festival (200 total)
2010 Abstract Award, Endocrine Society National Meeting, San Diego, CA
2009-10 Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA), NIDDK, NIH
2008 Campden Research Scholarship Recipient
2001 Thinker of the Year Award Recipient, Civic Development Group
2001 Beta Beta Beta Biological Honor Society Research Scholarship Recipient
1996 Dow Chemical Academic Science Scholarship Recipient
• 2002 - B.S., Biology, Shawnee State University, Portsmouth, Ohio
• 2010 - Ph.D., Medical Sciences, Cardiovascular and Metabolic Diseases, University of Toledo, College of Medicine, Toledo, Ohio
• 2004 - Anatomy and Physiology I, Adjutant Instructor, Shawnee State University
• 2004 - Anatomy and Physiology II, Adjunct Instructor, Shawnee State University
• 2007 - Guest lecturer for Methods in Molecular Biology course, Medical University
of Ohio
• 2011 - Postdoctoral Fellow, Physiology & Pharmacology, University of Toledo
• 2012 - Instructor, Organ Systems course in Physiology & Pharmacology, University
of Toledo
• 2013 - Assistant Professor, Physiology & Pharmacology, University of Toledo
Representative Publications:
Luca Vanella, Komal Sodhi, Dong Hyun Kim, Nitin Puri, Mani Maheshwari, Terry D. Hinds, Jr., Lars Bellner, D. Goldstein, Stephen J. Peterson, Nader G. Abraham and Joseph Shapiro. Increased Heme-Oxygenase 1 Expression Diminished Adipocyte Differentiation and
Lipid Accumulation by Upregulation of the Canonical Wnt Signaling Cascade. Stem Cell Research and Therapy (2013). PMID:
Hinds, T. D. J., Stechschulte, L. A., Cash, H. A., Whisler, D., Banerjee, A., Yong, W., Khuder, S. S., Kaw, M. K., Shou, W., Najjar, S. M. & Sanchez, E. R. Protein phosphatase 5 mediates lipid metabolism through reciprocal control of glucocorticoid and PPAR{gamma} receptors. J Biol Chem (2011). PMID: 21994940.
Wuescher, L., Angevine, K., Hinds, T., Ramakrishnan, S., Najjar, S., and Mensah-Osman, E. Insulin regulates Menin expression, cytoplasmic localization and interaction with FOXO1. Am J Phys Endo & Met (2011). PMID: 21693693.
Chen, H., Yong, W., Hinds, T. D. J., Yang, Z., Zhou, Y., Sanchez, E. R. & Shou, W. Fkbp52 regulates androgen receptor transactivation activity and male urethra morphogenesis. J Biol Chem 285, 27776-27784 (2010). PMID: 20605780.
Hinds, T. D. J., Ramakrishnan, S., Cash, H. A., Stechschulte, L. A., Heinrich, G., Najjar, S. M. & Sanchez, E. R. Discovery of glucocorticoid receptor-beta in mice with a role in metabolism. Mol Endocrinol 24, 1715-1727 (2010). PMID: 20660300.
Periyasamy, S., Hinds, T. D., Shemshedini, L., Shou, W. & Sanchez, E. R. FKBP51 and Cyp40 are positive regulators of androgen-dependent prostate cancer cell growth and the targets of FK506 and cyclosporin A. Oncogene 29, 1691-1701 (2010). PMID: 20023700.
Warrier, M., Hinds, T. D. J., Ledford, K. J., Cash, H. A., Patel, P. R., Bowman, T. A., Stechschulte, L. A., Yong, W., Shou, W., Najjar, S. M. & Sanchez, E. R. Susceptibility to diet-induced hepatic steatosis and glucocorticoid resistance in FK506-binding protein 52-deficient mice. Endocrinology 151, 3225-3236 (2010). PMID: 20427484.
Wolf, I. M., Periyasamy, S., Hinds, T. D., Jr., Yong, W., Shou, W. & Sanchez, E. R. Targeted ablation reveals a novel role of FKBP52 in gene-specific regulation of glucocorticoid receptor transcriptional activity. J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol 113, 36-45 (2009). PMID: 19073255.
