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CHEMBL176800 N-[3-(4-aminobutylamino) propyl]ethanamide
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The association of N1-acetylspermidine with human colorectal adenocarcinomas has been evaluated in this study [1].
At 18.3 nmol/mg creatinine, N1-acetylspermidine was 100% sensitive and specific for colon cancer [2].
The N1-acetylspermidine levels in control mucosae on the oral and anal side of adenocarcinomas were 5.84 +/- 1.44 (n = 57) and 7.92 +/- 2.89 (n = 50) nmol/g, respectively; no significant difference was observed between control mucosae and adenomas [1].
Treatment of the animals with N1,N2-bis-(2,3-butadienyl)-1,4-butanediamine (MDL 72527), a specific inhibitor of polyamine oxidase, caused large accumulation of N1-acetylspermidine in hepatoma cells and in the ascitic fluid; the maximal values were reached at day 14 [3].
These data taken together with the analysis of urinary acetylpolyamines in rats bearing mammary tumors and in two melanoma patients show that the determination of the N1-acetylspermidine/N8-acetylspermidine ratio in urine may be of only limited value as an indicator for the presence of tumors [4].
The urinary levels (expressed as nmol/mg creatinine) of putrescine, spermidine, spermine, N1-acetylspermidine, and N8-acetylspermidine were then analyzed by high-performance liquid chromatography [2].
Urinary excretion of N1-acetylspermidine and other acetylated and free polyamines in the 1,2-dimethylhydrazine model of experimental rat colon cancer [2].
1,2-Dimethylhydrazine-induced alterations in N1-acetylspermidine levels and spermidine N1-acetyltransferase activity in rat colonic mucosa [5].
N1-Acetylspermine was detected only when N1-acetylspermidine levels were very high after treatment with radical-producing drugs and lipopolysaccharide [6].
These results suggest that the metabolism of N1-acetylspermidine in colorectal adenocarcinomas is quite different from that in adenomas and in nonneoplastic mucosae and that N1-acetylspermidine can be a promising biochemical marker of cancer in the human large intestine [1].
These results suggest that the production of N1-acetylspermidine in human liver is closely associated with the induction of spermidine/spermine N1-acetyltransferase activity in liver diseases [7].
Elevation of N1-acetylspermidine and putrescine in hepatic tissues of patients with fulminant hepatitis and liver cirrhosis [7].
Isoprenaline treatment causes cardiac hypertrophy and an accumulation of N1-acetylspermidine in the rat heart [8].
Since prior studies have indicated that diets high in fat, particularly unsaturated fat, promote the development of dimethylhydrazine-induced tumors, it was of interest to examine the effect of a corn oil dietary regimen (20% by weight) on colonic N1-acetylspermidine levels in this model of colonic adenocarcinoma [9].
Thus, the spermidine transport system is strongly enhanced by hyposmotic shock in D-R cells, which can result in extensive cell death from overaccumulation of the polyamine and, to a lesser extent, from stress related to the PAO-catalyzed degradation of N1-acetylspermidine [10].
Analysis of the polyamine substrate specificity for hypusine formation showed that N1-acetylspermidine did not compete with spermidine in the reaction, nor did N1-(buta-2,3-dienyl)-N2-methylbutane-1,4-diamine, and irreversible inhibitor of polyamine oxidase, block the reaction [11].
N-(3-acetamidopropyl)pyrrolidin-2-one is formed from N1-acetylspermidine, since hydrolysis of tissue extracts of N1-acetylspermidine-treated mice produced isoputreanine [12].
Other exogenously added polyamines including N1-acetylspermidine, spermidine, putrescine, and spermine did not stimulate cell growth [13].
In contrast, MDL 72527 did not change the apoptosis rate and the N1-acetylspermidine content in cells treated with 7beta-OHsitosterol [14].
Our data confirm that the hippocampus and cerebellum are glucocorticoid target tissues and suggest that the increase in the content of putrescine, following acute treatment with glucocorticoids, is dependent on ornithine decarboxylase as well as N1-acetylspermidine transferase induction [15].
Occurrence in high concentrations of N1-acetylspermidine and syn-homospermidine in the hamster epididymis [16].
Secretin-induced accumulation of N1-acetylspermidine and putrescine in the rat pancreas [17].
The presence of N1-acetylspermidine already at the 8th day indicates that in chick embryo retina, putrescine synthesis can depend on two separate pathways [18].
Moreover, the presence of N1-acetylspermidine already at the 7th day indicates that in the outer segment of photoreceptor cells too, as in the whole retina, putrescine synthesis comes about by two pathways [19].
This is reflected by a circadian rhythmicity undescribed previously in urinary monoacetylputrescine and the ratio of N1-acetylspermidine to N8-acetylspermidine in healthy individuals [20].
SSAT products N(1)-acetylspermidine, N(1)-acetylspermine, and N(1),N(12)-diacetylspermine accumulated intracellularly and extracellularly [21].
The great increases in ornithine decarboxylase and N1-acetylspermidine transferase activities were accompanied by a marked increase in putrescine level and a small decrease in spermidine level [15].
The effect of glucocorticoids on polyamine metabolism has been elucidated further by measuring putrescine, spermidine, and spermine levels as well as ornithine decarboxylase, S-adenosylmethionine decarboxylase, and N1-acetylspermidine transferase activities in the hippocampus, cerebellar cortex, vermis, and deep nuclei of adrenalectomized rats [15].
N1-Acetylspermidine (N1AcSpd) accumulates in late exponential phase, or after certain stresses such as heat shock, in both human tumour (A549) and rodent (HTC, CHO) cells, grown in medium containing an inhibitor of the FAD-dependent polyamine oxidase (PAO) [22].
Here we report that PAO, which normally metabolizes achiral substrates, oxidized (R)-isomer of 1-amino-8-acetamido-5-azanonane and N1-acetylspermidine as efficiently while (S)-1-amino-8-acetamido-5-azanonane was a much less preferred substrate [23].
In mammalian cells, the flavoprotein polyamine oxidase catalyzes a key step in the catabolism of polyamines, the oxidation of N1-acetylspermine and N1-acetylspermidine to spermidine and putrescine, respectively [24].
The P. carinii SSAT K(m) value of 25 microM spermidine is 20% of that of mammalian cells, and the PAO K(m) value of 14 nM N(1)-acetylspermidine is 0.01% of that of mammalian cells [25].
Tumor samples from transgenic animals showed marked elevations in SSAT enzyme activity and SSAT protein levels compared with tumors from non-transgenic littermates, and the accompanying changes in putrescine and N1-acetylspermidine pools indicated activation of SSAT-mediated polyamine catabolism in transgenic animals [26].
Glucocorticoids suppress and oestrogens enhance the lipopolysaccharide-induced increase in putrescine and N1-acetylspermidine in mouse liver [27].
To determine whether the cardiac hypertrophy is the cause of the increase in N1-acetylspermidine, we produced cardiac hypertrophy by constriction of the aorta and analyzed polyamines in the hearts of these rats 1, 3, and 10 days after the aortic constriction [8].
The antibody binding was inhibited most effectively by absorption of the antiserum with N1-acetylspermidine and Spd in the ELISA inhibition test [28].
A single subcutaneous injection of monocrotaline produced dose- and time-dependent increases in the lung content of N1-acetylspermidine [29].
Using gas chromatography mass spectrometry following derivatization (N-trifluoroacetylation), 1-N-acetylspermidine was found to occur in normal human serum at a level of approximately 0.008--0.5 nmol ml(-1), i.e. about two orders of magnitude lower than the corresponding spermidine level [30].
Selective elevation of the N1-acetylspermidine level in human colorectal adenocarcinomas. Takenoshita, S., Matsuzaki, S., Nakano, G., Kimura, H., Hoshi, H., Shoda, H., Nakamura, T. Cancer Res. (1984) [Pubmed]
Urinary excretion of N1-acetylspermidine and other acetylated and free polyamines in the 1,2-dimethylhydrazine model of experimental rat colon cancer. Halline, A.G., Dudeja, P.K., Lashner, B.A., Brasitus, T.A. Cancer Res. (1989) [Pubmed]
Expression of spermidine/spermine N1-acetyltransferase in growing Yoshida AH-130 hepatoma cells. Desiderio, M.A., Bardella, L. Hepatology (1994) [Pubmed]
Enhanced urinary excretion of N1-acetylspermidine and the presence of tumors. Seiler, N., Graham, A., Bartholeyns, J. Cancer Res. (1981) [Pubmed]
1,2-Dimethylhydrazine-induced alterations in N1-acetylspermidine levels and spermidine N1-acetyltransferase activity in rat colonic mucosa. Halline, A.G., Dudeja, P.K., Brasitus, T.A. Cancer Res. (1989) [Pubmed]
Elevation of acetylpolyamine levels in mouse tissues, serum and urine after treatment with radical-producing drugs and lipopolysaccharide. Sugimoto, H., Yamada, S., Arai, T., Kobayashi, S., Hamana, K., Matsuzaki, S. Hepatology (1988) [Pubmed]
Elevation of N1-acetylspermidine and putrescine in hepatic tissues of patients with fulminant hepatitis and liver cirrhosis. Sugimoto, H., Sakurai, S., Abe, T., Takagi, H., Takahashi, H., Takezawa, J., Nagamine, T., Matsuzaki, S. J. Gastroenterol. (1994) [Pubmed]
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Premalignant alterations in rat colonic N1-acetylspermidine levels induced by 1,2-dimethylhydrazine: effects of a high corn oil dietary regimen. Halline, A.G., Dudeja, P.K., Brasitus, T.A. Biochim. Biophys. Acta (1989) [Pubmed]
Enhancement of the spermidine uptake system and lethal effects of spermidine overaccumulation in ornithine decarboxylase-overproducing L1210 cells under hyposmotic stress. Poulin, R., Coward, J.K., Lakanen, J.R., Pegg, A.E. J. Biol. Chem. (1993) [Pubmed]
Post-translational modification of the protein-synthesis initiation factor eIF-4D by spermidine in rat hepatoma cells. Gerner, E.W., Mamont, P.S., Bernhardt, A., Siat, M. Biochem. J. (1986) [Pubmed]
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Nathaniel R. Atcheson

