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Vatican City, Oct 6, 2013 / 06:56 am ().- While it has drawn much attention, the interview Pope Francis gave to the prominent Italian journalist Eugenio Scalfari is not the first of its kind in the history of the Church, but part of a tradition stretching back to "Good Pope John."
The first interview ever given by a Pope to a "secular" newspaper was that John XXIII gave to the prominent Italian journalist Indro Montanelli in 1959, published in the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera on March 29 of that year.
It was Pope John XXIII himself who made the first move, asking his personal secretary Loris Capovilla to inform Corriere della Sera chief editor Mario Missiroli that he wanted to give an interview to a journalist "outside of the Catholic circle."
Missiroli asked Montanelli, his paper's most important columnist, to conduct the interview, preferring him to the official Vatican analyst Silvio Negro. Montanelli, an agnostic, was unfamiliar with the world of the Church, but nonetheless had a lively conversation with the Pope.
John XXIII spoke candidly at that time about some of his private opinions, including his low esteem for Pope Pius X, who had been canonized some years before. He also announced to Montanelli that he intended to call an ecumenical council, but the journalist did not grasp the importance of that detail, giving it little attention in his article.
John XXIII's successor, Pope Paul VI, gave an interview to the Italian Vaticanista Alberto Cavallari in 1965, which was published Oct. 4 of that year, again in Corriere della Sera.
Paul VI was very outspoken, addressing the problem of the lack of faith, explaining that "the need of the Church to open up" comes from the fact that "millions of people do belong to any religious faith anymore."
He also addressed the birth control issue, a "delicate issue for the Church men, and also humanly embarrassing," he reflected. He maintained that "it is not possible for the Church to stay silent, but it is also problematic speaking about it. We really need God to enlighten us and help us in addressing the birth control issue."
Pope John Paul I's brief, 33-day pontificate did not afford him a chance to give interviews, but Pope John Paul II gave several.
In 1993, he spoke with the Polish-Italian journalist Jas Gawronski, and the interview was published in La Stampa that year on Nov. 2.
Gawronski asked the Pope about international policy, the Holy See's position on the conflict in Yugoslavia, about Poland, and about communism. The Pope was also called to explain in more depth his comment while visiting the Baltic nations that "Marxism also has a heart of truth."
John Paul II explained to Gawronski that his saying "was not a piece of news," since "the social teaching of the Church had always explained it." He also stressed that "there is a strong effort for the social issues in communism, while capitalism is very individualistic."
John Paul II also was the first Pope to be featured on a television show, calling live to a 1998 episode of the Italian talk show Porta a Porta. The show was celebrating the 20th anniversary of his pontificate, and he thanked them for their work.
In addition, John Paul II co-authored an interview book with Italian journalist Vittorio Messori, "Crossing the Threshold of Hope," which came about after a failed attempt at a television interview.
In 1993, he had agreed to be interviewed for the 15th anniversary of his pontificate, and Messori's interview was to have been broadcast by Italian state television RAI, as well as foreign stations.
However, Messori was skeptical about interviewing the Pope on television, and when he met John Paul II in Castel Gandolfo to agree on the questions for the interview, he told the Holy Father that "we need a Pope, a master who guides us, not a TV pundit. We are not dealing with the crisis of the Church. We are dealing with the crisis of faith."
The Pope did not agree with Messori, but the TV interview was canceled nonetheless. However, John Paul II was so interested in the questions that he later sent Messori his written answers in an envelope through the then-director of the Vatican press office, Joaquin Navarro Valls.
The manuscript was entitled, "Crossing the threshold of hope," which was subsequently chosen as the title of the book that came from it.
More recently, Benedict XVI agreed to answer the questions put to him by seven people on the Italian bishops' conference TV show, "A Sua Immagine."
The show was broadcast April 22, 2011, and the first question was that of a Japanese 7-year-old who had experienced the dramatic earthquake that struck Japan. She asked the Pope why children must be so scared and saddened by such events.
Benedict XVI spontaneously replied that he asked himself the same questions, and that he did not have the answers. The Pope then stressed that "we know that Jesus suffered like you, innocently, and that the true God is on your side."
Benedict then concluded that "even if we have not the proper answers and if sadness endures, it is important to know that God is on your side, and this will certainly help you."
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I'm not a big fan of biographies, so I hope this is just a rumour. I really want to see him to do what he does best, and that's make people laugh.
Why do so many actors want to do biographies? I don't see that as acting, just as impersonating. I think they should have a new category at the awards show "And the best impersonation goes to.....!"
Come on people. Look deep inside yourself for some meaty roles. Try to bring to life a character that is fictional, and then you'll wow us all with your brilliance.
The truth shall set you free.
thats good that they r re-writing the script!
I don't see why that's good news ... re-writing the script I mean. Usualy that's not a good sign. We all know that. And let's face it, Oedekerk is doing it, the man is good enough to do simple comedy's, but that's about it. Not for the big work.
