As a result of your "Not Guilty" plea, your case has been scheduled for a pretrial conference with the City Attorney, Nick Zimmerman. You will receive your notice of pretrial at the address you indicated on your not guilty plea form.
The purpose of the pretrial conference is to give you the opportunity to meet and informally discuss your case with the prosecutor, to explore the possibility of reaching an agreement and thus avoiding a trial. You are not required to reach an agreement; you may and should insist on your right to proceed to trial if that is your desire.
If you are unable to appear at the scheduled date and time, you will be rescheduled for a different date and time if you call the court clerk, Angela Tomars, at (715) 386-5929 ext. 170 within 48 hours of your pretrial. Please note, only one continuance will be granted.
You must notify the court clerk, directly, of any address changes that occur while your case is still pending. DO NOT simply rely on a notice filed with the post office. If mail addressed to you is returned to the court while your case is pending, you may be found guilty by default, a warrant may be issued for your arrest, or other action may be taken against you or your driving privileges. CLICK HERE to submit a change of address form to the clerk.
Since this is not a criminal matter, you are not entitled to have an attorney provided at the public's expense. However, you have the right to hire an attorney at your own cost to represent you at pretrial. If you decide to do so, you should retain an attorney as soon as possible so that he/she will have sufficient time to properly prepare your defense.
The City Attorney/Prosecutor, Mr. Nick Zimmerman, has the burden of proving the charge against you by presenting clear, convincing and satisfactory evidence.
If you are interested in obtaining copies of the police reports, witness reports, etc., Please contact the Hudson Police Department directly at (715) 386-4771. A fee of $.25 per page plus sales tax will be assessed, which must be paid prior to receiving the records. All records MUST be picked up in person at the Police Department, 101 Vine Street, Hudson, WI.
If damage to property occurred, the matter of restitution may also be addressed at the pretrial.
Defendants who fail to appear at a pretrial will have a default judgment entered against them and will be granted sixty (60) days to pay the forfeiture and costs imposed by the Court. Failure to pay the judgment within that time may result in a loss of driving privileges for up to two (2) years, or issuance of an arrest warrant.
If you are found guilty of a traffic offense, the State Department of Transportation (DOT) may assess demerit points against your driving record, and your license may be revoked or suspended. The assessment of 12 points within a 12-month period would result in a revocation of driving privileges. If your driving privileges are in jeopardy, the DOT will advise you of the number of points assessed as a result of a conviction and the present status of your driving record.
If you are in need of special services, such as foreign language interpreter, interpreter for hearing impaired, etc., please contact the court immediately so arrangements can be made to provide those services.
If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact the clerk of court, Angela Tomars at (715) 386-5929 ext. 170. CLICK HERE to email a question to the clerk.


The Crime Done in Rhyme by tlc Creative - more info.
'The Crime Done in Rhyme' by tlc Creative - additional information.
Rhyming skit (parody of Dr. Seuss) no set requirements, a few common props.
There's been murder afoot, but who can have done it? If there's a prize for rhymed mystery, this one has won it! The victim's a cat, but much more than that, He's a cat that has often been seen in a hat. A detective is called and a Mistress is found, (while the corpse of the cat is left there on the ground). It's funny, irreverent and won't take much time, and the best of it is, every line is in rhyme!


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Bebe (auch Be-Be) ist ein Schachprogramm aus den 1980er-Jahren.

Geschichte
Bebe entstand ab etwa 1980 durch das amerikanische Entwicklerehepaar Tony und Linda Scherzer. Nachdem sie als Hardware zunächst den 8-Bit-Mikroprozessor Z80 der amerikanischen Firma Zilog genutzt hatten, portierten sie ihre Software auf die damals moderne Bit-Slice-Technologie und nutzten dazu die Am2900-ALU von Advanced Micro Devices (AMD). Bebe nahm im Oktober 1983 an der 4. Computerschachweltmeisterschaft (World Computer Chess Championship WCCC) in New York teil und konnte hinter dem Supercomputer Cray Blitz den zweiten Platz belegen.

Daraufhin implementierten die Scherzers eine damals einzigartige Lernfunktion, die Hashtabellen bereits im Mittelspiel nutzte. Bei der 5. Computerschachweltmeisterschaft belegte Bebe punktgleich (4 aus 5) mit dem erneuten Weltmeister Cray Blitz den dritten Platz.

Literatur
 Frederic Friedel: Weltmeisterschaft in New York in Computerschach International (CSI), Nr. 4, 1983, S. 10–11

Weblinks
 Learning in Bebe bei Springer-Verlag abgerufen am 24. November 2017

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Schachprogramm

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Fanshawe CME winner documents the 2020 Beirut explosion
Aisha Javaid News July 23, 2021
CREDIT: EMMA FAIRGRIEVE
Sarah Abukarsh was among 19 Fanshawe students to receive recognition for their work at the Canadian Media Educators National Awards.
On July 21, the 2021 Canadian Media Educators (CME) National Student Awards announced their winners and second-place honorable mentions. Nineteen students on behalf of Fanshawe's School of Contemporary Media accepted five wins and six honorable mentions. Among the winners was Sarah Abukarsh, a Journalism-Broadcast student who recorded a short audio documentary called Beirut: The Maple Leaf Hugs the Cedar Tree. Abukarsh's documentary explores the horrendous tragedy of the 2020 Beirut explosion and its impact on the Lebanese community. The explosion of ammonium nitrate left hundreds dead, thousands injured, and billions of dollars in property damage.
"I kind of experienced something terribly similar [living in Gaza city], but this was beyond, it was enormous," said Abukarsh. "Many people lost their lives, their jobs, their homes, their memories, everything was destroyed in the sea area." Moments after the first explosion surfaced in the news, Abukarsh immediately contacted her Lebanese friend (in Canada) to inquire about her family's safety, who were situated in Lebanon. According to Abukarsh, her friend was in sheer panic and tears as she desperately attempted to contact her father in Beirut.
"What led me to do this documentary was that moment I called my friend," said Abukarsh. "She was in tears; she was in a terrible situation. She was unsure if her father was alive. She was unaware of her father for 15 minutes, which for her, were probably the longest fifteen minutes of her life. And so, this made me think, how do the thousands who are living there feel? How are the ones who are outside [of Lebanon]? They must all be so worried about their families and loved ones."
Abukarsh explained that her goal in creating the documentary was to tell the stories we seldom hear.
"I want to tell the world stories of the victims," she said. "We always just watch the news, turn up the TV, and that's it. We don't think about the soul that went to the sky, as we say in Arabic. We don't think about children who lost their parents and families who lost their jobs. This documentary was to allow people to really sense how people, the victims feel. Victims are not numbers, they are stories. This was the main point of the documentary, and I'm glad that I could deliver a little bit of that message."
Immediately following this devastating event, the Canadian government undertook philanthropic engagement and helped fund millions into United Nations (UN) humanitarian agencies and the Lebanese Red Cross.
"The next day in the House of Commons, in Canada, they were already getting involved with helping victims, without knowing the cause of the tragedy," said Abukarsh. "This humanitarian action makes me very proud and happy to be living in this country which really cares about human life, human rights and looks at everything from a humanitarian perspective."
Abukarsh hopes to graduate from her program next spring. She joined the Journalism-Broadcast program with the hopes of storytelling and delivering heartfelt messages. In the future, she plans on documenting a variety of countries and their intricacies.
"This award means a lot to me, not because it's an award, but because this shows that I accomplished something by telling people a story of a human being, who matter," she said. "I've heard many different stories that I feel are worth telling. I'm interested in documenting these stories, especially the ones which are missed by the media."
Awards Documentaries Fanshawe students School of Contemporary Media
Aisha Javaid
Aisha is currently studying Construction Engineering Technology at Fanshawe College. She has written various articles and columns for the Interrobang during the summer of 2021.
Fanshawe students share their various holiday traditions
Fanshawe Success Stories: Fashion Design
Student wrestler to compete at Fanshawe
Fanshawe photography program offering $15 headshots for students
Mental illness at the Cecil Hotel: How Netflix unravels the mystery of Elisa Lam
Local theatre company to stream Canadian play Patchface online
London celebrates Maggie Mac Neil's gold medal win