Phantoms (1998)

Director: Joe Chappelle
Cast: Peter O'Toole, Rose McGowan, Ben Affleck, Liev Schreiber, Joanna
Going
Rated R: Violence, language

by Nathaniel R. Atcheson (nate@pyramid.net)

    When Jennifer and Lisa Pailey (Joanna Going and Rose McGowan) return
home to the quiet little town of Snowfield, Colorado, they find the maid
dead on the floor. This happens two minutes into the film. Scared, the
two women trek around town, finding that the streets are empty and the
air silent. Later, they find severed heads, and by this time it is
crystal clear that there is a problem. Luckily, they meet up with
Sheriff Bryce Hammond (Ben Affleck) and two of his underlings (one of
whom is Liev Schreiber, doing his best to act all nervous and crazy and
stuff).

    While searching through a hotel because of strange music emanating
through the building, they find a message written with lipstick on a
mirror (in a locked room with no windows, one of the characters notes).
The message refers to a certain Dr. Timothy Flyte. With no idea as to
what on earth is going on, Hammond calls for help, mentioning the
lipstick message in his call. The help shows up with Dr. Flyte (played
by Peter O'Toole) to solve the problem.

    See, it turns out that there is a big worm that looks like
solidified oil; conveniently, it thinks it's Satan. This is a Learning
Worm, so it is very smart. I'll leave the rest of the shocking plot
developments for you to discover for yourselves.

    Although I describe with utmost sarcasm the way Phantoms moves
along, I must admit that these silly little plot details are just about
the best thing about the film (aside from the cast). I think smart oil
is a unique idea for a bad guy, especially in a horror film.
Regrettably, the film is bad. It isn't scary, or suspenseful, or even
particularly well-crafted. The characters are stale and cardboard-like.
Like most of the films that enter this genre, this one has nothing new
to offer.

    The film begins on the wrong foot, jumping too quickly into action.
The two sisters, for example, are given one scene of dialogue before
they're confronted with the problem. I guess it's possible to be
concerned based solely on the fact that they are the good guys, but in a
perfect world I would like to have gotten to know them better before
seeing terrified looks on their faces. The same goes for Hammond,
although we at least learn a juicy bit of his history. The
actors--McGowan, Going, and Affleck--all do what they can with the lack
of depth, but they are defeated nonetheless.

    And it doesn't help that the characters are stupid. Towards the
beginning, they discover the body of a police officer, who has clearly
drawn his gun and fired off three rounds. Regardless of this fact, the
characters still consider the possibility that they are dealing with a
virus. Only O'Toole can project some kind of intelligence, although it
should come as no surprise that he is wasted in this role.

    Phantoms was directed by Joe Chappelle, who doesn't give off the
feeling that he wants to be making this film. Every moment is so
standard that I doubt any particular sequence will leave you feeling
like you've seen something all new and different. This is an alarming
thing to consider, especially when I realize that this is a horror film,
intended to scare and shock me. We've all seen films in which the evil
force can look human and fool our heroes. Here's yet another film that
uses this approach, and nothing new is done with the premise.

    If you just have to go out an see a horror film, then I suppose this
one isn't any worse than the other slop that's playing right now. I
suppose it's moderately fun on a really campy level, especially when we
get to see the big oil creature. When I watch a film like this, I just
have to wonder if it's really getting so hard to scare people. There
isn't a moment in this film that startled the audience with whom I saw
it. It simply fails in its prime directive.

