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Marianne St-Gelais wins bronze in 500m at ISU World Cup Short Track stage in China
Shanghaï, China, December 10, 2016 – Marianne St-Gelais was the only Canadian skater to win a medal, Saturday, at the ISU World Cup Short Track Speed Skating stage that will be held until Sunday in Shanghai, China, as she earned bronze in the first of two 500m events slated for the weekend.
Placed in the fourth spot on the starting line and after skating in second place for almost the entire race in the A final of the women's 500m (1) event, Marianne St-Gelais of Saint-Félicien, QC, saw South Korea's Min Jeong Choi overtake her just at the finish line and go on to win the silver medal. Great Britain's Elise Christie won gold.
"I started from the fourth spot in the final and I knew I was in for a lot of action. So I was ready for anything," said St-Gelais about a race was marked by a false start, but also a restart after a skater fell early on.
"At the same time, I wanted to risk doing certain things that I don't normally do. There was a lot of contact at the start of the race. I managed to get into second place and I ended up overtaking a skater way too early, and it cost me my position. I'm a little bit disappointed about finishing third, but I did certain things differently, so it bodes well for upcoming races."
This was Marianne St-Gelais' third medal in the 500m distance in three World Cup stages this season. She won gold in that event in Salt Lake City and silver in Calgary. She has a total of four medals overall this season, having also collected silver in the 1500m held in the United States.
Aside from that podium result, it was a disappointing day for Canada. Patrick Duffy of Oakville, ON, having been eliminated in the semifinal repechage heat in the men's 500m (1), 11 Canadian skaters ended up qualifying for the final rounds of Saturday's races. However, among them, only St-Gelais was able to reach the A final of her event.
In the women's 500m (1), Kasandra Bradette of Saint-Félicien, QC, was second in the B final, while Valérie Maltais of Saguenay, La Baie borough, QC, fell hard into the safety mats following a contact with a Chinese skater in the quarterfinals.
"I skated well. Unfortunately, there was sort of a bizarre contact with the Chinese skater. I was skating straight ahead and she came back right on me. That was it for me," said Maltais.
In the men's 500m (1), Samuel Girard of Ferland-et-Boilleau, QC, and Charles Hamelin of Sainte-Julie, QC, were eliminated at the quarterfinal stage. Hamelin won his heat, but he was disqualified because he forgot to put on his transponder.
"That was my best 500m so far this season and I was really happy about it. Unfortunately, I was unable to continue the competition and it's really disappointing," said Charles Hamelin.
In the 1500m, several Canadian skaters reached the B final.
Charle Cournoyer of Boucherville, QC, earned the best result, as he won the men's B final. Pascal Dion of Montreal, Rivière-des-Prairies – Pointe-aux-Trembles borough, QC, was fourth. In the women's B final, Marie-Ève Drolet of Saguenay, Chicoutimi borough, QC, was third while Kim Boutin of Sherbrooke, QC, was fifth.
In the women's relay semifinals, Canada qualified for Sunday's A final as Kim Boutin, Marie-Ève Drolet, Marianne St-Gelais and Kasandra Bradette took second place in their heat, behind the Netherlands.
The repechage heats and final rounds of the weekend's second 500m and the 1000m event, as well as the relay finals are slated for Sunday.
TODAY'S CANADIAN RESULTS
500m (1) W
Marianne St-Gelais: bronze medal (final ranking: 3)
Kasandra Bradette: 2nd in the B final (final ranking: 6)
Valérie Maltais: felt, did not finish the race in the quarterfinals and eliminated (final ranking: 20)
500m (1) M
Samuel Girard: 3rd in the quarterfinals and eliminated (final ranking: 10)
Charles Hamelin: penality in the quarterfinals and eliminated (final ranking: 20)
Patrick Duffy: 3rd in the repechage semifinals and eliminated (final ranking: 24)
1500m W
Marie-Ève Drolet: 3rd in the B Final (final ranking: 10)
Kim Boutin: 5th in the B Final (final ranking: 12)
Jamie Macdonald: 7th in the semifinals and eliminated (final ranking: 19)
1500m M
Charle Cournoyer: 1st in the B Final (final ranking: 8)
Pascal Dion: 4th in the B Final (final ranking: 11)
François Hamelin: 8th in the semifinals and eliminated (final ranking: 21)
Relay W
Canada: 2nd in the semifinals and will take part in the A Final Sunday
(Kim Boutin, Marie-Ève Drolet, Marianne St-Gelais, Kasandra Bradette)
More information is available at Speed Skating Canada's website: www.speedskating.ca.
About Speed Skating Canada
Speed Skating Canada (SSC) is the governing body for competitive long track and short track speed skating in Canada. Founded in 1887, the association is comprised of 13 provincial and territorial branches representing more than 14,000 individual members, and counting. SSC believes that sport is an apprenticeship for life and prizes respect for others, integrity, excellence of effort, as well as a safe, healthy environment. SSC recognizes and values its outstanding volunteers who give freely of their time and expertise. It also celebrates the 63 Olympic medals won by Canadian athletes since 1932, as well as the coaches, officials and other dedicated individuals who helped them on their journey.
SSC is proud to be affiliated with partners that share the same vision and values including our premium sponsors Intact Insurance and Samsung, as well as our funding partners, the Government of Canada, Own the Podium, and WinSport Canada.
Patrick Godbout
Communications & Media Relations Manager
Speed Skating Canada
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In this selection of short stories Proulx (pronounced Pru according to Wiki – it's been bugging me) offers just the kind of prose that I can lose myself in. Clear, colourful, yet to the point. This book feels like an ode to the huntin' fishin' shootin' men and women of the Old West, casting a spotlight on their stubbornness, backwardness and sometimes foolishness.
When you think of the Old West, you think of cowboys in Texas. Here we have the lesser-known Wyoming as a backdrop with a cast of settlers, farmers and hunters struggling to hold onto their traditional way of living and resist modernity and inevitably failing as rich city-folk and poor rednecks in trailers move in.
Native Indians playing polo, a beard-growing contest, exploding hay, poachers landing up in hell, a heavenly kettle and almost too strangely, talking badgers (I didn't quite get that story).
I found this book very hard to describe, almost Old West meets the Twilight Zone in some places. Proulx's clean prose, wry humour and eccentric characters reminded me of the novels of Steinbeck, especially Cannery Row and Tortilla Flats.
I really did enjoy this book and went straight to the library and picked up Heart Songs and Other Stories (which I am reading now), That Old Ace in the Hole and Accordion Crimes. So that should keep me distracted during my daily commute for now.
