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Our Major Publications
Ontario Insects– TEA Newsjournal
Ontario Lepidoptera--Annual Seasonal Summaries
Ontario Butterfly Atlas Online. This is the successor to our hardcover book, The Ontario Butterfly Atlas (1991).
Migrations and Unidirectional Movements of Dragonflies in Northeastern North America (2017) - an e-publication
The Pipevine Swallowtail: Life Cycle and Ecology (2012)
The Butterflies of Waterloo Region (2012)
The Bumble Bees of Algonquin Provincial Park: A Field Guide (2010)
Checklist of the Butterflies of the Toronto Region, 3rd edition, 2007
Checklist of Ontario Odonata, 2010
Ontario Odonata--Annual Seasonal Summaries
Non-TEA Publications About Ontario Butterflies
"Butterflies of Toronto" is part of the City of Toronto Biodiversity Booklet Series. A number of TEA members were part of the writing team. This 68-page full-colour booklet was released in 2011,and was revised and reprinted in 2015. Stocks may l be available for free distribution in some City of Toronto libraries -- North York Central would be the one possibility. The booklet contains 6 pages on good locations to observe butterflies in Toronto. Other publications in the series are Bees of Toronto and Spiders of Toronto.
The ROM Field Guide to Ontario Butterflies is another key source.
See also a 2001 study on the Bog Elfin produced for the Ontario government (MNRF), which is posted here by MNRF's permission. As noted in an article in our 2016 Ontario Lepidoptera pubication, the distribution of this species is currently under study.
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The TEA has at various times issued special purpose-publications. All of these are available for free download below:
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Wednesday, February 10, 2016
New release date for The Light Between Oceans
It looks like Disney wants to capitalize off of the Oscar nominations from both Michael Fassbender and his co-star, Alicia Vikander, by releasing their movie, The Light Between Oceans, on September 2, 2016. Previously announced dates were for the UK only which will have the film debut on screens in January 2017. I was hoping that the US release would be weeks or months earlier, and it has been confirmed now. I have not read the book by M. L. Stedman, it's not normally my cup of tea. But because of Michael being in the film adaptation, I'm more inclined to read it now.
In other news, the British Academy Film and Television Awards (BAFTA) are this Sunday, on Valentine's Day. Will the Brits be more warm towards Michael? I don't know, they have yet to truly recognize his talent as they are sadly so eager to mimic the Oscars. I think Michael will attend due to logistics, so stay tuned.
3 comments:
- Aurore La said...
I read the Light between Oceans, and it is really a good book, I read it in 2 days, my mom in one. The good critics are well desserved, I highly recommend it to you ! I do not know what do you mean by not your cup of tea, but if you afraid of the love story side, or a very cliché story don't be, it is not mine either, and the book is not either.
- February 11, 2016 at 2:35 PM
- Simone Cromer said...
Thanks Aurore La for the good word on the book. Love stories aren't my cup of tea, but I may give this a try because of the baby twist in it.
- February 11, 2016 at 3:21 PM
- Amy said...
It's worth a read if only to see how the film messes with the story (if it does). I too went into it thinking it would be a love story, but it actually made for quite an uncomfortable, maddening read! Having said that, I have a feeling the film could be better than the book, as I didn't find it terribly well written.
- February 15, 2016 at 4:50 PM


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Ivory Coast
The U.N. Security Council has decided to reduce the number of U.N. peacekeepers in Ivory Coast.
The body said that there has been considerable progress made in stabilizing the West African country where a civil war erupted five years ago.
The 15-nation council unanimously approved a resolution that called for decreasing the maximum number of peacekeepers to 4,000 from 5,437 by the end of March.
This move came after Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara won a second five-year term in October.
Ivory Coast emerged from a decade of political turmoil in 2011 following a brief civil war sparked by former President Laurent Gbagbo's refusal to recognize Ouattara's victory in an election in late 2010.
Ouattara has been recognized for reviving the economy of the world's top cocoa producer, which has grown by an average of about 9 percent over the past four years.
However, human rights group have accused his government of pursuing a policy of victors' justice in which they say Gbagbo's allies are prosecuted while alleged crimes committed during the war by Ouattara's backers go unpunished.


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Friday, November 26, 2010
19 comments:
- Lu said...
Rett, the bunting is absolutely beautiful!!! Makes me wish I could crochet!
- 9:08 am, November 26, 2010
- kathie said...
Wow, this is stunning Rett! What a lot of work has gone into it too!
- 11:43 am, November 26, 2010
- PaisleyJade said...
I love this - so pretty!!!
- 12:55 pm, November 26, 2010
- ria said...
what a beautiful happy colourful garland!!!love it!
- 5:09 pm, November 26, 2010
- "Never Knew" said...
So colourful! What a great project.
Caz :)
- 12:40 am, November 27, 2010
- Terrie said...
Sigh! So gorgeous! Your work is amazing.
- 8:26 am, November 27, 2010
- Pammy Sue said...
Gorgeous, gorgeous bunting! I love it. All of your stuff in your etsy shop is really pretty. What a talented lady you are. Very inspiring.
- 2:59 pm, November 27, 2010
- Hooked On Yarn said...
Love the tassels!
- 6:49 pm, November 27, 2010
- Mim Smith Faro said...
This is so beautiful! I think I know what my next project will be after I finish my Babette.
- 3:22 am, November 28, 2010
- Rett said...
Thanks everyone! It's been a quiet, rainy weekend here so I've managed to get quite a lot of granny triangles made. Maybe I can make enough bunting to decorate my place like this all the time? :)
- 1:28 pm, December 05, 2010
- The Clip Cafe said...
AHHHHH I want one! That is awesome!
- 7:45 pm, January 07, 2011
- Attic24 said...
Your bunting is utterly fabulous!!! Planning on writing a blog post soon about bunting, would you mind if i include one of your photos with a link to your blog?????
Thanks for the inspiration ♥
- 2:11 am, January 25, 2011
- Suz said...
Fabulous bunting....love them love your work
Hugs x
- 5:16 pm, January 28, 2011
- Zdolność-tworzenia said...
Cieszę się, że tu dotarłam. Bajeczny blog w tęczowych kolorach. Będę zagładać.
- 2:54 am, February 03, 2011
- Holiday Sparkle - Cyndi LaChance said...
Saw this in Pinterest! LOVE! :)
- 10:06 pm, June 04, 2011
- Sandra said...
I just adore your bunting and I've used one of your photos on my blog.
I very sorry that I forgot to ask you before I posted, I completely forgot before I pushed the button I'm afraid :(
I referenced you and linked to this post and to your site generally, so you have all proper credit and copyright etc. So I hope you won't mind. Of course, if you do please let me know and I'll remove or modify as necessary.
It's on my post titled Granny Heart Bunting on the linked web page if you want to check it out.
- 6:50 am, June 08, 2011
- Leanne said...
Not sure how I got here but I LOVE your bunting. Makes me think I should learn how to crochet.
- 9:17 am, September 09, 2011
- Jarka said...
beautiful - this will be my next crochet project! :) I could use some for my dorm room - my roommate is going crazy from all the decorations I have in here but I keep it all on my side of the room so she can't complain :D this will look beautiful on my side of the window ! thanks for inspiration! :)
- 1:15 am, January 18, 2012
- kathee.m said...
I love your bunting!!! Any chance you'd post the pattern? Thanks!
- 8:55 am, April 27, 2013


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Oh, it has been a wonderful weekend. To a normal person this would be considered a hectic weekend, but when you put everything into perspective, going from 6 dogs to 4 is a very welcome thing. I was able to open the windows and doors to the deck so that the dogs had free roam while I cleaned the pond. I vacuumed without any growls, and was able to clean the bathrooms without worrying about JB sticking his nose in the Clorox.
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In this sense, a 'valley' refers to the region in an electronic band structure where both electrons and holes are localized, and 'valley polarization' refers to the ratio of valley populations — an important metric applied in valleytronics research.
"A high degree of valley polarization has been theoretically predicted in TMDs yet experimental values are often low and vary widely," said Kathleen McCreary, Ph.D., lead author of the study. "It is extremely important to determine the origin of these variations in order to further our basic understanding of TMDs as well as advance the field of valleytronics."
Many of today's technologies (i.e. solid state lighting, transistors in computer chips, and batteries in cell phones) rely simply on the charge of the electron and how it moves through the material. However, in certain materials such as the monolayer TMDs, electrons can be selectively placed into a chosen electronic valley using optical excitation.
