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Solo: A Star Wars Blog Entry
February 20, 2018 February 20, 2018 / danielwalterc	/ Leave a comment
Relax Jabba, Solo is there! Solo (A Star War Story) is everywhere these days. He made an appearance on The Super Bowl commercials, in between other notable characters such as The Bud Light Knight and the Danny DeVito M & M. Officially, Solo will be zooming into theaters within our galaxy this Memorial Day weekend. Don't worry, that day will come super fast; faster than the speed of light (point five to be exact).
You know where else Solo is these days? He's right here at this blog! That's right folks, it's time to take a break from ghosts and haunted houses. In their stead, I give you Han Solo, captain of the Millennium Falcon. As you can tell, I'm excited about this upcoming movie. At the same time, I'm a little apprehensive. See, ever since I was a little kid playing with my Star Wars action figures, I've wondered about Han Solo's back story. I remember making up pre Star Wars Han Solo adventures. I have certain expectations. I sure hope they aren't crushed. I haven't heard anything about Boba Fett. Come on, Opie, the bounty hunter has to be in the film, right? And what about the Almighty Jabba the Hutt? There can't be a Solo film without him!
The original Star Wars series contains a significant amount of dialogue referring to Han Solo's life prior to the events of A New Hope. From this dialogue, we find out that he is a smuggler, that he was once employed by Jabba the Hutt , and that he "made the Kessel Run in less than twelve parsecs." What exactly did he smuggle? What was is it like working for a gangster like Jabba? And just what in the heck is a Kessel Run anyway? These questions are all answered, by the way. Alas, these answers will soon be obsolete. The entirety of the Star Wars Saga goes beyond the films. Any contribution to the story that is not written for the screen is (or was) known as the EU – Expanded Universe. The EU includes novels, comic books, television cartoons and video games. (Sorry, no fanfiction.) When Disney purchased the Star Wars franchise and rebooted the series, they let it be known that the story arcs within the EU were being tossed to the wayside. New story content would replace the old. For instance, the EU had already given accounts of a Star Wars life after the events of Return of the Jedi, the final film of the original series. Han and Leia had three children, Luke was married to a woman named Mara Jade. However, The Force Awakens tells a different story, and Mara Jade and the EU Solo children became null and void.
Before it gets tossed into the dustbin of history, I must pay homage to The Han Solo Trilogy . Written by A. C. Crispin, this three volume series is devoted to the Han Solo back-story. I read these three books over ten years ago and I loved them. I burned through Vol. 1 The Paradise Snare, devoured Vol. 2 The Hutt Gambit and absorbed Vol. 3 Rebel Dawn. Collectively, they follow the life of a young Han Solo, a street-wise orphan kid on the planet Corellia who was abducted by Garris Shrike and forced into a life of crime. As a young adult, Han Solo learns to become a great pilot. The books also tell of his life as a smuggler as he works for several notorious characters around the galaxy. At the very end of the series, Han Solo is in the Mos Eisley Cantina, where he spies a funny looking old man in a large-sized Jawa robe accompanied by some kid in a moisture vaporator uniform and the rest is Star Wars history.
In this article, I will answer the most popular questions concerning Han Solo's young adult life, as per the writings of A.C. Crispin. For certain, many of these answers will change after this summer's Solo film. But please, learn about what was on the page first and then you can take in the new this Solo story from writers Jon and Lawrence Kasdan and director Ron Howard. Will you do that for me? You will? Aw you're so sweet. Buckle in while I make the jump to lightspeed.
Here we go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
How does Han Solo become such a great pilot?
Piloting was in Solo's blood. For Solo, the ability to navigate a starship came both naturally and with experience. As a prisoner on Garris Shrike's ship of slaves and criminals, he longed for freedom. At a young age, it was his dream to learn to "fly away" from all this and build his own life as a skilled navigator of the stars, and to eventually become a naval pilot for The Empire. One of his duties under Shrike was to operate race speeders; duties for which he became quite skilled. Sometimes he was allowed to helm Shrike's ship Trader's Luck.
Han Solo's first official experience as a pilot came when he stowed away on a freighter ship that operated via drone. This was to be his escape from the mother ship Trader's Luck; his escape from the clutches of Garris Shrike. He ends up taking control of the ship and redirecting its course to the tropical planet Ylesia, where a religious colony is seeking skilled pilots. Upon arrival, he skillfully pilots through a tumultuous landing, thereby impressing his future bosses. He is hired.
As it turns out, the religious colony is a front for a smuggling operation. After performing many smuggling runs as a pilot, he eventually earns enough money to attend The Imperial Academy. (Hint: any time the term "The Academy" is used in The Empire era of the Star Wars Saga , it means Imperial Academy"). Through the training given to him via The Imperial Navy, Solo learns to fly many types of spacecraft, including the Tie Fighter. When his time in the Empire ends (he is unceremoniously stripped of his duties! More in this later), he returns to smuggling. Any skilled pilot/smuggler will have to face the deadly Kessel Run sooner or later. The Kessel Run is a true test of a pilot's ability. Solo is up to the challenge and successfully navigates this obstacle course on his first try. More details about The Kessel Run to come. Stay tuned!
Under what conditions does Han Solo meet Chewbacca?
The Empire enslaved Wookies. As a lieutenant in the Empire, Commander Solo not only frees Chewbacca from slavery, but he saves his life as well. He prevents him from being whipped to death. This intervention leads to Solo's dismissal from the Empire. His pilot license is revoked and never again would he be able to seek out "official" work as a pilot.
As a token of gratitude, while adhering to Wookie custom, Chewbacca swears a life debt to Han Solo, vowing to never leave his side. Initially, Solo is put off by this. He wants to be left alone; he doesn't need a partner. His name says is all – "Solo." But he learns to love the hairy beast and admires his devotion. Even Chewbacca's marriage doesn't get in the way of the Solo/Chewbacca duo. When Han attends the wedding of the two Wookies on the Wookie home world of Kashyyyk, he is prepared to go it alone when he leaves the planet. Chewbacca won't here of it. The bonds of a life debt are strong than the bonds of holy matrimony.
Why did Han Solo have pity on Chewbacca in the first place? Solo has had an affection for Wookies ever since he was a young boy. On Trader's Luck, a motherly Wookie named Dewlanna looks after Solo. Through her, Solo learns to understand the Wookie language. Dewlanna dies helping Solo escape the ship. Han brings this up to Chewbacca, telling him that he need not serve him, for Solo himself was only paying off a life deft. Dewlanna saved Solo, so in turn, Solo saves another Wookie. But Chewbacca doesn't follow this logic. He stubbornly stays by Solo's side and Han becomes a better person for this loyalty.
How does Han Solo come to work for Jabba the Hutt?
Before enlisting in the Empire, Han Solo gains experience smuggling for an operation run by t'Landa Tils (t'Landa Tils are a cousin species to Hutts) and a Hutt named Zavval. But this wasn't the kind of thing he could put on his resume, even a resume tailored for the underworld. Solo's rather dramatic departure results in a dead Hutt and an extremely pissed off t'Landa Til. The bosses of this operation are not about to recommend Solo to anyone.
If anything is to be gained from Solo's stint with the t'Landa Tils and Zavval the Hutt it's life experience. He learns of the Hutts' volatile tempers and figures out how to approach and even work with these creatures. One day while Solo is wandering the streets of Nar Shadda, (also known as Smuggler's Moon), he meets a Duros (humanoid species with blue-green skin, red eyes and lipless mouth) who is desperate for a pilot. Evidentially he promised Tagta the Hutt to have a shipment of contraband delivered to a specified location but he had no one to deliver it. Half of Solo's payment would come from the Duros and the other from Tagta himself. Solo takes the job, makes the delivery and approaches Tagta to collect. Tagta thanks him for his service but initially refuses Solo any money. Instead of cowering, Solo demands payment and threatens to ruin the Hutt's reputation. As it turns out, Tagta was only testing Solo's character. Tagta pays him his due. But Solo wants more. In order to succeed as a smuggler, one must be connected to Jiliac and Jabba the Hutt; an uncle and nephew crime lord team. Tagta is Jabba's cousin and so he asks him for a recommendation. Tagta gives him one.
Armed with his recommendation, Solo seeks out Jabba and Jiliac. These two Hutts employ him. Eventually, Solo will go on to be one of Jabba's favored and most respected smugglers. On one occasion when Solo is weary, Jabba lends him his tail to sit on. Isn't that sweet?
So Han Solo is a smuggler. Exactly what does he smuggle?
Well, we know that he smuggles people. He was, in affect, attempting to smuggle Luke Skywalker and Ben Kenobi to Alderaan. Ok, ok, it was really the droids he was smuggling. Han Solo also smuggles weapons to various rebel groups. In these days of Han Solo's young adulthood, there are various factions that rebel against this tyrannical empire, but there is not yet a "Rebel Alliance" (not to the very end of the Han Solo trilogy). So…there's that.
Ahh let's cut to the chase. Han Solo mainly smuggles spice. Spice is THE drug of the Star Wars universe. It is so heavily regulated by The Empire that it is practically illegal, though not 100% illegal. Special citizens of the Empire may enjoy a little recreational spice, which they may obtain though Imperial trade only. But for everyone else in the galaxy it is off limits. As for the criminal syndicate, The Hutts' control much of the spice trade in the same way that Al Capone controlled the liquor trade during The Prohibition.
So basically, Han Solo is the Hutt's mule. Make no mistake, if Han Solo were here on planet Earth, he'd be involved in shipping drugs from one nation to another. Cocaine, Heroin, etc. Solo transports drugs. Solo transports drugs. Solo transports drugs. Get used to it!
Where does Boba Fett fit into all of this? Lando Calrissian?
Teroenza, High Priest of Ylesia, is the first to place a bounty on Han Solo. He is still sore about the way things went down when Solo left his operation (Among many things, Solo stole many of his treasures). So he hires the most notorious bounty hunter in the galaxy – Boba Fett. Fett is expensive; he charges an outrageous amount of money just for a consultation. Fett is curt throughout their meeting. (Says stuff like "Get to the point!")
Throughout this series, Boba Fett will go on various missions and seek out several bounties. At one point, Han Solo goes into hiding due to Fett's persistent nature. While in hiding, he is unavailable to smuggle for Jabba . So, The Hutt pays Fett to leave Solo alone. Whatever the bounty is, Jabba will pay more for that bounty to be ignored. How ironic, for later, as we know, Jabba will put a bounty on Solo's head and Fett will collect.
At one point in the series, a stranger rescues Solo from Fett's clutches. Han thanks the rescuer, but he can't help but wonder why this stranger sticks out his neck for him. The stranger explains: Solo's reputation as a pilot precedes him. The rescuer has a ship, but doesn't know how to fly it. The stranger wants the best, so he seeks out Solo to hire as his teacher. Just when he is about to walk up and introduce himself to Han, he witnesses Boba Fett getting the best of Solo. He steps in and thwarts Fett's capture. This stranger, this rescuer, this pilot-wanna-be is none other than Lando Calrissian.
How does Han Solo acquire the Millennium Falcon?
Lando Calrissian owns a Corellian-made freighter. It's name – The Millennium Falcon. When Calrissian shows it to Solo, Han immediately falls in love with it. But he doesn't let on. In an attempt to hide his covetous attraction to the ship, he calls it "a piece of junk" (The same expression used by Luke Skywalker upon first sighting). Nevertheless, he teaches Lando how to fly it, all while learning of the ships idiosyncrasies.
Now, In The Empire Strikes Back, viewers learn that Solo had won The Falcon from Calrissian. This happens later in the Han Solo Series. Lando meets Han in the second book – The Hutt Gambit . Solo wins The Falcon in the third book – Rebel Dawn. Han and Lando separate after the flying lessons. They reunite in the cloud city of Bespin where an intergalactic Sabacc tournament it taking place. At this point, Lando Calrissian is not yet an administrator of this city like he is in The Empire Strikes Back; he doesn't even live there. Both men are enrolled in the tournament. Sabacc is a popular card and gambling game and Lando is an expert. The game is his profession.
Hundreds of species from various systems are there at Bespin competing in the tournament. In the end, it is down to three; Solo, Calrissian, and another. The other drops out. Calrissian bluffs and Solo calls him on it. This pays off and Solo wins. In addition to winning the jackpot, Solo and Calrissian have a private bet going. Lando has acquired a spaceship lot. He was willing to put up any ship from the lot. But Solo demands the Falcon. Calrissian protests but in the end, he turns it over to him.
