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Published on 25th June 2019
Article by: Graham Thomas
Royal Albert Hall, London
(first of a three-night run)
So hands up who thought back in, say, 2012 that Robert Fripp would resuscitate King Crimson and that the new improved beast would be around to celebrate their 50th anniversary? No, me neither, but sometimes the unexpected happens. But if you had suspected some such celebration might conceivably come about, could we seriously have hoped that it would be a vital unit performing material from every era of the band's illustrious career, and even including newly penned music? Get outta town, right?
Well that is the situation we seem to be presented with. Having last seen Crimson at the Birmingham Symphony Hall only late last year, shortly after which these Albert Hall gigs were announced, I admit that I considered giving it a miss, especially given the ticket price, which wasn't cheap in anyone's book. Fortunately, my doubts were short-lived and tickets secured. So I find myself in the wonderfully atmospheric hallowed venue with the familiar plinky soundscape that precedes the 'no photos' taped announcement, anticipating the entry of the Crims.
Now much has been made elsewhere of the unsold seats for these shows, and as I look around the hall, it definitely isn't full, with some boxes and upper tiers sparsely occupied, but from where I'm sat in the stalls, the impression is of a decent crowd of Prog aficionados of all persuasions, judging from the healthy variation of band shirts on display. The atmosphere is building, and then the house lights are gone and the walk on begins to welcoming cheers. Tony Levin and Robert Fripp look particularly dapper in their expensive suits, although Robert immediately removes his jacket and flings it to a shadowy minion before sitting down. And we start with a drum solo. For any other band in the world, this would be a suicidal move, but not so this band. Of course, it's not really solo, because as you all know, the current incarnation has a three drummer front line, and neither is it improvised, but it is jaw-dropping how these guys seem to have a near-telepathic empathy for each other and slot their individual playing into a seamless piece of music. A drum introductory piece might not sound riveting on paper, but this undoubtedly is. Then with hardly a pause for breath, we are into Pictures of a City with the whole band in action, and I find myself with a daft grin on my face already.
So how does this group continue to improve each tour? I really don't know, but there are some clues. Jakko Jakszyk is a case in point. His vocals I felt were initially a cause for some concern back in 2014, but his confidence and ability has improved dramatically over the last five years of touring, and he now handles the Lake and Wetton era material really well. He may have more of an issue with the more idiosyncratic approach of the Belew songs, but he compensates by rearranging them to more suit his style and range, and it works a treat. He tackles Frame by Frame, and it works!
Of course, every member of this Crimson beast pulls their weight and has their part to play, but I'm just going to make special mention of a pivotal player on this tour. Jeremy Stacey is the newest recruit, although he's been present since 2016, but his role has become critically important because apart from being the drumming link between Gavin Harrison and Pat Mastelotto, he plays so many of the keyboard parts which are fundamental to much of the program. He also plays some crazily wonky piano, such as the intro to Suitable Grounds for the Blues. Reminded me of Mike Garson at times, brilliant.
The first real surprise of the first set for me is the inclusion of EleKtriK, which has long been one of my favourite pieces from The Power to Believe. It begins quite gently and builds around the Discipline-esque guitar lines weaving in and out and around the melody, patiently making their way to the moment around six minutes in when things turn brutally heavy. There's a beauty to the almost clinical savagery, and after these brief magical moments, we slip back into restraint mode again. It's delicious.
The first set concludes with probably the best Level Five I've heard, and the only part of Lark's Tongues we are to get tonight. What a wealth of material this band has to draw from! End of part one; standing ovation.
As I have a little wander during the interval, the general consensus seems to be that it has been near faultless so far. Ok, not just me then! So to the second set, and guess what? Yep, a drum solo! Devil Dogs of Tessellation Row is another fabulous exercise which they could probably play blindfold! From here on in, it's pretty much classics all the way. Cirkus erupts with the off-kilter keyboards perfectly executed, and I'm soon reminded just how vital to the older catalogue Mel Collins is. You simply can't do justice to the first four albums without his sax and flute playing, and his contributions are wonderful. Cat Food next, another slight surprise, but a very welcome Poseidon song, then the crowd-pleasing Indiscipline. The intro is these days somewhat elongated by a truly stunning display of drum improvisation from our front line. There's so much warmth and humour in their drum relay, it's like a song of its own. The baton is passed with eyes – and nobody drops it. Close your eyes and it could almost be one man, except the styles and textures are so varied it would be impossible; all the time Levin keeping the pulse going, seemingly forever. Once in the song proper, Jakko shows us again just how to make a Belew vocal delivery his own, and comically ends the song with "so just how many holes does it take to fill the Albert Hall?"
Moonchild is greeted with enthusiasm, and allows Levin, Stacey and Fripp to shine. I've not said much about Robert's playing, but to think he's been writing, recording and playing this stuff for fifty years is amazing really. His playing is perfection, just as you'd expect. His solo on Moonchild is fantastic, the whole audience collectively thrilled. Then we're into Court of the Crimson King, and the wave of appreciation is palpable. But it's on Easy Money that the band really stretch out and release themselves from restraint. Jakko owns this song now, his vocals once homage to the great John Wetton, but now more than that, sending shivers down the spine. He puts everything into it, including trading guitar with Fripp. The band are absolutely on fire now, and nothing can stop them. But all good things have to end, and Starless signals the last song, and it's not for nothing that this tune has become something of a Prog legend over the years. It's brilliant, nothing less. The Hall erupts as it ends, and it's only a matter of time before they are dragged back for Schizoid Man.
You'll have got the idea that I'm a bit of a KC fan I expect. True, but I really didn't expect this celebration to be quite this good. Many people have over the years suggested various 'definitive' Crimson line-ups. It makes for fun debate, and of course there's no right answer. But I have to say that this band, here and now, have to be real contenders for definitive line-up of all time.
Hell Hounds of Krim
Pictures of a City
Suitable Grounds for the Blues
Neurotica
Frame by Frame
Drumzilla
Dawn Song
Radical Action II
Devil Dogs of Tessellation Row
Indiscipline
The Court of the Crimson King
~ Encore:
Gavin Harrison – Drums
Jeremy Stacey – Drums, Keyboards
Pat Mastelotto – Drums
Mel Collins – Sax, Flute
Tony Levin – Basses, Chapman Stick, Backing Vocals
Jakko Jakszyk – Guitar, Vocals
Robert Fripp – Guitar, Keyboards
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The road to prosperity through independence
Scotland can create a robust roadmap to prosperity but only if we first reject the xenophobic, delusional Brexit power trip that seems to have gripped half of the UK population.
Independence is a means to an end, and not an end in itself unlike the hubris driven hard Brexit plan. With that in mind Business for Scotland met with the Scottish Government's Scottish Growth Commission officially on three occasions and communicated our detailed, positive economic vision for Scotland as an independent nation. We believe that independence, coupled with a new positive and inclusive approach to economics, offers more security, shared prosperity and faster growth potential than post Brexit, xenophobic isolated Britain ever can.
So I thought it would be useful to outline the top five ideas we put forward that form the foundations of our roadmap to prosperity through the powers of independence.
1) We need to elevate economics towards a higher purpose than narrow, greed-driven stock market and GDP growth as a measure of success. Westminster offers lip service to shared prosperity, but fails to recognise that the purpose of economics should be the distribution of assets and wealth for the maximum well-being of all in society. First, we need to agree a national set of values to aspire to. Our suggestions: Fairer distribution of wealth, improved welfare, better management of our natural resources to reach environmental sustainability, better education and employment opportunities for young people and higher R&D and skills investment. Boosting our society's feeling of wellbeing, including life-expectancy and happiness.
Yes, we should measure GDP growth as one factor but economic performance measurement can't just be growth related. It needs to include productivity, balance of trade, long-term national debt levels and wage growth to be more inclusive.
Once you have defined a set of values and measures by which you can judge the true progress of a nation, you can define the policies that will deliver that true progress.
2) We want Scotland to remain a member of the EU, but if that is not instantly/seamlessly achievable then single market access is a must, with an option to rejoin the EU as an independent nation if the Scottish people see fit. EFTA or EEA membership is an acceptable way to trade and would be far better for Scotland and our business community than staying with the UK post brexit. Westminster's hard Brexit will cost tens of thousands of jobs in Scotland, knock billions off our economy, create rapid inflation, increase borrowing and the deficit, damage our international exports and cut real wages leaving more and more Scottish people living below acceptable economic standards. Independence will offer many trading and foreign direct investment advantages — the scale of which will become evident as the terms of Brexit become clear by autumn 2017.
3) Currency: In 2014, the then strength and stability of the pound and the wish to make independence a smooth process meant that the offer of a currency union was sensible. However, a policy that your opponents can just say no to was not ideal politically. Now the pound has lost 16 per cent of its value, become volatile and is expected by many to drop to parity with the Euro/Dollar during the Brexit negotiations. Sterling post-Brexit is no longer a viable candidate for a currency union it is now advisable to create an independent Scottish currency, our own central bank and a series of investment banks to invest in high growth potential sectors such as biotechnology, renewables and information technology. Full monitory policy control including the use of quantitative easing to invest in growth, not to boost asset and market values as the UK did, offers more value to Scotland in the changed circumstances than a currency union.
4) Oil and gas: In an independent Scotland there must be openness and clarity over the tax policy relating to the North Sea taxation and that would mean benchmarking taxation against that of other comparable countries such as Norway who generated £17 billion more oil and gas-related revenues that the UK last year. The UK Government gave massive tax breaks to companies such as Shell and BP, but Shell who took £81m in tax rebates from the UK Government in 2015 managed to pay £11bn in dividends to shareholders, the world record, last year. A complete review of the oil and gas sector and its future must be carried out in the time between an independence vote and independence day and that review must not be led by a unionist oil industry insider.
This review must include the fact that the West Coast of Scotland may have oil reserves that are yet to be exploited, currently the UK Government allows no West Coast exploration due to nuclear submarine activities. An independent Scottish Government should allow West Coast exploration. It should also consider how to maximise future revenues for the benefit of the nation, treat oil revenues as a bonus and a fund to invest profits in securing Scottish services, pensions and in renewables so that over time we can turn the North East from a world centre of oil and gas expertise into the global leader in renewable energy.
5) Benefit Corporation Tax Credits: An independent Scotland could create a uniquely competitive corporation tax system. Rather than cutting corporation tax like the UK a simple credit based system allowing companies to earn tax discounts through activities that drive shared prosperity should be introduced. Tax credits can be earned through targeted investment and corporate behaviours that create a better fairer more prosperous Scotland and increase overall Government revenues while allowing corporations that benefit Scotland to reduce their direct taxation.
Credits could earned by paying the real Living Wage, thus creating savings on Government benefit payments and increased NI and PAYE tax contributions thats would be worth £1bn a year. Increasing exports to improve Scotland's balance of payments. Spending more on applied R&D, raising R&D spending in Scotland from 1.8 per cent of GDP to three per cent over five years would add £12bn to Scotland's GDP. Prompt payment of invoices to SME's (30 days or less) would increase SME business turnover by between five and 10 per cent a year and increase the speed of investment in Scotland's real economy, creating tens of thousands of new jobs.
If big business could be persuaded to invest in areas that deliver the social values and growth aspirations of our independent Scottish economy while increasing overall Government revenues then taxation policy can be used as tool to deliver the elevated economics that many aspire to but feel can't be delivered by old-fashioned Westminster big corporation sycophants.
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Malcolm Reavell says:
Point 3. Monetary policy. Sovereign currency is an absolute must. Membership of the EU requires that we either adopt the Euro or have a sovereign currency. Adopting the Euro is not an option (Greece!). Quantitative easing – not recommended, we need public money creation, not private. A thorough understanding of modern Monetary Theory is required (Bernie Sanders and Jeremy Corbyn are there already). Scotland's economists need to get on board with it, and it needs to be communicated to everyone so they can make a properly informed decision when Indyref2 comes along, and not be persuaded by Project Fear 2 taht an independent Scotland would go bust in 5 minutes, because it just won't! Here's your MMT starter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDL4c8fMODk
Patsy says:
Excellent article which makes the economics of an independent Scotland easier for me to understand.
Macandroid says:
As the Scottish government's borrowing is restricted could investment banks be established now to fund infrastructure projects which in turn boost the economy in several ways? If we can, we demonstrate what is possible before the next ref vote.
dan macaulay says:
excellent set of objectives –
are you proposing infrastructure QE aka Prof Richard Murphy ?
Gordon MacIntyre-Kemp says:
Thanks and yes we supported that way before it became trendy – we also se QE as a tool to bail out consumers and not just the banks.
Great, clear piece as always. Particularly like the part of values and measures to track a nations progress. Truly believe that the economic policy should be linked to how well our population is thriving. It also sends a message to the world of how we want to do business.
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This collection arrives from the spirit world buoyant, its rowdy soul intact.-- Ra l Ni o, Booklist
The ghazal, a poetic form rooted in seventh century Arabia, became popular in the United States through the translations of Rumi, Hafiz, and Ghalib. As a young poet, Jim Harrison became enamored with ghazals, and while he ignored most of the formal rules, within the energized couplets he discovered a welcome vehicle for his driving passions, muscular genius, and wrecking-ball rages. The year Outlyer & Ghazals appeared, The New York Times honored the book with inclusion on their coveted "Noteworthy Titles" list, provocatively noting that these poems were "worth loving, hating, and fighting over." Collected Ghazals gathers all of Harrisons's published ghazals into a single volume, accompanied by an "Afterword" by poet and noted ghazal writer Denver Butson, who writes that with this collection, Harrison's ghazals "are ours to witness again in all their messy, brave, honest, grieving, lustful, longing humanity."
These are raucous, boozy, at times sexually explicit journeys beyond standard forms, often expressing a young poet's exuberance. Harrison wills us to follow him: 'When I slept in the woods I awoke before dawn / and drank brandy and listened to the birds until the moon / disappeared.' Closing with an illuminating afterword by poet Denver Butson, this collection arrives from the spirit world buoyant, its rowdy soul intact.--Booklist
Jim Harrison (1937-2016) was one of America's most celebrated writers, publishing nearly forty books across multiple genres--fiction, essay and memoir--and he also wrote screenplays and popular food columns for Esquire and Brick. He is credited for revitalizing the novella form with the publication of his best-selling trilogy Legends of the Fall. In 2007 he was elected to the Academy of Arts and Letters. Harrison died at his writing desk in 2016, only a few months after the publication of his final book of poems, Dead Man's Float.
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Outdoor seasonal allergies from ragweed, pollen, trees and mold are most common. But your pet can also suffer from indoor causes such as home cleaners, chemicals, dust mites and even plastic food bowls. If your dog's symptoms appear seasonally, it's most likely he's bothered by outdoor irritants. But if his issues are year-round, consider indoor causes.
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On this, her first album, Josie is backed by talented bunch of rockin' cats including members of Hot Rod Lincoln.
As well as being a great performer, she also writes cool rockin' songs, and many of the tracks here are Josie Kruezer originals.
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Thanks to the 15+ folks who attended the Baton Rouge SQL Server User Group meeting last night! I hope everyone enjoyed "everyone gets a book" night!
Then we went through database compression, indexing and execution plans, index INCLUDE structure, the missing indexes feature, how foreign keys can affect performance, isolation modes and MAXDOP.
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Thanks for attending, see you November 14!
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Our Panoramic & Prague Castle e-Bike Tour takes you along Prague's Vltava River, beautiful Letna Park, which overlooks the city and provides excellent photo opportunities. It also serves as a backdrop to a broad historical overview of this magical city. We go through Prague Castle, Petrin Park which provides more panoramic views of the city and continue to New town and Wenceslas Square.
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Devátý ročník soutěže RoboOrienteering se celkově velmi podobal tomu předešlému. Stejně jako v loňském roce se roboti utkali v parku v Mariánských Lázních … jen letos dorazilo více německých týmů než českých!
Robotem Rovně 2019 will take place on May 11th 2019 in Písku. Registration is till the end of April.
Istrobot contest will take place on 27th April 2019 in Bratislava. This year with a new outdoor category!
There will be another Smart Cars Day on 13th and 14th October 2017 on Milovice test polygon.
The contest Robot Go Straight 2017 will take place on Saturday May 13th 2017 in Písek (registration deadline is April 15th 2017).
The contest Robot Go Straight 2016 will take place on Saturday May 14th 2016 in Písek (registration deadline is April 15th 2016).
Robotic Day 2015 will take place in Prague on June 13-14 2015.
Would you like to take your robot on 3rd-4th October 2014 to Slovakia to climb the chimney?! Registration ends in August!
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Family reunites with first responders after losing mother and daughter in crash
Danielle Cross and her daughter Bella died in a crash near the Decatur County line.
Danielle Cross and her daughter Bella were killed in a crash near the Decatur County line last month.
By WCTV Staff and Mike Rogers
Published: Nov. 4, 2022 at 7:25 PM EDT
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) - A family is remembering two lives cut tragically short in a car crash near the Decatur County line on October 25.
Danielle Cross and her daughter Bella died after their car ran off the road on Highway 27 North.
Danielle's daughter Ayva survived the crash, and will have to grow up without a mother and sister.
On Friday, the family gathered outside the Bainbridge Police Department to meet the first responders who tried to save all three lives that day.
"It's never easy, it's a hard thing to deal with, but with all the people that have helped out it makes things a little easier and knowing that so many people care and tried and did what they did to help out," Danielle's father Wayne Cross said.
The Bainbridge Fire Chief said he was the one Ayva held onto the day of the accident.
Cross told WCTV Ayva is recovering at a burn center in Galveston, Texas, and the family feels the time for healing physically and emotionally has begun.
"It gives us something to be happy about, something to work towards on getting her healthy and carrying on the legacy of her mom and her sister," Cross said.
He added that without the help of the Decatur County Sheriff's Office and other first responders, Ayva wouldn't be alive today.
The family has set up a GoFundMe to help cover funeral expenses for Danielle Cross and Bella.
You can find a link to that here.


