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Third Sunday of Lent
The Veneration of the Holy Cross
"To Your Cross, O Master, we bow in veneration,
and we glorify Your holy Resurrection."
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Condition: 100% brand new and high quality Material: Fruit seeds 1. This papaya has a single stem averaging about 3 meters (9ft) tall. 2. Spiraling leaves confined to the top of the trunk allow the fruit that average at about 1 1/2 ft (18 inches) long to embellish the thick stem starting at less than a foot from the ground. 3. Plumeria-like flowers on the axils of the leaves, mature into the large fruit that is ripe when it feels as soft as a ripe avocado or a bit softer and an amber hue adorns the previously green skin. 4. Stem and bark may be used in rope production. 5. Standing water will kill the plant in a day so it is important to keep the soil well drained. How to Plant: 1. Mix the seeds, with a handful of peat moss. 2. Spread the mix evenly over a tray containing 3 to 4 inches of a good planting mix. 3. Cover that with ½ inch of the same mix. Cover with Cling Film until they break the surface, keep the soil medium damp not wet. 4. Sprouting takes from 15 days to six weeks or longer for some strange reason. Bottom heat always helps. 5. Pick the seedlings out when they are about 2 inches tall and transplant into 4-inch containers in a potting soil that is drained well. You will lose a few to damping off. 6. Don't plant in the ground until the soil temperature is at least 55 degrees F; 70 F is better. 7. Papayas like to be warm with both sunshine and reflected heat, so the hottest place against the house where nothing else seems happy is an ideal location. They also like to be as free from wind as possible, although this is not as critical as their need for sun. 8. Papayas can be grown successfully in the shade, but the fruit is rarely as sweet. They are best planted in mounds or against the foundation of a building where wind can be controlled. FULL SUN IS BEST.


April Bell has operated her video storytelling business, Tree of Life Legacies, in the San Francisco Bay Area and across the United States since 2008. Coming from a background in production graphics, and possessing an BA in Psychology, April has a keen ability to not only listen to people intently, but to also put people at ease, drawing out their stories; she then crafts those stories into a professional and compelling multimedia Personal History Film to be preserved and shared for generations to come. She is a proud member of the Association of Personal Historians. Her clients include individuals, families, organizations and corporations who value authentically sharing and recording their personal stories.
This is for anyone who has held the honorable place in life of guiding another soul. It's important to note, you don't have to be a biological parent to hold that sort of importance in a child's life ― no matter their age. Consider including those you've been a mentor or guide to. You never know how you might touch another with your legacy storytelling.
Our kids are our kids, for all of life. They look to us for guidance, learning, hope and security. What greater gift than to give them ourselves, to let them know us and have us, when they're ready to know, when they are available to receive and understand all that we are always offering.
I hope you read all of the below article, it's powerful and important and will potentially inspire you to start collecting little gifts today that they will some day cherish beyond anything else they have in their lives. You may choose to do this in writing; my friend Elizabeth, whom I recorded a video biography with, is further expanding her collection and has embarked on a journey called, "my life in paragraphs." You might consider using StoryCatcher and creating a collection of short videos telling about your life, lessons, values and hopes. You may feel most comfortable expressing yourself via an audio only format, which can easily be done any time, any where using a smart phone or mini voice recorder.
Share when you're inspired to. Create a little collection, or even a big one. Do it on your own or consult a professional for help and guidance. Save your data somewhere you're sure your loved ones will find it or tell them where it is. It's the greatest gift you will ever leave them. I promise you that.


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La Fresneda, Laura Miravete y Sus Historias
(Amazon España , Francia, Italia, UK, amazon.com ) En Casa del Libro no está aún ?
La Fresneda, Laura Miravete y Sus Historias, libro en castellano
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La Fresneda captures the essence of life in a small village in the mountains of Aragon, Spain. Written by a lifetime resident who began recording observations in 1976 as part of a thesis being written by Harvard University anthropologist William Gladstone on the nature of Collective Distrust, La Fresneda is a unique record of the intimate life of a village with a proud and unique history.
No es una foto suya, pronto pondré una
Author Laura Miravete is a keen observer of the life and behavior of all those living in and visiting La Fresneda over the last forty years. Ms. Miravete rarely left her village in those forty years and through her writing was honored as the official historian of La Fresneda. Although suffering from Parkinson's disease since birth, Ms. Miravete is an accomplished artist as well as writer. Her drawings and paintings add an additional level of intimacy to this delightful collection of memories and stories.
This book will intrigue the casual reader who through its pages can now vicariously visit La Fresneda. Students of Spanish life and culture will be especially appreciative of the portraits and insights shared by a brave and astute woman who never allowed her disability to diminish her ability to live a full and eventful life while becoming a much appreciated source of support for others in her village.
In addition to the stories and memories there are also poems. These poems capture, as did those of Emily Dickinson, who also focused her entire life around a geographically small village, the deeper reality that is available to those whose attention and awareness increases through careful observation and appreciation of life in a small village.
Laura Miravete was born in La Fresneda , Matarraña, Spain during the poverty years after the Spanish Civil War which existed from the 1940s through the 1960s. Born with Parkinson's disease, Laura was not able to take on the normal work role of assisting with the agricultural tasks which would have been her responsibility. However, Laura was able to fully participate in the life of the village which during her adolesence had fewer than 600 full time inhabitants.
It was not until the late 1970s and beyond that former residents of La Fresneda began returning for festivals and summer vacations. They started to realize the gem of architecture and moutain beauty their native village contained. Houses were renovated, a five start hotel was established (Convent) and at least for the summer months La Fresneda returned to a time of glory and activity.
Throught these transitions, Ms. Miravete continued to write about her village. As an accomplished artist Mr. Miravete was able to capture the beauty of la Fresneda in paintings and drawings. She slowly became recognized for her contributions to preserving the heritage of her town and was officially recognized as the town's historian. Ha sido reconocida como la historiadora de La Fresneda.
Laura continues to live as always has in La Fresneda and will gladly meet with any reader who might choose to visit the town she cherishs. Laura can be contacted via email.
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Etiquetas: historia, historias, La Fresneda, Laura Miravete, olivera del racó de mars, poemas, poesía, Sus Historias
Ubicación: 44596 La Fresneda, Teruel, España

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Functional Constipation and Anorexia in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: Korean Frailty and Aging Cohort Study (KFACS)
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 May 27;18(11):5754. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18115754.
Eunjin Jeong 1 , Jung A Kim 1 , Byung Sung Kim 1 , Chang Kyun Lee 2 , Miji Kim 3 , Chang Won Won 1 4
1 Department of Family Medicine, College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Kyung Hee University Medical Center, Seoul 02447, Korea.
2 Center for Crohn's and Colitis, Department of Gastroenterology, Kyung Hee University College of Medicine, Seoul 02447, Korea.
3 Department of Biomedical Science and Technology, College of Medicine/East-West Medical Research Institute, Kyung Hee University, Seoul 02447, Korea.
4 Elderly Frailty Research Center, Department of Family Medicine, College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul 02447, Korea.
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph18115754
Anorexia is a relevant geriatric syndrome because it accounts for most malnutrition in older adults. Constipation has been suggested as a risk factor for anorexia. This study aimed to examine the association between anorexia and functional constipation in community-dwelling older adults. Data on 899 subjects aged 72-86 years were obtained from a follow-up survey of the Korean Frailty and Aging Cohort Study in 2018. Anorexia was assessed using the Simplified Nutritional Appetite Questionnaire (SNAQ), while functional constipation was diagnosed based on Rome IV criteria. Anorexia and functional constipation were present in 30.9% and 19.6% of the participants, respectively. Age, female sex, chewing problems, malnutrition, polypharmacy, low Mini-Mental Status Examination (MMSE) score, depressed mood, low serum albumin, and functional constipation were associated with anorexia in the univariate analysis. In the multivariate logistic regression, functional constipation was associated with anorexia (OR 1.478, 95% CI 1.038-2.104) after adjusting for age, female sex, and MMSE score. However, after further adjusting for depressed mood (OR 2.568) and chewing problems (OR 2.196), the relationship was no longer significant. This study showed that functional constipation is associated with anorexia in community-dwelling older adults, but this association is confounded by depressed mood and chewing problems.
Keywords: aging; anorexia; functional constipation; older adults.
Anorexia / epidemiology
Anorexia / etiology
Constipation / epidemiology
Frailty*
Geriatric Assessment


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It's day two of September favorites. This month was a huge game for video games, at least for me. I feel like every week this month I was constantly playing a new video game. I became obsessed with two new games but I still manage to play with my planner and drink some tea. Yes, I'm a seasonal tea drinker. I feel like I'm a constant coffee drinker but when it comes to colder tea I start drinking more tea, especially fun flavors.
I've had this tea for a long time but I finally started drinking it again. I add in some almond milk and a tad bit of Truvia, stir and it's tastes amazing!
I started using thin washi tape to separate my Bando agenda. My planner now has a more organized layout then before, also a pop of color.
I've been highly anticipating this game since it was announced! If you are a fan of the Animal Crossing series you are going to adore this game. You play as an interior decorator and design homes for the animal crossing residents. I've been glued onto my 3DS nonstop playing this game since I've bought it. I plan on posting a game review on this soon, I will talk about the game in more detail there.
When I bought Happy Home Designer I also bought a few sets of Amiibo cards (glad I did because they're sold out everywhere). Not going to lie, I'm completely obsessed with collecting these cards! At first I thought I would just collect the cute cards but I'm determined to collect all 100 cards! If anyone wants yo trade let me know, I have a few doubles.
This month we bought a Wii U with the game Splatoon pre-installed in the console. I was never interested in Splatoon but after playing the online battle mode I became addicted to the game. It's the perfect game to take out your stress and/or anger with.
What random goodies are you a fan of at the moment?


