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- Introduction
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Away from the crowded buildings, at the lower end of the Royal Mile, is Holyrood. The Augustinian abbey, built on the first available expanse of solid ground at the foot of the volcanic crag and tail, was founded in 1128 and rebuilt about 1220. The ruins of the nave are impressive examples of the bold, imaginative work of the period. The Palace of Holyroodhouse, which shouldered the abbey aside, comprises an early 16th-century wing, built by French and Scottish masons in the reign of James V (1513–42), and a 17th-century quadrangle court and facing wing. It is the British sovereign's official residence in Scotland. Facing the palace along Holyrood Road is the site of the new Scottish Parliament complex, which opened officially in October 2004. South and east of the palace is Holyrood Park, which includes the Salisbury Crags and Arthur's Seat as well as three lochs.
Princes Street Gardens
The Princes Street Gardens, laid out between the Old and New towns in the drained lake bed of the old North Loch, have a distinct character. Flowers are set out in beds that are changed several times a year, and a floral clock planted in 1903 (the first in the world), which embowers a quarter-hour cuckoo, has some 24,000 plants in its 36-foot (11-metre) circumference. Among the lawns, flower beds, and groves are recreational areas, a bandstand, an outdoor dance floor, and numerous memorials, the most conspicuous of which is an 1844 Gothic spire, 200 feet (60 metres) high, that rises above a statue of Sir Walter Scott and his hound, Maida.
For the first 100 years of its existence, West Princes Street Gardens was the private amenity of Princes Street proprietors. In 1876 this tract was opened to the public, which had always had access to the eastern gardens. The Mound, a causeway of rubble and earth from New Town construction, forms the division between the two gardens. On the Mound are two neo-Grecian temples to the arts: the Royal Scottish Academy (1832) and the National Gallery of Scotland (1859). Atop the Mound, near the Royal Mile, stands New College, the home of the University of Edinburgh's faculty of divinity. Attached to it is the Assembly Hall of the Church of Scotland (1859), which served as the temporary meeting place of the new Scottish Parliament between 1999 and 2004. The skyscape viewed from the New Town reveals Edinburgh's best piece of architectural one-upmanship: the enormous Gothic spire of the (Highland) Tolbooth Church (1844; now the Hub, or Edinburgh Festival Centre) at the head of the Royal Mile is framed in an architectural embrace by the twin towers of the New College (1850). The original embrace was scarcely friendly: the Tolbooth was designed as a church and the meeting hall of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland; New College was planned as a church and theological college for the rival Free Church, set up after the bitter Disruption of 1843. The Disruption, which split the Church of Scotland apart—some two-fifths of the ministry and three-fifths of parishioners left the Church of Scotland for the Free Church—is recaptured in stone at the head of the Mound. Railroad tracks—now almost concealed by landscaping—were laid through the middle of the Princes Street Gardens in 1847, and trains bound for Glasgow and the north pass under the Mound. The rails terminate in the east end of the park at Waverley Station.


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Article: Comment on "Impaired Respiratory and Body Temperature Control Upon Acute Serotonergic Neuron Inhibition"[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: Ray et al. (Reports, 29 July 2011, p. 637) assume that clozapine-N4-oxide (CNO) represents a "biologically inert synthetic ligand" that selectively activates the M4 muscarinic receptor-based DREADD (designer receptor exclusively activated by a designer drug). In contrast, due to the redox cycling of CNO with clozapine and to their cell membrane permeability, CNO is biologically active and its conversion products are capable of undermining DREADD effects.Science 08/2012; 337(6095):646; author reply 646. DOI:10.1126/science.1221810 · 31.48 Impact Factor
Article: Clomipramine-induced serum prolactin as a marker for serotonin and dopamine turnover: results of an open label study.[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: Central nervous system (CNS) monoamine deficits have been linked to a number of pathological conditions such as major depressive disorder. Individual biological variations in 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid (5-HIAA), homovanillic acid (HVA) and 3-methoxy-4-hydroxyphenylglycol (MHPG) might account for the variation in responses of neurotransmitter systems observed after the administration of clomipramine. The prolactin response to clomipramine has been widely used to assess CNS functioning. This open label study investigates the prolactin response induced by clomipramine in the plasma of healthy volunteers and whether it is related to changes in monoamine metabolites. The effects of clomipramine challenge on prolactin, 5-HIAA, HVA and MHPG were measured in 12 healthy volunteers. Samples were drawn directly before and 50 min after clomipramine infusion. A statistically significant increase in serum prolactin concentrations was measured in women 50 min after CMI infusion, but not in men. We found no significant increases in the serum monoamine metabolite concentrations 50 min after CMI infusion. Changes in HVA and 5-HIAA correlated statistically significantly and positively with the amount of prolactin release in the whole sample. Furthermore, positive correlations were found between ∆(50-0 min) 5-HIAA and ∆(50-0 min) HVA, although we did not find a correlation between ∆(50-0 min) prolactin and ∆(50-0 min) MHPG after clomipramine challenge. The pronounced prolactin release in healthy adult women might indicate a higher physiological sensitivity. Correlations between intra-individual changes in HVA, 5-HIAA and serum prolactin might indicate a central nervous effect of clomipramine on monoamine turnover. We conclude that monoamine changes in relation to prolactin response after clomipramine challenge may be suitable for characterizing the relationship between central serotonergic and dopaminergic function.European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience 03/2011; 261(8):567-73. DOI:10.1007/s00406-011-0201-y · 3.36 Impact Factor
Article: Clozapine Mobilizes CD34(+) Hematopoietic Stem and Progenitor Cells and Increases Plasma Concentration of Interleukin 6 in Patients With Schizophrenia[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: The blood of 8 European patients with schizophrenia without manifest comorbidity was studied whether the classical atypical antipsychotic drug clozapine altered the amount of circulating CD34(+) hematopoietic cells. As assessed by flow cytometry, the number of CD34(+) cells increased by 433% (from 1.49 ± 1.07 × 10(6)/L, mean ± SD pretreatment, to a peak of 6.45 ± 3.47 × 10(6)/L) following first-time therapy with clozapine for 12 weeks. The increase of CD34(+) cell, neutrophil, and leukocyte counts was statistically significant (P = 0.012). A transversal investigation of 23 long-term patients and 58 controls showed elevated neutrophil counts in the clozapine-monotreated group, whereas CD34(+) cell numbers were unaltered. A transversal investigation of 12 clozapine-monotreated long-term patients and 10 controls revealed a 1.3-fold elevation of plasma interleukin 6 levels in patients on clozapine (P = 0.017). In conclusion, clozapine treatment results in an initial mobilization of CD34(+) stem and progenitor cells into the peripheral blood and in a slight long-term elevation of interleukin 6.Journal of clinical psychopharmacology 10/2010; 30(5):591-5. DOI:10.1097/JCP.0b013e3181eeb7f7 · 3.76 Impact Factor