The only book of Proulx's I managed to finish was The Shipping News, and that was after putting it down for several years and picking it up later. The thing I like about the book was that it was very rich in detail and light on the romantic stuff. The film, of course, emphasised the latter and the Wavey Prowse of the film was nothing like I'd imagined her. Accordion Crimes, on the other hand, I gave up on about halfway through. It just became too repetitive.
Thanks for your comments Brother Yusuf. I enjoyed the short stories, but didn't find The Shipping News particularly attractive despite the "Pulitzer Prize Winner" tag. I've gotten about four chapters into Accordian Crimes and agree its starting to get repetitive, but like the way Proulx creates short vignettes relating to different cultures in American history - the book is rather depressing so far though.


Braunarts have produced a short dance film for Channel 4 / BIG DANCE SHORTS INDIA / Little Dot Studios as part of the Random Acts series.
CUPPA? is a rhythmic duet about making tea, danced by the hands of Indian and British tea drinkers.


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Hidden treasure for sale on the Upper West Side: 50 West 67th Street
Known to many as the Musician's Building
February 25, 2019 4:22 PM by Libertina M Brandt
(NEW YORK, NY) — Stunning would be an understatement when describing 2AB, a 4-bedroom, 3-bathroom,1917 cooperative at 50 West 67th Street.
Even in New York City, a home suited with this much charm and sophistication is rare to come across, which is why when I heard it hit the market, I had to ask listing agent Arabella Greene Buckworth of Brown Harris Stevens for an exclusive tour.
"Tree-lined, leafy and serene during summer, spring and fall, West 67th Street becomes a twinkling promenade during the winter when thousands of lights adorn the trunks and branches of the bare trees up and down the block. Walking down the block, one is captivated, not just by the beauty and architectural integrity but by a sense of history and luminescence," said Arabella.
And captivated I was. After a breathtaking drive across Manhattan, I was met with the monumental brownstones and quiet side streets of the Upper West Side. Tucked away between Central Park West and Columbus Avenue was 67th street and its most opulent attraction, "The Musician's Building."
"50 West 67th Street was designed by the architectural firm of Shape and Bready, with sound-proof walls designed specifically for musicians. A front page article from 1915 in The New York Sun, describes "an eight story apartment (building) … in which the partitioning will be so completely soundproof that a prima donna practicing arias with the full strength of her lungs will not disturb or be disturbed by an amateur trombonist, say, who may be stridently perfecting his art – www.musiciansbuilding.com"
The lobby's dimmed lighting and peaceful ambiance made me want to cozy up next to the antique master clock with a good book and hot coffee. The 24-hour doorman and live-in super were as welcoming as the space. With a lobby this incredible, I couldn't begin to imagine what was waiting for me upstairs.
Upon opening the door, I was greeted with a foyer's hand-painted Chagall-inspired ceiling. To my left was a spacious windowed-kitchen and straight ahead, a 27' living room with a large wood burning fireplace and encapsulating tree-filled views of 67th street.
The spacious library to the left of the living room can easily be transformed into a formal dining room, a guest room, or office space depending on the resident's preference.
The master bedroom is equipped with its own wood-burning fireplace, and an elegant en-suite bath, which is outfitted with Calacatta marble, Grohe fixtures and radiant floor heating.
While I spend much of my time exploring New York City apartments, it isn't often I find one that's hard to leave. But 2AB offers an experience for its residents that is hard to find. While touring the home I had to keep reminding myself that I was in fact in the heart of Manhattan. Its beauty is mesmerizing. Its history is rich. I got lost in the trees and stunning pre-war buildings every time I looked out a window. This apartment is the perfect home for a family looking to escape the hustle and bustle of Manhattan in a neighborhood that is truly one of a kind.
"Walking down the block, one is captivated, not just by the beauty and architectural integrity but by a sense of history and luminescence. Finally, one can stop for a cocktail or enjoy elegant Sicilian cuisine at The Leopard, formally The Café Des Artistes, located at the end of the block, amongst the legendary Howard Chandler Christy murals of cavorting nymphs in a sylvan paradise. Atmospheric, gracious and historic, that is West 67th Street."
As I left 50 West 67th Street, there was only one thing on my mind: If walls could talk, I'm sure these would have the most elegant things to say.
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The December issue of K-Wave is finally out!
A hardcopy of the magazine can be obtained for free from South Korean embassies around the world.
I really like the watch he's wearing. May i know the brand? Thanks.
Sorry, but we have no information as to what brand watch he is wearing.
I will be checking this out since we're about to apply for a Korean tourist visa this Feb. or better yet call them up if they have a copy here in Manila already. Thanks for the info! Hope I could see him when we visit Seoul in April in time for the Cherry Blossoms festivities.
According to the magazine publisher, the magazine is distributed in Singapore at the Korean embassy, Korean Tourism Organisation, Singapore Korean School, National Library, NUS and NTU (although honestly, I've never seen it at any of these locations before). You will probably need to make a trip down and ask the staff. But Ji Chang Wook's feature is in the December issue, so I'm not sure if you can still get that issue since it's almost Feb already.


Despite the potential applications of poly(lactic-co-glycolic) acid (PLGA) coatings in medical devices, the mechanical properties of this material during degradation are poorly understood. In the present work, the nanomechanical properties and degradation of PLGA film were investigated. Hydrolysis of solvent-cast PLGA film was studied in buffer solution at 37 °C. The mass loss, water uptake, molecular weight, crystallinity and surface morphology of the film were tracked during degradation over 20 days. Characterization of the surface hardness and Young's modulus was performed using the nanoindentation technique for different indentation loads. The initially amorphous films were found to remain amorphous during degradation. The molecular weight of the film decreased quickly during the initial days of degradation. Diffusion of water into the film resulted in a reduction in surface hardness during the first few days, followed by an increase that was due to the surface roughness. There was a significant delay between the decrease in the mechanical properties of the film and the decrease in the molecular weight. A sudden decline in mechanical properties indicated that significant bulk degradation had occurred.


