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Mobile technology is one of the factors that drives the use of internet today. When mobile phones came out, they were a luxury. Now however, they have become more of a necessity for people. Smartphones have taken the mobile gadget market to a whole new level, by offering computer-like functionality in a smaller form.
Such common use of smartphones entails that even children have their hands on them. Children, being children, do not understand the various dangers that their excessive usage brings. This, along with others, is the major reasons why people today are resorting to tracking their phones.
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Protecting one's Children
As mentioned before, this is one major reason why parents are tracking their phones. Monitoring your minor's phone is legal if the phone has been provided by you. Tracking your phone for this reason helps you be clear about what your children are doing on their devices.
Modern crimes like cyberbullying are becoming common these days and parents are concerned about their own children's privacy over the internet. The excessive use of social media apps has led to an increase in sexting via Snapchat, Whatsapp, etc., which is something children do for fun without realizing the truly devastating consequences it may lead to.
Parents track their children's phones to find out who they are contacting and who they are hanging out with. If your child is being harassed or bullied online, their tracking their phone will help you put an end to any future threats.
Preventing Data Theft
The second major reason to track your phone, if you are an employer, is to protect your data. The digital world has made it easier for criminals to steal from you, as everything today can be accessed through computers and shared instantly over the internet. This poses a threat to employers and organizations, and the increase in the number of data theft cases from within an office is proof of that.
It is legal to track your employees' phones if you have provided them with the devices. They should be informed prior to tracking, however. Tracking your phone in this way helps you find out any doubtful employees and prevent a major disaster from affecting your firm.
Whatever the reason to track your phone, make sure you do so legally. Invading someone privacy can have serious consequences and you should use such apps carefully. You should also use apps that are reputable and provide good technical support. Here is a list of the best spy apps that work on various platforms like Android, iOS, Windows, Blackberry etc.
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The iPad is an awesome tool and toy. You can listen to music or search the web. However, without the right know-how, you will miss out on many of this devices features. The advice below will help you know all there is to know.
Remote servers can be accessed by your iPad through VPN networks. In order to connect to a VPN network through your iPad, navigate to Settings and select the Network tab. Then, select the VPN feature. The iPad then will ask for your server address and user name. If you aren't sure of your server address, contact the network administrator.
Do you feel annoyed when your iPad asks if you want to join a new wifi network that is has detected? You can go to your settings and disable this feature. If you don't want to be prompted again, just select Wi-Fi and the final page option to turn it off.
You know your iPad has a tiny camera image in the bottom left of the screen, but you do not actually have to tap this to view the most recently taken video or picture. Instead, you can use one finger to swipe to the right, and voila, there is your picture or video. Previous photos can be seen by swiping left.
Some people take time to adjust to typing on an iPad. There is a speech dictation function on your iPad. Double click the home button and tap the microphone icon. After you finish speaking, push that icon again, and what you've said will appear as text.
Your iPad's default setting lets you see two lines of a new email prior to you selecting it. It can be helpful to see more of the content prior to opening. You can do this by choosing the mail icon in settings. Under Mail select Contacts, then Calender to change the Preview mail options for more lines.
A great way to keep pages open is to open new pages in a new tab. If you are using Safari, tap and hold down the link and wait until a menu pops up. Then just pick to open the page in a brand new tab. You'll still have your other page handy.
Default Search Engine
Do you not like having Google set as the default search engine? If so, there is a way for you to change this. You can access this by selecting Safari from the settings menu and then hitting search engine. You can then change the default search engine if you desire to do so.
To quickly copy and paste on an iPad, tap and hold down the desired text and then pick select. Next, tap 'copy,' switch to a different app, then tap again and hold down. A menu will come up that will let you click on paste. If you want to copy and paste a complete paragraph, tap four times.
How do you avoid the frustration of an unknown hyperlink when browsing on your iPad? You can fix this easily. Since you're not able to hover over words like on a computer, touching and holding the word will work. This action will show you the URL that the word will take you to.
Some of the applications that come loaded on your iPad may be useless to you. Some of these cannot be deleted. For convenience's sake, move any of these apps out of your iPad's main work area. This will allow you to focus on what you do use much more.
Use tabs to multitask your browser. Using tabs allows you to follow links and visit other sites without closing what you are doing. Hold the link so that the options menu appears. This way you can open the new page in a separate tab.
Because of the knowledge you've just learned, your iPad should be an excellent tool for you to use. Remember the tips here and make sure you share them with others who own iPads. With increased knowledge comes increased ability to assist others, which makes you feel great.


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Why Swim Stands Apart
May 11, 2018
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When you hear the word swimming in terms of a sport, the stereotypical image that pops into many people's heads is a lane of swimmers, wearing caps and goggles, swimming numerous laps for a work-out. Either that, or it'll be the name Michael Phelps, perhaps the greatest Olympian of all time, who was a swimmer, and the fastest man alive for the past five Olympics. When they dive a little deeper, however, people are often surprised to find out swimming is actually so much more than just swimming laps and automatically being fast.
On the surface, swim looks like any other sport you may see. Our practices are typically between two and three hours, which isn't any longer or shorter than other high school sports. We condition our bodies with workouts to gain endurance, and technique drills to ensure precision and efficiency in our stroke. Sometimes, we'll use equipment like kickboards, pull buoys, paddles, or fins to condition different body parts throughout a practice. All of this, the drills combined with technique, is a very common approach among all high school sports teams.
Here's where the differences come in. When another athlete, like a basketball player or soccer player, conditions, they do so on land. That's where we as humans are meant to be trained. Don't get me wrong, I know basketball players can jump higher than I ever could, and soccer players can run faster and kick a ball better than I could ever hope to. With swimmers, we train in the water, and people aren't exactly meant to push their bodies to the ultimate extreme underwater. As a result, our bodies must acclimate to working the muscles in different ways. You use your abs, your arms, your legs, even your hands, and feet, in many different ways in a pool than you do on dry land. Your chest and lungs can take in the air easier on land. Even though we must train our bodies to be ready for the pool, we have to do the endurance and lifting onland as well to ensure our bodies are strong in every way possible, not just one or the other. Part of our training in the pool becomes breath control because in my sport, breathing only slows you down. I don't think I've ever witnessed another athlete get chastised for breathing. At my practices, however, you'll hear one of our coaches say it at least once a practice. Doing such strenuous activity as exercise becomes harder when you can't do a natural bodily function like breathing. Your pulse elevates, your heart races, and it becomes a fight between mind and body where you must push your mind above the body's desire to breathe.
Mind over body. That is, again, something you'll hear in many instances on the field or on the court, but it takes on a whole new meaning in the pool. It takes a specific mindset to learn how to condition your body to perform well with lack of oxygen. It also takes that same mindset to teach your body how to combine proper technique with speed. In the middle of a race, chances are your body will take over, but if it takes over with improper technique, it could cost you a win, the best time, or even could get you disqualified. Swimming is a whole new challenge of combining muscle memory with efficient, clean strokes, because you gain your speed from technique, and you gain your technique from speed. Neither is more important than the other, and neither is possible without the other.
We wear our bodies down a lot in this sport, and it takes its toll. You don't hear about many swimmers breaking bones, or having concussions, as much as other athletes. When an exercise junkie is suffering from aching joints, doctors and physical therapists will often recommend swimming in place of their normal running to keep up the cardio and go easier on their bodies, but swimmers too have their problems. A great deal of pressure is held in the shoulders and back, and often, that's where injuries result. Whether it stems from overuse or improper technique, swimmers even have their own medical conditions, like Swimmer's Shoulder and Breaststroker's Knee.
