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I'm often asked about my work as a sex therapist. I'm surprised at how few people have any sense of what a sexologist does. While I can't speak for all my fellow therapists, I can tell you a bit about my own practice.
Most of the work I do is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): short-term, goal-directed and personally liberating (I don't believe this kind of therapy should become a lifestyle). Basically, I suggest that people with sexual issues change the behaviors that contribute to their problems as a surefire way to solve them. I try to give my clients all the tools they need to successfully work things out on their own once the therapeutic intervention is over. This approach doesn't fit everyone; however, 99.9 percent of the people I work with respond positively.
I encourage my clients to give themselves permission to investigate their sexuality. This in turn assists them in taking charge of making themselves feel better and/or perform better. And as soon as they do, they almost immediately have a greater sense of wellbeing. Like they say, nothing breeds success like success.
Once we identify an area of concern, my client and I create a plan of action for them to implement. I believe the more an individual is part of their own healing process, the more productive that process will be.
Sadly, I find that fewer and fewer people are willing to give their sexual issues the attention they deserve. Rather than investing the time and energy to get to the bottom of their issues, many opt instead for the quick fix—the "Give me a pill for that" mentality. They're often unwilling to make the necessary lifestyle changes to actually solve their problems. For example, I encounter people who are eating themselves to death, or abusing alcohol or drugs. Of course they have the accompanying sexual response issues—erection problems for men and arousal concerns for women. They may desperately want to resolve these issues, but without committing to any change in behavior—i.e.: "I want my erection back, but I won't stop drinking"—such interventions almost always ends in disappointment.
Sexual dysfunction of one sort or another is the issue I see most recurrently in my practice, although the reason why a client reaches out varies. Sometimes an individual's tolerance level peaks, and they finally decide to do something about an issue that may have been smoldering for years. Sometimes it's a partner who brings in their proverbially "broken" partner, telling me to "fix him/her."
Couples often seek sex therapy together, as sexual problems tend to be more obvious within relationships. However, by the time the couple comes for therapy, the issues have most likely been plaguing them for some time. The relationship often comes close to ending before the couple agrees to address the problem. For example: Say a guy brings his wife in because she's "frigid," whatever that may entail. They've been married for X-number of years, and he's finally had it. She, on the other hand, doesn't want to be in therapy, because she doesn't really think there's anything wrong with her. She just doesn't want to have sex anymore, and she doesn't want to discuss it. Period.
This is a difficult way to start therapy. Resentments are high and frustrations rage. If the couple does continue, we usually discover that there's also something desperately wrong with the husband. Inevitably, we ascertain that he's an ineffectual lover—and his inability to pleasure his wife is the root of her "problem." It's often painfully clear that he knows little (if anything) about his wife's sexual needs or desires. Meanwhile, the wife has never had permission to know her body, so she's unable to help or direct him. As you can imagine in a case like this, there's a load of remedial sex education that must come before anything else is resolved.
Couples also seek therapy when one spouse has cheated on the other. The "cheat-ee" declares, in no uncertain terms, that this therapy is the last-ditch effort before "the end of the road." Often in such cases, it's too late for a successful intervention, because each partner is so angry and shamed that the chance of turning the situation around is slim. Sometimes the best we can do is end the relationship with as little acrimony as possible.
In difficult couple counseling situations like this, my first effort is to get the couple to disarm. There will be no sex therapy—and God knows there is a need for sex therapy—until there is some semblance of peace between partners. If we don't establish at least a small bank of goodwill, our efforts are doomed.
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On Monday night, Bears receiver Alshon Jeffery returned from a four-game absence due to a broken hand. Now, Jeffery has a busted knee.
Brad Biggs of the Chicago Tribune reports that Jeffery will have arthroscopic knee surgery on Wednesday.
It's unknown when Jeffery will return, or what specifically will be done to repair the joint. The procedure often is used to clean up loose or torn cartilage, and the recovery time can be fairly short.
Jeffery, a second-round pick in April, has 16 catches for 199 yards and two touchdowns in six games, with two starts. His best game came in week one, when he racked up 80 yards and a touchdown.
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And the winner of House Rules is ...
Young couple Carly Schulz and Leighton Brow have trumped five-time home renovators Steve and Michelle Ball in the grand finale of House Rules, meaning the home they return to will be mortgage-free.
The finale revealed the four contestants having one last crack at the competition by renovating the back rooms of each others' homes, while viewers votes for their favourite couple.
The South Australians described the competition as a "rollercoaster" and could hardly believe their $460,000 debt had been taken away from them.
"I couldn't speak, it hasn't even sunk in yet," Carly said.
"We've just had our home made mortgage free by Australia.
"Now we can have an amazing life for the rest of our lives."
Both couples secured their place in the grand final with inspiring garden makeovers. Team SA blitzed the earlier challenge to totally transform the front yard of Jemma and Ben's former sandpit. They top scored with an impressive 18 out of 20 to lift them to the top of the final leaderboard on 31 points.
Steve and Michelle were a close second on 30 points, to earn them the other coveted grand final spot. Victorian brothers Nick and Chris finished up on 26 points and WA newlyweds Jemma and Ben on 25, ending their run in the competition.
Seeing their new friends bow out of the competition was bitter-sweet.
"Everyone's thrown everything they've got in the competition and it was anyones game," Leighton, 32, said.
"Just to get through to the grand final was a massive emotional ride.
"It's sad seeing our friends go, but at the end of the day there can only be one winner."
In assessing the final renovations, the judges were amazed with the vertical garden wall planted by Michelle and Steve, but it wasn't enough to trump the modern bar and band room created by Carly and Leighton.
As a renovation first-timer, Carly had started the season by saying "I'll just have to listen and do what he tells me" - a methodology she says paid off.
"It absolutely worked for us," the 31-year-old said.
"I had to learn quick and he had to learn to work with me.
"I knew he was a hard worker, I just didn't know if I could do it."
But even Leighton, an experienced carpenter, found the challenges trying.
"It was way harder than I expected," he said.
"I generally work very hard and I thought 'They can't physically make me work harder' and they did."
With their half-million dollar debt off their shoulders and the "foundation for our futures laid", Leighton plans to put away his tools.
"We're going to take a couple of weeks out and then Leighton is keen to start working with his head instead of his hands," Carly said.
A move which could be safe option given the impending pitter-patter of little feet.
"Kids are definitely on the cards if he behaves himself," Carly said.
Four pitter-patters, to be exact.
"We've only got two rooms but the bunk beds are pretty compact," Leighton said.
"So we could have four."
The stress of the series might be behind them, but the couple - or at least half the couple - would have no qualms about going down the renovation path once again.
"I'd start again tomorrow morning," said Leighton.
"We've been up the top of Everest and been down and we can tackle anything.
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Industry must react to both existing and unknown attacks on software and intelectual property. These attacks involve physical, virtual, and socio-technical components. Risk assessment is used to prioritize the use of defense resources. The TREsPASS project has developed the concept of an attack navigator that uses system maps and attacker profiles to identify attacks. The attack navigation on system maps is based on invalidation of organisational policies, resulting in weighted attack trees to guide risk assessment and governance using typical attacker profiles.
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While coach Jeff Fisher fully expects quarterback Sam Bradford to be back under center in Week 1, the St. Louis Rams aren't quite as optimistic about left tackle Jake Long's recovery from ACL surgery.
