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Condom applicator and packaging
A packaging for a condom includes an applicator having a memory of its original shape, which is secured in compressed condition within a cap member, and which is manually releasable from said confinement within said cap member to permit axial extension of the applicator under the influence of its stored memory.
This invention relates to an applicator for a condom and to the applicator of the invention when packaged in conjunction with a condom for sale as a pre-assembled unit.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Condoms are well-known in the art, and essentially are comprised of a thin tubular film of a readily expandable material, commonly latex or a plastisol, which has been formed with an impervious end closure, the tubular portion of the condom having been rolled to provide a relatively stable ring.
The application of the condom can be troublesome and type-consuming owing to the flexibility and compliance of the condom in its rolled form, and, the tendency of the condom to become unrolled before it is properly applied.
Collapsible and axially expandable tubes and bottles are well-known in the art for use as construction toys, or, for the storage of foods or chemicals. U.S. Pat. No. 3,908,704 teaches such expandable and collapsible tubular constructions.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,961,734 teaches the use of such an expandable and collapsible tube in combination with a condom for use as a condom applicator.
That applicator, while providing admirably for the extension of a condom under sub-atmospheric pressure, as generated within the applicator upon extension of the applicator from a collapsed condition to an extended condition, is somewhat cumbersome, in that it requires the applicator to be grasped using two hands, and then expanded axially by use of manual force.
Preferred would be an applicator for a condom that automatically extends itself upon opening of the packaging within which the device is stored and offered for sale.SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
It is an object of this invention to provide an applicator for use in conjunction with a conventional condom to facilitate the application of the condom, and which, additionally, is capable of moving from a retracted to an extended position when released from a stored axially compressed condition.
It is also and object of this invention to provide a combined condom and applicator assembly as a complete unit which can be pre-packaged for sale at a point of retail.
Further it is an object of this invention to provide an applicator and condom as a prepackaged unit that is relatively unobvious, and which readily can be stored in a ladies purse or handbag, the pre-packaged unit simulating in appearance a ladies powder compact, or, a container of the type commonly employed for the packaging of cosmetics, such as face creams and the like.
It is also an object of this invention to provide an applicator for a condom that can be carried unobtrusively in a persons pocket, and which simulates in general shape the shape of a container used for the packaging of candy drops, throat lozenges and the like.
According to the present invention, contrary to the prior teachings in Kasman U.S. Pat. No. 4,961,734, the applicator, instead of being a device that is to be manually extended, it is formed as an axially-extendable tube having an inherent memory of its original shape and configuration.
Following the teachings of Kasman U.S. Pat. No. 4,961,734, the condom is stored within the applicator while the applicator is in a collapsed condition, and is moved into the expanded and extended condition by sub-atmospheric pressure existing within the applicator at the time the applicator expands to its extended condition.
Means are provided for forcibly holding the applicator in its contracted position for storage and transportation of the device, which, upon removal of a threaded cap or the rupturing of a tear-off tab releases the applicator from the constraining force acting to hold the applicator in a contracted position, the applicator then being free to return to its extended original shape under the influence of the inherent memory of the material from which the applicator is formed.
As in Kasman U.S. Pat. No. 4,961,734, a condom is positioned within the collapsed axially-extendable tube comprising the applicator, and, the open end of the condom is detachably attached to a ring-shaped flange in a hematically sealed manner with a portion of the condom positioned in close proximity to the inner wall of the collapsed container.
Further, it is an object of this invention that to make it difficult to re-load the applicator with a fresh condom after initial use of the applicator, the object here being to prevent cross-infection due to the use of an improperly cleansed or sterilized applicator.
As has been previously proposed, the applicator itself can be charged with a quantity of lubricant, or spermicide, or other medication effective to prevent the transmission of sexually transmitted disease.DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
The invention will now be described with reference to the accompanying drawings, which illustrate preferred embodiments of the invention, and in which:
FIG. 1 illustrates one preferred embodiment of the present invention, shown when in a contracted position for storage and transportation;
FIG. 2 is an exploded view of a cap and an applicator as shown in FIG. 1, when the cap has been removed from the applicator;
FIG. 3 illustrates a lip of the applicator which provides a seating for a rolled condom;
FIG. 4 illustrates an alternative form of the applicator;
FIG. 5 illustrates an alternative form of the device of FIG. 1;
FIG. 6 illustrates a form of shrink wrap that can employed in the assembly of the device of the FIG. 5; and,
FIG. 7 shows and alternative form of the applicator.DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
FIG. 1 of the drawings illustrates one preferred embodiment of the invention, shown in the condition in which the applicator is packaged for sale at a point of retail.
The applicator itself is indicated at 12, and is comprised of an axially corrugated tube that is capable of being compressed from an initial axial length, for example, as illustrated in FIG. 2, to a contracted axial length, for example, as illustrated in FIG. 1.
The applicator 12 includes a bottom wall 14 providing an end closure for the applicator, the end wall 14, as illustrated, being provided with a screw thread 16, which preferably is a quick start screw thread, which is threadedly received within an open end of a cap 20, the free edge of the cap being provided with corresponding threads for cooperation with the screw thread 16.
The cap 20, at its upper edge, proceeds into an end closure 22 of the cap, the cap having internally thereof an annular rib 24 dimensioned to engage and compressively hold the applicator 12 in a compressed condition at a position spaced radially outwards of a contained rolled condom.
Preferably the cap is provided with a pop-diaphragm portion 26, which, if the device is in an unopened and pristine condition in which the interior of the device is under sub-atmospheric pressure, extends concavely inwards, and which, at the time the cap and applicator are separated from each other then moves to an outwardly convex position as illustrated in FIG. 2.
Preferably, a semi-adhesive is used as a sealant between the threads of the applicator 12 and those of the cap 20 in order to preserve a hematic seal within the packaging.
A rolled condom 28, as more clearly illustrated in FIG. 2 is positioned over an axially extending tubular lip of the applicator, and, is loosely confined within the body of the applicator.
Referring now to FIG. 2, when the cap 20 is removed from the applicator, the threads 16 are disconnected, and, the annular rib 24 is moved out of compressive engagement with the opposite end of the applicator 12. The applicator is then free to expand axially under its own inherent memory, this in turn acting to extend the body of the condom 28 contained within the applicator. Extension of the applicator generates a negative pressure between the inner wall of the applicator and the outer surface of the condom acting to expand the body of the condom radially outwardly, and also longitudinally.
Preferably, and as illustrated in FIG. 3, the applicator is provided with a tubular neck 30 providing a seating for the rolled portion of the condom, the condom preferably being supported by an annular flange 32 at the free edge of the tubular neck 30, and, by arcuate ribs 34 spaced axially from the annular flange 32, this permitting ready gripping of the rolled condom for its removal from the applicator.
As illustrated in FIGS. 1, 2 and 3, the body of the applicator is of axially corrugated or sinusoidal form, such as readily can be produced by blow-molding.
Alternatively, and as illustrated in FIG. 4, the body of the applicator can be of concertina form, as illustrated at 16a in FIG. 4, in which the axial wall of the applicator is defined by interconnected oppositely inclined annular rings.
In all instances, the applicator is formed from a material having an inherent memory of its original shape, in order that, when released from compression by the cap 20, the body of the applicator will elongate and resume its initial shape prior to compression. Numerous materials are known that possess this property, including plastics materials, such as P.V.C., such materials being readily formable by a molding process.
An alternative preferred construction is illustrated in FIG. 5, which similarly includes a cap 20 which has been forced into compressive surrounding relation with the applicator 12, subsequent to which a ring-shaped band of thermo shrinkable material 32 is placed in surrounding relation with the applicator 12 and cap 20, and is then heat shrunk to cause the axial extremities 34 and 36 to move radially inwardly into gripping relation with the cap 20 an the lower face of the applicator 12.
Preferably, and as illustrated in FIG. 6, the shrink wrap 32 is axially perforated at 38 to provide tear lines extending axially of the shrink wrap 32, and, preferably is provided at its lower edge with tabs 40 that permit easy gripping of the shrink wrap, and its axial tearing along one of the perforated lines 38.
So doing will release the compressive engagement of the shrink wrap 32 with the cap 20 and the end face of the applicator 12, this permitting the applicator to expand axially, and permitting the cap 20 to be discarded.
Other configurations of cap will be apparent to those skilled in the art, as will be other configurations of the axially extendible applicator 12. For example, and as illustrated in FIG. 7, the applicator 12 can be molded in surrounding relation with a spiral spring 42, the convolutions of which are encased in a continuous flexible web 44 extending between the convolutions of the spring 40.
Reloading of a condom within the applicator 16, in the absence of the required jig, requires very considerable manual dexterity, and in most cases will defeat attempts in that respect. Not only must the applicator be held in the compressed retracted position but also, a rolled condom must at the same time be stretched and positioned over the tubular neck 30 of the applicator. In the alternative, the rolled condom must first be positioned over the neck of the applicator, and then be stretched at at least one position in a direction radially outwards of the neck to provide an air exhaust passage for air exiting the applicator during the compression and retraction thereof.
1. A condom applicator and packaging, comprised by:
- a tubular member formed of a resilient flexible material having a memory of its original shape, said tubular member including an axial tubular wall, an end wall providing a closure for one end of said tubular wall, and, a ring-shaped neck at an opposite end of said tubular wall of lesser diameter than said tubular wall;
- a cup-shaped member having a closed end and a skirt having a free edge positioned over said tubular member;
- means securing said tubular member within said cup-shaped cap member in an axially compressed condition of said tubular member;
- said means being manually releasable to permit removal of said cap member from said tubular member, and, permit axial expansion of said tubular member towards its original shape under the stored inherent memory of the material comprising said tubular member.
2. The condom applicator and packaging of claim 1, in which said securing means comprised interfitting threads on an interior surface of said free edge of said cap, and complimentary threads formed on an outer perimeter of said end wall of said closure.
3. The condom applicator and packaging of claim 1, including ridges on said bottom wall of said tubular member facilitating manual relative rotation between said cap and said tubular member.
4. The condom applicator and packaging of claim 1, in which said cap includes an internal annular rib engageable with an end wall of said tubular member at a position spaced radially outwardly of a tubular neck of said tubular member.
5. The condom applicator and packaging of claim 1, in which said securing means is provided by a ring-shaped band of heat shrinkable material that has been shrunk into compressive engagement with an external surface of said cap, and which extends radially inwardly of said free edge of said cap and said end wall of said tubular member, whereby to confine a compressed said tubular member within the confines of said cap.
6. The condom applicator and packaging of claim 5, in which said ring-shaped band is axially perforated.
7. The condom applicator and packaging of claim 6, in which one edge of said ring-shaped band is provided with tabs permitting tearing of said ring-shaped band along at least one of said lines of perforation.
8. The condom applicator and packaging of claim 1, in which said axial tubular wall of tubular body is axially sinusoidal and provides circumferentially extending corrugations of said axial tubular wall.
9. The condom applicator and packaging of claim 1, in which said axial tubular wall of tubular member is formed of adjoining interconnected frusto-conical rings arranged in a saw-tooth configuration.
10. The condom applicator and packaging of claim 1, in which said axial tubular wall of said tubular member is in the form of a compression spring, adjacent turns of said compression spring being interconnected one with the other by a web of lesser resistance to deformation than said turns of said compression spring.
Type: Grant
Filed: Feb 21, 1995
Date of Patent: Aug 27, 1996
Inventor: Leon B. Kassman (New York, NY)
Primary Examiner: Jimmy G. Foster
Law Firm: Abelman, Frayne & Schwab
Application Number: 8/391,440
International Classification: B65D 8508; A61F 604;


