The updating of the Spanish ICTS Map aims to consolidate this map as a tool for long-term planning and development of this type of infrastructure, updating it according to established criteria, with emphasis on quality and scientific-technical and economic sustainability, prioritizing the continuity Of the installations in operation and those that have viable financing scenarios, implementing it jointly with the Autonomous Communities.
This tool also makes it possible to optimally plan the application of national, regional and European funding, in particular FEDER funds from the programming period 2014-2020, aiming to achieve a stable medium-term funding framework to guarantee the achievement of its objectives.
In order to report on the procedure for updating the ICTS Map, a meeting with the directors of the map in force was held on 22 June at the Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness, where NANBIOSIS was present as well. The Secretary General of Science and Innovation, Juan María Vázquez Rojas, opened the day welcoming the directors and thanking them for their presence and collaboration. Subsequently, the Deputy Director General of Large Scientific and Technical Facilities, José Ignacio Doncel Morales, explained the procedure for updating the ICTS Map.
Once this updating procedure is completed, it will be the Council of Scientific, Technological and Innovation Policy, after a report from the Advisory Committee on Unique Infrastructures (CAIS) approving the configuration and composition of the new ICTS Map.
Laura Lechuga, Scientific Director of Unit 4 of NANBIOSIS, is co-author of a new paper published in Scientific Reports. According to Cesar Huertas, co-author of the article, the Gene expression is the process by which information from a gene is converted into a functional product, such as a protein. It is controlled by a complex regulatory network wherein diverse cellular mechanisms enable the cell to respond to its ever-changing environment. One such mechanism is alternative splicing (AS) of mRNA precursors, a particularly flexible regulatory control point where diverse protein isoforms of differing, even opposing, functions are generated. However, these regulation pathways are not without their tripping points; missteps can occur which can sometimes trigger the onset of serious illnesses, including cancer. The good news is that these missteps are reversible, so if we are able to detect them (and we are), we can develop targeted therapeutic responses to treat their precise origin.
Recent research from the ICN2 an CIBER-BBN Nanobiosensors and Bioanalytical Applications group, coordinator of NANBIOSIS Unit 4, has focused on the specific detection of Fas gene isoforms (Fas567 and Fas57), the aberrant splicing of which gene is implicated in tumour growth. Specifically, the overexpression of Fas57 is known to contribute to cancer aggressiveness, making the expression ratio of mRNA Fas isoforms a potential biomarker for the early diagnosis of cancer.
Their work involved adapting the group's label-free bimodal waveguide biosensor for use on long mRNA sequences, in order to detect this expression ratio. The similarity between the two isoforms and the fact that they occur only in very low concentrations in cells meant that the new sensor needed to be both highly selective and extremely sensitive, especially given that the demands of cost- and time-effectiveness warranted a device that required no sample pre-amplification stage.
Following exhaustive analysis and optimisation, the group has achieved a multiplexing nanophotonic biosensor that can detect the two Fas isoforms in parallel at concentrations as low as 580 fM, making it potentially the most sensitive amplification-free device for the analysis of alternatively spliced isoforms developed to date.
Taken as a blood test, this sensor promises a far less invasive diagnostic approach than biopsies in the not too distant future. Its ease-of-use, relative low cost and speed (less than 30 minutes) together would make it attractive for routine use not only in cancer screening, but also for monitoring the progression of cancers already detected and/or being treated, and the follow-up of patients in remission.
Full details on how the group's device was adapted and optimised to this new task can be found in the paper below.
The European Union has selected the projects sponsored by two researchers from Unit 27 of NANBIOSIS: Esther Pueyo, with "PIC", to customize the diagnosis and cardiovascular treatment and Pablo Laguna, with "MY-ATRIA", to improve the early detection of arrhythmias Cardiac. Both projects include massive calculations that will be executed through unit 27 of NANBIOSIS, High Performance Computing.
"MY-ATRIA" / Mutlidisciplinary and training network for Atrial fibrillation monitoring, treatment and progression ", by Pablo Laguna, Professor of Signal Theory and Communication and researcher of the group BSICoS of I3A and CIBER-BBN and Scientific Director of Unit 27 of NANBIOSIS, will affect the early detection of Atrial fibrillation, since it is one of the most frequent cardiac arrhythmias in the adult population. We will study the cellular electrophysiological analysis that leads to the appearance of the arrhythmias so as to be able to design more efficient drugs and to guide the surgeon efficiently in the surgical interventions of ablation of the arrhythmia with minimal affectation on the atrium.
In this project with 3M euros to train 12 researchers, the group will receive 500,000 euros to hire two young pre-doctoral students.
"PIC- Personalized In-Silico Cardiology", obtained by Esther Pueyo, a professor and researcher at the I3A at the University of Zaragoza, who holds a 'Starting Grant', seeks the development of mathematical and computational tools to model cardiovascular physiology in healthy subjects and patients with cardiovascular diseases and evaluate different forms of therapy.
PIC, which will train 15 researchers, has 3.9M euros, of which 250,000 euros correspond to the BSICoS group, coordinator of Unit 27 of NANBIOSIS. The network is coordinated by King's College London and involves seven universities from EU countries as well as nine other non-academic organizations, including IBM, Medtronic and Janssen Pharmaceutica, or John Radcliffe Hospital.
NANOMEDICINE AND FUTURE, explained by Simó Schwartz, Director of U20 of NANBIOSIS.
NANBIOSIS-U20 Scientific Director, Simó Schwartz, speaks about Nanomedicine in an interview publish in http://www.quimicaysociedad.org. NANBIOSIS is an Singular Scientific Technological Infrastructure (ICTS) that provides a complete service for the production and characterization of nanomaterials, biomaterials and systems in biomedicine, including the design and production of biomaterials and nanomaterials and their nanoconjugates, and the characterization of these bio-/nanomaterials, tissues and medicals devices from a physic-chemical, functional, toxicological and biological (including preclinical validation) point of view, focused also on biomedical applications such as: IVDs, biosensors, regenerative medicine, drug delivery, therapeutic agents or MRI contrast agents and medical devices.
Question: First of all, what is meant by nanomedicine?
Answer: Nanomedicine is considered any application of nanotechnology that aims to improve the treatment or diagnosis of a disease. In fact, one of the most important aspects of nanomedicine is to generate drugs with different components whose functions at the nanoscale are different when they are linked to when they are not. This makes the nanomedicines per se have a series of attributions that make, in general, their present use very clear advantages for the treatment with respect to conventional medicines. They are much more effective medicines, focussed on the target cells that are intended to be treated and with many less toxic effects.
For some editions Expoquímia has hosted conferences on this new type of medicine.
Numerous clinical trials are now underway in which the therapeutic efficacy of many nanomedicines is already being tested. Therefore, it is a fast-moving science that is already present in the market. Thus, there are already anti-tumor drugs that are nanomedicines, which have displaced the conventional treatment that was used until recently, for example, in breast cancer. And there are many more that we hope will get into the usual clinical practice in the coming years.
What types of diseases can nanomedicine be applied to? And with what results?
In principle, there is not a single specific prototype of disease in which nanomedicine can be applied or not. Any disease is susceptible of being treated by means of nanomedicine if it is necessary to transport a drug of a specific form to a specific site, reducing the general undesirable effects of medicines and increasing their effectiveness. At the moment, it has been tested that the use of nanomedicines implies a greater therapeutic efficiency to be able to transport more drugs to the places where they are needed and much less to the places to which they should not arrive.
In reality, nanomedicines are drugs that have a specific transport system that makes that medicine instead of circulating freely through the blood is transported in a specific way to a specific site. During that transport, that drug can not act anywhere and, therefore, can not have any kind of adverse effect as if it were for free. And, in this sense, the results are good, as there is more therapeutic indication and much less general toxicity. Thus, in treatments such as cancer, where the drugs are very aggressive and have many adverse effects, nanomedicines compensate in a substantial way.
Do you think that a greater implantation of nanomedicine could eradicate diseases that, today, are incurable?
A disease is incurable because it has no known treatment or because that treatment is not specific enough or has a very narrow efficacy and toxicity index. That is, the therapeutic window is very narrow and per se they are very toxic. In that sense, nanomedicine, by reducing the general toxicity of the drug and being much more specific, can make certain diseases, which today have a low cure rate, improve. But nanomedicine is a specific chemical transport system, which always needs a drug or a molecule, which is the active principle that is, through a mechanism of action determined, to cure that disease. This includes gene therapy.
How can a major use of nanomedicine be encouraged? Is it open to public-private collaboration?
Definitely. Nanomedicines are just new medicines. Therefore, a drug that is effective, based on scientific evidence and medical at the level of clinical practice, will always have a majority use. Consequently, as in any other medicine, public-private collaboration is more than necessary because the amount of investment required to put a nanomedicine in the market is as high as that needed by any other medicine on the market. And today, such partnerships are essential to ensure that these drugs come to term.
Besides the economic aspect, are there other factors that can prevent the expansion of nanomedicine as a treatment?
Like any other medicine, the main problem that nanomedicine has is the high economic cost of its development. It must be borne in mind that it has to go through numerous regulatory phases, demonstrate efficacy and declare that there is no toxicity or an acceptable general toxicity like any other drug. And there the economic aspect is fundamental. In principle, there are no other factors. But it is true that, today, the production process of these nanomedicines is more complicated, since they are formed by several components. And there is no factory that is capable of generating any nanomedicine anywhere. And that is a problem, but at the same time, it represents an opportunity for the pharmaceutical industry.
In this sense, what is the purpose of the Nanomedicine Day that will take place in Expoquimia 2017?
The main objective is to disseminate what nanomedicine represents and means, as well as the therapeutic opportunities it entails,to facilitate the understanding of the difference between a conventional medicine and a nanomedicine, how nanomedicines work and why they are more effective and less toxic and why there is so much interest in developing and using these systems to improve the results of current treatments.
Lastly, shall nanomedicine be the medicine of the 21st century?
Undoubtedly, many diseases will be treated with nanomedicines, since they allow a more effective treatment and with less toxicity.
The results of a research co-led by Ramón Martínez-Máñez, Scientific Director of Unit 26 of NANBIOSIS and CIBER-BBN have been published by Nature Communication last May 30th, showing how to prepare a nanoparticles chemical communication system using lactose. So far, his group had managed to establish communication between three nanoparticles but only in a unidirectional way. "We have managed to get a nanoparticle to send a chemical messenger to the second nanoparticle, who understands the message and sends another chemical messenger back to the first one. Upon receiving it, it performs an action, in this case releasing a dye," explains Martínez-Máñezto Efefuturo.
This is a very important "basic" research due to the lack of proven results at the nanoscopic level. This research is the first step in getting the nanoparticles to work in a collaborative and coordinated way, anticipating a future of intelligent nanoparticle networks and advanced controlled release systems, drugs or complex systems based on nanotechnology.
On June 2, the VI Conference of Young Researchers organized by the I3A at the University of Zaragoza was held, aimed at doctoral students who have as director or co-director an I3A member.
The inaugural lecture was given by José Antonio Sanz Herrera (Professor Contractor Doctor at the University of Seville and who held his doctorate at I3A) who has talked about Multidisciplinary Research as the basis of the young professor in engineering.
After the inaugural conference a first block was opened with four oral presentations, giving way to the poster session and coffee. A second and final block with four oral presentations will be held next.
One of the presentations has been made by the research group that coordinates Unit 13 of NANBIOSIS with the title "3D simulation of intraestromal ring implants for the stabilization of keratoconus". Another of the presentations "Heart Rate Variability Analysis in Risk of Asthma Stratification" was in charge of the Coordinating Group of Unit 27 of NANBIOSIS.


