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Exclusion sets in the Δ-type eigenvalue inclusion set for tensors
Yaotang Li , and Suhua Li
School of Mathematics and Statistics, Yunnan University, Kunming 650091, China
* Corresponding author: Yaotang Li
Received August 2017 Revised October 2017 Published April 2018
Fund Project: The first author is supported by National Natural Science Foundations of China (11361074).
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By excluding some sets which don't include any eigenvalue of a given tensor from the Δ-type eigenvalue inclusion set, two new Δ-type eigenvalue inclusion sets of tensors are given. And two criteria for identifying nonsingular tensors are also provided by using the new Δ-type eigenvalue inclusion sets.
Keywords: Tensors, eigenvalues, Δ-type eigenvalue inclusion set, exclusion sets.
Mathematics Subject Classification: Primary: 15A18, 15A69.
Citation: Yaotang Li, Suhua Li. Exclusion sets in the Δ-type eigenvalue inclusion set for tensors. Journal of Industrial & Management Optimization, 2019, 15 (2) : 507-516. doi: 10.3934/jimo.2018054
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Figure 1. $C(\mathcal{A}_{0})\nsubseteqq V(\mathcal{A}_{0})$ and $C(\mathcal{A}_{0})\nsupseteqq V(\mathcal{A}_{0})$.
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Figure 2. $C(\mathcal{A}_{1})\subset \Theta(\mathcal{A}_{1})$.
Figure 3. $V(\mathcal{A}_{2})\subset \Theta(\mathcal{A}_{2})$.
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The Museum of Yunnan-Burma Anti-Japanese War
The Museum of Yunnan-Burma Anti-Japanese War is the first museum that was funded and constructed all by the local people in China. It is an Anti-Japanese themed museum with private collections. The museum has been opened to the public since 7th July, 2005.
The museum holds at least 6,000 pieces of the antiques and more than 1,000 pictures, which truly reproduces the unforgettable moments of the Anti-Japanese War. Among them, 39 pieces as the witnesses of Sino-US friendship once accompanied Chairman Jiang Zemin to visit the United States. The museum is divided into five parts. Through a large number of old photos, documentaries, historical facts, oil paintings, comics, together with the collection of cultural relics, truly reproduced the history.
Introduction of Yunnan-Burma Anti-Japanese War
From February 1942 to January 1945, in the areas of Baoshan, Lincang, Dehong, and Nujiang in the southwestern China, an anti-Japanese patriotic war broke out for defending the invaders and safeguarding the nations. That is famous Yunnan-Burma Anti-Japanese War.
The Museum of Yunnan-Burma Anti-Japanese War is located at the location that used to be the headquarters of Chinese Expeditionary Force. It was the battlefield where the Chinese Expeditionary Force, and Allied Forces from India, the US and British annihilated the Japanese invaders.
It was the first strategic counterattack launched against the Japanese invaders during the 8-year Anti-Japanese War in China. The victory of this war completely shattered the Japanese invaders' dream of ultimately dominating the Asia-Pacific region.
More than 200,000 soldiers and civilians were dead in the Yunnan-Burma Anti-Japanese War. The museum is also a Patriotic Education Base for the students especially the teenagers to remind the cruelty of the wars and the braveness of the martyrs.
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What Can One of Cinema's Greatest Villains Teach Us About Life?
You might have read the sad news that actor Rutger Hauer died last week at the age of 75. While his career spanned decades, he is probably best known for his role as the villain Roy Batty in the sci-fi classic Blade Runner, which was directed by Ridley Scott. The film, which came out in […]
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You might have read the sad news that actor Rutger Hauer died last week at the age of 75. While his career spanned decades, he is probably best known for his role as the villain Roy Batty in the sci-fi classic Blade Runner, which was directed by Ridley Scott. The film, which came out in 1982, was set in the dystopian future of…drum roll please…2019. Ah, well, don't let that little flaw stop you from seeing or appreciating it though.
In the film, Harrison Ford played the role of Rick Deckard, a "Blade Runner." Blade Runners were a special unit of the police force who hunted and killed rogue bioengineered humans called "replicants." Hauer's Roy Batty was the leader of a small group of replicants who had escaped from an Off-World colony and returned to Earth in a hijacked shuttle for, initially, an unknown reason.
Deckard was assigned the task of hunting down and "retiring" (i.e., executing) the escaped replicants, including Batty. Because of the inherent dangers of making the "more human than human" replicants, their manufacturer, the Tyrell Corporation, gave replicants only a four-year life span. If a Blade Runner doesn't retire them first, rogue replicants will die on their own.
Sometimes considered "future noir," Blade Runner initially flopped at the box office but gained a cult following and a second life on cable and video. A "Director's Cut" was released in 1992 and a "Final Cut" was released in 2007. The sequel, Blade Runner 2049, starring Ryan Gosling and Harrison Ford, was released in 2017. The film paid a touching tribute to the original Blade Runner while being a beautiful film in its own right.
Blade Runner is often considered one of the (if not the) best science fiction movies ever made. Set in a dark but visually mesmerizing world with a hauntingly gorgeous soundtrack from Vangelis, the film probed what it means to be human and the fragility of life. The visionary look and feel of Blade Runner inspired many other movies and TV shows including Dark City, Gattaca, Battlestar Galactica, Westworld, The Crow, Almost Human, and Altered Carbon, just to name a few.
My Introduction to Blade Runner
I was around 13 or 14 when I first saw Blade Runner. I watched it on cable TV by myself just by stumbling across it one evening. Like many, I thought it was pretty good initially, but it didn't blow me away. But I rewatched it many times over the years and somehow the film has seeped into the very fiber of my being. As a psychologist, I've wondered why it has connected with me on such a deep level.
While there is much I love about Blade Runner, I feel like Hauer's performance as Roy Batty steals the show. It is perfect. If there were any justice in this world, Hauer would have won an Academy Award as Best Supporting Actor for his role. He makes Batty come to life with a combination of malevolence and tenderness. We see his character evolve before our eyes – so much in such little time. While Batty is guilty of some questionable things, his humanity is palpable. He is desperate to hang on to life, but he knows time is running out for him and his friends.
Tears in Rain
If you haven't seen Blade Runner and are inspired to, please do so before reading on or checking out the video clip. I don't want to be a spoiler. I'll wait right here, okay? Alright, since you are reading on, I'll assume you have had time enough.
At the end of the movie, there is a showdown between Deckard and Batty. In a twist, the hunter (Deckard) become the hunted. After a harrowing pursuit through abandoned buildings on a bleak, dark, rain-soaked night, Batty finally has Deckard right where he wants him – helpless. There is no way that Deckard can escape. Batty has every reason to put an end to Deckard. Deckard has killed his friends, including his girlfriend, Pris. Quite literally, Batty holds the defeated Deckard's life in his hands.
Yet, instead of killing Deckard, Batty saves him from falling off the ledge of a building. Batty knows something that Deckard doesn't – Batty is about to die. His four-year lifespan is up. After being unexpectedly saved by Batty, Deckard lies crumpled and soaked on top of a building, staring up at Batty in disbelief. As Batty feels his life ebbing away, he pensively delivers his "Tears in Rain" monologue.
"I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die."
