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Crouched in a trench, bullets whizzing overhead, you shoulder your rifle, crush out your smoke and ready for the enemy's next charge. At the end of a dark alley, you gaze for one moment into the lipid eyes of a femme fatale, before you slap on the cuffs with one hand and grab the microfilm with the other. Or maybe you just stand on the platform waiting for the 7:19 as a sudden downpour pelts away. For a century, the redoubtable trench coat has been the rainwear of choice for anyone who wants to style his way through adversity.
Like so much classic menswear, the trench coat is famed for being battle-tested, but its story began before it went to war, with the development of the archetypal high-tech fabric: gabardine. The British, who get their share of rain, had been keeping dry with Mac coats, made of Charles Macintosh's rubber laminate, which were phenomenally waterproof, but hardly breathable. Then, in 1880, another Brit, Thomas Burberry, invented gabardine by waterproofing wool yarn before weaving it into a distinctive diagonal twill. The fabric caught on with rough-weather sportsmen as well as the polar explorers Roald Amundsen and Ernest Shackleton. Then, at the behest of the British army, Burberry adapted a coat already popular with the officer class for soldiers to wear in the trenches of the First World War, and an enduring style as well as its name were born.
The design incorporated knee-length rain protection and a modified cape down the back with military details. Epaulettes could be attached to the shoulder straps, an extra flap at the shoulder was reinforcement for a rifle and D-rings on the belt were for hanging equipment (some say grenades, but that seems a bit dicey). It was another early trench proponent, Aquascutum, that added the removable liner.
Returning from combat, the coat became the purview of the hard-boiled detectives and secret agents of the cinema—particularly on the frame of Humphrey Bogart (pictured wearing an Aquascutum model). The form has changed little, although the fabric is typically now cotton or the lightweight polyester introduced by America's London Fog, though wool survives and is joined by leather and soft, even-more-water-resistant microfibers. Flirtations with modifications recur—shorter skirt, fewer details, etc.—but we think the real deal needs to be a billowing double-breasted model with a collar big enough to wrap you up in mystery.
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College football game canceled after team bus catches on fire
Miles College issued a release stating that Saturday's Division II game vs. Concordia-Selma in Fairfield, Ala., was canceled.
The cancellation seemed abrupt considering the weather was just fine and there were no reported facility issues.
According to this Twitter photo, Concordia-Selma never made it for Saturday's game because the team bus caught on fire and destroyed all of the team's equipment. No serious injuries were reported as of late Saturday, and the game won't be rescheduled.
According to The Selma Times Journal, the charter bus carrying Concordia College football players caught fire after a tire blew on Alabama Highway 219.
"The players are okay and everything is okay," Concordia assistant football coach Reginald Lumpkin told The Times Journal. "We just made it back to the school."
"It was still flamed up when we got there, but they got the kids out and across the road," local firefighter Patrick Essex told The Times. "[The bus] is completely destroyed."
The Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference provided the following statement on the league's Facebook page:
"IAC and Miles College Fans. Please pay attention to this announcement sent via Miles Sports Information.
"FAIRFIELD, AL -- Saturday's game between Miles College and Concordia-Selma College at Albert J. Sloan-Alumni Stadium in Fairfield, Ala., has been cancelled due to a fire on the CSC bus which destroyed all equipment. No injury were sustained to the Concordia-Selma football team or coaches. The game will not be rescheduled."
"The Golden Bears next football game will be next Saturday, September 28th, against SIAC conference foe the Golden Rams of Albany State University in Fairfield, Ala., at Albert J. Sloan-Alumni Stadium. Kick-off is set for 6:00 p.m."
H/T: Thanks to CBS Sports for alerting us.

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Back for the future
Sustained volunteerism in Welch, W.Va.
By Mary Slade
Imagine a wreck in which both the driver and passengers are pinned. Rescuers come, haul them out, but leave them by the side of the road to dress their own wounds. No one would do that, right? But isn't this exactly what happens with many relief trips and many volunteer efforts? Get in. Do a job. Get out. Fixing a town devastated by a flood or hurricane or decimated by crushing poverty caused by decades of economic drought cannot be accomplished in a weekend or a week or even a month. It takes decades. It takes commitment. It takes a sustained effort.
