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On the Patti Vasquez Show: Patti is coming at you LIVE yet again from Illinois' capital, Springfield Illinois and riding shot-gun the whole show is Chicago Tribune's editorial cartoonist, Scott Stantis. Listen in as Patti and Scott chat with Representatives and member of the Senate about all things happening down in our state's capital.
Patti kicks off the show by talking with Representative Will Guzzardi. Representative Guzzardi is a Democratic member of the Illinois House of Representatives who represents the 39th district. Then Patti is joined with a Democratic member of the Illinois Senate, representing the 7th district, Senator Heather Steans. Next on the show, Patti is joined with Representative Rob Martwick. Rep. Robert Martwick Jr. is a Democratic member of the Illinois House of Representatives, representing the 19th District since 2013.
On the latter half of the show Patti is joined with Illinois state representative for the 12th district in Springfield, Sara Feighenholtz. Feighnholtz champions a multitude of complex legislative and budgetary issues, reinforcing her statewide reputation as an effective legislator and champion of accessible health care, human services, and adoption reform. Next on the show Patti is joined with Representative John Cabello. Cabello has served as a Republican member of the Illinois House of Representatives since his appointment in August 2012.
To close out the show, Patti and Scott are joined by Kenneth Jakubowski and Dave Lundy to do a final recap of all things that have been finalized down in Springfield and to discuss what they believe is next to come for the state of Illinois.
https://wgnradio.com/2019/06/01/patti-vasquez-show-05-31-19-live-from-springfield-il-day-two/
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2017 Nerds of a Feather Hugo Award Longlist, Part 2: Visual Work Categories
Welcome to our continuing presentation of the Nerds of a Feather 2017 Hugo Award Longlist (see part 1 here). Today will look at Graphic Story and the two Dramatic Presentation categories.
As before, we here at 'nerds of a feather, flock together' are presenting a collective longlist of potential Hugo nominees that we think are worthy of your consideration. These selections represent the spectrum of tastes, tendencies, and predilections found among our group of 13 writers.
As a reminder, this list should not at all be considered comprehensive. Some outstanding works will not make our longlist for the simple reason that we have not seen or read it. We encourage you to think of this as a list of candidates to consider alongside works which you are already familiar, nothing more and nothing less.
Graphic Story
Landry Mark, Art by Ashley Witter and Richard Pace. Bloodthirsty: One Nation Under Water [Titan Comics, 2016]
Liu, Marjorie., Art by Sana Takeda. Monstress: Awakening [Image Comics, 2016]
Sanderson, Brandon & Rik Hoshin. White Sand: Volume 1 [Dynamite Comics, 2016]
Vaughan, Brian K., Art by Cliff Chiang. Paper Girls: Volume 1 [Image Comics, 2016]
Vaughan, Brian K., Art by Fiona Staples. Saga: Volume 6 [Image Comics, 2016]
Dramatic Presentation, Long Form
Arrival, directed by Dennis Villeneuve [Paramount Pictures, 2016]
Captain America: Civil War, directed by Joe & Anthony Russo [Marvel Studios, 2016]
Deadpool, directed by Tim Miller [20th Century Fox, 2016]
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, directed by Gareth Edwards [Lucasfilm, 2016]
Sense8: Happy Fucking New Year, directed by Lana Wachowski [Netflix, 2016]
Zootopia, directed by Byron Howard, Rich Moore, Jared Moore [Walt Disney Pictures, 2016]
Dramatic Presentation, Short Form
Ash vs. Evil Dead (Season Two), created by Sam Raimi, Ivan Raimi, Tom Spezialy [Starz, 2016]
Recommended Episodes: "The Morgue" (Ep 2), "Ashy Slashy" (Ep 8)
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (Season One), created by Max Landis (BBC America, 2016)
Recommended Episode: "Two Sane Guys Doing Normal Things" (Ep 8)
Game of Thrones (Season Six), created by David Benioff and D.B. Weiss [HBO, 2016]
Recommended Episodes: "The Door" (Ep 5), "Battle of the Bastards"(Ep 9)
The Expanse (Season One), created by Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby, [Syfy, 2016]
Recommended Episode: "Leviathan Wakes" (Ep 10)
iZombie (Season Two), created by Rob Thomas [CW, 2016]
Recommended Episodes: "Salivation Army" (Ep 19), "Love & Basketball" (Ep 5)
The Shannara Chronicles (Season One), [MTV, 2016]
Stranger Things (Season One), created by Matt Duffer, Ross Duffer [Netflix, 2016]
Recommended Episodes: "Chapter Four: The Body," "Chapter Six: The Monster"
Westworld (Season One), created by Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy [HBO, 2016]
Recommended Episodes: "Trompe L'Oeil" (Ep 7) "The Bicameral Mind" (Ep 10)
X-Files (Season Ten), created by Chris Carter [Fox, 2016]
Recommended Episode: "Founders Mutation" (Ep 2)
POSTED BY: Joe Sherry - Writer / Editor at Adventures in Reading since 2004. Nerds of a Feather contributor since 2015, editor since 2016. Minnesotan.
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2017 Nerds of a Feather Hugo Award Longlist, Part 1: Fiction Categories
In the midst of last year's slate voting controversy, our erstwhile founding editor The G asked the flock here at Nerds of a Feather if we would come together to put out a longlist of works we would recommend for Hugo consideration. Flock Together we did.
The rules for inclusion were simple--just: (a) meet the eligibility criteria; and (b) be "award worthy" (i.e. good). Given the subjectivity of the latter, it should come as no surprise that the selections on our longlist reflect the spectrum of tastes, tendencies and predilections found among our group of writers. You'll find selections ranging from the obscure and literary to the unabashedly popular and commercial, and from all corners and subdivisions of the genresphere.
