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A familiar cautionary tale has loomed large in media headlines this month: two young women arrested at an airport with drugs in their luggage. Girls are told "make sure you check your bags at airports" and "don't trust people you might meet on your travels". But these warnings miss out two other groups of so-called drug mules: women from outside the UK who are in our prisons for similar offences and British girls who move drugs around the UK.
In autumn 2010, as part of the Female Voice in Violence project, I interviewed a 20-year-old white British girl called Sophie. She described how, at the age of 17, she had been held at gunpoint and forced to carry cocaine from one location to another by a criminal gang her boyfriend was associated with. Sophie had never been on holiday, she'd never even left the UK: all of this happened to her on home soil, as she was trafficked between cities as a drug mule for an English organised crime group. Other girls have similar stories. Two, held in a youth offender institute, described bagging and holding drugs in their flats for their boyfriends. And mothers talked to me about having their front doors kicked in, when their sons were in prison, by rival dealers searching for hidden drugs.
UK prisons are holding hundreds of women from home and abroad for drug-related offences. In June 2013, there were 3,817 women and girls in prison in England and Wales, of whom 553 were imprisoned for drug offences. Of these, 80 were on remand, and 473 sentenced; 14 were under the age of 20. Females imprisoned for drug offences account for 14.5% of the female prison population – the same proportion as the male prison population.
This proportion is much higher for foreign women in UK prisons. A briefing by the Prison Reform Trust on this group of women indicated that in 2011, 46% of the 650 non-UK national females in custody were being held for drug offences. The majority were sentenced for importation of class A drugs, compared with 21% of the UK population. Research by the Sentencing Council indicates that those who are in custody for drug importation are particularly vulnerable to exploitation by those who are using them as drug mules. The financial reward for these women is tiny in comparison with the profits made by those controlling them, and coercion and intimidation are often used. Organisations such as the charity Hibiscus have worked tirelessly to raise awareness in women in countries such as Jamaica and Nigeria of the dangers of bringing drugs into the UK, and where they can get help and support if they are approached to be a drug mule.
But what of UK nationals who carry drugs around the UK? Girls like Sophie wouldn't have been helped by organisations such as Hibiscus. Earlier this year, the Youth Justice Board and the Home Office held a series of events on girls in the justice system. Turnout was huge, with practitioners around the country desperate to know how to work better with girls who are offending.
The level of commitment is promising, but if we really want to make a difference to the lives of women and girls, we need to prevent them from carrying drugs and entering into the criminal justice system in the first place. For every young woman who is arrested abroad, no doubt there are girls in the UK doing the same thing, who think that their situation is different. The case of Michaella McCollum Connolly and Melissa Reid and others like them must be used to raise awareness of the risks of carrying drugs for other people, both home and away, with agencies sufficiently equipped to support girls to say no should they ever be approached.
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But now the activity enjoyed by generations of schoolchildren is facing an unprecedented threat.
Across the country, horse chestnut trees, which produce conkers as their fruit, are visibly in a terrible state.
The World Conker Championships
Drought-hit trees have produced fewer conkers than usual, sections of bark are dead and many of the leaves had already withered and turned brown by late summer. Their poor condition is particularly noticeable because the trees often occupy prominent sites in parks and streets.
The degree of damage suffered by the trees is raising fears over the supply of conkers in future years. A staggering one in ten of Britain's horse chestnuts is now infected with an incurable disease called bleeding canker.
This attacks the bark of the tree, leaving open wounds which ooze dark liquid. The areas of dying bark can join up around the trunk, causing the timber to weaken and eventually killing the crown or top part of the tree.
There has been an explosion of cases over the past five years and between 35,000 and 50,000 of the country's 470,000 trees are now affected. About half of the infected trees are likely to die, and several thousand are already dead or have had to be felled because of public safety concerns.
But worryingly, scientists have still not identified the pest that causes the disease, which is thought to be a type of bacteria.
A spokesman for the Forestry Commission said: "Bleeding canker has been around for 30 or 40 years at a low level, caused by two fungal organisms. They had not caused any great concern because of the low incidence.
"But about five years ago we started getting a quite significant increase in reports of bleeding canker. In 90 per cent of the cases we were not finding either fungus.
"It would appear that there is a new organism causing the same condition. We suspect it is a bacterium called Pseudomonas syringae, but we haven't actually confirmed it yet. We're still running tests to see whether it can cause canker."
The leaves of horse chestnuts have also been badly affected this year by infestation with two pests - the leaf miner moth and the leaf blotch fungus. The tiny leaf miner moth lays its eggs in the leaves.
When the larvae hatch, they tunnel out, eating the flesh of the leaves on the way, making them turn brown and fall off the tree in August. While the leaf miner was previously turning up only in the South East, it is now spreading both north and west.
The leaf blotch fungus causes the appearance of patches of red or dull brown, surrounded by yellow borders.
Although the trees look bad, neither the leaf miner nor leaf blotch causes any lasting damage and leaves are produced normally the following spring. The Forestry Commission is warning people not to cut down infected trees, but to burn or compost the dead leaves in order to reduce the level of attack the next year.
In some areas the extraordinarily dry weather and general poor health of the trees appears to have already caused a shortage of conkers.
Fortunately for those involved in the 42nd World Conker Championships, taking place today in Ashton, Northamptonshire, with representatives from 19 nations, the local trees have not been badly affected.
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It's a fact that Deon Murphy is a second-year junior with Kansas State in 2008, but no one is really saying how it all came about. Take note:
* "I honestly don't know what's going on. I haven't been a part of it," said Murphy.
* "I have no clue how this happened," said Kansas State coach Ron Prince. "It was the people that work in the compliance office who found it out and I was just notified."
