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Hercules and Love Affair get serious about disco music.
"People are just so used to escapism when it comes to dance music, not so much content that makes them think," says Hercules and Love Affair's Andy Butler. But the nu-disco band's debut album, released in the U.S. to great acclaim this July, has the kind of substance that few dance producers consider possible these days in songs inspired by Greek mythology and growing up gay. Emotions are delivered by magnetic vocals set to driving beats in a subtle synthesis of heartfelt disco and angular dance-punk with analog-era sonics. Still, it's dance-friendly enough that it requires no brain power to properly appreciate.
Butler's brief discography—one housey single "Classique #2" in 2007—doesn't let on that he's been planning his music career for years. He began composing on piano as a kid and fell for electronic dance beats in Denver, where the giants of second-generation Chicago house—Derrick Carter, Mark Farina, Cajmere and Sneak passed through. "I got the bug," he says, and began spinning straight-up house music in leather bars.
Relocating to New York in '97, Butler says he turned a corner when he bought an entire DJ collection—over a hundred Italo and American disco records—and started playing them out with post-punk and postdisco records. "In hindsight, I think I was doing what DJs were doing in the '80s. Cosmic DJs were playing rock records, playing traditional African music, playing punk music, everything got kind of blurry," he says. That fascination with the experimental '80s downtown scene of ESG, Liquid Liquid and Arthur Russell still guides him in Hercules.
Butler was recording solely for his own pleasure until his friend and collaborator Antony Hegarty, the vocalist on "Blind," told him he had to "really do something with this music; don't just keep it to yourself." DJ Daniel Wang suggested he bring his demos to the punky-dance label DFA. Soon, he had a deal.
Butler's aesthetic proved a perfect match with the label: "I knew that they were really actively trying to convincingly fuse live music with electronic music and do a really good job of bringing together punk and rock music with dance music." DFA's Tim Goldsworthy coproduced Hercules and Love Affair.
On the album, Butler tapped his chums hip-hop singer Nomi Ruiz and fellow underground clubber Kim Ann Foxman as vocalists—and along with sessioners brought in to complete the album, they're now part of an eight-piece touring band. In the meantime, Butler has made the transition from home-studio producer to band leader. "It's very important to me that the vision isn't diluted," he says. "So much of the creative content comes from my personal world that I'm the one that has to convey what this is about."
So, inspired by an intimate, music-focused downtown scene, Butler has made the big lovable personal record he always thought he might. Meanwhile, he's learned that being a scenester and an artist don't always click: "I really don't like to boss my friends around but I've gotten used to it."
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The Schaeffler concept vehicles CO2ncept-10%, Schaeffler Hybrid and ACTIVeDRIVE show the wide-ranging spectrum of modern automotive engineering and give a perspective on the extensive Schaeffler product portfolio.
With the CO2ncept-10%, Schaeffler gives an overview of detailed solutions that are close to production status, which clearly show the striking potential for optimization in drive trains based on the internal combustion engine.
The Schaeffler Hybrid is a ideas concept allowing an illustrative comparison of various hybrid configurations. These include the Schaeffler in-hub motors known as the eWheel Drive.
ACTIVeDRIVE is an electric vehicle featuring the innovative eDifferential on both axles.
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The challenges faced by automobility today span from optimizing automobiles with classic drive trains and internal combustion engines via numerous hybrid solutions right up to electric mobility. Schaeffler's concept vehicles CO2ncept-10%, Schaeffler Hybrid and ACTIVeDRIVE show the company's diverse approach to modern automobility and provide an insight into Schaeffler's extremely wide product range.
CO2ncept-10% is a vehicle that presents a range of optimization options in vehicles with internal combustion engines that can be implemented in a short space of time. The Schaeffler Hybrid presents various hybrid solutions and compares various operating modes. The ACTIVEeDRIVE, is an all-electric vehicle (BEV or battery electric vehicle). "Furthermore, all three of these 'cars full of ideas' function as test platforms for realistic testing of various components and systems", says Prof. Peter Gutzmer, Member of the Executive Management Board responsible for technical development at Schaeffler.
ACTIVeDRIVE – an innovative and dynamic electric vehicle
The main innovation of Schaeffler's ACTIVeDRIVE, which is based on a Skoda Octavia Scout, is the active electric differential (eDifferential) mounted on the front and rear axle. This component combines an electric drive with the option of controlling the drive power in each wheel individually. This facilitates torque vectoring (distribution of torque between the right and left wheels), which is beneficial for driving dynamics, safety and comfort. "The eDifferential permits intervention in driving dynamics through selective power supply instead of through braking intervention and thus power reduction as is the case with ESP. The active electric differential significantly improves the transmission of force when driving on surfaces with varying frictional values. It also supports the steering system and has a positive effect on the driving dynamics, safety and driving comfort. In addition, using two eDifferentials enables the longitudinal distribution of drive torques", says Prof. Gutzmer. Actively distributing the drive torque in both the transverse and longitudinal directions makes the eDifferential an ideal platform for innovative driving dynamics control. The solution demonstrated in the ACTIVEeDRIVE makes Schaeffler a pioneer of such electric concepts in one vehicle drive. "Accordingly, the potential range of applications for the eDifferential spans from extremely-dynamic sports cars and vehicles in conventional automobile categories right up to agricultural machinery", explains Dr. Tomas Smetana, Head of Advance Development in Transmissions Systems at Schaeffler Automotive.
The eDifferential integrates two water-cooled permanent magnet synchronous motors (PMSM) of different dimensions, a planetary gear, a transmission for active torque distribution and, as a key element, a Schaeffler lightweight differential. The electric drives are manufactured by Schaeffler brand IDAM. The larger up to 105 kW and 170 Nm PMSM provides the drive. The second PMSM, which regulates the distribution of torque, must only supply 5 kW of power in order to generate a difference in torque on the axle of up to 2000 Nm. The other innovations incorporated in the ACTIVeDRIVE are an integrated electromechanical parking lock, a new forcefeed lubrication system without an oil pump for the transmission, planet carriers of sheet metal and various high-speed bearing solutions with optimized friction characteristics. The electronic control system is manufactured by AFT and is therefore also a Schaeffler product.
