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Soaking up an Italian downpour in his McLaren MP4-17 is the Citroën Junior Team's new rally driver Kimi Räikkönen, returning to the pits during free practice at the 2002 San Marino Grand Prix.
It was not a successful weekend for the Finn, who would spend five years with McLaren before leaving for Ferrari to win his only driver's title: he retired on lap 44 with a broken exhaust pipe.
The rest of the season commenced in similar fashion, as every car and every driver played a sideshow to Michael Schumacher's class act in the Ferrari F2002, with which the German finished every race of the season either first or second.
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AAC M5: 10.16.13 EditionPosted by Will Tucker on October 16th, 2013
- On the eve of today's AAC media day in Memphis, Tampa Bay Times writer Joey Knight contends that media predictions pegging USF at or near the bottom of the league have proven "more galvanizing than toxic" for the Bulls. According to senior Victor Rudd, some dismissive predictions are stapled to player lockers, and junior point guard Anthony Collins said that they instill some motivational indignation in returning players and newcomers alike. The Tampa Tribune's Joey Johnston notes that Stan Heath's AAC media day delegation of Collins and Rudd represent the only remaining players from USF's 2012 NCAA Tournament team. Heath admitted, "I can understand how people might look at our team and say, 'Well, they lost Toarlyn Fitzpatrick, they lost Shaun Noriega, they lost Jawanza Poland… and they couldn't score anyway.'" The former Big East Coach of the Year downplayed the low expectations, noting "we've proven to be pretty good in the underdog role in the past. We're fine with it."
- We can count (Newark) Star-Ledger writer Brendan Prunty among those who aren't buying into Stan Heath's squad, after he pegged the Bulls last in his AAC preseason predictions yesterday. While acknowledging USF's stingy defense, Prunty points out that the Bulls only scored an average of 58.8 points last season, while every other AAC squad managed at least 64.5 per contest. Beyond echoing the popular top three of Louisville, Memphis and UConn, Prunty takes a more generous stance on UCF than some other pundits, projecting Donnie Jones' senior-laden group to finish sixth. He cautions that the bottom half of the conference remains, for the time being, an undifferentiated monolith of teams surrounded by question marks.
- The AAC acquitted itself well in a list of the top-100 college players released yesterday by the knowledgeable folks at CBS Sports, as the league's players accounted for 10% of the list. Louisville led the way with four players, two of whom captured the highest rankings of any of their peers (Russ Smith, #4; Montrezl Harrell, #16), while Memphis and UConn placed three and two of their talented guards into the group, respectively. Outside of those three rosters, Cincinnati's Sean Kilpatrick was the only other AAC player to make the list, which raises the question of whether the rest of the conference has enough elite talent to compete with the league's upper echelon in 2013-14.
- In light of news that the AAC has elected to host its women's basketball tournament at the Mohegan Sun casino, Mike DiMauro at The New London (CT) Day asks, "Has Hartford, specifically the XL Center, ever been more irrelevant?" The aging downtown arena, which hosts some UConn men's basketball games as the alternate venue to the smaller, on-campus Gampel Pavilion, has now lost bids for both the men's and women's AAC basketball tournaments, and one women's coach at media day described it as "a dump." On its surface, this most recent development is of little consequence to men's basketball, but the underlying issues of general dissatisfaction with and mismanagement of UConn's off-campus athletic facilities should raise red flags for state and university officials.
- Louisville guard Terry Rozier is especially eager to play his first college game –– even more so than a typical freshman –– after spending an interim year at Hargrave Military Academy between signing with the Cardinals in high school and suiting up for them this fall. Rozier averaged 29.3 PPG, 7.8 RPG, and 5.6 APG while playing alongside fellow Louisville freshman Anton Gill, and said the rigors of the pressing defense his coach employed there have helped him adjust to Rick Pitino's system. He's also apparently arrived with the maturity to take Pitino's intensity in stride: "He can say anything to me. He's a Hall of Fame coach. I can accept that, I accept the coaching and that's what will get me far and what makes our relationship off the court great."


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February 11, 2014
This piece originally appeared in Rae's blog, Diva Living With AIDS.
When you first start talking to a guy you are always thinking about what's too soon and what's too much. You know, stuff like: How soon should I have sex with him? How often should we talk? If he doesn't call on one day, does that mean he's not thinking about me? If I call or text him first or often will he think I'm needy?
When it's new we are always in a state of what next, what's too soon and how should I behave as a woman. I know that this still runs true for me, even at 51. I've actually been "talking" to a wonderful man for the last couple of months and you take an A-type personality like me, I overthink everything. And then growing up where the only thing that was normal was an abnormal life, I have had to feel my way in this world around relationships. I've been very open about my crazy dating life. At some point, I want to get it right. Doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different outcome is the definition of insanity. I'm on the path of getting it right.
The one thing that Mr. Handsome, as I like to call him, is teaching me, is patience. Often times we meet a guy and the chemistry is right and, good lawd, we want it all right then and now. But the fact of the matter, the best relationships are the ones that grow organically. With mutual respect, you take it each day as it goes. If you take your time, you will actually find it exciting to see what's next. Organic growth has no time-frame, it just grows naturally, and you both feel it deep within.
I know with Mr. Handsome, it feels like I've known him a whole lot longer than what I have and he has indicated the same thing to me. That can sometimes confuse the fact that it is still new. You both feel the connection and that can be scary and exhilarating all at the same time.
Mr. Handsome and I have the extra burden of distance. It's not like you can have a date-night when you want. So trying to make sense out of what's right when it feels right it not always easy, and miles just complicate it even more. Men tend to be more practical, they think, "What am I getting myself into? This woman lives miles away from me? If I keep going how will we work the distance out?" Honestly, you don't always know what the fuck you are doing or where it's going, you just know that you are growing and you go with the flow of the growth, now that's organic.
Over all, this is what I think about new relationships. You have to respect the man that he is. For example, Mr. Handsome is not into any of this Social Media stuff, which is a great balance to me. Nor is he a big texter or phone talker. Welllllll, y'all know I sleep with my Ipad, lol so somewhere, he and I have to meet in the middle. If I respect the man that he is and he respects me, which he does, we work at it mutually. We talk, but I don't try to make him talk to me all night. I do reach out to him everyday, but I wasn't calling him on Sunday's interrupting his football time. Like, for real ladies, will those few hours he's enjoying sports or a cigar with the guys, be a game changer? Let him enjoy life. The fact is, each of you come to the table with your own lives and they should be respected.
I try not to over think any of it. When I wake up, if he is heavy on my mind I reach out and it's the same in the evening. If I have work to do that's pressing then I reach out later. His day starts long before mine. If I haven't reached out by late morning, he typically reaches out to me, "Good Morning Gorgeous," comes across my phone. *giggles* But if we don't connect until later in the day, it shouldn't change a thing. It just means you respect his/her day and time. Don't throw the baby out with the bath water.
We can't always talk throughout the day, but for sure, if a man wants to hear your voice and feel your spirit, he will find you no matter how busy the both of you are.
So what about sex? Well, I've never been one to play dick and pussy games. I'm a grown ass woman and have been for a very long time. I don't withhold sex as a measure of how much he likes and respects me. I remember back in my 20's this guy had been wooing the heck out of me, flowers, calls even telegrams for months. It was a distance relationship, and I had an opportunity to have sex with him a few times when we were in the same town, but opted not to. I was holding back so that he didn't think that I was a whore, but he eventually moved to Chicago to work.
So when he got here, it was on! I mean it was on! Then toward the end of the second week, he dropped the bomb, his girlfriend was coming to town. WTH??????? My lesson learned. An asshole is an asshole no matter when you have sex.
What should matter is the connection that you have for each other. What should matter is the mutual respect that you have for each other. Respect that begins with a discussion about the role of sex in your relationship. If you have not talked about condom use and HIV testing then you definitely are not ready for sex. For sure, giving a man your innermost self is a big move. You should be comfortable with him and comfortable in your own skin when with him.