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Grade:  D

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On the Origin of Species was a book published by Charles Robert Darwin in 1859. The book contained the theory of evolution, along with its most compelling evidences. It took the human race 6 million years to evolve from chimpanzees to modern-day Homo sapiens, according to Darwin. So the question now is, has the human race reached its physical and mental peak? Or will humans ever evolve again? Let's have a look.
Due to the fact that evolution is about a species adapting itself to its environment, many skeptics argue that humans have reached their evolutionary peak. Why? Because we have learned to make the environment adapt to us. For example, we've learned to build a house around us and install heating, instead of the body having to adapt to living in a cold climate. We then have instant warmth, and the problem is solved. Evolution was no longer needed at this point.
Humans evolved to see further away in the distance to aid us when hunting animals, thousands of years ago. But now we don't need to run anywhere because we have cars, and we now buy our food from the shop. We spend all day staring at computer screens, making the need to see distant people, places, and things irrelevant. The rules of evolution state that humans have no further need to evolve and will therefore never evolve again.
Modern medicine is also another factor to consider. Medicine prohibits evolution. Only the strongest and fittest would be able to pass on their genes to the next generation because the weak would die out. But that was the case before modern medicine.
Nowadays, modern medicine allows weak individuals who previously wouldn't have survived a disease or an injury to survive. However, this would also mean that the strong genes will no longer be the ones that'll be passed on. The weak genes would also get passed on just as much. The theory of "survival of the fittest" is deemed null and void in the modern times because now basically everyone has a chance to live.
However, another school of thought, which is far more titillating, is being entertained by leading anthropologists. They believe that the results will be quite shocking as there are ways we can—and will—evolve in the modern world. There is hard proof that humans are still evolving, so it's not just speculation. Shorter and slightly plumper women tend to have more children than their taller, skinny counterparts, according to studies by the evolutionary biology team at Yale University. The reason behind this is the shape and size of their ovaries.
Yes, evolution is happening right under our noses, and we don't even notice it.
The first thing that will change is our brain size, if we do evolve in the near future. It is a theory that many scientists agree on. Language and abstract thinking led us to new inventions, which means that the biggest evolutionary changes came from the brain. And so it follows that the brain will be the next thing to develop, which makes perfect sense in our modern world where information rules. But can our brains, physically, get any larger?
The biggest factor that has limited human brain size is the birthing process. Babies' heads must fit into the birth canal. Because it will be hard to get them out if their head gets any larger, this has stopped their brains from growing in the womb. But with the massive rise in number of Caesarian sections in recent years, this could all be about to change.
Today, over 50 percent of babies in China are delivered via C-section. And of course, a C-section means no more limits on the size a baby's head can grow. Some anthropologists believe this growing C-section trend could give way to babies being born with increasingly larger brains and heads in the future. Some theorize that in a few generations down the line, humans could have huge heads and scrawny bodies, just like aliens in science fiction films.
When it comes to our physical appearance, scientists think that we will change for the better and look different, despite it not having any real benefits in terms of survival. The reason for this is that males are choosing their sexual partners based on looks and intelligence level as opposed to their ability to produce healthy offspring.
This type of selection based on attractiveness does of course happen with both genders, but research has shown it's considerably more prominent among males. Therefore, more attractive and more intelligent females will get more chances to reproduce and pass on their genes. The human race will ultimately evolve to be smarter and generally more good-looking as a consequence.
Humans themselves are now deciding which genes get passed on and which don't because it's no longer our environment or Mother Nature that chooses how we evolve. Scientists refer to this newly emerging evolutionary phenomenon as artificial selection, as opposed to the natural one.
However, our environment still poses a massive risk to us, which means that natural selection isn't dead just yet. As we become a more globalized community, traveling back and forth to every corner of the planet, and as the population of the human race increases, pathogens are now being spread easier and quicker than ever before. Huge chunks of the population with weak immune systems and poor access to modern healthcare will be killed off, since biologists predict that we're going to get a lot more virus epidemics in the coming years. Humans will then evolve to become less dependent on medicine and have stronger immune systems, and the global life expectancy will consequentially rise. However, we can only notice the difference after thousands of years.
In conclusion, there's still a lot more weird and wacky mutations to come in the future because humans are still only in their infancy when it comes to evolution. But one thing's for sure: in a million years, the human race will look remarkably different and function in completely different ways than they do today.


A giant sculpture of Vincent Van Gogh's head, modelled on a Dorset man, has been installed in a Canadian vineyard.
A Canadian artist scouring the planet for Vincent van Gogh's closest lookalike has found his subject in the UK.
Douglas Coupland's impending sculpture of Vincent van Gogh was commissioned by Anthony von Mandl for his Pinot Noir winery.
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Scoontemplations: How do I ease rescue dog anxiety?
Both of my dogs are rescues. I know some of Angel's back story, but very little of Bogie's back story.
So it's hard to know what will trigger their anxiety. Bogie is accepting of me going to work, a little less enthused when I leave for the gym. But he was frantic when I returned from a rare late evening out with friends.
Did he think I wasn't returning? What was it about this absence that made him anxious?
Bogie was found on the street. Did he escape? He was a bit of a runner when I got him. Did his people just walk out on him one day? Did his beloved owner leave for the hospital and never return? That could explain his anxiety.
But I suspect his home life wasn't that idyllic. What responsible owner gets a Great Dane and doesn't train him as a puppy? It's much easier to train a Dane at 6 months than at 16 months. When I got him he didn't know the simplest commands, Sit, Stay, Heel. Was he a resident in a puppy mill, kept for his breeding capabilities, with no interest in educating him?
Without knowing what causes him stress, I am hit or miss at dealing with it. He's smart and intuitive. So I explain that I must go to work or there will be no kibble. That I will be back in a while. And that seems to reassure him. Whenever I leave, I make a point of reminding him I will be back.
On the other hand, Angel is pretty blase whenever I go away from home - as long as she has another canine companion. She must have other dogs around her to be content. The one time I took Bogie to the vet without her, Angel was frantic when we returned.
Does she remember when Rags and Peanut didn't come back with me? Does she fear that will happen again?
Fortunately, the vets we see are used to companion dogs tagging along on visits. So Angel's anxiety is easily allayed. I wish Bogie's was as easy to diagnose.
Each dog I've rescued over the years has had its own personality, fears, and traumas. Unfortunately, they can't share those fears in a way we can understand.
It's my job to figure it out.


Hanlon Ltd. was established in the year 1845 and is one of the longest standing food supply companies in Ireland. Hanlon started as a small, humble food store catering to the residents of Dublin. Hanlon quickly developed and gained a reputation not only in Dublin, but across other cities as well, and people started relying on Hanlon for fresh food for their family. Since then, Hanlon has continued its expansion, and has developed and maintained its reputation as one of the most reliable and best vendors in Ireland.
With a focus on fresh fish, game and frozen food, Hanlon prides itself on the best possible quality ingredients and food products. Hanlon is notorious for its Irish smoked salmon, with a website dedicated entirely to this amazing food product. The salmon is oak smoked and orders can be customized according to your needs and preferences. In an effort to help customers easily access their favorite oak smoked salmon, Hanon has made it available to order online thereby saving time and hassle.
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Q: Sorting an ArrayList by a Split Value I am attempting to create an list which should be sorted by a particular field in a colon separated string.  I have an array of strings with the following values:
name1:535
name2:697

After sorting this list, I would have it sorted by the number in the second field:
name2:697
name1:535

How should I go about doing this, are there any issues I should be aware of when sorting this List of Strings?

A: The naive answer is to have a type that has a String value in it that does the work in compareTo() from the comparable interface.
The code would look something like this...
The problem with this is that it is doing much more work than is needed.  A simple test:
public class Thingy implements Comparable<Thingy> {
    double value;
    public Thingy(double arg) {
        value = arg;
    }

    @Override
    public int compareTo(Thingy thingy) {
        Global.count++;
        return Double.valueOf(value).compareTo(thingy.value);
    }
}

public class Global {
    public static int count;
}

public class Main {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        ArrayList<Thingy> things = new ArrayList<Thingy>();
        for(int i = 0; i < 1000; i++) {
            things.add(new Thingy(Math.random()));
        }
        Collections.sort(things);
        System.out.println(Global.count);
    }
}

shows that compareTo() was called 9015 times.  If one is doing any repeated calculation in compareTo() it is being called much more than it needs to and the work it does is unnecessary.
Coming from a perl background, one of the idiomatic calls is the Schwartzian transform - the "sort based on a computation" is something that is quickly recognized.  In this code, one does:
@sorted = map  { $_->[0] }
          sort { $a->[1] <=> $b->[1] }
          map  { [$_, split($_)[0]] }
               @unsorted;

While the comparison is being called many times, it is being done on a stored value rather than a (re)computed value.  See also Memoization.
In Java, one would likely have the constructor for the class break the string up into the component parts, and sort based on the parts rather than the whole.

If you are dealing with unique values to be sorted on (balance isn't likely unique but I'm explaining it anyways), one could use a SortedMap - just insert the key and value.  If the key already has a natural ordering to it (Integers, Strings and the like), no more work need be done.  You've got a sorted structure that has quite a bit of additional things that you may find useful when you need them (which actually come from NavigableMap, but the TreeMap and the SkipListMap are a NavigableMap in addition to being a SortedMap).
One could create a TreeMap with constructor that you pass a Comparator<String> into (javadoc for the constructor
 and javadoc for Comparator) and do the work on the String to do the ordering, though this could suffer from the problems of doing repeated calculations in the compareTo() method that I mentioned above. (An example where it doesn't is a Z-A sorted TreeMap as described in this question - one gets the general idea though - the general solution can be seen here).