The US Federal Governments owns nearly 650 million acres of land - almost 30 percent of the land area of the United States. These are lands that are held for all Americans. Up until now, there has been no quick & easy way to retrieve the boundaries of these properties without carrying physical maps, books, or slowly digging deep online. Included in this app are on device (fully works offline), individually selectable & beautifully colored layers for all of the properties administered by the federal government that are more than 640 acres in size: - Bureau of Land Management (BLM) - US Forest Service (FS) - National Park Service (NPS) - BLM - National Monuments - Army Corp of Engineers (ACOE) - US Fish & Wildlife Service - Bureau of Reclamation - Tennessee Valley Authority - Department of Defense (military bases & installations) - Other (National Laboratories, Test Sites, etc...) Key Benefits & Features - Know which US agency owns and operates the land you're on or are heading to. Use the "Layers" icon to select which agencies you want displayed to create your own custom map. (Hint, the toggles are color coded to the color each layer is displayed in.) - Links are provided to each agency's website within the app, so that you can further your research as to what land use rules apply for each public land type - such as permits, fees, activities allowed, and limits of stay. - Map layers are stored on device - no internet connection required. - Be sure to turn on the 'Basic' base map to see the US Public Land labels for each land area. This base map layer is also stored entirely on your device, and can be utilized if you do not have an internet connection or would like to conserve bandwidth. - If you have an internet connection, you can utilize standard and satellite view maps as well as the base layer underneath the public land overlays. - A boondocker's assistant - by turning on the Satellite view map, you can better scout out trails, roads and boondock camping locations within the boundaries of the public land resources. (Please note, this is not specifically a campground locator app - but you can combine the boundary maps with satellite imagery to scout out where there are clearings and signs of dispersed campsites. For an example of how this app can help with finding boondocking locations, see: http://www.technomadia.com/2014/09/finding-magical-boondocking/) - Quickly toggle between 'Show' and 'Hide' via the "Map" icon to more clearly see satellite images below. - If you have GPS access on your device, click the 'Locate Me' icon to show your present location - know what type of land you're on right now! - Built in search tool locates anything on device maps supports (requires internet access) - including cities, states, zip codes, addresses and points of interest. A pin is dropped at the search location. Now the US Public Land boundaries can be in your pocket! Thank you to the National Atlas of the United States for providing public domain raw map data that we've been able to apply our proprietary rendering technology to create an interactive overlayable mapping & navigation tool. We will update our maps, when they update they theirs. Please note, the National Atlas maps only report to the nearest 640 acres (or about a square mile). This is obviously not detailed enough to be precise around borders, or for determining where private inholdings within public lands are located. US Public Lands should only be used as an overview, and you should always confirm more precise details by consulting more detailed maps, local field offices or the websites links within the app. And we of course can make no guarantees as to the accuracy of the maps provided by the National Atlas.
It does does what it says it will do. I'm a boondocker and this helps me determine if I'm on federal land and what agency owns it. Used in conjunction with a camping app such as UC, you'll be all set to head out into the wide open spaces.
Comparing this to a BLM map the overlay does not match. This is specifically for East Imperial County. (BTW, it also does not match freecampsites.net public lands overlay, which matches the BLM map.) The overlay itself seems to be accurate. The problem is that is not in the correct location. I'll continue to test it in other areas, but for now I'm skeptical about US Pubilc Lands overlay accuracy. Without the overlay the app is useless.
So inaccurate it's basically worthless.
Less than two minutes into comparing the maps on this app to actual BLM maps it's strikingly inaccurate! Hikers and hunters beware, this app could easily put you on private land. One look at neighborhoods in my area and it shows BLM and Forest Service land where there's entire neighborhoods of private property with .5 to 40+ acre parcels. I want my money back.
I paid for this? How is this useful? No resolution worth using on these maps. Download Avenza and use the MVU maps from BLM for real, up to date info about where we can and cannot go and dry camp...for free.
Seems that you can only drop pins after you search for a city or place, not wherever you want such as a great camping spot you've found, and then the only way to back out of a search is to clear the pins? There should be a way to switch to Apple or Google maps and carry your location with you. Not detailed enough. Lots of BLM spots we've found are not marked as BLM. Kind of a shame as this app could be so much better.
Worst app ever and absolutely useless!
This app is a complete fraud. Nothing on this should be called an app. I want my money back!!!
My husband and I love 4-wheeling out to the middle of nowhere and staying a few days. Many times we've wondered if we were on BLM land or not. Now we know. I love that it shows your gps location on the map in conjunction with the colored map overlays. (Although I don't believe it shows the coordinates.) If you're looking for a basic app that shows if you're on public land or not, then this is the app for you. If you need something that shows campgrounds and has all the frills, then look elsewhere.


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How Medicaid Cuts Could Exacerbate the Opioid Epidemic
Some of the areas hit hardest by the public-health crisis are the most dependent on federal coverage. They also happen to be in Trump country.
By Ronald Brownstein
Drug paraphernalia and other garbage litter a vacant house in Huntington, West Virginia. (Brendan Smialowski / Getty Images)
When Christie Green took her job three years ago as public-health director for the Cumberland Valley District in southeastern Kentucky, she had nearly two decades of experience in the state's public-health system.
But Green still wasn't prepared for what she saw when her predecessor took her around this hardscrabble swathe of Appalachia centered on Clay County, which The New York Times once described as the hardest place in the United States to live. "In the first week," Green recently told me, "I met more people who were raising their grandchildren than I had in my entire career before that."
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The missing generation in those families is a grim measure of how the opioid epidemic has torn through economically struggling rural counties like a tornado, breaking lives as if they were so many tree limbs. From Green's perspective, the storm is still intensifying. "I don't think it has peaked, unfortunately," she said.
Clay County is typical of the places hit hardest by the opioid crisis. It is preponderantly white (93 percent), with very few college graduates (just 10 percent), and it voted overwhelmingly for Donald Trump (who carried 87 percent of its vote). Another thing about Clay County is typical, too: As it grapples with the opioid epidemic, it is increasingly relying on Medicaid, which covers fully 44 percent of the population.
As Senate Republicans resume their drive this week to repeal former President Barack Obama's Affordable Care Act, one of their principal obstacles is resistance from GOP senators and governors in states that expanded Medicaid under the law. And one of the principal reasons for that opposition is Medicaid's central role in responding to the opioid challenge. Federal data show that Medicaid now pays for about one-fourth of all substance-abuse treatment, up from about one-tenth in 1986. "Losing expanded Medicaid coverage would absolutely hamstring our operations to address opioid addiction in eastern Kentucky," Green said. "We are critically dependent on that."
New data compiled by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, and provided exclusively to The Atlantic, underscores just how important Medicaid is for many of the places struggling most with opioids.
The CBPP, a liberal research and advocacy group, analyzed Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data on overdose deaths per capita in the counties of four heartland states confronting the opioid crisis: Kentucky, West Virginia, Ohio, and Arkansas. Then it used Census data to measure what share of each county's population receives health care through Medicaid. The results were striking.
"It is 100 percent out of their [financial] range if they aren't covered."
Looking at the 10 counties in Ohio with the highest rates of overdose deaths, Medicaid provides coverage for one-fourth or more of the population in five of them, and about one-fifth in the remaining five. In Arkansas, Medicaid covers about three-tenths of the population in the county with the highest rate of overdose deaths, and between one-fifth and one-fourth in the other nine.