News on blades market with the entry of Kizlyar Supreme, manufacturers of Hi-Tech next generation knives from Russia.
After its debut in 2011, which took place simultaneously in Russia, Germany and Australia, Kizlyar Supreme has become in a short time leader brand in Russia, and is now enjoying success on European market.
Composed by a multicultural team of designers from Russia, Germany, Japan and Australia, the Kizlyar Supreme has succeeded in creating products that are characterized by precision finishes, quality materials and achievements.
The variety of Russian knives is large, ranging from hunting fixed blade and those from mil-tac and outdoor, up to the folder knives. All Kizlyar Supreme's products are characterized by simplicity of the lines, but at the same time, they were made with the imperative to be really useful. So they don 't need of unnecessary embellishments, because their ultimate goal is to be functional and durable. In particular, the folding knives, available in different designs and finishes, are a display of precision and accuracy in machining; in fact the Kizlyar Supreme is at the forefront with the modern equipment and machinery use for knives production.
Among folder knives the choice varies from classic lines, such as those of "Gentleman" and "Karbuk" models, to the more modern and versatile lines, such as "Bloke" and "Biker" series.
The latter, in particular, is made in various versions: Biker X and Biker Z, both with liner-lock system and rathersimilar in design but with some structural differences. Biker X models, available with different finishes, are fitted with double guard and a secondary safety mechanism.
The Biker Z instead is fitted of single guard, and is devoid of double safety mechanism. This doesn 't imply that it is a lower-end product, but it is simply a variant that allows a different use of the knife. The absence of the guard, allows the positioning of the thumb more advanced along the spine blade, to perform operations that require greater precision.
The Biker Z is a generously sized folder (open size is 22 cm), with a modified clip point blade 89 mm long and 3 mm thick, made of AUS-8 steel with Titanium gray coating finish.
The liner-lock is achieved in a rigorous manner, with precise connections that give strength to the knife. The blade is very stable, and can be opened with thumb-stud, or with a wrist thrust, after releasing the blade making lever with your index finger on the guard, which protrudes from the handle; in this way you can open the knife with extreme rapidity, despite it is not a flipper opening knife.
The blade accurately rotates on a pivot with standard torx head, and with the aid of two Teflon washers, which makes smoother the knife opening. Initially, like with all new folding knives, the opening will be a little hard, but after a series of openings and closings, the knife will start to opening with a pleasant smoothness.
The steel liners are located in the handle which is contoured internally to accommodate them with perfection; the thumb stud stop is make on steel, because if it is realized on the handle material, it would be ruined and, with time, it could break and create blade movements.
The G10 textured handle, despite its simplicity, inspires a certain class to the knife line, making it pleasantly understated and suitable for every occasion.
The Biker Z blade is also available with D2 or 440C steel, with satin or titanium gray coating finishes. The G10 handle color can be selected between gray and desert.
This product has great qualities and potential, while presenting some points which, in my opinion, can be improved; for example, the reduced protrusion of the liner to unlock the blade makes the knife closure a bit difficult, especially for those who have large fingers.
The Kizlyar Supreme professionalism and helpfulness is admirable. They always make attention to user feedback, so they have already make improvements in the new models (currently in production).
Surely these prerogatives are a further point in favor of a young company, which from the beginning has been shown great dynamism and expertise, making quality and reliable knives with great attention to details such as packaging. Forget boxes made of folded cardboard, here we start with a simple, elegant and practical rigid box with magnetic closure.
To store and transport your knives, you can buy separately a ballistic nylon pouch, MOLLE compatible, implemented in different models and configurations, ideal for storing even multitools, flashlights, pistol magazines or other accessories.
Thanks to the compatibility with the MOLLE system, this pouch can also be mounts on Kizlyar Supreme fixed blade sheaths of tactical and outdoor series.
The Kizlyar Supreme products, can be purchased on German website www.klingenwelt.de or www.kizlyar.com.au, and have a quality/price ratio considerably advantageous. The Biker Z has a customer price of around 50 € for the 440C version, and 60€ for the D2 steel version.
As evidence of the company attention for their products quality, all knives come with a lifetime warranty against any manufacturing defect.
Overall the feeling expressed by all of these factors is absolutely positive. Dynamism, quality and convenience are rare and wanted features. If we add to this the professionalism and humility of Kizlyar Supreme's staff, we will get a brand that, although young, has all the credentials to make his way in blades world.


