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I love this series and the delightful stories are enhanced by superb narration of Lisette Lecat.
This is a very interesting, engaging series set in modern day Botswaina. What first attracted me to this series were the investigations taken on by the First Ladies Detective Agency. However, this particular book features more incidents of the daily lives of the characters with a few twists and turns that are resolved by the all wise Mme. Ramotswe. I would have liked to hear more interesting investigations, hence my four star rating. But this book does leave you warm and satisfied in the goodness of the characters and wanting to hear more about their lives.
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As always, I quite enjoyed another book in this series. Now it's on you the next one. I love listening to Lisette Lucat's voice and Alexander McCall Smith always writes such interesting stories.
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I like this series because it share the culture of the people who live in a different region.
Great for passing the time while working in the garden and offers moments of thought and reflection. It also show the methods people use to get what they want or need; sometimes that is a good thing, other times there is deception. I will continue to the next book tomorrow- or maybe even today.
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Liposuction isn't a medical procedure either, not really. Unless you're suggesting it's used for treatment of the morbidly obese? If it's in that regard, afaik stomach bands are more effective 'treatment'. So I stand by what I said before, cosmetic surgery has very little to do with medical health.
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I can see that you aren't going to sway from your position at all. Man like it or not, coaches will make game decisions that don't seem to make sense to fans, even knowledgeable fans. But the fact remains is that he's an NFL head coach (and a friggin good one at that). Whether or not he had a "bad game plan" this game or not he's certainly had more than enough good game plans to justify his status as one of the top young rising coaches in the league. He has made judgements throughout the year that most here wouldn't have agreed with had they not worked. This time his gameplan didn't work. It's all a learning experience for him, and I'm more than confident that the next time he faces Chicago he will know exactly how to beat them. Payton isn't perfect, but just remember who we had calling the plays before him before we say how bad his gameplans are. |
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I'm sure that Brees was well versed in the various fronts the Bears would show, however, if they kept dropping back into coverage, it would seem that the fronts shown were fake outs. So, when he checked out of runs, he was checking into the Bears' coverage schemes. He should have run just to keep them honest. Hell, on a couple of drives even 2 or three yards would have changed the dynamic of the game (safety, missed field goal to name a couple of instances). I'm sure that those here think that 11 runs considering we were behind most of the game would be fine, however there weren't many runs when the score was close - up to the beginning of the 4th quarter. I'm baffled as to how one could think that there'd be an uproar over trying to pound Deuce/Bush against a line that was suspect. And I don't think that we'd be worse off if there were but just 9 more runs!
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The last time I spent the night in somebody's guest room, there were nine pillows on the bed.
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If four people needed to sleep in the bed, head-to-toe like the grandparents in "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory," they could each have two pillows, with one to spare.
I was sharing the bed with only one other person. I did not, however, need 4.5 pillows.
I had to dig down through 3.5 pillows encased in pretty, ruffled shams to find the one practical pillow I was supposed to sleep on.
I tried stacking the extra pillows on the foot of the bed, on top of the pretty, ruffled comforter. They fell off.
I thought about piling the extra pillows on the floor, but that seemed unhygienic. I suppose I could have put the comforter on the floor underneath the pillows, because the comforter always winds up on the floor by morning, anyway. I swear, it's like trying to sleep underneath a polar bear.
I want my own bedroom to look decorative and trendy, I really do. But I only have two minutes to make up the bed every morning.
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is all about Rachel (surprise), but on the bright side, it's about how unbelievably stupid she is and how bad she is at playing this game. She can criticize Cassi for being a floater and playing the victim and having bad gameplay, but she's not the one crying in the bushes.
The real focal point is the Power of Veto competition, where Brendon and Rachel are chosen to play. Rachel wants Dominic off the block so Cassi can get backdoored, but she wants to win so she can make a deal with Dominic first. That's like wanting to have your cake and eat it too, which is ironic, because for the next two weeks, Rachel can't eat cake (or much of anything).
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The challenge is to chew gum while walking across a balance beam and sticking a whole bunch of pieces to a wall. If they fall off they're out, unless they volunteer to take two weeks of slop.
Jordan falls first and wants to take the slop, but Jeff yells at her not to do it, because she has no chance of winning and he doesn't want her to be cranky. Rachel is upset and makes catty comments about the HoH not being competitive, which upsets Jeff. Rachel then falls and instantly takes two weeks of slop. She then falls again, eliminating her from the game and still leaving her with two weeks of slop. Then Dominic wins!
Here's where my glee is at its highest point. Dominic is safe AND Rachel doesn't get to make a deal with him AND Rachel is on two weeks of slop. So even though she gets what she wants (Cassi nominated and going home), she also has to suffer for it.
After the PoV competition is when the real fun begins. Jeff yells at Rachel for her snarky comments about Jordan, and even Brendon is against her, agreeing that Rachel taking the slop was a dumb move, and that they shouldn't fight and get emotional. But Rachel is incapable of not being emotional, so she tries to make a big deal out of competing, and then she runs into the bushes to cry like a baby. It's not funny that she's crying, or that she runs into the bushes to do it, it's funny that she is the ONLY person who doesn't realize how ridiculous and stupid she's being. Rachel loves talking about how you can't play the game emotionally, but she does it more than anyone.
Rachel is wrong. She's 100 percent wrong. Jeff knows it, Brendon knows it, all the other HGs know it. There's no reason for this to be happening except for Rachel's own stupidity, and that's what makes it so damn funny. Equally funny is that Brendon is lying through his teeth when he tries to cheer Rachel up by siding with her, because he knows that she's wrong, but can't say it because they're engaged.
Brendon asks her to apologize and she mockingly says she will, but she doesn't mean it. Then she throws the world's smallest pity party about how America hates her, and if that's not playing the victim, I don't know what is. Rachel thinks that she should have complete control over every single person, decision and competition in the house, like a God Complex on steroids.
Jeff then chats with Jordan and makes the best argument ever. He can't stand Rachel because she's doing the exact same things she did last season and expecting different results, which he says is the definition of insanity. Amen, Jeff!