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Первый компонент — красно-оранжевый гигант, пульсирующая медленная неправильная переменная звезда (LB:) спектрального класса K0, или M2. Масса — около 1,824 солнечной, радиус — около 60,55 солнечных, светимость — около 775,554 солнечных. Эффективная температура — около 3914 K.

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Today, Year 8 took part in The Duck Project ENTERPRISE workshop as part of The World of Work scheme.
The pupils were working in teams to produce products to sell. They took on the role of general manager, buyer, accountant, quality controller, sales executive and production workers. They were learning about the buying and selling process, and income/expenditure.


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We Might Finally Be Getting That Downton Abbey Movie
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By Devan Coggan / Entertainment Weekly
The Crawley family may soon be returning to the screen.
It's been less than two years since Downton Abbey came to an end, but a movie is in the works, EW has confirmed.
Michael Edelstein, president of NBCUniversal International Studios, told the Associated Press on Wednesday that the film has "been in the works for some time" and production expected to begin in 2018.
EW.com: This Is What the Stars of Downton Abbey Look Like in Real Life
"We are working on getting the script right and then we've got to figure out how to get the [cast] together," Edelstein told the AP at the opening of "Downton Abbey: The Exhibition" in Singapore. "Because as you know, people go on and do other things. But we're hopeful to make a movie sometime next year."
Edelstein added that he hopes to get 20 returning cast members for the film, and although several actors told the AP that they weren't officially signed on, they're hopeful that they'll get to return to the abbey soon.
"Oh, well, you've got confirmation before us. We have no idea if that's happening," Sophie McShera, who played Daisy, told the AP. "But we would all love to be part of the film if it was to happen, for sure."
"Well, tell my agent, because we're still wanting to know," added Laura Carmichael, who played Lady Edith. "We're hoping that will happen soon."
Julian Fellowes' long-running British television show, which became an international hit, concluded with a Christmas special in December 2015. (In the U.S., the finale aired on PBS in March 2016.) Ever since, fans have been asking about whether the aristocratic Crawleys and their staff might return in the form of a film, and earlier this month, Fellowes teased that "it's pretty likely the Downton movie will happen."
"I keep being asked about the Downton film," Fellowes said. "I've done some work on the script, because I don't want to find there's a green light and no script ready. But we're still waiting for that green light from the studio. Then the biggest difficulty will be rounding up all the cast as, compared with most series, it has such a large cast. And it needs them to feel Downtonesque."
This article originally appeared on EW.com
Kumail Nanjiani Is the Romantic Comedian We've Been Waiting For


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Nowadays, everything is in the hands of the customer. Internet marketing has given them the power to control what they want, how they want it, and when they want to have it. In fact, companies have never really been in control of their brands; their customers have always had control. They are the ones who control the advertising and marketing. It is the rule of supply and demand. But when this happens, you have to make sure that your brand is not naked.
In a recent podcast, Creative Thirst's Bobby Hewitt showed why and how your brand is naked and how to take full advantage of it. Yes, the Internet has given the customers the power to control your business, but it also has given many opportunities for all us to use this to our advantage. When your customers communicate with you what they want and how they want it, it can actually give you an advantage when it comes to advertising and marketing.
These opportunities have given us the ability to create a strong connection between a brand and a customer. It doesn't matter if your business is big or small; everyone is accepted in the Internet marketing world. You don't need to own a big company to advertise on the Internet. Even small companies have achieved huge results by presenting their brand properly. When visitors come to your site, they don't see how big your company is, but how your brand is being presented.
Your visitors want to know everything about your products and services, and how it can help them with their problems. You can give all that by a proper advertising. Do you know how important advertising is to the customers? A good advertising campaign could really improve the whole image of your brand and the customers will see you through different eyes. Good advertising would make them buy your products or use your services. It provides motivation and it is an important segment of the online marketing.
This was taken from an e-book published by Scott Levy entitled Tweet Naked, wherein he talks about the importance of social media as a part of your online marketing strategy and that transparency is the key to it all.
It is extremely important to control the quality of your brand. Consider all the risks that come from having a naked brand. You must find the resources that would help you solve all the issues and increase brand awareness. Otherwise, you will keep losing your visitors and even potential customers. When it comes to Internet marketing, your brand is the most important asset in the eyes of your visitors. Every business owner should strive to make every customer come back again. So, try to control the quality of your brand and keep making constant improvements to extend the existence of your business. To know more about conversion optimization, you can visit us at A/B testing software" href="https://www.convert.com/" target="_blank">Convert.