A blend of Vietnamese, Danish and a bit of Spanish now, our student Linh has been one of our stars on Social Media this year. Author of many articles and entries where she has shared her experiences during her first year here at CEU Valencia, we have approached her just a few days before her final exams to ask her a couple of questions.
Well, my parents lived in Spain for some months when I was little, though not for long. I always wanted to improve my Spanish because the more languages you speak, the more opportunities you have to meet new people and find friends! Also, now I find it easier to access different academic sources for my projects and papers. Speaking different languages is always an advantage.
So you really have something for foreign languages.
Oh yes, I love learning new languages. I am studying Spanish (B2 level) with Raquel Nielfa and all of my classmates are French students of Veterinary and I think it is easier for them because French is also a Romance language.
As for students from other countries, I try to help them, especially those coming fro Asia. They sometimes have difficulties with the pronunciation of some words or the alphabet so, since I am Asian too, I understand their trouble and I try to help them out! Let's say for instance the RR sound, or the G sound.
No wonder you won a prize for your participation in all the activities organized by the Language Service. You have also been working with us here at the International Relations Office these last months. Tell us more about your assistantship: what have you done, with which purpose?
During my assistantship time, I have been participating in many activities organized by the University, such as language exchange, workshops, leisure activities from Campus Life and even attending talk sessions in the Faculty of Health Sciences. Moreover, I have also gone to the city centre and to other campuses to write blog posts with the final purpose of showing international students about our university. I want to convince you to come here to Valencia and to CEU but not only to study, but to enjoy the next 4 years of university life.
About your "first" final exams here in CEU Valencia: are you ready to approach this exam period? How have you been preparing? Any hope that you will pass everything?
The finals are approaching and I am also focusing on revising and preparing. I feel nervous, but I know this is the chance to give 100% of what I have learned during the semester. I have been studying by myself, I have also made a group study with friends – it helps a lot because you can exchange ideas, and if necessary, teachers are always available to answer my questions. I hope I will pass all the subjects so I can relax in the summer!
I would give myself an 8/10!!! This year, to be honest, has been awesome: first time living alone, first time studying abroad, actually many first experiences; there have been good and bad moments, but in general, I did what I planned before coming here and I am very happy.
Tell us one thing that you never thought it would be "difficult" but it finally turned out to be, and something you thought at first it would be a great challenge but in the end it wasn't as complicated as expected!
I would say to organize my time. During the first month my timetable was not too dense, so I managed it. Then the practical sessions are in the afternoon, on average 2 times per week and I started having less free time, but still, I have to balance with the lectures and seminars. It took a bit of effort to sit down and write down, keep track on my own timetable. As long as I can manage my daily activities, I think I am doing fine.
…and we took our interns to Biopic Valencia!
What do you expect from next year?
Next year I would try to keep up with the good things I have done and changed some inadequate habits. I am looking forward to continuing studying subjects related to Pharmacy, such as Pathology or Organic Chemistry, so one step closer to the pharmaceutical industry.
And after your exams: tell us what your plans for this summer are going to be!
This summer I will travel to my country, after 3 years so I am very excited. I hope that all of you (current and future students) will have great results on the exams and have a wonderful summer holiday!