Due to the use of two active electric differentials, the concept vehicle has an overall output of up to 210 kW and features four-wheel drive. Li-Ion batteries located in the propshaft tunnel and in front of the rear axle with a capacity of 18 kWh function as energy stores. Thanks to its performance and traction capacity, the test platform, which weighs 1,900 kilograms, accelerates from 0 to 100 km/h in 8.5 seconds. The vehicle features electronic top speed regulation at 150 km/h. The vehicle's range in this configuration is up to 100 kilometers.
Schaeffler Hybrid – presenting a wide range of hybrid solutions
The Schaeffler Hybrid is an advance development project – a 'car full of ideas' that facilitates a practical comparison of the various options available in electric mobility. It demonstrates various vehicle configurations and driving conditions. This means the Schaeffler Hybrid not only has a volume-produced combustion engine from a basic vehicle, but also has a central electric motor and two wheel hub motors.
"Presenting various concepts with informative comparisons as well as realistic testing played a decisive role in the implementation of the Schaeffler Hybrid", says Prof. Peter Gutzmer, Member of the Executive Management Board responsible for technical development at Schaeffler. Accordingly, the various elements can each be switched on and off and incorporate a wide range of various driving conditions. These options range from classic operation using a combustion engine, operation as a parallel hybrid or serial hybrid to operation using the electric motor only. The combustion engine can power the vehicle and be coupled for use as a range extender. An automated manual transmission increases the options available. The transmission naturally incorporates clutch products specially matched to the requirements of hybrid vehicles from the Schaeffler brand LuK. The energy store, which is a 16 kWh lithium-ion battery (400 V, 400 A), is charged by means of energy recovery, the range extender as well as via an external power supply (plug-in hybrid). "Another important aspect of this advance development project are the networked development activities of the Schaeffler brands", says Prof. Peter Gutzmer. Specifically, these are INA, LuK, FAG as well as IDAM and AFT.
The central unit is flange located to the automated manual transmission by means of a toothed chain and drives the front wheels. The unit comprises a liquid-cooled 50 kW and 95 Nm electric motor that was designed and manufactured by Schaeffler subsidiary IDAM. eWheel Drive is the name that has been given to the wheel hub motors developed by Schaeffler. The second-generation motors mounted in the Schaeffler Hybrid have an output of around 70 kW each and torque of around 700 Nm. Schaeffler profits from its profound expertise in the field of wheel bearings and direct drive technology during the design and manufacture of these high-performance components. Accordingly, these wheel hub motors form a compact unit that integrates wheel bearing, drive and brake. The advantage of these drive units is the fact that they can be integrated in an existing vehicle platform without making any major changes to the vehicle architecture. In addition, the eWheel Drive from Schaeffler is already making a convincing case due to its appealing torque development as well as a remarkably low noise level.
"The "Schaeffler Hybrid" will not go into volume production", says Prof. PeterGutzmer, "rather it serves as a vehicle of ideas. For example, with the 'CO2ncept-10%' based on a Porsche Cayenne, we have successfully demonstrated advantages in fuel consumption and emissions by reducing friction in the drive train. With the Schaeffler Hybrid, we want to demonstrate that Schaeffler takes a holistic approach to mobility and that it is giving serious consideration to innovative products for e-mobility solutions."
Along with the components shown in the Schaeffler Hybrid, Schaeffler's range of products tailored to the requirements of hybrid vehicles and electric mobility includes, amongst others, hybrid clutches (as used in high-end hybrid SUVs), electroPress mechanical chassis and steering components, as well as various differentials. These differentials include the space-saving lightweight differential and the eDifferential in the ACTIVeDRIVE.
CO2ncept-10% demonstrates potential for optimization in drive trains with internal combustion engines
The CO2ncept-10% vehicle is a joint advance development project implemented by Porsche and Schaeffler that has achieved a total reduction in fuel consumption and CO2 emissions of 10 % by using new and optimized components. The concept was first presented at the end of 2009 during the "Friction Reduction in the Powertrain" congress, which was supported by Schaeffler.
The CO2ncept-10% is a CO2 demonstration vehicle based on a Porsche Cayenne with a V8 engine. Various new and optimized proven components from Schaeffler's product range are used in this vehicle in the drive train and chassis that significantly reduce the fuel consumption compared with a volume-produced vehicle. Schaeffler was responsible for designing and verifying the individual components in this joint advance development project. Porsche was in charge of system coordination and validation for the entire vehicle. All in all, the concept vehicle generates savings of ten percent in fuel consumption. This has been proven not only in theory (using complex simulation calculations) but also in practice by Porsche during sophisticated test stand runs. The calculations were based on the standardized NEDC (New European Driving Cycle).
The engine is responsible for 5.8% of the reduction in fuel consumption and the CO2 emissions associated with this. The main proportion of this – 4.1% – was implemented by modifying the VarioCam Plus valve control system by replacing the hydraulic camshaft phasing unit with an electromechanical system and by using optimized switchable tappets on the inlet side. An additional 1.7% was realized by the minimized frictional power by optimizing the components in the valve, belt and chain drive systems.
A further 1.1% reduction in fuel consumption is achieved by using double row angular contact ball bearings in the front and rear differentials. These so-called TwinTandem bearings replace the tapered roller bearings previously used and significantly reduce the frictional resistance compared with conventional volume-produced transmissions by 35% on the front axle final drive unit and by 42% on the rear axle final drive unit.
Savings in fuel consumption can also be made in the chassis, since a cut of 3.2% can be generated by replacing the hydraulic roll stabilizer with an electromechanical unit and by using smooth-running wheel bearings. "As is the case with camshaft phasing units, components actuated electrically make a significant contribution in that they only require energy when they are actually used", explains Dr. Robert Plank, Head of Corporate Engineering at Schaeffler. "The pumps in hydraulic systems, on the other hand, must always provide hydraulic pressure and therefore require greater amounts of energy."
