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What a pleasure to write a review of a Dave Cousins solo album, so close on the heels of the recently released Boy In A Sailor Suit. After 35 years he released that as his second solo album, then, like London buses, there's another one along in a just a short while. But that's by no means a complaint, as the arrival of a new Dave Cousins album is very much to be celebrated - this one in particular.
There's a story behind it - DC decided to book a day in the studio of Chris Tsangarides (producer of Sailor Suit) on 2 Jan this year, the idea being to record an album to sell on tour in the US on his March solo tour. (I was invited to the sessions but wasn't able to go as I was ill - sounds of frustrated webmaster banging head against wall). Dave was intending to delve into the back catalogue, re-recording some tracks from the older days of Strawbs, which he'd feature on the tour. Somewhere along the line two things happened - 1) Dave recruited Melvin Duffy on steel and Hawaiian guitar to play on the session and 2) Dave persuaded Ian Cutler to join him for the first 8 dates of the tour (would have been longer but for prior commitments back in the UK).
So the result of the session is Secret Paths, released on 3 March. And I have to say it's an absolutely splendid album. I'm not the world's greatest fan of steel guitar generally and wasn't sure I'd like it but I absolutely love it! Melvyn adds texture and ornamentation which really fit with Dave's fairly simple characteristic Cousins strumming and really fantastic DC vocals, the best in my view for some time.
The production is very crisp throughout - Chris Tsangarides REALLY knows how best to bring DC's vocals to the fore, and, for someone whose forte is heavy metal, it's really quite astonishing what he's done with this fairly basic, almost Spartan acoustic, more or less live performance of one voice and two instruments. Never before has Dave had such effective production, as far as I'm concerned, partoicularly in respect of his vocals.
When analysed track by track, there's a consistency to the songs, which escapes being a "sameness" - with only two instruments to play with, the album could have flagged halfway through, but there's certainly no question of that - it's a compelling sound right through to the last track - DC's homage to Marlene Dietrich.
Song Of A Sad Little Girl - steel intro - lovely echo and fairy dust over DC strumming. Verse is DC guitar only, you can hear every nuance of DC's vocal - he's in splendid voice. Steel comes back in for second verse, nothing intrusive just a few grace notes. An instrumental after the second chorus has soaring steel. And the steel shadows and bolsters Dave's voice on the falsetto "and she feels fine" in the end piece. Dave's guitar figure and nice steel harmonics to end.
The Shepherd's Song - now we've had several versions of this Strawbs classic of late - the Cousins & Cutler one with manic gypsy fiddling; the Acoustic Strawbs version with Lambert's flailing flamenco strumming; and now this one, with Duffy's steel guitar fleshing out Cousins' strumming (pretty much the same as for the Cutler version). With such riches, it's difficult to pick out a favourite from the three. Again the vocals are absolutely crystal clear. The coda features rising steel picking over Cousins' driving strumming - wasn't certain at first but have come to like this very much.
I Turned My Face Into The Wind - one of my favourites on the album. The steel conjures up the eerie feeling of a wild day on a Northern moor; Cousins' vocal on this is superb and haunting - you could almost be back in 1969 when this was first recorded - I'd LOVE to see this one done live. Again, very simple and very effective.
Ringing Down The Years - a little more traditional territory for the steel guitar, a slight flavour of Americana to the intro. Cousins' first verse with a simple guitar backing tells the story of his meeting with Sandy Denny, the steel swelling back in during the first chorus. There's a little slowdown motif before each verse which is new to this arrangement. Some nice slide in the instrumental section before the last verse.
Josephine For Better Or For Worse - Dave's touching piece written for Dominic Behan and his wife Josephine is great raw material for this pairing - DC picking and Melvin's steel pick up the rhythm and dynamics of this gentle love song.
Canada - recently aired on the Strawbs' boxed set A Taste Of Strawbs, this version is re-recorded by Cousins and Duffy, and you know I think I like it better in this simpler stripped down format - you can hear the guitar figures very clearly. The steel keens rather nicely over the guitar in the instrumental, but doesn't otherwise intrude too much, which I think is right for this song. There's a great edge to Dave's voice here. Beautiful steel ending.
How I Need You Now (aka Absent Friend) - Slide intro and jazzy chordal work, offering DC an opportunity to croon this atmospheric number from Nomadness.
I'll Show You Where To Sleep - now this is a very interesting one - it features an unusual Joni Mitchell-provided tuning, where DC plays some of the chords over the TOP of the guitar neck, It's a gentle slightly slower reworking of a lovely track from Strawbs' first album. Cousins' guitar picking is nicely percussive. The steel picks up the opening figure and the instrumental sections nicely.
Beat The Retreat - a favourite Cousins song of mine, which I enjoy playing. Again a slight tinge of Americana from Melyvn, which fits the mood of this country-styled number, also re-recorded at a slightly slower pace than the original version. Cousins' voice is emotional throughout and the song comes to a gentle slowdown close.
Falling In Love Again - an unusual thing for Dave to record a cover, this is Dave's version of the famous Marlene Dietrich song. Slightly "cowboy" opening, on the Hawaiian guitar from Melvyn, and a nice instrumental between verse. DC obviously enjoys the opportunity to sing a classic number like this. At one point when band relations were poor back in '73 Dave seriously considered the cabaret circuit - the quality of this shows that if he'd put his mind to it I think he could well have made a success of it.
All in all, a very VERY good new album from Dave that hasn't been very far away from my car CD player since I got an early copy from DC, which will be played again and again despite the simplicity of its arrangements. Buy it from Witchwood Records the bonus track, recorded at these sessions "The Broken Hearted Bride", which I've not heard yet - Dave apparently plays dulcimer on this one - be interesting to see how that fits with the steel.
This album was released at the beginning of the U.S. tour. At the time of its planned release, Cousins expected to do the entire tour solo but later opted to take Ian Cutler with him. Sadly, Cutler could make only the first eight dates. Although I'm sure that Cousins will acquit himself well on the remainder of the U.S. dates, those of us who heard him with Cutler were blessed.
This album is different. Instead of Ian's fiddle, Cousins is accompanied by Melvin Duffy on Pedal Steel Guitar and Weissenhorn Hawaiian Guitar. And it sounds good. It sounds better, if you haven't heard Ian Cutler. But Duffy's work is quite fine � it's just different. It provides a sort of sweet, mellow sound that you don't expect.
Many of the tracks on the album are familiar to Cousins and Strawbs fans, a few of which of are "Song Of A Sad Little Girl", "Josephine", "How I Need You", "Beat The Retreat", "I Turned My Face Into The Wind", "Canada" and "Ringing Down The Years" (two of my all time favorites).
But the two songs that really stunned me were "Plainsong." A "plainsong" is technically a song that is "monophonic and is in free, rather than measured rhythm" (Wikipedia). But don't be fooled. This is a lovely song, and technicalities go out the window, although Cousins is guided by the spirit of "plainsong." The other one is "Falling In Love Again." And if you want to fall in love again, this is a perfect place to do it.
Finally, I never play any album with Dave Cousins on it � Strawbs, solo or otherwise � in my bedroom. It always feels as if he's in there with me � an extra presence. Why? See last sentence, paragraph above.
Well what else would you call a review of Secret Paths? If you walk down secret paths in the halflight and climb wooden fences you're bound to end up enveloped in the grassy web of a dancing meadow.
Was quite late buying Secret Paths. Didn't actually get it till the electric tour, by which time there was plenty of other things to talk about, so it might be a bit late to start discussing it now. Thought if I waited any longer Lay Down With The Strawbs would be out and I'd never get round to it.
Was very dubious of this album at first, because of the steel guitar, but I should have trusted DC. I guess most people who don't know the Strawbs would avoid anything to do with a banjo on the grounds that the instrument can make a dreadful racket, and yet DC has proven that you can get a beautiful sound from it. He's now convinced me that you can do the same with a steel guitar.
The steel guitar gives this album a very laid back, chilled out feel. It's the sort of sound you'd expect very late at night in a smoke filled bar. So late, in fact, that all of the jazz musicians have actually gone home. Don't know if you have ever seen the painting "Nighthawks", by Edward Hopper. It's that kind of feel.
The steel guitar also gives a kind of American wild west, feel about it. For the track "Canada", this is absolutely perfect. You can feel the wide open expanses of the prairies and the loneliness of the endless journeys in the haunting notes.
For some of the other tracks, it's a bit strange at first. "I Turned My Face into the Wind", and "Shepherd's Song" are rooted in the English countryside, and the American feel seems a bit of a juxtaposition. The poetry ceases to be of a modern-day Thomas Hardy's Wessex, but becomes more of a modern-day Robert Frost's New Hampshire.
The only totally new song is "Plainsong". This is a really infectious tune, and after a couple of listens you will be waking up in the morning, with the song still playing in your head. Like many of Dave's songs though, the meaning is obscure, but I'm pretty sure that it was inspired by a visit to something like a graveyard near an Abbey on a Winter's day. (I'd even go so far to betting that the date was January the 6th, but I could be reading more in to the song than is really there). All around are the signs of new life. I particularly like the anthropomorphic Catholicism of the image of the birds "breaking bread".
Through the chapel walls there's the sound of chanting (Plainsong), possibly by monks, and Dave suddenly becomes aware of his own mortality (he has an epiphany - hence my guess of the date). It isn't morbid, just an acceptance that "ever will I rest". He also seems to be feeling very nostalgic, as there's a few references to old Strawbs songs. ("Fingertips" and "Dragonfly", and also a reference to painted porcelain, presumably the china doll in "The Antiques Suite").
There's also a lovely version of the Blue Angel classic, "Falling in Love Again" featured on the album. Would have liked to have seen a live Blue Angel Orchestra album, which would almost certainly have included this track. The fact that it has now been included on Secret Paths presumably means that their is no plans at the moment to record BAO live. Oh well. Perhaps that means another studio album.


