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Yet another take on the Sanders Portrait of Shakespeare from Adam Gopnik in The New Yorker.
The Sanders Portrait of Shakespeare: Five U of G Innovations Recognized as Game-Changing
Five U of G Innovations Recognized as Game-Changing
The discoveries are among 50 innovations from Ontario universities over the last 100 years in COU's Research Matters campaign, which will include a contest with the public voting. The campaign includes five U of G innovations, beginning with the Yukon Gold potato in 1966 and concluding with research on a purported portrait of William Shakespeare in 2014.
John Livernois, interim vice-president (research), said, "We only just celebrated our 50th anniversary, so to have five discoveries from U of G selected is a significant accomplishment. This is life-changing research, which has had a major impact on the lives of many Canadians."
The five University of Guelph innovations are as follows:
Revealing Identities: Prof. Daniel Fischlin, English and Theatre Studies, suggests that a 400-year-old painting portrays William Shakespeare, which would make this the only known portrait painted during the Bard's lifetime.
Improving Health: Prof. Bruce Holub, Human Health and Nutritional Sciences, discovers trans fats harm human health, resulting in their virtual elimination from supermarket shelves.
Creating New Vaccines: Pathobiology professors Pat Shewen and Bruce Wilkie develop a vaccine against "shipping fever" pneumonia in cattle, which becomes the foundation for all vaccines against this major disease.
Digitizing DNA: Prof. Paul Hebert, Integrative Biology, proposes DNA barcoding for species identification, with applications from protecting global biodiversity to curbing food fraud.
Reinventing the Potato: Gary Johnston, Plant Agriculture, creates the Yukon Gold potato to grow in challenging climates, and its taste and popularity make it a household name.
Livernois said these discoveries show Guelph's wide-ranging research strengths.
"The University of Guelph has a proud heritage in research, and we are pleased to see these accomplishments recognized. Even today, we are still seeing extraordinary research from many departments at the University."
Starting April 1, the public will be invited to vote on the list of "game-changing" discoveries made at Ontario universities. To see a full list and to register for the contest, visit yourontarioresearch.ca/ starting April 1.
Voting will continue all summer at fairs and public events as the 50 game-changers go on the road with the Research Matters' Curiosity Shop. The public's top five favourites will be announced in the fall, and contest participants will be eligible for a draw.
New Yorker article features CASP Research on the Sanders Portrait
An April 28, 2014 essay published in the New Yorker and authored by Adam Gopnik focuses on the Sanders Portrait and CASP Director, Daniel Fischlin, describing the most recent phase of research into the Sanders Portrait of Shakespeare and its origins.
The recent issue of The New Yorker magazine features U of G English professor and University research Chair Daniel Fischlin. In an article entitled "The Poet's Hand," Fischlin discusses his work over the past decade to help authenticate the Sanders portrait, believed to be the only one of William Shakespeare painted while the playwright was alive. Fischlin outlines the scientific works that has been conducted to authenticate the painting, as well as efforts to trace family connections between Shakespeare and the ancestors of the portrait's previous owner, Lloyd Sullivan.
Thought to depict the Bard at age 39, the Sanders portrait was the centrepiece of a months-long exhibit at Guelph's Macdonald Stewart Art Centre in 2007. It's also the signature image of U of G's Canadian Adaptations of Shakespeare Project (CASP), the world's largest and most complete website about Shakespeare's cultural influence that was founded by Fischlin. Last fall, U of G hosted an international symposium at the University of Toronto's Munk Centre where evidence gathered by experts about the portrait was presented. Read more about the portrait.
Shakespeare Portrait, Faculty Make Headlines (April 25, 2014 – In the News)
Conference Explores Origins of Shakespeare Portrait
More than 400 years old, portrait still inspires interest
By Andrew Vowles
Thursday, January 16, 2014
The Sanders portrait
Daniel Fischlin was hunkered down by the phone in mid-December "waiting for the media feeding frenzy to begin." News had broken that day of a tentative agreement to buy a Canadian-owned portrait believed to depict William Shakespeare during his lifetime, and the University of Guelph English professor expected to find himself in the middle of the story again.
Under the deal reached in early December, an anonymous Canadian family has agreed to buy the 410-year-old Sanders portrait from its longtime Ottawa owner, according to a Globe and Mail story published Dec. 15.