That said, this is not nor intends to be a comprehensive survey of the field. Some books that are undoubtedly "award worthy," for example, are absent for the simple reason that we haven't read them yet. Thus we encourage you to think of this as a list of candidates to consider--alongside others.
Given the vast number of Hugo categories, we've also made the decision to split the longlist up into multiple posts. Today we look at the fiction categories (Best Novel, Best Novella, Best Novelette and Best Short Story). For fiction that is available free of charge, we've embedded a direct link to the story. For novels and works of short fiction that are not available for free, the embedded link redirects to a review.
In the interest of being transparent, it is worth noting that several of our writers have published fiction in 2016. Because it would be a conflict of interest, we are not including them on our longlist, but would still invite anyone interested to take a look at their work. Charles has a list of his eligible fiction here and Chloe has her list of fiction here.
Anders, Charlie Jane. All the Birds in the Sky [Tor, 2016]
Bennett, Robert Jackson. City of Blades [Broadway Books, 2016]
Elliott, Kate. Poisoned Blade [Little Brown for Young Readers, 2016]
Gonzalez, Manuel. The Regional Office is Under Attack! [Riverhead, 2016]
Hatton, Jackie. Flesh and Wires [Aqueduct Press, 2016]
Hutchinson, Dave. Europe In Winter [Solaris, 2016]
Jemisin, N.K. The Obelisk Gate [Orbit, 2016]
Older, Malka. Infomocracy [Tor.com Publishing, 2016]
Sapkowski, Andrzej. The Tower of the Swallow [Orbit/Gollancz, 2016]
Squailia, Gabriel. Viscera [Talos, 2016]
Tilahun, Na'amen Gobert. The Root [Night Shade, 2016]
Thompson, Tade. Rosewater [Apex, 2016]
Whitehead, Colson. Underground Railroad [Doubleday, 2016]
Yap, Isabel. Hurricane Heels [Book Smugglers, 2016]
Cade, Octavia. The Convergence of Fairy Tales [Book Smugglers, 2016]
Foster, Emily. The Drowning Eyes [Tor.com Publishing, 2016]
Lavalle, Victor. The Ballad of Black Tom [Tor.com Publishing, 2016]
McGuire, Seanan. Every Heart a Doorway [Tor.com Publishing, 2016]
Penny, Laurie. Everything Belongs to the Future [Tor.com Publishing, 2016]
Shi, Gu (translated by S. Qiouyi Lu and Ken Liu). "Chimera" [Clarkesworld, 2016]
Wallace, Matt. Pride's Spell [Tor.com Publishing, 2016]
Wallace, Matt. Lustlocked [Tor.com Publishing, 2016]
Wilson, Kai Ashante. A Taste of Honey [Tor.com Publishing, 2016]
Debonnaire, Meredith. "The Life and Times of Angel Evans" [The Book Smugglers, 2016]
Hoffmann, Ada. "The Scrape of Tooth and Bone" [GigaNotoSaurus, 2016]
Lemberg, Rose. "The Book of How to Live" [Beneath Ceaseless Skies, 2016]
Miller, Sam. "Angel, Monster, Man" [Nightmare, 2016]
Owomoyela, An. "Unauthorized Access" [Lightspeed, 2016]
Takács, Bogi. "Standing on the Floodbanks" [GigaNotoSaurus, 2016]
Vernon, Ursula. "The Tomato Thief" [Apex, 2016]
Wong, Alyssa. "You'll Surely Drown Here If You Stay" [Uncanny, 2016]
Wallace, Matt. "Small Wars" [Tor.com]
Bolander, Brooke "Our Talons Can Crush Galaxies" [Uncanny, Issue 13]
Bulkin, Nadia. "The House That Jessica Built" [The Dark, 2016]
Cox, Stephen. "1957" [Apex, 2016]
Harris, Nin. "Butter-Daughters" [Sockdolager, 2016]
Iriarte, José Pablo. "Life in Stone, Glass, and Plastic" [Strange Horizons, 2016]
Jemisin, N.K. "The City Born Great" [Tor.com, 2016]
Killjoy, Margaret. "Everything that Isn't Winter" [Tor, 2016]
Little Badger, Darcie. "Black, Their Regalia" [Fantasy, 2016]
Moher, Aidan. "The Penelope Qingdom" [Mothership Zeta, 2016]
Nichols, Russell. "u wont remember dying" [Terraform, 2016]
Onyebuchi, Tochi. "Screamers" [Omenana, 2016]
Rustad, A. Merc. "The Gentleman of Chaos" [Apex, 2016]
Tidbeck, Karin. "Listen" [Tor.com, 2016]
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Weekend Mixtape (1.27.17)
I realize most of us are tense and nervous right now, but it's the weekend, and everyone needs a little relief from time to time. With that in mind, I'd like to share a short playlist for your Friday commute or lazy Saturday morning. It's warm and sunny, like a perfect California day. So put the top down--literally or metaphorically--and enjoy!
Oh, and thanks to Tia for posting this on my behalf! -G
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Joe Hill and company have teamed up with Israel Skelton to raise money for the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund and other charities. Proceeds from items containing the Biblio Key that can be purchased here will raise money for some extremely valuable causes. I have a couple of keys (and some great Chew items!) from Skelton Studio and have been blown away by everything. Hill promises that the Biblio Key will make an appearance in a future Locke and Key issue and the keys in this sale are limited to 600 and contain multiple signatures, including Hill and Locke and Key artist Gabriel Rodriguez. Go buy an amazing collectible and support a worthy cause!
