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Development of a Lateral Flow Strip-Based Recombinase Polymerase Amplification Assay for the Detection of Haemonchus contortus in Goat Feces.

Korean J Parasitol 2021 Apr 22;59(2):167-171. Epub 2021 Apr 22.

Laboratory of Guangdong Province and Hong Kong Region on Marine Bioresource Conservation and Exploitation, College of Marine Sciences, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China.

Haemonchosis remains a significant problem in small ruminants. In this study, the assay of recombinase polymerase amplification (RPA) combined with the lateral flow strip (LFS-RPA) was established for the rapid detection of Haemonchus contortus in goat feces. The assay used primers and a probe targeting a specific sequence in the ITS-2 gene. Read More

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Effect of Inhibition of the JAK2/STAT3 Signaling Pathway on the Th17/IL-17 Axis in Acute Cellular Rejection After Heart Transplantation in Mice.

J Cardiovasc Pharmacol 2021 Apr 7;77(5):614-620. Epub 2021 Apr 7.

Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, People's Republic of China.

Abstract: Acute immune rejection is one of the most serious complications of heart transplantation, and its mechanism has always been a hot spot. Th17 cells and cytokine interleukin-17 (IL-17) have been proved to be involved in acute immune rejection, and the signaling pathway mechanism has attracted our interest. It has been confirmed that the Janus kinase 2-signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (JAK2/STAT3) signaling pathway is involved in the differentiation of CD4+ T cells, so we focus on whether the JAK2/STAT3 signaling pathway is involved in the occurrence of acute immune rejection by regulating the Th17/IL-17 axis. Read More

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Circ_0000345 Protects Endothelial Cells From Oxidized Low-Density Lipoprotein-Induced Injury by miR-129-5p/Ten-Eleven Translocation Axis.

J Cardiovasc Pharmacol 2021 May;77(5):603-613

Dartpartment of Cardiovascular Surgery, The Third People's Hospital of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Urumqi, Xinjiang, China.

Abstract: Circular RNAs have shown regulatory functions in atherosclerosis (AS) progression. Here, we explored the role and working mechanism of circ_0000345 in the AS cell model in vitro. Quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction was applied to measure the enrichment of circ_0000345, microRNA-129-5p (miR-129-5p), and ten-eleven translocation-2 (TET2) messenger RNA. Read More

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Circular RNA circ_0010729 Knockdown Attenuates Oxygen-Glucose Deprivation-Induced Human Cardiac Myocytes Injury by miR-338-3p/CALM2 Axis.

J Cardiovasc Pharmacol 2021 May;77(5):594-602

Department of Cardiovascular III, Cangzhou Central Hospital, Cangzhou, Hebei, China.

Abstract: Circular RNAs have pivotal roles in cardiovascular disease. The injury of cardiac myocytes is associated with occurrence of cardiovascular disease. Circular RNA hsa_circ_0010729 (circ_0010729) is associated with cardiac myocytes injury. Read More

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Bulbar Urethral Stents for Bulbar Urethral Strictures: Long-Term Follow-Up after Stent Removal.

Urol Int 2021 May 5:1-6. Epub 2021 May 5.

Department of Urology, Kocaeli University School of Medicine, Kocaeli, Turkey.

Background/aim: The aim of this study was to assess long-term clinical efficacy of temporary bulbar urethral stent (BUS) used for treatment of recurrent bulbar urethral stricture (US).

Materials And Methods: A total of 168 patients with recurrent bulbar US who underwent BUS placement after internal urethrotomy between 2009 and 2019 were enrolled. An indwelling time of 12 months was planned for the stents. Read More

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Pseudomonas aeruginosa Pneumonia Causes a Loss of Type-3 and an Increase in Type-1 Innate Lymphoid Cells in the Gut.

J Surg Res 2021 May 2;265:212-222. Epub 2021 May 2.

Department of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO. Electronic address:

Background: Sepsis induces gut barrier dysfunction characterized by increased gut epithelial apoptosis and increased intestinal permeability. The cytokine IL-22 has been demonstrated to regulate gut barrier function. Type-3 innate lymphoid cells (ILC3) are the predominate source of IL-22 in the GI tract. Read More

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Biofouling control: the impact of biofilm dispersal and membrane flushing.

Water Res 2021 Apr 18;198:117163. Epub 2021 Apr 18.

Laboratory of Microbiology, Wageningen University & Research, Stippeneng 4, 6708 WE Wageningen, The Netherlands; Wetsus, European Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Water Technology, Oostergoweg 9, 8911 MA Leeuwarden, The Netherlands. Electronic address:

Pure culture studies have shown that biofilm dispersal can be triggered if the nutrient supply is discontinued by stopping the flow. Stimulating biofilm dispersal in this manner would provide a sustainable manner to control unwanted biofilm growth in industrial settings, for instance on synthetic membranes used to purify water. The response of multispecies biofilms to nutrient limitation has not been thoroughly studied. Read More

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Pristimerin synergistically sensitizes conditionally reprogrammed patient derived-primary hepatocellular carcinoma cells to sorafenib through endoplasmic reticulum stress and ROS generation by modulating Akt/FoxO1/p27 signaling pathway.

Phytomedicine 2021 Apr 4;86:153563. Epub 2021 Apr 4.

Department of Pharmacy, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, 510080 Guangzhou, China. Electronic address:

Background: Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the leading causes of cancer-associated mortality worldwide. Sorafenib (SORA), as a first-line therapeutic drug, has been used to treat HCC, but resistance poses a major limitation on the efficacy of SORA chemotherapy. Pristimerin (PRIS), a natural bioactive component isolated from various plant species in the Celastraceae and Hippocrateaceae families, has been reported to exhibit outstanding antitumor effects in several types of cells in vitro. Read More

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Immunological and inflammatory profiles during acute and convalescent phases of severe/ critically ill COVID-19 patients.

Int Immunopharmacol 2021 Apr 17;97:107685. Epub 2021 Apr 17.

Department of Laboratory Medicine, the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China; KingMed School of Laboratory Medicine, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China. Electronic address:

Background: The 2019 Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic poses a huge threat internationally; however, the role of the host immune system in the pathogenesis of COVID-19 is not well understood.

Methods: Cytokine and chemokine levels and characterisation of immune cell subsets from 20 COVID-19 cases after hospital admission (17 critically ill and 3 severe patients) and 16 convalescent patients were determined using a multiplex immunoassay and flow cytometry, respectively.

Results: IP-10, MCP-1, MIG, IL-6, and IL-10 levels were significantly higher in acute severe/critically ill patients with COVID-19, whereas were normal in patients who had reached convalescence. Read More

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PD-1 blockade combined with IL-33 enhances the antitumor immune response in a type-1 lymphocyte-mediated manner.

Cancer Treat Res Commun 2021 Apr 23;28:100379. Epub 2021 Apr 23.

Department of Immunology, School of Biology and Basic Medical Sciences, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China; Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Clinical Immunology, Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China; Jiangsu Institute of Clinical Immunology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China. Electronic address:

PD-1 immune checkpoint blockade and cytokine IL-33 have shown significant therapeutic effects in tumor immunotherapy. These therapies promote CD8 T cell activation, proliferation, and effector functions. However, there were few research about the combined therapy efficacy. Read More

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In vitro effects of bis(N-[4-(hydroxyphenyl)methyl]-2-pyridinemethamine)zinc perchlorate monohydrate 4 on the physiology and interaction process of Leishmania amazonensis.