Some two decades after Lloyd Sullivan began researching the portrait – passed through his family from a distant maternal ancestor contemporary with Shakespeare — evidence continues to mount that the work is the only likeness of the Bard done from life.
Speaking of the tentative sale, Fischlin says, "It's a very complicated negotiation."
He says the deal will likely be completed in early 2014; the new owners are expected to donate the portrait to an unnamed public art institution in Canada.
Referring to Sullivan, he says "the owner is very happy, because these buyers understand that this is really a legacy issue and are gearing up to do the right thing."
That means "bringing the portrait into a public space, ramping up the information about the portrait. Growing that bandwidth is really important. It's the beginning of a whole other sequence of events that are probably going to be more involved than the work so far."
Much of that work, including recent research connecting Shakespeare with the Sanders family and other associates from Elizabethan and Jacobean England, has been led by Fischlin and other scholars on both sides of the Atlantic.
Those findings and the earlier detective work into the portrait's provenance were discussed by experts during a one-day symposium in Toronto last month. Negotiations for the portrait's sale were still occurring during the event.
The Sanders portrait is believed to depict William Shakespeare at age 39. The painting belongs to Sullivan, an Ottawa engineer. His family has passed it down from John Sanders. Family lore says Sanders was a painter and actor with Shakespeare's theatre company, the Lord Chamberlain's Men (later called the King's Men).
Sullivan inherited the piece from his mother in 1972. Since retiring some 20 years ago, he has researched the painting.
At the Toronto conference, scientists, costume experts, historians, writers and museum curators discussed everything from the doublet worn by the sitter to tests validating the age of the paint, the wood panel and the label affixed to the back of the portrait.
Fischlin's recent work has involved genealogy and geography in the British Midlands and London and between Canada and England. He is a University Research Chair and founding director of the Canadian Adaptations of Shakespeare Project (CASP), the world's most comprehensive website about the Bard's cultural influence.
He and other researchers – notably British genealogist Pam Hinks — have traced Sullivan's family through 13 unbroken generations and 10 great-grandfathers back to Shakespeare's lifetime.
They have visited gravesites, uncovered and transcribed historical documents, examined major historical archives in the United Kingdom and interviewed Sullivan's relatives.
That path has led to a small group of villages in the Midlands and to the part of London where Shakespeare and his acquaintances are known to have lived.
Before moving to London, Shakespeare and Sanders lived in towns about eight miles apart in and around Stratford. So did John Heminges, another company actor and eventually co-editor of the 1623 First Folio of Shakespeare's works.
By 1603, all three were residents in the capital, living only minutes from each other in adjoining parishes.
Heminges and John Sanders's son – also John and an early ancestor to Lloyd Sullivan – were both active members of the Grocers' guild during the early 1600s.
Those connections strengthen the argument that Sanders was close enough to have painted Shakespeare, says Fischlin.
"It would have been impossible for the two men not to have been intimately acquainted with each other, not only because their families came from neighbouring villages in the Midlands, but also because they would have had significantly overlapped business interests."
Fischlin plans to continue this work, including investigating leads about where artist and sitter met in London.
"We're very close to identifying the workshop where the painting was painted. We seem to have a member of the Sanders family married into an apprentice from this workshop," he says.
He adds that "the workshop was well known to the theatre scene in London in that period and also was close physically to where the Sanders and Heminges families and Shakespeare were all living at the time.
"It's not definitive but it's very, very promising."
The Sanders portrait was exhibited at the University of Guelph's Macdonald Stewart Art Centre for six months in 2007. That year, U of G teamed up with some 30 local arts and culture organizations in more than 50 community programs and activities centred on Shakespeare and the painting.
The portrait is the signature image of CASP. It also appears on new copies of The Tempest and Romeo and Juliet, the first editions of Shakespeare's works to feature the Sanders likeness on their cover.
Those volumes were published by the Canadian arm of Oxford University Press. Acquisitions editor Jen Rubio credits her late father, Gerald Rubio, an English professor at U of G, for instilling some of Shakespeare's words during her childhood.
He often borrowed lines from the Bard to suit a particular situation, even if listeners failed to pick up on the reference. Once quoting Hamlet after a restaurant meal, she says, "He later said, 'The funeral baked meats did coldly furnish forth the marriage tables.'"
Rubio says the genealogical research and information about the Grocers' guild uncovered by Fischlin and other scholars was new to her. "It's amazing what research you can do from back in 1603."