Article: Clozapine therapy raises serum concentrations of high sensitive C-reactive protein in schizophrenic patients.[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: Eight schizophrenic inpatients without manifest comorbidity were longitudinally studied. The aim was to find whether clozapine, the prototype of atypical antipsychotic drugs, altered their serum concentrations of high sensitive C-reactive protein (hsCRP), an inflammatory marker of high clinical importance. Following first-time therapy with clozapine, predominantly as the sole antipsychotic for 8 weeks, hsCRP profiles increased subclinically by 600%. This rise, and the Spearman correlation between hsCRP values and corresponding leukocyte counts, was statistically significant. A one-time cross-section investigation of 25 long-term clozapine patients and 25 patient controls did not show an elevation of hsCRP under clozapine after 1 year and more. It is assumed that the clozapine-evoked increase of hsCRP is part of a transient acute-phase response. The underlying inflammatory process needs clarification.International clinical psychopharmacology 03/2010; 25(2):101-6. DOI:10.1097/YIC.0b013e32833643fd · 3.10 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: This case report presents a rare, potentially life-threatening vegetative disturbance, which can occur during pharmacotherapy of schizophrenia. A retrospective descriptive transversal and longitudinal section consideration of in-patient treatments of one female was performed. A 50-years old woman suffering from oligophrenia and disorganized psychosis (ICD-10: F71, F20.1; DSM-IV: 318, 295.10) successively evolved hypothermias up to 32.0 degrees C rectal, between them fever up to 40.0 degrees C rectal, hypothermia-accompanied bradycardias up to 32/min, recurrent subclinical hypoglycaemias up to 55 mg/dl and somnolence until coma under benperidol with levomepromazine or melperone, pipamperone with and without amisulpride, promethazine as well as zuclopenthixole. Within hours the hypothermias responded to antipsychotic drug holiday. No pathbreaking finding could be ensured on levels of internal medicine, toxicology, neurology as well as neurophysiology including a transient aetiologically uncertain partial insufficiency of the adenohypophysis. During long-term treatment with antipsychotics especially in higher dosage unpredictable vegetative crises may occur. Antipsychotics having pronounced 5HT2- and D2-antagonism seem to be rather associated with hypothermia. We recommend in case of hypothermia below 35,5 degrees C immediate antipsychotic or anticholinergic drug discontinuation, usage of benzodiazepines like lorazepam for a few days and a following trial with ziprasidone, aripiprazole or clozapine. These atypical neuroleptics show receptor binding profiles potentially advantageous in hypothermia.Psychiatrische Praxis 04/2008; 35(2):91-3. · 1.64 Impact Factor
Psychiatrische Praxis 03/2008; 35(2):91-93. DOI:10.1055/s-2007-986187 · 1.64 Impact Factor
Article: Relationship between cardiovagal modulation and psychotic state in patients with paranoid schizophrenia[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: Disturbed autonomic nervous system (ANS) function in schizophrenia might contribute to increased cardiovascular mortality. We obtained heart rate variability indices from 40 unmedicated schizophrenic patients and 58 matched controls. Mainly we found that patients displaying stronger psychotic symptoms as assessed by the Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale exhibit more severe cardiac ANS disturbances compared with controls.Psychiatry Research 02/2008; 157(1-3):255-7. DOI:10.1016/j.psychres.2007.04.021 · 2.68 Impact Factor
Article: Clozapine induces oxidative stress and proapoptotic gene expression in neutrophils of schizophrenic patients[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: The present study examined cellular effects of the atypical antipsychotic drug clozapine on blood cells of treated patients with and without clozapine-induced agranulocytosis (CA). Blood from one patient who commenced clozapine treatment was examined at weekly intervals for 128 days. Olanzapine-treated (n = 5) and polymedicated (n = 14) schizophrenic patients, as well as healthy subjects (n = 19) and septic shock patients (n = 8), were studied for comparison. We observed dramatically increased numbers of native neutrophils stained for superoxide anion production (P < or = 0.005, n = 10) and significantly elevated expression levels of the proapoptotic genes p53 (P < or = 0.020), bax alpha (P < or = 0.001), and bik (P < or = 0.002) in all tested non-CA patients (n = 19) and CA patients (n = 4). In non-CA patients, the expression of these genes did not correlate to the percentage of apoptotic neutrophils (2.0% +/- 1.3%), but in CA patients about 37% of the neutrophils show morphologic signs of apoptosis (P < or = 0.001). Under G-CSF therapy of CA, the number of apoptotic neutrophils and the expression of the proapoptotic genes decreased significantly. In conclusion, high production of reactive oxygen species in neutrophils of clozapine-treated patients, together with increased expression of proapoptotic genes, suggests that neutrophils are predisposed to apoptosis in schizophrenic patients under clozapine therapy. The correlation between drug and proapoptotic markers was highest for clozapine and bax alpha as well as superoxide anion radicals. This indicates oxidative mitochondrial stress in neutrophils of clozapine-treated patients which probably contributes to the induction of apoptosis and sudden loss of neutrophils and their precursors in CA patients.Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology 11/2005; 25(5):419-26. DOI:10.1097/01.jcp.0000177668.42640.fe · 3.76 Impact Factor
Article: Increased levels of glucocorticoid receptors and enhanced glucocorticoid receptor auto-regulation after hydrocortisone challenge in B-lymphoblastoids from patients with affective disorders.[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: The stress response is mediated by a negative feedback effect of glucocorticoids on corticosteroid receptors. Here, we examine the potential contribution of these receptors and their response to a glucocorticoid challenge to dysfunctions of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis reported for patients with affective disorders. In a pilot-study, we established B-lymphoblastoid cell lines from patients suffering from affective disorders and healthy subjects and measured the quantity of glucocorticoid receptors at steady state conditions after 12-weeks cell culture. After short-term incubation with 0.1 microM hydrocortisone for 48 h, the decrease of glucocorticoid receptors was also investigated. After 12-weeks cell culture, we found a significantly higher number of cytosolic glucocorticoid receptors in B-lymphoblastoids from patients (B(max)=804.9+/-342.5 fmol/mg protein) compared to those from healthy subjects (B(max)=576.9+/-190.3 fmol/mg protein: p=0.045; t-test). The increase of the glucocorticoid receptor level in the group of patients could be attributed largely to the higher number of these receptors measured in B-lymphoblastoids of patients suffering from major depressive disorder. The in vitro regulation of glucocorticoid receptors in response to 0.1 microM hydrocortisone for 48 h resulted in a significantly larger decrease in cultures of B-lymphoblastoids derived from patients (to 32.9+/-7.5%) than in those from healthy subjects (to 45.8+/-8.2%). The stronger decrease of glucocorticoid receptors in the group of patients (p=0.0001; t-test) was