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Friendship is a pretty common theme in anime, but some male characters share a special kind a friendship that transcends family ties and romantic endeavors. They have a bromance. Even if they aren't family, and there's no real romance, they have an unwavering brotherly love that ultimately makes them better people for it.
Why do we, as fans, love watching bromances? You probably have to ask a sociologist for a proper answer, but for us laymen, bromances are heartfelt and life-affirming pieces of storytelling that should never die! Thus, in celebration of the greatness of the bromance, here are the top ten bromance anime.
10. Killua and Gon from Hunter x Hunter (2011)
- Episodes: 148
- Aired: Aired: Oct. 2011 – Sept. 2014
In this shonen fighting anime, Hunters are registered adventurers who fight bad guys and explore new worlds. Gon Freecss and Killua Zoldyck both wish to become Hunters and gain supernatural fighting abilities in order to reconcile with their pasts. Killua is from a family of legendary assassins and was guarded from making friends to maintain a killer's instinct. His friendship with Gon becomes a crucial stepping stone in leaving behind his dark assassin past. Killua continues to look to Gon as a contrast to the life his family gave him. He once elaborates, "Gon, you are light."
Gon is an upbeat kid who would believe in platitudes like "Friends are the best!" and "I'll do anything for a friend." This attitude got the friendship started, but it's Killua's treatment of their relationship that truly makes this a bromance. Gon is Killua's first real friend, and finding his first friend at the age of twelve carries a certain weight. He treasures Gon and their friendship so much that he would defy prophecy and risk his life to protect both, making this bromance the foundation of the Hunter x Hunter series.
Bro Lesson: A bro never gives up on a bro.
9. Nicolas and Worick from Gangsta.
- Episodes: 12
- Aired: Jul. 2015 – Sept. 2015
Nicolas Brown and Worick Arcangelo are the "Handymen," a neutral duo in a Western city ruled by organized crime. They fight off people who are breaking the rules of the city, do hit jobs for the police, and finish a plethora of other small tasks like deliveries for a local doctor. They are a constant fixation in the city, but they weren't always.
Worick is an illegimate son of the influential Arcangelo family and lived on his father's estate as a child with Nicolas as his bodyguard, a deaf boy with mixed Twilight heritage. Twilights are humans with extraordinary physical prowess but are treated with disdain and discrimination. Worick feels connected to Nicolas as both are abused and neglected by their fathers. The two bond as Worick teaches Nicolas to read, and they learn sign language together. After Nicolas' father abandons him and Worick's father's abuse escalates, a bloody and tragic incident has the two on the run and living on the streets together.
Many think Worick was kidnapped by Nicolas, and now Worick depends on him for survival. Others think Nicolas is living under contract, doing Worick's bidding, but the two see each other as good friends. They share clothes and playfully bicker, and they will do anything to guarantee the survival of their buddy. Despite or because of their tragically haunting past, they remain by each other's side and share each other's burden.
Bro Lesson: Bromance knows not of race, class, or status.
8. Mikazuki and Orga from Kidou Senshi Gundam: Tekketsu no Orphans (Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron Blood Orphans)
- Episodes: 25
- Aired: Oct. 2015 – present
In Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron Blood Orphans, Mikazuki Augus and Orga Itsuka, childhood friends who have been living on their own since a young age. While working at a security company, Mika and Orga's unit, mostly teenagers and children, is assigned to escort a Martian aristocrat to Earth for negotiations on Martian independence, but a military group that rules the inner Solar System attacks the civilian workforce in order to stop her journey. The adults of the company run away and leave the younger men behind to die. Through Orga's leadership and Mika's brutal fighting ability, the young unit is able to defeat their attackers and take over the company from the adults who betrayed them.
Mika admires Orga's charismatic leadership and always expects Orga to show him new and interesting things. Orga often exceeds his expectations. As the boss of their new company, Orga organizes a new workforce and wins over a powerful ally, a company that rules the outer Solar System. Orga, in turn, admires Mika for always being cool-headed and constantly improving himself. He entrusts Mika to spearhead their battles in his Gundam. This mutual admiration and trust keeps these bros moving forward with incredible resilience.
Bro Lesson: Bros who look forward together, move forward together.
7. Mashiro Moritaka and Takagi Akito from Bakuman.
- Episodes: 75
- Aired: Oct. 2010 – Mar. 2013
Mashiro Moritaka and Takagi Akito are a protagonist duo in Bakuman. Takagi sets up a fateful meeting between Mashiro and his crush Azuki Miho, where they promise to get married after achieving their dreams. The promise? Mashiro will create a manga that gets adapted into an anime, in which Azuki would voice the main female character. Thus, the duo start on their first manga creation written by Takagi and illustrated by Mashiro. They set their sights on the biggest goal for a shonen manga artist: to make a manga that is the pillar of Weekly Shonen Jack.
As they finally start getting published, they become one under the pen name Ashirogi Muto, and their individual talents grow immensely while overcoming talented rivals, failed manga titles, and health issues. Working together isn't always smooth sailing. Mashiro and Takagi could break up and easily work with other writers or illustrators and probably still be successful, but that's simply out of the question. They are determined to accomplish their goals as Ashirogi Muto, a symbol of their unbreakable bond as bros.
Bro Lesson: A good bro believes in his bro's dreams.
6. Gakuto and Kiyoshi from Prison School
- Episodes: 12
- Aired: Jul. 2015 – Sept. 2015
In the ecchi comedy Prison School, five high school boys find themselves serving out a cruel and unusual prison sentence for peeping. The prison facility is owned and operated by the Underground Student Council, who are looking to make these boys the first and the last five boys to ever attend their high school.
Enduring hard labor, unspeakable violence, and a possible expulsion, the boys grit their teeth. Yet despite having a healthy amount of male camaraderie, seeds of distrust start to appear, especially focused on our main man Kiyoshi. His best bro Gakuto always gives Kiyoshi the benefit of the doubt, helps him get away from the prison for a date with his crush, and does even more amazing, self-sacrificing feats that would easily earn Gakuto the "Bro of the Year" Award. Together they instill hope and faith in humanity in each other even in their dire situation.