She is convinced that the Sanders portrait is an authentic likeness of Shakespeare. "I don't see how anybody can read the evidence and think otherwise. I haven't actually heard a good argument why we should not believe it."
"It is such a compelling image," says U of G president Alastair Summerlee. He attended the Toronto symposium and was involved in seeking a buyer for the Sanders portrait, which has been held for more than a year at U of G.
Commenting on the debate over a 410-year-old likeness, Summerlee says, "It matters because we all know Shakespeare. We all know him because we are all imbued in his work. As a scientist I know we have a craving to associate faces with people."
Sanders Portrait Sale: Front Page of the Globe and Mail
After years of work lead in part by the Canadian Adaptations of Shakespeare Project, its Director Daniel Fischlin, and the University of Guelph, news on the front page of the Globe and Mail to the effect that the Sanders Portrait of Shakespeare has sold.
Canadian family to buy portrait at centre of Shakespeare art mystery
Recent Media Stories on the Sanders Portrait Symposium and Sale
Following upon the November 28, 2013 Symposium "Look Here Upon this Picture: A Symposium on the Sanders Portrait of Shakespeare", held at the Munk Centre, University of Toronto, a number of media outlets have released stories or done full-length radio shows about the Sanders Portrait:
Canadian family to buy portrait at centre of Shakespeare art mystery (Globe & Mail)
Faces of Our Ancestors a Reflection of Ourselves (Guelph Mercury)
The Sanders Portrait of Shakespeare: Interviews and Discussion (CFRU Radio featuring Andrew Bretz, Daniel Fischlin, John Kissick, and Diane Nalini)
CBC: The Morning Edition (December, 2013 with Craig Norris)
Social Media on Storify (December 2013)
As It Happens (CBC December 16, 2013)
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Canadian-owned painting purported to be only life-likeness of Shakespeare changing hands (Steve Mertl, Yahoo News Canada)
Shakespeare portrait sale has major U of G connection (Guelph Mercury, December 16, 2013)
Canadian man said to own only portrait of Shakespeare (The Ontarian, December 5, 2013)
Conference Explores Origins of Shakespeare Portrait (Andrew Vowles, January 16, 2014)
OUP offers Shakespeare series with a Canadian twist
OUP offers Shakespeare series with a Canadian twist
Less than a year after officially shuttering its Canadian trade division, Oxford University Press has released a new series of Shakespeare's plays with crossover appeal and a distinctly Canadian twist. The Shakespeare Made in Canada series edited by Daniel Fischlin comprises Shakespeare plays paired with introductions by Canadian scholars. Each text also includes a preface by an artist who has been involved with the adaptation of a Shakespearean work in Canada, as well as explanatory notes and reading tips. The first titles in the series are Romeo and Juliet and The Tempest, and Hamlet and A Midsummer Night's Dream are already in the works.
In accordance with OUP Canada's new "curriculum-based" focus, the series is designed to serve as a teaching text for Canadian undergraduate students, though acquiring editor Jennie Rubio says she expects it to received interest from theatregoers and other non-academic consumers.
The series' genesis was aided by the Canadian Adaptations of Shakespeare Project at the University of Guelph, a research venture focusing on how Canadians have historically read and reproduced works by the Bard. The project team, led by general editor of the Shakespeare Made in Canada series, Daniel Fischlin, selected the titles for publication from their archives.
"They've done a ton of research on how we've adapted Shakespeare from the 1760s … adaptations by new settlers, Aboriginals, and French-English ones," Rubio says. "There are just a lot of interesting things and insights that have come from Canadian productions and this incredible diversity in how Canadians have made these adaptations over time."
A further Canadian link is showcased on the cover of each title in the series, which depicts what is believed to be the only sitting portrait of Shakespeare painted during his lifetime. The painting, known as the Sanders portrait of Shakespeare, belongs to a Canadian family that emigrated from England in the 19th century. A conference discussing the portrait, to be held at the University of Toronto on Nov. 28, coincides with the series' release.
"It's a weird Canadian connection," says Rubio. "Shakespeare's work is almost as Canadian as it is British by now, because we've done so much adaptation."
OUP plans to see how well the series succeeds before deciding to move forward with additional titles, though Rubio says Othello may be next in line and has a personal preference for As You Like It.


