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DNA test can show whether patients will survive Covid
People most at risk from coronavirus can be identified with a simple genetic check, health officials say
The Polish Health Ministry is planning to introduce a new type of screening for coronavirus after a gene was discovered that determines the likelihood of a patient suffering from severe or fatal Covid-19.
People most at risk of suffering the severest effects or even dying of coronavirus can be identified using a genetic test, health officials in Poland revealed this week. The study that resulted in the discovery was supported by the country's Ministry of Health and Medical Research Agency, and involved around 1,500 patients with Covid-19. Researchers from the Medical University of Bialystok identified a gene in chromosome 3 that significantly influences how badly the virus will affect an individual.
"After more than a year and a half of work, it was possible to identify a gene responsible for a predisposition to becoming seriously ill [with Covid]," Health Minister Adam Niedzielski said at a press conference on Thursday.
The findings will now be applied to help identify patients at increased risk from the virus when or even before they contract the infection. The Health Ministry plans to develop and launch a "relatively simple" and quick genetic test that can be performed alongside PCR screening within a few months.
It could also be implemented around the world to help people with apparent genetic preconditions, Polish officials said.
"This is a step towards personalized medicine, which is the medicine of the future - when, knowing our genome, we will know what harm to expect when it comes to our health," Joanna Zajkowska, a professor at the University of Bialystok, told Polish Radio.
If at least one version of the gene is present in the chromosome, a patient is more than twice as likely to suffer the worst effects of Covid-19 or die, according to the study of genetic individual susceptibility led by Marcin Moniuszko and Miroslaw Kwasniewski. The gene is the fourth-most-important factor responsible for acute disease, and is said to be an even more important risk factor than comorbidity. It comes after age, obesity and gender (men are believed to suffer from Covid worse than women), according to the study.
The gene is present in around every 10th person in Europe, while in India the rate is almost three times higher, with some 27% of the population being genetically prone to severe Covid. In Poland, where the death rate from the virus is higher than the EU average, around 14% of the population carry the gene.
"From the beginning of the pandemic, we have been trying to understand why, even among people of similar age, some are infected asymptomatically while others fight for their lives," said a spokesman for the university. "Thanks to the research, we are getting closer to understanding this phenomenon."
The Polish study is not the first to suggest correlation between certain genetic factors and patients' reactions to Covid-19. A genome-wide analysis of Italians and Spaniards in 2020 studied blood types and a chromosome 3 gene cluster in association with respiratory failure caused by coronavirus. Extreme susceptibility to severe illness was found in persons with certain DNA markers, while the study also showed that people with type A-positive blood are at higher risk of respiratory failure from Covid.
Other research from Germany also detected correlation between a gene cluster on the same chromosome and the risk of severe infection. A mutation which helps fight off RNA viruses, inherited by some people from our Neanderthal ancestors, has been found.


Mercury, Freddie: Tap was asked to play at a tribute at Wembly Stadium near London on 20 April 1992 for the late Queen frontman. However, a revised plan called for them to cut their set short by 25 songs, to one. Derek: "We believe Freddie would have wanted it this way." In a 1992 interview, David acknowledged Tap's influence on Mercury. "I started wearing one-piece jumpers, and then Freddie moved right in. He was easily influenced." Taphead Tim Forcer, whose eldest son attended the concert, offers this report: "Spinal Tap came on after Bob Geldof (fairly early on, after Def Leppard, before Guns 'n Roses). A red carpet was laid out for their regal entrance in robes and crowns. The one song played was Majesty of Rock. Not only was the rest of their homage cut completely by the organizers, their performance was cut completely from the video of the concert. Tap's 'dressing room' at the Mercury concert (what a joke!—just an area marked off by poles and curtaining) was right next to Metallica's (watch carefully at "A year and a half ..." as the camera pans along the line of dressing rooms and you'll see the label "Spinal Tap"). The cameo appearance consisted of Tap pushing aside one of the curtains and forcing their way into Metallica's area."


Ships traveling regularly in the Northwest Passage, beyond the Northern Sea Route and through the central Arctic Ocean, will likely bring new invaders to the Arctic as well as to northern ports. Mosquitoes and forest beetles are expected to survive hidden in cargo, for example. Hearty marine organisms, such as mussels and barnacles, will likely tag along as larvae in ballast tanks or in niche areas on vessel hulls. When new species flourish in a new environment they can become harmful, damaging local ecosystems and threatening native plants and animals, much as the Japanese vine known as kudzu has overrun the southern U.S. Economic costs associated with new pests have been significant—for example, the influx of zebra mussels into the Great Lakes has been estimated at $1 billion annually.