In West Virginia, Medicaid covers more than 30 percent of the population in three of the 10 hardest-hit counties, over one-fourth in five more, and at least one-fifth in the final two. In Kentucky, 17 counties tie for the highest rate of overdose deaths. There, Medicaid covers over two-fifths of the population in five counties and roughly one-third in all the others.
Colleen Grogan, a University of Chicago health-policy professor, notes that Medicaid has become indispensable in these counties for two reasons. First, she said, the ACA extended Medicaid eligibility, for the first time, to low-income working adults: They "never had access to coverage—and many of those people had substance-abuse problems." Equally important, the ACA required states joining the Medicaid expansion to cover drug treatment.
Like Clay in Kentucky, the counties with the highest overdose rates across the four states are predominantly white and have very few college graduates. Most face economic strain. Last year, Trump carried every one of the highest-overdose counties in each of the four states examined. In fact, Trump won over 60 percent of the vote in all 47 counties except two in Ohio.
That means these areas of the heartland that lean most on Medicaid to contain the opioid epidemic—which the president himself pledged to eradicate—are firmly Trump country. Yet under both the House and Senate bills, Medicaid coverage would plummet in Kentucky, Arkansas, West Virginia, and Ohio, the Urban Institute has projected.
Senate Republicans have proposed compensating for that loss with a 10-year, $45 billion fund specifically to fund opioid services. Experts argue that's not nearly enough to meet the need. But they also note that even if the money were sufficient, replacing Medicaid coverage with new grants for clinics would pose a problem—by resegregating drug-abuse treatment precisely as providers are succeeding in integrating it into the full range of mental and physical health services. "These grants won't be as effective or efficient as comprehensive health coverage," said Matt Salo, executive director of the bipartisan National Association of Medicaid Directors. Besides, as Green said, addicts—"beyond a shadow of a doubt"—are more likely to seek treatment if they have insurance that will fund it. "It is 100 percent out of their [financial] range if they aren't covered," she said.
Given the consequences of slashing Medicaid coverage, the Senate's proposed opioid fund resembles little more than a fig leaf. It is far too modest to hide the explicit truth that the House and Senate's Medicaid cuts would devastate exactly the drug-ravaged communities that placed more faith in Donald Trump last November than almost any others in America.


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Vertu Ti announced – luxurious $10,399 USD smartphone runs on Android 4.0!
After being sold to another British company by Nokia, Vertu was rumored to be using windows mobile 8 a their operating system in the upcoming models. The windows mobile OS Vertu rumor was busted until they have recently released their Vertu Ti model. Android 4.0 is confirmed on their latest models.
Well before actually telling you the hardware specification of the Vertu Ti, let us inform you of the price of it. Why? Not everyone is affordable given this phone is sold at $10,399 USD. It is at the moment the most expensive android cell phone now. The 184 parts of this phone is assembled by one British highly skilled worker. It is surrounded by a 5-class titanium case and a 3.7 inch sapphire-made display. Obviously, it is not the software and hardware. That matters to the unaffordable price, it is the material that this phone is made of that matters the most.
Just like their older models, Ti will have Vertu's "concierge" button that connects you to the hotline that helps you solve problems. Speaking of the hardware specification, the Vertu Ti uses a 1.7 Ghz duo core processor, 1GB AM, 8 mega pixel camera and NFC transmitter. The reason why they don't use Windows phone 8 is that the market share of windows is pending improvement.
If you think a Ti still doesn't match your prestigious identity, Vertu also has a more luxurious model called Black PVD titanium Red Gold Mixed Metal version, from the name you can ess how much it is, it is sold at $21,000 USD. The Ti will be sold at their 500 authorized shops around the world.
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Around 60,000 babies are born prematurely each year in the UK. These babies are vulnerable – they are born before they have grown to cope with the outside world. Tommy's is saving lives by researching how we can prevent premature births by finding those at risk early on.
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Premature or preterm birth is when a baby is born before 37 full weeks of pregnancy. Globally, more than 1 in 10 pregnancies end in premature birth – around 15 million babies every year.
Research is vital so that we can understand which women are likely to go into labour early, and help them carry their baby for as long as possible. Tommy's support cutting-edge work on the causes and prevention of premature birth through our centres in both London and Edinburgh. Clinics at both centres care for mums at risk of preterm birth.
Researchers have found that levels of a protein called elafin could be used to tell which women are most at risk of going into early labour.
We are helping women around the world have healthy pregnancies by trialling a cheap, easy-to-use saliva test that can tell how likely a woman is to give birth prematurely.
The SUPPORT trial is the first ever clinical study comparing the effectiveness of three different treatments in preventing premature birth in women with a shortened cervix.
Scientists have found that drugs normally used to prevent heart disease may delay preterm birth.
Corticosteroids are given to mothers at risk of premature labour to prevent health complications for their baby. However, many of these women will go on to have a normal birth at term. Our researchers are investigating what effect these drugs have for babies who are not born prematurely after all.
Inducing labour early in uncomplicated pregnancies may reduce the risk of a baby dying, but may also influence their educational achievement later in life. Our researchers are linking information about births to the children's school records. This will help doctors and parents make informed decisions about inducing labour early.
Premature birth can lead to health problems for the baby, including brain injury. Our researchers are looking into whether statins – drugs to prevent heart disease – could also be used to prevent brain injury in premature babies.
Tommy's researchers have shown that statins – drugs normally used to prevent heart disease – could also help to prevent premature birth and the health problems it can cause. Our researchers are now running a clinical trial to test this in pregnant women in preterm labour.
If a mother's waters break early, it can sometimes lead to the baby being born early, but it is difficult to predict exactly when. We're funding research to help doctors accurately predict time until birth, and ensure that premature babies get the best possible start in life.
NHS to offer mums-to-be new blood test for pre-eclampsia
New research has led to NHS offering pregnant women a new blood test to check severe risk of pre-eclampsia.
Our researchers want to know if we can test vaginal fluid early in pregnancy to find out which women have vaginal infections that are likely to cause their baby to come too soon.
Our researchers have been investigating the link between fetal DNA and preterm labour. They have shown that fetal DNA in the blood does not contribute to premature birth or inflammation.
We are currently investigating changes to the sperm in men with liver disease, and how this also impacts the lifelong health of their children.
Scientists are investigating whether certain chemicals in urine can be used to identify women who are at risk of developing ICP later on in pregnancy.
Tommy's researchers are finding out if total plasma exchange (TPE) is beneficial for women with severe liver disease.
Tommy's researchers want to find out what the risks are in intrahepatic cholestasis pregnancies with lower levels of bile acids.
Our researchers have lowered the threshold at which women are diagnosed with gestational diabetes. We want to see how this affects pregnancy outcomes.