Robbed of economic stability and hope
One such community is Welch, W.Va., which is located in the southern region of the state and in the heart of Appalachia. Welch, where unemployment tops 10 percent and 40 percent of the population live below the poverty line, is the county seat of McDowell County as well as the eighth poorest county in the nation. Welch was once a thriving community before an insidious contraction in the coal industry robbed it of its economic stability and left a population of proud people to deal with the consequences — joblessness, illiteracy, poverty and a crumbling infrastructure.
This is the same pattern being replayed around the world when the economic heart of a town or city fails. Efforts to revive such a community can seem insurmountable. JMU, which is already predisposed to service, has looked at the problem with a focus on sustainability and is applying that principle to Welch by involving the university community. This long-term approach is changing the paradigm of volunteerism while pursuing a new kind of mission — a sustainable, permanent, transformative relationship that produces long-term civic health in the community instead of a "get in, do a job and get out" philosophy. This is help that attends until the patient is well.
JMU approach to volunteerism
The program in Welch grew out of a series of relief trips that I spearheaded and made with College of Education students to several Gulf Coast regions following Hurricane Katrina. The original Katrina Relief trips were exceptional in that they drew students, professors, alumni, staff members, associated families and high-school students. In all, more than 500 volunteers have participated in six significant outreach opportunities through the College of Education since 2005. Nathan Plowman with Aid for the World, a nonprofit organization committed to reversing the effects of poverty, made the first entree into Welch. After seeing the dedication of the JMU community firsthand during a Katrina Relief trip, Plowman contacted me last year to get together a JMU contingent to join him in the long-term, sustained effort in Welch. "Of all the people I worked with during the Katrina relief it was JMU students who stood out the most," Plowman says. "They really seemed to understand the nature of what it means to be a volunteer."
Since the initial trip to Welch, efforts have been deep and enduring, and will continue for at least another three to five years. Only a sustained effort will produce long-lasting results. One student volunteer says, "Fifty volunteers can come in and rebuild a building, but what about the people that live in the building? Sustained efforts have a positive domino effect."
This practicum experience in Welch enhances students' cultural competence, fosters civic engagement and improves their knowledge about impoverished rural schools. The college's Exceptional Education Student Ambassadors and the student chapter of the Council for Exceptional Children have collected and sent books to Welch. Another group renovated a nearly unlivable intergenerational house for a Welch family. Another 150 JMU volunteers restored 31 apartments to live-in condition following a fire, and progress continues on reclaiming an old medical building for a community center. Plans also are under way for JMU practica students to work as tutors and student teachers — an initiative from JMU College of Education Dean Phil Wishon.
In the process, Welch is changing — and so are the student volunteers. Most have grown up far from endemic poverty. Their experience in Welch has been transformational. One high-school student volunteer says, "I finally know what it feels like to be a part of the human race."
Transformation of society
The pervasive nature of the Welch program spreads beyond the JMU community. The college initiated a curriculum that has introduced some 23 middle- and high-school classes to JMU's service learning. Someday, College of Education graduates may teach students in Welch how to read. As they do that, and as they rebuild buildings, they are also, as one student says, "helping a community regain hope one step at a time." No single college student can change Welch, nor can a thousand. But by linking together that continuum of care and support, they can spark an uplifting positive motivation that will allow Welch citizens to plan and execute their own futures.
Helping to resuscitate Welch — Herculean from one perspective — is exemplary of JMU's Be the Change spirit as well as the university's long history of service. CoE Dean Phil Wishon sums it up best: "Our imprint on the future begins with the belief that nourishing wounded spirits is achievable, and that strengthening civil societies is attainable. We need universities that do far more than just fit young people with economically valuable skills. We must also prepare students for a civic life in which they will have to work with fellow citizens of very different backgrounds, needs and points of view. Nothing less than the transformation of society is at stake."