As for me and Mr. Handsome, welllllll, we are taking it one day at a time. He has said, "This distance shit is new for me." I must respect this fact. The only thing I've asked of him, is to not shut down on his emotions. So if he continues to allow us to grow, even with distance, and if I allow us to grow at a natural pace, we are for sure on an organic path. For sure he makes me feel like a lady and I like how that feels.
I don't have all the answers, but I'm learning to take my time. Sometimes time can be your best friend. When the relationship is new, allow it to be new, stop trying to be in love, when you are still learning to like each other.
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HANG TIME, Texas — Would there be any way in the world it would seem right if our nation's capital was named for anyone but George Washington?
Fillmore, D.C.? Polk, D.C.? Nixon, D.C.?
Thus, it was equally preposterous that the array of statues outside Staples Center should for all these years have been missing the most logical and deserving subject:
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar — first in goggles, first in skyhooks, first on the all-time NBA scoring list with 38,387 points.
The egregious omission was finally rectified on when a 16-foot, 1,500-pound statue in the classic skyhook pose was unveiled on Friday night.
Helene Elliott of the Los Angeles Times was on hand to describe the occasion:
"I'm glad we got here before the pigeons got to it," he said, drawing laughter from an array of former NBA players, executives, family and friends.
"I don't know if you remember, but I had a little too much to say that it hadn't happened right away. But they were patient with me," he said after pulling a gold tassel that removed a curtain and unveiled the statue created by sculptors/artists Julie Rotblatt Amrany and Omri Amrany.
Abdul-Jabbar became the sixth Los Angeles sports figure to be remembered with a statue outside the arena, joining hockey Hall of Famer Wayne Gretzky, boxer Oscar De La Hoya, basketball Hall of Famers Jerry West and Magic Johnson, and longtime Lakers announcer Chick Hearn.
Johnson was among the speakers during a ceremony that featured key figures from Abdul-Jabbar's childhood, his days in Milwaukee, and his Lakers years. All of them emphasized Abdul-Jabbar's leadership, great athletic skills and intellectual curiosity.
"You should have had the first statue," Johnson told the crowd. "It was on your back that we're here at Staples Center."
Yes, it is true that Abdul-Jabbar could be prickly and downright aloof at times during his long playing career in Milwaukee and L.A. But he is the only six-time winner of the MVP award in NBA history and also set records at the time for games played, total minutes, field goals, blocked shots, defensive rebounds and fouls.
While the Lakers did not finally leap up to become the league's most prominent franchise until the arrival of Magic in the 1979-80 season, it was always Abdul-Jabbar providing the tent post in the middle that held up the "Showtime" circus that won five championships in the 1980s.
It is not in any way to discredit the likes of Johnson, West, Hearn, Gretzky or De La Hoya, who had all previously been honored with their own statues.
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|"For the word of the Lord is truth, and whatsoever is truth is light..."
Brigham Youngby Leonard J. Arrington
Colonizer, territorial governor, and President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Brigham Young (1801-1877) was born in Whitingham, Vermont, on June 1, 1801, the ninth of eleven children born to John Young and Abigail (Nabby) Howe. Following service in the Revolutionary Army of George Washington, John Young settled on a farm in Hopkinton, Massachusetts. After sixteen years in Hopkinton, John and Nabby moved to southern Vermont, where Brigham was born. When Brigham was three the family moved to central New York state, and when he was ten, to Sherburne, in south-central New York. Brigham helped clear land for farming, trapped for fur animals, fished, built sheds and dug cellars, and helped with planting, cultivating, and harvesting crops. He also cared for his mother, who was seriously ill with tuberculosis.
Brigham's mother died in 1815, when he was fourteen. Not long after, in search for someone to look after his younger children, John Young married a widow, Hannah Brown, who brought her own children into the family. Brigham decided to leave home. Living for a period with a sister, he became an apprentice carpenter, painter, and glazier in nearby Auburn. Over the next five years he assisted in building in Auburn the first marketplace, the prison, the theological seminary, and the home of "Squire" William Brown (later occupied by William H. Seward, who served as governor of New York and Lincoln's secretary of state). As a master carpenter, Brigham built door fittings and louvered attic windows, and carved ornate mantelpieces for many homes. Many old homes in the region to this day have chairs, desks, staircases, doorways, and mantelpieces made by Brigham Young.
Brigham left Auburn in the spring of 1823 to work in Port Byron, New York, where he repaired furniture and painted canal boats. He developed a device for mixing paints, and turned out many chairs, tables, settees, cupboards, and doors. He also helped organize the local forensic and oratorical society. On October 5, 1824, at the age of twenty-three, Brigham married Miriam Works. They established a home in Aurelius township, where they joined the Methodist Church. Within a year their first child, Elizabeth, was born.
After four years in Port Byron, Brigham and Miriam moved to Oswego, a port on Lake Ontario, where he added to his reputation for good craftsmanship, trustworthiness, and industry. He joined a small group of religious seekers, offering fervent prayers and singing enlivening songs. An Oswego associate testified that his conduct was exemplary, humble, and contrite.
Near the end of 1828 Brigham took his family to Mendon, New York, forty miles from Port Byron, near his father and other relatives. At Mendon, Miriam gave birth to a second daughter, Vilate, but contracted chronic tuberculosis and became a semi-invalid. Brigham prepared the meals, dressed the children, cleaned the house, and carried Miriam to a rocking chair in front of the fireplace in the morning and back to bed in the evening. In Mendon he built a shop and mill, made and repaired furniture, and put in windowpanes, doorways, staircases, and fireplace mantels.
In the spring of 1830 Samuel Smith, brother of Joseph Smith, passed through Mendon on a trip to distribute the Book of Mormon. He left a copy with Brigham's oldest brother, Phineas, an itinerant preacher. Phineas was favorably impressed with the book and lent it to his father, then to his sister Fanny, who gave it to Brigham. Though impressed, Brigham nevertheless counseled caution: "Wait a little while I [want] to see whether good common sense [is] manifest" (JD 3:91; cf. 8:38). After nearly two years of investigation, Brigham, moved by the testimony of a Mormon elder, was baptized in the spring of 1832. All of Brigham's immediate family were also baptized, and they all remained loyal Latter-day Saints throughout their lives. Miriam, who also joined, lived only until September 1832.
One week after his baptism, Brigham gave his first sermon. He declared "[After I was baptized] I wanted to thunder and roar out the Gospel to the nations. It burned in my bones like fire pent up, so I [commenced] to preach . Nothing would satisfy me but to cry abroad in the world, what the Lord was doing in the latter days" (JD 1:313). Brigham felt the impulse to "cry abroad" so strongly that he enlisted the assistance of Vilate and Heber C. Kimball to care for his daughters and abandoned his trade to devote himself wholeheartedly to building the "kingdom of God." That fall, after Miriam's death, he, Heber Kimball, and several relatives traveled to Kirtland, Ohio, where he first met the twenty-six-year-old Prophet Joseph Smith. Invited to evening prayer in the Smith home, Brigham was moved by the Spirit and spoke in tongues, the first speaking in tongues witnessed by the Prophet.
Brigham's subsequent missionary tours carried him north, east, west, and south of Mendon. He and his brother Joseph Young made several preaching trips into the New York and Ontario, Canada, countryside. In the summer of 1833 he traveled to Kirtland with several of his Canadian converts, where he heard Joseph Smith teach about the gathering, emphasizing that building the kingdom of God required more than just preaching. Thus instructed, Brigham returned to New York and, with the Kimballs, moved his household to Kirtland so he could participate in building a new society.
Among those whom Brigham met in Kirtland was Mary Ann Angell, a native of Seneca, Ontario County, New York, who had worked in a factory in Providence, Rhode Island, until her conversion to the Church and move to Kirtland. Brigham married her on February 18, 1834. She looked after Brigham's two daughters by Miriam and subsequently had six children of her own.
In 1834 Brigham and his brother Joseph served with Zion's Camp, a small army that walked from Ohio to Missouri in the summer of 1834 to assist those driven from their homes by hostile mobs. Brigham regarded the difficult trek, which was led by Joseph Smith, as superb education and later called it "the starting point of my knowing how to lead Israel" (Arrington, pp. 45-46).