On today's echo I have hijacked Eric's Daily Echo with a video of my husband. How much I love him and what a great ride we have been on for 30 years. Our lives our a living "Happily Ever After". I put together a video for him and it's evident by the pictures he has loved these 52 years. As Ed Foreman poetically says…."Life is Terrific"!!! Love you Eric.. Can't wait to do your 104th!!!!!


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Q: Favorites in a Windows Phone Panorama application I have a Panorama Application, where one of the panorama items is 'Favorites'. I used a standard Windows Phone project with ItemViewModel and MainViewModel to get started. I replaced the lineone/two/three with a simple string 'Favorite'. I actually load the favorites data from isolated storage in the LoadData() function, and populate 'Items' using:
        IsolatedStorageFileStream favoritesFile = store.OpenFile("favorites.txt", FileMode.OpenOrCreate, FileAccess.Read);
        string lines;

        Items.Clear();
        using (StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(favoritesFile))
        {
            while ((lines = reader.ReadLine()) != null)
            {
                this.Items.Add(new ItemViewModel() { Favorite = lines });
            }
        }

I'd like to be able to not just view my favorites in this panorama item, but delete them as well (adding an item as favorite is covered when I navigate to the item detail page). Two options I've considered are:

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*Displaying a yellow star next to the text. Clicking on the star would remove the item from the list.

*Some sort of press and hold --> delete action.

For the first one, I'm not sure how to refresh the list once the item is deleted. Apparently, I cannot navigate to the same page :) Also, how can I tell which star corresponds to which favorite item, since the favorite item will be bound in xaml, like so:
                            <TextBlock Margin="10,10,0,0" Text="{Binding Favorite}" TextWrapping="Wrap" Style="{StaticResource PhoneTextSubtleStyle}" Grid.Column="0" />
                            <Button Grid.Column="1" Click="FavoriteButton_Click" BorderThickness="0" Height="40">
                                <Button.Background>
                                    <ImageBrush ImageSource="/WindowsPhonePanoramaApplication2;component/Images/appbar.feature.email.rest.png" Stretch="None" />
                                </Button.Background>
                            </Button>

For the second one, discoverability is an issue, plus I don't even know if this is supported for third party apps. I'm leaning towards the first option as it's fairly intuitive. Please advise.

A: If your todo list is an ObservableCollection that sends out NotifyPropertyChanged event when it is changed, then you don't need to worry about reloading the list your self, databinding takes care of this itself.
For the discoverability, press and hold is quite common i think. The press and hold component (context menu) is available for free in Silverlight Toolkit for WP7 (http://silverlight.codeplex.com)