Researchers are looking at whether a simple test early on in pregnancy can identify women at risk of diabetes.
We want to identify which women and babies are at risk of complications associated with hypertension. To do this, we are using MRI scans to detect abnormalities.
Our four research centres have collaborated to create a single biobank to inform more life-saving research and studies
Researchers in our Edinburgh centre are working on a new, more accurate test for predicting premature birth.
Tommy's is setting up a platform that will help researchers study premature birth more effectively.
Tommy's is helping to test cheap, easy-to-use ways of predicting the risk of premature birth in areas lacking healthcare resources.
Researchers supported by Tommy's are comparing three ways of treating a short cervix during pregnancy to help stop babies being born too early.
Scientists are working to find out how chronic hypertension – high blood pressure before becoming pregnant – can make pregnancy more risky.
High blood pressure in pregnancy has risks for both mother and baby. However, there is no agreement about whether antihypertensive drugs should be given for non-severe hypertension in pregnancy.
CRADLE: an easy, cheap way to measure blood pressure and detect pre-eclampsia
Tommy's have collaborated with Microlife Ltd to create a simple, accurate way of measuring blood pressure anywhere in the world.
The PHOENIX trial exists to find the best way of caring for women with pre-eclampsia during this "window" of pregnancy.
Infection in the womb may cause changes in the way babies' lungs develop.
Influence of corticosteroids on the fetal heart
Steroids given to mother at risk of premature birth reduce risk of lung problems in their babies, but may affect how a baby's heart develops.
Tommy's is supporting an early trial into finding the best way to treat pregnant women with high blood pressure without harming mother or baby.
Scientists are working to see if unusual amyloid proteins could be used to predict pre-eclampsia.
Scientists may have found a new way to prevent premature labour and to induce labour if a baby is in distress by using hormones called androgens.
Researchers have studied over 1,000 women who took part in the UPBEAT trial to try and find out more about babies that are heavier than normal.
Researchers have found significant changes in blood samples from women who go on to get diabetes during pregnancy, compared to those who don't.
Tommy's researchers have found that women receiving the abdominal stitch instead of the traditional vaginal stitch were more likely to have a baby that survived, and less likely to give birth before 32 weeks of pregnancy.
Researchers in Tommy's Prematurity Clinic are helping develop an app that will reduce unnecessary hospital admissions for women with symptoms of premature labour.
Research taking place in Tommy's Edinburgh centre has shown that ultrasound is a promising way of detecting infection early.
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Season Recaps
2002 Baseball Season
By: the Editors of Publications International, Ltd.
The Anaheim Angels and their fans caused plenty of headaches during the 2002 baseball season. With an animated "Rally Monkey" on the scoreboard, and huge crowds banging Japanese-styled Thunder Sticks, opponents at Edison Field were jolted by volume.
But in addition to the show-biz, the Angels had real talent, racking up a 99-63 record. Though lacking a big-name superstar, Anaheim sported outfielder Garret Anderson (.306, 56 doubles, 123 RBI), third baseman Troy Glaus (30 homers), and starter Jarrod Washburn (18-6, 3.15 ERA).
Actually, Anaheim wasn't the top team in the American League West. The Oakland A's, riding MVP shortstop Miguel Tejada (.308-34-131) and a terrific starting rotation, reeled off a 20-game winning streak and took the division by four games. The A's, though, couldn't get past Minnesota in their Division Series. Minnesota, which had won the American League Central by 13-1/2 with strong defense, a balanced attack, and deep pitching, took Oakland in five games.
Minnesota had the honor of facing Anaheim in the ALCS, because the Angels had defeated the American League East champ Yankees in four games. New York second baseman Alfonso Soriano was the year's biggest surprise, exploding for 39 homers, 51 doubles, and 41 steals.
The Angels' 2002 World Series Opponent was another wildcard club, San Francisco. Barry Bonds had one of the greatest years in history, batting .370 with 46 homers and setting single-season Major League records for walks (198) and on-base percentage (.582). He clubbed his 600th homer and won his record fifth MVP Award.
San Francisco disposed of National League East champ Atlanta in a five-game Division Series, battering Tom Glavine for 13 earned runs in two starts, then beat St. Louis in a five-game NLCS. The Cardinals had previously dumped the National League West-winning Diamondbacks, whose ace, Randy Johnson, had gone 24-5 with 334 strikeouts to claim his fifth Cy Young.
The Cardinals overcame adversity en route to their National League Central title. Hurler Darryl Kile died unexpectedly in Chicago on June 22, four days after legendary Cards broadcaster Jack Buck passed away. St. Louis used 14 starting pitchers during the year, yet still took the división by 13 games. Scott Rolen and Albert Pujols were offensive spark plugs.
As much fun as 2002 was, the postseason almost didn't happen. The players scheduled a walkout due to the owners' plan to unilaterally impose a salary cap. A work stoppage was barely averted on August 31, when the two sides agreed to a new four-year labor deal.
As the nation settled down for a West Coast World Series, the spotlight fell on Bonds, whose previous postseason performances had been criticized. This time around, after blasting four homers in the first two rounds of the postseason, Bonds unloaded on the Angels for four homers.
Bonds alone couldn't vanquish the scrappy Angels. The Giants drubbed Anaheim 16-4 in game five at PacBell Park to go up 3-2. In game six in Anaheim, San Francisco jumped ahead and led 5-0 in the bottom of the seventh. However, Scott Spiezio's three-run homer cut the lead to 5-3. Then, in the last of the eighth, the amazing Angels rallied for three more on a homer by Darin Erstad and a two-run double by Troy Glaus to pull the game out, 6-5.
With momentum clearly on the Angels' side, game seven was almost anticlimactic. Anderson's three-run double in the third inning broke a 1-1 tie and led to a 4-1 series-clinching win, Anaheim's first world title. It was enough to make anyone go ape, and Angels fans did.
The next page provides headlines and summaries for some of the top stories of the 2002 baseball season.
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John Smoltz saved 55 games in 2002.
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In 2002, Alfonso Soriano gave the Yankees his all, accumulating some great stats, and Ted Williams, the "Splendid Splinter" passed away. Here are some of the headlines from the 2002 baseball season:
David Eckstein, Anderson Power Angels
Two unheralded players helped spark the 2002 Angels to a team-record 99 wins. All-Star outfielder Garret Anderson (right) contributed a .306 average with 123 RBI and a league-leading 56 doubles. Scrappy shortstop David Eckstein scored 107 runs and paced the league (for the second straight season) in both hit-by-pitches (27) and sac bunts (14). Eckstein, who clubbed just eight homers, also led the majors with three grand slams.