Bro Lesson: A bro in need is a bro indeed.
5. Kuroko and Kagami from Kuroko no Basket (Kuroko's Basketball)
- Episodes: 75
- Aired: Apr. 2012 – Jun. 2015
This shonen sports anime explores all the stages of the bromance. Broken bromances, budding bromances, fully functioning bromances—Kuroko's Basketball should be called Kuroko's Bromance. The main bromance of the story is between Kuroko Tetsuya and Kagami Taiga.
Kuroko loves basketball and loved playing with his best friends in junior high school, a group of incredible basketball players called the Generation of Miracles. Being the best comes with its consequences. They only cared about winning. Friendship and sportsmanship were pushed to the sidelines, and the six regular players eventually had a falling out. After graduation, each player went to a different high school, becoming rivals for the Number 1 spot in the nation.
Devastated by how things turned out in junior high, Kuroko is determined to prove victory-centric thinking is no way to treat basketball by defeating his former teammates. He joins Seirin High School, where he meets Kagami, a freshman with miracle-level talent. After seeing Kagami's skill up close, Kuroko vows to become the shadow to Kagami's light. Kagami is impressed by Kuroko's love of basketball, and the two agree that no friendship should be lost over basketball. They work together to claim the championship and reclaim lost friendships.
Bro Lesson: Bros who work together can create miracles.
4. Takeo and Suna from Ore Monogatari!! (My Love Story!!)
- Episodes: 24
- Aired: Apr. 2015 – Sept. 2015
Ore Monogatari!! is not your everyday shoujo anime. It's a romantic comedy featuring an intimidating-looking man's man Gouda Takeo and the super cute and mousey Yamato Rinko. When it comes to Takeo's best bud Sunakawa Makoto, he's also not your everyday bro. He's an extraordinary bro. Following the nearly impossible "golden rule" of bros, Suna refuses to date a girl who has talked bad about Takeo, even though Suna is very popular for his good looks and kind demeanor. Some people think the bearish Takeo cramps his style, but the thought doesn't even enter Suna's mind.
Likewise, Takeo is no slouch when it comes to his BFF since kindergarten. Takeo is always considering Suna before himself. When Rinko first shows interest in Takeo, he is certain the lovely girl is interested in Suna. He's willing to give her up for Suna and Rinko's happiness. Lucky for him, that wasn't the case. Toss in their mutual admiration for each other's coolness, and this is easily a high school bromance of legend.
Bro Lesson: A true bro roots for true love.
3. Kamina and Simon from Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann
- Episodes: 27
- Aired: Apr. 2007 – Sept. 2007
In a strange world where human beings live underground, Kamina dreams of going to the surface, but he can't imagine what awaits him there, giant mechanized robots piloted by beast-men who are trying to cleanse the world of all humanity.
A self-proclaimed epitome of manliness, Kamina makes it to the surface with the help of a younger friend Simon who finds a robot head that drills them out of ground. Simon is rather introverted but always sticks by Kamina and gladly follows him in his displays of machismo. Kamina believes in Simon strength and latent manly spirit. When Kamina steals a robot from a beast-man, the two combine their robots and together have immeasurable fighting power. Although Simon depends on Kamina, Kamina always pushes Simon to have more self-confidence and always believe in himself and believe in his bro.
Bro Lesson: If you love your bro, let everyone know!
2. Smile and Peco from Ping Pong: The Animation
- Episodes: 11
- Aired: Apr. 2014 – Jun. 2014
Ping Pong: The Animation is a seinen anime about ping pong; but more importantly, it's a coming-of-age tale of two high school boys looking for direction in life. Peco and Smile are both exceptionally talented in ping pong. Upon entering high school, however, the competition is tougher than they imagined. Peco, originally a prodigy and undefeated champion of his age group, defects from the team and quits the sport. Smile, who is usually apathetic about being the best, sticks with the team and gets thumbed for personal coaching, resulting in amazing growth in both his talent and his thirst for winning.
Up to this point, it would seem this is a sad but very normal occurrence between childhood friends who grow apart in adolescence, but Smile isn't just improving his skills for personal gain. A young man of few words, Smile's actions speak for him. As Smile poises to dominate the national championships, he's calling Peco back to the sport to reclaim all that he gave up. Peco, watching Smile become a legend in his own right, just can't leave him alone. Smile and Peco have a bromance that contains little dialog but is overflowing with redemption and self-sacrifice. It's the type of bromance that makes even the most cynical of us believe in people again.
Bro Lesson: A bro paves the way for his bro's greatness.
1. Sen and Bon from Sakamichi no Apollon (Kids on the Slope)
- Episodes: 12
- Aired: Apr. 2012 – Jun. 2012
Male friendship is Watanabe Shinichiro's specialty. In his works, he is able to show us dynamically different types of male bonding, but Kids on the Slope is by far his most bromantic.
Kids on the Slope is a josei drama that follows "Bon" Nishimi Kaoru, a brainy and privileged young man who has moved from place to place throughout his childhood. Bon enjoys playing the piano as a lone connection with his often-absent father. He is introduced to jazz by "Sen" Kawabuchi Sentaro, a loner who likes getting into fights and playing jazz on the drums. As Bon becomes more intrigued by jazz, the two end up spending all their free time together.
As time goes on, they learn more about each other's unfortunate family circumstances but continue to face each other on equal terms, while gradually maturing into adults. Even as their hearts are being torn apart by lost loves, Bon and Sen show a strong desire to protect the other's feelings. Life eventually pulls the two apart, but their bromance is best described by advice they received from a friendly university student: "Unlike love affairs, friendship lasts forever."