Tina Dolen, the Executive Director of the Aquidneck Island Planning Commission, announced that they had secured $500K from RIDOT for a "holistic," island-wide traffic study.
"We made proposal to RIDOT to conduct a corridor study," said Dolen, "A comprehensive analysis of how traffic moves across this island, as well as making sure that it flows." And she promised that two items of interest to Portsmouth would be fast-tracked: the Town Center and the potential impact of Burma Road.
Citing the "success of the restriping of Turnpike Avenue," Smith described a reconfigured East Main Road that would be two 12-foot travel lanes, with a 12-foot center turning lane, and 2-foot shoulders. Not only would it be safer for pedestrians, who would have less live traffic lanes to cross, but it would help reduce the rear-end collisions which make up the majority of accidents on that stretch. And since it's just a matter of removing the current lane markings, it could be done fairly quickly.
Naturally, there is no mention of bicycle safety. It's been a long time since I've ridden either East or West Main and I don't remember there being a shoulder at all, but two feet sounds pretty narrow for a road where cars are traveling at speed. By law, all road projects conducted by RIDOT must attempt to accommodate bicycles.
I am nolonger NBW club president but, a bike lane needs to be four feet and on a main road should be five. The traffic controls will need to accomedate cyclists also. Share the road signage does not help. Burma rd is OK if the speeds are kept at 35mph. w/stripping. East & West main have no breakdown lane, it's curb to curb. Many cars have flats after hitting the curb. I know I have change many a tire for AAA.
One of my biggest concerns about restriping East Main Rd is that it will send more traffic onto the less main roads, many of the roads we (at least those of us who live here on Aquidneck Island) consider safe to bike on. Few of these 'good bike route' roads have shoulders or adequate bike lanes, but the traffic is currently light enough, and they have reasonably low speed limits (25mph) – which could sometimes use more enforcement to curb the chronic speeding problems.
The Turnpike Avenue restriping 'worked so well' that I have altered my commute to Bristol by taking East Main Rd all the way to Boyd's Lane instead of taking Turnpike to Bristol Ferry.
Will restriping East Main Rd result in a significant traffic increase on Middle Rd and Wapping Rd / Mitchell's Lane?? Can the police depts adequately patrol these roads to ensure they aren't speedways? By speeding, I'm not talking about 35 in a 25 zone, I'm talking about 45 and 50 in a 25 zone. I can only imagine that this problem would be exponentially greater.
Aquidneck Island requires several bicycling infrastructure changes to be compliant with existing laws. But one would be very easy. Restripe East Main Road in Portsmouth and Middletwon into a 2-lane road with adequate shoulders. Let bulk of traffic be absorbed by West Main Road, perhaps even widen it into a highway in line with Rt 24. Once done, also designate side streets as a triangle among Sakonnet Bridge (with its planned bike crossing), Mt. Hope Bridge and Quaker Hill.
This attention on Burma Rd, already okay to ride on, disturbs me when there are other pressing priorities. Downtown Newport is practically hopeless, with tourists riubbernecking on narrow streets. Yet some parking restrictions downtown, free secure remote parking lots, and trolley connections would somewhat open most congested areas for bicyclists and pedestrians.
As always, it comes down to a handful of really bad intersections and short, unbikeable segments, which collectively make for bike routing nightmares. Slow down East Main Rd, one of RI's most dangerous high speed stretches, and everyone will benefit, including motorists.
Major problem I have with your comments, Alan, is "Let bulk of traffic be absorbed by West Main Road, perhaps even widen it into a highway in line with Rt 24". The traffic won't be LET to go onto West Main Rd, it will go wherever the driver chooses as an alternate route. That will most likely result in much more traffic in the areas where we like to bike (there are many of us here who like to bike on Aquidneck Island), and then there will be nowhere to bike here. It will all be bad. Reducing lanes of traffic will not reduce the number of cars coming on and off the island, it will just distribute it differently, not all good. As another poster mentioned, Burma Rd may become much busier. When there was a serious pedestrian accident in the afternoon a couple of years ago, perhaps at 2:30 or so, ALL traffic around here was at a standstill, West Main Rd could not handle it.
Again, these 'traffic calming' attempts at the routes most commonly used to get on and off the island is most likely to result in the traffic just going somewhere else, in areas that are mostly residential and currently are bikeable.
I don't believe that ALL of East Main Rd. in Portsmouth is going to be restriped. According to an article in the 24 April ProJo (East Bay section), they're only talking about converting the section NORTH of Turnpike to two lanes (that road is referred to as Chases Lane on some maps). That doesn't really contribute to safer bicycling.
That should be CHASE Rd. vice "Chases Lane."
There should be a highway between RT 24 and Town Center, so motorists can bypass most of island and expediently get onto Newport Bridge. This would immediately calm rest of Island's roads. Only a highway would support the kinds of speeds that tourists deserve. As it stands, drivers use every road because West Main Rd isn't up to handling its traffic demands.
Portsmouth and Middletown persist in maintaining a public safety hazard in the name of East Main Road, where 30 years ago I witnessed a fatal, high speed, head-on collision between passenger cars, sadly, not an isolated incident. Since then, nothing at all has been done to improve safety. You still have stone walls which block drivers' visibility of oncoming traffic, narrow lanes without dividers, no shoulders to allow them to ease out, and nothing to calm 70 mph traffic. It's a recipe for tragedy that's been mercilessly cooked countless times. How many more people have to die before traffic planners wake up? Roads with 4 lanes, no shoulders, undivided, unobstructed access have been proven to be death traps. Hardly a year goes by that we don't hear of another collision fatality there.
Cyclists argue that calming all roads would be in their best interests. Why not just raise the price of gasoline to $40/galllon? That would work even better, but it's unrealistic. One must compromise. I'm willing to accept a bicycling ban AS LONG AS there are adjacent bikelanes or bikeways, or nearby, unbroken parallels, which are shoveled and swept SAME AS banned roads. I will never accept closed bridges, multilane intersections, or rail corridors which completely cut off cycling. It's illegal and need not be tolerated.
It's laughable to me how Islanders complain about a few cars on an obscure stretch, while I'm riding every day in major congested travel lanes dodging busses and tractor trailers on route through Providence. You can't ride through this state without somehow passing through its capitol. Meanwhile, Providence city planners and RIDOT closed bike access to Washington Bridge, forgot about the closed Division Street bridge in Pawtucket, and plan to deny access to the only other way across the Seekonk River, the Henderson. No motorist would tolerate this detour! They could have easily, even temporarily, spanned the short distance between Bold Point and India Park, but bicyclists get absolutely no consideration. They leave segments of bikeways closed or uncompleted for years or decades, when it'd be no big cost or deal to finish compared to highway construction. Between the I-way and Quonset connector overruns, there's no money left.
I want immediate compliance in Providence. I only engaged in this conversation because bike planning everywhere ought to equally suit local need. A few minor restripings of roads would make Aquidneck much more bikeable, whereas the entire roadnet of Providence is a bicycling nightmare. I forwarded a low cost, easily implemented, on street, well received plan 4 years ago. Lipservice is all I got for my efforts. Things are so bad here, city firemen and police haven't had a contract renewal in over 5 years. About the only thing you can do is move to some idyllic island and stay away. Unfortunately, many of my clients are not moving to Aquidneck, but out of state entirely.
