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Luke Turner
, March 15th, 2013 10:46
"I've always thought that the strangest thing I've ever heard is 'we're making music for ourselves and if anyone else likes it it's a bonus'. Why did you fucking release it then?" said Suede bassist Mat Osman when I interviewed him for the Quietus recently. "We're making music for other people, and if we like it it's a bonus."
It's a typically Suede statement, sniffy and arch, the sort of thing that has always made them stand out a country mile from their peers, and those who have come since... that alternately buffooning, coarsely male, thick fingered, skiffling, asexual indie shower of inadequacy that largely characterises British indie music. Osman's statement is something to bear in mind when listening to Bloodsports, Suede's first album since the poor A New Morning in 2002. They might have made this album for other people... but who exactly are the Suede diaspora in 2013?
Since Bernard Butler left nearly 20 years ago, there's always been a sense that Suede are damned if they don't, damned if they do. After that initial golden shower from the weekly music press, they've not exactly had an easy ride - shunned by America, easily ridiculed, and often by those who were first fans in the Suede and Dog Man Star era. A band whose early material defined obsession, infatuation, and finding a hormonal teenage identity is always going to get it in the neck from those who once thought of them most dearly. Lovers fear change, and are spiteful when spurned.
I was late to the Suede tribe, and far more a Coming Up black leather jacket, Codling and Bennies boy than willowy, blousy, disciple of Bernard-driven histrionics. I liked Suede's sex when it was violent, snide, and about the sharp and aggressive highs and lows. If you're that kind of Suede fan too, then you're going to love Bloodsports, for it takes the DNA of Coming Up, matures it, and flings in some of the best pop songs that Suede have ever written.
The success in part must be due to Ed Buller's flawless production. No doubt putting down the crack pipe and fags has helped Anderson's voice no end, and throughout Bloodsports it beds into the music just-so. As Anderson said in our recent interview, his vocal is probably one of the things that makes Suede such a Marmite band, but for those who prefer a passionate, English treble to lowly faux-American mumble, it's nigh-on perfect here as it carries a thoughtful, petroleum-free narrative arc. For a band who always dealt in the romantic, Suede's lyrics were always rather oblique, Anderson writing to a character/s, then later arguably a caricature/s. Instead of "Sadie", "young men" and the other portraits who made up the 1990s material, here the songs describe the cycle of a relationship, the ecstasy of initial intimacy, mistrust, betrayal, loss, paranoia.
Given that 'Barriers' was the song that finally broke Suede's writer's block, it's apt that it opens the album, and is the first of many earworms here - a great, galloping statement of intent. Behind him, Suede are on form - Richard Oakes plays the best guitar of his life, with a lot more low end (perhaps because Anderson's voice is now a fuller beast) and nicely controlled solos. 'Sabotage' is radio-friendly Suede, swooping choruses "I'd walk to the scaffold smiling / my hands on the cross I'm holding", a choir of guitar noise and 'ahh ahhs' in the background. Following track 'For The Strangers' is just as good, a partner to Coming Up's 'By The Sea', but with a thousand times more positivity. I can see 'Snowblind' putting off people a little, given that its opening chords are a bit too reminiscent of 'Starcrazy', but this too is rescued by a splendid chorus, though the finest of these is reserved for 'It Starts And Ends With You'.
Musically, one of the best aspects to Bloodsports is just how well the songs are arranged. Never just linear, they come and evolve with great panache. Take 'Hit Me', which starts off all thuggish Telecaster riff before a huge, spidery chorus. It all really comes into its own on the second half of the album, which, as with Dog Man Star, features the moodiest, most romantic work. Best of all is 'Sometimes I Feel I'll Float Away', opening with a echoey guitar part and a pensive Anderson vocal that suddenly becomes more urgent ("I'll count to ten as the race begins...") and an utterly, utterly beautiful chorus appears as if in an MDMA rush, "sometimes I'd float away... if you weren't there to hold me". Triumphant and massive, it's one of the finest songs Suede have ever written. 'What Are You Not Telling Me' is a mournful everything-going-wrong ballad ("the mysteries of love are not for us") with multi-tracked vocals and almost Spanish-plucked guitar. 'Always' starts slow and ends in a whirlpool of what might be threats "I will always be near... like a sniper in the wings", and ends with Anderson's voice processed into a strangled murmur. Final track 'Faultlines' is booming and cinematic.
The joy of Bloodsports is in what its title suggests, an embracing of convoluted, dark, twisted narrative between now and then, both in terms of the relationship of the lyricism and Suede's own journey. They've arrived at a romantic, odd, ambitious pop record that eschews musical theatricality for punchy, 40-something's take on the complexity of love from the view - and this is why it works - of one who is still, at heart, an incurable and incorrigible teenage romantic. Brett Anderson, after all, wrote some of the great overblown Byronic lyrics of indie pop "there by the window, quietly killed for you" and so on. Those were penned - as romance should be - without over thinking things, and Anderson is still collapsing over himself in simile and metaphor ("a crack in the radiator / leaking life") that comes with all-consuming passion. You know, there's another band from slightly before Suede's era who've basically managed to go "oooo oooo oooo... ... .... ooooo ooooo oooooo" with a phoned-in performance of leftover dirge from 1992 and they're being feted from the heavens, while Suede have to punch through the cynicism. You can also hear just how hard they've worked throughout - less blood sport, more blood, toil, tears and sweat. But such is their lot.
Suede, being a band who offered you their own hermetically sealed world to live and lose yourself in, were always going to be about redefining themselves rather than starting to wander into more experimental musical territories. Yet they do what they do so damn well, that's the key, like encountering a lover who blew your mind on the first night and continues to do so every night still, three years on. Their individualism is such that, 20-odd years on from the release of their debut single, there are no other groups who've been obviously inspired by them or have ripped them off. Indeed, Suede are such a unique group that no-one has quite been able to copy what they do - and this at times aggressively idiosyncratic nature is undeniably why they're also so loathed by so many. I can't imagine they'd have it any other way.
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Mar 15, 2013 3:48pm
Easily the best review of this triumphant comeback album i've read yet.
Mar 15, 2013 4:27pm
Brilliant review. And a great great album. Many journalists will hate it without really listening and without really "getting it".
Funny though, they are derided by many but LOVED by their (larger than you think) fan base. The consummate underdogs always.
But they are so hugely moving if you are a certain sort of person. So much of the drama, sweetness, tragedy, and humanity get missed by the critics in favor of endless quotes about "fizzy pop" and "glam".
Mar 15, 2013 4:46pm
Suede are always better when they have something to prove.
After being labeled as the 'best new band' before even releasing a single, they backed it up with a classic debut and an even better follow up.
Then, when Bernard Butler left and everybody said they were over, they came back with their biggest selling record.
Now with the cynics arguing whats the point of a new Suede record in 2013, they gave us this, a proper , no bullshit, comeback.
Mar 16, 2013 7:33am
Thanks for the review. I love this album...
Mar 16, 2013 5:58pm
Great review.
Mar 16, 2013 8:01pm
but it is better than Here Come the Tears? lol just kidding can't wait to hear it
Mar 17, 2013 1:27pm
Saw them on tv recently looking very bored. They must be broke and desperate for the money.
Mar 20, 2013 10:23am
Brett's voice sounds better than it has in years, that's for sure. But too many of the new songs just sound like random Coming Up-era Suede noises, chucked together, with nary a thought for the resultant song, then a mighty, ill-fitting chorus tacked on. Glad you like it, though, Luke...
Mar 23, 2013 7:23pm
You prefer Coming Up era Suede?! Come on - Lazy and Filmstar against things like The Wild Ones and Whipsnade?! for me theres no comparison, its not the same band. although the new album seems to have across the board great reviews - ill give it a go
Apr 2, 2013 9:17pm
Thanks for the review! Suede are the greatest band ever. Sure, they had a few low points in their discography but most of their work briliant and they fantastic on stage. What makes Suede so superb is Brett's voice and vocal style, which is unique.
Apr 7, 2013 11:41am
Great review apart from the dig at MBV which was cheap and unwarranted.
Jul 31, 2015 3:48am
Great album, they're still relevant today


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Like i said if he accepts it'll be Farmar most likely as the starting point because he wants to retire in Denver.
Also has anyone ever seen a deal thats "this close" actually still have the big pieces playing the night of. They are making it seem like its a hour or 2 away and Melo and Chauncey are playing against NO right now.

