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Last year, Hollywood claims to have had it rough. Box office receipts were down about 6%, and studios were worried (never mind the fact that 2004 was a record year and that 2005 was almost bound to be down at least a little). Some people said that this was just desserts for moviemakers who weren't offering enough family-friendly fare or even a significant number of really good films (by "good," I mean films of the type that usually win Oscars and critical acclaim, but which don't make lots and lots of money).
Of the ten top grossing movies of 2005 in the US, none were G-rated. Outside of technical categories, none are nominated for Oscars, either. And yet the low movie on the Top 10 list made nearly $200 million in domestic receipts alone. Combined, we're talking two and a third billion dollars in revenue for these ten movies alone! Let's be honest with ourselves here and admit that, whatever else Hollywood may be, it's not stupid when it comes to making money. It's going to make and release what it thinks it can make money making and releasing. How else would we ever have been subjected to more than one Police Academy?
There are groups that like to complain that TV offerings are even worse than those coming out of movie studios. Again, they lament the sex, violence, or crudity and say they wish there'd be more programming suitable for the whole family to enjoy. Television networks aren't much concerned with how cleverly written or brilliantly acted a show is (except, perhaps, when they're considering buying it), or whether or not it teaches "appropriate" moral values. Like moviemakers watch ticket sales, TV executives watch ratings.
There's currently a group that wants to get Desperate Housewives off the air. A spokesman terms it "vulgar." Now, whether or not I agree with him is immaterial (though for the record, I don't). What matters is that millions of people disagree with him and the ratings for Desperate Housewives are through the roof as a result. Based on those ratings, advertising revenue for Desperate Housewives is also sky high. Unless and until that changes, that's one show that's going to stay on the air!
Meanwhile, there's a good reason we're bombarded with sexy or graphic dramas, crude or salacious comedies, and in-your-face reality shows: people watch them. Lots of people watch them. There's also a good reason there aren't a lot of true kids' shows on network television these days: not enough people tune in to support such programming.
In the relatively small town where I currently live, there's an historic theatre located right in the heart of downtown. Beautifully restored, it's offered concerts and movies at relatively low ticket prices for the last decade or so. This past fall, when voters chose not to subsidize it with taxpayer dollars, the theatre closed its doors due to a lack of funding. Most of the theatre's offerings were advertised as family events. There were G-rated movies almost every weekend. Dance recitals took the state on occasion, as did charity fashion shows. Sometimes, there were classical musicians there to perform. And almost nobody went.
I didn't know the theatre manager well, but I ran into her on occasion and she almost always wondered aloud why I didn't take advantage of the shows. I told her point blank that I didn't buy tickets because there wasn't anything there that I wanted to see. Some years ago, though, somebody managed to book George Carlin. Despite some weak protests from the community as to the likely content of his show, it was sold out. Fairly recently, Alice Cooper came through town. I went to buy tickets the day they became available, and happened to run into the manager. "You bought tickets?" she asked me excitedly. "Yes," I said. "You finally got something I wanted to see." In all, I saw two shows at that theatre in ten years.
Some people suggested that the theatre might do some additional business if it brought art and independent films into town, or at least the more highbrow fare that so many say Hollywood doesn't make any more. I actually thought they might have a valid point. The only time our other local theatres show such films is if Oscar nominations are involved! That's how it is that Brokeback Mountain just arrived in town a week or so ago (I had to drive to a big city an hour away to see it sooner), and why I was finally able to see Mrs. Henderson Presents this week. And you know what? On a Friday night, with good weather and no local sporting events, I was alone in the theatre. I kid you not: I saw Mrs. Henderson Presents by myself!
Many people talk in much the same way about politics and politicians. They're not happy with politics, but they continue to be swayed by it. They say they don't like it when candidates "go negative," but the mudslinging invariably works. They claim they don't trust politicians, but the keep electing the same men and women, over and over and over again. They swear they're sick of partisan politics, yet those outside the Republican or Democratic parties typically score such low vote totals that they all but fail to register in the election statistics.
More and more Americans are starting to complain about an overabundance of laws, far too many of which don't make sense, infringe on freedom, or both. And yet they typically do nothing but complain. Isolated people here and there lost property through eminent domain for such as parks or environmental issues, and since it wasn't our property, we didn't join in their protests. Drug dealers were put away after warrantless searches; some innocents suffered when DEA agents targeted the wrong addresses or were fed bad information, but since it wasn't our crime or our house, we didn't worry about it.
Yet last year, when the US Supreme Court released a property rights decision that said towns could use eminent domain for economic development purposes, many groups and individuals took note and took action. It's terrific that they've done so — and that what some are calling a property rights revolution is continuing — but it seems a shame it took a broad and imminent threat before they'd actually get off their chairs and see if things couldn't be changed! Warrantless searches, too, are a big deal now that we know that any of us could be targeted in a domestic surveillance program.
Suddenly, states are making laws protecting property owners from the misuse and overuse of eminent domain. Almost overnight, the Bush administration was on the defensive over domestic spying authorized by the president himself (something many experts are now saying overstepped his bounds of authority). These are good things! At the same time, the PATRIOT Act will almost certainly be as bad — or even worse — than it's been in the past because not enough people are speaking out against it. REAL ID is, for now at least, on schedule to impose a national ID on all of us because more than a few think the sacrifice in privacy and liberty is worth the dubious security offered by the card.
So here's the bottom line: If you want things to change, you have to work to change them. If you prefer certain kinds of movies, then leave your house and head to the theatre next time one's showing. If you'd like to see more "highbrow" or cultural events, be the first in line to buy tickets and ensure each is well attended. Don't like some TV shows? Change the channel, or turn the TV off. Moviemakers make what sells tickets. TV programmers schedule what gets ratings. Politicians aren't much different. They do whatever will get them elected. What will it take for you to be sufficiently inspired to remind them of that?
Lady Liberty, a senior writer for ESR, is a graphic designer and pro-freedom activist currently residing in the Midwest. More of her writings and other political and educational information is available on her web site, Lady Liberty's Constitution Clearing House, at http://www.ladylibrty.com. E-mail Lady Liberty at
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One of the great advantages of military life is the opportunity to live overseas. How many of our civilian friends and neighbors have the chance to pick up and spend two or three years exploring Japan, Germany, or Korea? However, along with the excitement that accompanies overseas Permanent Change of Station (PCS ) orders comes an onslaught of questions. Where will we live? What about the dog? And – most importantly for families with school-age children – where will the kids go to school?