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Parkville Heritage Walks
The Parkville Association is thrilled to announce the release of our Self-guided walking tour, featuring a BRAND NEW Walk Number 4 (North Parkville), via our free mobile app!
The Association acknowledges that this app is based on the extensive local history research undertaken by Norah Killip OAM, who assisted in the development of the app. Funding from the Public Record Office of Victoria to assist the development of the Parkville Heritage Walks app is also acknowledged.
The Parkville Heritage Walks app provides three separate self-guided tours of our historical South Parkville precinct, using your mobile phone or tablet as a digital tour guide. The app builds on the printed walks brochures and includes digital route maps and full-colour photographs of each stop.
Click here for more information: https://parkvilleassociation.org.au/news/70-walking-tours-app-now-available
You can download the app FOR FREE today
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Location: Parkville
Enquiry: parkvilleassociation@gmail.com
Region: Melbourne Date: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 October 2020 Time: -
History Month is a Royal Historical Society of Victoria initiative
History Month is generously supported by the Vera Moore Foundation
All other images sourced from the Royal Historical Society of Victoria's Photographic Collection. Site by Tobstar
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Ad Audit: Allies Of Obama Try To Ease Jitters About Health Care Changes
AD TITLE: "Mean For You"
SPONSOR: Americans for Stable Quality Care
SUMMARY: The drug industry, physicians' lobby and some backers of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul argue that the changes Congress is considering will make the health care system more stable and affordable. But the ad promises more certainty about the future than Congress is likely to be able to ensure.
BACKGROUND: The ad is the first salvo in a $12 million campaign from Americans for Stable Quality Care, a coalition supporting the general outline of the overhaul proposed by President Obama and congressional Democrats. The group includes the American Medical Association, which represents physicians; Families USA, a consumer advocacy group; PhRMA, the major drug industry trade group; Service Employees International Union, one of the biggest labor organizations, and the Federation of American Hospitals. To put together this campaign, the coalition employed GMMB, a political consulting firm that worked for Obama in last year's presidential election, as well as AKPD Message and Media, a firm founded by Obama's political adviser David Axelrod.
VISUALS AND AUDIO: "What does health insurance reform mean for you?" a narrator asks as a piano gently plays. A vignette of hospital scenes shows mothers comforting children and doctors and nurses, with stethoscopes draped around their necks, caring for smiling patients. The narrator continues: "It means you can't be denied coverage for a preexisting condition. Or dropped if you get sick. It means putting health care decisions in the hands of you and your doctor. It means lower costs, a cap on out of pocket expenses. Tough new rules to cut waste and red tape. And a focus on preventing illness before it strikes. So what does health insurance reform really mean? Quality, affordable care you can count on." Phrases from the narration are imposed as text on the screen over the photos, the last of which shows an infant, pacifier in mouth, lying peacefully in a hospital incubator as an adult hand rests gently on her head.
POLITICS: Groups supporting health care overhaul-including major industry players – have been buying twice as much television advertising time as opponents — according to the Campaign Media Analysis Group, a Virginia firm that tracks paid political advertising. Designed to ease fears about change among people who already have insurance, this ad highlights the dangers people already face in the current health care system, such as losing their coverage, and also promises that new laws will not lead to the kind of jarring upheavals that critical ads have been predicting.
ACCURACY: As the ad says, the major bills under consideration by Congress would bar insurers from rejecting applicants because they have health problems. They also would prevent insurers from charging sick enrollees higher premiums. The insurance industry has agreed to those new rules, but only if lawmakers require almost all Americans to be insured.
The proposals before Congress aim to require insurers to cover preventive services such as doctors' visits and would reduce or eliminate the patient's share of costs in some cases, and increase payments to primary care physicians. But those changes are probably not significant enough to tilt the current financial incentives from acute care to prevention. Doctors and hospitals would continue to make the most money by performing procedures such as bypass surgery for people who have heart attacks.
While Congress aims to increase screening and oversight of providers, it may be a stretch to call the anti-waste provisions lawmakers are considering "tough." Medicaid and Medicare improperly paid out more than $35 billion in federal money in 2008, according to government auditors. But the waste, fraud and abuse provisions included in one version of the House legislation would result in government savings of just $1.3 billion over 10 years, according to the Congressional Budget Office.
As the ad says, Congress is attempting to limit annual out-of-pocket expenditures. Democrats in the House would cap them at $5,000 per individual and $10,000 per family. However, the caps wouldn't necessarily apply to medical expenses incurred outside of an insurer's network, potentially leaving patients vulnerable to large bills from specialists or emergency care providers who do not have contracts with their insurer. And for many families with serious illnesses or chronic conditions, owing $10,000 in co-payments and deductibles on top of monthly premiums could still be financially calamitous, several studies have found.
The ad goes pretty far out on a limb to assert that overhaul will "lower costs," although the vagueness of the reference makes it difficult to vet and Americans for Stable Quality Care did not respond to several requests to discuss the ad in detail. The costs to the government would almost certainly increase, adding $239 billion to the deficit over a decade, according to the CBO analysis of one of the House bills. The bills include a number of cost-containment provisions, including changes in Medicare payments to nursing homes, hospitals and other health care providers, as well as cuts in Medicare Advantage programs. Backers insist that some of their other proposals, such as a government-run insurance plan, would result in increased competition among insurers and hold down costs. Many health care economists believe that the overhaul legislation would-under the best-case scenario – cause premiums and medical costs to increase less rapidly than they otherwise would grow.


ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — The jury in the financial fraud trial of former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort has sent a note to the judge on the fourth day of deliberations.
Jurors resumed deliberating Tuesday morning and sent a note to the judge about 90 minutes later. The content of the message wasn't immediately known.
Janice Chambers is an author of a US patent owned by Mississippi State University on these oxime antidotes, and the oxime platform is licensed by Defender Pharmaceuticals. She has received funding on this oxime antidote research from the DoD's Defense Threat Reduction Agency and currently has funding from the National Institutes of Health's CounterACT program.


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Cruise thrills in Minority Report
STEVEN SPIELBERG'S latest sci-fi offering follows hot on the heels of his last picture, the coolly-received A1, and has met with a warm embrace from critics.
Hollywood's most bankable star, Tom Cruise, teams up with Hollywood's favourite director to form a formidable alliance that should ensure big box office bucks.
Cruise is John Anderton, a cop assigned to the Department of Pre-Crime, which predicts and
prevents murders before they occur and arrests and imprisons the would-be perpetrators.
This apparently infallible system raises several moral questions and when Anderton is himself accused of pre-murder, he begins to doubt the
reliability of the "perfect" system and goes on the run in an attempt to prove his innocence and exorcise the demons that haunt him.
Minority Report is a well-realised vision, which turns the original Phillip K Dick novel into a
special effects-laden, gripping science fiction thriller.
Many of the scenes nevertheless have a depth to them that other films of the genre lack.
Symbolism is inherent – shots are framed artistically and deliberately to signify, for example, relationships of power on the screen.
Also, the method used to "select" victim and
perpetrator sees wooden balls dropping down, engraved with the respective names of each, unavoidably conjuring up the idea of lottery balls.
The film seems to be suggesting that there is
fallibility to this method of crime fighting.
Brit Samantha Morton is chilling as Agatha, the key foreseeing "precog" and Cruise exhibits his Mission Impossible-esque dexterity and physical adroitness.
Part-thriller, part-sci-fi, part-murder mystery, Minority Report is an insightful and precursive social commentary, as well as a paradigmatic and symbolic tale, that throws up all manner of questions and dichotomies.
All this is cleverly wrapped up in a package of entertainment, thrills and spills in the
signature Spielberg style that audiences love.


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The Werewolf Were-Able is a wearable accessory produced by Bad Dragon.
The Werewolf Were-Able is custom made to order, and available in a variety of colour options and three size options. The toy features a covered head and mimics the brand's David the Werewolf insertable toy. The inside of the sheath is lined with subtle spiralling textures, and the outside boasts a thick knot and vein details. The sheath has an opening at the tip to allow for liquid escape.


New! "Dispatch from the Sister Republic or, Papelito Habla" a longform essay about the Mexican literary landscape and the power of the book.
Reconsidering Agustín de Iturbide and the question of what it means to be Mexican. Read the prologue in English or in Spanish.
An essay about the consequences of writing a novel with a character based on Maximilian von Habsburg. In both English (Catamaran Literary Reader, summer 2017) and Spanish (Letras Libres, junio de 2017).
An excerpt from a longer forthcoming essay, "Disptach from the Sister Republic or, Papelito Habla." Madam Mayo blog, April 3, 2017.
An excerpt from a longer forthcoming essay, "Disptach from the Sister Republic or, Papelito Habla." Madam Mayo blog, March 20, 2017.
On Writing About Mexico: Secrets and Surprises.
Transcript of my talk for the panel "Translating the Other Side," American Literary Translators Association, Tucson, Arizona, October 30, 2015.
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To Remember, to Understand: On Researching and Writing The Last Prince of the Mexican Empire.
Transcript of my keynote for the Board of Directors meeting of the Harry Ransom Center University of texas Austin, April 22, 2010.
Bahía de los Angeles: Bay of Angels: a complete chapter from Miraculous Air: Journey of a Thousand Miles through Baja California, the Other Mexico by C.M. Mayo (originally published in Southwest Review).
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Reader's Guide to The Last Prince of the Mexican Empire, by C.M. Mayo, an epic novel based on the true story of Agustín de Iturbide y Green in the court of Maximilian von Habsburg. Named a Library Journal Best Book of 2009.
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The Essential Francisco Sosa or, Picadou's Mexico City, an award-winning long essay originally published in Creative Nonfiction, now available as a CD from CDBaby.