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When Gender Referred Only To French Nouns
Languages always came easily to Harvey Bingham. He studied Latin in the 7th grade, maxed out the classics curriculum in high school, took four years of advanced French at Yale, and learned four other languages after graduation.
Although he sounded like a native speaker, had mastered even the most Latinate forms of Portuguese (the personal infinitive which was very much like the ablative absolute), and could intensify verbs in Hindi and nouns in Italian with ease, he had one weakness – gender. He could never remember whether a noun was masculine or feminine. In his hurry to learn languages and display them quickly, he had never bothered with the article. Whether a pear in French was le or la was irrelevant. The point was that when he spoke French, he spoke it fluently and without accent. His vocabulary was rich, and he had learned how to agilely work around words that he didn't know. What were a few mistakes in gender after all?
How wrong he was, of course, for a French, Spanish, or Italian speaker would grimace when masculine and feminine got mixed up. There was no such thing as poire or un poire. Anything except une poire grated and annoyed. All Harvey's fluency went for naught because of an article.
Only after his wife who had grown up in France and learned the language properly told him that articles were not add-ons but integral parts of nouns; and that French students learned them together as one, did he understand the importance of getting gender right. If you mess up on the le or la it was as if you said 'doughnut' and not pear. It took him a while to retrace his steps and relearn much vocabulary; but once he had sorted out those noun endings which were probable keys to gender (words ending in vowels, for example) and could focus on irregular nouns, he recouped most of his losses.
Harvey could not remember when gender referred to more than just French nouns, when it replaced 'sex' as the male-female descriptor, and when it became a political cause; but he had trouble with both. 'Female' for him like most men of his generation was a gestalt term. On hearing it images of soft breasts, rounded hips, full moist lips, long silken hair, and long, shapely legs came to mind. No matter when or how the word was used, he could only think of women, their sexual allure, and their beauty. 'Male', too, had a connotation, perhaps more idealistic than for most; but still fully gestalt. It mattered little that this conjured image was more like Sir Lancelot than Harvey P. Bingham.
'You are what you are', is the mantra of 2015, and you are responsible for figuring out what that is. Unfortunately there are a bewildering number of choices. Under Male one can choose from 'Fully male, Apollonian, and kingly'; 'Sensitive male, still with Y chromosomes but in touch with feminine side'; 'AC-DC, plugged in or plugged into'; 'Feminine, but not girly-girl'; 'Transitioning'; etc.
"Are there any crossovers?", Harvey asked me over coffee. I reminded him of the movie The Crying Game where a man falls in love with a woman, but the woman is actually a man. She is tender, caring, and softly feminine until she finally lifts her dress, too emotionally involved to hide her sex any longer.
"Impossible", Harvey said. "The guy would have known."
Perhaps, and the movie is not clear on this score; but it turns out that love wins out in the end. Sexuality – gender – is less important than the true emotional bond that has formed between the two lovers.
"Too complicated", Harvey said.
I explained that genitalia matter less than one's sexual core. The essence of sexuality is far more important than any external configurations. Shakespeare was way ahead of his time when he wrote of the convoluted sexual desire the Poet felt for his Young Man:
A woman's face with Nature's own hand painted
Hast thou, the master-mistress of my passion;
A woman's gentle heart, but not acquainted
With shifting change, as is false women's fashion;
An eye more bright than theirs, less false in rolling,
Gilding the object whereupon it gazeth;
A man in hue, all hues in his controlling,
Much steals men's eyes and women's souls amazeth.
And for a woman wert thou first created;
Till Nature, as she wrought thee, fell a-doting,
And by addition me of thee defeated,
By adding one thing to my purpose nothing.
But since she prick'd thee out for women's pleasure,
Mine be thy love and thy love's use their treasure.
Nature wanted to create you as a woman, but she, being female, decided to make you a man whom she could desire; and so you are outwardly a man but inwardly a woman. The Poet is a man who cannot love a man, so he loves the woman inside the man.
"I want no part of this", Harvey said. "I am not of the One Percent", by which he meant the 1-3 percent of Americans who classify themselves as LGBT. "I am in the first percentile. Indisputably, unquestionably, and happily male.
Judging by the amount of press coverage, one would think that the percentage of LGBT Americans would be far higher than that concluded by repeated and reputable surveys. A lot of the coverage is for the curious, not the socially active. Most Americans, although more than a bit put off by the idea of gay sex, want to know more. It is even truer for lesbian sex.
A friend of mine had been married to a college sweetheart for a year. He knew that she was far more adventuresome than he ever had been, but had taken her fidelity for granted. On one day he learned from his neighbor that his wife had been seen passionately kissing Trudy Baumann, a gorgeous German model for Vogue; and that he, quite faithful, had the clap.
My friend asked his father, a physician, to treat him, and when his father asked how what kind of sex two women could have to give each other diseases, he replied, "By rubbing pussies."
"That still doesn't answer my question", Harvey persisted. "Do trannies care whether their partners once were women or men?"
I admitted that it was a very good question, but that I didn't know the answer. "There must be some kind of signals that male-to-female transsexuals and female-to-male ones give off so that there are no surprises", I said, "but in any case, the statistical universe of such people is very, very small. One can always excuse a few mistakes."
Both of us agreed that it must be very difficult for young men and women these days, never knowing what lies behind a zipper or under a skirt; but they are far more agile, accommodating, and understanding than we ever were. Although we both had heard rumors that Jonathan Edwards was the 'queer' college' of the university we didn't believe a word of it, for assigning homosexuals to JE would have meant a level of sexual complicity and disclosure that would have been unheard of in those days.
Things are quite different today. Margaret Lovell, a graduate of Smith College, one of the famous Seven Sisters (Vassar, Smith, Radcliffe, Holyoke, Barnard, Pembroke, et al) the all-girl equivalents of the Ivy League, would have been surprised and shocked to find that it had become the school for lesbians, but Smith has done quite well in its new niche and even publicizes its 'LGBT'-friendly campus environment'.
Harvey and I are too old to matter much to anyone any more. Our ideas about simple sexual relationships between men and women are outdated if not disparaged by women who have been brought up to challenge the very nature of human sexuality.
The statistics are encouraging, holding at between 1-3 percent LGBT, so few of us have to worry about Deuteronomy or other Biblical injunctions, pay attention to media hype, or wonder what's beneath the blue silk skirt. Most of us say 'Live and let live', and mean it; but deep down we wish that things were the way they used to be.
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Nickole Dinardo November 3, 2016 at 3:37 PM
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So did the exam go well or not? Were you able to figure out if Fergie is a dude?
fergie looks good from far away. But not so much close up. whats with those jacked up eyebrows?
If you take a quick glance and your eye catches the splattering of moles on his upper chest, it looks like he just did a rectal on Fergie.
I loved that caption, hahaha.
Fergie is fug. The only explanations are: either she is a beautiful person inside and he is not hung up on looks, or he is on drugs.


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So life isn't all about fun, but it sure isn't meant to be a constant uphill struggle. We find ourselves overly occupied; running around in circles chasing what?…our tails? We get depleted. We find ourselves running on empty, with an inability for anymore demands. Done. Exhausted at the end of the day, but fidgety with a desire for activity and play.
Once again, the weekend calls us to exit the city, in search of greener, windier, and saltier spaces. My man surfs. I hula hoop on the beach like a child.
We relax and play, giving into our desire for a change of scenery…a change of routine.
I enjoy the moments when I relax into my hoop dance – be a little silly even. I stop worrying about how it looks. I allow the hoop to wobble, and drop, and roll away – all a part of the fun! Dan snaps a few pictures, smiling and laughing as well.
I welcome my best self without force or strain. Relax. Breathe.
I am thankful for play.


