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UNDER ATTACK – Is the Down syndrome community under threat?
Education, Health, News, Prenatal, Professionals, Whanau & Friends
Is the Down syndrome community under threat?
New Zealand is on the cusp of introducing more advanced antenatal testing for Down syndrome. COEN LAMMERS investigates if the Down syndrome community should feel under attack and looks at the ethical, medical and social issues at the heart of this debate.
Pre-natal screening for Down syndrome and other genetic disorders has long been a contentious issue in New Zealand and abroad.
The introduction of more sophisticated and conclusive testing methods has increased termination rates and triggered a global debate around screening ethics, the value of a life with a disability and state-sponsored elimination of Down syndrome.
In some European countries, babies with Down syndrome have become a rarity.
Iceland has reportedly reached a 100% termination rate, closely followed by Denmark where in 2017 only four new babies were born with Down syndrome.
Whether you agree with the abortion policies in those countries or not, the undeniable fact is that in many countries young people with Down syndrome will soon become an uncommon sight, or worse, an unwanted anomaly.
A striking example of the growing sentiment that Down syndrome is a burden that some societies can do without, was highlighted last year in the Netherlands where some media commentators debated whether Dutch women had a moral duty to abort their babies with Down syndrome.
Their comments were based on a list published by the Dutch Ministry of Health of the most expensive diseases and conditions which rated Down syndrome as the most expensive condition to the tax payer.
This list and the articles were widely discredited, challenged and condemned as biased because it conveniently ignored major health areas like cancer.
This discussion triggered one Dutch physician to tweet that "We haven't come this close to Nazi before," referring to the systematic extermination of disabled people in Nazi Germany.
This quote may sound dramatic, but the overseas trends and policies in some of these so-called enlightened and modern societies have caused strong concerns in the global Down syndrome community about the value their own society puts on a life with Down syndrome.
Unfortunately, as they are introducing more effective screening programmes, most countries have not had a wide public discussion around this sensitive issue.
Statistics from the United Kingdom show that the termination rate of women who have had a positive screening test, has not changed over the past few decades and remains around a staggering 90%.
What has changed with the introduction of more sophisticated tests, is the actual number of positive tests and subsequent abortions in the UK, increasing from 482 in 2010 to 706 in 2016.
This year the National Health Service in the UK is rolling out the Non-Invasive Prenatal Testing (NIPT) which gives women a near conclusive result on whether their baby will have Down syndrome.
Some critics in the UK have argued against the introduction of the test, fearing Icelandic statistics.
The NIPT test is not yet widely available in New Zealand and Dr Jane O'Hallahan, Clinical Director of the National Screening Unit, says that a slower uptake can in this instance give New Zealand an advantage and the opportunity to have a debate on how to introduce the test in a responsible manner.
"We need to tread very carefully around the ethics and the management of introducing this test in New Zealand," says Dr O'Hallahan.
The NIPT is already privately available in New Zealand but Dr O'Hallahan says that the Ministry of Health is likely to make the test available, initially for women with a higher chance of having a baby with Down syndrome or other genetic disorders.
Dr O'Hallahan understands why the overseas statistics cause concern in the New Zealand Down syndrome community and is adamant that the Ministry of Health does not share the views of their European counterparts.
"There is no agenda to terminate lives with Down syndrome."
Unfortunately, the Ministry of Health does not keep any records on positive tests for Down syndrome and terminations.
Dr O'Hallahan says that roughly the same number of children with Down syndrome have been born in New Zealand in recent years and from that she concludes that improved testing has not triggered a rise in terminations.
The National Screening Unit has created a working group of stakeholders to look at ways of improving informed choice for all ethnicities. This working group includes New Zealand Down Syndrome Association National Executive Zandra Vaccarino and board member Kim Porthouse.
Dr O'Hallahan says these stakeholders are providing valuable insights, beyond the medical discussions.
Mrs Porthouse says that the NZDSA wants the medical sector to understand that the screening debate is a social issue, not just a medical issue. "And the social implications need to be part of these discussions."
She has an interesting perspective as a midwife and a mother of a son with Down syndrome and feels that there are two specific issues at stake in the screening discussions.
In her view, the pregnant women firstly need to be better informed before they decide to have any tests at all, and if they receive a positive test, the women need to get more balanced information about Down syndrome.
Mrs Porthouse says that most women think the tests are standard and don't really consider the impact the results can have and the sudden life-changing decisions they may be facing.
"People think they are just going to take a picture when they get their first scan," says Mrs Porthouse who feels that pregnant women should be better informed that the reason for the 12-week scan is for an NT (Nuchal Translucency) scan as part of the MSS1 (Maternal Serum Screening) screen.
The Ministry of Health has produced a brochure on Screening for Down syndrome, which clearly spells out the options and the choices women have, but Mrs Porthouse doubts if the brochure is used widely at present.
"Women should be offered the option to take this away to read through before deciding to screen, but often due to timing, most decide at the initial booking appointment."
If they undertake the screening and it detects a higher risk or chance of Down syndrome, the families are forced to make quick, big decisions.
They need to make a call on having an amniocentesis, which carries a small risk of losing the baby, or in some centres they may be offered the NIPT test, which is expensive. They also need to consider what impact a baby with Down syndrome may have on their lives.
If the additional more-conclusive testing indicates the baby has Down syndrome, the medical provider will explain what Down syndrome is, but in most cases this talk will merely feature a long list of medical conditions the child may or may not develop during their lives.
"The doctors will cover themselves for everything, even if there is just a minimal chance the child will ever have those issues," says Mrs Porthouse. Mrs Porthouse says the women are not being counselled on the wider social issue and positive impact a child with Down syndrome could have on their lives and community. "These families need to get the chance to talk to parents who are living with Down syndrome or other people who have faced the same decision."
Instead, she is aware of anecdotal evidence that women often feel pressured to terminate their pregnancy. "It is a very emotional time for the families and it is hard to think clearly, so if you are only presented with a long list of all the things that can go wrong with your child, it is not hard to see that people opt for termination. "In many cases, it can be a decision they regret," says Mrs Porthouse who personally knows of parents who after termination have struggled with their decision. "In some cases, the people get to know more about Down syndrome or get to know someone and they find out it was not at all what the doctors had made them believe. For some it has been devastating."
Dr Jane O'Hallahan is aware of the cases in which women feel pressured to terminate their pregnancy. "But we don't know how widespread this, but there should be no pressure."
The Clinical Director of the National Screening Unit says that the Ministry of Health is aware of the issues and is continuously improving information going to women. "However the introduction of NIPT in the future will require an overhaul of the informed choice process to enable women to make the right decision for them and their families," says Dr O'Hallahan, who admits that her colleagues often portray a future with Down syndrome in a negative light.
Dr O'Hallahan says that the information provided is "over-medicalised" and is not a social discussion. "It does not consider the value of people with Down syndrome or the fact that these people add value to so many lives of others."
As an example, the Director mentions her own daughter who had the privilege of following a family with a newborn with Down Syndrome during her medical studies – a lovely experience that would benefit all medical students.
Dr O'Hallahan says that the feedback from the NZDSA and other stakeholders on the working group had been valuable to show the social side of Down syndrome and that the National Screening Unit is more focused on counselling and providing better education for medical professionals and medical students about Down syndrome. "We are currently putting a lot of effort into giving more holistic information to give a real picture of what life with Down Syndrome is like. We are investing to give women the right information, so they can make the right decision for them and their family."