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Q: Find the first non-missing value in a set of variables for each unique person and then change all NAs to 0 after that point I have a wide dataset with 1 row per person. Each person has a set of 12 variables representing a visit for each month of the year. If a person did not have a visit for a month, it currently says NA. If a person had multiple visits within a month, the number is the number of visits. For example, a patient was seen for the first time in February, and they had 2 visits. The January column is NA because they were not seen then and the February column is 2 because they had 2 visits in that month. The rest of the months for that person would be filled in accordingly if they had visits or not.
My goal is to find the first non-missing value and then any months after their first visit with no visits needs to be changed to 0. I still want to keep months before their first visit as NA. I have 'have' and 'want' data sets provided.
I have made attempts at loops, if statements, and functions, but am not having any success. Does anybody have experience with this type of code?
HAVE:
|ID | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | June | Jul |
|:--|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|:----:|:---:|
| 1 |  NA |  1  |  1  | 2   | NA  | NA   | NA  |
| 2 |  NA | NA  | NA  | 1   | NA  |  NA  |  NA |
| 3 |  1  | NA  | 1   | 3   | 1   | NA   | NA  |
| 4 |  NA | NA  | NA  | NA  | NA  | 1    | 1   |

WANT:
|ID | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | June | Jul |
|:--|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|:----:|:---:|
| 1 |  NA |  1  |  1  | 2   |  0  | 0    | 0   |
| 2 |  NA | NA  | NA  | 1   | 0  |  0  |  0 |
| 3 |  1  | 0  | 1   | 3   | 1   | 0   | 0  |
| 4 |  NA | NA  | NA  | NA  | NA  | 1    | 1   |

A: We may use a vectorized option with max.col to find the column index of the first non-NA element excluding the first column for each row.  Then, create a logical matrix by checking whether this replicated index is less than the colum index and (&) if the values are NA to return a logical matrix which we use to subset the data and assign (<-) to 0
df1[-1][col(df1[-1]) > max.col(!is.na(df1[-1]), 'first')[
         row(df1[-1])] & is.na(df1[-1])] <- 0

-output
> df1
  ID Jan Feb Mar Apr May June Jul
1  1  NA   1   1   2   0    0   0
2  2  NA  NA  NA   1   0    0   0
3  3   1   0   1   3   1    0   0
4  4  NA  NA  NA  NA  NA    1   1

Or using apply
df1[] <-  t(apply(df1[-1], 1, FUN = function(x)
    replace(x, seq_along(x) > which(!is.na(x))[1] & is.na(x), 0)))

data
df1 <- structure(list(ID = 1:4, Jan = c(NA, NA, 1L, NA), Feb = c(1L,
NA, NA, NA), Mar = c(1L, NA, 1L, NA), Apr = c(2L, 1L, 3L, NA),
    May = c(NA, NA, 1L, NA), June = c(NA, NA, NA, 1L), Jul = c(NA,
    NA, NA, 1L)), class = "data.frame", row.names = c(NA, -4L
))

A: A tidyverse solution using pivoting, grouping and filling:
library(tidyverse)

df1 <- df1 %>%
  pivot_longer(-ID) %>%
  group_by(ID) %>%
  mutate(temp = 1 * !cumall(is.na(value))) %>%
  fill(temp) %>%
  mutate(value = ifelse(temp == 1 & is.na(value), 0, value))  %>%
  pivot_wider(-temp, names_from = name, values_from = value)