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Ashley Murphy
"Racism is the most serious problem in football today," says former player and now anti-racism campaigner Elliot Paul. "What we need is a solid declaration against racism in sport. Because equal opportunity is not a privilege; it's a human right." The overwhelming majority of football people are on board with this important message. And our unity against racism has led to amazing things on and off the pitch, proving there is more that unites us than divides us. But plenty of work is still needed. In fact, some commentators believe we're only just beginning to tackle the root causes of racism in football. So here's a look at how football has tackled racism so far and what more can be done to kick it out of the game forever.
Celebrating black sporting achievements off the field
Set up in 2008, the Football Black List is an annual award in the UK that highlights black professionals who positively influence society. This year's list featured big-name stars like Marcus Rashford and Ivan Toney. It also honoured black coaches and managers, prominent media personalities such as Alex Scott, and the 'ordinary' people running education and community initiatives, such as 'Show Racism the Red Card' founder Daniel Mills.
Leon Mann, the co-founder of the Football Black List, says, "Black excellence in football is regularly talked about on the pitch - and we want to help highlight the contribution of black leaders off the field in the sport, too. This year's list of influential game-changers is a snapshot of the contribution black communities are making to football."
Smashing the stereotypes
Lazy. Bad attitude. Great athlete, but no 'footballing brain'. These were just a few of the stereotypes levelled at the first black players breaking through into the professional game during the 70s and 80s. And it wasn't just disgruntled 'fans' spreading these discriminatory tropes. It was also some coaches, managers, and chairman. Today, the vast majority of fans and footballing professionals find such ideas abhorrent. And the off-field work of players such as Marcus Rashford and Raheem Sterling has helped create a fairer and more positive image of modern-day black footballers.
However, unconscious bias still has a powerful effect on how black players are perceived. A study by the Danish firm RunRepeat in association with the Professional Footballers' Association (PFA) concluded players with darker skin tones were "significantly" more likely to be "reduced to their physical characteristics or athletic ability." At the same time, those with lighter skin tones were more likely to be praised for their intelligence and work ethic.
Beyond race in football?
Can we ever move past race? Can we have honest discussions without offending each other? Liverpool and England legend John Barnes hopes so. Barnes, who experienced the worst examples of racism in football during the 1980s, offers a counterpoint to the above issue. He shares his vision of a post-racial world in his book, The Uncomfortable Truth About Racism. Barnes addresses the issue surrounding the stereotypical commentary of black footballers, writing that there shouldn't be anything wrong with referring to the physical qualities of black players.
"If you want equality, you have to be treated equally. I completely understand the essence of slavery and going back historically - this is what my book actually talks about, colonialism and slavery, and the legacy of all that," says Barnes. "But look at Wolves winger Adama Traore. He is powerful, and there is nothing wrong with saying he's powerful if he runs past you and pushes you out of the way. You can also add intelligence, but if you don't have to, why do you feel the need to overcompensate for the fact that he's a powerful black man? There's nothing wrong with being a powerful black man. As black people, we don't need to be pandered to. We just want to be seen and treated on our individual merits."
Kicking out racism
In 1991 the Football Offences Act made "indecent or racialist chanting" a criminal offence. It was a landmark step in recognizing and tackling racism in football. But attitudes don't change overnight. There was still widespread racist abuse on terraces during the 90s and a climate of fear prevailed among supporters from ethnic minorities and those living near football grounds.
So realizing that more needed to be done, Paira Powar and Ben Tegg decided to form the anti-racist campaign group Kick it Out. The pair didn't receive much support from senior FA members at the time, which was another clear sign that change was needed. But fast forward almost 30 years late, and Kick it Out is one of the most successful anti-racist organizations in sport. It's been fully embraced at all levels of the game and has many high-profile supporters and patrons. Kick it Out's recent success stories include encouraging the FA to introduce a three-year plan to become more diverse. The FA now aims to have 20% of its coaches from black or minority ethnic backgrounds by the year 2021.
Taking the knee
For many, the decision to take the knee before domestic and international games is an important symbol of unity against racism. In fact, 58% of surveyed fans think taking the knee is "very important" in tackling racism. But some people weren't so keen on the idea. A handful of UK and US politicians called it divisive and gesture politics, while a minority of fans have booed and jeered the gesture. Thankfully, these were drowned about by applause from the rest of the crowd during later games.
Combating online hate
Two years ago, several big-name footballers and pundits took part in a campaign called '#Enough'. It was a 24-hour social media boycott aimed at raising awareness of online hate and racist abuse. But little (if anything) has changed. Several of England's black players were racially abused online after their 2020 European Championship final loss. And for black players such as Troy Deeney, receiving hate-filled messages via Twitter and Instagram is part of daily life. "I get up to 40 racist messages a week," said Deeney in an interview with Sky Sports News. "You can talk about my football as much as you want. I just don't understand why you have to talk about the colour of my skin or try to make me feel less for being an individual of colour."
Now, like many others in and outside the game, Deeney believes social media companies can no longer ignore the sheer volume of cases. As such, he's fully behind new plans for groundbreaking online harms legislation. The new laws, which could come into effect later this year, would make tech companies legally responsible for the online safety of their users. They will also be accountable to a regulator over abusive content. Failure to combat hate on their platforms could lead to massive fines of up to 10% of global turnover and even criminal sanctions for senior executives.
Football unites, racism divides. And as long as we keep working together, we can continue to show that racism has no place in the game we all love.
The Football Business Academy
If you want to tackle racism in football and make the game better for everyone, enrolling in The Football Business Academy (FBA) is a great place to start. The FBA is an ambitious institution offering postgraduate courses tailor-made to help you break into and shape the football industry.
The FBA's Professional Master in Football Business is a 12-month course combining classroom-based and online learning with practical assessments, including a guaranteed placement with a leading football club or organization. All classes are taught in English. By the end of the program, you'll have an in-depth knowledge of the football industry, including what needs to be done to keep the game moving in the right direction for all fans. It's the ideal program for anyone interested in a career in, for example, marketing, public relations, fan engagement, community outreach, or footballing governance -- all fields that are tackling the problem of racism in football.
Zarah Shah graduated on The FBA's most recent class, in Lisbon this summer. With her diverse background and experiences, as well as her lifelong passion for football, she's the perfect person to assess how football has tackled racism and the areas in which we still need to do more.
She grew up in Ireland, with a Pakistani father, and has lived in India and Dubai, as well as representing Pakistan at football. "When I grew up, Ireland was a very white society," she says. "I was the only brown girl in my school. I went to a German school, so there were other nationalities there, so maybe that's why I felt so included. Football was one of those things that made me feel included, so that's another reason why I held onto that so much. I could go through whatever, but on the pitch it's just football. I think that's what football should be and should represent. It doesn't matter who you are, or where you're coming from. It's something that just sparks an instant connection that you can just chat about. It breaks all borders and barriers, and you can connect on that."
"[Racism] exists and has been existing from way back when football began," she adds. "They never allowed Black people to play back in the 1900s, but it's come a long way from then to now. It's a society problem, but football can help tackle that and spread that into the wider society and lead by example. The fact that people are being made more aware and it seems like they're trying to tackle it more, you can report it, police can look into it, clubs can be fined, and fans can be banned. It's something that's been embedded and it's going to take a very long time to change culture. Something has to start from a grassroots level and have a society change."
"So many people say you shouldn't mix sports and political views, but when you have a platform, and you have a voice, and you're going through that kind of thing yourself, you have to be able to use what you can to create awareness, and act on it. How else are people going to know? Then it's highlighted and you start to think about whether you've faced it, or whether you're a racist person and you don't even understand that about yourself. It forces you to think about things...it opens up some food for thought. It's been slow coming, but I feel like there's stuff being highlighted now, in the right ways. At least people are taking notice."
And, with her football ability, becoming joint valedictorian through academic merit of the most recent FBA graduating class, and her plans to work in sports journalism and eventually become a sporting director of a club, Zarah is one of those passionate people making a difference in football.
She was attracted to The FBA as it has a specific focus on football and the curriculum could be fit around her schedule. "I've always wanted to work in football," she explains. "I've been distracted by other things, but my heart has always been in football, that's the only thing that's given me real happiness. Football was the only thing that always made me feel connected and brought me back to life. Playing, watching, supporting, just talking about it, that was literally everything for me."
"I came across The FBA. I spoke for an hour to the admissions counselor, and it sounded like everything I wanted. It's six months online, so I could stay in Dubai, then take the three-month placement, and this would help me figure out which area I'm interested in. I applied for that. And there's a scholarship for women, where they give you 50% off."
Brian Wesaala, who runs the Football Foundation for Africa, is another FBA graduate perfectly positioned to speak about race relations in football across the globe. He played football in Nairobi, Kenya, as well as working in IT. He moved to Geneva, Switzerland, in 2009 and continued to play football, before deciding to pursue it as a career too. In 2018, he came across The FBA and it was "perfect timing."
"Football is one of those platforms where [racism] is magnified," he asserts. "Sports, particularly football, can play a role in reducing these kinds of incidents, especially from concrete measures taken to address what causes systemic racism. For example, making sure there's equal access to opportunities, not only in playing but also in the management of the game."
"Players that move to Europe aren't very well exposed or exposed to racism, and don't know how to react. If you improve the quality of opportunities in Africa, Africans won't have to move out of desperation. They can move out of choice, and then they can speak up about how they should be treated and respected, just like any other player."
Meanwhile, FBA graduate Ayer Leonardo S. de Souza is putting his education on The FBA's Professional Master to good use in promoting equality in society in his coaching of a youth club playing in the MLS Next, the league for Major League Soccer academies throughout the USA.
He says The FBA's Master in Football Business is "very practical" and "very hands on deck", with "a lot of practical interactions and real life scenarios, which felt very interesting." He had the chance to have interactions with pros he grew up watching, and to see stadiums he had always dreamed of visiting. It was "very impactful for my life and my career."
His club have taken "several actions to tackle racism, discrimiation, and implicit bias that's present in the youth sport." They have a list of banned phrases, both in English and Spanish. The list was shared with players, as well as their families. Coaches, directors, and club leadership have also gone through implicit bias and diversity training and Ayer's club has a diversity committee.
"It takes all of us to understand, it takes all of us to play that empathy, it takes all of us to educate ourselves, and be the generation who's going to cut it, so it doesn't pass to further generations," he explains. "Every society that has a history of slavery, particularly the Americas, and coming from Brazil where we were the last country to abolish slavery...it's present. We all must be aware, we all must be educated on it."
"What soccer allows is a common space and a common ground. It's the most popular sport on the planet. We can be from different races, but we have a common connection. What soccer allows is that point of contact that sometimes gets missed. Once you're rooting for the same team, or you're behind the same cause, it's a point of unity that helps you to leave that first perception behind."
FBA Candidates learn from and engage with some of the best in the business. FBA's Professors and Lecturers have years of practical industry experience. They'll share the realities, challenges, and needs of today's football industry. They also use their industry connections to invite guest speakers, giving you an even deeper insight into what it takes to be a successful football executive. Previous guest speakers include former Manchester United striker Louis Saha and sports marketing guru Simon Chadwick.
For more information on how to apply, visit the-fba.com/apply/.
Article written in association with The Football Business Academy.
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After graduating with a degree in English literature and creative writing, Ashley worked as a bartender, insurance broker, and teacher. He became a full-time freelance writer in 2016. He lives and writes in Manchester, England.
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The CLUSIF noted that the year 2013 has seen numerous cybercriminals arrests, especially related to the Anonymous group, " but they have not disappeared: the blows to stop these activities are temporary and closed services reopen in a very short time, "commented the report.
"The methods used by the group were taken and improved by some cybercriminals circles" said the CLUSIF. As 2013 was the "year of decomposition" of such Anonymous system , "the movement became a victim of its own success and opportunists have used the movement as a screen to claim" their actions and "echo the movement codes" explains Fabien Cozic , cybercrime consultant for Lexsi company.
The Anonymous group is as an international movement that wishes to fight for online freedom. It targets both private companies such as Sony, Visa and Amazon and government systems. Last October, 13 alleged members of this group of hackers have been indicted in the United States for a series of attacks against American companies and organizations.