State of Nevada et al.
Andrea K. Johnstone United States Magistrate Judge.
Before the court is New Hampshire State Prison inmate Kevin Fernandez's complaint (Doc. No. 1) under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The complaint (Doc. No. 1) is before this court for preliminary review, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § l9l5A(a) and LR 4.3(d)(1). Also before the court are plaintiff's motions for: a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction (Doc. No. 3), the issuance of summonses (Doc. No. 4), and an extension of the deadline to serve defendants (Doc. No. 15).
In determining whether a pro se pleading states a claim, the court construes the pleading liberally. See Erickson v. Pardus, 551 U.S. 89, 94 (2007). Disregarding any legal conclusions, the court considers whether the factual content in the pleading and inferences reasonably drawn therefrom, taken as true, state a claim to relief. Hernandez-Cuevas v. Taylor, 723 F.3d 91, 102-03 (1st Cir. 2013) (citing Ashcroft v. Iqbal, 556 U.S. 662, 678 (2009)) .
On July 16, 2014, Fernandez entered into a settlement agreement ("Settlement Agreement") with the State of Nevada. The Settlement Agreement resolved six lawsuits Fernandez had filed in the District of Nevada, and one appeal Fernandez had filed in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. See Global Settlement Agreement (Doc. No. 3-1, at 70-77) . Fernandez alleges that, as part of the Settlement Agreement, Nevada and the NDOC agreed to solicit at least five states to which Nevada could transfer Fernandez under the Interstate Corrections Compact ("ICC"),  to determine if any of those states would accept a transfer of Fernandez. Fernandez was ultimately transferred to the NHSP on November 9, 2015, where he remains.
On December 9, 2015, Fernandez was classified at the NHSP as a "C-3" medium custody inmate. At the end of February 2016, Fernandez was assessed for reclassification to "C-2" minimum custody status but was denied C-2 status because he would not be paroled to live in New Hampshire and does not have family in New Hampshire.
On March 3, 2016, Fernandez initiated an administrative appeal of the February 2016 denial of C-2 status. On March 7, 2016, NHDOC Classifications Supervisor Kimberly LaCasse told Fernandez that he would not be reclassified as a C-2 inmate in New Hampshire if he was not paroling to New Hampshire, as C-2 inmates are eligible for placement in a halfway house, and those beds were needed for inmates who were going to transition to parole in New Hampshire. LaCasse also told Fernandez "that if he was unhappy with the decision he could simply go back to Nevada." Doc. No. 1, at 11. Fernandez appealed the denial of his classification appeal to the NHDOC Commissioner on March 8, 2016, but received no response. On April 1, 2016, LaCasse directed that Fernandez to be returned to Nevada. For reasons that are not stated in the record, Fernandez was not returned to Nevada.
On August 5, 2016, Fernandez was again evaluated for C-2 status at the NHSP. With the approval of defendants NHDOC Unit Manager R. McGrath, NHDOC Case Manager G. McDonough, and LaCasse, Fernandez was conditionally granted C-2 status. The conditions of attaining C-2 status included Nevada's consent to Fernandez's placement on minimum custody status. Fernandez contacted NDOC ICC Coordinator James Maxey and NDOC Correctional Program Supervisor Nancy Flores, and advised them that he would take legal action against them if they denied consent to his reclassification to C-2 status at the NHDOC.
In September 2016, Fernandez provided his parole plan and information about his family to LaCasse and advised LaCasse that Nevada's approval for his transfer to C-2 status was not necessary under the ICC. LaCasse responded that Fernandez could not be paroled in New Hampshire if he had no family in the state, and thus could not be placed in a halfway house, but that with Nevada's permission, he still could be reclassified as a C-2 minimum security inmate.
On October 4, 2016, defendant Maxey advised NHDOC employee Jensine Hilliard "that Nevada law prohibited him from approving C-2 status for Plaintiff" pursuant to Nev. Rev. Stat. §§ ("NRS") 176A.780, 209.481. On October 12, 2016, Fernandez was reclassified to "C-3" status. Fernandez alleges that the sole reason for his reclassification is that Nevada had not consented to his reclassification to C-2.
On October 28, 2016, Fernandez administratively appealed his reclassification to C-3 status. On November 2 or 3, 2016, LaCasse again advised Fernandez that if he is unhappy with the NHDOCs classification decision he could return to Nevada. Fernandez states he understood LaCasse's statement as a threat to return him to Nevada if he continued to complain about being denied C-2 status.
Fernandez filed an appeal with the NDOC, appealing the withholding of consent to Fernandez receiving C-2 status, but did not receive a response. Fernandez petitioned NHDOC officials for reconsideration of the denial of C-2 status. LaCasse declined to reconsider the decision without Nevada's approval.
On April 3, 2017, Fernandez was again denied C-2 status by NHDOC officials due to the NDOC's lack of consent to that security classification. As a result of not being reclassified to C-2 status, Fernandez alleges that he did not obtain C-2 privileges and better conditions of confinement. Further, Fernandez claims that obtaining C-2 status would have increased his opportunity to obtain parole.
On December 2, 2015, several weeks after Fernandez was transferred to the NHDOC, the NDOC mailed Fernandez's fifteen boxes of legal material to him at the NHDOC. Those materials contained documents concerning Fernandez's criminal history, parole records, research materials and civil actions that were either active or were the subject of settlement agreements.
Shortly after Fernandez's legal materials arrived in New Hampshire, NHDOC Maj. Fouts advised Fernandez that his legal materials would have to be sent out of the NHSP, as they would not be stored at that facility. On December 16, 2015, McGrath and NHDOC Lt. Brown gave Fernandez a yellow tote in which he could keep legal materials. When Fernandez advised NHDOC officials that the NDOC was supposed to hold onto his legal materials, those officials arranged for Fernandez's legal materials to be stored in the property room until the issue was resolved. NHDOC officials then contacted the NDOC to advise them that the cost of mailing the materials to the NDOC was over $1100, which would have to be paid, in advance, by the NDOC. In January 2016, NHDOC Cpl. Sauerheber advised Fernandez that the NDOC had agreed to pay for Fernandez's legal materials to be mailed there. Fernandez confirmed that information with Flores on February 4, 2016. On February 26, 2016, however, Flores wrote to Fernandez and stated that the NDOC would neither pay for mail to, nor store his legal files at, the NDOC. See Feb. 26, 2016 Letter (Doc. No. 3-1, at 6) .
On February 29, 2016, Fernandez sent an Inmate Request Slip ("IRS") to Sauerheber to grieve the NDOCs refusal to pay for shipping and storage of his legal materials, and asked that the NHDOC maintain his files until he could exhaust his remedies. See Feb. 29, 2016 IRS (Doc. No. 3-1, at 7). Sauerheber agreed, conditioned on administrative approval. See Mar. 3, 2016 IRS Resp. (Doc. No. 3-1, at 7). On February 29, 2016, Fernandez also wrote to the property room and to NHSP Warden Michael Zenk, stating that "any attempt to destroy, remove, or deny plaintiff his boxes would be construed as a violation of his First and Fourteenth Amendment rights." Doc. No. 1, at 28.
On March 4, 2016, the NHDOC emailed Maxey to let him know that Fernandez was appealing the NDOC s denial of postage and storage. On March 5, 2016, Fernandez sent an IRS to Zenk seeking authorization to store his legal materials at the prison while he exhausts his remedies. On March 15, 2016, the NHDOC advised Maxey that if the NDOC does not make a decision concerning Fernandez's legal materials, that the NHDOC may request that Fernandez be returned to the NDOC. On that date, Maxey wrote to the NHDOC requesting an address other than an NDOC facility to which the boxes could be mailed.
On April 1, 2016, Fernandez wrote to Fouts and asked for permission to retrieve some documents from his legal materials that he needed for legal cases. On April 11, 2016, Fernandez again requested access to his legal materials when Fouts failed to respond to his first request. See Apr. 11, 2016 IRS (Doc. No. 3-1, at 10). On April 12, 2016, Lacasse and Fouts ordered that Fernandez be returned to Nevada and contacted Maxey to ask him to make those arrangements.
We (N.H.) do not store legal work and do not have procedures for inmates to access such files. We are currently pushing Nevada very hard to agree to a disposition on these boxes. If they fail to figure this out, they will likely be looking for another state for you and your files. The only agreement that I would consider making directly with you would be for you to have a one time access to this material in which you would pull what you need (to keep within reasonable space in your cell) and then to have the balance sent out or destroyed. Let me know if you want to do this. Until this time, we will keep pushing Nevada.
Apr. 14, 2016 IRS Resp. (Doc. No. 3-1, at 10) (emphasis in original).
On April 19, 2016, Fernandez wrote to Maxey and provided an address to which the boxes could be mailed at NDOC expense. On that date, Fernandez also wrote to Fouts and told him that he had written to Maxey to state that, in exchange for maintaining the two legal boxes of materials Fernandez had in his possession, and the ability to go through his other materials to retrieve documents to fill the yellow tote he had been provided at the NHDOC, that he would shred some materials and mail out the remaining boxes at his own expense, if the NHDOC would promise not to transfer him back to Nevada. On May 6, 2016, Fouts advised Fernandez that the NDOC had declined to prepay for postage to mail out Fernandez's legal materials, and that the NHDOC was close to returning Fernandez, and his legal materials, to Nevada. See May 6, 2016 IRS Resp. (Doc. No. 3-1, at 20).
Your unit will be working with you to do the following: sort through your legal property; shred the documents of your choosing; keep (in an (1) approved container) the documents of your choosing; and pack the documents of your choosing into boxes that will be mailed out. You will be responsible for the cost of this mailing and you will need to seek reimbursement from NV yourself.
May 12, 2016 IRS Resp. (Doc. No. 3-1, at 25). On May 17, 2016, Fernandez wrote to Brown to begin sorting through his legal materials. On May 20, 2016, Fernandez wrote to Fouts to confirm that he would begin the process of sorting through his legal materials. On June 23, 2016, Fernandez updated Fouts on his progress, and his difficulties in completing the process to which they had agreed. On July 24, 2016, Fouts advised Fernandez that he was working with staff so that the process would be finished.
On July 27, 2016, Fouts ordered an email sent to Maxey and Flores to rescind the request that Nevada pick up Fernandez. On July 28, 2016, Fernandez advised Fouts that he had shredded 11 bankers' boxes worth of documents, and was ready to mail the two remaining boxes, along with another box of property, to his family, for a total cost of $261.33. That amount was deducted from Fernandez's inmate account on September 27, 2016. Fernandez was allowed, pursuant to his agreement with Fouts, to keep four cubic feet of legal material in his cell in a yellow tote provided to him by the prison.
Just over two weeks later, on October 13, 2016, however, McGrath ordered Fernandez to further reduce his legal files to a total of two cubic feet. Fernandez attempted to persuade NHDOC officials to honor the agreement he had entered with Fouts, and with which Fernandez had entirely complied, without success.
This agreement (not contract) was made in good faith prior to the specific directive was issued by the Commissioner that clarified the standard. I do not have the authority to offer exceptions to a policy. You must comply with the Commissioners January 2016 directive as detailed in his addition to [NHDOC Policy and Procedure Directive] 9.02.
Oct. 24, 2016 IRS Resp. (Doc. No. 3-1, at 35). On October 26, 2016, Fernandez agreed to reduce his legal material to two cubic feet. Fernandez asserts that he was forced to destroy approximately half of the legal materials he had previously been allowed to retain. On December 14, 2016, Zenk testified under oath in another case before this court, that after August 1, 2016, he had advised NHSP staff that inmates may request exceptions to the limit on the volume of legal materials that had been added to NHDOC Policy and Procedure Directive ("PPD") 9.02(N) by the Commissioner in January 2016. See Jan. 30, 2017 R&R, Towle v. Warden, No. 15-cv-117-SM (D.N.H.) (ECF No. 56, at 7-8) .
On April 20, 2017, Fernandez had a parole hearing. Fernandez claims that, because he had been forced to reduce his legal materials, he did not have documents he needed as evidence, and was thus prevented from presenting relevant evidence to the Nevada Parole Board that would have supported a non-frivolous argument for granting him parole. Fernandez was denied parole. Fernandez further asserts that he was impeded from properly preparing his appeal from the denial of parole due to the lack of access to critical and relevant legal documents.
Additionally, Fernandez claims that he is currently litigating multiple § 1983 cases and a case in the Nevada state courts, but is unable to keep new legal documents pertaining to these matters without discarding other necessary documents, as he has already amassed the full volume of legal material allowed to him by NHDOC policy. Fernandez states that, as a result, his ability to litigate his pending lawsuits has been impaired, and his opportunity to obtain parole in the future has been reduced.


