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Vidas Ilustres Presenta: Lovecraft, el hombre que revivió ritos espantosos (1972) by Editorial Novaro
The works of H. P. Lovecraft were first translated into Spanish (Castilian) and published in book form in the 1950s, no doubt some individual magazine appearances preceded those publications. But readers in Mexico in the 1970s could enjoy El color que cayó del cielo (1957 or 1964, Ediciones Minotauro), Obras escogidas (1966, Ediciones Acervo), En las montañas de la locura (1968, Eidtorial Seix Barral), El caso de Charles Dexter Ward (1971, Barral Editores), and Viajes al otro mundo (1971, Alianza Editorial)…and in September of 1972 in Mexico, eager young readers could snap up Vidas Illustres #292, thirty-two color pages dedicated to H. P. Lovecraft.
The date is significant; the first English-language biographical comic of H. P. Lovecraft was Kuchar's "H.P.L." in Arcade #3 (1975), and the first full-length biography, L. Sprague de Camp's Lovecraft: A Biography (1975), were both published three years later. While Charlton Comics had published a very brief piece on Lovecraft in Baron Weirdwulf's Haunted Library #61 (1971), that was only about a third of a page at the back of the book. Yet based on the details in the panels, the makers of this comic book (neither writer or artist is credited) obviously knew their Lovecraft. From the very first page:
This is a very fair snapshot of Lovecraft's life, as readers of imported Arkham House titles (or the cheaper paperback reprints) would have had in 1972, right down to signing off as "Luveh-Kerapf" ("Luveh-Keraph"). Nor were the writers/artists unwilling to show their influences:
This issue would have been on the stands next to Mexican horror comics like Tradicions y Leyendas de la Colonia, El Monje Loco (issue #52 of which contains an uncredited adaptation of "The Colour Out of Space"), Las Momias de Guanajuato, and Mini Terror. These were infinitely more lurid and creepy than nearly anything on the newsstands in the English-speaking world in the early 1970s, with the possible exception of Warren publications like Eerie and Creepy. Mexico had no Comics Code Authority, but the Comisión Calificadora de Publicaciones y Revistas Ilustradas had limited resources with which to censor comics.
In production quality, the paper and printing are cheap and shoddy by today's standards—but by 1970s standards, this wasn't half bad, definitely on the lower end of the scale of professional publication but far from embarrassing to be seen next to second-tier horror comics like Charlton's Haunted or Gold Key's Doctor Spektor. Some of the panel layouts in particular show an awareness and willingness to experiment. This triptych layout for example:
Not the height of comic art in the 1970s by any means, especially the bizarre anatomy of the critter in that lower right-hand panel, and the backgrounds are perfunctory at best, but the framework is more than just a four-by-four grid. Someone was definitely trying to invoke something, no matter the limitations of their skills or the medium.
While nominally Vidas Illustres #272 begins as a bio-comic of Lovecraft, by page eight it morphs into a very brief adaptation of "The Shadow over Innsmouth," presented as a quasi-biographical story of Lovecraft himself! This is actually pretty fair for such an abbreviated epic, with the most notable odd discrepancy being the mix of clothing styles—the protagonist's top-hat recalls the 1800s rather than the 1900s, although I suspect it owes something to The Haunted Palace (1963), a period horror film nominally adapting Edgar Allan Poe's story of the same name but really borrowing from Lovecraft's "The Case of Charles Dexter Ward"—the second figure in the third panel of the first page bears a distinct likeness to Haunted Palace star Vincent Price.
Some things did get lost in translation, or at least a little jumbled. The swastika-shaped signs are reduced to a single out-of-context panel that probably confused a lot of readers in a post-World War II Mexico. In one panel, "Iä! Iä! Cthulhu fhtagn" is transliterated as "¡Ia, Ia, Cthulu tfañg!" These are features more than flaws, writer and artist trying to cram as much into the thirty-two page comic as they could.
There is something really poignant about the last pages, where fact and fiction combine and you get this version of Lovecraft reflecting back on his life and saying:
El horror de mi vida solitria y extravagante adquirió entonces un sentido: yo no soy de este mundo.
The horror of my lonely and extravagant life then acquired meaning: I am not of this world.
As an individual work, Vidas Ilustres #292 might be seen by many as a curiosity—but it should be seen as exemplary of a distinct mode of Spanish-language graphic works involving Lovecraft and his Mythos. Artists from Latin America such as Alberto Breccia (Los Mitos de Cthulhu), his son Enrique Breccia (Lovecraft), and Horacio Lalia (Les Cauchemars de Lovecraft) have crafted superb adaptations and original stories based on Lovecraft's work, as have Spanish artists such as Joan Boix (Grandes de la Macabro) and master painter Esteban Maroto (Lovecraft: The Myth of Cthulhu). Several of these works have been translated into English, but most can only be read in their original Spanish or in other languages.
References to the Mythos in Spanish comics has ranged from the erotic, such as Ignacio Noé and Ricardo Barreiro's The Convent of Hell, to the lighthearted and comic such as José Oliver and Bart Torres' El Joven Lovecraft. Lovecraft continues to be an influence on Spanish-language comics to this day through the ongoing comics anthology Cthulhu from Diabolo Ediciones, including the special issue Lovecraft, un homenaje en 15 Historietas.
I could go on; the field is vast, and the influence of Lovecraft and his mythos runs deep. As far as I am aware, this issue was never reprinted in any form. If you are interested in reading the long out-of-print Vidas Illustres #292 yourself, the issue has been scanned and uploaded to the Internet Archive, where it can be read for free.
My thanks and appreciation to Silvia Moreno-Garcia whose article "Mexican Horror Comics" in the Weird Fiction Review #10 provided some of the background and inspiration for this piece.
Bobby Derie is the author of Weird Talers: Essays on Robert E. Howard & Others (2019) and Sex and the Cthulhu Mythos (2014).
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Unrepresented Claimant appealed Final Order from JCC concluding she has fully and finally settled her workers' compensation claim stemming from a 6/30/2012 accident. JCC concluded that Claimant failed to raise or establish a legally cognizable basis for avoiding the terms of the settlement. After receiving Claimant's Amended Initial Brief, the Court entered an Order advising that the appeal is being considered for summary affirmance under Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.315(a).
In the morning of Employer/Carrier's IME, Claimant's Counsel for the first time advised the doctor that a videographer would be present for the exam. The doctor then declined to conduct the IME in the presence of a videographer without an additional advance payment of $1,500. The request for the advance was not resolved prior to the IME and Claimant appeared with her videographer at the exam, only to then be turned away by the doctor as he refused to perform the IME without payment of the advance, and subsequently billed the Employer/Carrier a $600 cancellation fee/no-show fee for the missed examination.
In the Order on Employer/Carrier's Motion to Tax Costs, the JCC ordered Claimant to pay ½ of the physician's cancellation fee as he found Claimant's declaration of her intention to videotape the IME to be untimely. At the same time, JCC also held he had no jurisdiction to address the reasonable of the doctor's request for the $1,500 advance and Claimant had no standing to challenge this charge. Nonetheless, JCC advised Claimant shall be responsible for the payment of any additional fees assessed by the Employer/Carrier's IME physician due to her request for the videographer to be present for the exam. Claimant then filed a Petition for Writ of Certiorari.
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The Employer/Carrier denied the compensability of Claimant's accident. On the eve of the Final Hearing, the parties entered into a Stipulation Agreement whereby the Employer/Carrier accepted compensability of this claim for benefits and stipulated to Claimant's attorney's entitlement to fees and costs related to the securing of benefits. Claimant's attorney also sought entitlement to additional fees pursuant to F.S. 57.105 and the parties reserved jurisdiction for the JCC to determine his entitlement to such a fee.
The JCC then entered an Order denying Claimant's request for an additional attorney fee under F.S. 57.105 as she concluded such fees are not awardable in workers' compensation proceedings. The JCC also denied Claimant's request for costs as it pertained to his seeking the reimbursement for the expense of videotaping the depositions of two witnesses as the JCC held there was no showing that the witnesses would be unavailable to attend the Final Hearing requiring the videotaping of their depositions and noted there was an intention to utilize the video depositions in a separate civil proceeding. Claimant subsequently appealed the JCC's Order.


