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Kenyan government involvement in the funding of President Museveni's 2016 Campaign
This here was addressed and questioned earlier during December 2015 the Kenyan support of President Museveni. As we are close to the poll; I did some quick check up about it. And especially in Kenya as it is even a bit controversial there; even if the rumors of funding from President Museveni to the Jubilee Coalition in 2013; something that has not been denied or confirmed; as President Museveni or President Kenyatta will disclose the funds of the campaign.
As much as President Museveni prefers keeping information close or only throw shade on enemies. He keeps it tight until he needs to show it, as he plays things close. He needs loyal cadres everywhere and knowing that the Jubilee Coalition could be a great ally in the EAC, as the trade between Kenya and Uganda is important for both of the countries. The connections between has been pivotal. Here today I will go through the recent reports on the support from Government of Kenya towards the Campaign for re-elections of President Museveni. Another way of showing it is not a level playing-field for President Museveni as the opposition candidates do not have the international support that President Museveni does have! Take a look!
Group from Kenyan Government delegation help in Museveni campaign:
"Reports indicate that the team of more than five leaders will be pitching camp in Uganda just a week before the country holds its General Election. The delegation is said to be led by Endebess Member of Parliament Robert Pukose accompanied by Elgeyo-Marakwet Senator Kipchumba Murkomen, Uasin Gishu Governor Jackson Mandago and Deputy President William Ruto's personal assistant Farouk Kibet. The Jubilee delegation is set to be hosted at a State Lodge in Kapchorwa where they will spend the night before participating in several rallies in the ongoing heated campaign" (Muchiri, 2016).
What they are doing and amount of funds:
"At a weekend fundraiser event in Sebei, Kenyan politicians Mr Pukose and Mr Tunai handed over 100 bags of cement, 170 iron sheets and Sh48 million for school projects in Tumbaboi (Kapchorwa), Ngenge (Kween) and Kapkoros (Bukwo). Reports also emerged that Kuka's Inn in Kapchorwa was full of activity, as ruling party members prepared to receive the visitors. When the Kenyan politicians arrive, they are expected be hosted to a breakfast at State Lodge Kapchorwa and spend a night there after several rallies. On Saturday they will attend a get-together with the Sabiny community big shots" (Chekwech, 2016).
ODM accuse the Jubilee Government of Involvement in Museveni Campaign:
"ODM has accused Jubilee of using public resources to drum up support for Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni ahead of the country's general election on February 18" (…)"The Ugandan elections have sparked a lot of interest among Kenyan politicians, with both Deputy President William Ruto and opposition leader Raila Odinga being actively involved in campaigns" (…)In a statement made by the ODM:"We remain deeply concerned about the involvement of the Kenyan government in the ongoing Ugandan presidential election campaigns in support of incumbent President Yoweri Museveni," (…)"Kenya's involvement in Uganda elections also sets a dangerous precedent that will see incumbents openly rally behind each other," (…)"ODM said in the statement signed by director of elections Junet Mohamed" (Mbaka, 2016).
William Ruto rewarded for helping President Museveni:
"Reports emerging indicate that William Ruto grabbed a prime parcel of land in Kayunga Uganda, the same place where he went to campaign for Museveni" (…)"Charles Tabora, a local denizen narrated to our pressman that area residents have already suspected Museveni's hand in the heist because his government is mum on the same" (…)"We shall not go to sleep until we redeem our land that has been grabbed by this Kenyan land baron. Museveni and his 'land addict' can go to hell for all we care. We will teach that Kenyan man that Ugandans are like the rock that is right in the bottom of the deep ocean and does not fear rain" Explained Mr. Joseph" (Politica, 2016).
Allegation of using Eurobonds funds to support Museveni campaign:
"Henry Rotich said Raila's sentiments were only meant to create unnecessary anxiety" (…)""We have provided all the information on our website for all to see and make their conclusion on who is telling the truth. What I know is that people cannot be fooled all the time," said Rotich" (…)""We have invited him to table the dossier he has with PAC (Public Accounts Committee) but he refused and instead goes to the media to claim he has information. Odinga should table the evidence with the Auditor General and stop disturbing the CS," the legislator said" (…)""If Odinga does not have faith in Parliament he should visit agencies that will carry expeditious and independent probe about the alleged saga," Mr Chepkonga" (Kibor, 2016).
This here proves that it is manpower and monies that extended the power of the campaign while the other candidates are struggling and howling over; the NRM get even support of Money from Eurobonds from Kenya as William Ruto want to pay him back for the support of campaign they had in 2013. The approach is to give back for the support earlier even with a full-fledged team who gives pledges and gifts in districts go give credit to NRM and President Museveni. There is an issue here as the involvement will question the Government of Kenya's address if the rigged election turns sour and make the people demonstrate and react to the thievery of their public rights to elect their leaders. Something that will make H.E. President Kenyatta like a moron instead of Powerbroker as this might give him an edge and fulfill the promise to pay back for the election of 2013. His deputy seems to enjoy the spotlight of Ugandan crowd as he was on the campaign rally in late 2015. This here is just an insult to all the Ugandans who might stand for a opposition candidate, as their neighbor involves themselves with the ruling-party and their militarization of the politics in Uganda. Peace.
Chekwech, Allan – 'Kenyan lawmakers return to Uganda in campaign for Museveni' (12.02.2016) link: http://www.nation.co.ke/news/Kenyan-lawmakers-campaign-in-Uganda/-/1056/3073296/-/or4y1d/-/index.html
Kibor, Fred – 'CS Henry Rotich dismisses Raila Odinga over Eurobond' (15.02.2016) Link: http://standardmedia.co.ke/?articleID=2000191666&story_title=Kenya:cs-henry-rotich-dismisses-raila-odinga-over-eurobond
Mbaka, James – 'Jubilee funding Museveni poll campaign – ODM' (13.02.2016) link: http://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2016/02/13/jubilee-funding-museveni-poll-campaign-odm_c1294217
Muchiri, Marikio – 'Jubilee Politicians Who Will Fly to Campaign in Uganda' (12.02.2016) link: http://www.kenyans.co.ke/news/jubilee-politicians-who-will-fly-campaign-uganda
Politica – 'Breaking: Ruto Grabs Land in Uganda, Residents boycott Museveni rally as a result' (12.02.2016) link: http://www.thenairobitimes.com/2016/02/12/breaking-ruto-grabs-land-in-uganda-residents-boycott-museveni-rally-as-a-result/
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Press Release: UPF tries to reason for their violent actions around the Teriet IDP Camp today (06.01.2016)
Today, Wednesday, 6th January, 2016, the Police at Bukwo, restored law and order, after it dispersed violent crowds at Teriet IDP camp using means within its dispersal powers that included the use of rubber bullets.
The public order concern arose after the FDC Presidential candidate, Dr. Kiiza Besigye, who had successfully held two campaign rallies at Bukwo Trading centre and Suam Border Town council, diverted from his harmonized schedule to Amananga primary school playgrounds, and unjustifiably chose to proceed to Teriet IDP camp at Kapkoros. As a result, acts of public disorder emerged due to the indiscipline from the FDC camp.
During the course of engagement, two men were taken to Bukwo Health Centre with injuries sustained while policing the protests, that are however, not life threatening. These included Kokop Walter who was allegedly injured to the right hand by a stray rubber bullet and Kewei Augustino who was injured by a stick hurled from the violent crowd. One officer, PC Ngabo also sustained minor injuries.
The FDC presidential candidate cancelled his unscheduled visit and reverted to his campaign schedule. He proceeded to the two remaining venues at Amananga Primary school play grounds and Sosowel sub-county headquarters that ended successfully.
The police that is in charge of providing security during the electoral process, will continue protecting all law abiding people and political actors who play by the guidelines of the electoral commission.
We want to thank all candidates who have conducted themselves in a peaceful manner and caution those who fail to adhere to the guidelines issued by the Electoral Commission, that the police will not tolerate any acts of political violence, because it is criminal and punishable by law.
CP Fred Enanga
Press and Public Relations Officer, Uganda Police, 6.01.2016.
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Six per cent yields guaranteed at Bath development
Guaranteed yields of six per cent are being offered at Bath's leading new property development.
Available on a limited number of apartments, investors looking for the best place to put their money are now being drawn to Bath Riverside where a selection of two bedroom apartments come with the pledge of this highly attractive return.
Running for two years, it means investors will know precisely what they will get back should they decide to place their money in what has become the South West's most acclaimed city-centre, waterside development.