* "I don't have any idea," said compliance chief David Flores.
The fact is that the 22-year-old Murphy, a native of Houston, enrolled at Hutchinson Community College in Kansas during the summer of 2005 as a part-time student.
He left after the summer and enrolled at some point – not even he has an answer as to when – at Blinn, again as a non-playing part-time student.
For what he says are personal reasons on and off the field, he left Blinn and found his way to Coffeyville Community College in 2006 where his NCAA five years to play four clock officially started.
In 2007, he enrolled at Kansas State and became the Big 12's Offensive Newcomer of the Year.
On the team going on without Jordy Nelson, Murphy said, "I think I was a leader with Jordy (last year), Even thought I knew what his next step was (NFL), I knew that it was my time to step up. I have a lot of receivers on the team that are looking up to me, and I'm proud of it."
KSU starting running back Keithen Valentine was one of nine Wildcats notified on Monday that they had been elevated from walk-on to scholarship status.
The others include: Chris Bamberger, Jack Reed, Heath Alexander, Adrian Stryker, D.J. Fulhage, Pete Yemm, Stephen Harrison and Gabe Gantz.
On being ready for the opener, Valentine, a transfer from Mississippi Delta Community College, said, "The other day we went through our pregame routine and I got goose bumps. I'm so excited. I can't wait to see the end result."
Prince offered this injury look for Saturday's opener with North Texas: Out: Josh Berard (LB) for the season; Kendrick Matthews (DB) for Saturday Doubtful: Dee Bell (RB), Penisini Liu (OL) Questionable: Alesana Alesana (OT), Deon Murphy (RB)
Murphy, however, said, "I'm good, I'm good. There's no question. I'll be out there."
On the 2-10 North Texas team that K-State will face Saturday at 6:05 p.m. at Bill Snyder Family Stadium, Prince said, "I'm very concerned with the game against North Texas. I think this is a very good team. From an offensive standpoint, they have a lot of fire power."


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"When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence."
The best part of being a photographer is preserving special moments in people's lives. Sometimes it is simply the love that you feel for your family, or that your little ones are growing up so fast and you want to capture that moment in time.


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Classic Poetry Aloud gives voice to poetry through podcast recordings of the great poems of the past. Our library of poems is intended as a resource for anyone interested in reading and listening to poetry. For us, it's all about the listening, and how hearing a poem can make it more accessible, as well as heightening its emotional impact. See more at: www.classicpoetryaloud.com
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Episode 258 of 608 episodes
E FitzGerald read by Classic Poetry Aloud: http://www.classicpoetryaloud.com/ Giving voice to the poetry of the past. --------------------------------------------- from the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam translated by by Edward FitzGerald (1809 – 1883) I Awake! for Morning in the Bowl of Night Has flung the Stone that puts the Stars to Flight: And Lo! the Hunter of the East has caught The Sultan's Turret in a Noose of Light. II Dreaming when Dawn's Left Hand was in the Sky I heard a Voice within the Tavern cry, "Awake, my Little ones, and fill the Cup Before Life's Liquor in its Cup be dry." III And, as the Cock crew, those who stood before The Tavern shouted--"Open then the Door! You know how little time we have to stay, And, once departed, may return no more." VII Come, fill the Cup, and in the Fire of Spring The Winter Garment of Repentance fling: The Bird of Time has but a little way To fly--and Lo! the Bird is on the Wing. X With me along some Strip of Herbage strown That just divides the desert from the sown, Where name of Slave and Sultán scarce is known, And pity Sultán Mahmúd on his Throne. XI Here with a Loaf of Bread beneath the Bough, A Flask of Wine, a Book of Verse--and Thou Beside me singing in the Wilderness-- And Wilderness is Paradise enow. XII "How sweet is mortal Sovranty!"--think some: Others--"How blest the Paradise to come!" Ah, take the Cash in hand and wave the Rest; Oh, the brave Music of a distant Drum! XIII Look to the Rose that blows about us--"Lo, Laughing," she says, "into the World I blow: At once the silken Tassel of my Purse Tear, and its Treasure on the Garden throw." XIV The Worldly Hope men set their Hearts upon Turns Ashes--or it prospers; and anon, Like Snow upon the Desert's dusty Face Lighting a little Hour or two--is gone. XV And those who husbanded the Golden Grain, And those who flung it to the Winds like Rain, Alike to no such aureate Earth are turn'd As, buried once, Men want dug up again. XVI Think, in this batter'd Caravanserai Whose Doorways are alternate Night and Day, How Sultán after Sultán with his Pomp Abode his Hour or two, and went his way. For hundreds more poetry readings, visit the Classic Poetry Aloud index. Reading Classic Poetry Aloud 2008
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July 15, 2008 09:42 AM - David McGrath, Chicago Tribune
I live on Dauphin Island, 3 miles into the Gulf of Mexico, off the coast of Alabama. As I read the political positioning by the president and presidential candidates on whether to rescind restrictions on offshore oil drilling as a solution to soaring gas prices, I can only shake my head while gaping at the brightly lit crown of oil and natural gas rigs that surround my community.
US Court Slaps Down Pollution Law
July 14, 2008 09:26 AM - , Organic Consumers Association
A US appeals court struck down landmark air-pollution regulations on Friday, shocking both environmental and industry groups with a decision that could severely hamper efforts to curb smog and acid rain.
Beijing discards recyclers
July 14, 2008 09:20 AM - Reuters
Tens of thousands of migrant workers won't be recycling any trash this August as they are being pushed out of town as Beijing gears up to present a sanitized modern city to millions of Olympic visitors.
LCD Chemical Found to Have 17,000 Times the Climate Impact of CO2.