Even our team dynamic is different in swimming. We are a team, but we are also individuals. When you're swimming a race in a dual meet or a championship, you have several competitors. You have your opponents from other teams, with whom you are vying for first place. Then, you have your own teammates, with whom you are also competing against in the pool. Everyone wants to be the fastest and everyone wants that fastest time, that first place title, but it can be hard to be happy for yourself when you achieve something because more often than not, it means your teammates don't. Obviously, there is team scoring and team totals at many meets, but if the meet is one for individual swimmers only, your competitors aren't just your competition. Chances are they are also your training partners and closest friends. I try to look at it through the perspective that it gives us a unique bond as a team, because your greatest rivals can also be your greatest friends, and at the end of the day, you still have that friendship.
Our overall season starts out with breaking down the body. We build our yardage up more and more, pushing our bodies further past their limits with faster sprint sets and less rest between rounds of the sets, or longer amounts of yardage at a quicker pace to build a consistent but quick pace for distance races. Then, we'll max out at around 10,000 yards or above. That translates to about 5.4 miles. Then, we'll begin the rest cycle called taper, which is every swimmer's favorite part of the season. At meets end and our championship meets, which can be regionals, sectionals, states, zones, or even nationals and Olympic trials, we begin a rest cycle called taper. During taper, we decrease our yardage slowly and begin to rebuild our broken muscles. We swim shorter practices that are still intense, only with longer rest periods. Our muscles and energy build up, and at championship meets, we shave down and put on tech suits. Shaving down is getting rid of the layer of hair on certain parts of the body to ensure a mental and physical smoothness in the water. Often, swimmers won't shave for several months leading up to champs meets so they'll accumulate extra hair as drag, and when they finally shave it off, it'll make them feel that much faster. Tech suits are extremely small, tight suits that often take more than 30 minutes to get on. They are made of lightweight materials that increase your buoyancy in the water, and help takes off more times. Championship meets are normally when swimmers hit their best times of the season.
Swimming has its similarities with other sports, but they are few and far between. I have been a competitive swimmer for thirteen years now, and although I've done other sports, I can confidently say there is no sport quite like swimming. It's in a category all it's own.


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On November 28th, ARHS PGO is participating in #GivingTuesday in support of our PGO Presenters Fund! The ARHS PGO enriches the experience of our students and supports parents by bringing many presenters to campus. We have recently helped fund classroom and community-wide workshops and presentations in the areas of:
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Several months ago, I decided to brighten up my dark blond hair with highlights. I haven't done anything since, so I have some faint lines about 2"-3" from my scalp...I like to think of it as my own version of an "ombre" look (ha!). Here is a glimpse...
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ADDRESS BY LLIANE LOOTS - Artistic Director of the JOMBA! Contemporary Dance Experience and lecturer in UKZN's Drama and Performance Studies Programme at the opening of the 18th edition of the festival.
The 18th JOMBA! Contemporary Dance Experience hosted by the University of KwaZulu-Natal (College of Humanities) and its Centre for Creative Arts opened last night (24 August 2016). Artistic Director of the festival and lecturer in UKZN's Drama and Performance Studies Programme gave the opening address. Below follows an edited version of it:
This has been an historic year for South Africa. We have had local elections that have begun to pointedly shift our political landscape. We have the continued emergence of defiant youth who are demanding what a liberation struggle's Freedom Charter promised them – that the doors of learning should be open. We are realising how hard it is to find a new public protector who is not tainted, we have a public broadcaster making contested paternal decisions for us about what is deemed appropriate for us watch ... and we also had four beautiful young women stand silently to remember Khwezi and to remind our nation, 22 years into democracy, of a legacy of gender violence that sees 1 in 3 women face violent sexual abuse.
And in the background, in the academy, in cultural communities, in the political left of left, and with the trendy new elites, I hear the phrase "decolonise" – a kind of catch-word of post-colonial struggles. Reading Ngûgî wa Thiong'o in the mid-1980s was for me a political turning point and so when I hear "decolonise" being thrown out by the various political and struggle elites I own to a certain nostalgia of remembering a time of clear right and wrong.
As an artist and cultural activist, I have begun to wonder what "decolonise" means to me, to dance and indeed to a festival like JOMBA! It is best, of course, to go back to Ngûgî himself whose book did not just speak about "decolonising" but more specifically about "decolonising the mind".
Wa Thiong'o wrote about what he called the biggest 'cultural weapon' wielded and daily unleashed by imperialism against an artistic collective defiance. This cultural weapon of the imperialist – for want of a better explanation, those who seek to rule by creating dependency - is what he called the "cultural bomb".
The after effect of this Imperialist "cultural bomb" is to annihilate a people's belief in their names, in their language, in their environment, in their heritage of struggle, in their unity, in their capacities, and ultimately in themselves. This cultural bomb, once exploded, makes us see our past as a wasteland of non-achievement and it makes us want to distance ourselves from this history of what seems local and thus like nothing worthwhile – it makes us want to identify with that which is furthest removed from ourselves.
This "cultural bomb" is not a bomb that goes off loudly; it does not fall from the sky from a foreign plane; it is more a quiet, silent amorphous bomb that goes off in fits and starts from within until, one day we wake up and find that we no longer know who we are, we no longer know what to think or feel and so we allow the machinations of international corporate and globalised capital tells us how to look, think, feel and love. We no longer have real memory and history because the endlessly re-written political and cultural version of who we are, are sold to us like truth. Our minds have been colonised as we have been taught to dream only of owning and having and no longer do we seek the discipline of being and doing.
And as I tonight claim Kenya's Ngûgî as one of my political and cultural ancestors, I hope that he would look favourably on me extending his thoughts beyond just the colonising of the African mind through the Imperialist cultural bomb, to another terrain.
As a dancer and choreographer, as the artistic director of this festival for the Centre for Creative Arts, I am aware that I work in one of the most contested territories on the planet – the body. That most race and gender oppressions sits on the visceral lived body takes my work out of the abstractions of academic discussions of oppressions into the embodied reality of race and gender that sits on the skin.
What more profound way to fight the effects of the cultural bomb than to make, live and support an art form that decolonises the oppressed, globalised, racialised and abused body? This is the work of the contemporary dancer, the choreographer and the arts administrator that makes space for this war against cellular forgetting. This festival makes a dedicated effort to invite and partner with organisation, artist and dance companies who are using the voice of their physical art form, to break down stereotypes, to address embodied histories and memory, who physically deconstruct socially and culturally defined ways of being inside one's skin, and who also, sometimes, decolonise a theatre space by asking us to watch dance in another site.
And so tonight, on behalf of the University of KwaZulu-Natal, our College of Humanities, and the School of the Arts, and Centre for Creative Arts, I welcome you to the 18th edition of the JOMBA! Contemporary Dance Experience - and reflect on the longevity of 18 magnificent years of embodied danced rebellion against the effects of the Imperialist cultural bomb.
We fight, through JOMBA!'s dedicated space of serious contemporary dance making, against being seduced into thinking dance is only reality competition shows on television that promises the winner fame and fortune.
We fight against being uninterested by the demands of contemporary art and dance because it asks us to think and feel and listen, - and sweat - we fight thus against participating in the slow death of critical arts; and with this, the death of our resistance.
I cannot thank you all enough for being here tonight and bodily sitting on a seat to support this space.
I want to end tonight with a jump back in history to a time when the very concept of Modern Dance was being born. I leave you tonight with the word of José Limon – the Mexican American immigrant who changed dance history forever. In 1956, he said;
"Never have the arts been so needed, nor so challenged, as in these times of mechanized bestiality, when the human species seems possessed by a suicidal frenzy. The Dance can remind us of the greatness of humanities spirit, and of her creativeness.