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The Editorial: Styled Sessions for Seniors
It's your year, your class, your graduation. You know that senior photos are among the most important things you'll do as an upperclassman, and one of the many ways that you'll be remembered by your classmates. You'll spend the spring months collecting likes and clicking through your friends' photos, and it's your chance to showcase your personality and your passions.
You stand out more than the average graduate, shouldn't your photos stand out too?
Editorial Sessions are fashion-inspired senior photography shoots that allow for more fun and creativity than any other session at Blueghost Studio. And considering all of our sessions are exceptionally fun and creative, that's a hefty upgrade!
We'll kick things off by getting together for a pre-consultation where we can decide what concepts and styles would work best for your shoot. We'll determine what type of clothing you'll wear, what props to use, where we'll shoot, the lighting we'll apply and overall mood and vibe for your story.
It's almost like an episode of America's Next Top Model—not admitting I've watched that show, just saying that Tyra would be impressed!
On the day of your shoot, you'll be treated to a professional makeup session, and then the experience begins! Remember—these images are styled and customized just for you. We'll focus on the concept you and I have crafted together and explore a narrative through your photographs like you would see in a magazine photo spread. The theme for your Editorial Session can be as creative as you want, or based on something you've seen in your favorite fashion mag's monthly issue.
An Editorial Session is the most memorable way to celebrate being a senior, and the best way to have one-of-a-kind senior photos.
Don't worry, Moms and Dads—We'll sneak in some of those traditionally posed senior portraits and headshots for your family to love too!
The Editorial Session | $700
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Want to chat about your ideas for an Editorial Session? I'd love that too! Let's meet up at your favorite coffee shop and discuss clothing and location ideas, lattes on me!
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Occurrence (Insurance)
What is an occurrence in insurance terminology?
An occurrence for insurance purposes in the United States is an incident of damage to a body (person) or property that falls within the boundaries of the insurance coverage, takes place within the period of insurance coverage and for which an insurance company will need to make some form of payment under the policy.
This means that for a policy holder to make a claim against their insurance policy a specific occurrence of damage must have happened.
For an occurrence to be accepted as part of an insurance claim it must conform to the specifications set out by the insurer for peril within the insurance contract.
An Example of Occurrence
For example; a vehicle owner has collision damage insurance and automobile liability insurance and his vehicle is in an accident with another vehicle. His insurance covers the occurrence of collision for damage to his own vehicle and to that of the 3rd party and he may make a claim with his insurance provider based on the amount of damages that he incurs and that the other party incurs up to the limit set by his policy on claims (which may either be a limit on the whole policy or an individual claim depending on the circumstances of his contract).
Another vehicle owner has automobile liability insurance only and her car is stolen from outside of her place of work, the workplace offers no warranty or insurance for her vehicle and is not thought to be liable for the theft in any respect. She attempts to claim for this occurrence of theft under her insurance policy, however automobile liability insurance does not offer protection in the event of loss or theft of a policy holder's vehicle and this is not accepted as an occurrence under her existing policy.
It is important for drivers to ensure they have adequate insurance protection for their needs in the second example the lady involved might have had her claim accepted as an occurrence under a different policy for example comprehensive insurance which would have offered specific protection for the event of the theft or loss of her car.
If you don't understand which occurrences you may be protected for, you should consult your insurance contract and if you are still under any level of confusion the next step is to approach your insurance agent or broker and have them explain what it means.
Additional Occurrence Definitions
- About.com – An event that triggers coverage under the policy. Occurrence is often equated with "accident"; however, some policies define occurrence to include "continuous or repeated exposure which results in bodily injury or property damage neither expected nor intended by the insured" and so includes events beyond happenstance accidents…
- BusinessDictionary.com – Event that results in a loss to a third party due to bodily injury, or property damage or destruction. Most liability insurance policies stipulate that all losses resulting from the same general causes are considered as resulting from one occurrence, and are limited to the number of occurrences allowed in the insurance policy…
- TheDoctors.com – A type of policy in which the insured is covered for any incident that occurs (or that did occur) while the policy is (or was) in force, regardless of when the incident is reported or when it becomes a claim. Occurrence insurance for medical liability coverage is rarely offered today because of the difficulty of projecting long-term claims costs under this type of policy…


