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A 5 hour party is being planned to start at 11:00am and will include a social time, a game, lunch, and dancing. Game time is after lunch and will last 3/4 of an hour. Social time will last 1 1/2 hours. The event will end with 1 1/2 hours of dancing. What time will the game begin?
There's not enough information to determine the time the game begins.
If lunch is at 11:00 and lasts 1 1/4 hours, then game time will begin at 12:15. However, if social time is first, and lunch is next, then the games won't begin until 1:45.
i thought something was missing too
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12:55 lunch will start at 12:55 because 3/4 of an hour is 45 min and the game is right after lunch so lunch starts first then game then sociel time then dance so therefore lunch is 1 hour and 55 min game is 45 min social time is 1 hour and 30 min and dance is 1 hour and 30 min.

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The General Buford "Buff" Blount Professorship in Military History was founded in honor of General Buford "Buff" Blount, who graduated from the University of Southern Mississippi in 1971 and went on to a distinguished career in the U.S. military, which included leading the U.S. 3rd Infantry Division into Baghdad in 2003. The Blount Professorship is awarded biennially to provide funding for the work of a member of the Department of History who is engaged in research toward the publication of a major study in the field of War and Society. At the end of their two-year term, the holder of the Blount Professorship Chair will present a lecture or program based on the findings of their research.
The General Buford "Buff" Blount Professor of Military History, 2015-2017: Dr. Kenneth Swope
The Dale Center for the Study of War and Society is pleased to announce that Dr. Kenneth Swope is the 2015-2017 General Buford "Buff" Blount Professor of Military History. Dr. Swope is a Professor of History and a Senior Fellow of the Dale Center, specializing in the History of Ming China, warfare in Asia, and the political, social, and dplomatic history of early modern East ASsia. During the period of his award, Professor Swope will be completing research and writing his book, On the Trail of the Yellow Tiger: War, Trauma, and Social Dislocation in Southwest China during the Ming-Qing Transition. In this book, Dr. Swope utilizes a variety of very rare primary sources, including diaries, memoirs, and privately recorded local histories to analyze the impact of endemic warfare on Chinese society in the mid-seventeenth century. These sources allow Dr. Swope to provide a level of detail never before provided in Western accounts of this important era in Chinese history and shed new light on the cultural interpretations of war in Chinese society in the early modern era. In the summer of 2015, Dr. Swope spent several weeks traveling to historical sites and utilizing local and national archives in the People's Republic of China. He plans on completing the research and writing of the book in 2016-17.
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Biography: Major General Buford "Buff" Blount
Major General Buford "Buff" Blount retired from the Army on January 1, 2005 after serving as the Army's Deputy G-3 (responsible for operations, including staff duties, exercise planning, training, operational requirements, combat development & tactical doctrine) since Oct 2003. Previously he was the Commanding General, 3rd Infantry Division (Mechanized) at Fort Stewart and Hunter Army Airfield in Georgia. Major General Blount gave up command of the 3 ID after bringing them home from Iraq where they were the lead force in capturing Baghdad after 21 days of continuous fighting. Before his command of the 3rd ID, Major General Blount was stationed in Saudi Arabia where he was the Program Manager for the Saudi Arabian National Guard Modernization Program.
Major General Blount has served in a variety of command and staff positions. His command assignments include Commander, Combat Support Company and B Company, 3d Battalion, 77th Armor, 5th Infantry Division (Mechanized), Fort Polk, LA; Commander, A Troop, 15th Cavalry, 197th Infantry Brigade, Fort Benning, GA; Commander, 3d Battalion, 64th Armor, 3d Infantry Division (Mechanized), USAREUR and Seventh Army, Germany; Commander, 3d Brigade, 4th Infantry Division (Mechanized), Fort Carson, CO. Between command assignments he has served as the Operations, Plans and Training Officer, 2d Battalion, 69th Armor, 197th Infantry Brigade, Fort Benning, GA; Aide-de-Camp to the Commanding General, 5th Infantry Division (Mechanized), Fort Polk, Louisiana,Chief, Test Support Division, United States Army Infantry Board, Fort Benning, Georgia Chief, Armor Plans and Operations Officer, Office of the Program Manager, Saudi Arabian National Guard Modernization Program, Saudi Arabia; Executive Officer, 4th Battalion, 64th Armor, and 2d Brigade, 24th Infantry Division (Mechanized), Fort Stewart, GA; and Division Chief of Staff, 4th Infantry Division (Mechanized), Fort Hood, Texas.
Major General Blount is a graduate of the University of Southern Mississippi and was commissioned an armor officer in 1971. He is a graduate of the Armor Officer Basic Course, the Infantry Officer Advanced Course, the United States Army Command and General Staff College, and the United States Naval War College where he earned a Master of Science Degree in National Security and Strategic Studies.
His awards include the Distinguished Service Medal, Silver Star, Legion of Merit (with two Oak Leaf Clusters), Meritorious Service Medal (with six Oak Leaf Clusters), and the Army Commendation Medal (with two Oak Leaf Clusters).


text: The person who comes out of all this looking smartest is Samuel Huntington. His book on the "clash of civilizations" was widely and unfairly trashed as predicting an inevitable conflict between Islam and the west, and he was also accused of 'demonizing' Islam. That's not what I get from his book. As I understand it, Huntington's core thesis was that while good relations between countries and people with roots in different civilizations are possible and ought to be promoted, civilizational fault lines often lead to misunderstandings and tensions that can (not must, but can) lead to violence and when conflicts do occur, civilizational differences can make those conflicts worse. The last few days are a textbook example of the forces he warned about.


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Crystal Moselle + Fazeelat Aslam Document Women in the Global Water Crisis
Crystal Moselle + Fazeelat Aslam Document Women in the Global Water Crisis
The "Wolfpack" director and the Academy Award-winning documentarian embark on a new humanitarian series for Water.org + Stella Artois
It's been one year since Crystal Moselle's documentary "The Wolfpack" won the 2015 Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize. And it's been four years since documentarian and producer Fazeelat Aslam won an Oscar for "Saving Face." Both of these impassioned, powerful filmmakers have been busy in the wake of their successes, as inspiration and opportunity—especially to inspire change—have continued to manifest. At this year's Sundance Film Festival, we sat down to hear from both on living in the wake of a transformative documentary, how they employ elements of chance, and the new project they're embarking upon together. Moselle is directing and Aslam is producing a three-part international docu-series on the water crisis in developing nations, and how women often bear the brunt. The three short films—commissioned by Stella Artois—are not what one expects from branded pieces. In fact, they're being made to shed light on the issues addressed by Water.org, a non-profit Stella has supported in various ways over the last few years.
To understand what Moselle and Aslam are working toward requires stepping into their previous works. Chance factors heavily into their creations, and into documentary making as a whole. Moselle discovered the subjects of "The Wolfpack" by chance. Aslam's first spotlight on activist Syeda Ghulam Fatima stemmed from her work with Al Jazeera. As Aslam explains to CH, "So much of documentary film is chance, so much of it is luck. Finding the right character, at the right moment, can be a lot about luck but then it's your job to ask the right questions, at the right time, in the right way. Luck can only take you so far." Moselle adds, "For me, I trust chance. For some reason, for as long as I've been making films, a lot of the best work I have done has just been revealing something that happens." Moselle then credits communicating with the subjects and understanding what you want to convey in the editing room as unifying factors.