Parasitol Int 2021 May 2:102376. Epub 2021 May 2.

Laboratório de Estudos Avançados de Microrganismos Emergentes e Resistentes, Departamento de Microbiologia Geral, Instituto de Microbiologia Paulo de Góes, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Programa de Pós-Graduação em Bioquímica, Instituto de Química, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Leishmaniasis is one of the most relevant neglected tropical diseases in the world, affecting 14 million people. Despite the high morbidity, mortality and socio-economic impact, few therapeutic options are available for this disease. To make matters worse, the available molecules have several limitations such as limited efficacy, high cost, side effects and increased resistance. Read More

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Carotid endarterectomy with stent graft removal and end to end bypass in the treatment of in-stent occlusion after endovascular therapy of carotid gunshot injury.

Ann Vasc Surg 2021 May 2. Epub 2021 May 2.

Cardiac Surgery, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing, China.

Carotid jugular fistula and pseudoaneurysm are easy to form after gunshot injury of carotid artery. Endovascular therapy, such as stent graft implantation, can successfully block the fistula and pseudoaneurysm cavity. However, the possibility of in-stent restenosis or occlusion will lead to treatment failure. Read More

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Odor identity can be extracted from the reciprocal connectivity between olfactory bulb and piriform cortex in humans.

Neuroimage 2021 May 2:118130. Epub 2021 May 2.

Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, 17177, Stockholm, Sweden; Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA; Department of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA; Stockholm University Brain Imaging Centre, Stockholm University, 10691, Stockholm, Sweden. Electronic address:

Neuronal oscillations route external and internal information across brain regions. In the olfactory system, the two central nodes-the olfactory bulb (OB) and the piriform cortex (PC)-communicate with each other via neural oscillations to shape the olfactory percept. Communication between these nodes have been well characterized in non-human animals but less is known about their role in the human olfactory system. Read More

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Comparison of Myeloablative Versus Reduced-Intensity Conditioning Regimens in Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplant Recipients with Acute Myelogenous Leukemia with MRD Negative Disease at the Time of Transplant: A Retrospective Cohort Study.

Transplant Cell Ther 2021 May 2. Epub 2021 May 2.

Blood and Marrow Transplant Center, AdventHealth Orlando Hospital, Orlando, FL 32804, USA. Electronic address:

Background/objective: The ideal conditioning intensity in allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) is evolving. Previous prospective studies comparing myeloablative versus reduced intensity conditioning regimens in adults with acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) have shown mixed results. In many of these studies, patients were not stratified based on measurable residual disease (MRD). Read More

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Can 3D pseudo-continuous arterial spin labeling perfusion imaging be applied to predict early response to chemoradiotherapy in patients with advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma?

Radiother Oncol 2021 May 2. Epub 2021 May 2.

GE Healthcare, MR Research China, Beijing, 100176, China.

Background And Purpose: Chemoradiotherapy (CRT) has been widely applied in patients with advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma (ANPC). However, limited imaging modality exists on the evaluation of early response to CRT. The purpose of this study was therefore to investigate whether 3D pseudo-continuous arterial spin labeling (3D pCASL) perfusion imaging could predict early response to CRT in ANPC patients. Read More

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IL-10 producing B cells regulated 1,3-β-glucan induced Th responses in coordinated with Treg.

Immunol Lett 2021 May 2. Epub 2021 May 2.

Division of Pneumoconiosis, School of Public Health, China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning, 110122, PR China. Electronic address:

Repeated exposure to fungi-contaminated dust can lead to multiple adverse effects on the lung, such as hypersensitivity pneumonitis, granuloma even irreversible fibrosis. 1,3-β-glucan, a major cell wall component of fungi, is considered as its exposure biomarker. Existing studies showed that a series of Th responses were involved in 1,3-β-glucan induced hypersensitivity pneumonitis, in which macrophages, Treg, and IL-10 producing B cells were reported to participate. Read More

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The effect of muscle blood flow restriction on hemodynamics, cerebral oxygenation and activation at rest.

Appl Physiol Nutr Metab 2021 May 5. Epub 2021 May 5.

National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 68993, School of Physical Education and Sport Science, Athens, Attica, Greece;

This study tested the hypothesis that muscle blood flow restriction reduces muscle and cerebral oxygenation, at rest. In 26 healthy males, aged 33±2 yrs, physiological variables were continuously recorded during a 10-min period in two experimental conditions: a) with muscle blood flow restriction through thigh cuffs application inflated at 120 mmHg (With Cuffs, WC) and b) without restriction (No Cuffs, NC). Muscle and cerebral oxygenation were reduced by muscle blood flow restriction as suggested by the increase in both muscle and cerebral deoxygenated hemoglobin (Δ[HHb]; p<0. Read More

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microRNA-125b and its downstream Smurf1/KLF2/ATF2 axis as important promoters on neurological function recovery in rats with spinal cord injury.

J Cell Mol Med 2021 May 5. Epub 2021 May 5.

Department of Spine Surgery, China-Japan Union Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China.

The purpose of this study is to investigate the role of microRNA-125b (miR-125b) and its mechanism in spinal cord injury (SCI) by targeting Smurf1. After loss- and gain-function approaches were conducted in SCI rat models and neural stem cells (NSCs) isolated from foetal rats, the Basso-Beattie-Bresnahan (BBB) score was calculated, and related protein expression was determined by Western blot analysis and cell apoptosis by TUNEL staining. NSC viability was detected by CCK-8, migration abilities by Transwell assay and apoptosis by flow cytometry. Read More

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Multicenter clinical evaluation of a piezoresistive-MEMS-sensor rapid-exchange pressure microcatheter system for fractional flow reserve measurement.

Catheter Cardiovasc Interv 2021 May 5. Epub 2021 May 5.

Department of Cardiology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.

Objectives: This multicenter, prospective clinical study investigates whether the microelectromechanical-systems-(MEMS)-sensor pressure microcatheter (MEMS-PMC) is comparable to a conventional pressure wire in fractional flow reserve (FFR) measurement.

Background: As a conventional tool for FFR measurement, pressure wires (PWs) still have some limitations such as suboptimal handling characteristics and unable to maintain the wire position during pullback assessment. Recently, a MEMS-PMC compatible with any 0. Read More

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Long-term impacts of drain spacing, crop management, and weather on nitrate leaching to subsurface drains.

J Environ Qual 2021 Mar 9. Epub 2021 Mar 9.

Dep. of Agronomy, Purdue Univ., 915 W. State St., West Lafayette, IN, 47907, USA.

Subsurface drainage is an essential water management practice for many poorly drained soils in the U.S. Midwest, but this practice also contributes nitrate-N loads to surface waters. Read More

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Does vascular endothelial dysfunction play a role in physical frailty and sarcopenia? A systematic review.

Age Ageing 2021 May;50(3):725-732

Department of Cardiology, Blacktown Hospital, Western Sydney Local Health District, Sydney, Australia.