Dedication and potential, more than accomplishments, qualified Brigham Young to be selected in February 1835 as a member of the Church's original Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. The Twelve were a "traveling high council" charged to take the gospel "to all the nations, kindreds, tongues, and people." They presided not "at home" but "abroad," where no local stakes were established. This group later became the leading quorum in the Church after the First Presidency.
Each summer Brigham undertook proselytizing missions in the East; each winter he cared for his family and helped build up Kirtland. He helped construct the Kirtland Temple, attended the School of the Prophets, participated in the Pentecostal outpouring that accompanied the dedication of the Kirtland Temple in the spring of 1836, and engaged in Church-related business activities assigned to him by Joseph Smith. When the Kirtland community became divided over Joseph Smith's leadership, Brigham Young's strong defense of the Prophet so enraged the critics that Brigham had to flee Kirtland for his safety.
By the summer of 1838 most of the Kirtland faithful, including Brigham and his family, had moved to Caldwell County, in northern Missouri. Growing numbers of Latter-day Saint arrivals rekindled antagonisms with old settlers, and violence erupted (see Missouri Conflict). Disarmed, violated, and robbed of most of their holdings, the Latter-day Saints were driven from the state. With Joseph Smith, his brother Hyrum, Sidney Rigdon, and other Church leaders imprisoned, Brigham Young, senior member of the Quorum of the Twelve, directed the evacuation of the Saints to Quincy and other Illinois communities. To ensure that members without teams and wagons would not be left behind, he drew up the Missouri Covenant. All who signed it agreed to make their resources available to remove every person to safety.
In the spring of 1839 Joseph Smith designated Commerce (renamed Nauvoo), Illinois, the new central gathering place of the Saints. Brigham's family were hardly settled in the area when he and other members of the Twelve left to fulfill their calls to Great Britain as missionaries. Despite poverty and poor health all around, Brigham left his wife and children in September, determined to go to England or to die trying. He and his companions finally docked at Liverpool in April 1840 (see Missions of the Twelve to the British Isles).
As quorum president, Brigham directed the work of his quorum in Britain during an astonishing year in which they baptized between 7,000 and 8,000 converts; printed and distributed 5,000 copies of the Book of Mormon, 3,0 00 hymn books, 1,500 volumes of the millennial star, and 50,000 tracts; and established a shipping agency and assisted nearly 1,000 to emigrate to Nauvoo. Brigham traveled to the principal cities in England and took time to visit Buckingham Palace, St. Paul's Cathedral, Westminster Abbey, the Lake district, factory towns, the Potteries, museums, art galleries, and, of course, the homes of converts, both rich and poor. In later years he often commented on what he had seen and learned in England.
Such striking success, the first such experience of a united quorum, prepared the Twelve for additional responsibilities. Back in Nauvoo, Brigham was given the assignment of directing the Twelve in their supervision of missionary work, the purchase of lands and settling of immigrants, and various construction projects. Along with others, Brigham was also taught the principle of plural marriage; he accepted it after much reluctance and considerable thought and prayer. With Mary Ann's consent, he married Lucy Ann Decker Seeley in June 1842, and later other plural wives. He was among the first to receive the full temple Endowment in 1842 and, later, with Mary Ann, participated with others who had received temple ordinances in sessions during which Joseph Smith gave additional instructions on gospel principles.
Because Brigham Young was now the president of the quorum, which came second only to the First Presidency in authority and responsibility, he was highly prominent and influential in Nauvoo. Nonetheless, though he helped direct everything from the construction of the Nauvoo Temple to missionary work abroad, he also continued the pattern established in Kirtland of personally undertaking preaching missions each summer. In February Joseph Smith further instructed Brigham Young and others of his quorum about a future move to the Rocky Mountains. In March 1844 Brigham participated in the creation of the council of fiftyan organization suggesting a pattern of government for a future theocratic society and the last such organizational pattern left by Joseph Smith. Soon after, as if in foreboding of his impending death, Joseph Smith gave Brigham and other members of the Twelve a dramatic charge to "bear off this kingdom," telling them that they now had all the keys and instruction needed to do so successfully (CR [Apr. 1898]:89; MS 5 [Mar. 1845]:151).
In May 1844, Brigham and other apostles left on summer missions. While they were gone, events in Nauvoo deteriorated. Joseph Smith was arrested and, on June 27, was killed with his brother Hyrum when a mob stormed the jail where they were being held (see Carthage Jail; Martyrdom of Joseph and Hyrum Smith). Brigham was in the Boston area and did not hear definite word of the assassination until July 16. He and his companions immediately rushed back to Nauvoo, arriving August 6. After a dramatic confrontation with Sidney Rigdon on August 8, Brigham and the Twelve were sustained to lead the Church (see Succession in the Presidency). Brigham remained the leader until his death in 1877.
Although privately committed to leaving Nauvoo, Brigham and his associates were determined to complete the Nauvoo Temple so that the Saints could receive their temple ordinances. Even as they labored to defend themselves and finish the temple, they held meetings to decide on when and where to move farther west. Soon after violence erupted in September 1845, they publicly announced their intention to leave by the following spring. By December the temple was ready for ordinance work, and by February nearly 6,000 members had received temple blessings therein. The Saints had also spent the fall and winter preparing for the exodus. Committees were appointed, and a Nauvoo Covenant was signed, helping to ensure that those with property would assist those without.
Partly because of concerns about governmental intervention, Brigham Young began the migration in the cold and snow of February 1846 rather than await spring. By hundreds, then by thousands, people, animals, and wagons crossed the Mississippi River and trudged across Iowa mud to a winter quarters (now Florence, Nebraska) on the Missouri River. In late spring nearly 16,000 Saints were on the road.
Brigham personally directed this massive odyssey, which involved the allocation of foodstuffs, wagons, oxen, and Church property to organized companies setting out on the trail. The preparation and the move through Iowa took so long that none of the companies could reach the Rocky Mountains that year, as was hoped. This demanding Iowa experience taught Brigham Young valuable lessons about men and organization that he used throughout his years of leadership. He also learned anew that when human resources prove inadequate, one must turn in faith to God. That winter Brigham announced "The Word and Will of the Lord" (D&C 136) to help organize the Saints and prepare them for the westward trek.
Brigham Young set out with an advance group of 143 men, 3 women, and 2 children on April 5, 1847. Delayed by illness, he arrived in the Salt Lake Valley on July 24, a few days behind the advance party. Once he saw the valley with his own eyes, he announced it as the right place for a new headquarters city and confirmed that the region would be the new gathering place. He also identified the exact spot for a temple. He directed the exploration of the region; helped survey and apportion the land for homes, gardens, and farming; named the new settlement "Great Salt Lake City, Great Basin, North America"; held meetings where he appointed John Smith religious leader of the new colony and agreed on basic policies of cooperative work and sharing. On August 26, Brigham joined the return party to Winter Quarters.
In Winter Quarters, in December 1847, Brigham and other members of the Twelve reorganized the First Presidency of the Church, with Brigham as president. The following April he, his family, and approximately 3,500 other Saints headed for the Salt Lake Valley. Brigham's activities in organizing companies, building bridges, repairing equipment, and training oxen developed abilities that would be in evidence the rest of his life.
A series of problems confronted Brigham, now forty-seven, as he established his permanent home in the Salt Lake Valley. The first problem was to provide housing for his family. On a lot adjoining City Creek in what is now the center of Salt Lake City, he built a row of log houses for his wives and children that, collectively, were called Harmony House. To the south of this he later built the White House, a sun-dried adobe structure covered with white plaster. Still later, he built a large, two-story adobe house faced with cement that fronted on what came to be known as Brigham Street (now South Temple Street). Sporting a tower surmounted by a gilded beehive, this building was known as the Beehive House and was Brigham's official residence as governor and President of the Church. In 1856, Brigham added an impressive three-story adobe structure, which came to be called the Lion House from the statue of a crouching lion on the portico. Several of his families lived in this building, just west of the Beehive House. He later built homes in south Salt Lake City, Provo, and St. George. Brigham's homes were all well constructed and finely appointed.