I think it's good news the films is back on with Burton directing, but ... according to the articles they will less focus on the main-character more on the side-events. Nah. It sounded like a realy good film! Now I have the feeling everything can go wrong...
This is what eampire had to say
Believe it or not, but one of the following three statements is true:
a) Jim Carrey and Tim Burton's on-off-on-off-jesus-will-they-make-their-minds-up project, Ripley's Believe It Or Not is back on.
b) Screenwriter, Steve Oedekerk, who directed Carrey in that comedy classic, Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls, has been hired to retool the screenplay for a 2008 start
c) England – with the honourable exceptions of Monty Panesar and Kevin Pietersen – are utterly, utterly crap at cricket and should hang their heads in shame, and hand back their MBEs.
Actually, you can believe it or not, but all three statements were true. Yes, Ripley's Believe It Or Not, which was shelved by Paramount when the budget looked like exceeding $150 million, has been put back on the Carrey and Burton to do lists.
On Burton's, it's just after 'Make Sweeney Todd with Johnny Depp', 'Pick Kids Up From School' and 'buy comb' (under which has been scribbled, 'what's a comb?'. On Carrey's it's just about discernible under numerous drawings of the number 23.
Anyhoo… it's good news for Carrey. The comedian has had a troubled time of it lately – believe it or not, but Ripley's Believe It Or Not was his second big-budget project to be scrapped recently by pesky studio beancounters. Used Guys, a mooted sci-fi comedy with Ben Stiller, to be directed by Jay Roach, was t'other.
Believe it or not, but Ripley's Believe It Or Not – a surreal fantasy based on the crazy life of explorer Richard Ripley, the guy immortalised in those eponymous mini-museums/stores you find dotted around seaside resorts – was shelved after Burton/Carrey brainstorming sessions, so close to the original start date of this autumn and coupled with an expensive shoot in China, meant that the script, originally by Burton's Ed Wood writers Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski, couldn't be completed.
Alexander and 45 Points At Scrabble Boy have left the project, but they were today replaced by 23 Points At Scrabble Boy, Oedekerk, who has also written next summer's big comedy, Evan Almighty. China is still on the agenda for the shoot, and Paramount have targeted a 2009 release date.
Oh, and Scrabble fans, please don't write in complaining about our estimates of Karaszewski and Oedekerk's scoring potential – we're just taking rough guesses. And you can believe that or not.
Yet another thing on the Carrey list to look forward to!
"No time outs. Only DEATH!"
"I don't like to brag and I won't cuz I don't have to!"
hmmmm does it have to be him?
great news its back on but odekirk isnt the greatest writer ace 2 was weak im not a big fan of him heres hoping anyways.
Its not how they start but how they finish. Whatever happens I hope it does well.
"You Cant Stop Me No Matter Who You Are"
three amazing people i amdire; Jim, Tim and Steve...
this gonna be great, even when it flops, i don't care what other people think of the movie, the discision is already made for me: it's a good movie
There has to be Hope for Ripley's
This could be a really interesting movie,
very interesting indeed!
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"Complete practical work on the sciences of Cheirognomy and Cheiromancy, containing the system, rules and experience of Cheiro."
Sounds very scientific!
Go to Sepia Saturday to see great photos. it is always fun.
"Complete practical work on the sciences of Cheirognomy and Cheiromancy, containing the system, rules and experience of Cheiro."
Even though there is no photo of your grandmother holding this book, the book itself is a wonderful story that tells a lot about her.
You've taught me two new words today thanks to your grandmother - cheirognomy.cheiromancy. I have to hand it to you both.
Your grandmother must of been an interesting lady to talk with about her interests.
That must be an interesting book to peruse. I have to admit, my grandmother didn't have any books that were nearly that interesting.
Quite interesting. Those are subjects and words I have never heard of. I had forgotten about all my books about Reike, Healing Touch and Massage from my training in wholistic medicine. I know my children and grands find them whimsical. As an RN I used them in Pain Management. Like Bob I learned two new words today.
What a wonderful treasure your book is, I think your Nana would have been great fun to sit and talk with.
Thanks for all the comments. My Nana was always great fun & an individual and taught us children to be individuals.
There's something precious about holding a book that once belonged to an ancestor, knowing that her hands once touched the corners of those pages to turn them the way yours turn them now, and that the words on those pages moved through her eyes into her mind, where they may have made her think similar thoughts to those you're thinking as you read them. It creates a unique connection between the two of you.
A book is a wonderful gift, but more so knowing it was a treasured book of your grandmothers. I like the book's cover art.
Astrology and fortune telling must have been a very popular subject for the few books most families owned 70 or 80 years ago. Your post has reminded me of one of my parents with a monochrome photographic plate of the various lines on a hand.


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Robbie Williams has said he won't be getting a birthday surprise for his 40th because his wife has had to tell him about her plans.
The former Take That star wrote on his blog that he had been overwhelmed by the celebrations planned to mark his milestone in his home city of Stoke, but that unfortunately they clashed with his wife's plans for him.