Remember in a New Hope when Luke Skywalker puts down the Millennium Falcon and Solo tells him that the ship has "got it where it counts" and that he had made special modifications himself? Well some of those modifications include military armor plating that he scrapped form an Imperial ship. Then there is the gateway blaster that pops out of the lower part of the ship (remember when it blasted away at those Mos Eisley stormtroopers?) In addition, he overhauls the hyperdrive, installs canons , and , of course, he adds the hidden compartments to hide smuggled goods; the same compartments that hid Solo/Chewie, Luke/Obi-Wan and the droids from the Death Star stormtroopers. Not bad, eh?
In the original trilogy, Han Solo had a lot of attention-grabbing lines. Many of these lines point to backstory. In addition, some of the sticky situations he finds himself in can be traced back to adventures that took place pre-A New Hope. Let us examine some of this dialogue and take a look at some of those scenes. We will then trace these lines and scenes to this Han Solo Trilogy and discover what in the heck was going on, at least in the mind of the brilliant A.C. Crispin.
"It's the ship that made the Kessel Run in less than twelve parsecs"
You knew this was coming. This is perhaps the most quoted of Han Solo's lines; his famous boast to Obi Wan Kenobi about the ability of the Millennium Falcon. This line has been made fun of by many a math and science geek. A "parsec" is a unit of distance, not time! So why is Solo using the term to describe the Falcon's speed? Well, he's not, according to A.C. Crispin. Solo is referring to distance. In order to understand, we need to know what a "Kessel Run" is in the first place. Let's learn about that right now.
Han Solo was not the first Star Wars character to refer to "Kessel". Oh no he wasn't! He might have been the first to describe the "run", but it is C3PO that first refers to the planet Kessel. In the very beginning of A New Hope, he warns his little buddy R2D2 about what could happen for their discretions.
"We'll be sent to the spice mines of Kessel, smashed into who knows what!"
As can be inferred by C3PO's statement, Kessel is known for its spice mines. Not only that, Kessel has refineries that take raw spice and process it into "glitterstim;" thereby purifying it while heightening its potency. Mining spice is dangerous and often droids are assigned to that task, hence C3PO's fear.
Imperial Customs ships often patrol Kessel. How does a drug smuggler transport spice from Kessel while avoiding Imperial confrontations? By taking a detour through "The Kessel Run". The Kessel Run is a section of space near Kessel that is plagued with an obstacle course of black holes, asteroids and nebula gas clouds. It is a very tricky and deadly course and only skilled pilots navigate it. Solo is taught to fly the course while on another smuggler's ship. His first attempt, though not perfect, is remarkable. Solo will go on to make hundreds of Kessel Runs. But it is on The Millennium Falcon, while outrunning two Imperial ships, that he breaks a record. Checking the Falcon's instruments, he learns that he has made the Kessel Run in less than twelve parsecs. He goes on to tell Chewbacca, "Hey this is weird. It says we actually shortened the distance we traveled, not just the time." Black holes warp both distance and time. By flying insanely close to the maw of a black hole, Solo shortened the distance. Neat huh?
"Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other. I've seen a lot of strange stuff, but I've never seen anything to make me believe there's one all-powerful force controlling everything."
When Solo says this, he is not a believer in The Force. Of course by the time the events in The Force Awakens take place, he has changed his tune. But did he really see "a lot of strange stuff" that might, to the ignorant, rival the perceived magic of The Force? Yeah he really did. But much of this strange stuff has a logical explanation behind it (Let's suspend our disbelief somewhat; we're talking "Star Wars" logic here). Let's outline of some of these strange experiences.
1) The Exultation.
On the world of Ylesia, within the operation that allowed Solo his first big break into the smuggling business," there was a lot of "Strange stuff" going on. To the outside world, Ylesia is a planet that offers the best of religious retreats. It is advertised throughout the planets as a place to escape the cruel galaxy; a place to live a monastic life in religious bliss. Pilgrims come and experience what is known at The Exultation. This "exultation" is administered nightly by the high priest Teroenza; a t'Landa Til that is similar in appearance to a Hutt. The high priest does his thing and crowds before him are overcome with a euphoric bliss. For those blessed moments, pilgrims are one with the entire universe! The administering of The Exultation, along with the sermon and other rituals, lasts a little over an hour. When it's over, the receivers of this "sacrament" must wait 23 hours for the next one. What will they do while waiting? Why, they will work is Ylesia's spice mines, of course! They are kept as slaves, forced to work long hours in very dangerous situations. But they put up with it. Anything for the nightly Exultation!
Han Solo smuggles spice for Teroenza and his Hutt counterpart. He too experiences the Exultation and is overcome with bliss. But he fights its addicting effects and succeeds in overcoming its lure. After a while, Teroenza let's Han in on the secret. What humans experience as an "Exultation" is simply the effects of a male t'Landa Til's mating call. Certain movements of its throat cause a humming. This humming, along with the telepathic projections that are released from this exercise, create an addictive high to the humans that are directly exposed to the call.
Having been a slave on Trader's Luck, Han is appalled by what is going on. He ends up rescuing some of the slaves and helping them to break their addiction. Part of the deprograming comes with knowing the truth: the High priest does not have any special powers. He is just a low life gangster thug.
One of the slaves he rescues is a woman named Bria. She and Solo have an on again/off again relationship throughout the series.
2) Forced Suggestion.
It is similar to a Jedi Mind Trick. While under the spell, a victim has no will of his/her own. S/he is at the mercy of the commands of another. Han Solo falls prey to this. It is Boba Fett who takes control of Han Solo. Solo is unable to move or speak without the direction of Fett. If Fett says "walk", Solo will walk, despite any wishes to the contrary. If Fett directs him to walk off a cliff, he will do so, for his motor skills have been taken over by the other.
Boba Fett victimizes Solo by a dart laced with a drug that strips him of his own will. While under his command, he orders him to march toward his ship Slave 1.
Han cannot utter a word of protest. He cannot speak unless the bounty hunter permits it. It is Lando that interferes, shoots Fett with his own dart, and orders the bounty hunter to get in his ship and travel to the other side of the galaxy. I wonder if Solo thought the Jedis used this drug to produce the effects of the Jedi Mind Trick.
3) – Telepathic powers
Glitterstim has been known to produce this effect. The drug can allow its user to read the mind of another. But only for a limited amount of time. In fact, Bria refused to believe that her religious experience on Ylesia was inauthentic. While under the influence of Glitterstim, she reads Han Solo's mind and knows that he is telling the truth when he declares Teroenza to be a fraud.
4) – The Illusionist
Han Solo has a fling with Xaverri, an illusionist who performs magic for sold out shows. She once tricked Imperial senators and made them believe that a fleet of war ships were attacking. Solo could never figure out how she performs her tricks. But that's what they were – tricks.
Han Solo – "That was a long time ago, I'm sure he's forgotten that."
Lando Calrissian – "Why you slimy double crossing no good swindler. You've got a lot of guts coming here, after what you pulled!"
Remember when Solo and company first arrived at Cloud City in The Empire Strikes Back? They weren't greeted to fondly, were they? The twin pod ships of Bespin were prohibiting Solo's landing. Chewbacca growls a possible explanation and Solo suggests that Lando had forgotten about "that". What is "that"? When they finally do land, Lando greets them coldly, accusing Solo of having "pulled something."
Some have offered that it was Lando's loss of The Millennium Falcon that had him so steamed. Well I had never thought that and neither did Author Crispin. Instead, she offers a much more interesting account of what went on between Lando and Han.
Bria, Solo's lover whom he had rescued from slavery on Ylesia, has hooked up with a band of rebels. She wants to invade Ylesia and wipe out the entire smuggling operation. Her motives are two-fold; to steal the treasures to help fund the rebels in their fight against The Empire, and to extract revenge. She enlists the help of Solo who in turn enlists the help of Lando and several smugglers. All will split the loot. But when the fighting is over and the rebels and smugglers achieve their victory, Bria reneges on the deal. She and her band or armed rebels hold Lando and his men at gunpoint, prohibiting them from claiming their share.
Naturally, Lando suspects that Solo took part in planning this treachery, since Bria was an old flame of his. When Solo tries to explain his innocence, Lando sucker punches him in the face. This is why, many years later on the landing platform on Bespin, Lando makes like he is about to punch Solo. In the end he is joshing and ends up hugging is old friend. All is forgiven (but we know that Lando is part of the plan to hand Solo and his friends to the Empire, even if it wasn't his fault)
Greedo – "Jabba has no use for smugglers who drop their shipments at first sign of a an Imperial Cruiser"
Solo – "Even I get boarded sometimes."
Soon after this conversation, Solo shoots Greedo dead. (Solo shot first. Case closed!) But he then goes on to have a similar conversation with Jabba himself. Just what in the heck went down anyway? Well, a shipment of spice went down, down upon some asteroid in the Kessel Run. Solo drops the shipment. But he had no choice. As he said, "Even I get boarded sometimes." And he does get boarded.
Han Solo happened to have a bunch of kids on board The Falcon when he was smuggling spice from Kessel to Corellia. (Children on a drug run? Shame! Shame! Shame!). The kids are orphans that they had rescued from slavery on Ylesia. While in flight, Solo receives orders from Jabba to pick up a load of spice on Kessel. What was he to do?
After leaving Kessel with the shipment, they head into The Run where three Imperial ships are waiting. They chase Solo, and Solo speeds ahead just enough to drop his shipment with the intentions of retrieving it later. The "Imps" catch up to him, board the Falcon, and place Solo on "Suspicion of smuggling spice from Kessel." The ship is searched.
Meanwhile, the orphan kids plead with the Imperial commander to let Solo go, for he is not a smuggler (the kids know what's up, but they lie for their new hero!) but instead, a hero. Reluctantly, after finding no spice, the Imperials escort the Falcon to Corellia ,where he is greeted as a hero. So much time wasted! When all is said and done, Solo rushes back into The Kessel Run to where he had dropped the spice. It isn't there. Most likely, Imperials had found it and claimed it.
Jabba is peeved and demands payment for the lost shipment. Solo agrees to pay. But he never does. After some time, Jabba is forced to put a bounty on Solo's head and the rest is Star Was history.
Aside from all the satisfying explanations to those often quoted and humorously reenacted lines and scenes in A New Hope and The Empire Strikes Back concerning Solo's back story, the Han Solo trilogy offers intriguing story concepts independent of the films. For instance:
Hutt vs. Hutt
Who does a Hutt have to compete with in the spice trade? Answer – another Hutt. The Hutts control the spice trade, but sometimes a clan of Hutts is at odds with another clan in terms of which crime unit controls what sector of the galaxy. Sometimes these disputes are settled diplomatically, sometimes they are not. Crispin writes of one of these non-diplomatic situations. It is a caged death match – one Hutt is to fight another in an arena style combat. Hutts from both clans gather around to watch these two high-ranking Hutts pummel each other. In the end, one lives while the other dies. Now isn't this something that needs to be seen on the big screen? Or is this too gross of a concept for you? If you answered "yes" to the second question, then surely you will not be prepared for what follows in the next paragraph.
Hermaphrodite Hutts
Han Solo approaches the two Hutts, Jiliac and Jabba. He had known for a long time that Jiliac was the uncle and Jabba was the nephew. Imagine how confused he is when the pair scolds him for addressing both as males. "This is my Aunt!" Jabba barks in the Huttese language, "Can't you see that Jiliac is pregnant?" When it is time to procreate, a male Hutt will develop a female anatomy to give birth. But, how does a Hutt get pregnant? That is NOT discussed in the book and let's be thankful for that!
Planet Coruscant
I'm not sure when the planet Coruscant was written into the Star Wars Extended Universe. Before this planet made it to the big screen, it first appeared in the books. It was the former capital of The Old Republic. It later becomes the capital of The Empire. We've seen this planet depicted in the Prequel Trilogy. It is the planet that hosts the Senate arena, the Jedi Council. It is the city planet where a young Obi Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker pursue a bounty hunter on a high speed chase.
Han Solo frequents this planet in the Han Solo trilogy. He tries to do banking an Imperial Bank and almost gets himself arrested. The thing to note is that this trilogy of books was published BEFORE The Phantom Menace came out in theaters. So George Lucas did in fact canonize certain elements from the extended universe of books. This brings us to the perfect segue. Read on!