Banerjee, A., Periyasamy, S., Wolf, I. M., Hinds, T. D. J., Yong, W., Shou, W. & Sanchez, E. R. Control of glucocorticoid and progesterone receptor subcellular localization by the ligand-binding domain is mediated by distinct interactions with tetratricopeptide repeat proteins. Biochemistry 47, 10471-10480 (2008). PMID: 18771283.
Hinds, T. D., Jr. & Sanchez, E. R. Protein phosphatase 5. Int J Biochem Cell Biol 40(11), 2358-2362 (2008). PMID: 17951098.
E. Uldrich, R. Phipps, Hinds, Jr., Terry D. and E. H. Burns, Jr. 2004. Selective reduction of coliforms in constructed wetlands. In: Mitsch, W. J. and V. Bouchard (ed.), Olentangy River Wetland Research Park at The Ohio State University, Annual Report. Columbus, OH.
Hinds, Jr., Terry D., R. R. Brown, and E. H. Burns, Jr. 2002. Reduction of Fecal Coliform Levels in Two Constructed Wetlands at the Olentangy River Wetland Research Park. In: Mitsch, W. J. and V. Bouchard (ed.), Olentangy River Wetland Research Park at The Ohio State University, Annual Report. Columbus, OH.


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Two of our favorite celebrities, Miley Cyrus and Adam Lambert, have been photographed sporting bright yellow with black accenting. We can't pick which one we love more!
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If this is the good that comes from a retarded idiot, then England is doing pretty good...let's hope we get a better successor...
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good update as always. shame about Freddy though. Genetics is either hit or miss.
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I loved the way you portrayed the autistic king - really great writing.
This is all the more interesting for me as I'm in the midst of my own MM England game (currently circa 1485). Will be a useful contrast as I've taken the decision that my ruler will 'go with the flow' and cheer for the Reformation when it arrives. Looking forward to see how events unfold in your parallel universe...
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Really interesting!
VII. In God's Name
Six years after Dempier first hammered his 95 theses to the door of the town church, few were willing to take up his cause, and the Danish monk had gone into hiding for fear of being burned at the stake as Jan Hus had been a century earlier.
For the most part Christians simply did not take Dempieranism seriously. The so-called "Protestant" theology was just another heresy that would eventually be corrected by the church. Any country that showed tolerance to the new doctrine risked excommunication, and the cost of that was great in Catholic Europe. In the United Kingdoms the memories of the Lollards and their short-lived heresy was still fresh, while the pope's influence was strong. Few among the British had even heard of Dempier in 1520. All that was to change in the coming months.
There was another side to the story, of course; there always is. Dempieranism was tempting to many Catholics for a variety of reasons. The church was in fact riddled with corruption, a fact that was often forgotten in the Kingdoms, since they enjoyed the good favor of many popes. Absentee priests, the practice of simony, the sale of indulgences, all of these created a growing dissatisfaction with the Roman church and a yearning to return to the simpler Apostolic church described in the New Testament. Others, like Frederick I himself, were more rational about the new doctrine: by condemning both monasticism and church excess, it implicitly gave princes the right to seize church assets. In many countries the church was the single largest landowner; in some, it controlled over a third of all land. This made it tempting indeed to many, especially in Germany, where many had made fortunes during the Hussite wars by converting, seizing property and then converting back to the true faith with virtually no consequences. Could a Hussite war happen again?
The answer was not long in coming. In January 1520 the kingdom of Burgundy converted to the new faith. It is unclear what motivated Phillipe VII to break from Rome the way he did due to later events, but it was very clear to Europe what this meant. There was a collective intake of breath as the sovereigns of Christendom began to look around themselves nervously. The dam had burst, and a flood was coming.
Just as he had in Germany, the pope reacted quickly. When Philippe refused to back down and beg dispensation he and all of Burgundy were placed under interdiction, excommunicated from the faith. Good Catholics were urged to rise up and overthrow their king, and although no great revolution followed, Philippe was forced to post extra guards in Bourgogne just as they were needed to carry out the new laws of the country. France and Lorraine broke their alliances with the Burgundian monarch in an almost unseemly haste to be seen as good Catholics. To make matters worse for Phillippe, the papal bull Exsurge Domine was posted in town squares across France and England, condemning Phillippe and Dempier both. Burgundy stood isolated, its people divided and its church under siege.
