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Tembo Gold Reports Shallow RC Drill Hole TRC0003 at Ngula 1 Target With 4.73 g/t Gold Over 23.00 Metres, Including 28.57 g/t Gold Over 3.00 Metres
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Tembo Gold Reports Shallow RC Drill Hole TRC0003 at Ngula 1 Target With 4.73 g/t Gold Over 23.00 Metres, Including 28.57 g/t Gold Over 3.00 Metres08:27 EST Wednesday, January 30, 2013TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Jan. 30, 2013) -Tembo Gold Corp. (TSX VENTURE:TEM)(OTCQX:TBGPF)(FRANKFURT:T23) ("Tembo" or the "Company") is pleased to report the results from the first of a planned series of close-spaced drill holes at the Ngula 1 target at its Tembo Gold Project in the Lake Victoria goldfield of Tanzania. Hole TRC0003 was drilled to test the lateral continuity of a wide zone of mineralization previously intersected and reported (March 13th, 2012) in diamond drill hole, TDD0004, which returned, 3.13 g/t gold over 25.89m.It is interpreted that in a 150m wide east-west structural corridor at Ngula 1, there are at least two wide structural deformation zones that host mineralization. Drill holes TRC003 and TDD0004 intersected the zone that is interpreted as the large structure in the southern half of the structural corridor at Tembo. Meanwhile, hole TDD0041, reported January 15th, 2013, which was the first deep hole at Ngula 1, returned 22.81 g/t gold over 15.00m at a downhole depth of 299m, and is interpreted to have intersected the large structure in the northern half of this structural corridor.Highlights of the latest drill results include:TRC0003: 4.73 g/t gold over 23.00m from a downhole depth of 54.00m including 28.57 g/t gold over 3.00m and 5.28 g/t gold over 4.00m.Tembo Gold President & CEO, David Scott stated: "This drill hole is the first close-spaced hole drilled at Ngula 1 that is designed to test the continuity of the mineralized zones intersected in the 2012 drilling campaign. The planned series of closer-spaced drill holes will provide us with the density of data we require to enable us to undertake geological modeling and resource definition. The widths and grades encountered in this hole, that correlate well with hole TDD0004, are at a shallow depth and suggest that a resource may be defined at Ngula 1 that could be considered for open pit exploitation. The results also show that where the shear structures are mineralized with gold, there is typically a high-grade core to the mineralization. This implies that there is potential to identify deeper high-grade resources in the future that could be economically exploited by an underground operation."The results of hole TRC0003 are presented in Table 1, and are shown on Figure 1 together with highlights from previous Ngula 1 drilling results.Ngula 1 TargetThe Ngula 1 target consists of a 600m long, 150-200m wide corridor of massive and locally intensely sheared mafic meta-volcanic rocks bounded to the north and south by thin meta-sedimentary units. This package contains numerous intense shear structures that typically have elevated gold values. Based on the structural intersections achieved to date, the current interpretation is that the corridor of deformed meta-volcanic rocks contains two wide shear zones, one in the northern half and one in the southern half. A single section through the package may host as many as 5-10 such structures ranging in width from less than one metre to several tens of metres. The structures are predominantly steeply north dipping and are thought to represent sub-parallel and often interconnecting splays and subsidiary structures to the principle east-west shears, with secondary cross-cutting northwest and northeast structures also present. Zones of intersection and convergence are considered to be the favoured location for wider zones of mineralization and higher grade. Gold mineralization is closely associated with quartz veining, alteration and disseminated sulphides, which include dominant pyrrhotite, and lesser pyrite and chalcopyrite. The stronger and more sulphide rich structures (pyrrhotite) are interpreted to correspond closely to lineaments that are evident in the structural interpretation of magnetic imagery.Significant drill results have been returned to date at Ngula 1 and these are available in earlier Press Releases (March 13, 2012; June 7, 2012; September 26, 2012 and January 16, 2013). The drilling program consists of alternating 100m-spaced diamond and reverse circulation drill hole sections drilled from the south to test the zone at vertical depths down to -200m, and 100m-spaced diamond hole drill sections drilled from the north to similar depths. Recent deeper drilling has intersected wide zones of high-grade gold mineralization at a vertical depth of approximately 250m. The lateral and vertical drill spacing of existing holes does not permit a detailed structural interpretation or correlation between all drill holes to be undertaken. In order to commence resource definition, closer-spaced drilling will be undertaken throughout 2013 to improve confidence in the geological interpretation. Drillhole TRC0003 is the first of these close-spaced drill holes to be reported.Table 1: Tembo Project, Ngula 1 Target, RC Drill Results as of January 30, 2012BH IDFromToWidth (m)Gold g/tWidthGold g/tWidth (m)Gold g/tTRC000321.0022.001.001.892.003.7622.0023.001.005.6354.0055.001.0077.9023.004.733.0028.5755.0056.001.005.6856.0057.001.002.1357.0058.001.000.1958.0059.001.000.0659.0060.001.000.1160.0061.001.000.1961.0062.001.000.1362.0063.001.000.0863.0064.001.000.0564.0065.001.000.0565.0066.001.000.1466.0067.001.000.1367.0068.001.000.0368.0069.001.000.1069.0070.001.000.0270.0071.001.000.0371.0072.001.000.2172.0073.001.001.1373.0074.001.005.554.005.2874.0075.001.002.7475.0076.001.0011.7076.0077.001.000.46Notes:Widths represent drill intersection widths not corrected for drill hole inclination and dip of the geological zone. True widths have not been determined. The drill hole inclination of 60deg and sub vertical dip of the structures suggests that the true width will be approximately 50% of the intersected width. Drill holes have not been drilled in numerical sequence and not all drill holes in a sequence have necessarily been drilled. Drill hole numbers represent the original drill hole identification assigned when planned. No capping of high-grade values has been applied to the assay results. To view "Figure 1. Ngula 1 Highlight Drill Results," please visit the following link: http://media3.marketwire.com/docs/Figure1Ngula.pdf.Table 2: Tembo Project, Ngula 1 Target, Drill Hole Collar Coordinates, Drill Hole Inclination and Azimuth, and Depth for the Latest Drill Hole TRC0013Hole IDEastingNorthingElevationAzimuthDipEOHTRC001343680096471651243000-60250.00QA/QCA stringent QA/QC practice is being applied to all sample batches. A Verified Reference Material standard is inserted every 20th sample, a known blank or blank standard every 20th sample and all samples with assays greater than 0.5 g/t gold are re-assayed. 1% of all samples are submitted to an alternative laboratory for check analysis. In addition the laboratory adheres to an internal QA/QC procedure including standard samples and repeats and blanks inserted independently.The above information has been prepared under the supervision of David Scott, Pr. Sci. Nat., who is designated as a "Qualified Person" with the ability and authority to verify the authenticity and validity of the data.About Tembo Gold Corp.Tembo Gold (TSX VENTURE:TEM) is a Canadian publicly listed mineral exploration company focused on the exploration and development of gold projects in Tanzania and the rest of Africa. The Company currently has 100% interest in the Tembo Gold Project that is located adjacent to African Barrick's Bulyanhulu Mine in the prolific Lake Victoria Greenstone belt in Tanzania. The company is led by a highly experienced team with a proven history of developing, financing, and operating mining projects in Africa. On Behalf of the Board of Directors of Tembo, David Scott, President & CEOForward-Looking StatementsCertain information set out in this news release constitutes forward-looking information. Forward looking statements are often, but not always, identified by the use of words such as "seek", "anticipate", "plan", "continue", "estimate", "expect", "may", "will", "intend", "could", "might", "should", "believe" and similar expressions. In particular, this news release contains forward-looking statements in respect of the use of the net proceeds from the Private Placement, the completion and timing of additional closings of the Non-Brokered Private Placement, the payment of certain finders' fees and the listing of the Common Shares on the TSXV. Forward-looking statements are based upon the opinions and expectations of management of the Company as at the effective date of such statements and, in certain cases, information provided or disseminated by third parties. Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are based upon reasonable assumptions, and that information obtained from third party sources is reliable, they can give no assurance that those expectations will prove to have been correct. With respect to forward-looking statements contained in this news release, the Company has made assumptions regarding, among other things, the ability to develop the Company's properties, the economic climate in the jurisdictions where the Company carries on operations and commodity prices. Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements contained in this document, and the assumptions on which such forward-looking statements are made, are reasonable, there can be no assurance that such expectations will prove to be correct. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements included in this document, as there can be no assurance that the plans, intentions or expectations upon which the forward-looking statements are based will occur. By their nature, forward-looking statements involve numerous assumptions, known and unknown risks and uncertainties that contribute to the possibility that the predictions, forecasts, projections and other forward-looking statements will not occur, which may cause actual results in future periods to differ materially from any estimates or projections of future performance or results expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, among other things, a significant drop in the price of gold, political turmoil in Tanzania and other risk factors set forth in the Company's continuous disclosure. Readers are cautioned that this list of risk factors should not be construed as exhaustive. These statements are made as at the date hereof and unless otherwise required by law, the Company does not intend, or assume any obligation, to update these forward-looking statements. 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So what do you do when you want to have someone's face, but can't? You copy their make-up, obvs. Her hair and make-up are always on point, with signature cat eyes, gold tones, glowing, highlighted skin, and lustrous dark hair. My favourite Megan look is probably the one she sports in Jennifer's Body, circa 2009; dark pink, almost-natural lips, fluttery eyelashes that wing out in the corners, and quite pale (for her!) skin. For this post I wanted to do the more obviously Megan Fox look, the one she wears to premiers and evening events. All the focus is on the eyes and brows, so you want some excellent falsies (I used the Oh So Sweet! Esqido ones that I was sent to try out) and a neat, arched brow. You can't really see my fabulous arches from underneath my fringe, god damn it, but I assure you they are devastating. My love for Megan lives on.
Life Lately (And How You Can Raid My Closet!)
It seems like such a long, long time since I've blogged! Even though it's only been a matter of weeks, I feel totally out of the loop with you all, and my inbox has been piling up and going almost entirely untended. I guess I just wanted a bit of a break after a seriously busy couple of months on the blogging front early in the year. It was such an amazing time with so many exhausting opportunities and wonderful curveballs, and I ran myself a bit ragged trying to keep up. The fact that I lost my phone might have had a little something to do with it as well! I put it down in Starbucks and never saw it again. Seeing as my phone was basically a portal into my whole life (my blog, my email, my bank...) my stress levels were riding high at that time. The good news is that I now have a shiny new iPhone to call my own (my first iPhone!) and I'm feeling more excited to start blogging again now I feel I can do it properly. I've still been keeping up with you all via Twitter, and hosting the #crazybloggers chat every Thursday night that I can, but I've missed writing full posts and sharing new photos. I also have a new 50mm lens to play with so expect some photography experiments!
In other news, I've opened up a little Depop shop so that I can clear out my closet and make some room for new summer clothes! I'm planning on using it as a kind of permanent blog-sale, where you guys will be able to find the outfits I blog about on here, and buy them for yourself if they take your fancy. Do check it out and follow me - I'd love to find all my blogger friends on there!
Pop Art Make-Up Look (With MAC and House of Fraser!)
Wearing: Snood (worn as top), Primark // Sunglasses, London Retro*. On My Face: Infallible 24h Foundation in Porcelain, L'Oreal // One Heck Of A Blot Translucent Powder, Soap & Glory // Liquid Eyeliner in Black, W7 // Mega Plush Mascara, Maybelline // Lipstick in Snob, Lip Pencil in Cherry (worn as eyeliner), and Select MoistureCover Concealer in NW15*, all MAC at House Of Fraser
Spring is the time for trying new things, non? Make-up not the least. There were some pretty cool looks on the catwalk for S/S15; one of my favourites being the pop-art look. Everywhere from Fendi and Dior, to Peter Som and Max Mara, showed bright, modern eye make-up reminiscent of Rothko paintings. For my own take on the look, I went for a blue-toned, almost lilac lip colour (MAC'S Snob) and some messy red stripes under my eyes, with a thin black cat-eye on top. What I love about doing shiz like this to my face is that I feel like something out of The Tribe (if you're too young to remember what that is, then god help me) but also like a character from a Lichtenstein comic painting. Try to stick to one or two primary colours, and focus on making the skin surrounding your art as dewy and flawless as possible, so that it really pops (see what I did there? Okay, sorry). The details can be geometric, colourful, or unexpected; think statement lines of colour or upside-down eyeliner. But most of all, you just want to have fun with a look like this. Think of it as a taster for all the glorious, crazy festival looks that are on their way, and just do whatever you feel like.
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Pretty Little Liars OOTD
Shift dress, Topshop // Peter Pan collar*, Dawson D Rose // Bag, Clark's
I know I'm not alone in saying that I am OBSESSED with Pretty Little Liars. Almost every blogger I know is totally addicted to it, and there are loads of reasons for its insane popularity. It's not the best scripted (or acted...) show around, but it is a true guilty pleasure, full of intensely dramatic storylines, great hair, and amazing outfits. My favourite little liar has to be Aria Montgomery, the most boho of the bunch. She wears lots of feathery earrings and pretty dresses paired with leather biker jackets. Peter Pan collars make quite a few appearances on the show, especially on Spencer, the most preppy little liar. This outfit is kind of a mash-up of stuff I could see Aria and Spencer wearing whilst they saunter around trying to figure out who the malicious "A" is. Let me know in the comments if you watch the show, but PLEASE....no spoilers. I'm only on season two.
London Retro
Sunglasses*, London Retro // Lipstick, Russian Red by Mac
A little while ago I was super excited to get offered a pair of London Retro shades by Glasses Direct to review. London Retro has just launched it's new Retrospectiv collection, and the whole range is absolutely to-die-for. It has that 60's London vibe, and all the styles are named after iconic specs-wearers from that period. I had a hard time choosing my favourite pair, but in the end I went for the Elwood sunglasses. They have that classic almost-Wayfarer type shape, just square enough to be flattering to my oval, sharply cheek-boned face.