"The development of TMD materials and hybrid 2D/3D heterostructures promises enhanced functionality relevant to future Department of Defense missions," said Berend Jonker, Ph.D., principal investigator of the program. "These include ultra-low power electronics, non-volatile optical memory, and quantum computation applications in information processing and sensing."
The growing fields of spintronics and valleytronics aim to use the spin or valley population, rather than only charge, to store information and perform logic operations. Progress in these developing fields has attracted the attention of industry leaders, and has already resulted in products such as magnetic random access memory that improve upon the existing charge-based technologies.
The team focused on TMD monolayers such as WS2 and WSe2, which have high optical responsivity, and found that samples exhibiting low photoluminescence (PL) intensity exhibited a high degree of valley polarization. These findings suggest a means to engineer valley polarization via controlled introduction of defects and nonradiative recombination sites
"Truly understanding the reason for sample-to-sample variation is the first step towards valleytronic control," McCreary said. "In the near future, we may be able to accurately increase polarization by adding defect sites or reduce polarization by passivation of defects."
Results of this research are reported in the August 2017 edition of the American Chemical Society's Nano, The research team is comprised of Dr. Kathleen McCreary, Dr. Aubrey Hanbicki, and Dr. Berend Jonker from the NRL Materials Science and Technology Division; Dr. Marc Currie from the NRL Optical Sciences Division; and Dr. Hsun-Jen Chuang who holds an American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) fellowship at NRL.


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The Essenes: Their History and Doctrines and The Kabbalah: Its Doctrines, Development and Literature by Christian D. Ginsburg
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Every investigation into the causes of the phenomena both of mind and matter was strictly forbidden, because the study of logic and metaphysics was regarded as injurious to devotional life.-from The EssenesThe Essenes introduces us to the Judaic sect that contributed greatly to the spread of early Christianity. Drawing upon the Midrashim and the Talmud as well as the accounts of Pliny, Josephus, and other ancient writers, this tribute explores their rise and progress, their relationship to both Judaism and Christianity, and more.The Kabbalah is a guide to those wishing initiation into the mysteries of this esoteric doctrine and its extraordinary if veiled influence on Jewish culture over the centuries. Elementary but also comprehensive, it offers easy-to-understand explanations of matters of Jewish history and literature with which the lay reader may not be familiar.Here, in one volume, are two classic essays, dating from 1863 and 1864, on Jewish mysticism by one of the most prominent Hebrew scholars of the 19th century. Hebrew Massoretic scholar CHRISTIAN D. GINSBURG (1821-1914) was born in Poland but spent much of his literary life in England. He is also the author of The Song of Songs and Coheleth and Introduction to the Massoretico-Critical Edition of the Hebrew Bible.


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Go to Filter Rules in the Settings. You can then edit, disable, or remove (trash can) each filter you created.
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Responding to Feedback
We've responded to comments and feedback from neighbours and statutory consultees. The changes made include:
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|Change Made
|Request from Surrey County Council for only two vehicular site accesses
|The scheme has been amended to incorporate two principle site access points
|The NATS requested that the proposed landscaping feature be moved for operational reasons
|The landscape feature, known as a tump, has been relocated to the north west of the Airfield to provide additional screening to and from the parkland area (aka Suitable Alternative Natural Greenspace or SANG) and Elm Corner residents' access
|Elm Corner residents have requested additional screening to their access road for phases one and two
|Significant changes have been made to the landscape plans, including relocating the tump to provide additional screening as requested
|Guildford Borough Council were clear that the Masterplan should facilitate logical phasing that allowed for the incremental implementation of SANGs
|The housing and development within the site will be delivered from west to east, enabling parkland and community infrastructure to be delivered logically and in proportion to the development of new homes
|Request to increase width of SANG depth between boundary of phase three and Special Protection Area (SPA) to the north
|Depth of the SANG has increased by 50% in this area
|SANG provision negotiated through consultation with Natural England
|SANGs provided in excess of 8 hectares per 1,000 population Natural England standard. There will be no residential development within 400m of the Special Protection Area
|Request for phased development of the two form entry primary school
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Evillive (Inter Arma, Barn Burner, Akimbo RIP, more)
by Fred Pessaro // BGG
Inter Arma
Inter Arma have signed to Relapse Records. The band is planning a new LP for the label in the new year, and will head out on a string of tour dates that will kick off with their appearance supporting Pallbearer at Knitting Factory on September 11 (tickets). Full tour schedule is listed at the bottom of this post. Inter Arma played our 2010 CMJ showcase alongside another great young band, Royal Thunder (who will also play the Knitting Factory bill).
Barn Burner will head out on a string of dates supporting Gallows that will include a stop at The Studio at Webster Hall on November 3. Tickets are on sale and all other dates are listed at the bottom of this post. The band recently released the new NSFW video for "Scum of the Earth," which you can watch below.
And finally, Akimbo have called it quits. The band has "half of a record completed" but so far no plans to release that material… who will step up to the plate?
All suggested shows for the next two weeks are below along with other listed tour dates and videos. What did I miss?
Barn Burner "Scum of the Earth" (OFFICIAL – NSFW)
8/17 – Bloodiest, Chrome Waves, Vattnet Viskar @ Saint Vitus
8/17 – Putrida, Sad Boys, Cognitive Dissonance, La Misma @ Don Pedro
8/17 – The Danbury Lie, Don Ryan, Heldin, Iron Tides @ Acheron
8/18 – Russian Circles, Chelsea Wolfe, Marriages @ Highline Ballroom
8/18 – White Wizzard, Icarus Witch, Widow, Dark Empire @ The Studio at Webster Hall
8/18 – Black Black Black, Killer of Sheep, Dead Sands, Red Octopus @ Saint Vitus
8/18 – Cop Problem, Crutch, Ratzinger, Traces of Empire
8/18 – Infinite Void, Nuclear Spring, The Guts @ Acheron (3PM MATINEE)
8/18 – Manticore, Dark Psychosis, Agrath, Nuklearenpest @ Acheron
8/19 – Into Eternity, Single Bullet Theory, Riksha @ Saint Vitus
8/20 – Nu Sensae, Psychic Blood @ Death By Audio
8/20 – Meek is Murder, Vilipend, Tiger Flowers, End It @ Lit Lounge
8/20 – Murderess, Trenchgrinder, Death First @ Acheron
8/21 Child Abuse, Bludded Head, Terminator 2, Little Women @ Death By Audio
8/21 – Nu Sensae, Psychic Blood, Acid Problem, Gamera @ Tommy's Tavern
8/22 – Wino, Conny Ochs, Kevin Hufnagel @ Saint Vitus
8/22 – Rank Xerox, Rat Columns, Scott & Charlenes Wedding, Deformity @ Death By Audio
8/23 – Mortum, Discordia, Vital Spirits, Hollenlarm, Autolary @ Saint VItus
8/24 – Chiodos, A Loss For Words, Before Their Eyes, Set It Off @ Irving Plaza
8/24 – Estrogen Highs, Nuclear Santa Claust, Trepanning, Trash Tide @ Brooklyn Fireproof
8/24 – Batillus, Gnaw, Summoner, Bezoar @ Saint Vitus
8/24 – Quicksand @ Bowery Ballroom
8/24 – Satan's Satyrs, Nightbitch, Syphilitic Lust, Balam @ Acheron
8/25 – Night Birds, Nuclear Santa Claust, Goosebumps, Loose Ends, Mutant Genes @ Acheron
8/25 – Krallice, Ancient Wound, Sea of Bones @ Saint Vitus
8/27 – Rational Animals, Zatsuon, Total Trash (Toronto), Brain Slug @ Acheron
8/28 – Gang Signs, Psychic Limb, Scowl, Uncle @ Acheron
8/29 – Naomi Punk, Nude Beach, Sleepies, Shoxx @ Death By Audio
8/29 – Turbonegro, Baroness, Doomriders, Nightbirds @ House of Vans
8/31 – Perdition, Culo, School Jerks, Inservibles, Lecherous Gaze, Deformity at 285 Kent
11/02 Baltimore, MD The Ottobar
11/03 New York, NY The Studio at Webster Hall
11/04 Poughkeepsie, NY The Loft – The Chance
11/06 Montreal, QC La Sala Rossa
11/07 Ottawa, ON Mavericks Bar
11/08 Toronto, ON Lee's Palace
11/09 Hamilton, ON The Underground
11/10 London, ON Call The Office
11/12 Hamtramck, MI Smalls
11/13 Chicago, IL Subterranean