independent of the duration of illness and medication, suggesting a trait-like characteristic of the response.Psychoneuroendocrinology 06/2005; 30(4):325-32. DOI:10.1016/j.psyneuen.2004.09.004 · 5.59 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: Olanzapine is an atypical antipsychotic with a low incidence of extrapyramidal-motoric side effects. Its chemical structure is related to clozapine, which is known to induce neutropenia in up to 3% and agranulocytosis in approximately 1% of patients. It has been discussed controversially whether olanzapine also has a potential to induce neutropenia and agranulocytosis. Up to now, seven case reports of haematopoetic disturbances during olanzapine treatment have been published, including one case of olanzapine-induced agranulocytosis (Naumann et al. 1999), two cases of neutropenia (Steinwachs et al. 1999) and one leucopenia (Meissner et al. 1999). We report three subjects with reversible neutropenia under olanzapine, with rapid normalisation of neutrophil cell counts after discontinuation of olanzapine. In one case neutropenia occurred after administration of a single dose of olanzapine, in another case after 6 weeks of treatment. In both cases, patients had no clinical complications. In the third case, neutropenia appeared after 1.5 years of treatment followed by development of pneumonia. Two cases were recorded within the German drug surveillance project (AMSP); the third case was observed in a randomised, double-blind, multicentre study comparing olanzapine with clozapine.The World Journal of Biological Psychiatry 11/2004; 5(4):230-4. DOI:10.1080/15622970410029938 · 4.23 Impact Factor
Article: In vitro, inhibition of oxidative stress prevents clozapine-induced apoptosis in neutrophilsPharmacopsychiatry 10/2004; 36(05). DOI:10.1055/s-2003-825427 · 2.17 Impact Factor
Article: Inhibition of p38-mitogen-activated protein kinase may protect from clozapine-induced agranulocytosis.The World Journal of Biological Psychiatry 02/2004; 5(1):54-5. DOI:10.1080/15622970410029909 · 4.23 Impact Factor
Article: Increased apoptosis of neutrophils in a case of clozapine-induced agranulocytosis - A case report[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: A 45-year-old female suffering from severe chronic schizophrenia of the paranoid type did not respond to typical antipsychotics. Five weeks after starting therapy with clozapine, she developed a clozapine-induced agranulocytosis (CA). Discontinuation of clozapine and treatment with granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) led to normalization of blood neutrophil counts within three weeks. This report suggests enhanced apoptosis of blood neutrophils during the acute phase of CA resulting from enhanced expression of the pro-apoptotic proteins Bax and Bik and from a decrease of the anti-apoptotic BCl-X(L) mRNA. The time course of decline and recovery of neutrophilic cells, as well as the release pattern of endogenous G-CSF, resembles those of chemotherapy-induced neutropenia. The kinetics of CD 34-positive cells mimics that of cytotoxic progenitor cell mobilization, e. g., after cytostatic drug administration. Our findings argue against the hypothesis that clozapine-mediated inhibition of G-CSF or granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) release is involved in CA development. Because clozapine-induced cell death mainly affects the neutrophil lineage, the elucidation of the exact mechanism of CA may open new perspectives for the treatment of psychiatric and possibly hematological disorders.Pharmacopsychiatry 02/2003; 36(1):37-41. DOI:10.1055/s-2003-38091 · 2.17 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: The atypical antipsychotic, clozapine, exerts superior efficacy in therapy-resistant schizophrenia, but unfortunately induces agranulocytosis with an incidence of 0.8 - 1 %. In this study, we investigated the cellular uptake of clozapine into human promyelocytic leukaemia HL-60 cells using HPLC with electrochemical detection. On incubation with 1.25 to 40 microM clozapine for 30 min, a saturable, energy- and temperature-dependent uptake process takes place (K m = 18.8 microM, k cat = 1.36 nmol/5 min/mg protein at 37 degrees C). This suggests membrane passage of clozapine by a carrier mechanism. 10 microM Indatraline, an inhibitor of dopamine, noradrenaline and serotonin (5-HT) reuptake, but not the selective 5-HT reuptake inhibitor fluvoxamine, markedly reduced the transport of clozapine by 62 %, whereas addition of 10 mM glucose to the incubation medium increased intracellular clozapine concentrations by 28 %. Since cyclosporine A, vinblastine or verapamil up to a final concentration of 10 microM did not alter the intracellular accumulation of clozapine, an involvement of P-glycoprotein seems to be unlikely. In summary, clozapine uptake into HL-60 cells meets criteria of an active unidirectional transport. Its molecular correlates remain to be established.Pharmacopsychiatry 06/2002; 35(3):90-5. DOI:10.1055/s-2002-31516 · 2.17 Impact Factor
Schizophrenia Research 01/2000; 41(1):240-241. DOI:10.1016/S0920-9964(00)90905-8 · 4.43 Impact Factor
Article: Lithium evoked DNA strand breaks and apoptosis in IMR32 cells are independent of P53 and iNOSEuropean Psychiatry 01/1998; 13. DOI:10.1016/S0924-9338(99)80670-1 · 3.21 Impact Factor
Article: Striatal and extrastriatal binding of 123I-iodobenzamide (IBZM) during treatment of major depressionBiological Psychiatry 07/1997; 42(1). DOI:10.1016/S0006-3223(97)86917-X · 9.47 Impact Factor
Biological Psychiatry 07/1997; 42(1). DOI:10.1016/S0006-3223(97)87076-X · 9.47 Impact Factor
Biological Psychiatry 07/1997; 42(1). DOI:10.1016/S0006-3223(97)88023-7 · 9.47 Impact Factor
Article: In vivo evidence for the involvement of dopamine-D2 receptors in striatum and anterior cingulate gyrus in major depression.[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: The dopaminergic system is a candidate neurotransmitter system thought to be involved in the pathogenesis of depression. This study addresses the issue whether the antidepressant efficacy of serotonin reuptake inhibition is related to changes in the cerebral dopaminergic system. Cerebral dopamine-D2 receptors were characterized in 13 patients with major depression using the dopamine-D2 receptor antagonist iodobenzamide and single photon emission tomography. Dopamine receptor binding was assessed twice, before and during serotonin reuptake inhibition. An increase in dopamine-D2 receptor binding during serotonin reuptake inhibition was found in striatum and anterior cingulate gyrus in treatment responders, but not in nonresponders. The increase in dopamine-D2 receptor binding correlated significantly with clinical recovery from depression as assessed with the Hamilton depression scale (r = 0.59 for right and left striatum respectively, P < 0.05; r = 0.79 for the anterior cingulate gyrus, P < 0.05 after Bonferroni correction). Qualitatively similar correlations were observed in the precentral gyrus, the medial frontal gyrus, the inferior frontal gyrus, and the frontal part of the opercular gyrus, but these correlations failed to reach statistical significance after correction for the effects of multiple testing. No such correlations were found in the superior frontal gyrus, the orbitofrontal gyrus, the gyrus rectus, the superior parietal gyrus, or the superior temporal gyrus. The data strengthen the concept that the striatum and the anterior cingulate gyrus are involved in mood regulation. Dopamine-D2 receptors may constitute a central role in this domain.NeuroImage 05/1997; 5(4 Pt 1):251-60. DOI:10.1006/nimg.1997.0267 · 6.13 Impact Factor
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Sunderland winger Adam Johnson admits critics were right to question his hunger last season.