Was Rouge 1 partially based on Rebel Dawn?
Rouge 1 has Jen Erso. Rebel Dawn has Bria Tharen, Solo's ex-girlfriend. Both are females that lose their lives on a mission to transmit stolen plans to a Rebel Courier ship. Both are on a planet that acts as an Imperial Com Center when they perish. Jen dies while in the arms of Cassian Andor, her mission partner and last minute lover, as The Death Star blows the planet away. Bria chats with a young male, a kid really, who asks her if they are going to die. She answers him honestly. Then they face off against a legion of stormtroopers who spray them with their blasters. (I know, stormtroopers are infamous for being bad at shooting. But in this case, they hit their intended targets)
The story of Bria is obsolete; overwritten by the events in Rouge 1. But it certainly seems as if the writers of Rouge 1 got some of their ideas from this last book in the Han Solo Trilogy.
The Han Solo Trilogy is a tough act to follow. I don't expect Solo: A Star Wars Story to be as good as these books. I do hope the film utilizes some of the story ideas though. From the trailer, we do learn that Han had gone into The Imperial Academy (he calls it simply "The Academy"). Whereas the movie Solo appears to quit, the book Solo graduates with honors. I don't expect things to be the same in each medium, but I do wish for similarity. Sadly, A.C. Crispin will never know if her ideas made it on to the big screen.
Ann Carol Crispin, author of twenty three books, lost her life to cancer in 2013 She also wrote books based on the Star Trek and V series as well.
In a message to fans three days before she died, she said:
"I want to thank you all for your good wishes and prayers. I fear my condition is deteriorating. I am doing the best I can to be positive but I probably don't have an awful lot of time left. I want you all to know that I am receiving excellent care and am surrounded by family and friends."
R.I.P. Ann Carol Crispin. I enjoyed your Han Solo Series immensely. I will be thinking of you when I am in the theater watching the up and coming Solo film. You wrote Solo well. Let's hope the film does half the justice that you have done to this iconic character.
Review of Winchester
February 6, 2018 March 27, 2018 / danielwalterc	/ Leave a comment
It is billed as "The most haunted house in America." The Winchester Mystery House , built in 1883, stands today in San Jose, CA. The intrigue surrounding the Winchester Mystery House has all the ingredients for a uniquely American haunted house story. It is at the heart of American history. It is about Sarah Winchester, heir to the Winchester fortune; a fortune built upon the guns that gave the wild west its character. With this fortune comes a curse, or so some people say. Riches built upon instruments of death are magnets for the restless spirits of those that were killed by the Winchester rifles, so sayeth the legends. And so sayeth the Winchester movie, directed by Michael and Peter Spierig, know collectively as "The Spierig Brothers."
Both the truth and the myths surrounding Winchester Mystery House present much intrigue for the haunted house enthusiast. Truth – The extremely wealthy widow, Sarah Winchester, was a reclusive eccentric. She is responsible for all her house's oddities, including staircases that lead to nowhere, doors that lead to nowhere, and windows that look into other rooms. (See Cosmopolitan.com). It started as an eight room farmhouse. After years of continuous construction, it is now a monstrosity of "24,000 square feet, four stories and as many as 160 rooms. It had 10,000 windows, 2,000 doors, 47 chimneys, 40 staircases, three elevators and a grand ballroom complete with an organ." (Description is from an article found at cdn.americanrifleman.org). Throughout her stay at the house, Sarah Winchester designed and redesigned, built up rooms and tore rooms down. The house was always in construction mode. Why? Here comes the myths. What else was she supposed to do with all those homeless ghosts of the rifle victims that appeared at her doorstep? She had to make room for them! Or, some say, she built this maze-like house to confuse these, keep them lost. (See article at countryliving.com)
The Winchester movie is a fictional story based on fact. I would have it no other way. The truth has enough components to allow for the imagination to run wild. Creators of a haunted house film based on the Winchester Mystery house should stretch the truth into strange shapes that are as convoluted as the corridors, as tall as the pointless turrets. There is just so much material to work with, enough to create the best haunted house story ever. Ever I say!
So it pains to say, The Spierig Brothers (also the screen writers) completely waste what should have been the ideal setup. They commit haunted house malpractice. In exchange for a creative adventure through a house that has been effectively blueprinted and seemingly customized for a chilling haunting, we get cliché's, jump scares, a bunch of boos and a whole lot of boredom.
The initial premise is promising. Dr. Eric Price (played by Jason Clark), is sent to Winchester House to evaluate the sanity, or lack thereof, of widow Sarah Winchester (played by Helen Mirren). This request is made by the lawyers representing the stakeholders of Winchester Repeating Arms Co, or those that own 49% of the company (with Sarah owning 51%). If she is judged to be mentally unfit as a shareholder, then maybe the interests of the other parties can benefit by claiming the entire company.
Dr. Price is an abuser of laudanum, an opium-laced medicinal concoction, so when he begins to see strange things at this mansion, it is perhaps due to drug induced hallucinations. After Sarah strips him of his drug, he continues to see ghosts and hear things that go bump in the night. It turns out, he himself was a victim of a Winchester rifle. Obviously he had survived, but that unfortunate encounter with the bullet leaves him prone to seeing the Winchester curse in action. See, those who have not been affected by the Winchester rifles do not see the ghosts.
So far the story is good. But then…yuck.
What's missing in this story is the interaction between the ghosts and the house. In fact, viewers barely get a feel for the house itself, which should be central to all the scares. True, we get plenty of overhead shots of the enormous abode with all its subsections. We see the construction in process. We see that noteworthy staircase that leads to nowhere; we see several locked and forbidden rooms (the bad ghosts are locked in them.) But it felt as though all the action plays out in just a few rooms and hallways. Furthermore, the bizarre construction doesn't contribute a whole lot to the scares. Quite often we are rushed through the scenery of the house. The Spierig Brothers should have studied Stanley Kubrick and paid attention to the many ways he made The Shining's Overlook hotel come alive! They should have taken in some Robert Wise learned about the haunting atmosphere of Hill House, the house that is the subject of the film The Haunting. In both of these films, the innards of these haunted settings have a way of seeping into the viewers' consciousness. Not so in Winchester .
There should have been spirits haunting every bizarre corner. Instead, the majority of the story focuses in on the spiritual shenanigans of one vengeful spirit. This spirit possesses a little boy and takes him on sleepwalking escapades. When this happens, the film becomes any of a number of horror movies, Conjuring 2, Insidious, Poltergeist, The Exorcist. At one point the spirit enters Sarah herself, and when she speaks, two vocal tracks play simultaneously; one of her own voice and the other is a voice of 'demonesque' quality, producing that overused eerie sound effect that has been used in Evil Dead 2 and many other films. At one point the spirit yelled in a sort of "shout growl" and I cringed. In another scene, furniture and anything in the room that is not nailed down soars in the air. Poltergeist activity everyone! Ooooo! So many gimmicks to this film. A movie about a house of the such bizarre designs should not need gimmicks. It should be the house itself that brings forth the chilling entertainment along with a camera that has the patience to take it all in. It should not rely on the same old bag of tricks that gets passed around from horror movie to horror movie.
At this point, I would like to step back from the review of this film and focus in on some of the actual history of Sarah Winchester, The Winchester Mystery House, and The Winchester Repeating Arms Co. Toward the end of this "history lesson", I will offer some of my ideas for plot devices that might have made the fictional story more interesting. Some of my sources included Cosmopolitan.com, MilitaryFactory.com, winchesterguns.com, and several others. I reference in the appropriate places.
According to Cosmopolitan, Sarah Lockwood Pardee, born in 1840 in Connecticut, would later go on to marry William Wirt Winchester in 1862. William was the son of Oliver Winchester, owner of Winchester Repeating Arms Company. After William's death in 1881, Sarah received an inheritance worth 20 million dollars. By today's standards, that equates to roughly $450 million.
In the years following, Sarah continued to earn money from the sales of guns. The Winchester Repeating rifle was an innovative product and therefore commercially successful. According to MilitaryFactory.com ,the Model 1873 became known as the "everyday man" rifle. This is due to its lever-action repeating assembly. In fact, Winchesterguns.com noted that the Model 1873 is referred to as "The gun that won the west". The expansion of the railroads brought the demand for these rifles to the west. Buffalo Bill once endorsed Winchester rifles. The teenage William H Bonney (a.k.a Billy the Kid) posed with a Winchester rifle in a picture (photo courtesy of Winchesterguns.org). And it was this repeating rifle that brought Custer's army down; his boys had single shot rifles, the natives were equipped with the repeaters.
A lot of guns sold, a lot of deaths. Could Sarah have felt guilty from profiting off of these deaths? If so, did this guilt in someway contribute to her bizarre building designs? (The Cosmopolitan article describes the house as "objectively nuts.") Country Living Magazine offers three possible theories . First, the article mentions that Sarah was at her happiest when she and her husband oversaw the construction of their New England home. So, perhaps Sarah was trying to recreate this happiness by embarking upon an endless construction project. Theory #2 suggests that Sarah was simply being generous to contractors, builders and architects. She wanted them to remain employed. I find this theory to be less truthful than the ghost story. I prefer theory #1 but with a darker twist – the constant building and rebuilding was an obsession; perhaps an obsession to ward off metaphorical ghosts. If Sarah wasn't haunted by the deaths of those that died by the rifle, then perhaps she was haunted by the deaths of not only her husband, but also her daughter who died when she was just one month old. If Death equates to destruction, then maybe continuance = building. Perhaps if she stopped building, she would think only of death. A similar scenario occurs in the movie Reign Over Me. A 9/11 widower (played by Adam Sandler) recalls his last conversion with his wife before she boards one of the doomed aircrafts. They had argued via phone about remodeling their kitchen. Obsessively, he has his kitchen remodeled over and over , as if he is making amends with his wife's wishes, trying vainly to deal with his guilt by constant rebuilding. Like the fictional 9/11 widower, maybe Sarah just felt the constant need to rebuild.
Theory number 3 is the fun one. It is the theory of the ghosts; ghosts of the victims of the guns. There are just too many of them coming to her in her San Jose house. She needed to build ad-ons. In these rooms the ghosts could flourish, or be confined, or get lost and therefore be less of a nuisance. Since the details of this theory are at best speculative, it is fun to expand the legends, to "ad-on" to it you will. It's a house that can spawn hundreds of ghost stories. Why not have the stairway that leads to nowhere lead to an entirely different room upon descent? Why not have a large circular room spin like a merry-go-round, so that when its rotation stops, the exit doors lead to very different locations than the original pre-spin exits? Why not have a ghost drag a guest up one of the chimney flues, only to take that guest, mysteriously, to another chimney flue in a different section of the house? The possibilities are endless, but this film by The Spierig Brothers limits them severely. Yes, the movie brings in the architectural oddities, but ineffectively so. What do film goers get with the windows that look into other rooms? Jump scares, what else!
Since the film is unsatisfying, what then can one do with that hunger for Winchester haunts? I suppose a trip to the house might satisfy that hunger. According to USA Today the house is open to tourists. Some people have claimed to see the ghost of a worker pushing a wheel barrow. Others have claimed to have seen the ghost of Sarah Winchester herself. But there is one thing to note: there is no record of Sarah ever claiming that her house was haunted. None. All the stuff of ghosts comes from second or third hand accounts. But if you want to believe in the ghosts, then you will believe in the ghosts. And maybe then you will actually see one at this house. Isn't that how the expression goes – "believing is seeing?" (okay I guess I got it reversed. But I like my phraseology better!) And maybe, just maybe, you can also believe that this movie is good. If you can do that, then good for you. You have found enjoyment in a place that I could not.
Folks, I leave you with this. It is another account of the "Spirit of the Winchester"