He wrote: "I actually can't get my head around it... Roads named after my songs, a plaque put up in the park I used to play in, a museum attraction with my memorabilia, a mini festival!?!...
"It all feels like it's happening to someone else who comes from the same place I come from, someone who's far more deserving."
But Robbie added that he was sad he wouldn't be able to make the official celebrations because his wife Ayda had already planned something else for the same dates.
He wrote: "Unfortunately I won't be able to be there for the celebrations myself sadly. Because unbeknownst to me, my wife has planned a rather large and intricate surprise few days, which due to the celebration she had to tell me about...
"She's gutted, I'm gutted and we all wish that we could be there. Alas I've also got a work trip to Australia immediately after... which makes it a geographical impossibility cos I'm in LA right now.
"Either way, plans are afoot for me to have an official celebration in Stoke soon, can't wait!"
Robbie added: "I can only imagine what Grandma Bertha and Grandad Jack would think of it all. Like them, I hope I make you all proud."


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Rotary gives everything to charity and we have raised thousands of pounds over the years, with none of our members taking a penny for themselves. We are also careful to see that the money we raise goes to the people who need it. The money from our Christmas collections goes to local charities, and we also do fundraising for the third world throughout the year e.g. sending Shelter Boxes to places like the Philippines after disasters, so peoples' lives will be changed for the better. If you want to give money to charity you can be sure if you do it via Rotary none of the money goes into members' pockets and we pass every penny raised to local charities. We try to ensure that the money gets to people who really need it!
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The thousands of soldiers disabled in the First World War (1914-18) raised the public profile of disability in Britain. However, there already existed a more hidden civilian population of physically disabled people, a large proportion of whom were children. Some were disabled by accidents, others by inherited conditions. Many more were affected by infectious diseases. Skeletal tuberculosis, affecting bones and joints, was a major cause of physical disability. Poliomyelitis, known as Polio, although less common at this time, could also cause lifelong disabilities. Such infections favoured overcrowded unsanitary environments, so a disproportionate number of poor children were affected. Poverty also gave rise to another common cause of childhood disability: rickets, a bone-weakening disease caused by vitamin deficiency.
The treatment of children with disabilities in the 1900s
In the early 1900s, disabled children begging on the streets of Britain's cities were not unfamiliar sights. Before the creation of the NHS, their treatment and care depended mainly on charity and philanthropy. If not kept at home they might be dispatched to hospitals and institutions set up by wealthy benefactors. In reality, many of these institutions were little more than centres where disabled children were housed and fed away from the public gaze.
The Lord Mayor Treloar Cripple's Hospital – a change from the norm
Something of an exception was a hospital that opened in 1908 which was initially known as The Lord Mayor Treloar Cripple's Hospital. Here treatment was a priority and alongside hydrotherapy and heliotherapy, prolonged rest through immobilisation was seen as crucial. First championed by orthopaedic pioneer Hugh Owen Thomas, the treatment was taken to new extremes. Limbs, torsos or even whole bodies were encased in plaster or held rigid by splints - sometimes for months on end - to prevent deformity. Children with spines already twisted by disease could be encased in plaster jackets, which were applied while suspended vertically from a structure christened 'the gallows', in an attempt to 'straighten' their bodies. While such treatments seem harsh, some of them did prove to be helpful.
TB and polio in the 1940s and 1950s
By the middle years of the century, tuberculosis was in decline. This was due to a combination of improved living conditions, mass BCG vaccination and early diagnosis by X-rays followed by antibiotic treatment. Conversely, polio reached epidemic levels. In 1947 there were nearly 8000 cases - more than 10 times the previous yearly average - and thousands more cases appeared into the 1950s. These figures, although dwarfed by those in America, created widespread panic.
The effects of polio
Polio attacked the body in a number of ways. Its effects could be mild and temporary, but at its worst it left survivors unable to breath without assistance. At the height of the seasonal epidemics, hospital wards were filled with rows of iron lungs mechanically keeping their occupants alive. Other children were affected in one or more limbs, leaving arms and legs permanently paralysed or - as the late musician Ian Dury found - wasted and weakened.
Sister Elizabeth Kenny and her radical treatment of polio in the 1940s
Immobilisation remained a primary course of treatment in these epidemic years. But concerned parents not happy with this passive approach had their hopes raised by the radical treatments devised by Sister Elizabeth Kenny. A highly popular but hugely controversial figure who had been promoting her techniques in America in the previous decade, she advocated massage, stretching, exercise and the application of hot packs to keep muscles warm - the very opposite of immobilisation. She banished splints and considered iron lungs to be 'torture chambers'.
The decline of polio in the 1950s
Ultimately the merits of either treatment regime were limited and fortunately polio's era as a major disease in Britain was short. From the mid-1950s the widespread use of the vaccines developed by Jonas Salk and later by Albert Sabin ensured that in most countries the polio threat quickly faded. In Britain, case numbers were negligible by the mid-1960s. Today, British children are protected from both polio and TB, most of whose British-born survivors are now approaching old age.