Having made his decision on Dempier, Frederick I was unhappy to have the matter come up again in Parliament, but it refused to go away. Calais and Dunkirk sent petitions to London to demand that the Kingdoms intervene to stop this Protestant menace, while the Reichstag met in Vienna to decide what imperial policy should be towards the kingdom of Burgundy. As Defender of the Faith and Holy Roman Emperor, Frederick had no real choice in the matter. When Burgundy again refused to respect the authority of the church, Frederick declared a crusade against Burgundy!
Once he had decided on a course of action, Frederick burst into action. He spent frenetic days laboring away in his library, writing orders and making plans for the invasion. He worked tirelessly and wore out a succession of assistants and aides de camp, and no little time was spent during these first months in expanding the royal bureaucracy considerably to deal with the war preparations. And they were sorely needed; never before had the Kingdoms had to deal with so much at once.
With the tacit support of France, 12,000 troops were ferried from Brittany to Calais while another 20,000 German troops were outfitted in England for the invasion. By late spring Frederick was confident of success, and in June the armies proceeded cautiously into the Low Countries. For several weeks the crusading armies pushed deeper in, but Frederick wrote a flurry of orders, keeping his officers on short leash, refusing to believe that Burgundy was finished yet.
His patience was rewarded in July when the lack of resistance was suddenly explained. French support for the crusade was always lukewarm, and Phillippe had been able to call on old favors to allow his army across France to attack Brittany. Leading a massive force of 23,000 men, Phillippe marched into the Vendee. Had Brittany not been stripped of its defenders for the crusade the British might have been able to repulse this surprise attack. As it was, the 10,000 British troops in the duchy were forced to withdraw and allow Nantes to be besieged. Frederick sent Sir Sydney Cook to take command of the Breton forces and authorized local militias to be added to the British forces, but his 13,000 were thoroughly defeated when they tried to raise the siege in September.
Hearing the news, the Earl of Moribhan proposed raising a salt tax to pay for the war, but the king demurred. The crusade was still going according to plan. Not all was perfect, however: at home simony became even more abundant, and support for the heresy increased.
In Brittany, Sydney led a second, hopeless attack against the Burgundians. The battle was a loss, but Frederick was not displeased. Burgundy could ill afford the losses, while the Kingdoms had a seemingly inexhaustible number of volunteers from the Empire. Phillippe's 16,000 men were still enough to take Nantes, but increasingly it seemed like his aim of taking Brittany would falter midstep, while the Low Countries were now completely in British hands. Phillippe must have been nervous indeed, for he began offering reparations to the United Kingdoms. Frederick refused to listen, singlemindedly insistent that he achieve his own war aims: Burgundy must give up its dangerous heresy, the one thing Phillippe would not do.
The British advance into the Low Countries was so successful that Phillippe broke off his invasion of Brittany and fled to Burgundy to lead a counterattack there. The 6,000 men that remained in Brittany were exhausted, out of supplies and still besieging Nantes when Sir Sydney Cook's men tore into them that autumn. Although an able general, Cook was unable to use his numerical advantage to good effect in the terrain. The battle was costly for the British, and the Burgundians aquitted themselves honorably in battle before reluctantly quitting the siege.
In the Low Countries, Phillipe's return gave spirit to the few remaining Burgundians who continued resistance, and they managed to harass the British occupying the country until winter. On New Year's Day the British commander finally managed to pin down all remaining forces in Holland and met Phillippe's 3,200 men with his own 15,000. The Burgundians refused to surrender and were wiped out to the last man, with a last, titanic sacrifice to allow Phillippe himself to escape capture.
The massacre of Antwerp is considered one of the most important battles of the 16th century. The battle was far from the turning point that some historians make it out to be; the war had been decided in Brittany months earlier. Had Phillippe not split his armies the way he had, he might have been able force the British onto the defensive while they ran out of supplies. Instead, the British were able to hold onto the areas they conquered and push the Burgundians back repeatedly while Phillippe's leadership was wasted in Brittany. No, the battle is far more important for two of its longer-reaching effects.
The victory was cheered in London, and Frederick himself permitted a rare smile to escape his lips. He then proceeded to analyze the battle thoroughly; the Crown Report of 1522 made a number of recommendations based on the battle that produced the new Maurician tactics used by British infantry from 1522 onwards. That was one effect. The other, however, completely dwarfs this in the annals of world history, to the point that few schoolchildren have even heard of Maurician tactics.