Wow! Maybe the bridge will be done just in time to connect to the Aquidneck Island bike trail.
Mid-2012 opening likely for new Sakonnet bridge.
TIVERTON — Construction of a new bridge over the Sakonnet River is not expected to begin until the spring of 2009, with a completion date of mid- to late 2012.
The replacement of the existing span with a new $150 million bridge is "a top priority," Michael P. Lewis, director of the state Department of Transportation, said during a meeting Monday in Tiverton.
The existing 2,900-foot-long bridge, which officials said is deteriorating in some spots at a rate of 17 percent a year, will continue to be inspected annually, with "critical components" inspected every six months, said Vartan Sahakian, an engineer with Commonwealth Engineering. He was one of five engineers who attended the meeting with the newly appointed Tiverton Sakonnet River Bridge Steering Committee to discuss specific design criteria for the Tiverton side of the bridge.
Sahakian said a report on the most recent inspection should be ready in a week or two, and if engineers find there is a need to further reduce the 22-ton weight limit of the four-lane bridge that carries traffic along Route 24 between Tiverton and Portsmouth, it would be reduced by a few tons.
Much of the discussion between the DOT and Steering Committee focused on the 500-foot-long earthen berm that would be built on the Tiverton side to replace superstructure at a savings of some $16 million.
How the 40-foot-high berm, which would measure 180 feet across at its widest point, should be landscaped is one of the outstanding issues.
"We want to make sure what we are putting in the contract is what the community wants," said Kazem Farhoumand, acting chief engineer for the DOT.
The slope could be seeded and planted with grass, but it also could be terraced and planted with bushes. Alleviating maintenance is important to the DOT, Farhourmand said.
Residents have indicated to state officials that they want plantings that are low to the ground because trees could entice children to climb them and play on the terraced areas, said Thomas Cunningham, an engineer with Commonwealth Engineering.
A terraced bank could be harder to maintain because litter would collect on the different levels, as opposed to a grassy slope that could just be mowed, said Stephen Berlucchi, director of the town's Department of Public Works.
The depth of the two retention ponds worried Planning Board Chairman Noel Berg, who said he would like to see fencing around the ponds that would be on each side of the berm.
One pond would be 5½ feet deep and the other would be 3½ feet deep, Cunningham said. The DOT would maintain them, Farhoumand said.
The number of truckloads of soil that would be required to build the berm was of special interest to Hank Curran, a resident who lives within 1,000 feet of the existing span.
Some 84,000 cubic yards of soil would be required to build the berm. That equates to 3,230 tractor-trailer truckloads. If smaller, 10-wheel trucks were used, it would require 4,670 loads, or about seven an hour for several months, Cunningham said. Curran wanted to know if the loads would be tamped as they're delivered, because stockpiling them would increase the amount of dust in the area. He was told the plan is to use the loads as they arrive.
No decisions were made Monday by the Steering Committee; members will have a separate meeting to discuss the issues before they meet again with the state, according to Acting Town Administrator James Goncalo. That meeting has been scheduled for Monday, May 19, at 7 p.m. at Town Hall.
Send e-mail to correspondent Marcia Pobzeznik at Pobzeznik@NewportRI.com.
I have a suspicion that impending development of land acquired by the towns from the Navy will mark the beginning of the end of a little island secret. I'm talking about Burma Road. For decades the road has been an unknown straight-through scenic bypass around the congested, poorly maintained West Main Road in north Middletown and south Portsmouth. Additionally, the road is a popular and safe route for bicyclists as it is one of the only roads on the island with a shoulder specifically designated for bicycles. Eventually the bucolic waterfront scenery will be replaced by housing and businesses.
The development will surely bring increased traffic, additional cross streets, and traffic lights. It will likely become as congested as West Main Road. As for a corridor for bicycles, the talk of a bike path along the west side is ineffectual. There has been "talk" of a path for more than a decade yet no progress beyond a concept. Hopefully the town will make an effort to ensure that some of the rural nature of Burma Road will maintained.
I'd choose returning East Main Rd to 2 lanes from 4 dangerous high speeds lanes without shoulders over preserving Burma Road, a bit of discontinuous route bicyclists and bike advocates have always favored. Going way out of my way for a bit of western overlook might be swell, but then you get Coddington Hgwy and Naval base between you and Newport.
The problem with Aquidneck Is has never been a direct bottom-to-top route that supports cycling. This is just awful, since ALL roads on the island, by law, are supposed to support bicycling and pedestrians. There are no banned interstates, so a 6' shoulder and sidewalks are minimally required.
From top to bottom it is possible…heading south…once you get to Burma Rd. Since Navy housing was turned over to a commercial company a couple years ago, you can now go through the Navy's Coddington Cove housing to Coddington Hwy. Granted, Coddington Hwy doesn't have a lane for bikes, but it is much safer than East or West Main Road.
I'd choose returning East Main Rd to 2 lanes from 4 dangerous high speeds lanes without shoulders over preserving Burma Road, a bit of discontinuous route bicyclists and bike advocates have always favored. Going way out of my way for a bit of western overlook might be swell, but then you get Coddington Hgwy and Naval base between you and Newport.
Why choose one over the other? I too am concerned about the upcoming development along Burma road. The cycling community definitely needs to keep our eyes on the plans and make sure we are represented. We should push hard on the town to make sure that bicycles are accommodated along Burma road as they make infrastructure changes.
As part of the turn over of the land, the Navy did suggest that the bike path on the west side of the island be completed. But that's just a suggestion and nothing the towns have to promise. But the thing I enjoy about Burma Rd. is its lack of traffic, and traffic lights. I work on the Navy base and take lunchtime workout rides on Burma a couple times per week. It's great since there are no stoplights. But once the development comes…even if there are accomodations for bikes…it is going to interupt the non-stop nature of the road when traffic lights and intersections are added.
Burma Rd lacks traffic because it's a road to nowhere. East Main Rd, on the other hand, is the spine of the island, connects to Mt Hope and Sakonnet Bridges, and allows you to use quiet Middle Rd for awhile. You can't get to these main island features from Burma Rd, at least not conveniently. And IT IS THE LAW that they have to accommodate cycling on ALL roads, not just Burma, or provide a nearby alternative. If parts of East Main Rd had adjacent bike paths, or wide shoulders, you could ride all the way to the Newport border without much difficulty.
Correct me if I'm misinformed, but aren't there laws (in RI) requiring consideration for bicycles when roadways and bridges are rebuild? On Aquidneck Island (Portsmouth) the northernmost section of Route 138 (aka East Main Road and Chase Road) was recently converted from 4 lanes to 2 lanes divided by a left turn lane. But when they restriped, the center turn lane was made considerable wider than what is needed. Before, there was absolutely no excess shoulder space to allow for bikes. Now, there is some allowance for bikes but in several areas it is only one or two feet. If they would have minimized the size of the turn lane they could have achieved sufficient space for a legitimate bike lane. The turn lane actually appears to be wider than the travel lanes. So, I guess my question is: When a road is restriped from 4 lanes to 2 plus a turn lane, does that constituted reconstruction and require consideration for bikes?