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This years' 100 Mile Canoe Test will be taking place along the River Severn between 25th & 29th May 2018. Open to members of the Young Bristol network, the test offers the opportunity to take on a new personal challenge. Participants call on their skill, determination and stamina to achieve the 100-mile target over four days of paddling. The achievement brings a sense of personal fulfilment that will remain with the individual for life!
Costs are £50pp and includes all equipment, food and accommodation for the duration of the event. Bursaries are available.
Also taking place this summer is the Essex Adventure Weekend. It is an annual event run by Essex Boys and Girls Clubs for our affiliated member clubs which includes Young Bristol.
This year the event runs from 6pm on Friday 15th June to 4pm Sunday 17th June 2018. They will be taking over Stubbers Adventure Centre to run loads of outdoor activities including water sports and camping!
Costs are £50pp and includes all transport, camping equipment, activities and food.
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The Daily Telegraph is calling it "explosive", the SMH has latched onto Gillard calling Bob Carr lazy.
Ray Martin's interview with Julia Gillard is being broadcast on Channel Nine at 7pm tonight (Tuesday), promising bombshell after bombshell and the whole truth. Unlikely!
For the record, I agree with Wayne Swan and Stephen Smith that Rudd had become dysfunctional and needed to be replaced. They say, however, he should have been left in the chair until after the 2010 election, which he would have won. If history had taken that course Gillard would still be prime minister, we'd have the full version of the NBN, Gonski, NDIS and health would be funded into the future and we'd be heading for a surplus. Abbott would be historical detritus.
But that didn't happen and Gillard took over. Then Rudd should have left politics. If so, Gillard would still be PM we'd have the NBN, Gonski etc etc.
Given that Rudd didn't go away, early in 2013 after it became clear that Gillard couldn't show her face in Western Sydney, she should have resigned for the good of the party. Probably we'd still have Abbott as PM, but it would have been the honourable thing to do.
But what happened happened and we as Australians have to come to terms with it. The way we, the media, the Abbott led Opposition and yes, Kevin Rudd treated Julia Gillard is simply not acceptable in a mature, civilised society. We are all implicated in some way.
That's why I'll be watching. The wound is still open.
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Rudd while having a good brain was always handicapped by his giant ego. The 'gonski' recommendations should have been implemented in the first term, because it was obvious as to what the 'problem' was but Rudd didn't have the belief or the bottle to do just that.
Thanks for your perceptions, wpd. I'd say you were in a position to know.
I thought Ray Martin did well and Gillard also acquitted herself well.
From the interview and Swan's book it looks as though Rudd was at least in control of the leaks during the 2010 election. If so, I'd agree with Swan, leaking against your own party during an election is unforgivable.
I think it's well enough established now that Rudd's style was quite unsuitable for a PM. Swan says in effect that from about three weeks before the Copenhagen climate conference in 2009 Rudd was on another planet.
wpd: I choose to disagree in part.
Rudd's whopping big ego was merely a shield, a necessary shield. He was an Outsider with talent in a relatively stable organization where almost everyone played the Faction Game – and it was and still is a Game where everyone plays at politics instead of working at politics.
All the players expend so much of their time and effort playing the Game that the ALP has abandoned any claims it had to being The Opposition; they have surrendered or chucked away that task and The Greens have picked it up.
Rudd was doomed from the start; organizations like that hate and fear Outsiders with talent, especially if such an odd-man-out demands reform and demands that everyone work the same hours and under the same stresses as do many ordinary workers in 21st Century Australia. I'm amazed that he managed to get as far as he did.
Unfortunately, I missed the Gillard interview. That doesn't matter at all because the Ministry Of Truth will tell me what to think about various snippets taken out of context and explained for us proles and boagans.