Shawn Green Socks Four HRs-And Six Hits
On May 23 in Milwaukee, Shawn Green of the Dodgers enjoyed one of the greatest days ever for a hitter. Green went 6-for-6 with four homers, a double, and a single off the hapless Brewers in a 16-3 pounding, driving in seven runs. Green became the 14th big-leaguer in history to belt four homers in one contest. Moreover, his 19 total bases set a major league single-game record.
Alfonso Soriano's a Smash in New York
Alfonso Soriano made the Yankees' machine run in 2002. The young Dominican enjoyed a spectacular campaign, hitting .300 with 51 doubles, 39 homers (eight of them leading off a game), and 41 stolen bases. This made him the first second baseman ever to reach the 30-homers, 30-steals club. Though Soriano fanned 157 times and drew just 23 walks, he led the American League in both runs (128) and hits (209).
Vladimir Guerrero Amasses 40 HRs, 39 SBs
Montreal outfielder Vladimir Guerrero, a legitimate MVP candidate stuck with a nearly invisible franchise, led the National League in 2002 with 206 hits and 364 total bases, batting .336 (third best in the league) with 111 RBI. A dazzling blend of speed and power, he stole 40 bases and swatted 39 home runs. He came "that short" of becoming the majors' fourth 40-40 man when his long fly during the season's final game banged off the wall.
Ted Williams Passes On
Ted Williams once said that he wanted people to look at him and say, "There goes the greatest hitter who ever lived." By the time he died at age 83 on July 5, 2002, he had realized his ambition. The "Splendid Splinter," still the last man to hit .400 in a season, was respected by current players as well as his contemporaries. Unlike many old-timers, he kept up with the game he loved.
Jim Thome Bids Adieu After 52 Homers
In his final year with Cleveland, Jim Thome slugged 52 home runs in 2002, adding to his legacy as the team's all-time longball king. His 334 homers in Tribal garb were nearly 100 more than any other Indians player had ever hit. In 2002, Thome also knocked in 118 runs and paced the American League in both walks (122) and slugging percentage (.677). Following 12 years with Cleveland, he signed with the Phillies for 2003.
2002 Cardinals Overcome Tragedy
Pitcher Darryl Kile died unexpectedly on June 22, 2002. Kile had been one of the Cardinals' top starters as well as a beloved team leader. His jersey hung in the Cardinals dugout for the rest of the season. The club could have been forgiven for crumbling, but instead the Cards came together and captured the National League Central by 13 games.
John Smoltz Snuffs Out the Fires
Former starter John Smoltz of the Atlanta Braves made a successful conversion to the bullpen after two years of elbow problems. In 2002, his first full season as a closer, Smoltz saved 55 games to establish a National League record. He blew just four save opportunities during the year and fanned 85 men in 80 innings.
Check out more headlines from the 2002 baseball season on the next page.
Below are more headlines from the 2002 baseball season, including Lance Berkman showing his multiple talents with the Astros, and Barry Bonds having an outstanding season and setting multiple major league records.
Curveballing Barry Zito Cops Cy
Southpaw Barry Zito's 23-5 season in 2002 boosted the Athletics to the American League West title. Besides his league-leading win total, he ranked third in the American League in ERA (2.75) and strikeouts (182). For his efforts, the lefty curveball specialist picked up the American League Cy Young Award. Illustrating how the game had changed over the years, Zito won the Cy Young despite recording just one complete game all season.
Alex Rodriguez Bops 57 Homers, Wins Gold
While Alex Rodriguez couldn't lift the Rangers into contention by himself in 2002, he certainly did his best. He cemented his reputation as the American League's most dangerous hitter by pacing the league with 57 homers (an Major League shortstop record), 142 RBI, and 389 total bases. Rodriguez also led American League shortstops in putouts and double plays and won his first Gold Glove. He finished second to Miguel Tejada in league MVP voting.
Lance Berkman Spearheads National League in RBI
Lance Berkman was the Astros' Mr. Everything in 2002. Converting to center field, he shined defensively while wreaking offensive havoc all year. He hit .292 with 42 homers, 107 walks, and a National League-high 128 RBI. He also ranked among the league's top ten in home runs, on-base percentage, total bases, and slugging percentage. Berkman became one of just five switch-hitters ever to bash 40 homers in one season.
Miguel Tejada's Key Hits Lead to MVP Award
American League MVP Miguel Tejada chipped in plenty of big hits during the Athletics' 20-game winning streak that began on August 13, 2002. On September 1, his second homer of the game -- a three-run walk-off shot -- gave the A's their 18th consecutive victory. The next day, his ninth-inning single again plated the winning run. Tejada also enjoyed a 24-game hitting streak en route to his .308, 34-homer campaign.
Barry Bonds Sets Major League Records for Walks, OBP
Giants left fielder Barry Bonds enjoyed another epic season in 2002. He won his first batting title at .370, shattered his own major league record for walks in a season with 198, and clubbed his 600th career homer on August 9 off Pittsburgh's Kip Wells. Bonds struck out just 47 times and nearly matched the figure with 46 home runs. His .582 on-base percentage also established an all-time single-season mark.
2002 Giants Club the Cardinals in NLCS
Giants pitchers allowed just 16 runs in five games, and San Francisco sluggers Barry Bonds, Rich Aurilia, and Benito Santiago drove in a combined 17 runs.
Scott Spiezio Spanks the Big Hits
Anaheim first baseman Scott Spiezio lashes a two-run triple in game three of the 2002 World Series at San Francisco's PacBell Park, helping his club to a 10-4 thrashing of the Giants. Spiezio, who had stroked .285 with 82 RBI during the regular season, also delivered a huge hit in game six. With the Angels down 5-0 in the seventh, his three-run homer started a come-back that culminated in a 6-5 win.
Monkey Helps Rally the Angels
A seemingly innocuous idea -- flashing a picture of a monkey jumping up and down on the scoreboard at Edison Field at Anaheim -- grew into something special in 2002: the Rally Monkey phenomenon. When the Angels were down late in the game and needed a Comeback, pictures of the leaping monkey would work fans into a frenzy, giving the Angels a special home-field advantage.
The next page highlights key events and details from the 2002 baseball season.
Eric Hinske was the 2002 American League Rookie of the Year. See more baseball seasons pictures.
The 2002 baseball season featured the climatic rise of a little-known team. The Anaheim Angels, who had no superstars, faced off against Barry Bonds and the Giants in the 2002 World Series. Much to everyone's surprise, they won. Below, you will find the highlights from the 2002 baseball season:
The wildcard Angels roll over the Yankees in their American League Division Series, scoring 31 runs in the four games.
Minnesota edges the Athletics in five games to advance to the ALCS.
Anaheim blows away the Twins in a five-game ALCS, outscoring Minnesota 29-12. Anaheim's Adam Kennedy clubs three homers.