I chose sunglasses because I'm far too lazy to get around to finally getting my eyes tested, but for those of you who know what your eyes need, Glasses Direct do prescription glasses or designer sunglasses, and you can get a free home trial if you're not sure what shapes will suit your face - such a nifty option! I'm absolutely in love with my Elwood shades and wear them everywhere now! You just can't beat a good pair of shades. I'm going to try really hard not to tread on them/lose them at a festival. Let me know in the comments what kind of shades you're planning on getting this year.
Twin Peaks Make-Up Look
Skin: Rimmel Match Perfection Foundation // Sleek Blush in Macaron, from the Pink Lemonade palette // Eyes: Urban Decay Eyeshadow in Mugshot (from the Naked 3 palette) // Eyeko Super Skinny Eyeliner in Black // Maybelline Mega Plush Mascara // Lips: Mac Velvet Teddy // Brows: Random brown eyesahdow //
Twin Peaks is one of my favourite shows of all time, and has some epic female characters. I've always been a little obsessed with Madchen Amick, who plays small-town waitress Shelly Johnson. Shelly is a classic 90's BABE; her hair and make-up and basically everything about her is just goals, so I thought I'd attempt to recreate her natural, feminine, retro look. It's all about the lips and brows, in my opinion. She wears that distinctively 90's dark nude lipstick (I used MAC's Velvet Teddy here) and has defined brows with a pointed arch very near the middle. Another stalwart is grey eye-shadow across her whole lid and a thin line of black eye-liner very close to the lash line. I kept the skin natural with just a bit of corally-pink blush. It feels like the kind of look that I should be wearing with Mom jeans and a Calvin Klein t-shirt. Proper 90's babein'! I'm definitely getting excited for the new Twin Peaks series now, even though we've got a while to wait yet. Let me know in the comments which Twin Peaks character has your favourite make-up look!
Labels: Beauty, David Lynch, Twin Peaks
The Quest For Disney Princess Lashes
It's only been in recent years, that statement lashes, and specifically false lashes, have become seriously big business. To many people, myself included, having thick, dark, feather-like lashes has become as much of a beauty aspiration as having clear skin or good hair. Naturally, I'd say my lashes were okay. Not exactly Spanish senorita, but decently brown and thick. They've definitely decreased in volume due to years of wearing mascara and pulling at them with Shu Uemura curlers and make-up wipes, but they're holding on, and gawd bless 'em for that.
So how do we go about getting gorgeous cartoon lashes in real life? I've tried a lot of things to fake Disney Princess-like levels of lash power. Individual lashes will probably always be my favourite tactic, but they can be expensive, as all the types I've found are not reusable. I've never been able to get the hang of applying strip lashes, but I decided to give it another go recently, and bought these, the Oh Honey! lashes by Katy Perry for Eylure. I've tried to put them on at least five times, and only succeeded once, BUT, when I did, they looked great, so...
Continuing the search for cartoon-lash proportions, I tried this Lash Extension Treatment* from Jica. It's basically made up of tiny black natural fibres that cling to your lashes when you run the wand through. It's an ingenius idea, really, and definitely gives your lashes a huge boost, and adds beautiful depth. The fibres are quite fiddly to apply, and I'd recommend using it whilst looking down into a mirror to stop them getting in your eye. After you've swiped the wand through, just coat with another layer of mascara, and the fibres should stay in place. Voila, naturally darker lashes!
When I can't even be bothered with the slightest attempts at falsies but still want mega-volume, I go to my favourite mascaras. It should come as no surprise that They're Real! by Benefit is definitely on my short-list. Maybelline Mega Plush Volum' Express is also a firm favourite, as well as Rimmel Lash Accelerator.
Have I found my perfect, no fuss Bambi-lashes product yet, you ask? Have I heck. But the search is very fun.
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Arrests over Portsmouth bar toilets stabbing
- 9 December 2010
- From the section Hampshire & Isle of Wight
Three people have been arrested after a woman was stabbed in the toilets of a bar in Portsmouth, in what police say was an unprovoked attack.
Police were called to Walkabout in Guildhall Walk after the victim suffered cuts to her chest in the attack in the early hours of Wednesday.
She was treated at the scene by an ambulance crew.
Three women from Gosport, two aged 18 and one 21, were arrested on suspicion of wounding with intent and bailed.


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Over the course of our lives, humans are colonized by a tremendous diversity of commensal microbes, which comprise the human microbiome. The collective genetic potential (metagenome) of the human microbiome is orders of magnitude more than the human genome, and it profoundly affects human health and disease in ways we are only beginning to understand. Advances in computing and high-throughput sequencing have enabled population-level surveys such as MetaHIT and the recently-released Human Microbiome Project, detailed investigations of the microbiome in human disease, and mechanistic studies employing gnotobiotic model organisms. The resulting knowledge of human microbiome composition, function, and range of variation across multiple body sites has begun to assemble a rich picture of commensal host-microbe and microbe- microbe interactions as well as their roles in human health and disease and their potential as diagnostic and therapeutic tools.
Humans consist only of our own somatic cells until birth, but over the first several years of life, our bodies, including the skin surface, oral cavity, and gut, are colonized by an enormous variety of bacteria, archaea, fungi, and viruses, which form a community collectively known as the human microbiome or microbiota [1–3]. Our microbiome contains ten times as many cells as the rest of our bodies, and orders of magnitude more genes than the human genome [1, 4]. Normally these microbes are commensal or mutualists, helping to digest our food and maintain our immune systems. Although the human microbiome has long been understood to influence human health and disease, low-cost high-throughput sequencing has only recently given us the experimental tools to investigate the breadth of its involvement. This has resulted in an explosion of recent work illuminating the role of the microbiome in conditions ranging from obesity [5, 6] to inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) [7, 8] to kidney stones [9]. Large-scale surveys such as the Metagenomics of the Human Intestinal Tract (MetaHIT) consortium [10] and the recent Human Microbiome Project (HMP) [1, 11] have shown that these are only the beginning of a richer functional understanding of the human microbiome.
Although human-associated microbes were among the first investigated by microscopy, most are difficult or impossible to culture under convenient laboratory conditions. The vast majority of microbial taxa were uncultured and thus minimally studied until the development of DNA-based techniques. The earliest high-throughput technique for microbial ecology (and still the most common) is to sequence the highly-conserved 16S rRNA gene. Also known as 16S gene (or amplicon) profiling, this provides a rapid and very cost-effective survey of the bacteria present within a community [12], but it is rarely informative with regard to non-bacterial microbes and offers little functional information. Historically, this gene was amplified with universal bacterial primers, and the individual sequences were cloned and determined using Sanger sequencing. More recent 16S sequencing techniques are very high-throughput, generating up to millions of reads per sample, but with typically very short read lengths [13].
