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well i would like to add my 2 cents.first that is a ridiculus notion to think that pa. birds are so tough that a champion caller is the only ones that can kill wary old toms. i have been hunting mississippi long beards for 25 years on public land and i will bet you my rem 1187 that pa birds are no tougher than them. i have killed more than my fair shair i assure you and im no contest caller. the true judges are ole tom and what he is in the mood for at the time. location far outweighs calling point blank. take a average joe put him in the right place and put a contest caller in a poor set up and i would take average joe anyday.
Shocwave26 is right, it is a ridiculous notion to think that PA birds are so tough that a champion caller is the only one that can kill wary toms. Lots of ordinary hunters kill turkeys here every year. But what the comments regarding how tough it is in Pennsylvania are about is the fact that PA has so many hunters, and so much accessible land (both public property, and private property that is open to the public.) That means the great majority of the birds have been called to and messed with before the season starts. It's not the turkeys themselves that are tough. It's that they have been toughened by repeated exposure to calling before the season and hit very hard on opening day.
StevePA made the point this way:
ORIGINAL: StevePA
No offense but the number of hunters in PA far exceed anything most states have to offer...Its not the turkeys that are tough...its fighting the crowds...thats tough...One thing you wont ever see and thats hunting films made in PA...unless of course its done by a PA native...AND...You never if ever see posts about folks driving , flying , hitch hiking or otherwise to PA....to hunt turkeys....Why?...cUz...turkey huntings tough...
It's not that the turkeys themselves are any different than eastern turkeys anywhere else. They're not. We don't have a special elusive and super-wary subspecies that turkeys anywhere else are stupid on comparison to. But to understand why turkeys in PA are a tough hunt you have to understand something about the type of properties we have in PA, the road system that penetrates it, and the sheer number of hunters competing for the turkeys.
Here's an example: I was out this morning on a small piece of private property that is bounded by five other pieces of private property that are all posted, plus a public road. (And I'm describing only one side of the road.) This landowner encourages me to hunt there, but permits almost anyone who asks, so it's like being on a state game land or state forest. I've called in many turkeys here, but never killed one, for various reasons. What was probably the biggest one stood there as clean shaven as I am on a Sunday morning -- not a legal bird. Another time I had a bird within 60 yards coming right in, and someone who had sneaked between me and the bird shot it, picked it up and ran it off to one of the posted properties. That's what we face in PA on any given Saturday, and maybe any other day as well.
This morning I drove up the road to this property at 5:00 and passed three vehicles parked along the road. I park off the road, and can safely assume that at least one or two others did, too. I'm sure more arrived after I drove by. There are four or five houses and camps along the road and people are hunting from them, too. While waiting for daylight at my listening spot I heard two gobblers across the road on the top of the hill. It was already too late to go for them, and chances are hunters were already in position. It's less than a mile from the road in the valley to the road on the top of the hill on the other side, where several more cars would be.
I heard two separate shots on the top of that hill. I heard two separate shots (closer) a half mile down the valley from me. I heard one series of four shots (bang... bang-bang... bang) a mile or so down the valley and two more farther away -- 10 shots all by 6:30 AM.
That is what it's like in PA. It's Day One and those birds are already pressured. This is one time I'm glad we don't have Sunday hunting in PA -- at least the birds are likely to get a day off to settle down a bit for Monday -- but they will be tough hunts for the rest of the season.
The reason that you don't find many (I won't say you won't find any) videos made in PA (except by natives of PA) is because the whole state is pretty much like that. We have the huge Allegheny National Forest (riddled with access roads), we have several state forests (also easily accessed) and we have many state game lands (they actually have parking lots.) On top of that, we have a lot of small properties (50-100 acres) that are posted, and land that isn't posted is likely to have hunters on it who have no idea who the landowner is -- they're on it because they didn't see any "posted" signs. A lot is invested in making a video, so why would anyone even try to make a video where they have no control over who is messing with the birds they are trying to film?
Contrast that with some property in southern Ohio where a guy I know who is from right here is a guide. On any day, he can step into the woods and hear 20 gobblers, all on property where he guides. No one else is there. Maybe two or three of these birds are near the edge of the property and have been exposed to other hunters, but he can call in a gobbler almost anytime he tries -- probably more than one. THAT is the kind of place where videos are made -- and the kind of place that is virtually non-existent in PA.
PA birds are tough because they're highly pressured anywhere you go in the state. And the toughest place of all might be the northern tier of counties -- because they get pressure from New York hunters, too. The PA season opened today, April 25, and the New York season opens May 1. That gives New York hunters a week to mess with PA birds before their season even opens. You can drive around and see cars with NY plates almost any day during our first week, in addition to the cars with PA plates. Some PA hunters go to New York, too, so the birds in the southern tier of New York counties are like PA birds.
I'm not saying that this situation isn't similar to some places in Kentucky, Mississippi, or any other state. But here in PA, it's like that everywhere in the state. We probably have more hunters than we do mature gobblers, and we put a hurtin on them, even if every hunter doesn't kill one. That's why if a guy can kill a turkey every year in PA, and call in a couple for other people, he can call a turkey in anywhere. And it has nothing to do with calling ability. It has everything to do with the access to turkeys and the relentless pressure gobblers get here, on both public and private property.
I've talked to hunters from other states who say they don't hunt turkeys because it's too easy. Generally, hunters from PA who say that have gotten lucky on their first gobbler.
I'm not claiming to be an expert, and I'm sure some hunters will see it a bit differently on a point or two that I've made, but in general I'll be surprised if Pennsylvania hunters don't confirm the truth of what I've said. We have to work very hard to find responsive turkeys. Keep in mind -- read me carefully -- I have not said that no turkey anywhere is as tough as a Pennsylvania turkey, and any Pennsylvania hunter who says that is foolish for making such a blanket statement. There are a few pockets where you will find an easy one, and any state will have areas that get heavily pressured, too. But what I'm talking about is the general situation across the state. By the way, this thread is in the Pennsylvania forum, but hunters from elsewhere are free to discuss.