11/15 Minneapolis, MN 7th Street Entry
11/16 Winnipeg, MB Pyramid Cabaret
11/17 Regina, SK The Exchange
11/19 Saskatoon, SK Louis'
11/20 Edmonton, AB The Pawn Shop
11/22 Calgary, AB Republik
11/24 Vancouver, BC The Rickshaw Theatre
11/25 Seattle, WA El Corazon
11/26 Portland, OR Hawthorne Theatre
9/11 New York, NY @ The Knitting Factory w/ Pallbearer, Royal Thunder, Samothrace
9/12 Asbury Park, NJ Asbury Lanes
9/13 Philadelphia, PA @ Golden Tea House
9/14 Pittsburgh, PA @ House show
9/15 Columbus, OH Carabar
9/16 Chicago, IL @ Ultra Lounge
9/17 Minneapolis, MN Memory Lanes & Flashback Cafe
9/20 Missoula, MT @ Missoula VFW
9/21 Seattle, WA @ Black Lodge w/ Crawlin', Don Peyote
9/22 Tacoma, WA @ 5th Dimension w/ Bell Witch
9/23 Bellingham, WA @ The Shakedown w/ Bell Witch
9/24 Portland, OR @ The Rotture w/ Heathen Shrine
9/25 Eugene, OR @ Lazarus Pit
9/27 Arcata, CA @ The Big Tree
9/28 Chico, CA Monstros Pizza
9/29 Oakland, CA @ TBA
9/30 San Francisco, CA The Knockout
10/1 Fullerton, CA The Slidebar Rock N Roll Cafe w/Scott Kelly, Mike Scheidt
10/2 Las Vegas, NV @ TBA
10/3 Flagstaff, AZ @ House Show
10/4 Albuquerque, NM @ TBA
10/5 Denton, TX @ Rubber Glove w/ Baring Teeth
10/6 Austin, TX HEADHUNTERS w/ Lions of Tsavo, Baring Teeth
10/7 Houston, TX @ TBA
10/10 Greensboro, NC @ Buttery Day Ranch"


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Mary T. O'Connor is the Architect of the renovation of the Front Porch Café. Previously she was the principal of a New York City based practice specializing in the non-profit arts community. After taking a two year break to serve as a Peace Corps Volunteer, she wanted to extend the experience of working with underserved populations in the United States. While seeking an opportunity for community based, socially conscious design practice, she was introduced to South Street Ministries. On strength of their faith and works, she moved to Akron. This blog is a part of the 20/20 Come and See series.
The keys and the building at 798 Grant Street had been handed to Duane Crabbs at no cost in 2011. The donation gave the ministry the potential for creating an operating home for enlarging South Street's mission: "Unlikely partners taking shared risks to renew our community for Christ's sake". A new roof and the first version of the café were fully operational when I first encountered South Street Ministries. My entrance in this story happened during this outdoor kitchen phase of the café, where we parked in the lot and were greeted by Freddie, the grill side breakfast cook.
On the day before my dear friend Anne Schillig's wedding day, my sister, girlfriend and I drove to Akron from Cleveland to meet with her fiancé Eric Harmon. From the start, Akron seized my attention. On the way, I noticed a gentleness about the topography. There was a feeling of enclosure within an elevated place, an embrace. It was a geography similar to Pittsburgh or Rome to me, but more intimate.
Though he must have had many bridegroom-related tasks to complete, Eric somehow managed to find time for us on his last day as a bachelor. He had supervised the installation of the new roof and the first version of the Front Porch Café, despite having no experience in the building trades. It was a fantastic first impression through the windshield of the rental car. Eric stood talking to an enthusiastic, spatula-waving man behind the outdoor grille.
I could not wait to get out of the car, reassuring my less enthusiastic companions that everything was going to be great. They did not see what I already started to feel – there was a hum, a vibrancy, a destiny in this place, to be launched by an experience in alternate dining.
Anne, the bride-to-be, and I met as Peace Corps volunteers serving in the Republic of Macedonia from 2006-2008. She was one of the youngest in our group, and I was one of the oldest. Over the two years, we had developed an unlikely but deep respect and love for each other. We never questioned what simply grew through mutual recognition and respect in unusual surroundings. Improvisation and imagination are survival skills in the Peace Corps, and we worked and played together to support initiatives in community building.
As we approached Freddie's grill station that day in July 2011, I carried wonderful associations of Akron from a radiant childhood experience at Camp Christopher in Bath, Ohio. That experience was my first awareness of a power far greater than myself, of a universal transformative spirit that rose from the love and binding power of our voices in the green hills of the Cuyahoga Valley.
Eric ushered us into the building, showing off the renovated space. A special table had been set for our breakfast. He introduced us to Tom Fuller, our guide for the morning, so Eric could engage in his necessary bridegroom-esque rituals. Each plate from Freddie's grille was beautifully prepared in a steady, slow beat – plate by plate. It would be part of a rhythm that day, hearing already the steady soundscape of Akron – a familiar, rumbling frequency I recognized somewhere in the fluency of my language of space. The divining rod of my own body indicated treasure in this soil in Akron. I paid attention.
At one point on that hot morning, we drove up a long, tree-shaded driveway. We were told it was Duane and Lisa Crabbs' house. Tom said they had moved to the neighborhood of Summit Lake based on a calling to serve the inner city, and for the fifteen years since starting South Street Ministries, had raised their children and the organization from the house. The home itself was impressive, a solid foursquare farmhouse. We only stood in the driveway that day.
Aside from that initial unease when one first encounters what seems like a 'bad area', I was aware of a hum of energy coming through my feet. The house was no different than the houses around it, aside from the truncated basketball court immediately to the front of the house and the prominence atop a hill, the highest point in the area. There was the steady hum of the nearby freeway, the one that sliced through Akron, dividing it north south. As I stood in that driveway, looking at that house, the voices of our group blurred and faded for a moment. Something took hold of my soles, connecting me to the ground, as though my feet sprouted roots.
Where the veil between the known and unknown is lifted for a moment, we can get a brief look at the other side. While we think of such places as somewhere in the wilderness – the desert, the woods – they can happen anywhere, these 'thin places'. They happen on boiling days in July, standing in a driveway of an old foursquare farmhouse on a hill on a mysterious morning of elliptical sightseeing in Akron.
This spiritual bookmark came in what was the middle of my otherwise engaged life in New York. The voices of my companions came back into comprehension. No one else in the group seemed affected. So I just stayed quiet and got back in the car, reasonably assured that I was outwardly the same to everyone.
In less than nine months, I would return to Akron for the 15th anniversary celebration of South Street. At the end of that second exposure to the ministry, meeting Duane and Lisa, I knew. They had a building, I was an architect. I knew. I decided to move to Akron. Together, we could bring that building, The Front Porch, to all it could be in the spirit of the mission of South Street. I knew.
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A slideshow was made and produced by Ali and his crew. It was filled with pictures that happened to be the very first moving ones created by people in the nineteen hundreds. We were all fascinated by what people had created back in the day. When we got that completely sorted, the group was introduced to Zoetropes.
Practicing how to split lines seemed to be the most important step if you wanted your ace your Zoetrope. I struggled while we were splitting lines, but as we got more and more excises to do, the much easier I had thought it got. After we got that under way, we were taking it a step further. Ali & his crew showed us a demonstration of the Zoetrope, it was awesome! It was creative and successfully made by a unique mind. To end the lesson, we were going to make our very first project with Ali, Maka and Nils.


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Netherfield Church: Holy Communion Sunday May 24 at 10am. Morning Worship Sunday May 31 at 10am
Come & have your say – Residents, what do you want in your community? Loads more houses? No buses? Decisions on what happens in your community taken only by Battle Town Council? A reduction in the number of open spaces for the children? If you want the chance to shape the future of your village there will be a meeting at Netherfield Village Hall on Wednesday May 20 at 7pm. Send an email to register your support and be informed of what is going on in the future to: Maurice Holmes e mail firstname.lastname@example.com .