"This project is a good example of the successful cooperation between automobile manufacturers and suppliers. Networking in this way reduces development times, prevents costly redundancies and makes an important contribution to competitiveness", says Dr. Robert Plank. "CO2ncept-10% is impressive proof of additional potential for optimization in a system close to volume-production standards. However, this is not the end of the line. CO2ncept-10% is the sum of the individual components. And these are only some of the components that are part of Schaeffler's product range that enable comparable optimizations to be made in terms of energy efficiency in other vehicles."

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It's incredibly touching when someone who seems so hopeless finds a few inches of light
to stand in and makes everything work as well as possible. All of us lurch and fall,
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gain it, help others get back on their feet, and keep going.
~Anne Lamott, Grace (Eventually): Thoughts on Faith
Most of us have been in this place at one time or another, hopeless and searching desperately for a tiny patch of light, trying our damnedest to pull it all together—or at least not let it fall apart. I've been there more than once in recent years.
I do believe that, ultimately, getting through such times comes down to faith. I'm not talking about religious faith. I'm talking about the mundane kind of faith that gets you up in the morning and puts your feet on the ground and points you toward the realization that you are, in fact, still here—that whatever-it-was didn't kill you while you were sleeping last night, and the world actually continued to turn.
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Fri, May 04, 2012
A strong majority of Pinnacle and Colgan Flight Attendants recently joined Mesaba Flight Attendants in requesting that the National Mediation Board (NMB) hold an election for representation with the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (AFA), a request that has been granted by the NMB, though no firm date for the vote has been set.
On April 18, the NMB declared the Pinnacle/Colgan/Mesaba merger had created a single carrier for representation of over 1,800 Flight Attendants, approximately 600 of whom are already represented by AFA.
"Flight Attendants at the new Pinnacle Airlines are engaged in their careers and their future. In less than two weeks time, our Flight Attendant union received an overwhelming number of cards asking for an election to gain AFA representation," said Veda Shook, AFA International President. "As the world's largest Flight Attendant union with over 60 years of experience, these Flight Attendants recognize the advantage of electing AFA to navigate even the most difficult issues in bankruptcy in order to create opportunities for their future at Pinnacle.
"The expertise of our union has resulted in industry-leading contracts and daily representation that is unmatched. With AFA, Flight Attendants get the most experienced negotiators for Flight Attendant contracts in the industry and unparalleled resources in legal representation, EAP services, and safety, health and security standards. The Flight Attendant profession is unique - no one knows our job like other Flight Attendants. For over 60 years, AFA has represented Flight Attendants on the job, on Capitol Hill, before federal agencies and at the bargaining table. AFA is the leading voice for Flight Attendants – 60,000 strong – a union of, by and for Flight Attendants."
Voting dates will be announced by the NMB soon. If a majority of votes cast from the combined Pinnacle/Colgan/Mesaba group are in favor of the union, AFA will become the exclusive bargaining agent for Flight Attendants at the new Pinnacle.
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George Bernard Shaw's Saint Joan was first produced in New York City in 1923 and in London in 1924. Shaw published it with a long Preface in 1924. When word came out that Shaw, who was known as an irreverent jokester, was writing about a Christian saint and martyr, there were fears that he would not be able to produce something appropriate, but the early reception of the play was generally favorable, although some commentators criticized him for historical inaccuracy and for being too talky or comic. Over the years, the play, a rare tragic work in his generally comic oeuvre, has been seen as one of his greatest and most important. It has been hailed as being intellectually exciting and praised for dealing with important themes, such as nationalism, war, and the relation of the individual to society. The play solidified Shaw's reputation as a major playwright and helped win him the Nobel Prize in 1925.
Being at least in part a tragedy, though with comic moments, Saint Joan is part of a shift in Shaw's work from his earlier optimistic comedies to a more melancholy attitude, perhaps in part the result of his reaction to World War I.
Although he had been thinking about Joan of Arc as early as 1913, Shaw did not actually begin writing the play until 1923, three years after Joan's canonization. He consulted many earlier works on Joan, including the transcripts of her trial. In fact, he modestly said that he had done little more than reproduce Joan's own words as recorded in the transcripts; however, that statement is unfair to Shaw, who left a distinctive Shavian touch on the story of the martyred saint.
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- A brief history of the study of fluctuations in high energy nuclear collisions at the CERN SPS performed by NA49 is presented. The ideas and the corresponding experimental data on fluctuations are discussed from the point of view of their sensitivity to the onset of deconfinement.
- Study on chemical equilibrium in nucleus-nucleus collisions at relativistic energies (2004)
- We present a detailed study of chemical freeze-out in nucleus-nucleus collisions at beam energies of 11.6, 30, 40, 80 and 158A GeV. By analyzing hadronic multiplicities within the statistical hadronization approach, we have studied the chemical equilibration of the system as a function of center of mass energy and of the parameters of the source. Additionally, we have tested and compared different versions of the statistical model, with special emphasis on possible explanations of the observed strangeness hadronic phase space under-saturation.
- Evidence for an exotic S=-2, Q=-2 baryon resonance in proton-proton collisions at the CERN SPS (2004)
- Results of resonance searches in the Xi - pi -, Xi - pi +, Xi -bar+ pi -, and Xi -bar+ pi + invariant mass spectra in proton-proton collisions at sqrt[s]=17.2 GeV are presented. Evidence is shown for the existence of a narrow Xi - pi - baryon resonance with mass of 1.862±0.002 GeV/c2 and width below the detector resolution of about 0.018 GeV/c2. The significance is estimated to be above 4.2 sigma . This state is a candidate for the hypothetical exotic Xi --3/2 baryon with S=-2, I=3 / 2, and a quark content of (dsdsu-bar). At the same mass, a peak is observed in the Xi - pi + spectrum which is a candidate for the Xi 03/2 member of this isospin quartet with a quark content of (dsusd-bar). The corresponding antibaryon spectra also show enhancements at the same invariant mass.