Sorry for the long post -- but at least I broke it up into paragraphs so it's easy to read. [:D]


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Meals & Drinks...SC . B&B . Pool bar serves a variety of local and international dishes.
We have stayed at these apts several times in summer and October. Generally we were fairly happy because they were acceptable but in a very good location.
However this year we were furious as we were sent to a block which is outwith the pool area surrounded by gardens of rubble ,unkempt dying foliage and an excuse for gardens.
We went to the studio we were allocated on the ground floor. We always ask for a sea view and have always had that in the past.
We were horrified at the size of the room as it was about half the size of the rooms we usually get.
It was really dark and dingy and when we went to the balcony I snapped. We were faced with a half built building site and a garden of rubble and weeds.
We immediately told reception that we wanted moved to the main block to the rooms we usually get.
Some of the staff know us and Stella the owner came to see us. She then told us that we had asked for that size of studio which we reminded her was the size we always ask for.
There was plastic furniture in the balcony that looked like the cheapest quality.
We went to the upstairs studio which was 'the only one available' It was marginally better mainly because it was not so dark but we had the same 'view'as the other one.
We gave in because we just wanted to get to the beach but we were not happy.
The quality of decor was dreadful and I have several photos to back it up.Every time we walked past the wardrobe we bumped our legs on the corner of the bed or our elbows of the doorknob on the wardrobe.
A plastic chair broke when we were sitting on the balcony and I almost went through the glass door and grazed my legs in several places.
The owner repaced the furniture with the type fom the better rooms and also refunded our two weeks cost of air conditioning.
We had a great holiday as we love Pefkos but we will NEVER go back to Stella Apts.
PS beware of the locked gates at every exit at the block we were in. You have to go through the pool area to escape
Stayed here for a week which wasnt long enough huge apartment kept spotless. The bathroom was the biggest ive seen for sc accom even had a phone in it.
Receptions Joy was very helpful and Stella the owner is a gem would recommend this accom to anyone even though it is on main rd. the traffic didnt bother me didnt even notice it.
Theres a taxi rank across the rd, Lindos lovely place to visit also took boat trip to marmaris
Lovely apartments even had phone in bathroom, friendly staff, apartments huge, hotel on main rd but couldnt hear traffic.
Meals really nice enjoyed stay here and would recommend
This was our first time to pefkos and to the stella apartments. The apartments were very clean with beds and towels changed every day we were there. the cleanliness of the complex were of a very high standard and the staff took a lot of pride in keeping it spotless. Pefkos is a lovely place as its no too big that you would get bored easily. A good selection of restruants and lots of choices to go and eat. I would recommend the smile restraunt next to the enigma. We came across this on our second week and ate there a few times. the food is excellent.
I might not have then frills like the nostalgia or the enigma restruant, but the quality and value for money was better than the other two by far. Try the village stle beef there, its great, so well done the smile. Would be going back to the stella without a doubt. The only gripe we had was the charge they quoted for the air con as they wanted £180 euro for 2 weeks. I know we had 2 units in our apartments, bit we found it expensive. We then found out later that other guest were being quoted all different charges from £140 - £190 euros. We eventually paid £50 euro for 1 unit for our second week as the tempertures were climbing into the 40s and desperately needed it.
Stella was a great place to stay it is the first time we have been to Pefkos. The apartments are right in the centre with no noise from bars they were spotless and well equipped, towels were changed every day. Pool area was lovely and kept very clean and tidy the staff were very nice and friendly. There was no entertainment in apartments but didn't need it because there is plenty of lovely bars. We were upgraded from a studio to a one bedroomed at no extra charge, the view from our balcony was lovely. I will be going back to pefkos next year and will stay at the stella but this time for two weeks. The restaurants in pefkos are fantastic had fab meals every night. Overall one of the best holidays we have had.
West yorkshire
Great place our first holiday with no children many thanks to all brilliant holiday very clean great food good for family cant wait to go back
This is the second time my daughter and i have been here. Everything was 10/10 and we are going again in 2008. Fully recommend for a family holiday!!!
East Yorkshire,
Stayed at the Stella in 1 bed apt. Spacious, clean well maintained. Excellent location, in the centre of Pefkos, just at the crossroads. Pool not too busy, always able to get beds around 10 am. 10 mins stroll downhill to beach which is fabulous.
Many good restaurants, favourite was 'the two brothers' due to the huge portion size! Pefkos is not known for nightlife, although there are a couple of bars that would suit teenagers & 20 somethings who crave that sort of thing. Mainly this is a relaxed resort, with a slower pace.
Temperature reached the 40's during August, and didn't cool down much at night!Air-con extra but essential. Loved this location, people, beach, restaurant and the pace
Pefkos is a very nice place with nice beaches and plenty of restaurants and bars. Stella aparthotel very small pool and bar area. Rooms nicely furnished and clean but air conditioning was charged at an extra daily rate which in the middle of August you would expect to be in the price. There also seemed to be a problem with the drains in the late afternoon/evening resulting in an overwhelming stench. I would visit Pefkos again but would choose another accommodation.
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Location, everything on doorstep, accomodation, apartments very clean and modern (no sofa beds or camp beds) real comfy beds. No entertainment, staff could have been happier, would still go back, oh air con is a con could be cheaper. Every one enjoyed their holiday. (south ockendon)
All round 10/10, having been to Pefkos four times before still a good all round place for families and couples. As regards Stella top notch for Greek apartments, very friendly staff, very clean rooms, and well situated for everything. (liverpool)
This was a very nice and pleasent hotel, the resort is very well placed and everything is well placed and convenient.