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #66 - I am a huge fan of Alopex and am thrilled to have another issue that revolves around her story after she vanished a few issues back after trying to kill Splinter and the Turtles. Alopex's development throughout this series has been an absolute joy. She was an interesting villain working with the Shredder, but evolved into more than a mutant fox who was a foe to the turtles. She became a character that I invested in, only to have Kitsune take control of her mind and force her back towards the darker side of things. Raph and Angle have tracked Alopex to Alaska and are making one last attempt to help her rid herself of the demons that plague her. In addition to the development that Alopex has had throughout the series, her impact on Raph is noteworthy and has really changed the dynamic of him and his relationship to everyone else. It is nice to find closure in this arc and I cannot wait to see what lies ahead now that this book is closed.
Saga #42 - This issue was a giant punch in the gut and I curse Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples for making me feel things. The final pages of this issue are extremely powerful and will haunt my dreams for the weeks to come.
Dept. H #10 - Matt and Sharlene Kindt's underwater Whodunit continues this week as we gain some valuable insight into what could be motivation for the murder. Through a heartfelt flashback, we learn about Mia's childhood and how her father's devotion to his exploration came at the expense of her mother and other relationships. This issue was a nice break from the drama that is currently happening in the underwater lab, and shined some valuable light on what Mia was like as a child. I love the breadth of characters that the Kindt's have delivered and have enjoyed peering into the past in an attempt to uncover what is happening in the present.
Daredevil #16 - I continue to enjoy the hell out of Charles Soule's run with the Man without Fear. If you recall, Daredevil put a bounty on his own head to deal with the grief of what happened to Blindspot, only to find out that Bullseye ended up taking someone up on the offer. In addition to punching a lot of baddies in an attempt to make sense of what happened, Daredevil speaks to a Catholic priest to attempt to put everything into a proper context. Turns out this priest is a member of The Ordo Draconum, a militant Catholic order founded in the 15th century. Through his self reflection via the priest's advice and through stopping Bullseye, Daredevil is ready to move on and wraps things up confessing his true identity to the priest. I am excited to see what the next arc will bring us!
Star Wars #27 - In an odd flashback of an issue, we continue with the story of Yoda and things have taken an odd turn. It seems the planet that was calling to Yoda is inhabited only by children and has a mountain that seems to be made up of a blue rock that is filled with the force. This draws Yoda to the mountain, only to lead to his capture by another group of children who chain him up in chains made up of this mysterious blue rock. While it was far from my favorite issue in the series, there is enough mystery to bring me back to learn more of this mountain.
POSTED BY MIKE N. aka Victor Domashev -- comic guy, proudly raising nerdy kids, and Nerds of a Feather contributor since 2012.
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This morning's run started off well. It was my normal midweek 15 miler, which (despite starting before the crack of dawn) I've actually grown to like. I always bring my Ipod along, thinking by mile five or so I'll be in need of some musical relief, and I almost never end up using it. The sun comes up, the miles tick by, and I get into the runner's groove.
Today started off no differently. I even brought my camera to try to capture some of the scenery from these early morning jaunts (see below.) While everyone else was sleeping, I was enjoying myself, having my own kind of fun out on the town. (Runners have a different definition of fun.) To add to the good vibes, these runs have gotten faster and today's first few miles followed the trend.
Points if you can guess what city I live in. A slap on the wrist if you can't.
But then, about halfway through, it took a turn for the worst. I hit a small molehill and my pace suffered like it was mountain. A few miles later, quite literally, the clouds rolled in. Often times, I don't mind running in the rain, but today, five miles from home and unprepared, wasn't one of them. I made it through the rest of the run, but it wasn't fun. I got home drenched to the bone, exhausted, and far from invigorated from my early morning effort.
But that's the thing about running. Often people compare running marathons to life; there are hills and valleys, good patches and bad. Sometimes you're struggling and sometimes you're high on life (or endorphins.) Training is no different. Some runs are great, some are terrible, some are a mix of both. But even on the worst mental days, be comforted by the fact that your heart and muscles are still getting the benefits. Training through the rough patches is excellent training for when they inevitably come up in a race. And even if you end up wet, exhausted, and just glad to be done, you can be comforted that there will be better days. And if you're lucky, you'll have the pictures to prove it.
When I first ran Charlottesville, reviews for the race warned me: "Do NOT run this race as your first marathon! The hills will kill you!" I ignored them, finished my first marathon despite crawling up a few hills, and now enough time has passed that I've sufficiently repressed the pain and am taking it on again. More prepared this time, and curious as to how I will do as a veteran.
But the hills still scare me. Even after I was happy about my last marathon pace workout doubts started setting in: maybe that route wasn't hilly enough, maybe I was going too easy on myself. Much like the optimistic New Year's resolution makers, at the beginning of every training season I tell myself I will be better at the little extras: I'll run my hill repeats and do my strength work. But as the season gets going, it's easy to slip into the rhythm, just check off workouts, and lose the perspective and desire to do the extras.
But after another disappointing tempo run last week, which I realized was the last tempo run of this training season (!!), I realized how close the hills of Charlottesville are. So for my long run Sunday, I tweeked my usual route to try to include more hills (often that meant just running up and down the same hill multiple times.) The workout was slow and beat me up sufficiently. My Garmin tracked the elevation, and the chart is below. Looking at it compared to Charlottesville, I see the "hilly" run wasn't hilly enough.