The Dance is many things. It is a Power. It can help stem the putrefaction and decay gnawing at the heart of human courage, and withstand the philosophies of doom and surrender. The dancer can use her voice to call for reason out of unreason, and order out of disorder. That has always been the high task of the artist.
The contemporary artist and dancer can do no less than dedicate the power of her spirit and the flame of her art to bring light to the dark places".
JOMBA runs until September 4. For the full programme go to www.cca.ukzn.ac.za


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Urofollitropin 1982 urine 75 <0.1 none no im
Urofollitropin HP 1992 urine Вј 9000 75 <0.001 no sc
Follotropin 1995 CHO cells Вј 12 000 75 yes sc
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FSH, follicle stimulating hormone; LH, luteinizing hormone; QC, quality control; HP, highly purified; CHO, Chinese
hamster ovary; im, intramuscular; sc, subcutaneous
60 cases of hyperstimulation, including two deaths, were reported when using
PMSG (Figueroa-Casas, 1958; Muller, 1963; Schenker and Weinstein, 1978).
Human Pituitary Gonadotrophins
Gemzell et al. (1958) were the п¬Ѓrst to describe the п¬Ѓrst successful pregnancy
after ovulation induction and pregnancy in humans utilizing follicle stimulating
hormone (FSH) derived from human pituitary glands removed at autopsy.
Gemzell et al. (1963) reported OHSS in 4 out of 22 cycles, but in 1970 only one
case of OHSS was observed by monitoring estradiol levels. Human pituitary
gonadotrophins are no longer used. There have been very few reported cases of
CJD in Australia in patients treated with pituitary gonadotrophin preparations
(Cochius et al., 1990; Brown et al., 1992).
Human Menopausal Gonadotrophin
Human menopausal gonadotrophin (hMG) was developed by extraction of
urine based on a process developed in 1947 by Pietro Donini of Serono in
Rome (Loumaye and Howles, 1999). This was п¬Ѓrst successfully used in
hypogonatropic hypogonadal women for inducing pregnancy by Bruno
Lunenfeld (Lunenfeld et al., 1962; Lunenfeld, 1963).
In 1967, Rabau et al. in their classic article (Rabau et al., 1967), found no
relationship between the incidence of OHSS and the dose of gonadotrophin
administered. Schenker and Weinstein (1978) found a difference between
experimental animal and human studies regarding the impact of hMG dosage
and the occurrence of OHSS. In experimental animals, a direct relationship was
observed between the hMG dose and the development of OHSS. The change in
ovarian size, the degree of capillary permeability, and severity of ascites and
Table II.5 Comparison of the stimulation characteristics of OHSS cycles to
normo-ovulatory women who became pregnant after treatment with the same
GnRH-a/hMG protocol
Reproduced with permission from Smitz et al. (1990). Hum Reprod 5:933ГЂ7
OHSS Normal cycles
(n ¼ 10) (n ¼ 40) Significance
30.2 + 6.0 21.0 + 7.0
Number of days before desensitization p < 0.01
9.6 + 1.7 12.3 + 2.5
Days of hMG stimulation p < 0.01
21.9 + 6.9 39.2 + 14.2
Number of ampoules of hMG used p < 0.001
3735.0 + 1603 1634 + 492
Preovulatory estradiol concentration (ng/l) p < 0.001
7.5 + 4.2
Number of oocytes retrieved 19.1+ 10.3 p < 0.001
pleural effusion were all related to the dose of gonadotrophin. In humans,
OHSS in the individual patient could be a consequence of overdose of
gonadotrophin, whereas, in groups of patients, no correlation between the dose
of hMG and the occurrence of OHSS was observed (Schenker and Weinstein,
OHSS occurred in 0.008ГЂ23% of hMG/hCG cycles (Table II.2), compared
with 0.6ГЂ14% in GnRH-a/hMG/hCG cycles (Table II.1). Comparison of the
endocrine patterns (Table II.5) in patients who developed OHSS, and in
normo-ovulatory patients who became pregnant after treatment with the same
ovarian stimulation protocol, showed that the former required less hMG to
achieve a higher preovulatory serum estradiol concentration and a higher
number of mature oocytes (Smitz et al., 1990). Rizk and Smitz (1992) found
that, in the groups reporting the lowest frequency of severe OHSS, ovarian
stimulation was started with 2 Г' 75 IU hMG, whereas most other groups used
3 Г' 75 IU hMG. The amount of FSH injected at the start could possibly induce
the growth of a larger number of follicles, which could develop sufficiently to
acquire receptors for luteinizing hormone (LH), and, as a result, luteinize
Purified Urinary Follicle Stimulating Hormone
Urofollitropin (FSH) has been available since the 1980s. It is devoid of LH but
is still contaminated with urinary proteins. Highly purified urofollitropin
(FSH-hp) has been available since the 1990s and contains very small amounts of
urinary proteins. Lack of urinary proteins diminishes adverse reactions such as
local sensitivity (Albano, 1996) while the absence of LH has no negative effects
on the stimulation of PCOS patients (Hayden, 1999). Raj et al. (1977) have
suggested that the use of FSH in anovulatory patients with PCOS offers a safe
treatment compared with hMG, resulting in higher pregnancy rates and lower
hyperstimulation rates. These authors suggested that endogenous LH levels in
patients with polycystic ovaries are quite adequate for follicular development,
and that the administration of exogenous LH is therefore unwarranted.
However, it was quickly apparent that the pFSH did not suppress the risks of
hyperstimulalation and multiple births when used in the conventional protocol
(Check et al., 1985; Garcea et al., 1985, Buvat and Buvat-Herbaut, 1986; Buvat
et al., 1989). Check et al. (1985) found a 23.7% incidence of OHSS in
18 women treated with 38 FSH cycles. Severe OHSS occurred in 5.3%,
indicating that purified FSH is no safer than hMG.
Seibel et al. (1984) reported a new protocol consisting of chronic, low-
dose pFSH administration, starting with 40 IU/day, without any hCG injection.
The rate of hyperstimulation was significantly decreased by using a very low
dose, and further refinements in the regimen resulted in a significant
improvement in the pregnancy rate without a concomitant increase in the
OHSS rate.
Recombinant Follicle Stimulating Hormone
Recombinant FSH is made from Chinese hamster ovarian cells, which are the
host cells in the production of glycoproteins. The Chinese hamster ovary cells
express FSH activity biologically in amounts that are sufficient to make the
production process viable. A genomic clone that contains the complete
sequence of the FSH b-subunit alone, or together with the gene of the
a-subunit, is transferred to the Chinese hamster ovary cells (Figure II.6). The
polypeptide chain of the recombinant FSH is identical to the natural one.
However, the carbohydrated structures can be identical or closely related. The
computer model of the FSH glycoprotein hormone (Gonal-F) is presented
in Figure II.7. Furthermore, chimeric molecules have been synthesized with
a longer half-life by modifying the carboxy peptide end (Risquez, 2003). The
specific bioactivity of bioFSH is ¸ 10 000 IU FSH/mg of proteins (Loumaye and
Howles, 1999). The advantages of recombinant FSH compared to urinary
products are the consistency of the п¬Ѓnal product, high biological purity (which
allows its subcutaneous injection) as well as chemical characterization for better
quality control (Recombinant Human FSH Product Development Group,
1998). The complete lack of LH allows precise studies on ovarian folliculo-
genesis and, п¬Ѓnally, the production of new molecules with short or long activity
(Devroey et al., 1994; Tarlatzis and Billi, 1998; Risquez, 2003). The п¬Ѓrst
pregnancies after the use of recombinant FSH for ovulation induction in
anovulatory infertility (Donderwinkel et al., 1992) and for ovarian stimulation
in IVF (Devroey et al., 1992) were reported more than a decade ago. Today,
more than a million babies have been born worldwide. More recently, similar
efficacy, tolerability and safety was observed in a randomized comparative IVF/
ICSI trial of highly purified menotropin (MENOPUR, Ferring, Copenhagen,
Denmark) vs. recombinant follicle stimulating hormone (Gonal-F, Serono,
Switzerland) (European Israeli Study Group on highly purified menotropin vs.
recombinant FSH, 2002). The OHSS rates were 7% vs. 5.1% respectively and,
Fig. II.7: Computer model of the glycoprotein hormone Gonal-F (r-hFSH)
Reproduced with permission from Howles (1996). Hum Reprod Update 2:172ГЂ91
interestingly, an advantage of exogenous LH in IVF but not ICSI cycles was
observed (Platteau et al., 2004).