Metagenomic studies, in which the DNA of an entire community is sequenced, provide a much broader and more complex picture of microbial communities by simultaneously cataloging community organisms (including the non-bacterial component), genes, and genomes (Figure 1). The earliest large-scale metagenomic studies began soon after the turn of the century [14, 15], but the expense of clone library construction and Sanger sequencing made metagenomic human microbiome studies unfeasible for most groups. The advent of high-throughput sequencing made much larger-scale metagenomic efforts, including MetaHIT [10] and the HMP [1, 11], economically feasible. Here we review what these and recent disease- and model-organism studies have shown us about the composition and genetic capabilities of the human microbiome and discuss the future of the field of human microbiome research.
The largest early efforts at measuring the composition of the human microbiome were 16S cloning-based studies of the gut that included fecal and mucosal samples from up to a dozen individuals [16, 17]. These resulted in 10–20,000 sequences each, corresponding
to between 400 and 4,000 taxa (this range of species counts reflects largely bioinformatic rather than biological differences between studies). These investigations showed that gut alpha diversity was much higher than most previous estimates and that beta diversity was high both between subjects as well as between mucosal and stool samples from the same subject [18]. This, combined with preliminary associations between altered microbiota and disease, highlighted the need for much larger-scale studies to determine the range of microbial variation and function in the human gut across entire populations.
The first population-scale metagenomic study of the human microbiome was conducted by the MetaHIT consortium [10]. Stool sequenced from 124 Spanish and Danish subjects were estimated to contain 1,150 common bacterial species in the human gut with a collective 3.3 million genes. However, only 75 of these organisms and 294,000 genes were shared by more than half of subjects, even within a population with limited genetic and environmental diversity. In addition to essential housekeeping genes, common gut bacteria were enriched for pathways that metabolized complex sugars from the host diet and intestinal lining, as well as for adhesion and vitamin and xenobiotic processing. The abundance of archaeal and fungal components was very low (<1%), although as in all such studies, this is influenced by sample collection and DNA extraction [10].
The HMP was by far the largest human microbiome study to date, a five-year effort that determined the range of microbial diversity in disease-free individuals by sequencing over 5,000 samples from approximately 250 healthy volunteers in two U.S. cities. Each subject was sampled at 15 or 18 body sites (nine oral, four skin, one nasal, one stool, three vaginal), and roughly half of subjects were sampled at up to two additional time points. Most samples were profiled using 16S amplicon sequencing to determine community composition; approximately 15% were subjected to metagenomic sequencing to determine community function [1, 11]. In addition to expanding the MetaHIT gut gene catalogue by nearly 1.8 million genes and identifying a microbiome-wide count of over 10 million total unique microbial genes, the HMP allowed detection of between-body-site microbial associations.
Estimating a community's species richness is bioinformatically challenging. Thus, the total human microbiome assessed by the HMP contained between 3,500 and 35,000 species-level Operational Taxonomic Units (OTUs) depending on parameter choices [1]. These, however, confidently spanned roughly 600 genera and covered 90% of the phylogenetic range of microbes expected in this population [1, 19]. Several signature bacterial genera were observed across nearly all individuals and represented the plurality (and often majority) of particular body site communities (Figure 2), but specific taxa were highly variable and almost never universal [1]. The gastrointestinal tract, including both the oral cavity and stool, was the most diverse microbiome among the sampled body habitats, estimated to contain several thousand OTUs corresponding to approximately 150 genera [20]. The well-studied gut microbiome exemplified inter-individual variability; the Bacteroidetes and Firmicutes phyla dominated as expected, but abundance ranged from >90% Bacteroidetes to >90% Firmicutes in different subjects. Only some half dozen gut taxa were near-universal (present in >=95% of subjects) [21].
All body areas examined by the HMP dramatically differed not only in composition, but in ecological organization as well (see Text Box 1). The oral microbiome was essentially as diverse as the gut but, by contrast, more of this diversity was shared between individuals. Signature clades also varied strikingly even between very similar oral surfaces (e.g., mucosa, saliva, and plaque); abundant genera included Streptococcus, Haemophilus Veillonella, Actinomyces, and Fusobacterium. Skin diversity (sampled at the inner elbows and behind the ear) was low both within and between subjects, perhaps due to exposure and frequent disruption [1]. The human body community of lowest alpha diversity was that of the vagina; most women were dominated by one of four single species of Lactobacillus [21]. The vaginal microbiome becomes even less diverse during pregnancy [22], and it is emerging as a useful human-associated model community due to its uniqueness relative to other primates [23] and highly structured temporal fluctuations [24, 25].
The HMP discovered and validated several novel taxa, mostly at the genus level, but hinted at a possible novel family within the order Clostridiales [26]. Novel OTUs were generally of low abundance (<2%), a level comparable to that of E. coli in healthy subjects [1], but were carried across multiple subjects and multiple visits. The novel taxa were mainly from the largely-uncharacterized Barnesiella genus, but also included novel Dorea Oscillibacterand Desulfovibriogenera which are associated broadly with colon cancer, dietary shifts, and opportunistic infections, respectively [26]. Low-abundance community members can affect health even at low numbers [27] and in the worst case, under certain circumstances, can overgrow to the detriment of host health (e.g., Clostridium difficile). Further study may reveal important roles for these novel taxa. However, as the microbial variation between individuals was greater than that of samples from the same subject at different points in time [1], these low-abundance microbes at the very least contribute to a uniquely personalized human microbiome when considered in terms of microbial presence and abundance.
Human microbiome composition appears to be particularly dependent on age and geography, although both are confounded by a variety of dietary, developmental, environmental, and genetic factors. The HMP included only American adults between the ages of 18 to 40, and MetaHIT extended this somewhat with Spanish and Danish individuals up to age 70. The infant microbiome is of particular interest with respect to acquisition, immune training, and extreme dietary changes over the first few years of life [28, 29]. Some of the earliest studies of microbiome structure and function indicated that immediate acquisition occurs from the environment and is dependent on mode of delivery [29], with stabilization to a more adult-like community occurring over two to three years [28]. Functionally, the shift from the newborn to adult-like gut microbiome includes enrichment for anaerobic fermentation, complex carbohydrate degradation (e.g., glycosyl hydrolases), and a depletion of simple sugar (lactose/galactose/sucrose) transport and metabolism proteins [28]. Recent studies of the microbiota of the elderly found that frailty is correlated with an overall decrease in microbial diversity, with overall increases in Bacteroides and decreases in Firmicutes that corresponded to a decrease in glutarate and the anti-inflammatory short-chain fatty acid butyrate [30].
Another recent comprehensive study addressed several of these questions simultaneously by surveying the stool microbiomes of a highly-diverse population that included 314 Americans, 114 Malawians, and 100 Amerindians. Roughly two-thirds of the subjects were under the age of 17, while the remaining third were between the ages of 18 and 70 [31]. In all three populations of this study, inter-subject variability was higher in children than in adults, infant microbiomes were dominated by Bifidobacteriaand microbiomes reached an adult-like configuration by age three. Microbial diversity increased with age in all populations, but both Malawian and Amerindian adults achieved higher diversity than American adults. The Malawian and Amerindian microbiomes were also more similar to one another than to the U.S. microbiome, in both adults and children [31].
