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RYAN VREDE writes that Allister Coetzee hasn't received the praise he deserves for what he has achieved by winning the Currie Cup.
There are some champion teams that require low levels of coaching input because of their vast experience or exceptional talent, or indeed a combination of the two. The Crusaders teams that won the last three of their seven Super Rugby titles is one such example, the Bulls 2009 and 2010 Super Rugby side and Springboks' 2009 British and Irish Lions series winners and Tri-Nations champions another. But the Western Province unit that trumped a Springbok-laden Sharks side who were, on paper, better equipped in all areas that matter, is not one.
They were largely a collection of rookies, many in their first season of senior rugby and most of them forwards. They mostly didn't have the benefit of being installed next to a seasoned campaigner and had no experience to draw from when the pressure was turned up in the league phase, or indeed in two away play-offs. This was a coaching masterclass from Coetzee. One that hasn't been fully appreciated.
I was critical of Coetzee's team in failing to advance to the 2011 and 2012 Super Rugby final despite hosting the semi-finals. I wrote that he was ill-equipped in terms of elevating their attacking game in the opposition's 22m. My view on this issue hasn't changed. That, however, must not detract from the overall assessment of Coetzee.
As an assistant to Jake White, Coetzee won the Tri-Nations and World Cup with the Springboks. At the helm of the Stormers he has won two conference titles, and made the 2010 final where they were beaten narrowly by the best Bulls side in the history of the franchise. A Currie Cup final defeat in 2010 preceded their victory on Saturday, rounding off a highly impressive CV.
His talent identification and astute use of that talent has been excellent. I've enjoyed his composure (publicly at least) in the face of an injury crisis this season. Seldom lamenting the absence of some world-class players and prodigiously gifted bucks, Coetzee has simply moved on, choosing to extol the values of those coming into the side.
Tactically he has stuck to his beliefs on how the game should be played. This in the face of significant media and public pressure. He adapted his team's style in the Currie Cup in light of less demanding defences and less potent counter-attackers. The Stormers will return to their territory-based approach in 2013, and rightly so.
Coetzee has also consistently selected more black players than his counterparts, launching the careers of Siya Kolisi, Nizaam Carr, Scarra Ntubeni and Marcel Brache, while making Gio Aplon and Juan de Jongh key members of his sides. He has never lauded his success in this key performance area because I sense he doesn't view it as a numbers game. He simply picks the best available players, some of whom happen to be black. Coetzee, in this regard, has succeeded where Peter de Villiers, who proclaimed himself the saviour of black players, failed.
In the context of this country's rugby history it is relevant that he is South Africa's most successful black coach. What is infinitely more relevant is that he is among the best we've ever produced, black or white.
The Super Rugby title still eludes him. He has to succeed there to be considered one of the greats. Provided he can keep a strong squad fit, he can. For now it is important that we give him the praise due for his massive role in breaking an 11-year title drought. He coached WP to Currie Cup glory in the purest sense of the word. Kudos Toetie.


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Registration for the 2014 Sea Turtles and Their Babies programat the Anne Kolb Nature Center is now under way.The program typically sells out, so early reservations are recommended.Call the park at 954-357-5161.
For many years, millions of sea turtles swam freely in the oceans. Just in the past 100 years, their numbers have decreased for these reasons:
Beginning each May, sea turtles make their way to our shores to lay their eggs in the sand. The process takes several hours for the turtle, and once she buries the eggs, she leaves and does not return. The eggs incubate for about two months, and then the hatchlings make their way out of the nest. It seems as if the hatchlings purposely wait until the temperature cools down and then emerge from the nest after dark. This is when they scramble to the water, with any luck surviving long enough to come back one day and lay their own eggs.
Naturalists at the Anne Kolb Nature Center have been offering insight into the sea turtles who visit South Florida for many years. Their annual program includes a one-hour video presentation and lecture, as well as a trip to the beach to watch hatchlings make their way into the surf. The presentation starts at 8 p.m. on Wednesdays and Fridays and provides the following information:
There are five species that visit our area: Loggerhead, Green, Leatherback, Hawksbill, and Kemp's Ridley, although the Hawksbill and Kemp's Ridley are not known to nest in South Florida. Loggerhead nests are most commonly found in our area.
Sea Turtles and Their Babies
This evening program begins at 8 p.m. at the Mangrove Hall at the Anne Kolb Nature Center, followed by a hatchling release on the beach afterward. The fee is $8 per person, and preregistration and prepayment are required - no walk-ins are accepted, as space is so limited. Participants should also anticipate paying for metered parking at the release site.
No artificial lights or cameras are permitted at the beach hatchling area - viewing of hatchlings takes place under darkness. Also, there is no guarantee hatchlings will be seen on any given night.
For further information, call the park office (954-357-5161) between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.
A brief video on sea turtle release:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKAaiTXFSmg&list=FL3jafbZbCAGw9uuY4ukUJLw&index=1&feature=plpp_video
More information about sea turtles: http://www.broward.org/NATURALRESOURCES/BEACHANDMARINE/Pages/seaturtles.aspx
The Sea Turtles and Their Babies program is subject to change or cancellation if weather conditions are not favorable.

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NAHS tennis competed against Amory on Monday, March 30 and defeated the Panthers 6-1. Below are the results.
Boys Singles
Devin Mills (NA) def. Jarrett Davis 6-1, 6-2
Boys Doubles
Luke Wilson/Karl Capaning (NA) def. Jason Simpson/Howard Summers 6-4, 6-3.
Luke Lawrence/Jacob Rowland (NA) def. Madison Francis/Andrew Ginn 6-1, 6-0.
Girls Singles
Megan Trixler (NA) def. Kaylin Cowley 6-0, 6-0.
Girls Doubles
Savannah Horgan/Callie Creekmore (NA) def. Sarah Kate Coleman/Brennan Harris 6-2, 6-2.
Laura Patterson/Kelsey Cadden (A) def. Caroline Stroud/Emily Kirkland 6-1, 6-1.
Mixed Doubles
Kristin Buskirk/Cam Clark (NA) def. D.J. Amey/Allie Dale 6-4, 6-3.
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We are nearing 175 registrations for the A Tier.
We do still have spots left but make sure to get signed up soon. We still have AM players packs left (but not very many) so if you want to guarantee yourself a players pack you will want to get signed up this week. I will be at Bradley this weekend taking registrations/money as well.