A central public problem was finding places to accommodate the incoming Saints. Salt Lake City was divided into ten-acre blocks, and each family head was allotted by community drawing a one-and-one-fourth-acre lot on one of the blocks in the city. There people would keep their livestock, gardens, and other "home" properties (see City Planning). A ten-acre block just west of Brigham's was designated the Temple Block (see Temple Square), and on this were located the Bowery, a temporary shelter built of tree boughs, where the Saints first held religious services; the tabernacle; and various shops used in constructing public buildings. Construction of the Salt Lake Temple was begun in 1853.
Outside the city, five-acre and ten-acre plots were apportioned to those who wanted to farm. Under Brigham Young's direction, cooperative teams were assigned to dig ditches and canals to irrigate crops and to furnish water to homes. Other brigades fenced residential areas, built roads, cut timber, and set up shops. Other groups selected new locations for settlements and helped place people in the best areas. Still others were called on missions to proselytize in the United States, Europe, or the Pacific.
In the spring of 1849 Brigham Young organized Salt Lake City into nineteen wards; organized wards in other settlements; set up the state of Deseret with himself as governor; and established the perpetual emigrating fund as a device for assisting with the emigration of Saints from Great Britain, Scandinavia, and continental Europe.
With thousands of Saints arriving from the eastern United States and Europe, colonization demanded Brigham Young's attention. Under his direction, four kinds of colonies were established: first, settlements intended to be temporary places of gathering and recruitment, such as Carson Valley in Nevada; second, colonies to serve as centers for production, such as iron at Cedar City, cotton at St. George, cattle in Cache Valley, and sheep in Spanish Fork, all in Utah; third, colonies to serve as centers for proselytizing and assisting Indians, as at Harmony in southern Utah, Las Vegas in southern Nevada, Lemhi in northern Idaho, and present-day Moab in eastern Utah; fourth, permanent colonies in Utah and nearby states and territories to provide homes and farms for the hundreds of new immigrants arriving each summer. Within ten years, nearly 100 colonies had been planted; by 1867, more than 200; and by the time of his death in 1877, nearly 400 colonies. Clearly, he was one of America's greatest colonizers.
As President of the Church, Brigham conducted regular Sunday services in Salt Lake City and each year visited as many outlying communities as possible. He appointed bishops for each ward and settlement and encouraged each ward to provide cultural opportunities for its members, such as dances, theater, music recitals, and, above all, schools. He listened to people with complaints, responded to myriad questions about personal and family affairs as well as religion, and dictated thousands of letters with instruction, counsel, friendly advice, and casual comment about Church and national affairs. He was a firm Latter-day Saint and a wise counselor.
Brigham gave some 500 sermons in pioneer Utah that were recorded word for word by a stenographer. These, all delivered without a prepared text, may have seemed rambling in organization, but they were well thought out and suggest remarkable mental power. They were well adapted to his audiences. The Discourses of Brigham Young were like "fireside chats," an informal "talking things over" with his audiences. Interweaving subjects as diverse as women's fashions, the Atonement of Christ, recollections of Joseph Smith, and how to make good bread, Brigham kept his audiences enthralled, amused, and in tears, sometimes for hours. He inspired, motivated, taught, and encouraged.
The Latter-day Saints had settled among various tribes of Native Americans. Intent upon helping them, converting them, and avoiding bloodshed, Brigham established Indian farms, took Indians into his own home, advocated a policy of "feeding them is cheaper than fighting them," and held periodic meetings with chiefs. His policies were not always successful, but he consistently sought peaceful solutions and firmly opposed the all-too-common frontier practice of shooting Indians for petty causes.
In 1851, Brigham was appointed governor and superintendent of Indian Affairs of Utah Territory by U.S. President Millard Fillmore. His principal problem as governor was dealing with the "outside" federal appointees, many of whom were, from any point of view, both unsympathetic to the Church and inexcusably incompetent. There were problems over the small federal expenditures, the failure of Saints to use federal judges in cases of civil disputes, the lack of tact of the federally appointed officials in discussing the Church, their opposition to the union of church and state, and their assumption that Latter-day Saints were immoral because of their tolerance of plural marriage. [For other events that occupied Brigham Young's attention in 1856 see Handcart Companies; Reformation (LDS) of 1856-1857.]
This continuing controversy eventually led to the decision of U.S. President James Buchanan in 1857 to replace Brigham Young with an "outside" governor, Alfred Cumming of Georgia. At the same time, President Buchanan, who had been (wrongly) informed that the Mormons were "in a state of substantial rebellion against the laws and authority of the United States," sent a major portion of the U.S. Army to Utah to install the new governor and to ensure the execution of U.S. laws (see Utah Expedition). Though Governor Young was not notified of this action, armed forces were observed secretly heading for Utah. Fearful of a repetition of the "mobocracy" of Missouri and Illinois, he called people home from outlying colonies and mobilized the Saints to defend their homes. Eventually, with the assistance of Thomas L. Kane, he arranged a peaceful settlement whereby the Army occupied Camp Floyd, a post some forty miles from Salt Lake City. The U.S. Army was an irritant, but not a hindrance, to continued Church expansion and development. President Young remained, as his colleagues boasted, governor of the people, while his replacements merely governed the territory. The Army left Utah in 1861 with the start of the Civil War.
A believer in adapting the newest technology to the advantage of LDS society, Brigham Young contracted in 1861 to build the transcontinental telegraph line from Nebraska to California, and then proceeded to erect the 1,200-mile Deseret Telegraph line from Franklin, Idaho, to northern Arizona. This connected nearly all Mormon villages with Salt Lake City and, through that connection, with the world. While the transcontinental railroad was under construction, he negotiated for contracts with Union Pacific and Central Pacific for LDS contractors to build the roadbeds east of Salt Lake City into part of Wyoming and west well into Nevada. He then organized the Utah Central, Utah Southern, and Utah Northern railroads to extend the line south from Ogden to Frisco in southern Utah and north to Franklin, Idaho, and eventually to Montana.
Aware that the completion of the railroad would imperil the independent social economy of his people, President Young inaugurated a protective movement that sought to preserve, as much as possible, their unique way of life. He organized cooperatives to handle local merchandising and manufacturing; initiated several new enterprises to develop local resources; promoted relief societies in each ward in order to provide opportunities for self-development, socialization, and compassionate service for women; opened the doors of the university of Deseret (later the University of Utah) for both young men and women; encouraged women to become professionally trained, especially in medicine; and gave women the vote. In 1875 he established Brigham Young Academy (later Brigham Young University), in 1877 Brigham Young College (Logan, Utah) and the Latter-day Saints College (see LDS Business College). In 1874 he also promoted the United Order movement in an effort to encourage cooperation and home production and consumption (see Economic History of the Church).
Brigham Young remained vigorous until his death in August 1877. Just before his death, he dedicated the St. George Temple and launched there the full scope of LDS temple ordinances, something he had anticipated since Nauvoo; and he overhauled Church organization at every level, formalizing for the first time practices that would characterize the Church for nearly a century.
Brigham was a well-built, stout (in later years, portly) man of five feet, ten inches, somewhat taller than average for his day. His light brown hair, often described as "sandy," had very little gray. Visitors noticed his penetrating blue-gray eyes lined by thin eyebrows. Though he later wore a full beard, Brigham was clean-shaven until the 1850s, when he first sported chin whiskers. His mouth and chin were firm, bespeaking, visitors thought, his iron will. He was generally composed and quiet in manner, but he could thunder at the pulpit. Sometimes called the "Lion of the Lord," he could also roar when aroused.
Brigham Young's manner was pleasant and courteous. His dress, generally neat and plain, was often homespun. He combined vibrant energy and self-certainty with deference to the feelings of others and a complete lack of pretension. By the time of his death, Brigham Young had married twenty women, sixteen of whom bore him fifty-seven children. He died on August 29, 1877, of peritonitis, the result of a ruptured appendix.
Brigham's most obvious achievements were the product of his lifelong talent for practical decision making. He instituted patterns of Church government that persist to this day. In leading the Saints across Iowa, he issued detailed instructions that were followed by the hundreds of companies that crossed the plains to the Salt Lake Valley in succeeding years. In the Great Basin he directed the organization of several hundred LDS settlements; set up several hundred cooperative retail, wholesale, and manufacturing enterprises; and initiated the construction of meetinghouses, tabernacles, and temples. While doing all this, he carried on a running battle with the United States government to preserve the unique LDS way of life.