Johnson is now at his best, but concedes he was struggling when first moving from Manchester City.
"I think people were right to question my hunger last year," admitted a player nurtured by Middlesbrough's excellent academy staff. "I think that's fair. I was desperate to prove myself here, but when it didn't work out, I lost it," he told the Telegraph.
"It was the first time I'd gone through a spell like it. I was at a club that won all the time and I got stuck in a rut in a team that was struggling a bit.
"I didn't realise it had happened, but looking back it did. There were days when I just wasn't motivated. I wasn't myself. I was extremely frustrated. I couldn't get my head around it, but it has definitely made me a better player. I've learnt new things from difficult experiences. I'm out the other side.
"I don't know why I lost form, I still can't put my finger on it. I can't really put my finger on why it has come back. Things didn't come off, I kept trying to do the things I'd always done, but you lose the ball a couple of times and your confidence goes. I spent a few months doubting my decision to come here.
"I was in a dressing room that was hurting after defeats, not one that won 99 per cent of the time. It was a lot harder than I thought it was going to be.
"But I wanted to come here and play every week and have that pressure of expectation. I didn't want to be a good player in a world-class team, I wanted to be a good player in a good team who was expected to win games for the team.
"I left City for the sake of my career. I'd won the FA Cup and the Premier League, I wanted to do something else. It's taken me some time for me to get into a place where I'm able to play like I wanted, but I feel I'm there now."
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At Christmas time we celebrate the birth of Jesus and at Easter time we celebrate His resurrection. We might not know exactly the day and time this all happened, we just believe it all took place.
Jesus was God's only begotten Son, conceived of the Holy Spirit, and born of a virgin.
He was rich yet for our sakes He became poor. He slept in another's stable; rode another man's donkey; He was buried in another's sepulcher, where no one had been laid.
He was sentenced to death on the cross. He paid for the sins of all. Satan could not stop Him. Death could not destroy Him. The grave could not hold Him.
Having fully satisfied God's perfect justice, He conquered death and rose on the third day as He said He would.
One day He will return not as a suffering servant but with power and glory. Then every knee will bow and every tongue shall confess Him as Lord.
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LONDON (ICIS)--European gasoline barges traded 3% lower week on week on the back of cheaper crude oil prices, industry sources said on Monday.
Eurobob gasoline traded at $888-893/tonne FOB (free on board) ARA (Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp), down from $912-924/tonne FOB ARA on Monday 28 October.
The softer gasoline prices are being driven by a fall in upstream ICE Brent crude oil futures.
There were multiple trades in the Eurobob market. Energy major BP sold a total of 7,000 tonnes to trading firm Trafigura and oil major Shell, while Chevron sold 1,000 tonnes to Shell.
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Naphtha prices fell on the back of the lower crude oil values and were assessed at $896-897/tonne CIF (cost, insurance & freight) NWE (northwest Europe) on Monday morning.
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Hi all, I'm not exactly new to guitar--been playing for 4 years--but I am new to the amplifier world and that is why I've come here.
For my first two years of guitar playing, I was using an acoustic guitar, for the latest two years it's been a mix between acoustic and electric. Up until this point, I've been playing my electric guitar with an amp that was included as a package. It's just a small practice thing--I'm not even sure if it's 5 watt--and, not surprisingly, sounds really bad. I've decided that it's time for an upgrade and went on the search on my local classifieds for a new amp.
I seen the Hughes and Kettner 25th anniversary tube amp for sale for $275. I did a bit of research and the amp looks very nice. I contacted the seller and he is willing to let it go for $225. A STEAL for this amp as per my research. I've come here to get opinions on this particular amp and Hughes and Kettner in general.
If anyone has this amp, how's the reliability? The sound? After I purchase--if I do--what would be some recommended tubes to replace the standard ones, if I should replace them at all?


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Taking Filmmaking to the Extreme: Extreme Sports & Film Camps
News from HQ by Vince Matthews
Travis Schlafmann is one of DMA's lead filmmaking instructors. Travis who graduated from the UCSC film school, has been spending his summer's at DMA teaching future filmmakers the craft of movie-making.
Schlafmann's first film was a 30 minute snowboard and skateboarding film. "I traveled to Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Colorado to premiere the film." said Schlafmann, "It was such an incredible feeling to have my work up on the big screen and evaluated by my peers." A filmmaker with years of real-world experience, Travis has worked in a variety of production settings, with both live-action and extreme sports.
Courses You Can't Find in College
Speaking of extreme sports action, DMA's action sports filmmaking camps were developed specifically for teens. Schlafmann explains, "The idea for these courses came out of a conversation I had with DMA's Director of Curriculum, Dave Livingston. He asked me if there were any filmmaking courses that I wish I could have taken in college that weren't available."
While there are college courses that teach film theory and production, Schlafmann explains there aren't many that include actions sports cinematography and editing techniques. "I thought it would be so cool to have taken a video production class with curriculum that taught these techniques. The classes were born out of that and they've been a huge success."
In these film camps, students learn how to plan, shoot and edit an action sports film, to produce their own action sports videos. At the end of the week at the student showcase, filmmakers get the chance to premiere their film on the "big screen", in front of classmates, family, and friends. Students accomplish so much in just 5 days while having so much fun!
Check out a couple of videos created by a camper named Evan in the Skateboarding & Filmmaking camp back in 2008:
DMA Film Camp Experience for Teens
News from HQ by Philip Harding
Learn more about Digital Media Academy Film Camps for Teens in this video. See what teen students are saying about DMA summer technology camp programs. DMA summer camp students get the opportunity to act as a producer, screenwriter, actor / actress, director, scout, art director, digital video editor, and more! This is a truly amazing tech learning experience.
Digital Media Academy also offers similar Film Camps for Kids and Filmmaking Courses for Pro Adults in addition to the Teen Film Camps.
Learn more at http://news.digitalmediaacademy.org
Film Camp for Teens : Create, Write, Act, Produce, and Edit
News from HQ by Philip Harding
Make a movie at Digital Media Academy Film Camp for Teens!