San Francisco beats the Braves in a five-game National League Division Series. Russ Ortiz goes 2-0 for the Giants and Barry Bonds hits three home runs.
St. Louis sweeps Arizona in its Division Series, outscoring the Diamondbacks 20-6.
Toronto third baseman Eric Hinske is voted American League 2002 Rookie of the Year after batting .279 with 24 homers.
It takes the Giants just five games to win the National League title from the exhausted Cardinals. The final three games of the series are one-run affairs.
Giants, up three games to two in the 2002 World Series, lead game six 5-0 in the seventh inning but lose 6-5.
Angels win game seven of the World Series 4-1, clinching their first world title in their 42-year history.
Shortstop Miguel Tejada of Oakland wins the American League MVP Award after batting .308 with 34 homers and 131 RBI.
Oakland's Barry Zito wins 23 games to pace the junior circuit and cop the 2002 American League Cy Young Award.
Bonds is the unanimous 2002 National League MVP after winning the bat crown (.370), belting 46 homers, and setting major league records for walks (198) and OBP (.582). He also leads the majors with a .799 slugging percentage.
Bonds slugs his 600th career homer on August 9.
Randy Johnson of the Diamondbacks, the unanimous 2002 National League Cy Young Award winner, leads the senior circuit in wins (24), ERA (2.32), and strikeouts (334).
Pitcher Jason Jennings of the Rockies, 16-8 in 32 Starts, wins National League 2002 ROTY honors.
MLB takes over the operations of the Expos and names Frank Robinson manager.
Padres outfielder Mike Darr is killed in a spring training auto accident.
The Florida organization is gutted during spring training as Montreal owner Jeffrey Loria buys the club and replaces most Marlins employees.
Yankees second baseman Alfonso Soriano leads the American League in runs (128), hits (209), and steals (41) while batting .300 with 51 doubles, 39 homers, and 102 RBI.
Alex Rodriguez of Texas paces the American League with 57 homers, 142 RBI, and 389 total bases. He finishes second in MVP voting.
Manny Ramirez of the Red Sox wins his first batting title, hitting .349 and kicking in 33 homers in 120 games. He also leads the American League with a .450 OBP.
In his final year with Cleveland, Jim Thome racks up American League bests in slugging (.677) and walks (122) while belting 52 homers.
Anaheim wins a team-record 99 games with just three pitchers in double figures in victories and three refugees from independent minor leagues.
Rookie reliever Francisco Rodriguez of the Angels pitches just six innings in the regular season, then goes 5-1 in the playoffs and World Series.
The A's win an American League-record 20 games in a row beginning on August 13 and finish with 103 wins.
Zito, Tim Hudson, and Mark Mulder of the Athletics each finish in the American League's top ten in ERA.
Despite no household names, the Twins become baseball's darlings, running away with the American League Central.
Pedro Martinez of the Red Sox goes 20-4 and paces the American League in strikeouts (239) and ERA (2.26).
Derek Lowe of the Red Sox goes 21-8 with a 2.58 ERA and throws a no-hitter.
For more highlights of the 2002 baseball season, see the next page.
Below are more highlights of the 2002 baseball season, including Mike Cameron and Shawn Green each homering four times in one game and successful contract negotiations halting a potential work stoppage.
Eddie Guardado of the Twins saves 45 games to lead the American League.
Baltimore reliever Buddy Groom appears in 70 games for the seventh straight year to set a major league record.
Scrappy infielder David Eckstein of the Angels is hit by 27 pitches, the most in the major leagues.
Boston's Nomar Garciaparra returns from a serious wrist injury to hit .310, score 101 runs, drive in 120 runs, and rap out an American League-leading 56 doubles.
Garret Anderson of the Angels breaks through, tying Garciaparra for the American League lead with 56 doubles and batting .306.
Mike Cameron of Seattle (May 2) and Shawn Green of the Dodgers (May 23) both homer four times in one game to tie the major league record. Green sets the total bases record with 19.
Johnson and Curt Schilling of the Diamondbacks are the first teammates to strike out more than 300 men in the same season. Schilling whiffs 316.
The Braves win their record 11th straight division title.
Former starting ace John Smoltz of the Braves saves 55 games, a National League record.
The Cardinals lose broadcaster Jack Buck on June 18 following a long illness.
St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Darryl Kile dies suddenly of a heart condition on June 22 in his hotel room in Chicago.
St. Louis rookie pitcher Jason Simontacchi, an independent league refugee who pitched in Italy in 2000, goes 11-5 for the Cardinals.
Cubs rookie Mark Prior strikes out 147 hitters in 117 innings, going 6-6, 3.32 in 19 Starts.
Dodgers rookie pitcher Kaz Ishii posts a 14-10 record before his season is ended by a line drive that fractures his skull.
Brian Giles of the Pirates hits .298 with 38 homers, 103 RBI, and 135 walks.
The 66-96 Padres suit up 59 players during the season to tie the big-league record.
Vladimir Guerrero of the Expos hits .336, third best in the National League, and leads the league with 206 hits, 364 total bases, and 14 outfield assists. He also falls a homer short of a 40-40 season.
Luis Castillo of the Marlins swipes 48 sacks, most in the Major League. He also has the game's longest hitting streak at 35 games.
Houston's Lance Berkman tops the National League with 128 RBI. He also kicks in 42 homers and 107 walks.
Sammy Sosa of the Cubs wins his second home run championship with 49 and also paces the National League with 122 runs.
Larry Walker of Colorado hits .338 to finish second in the National League, while teammate Todd Helton ranks fourth at .329.
Phillies outfielder Bobby Abreu paces National League hitters with 50 doubles while hitting .308 with 104 walks and 31 steals.
The All-Star Game is called off after 11 innings with the score tied 7-7. Both teams had run out of pitchers. Baseball suffers bad publicity as a result.
The players and owners avert an imminent work stoppage by agreeing to a contract on August 31, 2002.
The gap between good and bad teams grows: Three teams win 100 games, while four teams lose 100.
Former Cardinals and Padres shortstop Ozzie Smith is the only man elected to the Hall of Fame.
Legendary slugger Ted Williams dies on July 5 at age 83.
Pitcher Tanyon Sturtze of the Devil Rays leads the American League in all the wrong categories: losses (18), hits (271), earned runs (129), and walks (89).
Detroit loses its first 11 games and finishes 55-106.
Tampa Bay also finishes with a 55-106 record.
San Francisco skipper Dusty Baker resigns following the 2002 World Series and later becomes manager of the Cubs.
the Editors of Publications International, Ltd. "2002 Baseball Season" 4 September 2007.