If what you have isn't unique, you can still use it in a SortedMap structure, just that the value instead of being a String is a Set of Strings.
This then means two step adds (if the key doesn't exist, create it and then create the set, and then add the value to the set) and lookups (if the key exists, check to see if the value exists in the set).
It would be sensible to wrap that work in a class of its own so that you don't have copied boilerplate code for doing the multi-step add and lookup in multiple spots.

If you just have an array that you are going to sort once and then use, and be done with it and the extensibility of having an object (the name:balance represents an object that is more interesting than just a string), you could use the Comparator mentioned above as a parameter for the Collections.sort(List, Comparator) (javadoc).  Remember that for sizable lists the number of invocations to extract the field to compare on from a is much more than calculating it once and storing it in an associated object.

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Jehan Titelouze
Hymnes de l'église & Le Magnificat
Ed. Jon Baxendale
251 pages • ISMN 979-0-706670-54-6 (Hardback) • 979-0-706670-55-3 (Wire)
Lyrebird Music. LBMP–026
The latest in the enterprising range of music editions from Lyrebird Music features the only known organ publications of Jehan Titelouze (c1562-1633), organist at Rouen Cathedral and generally considered to be the founder of the French organ school. He composed his two books of organ versets in 1623 and 1626. The 1623 Hymnes de l'Église pour toucher sur l'orgue, avec les fugues et recherches sur leur plain-chant was the first published collections of organ music in 17th-century France, and the first since the 1530s. It contained sets of three or four verses for each of the twelve major hymns of the church year. The 1626 Le Magnificat ou Cantique de la Vierge pour toucher sur l'orgue suivant les huit tons de l'Église included settings of eight Magnificats in all eight church modes, each with seven verses. They both used the alternatim format with organ (odd-numbered) verses alternating with the even-numbered verses which would have been sung by a cantor or a choir.
Titelouze's two volumes are part of an important group of Europe-wide organ publications during the 1620s from such composers as Manuel Rodrigues Coelho, Francisco Correa de Arauxo, Girolamo Frescobaldi, and Samuel Scheidt, composers working during the closing decades of the Renaissance era and the emerging Baroque style. Titelouze's writing was strictly within the late Renaissance polyphonic style, in stark contrast to the composers of the later French Baroque school that culminated in Couperin and Nicolas de Grigny in the closing years of the 17th century.
This very welcome critical edition is important not just for the impressively clean text but, in particular, for the important introductory text by the editor Jon Baxendale. This casts much-needed light on this frequently misunderstood (or even ignored) composer, not least in separating his composition style and use of the organ from the better-known French 'Classical' school that developed in the mid-1600s. Although his own organ in Rouen Cathedral has some familiarity with the later French organ style, he cautioned against using the registrations that would become commonplace in the later French Classical School – a confusing term, as it doesn't relate to the musical Classical period, which started as the French Baroque organ, arguably, approached its decline.
Jon Baxendale's introduction includes a sensible translation of Titelouze's own introduction to his two volumes, along with the original French. This is essential reading for anybody who wants to play or understand these monumental publications, along with various other performance issues covering notation, ornamentation, registration, and Titelouze's style, counterpoint and musical philosophy. My only quibble with the Introduction is the very small typeface, unlike the other Lyrebird editions I have reviewed. This is particularly frustrating as there are five completely or nearly empty pages just before the introduction that could have been used to spread the text out over more pages in a bigger font. Appendices include the plainsong hymns and the eight Magnificat tones for alternatim performance within a liturgical setting.
The musical text of Titelouze's original publications is remarkably accurate, so there is little need for editorial comments. Bearing in mind my comments on the size of the introduction, the musical text is beautifully clear and a sensible size – an important factor for organists as the music can sometimes be some way away from the player, particularly on French organs, which often have four manuals. There are two options for the type of binding: hardback or wire-bound with a soft cover. I have found the hardback editions perfectly usable on the music desk. Sample pages can be viewed here.
PS. Jon Baxendale has commented – Titelouze is not a French composer in style: the dance rhythms enjoyed by the post-1665 brigade are also prevalent in Attaignant's publications … Titelouze, though revered into the 18th-century, was far from the norm, even though his polyphonic style was adopted by Louis Couperin and in the pleins jeux of the later school.
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Section 5101.74 | Elder abuse commission.
Senate Bill 158 - 132nd General Assembly
(A) There is hereby created the elder abuse commission. The commission shall consist of the following members:
(1) The following members, appointed by the attorney general:
(a) One representative of the AARP;
(b) One representative of the buckeye state sheriffs' association;
(c) One representative of the county commissioners' association of Ohio;
(d) One representative of the Ohio association of area agencies on aging;
(e) One representative of the board of nursing;
(f) One representative of the Ohio coalition for adult protective services;
(g) One person who represents the interests of elder abuse victims;
(h) One person who represents the interests of elderly persons;
(i) One representative of the Ohio domestic violence network;
(j) One representative of the Ohio prosecuting attorneys association;
(k) One representative of the Ohio victim witness association;
(l) One representative of the Ohio association of chiefs of police;
(m) One representative of the Ohio association of probate judges;
(n) One representative of the Ohio job and family services directors' association;
(o) One representative of the Ohio bankers league;
(p) One representative of the Ohio credit union league;
(q) Two representatives of national organizations that focus on elder abuse or sexual violence ;
(r) One representative of the state medical board;
(s) One representative of the community bankers association of Ohio;
(t) One representative of an organization representing the interests of senior centers;
(u) One representative of an organization representing the policy interests of seniors;
(v) One representative of a research-based academia representing elder abuse research.
(2) The following ex officio members:
(a) The attorney general or the attorney general's designee;
(b) The chief justice of the supreme court of Ohio or the chief justice's designee;
(c) The governor or the governor's designee;
(d) The director of aging or the director's designee;
(e) The director of job and family services or the director's designee;
(f) The director of health or the director's designee;
(g) The director of mental health and addiction services or the director's designee;
(h) The director of developmental disabilities or the director's designee;
(i) The superintendent of insurance or the superintendent's designee;
(j) The director of public safety or the director's designee;
(k) The state long-term care ombudsman or the ombudsman's designee;
(l) One member of the house of representatives, appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives;
(m) One member of the senate, appointed by the president of the senate ;
(n) One member of the house of representatives, appointed by the minority leader of the house of representatives;
(o) One member of the senate, appointed by the minority leader of the senate;
(p) The director of commerce, or the director's designee.
(B) Members who are appointed shall serve at the pleasure of the appointing authority. Vacancies shall be filled in the same manner as original appointments.
(C) All members of the commission shall serve as voting members. The attorney general shall select from among the appointed members a chairperson. The commission shall meet at the call of the chairperson, but not less than four times per year. Special meetings may be called by the chairperson and shall be called by the chairperson at the request of the attorney general. The commission may establish its own quorum requirements and procedures regarding the conduct of meetings and other affairs.
(D) Members shall serve without compensation, but may be reimbursed for mileage and other actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their official duties.
(E) Sections 101.82 to 101.87 of the Revised Code do not apply to the elder abuse commission.
September 29, 2018 – Enacted by House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly [ View September 29, 2018 Version ]
March 20, 2019 – Amended by Senate Bill 158 - 132nd General Assembly [ View March 20, 2019 Version ]