Brightling Park: Walled garden music fest 2015. Saturday & Sunday July 18 & 19. If your favourite music includes Pink Floyd, Yes, Phil Collins & David Bowie then Brightling Park nr Robertsbridge is the place. Nick van Eede's band 3 Wise Men & a Virgin are also performing Cutting Crew's famous songs together with tracks from their new album Gallivant. A weekend of hugely talented musicians, performing in the very unique setting of the Georgian Walled Garden at Brightling Park. Our music festival offers day or weekend tickets, corporate entertaining with own hospitality areas, campsite within the park grounds with full facilities, 'Pop Up' restaurants, traditional festival foods, festival bar offering local micro brewery beers, ciders and French wines. For more info & tickets www.walledgardenmusicfest.co.uk
Shoe Bin: This is located outside the shop, please recycle all your unwanted shoes, boots and wellies.
Netherfield Post Office: we hold Euros in stock, all other currencies can be order for the next day. Health Lottery tickets also available 50p per ticket win up to £25000, £1 per ticket win up to £100000.
The Mobile Library: will be outside the shop from 12.45 to 13.05 on Tuesday May 26.
Battle Hard of Hearing Support Group: the next meeting will be held on Monday June 1 2015, from 2pm to 3:30pm at St Martins, (ground floor lounge), Mount Street, Battle, TN33 0DR. This is an excellent opportunity to meet other hard of hearing people and to make new friends in a relaxed and welcoming environment and to learn from their personal experience of living with hearing loss. It's also an ideal opportunity to learn some useful communication skills that will help to reduce the feeling of isolation. Free refreshments and raffle. All welcome so put a note in your diary. For more information please contact East Sussex Hearing Resource Centre on 01323 722505.
East Sussex Hearing Resource Centre: is a registered charity working in partnership with Adult Social Care to provide a no charge mobile information and advice service for Deaf, deafened and hard of hearing people living in East Sussex. The vehicle, which is funded by the Big Lottery, is equipped to offer demonstrations of assistive equipment and hearing screening tests (if time permits). The mobile unit will be visiting Battle on Thursday June 11 2015, and will be in Market Square from 10.30am – 3.30pm. The bus is accessible to wheelchair users and representatives from both the East Sussex Hearing Resource Centre and Adult Social Care will be available to provide individual information and advice on all aspects of hearing loss. For further information please contact: East Sussex Hearing Resource Centre, Tel: 01323 722505 (voice/text/fax) e-mail: email@example.com
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Posted by Landscaping Ideas on 17th January 2012
Trees are a critical part of landscaping. They are essential parts of most plans due to the unique combination of aesthetic and practical value they bring to any situation. There is nothing quite like a tree in terms of appearance. Large trees add a feeling of maturity to a property while simultaneously serving as a compositional counterpoint to the landscaping efforts on the ground. The beautiful giants of landscaping can make or break the appearance of a property. If you consider some of the most beautiful and attractive properties you have encountered, the trees involved in the landscaping were probably a large part of the overall appeal.
Looks, however, are just the beginning. Trees are immensely popular on pragmatic grounds, as well. Trees are a widely recognized means by which to improve a home's overall energy efficiency. They serve as a barrier to the harsh elements of winter and provide shade to keep homes cooler during the summer. Some estimates claim that the use of trees can decrease overall energy consumption by twenty percent (or more) per year. That makes trees a wise investment, considering the always-increasing price of energy. It also adds another layer of comfort to a home.
Trees also offer practical environmental advantages. As we all learned in grade school science classes, trees do us all a service by "soaking up" unbreathable gases and converting them efficiently into the oxygen we need. The environmental movement has long recommended planting additional trees as a means of staving off various potentially negative environmental scenarios and as a counterpoint to pollution.
Obviously, trees offer some fantastic benefits and it is not surprising that most landscapers and homeowners want to integrate them into landscaping plans. Unfortunately, there is a problem with using trees–especially in newly developed areas where none are already present. The mighty trees for which so many homeowners long take a great deal of time to grow. Those stately massive oaks that line the oldest streets of a city have been in place for decades and may still be growing. A new homeowner who is trying to produce a great landscape may finish paying his or her mortgage long before many varieties of trees will reach the roof of a home.
Luckily, there is a solution to the slow growth problem. Landscapers can take advantage of fast growing trees. These rapid growers can provide all of the advantages associated with incorporating trees into a landscaping plan without subjecting property owners to an extended wait some varieties of fast growing trees can reach impressive heights of up to ten feet within as little as a year!
The fastest growing tree is the Royal Empress. With very little care, a Royal Empress can reach lofty heights within a single year and can grow over twenty feet in height within three years. They also have a root structure that tends to extend downward, making them less of a potential problem in terms of disrupting underground piping or foundations. Their oversized leaves provide a great deal of shade.
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There must be a certain amount of irony that with the event of this week, and I'm exploring a comic with this title.
It's really in keeping with the surreal tone of life lately.
Comic: A Lesson is Learned, But the Damage is Irreversible
By: David Hellman and Dale Beran
Setting and Elements: Surreal, Modern Life
Content Type: Satire, Philosophy
Art Medium: Digital Tablet Art
Art Style: Loose realistic, Painted Colours
Is About: I honestly don't know. (Kidding) It's basically a surreal reflection of modern life and issues. Kind of the stuff your subconscious would tell you in dreams, I suppose.
Website: http://http://www.alessonislearned.com/
Frequency: Irregular
Availability: Free
First Impressions and Presentation:
The art alone is very eye-catching and vastly different from the usual list of style offerings you find on the web. (See why distinctive art styles are always a good thing?)
The site presentation has its own individuality, with a rather large logo, blog and comic sandwiched in between. I find the huge logo and downscrolling a bit annoying though, especially reading through the archives with it loading on every page.
The Concept:
This is a comic that comes the closest to fine art. The skeptical would probably attribute it as the comic equivalent of the Tate Modern. You either don't understand the art or you do (or at least, pretend to, understand it).
Personally, ALIL feels more like one of those bizarre dreams you get where you fight of giant prunes with broadswords, or something like that.
The Art:
I remember being intrigued by the art style. It was something of a culmination of fine art painting and digital graphics. Think oil or acrylic painting done with a tablet and you pretty much have what ALIL looks like. Very distinctive, very eye catching.
There's an incredible wealth of lush detail, especially in the backgrounds. I also get the feeling that the panels are heavily referenced; the human figures frequently look almost stylised photographs. sometimes.
Looking at the comic, it seem really more like a series of paintings in comics form rather than a comic. This page alone would looks quite acceptable hanging from a display unit in a modern art gallery as from a humble html page or the great WWW.
The Writing:
If I said I understood it completely and it is insightful and profound, then I would be lying and you should all be throwing tomatoes or something at me.
To be perfectly frank, when I read this comic, I feel like I'm in one of those bizarre dreams that I get most of my best ideas from (don't diss dreams, they're great fun for creative inspiration). You know, one of those dreams where you get a series of event that play out, and where everything seems perfectly normal even if the flow of events aren't exactly... logical?
And when you wake up, you have no idea what it's all about, but you have a nagging feeling that dream that dream is trying to tell you something you can't quite get?
That pretty sums up how I felt while reading ALIL. It's not like the other comic I visited a few legs back (Buttercup Festival, in case you need a reminder.). Both I'd classify as 'surreal' but these are different kinds of surreal comics. In Buttercup Festival, I'd say that the humour or punchline is surreal. In ALIL, the entire sequence of events in the comic is surreal, and if you take it at face value, it does not make sense at all.
It does tend to make you think outside of your usual mental sphere though, and perhaps the lack of definition in the content is the whole point. Kind of like abstract art; You don't really know the meaning of it. You can only take a guess or make one up for yourself on what you want it to mean.
The same goes for the blog posts beneath the comic.
It's ironic that the first thing that comes to mind as a problem with the comic is the site design. More specifically, the HUGE logo that takes up the whole screen at the top. It's irritating to have to scroll down so much every page. I'm a lazy reader, I know.
The other problem I can see is that not everyone is going to get this comic, and most likely it'll end up either inspiring the reader or making them go "WTF? What a load of pretentious cr..." and shut the browser window.
*grin* No matter how I try, I keep going back to the fine art analogy, don't I?
Definitely something very interesting and new. I don't profess to understand it, and it both disturbs and intrigues me. I don't see it becoming a regular read, but I think there's something interesting there it how it pushes the boundries of what a webcomic can be.
The Next Leg:
Looking through the bowl of candies that is the link page, I settled on The Thieves of Thalegore. Mainly because I found it amusing how my eye consistently read it as: "Theng-ga-lore".