I have had the pleasure of being able to attend, direct, assist, and co-instruct all levels of DMA's filmmaking programs, but I just wanted to talk about the youth film camp programs for a moment. We've seen a lot of girls very interested in the film industry and these film camps. Both guys and girls get the chance to work in a real world film set and get a taste of the movie making action. Teen and youth students get the opportunity to create their own movie from scratch during the 5 day summer camp. The class starts with brainstorming creative story ideas and actually writing a movie script. Throughout the week-long bootcamp style filmmaking course students are able to write the script, act in the scenes, scout out shooting locations, shoot the film, edit the video with a pro level app like Apple's Final Cut Pro, and produce their own DVD to take home. What a week!
DMA students get to act as a producer, screenwriter, actor / actress, director, scout, art director, digital video editor, and more! This is a truly amazing experience.
I have a lot of great memories across many of our university campuses with a green screen, mic boom, or extra camera trying to get in one last video shoot for the film camp. These film courses are always fun and creative. The learning experience is hands-on and directly duplicates being on the set making, acting, and directing a Hollywood picture. The camera equipment, audio equipment, lighting kits, and computer & software technology is always the best available.
Digital Media Academy also offers similar Film Camps for Kids and Filmmaking Courses for Pro Adults in addition to the Teen Film Camps.
Maya Training & Video Special Effects Courses at DMA
News from HQ by Philip Harding
Do you know about the Maya training courses and video special effects courses that are being taught at Digital Media Academy? Learn 3d video game design, animation, character modeling, and more at DMA's summer computer training sessions at prestigious universities and schools around the United States and Canada. DMA offers separate programs, summer computer camps, and digital art & technology camps for adult professionals, teens, and kids.
The video below talks about some of the exciting tech concepts students learn at DMA (wait until the end!)
Check out some of the 3d, video game, animation, modeling, and special effects courses taught at DMA:
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Apple Motion Special Effects Tip with Instructor Mark Spencer
News from HQ by Philip Harding
Mark Spencer is a Bay Area video editor who literally wrote the book on Motion. He is the author of several works on the subject, such as Apple Pro Training Series: Motion Graphics and Effects in Final Cut Studio 2 and Apple Pro Training Series: Motion 3. "I am a big Motion fan," he says. "And use it extensively for text treatments, animated elements and DVD menus."
Putting Motion into Action
Mark is also an instructor at Digital Media Academy, where he teaches Motion training courses. Mark has also taught Final Cut Pro tech camps while at DMA.
Mark's website is an amazing resource for tips and inspiration in using Final Cut Studio.
Mark gave us a Motion tip at the Macworld Expo in San Francisco where DMA teamed up with the John Lennon Educational Tour Bus to offer hands-on computer workshops. This video was shot on the John Lennon Education Tour Bus, and covers the topic "How to Use Motion to Create Background Elements." Mark tackles the following topics:
Put Your Future into Motion
This summer kids and teens will discover the world of video production at Digital Media Academy's tech camp locations in US and Canada. DMA offers programs for all age levels and interest areas:
For kids ages 8 to 12, DMA's Adventures in Filmmaking & Special Effects camp gives them a great first taste of the moviemaking process. Students cover a wide range of topics, including post-production editing with Final Cut Pro®.
Teens ages 13 to 17 will be thrilled with the cool FX they get to create in DMA's Visual Effects for Filmmaking camp. This intro to visual effects covers both in-camera special effects, as well as green-screen techniques, layering, basic compositing, keyframing and more.
And for the teen who can't get enough film production, DMA's Academy for Hollywood Visual Effects is packed with two weeks of digital filmmaking that touch upon all technical aspects of the production process.
If you're interested in studying film production this summer, DMA tech camps are the perfect place to watch your creativity soar.
Learn more about DMA instructor Mark Spencer.
Video Compression for Producers and Editors: How Big is It?
News from HQ by Philip Harding
Written by Jeff Sobel of the John Lennon Bus
A video producer often needs to be able to estimate the size of a video file before that video has been recorded, imported or exported. Do you need a magic crystal ball to predict how large a video file will be before you hit that Export button? Nope. You just need a 5th grader's grasp of basic math. Here's how:
Let's take the example of exporting a video using Apple's Compressor which comes standard with Final Cut Studio 2.
The first thing you should know is that digital video is encoded at a certain datarate, commonly called the bitrate. Higher bitrates generally produce better quality video (less "pixelation" or graininess) but will create larger files. You need to be sure that you choose a bitrate that's high enough to achieve satisfactory quality but not so high that the video can't be streamed on the web, downloaded in a reasonable amount of time, emailed, or however you intend to get it to your audience. Compressor has presets which are great starting points for making this decision.
The screenshot below shows Compressor's stock presets for iPod, iPhone, and AppleTV:
You'll see that there are two different presets for iPod/iPhone. The 1st is "h.264 video @ 600kbps" and the 2nd is "h.264 video @ 1500kbps". Now, it's safe to assume that the 2nd preset will produce better quality video, but how big will the files be? Let say we have a 2min long video and we're hoping to compress it to a small enough filesize to be able to email it. Will the 600kbps setting do that for us? Let's figure it out.
The 1st thing you need to know is that "600kbps" stands for "600 kilobits per second". Now, we're all pretty used to hearing about kilobytes, megabytes, even terabytes. But what's a kilobit? A bit is the smallest piece of data there is. We represent bit with a lowercase b and byte with an uppercase B. All you need to know is:
There are 8 bits in a byte.
There are 1024 bits in a kilobit.
There are 1024 kilobits in a kilobyte.
There are 1024 kilobytes in a megabyte.
It's not nearly as complicated as it might seem at first. It's just like measurements you make in a kitchen. You know, 16oz in a pint, 2 pints in a quart, 4 quarts in a gallon, etc…
So let's figure out how big our 2min video is going to be after we compress it using the 600kbps preset in Compressor:
600kbps / 8 = 75 kilobytes per second
75KB/s * 60 = 4500 kilobytes per minute
4500KB/m / 1024 = 4.4 megabytes per minute
Our 2min video is going to be about 9megabytes when exported with this preset. Small enough that you might be able to email it.
Now what if we compressed it using the AppleTV preset? That's a 5mbps bitrate (5 megabits per second) so:
5mbps * 1024 = 5120 kilobits per second
5120kbps / 8 = 640 kilobytes per second
640KB/s * 60 = 38,400KB per minute
38,400KB / 1024 = 37.5 megabytes per minute
At this setting our 2min video will be about 75 megabytes. Much larger. But it's going to look much better as well, even on an HD TV.
In our next installment we'll talk about how you can estimate how much disk space you'll need before capturing or importing your footage from a video camera.
Skate + Film Camp : Make a Skateboard Movie at DMA!
News from HQ by Philip Harding
Make a skateboarding film at DMA teen summer computer and technology camps! This is a great way to learn how to make a skateboard video. Watch the experiences of actual students that filmed and editing video of professional skateboarders during the Skate and Filmmaking class at Digital Media Academy. This same course is offered this summer at many prestigious university locations in the United States and Canada.