For most families moving overseas, the choice of a school is fairly straightforward. The Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) operates elementary and secondary schools at installations in countries all over the world, including Germany, the United Kingdom, Italy, Turkey, Bahrain, South Korea, and Japan. For families stationed at these locations, these Department of Defense Dependents Schools (DoDDS) provide a comprehensive, quality education to children in pre-kindergarten through 12th grade.
However, what about those families heading to a country not served by a DoDDS school? How can they find an appropriate school for their school-age children? For answers to these and many other questions, families heading overseas can turn to the Non-DoD Schools Program (NDSP). The NDSP provides support and funding for the education of authorized command-sponsored dependents of military members and Department of Defense (DoD) civilian employees assigned to overseas areas where no DoDEA school is available.
The NDSP supports families moving overseas in a variety of ways. First, it helps families identify the different options for educating their children in their new location: local public school, private school, virtual education, or homeschooling. Your new command or overseas location should have an NDSP Liaison who can provide you with information on your choices. You can also find contact information for regional instructional specialists at the NDSP website.
Depending on your child's grade level and the options available at your new location, the NDSP may be authorized to pay tuition for your child to attend a private school. Allowed tuition amounts vary by location.
It's important for families to understand that not all the costs associated with attending school in their new location will be covered by NDSP. NDSP is not allowed to pay for uniforms, meals, or personal computers, for example. Families should also be aware that private schools may have a lengthy application process, so it's important to reach out to NDSP for support and information as soon as possible after receiving orders.
Parents of special needs children may be especially concerned about an overseas move and the ability of the local school system to meet their child's educational needs. The NDSP can offer guidance about options available in your new location and will work with parents, service providers, and school personnel to make sure your child's needs can be met.
Moving overseas can be an exciting adventure for your family. Arming yourself with as much information as possible beforehand helps ensure it will be a positive experience for everyone. Bon voyage, travel safe, and be sure to take lots of pictures!
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A multidisciplinary team of physicians and nurses from West Penn Allegheny Health System's(WPAHS) Institute for the Treatment of Esophageal and Thoracic Disease is the first in Pennsylvania to offer per-oral endoscopic myotomy (POEM), an innovative, minimally-invasive surgical approach to treat the swallowing disorder called achalasia.
Achalasia is a problem that affects the ability of the esophagus to move food toward the stomach. Some symptoms include regurgitation of food and difficulty swallowing. The condition is caused by a malfunctioning lower esophageal sphincter (LES). When the LES fails to relax, patients have difficulty moving food past the muscle and into the stomach. In addition, the esophageal muscle fails to squeeze in a coordinated and effective fashion, thereby compounding the symptoms of obstruction.
"These patients can't eat well- their food tends to get stuck in the esophagus," said Abhijit Kulkarni, MD, director of the gastroenterology lab at Allegheny General Hospital and a leader within the newly created Institute for the Treatment of Esophageal and Thoracic Disease.
Medications exist to treat achalasia and physicians have used balloons to stretch the LES, but neither of those methods tends to yield good long-term results, Dr. Kulkarni said.
In one of the most successful surgical treatments for achalasia, Heller myotomy, the outer layer of the LES and esophageal muscle are cut so that the obstruction is relieved and food can move through the esophagus and into the stomach. Heller myotomy was first performed via open surgery through the chest or abdomen and has more recently been done through four to five small incisions in the abdomen.
POEM enables physicians to effectively treat achalasia in the same way but without making any incisions in the patient's skin. Employing the NOTES philosophy (natural orifice translumenal endoscopic surgery), physicians use an endoscope to access the esophagus via the patient's mouth.
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Drs. Jobe and Kulkarni joined thoracic surgeon and Co-Director of the Institute, Lana Schumacher, MD, gastroenterologist Shyam Thakkar, MD, and Toshitaka Hoppo, MD, a general surgeon specializing in esophageal surgery, on the multidisciplinary team that performed the first POEM procedure at Canonsburg General Hospital. The procedure is currently being performed as part of a clinical trial to help doctors determine if it can be an effective treatment option for achalasia in the future. Physicians expect to enroll 15 patients in the study.
According to Dr. Schumacher, the likelihood of patients developing gastroesophageal reflux may be higher after the POEM procedure compared to laparoscopic Heller myotomy.
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Other rare but serious risks involved with the study procedure include laceration or tear to the esophagus, postoperative bleeding and failed endoscopic procedure, requiring alternative treatment.
Achalasia affects about one in 100,000 people and its cause is poorly understood. WPAHS is one of a select few medical centers in the United States offering POEM surgery. WPAHS is currently enrolling patients ages18 to 80 with an established diagnosis of achalasia and no prior surgical intervention to treat it in the POEM study. Patients must meet additional criteria and pregnant women are not eligible. Patients will be followed in the study for approximately one year. There is no compensation for participation.
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A long-running legal battle over a Catholic school's expansion plans has ended following City Council approval of a $500,000 settlement with the Academy of Our Lady of Peace.
A federal jury awarded the North Park academy $1.1 million in damages in December after it determined that the city infringed on the school's religious rights by denying it permits to build a new classroom building and parking structure. The city was considering an appeal, but the council voted 6-2 in closed session last week to settle the case.
The council agreed to pay the smaller settlement, allow the construction project to move forward and handle the relocation of two historic homes from the property. In return, the school will drop its claim for $4.5 million in legal fees.
Mayor Bob Filner, who credited Deputy Chief of Staff Allen Jones with sitting in on settlement negotiations and lowering the city's exposure, said he was ecstatic with the final result which decreased the city's potential liability from $5.6 million to $500,000. The price tag could increase for the city, depending on what steps it takes to move the homes.
"That's a pretty good deal," Filner said. Expenditure of settlement funds are subject to a mayoral veto, which Filner said he won't invoke in this case.
Daniel Dalton, the school's lead attorney, said the academy wanted to reach agreement with the city rather than continue the court fight despite its recent victory.
"First and foremost, we want to be as a good as a neighbor as we can to the city," he said. "This is a case that the school never really wanted to file, but it was pushed to the brink and they had no other option."
The school submitted a plan in 2007 to demolish three homes it owned on the property to make way for new facilities and allow for expanded enrollment. Neighbors complained, saying the homes were historic and removing them would damage the neighborhood's character.
The Planning Commission approved the project in 2008, but the council reversed that decision in 2009. The school sued under the federal Religious Land-Use and Institutionalized Persons Act and a jury found the city's decision to deny permits imposed a "substantial burden" on the academy's right to religious exercise.
City Council President Todd Gloria, whose district includes North Park, has long sided with neighbors in opposing the project. He and Councilwoman Sherri Lightner voted against the settlement which Gloria described as "a business decision" to not risk losing millions more by continuing the litigation.