I've tried to line up my route with Charlottesville's and manipulate the scale so they are comparable. I highly suggest you do something similar in your own training. Even if you don't have a GPS watch, you should make note of where the hills are in the race and approximately how long they are (200 meters? half a mile? two miles?) If you can get a sense of the steepness, all the better. Then try to replicate the same in your workouts. If there is a hill towards the end of the race, make sure there's one at the end of your workout. In addition to building strength and power, it's incredibly important for mental preparation.
(1) The hills in the middle of my route are barely blips, I need to find something more significant.
(3) I need to get to work! Only six weeks left! Yikes this is going to be rough.
With Valentine's Day come and gone (and all my Valentine's Day chocolates already eaten) it's time to reflect on the health benefits of chocolate. I drink chocolate milk after tough workouts, as it's touted as the best recovery drink because of its optimal ratio of carbs to protein. Also, it's delicious. Now there is reason to believe it helps with endurance in addition to recovery.
As someone who both regularly exercises and indulges in chocolate, I was most interested in comparing the exercise + water and exercise + epicatechin groups. For exercised mice, epicatechin increased time spent running on a treadmill and increased the time before the EDL muscle (of the front of the leg) fatigued. Muscle capillarity, which increases oxygenation of the tissue, and mitochondrial proteins were also increased in the exercise + epicatechin compared to the exercise + water group. For our purposes, it seems that exercise in combination with epicatechin is better than just exercise alone. Bring on the chocolate!
Epicatechin got a lot of press a few years ago, when Dr. Norman Hollenberg published findings from the Kuna tribe living off the coast of Panama. The Kuna are known to drink a lot of cocoa (40 cups a week!) They also have decreased risk of stroke, heart disease, cancer, and diabetes, four of the major causes of death in the Western world. Hollenberg argued that epicatechin should be considered a vitamin, essential for healthy living. This all sounds great to me, I have no trouble getting my daily epicatechin value. The catch: flavanols like epicatechin have been removed from most cocoa products because they taste too bitter. Some people suggested it might be necessary to get the nutritional value of epicatechin from a pill. Excuse me? A pill for chocolate? Where's the fun in that?
The good news is that all this talk about the benefits of chocolate has led to the emergence of dark chocolate as the real star. You've probably heard the heart healthy benefits of dark chocolate. And in fact, dark chocolate products have epicatechin present. So while I prefer my chocolate milky, I suppose I can deal with this compromise.
Notes: Hollenberg works for Mars (the company that makes M&Ms, Twix, etc.), so there is potential bias there. But in a nod to good nutrition, Mars announced a few months ago (and is getting more press today) that they are pulling the plug on all chocolate products over 250 calories. Which means I won't be getting any more of these. Finally, epicatechin is also in tea, a beverage for which I may just be close to the 40 cups/week limit.
A new study identifies a hormone that may reproduce some of the effects of exercise.
They identified this hormone by looking at the effects of PGC1-alpha, a protein produced during exercise that is known to increase mitochondria and regulate switching between muscle fiber types. Mice genetically engineered to express PGC1-alpha in muscles had increased conversion of white adipose tissue to brown adipose tissue, similar to mice that exercised. They sought to identify what could be responding to PGC1 in fat cells, reasoning there must be a factor that muscles were releasing that affected fat cells. After narrowing their search, they checked their candidates in humans who underwent a ten-week exercise program and found increases in the mRNA (the stuff that makes proteins) of these proteins. One protein in particular, FNDC5, had significant effects on the expression of genes that regulate brown fat. Cells treated with FNDC5 had increased mitochondria and oxygen consumption (a measure of energy expenditure.) Importantly, they found that FNDC5 is cut and part of it is released outside the cell. The secreted part is what they called irisin, and since it travels from muscle cells to fat cells, it's characterized as a hormone. They named their newly identified hormone after the Greek messenger goddess Iris (personally, I would have gone with Pheidippides for a Greek messenger.) They found elevated levels of irisin in the blood of mice and humans following endurance exercise (they defined this as 10 weeks of 20-35 minutes of biking 4-5 times a week.) Finally, mice injected with FNDC5 had increased irisin and browning of white adipose tissue. In obese mice, there was also a decrease in body weight, an increase in oxygen consumption, and reduced insulin after fasting.
The paper ends with the obligatory plug for how this finding could lead to better therapeutics for people who struggle with diabetes or obesity. But, I have to say, I'm not convinced. Too often we hear talk about some miracle drug that will burn fat while you lay on the couch watching reruns of Real Housewives. Photoshopped images try to convince us that this miracle drug leads to dropped pounds, lost inches, and happier lives. And while I absolutely hope we can find a way to cure America's obesity problem, I don't think giving people this hormone or any other drug will ever replace the benefits of exercise. Even if irisin does promote fat conversion and increase energy expenditure, there is a whole host of other things exercise does that one hormone won't be able to mimic. I predict that even if we do discover the miracle weight loss drug, it will only be a matter of time before we realize some benefit of exercise we missed and start trying to design new drugs. In John J. Ratey's book Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain, he describes a whole slew of neurological and psychological disorders and details how exercise helps alleviate symptoms in all of them. A few chapters in, it becomes a bit repetitive (ADHD, cured by exercise! Alzheimer's disease, cured by exercise! Depression, cured by exercise!) but it is filled with studies proving what us runners already know: running is the ultimate miracle cure. Dropped pounds, lost inches, happier lives. Why are we searching for drugs when we already have good old-fashioned exercise?