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Eugene O'Neill Harold Bloom |Jan 17, 2022
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Eugene Gladstone O Neill was an American playwright who won the 1936 Nobel Prize in Literature for the power, honesty and deep felt emotions of his dramatic works, which embody an original concept of tragedy More than any other dramatist, O Neill introduced American drama to the dramatic realism pioneered by Russian playwright Anton Chekhov, Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen, and Swedish playwright August Strindberg, and was the first to use true American vernacular in his speeches His plays involve characters who inhabit the fringes of society, engaging in depraved behavior, where they struggle to maintain their hopes and aspirations but ultimately slide into disillusionment and despair O Neill wrote only one comedy Ah, Wilderness all his other plays involve some degree of tragedy and personal pessimism.
Richard Derus
Rating get real It s a play.The Publisher Says Eugene O Neill was the first American playwright to win the Nobel Prize in Literature He completed The Iceman Cometh in 1939, but he delayed production until after the war, when it enjoyed a long run of performances in 1946 after receiving mixed reviews Three years after O Neill s death, Jason Robards starred in a Broadway revival that brought new critical attention to O Neill s darkest and most nihilistic play In the half century since, The Iceman [...]
O Neill uses the phrasethe big sleepthroughout his play as a synonym for death, advises Ray Chandler, apparently in the belief that it s an accepted underworld expression If so, I d like to see whence it comes, because I invented the expression I never saw the phrase in print before I used it The tenor of his writing here shows that he knows very little about the subject The playwright also bops us over the head with the phrase pipe dreams It takes him over four hours to say life is only bearabl [...]
Ken Moten
I m afraid to live, am I and even afraid to die So I sit here, with my pride drowned on the bottom of a bottle, keeping drunk so I won t see myself shaking in my britches with fright, or hear myself whining and praying Beloved Christ, let me live a little longer at any price If it s only for a few days , or a few hours even, have mercy, Almighty God, and let me still clutch greedily to my yellow heart this sweet treasure, this jewel beyond price, the dirty, stinking bit of withered old flesh wh [...]
Carac Allison
I enjoy going to the theater I always have But unless you live in New York or Toronto or Los Angeles and have unlimited money and endless free evenings you just can t see that many of the great plays in a lifetime This simple fact is why I started reading plays and why I know that plays are meant to be read as well as performed.No American drama supports this assertion than The Iceman Cometh It has a huge cast and goes on for hours and hours It has had some memorable productions, most recently [...]
Eugene O Neill is America s finest playwright You may argue that Miller or Inge or Capote have this or that or anything else, but no one put everything together in such a classic manner as O Neill To read or watch an O Neill play is properly a life altering experience Very often, as with the present work, it ought to leave one s life in shambles, the veritable house of cards you always knew it was but hoped no one else would notice.The Iceman Cometh is a tragedy, but one in which you find yourse [...]
To hell with the truth As the history of the world proves, the truth has no bearing on anything Larry, The Iceman Cometh Act One.The first time I picked this play up, I had a feeling I was going to really enjoy it Well, enjoy is probably the wrong word to use, even as I am a now twice read, twice seen, fan of this Eugene O Neill play Other words like appreciate and identify with come to mind It s a hard play to digest.Americans occasionally give great playwrights permission to be longwinded The [...]
I have just finished reading this with 2 of my closest friends The setting was my living room which perhaps felt like the bar in the play, with a few bedrooms upstairs Oh man, that was so insanely wonderful Reading out loud and in character is how plays are meant to be read On the other note, the play was great I love dark elements to writing There was a lot of talk about pipe dreams, which isn t a term I use a lot, I don t even really know what it means I have come to the conclusion that it is [...]
Alex Sarll
I ve not sat down to read a play I didn t know in a long time, so maybe that s part of the problem, but this is poor Perhaps at the time it seemed new and strange but now it just feels like the grandfather of every clunking moment of truth modern play that every dramatist who ever thought Chekhov made it look easy wrote for every actor who wanted a showcase for their mighty skills If Arthur Miller had a brother who d had to make every point with a sledgehammer, who had never heard the phrase sho [...]
Carol Storm
I loved this play so much as a teenager, and I don t know why I liked the way Hickey could pass himself off as a regular guy, always smiling and joking, while inside he was crazy with hatred I think because I had a lot of anger myself I liked the idea that you could be angry and still get away with it Of course in the end Hickey falls apart but he s so much heroic and tragic than a total failure like Willy Loman Another thing I really loved about this play was how young Parrit hates his mother [...]
Welcome to Harry s bar, filled to the brim with desolate, disillusioned patrons clinging to their pipe dreams, their hopes that tomorrow, after all, will be another day The play opens with the patrons sitting around in a drunken stupor We are introduced to the various types Rocky, the bartender Larry Slade, the protagonist who has given up on his pipe dream and awaits his exit from life Parritt, a rebel anarchist Willie, a failed law student Harry Hope, proprietor of the bar Watjoen and Lewis, e [...]
Diana Long
33 The Iceman Cometh by Eugene O Neill Play Physical 5 Welcome to the Boulevard of Broken Dreams or if your the playwright Eugene O Neill enter his created world of Harry Hope s Saloon and Boarding House or better stated Bar and Flop House where the cast of characters, of which there are quite a number of them are spending their yesterday s, today s and tomorrow s lost in an alcoholic haze in forgetting their broken pipe dreams If misery loves company pull up a chair, down some rot gut and enjoy [...]
How jaded must I be Chronic, neighborhood violence, damn What kind of civilization cultivates a man that can read The Iceman Cometh and contemptuously think, murder, that s it confessed and taken away Okay, 3 stars Use an RSS feed for your local news, watch the impresarios of late night comedy, see the plea deals that defile our legal system you ll know common, felony violence perpetrated across class, gender and age for senseless reasons that cheapen lives It s from this post post industrial 20 [...]
The Iceman Cometh is noted for its dark realism its setting and characters closely resemble real life The world of the play is a cruel place Despair is a constant presence, love only an illusion, and death something to which one looks forward Relief comes in alcohol and pipe dreams groundless hopes for a future that will never arrive.The play seems too dark and despairing to bear but stay with it It doesn t get any less depressing but there is much interesting philosophy along the journey.
Tony Romine
This play concerns a saloon rooming house and the alcoholics who live there They sit around, reminiscing about the better days and their big plans to get their lives started, all of them anxiously awaiting the arrival of Hickey, a salesman who comes by once a year to blow a lot of money on them and throw a birthday party for Harry, the owner of the saloon.It s a great play and one of the best ever written, in my opinion The setting, dialogue, and characters might seem a bit dated, but the actual [...]
This sad saga chronicles a group of drunks who meet up at a local saloon They are full of big dreams for the future, but anyone who knows them knows that they are all talk and no action Each man has glossed over the story of his life in his own mind, leaving out the bad bits and chalk any failures up to someone else s fault or a tragedy that befell him The patrons look up to a salesman named Hickman Hickey who stops in when he can During the first half of the play everyone gathers at the saloon [...]
This is one of the richest plays, symbolically, of modern American theater But like most if not all O Neill plays, it is as interesting to read as it is to see on the stage Lots of other plays of this era that are heavy on symbolism rely on the visual cues of the production to bring the meaning through, and therefore can seem remote and boring when reading them Unless you re a director perhaps, and particularly trained to read plays with an inner eye for staging them O Neill really uses theater [...]
Honestly, this play moves me in so many ways that I really want to give it a 5 star rating, except for the fact that in many cases it is dreadfully, irredeemably overwritten.I tried to watch the movie which could boast of having Jason Robards and Robert Redford in it, but I got bored to death after the first 45 mins or so I hate to say it but this one seems to be much much better when read privately rather than performed No slight to O Neill, at least in terms of his writing it could have been a [...]
Wow.talk about despair It s in every movement of this play Harry s bar rooming house is the last stop for a rag tag group of alcoholics There s nowhere for them to go they ve reached rock bottom As we hear of each of their pasts, it s so sad to know that their lives once held promise and it slipped away.Along comes Hickey who tries to show them that they can break out of their pattern, return to their old lives He tries to give them hope But, even as they try, it s hopeless How can one man make [...]
4.5Four or five, five or fourI went back and forth for awhile and finally came to a decision I was worried it d be all that I couldn t stand in a play too many characters, overly predictable, far too fast pacedd I d have been sad, but O Neill does not disappoint The characters were all clear, the New York accent was well written and not overly distracting, the set is clear and I can easily picture it all It s actually quite motivational, as well as being very depressing Odd juxtaposition, I supp [...]
This is the first O Neill play I ve read, which is a shame being that he did much of his work in my hometown and we share a birthday But I digressThe Iceman Cometh is depressing, resonant, and sadly realistic and relatable The only thing that made me not give it five stars is that the dialogs can get pretty tired and unnatural feeling Everyone responding to things in chorus is symbolic, but is unnecessary and becomes overused.