ANTENATAL SCREENING
What are all the tests and what do they mean.
NT scan: Nuchal Translucency ultrasound scan performed around 12 weeks (range 11 weeks to 13 weeks, 6 days). It measures the fluid in the nuchal space at the back of the foetal neck. The old test used to combine just the scan with maternal age to give a risk of Down syndrome. Risk results are no longer provided on NT scan alone as they are less accurate compared to MSS1 or MSS2 screens. The NT scan is now only used in conjunction with the MSS1 calculation.
MSS1 screen: Maternal Serum Screening (combined blood test – 2 markers – and NT scan) performed in the first trimester of pregnancy until 13 weeks 6 days gestation. Current government funded screen, offered to all women who engage with antenatal care in the first trimester.
MSS2 screen: Maternal Serum Screening (4 marker blood test, no scan) performed between 14 weeks to 20 weeks gestation. Accuracy levels are said to be about the same as MSS1 screen, offered to all women who engaged with services too late for MSS1 screening or those who prefer not to have ultrasound scans of their pregnancy. Government funded.
NIPT (or NIPS) test: Non-Invasive Prenatal Screening. Blood test only (new blood test which is different to MSS1), is said to be 99+% accuracy. Currently not government funded in New Zealand and expensive.
Amniocentesis: diagnostic test in which a needle under ultrasound guidance is used to draw fluid from around the foetus. This fluid contains foetal cells which are used to look at chromosomes to see if Trisomy 21 (Down Syndrome) exists. Carries a risk of miscarriage of 0.5 to 1.0% (1:100 – 1:200).
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Why we decided to have a baby with Down syndrome
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Thanks to routine testing, parents are often well aware of whether their child has a high chance of Down syndrome. New Zealand Herald reporter Emily Winstanley looked at how three families handled the news.
Auckland parents Kirsten McDonald and Philip Venables found out their unborn baby could have Down syndrome after the 12-week screening offered to all expectant mothers in New Zealand. They decided to find out for sure with an amniocentesis test.
McDonald says the doctor who delivered the news asked her to look at the piece of paper with her name and the result, confirming their child had Down syndrome. "Then [her] next words were, 'You're going to have a beautiful baby boy.' That still stays with me, those words from her. She just reminded us that first and foremost, we were going to have a beautiful baby boy, rather than saying, 'Oh I'm really sorry' or even words like 'but'."
Thirteen weeks later, baby Joshua was born.
At 39, McDonald knew her age would increase her baby's chance of chromosomal abnormalities like Down syndrome, but when she had the 12-week test, the chance showed at one in 80. They'd decided to delay the amniocentesis until she was 25 weeks, because for them, it wasn't a question of whether to continue with the pregnancy, but of wanting to prepare themselves.
"Every time we had a scan we were told the risk had increased. We just needed to know so I could enjoy my pregnancy, rather than spend the next 15 weeks being stressed."
The test was conclusive, so they met with families of children with Down syndrome, and did plenty of research.
"By the time I had Joshua we were just so ready to meet him and not have this abstract diagnosis of Down syndrome. We just wanted to meet our boy. There was no shock or worry or trauma. It does have an impact on him and I wouldn't change him for the world. If we could take away the Down syndrome, no way, that's what makes Joshua who he is."
But like many parents of children with Down syndrome, McDonald is concerned about the way the diagnosis is presented to families.
"I don't have anything to say against testing because it prepared me for the birth of my child. I guess what I have an issue with is what information people are given when they are encouraged to have a test and when they get the diagnosis. Most of it is about everything that could be 'wrong' with our children. Imagine if we did that with every diagnosis. I think everyone has a right to have a test and a right to make their own decision, but it's about information."
And that's certainly the view of the Down Syndrome Association. National executive officer Zandra Vaccarino wants families facing a diagnosis to be put in touch with people with Down syndrome and their families. "There's a lot of information given from a medical perspective, like what screening is, and the options around termination. But they do not get information from the social perspective. So if someone's never met someone with Down syndrome, and read a book 20 years ago, that will be the knowledge they hold. Every year, quality of life for people with Down syndrome changes as they're included more in the community, and that information isn't always shared. People with Down syndrome are moving the goalposts all the time."
Vaccarino also wants better training for the medical professionals. She says what she's hearing from people in the community, is some families feel they've been pressured to terminate as a result of a Down syndrome diagnosis.
Peter Stone is Professor of Maternal and Fetal Medicine at the University of Auckland, and a representative on the National Screening Unit Advisory Group, which oversees antenatal testing. He disagrees with the idea that there is pressure or coercion of women to make a particular choice. "The screening is based around reproductive choice. The majority of women, whatever they decide, want to know what is going on in their pregnancy."
Twelve-week testing, also called "first trimester combined screening", takes into account an ultrasound scan, a blood test, and other factors like a mother's weight and whether she smokes. It gives a specific chance of the baby having Down syndrome or one of a handful of rarer chromosomal abnormalities. If the test shows an increased chance of Down syndrome, one in 300 or less, parents are offered further diagnostic testing — the amniocentesis, or less often chorionic villus sampling.
It's hard to work out exactly how many women choose to terminate once a diagnosis of Down syndrome is given. Stone says in New Zealand, about two-thirds of women who are given a high chance of Down syndrome and other chromosomal disorders will have diagnostic tests done. In 2015, that was 655 women.
Of those who have a diagnosis confirmed, he says about two-thirds again will choose not to continue with the pregnancy. The Abortion Supervisory Committee doesn't keep information on the specific reason for an abortion, so it's impossible to know the exact number. Stone says the termination rate in New Zealand is much lower than in other Western countries — for example, Denmark. "I think this suggests there's no evidence of pressure or coercion to have a termination."
Iceland and Denmark are often highlighted as extreme cases, where nearly 100 per cent of pregnancies involving a Down syndrome diagnosis are terminated. In England and Wales it's roughly 90 per cent. In the United States, the rate is similar to New Zealand's.
One parent who chose not to continue their pregnancy after the diagnosis is Jess (not her real name).
After trying to conceive for two years, then a miscarriage, she and her partner were thrilled to become pregnant again. Then came the news they faced a one-in-five chance of the baby having Down syndrome, which was confirmed with diagnostic testing.
Jess was in her 40s when they conceived, and, as a medical specialist, was well aware of the higher risk that posed. Before testing, she was sure in the case of Down syndrome, her decision would be to terminate. But in reality, she says making the decision was probably the worst thing she and her partner have ever been through.
"It took us weeks to decide, and I wondered if it might break us up at one point. We went to counselling with the social workers at the hospital, we had a couple of sessions with them really going through what are our hopes and fears and our real core beliefs. I think we came to a place of support for each other. In the end, I felt termination was the only way forward."
She didn't feel any pressure to terminate, "I almost felt pressure the other way, but I think that's just personal circumstance."
In the end, Jess opted to be induced at 17 weeks. "I felt like I wanted to meet my son, I wanted to be able to bury him and mourn him, so I went through the induction and that was pretty horrible." She's since had another child, who she calls her 'rainbow baby'.
Two years on, Jess knows it was the right choice for her family. "It's something that comes back to me often, but I've made peace with the fact it was the right decision."
World Down Syndrome Day saw many people celebrating what those with the syndrome can contribute to their community. For others, it was a chance to advocate against antenatal testing, with some saying the syndrome is being tested out of existence. But doctors point out that can't happen altogether, because many mothers choose not to screen at all. In New Zealand, 20 per cent of pregnancies aren't screened, by circumstance or by choice. And then, even when the chance is calculated to be extremely low, it's still a chance nonetheless.
