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September 22, 2001: Expert Panel Recommends Changes to FDA
An expert panel convened by the National Science Academy's Institute of Medicine issues a report recommending a number of changes to how the FDA regulates the drug industry. The proposed changes are unanimously endorsed by the panel, comprised of 15 experts from academic and professional organizations. Some of the recommendations include:
The FDA should implement a moratorium on direct consumer advertising of recently approved classes of drugs until enough aggregate data is available to confirm the drugs' safety. Packaging for such medications should have a special symbol imprinted on them alerting consumers to the higher risk associated with new medications.
The FDA should be required to reevaluate the safety and effectiveness of drugs at least once every five years after the drug has been approved. The agency's current system for monitoring drug safety post-approval is far less effective than pre-approval testing. The report notes that there is a history of fierce disagreements between the FDA's Office of Drug Safety and the agency's Office of New Drugs.
The FDA should be given new powers to impose fines, injunctions, and withdrawals when drug companies fail to complete the required safety studies.
The agency should be given the authority to impose a wider range of restrictions on drugs it considers potentially unsafe.
The government should require drug companies to register all clinical trials they sponsor in a government-run database so patients and physicians can review all studies. Currently, only those studies published in medical journals are accessible to the public, and these tend to be the studies that produce the most favorable results for the drug being tested.
Expert advisory panels should not be loaded with industry-connected scientists. Most of the members making up these panels should be free of industry ties. "FDA's credibility is its most crucial asset, and recent concerns about the independence of advisory committee members… have cast a shadow on the trustworthiness of the scientific advice received by the agency," the report says. [Institute of Medicine, 9/22/2006; Washington Post, 9/23/2006; New York Times, 9/23/2006]
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January 4, 2005: Whistleblower Says Government Mismanaged African AIDS Study
Dr. Jonathan Fishbein. [Source: unknown]Government whistleblower Dr. Jonathan Fishbein, in testimony before a panel at the Institute of Medicine, says that federal officials involved in a US-funded study in Uganda endangered the lives of hundreds of patients testing an AIDS drug because of careless and negligent research practices. Fishbein says officials at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) ignored problems with the way the study was being conducted on the AIDS drug, nevirapine, which is used to protect babies in Africa from HIV infection during birth. The consequences of their failure had "grave and sometimes fatal implications for the lives of real patients," Fishbein tells the panel. Fishbein does not allege that the drug is dangerous or ineffective. Instead, he discusses problems with the researchers involved, citing shoddy data collection, record-keeping and quality control issues. Because of those concerns, he says, the results of the study cannot be trusted. "We can ill afford to entrust the lives of people to invalid data," he says. NIH has acknowledged that the Uganda research failed to meet required US standards. But it maintains that hundreds of thousands of African babies have been saved by using single doses of the drug to block the AIDS virus and that it can be done safely with those single doses. Nevirapine is an antiretroviral drug used since the 1990s to treat adult AIDS patients and is known to have potentially lethal side effects like liver damage when taken in multiple doses over time. Concerns have been raised over the possibility that the drug may cause long-term resistance in patients to further AIDS treatments. It is marketed in the United States as Viramune. Fishbein says that top officials at NIH became "so heavily invested in the trial's outcome" that they could not be objective. "The old adage 'garbage in, garbage out' is apt," he says. In 2003, Fishbein helped halt the study for 15 months after auditors, medical experts, and others disclosed problems with the project. But the concerns were dismissed by NIH officials, and the study began again. Documents show NIH knew of problems with the study in early 2002, but did not tell the White House before President Bush launched a $500 million plan that summer to use nevirapine throughout Africa. NIH is attempting to fire Fishbein for what it calls poor performance issues; Fishbein says the firing is retaliation for his speaking out. [Associated Press, 1/4/2005]
Entity Tags: Institute of Medicine, United States National Institutes of Health, Jonathan Fishbein
September 17, 2009: Study: 45,000 Americans a Year Die from Lack of Health Care Coverage
Researchers for Harvard Medical School and the Cambridge Health Alliance release a report that shows approximately 45,000 Americans a year—122 a day or one every 12 minutes—die as a result of a lack of health insurance and a subsequent inability to receive medical care. The study's co-author, Harvard medicine professor Dr. David Himmelstein, tells a reporter, "We're losing more Americans every day because of inaction… than drunk driving and homicide combined." Lead author Dr. Andrew Wilper, a medical professor at the University of Washington, says: "The uninsured have a higher risk of death when compared to the privately insured, even after taking into account socioeconomics, health behaviors, and baseline health. We doctors have many new ways to prevent deaths from hypertension, diabetes, and heart disease—but only if patients can get into our offices and afford their medications." The study also shows that Americans aged 64 and below have a 40 percent higher risk of death than those who have coverage. The study is published in the online edition of the American Journal of Public Health, and released by Physicians for a National Health Program, which favors government-backed or "single-payer" health insurance. In 1993, a similar study showed those lacking insurance had a 25 percent higher risk of death. In 2002, the Institute of Medicine estimated that around 18,000 Americans a year died because they lacked coverage. Himmelstein says the sharp rise in risk is due to the swelling ranks of the uninsured. Around 46.3 million people in the United States lacked coverage in 2008, according to the US Census Bureau, an increase over the 45.7 million figure from 2007. Another factor is the dwindling resources where the uninsured can receive care. Public hospitals across the country are either denying uninsured people any care at all, or restricting the care they offer. Co-author Dr. Steffie Woolhandler says the findings show that without proper care, uninsured people are more likely to die from complications associated with preventable diseases such as diabetes and heart disease. The National Center for Policy Analysis, a conservative think tank, calls the study flawed; a spokesman for the Center says: "I think you can't trust the results. Having said that, we ought to do something for the uninsured." Woolhandler says the study followed similar protocols to those used by earlier government and private studies. "For any doctor… it's completely a no-brainer that people who can't get health care are going to die more from the kinds of things that health care is supposed to prevent," she says. "Historically, every other developed nation has achieved universal health care through some form of nonprofit national health insurance. Our failure to do so means that all Americans pay higher health care costs, and 45,000 pay with their lives." [Reuters, 9/17/2009; Harvard Science, 9/17/2009; CBS News, 9/17/2009]
Entity Tags: David Himmelstein, American Journal of Public Health, Cambridge Health Alliance, Steffie Woolhandler, National Center for Policy Analysis, Andrew Wilper, Harvard Medical School, Institute of Medicine, Physicians for a National Health Program


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The Symbolic Meaning of Brahma and Saraswati in Hindu Mythology
ByRichard J Oldale	Hours April 15, 2019 April 30, 2020
There are 33 Crore Gods (or 330 million – 1 Crore equals 10 million) in the Hindu Pantheon, but the three most important are the famous Trimurti; Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva.