I know, I'm crazy sometimes. Now excuse me, I have a database to wrangle with.
Wednesday, March 16, 2005
26th Leg: A Lesson is Learned, But the Damage is Irreversible
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Cruising A Vacation Deal For The Whole Family
If you looking for a great way to travel that includes something for everyone, try cruising.
Cruising had been my favorite type of vacation for years. Cruises can be as short as a day or as long as a year but the averages are usually between 3 and 10 days. Cruise lines have added more and more ships in the last decade and now travel to more locations than ever before.Whether you want to visit a warm sunny spot like the Caribbean, chill on a glacier in Alaska or visit ancient cities in China, a cruise can take you there.
What I love about cruising is that for the most part, it is an all inclusive vacation. You pack once, board the ship and you are transported to severaldifferent places. When you arrive, you have the option then to get off the ship, explore that location for the day and then you are safely back on the ship and on your way to the next location to do it all over again. For those of us who like to get a taste of a place and not spend our entire vacation there, this is a great way to do it.
When you are on the ship, there are plenty of activities to keep every member of your family busy. Ships have kids clubs that cater to children from toddlers to teens. They have hours through out the day as well as paid babysitting services late at night so parents can spend somequality time alone while still being on vacation with their kids. These clubs keep the kids so busy, they will want to stay there as long as possible.
On a cruise ship, there is always something fun going on for all ages. Activities include games, shows, classes, seminars and on most ships a casino. In addition, there are cocktail parties where you can meet the staff, deck parties and midnight buffets and well as bars and clubs with dancing and music to keep you entertained all night long.
Then there is the food. It used to be that ships had one restaurant, a buffet and some extra places like a pizza parlor that was all free and included in your ticket. Today though that has change some and although there are still free food options available on all ships that I know of, there are now new exciting places to eat for free as well as some that are available for a nominal fee. Theseinclude 5 star speciality restaurants, sushi bars, ice cream parlors and coffee houses. What ever options you choose, some type of food is always available around the clock on a cruise ship and you are surely not going to go hungry.
To find the best deals on a cruise, look for smaller older ships, go in the off season and book either really early or at the last minute. Sure, some people only want to go on the new mega ships with all the bells and whistles which are beautiful and fun to look at but are they really worth the extra cost since most go to the same places and have many of the same activities? If you hit it just right, you can find 7 night cruises for as little as $400.00 per person. Considering that covers your room, your food and most of yourentertainment, that is a heck of a deal. To find the best rates shop around at not only the cruise lines web site but also on travel web sites like Travelocity and check daily as prices change often.
Be sure to keep in mind the few things that are not included in your cruise vacation and budget accordingly. These would include specialtyrestaurants you may want to try, shore excursions, gambling money and don't forget the tips. A majority of the staff on cruise ships works for their tips and most ships do not include that in the ticket price. They will however provide you the suggested amounts that you should leave these fine folks at the end of you vacation and be sure to give them at least that amount if not a little more.
Happy Cruising.


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- Research
- Open Access
Laboratory markers of disease severity in Plasmodium knowlesi infection: a case control study
© Willmann et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. 2012
- Received: 26 June 2012
- Accepted: 18 October 2012
- Published: 30 October 2012
Plasmodium knowlesi malaria causes severe disease in up to 10% of cases in Malaysian Borneo and has a mortality rate of 1 - 2%. However, laboratory markers with the ability to identify patients at risk of developing complications have not yet been assessed as they have for other species of Plasmodium.
A case control study was undertaken in two hospitals in Sarikei and Sibu, Malaysian Borneo. One hundred and ten patients with uncomplicated (n = 93) and severe (n = 17) P. knowlesi malaria were studied. Standardized pigment-containing neutrophil (PCN) count, parasite density and platelet counts were determined and analysed by logistic regression and receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis.
The PCN count was strongly associated with risk of disease severity. Patients with high parasite density (≥ 35,000/μl) or with thrombocytopaenia (≤ 45,000/μl) were also more likely to develop complications (odds ratio (OR) = 9.93 and OR = 5.27, respectively). The PCN count yielded the highest area under the ROC curve (AUC) estimate among all markers of severity (AUC = 0.8561, 95% confidence interval: 0.7328, 0.9794). However, the difference between all parameter AUC estimates was not statistically significant (Wald test, p = 0.73).
Counting PCN is labour-intensive and not superior in predicting severity over parasitaemia and platelet counts. Parasite and platelet counts are simpler tests with an acceptable degree of precision. Any adult patient diagnosed with P. knowlesi malaria and having a parasite count ≥35,000/μl or ≥1% or a platelet count ≤45,000/μl can be regarded at risk of developing complications and should be managed according to current WHO guidelines for the treatment of severe malaria.
- Plasmodium knowlesi
- Severity markers
- Malaria pigment
- Parasitaemia
- Platelet count
Human infection with Plasmodium knowlesi was thought to be a rare event until an unexpected high incidence of cases was revealed in the Kapit division of Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo in 2004[1]. Subsequent reports of mixed and mono-infections with P. knowlesi from other locations in Sarawak and Sabah, Malaysian Borneo[2], and also from Vietnam, Myanmar, Thailand and the Philippines show a much wider distribution than initially presumed[3–7]. A clinical cohort study on adult patients demonstrated a severity rate of up to 10% and a case fatality rate about 2%[8]. Typical complications include respiratory distress, jaundice and acute renal failure which are features of multiple organ failure also seen in adult Plasmodium falciparum infections[9]. In contrast, coma does not appear to be a presenting feature of P. knowlesi malaria.
Despite a relatively high rate of complications, markers for identifying P. knowlesi malaria patients at risk of severe disease have not been properly assessed. However, higher peripheral blood parasitemia and lower platelet counts are proposed as markers of severity but precise cut-offs are not available[8]. The malaria pigment haemozoin is formed from haem, a toxic byproduct of haemoglobin metabolism by the parasite[10]. As the intra-erythrocytic life-cycle progresses, haemozoin accumulates and becomes visible in late-stage trophozoites and schizonts. Haemozoin is released into the peripheral blood during schizont rupture and is subsequently removed by monocytes and neutrophils[11]. The number of pigment-containing white blood cells (WBC) is a marker of disease severity in P. falciparum malaria[11, 12]. In severe P. falciparum malaria circulating pigment-containing WBCs are significantly higher than in uncomplicated cases or healthy controls and are thought to give a measure of the extent and duration of infection[13–15] but are not a useful predictor of a fatal outcome[16].
The association between parasitaemia, platelets and pigment-containing neutrophils (PCN) and risk of severe disease in P. knowlesi infections was investigated here. Cut-offs predictive of the risk of developing severe disease were computed and the relative merit of each as diagnostic tool discussed.
Study site and design
This case–control study was conducted in two hospitals in Sarikei and Sibu, Malaysian Borneo, which have a population of mostly Iban and Chinese ethnicity. Adult patients (≥15 years) admitted between July 2007 and January 2010 were included if they had single-species P. knowlesi infection, did not suffer from any significant comorbidity, were not pregnant and had not taken antimalarial treatment within the previous 28 days. At admission, routine haematological testing was performed by using fully automatic Nihon Kohden analyzer (Model 8222, Japan) in Sibu hospital and a Sysmex KX-21 (Japan) or Nihon Kohden analyzer (Model-MEK 6410K, Japan) in Sarikei hospital. Patients with uncomplicated P. knowlesi malaria were treated promptly as described elsewhere[8, 17]. Patients presenting with or developing features of severe malaria were treated in compliance with WHO guidelines for severe malaria[18]. Plasmodium species was confirmed by nested polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assays at the Malaria Research Centre, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, Kuching, as described previously[1]. Only patients with PCR-confirmed single-species infection with P. knowlesi were included in the study. Blood samples, blood films and clinical data were collected following written informed consent. The consent forms and the study protocol have been approved by the Malaysian Ministry of Health's Medical Research and Ethics Committee. All cases with severe disease were retrospectively identified and included (n = 17). Controls were randomly chosen from the pool of patients with uncomplicated malaria (n = 93).
Classification of severe malaria cases was based on criteria of the World Health Organization (WHO)[18, 19]. Hyperparasitaemia at any level was not used as a criterion for severity in this study since an appropriate cut-off for hyperparasitaemia has not yet been assessed for P. knowlesi malaria. Moreover, defining a specific cut-off for hyperparasitaemia in P. knowlesi malaria was an objective of this study. Uncomplicated cases were defined on the basis of symptoms leading to treatment-seeking behavior in the absence of criteria for severity based on organ involvement. Classification was based on clinical and laboratory parameters gained at hospital admission.