But for Brigham Young these were means, not ends. His overriding concern was to build on the foundation begun by Joseph Smith to establish a commonwealth in the desert where his people could live the gospel of Jesus Christ in peace, thereby improving their prospects in this life and in the next. He loved the Great Basin because its harshness and isolation made it an ideal place to "make Saints."
Arrington, Leonard J. Brigham Young: American Moses. New York, 1985.
Bringhurst, Newell G. Brigham Young and the Expanding American Frontier. Boston, 1986.
Palmer, Richard F., and Karl D. Butler. Brigham Young: The New York Years. Provo, Utah, 1982.
Walker, Ronald W., and Ronald K. Esplin. "Brigham Himself: An Autobiographical Recollection." Journal of Mormon History 4 (1977):19-34.
Brigham Young was a popular and forceful speaker on many practical and inspiring subjects. This nontransferable ecclesiastical ticket admitted the holder to one of Brigham Young's lectures in the School of the Prophets, Salt Lake City, 1868. Courtesy Rare Books and Manuscripts, Brigham Young University.
by Hugh W. Nibley
In leading the Latter-day Saints for over thirty years, Brigham Young wrote comparatively little, except for his letters, but he spoke frequently and on numerous subjects. He was constantly obliged to speak ex cathedra on many topics relative to life in this world and the next. His discourses were vigorous and forthright, filled with candid realism and common sense, and many of his speeches were recorded in shorthand by scribes. Along with his practical attainments and mechanical skills, he was one of the most discursive and lucid of men. Here was a man tested by fire (e.g., he was actually driven from his home five times) and who knew all the trials of life, from the corridors of power to the roughest frontiers. He sometimes made statements that surprised or even offended those who tended to accept his every utterance as doctrine, but with a New Englander's passion for teaching and learning, he plunged ahead.
All the commentators concede that Brigham Young was one of the ablest and most dynamic leaders in American history. He was one of the supremely practical men of his age, a hardheaded, even-keeled, no-nonsense realist who got things done. But, for him, all of that was incidental. The important thing was that the people should know what they were doing and why. His orders and recommendations came with full and persuasive explanations.
His teachings begin with faith in Jesus Christ: "My faith is placed upon the Lord Jesus Christ, and my knowledge I have received from him" (JD 3:155). "Jesus is our captain and leader; Jesus, the Savior of the worldthe Christ we believe in" (JD 14:118). "Our faith is placed upon the son of God, and through him in the Father, and the Holy Ghost is their minister to bring truths to our remembrance" (JD 6:98).
Brigham Young gained much of his knowledge of Jesus Christ through his constant association with the Prophet Joseph Smith: "What I have received from the Lord, I have received by Joseph Smith" (JD 6:279). To the end of his life, Young testified of the mission of Joseph Smith in restoring knowledge of Christ to earth. "I love his doctrine," he said. "I feel like shouting Hallelujah, all the time, when I think that I ever knew Joseph Smith, the Prophet whom the Lord raised up and ordained" (JD 13:216; 3:51). His dying words were "Joseph, Joseph, Joseph."
On this foundation, Brigham Young emphatically taught the law of eternal progression. This life is a part of eternity. Eternal knowledge and glory are to be obtained and promoted on this earth. Improvement, learning, training, building, and expanding are the joy of life: "We do not expect to cease learning while we live on earth; and when we pass through the veil, we expect still to continue to learn" (JD 6:286). And eternal progression leads to godhood: "The faithful will become gods, even the sons of God" (JD 6:275).
Brigham Young recognized that many people were not prepared to understand the mysteries of God and godhood. "I could tell you much more about this," he said, speaking of the role of Adam, but checked himself, recognizing that the world would probably misinterpret his teaching (JD 1:51). (See Adam-God's Last Stand)
All of the descendants of Adam (men, women, and children) must work. "What is this work?" Brigham asks. "The improvement of the condition of the human family. This work must continue until the people who live on this earth are prepared to receive our coming Lord" (JD 19:46).
For Brigham, improvement meant "to build in strength and stability, to beautify, to adorn, to embellish, to delight, and to cast fragrance over the House of the Lord; with sweet instruments of music and melody" (MS 10:86). More specifically, the one way man can leave his mark on the face of nature without damage is to plant. President Young ceaselessly counseled his people to do as Adam was commanded to do in the Garden of Eden when he dressed and tended the garden: Our work is "to beautify the face of the earth, until it shall become like the Garden of Eden" (JD 1:345).
In caring for the world, "every accomplishment, every polished grace, every useful attainment in mathematics, music, and in all science and art belongs to the Saints, and they should avail themselves as expeditiously as possible of the wealth of knowledge the sciences offer to every diligent and persevering scholar, and that's our duty . It is the duty of the Latter-day Saints, according to the revelation, to give their children the best education that can be procured, both from the books of the world and the revelations of the Lord" (JD 10:224). "If an elder shall give a lecture on astronomy, chemistry, or geology, our religion embraces it all. It matters not what the subject be if it tends to improve the mind, exalt the feelings, and enlarge the capacity. The truth that is in all the arts and sciences forms part of our religion" (JD 2:93-94).
President Young's fascination with the things of the mind extended to mundane experience. The enjoyment of the senses, he said, is one of our notable privileges upon the earth and a wonderful source of enjoyment.
Although Brigham Young's destiny led him to the desert barrenness of the West, he sensed a spiritual beauty in that land. "You are here commencing anew," he told the people. "The soil, the air, the water are all pure and healthy. Do not suffer them to become polluted with wickedness. Strive to preserve the elements from being contaminated by the filthy wicked conduct of those who pervert the intelligence God has bestowed upon the human family" (JD 8:79). For Brigham, moral and physical cleanliness and pollution are no more to be separated than mind and body: "Keep your valley pure, keep our towns as pure as you possibly can, keep your hearts pure, and labor what you can consistently, but not so as to injure yourselves" (JD 8:80).
Brigham Young also had a Yankee passion for thrift, but it rested on a generous respect for the worth of material things, not on a mean desire simply to possess them. When he said, "I do not know that during thirty years past, I have worn a coat, hat, or garment of any kind, or owned a horse, carriage, &c, but what I have asked the Lord whether I deserved it or notShall I wear this? Is it mine to use or not?" (JD 8:343), he was expressing the highest degree of human concern and responsibility.
Brigham Young often spoke of Zion and of building up the kingdom of God. He used the name Zion to describe the intended state of affairs and constantly had Zion in his view: "There is not one thing wanting in all the works of God's hands to make a Zion upon the earth when the people conclude to make it" (JD 9:283). He recognized that the ideal of Zion stood in the face of contemporary economic values: "It is thought by many that the possession of gold and silver will produce for them happiness; in this they are mistaken" (JD 11:15). "If, by industrious habits and honorable dealings, you obtain thousands or millions of dollars, little or much, it is your duty to use all that is put in your possession, as judiciously as you have knowledge, to build up the Kingdom of God on the earth" (JD 4:29).
Zion was to be established on the basis of cooperation: "The doctrine of uniting together in our temporal labors, and all working for the good of all is from the beginning, from everlasting, and it will be for ever and ever" (JD 17:117). In this there was no room for debate or contention, least of all rancor: "Cast all bitterness out of your own heartsall anger, wrath, strife, covetousness, and lust, and sanctify the Lord God in your hearts, that you may enjoy the Holy Ghost" (JD 8:33).
The contrast between light and darkness was vivid to President Young: "Whence comes evil? It comes when we make an evil of good. Speaking of the elements in the creation of God, their nature is as pure as the heavens, and we destroy it. I wish you to understand that sin is not an attribute in the nature of man, but is an inversion of the attributes God has placed in him" (JD 10:251). He recognizes a conscious, active agent in the spreading of evil: "Satan never owned the earth; he never made a particle of it; his labor is not to create, but to destroy" (JD 10:320).