Mario Fusi was born on 3rd June 1922, from a family of modest origins, in Bonazza (Tavarnelle V.P.) in the heart of Tuscany and "Chiantishire", an area rich in olive trees and vineyards, today famous all over the world for the production of wines and oils of optimal quality. From youth he showed love and passion for these lands and particularly for the olive trees present in the countryside where he was born and grew-up.
Mario married Marianna in 1952 and had three sons: Fabrizio, Gianna and Lucia, who from they were little were amused to observe the peasants while they worked in the fields; they helped them during the harvesting of the olives or played hide-and-seek amongst the plants. Their usual snack was a slice of bread with freshly squeezed oil.
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In 1956, A BIG FREEZE severely hit all cultivations of Tuscany, in particular the olive plants and their production, obliging F.lli Fusi to acquire oil from outside the region: first, in Puglia, Liguria and in the area of Lake Garda and successively in Spain, Greece and Tunisia, which is the area of the Mediterranean basin thus beginning to acquire a strong knowledge of the various typologies of oils produced in these lands, both from a qualitative and chemical, point of view and an organoleptic one. This deep knowledge of the product, would allow F.lli Fusi "to specialize in the trade" acquiring knowledge of chemical analyses and the organoleptic characteristics of the various typologies of oil, necessary credibility and professional competence that was indispensable to assert themselves in the oil market and to assure, over the years, the main Italian customers. Such knowledge has become one of the main "strong-points" of our companies, always allowing us to offer the customer the product demanded at the best price and to supply all the technical knowledge and relative analytics of the product.
In 1971, the first-born son Fabrizio began to accompany his father Mario and uncles Gino and Adriano in the business activity. Equipped with the same passion as his father and remarkable entrepreneurial intuition Fabrizio, with a deep and personal knowledge of the characteristics of the product and the main areas of production, was able in a few years to increase the trade relationship, increase economic volumes and assert the firm at international Level.
Beginning from the Nineteen Nineties Fabrizio, with the guide of his father Mario, with sisters Gianna and Lucia and brother-in-law Sestilio decided to found two firms: Castel del Chianti in 1991 and Fiorentini Firenze in 1996, taking on the entire direction.
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Project 5-100 Universities See a Dramatic Increase in Publications in Leading Journals
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A team of researchers from HSE University—Nataliya Matveeva, Ivan Sterligov, and Maria Yudkevich—have analyzed the research activity of universities participating in Russia's Academic Excellence Project 5-100. Overall, the quality of publications of these universities has improved. Collectively, participating universities have tripled their number of publications in reputable journals in the past three years, and researchers have begun to collaborate with each other more frequently.
The study was published in the Journal of Informetrics. HSE researchers assessed the impact of the Project on the publication activity of the participating universities. Particular attention was paid to changes in the number and quality of publications, as well as in the frequency with which universities engage in scholarly collaboration.
Statistical analysis was used to assess publication data for 2010-2016. The researchers compared the publication activity of 14 universities that had entered the Project from its inception (the experimental group) and 13 universities that did not participate in the Project (the control group). The universities of the control and experimental groups had a comparable number of publications in research journals before the start of the Project.
The analysis showed that the implementation of Project 5-100 had a significant impact on the volume of scientific and scholarly research participating universities produced. Universities of the experimental group showed a steady increase in publications: their number of publications in highly cited journals increased from 100 to 300 articles per year from 2012 to 2016, while universities of the control group maintained their previous rate of about 50 publications per year.
The Project has also influenced the number of co-authored articles. Participating universities increased their number of publications written by ten or more researchers by 4.5 times, up to an average of 80 per year. For universities in the control group, this value remained at their previous level of 10 publications.
"The participating universities have begun to interact more often with Russian and international organizations," comments Nataliya Matveeva, Junior Research Fellow at the Center for Institutional Studies.
"The results of the study demonstrate the complex nature of Project 5-100. The project not only boosts the publication activity of the participants but also changes the way research is organized in the country's universities in general."
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Former ROH & Impact Star Jimmy Rave Announces His In-Ring Retirement
By Kellie Haulotte | November 28, 2020
Former ROH and Impact star Jimmy Rave announced that he's retiring from the ring due to an infection that caused doctors to amputate his left arm above the elbow.
Jimmy Rave was trained by Murder One and made his wrestling debut in 1999.
Rave debuted with ROH in 2003. While with the promotion he won the Trios Tournament in 2006 with Alex Shelley and Abyss.
After he left ROH in 2007, he went to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (Impact Wrestling). Rave tagged with AEW star Lance Archer during his time with TNA and they were known as The Rock 'n Rave Infection. Christy Hemme was also in the group.
Jimmy Rave was the first-ever Great Championship Wrestling Champion. He also held several titles such as the CZW Iron Man Championship, NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship, and the NWA Wildside Junior Heavyweight Championship.
Below is his full statement:
"I have been very blessed for the last 21 years in professional wrestling and getting to live out my dream. Today, that dream has ended for me and I have a new reality. This past Tuesday my world came crashing down when Doctors found an infection in my left arm. I tried toughing it out but by the time I saw a doctor it was too late and they had to amputate my left arm above the elbow. Thus effectively ending my in ring career.
I appreciate everyone who has supported me or anyone who has pegged me with a roll of toilet paper. To my brothers & sisters I have shared the ring with or a locker room; thank you for always pushing me to be better. Thank You to all of my mentors and my students who allow me to still feel needed. This was the hardest thing I have ever had to type. If you have questions or comments please feel free to DM me. Please take your health much more seriously than I did. I am sorry for anyone I have let down. Support pro wrestling! -Jimmy Rave"
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New counseling center director to oversee expanded services to EMU campus community
Tempest Anderson describes her time as a graduate student in the master's in counseling program at Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) as "amazing and life-changing," and now as director of the counseling center, she is again investing herself in the campus community.
A Richmond native who graduated from Mary Baldwin University's social work program in 2010 and from EMU's graduate counseling program in 2016, Anderson has ample experience in the higher education environment: She has interned or worked at Shenandoah University, Bridgewater College, James Madison University and EMU.
Counseling Center director Tempest Anderson shows new office spaces in Suter House to President Susan Schultz Huxman during an open house event.
At a time when mental health issues are rising among college students, Vice President of Student Life Jim Smucker says the director of counseling provides "services that are crucial to the health and well-being of our students."
"We did an extensive search, and the committee was unanimous in our selection of Tempest," Smucker said. "She has shown herself to be invested and proactive in working with students in the higher education environment, and we think her leadership in providing existing services and establishing new services will make a great contribution to the campus community."
In her role, Anderson is responsible for administrative coordination of all counseling services provided to students, faculty and staff. In addition to providing direct clinical services, she will facilitate a new expansion of services that includes partnering with the master's in counseling program to place interns and practicum students in center-based clinical training. [More coverage on this program is forthcoming.]
Among other initiatives, Anderson envisions "porch programming" — literally, on the Suter House porch — for students to get to know the center staff.
Drawn back by 'family feel'
Master's in counseling graduate students (back, from left) Amanda Styer, Bethany Chupp, Katie Curran and Rebecca Peifer with Counseling Center director (middle) Tempest Anderson. The students will help to provide expanded services as part of a supervised intern program.
While working in child protective services at the Harrisonburg-Rockingham Department of Social Services from 2010 through 2013, Anderson was often asked by colleagues about pursuing a counseling degree.
Eventually she did start looking into graduate programs, and, with encouragement from a co-worker, decided to visit EMU. She attended an addictions class that she remembers was "enlightening," and that same day spoke with Teresa Haase, director of the master's in counseling program.
"It was a conversation that was very life-changing," Anderson said. "She really spoke to my vision for life, and my hope and joy that I have in empowering and encouraging people. She encouraged me to apply, and I was like, 'Can I do it today?' It just felt very much like a family."
That feeling of "family" is one that drew her back to EMU, and has shaped her work with young adults. Belonging in a community is the basis for thriving, Anderson said. "It is in community where you learn how to establish healthy relationships, explore mentorship, and learn to grow to your fullest potential. We are not meant to live this life alone. We are meant to live together, love one another, support one another, and affirm each other in our purposes."
'A greater future'
Anderson sees working with people in hard times as a mission of hope. "Hope does not mean ignoring your present circumstances. On the contrary, it dares you to embrace them with faith that there is a greater future in store," she said. Her previous work experiences at different universities, she believes, gives her a "fresh perspective" about running a college counseling center and responding to students' needs and desires.