The key is not to paint perfect heroes or villains—we live in a very grey world and our characters should convey that nuance
Characters are the driving force in much of their work, along with the desire to understand and connect with an individual. "Finding the right character is about intuition and experience," says Aslam. "I find myself inspired by many people, but not everyone can be natural on camera—I myself struggle with it. It's a very difficult thing to do." And yet, the duo manages to find the spark. "People are engaging for different reasons," she continues. "The key is not to paint perfect heroes or villains—we live in a very grey world and our characters should convey that nuance."
Their latest character, Marie, makes her debut in the teaser for their new water series. At the time of our conversation, Moselle and Aslam had returned from their first exploratory trip, where they documented the water crisis in Haiti. A singing, dancing midwife in a small village, Marie captivates with her insight and personality. The first encounter with her was the result of chance. "We met Marie while we were cruising around this village and just talking to people," Moselle shares. "I had a vision in my head, that I wanted someone who sings. I kept asking around. We heard mention of the midwife and we went to her house. I heard singing and there she was, walking toward us singing and dancing."
"Marie, is someone we were very lucky to find," Aslam adds. "She is an incredibly empowered woman with a wonderful sense of humor and a deep sense of wisdom—it's rare to find so many things in one character. I personally feel it's my job as a filmmaker to weave the threads of her story that do the reality of her life justice—the rest is all her." Marie's voice is integral in understanding the Haitian water crisis, where not only is it in short supply, but also women are dispatched to collect water for drinking and cleaning. It is their responsibility. Likewise, it is Marie's responsibility.
Next, the filmmakers will venture to Peru and Kenya in search of additional subjects. "With Haiti, we contacted everybody we knew but we were really discovering it on our own. Water.org will consult with us on Peru and Kenya," Moselle tells us. Both filmmakers have systems for accessing something authentic in people they've just met. "I have about six different questions, a few of which are logistical and a few are left-handed," Moselle adds. "I like to ask people what brings them joy. It's interesting to see their answers, though many say it's their kids." Kids, of course, factor into these documentaries and the water crisis in its entirety.
"When working in a country that is foreign to you, the local people you work with on the ground are your most important allies," Aslam says. "I constantly ask my translators/fixers questions not just about the situation we're in but their lives, their perspectives and their thoughts. I aim to do research on not just the issue I'm reporting on but also the socio-political context within which it exists—anything less feels negligent." Ultimately, all of this will be conveyed in this series.
A documentary is never done, the deadlines just arrive
Finalizing a documentary and then separating from a previous project is never easy for a documentarian. Aslam says, "I believe documentary is a vehicle and tool for empathy, so I can't think of a subject I don't revisit emotionally. I have made three pieces on one of my subjects, Syeda Ghulam Fatima, a social activist in Pakistan—and I have yet to feel that I have sufficiently captured her character. A documentary is never done, the deadlines just arrive."
Moselle reflects this sentiment, "It took me five years to complete 'The Wolfpack.' It's really about seeing a transformation, that's what I'm looking for." That's how she knows when a specific project nears its filmic end, but for their current series, Moselle explains the process will dictate the end. "With this, we are looking for people who are dealing with a common threat: water. It's really about seeing how different people deal with it and constructing an arc for them around it."
As for how they commit to projects in the wake of previous work, it's a balance between inspiration and opportunity. "I've been a commercial director for many years," Moselle begins. "If I am committing to more of a longterm project, I have to have the inspiration and find that character that moves me. I wouldn't sign up for something that I didn't believe in. I have a strong passion for helping people. This drove me with 'The Wolfpack.' I'm interested in projects that are a vehicle for change."
Aslam concludes, "I have been trying to find a balance between news reporting and documentary filmmaking as well as fiction projects since the beginning of my career. Each project informs the trajectory of my curiosity, but what drives me is the opportunity to create impact and strengthen my skills—particularly the ability to create empathy." From the trailer alone for their forthcoming work, empathy and social change are evident. It's a positive reflection of the power of documentary, and can be further impetus for spreading awareness and, ultimately, helping those without water. The series will premiere online on 22 March 2016, World Water Day.
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To all the people in Amarillo who are employed by the nuclear weapons facility in that locale and to all the remaining individuals who prepare, install, or target, in any manner whatever, nuclear weapons anywhere in the world, I say to you, "I think your working lives are less than worthless." Spending your precious days on this beautiful blue planet in preparations to destroy it and yourselves, in the likely event of a full nuclear exchange, is the lowest form of human endeavor. Genocide is psychotic, and anyone who participates in the frightening world of nuclear weapons needs to have his or her head examined and repaired.
What possible good could come from nuclear war? The simple answer is, "Nothing." There will be only suffering and death. Who wants some of that? "Nobody," that is who. Yet we, as a nation, devote a substantial portion of our budget in preparing for that reality. The missiles, submarines, tracking systems, surface ships, aircraft, personnel, research, manufacturing, and policy making that devour our budget in preparation for nuclear war use the best of our people and resources in war games and schemes, seeking to make nuclear weapons appear to have some benefit that is apparent; however hard they try, they cannot.
"Mutually Assured Destruction" is the only rationale our best thoughts can muster for the existence of nuclear weapons. It is, however, powerful rationale that works on our human fears and allows the military complex to protect and increase the lopsided budget they enjoy (over fifty percent of the entire budget goes to defense, when all military applications are included). The military complex tells us we must spend more and more to be "Safe."
Having the largest number of deployed nuclear weapons in the world does not make us safe. To the contrary, that fact increases the problems associated with our "hair trigger" nuclear weapons. Miscalculations, by anyone, of the other country's intentions, brushfire wars in the Middle East, accidents (like the thermonuclear weapons mistakenly and illegally flown from South Dakota to Louisiana), security lapses, an unknown and troubled singular submarine commander who impulsively wields his power, or a coffee spill onto a delicate launch panel are just a few of the things that could go wrong. Then, there is always the possibility that our own government might actually "launch" an attack on purpose, regardless of how none of us want that. Look to Meteor Crater as a small example of the outcome.
We have ten thousand five hundred deployed nuclear weapons. Everyone in the nuclear weapons club has less. Russia has ten thousand, China has six hundred, and Israel, France, England, Pakistan, India, and Iran have varying numbers of deployed nukes. They are all ready for use. Every city is targeted, and all the rural areas will be affected by the massive downwind fallout of any nuclear blast. No wonder some people are paranoid. They cannot handle the fact that they may die tonight, so why not gather as much to one's self as possible while the blue sky is still visible? Why not screw your neighbor, as we have all collectively decided to screw ourselves? Like many of us, however, we just erase the thoughts from our minds and go, "La ti da," along the pretty picket fence.
How do we extricate ourselves from this most uncomfortable and embarrassing position? Together, we must stand as a people and demand that our elected officials remove the loaded shot gun barrels presently taped to our throats. Effective, intelligent, fair diplomacy and commerce will very quickly undo the standoff we have created. Nuclear weapons must be banned from Earth. Anyone not on board with this desire can choose another planet on which to live. We don't need them. We can, however, realize about four hundred billion dollars in annual savings by putting a stop to this intimidating, insulting, and completely stupid (M.A.D.) policy.
All other issues and disputes that find their ways into politics are as droplets in the "Ocean of Importance." Nuclear weapons threaten, immediately, all human beings on Earth. Our children and the countless generations after us will regard ours as the generation that freed the world from the terror of nuclear war and nuclear winter. We have made a BIG mistake in traveling down this nuclear weapons road. We can, however, learn from our mistakes.