Malaria pigment assessment
Thin blood films were stained with 10% Giemsa Gurr`s improved R66 (BDH Chemicals LTD, Poole, UK) for 25 minutes after fixation with methanol (Methanol, Merck, Darmstadt, Germany) for 1 min. Peripheral parasite density was determined from thin blood films by counting the number of asexual forms in eight consecutive microscopic fields, assuming 250 red blood cells per field in an area with regular monolayer and 1,000-fold magnification. Results are given in percent infected red blood cells (IRBC). Standard parasite counts of thick blood films were quantified as follows: number of asexual forms per 500 WBCs x actual WBCs/μl/500. If parasitaemia was high, asexual forms per 200 WBCs were counted. Differential counts were conducted manually on thin blood films for each patient.
Statistical methods
Baseline characteristics and laboratory findings with numerical outcomes were described on the basis of means and 95% confidence intervals (CI) when data were normally distributed. Hypothesis testing was performed with an unpaired t-test. For skewed data, medians and interquartile ranges were presented. When transformation could achieve normal distribution of values a t-test was subsequently used. Otherwise the Wilcoxon rank sum test was employed. D'Agostino's K-squared test was used to check for normality.
Linear regression analysis was performed on numerical outcomes. Heteroskedasticity was tested by using the Breusch-Pagan and Cook-Weisberg tests and when positive robust standard errors were calculated. Odds ratios (OR) were calculated for categorical variables by using logistic regression. For testing the overall association of categorical variables and risk of severity, a likelihood ratio test was performed. Possible interaction between variables within multivariate logistic regression models was also checked by the use of the likelihood ratio test. Variables were only included into multivariate logistic regression when they were unlikely to lie on the same causal pathway towards the outcome of interest. A possible application of severity markers as diagnostic tools was determined by receiver-operating characteristic (ROC) analyses. For every possible predictor, the area under the ROC curve (AUC) was computed and compared to other predictors by using the Wald test and following an algorithm suggested by DeLong, DeLong and Clarke-Pearson[20]. Since it is necessary in ROC analysis to use a diagnostic rating with increasing values indicating a higher risk, the platelet count could not be directly applied and the inverse function was used. AUC ranges from 0.5 (diagnosis is based simply on chance) to 1 (highest precision). Cut-offs were obtained by examining any value of the ROC curve with regard to its sensitivity and specificity and subsequently predictive values were calculated.
Interclass correlation coefficient was used to assess intra-observer reliability in reading 10% of the thin films by the same microscopist for a second time. A P < 0.05 (two-sided) was regarded as statistically significant. All analyses were made by using Stata version 11.0 (Stat Corp., College Station, TX, USA).
Demographic characteristics and baseline laboratory findings
Complications of 17 adult patients with severe Plasmodium knowlesi malaria
No. (%)
Impaired consciousness or unrousable coma
0 (0)
Multiple convulsions – more than two episodes in 24 h
0 (0)
Clinical jaundice plus kidney injury (serum creatinine > 265 μmol/l)
6 (35.3)
Deep breathing, respiratory distress (> 30 breath/min)
3 (17.6)
Circulatory collapse or shock, systolic blood pressure < 70 mm Hg in adults
1 (5.9)
Abnormal spontaneous bleeding
0 (0)
Kidney injury (serum creatinine > 265 μmol/l)
16 (94.1)
Severe normocytic anaemia (packed cell volume < 15%)
1 (5.9)
Demographic characteristics and laboratory findings of adult patients with Plasmodium knowlesi malaria
Uncomplicated malaria n = 93
Severe malaria n = 17
Demographic characteristic
Age, mean (95% CI), years
43.44 (40.4 – 46.5)
49.59 (43.24 – 55.94)
Male sex, %
Iban ethnicity, %
Laboratory findings at admission
White blood cell count, x 103/μl1
5.9 (5 – 7.55)
8.7 (6.7 – 12.5)
Neutrophils, mean (95% CI), %
70.4 (68.8 – 71.9)
75.1 (69.9 – 80.4)
Monocytes, %1
2 (1 – 5)
3 (2 – 4)
Lymphocytes, mean (95% CI), %
25.2 (23.8 – 26.6)
21.2 (16.4 – 26)
Parasite count, parasites/μl1
3843.5 (714.5 – 13030.5)
94256 (18432 – 285768)
Parasite count, % IRBC1
0.3 (0.1- 0.7)
2.5 (0.7 – 11.1)
Platelet count, x 103 platelets/μl1
69 (44 – 99)
38 (26 – 48)
PCN count, cells/μl1
36 (0–128)
563 (158 – 1388)
Risk assessment of potential laboratory severity markers
Risk of severe disease among adult patients with Plasmodium knowlesi malaria – univariate modeling
Uncomplicated malaria n (%)
Severe malaria n (%)
Crude odds ratio (95% CI)
PCN count (PCN/μl)
41 (44.1)
2 (11.8)
1 – 139
32 (34.4)
1 (5.9)
0.64 (0.06 – 7.38)
140 – 415
14 (15.1)
3 (17.6)
4.39 (0.66 – 29.06)
6 (6.4)
11 (54.7)
37.58 (6.64 – 212.67)
Parasite count (parasites/μl)
85 (91.4)
9 (52.9)
8 (8.6)
8 (47.1)
9.44 (2.85 – 31.28)
Parasite count (% IRBC)
80 (86)
7 (41.2)
13 (14)
10 (58.8)
8.79 (2.84 – 27.21)
Platelet count (x 103 platelets/μl)
54 (58.1)
2 (11.8)
18 (19.3)
8 (47)
12 (2.33 – 61.78)
21 (22.6)
7 (41.2)
9 (1.72 – 46.87)
Linear regression and multivariate logistic regression of potential severity markers
Linear regression analysis of the predictive markers
Dependent variable
Independent variable
Coefficient (95% CI)
p value
PCN count (PCN/μl)
Parasite count (% IRBC)
148.19 (95.1 – 201.27)
PCN count (PCN/μl)
Parasite count (parasites/μl)
0.005 (0.004 – 0.006)
Platelet count (x 103 platelets/μl)
Parasite count (% IRBC)
−2.24 (−3.79 – -0.7)
Platelet count (x 103 platelets/μl)
Parasite count (parasites/μl)
−0.00007 (−0.0001 – -0.00001)
Platelet count (x 103 platelets/μl)
PCN count (PCN/μl)
−0.01 (−0.19 – -0.0009)
Risk of severe disease among adult patients with Plasmodium knowlesi malaria – multivariate modeling
Adjusted OR (95% CI)
p value†
Model 1
Platelet count
(x 103 platelets/μl)
10.37 (1.79 – 59.98)
12.28 (2.04 – 73.86)
Parasite count
10.74 (2.63 – 43.94)
Model 2
Platelet count
(x 103 platelets/μl)
8.69 (1.59 – 47.48)
5.59 (0.99 – 31.34)
Parasite count
5.97 (1.79 – 19.88)
Model 3
Platelet count
(x 103 platelets/μl)
4.75 (0.74 – 30.36)
9.29 (1.37 – 62.86)
PCN count
1 – 139
0.54 (0.04 – 6.63)
140 – 415
4.8 (0.66 – 34.83)
30.25 (4.74 – 193.22)
Diagnostic precision of severity markers
Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis of severity markers in patients with Plasmodium knowlesi malaria
Pigment-containing neutrophil count in cells/μl
0.8561 (0.7328 – 0.9794)
Parasite count in parasites/μl (thick film)
0.8261 (0.7075 – 0.9447)
Parasite count in % IRBC (thin film)
0.8476 (0.7536 – 0.9416)
Platelet count in x 103 platelets/μl†
0.7723 (0.6775 – 0.8671)
Cut-off evaluation of predictive markers
Sensitivity (%)
Specificity (%)
Odds of severity
Parasite count (parasites/μl)
Parasite count (parasites/μl)
Parasite count (parasites/μl)
Parasite count (parasites/μl)
Parasite count (% IRBC)
Parasite count (% IRBC)
Parasite count (% IRBC)
Parasite count (% IRBC)
Parasite count (% IRBC)
Platelet count (x 103 platelets/μl)
Platelet count (x 103 platelets/μl)
Platelet count (x 10 3 platelets/μl)
Platelet count (x 103 platelets/μl)
Risk of severe disease in patients with Plasmodium knowlesi malaria using the recommended cut-offs – multivariate modeling
Uncomplicated malaria n (%)
Severe malaria n (%)
Adjusted odds ratio (95c% CI)
Parasite count (parasites/μl)
79 (71.8)
6 (35.3)
14 (28.2)
11 (64.7)
9.93 (2.91 – 33.87)
Parasite count (% IRBC)
73 (78.5)
6 (35.3)
20 (21.5)
11 (64.7)
5.72 (1.78 – 18.37)
Platelet count (x 103 platelets/μl)
67 (72)
5 (29.4)
26 (28)
12 (70.6)
5.27 (1.59 – 17.41)*
Since P. knowlesi malaria causes severe disease in approximately one of 10 patients and can be potentially fatal[8], the search for reliable and unsophisticated markers of disease severity that complement the diagnosis of malaria needs to be intensified. The objectives of the study presented here were to test for an association between pigment-containing neutrophil counts and risk of disease severity and to compare with parasitaemia and platelet counts as predictors of severe P. knowlesi malaria. Pigment-containing monocytes are also a marker of severe P. falciparum malaria[12]. However, due to the low number of monocytes found in thin blood films, a count of 100 monocytes is highly time consuming and was considered as an impractical procedure for routine use and was therefore not performed here.