Background: Frailty is strongly associated with adverse cardiovascular outcomes; however, the underlying pathophysiological processes are largely unknown. Vascular endothelial dysfunction (VED) is the earliest stage of cardiovascular disease (CVD) progression and predicts long-term CVD outcomes. Both these conditions share an elevated inflammatory state as a common pathological factor. Read More

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Laminar flow substantially affects the morphology and functional phenotype of glomerular endothelial cells.

PLoS One 2021 5;16(5):e0251129. Epub 2021 May 5.

Department of Nephrology, Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences (RIMLS), Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.

Shear stress induced by laminar blood flow has a profound effect on the morphology and functional phenotype of macrovascular endothelial cells. The influence of laminar flow on the glomerular microvascular endothelium, however, remains largely elusive. The glomerular endothelium, including its glycocalyx, is a crucial part of the glomerular filtration barrier, which is involved in blood filtration. Read More

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Potential value of urine lateral-flow lipoarabinomannan (LAM) test for diagnosing tuberculosis among severely acute malnourished children.

PLoS One 2021 5;16(5):e0250933. Epub 2021 May 5.

Epicentre, Paris, France.

Background: Tuberculosis (TB) is a serious co-morbidity among children with severe acute malnutrition (SAM) and TB diagnosis remains particularly challenging in the very young. We explored whether, in a low HIV-prevalence setting, the detection of mycobacterial lipoarabinomannan (LAM) antigen in urine may assist TB diagnosis in SAM children, a pediatric population currently not included in LAM-testing recommendations. To that end, we assessed LAM test-positivity among SAM children with and without signs or symptoms of TB. Read More

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Application and side effects of blood flow restriction technique: A cross-sectional questionnaire survey of professionals.

Medicine (Baltimore) 2021 May;100(18):e25794

Master of Science in Physical Education, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), Natal, Rio Grande do Norte.

Abstract: The physiological benefits of applying blood flow restriction (BFR) in isolation or in the presence of physical exercise have been widely documented in the scientific literature. Most investigations carried out under controlled laboratory conditions have found the technique to be safe. However, few studies have analyzed the use of the technique in clinical settings. Read More

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Long event-free survival after anti-BCMA CAR-T cell treatment for relapsed and refractory multiple myeloma patients: Two case reports.

Medicine (Baltimore) 2021 May;100(18):e25784

Department of Hematology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, P.R.China.

Introduction: Chimeric antigen receptor T (CAR-T) cells targeting B-cell maturation antigen (BCMA) have been used in the treatment of relapsed and refractory multiple myeloma (RRMM). The response rate and the depth of responses induced by anti-BCMA CAR-T cells are impressive. However, despite this, remissions are not sustained, and the majority of patients eventually relapse. Read More

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A breastfeeding woman with spontaneous coronary artery dissection and possible takotsubo syndrome: A case report.

Medicine (Baltimore) 2021 May;100(18):e25775

Department of Cardiology, Hiroshima Red Cross Hospital and Atomic-bomb Survivors Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan.

Rationale: The relationship between spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) and takotsubo syndrome (TTS) remains unclear. Coexistence of SCAD and TTS has been reported in the literature. However, the relationship between these two diseases has not yet been elucidated. Read More

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The role of E255K/V-inclusive mutations in a Philadelphia-positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia with mutation evolution during sequential TKIs therapies: A case report.

Medicine (Baltimore) 2021 May;100(18):e25579

Institute of Hematology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan.

Rationale: Until recently, the survival rate in patients with Philadelphia-positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia (Ph+ ALL) was approximately 30%. Tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs), which are a new class of drugs that target BCR-ABL fusion protein, have shown to be effective in treating Ph+ ALL in adults. However, the resistance mechanisms that promote the disease recurrence have altered the initial success of these revolutionary agents. Read More

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The diagnostic reliability and validity of noninvasive imaging modalities to assess leptomeningeal collateral flow for ischemic stroke patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Medicine (Baltimore) 2021 May;100(18):e25543

Department of Neurology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.

Abstract: Leptomeningeal collateral flow (LMF) is associated with infarct area and clinical outcome for ischemic stroke patients. Although LMF can be detected by multiple imaging methods, but their diagnostic performance is uncertain.The aim of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic validity or reliability of noninvasive image methods in assessing LMF. Read More

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The research for the function evaluation of facial nerve and the mechanisms of rehabilitation training.

Medicine (Baltimore) 2021 May;100(18):e25430

Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China.

Background: Peripheral facial paralysis (PFP) is a common peripheral neural disease. Acupuncture treatment combined with PFP rehabilitation exercises is a routine method of PFP treatment. This article is to provide a new visual and objective evaluation method for exploring the mechanism and efficacy of acupuncture treatment on PFP, and develop an interactive augmented facial nerve function rehabilitation training system with multiple training models. Read More

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Thromboembolic Complications of Vascular Catheters Used for Pediatric Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy: Prevalence in a Single-Center, Retrospective Cohort.

Pediatr Crit Care Med 2021 May 4. Epub 2021 May 4.

Department of Perioperative Medicine and Intensive Care, Karolinska University Hospital, Huddinge, Stockholm, Sweden. Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Section of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. Department of Pediatric Perioperative Medicine and Intensive Care, Astrid Lindgren Children's Hospital, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden. Department of Clinical Science Intervention and Technology (CLINTEC), Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.

Objectives: Pediatric venous thromboembolic events are commonly associated with in situ central venous catheters. The risk for severe venous thromboembolism increases if a larger portion of the vessel lumen is occupied by the central venous catheter. A functioning vascular catheter is required when the continuous renal replacement therapy is used in critically ill children. Read More

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Hit-and-run books & ‘literary’ works: true crime, from Garner to Chopper Read

In her latest book, This House of Grief, Helen Garner examines the case of Robert Farquharson, who on Father’s Day 2005 drove his car into a dam off the Princes Highway near Geelong, drowning his three young sons. It is among a number of recent works that demonstrate how true crime writing has changed over the last few years.

Others are Anne Krien’s Night Games: Sex Power and Sport, which won the 2014 Sisters in Crime Davitt award for best true crime book, and Robin De Crespigny’s The People Smuggler, ostensibly a non fiction story about the experience of an Iraqi asylum seeker, which took the 2013 Ned Kelly crime writing award for best non-fiction. Matthew Condon’s Jacks and Jokers is another example. The second instalment of a trilogy about police corruption in Queensland from the sixties to the Fitzgerald Inquiry in 1987, it has the feel of an ambitious alternative social history rather than a piece of true crime writing.

“In terms of definition,” says veteran true crime writer Lindsay Simpson, “true crime is a literary rendition of a particular crime which pays homage to veracity by researching the crime across multiple sources including interviews and primary source documents while at the same time engaging the reader through its narrative.”… Read more

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GMC to continue appealing FTP decisions until legislation is changed

Exclusive The GMC is not intending to halt appeals against its own fitness-to-practise tribunal until the law is changed, Pulse has learned.

The doctor regulator’s defiant stance comes as health secretary Jeremy Hunt has said he will remove its right to appeal Medical Practitioner Tribunal Service (MPTS) rulings.

But GP defence organisations have warned that the legislative process required to enable the change – repealing section 40A of the 1983 Medical Act 1983 – could be lengthy.

In the meantime, the GMC has been successful in striking off yet another doctor via a High Court appeal, taking the total number to eight since it began bringing appeals just over one year ago, Pulse can reveal.

And the GMC is still pursuing three ongoing appeals against MPTS decisions which have yet to be heard in the High Court.