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Came into New York Thursday by way of the GW Bridge, took the Henry Hudson Parkway into midtown, and headed up towards Broadway on W 54th, which took me past, among other landmarks, the studio where The Colbert Report is taped---a small, blank-looking brick building with a bare metal door and some sawhorses out front for the would-be audience to line up behind---and the Midtown North Precinct House, where there was something odd-looking to me about the crowd of cops hanging out on the sidewalk by their lined up white patrol cars.
They all looked too neat, the cops and the patrol cars, actually. The cops were standing around with the too purposeful attitudes of guys with nothing to do trying to look like they were busy and on the job, and that was normal enough. But they also were all of a type. Well, cops are traditionally all of a type. These cops weren't of that traditional type, though. They were all youngish, all in excellent shape, but trim and wiry like runners not bulked up like the weight-lifters.
And they all looked short.
Has something changed in the culture of New York City cops? Are there new health and fitness requirements?
Or does only a certain physical type get posted to Midtown North?
And what happened to the blue and whites? And what's with the motto CPR---Courtesy, Professionalism, and Respect? Somehow that's not reassuring to me. It would sound fine as the motto of a long-distance trucking company, the kind of company that wants you to think it's serious about the How's My Driving Call 1-800--CAN-MYAS stickers on the liftgates.
But while I would hope that police officers practice courtesy, demonstrate professionalism, and show respect for citizens and their rights as a matter of course, when I call a cop those qualities aren't foremost on my mind.
Ah well, nevermind. It was a gorgeous day, despite the heat, and even though the precinct house was in the shade, the colors of the flag flying over the doorway and the blue of the cops' uniforms were as bright and pretty as a watercolor.


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I cannot believe how quick this week has gone! Im so happy to have had the opportunity to spend a week in New Looks head office, it's been a real pleasure. I feel like I've learned a lot in a small space of time which makes it a shame that I couldn't stay for the whole two weeks. Amsterdam is calling! Me and my sister are flying on Monday which couldn't have come around at a better time. I'm in much need of a break and can't wait. Also… Sorry for the poor quality photos recently. Unfortunately it's the best my faithful iPhone can provide!


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Canon Powershot A700 Front
The time/date mechanism on Power shot A 700 is broken. It must be re-set every time I resume shooting after having closed down.
Is it worth having it fixed? An expensive repair?
Any advice is appreciated.
Thank you.
Thank you for your question about the Powershot A700. I have an affinity to this camera personally. My wife still shoots with her A620, a similar Canon camera that came out at almost the same time.
The quick answer is that it's not worth fixing. At 10 years old, you shouldn't put any money into it. It might just be an easy upgrade in its firmware somehow to fix it, but it would still cost you more in labor than its worth.
You can buy a very used A700 for around $70 if you really had to have another one, but the sensor is tiny by today's standards, the video is low quality, and it's maximum ISO is only 800.
It's an inconvenience for you to reset each time, but if you are satisfied with the photos you take, you really don't have to do anything.
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Sharyn: I'm Sharon Tipton. We live in Battlement Mesa, Colorado.
Ben: We've been here in Battlement Mesa for three years. About a year into living in our new home we discovered a company was planning on putting gas wells in our planned unit development (PUD).
Living in this PUD means we have to comply with all of these covenants to ensure the community looks good, but an oil and gas company can just put a well 500 feet from someone's house. We found this to be completely wrong and decided to start checking into it some more and getting behind the fight to stop it.
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I seriously hesitate to write this for fear of jinxing myself, but Magda here has been a total sweetheart as of late. She's super snuggly and full of kisses and even, ahem, MINDING. Maybe it's the heat? Maybe it's so exhausting that she just lacks the energy to be ornery right now. I dunno, but I'll take it.
Also, while things are totally normal over here in Plesserville, I wanted to alert you guys that when I do go into labor, there will be no blogging for a bit. Or maybe I'll post some photos every once and awhile, but not many words. I'm not sure how I'll be in those first few weeks of sleepless parenthood. Apparently complete Zombieland is a real possibility, so please be patient. I have arranged to keep my Savory Sundays going for a bit, but that's it for awhile.
Please don't give up on me. I'll just need my rest. And don't you worry, I am already securing photo passes for a concert or two in October. So I'm planning on not going totally soft (right away, anyway).
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Ali has completed Royal Academy of Dance (RAD) attaining the level of Intermediate and has also achieved Highly Commended for her 'Gold Bar' jazz exam with the Australian Teachers of Dance (ATOD). Then to further her study in dance she auditioned for Australian Dance Performance Institute (ADPI) and was accepted. She completed a two year Advanced Diploma of Art (Dance), compromising of Hip Hop, Ballet, Tap, Jazz, Contemporary, Musical Theatre, Music Ther, Singing and Art.
For the 2002 Easterfest in Toowoomba, Ali taught and choreographed three dances. Ali and her team performed two jazz performances and one slow modern with seven dancers performing. This three day Festival attracts over 150 local and international artists and over 20,000 visitors. This is the largest Festival of its type in Australia.
During Ali's study at Australian Dance Performance Institute (ADPI) the students won first place in Contemporary and second place in the tap at the Brisbane Eisteddfod. At the National Eisteddfod they received first place for the Contemporary and Ballet pieces that were performed. As a result of this success the students performed in the Sydney Opera House. Ali also had the opportunity to perform at the National Dance Theatre in Melbourne for the National Choreography Competition. She then went on and completed the Royal Academy of Dance (RAD) Advanced One.
At the completion of Ali's training at ADPI she auditioned for Ballet Magnificat, the only Professional Christian Ballet Company in the world and was accepted. The company was located in Jackson Mississippi and we performed in Schools, Churches and Nursing Homes within the community. Since Ali's return from America she has performed at the Surf City Bible College Graduation, Hope Church, with the Youth Alive dance team at XO day and other events. Ali has danced with the Messiah dance team at Generation Church, which regularly performs for Church events. In January 2008 Ali was accepted into a Christian Contemporary Company called Excelsia Dance Company, which is located in Brisbane. She is currently still dancing with Excelsia and will be heading to New York in September to present a dance piece to raise the awareness of Child Trafficking from an Australian perspective.
God began to develop this dream for Captivated Dance ever since I performed on the stage as a little girl at the age of seven. God showed me during a performance I was doing with the Sonshine Christian Ballet that I would be used by Him to present dance as a tool in His hands to love and call people to Himself. Captivated Dance trains beginnners to professionals in Dance Ministry that brings the anointing followed by excelence. It aims to break down the barriers of people's hearts towards Jesus through the art form of dance in a relevant, modern approach. Captivated Dance Company desires to have the opportunity to dance all over the world to see peoples lives transformed from the inside out as we minister through dance and drama the message of Jesus.


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Cheat sheet
Brokenhill on April 27, 2007
Its late, didn't have time to put up the update, so you guys get alittle sheet of the characters seen or heard thus far.
sorry, its late and I can barely concentrate (let alone type.) so I just threw this together. update tommora.