July 10, 2008 10:32 AM - , Triple Pundit
Dubbed the "missing greenhouse gas," nitrogen trifluoride (NF3) was found by a recent study to have a global climate impact 17,000 times greater than carbon dioxide. The chemical is found in the LCD panels of cell phones, televisions, and computer monitors, as well as in semiconductors and synthetic diamonds.
How to Make E-waste Processing Easier in the US
July 10, 2008 10:15 AM - , Triple Pundit
Imagine you have a TV that is no longer seeing service in your home. Or a computer. Or a monitor. You know that tossing it in the garbage is a big no no. Where do you take it? More than likely, if you're in the US, to Goodwill. Or if you're really progressive, you make a little money by going through Second Rotation or Tech Forward. A fine step forward, for sure. But what happens to donations to your local Goodwill?
What If China's Greenhouse Gas Emissions Are 25% Made By The Export Sector?
July 10, 2008 08:33 AM - , Triple Pundit
So the next climate deal is another watered down soapy substance now that China and India pulled the plug at the G8 meeting held in Japan. The stalemate that's visible was exactly what was feared by everybody; diametrically opposed parties over the emissions by the world's largest energy consuming countries. Time for a change in approach? Perhaps it's time for a change in accounting methods. Take China for instance. At least 23% of this country's carbon emissions are from goods that are exported to industrialized countries. So is it fair that the country is held responsible for all of its emissions in the new climate deal?
Australia activists to block world's top coal port
July 8, 2008 11:07 AM - Reuters
Environmentalists plan to block one of two rail lines into the world's biggest coal export port in Australia at the weekend, amid wrangling by rich nations over efforts to combat climate change, they said on Tuesday. Any disruption to coal shipments from the Newcastle port could give another boost to benchmark coal prices that are already near record highs at nearly $195 a tonne, having more than trebled in a year.
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New bill passed cuts toxic ship pollution, praised by leading environmental group
July 8, 2008 10:19 AM - Environmental Defense Fund
Washington, D.C The U.S,. Senate passed (June 27,2008), by unanimous consent, legislation that will allow the U.S. to join an international treaty that could dramatically cut ocean ship pollution that causes tens of thousands of global deaths annually. "The Marine Pollution Prevention Act of 2008†(H.R. 802), was passed overwhelmingly by the U.S. House of Representatives last year.
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July 8, 2008 10:03 AM - UNEP
The French postal service "La Poste" and UNEP have partnered to publish a booklet of letter stamps (Carnet de dix) inspired by the project UNEP/UNESCO youthXchange. This Carnet has the dimension and shape of a business card and contains 10 stamps, each of which carries a message related to sustainable consumption.


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The Golf Channel's BIG BREAK GREENBRIER Down to Final Three
Golf Channel's programming schedule next week features Big Break Greenbrier's penultimate show, including the final three contestants - James Lepp (Abbotsford, British Columbia), Isaac Sanchez (Sacramento, Calif.) and Mark Silvers (Savannah, Ga.) -- compete for the opportunity to advance to the season finale (Dec. 18) on Tuesday's new episode at 9 p.m. ET. The three competitors also are joined by Chan Song (Cartersville, Ga.) on Tuesday's episode, who is returning to the series after defeating Rick Cochran in the finale of Last Break, Golf Channel's online series. As a result of winning the online series, Song claimed $5,000 and competes against the three remaining competitors for the opportunity to win an additional $5,000 in the episode's opening challenge.
Big Break Greenbrier (Episode 10)
Airtime: Tuesday, 9-10 p.m.
Hosts: Tom Abbott, Stephanie Sparks
Still Alive on the Series:
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Stuart Gold (West Haven, Utah)
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On a new episode of Big Break Greenbrier, eliminated competitor Chan Song returns to the series after winning Last Break – Golf Channel's online series – to compete in a special challenge against the three remaining competitors for an additional $5,000. Further in the episode, a surprise twist could mean that more than just immunity is on the line in the elimination challenge.
Big Break Greenbrier features a cast of 12 accomplished golfers – several have multiple victories on various mini tours all over the world, while others are resuming their golf careers after stepping away from competitive golf. The champion of Big Break Greenbrier will have the opportunity to put his career on the fast track with an invitation to compete in the 2013 Greenbrier Classic and more than $80,000 in cash and prizes.


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Over the past few years, the iPhone has become a de facto camera for many people, from professional photographers to the average person looking for a point-and-shoot. Over that time, the phone as a photography tool has lost a lot of its kitsch value. And with the new show iPhoneography, Siobhan Keleher sets out to demonstrate that it's not the quality of the camera that really matters.
"It's photography of my life, the people and the world as I see it," says Keleher. "The iPhone is convenient and spontaneous. You can't choose focus and I don't crop; it has to be right the first time." But despite the camera's technical limitations, many of these photos are more about framing than anything else. And Keleher doesn't use post-production techniques to juice them up: If they don't come out right the first time, that's it -- it's like a Polaroid shot.
But most of the time they come out very right. Keleher's show, which opens at 5 p.m. tonight and runs through December 31, is based on her Best of Show submission to last year's Denver Plein Arts Festival; the prize was a solo turn at the Byers-Evans House Gallery, 1310 Bannock Street. Admission is free; for more information, visit www.byersevanshousemuseum.org or call 303-620-4933.
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LOCATION Found by Morley (1937-38, voL 2, pp. 263-264) lying broken on the east side of a large mound now designated Structure l0G-l (Tourtellot 1988, p. 41). From Stela 1, this stands at 2.4 kill distance and a bearing of 170 degrees.