What about Recombinant FSH and OHSS?
In a prospective randomized study of low-dose step-up protocols in PCOS
patients resistant to clomiphene citrate, Rizk and Thorneycroft (1996) found
that the use of recombinant FSH did not abolish the risk of OHSS. In fact, the
incidence was comparable to that of purified urinary FSH in a similar low-dose
protocol. Aboulghar et al. (1998b) found no difference between recombinant
FSH and hMG. In a Cochrane database systematic review, Bayram et al. (2001)
studied the safety and effectiveness of recombinant and urinary FSH in terms of
ovulation, pregnancy, miscarriage, multiple pregnancy rate and OHSS. Only
four randomized clinical trials of rFSH vs. uFSH have been identified.
Gonadotrophins used in these studies were Follitropin-beta (Puregon) vs.
urofollitropin (Metrodin), Follitropin-alpha (Gonal-F) vs. urofollitropin
(Metrodin). No significant differences were demonstrated for the relevant
outcomes. The odds ratio (OR) for ovulation was OR Вј 1.19 (95% CI,
0.78À1.80), pregnancy rate ¼ 0.95 (95% confidence interval (CI), 0.64À1.41);
multiple pregnancy rate, OR Вј 0.44 (95% CI, 0.16ГЂ1.21); miscarriage rate,
OR Вј 1.26 (95% CI, 0.59ГЂ2.70) and OHSS, OR Вј 1.55 (95% CI, 0.50ГЂ4.84);
ovulation rate. A systematic review and meta-analysis of 18 randomized
controlled trials comparing recombinant and urinary FSH confirmed that there
was no difference in the incidence of OHSS (Daya, 2002).
Long-acting Recombinant Follicle Stimulating Hormone
The relatively short half-life of FSH preparations (32+12 h)(Mannaerts et al.,
1993) requires daily injections, which cause considerable discomfort to the
patient. In an attempt to create a long-acting FSH preparation, chimeric genes
containing the sequence encoding the carboxy terminal peptide (CTP) of beta-
hCG fused with beta-FSH were constructed (Fares et al., 1992). The п¬Ѓrst human
trials showed that recombinant FSHГЂCTP could be administered in
hypogonadal males (Bouloux et al., 2001) and showed an extended half-life
of 95 h (Duijkers et al., 2002). The pharmacodynamics of a single low dose of
long-acting recombinant FSH (Corifollitropin-alpha) has been studied in
women in WHO Group II anovulatory infertility (Balen et al., 2004). Following
a single dose of long-acting remcombinant FSH, serum FSHГЂCTP initially rises
to peak levels at one to two days and thereafter, serum FSHГЂCTP slowly
decreases. This overall profile mimics the FSH flare-up induced by clomiphene
citrate treatment and a step-down approach in classical ovulation induction.
The objective of the study was to determine whether a single low dose could
replace п¬Ѓrst- and second-line treatment of anovulatory women, assuming that
both clomiphene citrate responders and clomiphene citrate resistors could be
treated by this long-acting FSH. At this point, having a single starting dose for
all patients is not feasible and additional research is required to achieve
monofollicular ovulation. Beckers et al. (2003) reported the п¬Ѓrst live birth after
ovarian stimulation using a chimeric, long-acting human recombinant follicle
stimulating hormone agonist (rFSHГЂCTP) for IVF (Figure II.8).
Fixed-dose Gonadotrophins
A fixed gonadotropin regimen to increase the efficiency of IVF cycles was first
used in France without a concomitant increase in the incidence of OHSS
(Rainhorn et al., 1987).
Fig. II.8: First live birth after long-acting recombinant FSH
Reproduced with permission from Beckers et al. (2003). Fertil Steril 79:621ГЂ3
Table II.6 GnRH agonists available worldwide
Reproduced with permission from Edwards RG, Rizquez F (Eds) (2003). Modern
Assisted Conception. Cambridge, UK: Reproductive Biomedicine Online:
Reproductive Healthcare, Ltd, p. 64
Agonist Structure
Leuprolide (LupronГ• ) pGlu-His-Trp-Ser-Tyr-DLeu-Leu-Arg-Pro-EtNH2
Triptorelin (DecapeptylГ• ) pGlu-His-Trp-Ser-Tyr-DTrp-Leu-Arg-Pro-Gly-NH2
pGlu-His-Trp-Ser-Tyr-DSer (OtBU)-Leu-Arg-Pro-EtNH2
Buserelin (SuprefactГ• )
Histrelin (SupprelinГ• ) pGlu-His-Trp-Ser-Tyr-DHis (Bzl)-Leu-Arg-Pro-AzaglyNH2
Nafarelin (SynarelГ• ) pGlu-His-Trp-Ser-Tyr-DNal(2)-Leu-Arg-Pro-Gly-NH2
pGlu-His-Trp-Ser-Tyr-DSer (OtBu)-Leu-Arg-Pro-AzaglyNH2
Goserelin (ZoladezГ• )
Interestingly, Rizk et al. (1991b) found that a п¬Ѓxed-regimen protocol with
a predetermined date of retrieval has a similar incidence of OHSS of approxi-
mately 1%. This study was performed at Norwich in the United Kingdom
between 1988 and 1991, where the National Health Service would allocate
a п¬Ѓxed operative session to perform Gamete Intrafallopian Transfer (GIFT).
There was no observed difference between short and long protocols (Rizk et al.,
Greenblatt and Barfield (1961) introduced clomiphene citrate for ovulation
induction. Severe OHSS with clomiphene citrate (CC) is rare. Southan and
Janovsky (1962) reported a patient with polycystic ovaries who developed
massive ovarian enlargement, ascites and hydrothorax after the administration
of 100 mg of CC for 14 days. Scommegna and Lash (1969) reported a case of
ovarian hyperstimulation associated with conception after treatment with CC.
The development of gonadotrophin-releasing hormone agonist has had a
tremendous impact on the practice of reproductive endocrinology. Several
GnRH agonists are used worldwide (Table II.6) and a wide variety of protocols
have been implemented in clinical practice (Figure II.9).
Gonadotrophin-releasing Hormone Agonist without
OHSS has rarely been reported following the administration of GnRH agonist
without gonadotrophins (Campo et al., 2000; Weissman et al., 1998).
Fig. II.9: GnRH agonists and gonadotrophins: short and ultra-short and long and ultra-
long protocols
Reproduced with permission from Edwards RG, Risquez F (Eds) (2003). Modern
Assisted Conception. Cambridge, UK: Reprod Biomed Online, Reproductive Health Care
Ltd, p. 107
Gonadotrophin-releasing Hormone Agonist Long Protocol
It had been hoped that the use of GnRH-a/hMG protocols would decrease
the incidence of OHSS. With the use of GnRH-a, the practice of IVF has
been simplified, the blocking of the LH surge permits further stimulation of
the ovaries, increasing the number of oocytes (Belaish-Allart et al., 1989; Rizk,
1992, 1993a). Rizk and Smitz (1992) have summarized the major reports of
OHSS after the use of GnRH and gonadotrophins for IVF (Table II.1).