The problems facing Welch won't be solved overnight as these problems are not lesions that can be easily excised. These problems are more like profound brain injuries that require the devotion of myriad specialists and the consideration of every organic function. These problems also require compassion, long-term commitment and a fundamental change in the psyche of the community. As one JMU student so aptly put it, in this situation, "Going back is moving forward."
About the Author
Mary Slade teaches in the JMU College of Education's Exceptional Education program. Three months after Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast in 2005, Slade volunteered to lead students on a relief trip to Biloxi, Miss., during Thanksgiving week. Since that initial trip, she has made five additional trips with students, including another Thanksgiving week trip and a Winter Break trip in 2006 to New Orleans. A relief trip pro, Slade offers the intercultural practicum trip to Welch through the JMU Office of International Programs.


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Was Hitler Really a Fan of Gun Control?
Of course, attempts to equate gun control with fascism are bogus. But the "Hitler took the guns" argument has long had a prominent and fairly effective role in America's gun control debate despite its obvious reductionism.
Its origins can be traced back to at least the early 1980s, when opponents of a Chicago proposal to ban handguns invoked it in the largely Jewish suburb of Skokie by "reminding village residents that the Nazis disarmed the Jews as a preliminary to sending them to the gas chambers," the Chicago Tribune reported. In 1989, a new pro-gun group called Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership began arguing that the 1968 federal gun control bill once favored by the NRA's old guard "was lifted, almost in its entirety, from Nazi legislation." (That false claim is still being repeated.)
In 1994, JPFO founder Aaron Zelman implored the NRA's board to seize on the alleged Nazi connection:
Some of you may even have figured out that unless the NRA changes its strategy, the law abiding firearm owner in America will go the way of the Jews in Nazi occupied Europe: extermination…The choice is yours; you can turn your back on a failed strategy—one of compromise with evil-doers—and attack the concept of "gun control" by exposing the Nazi roots of "gun-control" in America. Or, you can persist in a failed strategy, and accept your own extinction.
Whether or not the NRA was influenced by his advice, that same year its CEO, Wayne LaPierre, published Guns, Crime, and Freedom, in which he claimed, "In Germany, firearm registration helped lead to the holocaust," leaving citizens "defenseless against tyranny and the wanton slaughter of a whole segment of its population." The following year, President George H.W. Bush famously resigned from the NRA after LaPierre attacked federal law enforcement officials as "jack-booted government thugs" who wore "Nazi bucket helmets and black storm trooper uniforms." More recently, Stephen Halbrook, a lawyer who has represented the NRA, argued (PDF) that "If the Nazi experience teaches anything, it teaches that totalitarian governments will attempt to disarm their subjects so as to extinguish any ability to resist crimes against humanity."


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GREENWOOD VILLAGE, Colo., Aug. 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — Ampio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE MKT: AMPE) today announced positive results from the SPRING study (clinicaltrials.gov NCT01839331) of Ampion for the treatment of osteoarthritis of the knee (OAK). In this study of 329 patients, patients treated with a single intra-articular injection of Ampion achieved a clinically meaningful reduction in pain.
The SPRING study, was a randomized (1:1:1:1), double-blind, vehicle controlled trial designed to evaluate the safety and efficacy of Ampion in OAK patients. Patients were randomized to receive one of two doses (4 mL or 10 mL) of Ampion or corresponding saline control via intra-articular injection. The primary study objective was to evaluate the relative efficacy of Ampion 4 mL versus Ampion 10 mL. The primary endpoint was mean change in pain from baseline for Ampion compared to the same volume of saline. Secondary endpoints included evaluating safety and quality of life, as well as, stiffness and function.
Ampion dose cohorts experienced statistically significant reductions in pain compared to control. There were no significant differences between the efficacy of the two Ampion doses. Selection of the optimal dose for the second Phase 3 trial will be decided in consultation with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
Michael Macaluso, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, said, "We are very pleased with the results of the trial. Both doses of Ampion provided osteoarthritis patients with pain relief. The broad inclusion criteria for the trial reflected a real world application of this biologic to a diverse patient population, making these results even more impressive. This should greatly encourage the enormous population of patients afflicted with OAK and the physicians who treat them."