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CBT In Birmingham
What Can It Help With ?
CBT is a highly effective treatment for anxiety, depression and a range of other conditions. In fact, most mental health issues and indeed and many physical health conditions can benefit from a CBT based approach.
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CBT (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy) can help resolve and manage:
- obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)
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Shells & Chains Scarf
This is a very simple, beginner friendly pattern that is only a 2 row repeat.
I wrote this pattern to match my "Shells & Chains Slouchy Beret" & "Shells & Chains Half Circle Shawl" patterns.
Looks equally good in a self-striping or a solid colorway. You can easily use any yarn & any gauge for the scarf, your finished sizes will vary with yarn & gauge. I have written directions for 3 widths to get you started. A small, short-ish scarf uses less than half a skein of sock yarn (40 grams were used for my sample).
Many thanks to my testers, honeystalks, AussiesPrincess, CollieGrl64, bjclark63, & jam52. As always I couldn't do it without each & every one of you.
If you have any questions or comments or just want to join like-minded souls, please join my Ravelry group at http://www.ravelry.com/groups/anastacia-knits-designs. Thanks!
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Head of laboratory
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This laboratory seeks to decipher the fine interactions between microvascular endothelial cells and circulating blood cells, by studying the biology and pathophysiology of microvascular endothelial cells. Diseases such as cerebral malaria, multiple sclerosis and viral encephalitis are being modelled using brain-derived endothelium, while lung-derived cell-lines are being used to study adult respiratory distress syndrome, asthma, and other pulmonary illnesses. In addition to functional studies, the latest imaging technology is being used to visualise the diverse players involved in inflammation. Using these integrated approaches, the cellular, molecular and genetic features of microvascular biology will be explored.
Improved understanding of pathophysiological mechanisms will lead not only to significant advances in fundamental knowledge of biology, but also will identify new targets for the development of drugs intended to treat the many diseases caused by inflammatory processes.
Research achievements
We recently demonstrated that microparticles (MP), which we found to be present in greatly increased concentrations in the peripheral blood of Malawian children with CM (JAMA 2004) are crucial elements of pathogenesis in experimental murine CM (Am J Pathol 2005). Based on these findings, we now aim, in vitro and in vivo, to demonstrate that by modulating the process of vesiculation (i.e. by reducing the production or release of MPs, or by blocking their toxic effects) we can reduce the pathological processes characteristic of CM. The ultimate aim is to reach a novel intervention for preventing the progression of severe malaria towards a fatal outcome and for hastening recovery from severe malarial disease.
In our current projects, we therefore intend to unravel the mechanisms of MP production and action, to delineate pharmacological ways to interfere with these mechanisms, and to define the pathophysiological consequences of excessive MP production.


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Solids that are held together by covalent bonds have the highest melting points because the molecules are firmly held together in a crystal lattice. This property makes such solids poor electrical conductors since the molecules cannot move. The metallic solid tungsten has the highest melting point among the elements.
Network covalent solids have even higher melting points than covalent solids because of the bonds shared by all the atoms. Every atom shares a covalent bond with every other atom, which means there are no molecules. As such, heat energy is spread over the entire crystal, which makes it very difficult to melt.


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Occupy Movement Reporting "Review" OccupyCarlisle -Radical Media "Show Some Support to REAL INDEPENDENT TRUTH"
To Begin i would like to Clarify Shundrallah's Position on the Occupy Movement...
Shundrallah is Based on MORALITY, helping people to grow and KNOW the TRUTH
many of the "Ideals" of the Occupy Movement are based on MORALITY, FREEDOM, EQUALITY
It Should be Noted that there are Groups who are Deliberately CO-OPTING the Occupy Movement, i have Documented this many times linking the Satanic "Sex with Animals" Co-Opting Video
Obviously This is IMMORAL on MANY LEVELS, but outlines Co-Opting to those who don't realize how simple it is if your not alert and Critically thinking, analyzing everything
It is always good to have a RELIABLE SOURCE of VIDEO FOOTAGE at events
And from what i have seen on the Site being Reviewed Below "OccupyCarlisle -Radical Media", the Footage is good and Unedited "So you can see what really happens at protests, Events, False Flags, and Criminal Actions by all people, Moral and Immoral ones, some protected by the Uniform or Rank, Elevated to Carry out an Agenda"
Only with Aware Alert Informed people can we Unite and put an end to double standards that enforce perpetual Immoral Oppression
Shundrallah Dose Not Support Mindless Chanting or Protesting causing Disruption to Individuals
Shundrallah Dose Support Dismantling of Necromancy Raised Dead Entities with no Heartbeat who Suck your Energy like Parasitic Vampires, and any Protesting Targeting those Undead Necromancy Creations "Dead Bodys with words put in the Corpse to Constitute it, hence In-Corporate it in to a Religious, Political, Corporate Body's that have no heart beat's yet those who direct these undead "The Necromancers" only do so with YOUR ENERGY sucked in to their creations , to complete their IMMORAL GOALS AGAINST YOU!
Anyone Doing any kind of Transaction Contract Agreement, including Law "Prosecutions with Jury Evidence" by Advocating a DEAD BODY is committing Fraud, so anyone who wants to prosecute me for targeting the DEAD with NO HEARTBEAT are self incriminating them selves UNDER LAW!
The GLOBAL REVOLUTION , 1381 History Repeating Globally, is unfolding as you read this as the Down trodden UNITE AND RISE UP against the DNA Insestual Inbred Immoral Oppressors, and the more "INDEPENDENT" people Sharing Video's of World Events the Better ! "For you and your Children"
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My mom has been reading my emails and she can read all of my entries that I have on my Mia_shit account
I figured if I posted crap about me wanting to recover and deleting this account than she would think "Oh wow, maybe I won't have to force her into going to therapy and make her stay downstairs after she eats and keep starting fights with her after every meal. She obviously wants to get better." And then I could not use this account for a couple weeks and she'd think I was done with it and then I could come back and be Mia_Shit again, but fuck, I'm pretty damn sure she'll still check up on me.
So, new account with a new Email: the_wintergirl FRIEND ME!I seriously started crying when people were saying goodbye to me.I knew it'd only be for a couple weeks but I still couldn't deal with it.I've been part of this site for years and I could NEVER EVER leave it!I'm sad that I have to give up this screen name though bc I've had it for so long that sometimes when people come back they recognize it...fuck. Why am I so distraught about a screen name?!?!?! lol. I'm honestly tearing up. Idkanyways- I love you all!-Becky
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Hen Party Sofia
Why Book A Hen Party in Sofia
A real gem of Europe's ecstatic east, Sofia leaves little to be desired for a hen party.
Located at the foot of Vitosha mountain and bursting with medieval architecture and fortresses as well as the contemporary, Sofia's cityscape sets an exquisite backdrop for your phenomenal hen party. Sofia's temperamental climate also makes it the perfect setting for summer affair.
Sofia is a backdoor to the famous rolling hills and scenery of the Balkan Mountains, taking a trip out of Sofia city with the foxy hen will have your hens do a lot more than polish off their hiking boots however. Go quad-biking, karting, paintballing and white water rafting, to blow off some steam on the Sofia hen party. Afterward, reload for your wild Sofia hen night with a traditional Bulgarian meal. Bulgarian delicacies like banitsa (баница) and 'kebapcheta s garnitura' are quite a mouthful in more than one way and your hen party will see what we mean once they're chomping down on some minced kebabs and fetta stuffed pastries. Well, you have to take at least one weekend off on the run up to the big day. You can also alway detox with one of our hamman and daily spa options for Sofia hen parties.
Another traditional activity to try in Sofia is our Rakiya tasting option. What's Rakiya I hear you ask? It's only the finest of Balkan liquors. This rich fruit brandy is as tasty as it is strong and is a great way to take a break from the usual hen party favorite Vino. Teamed with the traditional spirit of absinth, nonexistent licensing laws and Bulgaria's famous underground nightlife, your hens might literally find some fairies on your enchanted Sofia hen party. We wouldn't have it any other way for the beloved head hen's last night of freedom.
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|WORDS OF INSPIRATION: When offer comes, think with head, not heart
|Written by Ben Pherson
|Friday, 08 August 2014 07:12
(EDITOR'S NOTE: Each week Minnesota standout amateur fighter Nick "The Inspiration" Palmer is given a free pass to write about any topic, and he'll provide Minnesota MMA fans with an inside look into the world of fighting. Enjoy "Words of Inspiration.")
I received a text message Tuesday afternoon that read "what is your weight at?" and I immediately knew the direction this was headed because I have been down this road before.
I replied by saying, "I'm at about 170 pounds, who's the guy?" Then I got the message that read "you don't want to know," and that's when I was flooded with emotion.
This was a chance to avenge a previous loss, but more importantly, this was a chance to fight for a title. Before I could jump at the opportunity and accept the offer, I needed to make sure I thought about a few things first, and I knew there would be some hurdles I needed to leap in order to make it happen.
I have been out of the gym for the most part of 3-4 weeks because I've been nursing a couple minor injuries that occurred in my fight in July. With those minor injuries still lingering and my cardio probably not where it should be for a five-round title fight, the cards were already stacked against me.
I still didn't want to just give up and decline it; that wasn't enough for me to say no just yet. I needed to look
at all the avenues before making a decision. I also took into account that this fight would take place in 11 days.
I still want this fight. I want it so bad that I can almost feel that belt around my waist. I needed some serious advice, and I needed it right away before I let my heart do the thinking my brain should be doing.
The first person I asked what they thought I should do was actually my 8-year-old daughter. Granted, I was mainly just asking her because I wanted to know what she thought. I said "Alyssa, do you remember that fight I had back in November when I fought for the belt?" She said she remembered, so I then told her that I had an opportunity to fight for that belt again, and I asked what she thought I should do.
She said "do it, Daddy, do it for me." I told her I wasn't sure because of all the hurdles in my way, and she responded with "you're just saying that because you're scared."
Boy does my little girl know where to hit me. I have to admit that she almost convinced me to make the call and accept the fight right then and there, but I knew I needed to speak with my team first.
I asked Marvin Blumer to give me a call. I told him what was going on and he said "I believe you can beat anyone that stands in front of you, but is the timing right?" He also added that this guy has been training for this fight. You want to give this guy 150 percent if a rematch were to occur. He also said that if I were to take this fight and lose, I might not ever get the chance again.
This made total sense to me, and it was coming from a guy that has been down a similar road. Although this is a fight I want with all my heart, I realized the timing just wasn't there. I'd literally have to start cutting weight, get medical clearance on my eye and fight with a left hand that I'm not so confident in.
I finally told the promoter that I couldn't do it. I almost couldn't say no, but I knew I had to. I also told the promoter that if he gave me eight weeks to prepare, we could definitely make it happen.
Like I've stated in the past, it's important to surround yourselves with guys who have your best interest in mind. I've got that with my team at the Minnesota School of Martial Arts. They believe in me, and I know another offer will come. And when it does, you can bet your ass I'll be ready.
Before you jump the gun, make sure you think about what's best for your career.