Remember that we will be having our putting competition on September 13th from 4PM to 8PM at 1142 Peoria Street in Washington, IL. You will be able to check in, get your pairings, pick up your players packs, buy some awesome merchandise at reduced prices, buy some unique discs (Eric McCabe Ti Wasps, Flyboy Aviation Rocs, Vibram Open Black/Red stamped discs, huk merchandise, and more), get some awesome free snacks, and compete in the putting competition.
In addition, the first 30 people at the putting competition that spend $40 will get a free disc from our sponsor ABC Discs! Remember that we will have special pricing on LIS stamped discs with cash sales, including $12 for Star Plastic and $11 for Champion plastic.
Greg and I are working at Morton this week to pour the last few concrete pads for the long tees that we will be using. At Morton and McNaughton we will be donating the pad you are playing with an L for long, S for short, and S/L (meaning that tee is for both the shorts and longs).
Also, check out the following link for our sweet trophies that we have for the A Tier and Series:
As you can see we have a lot of trophies!
To address a few more questions - the ace fund is $5 and the 50/50 - CTP fund is $5. We will have nine 50/50 cash holes, 27 CTP prizes, and more! The $5 portion will also get you into the putting competition. You can pay for the ace fund and/or 50/50 - CTP funds at the putting competition or before you begin your first round.
Finally - some people have been asking about the final 9. This will take place at Morton and should start between 2PM and 2:30PM. MA1 will lead it off, followed by MPM, FPO, and MPO. Awards will follow that and payouts will be available at Morton during the afternoon. Get signed up today!
We now have 17 states represented in the SuperTour and are nearing 180 registrations. We also have less than 20 AM players packs left. To guarantee a players pack get signed up today!
Don't forget about the putting competition Thursday night from 4PM to 8PM where you can check-in and find some sweet deals on merchandise.
For a little teaser on the payouts......we will be paying 50% of AM fields and approximately 45% of Pro fields:
Men's Pro Assuming at least 40 Players:
1st Place - $2500
2nd Place - $1700
3rd Place - $1300
4th Place - $1000
Men's Advanced Assuming at least 45 Players:
1st Place - $300
2nd Place - $230
3rd Place - $185
4th Place - $150
Women's Pro Assuming 6 Players:
1st Place - $800
2nd Place - $525
3rd Place - $170
Men's Intermediate Assuming 45 Players:
1st Place - $225
2nd Place - $170
3rd Place - $150
4th Place - $130
Men's Pro Masters Assuming 7 Players:
1st Place - $555
2nd Place - $380
3rd Place - $190
Remember that AM players are getting a players pack valued at $115 per player! If you want a chance at the Ledgestone Cup or a bunch of cash or merchandise money this is an event you won't want to miss. If you have any questions feel free to send me an email at email@example.com
We are getting closer and closer to the A Tier. If you haven't signed up get signed up today!
We are happy to announce that we will have 15 more of these Ti Huk Lab Lunar Fly Buzzes at the putting competition on Thursday night (and if any of them are left over, Friday and Saturday at the tournament). Check out these sweet pictures:
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We have right around 10 AM players packs left so if you want a players pack get signed up today. I will be posting the raffle items later this week but the raffle is going to be insane!
We are nearing 190 pre-registered players so get signed up today. We do have 6 Ti Wasps left and we have the aforementioned Ti Huk Lunar Buzzes so if you want one come on out to the putting competition or shoot me an email at firstname.lastname@example.com
PDGA list has been updated - had some people move divisions, drop out, etc. We have less than 10 AM player packs left! Tomorrow night is the last day for moving divisions and registration closes Wednesday night! Pairings and payout will be completed late Wednesday night and posted on Thursday at the Putting Competition.
A few notes about parking for the putting competition and the A Tier - for the putting competition please park at J&H Car Wash across the street from my office (1142 Peoria Street, Washington, IL 61571) for the putting competition on Thursday. There may be a few spots in the parking lot of my office - we have a big electronic sign that says "Courtyard Place" that scrolls various flashing electronic ads. On saturday for the finals, parking will be at a premium. We will have the grass lot open and people will be parking up and down the road. Parking is also available at the top of the park near hole 18. There will also be parking caddy corner to Northwood Park at Oakwood Park near the dog park. Get there early! We expect the finals to start sometime between 2:30 and 2:45, with Men's Advanced teeing off first. Pro Masters will follow ten minutes later, with Women's Pro ten minutes after that. Men's Pro will follow 20 minutes after the Women's Pro.
Remember that registration closes tomorrow night at 8:30PM! There will be no day of registration. Pairings and payout will be structured tomorrow night and posted at the putting competition on Thursday night.
For a quick update on the CTP prizes - we are happy to announce that we will have 54 CTP prizes, 3 long drive prizes, and 9 cash 50/50 prizes! The cost to get in this will be $5 and can be done at the putting competition or friday morning before the first round begins. We have structured the CTP's to mirror the amount of people in each division and have combined divisions where applicable. For instance, MPO will have their own CTP and will get three CTP's per round (9 total for the tournament). MA1 and MA2 will have their own CTP's and will get three CTP's per round, for a total of 9 for the tournament. Novice and Advanced Senior GrandMasters will have 2 CTP's per round for a total of 6 for the tournament. Women's Pro will have 1 CTP per round for a total of 3 for the tournament. Pro Masters and Pro Grand Masters will have 2 CTP's per round for a total of 6 during the tournament. MA3 will have 2 CTP's per round for a total of 6 during the tournament. Womens Advanced/Advanced GrandMasters will have 1 CTP per round for a total of 3 during the tournament. Intermediate/Recreation Women will have 1 CTP per round for a total of 3 during the tournament. Everyone will be eligible for the cash 50/50 hole and long drive contests.
As for the prizes, we will have 27 various ABC Discs to give away as prizes, 27 $10 Paragon Gift Certificates to give away as prizes, 3 various ABC discs for the long drive contest, and of course CASH for the 50/50 prizes. The ABC Bee-Line has been officially approved and a lot of people got to throw the new one at Washington to rave results (some 500+ foot bombs) so if we can get those in those could be the long drive winnings!