The Truth Revealed by Roy Batty
While Blade Runner has received much acclaim over the years, the Tears in Rain monologue is sublime. Rutger Hauer actually modified the lines the night before filming. His short monologue captures Batty's transformation. As he and Deckard's lives hung in the balance, Batty experienced a sudden enlightenment in which he conveyed with spiritual reverence in his Tears in Rain monologue.
Why did Batty save Deckard when he could have killed him? Initially, he viewed Deckard as a nemesis who needed to be killed – not only to save his own life but for revenge. As he felt the life slipping away that he so desperately wanted preserve, he realized that all life was precious, even his enemy's.
Deckard, who had been running for his life from Batty just as Batty wanted to save his own. In their shared struggle to survive, Batty no longer viewed Deckard as separate from himself. His epiphany was one of nondualism. There is a "oneness" that connects all life. Since Batty experienced this transcendent awakening, he didn't see Deckard as separate from himself. Inspired by this revelation, he saved Deckard's life instead of ending it.
A Message for All of Us
I think I finally know why Blade Runner is my favorite film, and why I am so moved by Hauer's performance as Roy Batty. Often, when I look around, I don't like what I see. I see division and hatred. I see tribalism tearing us apart. I see America, and many other parts of the world, falling into polarization traps. Admittedly, I see this in myself as well. Yet, on a deep level, I know this "us" versus "them" mentality is destructive. It creates a separateness, and this separateness allows us to vilify others.
What we often fail to see is the truth that Batty realized at the end of Blade Runner. We are not separate from one another. We are all interconnected. There is a oneness in all life. All life is both sacred and fleeting. "All these moments will be lost. Like tears in rain." Internalizing this truth can liberate us from anger, hatred, and violence. We are one. The truth that Batty realized wasn't just for Deckard and him. It is for all of us.
— Published on August 1, 2019
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Dr. Brooks is a licensed psychologist and a licensed specialist in school psychology. He is the lead author of Tech Generation: Raising Balanced Kids in a Hyper-Connected World and the founder and director of the Austin Psychology & Assessment Center (APACenter). He has a wealth of expertise in positive psychology, life balance, the needs of children and teens, effective parenting practices, and technology and gaming addiction. He is a frequent presenter on these topics and has been interviewed by numerous media outlets. He and his wife are raising their three boys in Austin, Texas, and they know first-hand about the challenges of raising kids in a hyper- connected world!
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Bonhoeffer, Unplugged
Dietrich Bonhoeffer, A Biography. Eberhard Bethge. Fortress Press (Rev. ed. 2000), softcover, 1,048 p., $39.00.
"Jesus! That book's bigger than the Bible," exclaimed our bartender when he noticed the biography on the stool next to my wife. Within a hundred pages of finishing it, I had hauled the 1,048 page volume on the subway ride downtown from New York City's Upper West Side to the Union Square area, site of a Bobby Flay restaurant that is one of our favorites. When the book's subject was mentioned, Paul, the bartender, responded enthusiastically, "Dietrich is what my friends named their son, my best little buddy," as he whipped open his wallet and displayed a picture of the boy.
The book on the barstool was the second English edition of Eberhard Bethge's classic biography of Dietrich Bonhoeffer. More than five decades ago, the author and his wife also named their boy Dietrich. From his prison cell in Tegel, Bonhoeffer wrote poignant sermons on the occasions of the wedding of Renate, his niece, and Bethge in May 1943 and the baptism of their son, his namesake, one year later.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer was first published in the United States in an English translation in 1970, the twenty-fifth anniversary of his death by hanging at the hands of the Nazis. In The New York Times Book Review, John Macquarrie, Oxford divinity professor, wrote at the time, "Mr. Bethge has created a memorable portrait of a great Christian and moral leader of this century." This new edition, published to coincide with the year of Bethge's ninetieth birthday, provides for the first time in English the complete text of the German edition originally published in 1967.
Bethge's professional career is one of high distinction, wholly apart from his close relationship with Bonhoeffer. This definitive treatment of Bonhoeffer's life testifies to Bethge's stature as biographer. The passages of particular vibrancy, and there are many, radiate from Bethge's first-hand role as a witness to key parts of Bonhoeffer's life. He assisted Bonhoeffer with the Finkenwalde seminary until it was closed by the Gestapo and then with underground pastorates. Like Bonhoeffer, Bethge was imprisoned for his role in a conspiracy against Adolf Hitler. He possessed not only the inside view of his subject, but also the milieu of Germany as it gradually became ensnared by National Socialism.
Bethge's original German subtitle is echoed in the phrase of the title page: "Theologian, Christian, Man for His Times." It also provides the form and function of the work itself, as the three main sections reflect what Bethge interprets to be the major changes in Bonhoeffer's life. (Dietrich's twin sister Sabine Leibholz, in her 1968 Portrait of a Family, emphasizes that the stages described by Bethge are to be read as fully cumulative, not merely sequential.)
The lure of theology is evident throughout the periods of his childhood and youth, his student years, and his postings as assistant pastor in Barcelona and assistant lecturer in Berlin. These years culminated with his first trip to America and nine months based in New York City at Union Theological Seminary. The first great change, according to Bethge, occurred around 1931-1932 "when Bonhoeffer the theologian consciously grasped the fact that he was a Christian." The following years were characterized by his activities as lecturer and pastor, his time in London, and "life together" at preachers' seminary, Finkenwalde, and the collective pastorates, again culminating with travel to America. Finally, in 1939, upon his return to Germany from New York after an abbreviated stay of less than two months, "the theologian and Christian became a man for his times." The urgency of the most difficult of all his decisions, to return and face what even then seemed inevitable, was such that Bonhoeffer's room at Union was left strewn with sheets of paper and the large quantity of cigarettes he had smoked.
While major changes did occur, Bonhoeffer remained unchanged. His love for art, literature, and music never waned. The "Negro spirituals" he cherished from gramophone records collected while in Harlem ministered to his German colleagues many years later. He never abandoned his recreational breaks or the enjoyment of nature and games, regardless of the setting or pressures on all sides. His extraordinary spirit of generosity was consistently revealed. This was true whether he contributed disproportionately to the vital needs of room and board for a group of theologians, or gave simply for the pleasure of it, as when he paid the airfare to Berlin for two ordinands whose deepest wish was to fly for the first time. While in prison, he provided legal help for a young prisoner with his own funds. Later, when all he had left was a remnant of tobacco, he divided it among his fellow prisoners.
These personal attributes helped touch everyone from George K. A. Bell, the Bishop of Chichester, to the prison guard who requested that his photograph be taken with Bonhoeffer in the Tegel courtyard. Payne Best, the British secret service officer and author of The Venlo Incident, after a few short weeks imprisoned with Bonhoeffer in Buchenwald and Sch�nberg, wrote, "He was one of the very few men I have ever met to whom his God was real and ever close. . . . He was, without exception, the finest and most lovable man I have ever met."
Dietrich Bonhoeffer is highly recommended. It is so well written and translated that it seems to have been originally done in English by a gifted native-born speaker. With more than 900 pages of biographical text, seventy-six pages of supporting notes, a chronology, a detailed twenty-page index, and two appendices (notes on the Zossen files and a list of his readings while in prison), the sheer length of the biography may seem daunting at first. Be forewarned; Bethge's two-page personal portrait of Bonhoeffer appearing before the text is enough to turn readers from casual or curious to avid.