Our failure of diplomacy, prior to the onset of World War II, cost the United States a great portion of its youth, and the Japanese people had to remake their civilization, after our first uses of nuclear weapons. We are friends now, good friends. It must be that diplomacy and international relations are a great deal harder for humans than carefully wiring explosives around a plutonium core.
Shame and sorrow followed Hiroshima and Nagasaki. It was a terrible thing, and that same terrible thing is, perhaps, five minutes away from happening (by some Military, Governmental, Fundamentalist, or Anarchist design) somewhere in the world or everywhere, "Use them or lose them."
People should be concerned about threats to their existence. That's pretty basic. Ten thousand Russian nuclear weapons targeted at the United States is like a stranger pointing a loaded and cocked Beretta 9mm pistol between your eyes, but way worse. Must we endure another sixty years of nuclear terror? Enough stupidity already! It is our nation's responsibility to end the madness; after all, we started it.


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The mill at Isefjær, Kornbrekke Saw Mill between Trøe & Kornbrekke. Build in the 18th century.
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The South African economy has registered tremendous progress over the past two decades. Further reforms are now needed to revive economic growth and ensure that all South Africans can benefit from it, the OECD Economic Survey of South Africa says.Read more
Luxembourg's economic performance has been very strong, and it has the highest per capita income in the OECD area. But the country has challenges to address, notably to promote inclusiveness, while its large and dynamic financial industry is not exempt from risks, the latest OECD Economic Survey of Luxembourg says.Read more
The Austrian economy is strengthening, supported by recent tax reforms and a pick-up in international trade. With confidence rising and the outlook favourable, policymakers should enact deeper structural reforms that will improve both fiscal sustainability and social cohesion.Read more
Governments have responded in different ways to addressing new challenges since the global crisis began, and should now seek to correct the steady decline in public investment since 2009, a new OECD report says.Read more
International co-operation is now more critical than ever, OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría said following a G20 Leaders' Summit, which was marked by controversy but also advances on a range of policies to tackle global challenges.Read more
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Leighton bid was reportedly leaked
"This was always on the cards," one person said of Hochtief's $1.15 billion conditional takeover bid for Leighton. "I'm not at all surprised it's happened – it was always a matter of when and how."
Former directors say Hochtief's attempts last year to broach a long-standing corporate governance agreement that limited it to proposing four out of 12 directors represented early moves to weaken the board ahead of a takeover bid. "It was all part and parcel of preparing the groundwork for M&A activity," one ex-director said.
"Hamish was trying to put the company back on the right path. It was clear to me from the beginning that the Spaniards were determined to increase the interest and influence of Hochtief in the Leighton group," he said.
Strong run prompted suspicion
Despite Mr Tyrwhitt's best efforts to rebuild the company's image, the strong run in Leighton shares last week has prompted suspicion the impending offer from Hochtief was leaked and will be a further smear on the company's reputation.
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He also said that he expected the Spaniards will eventually come back and snap up the rest of their target.
"[Monday's offer] was probably inevitable and I'd assume at some stage they'll probably acquire the rest," Mr Mortimer told The Australian Financial Review.
Hochtief, which is majority-owned by Spanish construction behemoth ACS, has been building its stake in Leighton as the Australian company was battered by high-profile corruption scandals, nearly $2 billion of writedowns and ongoing board upheaval.
In March last year Leighton's then-chairman
Already reeling
Leighton was already reeling from the revelation that the Australian Federal Police were investigating payments made by Leighton to secure contracts in Iraq amid reports of a culture of bribery and excess under former chief executive
The resignations then threw corporate governance into the spotlight and recalled the bitter takeover battle ACS waged with Hochtief when it acquired the German group in 2011.
ACS, which is the world's fourth-biggest construction group, dumped Hochtief chief executive Frank Stieler within a year of taking control and replaced him with Spaniard Marcelino Fernández Verdes, who sits on Leighton's board.
ACS is chaired by colourful Spanish billionaire Florentino Perez, who is also president of world-famous Spanish football club Real Madrid. During his first tenure as Real Madrid president, Perez drew criticism for his galacticos policy, which promised a big-money signing every year, including the £25 million forked out for English superstar David Beckham in 2003.
At ACS's annual results briefing last month Mr Perez told analysts that 2014 would be a big year for Leighton.
The Australian company contributes nearly two-thirds of Hochtief's profits and has been earmarked for a restructure.
Hochtief currently has three of 10 Leighton board seats and said on Monday that it wants to increase its board representation "to reflect its shareholding", while voicing its ongoing support for independent chairman
In the turmoil's wake
Mr Humphris was a non-executive director when Mr Johns, Mr Osborn and Mr Macfarlane resigned. In the wake of the turmoil Mr Humphris told the Financial Review that if he had left "the company would have been in a hole in corporate governance".
Hochtief has controlled more than 50 per ent of Leighton since 2000 and the German group held discussions with the Leighton board in 2003-04 about a merger.
Since ACS took control of Hochtief it has been using creep provisions – which allow a company to increase its shareholding by 3 per cent every six months – to climb up Leighton's register and has lifted its stake to 58.8 per cent from 53.5 per cent.
The offer lobbed by Hochtief on Monday is a conditional and proportional cash offer of $22.15 per share. If successful, the offer will take Hochtief's stake in Leighton to 74 per cent from 58.8 per cent.
Hochtief said it sees benefits in retaining an Australian listing, probably for the access to equity capital the listing provides.
Sources also suggested the 74 per cent limit would not have been chosen arbitrarily and is likely mandated by banking covenants, project contracts or financing arrangements.
There is a view that ACS is now doing publicly what it had attempted to do by stealth when the three directors resigned last year.
Structure is 'very complex'
Mr Fernandez Verdes, the former ACS executive who is now Hochtief chief executive and a Leighton board member, said last month that Leighton's structure of having five operating companies is "very complex".
Hochtief said on Monday that it would consider whether Leighton's subsidiaries Theiss, John Holland, Leighton Contractors, Leighton Properties and Leighton Asia could be "more efficiently structured".
The Madrid-based company has made its move on Leighton at a time when the company's share price has been depressed relative to history.
Excluding the suspicious share price rise ahead of Monday's bid, Leighton shares shed 18 per cent in the past year while the broader market gained 7.3 per cent. In 2009-10 the stock traded around $35.
While Hochtief's $22.15 per share offer represents a 33 per cent premium to Leighton's three-month volume-weighted average price of $16.66 a share, it is unlikely a company with three directors on the target's board would put $1.15 billion on the table unless it was a good deal.
One source close to Leighton said ACS had always viewed Hochtief as an entry point into Leighton and that it had proven a clever means of diversifying the company's revenue base away from moribund construction markets in Europe.
According to its results presentation, ACS generated €38.5 billion $58.9 billion) of sales in 2013; 31 per cent of those sales came from Oceania, 8 per cent came from Asia. As the European economy limps towards recovery, Leighton's exposure to the fast-growing Asian region and the company's established brand name could yet be a boon to ACS.
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Ernie Eusea, known as the Paradis Patriot, has grown up in St. Charles Parish hunting and fishing his entire life. After high school, Ernie spent time in the U.S. Marine Corps, returned to St. Charles Parish and retired from the chemical industry. His love for the outdoors was instilled at an early age by hunting and fishing with his family, relatives and friends.