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Three months after rising to No. 6 on U.S. News and World Report's ranking of the "Best Colleges 2014," Oregon Tech was rated first among colleges in the West in the magazine's new ranking for "efficiency." The new ratings were determined by measuring how much each school spent per student on instruction, research and student services along with the quality of the education.
"We're very pleased to be on this list because it validates our focus on student success in fulfilling our mission as Oregon's public polytechnic university," said Dr. Chris Maples, Oregon Tech president. "Our goal is to provide a high-quality, value-added education at an affordable price so that our students in particular and Oregonians in general get the highest possible return on investment of their education dollars."
Oregon Tech has worked hard to keep costs to students as low as possible while responding to industry demand for qualified graduates in engineering, technology, manufacturing and healthcare fields. Oregon is ranked 47th in the nation in state financial support for higher education.
More than 92 percent of Oregon Tech graduates are employed or in highly competitive graduate or professional programs within six months of graduation. Maples attributes the post-graduate success of Oregon Tech students to the university's focus on smart growth driven by its Industry Advisory Council, academic rigor and student ambition.
U.S. News used financial resources per student divided by its overall score – the basis U.S. News uses to determine its overall numerical rank – in the 2014 Best Colleges rankings. This calculation reveals how much each school is spending to achieve one point in the overall score and its position in the ranking.
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1 lb mixed dried beans*
6 cups chicken or ham stock
2 cups cubed ham
2 medium carrots, diced
1 onion, diced
3 cloves garlic, minced
3 potatoes, peeled and cubed
1 cubanelle pepper, diced
1 tablespoon ground mustard
1 teaspoon hot paprika
1 teaspoon thyme
1 teaspoon parsley
1 teaspoon chervil
1 bay leaf
sea salt
freshly ground black pepper
The night before you want to eat the soup, place the beans in a 6-quart slow cooker. Fill the slow cooker insert with water, covering the beans by at least 2 inches. I normally fill the insert nearly to the top. Cover and allow the beans to soak overnight (with the slow cooker turned off).
The next morning, drain the beans and return them to the pot, discarding the water.
Add the vegetables, ham, spices and stock. Cook on low for 8-10 hours. Stir and serve.
Variation: If I'm home, I like to brown the ham and add half at the beginning and half about halfway through the cooking time. I think that yields a slightly hammier finished product but both are good.
*Look for these with the rest of the beans. This time I used a 16 bean mix (instead of my usual 15 bean, 16 bean contains barley!). Here they are pre-soak to give you an idea what the mix includes:


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Early warning systems–such as the popular Modified Early Warning System (MEWS) used in many hospitals–form one of the first waves in the ocean of analytics we need to wash over our health care system. Eventually, health care will elegantly integrate medical device output, electronic patient records, research findings, software algorithms, and–yes, let us not forget–the clinician's expertise in a timely intervention into patient care. Because early warning systems are more mature than many of the analytics that researchers are currently trying out, it's useful to look at advances in early warning to see trends that can benefit the rest of health care as well.
I talked this week to Susan Niemeier, Chief Nursing Officer at CapsuleTech, a provider of medical device integration solutions. They sell (among other things) a bedside mobile clinical computer called the Neuron that collects, displays, and sends to the electronic medical record vital signs from medical devices: temperature, pulse, respiration, pulse oximetry, and so on. A recent enhancement called the Early Warning Scoring System (EWSS) adds an extra level of analytics that, according to Niemeier, can identify subtle signs of patient deterioration well before a critical event. It's part of Capsule's overarching aim to enable hospitals to do more with the massive amount of data generated by devices.
For more than 18 years, CapsuleTech provided bedside medical device connectivity products and services that captured patient vital signs and communicated that data to the hospital EMR. Rudimentary as this functionality may appear to people using automated systems in other industries, it was a welcome advance for nurses and doctors in hospitals. Formerly, according to Niemeier, nurses would scribble down on a scrap of paper or a napkin the vital signs they saw on the monitors. It might be a few hours before they could enter these into the record–and lots could go wrong in that time. Furthermore, the record was a simple repository, with no software observing trends or drawing conclusions.
Neuron 2 running Early Warning Scoring System
So in addition to relieving the nurse of clerical work (along with likely errors that it entails), and enhancing workflow, the Neuron could make sure the record immediately reflected vital signs. Now the Neuron performs an even more important function: it can run a kind of clinical support to warn of patients whose conditions are deteriorating.
The Neuron EWSS application assigns a numerical score to each vital sign parameter. The total early warning score is then calculated on the basis of the algorithm implemented. The higher the score, the greater the likelihood of deterioration. The score is displayed on the Neuron along with actionable steps for immediate intervention. These might include more monitoring, or even calling the rapid response team right away.
The software algorithm is configured in a secure management tool accessible through a web browser and sent wirelessly to the Neuron at a scheduled time. The management tool is password protected and administered by a trained designee at the hospital, allowing for greater flexibility and complete ownership of the solution.