- A new SPS programme (2006)
- A new experiemntal program to study hadron production in hadron-nucleus and nucleus-nucleus collisions at the CERN SPS has been recently proposed by the NA49-future collaboration. The physics goals of the program are: (i) search for the critical point of strongly interacting matter and a study of the properties of the onset of deconfinemnt in nucleus-nucleus collisions, (ii) measurements of correlations, fluctuations and hadron spectra at high transverse momentum in proton-nucleus collisions needed as for better understanding of nucleus-nucleus results, (iii) measurements of hadron production in hadron-nucleus interactions needed for neutrino (T2K) and cosmic-ray (Pierre Auger Observatory and KASCADE) expriments. The physics of the nucleus-nucleus program is reviewed in this presentation.
- From p+p to Pb+Pb collisions: wounded nucleon versus statistical models (2013)
- System size dependence of hadron production properties is discussed within the Wounded Nucleon Model and the Statistical Model in the grand canonical, canonical and micro-canonical formulations. Similarities and differences between predictions of the models related to the treatment of conservation laws are exposed. A need for models which would combine a hydrodynamicallike expansion with conservation laws obeyed in individual collisions is stressed.


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Keowee Lake Cottage: Location, Location, Location! in Lake Keowee
- bedrooms 3
- baths 2
- sleeps 8
- pool no
- hot tub no
- pets allowed no
- type House
- community Bountyland Area
rates (USD)
/ night
$ 950 - $ 1,850 / week
vacation rental description
Situated on the Southern point of Lake Keowee in a deep-water quiet cove, minutes to downtown Seneca is a relaxing, private Three bedroom/Two bath Lake Cottage. Two bedrooms downstairs that share a hall bath with shower/tub. Both bedrooms have Queen beds. Large master suite upstairs, with a King bed and small sitting area. Connected Jacuzzi Tub and toilet area is separate from the sink and closet area. Unique Game table in the upstairs loft area, which also has a small chinese day bed, Twin-sized. Downstairs has a wood burning fireplace with vaulted ceilings in the living area. Large sectional sofa with recliners and sofa bed (Full-sized) built in.
Flat Screen TV with cable and DVD player in the living area. A variety of DVD's are available for use. Additional TVs in two bedrooms. The dining area and kitchen are connected to the living area. Over-sized three-sided deck wraps around the house front to the lake side. A large deck at waters edge offers covered structure, with iron end table and chairs for summer relaxing. Floating Boat Dock has one covered slip. This location is a great place to float and swim without the heavy boat traffic. Note that you are less than 10 minutes away from Lake Keowee Marina! Gas grill on side deck, an iron/glasstop dining table, and there's a hammock plus plenty of seating area.
property availability
Last modified on 09-26-2013 at 4:01 PM.
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Alisa Champion
house rental amenities
WiFi Cable TV system, DVD Players Land line telephone - Local calls only
Washer/Dryer DVD movies Paperback books Area Information/Brochures & Books
Fishing poles Hammock Propane Gas Grill Deck Umbrella for Shade
Fully outfitted Kitchen Paper products set-up provided
Deluxe Bath towels & Beach towels
Complimentary Bath soap and Shampoo Bed Linens, Comforters, Blankets
General cleaning supplies provided, incl. dishwasher and laundry detergent items
NO PETS. NO SMOKING Inside home.
activities and attractions in Lake Keowee South Carolina
This area is an outdoor adventurer's paradise!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Over 28 waterfalls in the area
Three large lakes: Hartwell, Keowee, Jocassee and many smaller, mountain lakes
Several State Parks and fantastic hiking trails within an hours' drive
Clemson University Botanical Garden
Stumphouse Tunnel
Fish Hatchery
Shopping in Historic downtown districts
Swimming, Boating, Fishing
vacation rental rates
WEEKLY Rentals are Saturday-to-Saturday, Memorial Day (5/25-6/1) through Labor Day (week of 8/31-9/7). Rates include exit cleaning.
Spring 2013: April 1 - May 31 - $1,200.00 per week; $225.00 per night with a two-night minimum.
Memorial Day weekend (5/24 - 5/26, three nights): $750.00
Summer 2013: June 1 - September 30 - $1,400.00 per week; $250.00 per night (2 night min.) IF days available.
July 4th week (6/29- 7/6) and Labor Day week (8/31 - 9/7): $1,850.00 per week. No partial week rental.
Fall 2013: October 1 - November 30 - $1,100.00; $200.00 per night
Winter 2013: December 1 - March 31 - $950.00; $150.00 per night
Thanksgiving and Christmas weeks - $1,500.00
Security Deposit $350.00 - check only - Refundable
$500 for Clemson Football Weekends (Two nights). Additional nights $150.
11/13-15; 11/22-24 are the remaining dates for Clemson home games.
Linens may be excluded on weekly rentals at a reduction of $100.00.
Alisa Champion
accepted payment methods
Prior to paying a reservation deposit, always verify payment instructions by calling the phone number displayed on this listing page. By contacting the owner directly and paying by an approved method - credit card, paypal, check or bank transfer - your reservation payment will be protected up to $1,000.
Learn more in our Security CenterTop things to do in Lake Keowee
- Boating
- Fishing
- Kneeboard or Wakeboard
- Skiing
- Jet-Ski or Sea-Doo
Top things to do on a budget
- Hike to area Waterfalls
- See the Clemson Botanical Gardens
- Visit Stumphouse Tunnel
- Visit The area State Parks
- Take a Picnic lunch to the Fish Hatchery
Top things to do with a family
- Picnic
- See the Historic Oconee Station
- Rent a boat and tour the lake
- Swim at one of the County Parks
- Catch fireflies at dusk
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Room is clean and with a ceiling fan. It can get quite stuffy at times depends the time of the year you are traveling, I was there during summer time so felt the heat. The air con is centralize system so only can increase the cold by turning up the fan I had a fantastic view of the beach. Didn't... More
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Friday, May 05, 2006
Think pink
Last night I tried to do a little organizing of the stash. I'd bought a new rubbermaid tub and started to rearrange. I came across this find.