We set up a trip together and headed out to Lake Cataouatche. The water in the lake is very cool at this time of the year and we were looking for sac-a-lait and bass. We tried fishing in the La. Cypress Canal and found clear water in the West Canal. Both Ernie and I were throwing the Baby Brush Hog in watermelon/red, white spinner baits and 4-inch swim baits without any success. Turning to the black/chartreuse, blue/chartreuse and red/white/chartreuse mini jigs under a cork we did not catch a sac-a-lait.
"I havent seen water this pretty in years and we are not catching anything," Ernie said.
We tried every cut with clear water in the La. Cypress Canal and West Canal without catching a fish.
"What can we do to catch a few fish?" Ernie asked.
I told him that we would head to the cuts along the north shoreline of Cataouatche and try for some blue channel catfish. I know I sound like a broken record, but these fish are still in the moving water from the Davis Pond Diversion.
The cut before the La. Cypress Canal had good moving water coming over the rocks. We dropped the anchors off the bow and stern to hold the boat steady. The rods were set out down current baited with earthworms on Carolina rigs.
Within minutes, one of the rods bent over and Ernie began fighting a good 10-pound blue channel catfish. After we put the fish in the boat, we re-baited the hook and set it out again. Another rod bent over and Ernie grabbed it to reel in another big blue catfish.
"There is no rocket science behind catching these catfish. Set the rods out, wait a while and begin catching blue channel catfish," he said. "I cant wait to bring my grandkids fishing."
We managed to catch six catfish during the morning trip. Three were in the 10-pound range and the other three were about 2 pounds apiece.
"It was a great fishing trip. We got to see bald eagles, red tail hawks and a few ducks in the surrounding area," Ernie said. "The Davis Pond Diversion is having a positive impact on Lake Cataouatche."
|Ernie Eusea, of Paradis, with a 10-pound blue channel catfish caught on earthworms in Lake Cataouatche.


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I think a rescue mission is where this is already at.
The only thing is WHO?
Rescue himself and the kids and get out of the crossfire ASAP? Or try to rescue the wife also from being all "bdsm drunk/addicted" right now?
She doesn't sound like she's thinking right. Prob is -- does she even care? And does OP even want to try to rescue her or is he done with this relationship?
It's a sad situation. I'm so sorry CrapEndofTheStick.
But really before you can decide on ANY course of action here you have to look inward and decide how much you love your wife and if that is enough to even be bothered any more to try to rescue her. It won't be easy or pretty.
And if you don't have it in you, do the right thing and get the kids protected and your protected. Because even if you DO try to rescue her, you have to do that part first anyway. Put your own oxygen mask on first.
THEN see who else on the crashing plane you can aid if you are still willing and able.
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A submissive wife playing the dominant role with you...
Hmm... the next move with the psychological rubics cube. Trying to control her with your own anger and possibly a threat of leaving her is bringing you a lot of stress. How about the very opposite? You can't control her anyway, so how about taking care of yourself and your kids and then letting her do whatever she wants without any argument or resistance from you?
Yes, there is risk with this. I think the truth is her dominant person is encouraging her to disrupt her marriage with you. Arguing back at her is making this worse, which means arguing back is serving her dominant person. So how do you try to turn this around? How about doing the very opposite of arguing back at her. Let her do what she wants. This may just reverse the momentum her dominant person has created, which may just stress THEM out long enough to break them up. No guarantees here of course, but...
sometimes when a person is falling off a cliff, they actually don't know they are falling until they hit bottom. Maybe if you get out of her way and let her hit bottom, she will realize she has fallen in the first place. I think you're reality right now is you are actually married to her dominant person through her. His influence has reached far into your life. Maybe its time to get out of the way of his punch, so the force he uses to move his fist pulls him to the ground. You hold your body in a certain way when you prepare to swing at someone. What happens when there is no one there to hit (no resistance from you), your own swing wants to pull you down.
I wonder if the dominant person looks for married women - a relationship to disrupt?
The relationship with the Dom needed to end as soon as he and your wife showed consistent signs of disrespecting the boundaries you and your wife had set.
I want to thank every single one of you for your input and advice. I want to give an update on the situation..
Yesterday, after the kids were put to bed, I sat my wife down and told her that I needed to talk to her and I wanted her to listen to what I have to say, to please not interrupt, then when I've said what I need to say, then she can respond.. I guess she could see that it wasn't a typical sort of airing of a gripe, so she listened.. and surprisingly, without eyes rolling or furrowed brow..
I listed everything she was doing that was causing me and the kids distress, I explained how and why those things were causing problems, and I told her what I felt needed to be fixed. I explained how and why I felt she had no respect for me or my feelings and how that this guy may be her dom, but I'm her husband and I my feelings should be of a higher priority than his. I explained that leaving me with the kids every weekend is hurting them. Yes, I'm here and I'm a good daddy, but they need their mom too, and did she want them growing up with memories of a mom that seemed to prefer to be elsewhere?
Once it was all out on the table, I am happy to report that she did not fly into a hissy fit, although she did try to justify a lot of her actions. She tried to say that she works at a high-stress environment, she is burdened with a lot of responsibilities and needs her D/s activities. I told her that I have stress too, running this house, taking care of the kids and keeping things going around here isn't some cakewalk, especially with being disabled. I told her there are nights that I don't sleep because of the stress I'm under, but I don't neglect my family to relieve it. I'm not out every weekend at a bar getting drunk or whatever.. I'm a dad and I have a responsibility to be here. She nodded and looked at the floor.
We went over basically all of it.. the lack of respect was the only one that she got sort of huffy about, saying that she's an adult and her own person and I can't tell her what to do. I told her that's true, but she is also my wife and my feelings should mean something to her. If she's doing something that is hurting me, she should care enough to stop. If she doesn't care, then how can she even remotely claim to love me. Again, she nodded and looked more than a little ashamed.
I told her that I understood that she needed her time and I had no problem with that, but I can't keep going this way.
She hugged me and said she scale back on her extra-curricular activities, a lot less visits and respect my feelings on things. She also said if she ends up slipping back into the way she has been or doesn't follow through, she wants me to shut it all down by closing our marriage, and she wouldn't resist it or resent me for it because it would be because she wasn't able to do her thing without losing her head. Above all else, she apologized and told me she loved me...
At this point, I know a lot of people would be cynical and say she's full of crap, but I'm an eternal optimist and I'm going to give her a chance to make things right.. if she doesn't keep her end, I'll be moving this marriage to Monogamy City and if that doesn't work, I'll be taking the kids and visiting a lawyer... But I don't think it'll come to that.. I've been with her for over 12 years and what I saw in her face was my wifey, and not that cold selfish self-justifying narcissistic woman that I've been dealing with.
Again, I want to thank you all for your advice and input.. It gave me the courage to lay it all out to her and hopefully save my marriage.
Good. That was brave. *hugs*
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I am so happy to read that you stated your concerns so honestly, directly, and emphatically. Because you focused on communicating your needs and concerns without letting your anger or frustration take over, you were able to express that anger and frustration without it getting in the way, and it seems that your intention to reunite and reconnect with your wife came through loud and clear for her to "get it."
It also seems that you have a good plan of action. I wish you all the best as you move forward, and I hope we get updates from you.
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This is truly fantastic news. It can take a lot of balls to have that sort of frank discussion, and to do it in a loving way. Sounds like you nailed it really well, and you got a great result out of it.