A Rams source told NFL Media Insider Ian Rapoport on Wednesday it's too early to know if Long will be ready for the start of training camp in late July.
Long is "doing well," per the source, but is a candidate to start camp on the physically unable to perform list.
Because he had to wait for his torn MCL to heal, Long didn't go under the knife until late January. He's less than five months removed from reconstructive surgery.
The Rams did well to cover their bases should Long struggle to recapture last year's top-notch form. Starting guard Rodger Saffold can be shifted to Bradford's blindside if necessary, with freshly signed veteran guard Davin Joseph sliding in opposite mauling No. 2 overall draft pick Greg Robinson.
Even if Long's play falls off a bit this season, the offensive line is in better shape as a unit.
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Kyōto, city, seat of Kyōto fu (urban prefecture), west-central Honshu island, Japan. It is located some 30 miles (50 km) northeast of the industrial city of Ōsaka and about the same distance from Nara, another ancient centre of Japanese culture. Gently sloping downward from north to south, the city averages 180 feet (55 metres) above sea level. Kyōto fu is at the centre of Kinki chihō (region). The city is one of the centres (with nearby Ōsaka and Kōbe) of the Keihanshin Industrial Zone, the second largest urban and industrial agglomeration in Japan.
The capital of Japan for more than 1,000 years (from 794 to 1868), Kyōto (literally, "Capital City") has been called a variety of names through the centuries—Heian-kyō ("Capital of Peace and Tranquillity"), Miyako ("The Capital"), and Saikyō ("Western Capital"), its name after the Meiji Restoration (1868) when the imperial household moved to Tokyo. The contemporary phrase sekai no Kyōto ("the world's Kyōto") reflects the reception of Japanese culture abroad and Kyōto's own attempt to keep up with the times. Nevertheless, Kyōto is the centre of traditional Japanese culture and of Buddhism, as well as of fine textiles and other Japanese products. The deep feeling of the Japanese people for their culture and heritage is represented in their special relationship with Kyōto—all Japanese try to go there at least once in their lives, with almost a third of the country's population visiting the city annually. Several of the historic temples and gardens of Kyōto were collectively added as a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1994. Area 320 square miles (828 square km). Pop. (2015) 1,475,183.
Physical and human geography
The landscape
The city site
Designated the site of a new capital by the emperor Kammu, Kyōto was laid out in 794 on the model of Chang'an (modern Xi'an), the capital of China's Tang dynasty. The plan called for a rectangular enclosure with a grid street pattern, 3.2 miles (5.1 km) north to south and 2.8 miles (4.5 km) east to west. The Imperial Palace, surrounded by government buildings, was in the city's north-central section. Following Chinese precedent, care was taken when the site was selected to protect the northern corners, from which, it was believed, evil spirits could gain access. Thus, Hiei-zan (Mount Hiei; 2,782 feet [848 metres]) to the northeast and Atago-yama (Mount Atago; 3,031 feet [924 metres]) to the northwest were considered natural guardians. Hiei-zan especially came to figure prominently between the 11th and 16th centuries, when warrior-monks from its Tendai Buddhist monastery complex frequently raided the city and influenced politics. The Kamo and Katsura rivers—before joining the Yodo-gawa (Yodo River) to the south—were, respectively, the original eastern and western boundaries. But the attraction of the eastern hills kept the city from filling out to its original western border until after World War II. Kyōto is actually cradled in a saucer of hills on three sides that opens to the southwest toward Ōsaka.
Kyōto is most beautiful in spring and fall. The rainy season (June–July) lasts three to four weeks; summers are hot and humid. Winter brings two or three light snows and a penetrating "chilling from below" (sokobie). The yearly mean temperature of Kyōto is about 59 °F (15 °C); the highest monthly mean, 80 °F (27 °C), is in August, and the lowest, 38 °F (3 °C), is in January. The average yearly rainfall is about 62 inches (1,574 millimetres).
The city layout
The original grid pattern of the streets has been retained. Numbered avenues run east and west, Shijō-dōri ("Fourth Street") being the busiest. Karasuma-dōri, running north from the Japanese National Railways station, divides the city roughly into halves. Under it is one of the two lines of the municipal subway. The other, newer line, completed in 1997, runs from the JR Nijō station in the west across the city to the east and then to Daigo, southeast of the city. Kyōto was the first city in Japan to have electric streetcars (starting in 1895), which eventually made it necessary to widen the major thoroughfares to allow for citywide service.
The historic area of Kyōto has few large factories or businesses, a fact reflected in the look of the inner city—shops and workshops, residences, and offices all standing side by side. Stringent building codes limit the height of buildings in order to preserve the overall look of the historic city. Characteristic of the architecture are tiled roofs and wood weathered to dark brown, but telephone poles (now made of concrete) and a forest of television antennas protrude at every turn. A typical Kyōto house presents a narrow and low front to the street, but as it recedes it gains in height and embellishment—all this a reflection of its past history and character: wariness of the marauding monk, the zealous revenue collector, or the curious neighbour. Rarely does one enter a home beyond the front vestibule; if one is invited in, it is good form to demur.
Because of earthquakes and conflagrations, the attacks of monks from Mount Hiei, and the Ōnin War (1467–77), which utterly destroyed the city, little of Kyōto's historical architecture predates the 17th century. Replacements and renovations, of course, followed previous plans, but the single shining example of Heian-period architecture remaining is the soaring Hōō-dō ("Phoenix Hall") of the Byōdō-in (Byōdō Temple), located a few miles southeast of the city on the banks of Uji River (Uji-gawa).
Buddhist temples and Shintō shrines abound. Their grounds and those of the Kyōto Imperial Palace (Kyōto Gosho) and Nijō Castle (Nijō-jo) give Kyōto more green areas than most Japanese cities. Kyōto claims some 1,660 Buddhist temples, more than 400 Shintō shrines, and even some 90 Christian churches. Major Buddhist institutions include East Hongan Temple (Higashi Hongan-ji) and West Hongan Temple (Nishi Hongan-ji), the former with the world's largest wooden roof of its kind and the latter containing some of the best examples of architectural and artistic expression of the Azuchi-Momoyama period (1574–1600); Ryōan Temple (Ryōan-ji), with its famous rock-and-sand garden; Tenryū Temple (Tenryū-ji), in the Arashiyama district to the west; Kiyomizu Temple (Kiyomizu-dera), built on stilts on the side of the eastern hills; and Kinkaku Temple (Kinkaku-ji), the Golden Pavilion, burned down by a deranged student in 1950 but rebuilt exactly, and Ginkaku Temple (Ginkaku-ji), the Silver Pavilion, both of which were products of the Ashikaga shoguns' attraction to Zen. The great Shintō shrines are Kitano, Yasaka, and Heian, the last built in 1894 to commemorate the 1,100th anniversary of Kyōto's founding.
The buildings of the Kyōto Imperial Palace, originally located farther west, date from 1855 and are re-creations, in the same monumental Japanese style, of earlier structures that were destroyed by fire. Nijō-jo, built by the Tokugawa shogunate, is a "token" castle, but it contains many cultural treasures; it is known for its "chirping floors" (to signal the approach of an intruder) and elaborate wall paintings of the Kanō school. The two foremost examples of traditional Japanese landscape architecture are the Katsura Imperial Villa (Katsura Rikyū) in the southwest corner of the city and the Shūgakuin Rikyū set in the northeast hills. Katsura underwent a complete renovation using perfectly matched modern materials; its buildings are models of Japanese architectural aesthetic expression. Shūgakuin contains three gardens, the third with an artificial lake. From there one can view the entire expanse of the city stretching out to the south.