"College is such a time of exploration, discovery, and transformation," she said. "It's a time of vulnerability but also amazing opportunity. My hope as a director is to provide a safe space for students to take advantage of this great opportunity and learn healthy ways of establishing their identities."
Anderson and her husband Marcus both provide leadership at Divine Unity Community Church in Harrisonburg. Marcus is also the chaplain for JMU football and men's basketball programs.
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Arctic may get more rain than snow earlier than predicted
November 30, 20212 Mins read
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This artic may get see more rain than snow earlier than expected according to a new study released on Tuesday. The study warns of the consequences for both nature and humanity of this adjustment.
The Arctic is warming at a significantly quicker rate than the rest of the world, resulting in a retreating sea ice cover and rising humidity in the air.
As a consequence, experts project that precipitation across these areas will rise significantly by the end of the century.
A research published in Nature Communications compared the forecasts of the most recent generation of climate models to those made by prior generations of climate models.
Their estimates indicate that the transition from a snow-dominated annual precipitation to one dominated by rain will happen "a decade or two early."
"The changes will be bigger and occur considerably sooner than previously anticipated, which will have significant consequences for the quality of life in the area," said Michelle McCrystall, the primary author of the study.
"For example, in the autumn, when the shift is most noticeable, the central Arctic zone might make the changeover around 2070, according to newer estimates, compared to 2090 according to older estimates," added the researcher.
Everything, however, will be determined by the amount to which the warming occurs. At the present pace of change, rain will overtake snow as the dominant precipitation type in the Arctic by the end of the century. However, keeping global warming to + 1.5 degrees Celsius, the most ambitious goal of the Paris accord, may assist to maintain a snow-dominated artic for much longer.
According to Gavin Schmidt of NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies, the study's findings demonstrate that "the worst consequences may be averted" if greenhouse gas emissions are dramatically decreased. However, Schmidt disagreed with a portion of the study's findings. According to him, the findings do not demonstrate that the rain would come sooner than anticipated.
It is believed that the changeover between snow and rain would have cascading impacts in all circumstances.
For example, rain falling on snow increases the risk of reindeer and caribou deaths, which are important to local populations since the animals are unable to reach their food because of the impenetrable layer of ice that develops.
According to the research, the reduction in snow cover will also impair the albedo effect (the capacity to reflect solar radiation), so increasing global warming.
During the middle of August, for example, rain was detected at a height of more than 3,000 meters, at the very top of the Greenland ice sheet, for the first time.
Despite the "worrying" event in this area, snow should continue to dominate the landscape in the twenty-first century, according to Michelle McCrystal, although it is not possible to tell at this point whether it is an isolated event or a sign that the reality may be worse than the models predict at this time.
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International Journal of Clinical Medicine
Vol.05 No.01(2014), Article ID:41737,5 pages
10.4236/ijcm.2014.51005
Acquired von Willebrand Syndrome in a Male with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Presented with Mucocutaneous Bleeding and Treated with rFVIIa
Maryam Hami1, Hassan Ahmadnia2, Zahra Rezaieyazdi3, Hassan Mansouritorghabeh4*
1Kidney Transplantation Complications Research Center, Department of Internal Medicine, Ghaem Hospital, School of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran; 2Endoscopic & Minimally Invasive Surgery Research Center, Ghaem Hospital, School of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran; 3Rheumatic Disease Research Center, Ghaem Hospital, School of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran; 4Allergy Research Center, Ghaem Hospital, School of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
Email: *Mansouritorghabeh@mums.ac.ir
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Received August 13th, 2013; revised September 10th, 2013; accepted October 6th, 2013
Background: Systemic lupus erythematosis (SLE) is a disorder with multiple organ involvement. Haematological abnormalities have been addressed in it, but acquired von Willebrand syndrome is a rarer phenomenon in current disease. The Case: We report acquired von Willebrand syndrome and SLE in a man with brown rash on face, gingival bleeding, easy bruising and epistaxis and laboratory finding of decreased complement, high level of anti-nuclear antibody and anti-DNA. These findings confirmed the diagnosis of SLE. He underwent kidney biopsy and experienced severe pain at the site of biopsy, but the ultra-sonography evaluation showed small sub capsular haematoma at the site of biopsy. During the next 48 hours, gradually APTT prolongation was continued and haematocrit dropped. In spite of FFP infusion and taking tranexamic acid every eight hours, there wasn't any improvement in haemostatic condition. He received Methylprednisolone and Cyclophosphamid pulses. The patient underwent surgery to roll out vascular complication, but there wasn't any vascular problem. On the third day, recombinant activated factor VII was infused every two hours until oozing was stopped.
Acquired von Willebrand Disease; Lupus Erythematosus Systemic; rFVIIa; Bleeding
The von Willebrand disease (vWD) comprises most common inherited bleeding disorder in the world with prevalence about 1% - 2% [1]. In 1968, Simon et al. described a case of acquired von Willebrand syndrome (AvWS) in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) for the first time [2]. AvWS is less known for clinicians [3] and may occur in association of various underlying disorders including lympho and myeloproliferative disorders, neoplasias, hypothyroidism, Wilms, tumor, congenital heart failure, and thrombocythemia after usage of some drugs [4]. This plays up on immunologic entity of current syndrome [5]. The current bleeding disorder has absorbed attention during recent years [6]. In comparison with congenital vWD, haemorrhagic manifestations including mucocutanous and gastrointestinal bleeding and post trauma haemorrhage are similar, which are compatible with types I and II vWD [4]. Beside existence of various underlying disorders, the entity of bleeding disorder may be heterogeneous. Also there is no past history of bleeding tendency in bleeder and in his or her family members.
The bone stone of treatment comprises elimination of underlying disease. It is not successful in the case of acute bleeding and necessary invasive procedure [6]. The
other therapeutic options are infusion of high dose immunoglobulin, plasma exchange, Corticosteroid, Tranexamic acid and recombinant activated Factor VII (rFVIIa).
In the current paper, we present our experience on a case with AvWS in association with SLE. The clinical pictures suggestive of SLE were the first manifestation of disease and AvWS was diagnosed subsequently. The therapeutic regimen including Methylprednisolone (one gr/day IV) × five and infusion of FFP and tranexamic acid was done without response to bleeding. The surgery for refuting vascular complications and removal of emerged haematoma and overcoming bleeding was done using infusion of rFVIIa successfully.
2. The Case
A 25-year-old man was referred to hospital due to epigastic pain, peripheral artheralgia, and lethargy during the last 3 months before admition in hospital. He also
complained from gingival bleeding, easy bruising and epistaxis following small trauma. In the physical exam, low grade fever, malar rash, high blood pressure was cleared. Based on current manifestations and laboratory findings (Table 1), SLE was diagnosed. Further laboratory evaluations revealed decreased level of C3 & C4 and high level of anti-nuclear antibody (ANA) and anti-DNA, and high erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR). The urinalysis revealed severe proteinuria (3+), mild haematuria (1+), and 24-hour urine evaluation was associated with 2.4 gr/day proteinuria. Based on American Rheumatism Association criteria, these results were compatible with renal involvement in SLE, so on the second day, the patient was candidate for kidney biopsy to recognize its staging. The patient had an APTT test with 45 s (reference range: 30 - 40 s), so two bags of FFP had been infused to him one hour before biopsy. The kidney's biopsy interpretation was as follow, in light microscopy: diffuse global proliferative and sclerosing lupus nephritis
Table 1. The immunological and haematological parameters of the patient with SLE & AvWS.
ANA: anti-nuclear antibody; Anti DNA: anti-deoxy nucleic acid; IU: international unit; dl: deci liter; mm: mili-meter; ESR: erythrocyte sedimentation rate; C: complement; WBC: white blood cell; RBC: red blood cell; Hct: haematocrit; Hb: haemoglobin; Plt: platelet; PT: prothrombin time; INR: international normalized ratio; APTT: activated partial thromboplastin time; S: second; μl: micro-liter; Cr: cratinin; U/A: urine analysis; gr: gram.
and membranous lupus nephritis compatible with lupus nephritis class V, activity index 14 and chronicity index two was reported. Immuno-flourescent (IF) microscopy showed glomerular staining for IgG, IgA, IgM, C1q, C3, Kappa and Lambda. The IF staining results were similar in all of them, diffuse granular pattern in the glomerular basement membrane (GBM).
The patient experienced pain in his left of abdomen at site of biopsy after that. The ultra sonography evaluation showed sub capsular haematoma at place. As a result of disease activity, he received one gram daily Methylprednisolone pulse for five days and one gram Cyclophosphamid pulse. In following days further haemostatic evaluation showed APTT: 55 s (reference range 30 - 40 s), PT: 12.5 s (reference range 13 s), platelet count 185 × 103/μl and mixed APTT: 38 s. The existence of factor VIII inhibitor excluded by detection of factor VIII inhibitor using Bethesda assay. He received FFP (20 ml/kg), three bags/day and Tranexamic acid every eight hours for the upcoming 48 hours. Despite of these efforts, blood oozing continued from biopsy place and sub capsular hematoma was growing. So due to low level of hemoglobin (Hb: 6.5 mg/dl), two packed red blood cell was transfused. The renewed APTT showed elevation of APTT to 96 s and second sonography showed enlargement of haematoma. The patient underwent for surgery to roll out vascular complication as a result of kidney biopsy, but there wasn't any vascular problem. Administration of rFVIIa began for him with dosage of 90 microgram/kg every two hours for two days and then every six hours until oozing of site of cutting occurred. This regimen continued until blood oozing from the wound of surgery was stopped.