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Two Generations, Two Lives: life post-war and in peace time
Vivien, another student from Holland Park School, has been chatting to her grandmother and has kindly documented it and sent it to us. Remember, please feel free to do exactly the same – and with the advent of smartphones, its so much easier to record a conversation. Everyone has a story to share!
It has always been fascinating listening to my Grandma share stories about her life as a little girl growing up after the end of the Second World War. Her upbringing has naturally been affected by the experiences of her Parents – my Great Grand Parents. They had just got married when Europe became engulfed in another World War and my Great Grand-Father joined the army, while my Great Grand mother stayed at home, holding the fort at their small holding and waiting for him to return home so they can start a family.
Over the years, I have heard so many captivating stories and anecdotes from my Grandma, and as I am getting older myself, I have decided to write them down so others can enjoy them.
It seems people had so little back then, materially at least, but they were so rich in life experience which cultivated the resilience needed to restore all that the war had devastated, both for them personally and for the nation. What you are about to hear is an interview with my Grandma, from whom I have learnt so much and who has shaped to a great extent my values and my outlook on life.
Grandma, tell me about what life was like when you were little?
– Well, I was born in 1945, a year after the end of WW2, which in Bulgaria, where I grew up, ended on 9 September 1944. I remember a large portrait of my Father, that is your Great Grand Father, had a pride of place on the wall in our sitting room. He looked very distinguished in his uniform and all his medals. Here is another portrait of him when he first joined the army as a young conscript before he earned his medals. (Show photo).
We had so little of everything, food was being rationed and we could only buy groceries and provisions with coupons. These weren't the coupons of today where you get money off, they were a permit to buy food. Also when I was about 8, you really still felt the aftermath of the war, people were equally jubilant and sad. Happy that liberation had come but as so many had died, those they left behind were still in mourning.
How many coupons did you have?
– You couldn't buy anything without coupons and you were only given so few each month and sometimes every 3 months. I don't remember the exact number but they were only for the essentials: flour, butter, milk, sugar, very rarely for meat. You have to remember that, unfortunately, Bulgaria was forced to join the Axis Powers (Germany and Italy) so the country had been totally plundered by the Germans. They had been taking all produce as provisions for their army so the country was left devastated and in ruin, much more so than the rest of Europe.
Grandma, did Great Grand Dad tell you any stories about the war?
– Oh, yes, he was nearly killed in the war but lived to tell the tale. He had been injured, and later captured by the Nazis but managed to escape and return home to his wife. I don't know how much you have learnt about the WW2 so you may know that when the Italian invasion of Greece failed, Germany demanded that Bulgaria join the Tripartite pact it had signed with Japan and Italy, and allow German forces to pass through Bulgaria to attack Greece in order to help Italy. Great Grandad was sent to Alexandroupoli and later Serres and Drama but despite being part of the Axis Powers, Bulgarian troops refused to participate in the invasion of Yugoslavia and Greece. While in Serres, he used his position in the army to acquire guns and ammunition and joined the Partisan resistance fighters. In Serres he caught malaria, and weakened by battle and injuries, he was captured by the Germans. There was a camp near Kavala where he was kept for 8 months but he was helped to escape by a guard who knew him from when they were young. The guard gave him a bicycle and risked his own life to help him. He rode all the way back to his home in South Western Bulgaria on that bicycle and he made it home battered and bruised.
This clearly demonstrates how hard life was for all who experienced the tragedies and aftermath of war, and what toll the war took on their lives. No television, food shortage, relying on tiny pieces of paper called "coupons" for life's necessities – I honestly can't imagine how the youth of the 21st century could manage.
What has Grandma taught me in life?
Grandma has passed on her values to me: she has taught me to value my family, to respect myself and stand up for my convictions, and to never give up. She has taught to me to respect what I have and to be ambitious without being greedy. She has taught me to value life and to look forward to all adventures that it brings.