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Southampton striker Sam Gallagher says he is enjoying his time on loan at Blackburn and hopes to add to his goal tally.
Gallagher spent the latter half of last season on loan at MK Dons and will see out the current campaign with Championship side Blackburn.
Rovers are yet to record a league win this term but Gallagher, 20, has impressed with two goals in five outings so far, including a strike in his temporary side's 1-1 draw with QPR at the weekend.
The forward, who has managed 18 appearances and one goal for Saints, hopes to make the most of his loan spell and is keen to continue improving over the course of the season.
"It's all about momentum. Having made a good start has made a big difference," he told the Lancashire Telegraph.
"When I got my first goal it took a bit of weight off my shoulders. From there I felt like I could kick on and, after scoring on Saturday, I want to do the same now."


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Residential mortgage holders with IBRC have not had their mortgages taken from their accounts since the Special Liquidator took over last week.
The IBRC bank sort codes were suspended when the liquidator took over last week.
This means it has been impossible to transfer monthly mortgage payments out of accounts and into those of the KPMG special liquidator.
The money will still be owed and the mortgage holders will all be written to in due course to tell them about what they have to do to make their monthly payments to KPMG instead.
New mortgage arrangements should be in place within a matter of days.
In terms of bigger loans, IBRC was left with €26bn of loans after NAMA took the loans worth €5m or more from its books.


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Enjoying this while watching Mad Men season 1. Also pondering when the last time I heard the Cardigans was. A clip of one of their songs was played at the end of the second episode.
I love how awake this tea makes me feel without the crash I get from coffee. Other black teas make me awake, but the bergamot in this is refreshing and fragrant and perfect. Tea Love!


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Best rapper and lyricist alive. AND, I guarantee he could hang with the deceased as well. RIP Pac & BIG…
I agree. Needs an album or mixtape or something.
# b standsout 2 me. He had some good hair. Re andr bey collab vid, who can whip that hair better than willow smith????
…..he also got a killer smile…yum yum!
Andre's craziest look is with his Asian girlfriend Tiffany Limos. Someone put a picture of their WALDO asses on here!


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Strike One: Quack Attack
The biggest story in college baseball right now is the incredible rise of Oregon, which is on track to reach regionals in just the second season since the program was started from scratch after a 28-year hiatus. The Ducks made it clear from the outset that they intended to compete quickly—they spent loads of money to hire one of the nation's best coaches in George Horton and to build a sparkling new stadium—but year one was bitterly disappointing. Oregon went 14-42 in 2009 and just 4-23 in the Pacific-10 Conference, a performance that tempered expectations heading into this spring.
But after winning back-to-back road series against ranked conference foes Stanford and UCLA, the Ducks are sitting pretty at 23-12 (6-6 in the Pac-10). After knocking the Bruins out of the No. 1 spot in the rankings, Oregon finds itself ranked 18th in the nation.
"I think we're worthy of that, I honestly do," Horton said of being ranked. "I'm really proud of my guys. I think we are a Top 25 team. It's been a miraculous—growth spurt, I guess would be the best way to say it. We really closed the gap in a hurry. We've still got some holes, but I don't know if I've ever been around a group that has grown that much in a year.
"The culture had to change, and it has changed. The work ethic and the belief in yourselves, all those little things mattered, but the biggest thing was just the culture. The coaches had to trust in the players and believe in the players like you do in a traditional program. It's really been fun—it's like a family maturing."
Horton emphasizes that it wasn't just a matter of the players maturing. Horton and assistants Andrew Checketts, Mike Kirby and Jay Uhlman have all grown more comfortable with each other, and that has made a difference. Horton, like many other coaches and scouts on the West Coast, heaps praise upon Checketts, a rising star in the coaching world.
Checketts oversees an Oregon pitching staff that ranks third nationally with a 3.00 ERA, and few staffs can rival it for depth. Sophomore lefty Tyler Anderson (5-3, 2.16 with 50 strikeouts and 15 walks) has developed into a bona fide ace, but the Bruins drove his pitch count up and got him out of the game in the fifth inning Friday, so Oregon had the luxury of calling upon sophomore righty Scott McGough out of the bullpen. McGough, a premium athlete who can run his fastball up to 95 mph at times, shut out UCLA on three hits over 4 1/3 innings.
Senior righty Justin LaTempa has battled back from two injury-plagued seasons to emerge as a strong Saturday starter. He pounds the bottom of the zone with a fastball that sits at 94-95, a good mid-80s slider and a developing changeup, and he out-pitched UCLA's Trevor Bauer in Saturday's win.
It's not easy to beat Bauer and co-ace Gerrit Cole, but the Ducks did it by being patient and driving up their pitch counts, and countering with strong pitching of their own. Cole threw 111 pitches in five innings, allowing five runs on eight hits and four walks in his first loss of the season.
"It was a championship effort on our part to break those guys down," Horton said. "Cole was throwing the kitchen sink at us, and we made him throw a lot of pitches, grinded it a little, got him out of his confidence level. Then he got out of character a bit, tried to throw harder, snap his curveball a little more. On paper, you look at Anderson vs. Cole, you think it's going to be 2-1, but both were over 100 pitches in five innings, so you turn it over to the relief. They've got (Dan) Klein, who's having a tremendous year, but I'll take our end-of-game pitching over anybody in the country with McGough, (Drew) Gagnier and (Joey) Housey."
Of course, Oregon had good pitching last year, too, but the nation's lowest-scoring offense proved too much of a drain. Oregon's offense still isn't great, but it is much more respectable. After averaging just 2.8 runs per game in 2009, the Ducks are scoring 5.7 runs per game this year. Oregon's biggest weapon offensively? The Ducks ranked seventh in the nation with 38 sacrifice bunts in the NCAA's most recent statistics report last week.
"They bought into Duck ball, I guess you'd call it now, or coach Horton ball," Horton said. "Coach Kirby's our bunting coach, we invest a lot of time and energy into that. I heard some chirping from the stands this weekend, 'Why are you giving signs, coach, all you're going to do is bunt?' I tell my team when I hear that, we say thank you very much, because we work hard at that and we believe in it. My philosophy is if you get good enough at it, it actually helps you become a better hitter. You don't always have to hit a double or single to help the team, if you can get a bunt down, that's a big weapon. Now every guy on the roster is a way above-average bunter. It's simplified our offense, made the hitting better, the bat control is better.
"We're tougher outs. We don't have the big bopper in the middle or anything, but we are going to score some runs. Last year the pitchers were trying too hard, because we were futile offensively. Now they trust us, and the pitchers aren't trying to do too much. We're still young like other teams, and we could still hit the wall, but I don't think we will. I think our minds are stronger, and our bodies are stronger."
If Horton doesn't think his team will hit the wall, who's going to bet against him at this point? Oregon has very winnable home series the next two weeks against Southern California and Washington State, and a road series the following weekend against rival Oregon State seems winnable, too, for a team that just won two of three at the No. 1 team in the nation. It's becoming more and more apparent that the Ducks are very likely to wind up in regionals, and that is nothing short of remarkable.
Strike Two: Florida Atlantic Makes Its Move
Good luck figuring out the Sun Belt Conference. You thought Western Kentucky was the team to beat? The Hilltoppers went on the road and were swept by Florida Atlantic this weekend. Two weeks ago, WKU dropped a series to Arkansas State, which surged to the top of the Sun Belt standings—and then got swept at Evansville this weekend. Preseason favorites Middle Tennessee State and Florida International have been up and down. South Alabama leads the league currently, but the Jaguars dropped a series just last weekend to Western Kentucky.
The point is, the league is wide open. This week, Florida Atlantic stepped into that vacuum with a huge sweep of the Hilltoppers. The Owls have been pretty consistent this year, winning seven of their eight weekend series, and five of their six conference series, but their sweep of WKU this weekend was the statement they have been waiting for. Now they're 12-6 in the league, just a game out of first place.
"We've been playing well all year, we just haven't been able to kind of get a signature win or put together a sweep," said FAU's second-year head coach John McCormack. "We just hadn't been able to get over the proverbial hump."
FAU owes much of its success to a strong group of junior-college transfers who have made big impacts. First baseman Dan Scheffler (.415/.541/.837 with a team-leading 11 homers and 45 RBIs) has been a revelation, and outfielder/closer Andy Mee (.391/.417/.609 with six homers and 31 RBIs; 1-1, 1.88 with seven saves) has anchored the bullpen after incumbent closer Glen Troyanowski went down with labrum surgery. Mee is a competitor with an 87-90 fastball and an excellent slider.
"He's a guy that continually flies under the radar," McCormack said of Mee. "He just is a really, really good baseball player that, once the game starts, he understands how to win. You look down at the box score and say, 'Gee, Andy Mee helped us win again.' "
The Owls also have a couple of veteran holdovers providing stability in key spots. Junior shortstop Nick DelGuidice has always had strong defensive tools, but he has become a much more consistent defender this spring, fielding at a .966 clip and emerging as the "glue in the infield," as McCormack put it. And junior righty Ryan Gipson (6-1, 2.91) has anchored the rotation in the Saturday starter role, taking some pressure off newcomers like R.J. Alvarez, a future ace who can reach 95 mph with a good breaking ball.
The Owls are also playing free and loose, as evidenced by their entertaining shenanigans during Friday's rain delay (don't miss this video).
"Western kind of got it started and our guys kind of jumped in," McCormack said of the rain-delay theater. "The one thing about the team we presently have, this is the type of team you really enjoy being around. They care about each other, they have fun, everybody kind of gets it."
Strike Three: Golden Spikes Spotlight on Zack Cox
Cox, a sophomore third baseman for Arkansas, has gotten red-hot during the Razorbacks' 11-game winning streak. Cox has a 12-game hitting streak, and he has registered multiple hits in nine straight games to raise his overall line to .444/.538/.616 with six home runs and 42 RBIs.
Cox was a high-profile freshman a year ago, and he played a huge part in Arkansas' run to the College World Series, but he was hampered by a back injury at the start of the season, and it took him a while to dig out of his early hole. He finished with a .271 batting average and 58 strikeouts in 181 at-bats, and he was determined to improve his approach as a sophomore. He's done exactly that; this year he has 28 walks in just 17 strikeouts in 151 at-bats. He hasn't put up huge power numbers, but he has become a much better all-around hitter, and his raw power is tremendous.
"If people want to see his power, all they have to do is watch him take batting practice," Arkansas coach Dave Van Horn said. "We control our hitters when they do their rounds—they take some to the opposite field and some up the middle, then the third round is a free round, and it's made us a better team. People are pitching him away. I can't tell you how many hits he's got to the opposite field. He's just got a great approach at the plate right now."
Cox, a lefthanded hitter, is destroying lefthanded pitching to the tune of .467/.554/.622, and Van Horn said many of his hits against lefties have gone to the opposite field, demonstrating his maturity. And he's not just padding his numbers against soft pitching; on the contrary, Cox is hitting .531/.600/.844 with two homers and 16 RBIs on Fridays, according to collegesplits.com.
Van Horn said Cox has also made huge strides defensively at third base. One of the reasons Cox decided to come to Arkansas was to improve his defense, Van Horn said, and he has gotten much better by improving his agility. Now, he's a likely top-half of the first-round pick as a draft-eligible sophomore this June.
"People don't notice, but one of the things he's done is gotten a lot better defensively," Van Horn said. "He can make the routine play, he can make the off-balance throw on the slow roller. When he came in he was a little stiff and tight, and we had to get everything lined up right. He's lighter now, he's a lot more limber and flexible, and he's just quicker in the field.
"When we got him to commit to us, we told him, 'Obviously if you get the money you want, we understand, but if you don't you'll be eligible again in two years.' He's gotten so much better. I would put him in Double-A right out of the chute, because the kid's a Double-A hitter. He knows the strike zone. It was a plus move for him to come here for two years. He wanted to work on his defense, and he has. Zack is an extremely hard worker, and he knows what he wants. This guy is going to play in the big leagues. That's his mission. He loves being at Arkansas, he's an incredible leader, but you just can't out-work him."