I hate Eugene O Neill s writing style His dialogue is so stilted, it s impossible to believe it However, his plotlines are smart, and I like the charcters he creates, particularly here.
It s all in de game Cora, Act V It s all in the game.All in the game, yo.
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Yihui Yeo
You think you know dark THINK AGAIN You think you know hopelessness THINK AGAIN You think you know depressing THINK AGAIN.
Robert Peterson
In 1998, I had the pleasure to see one of American theater s great dramas, Eugene O Neill s The Iceman Cometh, staged at one of the grand old theater houses of London s West End, the Old Vic, where Kevin Spacey was then headlining in the role of doomed interventioner and erstwhile salesman Theodore Hickey Hickman I ve reread the play a couple times over the years, including this past week This most recent reading uncovered some of the plays deeply held pleasures well, deeply held from me, that [...]
I wasn t crazy about the play, considering how much hype it gets It s frequently referred to in a lot of shows, movies and books, but I wasn t super into it.For starters, it s really, really long 240 pages It s centered around a bunch of drunkards in a bar whose lives are in shambles What it does do, though, that I particularly liked, was show how their lives are in pieces because they live in a fantasy world where there s always tomorrow and death is imminent , so why bother They live in this c [...]
James Meyer
Very good I saw the play at BAM Like 5 hours long Was way in the back It was very good Though, I can t say I could tell you what it was exactly about So I decided to read it to see what I was missing I was missing a lot Actually, some things I might have missed or just forgot that it happened But I am glad that I read it because Ow I have a clearer idea what the play is about and what exactly happens in it For example, I remember clearly the way Parritt would always speak to Larry as if he was a [...]
There s something not quite psychologically sound in this O Neill epic about a barroom of drunks forced to give up their pipe dreams by a glad handing salesman who has a dark secret of his own but the playwright s scope is so wide and his ambition so great that I still admired the work even if I had to constantly make concessions regarding motivations and reactions I don t doubt that O Neill knows the pull of liquor but you feel his presence like the hand of God pushing characters from one scene [...]
Amazing play constantly there are these emotional ups and downs The things people say to one another, so hurtful, then a shared drink, and all if forgiven or is it A sad, amazing and memorable play set supposedly in New London s Dutch Tavern, which is 20 minutes from my home What happens when your are stripped of your dreams and forced to live in reality Can anyone be happy with just the here and now
Soyla
A depressingly awful look at people in self imposed purgatory People too afraid to live yet even afraid to die A purgatory whipped up from a damning combination of booze and pipe dreams Many interesting characters that make up a large cast Hickman s story is both heartrending and devastating Recommend, albeit reluctantly.
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The Bristol Cable
St James Priory: 900 years of refuge and healing
Date: August 8, 2021Author: Joe Banks
This article was first published by The Bristol Cable on 4 August, 2021. Photograph by Aphra Evans.
Tucked away between the coach station and the busy shopping streets of Broadmead, St James Priory is Bristol's oldest building; a fragment of the city's medieval past that is easy to pass by without noticing.
Founded in 1129, the black-hooded monks who once lived there have been gone since Henry VIII's day, but it survived as the local parish church. By 1984, however, the fabric of the building was deemed to be in such a poor state of repair that the doors were finally closed and it was left abandoned.
The fact that today those doors are open once again, the church has been restored and the priory functions as an important hub of community support services, is largely down to the tenacity of one woman.
In the early 1990s, Susan Jotcham was working as a primary school teacher in Kingswood when she joined forces with three monks from a Catholic community in Scotland who had come to Bristol with a mission to help the homeless. They were offered the damp, redundant priory as a base by the local diocese and Susan increasingly dedicated her time to the project.
The early days at St James Priory were focused on feeding the homeless on Sunday nights, but the team wanted to go further and tackle the underlying issues of those who were coming to them. Plans were made for a 16-bed residential treatment centre for people with drug and alcohol addictions, and after a long fundraising campaign, Walsingham House was built next to the priory and opened in 1996.
"If somebody wanted to come into rehab they literally knocked on the door… I'd say, try not to use and come back tomorrow. So it was self-referrals, most times with just a carrier bag or nothing. And people got well."
Initially, they operated outside the local authority funding and referral system.
"If somebody wanted to come into rehab they literally knocked on the door," Susan tells me. "I would welcome them in. Sit them down. Hear their story. Try and suss if they were genuine or not and wanting to get clean or sober.
"And I'd say, try not to use and come back tomorrow. So it was self-referrals, most times with just a carrier bag or nothing. And people got well."
When an almshouse on the site was put up for sale by its owners, another big fundraising drive saw St James House established in 1999 as a 10-bed supported house for people in recovery from addiction.
And then attention turned to the church itself. It was clear the crumbling structure needed major restoration work or it would have to close again forever. A successful application to the National Heritage Lottery Fund resulted in a large-scale conservation project that finally repaired the rotten roof and restored the 12th century Norman stone.
It seemed like the culmination of the original vision for the priory, but the joy was short-lived. The following year in 2012, crisis hit when the Supporting People programme – an initiative introduced by the Labour government that was helping to fund Walsingham House – was slashed as part of the coalition government's austerity drive.
"Our revenue was dip-diving and we had to make the decision," Susan explains. "We couldn't make ends meet, so we had to close. We had to make 18 people redundant." Her voice cracks at the memory of it. "I can't even go in the building, it's just so heartbreaking."
But all was not lost. The homeless charity St Mungo's took over the lease and now provide a men's mental health crisis centre.
But the loss of the residential rehab was an early sign of a trend repeated across Bristol and beyond over the last decade. Nationwide, a third of publicly funded residential addiction services were forced to close between 2013 and 2019. In Bristol, Chandos House was the last of this kind to go in 2018.
Meanwhile, drug-related deaths in England and Wales last year were at their highest since records began in 1993. The UK accounts for over a third of all drug-related deaths in the whole of Europe. On top of this, early signs suggest that the impacts of alcohol abuse have been sharply exacerbated by the pandemic, with a recent report by Public Health England stating that alcohol-related deaths increased by 20% in 2020.
There can be few people who feel the tragic waste of this more keenly than Sean Dennedy, who not only manages the sheltered accommodation at St James House, but also got clean himself at Walsingham House.
He has no doubt that going through the rehab programme there in the early 2000s saved his life. Originally from the Afan Valley in south Wales, he came of age in the 1980s as the closure of the coal mines and the decline of manufacturing industries wrought havoc on his local community. Drug and alcohol abuse became endemic in the villages of the Valleys, he says.
His own problems with addiction had led to a chaotic, self-destructive life that had seen him repeatedly in trouble with the police. On arrival at Walsingham House he immediately felt something he'd never felt before: "That sense of being safe. You're all in the same boat."
The situation for drugs services in Bristol has "changed dramatically", he says, an undertone of anger entering his otherwise gentle demeanour. "It's just a shambles, it's a mess… There was a raft of all kinds of services. There was always something to fall back on. But all these are gone now."
"It ends up costing more money," he continues. "It's incredibly short-sighted." He lists the knock-on effects for wider society – shoplifting, courts, prisons, medical care. "Rehabs are recognised by evidence-based research to work. I don't know why they don't just open their eyes."
Community-based rehabilitation services, such as day centres, are important but are not thought to be as effective as residential services. This chronic need for publicly funded residential rehabs is immediately visible when you step out of St James Priory and into the former churchyard that runs down to the Haymarket.
Yards from Bristol's shopping quarter, there are people sleeping in tents, injecting on the benches, and passing out on the grass. It's a scene that feels as if it has become a depressingly accepted part of the backdrop of towns and cities across the country.
The church itself continues to be a refuge for quiet reflection and has stayed open for several hours a day throughout the lockdowns. Both Susan and Sean tell me about the people that come in now and have always come in: people from the nearby hospitals, the recently bereaved, those diagnosed with terminal illnesses, nurses and doctors in their lunch breaks, bus drivers from the coach station next door.
As we emerge from the pandemic, somewhere like St James Priory should be at the heart of the recovery. For nearly a millennium people have found succour there, and while it's central government funding that can make or break such community assets, the building is a living heritage that the city might support and cherish too.
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Place potatoes (whole, with skin-on) on microwave safe plate and pierce with a fork 2-3 times. Microwave on high until soft, 4-6 minutes. Remove from microwave and cool until next step.
Blend all ingredients, including potatoes, in a blender until smooth. Add more honey or banana to sweeten as desired. Add more ice to thicken.
Microwave or boil the potatoes ahead of time and store in the refrigerator until you are ready to use them.