Honorable Mention: Spike and Jet from Cowboy Bebop
- Episodes: 26
- Aired: Apr. 1998 – Apr. 1999
The space cowboy and the black dog are the iconic duo from Cowboy Bebop, an anime about bounty hunters in space. Spike, formerly a rising youngster in a criminal syndicate, and Jet, formerly a straight-lace police officer, make an odd pair, but their parallel pasts form a strong mutual understanding between the two. Namely, both were betrayed by former bros. Can they ever bro-love again?
Cowboy Bebop was released well before bromance became a "thing," but the bromance is alive on the Bebop. Throughout the series, the friendship they share is filled with little inside jokes and subtle jabs that make their relationship entertaining and believable. When push comes to shove, they show certain reluctance to the idea of the other leaving the Bebop behind; however, as Spike's past starts to catch up to him, Jet faces the stark reality that Spike can't stay.
Bro Lesson: Sometimes the best thing for a bro to do is to let a bro face his demons.
Can you feel the bro love?
In so many different genres, bromance is gaining a lot of traction in anime lately, and it's a trend we absolutely adore! Male friendships come in so many shapes and sizes, so it's good to see the bromance breaking through all the semi-friendly rivalries, wingmen, and "male friend B" relationships we often see in anime. Way to go bros!
If you're looking for some bromances in the making, keep your eyes on Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash, Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu, and Haikyu!! for more bromantic developments!


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Summary and Analysis Foreword Bookmark this page Manage My Reading List Summary The book opens with a present tense narration that sets the time, players, and place. It is mid-June of 1863. The Army of Northern Virginia is heading north behind the Blue Ridge Mountains, stealthily making its way to Pennsylvania. The Army of the Potomac is also moving, but slower, a characteristic that has plagued it for a long time. The opposing armies are described, with information on their size, cultural makeup, beliefs, morale, and objectives. Major leaders are introduced, including Robert E. Lee, James Longstreet, George Meade, and Winfield Scott Hancock. Also, the setting is portrayed: hot rainy weather; men feasting on ripening cherries as they march and then suffering the after-effects of this diet; and areas deserted by the local population who suspect the coming conflict. Analysis Shaara's style is to the point here, placing the reader clearly in the location and time of the story — right before one of the major battles of the Civil War. His use of the present tense, while differing from the rest of the novel, gives a sense of immediacy to the situation. It is like listening to a newscaster report live on an unfolding crisis. The descriptions of the major leaders are like a news exposé. Using details from their professional backgrounds and bits of gossip from their private lives, Shaara works to build drama and create interest in the characters. The description of the armies reveals their qualities, motivations, and stark differences. The Confederate Army is a united group. The men in it have similar backgrounds, religious beliefs, customs, and language. While they are mostly unpaid, many cannot read or write, and their physical situation is difficult at best — no shoes, worn uniforms, and not enough food — their morale is very high. This is due in no small part to their unified belief in what they are fighting for — disunity with the Union — and their faith in their leader. They view Robert E. Lee with the same reverence they have for their God, and they will follow Lee anywhere. The Union Army is the opposite. They are a conglomeration of very un-unified men fighting for the unity of their country. They come from all walks of life, with different languages, nationalities, religions, and customs. They have seen mostly defeat, their morale is terrible, and they have no faith in their leadership, which changes often. Many are there for their own personal reasons. One can feel in this introduction the increasing frustration in the ranks, and the desire for a definitive and final showdown. The two sides differ greatly in their makeup and morale, but one thing they both agree on: they want to settle things once and for all, right here and now, and go home. Without being told directly, the reader is aware that something powerful, ominous, and fateful is about to happen.
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Tuesday, 27 November 2012
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So this week Britain has experienced serious flooding, and now we are being warned of freezing cold temperatures and snow (In December, I know. Shocking, who would have thought it?)
Anyone else think that now might be a good time to think about hibernation?
Now I'm all for making like a bear and sleeping the whole winter away, (especially this winter) in fact, looking at my BMI, I think I have been preparing my whole life for this exact moment. I've laid down the body fat, sorted out the perfect onesie (comfort is a must for hibernation) and even considered what sort of January snacks I might partake in. (Cakeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee)
I'm not even joking when I talk about hibernation as a serious lifestyle choice. It would certainly save on the heating bills. I would make a duvet cave and just snuggle up underneath it until about April (or May) I would definitely emerge thinner, I will have missed out on all the Christmas shopping stress, (I may just wake up on December 19th for my birthday if that's ok?) and I wouldn't get cold or soaked through.
If there is anything worse than feeling cold AND wet, then I am yet to find it. Hibernation would certain help with that. Warm, dry? If only hibernation was available on the NHS then I think we would end up a lot healthier. Look at the Spanish with their siestas, in my eyes, hibernation is just a longer version of a siesta.
So I'm up for a longer version of a disco nap, anyone care to join me?
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Jamie HayesShooting outdoors using natural light can be challenging—clouds, too much sun or a strong wind, and your moment is gone. In this class, PPA instructor Jamie Hayes gives you the fundamentals you need to successfully use natural light and make the most of your outdoor opportunities.
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The mammalian central nervous system develops through a series of complex cellular processes which may be grouped into two broad phases (1,2). The first, cytogenesis and histogenesis, is a phase in which neurons are formed, move to their correct positions, and elaborate the primary neuritic processes which contribute to emerging dendritic fields and axon fascicles.
The brain evolves through a series of temporally overlapping stages. Brain malformations may be analyzed in the context of the stage or stages during which the pathologic process was judged to be initially and maximally active.
Most viable developmental brain disorders occurring during the second half of gestation lead to neurological defects that can range from minimal learning or motor deficits to major motor and cognitive handicaps.
Dr. Sotelo: I should like Dr. Evrard and Dr. Caviness to speculate about the mechanism of the formation of the gyri. According to Dr. Williams it appears that cytogenetic problems may be responsible for the absence of gyri, but in your chapter, Dr. Evrard, it seems that problems in brain vascularization may actually induce the formation of gyri.
Synaptogenesis is one of the final events during neurogenesis and is preceded by a series of phenomena (both progressive and regressive) overlapping in time but yet distinguishable (see Caviness, this volume).