The massacre of Antwerp had reverbations across Europe, but none so powerful as in nearby Flanders, where the writer Luciano Paruta was sickened by the news. He used the war as inspiration for his radical theology, and wrote about religion in strict, martial terms that appealed to some who felt the Catholic threat demanded a martial response. Paruta's new faith was far more radical and far more dangerous than anything Dempier ever intended, and the new, radical Reformed faith failed to appeal to the masses in the way that Protestantism had. Nevertheless, it caught on in places as far away as Austria or Bremen, and gave lie to the crusade's successes. Ironically, even while victory in Burgundy was assured, the greater war against heresy was being lost in Europe - and even at home.
In the Kingdoms themselves, Dempierism seemed to gain strength from the news of the war. Soldiers and traders returned from Calais and Brittany brought strange ideas and tracts with them, and throughout 1522 parts of the United Kingdoms began to embrace the new tenets, slowly at first, but as Frederick failed to act, more boldly. Some have suggested that Frederick held secret Protestant sympathies; his diaries reveal something entirely less torrid: he failed to see these heresies as threats to the Kingdoms as long as they respected his laws. Without a British inquisition, the heretics gained strength and in many areas became a majority.
In May 1522 the British army finally reached Bourgogne only to find the Burgundian capital in the throes of a Catholic counter-revolution. The unfortunate-named Lord de Villaine led several thousand Catholic die-hards who were resisting Phillippe's Reformation, while the king himself barely had the forces to put it down. With the royal army closing in, Phillippe's Protestant Burgundy was doomed. Recognizing that his fate was sealed, the French moved across the border to put down a loyalist rebellion in British-occupied Burgundy. The following winter, the two exhausted, depleted armies clashed one final time. Phillippe was slain in battle and all of Burgundy was under British occupation.
Political realities dragged the crusade out for years until troops could reach the Burgundian capital in Bourgogne
Phillippe's son Henri began negotiations with Frederick to salvage his inheritance, but time and again refused to convert back to the Catholic church. As months dragged on into years, the British occupation continued to tie up Imperial forces, giving heart to tens of thousands of Protestant sympathizers across Europe. In 1524 Savoy, Croatia and Luxembourg all broke away from Rome; in 1526 Switzerland and Kurland did as well, and meanwhile in the United Kingdoms, Protestants had become a majority in London itself! While the king was put under increased protection, even the loyalty of his guard came into question...
By 1526 the Reformation was gaining strength across Europe
The final insult came in 1526, when Frederick, exhausted by the crusade, demanded to be recognized for his efforts by being crowned emperor in Rome. The pope, clearly afraid that he had created a monster in Europe, refused. Although he had been elected emperor several years earlier, Frederick had never been officially crowned and never made the pilgrimage to the papal states required of the emperors. It is clear that he was pressured into this demand by his advisors, but he also seems to have thought that it would somehow end the Protestant threat. His writings around this time are confused, and it is clear that exhaustion was taking its toll on the Grey King.
Finally, Frederick fell back on a secondary plan. He demanded the Cosmopolitaine regions of the Low Countries from Burgundy, the provinces of Artois, Picardie and Hainaut (Frederick quickly released Hainaut, believing it to be in his best interests not to conflict with the empire and not wanting to deal with yet another culture in the Kingdoms). These areas had been quick to convert to the Dempieran heresy and threatened British Calais with their missionary tracts. In addition, Frederick won from young Henri a recognition of the clear and eternal British claim to Dunkirk and Calais, and agreed to pay to Frederick reparations worth the property he had seized from the church so far. The wisdom of this plan was seen a year later in June 1527 when Henri returned his country to the Catholic faith. Without the Cosmopolitaine Protestant backbone, Henri lacked support for his Reformation, and he was accepted back into the folds of the church reluctantly but fully. Those Protestant Frenchmen, however, were now Frederick's problem, and it was only months before the Cosmopolitaine there rose up in angry revolt against their new masters.
The end of the crusade created a British presence in Belgium and another border with France
The Crusade had achieved its aims in Burgundy, but it had inadvertinely strengthened the Protestant cause in the United Kingdom and in Europe itself. By 1527 Protestantism was supported by many smaller countries, especially in the Holy Roman Empire itself, and the new Reformed faith was beginning to seize hold in certain places. Even countries such as the United Kingdoms and France were suffering from heresy. It was clear now that a crusade was only a temporary solution. The church itself needed to reform itself if ever it hoped to heal the schism.