Charlotte Ammundsen was 24 when she became pregnant, and her combined testing showed a chance of just one in 12,000. Then, when her now 1-year-old daughter Hayley was born, she immediately thought something wasn't quite right.
"In all honesty I didn't immediately think Down syndrome, but I felt like something was a bit off. The midwife was looking at me and she said I see you've picked up on something. We think there are certainly signs of Down syndrome." That diagnosis was quickly confirmed.
Ammundsen's in two minds about whether it would have been easier to have known ahead of time. "It would have been so wonderful to properly enjoy the first week, because she was in NICU for three days, and everything combined was overwhelming. Also, the community is amazing, so to be part of that earlier would have been awesome. On the other hand, I'm glad I didn't have that conversation with doctors about all the bad stuff. It's not that scary, she's the best thing that's happened to me."
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Google Launches Google Instant: Predictive, Real-Time Search
Google unveiled its latest vision of the future of search on Wednesday, which now includes "Google Instant," or predictive, real-time search results.
By Mark Hachman
September 8, 2010 1:03PM EST
Gabriel Stricker, the director of communications for Google, introduced the event by noting that search is "one part art, and part science."
According to Marissa Mayer, Google's vice president of search products and user experience, Google has now reached a total of one billion users per week on its network of sites. Those sites are accelerated by Caffeine, an improved, significantly faster search algorithm, matched by the company's new real-time search, rolled out late last month.
Google last held a "future of search" event in December, when the company unveiled an updated real-time translation tool and other improvements.
Those changes include spell correction, Mayer said, and the "questions and answers," or Google Squared - which is now part of the company's core Web search. Users have also asked to "star" or bookmark a search result. That's also been part of an overall redesign, which Google rolled out in April.
But the real improvement to Google's search is the need to constantly bring information to users faster.
"Can we optimize search even more? Can we make it even faster? During the last few months we had a key insight… which we call Google Instant," Mayer said during a press conference in San Francisco on Wednesday.
As users search, Google Instant "streams" results to the page, dynamically updating those results as a user types. It appears much like the suggested search terms that Google already displays, but now it pops up the search results as well. (Users can still hit the "search" button or the "enter" key as well, which will still enter the result.)
"It's search at the speed of thought," Mayer said.
Google Instant will appear on Google Chrome, Apple's Safari, Internet Explorer 8, and Firefox, beginning today. In the next few weeks, it will appear in Germany, Spain, the U.K., Italy, and Russia, as long as users are signed in, Mayer said. The service will roll out in Asia, including Mandarin-language services for China and Japan, in the next few months, she said.
"It's not a search as you type, it's a search before you type," Mayer said. There's a "psychic" component of it, where Google predicts results before you type, she said. Results can be brought up quickly by hitting the "Tab" key, or scrolling down the list of suggested queries.
Othar Hansson, a Google software engineer who helped develop the technology, hit a "w" on the keyboard in a demonstration. Doing so brought up the "weather" for San Francisco, where the event was held.
Don't look for Google to add personalized search results to the Instant feature, however, at least at this point. The number of unique tweaks to the search results make that prohibitive for now, Mayer told a small group of reporters following the event.
Because of the number of results quickly reported, some wondered how Google Instant would affect the interaction of users with ads. According to Mayer, ad impressions won't be counted as a user rapidly types out a search query, and results and ads stream in. Instead, ad impressions will only be counted if a user pauses for three seconds, or otherwise clicks on an ad or a result.
Some results will be filtered or blacklisted; Irina Slutsky, a reporter for Advertising Age, complained that her name was blocked because of the first four letters of her last name. Search terms that reference violence, pain, or pornography will be filtered, Mayer said.
"The clickthroughs to sites are likely to remain very constant," Mayer said.
Officially, Google receives more than a billion search requests per day. Because the average number of characters in a search request is 20, and the fact that Google will now be supplying search results for each letter means that Google will now be multiplying that by a factor of about 20 times, said Ben Gomes, a distinguished engineer for Google. Instead of a static Web page, the search page now becomes an AJAX application, he said.
With each letter, Google Instant has to send a request back to the Google servers to suggest results for each letter. Google can use a lookup table to provide the first, most common results for a given letter; "Facebook," for example, is the most common term assigned to the letter "f". In the several months that the project was in development, enough engineers suggested improvements to the algorithm that the additional load was feasible, Gomes said. Those tweaks include prioritization, Hansson said; some searches are more important than others.
"Enough of these skeptical people can come together with these optimizations to help you get to the finish line," Gomes said.
Executives said that using the new real-time Google Instant was just like riding the same bicycle, or the same Google, that users are already used to. "We're all getting a better Google," Hansson said.
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They invited 13 local farmers to a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) Fair.
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Around 300 adults were there, organizers say.
"Honestly, this event has gone totally above and beyond what we were expecting," said Jill Plesko of the Greater Lansing Food Bank. "The community has really shown that they're really interested in this sort of system."
People who bought CSA shares Sunday will regularly get boxes of fresh fruits and vegetables grown right here in mid-Michigan. In exchange, organizers say, the up-front payments help farmers budget.


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Amelia Josephine "A J" Hurt (born December 5, 2000 in Truckee, California) is an American World Cup alpine ski racer. She made her World Cup debut in October 2018 in Sölden, Austria, and competed in the World Championships in 2021.

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Not a great deal to write home about on what was a typical early season/end of summer card.
Everything looked well in the first although Getonsam is a big rangy animal carrying condition on his first start for Sue Smith; it was surprising he was so tight in the market.
The novice hurdle was interesting as the Irish raider Thosedaysaregone looked a good thing to these eyes, and nice well-made animal who showed a fair level of form on his latest start at Listowel.
The lively ground was the only question mark but he's a decent mover and it's entirely possible he was brought over in search of such terrain. His mid-race exit owing to tack malfunction will have left billy bunters spitting feathers, however one suspects the cash is only lent.
Sonic was handed the race and the little fella probably didn't need to improve a great deal, while life will prove more difficult now after this second success. Icefall proved himself tripless and disappointing and was passed on the run-in by Ballyfarsoon, who only looks moderate.
I preferred Caid Du Lin to Dear Sire in the novice chase, not only physically but on their previous exchange, but this was a masterstroke from Hughes, who reversed the roles from their Worcester run by allowing his rival to do the donkey work.
Caid Du Lin looked in need of company throughout and didn't have an answer as Dear Sire swept past. I must say I'd go against the winner if they met again as the jolly will almost certainly be better in a fast run race.
In the next Mixboy was of interest back over timber off a much lower mark than his chase rating. He's an amazing tool as he's not very big, but they went over larger obstacle early in his career and he keeps on delivering.
They went a good clip from the outset and he knuckled down really well to see off Beach Break and then Lucky Robin, who remains on an upward curve. This looks solid form for the grade and time of year.
The answer was a resounding yes although the opposition melted away pretty early on, and the handicapper is not going to make life easy now - and well he mightn't as this was win No 6 inside a year.
Nicolas Chauvin went better than is often the case but patently failed to get home on this rare foray beyond 2m, while Brave Spartacus should have gone better off his lowest mark for some while and Father Time is catching up fast.
There was only a bumper left and as so often the case the market sorted them out with only the front three coming in for support. C'Est Le Bonheur is a late starter for Dr Newland but he was forward and knew enough on debut to get it done.