The people
Kyōto is one of the largest cities in Japan. Its population—which includes a sizable foreign community comprising mainly Koreans (many brought there forcibly during World War II), Chinese, and Americans—has remained relatively stable for a number of years. Most of the city's residents live in the central districts, but increasingly people are moving to outlying and suburban areas.
A major item remaining on the municipal agenda has been how to assimilate the thousands of burakumin, the historical outcaste group, who live in segregated communities in the city. This has been a continuing social problem largely in the older urban areas of western Japan, particularly Kyōto, Ōsaka, and Kōbe. Despite the fact that the last discriminatory legal bars were removed in 1969, social and occupational progress has lagged.
The economy
Kyōto is a city of thousands of medium and small industries, many of them family owned and operated. Traditional handicrafts abound, and their manufacture for the tourist trade is an important element of Kyōto's economic life. The central part of the city is crowded with small workshops, which produce such typical Japanese goods as fans, dolls, Buddhist altar fittings, and lacquer ware. Antipollution measures have forced the once-thriving Kiyomizu pottery kilns to move to nearby Yamashina.
For centuries silk weaving, centred in the north-central Nishijin district, has been one of Kyōto's major industries. Along with the geisha and entertainment sector, the fine textiles, delicate fabrics, and embroidery represent a continuity of Kyōto's traditional role as the centre of Japanese culture. In addition, the Fushimi district in southern Kyōto, favoured with excellent water, produces some of Japan's finest sake. Also located in southern Kyōto are several industries established after World War II that produce industrial ceramics, women's garments, and medical instruments. Since the early 1980s, companies such as Kyocera Corporation (originally Kyōto Ceramics Co., Ltd.) have put Kyōto in the forefront of such high-technology industries as electronics, robotics, and computers. Throughout the 1990s and into the early 21st century, however, the city, like the rest of Japan, struggled with economic recession.
Kyōto is mainly a consumer city. It is the national centre of silk and fine textile wholesaling, but its main commercial activity is retail trade. The Gion and Pontocho districts, famed for their geisha and maiko (apprentice geisha), offer a variety of traditional and foreign food and drink. During the summer, yuka (platforms on stilts) are set up on the banks of the Kamo River in the heart of town, and strolling troubadours pass below as a reminder of how Kabuki theatre originated. Traditional Japanese inns (ryōkan) abound, and many Western-style hotels cater to the wedding, tourist, and convention trades. A large conference centre near the foot of Mount Hiei hosts major industrial exhibitions and international conferences.
Most of Japan's east–west traffic must come through Kyōto. During the Tokugawa period (1603–1867) the city was the western terminus of the Tōkaidō, the road that connected Kyōto to Edo (now Tokyo). River traffic to Ōsaka favoured the Yodo. Today the numerous high-speed bullet trains of the Shinkansen give reliable service to major cities east and west. Interurban lines between Kyōto and Ōsaka–Kōbe and Nara provide fast and frequent local service. Kyōto itself finally abandoned streetcars in the 1970s. The Meishin Expressway links Kyōto to Ōsaka and Nagoya.
Administration and social conditions
Kyōto urban prefecture, which extends to the Sea of Japan, is under the administration of an elected governor, while the city is administered by an elected mayor and city council.
Kyōto was traditionally organized into extended neighbourhoods, called machi, and after the Meiji Restoration these were designated as the administrative units for general public education; in this way, the city preceded the national effort to systematize primary education. Kyōto is surpassed only by Tokyo in its number of institutions of higher learning, but it claims several more Nobel Prize laureates than Tokyo, a point it reminds the latter of from time to time. The city's relatively calm atmosphere, its distance from the hurly-burly of national government, and its numerous cultural and religious institutions and facilities are cited as prime reasons for its educational advantages. There are more than 40 two-year and four-year colleges and universities with a total annual enrollment of more than 100,000 students. The state-run Kyōto University, established in 1897, is the second most prestigious school in the country. Dōshisha University, the leading private educational institution, was founded in 1875 by Niijima Jō (also called Joseph Hardy Neesima), who was the first Japanese to graduate from a Western college (Amherst College in 1870). Major Buddhist universities include Ryūkoku, Ōtani, and the smaller Hanazano.
Cultural life
During the millennium that Kyōto served as the nation's capital and residence of the imperial family, it became the preserver of the Japanese "spirit." This is exemplified in its varied and unique cultural institutions: the schools of tea ceremony (cha-no-yu) and flower arranging (ikebana); the theatrical arts of Noh, Kabuki, and traditional dance; or the masterpieces of calligraphy, painting, sculpture, and architecture that can be found everywhere in the city. Kyōto is the repository of hundreds of designated "national treasures" and "important cultural objects," representing a significant proportion of the national total. Included among these are individuals who have been named "living national treasures" (ningen kokuhō) in recognition of their superior skills in the traditional arts and crafts.
Most of the important works of art are housed in Kyōto's temples and shrines, many of which are themselves listed as national treasures. Even institutions that do not normally display their collections periodically have public showings at which their treasures can be viewed. Kyōto also has numerous museums, including Kyōto National Museum (founded 1889), containing national treasures; Kyōto Municipal Museum of Art (1933); and Kyōto Municipal Traditional Crafts Centre (1976).
The birthplace of traditional Japanese drama, Kyōto maintains an active theatrical life. Several Noh stages offer frequent performances, and the annual opening performance (kaomise) at the Minami Theatre is the customary inauguration of the national Kabuki season. A traditional form of humorous pantomime, Mibu kyōgen, is performed faithfully by troupes of amateurs.
The three major festivals (matsuri)—Aoi in May, Gion in July, and Jidai in October—are almost national events. The Jidai-matsuri ("Festival of the Ages") is a parade depicting, in period costume, Japan's entire history. The Gion-matsuri (Gion Festival) dates from the 9th century and features more than 30 elaborate, carefully preserved, hand-drawn floats, some decorated with French Gobelin tapestries imported through Nagasaki during Tokugawa times. The northern hills—Mount Hiei with its scenic drive and the Takao district for its fall foliage—are famed for their well-tended stands of Japanese cedar (sugi).
Kyōto as the national capital dates from 794, although the area was settled earlier by Korean immigrants who brought with them the skills of sericulture and silk weaving. As noted above, the planned city was between the Katsura and Kamo rivers, but it soon extended beyond the eastern banks of the Kamo. The powerful Fujiwara family dominated the Heian period. Excessive Buddhist influence at the old capital of Nara had occasioned the removal of the government to Nagaoka and then to Kyōto, where the building of Buddhist temples was proscribed. As an exception, Rashōmon, the great southern gateway, was flanked by Tō-ji on the east and Sai-ji on the west; Sai-ji was short-lived, but the handsome, five-tiered pagoda of Tō-ji is a classic landmark.