Those researching whether Bath, and in particular apartments, offer an assured investment will be interested to know that according to research, apartments across Bath rose in value by 2.7 per cent between January and March 2018*.
Current availability is in the award-winning Royal View, the stunning, curved new building located next to Victoria Bridge and the River Avon.
Close proximity to one of the main crossing points of the river means tenants can easily walk or cycle to the centre of Bath.
And because the properties are brand new it means running costs will be lower than in older properties again, an attractive proposition for tenants as well as landlords who have to be mindful of the new energy performance certificate (EPC) regulations.
Add in the water views, private courtyards, new parkland and open public space, Bath Riverside is clearly the number one destination for those looking to rent in the city.
Danielle Simpson, Sales Manager for Crest Nicholson said: "Bath has emerged as one of the top property investment locations outside of London resulting in an increasing number of investors to the development.
"Common sense suggests that better returns can be gained by investing in new build properties. Not only are you likely to generate an income through rent but the value of the property is likely to go up.
"The properties available in Royal View offer investors the best opportunity in the area. As well as a whole host of aesthetic considerations they are ideally suited to today's typical tenant.
"Everything is right on the doorstep and the central location means the train station is close by which is handy for those who want to get to Bristol or go further afield."
Danielle added: "Bath Riverside offers investors the best opportunity in the Bath area and consistently delivers higher returns than any other development.
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For further information please call 01225 463517 or visit www.crestnicholson.com/bathriverside
The marketing suite on Victoria Bridge Road is open daily from 10am to 5pm.
* Data Briefing, Bath Chronicle
Crest Nicholson Director recognised as one of the 100 Most Influential Women in Engineering
Louise Hardy, Independent Non-Executive Board Director at Crest Nicholson has today been announced as one of the top 100 Most Influential Women in the Engineering Sector. The list, produced by board appointments firm Inclusive Boards in partnership with the Financial Times, will be officially released at the Inclusive Boards: Women in Engineering Leadership Conference on Tuesday 22nd October 2019.
Crest Nicholson gifts RHS Hampton Court Garden Festival plants to Broomfield Hospital, Chelmsford
Housebuilder, Crest Nicholson has donated over 50 different species and varieties of plants from its award-winning wellness themed garden to Broomfield Hospital in Chelmsford.

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Literary Award for Knox College Professor
Tri States Public Radio | By Rich Egger
Rich Egger
The University of Iowa Press chooses two winners each year for the Iowa Short Fiction Awards. One of the winners this year is Chad Simpson of Knox College.
Simpson received the 2012 John Simmons Short Fiction Award. As part of the honor, the University of Iowa Press just published Simpson's collection of short stories Tell Everyone I Said Hi.
Simpson said his stories often take a somber tone.
"What gets me started writing a story usually is an image that I want to get to, and in order to get to that image I have to find a kind of tone," Simpson said.
"I keep hearing from people who read the book about how much loneliness there is in it, and about how much dislocation and isolation (there is)."
Simpson said the tone might come from living in the Midwest. He said he sees people here who experience a certain sense of longing, which he also experiences. He said that's one of the things that gets him to put the pen on the page.
The stories in Tell Everyone I Said Hi are fiction but Simpson said there are elements of real life in them. However, he said while real life events might provide good anecdotes they don't necessarily make good fiction.
"I have to figure out how to make that (anecdote) be meaningful to someone else and that's kind of my task as a fiction writer," Simpson said.
Simpson's book was chosen for the award by writer Jim Shepard, who in a release is quoted as saying:
"Chad Simpson writes with a piercing tenderness and sadness about loss and helplessness and the impossible decisions that we face every day, and the complexity of the compromises we offer the world, and ourselves, in response."
Simpson said it meant a lot to be chosen by Shepard because he's read much of his work, including the novel Project X, which Simpson said was important to him.
"I learned a lot about writing from that book and from his short stories. It was a real honor to find out that he was the judge and that he was the one who selected my book as one of the two winners. I was really excited about that," Simpson said.
Simpson said he's currently working on a draft of a young adult novel. He has also been writing some linked stories (which are all told by the same narrator). Simpson said he's always trying to write a story or an essay.
Simpson is married to Jane Carlson, who is Director of Audio Information Services at Tri States Public Radio.
TSPR Local Chad SimpsonKnox CollegeUniversity of Iowa PressIowa Short Fiction AwardsJim Shepard
Rich is TSPR's News Director.
See stories by Rich Egger


Osaka's Hankyu Department Store was the venue for another annual trade event in October: the Hankyu British Fair 2016. Beginning in 1970, and now in its 49th edition (two fairs were held each year in 1975 and 1977), the event serves to showcase UK retail and catering operations, and provides them with an opportunity to meet Japanese customers. Attendees appear on a strict invitation-only basis. After their intention to make the journey to Japan is confirmed, Hankyu meets all transport and accommodation costs.
The Hankyu Department Store in Osaka invited a range of firms to take part in the British Fair.
"I am primarily known for this, the fisherman's gansey", said Yasmin Milburn, owner of Island at the Edge, a clothing manufacturing business located on the Isle of Skye. Remarkably, her range of, among other things, fisherman's sweaters, scarves and wrist warmers, is fashioned from a special type of raw material. Milburn, as well as being a retailer, is also a crofter who, along with her husband, looks after a flock of sheep. Wool from those sheep is used to make her garments.
Island at the Edge is the sole "homegrown"—as Milburn put it—tweed maker on the Isle of Skye. "When people come to the croft, on tours, they can actually meet the sheep that supplied the wool which is used in the tweed".
"We sold out of wrist warmers by the end of the second day", she said, referring to the Hankyu event. In all, 30 sets of wrist warmers were quickly snapped up. During the fair, Milburn knitted products while looking after her stall to meet extra customer demand.
If consumers want a specific item, a lack of fluency in English is not a problem.
"I have had hundreds of people visit my stall, and they don't speak English. Language is not a barrier", she said.
A range of British goods were on sale.
Events such as the fair allow specialised British firms to see Japanese customers. But what effect do they have over the long term? When the tables are folded away and the physical presence gone, what happens?
"The fair had an impact. We sold out of some of our ranges during the second day, and since my return [to the Isle of Skye], I have had subsequent orders, which is very welcome for a small business here", Milburn later explained by email. The English Midlands, despite decades of industrial decline, is still home to a sizeable manufacturing base.
A.E. Williams, a family-run pewter goods firm based in Birmingham, was also present at the fair. BCCJ ACUMEN spoke to Sam Williams, a partner at the company, just as he was putting the finishing touches to one of his wares.
"The company was established in 1779", said Williams. "I am the seventh generation of the company. It has always been a trade that has been passed down from father to son".
A.E. Williams has a 20-strong workforce, which fashions a range of items, including corporate gifts, jewellery, tableware, cufflinks and tankards. Its products are exported to Russia, the Gulf States and the United States.
"Traditionally, the tankards are the pewter item that everyone thinks about. We have the largest and oldest collection of bronze moulds in the world—some of them date back to the early 1700s. Nowadays, we make a lot of corporate gifts, such as pocket watches and flasks, for companies that want their own logo, or mark", he said.
Patrick Mansfield has a good deal of stamina. He has visited the Osaka British Fair for 31 consecutive years. He lives in two worlds: he has a home in Brighton, as well as Tokyo. His firm is Tower Enterprises, which makes highly detailed metal miniatures.
His best-selling products, he explained, are Alice in Wonderland, Cinderella and Little Red Riding Hood. All the handmade products are fashioned from pewter, in Inverness, Scotland.
"The Japanese market is different from the UK market. If you come to Japan, you have to be very versatile in business. You have to observe the market, and pay attention to the details; packaging is also important", he said.
Tower Enterprise's figurines were popular with shoppers.
In the UK, he added, small figurines are seen as ornaments. In Japan, though, customers use them as jewellery. Most of the Tower Enterprises items are used as pin badges.
Remarkably, Mansfield does not run a shop. Instead, he only sells his wares at three British fairs in Japan—those held by the Isetan and Mitsukoshi department stores, and of course Hankyu's. Events such as this, especially for a businessman who only attends trade fairs, are vital.
"Participating in a British fair is the best way of introducing products to the Japanese retail customer. You need to collect information, and be prepared to make simple, but important changes", he stated.
Within a stone's throw of the Tower Enterprises stall was the bakery Bloomers of Bakewell. The firm had a substantial catering presence at the fair, with hardware and a busy team constantly readying products for a seemingly endless stream of customers.