The regulator has regularly appealed against MPTS decisions since gaining the right to do so, all of which either sought to block a doctor from practising or other, stricter sanctions.

A GMC spokesperson said: ‘Our appeals have been upheld in 16 out of 18 cases heard by the courts. We believe our actions have provided greater public safety and maintained public confidence in the profession through these rulings, all but one of which involved sexual misconduct or dishonesty.

‘We will continue to follow the law and to appeal in cases where the tribunal’s decision is insufficient to protect the public.’

Medical Protection Society medical director Rob Hendry said: ‘The Government has accepted Sir Norman Williams’ conclusion that the GMC losing its right of appeal over decisions made by the MPTS would not be detrimental to the safeguards that are in place to protect patient safety. This is because the Professional Standards Authority has a near duplicate right of appeal.’

He said the MPS has ‘urged the Government to set out a clear timeframe for change and to bring forward the legislation that will enable the removal of the GMC’s power to appeal as quickly as possible’.

But he added: ‘In the meantime, we believe it would make a significant step towards re-building trust with the profession if the GMC were to cease appealing MPTS decisions while we await the relevant legislative changes.’

A BMA spokesperson said: ‘The BMA has long held the belief that the GMC should not be able to appeal fitness-to-practise decisions, and so we were glad when the Williams Review into gross negligence manslaughter listened to our concerns and recommended that this right be withdrawn.

‘We urge the Government to now move swiftly to implement the review’s recommendations, which the secretary of state for health and social care accepted in full, to prevent the GMC continuing this practice.’

Removing the GMC’s ability to appeal MPTS rulings was one of a number of actions the Department of Health and Social Care said it would take following its ‘rapid review’ into medical gross negligence manslaughter launched after the controversial Bawa-Garba ruling in January.

But, in a move criticised by the GMC as well as the BMA, the DHSC stopped short of offering legal protection to stop courts requesting doctors’ written reflections.

Mr Hunt has also said that GPs, alongside ambulance trusts, ‘will be the next focus for reviewing deaths to help understand and tackle patient safety issues’.


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Natural Remedy: Relief Itchy and Irritated Skin
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Relief for Itchy and Irritated Skin

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24 April 2015

This evening I was a bit too enthusiastic in applying some essential oils on my kids to help them overcome their coughs and colds, and ended up with an itchy, stinging rash forming on my left index finger which is prone to dyshidrotic eczema, also known as pompholyx. I knew if I didn’t intervene soon, those dreaded itchy blisters would form and I’d be scratching them till they’d weep, just to get some relief.

So I made an oat and calendula tea bath / poultice to apply on my finger, and within 10 minutes it stopped itching completely. Here’s what I did, and you can too:

1. Place the following in a little drawstring pouch that can take the heat of boiling water (or at a pinch, a stocking or sock will work pretty well too):

  • 4 teaspoons of ground oats (whole rolled oats probably works just as well, I reckon)
  • 4 heads of dried calendula flowers (optional, but I happened to have some handy so in they went along with the oats!)

2. Steep the bag in water that’s just off the boil for about 3-5 minutes.

Note: If you don’t have a drawstring bag to put the ingredients in, don’t fret – just follow the rest of the instructions by using just a mug, and dip a small washcloth in the resulting tea to apply on your skin instead.

3. Drain off the hot water, and replace it with cool water and ice cubes to cool down the bag. (If you are doing this without a drawstring bag, then just add ice to the resulting tea and wait for the mixture to cool.)

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4. When the bag is cool enough to handle, squeeze out the excess water from it. You now have a poultice.

5. Apply the poultice on the affected area. It will feel slimy and slightly sticky – this is normal. The itch may or may not subside at this point.

6. Continue applying the poultice on the affected area for about 5-10 minutes, occasionally dipping it back in the ice water to cool it down again.

7. Allow the skin to air dry naturally–try not to wipe off the oat water from the surface of the skin.

8. When the skin finally dries, you will find that the oat water would have left behind a protective film over your skin which feels dry and perhaps very faintly powdery, but comfortable. By now the itch (in my case, at least) was completely gone.

I hope that this can help some of you with your occasional brush with severe skin irritations and itchy outbreaks. It may not work for every kind of itch, because the causes vary (for example, I'm not entirely sure if this works for mosquito bites because I haven't tried it for that purpose). If you do give it a go, let us know in the comments if it worked for you.


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The newest trend for Spring 2016: butt cleavage. At least that’s the message Brit brand Sibling sent down the runway last week in London.

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The design trio — consisting of Joe Bates, Sid Bryan and Cozette McCreery — were serving Johnny Unitas gone Mod at the Whiskey A-Go-Go on acid with a football-themed show heavy on Saville Row tailoring and low on the models’ firm backsides.

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“All the lace trousers were knitted, they’d come from a very traditional pair of NFL sports trousers,” McCreery told i-D, “and the guys would always wear jock straps underneath it, and you just naturally get that gap – we just made the tops a bit shorter so the gap was a bit more obvious! But none of those guys had a problem with it.”

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We don’t have a problem with it either.

Of course, this isn’t the first time the butt has reared its head in fashion, lest we forget Alexander McQueen’s iconic bumsters from the ’90s — as seen here in the late designer’s Savage Beauty retrospective.

Come to think of it, McQueen also had a football-themed show back with his Spring 2005 collection, It’s Only a Game:

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McQueen’s may have been more haute couture, but Sibling definitely had its own charms.

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Question: 1/20Pick your answer!

What word means "audacity and incredible guts"?

Question: 2/20Pick your answer!

_____ is a term of endearment for all ages.

Question: 3/20Pick your answer!

Schmoe is a slang term for someone that is ....
very old
not very smart
very slow

Question: 4/20Pick your answer!

Which of the following might make a mother "kvell"?
Their child becoming a doctor
Their child doing something reckless
Their child disobeying them

Question: 5/20Pick your answer!

What's another way to say "snack"?

Question: 6/20Pick your answer!

Schmooze means to ______.
chat/make small talk
drink alcohol

Question: 7/20Pick your answer!

Tuches or Tuchis is a slang word for what?
A bra
A butt

Question: 8/20Pick your answer!

If someone says, "I want to eat a bissel first" what do they mean?
I want to eat a bagel first
I want to eat a lot first
I want to eat a little bit first

Question: 9/20Pick your answer!

To "kvetch" means to....
Run errands
Whine or complain

Question: 10/20Pick your answer!

Who might you call "Zayde"?
Your friend
Your brother
Your grandfather

Question: 11/20Pick your answer!

Who is a "Shiksa"?
A non-Jewish girl
Your rabbi’s son
A famous person

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Uncle Jacob's ____ is a card trick.

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When your bubbe gives a long "spiel" that means she has what?
She has a huge gift for you
She has given a detailed story, speech, or plot
She has a nice hairdo

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Your bubbe says you have a "shayna punim" meaning _______.
you have a round belly
you have a beautiful face
you have a sad attitude

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When something is nonsense or craziness it is______.

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You've got some "shmutz," means what?
You have fruit
You are really smart
You have a dirt or stain

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Giving unwanted advice is called...

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Your mom was "verklempt" at your bat mitzvah, she was ______.
so happy, she had no words for her emotions

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What do you call someone that does a lot of good deeds?
A meshugener
A mensch
A bum bum

Question: 20/20Pick your answer!