"The efforts of OLP will forever change the character of the neighborhood and has soured the relationship between the school and its neighbors," Gloria said in a statement. "I wish the outcome had been different but am proud to stand with my constituents and oppose this project from beginning to end."
The 130-year-old school is the oldest high school in the city and the only all-girls high school in the county, according to court documents. The school has operated at its current location on Oregon Street since 1925 and has not built any new educational facilities since 1965. Its plans call for the construction of state-of-the-art science laboratories, an enhanced library/media center and a two-story parking garage.


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At Mahaska Health Partnership, we recognize the healing power of family and friends. We encourage visitors of the patient's choice to be present for emotional support and comfort while receiving services at our facilities.
Upon your arrival to our campus, if it is between the hours of 6:00 am and 8:00 pm Monday through Friday or 8:00 am and 5:00 pm Saturday or Sunday; enter through entrance #4. If you are visiting outside these hours, please use the Emergency entrance #5 and staff will direct you. All of our campus entrances are indicated on the campus map provided below.
Patients have the right to:
- To accept visitors of their choosing for emotional support and comfort while receiving care. The visitors designated by the patient or support person may include, but not limited to, a spouse, a domestic partner (including a same sex domestic partner), another family member or a friend. The individual may or may not be the patient's surrogate decision-maker or legally authorized representative.
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- The term "support person" means an individual recognized verbally or in writing by the patient to make visitation determinations on behalf of the patient.
- A "support person" includes but is not limited to a person who is the patient's spouse, a domestic partner, adult child, a sibling of the patient, another family member of the patient, a same sex partner, a person with whom the patient is in a civil union, or a same sex marriage, a friend, or a person who has durable power of attorney in health care or a health care proxy for the patient documented in a manner recognized under state law.
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This is the online magazine - it's still being worked on, still have lots of dummy text and the layout has yet to be complete, but it's getting there!
The magazine is basically being launched as a community health awareness initiative set forth by Waterelated (http://www.waterelated.com). Through this initiative, we hope that we can help people become better educated when it comes to health issues, and inspire them to pay more attention to their fitness and personal well-being.
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Editor's note: Arjun Sethi, a writer and lawyer, is legislative counsel for national security and privacy related affairs at the American Civil Liberties Union. Follow him on Twitter @arjunsethi81. The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of the writer.
(CNN) -- For the first time in nearly 40 years, Congress looks poised to limit the powers of the U.S. intelligence community, an opportunity it should seize.
When Congress returns from its August recess, surveillance reform will be high on the agenda. In May, the House passed the USA Freedom Act, a measure aimed at ending bulk collection of Americans' phone records under the Patriot Act. And in July, a much stronger version of the bill was introduced in the Senate.
The Senate version would curb the most egregious abuses of the telephone metadata program and represents a compromise among the White House, civil liberties advocates and private industry.
Yet, important work remains.
In particular, the bill doesn't reform NSA surveillance under Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. Under that program, the NSA collects the content of phone calls, text messages, e-mails and other electronic communications of Americans who are in touch with foreign targets abroad.
The problem is bigger than you think.
A four-month investigation by The Washington Post into documents leaked by Edward Snowden confirms suspicions long-held by privacy advocates: The intelligence community is engaging in dragnet surveillance of people all over the world and in the process intercepting Americans' international communications without any showing of probable cause.
After reviewing a cache of roughly 160,000 e-mail and instant message conversations, the Post determined that roughly 50% of the communications were either to, from or about Americans. The documents, which include health records, academic transcripts and revealing photographs, tell stories of adultery, mental illness, and religious conversion.
This raises the question: When did Americans become digital bystanders?
The 2008 amendments to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act tell part of the story.
In its original form, FISA prohibited the government from monitoring the phone calls and other electronic communications of Americans without a targeted order from the newly created intelligence court. The court, in turn, would only issue the order under narrow circumstances: The government had to establish probable cause that the American targeted was a "foreign power or an agent of a foreign power" and that each of the facilities and places to be under surveillance was associated with the target.
The 2008 FISA amendments, however, upended this equilibrium and drew an arbitrary distinction between Americans' domestic and international communications.
The amendments allow the NSA to listen to or read Americans' international communications in the course of targeting one, non-Americans; two, those located outside the United State; and three, those who possess "foreign intelligence information."
All three conditions must be satisfied, and all three are vague and broad.
In determining "foreignness," for example, NSA analysts must have only a reasonable belief that the target is foreign and located abroad. Many have appropriately dubbed this the 51% standard, and indeed some analysts have admitted to signing off on a target simply because their e-mails were written in a foreign language. Although information collected inadvertently must be destroyed under NSA rules and regulations, there's little court oversight over this process.
"Foreign intelligence information," meanwhile, is defined so broadly that it includes information relating not just to crime and terrorism but also "foreign affairs." This language was introduced in the 2008 amendments for the express purpose of widening collection efforts.
Under this approach, the communications of foreign lawyers, journalists and human rights workers can all be captured, including their communications with Americans. Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, The Guardian newspaper in Great Britain and Al Jazeera, for example, have reason to be worried, as do people who communicate with them. Communications to or from these institutions could be collected under the guise of "foreign affairs."
Others should be worried, too.
Once the NSA has its database, no law precludes the NSA from searching it for any U.S. name or search term it wants. The FBI and CIA also have access to the NSA repository and engage in "backdoor searches" routinely.
This dragnet collection violates the human rights of foreigners abroad and the constitutional rights of Americans.
Indeed, in 2011, under this sole program alone, the government collected over 250 million Internet communications, not including phone conversations. The Post's investigation suggests that many of these communications reveal private details about Americans' lives.
The NSA also misuses the 2008 FISA Amendments. For example, under an absurd reading of the statute, the NSA engages in so-called "about" or "inadvertent" collection, in which it collects communications that are neither to nor from a foreign target but instead merely mention that name: in other words the data from Americans who are in direct contact with foreign targets can also be collected without a warrant.
The story doesn't end there.
Other loopholes exist, and so do other surveillance programs. Indeed most of what we know comes from documents leaked by Edward Snowden. But there's much more that simply hasn't been revealed.
Most troubling is Executive Order 12333, a 1981 presidential decree that is being used to authorize wide-ranging surveillance programs distinct and separate from the FISA one. Details are still sparse as the executive order isn't subject to court oversight and Congress has refused to intervene.
But what we do know is troubling.
According to the investigative website The Intercept, leaks tell us the executive order has been used to collect and store every communication coming into or out of the Bahamas as well as another country, whose name has been withheld from publication for national security reasons. And just recently, a person knowledgeable about surveillance under the executive order suggested that the NSA might be using it to create a national e-mail metadata database.
Americans deserve better. So does the Constitution.