CONDITION When discovered, two fragments had broken off the top of the shaft, the larger of which had lost its carved surface owing to separation at a bedding plane about 4 em from the carved surface. Although Morley's photograph is extremely poor, it seems to show other areas detached but still in place, and serious losses only at B1 from weathering and at 85 and 86 from detachment. By 1962 the stela had been engulfed in a miIpa, and the separated layer had broken into smaller fragments. Some were lost, but the surface stilI preserved much of its fine detail. Further losses had occurred by 1989, and in the following year the stela was reported to have suffered further damage in an utterly senseless episode, reputedly at the hands of a disgruntled former employee of the Instituto de Antropologia e Historia.
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SHAPE Tapers very slightly towards the base, but sides are not dressed straight; top may originally have been flat and level.
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He was glad there wasn't a time limit right now he didn't care that he would get the lowest score. He jumped when he heard the dragon roar but realized it spoke " it seems like we are all pawns in this world."
He smiled and kept working and finally looked her over and realized she had a broken wing and he placed a hand on it. He remembered McGonagall saying it was all about intent with magic he closed his eyes and focused on healing the wing. He heard the bones pop and the dragon cry out in pain but when he opened is eyes he saw the dragon was healed.
Harry picked up his broom but the Dragon lowered her head and kneeled he bowed and climbed onto her back. He flow with her back to the arena and landed and people were shocked he hopped off and grabbed the golden egg. But he stopped and looked at the other egg and something cried out for him to touch it. He touched the egg the dragon he just rode looked at him confused but the dragon hatched. The mother didn't get a chance the dragon hatchling bumped Harry's hand.
Harry felt s tingling in his mind and felt renewed in power and strength he grabbed his forehead as it burned. He then could feel fading away and then he felt for a brief second the evil go away and then was replaced by anther presence. A mark appeared on his hand he looked down at it confused. Then he heard a faint ' food' In his mind and then realized the mark and the prescience were related to the baby dragon.
He didn't see his score marked but he did see the dragon handlers coming in when they went to take the young dragon he refused. " the youngling will be fine you must take care of it for you see you are a dragon rider."
He heard of those but couldn't believe it then the handler tried again and slapped his hand away from the hatchling. Dumbledore came down " Harry I know you don't want to give it up but you must it is there's."
Harry turned to the headmaster and showed him his palm " no you see the Dragon is mine I must take care of it."
Dumbledore looked at the mark confused but a red haired dragon handler know what it meant. " we cant take the dragon away because it is Harry's familiar and he is also the new dragon rider."
People heard that and gasped but Harry ignored them the cries of food were becoming annoying. " dobby." The house elf popped in " please go get me some raw beef strips small enough for hatchling dragon."
The house elf vanished and came back with them he slowly feed them to the Dragon he walked away. He passed the other enclosures and saw that the Welsh Green was crying over her 2 eggs he felt sorry for her."
He knew it could cost the dragon her life because of her depression and he knelt down by the mess. He realized it would cost me all of his magic he knelt and closed his eyes and realized that the earth was willing to give up some life force to bring them back. He focused on drawing small amounts from different sources as to not kill off something. He channeled that energy in order not to repair the eggs but bring them back fully hatched. It worked when he opened his eyes he was facing to young welsh Green hatchlings.
He could feel the mothers excitement he took his leave before anyone could see what he had done. He passed the forest when he felt the call to go in he followed it he felt that the presence wanted to help. He came to a open field and stood there was elves " you have done well young hatchling you have a good heart. We want to bless you with a gift." The elves each grabbed a portion of his face and focused he felt it changing. When they stepped back he took off his glasses he couldn't see with them and when he took them off he could see perfectly. He looked in the mirror they gave him he looked like them and he had the pointed ears.
He thought that was cool he looked up they were gone he picked his dragon and headed to the castle. He was walking up to the tower when he was stopped by the headmaster " Harry I cant let you have that creature in here he will have to stay outside."
Harry felt it was a good thing he put a glamour around his ears " fine then I will have to stay outside."
He turned to leave " Harry I am sorry but school rules state that you need to be in the tower you cant it will have to be by it self."
He turned and yelled " NO YOU WANT IT TO DIE IT CANT LIVE OUTSIDE I CANT PROTECT IT OUTSIDE. SCHOOL RULES ALSO STATE THAT I MAY KEEP A FAMILIAR IN THE CASTLE AND THAT IS WHAT SHE IS."
Dumbledore was taken back he didn't expect Harry to now the school rules McGonagall came down due to the yelling but the headmaster didn't see her. " I am sorry that may be true but it is a danger I must protect the school." He went to grab the young dragon.
Harry grabbed the headmasters robes " Touch my dragon and you will be hurt this is your only warning."
Dumbledore was not going to be scared by a kid he pulled out his wand and was uttering a curse. Harry moved fast and blasted the headmaster back with fire and he ran and picked him up by his robes. He pinned him against the wall " DON'T EVER TOUCH ME OR TRY TO CURSE ME AGAIN OR YOU WILL DIE NEXT TIME."
He let him slide down the wall McGonagall helped him up " Albus what is your problem with Harry and the dragon."
He pushed her aside and fired off multiple curses aimed at Harry's back he moved out of the way so fast. He set the dragon done and ran to the headmaster dogging spells finally knocked the headmaster back with a full blast of fire. The headmaster didn't get up nor was he moving McGonagall checked him he was still alive but his wand was ash. His skin was black and his robes were hanging off in tatters. She sent a patrounus for the nurse Harry picked up his dragon and sat on the stairs and rubbed its belly.
Promfrey quickly moved the headmaster McGonagall walked over to Harry " I am sorry for the Headmaster actions I don't know what has gotten in him as of late. But you are not in trouble you did what you needed to do."