It is axiomatic that Germans keep doors closed. During his first sojourn in the United States, Bonhoeffer had difficulty adapting to the open doors and loss of privacy at the seminary. At times, the book is laden with meticulous theological and ecumenical content and context, and bound by an insular national perspective on German history in the first half of the twentieth century.
As a result, Bonhoeffer can seem closed behind a door barricaded with theology. But these passages are worth navigating because, when Bethge opens the door to Bonhoeffer's personal life, and portrays a man for others, the biography soars and inspires.
In the end, Bethge's methodical approach is purposeful, serving as foundation to his exposition of Bonhoeffer's unfulfilled new theology. He admirably preserves Bonhoeffer's "nonreligious interpretation" of Christianity in the "world come of age," and the quest to find "genuine worship" in the face of "arcane discipline." Whether for research and scholarship, or for lay insight into the German whose memorial service was broadcast by the BBC, whose statue stands at the main west front of Westminster Abbey in central London, Dietrich Bonhoeffer is the starting point.
Bonhoeffer's legacy continues to grow. Progress continues on the sixteen-volume English edition Dietrich Bonhoeffer Works project. Bonhoeffer: The Cost of Freedom, a dramatization by Focus on the Family Radio Theatre, won the 1997 Peabody Award and a new film, Bonhoeffer: Agent of Grace, premiered on PBS in June 2000 after winning the top honor at the Monte Carlo TV Festival. Bethge's biography is seminal, no matter through which medium or for what audience the Bonhoeffer story of vision and courage may be told.
At a noon meeting on April 5, 1945, with the end in sight, Hitler personally presided over the order to kill Bonhoeffer. After his murder four days later, his body and remaining possessions were burned. Maria von Wedemeyer, Bonhoeffer's fiancée, learned in June while searching for him throughout western Germany that it was to no avail. It's difficult not to lament what might have been for Dietrich and Maria Bonhoeffer, perhaps even for the course and contours of Christianity today, or merely for the friendship between Bonhoeffer and Bethge.
Bonhoeffer's literary efforts from Tegel transcend the sermons he provided for his eventual biographer. Amidst the Letters and Papers from Prison that first introduce the man for many of us, mingled with fragments of a play and a novel are his poems, including one called "The Friend." "Finest and rarest blossom, at a happy moment springing from the freedom of a lightsome, daring, trusting spirit, is a friend to friend." On March 18, 2000, shortly after publication of his biography's revised edition, Eberhard Bethge died at home in Wachtberg, a suburb of Bonn. After fifty-five years apart, the best of friends are at last together again.
--Tom Fredrick
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Dublin's Premier Juniors kept their unbeaten league run intact today with a hard fought draw against Kilkenny in their Littlewoods Ireland Camogie Leagues division 2 encounter.
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Kilkenny took the lead in the sixth minute with a good point from play scored by Rachel Kelly. Two frees from the same player and a point from Hannah Kelly pushed the lead out to four for the girls in amber and black.
Dublin finally got their first score of the game in the 18th minute with a point from Aoibhe Dillon. Two more frees from Rachel Kelly gave Kilkenny a five point lead with seven minutes to go to the break.
Dublin were though were starting to dominate the ball as the clock ticked towards half time but they needed something special to get back in the game.
It arrived a minute before the short whistle when Captain Emer Keenan reacted quickest to a loose ball and flicked the ball to the back of the net.
Kilkenny had the last say of the half with a nice point from play by Mary O'Connell and the girls from the Marble City took a three point lead with them to the dressing rooms with the score 0-07 to 1-01 in their favour.
Just like the first half it was Kilkenny who grabbed the first score after the break a point from Lydia Fitzpatrick. Dublin responded with a pointed Free from Aoibhe Dillon.
A point in the 41st minute from Hannah Kelly for The Cats was cancelled out a minute later with an excellent point from Aoibhe Dillon. When Rachel Kelly knocked over her fifth free of the game to give Kilkenny the lead by four they looked to be on the way to claiming the league points on offer.
But Dublin further upped their work rate down the home straight and drove relentlessly at the Kilkenny defence. Three quick points from Evelyn Twomey with two and Roisin Drohan with the other put just the bare minimum between the sides with three minutes remaining.
Dublin now had all the momentum and moments later it looked like they had taken the lead, a long ball was flicked back on the end line by Laoise Quinn into the path of Roisin Drohan who smashed it to the net.
But one of the umpires signalled the ball had crossed the end line before being flicked to Drohan, it looked a dubious call.
Just as the game headed into injury time Dublin drew level with a brilliant point from the ever industrious Caragh Dawson. Two minutes later Dublin were awarded a free about 45m out, up stepped Niamh Rock and the Na Fianna player made no mistake and slotted the ball straight over the black spot.
It looked like the girls in blue had done enough to claim the win but as the game ticked towards the fourth minute of injury time Kilkenny were awarded a free and Rachel Kelly swung over her sixth dead ball strike of the game to claim a share of the spoils.


Cross-contamination is a major concern for anyone working in a hospital or clinical setting. With the hectic pace in which healthcare facilities run, the unfortunate opportunities for cross-contamination to occur are many – even when numerous mandatory precautions are put into place. Aside from the dangers to the health and well-being of individual patients, cross-contamination can also lead to extremely high monetary losses to the hospital or healthcare facility in which the instances occur. Luckily, there are numerous measures that can be taken to avoid cross-contamination – one of which is the utilization of microfiber mops and towels. Here, we will examine some of the potential dangers of cross-contamination and how using microfiber can save both money and lives.
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Fourth international joins Sounders this summer
Nelaon Valdez, 31, a well-traveled international from Paraguay,, becomes the fourth newcomer since June 1 to the roster of the Sounders, who are desperate for a goal, much less a win.
Valdez's first day as a Sounder. from left: head coach Sigi Schmid, Valdez, GM Garth Lagerway, and technical director Chris Henderson. / Andrew Harvey, Sportspress Northwet
TUKWILA—The Seattle Sounders announced the signing of Paraguayan striker Nelson Valdez on a free transfer from Eintracht Frankfurt Friday. Valdez became the third Designated Player on the Sounders' roster along with fellow forwards Clint Dempsey and Obafemi Martins.
Valdez is fresh off a Copa América campaign in which he scored a single goal against Argentina in the group stage. He joins a Sounders side that has lost seven of its last eight league matches.
"(MLS) is a very interesting league; it's a very competitive league. I've been trying to come to this league for over two years now, even from Valencia (in 2012)," said Valdez through a translator. "This is one of the best teams in the league that is always fighting for the cups, and that is one of the reasons I wanted to come here."
Valdez, 31, is a journeyman who has played for seven clubs in the last five years. His time at Frankfurt was hampered by a ligament rupture in his knee that limited him to just 10 appearances for the Bundesliga club.
Valdez said that the number of Latin players on the roster, as well as his familiarity with Martins (with whom Valdez played in Russia) would accelerate his integration. Valdez also claimed that his experiences playing on turf for Russia's Rubin Kazan would help him adapt to CenturyLink's turf pitch.
"I have already played in Russia before on those types of fields," he said, "so I'm familiar with it, but as I start playing we'll see how that goes."