Probable cause, a time-tested safeguard against unreasonable searches and seizures, has been replaced with excessive deference to the intelligence community and obscure agency rules. A robust system of checks and balances, where searches and seizures were approved individually by neutral magistrate judges, has been swapped for general surveillance orders and bulky collection. And sensible targeting criteria, such as information relating to terrorism and crime, has been jettisoned for the amorphous standard of "foreign affairs."
Secrecy has triumphed over transparency. Indeed we still don't know how many Americans' communications are intercepted or even under what authority.
Still, progress may be in sight.
In June, the House voted decisively to pass an amendment to an appropriations bill that would prohibit the government from searching the NSA database for U.S. names unless it has reason to believe that they are engaged in wrongdoing. The Senate should follow suit.
Protecting Americans from terrorism is undoubtedly a national mandate. But so are fidelity to the Constitution and the human right to privacy.
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Rookie guard Dennis Schroder scored on a runner with 2.1 seconds left to lift the Atlanta Hawks to an 87-85 victory over the Charlotte Bobcats in a preseason game on Tuesday.
Mike Scott scored 19 points, Kyle Korver 14 and DeMarre Carroll 12 for the Hawks, who led by as many as 13 points in the third quarter.
Ramon Sessions had 17 points and Kemba Walker 12 for Charlotte, which overcame 36.8 percent shooting to lead twice in the fourth quarter, the last at 79-77 on Jannero Pargo's 3-pointer with 4:04 remaining.
Sessions tied the game 85-all on a free throw with 43.7 seconds left, but missed the second shot. Pargo then missed a 3 with 18 seconds left that would have put the Bobcats ahead.
After Schroder gave Atlanta the lead, Pargo bounced another 3 off the back of the rim at the buzzer.


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Dorothea Elizabeth Bryan (also known as Dorothy and Dollie), daughter of Reddick and Elizabeth Regan Bryan was born on March 14, 1828. It is unknown as to whether she was born in Twiggs County or in Houston County. Dorothea is said to be the name of Elizabeth Regan Bryan's mother.
Later that year, on November 8, 1828, Reddick and his wife, Elizabeth, were witnesses to the will of John Barr in Houston County. According to an article found in the October 20, 1828 issue of the Macon Weekly Telegraph, John Barr, in a state of intoxication, fell from a window of the second story of the Houston County, court house and was badly hurt.
I presume that Reddick, Elizabeth and family were living in Houston County, Georgia by the day that they witnessed the will as their home, in Houston County, was quite a distance from their former home in Twiggs County.


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What is an ISBN?
An ISBN (International Standard Book Number) | Why is the ISBN important? | What does the publisher have to consider? | ISBN numbers are assigned to | ISBN numbers are not assigned to | What is the difference between ISBN, ISMN and ISSN numbers? | Location of the ISBN number in the book | ISBN and EAN code | Applying for ISBN in Estonia
Apply the ISBN number here: Publisher Portal
What is a Publiseher Portal?
Terms of Use for DIGAR Publisher Portal
An ISBN (International Standard Book Number) is a unique combination of 13 digits. The ISBN assigned to a publication cannot be changed, replaced or re-used. The ISBN consists of 13 digits: the 3-digit prefix 978, which identifies book production, is followed by the 9-digit core number and finally the check digit, a single Arabic numeral that validates the whole number combination.
The group identifiers 9949-, 9985- are used in Estonia. The use of ISBNs is regulated by Estonian Standard EVS-ISO 2108:2006 Information and Documentation: International Standard Book Number (ISBN).
An eye-readable EAN book number below the barcode is identical to a 13-digit ISBN (printed with no hyphens). For books issued after 1 January 2007, an eye-readable 13-digit ISBN, each part of which being correctly separated with hyphens, has to be printed above the back cover barcode.
prefix 978;
Group identifier (country and language identifier);
Publisher identifier;
title identifier;
Check digit
A more detailed overview of the changes to the ISBN numbering system is available at Frequently Asked Questions about changes to the ISBN.
- The ISBN number enables quick and precise identification of a publication,
- facilitates ordering and selling books, and
- assists in accounting.
The Estonian ISBN Agency distributes the contact data of Estonian publishers who have joined the ISBN system for the address book "Publishers' International ISBN Directory" (PIID) (also available on CD-ROM) published by the International ISBN Agency in in London.
What does the publisher have to consider?
In the ISBN system all legal persons and individuals are considered publishers if they are engaged in issuing books irrespective of whether the publications are sold or distributed free of charge. The publishers may be publishing houses, institutions of higher education, associations, societies, municipalities, organisations etc.
Acquiring an ISBN number for a publication is the duty of the publisher, as information about the country and the publisher is encoded in the ISBN number. The publisher is responsible for the correctness of the ISBN. The publisher identifier has to correspond with the name of the publisher printed on the title page.
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- micropublications (microfilms and microcards)
- electronic items (diskettes, CD-ROMs, web publications)
ISBN numbers are not assigned to:
- newspapers and periodical publications (ISSN), except for serials with a special title, which get both standard numbers
- printed music (ISMN)commercial material (sale catalogues, price lists, product presentations, folders, instructions, issuing prospectuses etc.)
- wallpapers, posters, postcards, news publications, and leaflets
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- college and higher school curricula and plans
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- dissertations and their reviews
- calendars, diaries
- forms, questionnaires and colouring books
- normative documents (standards, patents) issued as a separate publication
- sound recordings.
What is the difference between ISBN, ISMN and ISSN numbers?
The ISBN is an identification number for books and the ISSN is a code for periodical publications. The ISBN is assigned to all books in one or several volumes or to non-book publications, which are not issued as continuous serials.
Serial publications and book series with special titles are assigned both standard numbers. Every part of a serial publication obtains a new ISBN number; the ISSN number remains the same until changes in the title of the publication are made.
The ISMN is an international music standard number.
Location of the ISBN number in the book
The ISBN appears in the lower left side corner of the verso of the title page (at least in 9 pt type), and in the lower section of the outside back cover. The ISBN on the trade bar code must be eye-readable. The ISBN number for audiovisual and electronic items is printed on both the information carrier and its envelope. Each appendix of the book must have its own ISBN. If a book has two or more ISBN numbers, they must be printed all on the verso of the title page. In the case of a multivolume work, the ISBN of the whole work is printed on the verso of the title page; and the ISBN of the particular volume appears below. On the back cover of the book only the ISBN of the given volume is printed.
ISBN and EAN code
At the publisher's request the ISBN Agency will send by email together with an ISBN also an EAN, or an article barcode file.
Since 1992, the Estonian ISBN Agency at the National Library of Estonia is the only institution in Estonia, which assigns publisher prefixes to publishers. The service is free of charge.