This is the first "real yarn" I bought when I first start knitting. Of course, my first yarn purchase was some squeaky red heart from Joanne's. This yarn was my first purchase from a "real yarn store"..
As I look back, I realize I had no idea what I was buying. I saw the color and picked up 6 skeins and I pretended I had a project in mind, cause I didn't want to look dumb to the real knitters in the store. I cast on last night and let me tell you, I love the feel of it. It's 100% Egyptian mercerize cotton.... and it's pink.
Below is some wonderful handpainted yarn I received from Heather for answering a question correctly on her blog. Thank you Heather!! The colors are rich and gorgeous. These will become my first pair of toe up socks. I am trying to resist the urge to cast on.
I'm beginning to notice a new color theme.
6 comments:
- jillian said...
Color selection is funny that way. I never ever bought blue yarn, and now blues are catching my eye. Reds too. Go figure.
I know what you mean about the "first real yarn"! That's how I classify it too...my first natural fiber just because it's oh so pretty yarn gotten in a yarn store!! - 7:59 AM
- Noeysmommy said...
Love your new pink phase! What are you making?
- Nik said...
you should have seen my face when I read that line about it being 100% Egyptian mercerized cotton. I loves me some mercerized cotton. The shine is just amazing. - 8:06 AM
- ariane said...
I kinda have the same "first real yarn store" experience, except my yarn was this overly expensive Prism tape-like yarn.
I also just realized that my entire sock stash is ALL blue, I'm trying my hardest to lean to other colors on the circle, but it's hard:o) - 8:10 PM
- Lynda said...
funny how you get in "color phases" isn't it! That pink Heather yarn is so pretty!
- Alison said...
Thanks for visiting my blog. I love pink and am usually in a pink phase.


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Heartland Institute President Speaks Out in Support of ALEC
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The culture of fairy tales has changed with time. Today, they are considered children's stories by adults. The only way in which fairy tales have survived is through parents reading them to children, but these adults have been disapproving of those parts of fairy tales that make them serious literature. The marchen, or fairy tale, has evolved into simple happily-ever-after romance as parents have pushed stories for children away from violence and irrationality. Stone argues that adults should not censor out the parts of fairy tales that make them literary. The brutality and unreality does not affect young readers negatively. In fact, it is the parents, rather than the children, that are most disturbed by such stories.
Marchen used to conjure up images very different from those conjured by fairy tales today. They used to force readers and listeners to consider the balance of good and evil and the necessity of overcoming obstacles before ultimate goal achievement. The romance was rarely an integral part of the story, but rather a symbol of maturity. Often a small act of disobedience was necessary before the protagonist may reach maturity.
The marks of reworked Marchen began as early as Perrault's version of "Cinderella" in 1697, emphasizing romance, strongly contrasting good versus evil, and muting the violent pieces. However, the Grimm brothers told stories that were closer to original Marchen, where romance was not the solution to most tales and where violence was a comment theme. The Grimms expected their stories to be taken seriously, and they were.
Disney's Snow White is a clear example of today's reworked Marchen. Compared to the original Grimm version, there is little distasteful content. The stepmother does not eat Snow White's liver and lungs in the film. The romance is emphasized in Disney's version, as the prince meets Snow White in the first scene, and kisses her in the final one. In addition, good and evil are blatantly contrasted in Disney. The stepmother's uses black magic and has a menacing cackle, while Snow White has a sweet, innocent demeanor. In addition, the seven dwarves play secondary characters that provide humor and yet another contrast to the villainess.
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Steven Watts argues a positive view of Disney's importance in American history, although acknowledges the difficulty of understanding his impact on modern American culture. Many critics believe that Disney's commercial success and popularity mean that his films cannot have cultural significance. In addition, the strong contradictory opinions of Disney make it difficult to simply look at his impact in order to gain understanding rather than to criticize or admire his work. Watts looks at Walt Disney as an artist of sentimental modernist films and as a promoter of American ideals, qualities that are evident in Disney's rendering of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
America's original perception of Disney was of a serious artist, inspired by both modernist art and sentimental realism. These two often contradictory influences show in his work. He blurred the line of reality and imagination by creating worlds where animals could talk, plants were animated, and household objects felt emotion. In Snow White, the forest through which the banished girl flees has trees which try to grab and trip her, but nearby, kind animals prepare to comfort her. In addition, he incorporated dreams often in his work. Walt Disney encouraged naturalism to a degree unheard of in animation and cartoons. He insisted that his animators take evening art classes and he invented the multiplane camera, which created the illusion of depth in Snow White and his other animated feature films.
Disney also used his films to imbue hope and to promote certain virtues to his audience during the depression. His films in the 1930's remind Americans that they will overcome the hard times through vigor and virtue. Two Disney films in the '30s stand out in particular for encouraging the persistence and courage of underdogs. Three Little Pigs (1933) features the song "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf," while the dwarves in Snow White (1937) merrily sing "Heigh Ho, It's Off to Work We Go." Snow White, too, exhibits a hard-working demeanor both in her house and the dwarves'. Disney claims that "wisdom and courage is enough to defeat big, bad wolves of every description, and send them slinking away." Through his films, he encouraged self-reliance, a quality that he had exhibited since his youth.
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This is the original Grimm Brothers' version of "Snow White," on which the Disney movie is based. The tale begins with the colors that have become a signature of this classic story. From the finger of a queen who has just pricked herself with a needle, three red drops of blood fall out the black ebony window frame and upon the white snow outside. She gazes longingly at the blood and thinks to herself that her dearest wish is to have a child as white as snow, as red as blood, and as black as the wood of the window frame. When she gives birth to such a child, she dies just after naming the girl Snow White. Her widower the king then marries a jealous woman who cannot stand the possibility of anyone more beautiful than she. For years, her magic mirror confirms that she truly is the fairest in the land. However, at age seven, Snow White surpasses her stepmother in beauty. Enraged, the evil woman orders a huntsman to kill Snow White in the woods and bring back her lung and liver as proof of death. The huntsman nearly follows through, but is struck by Snow White's beauty and allows her to run away.