Try placing the potatoes and the banana in a Ziploc bag in the freezer for even faster post-exercise prep.
Feel free to vary the types of fruit or fruit juices that you add to the smoothie. Try frozen berries or tart cheery juice for a new flavor option.
If you like a thicker smoothie, try adding Greek yogurt.
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Pro rally driver Ken Block dies in snowmobile accident
Professional rally driver Ken Block died Monday in a snowmobile accident in Utah.
The Wasatch County Sheriff's Office said it received a call about the incident in the Mill Hollow area around 2 p.m. local time.
"Driver Kenneth Block [a] A 55-year-old man from Park City, Utah was riding a snowmobile down a steep slope when the snowmobile flipped over and landed on top of him. He sustained injuries in the accident and was pronounced dead at the scene," the sheriff's office said in a statement posted on Facebook.
Ken Block attends the opening event of the FIA World Rallycross Championship in Barcelona, Spain on March 30, 2017.
"Mr. Block was riding with a group, but was alone when the accident happened," it added.
Sheriff's offices, search and rescue teams, Utah State Parks, and U.S. Forest Service law enforcement agencies responded to the scene.
The sheriff's office added, "We are saddened to hear of Kenneth's passing. His family and friends are deeply saddened."
Ken Block competing in the Rally di Monza on November 28, 2014 in Monza, Italy.
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Hoonigan Industries, an automotive media and apparel company that Block co-founded, said, "Ken was a visionary, a pioneer, an icon, and most importantly a father and husband. It will be greatly missed," he wrote on Instagram.
Block has 1.92 million followers on YouTube, and Gymkhana's videos (car driving stunt videos) regularly get 50 million views. He was also a regular competitor in his X Games on ESPN when it sporadically included rally racing.
Ken Block at the Fia World Rally Cross on September 17, 2016 in Barcelona, Spain.
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Goods produced under conditions which do not meet a rudimentary standard of decency should be regarded as contraband and not be allowed to pollute the channels of international commerce.
As a sovereign nation (i.e. acting in the best interests of its own citizens) Australia has the right to determine not only which goods can move across its borders, but also the conditions under which such goods are imported or exported.
The ASP supports a policy of FAIR TRADE - which is a pragmatic approach to the conflicting demands of Free Trade and Protectionism.
Industries that are crucial for national security (e.g. food, energy, communication and defence) should be protected and nurtured.
Local competition must be encouraged in industries that support the national interest.
Industries (local and overseas) must compete on a level playing field, or pay some penalty.
Local industries must be protected against unfair business practices of trans-national corporations.
The environmental cost of manufacture and transport must be reflected in prices.
All people are entitled to a dignified wage for an honest day of labour.
Uncompetitive and inefficient industries must be allowed to fail.
There is a fine line between exploitation and fair competition, and the ASP believes that any form of exploitation must be quantified and openly reported.
Where trade occurs without taxes, tariffs or trade barriers.
Where there are no quotas on imports, or subsidies for producers.
Where cross border services occur without taxes or other trade barriers.
Where there are no "trade-distorting" policies (such as taxes, subsidies, regulations, or laws).
Where there is unregulated access to markets and market information.
Where firms cannot distort markets through government-imposed monopoly or oligopoly power.
Where trade agreements encourage "free trade".
The latest free trade agreement that will affect Australia is the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement, which has been negotiated in secret between 12 nations.
The TPP will grant to corporations, rights that are above those of individuals, communities and sovereign governments. Corporations will be able to sue governments for lost revenue if they are prevented from doing business based on environmental concerns.
The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) was sold to the American public on the basis that it would create jobs and result in a trade surplus. The exact opposite has happened, with America losing 682,900 jobs as a direct result of NAFTA.
Any claim by Australian politicians that the TPP will be good for Australia is purely speculative.
Trans-national corporations are the biggest beneficiaries.
Workers are exploited and become trapped in slave wage environments.
Corporations will be able to overrule national laws.
National sovereignty and individual rights will be the biggest losers.
The environment will be at risk - with pollution and resource stripping.
Local jobs and manufacturing will get shipped overseas into exploited labour markets.
Free trade is often equated to democracy and sold to the public as an abundance of choice, offering cheap t-shirts and cheap TVs. What is never discussed is the real cost.
Protectionism is a swear word in polite society, and yet not only was protectionism widely practiced in the past by major developed countries, but many such policies exist to this very day. See the links further below.
Professor Ha-Joon Chang (Cambridge University) details how most developed countries (especially Britian and the USA) protected and promoted their own industries with protectionism.
Protect industries that support the national interest.
Nurture new industries that are vulnerable during development.
Penalise corporations that exploit markets and people.
Ensure that the competitive playing field is level.
Ensure people are paid a dignified wage.
Friedrich List calls the hypocrisy of governments using protectionism to build their own industries, and thereafter preaching "free trade" - kicking away the ladder.
It is a very common clever device that when anyone has attained the summit of greatness, he kicks away the ladder by which he has climbed up, in order to deprive others of the means of climbing up after him. In this lies the secret of the cosmopolitical doctrine of Adam Smith, and of the cosmopolitical tendencies of his great contemporary William Pitt, and of all his successors in the British Government administrations. Any nation which by means of protective duties and restrictions on navigation has raised her manufacturing power and her navigation to such a degree of development that no other nation can sustain free competition with her, can do nothing wiser than to throw away these ladders of her greatness, to preach to other nations the benefits of free trade, and to declare in penitent tones that she has hitherto wandered in the paths of error, and has now for the first time succeeded in discovering the truth.


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The Los Angeles Lakers have their superstars secured. This week, LeBron James signed a two-year, $85 million max contract extension and Anthony Davis a five-year deal worth up to $190 million.
With the exception of one title, all other Laker championships have come in groups with no more than two years apart at a time. James and Davis got their first one together a couple of months ago.
Veteran sports media personality Chris Broussard joined award-winning journalist, TV host, and author Skip Bayless and the three-time Super Bowl Champion and Pro Football Hall of Famer Shannon Sharpe to discuss why he doesn't think LeBron and Davis will start a new Lakers dynasty.
James is coming off of his fourth title and at age 35 last season, averaged 25.3 points, a league-high 10.2 assists, 7.8 rebounds, and 1.2 steals while shooting at 49.3 percent from the field.
Meanwhile, Davis averaged 26.1 points, 9.3 rebounds, 3.2 assists, 2.3 blocks, and 1.5 steals per game. He shot 50 percent from the floor, 33 percent from 3-point range, and a career-best 84.6 percent from the free-throw line last season.
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Cell signaling, beyond cytosolic calcium in eukaryotes.
:Calcium functions as a secondary messenger within the cytosols of eukaryotes. This serves as a reference point to evaluate three related questions:Exploration of these three interrelated questions indicates the importance of more sensitive techniques and of a refined concept of information transfer and transduction. 1. Calcium, as well as cyclic AMP, also functions as a paracrine messenger; how specific and extensive is this use? 2. Calcium binding proteins and calcium extrusion mechanisms have been identified in prokaryotes; does it function as a messenger? 3. The concentrations of other divalent cations, especially zinc and magnesium, are well regulated and perturbations have specific physiological impacts; are these divalents involved in information transfer? Exploration of these three interrelated questions indicates the importance of more sensitive techniques and of a refined concept of information transfer and transduction.
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Interaction of vanadium(IV) with human serum apo-transferrin.
abstract::The interaction of V(IV)O-salts as well as of a few V(IV)O(carrier)n complexes with human serum transferrin (hTF) is studied focusing on the determination of the nature and stoichiometry of the binding of V(IV)O(2+) to hTF, as well as whether the conformation of hTF upon binding to V(IV)O(2+) or to its complexes is ch...
journal_title:Journal of inorganic biochemistry
doi:10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2012.12.020
authors: Mehtab S,Gonçalves G,Roy S,Tomaz AI,Santos-Silva T,Santos MF,Romão MJ,Jakusch T,Kiss T,Pessoa JC
Reprint of "Anticancer activity of hydroxy- and sulfonamide-azobenzene platinum(II) complexes in cisplatin-resistant ovarian cancer cells".
abstract::The syntheses of three platinum(II) complexes bearing sulfonamide-((E)-2-(4-methylphenylsulfonamido)-2',6'-difluoroazobenzene, HL1) and hydroxy-azo-2,6-difluorobenzene ((E)-2-((2,6-difluorophenyl)diazenyl)phenol, HL2) bidentate ligands is described. These complexes, [Pt(L1)(DMSO)Cl] (1), [Pt(L2)(DMSO)Cl] (2), and [Pt(...