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SAN DIEGO — An ongoing investigation has determined that a girl who was found unconscious and alone Monday night in a dark canyon in the Lincoln Park area had earlier been drinking a large amount of alcohol with friends, San Diego police said Tuesday.
It was still not known if the girl, whose age was not released, is the victim of a sexual assault, said police Lt. Anastasia Smith of the department's sex-crimes unit.
A man discovered the girl about 9 p.m. in a canyon off Escuela and Castana streets, behind a trailer park in a residential area, and called authorities. Officers and paramedics arrived, and she was placed on a stretcher, covered with a blanket and carried to an ambulance. Her identity was not known at that time.
She was unconscious for more than 12 hours, and later reunited with her parents at the hospital, police said.
Smith said the family lives in the San Diego area.
Lab tests were being conducted and police were continuing their investigation, Smith said.
"We are pursuing every possible lead and tip," Smith said, adding that police were trying to put together "pieces of the puzzle."
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"OWWW!" howled Arnold. "Ow-ow-ow-ouch! Stop it, you… you…."
Billy gave a wide grin as Arnold struggled with his words and pulled his hair harder.
The children crowding around them couldn't do anything. They were all scared of Billy and didn't dare report him. Janet couldn't stand it. She had to do something. There were 20 minutes left for break time to end.
Without hesitating, she sprinted to the school building, dashed up the stairs, three at a time, and darted to Mr Spencer's room. She rapped at the door. No answer. She banged at it impatiently. Still no answer. She opened the door forcefully. The room was empty.
Mr Spencer and Janet were special friends. Janet had long ago found out that he was a wizard, with a wand, a broomstick, potions and, what interested Janet most of all, spell books. He taught science, because, as he said, science is magic! Janet had promised faithfully that she would keep his secret and they had trusted each other a lot since then.
Now, Janet looked around the room. On a table lay many books, scattered, as if the teacher had looked through them hurriedly. Janet peered at them. Most Potent Potions, Does Man Believe in Magic?, The Art of Demolishing the Mundane, and many other books lay there.
But what caught Janet's attention was Magicke Moste Evile. It was not dusty, unlike the rest of the books. There was the picture of a skull on it and a man (Janet shuddered) who looked as if he was turned inside out.
Janet opened the book. She flipped through the pages, spotting the most gruesome and ghastly pictures you can imagine and stopped at a page which marked the beginning of a section. 'Magicke Not So Evile' read Janet. She flipped the page.
There was a picture of a man and another of the same man turned halfway into a frog, and then one of a frog. She read the lines under it:
"Hippity Hippity Hop
Ad omnes corde desiderium
Si musca, vel vis
Sum sunt rana
Hippity Hippity Hop
To all your heart's desire
A fly or two if you wish
When you are a frog"
Filled with wonder, Janet copied down the words in her notebook. Shoving the book back, she ran through the corridor to the playground.
Billy had released Arnold, who was sobbing in a corner with his friend Robert comforting him. Billy, not far off, was leaning against the wall grinning. She tried to pronounce the spell, but it was difficult. So she whispered the words in English. Nothing happened.
She screwed her eyes hard, concentrated with all her might and cried out the incantation. She felt a strange, tingling sensation as the magic flowed in the air about her, directing itself at Billy.
In front of her very eyes, Billy began to shrink. He was turning greener by the second; his hair seemed to shoot back into his head. His eyes became rounder and yellow. He gave a mighty croak and hopped off into the school building, unnoticed by anyone except Janet, who was doubled up in silent laughter. Wiping tears out of her eyes, she followed him inside.
Just then, the bell signalling end of recess rang. Distracted for a moment, she lost sight of Billy. After a moment of panic, she spotted him crawling through a hole into … the science lab!
One of the senior classes rampaged into the corridor and lined up outside the lab. They were going to do frog dissections today! Filled with horror, Janet fought her way through the crowd of big girls and spotted Mr Spencer, briefcase in hand, getting ready for his class. Frantically, Janet told him the whole story.
Quickly, he ran up to the girls patiently waiting for their class to start. Clearing his throat, he said, "Ladies! Sorry to say, but class has been cancelled because somebody has thrown up in the lab."
The corridor cleared as the students marched back to their class. Without wasting any time, the teacher burst inside and started hunting for Billy, Janet at his side. Finally, he found him asleep in an agar plate. He scooped him up, put him on the ground and murmured some strange words. Next second, Big Billy, the bully was half lying on the ground, a lost expression on his face.
"Get away from me, get away from me," he yelled in terror." I'll report you both to the headmaster."
Billy scrambled away from them and ran to the headmaster's office. Panting, he quickly told him the whole story. "They are not normal human beings, I tell you. They are evil and know magic…"
"I know what Mr Spencer is, Billy. He is on loan to us from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and the best science teacher our Muggle School ever had."
Billy stared at the headmaster in shock opening and closing his mouth like a goldfish.
The headmaster peered at Billy from top of his glasses. "Let this be a lesson to you then, young Billy. Now you know what it means to be helpless and afraid. I hope this will teach you to be more careful about your behaviour or who knows what creature you might be turned into next."
Nobody believed Billy's story but they were all amazed that he stopped bullying younger children. It was not surprising, however, as Janet told him that cockroach dissection was coming up next!