I'd like to pick up on just one detail of what you wrote, and see if you agree with my comment...
Much better is to do like you did in this discussion - lay it all on the table and let her come to her own conclusion that her outside relationships need to end, at least until you guys have the chance to structure it better. I just don't feel that you should be the bad guy, here, you know? These are her relationships and these are her choices - she need to know what it is doing to the people she loves (you and the kids) and takes actions accordingly.
Does that make sense?
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Great work.
It could all fail-but the truth is-there's no way to know without trying and I think you are doing an exemplary job of showing how to put forth a strong effort and still keep appropriate boundaries in place "just in case".
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I'd take her at face value and hold her to what she says. Sounds like there is a plan and that she is understanding what she needs to do. So glad to hear that! what a relief. I hope she does what she says she will do.
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Global food prices have more than doubled over the last decade, increasing the burden on the world's poorest to feed themselves. If this trend continues, spreading food unrest will likely lead to political instability. This is not just an agricultural problem, writes Lester Brown, author of "Full Planet, Empty Plates," but one involving energy, water resources, transportation and health and family planning.
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Univa and Sun team up for enterprise grids
Univa and Sun have announced [PDF] that they've signed a new agreement that allows OEM and support for Sun's Grid Engine to be integrated into the Univa Globus Cluster Edition software, puts Univa into the Sun Partner Advantage Program (SPA), and starts co-marketing/co-sales efforts between the two companies.
Univa was started by Carl Kesselman, Ian Foster, and Steve Tuecke in 2004.
Intel aims at AMD's margins, lowers prices
An article over at PCWorld reports that Intel has instituted targeted price drops of as much as 50% in a possible attempt to push even harder on AMD's market share. Most of this is taking place on the desktop, not in HPC-class machines. But we can hope the competition will spill over. (More on this enterprise HPC news item)
Intel's new network controllers
Intel has announced that they've added two new Ethernet controllers to their lineup. The 10 GbE and 1 GbE dual port controller address the needs of multi-core chips and server consolidation applications to push more bits out the door.
The announcement is reminiscent of Sun's dual-port multithreaded networking announcement back in February of this year.
Intel open sources multi-threading library
Intel announced this week that they're open sourcing Intel Threading Building Blocks (TBB), a C++ template library for creating parallel apps. The company seems to be positioning TBB as the way to parallelize C++ applications in a way that more closely matches the object-oriented ethos. Apparentl the jury is still out on whether TBB really brings anything new to the table, even among Intel's own software bloggers.
You can read more on this story, along with links to overviews of the library and other points of view, here at insideHPC.com.
Caneland: Intel's new quad-core Xeon platform
Intel is blogging this week about the release of its new Xeon (codenamed Tigerton for crying out loud). The Xeon will be sold as the Quad-Core Xeon 7300 at 2.93GHz, and pushes Intel's Core processor architecture to mid- and high-end servers. The chip has been shipping in limited quantities to customers since June and will move out in volume in the third quarter.
Caneland? That's what you get when you combine the Tigerton processor with the Clarksboro chipset. sigh
Intel has a video interview with Kirk Skaugen, Intel vice president and General Manager of the Server Products Groupon, linked from the blog entry.
Kirk spoke openly and frankly and gave out quite a lot of new information; mentioning that Caneland has been shipping since June, talked about how we expect Caneland's 16 cores to double the performance of our previous MP offering on some workloads. Kirk also gave glimpses into what to expect next year from Intel in this slice of the market.
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Isilon releases new storage systems
Isilon Systems has announced that they've released two new products in their storage lineup. The IQ 9000 and EX 9000 offerings scale up to 1.6 PB in a single file system and single volume. According to the company this development achieves "scalability levels 100 times that of traditional SAN and NAS systems."
The new systems are being deployed by customers like the Comcast Entertainment Group, DailyMotion, KodakGallery and Photobox. (More on this enterprise HPC news item)
NASA builds world's largest shared memory system
SGI and NASA announced this week that the agency is acquiring a 2,048 processor SGI Altix as part of its four phase procurement to replace Columbia, NASA's earlier giant cluster of SGI machines. (Details on this HPC news item)
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The mountain community has long recognized the Stauffer family as an important part of what makes this area so special, by establishing an historic tourist destination known as Yosemite Mountain Sugar Pine Railroad.
Attracting both travelers and locals alike, many come from great distances to visit this piece of history in the beautiful Sierra National Forest.
Drawn by the Shay No. 10 and No. 15, steam engines from the early 1900s, families enjoy the serenity of the national forest and the distant whistle of the approaching train.
Yet the history behind the founding family is not as well known, despite their influence and background in the Sugar Pine community.
Max Stauffer, the present owner of the The Logger, recounts the story of how his family came to own the unique family business.
He begins with the journey from Hungary to the United States during the 1950s.
"My parents and grandpa had cheese factories in Hungary." Stauffer said they were originally established by his great grandfather in 1880 and known as the Stauffer and Sons Cheese Factory.
With the onset of WWII and the intrusion of the Soviets in Hungary, the Stauffers were forced to make a hard decision.
They needed to decide if they should leave all they had worked for, or be forced to live under Soviet rule.
They decided to leave Hungary and re-establish their family business in Switzerland, which became home for the next three years.
With the hope of a new beginning, the Stauffers set their sights on America, already having some family residing there.
In 1950, Rudy and Luce Stauffer along with their sons Max and Guido boarded the Queen Mary bound for New York City.
The family once again settled down, choosing the cheese capital of America in Wisconsin.
Establishing the Stauffer Cheese Factory once more, they remained for two years, but focused their interest upon California after visiting with friends in the state.
Having ties to a Dr. Wells in Sugar Pine, Rudy and Luce decided to begin a life in the Mountain Area.
They built the Swiss Melody Inn in 1954. Many Mountain Area residents remember it to this day. The Inn was designed as a mountain chalet, a very popular architectural style during that time.
Each member of the Stauffer family had a share in the business.
Luce was chef for the restaurant at the Inn and Max, along with his two brothers, had various tasks to do as well.
The Swiss Melody became a great destination for those travelers bound for Yosemite, and anyone needing to get away for a breath of fresh mountain air.
In 1965, the opportunity arose for Rudy Stauffer to purchase the logging and railroad equipment from the Madera Sugar Pine Lumber Company, which operated miles of Narrow Gauge railroad track from 1899 to 1931.
He had become very interested in the history of the logging company that had harvested nearly one and a half billion board feet of lumber and decided to restore and operate the steam engines once more.
He received a special use permit from the U.S. Forest Service and soon began laying the tracks for the historic railroad. The following year, the Shay No. 10, built in 1928, was restored along with a section of the original railbed and Yosemite Mountain Sugar Pine Railroad began.
The Swiss Melody Inn was sold in 1970, but Rudy continued to operate and perfect the railroad.
He retired in 1981 and moved to Placerville, at which time Max Stauffer was fully in charge of the railroad.
The Shay has continued on its runs to this day and Max states he plans to keep improving the railroad as the years progress.
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NEW YORK — Wall Street's big investors are in wait-and-see mode.
There's been plenty to give them pause this week: The stock market is down and oil is surging as the Syrian civil war escalates. Then there's the lingering worry that the Federal Reserve will end its stimulus too soon.
The next few weeks promise more big headlines. The government releases its August jobs report and Washington ramps up for a debate on the debt ceiling. Syria is just the latest ingredient in a volatile mix.