authors: Samper KG,Marker SC,Bayón P,MacMillan SN,Keresztes I,Palacios Ò,Wilson JJ
Irreversibly binding anti-metal chelate antibodies: Artificial receptors for pretargeting.
abstract::Antibodies against metal chelates may potentially be used in biomedical applications such as targeted imaging and therapy of cancer. Highly specific monoclonal antibodies can be developed, but their binding strength needs to be maximized for them to be of practical use. In general, the half-life for dissociation of an...
authors: Corneillie TM,Whetstone PA,Meares CF
O2-binding to heme: electronic structure and spectrum of oxyheme, studied by multiconfigurational methods.
abstract::We have studied the ground state of a realistic model of oxyheme with multiconfigurational second-order perturbation theory (CASPT2). Our results show that the ground-state electronic structure is strongly multiconfigurational in character. Thus, the wavefunction is a mixture of many different configurations, of which...
authors: Jensen KP,Roos BO,Ryde U
Synthesis, characterization, and antibacterial activity of novel Mn(II), Co(II), Ni(II), Cu(II), and Zn(II) complexes with vitamin K3-thiosemicarbazone.
abstract::Vitamin K3-thiosemicarbazone (C12H11N3NaO4S2 x 5H2O, abbreviated as VT), a new Schiff base derivative, has been synthesized. Its crystal structure, determined by X-ray diffraction, is triclinic, space group P1. We have also prepared five novel complexes of VT with transition metals: [M(VT)(2)2H2O] x nH2O, (n = 1 and 2...
doi:10.1016/s0162-0134(99)00226-3
authors: Li QX,Tang HA,Li YZ,Wang M,Wang LF,Xia CG
A ruthenium(II) complex capable of inducing and stabilizing bcl-2 G-quadruplex formation as a potential cancer inhibitor.
abstract::Two ruthenium(II) complexes (Ru-complexes) were synthesized and characterized in this study. The selectivity and ability of the complexes to interact with bcl-2 DNA were investigated here. It turned out that [Ru(ip)3](ClO4)2·2H2O (complex 1, ip = 1H-iminazole [4,5-f][1,10] phenanthroline) could induce and stabilize th...
authors: Zhang J,Yu Q,Li Q,Yang L,Chen L,Zhou Y,Liu J
Coordination chemistry and solution structure of Fe(II)-peplomycin. Two possible coordination geometries.
abstract::The solution structure of Fe(II)-peplomycin was determined from NMR data collected for this molecule. As found previously for Fe(II)- and Co(II)-bound bleomycin; the coordination sphere of the metal is composed of the primary and secondary amines in β-aminoalanine, the pyrimidine and imidazole rings in the pyrimidinyl...
authors: Li Y,Lehmann T
Synthesis and biocidal activity of Zn(II) complexes of some 2,2'-substituted diphenylamines.
abstract::Binary as well as ternary complexes of Zn(II) with diphenylamine-2,2'-dicarboxylic acid (dpdc), diphenylamine-2-amino-2'-carboxylic acid (dpac), diphenylamine-2-hydroxy-2'-carboxylic acid (dphc), diphenylamine-2-mercapto-2'-carboxylic acid (dpmc), and N-(2-pyridino) anthranilic acid (npa) have been synthesized and cha...
doi:10.1016/0162-0134(87)80029-6
authors: Sharma RC,Parashar RK
Synthesis, characterization and DNA binding studies of a zinc complex with 2,6-bis(benzimidazol-2-yl) pyridine.
abstract::A zinc(II) complex having planar tridentate ligand, bzimpy, where bzimpy is 2,6-bis(benzimidazol-2-yl) pyridine was synthesized and characterized by UV, NMR, infrared spectroscopy and fluorescence spectra. The zinc complex acts as dibasic acids, in which N-H protons on benzimidazole moieties are responsible for a depr...
authors: Wang J,Shuai L,Xiao X,Zeng Y,Li Z,Matsumura-Inoue T
Covalent heme attachment to the protein in human heme oxygenase-1 with selenocysteine replacing the His25 proximal iron ligand.
abstract::To characterize heme oxygenase with a selenocysteine (SeCys) as the proximal iron ligand, we have expressed truncated human heme oxygenase-1 (hHO-1) His25Cys, in which Cys-25 is the only cysteine, in the Escherichia coli cysteine auxotroph strain BL21(DE3)cys. Selenocysteine incorporation into the protein was demonstr...
authors: Jiang Y,Trnka MJ,Medzihradszky KF,Ouellet H,Wang Y,Ortiz de Montellano PR
Synthesis, spectroscopy and antiproliferative activity of cis- and trans-platinum(II) complexes with diethyl (pyridin-4-ylmethyl)phosphate. X-ray crystal structure of trans-Pt(II) complex.
abstract::Preparations of cis- and trans-platinum(II) complexes of diethyl (pyridin-4-ylmethyl)phosphate (4-pmOpe) have been described. These complexes were identified and characterized by far-IR, 1H NMR, 13C NMR, 31P NMR and 195Pt NMR and microanalyses. The crystal and molecular structure of trans-platinum(II) complex i.e., tr...
authors: Kalinowska U,Matławska K,Checińska L,Domagała M,Kontek R,Osiecka R,Ochocki J
Synthesis, characterization and antibacterial studies of a copper(II) levofloxacin ternary complex.
abstract::Solution behavior of levofloxacin (lvx) complexes with copper(II) in the presence and absence of phen was studied in aqueous solution, by potentiometry. The results obtained show that under physiological conditions (micromolar concentration range and pH 7.4) only copper(II):lvx:phen ternary complexes are stable. Hence...
authors: Sousa I,Claro V,Pereira JL,Amaral AL,Cunha-Silva L,de Castro B,Feio MJ,Pereira E,Gameiro P
Synthesis and evaluation of the antibiotic and adjuvant antibiotic potential of organotin(IV) derivatives.
abstract::A series of organotin(IV) derivatives was investigated in vitro for their antibiotic and adjuvant antibiotic properties (efflux pump inhibitors) against Staphylococcus aureus strains that overexpress efflux pump proteins for norfloxacin (SA-1199B), erythromycin (RN-4220) and tetracycline (IS-58). Most organotin(IV) co...
authors: Barbosa ASL,Guedes JS,da Silva DR,Meneghetti SMP,Meneghetti MR,da Silva AE,de Araujo MV,Alexandre-Moreira MS,de Aquino TM,de Siqueira Junior JP,de Araújo RSA,da Cruz RMD,Mendonça-Junior FJB
Quantum mechanical investigation of aqueous desferrioxamine B metal complexes: trends in structure, binding, and infrared spectroscopy.
abstract::A systematic density functional theory study supported by extended X-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS) and infrared spectroscopic data was conducted to elucidate how structure and vibrational spectra of aqueous desferrioxamine B (DFOB) metal complexes vary with the metal ion identity. Structural parameters derived...
authors: Kruft BI,Harrington JM,Duckworth OW,Jarzęcki AA
Synthesis, properties, and antitumor effects of a new mixed phosphine gold(I) compound in human colon cancer cells.
abstract::The antineoplastic potential of a new stable mixed phosphine gold(I) complex containing tris(tert-butyl)phosphine (tBu3P) and bis(diphenylphosphino)ethene (dppet), namely [Au(tBu3P)(dppet)Cl], has been investigated in the human colon cancer HCT-116 cell line. The (31)P NMR solution study, confirms the structural featu...
authors: Lupidi G,Avenali L,Bramucci M,Quassinti L,Pettinari R,Khalife HK,Gali-Muhtasib H,Marchetti F,Pettinari C
Relevance of the leaving group for antitumor activity of new platinum(II) compounds containing anthracene derivatives as a carrier ligand.
abstract::A new anticancer-active platinum(II) compound [Pt(A9pyp)(dmso)(cbdca)], containing the E-1-(9-anthryl)-3-(2-pyridyl)-2-propenone ligand (abbreviated as A9pyp) has been synthesized by the replacement of the anionic chloride ligands in cis-[Pt(A9pyp)(dmso)Cl(2)] by the dianionic chelating cyclobutanedicarboxylate ligand...
authors: Marqués-Gallego P,Contaldi S,den Dulk H,Monari M,Brouwer J,Jaehde U,Kalayda GV,Reedijk J
Reactivity pathways for nitric oxide and nitrosonium with iron complexes in biologically relevant sulfur coordination spheres.
abstract::The interaction of nitric oxide (NO) with iron-sulfur cluster proteins results in the formation of dinitrosyl iron complexes (DNICs) coordinated by cysteine residues from the peptide backbone or with low molecular weight sulfur-containing molecules like glutathione. Such DNICs are among the modes available in biology ...