Sounders GM Garth Lagerway was full of praise for the new forward.
"A player of his caliber just doesn't come around very much," said Lagerway. "It's a credit to our scouting department, which has tracked these guys over multiple years, and we were able to find him at the right time, and I think at the right form."
As for where Valdez might plug in to the lineup, the Paraguayan said playing up top is his preferred position, but that he is also suited to wing play. The move by Seattle suggests that they hope to always have at least one big-name striker available to plug in, regardless of injury woes, national team call-ups, or Open Cup red card debacles.
With six matches still to play in August, having three marquee forwards available for a 4-4-2 could prove advantageous for a Sounders team that has often been shorthanded this summer.
In order for Valdez to occupy one of Seattle's three DP slots, Osvaldo Alonso's contract was bought down using the "targeted allocation money" approved by the league earlier.
Valdez is Seattle's fourth international signing this summer. The Brazilian midfielder Thomás came first June 1, followed by the Swedish Erik Friberg June 28. Tuesday, the Sounders announced the signing of Andreas Ivanschitz, "the David Beckham of Austria." Valdez and Ivanschitz were acquired on free transfers, meaning that the only money paid by the Sounders will be toward the new players' contracts.
Time will tell if the new additions will jell in time to halt the Sounders' skid. Seattle faces Sunday the LA Galaxy, which has also bolstered its roster with the acquisition of Liverpool legend Steven Gerrard and Villareal standout Giovanni dos Santos during the summer transfer window.
While Valdez won't play Sunday, he made it clear that he is eager to start contributing.
"I'm not quite at 100 percent yet, but coach knows what my situation is. I feel good. I'm going to start doing what coach tells me to and use my skills for the benefit of the team."
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Flux Pavilion Releases New Single "Symphony"
For over a decade, Flux Pavilion, has been making quite the name for himself with some of the craziest bass productions on the planet. Now the last time we received new music from Flux was back in May when he linked up with Meaux Green for "Call to Arms." Since then, fans have been patiently waiting for any updates regarding new Flux Pavilion music.
Well earlier this month, Flux Pavilion took to social media to announce his upcoming compilation album 'Earwax.' Today, we get a taste of the compilation through his new single "Symphony" featuring Layna. So check out his anthem, pre-order the compilation below, and patiently wait for the new album to be released later this week.


J Infect Dis. 2014 Feb 15;209(4):578-87. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jit495. Epub 2013 Sep 16.
Interleukin 22 inhibits intracellular growth of Mycobacterium tuberculosis by enhancing calgranulin A expression.
Dhiman R1, Venkatasubramanian S, Paidipally P, Barnes PF, Tvinnereim A, Vankayalapati R.
Center for Pulmonary and Infectious Disease Control.
Previously, we found that interleukin 22 (IL-22) inhibits intracellular growth of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in human monocyte-derived macrophages (MDMs). In the current study, we determined the mechanisms underlying these effects. We found that W7, a phagolysosomal fusion inhibitor, abrogates IL-22-dependent M. tuberculosis growth inhibition in MDMs, suggesting that IL-22 acts through enhanced phagolysosomal fusion. Our microarray analysis indicated that recombinant IL-22 (rIL-22) enhances the expression of an intracellular signaling molecule, calgranulin A. This was confirmed by real-time polymerase chain reaction, Western blot, and confocal microscopy. Calgranulin A small interfering RNA (siRNA) abrogated rIL-22-dependent growth inhibition of M. tuberculosis in MDMs. IL-22 enhanced Rab7 expression and downregulated Rab14 expression of M. tuberculosis-infected MDMs, and these effects were reversed by calgranulin A siRNA. These results suggest that M. tuberculosis growth inhibition by IL-22 depends on calgranulin A and enhanced phagolysosomal fusion, which is associated with increased Rab7 and reduced Rab14 expression.
Effect of W7 on phagolysosomal fusion and on interleukin 22 (IL-22)–mediated inhibition of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in human monocyte–derived macrophages (MDMs). A, Phagolysosomal fusion in H37Rv-infected MDMs. MDMs from 3 healthy donors were incubated with 0.5 µM of the acidotropic dye, LysoTracker Red DND-99, for 1 hour, washed, and infected with M. tuberculosis green fluorescent protein (GFP) H37Rv at a multiplicity of infection (MOI) of 2.5:1. After 2 hours, wells were washed, and some were incubated with W7, a chemical inhibitor of phagolysosomal fusion. Cells were fixed after 1 hour and analyzed by confocal microscopy. B, Mean values and standard errors (SEs) are shown for the percentages of GFP-expressing bacilli that colocalized with LysoTracker Red. C, Growth of M. tuberculosis H37Rv. MDMs from 4 healthy donors were infected with M. tuberculosis H37Rv at a MOI of 2.5:1. To some wells, recombinant IL-22 (rIL-22) alone or rIL-22 and W7 were added. After 3 days, the number of colony-forming units (CFU) in each well were measured. Mean values and SEs are shown.
J Infect Dis. 2014 Feb 15;209(4):578-587.
Expression of calgranulin A messenger RNA (mRNA) and protein in interleukin 22 (IL-22)–treated Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv–infected human monocyte–derived macrophages (MDMs). A, Calgranulin A mRNA expression. MDMs from 6 healthy donors were infected with M. tuberculosis H37Rv at a multiplicity of infection (MOI) of 2.5:1 and were or were not treated with recombinant IL-22 (rIL-22). After 24 hours, RNA was isolated, and complementary DNA was quantified by real-time polymerase chain reaction. Values were normalized to GAPDH mRNA content, and the values for infected macrophages were assigned a value of 1.0. Mean values and standard errors (SEs) are shown. B, Expression of calgranulin A in IL-22–treated M. tuberculosis–infected cells. MDMs from 5 healthy donors were incubated with 0.5 µM of the acidotropic dye, LysoTracker Red DND-99, washed after 2 hours, and infected with green fluorescent protein (GFP)–expressing M. tuberculosis at a MOI of 2.5:1. To some wells, rIL-22 was added. After 48 hours, cells were fixed in 2% paraformaldehyde, washed thoroughly and permeabilized, and then incubated with anti-calgranulin A (magenta) or isotype control antibodies. After overnight incubation, cells were stained with secondary antibody and analyzed by confocal microscopy. A representative figure of 5 independent experiments is shown. C, Mean values and SEs are shown for the percentages of GFP-expressing bacilli that colocalized with LysoTracker Red.
Effect of calgranulin A small interfering RNA (siRNA) on the growth of Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv in human monocyte–derived macrophages (MDMs). MDMs from 6 healthy donors were transfected with calgranulin A or scrambled siRNA. After 24 hours, cells were infected with M. tuberculosis H37Rv at a multiplicity of infection of 2.5:1. To some wells, recombinant interleukin 22 (rIL-22) was added. After 3 days, the number of colony-forming units (CFU) in each well was measured. Mean values and standard errors are shown.