The true stature of Brigham Young emerges if one seeks to compose a list of his peers. He led a ragged and impoverished band, stripped of virtually all their earthly goods, into an unknown territory. His critics and biographers note that the man was unique among the leaders of modern history, for he alone, without any political and financial backing, established from scratch in the desert an ordered and industrious society, having no other authority than the priesthood and the spiritual strength with which he delivered his teachings. By constant exhortations and instructions, he drew his people together and inspired them in carrying out the divine mandate to build up the kingdom of God on earth.
(See Daily Living home page; Church History home page; People in Church History home page)
The Journal of Discourses contains more than 350 of Brigham Young's speeches. For a selection of passages organized topically, see John A. Widtsoe, comp., Discourses of Brigham Young, Salt Lake City, 1954.
Melville, J. Keith. "The Reflections of Brigham Young on the Nature of Man and the State." BYU Studies 4 (1962):255-67.
Melville, J. Keith. "Brigham Young's Ideal Society: The Kingdom of God." BYU Studies 5 (1962):3-18.
Nibley, Hugh W. "Educating the SaintsA Brigham Young Mosaic." BYU Studies 11 (Autumn 1970):61-87.
Nibley, Hugh W. "Brigham Young on the Environment." In To the Glory of God, ed. T. Madsen and C. Tate, pp. 3-29. Salt Lake City, 1972.
Walker, Ronald W. "Brigham Young on the Social Order." BYU Studies 28 (Summer 1988):37-52.
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'Queen Extravaganza' Makes U.S. Debut in Detroit
Roger Taylor's vision has come to life as the 'Queen Extravaganza' opened Thursday night (May 31) at Detroit's Fox Theater. The drummer set out last year to put together a production of musicians that could pull off the Queen catalog with the idea that it would keep the aging band's legacy alive for future generations.
The production benefited from three shows in Canada before heading south of the border, and it went off well. Billboard reports that a nine-member collective took the stage for a full-on 32-song performance that's actually broken down into two acts. By employing multiple musicians, especially on vocals, the group is able to come fairly close to replicating the range that the late Freddie Mercury provided as well as the theatrical and choral elements the group never truly attempted live.
The one known name from the production is veteran vocalist Jeff Scott Soto, who has fronted Journey and Yngwie Malmsteen's band. He took on such grittier tracks as 'Tie Your Mother Down,' 'Dragon Attack,' and 'Stone Cold Crazy.' Fellow vocalists Yvan Pedneault and Marc Martel provided vocal leads on the more melodic tracks, and female vocalist Jennifer Espinoza took on 'March of the Black Queen,' 'You're My Best Friend,' and 'Who Wants to Live Forever.'
The show not only had two acts, but there was an encore featuring the forever-tied tracks 'We Will Rock You' and 'We Are the Champions.' The 'Queen Extravaganza' currently has shows booked into early July.
The 'Queen Extravaganza' Set List:
Act 1
1. 'We Will Rock You'
2. 'Tie Your Mother Down'
3. 'Now I'm Here'
4. 'Killer Queen'
5. 'Love of My Life'
6. 'I Want It All'
7. 'Bicycle Race'
8. 'I Want to Break Free'
9. 'March of the Black Queen'
10. 'Dragon Attack'
11. 'You Take My Breath Away'
12. 'Save Me'
13. 'Crazy Little Thing Called Love'
14. 'Lazing on a Sunday Afternoon'
15. 'I'm in Love With My Car'
16. 'Bohemian Rhapsody'
Act 2
1. 'One Vision'
2. 'A Kind of Magic'
3. 'Don't Stop Me Now'
4. 'Under Pressure'
5. 'Who Wants to Live Forever'
6. 'Another One Bites the Dust'
7. 'You're My Best Friend'
8. 'In the Lap of the Gods'
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13. 'Somebody to Love'
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Conservative media's take on torture: A laughing matter
Research ››› ››› TOM ALLISON
Numerous conservative media figures have downplayed, mocked, and jeered the notion that the use on detainees of harsh interrogation techniques authorized by the recently released Justice Department memos constitutes torture.
Following President Obama's release of four previously classified Justice Department memos that had authorized the use of harsh interrogation techniques on detainees -- including "stress positions," "cramped confinement," "sleep deprivation," and "the waterboard" -- numerous conservative media figures have downplayed, mocked, and jeered the notion that those practices constitute torture. For instance, during the April 17 edition of his nationally syndicated radio show, Rush Limbaugh asserted: "If you look at what we are calling torture, you have to laugh."
Media Matters for America has previously noted that Allen S. Keller, M.D., director of the Bellevue Hospital Center/New York University Program for Survivors of Torture, submitted written testimony to the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence that stated that waterboarding can cause "[l]ong term effects includ[ing] panic attacks, depression and PTSD [post-traumatic stress disorder]," and said it poses a "real risk of death." Moreover, Media Matters documented that a Department of Defense official concluded that the combination and duration of multiple interrogation techniques including sleep deprivation, prolonged exposure to cold, sustained deprivation, and waterboarding constituted torture.
Listed below are further examples of conservative media personalities making light of the idea that such practices constitute torture:
- During the April 16 edition of CNN's No Bias, No Bull, convicted Watergate criminal G. Gordon Liddy compared the proposed technique of placing a detainee who "appears to have a fear of insects" in "a cramped confinement box with an insect" to his appearance on a game show, stating, "I went through worse on Fear Factor."
- During the April 17 edition of Fox News' Fox & Friends, Fox contributor Mike Huckabee mocked the same proposed technique, saying: "Look, I've been in some hotels where there were more bugs than these guys faced." Huckabee went on to state that under the Obama administration, "We're going to talk to them, we're going to have a nice conversation, we're going to invite them down for some tea and crumpets." Co-host Gretchen Carlson replied, "That usually works with your kids, too, right? When they're in trouble for something, they just tell you everything." Co-host Steve Doocy then joked, "Mr. Moussaui, it's time for you over in the time-out chair."
- During the April 17 edition of MSNBC's Morning Joe, co-host Joe Scarborough commented that "if putting a caterpillar in a box will save your child, that's OK." Later, Scarborough stated: "Yeah, you know, millions of people are dead, but I feel good about myself -- we didn't put caterpillars in people's boxes." Scarborough went on to say: "God, I go through torture everyday."
- During the April 17 edition of his radio show, Limbaugh said: "I just slapped myself. I'm torturing myself right now. That's torture according to these people."
- During the April 17 edition of Fox News' The O'Reilly Factor, Fox News contributor Karl Rove equated presidential candidates' campaigning to sleep deprivation of detainees, saying of the CIA: "They authorized up to several hundred hours worth of sleep deprivation. They used it three times for a total of 96 hours. Remember when Bob Dole ran for president, and said that he was going to campaign nonstop for 96 hours? Do you remember when Al Gore was campaigning and said he was going to campaign for two days straight? Both of those men were, according to the left, torturing themselves by engaging in sleep deprivation."
- During the "Panel Plus" segment of the April 19 edition of Fox News Sunday, Bill Kristol argued: "I'm not confident that forswearing the use of the techniques is prudent." Fox News senior political analyst Brit Hume went on to characterize the technique of throwing detainees against a false wall as "very controlled," while host Chris Wallace called the technique "fairly cautious and careful."
- During the April 20 edition of Fox & Friends, co-host Brian Kilmeade commented that he "feel[s] better" knowing that Khalid Shaikh Mohammed was "waterboarded 183 times."
- During the April 20 edition of his show, Limbaugh stated that "if somebody can be water-tortured six times a day, then it isn't torture."
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Yearly updates aren't going to cut it. Here's some links to get out of here.
- danlucas.org – portfolio and soon to be more.
- danlucas.tumblr.com – My tumblr blog which isn't much more than the reproduction of twitter right now.
- danmade.tumblr.com – A little self improvement blog I'm working on.


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May, 2008
An Interview with Xandra O. Breakefield, Ph.D.Professor and Geneticist, Molecular Neurogenetics Unit
Neuroscience Program, Harvard Medical School
Massachusetts General Hospital
Q: 2007 marked the 10th anniversary of the American Society for Gene Therapy, on whose scientific board you sit. Despite the maturation of the field, there have been no "home runs" in terms of clinical results. What in your view is/are the biggest challenge(s) facing the field today?