You could make a case that actor Donnie Yen is one of the more underappreciated and undervalued actors, not just action stars, to ever come out of Hong Kong. He's left an indelible imprint on a number of motion pictures ranging from Yuen Woo-Ping's Iron Monkey, to Zhang Yimou's Hero, to Tony Ching Siu Tung's The Empress and the Warriors, his martial arts prowess and steely presence never in doubt at any point. But it was arguably his being cast as Hong Kong icon Ip Man, the Wing Chun practitioner who taught Bruce Lee, in the 2008 biopic Ip Man that forced many to recognize his skills as a thespian, the emotive depth and expressive complexity of his performance working in beautiful tandem with his cinematic kung fu expertise.
While the 2010 sequel (Ip Man 2) didn't quite capture the same sort of flair or fire of its predecessor, Yen once again was the film's chief asset, adding a dimensionality to the relatively tired second chapter that kept it out of the realm of irrelevance and still made watching it moderately worthwhile. Now, with the long-in-coming release of Ip Man 3, the same holds true. Yet while Yen is again sensational, returning director Wilson Yip (Flash Point) and his trio of screenwriters have also constructed two other dynamic characters for the third entry in the series. They have finally given talented actress Lynn Hung something important to do as Ip's loving wife Cheung Wing-sing. At the same time they grant their star a complex, emotionally conflicted foil in Sum Nung, a fellow Wing Chung expert and erstwhile teacher, superbly portrayed by Jin Zhang. Together, the trio enliven the sequel, make it akin to a January essential, watching it a breathlessly energetic experience that had my spirits soaring and my heart filling with joy.
Of course, all most are going to want to talk about is the third act face-off between the quietly confident Ip and a brutish American thug named Frank, played with expectedly pugilistic brio by former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson. It's silly stuff, watching the diminutive Yen stand toe-to-toe with Iron Mike, bringing a not-so-surprising chuckle the second the sequence begins. But the clash itself is glorious, spectacularly choreographed by fight director Yuen Woo-Ping, and as cartoonish as the visual image might be, not for a single second is the inherent danger both men are up against as they attempt to smash the other into submission ever in doubt.
Granted, it is the primary plot that Frank is involved in that keeps Ip Man 3 from soaring as high as it maybe could have. It's a comic book clash between Ip and the foreign gangster, who is gamely assisted by his oily Hong Kong surrogate (played with smarmy glee by Patrick Tam), the two disagreeing over the fate of a local neighborhood school the latter wants to see shut down and the former is sworn to protect. This battle of wills allows for a number of complex martial arts battles between Ip, Sum Nung and a number of faceless bad guys, things coming to head in a massive shipyard skirmish with kidnapped kids shouting to be freed as a pair of heroes fight to save them.
Far more interesting is the personal battle Ip's wife Cheung Wing-sing is waging, most of the time without her husband's knowledge, one based in historical fact and inherently having an emotional authority and power to it that's undeniably devastating. Yip and his screenwriters treat this foray into 1950s cancer treatment with remarkable subtlety, allowing Yen and Hung a number of delectate, intimately affecting moments that brought delicate tears to my eyes. More, they earned that response on my part, the final image positively haunting in its stark, heartbreakingly alive poignancy, bringing the trilogy full circle in a way I was suitably moved by.
Also excellent is the relationship between Ip and Sum Nung. I liked how each actor played off of the other, how the filmmakers allowed Zhang to craft a multifaceted persona of a good man trying not to succumb to his own internal darkness as he strives to do what he feels is best as a single father of a young son looking up to him for direction. But as terrific as both actors are from a dramatic standpoint, what the film is building to is a climactic battle between titans, both wanting to prove they are Wing Chung at its absolute best, and here Yip and Woo-Ping do not disappoint. This fight sequence is extraordinary, shot like an eye-popping ballet with both actors gymnastically contorting themselves this way and that to deflect the advances of their equally gifted opponent. It's the type of martial arts moment fans of the genre will go wild for, as spectacular a display of hand-to-hand, adrenaline-fueled magnificence as any I could have hoped for.
The constant, however, remains Yen. Soon to be seen in both Netflix's highly anticipated Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny and next December's Star Wars spinoff Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Ip Man 3 is a reminder just how talented this international superstar continues to be. His performance is glorious, the actor embodying this martial arts legend with grace, dignity, passion and charisma to burn. As wonderful as many of the other components might be, he remains the number one reason for interested viewers to watch this sequel and continues to be the primary one by which I wholeheartedly recommend they do just that.


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Visualfabriq is in its fifth year of operation since the development of our own platform and solutions to help CPG companies to radically transform the ways they execute TPx and improve their profitability. Almost without fail, every time we engage with a CPG company to present our solution, we are asked the question: "Are you scalable?"
Everyone wants to know if we have the capabilities to take our solution into multiple markets. Right? That's perfectly understandable.
But what typically follows is a list of questions that CPG companies believe test our capacity to be scalable. Questions such as: "How many people do you employ? How many offices do you have? Where are your offices? How many implementations have you done so far across multiple markets? How many partners have you got?"
We call these types of questions, 'legacy questions', and they tell us something about the company we are dealing with.
In turn, we have our own question for CPG companies – we also ask: "Are you scalable?"
But when we ask that question, we are not asking for a laundry list to measure up your big size and the length of your track record. Long gone are the days when the capacity to take a solution to scale can be measured in these traditional, outdated ways.
When we ask CPG companies "Are you scalable?"
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Question 1: Do you have the leadership and the vision as an organisation to do what it takes to become a leading CPG company of the future?
Do you know what is required for your company to be future fit? Do you have an informed and clear vision of the future? Do you understand how roles and responsibilities need to change now for the future? Do you understand how and what enabling technologies are available to fundamentally transform your business processes now for the future?
Question 2: We have our set technical standard to ensure that we are scalable, but have you defined the corporate blueprint that you want to achieve across all your operations?
Question 3: What is the state of your data readiness?
Do you know where all your data is? Do you have the full picture of all your data sources? Do you know who to turn to, so that all your data can be quickly and easily gathered? Is your data clean, accounted for, available and properly stewarded? What are your processes and procedures that ensure complete data integrity and sustainability?
Question 4: What is your capacity for change management?
Do you have the right people in place to drive a change management initiative and achieve success? Do you have leadership that effectively inspires and supports change? Do you have roles and responsibilities properly structured to facilitate organisational change?
Over the past five years, we have been asking these questions to assess the scalability of some of the biggest CPG companies in the world. What do you think their answers have been? What is your answer? Are you scalable?
The ability to scale up a leading-edge 21st Century tech-solution across multiple markets and multiple geographies is not at all dependent on how many employees and offices the tech supplier might have. It is also not dependent on their track record, nor their longevity in the market because the main virtues of the latest tech include that it is new, young, blindingly fast and globally accessible without the need for many people in many offices in many places.
The issue of scalability is really important, there is no doubt about that. But how we assess the potential for scalability really needs to come out of the Dark Ages.
It is important for you to know whether visualfabriq is scalable. So, ask us this:
How much data can you handle? Any volume, velocity and variety of data – this is the measure of our true ability to scale.
But don't stop there, get in touch, and ask us about our vision too because we know where we are going, where the CPG industry is going and we enjoy talking about it.
Let's also have conversations about change management. We are rebels with a cause, change-makers with a passion for looking ahead, thinking critically and find exciting paths to take us and our clients forward into a bright future…
About visualfabriq: visualfabriq was founded in 2013 by Jaco Brussé and Carst Vaartjes – both experienced FMCG and Retail professionals who embarked on a quest to develop a tool that could truly transform the industry's Big Data into instant meaningful insights. In its start-up years, the company already won engagements at various Tier 1 manufacturing companies. In the 2017 Promotion Optimisation Institute (POI) TPx Vendor Panorama, visualfabriq's Trade Promotion Master™ was awarded with 'Best-in-Class' distinctions for both Financial Orientation/Simulation and Post Event Analytics.