Naturally, the key to making this simple system effective is to choose the right algorithm for combining vital signs. The United Kingdom is out in front in this area. They developed a variety of algorithms in the late 1990s, whereas US hospitals started doing so only 5 years ago. The US cannot simply adopt the UK algorithms, though, because our care delivery and nursing model is different. Furthermore, each hospital has different patient demographics, priorities, and practices.
On the other hand, according to Niemeier, assigning different algorithms to different patients (young gun-shot victims versus elderly cardiac patients, for instance) would be impractical because mobile Neuron computers are used across the entire hospital facility. If you tune an algorithm for one patient demographic, a nurse might inadvertently use it on a different kind of patient as the computer moves from unit to unit. Better, then, to create a single algorithm that does its best to reflect the average patient. The algorithm should use vital signs and observations that are consistently collected, not vitals that are intermittently measured and documented.
Furthermore, algorithms can be tuned over time. Not only do patient populations evolve, but hospitals can learn from the data they collect. CapsuleTech advises a retrospective chart review of rapid response events prior to selecting an algorithm. What vital signs did the patient have during the eight hours before the urgent event? Retrospectively apply the EWSS to the vital signs to determine the right algorithm and trends in that data to recognize deterioration earlier.
Without help such as the Early Warning Scoring System, rapid response teams have to be called when a clear crisis emerges or when a nurse's intuition suggests they are needed. Now the nurse can check his intuition against the number generated by the system.
I think clinicians are open to the value of analytics in early warning systems because they dramatically heighten chances for avoiding disaster (and the resulting expense). The successes in early warning systems give us a glimpse of what data can do for more mundane aspects of health care as well. Naturally, effective use of data takes a lot more research: we need to know the best ways to collect the data, what standards allow us to aggregate it, and ultimately what the data can tell us. Advances in this research, along with rich new data sources, can put information at the center of medicine.


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Sensitization is a non-associative learning process in which repeated administrations of a stimulus results in the progressive amplification of a response.[1] Sensitization often is characterized by an enhancement of response to a whole class of stimuli in addition to the one that is repeated. For example, repetition of a painful stimulus may make one more responsive to a loud noise.
Neural substrates of sensitizationEdit
The neural basis of behavioral sensitization is often not known, but it typically seems to result from a cellular receptor becoming more likely to respond to a stimulus. Several examples of neural sensitization include:
- Electrical or chemical stimulation of the rat hippocampus causes strengthening of synaptic signals, a process known as long-term potentiation or LTP.[2] LTP of AMPA receptors has been proposed as a potential mechanism underlying memory and learning in the human brain.
- In "kindling", repeated stimulation of hippocampal or amygdaloid neurons in the limbic system eventually leads to seizures in laboratory animals. After sensitization, very little stimulation may be required to produce seizures. Thus, kindling has been suggested as a model for temporal lobe epilepsy in humans, where stimulation of a repetitive type (flickering lights for instance) can cause epileptic seizures.[3] Often, people suffering from temporal lobe epilepsy report symptoms of negative effects such as anxiety and depression that might result from limbic dysfunction.[4]
- In "central sensitization," nociceptive neurons in the dorsal horns of the spinal cord become sensitized by peripheral tissue damage or inflammation.[5] This type of sensitization has been suggested as a possible causal mechanism for chronic pain conditions. The changes of central sensitization occur after repeated trials to pain. Research from animals has consistently shown that when an trial is repeatedly exposed to a painful stimulus, the animal's pain threshold will change and result in a stronger pain response. Researchers believe that there are parallels that can be drawn between these animal trials and persistent pain in people. For example, after a back surgery that removed a herniated disc from causing a pinched nerve, the patient may still continue to "feel" pain. Also, newborns who are circumcised without anesthesia have shown tendencies to react more greatly to future injections, vaccinations, and other similar procedures. The responses of these children are an increase in crying and a greater hemodynamic response (tachycardia and tachypnea).[6]
- Drug sensitization occurs in drug addiction, and is defined as an increased effect of drug following repeated doses (the opposite of drug tolerance). Such sensitization involves changes in brain mesolimbic dopamine transmission, as well as a molecule inside mesolimbic neurons called delta FosB. An associative process may contribute to addiction, for environmental stimuli associated with drug taking may increase craving. This process may increase the risk for relapse in addicts attempting to quit.[7]
- Allergic Sensitization – There is an acute response (early stages) and a late-phase response (later stages). In the early stages, the Antigen-Presenting Cell causes a response in a TH2 lymphocyte which produce the cytokine interleukin-4 (IL-4). The TH2 lymphocytes interact with B cells and together they produce IgE. IgE circulates around and binds to receptors of cells leading to an acute inflammatory response.[8] In this case, sensitization is commonly referring to commencement of allergic responses.[9] Allergic sensitization development varies with age, with younger children are at the greatest risk of developing allergic sensitization.[10] There are a variety of tests to diagnose allergic conditions. Tests that are commonly used place potential allergens on the skin of the patient and looking for a reaction to look for an allergen-specific IgE (Immunoglobulin E). They have shown that IgE levels are at their greatest before 10 years of age and fall vastly until one reaches 30.[10] There is a school of thought that believes that there are different genetic loci for different ethnicities for the same inflammatory disease.[11] By this thought, asthma has different chromosomal locations in people of European, Hispanic, Asian, and African descent.[12]
Sensitization has been implied as a causal or maintaining mechanism in a wide range of apparently unrelated pathologies including substance abuse and dependence, allergies, asthma, and some medically unexplained syndromes such as fibromyalgia and multiple chemical sensitivity. Sensitization has also been suggested in relation to psychological disorders such as post-traumatic stress disorder, panic anxiety and mood disorders.[13][14][15]
Eric Kandel was one of the first to study the neural basis of sensitization based on his experiments observing gill withdrawal of the seaslug Aplysia in the 1960s and 1970s. Kandel and his colleagues showed that after habituation from siphon touching (gill withdrawal response weakened), applying a paired noxious electrical stimulus to the tail and a touch to the siphon, gill withdrawal was once again noted. After this sensitization, applying a light touch to the siphon, absent of noxious stimulus to the tail, Aplysia produced a strong gill withdrawal response. When tested several days after the initial trials, this response was still manifest (After Squire and Kandel, 1999[16]). In 2000, Eric Kandel was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his research in neuronal learning processes.