Golan et al. (1988) observed a high incidence of OHSS, 8.4%, after
combined GnRH-a and hMG for superovulation. The French report of IVF
results (Bilan FIVNAT, 1989) showed that the use of GnRH-a led to signifi-
cantly higher preovulatory estradiol concentrations, and to more frequent
severe hyperstimulation (4.6% versus 0.6% for non-GnRH-a/hMG cycles). In a
Cochrane database review, Hughes et al. (2000) reported an odds ratio of
1.4 (0.5ГЂ3.92) for moderate and severe OHSS in cycles using GnRH agonist as
an adjunct to gonadotrophins compared with gonadotrophins alone.
OHSS IN GnRH ANTAGONIST PROTOCOLS
Third generation GnRH antagonists became available for assisted reproduc-
tive technology (ART) in the 1990s (Table II.7). They suppress gonado-
trophin release by competitive receptor binding, resulting in immediate
suppression and blockage of gonadotrophin secretion (Rizk and Nawar,
2004). Several protocols for GnRH antagonists in ART have been used
OHSS IN GnRH ANTAGONIST PROTOCOLS
Table II.7 GnRH antagonists available worldwide
Reproduced with permission from Edwards RG, Rizquez F (Eds) (2003). Modern
Assisted Conception. Cambridge, UK: Reproductive Biomedicine Online:
Reproductive Healthcare, Ltd, p. 64
Name Structure
[N-Ac-DNAL1, DpCl-Phe2, DPal3, Arg5, DGlu6, (AA), DAla10]GnRH
N-Ac-DNAL1, DpCl-Phe2, DTrp3, DhArg(ET2)6, DAla10]GnRH
N-Ac-DNAL1, DpCl-Phe2, DPal3, DCit6, DAla10]GnRH
N-Ac-DNAL1, DpCl-Phe2, DPal3, DhArg(ET2)6, DhArg(ET2)8, DAla10]GnRH
[N-Ac-DNAL1, DpCl-Phe2, DPal3, Lys(Nic)5, DLys(Nic)6, Lys(iPr)8, DAla10]GnRH
[N-Ac-DNAL1, DpCl-Phe2, DPal3, D(HcI)6, Lys(iPr)8, DAla10]GnRH
-Ac-DNAL1, DpCl-Phe2, DPal3, Daph(atz)6, D-Aph(atz)6, Lys(iPr)8, DAla10]GnRH
Azaline B
Fig. II.10: GnRH antagonist protocol for assisted reproduction technology
Reproduced with permission from European Middle East Orgalutron Study Group (2001).
Hum Reprod. 16:644ГЂ51
(Figure II.10). The efficacy and safety of GnRH antagonists in IVF and ICSI
cycles were reported to be similar to those of the GnRH agonists (Albano et
al., 2000; Ludwig et al., 2000; Olivennes et al., 2000; European Orgalutran
Study Group, 2000; European-Middle East Orgalutran Study Group, 2001;
Fluker et al., 2001). No difference was observed in a Cochrane review between
the agonist and antagonist protocols and the incidence of OHSS (Al-Inany
and Aboulghar, 2002). As more studies are published, this conclusion could
change in favor of the GnRH antagonist, as will be discussed in detail in
Chapter VII.
LUTEAL hCG IN THE GENESIS OF OHSS
Edwards et al. (1980), in the п¬Ѓrst extended report on IVF, stated that the
luteal phase of virtually all patients was shortened considerably after
treatment with gonadotrophins, and it was suggested that high follicular
phase estrogen levels due to ovarian hyperstimulation might be involved. In
the United States, initial studies in 1983 concerning hMG-stimulated IVF
cycles also confirmed the occurrence of an abnormal luteal phase in IVF cycle,
with characteristic features of elevated progesterone levels and significantly
reduced luteal phase length (Jones, 1996). Seppala (1985) compiled The
World Collaborative Report on IVF, which pointed out the non-uniform
approach to luteal phase support. Many centers used progesterone and its
derivatives, others used hCG and some avoided any luteal support. The
introduction of GnRH-a offers advantages in terms of pituitary desensitiza-
tion and prevention of a premature LH surge, thereby resulting in lower
cancellation rates, and increased numbers of preovulatory follicles. However,
because of its effect on corpus luteum function, treatment is required if a
satisfactory luteal phase endometrium is to be maintained (Rizk, 1992,
1993a, b; Rizk et al., 1997). Smitz et al. (1988) were the п¬Ѓrst to document
luteal phase insufficiency in 23 IVF cycles using GnRH-a when luteal phase
support with progesterone was omitted. Golan et al. (1988) observed a high
incidence of OHSS (8.4%) after the use of hCG for luteal support. Herman et
al. (1990) in a prospective randomized trial, compared the pregnancy rate and
incidence of OHSS after luteal hCG in IVF cycles stimulated with GnRH-a
and hMG. Nine of the 18 patients who received hCG conceived, compared
with 3 out of 18 patients in the placebo group. OHSS occurred in 5 out of 18
patients treated with hCG. None of the 18 patients without luteal hCG
support developed OHSS, including those patients who became pregnant.
Because the number of patients who conceived in the placebo group was
small (3 out of 18), the authors concluded that the question of whether
repeated early luteal hCG injections are more important in the pathogenesis
of OHSS than endogenous hCG secreted later by the developing conceptus,
remains unresolved. A meta-analysis of 18 studies reported a significant
reduction in the occurrence of OHSS when progesterone is used for luteal
phase support instead of hCG (Soliman et al., 1994) as will be discussed in
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Often when singers leave bands to go solo, they never experience anywhere near the same success. That wasn't the case for Peter Cetera. After he left Chicago, he went on to considerable success as a solo artist, almost eclipsing the band itself.
The departure
By the mid-80s, Peter Cetera had become the face of the band Chicago, although they had several band members sing various songs. The arrival of David Foster as the band's producer in 1981, and the subsequent release of "Chicago 16", coincided with the dawn of music videos. Since Cetera sang all the singles Chicago released, he was the centre of each music video. (For the uninitiated, he is he blonde singer in "Hard to Say I'm Sorry"; "Stay the Night"; "Hard Habit to Break"; "You're the Inspiration"; and "Along Comes a Woman")
In the summer of 1985, CBC's "Good Rockin' Tonite" had Foster and Cetera appear as their guests. It was the first time I had ever known that was the name of the singer.
Host Terry David Mulligan asked a variety of questions. The one I recall best, was when he asked Cetera if he heard any emerging summer hits. Cetera said it was pretty early, but if he had to hazard a guess, it was "Some Like it Hot", a song by The Power Station.
The interview had been taped. When it faded out to Mulligan alone on set, he said shortly after that interview was taped, Peter Cetera announced he was leaving Chicago.
What would become of Peter Cetera? It did not take long to find out.
Summer of '86
The voice sounded familiar, but it was hard to tell for sure in the setting I was in. My buddy and neighbour Mat was working on a nearby egg farm. They were cleaning out a barn, and needed a bunch of people to do the work. So Mat rounded up a bunch of us – me, my best fried Chris Vining, a guy named Mike, and some others. Mat flipped on a ghetto blaster he had to help pass the time.
Suddenly, it came on. It sounded like Chicago, but I wasn't sure. I'd been concentrating pretty intently, so I only clued in part way through. Of course, as always seemed to be the case back then, when the song finished the deejay didn't bother saying who sang it. I waited for the song to come back on, and I think it did, but I couldn't make out much.