Effect of calgranulin A small interfering RNA (siRNA) on phagolysosomal fusion in recombinant interleukin 22 (rIL-22)–cultured and Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv-infected human monocyte–derived macrophages (MDMs). A, MDMs from 4 healthy donors were transfected with calgranulin siRNA, scrambled siRNA, or no siRNA. After overnight incubation, some cells were infected with green fluorescent protein (GFP)–expressing M. tuberculosis H37Rv at a multiplicity of infection of 2.5:1. After 2 hours, cells were washed and incubated with 0.5 µM of LysoTracker Red DND-99. To some wells, rIL-22 (10 ng/mL) was added. After 24 hours, cells were then fixed in 4% paraformaldehyde, washed thoroughly, mounted, and analyzed by confocal microscopy. A representative figure of 4 independent experiments is shown. B, Mean values and standard errors are shown for the percentages of GFP-labeled bacilli that colocalized with LysoTracker Red.
Expression of calgranulin A, Rab7, and Rab14 proteins at different time points in interleukin 22 (IL-22)–treated Mycobacterium tuberculosis–infected human monocyte–derived macrophages (MDMs). MDMs from 3 healthy donors were infected with M. tuberculosis at a multiplicity of infection of 2.5:1 and were or were not treated with recombinant IL-22 (rIL-22). After 10, 30, and 180 minutes, whole-cell lysates were prepared. Lysates were subjected to Western blotting with an antibody to calgranulin A, Rab7, and Rab14. The blot was stripped and reprobed with an antibody to a β-actin. The result is representative of experiments performed in 3 donors. All protein bands were quantified. Mean values and standard errors are shown. A, A representative Western blot figure is shown. B, Expression of calgranulin A in 3 donors. C, Expression of Rab7 in 3 donors. D, Expression of Rab14 in 3 donors.
Calgranulin A enhances Rab7 expression and inhibits Rab14 expression during interleukin 22 (IL-22)–dependent phagolysosomal fusion in Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv–infected human monocyte–derived macrophages (MDMs). MDMs from 4 donors were transfected with calgranulin A small interfering RNA (siRNA), scrambled siRNA, or no siRNA. After overnight incubation, MDMs were infected with green fluorescent protein (GFP)–expressing M. tuberculosis H37Rv at a multiplicity of infection of 2.5:1. After 30 minutes, recombinant IL-22 (10 ng/mL) was added to some infected cells. After 2 hours, cells were fixed, permeabilized, and incubated with anti-Rab7. For Rab14 expression, cells were fixed, permeabilized, and incubated with anti-Rab14 or isotype control antibodies. After overnight incubation, cells were stained with secondary antibody and analyzed by confocal microscopy. A representative figure of 4 independent experiments is shown. A, Rab7 expression. B, Mean values and standard errors (SEs) are shown for the percentages of GFP-expressing bacilli that colocalized with Rab7. C, Rab14 expression D. Mean values and SEs are shown for the percentages of GFP-labeled bacilli that colocalized with Rab14.


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The geographic Distribution of Apis mellifera
The Western honeybee, Apis mellifera (Hymenoptera, Apidae) is an old and highly successful species. The development of colony life relaxed environmental constraints allowing honeybees to expand across a broad range of climatic and ecological conditions. It adapted to arid sub-tropical conditions in the south, to cold temperate conditions in the north, and its range extends across Western Europe from the Atlantic coast of the Iberian Peninsula, to the Ural Mountains in the East. Correspondingly diverse ecotypes evolved against this broad ecological background and there are currently 24-26 recognized ecotypes or subspecies. Morphological comparisons by F. Rutter, later supported by genetic analyses, collapse these sub-species into four distinct lineages (M, O, A and C). Recent analyses of whole genome data propose an alternative to the previously accepted hypothesis that the honey bee radiation initiated in Asia, suggesting instead, two possibly separate out of Africa expansions and subsequent radiations. In addition, a new sub-species in the M linage was recently identified in north west China. The region is geographically distant from the closest known sister groups (A. m. mellifera and iberica) hence the out of Afica expansion theory of may need updating... (see the link below). That's science for you.
Chen et al., 2016. History and temperate adaptaion of the honey bee subspecies Apis mellifera sinisxinyuan
Bee Breeding Biology
Queens: a complete genetic package
Sub-species distribution
Local Queens
Sustainable Beekeeping
Introduction to Overwintering
Hives and Woodenware
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Renewals basis for unfurnished rental properties – private landlords could be in a for a shock when claiming for replacement white goods.
This is old news, but it is now becoming relevant as people are completing their 2013/2014 tax returns.
In the past, landlords of unfurnished properties were able to claim the cost of standalone white goods such as fridges against tax on the basis they were replacement goods. This was in fact a concession that was allowed rather than a right. Furnished properties on the other hand, continue to attract a 10% deduction as wear and tear allowances.
There has been a lot of comment about this and indeed the Institute of Chartered Accountants has written to HMRC complaining about the change, but they are adamant that such expenditure does not qualify for relief against income tax. Having said this, this is only the case if the goods are standalone; whereas if they are integral to a fitted kitchen, then the replacement can be claimed as a repair.
This does not really make much sense to anyone but it is unfortunately the law. The problem is, that a lot of landlords who possibly complete their own tax returns are not aware of the change and may be caught out after their tax returns have been submitted and this may be a reason for HMRC to ask more questions about their returns.
You can look at more detailed guidance from HMRC at the following website http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/worksheets/sa105-notes.pdf .


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Q: Bounded function equal to sum of partial derivatives If $$h(x,y)=a\frac{\partial h(x,y)}{\partial x}+b\frac{\partial h(x,y)}{\partial y}$$
for some $a,b \in \mathbb{R}$ and $|h(x,y)|\le M$ for every $(x,y)\in \mathbb{R}^2$ then show $h$ is identically equal to zero. I just want a hint.... I'm stuck.

A: Fix $(x,y)\in \Bbb R^2$ and set $\phi(t) = h(x + at, y + bt)$, for all $t\in \Bbb R$. Show that $\phi$ satisfies the differential equation $\phi'(t) = \phi(t)$. Using the boundedness condition $\lvert h \rvert \le M$, deduce that $\phi = 0$, and thus $h(x,y) = 0$.

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Bey Caught Us Slippin '13: The inside story of the sneak attack
Inside sources have revealed a bit about the behind-the-scenes process that transformed what began as Beyonce's vision into the year's most successful album launch. Three teams worked diligently on the project: Team Columbia, the artist's Team Parkwood and Team iTunes.
And what started with just four people in a room (with a plan for what we're calling the Sneak Attack) ended with the three teams in total coordination, with as many as 15 participants in the inner circle for the final 72 hours. Plans were hatched and revised, and the digital release date changed repeatedly before it was finally agreed upon and the substantial body of work was completed and delivered.
Columbia's team started early on with their sales team, expanding to production coordinators and marketing. On the Parkwood side, Lee Anne Callahan and Jim Sabey were the tip of the spear. iTunes' Robert Kondrk, Jay Liepis and Janet Rubin also played pivotal roles. Each team moved forward and then spent much of the process in hurry-up-and-wait mode, standing by for the content—which ultimately included 14 songs and 17 videos—knowing they had to be ready to turn on a dime for the launch to proceed smoothly to its privately preconceived conclusion. And smoothly is how it came off, with no press leaks and the element of surprise helping to create the magic and power the ensuing retail frenzy. For more on this amazing development, check our lead story. (12/16a)
A lot of artists can claim to be the bomb, but only a few can truly drop one.