Each God of the Hindu pantheon represents a significant aspect of human life on a physical, emotional and spiritual level. When determining the symbolic meanings of the Hindu Trinity, the consorts should also be brought into the fold.
And so here you will learn about the symbolic meaning of Brahma and his daughter-wife Saraswati, a complex and mysterious couple. Hindu's do no honour these two gods with the same intensity as Vishnu and Shiva but they are actually more important than some commentators give them credit for.
Saraswati shares some of the limelight, but poor old Brahma is widely overlooked because he is considered the lesser of the three gods in the Trimurti. There are only three known temples in the world dedicated to the "Creator God".
What do Brahma and Saraswati Represent?
There is some confusion about what Brahma actually represents. The Vedas and the original Brahmanas do not mention God but describe his existence as a golden-embryo.
In the earliest myths, Brahma appears from the cosmic egg but later is said to emerge from a lotus flower that stems from the belly-button of Lord Vishnu.
The differences make symbolic interpretation somewhat confusing given Brahma is credited as the Creator God rather than Vishnu. The latter is given the responsibility of maintenance.
The Narayana Upanishad does, however, identify Vishnu as being the ultimate law of existence, and identify the infinite source of all space, time and causation with Brahma, thus defining their roles.
Essentially, the symbolic meaning of Brahma relates to the law of nature, the inherent intelligence and the divine consciousness. Vishnu is the mysterious unseen force that restores harmony after chaos.
As the author of creation, Brahma adopts some of the qualities of Vishnu, but essentially he is the "Supreme Seed" from which creation manifests. In terms of the human psyche, Brahma is thought.
Brahma is also named as the "Universal Mind," the source of all thoughts and ideas, Jung's Collective unconscious, which are embryos of the creative process we send and receive from the ether.
The principles associated with Brahma sit perfectly with his consort Saraswati, goddess of learning and creative knowledge. Whereas Brahma is the pure creation of things, Saraswati organises and refines.
Together, the symbolic meaning of Brahma and Saraswati represent the functionality of the brain, man's ability to create ideas and formulate action through analytical thought and invention.
The Creation of Saraswati
Saraswati is the creation of Brahma, although according to legend there are several versions.
Like we find in the Greek and Roman myths with the stories of Zeus and Athena, Jupiter and Minerva respectively, Saraswati is the daughter of Brahma and springs from her father's head.
Another myth describes Saraswati being born from the mouth of Brahma in the form of creative speech as he undertakes the task of forming the world. She is also said to have emerged from Brahma's semen after he masturbated into a pot.
The Matsya-Purana describes how the Creator God divides his body into two halves whilst meditating. The female dimension of his polar opposite is Saraswati.
The roots words for Saraswati come from the ancient Sanskrit. "Sara" meaning essence, and "Swa" meaning self. The Goddess, therefore, epitomises the essence of the self.
Essentially Saraswati symbolises the creative power to Brahma's embryo, which is why she is particularly worshipped by thinkers, scholars, writers, scientists and artists.
Symbols of Brahma
Hindu Gods are typically depicted with four arms and hold symbolic objects in each hand. The symbols have a significant meaning associated with the principle meaning of God.
The divine couple, Brahma and Saraswati, represent the mind, knowledge and intellect. They are both often depicted with the Lotus flower which symbolises knowledge and supreme reality.
Brahma carries a water pot representing the source of creation through meditation, the Vedas representing the need for knowledge, and prayer beads signifying the need to control the mind and withdraw from worldly distractions to avoid temptation.
Brahma is typically found seated on a lotus flower, symbolising the living essence of the cosmic universe. He also holds a lotus flower in his fourth hand, usually the back left representing intellect.
His back right hand represents the mind, the front left signifying self-confidence and his front right, ego. You will sometimes find Brahma seated with a sword or other sacrificial implement in his front right hand to denote the need to make self-sacrifices to defeat the ego.
When not seated on a lotus flower, Brahma is found sitting on his flying vahana, the swan, a symbol of grace and shrewdness. The swan is said to be able to determine right from wrong, good and bad.
Brahma also has four heads which represent north, east, south and west. They also represent the four elements, as he used to have five heads, but Shiva destroyed one in a rage, thereby killing Brahma's spirit.
Symbols of Saraswati
Unsurprisingly Saraswati shares some of the same symbolism as Brahma. Her back arms represent her activities in the physical world and her front arms the inner world.
The arms and symbols on her left side symbolise the qualities of the heart whilst those on the right represent mind and intellect.
Saraswati also represents vibration and is often found seated with a musical instrument. This also means the individual must tune their mind into higher vibrations in order to find harmony in the world and attain a deeper understanding of life.
Saraswati is sometimes pictured with a peacock denoting death and rebirth. When individuals apply the principles of learning and vibration which Saraswati signifies, transformational growth is inevitable.
Symbolic Meaning of Brahma in Hindu Myth
In Hindu myths, Brahma is a somewhat troublesome character. He can be argumentative and fickle, often invoking rage in the other two Trimurti and granting boons liberally to anyone who praises him.
In one legend, Brahma and Vishnu argue over who is the more important God. Shiva intervenes and sets a test to determine who is the greater God.
Transforming himself into the Lingam, a shaft of fire that stretches from the Heavens to the Underworld, Shiva challenges the two Godheads to find the end.
The pair search for years in both directions before they realise the Shiva Lingam had no end.
At this point, Vishnu recognises that Shiva is the greater God, whereas Brahma attempts to cheat by bribing the flower of Ketaki to attest Brahma found the end of the lingam.
Recognising the deceit, Shiva becomes very angry and punishes Brahma by declaring he will never be worshipped by human beings. Since this legend was published, Hindus gradually ceased to worship Brahma.
The symbolism is an indication that sometimes our thoughts deceive us. The lesson then is to become more consciously aware of thoughts coming from your higher consciousness and knowing which to trust.
When Brahma created Saraswati, who is known as Shatarupa, Savitri, Sandhya Brahmi and Gayatri, depending on which myth you read, he falls in love with her.
But Saraswati spurns his adoration and runs away. In an attempt to find her Brahma develops four heads, representing the four directions so he could see her wherever she went.
When Saraswati went upwards to escape Brahmas attention, he develops a fifth head, but this is destroyed in the Puranas when Shiva burns off the head after Brahma speaks disparagingly about him.
Brahma – the Subconscious Creator
A theory of psycho-analysis says that when we go to sleep, our astral bodies leave our physical body and explores spiritual realms.
Whilst in these other realms our sub-conscious is creating our future based on the energy we have projected through thoughts, emotions and actions.
Following years of extensive research, Dr. Joseph Murphy came to the conclusion that by concentrating on the things you most want to manifest in your life just before you go to sleep.
The distinguished psychoanalyst said your conscious mind communicates with your subconscious mind which sets about finding what your habitual mind communicates it needs.
This is why people say "be careful what you wish for"!