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Eric Bogle with John Munro - A Toss Of The Coin
12 tracks: Ashes * By The Arafura Sea * Song For James * Absolution * In Flanders Fields * Reg Evans' Cradle * When An Angel Appears * Home Is The Hero * A Toss Of The Coin * Roll Call * Glory Days * Don't Throw Away Your Dreams.
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In 2009 Eric Bogle completed his final tour of the UK and Europe, and now confines his touring to Australia and New Zealand, which is of course a huge loss to his legions of British and North American fans. These fans will, however, be very pleased to learn that Eric has not given up song-writing and recording - and A Toss Of The Coin testifies to that. This album again confirms that he is one of the best and most prolific songwriters of the last several decades.
This album takes a slightly different direction to Eric's most recent recordings in that Eric sings ten of the songs, while John Munro not only contributes two new songs but sings them as well. Of Eric's songs, seven are entirely works by him, one other is a poem to which Eric has written the music, and the remaining two are songwriting contributions by friends. As usual, Eric's songs reflect the times we live in and recent world events.
The first song - Ashes - was written after a visit to Strathewen, Victoria, Australia, ten weeks after the 'Black Saturday' bushfires of February 2009 in which 173 souls perished. It is dedicated to Dave Magahey, Captain of Arthurs Creek and Strathewen Fire Brigade. This is yet another classic from Eric's pen and ranks with his all time greats, including a personal favourite: As If He Knows.
But this is not a one-track wonder album. Just listen to Song For James, about a young Irish lad knocked down and killed by a truck, and his father's subsequent efforts to help keep his son's memory alive. Then there is Reg Evans' Cradle, another powerful and emotional song rising from the ashes of the Black Saturday fires.
Eric has also put music to John MacRae's widely known First World War poem In Flanders Field, bringing the poem to life. The two songs written by friends Mike O'Callaghan and Pete Titchener/June Harrison - When An Angel Appears and Don't Throw Away Your Dreams respectively - emphasise that Eric also knows good songs when he hears them.
We all know how good a songwriter John Munro is, and Greentrax had the great honour a number of years back to release an entire album of John singing his own songs, Plying My Trade. His two contributions on this album - Absolution and Glory Days - are excellent and confirm, if confirmation is needed, of Eric's admiration for his loyal sidekick's work.
John Munro (guitars, mandolin, ukulele and vocals) as always features greatly in Eric's line-up of studio musicians, which also includes the talents of Emma Luker (fiddle, cello), Damien Steele Scott (electric basses, piano, guitar), Pete Titchener (guitars, vocals) and Jon Jones (drum, percussion), amongst several other guests. A formidable line-up. Peter Titchener also recorded the album and co-produced it with Eric.
Greentrax is proud to continue to release the work of Eric Bogle, with whom a great relationship exists.
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There is no doubt that for a tiny country, we have a great wealth of history and artefacts. Most of these are on display in our most famous museums, including the National Museum of Archaeology in Valletta and the National Museum of Natural History in Mdina. There are also some incredible stately homes to visit such as Palazzo Falson in Mdina… Yet the museums in Malta lists you often find online rarely include all the museums on the islands; particularly those off the beaten track!
Every year in the weeks leading up to Christmas, Paul Pace, a collector of statues of the Baby Jesus, opens up a small museum in Birkirkara featuring some 1,500 examples! Among its most illustrious visitors to the museum was His Eminence Cardinal Francis Arinze, Head of the Pontifical Council for Inter-religious Dialogue, while on a private holiday here in Malta in 1996.
Although small, the Villa Frere museum in Pieta' has some wonderful objects to be discovered in the adjoining gardens on display. There's everything from old glass bottles to carved limestone and even a slightly-creepy doll's head. To see these artefacts, you'll need to head there during one of the garden's tours which are normally announced on Facebook.
An art gallery rather than a museum, this building is worth visiting just for its architectural features. Also located on Republic Street, opposite Casa Rocca Piccola, here you'll find some amazing artworks – both by well-known names, like Envin Cremona, as well as by more modern artists. The building is currently being renovated but still open to the public.


Alex and I met 12 years ago today! Wow, how time flies…We were young and out exploring the world in February of 2002 and it just so happened that fate, as Alex likes to tell it, threw us into the same bed at a hostel in Brugge, Belgium! We were both staying at the Bauhaus hostel near the center of the charming old town. The Bauhaus is certainly not the most luxurious place one could imagine meeting their future spouse. But there we were and Alex was sitting on the bunk bed above mine asking me where the bathrooms were. Being that we were in Belgium and that we were backpackers it isn't so surprising that the evening lead to a pub with many Belgian beers consumed and subsequently our first kiss. The romance and indulgence in Brugge had captured us!
Fast forward a few years. While living in the Netherlands, close to where this all started, we decided we needed to make a long-awaited trip back. We laughed about trying to book the same room again at the Bauhaus, but ultimately decided that while that would have been cool on one hand, it wasn't the romantic getaway weekend we were looking for.
We stayed at the B&B Lady Jane, which is a lovely place for a romantic getaway. And the friendly owner, Hugo, has many great tips for enjoying the town. We highly recommend this intimate Bed and Breakfast that features 3 unique and lovely themed rooms. We stayed in their African room, which featured tribal adornments and even antique rifles mounted to the wall.
St. Christopher's Inn Hostel at the Bauhaus holds a special place in our hearts. It's where Bell and I first met as solo travelers backpacking Europe after college! Their pub features around 17 Belgian beers on taps and even some locals hang out there. Maybe you'll meet your future spouse here too.
Families will often find the best value booking short stay apartments in the Brugge. If you've never used Airbnb, sign up here for free and receive $40 credit off your first stay! Look for properties with consistently good reviews in the gorgeous historic center of Bruges.
We did make a trip back to the Bauhaus, which has its own bar that even the locals hang out in. It was honestly surreal and funnily enough not quite how we remembered it after a decade! But there were still copious amounts of tasty Belgian beers on draft, with a lively atmosphere, making it worthwhile for anyone looking for a fun time to swing into.
Chocolate! – Enjoy lots of it, and with some 80 chocolate shops around town, you can find great chocolate sleep walking after 10 beers. Don't buy too much from any one place. Stroll around and savour the experience, buying little bits here and there. This way you'll also receive more free samples and you won't feel like you missed out on a phenomenal window display later. Definitely, have a hot chocolate as it will be one of the best you've ever tried. There's even a chocolate museum called Choco Story which we found to be worthwhile. Their life-size chocolate replica of President Obama was a little tacky, but entertaining too.
De Halve Maan Brewery – We've been to some great breweries and De Halve Maan ("the half moon") is one of our favourites. The brewery is housed in the historic center of town and features a fun tour through their tasty Belgian beer making process. You also have the opportunity to swing up to their rooftop and enjoy an amazing view of gorgeous Brugge. The beers are pretty good too, while not our absolute favorite, we'll still occasionally grab a bottle of Brugse Zot from a bottle shop. It's much better quality than the mass-produced Leffe blond, which is now found in many bars worldwide because it's owned by Anheuser–Busch InBev.
Eating – Residents of Brugge speak the same language as the Dutch-Flemish. But no offense to our old home country of 3 and 1/2 years, but taste the food in Belgium and compare it to that of the Netherlands and you'll understand why these are different countries. Because of the Netherlands historical ties to Calvinism, food is generally viewed more as sustenance rather than something to take pleasure in (though this mentality is slowly changing). On the other hand, the Belgians take food far more seriously- and while the French prefer to cook with wine, the Belgians generally do so with their delicious beers. A popular Belgian brew dish is rabbit stewed in lambic beer.
And did you know that "French fries" actually originated in Belgium? During WWI, American soldiers fought alongside French-speaking Belgians who deep fried delicious cut potatoes in oil. Even though they were Belgian, the American soldiers decided to call them French fries, much to the dismay of some 21st century Americans. While we did not visit the fry museum in Brugge, but you can learn way more about this storied potato history at the Friet Museum.
And of course there are waffles, which are indeed Belgian as well, and absolutely delicious, generally. Always stick with the freshly made ones and not the ones sitting around in window sills waiting to be devoured by drunk people (though this is a more common trend in certain areas of Brussels). Waffles generally come topped in chocolate, sugar or strawberries and cream.
And if this isn't enough you'll also find delicious crepes around town with an abundance of other tasty treats at great patisseries and candy shops. Enjoy the romance and indulgence in Brugge as much as you can, worry about dieting when you get home!
Canal Boat Ride – Many cities claim to be the Venice of somewhere…Places like Amsterdam, Hamburg and Mykonos come to mind. Basically anyplace where you can cruise a small boat or gondola among gorgeous historic buildings can lay claim to this, and Brugge is no exception. If you want to save your legs for chocolate shopping, hop on a boat that will tour you through one of Europe's most quintessentially beautiful towns.
There's no doubt that romance and indulgence in Brugge is easier to find than most places, and our marriage of nearly 9 years can personally attest to this!
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Congratulations guys! I've stayed at the Bauhaus a number of times and it's a great little place 🙂 My boyfriend and I met at a hostel too, albeit in Japan. What a lovely story you can always tell, I'm sure you never get sick of telling it!
Congrats to you guys! That's a lovely story, and it's always interesting to return and see places again, particularly one that held such happy memories for you both.
Hi Rebecca, thank you! Yes, it is often fun to return to these places. The Bauhaus was not quite how we remembered it and we were shocked by all the kids on laptops in there! But it's funny the way your memory can slightly blur the details so you think you remember something quite clearly and yet you don't.