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The spring barley harvest has always been the perfect time for brewers to crank out a new batch to highlight the crop. For some, it will be a full, crisp, citrusy ale in the range of 7-8% a.b.v. with a little wheat (or whatever else your harvesting thrown in) and "secret" spices - for others, it will be a simple, provisional ale for your farm workers with low alcohol and no shelf life to speak of. In both cases, you'll likely see it called biere de mars. In the modern world, however, we're stuck with slightly slimmer choices. Most breweries now only make biere de mars as a quickie seasonal specialty snuck in there between their generally more popular winter and summer quaffs, so search them out while they're still on the shelves.
"I love having a pint of Bavarian or Bohemian lager with that sort of double decoction malt characteristic to it, that freshness of malt characteristic, and that very light delicacy of hop characteristic on a springtime afternoon in a beer garden."
How can you argue with that man? You cannot. Go now, find your hammock. The only thing standing between your garden and a beer garden is the beer (although a hop arbor would be nice, too). Enjoy it while it lasts.


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TT Postscript: Taped-up Tiger explodes Twitter
By Tiger Tracker
CARNOUSTIE, Scotland – Here are a few things I think I think after Tiger Woods shot an even-par 71 Thursday to move into a tie for 32nd place after the first round of The Open at Carnoustie:
• Even par in the first round of any major is good. It doesn't seem as good when you consider he was 2 under after nine holes, but it's good.
• Even par is even better considering he showed up at Carnoustie with kinesiology tape visible on the back of his neck. Oh dear God, Twitter exploded. Tiger said it had been nagging him for awhile and that it wasn't that big of a deal. He's done it before, but the tape had never been visible.
• This was Tiger's best opening-round score in a major since The Open in 2014 at Royal Liverpool (69). It's the first time he birdied the opening hole in a major since the 2012 Open at Royal Lytham & St. Annes. Only one of Tiger's last 14 major championship rounds has been under par.
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• Tiger only hit one driver all day (on the par-5 sixth), hit two 3-woods (second and 10th holes), and everything else off the tee was an iron. It was his gameplan. He had spots he wanted to hit in the fairway. He wanted to be a little more aggressive, but the wind direction prevented him from going that route.
• Woods played with Hideki Matsuyama and Russell Knox. To say Knox was in awe of playing with Woods for the first time would be an understatement. "I knew it was going to be an uncomfortable round. I was never going to feel like I was out playing with my buddies, just freewheeling it. Major championship, Open in Scotland, playing with your hero, you're never going to feel like you're just winging it," the Scot said after shooting 2-over 73. "I'm not going to lie. He's a person which I've seen on the range in the past, and I mean, he's almost like a mythical figure."
• Woods: "I had two 8-irons into both par-5s today, and I end up with par on both of those. If I just clean up those two holes and play them the way I'm supposed to play them with 8-iron in my hand, I think I'd probably have the best round in the afternoon wave. So it certainly could have been a little bit better."
• Official stats: 11 of 15 fairways (three par-3s), 11 of 18 greens and 29 total putts.
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The adaptive capacity of maize-based conservation agriculture systems to climate stress in tropical and subtropical environments: A meta-regression of yields
Peter R. Steward, Andrew J. Dougill, Christian Thierfelder, Cameron M. Pittelkow, Lindsay C. Stringer, Maxwell Kudzala, Gorm E. Shackelford
Conservation agriculture is widely promoted across sub-Saharan Africa as a sustainable farming practice that enhances adaptive capacity to climate change. The interactions between climate stress, management, and soil are critical to understanding the adaptive capacity of conservation agriculture. Yet conservation agriculture syntheses to date have largely neglected climate, especially the effects of extreme heat. For the sub-tropics and tropics, we use meta-regression, in combination with global soil and climate datasets, to test four hypotheses: (1) that relative yield performance of conservation agriculture improves with increasing drought and temperature stress; (2) that the effects of moisture and temperature stress exposure interact; (3) that the effects of moisture and temperature stress are modified by soil texture; and (4) that crop diversification, fertilizer application rate, or the time since no-till implementation will enhance conservation agriculture performance under climate stress. Our results support the hypothesis that the relative maize yield performance of conservation agriculture improves with increasing drought severity or exposure to high temperatures. Further, there is an interaction of moisture and heat stress on conservation agriculture performance and their combined effect is both non-additive and modified by soil clay content, supporting our second and third hypotheses. Finally, we found only limited support for our fourth hypothesis as (1) increasing nitrogen application rates did not improve the relative performance of conservation agriculture under high heat stress; (2) crop diversification did not notably improve conservation agriculture performance, but did increase its stability with heat stress; and (3) a statistically robust effect of the time since no-till implementation was not evident. Our meta-regression supports the narrative that conservation agriculture enhances the adaptive capacity of maize production in sub-Saharan Africa under drought and/or heat stress. However, in very wet seasons and on clay-rich soils, conservation agriculture yields less compared to conventional practices.
Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2017.09.019
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Steward, P. R., Dougill, A. J., Thierfelder, C., Pittelkow, C. M., Stringer, L. C., Kudzala, M., & Shackelford, G. E. (2018). The adaptive capacity of maize-based conservation agriculture systems to climate stress in tropical and subtropical environments: A meta-regression of yields. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 251, 194-202. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2017.09.019
The adaptive capacity of maize-based conservation agriculture systems to climate stress in tropical and subtropical environments : A meta-regression of yields. / Steward, Peter R.; Dougill, Andrew J.; Thierfelder, Christian; Pittelkow, Cameron M.; Stringer, Lindsay C.; Kudzala, Maxwell; Shackelford, Gorm E.
In: Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, Vol. 251, 01.01.2018, p. 194-202.
Steward, PR, Dougill, AJ, Thierfelder, C, Pittelkow, CM, Stringer, LC, Kudzala, M & Shackelford, GE 2018, 'The adaptive capacity of maize-based conservation agriculture systems to climate stress in tropical and subtropical environments: A meta-regression of yields', Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, vol. 251, pp. 194-202. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2017.09.019
Steward PR, Dougill AJ, Thierfelder C, Pittelkow CM, Stringer LC, Kudzala M et al. The adaptive capacity of maize-based conservation agriculture systems to climate stress in tropical and subtropical environments: A meta-regression of yields. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment. 2018 Jan 1;251:194-202. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2017.09.019
Steward, Peter R. ; Dougill, Andrew J. ; Thierfelder, Christian ; Pittelkow, Cameron M. ; Stringer, Lindsay C. ; Kudzala, Maxwell ; Shackelford, Gorm E. / The adaptive capacity of maize-based conservation agriculture systems to climate stress in tropical and subtropical environments : A meta-regression of yields. In: Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment. 2018 ; Vol. 251. pp. 194-202.
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