Learn more about the Skate & Film Camp on the course page. Watch the video below to see actual students' experiences at the DMA's summer camp programs…
Make Music Videos Like the Pros
News from HQ by Tyler Winick
If you know anything about the John Lennon bus you'll know that we travel the country 10 months out of the year making music and video projects with students around the country. We've recently teamed up with the Digital Media Academy to bring week long, hands on music video production courses to campuses across the nation this summer. The course is called "Come Together" and will offer in depth instruction on the creation of music videos all the way from droppin' beats like a clumsy farmer to editing like Spielberg, that's Mr. Spielberg to you buddy.
I'll be co-instructing the Music Video course with an experienced member of the DMA team, Travis Schlaffman, who has led teen summer camps from DMA now for six years and has a lot to teach and some pretty cool tattoos!! I'm looking forward to it and It should be a great collision of Bus style projects fused with DMA's critical hands on learning. For more info visit:digitalmediaacademy.org. See you this summer!
3d Video Game Design Experience at DMA Summer Camp
News from HQ by Philip Harding
Watch an actual student talk about his experience at DMA's Teen 3d Video Game Design Program. He used 3ds Max to create a 3d Mario World and 3d characters to match.


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THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Flagging the extent of species diversity in the Western Ghats, researchers have reported the discovery of a dozen species of tree frogs from the region.
The discovery by S.D. Biju of Delhi University and Franky Bossuyt of the Free University of Brussels is published in the latest issue of Zoological Journal of Linnean Society, London. The paper is titled 'Systematics and phylogeny of Philautus Gistel, 1848 (Anura, Rhacophoridae) in the Western Ghats of India, with descriptions of 12 new species.'
A Delhi University release on Tuesday said the findings followed 10 years of field study in the Western Ghats, a biodiversity hotspot, complemented by laboratory research. The paper is unique for the sheer number of new species described, the release said.
The paper, while making a comprehensive taxonomic revision of the genus Philautus (mostly bush frogs and tree frogs), also reports the rediscovery of a bush frog that was considered extinct. The rediscovered Travancore bush frog (Philautus travancoricus) had not been reported since its discovery more than 100 years ago. It was found now in a highly degraded environment in the Vagamon area of Kottayam district.
The genus Philautus was discovered in India in 1854. Over the 155-year period since then, 32 species under this genus have been reported from the Western Ghats. Dr. Biju has been associated with the discovery of 19 of them, including the 12 reported now. In their paper, he and Dr. Bossuyt, a systematics expert, also report the possible extinction of two of the species reported decades ago.
"This highlights the need for a new conservation strategy for our country. Seemingly small habitat disturbances can wipe out species… Seven of the newly reported species were found in unprotected areas that were forests some time back and are plantations and human habitations now. These species are fast vanishing," Dr. Biju said.
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Well now, isn't that interesting. Reading the agenda for today's meeting (which I can't attend since I just found out about it), it sure sounds like they've been thinking about this for a while.
And I must say this is pretty sneaky. Last spring, they install signs saying the road is no longer maintained. The gate on the Lake County side is locked during the summer (maybe periodically opened). In the fall, they announce that they're considering terminating maintenance. Part of the public process is to notify the public, including posting signs on the road itself. Yet, who actually goes up there in the winter since it is normally closed. I never would have known about it if it wasn't for this discussion. Even the guy I emailed last week, Assistant Planning and Public Works Director Panos Kokkas, failed to mention the meetings or intentions.
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If Obama wins a second term its trajectory is already written in the history of his first:
Mr. Obama has governed from the left not because he miscalculated his priorities but because these are his priorities. His first term is best understood as a race to put himself in the pantheon of the great progressive Presidents–Wilson, FDR, LBJ–who expanded the state's control over the private economy and over the wants and needs of the American middle class.
The price of this governing choice includes a weak recovery, achievements like ObamaCare that are unpopular, the loss of the House in 2010, and a polarized electorate. Unable to run on his record, he has conducted a low-down re-election campaign based on destroying his opponent's character. If the polls are right, even if he wins re-election, he will do so as the first President since Wilson to win with a smaller margin than he did the first time.
But for Mr. Obama, this won't matter. His great progressive gamble will have paid off. His second term will be about preserving the government gains of his first term, especially ObamaCare, and using regulation to press government control wherever else he can.
This election, you're voting for your children and grandchildren as well as yourself. There is a bleak future waiting for them. For all practical purposes, you and they will become little more than serfs. Wards of the state. Your freedoms diminished and gradually withdrawn one by one.
Obama's America is not America as it was supposed to be.
I have urged people to think – hard – about what this election means. I'm asking you to think hard, again. We have this one chance to reverse course. To vote strategically to give Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan the means to carry out the changes we need to stay free.
I will pray for my country tonight. I will vote tomorrow, on the day appointed by the constitution that I love; the constitution that has given me the opportunity I have had in my life to reach higher than my parents. I will do my duty as a citizen of a country that gave the world the best chance it has ever had to rise above "the life of man, solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short."
I will also pray there are enough patriots to change this country's course.
Vote for you and yours, as if the future depended on it.
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Syria's main opposition bloc on Friday urged the international community to take action to protect civilians in the cities of Homs and Daraa that have been targeted by military as part of a government campaign to regain control of the territory it lost to the opposition.
The appeal comes as opposition figures meet in Turkey to elect a new leadership, including an interim government that would try to run rebel-held territories in Syria.
The Syrian National Coalition appealed to the United Nations and Western countries that have supported the opposition in Syria's civil war "to intervene immediately" and provide food and medicine to the besieged, rebel-held areas of the central city of Homs and Daraa in the south, where the uprising against President Bashar Assad's rule began in March 2011.
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"The areas under attack in Homs have been cut off from the rest of the world and suffer from an urgent shortage of medicine and food," the SNC said, appealing to its Western backers to support rebel units and provide them with more sophisticated weapons.
In Damascus, Syrian-state-run SANA news agency said that three people were injured in an overnight mortar attack in the capital's Dweilaa region.
In recent months, rebels fighting in the north have received more powerful weaponry, including anti-tank missiles and surface-to-air missiles, likely supplied by Qatar and Saudi Arabia. The U.S., which has provided opposition fighters with non-lethal aid, said recently it was willing to supply them with arms, but has been reluctant to do so for fear they could end up in the hands of radical Islamic groups that have been the most effective rebel fighting force.
The Western-backed opposition coalition is primarily composed of exiled politicians with little apparent support from Syrians inside the country, who are trying to survive the third summer of devastating conflict.
SNC acting leader George Sabra and senior opposition figures Louay Safi and Mustafa Sabbagh top the list of candidates for the new leadership that is expected to emerge from the coalition's two-day meeting in Istanbul. However, its members remain deeply divided and previous attempts to unite its ranks and devise a strategy for possible peace talks that the U.S. and Russia have been trying to convene in Geneva this summer have failed.