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The Fukugi Tree is a very slowing growing species. In the Ryukyu Islands, Japan, some of the oldest trees (100 to 400 years old) are only over 10m (Chen & Nakama, 2011). These ancient trees were planted during Ryukyu Kingdom period as wind breaks. "Garcinia Subelliptica Merr." Garcinia Subelliptica. N.p., n.d. Web. 04 Apr. 2015.
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Sagaribana has nice flowers
Beautiful landscaping details how all the plants balances each other in the setting. So serene.
It is amazing what man and nature can do together. Tend to each other, nourish, and grow!
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Millions of years old!
The Cycas revoluta is living fossil, coexisting in the Mesozoic Era with dinosaurs about 300 million years ago!. Commonly known as Sago Palm (although not in the palm family) it can be found growing world wide in a wide variation of climates. The male plant has a fuzzy cone and the female plant has an amazing ball-dome flower. The frawns are very tough to the touch.
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Akron City Council, at-large representative
Jeff Fusco (incumbent) vs. Karl Johnson vs. Chris Kormushoff vs. Linda Omobien (incumbent) vs. Linda Robinson vs. Michael Williams (incumbent)
Voters living in Akron will vote for three candidates for Akron City Council at-large representative on the Nov. 5 General Election ballot. The information provided below was submitted by the candidates, with their responses to our questions printed as submitted. Republican Linda Robinson did not respond to our request for information by the state deadline.
Jeff Fusco (incumbent)
Political affiliation: Democrat
Why are you running for Council?
"I have dedicated my career to public service. The following are just few of the reasons why I have decided to run for re-election. The City of Akron has always been a great place to live and raise a family. A strong core city is essential to survival of the region. The city is made up of neighborhoods which are made up of families.
"Unfortunately, budgetary decreases from Federal and State governments coupled with the increased unfunded mandates from these entities have made the job of local public servant more challenging than ever.
"I have been blessed with a long career of seeing what works and what doesn't. What makes sense and what doesn't? These experiences are valuable now more than ever in terms of making decisions that affect our daily lives.
"The biggest reason why I have decided to run for re-election is my family, especially my three grand children. It's about Akron's families and mine."
What would be your top three priorities if you were re-elected? Why?
"First and foremost Economic Development has to be a priority if we hope to remain competitive in this global market. Create environments that attract new business, new ideas and support our local business community.
"The responsibility of a city council person is to ensure that we have enough budget to support and create these environments. Our responsibility continues to be one of working with business and government. My background in Real Estate and Government provides a unique combination of experience in addressing these issues.
"Secondly, our budget remains a top priority; we have received significant cuts from both the Federal and State governments. Conversely, seeing increased unfunded mandates.
"The last time the city of Akron had seen an increase in its income tax rate was in the 1970's for city operations. Our survival will depend on our continued ability to work with other governmental entities as well as finding new ways to maintain and increase services while cutting expenses.
"Finally, our Combined Sewer Overflows continue to be a major concern. It's not unreasonable to expect Akron to continue to improve our sewer system (Already invested over $300 mill in last 20 years and reduced the EPA's mandate by 33%). Over 600 cities are dealing with this problem as well.
"It's ABSURD and UNREASONABLE to expect Akron to have to go way above and beyond EPA expectations. Unfortunately, we have a Federal Judge that is demanding we do so."
Karl Johnson
Political affiliation: Republican
Why are you running for Council?
"I have a strong desire to serve our city. We are blessed to live in a vibrant, beautiful city with great potential for the future. I would like to play a part in that future. I also am trying to set an example for others to encourage them to become more active in our community.
"There are 10 ward seats, 3 at large seats, the Clerk Of Council and the Mayor. All 15 of those city officials are of the same political party. Now no matter which party you are in, that just does not seem right. I want to provide some political diversity for City Council.
"I also have many thoughts on the specific issues facing Akron today:
"-Crime in our neighborhoods
"-The school system.
"-The bloated city budget
"-The over 800 million dollar sewer system repair project
"-City assets like hotels and steam plants.
"-And yes, food trucks
"The solutions to all these issues are better found when you have true debate with input from all sides. (Well except for food trucks, come on what is so tough about this issue. What part of the free market do we not understand?)"
What would be your top three priorities if you took office? Why?
- "To provide some diversity in the Council. I want to be a new voice for the people of Akron. The Council is far too one sided to have any real and meaningful debate on almost any issue. I will promote better results from our city government by ensuring that all sides are heard from.
- "Jobs, Jobs, Jobs. I want to do everything I can to attract new companies and encourage established companies to stay and grow in Akron. High employment rates benefit the city on many levels from a larger tax base to lower crime levels to more family stability.
- "Neighborhoods Count. I am currently, and will continue to make regular visits to all the various neighborhoods in Akron. The people that live in these neighborhoods know what the issues are. If we as Council Members take the time to listen, the people will let us know what the issues are and in most cases if we listen well they will even provide a lot of the solutions."
Chris Kormushoff
Political affiliation: Republican
Why are you running for Council?
"I am running for Akron City Council-at-Large because I feel I have always been the type of person who will address a situation/problem and find a solution. In the past few years, I have seen an increase in crime and the general condition of our city decline and it concerns me. I would like the opportunity to work for the residents of Akron to address these issues."
What would be your top three priorities if you took office? Why?
"Top three issues facing Akron:
"I think Mayor Plusquellic has done a great deal of work bringing business into downtown and other various areas of our city. Unfortunately, because of the economy, so many businesses — including some of our largest employers — have had to lay off many workers. We need more opportunities for employment!
"We have received several grants to pay for hiring of safety forces but have yet to hire the number we have received funds for. The last testing produced less than 20 hiring candidates. We need to offer another test and get more men on our force. We recently just swore in 7.