When the authors examined functional gene families and enzyme classes within these global gut metagenomes, no enzyme classes were wholly unique to adults or babies, and the total number of enzyme classes was similar in both groups. However, the adults had many more uncharacterized enzymes than babies, likely reflecting the age-related increase in diversity. The infant microbiome had higher levels of folate-producing enzymes than that of adults, likely reflecting adults' ability to obtain folate from diet. Conversely, biosynthetic capacity for the vitamins cobalamin, thiamine, and biotin increased with age. Urease genes were more frequently observed in Malawian and Amerindian infant microbiomes, possibly corresponding to greater probability of dietary nitrogen deficiency. Malawian and Amerindian adult microbiomes were enriched in glutamate synthase relative to the American microbiomes, the latter instead carrying an increased capacity for degradation of glutamine and other amino acids. Interestingly, this functional difference has also been observed when comparing the gut microbiota of herbivores and carnivores [32
Several human microbiome studies have reported the metagenomic distribution of pathways within each body habitat to be much more consistent among individuals than are microbial abundances [1, 6, 10, 33]. In each case, microbial abundances within the same habitat (gut, oral cavity, etc.) varied tremendously among subjects, but two types of "core" pathways were stable in abundance. The first, corresponding to a more-or-less universal set of housekeeping genes like those reported by MetaHIT [10], were present in every habitat and represent processes necessary for human-associated microbial life, such as the ribosomal machinery, ATP synthesis, and glycolysis.
More surprisingly, certain sets of site-specific gene function were maintained within each habitat regardless of the taxa present. The stool microbiome was particularly abundant in genes related to complex carbohydrate degradation despite highly variable Bacteroidetes:Firmicutes ratios; hydrogen sulfide production and methionine degradation were also site-specific to the gut at low abundance [1]. Individual profiles of carbohydrate-active enzymes within each body habitat were also very similar by site. The oral cavity microbiome, for example, was optimized for simple sugar metabolism and particularly for dextran, whereas the vaginal microbiome was optimized for glycogen and peptidoglycan degradation [34]. Much like individual bacterial genomes, each habitat thus seems to have a core metagenome present in most hosts, in addition to a pan- metagenome of more flexible auxiliary genes carried by each habitat's community.
Much of our knowledge of microbiome influence in human health comes from gnotobiotic systems, which predate the field of metagenomics [35]. Gnotobiotics are animals (typically mice or zebrafish) in which normal host microbiota has been replaced by a defined set of microbes, allowing studies of how microbial colonization influences host health and development or other processes of interest. Gnotobiotic animals are born under germ-free conditions and subsequently colonized (typically by gavage) with a single species [36], a defined set of species such as the eight-species Schaedler flora, or entire gut communities from mice or humans with phenotypes of interest [35, 37]. Gnotobiotic studies have shown that gut microbiota affects the host in many ways, including fertility, the development of the heart, lungs, and liver [35], and even brain gene expression and behavior. For example, a recent study found that germ-free mice were less anxious and more active than mice with normal gut microbiota, but these effects were largely reversed by exposure to gut microbiota at an early age [38]. Three areas of particularly intense focus are the heavy influence of the microbiome on nutrition [35] and obesity [5], immune system development [36, 39–41], and inflammatory bowel disease [7, 8, 42].
The earliest attempts at raising germ-free animals demonstrated the vital contribution of the gut microbiota to nutrition, as the animals rapidly succumbed to vitamin deficiencies and required extensive supplementation [35]. When germ-free mice were colonized with gut bacteria from conventionally-raised adult mice, their food intake decreased, but their body fat increased due to increased monosaccharide availability from food signaling the liver to increase fat storage [5]. Studies of mice genetically predisposed to obesity found that they had more Firmicutes and fewer Bacteroidetes than their genetically-lean siblings, and when a group of germ-free mice were colonized with microbiota from obese mice, they gained more weight than those colonized with microbiota from lean mice [5]. Furthermore, mice colonized with human gut microbiota showed large and rapid shifts in gut microbiome composition in response to diet; these were accompanied by stable changes in microbial taxa abundance and gene expression [43].
The results of human obesity studies have proven more variable than the mouse studies; Bacteroides have been reported by various groups to increase, decrease, and not change during weight loss [5]. Other controlled feeding studies suggest that short-term dietary changes can modify taxon abundances [44] or transcriptional levels [45] but seldom change the presence or absence of specific taxa [44]. Thus, it has initially been difficult to interpret the extreme changes often seen in gnotobiotic animals relative to the more subtle behavior in the human gut.
A study comparing the gut microbiota of normal weight, obese, and post-gastric-bypass subjects noted that obese individuals were more likely to harbor both Prevotella and methanogenic archaea [46]. The authors proposed that methanogens removed hydrogen produced by Prevotella, allowing Prevotella to more efficiently produce short-chain fatty acids, which were absorbed by the host, contributing to host obesity [46]. This proposal is supported by evidence from gnotobiotic mouse studies; mice co-colonized with Bacteroides thetaiotamicron (which, like Prevotellaferments carbohydrates into short- chain fatty acids and produces hydrogen) and the methanogen Methanobrevibacter smithii had higher numbers of total gut bacteria, higher acetate levels in the intestinal lumen and blood, and more body fat than monocolonized mice or mice co-cultured with B. thetaiotamicron and the sulfate-reducing bacteria Desulfovibrio piger [47].
In addition to nutrient absorption, the gut microbiome also greatly affects immune development. The immune systems of germ-free mice are strikingly abnormal, with smaller lymph nodes, lower serum immunoglobin levels, and lower levels of leukocytes than conventially-raised mice [35]. Germ-free mice are particularly deficient in CD4+ T- cells [48, 49], but colonization with Bacteroides fragilis or even exposure to its polysaccharide restores CD4+ cells to normal levels [48]. Monocolonization of germ- free mice with segmented filamentous bacteria (SFB), a mouse-commensal Clostridiasimultaneously stimulated many kinds of T-cells, including Th1, Th2, Th17, and Treg [36]. This immune activation is not universally beneficial; SFB also triggers autoimmune arthritis in genetically-predisposed mice in a Th17-dependent manner, but they do not became arthritic if raised in germ-free conditions [50].
Gut/immune system interactions are not limited to CD4+ cells; natural killer (NK) cells accumulate in large numbers in the lungs and colons of germ-free mice, making them much more susceptible to experimental asthma and colitis. This NK accumulation cannot be reversed by exposing mice to germs later in development but is prevented by very early exposure to normal mouse gut flora [39]. The continuum between early immune development, ongoing training, and acute or localized inflammation is still being explored. Some specific microbes, primarily Faecalibacterium prausnitziihave been suggested to act as suppressors of inflammation by short-chain fatty acid production and stimulation of the anti-inflammatory cytokine IL-10 [7].