Many of the famed sci-fi author's ideas come from real world work—like helping the private space company Blue Origin find a machining tool.
Neal Stephenson's breakout hit, Snow Crash, envisioned a world of virtual reality—in 1992. The Diamond Age foresaw the future of nanotechnology in 1995. The more recent Reamde took the reader on a thriller through social media and MMORPGs, and his 2015 novel Seveneves is a story of humanity's survival in near-Earth space.
In short, Stephenson always seems to be at the forefront of new science and technology, at times stretching into the realms of fantasy, but more often pushing real tech to a near-future world of possibility. The author has a secret tactic for keeping up with the cutting edge: moonlighting in the tech industry.
"Some of the more outlandish ideas in Seveneves, like using whips as a propulsion or momentum transfer device, or whip-like chain-like structures, was all stuff that came out of Blue Origin," Stephenson told Popular Mechanics at the InterPlanetary Festival, part of Futurition | Santa Fe on June 7.
Blue Origin is the space company founded by Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos that's competing with the other titans of the private space race. Back when Stephenson joined the team in 1999, long before the company landed a rocket, the startup was just Bezos' skunkworks division called Blue Operations that was throwing ideas at the wall to see what would stick.
Stephenson says he often worked on "nuts and bolts" tasks like finding an office space, stringing ethernet cables, and figuring out the right machining tools the group needed to begin looking toward the future. But his interest in Bezos' group lay in his passion for alternative propulsion ideas—many of which would find their way into Seveneves in 2015.
"The basic idea was to explore the space of alternatives to chemical propulsion just to make sure we weren't missing anything that was a promising alternative approach," Stephenson says of his time at Blue Origin. "It takes a while with a field that big to satisfy yourself that you haven't missed any important clues."
In Seveneves, the moon mysteriously blows up just 10 to 15 years in the future. Humans have achieved only modest technological improvements, and the catastrophe forces them to take refuge on an ad hoc "Cloud Ark." The International Space Station is used as a platform to build the large space habitat as debris from the moon impacts and devastates the Earth.
Eventually, in the second half of the book, humanity is forced to turn to drastic measures to ensure the survival of the species for not just a few, but thousands of years. From the Cloud Ark, humans and robotic workers construct a ring habitat in space, traveling between Earth and the space habitats above using the whip-momentum propulsion ideas Stephenson conceptualized with the engineers of Blue Origin.
"I wanted to see a science fiction universe that is as close as I could make it to being physically realistic," Stephenson says. "There's no teleportation, there's no faster than light travel, no hyperspace."
Stephenson is back working in the tech world. This time, he's part-time for the virtual reality company Magic Leap. And even though the Stephenson classic Snow Crash takes place in a virtual reality world, he says it has done little to inform his experience at Magic Leap. A quarter-century of tech innovation will do that to you.
"To me it feels like there's surprisingly little connection," he says. "It's been a long time and so many things have changed since then. Snow Crash was written pre-internet—the internet existed, but it wasn't what people used like now."
"They're startled when they see me stringing ethernet cable or pounding on things with a hammer."
When the famed author arrives at gigs like Magic Leap, he said sometimes the company can expect more of an "abstract and navel gazing philosopher." But he also wants to dig his hands into the innards of the physical technology to help him bound the fantastic to the realistic in his fiction. "Normally I think they're startled when they see me stringing ethernet cable or pounding on things with a hammer," he says.
"I don't talk much about work in progress," Stephenson says. "I'll say it's… well…" He trails off, hesitating to answer before finally sticking to his guns. "I just don't talk about things I'm working on. It's a superstition with me."
Stephenson did provide a few clues about his current interests, though there's no telling if the subjects will end up in any of his novels. He repeatedly brought up advances in manufacturing and design that are captivating him, from fabrication to advanced design concepts. He's also been intrigued by recent developments in biology and its related fields.
"I feel like there's a lot going on in life sciences that I don't have the equipment to appreciate," he says. "I'm just not that well-versed in life sciences. I have a sense that I'm missing a lot in that area, and that a lot of the answers are from that realm."
Indeed, CRISPR gene editing, life-extension technologies, designer drugs, and other real fields of study are rapidly evolving beyond what was imaginable to sci-fi 20 years ago. Stephenson may not end up in a part-time gig at a medical lab, but maybe—like the epigenetics of Seveneves—the science could end up part of his fiction.
But beyond the sciences, Stephenson is always looking for the next engineering challenge that captures his eye.
"I think for products or technologies that are just breaking on the edge, there's opportunities to create new things and make them do interesting things that require imaginative faculty but cannot actually be implemented with some practical know-how," he says.
Maybe it's time to get his hands dirty again.