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'Going Everywhere' in Local Libraries
Public libraries offer a variety of summer programs.
This bulletin board at Patrick Henry Library displays the summer reading program theme: "Reading takes you everywhere." Photo by Carlyn Kranking/The Connection
By Carlyn Kranking/The Connection
The room smells of popcorn, but it isn't a movie theater – it's a public library. Patrick Henry Library Youth Services Assistant Erin Guyer wears a tiara as she tidies the room after the summer's first family movie matinee.
"Today we had Beauty and the Beast," Guyer said. "The original – because I'm sorry, but Emma Watson is Hermione."
This summer, public libraries will put on a variety of programs for children, teens and adults that include movies, storytimes, music and animals in the library.
"It's to get the library seen as more of a community center," said Alicia Rocconi, Youth Services Manager at Patrick Henry Library. "It's another way to just get people in so they can become familiar with the library itself and not see it as so intimidating."
Though many events are directed at younger children, there is plenty of teen programming as well. The "Life Hacks Series" at Patrick Henry Library teaches teens skills that include meditation, interviewing, dating and personal safety. There will also be a Triassic World Escape Room at the end of the summer in which participants imagine they are in a "Jurassic Park"-like scenario and must find a sedative to calm the dinosaurs. There are different time slots for families and teens.
Guyer said these programs give teens the chance to experience the library in an atypical way.
"You don't think, 'Okay, I'm going to go eat Laffy Taffy, play board games and read manga in the library,'" Guyer said. "You wouldn't think about having to figure out how to calm dinosaurs in the library."
THE LIBRARIES also have a program called the Summer Reading Adventure to encourage reading outside school. Between June 15 and Sept. 1, children and teens can participate in the program to earn a coupon booklet as a prize. Babies through third graders must read or have read to them 15 books, fourth and fifth graders must read 10, and sixth through twelfth graders must read five theoretically longer books to earn the prize.
According to Rocconi, summer reading helps prevent the "summer slide," which is when kids lose skills over the summer, since school is not in session.
"There's such a long time that schools are off," Rocconi said. "[Reading] just kind of helps [kids] to keep their skills up… so that when they go back to school they don't have to relearn a little bit of what they learned last year."
This summer's reading program theme is "reading takes you everywhere." At the Oakton branch, that theme is seen through library decorations.
"When the kids come in to get their reading logs, they'll see the check-in station as if they were going to an airport," Oakton Branch Manager Lisa Kern said. "We have a play airport for the kids to also get them excited about the theme. We have pictures of different countries, postcards; we have our Oakton International Airport signs up."
OAKTON LIBRARY and Patrick Henry Library joined the Chantilly, City of Fairfax and Tysons-Pimmit regional libraries this summer in a library passport challenge – if children present their library passport at any of these five branches, then they will receive a stamp as though it were international travel. If a child earns all five stamps, they will be entered into a lottery for a prize.
Kern said her favorite part of the summer reading program is seeing the kids' excitement as they complete their reading logs.
"They get excited to sign up, they get excited to tell us what book they've been reading – they're just so proud," Kern said. "We love making a big deal with every single kid, because they're so happy, and so we're so happy."


Jerry, thanks again for fulfilling a dream of a lifetime for my dad and myself, The six point bulls that we took were incredible, and the 5X5 that my superintendent Gary took will be a treasured memory for many years to come.
As you know taking a trophy bull has been a lifetime dream of my dads, a dream that he and I have persued togeather for many unsuccesful years. At 72 years of age my dad was beginning to think that he may be running out of chances to fulfill this dream.
When we decided to book this trip to a private ranch, we really didn't know what to expect, but what we found was a hunters paradise, the accomadations were outstanding, the surroundings were so peaceful and relaxing that we hated to leave, the weather was perfect, the guides were great, and the hunt was awsome.
We can't thank you enough for your hospitality and friendship, We wish you great success with your incredible ranch, and we hope to return soon for another great hunt, or maybe just to visit and enjoy the peaceful surrinity of the ranch."
Hi, my name is Bart Grove. For the last 12 years I have been the owner and operator of True Grit Safaris in South Africa. I was born and raised in South Africa and have been hunting here for the last 35 years.
On my last marketing trip in February to the States, my wife and I were invited to visit Jerry Rush on our way to Texas. He is the owner of Sycamore Springs Ranch in Oklahoma. One of the nicest Lodges and surroundings that I have ever seen.
On arrival we had beautiful 50-degree weather. Jerry suggested we do some hunting for wild boar the next morning. Being from Africa and all the hunting I have done, from the Big Five to the Small Five and including all the cats, hunting wild boar did sound a bit different. I have done some Bow Fishing with Jerry in the past which I found very exciting, so putting my trust in him for a fun time took no effort.
Getting up the next morning we were greeted with 6" of snow and really cold weather. Now that is not fun for an African. I mean if a Warthog doesn't like snow why would a wild boar? Jerry convinced me to give it a try. He rigged me out with some snow cammo, a perfect fit compound bow and Matt my guide. After sighting the bow in, in the beautiful indoor shooting rage we then departed for a hunt of a lifetime.
On entering the preserve we immediately spotted a couple of boars in the distance. Adrenalin rush isn't the word and I didn't even notice the cold. Jerry and Matt decide that much bigger trophies are around and we pushed on. We spotted another group and Matt and I went to investigate. Nothing like hunting Africa, there was white stuff everywhere. I had so much fun stalking those creatures that at one stage I was smack in the middle of the group. Time was running out. We decided to head back to the first group of boars and started to track them down. Jerry spotted two big male's tracks and the chase was on. After about a mile we spotted one nice tusker. I stalked up to it and stood on full draw for a few seconds, which felt like minutes, waiting for the perfect shot. Jerry and Matt did educate me on the shoulder shield these animals' possess. On release, the arrow was perfectly placed to miss the shield and penetrated through the vitals. The boar went a mere 80 yards and dropped dead.
Upon returning to the main lodge, Jerry and Matt professionally caped my trophy out for shipment to the Taxidermist. They also removed the tender loins, so that we could have a taste of our trophy.
That evening Jerry's chef prepared the boar in four different Mexican ways. Unbelievable stuff.
The best hunt I ever had. Jerry, Matt, We Will be back in August.
A Cow Elk Hunt on Sycamore Springs Ranch: Where do I start?
With the thrill of the hunt, the generosity of the host, the fantastic guide, the breathtaking lodge and facilities, the beauty of the land, either way, it was a trip I will not soon forget. I look forward to the opportunity to go again.
I took my son, Dakota, to hunt a ram at Sycamore Springs Ranch. We spent several hours stalking the animal when finally, he made a beautiful very difficult shot with his bow and took the ram. As we went over to retrieve the ram, Dakota looked up and said, 'Dad, this is the best day of my life!'.
We can't wait to come back to hunt and create more memories at Sycamore Springs Ranch!
I was lucky enough to go on a hunt at Sycamore Springs Ranch, and I harvested a nice Ram with my bow and arrow. Located in the heart of Green Country, the Ranch has beautiful cabins and a wonderful lodge.
The host and hunting guide were great. I plan on going back.
Your ranch is a very impressive place. The main lodge and log cabins really add to the outdoor atmosphere, they are really nice. The ranch has a peaceful setting that anyone would enjoy. If you want to get away from your worries of the daily grind, this is the place to go.
I look forward to my next chance to visit again. Thanks for the great hunt!!