The runner-up Emma Lamb is from a sound family and she looks a decent animal with size and scope; a mare's race should be routine for her. Goldencard was disappointing again off the bridle, he's an okay sort but looks paceless and should now have his sight set towards a hurdles campaign.
Rafferty again looked very leggy and although I'm not a trainer it's a surprise he hasn't been given more time to fill his frame.


Source Unknown. School Safety Patrol Officers. 10 May 1961. Springfield News-Leader Collection. News-Leader, Springfield, Missouri.
Description School safety patrol officers preparing to take a trip to Washington D.C. to participate in ceremonies to honor their service. Pictured from left to right are Raymond Krebs, Larry Walker, Tom Pretti, and E. Glen White. Published in the Leader & Press on May 10, 1961."


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Like exhaust through a catalytic converter, so are the days of the Torretto family.
Six installments. Six. Car drive and car drive fast. This concept has spanned SIX! feature films. As of late the crash-mania squealing-tire saga has only gained further momentum. Vin Diesel, the legitimate star of the series, announced that next summer's greenlit Fast 7 (set up at the closing credits of this current installment) will begin a new trilogy. Heaven help us all.
The crew of the massive blockbuster Fast Five returns for round 6 or Furious 6 as its titled in the opening credits and the results are exactly what you expect. Just don't try following the titles of these movies. And be sure to remember that The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (or Fast 3) from seven years ago takes place after all previous Fast & Furious features including this sixth entry. Still up to speed?
Picking up immediately where we left in Fast 5, Agent Hobbs (Dwayne Johnson) gains a new partner in Agent Riley (MMA beauty Gina Carano, Haywire) and sets out to court Dominic Torretto (Vin Diesel) living peacefully on a tropical island with his newfound lady friend (and Hobbs' former partner) Elena (Elsa Pataky). Hobbs needs Dom to recruit his team once more to take on the international threat of Owen Shaw (Luke Evans), a really bad terrorist with a really bad device that is capable of something very bad and might be used by said bad terrorist or sold to another really bad terrorist.
Why would Torretto be interested? Why even bother confiding in his F&F-chum-for-life Brian O'Connor (Paul Walker) who just had a new baby boy with Torretto's sister (Jordana Brewster)? Because Letty (Michelle Rodriguez), Dom's murdered lover (as it happened in Fast 4) is still very much alive and may in fact be working with Shaw. Dom needs to know for sure and "you don't turn your back on family, even when they do."
Walker, Diesel, Johnson, and Carano welcome Ludacris, Sung Kang, Tyrese, and Gal Gadot in yet another family reunion full of physics-defying metal on metal stunts and set pieces linked to moments of eye-rolling blabbering buffoons yawning us to death about family values. Justin Lin, the confident man behind the action of the last four F&F films, smolders a not-so-subtle subtext of family and loyalty over car mangling. Dominic, our antihero, may be an outlaw, but he has a code and he protects his own which adds a great deal of honor to his outlandish escapades. The villain Shaw, on the other hand, plays by-the-numbers and finds his team members to be no more than disposable pawns in his strategic chess game that he always holds the upper hand in.
Who cares? I don't and neither do viewers. They want "vehicular warfare" and they do get it, bigger and better than usual which is a major compliment coming off the high of Fast Five. But I have to admit I'm fatigued of this series which now throws a few too many big wrenches at my head in terms of plot. Believe me. I'm not referring to the stunts, which feature only slightly more lunacy than the story.
The plot is a gigantic mess of pointless setup met with needless execution. Follow the events of Fast 6 and you will scratch your head over the decisions the characters make in an effort to string together some large action sequences. Potential SPOILERS ahead. Stop here. I know I'm criticizing a live-action cartoon that delivers exactly what is intended, but bear with me.
Point 1: Hobbs recruits Dom and a team of international criminals he set to take down in the last movie. Why? Because there needs to be a movie, not because he wouldn't work with an actual military unit or strike force or… something like that.
Point 2: O'Connor decides to infiltrate a stateside prison as an inmate in order to get close to a former villain from the series who may have some information on what happened to Letty. Why? I don't know actually. This is the most idiotic development in the movie. The mission would likely get O'Connor killed and it nearly does. But the funny thing is that the information is of zero importance. The characters already know where Letty is, have seen her and know that she is alive and likely has memory issues. Torretto goes and finds her on his own before O'Connor even returns from his adventure. Dom instructs his buddy to spare him the 'vital information' that was worth dying over.
Point 3: For being the smartest villain in the room, Shaw is a moron. He says he doesn't care for his team members and finds them to be replaceable. Except for Letty, the smart-mouth, authority-defying brain batter mess that generally serves little purpose for Shaw throughout the film. Torretto offers to walk away from Shaw and leave him alone if he can have Letty back. Shaw refuses. Idiot.
Point 4: Torretto and Shaw, in multiple instances throughout the film, have a chance to take each other out either directly or through their cohorts. They don't take the shot. Then there's the back and forth of the heroes having Shaw and letting him go. And having him and letting him go. Dumb.
Point 5: The action has zero consequences and the cartoonish nature of the series removes any and all suspense or tension. Multiple fistfights occur in this installment. Heroes and villains bludgeon each other with nary a bruise or scratch. At one point, Diesel's character dives headfirst into the skull of any angry giant thug man and walks away unscathed. As insane as the car stunts become, whether the heroes are facing off against tanks or airliners, the action reaches such high levels but rarely evokes actual danger. Characters consistently fight through hell but never show injury until the final blow—if they do in fact die.
That's where the series has really worn me out. Bang bang boom, but no one gets hurt until they die. This roadrunner-coyote cartoon chase only entertains for so long when there's no suspense or actual imminent danger to the characters. I know other PG-13 action films have dealt with the same problems, but none are as numb to reality as the Fast series, at least to my present knowledge.
Justin Lin has a balancing act with these films and he succeeds with a far more prominent and successful use of humor this time around, but there are simply too many characters and subplots to juggle at this point. The action even suffers in terms of the different bobbing heads we are forced to jump back and forth with. Do I commend the action? Yes. But somewhere down the line I became numb to it. The F&F fans should rejoice, however, as this is probably a franchise high for them, even though I found it a step down from Part 5. If you want bloodless carnage, mindless action, and by-the-numbers soap opera, then Fast 6 will serve you plenty.
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Filed Under: Action Tagged With: Chris Morgan, Dwayne Johnson, Gal Gadot, Gina Carano, Jordana Brewster, Justin Lin, ludacris, Luke Evans, Michelle Rodriguez, Paul Walker, Sung Kang, Tyrese Gibson, Vin Diesel
May 7, 2011 By Matt V 1 Comment
The Summer movie season has kicked off a week early with Fast Five, sneaking in the schedule a week ahead of Marvel's Thor. Fast Five (for the uninitiated) is the fifth installment of The Fast and the Furious franchise—a series of films that at one point had lost its two leading stars Vin Diesel and Paul Walker. Once both men needed career revivals two years ago, Justin Lin, the director of Tokyo Drift (the third installment) brought back Diesel and Walker for the most lucrative film in the franchise. Now that it has been ten years since the original film debuted in 2001, I am shocked to find this franchise finding any relevancy in a busy market. Look at how Scream 4 was recently burned alive. But I suppose if you build a flick around macho guys, babes, fast cars, guns, and explosions, audiences will find it.