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Moonlight Locations: The Ringer
I will only be listing locations that we haven't seen before.
1. Mick's rooftop – Warner Bros. Studios, Burbank, CA
2. Franklin Hotel - exterior - NY Street, backlot, Warner Bros. Studios, Burbank, CA
(image from WB website)
Notice everything above the second story is CGI.
3. Coraline's house – Chatsworth/Fox Residence, Farralone Avenue, Chatsworth, CA 91311
The house used for Coraline's home has quite a rich history. Completed in 1949 (or 1951 depending on the source), it was designed by renowned architect William Pereira, whose credits include the Transamerica pyramid in San Francisco as well as a myriad of other buildings, and his partner, Charles Luckman. Notably, Chatsworth has been owned by Frank Sinatra and Lucille Ball, and was allegedly the location of Marilyn Monroe's last photo shoot.
This past July, the Chatsworth estate was used to house the contestants for HGTV's Design Star: Link
In 2008, it was used as a location in Mad Men, Season 2, Episode 11: The Jet Set.
It was also featured in Six feet Under, Season 1, Episode 5: A Open Book; as well as in the movies Swordfish and Dreamgirls.
There is a separate thread to discuss Coraline's house in more depth -- here.
4. Morgan's apartment - interior
5. Hank Mottola's house – Midwest Street, backlot, Warner Bros. Studios, Burbank, CA
(image from WB website)
6. Hollywood Forever Cemetery - 6000 Santa Monica Blvd., Hollywood, CA 90038 – Website: http://www.hollywoodforever.com/Hollywood/
Main entrance:
(image from Google Earth)
Cathedral Mausoleum:
Although the episode made it look like Mick did a fair amount of walking, this area is about 30 feet directly ahead of you as you enter the front door. The wall with Mottola's empty berth is on the right. The pews were removed for filming.
Outside by the lake:
Information will be updated and pictures added as they become available.


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The Royal Court dominates this year's Evening Standard theatre awards shortlist, announced today, with 11 of its productions or performers going head to head in major categories including best play, best director and best actor.
By comparison, the National Theatre, the Young Vic and the Lyric Hammersmith have earned three nominations apiece – with just one for the Donmar Warehouse.
However, it's the tussle between the Royal Court's productions of Enron and Jerusalem - both set for West End runs in the new year, with seven nominations in total - which will draw most of the attention.
Enron is only the second play written by 28-year-old Lucy Prebble, who scripted ITV's Secret Diary of a Call Girl following her win at the Critics' Circle Award for Most Promising Playwright in 2005. Examining the financial scandal whichengulfed the company of the title, Enron is already lined up for a Hollywood adaptation. Prebble is up against Jerusalem writer Jez Butterworth - a previous Evening Standard award-winner in 1995 - for the title of best play, as well as Tracy Letts for August: Osage County and Simon Stephens for Punk Rock.
Lenny Henry has also drawn acclaim for his portrayal of Othello in the Northern Broadsides production at Trafalgar Studios, earning a Best Newcomer nomination for his theatre acting debut. At the age of 51, the comic finds himself competing against performers half his age, including 17-year-old Bel Powley, nominated for his performance in Polly Stenham's Tusk Tusk, another of the Royal Court's critical successes earlier this year.
Rachel Weisz, who played Blanche DuBois in the Donmar Warehouse production of A Streetcar Named Desire, competes in the best actress category against Juliet Stevenson, for her role as a concert violinist in Duet For One. Also battling for the title - now renamed in honour of the late Natasha Richardson, who died last year - are Deanna Dunagan for her fiery matriarch in August: Osage County and Penny Downie in Helen at the Shakespeare's Globe.
Ken Stott, nominated for his role in A View From The Bridge, takes on three-time Evening Standard winner Simon Russell Beale, Mark Rylance and Samuel West in the fight for top honours in the best actor category.
Commenting on this year's shortlist, the Evening Standard's theatre critic Henry Hitchings – who sits on the judging panel with the Observer's Susannah Clapp, the International Herald Tribune's Matt Wolf, the Mail on Sunday's Georgina Brown and the Daily Telegraph's Charles Spencer – singled out the vibrancy of playwriting. "What is striking about new plays" he said, "is how they are engaging with urgent, contemporary issues, such as climate change and the financial crisis and social inclusion and race, but still work well as drama. They're not po-faced."
Winners will be announced at an awards ceremony hosted by Desert Island Discs presenter Kirsty Young at the Royal Opera House on Monday 23 November.
The full shortlists for the 55th annual Evening Standard Theatre Awards, which covers openings up until the end of October 2009, are:
Best Play
August: Osage County - by Tracy Letts (Steppenwolf/National)
Enron - Lucy Prebble (Chichester/Royal Court)
Jerusalem - by Jez Butterworth (Royal Court)
Punk Rock - by Simon Stephens (Lyric Hammersmith)
Best Actor
Simon Russell Beale - in The Winter's Tale (Bridge Project/Old Vic)
Mark Rylance - in Jerusalem (Royal Court)
Ken Stott - in A View From the Bridge (Duke of York's)
Samuel West - in Enron (Royal Court)
The Natasha Richardson Award for Best Actress
Deanna Dunagan - in August: Osage County (National)
Penny Downie - in Helen (Shakespeare's Globe)
Juliet Stevenson - in Duet for One (Almeida/Vaudeville)
Rachel Weisz - in A Streetcar Named Desire (Donmar)
Best Director
Rupert Goold - Enron (Royal Court)
Jeremy Herrin - Tusk Tusk (Royal Court)
Ian Rickson - Jerusalem (Royal Court)
Anna D Shapiro - August: Osage County (National)
The Ned Sherrin Award for Best Musical
A Little Night Music (Menier Chocolate Factory/Garrick)
Been So Long (ETT/Young Vic)
Hello, Dolly! (Open Air, Regent's Park)
Spring Awakening (Lyric Hammersmith/Novello)
Best Design
Jon Bausor - Kursk (Sound&Fury/Young Vic)
Miriam Buether - Judgment Day (Almeida)
Mamoru Iriguchi - Mincemeat (Cardboard Citizens/Cordy House)
Ultz - Jerusalem (Royal Court)
The Charles Wintour Award for Most Promising Playwright
Alia Bano - for Shades (Royal Court)
Katori Hall - for The Mountaintop (Theatre 503/Trafalgar Studios)
Alexi Kaye Campbell - for The Pride (Royal Court)
The Milton Shulman Award for Outstanding Newcomer
Naana Agyei-Ampadu - in Been So Long (Young Vic)
Lenny Henry - in Othello (Trafalgar Studios)
Bel Powley - in Tusk Tusk (Royal Court)
Tom Sturridge - in Punk Rock (Lyric Hammersmith)


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To see how long it would take someone to realise that a the word 'the' is not a preposition like I said during the phone call I made to Big Fatty Online, recently aired.
For those not familiar, I had called to ask why when Big Fatty refers to me I am "the turnipHed" whereas no one else gets an "article" in front of their name.
I exclude "The Fey Driver" from The Pink Wheel Nuts podcast, as that IS his name.
Big Fatty says that he refers to UrbanGuyTO and "THE UrbanGuyTO", not 100% true.
He says it is a "title" he gives to his Canadians (Northern Mexicans); nonetheless I don't have to wait any longer for someone to mention that "the" is not a 'preposition' but rather an 'article'.
NOTE: I am assuming that is what this podcast is about – I might get burned here because I wrote this post and was waiting on it for a couple of days. I will listen tomorrow when I eat my Cheerios.
Both The Pink Wheel Nuts podcast and Big Fatty Online are part of the Pride48 network. Learn more about Pride48 and other LGBT podcasts.


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TOWER Staff Writer
Last Monday, November 18th, Bethany College hosted one of its most entertaining concerts, in the art gallery. Before the main performance the audience was treated to a rousing performance of Menz and the Hot Pockets, Bethany College's own band made up of German professor, Harold Menz, his wife and religious studies professor, Brooke Deal.
After their performance, Yannick a foreign exchange student from Mnnheim Germany showed all of Bethany College his amazing skills on guitar, piano and vocals. Yannick when not studying at Bethany College is studying music at the college of education in Heidelberg, Germany. That night he entertained the fully packed art gallery with original works composed both in German and English. His tall posture and angelic voice, made all the girls faint with excitement and ecstasy.
For one of his more lively tunes, Yannick had helped from other students with other instruments and vocals. Derek Fickess, sophomore music major, accompanied Yannick on three of his songs that evening. "There were a lot of rehearsals and re-arrangements made with Yannick, but in the end is was really exciting and real fun" commented Derek, on his experience with the concert.
For the entire time the show never had a dull moment. The musical experience is something that some students hope that Bethany College is able to re-create in the future. "The opening act was a blast, and Yannick was a very awesome musician. I would love to see more musical stuff on campus." said Michael Albert. The concert was a great way to end a Monday and here is to hoping that Yannick will perform again soon.