Following the decline of the Fujiwara and the ascendance of the Minamoto in the late 12th century, political and military leadership was vested in a shogun ("generalissimo"), the first of whom, Minamoto Yoritomo, chose to administer the expanding domains from Kamakura to the east. It was during the Kamakura period (1192–1333) that many of the Buddhist temples were established, and indigenous sects of Buddhism, together with Zen from the continent, appeared. During the ensuing Muromachi period (1338–1573), the Ashikaga shogunate moved the government back to Kyōto. The aristocratic culture of the Heian era blended with the culture of Zen that had developed under the samurai (warriors), resulting in the refinement of the Nō theatre, the tea ceremony and flower arranging, and pottery making.
By the mid-16th century, however, the city had been so devastated that St. Francis Xavier, on a pilgrimage to Kyōto, could not even locate the Imperial court, much less seek an Imperial audience. The city's fortunes revived under the regimes of the national unifiers Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi. Buddhists, especially the Tendai monks on Hiei-zan, were such an anathema to Nobunaga that he set fire to the entire monastery complex; but under Hideyoshi, an ardent patron of the arts, Kyōto flourished. One of his tea parties was attended by thousands of people and went on for days.
With the ascendance of the Tokugawa shogunate at the beginning of the 17th century, the political centre again moved, this time to Edo (modern Tokyo). The Imperial court was left to pursue its ceremonial functions, and access to it was carefully monitored. Only after the arrival of Matthew Perry in 1853 and the collapse of the Tokugawa did Kyōto again come to the fore. At the Nijō-jo in 1867 the last Tokugawa shogun finally turned back to the Imperial court his mandate to rule the nation, marking the first time in more than 200 years that a ruling Tokugawa had set foot in Kyōto.
Shortly after the proclamation of the Meiji Restoration, however, the young Meiji emperor took up residence in the new capital, Tokyo—a move that has not been forgotten in Kyōto. Kyōto busied itself in outbidding Ōsaka to become in 1872 the site of an annual exhibition that was held for more than 30 years. During World War II U.S. Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson, recalling his visits to Kyōto, struck the city from the list of targets for aerial bombing. Its cultural treasures intact, it maintains a special place in the hearts of the Japanese and, increasingly, in the eyes of the world.
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pottery: Edo period (1603–1867)Kyōto imitated Song celadons and the Ming green and red wares. Seto made no porcelain until about 1807; the first production was decorated in underglaze blue (
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Japanese art: Painting…imperial household, still residing in Kyōto, provided him with an appreciative aristocratic audience for his refined narrative evocations of Heian themes and styles. A pair of screens depicting spring-flowering cherry and autumn maple strike a melancholy chord. Attached to branches of the trees are decorated slips of paper bearing classical…
Japanese art: Heian period…Tranquility") and later known as Kyōto, this city was modeled on the grid pattern of the Tang Chinese capital at Chang'an. Heian-kyō remained the site of the imperial residence, if not the consistent seat of political power, until 1868.…
Japanese architecture: The Heian period…Tranquility") and later known as Kyōto, this city was modeled on the grid pattern of the Tang Chinese capital at Chang'an. Heian-kyō remained the site of the imperial residence, if not the consistent seat of political power, until 1868.…
Ōsaka-Kōbe metropolitan area: Cultural lifeŌsaka and Kyōto long have been leading centres of culture—Ōsaka, famous for its cuisine, has a more bustling, democratic tone than Kyōto, which is one of the great centres of Japanese culture. Traditional and modern Japanese drama and music are performed at theatres and halls in the…
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Known formerly as Canton, Guangzhou is the third biggest city in China because of its position, on the Pearl River. It has long been one of China's main commercial and trading centers. Today this giant metropolis is a famous cultural city with history of more than 2,200 years and is home to old temples and gleaming steel towers. As one of the fastest growing cities in Asia, Guangzhou has also seen a quick growth on tourism, attracting visitors with its cosmopolitan atmosphere, Cantonese cuisine and with its vibrant nightlife. The vast array of shopping options and the close proximity to other major Asian cities are also the reasons why visitors are attracted to this dynamic city.
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Being the capital and largest city of Guangdong Province in south-eastern China, Guangzhou is located on the Pearl River about 120 km north-northwest of Hong Kong and is one of China's most important international transportation hubs and trading ports.
Guangzhou, was in fact one of the main harbors of the Maritime Silk Road in the 330s (the world's oldest, and most historically important overland trade route) and the city became a world famous trading harbor with countries in the South Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean during the Tang dynasties (618-907 AD). It grew rapidly and became the largest commercial city and treaty port in China. Guangzhou was mainly exporting silk, china and tea to foreign countries whereas spices were the main things imported from Western Region to China. Therefore, the maritime Silk Road was also known as "the maritime China road "or "the maritime spices road".
Guangzhou continues serving as a major port and transportation hub and is the third biggest Chinese city after Beijing and Shanghai today. The city has a lot to offer the tourists with its endless skyscrapers, history, temples and shopping malls and with the largest trade fair in China, the Canton Fair, Guangzhou attracts hundreds of thousands of business people every year.
Besides known for offering historical sights, Guangzhou is also known as the "City of Flowers" with evergreen plants and flowers blooming all year round, resulting to beautiful gardens and greenery everywhere. The Guangzhou people are truly crazy about their flowers, and when hosting festivals, every park holds a flower show and the streets are beautifully decorated with fresh flowers and kumquats.
Guangzhou, the splendid tourism city, truly deserves a visit, a city that offers exciting history, interesting culture, and mouth-watering Cantonese cuisine in a dynamic and vibrant atmosphere.
With a history of more than 2,200 years, Guangzhou is a famous cultural city with many interesting sights to explore. Everything from temples to museums, gardens and historical buildings are on offer, as well as sighs that are more modern such as the fun theme park called Chimelong or why not visit Canton Tower, the landmark of Guangzhou City, where you will get amazing panoramic views of the city. If you want get away from the hustle and bustle from the city center, then Baiyun Mountain, also called "the lung of the city" for its restorative greenery, is another must-see sight.
It doesn't come as a surprise that Guangzhou is one of China's top 10 most popular tourist areas, in fact there is so much to do in Guangzhou that you cannot see it all in just one visit, so start planning and fill your list with the most important must-see attractions.
Pearl River Night Cruise
Temple of the Six Banyan Trees
Nanyue Tomb - Museum of the Western Han Dynasty Mausoleum of the Nanyue King
Huaisheng Mosque
Bright Filial Piety Temple
Yuexiu Park
Baiyun Shan (White Cloud Mountain)
Martyrs' Memorial Gardens
Lotus Hill (Lianhuashan)
Chimelong Water Park
Chimelong Paradise
Chimelong Safari Park
Shamian Island
Canton Tower
Chen Ancestral Shrine - Folk Craft Museum
Cantonese cooking is world-famous and yet the watered-down version we know in the West fails to do justice to the delicacy and vibrancy of the real thing. Because of its extraordinarily fortunate location on the Pearl River Delta, the wealth of food is enormous and the locals' expectations are subsequently demanding.
The Chinese say that the Cantonese eat anything that flies, except aeroplanes, anything with legs and furniture. It is barely an exaggeration. But, while you may be inclined to stick to delicious dim sum and shy away from some of the fare on offer, there is still a freshness and vivacity to the cuisine that is difficult to rival.