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- e.g. Green Cars Initiative of the European Economic Recovery Plan with a budget of 5 B€ (1 B€ RTD grants + 4 B€ EIB loans)
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Star Wars The Force Awakens premiere - stormtroopers hit the red carpet for European premiere
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A group of stormtroopers from the First Order opened the red carpet for the European premiere of Star Wars: The Force Awakens held at London's Leicester Square.
The evening's host, film critic Zane, was joined by vlogger Chapman on the red carpet to interview the stars of the movie, as well as fans.
The first "stars" of the film to arrive were droids R2-D2 and C-3PO, who ambled down the red carpet taking in the scenery.
The newest droid in the Star Wars family, BB-8, got a cheer from fans as it rolled down the red carpet.
BB-8 is one of the highlights of the new movie and is sure to gain a legion of fans.
Actor Warwick Davis, who starred in a few of the earlier Star Wars films and the latest one, could not resist posing for a selfie with BB-8 on the red carpet.
Actor Peter Mayhew, who plays Han Solo's sidekick, Chewbacca, said being at the premiere was "absolutely wonderful", adding: "We've had a great weekend, we were in Los Angeles last night and we're here in London tonight, what more could anybody ask for?"
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The wonderful youth theatre company from South Australia that I have the pleasure of working with are gearing up for period outdoors production of As You Like It this Summer, with a female Orlando. Attached is promo video we made featuring one of two versions of A Lover and His Lass that will be sung during the production.
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I've narrowed it down to a simple test case, but the test case makes no sense. In the test case, my DriverProc() returns 0 every time, so that installation fails immediately, and the video codec manager goes about its business without bringing up my codec. But when I add the other two object files at linktime, neither of which ever gets anything in them run under any circumstance, the crash comes back. Here are all the source files:
c1.hCode:#include <windows.h> extern "C" LRESULT WINAPI DriverProc (DWORD dwDriverID, HDRVR hDriver, UINT uiMessage, LPARAM lParam1, LPARAM lParam2) { MessageBox (0, "Driver Pork Reached", "Driver Pork", 0); return 0; } extern "C" BOOL WINAPI DllMain (HINSTANCE hinst,DWORD reason,LPVOID lpReserved) { MessageBox (0, "Dull Mane Reached", "Dull Mane", 0); return 1; }
c2.hCode:#ifndef C1_H #define C1_H #include "c2.h" struct C1 { C2 *c; void foobar (); }; #endif // C1_H
c1.cppCode:#ifndef C2_H #define C2_H struct C2 { C2 (); }; #endif // C2_H
c2.cppCode:#include "c1.h" void C1::foobar () { c = new C2 (); // comment out this line, and the crash disappears }
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Shirley York, 76, of Ainsworth, died Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2013, in Mercy Hospital in Iowa City after a lengthy illness.
Celebration of life services will be at 11 a.m., Monday, Dec. 9, at the Jones & Eden Funeral Home in Washington with the Rev. Kitch Shatzer officiating. Visitation will begin at 11 a.m. Sunday at the funeral home, where the family will receive friends from 1 until 3 p.m. Burial will take place at the Oregon Township Cemetery in Ainsworth. A memorial has been established for Mercy Hospice.


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When Doug Burns' neck was on the line last month, getting close to being jailed for a case of hypoglycemic confusion, where was the American Diabetes Association? That was my question. I was told the advocacy group provided "legal counsel," but even after interacting with Doug's lawyer, I didn't really see the value-add. So I did a little digging, mainly to find out how much I could depend on this very-visible-but-rather-monolithic organization in times of need. Are they really there for the "little guys" when bad things happen due to our diabetes?
Where I ended up was on a long telephone call with Michael Greene, Chair of the ADA's Legal Advocacy Fund and a private malpractice lawyer in Portland, OR. (Michael has diabetes himself, along with his son Adam, a regular reader here and creator of a unique new online D-management system currently in beta testing.)
DM) OK, so what was it that the ADA did for Doug, and for cases like his across the country?
MG) I personally acted as Doug's co-counsel. We strategized, and helped his lawyer with expert testimony. The publicity was an important tactic -- applying pressure to (the DA's office) to recognize that they couldn't prove the case, that they had misacted.
DM) As Mr. Universe, Doug was a high-profile case. You can't possibly get personally involved in every one, or...?
No. Doug is on the local ADA leadership counsel in San Jose, CA, so he had an immediate pipeline to us. The ADA's legal advocacy function kicked off 1993, and now actually supports a staff of six plus a volunteer committee of 12, and an adjunct attorney network of 300. There's also a medical network of 150 doctors and other professionals providing expert input.
We get over 300 calls a month — mostly employment and school issues, but also on incidences involving licensing, insurance, police situations, and "oddball stuff," like people being told they can't take insulin into a concert.
DM) So discrimination against people with diabetes is really that widespread?
MG) Discrimination is largely based on ignorance. The misconduct calls we get are invariably because the police don't know enough about diabetes, or don't understand the importance of getting medical help immediately.
Honestly, stuff like (Doug's case) happens every day in every city in the US.
DM) So you're constantly coming to the rescue. But didn't the ADA urge Doug to counter-sue?
MG) I don't know where you got that information about counter-suing.
Our concern is primarily with the criminal aspect of it. We don't believe having a low blood glucose is criminal conduct. The reports showed clearly that there was a medical problem, and the police didn't recognize it. Our advice is first and foremost to help get the person with diabetes out of the case, so they don't go to jail. Whether they choose to take the offensive and sue the police later on is a separate issue.
They could still be guilty of "negligence" for purposes of a civil lawsuit. For example, in incidents of car accidents, did the drivers get into the car already low?
We're not in the business of excusing inappropriate conduct. We're in the business of protecting people when they are being singled out for their disease and treated unfairly because of it.
DM) Understood. But isn't the ADA also working to help train police to better deal with diabetes-related situations?
MG) Yes, as the number of people with diabetes mushrooms, and use of insulin skyrockets, this is only gonna get bigger. They are going to be forced to prepare their personnel better.
After the case in Philadelphia where a number of people with diabetes died in police custody, we created a police training video and sent it out to thousands of police departments around the country. We're also looking at offering live training seminars.
DM) I've actually viewed that video, and it still seems hard to discriminate between the symptoms of hypoglycemia and say, drugs or alcohol...
MG) It's not black and white. It's definitely a judgment call. The issue is, how quickly do they escalate the situation to the use of force? Do they look for a medical ID bracelet? Do they call for medical backup? Training includes everything from keeping sugar soda available to posters in the station house to better tracking of the medical conditions of people brought in.
I guess the training was a success: no one's died in Philadelphia in recent years because they were not given their insulin. And the lag time in getting (patients) to people who could treat their diabetes is much, much better.
DM) OK, so if one of our community is arrested during a hypoglycemic episode we can really call you?
MG) We have enough money in our slush fund to get you out of any jail. It's called bail money.
Thank you, Michael, and staff at the ADA Legal Advocacy Fund. You have no idea how comforting that is :)