"We have over $10 million dollars in uncollected water bills! This is the only utility that is not placed in the users name — homeowner only. I think this needs to change so when the person moves, the unpaid balance follows them just like any other utility.
"Several cities are using some of their unleased space by having residents submit a business plan. The city then selects the business it feels is the most suited for their demographics and offers free/reduced rent just like we have offered tax incentives to so many large corporations. This gives someone who may never have the opportunity if this were not offered, a chance to see if their business can succeed."
Linda Omobien (incumbent)
Political affiliation: Democrat
Why are you running for Council?
"I am running for Akron City Council because I feel I have served this community for 20 years with distinction and integrity for sure. I am a hard worker who is not afraid to do some heavy lifting relative to holding the Administration accountable and representing all constituents. I know my presence on Akron City Council has benefited the entire citizenry of Akron. It has also afforded me the opportunity to assist the city in creating quality jobs; work to transform the culture of city council for the better; support our safety forces; make our schools stronger; advocate for the rights of workers; fight for the poor and illuminate women and family issues. My educational, administrative, legislative and my public service experiences have all prepared me to assist in moving our city forward. Also, incumbency has its benefits — 20 years in public service allows one to gain some valuable experiences, skills, and a great familiarity with the wonderful jewels Akron has, and the areas in need of improvement. I fully intend to use my talents to make our city better and stronger for our citizens. I believe I have made meaningful contribution already, for example, since my arrival at city hall; I have pushed for a more transparent government. I advocated for a more open government by allowing citizens to address city council. I was the first person on council to strongly advocate for jobs associated with the Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) Project to go to Akron Residents."
What would be your top three priorities if you were re-elected? Why?
"Akron residents are facing numerous community issues: safety; joblessness; abandoned houses; etc. The three most pressing priorities that resonate with Akron residents are the fear that their sewer rates may go up astronomically; the blight of abandoned houses, and the increase in crime in certain neighborhoods. City Council and the Administration are currently working hard to find the most reasonable solution to our sewer problem. I am concerned about the fallout of raising our sewer rates. Thus, I am committed to finding a more creative solution. We must do a better job of either demolishing abandoned houses or refurbishing them for productive uses like permanent or transitional homes for the poor. With respect to crime and drug violence, we are hiring more police officers and strengthening our community policing capabilities and providing the residents with more tools to use. I support creating more social programs to meet the needs of drug abusers.
"We should continue creating high quality jobs in the areas of healthcare, technology, education, research and manufacturing. As Chair of the Economic Development and Job Creation Committee, I see the Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO), an $870 million dollar project, as an opportunity to create jobs for Akron residents. Hence, I strongly advocated for it. Now everyone is on board with this idea, including the Administration. We need to be more supportive of small businesses, as well. Finally, we need to find innovative ways of instituting job training programs for our workforce through APS, our Universities, and Community Colleges."
Michael Williams (incumbent)
Political affiliation: Democrat
Why are you running for Council?
"I am running for re-election to City Council-at-Large to continue representing the interests of citizens and to provide them a voice in the affairs of our city. City Council should be a check and balance on the city administration. They should ask the tough questions and provide alternate solutions to the problems facing the city. This role is only being performed by a minority of City Council members and those that ask questions are threatened and ostracized. I will continue to ask questions and provide alternatives to the issues that are important to residents. I will continue to listen to them and work in their best interest. I have supported every economic development effort to increase the number of jobs in Akron. I have also challenged the use of taxpayer dollars for projects that create a minimal number of jobs or where those projects do not justify taxpayer assistance."
What would be your top three priorities if you were re-elected? Why?
"Vacant and abandoned housing, associated crime and the costs of meeting EPA mandated Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) repairs are the top three challenges facing Akron. Akron must be more aggressive in removing abandoned structures that cannot be economically rehabilitated. These properties must be returned to productive use and tax generating land. Vacant properties are adversely affecting surrounding properties and negatively affecting property values. Changes in local laws affecting vacant commercial properties must be made to limit the length of time these properties can remain vacant.
"To address crime there needs to be an increase in the number of police officers and a change in attitude from the administration that focuses on citizen perceptions of crime instead of crime statistics. Increased efforts in community policing and neighborhood organizing are needed. Neighborhood leadership must be supported and respected to facilitate cooperation between police and citizens.
"A tripling of sewer rates to address CSO repairs will place many residents in the position of not being able to afford to remain in their homes. Alternate sources of revenue must be identified to reduce future sewer rates and spread the costs of the CSO projects over a larger group of people than just residential sewer/water users. The name-calling and negative comments about the federal judge hearing the CSO case needs to cease. Positive and meaningful negotiations on the terms of the consent decree need to take place to address pertinent issues that will have a negative impact on citizens."
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Published: Tuesday, July 09, 2013 | Updated: Tuesday, July 09, 2013
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There are now thought to be at least two, maybe three, forms of PRA. The form that is showing up in the field lines is prcd-PRA though even with all the Carriers that have shown up since the DNA test became available and thus the numerous breedings that must have done in the past between Carrier x Carrier (and worse) with such a small number of dogs showing clinical signs (I believe we are up to 3 total), there is some question as to how serious of an issue this really is.
Regarding holding a clinic, I am certainly all for it. There are two ways this can be done. If you are looking for dogs who have clinical signs (this is especially important for pigmentary uveitis where early detection can make treatment much more successful and hopefully spare dogs great pain), there would need to be an opthalmologist physically doing exams because there is still not a DNA test for PU. While it would be wonderful for signs of PU to be detected in its early stage, we are still not able to distinguish which dogs are Carriers of the gene.
To answer your question about PU in the field lines, we are not seeing it. Supposedly there are 2 dogs from "field lines" that do have PU but names are not being discussed. I'm pretty sure I know who one of them is and have been told that he had/has Uveitis, not pigmentary, which is a totally different eye disease. From what I understand, his is suspected to be a result of a tick borne disease. And the other from field lines, well I'll believe it when I see it and who knows what the pedigree looks like and what is being called field lines.