Ancient mythology alludes to the same thing. It is written that when Brahma goes to sleep, the world is consumed by fire and subsequently restored when he wakes.
This is symbolic of new circumstances and experiences coming and going in your life based on what you have requested from the Universe.
Brahma also created the Saptarishi, seven great sages that help him create the universe. The Saptarishi represent the seven chakras which can also be used for creating and destroying the things you want or do not want during meditation.
The symbolic meaning of Brahma and Saraswati clearly has a far more important role to play in life than currently afforded by Hindu devotees. But then again, the authorities like to do their best to discourage anybody from thinking for themselves.
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Franchise Model Allows Stylists to Become Entrepreneurs
Published November 25, 2013 ColumnsFOXBusiness
Small Business Spotlight: Salons by JC, @JCSalons
Who: Jack Griffey
What: A franchise business in which stylists rent rooms within a Salon by JC building
When: 1998
Where: Dallas, Texas
How: "We build out the salon, from 6,000 to 10,000 square feet, and furnish them with individual rooms that we lease out to people in the beauty industry," says Salons by JC owner Jack Griffey, explaining the concept behind his franchise model.
Griffey says the idea was inspired by his wife's experience working in a similar setup, in which she rented a room from a salon. "After I visited where she was working in and saw the waiting list, it didn't take a whole lot to figure out it was an interesting business," says Griffey.
Currently, there are 9 corporate locations, with one under construction, and four franchise locations. Twelve more franchises are in the development phase right now, says Griffey.
Biggest challenge: Griffey says he first tried to franchise Salons by JC in 2008, but didn't understand how to gain traction in the franchise world. That all changed, he says, after he reached out to an experienced franchisor for advice.
One moment in time: "I'm proud of the fact that I started our first location in 1998 and we've always been successful – always had a good company," says Griffey. He expects Salons by JC to open another 50 locations in the coming year.
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Aides to Obama told The Hill's Amie Parnes he is looking to resurface on the national campaign stage. Parnes also reported Tuesday that Clinton is trying to sort out what role she might play in the midterm elections.
Parnes has written several books about the Clinton and Obama races.
Zelizer has a point. Republicans both on The Hill and in the White House successfully campaigned against the former president, winning control of the House of Representatives, the Senate, and the presidency during the course of Obama's controversial tenure.
But Clinton brings a whole new set of potential baggage to the 2018 electoral cycle. The Democratic National Committee's leaks revealed that members of the party worked with the Clinton campaign to ensure she received the nomination over Sen. Bernie Sanders, and she her reliance on Hollywood elites and overblown advertising campaigns failed to win over key minority voters in key states like Florida and Pennsylvania.
Despite those drawbacks, Clinton insiders argue that the former senator could help Democrats in states that she won over Trump in the 2016 presidential election.
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As the gaming industry expands, traditional computing architecture cannot keep up with gamers' demand for high-quality games.
As the gaming industry expands, traditional computing architecture cannot keep up with gamers' demand for high-quality games. The rapid increase of Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO) games and mobile gaming means that cloud services are tasked with more and more support responsibilities as the backend servers for the games. Therefore, a reliable platform architecture is necessary to ensure stable system and business operations.
In this article, we will introduce Alibaba Cloud's solution architecture for MMO gaming applied to different scenarios.
MMO games generally requires mutual real-time visibility between gamers on the same screen. Therefore, a large volume of movement and combat packets must be broadcast between users in real time.
In this case, MMO game servers produce a massive amount of communication packets when many gamers are playing simultaneously. Therefore, the access layers of MMO game servers require ample network bandwidth and high network packet throughput.
Mobile and webpage-based MMO often face massive spikes in traffic. As a result, game publishers requires maximum conservation and utilization of game server resources to handle bursty traffic. This is especially true for webpage-based games.
For MMO web games, smooth gameplay between users means game publishers must increase the number of concurrent gamers in individual zones as much as possible. The maximum number of concurrent gamers in individual zones is generally required to be in the thousands. This feature can only be achieved with high server computing capability.
MMO games generally connects users across different regions. Additionally, for mobile gaming scenarios, gamers are usually on the move. Therefore, game servers need to be dynamically allocated to the gamers to ensure smooth gameplay.
Alibaba Cloud's comprehensive suite of products provide solutions for all gaming scenarios, including game downloads and updates, game business servers, game logic servers, game database servers, and game data operations platforms to game O&M monitoring platforms. You can effectively improve O&M efficiency, enhance service experiences, and reduce total operating costs. Alibaba Cloud's gaming solution uses products such as Object Storage Service (OSS), Content Delivery Network (CDN), Elastic Compute Service (ECS), ApsaraDB for RDS, MaxCompute, and CloudMonitor.
The client connects to the gate server to initiate a login request.
The gate server forwards the login request to the login server.
The login server initiates an ID data verification query to the DC server.
The DC server accesses the gameDB server to perform the data query and return the results.
If ID verification is successful, the login server continues to query data and returns account status data (role, level, attributes, last login scene server, geolocation, and other information). It also synchronizes login status and information to the center server.
The center server is responsible for distributing information to the corresponding scene server. At the same time, a gamer online notification is broadcast to the gamer's friends and the online gamer status monitor (to control reconnection after disconnection and disconnection time-out).
After the gate server receives authentication information, it establishes a connection with the scene server, and the gamer successfully logs on to the scene server.
If the gamer has public information to broadcast, a request is sent to the center server. The center server performs message packet broadcast.
The scene server starts writing all user behavior to the log. At the same time, the relevant gamer data storage or query request is sent to the DC server.
The gateway server is responsible for all network packet forwarding. Generally, the network load is concentrated here, so it has high network throughput requirements.
The scene server contains the game logic and is relatively dependent on CPU power and requires a certain level of network packet forwarding capabilities.
A single game zone serves over 10,000 gamers. The logic server generally divides gamers according to scene maps. Larger scales can be achieved by line division.
The DC server caches gamer data and writes it to the database asynchronously. This ensures gamer clients can rapidly read and write data. It has high availability requirements, so it must use the application layer to implement data error tolerance mechanisms.
The log server collects and processes all service behavior logs for a region. It has high disk write performance requirements. Generally, its function is implemented by grouping multiple servers.
Compared to client games, mobile games have less complex gameplay and shorter lifecycles. Considering this feature together with operator policies and the resource economics model, mobile games usually adopt relatively simple deployment architectures. However, a minority of MMO mobile games use the client game deployment architecture.
Clients generally connect directly to the game server. For a small number of games, a gateway is configured at the frontend of the game server or the gateway and game server are deployed on the same machine. Mobile games are relatively dependent on the CPU power and network packet forwarding capabilities of individual servers. A single game zone generally supports 1,000 - 5,000 online gamers.
A dedicated game database server can be deployed for each game server, or a single game database server can be deployed for multiple zones.