Repeated sonography showed no recurrent haematoma. Administration of high dose intravenous steroid began for him, subsequently followed by prescription of oral prednisolone. In follow up, in the next months, he received 6 dose of Cyclophosphamid monthly. In sixth month after treatment, laboratory data revealed normal renal function and 3+ proteinuria (4.07 gr/24 hours). We didn't visit him till six months later, when he didn't take any drugs. Blood pressure began to rise so we recommended to him to take Losartan, Hydrochlorotiazid, Mycophenolate Mofetil and Prednisolon. Unfortunately after a month, he denied to take his drugs. After one year he came back to clinic, at this time he only took 5 mg Prednisolone and the lab test revealed normal renal function and 1+ proteinuria. Although hypertension became aggravated, Amlodipine was added to his drug regimen. He did not come to our clinic during next year, after coming to clinic in the next year, he claimed that has refused to take Prednisolone and antihypertensive drugs from 10 months ago. Lab data at that time showed normal renal functions and urine was negative for proteinuria. Only hypertension was remained.
The bleeding tendency in the patient described above was typical for acquired von Willebrand syndrome rather than inherited. First, the patient had not any haemorrhagic tendency until the age of 25 years old. He even passed circumcision without abnormal bleeding. Second, there was no family history of bleeding disorders. Third, the pattern of bleeding manifestation as mucosal bleeding was consistent with AvWS. Fourth, unresponsive of haemorrhage to infusion of cryoprecipitate or FFP was compatible with AvWS.
The autoantibody directed at vWF/FVIII can make complex that clear from circulation speedily. This is the reason for poor responses to treatment with FVIII concentrate, vWF/FVIII concentrate, desmopressin acetate and cryoprecipitate in some types of AvWS. It has been reported that administration of high-dose intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG), and elevation of plasma levels of both vWF and FVIII are seen in AvWS associated with SLE transiently [4].
Treatment policy comprised successful management of underlying disease that may lead to disappearance of haemorrhagic tendency secondary to AvWS in some cases. The main therapeutic approaches for control of bleeding in AvWS are administration of desmopressin acetate (that is effective in about 30% of AvWS) and FVIII/vWF concentrate. The third therapeutic option is high dose administration of IVIG (one g/kg for two days) [3,4]. There are other therapeutic options that comprise rFVIIa [7], plasma exchange [8], Corticosteroids [9] and Tranexamic acid [10]. Returning plasma levels of factor VIII and vWF to reference levels after prednisone therapy are indicative of immune entity of AvWS in SLE [4].
The presented clinical manifestations, laboratory data, type of bleeding and clinical course in current case indicate that he was a rare case of AvWS in association with SLE. We did a search on reported cases using AvWS keyword in Pub Med search engine and limitation of English language literature (Table 2). We could only find five papers who presented eight cases. The review of bleeding manifestations showed among nine various bleed- ing symptoms that have been reported, epistaxis (seven episodes) and easy bruising (four episodes) were the commonest. Among various clinical signs, the commonest were pain of joints (three episodes) and fatigue (three episodes). All of reported cases revealed haemorrhage before presentation of SLE, while in current cases haemorrhagic picture began concomitant with SLE pictures.
A number of mechanisms have been suggested for AvWS including reduced synthesis and formation of inhibitor against vWF. In the current case the synthesis of
Table 2. Summary of published haemorrhagic manifestations of AWS cases with SLE.
F: female; M: male; N: not reported; SLE: systemic lupus erythematosus; Ref: reference.
vWF should be impaired because both mixing text (equal volume of patient's plasma and pooled plasma) and Bethesda assay were negative. Lack of haemostsis labora- tory equipped with aggregometry is a necessity that does not exist in our region. It causes problems both for diagnose and treatment of patients. In similar condition diagnosis can be established on clinical evidences.
In conclusion, based on current limited data on haemorrhagic episode secondary to underlying disease and post invasive procedure haemorrhage, in cases with AvWS invasive procedures and limited surgeries may be efficiently and successfully treated and managed with rFVIIa, provided that a multidisciplinary team works together to establish extra care in covering haemostasis challenges and close observation.
There is no conflict of interest to poising the manuscript.
The authors would like to thank Dr. Reza Hekmat for referring current case for further evaluations and establishing treatment.
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[2] J. V. Simone, J. A. Cornet and C. F. Abildgaard, "Acquired von Willebrand Syndrome in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus," Blood, Vol. 31, No. 6, 1968, pp. 806- 812.
[3] H. Mohri, "Acquired von Willebrand Syndrome: Features and Management," American Journal of Hematology, Vol. 81, No. 8, 2006, pp. 616-623. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajh.20455
[4] J. J. Michiels, W. Schroyens, M. van der Planken and Z. Berneman, "Acquired von Willebrand Syndrome in Sys- temic Lupus Erythematosus," Clinical and Applied Thrombosis and Hemostasis, Vol. 7, No. 2, 2001, pp. 106-112. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/107602960100700205
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[9] A. K. Stewart and M. F. Glynn, "Acquired von Wille- brand's Disease Associated with Free Lambda Light Chain Monoclonal Gammopathy, Normal Bleeding Time and Response to Prednisone," Postgraduate Medical Journal, Vol. 66, No. 777, 1990, pp. 560-562. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/pgmj.66.777.560
[10] J. C. J. Eikenboom, F. J. M. van der Meer and E. Briet, "Acquired von Willebrand's Disease Due to Excessive Fibrinolysis," British Journal of Haematology, Vol. 81, No. 4, 1992, pp. 618-620. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2141.1992.tb03005.x
[11] P. A. Poole-Wilson, "Acquired von Willebrand's Syndrome and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus," Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine, Vol. 65, No. 6, 1972, pp. 561-562.
[12] M. Niiya, K. Niiya, Y. Takazawa, Y. Hayashi, M. Y. Tanio, M. Kushiro, M. Tanimizu, H. Hasegawa and M. Tanimoto, "Acquired Type 3-Like von Willebrand Syndrome Preceded Full-Blown Systemic Lupus Erythematosus," Blood Coagulation and Fibrinolysis, Vol. 13, No. 4, 2002, pp. 361-365. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/00001721-200206000-00013
[13] A. Casonato, E. Pontara, A. Doria, A. Bertomoro, M. G. Cattini, P. F. Gambari and A. Girolami, "Lack of Multimer Organization of von Willebrand Factor in an Acquired von Willebrand Syndrome," British Journal of Haematology, Vol. 116, No. 4, 2002, pp. 899-904. http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.0007-1048.2002.03341.x
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GPD is trying to bring back the Netbook with their new Pocket… does it really have a place in the market in 2017?
Give or take a model version or two, that one you threw into the trash is the kind that I used to build an 86 node computing cluster out of.
Towards inside port regulation aggressive control song matter assembly fall behind.
now i can play dating sim outside of my house and act im an actual normies goin on a date with my waifus.
Why all this hate towards netbooks…? I still use my netbook from 2008 occasionally, and is feeling really happy with it.
When Linus fails to realize all the other netbooks that are on par, better, or close to this.
I feel a Netbook with this capacity and power does have a market. I'm an amateur photographer and I just purchased this from Walmart for $479 with free shipping. My intent is to use it to backup photos from my DSLR when travelling. It's the perfect size for travel, has the needed ports and storage capacity to back up lots of pictures internally, and almost an infinite number with USB storage. I was considering a dedicated device for photo backup that costs more and had only one function..to backup photos. So for me, it's just what I needed.
make the netbook great again!
@LinusTechTips I just wanted to update you that they took Linus's advice regarding swapping the del and backspace key!
what screen where you using when you connected it to the monitor?
Totally agree about the keyboard. And there's a FN so just merge backspace/delete like Apple does. Anyways, will buy one soon so thanks for the review!
ıts just so small and cute. also it can run a hd movıe wıth that cute screen so ı wont get bored ın 6 hour roadtrıp. ı can just throw ıt ın my bag… take thıs money my nıgga.
You've done the Pocket and the XD. GPD Win is still the best for gaming, 8750 works great, can emulate all the way up through the PS2 pretty decently with configuring. Dreamcast, Gamecube, N64, and all the other gloriious consoles on the go is amazing.
How did you game remotely?
Does this thing run loud?
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If you need a notebook just to write texts, which is my case, so it's perfect. I still don't understand the concept to play games or watching netflix using this kind of computer. You need to have a better understanding of a review and its real purpose.
Looks like Linus was forced to make a review of this computer.
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The longer this presidential campaign goes on, the more worried I become. And oddly enough, it's Barack Obama's much touted communication skills that concern me the most.
Because as good as Obama is at speechifying, that's how poor he is when he's responding to questions. It's the difference between hearing the insightful results of his thought process … and being forced to watch him think.
Like a confident, smart Head of State.
And appear ill at ease.
Loosen up or you'll lose — no debate!
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Don't meander and stutter, you hear?
While John McCain's lies sound sincere.
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Richard Eliot Blackwelder (January 29, 1909 − January 17, 2001)  was an American biologist, professor and author specializing in entomology and taxonomy.  After a distinguished professional career, he retired in 1977, and in 1978 he discovered the works of J. R. R. Tolkien, which were to be the focus of his energies for the remainder of his life. Over the next twenty years, Blackwelder amassed a large collection of Tolkien-related books and other materials, which he sorted and indexed.  The Blackwelder Collection, donated to Marquette University in 1982, is believed to be the largest single body of secondary sources on Tolkien ever to be developed.