Fast Five picks up where Fast and Furious left off. Dominic Torretto (Vin Diesel) has been convicted of his past run-ins with the law and is off to prison. Do you think he gets there? Neither did I. Former Fed Brian O'Connor (Paul Walker) and Dom's sister Mia (Jordana Brewster) take on a major rescue operation involving the rollover of a bus carrying the prisoners. The team reunites in Rio for a heist of pricey sports cars. The plan is ridiculous—torch the side of a train moving at 70 mph or so, align a moving loading ramp along the side, and drive the cars from inside the locomotive off the train via the ramp. Unfortunately for the gang, the men they are working with have alternative plans, and the job goes sour. Dom and Brian escape in one of the stolen cars (in a ridiculous physics-defying sequence) and soon realize they are in possession of a computerized microchip installed in the vehicle that has the personal accounting information of the notorious druglord they were pulling the job for—worth $100 million. Dom sees this as an opportunity to pull off "one amazing last heist that will have him walk away from crime forever." Brian, having just realized he is a father-to-be with Mia, is down. But they need to assemble a team, featuring a herd of F&F series veterans: Tyrese Gibson, Chris 'Ludacris' Bridges, Sung Kang, and others. The band of thugs meet up in Rio to plot the smash-and-grab, but the stakes become greater as a Special Forces strike team led by Hobbs (Dwayne Johnson—bulky and sweaty as ever) is on the trail of Torretto and O'Connor, and will do whatever it takes to bring them down.
If Fast Five is to be enjoyed, it can only be enjoyed as a cheesefest. I still don't know if I actually liked it, however, I can say I was entertained. The series has been off and on for me, but it never quite works without Vin Diesel behind the wheel. Luckily Justin Lin has decided to shift the series and turn it into a straightforward action franchise and shed much of the street racing antics. We still get some of that, and several shiny autos, but F&F is now all bang-bang mayhem with lives at stake. The action reminded me of Peter Berg film. It's gritty, intense, fast-moving, merciless—all the while in a PG-13 landscape. A lot of people get brutally killed in Fast Five, but there is little-to-no bloodshed to be seen. The 'heroes' continually manage to narrowly escape being hurt or killed as bands of assault-rifle wielding good guys and bag guys pursue them, so much so that it doesn't take long for them to mirror a pack of roadrunners being chased by a bunch of witless coyotes. The mano-a-mano brawl between Diesel and Johnson (soon to be infamous) has them bludgeoning each other to pulps, but there is hardly a blood drop, and by the next scene they are just fine. I picture these two freight trains crashing into each other in a very impressive and violent duel, and walking away without a dent. It doesn't make sense at all. But, hey, the franchise wouldn't sell as an R-rated film.
In the end, Lin's film is a walking vegetable. It may be completely brain-dead, but it sure has a pulse. Luckily the man knows how to stage action sequences and film them in such a way that the audience can comprehend what is going on and to whom it's happening. I appreciate a visual style that makes sense in a market so influenced by those Jason Bourne films. Granted, the action in Fast Five is completely impossible—and I won't dare to spoil the outrageous howlers of sequences boiling over in this installment—but at least you can follow it and appreciate it as an over-the-top exercise in macho excess. Diesel and Johnson bring charisma and presence to the table and ultimately make this movie, one that's about 20 minutes too long and full of actors meant to 'function' rather than 'act.' So if you're in for some hich-octane stupidity, constant eight-word catchphrases, and a series that is now dangerously becoming the next Saw franchise in terms of re-appearing characters and loosely connected plot threads across the previous installments, then Fast Five is exactly what you're looking for in mindless entertainment.
Filed Under: Action Tagged With: Chris Bridges, Dwayne Johnson, Jordana Brewster, Justin Lin, Paul Walker, Sung Kang, Tyrese Gibson, Vin Diesel
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Mark Zuckerberg is the youngest billionaire in the world. How did he do it? Well, I think we all know full well what he did as most of you probably have your Facebook profile open as you read this. The mere introduction of social networking changed the way people live their lives and communicate, in much […]
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Use of Nanoparticles in Disinfection of Desalinated Water in United Arab Emirates
Laila Masoud Rashid Al-Issai
Dr. Walid Shorbagy
Tibor Pal
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Gregory Korshin
United Arab Emirates (UAE) as well as most Gulf Countries depends mostly on desalinated sea water as the main source of drinking water. The drinking water disinfection process has been routinely carried out since the turn of the century to destroy pathogenic organisms and prevent waterborne diseases. When chemical disinfection is applied before or after desalination, a number of harmful compounds are formed posing potential risks to the health of human or aesthetic quality of drinking water. As such, a tremendous number of studies have been conducted to identify new alternative methods of disinfecting water without formation of harmful Disinfection by-products (DBPs). Several metal and metal oxide nanoparticles (NPs) have shown significant advantages as potent bactericidal agents. In this study, seven nanoparticles (Silver, Silver-Cupper, Cupper, Carbon Nanotubes, Silicon Dioxide, Magnesium Oxide, and Zinc Oxide) were evaluated in disinfecting drinking water produced from two desalination technologies; namely Multi- Stage Flash (MSF) and Reverse Osmosis (RO). All particles were applied to the water samples in suspension mode and the disinfection strength was evaluated by inspecting the degradation percentages of four types of bacteria; E.coli, Enterobacter, Salmonella, and Enterococci. The levels of four inorganic byproducts; chlorite, chlorate, bromate, and iodate, were identified in all tested samples. A major result found from this study indicated that Ag and Ag-Cu NPs had the highest disinfection efficiency among the tested nanoparticles and chlorate was the most inorganic byproduct formed in desalinated samples but with lower levels than the regulated limit.
Rashid Al-Issai, Laila Masoud, "Use of Nanoparticles in Disinfection of Desalinated Water in United Arab Emirates" (2014). Theses. 663.
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In the dark ages of mankind, before Al Gore descended from heaven and invented for us a series of tubes known as The Interwebs, humans were primitive beasts who walked the Earth with bent backs and giant hair. The giant hair came from many sprayable products applied liberally, the bent backs from carrying around gigantic ghetto blasters as the sole conceivable means to transport music from point A to point B. This was the '80s, a time so amazing backward that when computers wanted to talk to each other they had to use the telephone – and a land line no less. Messaging was done through private dial-ups known as BBSes – an acronym, back when there were many million fewer acronyms roaming the plains free and incomprehensible, that stood for Bulletin Board System. Users could call a number and connect, provided somebody else wasn't already on the line, and read text as it spilled across their screen at the blinding speed of 300 baud (slightly faster than a normal reading speed). Text was the only option. Speeds and computing power that would allow pictures was an unattainable dream.
The online world was not yet in the wild-west era it finds itself today, but more in its early pioneer phase – so early that most of the settlers were dying of exposure and scurvy. It was around this time that Shane first learned the terrible, unfortunate truth that he was a writer, and would therefore never be a valued contributing member of society. Oh well, fuck it, he thought, and proceeded to write many comedy posts and columns to amuse the dozens of perfect strangers who logged onto the various local BBSes in any given day.
Out of this period sprang the idea for a revolutionary new comedy-focused BBS called Bedlam. Although it never made it to launch, Shane busied himself writing lots of new material for it, including what would have been the world's very first (and perhaps only) ascii text comic strip. Presented under his online pseudonym, Dr. Bertram X. Fegg (named for one of the more obscure characters in British comedy history), he completed forty-five individual strips for the proposed daily feature before he decided he was getting rather ahead of himself and paused for a break. The Awfuls, like Bedlam, never saw the light of day, and distribution was limited to a fan-fold computer printout handed around at parties.