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Q: conditionally call a function with its params Having several functions, I would like do not call them if there is no need (logic in needToCalculate), used by a generic function calculateIfNeeded
// helper functions
function sum(a: number, b: number) { return a + b; }  // complex real logic (CRL)
function bum(a: number, code: string) { return (code=="B") ? a*a : a+a; } // CRL
function zum(code: string) { return (code=="Z") ? 5 : 8; }                // CRL

function needToCalculate(code: string) {return false} // CRL

Question: what type should have the param func of the method calculateIfNeeded bellow?
// calculator function
function calculateIfNeeded(code: string, func: ???, ...args: any[]){
    return needToCalculate(code) ? func(args): NaN
}

// main function
let a = 4, b = 9

let res = calculateIfNeeded("A", sum, a, b);  console.log(res);
res = calculateIfNeeded("B", bum, a, "B");    console.log(res);
res = calculateIfNeeded("C", zum, "Z");       console.log(res);

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A: since it looks like you can return anything from the calculation (assuming you're not limited by any restrictions), the type of func will be
func: (...args: any[]) => any

That means you expected to receive in func any number of arguments with any type, and expect to return from func any type.
EDIT (inspired by @Dima Parzhitsky comment):
You can so something like this:
function calculateIfNeeded<F extends any[]>(code: string, func: (...args: F)=>number, ...args: F) : number{
    return needToCalculate(code) ? func(...args): NaN
}

Define F to be some extension of any arguments (any[]).
Then the func receives F and return any, and the args themselves are F as well.
Then you just call func(...args)

A: Extending upon my comment, you will have to add a parameter type, constraint it to the type of the function you want to use as func, and infer the type of args from that:
/**
 * This represents not just _any function_, but one that can be
 * given as the second parameter (`func`) of `calculateIfNeeded`.
 * The call signature must be added explicitly, because apparently
 * TypeScript cannot know, that a union of callables is also callable
 */
type Func = (typeof sum | typeof bum | typeof zum) & ((...args: never[]) => number);

function calculateIfNeeded<F extends Func>(code: string, func: F, ...args: Parameters<F>): number {
    return needToCalculate(code) ? func(...args): NaN;
}

Try it.
Note, that I had to change func(args) to func(...args), because args is an array, but neither of sum, bum, or zum accepts an array as an argument.


It will allow you to check and see if you have an understanding of these types of problems. In this case we get an ellipse. If you need more of a review on how to use this form, feel free to go to Tutorial Here are some evaluations for our example.
What did you come up with? Since the slopes of perpendicular lines are negative reciprocals of each other, what do you think the slope of any perpendicular line to this line is? And they tell us that line A has an equation y is equal to 2x plus So one way to define a line is with TWO equations.
This form can be handy if you need to find the slope of a line given the equation. In the special cases of a line parallel to one of the axes, the x value or the y value of all the points on the line is fixed. So, consider the following vector function. We know that y is equal to negative 7 when x is equal to 6.
Vectors give directions and can be three dimensional objects.
How can we use this fact? If you need a review on vertical lines, feel free to go to Tutorial This is another interactive tutorial on the slope of a line. Does the position of the y intercept change?
That is because these quantities can be seen immediately from the equation: We have our point. Even if you only want to check one of them, that would be great.
Parallel Lines and Their Slopes In other words, the slopes of parallel lines are equal. It is important to not come away from this section with the idea that vector functions only graph out lines. This is already in slope-intercept form. Write an equation of the line with a slope of 5 and a y-intercept of Since parallel lines have the same slope what do you think the slope of the parallel line is going to be?
So what is B's slope going to have to be? Write an equation of a line in point Math-check my work please?? To define a line, you need to intersect two planes.
Is there something similar in 3-D? The properties of the line such as slope and x and y intercepts are also explored. And we are done. Note that two lines are parallel if their slopes are equal and they have different y-intercepts.
Pat yourself on the back if you said 0.
The x and y-intercepts of the line if they exist. At this point all that we need to worry about is notational issues and how they can be used to give the equation of a curve.
In this problem, the answer is that coordinate C should be at the point 6, The only difference is that we are now working in three dimensions instead of two dimensions. The general equation of straight line is given by: Since parallel lines have the same slope, what do you think the slope of the parallel line is going to be?
We now have the following sketch with all these points and vectors on it. However, in this case it will.
If you said -7, you are correct!!!To write the equation of a line, all you need is one point it passes through and the slope. That's because the point is (x, y) and the slope is m, so when you substitute these values into y = mx + b, you just have to solve for b. Students are often asked to find the equation of a line that is perpendicular to another line and that passes through a point.
Watch the video tutorial below to understand how to do these problems and, if you want, download this free worksheet if you want some extra practice. Video Tutorial.
A line perpendicular to the x-axis is a line whose points all have the same x-coordinate. Therefore, if the line passes through (-5,-2), the x-coordinate of all the points on the line must be The set of points that comprise the line therefore is the set of all ordered pairs (-5, y) for all real numbers y.
Question Perpendicular Lines: Write the equation of the line through (4,5) and perpendicular to the line with equation 3x + 2y = Please explain how the equation came out to y = 2/3 x + 7 as shown in my example answer key.
Jan 04, · since he slope of the x axis is 0, which is a horizontal line, a line that is perpendicular must have an undefined slope, making it a vertical line. It also must pass through that point. The equation is Status: Resolved.
A line parallel to it would have the same slope and will also be a vertical line perpendicular to the x-axis. As the line passes through the point (2, -1) its equation is x = 2.


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Describe the size and content of the genome. How many chromosomes? Circular or linear? Other interesting features? What is known about its sequence?
Does it have any plasmids? Are they important to the organism's lifestyle?
Prochloron didemni is an obligate symbiont that lives in the ascidian Lissoclinum patella
[Sample reference] [http://ijs.sgmjournals.org/cgi/reprint/50/2/489 Takai, K., Sugai, A., Itoh, T., and Horikoshi, K. "''Palaeococcus ferrophilus'' gen. nov., sp. nov., a barophilic, hyperthermophilic archaeon from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent chimney". ''International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology''. 2000. Volume 50. p. 489-500.]
(1) [http://www.pnas.org/cgi/doi/10.1073/pnas.0501424102 Schmidt, E., Nelson, J., Rasko, D., Sudek, S., Eisen, J., Haygood, M., and Ravel, J. "Patellamide A and C biosynthesis by a microcin-like pathway in ''Prochloron didemni'', the cyanobacterial symbiont of ''Lissoclinum patella''". ''PNAS''. May, 17, 2005. Volume 102. No. 20 p. 7315-7320.]
(2) [http://www.pnas.org/cgi/doi/10.1073/pnas.1532271100 Bibby, T., Nield, J., Chen, M., Larkum, A., and Barber, J. "Structure of a photosystem II supercomplex isolated from ''Prochloron didemni'' retaining its chlorophyll a/b light-harvesting system". ''PNAS''. July, 22, 2003. Volume 100. No. 15 p. 9050-9054.]
(3) Lockhart, P., Beanland, T., Howe, C., and Larkum, A. "Sequence of ''Prochloron didemni atpBE'' and the inference of chloroplast origins". ''Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA: Evolution''. April, 1992. Volume 89. p. 2742-2746.]
(4) [http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0040-0262%28199308%2942%3A3%3C641%3AVOPD%28A%3E2.0.CO%3B2-Y Hoffman, L., and Greuter, W. "Validation of ''Prochloron didemni'' (Cyanophyta and Nomenclatural Discussion of Correlated Names at the Higher Ranks". ''Taxon''. August, 1993. Volume 42. No. 3 p. 641-645.]
(5) Christen, G., Stevens, G., Lukins, P., Renger, G., and Larkum, A. "Isolation and characterisation of oxygen evolving thylakoids from the marine prokaryote ''Prochloron didemni''". ''FEBS''. March, 1999. Letters 449 p. 264-268.
(6) Figge, R., Schubert, M., Brinkmann, H., and Cerff, R. "Glyceraldehyde-3-Phosphate Dehydrogenase Gene Diversity in Eubacteria and Eukaryotes: Evidence for Intra- and Inter-Kingdom Gene Transfer". ''Mol. Biol. Evol.''. 1999. p. 429-440.
(7) Giddings Jr., T., Withers, N., and Staehelin, L. A. "Supramolecular structure of stacked and unstacked regions of the photosynthetic membranes of ''Prochloron'' sp., a prokaryote". ''Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA: Botany''. January, 1980. Volume 77. No. 1 p. 352-356.