As part of setting up a national culinary institute, Ministry of Tourism, Government of India will soon launch a national survey on cuisines of India. According to sources, the pilot programme will be flagged off from Delhi in the next couple of weeks' time. The objective of the survey is to retrieve and create a national databank of Indian culinary traditions, recipes, etc., and make it available for references, researches, etc.
The exercise of compiling the cuisines and their recipes will be done by the students and faculties of Institute of Hotel Management (IHM) under the National Council for Hotel Management & Catering Technology (NCHMCT) in every region in the country. They will go to every village in the country and compile the data. "There is a set format for the survey and they will collect the information based on that format," informed an official of the National Council. The target is to compile at least 6,000 recipes initially, he added.
At a second stage, people behind these recipes will be invited to demonstrate the cooking before an eminent panel of chefs and will be recoded and kept for future references, the official said.


Vestec u Prahy, 6 December 2018 – Researchers from the Institute of Biotechnology of the Academy of Sciences at the BIOCEV Centre have recently demonstrated that when introduced into laboratory mice, cells with mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) disorders must restore their respiration by "stealing" mitochondria with undamaged mtDNA from surrounding non-cancer cells. Otherwise, they are not able to form a tumour. However, it had not been clear why respiration was so important for tumour formation. This question has been clarified through follow-up research.
"Mitochondria are small intracellular units that produce the requisite energy inside cells for a number of processes, including cellular growth, which is the basic attribute of a cancer tissue," says Prof. Jiří Neužil, head of the Molecular Therapy Laboratory. "Energy production in mitochondria is dependent on mitochondrial respiration, i.e. oxygen consumption. An important property of mitochondria is the presence of genetic information – mtDNA – which is necessary for the respiration process," adds Neužil.
However, no correlation between the ability to form tumours and a lack of energy had yet been proved. It was necessary to look for a new path. While searching for this new path, researchers discovered that mitochondrial respiration is needed for the formation of pyrimidines, the building stones of DNA, which is essential for cellular growth.
Cancer cells with an mtDNA disorder cannot respire and therefore, they do not form pyrimidines. This blocks their growth and suppresses the growth of the entire tumour. Once they obtain mitochondria from surrounding cells and restore their respiration, cancer cells can resume producing pyrimidines and continue growing. The tumour thus continues to grow.
Publication reference: Bajzikova et al. Reactivation of dihydroorotate dehydrogenase by respiration restores tumour growth of mitochondrial DNA-depleted cancer cells Cell Metabolism (in press). doi: 10.1016/j.cmet.2018.10.014.