There are three layers to these puddings, he explained: almond custard on the top, then the jam; at the bottom, puff pastry.
Bloomers' products are distributed across Derbyshire and South Yorkshire, and those available during the fair were not made on-site, but prepared in Bakewell. They were then transported to Southampton, before being shipped to Kobe.
"They were defrosted, then reheated", Nealon said.
Tamao Sako, a Japanese food writer and owner of The British Pudding in Osaka, discovered Bloomers while on a visit to the UK. She liked their products so much that she suggested to Hankyu that the Derbyshire firm be invited to their British Fair. Nealon was quick to take up the offer.
"Their hospitality has been amazing", he stated.
In the course of the fair, said Nealon, thousands of tarts and puddings were sold. The event, he added, gave the firm the opportunity to see Japan, and to meet a market that was previously unknown.
"Japan has huge potential, and something we would not have considered before", he said.
UKTI conducts a trade mission to support some 50 UK firms enter the market.
A website has been launched to enable more British firms to unlock the Japanese market.
It all began in July 2011. An invitation was extended by the Osaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry asking that four or five firms visit in January 2012 to showcase advanced UK technology.
When the liquefied natural gas (LNG) tanker Ob River put in to the Kyushu port of Tobata last December, it had completed a journey that will open up vast new opportunities for transport and shipping firms that ply the waters between Europe and the Far East.


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The Beverley Soaring Society is the largest gliding club in Western Australia. Book a flight, learn how to fly, or feel free to just visit to watch as the gliders are towed in the air.
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Check out some views from the skies in the gallery.


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Today in Pictures, June 9, 2017
Colourful mortar boards at a graduation ceremony in New York, U.S., James Comey testifies before the Senate Intelligence Committee, in Washington, U.S., and other pictures from around the world in Today in Pictures.
This combination photo shows graduates' mortar board hats emblazoned with decorations and sayings during a commencement for Medgar Evers College in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, New York, U.S. June 8, 2017. PHOTO: REUTERS
Former FBI Director James Comey prepares to testify before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill, in Washington, June 8, 2017. PHOTO: THE NEW YORK TIMES
A man walks past the polling station set up at a community centre in south London on on June 8, 2017, as Britain holds a general election. PHOTO: AFP
Myanmar Military members and Red Cross members carry a dead body at Sanhlan village Dawei on June 8, 2017. Hundreds of people gathered solemnly on a beach in southern Myanmar awaiting news of their loved ones as rescuers worked to pull bodies from the Andaman Sea after a military plane crashed with more than 120 people on board. PHOTO: AFP
A girl protects herself from garbage and dust, raised by a gust of wind, in a slum in Islamabad, Pakistan June 8, 2017. PHOTO: REUTERS
Married Hindu women tie cotton threads around a Banyan tree as they perform rituals on "Vat Savitri festival", which is celebrated on a full moon day, when married women fast and pray for their husbands' health and longevity, in Mumbai, India, June 8, 2017. PHOTO: REUTERS
Workers repair the gold tiles on the chedi atop of Wat Saket Buddhist temple, in Bangkok on June 8, 2016. PHOTO: AFP
Festivalgoers cheer during the US metal band 'A day to remember' concert on the main stage at the Greenfield Openair Festival in Interlaken, Switzerland, June 8, 2017. PHOTO: EPA
Belgian yatchman Kevin Bonnevie (L) jumps after overturning his ship in the Nacra category during the Sailing World Cup final held in Santander, Spain, on June 8, 2017. PHOTO: EPA
San Francisco Giants left fielder Gorkys Hernandez (66), center fielder Denard Span (2) and right fielder Hunter Pence (8) celebrate after beating the Milwaukee Brewers in ten inning at Miller Park on June 8, 2017. PHOTO: USA TODAY SPORTS
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In criminal law, we talk a lot about character, but mainly in the context of 'bad character', or previous convictions that the prosecution will try to put before a jury to persuade them of the defendant's guilt. After all, if he's done it before, he is more likely to have committed this crime too, is the general thrust of the argument.
But of course, not all defendants facing criminal trial have previous convictions, and in those circumstances, the issue of 'good character' arises.
This is, of course, the reverse of the Prosecution argument - he is a man of good character and is, therefore, less likely to have committed the crime charged.
Likewise, a person may not start off with good character but may be able nonetheless to obtain a good character direction. This is often referred to as 'qualified or effective good character'. A common scenario is where any convictions are either so old or so irrelevant to the matter before the court, that it would be unjust to take them into account.
In choosing character witnesses, it is preferable to try and find people who will be highly credible themselves in the eyes of the court or jury, people who would not be willing to lie about a person's character and qualities simply out of an allegiance to that person.
If defence advocates do not take a point on the character directions at trial and/or if they agree with the judge's proposed directions which are then given, these are good indications that nothing was amiss. This means that attempting to cure any defect on appeal is unlikely to meet with success.
"...as a matter of good practice, if not a rule, defendants should put the court on notice as early as possible that character and character directions are an issue that may need to be resolved. The judge can then decide whether a good character direction would be given and if so the precise terms. This discussion should take place before the evidence is adduced. This has advantages for the court and for the parties: the defence will be better informed before the decision is made whether to adduce the evidence, the Crown can conduct any necessary checks and the judge will have the fullest possible information upon which to rule. The judge should then ensure that the directions given accord precisely with their ruling."
What is the content of a 'good character' direction?
'You have heard that the defendant is a man in his middle years with no previous convictions. Good character is not a defence to the charges but it is relevant to your consideration of the case in two ways. First, the defendant has given evidence. His good character is a positive feature of the defendant which you should take into account when considering whether you accept what he told you. Secondly, the fact that the defendant has not offended in the past may make it less likely that he acted as is now alleged against him.
However, what weight should be given to the defendant's good character and the extent to which it assists on the facts of this particular case are for you to decide. In making that assessment, you may take account of everything you have heard about him'.
In the Magistrates' Court, the Defence advocate should ensure that the Court Clerk advised the Magistrates' correctly on this direction.
I believe in proactive defence work, not merely responding to the Prosecution case, but at the same time doing everything possible to build a strong Defence case.
Considerations about character, both good and bad, is just one aspect of that case preparation, albeit a significant one.
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Chapter XXIV. 1937: Laszlo ("Laci") Bellak and Ruth Aarons Win National's. 1937: Bellak and Emily Fuller Take Eastern's. 1937: Aarons Retires to Continue Stage and Night Club Career.
On completion of their month-long play in Europe--as guests of the Duna Sports Club in Budapest, at the Baden World's, at the English Open in London, and against the English at Birmingham--the U.S. Team, Aarons excepted, sailed for home. Accompanying our players were 1936 World Champion Standa Kolar of Prague and three-time World Singles runner-up Laszlo "Laci" Bellak of Budapest. These two, along with Bellak's friend from boyhood, Sandor Glancz, who was now applying for U.S. citizenship, would be the mainstays of a third (Feb. 23-Apr. 29) International Tour, or "Circus," of more than 40 U.S. cities--with the barnstorming as usual being interrupted by play in the U.S. National's.
"...[With] one eye confidently on the ball and the other waggishly on the crowd, Bellak of course was a 'panic' whenever his trick shots, juggling, tom-foolery, sensational playing and other wares were exhibited" (TTT, May-June, 1937, 23).
"Despite heavy losses in the first half," this Tour, which went as far west as Kansas City, was "moderately successful financially." In helping the stars travel about in second-half comfort, Mamaroneck, N.Y.'s 1937-38 USTTA Presidential candidate Jimmy O'Connor and his trustworthy Lincoln Zephyr more breezed than barnstormed about--as if Jimmy were not only leisurely chauffering his friends, but serenely campaigning for an office he knew he had no chance of winning against powerful incumbent Zeisberg.
One of the earliest and most memorable Tour stops was at Philadelphia where Chairman Gene Smolens was able to draw an audience of nearly 1,800, many of whom enjoyed showing their hand-eye coordination, their fancy footwork, in dancing to the 12-piece orchestra Smolens had provided for them after the matches (TTT, Apr., 1937, 5 and 8).
Kolar, Bellak, and Glancz, interrupting their Circus, were the three foreign seeds in our '37 National's--or, as the ITTF, which as of this date we were still affiliated with, officially called it, our "International National Championships"--held April 1-4, in the grand ballroom of the Mosque Theatre in Newark, N.J.