She escapes through the chilling forest and stumbles across a small cottage. Famished and exhausted, she eats from each of the seven dishes on the kitchen table (so as not to take all from only one) and sleeps in the bed closest to her own size. When the dwarves in whose house Snow White has invited herself return, they feel awe at her loveliness rather than anger at her intrusion. They allow her to stay as long as she cares for the house while they work in the mines.
Meanwhile, Snow White's stepmother discovers that the girl is alive. The stepmother makes three attempts to kill her: constricting her with a beautiful lace outfit, brushing her hair with a poisoned comb, and tempting her with a poisoned apple. The first two times, the dwarves return and are able to revive Snow White. However, the stepmother's third attempt stumps the seven little men. Unable to bear to see such a beautiful face be obscured by dirt, the dwarves place her in a transparent coffin. One day, a prince sees Snow White's lovely face through the casket and asks the dwarves to give her to him. They agree when they see his love for her. While carrying the coffin, one of the servants slips and the jolt brings the piece of apple out of Snow White's throat and she is revived. Snow White and the prince are married and live happily ever after. The couple then force the stepmother to wear shoes of fired-iron, and she dances in pain until she dies.
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Bacchilega examines the similarities and differences in three different written versions of "Snow White": Barthelme's Snow White, Carter's "The Snow Child," and Coover's "The Dead Queen." It is not unusual to change and embellish upon a traditional story; people have been doing it for centuries. However, fairy tales maintain their key characteristics. In the case of "Snow White," those include flat characterization, supernatural setting, and isolation of characters in a strange, exaggerated world.
"Snow White" dramatizes the association of the good angel-like character with the evil devil-like one. This interaction is monitored and incited by a male voice: the mirror. This man in the mirror defines the identity of both the main characters as well as their relationship. The protagonist is "the fairest of all" and the antagonist is the former bearer of that title, and their interactions are marked by rivalry and jealousy.
Most folklorists interpret the story as a female initiation tale, symbolizing the process of sexual, psychological, and social maturation in women in general. Snow White's story shows the necessity of culture in the transformation of self, but also illustrates the boundaries beyond which she cannot venture. Snow White is stifled by her obligate domesticity. The men's influence in Snow White's life is clear. The huntsman, dwarfs, and prince all aid in her socialization. This implies that her initiation will only be complete once the white and red parts of her life – semen and menstrual blood, representing male and female opposites – unite through her black ritual "death." In this way, the thematic colors of the story (skin as white as snow, lips as red as blood, hair as black as ebony) apply to Snow White's personal growth.
The three versions of "Snow White" analyzed here differ in point of view, adherence to the original storyline, and even primary message. Disney's Snow White is more similar in all three points to the Grimm version of the tale.
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Nesbet analyzes Disney's impact on Eisenstein's Ivan the Terrible, especially the similarities between style of Snow White and Eisenstein's film. Like Disney, Eisenstein valued full understanding of the characters and stories he portrayed on film. He studied Ivan's story from multiple angles, from folklore to histories, to do just that. Eisenstein admired Disney for the comfort he brought to America and the world through his films. He believed that Americans were trapped in a world of torment and injustice, and Disney offered a temporary escape from that. Even though Disney films seem to support a form of obliviousness to the misfortunes throughout the country, he gives the nation something else that they need: laughter. One critic cited the American proverb: "A laugh a day keeps the doctor away," which certainly brings to mind the similar proverb about an apple, and how it connects to the stepmother in Snow White and her deceptively beautiful poisonous apple that leads to "sleeping death." Nesbet wonders if Disney has played the role of the apple for Eisenstein, irresistible to the Russian director.
Eisenstein valued animation as a medium, due to its versatility of form. It allows for metamorphoses and transformations otherwise unachievable on film. The fire behind the mirror's mask in Snow White, for example, also exhibits "flowing diversity of forms." Shadow, too, has this quality. In Snow White, the dwarfs' shadows occasionally move independently. At one point, Doc's shadow turns and motions for quiet from Dopey's shadow. Soldiers' shadows in Ivan also seem to occasionally move independently across the wall. Disney uses the versatility of form to create comedy. However, occasionally malleable forms seem more grotesque than comedic, so certain characters had to be drawn more realistic than others. It was acceptable for the dwarfs to have unusual and exaggerated features, but Snow White could neither be comedic nor grotesque, so Disney based her motions off those of a real actress.
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Girardot explains the tale "Snow White" in the context of the main character's initiation and transition into adulthood. Fairy tales, she argues, are not simply for amusement and escape, but also for gaining knowledge and broadening the imagination. Folklorists place "Snow White" into a "Banished Wife or Maiden" tale category. Fairy tales cannot be removed from the magical and religious spheres, as some critics have tried to do, because they are not simply meant to teach readers how to adjust to adult reality. The magic plays an integral part in "Snow White," as well as other fairy tales. As for religion, fairy tales place angels inside heroines and fairies, and devils inside villains. Girardot acknowledges that Disney's Snow White maintains the darker side of the original tale, especially in the evil stepmother character.
It is necessary to analyze multiple versions of a piece of folklore before creating an overarching analysis on the story's meaning. For "Snow White," this is a more difficult task, because many of the versions have been influence and changed by the Grimms version. However, the basic framework of the story has remained the same throughout the years. The message that the tale promotes, for example, has remained unchanged. On the surface level, the meaning of the story concerns the triumph of a beautiful and good heroine over the evil, jealous stepmother. However, the story goes deeper than that. It is a tale of maturation, the transition between childhood and adulthood, natural to cultural life, and asexual to sexual life.
Girardot analyzes "Snow White" by placing the girl's story into five steps associated with initiation rituals: Prologue and Problem, Separation, Liminal Period, Reincorporation and Rebirth, and Epilogue. The first step is the introduction of the tale, from Snow White's birth to her banishment into the woods. The Separation period entails her trek through the forest and eventual discovery of the Dwarfs' cottage. Snow White's stay with the dwarves and her "death" encompass the Liminal Period, and her revival and marriage to the prince are her Reincorporation and Rebirth. The last step is Snow White's revenge on her stepmother during the wedding ceremony. Disney's version of Snow White involved these steps as well, making it also an initiatory tale of a girl's transition into womanhood.