Using Auto Scaling, you can automatically scale up and scale down your access layer server cluster. This allows you to effectively cope with boot storms, battle event traffic peaks, and other scenarios, and ensure your server cluster resources have sufficient load capabilities. This solution also applies to login servers and other servers that require elastic scaling.
A multi-level download retry mechanism ensures the high availability of downloads and updates, reducing the proportion of gamers lost during this stage. By splitting the back-to-source address and direct external download address, this solution avoids potential security risks from exposed addresses and Server Load Balancer unavailability. You can use rsync+inotify to synchronize files across multiple origin site servers in real time.
A multi-level download retry mechanism ensures the high availability of downloads and updates, reducing the proportion of gamers lost during this stage. By splitting the back-to-source address and direct external download address, this solution avoids potential security risks from exposed addresses. By setting OSS as the CDN origin site and taking advantage of OSS's automatic remote replication function, it further improves origin site availability and throughput.
By deploying origin sites in China and abroad, this solution ensures high-speed and stable back-to-source operations. OSS's cross-region replication function automatically synchronizes origin site files. The URL push function pushes large files to L2 nodes, accelerating the speed of the first download and reducing the number of back-to-source requests.
MMO games have always received a high degree of attention from the industry. Since the days of physical IDCs to the current cloud platform era, the MMO client games have evolved into mobile and web games, presenting developers with a host of technical challenges and opportunities for innovation.
Alibaba Cloud provides top-level infrastructure and high-performance instances to meet the varying CPU computing power needs of all gaming scenarios. As the gaming industry develops, Alibaba Cloud will continue to refine its services and technology, providing customers with simpler, more stable, and more complete gaming solutions.
To learn more about MMO gaming architecture on Alibaba Cloud, visit the official MMO game solution documentation.
Good one. Are the real-time Ray tracing Turing GPUs , HBM or GDDR5 ..... being used ? I believe without CDN, it is not good.


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Urraween Road upgrade a strategic investment
Home Media Release Urraween Road upgrade a strategic investment
A $5.1 million upgrade of Urraween Road near Hervey Bay is open for business.
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure and Transport Michael McCormack said the project received a $2.28 million contribution under the Australian Government's Roads to Recovery program which improves access and supports safety, social and economic outcomes.
"The Australian Government is pleased to have supported this major investment. Urraween Road is a strategic east-west link servicing an expanding medical precinct, Hervey Bay TAFE college and growing residential developments," Mr McCormack said.
Queensland Minister for Transport and Main Roads Mark Bailey said the Queensland Government had committed a further $914,000 to help fund the upgrade.
"The project focused on reconstruction of Urraween Road between Nissen Street and Main Street and included earthworks, kerb and channel installation, drainage, footpath and pavement works, signage, line marking and will ultimately also feature solar lights," Mr Bailey said.
Federal Member for Hinkler Keith Pitt said the project had delivered a two-lane road with a centre median that would improve traffic flow now and into the future.
"This upgrade is improving traffic flow and will help future-proof the local road network by providing for more intersection connections. It is part of a $15.2 million investment in the Fraser Coast region under Roads to Recovery through to the 2018−19 financial year," Mr Pitt said.
Fraser Coast Regional Council Acting Mayor George Seymour said Urraween Road is a major connection which links the growing medical and education precinct around the Hervey Bay Hospital and St Stephens Private Hospital to the city and the rapidly developing suburbs south of the city centre.
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The Australian Government committed $2,280,308, the Queensland Government $914,129 and Fraser Coast Regional Council $1,932,252 to fund the upgrade.
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Life Extension Foundation Interview with George Church – Fight Aging!
Here, Greg Fahy interviews George Church on the topic of gene therapies, gene expression changes in aging, and the aim of treating aging as a medical condition in a recent issue of Life Extension Magazine. Both of these researchers are enthusiastic about the path of identifying and reverting age-related changes in gene expression, something I consider to be most likely less useful than targeting root cause damage after the SENS model for rejuvenation therapies. Still, present day stem cell therapies are probably a good indication of the sort of result that can be achieved through gene expression alteration, as they largely work through signaling changes: putting damaged machinery back to work without fixing the underlying damage that causes aging. It can be argued that these gains are large enough to pursue, and we should just be aware that it isn't the path to controlling and halting aging, only the path to a class of therapies for age-related disease that are incrementally better than existing ones.
Fahy: There are several very exciting stories in aging intervention these days. In 2013, the Sinclair lab at Harvard came out with the revelation that the aging of mitochondria (which are the producers of usable energy within cells) is driven in significant part by reduced levels of one particular molecule in the cell nucleus: oxidized NAD (NAD+). Now your lab showed that there is a very exciting gene engineering alternative involving TFAM (Transcription Factor A, Mitochondrial). Why is TFAM important, and what have you done with it?
Church: TFAM is a key regulatory protein that is in this pathway of NMN and NAD+. It allows cells to manufacture the NMN precursor on their own, so you don't have to manufacture it outside the cell and then try to get it into the cell from outside. Ideally, you don't want to have to take NMN for the rest of your life, you want to fix the body's ability to make its own NMN and buy yourself rejuvenation for at least a few decades before you have to worry about NMN again. In order to accomplish this on a single cell level, we've used CRISPR to activate a TFAM activator, and we made it semi-permanent. When we activated TFAM, these changes returned to what you would expect of a younger cell state. And we built this anti-aging ability into the cell, so it's self-renewing and eliminates the need to take pills or injections.
Fahy: GDF11 has been reported to rejuvenate the heart, muscles, and brain. It restores strength, muscle regeneration, memory, the formation of new brain cells, blood vessel formation in the brain, the ability to smell, and mitochondrial function. All of this is done by just one molecule. Infusing young plasma, which contains GDF11, into older animals also provides benefits in other tissues, such as the liver and spinal cord, and improves the ability of old brain cells to form connections with one another. How would you use CRISPR to make sure that GDF11 blood levels never go down?
Church: The CRISPR-regulating GDF11 could be delivered late in life, which is exactly when such an increase would be welcome. If you really wanted to stay at a certain level, you might want to put in a GDF11 sensor to provide feedback so you could automatically control GDF11 production so as to lock in a specific GDF11 level. If necessary, you could recalibrate and fine-tune this maybe once every few decades with another dose of CRISPR. But yes, it's a great molecule, and we've got a handle on it. We are also doing a number of other projects now, dealing with a range of muscle diseases such as muscle wasting. We're working on possible treatments involving proteins such as myostatin and follistatin.
Fahy: Speaking of myostatin, the lack of which causes super-development of muscles, you mentioned in your 2014 SENS talk that you are interested in the possibility of enabling better muscle strength and less breakable bones. Is this another good treatment path for aging?
Church: Muscle wasting and osteoporosis are symptoms of aging. The key to dealing with them is to get at the core causes, even if they're complicated. There are genes known to be involved in muscle wasting and genes that can overcome that.