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See the First Trailer for Lynyrd Skynyrd 'Street Survivors' Movie
Cleopatra Entertainment has released the first trailer for Street Survivors: The True Story of the Lynyrd Skynyrd Plane Crash, a biopic based on former drummer Artimus Pyle's life and account of that tragic day.
"There have been many variations and accounts of this story," Pyle (Ian Shultis) narrates in the video embedded below. "But I was there."
We see Pyle getting the job with Skynyrd, who were two albums into their career by this point. Pyle is loving the camaraderie of life on the road, but then they get big enough to need their own plane, and a young co-pilot reveals to the group that it's always been his dream to fly with rock stars, and that, "after this, I'll be able to die a happy man."
History tells us what was to come. On Oct. 20, 1977, en route from Greenville, S.C., to Baton Rouge, La., the plane ran out of fuel and crashed in a swamp in Gillsburg, Miss. Three band members -- frontman Ronnie Van Zant, background vocalist Cassie Gaines and her guitarist brother Steve -- were killed, as were assistant road manager Dean Kilpatrick, pilot Walter McCreary and co-pilot William Gray.
But, as Pyle continues, "This is more than a story about the plane crash. It's about the music of Lynyrd Skynyrd, the greatest Southern rock band of all time."
Written and directed by Jared Cohn, Street Survivors had its premiere on Feb. 16 at the Hollywood Reel Independent Film Festival, with the expectation that it will hit theaters in the spring. The movie was made without the approval of the current incarnation of the band, who refused to allow their music to be used.
Pyle, who served as a consultant, attended the premiere. "It was my story, and I didn't realize it was going to be my story," he said. "I thought it was going to be more general, but it was basically focused on what happened to me. ... I think the movie is going to be a cult classic. … There is also humor and sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll. That's the way it was in the '60s and '70s."
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A: themeDisplay object is not available in WC Templates. What do you need it for? Perhaps you can get the same information from Service Locator....
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Dartmoor is the source of many of Devon's favourite rivers, we have the Dart (two of them), the Teign and the Avon, to name only three. Walking along a stretch of river is a satisfying undertaking, especially if you have time to walk a section that shows how that river's nature changes as it flows downstream. However, it is also possible to enjoy Dartmoor's rivers in quick bursts, maybe a wild swim in a favourite pool or a photographic session by a waterfall. For this week's Tuesday's Ten we have our top 10 Dartmoor river spots for you (you will be needing a map to find some of these).
The joining of these two waterways can be found at SX 573 713 and you will definitely want to get the camera out to photograph the Devonport Leat as it flies over the more sedate Meavy. Park at the Sharpitor car park SX 560 708 and head east then north.
The Dartmeet car park SX 672 732 now has a parking charge so take some pound coins with you. Once you have made use of the loos and enjoyed a pasty or cup of tea, wander upstream to appreciate the beauty of this section of the East Dart away from the crowds.
This pretty and very photogenic bridge SX 626 738 is a short walk down the lane from the wonderful (and very dog friendly) Princes Hall Hotel. Our recommendation would be to call for a cream tea first… and maybe again after. Parking is available for customers at the hotel.
This one will definitely require a map and decent navigation skills but is worth the trek (around 4 km) up from Postbridge (parking charges in the main car park). Once you have appreciated the wildness of the East Dart Waterfall at SX 627 810, you can cross the river (carefully above the waterfall) and explore further upstream or access the more northern reaches of Dartmoor.
This ford in the River Lyd SX 532 851 has it all, a footbridge, stepping stones and, downstream, a lovely swimming hole. Turn down the lane by the Dartmoor Inn and go through the gate to park in the moor side car park. A short walk down the track will take you to the ford and you will find the swimming hole downstream, underneath the memorial on the right bank.
Just a small stone footbridge SX 639 844 over the baby River Teign but one that offers plenty of exploration possibility. Climb Sittaford Tor, head off (with a map and compass) onto the high North Moor or explore the ruins at Teignhead Farm. Park at Fernworthy Reservoir and enjoy the walk through the forest and then out onto open moorland.
Mill House itself is just a house and the bridge here is pretty but unassuming SX 699 750 but the section of the Two Moors Way that runs south for just over a kilometre to Ponsworthy follows the river through pretty woodland and meadows where wild orchids can sometimes be found. Park in Widecombe or at the small Wind Tor car park SX 707 763 and take your map.
At this lonely but beautiful spot SX 608 779 the West Dart meets one of Dartmoor's many man-made leats, which is handy because the easiest way to find the West Dart Weir is to take the footpath that heads north-west just west of the Two Bridges Hotel (parking opposite the hotel) and, once you have negotiated Beardown Farm, follow the leat through woodland and out onto the moor. You will definitely need a map, especially if you fancy exploring Beardown Tors once you have found the weir (check for Army live firing if you do as the tors are on the edge of a range).
The Avon Dam SX 678 651 itself is not the most stunning of structures but the accessible walk up to it shows off the tumbling Avon rather well and, if you want to climb up above the dam (not accessible) the Avon reservoir is an impressive and truly peaceful location. Park at Shipley Bridge SX 680 628, where there are toilets.
We have sometimes found fairies at this magical riverside spot SX 641 725 but you will have to hunt hard if you want to do so, as they are shy (and sometimes cheeky) creatures. Park just above the cattle grid at SX 651 726 and follow the road dowhill and then left along the Swincombe. Once you have crossed the bridge (and if you have remembered your map) you can explore the ruins of the former abode of Dolly Trebble.
If you are looking for accommodation or activities on Dartmoor, we thoroughly recommend starting your search on the Visit Dartmoor website. We work closely with the Visit Dartmoor team and, as well as where to stay, you will also find information about what to do during your time on our favourite moor.


Passengers flying out of the domestic terminal at the Chennai Airport will soon be relieved of the tiring task of scanning their baggage through standalone machines.
From December 2018, a passenger entering the domestic terminal will have to just drop off their baggage at the airline check-in counters and the 'Inline Baggage Scanner' will examine them.
According to Airports Authority Of India (AAI), they will do away with the existing standalone machines in three months as the installation of four new inline scanners has begun.
For now, passengers at the domestic terminal have to stand in queues, carry their suitcase and put them in the standalone baggage scanners, after which they are allowed to go in the Check-in queue. However, with the new system in place they can directly go to the counter and drop of their bags.
The new inline scanners have a capacity to scan 1,200 bags an hour. Also, they are the latest ones, which are equipped with CT X-ray and CT Scan systems which can easily detect explosives. There will be various levels of scanning in these new machines, which will ensure better security.
There are 14 screeners certified by the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) who will monitor the screening of baggage.
The four inline scanners in the international terminal will also be upgraded in the next three months, as per the latest requirements by the BCAS.
AAI officials expect the new system to ease operations at Chennai Airport's domestic terminal that chokes with thousands of passengers, especially during peak hours.
Chennai Airport handles nearly 33,000 people and about 500 aircraft movements on a daily basis.
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Palliative chemotherapy: oxymoron or misunderstanding?
Oncologists routinely prescribe chemotherapy for patients with advanced cancer. This practice is sometimes misunderstood by palliative care clinicians, yet data clearly show that chemotherapy can be a powerful palliative intervention when applied appropriately. Clarity regarding the term "palliative chemotherapy" is needed: it is chemotherapy given in the non-curative setting to optimize symptom control, improve quality of life, and sometimes to improve survival. Unfortunately, oncologists lack adequate tools to predict which patients will benefit. In a study recently published in BMC Palliative Care, Creutzfeldt et al. presented an innovative approach to advancing the science in this area: using patient reported outcomes to predict responses to palliative chemotherapy. With further research, investigators may be able to develop predictive models for use at the bedside to inform clinical decision-making about the risks and benefits of treatment. In the meantime, oncologists and palliative care clinicians must work together to reduce the use of "end-of-life chemotherapy"-chemotherapy given close to death, which does not improve longevity or symptom control-while optimizing the use of chemotherapy that has true palliative benefits for patients.