A brief summary of the combined Ampion topline results are as follows:
- Patients receiving Ampion achieved significantly greater reduction in pain (WOMAC A) from baseline to 12 weeks compared to saline vehicle control (p = 0.0038).
- Patients receiving Ampion experienced, on average, a greater than 40% reduction in pain from baseline.
- Patients receiving Ampion also achieved significantly greater improvement in function (WOMAC C) from baseline to 12 weeks compared to saline vehicle control (p = 0.044).
- Patients receiving Ampion also demonstrated significantly greater improvement in overall quality of life measures (Patient Global Assessment) from baseline to 12 weeks compared to saline vehicle control (p = 0.012).
- Clinical efficacy defined as pain reduction was evident as early as four weeks after the injection (p = 0.025) and continued to show improvement through 12 weeks (p = 0.0038).
- Ampion was well tolerated with minimal adverse events (AEs) reported in the study. AEs were well balanced between Ampion and control groups. There were no drug-related serious adverse events (SAEs).
"This [result] is fantastic," stated Dr. Brian McGrath, principal investigator and orthopedic surgeon at University Orthopedics Services in Amherst, New York. "These results highlight the strong possibility that it may soon be possible to offer patients an effective [injectable] therapy."
Dr. Nathan Wei, rheumatologist at Arthritis Treatment Center in Frederick, Maryland, said, "I was pleasantly surprised at the positive response rate in patients with otherwise intractable osteoarthritis of the knee. I am also hoping to study Ampion injections into the base of the thumb and base of the toe for which there is no current therapy."
"I am very excited to participate in the Ampion osteoarthritis trial as this field of research seems to be finally making a difference for patients just as rheumatoid research did ten years ago," said Dr. John Ervin, Medical Director at The Center for Pharmaceutical Research in Kansas City, Missouri.
Mr. Macaluso further noted "Investigators will continue to monitor the Ampion-treated patients because the data suggest improvement in pain and function beyond the 12 week primary endpoint. Detailed 12 week data analysis from the SPRING study will be released following discussions with the FDA and will be presented at upcoming medical conferences."
About Ampion
Ampion, also known as aspartyl-alanyl diketopiperazine or DA-DKP, is an endogenous immunomodulatory molecule derived from the N-terminus of human serum albumin (HSA). It appears to have a significant role in the homeostasis of inflammation. DA-DKP is believed to reduce inflammation by suppressing pro-inflammatory cytokine production in T-cells. The non-steroidal, low molecular weight, anti-inflammatory biologic has the potential to be used in a wide variety of acute and chronic inflammatory conditions as well as immune-mediated diseases. Ampio is currently developing this drug as an intra-articular injection for the treatment of osteoarthritis of the knee.
About Osteoarthritis
Osteoarthritis is the most common form of arthritis, affecting over 27 million people in the United States. It is a progressive disorder of the joints involving degradation of the intra-articular cartilage, joint lining, ligaments, and bone. The incidence of developing osteoarthritis of the knee or hip over a lifetime is approximately 46% and 25%, respectively. Certain risk factors in conjunction with natural wear and tear lead to the breakdown of cartilage. Osteoarthritis is caused by inflammation of the soft tissue and bony structures of the joint, which worsens over time and leads to progressive thinning of articular cartilage. Other symptoms include narrowing of the joint space, synovial membrane thickening, osteophyte formation and increased density of subchondral bone.
About Ampio Pharmaceuticals
Ampio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a development stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the rapid development of therapies to treat prevalent inflammatory conditions for which there are limited treatment options. We are developing compounds that decrease inflammation by (i) inhibition of specific pro-inflammatory compounds by affecting specific pathways at the protein expression and at the transcription level (ii) activation of a specific phosphatase or depletion of the available phosphate needed for the inflammation process and (iii) decreasing vascular permeability – an upstream event in the inflammation cascade.