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A selection of stories from today's press and other media that relate to Ekklesia's work, produced daily by James Vincent and covering papers such as The Times, Daily Telegraph, Independent and Guardian.
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New International Version of Bible to be revised
The New International Version of the Bible, the best selling edition in the US, will undergo its first revision in 25 years, threatening to start a political correctness row.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/religion/6124605/New-Internat... [3]
Top 10 worst Bible passages
A list of the top 10 worst Biblical verse has been drawn up, which includes approval for sexism, genocide and slavery.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/religion/6120373/Top-10-worst... [4]
Alastair Campbell 'does' God more than you'd think, Tony Blair confesses
Alastair Campbell – the man indelibly linked to the phrase "we don't do God" during his time as Tony Blair's communications chief – has religious convictions himself, according to his former boss.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/6120699/Alastair-Cam... [5]
China 'punishes' Taiwan over Dalai Lama visit
China has cancelled several planned visits by senior officials to Taiwan in an apparent move to punish Taipei for its decision to allow the Dalai Lama to visit the country's typhoon victims.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/religion/6121758/China-punish... [6]
Case of Christian minister dismissed from radio station over alleged 'Muslim insults' to go to European Court of Justice
A Christian radio presenter who claims he was sacked for offending Muslims is to have his case considered by the European Court of Justice.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/religion/6122889/Case-of-Chri... [7]
Give us this day our daily... Catholic church issues prayer for faithful to say before sex
Roman Catholic couples are being encouraged to pray together before they have sex.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1210519/Never-mind-pillow-talk-c... [8]
Halal search engine will help Muslims avoid forbidden internet sites
A halal search-engine has been launched so Muslims can browse the internet without fear of stumbling across content considered forbidden, or "haram", under Islamic law.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/6123972/Halal-search-engine-w... [9]
Silvio Berlusconi rift with Vatican widens
An emerging rift between the Vatican and Silvio Berlusconi, the embattled Italian Prime Minister, has widened further after top church figures rallied to defend Dino Boffo, the Catholic editor whose private life was the subject of renewed attack by one of the premier's newspapers yesterday.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article6817783.ece [10]
Comment: Young Muslims speak up
As I quizzed young British Muslims, I found that what they want to say and what society hears are two different things.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/belief/2009/sep/01/young-muslims... [11]
Race & Identity
Row as Canada gives asylum to white South African
Asylum seeker Brandon Huntley claimed he had been persecuted, abused and repeatedly stabbed. But it was the reason he gave for his ordeal that caused a diplomatic rift today. Huntley is South African – and white.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/sep/01/canada-south-africa-asylum-s... [12]
BNP in court over membership rules
A legal action against the British National Party about ethnic restrictions on its membership is due in court.
http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/124480/BNP-in-court-over-membership-... [13]
Peace & War
Iran moves to split UN with 'updated nuclear proposal'
US officials said last night that they were still awaiting concrete signs that Iran was ready to accede to demands that it cease its uranium enrichment programmes, despite reports from Tehran that the regime had fresh proposals to resolve the continuing standoff with the West.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/iran-moves-to-split-... [14]
Ecology & Environment
Royal Society warns climate engineering 'could cause disaster'
Giant engineering schemes to reflect sunlight or suck carbon dioxide from the air could be the only way to save the Earth from runaway global warming, according to a group of leading scientists.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article6817280.ece [15]
Economy & Politics
Comment: The age of inexperience
A cult of youth pervades British political and professional life. Bring back the elder statesmen.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/sep/01/british-politics-you... [16]
Education & Culture
UK has biggest drink problem amongst 13-year-olds
Britain has the biggest drink problem amongst 13-year-olds in the western world, according to a major study on child wellbeing published tomorrow.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/uk-has-biggest-drink-prob... [17]
Life & Death
European 'mercenaries' face death penalty in Congo
Two alleged mercenaries from Europe are facing the death penalty in the Democratic Republic of Congo after being accused of murder and spying.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/sep/01/congo-accused-norwegians-dea... [18]
People & Power
Terror suspect Ahmad Vahidi set to become Ahmadinejad's Defence Minister
A former Revolutionary Guard commander wanted by Interpol for masterminding the worst terrorist attack in Argentina looks set to become the new Iranian Defence Minister after parliament signalled that it would confirm the provocative choice.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article6817578.ece [19]

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Every 20 seconds, your blood completes a cycle through more than 60,000 miles of blood vessels (arteries, veins, and capillaries), circulating through every tissue and organ in your body. At the center of this vital process beats the powerhouse that is your heart.