From roast suckling pig and stewed snake to taiye chicken and the enormous variety of dim sum dishes, this is really a food lover's paradise. If you can come out of your comfort zone in Guangzhou, you could open your pallet to a host of flavours and dishes that would previously have been beyond your imagination. It really is one place where it pays to be brave.
The restaurants offered below are just the merest selection. Remember that there are thousands of them in Guangzhou.
Tao Tao Ju
PanXi Restaurant
Sultan Restaurant
Tiger Prawn
Wuu's Restaurant
Bombay Grill Cuisine Of India
Chez Max
Man Ho
The Kitchen Table
Paulaner Brauhaus
Given that Guangzhou historically was the centre of the East to West tea trade, herbal tea drinking cafés fill up long before lunchtime. As an escape from Guangzhou's summer heat, they are perfect retreats as well as fascinating places to watch the degree of reverence applied to the tea-making process. Coffee freaks do not need to worry – Guangzhou has a plethora of coffee shops and the vast majority offer free WiFi.
Caffe Mondo
Zoo Coffee
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This ever vibrant city has myriad of pubs, clubs, and karaoke bars scattered around downtown, a town offering a well-developed bar and club scene with a number of hot spots for drinking and dancing. Bai-e-Tan bar Street (Metro 1 Fang Cun) is perhaps the most popular street where a mix of people from around the world gather to party the night away from 11:00PM onwards.
Other bar clusters include those around Binjiang Lu and Huanshi Lu where numbers of popular pubs and bars are to be found that offer different vibes and great music. The bank of Pearl river is also a good place to head for when wanting to have a relaxing time while enjoying a cocktail or two and where the bars and lounges offers an amazing view over the river. On the other hand, why not take a dinner cruise and discover the landmarks of the city in the night-lights? There is for sure no shortage of nightlife options in Guangzhou and you will certainly find some favorite hangouts during your stay.
Hooley's Irish Pub and Restaurant
SUNS bar lounge
Fei Bar
Woo Bar
Tian Bar
Guangzhou offers the full shopping experience, from spotless shopping malls that will spoil fashionistas with a range of national and international branded clothes to noisy and charming markets where you will almost find every kind of products you can think off.
This city is truly a shopper's paradise, where you can bargain inexpensive clothes, electronics, shoes, handbags, accessories and other products as well as famous designer clothes with a higher price. There are plenty of shopping destinations to choose from, everything from streets lined with shops after shops to huge malls where stores are spread across several floors offering just about everything.
Don't forget the wholesale markets where to find very low-cost products such as tea, souvenirs, craft and clothes. No wonder why Guangzhou has so much to offer when it comes to shopping, the city is the largest and most flourishing trade center in south China. You will definitely not leave this vibrant city empty-handed.
Beijing Road Shopping District
Qingping Medicine Market
Shangxiajiu Pedestrian Street
Teemall Department Stores
China Plaza
Taikoo Hui
Guangzhou Fangcun Tea Market
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Guangzhou is one of the Chinese cities that supports the 72-hour transit visa on arrival program, which means that selected nationalities (all citizens of the European Union, as well as several other countries including Albania, Argentina, Australia, Belarus, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Iceland, Japan, Macedonia, Mexico, Monaco, Montenegro, New Zealand, Qatar, Russia, South Korea, Switzerland, Ukraine, and United States) are eligible for a transit visa on arrival via the Xi'an Xianyang International Airport. For longer stays, a visa must be pre-arranged in advance, so consult your local embassy for details.
You must have bring your passport at all times and all hotels will insist on seeing it for check-in. It is now mandatory to present your passport when buying train tickets; you will also need it for using internet cafes that accept foreigners.
The Chinese government requires that your passport must be valid for at least six months after the expiry date of your visa when entering the country. You will need at least one entire blank page in your passport for the visa.
Take an ID card with your photo in case you lose your passport and make photocopies of your passport: your embassy may need these before issuing a new one in case of loss. You must report the loss to the local Public Security Bureau (PSB), who will issue you with a 'Statement of Loss of Passport'.
Long-stay visitors should register their passport with their nation's embassy.
Best Time to Visit
The best time to visit Guangzhou is during autumn, from September to November, because this is when the weather and average temperatures are at their most pleasant.
Baiyun International Airport opened in August 2004 and is located 28 kilometres from the city center. Flights connect to nearly 100 domestic cities and numerous international destinations.
There are bunches of express bus taking you to the main destinations in the city. The buses depart from arrival area.
Metro is another option to travel to the Guangzhou from the airport. The metro station Airport South is located directly below the terminal building. You will see the Metro signs when arriving at the arrival hall. The Metro Line 3 runs every day of the week from 6:10 AM to 11:00 PM with an interval of 7 minutes and 30 seconds. You can buy your ticket either from automatic ticket vending machines (only coins are accepted) or the Metro Customer Service Center. The metro is a convenient way to travel downtown with a reasonable price.
Taxi ranks are located in both A and B arrival areas. At the A arrival, it is set outside the gate of A8. At the B arrival, it is set outside the gate of B6. You should only use a legitimate Chinese taxi driver and not just follow anyone who is offering. The legitimate taxi driver will be waiting on the line at the taxi ranks and make sure the driver uses the meter. Also, have your destination address written in Chinese to show the driver.
Address: Baiyun International Airport, Guangzhou
Website: www.baiyunairport.com/en
Public Transport
Guangzhou's metro opened in 1999 and is rapidly expanding. There are several lines operating and they run very frequent, making it an easy way to transport to different destinations. There are different tickets depending on your needs while tourists mostly use single-trip ticket. The single-ticket is only valid on the day when you buy it. The ticket can be bought on the ticket vending machines at the Metro stations (they only accepts CNY5, CNY10 and the coins of CNY0.5 (5 Jiao) and CNY1 (1 Yuan). There is also the Guangzhou Transportation Smart Card and it is widely used on bus, ferryboat and metro.
Buses might not be the most comfortable way to move around, but they are certainly the cheapest and many of them have air-conditioning. There are four bus transportation hubs in Guangzhou: Railway Station Bus Terminal, Tianpingjia Bus Terminal, Zhongshan Balu (Zhongshan 8 Road) Bus Terminal and East Railway Station Bus Terminal. Mostly the buses run from 6:00 AM to 10:00 PM. There are also nigh buses that operates from 9:00 PM to 6:00 AM.
The ferries are convenient, comfortable and quick and they play a significant role in the local public system. There are 12 waterbus lines running along the channels between the piers in the city, to be more exactly, there are 26 piers scattered along the Pearl River. This is a very popular way to travel around the city. The ferries run from 7:00 AM to 6:00 PM and the Transportation Smart Card can be used when taking the boat.
Taxis are cheap, quick and convenient. There are more than 80 taxi companies in the city, so you can easily get hold of a taxi, although it can be hard during peak hours.
Each taxi company has its own color. For example, Guangjun taxis are yellow, the GZ Transport Group drive dark red cabs and Baiyun taxis are in sky blue. Small taxi companies operate the green and golden colored taxis. To get one easier you can go to one of the taxi stands. These taxi stop boards are mostly located close to the bus station boards and many of the large departments and shopping malls have special stop for taxi passengers.
Always use a legitimate taxi driver, make sure the taxi has a meter and a taxi company logo on the car.
You can easily find a pharmacy in Guangzhou as they are scattered around the whole city.