Marathon pace workouts also help promote faith in your training. Because they are only done every few weeks, there is time in between when the benefits of your training are taking effect. Even though you're cruising through your long runs at a slower pace, when a marathon pace workout comes around, you're able to see that you are actually able to sustain a faster pace. Second, they get longer as the season progresses, but if things are going well, they will also get faster, again proving your training is working.
This morning, I had my 18 miler with 12 MP. I was dreading it. Like I said, these are the workouts to nail, and I had been disappointed with the others I had done this training season. A few weeks prior I had done an 18 miler with 10 MP at 6:53 pace. After that run I was happy that I was seeing progress (a few weeks before had been even slower over 8 MP miles.) But I was aiming for the 6:40 range and so was simultaneously disappointed. To get myself going for today's workout (and not stress myself out), I decided to aim for 6:50 for the first 5 miles, and then try to get down in the 6:40s for the last 7. Having recently run a tempo run (which was only 6 miles of fast running) in the 6:30 range, this still seemed overly optimistic. But breaking it up a bit (rather than trying to run all 12 MP miles at 6:40) made it seem more doable.
Growing up, my parents had NPR playing constantly, so much so that I was conditioned, in a very Pavlovian way, to associate the chime the station plays before the 6 o'clock news with dinner being placed on the table. Now that I'm grown and have quit complaining about it, I've decided to unashamedly steal one of their segments as inspiration for this blog. Apologies to NPR and Science Friday. Any problems can be addressed to my parents or the NPR Brainwashing Authorities.
By day, I'm an (aspiring) scientist and I hope to dedicate a least part of this space to the intersection between science and running. There are a lot of myths about running I'd like to address and I'll try my best to keep up on some of the better controlled studies being published.
After hearing I run marathons, people love to tell me how it might kill me. (Also, how I won't have knees when I'm older, but that's a topic for another post.) The fear of deaths during marathons is similar to the fear of flying. It's far more dangerous to get in car and drive every day, just as it's far more destructive to your health to sit on the couch all day. But neither of those every day things get media coverage.
Every year, over half a million people run marathons. Sadly, a small number of people suffer heart attacks and die doing it. It is not a sport to be taken lightly, and the waivers you sign and endless warnings are a constant reminder. Famous cases (Ryan Shay, a competitor at the 2008 Olympic trials) and those closer to home (Sean McCarthy, who ran track with me in high school and died in a race I also ran) prove to us that no one is immune. But as a new study shows, the risk is actually quite small, especially compared to other sports.
Compared to other sports, the authors conclude the risk of death during long distance running races is low. Their data estimates 1 death in 259,000 participants, while they mention rates for collegiate athletes (1 death in 43,770), triathletes (1:52,630), and healthy middle-aged joggers (1:7,620) being much higher. So what does this all mean? Overall, the risk of death is incredibly low, but of course, you still need to be safe out there, especially if you have a family history.
Full disclosure/potential bias: Both I and the principle investigator of this study are marathoners. He beats me though, with 30 marathons under his belt and a PR of 2:49.
An early warning to you faithful readers: I enjoy statistics, useless numerical facts, and lists and rankings of all kinds. Recently All-athletics.com compiled a list of the best marathon times of 2011. Jackpot! They ranked all the times worldwide for men who ran under 3:30 (150,000) and women under 4:00 (65,000). People can double-dip (i.e. be listed for multiple times from multiple races.) In terms of American performances on the world stage, they are quite humbling.
On the women's side, Desi tops the American list in 12th. Kara is 46th and Amy Hastings is next at 103. I think the American women are in better shape than the men in terms of being able to make the podium and place high in big races, but this number crunching certainly doesn't help my argument. (The women's times for the trials would have put them in the 50s.) Liliya Shobukova (from Russia) earned both the first and fourth spot. Look out for her in London, she is certainly a favorite.
Celebrating being number 2.... thousand.
Enough with the celebrities! Yours truly came in twice, at 2111 and 2705. Yikes, that sounds terrible! But, I'll kindly remind you there were 65,000 times listed and my first marathon time wouldn't have even made the list. So I've come a long way, but still have a long way to go. Finally, the last stat to keep with the theme of this blog: making the American 2012 Olympic trials standard (<2:46) would have put you in the top 1133 women.
For you fellow number lovers out there: The rankings.


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DepartsFlights to Churchill from Winnipeg will depart from the Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport, located at 2000 Wellington Ave in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Transportation to Dan's Diner will depart from the Fifty Eight North gift shop - Home of the Tundra Buggy® at 124 Kelsey Boulevard in Churchill. Flights back to Winnipeg from Churchill will depart from the Churchill Airport, located in Churchill, Manitoba.
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Country Legend, Kenny Rogers Shares His Retirement Plan
By James Lambert | November 22, 2017
We all know that one of the legends of country music, Kenny Rogers, has entertained the world for more than seven decades. Now, at the age of 79, the country artist decided to retire and spend more time at home his wife and kids.
After Rogers participated in a farewell concert in Nashville that brought together a lot of country music's biggest stars, he will wrap up his 'The Gambler's Last Deal: Christmas & Hits Tour' in mid-December. After his tour, the country legend will take a step back and enjoy all life has to offer. Rogers' plan during his retirement, is downsizing his house for a smaller one.
"We're thinking about right now… we have a huge house and it's hard for me to get around. We're thinking about selling our house and buying a smaller house on a larger piece of property so the boys can go outside."
More room for his 13-year-old twins is something Rogers hopes will help expend some of their rowdy energy.