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Clutching a game ball in his right hand, Donovan McNabb told his teammates during a victory speech that the
Philadelphia Eagles made a mistake letting him go.
Considering that Michael Vick is hurt and the offense has struggled with Kevin Kolb, plenty of others might agree.
McNabb threw for 125 yards and one touchdown, leading the Washington Redskins to a 17-12 victory over the Eagles on Sunday in his first game against his former team.
"Everyone makes mistakes in life, and they made one last year," McNabb said.
Vick was forced out in the first quarter with chest and rib injuries in his first start in front of the hometown crowd. Kolb was supposed to be McNabb's successor all along, but lost the starting job when he got hurt in Week 1.
So, the McNabb-Vick showdown turned into the McNabb-Kolb matchup everyone originally anticipated. But this one didn't live up to the hype.
On a field where he made so many dynamic plays, McNabb looked more like a game-manager than an elite player. A six-time Pro Bowl pick in 11 seasons with the Eagles, McNabb didn't get much of a chance to showcase his skills because coach Mike Shanahan used a conservative approach and relied on the ground attack.
"You get into a throwing game especially here, in this environment with the crowd, usually you're in for a long day," Shanahan said. "So you have to establish the run."
That meant McNabb turned around and handed off -- again and again. It's an unfamiliar role for McNabb, who used to throw more than any quarterback when he played for the Eagles.
Washington had 169 yards rushing, including 55 by Clinton Portis before he left with a groin injury. Ryan Torain had 70 yards rushing and one TD while McNabb threw 19 passes, completing eight and getting intercepted once.
The only stat that matters, though, is the win.
"The thing about it is that it's about winning ballgames and that is one that I take pride in," said McNabb, whose Redskins snapped a two-game losing skid, improving to 2-0 in the NFC East. The Eagles (2-2) are winless at home.
McNabb ran onto the field with the rest of his team during pregame introductions. When his name was announced, he got a standing ovation, patted his heart and raised his right hand up to salute the crowd. He then hugged Vick, who signed with the Eagles last year after McNabb lobbied for him.
McNabb had a love-hate relationship with Philly fans, so many wondered what type of reception he would receive. While some outside the stadium booed and carried signs that read "McChoke," it was an overwhelmingly positive response.
"I was happy with the way they gave me a standing ovation at the beginning," McNabb said.
McNabb led the Eagles (2-2) to five NFC championship games and one Super Bowl -- a 24-21 loss to New England in February 2005. He was traded to Washington in April, paving the way for Kolb to be the starter.
Kolb sustained a concussion in the season opener, though, and Vick played so well he forced coach Andy Reid to make a flip-flop decision and keep him in. Now, Vick's status is uncertain and it's unknown what Reid will do when he's healthy.
Vick, who did not speak to the media, will have an MRI exam Monday.
"I know he's sore, I can tell you that, or else he would have been out there," Reid said.
Kolb said he was given no indication that he might start next week at San Francisco. He briefly spoke with Vick about the injuries.
"He just said he was in some pain and explained the injury just a little bit," Kolb said.
Kolb threw a 5-yard touchdown pass to Brent Celek to pull the Eagles to 17-12 with 4:10 left. The 2-point conversion failed when Kolb's pass fell incomplete.
On Washington's next possession, McNabb scrambled 18 yards on third-and-4 to keep the drive going. The Eagles got the ball back at their own 26 with 1:07 left and no timeouts, and Kolb's first throw should've been intercepted, but it was dropped by Carlos Rogers.
Kolb then drove Philadelphia to the Redskins 32, a double-lateral after a short pass got the Eagles there. But his desperation heave into the end zone on the final play bounced out of Jason Avant's hands and was intercepted by DeAngelo Hall.
Kolb finished 22 of 35 for 201 yards with one TD and one interception.
McNabb handed off five straight times before attempting his first pass, a deep one to Fred Davis that went through his hands. On his next pass later in that drive, McNabb made a perfect throw over the middle to Chris Cooley for a 31-yard touchdown and a 14-0 lead.
Vick got hurt on a 23-yard run to the Redskins 1 that was negated by a holding penalty on Max Jean-Gilles. Vick dodged and darted through the defense, eluding several tackles along the way. He took two hard hits, getting sandwiched between Kareem Moore and former teammate Hall.
After a short completion by Kolb, David Akers kicked a 49-yard field goal to cut it to 14-3.
McNabb's best throw was a 57-yard completion -- the ball traveled 56 in the air -- to Anthony Armstrong on third-and-15 in the second quarter. It set up Graham Gano's 26-yard field goal that made it 17-3.
Kolb drove the Eagles inside Washington's 1 in the final minute of the first half. After calling a timeout to set up a play on fourth down, the Eagles somehow got called for a delay of game penalty and had to settle for Akers kicking a 23-yarder to cut it to 17-6.


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For about the past year or so I have been encouraging our head pro to carry FJ shirts in our pro shop. He has carried shirts and outerwear with other courses logos at discounted prices and has done well in sales. He informed me today that he is getting ready to order FJ shirts with our course logo on the shirts to sell in the pro shop. Persistence pays off.
Good job, Chuck. Persistence, Squeaky wheel, or Pain in the... Whatever it takes.
I am sure the other members will appreciate your behind the scene influence on apparel stocking decisions.
Way to break him down Chuck. Make sure to tell all your friends!
I have a similar tale to Chuck's but it involved a business in New Jersey, while I lived there.
The product was Scotch though…
Never thought to try it with FJ shirts. Good idea.
Tar HeelWay to break him down Chuck. Make sure to tell all your friends!
Whenever he received the other FJ shirts and outerwear in the shop I was his best saleperson. I would call all my golf buddies to let them know that the FJs are in the we would buy him out in hopes he would buy some more. At $29.95 they were a steal and that included the lined sweaters and rainwear. They had carried FJ shoes and Titleist/FJ caps and Titleist balls but really glad to see our logo on the FJ shirts. Baby steps, Randy........
Good job Chuck. I'm planning to do the same to the pro at my course in Sunset Beach. They just recently were sold in bankruptcy court, so before that I wasn't pushing because I knew his hands were tied in what he could order. But now things are looking up and they are putting money in to the courses. So I think now is the time to start pushing for FJ shirts with my courses logo!
Most businesses respond to customer demand, from grocery stores to liquor stores to golf pro shops. Good old supply and demand. If demand increases, an increase in supply should follow.
I have done the same w my pro over the last two years. I said you need to have quality products that players will recognize and trust.
2014 was his biggest FJ order placed! Glad to help the cause and spend my Ambassador love for FJ to all who play
Sadly, as hard as I try, my course and shop doesn't carry anything except a few pairs of FJ shoes. Mostly because people ask for them. I try and try, but since all the Professionals are 3 Stripes players, well let's just say I'm stymied.
So I support my favorite FJ Staff Professional Rick, who is better than a local rep for me! On my speed dialer too!
Chuck you may save Devin's job with the extra sales.
Great job Chuck...you're going to be a great Ambassador very soon!!!
Chuck, I may have to place an order through you and your Pro Shop. Great prices and I know because I find deals. I haven't had a bad FootJoy product to date. From head to toe Footjoy has you covered in quality!
Our club is predominately FJ apparel so I guess we are pretty fortunate.
Good Job Chuck,
I guess I am lucky in that my Pro Shop carries predominately FJ / Titleist gear, a few other manufactures are present, but we can always get the good stuff (FJ / Titleist). The catalog is on display next to the shoe rack for all the browse thru.