The Estonian ISBN Agency
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Rosario Dawson Is Glowing In Cannes After Wardrobe Malfunction
The star looked gorgeous in a gold Marchesa dress, recovering flawlessly from the moment she flashed her underwear, in a glimmering gown on the red carpet.
Rosario Dawson looked absolutely stunning in her gold Marchesa gown at Cannes. It was a much better choice than the severe slit that caused the 34-year-old to suffer a wardrobe malfunction! What do YOU think of Rosario's new gown?
Rosario Dawson's Cannes Film Festival Gown:
The actress looks statuesque in the fitted gown from the Marchesa Resort 2013 collection — doesn't she look drop-dead gorgeous? It was so appropriate for the Cleopatra premiere when she stepped out in the ensemble. The tight gown highlights her slender frame and the puffy sleeves add a delightful kick to the dress! The mermaid-like bottom of the gown flowed out, fanning into a gorgeous train. She topped the outfit off with two sparkly pieces: a diamond cuff, a huge diamond ring, and a Ferragamo clutch. The clutch was perfect, but the diamond cuff was a little too much considering that her gown was a bright array of beading and diamonds!
She finished off her whole look with a wavy, wind-swept hairdo, letting her locks hang loose. A bright red pout accentuated her gorgeous smile. Rosario looks like she can be presented to an oscar winner as a trophy in her golden gown. The star clearly is a pro on the red carpet and managed to recover flawlessly from her wardrobe malfunction — way to go!
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Welcome back to another addition of Vintage Quilt Mondays. The quilt that I'm sharing with you today was another from the set that my step-mother gave me, and it was either made my her grandmother or her great-grandmother. It's a traditional bow tie pattern and I think it's just gorgeous.
This quilt looks like it was used a lot because parts are becoming nearly threadbare, and there are even a few holes in the quilt. I imagine that it has been washed, and washed, and washed some more because the fabrics are so soft and it looks like a lot of the prints have faded as well. But, I love that, because it means the quilt was used and loved for a long time.
The quilt looks like it was hand-pieced and hand-quilted to me. All of the fabrics are cotton and some appear to be bits and pieces of old clothing, with some feedsack scraps, too. I really like this black and white print!
And I love the little horseshoes.
And here's a view of the back of the quilt. I love the design that the stitches make in the white fabric of the backing. It looks kind of like a little road map, doesn't it? Thanks so much for joining me today for this installment of Vintage Quilt Monday. I hope you enjoy this quilt as much as I do, too!


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I gave The New Mother by Lucy Clifford a whirl after reading about it in this Guardian article. Yikes, is it ever the stuff of childhood nightmares. It's a surreal story with lots of weird oddities that are twice as creepy by being unexplainable. Like, who is the girl with the pear drum? The devil? And the guy following her with the dogs at the end. Wha? Then there is the new mother herself with her glowing glass eyes and wooden tail. Wooden tail, y'all! (I just turned Southern, apparently.)
This story dates back to the days when parents would scare the beejebus out of their kids in order to keep them in line. Imagine a mother reading this and saying, "The end… Now you know what happens to naughty children. Have sweet dreams, children." Aw, the good old days.
Anyhow… here's the run down. Two perfectly nice children encounter a girl with a pear drum (a guitar-like instrument). She tempts them into becoming "naughty" by dangling the chance of seeing the tiny people she has hidden inside the pear drum over them. Only naughty children can see them. So the kids go home and become progressively bad over several days, making their mother crazy. She threatens to leave them, but they wouldn't be alone for long- the New Mother will come. The kids decide to take their chances and keep misbehaving. I think you can figure out what happens.
The New Mother comes from an 1882 collection called Anyhow Stories (moral and otherwise); the moral being don't be bad or your parents will leave you in the hands of monsters.


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Mcgowanshaun necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 120 diseños de 42 diseñadores freelance.
CarReviews.com.au is a new website (to be created) which will allow users to write reviews on cars they have owned or driven. They will be able to add/like/dislike/comment/share to facebook etc all of their own reviews or any page of the site. The CarReviews.com.au will also have professional Automotive Journalists writing for the site as well.
Our target audience is car buyers. People who go online to research a car before they make a buying decision. Recent research has shown that 74% of users trust user written reviews whilst only 14% trust advertisements. Our site is to give honest reviews to users, written by users.
We encourage your creativity.
CarReviews.com.au will only be marketed online.
User written reviews
Themes we would like logo to represent (in order - obviously not all are expected!)
Web 2.0
Real People
We would like to see designs with the .com.au extension included and some without.
We have no colour scheme in mind at this stage so this really is your chance to have full creative licence!
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Ann Marie necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 122 diseños de 13 diseñadores freelance.
First United Methodist Church
We are a welcoming family of faith serving Jesus Christ and our community. We are also the oldest congregation in Corpus Christi, Texas. We are a large urban church, which sits on the Corpus Christi bay front and attracts worshipers from all over the city and surrounding area. We offer contemporary & traditional worship services, lots of study opportunities, and we feel that few people realize all the community services we offer. Our newly adopted motto is "Learning, Loving, Living Christ." We are looking to rebrand ourselves to reflect our core values of Faith, Love, Worship, Family, and Service.
We want to attract multi-cultural families with children and/or teenagers. These persons would primarily be professional persons who are seeking to raise their children in our loving and caring congregation with a family atmosphere. These young adults might also be persons looking for ways to plug into the community through service and therefore attracted to our multitude of ongoing mission projects.
Our audience is Gen Xers and Yers. The logo needs to be bold, cutting edge, and upmarket, but personable. It needs to say "this is where you belong."
We are well known in the community for our statue of Christ sitting out front overlooking the bay. The logo design will have to include an image of the statue. I have uploaded a photograph and an artistic rendering of the statue. We would like to see a simplified drawing used in the design, although not necessarily the one provided here. Please avoid cartoonish designs. We prefer a pictorial design with text.
Another idea which might be included is the United Methodist Cross and Flame. This is a copyrighted image for use by United Methodist churches and available at umcom.org.
Our name is quite long. You are invited to experiment with shorter versions. We are open to your creative suggestions here. You may or may not want to include the motto. We welcome your ideas!
The design should render well in a monotone and full color. The finished design needs to be a vector graphic. It will be used on business cards, letterhead, web pages, church publications, and advertising, so it needs to be versatile.
We would want the font used to be available to use for future design work. Any fonts used must be available in TrueType and/or OpenType for use on either a Mac or PC. We would expect to acquire the font from a third party vender and would appreciate knowing your source.