Fahy: What about going beyond just correcting aging and actually super-protecting people by making them augmented with stronger bones or muscles than what they would normally have?
Church: Rather than waiting until the muscles are wasting and then trying to correct the problem, or waiting until someone breaks a bone and putting a cast on, the idea is to make the muscles and bones stronger to begin with. Think of it as preventive medicine. You have to be careful, but there are people naturally walking around with much denser bones and much stronger muscles that have no particularly bad consequences, so we know such things are possible. I would say osteoporosis definitely could be reversed. The process of bone building and bone breaking down is a regulated process that responds to conditions such as the good stress of standing or running. So yes, it's an example of something that's reversible.
Actually the evidence is mounting up that stem cell therapies robustly repair not simply put damaged machinery back to work, I think that is a skewed way to put it considering we are learning more and more about the mechanisms at play here by the passing day. If something works it works!


The music distinctives of Faith Baptist Church are intended to guide the congregation in corporate worship in our specific local church context. These distinctives are not intended to be used for application to musical listening or enjoyment outside the church. Colossians 3:16-17 gives us a good biblical foundation for church music.
In the spirit of John the Baptist's words in John 3:30, the church ought to strive to lift high the name of the Lord. In a culture that increasingly lifts man up, we must strive to make God the focus of our worship. In this way, we guard against man-centered Christianity. Songs sung at Faith Baptist Church seek to emphasize God's work and not our own.
Sound doctrine is emphasized throughout the New Testament (2 Timothy 1:13, 2:2, Titus 2:1). Indeed the church is the "pillar and ground of the truth" (1 Timothy 3:15). Musical lyrics teach, often times far more effectively than words that are merely spoken. Since we are commanded to teach one another "in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs" we ought to take special notice of the doctrinal accuracy of our musical lyrics.
A song can be doctrinally accurate, but lack spiritual depth. At Faith Baptist Church, we look past shallow repetition and vague nuances and aim for lyrics of substance and clear biblical truth.
As a church we recognize the biblical command both to "hold fast to what is good" (1 Thessalonians 5:21) and to "sing to the LORD a new song" (Psalm 96:1). We recognize the richness, beauty, and congregational sing-ability of many of the traditional hymns. We also recognize the same qualities in many modern hymns and contemporary worship songs. We make it our aim to sing songs that are both in keeping with our FBC distinctives and that are sufficiently intelligible to our community. However, we strive to resist calibrating the music of the church solely in attempt to draw a crowd or fit a vogue.
We sing to the Lord for the purpose of magnifying His glory, but we also sing with the secondary purpose of edifying one another. In light of the reality of various musical backgrounds and interest dispersed across multiple generations, we aim to "keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace" (Ephesians 4:3). A healthy church does not gather as individuals seeking to be entertained by their preferred music style, but as Christ's body seeking to build one another up and give "preference to one another" (Romans 12:10).
When the congregation sings, it is a foretaste of what is to come in eternity (Revelation 19:1). The voices of saints together in unity is a powerful display of Christ's redemption of the church. This, along with our God-centered distinctive, gives us great caution against spotlighting solo performances in the assembly. In the same vein, our aim is that the instrumentation accompany the voices of the congregation, not overwhelm or marginalize congregational participation. Our aim is for vocal leaders to lead the congregation in unity, not showcase their talents.


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Film note: 'Juno' is frankly moving
By Stephen Sporer (TC Daily Planet) | January 3, 2008
In screenwriter Diablo Cody's Juno, when the father of the eponymous teenage heroine (Ellen Page) learns of his daughter's unexpected pregnancy, he says, "I thought you were the kind of girl who knew when to say when." Juno thoughtfully looks at him and convincingly replies, "I don't know what kind of girl I am." The frankness in Cody's terrific screenplay is why Juno stands out not only as a witty, heartwarming comedy but also as one of the top films of 2007.
Through such honest writing, Cody (a former City Pages blogger) creates a compelling character, in Juno, who everyone can connect to. The film isn't only about a teenager dealing with a "grown-up" problem, but more generally about the angst, loneliness, foolish optimism, and tough relationships everyone muddles through in their teenage years.
Juno, a Fox Searchlight film written by Diablo Cody and directed by Jason Reitman. Now playing at the Lagoon Cinema, the Grandview, and other Twin Cities locations.
Juno MacGuff, a teenager in a Minneapolis suburb, discovers she's pregnant by her fellow classmate Paulie Bleeker (Superbad's Michael Cera). Any visual image conjured up by his name is pretty much dead-on—the name "Bleeker" couldn't be more fitting for the awkward, friendly track-jock who is growing into his manhood.
What follows is an entertaining coming-of-age story as Juno tries to not only figure out who she is (does she love Bleeker? what is love, anyway?) but also how to do the right thing for the unplanned child. She decides the right thing is to give the baby to a couple who wants a child, and we meet the yuppie couple who hope to adopt the baby. Played by Jennifer Garner (Alias) and Jason Bateman (from Arrested Development, where he coincidentally played Cera's father) the couple introduce Juno to a new layer of adult relationships and issues she wasn't aware of before.
The star of the film is Ellen Page. A 23-year old in real life, Page has already earned a Best Actress Golden Globe nomination for this role, and deservedly so. She embodies a character everyone would root for—any audience member who frowns down upon teenage pregnancy would surely set aside biases to root for the charming Juno Ms. Page creates.
As a Minnesotan, Cody gives her own homage to the area. Locals will enjoy picking up all the location references, from Southdale Mall to dialogue like, "You drove all the way to St. Cloud?"
The year's end brings forth many heavyweight films vying for Oscars—films from period pieces to war commentaries—but Juno will find a place amongst the top contenders. I was even more emotionally moved by the comedy Juno than by many other films I've seen this holiday season.
Stephen Sporer (sporer@macalester.edu) works at Macalester College in St. Paul and has reviewed films for KTFM, San Antonio's most popular radio station. He recently moved to the Twin Cities from New York, where he studied theater at Sarah Lawrence College as well as acting and singing at a wide range of venues.


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Astronomer Jon Miller's research satellite in orbit broke because of a glitch in its software code. With his ample experience as an astronomer conducting research out of reach in outer space, Miller is well familiar with the need to balance risk and reward in a science career. The struggle is real, and he's found ways to tackle it. Get more details and listen to episode 7.
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One thing about off-color jokes is that people stop laughing once the secret's out. When Professor Pamela Raymond received an inappropriate anatomical heirloom from a colleague, she and Professor Deborah Goldberg put an end to the bizarre tradition. The two researchers talk about how they've worked with colleagues to beat unexpected bias, telling their story of how to science against the odds. Get more details and listen to episode 10.