The visiting Bellak apparently got off to a wrong-foot, off-court start, for, as Laci tells it, as the tournament opened, a reporter for a local morning paper quoted him as saying that "It will take the top four U.S. players five years to come up to our Hungarian standards." A startling comment indeed about our World Champions. "What did you tell that reporter?" an astonished Glancz asked Bellak. "That the first four Americans are as good as the Hungarians are," said Laci. But that it will take the others at least five years to come up to our standards." Oh, oh, Hungarian goulash, a la American. Ah well, let's hope that those who read the peppered words and took offense were able to get a taste of Laci's on-court fun--see him, on the right-foot, sole-slap-back with his left a c'mon,-who-could-take-me-so-seriously return.
There were close to 130 players in the Men's Singles (though neither Senior's winner, Newark's Morris Bernstein, nor Boys' winner Elizabeth, N.J.'s Albert Arace had entered--perhaps because the $2 entry fee was prohibitive?). USTTA Ranking Chair Hammond--in real life a tall, nattily-dressed insurance man who (as he confided in a Sept. 7, 1937 letter to Joe Berna) handled his firm's Look magazine account--wanted to guard against more than 16 domestic seeds, didn't want to "place" players. Why? Because, he said in a Mar. 25, 1937 letter to his Ranking Committee, as happened with blind draws in lawn tennis, if players who could have been placed chanced to meet seeded players early, that would "build up interest in these early rounds and that is what all tournaments need."
Hammond also told his committee that "I hope no Easterners object to my putting Schiff and Berenbaum in the same half." But he was doing this, he said, because he wanted McClure and Blattner in the other half to break the deadlock they were in for the season's #2 ranking spot. Of course in this pre-arranged draw Blattner would have to beat Pagliaro and then Kolar to reach McClure who would have to beat Glancz or Grimes. So, even if Bud were to meet Jimmy and lose to him, wouldn't his wins over Pagliaro and the world-class Kolar be compensatory? Apparently not.
The #1 domestic seed, Schiff, who'd had such a wonderful World's but who'd won only one U.S. tournament during the season, the Southern New England over Charlie Schmidt, got to the semi's without the loss of a game--hitting through Bellis and his "acrobatic defense" in the quarter's (26-24 in the 3rd) three straight. In his book Table Tennis Comes of Age, Sol would write (43-45 and 135) that when he won his 1934 U.S. Championship he had only a forehand. By now, though, against a defensive player, he was beginning to favor a steady backhand topspin build-up until he had a ball he could crush with his forehand (see also TTT, Dec., 1936, 9--"Sol's new backhand drive is terrific").
Coming out to meet Schiff in the semi's was Bellak--not Berenbaum. Before losing to Laszlo, Abe, in a delayed match, for he'd not been feeling well, had disposed of this season's Massachusetts' #1, 16-year-old New England Open winner Les Lowry, and had then been driven into the 5th by Mel Rose, survivor of a 17-in-the-5th "tense and bitter struggle" with Pierre Chapdelaine. Pierre was one of the players who'd represented Canada in a losing 7-4 effort in the annual U.S. vs. Canada Matches, held this year immediately before these Nationals's at the Westchester Club in Larchmont, N.Y. (TTT, May-June, 1937, 10).
Before downing Berenbaum, even Bellak may have had some not so comical deuce-in-the-4th moments in the 8th's with George Hendry, winner six months earlier of the Missouri Valley over Garrett Nash. Despite talk here of "the most spectacular hitting matches ever seen in America," young Hendry, favored a rather close-to-the-table defense. Having learned he couldn't just float the ball back, he'd acquired a heavy chop, and, keeping the ball down, was obviously beginning to acclimate himself to the lower net. Yes, the 6-inch not the 6 and 3/4-inch net was used in these ITTF "International National Championships." But given the liking for this net in the U.S., especially among the officials, Zeisberg included, and considering how few foreign players were entered in the tournament, did anyone really expect the higher net to be used? Or even think it should have been?
And yet in Zeisberg's May-June Topics the following unsigned snippet of an article could catch the eye: "The ITTF Rules Sub-Committee needs to be awakened....The U.S. Championship [disregarding ITTF rules]...was played with a 6-inch net and fingerspin services were barred." Naturally Zeisberg's aim here, given his attempts to oust Montagu as President of the ITTF (Ivor's actual title was Chair of the Advisory Committee; he was also Secretary of the Rules Sub-Committee), is to show the Montagu-led ITTF's lack of control. However, had Montagu tried to enforce the ITTF rules used at the Baden World's at this April U.S. International National's (strictly speaking, he was required to?), I can't imagine, even if relations between them were cordial, that Zeisberg would have acquiesced.* Zeisberg's Topics "fillers"--how combative and irritating some of them must have seemed to readers over the years.
On the other side of the Men's Draw, McClure was maybe not as primed as everyone thought he'd be after winning the Western's, the Studebaker, and the Lake Cities (over local tournament rivals Earl Coulson and Cal Fuhrman), for Jimmy struggled through two 5-game who-can-outhit-who matches. First, with Krakauer, then, in the quarter's, with Grimes. In between, Jimmy had only to keep his cool with Abrahams. Volatile Johnny, whom the N.Y. Metropolitan TTA on May 17 would supposedly give a year's suspension to (I say supposedly because by the first of the year he'd be on their Intercity team), got into squabbles with both McClure and Joe LeBow over "allegedly illegal" spin serves. The Topics write-up (May-June, 1937, 14-15) stressed the need for umpires to enforce "Close Law 2 (especially 2-c ["umpire may require server to toss the ball into the air so he may clearly see the service is plainly legal"])." But perhaps some umpires were not sure what serve rules were in effect in these International National Championships?
Before losing to McClure, Grimes had lost a game to Marcus Schussheim who, as another April Fools Day came and went, was still perenially playing out his past. Mark and his doubles partner Doug Cartland knocked out the top Canadians, Chapdelaine and Desjardins, before being ousted in the quarter's by the eventual winners Bellak and Kolar.
Paggy's presumed opponent in the quarter's was Kolar, the visiting Czech who'd not been very impressive on the Tour (Lou had beaten him the very first night). "I am the World Champion," McClure quoted Kolar as saying when someone chided him for a loss, "I don't need to beat anyone. But at these U.S. National's, when I have to, I will win."
And maybe he would, for, though he was -10, -19, l5, 15, 18 almost fatally slow in adapting to Jacobson's unorthodox attacking strokes, he did right himself. And in the quarter's, after he'd lost that first game to Pagliaro at 9, and people were saying that the lower net gave the N.Y. mighty mite a walloping advantage, since the ball came at him at eye-height, or at least chest-height, and so offered him more line-of-sight coordination, Kolar took over the offense and quickly turned the match into an 8-point game.
In the one semi, Bellak's forcing sidespin attack beat a too cautious Schiff (23-21 in the 3rd) three straight. In the other, McClure, the aggressor, was up 1-0 and 20-17 in the 2nd over Kolar when a match-turning incident occurred that Jimmy couldn't shake off. He "was convinced his 'game-point' drive had tipped the table edge but the 2 umpires ruled it out and he dropped 3 games in a row" (TTT, May-June, 1937, 11). Worse, McClure said later that everybody thought the ball had hit--including Kolar. "Oh," said the Czech who understood little or no English to Glancz, "is that what they were talking about? Yeah, it hit." Yeah.
In the final, the "visibly tired" Kolar seemed little more than a 17, -12, 15, 7 foil to Bellak --"the one player worthy of that extravagant word 'genius'" Aarons had called him (TTT, Jan., 1937, 1), and one of those Hungarians whom former teammate Stefan Kelen, dismayed at Hungary's fall from power, had declared were "only good for exhibition purposes" (Table Tennis Activity, Mar., 1937, 13).
The 44-entry Women's Singles had to be considered a very good turnout. To absolutely no one's surprise Aarons advanced to the semi's through 3 rounds--playing 9 games and giving up 98 points.
Joining her there was Mildred Wilkinson, the #6 seed, who'd downed both Lucia Farrington (19-in-the-5th winner over Philadelphia's Henrietta Wright) and the #4 seed Anne Sigman who'd been extended into the 5th by former U.S. World Team member Corinne Migneco. Both Sigman and Mineco were about to disappear from the tournament scene--Anne emphasizing to Reba Kirson that, with all the exhibitions she'd played, she'd just lost her desire to be competitive (TTT, May-June, 1937, 8). Hence, partnered with Aarons, her -27, -19, -15 loss in the Women's Doubles final to Kuenz and Fuller, and, with Schiff, her straight-game loss in the Mixed to Aarons and Blattner.