What do you say to wish someone good luck or congratulations?
“Oy vey!”
“Mazel tov!”
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ANALYSIS: Australians are crying out for political leadership. One way our leaders can redeem themselves is by getting to work on a complete shake-up of how we pay for and use transport infrastructure, Michael de Percy writes.

Structural economic reform is hardly the stuff of epic election campaigns. But tax reform, including some form of road user charging, is well overdue for Australia.

Road user charging will involve a shake-up of all road-related revenues and how we pay for and use our roads and transport infrastructure. This will require federal leadership and the agreement of the states and territories. The Commonwealth’s fuel excise and the states’ and territories’ car registration fees will be affected.

Further reading: Road user charging belongs on the political agenda as the best answer for congestion management

The road to reform

The Commonwealth’s fuel excise is obsolete. Despite the reintroduction of indexation, the fuel excise revenue base is steadily declining and will eventually disappear.

Fuel excise is obsolete because fuel-efficient and electric vehicles use less fuel. It is also unfair, because people who can afford the latest Tesla cars will pay nothing in fuel excise. And it does not signal market demand for, or go directly back into, building and maintaining transport infrastructure.

The contribution of fuel excise to road-related budget revenue is shrinking. (A$‘000s in 2015 prices). Source: BITRE

Also, the fuel excise provides a perverse incentive by encouraging motorists with fuel-efficient cars to drive more. However, road user charging incentivises behavioural change that can help reduce traffic congestion.

The typical urban worker commutes for about one hour each work day, and time spent commuting is rising. The majority of working Australians drive to and from work. Australians are not getting any healthier, and longer commuting times are at least part of the problem.

Further reading: What’s equity got to do with health in a higher-density city?

If we do nothing, traffic congestion in capital cities is expected to cost A$53.3 billion by 2031 – or 290% more than it did in 2011.

Some argue that “peak car” will save the day. But per-capita car ownership figures mean nothing if the number of actual cars isn’t reduced. Driverless cars may even make things worse.

Why it’s been difficult to achieve

The reality is that roads are the “least reformed of all infrastructure sectors”. And roads, according to competition expert Ian Harper, are the:

… only example of an infrastructure asset, where the government owns the great bulk of the asset, funded through the tax system and given away for nothing.

So, why is road reform so hard?

Road pricing is long overdue and it’s happening elsewhere. But it’s as big as the GST, and it could prove to be just as unpalatable.

Truckies already pay for their use of the roads, and moves are afoot to increase the charges to more accurately cover the cost of the damage trucks do to the roads.

This is supported by the railways, which have effectively cross-subsidised trucks ever since the truckies stopped cross-subsidising them. But politicians are reluctant to tackle road pricing for private cars because motorists don’t like the idea.

Further reading: Trucks are destroying our roads and not picking up the repair cost

There has at least been some movement. Urban Infrastructure Minister Paul Fletcher announced in 2016 that an eminent Australian will conduct a study into the impact of road user charging for light vehicles.

What reform did for Hawke and Howard

The recent Democracy100 event at Old Parliament House was held in response to mounting dismay at the state of today’s politics. Speaking at the event, former prime ministers Bob Hawke and John Howard recommended a bipartisan approach. Focusing on key reforms to “rejuvenate the economy”, like roads reform, would do the trick.

While that may sound uninspiring, Howard observed that public esteem for politicians “has fallen in a time when there’s not been major reform”.

Howard and Hawke are two of the top three longest-serving prime ministers in Australian history. Both are living proof that major reform agendas can win elections. Howard oversaw the introduction of the “never-ever” GST; Hawke set the stage by undoing protectionism and dragging Australia into a global market economy.

And what do we have to lose? It’s clear self-centred professional politics isn’t working.

The ConversationAustralians expect parliament to do the hard work of reform, instead of playing dress-up and acting for the cameras. And history shows voters reward that hard work with electoral success.

Michael de Percy, Senior Lecturer in Political Science, University of Canberra

This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article.

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A Look At – Building The LX050-OO Laser Cut Catenary Kits (Part Two – The Head Span)

Building The LX050-OO Catenary Kits -Part 2

(The Lattice Style Head Span – Pack C)

In second part of the catenary series in which we are looking at the LX050-OO catenary Laser Cut range of kits. This time it’s the lattice head span kit. So to recap on the previous article for those who may not of seen it:

The Scale Model Scenery catenary range of kits have been designed so can they can be mixed & matched. The range contains a ladder style mast, lattice style mast, lattice head span, castellated head span. Also included is head span expansion packs for both the castellated & lattice head spans. So the range will span any thing from a single, double, triple, quadruple tracks upwards.

All packs will build 10 pairs of masts or 10 double track headspans, or for the extension packs to span more than 2 tracks, they will do up to 20 triple track or 10 four track spans. Register arms, wirings & pulleys are not included with this kit (stay tuned for our tutorial fashioning your own!)

Each kit Contains: One  or more sheets of Laser Cut Kit parts & instruction sheet. Designed for OO/HO scaled layouts.

For this article we assemble Pack C the lattice head span with the expansion spans article to follow…

Lets get started….

So as regular readers know by know here’s the tools & glue that you need:

  • Cutting mat
  • Craft knife with fresh sharp blades
  • Roket card glue by Deluxe Materials or similar
  • Steel rule or straight edge for cutting against
  • Sanding stick
  • Old cloth for wiping away excess glue
  • Tweezers
  • Acrylic paint (suitable grey or galvanized colour of your choice)

Familiarize your self with the parts on the kit parts sheet.

Lets Get Started….

In the head span kit pack a jig is included for use with assembling the lattice girder. The two sides fit into the base of the jig as shown on the right. It’s a nice tight friction fit so no glue is needed, just tap the sides fully home.

Start by cutting & removing one of the lattice sections as marked out in orange on the right. ONLY cut the pips that hold the head span to the parts sheet. DON’T cut through the pips on the fold joints.

Sand flush any pips off the edge of the part sides.

Cut & remove the two head span joining pieces marked out in orange on the right. Sand flush any pips on the parts edges.

Next identify which is the front & rear side of the head span sections. The rear side has the fold pips flush with the joint fold lines. The front side has the deeper recess with the joint fold pips in the bottom of the recess. You’ll notice that the front side is a little more shiny than the rear side.

We are going to be working on the rear side – the side with the fold pips being flush with the top of the fold joint lines.

Take one of the two head span joint pieces you cut & apply glue to one half as shown on the right. Place the half you’ve just glued on to the lattice frame so that one half is hanging clear. This hanging half will fit in to the second half of the head span.  The long base edge sits along the outer edge of the head span as shown on the right.

Repeat with the second brace piece. This again over hangs as shown on the right but goes opposite way round to the first brace.

Run a bead of glue along the two fold lines as seen in the orange box on the right.

Place onto jig & start to fold the sides towards each other whilst at the same time pushing (what will be the girder bottom) into the jig.

The head span section should now be sitting in the jig like so on the right.

Run a bead of glue along the edge with the raised tabs as shown on the right.

Run a bead of glue along the fold line on the opposite side as shown on the right.

Now carefully fold the last section down making sure that the tabs fit into the recesses on the last section. All edges must be square & true.