See alsoEdit
- Dishabituation
- Habituation
- Long-term potentiation
- Synaptic plasticity
- Neuroplasticity
- Multiple Chemical Sensitivity
References Edit
- Antelman, S.M. (1988). Time-dependent sensitization as the cornerstone for a new approach to pharmacotherapy: drugs as foreign/stressful stimuli. Drug Development Research, 14, 1-30.
- Bell, I.R., Hardin, E.E., Baldwin, C.M., & Schwartz, G.E. (1995). Increased limbic system symptomatology and sensitizability of young adults with chemical and noise sensitivities. Environmental Research, 70, 84-97.
- Collingridge, G.L., Isaac, J.T.R., & Wang, Y.T. (2004). Receptor trafficking and synaptic plasticity. Nature Reviews, 5, 952-962.
- Ji, R., Kohno, T., Moore, K.A. & Woolf, C.J. (2003). Central sensitization and LTP: do pain and memory share similar mechanisms? Trends in Neurosciences, 26, 696-705. Full text
- Kandel, E.R. (2004). The molecular biology of memory storage: a dialog between genes and synapses. Bioscience Reports, 24, 477-522. Full text
- McEachern, J.C. & Shaw, C.A. (1999). The plasticity-pathology continuum: defining a role for the LTP-phenomenon. Journal of Neuroscience Research, 58, 42-61.
- Morimoto, K., Fahnestock, M. & Racine, R.J. (2004). Kindling and status epilepticus models of epilepsy: rewiring the brain. Progress in Neurobiology, 73, 1-60.
- Post, R.M. (1992). Transduction of psychosocial stress into the neurobiology of recurrent affective disorder. American Journal of Psychiatry, 149, 999-1010. Abstract
- Rosen, J.B. & Schulkin, J. (1998). From normal fear to pathological anxiety. Psychological Review, 105, 325-350.
Further readingEdit
- Antzoulatos, E.G., Wainwright, M.L., Cleary, L.J., & Byrne, J.H. (2006). Long-term sensitization training primes Aplysia for further learning. Learning & Memory, 13, 422-425. Full text
- Barbas, D., DesGroseillers, L., Castellucci, V.F., Carew, T.J., & Marinesco, S. (2003). Multiple Serotonergic Mechanisms Contributing to Sensitization in Aplysia: Evidence of Diverse Serotonin Receptor Subtypes. Learning & Memory, 10, 373 - 386. Full text
- Burrell, B.D. & Sahley, C.L. (1998). Generalization of Habituation and Intrinsic Sensitization in the Leech. Learning & Memory, 5, 405 - 419. Full text
- Burrell, B.D. & Sahley, C.L. (1999). Serotonin Depletion Does Not Prevent Intrinsic Sensitization in the Leech. Learning & Memory, 6, 509 - 520. Full text
- Hawkins, R.D., Cohen, T.E., & Kandel, E.R. (2006). Dishabituation in Aplysia can involve either reversal of habituation or superimposed sensitization. Learning & Memory, 13, 397-403. Full text
- Kaplan, P.S., Goldstein, M.H., Huckeby, E.R., & Cooper, R.P. (1995). Habituation, sensitization, and infants' responses to motherese speech. Developmental Psychobiology, 28, 45-57. Full text
- McSweeney, F.K., Hinson, J.M, & Cannon, C.B. (1996). Sensitization-habituation may occur during operant conditioning. Psychological Bulletin, 120, 256-271. Full text
- Overmier, J. B. (2002). Sensitization, conditioning, and learning: Can they help us understand somatization and disability? Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, 43, 105-112. Full text
- Philips, G.T., Tzvetkova, E.I., Marinesco, S., & Carew, T.J. (2006). Latent memory for sensitization in Aplysia. Learning & Memory, 13, 224 - 229. Full text
- Shum, F.W.F., et. al. (2007). Alteration of cingulate long-term plasticity and behavioral sensitization to inflammation by environmental enrichment. Learning & Memory, 14, 304 - 312. Abstract
- Sutton, M.A., Ide, J., Masters, S.E., & Carew, T.J. (2002). Interaction between Amount and Pattern of Training in the Induction of Intermediate- and Long-Term Memory for Sensitization in Aplysia. Learning & Memory, 9, 29 - 40. Full text
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The model and reality TV star girlfriend of NBA Pelicans player Ryan Anderson has been hospitalized in New Orleans.