A hollow muscle comprised of two side-by-side pumps, each side of the heart contains two chambers, the atrium and the ventricle. These pumps power the distribution system that supplies oxygen and nutrients to all of your body's tissues and organs. It also pumps blood from the rest of your body to the lungs for re-oxygenation.
Weighing between 8 to 10 ounces on average, this miraculous organ beats around 100,000 times and pumps approximately 1,980 gallons of oxygen-rich blood through your body each and every day. Once the blood is ready to be reoxygenated, it moves through your veins back to your heart, and then on to your lungs. This process runs continuously each and every minute throughout your life.
Cued by the endocrine system, the heart reacts quickly to physical and emotional stimuli, helping us handle stress in the heat of the moment. It provides us with the strongest and most immediate feedback regarding our internal health, and yet for many Americans, heart disease seems to take them by surprise.
Fortunately, in recent years, researchers have gained new insights into why heart disease is such a major health scourge—including some major differences between the way men and women experience the disease. What that research shows is that most of the nearly one million deaths that annually occur in the US are preventable. In most cases, so is heart disease itself. The key to preventing heart disease lies in knowing what causes it, knowing your risks for developing it, and then doing all you can to reduce those risks. These same steps that reduce heart disease risk have also been shown to be highly successful for reversing heart disease, in many cases completely.
Looking Beyond Cholesterol
While keeping cholesterol levels within normal levels is still important for preventing and treating heart disease, doctors now know that this, alone, is not enough. According to integrative physician Kerry D. Friesen, MD, of Chattanooga, Tennessee, "In the last decade or so, there has been an entire paradigm shift in our understanding of the causes of heart disease."
Among the research spearheading physicians' new understanding of the causes of heart disease, Friesen says, are recent studies of patients considered at risk for heart disease using Electron Beam Tomography (EBT, an ultra-fast CT scan). "The EBT studies examined the coronary arteries of these patients, examining them for signs of heart disease, specifically atherosclerosis," Friesen explains. Based on the old paradigm understanding of heart disease, patients with atherosclerosis should also have had elevated low-density lipoprotein (LDL), or "bad" cholesterol, levels. But what the EBT studies showed was that LDL levels did not correlate with atherosclerosis (hardening of the arteries caused by plaque buildup in artery walls).
"The EBT studies, as well as other studies, reveal that the widely held belief that LDL causes heart disease is inaccurate," Friesen says. "In fact, elevated LDL cholesterol is such a poor marker for heart disease that 50 percent of patients with normal LDL levels still go on to develop heart disease. A much stronger indication of heart disease can be seen with low levels of highdensity lipoprotein (HDL), or 'good' cholesterol, and elevated triglyceride levels. This was noted years ago by Dr. William Castelli, who was the director of the Framingham Heart Study, but has been overlooked until recently."
According to Friesen, few prescription drugs are available to treat the combination of low HDL and high triglyceride levels. "The good news is that there are a variety of natural self-care approaches that are effective for reversing this critical metabolic disorder," he says.
Lesser-Known (But Telling) Risk Factors
In addition to elevated cholesterol and triglyceride levels, another equally important risk factor for heart disease is chronic low-grade inflammation. "This type of inflammation is often caused by infectious diseases," Friesen says. Oxidative stress, which is often associated with chronic inflammation, is another major risk factor. Other risk factors include chronic emotional stress and unresolved emotional issues (especially anger), as well as the buildup of environmental toxins in the body.
"The role that environmental toxins, such as lead, mercury, and other heavy metals, play in heart disease is also overlooked by most physicians," states Garry F. Gordon, MD, DO, medical director of the Gordon Research Institute in Payson, Arizona. "But in fact these toxins can be responsible or exacerbate other major risk factors associated with heart disease, especially inflammation, oxidative stress, and chronic infections. In my own clinical practice, I've found that, once these toxins are addressed through a properly supervised program of detoxification, the overall symptoms of patients with heart disease usually are reduced as well."