Hold the fold piece down with a little pressure as shown on the right with the orange arrow.

Allow a little time for the glue to set & remove piece from the jig.

Run a bead of glue along the outside of the four fold lines to help reinforce the folds.

The assembly of the second half of the head span.

Run a bead of glue along the two fold lines as before. Again make sure the fold pips on the fold lines are flush with the fold line side you are working on.

Place into the jig & fold the two sides as shown.

As before run a bead of glue along the top edge with tabs & another along the other fold line.

Fold & hold the last side in place whilst glue sets a little.

Again to help reinforce the fold joints, apply a bead of glue along the outside on each of the four fold joints.

You now should have the two pieces of the head span assembled.

If you are wanting to span two tracks read on…

If you are wanting to span three or more tracks please see part three of this catenary build series…

Spanning Two Tracks

To span two parallel tracks such as on a twin track mainline we’ll now assemble the two head spans.

Holding the joint brace pieces gently squeeze the ends  together as shown on the right.

Apply glue to the outer sides of the two braces & along the four end edges of the lattice girder.

Carefully insert the brace sections into the other head span as shown on the right till the girder ends butt up to each other.

The butted joints should look like this.

Using a knife or flat blade screwdriver push & hold the two brace pieces flat against the insides of the girder.

Now run another bead of glue around the outside of the butt joint to further add strength. Place head span to one side to allow glue to set.

Four fitting to the masts go to part four of this catenary series.

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Colin Flahrety debunks the 'white mass shooter' meme (podcast)
[Colin Flaherty] There’s only one reason why someone would spread the fairy tale that most mass shooters are white:

They want to spread the greatest lie of our generation: White racism. Black victimization.

We don’t play that game here. We expose that game with recent examples EVERY WEEK of black mass shooters and how that is wildly out of proportion.

Also, our book of the week is another of my favorites from Steven Pressfield: Gates of Fire. A story about the 300 Spartans at Thermopalae.

You can get it here https://amzn.to/2zhDcDU

Let me know how you like it.
Posted by: Besoeker || 08/23/2019 09:09 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [6460 views] Top|| File under:

Overstock CEO resigns after disclosing romance with Russian agent (video)
[FOX] Patrick Byrne says he was a part of political espionage during the 2016 election cycle.

Again, I'm not going into that.
Posted by: Besoeker || 08/23/2019 02:00 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [6457 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Is Overstock a federal contractor?
Is Byrne a national security risk?

Hillary's people actually worked with GRU agents to try to dig up dirt on her opponent, and created and ran with complete lies which their media friends amplified - for years.

Why the f--- is this private citizen being punished for a non-crime?

This society is insane.
Posted by: Lex || 08/23/2019 9:13 Comments || Top||

#2  He talks a whole heckuva lot without saying much, drops a few names but offers no details. I would say that he should probably avoid Fort Marcy Park.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 08/23/2019 10:09 Comments || Top||

#3  This could be a publicity stunt to support his emerging block chain biz.
Posted by: warthogswife || 08/23/2019 11:48 Comments || Top||

#4  I got the impression he was off his med.
Posted by: ruprecht || 08/23/2019 15:01 Comments || Top||

The end of America's 30-year engagement with China?
[Washington Insider] Will the demonstrations in Hong Kong come to be seen as the end of a 30-year period, beginning with the Tiananmen Square massacre in 1989, of the American-Chinese economic engagement and entanglement christened "Chimerica" by historian Niall Ferguson?

Quite possibly, and without regard to what happens in Hong Kong. President Trump’s on-and-off tariff threats to China have shown his willingness to upend U.S.-China economic ties. Unlike his predecessors, he regards imports from China as harmful. In his view, they provide cheap clothes and toys to American consumers, but they also have destroyed more American manufacturing jobs than expected.

In any case, China's economic growth has been flagging, and its work force has essentially stopped growing. Post-Tiananmen annual growth, unparalleled in history, ranged from 8% to 14% from 1991 to 2013, but has tailed off, probably below the official 6% level.

Thanks to China’s longtime one-child policy, its working-age population has been declining, down 3% since 2011. For years, one big question about China was whether it would get old before it got rich. The answer seems to be that it has gotten old about halfway up the path. Poverty is way down, but incomes significantly lag those in North America, Western Europe and East Asia, including Taiwan and Hong Kong. Meanwhile, just as the United States once lost low-skill manufacturing jobs, so China is losing them now.
Posted by: Besoeker || 08/23/2019 02:40 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [6465 views] Top|| File under: Commies

#1  It's a good time to leave. We'll avoid the traffic rush.
Posted by: Besoeker || 08/23/2019 2:51 Comments || Top||

#2  The pity of it.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 08/23/2019 7:29 Comments || Top||

#3  They could have been a contender.
Posted by: Hupolush Ulereling8010 || 08/23/2019 8:24 Comments || Top||

#4  Building up China's economic and military might and destroying our manufacturing class will be seen by future historians as one of many insanely self-destructive policies foisted on this country by its foolish political class.

Right up there with importing 20 million semi-literate illegal entrants from Mexico and Central America.
Posted by: Lex || 08/23/2019 9:45 Comments || Top||

#5  You'd have to be of a certain age to recognize your graphic, B.
Posted by: Mullah Richard || 08/23/2019 11:57 Comments || Top||

#6  Donald J. Trump
Verified account @realDonaldTrump
Our Country has lost, stupidly, Trillions of Dollars with China over many years. They have stolen our Intellectual Property at a rate of Hundreds of Billions of Dollars a year, & they want to continue. I won’t let that happen! We don’t need China and, frankly, would be far....

....better off without them.
The vast amounts of money made and stolen by China from the United States, year after year, for decades, will and must STOP. Our great American companies are hereby ordered to immediately start looking for an alternative to China, including bringing..

....your companies HOME and making your products in the USA.
I will be responding to China’s Tariffs this afternoon. This is a GREAT opportunity for the United States. Also, I am ordering all carriers, including Fed Ex, Amazon, UPS and the Post Office, to SEARCH FOR & REFUSE,....

....all deliveries of Fentanyl from China (or anywhere else!). Fentanyl kills 100,000 Americans a year. President Xi said this would stop - it didn’t. Our Economy, because of our gains in the last 2 1/2 years, is MUCH larger than that of China. We will keep it that way!
Posted by: Phinens Dingle9259 || 08/23/2019 11:58 Comments || Top||

#7  ^^^
#6, Bravo! About damn time.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 08/23/2019 13:40 Comments || Top||

#8  The moral of the story is: When you enable evil, it does not reform. It only gets more powerful and more dangerous.

We should have been dealing with the Chinese the same way we did with the USSR. If we had they might have collapsed by now the same way the USSR did. Trump gave them more of a chance than I would have but he is not naive and stupid the way jimmuh carter was. Nor is he as greedy and unscrupulous as Henry Kissinger. I hope he's not too late.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 08/23/2019 14:11 Comments || Top||

#9  Ref #5: Parking in the back row, near the ditch. Nobody walks past your car for popcorn or soft drinks.
Posted by: Besoeker || 08/23/2019 16:26 Comments || Top||

#10  Play the Russia card (against China - not at the drive-in).
Posted by: Lex || 08/23/2019 17:27 Comments || Top||

#11  ☺
Posted by: Mullah Richard || 08/23/2019 18:15 Comments || Top||

#12  President Trump on Friday announced plans to increase tariffs on hundreds of billions of dollars in Chinese goods in a sweeping response to duties announced by Beijing earlier in the day.