According to a statement from her publicist Tuesday, Gia Allemand, a former model and cast member of ABC's "The Bachelor" and "Bachelor Pad," was taken Monday night to University Hospital following "a serious emergency medical event."
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PVsell and Snapfrozen: Increasing flexibility and performance
About Snapfrozen
Snapfrozen provides web hosting and custom development services, specialising in the energy sector. The business has about 400 clients and 800 hosting accounts.
About PVsell
PVsell offers a workflow system for solar businesses and investors.
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The future is bright for solar businesses worldwide with the industry forecast to grow sharply in coming decades. As a provider of a workflow system for solar companies and investors that spans proposal development, customer acquisition, sales, and finance, PVsell is well positioned to take advantage of this predicted power surge.
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Warwick Johnston, Owner and Founder of PVsell parent company SunWiz, says PVsell emerged to service a market niche created by the growing complexity of quoting on solar projects as the industry matured. "When the market was nearly entirely about solar panels, quoting was a comparatively simple exercise," Johnston says. "However, the emergence of batteries and legislative requirements governing end-user documentation created a need for software that could manage the process."
"Our research found Google Cloud Platform and other Google Cloud technologies were superior in terms of cost and performance. In addition, from a user interface and usage perspective, Google Cloud Platform seemed a lot more elegant than the alternative."—Donovan Craig, Owner and Founder, Snapfrozen
PVsell has steadily gained an increased number of regular users, making infrastructure speed and stability increasingly important.
PVsell initially operated on dedicated servers in a Snapfrozen hosted environment. However, senior executives at PVsell and Snapfrozen realised this environment could not provide the cost-effective scalability and performance required to sustain growth.
"We considered Google Cloud Platform and another cloud service," Craig says. "Our research found Google Cloud Platform and other Google Cloud technologies were superior in terms of cost and performance. In addition, from a user interface and usage perspective, Google Cloud Platform seemed a lot more elegant than the alternative. Finally, Google Cloud Platform methodologies and flow were more aligned to my experience as a Linux administrator in a hosting environment."
In October 2016, Craig presented Google Cloud Platform (GCP) as a preferred option to the PVsell board. "I was able to communicate an immediate 60% saving on the company's hosting bill as part of the business case," he says. "Combined with the performance and range of features in Google Cloud Platform, the decision proved to be a no-brainer."
Snapfrozen then started migrating the PVsell environment to GCP, including its business applications and a suite of custom microservices. "We eventually plan to move all of PVsell's old applications into serverless containers," Craig says. "We've already migrated PVsell's database to Google Cloud SQL and we are looking to migrate more services to reduce ongoing maintenance costs. We'll then look at any savings we can make for PVsell by moving all custom-developed components into Google Cloud Platform."
The Google Cloud architecture also includes Google Stackdriver to provide monitoring, logging, and diagnostics, as well as Google Maps API and Google Places API. Google Places verifies addresses to keep the database clean and helps ensure the business is using accurate locations, while Google Maps acts as the basis of its solar panel drawing and mapping system.
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Snapfrozen is achieving a range of benefits with G Suite but Craig believes the consultancy has barely scratched the surface of the possibilities. "We've achieved far greater collaboration within the business through applications such as Google Docs and Google Sheets," Craig says. "In addition, we're now certified in cloud architecture and G Suite, giving us a springboard to realise the full potential of the products. "There's so much there we're still learning and coming to grips with."
As Snapfrozen continues to develop on GCP, Craig is targeting the consumer market. "With Google Cloud Platform, we'd like to provide consumer-facing systems that communicate the benefits of renewable energy directly to customers and that will feed new business to our installers," he says. "We want to simplify our systems so the customer can visualise and understand the benefits of going solar themselves. We'd also like to enter the energy consumption monitoring and awareness space by enabling consumers to see what their bills will look like and who is the cheapest provider."
Craig adds: "We regard Google Cloud Platform and G Suite as integral to the continued growth and success of Snapfrozen and PVsell. We look forward to expanding into new geographies and markets thanks to Google technologies."