Screening for and treating chronic infections, such as periodontal disease, should also be part of any comprehensive program for heart disease, Gordon says. "Infections are acquired through exposure to viruses, bacteria, fungi, and parasites that we come into daily contact with through other people, animals and our environment," he explains. "Due to today's devitalized food supply, stress, exposure to environmental toxins, and so forth, our bodies lose the ability to fight off these infectious invaders. Over time, this constant barrage wears down our immune system, allowing the infections to dig in even deeper. This leads to chronic inflammation which leads to many degenerative diseases, including heart disease."
Allergies can be another risk factor for heart disease, especially among women aged 50 and younger, according to Andrew W. Campbell, MD, of The Woodlands, Texas, and a consultant to both the CDC and the National Institutes of Health (NIH). "Common allergic symptoms are significantly associated with an increased risk of coronary heart disease," Campbell states. "There is a three-fold increased risk of heart disease with wheezing, and a 40 percent increased risk with runny nose and itchy eyes compared to no allergies." Campbell has documented these increased risks in his own clinical practice and recommends that people who suffer from allergies be screened for heart disease as a precaution.
Another risk factor that has come to light in recent years is low testosterone in men. A recent study published in the medical journal Heart found that low testosterone is common among men suffering from heart disease and, if left untreated, can significantly interfere with recovery and increase the risk of death.
Other risk factors for heart disease include:
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Heart Disease Is Different For Women
Heart disease has traditionally been considered a disease that most commonly affects men. Most people also assume that cancer, not heart disease, is the number one killer of women in the United States. Both of these assumptions are false, and can be dangerous if believed. The following statistics bear this out:
• Approximately 8 million women in the US currently live with heart disease, including 10 percent of all women between the ages of 45 and 64.
• 43 percent of deaths in women in the US are caused by heart disease (approximately 500,000 deaths each year).
• Heart attacks kill six times as many women in the US each year as breast cancer.
• More women die from heart disease each year in the US than men.
• 62 percent of all deaths in the US each year caused by congestive heart failure occur among women.
Women who suffer a heart attack also have lower survival rates compared to men (38 to 25 percent), and are more likely to suffer from another heart attack within six years (35 to 18 percent). Female heart attack survivors are also more than twice as likely to be disabled due to heart failure within six years compared to men (46 to 22 percent), and nearly twice as many women as men die after bypass surgery. Making matters worse, most of the research conducted on heart disease today is focused on men, with women comprising only 25 percent of all participants in medical studies related to heart disease.
Compounding matters is the fact that women often do not experience symptoms of heart disease in the same way that men do, and therefore are more likely to not recognize what the symptoms mean, or to ignore them altogether. For example, while chest pain is the most common symptom of a pending heart attack, women are far more likely than men to not experience chest pain before a heart attack strikes. Women are also less apt to experience other common warning signs of heart disease, such as pain in the left arm and shortness of breath.
Instead of experiencing the most common warning signs of heart disease, women are more likely to experience what are known as "atypical warning signs." Such symptoms include pain in the back, neck or jaw; nausea; vomiting; indigestion; weakness; unexplained fatigue; dizziness or lightheadedness; and sleep disturbances. Research has shown that 95 percent of women who suffered heart attacks first experienced one or more of these atypical symptoms rather than common warning signs. In the majority of cases, they did not recognize the symptoms for what they were. Had they done so, the majority of them might have avoided heart attacks by receiving medical attention in time.
Physicians, too, can fail to detect heart disease in women. One reason this is so is because women aren't as likely to have fatty plaque buildup in their arteries compared to men. This is especially true among younger women. In addition, women typically develop heart disease an average of 10 to 15 years later than men do. Researchers attribute this delay to two factors: menstruation, which helps to thin blood, making it easier for the heart to pump it; and the rich supply of female hormones that are produced prior to menopause, which have heart-protecting properties. Once menopause sets in, however, women who previously exhibited no signs of heart disease might quickly develop them, but because of their health history, their doctors might fail to screen for them.
Prevention and treatment of heart disease also differs between men and women. For example, one of the most commonly prescribed measures to prevent a heart attack is taking an aspirin once a day. However, research has shown that aspirin does not help to prevent heart attacks in healthy women to the same extent as it does in healthy men. In addition, once heart disease is detected, men are more likely to receive the appropriate medical care, including cardiac catheterization, a minimally invasive surgical procedure often used by cardiologists to determine the extent of damage to the heart and arteries, as well as the best treatment options. Women with heart disease are far less likely to receive this procedure than men unless they specifically request it.