If it is an Optigen clinic NORCAL is considering, blood could be drawn for the prcd-PRA test and/or the new DNA test for GR_PRA1, the cause of the majority of PRA in the Golden Retriever. This is also much more prevalent in the conformation lines.
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University San Martin
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6th World Congress on Prevention of diabetes and its Complications, Dresden (Germany), April 2010
World Diabetes Congress, Dubai (UAE), December 2013
7th World Congress on Prevention of Diabetes and its Complications, Madrid (Spain), November 2012
Latin America Course on Prevention of type 2 diabetes, Mexico city (Mexico), 2012
7th Colombian Diabetes Congress, Paipa (Colombia), 2013
"Building expertise in nutrition and behaviour in the Colombian Caribbean: Promising advances against diabetes" [2] Diabetes Voice, June 2011
"Guerra a la diabetes en el Distrito con aliados europeos" [3] El Heraldo January 21, 2013
"Screening for people with glucose metabolism disorders within the framework of the DEMOJUAN project (DEMOnstration area for primary prevention of type 2 diabetes, JUAN Mina and Barranquilla, Colombia" [4] Diabetes Metabolism Research and Reviews, 2013 Sep 2. doi: 10.1002/dmrr.2462
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Egg Freezing: Taking a Closer Look at the Experimental Label
Should young women who arent ready to have children have their eggs extracted and frozen as an insurance policy for future motherhood? Several recent media features seem to be promoting egg freezing, with little or no mention of the risks involved for women who undergo egg retrieval procedures or for the children that might be born as a result.
A January 23 article in Newsweek / The Daily Beast leads with Diane Sawyer encouraging young women who work for her to freeze their eggs and is illustrated with glamorous photos of celebrities who have themselves used egg freezing, egg donors, or surrogates. The article is unabashedly enthusiastic about egg freezing, but makes no mention at all of the significant down sides.A CNN special report, titled Baby Quest, features an inside look at the vitrification process behind freezing eggs. The report encourages women who are concerned with their fertility to consider taking the leap by stimulating the growth of as many eggs as possible in their 20s and 30s, and freezing them in time. And last week the Huffington Post published a first-person account of a 34-year-old woman freezing her eggs to safeguard her future fertility. She encourages more women to start talking about egg freezing, but within the article itself there is no discussion of the relevant risk factors women might consider before opting in.While the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) clearly states that all egg freezing should be considered experimental, this recent media coverage has sent a different but also clear message: egg freezing can prevent infertility and you need it as an insurance policy.Diane Sawyer has even endorsed a particular egg freezing go-to clinic: New York University's Langone Medical Center Fertility Clinic. Sawyer froze her own eggs there, and urges colleagues and staff to similarly attain "reproductive autonomy" from her personal fertility specialist, Dr. Nicole Noyes.Noyes and her Langone partner, Dr. James Grifo, were also featured in the recent CNN segment, which is light on information and heavy on infomercial. Their comments neglected any of the risks associated with egg retrieval or freezing. Perhaps this is unsurprising in light of Noyes comment in Nature last August that the experimental label should be eliminated. The change in perception," she says, will make freezing more widely available and advance the field. One has to wonder whether the incentive to advance the field might be tied to egg freezings $15,000 price tag, and to the new business opportunities opened by a procedure that can be marketed to large numbers of young women rather than only to people with medically known fertility problems.There are good reasons that egg freezing has been deemed experimental. ASRMs focus was on the unpredictability of successful pregnancies initiated with embryos made from thawed eggs, and on the lack of research about the effects of the procedure on children born from frozen eggs. As ASRM Practice Committee Chair Samantha Pfeifer pointed out, Some of the chemicals used in the freezing process are toxic to embryos, and no one knows how much the eggs absorb. Moreover, there has been no systematic follow-up of children born from frozen eggs.In addition, its important to consider the short-term and long-term risks of egg extraction, which are known to be significant but are also under-studied and under-reported. If the recent spate of media treatments is any indication, many women who consider egg extraction whether for immediate fertility treatment, possible future fertility treatment, or to sell their eggs will remain unaware of these risks.Previously on Biopolitical Times:
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Roland Juno-Di
The Juno-Di is an updated version of the Juno-D that brings it more up to par with the Juno-G and Juno-Stage models. Roland has doubled the polyphony from 64 to 128 voices and packed in over 1,000 sounds thanks to twice as much waveform ROM (64 MB). They even gave it the same paint-job as the other Juno models. All this was done while retaining its original role as a good, cheap, portable entry-level synthesizer. Think of it as a Juno-G without the sequencer / audio-recording / workstation features.
The Juno-Di's 1,000+ sounds should be enough, right out of the box, to get any musician—entry-level or otherwise—going. They include grand and electric pianos, strings, guitars, brass, percussion, exotic instruments, modern synth sounds, and much more, including GM2-compatible sounds. Patches are organized into categories such as Piano, Guitar/Bass, Orchestra, Synth, etc. and are selected via dedicated category buttons located below the LCD display. The large scroll dial lets you quickly browse through all the patches within each instrument category.
The front panel is designed to be as simple and stream-lined as possible, offering only what is needed to quickly access, set up and play with its sounds. Five dedicated "Sound Modify" knobs provide access to basic parameters to tweak, including Envelope Attack, Release, Filter Cutoff, Resonance and Reverb amount. For all other sound editing you might want to do, a Mac/PC editor is included. From the computer you will have much more advanced access to its four tone generators, the TVF digital resonant filters, two LFOs (assignable to the pitch, filter, panning and level simultaneously), multi-effects, and many more Patch and Performance operations and parameters.