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Koven gives folklorists' negative perspective on Disney films. Most theorists see film, especially Disney, as threats to the authenticity of the original fairy tales. They worry that audiences will begin to view the Disney version as the first and only. Not only that, but they suspect that the Disney Company is trying to make their stories appear the definitive variant by publishing Disney storybooks. Some think that the alterations from the traditional texts may hamper transmission of the stories by eliminating many of the motifs that make the tales memorable. The sanitation of the stories renders them meaningless. Without real conflict, the tales do not display the tragic parts of life, the battle to between weak and strong, or the good in the human spirit.
Koven does acknowledge that some folklorists appreciate film as a method of story dispersion. One folklorist cites Snow White as a prime example of animation as a successful medium for fairytale presentation. He sees Snow White as a way to re-interest adults in traditional folk imagination.
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Wood examines how Disney uses his film Cinderella to "civilize" his viewers by presenting models of proper behavior while entertaining them. Snow White, like Cinderella, sings while she does her household chores. In analyzing Disney's conservative ideology, she touches upon how his views affect his other works, such as Snow White.
To keep his films entertaining, Disney reworked European marchen. He included well-loved romantic plots and added comic relief through subplots involving animals and secondary characters, such as the dwarves in Snow White. Marriage is based on love, rather than family constraints. "Love's first kiss" wakes both Snow White and Sleeping Beauty from their slumbers. Disney used realism in his animated films to present a sense of immediacy to his audience. He included a solid plot and clear personalities to the characters so that viewers would feel a deeper connection with the story. The seven dwarves in Snow White each have their own unique name, temperament, and appearance. The recurring gags, often in the form of handicaps, also keep children viewers interested. For example, Dopey is mute and clumsy while Doc has a stutter and is absent-minded.
Disney supports wish-fulfillment, as is evident in his films. Dreams in Cinderella are similarly important in Snow White. While Cinderella sings of "A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes," Snow White opens her story with "I'm wishing / For the one I love / To find me." Disney reassures viewers that with good effort and self-control, one will get the desired result. According to him, the ultimate wish for girls is to marry the rich and handsome Mr. Right.
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Shortsleeve tries to articulate the fear that Disney inspires in critics, and from where this fear originates. He views it as a slippery slope process. Beginning in the 1930's, criticism of Disney's corporate, artistic, and public influences worsened with time. Disney's personal ideology, reflected in the way he worked with people, appears in his films.
Walt Disney elicits a range of complaints from critics. The primary one that appears is of the "Disneyfication" of fairy tales, the simplification of stories. Many critics view the Disney versions as patronizing and overly sentimental. Disney has created a form of entertainment that restricts thought-provoking expression. Others argue that the racial stereotypes Disney shows in his films encourage racism in viewers across the world and further US imperialist agenda. Feminists claim that depictions of Barbie-like heroines give young girls negative body images. Some say that Walt Disney has unacceptable labor practices in his studios and that he displays a false innocence to the media.
Shortsleeve believes that what frightens people is that the Disney Company has remained unchanged from its glory days in the 1930's. After bitter arguments with his animators in 1941, Walt Disney lost his confidence, and the company ideologically stalled in the "magic" of the '30s. The company still exhibits contradictory values, with heavy-handed management of employees, yet support for the common man in its films. The incongruity of its totalitarian tendencies with its democracy attractions at its amusement parks leads to confusion from critics and the general public alike. This confusion has led to tension, suspicion, and paranoia.
Despite his criticism, Shortsleeve acknowledges the positive impact Disney has had on America, especially during the Great Depression. Audiences wanted to escape their dreary lives for two hours, to enter a fantasy world where everything ends happily. When Disney decided to create his first full-length animated film (Snow White), even his oppressed employees regained new hope and excitement at the thought of being involved in such a ground-breaking project.
Snow White exhibits the "Disneyfication" about which so many critics complained. It diverges from the original Grimm version toward simplification and sentimentality. Disney's clear belief in self-reliance and hard work are evident in the dwarves' "Heigh Ho, It's Off to Work We Go" song, as well as in Snow White's agreeable temperament while doing chores. Disney expected his animators to work just as willingly, but they were unhappy that they would not receive screen credit for their efforts, and so began the strike in '41 that destroyed Walt's confidence and locked the company in its '30s mindset.
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Stone argues that Walt Disney has created household names of heroines in his films, but in so doing, is encouraging passivity and inaction from female viewers who are influenced by the pretty-but-dumb characters. Disney has changed the role of women from the original stories for the worse in his films. The Grimm brothers have 40 heroines in their tales, and not all are passive and pretty. Their villains are not always women, either. While Grimm heroines are often not rewarded for having spirit, Disney females are even less so. The three Disney films based on other fairy tales (Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, and Cinderella) all star an innocent, beautiful girl who is victimized by a jealous, evil villainess.
Disney encourages the image of a perfect housewife in his heroines. They all exhibit patience, obedience, passivity, diligence, silence, and beauty. To become a heroine for Disney, one must have all those qualities. To mute the heroine inside oneself, one must simply don dirty rags. While in Disney, Cinderella is only a heroine when properly cleaned and dressed, in traditional fairy tales, the heroines may be unattractive and disheveled. Their appearance does not affect their success. In Snow White, it is her beauty that eventually leads to her success. It is because of her face that the prince falls in love with her and frees her from sleeping death with love's first kiss.
In recent tales, there is great disparity between hero and heroine characteristics. Heroes are judged on their ability to overcome difficulties. They succeed by acting. Heroines, on the other hand, do not develop throughout the story because they start out perfect, without defects. All they need is their beauty and passivity to succeed. This is apparent in both the Grimm and Disney versions of Snow White. Snow White's beauty is emphasized, as is her kindness toward others and chipper attitude toward housework. She does nothing in either version, except clean house and look pretty, qualities that Stone believes Disney is encouraging in women throughout the world.