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A message from your Chairman.
By woodbridgedmcc, Jun 22 2020 10:01AM
I hope I am finding you all hale and hearty, and the worst of your feelings are frustration at not being able to live the life and do the things we used to.
I am not going to go into the details of what is still a national and worldwide emergency, the likes of which have not been seen in any of our lifetimes. It is, suffice to say, that Covid 19 is still a clear and present danger to us all, albeit in varying degrees depending on your age or health status.
Obviously, as an ACU affiliated Club we are bound to a large extent by the guidance they are giving, regarding being able to run events. Their guidance is in turn dependant on advice coming from the Government, which is being updated on a regular basis. As things stand at this time, the guidance given and the restrictions imposed make holding events in all our three disciplines unworkable and uneconomic.
We are, however, hopeful that the situation will improve in the medium term, and that we will be able to get some events up and running from August or September onwards. Our teams of organisers are as keen to get going as you are to get your bike out; we are looking at what procedures and protections we need to put in place to safeguard everybody's wellbeing. There are likely to be strict restrictions on the numbers of riders, how many people can accompany any rider, food outlets and many other things that we have come to accept as normal. The world is now a very different place, but we will do our best to get our sports going again as soon as we are able.
In the meantime, please stay safe and vigilant.
Trevor Andrews.
Chairman Woodbridge & DMCC Ltd
By woodbridgedmcc, May 21 2020 07:00AM
As a Club we are aware that some of the Motocross Practice venues in the area are planning to reopen this weekend, while others will remain closed for a bit longer.
Just like everyone we are keen to see the sport restart but only when it is safe to do so. As a club we have been following the ACU and Government guidance relating to the Lockdown and the return to events from the 4th July.
The club recommend that members continue to follow the latest government advice, that is people can go outside more than once a day for exercise, alone, with members of their household, or with 1 person from outside of their household as long as they are following social distancing guidelines. You must still only exercise in groups of no more than 2 people, unless you are exercising exclusively with members of your household.
You can now travel for physical activity. Ideally use your nearest, local appropriate venue to reduce pressure on transport infrastructure. But you can travel to outdoor open space irrespective of distance. You shouldn't travel with someone from outside your household unless you can practise social distancing.
Please find below the latest UK Government advice for the phased return of sport and recreation in England.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-guidance-on-phased-return-of-sport-and-recreation/guidance-for-providers-of-outdoor-facilities-on-the-phased-return-of-sport-and-recreation
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-guidance-on-phased-return-of-sport-and-recreation
Sprint Enduro Cancelled
By woodbridgedmcc, May 20 2020 02:00PM
Following the latest announcement from the ACU last week, the club can confirm that the Sprint Enduro scheduled for the 21st June at Blaxhall has now been Cancelled.
As a club we have been reviewing the latest guidelines from the ACU and will be reviewing our plans for future events.
ACU and AMCA plan return to motorcycle sport
The ACU Board of Directors met virtually yesterday (12th May 2020) to discuss the phased return to motorcycle sport following Monday's publication of the UK Government's COVID-19 recovery strategy.
The ACU, in partnership with the AMCA, have decided that a phased return to sporting events will commence in parallel with the Government's Step Three. This coincides with the reopening of remaining business, public places and leisure facilities which have been required to close. As of 12th May, Step Three is due to begin from 4th July but this is under constant review. We will assess the situation again when the Government implements Step Two, envisaged to be the 1st June.
In the coming weeks, the ACU and AMCA will publish guidance documents for organisers looking to run restricted events after this time. This will give organisers time to consider the implications of continued social distancing and prepare future events safely.
In order to reflect the differences in devolved administrations, no British Championship Enduro, Motocross, Trials or Speedway will take place until travel restrictions between England/ Scotland/ Wales/ Northern Ireland and the Isle of Man have been lifted and other factors considered, in line with Government guidance.
The ACU and AMCA would like to thank all our members for their patience during this difficult time, and we appreciate the steps taken by many individuals, clubs and organisations to support local communities during these unprecedented events.
For further information, please see the ACU's Coronavirus Operational Plan - https://www.acu.org.uk/Uploaded/1/Documents/2020%20Event%20Paperwork/Coronavirus-Operational-Plan.pdf
We would remind all members that these plans are subject to change, and will be taken in line with the latest UK Government guidance.


You will find reading passages and comprehension question for Kindergarteners through High Schoolers.
Reading comprehension is not only being able to communicate what is written on the page, but also understanding it and making sense of it. Reading is accepted as one the key skills for adults to be productive in society. The interesting fact is less than half of middle school students are reading at grade level in American schools. This easily translates to our workforce as a recent survey proved by the National Endowment for the Arts. U.S. employers cited reading and writing to be the weakest skills of their employees. Reading has been seen to help prevent Alzheimer's disease. A study of over 1,000 showed avid readers to be 2.5 times less likely to suffer from the disease. Reading helps you learn things that you never imagined before. It is the fundamental method for passing on knowledge.
In our reading comprehension worksheet section you find varying grade levels of reading worksheets that also come with multiple choice, free response, or essay questions. Sorry, but we can't provide you with word for word answers, since all the worksheets are either essays or free response. Just simple explanations will do there.
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Montréal, Canada – April 3, 2018. The NewCities Foundation is delighted to announce that Stephen Baker, the renowned American writer and thinker on technology, has been appointed as Senior Fellow to lead the Foundation's new Mobility and Society Program. The Program delves into the ways in which the massive disruption taking place in mobility – electrification of car fleets, autonomous and connected vehicles, new kinds of aerial mobility to move goods and people around cities – will impact cities and urban living around the world.
Stephen will work closely with Greg Lindsay, NewCities Senior Fellow for Mobility as well as Head of Strategy at the Foundation's offshoot initiative LA CoMotion – the big annual conference and event in Los Angeles on the future of mobility.
Stephen is a former senior writer on technology at BusinessWeek and the author of influential books in the field including The Numerati, the acclaimed study on the rise of the applied math gurus who use the explosion of digital data to model and predict human behavior.
Stephen and NewCities Chairman John Rossant are currently co-authoring a major new book on the mobility revolution, to be published in late 2019.