30 blinded randomized controlled trials evaluating the use of hyaluronic acid injections in comparison to a placebo injection in patients with knee osteoarthritis were included in this systematic review and meta-analysis. The objective of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to compare the efficacy and safety of hyaluronic acid injections across different dosing regimens. At 3 months, data were available for 2-4 injection and 5+ injection groups. The 2-4 injection groups demonstrated significantly lower pain scores compared placebo (SMD -0.76 p<0.00001), while the 5+ injection groups did not demonstrate significantly lower pain compared to placebo (SMD -0.20; p=0.09). At 6 months, both the 2-4 injection group (SMD -0.36; p=0.008) and 5+ injection group demonstrated significantly lower pain compared to placebo (SMD -0.18; p=0.04). The single injection groups did not significantly reduce pain compared to placebo at 6 months (SMD -0.04; p=0.67). When looking at the incidence of adverse events, only the 5+ injection group demonstrated a significantly greater incidence compared to placebo (RR 1.67; p=0.02).
Were the search methods used to find evidence (original research) on the primary question or questions stated?
Was the search for evidence reasonably comprehensive?
Was the bias in the selection of studies avoided?
Were the criteria used for assessing the validity of the included studies reported?
Was the validity of all of the studies referred to in the text assessed with use of appropriate criteria (either in selecting the studies for inclusion or in analyzing the studies that were cited)?
Were the methods used to combine the findings of the relevant studies (to reach a conclusion) reported?
Were the findings of the relevant studies combined appropriately relative to the primary question that the overview addresses?
Were the conclusions made by the author or authors supported by the data and or analysis reported in the overview?
How would you rate the scientific quality of this evidence?
Injection therapies are a prominent topic in research of knee osteoarthritis treatment. Viscosupplementation with intra-articular injection of hyaluronic acid remains one of the most researched and controversial methods of treatment. There is a debate as to whether the number of HA injections administered significantly influences efficacy.
In the treatment of knee osteoarthritis, is there a significant difference in effect on pain between single injection, 2-4 injection, and 5+ injection protocols when compared to placebo saline?
MEDLINE, EMBASE, and PubMed were searched for relevant articles published up to February 26, 2016.
Full search strategies for each database can be found in the online appendix of the full publication.
Eligibility criteria included: a randomized controlled trial design; allocation of patients to the administration of either intra-articular hyaluronic acid or intra-articular saline; blinded administration and assessment; reported outcome related to pain; and published in English. Search and selection were performed in duplicate.
Data extraction was performed by one reviewer, and cross-checked for accuracy by a second reviewer.
Statistical analyses were performed using Review Manager software (RevMan 5.3). Standardized mean differences were calculated for continuous outcomes (ie. pain), with 95% confidence intervals. Risk ratios were calculated for dichotomous outcomes, with 95% confidence intervals. Analyses were categorized by the number of injections administered, either as 1 injection, 2-4 injections, or 5+ injections.
Only data on 2-4 injection and 5+ injection groups were available at 3 months. The 2-4 injection groups demonstrated significantly lower pain scores compared placebo (6 studies; SMD -0.76 [95%CI -0.98, -0.53]; p<0.00001), but 5+ injection groups did not demonstrate significantly lower pain compared to placebo (3 studies; SMD -0.20 [95%CI -0.43, 0.03]; p=0.09).
At 6 months, 2-4 injection groups (10 studies; SMD -0.36 [95%CI -0.63, -0.09]; p=0.008) and 5+ injection groups demonstrated significantly lower pain compared to placebo (6 studies; SMD -0.18 [95%CI -0.35, -0.01]; p=0.04); single injection groups did not significantly differ in pain scores to placebo (2 studies; SMD -0.04 [95%CI -0.20, 0.13]; p=0.67).
The incidence of adverse events did not significantly differ between 1 injection groups and placebo (4 studies; RR 1.22 [95%CI 0.85, 1.75]; p=0.28), and 2-4 injection groups and placebo (4 studies; RR 0.97 [95%CI 0.86, 1.08]; p=0.57); 5+ injection groups demonstrated a significantly higher incidence of adverse events compared to placebo (5 studies; RR 1.67 [95%CI 1.09, 2.56]; p=0.02).
In knee osteoarthritis treatment, two to four IA HA injections demonstrated effective pain reduction compared to placebo at 3 and 6 months, without a significant increase in the rate of adverse events. Single IA HA injection did not reduce pain compared to placebo after 6 months, and while five or more IA HA injections demonstrated significant pain reduction compared to placebo at 6 months, they were also associated with a significantly greater incidence of adverse events.
The results of this study suggest that, currently, the most optimal IA HA injection protocol for knee osteoarthritis is 2-4 injections, given the balance between both efficacy and safety measures. Nonetheless, direct comparisons are required between different numbers of injections, as well as on subgroups of particular IA HA product characteristics, such as molecular weight and crosslinking.
at what time intervals best ?
Weekly injections for 5 wks gives better relief for my patients. Single injected patients c/o pain after a few months.