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IUPUC—Indiana University-Purdue University Columbus—has delivered high-quality undergraduate and graduate degree programs aligned with and responsive to regional educational needs since 1970. Applications are being accepted for a full-time Executive Director of Administration and Finance.
The Executive Director of Administration and Finance serves as a senior administrator for Indiana University-Purdue University Columbus (IUPUC). The primary responsibilities of this position are to manage the fiscal affairs of IUPUC, ensuring the proper assessment, collection, depositing, and distribution of all campus income. This position provides budgetary direction and support to all campus units and ensures that budget controls are in place and all academic divisions and campus offices are in compliance. In addition, this position provides oversight for all administrative areas of IUPUC to include facility services, human resources, security, special events, parking services, and the café and has direct supervisory responsibility of the directors and/or managers of these departments. As a senior administrator, this position is an integral part of the strategic planning of IUPUC by collecting and analyzing institutional data to identify trends and opportunities for growth. Collaborates with the Vice Chancellor and other senior administrators to develop and implement strategies that reflect the mission, vision, and values of IUPUC. Serves as IUPUC's representative for both internal and external constituents (e.g., university meetings, working partnership with the Community Education Coalition of Columbus, and various companies doing business with IUPUC) and provides leadership in the development of programs, facilities, and entrepreneurial activities.
REQUIREMENTS: Master's degree is preferred; bachelor's degree is required plus six to eight years of experience in higher education financial affairs, including the ability to create, develop, and interpret business practice policies. In addition, strong skills are required in the following areas: finance/accounting, computer/technical, and documented supervisory experience. Strong written and verbal communication skills, initiative and creativity, and professionalism, including a cheerful attitude and a good work ethic are required. Applicants must be able to work with both internal and external audiences. Experience with IU financial systems is preferred.
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Fundamentals of Acting (3) Introduction to the art and craft of acting for non-theatre majors.
THEA 102 Fundamentals of Acting (3)
(BA) This course meets the Bachelor of Arts degree requirements.
THEA 102 aims to introduce the student to basic principles of the art and craft of acting, focusing on HOW and WHY actors do what they do in preparation of and for a performance less than on the attainment of performace skills themselves. Students will become acquainted with acting processes, theatre terminology, script analysis, improvisation, and other fundamentals to give them a more inclusive sense of the totality of the actor's work as craftsperson and artist. In so doing, the student actors must tap their own powers of concentration, observation, creativey, and imagination. A major focus in the course is the development of the ability to analyze one's own work and the work of peers in the class. Problem-solving in solo, paired, and/or large group contexts is a daily requirement in class.
THEA 102 is NOT an acting course designed to develop fine actors; it is a course ABOUT acting. Thus, the course objectives are these:
1. To introduce the concept of acting as a process and craft.
2. To develop an understanding of acting skills, script and character analysis, and theatre/acting terminology.
3. To heighten powers of observation, focus, invention, imagination, and the ability to accurately and positively analyze and critique peer's work.
4. To experience the commitment and discipline that acting requires.
5. To learn how best to score, interpret, and use the script as the fundamental source or criterion for truthful behavior on stage.
Educational strategies: to accomplish the above objectives, a variety of strategies will be employed, including lectures, discussions, readings from the text, instructor critiques of student work(s), experiential activities that require full student commitment and participation, presentation of assignments after significant rehearsal outside of class, and other preparations and teaching strategies as necessary and appropriate.
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Viruses composed of a nucleocapsid and a double-stranded linear DNA genome. There are 55 described types of adenovirus that infect humans, which are responsible for 5–10 percent of upper respiratory infections in children, and many infections in adults as well.
A large Y-shaped protein used by the immune system to identify and neutralize foreign objects like bacteria and viruses.
Antiretroviral Therapy (ART)
A process in which multiple anti-retroviral drugs are taken in combination.
The failure of an organism to recognize its own constituent parts as self, which allows an immune response against its own cells and tissues.
B cell
Lymphocytes that play a large role in the humoral immune response (as opposed to the cell-mediated immune response, which is governed by T cells). The principal functions of B cells are to make antibodies against antigens, perform the role of antigen-presenting cells (APCs) and eventually develop into memory B cells after activation by antigen interaction. B cells are an essential component of the adaptive immune system.
The application of computer science and information technology to the field of biology. Bioinformatics entails the use of databases, algorithms, computational and statistical techniques and theory to solve formal and practical problems arising from the management and analysis of biological data.
A molecule used as an indicator of a biological state, such as the presence of disease. Protein biomarkers, such as the one detected in the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test, for example, can predict the development of cancer (in this case, prostate cancer). Biomarkers could also take the form of gene expression patterns—a "snapshot" of all the active genes at a given time—or the presence of specific gene mutations, which may dictate a treatment regimen.
A mass of cells capable of growth and regeneration into organs or body parts. Blastema are usually found in fetal development and in the regeneration of organs, bone, and tissues.
Cancer Biology
The study of the origins and biological processes involved in human cancers and how those processes differ from those in normal, healthy cells.
Cancer Vaccines
Vaccines designed to prevent the further development of a patient's cancer by stimulating an immune response to them.
The combination of DNA and related proteins found within the nucleus of cells.
A single piece of coiled DNA containing many genes, regulatory elements and other nucleotide sequences, found in the nucleus of cells. Chromosomes also contain DNA-bound proteins, which serve to package the DNA and control its functions.
Computational Genomics
The use of computational analysis to decipher biology from genome sequences and related data.
Small cell-signaling protein molecules that are secreted by the glial cells of the nervous system and by numerous cells of the immune system and are a category of signaling molecules used extensively in intercellular communication.
Cytomegalovirus (CMV)
A viral genus of the viral group known as Herpesviridae. Research now links CMV to a number of different forms of cancer including breast, colon, and a form of brain cancer known as glioblastoma.
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The study of the process by which organisms grow and develop. Such development involves complex timing of genetic events that dictate when, where, and how certain tissue grow. The field has contributed to a greater understanding of stem cells, epigenetics, and how genetic aberrations can lead to disease.
Deoxyribonucleic acid or DNA, is a nucleic acid that contains the genetic instructions used in the development and functioning of all known living organisms. DNA is made up of long chains of subunits called nucleotides, the sequence of these nucleotides can encode instructions for making proteins and other molecules.
DNA Transcription
The process of creating a complementary RNA copy of a sequence of DNA. The messenger RNA transcript can then be edited, used as a set of instructions in the synthesis of new proteins, or even serve in biological process directly.
DNA Translation
Part of the overall process of gene expression. In translation, messenger RNA (mRNA) produced by transcription is decoded by the ribosome to produce a specific amino acid chain, or polypeptide, that will later fold into an active protein.
Drosophila Melanogaster
The common fruit fly. Its ease-of-use and rapid breeding have made the fruitfly a useful model for studying genetics.
Dynamic Stemness
A phrase coined by Wistar researcher Meenhard Herlyn to describe the ability of any given melanoma cell to take on the role of a cell-growing cancer stem cell, thereby replenishing tumors that may otherwise have been decimated by targeted therapeutics.
Proteins that catalyze (i.e., increase the rates of) chemical reactions.
The study of heritable changes in phenotype (appearance) or gene expression caused by mechanisms other than changes in the underlying DNA sequence.
Epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT)
A process that causes epithelial cells to change into mesenchymal cells, which carry with them capabilities often associated with metastic cancers. Studying this transition can help researchers design new therapeutics to stop the progress of metastatic cancer.
Experimental Therapeutics
The science of turning the basic processes and mechanisms of human biology into new, more effective drugs and medical devices.
Fibroblast Activation Proteins
A protein thought to be involved in the control of fibroblast growth and could have a direct role in cancer metastases.
Type of cell that synthesizes the extracellular matrix and collagen, the structural framework for animal tissues, and plays a critical role in wound healing. Fibroblasts are the most common cells of connective tissue in animals.
Gene Expression
How information encoded within DNA becomes an active molecule, particularly a protein. Expressed genes are generally ones being actively "read" by molecules bound to DNA.
Proteins found in the cell nucleus that package and order the DNA into structural units called nucleosomes. They are the chief protein components of chromatin, acting as spools around which DNA winds, and play a role in gene regulation. Proteins that modify or alter histones can, in turn, modify or alter gene expression.
A broad branch of biomedical science that covers the study of all aspects of the immune system.
A complex response to infection, wounds, or other irritants by cells to initiate the healing process. Without inflammation, wounds or infections could never heal. Inflammation can also contribute to the spread of certain types of cancer, either by helping to sustain the tumor microenvironment or suppressing the immune response to tumors.
Commonly referred to as the flu, is an infectious disease caused by RNA viruses of the family Orthomyxoviridae that affects birds and mammals.
Innate Immunity
Consists of the cells and mechanisms that defend the host from infection by other organisms in a non-specific manner. This could come in the form of barriers to infection, such as skin, or to "complementary" proteins that aid in the general immune response.
Kinase Signaling
A process that helps coordinate and amplify communications between cells. Kinases are enzymes, and their activities help coordinate complex processes in the body.
Long non-coding RNA
As non-protein coding transcripts longer than 200 nucleotides. They are non-coding in the sense that they do not encode proteins; instead they can have an effect on cellular processes on their own. Wistar's Ramin Shiekhattar, Ph.D., has determined that these RNA molecules can have a promoter effect on particular genes, signaling the cell to "read" specific gene sequences.
Is the tendency of a medical condition, especially tumors, to become progressively worse and to potentially result in death.
Is a malignant tumor of melanocytes. Melanocytes are cells that produce the dark pigment, melanin, which is responsible for the color of skin. They predominantly occur in skin, but are also found in other parts of the body, including the bowel and the eye. Melanoma can occur in any part of the body that contains melanocytes.
Is the set of chemical reactions that happen in living organisms to maintain life. Broadly speaking, metabolism is the process by which organisms transform food into energy and use that energy to create new proteins and other molecules. These processes allow organisms to grow and reproduce, maintain their structures, and respond to their environments.
The spread of a disease throughout the body, particularly in cancer.
Are short ribonucleic acid (RNA) molecules that often have a "gene silencing" effect, thereby suppressing the expression of a particular gene.
Molecular Pathgenesis
Is the study of cellular events and mechanisms that occur in both the development of disease and what goes wrong during autoimmunity.
In humans, it is a tumor suppressor protein involved in Neurofibromatosis type II, a familial cancer disorder. NF2 is typically caused by mutations in the merlin (Moesin-Ezrin-Radixin-Like Protein) gene.
Pluripotent Stem Cells
A stem cell that has the potential to differentiate into any tissue type.
The large-scale study of proteins, particularly their structures and functions.
A viral disease that causes acute encephalitis (inflammation of the brain) in warm-blooded animals. In the 20th century, The Wistar Institute created two new rabies vaccines: an improved vaccine for humans and an oral vaccine that can be used in baits to vaccinate wildlife.
Like DNA, RNA is made up of a long chain of components called nucleotides. RNA molecules play an active role in cells by catalyzing biological reactions, controlling gene expression, or sensing and communicating responses to cellular signals. Unlike DNA, most RNA molecules are single-stranded. Single-stranded RNA molecules adopt very complex three-dimensional structures, since they are not restricted to the repetitive double-helical form of double-stranded DNA. RNA is made within living cells by RNA polymerases, enzymes that act to copy a DNA or RNA template into a new RNA strand through processes known as transcription or RNA replication, respectively.
The most common cause of severe diarrhea among infants and young children, and a leading cause of death of children in developing nations. The Wistar Institute worked with Paul Offit, M.D., of the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia to develop a vaccine against rotavirus.
Commonly known as German measles, is transmitted via airborne droplet emission from the upper respiratory tract of active cases. The Wistar Institute's rubella vaccine is now part of the routine childhood vaccinations.
Signal Transduction
The process by which a molecular signal from outside the cell activated a receptor on the cell membrane that, in turn, transmits the signal to molecules within the cell, thereby generating a response.
T Cell
A white blood cell (lymphocyte) that plays a central role in cell-mediated immunity.
A region of repetitive DNA sequence at the end of a chromosome, which protects the end of the chromosome from deterioration or from fusion with neighboring chromosomes. The gradual erosion of telomeres is regarded as a key cause of aging. Cancer cells, however, often find ways to preserve their telomeres.
Translational Research
A way of thinking about and conducting scientific research to make the results of research applicable to the population under study and is practiced in the natural and biological, behavioral, and social sciences. Translational research transforms scientific discoveries arising from laboratory, clinical, or population studies into clinical applications to reduce cancer incidence, morbidity, and mortality.
Tumor Biology
The study of tumors focusing on the role that genes, hormones and naturally occurring tumor suppressors play in the growth of tumors.
Tumor Microenvironment
The biological surroundings in which tumors grow. The tumor microenvironment supplies nutrients and structure to growing tumors, and often consist of otherwise healthy cells–even immune cells—that have been "co-opted" by the tumor.
A biological preparation that improves immunity to a particular disease. A vaccine typically contains an agent that resembles a disease-causing microorganism, and is often made from weakened or killed forms of the microbe or its toxins.
Vehicle used to transfer genetic material to a target cell. In epidemiology, the vector could be in the form of an insect, such as the mosquito, which carries the single-cell organism that causes malaria. In molecular biology, a vector can be any virus or membrane-enclosure that can shuttle DNA to targeted cells.
The study of viruses and virus-like agents: their structure, classification and evolution, their ways to infect and exploit cells for virus reproduction, the diseases they cause, the techniques to isolate and culture them, and their use in research and therapy.