Trump tweeted that a 10 percent tariff on $300 billion in Chinese goods set to go into effect on Sept. 1 would increase to 15 percent, and that an additional $250 billion being tariffed at 25 percent will be hit with a 30 percent tariff starting Oct. 1.

"China should not have put new Tariffs on 75 BILLION DOLLARS of United States product (politically motivated!)" Trump tweeted.
Posted by: Phinens Dingle9259 || 08/23/2019 18:55 Comments || Top||

#13  We should have been dealing with the Chinese the same way we did with the USSR.

Unfortunately, America's policy towards China has always been driven by dreams of what its population could be -- an unparalleled mass of customers, an unparalleled source of new converts. It's never been about what the Chinese want or need, but always about what influential Americans can get out of it.

(For example, for the Clinton's, it was about trading US defense secrets for cash.)
Posted by: Rob Crawford || 08/23/2019 19:37 Comments || Top||

Home Front: Politix
Biden on capital gains tax: "We should raise the tax back to 39.6 percent"
[Americans for Tax Reform] Democrat presidential candidate Joe Biden said he’d like to raise the capital gains tax rate to 39.6 percent, a near doubling of the current 20 percent.

Biden made the remarks on Wednesday, August 21 during an interview with Iowa Public Television:

"I believe we should, in fact, the capital gains tax should be at what the highest minimum tax should be, we should raise the tax back to 39.6 percent instead of 20 percent," Biden said yesterday.
Posted by: Besoeker || 08/23/2019 02:59 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [6461 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Joe's blunderings, what's next? Will he soon announce his support for the Black Robed tyrant's March 1857 position on Dred Scott ?
Posted by: Besoeker || 08/23/2019 5:43 Comments || Top||

#2  Get a job joe.
Posted by: Varmint Splat1454 || 08/23/2019 7:18 Comments || Top||

#3  That's mostly a tax on inflation - a tax on the money the government printed. I suggest making dividends tax-free - they have already been taxed as income to the corporation, why tax them again as income to the corporation owners?
Posted by: Glenmore || 08/23/2019 10:08 Comments || Top||

#4  Get a job joe.

He's too old. He needs to go sit in a rocking chair.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 08/23/2019 10:33 Comments || Top||

#5  He can go be the pool boy on Odumbo's new estate on Martha's Vineyard
Posted by: AlanC || 08/23/2019 14:36 Comments || Top||

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Yale Computer Scientist David Gelernter Abandons Darwinism (video)
[Breitbart] Renowned Yale computer scientist David Gelernter claims that he is abandoning Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution.

Gelernter, who formerly served as a fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, published a column earlier this year detailing his move away from evolutionary theory. The column, which was titled "Giving Up Darwin," provides Gelernter’s arguments against Darwinism.
Darwin’s theory predicts that new life forms evolve gradually from old ones in a constantly branching, spreading tree of life. Those brave new Cambrian creatures must therefore have had Precambrian predecessors, similar but not quite as fancy and sophisticated. They could not have all blown out suddenly, like a bunch of geysers. Each must have had a closely related predecessor, which must have had its own predecessors: Darwinian evolution is gradual, step-by-step. All those predecessors must have come together, further back, into a series of branches leading down to the (long ago) trunk.

But those predecessors of the Cambrian creatures are missing. Darwin himself was disturbed by their absence from the fossil record. He believed they would turn up eventually. Some of his contemporaries (such as the eminent Harvard biologist Louis Agassiz) held that the fossil record was clear enough already, and showed that Darwin’s theory was wrong. Perhaps only a few sites had been searched for fossils, but they had been searched straight down. The Cambrian explosion had been unearthed, and beneath those Cambrian creatures their Precambrian predecessors should have been waiting‐and weren’t. In fact, the fossil record as a whole lacked the upward-branching structure Darwin predicted.

A group of scientists, including Gelernter and Meyer, sat down to discuss evolution this summer in a conversation that was hosted by Stanford University’s Hoover Institution.
Posted by: Besoeker || 08/23/2019 00:00 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [6463 views] Top|| File under:

#1  @...They could not have all blown out suddenly...@

actually, the normative view is that in about a 10 million year period early in the Cambrian (about 500M years ago) there was such a 'blow up' and that's why it is called the Cambrian Explosion

there are no accepted causal theories of why this happened and for this to have happened the rate of successful mutation would have to have been at least 4 orders of magnitude greater than anything measured -- those problems make the 'explosion' a tough one to accept for many
Posted by: lord garth || 08/23/2019 3:50 Comments || Top||

#2  ....what you say?
Posted by: Procopius2k || 08/23/2019 6:52 Comments || Top||

#3  If these people had (just a bit less) arrogance, and just a bit more brains - they'd be talking about origin of life. Not yammering about fossils.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 08/23/2019 7:22 Comments || Top||

#4  No bones about it g(r)om.
Posted by: Besoeker || 08/23/2019 7:23 Comments || Top||

#5  :-)
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 08/23/2019 7:27 Comments || Top||

#6  He's got a point. There is no trace of Trump in Republican fossils, for example. But, sometimes there is random skip-a-step evolution, when the 'gamma ray' hits a cell harder than normal. I guess. Evolution never took Algebra I and tried to get a passing grade. It probably never will.
Posted by: Beau || 08/23/2019 7:42 Comments || Top||

#7  All the f*cking "fossil history" is 99% conjecture. Evolution, on the other hand, you can see in a lab.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 08/23/2019 7:46 Comments || Top||

#8  In the last decade the availability of cheap genetic mapping has caused a reshuffling of the Tree of Life™. Things that looked alike tended to have far different ancestors ( Evolution in Action, eh?) .... so fossil evidence? :Meh:
Posted by: magpie || 08/23/2019 14:28 Comments || Top||

#9  Saying your "abandoning Darwin" makes as much sense as saying you're "abandoning Democritus" and his model of atoms -- there's been a hell of a lot of other work since then, and that phrasing just makes you sound ignorant. Frankly, coming from an over-inflated Ivy Leaguer, it's what I expect.

It's not just finches and fossils.
Posted by: Rob Crawford || 08/23/2019 19:43 Comments || Top||

#10  When someone, like my elder Brother, says "I don't believe in Evolution!" then my response is "Define what you mean by that statement ... then we'll talk."
Posted by: magpie || 08/23/2019 20:31 Comments || Top||

Home Front: Culture Wars
The Real Reason They Behave Hypocritically On Climate Change Is Because They Want To
h/t Instapundit
[Forbes] British Royal couple Prince Harry and Princess Meghan Markle triggered widespread outrage recently after lecturing the world about climate change while flying around the world in private jets.

...But was the couple’s ostentatious display of climate hypocrisy really accidental? After all, celebrities have been hypocritically moralizing about climate change and other environmental issues for decades. And, now, a growing number of celebrities are getting into the act.

...A simpler explanation for the hypocrisy of celebrities who moralize about climate change is that it is a way of flaunting their special status.

Hypocrisy is the ultimate power move. It is a way of demonstrating that one plays by a different set of rules from the ones adhered to by common people. Hypocrisy demonstrates how unaccountable one is to conventional morality.