As promised, here are some of the raffle items. We haven't gotten the list from the Convention Bureau (they typically throw in some awesome stuff). The prices will be as follows:
1 Ticket for $5
4 Tickets for $10
12 Tickets for $20
40 Tickets for $50
100 Tickets for $100
Items: $150 Ty Dyed Merchandise; DGA Mach Lite Basket; 2 Discatcher Sport Baskets; Discatcher Traveler Basket; huk lab umbrella; huk long sleeve tee; Vibram shirt; Vibram Obex; Ledestone Metal Mini; 3 Innova Bags; 3 Discraft Bags; Threepack of ABC Discs; 2 Discraft Shirts; 2 Discraft Towels; McDonalds Giveaways; Cefcu Goodie Bag; Midstate Bag; Midstate Umbrella; Midstate Hoodie; Aces and Chains Discmania Discs; Maui Jim Sunglasses; Nice Pen set; Discraft Hoody; 3 Hotel Suite Giveaways; BWW Gift Certificates; Peoria Civic Chorale CD's; Ringling Brothers Tickets; and much more!! We expect to add a big chunk of items compliments of the Peoria Area Convention and Visitors Bureau. They usually have some great items to throw in!
Additional players pack items include a Paragon Koozi, an Erie Koozi, a gift certificate for a free snack wrap from McDonalds, a bottle opener from Erie, a paper cutter from Erie, and Vitamin supplements from World of Vitamins!
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2013: Started 18 games … All-ACC third team … Played both offense and defense during the season … Led the team with five assists … Scored a goal in the first two games of the season to earn the Most Valuable Player award from the John Rennie Nike Classic … Assisted the lone goal in 1-0 win over Georgia Southern (9/10) … Also had an assist in 2-2 draw with No. 15 Wake Forest (10/25) … Provided the assist to the goal in 1-0 win at Clemson (11/8) to clinch a spot in the ACC Tournament … Went the distance in eight games … Selected as the John Rennie Award winner by the coaching staff.
2012: Started all 18 games … All-ACC Freshman Team selection … voted team's Rookie of the Year … tied for the team lead in assists (4) … anchored the defense for much of the season, but also provided a punch on the attack … notched his first collegiate points with two assists against Georgia State (9/11) … had the game-winning assist versus NC State … tallied his first collegiate goal in 2-0 win at Virginia Tech … also had the game winner against SIU Edwardsville … All-ACC Academic Team choice.
Prep: Played his club soccer for Solar Chelsea Academy ... ranked as the No. 72 recruit in 2012 and 18th among midfielders by Top Drawer Soccer and 25th by College Soccer News ...recently guides his club team to the 2012 U.S. Soccer Develpment Academy Finals ... Solar Chelsea took fourth at Academy Finals ... has 14 goals for Solar in 2012 ... selected to the Texas All-State starting 11 in 2011 by ESPNHS magazine ... named to the Disney Showcase All-Star team in 2010 and 2011 ... has started 24 of 29 games this season for Solar ... has registered 12 goals for the academy squad ... helped lead Keller High School to 2009 5-5A District title ... selected as the Offensive Newcomer of the Year for the district in 2009 ... named to the Star-Telegram Super Team in 2009 ... helped guide Solar to the 2009 North Texas state title and to the USYSA Region III title.
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Hi all, I'm a 24 year-old post-grad just embarking on my cologne experience.
However, I really hate the emasculated aquatics and florals and many of the other fresh scents which abound these days. I'm not sure if I inherently hate aquatics and florals, or if I've smelled so many cheap knock-offs of Cool Water and Aqua di Gio that I have come to hate the genre - but regardless, I'm looking for the more classic scents which are more likely to evoke men's men like Cary Grant or (the more modern) Clive Owen than that sparkly fop from Twilight.
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Polo Modern Reserve
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I'm leaning towards Givenchy Gentleman or Polo Double Black next- I've tried them both and they really appeal to me, although my significant other didn't appreciate the somewhat gourmand quality of Double Black or the muskiness of the Givenchy.
Can anyone point me onwards in my search for more mature or classic scents?
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PdN New York - Relatively inexpensive, mature, and classy.
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Eau Sauvage
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Well,if you like Clive Owen you might like the fragrance which image he is, LANCOME-Hypnose Homme.
I perhaps should add I've tried the AdP Colonias and the Assoluta smells terrible on me, and the Intensa starts off nicely but just becomes nothing but soapy after about half an hour. Stupid skin chemistry
Thanks for all the other tips guys, will report back after I've had a chance to try some
I think that Aramis Classic or 1903 (J. Peterman) smell classic and mature. 1903 in a modernish way, but it's nice and maturely sexy.
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Mature :
Rochas Lui
YSL Rive Gauche pour Homme
Baldessarini Concentree
Cartier Declaration Essence
Seeking: Bottles/decants : of Alain Delon Iquitos, Feeling Man, Gucci pour Homme, Essence of John Galliano, Opium pour Homme, Oxford & Cambridge, Azzaro pour Homme (vintage), Concentré D'Orange Verte...etc.
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I must add Habit Rouge EDP and second (or third, or whatever!) the HR rec.
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Creed Tabarome Millesime
Bond No 9 Andy Warhol: Success is a job in New York
Great works are performed, not by strength, but by perseverance.
Givenchy Gentleman, Guerlain Heritage, Aramis, Hermes Equipage for sophistication, Cartier Declaration if you want to slip a bit of danger in there
+1 for Caron Pour Un Homme.
I'll also suggest the original Azzaro for Men. Very classic, very masculine, very mature.
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Oh yeah. FAR from it.
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MCM Success - tobacco, booze, leather, all the old-guy favorites are there!
Old Man:
Pinaud's Clubman
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Just splashed a bit of Stetson on. Fits the bill
+ Eau Sauvage
Versace L'Homme
GFT Sandalwood, a mature, classy sandalwood.
Ha! What a fun question. I'm qualified to give you old fogey answers, I was around before some of these got concocted.
Clubman Lilac Vegetal (Pinaud). You'll smell like a vintage barber shop, and, unless you're one of the very few who can wear this, it will be a stench!
Old Spice (Shulton, now Proctor & Gamble, 1937). You'll smell like granddad, great granddad and great great granddad. Overpoweringly so.
A good Bay Rum. You'll smell like a really old barber shop.
Clubman (Pinaud). You'll smell like a more recent barber shop.
Brut (Faberge). Simple by todays standards, not liked by everyone. Ubiquitous in its day.
English Leather(Mem, later Dana). Mem original much better than the Dana formulation. Ubiquitous in its day.
Canoe (Dana, 1936). A reasonable and inexpensive classic. Stands the test of time.
Eau Sauvage (Christian Dior, 1966). This is a classic. Not liked by some but many still like it.