The Fountain Inn Master Plan update is moving forward! Please take a few moments to review the Fountain Inn Baseline Conditions Report. Please send any comments or questions to Andrew Ratchford at aratchford@greenvillecounty.org.
Click here to review the Baseline Conditions Report!
During the holidays, staff hopes to begin developing draft Goals, Objectives, and Action Items as well as some alternative future land use options which will be presented on at a future public meeting (January or February). Then a final draft will be developed and finally adopted. Thank you for all of your input!


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金考拉国际华语电影节
Golden Koala Chinese Film Festival
About Gloden Koala
SIMON WILMOT - Jury Member
A Simon Wilmot is a Senior Lecturer in in Film and Television in the School of Communications and Creative Arts at Deakin University. He was previously the Head of the Department.
From 1984 to 1990 Simon worked in television and film productions including on staff at Crawford Productions. From 1986 to 1987 he was employed at Kestrel Film and Video where he directed documentaries for government and corporations. In 1992 he produced a 30 minute documentary, Wise Use. Tropical Rainforests in Ghana for the Department of Natural Resources in the West African State of Ghana. He has produced and directed documentaries with students such as The Occidental Tourist 2003 (in Vietnam and Cambodia), distributed by VEA, Our Fair Share 2006, which was a finalist in the United Nations Association of Australia, World Environment Day Awards and World Within No More (in Sarawak), also commercially distributed by VEA.
Simon's research interests is in documentary as an ideological practice and how it relates to other social practices that shape individual and group identity. This has become a theme and area of interest in the films he has been making in collaboration with anthropologists. Kotla Walks. Performing Locality (2005), distributed by Ronin Films in Australia and Berkeley Media in North America, explores how urban locality shapes identity and agency in Delhi.
Since 2006 he has been working on a series of documentaries funded by an Australian Research Council Linkage Grant in collaboration with the Museum of Victoria, anthropologist from the University of Queensland and the Lamalama community of East Cape York. He is currently finishing a feature length documentary out of these smaller works, Last Days of Sunlight. He recently completed Firey Creek, the second of two films about the continuing presence of Aboriginality on Victoria's Volcanic Plains.
Simon has had a key role in developing international study abroad opportunities for Deakin film students in the US, Thailand and India and now China. He has run study tours on the Chinese film industry in 2014 and 2016 that visited Beijing and Chongqing. He visits India regularly where he has held a visiting lectureship position at the Xavier Institute of Communications, Mumbai University and has taught at Indrapathsa College of Delhi University and Amity University, New Delhi. He has taught in Malaysia and Thailand.
Simon has been a member of the selection committee of the documentary section of Melbourne International Film Festival, is a judge of the Australian television industry Logie Awards and the ATOM Awards Executive Officer from 2009 to 2012.

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Like the cup the cup in the dream also symbolises the female, received principle and the ability to take delight. The dreaming possibly succeeds in making a party from a usual event. If he drinks from a cup, this shows that he takes the freedom to enjoy the life in full trains. Then one understands cup usually mostly like mug or vessel and can point to joy or healing of an illness, above all if one drinks from it.
If the dreaming receives a cup in his dream, this shows that he is aware of his efficiency. If several same cups seem in the dream, this signals that several ways are open to the dreaming to take delight in his life. If they are a player or sportsman, hold the dream cup not for a promise to succeed in this area. If one hands a cup in the dream of another person, one admires this person - or his achievement, his talent.
At the spiritual level the cup stands in the dream for the female principle.
presents, joy and luck, - a great success will appear which will entirely change the life.
Passing a woman to a man a glass cup with water, this stands for unauthorised pleasures.


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Hedge Funds Aren't Crazy About Gartner Inc (IT) Anymore
Published on December 22, 2018 at 1:36 am by Abigail Fisher in Hedge Funds, News
"Market conditions are changing. The continued rise in interest rates suggests we are in the early stages of a bond bear market, which could intensify as central banks withdraw liquidity. The receding tide of liquidity will start to reveal more rocks beyond what has been exposed in emerging markets so far, and the value of a value discipline will be in avoiding the biggest capital-destroying rocks. If a rock emerges on the crowded shore of U.S. momentum, it could result in a major liquidity challenge, as momentum is often most intense on the downside as a crowded trade reverses. So investors are facing a large potential trade-off right now: continue to bet on the current dominance of momentum and the S&P 500, or bet on change and take an active value bet in names with attractive value and optionality, but with negative momentum," said Clearbridge Investments in its market commentary. We aren't sure whether long-term interest rates will top 5% and value stocks outperform growth, but we follow hedge fund investor letters to understand where the markets and stocks might be going. This article will lay out and discuss the hedge fund and institutional investor sentiment towards Gartner Inc (NYSE:IT).
Gartner Inc (NYSE:IT) has seen a decrease in support from the world's most elite money managers of late. IT was in 13 hedge funds' portfolios at the end of September. There were 21 hedge funds in our database with IT holdings at the end of the previous quarter. Our calculations also showed that IT isn't among the 30 most popular stocks among hedge funds.
In today's marketplace there are several formulas stock market investors can use to grade their holdings. A couple of the most useful formulas are hedge fund and insider trading indicators. Our researchers have shown that, historically, those who follow the best picks of the elite hedge fund managers can outperform the market by a very impressive margin (see the details here).
We're going to go over the recent hedge fund action encompassing Gartner Inc (NYSE:IT).
How have hedgies been trading Gartner Inc (NYSE:IT)?
At Q3's end, a total of 13 of the hedge funds tracked by Insider Monkey were long this stock, a change of -38% from the second quarter of 2018. By comparison, 17 hedge funds held shares or bullish call options in IT heading into this year. So, let's find out which hedge funds were among the top holders of the stock and which hedge funds were making big moves.
The largest stake in Gartner Inc (NYSE:IT) was held by Select Equity Group, which reported holding $738.1 million worth of stock at the end of September. It was followed by Bares Capital Management with a $347.1 million position. Other investors bullish on the company included Melvin Capital Management, Nitorum Capital, and Royce & Associates.
Since Gartner Inc (NYSE:IT) has experienced bearish sentiment from hedge fund managers, it's safe to say that there exists a select few hedge funds that decided to sell off their entire stakes heading into Q3. Intriguingly, James Parsons's Junto Capital Management said goodbye to the largest investment of all the hedgies tracked by Insider Monkey, totaling an estimated $53.3 million in stock. Michael Platt and William Reeves's fund, BlueCrest Capital Mgmt., also sold off its stock, about $12.2 million worth. These bearish behaviors are interesting, as total hedge fund interest dropped by 8 funds heading into Q3.
Let's now take a look at hedge fund activity in other stocks similar to Gartner Inc (NYSE:IT). These stocks are Godaddy Inc (NYSE:GDDY), The Liberty SiriusXM Group (NASDAQ:LSXMK), Xylem Inc (NYSE:XYL), and TechnipFMC plc (NYSE:FTI). This group of stocks' market values resemble IT's market value.
GDDY 48 3169488 6
LSXMK 48 3322137 4
XYL 20 616781 -1
FTI 23 526729 -3
Average 34.75 1908784 1.5
As you can see these stocks had an average of 34.75 hedge funds with bullish positions and the average amount invested in these stocks was $1.91 billion. That figure was $1.27 billion in IT's case. Godaddy Inc (NYSE:GDDY) is the most popular stock in this table. On the other hand Xylem Inc (NYSE:XYL) is the least popular one with only 20 bullish hedge fund positions. Compared to these stocks Gartner Inc (NYSE:IT) is even less popular than XYL. Considering that hedge funds aren't fond of this stock in relation to other companies analyzed in this article, it may be a good idea to analyze it in detail and understand why the smart money isn't behind this stock. This isn't necessarily bad news. Although it is possible that hedge funds may think the stock is overpriced and view the stock as a short candidate, they may not be very familiar with the bullish thesis. In either case more research is warranted.
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import cl.populus.api.entities.Tramitacion;
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Катедралата в Или () е основната църква на епархия Или в Кеймбриджшър, Англия и седалището на епископа на Или.

В района е наричана Корабът на мочурищата (област в Източна Англия) заради бележитата си форма, извисявайки се над околния равен и воднист пейзаж.

Катедралата е построена в периода 1083-1375 г. Височината ѝ е 66 метра, а дължината – 163 м. Главният кораб (неф) на катедралата е висок 21,9 м.

Външни препратки

 Ely Cathedral
 360° interior panorama at BBC Cambridgeshire
 Flickr images tagged Ely Cathedral