Peroxisomes play a key role in a number of genetic diseases. These include disorders in which the activity of a peroxisomal enzyme is deficient and an extraordinary group of diseases in which the formation of the organelle itself is defective (1-3) (Table 1).
Until recently the assertion that mammalian peroxisomes play a role in the development of the central nervous system was received with incredulity by most investigators despite the demonstration by Goldfischer et al.
Very accurate gene mapping is essential in both man and laboratory mammals ( 1 - 3). Several techniques have been used over the last 50 years to localize mammalian genes on the chromosomes of a given species.
Myelination is a major biological event during the early postnatal development of the mouse brain, yet relatively little is known about the mechanism and regulation of myelin assembly.
Nerve cells and myelin require an adequate supply of nutrients, particularly lipids, for their formation and development. This chapter examines the role of nutrition in the synthesis of myelin lipids.
In spite of the apparent homogeneity of the cerebellar cortex, which is composed throughout of the same neuronal populations and the same types of afferent and efferent systems, the anatomical work of Voogd (1) and the electrophysiological studies of Oscarsson (2)
Monoamines have an important cerebral regulatory function in adult animals. Serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine, 5-HT), noradrenalin (NA), and dopamine (DA) are central neurotransmitters involved in the regulation of major functions such as nociception, sleeping and waking cycles, thermoregulation, and some types of behavior (e.g., the 5-HT syndrome evoked by 5-HT agonists, or the turning behavior induced by DA agonists in rats with a unilateral lesion of the dopaminergic nigrostriatal pathway).
The onset of myelination is of great interest in the field of pediatric nutrition because it is one of the critical periods of brain development during which nutritional influences may lead to neurological deficiencies.
In the adult, vision is a cortical function and thus it has always been assumed that this would also hold true for the newborn infant.
In recent years there has been a growing awareness of the significance of hemodynamic factors in the pathogenesis of perinatal neurologic disorders.
The two major causes of neurological morbidity and mortality related to definable events in the neonatal period are intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH) with hemorrhagic intracerebral involvement in the preterm infant, and hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy in the asphyxiated term infant.
Dr. Dubowitz: I agree with Dr. Lou that the primary lesions in large intracranial hemorrhages are ischemic. The demonstration of this is dependent on having a really good 7 MHz ultrasound scanner which allows you to see ischemic lesions preceding the hemorrhage.
In exploring the role of psychological factors in neurological development— and by extension—behavior, we tread firmly on the nature-nurture controversy, an arena of debate that has ensnarled many bright minds and often generated great heat but little light.
Arguments concerned with the impact of malnutrition on neurological development have been a matter of considerable scientific and political interest during the past two decades.
Ethanol has both pharmacologic and toxic effects in the developing and mature nervous systems (1). The toxic effects, which are associated with chronic abuse, may depend on ethanol's pharmacologic actions.
A large number of publications during the last 15 years have addressed the question of the influence of nutrition, particularly nutritional deprivation, on brain development.
It is generally accepted that the higher functions of the central nervous system are closely related to association areas of the cerebral cortex. This notion is based on considerable evidence obtained from studies mainly performed in freely moving monkeys.
Two questions regarding brain development and nutrition are of particular importance: How long does brain development (i.e., growth and differentiation) continue? and What are the effects of malnutrition on neurotransmitter systems? Many of the research data available today are derived from animal experiments, and the limitations of animal studies are well known.
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blood to remember: CHARLES FISHMAN, EDITOR, TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1991 BOOK DESCRIPTION In this compelling work, Charles Fishman draws together an extraordinary and rich chorus of voices that represent the American response to the Holocaust. This arresting collection seems to come from the soul of a single nameless author. The book tracks the Holocaust from the terrifying pogrom known as Kristallnacht, through the horrifying trail across Europe, to the present. Together, these voices form an eloquent and muscular witness. Like so many who have lost relatives they never knew, I as an American Jew am forever touched by the Holocaust and am thankful to Charles for his heroic perseverance in assembling this collection and for the chance to be a part of it. EXCERPT There can be no revenge Who can say Kaddish for six million REVIEWS "Enter with caution. Reading Charles Fishman's Blood
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Brain Structure Changes Found in Irritable Bowel Patients
TUESDAY, July 27 -- Women with irritable bowel syndrome have increases and decreases in gray matter density in areas of the brain that play a role in attention, emotion regulation, pain inhibition and the processing of information from the gut, new research suggests.
Similar brain structural changes have been noted in patients with pain disorders such as lower back pain, migraines and hip pain.
Irritable bowel syndrome, or IBS -- which can cause pain and discomfort in the abdomen, along with constipation, diarrhea, or both -- affects about 15 percent of the U.S. population, mainly women. Among those in the medical field, IBS is currently considered a "functional" syndrome (the digestive tract is not working properly), rather than an "organic" disorder (which would involve structural organ changes).
"Discovering structural changes in the brain, whether they are primary or secondary to gastrointestinal symptoms, demonstrates an 'organic' component to IBS and supports the concept of a brain-gut disorder," study author Dr. Emeran Mayer, a professor of medicine, physiology, and psychiatry at the David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, said in a university news release.
"Also, the finding removes the idea once and for all that IBS symptoms are not real and are 'only psychological.' The findings will give us more insight into better understanding IBS," Mayer added.
In the study, American and Canadian researchers used medical imaging to analyze anatomical differences in the brains of 55 female IBS patients and 48 women without IBS. The IBS patients had increases and decreases of gray matter in specific cortical brain regions involved in cognitive and evaluative functions, the investigators found.
"We noticed that the structural brain changes varied between patients who characterized their symptoms primarily as pain, rather than non-painful discomfort. In contrast, the length of time a patient has had IBS was not related to these structural brain changes," Mayer said.
The study is published in the July issue of the journal Gastroenterology.
The next steps in this research will include trying to determine if certain genes are related to the structural brain changes in IBS patients.