The Council of Schwaben
The church was already in the process of reforming itself by 1527. Years earlier, when the crusade first began, the pope had been convinced of the seriousness of the threat from the heresy and had called for a church council, which opened in September 1522 in Schwaben. The Council of Schwaben was to prove one of the most meaningful in church history, as it defined the early modern Catholic Church's response to the Protestant Reformation.
In its first two sessions (in 1522), the council decided that faith without works was dead. This had been an issue with the Protestants, who condemned good works since it led to the practice of paying alms in return for dispensation. The council, however, believed that the Catholic Church could deal with the sale of indulgences on its own - good works were still vital to real repentance. The same session also condemned the practice of nepotism in the papacy. The council later decided to allow all to partake from the communion cup, a demand made by Protestants as early as the 14th century. Just as the cup had been offered to the Hussites to convince Bohemia to return to the faith, so now did the church offer it to all in an effort to reach out to the dissatisfied.
The Council of Schwaben decided many crucial issues of doctrine over the five years it met
In February 1523 the council met a third time and decided, after lengthly debate, that both Scripture and Tradition were important in the church. This was the church's answer to those who demanded that all doctrine be backed up by support in the bible. This demand had been heard increasingly since translations of the bible into local tongues had begun appearing in Europe, allowing the average layman to read the bible themselves. Many were surprised to find no mention of confession or popes in the bible. The church, however, believed that the fifteen hundred years of tradition and revelation counted for just as much, even if it was not written down on paper. This hard-line policy threatened to close the door to compromise totally, but before the hardliners could take over church policy completely the council ended due to the threat of plague. It would not open again for a year.
In September 1524 the Council of Schwaben met for the fourth time, where the bishops made it mandatory for clerics to reside in their parishes. This effectively ended the practice of absenteeism, although it would take a generation to take effect. At the same time, many countries began losing faith in monks and nuns and monasticism went into a steep decline across Europe, especially in the Kingdoms, where it had been relatively weak since the 1450s. The council's response was to introduce a number of new monastic orders to deal with the heresies, notably the (now infamous) Societas Jesu, or Jesuit Order. Finally, after the negotiations that ended the crusade in Burgundy, the council met one last time to allow for the vernacular in masses and in the bible, and to call for seminaries to be built in every bishopric.
Monasticism went into a deep decline in the Kingdoms in the 1520s
The council's wavering between compromise and orthodoxy reflected the changing political landscapes of the 1520s, and also the differing numbers of Italian bishops at each session. The Italians tended to be relatively unaffected by the Reformation and more inclined to risk collision with them, while the German and British bishops especially pushed for compromise. In the end, the council was split between the two camps, and the issue of whether the Protestants could be wooed back to the church would not be decided for another long decade. In failing to provide a clear focus for the church, both sides had failed. Without leadership, the Catholic cause in Europe was flagging. This was reflected most clearly when, in 1527, the duchy of Austria broke from Rome.
The Protestant threat was now weeks way from the Holy See
The pope was suddenly more conciliatory towards the Kingdoms, but it was too late. Spurned by the pope in his imperial interests, tired of religion entirely, Frederick found himself captivated by new obsessions. One of these was government itself; his dislike of governing the Kingdoms had caused many problems. Frederick believed he had found a solution to both his problems and Britain's; his expansion of the royal bureaucracy during the crusade was developed into a formal series of rules, positions and paperwork that created a more modern government for Britain, an administrative monarchy if you will. Frederick typically underplayed this in his diaries:
New admin. system analysis: efficiency gains +1.5m ducats/yr (3%!) but exp. initial confusion = lower taxes by 3.9m/yr for ~3 years. Overall gd, esp. if coloniz. practical.