Harry nodded his head " Didn't you notice that Fawkes didn't show up both times I flamed him. He couldn't have showed up unless he no longer will see as the headmaster as good or he fought a force bond and he refused to show. "
McGonagall shock her head " that thought had entered my mind and it isn't good I beginning to wonder what he is up to."
Then he remembered a thought from when the evil left his head " I Don't think Tom Riddle is evil I think Voldmort is evil. I think he got taken over by a demon at a early age and he the demon forced riddle to split his soul so that the demon would be in more control. That would explain why he isn't died and I think Dumbledore had something to do with it. I think it also did with Grinwald the headmaster play the hero and the demon moves on to someone else and eventually they cause enough death and chaos that he can show his true colors and take over."
McGonagall was taken back by that " come on his 2 biggest enemies would have been my parents and they end up died. Then all of sudden I am the focus o Voldmort why because I am Dumbledore's and the demons biggest weakness and I just got stronger with the dragon."
She finally got it and ran off probably to get the Aurors Harry again tried heading to the towers he made it. He slept with the dragon in his bed he got up and made to breakfast and feed the dragon as much meat as it wanted when everyone came down McGonagall spoke. " Dumbledore is no longer headmaster." The whole hall gasped even the visiting schools " it turns out he was creating dark lords to defeat them and seem the hero and when they killed enough he would show up and take over you see he is the true dark lord."
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The report also concluded that almost two thirds of Americans with Alzheimer's disease are women. Another way of looking at this is that Alzheimer's disease is twice as likely in women over 65 compared to breast cancer.
In 2012, the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare released a report 'Dementia in Australia' which found similarly that approximately two thirds of people with dementia in Australia are women. However, the Australian report did vary in results when age groups were further divided. For example, more men under 65 had dementia (53% of cases), but far more women over 85 had dementia (close to 75%).
With this new Alzheimer's Association report receiving a lot of global media attention, Dementia News investigates why women have a greater risk of dementia than men. There are three main hypotheses, as follows.
Hypothesis 1: On average, women survive longer then men and are therefore more likely to develop dementia.
The Alzheimer's Association report references a large population based study, published in 2013 in the Journal Neurology. It was found that of the estimated five million people aged 65 and older with Alzheimer's in the USA, 3.2 million were women and 1.8 million were men. The Alzheimer's Association report states that the observation that more women than men have Alzheimer's disease and other dementias is primarily explained by the fact that women live longer, on average, than men, and older age is the greatest risk factor for Alzheimer's. However, a 2001 study published in the American Journal of Epidemiology followed just over 1,000 participants aged over 65 in the city of Boston, USA. Although the study found that their was no difference between men and women in the risk of dementia at any given age, the fact that women lived longer than men resulted in women having a higher overall risk of having dementia, or developing the condition during the study period.
Scientia Professor Henry Brodaty – Director of the Dementia Collaborative Research Centre – Assessment and Better Care, and Chair of the Alzheimer's Australia Dementia Research Foundation also agreed.
"It could be put down to simple maths – women live, on average, six years longer then men – which could be increasing their risk of developing dementia."
While the age hypothesis, is certainly a valid one, many scientists believe that there are other factors at play.
Hypothesis 2: More men die from cardiovascular disease before 65 compared to women.
The Alzheimer's Association report refers to a study published in the Journal Alzheimer's and Dementia which suggests more men die from cardiovascular disease between the age of 45-65 compared to women. As with the first hypothesis, this would effectively mean that fewer men than women live to very old ages, at which the likelihood of developing dementia is much greater. The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare released a report in Australia in 2011 which found that the rate of cardiovascular disease in men was higher than in women across all age groups, with males aged 45–64 years experiencing death rates almost three times as high as those for females of the same age.
Hypothesis 3: Women have different hormonal physiology which may affect the risk of developing dementia.
Age-related reduction in levels of sex steroid hormones (which include testosterone, oestrogen, progesterone and others) has been established as a risk factor for Alzheimer's disease in both women and men. A review in the Journal Hormones and Behavior published in February 2013 suggested that oestrogen and testosterone regulate key processes implicated in Alzheimer's disease, in particular the accumulation of amyloid beta protein. Because sex steroid hormones decrease more rapidly in women (after menopause) than they do in men, it is possible that dementia risk increases more dramatically in post-menopausal women than in men of the same age.
However, recent evidence has cast some doubt on this hypothesis. First, a study published in the Journal Neurology earlier in the year showed that diabetic women with high oestrogen levels were almost 14 times more at risk of dementia compared to those with low oestrogen levels who didn't have diabetes. This shows that low oestrogen levels may only have a very small impact on overall dementia risk compared to other factors. In addition, trials of hormone replacement therapy as a treatment for Alzheimer's disease has yet to be proven effective in any clinical trial. Many scientists are still trying to understand the roles that hormones play in cognitive function.
While it is clear that more women develop Alzheimer's disease and other dementias than men in later life, the reasoning behind this is still unknown and much more research is required to fully understand why.
For more information on reducing your risk of dementia visit the Alzheimer's Australia risk reduction website www.yourbrainmatters.org.au
Alzheimer's Association Report - http://www.alz.org/alzheimers_disease_facts_and_figures.asp
AIHW Dementia in Australia - https://www.aihw.gov.au/publication-detail/?id=10737422958
Neurology - http://www.neurology.org/content/early/2013/02/06/WNL.0b013e31828726f5.a...
Neuroepidemiology - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17975326
Americal Journal of Epidemiology - http://aje.oxfordjournals.org/content/153/2/132.long
Alzheimer's and Dementia - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24418058
AIHW CVD - http://www.aihw.gov.au/WorkArea/DownloadAsset.aspx?id=6442454881
Neurology - http://www.neurology.org/content/82/6/504.short?sid=55fec729-a5f3-404c-a...