Forward Looking Statement
Ampio's statements in this press release that are not historical fact and that relate to future plans or events are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements can be identified by use of words such as "believe," "expect," "plan," "anticipate," and similar expressions. These forward-looking statements include risks associated with clinical trials, expected results, regulatory approvals, and changes in business conditions and similar events. The risks and uncertainties involved include those detailed from time to time in Ampio's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including Ampio's Annual Report on Form 10-K and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q.
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Sisko meets Ezri, the new host of the Dax symbiont, before departing Earth for the planet Tyree with his father, Joseph, and son Jake. Ezri wishes to accompany them on their search for Bajor's mythical Orb of the Emissary, which Sisko has been led to believe exists. Back at the station, Kira prepares a blockade to stop the Romulans, who have placed weapons on a Bajoran moon. On a Klingon ship, Worf, O'Brien, Bashir, and Quark embark on a mission of their own: to destroy a Dominion shipyard, thus securing a place for the spirit of Worf's dead wife Jadzia in the sacred Klingon afterlife of Sto-vo-kor.
Sisko and his crew arrive on Tyree. Guided by his visions, they begin a long trek across the vast desert terrain. Eventually, Sisko stops and digs on a seeming whim, while his father, son, and Ezri can only watch.
Kira sets her blockade with old Bajoran ships, and four Romulan warbirds approach, just hours away; while Worf and his companions prepare to face their own danger in Jadzia's name. On Tyree, Sisko's digging uncovers an Orb ark, but dangerous visions cause him to hesitate from exposing the Orb within.
Back on the Klingon ship, Worf, having reached the star system where the shipyard is located, masterminds a plan in which his vessel will fly toward the sun and trigger a plasma ejection that will destroy the Dominion facility and illuminate the gates of Sto-vo-kor for Jadzia. Meanwhile, Sisko's visions force him to inexplicably and hastily bury the ark containing the Orb without opening it.
Worf and his comrades manage to execute their plan and demolish the shipyard — a victory that finally allows for Jadzia's entrance into Sto-vo-kor. At the same time, Kira successfully causes the Romulans to back down. On Tyree, Ezri forces Sisko to open the ark. But when he does, an energy vortex is unleashed which opens the wormhole and expels from it the Pah-wraiths — the enemies of the Prophets — who sealed the anomaly. His mission successful, Sisko encounters what appears to be his dead mother Sarah. After commending him, she reveals that she is one of the wormhole aliens, who took over the real Sarah's body years ago to ensure Sisko's birth and the fulfillment of his destiny.


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I love how you take me away on a little garden jaunt somewhere for a bit every week.
Beautiful gardens! I have uninterested tourists at times, too, but I am sure when they are older they will remember and appreciate it in the long run :)
lovely. i love gardens, organized or rambling.
I've never been to Scotland but your post made me what to go there asap! Beautiful gardens, beautiful place... and I love Macbeth also, so that is a plus!
Beth, I wish I could have been there with you! One of my numerously-indecisive college majors was Shakespearean literature. And even though The Tempest is my favourite play, Macbeth is not far behind. How exciting to have practically stepped foot into the play! :-)
My mom is from Scotland and I'd love to visit there one day! I love the nature over there.. it just feels right. The pictures are amazing Beth.. you're a very lucky lady.
I have never been to Sctoland, but it does sound like a romantic place full of history. What fantastic pictures; I am so anxious to see green grass and flowers.
You're turning me into a garden lover. I want one just like this when I'm rich and own lots of land!
How gorgeous and green! I feel like this is something from a fairytale. I love romantic places when travelling too
I've never been to Scotland...hopefully one day. I'm a fanatic of gorgeous gardens. It also doesn't hurt the scenery to have a castle included ;O)
It was lovely to use my imagination to travel with you Beth.
Ciao for now,
Ahhh, a much needed break! What a gorgeous place. Scotland is home to my husbands ancestors. We definitely plan to go there one day :)
I've been to Edinburgh and I fell in love with this city. Unfortunately I didn't have tha chance to visit the highlands and many places outside the city. I promised myself to go back. These pictures are beautiful!