"They're at that noise making age. I don't care what they do, they're into scaring everybody. They walk around, they walk and they go, 'Boo.' I said, 'Don't you ever do that to me. I might not jump, I'll fall.' They just love it. I said, 'When are you going to outgrow that?' They go, 'I don't know,' and they don't. I mean they're big boys, but they're only 13, and I have to remember that," Rogers said with a laugh.
The Gambler's Last Deal: Christmas & Hits Tour will wrap December 17 in Glens Falls, NY. Thereafter, performance dates for the legendary entertainer will come few and far between with his next scheduled appearance at the Stagecoach Festival in Indio, California, taking place April 27-29 2018.
As a bonus, here is a music video of The Gambler. Enjoy!
Dolly Parton Talks About a Possible Sequel for 9 to 5 and more on The View
Country Singer Richard Lynch Honored with American Patriot Award
Dolly Parton Admits Who Her First Crush Was
Dolly Parton's 50th Anniversary Show at the Opry to Air on NBC
Taylor Swift Makes AMA History as the Most-Awarded in 1 Night
Shania Twain Calls out 'Very Ageist' Country Music Radio Stations
Sam Hunt Gets Arrested for DUI
Shania Twain Takes 2019 AMA to the Glory of the 90's
Kane Brown is 2019's Favorite Male Artist at the American Music Awards


The former Evening Standard Print Press building, now an awarding winning music and arts venue, has undergone a major expansion.
The extension at the Printworks in Surrey Quays is able to hold 3,000 people - with a strong list of acts already signed to perform there.
The venue is also involved in helping to create the UK's first Musuem of Youth Culture.
Simeon Aldred is the creative director, and told London Live's Anthony Baxter about the plans.


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Replacing a standard storage heater for a Elnur ECOHHR or Elnur ECOSSH and using a single supply.
On the 1st January 2018, a new regulation affecting "the ecodesign requirements for local space heaters" will be implemented….
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Q: Can i do anything to make my webscraper look better? I got my desired output, but it is all over the place, how do I make it cleaner?
import requests
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup

page = requests.get('https://www.titan.fitness/strength/dumbbells/rubber-coated-hex/rubber-hex-dumbbells-with-cast-iron-handle/HEXDBB-GROUP.html')
soup = BeautifulSoup(page.text, 'html.parser')

dumbbells_availability = soup.find(class_="set-items bundle-items container")
item = dumbbells_availability.find_all(class_="row product-detail set-item")
dumbbell1 = item[0]

availability = dumbbell1.find(class_="availability").get_text()
product_name = dumbbell1.find(class_="product-name").get_text()
print(availability)
print(product_name)

Here's the result:

A: Yes, you can.
Just use the getText() method with the strip argument set to True.
For example:
import requests
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup

page = requests.get('https://www.titan.fitness/strength/dumbbells/rubber-coated-hex/rubber-hex-dumbbells-with-cast-iron-handle/HEXDBB-GROUP.html')
soup = BeautifulSoup(page.text, 'html.parser')

dumbbells_availability = soup.find(class_="set-items bundle-items container")
item = dumbbells_availability.find_all(class_="row product-detail set-item")
dumbbell1 = item[0]

availability = dumbbell1.find(class_="availability").getText(strip=True)
product_name = dumbbell1.find(class_="product-name").getText(strip=True)
print(availability)
print(product_name)

Output:
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Chez www.anticorps-enligne.fr sont 117 Farnesyl Diphosphate Synthase (FDPS) Anticorps de 23 de différents fournisseurs disponibles. De plus, nous expédions FDPS Kits (16) et FDPS Protéines (13) et beaucoup plus de produits pour cette protéine. Un total de 152 FDPS produits sont actuellement listés.
Farnesyl diphosphate synthase (FPPS) of the dipteran Drosophila melanogaster has been cloned and its catalytic properties have been assessed.
Farnesyl pyrophosphate (FPP) allosterically regulated the activity of farnesyl pyrophosphate synthase.
FPPS mediates TGF-beta1-induced lung cancer cell invasion and epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition via the RhoA/Rock1 pathway.
These results are consistent with the previously proposed hypothesis that the allosteric pocket of human FPPS, located near the active site, plays a feed-back regulatory role for this enzyme.
our study indicated that DR patients have higher VEGF levels than diabetic patients without retinopathy, and -2578A/C (rs699947) and +405C/G (rs2010963) may be important factors in determining serum VEGF levels.
Results suggest that polymorphisms of the FDPS gene may influence the bone response to drugs targeting the mevalonate pathway, like statins.
A co-crystal structure of human farnesyl pyrophosphate synthase in complex with a bisphosphonate and two molecules of inorganic phosphate.
The results identify new classes of FPPS inhibitors, diterpenoids and sesquiterpenoids, that bind to the IPP site and may be of interest as anticancer and antiinfective drug leads.
LRP5 and FDPS loci age-specifically affect skeletal traits in healthy fertile women.
Data indicate compounds represent a new structural class of farnesyl pyrophosphate synthase (hFPPS) inhibitors and suggest a development of therapeutics.
The iPA-driven modulation of FDPS can cause an enhancement of post-translational prenylation essential for the biological activity of key proteins in NK signaling and effector functions, such as Ras.
FPPS was more highly expressed in prostate cancer vs. normal prostate tissue. The association of FPPS with established histopathological risk parameters and biochemical recurrence implicates a contribution of the mevalonate pathway to PC progression.
FPPS might play an important role in Ang II-induced cardiac hypertrophy and fibrosis in vivo, at least in part through RhoA, p-38 MAPK and TGF-beta1.