On the other side of the Draw, Hammond (by seeding the recently inactive Sigman #4 into Aarons' half) had, as in a Mar. 25, '37 letter he'd told his Ranking Committee, deliberately bunched Kuenz, Purves, and Fuller so as to let them fight it out for the chance to meet Ruth in the final and thus better establish their ranking for the season.
Ranking committeeman Frederick J. ("Jim") Clouther, in his July 19th letter to the Committee, said that Kuenz "had the reputation of being the best woman hitter in the country." Seeded #2, though in a strange position in the Draw, Dolores had a 5-game scare in getting by Pennsylvania Champ Matilda Rauscher (about-to-be Plaskow) in 5. Then, still shaky, she lost the first two games to Mae Clouther (Jim's wife) and, though rallying to win the 3rd and 4th (at 19), she couldn't contest the 5th. In the quarter's, against Fuller, who with Kuenz would win the Women's Doubles, Clouther got off to her usual good start, but the first game she won was her last. In the years to come, though, we'll see much more of the Clouthers. Mae, tall, "Titian-haired," and pretty, had reportedly "declined an offer from the Ziegfeld Follies to marry a Boston accountant" (GSS II, 83)--that, I presume, is Jim, who will soon take over the position of USTTA Treasurer.
In her semi's match against Wilkinson, it seemed that Aarons, like Sigman, was suffering from a recent lack of competition. And, indeed, how could six weeks of "soft" but tiring exhibition play in England and Scotland, her appearance before the ETTA "court," and her long sea journey home not take a toll on Ruth? If ever she were to be upset, this was the time. When Wilkinson, up at the table banging in forehands, won the 23-21 3rd game from Ruth to take a 2-1 lead, she "leaped like a happy jumping-jack into the arms of her delirious followers for the intermission while Ruth, unperturbed, conferred with her anxious board of strategy."
"...Ruth quickly demonstrated why she is World Champion. Finding her unparalleled defense unable to check Mildred's man-like hitting, she switched tactics and attacked with a dazzling mixture of chops and topspin drives, smacking the ball for kills, and what looked like a staggering upset became almost a routine rout as Mildred tired under the barrage" (TTT, May-June, 1937, 13).
Just who Ruth's opponent and, as it would turn out, relatively docile victim in the final would be was uncertain up to the 19-in-the-5th end of the other semi's. But the much improved Fuller, who'd built up her confidence those last weeks abroad, and who back in the States had been able to win the Western's from Wilkinson, found just enough strength to end-game prevail over the #3 seed Purves.
Although the P. Becker Co. had a Purves racket out, and Jay, even after her post-National's loss to Wilkinson in the Midwest Open, was said to be interested in coming East to do exhibitions, with the opening of the '37-38 season she, too, would disappear from the scene. A couple of years later, though, at the University of Wisconsin she'd be studying for her Master's. Her thesis? Reportedly, "The History of Table Tennis," but surely that which would become the instructional Table Tennis (1942) for The Barnes Sports Library (TTT, Feb., 1941, 10).
"In defense of [Tournament Chair] Charlie Dahmen, he was also president of New Jersey TTA and national chairman for the Fighting Fund, on both of which he did bang-up jobs, but he trusted his helpers to run the tournament, and they did--right into the red. This also soured me on a man holding more than one official position in table tennis."
Of course Zeisberg obviously hadn't soured on himself, and, never mind what his official position was--President or Editor, or both--he seemed most comfortable when he was making a point in his usual hard-driving way and with his usual feisty tone. Perhaps in none too politic a manner he criticized Dahmen, who also headed the USTTA's Auditing/Finance Committee and was the E.C. Treasurer-elect. Whatever the reason--maybe just burnout--Dahmen would suddenly no longer have any USTTA duties and Jim Clouther would replace him as Treasurer. Since the Association, so at odds with Montagu, wasn't sure, even if it re-affiliated with the ITTF, that it was going to send a Team to the '38 Wembley World's, or that the ETTA would accept its entry, there would be no Fighting Fund this coming season. So if a Team materialized, those on it would be required to "finance most of their expenses."
Following the National's, the Rankings were held up to include a couple of season-extending tournaments--most notably the Eastern's, held in Trenton, N.J., Apr. 30-May 1.
It was here that Bellak had reportedly "turned green with envy" when Princeton golf pro Ted Bourne, who'd later tour as a table tennis performer with the Harlem Globetrotters, "kept a T.T. ball aloft with a jet of air from his pursed lips" (TTT, May-June, 1937, 17).
Hard to believe that this trick wasn't already in showman-extraordinaire Bellak's repertoire. But if it wasn't, it soon would be. For "Laci" prided himself that any any table tennis trick someone else could do, he could do too. Once, according to Laci, who was always more intent on being interesting rather than exact, some Hungarian friends told him that Coleman Clark or some other exhibitionist could serve the ball so that after it cleared the net it would spin back into the server's jacket pocket! Naturally Bellak couldn't wait to try his hand at that. After a week's hard practice, Laci said he'd learned to do this trick. Which must have been a first, since his Hungarian friends had made up the story as a tease.
In the Men's semi's at this Eastern's, Bellak had to have drawn quite a gallery to play to when, like Kolar in the National's, he found himself 2-0 down to Jacobson. But, just as the hard-driving Czech had rallied for a win in Newark, so would Bellak here. Earlier, Jacobson had done his usual number on Pagliaro, despite the fact that just last week Louie had won the New York State Championship over Johnny Abrahams. In speaking of Jacobson's game, George Hendry said that, in addition to having a good backhand block, Jimmy, if given the opportunity, could steadily roll 50-100 balls, but that with the 6 and 3/4 inch net he was soft. Perhaps with the 6 inch net he wasn't so soft, was more difficult to play against?
Kolar, meanwhile, had to fight off the tenacious Bellis (PA Champ, but just barely--over Mo Glatt, deuce in the 5th). Izzy, with only two losses all season--at the National's to Schiff and here at the Eastern's to Kolar--makes Hammond's post-season comment to his Committee that, at #11, Bellis was "dangerously high" in the Rankings, a bit suspect.
Sol, whose fingerspin prowress included a serve that could clear the net and spin back over it, and then maybe roll into his jacket pocket, and who about this time is emerging from his teens to manage a table tennis club in the New York Radio City area (TTT, Oct., 1937, 9), solidified his #1 Men's ranking for the season with an upset win over Kolar in the semi's. But then, as in the National's, he again fell to Bellak in the final.
In the Women's final, Mae Spannaus, who the week before had rallied to win the New York State Championship over Helen Germaine, could not take a game from Fuller.
For the fourth straight year, Aarons would head the Women's Ranking--but, with her absence in the Eastern's, her tournament career had abruptly come to an end. On winning the English Open back in February, Ruth had said that she had "at most only seven more years to 'live'" before she'd be "dead" as a champion table tennis player (RAS, 71). Now, sooner than she'd thought--she was not quite 19--it was time to make the break. She'd live her remaining table tennis years as a professional entertainer, a class act, her unmatchable reputation intact. After she'd been given the whole front cover of the Feb. 22 issue of Life, she was not going to sully her past achievements, her box office name with the inevitable losses that would come under the pressure of competition.
Table tennis, she'd told Howard Whitman in that Feb. 15, 1937 interview for the London Daily Express, was "hard work." It meant she had "to forgo some of the films she would love to see, stay away from the night clubs she would like to 'peek in at'...[and forget about lolling] in bed until three in the afternoon after...[she'd] been to a dance."
"...When you play before a theater or night club audience you have to be careful to play at top speed at all time[s]. Each point must be a spectacular one or the crowd is disappointed" (her interview with Howard Preston in the Dec. 2, 1937 Cleveland, Ohio News).
Of course, just as when she was competing, she still had to keep herself fit--get "lots of sleep and [eat] next to nothing for meals sometimes" (Feb. 15, '37 Whitman article). Performing was in her blood, and she wanted to look attractive and put on a good show.
Her partner for the summer was not Glancz, who was on a tour of vaudeville theaters with Bellak, but Barna whom the gossip-mongers had been saying for weeks was Ruth's fiance--this despite her protestations that "I'm not getting myself married, well, for a good long time. And that's that" (RAS, 64 and 83).