New England
Frederick tended to go over his own notes obsessively and it was in 1527 that he began writing in his diary about investments. Specifically, he noted that it would take the fledgling New England colony 40 years of sending everything they made back to London to repay the Kingdoms for the expense of colonizing them - and far, far longer in any normal circumstance. To another man this might have signalled a reason to end the colonies; Frederick had cited similar figures earlier. Now, however, he realized that costly wars were a bad investment. The troops required to keep the French Protestants from revolting had alarmed France, and now 66,000 French troops were in Normandy against the 20,000-strong Breton army and 21,000-strong Belgian one. Matters were not improved by the vague treaty with the Burgundians; the border with France was in dispute and the Kingdoms unknowingly inherited a conflict with France that Burgundy had started. War seemed imminent if nothing changed. Frederick decided to seek out new opportunities, and suddenly money began to pour into New England from the royal coffers. In March 1527 Frederick funded a royal expedition to explore the neighboring Indian tribes around New England.
The Royal Expedition of 1527 was a turning point in the history of Great Britain in North America
The expedition returned with reports of much more extensive settlements than had been imagined - in fact, with news of tribes weeks away. As the scope of the new world began to sink in, Frederick realized the importance of the colonies to Britain's future. He gave New England a city charter and created the crown colony of Maudland after his wife.
In 1528 he promoted a new Grand Admiral of the navy and sent him in charge of a flotilla of ships to the New World. Colonial towns began to dot the map as new colonies were founded one by one. Sadly, these new settlements caused grave problems with the natives. Many of them were semi-nomadic, staying in one place until the soil gave out, then moving to a new area, only to return to their original site after years or decades. So it was that the British found sites perfect for colonization and devoid of natives, only to discover years later that the natives had returned to their ancestral homes. The Europeans were of course unwilling to give up the buildings, roads and farms they had built, while the natives were often unable to go anywhere else. Angry recriminations were fanned into hatred by limited interpreters and religious intolerance. It was clear that something had to be done. By coincidence, that same month news from Spain arrived, telling of the immense riches brought back from the New World with their conquest of Mexico.
Frederick ordered Sir Sydney Cook and Sir William Bedford to the colonies with an additional 5,000 troops, making a full army of 10,000 there to defend British interests. Stormy weather prevented the convoy from leaving until spring, however, and instead the ships anchored at Land's End in August 1528, with plans to leave the following April. Unfortunately, something came up before then.
Death of a Tyrant
Sadly, that autumn the crown prince died of influenza. Crown Prince Harold was a likeable man free of his father's ailment and was engaged to be married to a French princess when the latter came of age. An only child, Harold was his mother's darling, although he was largely ignored by Frederick. There were some rumors that he might be too influenced by his mother's family. Mathilda had become even more rigid in her Catholicism, and wanted to institute a holy inquisition to drive the heretics out of the Kingdoms; the open secret of her isolation, however, gave her little clout at court.
Would the Kingdoms have become more intolerant under King Harold? It is hard to say. Harold was still young when he died; his father was in the prime of his life, and there were no reports of any illness that could have struck him down early and allowed a young Harold to change things during the crucial Reformation years. Harold was said to have been more like his grandfather than anyone else, and a charismatic young king could have done much for the country. Alas, it was not to be.
Tragedy followed tragedy, as it so often does in history. The death of the Crown Prince threw the succession into question. Frederick of course had no other sons, not even a daughter or a bastard. His eccentricity ended up the death of him, although he was quite healthy when he died. It was almost certainly Harold's death that triggered his own; Frederick was killed, suddenly, of an assassin's dagger on Hallowe'en eve, 1528, as his attacker cried "Die, Tyrant!" The assassin was savagely killed by Frederick's guards but the damage had been done. Regicide is always shocking and Frederick's was to have grave repercussions, but it was welcomed by many in the United Kingdoms.
Was Frederick a tyrant? He was one of the most unpopular kings of Britain and was hated for much of his reign. He managed to alienate lords and commoners both with his impersonal rule, rages and cold calculations. But historians have had a more mixed reaction. When he chose to rule directly, Frederick could be brilliant. His reliance on others can be explained as understanding his own limitations. It was a weakness, but it was also a strength - his reorganization of the British government was nothing short of brilliant for a single man. He was a sound tactician and it was his intervention that won the nearly bloodless victory over Denmark and the decidedly Machiavellian crusade against Burgundy. In both wars he was capable of making sacrifices, pushing his men into forced marches and knowingly sending them to their deaths in doomed battles for the sake of the greater war. He won all his wars, but at the same time, his policies failed to have the strategic vision of a great king. The crusade failed to stop the Reformation, while his neglect of New England prevented a jump start on the Kingdom's overseas empire.