In addition to its roles in obesity and immune response, it is increasingly evident that the microbiome influences the development of many other diseases (Table 1). IBD is only one example of a human disease that apparently does not follow Koch's postulates, yet is intimately connected to host microbiome. It has long been known that IBD is both etiologically and microbially distinct, and that antibiotics, particularly rifampicin, are sometimes beneficial in its treatment [51]. Rodent studies showed that rats and mice genetically-predisposed to IBD would not develop the disease if they were kept germ-free [51] or preemptively treated with antibiotics.[42]. Furthermore, fostering or co-caging healthy mice with IBD-predisposed mice was sufficient to cause IBD in the healthy mice; this correlated with the transfer of the Enterobacteriaceae species Klebsiella pneumonia and Proteus mirabilis from the IBD mice to the healthy mice [42]. Intriguingly, this colitis was attenuated by the administration of probiotic fermented milk containing Bifidobacterium spp. [52].
The relationships between human gut microbiota and IBD are less well understood, but it is widely accepted that human IBD is not caused by a specific pathogen, but rather an immune system imbalance with respect to normal gut bacteria. Metagenomic studies of IBD in the human gut have consistently shown that IBD is associated with gut dysbiosis [8] and reduced microbial diversity [10]. A lack of Faecalibacterium prausnitzii was associated with high postoperative recurrence of Crohn's disease, and F. prausnitzii supplementation attenuated experimental colitis in mice [7], but no human IBD F. prausnitzii supplementation studies have been reported to date. Many groups have observed decreases in members of anti-inflammatory Clostridia from clades IV and XIVa and increases in Escherichia coli [53], but it has not yet been determined whether these microbiome changes are a cause of IBD in humans, or are merely caused by IBD. Two probiotics, E. coli strain Nissle (isolated from an exceptionally- gastroenteritis-resistant World War 1 soldier) and VSL#3 (eight strains of Bifidobacterium Lactobacillusand Streptococcus) have been shown to be effective treatments for maintaining and inducing remission in ulcerative colitis [54], but the underlying molecular mechanisms are not yet well understood. Further probiotic research may shed light on how short- or long-term "ecosystem therapy" may restore balance to dysbiosis.
In addition to understanding the basic ecological principles of human microbiome organization and its life-long epidemiology, two major areas of microbiota function have recently begun to be explored. The first is diagnostic: does microbiota composition or genetic function predict human disease onset, progression, or outcome? The past decade has seen great strides in assessing disease history and predicting risk using high- dimensional gene expression and genetic biomarkers; the next decade is likely to see the same with respect to the microbiome [55, 56]. The microbiome's second area of tremendous potential is in therapeutic intervention; human genetic defects are now detectable but difficult to modify, whereas the microbiome is both measurable and plastic. Targeted narrow-spectrum antibiotics [57], drug-microbe interactions [58], probiotics [45, 52, 54], and dietary interventions [59] all show promise for beneficial microbiome modulation. Remarkably, the roles and mechanisms by which host genetics, early life events, geographical location, or transmission of the microbiota might operate all represent largely open questions.
The technologies available to realize these research goals continue to develop at a remarkable pace, and are rapidly approaching diagnostic utility. Sanger sequencing has been replaced by Roche 454, and this is in turn giving way to ultra-high-throughput Illumina sequencing [13, 60], with longer reads for microbial isolate genomes and community metagenomes on the horizon [61, 62]. Metagenomes measure only what a community is capable of doing, but developing functional assays will better assess how it dynamically responds to its environment. Metatranscriptomics presents additional technical challenges such as depletion of ribosomal RNA, but has already been used to describe marine [63] and fecal [64] communities. Metaproteomics, or quantification of community peptides, has likewise been steadily developing to describe, for example, the gut microbiota [65, 66]. Metametabolomics, or quantification of community small- molecule metabolites, has been used to compare differences in host blood plasma between germ-free and conventionally-raised mice [67] and to compare fecal samples from healthy individuals and those with Crohn's disease [68]. The immense computational challenge of assembling these vast and diverse meta'omic data to describe entire ecosystems, identifying how the genes interact with one another within and between bacteria to produce metabolites, and quantifying and understanding how these processes change over time and in response to the environment is the goal of the emerging field of molecular ecosystems biology [69]. Integrating these new technologies with model organisms and culture-based approaches will help us to unravel our relationship with our microbial majority.
It is an exciting time for work on human-associated microbial communities, both for basic biological discovery and for translational research. Experimental and computational tools are at the cusp of widespread affordability and availability, driven both by large-scale projects such as the HMP and by the democratization of high- throughput genomics and bioinformatics. Large-scale metagenomic studies have shown that the human microbiome is highly variable between individuals, and its genetic capacity is far greater than the human genome. Bacterial community function is highly conserved between corresponding body sites in human hosts, while community gene transcription is much more variable; it all affects health in many ways we are just beginning to understand. The most productive future research will integrate the metagenome, metatranscriptome, metaproteome, and metametabolome to model entire ecosystems.
The human body comprises a set of unique ecosystems with a broad range of configurations. At one extreme, the low-diversity vaginal microbiome typically occurs in one of five discrete types: four are each dominated by a different signature species of Lactobacillus [70], and the fifth is characterized by the absence of Lactobacillus. At the other extreme, the highly-diverse human mouth microbiome has a complex core of prevalent but variably-abundant taxa [21]. In communities such as the vagina, it is easy to perform class discovery by community clustering or typing; organizing the complexity of other human body habitats in this manner has been the subject of much recent work.
In the gut in particular, it has been hypothesized that the microbiome forms "enterotypes," or discrete, stable clusters of similar microbiome configurations [71]. Like the mouth, the gut microbiome is highly diverse; a combination of environmental effects, early exposures, and long-term diet determine the overall community profile. Short-term dietary changes induce more modest and transient effects [72] realized primarily at the transcriptional level [45]. The existence of human gut enterotypes and their associations with factors such as genetics or diet are much less straightforward than vaginal ecotypes and are an area of active research.
A recent study of individuals from six nations initially proposed three gut microbiome types, dominated by Prevotella Ruminococcus, and Bacteroides [71]. Subsequent studies [1, 72] also observed a distinct Prevotella type, but suggested that the Bacteroides and Ruminococcus types instead represented two ends of a single continuum between abundant Bacteroidetes and abundant Firmicutes. An associated controlled feeding study associated the Prevotella enterotype with a high-carbohydrate diet, and Bacteroides with higher animal fat and protein consumption. Short-term enforced dietary shifts from high- fat and high-protein to high-carbohydrate (and vice versa) somewhat modified organismal abundances, but rarely changed the presence and absence of specific subjects' gut microbes [44].
The largest currently published study (528 Americans, Malawians, and Amerindians) found that diverse Prevotella OTUs, distinct from the proposed Prevotella enterotype, were highly predictive in distinguishing between the populations, as the genus was more prevalent in Amerindians and Malawians (who ate maize-based diets) than in Americans, who typically had higher levels of Bacteroides. Although Bacteroides and Prevotella were almost mutually exclusive in most subjects, a considerable minority of subjects harbored substantial populations of both genera, raising the intriguing possibility that even the Prevotella and Bacteroides enterotypes may not represent wholly discrete "energy minima" in gut community configurations [31].