All of the above facts make it essential that women become proactive when it comes to heart disease. This means knowing the different and atypical warning signs of heart disease that most commonly affect them, and making sure to request a thorough screening process for heart disease from their doctors, especially once they enter into menopause.
Screening Tests for Heart Disease
In addition to blood tests that monitor HDL, LDL, and triglyceride levels, Drs. Campbell, Friesen, and Gordon agree that other blood screening tests are also important for determining heart disease risk. To screen for inflammation, they use blood tests to measure levels of C-reactive protein (CRP), homocysteine, and fibrinogen. Levels of ferriten, a marker for oxidative stress, should also be screened for.
Dr. Friesen also typically screens his patients using advanced lipid profile tests instead of standard lipid tests, especially if they have a family history, or are in the early stages, of heart disease. "Advanced lipid profiles help determine the quality of a patient's cholesterol in addition to its quantity," he explains. "Most doctors and patients do not realize that standard lipid profile tests don't measure cholesterol directly, only their approximate level based on a mathematical formula. The advanced lipid profile test that I use can directly measure and differentiate between five subtypes of HDL, seven subtypes of LDL, triglyceride levels, and intermediate molecules known as VLDL and ILDL, plus the dangerous hereditary molecule Lp(a), which can mimic another molecule in the body that can trigger a fatal blood clot."
Another test these doctors recommend is the PLAC test, which measures lipoprotein phospholipase A2 (Lp-LPA2). This test measures free radical damage and inflammation inside blood vessels, and can be used to determine levels of existing plaque in arteries. "I frequently use the PLAC test to monitor the effectiveness of my patients' treatment regimen," Friesen says. Other tests he recommends are the VAP or Berkley Heart Lab test (both blood tests your doctor can order). He also suggests you become aware of your family's health history to have a better idea of the health risks you may have inherited from your parents.
Dr. Gordon also recommends that patients have their doctors determine how thick or thin their blood levels are. This can be done through blood viscosity testing. Thin blood is easier for your heart to pump, Gordon explains, reducing how much arteries have to stretch to accommodate healthy blood flow, and also reducing the risk of arterial injury. "The thicker the blood is, the higher the correlation for heart disease there is," he says, adding that elevated LDL levels, as well as obesity and smoking, are some of the risk factors that can cause blood to thicken.
Dr. Campbell adds that analyzing hair samples for levels of the stress hormone cortisol is also important. "Elevated cortisol found in hair samples has been shown to be a significant predictor of a heart attack," he says. "We all know that stress is a risk factor in heart disease but previously doctors had to rely on what their patients told them about stress, whereas with hair analysis we now can measure stress levels accurately and objectively."
Campbell also recommends two other tests that may soon be commercially available. The first is known as the f-TFPI (free tissue factor pathway inhibitor) test, and the second is called vWF (Von Willbrand factor). "Combined, these tests provide doctors a precise predictor of heart disease risk, as was shown in a study published in Circulation, the journal of the American Heart Association," Campbell says.
Taking Matters Into Your Own Hands
When it comes to heart disease, the more proactive you are, the better. There is much that you can do on your own to dramatically reduce your risk for heart disease, as well as to help manage and reverse your symptoms if you already have it. Dr. Campbell recommends you start by following the American Heart Association's Life's Simple 7, a series of guidelines established by the AHA to help people achieve healthy heart function. These include:
• At least 150 minutes of moderate exercise, or 75 minutes of intense exercise, per week.
• Having a body mass index (BMI) of less than 25.
• Being a nonsmoker for at least one year.
• Keeping total cholesterol below 200 mg/dL
• Maintaining blood pressure below 120/80
• Having a fasting blood sugar level below 100 mg/dL
• Meeting 4 out of 5 of the AHA's key components for a healthy diet (4-7 servings of fruits and vegetables per day, unrefined whole grains, eating fish at least twice a week, eating lean meats and skinless poultry, reducing foods prepared in or containing trans-fatty acids).