During a career that has spanned decades, developmental psychologist Henry Wellman has observed how the many kids who have visited his lab grew to understand the world. Even very young kids create their own theories about the world based on evidence they collect, like little scientists. But after 40 years of interacting with kids in classrooms and the lab, Wellman leans toward the inverse idea, which makes him grin: Scientists are just like big kids. Get more details and listen to episode 11.
Pediatrician Mona Hanna-Attisha fought naysayers to bring acknowledgment and attention to the lead water crisis in Flint, Michigan. After graduating from U-M, Dr. Mona showed that the lead levels in Flint's drinking water were so high that she could point to an increase in blood lead levels in local children. She recently wrote and toured with a book about her life and experience blowing the whistle on the Flint water crisis, called What the Eyes Don't See. She will continue working hard to make sure that kids in Flint get what they need to stay healthy. Get more details and listen to episode 12.
How to Science host Monica Dus is a professor in LSA's Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology who studies how the brain responds to the presence and absence of sugar. She wants to figure out how neurons sense and respond to the nutrients eaten as food. Her research relates to feeding behavior, energy balance, physiology, and obesity. She loves her three dogs, whose names are Cupcake, Sprinkles, and Brioche.


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The Pendergast Years The Kansas City Public Library
The Pendergast Years
Kansas City in the Jazz Age & Great Depression
Post Office--Pershing Road
Dedication of the United States Court House and Post Office
Program from the edication ceremony of the new United States Court House and Post Office on Pershing Road. Federal judge Merrill E. Otis presided over the event, with guests including Senator Bennett "Champ" Clark, Senator Harry Truman, and Governor Lloyd C. Stark. Music was provided by the Letter Carriers' Band, and the event was broadcast by WDAF Radio. The program also includes photographs and histories of earlier Kansas City federal buildings, and a list of the agencies that will be housed in the new facility.
General Post Office, Kansas City, Mo.
Postcard of the General Post Office in Kansas City, Missouri. The building now houses the Kansas City Internal Revenue Service (IRS). This vantage point faces southeast towards the Federal Post Office on Pershing Road. The back of the postcard includes a short letter to Bessie Tucker.
Kansas City Post Office
Photograph of the Kansas City Post Office, open September 25, 1933 opposite Union Station, Kansas City, Missouri. This vantage point faces southeast near the intersection of Broadway and Pershing Road.
THE PENDERGAST YEARS: KANSAS CITY IN THE JAZZ AGE & GREAT DEPRESSION
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Civil War on the Western Border: The Missouri-Kansas Conflict,1855-1865.
The Pendergast Years, Kansas City in the Jazz Age & Great Depression.
KC History, Missouri Valley Special Collections at the Kansas City Public Library.


The midterm elections sent everyone in panic, and adults were rushing to their local polling place, ensuring that their vote would be cast. But for West Ranch High School, most students cannot vote as they are not of age. Despite the barrier of the voting age, West Ranch High School held their own elections so even students can join in on the fun.
On Oct. 5, West Ranch High School held their ASB Executive Board elections for the 2018-19 school year. Days before the election, walls were decorated with posters, the ground was imprinted with chalk signs, and many candidates handed out flyers in hopes they would gain more votes.
The candidate for president was Darren Eskandar, and he was running unopposed so he was guaranteed the position. The candidate for vice president was Neiko Pittman, also unopposed. Running for treasurer were Johnny Buchanan, Brandon Arana and Kayla Chote, and running for ambassador were Mia Salin and Maddie Crume.
During lunch and brunch, students held onto their ID cards as they eagerly waited to cast their vote. The candidates didn't waste any time either. Most ran all around school, trying to get more votes.
The Executive Board is in charge of ASB, and it represents the West Ranch student body. It involves a lot of responsibility and communication with the school itself, so allowing the students of West Ranch to vote guarantees everyone's voice is heard in school.
As the end of the school day rolled around, the votes were all counted, and everyone found out who the officers will be. Darren Eskandar and Neiko Pittman were elected president and vice president. Abby Abraham won the secretary position, and Brandon Arana was elected treasurer. Lastly, Mia Salin won the ambassador position.
Congratulations to all the officers! We are so excited to see what you have in store for the future. ASB is working hard to bring West Ranch closer as a family, and the new officers elected for next year are here to help with that.
Again, congratulations to all the elected officers! Good luck on your upcoming term!


These Wonderful Mickey Mouse Easter eggs were made by Bridget McCarty.
This Steamboat Willie Easter egg is a fitting start to some great Mickey Mouse Easter eggs.
Mickey is the Star on this Mickey Mouse Easter egg. This Easter egg is mounted on a silver star and there are star above Mickey's head.
Mickey Mouse is riding the skyway at Disneyland on this Mickey Mouse Easter egg.
These Terrific Star Wars Easter eggs were made by Frugal Fun 4 Boys and Girls. Please take a look at their wonderful instructions on how to make each Easter egg on their site.
These Adorable Hand-painted Winnie the Pooh Easter Cookies were made by Maxine on Cookie Connection.
The Piglet Easter egg cookie shows Piglet surrounded by both halves of an egg shell. The egg has purple stripes and blue polka-dots.
The Winnie the Pooh Easter egg cookie shows Pooh holding an Easter baker full of eggs. Pooh is wearing a blue bunny costume.


I had such a horrendous commute by car on Monday and Tuesday (I was heading for Preston on Monday, I was just lazy on Tuesday) that I had to try something new today. I got the 07.40 train from Rose Hill, which was fine. Rose Hill is good as it's the first station on the line, you can curl up with a book, the Metro, or listen to music. Marple can be crowded. I have seen people at Romiley fail to get on a train from Marple due to overcrowding.
Just as I was sitting down to my latest book, thinking that I hadn't had a Boz moment, otherwise known as a terrible experience of the human race that leaves one reeling with digust, I paid for my ticket with a £20 note. The notes the guard gave me back had been clasped in his mouth and were soaked with his spit. Yuck.


Basic colors and fonts used throughout workbench dialogs and editors.
Colors and fonts used by the default eclipse presentation.
在快捷方式的目标中写入如下"C:\eclipse\eclipse.exe -debug options -vm javaw.exe"
在Catalian.bat文件的166行"rem Execute Java with the applicable properties"
12714, 00000, "invalid national character set specified"
and the selected stackframe is not the top frame or a frame in a native method.
You can't know where you are without knowing where you've been.
It's true in life, and it is especially true in debugging code.
if you know the context of how the method was executed.
that have led to the current point.
Each element in this stack trace is referred to in Eclipse as a 'frame'.
when the method it called was executed.
You can preview the state of a frame simply by clicking on it in the 'Debug' view.
that the child method 'methodB' was called.
by selecting it in the 'Debug' view.
Eclipse has a feature called 'Drop to Frame'.
to the beginning of any method in the stack.
can still benefit greatly from the drop to frame functionality.
when I'm dealing with traditional debugging.
and right click and select the 'Drop to Frame' action.