Equipage (Hermes, 1970). Sophisticated and elegant. Hard to find in its day, still hard to find. My favorite for special use for over 36 years.
:-) Good Luck!
British Sterling (Dana)
The Baron (LTL)
JHL (Aramis)
Jade East
Clubman Virgin Island Bay Rum
Equipage (Hermes)
That Man (Revlon)
These scents make me feel a bit mature:
Tom Ford Grey Vetiver
Ralph Lauren Purple Label
1903 by J. Peterman (somebody once said how Teddy Roosevelt may have smelled)
You might want to get samplers from some of the older English shaving companies like Truefitt & Hill, and Geo. F. Trumper. Their scents range in my opinion from boardroom to woodshop, passing through an English garden along the way. Both make a "Spanish Leather" that is about as aggressively masculine that either of them go (from the samples I have, although I'm missing a couple from the full range of both that may refute that opinion).
Probably my favorite to date from those sources that fulfills your old man/mature requirement is Truefitt & Hill's ironically named "Freshman". It surely must have been named in an era where the name implied "fresh + manly", rather than "cheap beer and half a can of Axe".
Avoid anything aquatic, which are likely to be the best sellers in places like Sephora:
Classic scents for me:
Guerlain Derby
Guerlain Mouchoir de Monsieur
Chanel No. 19 (yes, this is supposedly for women but fresh and green)
Guerlain Habit Rouge in all versions
Caron Pour Un Homme
Caron Le Troisieme Homme
Houbigant Duc de Vervins
"No elegance is possible without it...perfume is a part of you." Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel
If you want to smell old, buy some Aramis.
I'd suggest you look more toward the 35-45 year old scents, rather than try to capture that "successful ancient tycoon" smell. Doing the latter may be so much of a leap that you just look pretentious, even though you aren't, or even worse ... foolish.
Not everybody can wear plus-fours like they were born in them.
Some affordable, absolute classics that would suit your age:
Penhaligon's Douro
Floris Elite
YSL Pour Homme (original)
Estee Lauder Lauder for Men
I can't believe, that I'm the only one who
has suggested Antaeus!
It screames ooooold man!
Pinaud!! It's probably what your grandfather or his father were exposed to when going to a barbershop after receiving a haircut, shave and a short shoulder massage at the end.
+1 on RL Polo, Azzaro pH & Aramis for the classic old school vibe.
Also try the 'mature but younger':
Esencia by Loewe
Grey Flannel by Geoffrey Beene
Eau Pour Homme by Armani
I'm with you, Le Grand Duc--Antaeus or Derby is what came to mind for me.
Ha ha. Love this question. Before I found basenotes I used the same line with sales associates whenever I wanted something rich and expensive-smelling. "I want to smell like a stuffy old man. What do you have?" Some stuff SAs picked out for me: Cartier Pasha, Acqua di Parma Colonia, Vintage Tabarome, Bois du Portugal. Love them all. Creed Vetiver, the 1948 version, is maybe the epitome of stuffy old man. The barbershoppy smell reminds me of the horrid hair tonic that older guys wear. Ick. That might be going a little too far. . .
+1 for Antaeus!!!!! Sophisticated, woody, dry, spicy...all things that scream mature! And this does it better than any other I've yet encountered.
Don't Smell the Flowers,
They're an Evil Drug to Make You Lose Your Mind --- Dio
Speaking of which, a good dusting of barbershop talcum with the proper brush will give you part of the old guy scent immediately. It doesn't last very long, so it isn't "dangerous" to try in that if someone around you dislikes it, it will be gone on its own before you could finish a shower to wash it away. It will save the neck of your shirts from stubble-fraying somewhat, and in hot, humid weather it's a nice finishing touch to a cool shower. Just make certain that your neck and face is completely dry before applying.
More generally, if you want that CEO scent, then think about how someone of that generation and personal power is likely to start his day, and then how they prepare for a night out, and you have your answers. (I think the talc factor is overlooked, it's one of those finishing touches that's only apparent when omitted.)
Canoe, Old Spice, Pinaud Bay Rum, Rive Gauche...
Original Aramis... (but yes the newer Aramis is also kind of old-school)
Old Spice...
All get +1s.
I'm sure the Pinaud is a good old-school thing too. And any Bay Rum.
Also, see if you can find some Lucky Tiger Rose Hair Oil. My dad used to swear by it. (wonder if he still does?)
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Bois Du Portugal.
It's definitely mature, but some people complain about it smelling too mature.
Perhaps for you it won't be a problem. Good luck!
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Spray it very lightly, IMHO this is in a world of it's own, class and elegance in a bottle !
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Grey Flannel
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Bois du Portugal
If I may suggest, Blue Jeans (Versace) is oddly mature but not old. My intuition says this is perfect for the original poster.
Aramis 1966
Fabrege Brut
Guerlain Derby
Ralph Lauren's Polo.
Van Cleef & Arpels' Pour Homme.
Anything by Caswell-Massey.


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Anxiety disorders; Neurobiology; Hypophyseal Hormones; Family Systems; Parent based treatment; Technology
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Investigation of mechansims and biomarkers of protective maternal behavior toward childhood fear and anxiety.
Explanatory clinical trial of a novel parent based treatmetn of childhood anxiety disorders.
Study of hypophyseal hormones in anxious children.
Study of behavioral avoidance using motion tracking technology.
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Studying the course, character and neurobiology of anxiety disorders of children with an emphasis on the systemic and relational characteristics such as family accommodation to the child's symptoms. Development, testing and dissemination of therapeutic interventions for childhood anxiety, particularly parent-based treatment.
The study of avoidance, a core feature of anxiety, using novel motion-tracking technology and software.
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My lab studies behavioral and neurobiological systems relevant to the etiology, course, and treatment of childhood anxiety disorders. We employ a range of methodolgies to identify and research key biomarkers in clinical populations. We focus on markers of childhood disorders and on biomarkers of relevant parental and maternal behaviors.
We conduct funded explanatory clinical trials aimes at identifying effective treatments and the mechansims by which the work. We also investigate moderators of treatmet outcome or markers of patients most likel to benefit from particular treatmetns.
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- Lebowitz, E. R., Scharfstein, L. A., & Jones, J. (2014). Comparing Family Accommodation in Pediatric Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, Anxiety Disorders, and Non-Anxious Children. Depression and Anxiety.
- Lebowitz, E. R. (2013). Parent-based treatment for childhood and adolescent OCD. Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders, 2(4), 425-431.