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Neymar channels Michael Jordan as injured PSG star vows not to give up
The sidelined Neymar used a quote made famous by six-time NBA champion and Chicago Bulls icon Michael Jordan as a source of inspiration.
01 March, 2018 05:44 IST
Paris Saint-Germain star Neymar - AFP
A determined Neymar has vowed not to give up on his road to recovery as the Paris Saint-Germain forward prepares to undergo surgery on a fractured foot.
Neymar will spend a period on the sidelines after suffering a cracked metatarsal during PSG's 3-0 Ligue 1 victory over rivals Marseille on Sunday.
The world's most expensive footballer, having arrived from Barcelona in a blockbuster deal worth €222million last August, will miss the return leg of PSG's Champions League last-16 showdown against holders Real Madrid.
But Neymar remains upbeat, the 26-year-old Brazil international using a quote made famous by six-time NBA champion and Chicago Bulls icon Michael Jordan as a source of inspiration.
"Obstacles should not stop you. If you find a wall, do not give up. Discover how to climb it," Neymar wrote on Instagram, with an accompanying photo of him injured on the field against Marseille at the Parc des Princes.
Neymar, who has been linked with a sensational switch to Spanish and European champions Madrid, has flourished at PSG.
The Brazilian has scored 28 goals across all competitions for the French giants this season.
Meanwhile, PSG president Nasser Al-Khelaifi said he is hopeful Neymar will be fit for the Champions League quarter-finals, should Unai Emery's side overturn their 2-1 deficit.
"It was the best decision for Neymar and the club, and it was a decision made by the player himself, the club and Brazil. We didn't have the choice, we decided to operate," he said following PSG's 3-0 win over Marseille in the last eight of the Coupe de France on Wednesday.
Al-Khelaifi added: "We could not take the risk of delaying the operation. We do not want to waste time, so we hope he will be ready for the quarterfinals of the Champions League."
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The first thing I did after receiving the 12mm Panasonic Leica DG Summilux f/1.4 ASPH lens for testing was to head down to McCabe Meadows to shoot some infrared images with my Lumix G6 that was converted for infrared capture by LifePixel.
I think infrared images made with wide-angle lenses have more power than those shot using longer focal length lenses. When I received the lens it was fall in Colorado at about the same time when the Wood Effect was starting to fade for the year. One of my favorite trees at McCabe Meadows already had a surprising number of leaves that were wilting and falling off. Exposure for the below image was 1/100 sec at f/16 and ISO 400.
If I didn't shoot infrared in the Meadows now, later would be too late. This is good advice no matter what kind of photography you do. Don't think about it, just shoot it now.
This is, not surprisingly a beautifully crafted lens and I guess it should be for almost $1000. Balance with the 12mm Summilux mounted on the relatively lightweight Lumix G6 was surprisingly good.
I later used the lens to photograph cars with the Olympus E-M10 Mark I and on that particular camera it didn't feel as balanced, even though I was using Oly's grip. The Leica lens felt more balanced on the Lumix, yet looked awesome on the E-M10.
A few words about flare: Not only is noon the best time to shoot infrared photographs but because the sun is directly above, flare is less of a problem, especially when shooting IR with wide-angle lenses.
If you've shot infrared away from prime-time IR hours, you know that flare can be an issue. Alas the nicely made lens hood Panasonic includes with the lens is not much help. When I was making these images, even at noon-ish MDT, flare kept creeping in and I had to use my hand to shade the front element of the lens for some of the shots.
The other thing this session taught me was that as soon as I think I've got a handle on proper infrared exposure techniques, I discover that I don't. Don't count on the camera's LCD to give you any help. What looks good on the EVF or LCD may not look so great when you open the RAW file with your computer. I'm convinced that, especially with the Lumix G6 and an Enhanced IR conversion, I'm going to start shooting a wide (two-stop) bracketed sequence, at least until all the leaves drop off.
I've found that Life Pixel does a great job with IR conversions and they have done most of my Canon DSLRs and all of my Panasonic Lumix G-series mirrorless cameras. This is not a paid or sponsored endorsement, just my experience.
My book, The Complete Guide to Digital Infrared Photography is currently out-of-print but new copies are available from Amazon for $37.65 but used copies are selling for an affordable for $7.93 as I write this. Creative Digital Monochrome Effects has a chapter on IR photography and is available from Amazon with used copies selling for $2.42, less than your next cup of joe at Starbucks.


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Operation 'Spring Cleaning' Nets Thirteen Arrests for Drug Distribution Sweep Across Rural Virginia Countryside
By City DeskPosted on April 12, 2019 April 12, 2019 0
WARSAW, VA. – Police agencies in the Northern Neck area of Virginia report that during the early morning hours on Monday, March 25, 2019, Operation 'Spring Cleaning' resulted in multiple individuals being arrested on several criminal indictments to include a warrant for various drug charges. All arrests were made without incident, say police.
Westmoreland County Narcotics Detectives conducted the undercover investigation in conjunction with the Tri-County Drug Task Force. Members of the task force include the sheriff's offices of Caroline, King George and Westmoreland, the Naval Criminal Investigative Service and Virginia State Police. Agencies that assisted during the morning operation were Richmond County Sheriff's Office, Northumberland County Sheriff's Office and Northern Neck Regional Jail.
Westmoreland County Sheriff reports the following persons charged in the roundup of alleged drug dealers:
Robert J. Ball, 70, Kinsale, Va., one count of felony distribution of a Schedule I or II controlled substance. Arrested on indictment per Northumberland County Sheriff's Office. No Bond. Case transferred to Circuit Court on April 1, 2019. Defense attorney is listed as Charles J. McKerns Jr. Ball was convicted in Westmoreland County District Court on June 4, 2013, of being a habitual offender of driving without a license and sent to jail for one year. Court records show that a fine of $598.30 has not been paid as of March 19, 2018.
Clarence B. Benjamin, 49, Montross, Va., three counts of distribution of a Schedule I or II controlled substance (Oxycodone and Endocet) and three counts of conspiring to distribute. Also charged with one count of distribution of an imitation drug (Molly). No Bond. Felony charges have been transferred to Westmoreland County Circuit Court as of March 26, 2019.
Amy A. Brown, 49, Montross, Va., three counts of distribution of a Schedule I or II controlled substance (Oxycodone and Endocet) and three counts of conspiring to distribute. Also charged with one count of distribution of an imitation drug (Molly). No Bond was allowed, and the felony charges have been moved to Circuit Court. Brown's attorney is listed as 'Trible'.
Mark Dwayne Fairall, 56, of 1110 Finch's Hill Road, Warsaw, Va., charged with one count of possession of a Schedule I or II controlled substance (N-ethylpentylone 'Molly') $2,000 Secured Bond.
Fairall was convicted in Charles County Maryland District Court of possession of drugs when arrested by Charles Sheriff Patrol Officer William Halt on Aug. 16, 2016. In a plea deal on Oct. 4, 2016, Fairall entered a guilty plea to the drug charge and to DWI while impaired by illegal drugs and was given a verdict of Probation Before Judgement. Fairall was sentenced to six months in jail with four months suspended and numerous other charges associated with causing a crash and fleeing were dropped. The fine of $100 was suspended and Maryland taxpayers provided him with a free attorney – Zain Shirazi of the public defender's office. The Public Defender doesn't actually defend the public from anything, just those persons accused of crimes. The States Attorney is supposed to defend the public from criminals by seeking justice. Probation for Fairall ended on Oct. 4, 2018.
Fairall was given four years in prison in a plea deal in Howard County District Court when he was arrested on March 16, 2012 by Howard County Police Officer Ryan Thomas when charged with four drug related charges. In a plea deal with the Howard County States Attorney on Aug. 9, 2012, entered a guilty plea. His prison term was suspended by three years and seven months with 145 days of credit for time served. Three other charges were dropped.
Fairall was sentenced to six days in jail in Howard County, Md., on another drug charge on March 9, 2007.
Fairall has a pending DWI arrest due for trial on June 11, 2019 in Westmoreland County, Virginia District Court.
Fairall's drug possession convictions in Maryland date to Nov. 16, 1990 when he entered a guilty plea to drug possession and was given a verdict of Probation Before Judgement in Howard County, Md., as he was formerly a resident of Savage, Maryland.
Pernell Roger Gaskins, 53, of Hague, Va., one count of distribution of a Schedule I or II controlled substance (Cocaine) and one count of conspiring to distribute on Nov. 13, 2018. He was released on bond and the criminal case has been forwarded to Circuit Court in Westmoreland County, Va.
Latasha Michelle Gordon, 38, Callao, Va., one count of distribution of a Schedule I or II controlled substance (Cocaine) and one count of conspiring to distribute. No Bond
Dakota E. Jones, 20, Montross, Va., one count of possession with intent to distribute a Schedule I or II controlled substance (Marijuana). $2,500 Unsecured Bond
Bradley Kelly, 48, Hague, Va., three counts of distribution of a Schedule I or II controlled substance (Cocaine). Charges pending in Westmoreland County per Northumberland County Sheriff's Office. No Bond. Kelly picked up ten days in the slammer on April 2, 2018, when he was nailed for repeated instances of driving while suspended and pleaded guilty in Northumberland District Court.
Isac Odell Lewis, 55, Hague, Va., one count of distribution of a Schedule I or II controlled substance. Arrested on indictment per Northumberland County Sheriff's Office. $7,500 Secured Bond. The felony case has been transferred to Northumberland Circuit Court following a hearing on April 1, 2019.
Kevin A. Miles, 38, NNRJ, one count of possession of a Schedule I or II controlled substance (Oxycodone). No Bond
Timothy B. Seward, 35, NNRJ, two counts of distribution of a Schedule I or II controlled substance (Cocaine) being a 3rd or subsequent offense. No Bond
Keith O. Thompson, 28, Hague, one count of distribution of a Schedule I or II controlled substance (N-ethylpentylone 'Molly') and one count of distribution of an imitation drug (Heroin). No bond.
Vanna M. White, 32, Hague, one count of distribution of a Schedule I or II controlled substance (N-ethylpentylone 'Molly') and one count of distribution of a Schedule I or II controlled substance on property of public library. No Bond
CASE REPORT OF FATALITY
FROM NIH;
Synthetic cathinones represent the latest genre of new drugs of abuse, which are increasing in popularity in part because they are readily available and because they are not detected by routine drug testing. They provide a cheaper substitute to stimulants such as methamphetamine and cocaine and are sold on the internet and in retail establishments as 'bath salts,' 'plant food,' or 'research chemicals.' We report a case involving a 21-year-old male who suffered arrest-related death due to intoxication with N-ethylpentylone, a new cathinone derivative. He reportedly left his house to smoke marijuana and returned displaying extremely odd behavior. The patient was unresponsive upon presentation to the emergency room and was intubated after suffering cardiac arrest. Clinical laboratory values revealed elevated lactic acidosis, hyperkalemia, rhabdomyolysis, and renal injury. His condition continued to worsen despite medical management. Sudden cardiac arrest occurred again 72 hours into his hospital stay and the patient was pronounced dead. Post-mortem toxicology testing with gas chromatography and mass spectrometry determined the presence of N-ethylpentylone in the urine. This case report details the behavior effects, clinical presentation, and autopsy findings for N-ethylpentylone drug intoxication.
KEYWORDS: N-ethylpentylone, cathinones, bath salts, toxicology, cardiac arrest
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Logan Mc Lain is a textile artist from Ireland.
He graduated in 2008 with an MA in Textile Design and has won several awards for his contemporary embroidery.
His contributions to a 2008 exhibition entitled "Faith in Form" are fine examples of contemporary embroidery. The irreverence of his work highlights some of the idiosyncracies of mainstream religion.
It is clear from his work that Logan has a great deal to offer the genre. I love the use of negative space on some of his pieces.
You can find out more about him on his website. This might be the first you've heard of him, but I'm sure it won't be the last!
Wow. Stunning imagery, and you're right, it seems his work is just as much about negative space as it is about the actual images he creates. The first one is great.
He's such a nice guy as well. Really talented and someone who I have a lot of admiration for.
Nice! I do hope we see more of him!