Hormones and Behavior - http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0018506X12001134
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The Responsible Endowments Coalition (REC) empowers students and the university community to create social and environmental change by investing their more than $400 billion in endowments more responsibly. REC helps to prepare the next generation of leaders by teaching them to understand the importance of money in making change.
REC works with students, faculty, administrators, and other college community members around the country, from Maine to California and Texas.
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Last year witnessed what can only be described as a veritable clash of the titans, as rival drinks giants Allied Domecq and Diageo battled to gain control of the Seagram brands and business.
Although Diageo's bid was successful, it could be argued that in the long-term the industry is the winner as the deal pointed the trade in the direction it wants to go – towards consolidation.
Many in the press and industry saw the withdrawal of Allied from the bidding process as, at best, a minor defeat. But the company may find its star rising again if it manages to finalise its attempt to acquire Captain Morgan rum. The acquisition was instigated by a controversial strategic alliance with Destileria Serralles. Serralles, the distillery which makes the rum, claims that it had a right to first refusal of the brand if Captain Morgan changed hands.
Allied signed an agreement with the Puerto Rican distillers in October last year. Under the deal, the brand, which at the time was part of the Seagram portfolio, would be passed to Allied when Seagram was sold. However, this agreement deprives Diageo of a major brand that it expected to accrue as part of the Seagram purchase.
Seagram's business was initially valued at about $8bn (£5.5bn), but should such a well known brand be ruled out of the deal the price could drop by as much as 20 per cent. The strategic alliance is a major success for Allied. It could integrate one of the main brands from Seagram's portfolio without having to take on other less lucrative brands – maximum advantage with minimum expenditure.
The deal depends on the success of ongoing litigation in Puerto Rico being fought out on the enforceability of the rights of first refusal. Serralles argues that its brand was being sold and as it has the right to first refusal, it says that it has the right to purchase it and pass Captain Morgan on to Allied under their October agreement. Seagram and Diageo argue that the right to buy Captain Morgan applies only if it was being sold as a single brand, not as part of the disposal of the whole portfolio.
Allied has also been involved in the high-profile acquisition of two famous champagne houses, Mumm and Perrier-Jouet, in a deal worth about $500,000 (£342,000). And in November, it announced that it had secured a 10-year deal for the exclusive rights to distribute the Russian brand Stolichnaya in the US.
These major extensions to the Allied portfolio are symptomatic of a wider trend within the industry. Customers are moving away from cheaper drinks towards purchasing the well-known global brands. It is a sign of its success in this portfolio development that Allied has seen share prices jump from a dismal low of 260p last year to a current rate of 430p. Figures show that this, the first year since the divestment of its pub-chain, has been a successful year. Pre-tax profits for the year ending 31 August 2000 grew by 14 per cent from £362m to £413m and normalised earnings per share were up 13 per cent to 27.4p.
It has also been a year of decentralisation and globalisation for the company, working as far afield as Puerto Rico and Korea. This increasing concentration on international trade is reflected within the structure of Allied itself and it has witnessed immense change since Russell Kelley took over as general counsel and company secretary in January 2000.
The most dramatic of these changes for the in-house legal department is the globalisation of its outlook. Kelley says: "It has been a period of dynamic change for both the business and legal departments, but the biggest challenge for us was the creation of a global legal department. We had never acted as a team or global business before."
The main benefit of no longer acting as individual entities was a sharing of expertise and experience between the different locations. Kelley says: "Spain and Mexico had never spoken to each other, even though they were dealing with much the same issues and use the same language. It's a similar case with the UK and US. We needed to share best practice to ensure a higher quality legal service."
Last June, Kelley organised the first ever meeting of the Allied legal department, in Bristol. The department is made up of 30 lawyers, 25 paralegals and 20 administrators, who are based in the US, the UK, Mexico, Spain, Canada, Brazil and Argentina. It deals with a range of diverse issues, from general corporate and commercial work to contracts, regulatory work, employment, intellectual property, trademarks, tax and dispute resolution. Despite this, a large amount of work is also outsourced.
Kelley says: "We look for outside assistance in projects which demand some specialised expertise, or, more occasionally, when additional resources are needed. We look particularly in the areas of M&A and litigation or when we need solicitors abroad, for example, if we needed a local expert in the Czech Republic. We operate in 10 times more countries than we have offices in – we don't pretend to have the expertise to handle all the business issues that arise."
Allied is a lucrative client for the firms it uses. In the UK, it outsources to firms such as Linklaters & Alliance, which played a leading role in the acquisition of the champagne businesses, Ashursts which deals with a significant amount of Allied's competition work, and Osborne Clarke, which was instrumental in the outsourcing of IT support in Europe.
When Kelley took over from David Mitchell last year, there was speculation that he would cut the legal team and put together a new panel. Such speculation has been unfounded. In fact, the company has taken on two solicitors. Maria Every, its first general counsel for Europe, made the move to Allied from arch rival Diageo, while Charles Brown moved to the company from RMC Group. Allen & Overy associate Amanda Hamilton is also expected to join the team's Bristol office in March. But Kelley says that he has found no need to change the staple firms. He says: "There have been no significant changes. We are happy with the service we get and are not interested in making changes for no reason."
The company, which just last year relocated its head office from London to Bristol, also made a more ambitious move by launching a joint venture with alcoholic beverage manufacturer Jinro in Korea. This agreement established two new companies: Jinro Ballantine's Company for the bottling, distribution, marketing and sale of Scotch whisky in Korea and Jinro Ballantine's Import Company which is responsible for whisky bottled outside Korea. Allied took and retained a 70 per cent share of the companies, while Jinro owns a minority 30 per cent sharehold.