"It is great to be part of the Google development environment," Johnston adds. "This environment has unlocked our imaginations with new possibilities of creating features within our software."
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Board meeting to start at 09:30 Developer's meeting to start at 10:30 Expectation is to finish by 1800
For those who want to commute with Armin, Please meet in the Lobby in the Hilton where ELC is hosted at 9:30 am. I can only take 15.
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- Patch submissions (all OE components)
- REQUEST: Identify areas where we need maintainers to help
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- REQUEST: Could someone run through a simple example to help others learn to do this correctly
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- Clear need for a quickstart guide (one-page recipe to get folks started quickly)
- Running tests (individual, groups, all)
- Connecting to a Machine ( h/w)(armpit)
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- Introduction
- Logistics for OEDAM in 2018-03 in Portland
- Board will facilitate putting folks needing rides and folks with spots in their cars together. (see OEDAM wiki)
- Moped balance in question… Carpooling recommended...
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As an ambassador of France's jewelry industry, the Maison Boucheron is committed to preserving and enhancing the know-how, skills and techniques of the industry. Recognised as an audacious and visionary Maison, Boucheron values innovation at all levels from raw materials to boutiques, in order to take responsibility for its impact on the environment.
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Stress. The general public, myself included, simply oozes stress. It's bad enough on a typical day, with the usual work- and school-related pressures, but now that it's officially December, as of a few hours ago, the whole game has changed. For many, it's time to go into full-out holiday madness mode, eschewing a quiet and cozy celebration for something big, perhaps a touch complicated, but above all else, labor intensive. While most of my own ideas revolve around blog posts or decorating the house, it's slowly occurred to me that even this "simple" strategy could easily spiral out of control, threatening to eat up every spare moment up until the big day (or in my case days) to hammer out all the fine details. And boy, if you're working on a Hannukah extravaganza, good luck; the first day will be on our doorsteps in less than two weeks. Less than two weeks! I kid you not, it's enough to overwhelm even the calmest party planners among us. Even I'm getting a bit freaked out now, so let just take a moment to breathe, shall we?
Like my boss would say, it's all about balance. All the rich, fatty delights of the holidays are sure to tempt at every turn, but this early in the game, they're nothing but trouble. Pair this with the urgent need to get things done, and it's no wonder that stress levels are through the roof! A belly full of soy nog and candy cane fudge, all one could reasonably hope to accomplish might be a sound nap, not focused worked of any sort- Trust me, I know from experience!
To dilute some of that excess holiday cheer that will be headed your way, I offer today not a sweet fix, but instead a wholesome savory dish in an attempt to balance out the treats to come. Quinoa, my favorite super grain (well seed, technically) is paired with one dynamite green spread that will definitely see many repeat performances in my kitchen from here on in. Although I'm calling it a pesto, you may notice that it is not, in fact, anything like a pest- There's no basil or pine nuts, two ingredients I'm not wild about. You could always go the traditional route, but I think that this new interpretation is way tastier, and you may at least enjoy an occasional diversion from the old standard. Pistachios stand in for the nuts, and spinach provides the greenery here, creating an earthy but dare-I-say buttery sauce. If nothing else, make the pesto and use it in sandwiches, as a tofu marinade, over pasta, or even as a party dip!
Although I went down a more unusual route and decided to soak both the pistachios and quinoa, you could easily skip over this step to make the dish more speedy, using plain pistachios and cooked quinoa. Just be sure to cool the quinoa completely before adding in the veggies, because there's little worse than hot cucumber!
Lean, Green Quinoa Salad
Pistachio Pesto:
1/4 Cup Pistachios, Soaked Overnight
3 Cloves Roasted Garlic
2 Tablespoons White Miso Paste
2 Tablespoons Nutritional Yeast
6 Ounces Fresh Baby Spinach
1 Tablespoon Lemon Juice
2 Tablespoons Olive Oil
Quinoa Salad:
1 Cup Quinoa, Soaked Overnight and Sprouted
1 English Cucumber, Diced
1 Large Red Pepper, Roasted and Diced
1 Ripe Avocado, Diced
Enoki Mushrooms (Optional)
Additional Spinach (Optional)
The pesto comes together very quickly and easily, just like any other pesto would: Toss the pistachios and garlic into your food processor or blender first, and pulse until there are no large pieces of either left. Add in the miso, nutritional yeast, and spinach. It will seem like way too much greenery, but trust me, it blends down to practically nothing. Pulse until the spinach is largely broken down, and then drizzle in the lemon juice and oil while the machine runs. Blend longer if you want a smoother sauce, or stop right here and set the pesto aside.
In a large bowl, toss together the [very well rinsed and drained] sprouted quinoa, cucumber, red pepper and avocado. If you plan on keeping this salad and serving it later, just toss the avocado pieces in lemon juice first and drain them thoroughly, to prevent them from browning. Add your pesto into the mix, and stir to evenly distribute the veggies and coat everything evenly in pesto. Top each serving with mushrooms and extra fresh spinach, if desired.
Serves 4 – 6