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Giantsopoulos took a load far less traveled, moving to Tasmania to cut his professional teeth with Devonport City. He'll have a challenge in battling Marco Carducci, whom the Cavalry has already signed, for the No. 1 shirt.
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Is There Really a Difference Between US and UK Sci-fi?
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I have a confession to make. Like Benedict Arnold, Tokyo Rose, and Jane Fonda before me, I am a traitor to my own country. I haven't spied on anyone, I haven't sold state secrets to anyone, nor have I taken up arms against anyone. What I have done, however, can be seen as just as bad by some in the geek culture – I've sided with The United Kingdom when it comes to entertainment, most notably with my science fiction tastes. For years now, I haven't really cared about Battlestar Galactica, Star Wars, or Firefly The latter of the three even got me in a bit of trouble. So the question is: Is there a tangible difference between American and British science fiction, or have I become some sort of anglophile "weeaboo*" that pretends everything form the UK is better? In this article I hope to explain why I like what I like and show that these two types of science fiction couldn't be more different.
*Note: "Weeaboo" is a pejorative term applied to fans of Japanese animation that apply fetishism to the country of origin and appropriate cultural references in a perverse way. Watch the SNL skit "American Jpop Funtime Now" for an example of this mentality.
English: Hypothetical flag quartering the British and American flags. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
When I first started this blog, I did a similar concept in an article called "Bristish Science Fiction VS American Science Fiction – Why all the Fuss", this was sadly an article that pretty much devolved into me whining about the remake of Life on Mars and lost all momentum. I should learn that ranting right after watching something is a bad idea! I was going to simply re-write that article, but figured a new take on it would be a better idea – perhaps actually explaining my stance would be a great idea. What I did lay out then was a general thesis of why I liked stuff from the UK more – "I think the main difference can all be chalked up to the argument of mood vs spectacle with the British productions geared heavily towards atmosphere, mood, and concepts and most American-helmed productions relying mostly on spectacle, visuals, and special effects. " As one can see here, I was really vague and applied my theory to only the visual media. If we step back a bit and look at all mediums including books, audio, and TV/film this is still salvageable. I think the main difference can be simplified to "humility vs pride".
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What could I possibly mean by this? When I originally talked about my dislike for needless "spectacle" in American science fiction I was talking about the way in which much of the media I've seen turns into vapid feel-good schlock with little substance. Something like James Cameron's Avatar is a prime example of this as it has some of the best special effects, but little story to back it up. It's one of those movies that tricks you into thinking that you've seen something amazing, then you realize you just saw another re-make of the tired John Smith meets Pocahontas storyline, just with blue cat-people. It truly is the story of the noble savage for a modern generation.
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These age-old nationalist themes run deep in most American science fiction productions. If you look at a show like Star Trek and boil it down to it's essence, The travels of the Starship Enterprise can seem almost exactly like that of a frontiersman venturing into the American wilderness. Gene Roddenberry even famously said that his past experience on the show Wagon Train essentially meant that Star Trek was "Wagon Train in space." So Star Trek is based on American Expansionism, surely not all American Science Fiction is based on that? Well,no. But most stories are about some sort of space adventuring, space colonization, and optimistic futurist fluff. I think this all goes back to World War II, and America's status as the world's premier mega-power from then on. American exceptionalism has tainted us with a false sense that "everything is okay, because we live in America" at all times, and to me that really isn't true.
On a sharp contrast, The United Kingdom was faced with decades of hardship after the war, even long after the scars of the Blitz healed. Their empire crumbled, and the economy slowed to a crawl not too long after. Internal strife, terrorism, and even labor unrest lead to many calling the once mighty nation the "sick man of Europe". America had it's problems, most notably with civil rights, but while most American suburbanites pretended to live in the realm of the fictionalized Leave it to Beaver TV show, many in England were miserable. This lead to a creative path of social commentary in most British science fiction. The book British Science Fiction Television: A Hitchhiker's Guide by John R. Cook and Peter Wright lays this theory out pretty well:
"British [science fiction] TV was different. While America was assured of its leadership role in the emerging space race and could look with confidence to the stars as an extension of the utopian frontier possibilities of the American Dream, Britain was having to cope anxiously in the same period with the loss of empire and general decline as a world power. Thus the notion of the British in space was not only a depressing impossibility but an outright absurdity. Some of the basic differences in character between British and US science fiction TV may be traceable to this: where archetypal US series like Star Trek often confronted the future with a sense of gung-ho optimism. British equivalents were more prone to view it with pessimism, anxiety or, especially later with such shows as The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (BBC TV, 1981) and Red Dwarf (BBC TV, 1988-99), an alternative response of absurdist humour […]"
Quatermass show's Britain's pining for space triumph rather well.
The above quote really struck a chord with me, and got me thinking about shows like Quatermass. When you first meet the titular character Bernard Quatermass, he is thrilled to have sent the first human, even better a human from Britain, into space. In a classic fashion, It all goes downhill from there and every subsequent series shows that he is slowly becoming disillusioned with the government, world space programs, the dangers of science, and finally life itself. That's heavy stuff for a space adventure, in America Bruce Willis just rides in and saves the day. Even the "safest" UK science fiction, material geared towards families, follows this mindset. While quite a few episodes of Doctor Who can be seen as family friendly fun, there is a hidden darkness in there as well. iconic alien races such as the Cybermen are a commentary on cosmetic surgery and how long you can alter yourself and still be a human. Daleks are fascists in space, and episodes like The Green Death are taking a jab at industrial eco-hazards. Doctor Who has even tackled subjects such as religion and homosexuality, a huge "no-no" over here.
This tendency towards social commentary and pessimism isn't without it's critics. In the 1960's the BBC produced a drama called The War Game that depicted the aftermath of a nuclear strike on the UK. As I pointed out in my review, establishment types were not happy: "The War Game didn't actually get shown on any TV network until the mid-1980's, and I'm thankful it didn't meet the same fate as other 1960's BBC productions –wiped and junked. It was deemed too dark, it made the British infrastructure look bad, it belittled civil servants, and it stood in the face of over-zealous national pride –things that weren't cool forty years ago. At least now we can watch it, and enjoy it without any censorship involved." A lot of fans don't like this either and label British science fiction as too dark or depressing. For me this is a case of "to each their own, as I'd rather have emotional attachment to something in a show than just watch eye candy all day.
Armageddon (1998 film) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
So there we have it, American science fiction is far too optimistic for my taste and does little to talk about social commentary. Instead, much of it tries to further idealistic post-war American values that many Americans no longer value – such as new imperialism. American productions seem whitewashed and fake in this climate, while UK productions still have teeth, even to this day. Not everything has to be bleak – being witty, satirical, or even mocking is fine as long as the subject has substance. I just want something more than "YES WE CAN!" because I'm too cynical for that garbage. Maybe Bruce Willis Won't save the day, Aerosmith won't play a cool song, and maybe the rock hits the Earth, let's make the most out of it! Lately there has been an uprising of US based shows with a UK slant directly coinciding with the rough times we are having as of late, so there is hope that they are trending to a common end. Not everyone is happy about this though, as I leave you with a quote from a Time Magazine article that pines for the long-gone days of "happy science fiction":
"There was a stretch of time — from the early 20th century through the beginning of comic books — when science fiction was an exercise in optimism and what is these days referred to as a "can-do" attitude. There appeared to be no problem that couldn't be dealt with either by the one-two punch of positive thinking and, well, punching— or by intellect and inspiration: new inventions were dreamed up that automated everyday tasks and made the impossible not only possible but also commonplace."
This view annoys me to death.
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Thomas flies solo as he explores the concept of Independence, just in time for the 4th of July.
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Shaggy actually has a fiber connection in his new home. He discusses what he can do with his new ISP with Thomas before both talks about the state of broadband in the United States.
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Thomas wishes his dad a Happy Father's Day.
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After a hiatus that will be explained in a future episode, Shaggy returns to the show and talks about Intel's latest veiled threats against those who would emulate the x86 instruction set.
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Thomas talks about his mom, and how she influenced him. Consider this a special Mother's Day Edition of the show.
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There have been some things going on, so I wanted to say I haven't forgotten about the audience. We will post more show content on a regular basis.
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Walled in Denison
A while back, a reader of Red River Historian invited me to come to his property to see a very old structure. I'm not going to give away the location, but suffice to say it's about a mile or so from the Red River in Grayson County, Texas. His property sits along the old Jefferson Highway alignment.
When the Jefferson Highway was named in the 1910s, it was not a brand-spanking-new road. Even named highways that crossed between states were originally maintained with private and/or local funds. Therefore, many of these highways mirrored paths that had been established decades and even centuries before. These paths were stage coach, military, or trade routes, some of which were even older Native American paths.
In Grayson County, a portion of the Jefferson Highway, which connected Winnipeg to New Orleans, was once part of the old road that connected Warren's Trading Post (today's Ambrose) to Shawneetown and to Holland Coffee's Trading Post at Preston. The road may have also been an earlier aboriginal path. It is now Texas Street leading east out of Denison.
Back to my visit at the reader's property: along this road are the ruins of a fairly large stone building, which now sit on the reader's property. Constructed of stacked sandstone (a building material used throughout the early settlement period in the area), the exterior had a stone/ cement/ adobe wash, which signifies that it was meant to be a rather substantial structure. I am almost certain (never can be 100% sure in history!) that this ruin is in some way connected to the road that runs alongside it, but was in use prior to the named highway, as the highways' roadbed deviated slightly from the original one. Perhaps it was a way station/ boarding house? A store? A mule/horse operation?
Whatever it might have been, it's a neat place lost to history, and a big THANK YOU to the reader who shared this place with Red River Historian.
A bois d'arc post in the stone work indicates that the building was used to keep something inside, but not people.
As the landscape rises, the stone work is swallowed by soil.
The adobe (?) cement (?) wash on the stacked stones look similar to original construction seen in nearby Denison. When the city was first founded, abundant stone was purposed into structures, including bridges, held together by cement.
The stacked stone, without the wash, can be seen on the other side of the wall.
This 1858 plat map shows several roads in the area that would become Denison by 1872: the California Road, the Dallas Road, and (in blue), the river road that seems to parallel where the stone ruins are now.
This sketch of the Red River area in Grayson County from 1843 shows a dotted line extending from Warren to the Post on Red River (Camp Johnson). This dotted line is the river road that runs past the stone ruins.
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It is said that a man's home is his castle. I understand this sentiment well: In 2003 my wife and I bought a centuries-old farmhouse in Hollis, New Hampshire, a lovely town where we have reared our three sons. As charming as this plain white Cape is, owning this home has presented us with challenges. The most obvious one is caring for it. When a house is 200 years old, things have a tendency to break. I'm now very good at fixing things. The other is paying for it. We bought the house when the housing market was red-hot and my income great; we carried it, at great financial cost, through the dark days of the Great Recession, when its value was as low as my income. (The collapse of the legal market was huge.) Through all this, my wife and I hammered, sanded, wired, landscaped, painted, and, most important, paid — every month. So I understand well the anxiety a homeowner feels when told that the bank will foreclose on his home.
The aim of my legal practice is to help you resist the bank's attempt to force you from your home. Using the tools of the law and my research and negotiating skills, I will do my best to help you stay in your home. I have done it for other homeowners and can do it for you.
I also recognize that that this goal is sometimes impractical, for a variety of reasons. If leaving your home is necessary, I can nonetheless help you depart on your own schedule. Sometimes this involves a bankruptcy filing; sometimes just some hard-nosed negotiating. I'm very good at getting agreeable results for my clients.
If this is where you find yourself, please give me a call. Give me a chance to help you.