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Dear Ed Perlmutter and Joe Coors: Please send money, Your friend, Buck
Congressman Ed Perlmutter got a kick out of a letter he recently received from Buck Bailey, his Libertarian opponent running in the 7th District.
I received a solicitation in the mail for Joe Coors for money. I responded that I'll contribute to his campaign by taking votes from you and to please send money. I'd like to contribute to your campaign also by taking votes from Mr. Coors. Funds are low so your help would be appreciated!! :)
Perlmutter, a Democrat, is seeking his fourth term. He is being challenged by Bailey, Coors, a Republican, and Doug "Dayhorse" Campbell with the American Constitution Party.


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Smokers Who Switch to Oral Tobacco Still at Risk
An American Cancer Society study of more than 116,000 men finds that cigarette smokers who switched to spit tobacco products had a higher risk of dying prematurely from tobacco-related diseases than former smokers who stopped using all forms of tobacco. The study is the first to compare death rates among those who quit using tobacco entirely with those who switch (switchers). Previous studies have examined morbidity and mortality among the two groups separately but have not compared them.
In the United States, tobacco use is responsible for one in five deaths, and an annual toll of 438,000 deaths. Smoking accounts for at least 30 percent of all cancer deaths, and is associated with increased risk for 15 types of cancer. It is also a major cause of heart disease, cerebro-vascular disease, chronic bronchitis and emphysema and is associated with gastric ulcers. In 2003, about three percent of U.S. adults used spit tobacco in the past month.
In the new study, Jane Henley, MSPH, and colleagues from the American Cancer Society and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Office on Smoking and Health used data from the massive Cancer Prevention Study II (CPS-II) to compare tobacco-related disease among male smokers who quit using tobacco entirely to men who quit smoking cigarettes but switched to using spit tobacco. The authors also compared mortality rates of men who never used any tobacco products to those of switchers and smokers who quit using tobacco entirely.
The study's principal finding was that the men who switched from smoking cigarettes to using spit tobacco had higher death rates from lung cancer, stroke, heart disease and all causes combined than men who quit using tobacco entirely. Switchers also had more than twice the death rate from cancers of the mouth and throat.
"Smokers who switched to snuff or chewing tobacco had considerably worse health outcomes than those who quit entirely," said Michael Thun, MD, vice president of Epidemiology and Surveillance Research, American Cancer Society. "Any smoker who is trying to quit should use proven methods such as nicotine replacement, antidepressants, and behavioral counseling rather than other tobacco products if they do not succeed in quitting without assistance. The treatments that have been proven to work should be provided inexpensively to all smokers. There is currently no reliable evidence to support the promotion of alternative tobacco products for smoking cessation."
The American Cancer Society is dedicated to eliminating cancer as a major health problem by saving lives, diminishing suffering and preventing cancer through research, education, advocacy and service. Founded in 1913 and with national headquarters in Atlanta, the Society has 13 regional Divisions and local offices in 3,400 communities, involving millions of volunteers across the United States. For more information anytime, call toll free 1-800-ACS-2345.


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|"Is this all real? Or has this been happening inside my head?"
The subject of this article is a real-life person, company, product, or creative work that has been mentioned "in-universe" in a canon source. The Harry Potter Compendium is written from the perspective that all information presented in canon is true (e.g., Hogwarts really exists), and, as such, details contained in this article may differ from real world facts.
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King's Cross Station is considered one of the main train stations to serve London, England. Students of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry take the scarlet steam engine named the Hogwarts Express to Hogwarts from Platform 9¾ on 1 September at 11 AM sharp. It also serves as a major intercity and commuter rail hub for Muggles going to North London or Yorkshire and the North East and Scotland.
When Ottaline Gambol commandeered a Muggle train to serve as the new mode of transport for Hogwarts students, she also had constructed a small station in the wizarding village of Hogsmeade: a necessary adjunct to the train. The Ministry of Magic felt strongly, however, that to construct an additional wizarding station in the middle of London would stretch even the Muggles' notorious determination not to notice magic when it was exploding in front of their faces.
It was Evangeline Orpington, Minister from 1849-1855, who hit upon the solution of adding a concealed platform at the newly built King's Cross station, which would be accessible only to witches and wizards. On the whole, this has worked well, although there have been minor problems over the ensuing years, such as witches and wizards who have dropped suitcases full of biting spellbooks or newt spleens all over the polished station floor, or else disappeared through the solid barrier a little too loudly. There are usually a number of plain-clothed Ministry of Magic employees on hand to deal with any inconvenient Muggle memories that may need altering at the start and end of each Hogwarts term. [1]
Platform 7½Edit
Platform 7½ offers a long-distance train, similar to the Muggle Orient Express, off to wizard-only villages in continental Europe.[2]
Platforms 9 & 10Edit
Platforms nine and ten are the Muggle platforms on either side of the barrier through which wizards and witches must walk into in order to get onto Platform 9¾.
Platform 9¾Edit
Platform 9¾ is the platform from which the Hogwarts Express may be boarded on September 1st. The platform has, on September the first, a sign hanging over it, reading: Hogwarts Express, eleven o'clock, and there is a wrought iron archway bearing the words Platform Nine and Three Quarters over the entry/exit to the platform. At the conclusion of the school year, the Hogwarts Express returns to King's Cross bringing the students of Hogwarts back for their summer holidays. It can be assumed that the sign over the platform changes on the day the train returns from Hogwarts.
In order for someone to get onto Platform 9¾, they must walk directly at the apparently solid barrier dividing platforms nine and ten. Mrs. Molly Weasley advises that one should "do it at a bit of a run if you're nervous." It is not known exactly how Muggles do not, or cannot get onto the platform; however, it can be assumed that powerful magic of some sort is employed in order to keep them ignorant of its existence. However, in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows it was shown in Snape's memories that Lily Evans's family was present at the platform as she boarded it, which could mean that Muggles are able to enter the platform, if made specifically aware of its existence.
Other concealed platforms may be opened on an as-required-basis, for instance for large, one-off events such as Celestina Warbeck concerts, or, perhaps, the Quidditch World Cup.[2]
Usage by Harry PotterEdit
In 1992, Dobby the House-elf did something to the barrier dividing platforms 9 and 10, in order to prevent Harry Potter and Ron Weasley accessing the platform. All that is known about the magic he used is that it somehow made the barrier which acts as entrance/exit to Platform 9¾ solidify, thus causing Harry and Ron to crash into it, as opposed to passing through it as wizards and witches normally did. Consequently, they decided the only way to get to Hogwarts was to steal Arthur Weasley's Flying Ford Anglia and fly it to the school.