authors: Harrop TC,Song D,Lippard SJ
Synthesis and spectroscopy studies of copper(II) nitrate of sulfacetamide drug. Crystal structure of [Cu(sulfacetamide)2(NO3)2]. Antibacterial studies.
abstract::The structural spectroscopic, and thermal properties of a complex of sulfacetamide (Hsacm) with Cu(II) have been investigated. The complex [Cu(Hsacm)2(NO3)2] crystallizes in the monoclinic system, space group P2(1)/n. The cell dimensions are a = 7.696(7) A, b = 8.017(7) A, c = 19.230(10), beta = 110.80(1) degree, V = ...
authors: Blasco F,Ortiz R,Perelló L,Borrás J,Amigó J,Debaerdemaeker T
Fluorescence study of the interaction of Suwannee River fulvic acid with metal ions and Al3+-metal ion competition.
abstract::In this study emission and synchronous-scan fluorescence spectroscopy have been used to investigate the interaction of the class A (oxygen seeking 'hard acid') metal Al(3+), with Suwannee River fulvic acid (SRFA), as well as competition between Al(3+) and several other metal ions (Ca(2+), Mg(2+), Cu(2+), Pd(2+), La(3+...
authors: Zhao J,Nelson DJ
Substrate preference of the HIF-prolyl hydroxylase-2 (PHD2) and substrate-induced conformational change.
abstract::HIF prolyl-4-hydroxylase 2 (PHD2) is a non-heme Fe, 2-oxoglutarate (2OG) dependent dioxygenase that regulates the hypoxia inducible transcription factor (HIF) by hydroxylating two conserved prolyl residues in N-terminal oxygen degradation domain (NODD) and C-terminal oxygen degradation domain (CODD) of HIF-1α. Prior s...
authors: Pektas S,Knapp MJ
The pH of HNO donation is modulated by ring substituents in Piloty's acid derivatives: azanone donors at biological pH.
abstract::A group of Piloty's acid (N-hydroxybenzenesulfonamide) derivatives were synthesized and fully characterized in order to assess the rates and pH of HNO (azanone, nitroxyl) donation in aqueous media. The derivatives, with electron-withdrawing and -donating substituents include methyl, nitro, fluoro, tri-isopropyl, trifl...
authors: Sirsalmath K,Suárez SA,Bikiel DE,Doctorovich F
Bis(L-cysteinato)gold(I): chemical characterization and identification in renal cortical cytoplasm.
abstract::L-Cysteinatogold(I) was prepared by the reaction of L-cysteine with KAuBr4 in acidic media and its solubility determined from pH 4 to 10. The solubility at pH 7.4 and 37 degrees C is 1 microM. In the presence of excess cysteine, the solubility increases because of formation of bis(L-cysteinato)gold(I). The equilibrium...
authors: Shaw CF 3rd,Schmitz G,Thompson HO,Witkiewicz P
Metalloporphyrin mediated DNA cleavage by a low concentration of HaeIII restriction enzyme.
abstract::The plasmid DNA scission by the restriction enzyme HaeIII was investigated in the presence of tetrakis(1-methylpyridinium-4-yl)porphyrin (H2TMPyP) and its manganese(III), iron(III), nickel(II), cobalt(III) and zinc(II) derivatives. The effect of metalloporphyrins on plasmid DNA cleavage was ascertained by gel electrop...
authors: Tabata M,Nakajima K,Nyarko E
Coordination modes of histidine. 4. Coordination structures in the copper(II)-L-histidine (1:2) system.
abstract::The coordination structures of various species in the copper(II)-L-histidine (1:2) system in aqueous solution have been deduced by investigating the pH dependence of the electronic and circular dichroism spectra. The contribution to the spectra of the glycine-like and histamine-like binding modes of L-histidine has be...
authors: Casella L,Gullotti M
Crystal packing and hydrogen bonding in platinum(II) nucleotide complexes: X-ray crystal structure of [Pt(MeSCH(2)CH(2)SMe)(5'-GMP-N7)(2)].6H(2)O.
abstract::We have synthesised the complex [Pt(CH(3)SCH(2)CH(2)SCH(3))(5'-GMP-N7)(2)].6H(2)O (1), where 5'-GMP is 5'-guanosine monophosphate, and determined its X-ray crystal structure. Pt(II) adopts a square-planar geometry in which the bases are coordinated head-to-tail (HT) in the Delta configuration. The nucleotide conformat...
authors: Djuran MI,Milinkovic SU,Habtemariam A,Parsons S,Sadler PJ
Effect of Zinc (II) on the interactions of bovine serum albumin with flavonols bearing different number of hydroxyl substituent on B-ring.
abstract::The impact of Zn(2+) ion on interactions of flavonols galangin (Gal), kaempferol (Kae), quercetin (Que) and myricetin (Myr) with bovine serum albumin (BSA) in aqueous solution were studied by fluorescence quenching technique. The results exhibited that Zn(2+) ion affected significantly the interactions and the effect ...
authors: Cao S,Jiang X,Chen J
DNA-binding and in vitro cytotoxic activity of platinum(II) complexes of curcumin and caffeine.
abstract::Three Pt(II) complexes containing the natural ligands curcumin and caffeine, namely [Pt(curc)(PPh3)2]Cl (1), [PtCl(curc)(DMSO)] (2) (curc = deprotonated curcumin) and trans-[Pt(caffeine)Cl2(DMSO)] (3), were synthesized and fully characterized. The data obtained suggest that, for both 1 and 2, the anion of curcumin is ...
doi:10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2019.110749
authors: Censi V,Caballero AB,Pérez-Hernández M,Soto-Cerrato V,Korrodi-Gregório L,Pérez-Tomás R,Dell'Anna MM,Mastrorilli P,Gamez P
Reversible inactivation of cytochrome P450 by alkaline earth metal ions: auxiliary metal ion induced conformation change and formation of inactive P420 species in CYP101.
abstract::The effects of the divalent alkaline-earth metal ions (Ca2+ and Mg2+) on the substrate binding affinity, spin-state transition at the heme active site, conformational properties as well as the stability of the active form of cytochrome P450cam (CYP 101) have been investigated using various spectroscopic and kinetic me...
authors: Manna SK,Mazumdar S
Magnetic properties of tunicate blood cells. I. Ascidia nigra.
abstract::The magnetic properties of intact and freeze-dried blood cells of the tunicate Ascidia nigra and of model vanadium(III) and (IV) compounds as polycrystalline solids and in aqueous solution have been measured up to 50 kOe with a SQUID susceptometer. Corrections for the samples' diamagnetism were extracted from the temp...
authors: Lee S,Kustin K,Robinson WE,Frankel RB,Spartalian K
Desaturation of trans-octadecenoyl-acyl carrier protein by stearoyl-acyl carrier protein delta9 desaturase.
abstract::Positional isomers of mono-unsaturated 18:1-ACP have been used as substrates for stearoyl-acyl carrier protein delta9 desaturase to test whether a C-H bond abstraction from either the C-9 or C-10 position could lead to rearranged products diagnostic for the production of an allylic radical intermediate. The reconstitu...
authors: Broadwater JA,Laundre BJ,Fox BG


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This a great read - how Mike Newell became Luton Town manager in 2002.
The whole set up at Kenilworth Road was run by complete and utter fruit loops at that time. Queer club Luton, alienated just about every football fan in the country when they became the only League club to endorse Thatcher's anti hooliganism ID cards because their chairman was David Evans, a rabid Tory MP.


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This program introduces the Adaptive Leadership framework developed at the Kennedy School at Harvard University. Case studies from Harvard University and challenges and dilemmas faced by Harvard alumni will be discussed. The program also employs aspects of the Design Thinking process from the Stanford University Design School (Hasso Plattner Institute of Design) to help participants gain a creative orientation to problem solving; as well as the Immunity to Change framework from the Harvard Graduate School of Education, to help participants reflect on their own personal barriers to change.
• Leading an Agile Workforce for the 21st Century is ideal for Managers and Executives who are seeking to gain the personal and organizational leadership skills to initiate change and renewal within their organization or community.
• It is designed for Working Professionals in Business, Government, International Organizations, and Non-Profit Organizations who hold mid- to senior-level decision making roles.
• Other applicants accepted on a case-by-case basis.
• Learn about the megatrends of the 21st century and its implications on leadership and the domains of personal, professional, organizational, and community life.
• Learn how to manage competing stakeholders and the losses associated with change.