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Bush green bean with 6- to 7-inch, straight, flat pods. Resistant to bean mosaic virus.
- Easy
Wait until the frost-free date for your zone AND until the soil has warmed to above 60F (15C).
Plant seed one inch (2 cm) deep (as deep as the bean is long), in rows 18 (45 cm) to 36 (90 cm) inches apart.
Plant directly in the garden, and don't start indoors since they don't transplant well. Soaking beans is not necessary and, in fact may damage seeds. Inoculating seeds with rhizobium bacteria may increase yields, especially where beans have been grown.
Plant successively through July, but in the height of summer pod, when temperatures are above 90F (32C), pod set weakens.
Keep evenly moist (about 1 inch or 2 cm / week, like a lawn) especially when plant is in bloom and developing pods. Deformed pods may be the result of insufficient moisture, poor soil fertility or insect damage during bloom. Drip irrigation is best, since wet foliage promotes disease. As with most vegetables, water early in the day so any moisture on foliage dries quickly. Do not use nitrogen fertilizers since you will get excessive leaf production instead of fruit. Best practice is to rotate crop position in the garden every three years.


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Things to see and do - Messina
Leaving for Italy
Messina :
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Messina Hotel tips
Hotel Royal Palace from45 €
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Hotel Messenion from90 €
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Hotel La Residenza from55 €
Messina Travel guide
Messina : Michelin's recommendations
The history of Messina has always been connected with the sea and the strait that separates it from the Italian peninsula, from the time of the Greeks, who chose the area in the 8C BC because of its natural port, right up to the Second World War, when the Allies bombarded the town in order to regain control of the strait of Messina. Even today, the main attraction of the city remains its magnificent bay.
Tourist attractions Messina : Things to see and do
Astronomical clock
Piazza del Duomo I - 98100 Messina
Located in the belfry to the left of the church, this astronomical clock was made in Strasbourg in 1933. Each level moves differently. Thus at the lower level, a chariot with two horses driven by a divine figure indicates the days of the week, whilst..
Fontana di Orione
Piazza del Duomo I - 98100 Messina
At the centre of the piazza del Duomo, this elegant, Florentine style 16C fountain is the work of the Tuscan, Montorsoli. Constructed in commemoration of the opening of an aqueduct, it represents four rivers: the Tiber, the Nile, the Ebro and... the ..
Piazza del Duomo I - 98100 Messina
The Dome was entirely rebuilt in the 20C in the original Norman style. The central door of the façade was even rehung with original elements, dating from the 15C. It is surrounded by small columns supported by lions and decorated, in the lunette, w..
Hotels Messina
Hotel Residence Empedocle
Via Felice Bisazza 89 I - 98122 Messina
Prix Prices from : 36 €
The Empedocle offers bright rooms with satellite TV, air conditioning and private bathroom. The Cathedral is 900 metres away, and the Political Sciences Faculty of the University of Messina is just around the corner. All rooms at Hotel Residence Emp..
Relax in the spacious, comfortable rooms of Hotel Royal Palace, set just 100 metres from the rail station and the ferries to the Italian mainland and the Aeolian Islands. An underground garage is available on site. Each room has either large windows..
Hotel Messenion
Via Faranda 7 I - 98123 Messina
Offering air-conditioned rooms with satellite TV, Hotel Messenion is just 750 metres from the Duomo, Messina's cathedral, in the heart of the city. Momento restaurant serves Mediterranean specialities. Rooms at the Messenion Hotel are all soundproof..
Restaurants Messina
La Durlindana
via Nicola Fabrizi 143/145 I - 98123 Messina
Behind the courthouse stands this recently opened restaurant. The kitchen is in full view and the original interiors have been embellished by a well-designed internal courtyard with veranda and patio. Regional-style dishes and wine.
via Ghibellina 119 I - 98123 Messina
Since1962 the same proprietor has managed this classic and elegant restaurant, recently renovated; seafood specialities, but salads and meat dishes are also available.
La Sirena
via Lago Grande 96 I - 98122 Messina
Situated on Ganzirri lake, this trattoria serves only local fish, such as roulades of swordfish, needle-fish and clams. The dishes are simple and unfussy but full of flavour.


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Editor Profile
David Green, MD, PhD
Associate Editor
About the NEJM Watch Oncology and Hematology Board
Dr. Green is Professor of Medicine Emeritus in the Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, at the Feinberg School of Medicine of Northwestern University. His clinical and research interests are in the area of bleeding and thrombosis. He has authored more than 300 journal articles and textbook chapters and has edited six books. He serves on the board of the American Thrombosis and Hemostasis Network. He is a member of the American Society of Hematology, a fellow of the American Heart Association, and a Master of the American College of Physicians. Dr. Green has been writing for NEJM Journal Watch Oncology and Hematology since 2006.
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- December 9, 2013
Choosing Wisely: Hematologic Tests and TreatmentsFree
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Evidence-based recommendations from the American Society of Hematology on five tests and treatments to avoid
- December 4, 2013
Long-Acting Factor IX for Hemophilia BFree
- David Green, MD, PhD
Recombinant factor IX Fc fusion protein with prolonged half-life reduced infusion frequency.
- November 19, 2013
Long-Acting Factor VIII for HemophiliaFree
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Recombinant factor VIIIFc fusion protein with prolonged half-life reduced bleeding rates in patients with severe hemophilia A, but cost is a factor.
- November 19, 2013
Protein S and Risk for Venous ThrombosisFree
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Low levels of free and total protein S do not identify patients at risk for sporadic venous thrombosis.
- November 4, 2013
Myelofibrosis Survival Benefit Confirmed for RuxolitinibFree
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Overall mortality rates were significantly lower than with other treatments.
- October 30, 2013
Imatinib for Steroid-Resistant Chronic Graft-Versus-Host Disease
- David Green, MD, PhD
No patients achieved a complete response; 46% had a partial or minor response.