A: As with any new medical technology there is a huge learning curve in translating exciting ideas for gene therapy into safe, effective treatments. However, there is renewed excitement in the field, especially for gene therapy in the nervous system, based on more than ten years of scientific research and clinical trials.
The nervous system, in fact, appears to offer a number of advantages as a platform for gene therapy. For one, compared to the periphery, the central nervous system has a reduced immune response to delivery vectors and genetically altered, or "transgene," products that might be considered for gene therapy in the brain. Second, some disease applications may only need focal gene delivery to a particular brain region, which can be achieved with current technology; this is the case with Parkinson's disease. Third, because only a few cells in the brain are dividing, there is less chance of tumor formation. Lastly, given that the brain is a fairly contained domain, transgenes introduced there have less access to germ (reproductive) cells and thus less potential for contaminating the gene pool.
There are a number of ongoing clinical trials investigating promising strategies for Parkinson's disease, brain tumors, pain, Alzheimer's disease, and lysosomal storage diseases, which have shown little-to-no serious adverse events. challenges include achieving efficient gene delivery, whether targeted or global (depending on the application), and translating findings into large brains, since most studies are initially carried out in mouse models. The length of transgene expression for most vectors is a few years in experimental models, but this may need to be extended in human uses. Also, for some transgene products, the ability to regulate the expression of the transplanted gene over time will be important to reducing non-specific side effects; the current technology still has problems related to leakiness of transgene expression and the propensity for regulatory proteins to provoke an immune reaction.
Q: Gene therapy research tends to make the most headlines when something goes wrong, as happened in 2007 with the death of a woman who was receiving an experimental gene therapy for rheumatoid arthritis. How do such cases impact the advancement of the field?
A: Such tragic cases always raise great concern in the gene therapy field, regulatory agencies, and the general population. They are reported promptly and investigated thoroughly. This increases the clinical and scientific knowledge base, which informs future trials.
In the 2007 case, the gene therapy procedure itself was not deemed responsible for the death of the woman. But in other cases a link was found, including links between leukemia and the treatment of X-linked SCID by ex vivo gene replacement using retrovirus vectors. As with all experimental medical procedures, the gene therapy community strives to improve safety and to consider risk versus potential benefit. More and more emphasis is focused on making sure that the patient is fully informed when consenting to procedures. Although it may appear that the field is slowed down by these events, in fact, they must be understood at the fullest level to improve safety in future trials.
Q: You have pioneered gene therapy applications for the nervous system. What unique challenges does the brain pose for gene delivery, compared to other body systems?
A: The brain represents very intricate machinery housed in a "closed box." Therefore the gene-delivery procedure itself, including any inflammatory or immune responses to the transgene product or vector, can be toxic in its own right. Achieving delivery to large areas of the brain has been a challenge, but the use of vectors based on adeno-associated viruses (small, stable viruses that are not known to cause disease in humans) and a technique known as convention-enhanced delivery, for example, seem to be extending the therapeutic domain.
One goal of research in this area is to make the delivery procedure as non-invasive as possible and to reduce the number of therapeutic interventions in the brain. The adult brain, and even more so the young brain, represents a dynamic environment in which there is potential for detrimental effects due to, for example, growth factor-induced neuronal sprouting, imbalances in neurotransmitter pathways, or transformation of stem cells.
Q: Effective gene therapy involves not only getting the right gene product to accomplish the clinical goal, but getting it to the right place at the right time and "dose" and being able to shut it down if necessary. Do we know enough yet about any of these factors to know which approach is the best?
A: Most diseases of the nervous system, although they may affect one region more strongly than another, are in fact pervasive, and different regions of the brain may need different types of therapeutic intervention. In many cases, including Parkinson's disease and brain tumors, we know the primary target region and can deliver transgenes to it. At the current time we cannot control the "dose," so interventions use proteins that are proven not to be toxic in experimental systems if they are over-expressed.
It is the consensus in the field that some gene therapy approaches for devastating diseases seem logical and "safe" in the sense of not aggravating the disease. In situations where there is appropriate preclinical data, where trials are constructed to maximize scientific findings within regulatory guidelines, and where there is no effective alternate therapy, there is an impetus—from the scientific and medical community as well as patients and family members—to explore this new technology in order to try to achieve better treatment.
Q: Your lab is using neural precursor cells to deliver a "suicide" protein called TRAIL to invasive brain tumor cells. Why have you chosen this approach and what have you found so far?
A: We have found in experimental brain tumor models that normal brain cells, including neural precursor cells, are quite resistant to the apoptotic effects of TRAIL, whereas many glioma cell types are killed. Neural precursor cells have a natural tendency to migrate to tumor foci. Therefore we genetically modified them to release TRAIL in order to have them home in on invasive tumor foci and kill tumor cells, even those that are some distance from the site of delivery.
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Caroline von Grone
Himmelsleiter Front Sonnenlicht 1-4
, 2009
Himmelsleiter II, August 2008
Himmelsleiter, Frühjahr 2009
Himmelsleiter III, April
, 2009
November 2011
demolition of the colony
October 7th, 2011 till February 3rd, 2012
On Friday, October 7th, Galerie m Bochum will open the exhibition
featuring works from a documentary painting project by
Caroline von Grone
(*1963, Hanover).
From four perspectives and in three formats Caroline von Grone has documented the play of light across the facades of a worker's housing estate. The profane subject matter offers a foil for color-intense painting. The artist has occupied herself with this estate since 2008, painting it in various lighting conditions and seasons, and plans to continue to focus on these houses in the future as well. Behind the show's poetic title is the name of a widows' housing estate built in 1948 in Kiel, which is slated for imminent demolition to make way for a profitable new housing development.
Four long row houses are lined up parallel to an escarpment with a stairway leading up that is known as the "Himmelsleiter" (which can be translated as "Jacob's Ladder" or also "Stairway to Heaven"). The unadorned and pragmatic buildings appear on the panel pictures at times as a graduated row complete with their surroundings, and at other times as archetypal house front: a square topped by a triangular pointed roof. Knowing that the houses, which are located close to Caroline von Grone's former studio, are soon to be replaced by a large construction site inspired the artist to embark on her impressionistic color-play. Von Grone works in the tradition of plein air painting, trying to capture on canvas the mood of a specific place at a given time and the singular atmosphere of the light. The expressive power of paint remains palpable in the picture, even when the artist remains true to the appearance of her subject. Included in the exhibition are small-format sketches and mid-format color studies Von Grone prepares for her paintings, attesting to the process involved in her working method. The quick sketches, where the element of color often does not yet come into play, set down the composition, while the mid-format canvases are color studies that approximate the atmosphere created by the light and the seasons. Sometimes the trees are leafy and green and cast dark shadows across the facades, and at other times Caroline von Grone's paintings show the bare branches of winter.
br> The large-format, multi-part picture panels manifest the housing estate's timeless architecture and serve as memorial to their motif. Namely, like many of the workers' estates built in the postwar years, the social utopia of the Kiel Himmelsleiter development has also run its course and the old houses will soon be replaced by brand new apartments.
In a second part of the series, Caroline von Grone has now accompanied the step-by-step demolation of the estate with her painitings, thus closing the cycle of this relic of the postwar period. The paintings are now on view at Galerie m. The gloomy atmosphere of the empty houses increases now that they are already broken down to some extend. Caroline von Grone pictures the process of the houses slowly fading away, which is not only caused by the demolation but also by nature and graffitti that cover the walls and windows. In a series of paintings Caroline von Grone deals with the window as an interesting motif in this context: While the walls and windows bear traces of damage, the reflections of the window show the still intact houses on the opposite side of the road.
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I think he wants to read the buttons directly without DTMF?
Edit: to clarify, yes it is a land line, and hopefully a touch tone.
Quote from: skylerl on Jan 06, 2013, 05:33 amEdit: to clarify, yes it is a land line, and hopefully a touch tone.Excellent. That will be much easier than a mobile phone.One more question for clarification: Does the phone need to continue working as a landline phone in addition to playing sounds? If not you could tap into the matrix keyboard and use the Keypad library to translate key presses directly to characters.