Guangzhou CanAm International Medical Center is a medical center with more than 200 medications, both prescribed medications and over-the-counter drugs.
Address: 5/F Garden Tower, No.368 Huanshi Dong Lu, Guangzhou
Phone: +86 20 8386 6988
Website: www.canamhealthcare.com/english/service3_2.asp
Post offices are generally open from 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM and there are plenty of them scattered around the city.
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Gabby, God's Little Angel
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On 1/31 Wendyburd1 wrote: If you want to teach your little girl about having a guardian angel, this is a decent book to give to her. It's cute basically, but with very lovely and lively illustrations.Some of the words are going to be difficult for the younger reader, so that was a little surprising. It would make it drag out ... Gabby, God's Little Angel by Sheila Walsh
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If you are antsy to get your hands on one of the new 2015 Ford Mustangs going on sale this coming fall, here is a little information regarding some of the new technology that will be available at your fingertips.
The next generation Ford SYNC AppLink system is launching first on the all-new Mustang in North America and it has some sweet improvements for the in-vehicle smartphone app experience. Simpler menus, enhanced voice control and other new features will be available in this new system.
"Ford led the industry in giving drivers the ability to control their smartphone apps on the go with the introduction of SYNC AppLink in 2010," said Raj Nair, Ford group vice president, global product development. "We are now making the in-vehicle app experience simpler and more intuitive to further help drivers keep their hands on the wheel and eyes on the road."
New functions for the SYNC AppLink include:
• Simpler in-vehicle menus and controls, which are able to launch apps by pushing a SYNC voice button on the steering wheel and saying the name of the app aloud without having to give prior commands.
• Apps allow access to real-time vehicle information such as speed, acceleration, odometer, and location. The in-vehicle GPS signal can enable a more precise location point than those used in phone sensors.
• App usage is more consistent for the user with voice pass-through capability, which enables developers to use the on-device or cloud-based voice recognition systems to evaluate commands given by the driver. Drivers can use the same set of voice commands in-car when connected to the vehicle as well as out of car.
• When receiving notifications, these can be read aloud to the driver as they come in without picking up the phone. These alerts are available whenever the mobile device is connected to the SYNC AppLink, even if the app isn't active at the time or if the driver has the radio on.
"Our goal with AppLink has always been to let drivers take advantage of the information, news, and entertainment apps they value most," said Doug VanDagens, Ford global director of connected services. "The new version of AppLink gives developers even more tools to help deliver a seamless app experience."
As said before, this is the most advanced pony car yet. Not only does it feature a sleek new look in fastback or convertible and three different engine options including the 2.3L EcoBoost, but also inside the options are almost endless.
Mustang features include advanced driver-assist systems, track apps, launch control, and much more.
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Topic: Music + Boba = ?
I was just thinking what instrument boba (or any of our fav Star Wars charactors) would play.
For Example:
Darth vader would play a trombone, or a tuba because they have a deep base sound (and it would hurt a lot if you hit someone with it.)
I think that Boba would play a harp because it is a thoughtful and contemplative instrument (and cu'z I play it,)
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Ed Pearce is a Ford man. He's 71 years young and from Denton, Texas, and it was a '55 Country Sedan wagon that his father gave him after college that started him down the Blue Oval path. Ed's Ford history goes back to his Vietnam days where he flew F-4 combat missions and later made the Air Force his career until retirement in 1985. Back then, it was a '66 Fairlane GT that he snuck a 427 into. Later, he joined Lockheed Martin and bought a '85 Mustang GT, which he still has to this day.
"As much as I like Fords, I like Ford engines more," Ed tells us of his desire to build a killer small-block with no power adders for the street. He found a supposedly rust-free '66 fastback on eBay that was expertly restored to showroom stock looks by RDW Automotive of Reno, Nevada. It has TCP subframe extensions and bracing, TCP coil overs, and manual rack-and-pinion steering with Wilwood front discs. The rear springs are mid-eye Grab-a-Track leaf springs with the Shelby under ride traction bars to maintain an authentic look.
Ed became interested in dynamic compression ratio engines due mainly to his math and engineering background. Ed bought a version of DynoSim many years ago to use its established mathematical models that fairly accurately simulate normal engine operation. Ed's experience is that if you accurately and realistically describe the engine to DynoSim, it provides very accurate results (based on the actual dyno runs of his engine).
Ed chose to use a 302 block as the basis for his engine build so that when you looked under the hood, it would look correct for the car. Ed wrote about four simple basic programs to do the dynamic compression mathematics quickly and accurately, and also to help calculate camshaft specifications—which is really what dynamic compression is all about. There were several goals Ed set forth that engine had to meet.
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - For the first time in tournament history, MIT won back-to-back MIT Women's Volleyball Invitational titles on Saturday. Despite a four-point rally by Tufts University at championship point, the Engineers hung on for a 30-13, 19-30, 30-20, 30-27 win. Tech collected its fourth championship trophy as Amanda Morris was named the Tournament MVP and Alex May was selected to the All-Tournament Team.
Friday's pool play was a re-match of last year's opening rounds of the NCAA Championship Tournament with MIT facing Bridgewater State College and Colby College. Like its previous meeting, MIT swept Bridgewater State, 30-14, 30-20, 30-19. Briana Stephenson recorded an incredible hitting performance as she connected on nine of her 11 attempts for a .818 hitting percentage. Carrie Buchanan collected 12 digs and five aces while Amanda Morris totaled six aces and 28 assists.
The Engineers (15-1) avenged their loss to Colby with a 30-11, 30-25, 30-28 decision to take the top spot in their pool. Morris notched her first double-double of the weekend by tallying a team-high 18 digs to go along with 32 assists. Lindsay Hunting totaled 11 digs and three aces while Buchanan posted 13 digs. Barden Cleeland led Tech with 12 kills and six assisted blocks as Frances Rogoz contributed 10 kills and five assisted blocks.
In MIT's 30-21, 30-20, 30-28 semifinal win over Williams College, Cleeland broke the Institute record for kills in a three-game match with 22. She also added four total blocks and two aces while Alex May contributed a career-high 19 kills. Buchanan paced the Engineers' defense with 22 digs while Rose Zhong set a new career standard with 16 digs. Hunting also reached double-figures in digs as she finished with 10 while Alexandra Huston-Carico posted four assisted blocks.
Tech saw three players record double-digits in kills while five met the same standard in digs in its title match with Tufts. Cleeland led the offense with 13 kills, with Rogoz and Stephenson tallying 12 and 10, respectively. On the defensive end, Hunting totaled 15 digs, followed by Buchanan (14), Morris (12), Zhong (12), and May (11). Cleeland added two solo and six assisted blocks while Buchanan totaled four aces. Morris also distributed 35 assists in the win.


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Slash and Duff McKagan Perform Together at Slash's Seattle Show
While there remains continual doubt about if and when Velvet Revolver will ever return to the stage with a new singer, it's at least nice to know that the core group of former Guns N' Roses members remain on a friendly basis. That was definitely on display Friday night (July 13) in Seattle when Duff McKagan dropped in on his old pal Slash for a performance at the Paramount Theatre.
The main body of the performance featured Slash and his band, Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators, but being as how the group was in McKagan's home base of Seattle there were many wondering if there might be a reunion to take place.