Without any wind-up, preamble or tease whatsoever, Columbia unveiled a brand-new album from Beyonce on the evening of 12/12 on iTunes. At 9pm, an assortment of glamorous black-and-white images of the megastar suddenly occupied the store's home-page carousel, and fans were invited to download the self-titled "visual album," featuring 14 audio tracks and 17 videos.
And they certainly did, sending the release (Queen Bey's fifth solo outing) to #1 in a few hours and to 500k within two days. She was quickly positioned not only to blow past the retail bow of her previous album, 2011's 4 (and making her a shoo-in for the #1 spot on this week's HITS Album Sales Chart), but also within striking distance of the first-week record for digital sales. Having smashed Taylor Swift's online number for Red, she soon had Lady Gaga's 665k (440k of which sold for 99 cents on Amazon) in her sights.
And let's not forget that she's attained these heights with a substantial $15.99 price point, though fans obviously felt an album of new material that also featured visually rich videos for every track was more than a bargain.
The album will be unbundled on 12/20, at which point fans can purchase individual tracks; a lavish physical package containing a CD, DVD and a deluxe booklet will hit shelves this week.
Two singles will be delivered to radio this week: "XO" (written by Ryan Tedder of OneRepublic and The Dream) hits Top 40 tomorrow, while "Drunk in Love," a duet with Jay Z, impacts at Urban. Videos for both tracks, meanwhile, premiere on VEVO tomorrow.
The project is entirely Beyonce's vision, and Rob Stringer's Team Columbia, the artist's Team Parkwood and iTunes labored mightily to bring it into the world. What started with just four people in a room (with a plan for what we're calling the Sneak Attack) ended with the three teams in total coordination; as many as 15 participants formed the inner circle for the final 72 hours. Plans were hatched and revised, and the digital release date changed repeatedly before it was finally agreed upon and the substantial body of work was completed and delivered.
Columbia's team started early on with their sales squad, expanding to production coordinators and marketing. On the Parkwood side, Lee Anne Callahan and Jim Sabey were the tip of the spear. iTunes' Robert Kondrk, Jay Liepis and Janet Rubin also played pivotal roles. Each team moved forward and then spent much of the process in hurry-up-and-wait mode, standing by for the content
Reportedly crafted over a year and a half, Beyonce features—in addition to hubby Jay Z and co-writers Tedder and The Dream—a panoply of guest collaborators, including Justin Timberlake, Drake, Pharrell Williams, Frank Ocean, Sia, Miguel, Timbaland and her Destiny's Child bandmates Michelle Williams and Kelly Rowland.
The videos, many of them filmed during her massive Mrs. Carter World Tour; the Queen helmed some of the clips herself, but also enlisted such A-list directors as Hype Williams, Jonas Ackerlund and Terry Williamson. Locales for the vids include a Paris chateau, Coney Island's Cyclone rollercoaster, a Brazilian beach and her childhood roller rink in Houston.
"I didn't want to release my music the way I've done it," reads a quote from the artist in the album announcement. "I am bored with that. I feel like I am able to speak directly to my fans. There's so much that gets between the music, the artist and the fans. I felt like I didn't want anybody to give the message when my record is coming out. I just want this to come out when it's ready and from me to my fans."
How did those fans react? Well, the word "apeshit" comes to mind. In addition to ringing the bells at iTunes, Beyonce's ferocious base drummed up more than a half-million Twitter mentions in three hours. Joining the #QueenBey conversation were fellow stars like Katy Perry ("Don't talk to me today unless it's about @Beyonce THANX."), Lady Gaga ("welcome back Queen B"), Snoop Dogg/Lion/Zilla ("my girl @beyonce just changed d game !!"), Diddy, Demi Lovato, Sara Bareilles, Jessie J and many more.
A Q4 superstar release executed this effectively would be impressive under any circumstances; that Columbia, Beyonce's crew and iTunes have delivered it as a surprise holiday gift, without any pre-release hype, is simply staggering.
Also, 'XO' has been sent to top 40 radio (not 'Blow' as originally reported), and the videos for XO and Drunk in Love will hit VEVO tomorrow. :)
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The vast majority of healthcare takes place outside of a physician's office. Consumers often care for themselves when they have acute problems, such as colds and the flu, and they partner with their physicians in managing chronic conditions, like diabetes, hypertension, and asthma. When people visit their doctors' offices, they usually receive test orders and/or drug prescriptions. But the onus is on the patients to go to the lab, to fill their prescriptions, to follow other parts of their care plans, and to make follow-up visits to their doctors. Similarly, after a hospital stay for a procedure or a medical condition, it is up to patients to comply with the post-discharge care plan when they go home.
This is a lot for many patients to handle. Studies show that 40% to 80% of the medical information provided by healthcare practitioners is forgotten immediately, and nearly half of what patients retain is incorrect. Written discharge instructions help, and some primary care physicians write down their recommendations for patients. Printed educational handouts can also help patients understand their conditions and how to manage them at home. In addition, patients can find a vast amount of information on the internet about health conditions and how to treat them. But this information is of variable quality and is often inaccurate.
For all of these reasons, it is important for physicians to maintain communication with patients between visits. This can come in the form of online or phone consultations that offer patients a chance to ask lingering questions and to gather the information they need to better understand and manage their own health. Providers can use these s with patients to explain test results, educate patients about their medications, diets, and self-care measures, and specify when or under what conditions the patient should come back to see them.
Unfortunately, most physicians don't have much time to communicate directly with patients between visits. If their primary reimbursement method is fee for service, moreover, they don't get paid for these non-visit consultations. But technology can aid clinicians in disseminating information to patients and alerting patients when they need to come in for preventive or chronic disease care. Reliable information on caring for chronic diseases at home can be sent automatically to patients without the need for a physician to make a call. Similarly, some patient questions can be answered via automated systems that reply by email or text message. And educational materials can be automatically sent to people who have particular conditions or comorbidities.
As healthcare moves toward accountability and value-based reimbursement, it is especially important for providers to use these technology solutions to connect with their patients. Personalized online communications can show patients that their physicians understand them and care about them. These s not only engage patients more fully in their own care, but also maintain the physician–patient relationship and promote loyalty. Health reminders can help ensure that patients receive recommended care, improving both outcomes and quality scores that help determine physician reimbursement.
Follow-up communication strengthens the bond between physicians and patients, leading to increased satisfaction and better health outcomes. Communication prompts patients to be active in their own care while improving their overall health literacy. And since much of the communication process can be automated, physicians have little to lose when they make an effort to provide patients with the most powerful health tool of all: information.
Kessels R. Patients' Memory for Medical Information. J R Soc Med. 2003;96(5):219-222. Available at www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC539473.
Fonda Narke, has indicated to Physician's Weekly that he has no financial interests to disclose.


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American Tamil Comedian Aziz Ansari wins his first Emmy Award
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American Tamil comedian, writer & actor Aziz Ansari accepted his first Emmy last night alongside Alan Yang at the 68th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards held at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, California.
The award recognised their 'Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series' for the 'Master of None' episode 'Parents'. The episode focused on the relationship between immigrant parents and their children. Ansari's parents, from Tamil Nadu, starred in the episode giving an authentic performance.