"There have been problems developing in the market for a while now," said Tobias Levkovich, Citigroup's chief U.S. equity strategist.
The Dow Jones industrial average edged up 48.38 points, or 0.3 percent, to close at 14,824.51 on Wednesday. The Standard & Poor's 500 index gained 4.48 points, or 0.3 percent, to 1,634.96. The Nasdaq composite rose 14.83 points, or 0.4 percent, to 3,593.35.
While the selling in stocks appears to have abated for the moment, the trend for the market has been down. The S&P 500 has lost 4.4 percent since reaching an all-time high on Aug. 2, while the Dow is down 5.3 percent.
With all that uncertainty, there are signs that Wall Street's more active players — hedge funds, pension funds and mutual funds — are heading to the sidelines.
Last week, investors pulled $10.3 billion out of the S&P 500 SPDR, an exchange-traded fund that is one of the most widely held investments on Wall Street, according to fund tracker Lipper. In the same week, institutional and retail investors socked away a combined $10.7 billion in money market funds, the traditional storehouse for cash when investors aren't willing to risk it elsewhere.
Nearly 6 percent of large institutional investors' portfolios are sitting in cash, the highest since 2009, according to research from Citigroup.
Gold has also seen a rebound in interest. Last week, the most widely held gold exchange-traded fund, the SPDR Gold Trust, received investor inflows for the first time since February.
"The mentality among large investors is that there is a high potential to get caught" on the wrong side of the market, said Chris Hyzy, chief investment officer at U.S. Trust.
Growing geopolitical risk like in Syria is almost always damaging to investor confidence. Investors worry that a U.S.-led attack against Syria could draw the country into Syria's civil war, or worse, fan a larger conflict in the region.
The next big piece of data investors will have to work through is due next week, when Wall Street gets the August jobs report. However, the report is likely to be overshadowed by continued speculation about the future of the Fed's bond-buying program.
"The market is acting a lot like a patient sitting in a waiting room reading a magazine," Hyzy said. "We don't know how good or bad it is, all we know is that the prognosis will come over the next couple days and weeks."


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Red Blood Cell Toxicokinetics and Proteomics
Principal Investigator: Paul W. Buehler, PhD
Office / Division / Lab: OBRR / DH / LBVB
General Overview
In order to have sufficient blood to address medical needs, donated blood is stored for up to 42 days. Sometimes the red blood cells in the stored blood will start to disintegrate over time and release free hemoglobin. In addition, there are certain disease states, such as sickle cell disease and malaria, in which red blood cells disintegrate and release hemoglobin.
Our new program in the Laboratory of Biochemisty and Vascular Biology studies how red blood cells disintegrate and release hemoglobin (the oxygen--carrying molecule of red blood cells) and evaluates the toxic effects of this free hemoglobin in the body. This work will help make our blood supply safer by providing new insights into how free hemoglobin causes its toxic effects.. This new knowledge may facilitate development of new ways to reduce or eliminate the risk posed by free hemoglobin released from stored red blood cells and free hemoglobin released during acquired and genetic hemolytic diseases.
The knowledge gained from this work will also support the regulatory review work of FDA and ability of the agency to provide effective guidance to industry in preventing toxic effects of hemoglobin in blood products.
In order to obtain this knowledge we are studying the mechanisms that trigger red blood cell hemolysis, by doing protein and tissue analysis to evaluate toxicity induced by cell-free hemoglobin, and developing appropriate animal models and biomarkers to investigate the underlying hemolysis in transfusion medicine and hemolytic diseases (both acquired and genetic). (A biomarker is a substance that can be measured and used to indicate the state of normal biological processes, diseases, or response to therapy.) This work also includes computer simulation, and when required, animal studies.
Our laboratory is also currently studying the interaction of some protein-based therapeutic products with blood vessels in order to gain insights into the damage this interaction can cause. We are focused primarily on hemoglobin-based oxygen carriers used in "artificial blood," as well as therapies for anthrax and therapeutic proteins obtained from plasma.
Scientific Overview
The overall objective of our research is to understand the underlying mechanisms of vascular dysfunction induced by therapeutic proteins, to promote the design of safer and more effective therapeutics, and to facilitate the establishment of useful biomarkers.
Our laboratory is currently pursuing biochemical characterization of a number of protein-based products that interact with the vascular system, with a special focus on hemoglobin-based oxygen carriers (HBOCs), some plasma proteins, and anthrax toxin therapies.
We established a program in red cell toxicokinetics and proteomics to evaluate concepts central to hemoglobin toxicity as they relate to red blood cell (RBC) storage in vivo, with a special emphasis on understanding endogenous clearance of free hemoglobin released from aged RBCs. This will provide a strategy for minimizing RBC-induced toxicity in whole animals that could provide insight into human clinical risks.
The scientific approach and aims of this program will:
1) Develop an appropriate animal model to investigate the underlying pathophysiolgic mechanisms of aged RBCs and subsequent hemolysis.
2) Use proteomic analysis of blood and tissue protein modifications as biomarkers of injury caused by extracellular Hb oxidation and degradation arising from RBCs transfusions.
3) Evaluate in vitro mechanisms contributing to the loss of RBC deformability to improve our understanding of the effects of RBC storage on in vitro morphology and in vivo hemolysis.
4) Design protective strategies by enhancing clearance mechanisms of extracellular Hb by either co-administration of natural or synthetic Hb binding proteins/peptides which would allow for longer storage time of blood with reduced risk of adverse events.
Cell Death Dis 2016 Jan 21;7:e2064
Hemoglobinuria-related acute kidney injury is driven by intrarenal oxidative reactions triggering a heme toxicity response.
Deuel JW, Schaer CA, Boretti FS, Opitz L, Garcia-Rubio I, Baek JH, Spahn DR, Buehler PW, Schaer DJ
Free Radic Biol Med 2015 Dec;89:931-43
Different target specificities of haptoglobin and hemopexin define a sequential protection system against vascular hemoglobin toxicity.
Deuel JW, Vallelian F, Schaer CA, Puglia M, Buehler PW, Schaer DJ
Free Radic Biol Med 2015 Aug;85:259-68
Spin trapping combined with quantitative mass spectrometry defines free radical redistribution within the oxidized hemoglobin:haptoglobin complex.
Vallelian F, Garcia-Rubio I, Puglia M, Kahraman A, Deuel JW, Engelsberger WR, Mason RP, Buehler PW, Schaer DJ
Toxicology 2015 Jul 3;333:89-99
Sodium nitrite potentiates renal oxidative stress and injury in hemoglobin exposed guinea pigs.
Baek JH, Zhang X, Williams MC, Hicks W, Buehler PW, Felice D
Haematologica 2015 May;100(5):611-22
Reversal of hemochromatosis by apo-transferrin in non-transfused and transfused Hbbth3/+ (heterozygous b1/ b2 globin gene deletion) mice.
Gelderman MP, Baek JH, Yalamanoglu A, Puglia M, Vallelian F, Burla B, Vostal J, Schaer DJ, Buehler PW
Free Radic Biol Med 2015 May;82:50-62
Hemoglobin induced lung vascular oxidation, inflammation, and remodeling contributes to the progression of hypoxic pulmonary hypertension and is attenuated in rats with repeat dose haptoglobin administration.