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Seven thought-provoking climate documentaries to watch this Christmas (or any time, in fact)
Written by Rachel England,	 18 December 2019
Get clued up on climate issues without leaving your sofa.
The number of TV programmes and films we have at our fingertips these days is honestly astonishing, but streaming platforms and catch-up services aren't only home to blockbuster movies and bingeable boxsets – they're also fantastic places to catch the most important, insightful and visually spectacular shows and documentaries about climate change and the planet. Take a break from the usual festive TV line-up this Christmas to make time for one of these must-watch releases, and be prepared to face some hard truths.
Before the Flood (2016)
This documentary has been described as one of the highest profile environmental films since Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth shook Hollywood back in 2006. Undoubtedly, one of Before the Flood's biggest draws is its all-star cast, which includes the likes of Leonardo DiCaprio, Barack Obama and even the Pope. But to be clear, the subject matter at hand is far from glitzy, and instead paints a straightforward but damning picture of the facts of climate change, and what needs to be done to mitigate its impact.
Watch it on Netflix
Being the Change: A New Kind of Climate Documentary (2018)
A follow-up to the book of the same name, Being the Change tells the story of a regular American family determined to wean themselves off fossil fuels. Between 2010 and 2014 the Kalmus family reduced their annual emissions from around 20 tonnes to just two tonnes, and this hour-long documentary explains in fascinating detail exactly how they did it. Their impressive efforts might not be replicable by everyone, but this film demonstrates wonderfully how even the smallest actions can add up to big change.
Watch it on Amazon Prime
Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret (2014)
When the conversation around climate change is so dominated by talk of vehicle emissions and manufacturing, the agricultural impact on the planet is often overlooked. But this hard-hitting documentary lays it all out in crystal clear technicolour. The film explores all facets of animal agriculture and its devastating effect on the environment, and will certainly give you pause for thought next time you're doing the weekly grocery shop.
A Plastic Ocean (2013)
This documentary might be six years old now, but its message has never rung truer: humanity's obsession with plastic is destroying our seas and all the wildlife that lives within them, and the knock-on effect to mankind can't be ignored. But, as the film's strapline of 'We need a wave of change' suggests, it's not too late for us to turn things around, and A Plastic Ocean proposes multiple – entirely feasible – solutions to the problem.
The True Cost (2015)
There's no end of movies and TV shows about fashion, but these tend to focus on the glamorous side of the fashion world. This documentary does exactly what its name suggests, and exposes the true cost of fast fashion and its sobering environmental consequences. From the exploitation of labour to the proliferation of toxic chemicals, this eye-opening doc demonstrates that every time you buy a piece of clothing for a price that seems too good to be true, it almost certainly is.
Man Made Planet: Earth from Space (2017)
We've become accustomed to considering climate change from an Earth-bound point of view, but what does its impact look like from up above? In this visually spectacular documentary, astronauts use images of Earth taken from space across 45 years in stunning time lapse sequences to show how humanity is transforming the world – for better and worse.
Watch it on All4
Planet Earth II (2016)
Sir David Attenborough is undisputedly the king of the nature documentary and the BBC's iPlayer has all of them ready to stream. But, if you're not sure where to start among his rich library, start with Planet Earth II, a six-part series that examines every region of our world, from islands and deserts to cities and jungles, exploring the lives of the animals that live there, and how humanity's impact on the climate is affecting them in increasingly devastating ways.
Watch it on iPlayer