Once done, you will back up to the beginning of the execution of the selected method.
and you are now back in 'methodA'.
it simply has to be experienced.
- it can save a huge amount of time.
"Use compliance from execution environment on the Java Build Path"
You may license products through an Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM).
come installed when you purchase a new computer.
in a local retail store or any local software retailer.
by acquiring multiple product licenses.
Depending on the size and type of your organization.


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Lou Williams stars in commercial for Drake's line of Raptors clothing (VIDEO)
By Kurt HelinMar 27, 2015, 2:16 PM EDT
Drake is a Lou Williams fan. Even through his name in the lyrics for "6 Man":
Boomin' out in South Gwinnett like Lou Will
Six man like Lou Will, two girls and they get along like I'm… (Louuuu)
Like I'm Lou Will, I just got the new deal
No Williams is in a commercial for Drake's new line of Raptors clothing. Remember, Drake is officially the Raptors' "global ambassador." Whatever that means. But the Toronto native is part of the Raptors.
By the way, if this post was too much Drake for you, wait until the All-Star Game in Toronto next year.
Hat tip to Eye on Basketball.


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War Threatens Key Pipeline For Crude Oil
By GUY CHAZAN and BENOIT FAUCON
August 12, 2008; Page A10
The conflict in Georgia is placing grave doubt on the country's reliability as an energy corridor bringing Caspian crude to global oil markets.
As fighting between Georgia and Russia escalates, Columbia University Prof. Lincoln Mitchell tells Kelsey Hubbard how the conflict could have larger implications and potentially send energy prices higher.
Some 1.2 million barrels of oil a day flow through Georgia, 1.4% of global crude supply. Attacks could send shockwaves through the world-wide supply chain. Alarm was triggered over the weekend by reports that Russian planes had bombed near a pipeline, Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan, or BTC, which brings 850,000 barrels of oil a day from Azerbaijan's Caspian oilfields through Georgia to the Turkish port of Ceyhan on the Mediterranean Sea.
Commissioned in 2005, the BTC has enormous strategic significance as the first pipeline on former Soviet territory that bypasses Russia. Built by a consortium of Western energy companies, it was strongly backed by the U.S. as a way of loosening Moscow's grip on the Caspian's oil wealth. "The United States has consistently supported BTC because we believe in the project's ability to bolster global energy security," U.S. President George W. Bush said on the formal launch of the pipeline in 2005.
There was no independent confirmation of the report of the BTC attack, and a spokesman for BP PLC, a key holder in the pipeline, said there was "no evidence" of any damage to the pipeline in Georgia. A Russian official called the claim a "fraud.
Monday, oil prices eased despite the conflict. Light, sweet crude for September delivery settled 75 cents, or 0.7%, lower at $114.45 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
The fighting came just days after a blaze broke out on the Turkish section of the BTC, forcing its closure. That led to more crude being pumped through other routes. BP was forced to sharply reduce output of high-quality Azeri light crude from its Caspian fields because of the BTC shutdown.
Paul Horsnell, head of commodities research at Barclays Capital, said that despite the large hydrocarbon resources in the Caspian region, the challenges posed by the fire in Turkey and the war in Georgia suggest it will never be a serious alternative to Middle East oil.
In addition to the 850,000 barrels a day of crude oil that pass through the BTC, some 150,000 barrels a day goes through another, smaller pipeline from Baku in Azerbaijan to the Georgian port of Supsa. Added to that, some 200,000 barrels a day, most of them shipped by barge across the Caspian from Kazakhstan, go by rail from Baku to Batumi, another Georgian Black Sea port. Azerbaijan's state-owned oil company, Socar, recently opened a new crude-oil terminal at Kulevi that is also served by rail, though it is unclear what its total capacity is.
In a sign of increasing worries about the state of those routes, the prime minister of Kazakhstan called Monday for shipments to Batumi to be suspended due to the violence. The Baku-Batumi rail link and the Baku-Supsa pipeline both pass close to the border with South Ossetia.
Azerbaijan has in recent days been relying more on a pipeline from Baku to the Russian Black Sea port of Novorossiisk, which doesn't run across Russian territory. But analysts say that pipeline, which has 100,000 barrels a day capacity, wouldn't be able to compensate for the loss of the Georgian routes.
Julian Lee, a specialist on the Caspian at the Centre for Global Energy Studies in London, said the violence had "certainly raised concerns about Georgia's reliability as a transit route."
But other potential routes are even more problematic.
–Spencer Swartz contributed to this article.
Write to Guy Chazan at [email protected] and Benoit Faucon at [email protected]
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The attendance of visiting parliamentarian Udaya Gammanpila and a song with touching lyrics composed and performed by musician Renuka Samath headlined a brief ceremony May 21 at the Sarathchandra Buddhist Center, North Hollywood to honor the men and women who served in the Sri Lankan forces defending the country against terrorism.
Chief Abbot Ven. Ambalantota Kolitha welcoming Mr. Gammanpila said the temple was politically neutral and recalled the advice given by the late Ven Madihe Pannaseeha Mahanayake Thero to him and other young monks at their ordination in the 1970s. "He advised us to work for community and social causes without taking political sides. He told us not to be attached to any political party. We still follow that advice. However, if any government does things that harm the nation or harm Buddhism, then we will not hesitate to speak out," he added.
Touching on the plight of the soldiers injured in the campaign to free the country from the grips of the LTTE, Ven. Kolitha said some of them are unable to even recognize their own mothers.
Devotees attending the Buddha puja at Sarathchandra Buddhist Center, May 21.
Mr. Gammanpila addressing the audience, many clad in white, said May 19 marks the day a brutal terrorist organization was finally defeated after immense sacrifices were made by those in uniform and civilians alike.
The large number of casualties and the prolonging of the war should be blamed on the foreign powers that intervened each time the Sri Lankan military was on the verge of victory and are not reflections of the abilities of the troops, Gammanpila said.
Many in the audience said they were moved to tears by the words and have requested a CD of the song.
Ven. Kolitha conducted the Bodhi puja which he dedicated to those killed in the LTTE war, those who lost their lives in the recent Meethotamulla garbage dump catastrophe, and the victims of natural disasters that occurred in the recent past.
While Southern California has the largest concentration of Sri Lankan immigrants, this was the only public event commemorating May 19.


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Tampa, Florida – U.S. District Judge Susan C. Bucklew has sentenced Gerard Graves (27, Clearwater) to seven years in federal prison for unlawful possession of firearms in a school zone.
Graves had pleaded guilty on July 19, 2019.