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My New Favorite Tee Shirt and the Camaraderie of Misery
On September 23, 2021 September 23, 2021 By Sarah AngletonIn Health, Sports16 Comments
On September 25, 1974 fellow members of a local track club Jack Johnstone and Don Shanahan hosted an event at Mission Bay in San Diego unlike any they believed the world had ever seen. They assumed that because neither had been present when a similar event took place near Paris in 1902.
There are some triathlon events that include different combinations of sports, like the Running Rivers Flyathlon, which includes running, fly fishing, and beer drinking. True story. Asþont, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
In each case the event consisted of three separate sports mashed together into one race. The Paris event was cleverly called Les Trois Sports, which roughly translates as "race event for impressive athletes who are also mildly insane." Trust me on this. French is a highly efficient language.
In San Diego, the newfangled race was called a triathlon, because Greek is an even more efficient language and Johnstone, unsatisfied with his fitness level after running and running and running, was just insane enough suggest that the San Diego Track Club throw some other challenges into the mix.
Les Trois Sports initially included run, bicycle, and canoe components, all completed consecutively without a break outside of the time it takes to exchange some equipment and chow down some quick sugar, like a power bar or maybe a baguette or something. I don't really know that much about turn of the century French culture.
My super cool sharpie tattoo also included my age on my calf, so that every time I got passed by a 65-year-old, I would be sure to know, which was helpful.
The Mission Bay Triathlon consisted of running, biking, and swimming. In that order. Fortunately, the distances for this first triathlon were relatively short since it had not yet occurred to the organizers that an exhausted swimmer is more likely to accidentally drown than one who has a lot more exercise still to look forward to.
Forty-six athletes participated in this first triathlon event in the US, which is a lot more mildly insane people than Johnstone and Shanahan expected. Two of those participants were Judy and John Collins, who only four years later, proved they were not so much on the mild side of insane when they began the Ironman event in Hawaii, consisting of a 2.4 mile swim, 112-mile bike, and 26 mile run. At least it was in that order because by then, triathletes had figured out that collapsing from exhaustion on the road, while dangerous, is usually not as immediately deadly as collapsing in the ocean.
As insane as I believe the Ironman to be, I do admire and appreciate the extreme dedication of the athletes who train for and participate in it. In concept, and on a much smaller scale, I am even drawn to the idea of a triathlon.
As long as you're doing it for the right reasons (a tee shirt and a medal), it's not that insane.
I've mentioned on this blog before, but it always bears repeating, that I believe with my whole heart that running is stupid. I do, however, love to swim and I'm also a big fan of biking and of participating in race events in general. There's just something about the camaraderie of misery that really sizzles my bacon.
So, when a friend recently asked if anyone would like to join her for the sprint course of the TriathLou in Litchfield, Illinois, I readily volunteered. I participated in a similar event ten or twelve years ago with my sister and I remember it being tough but fun. Then, to my surprise and delight, my slightly insane fourteen-year-old son said he wanted to give it a try this time, so I was definitely stuck.
It wasn't a terribly long event. We swam 0.3 miles, biked 12 miles, and ran 3.1 miles, done consecutively with only enough break between to exchange some equipment and chow some quick sugar, like an energy bar or a Snickers because I am pretty familiar with early twenty-first century American culture.
Yes, I did finish, and I did run every step. As I easily predicted, the swim and bike went just fine and I was slow and miserable-ish on the stupid run, but I did it. For my efforts I got improved satisfaction with my fitness level, a tee shirt, and a finishers medal so I can prove to anyone who questions me that I am mildly insane.
An Exhilarating Fight to the Death
On July 29, 2021 July 29, 2021 By Sarah AngletonIn Sports16 Comments
This past week saw the official opening of the XXXII Olympiad in Tokyo, with some definite adjustments. There are no cheering crowds and the athletes arbitrarily wear masks when they don't have the immediate need to breathe. Viewership in the US is way down, I'm sure partly because seeing empty stadiums is unsettling and partly because so many people have given up cable in favor of streaming services. It's also difficult to hashtag a 2020 Olympic Games that is occurring in 2021. We're probably all little discombobulated.
Cesar I. Martins from Jundiai, Brazil, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
What I miss the most are the parents of the athletes, sitting in the stands wringing their hands, biting their nails, trying to watch and not watch at the same time while their son or daughter competes at the highest level in a sport to which they have dedicated so much time and energy for so many years. Instead, we're shown occasional glimpses of them in the comfort of their living rooms half a world away, or gathered with family and friends for watch parties. It's nice to see them, but it's not quite the same.
There are two types of Olympic parent. The first is the one who is the former elite athlete themselves. This parent my even have been a coach to their young athlete at some point. They can semi-calmly answer knowledgeable questions about their son or daughter's performance. The second kind of parent had no idea that their child might be the greatest handball player of all time, and when it all began, had no idea precisely how one played handball.
It's this parent with whom I identify, because while the rest of the handful of Olympic watchers in the US was tuned into the primetime replay of the Opening Ceremony last Friday, I was instead watching men's sabre fencing. This is the kind of event you have to watch live mostly in the middle of the night because it's not gymnastics, swimming, sprinting, or beach volleyball. And it's a sport that we had to watch, because for about three years now, my youngest son has been a fencer.
Italian sabre team at 1908 Olympics. Unknown author, Public Domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Despite the fact that fencing is one of the world's oldest sports, as it developed alongside the need to learn how to fight and defend oneself with a sword, and despite the fact that it is one of only five events that has been part of every single occurrence of the Modern Olympic Games since they began in Athens in 1896, fencing remains a watch-in-the-middle-of-the-night kind of sport around these parts.
And we did watch it in the middle of the night. The preliminaries began around 7 pm and the gold medal bout occurred around 7 am. In between was a lot of fencing, very little of which was understood by this mom.
It's not that I don't like the sport. It's just that before my son started, the only thing I knew about fencing I had learned from The Princess Bride, which taught me that Bonetti's defense might be fitting for rocky terrain, and that if one is to be satisfied with his bout, he should fence with his non-dominant hand unless forced to do otherwise because his opponent is better than he is. Neither of these pieces of information has so far proven useful in the slightest.
I have accumulated some knowledge over the last few years. For instance, there are three varieties of sport fencing. Each uses a distinct type of sword, set of rules, and method of scoring. Foil is the classic art of poking one's opponent in the torso. Epee, according to my son, is the sword dancing of lawless hippies. And sabre is more or less an exhilarating fight to the death by stabbing or whacking.
Thadius856, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Obviously, my son primarily fences sabre, which is the fastest moving of the three and is therefore the most difficult for an enthusiastic mom to spectate without making a fool of herself.
In case you're not familiar with the sport, I'll explain. Very basically, each fencer is attempting to score a "touch" against the other by being the first to make contact with an opponent from the waist up. This touch can be scored with either the stabby part of the sword or the cutting edge. That's not so tricky. But if both fencers manage to achieve a touch, which seems to pretty much always happen, then the point goes to the fencer who has claim to the right of way, or in other words, the last fencer to have done something either offensive (like move forward without stopping or flinching) or defensive, like parry an opponent's attack.
Right of way is determined by a judge, who is never swayed by the simultaneous outpouring of enthusiastic celebration by each of the fencers, as convinced the point belongs to him as a soccer player is that he has been gravely injured by light contact with another player. Except that sometimes the judge is swayed. But more often, they just call a simultaneous, no one gets the point, and the false celebrating ceases for the next 0.4 milliseconds that it takes to do it all over again.
© Marie-Lan Nguyen / Wikimedia Commons
I have been trying to figure it out. I really have, and I thought that maybe by watching sabre in the Olympics with commentary and slow-motion views, I might gain some super fencing-mom skill. Alas, until the finals, fencing events were only viewable on a four-way split screen with no commentary at all, except for the unintelligible utterances of my son and husband (who is much better at mimicking sports knowledge than I am) who said things like stop hit, mal-parry, or flunge.
So, I ended up doing what I always do. I cheered when my son did.
As far as learning how to cheer on the sport, the whole exercise was about as helpful as watching The Princess Bride. But that's okay. He's not in the Olympics yet. If he is someday, I'm sure I'll have it all figured out by then. Or at least I'll be the mom who is wringing my hands, biting my nails, and trying to both watch and not watch at the same time. Because everyone can understand that.
Which Commercial Will You Root For?
On February 4, 2021 February 4, 2021 By Sarah AngletonIn Sports, Television20 Comments
On July 4, 1941 the Brooklyn Dodgers took on the Philadelphia Phillies at home in Ebbets Field, a game that was broadcast on local television station WNBT. Though only about 1% of US homes had a television at the time, maybe as many as four thousand households tuned in. It was probably less than that, but just before the game started, those watching also got to see a ten second advertisement for the Bulova Watch Company.
Remembered as the first ever television commercial, it cost less than ten dollars to create, somewhere in the neighborhood of $70-$160 in 2021 dollars. I have no idea what the return on investment for this commercial was, but given that the same company produced the first radio spot advertisement in 1926 and in 1931 engaged in the watch industry's first million-dollar advertising campaign through its retail partners, I think it's a safe bet that Bulova thought it was money well spent. That might be especially true since we're still talking about it eighty years later.
And it seems like a particularly reasonable price tag when you consider that the bidding for a 30-second commercial time slot for this weekend's Super Bowl 55 began at 5.6 million dollars. Of course, commercial slots aren't always quite that expensive. When that one pirate-themed team with the quarterback who cheats takes on the Great State of Missouri's one and only professional football team which just happens to be the reigning champion, more than 100 million people are expected to be watching.
Eighty years later America still runs on Bulova time.
photo credit: Max Grabert Bulova Precisionist Champlain 98B142 via photopin (license)
As much as it might sound like I do, I don't really have a dog in this fight. I tried for a while because my husband enjoys watching the sport, but I've never much cared for American football. Now more and more it just feels like I'm watching repeated brain trauma.
So, like an estimated 37 million of my closest friends, I will tune into the commercials and use the football breaks to go to the bathroom, enjoy some snacks, or perhaps read a book. I am reading a really good one right now. I will root for the best commercials, those that stick with me because they made me laugh, or cry, or admire their cleverness.
I don't really have a dog in that fight either because I couldn't quite swing the $5.6 million. A while back I did spend exactly zero dollars of 1941 currency to produce two book trailers that I have now posted (for the bargain price of zero dollars in 2021 currency) here on my blog where nearly 5,000 followers could potentially see them. It will probably be somewhat less than that and they aren't exactly Super Bowl quality, but who knows? Maybe people will still be talking about them eighty years from now.
The Official Flaming Underpants of the 2020 Covid Olympics