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Some Thoughts about Temple Runs
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JCW555
Watched all 120 episodes, been a fan since 2001.
Re: Some Thoughts about Temple Runs
^ I don't consider Jammin John overrated either. Yes, he hesitated in the Shrine of the Silver Monkey a little, but this was the VERY FIRST temple run, so I can overlook it. I honestly think Jammin John is in my top 20 players of all time (if I was ever to create such a list), and deservedly so.
Favorite season of Legends of the Hidden Temple: Season 2, Followed By Season 3, Then Season 1
Favorite episodes of Legends of the Hidden Temple: Lucky Pillow of Annie Taylor, Mussel Shell Armor of Apanuugkpak [Apanukpak], John Sutter and the Map to the Lost Gold Mine, Lost Hornpipe of the Pirate Captain, Enormous Iron Nose Ring of Babe [the Ox], Lawrence of Arabia's Headdress, Applewood Amulet of Emiliano Zapata, Much Heralded Helmet of Sir Gawain, Jeweled Scabbard of Sforza, Lion Headed Bracelet of Chandragupta, Secret Map of the Bandit Queen, Galileo's Cannonball, Jewel-Encrusted Egg of Catherine the Great, Metal Beard of the Egyptian Queen, Snakeskin Boots of Billy the Kid, Levitating Dog Leash of Nostradamus, Ruby Earring of Benzibab, Milk Bucket of Freydis, Lucky Medallion of Atocha, Collar of Davy Crockett.
Quote from: JCW555 on April 28, 2014, 10:28:44 PM
^ I can too. Plus season 1 had the most layout changes on the show, so I can forgive any season 1 contestants (except for John and Tia from Golden Cricket Cage of Khan, and the Keys to the Alhambra kids. Idiots ).
I never understood how they got through that season with all the changes. But yeah, the layouts were really inconsistent in Season 1. One episode could have a piss easy layout (Buddha) while another episode from the same day is next to impossible (Stone Marker). Plus, half of the layouts were broken too. As much as runs like Lost Logbooks suck, they also had production errors and dead ends that were ridiculous.
Quote from: Purple Parrots Fan on April 28, 2014, 10:29:49 PM
To quote TRJ here:
Quote from: The Red Jaguars on April 28, 2014, 10:24:57 PM
Jammin John was great all day. His team was first in the moat, first in the Steps, won 1.5 Pendants in the temple games, and the temple run was a solid effort. I don't expect him to be as fast as Zac or Gator. Hell, give Gator or Zac the Galileo layout, and I am sure they would struggle in a couple of places because they would have no idea how the temple worked either. Not to mention, then an earlier temple runner coach Zac before he appeared in the Bandit Queen?
I can give players like Jammin John and Jennifer (Lost Gold Mine) a break because their runs were so early on in the show. To expect them to know the temple like the back of their hand is asking for way too much. If they were later season contestants, I might not cut them a break. But then again, they probably wouldn't make those mistakes in later seasons.
Exactly. You can't expect Jammin Jon' and Jennifer from John Sutter to have the whole temple memorized. Since this was still WAY early on in the show. Obviously this is a new show for both contestants and the whole production crew itself. Jammin' Jon was an excellent player all day. I think it's exaggerating honestly to call Jammin' Jon "he most overrated player ever." If anything, he doesn't get enough credit for what he does. Galileo was a great way to start the show off and I'm glad they won.
And PS, Josh from Dead Man's Hans was supposedly Zac's "coach" when Zac went to try out for Season 3.
I definitely think that is kind of exaggerating to call him the most overrated player ever. I can understand someone not liking Galileo's run due to how quirky and "off-beat" it felt, but that shouldn't take away from John's performance. The whole episode and run was successful in my eyes, and the little quirks is what makes it memorable. This is why I love Galileo and Map to the Lost Gold Mine. No one will ever change my opinion on those runs.
And I thought it was Dead Man's Hand Josh. Poor guy, if he appeared in a later season, he would not doubt have more success. I have no problems with him or Sarah at all. Dead Man's Hand was another broken layout.
I agree TRJ, Jammin' Jon and Jennifer are great players, and they deserve the praise they get. It's over exaggerating to call Jammin' Jon overrated because like I said, he really isn't talked about at all. And frankly, he should be, and he should be recognized more.
Yeah, no one ever talks about Jammin John's performance at all. This is not a recent trend and it has always been like that. Which is unfortunate, because he was a strong player all day in the temple. I would be more than glad to give John the praise he deserves. Like I mentioned, I always liked Jammin John and Galileo's win since day one. It has always been my all time favorite Silver Snakes episode and win and it will always be that way.
I agree, even exciting runs like Bandit Queen and hell even Sultan Saladin don't hold a candle to Galileo. Don't get me wrong, Bandit Queen and Sultan Saladin were great runs, but Galileo is extra special since that was THE first temple run ever. And the way Jammin' Jon handled his long path was honestly, very impressive for a first ever temple run. I mean, look at how shoddy the production was on the first ever episodes taped. Dead Man's Hand was completely unwinnable due to a broken layout, and Belshazzar couldn't even film their temple run in S1L1 due to time constraints. Jammin' Jon called himself the "anchor" before the temple run started, and he lived up to that name like no other. Even Jennifer (his partner, there were so many Jennifer's on the show), did an alright job in her time in the temple. She looked a little lost, but my point again is, it was the first temple run ever. Obviously not everyone is gonna know where to go. Good thing Jammin' Jon was there to bail her out, both encouraging her from the sidelines, and to run through the temple after she was captured. I'd much rather see him in the temple than say, the Genghis Khan team or the Geronimo team. If anything, Jammin' Jon is underrated.
Am I the only one that never felt sorry for Brian and Irish during the Bent Shaving Pan run? I remember in the past that people would actually praise Irish and felt sorry for her because of the one room away guard. And Brian got a free pass too because he had little time to make progress. I'm sorry, but I never liked the Bent Shaving Pan run. Irish was way too slow to be a frontrunner. She wasted time in nearly every room she entered. Plus, making it 30 seconds away from the artifact is not impressive. Brittany from Pytheas took a longer path and got removed from the Shrine with much more time than Irish. But everyone criticizes her for moving slow. And Brian has no excuse for not making progress either. Look what Elisa and Katie from Imperial Wizard did with their little time? I hate the Bent Shaving Pan run.
YES, me too! I seriously can't believe people would defend this team, especially Brian. I'm sorry, but Brian deserves all the criticism he gets, and I'll never have any sympathy for him. I don't care if you had under 30 seconds left on the clock. You have to at least TRY to make an effort to speed up. All he did was cluelessly walk through the temple, are you expecting me to take him seriously after seeing that? Imagine if he went into the temple first instead of Irish. She'd never have a chance to enter thanks to Brian. And what irks me the most is that all this Brian defense came out of nowhere. I mean, nobody used to talk about Bent Shaving Pan at all. Partly because it never aired on Nick Gas. But all of a sudden, we're all supposed to feel bad for Mr. Slowpoke here? I also hate Bent Shaving Pan, this is one of the worst, most filler episodes ever, and it is forgettable in every single aspect. I remember more about Stone Marker than I do of this episode. How is Brian "not that bad" again? How is he a "great player" here? Aside from being compared to Brittany from Pytheas, Brian was compared to Randy from Metal Beard once. Apparently Randy is a worse player because "she took 30 seconds to reach the Dark Forest too." Umm, what?!
Seriously? Do some people pick random contestants out their ass and try to compare them to ones that we try to criticize? outer space use to do that all the time. Like in one of the old elimination threads, he compared Jason from Nostradamus to Jarrid from Pirate Captain. How are they even are a like? As for Bent Shaving Pan, it is extremely boring and mediocre all the way though. I fell asleep almost when reviewing it. Apparently there was a tiebreaker in this episode? And I didn't even remember this episode existed until it was brought up in the poll today for the "Best Episode by Production Day" thread. I will take Stone Marker any day over Bent Shaving Pan. At least Keeli and Chris have an excuse for their poor temple progress. Brian was a waste of space and he deserves to get maligned as much as Dana and Lauren. In fact, I would put Bent Shaving Pan on my black list with the other crappy episodes that day like Xerxes and Snow Cone.
Yes, I wish I was making that up. Though I don't think it was outerspace who said it. Seems to be a recurring theme, that doesn't always happen on YouTube. It's like people are purposely trying to pick reasons to hate any contestant just to make their favorites look better. And just for the sake of hating a contestant for no reason. Like Jennifer from Melted Head. People hate on her just because she shouted at her partner. Like she was the only contestant to do that. First she's criticized for her shouting, and now people want to claim "oh, her and her partner had no chemistry." That to me is just grasping at straws, just for the same of not liking someone. And while we're on the subject of both Jennifer AND Brian, people hate on Jennifer and say "she didn't pull her weight" and "she only made it far because the top floor was accessible to her." What difference does that make? Even if she HAD to climb walls, she would've far and beyond did a MUCH better job at it than Lauren and Dana put together. Both Jennifer and Brian had under 40 seconds left on the clock by the time they entered the temple. Yet Jennifer gets maligned for it, but Brian gets nothing but praise. And like you said above, look at how well Elisa and Katie from Mystical Spellbook did in what little time they had. Neither player had any excuse for losing. I don't care what was left on the clock. Jennifer was MUCH faster than Brian and even her own partner Nicholas. At least she almost assembled the monkey in time. Brian just does a Sunday stroll through the temple. Damien from Lost Whale Bone wasn't even that bad. Anyone who can defend Bent Shaving Pan AT ALL must not have seen the episode enough, or really just don't know what really makes a bad player. I admit, I never use to think much of Bent Shaving Pan when I first saw the temple run and eventually full episode. I didn't hate or love it, I was just indifferent. But nowadays, I absolutely hate the episode. At least Stone Marker had something going for it, the Blue Barracudas with the same last name, and Keeli's hysterical screaming. Bent Shaving Pan.... well, it had a tiebreaker. And the same temple game sequence as Xerxes. But nope, I've got nothing.
I can't believe I forgot about Jennifer from Madame Tussaud. I never had a problem with Jennifer ever since I first watched her episode. She was a good player in her episode and much better than Nick. She may have screamed at Nick, but can you blame her? The kid was wasting too much time pulling on the same vines and putting himself in the wrong armor. Plus, he moved so slow in the temple too. By the time she entered, there was no hope at winning. And with her little time, she actually made some progress. First, she cleverly avoided the central shaft and cut straight into the King's Storeroom (something Nick failed to do). Secondly, she almost finished the Silver Monkey before time was up. I don't really mind if people don't think that she is nothing special. But to compare her to Dana and Lauren? Those two were a waste of space. I can guarantee that if Jennifer went into the temple first, the Madame Tussaud run would've more successful. Even if she chose to go up the central shaft like her partner.
And I don't blame you for being indifferent to the Bent Shaving Pan run. I probably felt like that when I first watched it myself. But then people started feeling sorry for Brian and Irish and that is when I started hating it. This is an episode that will go on my blacklist because there is nothing special about it. Bent Shaving Pan also kind of reminds me of Attila the Hun. People feel sorry for Rachelle because of the long path she had to take. Yet, she moved way too slow as a frontrunner. Unlike Bent Shaving Pan though, I actually don't have a problem with Attila the Hun. Will I go back and watch it? Definitely not. But I can show some sympathy for Rachelle. She had a little bad luc with her path.
Yeah, even if Jennifer DID mean anything mal intended with her shouting, can you blame her? Nicholas was moving like a slow moving rock in the temple. He pretty much ruined the whole temple run. By the time Jennifer went inside the temple, victory was impossible by then. I always thought Jennifer was just over excited, if anything I thought she was more encouraging to Nicholas in a way. There's a difference between shouting words of encouragement, and shouting words of frustration. Lauren and Dana were in the latter category. Unlike Jennifer, Lauren and Dana made ZERO progress in the temple, when they hypocritically shouted at their respective partners from the sidelines. Yes victory was hopeless for the Bent Shaving Pan team by the time Irish was taken out. But you have to at least TRY to make up for some time. You're totally right that this run would've turned out A LOT better if Jennifer had gone in first instead. Hell I think it even might've been a solo victory had she gone in first instead. Then people wouldn't think she was this horrible person.
And I totally agree that I didn't start hating Bent Shaving Pan until people completely out of nowhere starting defending Brian. It literally came out of nowhere. I just don't see how we went from thinking nothing of Brian, to defending him and suddenly we're "hating on him too much." I might even skip over that episode too with all the re watching of episodes I've been doing. And I agree about Rachelle from Golden Goblet too. People feel sorry for her too because she both moved too slow, and had a hard layout. But at least Rachelle knew somewhat what she was doing. And she did have a valid excuse for losing, her layout was hard. I feel sorry for Rachelle a little bit, but not by much. Plus, nobody talks about her THAT much anyways. Probably because Golden Goblet is also a forgettable episode, just like Bent Shaving Pan. But there's nothing remarkable about Bent Shaving Pan whatsoever. It's funny how it had all three temple games in common with Xerxes, which totally helps it case.
These are the second runners that do not deserve sympathy for making little progress:
- Jessica (Lost Fountain of Youth)
- Roberto (Leonardo Da Vinci)
- Rinette (Mata Hari)
- Dana (Smashed Printing Plate)
- Lauren (William Tell)
- Brian (Bent Shaving Pan)
Anyone I am missing? I know I am probably overlooking a couple, but none of these players deserve sympathy. They actually had enough time to do something, but totally blew it. This worst offender is Lauren.
I agree with all except Roberto. I know he made some weird moves in the temple, but he was more unremarkable than he was bad. I don't know, I feel like if Roberto is on this list, so should Chris from Stone Marker. I mean, didn't he try to enter the Bamboo Forest himself when time ran out? =/
Oh yeah, I forgot about Chris entering the Bamboo Forest. And we were just talking about Stone Marker's run. Maybe I would include both Roberto and Chris as an honorable mention. The reason I mentioned Roberto was because:
1.) He never tried all three tongues in the Gargoyle Room. (Even though this was a clever move and the Trouble Bridge probably would've opened)
2.) He put himself in the giant wheel when he didn't need to.
But both players had impossible layouts, so maybe I should just leave them off the list.
Probably not a bad idea. Otherwise, I agree with all the rest of them. Especially Jessica from Ponce de Leon. That girl kept going between the Observatory and the Treasure Room for no reason. Is she trying to recreate Cricket Cage here, entering all the same rooms? That's a contestant I don't know why people defend. But I guess just because "she was fast" and "didn't have a lot of time," she gets a free pass.