Irwin DC, Baek JH, Hassell K, Nuss R, Eigenberger P, Lisk C, Loomis Z, Maltzahn J, Stenmark KR, Nozik-Grayck E, Buehler PW
J Proteome Res 2015 Feb 6;14(2):1089-100
Integrative proteome and transcriptome analysis of extramedullary erythropoiesis and its reversal by transferrin treatment in a mouse model of beta-thalassemia.
Vallelian F, Gelderman MP, Schaer CA, Puglia M, Opitz L, Baek JH, Vostal J, Buehler P, Schaer DJ
Cell Death Differ 2015 Apr;22(4):597-611
Proteasome inhibition and oxidative reactions disrupt cellular homeostasis during heme stress.
Vallelian F, Deuel JW, Opitz L, Schaer CA, Puglia M, Lonn M, Engelsberger W, Schauer S, Karnaukhova E, Spahn DR, Stocker R, Buehler PW, Schaer DJ
Front Physiol 2014 Oct 9;5:385
Modeling hemoglobin and hemoglobin:haptoglobin complex clearance in a non-rodent species-pharmacokinetic and therapeutic implications.
Boretti FS, Baek JH, Palmer AF, Schaer DJ, Buehler PW
Front Physiol 2014 Oct 28;5:415
Haptoglobin, hemopexin, and related defense pathways-basic science, clinical perspectives, and drug development.
Schaer DJ, Vinchi F, Ingoglia G, Tolosano E, Buehler PW
Toxins 2014 Mar 31;6(4):1244-59
Extracellular hb enhances cardiac toxicity in endotoxemic Guinea pigs: protective role of haptoglobin.
Baek JH, Zhang X, Williams MC, Schaer DJ, Buehler PW, D'Agnillo F
Antioxid Redox Signal 2013 Nov 10;19(14):1619-33
Human hp1-1 and hp2-2 phenotype-specific haptoglobin therapeutics are both effective in vitro and in Guinea pigs to attenuate hemoglobin toxicity.
Lipiski M, Deuel JW, Baek JH, Engelsberger WR, Buehler PW, Schaer DJ
Antioxid Redox Signal 2013 Jun 10;18(17):2264-73
Haptoglobin Binding Stabilizes Hemoglobin Ferryl Iron and the Globin Radical on Tyrosine beta145.
Cooper CE, Schaer DJ, Buehler PW, Wilson MT, Reeder BJ, Silkstone G, Svistunenko DA, Bulow L, Alayash AI
Cold Spring Harb Perspect Med 2013 Jun 1;3(6):a013433
Cell-Free Hemoglobin and Its Scavenger Proteins: New Disease Models Leading the Way to Targeted Therapies.
Schaer DJ, Buehler PW
PLoS One 2013;8(3):e59841
Haptoglobin preferentially binds beta but not alpha subunits cross-linked hemoglobin tetramers with minimal effects on ligand and redox reactions.
Jia Y, Wood F, Buehler PW, Alayash AI
Blood 2013 Feb 21;121(8):1276-84
Hemolysis and free hemoglobin revisited: exploring hemoglobin and hemin scavengers as a novel class of therapeutic proteins.
Schaer DJ, Buehler PW, Alayash AI, Belcher JD, Vercellotti GM
Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 2012 Aug;303(4):L312-26
Free hemoglobin induction of pulmonary vascular disease: evidence for an inflammatory mechanism.
Buehler PW, Baek JH, Lisk C, Connor I, Sullivan T, Kominsky DJ, Majka SM, Stenmark KR, Nozik-Grayck E, Bonaventura J, Irwin DC
Toxicol Sci 2012 Jun;127(2):567-81
Down selection of polymerized bovine hemoglobins for use as oxygen releasing therapeutics in a guinea pig model.
Baek JH, Zhou Y, Harris DR, Dominik SJ, Palmer AF, Buehler PW
J Clin Invest 2012 Apr 2;122(4):1444-58
Hemoglobin-driven pathophysiology is an in vivo consequence of the red blood cell storage lesion that can be attenuated in guinea pigs by haptoglobin therapy.
Baek JH, D'Agnillo F, Vallelian F, Pereira CP, Williams MC, Jia Y, Schaer DJ, Buehler PW
Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2011 Dec 16;416(3-4):421-6
Inactivation of prolyl hydroxylase domain (PHD) protein by epigallocatechin (EGCG) stabilizes hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF-1alpha) and induces hepcidin (Hamp) in rat kidney.
Manalo DJ, Baek JH, Buehler PW, Struble E, Abraham B, Alayash AI
Biotechnol Prog 2011 Jul;27(4):1172-84
Synthesis, biophysical properties, and oxygenation potential of variable molecular weight glutaraldehyde-polymerized bovine hemoglobins with low and high oxygen affinity.
Zhou Y, Jia Y, Buehler PW, Chen G, Cabrales P, Palmer AF
Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2011 Jun 10;409(3):412-7
Sodium nitrite induces acute central nervous system toxicity in guinea pigs exposed to systemic cell-free hemoglobin.
Buehler PW, Butt OI, D'Agnillo F
Antioxid Redox Signal 2011 May 1;14(9):1713-28
Blood aging, safety and transfusion: capturing the "radical" menace.
Buehler PW, Karnaukhova E, Gelderman MP, Alayash AI
Biochim Biophys Acta 2011 Apr-Jun;1809(4-6):262-8
Induction of hypoxia inducible factor (HIF-1α) in the rat kidneys by iron chelation with the hydroxypyridinone, CP94.
Baek JH, Reiter CE, Manalo DJ, Buehler PW, Hider RC, Alayash AI
Am J Pathol 2011 Mar;178(3):1316-28
Blood-brain barrier disruption and oxidative stress in Guinea pig after systemic exposure to modified cell-free hemoglobin.
Butt OI, Buehler PW, D'Agnillo F
Trends Mol Med 2010 Aug 12;16(10):447-57
Hemoglobin-based oxygen carriers: from mechanisms of toxicity and clearance to rational drug design.
Buehler PW, D'Agnillo F, Schaer DJ
J Proteome Res 2010 Aug 6;9(8):4061-70
Quantitative mass spectrometry defines an oxidative hotspot in hemoglobin that is specifically protected by haptoglobin.
Pimenova T, Pereira CP, Gehrig P, Buehler PW, Schaer DJ, Zenobi R
Biotechnol Bioeng 2010 May 1;106(1):76-85
Functional comparison of hemoglobin purified by different methods and their biophysical implications.
Elmer J, Buehler PW, Jia Y, Wood F, Harris DR, Alayash AI, Palmer AF
Biomaterials 2010 May;31(13):3723-35
Synthesis, biophysical properties and pharmacokinetics of ultrahigh molecular weight tense and relaxed state polymerized bovine hemoglobins.
Buehler PW, Zhou Y, Cabrales P, Jia Y, Guoyong Sun, Harris DR, Tsai AG, Intaglietta M, Palmer AF
Antioxid Redox Signal 2010 Feb;12(2):185-98
Hemoglobin can attenuate hydrogen peroxide-induced oxidative stress by acting as an antioxidative peroxidase.
Widmer CC, Pereira CP, Gehrig P, Vallelian F, Schoedon G, Buehler PW, Schaer DJ
Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol 2010 Feb;42(2):200-9
Mixed S-nitrosylated polymerized bovine hemoglobin species moderate hemodynamic effects in acutely hypoxic rats.