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Ancient Nubian Face Beads Volume 40.2/
Figural mosaic images on beads are among the most rare of ancient glass. Early Roman Egyptian face beads of approximately 100 B.C-A.D. 100 represent the most numerous of such ornaments, perhaps existing in the low thousands and were widely distributed through Europe and the Middle East, and are usually regarded as luxury goods. Recent finds place them in the Crimea, Yemen, Iran, Syria, Egypt, Nubia, and Croatia (Sidebotham et al., 2015), as well as Hungary (Liu, pers. comm.). Their most common imagery displays full-frontal faces of Medusa as a Gorgon with stylized snakes as hair, or less often of Medusa as a beautiful woman with luxurious long hair, a necklace and a bust. Late Roman face beads, of the fourth/fifth centuries B.C., number less than thirty, occur primarily in northern Europe and Russia, but have entirely different imagery, most likely emperors. The only other cultures that also produced figural mosaics are the Javanese (Jatim beads of fifth/sixth century A.D., Lankton and Bernbaum 2007), Thai at Klong Thom (tabular face beads that may not be mosaics, possibly first to seventh century A.D.), at Bara in Pakistan and potentially somewhere in Afghanistan, based upon two nearly identical beads with complex griffin and duck mosaics.
For those who study such mosaic face beads and glass with similar canes, there are major, problematic suppositions, since no workshops with such figural canes have ever been found, nor any face canes used for beads. Some Egyptian glass workshop sites did contain mosaic glass/canes (Stern and Schlick-Nolte 1994: 27). However, two larger cane slices depicting the most frequently used Gorgon and Medusa as a woman are in the collection of the Freer Gallery of Art (Liu 2008b: 62, 1.6 cm high and 2.2 cm diameter) and may be very rare examples of face canes before they were pulled or reduced to the diminutive sizes suitable for marvering onto or encasing in a face bead (page 38). Composite mosaic bars with half-face images for theater masks have been found, but these larger, more complex canes were never used for beads (Liu 2008b).
Because the Gorgon/Medusa canes are placed into so many different shapes of beads (spherical, tabular, barrel, and bulla-shaped), numbering between one for tabular, two to eight face canes per spherical bead and varying in how they are placed on the bead, with a great variety of surrounds and colors, in addition to other mosaic imagery, researchers have postulated that Medusa, Gorgon and other canes employed on face beads were most likely produced as a basic cane by skilled glassworkers in Ptolemaic-Roman Egypt, such as in Alexandria, Egypt, the Levant or elsewhere in the Middle East (Henderson 2013, Lankton et al., 2016). These face/Medusa/Gorgon canes, whether in large diameter form or reduced by pulling while hot into smaller sizes suitable for face beads, were then distributed to disparate end users, usually glass beadmakers. Thus the great individual variation found on early Roman face beads. But there has also never been confirmation that face canes were an item of trade, although glass tesserae for mosaics or beads have been found in such contexts (Andersen and Sode 2010, Henderson 2013, Neri et al., 2016).
While we do not know the size of ancient face canes, Brian Kerkvliet (Liu 1989), the first American to make mosaic face canes, used the layering or the hot-strip method for his murrine canes. In one continuous work session of about two hours, he ended with a piece of glass cane approximately three inches in diameter by four inches long (approximately 7.5 x 10.0 cm), before pulling the rod while hot to a size small enough for application to face beads, at approximately 0.35 cm diameter.
The iconography of the three Gorgon sisters, including Medusa, the only one who was mortal, is schematic but not overly rigid when portrayed in glass mosaics: Gorgons have variable number of hair striations or stylized snakes, seen as square/rectangular rods (Liu 2014). Most, but not all Gorgons on tabular beads, also have a red line on the lower portion of the face cane, indicating the blood from her severed head, sometimes misinterpreted as a beard. Very rarely do Gorgon face canes on spherical beads display this red arc of blood.
Medusa, shown with long black hair, a neck with necklace and bust, also shows considerable variation; she is known for her charms and beautiful hair, but in a number of her face canes, the overlying black hair barely covers the stylized snake hair, which protrude from the forehead as knobs, as seen below. Where Medusa is shown with long hair, achieved by hot layering black glass (actually purple), it varies considerably, as do the mosaic bars used to denote her necklace. The application of Gorgon and Medusa as a woman has never been seen on the same face bead, except on one extremely rare glass spindle whorl held by the Metropolitan Museum of Art (Liu 1976). All these images have apotropaic value, most likely adding to their value as luxury beads. Presumably, people contemporary with these face beads would have been able to decipher the meaning of all their features, but not modern viewers, who lack knowledge about their mythology and their iconography.
In 2014, I was able to view high resolution color photographs of the tabular mosaic face beads excavated in the 1920s by Reisner in Nubia from the Merotic culture. These early Roman face beads, besides being the largest cache from a known context, were unique for their lozenge shape, versus round or square for all extant tabular face beads. Like other early Roman mosaic face beads, those from Nubia probably date from about 100 B.C.-A.D. 100, although those from Meroë are more tightly dated to 40 B.C.-A.D. 114. In addition, Gorgon canes were used to represent both Gorgon and Medusa, without overlaid black hair for Medusa, but she had a neck, necklace and bust, and many faces and bodies of both types were in flesh-toned glass, also never before seen in extant face beads (Liu 2014). Gorgon used as a woman, i.e. Medusa, is a rare mosaic image; out of a database of about 220 face beads that I have scanned, only 38 present Medusa as a woman, usually seen as plaques on spherical face beads, even rarer on tabular face beads. Of these 38, only 7 appear to be made from Gorgon canes; none of these modified Gorgon faces had ever been applied to tabular beads. Since Nubians were adept with faience working, glazed stones, glassworking in the form of unique stratified eyebeads with gold bands, as well as enameling (Markowitz and Doxey 2014a), I thought at that time that these Nubian face beads could be an excellent example of local glassworkers modifying imported face canes. But without compositional studies on the glass of face canes and their surrounds, there is no way to prove this supposition. In recent email discussions with James Lankton, he might test some of these Nubian face fragments if granted permission.
With the advent of portable XRF spectrometers and their ability to undertake accurate, non-destructive compositional analyses (Lankton et al., 2016; Liu et al., 2012), museum curators and collectors should be much less loath to have their specimens tested. The Nubian face beads, while weathered to some extent, have mainly non-devitrified surfaces, so they should not skew results of XRF testing. If glass samples of the eyes/nose block, matrix of the face, their hair striations, hot-layered hair and surrounds were tested, as well as the matrices surrounding the cane slices, there should be enough information to compare with the compositional glass databases now being gathered (Henderson 2013; Lankton and Dussubieux 2006). If face beads from other known sites were also tested, the results would offer more for comparison. Large and varying differences in glass of the face canes versus their surrounds could suggest local production of the beads, with the mosaic canes as an import.
The face beads excavated by Reisner could have been imported by the Nubians from Roman Egypt, since there was extensive trade, including luxury items like glass, between gold and agricultural product rich Nubia and Egypt (Markowitz and Doxey 2014b; O'Connor 1993: 89). Our study of these Nubian face beads presented a compelling case for the supposition that all forms of facial images for early face beads were all derived from a Gorgon cane, adapted by beadmakers into Medusa and numerous other variations.
This past October, both Tom Holland and I were going to be in Boston, so I requested permission from Denise Doxey (one of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Egyptian Curators) if we could study the Nubian glass finds, which included those seen previously as photographs and a few others mentioned in excavation reports. Sage and Tom Holland are among the few American glass artists who have replicated ancient glass beads (2003), so I was grateful to have his experienced eye in directly examining these face beads. Since we were not at the museum long, further shortened by an emergency evacuation, I sent a set of my photographs to Sage and Tom so they could analyze them further. Tom's first observation was that all the Nubian tabular face beads were slices from a whole cane and not face canes marvered onto a bead. Like most tabular face beads, these were therefore not made on a mandrel but were a nipped slice of a cane, reheated for working into a more uniform shape, then hot-pierced, often called rod-pierced. Hot-piercing with an iron rod distorts the cane, as seen in the photographs shown of both broken Nubian and non-Nubian tabular face beads. Interestingly, while the interior glass is distorted, the surface face cane images themselves do not show this effect. In this type of piercing procedure, the glass is hot, while the iron rod is cold. In contemporary glassworking, a red-hot tungsten rod is used to pierce cold glass, the complete opposite of the ancient process.
When we examined the tabular Nubian face beads, both intact and fragmentary, on the surface of almost all Nubian-found tabular face beads, while very well preserved, there was deteriorated white, mottled glass surrounding the face canes, also noted by Reisner in his field sketches. Using macro photography and flash at the right angle, it become apparent that this is merely extensive cracking, crazing or crackling of the glass surrounding the face cane, indicating great incompatibility with the opaque murrine face cane glass. On some, there were also fractures (very apparent with transillumination), both in the glass and on the surface, as well as many pits on the glass surface. Not all tabular Nubian face beads displayed these additional features, nor did other non-Nubian tabular face beads with similar transparent green glass surrounds. The crazed glass appears to be a translucent brown glass, seen in a few examples that had not crazed too badly (page 39). The cracked glass framed the face cane to provide support for the facial components, to prevent surface tension from distorting these features when the mosaic cane was being hotworked. This type of incompatibility was never seen on any other extant tabular early Roman face beads.
Three other face beads from Nubia represented a round green classic Gorgon tabular bead, much degenerated so it was not possible to determine the original color of the face cane; a spherical bead with two faces of Medusa, with cane slices almost matching the green glass of the bead matrix. Rarely are face canes just marvered onto a matrix without different squares of color filling the intervening spaces, or of the face cane not being of a contrasting color to the matrix of the bead. The last was a green barrel bead with two somewhat battered and atypical faces of Gorgon (page 37); this face and that of Medusa were white, unlike the other flesh-toned Nubian tabular beads, and lack cracking/crazing of their glass, although they do show damage from burial. Thus, we strongly believe these three face beads were imports.
While Nubians certainly had skills working silicates such as faience and enameling, there is no evidence of glassworking (Markowitz and Doxey 2014b), although Lacovara (1998) comments on the importance of the Merotic glass industry. The approximately 35 intact, broken and fragmentary tabular face beads excavated from Meroë (W308 number 27, accession numbers 23.830a, b and c, Dunham 1963) show unique features: rhomboid or lozenge shape, versus round or square for all other extant tabular face beads; both Gorgon and Medusa images derived from Gorgon canes, without addition of overlaid hair on Medusa; flesh-colored face and body, versus white for other extant tabular beads; extreme incompatibility between the glass of the face canes and overlaid or surrounding glass, manifested in cracking, crazing and crackling of the glass surface. Despite all these dramatic differences, we cannot conclude whether these Merotic finds are locally altered or are imports. Whether locally adapted or imported from Roman Egypt, all the tabular Nubian beads are the product of the same workshop or beadmaker, and are unique in the totality of early Roman face beads. The other three face beads that were not found in W308 are most likely imports. Perhaps careful compositional testing will provide an answer to the origin and makers of this tantalizing group of Nubian tabular face beads.
Robert K. Liu thanks Denise M. Doxey, Yvonne J. Markowitz, Amelia Kantrovitz, and Carolyn Cruthirds of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, for providing both the photographs of the Nubian glass beads, for answering my numerous questions on their attribution, as well as permission to study, photograph and publish the Nubian material. He also thanks Jamey D. Allen for the yellow face bead image of Medusa and prior discussions on Roman mosaic face beads.
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Robert K. Liu is Coeditor of Ornament and for many years its in-house photographer. His recent book, The Photography of Personal Adornment, covers forty-plus years of shooting jewelry, clothing and events related to wearable art, both in and out of the Ornament studio. A frequent lecturer, some of his topics include precolumbian jewelry, prehistoric Southwest jewelry and ancient Egyptian jewelry. In this issue Liu revisits the unique early Roman mosaic face beads found in Nubia, and enlists the help of glass bead experts and replicators of ancient glass, Sage and Tom Holland.