For his second solo show at galerie Michel Rein, Mark Raidpere is presenting four new video works. His first show at the gallery in 2006, soberly titled Videos, took as its point of departure the artist?s family circle, but his new works encompass broader subjects.
For Vekovka (2008), Mark Raidpere films a ballet of passers-by, carrying various household and decorative objects, all new and wrapped, from the window of a train stopped at Vekovka station, in Russia. The camera mimics the eye of one of the passengers and follows the ceaseless toing and froing of the hawkers and vendors. As voice-overs, two passengers, one Estonian, the other Russian, are talking to each other. To the content of their conversation, about the Baltic and Russian identity, the image opens our eyes to a form of midland Russian smalltown everyday and its inhabitants.
In Majestoso Mystico (2007), Mark Raidpere juxtaposes images broadcast by TV during the 2007 riots in Tallinn, and those of a Russian musician, former member of the Tallinn orchestra, now a street artist in Stockholm. This installation is the outcome of a coincidence. On 26 April 2007, during a residency in Stockholm, Mark Raidpere organized a shoot involving the musicians Ivan Shumilov and Björn Svensson, so that they could play the theme tune from the film Silence of the Lambs in downtown Stockholm. At the same moment in Tallinn, Mark Raidpere?s native city, riots broke out between the city?s Russian minority and the forces of law and order, after a decision taken by the Estonian authorities to remove from the city centre the monument in honour of Russian soldiers. Affected by this outburst of violence, the artist decided to use the images as a counterpoint to the performance of the two artists met in Stockholm.
Dedication (2008) takes on the form of a family portrait. Linking up with some of his earlier works?Shifting Focus, Father and Voiceover (2005)? Mark Raidpere films his parents in a static shot. On the painted doors of the piece furniture they are filmed in front of, we can detect his reflection behind the camera. Raidpere calls for silence and concentration; his mother sometimes smiles when she hears the music of Erkki-Sven Tüür. After the shot, the artist gets his parents? impressions.
?Mark Raidpere (...) presents his work as not simply a linear expression of what was previously considered private, a disclosing of what had been in the closet, but rather as a rejection of that either/or scenario which attempts ? whether in arts or politics? to determine who may display or disclose what, and when. Time, then, becomes the last, receding resort.? Jörg Heiser, ?Mark Raidpere: Up Close and Personal?, Frieze n°107, May 2007.
After representing Estonia in the 2005 Venice Biennale, Mark Raidpere has since exhibited in many international institutions including Platform Garanti, Istanbul (solo show), CAC Ticino (Switzerland), Centre Culturel Suisse, Paris, KUMU, Tallinn (Estonia), Centro Pecci, Prato (Italy), Prague Biennial (Czech Republic), Witte de With, Rotterdam (Netherlands), and Ludwig Forum, Aachen (Germany). He received the Loop Video Art Fair award 2008 for his work Majestoso Mystico.
Mark Raidpere will be part of the Shift Festival at Kunstmuseum Basel in October 2008 (with: Sean Snyder, Anri Sala, Akram Zaatari, Sadie Benning, Josef Dabernig, Günter Zehetner, Lynda Benglis, Adrian Paci, Pawel Althamer, David Maljkovic). He is invited to the Espace Croisé in Roubaix for a solo show in 2009 (as part of Lille 3000).
His works feature in many public collections: Musée d?Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Fonds National d?Art Contemporain and Städtische Galerie Im Lenbachhaus, Münich.