The Netflix series, now shooting its second, has previously been recognised by the Peabody Awards, Critics' Choice Television Awards, and American Film Institute Awards. This is the first Emmy win for both writers, who had previously worked together on NBC's Parks and Recreation.
In his speech, Yang urged Asian parents to buy "cameras instead of violins" for their kids while Ansari, who co-created the Netflix series with Yang and also plays the role of Dev, was unable to thank anyone as his microphone was cut off. On facebook he thanked his parent who attended the awards.
Just wanted to thank these guys for giving me everything and more! #Emmy
A big congratulations to Aziz, his parents & the master of none team.
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Four Tamil women in the British limelight this week!
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Most people don't think about how each of their joints function day to day. Perhaps no joint is as under-appreciated as the humble ankle, the great mover and shaker of a dancer's world. The ankle is the physical and biomechanical base of the body, and mobility in this region is important for dancers to cultivate for injury prevention and powerful dancing. With all of that in mind, four simple exercises can transform your ankles from flimsy to supple in a few minutes per day.
As always, please consult a medical professional before changing your exercise routine. I'm not a doctor, and I don't pretend to be one on the internet.
The Move: Perhaps no ankle exercise is more famous than the alphabet, and for good reason: it works. Sit or stand with your right leg fully extended and your toes pointing straight ahead. Next, begin spelling the capital letters of the alphabet, A-Z with the big toe of the right foot, moving from the ankle, not the hip. Do not be surprised if your movements feel jerky as this is normal at first. When you have completed the capital letters with your right foot, switch to your left foot and repeat. When you are done with capital letters on both feet, do the lowercase letters in the same manner. Don't feel discouraged if you need to end your sets early.
Why it Works: In our day-to-day lives, most of us use our ankles only in their forward and backward capacity, with very little movement in the other planes. The point of this exercise is not to do calligraphy with our feet, but to train our ankles in a range of motion that they do not often inhabit. By training these other directions we ready the ankle and its stabilization muscles for the quick and sometimes uncertain changes in direction or weight that we see in dance.
The Move: Find yourself a set of stairs, preferably with a railing on either side within comfortable arm's reach, and place the balls of your feet on the first step, with heels overhanging the edge. Keep your knees bent slightly and carefully lower your heels to the point where you feel a comfortable–not strained–stretch in the back of your calf. It may be necessary to hold onto a railing or wall to maintain balance. Carefully extend your ankles until you have reached your maximum height (this should feel like reaching for something on a high shelf), and then slowly lower the heels back down into the stretch. Listen to your body throughout this motion, and end immediately if there is unexpected pain or discomfort. Repeat 10-20 times.
Why it works: This movement trains and stretches the ankle on its primary axis of movement, the one we use while walking down the street. By contracting the calf muscle and stretching it in an alternating manner, we combine the best of strength and flexibility training in one fluid movement. Strong calves power movement across the floor, and calf flexibility is integral to maintaining a healthy back and preventing other injuries.
The move: This self-explanatory movement is an exercise in balance and stabilization, both crucial elements to good dancing. Start standing on both legs, and slowly move the weight of your body over the left foot. When you feel balanced, lift the right foot off of the ground and maintain your balance over the left foot for as long as possible. Bring your attention to the small movements that the muscles of your leg make when actively maintaining balance. Repeat this process with the right foot and work up to balancing for 2 minutes at a time on each foot. This may take several weeks, depending on your ability. Aim for effortless and small corrections, not large and jerky movements.
Why it works: When sitting in a chair or lying in a bed or couch, you body is responsible for very little active balancing. Standing over one foot, on the other hand, takes careful concentration and calibrated movement. You should be able to feel shifts in weight from the outside of the foot to the inside, and forward and back. Over time, these muscular responses will become smoother and more controlled, leading to more confident balance and, therefore, dance.
The Move: Though perhaps the most challenging of the exercises described here, this movement can do wonders for your stability on the dance floor. With heels raised, balanced on the balls of your feet, lower with control to a comfortable squat position, then press back up to standing, all with heels off of the ground and with good posture. Most people will find that they have difficulty holding their heels off the ground as they lower, and some may experience shaking or unsteadiness. If you find that you cannot keep your heels raised, try using a yoga block or a rolled-up towel placed under the heel of each foot. If you find it difficult to go down, find a chair or other fixed object to help guide your path downwards. Work up to doing 10-20 squats in a row. If at any point you feel unexpected pain or discomfort, end the movement immediately by lowering your heels to the ground.
Why it Works: The goal of this movement is not to get it perfect the first time, but to slowly train the body to understand and find stability when placed on the balls of the feet. For followers especially, this 'forced arch position' can have tremendous benefits in ankle stability in many movement (e.g. spins and turns).The forced arch position requires both flexibility and strength from the user, making it a balanced movement for improving mobility. The large calf muscles will be engaged in order to keep the foot flexed downward, while the smaller muscles that control the toes will be asked to be flexible and strong in order to maintain balance. The lateral stability muscles of the ankle will engage to prevent movement from side to side, making this a good all-around test of ankle health.
Improving ankle mobility is something every dancer should aspire to, and these four movements will give you a wonderful foundation. Of course, the best workout is the one that you'll actually do, so feel free to cut or add exercises as you see fit in order to stay motivated. If I had to recommend only one move, the Alphabet would take the cake. The flexibility and strength gains possible from that movement are excellent.
Pick an exercise or two and try them out for a week or two. I am willing to bet you'll see an increase in the quality of your dancing.


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Babette's Feast (1987) – 1
Gabriel Axel
Creation, Delight, Wonder
Babette's Feast (1987). Written by Karen Blixen (short story) and Gabriel Axel (screenplay). Directed by Gabriel Axel. Starring Stéphane Audran, Bodil Kjer, Bergitte Federspiel, Jarl Kulle, and Jean-Philippe Lafont. Music: Per Nørgaard. Cinematography: Henning Kristiansen. Rated G; 102 mins. Rotten Tomatoes 100%.
It is a nameless place where nothing much happens, in part because it is the middle of the 19th century and also because it seems to lie at the fringe of nowhere, namely somewhere on the seacoast of Danish Jutland. In a tiny fishing village, consisting almost entirely of a few aging pensioners, live two spinster sisters, Martina (Bergitte Federspiel) and Filippa (Bodil Kjer), named after Luther and Melanchthon by their late father, a leader of a small and now dwindling ascetic pietistic sect of some sort.
On the proverbial dark and stormy night, a knock on the door reveals a stranger, an attractive middle-aged French woman who begs refuge, presenting a letter of reference from one Achille Papin (Jean-Philippe Lafont), a once-famous opera singer who decades earlier sought the quiet of a remote countryside and fell in love with one of the sisters, who herself sings like a heavenly dove. The stranger begs to stay, and the sisters overcome their reluctance to take in anyone, given their meager resources. Babette (Stephane Audran), though, as she informs them, can cook, and that will help the sisters' charity work of supplying meals for the poor in the village.