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It is a warm and sunny day and I find myself sitting on a beanbag in a light and airy room in a small Oxfordshire village. I have come here to take part in the second of four Pesso Boyden experiential days and, although I have been to one training day already, I am not sure I am quite aware of what is about to happen to me. I have signed up for these days because I want to explore a new form of therapy. Although Pesso Boyden – which originated in New York by two dancers Albert Pesso and Diane Boyden – was created as a system a few decades ago, it is relatively new to the UK.
What Albert Pesso saw with his dancers was how they could reach a certain standard of dance yet something was holding them back. He begun to wonder if it was an emotional block rather than just physical that prevented them from reaching a higher level. He then created a system in which the participants could find a physical experience of past painful events and then, through re-experiencing them but having a 'different' more positive version of past events, these traumas would lessen in their hold and effect.
Over the past few weeks, I have seen this in action. Through what Al Pesso called 'structures', I have watched other participants curl in to balls and cry. I have watched a range of deeply emotional reactions come to the fore – there's been crying, wailing, laughter, joy. It has left me feeling moved and somewhat nervous all at the same time.
While I am keen on doing my own structure, I am worried about what might 'come up' for me.
Yet I have always been fascinated in how we hold difficult and desperate emotions in our bodies. In my own clinical practice, I see emotional trauma express itself through physical problems on a regular basis. There is the man, traumatised by divorce, who couldn't cry and had a HUGE stye in his eye. There is the woman whose husband and mother had died very recently and within months of each other who said she felt 'paralysed' by grief and was actually paralysed down her right hand side.
Sometimes people find it very difficult to think about or get anywhere near accepting that their body is holding their trauma.
It is even more difficult to ponder on the fact that, by re-experiencing something, we may go some way in shifting it. But, what has come obvious to me, is that we all have 'gut' feelings and, when I pay attention to what is going on in my body, I often feel a pain/nausea/unease in my stomach. It is there with me much of the time – this feeling of fear, dread, anxiety, abandonment.
This is why I am now sitting opposite my Pesso Boyden trainer. Her role is to take me to the place where this ill-feeling resides. She does this by asking me questions and using a range of props as 'placeholders'. She puts in front of me some stones and shells and various other bits of coloured ribbons. As I talk about people such as my mother and father, she asks me to choose an object to represent them. Pretty soon I have a range of shells, stones and ribbons in front of me representing friends and family and what they mean to me.
While I am talking, the trainer is watching me very carefully. She comments on what is going on in my body, saying things like, "a witness can see how happy you look when you talk about your husband." In this technique, the word 'I' is not used by the trainer – this is because the concept of being 'witnessed' can be very validating and it also makes it less about the trainer and more about the whole group witnessing what is going on.
Somehow – and I am not sure how this happens – we end up with my issues around my father and how he left my family when I was young without saying goodbye. When we get to this place, she notices I give a big sigh. I tell her I am tired of talking about this. I have had years of therapy and have explored this early abandonment in numerous sessions. However, the trainer asks if I would like to 'role' people up. This is another element of the Pesso Boyden experience. People in the group take on roles such as 'ideal mother' and 'ideal father'. They then follow the script set out by the trainer, sometimes saying words or holding the client. It depends on what the trainer thinks the client might need.
In my case, we agree that I would like two members of the group to take on being my 'ideal' parents. The trainer places them where she thinks it is best for me, close but not overwhelmingly so.
Suddenly, as my 'ideal' father gazes at me lovingly, I feel the horrible sensation in my stomach again. It grips me, a spasm of pain. I bend over and a helpless, furious noise comes out of me, right from the bottom of my belly. It's like a howl and a yell and it sounds abandoned and angry all at the same time.
My 'ideal' father is given words to speak, how, if he was my father, he would never have left me.
That is it for me. I cannot help myself. I am howling and yelling and crying all at the same time. I have no idea how long this goes on for, time seems to amass in to one long unbroken continuum. All I am aware of is this pain in my stomach and my 'ideal' parent speaking tender, kind reassuring words to me. Then, as fast is the pain comes, it subsides. I go from being tearful and distressed to calm and quiet.
The trainer gradually brings my 'structure' to a close. It turns out it has taken two whole hours. She asks me how I feel and I have to be honest. I am exhausted and a bit shaken.
When I get home that night, I just want to go to bed and I sleep very deeply.
But, for the next few days, I think about what has gone on. The idea is that, by using objects, I get a sensory feeling for who is in my life and what they mean to me. The experience of the 'ideal parents' means that, on some level, I have had a totally different experience to the one I actually did have of my childhood abandonment. It doesn't change what actually happened, but the idea is that my body has 'felt' what it is like to have an alternative version or body memory of those traumatic events. I have experienced what it would have been like if my father had been 'ideal' and not left. It is a difficult system to understand, but I do sort of get it.
Has it made a difference? I am not sure as yet. I do know that I am now far more able to recognise this horrible feeling in the pit of my stomach and calm it down. That, in itself, is a huge step forwards. There is more to be done here, I feel, but I am interested in what the final two sessions will bring up.