The fans did not leave disappointed as McKagan walked out with the group for the encore and proceeded to rip through the GNR-era favorites 'It's So Easy' and 'Paradise City' for those in attendance.
After the performance, Slash took to his Twitter account, where he posted, "Thanks to Duff McKagan for coming down & jamming a couple tunes as well. Made it a perfect night. #itssoeasy#" According to GNR fan forum, Gunsnfnroses.com, this marks the first time in five years that the guitar great has played 'It's So Easy' live.
While the members of Velvet Revolver have reconvened from time-to-time over the last few years in hopes of selecting a new frontman, actual performances from the band have been few and far between. The group did actually make nice with Scott Weiland to play a benefit show earlier this year, and the GNR portion of the band took the stage at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony, but other public appearances have been sparse in recent years.


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Author Notes: Muthia are such a Gujarati dish , people from the western part of India. We serve them steamed or sauteed with mustard seeds tempering along side tea as snacks or sometimes have it as quick dinner. The best part of this dish is it they are steamed and they taste even better steamed then with mustard seeds and sesame seeds. If we are having these steamed we dip them in peanut oil on the side. Yes, it might make you not eat them. But, not necessary to do so . They are really easy to make and quick breakfast or brunch.Usually, we make it with coarse whole wheat flour which gives it a crumbly texture. But, that was back in India where we would get fresh flour being grind in front of us.So, if you cannot find it I would recommend you can use chickpea flour + semolina or even millet flour. You can use any thing to make them like a combination of cabbage and carrots, fenugreek leaves, spinach leaves, bottle gourd or zucchini, even kale leaves. And, lot of times we make them with Muli = radish! Enjoy! —PistachioDoughnut
Food52 Review: What I love about Indian cooking is how ingredients you think you know can reveal completely different sides of themselves with different preparations. Daikon radish -- which I've never been wild about -- gets a makeover here with spicy companions to bring out its wild side. The resulting dumplings are fragrant and delicious, though perhaps a bit on the dense side. They could benefit from a bit of leavening. I tried them both steamed and fried and both were very tasty, but I preferred the crunch you get from the fried version. In either case, PistachioDoughnut is right that they go great with a bit of chutney on the side. —vrunka
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cups Whole wheat flour , coarse flour if possible, you can sub chickpea flour + 2 tbsp of semolina or millet flour + semolina/corn meal
teaspoon Turmeric Powder
Salt to taste
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teaspoons Green chilli and Ginger paste
Cloves of garlic
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teaspoons Sesame seeds
pinches Asafoetida
teaspoon Mustard seeds
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- Take flour, turmeric powder, sugar and salt and mix it well. Now add the wet ingredients plain yogurt, oil, garlic, chilli , ginger paste, and finally the radish and mix it all well into the flour mixture.
- Add a little water if you feel it is too dry, because it is like in between a dough and batter in consistency. your hands should be a little messy or wet when you roll them. That is how they should be. Remember, daikon would also release water.
- Immediately, roll them with the help of your palms in oblong shape like a log. And, grease the steamer , if you are using bamboo steamer then line them on a greased parchment paper.
- Heat some water in the steamer and then place these logs side by side. I use pressure cooker to steam these , but you can steam them your way.Let them steam on high flame for about 15 minutes.
- Once they are steamed, remove them from the steamer and you can serve them steamed with some green chutney on side along with tea. I am a little tea bias, but I am sure coffee is also fine.
- And, if you do not want to serve them steamed , but rather saute them then cut the logs into disc shaped (check out the pic) heat some oil in shallow pan, once the oil is hot add the mustard seeds, asafoetida, curry leaves and finally sesame seeds, and immediately add the steamed ones into it. Let them get browned or some roast marks and cook them evenly for about 5 to 7 minutes.
- Just when they are done remove them on a serving plate. They are really good for brunch or breakfast or even as side dish.
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Dr. Bailey-Wilson's research group seeks to understand the genetic factors that increase risk for various complex diseases and their interactions with environmental risk factors. Dr. Bailey-Wilson specializes in statistical genetics and genetic epidemiology, which are disciplines of genetics that combine statistics, epidemiology, mathematics, molecular genetics and computer science to identify genetic variants responsible for increased susceptibility to disease and variation of phenotypic traits. The research in the Statistical Genetics Section (SGS) focuses on human population-based and family-based studies. Approaches using statistical genetics are becoming increasingly important because of the availability of the prodigious amounts of genomic data being collected.
Moreover, the rapidly growing catalog of single nucleotide polymorphisms in the human population, the decreasing cost of genotyping and whole-genome sequencing, the completion of the reference human DNA sequence and a haplotype map of the entire human genome provide unprecedented opportunities for advancing the study of complex genetic diseases. Members of the research group are taking advantage of novel genomics tools, including DNA and RNA sequencing and expression analysis, to further their studies of genetic susceptibility to complex diseases and traits. Scientists in the Statistical Genetics Section capitalize on these opportunities by actively developing new statistical methods and software to analyze data sets emanating from large-scale genetic studies.
Over the past 18 years, the section has been involved in the discovery of several genetic risk loci for human cancers, including our evidence that rare DNA variants in the RNASEL and HOXB13 genes strongly increase the risk of prostate cancer and that RGS17 is a gene that acts in conjunction with cigarette smoking to influence lung cancer risk. We have also made contributions to the study of other complex diseases, including breast cancer, melanoma, oral clefts, eye disorders, Chiari malformation, ADHD and autism.
Joan E. Bailey-Wilson, Ph.D. is a senior investigator and co-chief of the Computational and Statistical Genomics Branch at the National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, United States, where she has been a faculty member since 1995. Her research program focuses on understanding the genetic factors that increase risk for various complex diseases and their interactions with environmental risk factors. Dr. Bailey-Wilson specializes in statistical genetics and genetic epidemiology and is especially interested in risk factors for lung cancer, prostate cancer, eye disorders, autism and oral clefts.
Dr. Bailey-Wilson received her B.A. magna cum laude in Biology from Western Maryland College (now McDaniel College) followed by her Ph.D. in medical genetics with a minor in biomathematics from Indiana University in 1981 under the direction of Joe C. Christian, M.D., Ph.D. She then completed post-doctoral training with Dr. Robert Elston in the Department of Biometry and Genetics, Louisiana State University Medical Center, and went on to achieve the rank of professor there, before leaving for NIH. She was appointed co-branch chief of the Inherited Disease Research Branch in 2006 and became co-chief of the Computational and Statistical Genomics Branch in 2014.
Dr. Bailey-Wilson is a diplomat of the American Board of Medical Genetics and a founding fellow of the American College of Medical Genetics. She has served on many scientific advisory boards including the Cancer Family Registry CFRCCS Advisory Board, the World Trade Center Kinship and Data Analysis Panel for the National Institute of Justice and the Genetic Analysis Workshop Advisory Board. She also served as a member of the International Genetic Epidemiology Society (IGES) Board of Directors (1999-2001), as IGES president-elect, president and past president (2006-2008) and as chair of the IGES Ethical, Legal and Social Issues committee.
Dr. Bailey-Wilson has received a number of awards and honors, including the Distinguished Alumnus Award from the Department of Medical Genetics, Indiana University School of Medicine (1995), the Trustee's Alumni Award from Western Maryland College (1998), the Leadership Award from the International Genetic Epidemiology Society (2006), induction as an alumni member into Phi Beta Kappa (2010) and the NHGRI Outstanding Mentor Award (2011).