- Lebowitz, E. R., Woolston, J., Bar-Haim, Y., Calvocoressi, L., Dauser, C., Warnick, E., . . . Leckman, J. F. (2012). Family Accommodation in Pediatric Anxiety Disorders. Depression and Anxiety. doi: 10.1002/da.21998
- Lebowitz, E. R., Panza, K. E., Su, J., & Bloch, M. H. (2012). Family accommodation in obsessive–compulsive disorder. Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics, 12(2), 229-238. doi: 10.1586/ern.11.200
- Lebowitz, E.R., Vitulano, L., Mataix-Cols, D., Leckman, J.F., (2011) When OCD takes over…the family! Coercive and disruptive behaviors in paediatric obsessive compulsive disorder. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry.
- Lebowitz, E. R. (2011) Anxiety disorders in childhood. In Van Holen, E, Lampo, A, Vanderfaeillie, J (Eds.) Nonviolent resistance and the new authority in family therapy, education and psychiatric care. (pp 69-73). Brussels: Brussels University Press
- Omer H., Lebowitz E. R. (2007) Children's Fears: Choosing Support Over Protection. Tel Aviv: Sfarim
- Lebowitz, E. R., Vitulano, L, Omer, H (2011) Coercive and disruptive behaviors in pediatric obsessive compulsive disorder- A qualitative analysis. Psychiatry, 74(4).
- Lebowitz, E. R., Omer, H., Leckman J. F. (2011) Coercive and disruptive behaviors in pediatric obsessive-compulsive disorder. Depression and Anxiety
- Omer, H., Yogev, I., Lebowitz, E. (2010). Gewaltloser Widerstand in der Behandlung von abhängigen jungen Erwachsenen: eine Serie von 10 Fällen. Pschoterapie in Dialog


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vintage Egoiste
Thread: Sotd- wednesday 14 november 2012
Hello everyone, good morning
Have I told you about the scent of jasmine? Have I spoken about the smell of the sea? The earth is scented. And I perfume myself to enhance what I am. That's why I can not wear a perfume that bothers me. Perfuming is an instinctive wisdom. And like all art, it requires some knowledge of yourself..."
Clarice Lispector ( 1920-1977) - Perfumes da Terra / Earth Perfumes
....Bonjour Mesdames!
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Morning boys. I LOVE that old Egoist ad!
Well my stars! After my dental op yesteray I woke up this morning looking like the Grinch. Not green. But I do look as if someone has gone mad with the facial fillers, or a bicycle pump.
Not to worry. It is normal. But I am confined to barracks, so I am joining our lovely Roberto today with samples, various ones.
Foustie I hope you heal up quickly from the dental surgery and are keeping as comfortable as possible in the meantime.
SOTD is Balenciaga Cristobal
{{{{{Jon R}}}}}
Take care, everyone!
"I felt something so intense, I could only express it in a perfume." - Jacques Guerlain
Foustie, ice the face. It will help with the swelling and not hurt so much. I'm in Lou Lou today, want something kind of fun to wear.
((Foustie)) --hope the swelling goes down fast-- it can't be very comfortable!
I'm wearing JM White Lilac & Rhubarb and off to take daughter to school.
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(((Foustie))), (((jon))), (((anyone else)))
Chanel Cuir de Russie (current EdT) today.
Have a good hump-day, everyone.
Poor ((Foustie))!
I'm in vintage Guerlain Vetiver today.
Best to all
Gengis Khan
Good morning, everyone!
I hope you feel better soon, Foustie!
SotD is Mona di Orio Les Nombres d'Or Oud.
Have a great day!
hello all. SL Arabie.
SotD - Spiriteuese Double Vanille by Guerlain (from yuyu15's decant, thanks!)
Good afternoon!
Just came back from Eurostrike march- and a detour in one of my favourite perfume shops in Milan, just nearby!
I was wearing lovely, honeyed Volutes edp, from a sample, then I tested Vero Kern's Mito and Bois d'ascese by Naomi Goodsir. Two truly impressive fragrances!
"Your fragrance with a fume of iodine" L. Cohen
Trying more of Epic Woman.
K., gorgeous image today and thanks for the hugs.
E., thanks for the Models 101 course yesterday. I knew you were a blond, same as myself here!
HdP 1876 Mata Hari.
Testing Mad Madame by Juliette Has a Gun today, I go into work in about 45 minutes, 10-3 today then I am coming home and taking a nap. Have a great day everyone.
"I guess it's like most dreams, people work hard for them, they take time, When you arrive you aren't sure if it's what you expected. Hopefully it's better, but I guess that is why people dream and choose to chase them" ~anonymous.
"Youre buying stars to shut out the light. We come alone and alone we die And no matter how hard you try Ill always belong in the sky" ~ Marina and The Diamonds
(((Foustie))), take good care of yourself, my dear. I know that facial swelling hurts. Had my wisdom teeth removed a week before my senoir prom, a hundred years ago. Surgeon said swelling would be down in time for the dance. Ended up with prom pictures in which I looked like a well- dressed chipmunk. Go ahead and laugh at me, laughter helps with healing!
Quarry, thank you for your kind thoughts! You made an excellent choice on the bag- I do get to borrow it, right? Very stylish and so perfect for fall!
I'm in HdP tuberose #2, Virginale. Just as I thought, this one doesn't hold a candle to Capricieuse for me.
I'm about to improve my communication greatly, finally got myself a new laptop! Once I get it all set up, I promise to get on top of my unanswered PMs and e-mails. There are a couple BNers I owe some long, loving messages.
The nose wants what it wants!
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Continuing in Vintage Guerlain Habit Rouge Cologne this morning..
These things cannot be long hidden: the Sun, the Moon, the Truth--Buddha
i am testing Mecca Balsam , natural from profumo .it and wearing my lovely 31 Rue Cambon again! its no brainer when you want to smell good fresh all day long!
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Well, my ballet class was cancelled due to some sort of problem with the heating system. Apparently, they just tried to turn it on for the first time this season, but it's a no-go. That's the sort of thing that happens when it gets cold in New Orleans, lol - we just can't deal with this!
I'm still in my warm blanket of Cuir de Russie, but I just noticed that gandhajala is also sporting it, so I just wanted to remind him about how good we smell ...as if he could forget!
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((Foustie)) hoping for a speedy recovery you. Heavenscent is right about the ice.
Donna, you smell wonderful!