In the end, Frederick I Lancaster was neither a great man nor a tyrant. He was simply, tragically, human.
The United Kingdoms at a Glance in 1528
Treasury: 40 million ducats
Estimated GDP: 573.6 million ducats
Standing Army: 47,000 Maurician infantry and 15,000 knights
Reserves: 57,000 (thanks to the empire)
Royal Navy: 12 caravels and 5 flytes
Prestige: 1st highest (100)
Reputation: Honorable (0/20)
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good job getting all of those continental holdings. And a great writing style to boot. Excellent AAR!!!
WHAT!? The Mass in the vernacular? What has become of the Church... :disapproves:
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So...the husband of his oldest sister gets the throne?
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I could be wrong, but I think England uses Cognatic Primogeniture and so the throne would pass to Frederick's nephews via his eldest sister. That's what I plan to go with, anyhow, so as not to lose the House of Lancaster entirely.Originally Posted by Fulcrumvale
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storm clouds gather over Europe as the spread of protestantism continues while france masses its troops at the english border. Oh boy, were gonna have some interesting years ahead great update by the way, I don't usually take well to the history book aars but this one is excellent.
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The gathering storm! Nice stuff.
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Yes, but the nephews are probably underage, which means that the brother in law gets the regency. And also, that does mean an end to the house of Lancaster; now its the house of whatever the last name of the brother in law is.Originally Posted by dharper
Which makes the title rather redundant, unfortunately.
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What is going to be of the United Kingdoms? And of Europe?
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Hmm.Originally Posted by Fulcrumvale
I mean, yes, yes, that was my plan all along.
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Just a clarification:
When you mean, "the Mass and the Bible were allowed to be in the vernacular," do you mean that the Pope granted an indult, as is the case today, or is it to the exclusion of the lingua Latina? The former would be legal, though in this era somewhat implausible, while the latter would be pure, unadulterated heresy.
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Excellent work, I look forward to seeing the Irish, Scottish, Welsh and Brittanic pretenders to the throne stepping forward.


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For the record the finish is Solartex with Spectrum Fuel Proof paint hand brushed on the fuse. and spray acrylic on wings and tail feathers. The later then given a coat of Ronseal Quick Drying exterior varnish. This is not 'hot' fuel proof but good enough on areas that only get an occasional smear of oil. Decals are inkjet printed onto self adhesive vinyl and then Clearcoat. If anybody wants any specfic pics of particular areas let me know and I'll try and oblige. For those interested there are a few more vintage models on display at the club amongst the galleries shown here: https://picasaweb.google.com/106306849172963717509 We have quite a strong vintage section in the club (members as well as models ) |
Nov 27, 2011, 03:44 PM | ||
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Nov 28, 2011, 07:29 AM | |
As you're discussing engines... I have a question.
One of these days I'm going to start my BB Falcon kit, which I suppose will appear here as a "build log". However, I'm a long-time engine collector who uses and runs his engines. This means that I have a choice of virtually any feasible authentic engine. I don't want to go to spark ignition as I've never actually flown spark. So the choice comes down to old .60 glow engines, e.g. Ohlsson or Micron (super) but without a throttle, or a Laser, (62 or 75, the most convenient, but "modern") or a Taplin Twin... OK, so now we get to the question... my choice, without doubt would be the Taplin, but I'm wondering whether it might be a bit marginal on power. Many years ago, a couple of knowledgeable English vintage modellers told me "No problem, the TT would fly a Falcon easily" but, with all that building at stake, I want to be sure. My TTs run superbly but, to state the obvious, the alternate firing means that they sound like they're doing 12k rpm when it's actually only 6! So, has Doc G or anyone else ever actually seen a Taplin Twin powered Falcon fly well on 3-channel RC (not FF)? Brian |
Nov 29, 2011, 02:47 AM | |
No direct experience to quote Brian, but I am constantly amazed at how little power vintage models seem to need to fly well (OK, I am talking electrics here). Also there is a thread hereabouts showing a Taplin Twin flying a Smog Hog in a very spirited manner - now I know the Hog is much smaller than the Falcon but it is a pretty chunky model and not such a "floater" as the Falcon. So my gut feeling would be - yes, the Taplin would probably fly the Falcon in a reasonable, albeit genteel, manner. And it would look really good perched on the front!
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