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It never ceases to amaze me how consistently crazy the right can be, even immediately following a national tragedy that has the entire country feeling collectively depressed. Larry Pratt, the Executive Director of Gun Owners for America (the crazy bastard child of the NRA), a man who was too extreme for freaking Pat Buchanan and who threw his support around David Koresh and the fringe Branch Dravidian, appeared on Hardball where he suggested that gun owners should grab their AR-15s and overthrow the government when it shows a trail of constitutional abuses, such as stealing elections.
Of course Larry didn't make a peep about when George Bush did it in 2000 and kinda again in 2004. This is also the same guy who believed that a part of Obamacare involved repossessing citizens guns.
CHRIS MATTHEWS (HOST): So you're like Sharron Angle, out in Nevada, who said we need our Second Amendment rights to control when our politicians get out of hand.
PRATT: That's our Second Amendment rights, she's not making that up.
MATTHEWS: So how would you use your Second Amendment rights if you didn't like the way your congressman or senator is representing you?
PRATT: By being prepared.
MATTHEWS: So Larry, it's not just the right to use guns to protect your homes, it's the right to take on your government?
Somebody really needs to inform Larry Pratt that the Queen of England, although incredibly intimidating, isn't going to reclaim her territory again anytime soon. Also, he needs to know that a gaggle of Larry the Cable guy slobs in camouflage stand little chance against drones, nuclear bombs and the Marines. Our unflinching support for unbridled gun usage is like our unflinching and blind support for Israel. But even as many ardent gun proponent lawmakers are finally having a reasonable pang of consciousness, including NRA poster boy Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV), we can sooner expect a decent movie from Nicolas Cage than nut jobs like Larry Pratt ever striking a reasonable tone with regards to sensible gun regulation.
I leave you with a quote from Thomas Jefferson himself, the very founder father who these so-called patriots claim to read in between issues of Guns & Ammo, that brilliantly encapsulates the argument for sensible gun laws:
"I am not an advocate for frequent changes in laws and constitutions. But laws and institutions must go hand in hand with the progress of the human mind. As that becomes more developed, more enlightened, as new discoveries are made, new truths discovered and manners and opinions change, with the change of circumstances, institutions must advance also to keep pace with the times. We might as well require a man to wear still the coat which fitted him when a boy as civilized society to remain ever under the regimen of their barbarous ancestors." - Thomas Jefferson, July 12, 1816


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Mandatory overtime. Targeted enforcement of vague policies. Inappropriate work duty assignments. Enormous staff turnover.
Those are just some of the allegations Robert Robinson, a union official representing workers at the Ohio Veterans Home, made in a letter to state officials earlier this year.
The union is not demanding pay raises, extended sick leave or any other benefit extensions. Rather, Robinson wants a performance audit into how the home is run and how it can be improved.
We hope state officials and the management team at the Veterans Home hear his call and honor it, for whatever else is wrong there, it's clear there's a fundamental disconnect between management and workers of all types.
Robinson alleged a hostile work environment exists at the home, and the fear some union members have about listening devices and secret cameras is a symptom of the rift that has emerged between labor and management.
The management team has an absolute responsibility to create a working, viable relationship with its labor force, and the complaints from Robinson indicate it has failed to do that.
OVH administrators have acknowledged staff shortages in some positions have required an extensive use of the mandatory overtime stipulation in the union contract, which union officials say puts an enormous burden on the workers who still hold those positions.
The contract allows it, but just because they can doesn't mean managers should demand 16-hour shifts. They said steps have been taken to correct the situation, and we hope that is but a first step.
The labor force is on the front line in caring for veterans at the home, and that fact alone demands that managers treat workers with the respect they deserve.


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Soluble fibers attract water and form a gel, which slows down digestion. Soluble fiber delays the emptying of your stomach and makes you feel full, which helps control weight. Slower stomach emptying may also affect blood sugar levels and have a beneficial effect on insulin sensitivity, which may help control diabetes. Soluble fibers can also help lower LDL ("bad") blood cholesterol by interfering with the absorption of dietary cholesterol.
- Sources of soluble fiber: oatmeal, oat cereal, lentils, apples, oranges, pears, oat bran, strawberries, nuts, flaxseeds, beans, dried peas, blueberries, psyllium, cucumbers, celery, and carrots.
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It consisted of several links to medical sites that where appropriate to the posters question.
I got an error on a link to the MESA study site that include the initials of National Hockey Leaque as part of the link. It kept giving me an error message that the message violated the WebMD terms and highlighted those 3 letters.
I then deleted that link and posted the rest of the message. The message showed up at that time, but was gone the next day.
I them posted a completely separate message using "Report this" that contained the problem link and asked what was going on.
There was no other method given ask the question.
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Integrating the Calcium Score with the Framingham Risk Score (FRS):"
"The published studies demonstrate a high sensitivity of CAC for the presence of coronary artery disease but a lower specificity for obstructive CAD depending on the magnitude of the CAC. Several large clinical trials found clear, incremental predictive value of CAC over the Framingham risk score when used in asymptomatic patients. Based on multiple observational studies, patients with increased plaque burdens (increased CAC) are approximately ten times more likely to suffer a cardiac event over the next 3—5 years. Coronary calcium scores have outperformed conventional risk factors, highly sensitive C-reactive protein (CRP) and carotid intima media thickness (IMT) as a predictor of cardiovascular events."
I did not have time to read the whole article, but it appears useful.
Also this one http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC515311/View Thread
In addition to stanols/sterols there are esterfied and non-esterfied versions.View Thread
The calcium plaque buildup takes time and thus the score is age related.View Thread
Unless you are in the Kansas City area they are probably not available in the store, but you can order them over the internet.View Thread
Also for the bone loss think about increased diary for more calcium.View Thread
There is some indication that sever reaction to statins is caused by an auto immune reaction. And rheumatologist have treated this.
But with all of your other issues I don't know if this might be your case or not.
Might want to talk to your PCP about this.View Thread
Actually, in most people, "low fat" causes higher levels of cholesterol. Specially if you are using low fat products. They often have higher levels of carbs (sugars) added to compensate for the taste.
You want to eat good fats, mono and poly unsaturated. Fatty fish, olive oil, nuts, avocados, etc.
Also some food are good at help reducing cholesterol. One class is those with soluble fiber. Oats and apples are two common ones.View Thread
But did the doctor mention making lifestyle changes?View Thread
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Day of Afghan attacks kills 8 NATO service members
KABUL, Afghanistan Insurgent attacks in Afghanistan killed eight NATO service members in one of the deadliest days for the military coalition this year, signaling the start of what many fear will be a particularly violent fighting season as President Barack Obama looks to start drawing down troops, authorities said Sunday.
The spate of attacks happened Saturday, when two separate bomb blasts in the south killed three soldiers and a suicide bombing by a Taliban sleeper agent killed five NATO service members at a U.S. base in the east.