I'm house twins again with Twolf and PerfumedLady. And I'm again in HdP Ambre 114. I simply cannot get enough of this right now. I may be wearing it for the rest of the week. Love, love, love it.
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I'm not OLD...I'm VINTAGE!
ivanita - I LOOOOOVE Mecca Basalm. It smells ancient and mythic but also completely wearable.
Foustie - I hate dental work!!! (bear hugs)
Today it's 1 spray on the chest (which is more than enough) of:
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Cestrum, thank you for my Exploration of The Day: VC&A Hiver. I was immediately put in mind of Guerlain's Cologne du Parfumeur. Is anyone else familiar with both of these fragrances? They both strike me as outside the scope of anything bottled before this century (except maybe mimeograph chemicals) -- kicky and quirky.
Foustie ~ You're still adorable to us!
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Oh Thank You all for for your well wishes. YUP. I've been applying ice. Any more ice and I will look like Marlene Dietrich.
Oh PerfumedLady, a face like a hamster at your prom. OH NO!!, Sorry, I know that I shouldn't but I can't help but laugh.... Ouch!
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Foustie, besides the ice, try sleeping with a few extra pillows, so your head is up a little higher than usual, it helps. Also, rinsing gently with warm salt water helps a lot too (after the 1st 24 hours).
Wearing Givenchy Organza for the afternoon.
SOTD: Castile by Penhaligon's.
Lol, G., I was 18 and full of attitude even on a good day; you know I wasn't laughing at the time! An early lesson in getting over vanity in order to have a good time; has served me well. But I was NOT happy!
Cristalle EDP for me this afternoon. Will have my budding perfumista niece here tonight, going to have some "help" with my Christmas tree.
The nose wants what it wants!
LOL @ "a well-dressed chipmunk".
Foustie, do get better please. Hope your people pamper you with extra care while you are unwell.
Sinan de Sinan for this PM. Got a free turkey from work, already donated it (we do not do turkeys or ham here, one year I baked it for myself and was suffering until the month of March with frozen leftovers, no more thank you!).
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I'm wearing Traversee du Bosphore today and I received a random compliment on how nice I smelled!
Foustie, hope the pain is better ...
Q, love the new purse!
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Senore01 is smelling wonderful in his GG.
Foustie, you have my sympathies. I had a dental implant done over a year ago. It took forever for all the work to be finished. Now, I'm not even aware that there is an implant, it's so good and never gives me problems. You will get there! Hope you feel better soon.
I'm wearing some vintage Y parfum today. It smells dee-lish.
Hey y'all -
Done with CdR but craving more velvety soft and sultry leather, I'm in Bottega Veneta for the afternoon, which now twins me with Parfum de peau ...I'll try to be more original tomorrow, lol. Btw, you smell absolutely gorgeous, Pafum de peau!
You smell beautiful too, Wolfie. I've been neglecting my Sinan horribly, but you've reminded me to move it to the front of the shelf.
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Science is not only compatible with spirituality, it is a profound source of spirituality. When we recognize our place in an immensity of light-years and in the passage of ages, when we grasp the intricacy, beauty, and subtlety of life, then that soaring feeling, that sense of elation and humility combined, is surely spiritual. ..Carl Sagan
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Foustie; listen to Nurse Kiliwia I hope you get your face back quick!
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Oooh, I'm glad you had fun with Hiver, Quarry! It's so refreshing, I like it a lot en été! Foustie, I hope the swelling subsides soon! And at least you and PL only have the chipmunk cheek issue due to dental trauma—it took me years to lose the baby fat on my face!
Anyway, everyone smells wonderful, as always. Today was a Coco kind of day and I'm enjoying it so much I think I'm going to replenish with a few more sprays for a Coco kind of night!
Good evening all.
Love etc. today, over peach body lotion. Nice combo. I asked the youngest if she could identify and she guessed "rain" by which she meant rainflower, which was actually a pretty good guess.
Cozied up this evening in vintage Chantilly edt and powder.
Taking some time off from BN for a while to observe Advent.
Much love to you all. Xo See you later, alligators.
p.s. Gandhajala, I found the pen! It's lovely, and I'm looking forward to using it.
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Mark D. Ferguson, age 68, passed away, Monday, Aug. 30, 2010, at his home in Columbus. Mark Del Ferguson was born Jan. 9, 1942, in Yale, Okla., to Leonard Haden Ferguson and the late Jack W. Ferguson Sr. Mr. Ferguson was a Rotational Molder, and founder of Kricket Manufacturing. He was of the Baptist faith. Mr. Ferguson was a veteran of the United States Army, serving as a Captain during the Vietnam War. Mark Del Ferguson married Kaylan Marie Roberts Ferguson Nov. 5, 1971, in Dallas, Texas
Private family graveside services are to be held at the Resthaven Cemetery in Oklahoma City, Okla. Calvert Funeral Home of West Point is in charge of local arrangements.
Survivors include his wife, Kaylan M. Ferguson of Columbus; one daughter, Kendy L. Ferguson of Austin, Texas; one son, Kirk A. Ferguson (Kim) of Okinawa, Japan; two grandchildren; Kael J. Ferguson and Noah W. Ferguson; and his Mother Len A. Ferguson of Columbus, He was also predeceased by a brother, Jack W. Ferguson Jr.
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- Elijah Paintsil, Susan P. Grill, Ginger E. Dutschman, and Yung-Chi Cheng. 2009. Comparative Study of the Persistence of Anti-HIV Activity of Deoxynucleoside HIV Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors after Removal from Culture. AIDS Res Ther. 2009 Apr 22;6:5.
- Elijah Paintsil, Sergei Verevochkin, Elena Dukhovlinova, Linda Niccolai, Russell Barbour, Edward White, Olga Toussova, Louis Alexander, Andrei Kozlov, and Robert Heimer . Hepatitis C Virus infection among drug injectors in St. Petersburg, Russia: social and molecular epidemiology of an endemic infection. Addiction. 2009 Aug 27


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Magic squares have been known and studied for many centuries, but there are still surprisingly many unanswered questions about them. In an effort to make progress on these unsolved problems, twelve prizes totalling €8,000 and twelve bottles of champagne have now been offered for the solutions to twelve magic square enigmas.
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Tonight, in the final televised debate ahead of the election, the three main party leaders will talk about the economy, the recession, public sector debt, spending or cuts, and more. All will use statistics to back up their points or to pull apart their opponents' arguments. But how can we work out whether to believe the figures and what do they really mean?