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Maverick swoops into Chehaw
Thu, 31 May 2012 13:37:57 GMT —
Little Maverick is a juvenile red shouldered hawk and the newest member of the Chehaw family.
"He came to us from department of natural resources he was actually picked up by someone who thought he might make a good pet and since he is a wild animal he does not make a good pet," said Jackie Entz, education coordinator at Chehaw Wild Animal Park.
Maverick doesn't think of himself as a bird anymore, he's been around humans too much which is dangerous for a bird of prey.
"He can't be released into the wild because he doesn't know how to fend for himself as far as getting any food and he's also lost that fear of people and for an education bird that can be good but for a wild animal that can be really harmful," said Entz.
Being part of the education collection means Maverick won't be in a normal exhibit at the zoo. Instead he will be brought out during special programs and taken to schools. Try to see him soon because little Maverick is growing up quickly.
"He's still got this dandelion fluff going on at the top of his head, those were his baby downey feathers and he's slowly loosing the rest of those and he's developing this darker adult plumage or the feathers that's he'll use to fly around and like i said he's finally comfortable on his feet just like a kid learning to walk."


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FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — A milk formula for babies made by Gerber Products can reduce the risk of atopic dermatitis, and Gerber has the Food and Drug Administration's permission to say so.
Gerber said Thursday that its Good Start milk-based formulas were the first and only infant formulas to meet the FDA's criteria for a qualified health claim. The partially hydrolyzed formula may reduce a baby's risk of developing atopic dermatitis in the first year.
"For healthy infants who are not exclusively breast-fed and who have a family history of allergy, feeding a 100% whey protein partially hydrolyzed infant formula from birth up to 4 months instead of a formula containing intact cow's milk proteins may reduce the risk of developing atopic dermatitis throughout the first year of life," the FDA's official language read. "[The] FDA has concluded that the relationship between 100% whey protein partially hydrolyzed infant formulas and the reduced risk of atopic dermatitis is uncertain, because there is little scientific evidence for the relationship."
Such groups as the American Academy of Pediatrics, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and the American Academy of Allergy Asthma and Immunology have said certain hydrolyzed protein infant formulas can reduce the risk of the condition, particularly in infants with a family history of allergy.


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Nexus S 4g from Asurion
Why is it only $50 to replace the NEXUS s 4g through asurion when the epic and the evo cost 100?? That does not make any sense! I had to replace mine because it was stolen and it the deductible was onl $50!!
For some reason, the Optimus is $50 too, but at least that one is only $300 msrp.
We try not to make too much sense off Asurion's policies...
No i spoke with like 3 different ones, and they all said the same thing. Im not complaining, i just thought it was wierd...they did too. I was worried I wasn't gonna get the right phone, but it arrived brand new.


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the room was clean and nice, we got a great price through Hotwire, the bed was very comfortable, however there were people there were very noisy and the walls were not real well insulated, you could hear the people in the rooms next to you.
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Taiwan confirmed an H7N9 bird flu infection in a traveler returning to the island from China, the first incidence of the killer virus spreading outside the mainland.
A 53-year-old Taiwanese man tested positive for the strain of avian flu after a business trip to the eastern city of Suzhou and returning to Taiwan via Shanghai, Minister of Health Chiu Wen-ta said at a briefing in Taipei Monday. The patient, who is in critical condition in an isolation room, didn't come into contact with birds and poultry, Chiu said.
The first discovery of the virus outside China, 10 years after an outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome, or SARS, may lead to increased scrutiny of travelers into and out of the country. Taiwan's largest trade partner is battling to control spreading of the virus, which so far has killed 23, according to data compiled by Bloomberg from reports released by the government and World Health Organization.
"With any new influenza virus that emerges, the concern is that it could genetically mutate to become easily transmissible between human beings," Raina MacIntyre, a professor of infectious diseases at the University of New South Wales, said in an interview before the announcement of Taiwan's confirmed case. "With all past pandemics, and even with SARS, they were spread around the world by travel." No Exposure Suzhou is in Jiangsu province, where more than 20 cases of the new bird flu strain have been reported. China has tallied 109 infections since the virus was discovered in March.
Taiwan's Centers for Disease Control said in a statement that the infected male "had not been exposed to birds and poultry during his stay in Suzhou and had not consumed undercooked poultry or eggs." He developed his illness three days after returning to Taiwan and came in contact with at least 139 people including 110 hospital workers, according to the CDC.
Authorities are monitoring three medical staff who have exhibited symptoms of upper respiratory infection after coming in contact with the patient wearing protective gear, it said. Three others who came in contact without wearing protective gear have shown no symptoms, and are also being monitored.
In respect to human-to-human transmission, "absence of evidence is not evidence of absence," said Ian Mackay, an associate professor of clinical virology at the University of Queensland in Brisbane, in an e-mail late Monday.
Past Experience "There is also no publicly available data to indicate that H7N9 is not easily transmitted via a human-to-human route," Mackay said. "If there is any tiny upside to this news tonight, it's that perhaps we will see this testing conducted." The SARS virus, which killed more than 770 worldwide, arrived in Taiwan from China in February 2003 before infecting 346 people locally. There's no evidence that H7N9 is easily transmitted among people, the WHO has said.
Infection control in Taiwan works fast as a result of its previous experience with SARS, Minister of Health Chiu told Bloomberg News. The discovery of H7N9 comes exactly a decade after SARS forced a shutdown and quarantine of an entire Taipei hospital. Administrators at Hoping Hospital were tried in court and found not guilty of an alleged cover-up of infections that led to the spread of the virus, the Taipei-based Liberty Times reported.


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FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — A woman was hit with her own car by a man who was supposed to be her friend, according to a Forsyth County Sheriff's incident report.
On May 14, a passerby called deputies when they saw a woman in front of Jamestown subdivision in Alpharetta injured and screaming in pain.
The victim said her friend hit her with her car after they got into an argument.
The woman said she allowed him to drive her to work, and he wanted to use the car while she was working.
She told the driver, 'no' and he took off and drove around while they argued. The woman said she got out of the car after he "made physically aggressive gestures" toward her and walked away from the car. That is when the woman said he struck her with the car. Deputies say the woman's leg was broken and she was taken North Fulton Hospital.
Deputies tracked the car to an apartment complex in DeKalb County.
The suspect's whereabouts is unknown.