Fighting usually increases in Afghanistan as the weather warms and insurgents climb back over the mountainous border with Pakistan. This year, NATO has pushed further into Taliban strongholds in the south and has said the goal is to hold these areas so that militants cannot re-establish their dominance.
A deterioration in security over the next few months could complicate the Obama administration's plans to start drawing down troops in July. There are currently nearly 100,000 U.S. combat troops in the country.
When Obama committed to sending an additional 30,000 troops to Afghanistan in December 2009, it was with the promise that the surge would be temporary. The idea was that a surge of forces would turn the tide of the war against the Taliban, and then American troops could hand off to Afghans.
The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, Gen. David Petraeus, has said he will present Obama with various proposals for the drawdown - all of which include a reduction of forces.
But progress has been slow and it's unclear if the U.S. will be able to reduce a significant number of forces without ceding ground to the insurgency. While Taliban strongholds have given way in the south, violence has increased in formerly peaceful areas of the north.
Petraeus has also said he plans to aggressively go after the enemy this spring and summer, suggesting the fighting may be more intense than in previous years that set record death tolls.
Although the Afghan army has grown significantly, it is still a largely illiterate and untrained group. There have been repeated internal attacks by soldiers or police who have gone over to the Taliban side.
Saturday's suicide attack in eastern Laghman province also killed four Afghan soldiers and an interpreter. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the bombing and spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid said Sunday that the soldier was a sleeper agent who had been in the army for years and had been in contact with Taliban operatives for "a long time."
He said the soldier had only been at this specific base for one month. Previously, the Taliban had said the soldier had only joined the army a month ago.
Attacks by insurgents donning security uniforms are a relatively rare but recurrent problem as NATO and Afghan forces work more closely together. Afghanistan's security forces are also ramping up recruitment of Afghan soldiers and policemen so they can take the lead in securing their nation by the end of 2014, adding more than 70,000 police and soldiers last year in an effort to reach 305,000 troop by the end of this year.


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Just two weeks after being named one of the top school districts upstate, New Hartford's Perry Junior High has been added to the state's "in need of improvement" list.
It's not alone.
Nineteen other schools in Herkimer and Oneida counties were added to the list, and are part of what the State Education Department has called an "unprecedented" wave of schools failing to meet the state's minimum standards.
Statewide, 847 elementary, middle and high schools were newly identified and added to the list, including 89 school districts. That brings the total number of schools not making standards to 1,325. Last year, just 102 schools and four districts were added to the list.
In late October, Buffalo-based Business First released its rankings of school districts, based on three years of Regents test scores and over 100 other statistical measures. New Hartford was ranked the top school in the Utica-Rome area and seventh across upstate New York.
The contradiction of being one of the best districts in the state and having a school in need of improvement was not lost on Vincent Condro, New Hartford's assistant superintendent for curriculum and instruction, and highlights what the "in need of improvement" list released Thursday says about a school.
"We're cited as not making adequate yearly progress for a small subset of students," Condro said.
Specifically, students who have learning disabilities and receive special education services did not make adequate yearly progress on their standardized tests over two years' time.
In 17 of 18 other measures the school passed.
The school is now working on getting the scores up for that particular group.
"We are participating in a school quality review process," he said. "It's a challenge for everyone."
Districts were informed earlier in the year that they might be placed on the list. Utica expected six of its elementary schools to make the list and has been working with students to increase scores. It's Thomas Proctor High School and Sen. James H. Donovan Middle School are not new to the list, they're on the lowest rung of the state's accountability system. Whitesboro's middle school was also added to the list.
Educators lament that they have a moving target, and it keeps getting harder to make annual yearly progress.
With its release of the list, the state acknowledged the factors that have contributed to this year's large amount of failing schools.
Among them include a statistical adjustment for students with disabilities had "sunset" in 2009-10 and that "has made it more difficult for this group to demonstrate AYP," and higher high school graduation expectations.
The biggest factor, however, is the state's decision to raise the cut scores in 2010.
Page 2 of 2 - A school makes the list when an identified subgroup of students, like special education students, fails to make adequate yearly progress on the tests two years in a row.
Statewide, 23 schools improved and were removed from the list, including Barringer Road Elementary School in Ilion. Unfortunately, while one school improved, two slipped. Remington Elementary School and the junior-senior high school were newly added schools to the list.
"It's not really, I believe, an accurate measure of how our students do in the Ilion school district," Ilion Superintendent Cosimo Tangorra, Jr. said. "One or two students get us on the list because our schools are so small."
He credits Barringer Road's removal from the list to the plan the district put into place to turn the scores around, and said the same attention would be given to the two newly-identified schools.
New York and other states are applying for a waiver to the No Child Left Behind Act, which is where the accountability system comes from and which requires all students be proficient in English and Math by 2014.
On Thursday, state officials recommitted the state to the goals of NCLB and the new common core standards being piloted this year.
"While the 2014 NCLB deadline for proficiency for all may not be achieved, it's the right goal and it should be our goal," State Education Commissioner John B. King, Jr. said.
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American Extremism
History, Politics and the Militia Movement
By Darren Mulloy
Routledge – 2009
Series: Extremism and Democracy
Routledge – 2009
Series: Extremism and Democracy
American Extremism explains how at the heart of the politics practiced by the militia movement is an attempt to define the nature of 'Americanism', and shows how militia members employ the myths, metaphors and perceived historical lessons of the American Revolution, the constitutional settlement and America's frontier experience to do so. Mulloy argues that militia members' search for the 'authority of history' leads them to a position best characterized as 'ahistorical historicism', in which political interests in the present are given greater weight than the demands of a historically accurate reading of the past.
With discussion of such recent events as the Oklahoma City bombing, Waco and the September 11th attacks alongside topical issues including militia conspiracy theories and the origins of Americans' right to keep and bear arms, this work provides the deepest understanding to date of the American militia movement.
' … important to scholars interested in the area of terrorism, religion and hatred … ' - The Times Higher Education Supplement
Preface 1. Introducing the Militia Movement 2. Approaching Extremism: Theoretical perspectives on the far right in American history 3. Conversations with the Dead: The militia movement and American history 4. A Revolutionary History 5. A Republican Tradition 6. A Frontier Nation 7. Conclusion: History and conspiracy Selected Bibliography
D. J. Mulloy is a Research Fellow at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he also teaches about the history of political extremism. He has taught American Studies at the University of East Anglia and is the editor of Homegrown Revolutionaries: An American Militia Reader.
Name: American Extremism: History, Politics and the Militia Movement (Paperback) – Routledge
Description: By Darren Mulloy. American Extremism explains how at the heart of the politics practiced by the militia movement is an attempt to define the nature of 'Americanism', and shows how militia members employ the myths, metaphors and perceived historical...
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