Presented here now, is one of Shane's earliest forays into comic writing, accomplished (some might say committed) while still in his tender teen years.


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Does your child wet the bed? Follow these tips on how to deal with it
02nd Feb 2016
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Bedwetting is something parents normally expect to deal with in pre-school children, but it's more common than you might imagine among older youngsters. Research shows it still affects about five per cent of children as old as nine.
So when should you worry?
Dr Chinnaiah Yemula, a consultant paediatrician and leading authority on bedwetting – or nocturnal enuresis – says children up to five haven't usually developed a fully matured bladder, so it's not considered abnormal.
But if it carries on beyond that, there is cause for concern.
Dr Yemula says: "This is mainly because children's social lives change at about six or seven when they're being invited for sleepovers or on overnight trips. It's then it becomes a real worry for parents."
Where can you turn for help?
"Your GP is a good starting point,' says Brenda Cheer, a specialist continence paediatric.
"A doctor should know who oversees your local bedwetting services. It's often the school nurse or paediatric continence service. You may be referred to a bedwetting clinic.
What can you do first?
Check that your child isn't constipated – it can be linked to bedwetting.
Brenda says: "Around a third of children suffer from constipation at some time. If the bowel is full it can press against the bladder.
"Normal toilet visits are anything between three times a day and four times a week. A healthy bladder and bowels can be key to stopping bedwetting."
Could bedwetting be caused by drinking too much?
Brenda reckons a child should drink 6-8 cups a day from a cup appropriate to their size.
She says: "Drinks should be evenly spread out so as not to stress the bladder. Not drinking an hour before bedtime might help."
Do some drinks aggravate it?
Dr Yemula says: "There's some evidence that drinks such as orange juice, squash, blackcurrant juice and fizzy pop can stimulate an already over-active bladder.
"Try cutting these out. And when children are having their final wee before bed, encourage them to count to 30 and then squeeze out any more so the bladder's empty."
Why don't they wake up to pee?
"When some children are asleep, they don't respond to the signal from their bladder to their brain that they need to wee," says Brenda.
"One solution is a wearable alarm or bed mat that alerts the child when they start to urinate. At first they won't wake up in time, but gradually it will train them to get up to go."
Why can most of us go the night without a pee?
Brenda says: "Normally, we all make a hormone at night called vasopressin. When we sleep, it tells our kidneys to make less but more concentrated urine.
"But in some bedwetters, this hormone isn't working. A sign of this is if they wet the bed very soon after going to sleep – and with lots of diluted wee rather than a small patch."
Can medicines help?
"If there's a problem with the vasopressin hormone, children can be given a medicine called desmopressin," says Dr Yemula.
"It cuts the amount of wee produced by the kidneys so the bladder doesn't fill up."
Why do some "dry" children start wetting again?
"Moving schools, bullying or issues at home can sometimes be behind it," says Brenda.
"Anxiety causes vasopressin levels to dip so the urine production isn't reduced at night. Or the child may have slipped into bad habits, such as having a fizzy drink before bed."
Will they grow out of it?
"In most cases yes, if they're a mild (three times a week) or moderate (three-six times a week) bedwetter," says Dr Yemula.
"But if they're doing it every night it may last into their teens if not treated.
"If a parent was a bedwetter, there's a 40% chance the child will be too. Knowing a parent had this same problem can reassure the child in dealing with it.'
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Famous sights of IRIS in Seoul
Source: Seoul Metropolitan City
The nation's first spy action drama IRIS is gaining popularity because of awesome action scenes, thrills and romance. However, that's not all. Another interesting thing to do while watching the drama is to discover some of the famous sights of Seoul featured in the drama. Let's find Seoul's renowned sights in the drama.
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Korea's 'Little Brother' Set to Turn into Rebellious Teenager
The young rising actor Yoo Seung-ho will transform into a rebellious teenager in the new KBS2 drama "Master of Study" scheduled to air from January 4, 2010. He is expected to project tough, manly images he has never shown before. He has been dubbed the "nation's little brother" with romantic and sweet images that have made the hearts of many women throb.
Most of all, his appearance has changed. Yoo showed up at the first shoot wearing earrings and sporting a striking hairstyle. He has abandoned his typically neatly-trimmed short hair to have one side of it cropped completely, leaving only the other side remaining. He reportedly chose the new hairstyle after trying several styles to find the perfect one for his character.
Yoo's agency said, "Yoo's given serious thought to changing his looks to shake off his 'cute younger brother' image. He will feature a new fashion style with clothes specially made for his role."
Based on the Japanese manga "Dragon Sakura" by Mita Norifusa, "Master of Study" deals with five problematic students from a remedial high school who have no interest in learning but get to join a special class that aims to send them to a top-notch university. Yoo will play Hwang Baek-hyeon, the leader of the five boys who was raised by his grandmother after his parents died in an accident when he was young.
source: KBS Global
Labels: kbs drama, korean actor, korean drama, korean series
Park Eun-hye to make comeback on TV
Korean actress Park Eun-hye is set to make a comeback to the small screen in a new morning drama, according to her agency on Thursday.
Returning to television after a two-year hiatus, the actress will be play the lead role in MBC's morning soap "Pink Lipstick", Forestar Entertainment said in a press release.
She will play the character of Yoo Ga-eun, who plots revenge after getting betrayed by her husband and friend.
"She thought a lot about choosing the next character as she had been away from the screen for some time," an official at Forestar was quoted as saying. "She chose to play the femme fatal role in "Pink Lipstick" because she had never played such part before and wanted to show viewers a different side to her."
Park, who attended the first reading sessions yesterday with her co-stars, said about the role, "My character, who was a good-hearted person in the beginning, gradually turns into an evil person and the story will unfold convincingly."
The actress rose to fame throughout Asia in 2003 with a supporting role in hit MBC TV series "Jewel in the Palace", which starred Hallyu star Lee Young-ae.
"Lipstick" is scheduled to start airing on January 4.
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At some point I'll talk more about why I feel called to a life as a sexual healer, a sacred prostitute, but it's almost too close to talk about right now. Today has seen me providing healing to more than a few people in my life today. And while normally it is not a draining experience, I think because I've been feeling off for the past week or so, it does get to me a little more than it normally would.
Over the past few months I've been doing a much better job of enforcing boundaries. One of the people I responded to today was someone who was literally seeking my skills and expertise as a sacred prostitute/healer. This is probably the first time that's happened for me. Normally, I've encountered people in my life and made an offer. No strings attached. No pressure…but a way for them to encounter themselves in a safe and supportive way. But today it was someone asking whether I can provide that healing to them. I'll be honest, I was tempted. Incredibly tempted to say, "Sure! I can help you." I stopped myself though. While the ego blast was certainly nice to have, it wasn't the right situation for me. What this person needed was a little more…vanilla…than I'm able to provide. I didn't trust my own ability to hold back the kind of intensity that I bring to a situation, much less a healing situation. This situation just wasn't right for that. I was proud of holding tight to my boundaries.
Boundaries tend to serve both parties. And today it helped this person find the resources and healers they need. And today it helped me from spending more energy than I had and overcommitting myself. Small victories.
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By all outward appearances, the White House believed President Trump would benefit politically from the end of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation.