A strong association between PCN count and risk of disease severity was observed. The method involved counting 100 neutrophils, took 15–20 minutes and requires skilled personal to identify the correct cell morphology. It is both labour-intensive and time consuming in the routine malaria diagnostic setting. Therefore, the PCN count should have a superior prognostic ability over parasitaemia and platelet counts if it is to be recommended for routine use. Even though the AUC estimate for PCN was the highest among all parameter estimates, PCN counts did not have a higher diagnostic precision when compared with parasite and platelet counts. The lack of statistical significance might be explained by the low sample size. On the other hand, linear regression analysis revealed that the total variation in the amount of pigment-containing neutrophils can be explained by the changes in peripheral parasitaemia to an extent of up to 75%, leaving only a minor proportion in the total variation that might represent sequestration and would give additional prognostic information in P. knowlesi malaria. In any case, the observed differences in the AUC estimates are rather small and cannot justify a recommendation of the PCN counts as a routine test at the moment. Flow cytometry can achieve a fast and effective detection of pigment-containing WBCs[15, 21] but remains a future approach in most settings.
In contrast, the parasite count on thick and thin blood films is a simpler method and is usually available in resource-poor settings. The peripheral blood parasitaemia on thick blood films has been shown to be a potential marker of severity in P. knowlesi malaria[8]. The authors of the same study revealed an inverse correlation between parasitaemia and platelet count and suggested that the latter could also be a predictive factor. The number of severe cases in that study was small and the findings were confirmed here, even if the platelet count seems to have a lower accuracy in predicting severe disease when compared with PCN counts and parasitaemia.
Assessing cut-offs with a more predictive than reflective capability was based on an appropriate relationship between positive and negative predictive values. Recommendation of a specific cut-off required a negative predictive value of at least 95% in the study. This would mean that one in 20 patients with a test result indicating non-severe disease or a low risk of developing complications would have severe disease at the time of measurement. None of the severity markers could reach high positive predictive values in the study, assuming a prevalence of 10% severe cases among hospitalized patients with P. knowlesi malaria. A positive predictive value of about 33% as calculated for the recommended cut-off of 35,000 parasites/μl means that two of three patients with a positive test indicating a severe disease or a high risk of developing complications would not suffer from severe malaria at the time of measurement. Managing them according to the WHO guidelines for severe malaria might appear as an overtreatment and potential waste of resources in an often resource-limited setting. However, when using the recommended cut-offs in multivariate logistic regression analysis any tested severity marker is independently associated with high risk of severity (OR 5.27 – 9.93). Therefore, having a positive test result in accord with the recommended cut-offs categorizes a patient to be at high risk of severity regardless of the actual clinical status. Management for severe malaria should consecutively be accomplished to prevent a potential development of severe disease in patients within this high-risk group even if they do not suffer from complications at the time of measurement. Consequently, the results of the study presented here indicate that any adult patient diagnosed with P. knowlesi malaria and a parasite count ≥35,000/μl or ≥1% or a platelet count ≤45,000/μl should be regarded at risk and should subsequently be treated as for severe malaria according to current WHO guidelines.
Using these cut-offs in areas with prevalence of both P. knowlesi and Plasmodium malariae may be an issue. Plasmodium knowlesi is often confused with P. malariae when making the diagnosis by light microscopy[22]. Plasmodium malariae infection causes a median parasitaemia of 8,875 parasites/μl with maximum of about 50,000 parasites/μl[23], but rarely causes severe disease. P. knowlesi may be wrongly diagnosed in the presence of a P. malariae infection. In such cases, a parasite count ≥35,000/μl alone may lead to incorrect risk estimation although coupled with low platelet counts may be more specific. In Sarawak and Sabah, P. malariae infection is rare[2, 24] and the benefit of properly diagnosing P. knowlesi would override misdiagnosing P. malariae in a small number of cases.
One major limitation of this study is the assumption that severe cases of P. knowlesi malaria occur with a prevalence of 10% among hospitalized patients. The prevalence and characteristics of P. knowlesi malaria should be measured within the framework of prospective studies in all locations in Southeast Asia where P. knowlesi malaria occurs[3–6] and where validation of the findings presented here would be informative. Cut-offs might be adjusted according to the results gained in such studies. The analyses conducted here identify parasitaemia and platelet counts as measures of risk assessment for the development of severe disease in P. knowlesi infections. However, additional simple diagnostic tools to distinguish P. knowlesi from P. malariae infections in settings with limited resources are urgently needed to identify patients at risk of severe P. knowlesi malaria.
Based on the results obtained, parasite and platelet counts are precise tests for indentifying patients at risk of severe P. knowlesi malaria. Counting PCN is not superior in predicting severity but labour-intensive and can therefore not be recommended for routine diagnosis of P. knowlesi infections.
We thank the directors, doctors, laboratory and nursing staff of the medical wards in Sarikei and Sibu Hospital, and Mr Wong and Mr Pek at Sibu Hospital for assistance and support; and the patients who participated this study. We would like to thank Miss Sarina Kaur Singh-Khaira for assistance with data entry. This study was funded by the Medical Research Council (MRC) UK; Grant number G0801971, and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (Trust Funds award).
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The storied tale of No Gravity's evolution to the $10 product you can download right now from the PlayStation Store is an interesting one, mainly because it came about by... well, let's call it less-than-legal means. The game itself is entirely legal, but the only way to play it up until the game's official release was to have a PSP running custom firmware. The game's adoption from homebrew to properly recognized retail product is a damned impressive one and marks the first time Sony has formally and whole-heartedly embraced an indie-developed PSP product and given its blessing.
It's rather easy at first blush to see why: No Gravity is -- if nothing else -- a pretty game, normally running at a fairly solid framerate and boasting solid controls. Given the game's history (it was originally known as Space Girl and has been ported to more than the PSP in its lifetime), it's not surprising that most of the initial feel has had plenty of time to bake, but as a full-blown product, there's still a few things I would have liked to have seen come out of the game's adoption by Poppa Sony.
The gist of things (and there is a "story" about a mind plague striking the most powerful intergalactic nation in the year 8002, but you've pretty much gotten the entirety of the introduction in that description right there) is that you're one of a small collection of brave adventurers all too eager to head out into the inky black to both explore the apparent origin of the mind virus and hopefully find a cure at that source.
You'll do this by shooting stuff. Then you'll shoot more stuff. To break things up, you'll sometimes shoot more stuff while searching for resources with an ear-piercing short-range sonar (seriously, I wanted to tear my ears off after about 30 seconds and got a rather nasty headache from the high-pitched frequency that's burped out as you get closer). You'll also run escort missions and take down capital ships, but nearly all of this is done by holding down the X button and perhaps pausing for a moment to fire off a couple missiles (or whatever your secondary weapon is) with the Square button.
The shoulder buttons allow for rotation or a full evasive roll with a double-tap, which ends up becoming a more important move once things get crazy later in the game. Generally speaking, you'll see out targets, lock onto them with the Circle button and then blast away until you get a pretty little concentric shockwave blast. Nearly everything in the game bites it with a similarly purdy li'l explosion, which only adds to the notion that No Gravity's targets blow up real good.