That night, I flipped on the same station we had been listening to at the egg farm. It was AM 1060, but curiously it marketed itself as AM 106, maybe to make it sound more like an FM station. They had two shows Mat listened to that he told me about: "The Top Six at Six" and "The Top Ten at Ten". They were the most requested songs of the day. I got home after six, so at 10 p.m. I tuned in. Adding to the mystery was that after around 10 p.m., the signal began to weaken, and there was a lot more static. Conceivably, I might not hear the song if there was some ill-timed interference or static.
And that almost happened – but it didn't.
"The Glory of Love"
Instead, I discovered the song was called "The Glory of Love", and sure enough it was by Peter Cetera. What really peaked my interest was the song was off the soundtrack for the soon-to-be-released sequel to "The Karate Kid".
"The Glory of Love" bolted up the charts all the way to number one on the Billboard Hot 100, where it stayed for two weeks in August of 1986, before being displaced by Madonna and "Papa Don't Preach". The song would go on to earn an Oscar nomination for best original song, losing to "Take My Breath Away" from "Top Gun" and performed by Berlin. Cetera would also be nominated for best pop vocal performance by a male artist, losing out to Steve Winwood and "Higher Love".
"Next Time I Fall"
"The Glory of Love" was released as part of Cetera's solo album, "Solitude/Solitaire". A few months later, Cetera was back on top of the charts with another number one single. This time it was a duet with Christian singer Amy Grant called "Next Time I Fall". I always recall the video, set in a dance studio, shifting back and forth between the dancer, Grant, and Cetera. "Next time I Fall" displaced "You Give Love A Bad Name," Bon Jovi's first number one single, in early December of 1986, then after a week on top was displaced by "The Way It Is", Bruce Hornsby and the Range's first number one single.
Cetera and Grant would be nominated for a Grammy for best pop performance by a duo or group with vocals, losing to "Dionne and Friends" for "That's What Friends Are For".
Perhaps the best accolade Cetera received was not an award, but the satisfaction that his first post-Chicago solo album sold more copies than Chicago's next album – "Chicago 18".
Parting Thoughts
To be honest, Peter Cetera always was Chicago for me. Some of their other songs grew on me over time, and I really like them, but I enjoyed his lead vocals the most. The audience seems to agree. Although Chicago may have sold as many or more records than any other group in the 1970s, their only number one single on the Billboard Hot 100 was "If You Leave Me Now" – sung by Peter Cetera. Once David Foster came aboard, and began to emphasize all those great ballads, it was a lock – Peter Cetera was Chicago.
So when he went solo in 1986, it was pretty much a certainty it would be good – and it was. I may have grown a little tired of "Glory of Love", but that was due to vinyl fatigue – it always seemed to be on the radio, but "Next Time I Fall" has remained one of my all-time favourite songs. It is a testament to the power of Peter Cetera's voice as a balladeer.


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Engine wise, it will feature a lot of options in order to fit most of the buyers needs and budgets. The base engine will be a 1.4 liter aspirated inline 4 which offers 90 horsepower and 127 N*m of torque. Not that much but more than enough for city driving. Further up the range, a 1 liter EcoBoost will be offered in two power ratings. The base one offers 101 horsepower and 169 N*m of torque while the other one offers as much as 120 horsepower and 200 N*m of torque which is quite impressive for a one liter engine which only had turbocharging installed.
Both of these engines are good for more than 55 imperial MPG which is actually better than most hybrids today, thing that not many cars can achieve. The older 1.6 liter aspirated engine has been discontinued in the favor of a smaller 1.5 liter EcoBoost which actually offers a lot more power. As far as we know, it will be a down-rated version of that in the Mondeo, so it will probably have around 170 horsepower and 240 N*m of torque, being the perfect equivalent for the Fiesta ST.
There will be also two diesel engines, a 1.5 liter as well as a 1.6 liter engine. Power will range from 75 to 100 horsepower while the fuel consumption will be around 60 MPG on average which is more than impressive. Performance won't be outstanding but for a city car it should be more than enough.
Inside the 2016 Ford B-Max there will be pretty much the same feel as in the Fiesta but with more space than in it. The dashboard will be identical to that of the Fiesta while the actual equipment level will be slightly upmarket due to a higher price. The biggest change over the Fiesta are the rear doors which unlike on any other car in its class slide backwards, offering greatly improved access over the rear seats as well as much better access in tight parking spaces.
On the exterior the 2016 Ford B-max model is expected to receive a few minor updates, most of which are going to update the front fascia to the new Ford design scheme which is present on the new US Fusion. This means it will probably get the LED daytime running ligths as well as the chromed grille which are going to give it a really striking look that is sure to impress its buyers.


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Did the School Board's plan have some flaws? Maybe. But without some exploration, who knows what they are? From the little bit of discussion that took place on Tuesday, we can only surmise that the commissioners concluded, based on their gut feelings, that it wasn't a good idea.
For a group whose members get $30,000 each to oversee the county's business, that's not good enough, especially when previous county boards have consistently left state construction money unclaimed by not providing a local match.
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Jill's Lounge & Gentlemen's Club Reviews
411 West Alexander Road
Valley Grove, West Virginia 26059
Monicaposted on 26 December, 2014
This review was posted anonymously
Overall Rating5.0
I make soooo much money here. No other club makes money year round
but Jills always has customers. And they like to give you money. No
begging here. Nice.
Dannyposted on 21 December, 2014
This review was posted anonymously
Overall Rating4.6
OMG. This place has rockin women. Nice clean women. Great club, no
drama. Bathrooms are squeaky clean. Great food and with a CDL, no
t.baumannposted on 19 May, 2014
This review was posted anonymously
Overall Rating5.0
freakin' gorgeous. i'm a lifer from now on.
Travalin' manposted on 8 November, 2012
This review was posted anonymously
Overall Rating3.1
Have been stopping in to Jill's for years. Not always a good experience but it can be interesting. Last weekend I stopped in to check out the talent and found a bevy of ladies of all shapes and sizes. They were all attractive and very sexy. I wasn't financially well off and wanted to make the right decision as to who to play with. I choose a brassy blonde and was I ever WRONG!!! I mean, falling down drunk. Next Jill, next time.
Yourstrulyposted on 26 September, 2012
This review was posted anonymously
Overall Rating2.1
I also want everyone to know that the owner had NO BALLS to fire me herself, but shes made a BIG mistake. First of all she doesnt know she just lost alot of money for herself bc I had setup 3 difference things with customers for the following week that has come in to see me, MORE THAN ONCE now and were planning on spending money when they came back. I was told I was nice, great employee, all the girls loved me and saw me as NO threat And one last thing speaking of a WHORE or crackhouse......One of the new blondes with big boobs bragged about taking SEX pills in front of the young bouncer and he just SMILED!?!? One of the customers looked at me like I cant believe I'm hearing this from this crazy bitch right now and I went up to do a private dance and one of the curtains was slightly opened and a customer was sucking on one of the black girls boobs and I ran and told Stacey she just looked and me and said take care of your own shit!!! Are you kidding me?!?! Anna and Stacey Bullshit that you dont put up with prosititution or bj's or anything in private rooms. You lied about carmers too didnt you?!?! No wonnder ya'll dont know whats going on. See how many customers you loose now. I suggest you hire me back and make a public apology. I wanna see your big ass get on stage and make money. I dont do drugs, I'm not fat, I made good money!!!
nastyposted on 28 August, 2012
This review was posted anonymously
Overall Rating1.2
there is a new girl named echo she is willing to do anything for some coke or pills u dont even need money shell meet u outside she gave me her number 304-312-9999 have fun with this one.