Irwin D, Buehler PW, Alayash AI, Jia Y, Bonventura J, Foreman B, White M, Jacobs R, Piteo B, TissotvanPatot MC, Hamilton KL, Gotshall RW
Antioxid Redox Signal 2010 Feb;12(2):275-91
Toxicological Consequences of Extracellular Hemoglobin: Biochemical and Physiological Perspectives.
Buehler PW, D'Agnillo F
Antioxid Redox Signal 2010 Feb;12(2):199-208
Differential induction of renal heme oxygenase and ferritin in ascorbate and non-ascorbate producing species transfused with modified cell-free hemoglobin.
Butt OI, Buehler PW, D'Agnillo F
Ann Pharmacother 2009 Oct;43(10):1583-97
Comparing Generic and Innovator Drugs: A Review of 12 Years of Bioequivalence Data from the United States Food and Drug Administration(October).
Davit BM, Nwakama PE, Buehler GJ, Conner DP, Haidar SH, Patel DT, Yang Y, Yu LX, Woodcock J
J Clin Invest 2009 Aug;119(8):2271-80
Sequestration of extracellular hemoglobin within a haptoglobin complex decreases its hypertensive and oxidative effects in dogs and guinea pigs.
Boretti FS, Buehler PW, D'Agnillo F, Kluge K, Glaus T, Butt OI, Jia Y, Goede J, Pereira CP, Maggiorini M, Schoedon G, Alayash AI, Schaer DJ
Blood 2009 Mar 12;113(11):2578-86
Haptoglobin preserves the CD163 hemoglobin scavenger pathway by shielding hemoglobin from peroxidative modification.
Buehler PW, Abraham B, Vallelian F, Linnemayr C, Pereira CP, Cipollo JF, Jia Y, Mikolajczyk M, Boretti FS, Schoedon G, Alayash AI, Schaer DJ
Biochim Biophys Acta 2008 Oct;1784(10):1415-20
Peroxidase activity of hemoglobin towards ascorbate and urate: a synergistic protective strategy against toxicity of Hemoglobin-Based Oxygen Carriers (HBOC).
Cooper CE, Silaghi-Dumitrescu R, Rukengwa M, Alayash AI, Buehler PW
Free Radic Biol Med 2008 Oct 15;45(8):1150-8
The reaction of hydrogen peroxide with hemoglobin induces extensive alpha-globin crosslinking and impairs the interaction of hemoglobin with endogenous scavenger pathways.
Vallelian F, Pimenova T, Pereira CP, Abraham B, Mikolajczyk MG, Schoedon G, Zenobi R, Alayash AI, Buehler PW, Schaer DJ
Biochim Biophys Acta 2008 Oct;1784(10):1378-81
All hemoglobin-based oxygen carriers are not created equally.
Buehler PW, Alayash AI
Biochem J 2008 Sep 15;414(3):461-9
Acellular haemoglobin attenuates hypoxia-inducible factor-1alpha (HIF-1alpha) and its target genes in haemodiluted rats.
Manalo DJ, Buehler PW, Baek JH, Butt O, D'agnillo F, Alayash AI
Antioxid Redox Signal 2008 Aug;10(8):1449-62
Structural stabilization in tetrameric or polymeric hemoglobin determines its interaction with endogenous antioxidant scavenger pathways.
Buehler PW, Vallelian F, Mikolajczyk MG, Schoedon G, Schweizer T, Alayash AI, Schaer DJ
J Pharmacol Exp Ther 2007 Oct;323(1):49-60
Effects of endogenous ascorbate on oxidation, oxygenation and toxicokinetics of cell-free modified hemoglobin after exchange transfusion in rat and guinea pig.
Buehler PW, D'Agnillo F, Hoffman V, Alayash AI
Antioxid Redox Signal 2007 Jul;9(7):991-9
Gating the radical hemoglobin to macrophages: the anti-inflammatory role of CD163, a scavenger receptor.
Schaer DJ, Alayash AI, Buehler PW
Expert Opin Biol Ther 2007 May;7(5):665-75
First-generation blood substitutes: what have we learned? Biochemical and physiological perspectives.
Alayash AI, D'Agnillo F, Buehler PW
J Biol Chem 2007 Feb 16;282(7):4894-907
Structural basis of peroxide mediated changes in human hemoglobin: A novel oxidative pathway.
Jia Y, Buehler PW, Boykins RA, Venable RM, Alayash AI
Biochem J 2006 Nov 1;399(3):513-24
Ascorbate removes key precursors to oxidative damage by cell free hemoglobin in vitro and in vivo.
Dunne J, Caron A, Menu P, Alayash AI, Buehler PW, Wilson MT, Silaghi-Dumitrescu R, Faivre B, Cooper CE
Anal Chem 2006 Jul 1;78(13):4634-4641
Chemical Characterization of Diaspirin Cross-Linked Hemoglobin Polymerized with Poly(ethylene glycol).
Buehler PW, Boykins RA, Norris S, Alayash AI
Blood 2006 Jan 1;107(1):373-80
CD163 is the macrophage scavenger receptor for native and chemically modified hemoglobins in the absence of haptoglobin.
Schaer DJ, Schaer CA, Buehler PW, Boykins RA, Schoedon G, Alayash AI, Schaffner A


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Japan carmakers cut China production amid row
By Norihiko Shirouzu, Reuters Thursday, September 27, 2012, 11:36 am TWN
BEIJING -- Japanese automakers including Toyota Motor Corp. and Nissan Motor Co. are cutting back production in China in the wake of anti-Japan protests that shuttered dealerships and darkened their sales outlook in the world's biggest car market.
Production slowdowns are a normal feature of the auto industry in mature markets like the United States and Japan, where they are used to keep inventories from ballooning and avoid pressure for automakers to offer deep discounts that erode profitability.
But the steps by the Japanese automakers to cut output in China are an anomaly in a market that has driven the industry's global growth over the past decade and where most automakers had been adding capacity until China's economic slowdown in recent months. That caused production to outpace sales, resulting in larger-than-normal inventory levels at many car dealers.
"For the time being I think you're going to see Japanese automakers' sales in China down by 20 to 30 percent," said Koji Endo, auto analyst at Advanced Research Japan.
"The last time we had protests like this in 2010, the effects only lasted about a month, but I think this time is going to be different. This is going to have a serious impact."
There were also signs the tensions were having an affect on other sectors, most notably airlines, with All Nippon Airways Co. Ltd. (ANA) announcing on Wednesday that 40,000 seat-reservations were cancelled for flights between Japan and China from September to November.
Nissan, Japan's top automaker in China, said it would halt production at a joint venture in China starting on Thursday, three days earlier than planned, and extending through next week's national holiday period.
Toyota plants in Tianjin and Guangzhou will also suspend production from Wednesday through the holiday, Tokyo-based spokeswoman Shino Yamada said, a few days earlier than planned. Production at factories in China may be further curtailed depending on market conditions, she said.
As a result, a senior Toyota executive in Beijing said the company probably won't be able to meet its goal of selling one million cars in China this year. In 2011, Toyota with its local Chinese partners sold about 900,000 cars in the country.
"It's very difficult to sell cars right now, but that's true with every Japanese brand. Not just us," said the executive, who spoke to Reuters on condition of anonymity because he is not authorized to speak to the media.
In addition to Toyota and Nissan, Mazda Motor Corp. has decided to halt production in China on Friday and Saturday, giving workers two extra days off as part of the national holiday production shutdown.
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