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Succulents are so beautiful in their own right, so it really doesn't take much to create a great arrangement for them. These techniques will help your arrangements really stand out!
Over the past few years I've created a lot of succulent arrangements for myself, for my ebooks, for the Idiot's Guide, and for my friends and family. I've also been privileged to work with some incredible succulent designers, and photograph their arrangements.
Every one of these designers has his or her own style and techniques–but it seems every arrangement is a work of art!
Throughout this article, you'll find links to purchase the succulents I mention in each of the design sections. I know it can be tricky to find colorful succulents locally, so these links can help you track down the plants you're looking for.
One of my favorite things about succulents is that they come in virtually every color of the rainbow! This makes it a lot of fun to arrange succulents based on common colors and patterns. Since my background is in art, I'm always drawn to arrangements that really show off color schemes.
Some succulents are monochromatic–they have just one main color (usually green), but may have a variety of shades of that color.
When creating a monochromatic arrangement, it's great to use different shapes and textures to add more interest. Click here to see some succulents that would make an interesting monochromatic arrangement.
For succulents of a few different colors, you can look for groupings with analogous colors–shades that are next to each other on a color wheel. For example, you could use green, blue and purple or orange, yellow and green.
I tend to create arrangements focused on greens, blues and purples–but brighter arrangements with reds, oranges and yellows can be really eye-catching!
My favorite color schemes are based on complementary colors–shades that are opposite each other on the color wheel, like red and green, blue and orange, yellow and purple.
Blue and orange just happens to be my favorite color combination of succulents–probably because plants in blue or orange are very rare and unusual, and the colors are so intense. But this red and green arrangement is super vibrant and exciting, too!
What's the deal with this little rhyme? It's actually a "formula" that's commonly used in the world of container arrangements–and it's probably one of the most widely suggested guidelines for designing an arrangement.
It's so simple, and it results in great arrangements every time.
A "thriller" succulent is one that's large, tall, spikey, or dramatically different from the other succulents in the arrangement. It should stand out as the first thing people notice when they see the design.
"Filler" succulents, on the other hand, make up the bulk of the arrangement. "Filler" doesn't mean boring or dull, though! Choose "filler" succulents that complement your "thriller" while still providing some visual interest, whether it's their color or texture. You can even use multiple succulent varieties!
"Spiller" succulents hang over the edge of the pot. These are typically trailing succulents like "String of Pearls", "String of Bananas" or "String of Hearts". These can also be longer succulents like Sedum "Burrito" that will eventually trail as they grow more.
Whatever kinds of "spiller" you choose, just make sure they cover the edge of your pot in some way. It can make all the difference for the longevity of your arrangement!
As fun as it is to put together an exciting arrangement, it's also important to factor the kind of light your succulent needs in your design choices. While succulents growing indoors generally require as much light as possible, there's actually quite a bit of variation in the amount of sunlight each species needs.
For example, Sansevierias are very tolerant of low lighting and don't like full sun. Sedum nussbaumerianum on the other hand, needs full sun in order to maintain it's intense color and compact shape.
It's crucial to make sure your arrangement combines succulents with similar lighting needs.
A full list of the succulents that like full sun, or partial shade, or low light, could easily fill a whole book–or a website! However, you can identify the succulents you own and then look up their light needs on World of Succulents or San Marcos Growers.
A Google search for the succulent's name will also help you find out more about what they need in terms of light.
When you're planting succulents outdoors, it's important to make sure you choose species that can handle the amount of light they'll receive in your garden. Not all succulents will tolerate full sun, while others will wither away if they're shaded all day.
Combining succulents with similar lighting needs will ensure that your whole arrangement (or garden bed) stays looking great for years to come!
Just as your arrangement needs to combine plants with similar lighting needs, it's equally important to combine plants that need similar amounts of water.
The easiest way to tell a plant's water needs at a glance is by examining its leaf thickness. But if you're not sure, it's best to identify the succulents you're working with, and look up their specific watering needs on. World of Succulents or San Marcos Growers, or just do a basic Google search for your succulent.
Whether you're following a specific technique, rule or tip, or just going wild and crazy making up your own rules, you'll find that succulents are a lot of fun to combine. There's really no "wrong way" to combine succulents, as long as they have similar light and watering needs, and you're using well-draining soil and proper watering techniques.
For even more tips and inspiration, just pick up a copy of my book, Idiot's Guides: Succulents.
Speaking of stunning succulent arrangements… I wanted to show you an amazing succulent-filled table created by the couple behind Redeeming Eden. I had the opportunity to meet their wonderful family and was able to photograph several arrangements they had created.
While I was in their garden I was immediately drawn to this table. Creating something like this has been on my to-do list for a while. After seeing theirs, I hope I can do as good a job. They built the table themselves and stained it with Olympic Maximum Waterproofing Sealant to prevent any water damage. I'm in love with how it looks!
If you're looking to create a project like this, remember to add drainage holes to prevent your succulents from rotting. What a great way to make a statement though, right? The size of the table is perfect. Not too small, not too large. You could definitely add this to a seating area on your porch and it would be both useful and decorative.
Are you feeling inspired to make something great with succulents? Be sure to sign up for Debra's class and check out our projects page. I'd also love to see any projects you've made! Feel free to send me photos or share them on my Facebook page.
Are you wanting to learn even more about arranging succulents?
The first course will help you with the business aspect of selling arrangements. Jacki has run a successful business selling succulents and has a lot of great advice in the course.
The second is more in line with your question, how to make arrangements of different kinds. While she doesn't cover hanging arrangements, Debra gives some great tips for creating arrangements that look very professional.
I'd also recommending following The Succulent Perch on Facebook as Cindy Davison, one of my favorite designers, shares a lot of tips for putting together arrangements. You can find some of her advice and arrangements in my book, Idiot's Guides: Succulents, as well.
I will use a lot of this info in my presentation titled " fun with succulent design in a container pot" for my garden club!