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Ohio's photo voter ID law already facing legal challenge
By: Nick Evans - January 10, 2023 5:00 am
COLUMBUS, OH — MAY 03: Roster Judge Don English, a first time poll worker hands the ballot to a voter on the auditorium stage that serves as the voting location during the Ohio primary election, May 3, 2022, at the Worthington Kilbourne High School, Columbus, Ohio. (Photo by Graham Stokes for the Ohio Capital Journal. Republish photo only with original story.)
The same day Gov. Mike DeWine signed the bill into law, Ohio's new photo voter ID law saw its first court challenge. The Elias Law group filed suit Friday on a behalf of a handful of Ohio interest groups.
The firm, headed up by Democratic elections attorney Marc Elias, rose to national prominence in part by opposing the Trump campaign's attempts to overturn the 2020 election. The firm has also carved a niche for itself pursuing voting rights and redistricting cases around the country.
In Ohio, for instance, the firm has challenged maps on behalf of the National Redistricting Action Fund. It went on to argue against the state's "independent legislature theory" appeals in the U.S. Supreme Court.
Elias attorneys filed its suit on behalf of the Northeast Ohio Coalition for the Homeless, the Ohio Federation of Teachers, the Ohio Alliance for Retired Americans, and the Union Veterans Council.
In a statement, Elias attorney Abha Khanna called Ohio's new law "a sweeping attack on Ohioans' fundamental right to vote."
Although requiring voters to present a photo ID when voting is the most recognizable change, the law makes other important changes, too. The timeline to "cure" deficiencies for provisional ballots is now shorter. The deadline for absentee ballots to arrive after an election is tighter as well.
"This bill makes it substantially harder for Ohioans to vote in person and by mail, and makes it harder to correct simple mistakes that prevent ballots from being counted," Khanna said. "By their own admission, (Secretary of State Frank LaRose) and Governor DeWine have no justification for this harsh crackdown on voting rights."
LaRose has lobbied for years to see many of the changes enshrined in law, despite regularly touting the integrity of Ohio's election system. Speaking after Gov. DeWine's inauguration, LaRose declined to weigh in on the lawsuit, but praised the law for making photo ID's freely available.
LaRose also reiterated a point he's made previously that photo ID restrictions are in line with what voters want. DeWine made a similar point in his signing statement as well.
The Elias Group challenge dismisses those assertions outright.
"To the extent there is any need to bolster public confidence in the security and accuracy of Ohio's elections, it is the result of HB 458's proponents' false and baseless claims of election fraud," the lawsuit states. "That is not a valid justification for limiting voters' ability to exercise their fundamental right to vote."
It's not the first time Elias has weighed in on similar provisions in Ohio, either. In 2021, the firm promised to challenge a voting bill that made many of the same changes, but not the photo ID requirement.
Attorneys brought the case in federal court in Ohio's northern district.
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I also had EC and was sick the same day....not much though. I did however feel nauseas and rough for a few days, even though I was taking my antisickness tablets religiously...plus the top up ones. I do suffer with menieres though, so the treatment may have just made my dizzy/nauseas symptoms worse. Once that passed, I have waves of weakness/tiredness/dizziness for a few days, but have also felt really good for about a week.
Im on day 15 and my hair loss has started today 😔. Thought I'd prepared myself for it, but have to admit, it has upset me.
Im after some advice please.
Im on day 15 after EC and my hair has started falling out. Does anyone know how long it takes for it all to go?
I already have fine hair and wondering whether it is worth going to get it cut short, so the loss is less noticeable, or will it all be gone in a few days?
sorry to hear you're not not feeling great. I had my first EC a week ago today. Although it wasn't as bad as I was expecting I also felt very nauseous all night, I didn't sleep at all that first night although I wasn't actually sick. I found that ginger tea helped, I can't say I liked it (although I have got used to it now) I just sipped that and took the anti-sickness pills.
i had an introductory visit, a nurse talked me through each of the drugs I was having and what the side effects of each were and what I should do if I experienced any. She also went through diet with me, telling me which foods to avoid. Finally she told me about the different support groups in the area. I haven't got a pic line so can't advise on that. I know what you mean about holidays, I had two booked for this year and have had to cancel both of them cos of treatment. I'm gutted but trying to look at it as a temporary blip.
I didn't have an introductory visit to my unit, just thrown straight in 😂 but then again, I also didn't have a PICC line.
Can I ask what type of breast cancer you have?
And I also feel the same about the summer holiday thing! I'm going to still try and go on my mini break in May to Berlin, but I'm coming prepared with my surgical masks for the flights!
There's so much info to take in...I actually said to my hubby that it was a couple of months before it started dawning on me exactly what the oncologist/doctors meant...I got to the point where I would ask them to repeat the info or you would spend days wondering what the heck they meant!
the Chemo thread on it has lots of suggestions which we all shared and we all got through it and have an annual meet-up now. I hope you'll do the same. Best wishes.
Why no district nurse service ? I live on my own and no way could I have injected myself ... well done though !
I'm on Herceptin injections - you have 18 in total on a 3 weekly cycle...if you had Herceptin included in your chemo regime then these are counted towards the 18!
Sharon , ring them. They are there to advise and reassure. You won't sound like a pathetic wimp so don't ever think that! If you are unsure about anything be it treatment or side effects its always best to phone in. Don't sit at home and worry as that won't do you any good either.
I need some input. I have had a headache for two days now. Yesterday was quite strong. This morning it was mild but it's building again. I don't have a temp but don't feel great (day 7 of cycle1). Do I need to call the hotline?... Am kinda freaked out by the possibility of neutropenia but also don't want to sound like a pathetic wimp!
I've had a sore throat since chemo/ herceptin and perjeta.
Has anyone else had this? It's annoying and painful!!
Day 23 and still hardly any hair loss switching from FEC to Paclitaxel soon so hopeful ... only washing hair once a week and water spraying cold in between using cold option on dryer ..
I just had my second FEC and not been physically sick just the odd queasy feeling just took a tablet and sorted it . One more then on to Paclitaxel which I believe less toxic ?
I am on day four of my first chemo treatment, although it hasn't been as bad as I was expecting I have suffered with nausea, lack of energy and severe constipation. Today I have noticed a swelling between my neck and shoulder, I haven't heard anything about this before, has anyone else experienced something similar? I am self injecting to increase my white blood cells and was told my bones would ache as the bone marrow would be more active so I don't know if it is something to do with that.
Thank you all for your kind replies. I'm feeling well but then I suppose it might all change on Thursday. The closer it gets the more anxious I am.
I have a 8.15am appointment so they shouldn't be running too late.
I felt rubbish the first week tbh. I feel good now though thank god. I hope that this is how my next 5 cycles will go. Rubbish one week and then fine for 2.
I will check about the Herceptin next time i go. The Breastcare nurse told me on the phone so i could have heard her wrong - I thought it was a long time! I think the same as you about it shrinking but i am sure they have us on the breast treatmet plan for us, but it is a worry. What day are you on now, did you feel not yourself the first few days?
Herceptin injections for 10 years? It should only be for 12 months. You may need to double check that hun, as on NHS website it also says for 1 year.
I'm having a bit of a strange one today- I keep thinking 'what if the chemo doesn't shrink the tumour?' (As I am yet to have my op, which will be after my chemo). I just hope that it does.
It's such a scary time. It really is.
Day 4 for me today, feeling ok although still a bit lightheaded. Not ventured out far just into the garden, quite cold out there despite the sun. My HER2 results came back yesterday - unfortunately they are positive (which i did expect because they were borderline) this means i will start Herceptin and Perjeta along with Dox... on the 4th chemo cycle. Then after surgery and radiotherapy - which i knew about - it will be Herceptin injections for 10 years.
I had a crazy bonkers itchy head on about day 5-6, so that must have been the hair follicles protesting. My kids said I made them feel itchy I was scratching so much! looking forward however to no grooming requirements (e.g legs and armpits) - silver linings and all that.
Otherwise similar effects to others. My vein had complained and come up quite sore, have been icing it and a bit of hydrocortisone.
I have had on and off a sore mouth and throat, found the best thing is salty water with a bit of bicarb in it, better than all the mouthwashes they have given me. Just rinse with it often.
Good luck people, we're surviving!
Thank you for your reply. I too get sick easily. I was extremely sick during pregnancy having to take three different anti sickness to survive. I've already mentioned it to the doctors so hoping I can have the works as i still need to function as a mum first and foremost.
New to this forum so thought I would drop in to say Hi.
I'm 38 and a mum of 7 year old twins girlies. I've had my surgery and my first of three rounds of FEC is on 18th April then followed by three round of T then to Radiotherepy.
Feeling ok about it, which people seem to think is rather strange. Had my long hair cut off to shoulder length in preparation as I've decided not to cold cap as I suffed migraines and im not keen on having a cold head. Fully prepared for the hair loss. Although the oncologist say that my hair might not fall out on the FEC, I have a colleague who lost hers on the first treatment. At least were coming into the summer months not the winter.
My gorgeous girls are my rocks. They are fully aware of what is happening to Mummy and they will be the ones to shave my head when the time comes.
We are all amazing going through this blip in our lives and it's a fight we must never give into.
My infection has cleared and have got new date of 18th April for my first chemo, have had bra and prosthesis fitting this week, my fitter is trying to find me some more feminine bra's, just because I have had a mastectomy doesn't mean I don't want 'nice' looking bra's rather than what my grandma used to wear. Don't get me started on the underwear to match. Has anyone else decided not to wear a wig, I am just going for lots of hats and scarves.
I can relate on the nausea! Day 3 and 4 were the worst; today's day 5 and not great but better than I was! So glad to hear from people further along that it gets better!
Has anyone felt shaky? Not sure that it's steroids related as I had it again today. Trying not to eat more since my appetite is up the pole with nausea!
My scalp is starting to feel prickly, which I am told is the precursor to hair loss.
Thankfully, my taste hasn't changed at all so I guess in the grand scheme of things, I am getting off lightly!
Good luck ladies and be strong. We got this!
I've really suffered from nausea the last two days. I just constantly feel sick. I just have to think of food and it makes me feel bleurgh. I've not been sick just feeling it. I've got domperidone but that's it, what have you been given? I think I need to ask for something else as it doesn't seem to be working.
Otherwise, I've been pretty lucky I think. I've been tired but managing to get out and do some long walks. It's just this sickness feeling, if I didn't have that I'd be ok, it's stopping me in my tracks from doing more.
I'm glad the weekly Paclitaxel has been ok, does it make you feel sick at all?
The only other side effect I have had is hip pain, I'm hoping it's from the injection and my bone marrow responding to it!
My mouth tastes really tinny, i am still lightheaded with the steriods although last one today so hopefully this will stop over weekend. Appetite a little sluggish, but again i don't know if i am feeling sorry for myself and making it worse. Hope everyone is coping with the side-effects i am sure they pass. I keep popping onto the Feb starters and they are all doing great which is really inspiring for me.