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by DAVID GREEN
Fayette has a new interim mayor in place until the general election in November.
Craig Rower was chosen unanimously to fill the position vacated by Anita Van Zile who gave up her post at the end of 2008.
Village attorney Mark Hagans attended the regular council meeting Thursday to explain the procedure for filling the office.
When a mayor resigns, the council president pro tempore fills the role until the next regularly scheduled election, which is in November.
Because Paul Shaffer's role as council president expired Dec. 31, Rower was actually elected council president rather than mayor.
Since Fayette's population is less than 2,000, Hagans said, the council president pro tempore has the option of leaving his council seat vacant until November or appointing a new councilor.
"I'll probably let council make the decision," Rower said Friday.
If the other council members favor adding a sixth member, then candidates will be interviewed, he said.
If Rower is absent from a meeting, council will appoint a temporary chairperson to fill his role for the night.
Rower joined council in August 2005 when he was appointed to fill a vacant seat.
Fayette's council could have a new look after November. In addition to choosing a mayor, voters will elect four council members. The terms of Rower, Shaffer, Jerry Gonzales and Ken Dolphous all expire this year.
COMMITTEES—Rower made the following committee assignments for 2009:
• Public Works—Shaffer, Delphous, Mike Maginn.
• Public Safety—Gonzales, Shaffer, Ruth Marlatt.
• Finance—Shaffer, Delphous, Gonzalez.
• Governmental Affairs—Maginn, Marlatt, Delphous.
Delphous will continue as council's representative on the cemetery board.
Marlatt and village administrator Amy Metz were appointed to the Fulton County Community Improvement Corporation.
LEAKS—Village workers tracked down three leaks in the water system after observing an abnormally high pumping rate. One of the leaks was inside a foreclosed house, Metz said.
COMPLAINTS—Metz said four residents called to express their concern about lowering the amount of water softener salt. The system will be evaluated this month.
Complaints also came in regarding the elimination of leaf and brush collection. Council will take a look at first quarter tax revenues before making a decision about reinstating the service.
For the year, income tax revenue decreased $31,319 from the previous year, leading council to make several budget cuts for 2009.
Unpaid water and sewer accounts stood at $5,681 at the end of the year. About half of those with delinquent accounts have called the village office to discuss full or partial payment.
RECORDS CLERK—Council voted 3-2 to change the status of the records clerk from a subcontractor to a part-time employee. Dolphous and Shaffer opposed the motion.
Dee Ferguson serves as clerk for $15 an hour. Her work will continue until all of the old records are examined and sorted.
SIDEWALKS—The annual inspection schedule for sidewalks was pushed back a year due to economic conditions.
The application for Safe Routes to School funding for sidewalk work was withdrawn for 2009 to allow additional planning.
TREES—The village tree commission is being revived after inactivity during the past two years. Four village residents are sought to join Eugene Rosinski on the commission. Other residents are invited to attend meetings.
The commission evaluates the health of trees in the village and makes recommendations for trimming and planting. Interest was expressed at the meeting about obtaining Tree City status.


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Consumers wary of metered plans
As broadband providers scrap unlimited data plans in favor of pricing based on consumption, the FCC is under growing pressure to decipher whether Internet service providers are reasonably managing their networks — or snuffing out competitors like Netflix.
It's a problem partly of the FCC's own making — and one lawmakers could soon hear about.
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When the commission adopted net neutrality rules in December, FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski publicly embraced metered pricing. He was signaling his sincerity that ISPs should be allowed to manage their networks in a reasonable way, even as the commission moved to impose net neutrality rules that would force providers to treat all traffic equally.
But the rush by Internet providers in recent months to end all-you-can-eat data is producing a dangerous side effect, critics say: potentially crippling the booming market for so-called over-the-top video and other data-rich services from Netflix and other providers.
Now consumer groups are calling on the FCC to investigate the practice of metered pricing, arguing that there isn't any justification for it.
Rationing capacity on the Internet this way is "a means for Internet service providers to charge more for less," said Harold Feld, legal director of the consumer advocacy group Public Knowledge. He claimed that no one knows the effect of data usage on networks.
"It is all one big black box," Feld said.
The mounting criticism by consumer groups comes as a growing number of Web providers are imposing usage limits on users. The latest example is AT&T, which announced Friday that it would slow the speeds of its heaviest wireless users as a means of relieving network congestion — a practice known as throttling.
FCC representatives declined to say whether they will investigate. But one agency official shed some light on the agency's thinking.
"The FCC has recognized that, in a competitive market, usage-based pricing can benefit consumers, including by enabling consumers who use less to pay less," the official said. "At the same time, the commission is always concerned about anti-consumer or anti-competitive practices and takes potential concerns in this area seriously."
ISPs say tiered pricing reflects the basic principle that people should pay for what they use.
"Usage-based pricing ensures that the vast majority of customers are not forced to subsidize the enormous data consumption of a very small minority of broadband users," Wayne Watts, AT&T's general counsel, wrote in a recent op-ed in The Wall Street Journal. It "also creates the right incentives for efficiency and innovation."
The FCC's net neutrality order, adopted in December, did not explicitly endorse usage-based Internet pricing. But Genachowski made his feelings known.


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The iPad mini and iPad 4th generation are all set to be launched in India today. And it seems that the price for the iPad mini isn't so pricey after all, at least where the basic version is concerned. The new iPod touch is also out and it costs more than the mini !
According to this Tech2 report, the iPad mini's 16GB Wi-Fi only version will cost Rs 21,900.
The 32GB and 64GB versions will be available for Rs 27,900 and Rs 33,900 respectively. The iPad mini Wi-Fi + Cellular version will come with a starting price at Rs 29,900 for the 16GB version, while the 32GB version will be available for Rs 35,900. iPad mini, the 64GB Wi-Fi + Cellular version, won't come cheap with a starting price of Rs 41,900.
If the device is indeed priced at Rs 21,900 for the 16GB model, it will compete directly with the Nexus 7 which is priced below Rs 20,000. Remember Nexus 7 doesn't have 3G or Cellular connectivity either.
The fourth generation, 9.7-inch iPad with the Wi-Fi only will start at Rs 31,900, the 32GB model at Rs 37,900, and the 64GB version at Rs 43,900.
The Wi-Fi + Cellular iPad 16GB version will start at Rs 39,900; the 32GB tablet will cost Rs 45,900; and the 64GB variant will cost Rs 51,900.
The fifth generation iPod touch is also out. And the price for that is Rs 23,900 for the 32 GB version while the 64 GB version is available for Rs 30,900.
The 8GB version of the 4th generation iPod Touch has been discontinued. To know all features of the iPad mini and the iPad 4th generation click here.
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What Irks El Al Passengers
Last week El Al (TASE: ELAL) published its financial statement for the first quarter of 2007, and revealed four claims against the airline. Two have already been approved as class actions. And no, none are about the food.
El Al's lawyers say in the report that they can't gauge how likely the claims are to succeed. Therefore, the airline has made no provisions to cover possible costs if it loses. However, if it loses the lot, the accountants note that the claims could cost El Al $176.2 million altogether. One has to conclude that if even a single one succeeds, the carrier is in for rough weather.
What aroused consumers from their torpor? The answers are: being forced to pay in foreign currency when buying tickets using credit cards - and being forced to pay a conversion fee; the high exchange rates that the airline chooses to use; a "passenger fee" at an exchange rate other than the representative rate; and the airline's habit of charging security fees even when it is not flying the lines itself.
What happens when you use credit cards to buy tickets
Not what you thought, possibly.
In March 2007, a complaint filed at the Tel Aviv District Court - which seeks permission to be a class action - claims that customers buying tickets directly from El Al, using credit cards, are required to pay in foreign currency rather than in shekels, and are therefore slammed by the credit card companies with a foreign currency conversion fee of 2% of the ticket price.
Charging in foreign currency rather than shekels breaks the Consumer Protection law, say the plaintiffs, and adding the conversion fee breaches the rule requiring the charge to consumers to be the total price. The company should bear the conversion fee, say the plaintiffs.
The plaintiff wants all conversion fees back, and wants the court to prohibit El Al from continuing to charge in foreign currency and roll the fees onto its customers.
High security charges on code-shared flights
In January this year, El Al was hit with an NIS 483 million class action motion in Jerusalem, over its $8 security charge per passenger - on flights that it is not even providing itself. Other airlines are, through code-sharing arrangements.
Among other things the plaintiffs accuse the airline of bad faith, and demand it repay them the security fee plus NIS 500 each as compensation.
That pesky exchange rate - I
This NIS 230 million claim dates from October 1998 and is being heard in Nazareth. The company overcharges for tickets bought through agents, through using exchange rates that are higher than the representative rate, say the plaintiffs.
In 2002 the court approved the motion as a class action, finding that El Al had sold tickets denominated in dollars, based on an exchange rate that was indeed higher than the official rate at the time.
El Al has asked for permission to appeal.
That pesky exchange rate - II
In September 1999, a Tel Aviv court started hearing an NIS 21.7 million claim against El Al and the Airports Authority, and Ophir Tours.
The plaintiff complained that Ophir had charged a 'passenger fee' at an inflated exchange rate, and that El Al and the regulator bore ultimate responsibility.
In 2002 the court approved it as a class action but then things got sticky. El Al asked for permission to appeal and in 2005, the Supreme Court frowned that the lower court had erred in the grounds for approving a class action. The plaintiff then asked to continue the lawsuit, based on consumer protection laws and the court has yet to hear her case.
El Al commented that out of the $176 million in motions, $116 million had not yet been approved as class actions.
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