In 1998, during the Battle of Hogwarts, Harry Potter allowed himself to be struck with a Killing Curse by Lord Voldemort, and he entered a Limbo state in which his spirit met with the spirit of Albus Dumbledore, at a location that Harry Potter identified as King's Cross Station. The station was, in the unconscious mind of Harry, clean and empty except for something that looked like a small, naked child, curled on the ground, with skin that was raw and rough, as though it had been flayed, which lay under a seat. Dumbledore then revealed to Harry that the form represented a small part of Lord Voldemort, destroyed when he "killed" Harry and thus annihiliated the part of his soul which he had unwittingly implanted in him.
In 2017, Harry, Ginny, Ron, and Hermione sent their children - Rose Weasley, Albus Potter, and James Potter - off to Hogwarts. There, they caught a glimpse of Draco Malfoy and his wife Astoria seeing off their son Scorpius.
Behind the scenesEdit
- J. K. Rowling chose King's Cross Station as the portal that would take Harry to Hogwarts because this was where her parents met on a train to Scotland.[3]
- When writing the Harry Potter books, J. K. Rowling was thinking of Euston train station when she was describing platforms 9 and 10. At King's Cross station, platforms 9 and 10 only offer services on the London commuter rail. More importantly, there is nothing between platforms 9 and 10 at the real King's Cross - the platforms exist either side of two parallel railway lines, hence why during the films, platforms 4 and 5 are used.
- It is possible that King's Cross was the place Harry "chose" to meet Dumbledore because the station symbolised Harry's entrance into the wizarding world, or rather, the border that separates the wizarding and Muggle worlds, or also because death is culturally known as "the last travel". Since trains are used to travel, this is a viable theory. However, Harry never "took the train" to the other side.
- In Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, when Harry first meets the Weasleys at King's Cross Station, Mrs. Weasley asked her children "Now, what's the platform number?" This is unusual as not only had she gone to Hogwarts herself, but by this time so had five of her seven children (with two of them completing their education), and she would have gone through the barrier many times. Of course, Mrs. Weasley could have been just testing her children if they knew where to go. Possibly, J.K. Rowling wrote this just to make sure that Harry was talking with the right people.
- In LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7, King's Cross is depicted as an underground station that can be accessed via a set of stairs in Charing Cross Road.
- At the real King's Cross, there is half of a luggage cart in the western departures concourse, and there is a sign that says Platform 9¾ so tourists can take pictures as if they are disappearing into the barrier.[4]
- The Harry Potter Shop at Platform Nine and Three-Quarters is found at the real King's Cross Station in London, England.[5]
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Authorities were searching along the Piscataqua River in Portsmouth, N.H., tonight for Elizabeth J. Marriott, 19, a native of Westboro attending the University of New Hampshire and missing since Tuesday night.
State and local police in New Hampshire and the FBI are investigating, and Portsmouth police confirmed that an investigation tonight at Peirce Island is in response to a tip related to the disappearance.
At least 10 investigators were at the scene as of 11 p.m., and entrances to Prescott Park on the bank of the river that divides Maine and New Hampshire, and the 27-acre Peirce Island were blocked, along with barriers put in place at State, Court and Hancock streets in the city.
Through the day, more than 50 people in teams of two to three were out searching for "Lizzi" Marriott and posting fliers that offer a $10,000 reward for information leading to her safe return.
During a press conference this evening in front of the Chester Police Department, New Hampshire Associate Attorney General Jane Young said authorities do not suspect anything nefarious, but are not ruling anything out.
Helicopters are searching areas where it is possible Ms. Marriott could have driven off the road, Ms. Young said, but it is difficult to detect anything with the many falling leaves.
Ms. Young said her office is marshaling all the federal, state and local resources it can for the search that will continue through the weekend if needed. Authorities were alerted to "be on the lookout" both in the state and nationwide, she added.
Authorities were concerned yesterday about the predicted cold temperatures that were expected to dip below freezing overnight.
Ms. Marriott's father, Robert E. Marriott Jr., is helping coordinate volunteer searches. Appearing exhausted and admittedly in a "fragile" mental state this evening, Mr. Marriott said they plan to start searching popular hangout areas for college-age kids including the Hampton Beach area.
Mr. Marriott said he is relying on the support of his "wonderful" friends and family who provide him with a shoulder to cry on when he needs it.
"Lizzi, come home," the missing woman's father said when speaking to the press.
At the command center in the Town Hall next to Chester's Police Department, Ms. Marriott's aunt, Rebecca L. Tyning, from Beverly, Mass., described her niece as very responsible, saying she always lets people know where she is and when she'll be home.
Ms. Marriott was staying with her aunt and uncle, D. Rebecca Hanna and Anthony J. Hanna, in Chester and commuting to UNH in Durham, where she was majoring in marine biology, Mrs. Tyning said. On Tuesday night, she sent a text to a friend in Dover at 9 p.m.
That was the last contact she had with anyone, according to her family. She was planning to visit a friend in Dover before going to her aunt and uncle's house, Ms. Tyning said. There was a cellular signal sent from Ms. Marriott's cellphone to a cell tower in Dover around 9:30 p.m. Tuesday night, Ms. Tyning said.
"She is really responsible and let her aunt and uncle know she was intending to he home before midnight after visiting her friend in Dover," Ms. Tyning said. "She is always really responsible about letting people know. This is not like her at all."
Ms. Marriott's mother, Melissa J. Marriott, is frantic to find her daughter, Ms. Tyning said.
Her aunt and uncle notified Ms. Marriott's parents around 6:30 a.m. yesterday that she had not come home for two nights, Ms. Tyning said, Ms. Marriott also had not attended classes or work at Target in Greenland, N.H., on Wednesday, she said.
It was difficult for the Hannas to determine whether Ms. Marriott was in trouble, Ms. Tyning said, because she is getting older and staying out later and making new friends in the area.
"We just want her home," Ms. Tyning said. "We love her. If she's in trouble, she doesn't have to worry about it. We just want to surround her with love."
Ms. Tyning said she was concerned her niece may have had a car accident.
"She is a new driver and new to the area and never commuted to UNH until a few weeks ago," she said.
Ms. Marriott was a musician in high school and won a music scholarship there. She also ran track in high school and was planning to go out for the track team this spring at UNH, according to her mother.
The search is getting much attention on Twitter, where users are using the hashtag #FindLizzie. A Facebook page has also been set up.
Ms. Marriott drives a tan 2001 Mazda Tribute with a New Hampshire license plate of 3045397.
She is 5 feet 5 inches tall, 130 pounds with blue eyes and blond hair.
Anyone with information about her whereabouts is asked to call Chester police at (603) 887-2080.
Telegram & Gazette reporter Steven H. Foskett Jr. and The Associated Press Contributed to this report. Return to telegram.com for further updates.