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Did aliens help prehistoric Britons found the ancient Woolworths civilisation? And what does tying your shoe laces have to do with DNA? Find out with this year's popular lectures organised by the London Mathematical Society. Matt Parker of Queen Mary, University of London, will explore how seemingly incredible results can actually be meaningless random patterns, and Dorothy Buck of Imperial College, London, will look at how mathematical knot theory helps to understand DNA.
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Being killed in a peacekeeping mission apparently depends on your nationality, at least if you're a soldier in the Spanish army. On the 1st of February 2010 the Colombian soldier John Felipe Romero serving in the Spanish army was killed in a terrorist attack in Afghanistan. It was then made public that so far 43% of the Spanish troops killed in attacks by local forces in Afghanistan and Lebanon have been foreigners. This is in striking contrast to the fact that foreign nationals make up only 7% of the Spanish army as a whole.
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Researchers from the University of Maryland have devised a new kind of random number generator that is cryptographically secure, inherently private and — most importantly — certified random by the laws of physics. Randomness is important, particularly in the age of the Internet, because it guarantees security. Valuable data and messages can be encrypted using long strings of random numbers to act as "keys", which encode and decode the information. Randomness implies unpredictability, so if the key is truly random, it's next to impossible for an outsider to guess it.
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One advantage of the UK voting system is that nobody could possibly fail to understand how it works. However, the disadvantages are well-known. Differently sized constituencies mean that the party in government doesn't necessarily have the largest share of the vote. The first-past-the-post system turns the election into a two-horse race, which leaves swathes of the population un-represented, forces tactical voting, and turns election campaigns into mud-slinging contests.
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The culmination of 15 years of community service through the Bridging the Gaps (BTG) program was celebrated Thursday, Aug. 27, 2010, as 25 second-year Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine medical students gathered to share their experiences serving with various non-profit organizations in the Erie community.
Each summer, BTG unites community sites that provide services to underserved populations in the Erie area with student interns through a seven-week paid internship program.
LECOM students, faculty and community members celebrated 15 years of community service through the Bridging the Gaps program on Thursday, Aug. 27, 2010. With 19 community sites hosting 25 LECOM interns this past summer, more than 5,600 service hours were logged. Posters showcasing each student's hard work were displayed in LECOM's Atrium.
In addition to providing support to these agencies, LECOM students bring with them a wealth of medical knowledge that each student incorporates into projects and presentations used to educate members of these communities.
This year, 19 community sites were served by the largest group of BTG interns who contributed more than 5,600 hours of community service.
"If we look at 15 years across the board, I don't know how many tens of thousands of hours we have contributed through Bridging the Gaps," said Dr. Ann Stephanie Stano, PhD, a faculty preceptor who has been involved with BTG since its inception in 1995. "Our interns have done such an extraordinary job. What I've been able to see every year in each student is personal growth."
One by one, interns took to the podium Thursday evening not only to elaborate on their own stories of personal growth, but also to share the gratitude they had for the program with the faculty members, site administrators, clients and peers who were present. Students later spoke individually to attendees in LECOM's Atrium, while showcasing posters that compiled weeks of hard work.
Bryan Anderson, who served in the Millcreek Community Hospital ACE Unit (Acute Care for the Elderly) in the geriatric ward, was the BTG student coordinator who opened the event. Anderson said the program reaffirmed his passion for medicine and his love for working with the public.
|Second-year LECOM medical student and Bridging the Gaps student coordinator Bryan Anderson opened Thursday evening's program. Anderson served in the ACE Unit of Millcreek Community Hospital, where he assisted in the geriatric ward.
"One thing I've really learned is that I just love working with people and I could do it for the rest of my life. I had the best experience at Millcreek Community Hospital," Anderson said. "I feel like I'm in my fourth year of medical school right now from how much I've learned. It's also changed me as far as who I want to be as I move forward. I know I want to work with an underserved population to some capacity."
Bridging the Gaps Program Director Dr. Raeann Carrier, PhD, said the program not only offers real-life experience to student interns – who also received clinical experience while shadowing local physicians – but also instills within each student compassion for the patient.
"Some of them come into this program and they are so analytical – they want everything to be black and white. This program shows them that there are a lot of gray areas out there and they have to adapt to that as physicians," said Dr. Carrier.
"After the Bridging the Gaps program, they will be more understanding of all the patients who come into their offices from this point forward because they've seen the other side of it; they see where patients come from and what their lives are like."
LECOM student Lauren Weber, who worked with the House of Healing – an organization that guides women who have committed non-violent crimes and their children – said BTG definitely opened her eyes, changing the way she will forever perceive the patients who walk through her door.
|Second-year LECOM medical student Lauren Weber reflects on her time at House of Healing, an organization that guides women who have committed non-violent crimes and their children. In her speech, Weber revealed how she came to look beyond stereotypes by connecting with clients on another level.
"I learned a lot about addiction, including how complex addiction is and how it is a disease. I've learned a lot about stereotyping – you just can't have negative stereotypes," she said.
"I wanted to participate in the program as soon as I heard about it. I don't think I could have spent my summer a better way; I never felt better doing any other job or community service project."
Bridging the Gaps began in Philadelphia in 1991. The program is now administered by the Bridging the Gaps Network, comprised of the Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, the University of Pittsburgh, the Philadelphia Consortium: the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, Temple University, Thomas Jefferson University and the University of Pennsylvania.


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There is a wide range of non-animal research techniques that, as well as being a humane approach to science can also be cheaper, quicker and more effective.
European law (EU Directive 2010/63/EC) clearly states that "wherever possible, a scientifically satisfactory method or testing strategy, not entailing the use of live animals, shall be used instead of a procedure."
However, even though EU legislation dictates that animals must not be used when alternative methods are available, in practice enforcement of this is very weak and punishments for researchers who disobey the law are usually minimal. The BUAV has had to take the UK Government to court, and threaten to do so on other occasions, because it was misapplying the law relating to alternatives. The BUAV also regularly comes across published research papers where animal experiments have been performed in areas such as fundamental (curiosity driven) research, despite the fact that there were very obvious and more appropriate non-animal methods of research that could have been used instead.
In addition, the legal obligation to use non-animal alternatives relies on those alternatives being officially seen to be available, and that in itself is a long and complex process. Once a non-animal method has been developed, it is then required to go through a formal validation process, which can take many years, to demonstrate that the method is reliable and works.
Click on the links below to read more about different types of alternative tests or visit our Science area to find out more about the need to replace animal testing with modern and human alternatives.