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Boris Johnson spearheads 'Brexit blitz' as EU campaign officially begins
Brexit would give the NHS a multi-billion pound boost, London mayor Boris Johnson will insist as he kicks off a series of rallies on the first day of the official referendum campaign.
The Vote Leave organisation, backed by Mr Johnson and Cabinet heavyweight Michael Gove, moved the health service centre stage in the campaign as it claimed a large chunk of the the UK's £10.6 billion net contribution to Brussels could be diverted to hospital beds.
Mr Johnson is to spearhead a "Brexit blitz" of speeches across the UK with an address in Manchester, ahead of weekend events in Leeds and Newcastle.
Vote Leave's decision to highlight projected funding problems with the NHS is bound to heighten tensions within the Tory party as Prime Minister David Cameron has strongly defended his record on the health service.
The campaign group points to predictions showing the NHS could face a shortfall in funding of £12.3 billion by 2020-2021 as reason to divert resources to medical care.
"The UK's net contribution to the EU is £10.6 billion. This suggests the NHS deficit could nearly be eliminated if we Vote Leave and we choose to spend our money on our priorities like the NHS," a Vote Leave spokesman said.
Vote Leave chairwoman Gisela Stuart, a Labour MP, insisted money needed to be switched from Brussels to the NHS.
"The NHS is facing a crisis due to growing demand for healthcare and a squeeze on funding. This means that patients are not always getting the treatment that they need, when they need it.
"If we vote leave we will be able to stop handing over £350 million a week to Brussels and we will be able to instead spend our money on our priorities like the NHS. This will improve patient care.
"If we vote leave the money we send to the EU will plug some of the gaps in the NHS funding crisis - that's why leaving is the safer choice in this referendum," Ms Stuart said.
Justice Secretary Mr Gove is expected to echo the NHS warnings during a speech in Nottingham, as fellow leading Leave campaigners, Commons Leader Chris Grayling, and Northern Ireland Secretary Theresa Villiers, also step-up the Brexit campaign in the coming days.
Mr Johnson's rallying cry speech comes on the first official day of the campaign which sees rules governing spending and other areas come into play ahead of the June 23 vote.


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Article: "Stop 'Defending' Music Education"
Andrew Hitz
Here is a thought-provoking article by Peter Greene titled "Stop 'Defending' Music Education". He makes some really great points that should be read by everyone.
Today I ran across one more xeroxed handout touting the test-taking benefits of music education, defending music as a great tool for raising test scores and making students smarter. It was just one more example among many of the "keep music because it helps with other things" pieces out there.
I really wish people would stop "defending" music education like this.
I get that music programs are under intense pressure, that all across America they are sitting hunched over with one nervous eye on a hooded figure stalking the halls with a big budgetary ax. Music programs are watching administrators race by, frantically chasing test scores and ignoring music in schools. So it may seem like a natural step to go running after the testing crowd hollering, "Hey, I can help with that, too."
Don't. Just don't.
You can find the article here.