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A look at the historical effects of downsized research funding suggests that the Trump administration's proposed budget could hit early-career scientists the hardest.
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Based in Britain's oldest complete church from the period – the 15th century church of St Peter Hungate – the host venue for this masterclass of Medieval craftsmanship adds to the hallowed aura.
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More than half a millennium later, a modern photographer and carpenter have collaborated on a full-scale version of one of them which will be included in this show. And a drop-in artists' workshop, on August 10, will also allow children to make shadow puppets and learn more about the screens and the history surrounding them.
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Sales of DVDs and Blu-rays confounded the doom-mongers by rising a total of 8 per cent to £474m in December against a year earlier, despite the rise of online formats and the threat of piracy.
British films fuelled the boom as Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1, The Inbetweeners Movie and The King's Speech were among the top-sellers.
The data, from the British Video Association, showed consumers still wanted to give physical gifts at Christmas. DVD sales rose by 6 per cent in December, while Blu-rays were up 27 per cent.
The annual home video market is worth £2.25bn a year. Overall sales of physical discs fell 4.9 per cent in value last year while online and digital streaming rose 15 per cent.
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The effect of unequal admission on the performance and loss generation in a double-entry turbocharger turbine
Copeland, C. D., Newton, P. J., Martinez-Botas, R. and Seiler, M., 2012. The effect of unequal admission on the performance and loss generation in a double-entry turbocharger turbine. Journal of Turbomachinery: Transactions of the ASME, 134 (2), 021004.
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The current work investigates a circumferentially divided turbine volute designed such that each gas inlet feeds a separate section of the turbine wheel. Although there is a small connecting interspace formed between the nozzle and the mixed-flow rotor inlet, this design does well to preserve the exhaust gas energy in a pulsed-charged application by largely isolating the two streams entering the turbine. However, this type of volute design produces some interesting flow features as a result of unequal flows driving the turbine wheel. To investigate the influence of unequal flows, experimental data from the turbocharger facility at Imperial College have been gathered over a wide range of steadystate, unequal admission conditions. These test results show a significant drop in turbine performance with increasing pressure difference between inlets. In addition, the swallowing capacities of each gas inlet are interdependent, thus indicating some flow interaction between entries. To understand the flow physics driving the observed performance, a full 3D computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model of the turbine was created. Results show a highly disturbed flow field as a consequence of the nonuniform admission. From these results, it is possible to identify the regions of aerodynamic loss responsible for the measured performance decrease. Given the unequal flows present in a double-entry design, each rotor passage sees an abrupt change in flow conditions as it rotates spanning the two feeding sectors. This operation introduces a high degree of unsteady flow into the rotor passage even when it operates in steady conditions. The amplitude and frequency of this unsteadiness will depend both on the level of unequal admission and the speed of rotor rotation. The reduced frequency associated with this disturbance supports the evidence that the flow in the rotor passage is unsteady. Furthermore, the CFD model indicates that the blade passage flow is unable to fully develop in the time available to travel between the two different sectors (entries).
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Stephen Tyrone Colbert is an Emmy and Peabody award winning American comedian, satirist, actor and writer, known for his ironic style , and for his deadpan comedic delivery.
Colbert originally studied to be an actor, but became interested in improvisational theatre when he met famed Second City director Del Close while attending Northwestern University. He first performed professionally as an understudy for Steve Carell at Second City Chicago; among his troupe mates were comedians Paul Dinello and Amy Sedaris, with whom he developed the critically-acclaimed sketch comedy series "Exit 57".
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It has become a familiar sight in London, the erection of the enormous marquee that hosts Burberry's grandiose Fashion Week shows twice a year in Kensington Gardens. For a single afternoon every six months or so, that spot just below the steps of the Albert Memorial boasts the much- vied-for, most-A-listers-per-square-foot title as one of the world's most famous names shows off its wares to press and buyers, pundits and brand die-hards.
Burberry's success over the past 10 years has been meteoric: a sturdy heritage brand that found unwanted recognition across football terraces and some of our most wretched celebrities during the early Noughties, it has effected an impressive volte face by way of discreet design and digital direction to become one of the biggest global presences in the fashion industry, as well as one of the UK's highest performing businesses.
"I sometimes describe Burberry as a young old company," explains Christopher Bailey, Chief Creative Officer and designer of the clothing and accessories upon which the brand's success is based. "Old in terms of heritage and history but with a very young team, a very young energy – and for me, that's a wonderful combination."
It's the alchemy behind last year's total revenue of £1,857 million and sales of £1,270 million, and a 24 per cent rise in each over the past year. Sales of menswear alone grew by 40 per cent in 2012, a fact underpinned and celebrated with the launch of a dedicated men's flagship store in Knightsbridge last October. In the past year, there have been other openings in Hong Kong, Milan and Rome, as well as a new flagship on London's Regent Street last autumn. Burberry boasts clothing lines for men and for women, a children's range, underwear, eyewear, watches, perfume and accessories.
In a climate where many luxury brands are fearful of a crisis in the Asian economy, which has propped up sales for so long since the traditional Western markets crumbled, Burberry remains bullish. It issued a profits warning in September which saw the share price fall 19 per cent, but attributed this to wider fears in the luxury market at the inevitable slowdown and the chaotic unravelling of the single currency. Shortly before Christmas, the company announced half-year pre-tax profits of £173 million, an increase of 6 per cent.
"We were the first ones to call it, but things have levelled off," CEO Angela Ahrendts told the BBC at the time. "We've reconfirmed our capital expenditure at about £180 million to £200 million, investing in flagship markets, high growth markets, Brazil, India."
Ahrendts, a 52-year-old American who has featured on Forbes' Women's Power List every year since her appointment in 2006, and made the Women's Hour Power List Top 10 earlier this month, took her first executive post at Donna Karan in 1989 and has not had a sick day in 25 years. She is credited with the turnaround of the brand from aspirational to inspirational, thanks to her focus on emerging markets and a repositioning strategy on home turf.