According to court documents, on May 27, 2015, the Drug Enforcement Administration learned through a confidential informant (CI) that Graves, a convicted felon, was attempting to sell a shotgun. The CI, under DEA supervision, spoke with Graves and arranged a time and place to purchase the firearm. Graves arrived at the agreed upon location in Clearwater and sold a Mossberg 12-gauge shotgun and ammunition to the CI. On July 9, 2019, Graves contacted the CI and said that he had another firearm for sale. The CI, under DEA supervision, met with Graves the next day at another location in Clearwater, where Graves sold the CI a Smith & Wesson 9mm pistol and ammunition. Both firearm sales occurred within 1,000 feet of a school.
This case was investigated by the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. It was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Michael C. Sinacore.
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Easy Reader News - "The Faces Within"
This August 2018 article by Bondo Wyszpolski in Easy Reader, Inc. highlights the political art theme and artists behind a show entitled "The Faces Within," at South Bay Contemporary, curated by LA artist and author Karrie Ross. Featuring 14 artists, the unique concept behind this timely exhibit had each artist painting one half of a face, addressing the dichotomy of the political situation currently dividing our nation. Each artist was given a 15" X 30" canvas and asked to create either the left or right side of a face that would then be paired with an opposite half painted by another artist. The result was seven large paintings, 30" by 30", comprised of two separate half-faces.
Art & Cake LA - LA ARTSHOW 2016 - "U AMUSE ME"
In this recap by Art and Cake of the LA Art Show in January 2016, Larrew's mixed-media sculptural piece exhibited by bG Gallery was singled out at a piece that stood out as a powerful commentary on one of today's most turbulent socio-political issues – that of immigration and the refugee crisis. Her piece, entitled "Crossing Over," depicts men, woman and children packed in a wooden boat. Never one to shy away from controversial topics, her powerful piece of political art addresses the upheaval that Trump has created with his zero-tolerance enforcement of illegal immigration.
Coagula Art Journal, August 2011 highlights the start of LA's Fall art season with a few selections from around town. Featured in the pictorial round-up of LA's most interesting openings of the week was a piece by Larrew called Vanity, from the show entitled "Feel Sighted", at the Bleicher Golightly Gallery in Santa Monica. The exhibit, curated by Hannah Kim, presented the art to blind-folded viewers who were led through the gallery to experience the art via touch. Nancy's contemporary abstract sculpture created from cosmetic containers and makeup bottles addressed the concept of beauty, and the posed the question that if you are bind, what makes you feel beautiful.
This piece posted by Diversions LA on August 6, 2015, reviews the "Island Girls" exhibit at bG Gallery in Santa Monica. The show consisted of an auspicious line-up of all female artists centered on the theme of solitude and its' various meanings and circumstances. From isolation to discrimination, defiant anger to introspection, this exhibit focuses on the range of emotions and situations where women often feel they are abandoned on a remote island within the confines of todays' society.
One of our favorites this year was "Island Girls," a collection of fascinating art by female artists.
The exhibit included works curated by Shaye Nelson and Nancy Larrew. The awesomely diverse group of artists represented include: Wangechi Mutu, Sue Wong, Madam X, Cathy Weiss, Linda Vallejo, Megan Whitmarsh, Kristine Schomaker, Sarah Stieber, Linda Smith, Erin Reiter, Courtney Reid, Gay Summer Rick, Allie Pohl, Trinity Martin, Nancy Larrew, Michelle Lilly, Mia Loucks, Kate Jackson, Brenda Jamrus, Simone Gad, Carol Friedman, MK Decca, Wini Brewer, Terri Berman, Nora Berman, Sofia Arreguin. Thematically the exhibit addressed an important topic: the isolation women artists can feel, alone among male peers when emerging from studio, forced to choose between family and career. The works in this exhibit detailed a wide emotional range of reactions to this situation, from amusement to introspection, from anger to contentment, from defiance to self-reflection.


Last Stop — I Am S.H.E.
It was raining. Several of my friends and I had just left rehearsal from an apartment in Brooklyn. We stopped at a bodega to get some snacks, or what should have been our dinner, since it was almost 11 p.m. The L train was nearing the station, and someone jumped the turnstile to make it. We rushed aboard in a flutter of laughter and sighs of relief, all of which ended as the doors shut behind us.
It was there that we saw her, this Jane Doe. She was lying there, sprawled across a seat that would normally hold three people. She wore a white party dress, with what I hoped was mud splattered across her. She was breathing, that much we were sure of. She had her purse in her hand, but no sense of her surroundings. Everyone on the train was trying not to look at her as they carried about their business.
A couple of us went over, but she was completely comatose. Four stops later, my friends stood up as Union Square approached. They asked me if I was going to be alright. I told them yes, and that I was going to stay with Jane until I knew she was safe. One of them mentioned they would alert the conductor or police if they saw them.
Strangers exited and entered the train. I remained seated, carefully watching everyone around me, knowing if someone tried to mess with Jane, I would put up a fight. Another young woman sat further down, across from me. She looked at Jane's body lying there next to her, then stared at me. We had an unspoken understanding that we were now in this together. She nodded at me and I nodded back.
The train approached 8th Ave., as a voice on the intercom bellowed "This is the last stop on this train." Everyone exited. Everyone, except me and Jane. The other young woman had gone to alert the conductor, leaving me with the body.
"You're not alone." I said out loud as the body shifted in a sleep-like state. "Can you hear me?" There was no response.
As I sat there, I thought about the events that led both of us to be there on that train that night. I thought about how she wasn't expecting to end up here. She had probably planned a fun night with her girlfriends. I wondered what kind of person would leave her alone. Who would think she was okay to make it home by herself? I prayed that she hadn't been roofied or raped.
The conductor finally approached me and asked me if I knew her. I said no.
"Well aren't you just her guardian angel then?" He laughed.
"No," I thought. "She's my sister." While we had never spoken, made eye contact, or even exchanged our names, that didn't matter. What did matter was that the entire time on the train, no one did anything to help her. People laughed, made jokes, even retorted "Oh, I've been there before. Poor girl." Some people even looked at her like it wasn't out of the ordinary, like they shouldn't be alarmed.
Thirty to forty minutes later, two police officers approached us, a man and a woman. They looked at me and asked me a couple of questions. Then they yelled at Jane until she barely stood up. She made it to a seat on the subway platform, where she passed out again. They continued to yell loudly and rudely, with the sense that they were blaming her for being in that state. The male officer told me I could leave, but I remained still. The conductor stood next to me, trying to be nice, but only irking me more. The female officer stopped for a moment and turned her head towards me. She knew why I was still standing there. And with the slightest head nod she told me that they could handle it from there. So I turned my back and made my way out of the station.
I decided to hail a cab instead of taking the A train uptown. As I sat down in the backseat, I told the driver where to take me. He asked me if I was alright. I provided a weak "yeah" as I stared out the window with tears welling in my eyes. Almost out of habit, I began to recite my favorite speech from The Heidi Chronicles in my head.
"We're all concerned, intelligent, good women. It's just that I feel stranded. And I thought the whole point was that we wouldn't feel stranded. I thought the point was that we were all in this together."