I think I could be perfectly happy living in those gardens! So peaceful and beautiful!
How cool is that! My parents took us three girls so many places when we were younger, and I really wish that I would have appreciated them more at the time. Kids will be kids :)
There is just something so romantic about castles and gardens. How can you not daydream about who might have lived there? I seek gardens in all of my (few) travels. Scotland in on our "short list" of travel destinations.
Jess, sometime I'll share a story or two about travelling when I was a kid. Children don't always appreciate what they're supposed to!
And Kirsten, I hope you do make it to Scotland someday. You'd love it!
Such pretty castle gardens! I would love to go to Scotland one day!
How beautiful those gardens are! I love the romance of travelling, and there's nothing quite like knowing the history behind the place you're travelling/staying in.
I'm with you. I love a good story behind the places I visit. :)
Your kids will appreciate it someday and wish they could go back. I love castles and gardens, so this sounds like the perfect destination to me!
More gorgeous, gorgeous photos! And we had snow here this morning in Oregon. Good timing for this garden stroll. LOL
I could only wish my parents had taken me to magical European gardens as a child! Lucky, lucky kids!! Looks so gorgeous.
I was enamoured of Scotland. Your photos sing of its beauty. Plus you saw more sunshine than I ever did!
Beautiful gardens! The blondies look very good too!
Lady, I swear. Your description of Cawdor Castle and the surrounding gardens was unreal. How I would just love to have a manor escape like that!
This is such a beautiful place! And I love the castle in the background - it transports you to another time.
Those castles make such a beautiful backdrop to the grounds surrounding it. Those gardens are just stunning, filled with history and time and nature. Thanks for sharing ...
Wow, Beth, these gardens are gorgeous. How fortunate you are to be able to travel and see such beautiful places.
How wonderful to actually be able to see this place, The gardens are truly lovely. I hope you have a wonderful day. Blessings...Mary
I love seeing these amazing gardens...it is so nice to "get away" by looking at them! :)
What a beautiful place to visit. I would love to see Scotland some day. I find it so fascinating to visit old and majestic places like that; I can just imagine the people and how they lived. My daughter at that age would have wanted to know where the princess was..lol
oh adore the gardens of Scottish castles miss home
What a fantastic holiday ... and you managed to get some good weather too!!
These photos look gorgeous and I think half the fun of visiting a place is imagining all of the history that has occurred there!
I have been to Scottland, but never to this castle, it sounds wonderful. I think maybe when the weather improves, I might ask hubbs to take me.
*kisses* HH
I love castles! When I went to England after college I went to see a couple. I guess I'm a romantic that way. Cawdor will have to be on my list of places to visit now.
What a beautiful castle! And that garden! Your girls look like they're having so much fun!
Oh, those gardens are breath taking! My youngest daughter (19) loves Shakespeare and she would also like imagining with you. A splendid trip to a beautiful place.
Beautiful pictures in the garden, I want to go;-)
I also visited this castle & this beautiful gaden in 2005! I love castels like this one!!
This brings back many memories!! So, thank you, Beth!
I love English gardens and the photos are absolutely breathtaking. I must visit Scotland!
Oh, they're extraordinary. We have so much of our travel in common that so often your travel posts are wonderful reminders of trips past. This one is inspiration for a future trip. One day, one day!


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Yes, but of the 90% of all deployed machines, over 99.99% will never have a user issueing Perl one-liners.
To do statistics in a meaningful way, the number of deployed machines with a certain shell isn't relevant. You'd have to look at the number of users (where a single person working on N platforms counts as N different users) that issue Perl one-liners. And I'm pretty sure that more than 10% of them run non-Windows shells.
Not to mention that Unix shells have been ported to Windows, and I do know people using Unix shells on Windows (myself included). I've never heard of the Windows shell having been ported to Unix, never mind any one actually running the Windows shell on Unix.
Oh, and MacOS has gone Unixy as well, so that's another platform that will have a Bourne shell compatible shell available.
As for VMS and other exotic OSses, my knowledge about them is too limited to comment.
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