Their first engagement--in the exclusive Rainbow Room on the 65th floor atop Rockefeller Center--certainly presented no problem, for (see Jack Munhall article in the July 25, 1937 Washington Post), to the surprise of those in the business who'd said table tennis was just "a toy game" and patrons wouldn't pay to see it, Ruth and Sandor had been extremely successful there last summer. And very soon, according to Topics columnist Reba Kirson, the theatrical magazine Variety was giving Glancz's successor what it considered his just due: "in her matches with Barna, Ruth Aarons is not winning by such a wide margin now, for Barna is steadily improving" (TTT, Oct., 1937, 9).
Theater engagements followed. In July, they played Washington D.C.'s Earle Theater ("Midnight Madonna," with Warren William, was being shown on the screen); and in August, Ruth, Sandor, and their announcer, who I believe was Ruth's brother Lisle,*** shared the bill at the Baltimore Hippodrome with the Three Stooges. "Larry, Curly and Moe," wrote Ruth, "dashing around in the wings madly retrieving the balls which rolled off stage...invariably had us laughing so hard by the middle of the game...that the audience out in front must have thought we were mildly eccentric, to say the least" (TTT, Oct., 1938, 17). For 25 cents at the Hippodrome you could see the stage acts, the March of Time newsreel, and Ralph Bellamy and Betty Furness in "It Can't Last Forever" (RAS, 142).
In mid-September, after completing an engagement with Ruth at the Roxy Theater in New York, Barna left for home--with Bellak following a month later to serve an obligatory stint in the Hungarian Army. That left Sandor and Ruth free to resume their partnership. (Maybe he was her fiance?...No.) A few months into the new season, as U.S. Team members prepared for the 1938 January World's at Wembley, Ruth and Sandor, in red shirts and white slacks, were intently going through their nightly routine, swinging and swaying, as it were, with Sammy Kaye (his weekly salary: $1,250) at the Hotel Statler's Terrace Room in Cleveland, Ohio (Dec. 5, 1937 article in the Cleveland Plain Dealer). Table tennis is popular with the "swank set," wrote a local reporter, and the Aarons-Glancz act "is appealing to class."
In emphasizing. in an earlier interview abroad (Apr., 1937 Manchester, England Empire News), that all you needed to play table tennis was an easy-to-set-up-and-take-down table, good lighting, and a level floor, Ruth said that she thought "the game owes a great deal of its popularity to its cheapness." Unfortunately, she was right. But it's not the game Zeisberg and Co. are trying to promote, it's the sport. And the all prevailing cheapness of those who want organized play without paying for it will be the bane of the sport forever.
Expectations just a couple of seasons ago that the USTTA would soon have 10,000 members seemed with the passing of time less and less realistic. Even Zeisberg himself appeared to be losing heart. In the remaining months of his tenure he would seldom try to insult the membership to action, would seem to have exhausted his attack rhetoric.
*See ITTF Handbook, 1936-37, 9 for the following difference between an international and a national tournament: "...The regulations to be observed at all international tournaments, matches and competitions shall be those laid down for the time being by the Federation for international competition....Tournaments restricted to particular nationals...may be held under whatever rules and regulations the Association in whose territorial jurisdiction they occur may permit." The Topics entry blank for these '37 National's, in which of course the Europeans--1936 World Champion Kolar and three-time World finalist Bellak--are among the few favored to win the Men's Singles, mentions in the tiniest print on the page "(The Second U.S. International Championships)" but specifically states under "Rules" that "The Championships will be played in strict conformity with the official laws of Table Tennis as adopted by the United States Table Tennis Association" (TTT, Mar., 1937, 8).
**Johnny Abrahams, in the Mar., 1938 Topics (20), in a "Block Defense" article, which might as easily have been called "Block Attack," speaks of Pagliaro's strategy against Blattner. But he errs in thinking this match was at the Eastern's, which he says was played before the National's when the Eastern's, which Blattner from St. Louis didn't enter, was played after the National's.


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UNCSA's 2017 "Nutcracker" production ranks among top sellers
With its run just ended, the University of North Carolina School of the Arts' (UNCSA's) 51st production of "The Nutcracker" ranks among the school's top sellers, earning more than $563,000 in net revenue.
"If not for the Dec. 8 opening night cancellation due to snow and the continuing impact on the next day's performances, this easily would have been another record-breaking year," said UNCSA Chief Marketing Officer Katharine Laidlaw. "We added a Sunday evening performance on Dec. 10 and were able to accommodate many ticket-holders then or at other performances. Our second weekend was essentially sold out.
"Augmented by Wells Fargo's presenting sponsorship of $25,000, 2017 is a banner year for scholarships," Laidlaw added.
Proceeds from the annual event fund much-needed scholarships for students in the three schools that create the production, under the direction of faculty. Students from the UNCSA School of Dance and Preparatory Dance Program perform in the ballet, while students from the School of Design & Production build the sets and run the show behind the scenes, and students from the School of Music perform Tchaikovsky's beloved score live as the UNCSA Symphony Orchestra.
More than 13,300 people bought tickets to the 10 performances. Including a campus night (a dress rehearsal) and a show for schoolchildren brought the tally to more than 16,000 attendees. The production ran from Dec. 9-17 at UNCSA's Stevens Center in downtown Winston-Salem. Guest artists Yuan Yuan Tan and Jaime Garcia Castilla, both principal dancers with San Francisco Ballet, danced the Sugar Plum Fairy and Cavalier Prince for performances on Dec. 13 and 14.
"UNCSA's 'Nutcracker' is one of the Triad's most cherished holiday traditions," Laidlaw said. "We're grateful for the community's ongoing support."
In addition to the Wells Fargo sponsorship, the net revenue total includes $509,944 in ticket sales, $11,773 in commemorative program ad sales, and nearly $16,600 from UNCSA's Parent Support Organization (PSO), which operates "The Nutcracker" Boutique in the Stevens Center's former restaurant space. Sales at the Boutique set a record this year, with a net increase of 20 percent over 2016. The PSO supports UNCSA's High School Academic Program.
In addition, The Pluck Project, a student-run initiative that produces the School of Dance's contemporary dance showcase in New York, raised several hundred dollars by selling concessions at the ballet.