Unfortunately, so do your own ships, including wingmen that are astonishingly good at getting in your way when you're firing on targets. Couple that with the fact that the radar will display targets that are behind friendly "cover," leading to plenty of accidental kills, and the fact that there's no easy way to judge depth to prioritize targets and you'll end up with a lot of missed shots and collateral damage. Given the game's rather clean interface, it's a shame that a little distance marker -- one of the mainstays of the space shooter genre -- wasn't really included for at-a-glance gauging of targets.


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Ultrastructural studies of Intraflagellar Transport trains in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii suggest a revision of the current model for IFT trafficking in the flagellar compartment
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- Cytoplasmic Dynein
- Chlamydomonas Reinhardtii
- Intraflagellar Transport
- Short Train
- Retrograde Trafficking
Intraflagellar Transport (IFT) is the molecular process responsible for the active bidirectional trafficking of structural and functional components that occurs in the flagellar compartment of eukaryotic cells. Flagellar components undergo a constant turnover at flagellar tip and multiple evidences indicate that flagellar elongation, maintenance and reabsorption depend on the correct balance between anterograde and retrograde trafficking. IFT particles are formed by >22 polypeptides assembled into two subcomplexes, A and B, and are moved bidirectionally along the outer surface of axonemal doublets as linear rows of IFT particles, for which we proposed the term "train". Anterograde IFT trains are moved by kinesin II and carry to flagellar tip the retrograde motor cytoplasmic dynein 1b, responsible for retrograde IFT. In a previous study carried out on Chlamydomonas flagella we identified two types of IFT trains we named long and short trains, each characterized by a specific ultrastructure and a definite internal repeat, and proposed that long, less compact trains could represent anterograde IFT while the short, more compact trains could be retrograde. To challenge such model, we monitored by transmission electron microscopy the IFT trains expressed both in wt regenerating flagella and during flagellar reabsorption induced in the ts mutant pf1-fla10. We also progressed in our electron tomographic 3D modeling of short IFT trains. Our data suggest that long IFT trains are not the only anterograde IFT component. Rather, anterograde IFT is contributed also by a subclass of short trains that is expressed in a flagellar length-dependent fashion.
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('below' in Turkish) art space opened in January 2016 on the premises of the historic Bomonti Beer Factory in Istanbul's Şişli district. Established by Pozitif and the Doguş Group, the new space is launching with the first solo exhibition of Rodney Graham in Turkey and a group exhibition titled 'If you can't go through the door, go through the window' with works by Aykan Safoğlu, Hasan Özgür Top and Hera Büyüktaşçıyan. Curated by Mari Spritito, the inaugural season of Alt will focus on contemporary issues of authorship.
Alt art space presents Rodney Graham, the first solo exhibition of his seminal video and music in Turkey. Four of Graham's works, three of which comprise his trilogy: Vexation Island, 1997; How I Became a Ramblin' Man, 1999; and City Self/Country Self, 2000, as well as A Reverie Interrupted by the Police, 2003, will be on view for Alt's inaugural season dedicated to examining issues of authorship in art.
Alt art space presents 'If you can't go through the door, go through the window', an exhibition that celebrates ingenuity, and the complex ways individuals negotiate the established order in order to participate in society. Featuring works by Aykan Safoğlu, Hasan Özgür Top, and Hera Büyüktaşçıyan, If you can't go through the door, go through the window will be on view for Alt's inaugural season, which is dedicated to examining issues of authorship in art.
In the two-channel video installation Untitled (Gülşen & Hüseyin), 2015, Aykan Safoğlu traces the life story of his uncle Hüseyin, who immigrated to Germany to join the growing workforce of Turkish workers there in the early 1960s. On one screen, Safoğlu is seen directing his friend Gülşen Aktaş to pose as his uncle, in a recreation of an early photograph. Gülşen, who lives in Berlin, is prompted by the artist to participate in an exercise designed to elicit empathy for the character she is playing. The Turkish-born artist, who also lives in Germany, is looking for insight. The second screen tells of the ups and downs of Hüseyin's life as a cleaning person, in the form of scrawled statements and drawings on a bathroom wall. The intimacy of the juxtaposed storytelling modes relates to Safoğlu's own search for alternative modes of survival to meet the challenges of maintaining his identity in the face of dislocation and sexual bias.
Hasan Özgür Top's installation A Gift from the Middle East, 2013, is composed of ceramic tiles patterned in the style of Islamic chinaware, but picturing violent images of the Syrian civil war. Top has repurposed disturbing images from Youtube—in particular, of the destruction of the Great Mosque of Aleppo—in a way that is intended to bring sensitivity to the subject, and to reverse the "numbness" of oversaturation. A Gift from the Middle East is part of a larger project by the artist: his proposed restoration of the Aleppo Mosque using these memorial tiles as a gesture of rebuilding that also acknowledges wounds that may never heal.
In Hera Büyüktaşçıyan's sculptural intervention When things find their own cleft, 2016, red bricks spill out from a break in the white-cube exhibition space, evidencing the historical materials of the former factory building. The work is a fluid resurfacing of hidden histories—urban, social, individual, and political—resisting oppression simply in continuing to exist. It offers a metaphor for finding solutions, taking its name from the Turkish proverb "Water found its cleft," which refers to how water flows under, over, and around obstacles on its way to the sea. When things find their own cleft reminds us that we too are living through renovations, and that being present is a resourceful response to the hurdles of contemporary culture.
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From 10 June - 23 October 2016, Berlin's Hamburger Bahnhof will house a comprehensive solo exhibition of Gülsün Karamustafa's titled 'Chronographia'. Regarded as one of Turkey's most important artists of the 20th century, Karamustafa has been included in many international group exhibitions; 'Chronographia' will be her first extensive solo exhibition in a museum setting outside of Turkey to date.
Gülsün Karamustafa (b. 1946) is regarded as one of the most important artists of the second half of the 20th century in Turkey, where her work has been a decisive influence on younger generations of Turkish artists since the 1990s. Internationally her work has been shown in numerous exhibitions.
Karamustafa's oeuvre stretches from the middle of the 1970s to the present day and encompasses various media, including painting, installation, performance art and video. In terms of content, the main emphasis of her work lies on questions of migration, politically-induced nomadism, pop culture, feminism and gender, and critical analysis of the Western view on Middle-Eastern countries. While the media-specificity and materiality of her work since the 1970s have seen an evolutionary development in art-historical terms, the same themes permeate all phases and forms of her creative output and are of unmistakable relevance to current debates. The exhibition in the Hamburger Bahnhof, including about 100 works, is designed to make these ramifications and cross-connections visible by showing the works not in chronological order, but in a thematic arrangement which brings them into dialogue with each other.
A catalogue accompanying the exhibition will be published by Verlag für Moderne Kunst.
Held from 7-27 September 2016 under the theme 'Utopia by Design', the inaugural London Design Biennial will be held at Somerset House and bring together installations and exhibitions from up to 40 countries. The biennial will be produced by the team who created the London Design Festival such as Sir John Sorrel (President), Dr. Christopher Turner (Director) and Ben Evans (Executive Director).
Embracing a national representation model, the London Design Biennale will bring together installations from up to 40 countries and Turkey's contribution will be coordinated by The Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (İKSV). The Foundation has formed a Selecting Committee, under the leadership of artist and communication advisor Paul McMillen, with the participation of Koleksiyon's furniture designer and brand director Koray Malhan, and architect Zehra Uçar. The committee invited internationally renowned multidisciplinary design studio Autoban.
Founded by Seyhan Özdemir and Sefer Çağlar in 2003, Autoban is an Istanbul-based multi-disciplinary studio working across architecture and interiors, product and experiential design, with a portfolio that demonstrates their unique design approach on both local and international scale.
For its inaugural year, the London Design Biennale invites participating countries to explore the theme, 'Utopia by Design'. 2016 marks the 500th anniversary of the publication of Sir Thomas More's classic, Utopia (1516), a work of political philosophy that describes a fictional country and the ethnography of its contented inhabitants.
Occupying the whole of the Somerset House site, the first ever London Design Biennale will bring together the world's most exciting and innovative designers and will be a stage for debate, discussion and collaboration. Interrogating the history of the utopian idea and exploring the role of design in solving some of humanity's most pressing issues, the London Design Biennale will be a laboratory of ideas that might contribute to making the world a better place.
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