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The oral anabolic steroid oxandrolone is effective in restoring muscle and fat tissue that many HIV-positive people lose, according to a study published in the March issue of the Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, Reuters Health reports (Norton, Reuters Health, 3/8). HIV-related wasting is a complication in which people lose a significant percentage of their normal weight, leaving them at risk for secondary infections. Carl Grunfeld of the University of California-San Francisco and colleagues gave 262 HIV-positive men who had experienced weight loss greater than or equal to 10% to 20% of their body mass index either oxandrolone -- in doses of 20 mg, 40 mg or 80 mg -- or a placebo daily for 12 weeks (Grunfeld et al., JAIDS, March 2006). The men who took the steroid in all dose levels had gained weight and muscle tissue, researchers found. The steroid also produced side effects, including an increase in LDL cholesterol, which is considered unhealthy cholesterol, and a decrease in HDL cholesterol, which is considered healthy cholesterol, the study finds. Some of the men also showed signs of liver toxicity, according to the study. Current therapies for tissue loss, including nutritional supplements and a drug called megestrol acetate, mostly increase body fat, and growth hormone therapies, which also can treat tissue wasting, increase muscle mass but decrease fat stores, Reuters Health reports. Anabolic steroids like oxandrolone restore both tissue and fat, Grunfeld said, adding that the benefits must be weighed against the side effects. Grunfeld also said that although oxandrolone is not specifically approved for HIV-related wasting, physicians may prescribe it to treat the condition (Reuters Health, 3/8).
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tl;dr: Rebecca Watson, a leader in the skeptical/atheist movement mentioned that being propositioned by a guy who's a complete stranger while alone in an elevator at 4 a.m. is creepy and unwelcome behavior, and she suggested that avoiding such behavior is a first step that men can take towards making sure women feel welcome and safe in the predominantly male skeptical/atheist movement, a goal that most men in the movement claim to want to accomplish. Subsequently many people—mostly but not only men—read implications into her complaint that simply aren't there and went apeshit all over the atheist blogosphere. Watson replied to those complaints in turn, and now she's under attack for her reply to the replies.
Good summaries are available from Amanda Marcotte, PZ Myers, Jen McCreight, and Phil Plait.
EDIT: And here's a new post from Rebecca Watson. It makes me sad, but I'm afraid I agree with her. I want to argue for moderation, but I've met enough clueless guys in atheist circles to think she's right to put her foot down.
What I think I'm seeing in many comments to these posts, and in many replies to Watson herself, is a sustained failure of the imagination. So here's my small attempt to make it plain.
The problem of rape
I'm a guy of average height and average build. If I were getting on an elevator at four in the morning, exhausted after a very long day, and a complete stranger followed me in (especially if this stranger was bigger than me in the way that most men are bigger than most women; especially if I'd seen this guy hanging around my group of acquaintances, but he's never actually spoken to me until now; especially if I had voiced my need and intent to go to sleep), and if he bluntly invited me back to his room, I'd be scared.
Maybe not as legitimately scared as a woman might be, for whom the odds of being assaulted or raped in a situation like this are vastly higher, but I'd still be scared. I'd be dealing with a complete unknown where the only thing I know for sure is that the guy in question is thoughtless at best and malicious at worst. He might just be socially inept, but then there are many guys who like to use intimidation when they ask for/demand sex, and he might be one of those. The fact that he's waited for this moment to get me alone argues strongly in favor of the latter. This is a situation that has no redeeming features in it whatsoever. No excuse exists for this man except that his stupidity might be an innocent stupidity. But frankly that's asking a lot, even of human stupidity.
And guys, if you can't imagine yourself as the woman in this scenario, then imagine it's your daughter, your wife, your sister, or your mother. Your girlfriend, or maybe just your best friend. Remember that compared to men, women get harassed, assaulted, and raped a lot. Way too much. Make an effort to understand—it's not that hard to do.
The problem of respect
But let's take fear of rape off the table, just for the sake of argument. Maybe the guy just wasn't that scary. Nevertheless, he'd been hanging around the group and would have heard Watson announce that she was tired and needed to get some sleep. In spite of this he followed her into the elevator, ignored what she had just said, and propositioned her.
He claimed to be interested in the things she had been speaking about, but ignored what she'd just said for the sake of propositioning her.
This, I think, is the heart of the unwanted sexual objectification that Watson is talking about. The problem is not that the guy found her attractive, and it's not that he made a move; it's that he completely dismissed her context and her interests so that he could try to get into her pants. The clearly stated desires of the person in whom he claimed to take interest had gone in one ear and out the other without lingering in the regions between.
Even if all he wanted was a cup of coffee and a conversation, he's trying to get it by ignoring the woman's stated wishes.
That makes the elevator guy kind of a creep.
Now, what Rebecca Watson said in response to this incident is not that men are bad, or that men should never flirt with or hit on women; what she said was that this particular behavior creeped her out, and that atheist/skeptic men who want women to feel welcome in the atheist/skeptic movement shouldn't do it. That's all.
To me this observation is utterly unremarkable. What's remarkable are the thousands of comments accumulating on atheist and skeptical blogs defending fragile male egos from ludicrous caricatures of Watson's point as a result of her observation. What's remarkable are the thousands of comments treating a criticism of one narrow kind of behavior as an attack on all male sexuality. What's more remarkable are the thousands of second-order comments attacking Watson again for pointing out the problems with the first kind of comment.
(Except it's not remarkable at all, because this is what feminists have been putting up with for more than a hundred years.)
Every atheist and skeptical activist I've met claims that part of their motivation is to support and improve universal human rights by demolishing the kinds of religious and superstitious myths that prop up discrimination and hatred. I think that's admirable; it's a point of view I share.
But if we enlightened modern secular western guys can't take the concerns of the women in our midst seriously, how can we claim to be working for the rights of women in Saudi Arabia, say, or in deepest, darkest Utah?
So I think we need to add some myths to the list of false beliefs that we should challenge. Here are two to start with.
Until we men figure these things out, we can't really claim to be good humanists, and probably not even decent human beings.
(I think that a lot of men have figured this out, actually, but I suspect that many of them would rather nod in agreement than wade into a flame-fest on a comment thread. Even I don't want to do that, which is why I'm posting my thoughts here.)


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Right now, Plan B is in the final stages of completion, and I'm very pleased to say that it has been running smoothly and those involved have been 110% supportive. As I mentioned a few weeks ago, I would like to give other Fassinating Fassbender readers the opportunity to contribute their personal Happy Birthday wishes to Michael as I send this package off to his London agency in a couple of weeks. The Plan B project only needed a small portion of participants to donate funds to help purchase the gift, that is why I had to abruptly cut it off due to unexpected high interest. But I want to let you all know that this gift, will be from all FF readers, and I would like to welcome you to email to me, your birthday message to Michael. I will gather all messages from those who submit them, and copy them onto Happy Birthday stationery that I purchased. Please keep the messages brief and clean - you may include your name and location if you like.
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The blog, The Ancestor Hunt, by Ken Marks, published a list of historical newspapers by province. Rather than list them all here, I refer you to the blog post which is free access and no need to register to access this posting.
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Included are tutorials for four of the provinces.
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