The era of the Internet of things (IoT) has come. The goal of the IoT is to realize smart living for humans. In smart home applications, smart devices and control servers are exchanging information over networks. Traditionally, various IoT providers define different standards that apply to their own ecosystems. In this paper, we propose the use of a web model to realize the information exchange between smart devices and control servers. In this way, systems can easily communicate with each other through a unified form of IoT.
Chien-Yuan Liu and Cheng-Yi Chen, Wireless Connected Smart Microsystems, Sens. Mater., Vol. 30, No. 3, 2018, p. 447-452.


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Q: Range input and progress bar issue with increment I'm trying to make the range slider sliding to fill progress element from 0-100
but in the range slider I have different value in the min and the max.
So it cannot be done in a simple on change jquery code...
I cant figure out the way for increment the numbers so it will work smoothly, or maybe my approach is not the one to do it, please advice ?

$(document).on("input change", "#rangeSlider" ,function() {

        var valNumb = parseInt($(this).val());

        var newVal = valNumb - 18;
        newVal = newVal++;

        $(".rangeProgress").val(newVal);
  });
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<input class="range-slider" type="range" id="rangeSlider" name="range" value="18" min="18" max="99">

<progress class="rangeProgress" value="0" max="100"></progress>

A: You should do some basic math calculate the percentage based on the min and max attributes:

$(document).on("input change", "#rangeSlider" ,function() {

        var valNumb = parseInt($(this).val()) - $(this).attr('min');
        var progress = valNumb / ($(this).attr('max') - $(this).attr('min')) * 100

        $(".rangeProgress").val(progress);
  });
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<input class="range-slider" type="range" id="rangeSlider" name="range" value="18" min="18" max="99">

<progress class="rangeProgress" value="0" max="100"></progress>

A:

$(document).on("input change", "#rangeSlider" ,function() {

        var valNumb = parseInt($(this).val()-this.min);
        var newVal = valNumb/(this.max-this.min)*100;

        $(".rangeProgress").val(newVal);
  });
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<input class="range-slider" type="range" id="rangeSlider" name="range" value="18" min="18" max="99">

<progress class="rangeProgress" value="0" max="100"></progress>

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Organised by industry body, Subsea UK, the event welcomed delegates from all corners of the world, including the US, Brazil, Azerbaijan, Iran, Mexico, China, Japan and Africa.
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Have the itch to get out and take some pictures but the Polar Vortex and knee deep snow has chased you inside? Why not try your hand at some naturally lit still life's in the warmth and comfort of your home. They are a great way to learn about lighting and can challenge your creative and compositional abilities.
Your first creative challenge begins with prop selection and "styling" of your shot. In this set-up I visualized a high key (white on white) approach with the pears being the dominant visual element. I selected a fluted white bowl with a subtle crackling in the glazing. The fluting and crackle adds subtle visual interest and sophistication without taking attention away from the pears. I then explored various arrangements of the pears within the bowl. Arrange and then evaluate from the cameras position. Experiment with and give careful thought to how everything in the shot is arranged. Don't settle for the first thing that comes to mind. This will develop your eye for composition and encourage the habit of looking critically at and thinking about what you are photographing. Here's the lighting set-up (description of how I made the shot below).
(A) is a table or flat surface moved in close proximity to a window. The red arrows show natural light illuminating the set. (B) is a white "sweep" large enough to cover the foreground and background of the image. In this case it was a flat sheet of white foam core. It could have been a white mat board or white fabric. The bowl of pears was then positioned on the set and the camera was positioned based on my "pre-visualization" of the shot (looking down at a 3/4 angle). Here is a test shot made at this point without any further modification of the lighting.
It's not quite the white on white high key effect I wanted. The shadows are fairly strong on the left hand side and the front of the bowl is in shadow. I would also like to see a little less contrast in the pears themselves. To me, this shot is about subtlety and a soft modeling of the pears, not drama. Rather than trying to achieve this in post processing, we can make these changes in camera by MODIFYING the lighting on the set. This will be accomplished by adding reflectors to fill in or soften the shadows.
Looking back to the setup above, (C) is a folded piece of white foam core placed to bounce the window light (pink arrows) back into the shot to fill in the shadows. The slight fold (score the surface with a knife and then bend) allows the reflector to be free-standing. (D) is a smaller piece of foam core (held in place with a small clamp–these clamps are really useful in studio photography) and it fills in the shadow on the front of the bowl. The size of this reflector is critical. It has to be high enough to brighten the front shadows but not so high that it shows in the shot. The closer the reflector is to your subject the more they will lighten the shadows. Experiment with different positions but ALWAYS check in the camera viewfinder to make sure they do not show in the finished shot. Here is the finished shot with a minimum of post processing.
This simple, one light source exercise can teach you a lot about the nature of light and how to modify it to suit your artistic vision. Consider these points.
*Soft, diffuse window light (cloudy days) favors less contrast with softer shadows and more shadow detail.
*Direct sunlight streaming through the window will be much more dramatic, very contrasty and will emphasize textures.
*Direct sunlight can be modified with sheer curtains or a "POPS" folding circular diffuser.
*Natural, diffuse window light is also great for indoor portraits.
There's a lot you can learn in the comfort of your own home that will serve you well in the field when things warm up. Have fun!!!!


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Q: joining query returning wrong output I have 4 tables in my database
First table: student
id  Name   roll   wheree    final
1   vivek  22222  leave     65000
2   abc    33333  admission 50000

Second table: fee
id  amount   roll   refund
1   9250     22222  no
2   5000     22222  no
2   5000     33333  no
2   7000     22222  yes

Third table: pdc
id  amount   roll   refund   statuss
1   9250     22222  no       recived
2   9250     22222  no       cleared
2   6000     22222  yes      recived

Fourth table: discount
id    amount       roll
1     5000         22222
2     6500         22222
2     6000         33333

I am trying to run
select student.id,student.roll,student.name as
stu,student.final,ifnull(sum(gst_amount),0) as other,
(student.final-ifnull(sum(gst_amount),0)) as fee_to_paid,
ifnull(sum(fee.amount),0) as fee_deposit,(student.final-ifnull(sum(gst_amount),0)
-ifnull(sum(fee.amount),0)
-ifnull(sum(pdc.amount),0)) as fee_remain,ifnull(sum(pdc.amount),0) as pdc,count(fee.amount)
as tot_ins from student left join fee on fee.roll=student.roll
 left join discount on discount.roll=student.roll left join pdc
 on pdc.roll=student.roll where
  wheree!='inquiry' where roll='22222'  GROUP by student.roll

I want this output.
id roll   final  other  fee_to_paid fee_deposit pdc    fee_remain   tot_ins
1  22222  65000  11000  54000       7250        9250   37500        2

I want to less the amount from fee which refund value is y and same from pdc

A: I have read your question and observe your tables data and your query.You have not specified the Where clause for  fee and pdc table for refunds value yes.
So, try this below query i have correct that...
select  student.id
    ,student.roll
    ,student.name as stu
    ,student.final
    ,ifnull(sum(gst_amount),0) as other
    ,(student.final-ifnull(sum(gst_amount),0)) as fee_to_paid
    ,ifnull(sum(fee.amount),0) as fee_deposit,(student.final-ifnull(sum(gst_amount),0)-ifnull(sum(fee.amount),0)-ifnull(sum(pdc.amount),0)) as fee_remain
    ,ifnull(sum(pdc.amount),0) as pdc,count(fee.amount) as tot_ins
    from student left join fee on fee.roll=student.roll AND fee.refund='yes'
                     left join discount on discount.roll=student.roll
                 left join pdc on pdc.roll=student.roll AND pdc.refund='yes' AND  wheree!='inquiry'
where student.roll='22222'  GROUP by student.roll


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"Jesus, Take the Wheel" este o piesă country a interepretei americane Carrie Underwood. Cântecul a fost inclus pe albumul de debut al artistei, Some Hearts, fiind lansat ca cel de-al doilea disc single al materialului. "Jesus, Take the Wheel" a obținut locul 1 în Billboard Hot Country Songs, devenind primul single al artistei ce ajunge în vârful clasamentului. De asemenea, discul a obținut clasări de top 20 în Canada și Statele Unite ale Americii.  Pentru interpretarea acestui cântec, Underwood a fost răsplătită cu un premiu Grammy în anul 2007.

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We've loved working with the London Philharmonic Orchestra throughout this year to print four issues of The Centurion. The traditional tabloid newspapers promote LPO's year-long concert series, The Rest is Noise, which explores the "soundtrack of the 20th century."
They wanted their programmes to change with the times, so each issue of The Centurion focuses on a specific era of music presented in the newspaper style of the day – a clever way to evoke the atmosphere of an era.
From Elgar to Ligeti, The Centurion reports significant moments in musical history alongside world events from the period. It's packed with bits of trivia (Ligeti wrote a composition for an orchestra of 100 metronomes, for example) and great photography.
Articles cover the role of music in the Third Reich and the trials of composition during the age of consumerism. This historical context is an extension of the programme and an engaging way of inspiring audiences to attend the concerts and hear the newsworthy works.
"The [newspaper] format seemed perfect for telling the stories behind the music," says LPO's marketing manager Mia Roberts. "It gave us incredible scope for creating interesting written and visual content. We've enjoyed incorporating elements of classic newspaper designs from throughout the 20th century and had a lot of fun with coming up with big headlines, weird and wonderful facts, pull-out pages and even gossip columns, creating a series of print that we hope is eye-catching, unusual, and a good read for those both familiar with, and new to, 20th-century classical music."
The newspapers were designed by Cog Design, who called the project "a designer's dream".
The fourth issue rolls off the presses this week – and it's a very special one. Stay tuned! In the meantime, you can read the first three issues online now: Centurion 1 | Centurion 2 | Centurion 3.
The Rest is Noise runs until December 2013 as part of the Southbank Centre Festival.