What really sets the Juno-Di apart from its bigger siblings is its lack of workstation features, most notably, the omitted sequencer and audio recorder. It does have an arpeggiator with lots of preset patterns, but you can't create your own, and it has some preset drum rhythm patterns, but you can't create your own. There's also phrase sampling and chord memory.
The Juno-Di is really a giant sound-bank of Roland's latest sounds with a 61-note velocity keyboard attached. Although it may not be a studio workstation, its portability features such as its light weight and ability to run on batteries make it ideal for traveling musicians. Additional features like Roland's D-Beam controller and a built-in vocoder with a mic input (and its own dedicated reverb) make it ideal for live performances. In addition, the "Song Player" can play SMF, AIFF, WAV, and MP3 files from a USB stick, that you can then jam along with like a real one-person band.
The Juno-Di is nothing like the original analog Juno poly-synths, except maybe for the look of the paint job. But it does offer Roland's latest technologies in their most portable and entry-level package. It really is a good general purpose keyboard for gigging but can also be good for advanced players looking for a cheap, quick and easy to use synth for lots of bread-and-butter sounds.
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|Pacific Northwest Sea Run Forum No such thing as rainbow trout, only landlocked steelhead
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I dunno.....
I have had good luck with olive. Usually the materials I buy are the darker shade, and I caught fish, so I never paid attention to the shade.
When it comes to metallic colors, most charter captains on the lake specify silver plating on their spoons, etc., as it seems to reflect light deeper than other metal finishes (chrome, nickel, etc.) Going back to my electrochemistry background, I can tell the difference between "silvery colors" at a glance! Silver has a "whitish" cast, chrome has a "bluish" cast, and nickel has a "yellowish" cast. Some exotics, like tin/nickel (pinkish) and others that we describe as "silvery" all have their own "color", and reflect light different ways.
I use light olive with good succes myself. Maybe Fred is just jinxed with that color?
For some reason, I seem unable to get fish to grab a GP -in any color!. I don't understand it. I use it enough (more out of determination to get one with it) but have only managed a few fish ever with this bug that is held in such high esteem by many steelheaders.
I agree with Rob about the (lack of) semblence between a plug and a sculpin. Who knows why these fish hit? We can hypothesize all we want and we never truly know. Sure, some ideas seem plausible or even probable but we still don't know. The important thing is we know they do, and this builds confidence and, well you know the rest. It's kinda fun to think about the "why" though.
Anyone else got a fly that puts a jinx on them as soon as they tie it on?
I think its more the "Schock and Awe" antognize technique which will work on the aggressive steelhead. I am working on my new series of marabou Show Girls to shock and awe them.
Put a big wiggling and flashing marabou in front of the aggressive ones and there is a good probability they may go for it.
I am refining this to add to my traditional Naturalilistic techniques,
meaning natural colored nymphs.
I don't see many people using spinners for steelhead in the GLs but I can tell you they are very effective in a skilled fishermans hands. I used them the first two years out here and the steelies hammered them. That was 20 years ago, all fly fishing since.
Good luck in your pursuits of the chrome !
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I have never seen a blue pirate sculpin before and a plug doesn't move anything like anything you'll find in the natural enviroment except maybe a migrating salmon/ steelhead smolt. ( swimming downstream butt first)
Once when I was a kid while fishing for sea run cutthroat with a worm and bobber I had a steelhead about 10 lbs cime up to the surface and push my bobber around with it's nose. It did so for about a half an hour then appeared to get bored and it went away. Not once did it try to take the bobber in it's mouth.
We can speculate all we want about why steelhead do this or that and even if we are right we will never know..
I'd say that the light olive hasn't worked because it was never put in front of a willing fish that saw it.
Can give my insight
Well, you gotta remember that in most lower depths, most colors go to shades of black, depending on depth. Some colors do work better in higher depths or clearer conditions.
Ok, one of my favorite plugs that outperforms is a green metalic tadpolly custom dipped with a black bill. Second is a plain metalic pink tadpolly. This is steelhead mind you. When it comes to salmon. I run bigger K15-16 baitwrapped kwikfish. Usually in chrome only. I assume those manage to similite fish. But I only use warts on the tidal flux areas of rivers. I like chrome only! Hot pink in the magnum sized in tribs. But chrome in standard wiggle wart size with either an orange or black stripe down back. I cast them like spoons and retrieve. Fish hit them VEROCIOUSLY!!!! I can only describe as watching a steelhead rise to a dry. I've literally watched silvers and kings follow my warts to the boat and attack. Talk about a rush. So, I designed some of my flies to somewhat resemble the best I could to a wart for silvers. These I assume resemble baitfish, since they attack as if they're going to eat (I watched one of my 20+# silvers completely ENGULF a standard wiggle wart!!!!). Say it this way, he came into the boat no problems. LOL.
So, depends on where you're at. I think in the rivers, unless you're near redds, they are attacking because they're miffed. In the tidal flux, they're after baitfish. I've never run plugs for summerruns, so not sure if my theory would hold out. I know most of my patterns I PURPOSELY tie like crawdads and sculpins. I tie up a retrofitted GP for fishing the Nooch. All in shades of brown and oranges. Very effictively flies.
Interesting question. I am curious as to Riveraddicts read on this as this seductive up and down would seem to fit his Intruder quite well and I can surely see where action would play an important role.
Part of me says that the variations in color would make little or no difference in most cases but your theory makes as much sense as any. Undoubtedly some colors on some days under some conditions just tend to piss off some fish some of the time. Why that is, I have no idea. If it works for Fred though, I say don't fix it.
Nest robbing theory
Fred Evans and I discussed something that he suggested I bring up to the board since he's too lazy to type.
His observations was that a particular fly pattern was a killer in dark olive but a non-starter in light olive.