The crystal structure of human FPPS in complex with a novel bisphosphonate YS0470 and in the absence of a second substrate showed partial ordering of the tail in the closed conformation.
Common polymorphisms of the FDPS gene influence the response to bisphosphonates in osteoporotic women.
first study on the gene FDPS rs2297480 SNP in postmenopausal Thai women.The effect did not contribute to the baseline of bone mineral density nor bone turnover markers.
The A/C rs2297480 polymorphism of FDPS was highly differently distributed among osteonecrosis-of-the-jaw patients and controls, with a correlation between AA carrier status and occurrence of ONJ after 18-24 months of treatment with bisphosphonates.
Overexpression of FPPS aggravates myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury in mice.
Farnesyl pyrophosphate synthase (FPPS) may function as a potent regulator in myocardial remodelling. The FPPS-regulated signalling pathway is relevant to the pathological changes in cardiac hypertrophy and heart failure.
This gene encodes an enzyme that catalyzes the production of geranyl pyrophosphate and farnesyl pyrophosphate from isopentenyl pyrophosphate and dimethylallyl pyrophosphate. The resulting product, farnesyl pyrophosphate, is a key intermediate in cholesterol and sterol biosynthesis, a substrate for protein farnesylation and geranylgeranylation, and a ligand or agonist for certain hormone receptors and growth receptors. Drugs that inhibit this enzyme prevent the post-translational modifications of small GTPases and have been used to treat diseases related to bone resorption. Multiple pseudogenes have been found on chromosomes 1, 7, 14, 15, 21 and X. Multiple transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene.


Irrigation Projects - Nashville Irrigation Estimate Design Installation Repairs for Nashville, Brentwood, Franklin, Spring Hill, Nolensville TN Tennessee areas.
Here on this page you can see some photos from past irrigation / sprinkler projects.
On the above image you can see a modern water efficient nozzle sticking up from in the grass area of one of our irrigation projects.
Here in the above image are elbows, this is where the pipe bends, you can also see some other black water lines of flex pipe that are going out to irrigation heads.
Deep Trenches are important to irrigation success, this way they don't get damaged by vehicles or equipment on your property.
In the above image you can see a backflow preventer, these are required in our area and must be properly maintained. A backflow preventer stops irrigation water from getting into your drinking water and this is very important. If you were wondering what our pricing is like look below.
Our prices for sprinkler systems / irrigation systems is about average but our care and reputation make us the best choice.


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Marakele National Park, South Africa
Marataba
Price per night from$961.53
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Prices have been converted from the hotel's local currency (ZAR14,914.01), via openexchangerates.org, using today's exchange rate.
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Boho Limpopo
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Marataba is set at the foot of the Waterberg mountains and seamlessly blends contemporary design with natural materials in an area that abounds with wildlife. The romantic open-plan and luxurious suites allow the sights, sounds and smells of the magnificent Marakele National Park to flood in. Each suite has its own viewing deck from which you can survey the plains and the meandering river below.
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Twelve suites.
Double rooms from £812.99 (ZAR17,151), including tax at 15 per cent.
Rates include all meals, drinks and game drives.
Rooms have air-con, under-floor heating, roll-top baths, outdoor showers and private decks. The main lodge has a library.
Our favourite rooms
The suites nearest the river are best for wildlife.
The pool is surrounded by sunloungers and lush gardens.
Indulge in a variety of treatments in the privacy of your suite, all using Kalahari products.
Malaria pills are unnecessary, but insect repellent is still a good idea. A zoom lens is essential for the best wildlife photos.
Limpopo's Marakele National Park is malaria free.
Children over six are welcome.
On the verandah or in the boma.
Savannah style.
Lunch is normally served on the verandah 12.30pm–2pm. Dinner is served at 7.30pm in the elegant dining room, on the verandah, or in the boma under the stars. The menu is dominated by African flavours.
The bar has a relaxed atmosphere. All drinks are included in the cost of the room.
The bar closes when the last guest leaves.
A room service menu is available at all times.
Marataba Private Reserve Greater Marakele National Park Western Limpopo
Hoopdal
Charter flights can be arranged from Johannesburg to the Marakele airstrip.
Cars can be hired at Johannesburg's Tambo International Airport; the journey takes just over four hours on the R21, N1 and N4. Newly refurbished roads mean you won't need a 4x4, but make sure you leave plenty of time to get to your lodge: there's no driving in the park after 6pm.
Worth getting out of bed for
The dramatic Marakele National Park encompasses plains, dense bushveld, mountains and rivers. There is a very good chance of seeing the Big Five: lion, leopard, Cape buffalo, black rhino and elephant. The park is also home to a multitude of other animal species including rare antelope such as roan, sable and mountain reedbuck. This malaria-free wilderness also has the world's largest breeding colony of the endangered Cape vulture. Birdlife within the park is prolific with more than 400 species having been recorded.
By Mr & Mrs Smith
The pilot turned to me: 'Yes, if I switch this screen on it gives us a weather radar. Black indicates no significant weather, blue the beginnings of cloud cover and red means a high chance of hail and intense electrical storms.' He switches it on and the screen remains a monotonous black. No JFK Jr worries there then. On goes my iPod (Something for the Weekend Vol 2 if you insist on the details). Mr Smith is happy surveying the beginnings of the Low Velt (where many of South Africa's most popular bush experiences are located) with one eye on the radar. Mrs Smith is playing airhostess passing the drinks and snacks to a quiet German couple, their 11-year-old daughter in the row behind. The sky is clear and the irritation of a two-hour severe weather delay forgotten.