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Annual to trees, some dioecious
Stem: nodes often swollen
Leaves simple, basal or cauline, alternate, opposite, or whorled, generally entire; stipules 0 or obvious and fused into a generally scarious sheath around stem
Inflorescence: small cluster, axillary or arrayed in cymes or panicles; involucres sometimes subtending 1many flowers
Flower generally bisexual, small, ± radial; perianth generally 56-lobed, base ± tapered, often jointed to pedicel; stamens 29, often in 2 whorls; ovary superior, styles generally 3, generally fused at base
Fruit: achene, generally enclosed by persistent perianth, generally 3-angled, ovoid, and glabrous
Genera in family: 50 genera, 1100 species: worldwide, especially n temp; some cultivated for food (Fagopyrum ; Rheum , rhubarb; Rumex , sorrel) or ornamental (Antigonon , coral-vine; Muehlenbeckia ; Polygonum )
Reference: [Ronse Decraene & Akeroyd 1988 Bot J Linn Soc 98:321371; Reveal et al. 1989 Phytologia 66(24):83414]
Treatments of the 15 eriogonoid genera are based on the monographic work of James L. Reveal, who is gratefully acknowledged.
Annual to shrub
Leaves generally ± basal (clustered on low stems or cauline), petioled, generally ± tomentose below (often shedding above); stipule 0
Inflorescence openly cyme-like, umbel-like, or head-like, generally ± scapose; bracts (any whorled, leaf-like structures on inflorescence) 3many per node, leaf-like to scale-like; involucres generally 1 per node, generally ± obconic, lobes (or short teeth) generally 310, generally erect; flowers generally many per involucre, pedicelled
Flower: perianth white, yellow, or red, lobes 6, generally ± oblong to obovate; stamens 9
Fruit brown to black, glabrous to hairy
Species in genus: ± 250 species: North America
Etymology: (Greek: woolly knees, from hairy nodes of some)
Reference: [Reveal 1989 Phytologia 66:295414]
Largest dicot genus in CA; apparently currently differentiating; many taxa ± indistinct. Better habitat data needed. Many are excellent bee fodder
Horticultural information: Most are attractive and easy to grow with good drainage.
[Group 3] Perennial from woody caudex, erect, 2070 cm
Leaves ± basal; blade 30250 mm, lanceolate to deltate, ± woolly below, ± thinly tomentose above
Inflorescence: umbel, often compound; axis generally stout, hollow; bracts leaf-like, reduced upward; involucres 1 per ultimate ray, 610 mm, lobes 510, long, generally spreading
Flower: perianth 46 mm, cream to yellow, glabrous, stalk-like base very long, distinct
Fruit 56 mm; tip slightly hairy
Chromosomes: n=20
Ecology: Gravel, often on serpentine
Elevation: < 2500 m.
Bioregional distribution: Northwestern California, Cascade Range
Distribution outside California: to Washington, Idaho
Locally common
Horticultural information: DRN, SUN: 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24.


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EMBO Gold Medal 2011 awarded to Simon Boulton
Groundbreaking research on DNA repair, genome integrity and cancer
HEIDELBERG, Germany, 20 April 2011 – The European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) today announced Simon Boulton of Cancer Research UK's London Research Institute, Clare Hall Laboratories as the winner of the 2011 EMBO Gold Medal. Awarded annually, the EMBO Gold Medal recognizes the outstanding contributions of young researchers in the molecular life sciences.
Boulton receives the award in recognition of his groundbreaking research on DNA repair mechanisms. The election committee was particularly impressed by his pioneering role in establishing the nematode worm, C. elegans, as a model system to study genome instability.
"I am delighted and honoured to receive such a prestigious award," said Boulton upon hearing the news.
Throughout his career, 38-year-old Boulton and his research team have exploited the experimental strengths of several complementary systems, including C. elegans and mouse genetics, proteomics in mammalian cells and in vitro biochemistry. Some of their most important discoveries have come from contrasting the results obtained in different systems and cellular contexts. Boulton's PhD supervisor Stephen P. Jackson described him as an "absolutely outstanding scientist" and praised his unique combination of approaches that allowed him to make seminal contributions to the field encompassing DNA repair, genome instability and cancer.
Simon Boulton's research highlights include:
- Discovering the gene RTEL1 as an anti-recombinase that impacts on genome stability and cancer and counteracts toxic recombination, which is also required in meiosis to execute non-crossover repair.
- Discovering the PBZ motif and establishing that ALC1 (Amplified in Liver Cancer 1) is a poly(ADP-ribose)-activated chromatin-remodelling enzyme required for DNA repair. Poly (ADP-ribosyl)ation (PAR) is a post-translational modification of proteins that play an important role in mediating protein interactions and the recruitment of specific protein targets. These results provided new insights into the mechanisms by which PAR regulates DNA repair.
- Discovering that the Fanconi Anemia proteins FANCM and FAAP24 are required for checkpoint-kinase signalling (ATR) in response to DNA damage and establishing that DNA repair defects of Fanconi Anemia cells can be suppressed by blocking error prone repair by non-homologous end joining.
Potential opportunities for cancer treatment
These discoveries gave rise to novel therapeutic approaches. Boulton's laboratory demonstrated that cells that over-express the ALC1 enzyme are highly susceptible to eradication by the chemotherapeutic Bleomycin. Since ALC1 is amplified in over 50 percent of human liver cancers, these findings may have important implications for liver cancer treatment.
The prizewinner also showed that DNA repair defects of Fanconi Anemia cells can be suppressed by blocking non-homologous end joining (NHEJ). This observation raises the possibility that NHEJ inhibitors could be used to suppress cancer predisposition in Fanconi Anemia patients.
Career stages
The UK-born scientist started his quest to investigate mechanisms of DNA repair while studying for his PhD at the University of Cambridge from 1994-1998. He describes his first exposure to the highly competitive world-class research environment in Cambridge as "extremely influential". Boulton also recognizes that establishing his own research group at the world-renowned Cancer Research UK's London Research Institute (LRI), Clare Hall Laboratories in 2002 was a key step in his scientific career.
Boulton, while still a young researcher, has been recognized with awards from both UK and international organizations, including the Colworth Medal from the Biochemistry Society and the Eppendorf/Nature Award. He became an EMBO Young Investigator in 2007 and an EMBO Member in 2009. This year he received a Wolfson Research Merit Award from the Royal Society and an Advanced Investigator Award from the ERC.
Simon Boulton will receive the EMBO Gold Medal and an award of 10,000 euros on 12 September 2011 at The EMBO Meeting in Vienna where he will give a lecture about his research.
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