On July 23, 2020 July 23, 2020 By Sarah AngletonIn Current Events, Education, Sports12 Comments
This week our local schools revealed their plans for the fall. There are as many different approaches as there are school districts involved, but the one thing that is fairly consistent is that if students return to the classroom, they'll be wearing face masks.
It's going to take some adjustment and patience, but I suspect most kids will do okay with this. Image by Leo Fontes from Pixabay
I don't think that comes as such a shock. Also this week, most stores in our area began requiring masks inside, a mandate that has not come from our governor in the state of Missouri, but has been left up to county health officials, local governments, and business owners. A good number of people were wearing them anyway, but now it's official policy.
That's led to a little bit of grumbling, as there are still some people who question the practice, but for the most part, the folks in my little corner of the world are handling any conflicts with calm discussion and a touch of humor.
Mostly, we talk about underwear.
It's all over my social media feeds as clever memes that draw parallels between wearing a face mask and wearing a bra or panties or boxer briefs. A mask, they say, should be treated like underwear—it should be kept dry, worn clean, and not adjusted in public. Many ladies add to the discussion by proudly proclaiming that even though it's uncomfortable and kind of a pain, they wear a bra in public for the benefit of others. Unfortunately, outside of social media, and in the sticky summer St. Louis heat, the resolve of some seems to fall away and that particular metaphor doesn't always hold.
But the point is still valid. And what else do we have to talk about?
Because on this day in 2020, when the world should be sharing in the celebration of the parade of nations and the end of the Olympic torch relay at the opening ceremony of the Summer Olympics in Tokyo, instead we're sharing a virus.
One of many great disappointments in 2020. photo credit: Tim Schofield IMG_0965 via photopin (license)
And when we should be watching with pride as the torch is run into an Olympic stadium filled with the best elite athletes the world has to offer, anticipating gymnastics floor routines, swimming medley relays, and (in my household particularly) epic fencing bouts, we're stuck instead with endless conversations about the fallout of Covid-19. And underwear.
In 1956, the topics actually overlapped, because that's when the great underwear torch relay occurred. The Olympic torch, of course, is the symbol of connection and continuity from the Olympics of Ancient Greece and the modern-day event, which draws the world together in a spirit of friendly competition, cooperation, and good fun.
I can't help but wonder how many people have touched this and whether or not their hands were clean.
The relay, however, which sees the lighted torch carried from Olympia, Greece to the host city, making appearances in cities around the world on the way, has much shallower roots, only dating back to the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin. It was a tradition begun by Nazis.
For this and probably lots of other geopolitical reasons, the torch relay and the torch itself, has at times been the target of protests. In 1956, one such protest carried out by eight students from St. John's College at the University of Sydney, involved a fake torch made from a silver-painted wooden chair leg, a plum pudding can, and a flaming pair of underpants.
Approximating the dress of an official torch runner, and accompanied by a uniformed buddy on a motorcycle, one student carried the flaming drawers ahead of the official torch and even managed to hand it off to then Lord Mayor of Sydney Pat Hills, who, flustered at the earlier than expected arrival of the torch, proceeded to give a prepared speech to an expectant crowd. By the time he learned of the deception, the student had disappeared.
The real torch did make its way to the handoff at Sydney Town Hall amid a little bit of mayhem. It went on from there to Melbourne where it burned brightly over the Olympic Games that year. The student who'd handed off the flaming underwear, a young man named Barry Larkin, went on to establish a successful veterinary practice, and as is so often the case, no one really seems to know what he and his friends were actually protesting.
photo credit: pburka Mask required via photopin (license)
But I suppose people will always find a reason to get a little riled up. It might be that we disagree with the way our local school districts have decided to try to navigate an impossible situation. Or it might be that we have deep-rooted personal beliefs about whether or not people should be required to wear face masks into WalMart.
I wish we could all be watching the Olympics. But I guess instead we'll talk about underwear.
And Then Ninety-two Years Later
On February 13, 2020 February 13, 2020 By Sarah AngletonIn Health, Sports15 Comments
It was 1928 when pathologist Dr. Harrison Martland first wrote about the condition that came to be known in the boxing world as "Punch Drunk Syndrome." With his partner Dr. Christopher Beling, Martland autopsied more than three hundred brains from traumatic cerebral hemorrhaging cases and found a connection between unusual brain structures and the sport of boxing.
Image courtesy of Skeeze, via Pixabay.com
Dr. Martland set out to learn as much as he could about the sport and noted carefully the observations of the athletes and trainers who exhibited and described tremors, vertigo, and mental deterioration, many of them having been reassured by physicians that there was no correlation between head injury sustained in the ring and such symptoms.
Martland believed there was enough evidence to suggest a connection and though he didn't have the exact mechanism of the disease figured out, he poured a great deal of effort into detailing boxing styles and career longevity and their possible relationships to long-term health effects.
Image courtesy of tpsdave, via Pixabay.com
But Martland's work didn't gain a lot of traction, and barely any outside the sport of boxing. It certainly wasn't discussed within other contact sports, and was flat-out denied by some. It was another seventy-seven years before the 2005 publication of Dr. Bennett Omalu's paper on "Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy" (CTE) observed in the brains of deceased professional American football athletes and before the danger of frequent concussion was even on the public's radar.
The NFL was quick to disparage the study and the reputation of Dr. Omalu, but was eventually pressured enough to admit to some knowledge of brain injury problems. It turned out that many former NFL players were experiencing impulse control, impaired judgment, chronic headache, aggression, paranoia, and early onset progressive dementia.
Thanks to a tenacious media and Hollywood director and producer Ridley Scott who enlisted Will Smith to tell the story of Dr. Omalu's discovery in the 2015 film Concussion, the public has begun to pay attention and sports are beginning, though still much too slowly, to seriously examine ways to keep athletes safer.
The word was finally out eighty-seven years after Dr. Martland's description of Punch Drunk Syndrome, and thirty-seven years after my cousin Jake started playing sports as a little kid.
We lost Jake a few months ago, just before Christmas. He ended his own life because at age 47, he could no longer manage the symptoms of this terrible degenerative disease. That's when most of his family found out for the first time what he had been struggling with. He hadn't wanted us to know while he did his best to enjoy life with the people he loved.
He was a wonderful, generous man and yes, he was a gifted multi-sport athlete who loved, among many others, the sport of football. He played it for many years, and then in more recent years told his fiancée that if he had known the price for playing, he wouldn't have done it.
Image courtesy of tpsdave via Pixabay.com
And that's why I decided to use this space, where I typically stick to more lighthearted topics, to write about Punch Drunk Syndrome, CTE, and my cousin who is so very loved and so terribly missed. Because his choices might have been different if he'd had the information. And maybe your choices or the choices of those you love could be different now that you do.
CTE does not correlate strongly with isolated large concussion injuries, though of course those are concerning. Those who suffer from CTE are more likely to have experienced years of repeated small head trauma, much of which may not even fit the diagnostic criteria of concussion. Sports most likely to see CTE development include not only football and boxing, but also hockey, rugby, and soccer. It also affects military personnel and victims of domestic violence.
There's still a lot to be learned. CTE doesn't affect everyone who has ever experienced head trauma, or everyone who plays contact sports, but when it does, it is devastating and incurable. In fact, though we understand much more about the causes and symptoms than we ever have before, it still can't be conclusively diagnosed until death.
What we do know for sure is that it's entirely preventable. And we should've known that for at least ninety-two years.
You can learn more about CTE from the Concussion Legacy Foundation.
Bobbling Along With Style
On September 19, 2019 September 19, 2019 By Sarah AngletonIn Art, Sports9 Comments
History has not been especially kind to King George IV of the United Kingdom. Many of his contemporaries described him as selfish, unreliable, and just kind of the worst. He was difficult to work with, indulged frequently in heavy drinking, and he was a pretty terrible husband. But he did have one thing going for him. The man had style.
Referred to as the "First Gentleman of England," George had tremendous influence on style and taste in the early 19th century. He was particularly passionate about architecture and design, and spared no detail when planning his Brighton Pavilion beginning in 1787. Built after Indian architectural styles, then Prince George chose Asian-influenced décor for the interior. And it's pretty heard to question the man's impeccable taste when you realize that this choice led to the incorporation of a bunch of bobbleheads.
This is a Japanese "nodder" doll that dates to the 16th century, though bobblehead-style dolls are probably older than that. Cleveland Museum of Art [CC0], Public Domain, via Wikimedia Commons
According to the website of the National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum, which is a real place in Milwaukee, WI in case you ever want to go, George was pretty fond of these Chinese and Japanese dolls with oversized heads attached with string. Perhaps it was because when nudged, they always agreed with him.
Not a great deal seems to be known about the origin of the bobblehead, except that something like it seems to have developed in parts of Asia prior to 1760 or so when it started nodding its way into Europe and became a fun, manufactured product coming out of Germany.
This could be yours for just $19.95 on Amazon right now. No, seriously.
The bobblehead doll's popularity has waxed and waned over the years since its introduction to the western world, but it's been on the rise pretty steadily now since the late nineties when the San Francisco Giants handed out 20,000 big-headed bobbling Willie Mayses to a crowd of enthusiastic fans.
Since that time an army of distorted, acquiescent, cartoon celebrities, athletes, and even Pope Francises has been released upon the world.
And though I hope I'm not selfish or unreliable or just kind of the worst, I have to agree with King George IV on this one. I find bobbleheads pretty adorable and I do have quite a few. Mine are all of the baseball variety, collected from stadium giveaways.
It's a fun collection that sometimes borders on the ridiculous. In fact, just this past weekend, the promotional giveaway at the stadium I love the most was a double bobblehead featuring two of the all-time greats from the history of the team. Because my husband and I couldn't go to the game, we bought our nephew a ticket so he could go and collect our keepsake for us.
My husband is fond of saying, "There's no more agreeable activity than dusting a collection of bobbleheads."
Our prize has now found a new home in our baseball-inspired family room, which probably isn't all that influential in the style and taste department. But it is a pretty accommodating place to be, surrounded by nodding statues in matching uniforms.
If you've followed this blog for a long time, you may recall that uniform has a pair of red birds on it. Also, you may recall that I don't mention the team that wears that uniform by name when they are in the middle of a playoff run. Yes, I realize that's not rational, but bear with me here. The last time I blogged about my favorite Midwestern flock of baseball-playing birds during a playoff run without using their actual team name, they won the World Series. I'm just doing my part.
With style.
The Queen of Strength and Beauty
On August 29, 2019 August 29, 2019 By Sarah AngletonIn Health, History, Sports9 Comments
Just two years after he organized what is largely considered the world's first bodybuilding competition in 1901, acclaimed German muscle man Eugen Sandow met his match in a woman. The story goes that it was at a performance of feats of strength in New York when strongwoman Catherine Brumbach challenged anyone in the audience to outlift her.