Kelley says: "It's exciting if you look at the global nature of the transactions. Two champagne houses based in France, a strategic alliance with a Puerto Rican rum company and acquiring US distribution rights. It highlights the broad base of our business."
Kelley hopes to build on the foundations set up this year, both in the business and its in-house legal department. He says: "We have made a number of changes, the Spanish legal department had previously been working only in Spain, but is now working throughout Europe. In the same way, Mexico is now working throughout Latin America. We have broadened their remits and hope to continue the decentralisation theme.
"We currently deal with Asia-Pacific legal issues in the UK, but Bristol is a long way from Singapore. We hope to see the business develop enough to permit a dedicated lawyer to go out there."
Busy times are ahead and if market forecasts are correct then further sector consolidation is on the cards. The next few years could see the wine and spirit trade change beyond recognition, although if the last few months have set the tone, traditional rivalries within the industry seem set to remain.
Russell Kelley
Head of legal, general counsel and company secretary
Allied Domecq
|Allied Domecq
|Wine and spirits
|FTSE rating
|Market capitalisation
|Legal capability
|30 lawyers and 25 paralegals worldwide
|Head of legal, general counsel and company secretary
|Russell Kelley
|Reporting to
|Chief executive Philip Bowman
|Main location for lawyers
|Main law firms
|Ashurst Morris Crisp, Bevan Ashford, Linklaters & Alliance and Osborne Clarke


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Game of Kings, The (1961)
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The Game of Kings by Dorothy Dunnett (1961)
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The time is the 16th century; the place is Scotland. The young Queen, Mary Queen of Scots, is under the protection of her mother, Mary of Guise. England is plotting to marry Mary off to the king's son and thus secure Scotland for England, while France is hoping to bolster the Auld Alliance. In this context we have Francis Crawford of Lymond, the spare to the title of Lord Culter and pronounced outlaw for allegations of treason. Over the course of this book the reader must grapple with the question of whether Lymond, as he is known, is actually as bad as people say he is... or better... or worse.
This is a very meaty book. Dunnett packs it, Christmas pudding-like, with elegant turns of phrase, humourous narration, allusions, and poetry in several languages. A companion book to the series explains the references, but the casual reader can very easily just smile and nod. The most difficult part of reading this may be keeping track of all of the characters; fortunately, there is a list provided of the major players, and if the reader spends extended periods of time with the book, it's much easier to follow along.
The book also contains great roles for women: Sybilla, Mariotta, Christian Stewart, Philippa Somerville, and Janet Beaton are some of the many who get excellent lines and advance the plot in their own way.
Overall, I found this more enjoyable when I read it for long periods uninterrupted and could get into the flow of the story. I'd like to fill in the gaps of my historical knowledge as best I can. In the meantime, I will definitely be keeping an eye out for the other installments of the series.
Dorothy Dunnett is well-known in historical fiction circles for her well-written historical fiction. In [The Game of Kings] she has taken the backdrop of 16th century Scotland and created a fictional hero, Francis Crawford of Lymond. Lymond is a fantastic, complex character - it's hard to tell even half way through the book if he's good or bad at heart. The women in the book are great - good character development and clever dialogue. There is a ton of action that is really well written. You can see the fighting as you read. She also manages to write some really funny scenes.
So, lots of great parts, but for me it didn't quite add up to the standard of Sharon Kay Penman or Margaret George. There was just a bit too much reliance on action scenes and I thought the plot was a bit unnecessarily convoluted.
I can see why people love these books, and by the end I sort of wanted to read the next in the series even with my misgivings. We'll see, maybe I'll give another one a try sometime but I'm not planning on it right now.
My first foray into the magical world of Dorothy Dunnett. I found a tough go at first (even, for the first few nights, a book sure to send me to sleep after just a couple pages), but once I got into the rhythm of the thing, I was off and running. Not the sort of book you can read without giving it your full attention, since it's full of intricate plot threads that are easily lost and hard to locate again, but full of great historical detail, rich wordplay, and moments of pure comic genius.
It's very difficult to review a book that has been a favourite for nearly thirty years... but this is one masterpiece of swashbuckling, romantic and serious literary history. Lymond is without a doubt the hero of all heroes, clever, complex, witty, athletic, sarcastic (oh, how!) and high minded. Even after multiple re-reads, there's always something, some turn of phrase that springs to the fore and delights.
Magnifique! Once I got inside the rhythm and intent of the tale I was riveted. Dunnett wanted to create the consummate romantic hero, as I understand it, and in Crawford of Lymond she has succeeded. With a masterfully twisty plot, she never lets up on wit or character development and can handle a swordfight as well as an excruciating courtroom scene. The [Lymond Chronicles] were written between 1961 and 1975 and they are not one whit dated. Most remarkably the women characters are unfailingly as varied, memorable, and fully involved as any of the men. If you like your history served up with swashbuckle and wit, and a dash of mystery, you will be enthralled. The narrator, Napier, took a little getting used to at first with his sometimes drawly accent and a habit of dropping downwards at the end of a sentence but around the same time I warmed utterly to the story, I began to think he was just the right choice. *****
If you do listen, what sounds like the name "McClue" is "Buccleuch". It's really a sort of hard M with aa hint of B in it. I never had a "ccleuch" before how to pronounce it!