Such displays work because, unlike wealth, status is inherently subjective. The more of it you are perceived to have, the more of it you actually have.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 08/23/2019 08:11 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [6462 views] Top|| File under:

#1  British newspapers have noticed though!

Harry and ex-yachter Princess MeAgain are burning through goodwill faster than even I believed possible.
Posted by: Bright Pebbles || 08/23/2019 8:20 Comments || Top||

#2  Also notice who's not going to Balmoral to see the Queen.
Princess Yacht-girl not managed to make many friends with royals. Perhaps she can chat to Andrew again as they likely bumped into each other in the past.
Posted by: Bright Pebbles || 08/23/2019 10:13 Comments || Top||

#3  Latest conspicuous consumption by the nouveau riche. Rub the noses of the proles in it to make yourself feel powerful.
Posted by: AlanC || 08/23/2019 11:26 Comments || Top||

Vermont is going insane. Will the rest of the country follow ?
[American Thinker] This spring, visiting professor Ryszard Legutko was prevented from speaking at Vermont's prestigious Middlebury College due to strident opposition by extremist and intolerant students. This was the second such embarrassment for the college: writer Charles Murray and a Middlebury professor were insulted and assaulted there in 2016.

Professor Legutko recently related his perspective on the experience, revealing that the college not only caved to the disruptive and disrespectful students, but legitimized their conduct! Further, the students have set out to proscribe future discourse that might again ignite their sociopathic anarchy.

Last year, our nation's children walked out of high schools to complain about school shootings. Encouraged by teachers and principals, these students proclaimed that they would finally end school violence by effecting changes to national gun laws. Many have praised these optimistic youths; others have condemned them. Both approaches are wrong.

Addressing the rebellion of America's youth in the 1960s, writer Wendell Berry remarked that "this generation is as subject as any other to intelligent scrutiny and judgment, and as deserving of honest criticism. It has received much approbation and condemnation, very little criticism" ("Discipline and Hope," 1970). Mr. Berry argued that the '60s youths correctly criticized their parents' world but that without guidance, they eventually embraced those same values in new forms. Thus, the Flower Children took root in Silicon Valley, where they now grow bald while the military complex and industrial waste flourish.
Posted by: Besoeker || 08/23/2019 02:15 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [6462 views] Top|| File under:

#1  on Monday boycott classes to protest racism
on Tuesday boycott classes to protest global warming
on Wednesday boycott classes to protest corporate profits
on Thursday boycott classes to protest animal abuse
on Friday boycott classes to protest voting ID laws
Posted by: lord garth || 08/23/2019 3:19 Comments || Top||

#2  On saturday attend the 'how to protest' workshop.
On sunday see the state appointed shrink.
Posted by: Dron66046 || 08/23/2019 4:38 Comments || Top||

#3  Returning to their parent's basement each evening.
Posted by: Besoeker || 08/23/2019 5:32 Comments || Top||

#4  The Red Guard.

Just a note to the kiddies, the authorities sent the PLA in to finish them off. Keep it up. We don't have a PLA, but once the leash breaks, we have a militia. If history says anything, they'll be as concerned about 'due process' as you are.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 08/23/2019 6:48 Comments || Top||

#5  Fluoridated water?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 08/23/2019 7:38 Comments || Top||

#6  ...General Jack Ripper to the courtesy phone.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 08/23/2019 7:55 Comments || Top||

#7  Expel the little turds with tuition forfeiture.
Posted by: Hupolush Ulereling8010 || 08/23/2019 8:02 Comments || Top||

#8  No, Hupolush, they're more likely to get free tuition. And bonus credits for Dron's Saturday protest workshop.
Posted by: Glenmore || 08/23/2019 10:03 Comments || Top||

#9  They'll get as much crap as they are willing to take. Expel them permanently.
Posted by: gorb || 08/23/2019 12:57 Comments || Top||

#10  When I was a kid in VT - it was all sawmill workers and other yankee rednecks.... then NYC and Boston hippies decided VT was a beautiful thing.... so they spoiled it.
Posted by: Mercutio || 08/23/2019 13:13 Comments || Top||

#11  Vt has been insane for a while. Look at who they've been electing.
Posted by: The peanut gallery || 08/23/2019 13:47 Comments || Top||

#12  A degree in protesting won't pay off the student loans.
Posted by: ruprecht || 08/23/2019 15:02 Comments || Top||

#13  My niece starts college at UVM in a week or so. Alas, she'll fit right in - lives in DC area.
Posted by: Glenmore || 08/23/2019 16:55 Comments || Top||

#14  Norwich College (Senior Military College) is in northern VT, not far from Burlington. So not all bad.
Posted by: Lex || 08/23/2019 16:57 Comments || Top||

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Samsung is preparing to release tablets with AMOLED screen diagonal of 10 inches and 8

Already next year the South Korean company Samsung is going to launch two new tablet computer screens AMOLED, that can more effectively counter tablets Apple iPad.

Applying proprietary organic crystals AMOLED screens in tablets should not only increase the contrast, but also due to the absence of general lighting to reduce energy consumption and increase battery runtimes.

Is currently known about the intentions Samsung to release at least two tablet with a screen diagonal of 10 inches and 8. However, it is difficult to say how it will update the lineup – Galaxy Note with S Pen stylus support or Galaxy Tab. With high probability we can say only one thing – new items will relate to higher price segment.

According to Electronista , in the third quarter of this year, Samsung’s share of the tablet market has grown to 22%. This is not the 30% of the market, which is still owned by Apple. Nevertheless, in the last quarter of the South Korean giant has managed to increase sales by 8.1% compared to the same period last year.

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France - A Short History

Author(s): Jeremy Black

Country and destination, nation and idea, France has a rich and complex history that fascinates the world and attracts millions of visitors each year to its chateaux and cathedrals, boulevards and vineyards. In this succinct and entertaining volume, historian Jeremy Black narrates how France's past has created its distinct character and powerful artistic, intellectual, and political influence across the globe.

Black takes readers from the cave paintings of Lascaux and the origins of Gothic architecture, to Claude Monet, Edgar Degas, and the Lumiere brothers, and even into the cataclysm of the 1789 revolution, the countercultural student protests of 1968, and the gilets jaunes (yellow vests) today. His account presents a vivid take on history that emphasizes the unexpected nature of events and unpredictable outcomes of a fragmented and crisis-prone nation.

In retelling France's story, Black explores some of its most famous philosophy, literature, art, and architecture--and ties them to the military, political, and cultural shifts that led to their development. With color illustrations, France is a short, easy-to-digest history of a vast subject, and a helpful guide to understanding France today.

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  • : Thames & Hudson
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  • : March 2021
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Giving Back to Pickens County South Carolina

Imperial Die Casting supports Family Promise of Pickens County, a non-profit organization, that teaches homeless families independence on how to live on a budget and obtain affordable housing. Family Promise checks in periodically with the families to see how they are progressing to make sure they are on the right track or need re-direction.

In 2018 Imperial has a dollar for dollar match program where the company donates one to every dollar contributed by employees.  Imperial’s vendors will be supplying prizes for employees’ contributions with the winners receiving donated prize items based on a lottery system.

If you would like to make a contribution, please contact Joey Taylor at: [email protected] or call: 864-859-0202 ext. 3034