Almost every type of human and animal cell can be grown in culture, although the cells behave more simplistically than in the living body. Cellular systems have been central to key research into cancers, sepsis, kidney disease and AIDS, and are routinely used in chemical safety testing, vaccine production and drug development.
Recently, scientists have managed to coax cells to grow in 3D structures, which can provide more realistic cell models on which to test potential therapies. This technology has already been used to grow pea-sized structures that closely resemble the human brain and 3D models of human tumours.
The Embryonic Stem Cell Test (EST) is a promising cell-based alternative that can be used to find out if a chemical or drug may harm the developing foetus. Instead of forcing pregnant rats and rabbits to consume the test substance in the cruel animal test, it is applied to mouse stem cell cultures. Substances are classed as toxic if they block the development of stem cells into berating heart cells, which can be seen through a microscope. In a validation study, the test was found to be 78% accurate, with 100% accuracy at detecting very toxic chemicals, while the animal test can only detect 60% of toxicants.
Both healthy and diseased tissues donated from human volunteers can provide a more relevant way of studying human biology and disease than animal testing. Human tissue can be donated from surgery (e.g. biopsies, cosmetic surgery and transplants) or after a person has died (e.g. post-mortems). These tissues can be used in many forms, including isolated perfused organs, precision cut slices, frozen tissue or in cell cultures. Post-mortem brain tissue has provided important leads to understanding brain regeneration and the effects of Multiple Sclerosis and Parkinson's disease.
An important alternative made from human tissues is the Reconstituted Human Epidermis (RHE) skin model (Trade names, Episkin, Epiderm, EST-1000 and SkinEthic), which can be used to find out if a chemical or cosmetic is likely to be irritating to the skin. This fascinating model is made up of small discs of skin cells grown from human skin donated as a waste from cosmetic surgery. Instead of rubbing a substance onto the shaved skin of a rabbit in the cruel animal test, it is applied to discs of human skin and evaluated for signs of irritation. This model has been shown to be more effective than the rabbit test it replaces.
The toxic potential of substances can sometimes be detected using relatively simple chemistry based methods and not requiring human cells. For example, the techniques that now test whether shellfish have dangerous toxins in them are based on chromatography methods – high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). They replace extremely cruel tests in which the shellfish mixture was injected into the abdomens of mice. The number of mice who died within a few hours was the crude result used to decide if the shellfish were contaminated.
Another notable chemical test is the Direct Peptide Reactivity Assay (DPRA), which is used to assess whether a chemical or cosmetic will cause a skin allergy. The tests works by mimicking a key step in the development of allergies – the binding of proteins found in the skin to the substance. If proteins bind to the substance then it is very unlikely that it will cause an allergic reaction. It is hoped that this will soon replace cruel tests on mice and guinea pigs who have the substance painted onto their skin and are then examined for allergic reactions. These crude tests can only predict human reactions 72% of the time while the DPRA has been shown to be highly predictive and can alone correctly evaluate the skin sensitising potential of up to 91% of substances.
'Organ-on-a-chip' models have been developed which contain a series of tiny hollow chambers that are lined with real, living human cells from different parts of the body. These chambers are linked by channels through which a blood substitute flows, mimicking real processes in the body. Test drugs can be added to the blood substitute which then circulates around the device while sensors within the chip feedback information for computer analysis. These innovative devices can be used for studying biological and disease processes as well as drug metabolism. Devices have already been produced that accurately mimic the lung, heart, kidney and gut. The ultimate goal is to use these chips to create a whole 'human-on-a-chip'.
With the growing sophistication of computers, the ability to 'model' aspects of the human body is ever more possible. The first model of how the heart works was developed decades ago but thanks to advances in technology, models have become much more sophisticated and other virtual organ models, including the lung, musculoskeletal system, digestive system, kidney, skin and brain now exist. Human metabolism models can predict the effects of new drugs in humans and are regularly used by pharmaceuticals. Computer models of whole biological systems based on existing information and mathematical data are currently being developed on which 'virtual' experiments can be conducted in minutes, instead of experiments which can take months or even years.
QSARs (quantitative structure-activity relationship models) are computer programs which can predict the toxicity of new chemicals or drugs based on their similarity to more established compounds. They are based on the principle that similar chemicals should have similar biological properties. Greater computer power and the ability to generate large databases have facilitated the development of these methods and a wide range of models now exist that cover a variety of toxicities.
Microdosing is an innovative technique that measures how very small doses of potential new medicines are absorbed, distributed, metabolised and excreted by the human body (in so called ADME studies). These microdoses are radio-labelled, injected into human volunteers and measured (usually in blood samples) using a very sensitive measuring device called an accelerator mass spectrometer. Currently, it is estimated that 40% of drugs fail in human trials because the traditional ADME studies conducted in animals do not accurately predict how the drug would behave in humans. In 2009, international drug regulators (ICH) endorsed the use of microdosing in early clinical trials to improve the speed and safety of drug development.
Rapid advances in technology have allowed for the development of sophisticated scanning machines that can 'see' inside the brain and provide detailed information about its structure and function in both healthy volunteers and those with brain diseases and other neurological disorders. Imaging machines can be used to monitor the progression and treatment of brain disease as well as help researchers understand the causes by comparison with healthy volunteers and those with disease. For example, one recent study used PET scans to show that ecstasy abuse causes long-lasting effects on glucose metabolism in the brain and that the effects are more severe in cases of early drug abuse.
Microdosing and imaging studies allow human volunteers to be used safely because they utilise special equipment. However, less technical studies in research areas such as nutrition, drug addiction and pain can still be performed by exploiting the ability of humans to consent to unpleasant, but not harmful, procedures. For example, one recent study asked patients with heart disease and diabetes to eat chocolate bars and consent to small muscle biopsies being taken to see if the chocolate improves the condition of their muscles. Another study was able to identify the role of special sweat glands (not found in other animals) in repairing the skin by asking volunteers to consent to small biopsies being made on their skin so the researchers could monitor the healing.
Studying and comparing illnesses in human populations can help scientists to identify the risk factors and causes of human diseases so that the necessary steps to prevent or reduce the occurrence of disease can be taken. Understanding the roles of genes, lifestyle, diet and occupation, has had a tremendous impact on saving lives. For example, these types of studies have led to the discovery that smoking causes cancer and that high cholesterol and poor lifestyle choices increase the risk of developing heart disease.


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