Big Johnposted on 5 May, 2012
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Overall Rating1.2
I use to steal all kinds of money when I ran this place & fuck everything. Glad my wife didn't find out. But good luck Anna hahaha
MRWONDERFULposted on 26 March, 2012
This review was posted anonymously
Overall Rating2.5
have not been there for a long time Is Evie still around
Johnnyboy123posted on 17 March, 2012
Joined 8 years ago
294 reviews posted
Overall Rating4.0
I visited Jill's on a Friday at 4pm...right when they opened. There was no cover-charge, since it was early...but they normally charge $5-$10 later in the evening. Since it was opening time, there was just one dancer. Her name was Savannah and she was a 7 out of 10. Jill's has a full bar with reasonable prices. Please note that this club is totally nude....so if you are used to bikini / pastie clubs, you are in for a real treat. The club is somewhat hard to find unless you know where to look for it. It is behind the TA Truck Stop off Exit 11 near Wheeling. There are two options for parking...you can park right off the road if its early. However, if those spots are taken, you must proceed down a rock-filled driveway that puts you behind the club. Their is a stairway that leads from the parking lot up to the club. If it is rainy, be advised that the rear lot is likely muddy. Pretty decent establishment overall....
Debposted on 17 February, 2012
This review was posted anonymously
Overall Rating4.5
Awesome bartender who can make anything your little heart desires! :)
The WHOposted on 20 August, 2011
This review was posted anonymously
Overall Rating1.2
This club has went down hill ever since new management took over. There is no good lookin girls, no features, variety of music is horrible, bartenders/service sucks, etc. & so forth.
Rinkesposted on 14 July, 2011
This review was posted anonymously
Overall Rating3.7
The girls are pretty nice a big improvement from before. I also noticed a
change in the music more rock& roll and no hiphop or rap. Also the
diversity is improving very hot Latina chic goes by G.G. most mean Gods
Gift because she obviously is to Jills. Way to go John on that one.
trevorposted on 2 May, 2011
This review was posted anonymously
Overall Rating2.1
girls were fat, ugly junkie lookin girls. some had teeth. barely talked right.
Big Cockposted on 15 November, 2010
This review was posted anonymously
Overall Rating1.2
Clubs sucks. Worst Club this side of the Mississippi. But Manager's daughter is nice she use to suck my cock all the time way back in the day :-)
krisposted on 27 January, 2010
This review was posted anonymously
Overall Rating1.2
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28.01.2015 - Michel Faber
On Wednesday 28 January Michel Faber will come to The Hague for an interview at BorderKitchen. Faber will be interviewed about his new, long-awaited novel The Book of Strange New Things.
Michel Faber (1960) was born in The Hague, grew up in Australia and currently lives in Scotland. His debut collection of stories Some Rain Must Fall received critical acclaim and won several awards. Since then, Faber has belonged to the cream of the crop of international modern literature. The first of Faber's startling novels to be published, Under the Skin, as well as the collection of stories The Fahrenheit Twins also have received a lot of praise. But Faber's magnum opius was his 2002 publication of The Crimson Petal and the White. A bestseller in the USA, Italy, France, Holland and Belgium, and a steady seller in most other countries.
Faber's latest book is titled The Book of Strange New Things and begins with a man saying goodbye to his wife before he sets out on a perilous journey as a Christian missionary. From the moment Peter leaves his wife, Bea, he takes on a quest that puts him to the test. Somewhere far away, in an unfathomable universe Peter becomes immersed in the mysteries of an astonishing new environment… and the mysteries of himself. The Book of Strange New Things is, as we are used to from this author, an exhilarating, groundbreaking novel about adventure, faith and love: the things that bind people, even when they are light years away.
Michel Faber is interviewed by journalist Gijsbert Kamer. On 20 January the Dutch translation of The Book of Strange New Things will be published by Uitgeverij Podium as Het Boek van Wonderlijke Nieuwe Dingen. In a translation by Harm Damsma and Niek Miedema.


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The Jimi
I hate wallets - I'm trying a Jimi.
Yeah, i hear ya. I hate wallets too. I switched to a taxi wallet a few years ago. But the Jimi is the next level. Cool.
True wallet story. A buddy was having really bad back trouble. Went to the doctor. The doctor told him to take out his wallet. Told him he had too much junk in his wallet and sitting on it all day was throwing his back outta alignment. So my buddy quit sitting on his wallet and presto--back problems were history.
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Just a little over a month ago, the day after I posted my last blog expressing a great amount of DOUBT in myself prior to the Chicago Marathon, I had a pivotal conversation with my current coaches Benny and Kevin from Runners Edge.
Benny is a very experience coach and runner himself, he not only gave me very specific guidance for the the Chicago Marathon route, he looked back on his spreadsheets to some interval workouts we had done in the months before, hand calculated some numbers on a sticky note and proceeded to tell me:
"you are capable of running under 3:25″
I responded with "WHHAAT?" No way! I listed my excuses… I packed my bags still planning to run a 3:35-3:40 if that…still with those words above ringing in my head….
Winston and I travelled to Chicago and absolutely fell in LOVE with the city. We did all the "wrong" things like walking ~20k around the city 2 days before, indulging in Happy Hours and eating rich, delicious food.
Then morning before race day Winston and I were eating breakfast and the infamous Bongo Room (with what seemed like the rest of the 45,000 Chicago Marathon runners)….and came across THE ABBOTT WORLD MARATHON MAJORS, achallenge of running 6 major international marathons: (Tokyo, London, Boston, Berlin, Chicago and NYC).
My eyebrows raised and I instantly placed this new item on my bucket list. 2 and 2 added up – the qualifying time for a guaranteed entry to NYC Marathon was under 3:26.
Then and there I decided to try for the pace Benny said I was capable of running. I would set out and hold between 7:40-8:00 min/mile pace for the first 15 miles and reassess there. With no fear of failure. On the sidelines, chasing me around the city was my very supportive fiance, Winston and what felt like the entire city of Chicago. I never reassessed, I…Just. Kept. Running.
The race itself ended up being surreal, it was a spectacular crisp fall day with bluebird sky. Little went through my head, but these three things, (and NYC marathon)
- Benny's words: "you are capable of running under 3:25″
- A focus on swinging my arms parallel and not across the midline of my body
- And this image of feet moving circularly from the book the Chi of Running
After 5 years of being a coach myself, I had sincerely forgot how truly powerful words are. Words have the ability to either positively or negatively to be the catalyst to great action. I have had a lot of coaches in my time back in my rowing days. The effective coaches are those with the ability help realize self belief.
"You can have all the tools in the world but if you don't genuinely believe in yourself, it's useless". ~Ken Jeong
How many times can we all look back in life and say – "I wish I believed in myself more?"
All too many I am sure. Lesson learned, the 2016 Chicago Marathon for me was about belief. Next time you are doubting yourself, maybe ask a mentor, friend or coach – I bet they believe in you more than you can imagine.
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The Philosopher's Stone 1st printing is VERY rare. There were 200 soft cover and 300 hardback books printed at the same time. They are seldom found in fine condition and are very expensive. Hardback printings 1 and 2 were issued without a dust jacket, the third printing was historically significant as it was the first printing which included a dust jacket. In comparison to so few copies of this first title in the franchise, there were 10,150 first printings of The Chamber of Secrets (book 2), and 1million copies of The Goblet of Fire (book 4).