After the investigation came to a close without a big indictment charging Trump's associates for conspiring with Russia, his closest advisers celebrated ostentatiously. Apart from insisting dishonestly that Trump had been completely exonerated, they hugged for the cameras and swigged champagne, seemingly relieved that their legal nightmare (or at least this legal nightmare) was behind them.
But Trump abruptly cut the party short with a stunning decision to make it the official position of the Justice Department that the entire Affordable Care Act is invalid, and that the courts should throw it out.
The development befuddled the political establishment, including many Republicans, who wondered why Trump would interrupt his own victory lap by replacing "No Conspiracy" headlines with a renewed threat to strip tens of millions of people of their health care.
Reporters quickly learned that Trump made the call at the behest of his chief of staff, Mick Mulvaney, over the advice of his new attorney general, William Barr, which left the impression that Trump had been led astray politically by an ideologically fanatical aide. At this point Trump has humiliated and abused so many top officials that few remain who aren't fanatics of one kind or another.
But a more plausible explanation has taken shape in the weeks since Mueller transmitted his report to Barr, and it's one that should alarm everyone who isn't enthusiastic about Trump's lawlessness. What if it wasn't the attrition of moderating voices from his administration that drove Trump to take such a damaging and aberrant step, but the addition of a new enabling one—the Roy Cohn figure he's been yearning for since he came to power?
Barr is the common thread connecting the deceptive propaganda of Trump's non-exoneration exoneration, and the administration's abdication of its duty to faithfully defends the laws of the United States—even ones Trump doesn't like. The former required Barr to usurp Congress's role as the proper arbiter of Trump's non-prosecutable misconduct, the latter required him to subvert his own institution, and both required him to serve Trump personally, instead of the United States. Barr plainly relished the abuses of power, even if he notionally disagreed with the strategic wisdom of making frivolous arguments in court.
But Trump has never wanted for advisers who hate Obamacare and help him conceal his wrongdoing. What he lacked before was an attorney general who was as enthusiastically contemptuous of the rule of law as he is, and willing to compromise the ideal of non-partisan law enforcement on his behalf.
It's possible that Barr will draw the line at Trump's suggestion that border agents ignore immigration judges, but we can't blame Trump for thinking otherwise.
The political establishment's hope that Barr would serve as a new adult in the room to replace departed ones was always misplaced. He first gained notoriety as the George H.W. Bush attorney general who completed the Iran Contra coverup, and came to Trump's attention by writing an unsolicited memo that disparaged the Russia investigation and asserted presidents can't obstruct justice in the course of their official conduct. In between he worked in private practice, but also seems to have allowed conservative propaganda to rot his brain. In 2017 he emailed New York Times reporter Peter Baker to declare, "I have long believed that the predicate for investigating the uranium deal, as well as the [Clinton] foundation, is far stronger than any basis for investigating so-called 'collusion,'" which is something only a person overfed on a diet of Fox News would say. Reviving the debunked SPYGATE conspiracy theory is no different, except he now controls the Justice Department where he can substitute Trump's ravings and lies and authoritarian predilections for the rule of law.
If we don't focus, and soon, Donald Trump may get the berth he needs to bolster his standing with the public and beat us again.
What will Republicans and the credulous media say when President Trump goes to great lengths to conceal the Mueller report to hide the details of his collusion and obstruction.
Democratic leaders have all but doomed themselves to tacitly blessing all of Trump's wrongdoing and praying that voters do all the hard work for them, while letting Republicans in Congress off the hook.


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This 1972 Jaguar E-Type is a Series III 2+2 powered by a numbers-matching 5.3-liter V12 paired with a 4-speed manual transmission. The car was acquired by its current owner 14 years ago, and a repaint in British Racing Green was reportedly performed in 2009. Maintenance in 2018 is said to have included new coolant hoses and fluids as well as a vacuum leak repair. This Series III E-Type is offered by the seller on behalf of the owner with records to 2004, a Jaguar Heritage Trust Certificate, and a clean Idaho title.
The 2+2 body was reportedly repainted in its original color of British Racing Green in 2009. The seller reports that door dings were removed prior to the paintwork.
Exterior features include dual center exhaust outlets and chrome bumpers with rubber overriders. Chrome 15″ wire wheels wear 215/65 Michelin Pilot Exalto A/S rubber date coded from 2008.
The 4-seat cabin is trimmed in beige leather with matching carpets, door panels, and headliner. The driver's headrest has lost its form, and wear on the front upholstery is shown in detailed photos below.
The 3-spoke Jaguar steering wheel wears an aftermarket wrap and sits ahead of a black dash with late-model rocker switches. The car is equipped with factory air conditioning and a period radio remains mounted in the center stack. Smiths instrumentation includes a 5-digit odometer showing 33k miles, about 8,500 of which were added by the late owner in 14 years.
The 5.3-liter V12 is equipped with four Zenith carburetors and a Pertronix electric ignition system. Service in July 2018 reportedly included repair of a vacuum leak, a coolant flush, installation of new hoses, and an oil change.
Engine block number 7S 7755 SB is shown above and confirmed original by the included Jaguar Heritage Trust Certificate.
Power is sent to the rear wheels through a 4-speed manual transmission. Additional undercarriage photos are available in the gallery below.
The Jaguar Trust Heritage Certificate shows the original numbers and colors, a production date of June 19, 1972, and US delivery.
A walk-around video with the engine idling is provided above.


The explosion of biological research and discovery is giving rise to a new generation of biologically based products and processes in biotechnology and medicine.
To make full use of this new biology, biochemical and biomedical engineers must translate the basic science into practical technology that can be widely used.
The Bioprocessing Research Unit carries out interdisciplinary research at the interface between biology, chemistry and chemical engineering.
We are developing methods of growing human cells and tissues outside the body to repair or replace damaged tissues. After implantation, the new tissues should integrate into the human body and carry out their natural function.
Our research focuses on the regeneration of cartilage, bone and blood vessels, through cultivating the composite cells on both natural and synthetic polymers.
Complex three-dimensional tissue structures are reconstituted in purpose-designed bioreactor systems. The bioreactor allows careful control of the environmental conditions to optimise the growth of each cell type and its position in the overall structure. Controlling the growth and proliferation of the cells should lead to enhanced tissue properties that deliver the required performance when integrated into the surrounding tissue.
We are working on the development of "smart" biological membranes that can interact with their environment. Self-assembling biological structures and polymers that respond to their environment offer a wide range of interesting opportunities. One use is in coatings for therapeutic agents that can be inserted in the body to release a drug or other active agent in response to the patient's state. For example, by monitoring blood sugar levels and releasing a controlled flow of insulin in response.
A second use is as self-repairing biocompatible surfaces for coating replacement joints, other prosthetics and medical devices used in invasive treatments.
Smart polymer systems can also be used as fabrics for the production of clothing that responds to the state of the person wearing it. This has applications in sport, medicine and survival in extreme environments.
Our research explores the application of supercritical fluids to produce defined coatings on pharmaceutical products. The aim is to produce a "clean technology" process for pharmaceutical industries. It will replace existing processes that currently use solvents, both chlorinated and non-chlorinated, which are harmful to the environment.
We are exploring the recovery of the products of fermentation and biotransformation processes.
We are developing functionalised fluid polymers based on inorganic polymers. We are assessing their use as supported liquid membranes for selective separation and extraction. By exploiting affinity interactions, based on a ligand tentacle approach, we are developing an alternative to conventional chromatography resins.