Executive produced by Jim Jarmusch, Explicit Ills weaves together several stories of people living in a poor Philadelphia neighborhood to show how grief brings them together. It has its local premiere tonight at 7 at the Cleveland Museum of Art as part of the Museum's "Friday Night First-Runs" series. Here's our review.


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Charity rejects criticism that Kerry air ambulance does not have doctor
Dr Brian Burns calls for medical team to have doctor and paramedic
Mon, Sep 24, 2018, 09:13 Updated: Mon, Sep 24, 2018, 11:27
Vivienne Clarke
Ireland's first-ever Charity Air Ambulance service touching down at Kerry Airport following its first flight from Wales. Photograph: Don MacMonagle/PA Wire
The CEO of the company that operates Ireland's first-ever Charity Air Ambulance has rejected criticism of the service because it does not have a doctor and a paramedic on board.
John Kearney of Irish Community Rapid Response (ICRR) says that the charity has 200 doctors working with them in a voluntary capacity and that getting the air ambulance is a major boost for the service.
ICRR is a charity dedicated to pre-hospital care and it is running the air ambulance service in co-operation with the HSE National Ambulance Service.
He was responding to criticism from an international expert in emergency medicine who described the country's first community-run air ambulance service as "the Toyota rather than the Rolls Royce of services."
Dr Brian Burns, associate professor of emergency medicine at Sydney university told RTE's Morning Ireland, that Ireland, as an advanced country, spends a lot of money on health care and it deserves a standard pre-hospital advanced trauma team.
He is one of a group of international consultants who have appealed for the medical team on board Ireland's first community-run air ambulance to be made up of a doctor and a paramedic.
The Air Ambulance is expected to respond up to 500 calls per year, and bring the population of a 10,000 square mile area within 20 minutes of critical medical care.
It will be tasked through the National Ambulance Service 999 / 112 call system and is supported by the HSE and Department of Health.
The helicopter will be based in Co Cork, but available for missions nationwide and coordinate with the existing Athlone based Emergency Aeromedical Service.
Mr Kearney told The Irish Times that the IRCC is a charity dedicated to raising the funds to provide such services, but that the HSE and the National Ambulance Service will provide the staff.
"They're the experts. We're open to the evolution of the service and would welcome such an expansion to the service sooner rather than later."
He pointed out that there is already a shortage of doctors in hospitals in Ireland. Crews for the air ambulance service "have to sit there seven days a week" before going on rescue missions.
"That's taking doctors out of hospitals that are already short staffed.
"I'd love some of these overseas doctors to come back and man the hospitals here.
"I would love to see the expansion of the service. That would be really good, but we need the service up and running sooner rather than later. That's our priority to get the service running."
The five page open letter from the international consultants (many of whom are Irish but based abroad) said:
"This is not up to the standard expected of a HEMS and will not be able to provide advanced pre-hospital medical and trauma care to the critically ill and injured patients it is tasked to.
"It will not be a flying ED (emergency department) or ICU."
The letter stated that a doctor-led service would "improve clinical outcomes, decrease morbidity and mortality".
It added: "This model brings the ER resuscitation room and intensive care unit to the patient.
"Recently the UK National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) published a benchmark guideline entitled, 'Major trauma: assessment and initial management'.
"The life and limb-saving pre-hospital interventions listed in this guideline cannot be provided outside of a physician-staffed model in Ireland.
"Examples include and are not limited to pre-hospital blood transfusion to a bleeding patient, general anaesthetic in severe head injury and advanced trauma resuscitation including surgical eye, life and limb-saving interventions."
It called for the HSE to enhance the current HEMS resources, saying it is "imperative" that the correct model is in place.
Among the signatories were Scotland's lead consultant in retrieval medicine, Stephen Hearns and the clinical director of trauma at Royal London Hospital, Anne Weaver.
In response a spokeswoman for the Department of Health said: "With regard to the content of the open letter, it should be noted that from the outset, any new air ambulance service will operate as an extension of the existing Emergency Aeromedical Service (EAS).
"The EAS, based in Athlone, has been successfully operating for many years in partnership with the Irish Air Corps with the crewing model of an Advanced Paramedic and an Emergency Medical Technician.
"The spectrum of patients dealt with by our EAS differs from aeromedical services in other countries who have physician led crews. Our EAS deals with less trauma, and more acute medicine (STEMI heart attacks and stroke in particular).
"Last year the National Ambulance Service (NAS) analysed EAS activity and found that 92 per cent of our patients' needs were met within the Advanced Paramedic scope of practice.
"Since then, the NAS medical director has extended the scope of practice of EAS advanced paramedics by privileging them for ketamine use for sedation (over and above the Clinical Practice Guideline for analgesia).
"As our aeromedical service evolves, we will continue to review how we can provide the best possible level of care for patients.
"That might include physician crewing, or it might include further expanding the competencies of EAS advanced paramedics or introducing specialist critical care paramedics."
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My eight year old son entered a sport cake decorating contest and the boy with the best cake got a basketball.
I didn't have time to bake the cake and so I picked up one from the bakery. For the decorations, I bought donuts and cookies for my son to make baseballs, basketballs, and soccer balls.
Justin had so much fun decorating his cake. It was a blast to watch him.
But friends, I'm not sure how to describe what he designed.
The sport balls were covered in caramel frosting that screamed poop. The cake looked like it got hit by a baseball bat and landed in the mud. Who would eat this cake? Despite the mess, my son was proud. In his eyes he created a master piece. He was excited to show off his work and eat it.
I wanted to run away. I failed my son. I should have helped him more.
Guilt shot through me like a wave and I felt bad that my son didn't win or at least have a presentable cake. I was mad at myself for not doing a better job for him.