The problem with finding book 1 in the Harry Potter series is not only the scarcity, but it's condition. Nearly all first printings of both formats were destined for UK public and school libraries. After leaving the library service they are sold in library sales or thrown away. With heavy wear, tears, marks and library stamps these often appear on the market, but are far less desirable than a pristine copy of the same title. The price is often only 1/10 of the pristine version, but for the long term it is always better to invest in quality.
Collecting 1st Printing copies of the UK paperbacks makes an affordable alternative to their very expensive hardback counterparts. There are several editions of the soft cover books available, the first and most collectible were printed in 1997 through 2003 and are the most collectible. They cost anywhere from £10 and £100 each, with the early books being the most expensive. The original 1st printing soft cover Philosopher's Stone is beyond reach for many collectors. It was released concurrently with the hardback edition and only 200 copies were in the first printing.
All US books say "First Edition" on the publisher's page. The US also printed far more books in each run than the UK, therefore just about the only editions with any financial value are first printings and signed editions. The exception to this is the Sorcerer's Stone, which had a small initial print run of 30,000. The exciting thing about the US editions, is that you can collect a fine set of books for a reasonable price. However, although their value should increase over time, they will probably never be tremendously valuable and certainly never reach the value of their UK counterparts as there were simply too many printed.
Any US hardback Harry Potter book which has only black boards and NO diamond imprint is a Book Club edition and nowhere near as valuable as those books with the appropriate two-color, diamond pattern boards. Similarly, any US dustjacket which does not have the embossed foil covering the "Harry Potter" section of the book title is a Book Club. The Sorcerer's Stone and Chamber of Secrets were the only US editions to have multiple states in the first printing. The Sorcerer's Stone has two states of the first print. The very first books printed had a review from the British "The Guardian" newspaper, on the rear of the dust jacket. Although there are other differences, this quote alone will distinguish the first state. The second state has a review from an American publication, "The Gazette". The book behind either of these dust jackets would not have the number 1 on its spine. If it does have the number 1 present, someone has put a newer book inside and older dust jacket. The first state is considerably more valuable than the second state. Always check both book and dust jacket. You may find that someone has placed the dust jacket from a valuable book around one which is not worth as much. The first state of this book is far more collectible than either of the other states. According to the back of the Advanced Reader's Copy of the Sorcerer's Stone, there were a total of only 30,000 first printings issued. We have no information on how many were in each state, but the first state is more desirable and seems to be much more rare.
The US paperback books have several editions. The first edition has Mary Grand Pre's artwork on the cover and is oversized, for children. These are easily found online and in second hand book stores.
Deluxe Editions
The Harry Potter series has also been published as a deluxe edition. The UK Deluxe Editions are bound with cloth boards with the original cover from the UK trade edition as a paste down to the front board. They also feature a facsimile J K Rowling signature in gold. The books have gilt edged pages, and a sewn-in silk bookmark. The first printings of these books can be quite rare and priced anywhere from £40 to £1500. The Prisoner of Azkaban is especially hard to find as there were only 7,000 copies printed. There were 12,000 copies of the first print Philosopher's Stone. It is worth noting the deluxe editions did not go into production until 1999 (some two years after the release of the first Harry Potter book, so books 1, 2 and 3 in affect had a simultaneous release in the deluxe format in 1999. The first official release of Harry Potter in the deluxe format was actually book 3, hence the smaller quantity and higher value.
The US Collector's editions are far less desirable to collectors, though many feel are of better quality. The Sorcerer's Stone is made of a pressed leather material. It also features a facsimile drawing by J K Rowling near the beginning. There were 100,000 copies printed of both books 1 and 2 as a deluxe format and no subsequent printings. Scholastic planned on printing The Prisoner of Azkaban and Goblet of Fire in successive Novembers, but these never saw the light of day. The US Deluxe edition of Order of the Phoenix and subsequent titles does not look like the original Collector's Editions. They are not leather bound, housed in special dust jackets with additional Grand Pre artwork and housed in a slip case, but are little more than the standard hardback.Advance Reading Copy
Proofs were released to editors and reviewers in the UK prior to publication of the first three Harry Potter books. They contain numerous errors which were remedied before the first printing and feature release information on the rear cover. These proofs were very limited in number anywhere from 50 to 200 copies and many were damaged or thrown away. Theses are naturally quite rare and valuable. The US equivalent were also printed prior to the first three books. There were between 3,000 and 5,000 of each printed, making them far more rare than any US trade edition, but nowhere near as collectible as their UK counterparts.
Large Print Editions
These are large format books to assist those with reading difficulties and younger children. They were available for retail sale within the UK and not exclusively for libraries as some claim. They have little intrinsic value other than for completests, though do tend to sell at overinflated prices.
Celebratory Editions
Issued within the UK as a paperback format only, these replicate the original jacket sleeve, with foil stars around the border on each cover. They were released to coincide with each movie release and have little value.
Adult Editions
The appeal of certain modern day fiction is so widespread, a publisher will target various markets to sell their author. J K Rowling, Philip Pullman & G P Taylor are good examples of children and young adult fiction becoming widely accepted by an adult market. A different book jacket I guess makes an adult look less of a child. However, the Taylor and Pullman series of books don't have a specific "young" feel to them so I can only presume their adult jackets were released to make money.
Specific to Harry Potter, the adult wrappers tended to arrive only in paperback and well after the initial children's book is released so by default are unlikely to be as quite as desirable to the collector as the true First Issues. However, Bloomsbury have done wonders with their most recent adult covers of the Harry Potter series. They released their first adult hardback variant with Phoenix on day 1 of the Phoenix children's release and from it's popularity then re-released the whole Harry Potter series in adult paperback, and then for the first time hardback. The Harry Potter ADULT hardback set is quite stunning and will no doubt become quite collectible in time.
The print size of the adult series tends to be far lower than the initial children print runs we see nowadays. They also tend to receive very little or no direct promotion or marketing, again making them scarcer.
Signed varieties of the adult covers are far rarer than their children's counterpart as no signing tours are made for the adult covers. Sadly, even signed they do not reflect their true rarity value which is a real shame. Personally, I have only ever seen 1 true signed adult hardback of Phoenix and Half Blood Prince. I have never seen any of the other adult Harry Potters signed. When I met with G P Taylor in 2004, he signed my adult paperbacks of Shadowmancer and said he had only ever signed a handful of that book!
Here are a few of the more common errors and text contradictions to look out for within the most sought after UK variant of Harry Potter & The Philosopher's Stone:
- The publisher page lists the author as Joanne Rowling (this was later changed to J K Rowling)
- The jacket artist name Thomas Taylor is listed as "Thomas Taylor1997" with no space.
- In chapter 7, at the Sorting Ceremony, after Harry's turn to be sorted, the book says there are 3 more persons to be sorted, but the Hat actually sorts 4: Dean, Lisa, Ron and Blaise.
- One book Harry bought was "One Thousand Magic Herbs and Fungi", but at the end of the book it refers to it as "One Hundred Magic Herbs and Fungi".
- Harry's birthday is on July 31, and book 1 was set in 1991. In book 1 Harry said that his birthday was on a Tuesday, the day after Dudley's favourite show (The Great Humberto) and July 31, 1991 was actually a Wednesday.
- In chapter 16 (page 205 UK edition, 282 American edition), when Harry, Herimone, and Ron take the places of the chess pieces Ron says: "Well, Harry, you take the place of that bishop, and Hermione, you go next to him instead of that castle." But the bishop is not next to the castle, the knight is in between them.


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It's easy to clean silver using aluminum foil and cleaning agents you have in the house.
Total Time: 15 minutes max
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NEVER use this method to clean sterling silver. It will eventually remove the sterling patina and render your flatware or jewelry useless. As an antique dealer, we have seen many lovely pieces of sterling flatware ruined by using the aluminum foil method.