• Learn how to use creativity, power, and authority to mobilize teams and help them develop independence.
• Gain a toolkit of skills to gain insights, solve problems, and instill a disciplined collaborative ecosystem that generates shared values, progress, and goals.
• Engage and internalize a process that allows one to identify barriers to change and a method to overcome them.
• Define and elaborate on an adaptive challenge you are facing and obtain valuable feedback that can help you develop an action plan to address it.
Samuel's areas of research and training, among others, include 'Negotiation and Mediation,' 'Persuasion and Influence,' and 'Systems Thinking & Creative Confidence.' To date, some 32,000 emerging and established leaders from the government, non-profits, and corporate world in Asia have benefited from these programs.
Jeffrey Lamb
Jeffrey is a public and private sector executive with 15 + years of diverse global cross-sector experience primarily centered on international business development, trade & investment promotion, economic development and climate change. Jeffrey's public sector experience includes working with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the World Bank as well as serving in senior leadership and advisory roles with the governments of the UK, New Zealand, Australia & Cambodia on national economic development, trade and investment, competitiveness, impact investing, and climate change. His private sector experience includes advising and assisting a large number companies ranging in size from venture-backed startups to major multinational corporations on a variety of issues including strategic international market development, corporate social responsibility, and government relations. Jeffrey holds an MA in International Mangement as well a Masters of Public Administration from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government.
Ami Valdemoro
Ami Valdemoro is an entrepreneur, leadership coach, health advocate, and social change agent. She is the Founder and Chief Empowerment Officer of Three Points Ventures, Inc., helping corporations and non-profit organizations with their leadership development, impact strategies, and execution. She is a board member of social enterprises MyShelter Foundation and Liter of Light USA, dedicated to empowering lives globally through community-built solar lighting technologies. Ami's experience spans five continents, beginning with a tenure at the African Tobacco Control Consortium, a five-year Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation-funded program for the American Cancer Society's global tobacco control unit. She was the Executive Director of Friends of Hope, a Philippine-based social business, and Hands On Manila, a non-profit organization providing volunteer service opportunities. Graduating with honors from Georgetown University's Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Ami earned her Master in Public Policy from the Harvard Kennedy School.
Faustino John Lim
Faustino John Lim is the Co-founder and Director of International Affairs of the Center for Asia Leadership. A former fellow of the Harvard University Asia Center, he has worked in diverse organizations including the Embassy of Canada in Korea, the International Crisis Group, and in sectors such as English education and social entrepreneurship. At the Center for Asia Leadership, his team developed a Harvard student project into a full-fledged leadership training and research organization that has benefited over 16,000 individuals in 22 countries through over 80 conferences and leadership programs. He also pioneered the Center's research and publication arm, advising the interviewing agenda of over 100 minister or director-level individuals from the public and private sector, resulting in five published books. He also established the Asia Leadership Institute, mentoring and coaching over 30 Teaching Fellows from Harvard Business School, Harvard Kennedy School, and the Stanford Graduate School of Business, while developing a network of value-driven companies and NPOs, resulting in annual programs in six countries. His current work engages him in researching and applying diverse leadership, education, and entrepreneurial models and frameworks within Asian contexts.
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2023 : Group Calls On Osinbajo To Contest For Presidency
A group under the auspices of the Higher Movement for Nigeria (HMN) has asked Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo to contest the presidency in the 2023 general election.
Mr Ishiaku Kelo, the convener of a rally in support of Osinbajo for presidency 2023 on Wednesday in Bauchi, said they don't belong to any political party, they belong to Osinbajo.
He said we organised a rally to call on Mr Osinbajo to come and contest because he has the best qualities to succeed his principal President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023.
"Osinbajo is the most qualified to be president, He has been there; he understands the terrain more than anyone," he said.
Kelo said Osinbanjo is a leader with vision and mission that transcends all tribal sentiments and considers our common humanity.
Mr Murtala Jalam, Co-Convener said
The vice President Osinbanjo is the kind of person Nigeria needs at the moment.
"Already history has itself chosen a man and that man is professor Osinbajo well-grounded and adequately prepared.
"Tested and trusted hand, with the right temperament, the intellectual firepower, and governance ethos best suited for this moment," he said.
Another Co-Corvener Mrs. Peace Edward stressed that Nigerians need a leader with integrity, passionate with impeccable credentials, tested and proven, to deliver the country of our dreams, for the good of all Nigerians.
"Professor Yemi Osinbajo stands tall above all others as the most qualified for the job. Your Excellency, your country needs you now.
"Although Osinbajo hasn't expressed interest in running for the office of the president, we are calling on him, to join the race please and please," she said.
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Admirals drop into third place in Central Division with loss to Rockford IceHogs 5-2
ROCKFORD, Illinois -- Pierre-Cedric Labrie scored three goals to lead the Rockford IceHogs to a 5-2 win over the Admirals Tuesday night, March 8th at the BMO Harris Bank Center.
The loss dropped the Admirals into third place in the Central Division with a points percentage of .636, .002 points behind Grand Rapids. Rockford solidified its hold on first place with a points percentage moving up to .664.
Labrie has scored 18 goals this season, seven against Milwaukee.
Milwaukee's power play gave it a 1-0 lead after one period. With IceHogs forward Garret Ross in the penalty box for a hooking violation, the Admirals Vladislav Kamenev was able to score his 10th goal of the season with a one-time slapshot from the top of the right circle. The goal was Kamenev's fifth power play marker of the season. Stefan Elliott and Matt White recorded the assists.
The IceHogs exploded for three goals in less than five minutes during the second period to claim the lead. First, Labrie scored his 16th goal of the season with a breakaway from the Admirals blue line at 5:22. Jake Dowell deflected a shot from the right post for his 11th goal of the season at 8:24 of the second and Matt Fraser ended the scoring in the second frame with a power play goal at 10:11 of the period.
Labrie scored his second of the game, and sixth against the Admirals this season, at 2:11 of the third period.
Admirals forward Adam Payerl gave his team another goal with a floating backhander from the slot that went over the right shoulder of Leighton at 10:03 of the third period. Payerl's ninth goal of the season was assisted by White.
Labrie completed the hat trick with a backhander from Rockford's blue line into Milwaukee's empty net at 18:44 of the third period.
Admirals goalie Marek Mazanec stopped 23 shots in the loss.
The Admirals return home Friday, March 11th to entertain Iowa at the BMO Harris Bradley Center.


To evaluate the efficacy and safety of the intraarticular or intramuscular injections of chondroprotectors in combination with oral NSAIDs in patients with osteoarthrosis of the large joints.
We recruited 56 patients with osteoarthrosis who were treated with intraarticular or intramuscular injections of chondroprotectors (chondroitin sulfate or dermatan sulfate) with celecoxib ± pregabalin.
Patients with the 1st grade of osteoarthritis were treated with intramuscular injections of chondroitin sulfate, while patients with the 2nd grade of osteoarthritis received intraarticular injections. Joint pain decreased significantly in both groups of patients. Pregabalin administration in 20 patients with neuropathic pain resulted in reduction of DN 4 and Pain Detect scores. Combination treatment was well tolerated.
Parenteral administration of chondroprotectors in combination with celecoxib ± pregabalin rapidly alleviates pain in patients with osteoarthrosis of the large joints who did no respond to NSAIDs.
Osteoarthrosis, chondroprotectors, anticonvulsants, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, neuropathy.


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Why Boris Johnson Isn't "Charismatic"
It would be wrong to attribute the contestable electoral success of Donald Trump and Boris Johnson to their charisma. Both men squeezed their way into leadership, but neither has the profile of a leader.
Boris Johnson in Birmingham, UK on 7/26/2019 © Number 10
Peter Isackson
@pisackson
July 30, 2019 09:18 EDT
Analyzing the character of Britain's new prime minister, Atul Singh, in a delightful Fair Observer article that can only be described as "fair and balanced" in ways that Fox News has never attempted, calls Boris Johnson "the most charismatic politician of his generation." Given Johnson's career-long penchant for visual and verbal entertainment, this would seem justified.
In any case, the media have nearly unanimously agreed to attach that descriptor to Johnson, if only to explain the astonishing fact that, against all odds (and despite his endless oddities), he has managed to attain his lifelong ambition by becoming the latest tenant of 10 Downing Street and, in his mind, landlord of the nation's politics.
To better understand how democracy has evolved in recent years, it may be time to ask ourselves — nearly a century after Max Weber launched the concept of political charisma — what we mean when using the word "charisma." Boris Johnson provides an excellent case study to work from.