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Amazon.com Amazon.com Review (ISBN 0679777431, Paperback)Praised for her historical fiction by critics and devoted fans alike, author Dorothy Dunnett's Lymond Chronicles took the romance world by storm some 30 years ago, firmly fixing Dunnett's reputation as a master of the historical romance. The Game of Kings, the first story in The Lymond Chronicles, sets the stage for what will be a sweeping saga filled with passion, courage, and the endless fight for freedom. The setting is 1547, in Edinborough, Scotland. Francis Crawford of Lymond returns to the country despite the charge of treason hanging over his head. Set on redeeming his reputation, He leads a company of outlaws against England as he fights for the country he loves so dearly. Dangerous, quick-witted, and utterly irresistible, Lymond is pure pleasure to watch as he traverses 16th-century Scotland in search of freedom. The Game of Kings is a must-have for the historical romance connoisseur.
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Angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEI) and hydroxymethylglutaryl coenzyme-A (HMG-CoA) reductase inhibitors (statins) possess antifibrotic effects and therefore they may have a role in the treatment of IPF/UIP. We assessed the effect of these medications on patients with IPF/UIP.
Four-hundred and seventy seven patients with IPF/UIP seen at Mayo Clinic Rochester from January 1, 1994 to December 31, 1996 met the inclusion criteria. Abstracted data included: age, sex, vital status, clinical and laboratory features, medications, CT scan findings, and lung biopsy results. The medications at index visit date were reviewed to see if the patients were on statins, ACEI or angiotensin receptor blockade (ARB). For survival analysis, time zero was defined as the index visit.
Eighty-two (17%) patients were on statins or ACE inhibitors. Thirty-five (7%) patients were on statins, 52 (11%) on ACEI, 5 (1%) were on both, and 2 (1%) on ARB. There was no difference in survival when comparing those patients on statin therapy versus those who were not with median survival of 2.9 years for both groups (p=0.683). Similarly, there was no difference in survival when comparing those patients on ACEI therapy versus those who were not with median survival of 2.2 years and 2.9 years, respectively (p=0.114). When comparing survival for those patients on either statins or ACEI therapy versus those not the median survival for subjects on one of the drugs was 2.5 years compared to 3.0 years for those not on either drug (p=0.094). After adjusting for age, gender, recommended treatment for IPF, smoking status, prior oxygen use, FEV1, and DLCO there was still no difference between those subjects on either statins, ACIE or both versus those who were not.CONCLUSIONS: These data do not suggest a beneficial effect of statin or ACEI therapy on survival of patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
Until prospective randomized trials show that statins or ACEI improve survival we do not recommend this treatment for patients with IPF/UIP.
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Tuesday, October 28, 2003
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I've been waiting to read this book for 2 months and finally I bought this book yesterday. It's hard to get the hardcover one, I couldn't find one in Jakarta so I ended up buying the paperback. When I first bought it, I didn't really know what this book is all about. I knew that Neil is an amazing writer because I've read his books and fantasy is the genre he specialized in so I was pretty sure that this book would be a good read.
The story begins when the main character returns to his childhood home for a funeral. He walks through the path he used to walk and ends up in a house at the end of the lane. He knocks the door and an old lady shows up who turns out to be old Mrs. Hempstock. He remembers that she used to give him milk and when this old lady asks him, "Are you here to see Lettie?", he remembers about Lettie, the girl who's older than him and her "pond" or to be exact, Lettie Hempstock's ocean. All those childhood memories suddenly return to him, the good, the bad, and magical things that had happened to him when he was a little, all of them came back.
What amazed me about this book is the way Neil described things. It felt so real, I even flinched at some parts because I could feel the pain and the horror. I felt like I was watching a movie not reading a book. Neil Gaiman did a great job on the nameless main character, I can feel a strong connection with the narrator. To be honest, I feel like The Ocean at the End of the Lane is more like young adult novel than adult novel, it reminds me of The Graveyard Book. Overall, if you want a quick read about fantasy, magical things, yet realistic and deep, this book would be perfect for you.
Some of my favourite quotes from The Ocean at the End of the Lane :
"Childhood memories are sometimes covered and obscured beneath the things that come later, like childhood toys forgotten at the bottom of crammed adult closet, but they are never lost for good."
"How can you be happy in this world? You have a hole in your heart. You have a gateway inside you to lands beyond the world you know. They will call you, as you grow."
"Nobody looks like what they really are on the inside. You don't. I don't. People are much more complicated than that. It's true of everybody."
"I went away in my head, into a book. That was where I went whenever real life was too hard or too inflexible."
"Adults follow paths. Children explore. Adults are content to walk the same way, hundreds of times, or thousands; perhaps it never occurs to adults to step off the paths."
"Grown-ups don't look like grown-ups on the inside either. Outside, they're big and thoughtless and they always know what they're doing. Inside, they look just like they always have. Like they did when they were your age. Truth is, there aren't any grown-ups. Not one, in the whole wide world."
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My hubby and I are returning to Oahu for a short and sweet getaway. We will be arriving at 8:30 pm next Thursday and leaving on a redeye on Sunday. We're staying near Waikiki beach and would love recs for the following:
1. late night meal on Thursday (probably around 10 by the time we check into hotel, etc.). a take-out place or a restaurant/bar that has late-night nibbles would be ideal.
2. sushi/poke within walking/bussing distance of waikiki. we really enjoyed tokkuri-tei and irifune last time, and if up to my husband, we'd go back. however, i'd like to try other places. palate-wise, i'm somewhat adventurous and enjoy uni but will not eat quail egg. hubby, on the other hand, likely will not venture past maguro, hamachi, or shiro maguro.
3. breakfasts around waikiki. the cheaper and faster, the better. prefer to go somewhere that isn't part of a chain that can be found in California. we have been to eggs-and-things and while it was decent, do not want to go back.
4. sunday lunch & dinner with a car. We plan to rent a car for the day for some hiking, snorkeling and maybe kayaking.
any input would be greatly appreciated!