Also known as the "Lady Hercules," Katie Sandwina was known for being feminine as well as uncommonly strong. University of Washington [Public domain]
Sandow allegedly jumped onto the stage and proceeded to lift a 300-pound barbell to chest height. Catherine then lifted the same weight over her head with one hand. Some historians question the truth of the tale that pits the two heavy lifters against one another. When one considers that Katie spent much of her life working for master promoter P.T. Barnum, it's easy to suspect it may be little more than a load of hogwash.
But there's no question Catherine Brumbach, whose stage name became Katie Sandwina after her rumored victory over one of the world's strongest men, was a powerhouse. Katie grew up in a circus, performing with her very large family. When she was a teenager, her father offered a prize to any man who could outwrestle her. None ever did, but one man did fall in love and propose.
Happily married for more than fifty years, Katie incorporated her husband Max into the show, lifting his 165-pound body above her head with one arm and then tossing him about with ease.
I'm impressed by this woman, whose 5'9", 200 lb. frame was considered by many to be the ideal image of perfect womanhood. She was even known as "Europe's Queen of Strength and Beauty."
She's lifting three grown men. And she's wearing heels. I'd say the title of queen is well deserved. Bain News Service, publisher [Public domain]
I can't exactly relate, but I have recently begun lifting with my husband. Of course I don't mean that I'm lifting him over my head like Katie Sandwina would do with her Max. But we do try to get to the gym together about three times a week where he lifts the kind of large weights a large man might lift and then I show him how it's done by lifting much lighter weights. Super impressively.
And I am getting stronger, though I'm pretty sure no one is referring to me as America's Queen of Strength and Beauty. Or even Missouri's. Yet. Katie still has quite a bit of size and strength on me, and I'm a lot more interested in being a little bit healthier and a little bit stronger than I am in becoming the strongest woman in the world. She was, by the way, her record unbroken until 1987 by American weightlifter Karyn Marshall.
Katie performed with Barnum & Bailey's Circus until she was sixty years old. Then she and Max retired to run a restaurant in New York. There this queen of beauty and strength cooked up a storm and occasionally acted as formidable bouncer until her death in 1952.
Perhaps that should be my goal. By the time we retire, I plan to be strong enough to literally throw someone out of my kitchen should the need arise. Like a queen. And of course, I'll look beautiful doing it.
Why Hello There, Stanley (Woo Hoo!)
On June 13, 2019 June 13, 2019 By Sarah AngletonIn Sports7 Comments
Since 1893 when Governor General of Canada Sir Frederick Arthur Stanley donated a silver challenge cup to be held each year by the champion hockey team in the Dominion of Canada, the oldest trophy in professional sports has been passed around, drop kicked, stolen, and accidentally left on the side of the road. What came to be known as the Stanley Cup has held flowers, cereal, and newborn babies.
Original Stanley Cup – Library and Archives Canada, Public Domain, via Wikimedia Commons
It's been through some design changes over the years and since 1926 it has served as the championship trophy of the National Hockey League.
And now for the first time it's been hoisted by the St. Louis Blues. (Woo Hoo!)
I can't claim to be a huge fan of the sport of hockey, but the excitement during the playoffs and the Stanley Cup finals has been infectious.
By Own work, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1390419
St. Louis is celebrating. I'm celebrating. None of us has slept much. And we've all now listened to late season Blues victory anthem "Gloria" covered in 1982 by Laura Branigan, far more than anyone did in 1982 when it topped out at number 2 on the Billboard chart.
I am delighted for the players, the lifelong fans, and the little kids whose loyalty to their favorite hockey team has been forever sealed by an awesome season in which the very worst team in the league at the beginning of January became the very best team by the end. (Woo Hoo!)
And I'm so happy for my city that has had some rough years, but has drawn together in the last few weeks as a community longing for an improbable victory. I think I'm even going to buy a Stanley Cup Championship tee shirt.
Let's Go Blues!
(I apologize for the little bit of foul language at the beginning of this video and in the linked video above. Everyone's been a little excited around here.)
Gold Medal Throw Down with a Monk
On February 15, 2018 By Sarah AngletonIn Sports25 Comments
Olympic spirit has infected my home like a bad case of the flu. I like the Olympics. I've enjoyed watching US snowboarders own it, and the figure skating is quite lovely, but my case is pretty light. My husband, on the other hand, is somewhat delirious. The man is obsessed. If the Olympic Games came around more frequently than every two years, it would definitely be time to stage an intervention.
This same guy, who ordinarily couldn't care less about the world stage of biathlon or wouldn't devote a moment's thought to the subtleties of bobsledding technique, has transformed into an expert on all things international sports.
Okay, it does look kind of fun. photo credit: Wyoming_Jackrabbit IMG_1787 via photopin (license)
Nowhere is his illness more apparent than in his newfound (and likely short lived) dedication to the sport of curling. If we can assume the DJ on my preferred morning radio station got her information from a reliable source and that I heard correctly (both pretty big assumptions), then curling is currently the third most popular winter Olympic sport amongst the American viewing public.
Why not? It's got slippery ice and heavy rocks and some very enthusiastic sweeping, everything a sport needs I should think. It has the nail-biting moments of tension that beg for otherwise responsible sports enthusiasts to stay up late even though they have to be at work the next morning.
Prior to 1998, the only thing that came to mind for most of us when someone mentioned curling. Image courtesy of oga_red, via Pixabay
The sport is loud, too, sometimes called the "roaring game" because of the unique rumble of stone scraping against ice or possibly because of the crazy fanboy shouting coming from my living room.
Some of the interest in Olympic curling may simply be because it's a relative newcomer to the Games, only included since 1998. Sort of. The sport actually made its Olympic debut with the first Winter Games in 1924, but was then downgraded to an exhibition sport because it lacked an international organization necessary to meet the requirements of the IOC.
Really, despite its recent emergence in the consciousness of Olympic fanatics, curling is an older sport than even its most dedicated historians (and yes, it has some) are willing to speculate. There's disagreement about whether curling is originally Dutch or Scottish in origin, but the earliest written evidence of the sport, or something like it, comes from Scotland in the form of a legal record book from the 16th century covering the goings on of Paisley Abbey.
Scholars discovered the book in 1976 and quickly turned it over to be examined by curling historian David Smith, who is the kind of dedicated historian that might argue with you about the origin of the sport and would win because, let's face it, you'd probably be out of your depth.
One of the earliest instances of curling caught on canvas, Winter Landscape with Skaters and Bird Trap By Dutch painter Pieter Brueghel the Elder, 1565. Public Domain, via Wikimedia Commons
When Smith translated the passage of interest from Latin, he found that it described, ever so briefly, a practice run of Brother John Sclater who slid three stones to roar across the ice and felt fairly satisfied he was ready to meet the challenge he'd previously issued to Gavin Hamilton, the new lay governor of the Abbey.
Because the record of the anticipated match appears in Latin legalese, scholars point out that this most likely wasn't a friendly contest. Rather it's an example of how an angry 16th century monk issues a throw down. There's no record of which man won, suggesting that the notary was rooting for the other guy.
I bet it broke his heart to see his favorite curler miss the mark. He'd probably stayed up late to watch the match, biting his nails as the stones roared against the ice and the competitors shouted and swept. He probably had to head to the office bright and early the next morning where he'd put in a full day filling books with Latin legalese. But he didn't care because he'd caught the fever.
Saving the World's Clay Pigeon Population in Middle of Nowhere, Missouri
On September 7, 2017 September 7, 2017 By Sarah AngletonIn History, Sports9 Comments
My family and I took advantage of the recent long holiday weekend to spend some quality time together making fun of each other. At least they made fun of me. Or as my husband likes to say, I made the fun. They just pointed it out.
We took a warm sunny day to pile into the old family truckster and drive out to a shooting range in Middle of Nowhere, Missouri to go trap shooting, a first for me and my sons. It was a fun afternoon, and I can see how people could get really into the sport.
William Carver certainly did when he moved out West in 1872 to practice dentistry in Nebraska, a profession he didn't stick with for long but that lent him the nickname "Doc." Instead, he took up trap shooting, and soon discovered he could make a pretty good living at it if he were good enough.
And he was good. Like really good. He toured the country and by 1879 even set sail for Europe where, according to biographer Raymond Thorp, he showed off his exceptional skills to the Prince of Wales and many wealthy patrons during an extended engagement at the Crystal Palace.
Doc Carver: a man who did his best to decimate the clay pigeon population and a pretty darn good shot. By A.H. Arnold, Omaha (Heritage Auctions) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
Referred to in the New York Times as "the man who can put a bullet through a silver quarter while the coin is flying through the air," Doc Carver could have plausibly claimed the title of greatest shooter in the world, but one challenge remained. Because there was one shooter who might have been said to be better. And allegedly, the up-and-comer Carver had a hard time convincing champion Captain Adam Henry Bogardus (who was both a pretty darn good shooter and the perfector of the glass ball and trap that had been serving to save the world's passenger pigeon population from the sport) to accept a match.
In 1883, Bogardus finally did accept and the two faced off with a shoot in Louisville, Kentucky. Doc Carver won by one bird in front of a crowd of 1000. But as disappointing as the loss may have been to Bogardus, the match-up had its advantages. Soon both shooters received a hefty endorsement deal from George Ligowsky, inventor of the clay pigeon and trap that would serve to save the world's glass ball population from the sport, and a lot of innocent fields from being littered with shards of broken glass.
What Ligowsky proposed, and paid handsomely for, was a series of 25 matches throughout the United States between the two champions, using the new clay pigeons. Doc Carver won nineteen of the matches, sealing his claim that he was good at the sport. Like pretty darn good. I guess it makes sense, this desire to prove oneself against someone else of great skill. It's what drives a lot of athletes toward success and continues to push sport accomplishments to greater and greater levels.
What I can't figure out is why it would be important to prove oneself against a person who has no particular interest or who has never demonstrated skill in a sport. Before this past weekend I had never been trap shooting in my life. Neither had my sons, but they were kind of excited about the idea when my husband (who has been trapshooting before) suggested we give it a try.
At first I was thinking this would be a great guys' day out and I would have the house to myself so I could read a good book. Like a really good one. But then my youngest started to get a little nervous, suggesting he didn't think he'd be very good at it, and maybe he shouldn't go.
So, I sighed and did what moms do. I set aside my really good book, piled in the car with the family to head out to a gun range in Middle of Nowhere, Missouri, and I literally gave it my best shot. In fact I gave it a lot of my best shots. I even tried really hard to follow my sons' very helpful advice and aim. I didn't hit a single clay pigeon.
You might think that would mean they'd be easy to break, but it turns out you still have to manage to hit them.
Not even one.
But I was an encourager. As my boys struggled (a lot less than I did) and then started to hit their targets more often than not, I cheered them on and became the butt of the jokes. Because I'm good at that.
As far as trap shooting goes, my sons are pretty good. My husband is really good (though maybe not yet to the level of pretty darn good). And, well, I'm not bad at releasing the clay pigeons.