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MS is a life-long chronic disease diagnosed primarily in young adults who have a virtually normal life expectancy. Consequently, the economic, social, and medical costs associated with the disease are significant. Estimates place the annual costs of MS in the United States in excess of $2.5 billion. (Melvin) No one knows exactly how many people have MS. It is believed that, currently, there are approximately 250,000 to 350,000 people in the United States with MS diagnosed by a physician. (Boyden) This estimate suggests that approximately 200 new cases are diagnosed each week. Also, MS is the most common nerve disease to develop in young persons after birth, and it affects over 1 million young adults worldwide. ?Close relatives of a person with MS are 8 times more likely than average to develop the disease themselves, and children of a person with MS run 30 to 50 times the average risk.? (Waxman) Most people experience their first symptoms of MS between the ages of 20 and 40, but a diagnosis is often delayed. This is due to both the transitory nature of the disease and the lack of a specific diagnostic test–specific symptoms and changes in the brain must develop before the diagnosis is confirmed. (Health Central) Although scientists have documented cases of MS in young children and elderly adults, symptoms rarely begin before age 15 or after age 60. Whites are more than twice as likely as other races to develop MS. In general, women are affected at almost twice the rate of men; however, among patients who develop the symptoms of MS at a later age, the gender ratio is more balanced. (Waxman) To understand what is happening when a person has MS, it is first necessary to know a little about how the healthy immune system works. The immune system — a complex network of specialized cells and organs — defends the body against attacks by foreign invaders such as bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites. It does this by seeking out and destroying the interlopers as they enter the body. Substances capable of triggering an immune response are called antigens. (Hofmann) ?The immune system displays both enormous diversity and extraordinary specificity.? (Hofmann) It can recognize millions of distinctive foreign molecules and produce its own molecules and cells to match up with and counteract each of them. In order to have room for enough cells to match the millions of possible foreign invaders, the immune system stores just a few cells for each specific antigen. When an antigen appears, those few specifically matched cells are stimulated to multiply into a full-scale army. Later, to prevent this army from overexpanding, powerful mechanisms to suppress the immune response come into play. T-cells, so named because they are processed in the thymus, appear to play a particularly important role in MS. They travel widely and continuously throughout the body patrolling for foreign invaders. In order to recognize and respond to each specific antigen, each T cell's surface carries special receptor molecules for particular antigens. T cells contribute to the body's defenses in two major ways. ?Regulatory T cells help orchestrate the elaborate immune system. ? ( Kaser) For instance, they assist other cells to make antibodies, proteins programmed to match one specific antigen much as a key matches a lock. Antibodies typically interact with circulating antigens, such as bacteria, but are unable to penetrate living cells. Chief among the regulatory T cells are those known as helper (or inducer) cells. ?Helper T cells are essential for activating the body's defenses against foreign substances. ? (Kaser) Yet another subset of regulatory T cells acts to turn off, or suppress, various immune system cells when their job is done. Killer T cells, on the other hand, directly attack diseased or damaged body cells by binding to them and bombarding them with lethal chemicals called cytokines. ( Kaser) Since T cells can attack cells directly, they must be able to discriminate between self cells (those of the body) and nonself cells (foreign invaders). To enable the immune system to distinguish the self, each body cell carries identifying molecules on its surface. T cells likely to react against the self are usually eliminated before leaving the thymus; the remaining T cells recognize the molecular markers and coexist peaceably with body tissues in a state of self-tolerance. ?In autoimmune diseases such as MS, the detente between the immune system and the body is disrupted when the immune system seems to wrongly identify self as nonself and declares war on the part of the body (myelin) it no longer recognizes.? (Hauser) Through intensive research efforts, scientists are unraveling the complex secrets of the malfunctioning immune system of patients with MS. Components of myelin such as myelin basic protein have been the focus of much research because, when injected into laboratory animals, they can precipitate experimental allergic encephalomyelitis (EAE), a chronic relapsing brain and spinal cord disease that resembles MS. The injected myelin probably stimulates the immune system to produce anti-myelin T cells that attack the animal's own myelin. (Leuven) Investigators are also looking for abnormalities or malfunctions in the blood/brain barrier, a protective membrane that controls the passage of substances from the blood into the central nervous system. It is possible that, in MS, components of the immune system get through the barrier and cause nervous system damage. ?Scientists have studied a number of infectious agents (such as viruses) that have been suspected of causing MS, but have been unable to implicate any one particular agent.? (Mayo Clinic) Viral infections are usually accompanied by inflammation and the production of gamma interferon, a naturally occurring body chemical that has been shown to worsen the clinical course of MS. It is possible that the immune response to viral infections may themselves precipitate an MS attack. ?The genes a person inherits may help determine whether that person is at increased risk for developing MS.? ( Melvin) While there is evidence from studies that this genetic component exists, it appears to be only one factor among several. Most likely an individual's genetic blueprint ultimately determines if that individual will be susceptible to a triggering factor, which in turn initiates the autoimmune process that leads to the development of MS. In the past few years, scientists have developed a set of tools that gives them the ability to pinpoint the genetic factors that make a person susceptible to MS. ?These tools are the methods of molecular genetics?techniques used to isolate and determine the chemical structure of genes.? (Colin) In the 1980s, scientists began to apply the tools of molecular genetics to human diseases caused by defects in single genes. This work led to major advances in understanding diseases such as Duchenne muscular dystrophy and cystic fibrosis. The situation for diseases such as multiple sclerosis is more complicated. Scientists now believe that a person is susceptible to multiple sclerosis only if he or she inherits an unlucky combination of several genes. (Colin) Advances in molecular genetics and the identification of large families in which several members have MS?multiplex MS families?have made possible research to uncover MS susceptibility genes. ?Since 1991, the National MS Society has supported an international project searching for these genes.? ( National Multiple Sclerosis Society) However, even though genetic (inherited) factors seem to play a large role in the development of MS, no single MS gene has been identified so far. Instead, scientists suspect that MS develops because of the influence of several genes acting together. Many multiplex families from throughout the world have agreed to participate in these studies. The researchers are looking for patterns of genetic material that are consistently inherited by people with MS. These recognizable patterns are called DNA markers. (Melvin) When one of these markers is identified, scientists focus on that area, seeking additional markers closer to that gene. Eventually the location of that gene can be identified. This process of moving closer to the gene until it is identified has to be repeated for each of the marker regions from the multiplex families. (Melvin) By 1996, as many as 20 locations that may contain genes contributing to MS were identified, but no single gene was shown to have a major influence on susceptibility to MS. (Melvin) Research will likely find that other, as yet unidentified, genes contribute to MS. After the location of each susceptibility gene is identified, the role that the gene plays in the immune system and neuralgic aspects of people with MS will have to be determined. Because the immune system is so involved in MS, many scientists think at least some of the susceptibility genes are related to the immune system. Already there have been reports linking some immune system genes to MS. Further indications that more than one gene is involved in MS susceptibility comes from studies of families in which more than one member has MS. Several research teams found that people with MS inherit certain regions on individual genes more frequently than people without MS. Of particular interest is the human leukocyte antigen (HLA) or major histocompatibility complex region on chromosome 6. HLAs are genetically determined proteins that influence the immune system. ( Kaser) The HLA patterns of MS patients tend to be different from those of people without the disease. Investigations in northern Europe and America have detected three HLAs that are more prevalent in people with MS than in the general population. Studies of American MS patients have shown that people with MS also tend to exhibit these HLAs in combination–that is, they have more than one of the three HLAs–more frequently than the rest of the population. Furthermore, there is evidence that different combinations of the HLAs may correspond to variations in disease severity and progression. ( Kaser) Studies of families with multiple cases of MS and research comparing genetic regions of humans to those of mice with EAE suggest that another area related to MS susceptibility may be located on chromosome 5. Other regions on chromosomes 2, 3, 7, 11, 17, 19, and X have also been identified as possibly containing genes involved in the development of MS. (Hauser) These studies strengthen the theory that MS is the result of a number of factors rather than a single gene or other agent. Development of MS is likely to be influenced by the interactions of a number of genes, each of which (individually) has only a modest effect. Additional studies are needed to specifically pinpoint which genes are involved, determine their function, and learn how each gene's interactions with other genes and with the environment make an individual susceptible to MS. ?In addition to leading to better ways to diagnose MS, such studies should yield clues to the underlying causes of MS and, eventually, to better treatments or a way to prevent the disease.? (Ronthal) Finding the genes responsible for susceptibility to MS may lead to the development of new and more effective ways to treat the disease. Such research could also uncover the basic cause of the disease and help predict the course of the disease in an individual. This would make it easier for physicians to tailor therapies and provide information to help people make life decisions. Another possible benefit may be the early diagnosis of people in families where one or more member already has MS. Many physicians believe that the earlier MS is diagnosed and treatment begun, the better the outcome will be. Symptoms of MS may be mild or severe, of long duration or short, and may appear in various combinations, depending on the area of the nervous system affected. Complete or partial remission of symptoms, especially in the early stages of the disease, occurs in approximately 70 percent of MS patients. ?The initial symptom of MS is often blurred or double vision, red-green color distortion, or even blindness in one eye.? (Brunnscheiler) Inexplicably, visual problems tend to clear up in the later stages of MS. Inflammatory problems of the optic nerve may be diagnosed as retrobulbar or optic neuritis. Fifty-five percent of MS patients will have an attack of optic neuritis at some time