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You may like to try our website booking system , for an easy solution to booking a horse ride at any time. Most of our tours allow last minute bookings on the day as well.
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Броненосцевые  — семейство млекопитающих отряда броненосцев. Обитают в Центральной и Южной Америке.

Внешний вид
Панцирь составляют головной, плечевой и тазовый щиты и ряд обручевидных полос, опоясывающих тело сверху и с боков. Части панциря связаны между собой эластичной соединительной тканью, придающей подвижность всему панцирю. Поверх панциря лежат тонкие роговые пластинки квадратной или полигональной формы, образованные эпидермисом. Такие же щитки образуют броню на конечностях; хвост покрыт костяными кольцами. Живот и внутренние части лап у броненосца мягкие, незащищённые, покрытые жёсткими волосами. Волоски также растут между костными пластинками; иногда пронизывают и роговые чешуйки. Окраска панциря меняется от коричневой до розовой, волос — от серовато-коричневой до белой.

Телосложение у броненосцев приземистое, тяжёлое. Длина тела от 12,5 (плащеносные броненосцы) до 100 см (гигантский броненосец); масса от 90 г до 60 кг. Длина хвоста от 2,5 до 50 см. Морда короткая и треугольная, либо вытянутая. Глаза довольно маленькие, с толстыми веками. Конечности короткие, но сильные, приспособленные к рытью. Передние лапы 3—5-палые с мощными, острыми, изогнутыми когтями, задние 5-палые. Череп уплощён в дорсо-вентральном направлении. Ни у одного семейства млекопитающих нет такого изменчивого количества зубов — от 28 до 40 (у гигантского броненосца — до 90). Число зубов различается не только у разных видов, но и у разных особей. Зубы у броненосцев небольшие, без эмали и корней, одинаковой цилиндрической формы. Растут постоянно. Язык у многих видов длинный и клейкий, служит для захвата пищи. У броненосцев хорошо развиты обоняние и слух, но плохо — зрение. Они не различают цветов. Обмен веществ снижен; температура тела зависит от внешней среды и может опускаться с 36 °C до 32 °C. Отрицательных температур эти животные не переносят, что ограничивает их распространение к полюсам.

Ареал
Броненосцы населяют степи, пустыни, саванны и опушки лесов Центральной и Южной Америки. Только девятипоясный броненосец Dasypus novemcinctus водится в центральных и юго-восточных штатах США, на севере проникая до Небраски.

Образ жизни
Броненосцы ведут ночной образ жизни, днём прячась в норах. Большинство одиночны; реже встречаются пары и небольшие группы. Ведут наземный образ жизни; превосходно копают землю, роя себе норы и выкапывая пищу. Могут довольно быстро бегать; умеют плавать. При опасности спасаются бегством, прячась в кустарнике, или стремительно зарываются в землю. Только трёхпоясные броненосцы (Tolypeutes) способны сворачиваться в шар, подобно ежу. Дыхательные пути у броненосцев объёмистые и служат резервуаром воздуха, так что эти животные могут задерживать дыхание в течение 6 минут. Это помогает им перебираться через водоёмы (часто броненосцы просто переходят их по дну). Набранный в лёгкие воздух компенсирует вес тяжёлого панциря, позволяя броненосцу плыть.

Питание
Большинство броненосцев кормится насекомыми, включая муравьёв и термитов, их личинками и иными беспозвоночными; могут также поедать падаль, мелких позвоночных и, изредка, части растений.

Размножение
Броненосцы наряду с шимпанзе бонобо и людьми — млекопитающие, которые спариваются в «миссионерской позиции». Беременность продолжительная из-за задержки имплантации яйцеклетки после её оплодотворения (латентная стадия); она длится от нескольких недель до многих месяцев. В стрессовых ситуациях самки броненосцев могут приостанавливать роды на два года. Самкам девятипоясных броненосцев свойственна полиэмбриония — они рождают несколько двоен, развивающихся из одной яйцеклетки и, как следствие, одного пола. В помёте броненосцев бывает от 2—4 до 12 детёнышей, иногда всего один. Новорождённые броненосцы зрячие и покрыты мягкой кожей. Через несколько часов после рождения способны ходить. Остаются с матерью в течение нескольких месяцев. Половой зрелости достигают в 2 года (самки).

Систематика
Броненосцы — древняя группа млекопитающих: их окаменелые панцири известны с конца палеоцена. Возникли они, видимо, в Южной Америке, откуда в плиоцене проникли в Северную Америку. Сейчас существует 20 видов броненосцев, объединённых в 8 родов:

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Броненосцевые и человек
 Броненосцы являются объектами охоты. Их белое мясо, по вкусу похожее на свинину, с древних времён считается деликатесом у народов Латинской Америки. Панцири броненосцев идут на сувениры и музыкальные инструменты вроде чаранго. Раскапывая землю, они наносят вред посевам и древесным насаждениям. Однако эти животные приносят и немало пользы, уничтожая вредных насекомых и их личинок.
 Часто броненосцев по ночам сбивают автомашины. При этом девятипоясного броненосца Dasypus novemcinctus губит рефлекс подпрыгивания. Будучи напуганным, этот зверь почти вертикально подскакивает и ударяется о шасси движущегося автомобиля.
 Девятипоясные броненосцы представляют большой интерес для науки тем, что у них обычно рождаются 4 однояйцевых близнеца. Из-за полной идентичности группа из четырёх броненосцев представляет собой отличный объект для медицинских, генетических, психологических и иных исследований, требующих однородного состава тестируемых. Кроме того, броненосцев часто используют при изучении лепры, поскольку, наряду с мышами, это единственные неродственные людям млекопитающие, которые подвержены этой болезни. Заражению ею, видимо, способствует низкая температура тела броненосцев, благоприятная для бацилл Хансена (Mycobacterium leprae).
 Броненосцев можно держать в неволе, хотя они плохо приручаются. В неволе они размножаются плохо и редко достигают максимального возраста; в естественных же условиях доживают до десяти лет.
 Броненосец изображён на гербе Гренады.

Примечания

Литература
 Жуков Б. Рыцари в круглых латах // «Вокруг света», март 2008, № 3 (2810), рубрика «Зоосфера».

Броненосцы
Семейства млекопитающих
Мирмекофаги
Термитофаги

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