Selective removal of contaminants during extended fermentor operation.
Producing therapeutic quantities of substances such as human growth hormone and insulin can be time-consuming and expensive. This is because recombinant micro-organisms generally produce proteins which are inactive.
Activity can be regained through a series of steps known as protein refolding, but it is a slow and low-yielding process. We have recently explored the use of mathematical models to optimise refolding reactor operation, reversed micelles, use of the chaperones for in vitro refolding, and the use of hollow-fibre ultrafiltration membranes to minimise protein aggregation.
The use of gel filtration matrices to carry out refolding has proved particularly successful. This technique allows the protein to be refolded at high concentration, minimises aggregation and purifies the product in a single operation.
Organisms have evolved to live in almost every environment on Earth, even the most extreme, such as hot sulphur springs, volcanic vents and the salt-laden Dead Sea.
Most enzymes from mesophilic (or "conventional") organisms will denature and lose their biological activity above 45°C, at pH values outside the range 5 to 8, or in non-aqueous solvents. Extremophiles, which are generally micro-organisms, have adapted to live outside these confines. The cells and their constituents are extremely stable, and offer considerable biotechnological potential.These extremophiles open up new opportunities for the exploitation of living organisms and their components to create industrial products and processes, with the clear advantage of clean, efficient and safe technology.
Many effluents resulting from the synthesis of industrial chemicals are not treatable by conventional biological methods. They are currently treated using expensive and environmentally questionable technologies such as incineration.
We can use the ability of extremophile organisms to survive in "difficult" environments to develop new biological solutions for these problems.
We are working on techniques for the hybridisation of organisms to give them the ability to handle wastes containing mixtures of compounds that in combination pose particular challenges. We are also developing novel membrane bioreactors for accelerated culture evolution.


Happy young mother playing with her little baby son on sunshine warm autumn or summer day. Rainbow in the sky. Happy family concept.
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The mats measurement ticks are marked to meet the needs of everyone from photographers to quilters and fashion designers. Alvin Cutting Mats have edges that are marked with measurements for convenience, and hash marks to help you make perfect cuts every time. For the larger mats, there are also internal hash marks to help keep measurements clear.
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You invoke the mystical power of the moon to drive the target into a mad, bestial frenzy. If the target fails its save, it is dazed for 1 round, dropping held items as its nails and teeth elongate and sharpen. The target gains a bite attack and two claw attacks that deal damage appropriate for the creature's size, and for the remainder of the spell's duration the target behaves as if under simultaneous rage and confusion spells, attacking with its natural weapons in preference to other actions. During the final round of the spell's duration, the target is again dazed as it returns to its normal state.


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The arrival of the 20AX tube system from Philips changed the design of television sets from all the quality European manufacturers, and B&O were no exception. The arrival of the 35XX models finally saw B&O break away from the complex designs of the past years, the new chassis was neat, well laid out, cool running and very reliable in service. Text copyright © Beocentral. Unauthorised reproduction prohibited.
As well as the new 20AX in-line tube, the new sets included another Philips innovation, the diode split line output transformer. This new technology did away with the need for a separate tripler or rectifier valve, and great reliability was promised, backed by millions of device hours in testing without a single failure. So successful was this technique that it would be used in modified form in all subsequent Beovision models. The use of the 20AX tube system helped greatly to simplify the design, with its modest convergence correction requirements and reduced power consumption. The need for much less scanning power in particular allowed the vertical scan generator to be based around an integrated circuit, another great step forward. Text copyright © Beocentral. Unauthorised reproduction prohibited.
A feature that did remain from previous models was the automatic colour truth circuit, which kept the tube in correct adjustment for long periods of use without the need for re-balancing. Combined with the simplified convergence section (now called "tube tolerance adjustment"), this meant that these models could run for many years without the need for adjustment to correct any deterioration in picture quality. The sound section had not been ignored either, and all models included a cabinet type loudspeaker and a quality amplifier with treble and bass controls. Text copyright © Beocentral. Unauthorised reproduction prohibited.
Models such as the Beovision 3802, 4402 and 6002 included an excellent ultrasonic remote control system with a new terminal called the Beovision Control Module. This gave control over 16 functions (8 programme selections, volume, brightness and colour levels, reset and standby) an because it used a matrix system based on combining a high and low frequency, it was not subject to spurious operation, unlike some rival makers' offerings!
Later on, a Teletext decoder became available as an optional extra, a first for B&O. This included the decoder panels for fitting in the set and a new terminal with the Teletext functions included on it. There were also basic push button sets in the range, such as the Beovision 4002. They were distinguishable only by the absence of the ultrasonic transducer for the remote control and that the control keys for the programmes were marked in white instead of orange. Text copyright © Beocentral. Unauthorised reproduction prohibited.
One thing that marred an otherwise excellent set was the power supply. It was based on a full-wave controlled rectifier, and the choke used in the B&O design was of a type that proved mechanically noisy in service. The low buzzing noise of this was very noticeable during quiet parts of the programme! Some were worse than others, and replacement was sometimes required in really severe cases. Text copyright © Beocentral. Unauthorised reproduction prohibited.
It is strange that a set which was designed as a result of new tube technology should be made obsolete by a further advance in that field, but that's what happened to these models. The new Philips 30AX self-converging tubes appeared in 1980 and formed the basis for the new 33XX series Beovisions. Text copyright © Beocentral. Unauthorised reproduction prohibited.


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Aegus currani is een keversoort uit de familie vliegende herten (Lucanidae). De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort is voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd in 1912 door Felsche.

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[Chef Art] Gonzalez (Panxa Cocina and Roe Restaurant) has a similar relationship with his farmer, Sasha Kanno, at Farm Lot 59. Months before the next planting season, the two will sit down and discuss his needs for the next year, settling on which cucumbers, peppers, herbs and oddities he might be able to use in his kitchen.
Last year, Gonzalez brought in a hard-to-find Peruvian black mint that he loves to use in ceviche; six plants now grow at Farm Lot 59 specifically for him.
Right now, Gonzalez is also buying fennel, carrots, kale, lavender, serrano peppers and honey from Kanno, who splits up her crop and sells to other local restaurants like Michael's on Naples and Chianina.
In the summer, Kanno's new tomato tunnel will be able to provide Gonzalez with enough heirloom tomatoes for his specialty: pico de gallo, which he sells about 100 gallons of per week. He estimates that about one-third of his produce comes from within Long Beach, with the remainder supplemented with personalized orders from the farmers-market-hunting Ingardia Brothers.
Like Pretty, Gonzalez acknowledges that even though the amount of locavore produce available to restaurants is increasing, it's still simply not feasible for even the most dedicated of farm-to-table chefs to survive on only what's grown within city limits. But both enjoy the challenge of staying seasonal while working around what Mother Nature provides.


Taxation of air carriers; taxes; delinquent; lien; collection.
If any taxes levied on air carriers as defined in section 77-1244 and interest and penalties due thereon shall not have been paid on July 1, following the levy thereof, the total amount shall be a lien in favor of the State of Nebraska upon all money and credits belonging to such air carriers until the liability therefor is satisfied or otherwise released or discharged, and it shall be lawful for the Tax Commissioner or his or her designated agent to collect such total amount by issuing a distress warrant and making levy upon all money and credits belonging to such air carriers. Such lien shall be filed and enforced pursuant to the Uniform State Tax Lien Registration and Enforcement Act.
Laws 2007, LB334, § 59.


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