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Every author needs a logo.
Yup, I said it. If you are an author, you need a logo. It doesn't have to be a fancy logo or expensive design. But a logo is a key element of branding as an author. A logo anchors a an author's brand and becomes the single most visible manifestation of the author.
Honestly, that becomes a bigger deal as you grow your reader base. When you're just getting started, a logo helps you present a professional face to the world. One which, hopefully, readers will recognize down the line.
Your name (or pen name) should be the most recognizable thing about your author brand. Therefore…make sure your name is the key element of your logo. You're not going to be like a car company or like Prince with just a symbol. In many cases, you don't need any additional symbols with your name.
Logos often incorporate other information. For authors, consider including a tag line. This is often a different way to capture your target audience or communicate the genre. Also think about including an important status of some sort (NY Times Bestselling Author, Award-Winning Author, Romance Author, etc.).
With both of these options, make sure you have a version of the logo with and without the extra lines.
Logo advice all over the internet says to make your logo communicate what you write. For authors, this means having your logo communicate your genre.
However, for authors who write in multiple genres (or intend to), think about how your logo works for each/all of your genres. A contemporary romance logo in pink with roses might not work so well if you also write thrillers. If you are using the same pen name for all genres, you'll need a logo with works across genre.
You would think this one would be obvious, but it's not to many authors. Don't pick a font that is not readable. Make sure to view the logo with a white background, with a black background, and with a patterned or picture background. View it large, but also view it tiny. Make sure you can read it in any format.
Another route is to have one custom-made. I recommend this if you already have a specific idea or look/feel in mind. When searching for a logo designer, make sure you like the other logos they've designed. Do your research ahead of time and present them with logos that are similar to what you are looking for.
A huge congrats to Stacy Finz on her new logo. We hope you love it!


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Snowy to the Somme: A Muddy and Bloody Campaign 1916-1918
Publisher: Big Sky Publishing
BSP030
Author: T. Cook
Other: b&w photos, maps, nominal roll, bibliog, index
"I was eighteen when I was first sent into battle at Fromelles. The hard thing was to see so many mates drop beside you and to control yourself to face up to the things happening that you couldn't really believe. War is both the silliest and cruellest activity that a man can get mixed up in. It breaks my heart even now to think of it." - Walter Herbert "Bert" Bishop, ex-55th Battalion, speaking nearly seven decased after the end of the Great War
In 1915, news of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corp landing and the slaughter at Gallipoli stirred tens of thousands of young men to go to war.
They answered the call and formed ballations of the Australian Imperial Force. By the time the new recruits were combat ready, the campaign at Gallipoli had ended. Their battlefields became the muddy paddocks of France and Belgium.
Based on eyewitness accounts, 'Snowy to the Somme' traces the story of one of these battalions, the 55th, from its birth in the dusty camps of Egypt through three years of brutal, bloody conflict on the bitter Western Front.
When the Great War ended in 1918, over 500 of the 3000 men who served in the 55th had been slain and another 1000 wounded. This book share personal stories of Australian men as they stared down the horrors of war with determination, courage and mateship. With chapters devoted to the significant battles at Fromelles, Doignes, Polygon Wood, Peronne and Bullecourt, this book tells the story of one battalion, but in doing so it encapsulates the experiences of many Australians on the Western Front.
List of maps
List of symbols used in maps
Organisation of an AIF division
1. Egypt - 'too hot for a white man'
2. Fleurbaix, July 1916 - 'a short apprenticeship'
3. Fromelles - 'the whole turnout was absolute hell'
4. Fleurbaix, July-October 1916 - 'I am starting to feel the strain'
5. Somme winter, 1916-1917 - 'like hell let loose every day'
6. Doignies - 'what a mess-up it all was'
7. Bullecourt - 'that horror of a death-trap'
8. Polygon Wood - 'not worth the life of even one man'
9. Anzac Ridge - 'mud, mud and more mud'
10. Wytschaete - 'a quiet spell in the line'
11. Villers-Bretonneux - 'altogether it was a very bad business'
12. July-August 1918 - 'lost a few good sterling lads'
13. August 1918 - 'an anti-climax'
14. Peronne - 'no one will be left soon'
15. Bellicourt - 'what a time you must have had'
16. Peace - 'La guerre est finie!'
Summary of casualties
Summary of honours and awards
Nominal roll
Diaries of a Stretcher-Bearer 1916-1918
Australian Light Horse: The Campaign in the Middle East 1916-1918
The Somme
Battle Scarred: The 47th Battalion in the First World War
Forgotten Men: The Australian Army Veterinary Corps 1909-1946
The Cold-Footed Mob: A History of the 5th Australian Broad Gauge Railway Operating Company
Anglican Clergymen in South Australia in the Nineteenth Century
Game to the Last: The 11th Australian Infantry Battalion at Gallipoli