Marriage and academic career
Blackwelder was born in Madison, Wisconsin, and earned his Ph.D. degree in 1934 from Stanford University. He married Ruth MacCoy in 1935 and from June 1935 – March 1937 collected 50,000 Coleoptera and other insects in the West Indies as a Walter Rathbone Bacon  Travelling Scholar for the Smithsonian Institution. He served as Assistant Curator of Entomology at the U.S. National Museum (now the National Museum of Natural History) from 1938–1939 and from 1940–1954 served as Assistant and Associate Curator at the Smithsonian Institution. He was associate professor at St. John Fisher College in Rochester, New York,(1956–1958) for two years before becoming (later in 1958) Professor of Zoology at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, a position he held until is retirement in 1977.

In 1947, Blackwelder's colleague Waldo L. Schmitt and George W. Wharton established the Society of Systematic Zoology.  Blackwelder was actively involved in the Society, serving as Secretary-Treasurer (1948–1959), and becoming its President in 1961. Blackwelder was a Fellow of the California Academy of Sciences and a Timothy Hopkins Lecturer.

Monograph of the West Indian beetles of the family Staphylinidae
In biological taxonomy a monograph is a comprehensive treatment of a taxon. Blackwell's 1943 Monograph of West Indian Staphylinidae revised all known species of Staphylinidae (as it was defined at the time, except the largest subfamily, the Aleochorinae, which were simply listed, not revised) from the islands, added newly discovered species, redescribed species, provided synonymies and identification keys and collected together all available information on biology and morphological variations within the group. It remains a classic work of entomology, and is still the standard reference for the region.