Such is the premise for one of the most remarkable stories in cinema history, based on a 1953 Ladies Home Journal short story by Isak Dinesen, the pen name of Danish writer Karen Blixen (1885-1962), also the author of Out of Africa, a memoir of Blixen's experience of coffee farming in Africa (a very successful 1985 film version starred Meryl Streep and Robert Redford). A quiet and spare film, entirely lacking in any sort of cinematic "flash," Babette's Feast was an international sensation, and additionally, it precipitated a vast western cultural interest in gastronomy, specifically dining or, as we know it now, the foodie movement. And it generated an enormous quantity of theological discussion, having, as it does, what is perhaps history's most remarkable communion feasts, one which is full of wonders, both culinary and religious.
One of Babette's remarkable accomplishments, as both film and character, is Babette's feast itself and what it tells of the goodness of the gift of being alive—in this case, pure delight in eating, which for the most part differs from the North American habits of just plain stuffing oneself from boredom or anxiety or fun or whatever (mea culpa). Happily, very happily, the story captures fully the wonder, splendor, and splendid benison of the exquisite goodness of the earth, and for this the participants in the meal give abundant thanks. The humble aging dinner guests, mostly the remnants of the sisters' father's congregation, none of whom, save for one, have probably ever gone near anything even like a restaurant, are to say the least astounded by what they taste in food and drink.
The surprise of astonishment and delight prepare the way for a new posture of reflexive thanksgiving that subsequently departs profoundly from their prevailing moods of resignation and contentiousness. After all, unbeknownst to the them, they have consumed the artistry of the one of the most celebrated chefs of Paris, Babette Hersant, who twenty years before, following the murder of her child and husband by French revolutionaries, sought refuge in a remote Danish fishing village.
There is the shock of the splendor of the food and in that recognition of the extreme giftedness of being alive and partaking so, yanking one back to the rudiments of being alive. One after another the camera catches the silent surprise of the guests, a look the faithful should make habitual (they've been counseled for religious reasons to not enjoy the food).
And of this remarkable feast, its creator herself does not partake, content to know its goodness and the wondrous pleasure it ignites. Rather, chef Babette slaves in the kitchen, sampling her art only to make sure every element of the meal has met her standards. And when over, her miracle complete, Babette contents herself with a solitary glass of wine, not interested in the least of receiving plaudits from her now enchanted (and slightly tipsy) dinner guests.
The only one of the dinner guests who fully catches the full wonder of what they consume is a well-travelled Danish general who was a dissolute wastrel when as a young soldier he fell deeply in love with one of the sisters (his ancient aunt has been invited to the feast, and he comes along). What he now consumes recalls an astonishing dinner long ago at the Paris' Café Anglais, whose celebrated female chef was the toast of the city. His response to the meal is extreme delight amid waves of incredulity: that he should be dining like a king on the rarest of all meals in, uh, the Danish outback.
Little does he know, wildly improbable though it is, that the same chef now works the kitchen just a few feet away. After all, Babette wishes no thanks or recognition for what she does but simply the pleasure of preparing it for the delectation of others and, of course, the pleasure of doing her art, from which she has long decades been denied. She wants only to create. Try taking Mozart or Cliburn from the piano. How she gets the money to pay for this dinner, the same meal for 12 costing ten thousand francs at the Café Anglais, well, watch the film, and if you already have, watch it again as a gesture of gratitude and self-education.
Wonder and thanksgiving (doxology) for the goodness of being alive and, "in this beautiful world of ours," as the General puts it, replete with luscious bounty of all sorts–for palate, eye, ear, and touch. All of this can indeed reorient the self, as was intended as far back as Eden, which was, above all, a garden for earthly delight. It is Babette's mysterious gift, as the General reports, quoting another, "to transform a dinner into a kind of love affair, a love affair that made no distinction between bodily appetite and spiritual appetite." Indeed, the urgings of the biblical account of life on this tiny globe provides ample cause for a sensible sort of Christian hedonism and, first and last, abundant doxology for the gift of being alive in this splendorous world. Such is the wondrous habitation the Lord has provided creatures of all kinds, albeit one also fraught with abundant corrosive evil. Babette's Feast makes this abundantly clear, urging enchantment as a sensible, and in countless ways, necessary and blessed posture while making one's way through this ever so "beautiful world."


So as mentioned in the earlier 'teaser' post, we decided to take advantage of my four-day and head out of town for two days/one night. When Mary Jo was here a couple of weeks ago, we though hard about venturing down to the Sand Dunes, but ultimately decided that we didn't have the time to make the trip happen….it's a 4.5 – 5 hour drive each way, therefore requiring two days. Well, when Ahna and I started talking about heading out of town, there was already the draw to the Dunes in place.
We booked a bed-and-breakfast sight unseen and departed for the trip yesterday around noon. For some reason or another, Ezra wasn't taking to sitting in the car very well and the 3 hour drive to Salida quickly (or slowly, depending on perspective) turned into a 5 hour trek. We stopped there for dinner since the town that our bed was in doesn't have any restaurants and headed out for another hour drive south. If you have never been to that part of the state – you are missing out. It has the highest average elevation of the entire Rocky Mountain chain with something like 15 peaks over 14,000 feet; and they all dramatically drop all of the way down to the valley floor (a 6,000 foot drop) – no foothills.
We had decided on the Sand Dunes for several reasons including the photo opportunities…so finding a place close to the Dunes was essential, especially if I wanted to hit it up either at sunset or sunrise. The problem is that there were no hotel rooms available in either Alamosa or Salida (since it is Labor Day weekend and there are no other towns within hours), so we looked down the B&B path. We ended up settling on a place called Willow Springs Bed and Breakfast located in Moffat. Moffat is a town that is about 30 miles from the Dunes and has a population of just over 100 people according to the last census. No restaurants, no gas stations, no stop lights…but great views of the mountains from the front porch. It wasn't the best B&B that we have stayed at and our room was really simple: a full bed and a sink; the bathroom was shared at the end of the hallway. The food was really good in the morning and we met some really nice people during breakfast – including a woman that could talk (and did) nonstop for an hour about her family. We are on the fence as to if we would return to Willow Springs, but the price is certainly attractive: $65 in high season for the room that we had. Ezra did great, spending the night without complaint in his travel bed.
We got down there just in tim to check in, say hello, and head down to the Dunes for sunset shots. The weather included lots of rain that afternoon and lots of clouds still lingering around during sunset, so I was a little disappointed with the lighting. However, there was about 3 minutes where the sun broke through some of the clouds resulting in some pretty cool photos. Also in the morning hours over sunrise at the B&B, the clouds provided some amazing light. There was a common theme between the two photo shoots: mosquitos. I got bit at least five times and killed at least 8 mosquitos on my legs – during the sunrise alone. Argh, I still itch.
We went back to the Dune in the morning and did a little hiking around. It's really fun to do there since there are basically no rules: hike wherever you want, do whatever you like, and play as long as you wish. People bring kites, snowboards, skis, sleds, and everything in between to have fun in the sand. The downside is that it is really tiring to walk in for any period of time. We did our best for a while, climbing on the lower portions of the dunes and jumping off of the edges. Of course it filled up our shoes with lots and lots of sand.
After the Dunes we stopped for a short hike at Zapata Falls; but were not able to go all of the way to the falls because you actually need sandals (or an extra pair of shoes) to walk up the creek; so we enjoyed the lower and smaller falls. After that we started the trip home, which was a lot easier than the drive out but still took about 4.5 hours. We arrived home early in the evening and just enjoyed being together at home for the night.