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Q: how to get all innerHTML when only $eval gives results ($$ returns undefined) There is a table that I'm trying to pull 3 info from each row. Once done it would scroll to the bottom of the page click "load more" and then scrape the new data, and so on and so forth until there is no more "load more" button.
To pull all of the data from the table I used $$eval but that results in an undefined. However I get data if I use $eval instead but that only pulls data from the first row of the table. Why is $$eval returning "undefined" and if I can't use it how can I loop through the table to get all values with $eval?
    const puppeteer = require('puppeteer');

(async () => {
  const browser = await puppeteer.launch({ headless: false }); // default is true
  const page = await browser.newPage();
  await page.goto('someexamplesite.com', {
    waitUntil: 'domcontentloaded',
  });

  const ExerciseName = await page.$$eval(
    '.ExCategory-results > .ExResult-row:nth-child(2) > .ExResult-cell > .ExHeading > a',
    (e) => e.innerText
  );

  const muscleTargeted = await page.$$eval(
    ' .ExCategory-results > .ExResult-row:nth-child(2) > .ExResult-cell > .ExResult-muscleTargeted > a',
    (e) => e.innerText
  );

  const equipmentType = await page.$$eval(
    '.ExCategory-results > .ExResult-row:nth-child(2) > .ExResult-cell > .ExResult-equipmentType > a',
    (e) => e.innerText
  );

  //click on load more
  await page.waitForSelector(
    '#js-ex-content > #js-ex-category-body > .ExCategory-results > .ExLoadMore > .bb-flat-btn'
  );

  console.log({ ExerciseName, muscleTargeted, equipmentType });

    await browser.close();
})().catch((e) => {
  console.error(e);
});

code that I'm trying to scrape

                  Rickshaw Carry

                Muscle Targeted:

                  Forearms

                Equipment Type:

                  Other

                  9.6

                  Average

                  Single-Leg Press

                Muscle Targeted:

                  Quadriceps

                Equipment Type:

                  Machine

                  9.6

                  Average

A: The page.$$eval method runs Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(selector)) in the background so what you get is an array. You can't apply (e) => e.innerText on an array directly (even if it has a length of 1) without iterating it or getting the right elements by their proper indexes (e.g.: e[0].innerText), otherwise you will get undefined.
You can use an Array.map to iterate over the matching elements and collect the innerText of each into an array.
const exerciseName = await page.$$eval(
    '.ExCategory-results > .ExResult-row:nth-child(2) > .ExResult-cell > .ExHeading > a',
    elements => elements.map(el => el.innerText)
  )

Output:
[ 'Rickshaw Carry' ]

Edit:
You can iterate the row classes using a loop with an index (easiest to use a regular for loop) by (1) counting the elements with the same class names:
const rowsCounts = await page.$$eval('.ExCategory-results > .ExResult-row', rows => rows.length)

Then (2) iterate over the children .ExResult-row:nth-child(n) ..., and collect the innerTexts to an array (exerciseNames):
const exerciseNames = []
for (let i = 1; i < rowsCounts + 1; i++) { // you mignt need i = 2
  const exerciseName = await page.$eval(
    `.ExCategory-results > .ExResult-row:nth-child(${i}) > .ExResult-cell > .ExHeading > a`,
    el => el.innerText)
  exerciseNames.push(exerciseName)
}

Output:
[
  'Rickshaw Carry',
  'Single-Leg Press',
  'Landmine twist',
  'Weighted pull-up',
  'T-Bar Row with Handle',
  'Palms-down wrist curl over bench'
]

Note: The loop should be started form 1 and not 0 in such cases, as there is no "nth-child(0)". In your example the 1st is missing as well, so you might need to start the iteration at 2.


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Preventing sarcopenia
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Kiyoshi Sanada, Ph.D.
Professor, College of Sport and Health Science
Sarcopenia and obesity,
clarifying its mortality risk
Starting April 2020, Japan initiated a program known as Fureiru Kenshin (frailty screening) for those over 75 years of age. In response, Ritsumeikan University released a video by Kiyoshi Sanada, who has vast research experience in related fields, explaining how to take measures against frailty and the importance of taking these measures.
The term Fureiru comes from the English word frail. "In this context, frail, or frailty points to the declining conditions of the physical, mental, emotional and social aspects of one's self as a whole," Sanada explains. In Japan, as it crosses the threshold of an ultra-aged society, attention on frailty has been on the rise; it is now increasingly perceived as a percurrent stage before the older adults come to require care. Sarcopenia is given particular attention as one of the contributing factors to the physical aspects of frailty. Thus far, Sanada has focused on sarcopenia and poured his energy and time into researching what could lead to its preventative measures.
Sarcopenia refers to the severe loss of muscle mass due to aging, which leads to highly diminished muscle strength. Typically, this process begins more or less at the age of 40 in men and at about the age of 35 in women. "When the decline of muscles is combined with other issues, the risk of contracting lifestyle diseases such as osteoporosis and diabetes starts to rise, and quality of life (QOL) starts to decline rapidly," says Sanada, while explaining the dangers of sarcopenia.
Having realized the importance of this issue, Sanada has long engaged in establishing standards for evaluating and diagnosing sarcopenia in Japan. "When I started, a European research group had defined standard values to determine whether somebody had sarcopenia using dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA). The DXA method is widely known for determining muscle and bone mass. However, Western and Asian people typically have different physical structures than each other. So, it didn't seem appropriate to apply those European standards to the Japanese context. This is why I thought it necessary to come up with a diagnostic standard for evaluating sarcopenia in Japanese people," Sanada explains, while elucidating his motivation behind his research. To achieve this first research goal, he describes, Sanada conducted a large-scale study involving physical examinations of over 1,800 Japanese men and women between the ages of 18 and 85, including body composition measurements using the DXA method and data from simplified physical fitness tests, to calculate values that could be set as the sarcopenia evaluation standards for Japanese people.
Among his assessments, first was the SMI (skeletal muscle index), which is calculated by determining the height2-adjusted appendicular muscle mass index. According to this formula, the SMI values for subjects under the age of 40 were 8.67±0.9 kg/m2 for men and 6.78±0.66 kg/m2 for women. Based on previous study, Sanada set a standard deviation of -2 from the mean value of the subjects' SMI as the reference for sarcopenia in the Japanese population. He considered a standard deviation of -1 from SMI's mean value as the pre-sarcopenia category. Plugging these numbers into the formula, he calculated the reference values for sarcopenia to be 6.78 for men and 5.46 for women. Reference values for pre-sarcopenia were calculated to be 7.77 for men and 6.12 for women.
However, while calculations using the DXA method are quite precise, measurements for the calculation cannot be easily taken. For this reason, Sanada also developed a simple evaluation method for sarcopenia based on age, BMI, waist circumference, grip strength, and the size of the calf. But how could all of this advanced research be applied to society to benefit the people? Sanada's primary focus has remained on answering this question.
Further, through his joint research with the University of Hawaii, Sanada got some interesting insights into the relationship between sarcopenic obesity and mortality risk. "Using cohorts from an over 50-year old (since 1965) epidemiological study of Japanese-Americans in Hawaii, mortality data were available for up to 24 y of follow-up, from 1991 to 2015, corresponding to approximately 2,300 Japanese-American men. Using that data, I examined the relationship between sarcopenia and obesity and their combined relation to mortality risk," he says.
To perform the data analysis, Sanada divided the subjects into four categories based on their body types: normal, obese, skinny (sarcopenia), and skinny fat (sarcopenic obesity). Then he calculated the mortality risk for each type. "In our hypothesis, we thought that those with sarcopenic obesity—meaning those who are obese and experiencing sarcopenia simultaneously—would have the highest mortality risk. However, contrary to our expectations, those who were skinny, that is, those with sarcopenia but no obesity, had the highest mortality risk," says Sanada. Why was this the case?
Sanada came up with an answer. According to him, what we need to be focusing on is the subject's age. "The research material we used was that of a cohort with very advanced ages. The average age of the subjects was 78. From about 75 years of age, a phenomenon known as the obesity paradox begins to occur. That is to say, after you turn 75, the older you get, the more importance your body fat gains. Our study seemed to indicate this phenomenon as well," Sanada analyzes. He further states that we should be paying attention to the high mortality risk of sarcopenia. "We should not forget that after the age of 40, the stage of life that immediately precedes becoming an advanced elderly, obesity is a serious risk factor. This is one of the reasons that we should start taking preventative measures early," Sanada emphasizes.
Countermeasures taken against sarcopenia also work towards frailty prevention. For this reason, Sanada's research interest expanded to include frailty. He used evaluation metrics to verify the state of frailty amongst the Japanese population, conducting frailty tests on the general public living in Koka city, Shiga prefecture, while raising awareness for frailty prevention.
Based on his research, Sanada thinks that when frailty-related conditions and obesity are simultaneously present, ADL (activities of daily living) indices, sarcopenia, and locomotive syndrome, among others, would worsen as well. "Most recent reports have stated that when frail people catch the novel coronavirus, the mortality rate increases," explains Sanada, highlighting how the importance of his research is becoming even more pronounced.
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Research Themes: Constructing scientific evidence towards the development of exercise prescription to prevent lifestyle-related diseases; how obesity-related genes, amount of physical activity, and food intake conditions affect the development of metabolic syndrome; the development of evaluation criteria and simple evaluation methods for sarcopenia or sarcopenic obesity in adult Japanese men and women.
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Ritsumeikan University Research Office at Osaka Ibaraki Campus
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