TnS Breakfast Club - Children can arrive from 8:00 am.
We have listed the key information and dates to help you with the organisation of the school week at home.
Reception - PE kit should be in school at all times as the days we have PE changes from week to week. Homework will be sent out on a Friday, please read with your child regularly. Could children please have a suitable coat and wellies in school every day as we access the outside area in all weathers!
Year 1 - PE Kit should be in school from Monday through to Friday please. The children have reading and sight vocabulary work for homework each day. Children are expected to read 5 times a week and if you need your child to change their book, please leave in the baskets provided in each classroom, together with their logs in the morning. A member of staff will change them before the end of the school day. If your child reads from the library selection, they will be able to change their own book during the school day. Children will also be given spellings to learn and some homework each week to consolidate key skills. You are also welcome to visit the library with your child from 3:15 to 3:30pm.
Year 2 - Please ensure that your child has their (indoor and outdoor) PE kit in school at all times as we may have PE lessons at any time. Homework will be set on a Friday to be completed by the following Friday. Spelling tests and times tables tests will also be on a Friday. In addition to this, there may be a project linked to the class theme for the children to complete. Please read with your child every day or let them read silently and then talk to them about their reading. You are also welcome to visit the library with your child from 3:15 to 3:30pm.
Year 3 - Year 3 PE Kit should be in school all week please, as PE lessons can happen at any time. Homework, spelling and times tables, including TT Rockstars, will be set on a Friday for return the following Friday. Spelling tests are also on Fridays. We will also set a half-termly homework project. We encourage the children to read to an adult each day which should be recorded in their homework book. Alternatively, your child could read silently and you could then talk to them about their text. You are also welcome to visit the library with your child from 3:15 to 3:30pm.
Year 4 - P.E. Kit should be in school from Monday through to Friday please. Spellings are given out on Friday, and a test will take place the following Friday. MyMaths homework is available online at any time. Reading should at least 5 times a week with an adult - this could be reading aloud or reading silently and then talking about the text. When children complete an Accelerated Reader quiz they will be rewarded with Dojos. You are also welcome to visit the library with your child from 3:15 to 3:30pm. Please practise times tables at least 5 times per week for a weekly times table test. Reading, spellings and times tables are the daily homework, with English and Maths homework weekly.
Year 5 - PE kits should be in school all week please, as the times of PE lessons can vary.
In both classes, times table homework is set each Monday to be tested the following Monday and spelling homework is set each Friday to be tested the following Friday. There will also be some MyMaths work which can be completed online either at home or at school during lunchtime. The children must read daily and talk about their texts please. You are also welcome to visit the library with your child from 3:15 to 3:30pm. Other homework, often linked to the theme will also be given.
Year 6 - The children will have weekly homework set from their SATs revision guides and these need to be brought into school every Friday please. MyMaths and Grammarbug are always available to be completed online for additional support. If access to a computer is tricky, the children are able to use the ICT suite at lunchtime every day. The children need to continue with their daily reading (recorded in their learning logs) and times tables practice and they will be completing accelerated reader quizzes in school when they finish each book. Please come to school prepared with a black pen and pencil, and ensure your P.E. kit is in school all week. You are also welcome to visit the library with your child from 3:15 to 3:30pm. The children will have weekly homework set in arithmetic, spellings & grammar. Homework is set on Friday for the following Friday.


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FLINT, MI - All of the top seniors in the Flint area will be playing in an all-star basketball game this week.
The 24th annual Mott Bruin Club Classic will be held at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, June 23 at Mott Community College for boys. Girls will tip-off at 5:30 p.m. at the same site.
"This is our 24th year for the Bruin Club Classic and it's amazing that we've been able to sustain an all-star game for this long," Mott coach Steve Schmidt said. "Usually these events come and go, but this event is one that the local seniors look forward to every year and it's our way at Mott to honor these deserving graduating seniors."
Below are the rosters for both teams.


Hand made gold-filled necklace. This necklace is hand shaped and hammered from gold-filled wire. The large V shaped bar is adorned with three-square teal magnesite gemstones and attached to a gold-filled chain. The necklace is finished with a gold-filled lobster clasp.
The model is wearing an 18 inches long Simone necklace layered with a 16 inch Sylvie short necklace (out of Stock) and a 32 inch long Iva necklace.


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Q: clojure - resolve a symbol inside let How do I write a function to resolve a symbol in a lexical environment?
(let [foo some-var]
  (let [sym 'foo]
    (resolve-sym sym)))

I want to get the var that 'foo is bound to.

A: I am not completely sure why I want something like this, but looks like it can certainly be done.
from http://clojuredocs.org/circumspec/circumspec.should/local-bindings
(defmacro local-bindings
  "Produces a map of the names of local bindings to their values.
   For now, strip out gensymed locals. TODO: use 1.2 feature."
  []
  (let [symbols (remove #(.contains (str %) "_")
                        (map key @clojure.lang.Compiler/LOCAL_ENV))]
    (zipmap (map (fn [sym] `(quote ~sym)) symbols) symbols)))

(let [foo 1 bar 2]
  (local-bindings))
=> {foo 1, bar 2}

A: Here is both more, less and skew to than you wanted:
(define (make-let-core name value body)
  `(CORE LET ,name ,value ,body))

(define (env-extend env a-name its-denotation)
  (lambda (name)
    (if (equal? name a-name)
        its-denotation
        (if env (env name) 'unknown))))

(define (env-base)
  (lambda (name)
    (if (member name '(let resolve-sym #| ... |#))
        'syntactic-keyword
        'unknown)))

(define (expand exp env)
  (cond ((literal? exp) ...)
        ((symbol?  exp) ...)
        ((list? exp)
         (let ((operator (car exp))
               (operands (cdr exp)))
           (cond ((symbol? operator)
                  (case (env operator)
                    ((syntactic-keyword)
                     (case operator
                       ((let)
                        (let ((bound-name  (caar  operands))
                              (bound-value (cadar operands))
                              (body (cdr operands)))
                          (make-let-core bound-name
                                         (expand bound-value env)
                                         (expand body
                                                 (env-extend bound-name
                                                             'variable)))))
                       ((resolve-sym)
                        (let ((name (car operands)))
                          ;; right here
                          ...))
                       (...)))
                    ((variable) ;; function call
                     ...)

                    ((unknown)  ;; syntax error
                     ...)))

                 ((list? operator) ;; function call
                  ...)

                 (else ;; syntax error
                  ...))))
        (else ;; syntax error
         ...)))

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