The tasks involved were
1. collecting specimens and distribution data.
2. Collecting together all relevant existing literature.
3. Establishing the schema - which classification was to be used.
3. Stabilising the names and their antecedents [Synonymy].
4. Detailing the known distribution and biology.
5. Checking the identity of specimens from several museums.
6  Collation in systematic order.
7  Referencing.
8. Indexing.

Checklist of the beetles of Tropical America
Blackwelder's Checklist of the Coleopterous insects of Mexico, Central America, the West Indies, and South America was commenced in 1944 and completed in 1957. Although many European and American entomologists had worked extensively on Neotropical beetles no previous attempt had been made to list the entire fauna. Blackwelder found 50,000 names in the literature. The checklist was based initially on Junk's Coleopterorum Catalogus. To this Blackwelder added species listed in publications identified in the Zoological Record and where this proved incomplete he undertook the literature search himself. The Blackwelder checklist is the basis of many subsequent but partial lists and for some groups or regions is the only source of such information. It (and its derivatives) is a fundamental "tool of biodiversity".

Tolkien collection

The knack for organizing and categorizing that drove Blackwelder to excel in taxonomy also colored his post-retirement passion for Tolkien's legendarium. Blackwelder amassed a large collection of Tolkieniana, which he sorted and indexed before arranging to donate the collection to the Archives of Marquette University. The Blackwelder Collection consists of "ten linear feet of documents in 140 ... three ring binders, ... over 1,200 volumes ... and over 70 theses and dissertations."

He spent four years compiling a concordance to the names of characters, animals, and plants in Tolkien's work, which was published in 1990 by Garland Press as A Tolkien Thesaurus. A fifteen-page companion booklet, Tolkien Phraseology, was published by Marquette in 1990.

During these years, Blackwelder was actively involved in Tolkien fandom, contributing frequently to Beyond Bree.

Death and bequest
Blackwelder died on January 17, 2001, twelve days before his 92nd birthday.  His ashes are interred with his wife's in the MacCoy niche at Sunset Mausoleum near Berkeley, California.

In 1987, Blackwelder established the Tolkien Archives Fund at Marquette University to catalog Marquette's  manuscript collection, sponsor public programming, and to provide support for the acquisition and preservation of Tolkien research material in the Department of Special Collections.  The fund is endowed by Blackwelder's estate. Among the acquisitions funded by this bequest is the Grace E. Funk Tolkien/Fantasy Fiction Collection of 2,376 books, articles, films, documentary videos, photocopied articles and newspaper clippings.

The Tolkien Archives Fund also contributed financial assistance to the Marquette University Tolkien Conference (October 21–23, 2004) "The Lord of the Rings 1954-2004: Scholarship in Honor of Richard E. Blackwelder".  The proceedings of the conference were published in 2006.

Books

Blackwelder's  most important entomological works are
1936. Morphology of the Coleopterous Family Staphylinidae. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 94(13): 1-102. Doctoral Thesis Stanford University advised by Gordon Floyd Ferris and Robert Evans Snodgrass
1939 with Ruth Blackwelder, Fourth supplement 1933–1938 (inclusive) to the Leng catalogue of Coleoptera of America, north of Mexico.  J. D. Sherman, Mount Vernon.146 pp.
1943. Monograph of the West Indian beetles of the family Staphylinidae. Bulletin of the United States National Museum No. 182:viii + 658 pp.
1944-1957. Checklist of the Coleopterous insects of Mexico, Central America, the West Indies, and South America. USNM Bull. 185:i-xii 1492
1952 Generic names of the beetle family Staphylinidae with an essay on genotypy. Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus. 200, i-iv, 1-483.
1967 Taxonomy; A text and reference book New York, John Wiley

His other significant works include:The Zest for Life, or Waldo Had a Pretty Good Run: The Life of Waldo LaSalle Schmitt The Allen Press, Inc., Lawrence, Kansas, 1979A Tolkien Thesaurus Garland Publishing, New York, 1990Tolkien Phraseology: A Companion to A Tolkien Thesaurus Tolkien Archives Fund, Marquette University, 1990

Notes

References
Richard E. Blackwelder (1909–2001), Southern University Illinois Carbondale web site, retrieved February 19, 2007
Hammond, Wayne G. and Christina Scull, editors: The Lord of the Rings 1954-2004: Scholarship in Honor of Richard E. Blackwelder''  Marquette University Press, 2006, .

External links

Encyclopedia of Life  accesses full list of taxa (4,856) described by Blackwelder (type Blackwelder into the search box)
NomenclatorZoologicus Full list of Blackwelder  genera via search
From the Smithsonian Institution Archives
Blackwelder documents relating to  Society of Systematic Zoology
Notebooks (West Indies, Personal Collection contents)
 Blackwelder's  entomological field notes West Indies
 Smithsonian Institution Committee on Zoological Nomenclature papers
  Audiotape of 1978 Interview
 Society of Systematic Zoology.Correspondence with Waldo L. Schmitt

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