There iѕ a grоwing nееd fоr affordable rеntаl hоuѕing in rurаl Amеriса. The Nаtiоnаl Rurаl Hоuѕing Coalition indiсаtеѕ thаt 35 percent of rurаl rеntеrѕ аrе соѕt-burdеnеd, mеаning thаt thеу spend mоrе than 30 реrсеnt оf thеir inсоmе on hоuѕing costs. Thе U.S. Department оf Agriculture's (USDA's) Sесtiоn 515 Rural Rental Hоuѕing loans for very lоw-, low-, аnd mоdеrаtе-inсоmе families; elderly people; and реорlе with disabilities have been uѕеd ѕuссеѕѕfullу tо hоuѕе the rurаl рорulаtiоn since 1949.
Aѕ оf April 2010, thе аvеrаgе inсоmе оf Section 515 tеnаntѕ, реr USDA, wаѕ $11,086.8 According to аn analysis by thе Hоuѕing Aѕѕiѕtаnсе Council, thеrе were 13,838 Section 515 properties with 416,688 rеntаl unitѕ in the United Stаtеѕ in 2016. Almоѕt twо-thirdѕ of thе hоuѕеhоldѕ in thеѕе рrореrtiеѕ received rental аѕѕiѕtаnсе frоm USDA. Mаnу оf thеѕе properties, hоwеvеr, аrе аррrоасhing their еѕtimаtеd loan mаturitу оr рауоff dаtе, аt whiсh timе they can еxit the Section 515 рrоgrаm.
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How an Albertan clinical trial made breast cancer treatment safer for women across the country
By Jennifer Friesen
Since 1998, the drug known as Herceptin has played an integral role in effectively treating Canadian breast cancer patients.
Originally used in combination with chemotherapy for women diagnosed with stage 4 breast cancer, Herceptin proved successful in preventing the recurrence and spread of cancer. But it also became clear that the medication had a dangerous side-effect. The treatment caused a strain on patients' heart health — especially if they were predisposed to cardiovascular issues.
In 2005, the use of Herceptin, which is still almost always used in combination with chemotherapy, morphed from late-stage cancer treatment to the curative standard for early-stage breast cancer patients, bringing consistently positive results. However, along with the positive results, it was apparent that the heart damaging side-effects were a consistent downside.
Dr. John Mackey, professor of oncology at the University of Alberta and director of clinical trials at Edmonton's Cross Cancer Institute (CCI), says that rates of heart failure in breast cancer patients using Herceptin "ranged as high as five to six per cent."
In addition to possible future heart concerns, the cardiac health issues of women during their Herceptin treatment would often interrupt their progress as they grappled with their diagnosis. Mackey says that, while breakthroughs in breast cancer are positive, it's important to keep the rest of the body healthy simultaneously.
"People have their hearts forever," he says. "Hopefully their breast cancer is behind them after treatment, so if you can prevent that extra damage in the first place, they're less likely to have heart problems in the future."
For more than two decades, Dr. Edith Pituskin has been working at the CCI, where she's treated both breast cancer patients and heart failure patients as a result of Herceptin treatment. A long-time colleague of Mackey's, Pituskin approached him in 2010 with an idea to start a clinical trial to get to the root of the problem.
"Instead of patching people together after the heart damage has been done, we asked if there was a way to prevent the heart damage in the first place," says Mackey.
Joining forces with Dr. Ian Paterson, a cardiologist with expertise in heart imaging, the trio launched the MANTICORE clinical trial at the CCI.
Funded in part from the generous support of Alberta Cancer Foundation donors, MANTICORE — an acronym for Multidisciplinary Approach to Novel Therapies In Cardiology Oncology Research — brought in 104 breast cancer patients from Alberta and Manitoba between 2011 to 2014.
One-third of patients received a beta-blocker to lower adrenaline and stress on the heart, the next third received Perindopril, which is a common medication to lower blood pressure, and the final third received a placebo.
"The idea of the study is that everyone's going to go on Herceptin," says Mackey. "We know they have a risk of getting heart damage, but instead of waiting for them to get heart damage, we'll give them those heart recovery medications upfront, or a placebo, to see what works."
Throughout the process, patients underwent cardiac MRIs to provide images of the heart and monitor their cardiac health over time.
"It was honestly a surprise at the end," says Mackey. "When we went in, I think we would have bet on Perindopril winning, but it was actually the beta-blocker. But, no one had ever asked that question before. That's why clinical trials are so important."
Since the MANTICORE clinical trial was published in March 2017, it has become a part of the Canadian guideline for medical professionals. When breast cancer patients with cardiovascular risks are prescribed Herceptin, they are also treated with the beta-blockers recommended by the MANTICORE trial.
"Thousands of women are treated with Herceptin every year to prevent recurrence," says Mackey. "I'd say that a quarter of those women are receiving MANTICORE-type drugs to prevent heart damage. We had an idea that seemed far-fetched, but it turned out to be a good one. So, to actually find something new and surprising that helps people, that's wonderful, because that's the whole reason we do clinical trials – to help people."
Thanks to Alberta Cancer Foundation donors, scientists in this province played a big role in testing a combination of treatments to learn that the breast cancer drug Herceptin only works on women whose tumours have a genetic profile called HER2-positive. That knowledge changed standard practice in Alberta and improved the lives of many Albertans and women around the world.
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Time: Begins Friday evening at 6 p.m. and continues through Sunday morning at 11:30 a.m.
Come for a day or a couple of days. The time is yours: attend Mass, rest, relax, walk, read, pray, journal, follow the lead of the God who is waiting for you.
Donation for this silent time of reflection and prayer is $150.00 and includes overnight accommodations and meals. Spiritual direction is an additional $40.00.
To register for this retreat, send a $15.00 deposit to Marillac Center, 4200 South 4th Street, Leavenworth, KS 66048-5054.
Make checks payable to Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth.
All are welcome. Scholarships are available.
Deposit of $15 due by Jan. 4, 2019 to reserve your place for this retreat. Please make your check payable to the Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth and mail to: Marillac Center 4200 S. 4th Street Leavenworth, KS 66048.


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