Today I am proud to have been sworn-in to represent the 36th District in the Illinois State Senate. Spanning from Savanna to Sterling and Rock Island, the 36th District includes portions of Rock Island, Whiteside, Carroll, and Henry Counties. It is a diverse district with everything from farmland to manufacturing, a military installation and institutions of higher education. I look forward to working with each and every one of you to represent the interests of our district.
As the 99th General Assembly begins, new members have been sworn in to the Illinois Senate and Illinois House. A new Governor, Lt. Governor, Treasurer, and Comptroller have also taken office. While we have different views on many issues, we all have one thing in common - we have sworn a solemn oath to serve the people of the State of Illinois.
In the coming months and years, we will have to make some tough decisions if we want our state to be strong for future generations. It's no secret that Illinois is in rough shape, but we have an amazing opportunity before us for a new era of bipartisanship in state government.
As I take office, your input will be vital to the work I do. Please contact me, or my office with questions or concerns you may have. Make sure your voice is heard in Springfield!


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Free Essays Definition Parkinson Disease
The disease results in the central nervous system in the brain. An English physician James Parkinson discovered it in 1817 for the first time. He described it as the "shaking palsy" since the tremor was the most prevalent symptom. The disease is characterized by intense tremors to extremities. Though there is no cure for Parkinson disease, there have been successful attempts to suppress the symptoms to a controllable level. With the technological advancements nowadays, a certain device has been improvised to ensure that the tremors witnessed are reduced by great amounts (Christensen, 2005).
Parkinson disease has many characteristics such as the slow, continuous tremors, muscle rigidity and having clamps. When this disease happens, degenerative changes are discovered in the neurons in the substantia nigra, with its location in the midbrain. The substantia nigra is a vital part that is involved in the coordination and control activities such as those of emotion and movement. It also controls several other functions of the body.
In case of minimal activity of the substantia nigra, this leads to less production of dopamine. Motor neurons are stimulated by dopemine while the nerve cells are purely responsible for the muscles control. In case of dopamine production depletion, the nerves of motor system are not in a position to take control over movement and enhance coordination. By the time the symptoms become visible, patients who suffer from Parkinson disease lose 80% or even bigger amount of their cells which produce dopemine. Parkinson disease is described by creation of smaller amounts of dopamine in the result of the elimination of these vital cells.
Parkinson disease symptoms can range from one individual to another. Signs at early stages may be delicate and may be unnoticed or ignored. These signs will become prevalent at the age of around 50. They manifest themselves slowly and gradually. Friends, family, the person who may possess it often do not notice them. It is imperative to visit a physician whenever one detects one of the symptoms. These symptoms will start on one side and will affect that side to the extremes even after it later comes to the other one. Parkinson disease symptoms range between tremors, muscle rigidity or shaking in the extremities, having communication troubles, difficulty while walking, having digestive and urinary problems (most commonly to do with constipation), and depression.
Two defining characteristics of Parkinson disease are bradykinesia and postural instability. Bradykinesia is basically a general reduction of spontaneous movement and flexibility, which in many cases brings about an element of abnormality due to the stillness posed and the way facial expressions are expressed. Postural instability is a tendency to be unstable when standing upright in an appropriate manner. A person affected with Parkinson disease has lost some of the reflexes that are needed for maintaining an upright stance, and they may topple backwards, if they are bumped slightly. Some of those with Parkinson disease may unintentionally sway backwards when standing up from a chair, standing or turning. Dementia may become evident and develop in up to one-third of people who have late-stage Parkinson disease. Dementia symptoms may range from disorientation at night, becoming confused, and having memory lapses. Medicines that are used to treat Parkinson disease can also contribute to this problem. The signs also differ with the age of the subject. Elderly people have been known to have signs such as hallucinations and confusion. Others will go into depression and can live for days without talking to anybody. Depression is very serious as research has shown it is the number one cause for suicide. The adjuncts to levopoda have also shown side effects such as nausea and dizziness. They are normally used for therapy but have not been very useful for this purpose.
Treatment at early stages helps to slow down progression of Parkinson disease so a diagnosis at early stages is highly recommended. Parkinson disease early symptoms are often invisible, so it can be easily missed, mainly among young adults. A diagnosis of Parkinson disease is based on a person's medical history and a neurological examination. As part of your medical history, your doctor will want to know about any medications you take and whether you have a family history of neurological examination including an evaluation of Parkinson disease. They emphasize on one's ability to walk and coordinate as well as some simple hand to hand tasks. Parkinson disease can be detected in someone, if they show slowness and/or difficulty of movement. A doctor will usually ask the person to walk in a straight line and observe and look for any disturbances in their gait. Tremors in limbs when they are relaxed or symptoms appearing on the body from one side can also be an indication of Parkinson disease.
After these signs have been observed by a physician, the person may be put on a levodopa drug therapy. If there is a powerful early response to this drug, it is then assumed that Parkinson may be afflicting the person. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), computerized tomography (CT) or positron-emission tomographic (PET) are used to exclude disorders with symptoms that are similar as progressive supranuclear palsy (Factor and Weiner, 2008). These tests are usually not needed when the symptoms described above are quite apparent and direct. Parkinson disease sometimes leads to surgery where the patient's affected part of the brain may be cut, a process is referred to as ablative surgery. The main aim of destroying these parts or tissues is so that the production of those chemicals that are harmful and abnormal can be erased completely. This is a very simple process which is normally done when a patient is awake so as to ascertain whether the major symptom that is tremors go away. These are the chemicals that have been found out to be responsible for the production of the tremors that are common in patients with Parkinson disease. Another kind of surgery is the restorative surgery that is used to implant cells that will produce dopamine into the striatum. These cells will come from parts of the patient's body.
At present there is no sure way to predict or prevent the Parkinson disease. It is widely known that Parkinson disease is a chronic and a progressive disease. Every person afflicted is different so the rate at which the disease progresses varies from one person to another. Every individual also experiences different symptoms, and varying degrees. This disease is not viewed as terminal but it is gradual and with time it becomes more and more fatal. During the late stages of Parkinson disease complications such as pneumonia, choking and falls may lead to the death of the affected person.
The progression of symptoms in Parkinson disease may take more than 20 years. In some of the patients, however, the disease progresses in a pace that is faster. With proper treatment, most people with Parkinson disease can live a productive life of many years after diagnosis. In some current studies, it has been noted that mortality rate had increased rapidly. Hoehn and Yahr scale is one of the most commonly used system for describing how the symptoms of Parkinson disease progress. Another commonly used scale is the Unified Parkinson Disease Rating Scale also called the (UPDRS). This scale is much more complicated because it involves multiple ratings that measure motor and mental functioning, one's behavior, mood, and the day-to-day activities. Hoehn and Yahr scale basically measures how the patients are coping with Parkinson disease and how the treatment is fairing. Neither of these scales is specific to Parkinson disease. Patients who have other ailments such as Alzheimer's disease can also score in the Parkinson disease range.