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When I got home from work on Tuesday, Catherine was waiting for me. It reminded me of the new game ritual I used to have, and how much that ritual has changed recently. So, for something completely different, I'm going to talk about said ritual, and how it applies to Catherine.
It's always a special feeling buying a new game. It's a little less special these days, mind you, as bargain hunting and places like Amazon make it possible for me to practically buy games in bulk on occasion, but back in my retail days, taking a new game home was a rare treat. I would be so excited about my new purchase that I'd never be able to wait until I got home. If I had to stop at a light, I'd pull the game out of the bag and admire the cover art, or check out the screenshots on the back. Once I returned home, I'd slowly (sensually, really) unwrap my new prize. Then I'd take care of that annoying security tape. Back in the PlayStation days the staff at my store had a great method of removing the disc without breaking the tape for display purposes. I would do this at home, but instead of removing the disc, I would unhinge the CD case so that I could easily remove the security tape in one piece. I really hate having the glue residue on my games. Once that was done, the first order of business was to read that instruction manual. Yes, I would read my manuals. There was a time when you would find all manner of interesting story tidbits, or moves that weren't expressly noted within the game itself. I would read the manual cover to cover, and then pop the game in. Coming from a store where we would run games on our demo units all day long, I'd usually let the game sit at the title screen to see if it had an interesting attract demo. Then, I'd go to the options screen and set important things like turning subtitles off (I've watched so much anime that I will read subtitles even if the speech is in English) and invert my sticks if needed. Finally, I'd press start and begin my game. It was an odd type of delayed gratification, but it made every game purchase just a little more special.
Today, my ritual is much different. Many of my games end up coming in the mail through Amazon these days. I still admire the box art, and I still carefully remove the security tape, although the 360 games make it necessary for me to use a pocket knife if I want to get that tape off easily. Next up, I replace the case. Those "eco boxes" are nothing of the sort, and only make trouble for the collector. Luckily, Rocketfish has met my protective needs and sells proper, hole-free cases. After that's done, I'll pop the game in and thumb through the 2-5 page black& white "manual". No need to go into the options, because the 360 remembers that I like my sticks inverted, so I'm covered there. And it's rare for games to have attract modes anymore, and since I'm now years away from needing to know which games look the best when no one is playing, I'm not as invested in this dying art.
Catherine, however, surprised me. I was sure to preorder the game to get the artbook and soundtrack. So I had been expecting that. But what I didn't expect was the love and artistry that was put into the instruction manual. Imagine my surprise when I opened the case and opened up the full color manual. I was delighted! Reading through it was a treat, as the writing was just as clever and well thought out as anything done by Working Designs back in the PSX days. The line "The Stray Sheep has a veritable panoply of potent potables" alone was worth the time I spent reading the book. I should have expected this level of care and detail from Atlus, as they have a very dedicated fanbase and always treat them well. But in an era where even huge companies like EA and Ubisoft are cutting corners every way they possibly can, I find it simply amazing that a small company like Atlus would take the time and money to craft such an excellent manual. It's something that most people reading this may not care about or even notice, but it is little touches like these that make buying physical copies of video games special. But enough about my weird unboxing rituals; I have to help a lazy 30-something avoid ruining his long-term relationship.


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Medicare Physician Payment:
Care Coordination Programs Used in Demonstration Show Promise, but Wider Use of Payment Approach May Be Limited
GAO-08-65: Published: Feb 15, 2008. Publicly Released: Feb 15, 2008.
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Congress mandated in 2000 that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) conduct the Physician Group Practice (PGP) Demonstration to test a hybrid payment methodology for physician groups that combines Medicare fee-for-service payments with new incentive payments. The 10 participants, with 200 or more physicians each, may earn annual bonus incentive payments by achieving cost savings and meeting quality targets set by CMS in the demonstration that began in April 2005. In July 2007, CMS reported that in the first performance year (PY1), 2 participants earned combined bonuses of approximately $7.4 million, and all 10 achieved most of the quality targets. Congress mandated that GAO evaluate the demonstration. GAO examined, for PY1, the programs used, whether the design was reasonable, and the potential challenges in broadening the payment approach used in the demonstration to other physician groups. To do so, GAO reviewed CMS documents, surveyed all 10 groups, and conducted interviews and site visits.
All 10 participating physician groups implemented care coordination programs to generate cost savings for patients with certain conditions, such as congestive heart failure, and initiated processes to better identify and manage diabetes patients in PY1. However, only 2 of the 10 participants earned a bonus payment in PY1 for achieving cost savings and meeting diabetes quality-of-care targets. The remaining 8 participants met most of the quality targets, but did not achieve the required level of cost savings to earn a bonus. Many of the participants' care coordination programs were not in place for all of PY1. CMS's design for the PGP Demonstration was generally a reasonable approach for rewarding participating physician groups for achieving cost-savings and quality-of-care targets, but created challenges. CMS's decision to use comparison groups, adjust for Medicare beneficiaries' health status, and include a quality component in the design helped ensure that bonus payments were attributable to demonstration-specific programs and that cost-savings were not achieved at the expense of quality. However, the design created challenges. For example, neither bonuses nor performance feedback for PY1 were given to participants until after the third performance year had begun. CMS provides participants with quarterly claims data sets, but most participants report they do not have the resources to analyze these data sets and generate summary reports on their progress and areas for improvement. The large relative size of the 10 participating physician groups (all had 200 or more physicians) compared with most U.S. physician practices (less than 1 percent had more than 150 physicians) gave the participants certain size-related advantages that may make broadening the payment approach used in the demonstration to other physician groups and non-group practices challenging. Their larger size provided the participants with three unique size-related advantages: institutional affiliations that allowed greater access to financial capital, access to and experience with using electronic health records systems, and prior experience with pay-for-performance programs.
Recommendation for Executive Action
Status: Closed - Implemented
Comments: The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) provided participating physician groups in the Physician Group Practice Demonstration with their first interim summary reports and data sets the first week of April 2008. CMS intends to continue issuing these interim reports and data sets to participating physician groups on a quarterly basis. These reports and data sets will encompass the following information: assigned beneficiary demographics; hospital utilization; risk adjustment information; and quality of care gaps.
Recommendation: The Administrator of Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) should provide participating physician groups with interim summary reports that estimate participants' progress in achieving cost-savings and quality-of-care targets.