I brought up a theory a gear-chucking friend of mine has-- that one reason steelhead and salmon hit plugs like the Wigglewart series is that the action and color often mimics nest robbers such as sculpins, squawfish and the like. The swimming/diving action of a plug mimics a nest robber diving to the bottom to retrieve eggs, and the salmonid of your choice is trying to kill the little bugger. My thought was that Fred's dark olive fly (a conehead pattern) might be closer in color to the sculpins or whatever egg-stealers there are in the Rogue than the light olive version.
This behavior would explain why crawdad shapes and colors are effective in Warts. It wouldn't explain why fluorescent colors are so effective, though. It might explain why weighted-head flies can be effective as well.
Does anyone have experience that might corroborate this theory? Refute it?
Geez, I need to go fishing...
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(This'll probably get moved, but this is the category it was under in the old forums.)
This is a continuation of the story of Star Wars: A New Hope told through the eyes of the figures. When Tycho created the thread, he set up some much more detailed rules, which I don't feel like retyping. Basically, in Star Wars: Episode One: The Resculpt Menace, the Power of the Jedi Line was created. Vader and the Emperor rule the galaxy, but the Rebels want justice for the aliens who will never be produced otherwise.
The story continues from the thread from the old forums as Luke and Ben have just left the cantina. . . .
Han enters the hangar bay, ducking to avoid banging his head on the Millennium Falcon. He sees Jabba yelling at the Falcon.
"Solo! Solo! I know you're resculpted, Solo!"


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Healthcare Reform without Tort Reform is a non-starter.
But the Dems won't go there.
And I can't wait until they are forced to deal with the illegal alien healthcare issue.
To wit, notice how on one hand Osama says that illegals won't be offered free healthcare insurance...and on the other hand, believes that they should not be turned away from the emergency room. Who the hell does he think pays for the "emergency room"?
Democrats are actually quite simple creatures actually. They believe that government knows what's best for you and your money better than you do. And to consolidate their powerbase, they pass out entitlements to those too lazy or unwilling to make something of themselves.
Whew! I feel better now.


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Grace Crowley
being modern
23 December 2006 – 6 May 2007
Grace Crowley Sailors and models c. 1928 oil on canvas Collection of the National Gallery of Australia Gift of Grace Buckley in memory of Grace Crowley, 1980 more detail
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In April 1926, soon after their arrival in France on their first trip overseas, Grace Crowley and her close friend Anne Dangar made a pilgrimage to Cézanne's studio at Aix-en-Provence. Cézanne and the pursuit of modern art was the reason for Dangar's going to France, and Crowley had followed her friend, intending to study at one of the more conservative art schools. The next four years in Paris were to change Crowley's opinion of modern art. In 1930 she returned to Australia as a champion of modernism, establishing her own art school in Sydney and subsequently becoming one of the first Australian artists to paint purely abstract works.
Born in 1890 near Barraba in northern New South Wales into a well-off family of graziers there was nothing in her upbringing to have set Crowley upon a course of becoming an artist. She later wryly commented that her father 'taught me what to look for in prize cattle but unlike Picasso's father taught me nothing about art'. Crowley chose an unconventional path for herself, rejecting marriage in favour of an independent life as an artist. A complex personality, she was impeccably mannered and softly spoken yet her art was amongst the most radical of its time.
Crowley's earliest training was at Julian Ashton's Sydney Art School, where she studied full-time between 1915 and 1918. She excelled as a student, becoming a favourite of Ashton's and in 1918 succeeded Elioth Gruner as head teacher at the school. While the impact of modern art was felt increasingly in Sydney during the 1920s, Crowley remained aligned with the traditionalists, painting landscapes and rural scenes in a soft impressionistic manner. Her bucolic Ena and the turkeys of 1924 continues the sentimental genre of a bush childhood and was highly praised by the critics when first exhibited.
During the 1920s Paris was the undisputed centre of the art world and was to be the setting for Crowley's wholehearted conversion to modern art. Cautious by nature, Crowley had taken some time to be convinced. Dangar recalled Crowley's response to Modigliani: 'A little Australian friend who has bravely tried to withstand the allurements of that unpopular, so called 'modern art' came and stood beside me. "When I first saw that picture," she said "I thought, "this is not art – the artist is mad," each time I see it I am more and more convinced this IS art – it is I who am mad''.'
Grace Crowley 'Ena and the turkeys 1924 oil on canvas Private collection more detail
Early in 1927 Crowley enrolled at André Lhote's Academy in the rue d'Odessa in the Latin Quarter. Lhote was one of the original cubists and his academy was considered one of the most advanced art schools in Paris, attracting many foreign students. Crowley flourished under Lhote's instruction. Her work was transformed by his teaching as she applied his methods of simplifying form into geometric shapes and using the proportions of the golden mean in the composition. Sailors and models c. 1928 was the result of an ambitious exercise set by Lhote. Crowley recalled that for two weeks Lhote would pose models in the mornings from which the students made life drawings. These individual studies were then to be used as the basis for a multi-figure painting. Crowley's Sailors and models has been constructed according to the geometry of the golden mean. Every figure is carefully placed along an internal axis, with the head of the standing sailor at the apex of a triangle. Lhote's emphasis on pictorial construction was a revelation for Crowley: 'For the first time I heard about dynamic symmetry and the section d'or – that it was necessary to make a PLAN for a painting of many figures as an architect does for a building and THEN construct your personages upon it.'
In Paris Crowley completed several elegant female portraits including Portrait of Lucie Beynis c.1929 and Portrait study 1929. Crowley's exquisite draughtsmanship is evident in her Portrait of a woman c.1928, the work showing both her thorough academic training in anatomy and Lhote's emphasis on geometry: the figure's contours simplified into straight and curved lines, the torso contained within the upright of the chair's back which divides the composition into a golden rectangle. Crowley studied with Lhote from 1927 until mid 1929, and in the summer of 1928 attended his landscape painting school in Mirmande in the south of France with Anne Dangar and fellow expatriate Dorrit Black. She travelled frequently – with Anne Dangar to England and Ireland in 1927 and to Italy in 1928 and with Dorrit Black to Holland and Belgium in 1929.