A 'Made in Britain' policy with the manufacturing of the brand's iconic trenchcoats targets the overseas interest in heritage and tradition, while strengthening the company's national profile – sites in Castleford and Woodrow, Yorkshire, employ more than 650 people between them, while Burberry has created more than 1,000 new jobs across the business in the past two years, bringing their UK workforce up to more than 3,000 people.
The signature lining checks, which were once so prominent, have been relegated from the premium catwalk collection, Burberry Prorsum – meaning 'forward', designed by Royal College of Art graduate Bailey and shown in that illustrious marquee – and feature instead in the more accessible diffusion ranges; pricey enough to feel like an investment and to allow for a certain rarefied sense of exclusivity, but not so expensive as to cut would-be loyalists out of the equation.
"For me, it's the people I work with who make this journey so worthwhile," adds Bailey. "I have been extremely lucky to be able to surround myself with an incredibly talented, passionate and dedicated team. Working together on so many varied and exciting projects has made Burberry what it is today."
Guests at Burberry's spring 2013 show last September were ushered down a sumptuous white carpet and into a marquee backlit by a silhouetted London cityscape at one end of the catwalk. The message was clear: this was a homecoming of sorts.
No matter that the label returned from Milan to show its collections in the capital in 2009, as part of London Fashion Week's 25th anniversary celebrations (kickstarting a copycat trend among other ex-pat brands and, in doing so, giving the event an international and corporate seal of approval) – this London love-in was in honour of the recently opened flagship store on Regent Street, one of the most ambitious retail ventures ever undertaken.
"It's the most powerful brand statement in the world," Angela Ahrendts told the press. "It's the perfect time to be headquartered in London. Seventy million people travelled out of China in 2011 and it'll be 100 million by 2015 – and London is second on the list of where all those people go."
The 44,000sq ft space broke records with its property value, a former cinema built in 1820 that has been restored according to the Burberry vision, with original features alongside sympathetic additions from UK-based artisans. Floor-to-ceiling video screens show footage from the catwalk, from the ad campaigns and music videos, every so often filling with precipitation during one of the many unexpected ambient 'rain showers' that occur every day. Thunder and the splish-splosh sound of puddling water ricochets around the store, as it does before each show – just another carefully considered concept in the Burberry experience.
This is how Christopher Bailey, who masterminded the space just as he did the company HQ on Horseferry Road (rumour has it he designed everything, right down to the furniture and cutlery in the staff canteen), prefers to see it. The Regent Street outlet is his vision of where the physical and the digital meet, with interactive mirrors that sense movement and will show you 360-degree views of your chosen garment or how it was styled on the catwalk. Bands and artists signed as part of the label's 'Acoustic programme' stage exclusive gigs here which are live-streamed to other Burberry stores around the world. The clothes are here too, of course, and very much for sale, but details as banal as cash registers are cunningly hidden beneath the stairs.
"Burberry Regent Street brings our digital world to life in a physical space for the first time," adds Ahrendts. "Walking through the doors is just like walking into our website. It is Burberry World Live."
"For brands, digital allows for a cohesive and consistent point of view to be communicated in a way that is dynamic, inspiring and engaging," says Christopher Bailey. "At Burberry, it has become an exciting and natural way for us to build our communities and share our creative thinking. I'm constantly inspired by its possibilities, and by the marriage of heritage and innovation that so defines who we are as a brand today."
In 2010, Burberry won the Digital Innovation gong at the British Fashion Awards. It might seem obvious now (and it's only three years down the line) but the brand was among the first to engage with social media and online possibilities, live-streaming the shows from London, live-tweeting each look as it sauntered down the runway to give details of each component garment, and making pieces available for sale online direct from the show, thereby cutting the traditional six-month lag time between the international collections and their appearance in stores.
The label even live-streamed its autumn 2011 show to big screens set up in Piccadilly Circus, and mobile technology used in the Burberry website allows customers to browse online content in real time, adjusting information according to the user's location.
A minimally-branded blog project, The Art of the Trench, celebrates the label's signature piece on the side too, by way of carefully curated street-style portraits, and created an editorial identity for the brand that went beyond mere shopping. Even now, Burberry remains the most popular luxury fashion brand on Facebook, with nearly 15 million fans.
Ingenuity is in Burberry's bloodstream. It has been the brand of choice for explorers and pioneers since the early 20th century: Ernest Shackleton went to Antarctica wearing Burberry gabardine.
Both Bailey and Ahrendts see the internet as a democratising force in fashion, not only in terms of reach, but in the way it has shifted the industry paradigm from being wholesale-led to retail-led. Customers can now dictate their own interests – placing an order for clothes as the show unfolds on the site is an early indication of which pieces are going to be popular. Essentially, we are deciding what filters down to the shops; burberry.com is a hybrid destination – just as the flagship is – for business growth as well as creative thinking.
"The new way to measure customer reaction is engagement," says Angela Ahrendts. "The average consumer dwells on the website for eight minutes. And over on the Acoustic website, they dwell for 18 minutes." By making its digital offering so appealing, we form a relationship with Burberry.
"With Burberry Acoustic, we wanted to bring people into live contact with bands that we love, bands we admire and bands we believe in," says Christopher Bailey, himself something of an indie obsessive. "I'm lucky to be in an environment where I discover new musicians, or end up talking about music. Often, when I first meet a lot of young musicians, it has nothing to do with our campaigns. It's more like, 'Let's work on something together – who know's what it's going to be?'. And then things just develop organically."
Burberry's Acoustic programme has developed alongside the brand's exploration of digital media, as just one more way in which to synchronise the various strands of the company's vision. From dressing musicians, to using their tracks as show soundtracks – pumped out across Kensington at ear-splitting volume – to inviting them to play exclusive gigs at one of the label's many stores worldwide, Burberry's relationship with the rising stars of the guitar scene is just another way of starting a conversation about British talent.