Get ready for a new series featuring Ann Curry from The Today Show. We'll Meet Again will feature reunions of people that met during big events in world events, including September 11th and the Vietnam War.
PBS revealed more about this new series in a press release. Check that out below.
"WE'LL MEET AGAIN, a new series produced by Blink Films in partnership with AnnCurry Inc., premieres Tuesdays, January 23-February 27, 2018, 8:00-9:00 p.m. ET (check local listings) on PBS. Exploring some of history's most dramatic events through the personal stories of those who experienced them, the series brings together people whose lives intersected at pivotal moments. Executive produced and reported by Ann Curry, each episode of WE'LL MEET AGAIN reveals the powerful bonds forged among people who now, against the odds, have the chance to reunite with someone who transformed their life.
WE'LL MEET AGAIN takes viewers on a journey of hope, searching for clues in marriage records and war and immigration documents, and combing archives to reunite those separated by time and distance.
When Mount St. Helens erupted on May 18, 1980, 57 people were killed and hundreds more injured. Volcanic ash was scattered across 11 states. In this episode, two people who survived the disaster reveal how the experience influenced their lives. Mindy, a trainee scientist whose inspirational team leader was killed by the blast wants to find his family to let them know he saved her life. Sue hopes to find the brave helicopter pilot who risked his own life to rescue her.
During the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on New York and Washington, DC, strangers were thrown together in unimaginable situations. Patrick, a businessman visiting New York, searches for Emily, the photographer's assistant who comforted him after the collapse of the World Trade Center. Timothy, a military chaplain plunged into chaos at the Pentagon, hopes to thank the fellow chaplain who gave him the courage to carry on.
For decades, gay Americans did not have equal protection under the law; many faced prejudice, possible imprisonment and rejection from their families and society. Two stories of the struggle for acceptance are told in this episode. Tom longs to find Maria, the friend he trusted with his secret and who saved him from brutal electroshock conversion therapy in the 1960s. Paul, who was University of New Hampshire student body president in 1973, searches for Wayne, who organized the first gay student organization on campus. Wayne's courage to take the fight to court against overwhelming opposition from the state's conservative governor changed Paul's life and ultimately helped him accept his own sexuality.
WE'LL MEET AGAIN is a production of Blink Films. The series is produced by Simon Harries, and executive producers Ann Curry, Justine Kershaw and Andra Heritage.
Will you check out We'll Meet Again? Tell us what you think.
I didn't get the alert I signed up for… already missed 2 episodes!!
Absolutely! I can't wait to see it. Ann Curry is a gifted journalist who got screwed by The Today Show. She deserves to soar!
Matt Lauer brought me here.


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King Solomon's Gate at Tel Gezer proved King Solomon's reign and was surrounded by apocalyptic paranormal events.
The History Channel's "Digging for the Truth" title sequence showing Dan Pride, the youngest of the King Solomons Gate excavators of 1971.
World-renown archaeologist Dr William Dever with Dan Pride at the Solomonic Gate at Tel Gezer Israel during the 2007 excavations.
Until the summer of 1971 archaeology had failed to prove the historical basis of the Bible, the Torah, nor the Quran. Were they contemporary recordings of events seen through the eyes of Iron Age Man, or merely later political inventions? The walls of Jericho had been discredited, the dream of Biblical Archaeologist William Foxwell Albright was still just a theory. That summer Yigael Yadin would complete the first scientific proof of King Solomon's reign by finding the city gate of Gezer which King Solomon built circa 960 BC, and the Bible described in 1 Kings 9:15.
"Now this is the way King Solomon conscripted the Labor Corps to build the house of the Lord, his house, the Millo, the wall of Jerusalem, Hazor, Megiddo, and Gezer"
The Holy Bible 1 Kings 9:15
The Solomonic Gate and wall complex at Tel Gezer was the third Solomonic Gate discovered. Scientifically, combined with the discoveries of the Megiddo Gate in the 1930's and the Hazor Gate in the 1950's, the discovery of the city gate of Gezer completed the scientific proof of Solomon's reign with rocks on the ground. It validated the historical basis of the Bible, Torah, and Quran and confirmed the rationale for the state of Israel's existence. It naturally follows that if Solomon really built the three Gates, then he also built the "House of the Lord", and the identical structures indicate one team of master masons. It was the long sought after historical nexus where scientific theory finally validated one critical piece of History sitting at the hinge of western civilization. The Old Testament was indeed written around the same time as the events it describes and is a valid recording of the viewpoints of Iron Age Man ( Archaeological Summary )
"Everything depends on one verse in the Bible,... and that is... 1 Kings 9:15"
Archaeologist Israel Finkelstein
Director of Excavations at Megiddo
"William Holden cries out
"I saw Damians face on the wall"
Seven years after the excavation, in the hollywood horror blockbuster movie "The Omen II", the Solomonic Gate Excavations by Yigael Yadin played a featured role as "Yigael's Wall". In the hollywood reality, Yigaels Wall shows the face of the Anti-Christ . In the real world, the counterpart of movie archaeologist Carl Bugenhagen, is a personal friend.
In the summer of 1971, I was one of the Yigael Yadin's diggers (along with Duane E Smith author of Abnormal Interests Blog / Pictured) laboring in 100+ degree heat, swinging a pick axe, digging for the truth... had Solomon really existed, or was it all fiction. The answer came when my pick axe struck the inside of the stone basin of the structure. It resonated with a thud that rang like a deep throated bell in a sound I will never forget and that all nearby both heard and dramatically reacted to. Salime* raised his fist and shouted Ya heee, Duane exclaimed in an excited shout "That sounds like something !!", Doc Holliday and others immediately crowded around on the balks of the square for a look.
Unrecognized by me at the time, my life changed at that point. A pervasive wildness where the improbable became commonplace took hold. Adventure seemed to be, and was, everywhere. Risk aversion disappeared. Life became defined by a long series of crazy risks, phenomenal circumstances and coincidences that spanned decades. Many of Life's events bewildered me, and particularly in my younger years, often thrilled. Thrills that in time were replaced by intense misgivings and foreboding, and yes wonder, as the meaning became clear.
It is a very long list of events, but still represents only a minority of what has occurred. The intertwining coincidental phenomena clearly defy probability, and as a result, challenge belief. The sum total reflects the text that provides its milieu in detail, from a televised revelations drama at the Election of Pope Benedict, to a violent encounter with John Paul's almost assassin disguised as a Money Changer in the courtyard of the church of Justinian in Istanbul. It includes incidents from a contemporary Holocaust of an entire people (Cambodia) and from their international exodus, replete with its own Moses figure (Jerry Daniels). Even the slaughter of the innocents makes an appearance, and as if to make the point fine, does so on Christmas Day as a witness in the murder of Jon Benet. (I was the guy in the bus station,... and it was John Mark Karr.) The one point I really could have missed in all this, was the murder of my good friend Able Harris by co-Cain crazed James Wallace on Aug 1, 1987 in my presence. That very morning in front of six witnesses he had said to me "I'm Abel like in the Bible, I am my brothers keeper". That very night he was publicly murdered in front of 300 witnesses trying to protect others in a crowded Boston Night Club parable of Cain and Able. But there are also lighter interludes and occasional high humor. All of it is accompanied by numerous,... obvious,... Biblical and Talmudic parallels and replays that inexplicably repeat and inter-relate throughout. In total these factual stories can only be called unusual on a Biblical Scale... especially in combination. The deeper you look, the more interesting, stranger, and darker, it gets.
Some, far from all, of the events are described and documented herein.
The Aftermath: Stories from a Lifetime
Best Read in Top-down order
Mehmet Ali Agca's Prophecy
Witness to Jon Benet's Christmas Murder
Escaping John Wayne Gacy
Able, My Brothers keeper
The Solomon Carter Center Beheading
Blackballed by Whitey Bulger
Penned by a Serial Bomber
The Patenting of Life (and Covid)
The CIA Secret Army in Laos
The Cambodian Killing Fields
Getting Bombed in Beruit
A Cigarette Before Columbine
The Murder of Jean Luc Solomon
Michael's Supertanker
Runs in the Blood (ref)
The Fractured Rock of Ellen's Death
The Roar of the Beast
Solomon's Women
Samson of Ankara
The Face of God
Reading the First Book of Kings
Camping Lionetta
The Two Noahs
The Naming of Hoowith
Nathan R note
Nathan R Note	Announced
Nathan the Prophet addendum
Elliot Nathanson's Solution
The Wooden Gear Party
The Chi-Rho and the Thumbs up
The NYPD and the Firestick Bomb
Manifesto Night
Sins of Sinanan
Don and the Bikers
The Strangeness of it All
Heaven's Silence
Solomonic Artifacts
Photos taken during Hazor 2003 Excavations with archaeologist Dr. Amnon Ben-Tor (featured in "Digging for the Truth") at the Solomonic Gate at Hazor. Amnon was a student under Yigael Yadin and was periodically present during the Solomonic Gate excavation at Tel Gezer in 1971,... and at several of the late night parties that summer at the Gezer High Place. He now runs excavations at the Biblical site... Hazor, and is the current Yigael Yadin professor at Hebrew University in Jerusalem. An utterly honest and honorable man, if a litte blunt :) who called Finkelstein like he saw it,... and he was right, as usual.
Amihai Mazar ends the debate with Carbon 14 at Tel Rehov
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Tel Gezer Database
Solomonic means justice, Wiesenthal means persistence in the pursuit of Justice
In honor of his Memory
and (never again) in support of the Cambodian Wiesenthal's of Today
Footnote - Additional Events yet to be written down: a partial sample for my memory John Moulton's Akron Adventure, R Bud Dwyer's Allegheny Reporter, Solomon's Lamp, Charlies Girl, Damocles and Diane at Kalaelock, Fran Dresher on the Pinball Machine at the scrap bar, Joans Ankle, Spirit in the Sunroof, Crows of the Eve, Chicago Subway Truth, Treadmill Company, Taj Mahal Snapshot, Rings in the Rafters, Mishawaka Tattooed Knuckles, The Naked Truth, The Grave of Tel Gezer, Squeezing with Rob and TL, Two Lights Dancing on the reflecting pool, Singles Weekend at the Holocaust Survivors reunion, Daddy Warbucks, Carrying the Chair, Biblical Passages replay, Crow commentary, The Day Johnny Cash Died, Spring 1956(?) UN Gen Assembly "walk-on debut" trailing rope and harness. Also, It increasingly appears that there is an entire second tier of signs and marks just beyond my view that happen to many people on the periphery of these events which I periodically hear about but have no way of documenting at present.
Solomon's Chariot
*Salime was a bedouin laborer assigned to help us move the dirt, he usually operated the pulley. I have no idea what happened to him after I left the dig, but I expect the story could amaze if it is ever uncovered.
https://kingsolomonsgate-54f87.web.app