Parkinson disease is one of the most popular neurodegenerative ailments after Alzheimer's syndrome. The disease has been approximated to affect an estimated 6.3 million people worldwide, from all races, cultures and background. The reported spread of Parkinson disease changes extensively in international community-based studies; varying from 31 to 328 per 100,000 people. Parkinson disease is seen more as a person's age progress. The disease also affects around 6% of young people according to the research carried out in the United States of America (Schwarz, 2008). The thing with this disease is that the symptoms develop gradually and one may delay in seeking medical evaluation. It has been suggested that the main reason the disease could affect the old age is because the production of dopamine is reduced due to the age-related fluctuations.
Certain risk factors such as age, genetics, gender and exposure to environmental toxins can increase your chances at acquiring Parkinson disease. The age at onset is usually over the age of 50 with more men acquiring Parkinson disease. In some cases, Parkinson disease occurs in families. A person of a tender age will be affected and as time goes on, siblings and children of the person gets the disease. It basically starts in the history of that family. Anyone can get Parkinson disease, but it is prevalent to the older generation. The disease can also be attributed to radiation, toxins and genetic backgrounds.
Other researches show that the disease affects both genders in equal measures. The disease shows neither geographic boundaries nor any ethnic discrimination. In the United States specifically, the numbers of the affected has risen from over one million people. New cases are cropping in day in day out. In the states, there are new ones amounting to well over 60 000 cases which is a worrying trend. Research has shown that the disease clearly manifests itself after the age of 65 but surprisingly a quarter of people have been diagnosed with Parkinson (Lieberman, 2002).
Drug Treatment and Therapy
The main objective of Parkinson disease treatment is to substitute the brain's supply of dopamine with a drug named Levodopa. Other drugs called dopamine agonists that can replicate dopamine effects on cells in the brain can be used too. Levodopa is an inactive pharmacological precursor, that is enzymatically converted to the neurotransmitter dopamine by neurons populations declining in the substantial nigra. Levodopa has proved to be a very effective kind of medicine since it can be used effectively to convert to dopamine. There is also this kind of medicine carbidopa that helps levodopa not to change outside the expected area that is the brain. This combination allows for the drug to work more effectively. It basically ensures that a great amount of it enters the brain and the desirable levels of dopamine enter the brain.
It also significantly reduces the side effects caused by increased levels of dopamine outside the brain by decreasing it outside the expected area that is the brain. If it happens outside the brain it would have adverse effects such as the blood pressure becoming low and profusely vomiting. Levodopa can be used to control symptoms of Parkinson disease at all stages of the disease. It ensures that the tremors experienced are decreased and the motor movement becomes well coordinated without any hitches. Levodopa is very effective in ensuring that the muscles become strong and well-coordinated so that the patient can lead an independent life without disturbing others (Weiner, 2007). The effects of the disability are decreased by great measures. Most people who take levodopa face problems especially when used in the long term. There are complications due to the therapy the patients are exposed to. Movement problems are the most common and troublesome complications.
Some researches prove that the patient may self-manage symptoms with the help of deep brain stimulation. During deep brain stimulation an electrode is implanted surgically in the internal globus pallidus, the subthalamic nucleus or ventral thalamus. One of the many therapies, that have proved to be very effective in the quest to reduce this threat posed by Parkinson disease, is physical therapy. It has been very effective in toning the muscles. It has also made them stronger therefore balancing becomes easier together with other motor activities. Patients with this condition are advised to engage in massage and yoga. This has greatly helped them to reduce rigidity which is prevalent among patients with Parkinson disease.
To date there is no cure for Parkinson disease. Current research has not come up with a mode in which the cells that are responsible for the production of dopamine can be replaced effectively. Most of these drugs portray side effects that cannot be taken lightly. There is one drug which releases dopamine. It is normally used at the initial stages of Parkinson disease to suppress its effects. Research has shown that this antiviral drug loses its effectiveness very fast. It also has side effects that are detrimental like the skin appears mooted. One may also become anxious and later his/her vision could be impaired. Anticholinergic drugs also have side effects such as constipation and having a dry mouth. They bring around urinary retention and if used in large amounts, may cause memory lapses. However, the drug has been very effective in ensuring that the overactivity taking place in the neurotransmitter is eradicated completely. This will control tremors that are evident in almost all Parkinson patients. Stalevo drug also has side effects but the advantage with this drug is that one can control them by modifying the schedule in which one takes the drugs. Nausea is one of the evident side effects of these drugs.
The main reason why we witness the degeneration of cells of the substantia nigra is not yet clear so paramedics have no choice but to ensure that the patient is treated for the symptoms rather than try to cure the disease. Studies conducted have shown that Parkinson disease may be caused either genetically or through an environmental toxin. One theory for explaining the problems connected with movement in Parkinson disease proposes an events chain involving the basal ganglia, brain stem, and cerebral cortex.
The dopamine loss from the substantia nigra influenses the neuronal activity which is increased by the internal globus pallidus. Then, internal globus pallidus sends glutamate neurons to the brain stem and to the ventrolateral thalamus (Tuite et al., 2009). An accumulation of glutamate neurons in the ventrolateral thalamus and brain stem is seen by some researchers of the reason we see the motor dysfunctions in Parkinson. Currently there are 5 genes that scientists have discovered that are attributed to early, late or juvenile onset Parkinson disease. The PARK7 gene makes the DJ-1 protein, which may protect cells from oxidative stress. Mutations in the LRRK2 gene have been linked to late-onset Parkinson disease.
When Parkinson disease develops in a person, differences occur in part of the brain which are referred to as substantia nigra. This part is responsible for the production of dopamine. This chemical plays a big role in ensuring the motor capabilities function without a hitch. This disease has features such as lack of this important substance. The four cardinal symptoms of Parkinson disease are having frequent and unending tremors at the limbs and the arms, bradykinesia (slowness of movement), and postural instability, or impaired balance and coordination.
The only effective treatment of Parkinson disease is a drug called levodopa. It can reduce some of the symptoms of Parkinson disease but with prolonged use, certain side effects become apparent. There is currently no cure for Parkinson disease but current research in the field has led to many advances. Parkinson disease can be eased through activities that are not strenuous at all like swimming and merely taking a stroll. The importance of support groups to patients with this disease is imperative, since they give one hope and a sense of belonging. The need to actively engage in research to eliminate or reduce the risk posed by this threat is vital. Genetic engineering for example will require professional knowledge before it can be brought forward for the trials (Martin et al., 2010). Research is also vital as it is through it that new kinds of therapy can be improvised. It is important to ensure that as a patient, one always is in contact with a physician who will guide you on the kind of nutritional supplements that will aid into a comfortable life. There are some herbs that are very effective especially when used with prescribed dosages.
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Cloneblaugh is a townland in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is situated in the historic barony of Clogher and the civil parish of Clogher and covers an area of 308 acres.

The name derives from the Irish: Cluain Bláthach (Flowery lawn or meadow).

The population of the townland declined during the 19th century:

See also
List of townlands of County Tyrone

References

Townlands of County Tyrone
Barony of Clogher

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