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…was biking and I finally went on a different trail today! I met up with Shima and we rode 7 miles from Bethesda, MD to Georgetown, DC and back (14 total miles) on the Bethesda Crescent Trail.
It was really refreshing to ride in a different environment… I was like a kid in a candy shop looking at all the new things around me. Another cool thing around this trail is that they not only have random water stations, but today, they were giving out FREE bike bells…so of course I got one.
After our ride, Shima and I had lunch at Potbelly's then we went to Georgetown Cupcake (don't f*cking judge me!!!) and had a sweet treat (pic of me and my bike on the metro back home with my guilty pleasure of the day).


Emergent BioSolutions, which offers specialized products to healthcare providers and governments to address medical needs and emerging health threats, announced it would acquire a drug for treating inhaled anthrax from pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline in an all-cash deal worth up to $96 million. The deal is expected to close by the end of the year.
The WilmerHale team representing Emergent BioSolutions was led by Jeffrey Hermanson and includes Belinda Juran, Sam Rothberg, Alex Civetta, Jasmine Haddad, Hartmut Schneider, Julie Hogan Rodgers and Bruce Manheim.
To learn more about the acquisition, read Emergent BioSolutions' press release.


Myanmar's ousted ruling party leader Shwe Mann has met opposition leader and Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi in the country's capital, a member of parliament for the ruling party said.
President Thein Sein sacked Shwe Mann from the ruling Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) in dramatic fashion last week, in part because of his relationship with rival party leaders.
Shwe Mann, who remains speaker of parliament and a USDP member, had built ties with Ms Suu Kyi.
The two met for an hour, the parliamentarian said on condition of anonymity. He said he did not know what they discussed.
On Monday, the president made a rare appearance at the ruling party headquarters as his newly installed leadership team prepared for a showdown in parliament with Shwe Mann.
Members of the USDP, made up mostly of former military officers, made an appeal for unity at the meeting.
The country's first free elections in 25 years are due in three months.
The party, which took power in 2011 to end almost half a century of military rule, is expected to fare poorly against Ms Suu Kyi's opposition National League for Democracy in the vote.
"Today, as you see, president Thein Sein also came to meet the party members," the new chairman of the party, Htay Oo, said in a speech.
"The USDP needs to stay strong. The USDP has to be a powerful political party. Not only do we need to build a strong and united force to achieve our goals, but we also need to work together with allied political forces to win the 2015 election."
Myanmar has undergone major changes since the 2011 shift to a quasi-civilian system, but is now seeing tensions between rival forces vying for power.
The rivalry between Thein Sein and Shwe Mann — two of the major establishment figures — came to a head in a late-night drama last Wednesday, when trucks with security personnel sealed off the headquarters of the party.
Thein Sein sacked Shwe Mann before the president's allies, under the presence of the security personnel, hosted late-night meetings at the USDP complex.
He purged Shwe Mann's faction from the party's executive committee.
Next week, Shwe Mann will face the emboldened presidential faction of his own party as the chamber reopens for the last session before the November 8 vote.
The president said in his remarks it was only the second time in recent years that he had attended a USDP leadership meeting, USDP lawmaker Hla Swe said in a post on his Facebook page.
Shwe Mann has said little since his sacking on what he plans to do.
In a Facebook post on Saturday, he said he would do nothing to endanger the country or the people, and that neither should anybody else.


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TRIMMEAN function
TRIMMEAN(values, percentage) TRIMMEAN(values; percentage)
{ Number }
The values the calculation is based on.
Number or { Number }
The percentage of values at the beginning and end of the array which should be ignored. If .1 (10%) is given and the given array contains 100 values, the first five values and the last five values are ignored, for a total of ten ignored values (10% * 10010% * 100).
The mean (average) of all given values which are not discarded.
Returns the mean (average) of the given values, ignoring a percentage of array elements at the beginning and end of the given array. The array is sorted first before values are discarded, meaning that the smallest and largest values are removed (if any).
Use AVERAGE or AVERAGEA instead if you don't need to trim the smallest and largest values before calculating the average.
TRIMMEAN({ 1, 3, 7, 19, 23, 29, 45, 48, 92, 93 }, 0)TRIMMEAN({ 1; 3; 7; 19; 23; 29; 45; 48; 92; 93 }; 0)
Returns 36, which is the mean of all values of the array. Specifying 0 as the second parameter ensures that no values are removed.
AVERAGE(1, 3, 7, 19, 23, 29, 45, 48, 92, 93)AVERAGE(1; 3; 7; 19; 23; 29; 45; 48; 92; 93)
Returns 36, which is the mean of all values of the array. Specifying 0 as the second parameter to TRIMMEAN and using AVERAGE produce identical results.
TRIMMEAN({ 1, 3, 7, 19, 23, 29, 45, 48, 92, 93 }, 0.2)TRIMMEAN({ 1; 3; 7; 19; 23; 29; 45; 48; 92; 93 }; 0,2)
Returns 33.25, which is the mean of all values of the array, excluding 3 and 93. Specifying 0.2 for the second parameter ensures that 10% of all values are removed at the beginning and 10% are removed at the end, before performing the calculation.
AVERAGE({ 3, 7, 19, 23, 29, 45, 48, 92 })AVERAGE({ 3; 7; 19; 23; 29; 45; 48; 92 })
Returns 33.25, which is the mean of all values of the array. This array is identical to the { 1, 3, 7, 19, 23, 29, 45, 48, 92, 93 }{ 1; 3; 7; 19; 23; 29; 45; 48; 92; 93 } array of the other examples, but has had 1 and 93 removed.


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