One of Microsoft's executives, in an interview, has said that Microsoft bought Mojang with Minecraft to ensure that Minecraft would be around for 100 years or more, to make sure that it becomes a novelty brand in the future, much like Lego.
The Insider Program that we've become so accustomed to even before the launch of Windows 10, has turned 2 years old.
The conflict between Salesforce and Microsoft continues as Salesforce announces it is working to block Microsoft's acquisition of LinkedIn in the EU.
To ensure that Microsoft's latest browser, Edge, follows recommended web standards, as set by the W3C, the company is offering to pay people to find W3C violations through its Bug Bounty program.
That's it for now – keep an eye on WinBeta for the latest Microsoft news.


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"I just wanted to stop"
Kylie Minogue has revealed she had a "nervous breakdown" after splitting with fiancé Joshua Sasse in February last year.
Despite a nearly 20 year age gap -- Minogue, 49, and Sasse, 30, met on the set of US series Galavant in 2015 and hit it off right away. An ensuing whirlwind romance and engagement followed, however it wasn't long before infidelity rumours started to spread that the No Tomorrow actor had grown too close with his co-star Marta Milans, allegedly leading to the couple's separation.
Speaking to The Sunday Times, the Australian singer spoke of how she ran away to Thailand with her girlfriends for six days to recover from the breakup which had left her heartbroken.
"I just wanted to stop," she said.
"I knew I needed to heal my… My physical system was compromised. I think it's called a nervous breakdown."
In the candid interview, the pop star stated that Thailand was a chance to "reclaim myself and get strong and get going", adding that after just six days she felt "absolutely calm".
Breakups are never easy, yet Minogue has managed to keep a positive outlook about the future.
"I went through all the motions of 'this is what people do'," she said to The Sunday Times.
"And it wasn't the right union. I've never been that woman, that girl who dreams of walking down the aisle. You dust yourself off and you go through that period of 'Never again. Not going to do it.'"
Stepping out for a pre-Bafta dinner at Mark's Club in London last night, the tiny pop star looked radiant with a huge smile on her face wearing a gorgeous printed dress and metallic heels.
Meanwhile Minogue's ex-fiancé continues to have problems in the romance department. His most recent bride to be Harriet Collling, 29, who he had started dating not long after his split with the Neighbours star, has called their upcoming wedding off just days before the couple were due to say 'I do'.


This fall, letterman jackets are making a comeback paired with classic flannel shirts and boyfriend jeans or net jerseys and denim overalls.
Nostalgic '90s gear is often paired with current, fresh designer pieces. Picture Rag & Bone jeans and a pair of retro L.E.I. clogs or a mini nylon backpack over a shredded Helmut Lang sweater. Our fashion friends are always looking for the best in designer from Alexander Wang to Jeremy Scott or Margiela to Kenzo. We've seen studded everything! Whether it's your belt, phone case, backpack or headband—there's bound to be some hardware.
Our customers are constantly on the lookout for sturdy leather bags, statement jewelry to knuckle rings and bucket hats. Shoes are always a must from Doc Martens to platform boots to the very popular wedge sneaker. We can't keep these awesome items on the shelf, you heard it here first!


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Context. New model and quantification method of probable and time characteristics of information-control network with carrier sense random multiple access protocol and predicting network load of predictive p-persistent CSMA had been created. The object of the research was the process of information exchange in Fieldbus-networks LonWorks, BacNet with the analyzed protocol.
Objective. The aim of the research is to increase the accuracy of quantitative estimates of the characteristics of time and delivery reliability of information messages in the network with the analyzed protocol.
transmission of information messages over a network with a software communication medium, considering the allocated significant network and protocol parameters. A method for calculating the graph is offered and new analytical relations are obtained to estimate the main model probabilistic and temporal characteristic: the average delay time of message transmission, the average load of the communication channel, the probability of successful/unsuccessful transmission and data loss in the network.
Results. The developed model and method of quantitative assessment of probabilistic and temporal characteristics of data transmission in a network with multiple access protocol predictive p-persistent CSMA. The results are mostly differ from analogs by correct accounting of sporadic and diverse network load by the node delivery services.
Conclusions. The held experiments have confirmed the work capacity of the proposed mathematical support and allow to recommend it for solving the assessment characteristics problems of information exchange in the design of analyzed networks with given probabilistic and temporal characteristics.
protocol model; random multiple access; probabilistic and temporal characteristics; information transmission; industrial network; sensor network; LonWorks; fieldbus; predictive p-persistent CSMA.
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Jewish Population
Approx. 120,000
Staff Serving
History of Chosen People Ministries in Australia
The history of the Jewish people in Australia began with eight Jewish convicts from England, who arrived at Sydney Cove with the First Fleet in 1788. In the years that followed, the British transported a total of 800 Jews to the Australian colonies from the United Kingdom. Australia now has a growing population of Jewish people, which is estimated to be about approximately 120,000 people out of a total population of almost 20 million.
In 1999, Chosen People Ministries partnered with Celebrate Messiah Australia, which was established in 1995 and operates under the direction of founder Lawrence Hirsch.
Celebrate Messiah has been involved in various forms of Jewish evangelism, such as street work and personal ministry. Two Messianic congregations-one for English speakers and one for Russian speakers- also have been planted to meet the needs of the Jewish people who have come to faith through their ministry. Celebrate Messiah's vision is to expand their ministry to reach Jewish people living in all of Australia's major cities.
Celebrate Messiah's Russian Jewish work began in 1997 when Hirsch started a Bible study with one or two Russian Jewish believers. The group grew, and a total of 27 Russian Jews came to faith that year. This encouraging start set the stage for more to come.
Most recently, Celebrate Messiah has also pioneered a new work amongst the Jews of Far East Russia in the region of Birobidzhan, also known as the Jewish Autonomous Region.
Finland/Baltic States