Here is today's 3D definition:
Charisma:
A quality of personality that, in the past, identified a public figure as a leader, but in the age of television and social media identifies public figures as entertainers so obsessed with fame, power and money that a significant proportion of the public believe they are somehow admirable
Contextual Note
Atul Singh — the founder, CEO and editor-in-chief of Fair Observer — clarifies his characterization of Johnson's charisma when he recounts that: "To those who support him, Johnson is witty, funny, charming, clever, insouciant, energetic and eloquent." In other words, charisma, as it is perceived today, need not have universal appeal. Johnson's charisma simply requires a group of people "who support him."
The unique measure of charisma now appears to be the ability to force one's way into the news cycle, either through a well-orchestrated media strategy, some spectacular (or unusual) public feats of prowess or, in most cases, a combination of both. To be deemed charismatic, a politician no longer needs to have qualities evident to everyone, even to those who oppose the politician's platform, ideology or style. Today, those who are seduced by an individual's charisma typically suspend their critical faculties. They isolate what they see as virtues and deliberately ignore or consciously repress what others may see as vices. Those who are not seduced tend to see such politicians as charlatans. In neither case do they adhere to the putative leader's vision.
It's easy to confuse charisma with charm. As Simon Jenkins writes in The Guardian: "Charm is politics' deadliest weapon. It is not charisma, the authority to lead through an electrifying presence." Jenkins has read Weber, who a century ago invented the concept of charismatic leadership which can be described as a quality "found in a leader with extraordinary characteristics of individual, whose mission and vision inspire others."
In Weberian terms, a charismatic leader is seen as the head of any social or political movement, sometimes gifted with divine powers such as religious prophets and Gurus. Mahatma Gandhi was charismatic, as was Martin Luther King Jr. In politics, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, John F. Kennedy, Fidel Castro and Hugo Chávez qualify as charismatic. So do Benito Mussolini and Adolf Hitler because they represented a vision, however perverse, to which people massively adhered.
For all their talent at seduction, neither Donald Trump nor Boris Johnson rise to the level of charisma as defined by Weber. As one commentator sums it up: the charismatic leader "is not only capable of but actually possesses the superior power of charisma to rally diverse and conflict-prone people behind him. His power comes from the massive trust and almost unbreakable faith people put in him." Weber defines the charismatic leader as regarded by his followers as "of divine origin or as exemplary." Few in Britain today, even among his fans, would agree that this is an appropriate description of Boris Johnson.
Jenkins makes an important point about Johnson: "He mesmerises punch-drunk Tories and disillusioned Labour voters alike. He emerges from his biographical record as incompetent, lazy, dissolute and a liar, yet the public's response is that he is 'our kind of liar'." Many Americans feel the same way about Trump. But this is not leadership; it's a special class of opportunism linked with a talent for personal marketing.
Tony Blair and Bill Clinton demonstrated a different kind of what we might call "near charisma." They both articulated — however poorly and, for most people, unconvincingly — what some perceived as a goal for the nation or for all of humanity: the "third way." Both were defined by their personal ambition more than by a shared vision of the future, and neither managed to construct a vision of the future that could stir the emotions of a majority of citizens and make them feel they were participating in history.
Johnson became prime minister through a vote that involved barely a tiny fraction (92,000) of the British population, not even 0.02% of those who are eligible to vote in an election (approximately 48 million). The nation thus witnessed the elevation of a new leader with a personal plan that was never seriously debated and is still not clear, even apparently to Boris himself, who prefers to talk divisively about his "DUDE" strategy (deliver, unify, defeat, energize) of delivering Brexit (feared by half of the nation) and defeating the Labour Party's Jeremy Corbyn, while at the same time believe he can "energize" the nation to unify it. Not many Brits identify with the American concept of "dude." Johnson does.
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The prime minister of the still somewhat "united" kingdom seems ready to unite England but leave Scotland, Northern Ireland and perhaps Wales to go their ways, a future that many observers see as possible under Johnson's "leadership." Apart from forcing through Brexit "do or die," "come what may" and "may the devil take the hindmost," Boris has articulated no vision of the future other than his intent to fulfill the nihilistic promise of Brexit.
A truly charismatic leader would have orchestrated his or her rise to power by defining the vision of what Britain could become and what it should become thanks to a concerted effort of the nation. Instead, Johnson has focused only on the negative pronouncement expressed by roughly one-half of those who voted in a shambolic referendum three years ago. This would be the first time a great historical vision could be reduced to a single word: "No!"
*[In the age of Oscar Wilde and Mark Twain, another American wit, the journalist Ambrose Bierce, produced a series of satirical definitions of commonly used terms, throwing light on their hidden meanings in real discourse. Bierce eventually collected and published them as a book, The Devil's Dictionary, in 1911. We have shamelessly appropriated his title in the interest of continuing his wholesome pedagogical effort to enlighten generations of readers of the news.]
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Enfield, New Hampshire, is a medium-sized town tucked between the towns of Canaan and Lebanon near the western border of the state. With a population of nearly 5000 people, Enfield is one of the larger towns close to the Vermont border. Far from a modern metropolis, Enfield has the warm country feel and inviting appearance of a town from a time long since passed. When you come to Enfield, you feel like you've finally found home.
The town of Enfield was originally granted in 1761 and, since many of the settlers there were from Enfield, Connecticut, it was decided to name the town Enfield, New Hampshire. Five years later, Governor Benning Wentworth re-granted the town as Relhan, in honor of Dr. Anthony Relhan, a proponent of healthy living and special curative therapies. The name was changed back to Enfield in 1784.
Enfield soon became home to a growing group of Shakers, a religious group formed of Quakers. Because of their habit for dancing and singing wildly during their worship, they soon became known as the "Shaking Quakers", which was quickly condensed simply to "Shakers". The Shakers established a community on the southern edge of Mascoma Lake, just south of Enfield's town center which still today resides on the northern edge of the lake. The Shaker Village was created in 1793 and flourished for over 125 years until its closing in 1927. Today, the Shaker Village is a museum dedicated to the understanding of Shaker values and principles as well as their daily life in the 1800's.
Enfield focuses much of its tourism around the Shaker Village with stores selling Shaker furniture, clothing and more. Tours of the museum and the surrounding outdoor areas draw crowds from all over. After witnessing the beautiful green countryside of Enfield, most people understand why the Shakers chose this area to set up their home. Enfield is close to Interstate Route 89 which makes travel to central New Hampshire or nearby Vermont very simple. Enfield lies in a mountainous part of the state only minutes from the White Mountain National Forest, so visiting the natural formations and scenic wonders of the northern region of New Hampshire couldn't be easier.
Enfield is a member of SAU #62, the Mascoma Valley Regional School District, along with the towns of Canaan, Dorchester, Grafton and Orange. Enfield educates resident students from kindergarten to the fourth grade at the Enfield Village School, but sends the fifth through eighth grades to the Indian River School (in Canaan) and the ninth through twelfth grades to the Mascoma Valley Regional High School (also in Canaan).
Enfield is one of many beautiful towns located in western New Hampshire. If you're considering a home purchase in the Granite State any time soon, it's best to find yourself a buyer agent – someone who will look out for your best interests through the entire home-buying process. For homes in New Hampshire, that person should be Jim Miller of Bean Group. Jim will listen to your needs and act on your behalf to find you the best home in the best town at the best price. Call him today at (603) 801-3987 and find out just how easy it can be to purchase a new home in New Hampshire.


Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta gave a heated interview to CBS This Morning on Tuesday, lashing out at the Navy SEAL whose controversial book about the Osama bin Laden raid has upset many in the military community.
Panetta reiterated the charge that Matt Bissonnette (or "Mark Owen") did not run his book by the Pentagon as is usually required by former military members and that the Defense Department cannot allow soldiers to sell stories about "sensitive" topics. His comments mirror that of that head of the Naval Special Warfare Command, who also criticized soldiers and sailors who profit from their missions. Panetta said, "How the hell can we run sensitive operations here that go after enemies if people are allowed to do that?"
He also didn't rule out the idea that some sort of legal action could be taken against the author as the Pentagon is still reviewing the book to see what information was revealed saying that government needs to send a signal that "we're not going to accept this kind of behavior," before other people get the impression that they can publish stories in this manner without any penalty.
The Secretary got even more upset when asked about defense spending cuts that are hanging over his department if a budget deal cannot be reach by the end of this year. Panetta said the Pentagon has not even tried to figure out how to deal with the potential of forced budget cuts because the very idea of the sequestration was irresponsible on the part of lawmakers. "They put a gun to their head and if we don't do the right thing we'll blow our heads off."