or other and it will be the first symptom of MS in approximately 15 percent. This has led to general recognition of optic neuritis as an early sign of MS, especially if tests also reveal abnormalities in the patient's spinal fluid. (National Multiple Sclerosis Society) Most MS patients experience muscle weakness in their extremities and difficulty with coordination and balance at some time during the course of the disease. These symptoms may be severe enough to impair walking or even standing. In the worst cases, MS can produce partial or complete paralysis. ?Spasticity, the involuntary increased tone of muscles leading to stiffness and spasms–is common, as is fatigue.? (Brunnscheiler) Fatigue may be triggered by physical exertion and improve with rest, or it may take the form of a constant and persistent tiredness. Most people with MS also exhibit paresthesias, transitory abnormal sensory feelings such as numbness, prickling, or pins and needles sensations; uncommonly, some may also experience pain. Loss of sensation sometimes occurs. Speech impediments, tremors, and dizziness are other frequent complaints. Occasionally, people with MS have hearing loss. (Brunnscheiler ; National Multiple Sclerosis Society) Approximately half of all people with MS experience cognitive impairments such as difficulties with concentration, attention, memory, and poor judgment, but such symptoms are usually mild and are frequently overlooked. In fact, they are often detectable only through comprehensive testing. Patients themselves may be unaware of their cognitive loss; it is often a family member or friend who first notices a deficit. Such impairments are usually mild, rarely disabling, and intellectual and language abilities are generally spared. (Brunnscheiler) ?Cognitive symptoms occur when lesions develop in brain areas responsible for information processing.? (Brunnscheiler) These deficits tend to become more apparent as the information to be processed becomes more complex. Fatigue may also add to processing difficulties. Scientists do not yet know whether altered cognition in MS reflects problems with information acquisition, retrieval, or a combination of both. Types of memory problems may differ depending on the individual's disease course (relapsing-remitting, primary-progressive, etc.), but there does not appear to be any direct correlation between duration of illness and severity of cognitive dysfunction. (National Multiple Sclerosis Society) ?Depression, which is unrelated to cognitive problems, is another common feature of MS. (Brunnscheiler) In addition, about 10 percent of patients suffer from more severe psychotic disorders such as manic-depression and paranoia. Five percent may experience episodes of inappropriate euphoria and despair–unrelated to the patient's actual emotional state known as laughing/weeping syndrome. This syndrome is thought to be due to demyelination in the brainstem, the area of the brain that controls facial expression and emotions, and is usually seen only in severe cases. (National Multiple Sclerosis Society) As the disease progresses, sexual dysfunction may become a problem. Bowel and bladder control may also be lost. (Health Central) In about 60 percent of MS patients, heat, whether generated by temperatures outside the body or by exercise may cause temporary worsening of many MS symptoms. In these cases, eradicating the heat eliminates the problem. Some temperature-sensitive patients find that a cold bath may temporarily relieve their symptoms. For the same reason, ?swimming is often a good exercise choice for people with MS.? (Wenzel) The erratic symptoms of MS can affect the entire family as patients may become unable to work at the same time they are facing high medical bills and additional expenses for housekeeping assistance and modifications to homes and vehicles. The emotional drain on both patient and family is immeasurable. Counseling may help MS patients, their families, and friends find ways to cope with the many problems the disease can cause. (Lambert) ?There is as yet no cure for MS. Many patients do well with no therapy at all, especially since many medications have serious side effects and some carry significant risks.? (Health Central) Naturally occurring or spontaneous remissions make it difficult to determine therapeutic effects of experimental treatments; however, the emerging evidence that MRIs can chart the development of lesions is already helping scientists evaluate new therapies. Until recently, the principal medications physicians used to treat MS were steroids possessing anti-inflammatory properties; these include adrenocorticotropic hormone (better known as ACTH), prednisone, prednisolone, methylprednisolone, betamethasone, and dexamethasone. Studies suggest that intravenous methylprednisolone may be superior to the more traditional intravenous ACTH for patients experiencing acute relapses; no strong evidence exists to support the use of these drugs to treat progressive forms of MS. Also, there is some indication that steroids may be more appropriate for people with movement, rather than sensory, symptoms. (Mayo Clinic) While steroids do not affect the course of MS over time, they can reduce the duration and severity of attacks in some patients. The mechanism behind this effect is not known; one study suggests the medications work by restoring the effectiveness of the blood/brain barrier. ?Because steroids can produce numerous adverse side effects (acne, weight gain, seizures, psychosis), they are not recommended for long-term use.? (Bernard) One of the most promising MS research areas involves naturally occurring antiviral proteins known as interferons. Two forms of beta interferon (Avonex and Betaseron) have now been approved by the Food and Drug Administration for treatment of relapsing-remitting MS. A third form (Rebif) is marketed in Europe. Beta interferon has been shown to reduce the number of exacerbation's and may slow the progression of physical disability. When attacks do occur, they tend to be shorter and less severe. In addition, MRI scans suggest that beta interferon can decrease myelin destruction. (Mayo Clinic) Investigators speculate that the effects of beta interferon may be due to the drug's ability to correct an MS-related deficiency of certain white blood cells that suppress the immune system and/or its ability to inhibit gamma interferon, a substance believed to be involved in MS attacks. Alpha interferon is also being studied as a possible treatment for MS. (Mayo Clinic) ?Common side effects of interferons include fever, chills, sweating, muscle aches, fatigue, depression, and injection site reactions.? (Health Central) Scientists continue their extensive efforts to create new and better therapies for MS. Goals of therapy are threefold: to improve recovery from attacks, to prevent or lessen the number of relapses, and to halt disease progression. In conclusion, MS is a disease that is well known but poorly understood by the medical and nursing community as well as the general public. It has no known cure and the genes that are accountable for it have yet been pin pointed. The United States is capable of finding a cure for this disease; over the years, medical researchers have found cures for many diseases that were thought incurable. Not only time and money are needed to find a cure for this disease, but faith and heart are needed to realize the importance Glossary antibodies — proteins made by the immune system that bind to structures (antigens) they recognize as foreign to the body. antigen — a structure foreign to the body, such as a virus. The body usually responds to antigens by producing antibodies. ataxia — a condition in which the muscles fail to function in a coordinated manner. autoimmune disease — a disease in which the body's defense system malfunctions and attacks a part of the body itself rather than foreign matter. blood/brain barrier — a membrane that controls the passage of substances from the blood into the central nervous system. cerebrospinal fluid — the colorless liquid, consisting partially of substances filtered from blood and partially by secretions released by brain cells, that circulates around and through the cavities of the brain and spinal cord. Physicians use a variety of tests–electrophoresis, isoelectric focusing, capillary isotachophoresis, and radioimmunoassay–to study cerebrospinal fluid for abnormalities often associated with MS. cytokines — powerful chemical substances secreted by T cells. Cytokines are an important factor in the production of inflammation and show promise as treatments for MS. demyelination — damage caused to myelin by recurrent attacks of inflammation. Demyelination ultimately results in nervous system scars, called plaques, which interrupt communications between the nerves and the rest of the body. experimental allergic encephalomyelitis (EAE) — a chronic brain and spinal cord disease similar to MS which is induced by injecting myelin basic protein into laboratory animals. fatigue — tiredness that may accompany activity or may persist even without exertion. gadolinium — a chemical compound given during MRI scans that helps distinguish new lesions from old. human leukocyte antigens (HLAs) — antigens, tolerated by the body, that correspond to genes that govern immune responses. Also known as major histocompatibility complex. immunoglobulin G (IgG) — an antibody-containing substance produced by human plasma cells in diseased central nervous system plaques. Levels of IgG are increased in the cerebrospinal fluid of most MS patients. immunosuppression — suppression of immune system functions. Many medications under investigation for the treatment of MS are immunosuppressants. interferons — cytokines belonging to a family of antiviral proteins that occur naturally in the body. Gamma interferon is produced by immune system cells, enhances T-cell recognition of antigens, and causes worsening of MS symptoms. Alpha and beta interferon probably exert a suppressive effect on the immune system and may be beneficial in the treatment of MS. lesion — an abnormal change in the structure of an organ due to disease or injury. magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) — a non-invasive scanning technique that enables investigators to see and track MS lesions as they evolve. myelin — a fatty covering insulating nerve cell fibers in the brain and spinal cord, myelin facilitates the smooth, high-speed transmission of electrochemical messages between these components of the central nervous system and the rest of the body. In MS, myelin is damaged through a process known as demyelination, which results in distorted or blocked signals. myelin basic protein (MBP) — a major component of myelin. When myelin breakdown occurs (as in MS), MBP can often be found in abnormally high levels in the patient's cerebrospinal fluid. When injected into laboratory animals, MBP induces experimental allergic encephalomyelitis, a chronic brain and spinal cord disease similar to MS. oligodendrocytes — cells that make and maintain myelin. optic neuritis — an inflammatory disorder of the optic nerve that usually occurs in only one eye and causes visual loss and sometimes blindness. It is generally temporary. paresthesias — abnormal sensations such as numbness, prickling, or pins and needles. plaques — patchy areas of inflammation and demyelination typical of MS, plaques disrupt or block nerve signals that would normally pass through the regions affected by the plaques. receptor — a protein on a cell's surface that allows the cell to identify antigens. retrobulbar neuritis — an inflammatory disorder of the optic nerve that is usually temporary. It causes rapid loss of vision and may cause pain upon moving the eye. spasticity — involuntary muscle contractions leading to spasms and stiffness or rigidity. In MS, this condition primarily affects the lower limbs. T cells — immune system cells that develop in the thymus gland. Findings suggest that T cells are implicated in myelin destruction. transverse myelitis — an acute spinal cord disorder causing sudden low back pain and muscle weakness and abnormal sensory sensations in the lower extremities. Transverse myelitis often remits spontaneously; however, severe or long-lasting cases may lead to permanent disability. white matter — nerve fibers that are the site of MS lesions and underlie the gray matter of the brain and spinal cord.
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