Grace Crowley Portrait study 1929 oil on canvas on composition board Collection of the National Gallery of Australia Bequest of Grace Crowley 1979 more detail
In 1929 Crowley contacted the leading cubist painter and theoretician Albert Gleizes asking for lessons which she intended to transmit back to Dangar, who was already back in Australia. While Crowley only had a few lessons with Gleizes his influence upon her was to prove profound. Crowley's meeting with Gleizes was also the catalyst for Dangar to return to France where she became the mainstay of Gleizes's artist colony at Moly-Sabata. The ensuing correspondence from Dangar to Crowley during the 1930s was a vital conduit, transmitting Gleizes's theories to Crowley and later influencing the development of her art towards abstraction.
In 1930 Crowley reluctantly returned to Sydney. Her family, who had been providing her with a living allowance, had decided that it was time for her to take on some family responsibilities. On her return Crowley was one of the most experienced modernist artists in Australia. Her Portrait of Gwen Ridley 1930 is one of the first cubist paintings done in Australia and in 1932 she held a small solo exhibition of her paintings done in France. She recalled that her 'ultra-modern' works were considered to be very extraordinary and generally not understood. Crowley briefly taught at Dorrit Black's Modern Art Centre before establishing the Crowley–Fizelle School at 215a George Street in Sydney with painter Rah Fizelle in late 1932. The school became a focal point for a small group of artists including Ralph Balson and Frank Hinder who painted together on the weekends and became increasingly interested in abstraction. One of Crowley's key works of this time is her portrait of Ralph Balson, The artist and his model 1938. She has based the composition upon a series of overlapping rectangles and circles and flattened the forms into areas of pure colour and pattern, exploring the abstract rather than representational qualities of the work.
Grace Crowley The artist and his model 1938 oil on hardboard Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney Gift of the artist 1975 more detail
In 1938, after the closure of the Crowley–Fizelle School, Crowley and Balson began painting together exclusively in her city studio. From this time onwards their work became ever closer stylistically and they began working towards creating purely abstract paintings. In this they were influenced by Gleizes, as well as by Mondrian's theories and works which they knew of through publications.
By 1940 Crowley and Balson had begun painting totally abstract works. While both Roy de Maistre and Roland Wakelin had briefly produced abstract paintings based on 'colour music' theories as early as 1919, and artists such as Sam Ateyo had also experimented with abstraction in the 1930s, once Crowley and Balson had made the leap into abstraction, their commitment to abstract art remained absolute. In 1941 Balson held the first exhibition in Australia of abstract paintings, and the following year Crowley exhibited her first abstract work. While the earliest of Crowley's geometric abstracts have been lost or were possibly destroyed by the artist, a small group of works from 1947 shows how far Crowley's work had developed. These works are entirely constructed from the elements of form, line and colour without reference to representational elements. In Abstract painting 1947 Crowley creates the illusion of translucent planes of colour rotating around a central point, contrasting intense pinks and greens to create visual tension, the composition held together in a dynamic equilibrium with the linear elements creating a circular movement.
Grace Crowley Abstract painting 1947 oil on board, Private Collection, Sydney more detail
Throughout the 1940s Crowley's and Balson's avant-garde geometric abstracts were poorly received in an environment that strongly favoured the representational and narrative work of artists such as William Dobell. It was not until the 1950s, when Crowley was in her sixties, that a public gallery exhibited her abstract works. Yet Crowley's geometric paintings from the early 1950s are arguably her finest achievement. They show her superb understanding of colour to create extraordinary lively and sophisticated abstract compositions. Abstract painting 1952 is one of her most 'hard-edge' geometric works, a series of overlapping rectangles in a shallow pictorial space jostling against each other, the forms appearing to be in continual movement yet anchored by the pink square at the front of the picture plane, and the dense black rectangle that lies behind. Crowley's late abstracts can be seen as the climax of her long journey to realise a universal art based on the harmonious relationship of colour and form.
Crowley's long artistic journey over five decades from painter of traditional landscapes to avant-garde abstracts was extraordinary. While Crowley is still best known for her cubist paintings of the 1920s and 1930s, Grace Crowley: being modern includes works that have never before been exhibited and reveals the full extent of Crowley's contribution to Australian art.
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text: She is 15 months old, just finished her first heat cycle yesterday. I bought her on limited registration last summer. One vet I talked to today said she won't lose any drive if I spay her, another said she will lose a little bit of drive. Both vets said the health benefits of spaying now far outweigh the negatives. I have been reading around on here and thought I read about some bad side effects of spaying, that might have only applied to spaying too early though. We are signed up for some Junior tests in a couple weeks and I plan to compete for her SH title in the spring. I don't think I want to breed her since she is on limited registration. What do yall think?


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Remember this sneak peek? Of course you do – I haven't experienced so much positive feedback since transitioning out of diapers.
Now, for this post, I'm gonna do something CRAZY. And that's cut the small talk. Because this series of posts speaks volumes, and I don't feel like shouting to share the stage. ;) However, before we begin, here's a quick word to the wise:
Bigger is always better…
So click on each photo if you want to feel like you were there with me.
Alright, without further adieu, I present to you… Vera.
Breathtaking, right? When this show began, I remember becoming consumed by what was strutting immediately before me. Unable to keep it inside, I turned to a friend seated next to me to whisper how I felt… "A sense of calm has washed over me. I feel like I'm lazing in a spa, or floating on a thick cloud. This is INTOXICATING."
… Oh, and by the way, we are SO not done.