The radar screen suddenly becomes much more colourful and I yelp. The pilot is clearly regretting my cockpit spot in the co-pilot's seat. He assures me that the light is a result of the more mountainous terrain of the stunning Waterbergs. The GPS indicates two minutes 30 seconds to the our dirt landing strip where the German family are due to be deposited but the next thing we know it goes completely dark. The pilot turns off the weather radar and I casually retrieve my diary to make sure there are no eclipses planned. No such luck…. The first peal of thunder resonates through the plane. One minute 10 seconds to the strip. Lightening strikes just beyond the right wing. Then there is an enormous fork directly ahead. Forget Sébastian Tellier through my headphones, I can't even hear myself think any more – hail, rain, whatever is pelting down on us. 35 seconds to the strip says the GPS.
Disaster averted and so begins the next adventure – we have to do a fly-by over the dirt air strip to clear the elephants and zebras. You can't help but fall in love with this part of Africa: the landscape that dreams (and wildlife documentaries) are made of. We are all stretching our legs, when the pilot gathers this Mr and Mrs Smith together: 'Guys, that wasn't just a bit of drizzle that we went through as you may have noticed, so we're not going to be able to land where we need to in order to get you to your camp. I've called ahead to where the German couple are staying and they've agreed to look after you until your lodge can send a vehicle to collect you.' We agreed this is definitely a time to go with the flow.
Feeling energised from a rather unexpected flying experience, both of us are taken aback by the beauty and majesty of this unexpected place, the silent splendour of the peaks of the Waterberg mountains. As we went through the second set of electrified gates we at last knew the name of where we were headed: Marataba. With images of Robin Williams's Jumanji running through our minds we began to slowly pick up titbits of information. The camp is on private land bought by a Dutch philanthropist some 30 years previously and is comprised of a meagre 23,000 hectares, and supports only one camp. As we wend our way across dry riverbed, spotting impala, zebra and giraffe, we began to relax – fortune seems to be smiling on us after all.
As we round a turn in the road and through trees so dry they look like they have never seen water, we fleetingly catch our first glimpse of Marataba. It is drawn with modern lines, yet matches the landscape by using stone clearly drawn off this land. Pulling up to the entrance and parking under the shade of a hardwood awning we are greeted by the manager proffering a local fruit drink concoction that immediately soothes the aches and pains of heading into the unknown.
We are guided down the hallway and into a vast open-plan dining room decked out in such an elegant style that it could be ready for an interiors shoot. Just-so lighting and urbane stylings befitting an exclusive French ski chalet. To the left is the sitting room, furnished with huge chocolate-coloured leather sofas and a discreet library. Both rooms face a huge, uninterrupted glass wall overlooking a kraal below with the magnificent mountains rising above. Praise be, that our fellow travellers from the fatherland had such great taste.
'Well it looks like you're going to have to spend the night with us Mr & Mrs Smith. It seems that not only have problems been caused with the airstrip after that storm but also the roads.' 'Oh no, what a disaster' we beam back, completely overjoyed at stumbling across such a beautiful place. We are shown into our room, termed one of their family areas. Comprised of two tent/cottage hybrids, elegantly sculpted into the side of a hill, replete with view to die for and a high wall enclosing the two, creating a tiny community. As we open the screen doors which are on sliders rather than those fiddly zips), we truly know we've hit the jackpot.
A freestanding bath of dark-brown stone and a stand-alone no-curtain shower form a stylish wet room, located behind a screen of wire filigree bejewelled with ruby-like stones. The bed itself is an incalculable mass of softness, dark greens, soft woody brown combined with cooling and immaculate white sheets topped off with an air-conditioning unit above (quite a significant luxury in a tented camp). The whole experience being garnished by an ice-cold bottle of champagne. By now any animal-spotting has been well and truly gazumped. We're starting to like our safari lifestyle just like this, thanks.
After a hot soak in the bath watching the sunset (among other things, ahem), this pleased-with-themselves pair radio for a guide to guide us back to the candle-dotted gardens in front of the main building. It is like something out of a forgotten era, two fires on either side of the garden burning in shallow metal cauldrons. The gentle chirp of the crickets is occasionally interrupted by the deep resonance of lions in the distance.
The only two mistakes we made? Not to book Marataba in the first place. Oh, and maybe the plane option. When this outpost of Hunter's boutique-hotel hideaways, is so close to Johannesburg, a two-hour drive, you can hire a driver for less than the cost of the flight, it really makes more sense. How do we know all this? That's right, we've planned a trip back.
This luxury tented safari lodge was reviewed by Matthew Williamson
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Barry Council Office and Library is located in King's Square, Barry, Wales. The building was originally the town hall and building was officially opened on 22 April 1908. The library is the Vale of Glamorgan's county library.
The first lending library in Barry was opened in 1890, at 144 Holton Road. It later moved to a three-storey house on the Square, with the ground floor used as a reading room, the lending library on the second floor and caretaker's rooms on the top floor.
In 1903 the Council appealed to the Andrew Carnegie Trust for a grant to enable a public library for the Town to be built. A grant of £8,000 was awarded for its construction. The acquired Maes-y-Cwm Quarry and later filled it in, enabling the building of Central Park and the library, which was opened by the Earl of Plymouth on 1 March 1906.
The library was moved to the Leisure Centre in 2001, to allow the refurbishment of the Town Hall and Library buildings. The new library was opened on 4 January 2007. The redevelopment of the former town hall building cost £371,000, £124,000 more than had been set aside, the increased cost sparked an inquiry in February 2008. This was the first new county library to be opened in Wales for 10 years.