Agency Affected: Department of Health and Human Services: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
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July 3, 2015
Newport Symphony Orchestra SummerFest: 3 Leg Torso
Music Director Adam Flatt and the NSO are joined by 3 Leg Torso performing their unique and eclectic style of chamber music based on tango, Klezmer, Latin and Gypsy music. 3 Leg Torso has excited audiences in person and with its... More
July 4, 2015
Siletz Bay Music Festival: Sweet Land Of Liberty
The Festival Orchestra opens this celebration of Independence Day with Quiet City by Aaron Copland and tribute to the anniversaries of Lincoln City and Salishan. Soprano, Nicole Greenidge Joseph and baritone, Ron Spivak join in a duet from Carousel and Dick Hyman premieres his piano concerto, Independence... More
Newport Symphony Spectacular! Free Fourth of July concert
Chamber Music Northwest Summer Festival: Artistry of Piano, Four Hands
Featuring Julia Hsu and Peter Serkin. Celebrate Independence Day with this impressive concert of masterpieces for four hands. Legendary pianist Peter Serkin and our remarkable Protégé pianist Julia Hsu will dazzle you with works by Schumann, Schubert, and Brahms! SCHUMANN Six Etudes in the... More
July 5, 2015
Siletz Bay Music Festival: The Family Concert
Siletz Bay Music Festival: Artist Showcase / Benefit Concert
The 100th Anniversary ~ Sinatra Songs Rethought Dick Hyman, Rebecca Kilgore and Ken Peplowski pay tribute to the legendary Frank Sinatra with inspired arrangements of Sinatra favorites. A celebration of the Jazz Age follows while patrons enjoy wine and hors d'oeuvres prepared by Salishan. I .... More
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Oregon Bach Festival PDX: Berwick Academy – Suzuki Conducts Bach
Featuring Monica Huggett, violin; Chloe Fedor, violin; Berwick Academy; Masaaki Suzuki, conductor. The Berwick Academy's two Portland performances are presented through the new collaboration with Chamber Music Northwest. Masaaki Suzuki leads the Oregon Bach Festival's Berwick Academy in a program featuring the music... More
July 6, 2015
An Evening with Dick Hyman and Friends
Throughout a busy musical career that began in the early 1950s, Dick Hyman has functioned as pianist, organist, arranger, music director, and composer for over 100 albums and over ten Woody Allen movies. In this special fundraiser for Scandinavian Heritage Foundation and the Portland... More
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Featuring Jasper String Quartet, Nikki Chooi, Daniel Phillips, Kenji Bunch, Paul Neubauer, Fred Sherry, Tara Helen O'Connor, David Shifrin, Yekwon Sunwoo. A remarkable evening with two masterpieces by one of classical music's greatest composers and two premieres from today's. Experience Mozart,... More


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Australia captain Jodie Fields told the media she hopes the Southern Stars can build on the men's success when the Women's Ashes series kicks off in January.
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Brisbane Heat spinner Daniel Vettori spoke to the media ahead of the third instalment of the Big Bash League.
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Steve Smith says his Sydney Sixers will be on the lookout for the in-form David Warner when they play the Thunder.
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Ashes winners Steve Smith, David Warner and George Bailey have been released to play in the Big Bash League.
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Sri Lanka spinner Ajantha Mendis has signed with the Big Bash League's Sydney Thunder.
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Ricky Ponting will strap on the pads for a testimonial Twenty20 against an Adam Gilchrist-led side.
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PNG has made an impressive start to the World Twenty20 2014 Qualifier in the United Arab Emirates.
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Another Pakistan batting collapse saw South Africa win by six runs to take the two-match Twenty20 series 2-0.
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South African bowler Dale Steyn (C) celebrates with team-mates after taking the wicket of Pakistan captain Mohammad Hafeez (2nd R) during the first Twenty20 international at Dubai stadium on November 13, 2013.
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South Africa outclassed Pakistan with a commanding nine wicket win in the first Twenty20 international in Dubai.
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England all-rounder Ravi Bopara has signed up with Twenty20 Big Bash League franchise the Sydney Sixers.
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Usman Khawaja has re-signed with the Sydney Thunder in the hope of reversing their dismal Big Bash League fortunes.
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Former Test batsman Michael Hussey joins Peter Wilkins on Grandstand to discuss his new book, retirement, and his renewed support for Michael Clarke.
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Aaron Finch hammered a quick-fire 89 as Australia climbed to 201 but a Yuvraj Singh-led India fought back to win.
Glenn Maxwell helped the Indians to their second Champions League T20 title over Shane Watson's Rajasthan Royals.
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The Perth Scorchers' dismal CLT20 campaign ended with a crushing six-wicket loss to the Mumbai Indians.
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Brisbane Heat will finish last in the Champions League T20 after being outclassed by the Chennai Super Kings.
IPL founder Lalit Modi was banned for life from holding any cricket post, three years after being thrown out of his league.
Brisbane Heat is out of contention at the Champions League T20 tournament after a loss to the Titans in Mohali.
The Brisbane Heat can say goodbye to the Champions League with another unacceptable performance, says Stuart Law.
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The Brisbane Heat is in a battle to advance in the Twenty20 Champions League after a loss to Trinidad and Tobago.
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Alex Hales has blasted 94 off 61 balls to give England a 27-run win over Australia in the second T20 international.
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Aaron Finch was delighted his stunning innings helped Australia end a 200-day spell without an international win.


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Winter Canola Extension
Welcome the Canola Site
Welcome to the Oklahoma State University winter canola extension website. Oklahoma is currently ranked second in the U.S. in canola acreage. Winter canola has proven to be a great option for crop rotation with winter wheat in the region. By incorporating canola into their crop rotation, many Oklahoma wheat producers have cleaned up their weedy wheat fields, improved wheat quality, increased wheat forage and increased wheat grain yields. Since its inception in 2004, the Okanola project has been instrumental in the adoption of winter canola in the Southern Great Plains by providing the knowledge and information needed to produce a successful canola crop.
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Canola Field Tours
April 14-17th, 2015
Tours will be conducted in Jackson, Cotton/Tillman, Canadian, Kingfisher,
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Haynesville, TX on April 28
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May 8, 2015
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Saints Coach Sean Payton Surprises Owner Tom Benson With New Poster In Practice Facility
New Orleans Saints head coach Sean Payton surprised owner Tom Benson today at the team's indoor practice facility today.
New Orleans Saints head coach Sean Payton surprised owner Tom Benson today at the team's indoor practice facility today.
The New Orleans Saints revealed today they will not hold any joint preseason practices with the Houston Texans, but instead, will hold joint practices with Patriots because of...
Saints select the 2013 BCS Championship Game MVP with 78th overall pick.
Did the Saints just draft Drew Brees' future replacement with the selection of Garrett Grayson?
With the 44th pick in the NFL Draft, the New Orleans Saints selected Washington DE/edge rusher Hau'oli Kikaha. Scratch that off the list.
For only the second time since 2003, the LSU Tigers didn't have a player selected in the first round of the NFL draft. Offensive Lineman La'el Collins is the highest rated Tiger in this year's draft and had been projected to go as high as a top 15 pick until news broke that he is being sought for questioning in the shooting death of a former girlfriend.
Clemson inside linebacker Stephone Anthony is now a Saint. Here is a closer look.
With the first (13 overall) of their two first round picks, the New Orleans Saints selected offensive tackle Andrus Peat out of Stanford. Here is more on the 21 year old, along with some video highlights.
The New Orleans Saints continue to shake things up after a dismal 2014. Sean Payton may be trying to turn back the clock a bit in bringing former Oakland Raiders Head Coach Dennis Allen back to the defensive coaching staff.
Two assistant coaches for the New Orleans Saints are leaving the staff, while another is being fired, according to a report.


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