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The little one,of course :)
Needless to say, she was in seventh heaven and wore it immediately without even allowing me to add some connecting vines .
Thus the pyjama saga ends!!
Love,luck and sunshine,
Wow... Lovely!ReplyDelete
The customer is always right, lol. Better for her to be happy and wearing themReplyDelete
What a lucky little girl to have pajamas that look that great! No regular ol' flannel for her.ReplyDelete
very nice..... no doubt kids will be happy to wear these type of glittering dressesReplyDelete
Deepa, you made your little girl happy and that's what counts. But I also think the bling is very pretty!
Those are certainly the most elegant PJ's I have seen!
Your ability with the needle has no limit. Such a pretty and patient work!ReplyDelete
Deepa, it's very beautiful!!
Do you intend to do a tutorial for your kutch pattern?
I have tried, it was the pattern, but not done so well than yours and on my purse; the regularité of the stitches is very important.
I have commanded a french book about Kutch embroidery, but I think that it's not with pattern but photos and travel'journal of a french artist: Francine Flattard. I am waiting this book ...Write about more later.
This is lovely! Bling bling makes evey girl happy.ReplyDelete
That makes a lovely pyjama and a very unique piece one can have. your little one is a lucky girl.ReplyDelete
who cares about connecting vines when there are beads and sequins, i mean :)
she must be one pleased little miss.


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The concert in Heerlen! Ah, what we started in Brussel, more noisy, more electric (not electronic) is expanded here and resulted in a concert Roel and me are quite happy about. No download as we may look for a label to release this as a CDR. Players were: Roel Meelkop and Frans de Waard. Gig 115 Kunstencentrum Signe, Heerlen. But Mike, who organised this put up these two video's on Youtube.
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Black MSM Caught in HIV's Net by Complex Web of Factors
October 22, 2012
African-American men who have sex with men (MSM) remain disproportionately impacted by the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the U.S., but the causes of and solutions to this disparity defy easy definition, according to an oral presentation at the inaugural IDWeek meeting in San Diego.
Of about 50,000 persons in the U.S. who were newly infected with HIV in 2009, the most recent year for which national surveillance numbers are available, 44% were African American, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). "Although black MSM account for less than 1% of the U.S. population, they comprise one in four of new infections every year," said Greg Millett, M.P.H., a behavioral scientist at the CDC in Atlanta.
Millett noted the alarming data on the HIV "treatment cascade" that has become one of the most widely discussed topics in U.S. HIV care today: Of approximately one million people living with HIV in the U.S., only 82% are diagnosed, only 33% have been prescribed antiretroviral therapy and only 25% are virologically suppressed.
But in every step of that treatment cascade, black MSM are worse off than the general population, Millett said. He cited data that he and his colleagues published earlier this year in Lancet showing that black MSM are approximately 640% more likely to have undiagnosed HIV, while those who are diagnosed are 53% less likely to have health insurance, 44% less likely to receive antiretroviral therapy, half as likely to adhere to their regimen and about half as likely to achieve an undetectable viral load.
Black MSM are the most impacted population in the U.S., and the toll of the disease among them is comparable to epidemics experienced in sub-Saharan Africa, Millett said. But he added that, contrary to many assumptions, the disproportionate impact is not due to a greater level of unsafe health practices. For instance, research indicates that black MSM have comparable rates of unprotected anal sex to white MSM, and are less likely to have multiple sex partners, he said.
And yet, "Between 2006 and 2009, the CDC found a 48% increase in new infections among young MSM, and the 'Brothers' study, discussed recently at the International AIDS Conference, found a 6% rate of HIV incidence among 1,500 black MSM who were under the age of 30," Millett said.
The CDC has thoroughly documented the severity of the epidemic, but researchers are still searching hard for an explanation, Millett suggested. According to published research discussed by Millett in his presentation, the most important factor associated with higher HIV prevalence among black MSM was having sex with a black partner. "There is a high background prevalence of HIV in black communities, and black MSM may be more likely to have contact with an infected partner," he explained.
One issue behind the disparity may have to do with sexuality disclosure, Millett said. He noted that patients who disclose to their primary care provider that they are gay or bisexual are more likely to receive HIV testing, as well as interventions such as hepatitis A and B vaccination, but that black MSM are 68% less likely to disclose their sexuality to a physician. Several studies show high levels of mistrust with health care professionals, which in turn may be associated with not taking HIV medications and missing clinical visits, said Millett, who added that black and Latino MSM are more likely to harbor conspiracy beliefs regarding the dangers posed by HIV medications, the link between HIV and AIDS, and the origin of HIV itself.
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Trion Worlds has been hit by layoffs. IGN sources suggest that well over half the company has been let go, with some suggesting numbers as high as 80%. (Update: Trion tells us these numbers are "exaggerated," and we've reached out for more information regarding the extent of the layoffs.)
The San Diego studio -- where development of MMO Defiance took place -- is said to have been hit the hardest. A source suggests that employees are being escorted out of the building and that senior leaders from various Trion teams may not receive severance due to "undelivered services." (Update: A Trion representative calls both of these claims "100% false.") Another source tells us the layoffs were at all studios, "mostly Defiance support staff and dev staff" and that "team members and team leads for teams responsible for multiple projects, not just Defiance specific, have been laid off." In other words, "teams that provide game generic responsibilities and services have been let go."
A Trion representative confirmed the layoffs and provided the following statement to IGN:
"To best position Trion in a rapidly changing industry, we have reorganized our teams and are expanding our free to play offering. With Defiance, we delivered a great game that more than one million gamers registered to play and continue to enjoy. As we progress from launch to ongoing development of the game, we are adjusting our staffing levels to deliver new content and improved features. RIFT, and our other titles in development, were unaffected by these changes. We are very much looking forward to the free to play release of RIFT and are excited by the other new titles currently in development."
This is the second recent round of layoffs at Trion, following layoffs from the Rift development team in December. Earlier this week, Trion announced that Rift will soon transition to a free-to-play model.
If anyone with additional knowledge of the situation would like to contact us, submit a news tip.
IGN wishes the best of luck to anyone affected by today's news and encourages them to consult this Google doc for positions currently available in the industry.
Andrew Goldfarb is IGN's news editor. Keep up with pictures of the latest food he's been eating by following @garfep on Twitter or garfep on IGN.


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XLV, XLV, hm. How does this work again? Subtract 32, divide by 9, multiply by … uh, wait, that's not right. Oh, oh, I see. It's 45. 45?! Geez, whodathunk. The theme this month, chosen by the boffins at Cocktail Virgin, is tea (tisanes included). Pip pip!
With a month or so to go before Cook & Brown opens, I've been thinking a lot about the cocktail menu. So when I'm mixing drinks at home, I often have an eye out for drinks that might play well on the menu, both immediately upon opening and also months down the road. To reiterate, the remit at Cook & Brown will be to source our ingredients locally when possible and to cook (and mix) with a seasonal focus. So if I'm going to play with tea, it should be local tea. That in mind, I returned to a farmers market vendor I've mentioned here before, Farmacy Herbs. A couple of their teas had promise, but for my purposes I chose the Unwind Your Mind blend, of chamomile, catnip, and lemon balm. One purpose of a good cocktail is to relieve stress and banish the worries of the day, and I thought a relaxing tea might help.
I figured I'd add a little local honey and because they're available right now, Meyer lemons. I shook it and topped it off with a little Q Tonic to make a refreshing twist on the ol' Gin and Tonic. Not seasonal to dead of winter, sure, but should be lovely in the hotter months. Gotta think ahead, y'know. For the actual C&B menu, I'll probably use the tonic from a local soda brand, Yacht Club, instead of Q. And eventually, I'd like to play with a house-made tonic.
Blackstone G & T
- 2 oz tea-infused gin
- 3/4 oz. Meyer lemon juice (will probably use regular lemon in summer)
- 3/4 oz. honey syrup (equal parts honey and water heated on the stove)
Shake over ice, strain into ice-filled chimney glass. Top with tonic water.
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