A dedicated website and YouTube channel allows the public to interact with the artists chosen by Bailey to represent the brand, hosting videos and streams. Earlier this month saw the first live music event held at the new flagship store on Regent Street, where musician Jake Bugg (who has worked with Burberry for nearly two years now) performed songs from his debut album to a crowd of 800. There are further plans to host regular gigs there, which can be live-streamed to the label's other outposts around the world.
Others artists to have worked with the brand include Life in Film, whose track "Alleyway" was one of the first songs picked to front the Acoustic initiative and who performed for Burberry at Vogue's Fashion Night Out in 2010 – for whom the brand's interest has meant signing with Sony and the imminent release of a first album. Likewise singer Marika Hackman, formerly a star of a Burberry eyewear campaign, has seen her songs played on Radio 1 and is about to set off on her first headline tour.
This year's star is undoubtedly Tom Odell, a 22-year-old songwriter from Chichester who made his first television appearance at the end of last year, and will be working closely with Burberry this year. The online response after his track "Another Love" was played at the spring 2013 show in September was enough to prompt the release of an EP soon afterwards, and further tracks were played at the catwalk event this month, too. It's a winning creative collaboration.
When, in December, it was leaked that the new face of the always highly visible Burberry campaign was to be 10-year-old Romeo Beckham, son of David and Posh, the internet practically ate itself.
Within 48 hours, the clip of him dancing alongside brand faces Edie Campbell and Charlie France wearing one of this season's metallic lamé shirts, had notched up 1 million views on YouTube and had 1.6 million views at the last count.
It was the latest in a long line of hyped imagery, shot by the brand's esteemed collaborator, Mario Testino, and just another chapter in Burberry's prioritising of young British up-and-comers. In 2006, the brand's billboard imagery – and which goes larger-than-life-size in the windows or stores across the globe – featured Kate Moss surrounded by a gaggle of socialites and rock star progeny, including Otis Ferry and Sam Branson.
For spring 2010, actress Emma Watson and her younger brother became the faces, the first venture beyond the Harry Potter franchise that the young star had embarked upon and one which marked her arrival as a woman of style, a red-carpet presence and part of the next generation of fashion royalty and jeunesse dorée.
Following in her footsteps came Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, then aged 21, who describes working with Burberry as like being "part of a family", and who starred in a campaign which sealed her as a latterday supermodel. Meanwhile, actor and Cambridge graduate Eddie Redmayne, who frolicked with Cara Delevingne for the spring 2012 campaign, applauds the brand for its vision. "They're incredibly supportive of the arts and they help so many young actors," he said at last September's show.
"This is my second season doing Burberry," Delevingne told the press when the campaign launched, "and once again I'm so happy to be involved. This time round there is only Eddie and I, so we got to play around more with Mario and Christopher [Bailey] and ideas and storylines. As always, I had such a good time and was very sad when it was over."
Burberry's adverts are far from simply commercial bombast. Obviously, they're a power play, a territorial swipe at other brands looking to capitalise on young British talent – so far, Burberry has had first dibs. But the images also create a sense of community, something which is important to a label that defines itself through new methods of interaction and engagement with customers. The faces from the hoardings always sit front row at the show, and their reach extends to a network of further 'friends of Burberry'. Actor Dev Patel, Olympians Denise Lewis and Andy Murray, Alexa Chung, Clemence Poesy, Harry Styles and Kate Bosworth were among the faces at last September's show.
For a time during renovation works in 2011, the Duomo in Milan was covered by a hoarding that featured Burberry's advert for its new perfume, Body. Supermodel Rosie Huntington-Whiteley reclined, storeys high, across the Gothic structure clad only in the label's classic trenchcoat. If that isn't a statement of intent, what is?
Burberry's beauty range (its metallic cases all embossed with the house's signature check) is exclusively stocked in a small selection of high-end stores, such as Harrods.
Burberry paid €181m in December 2012 to end the licence relationship with Interparfums. The decision, after the launch of its dedicated, ultra-luxurious beauty division, signified the brand's aim to cover all points of the luxury market from high to low, at all accessibilities and budgets – from the aspiring masses to the infinitely rarer VIPs (or VICs as the brand has it – Very Important Clients) for whom the private dressing suite was added to the Regent Street flagship.
The cosmetics route has provided further creative expansion – at the autumn 2013 show in London last week, a project called the Burberry Beauty Booth showcased beauty looks on Twitter, courtesy of guests backstage uploading their own photos. At the time of its launch in 2010, the beauty line's focus was on natural allure – fresh skin, lightness and radiance, designed to reflect the wholesome youthfulness of the brand's public image.
But since the range has developed and Bailey has taken the collections into more exotic territory – witness spring 2013's holographic and metallic coats that resembled nothing if not the most opulent Quality Street wrappers – the make-up options and products have expanded to reflect this.
At the show in September, models wore 'Military Red' lipstick, a striking pop of colour against a natural base, courtesy of Burberry Beauty's bestselling product Fresh Glow, a primer and corrector in one that acts both as a moisturiser and a light foundation, and has gone down a treat with beauty editors and shoppers alike.
For the inspiration behind the cosmetics, look no further than the models and faces of the brand. Jourdan Dunn, Edie Campbell and Cara Delevingne feature on the latest billboards, while Rosie Huntington-Whiteley's natural sensuality summed up the first fragrance's low-key, glamorous identity.
1891 The first London Burberry store opened on London's Haymarket
1915 Sir Ernest Shackleton wore Burberry gabardine in an expedition to Antarctica
1950 Iconic outerwear advertising campaign
2001 Christopher Bailey arrives as the brand's Creative Director
2009 Burberry moves to its new headquarters, Horseferry House, in Westminster. Art of the Trench, the social media platform celebrating the trench coat launched with a collaboration with fashion commentator Scott Schuman, of The Satorialist. The site has received more than three million visits
2010 Burberry Acoustic launches, a showcase of new British musicians chosen by Christopher Bailey
2012 'Burberry World' – an online runway live-streams the AW12 Prorsum womenswear show with an instant shopping function
2012 Burberry Regent Street opens