Additional self-care steps you can take include the following:
Diet: Eat a Mediterranean-style diet, which, according to Dr. Friesen, is scientifically documented as being helpful for preventing and reversing heart disease. "This type of diet is also rich in polyphenols, compounds that give the skin of fruits and vegetables their rich color," Friesen points out. "A growing body of research is establishing that polyphenols are not only good for your heart, but also your brain and many other health functions." The Mediterranean diet contains an abundant supply of fruits, vegetables, and nuts, along with fish and poultry as its primary protein foods, and a plentiful supply of olive oil. Such a diet is also rich in healthy fats, antioxidants, anti-inflammatory fatty acids, and heart-healthy spices such as garlic, as well as low in sugar, saturated fats, and refined carbohydrates.
Nutritional and Herbal Supplementation:
"Omega-3 fish oils are a very important factor for lowering cholesterol and protecting against inflammation, and one of the few supplements where more is better," Dr. Campbell says. He also recommends co-enzyme Q10 (Co-Q10) and alpha lipoic acid (ALA). Dr. Friesen adds that turmeric, which is rich in curcumin, and boswellia extract are both excellent herbs for protecting against chronic low-grade infection.
Exercise: "Ideally, you should try to get at least 30 minutes of exercise each and every day," Dr. Friesen says. "Aerobic exercise is especially good, and includes activities such as walking, cycling, jogging, and swimming. I also recommend t'ai chi, due to the many benefits I've personally received from my many years of practicing it." If you are unused to exercising, be sure to consult with your doctor so that the two of you can work together to create an exercise program that is most appropriate to your specific needs.
Lifestyle: If you are overweight, work with your doctor, who can help you devise a program for losing excess weight. If you smoke, seek help so that you can quit. It is also important that you get a good night's sleep for at least 7 to 8 hours every evening.
Stress Management: Given how closely linked chronic stress is to heart disease, it's important that you take time each day to "de-stress" yourself. Useful ways for doing so are meditation, deep breathing exercises, regularly engaging in hobbies and other enjoyable activities, and spending time with loved ones. If stress continues to be a problem in your life, consider working with a health professional who specializes in stress relief.
For most people, heart disease is largely the result of long-standing unhealthy habits. By following the above recommendations, you can go a long way toward preventing and reversing heart disease, both on your own and, if necessary, by working with your doctor. The most important key is to get started now.
Larry Trivieri Jr. is recognized as a lay-expert in health and healing and has authored more than a dozen books on the subject over 30 years.
Are you at risk?
Your risk for heart disease is greater if any of the following factors apply to you:
>> You have a family history of heart disease
>> You are a smoker
>> You weigh 10 pounds or more than your ideal body weight and/ or have a body mass index above 24
>> You have high blood pressure
>> Your total cholesterol is above 200 mg/dL
>> You suffer from chronic stress
>> You live a sedentary lifestyle
>> You have type-2 diabetes
If you have any of these risk factors, consult with your physician.
The cost of heart disease
Since the beginning of the 20th century, heart disease in the United States has been our nation's number one killer, a position it still holds today. Presently, heart disease kills more than one out of every four Americans (26 percent), and costs our nation $316.4 billion in 2010, alone.
Once mistakenly thought to primarily affect men, approximately 50 percent of all deaths caused by heart disease in the US each year are among women. The CDC estimates that someone in the US has a heart attack every 34 seconds, and someone dies from heart disease every single minute!
Since the early 1950s, largely due to the Framingham Heart Study, which began in 1948 and established a link between high cholesterol and heart attacks, it has been an accepted fact that elevated levels of LDL (bad) cholesterol were the primary risk factor for heart disease. This belief led to a sharp rise in the amount of statin drugs and other cholesterol-lowering medications that are prescribed in the US each year, to the point where statins are now the most prescribed class of drugs in the country. Once prescribed, patients tend to stay on these drugs for years, if not for the remainder of their lives. In 2010, more than 255 million prescriptions were dispensed at a cost of $18.7 billion.
Common symptoms of heart disease
The following warning signs are typical for heart disease. If you experience any of them, seek prompt medical help.
>> Chest pain
>> Shortness of breath
>> Pain in one or both arms (especially the left arm)
>> Pain in the upper back, neck, shoulder blade or jaw
>> Sweating
>> Fatigue
>> Indigestion or vomiting for no apparent reason
>> In men, inability to achieve or maintain a firm erection
Treating Chronic Inflammation
Chronic low-grade inflammation, often stemming from infectious diseases, is a very important risk factor to consider when evaluating risk for heart disease, according to Garry F. Gordon, MD, DO, medical director of the Gordon Research Institute in Payson, Arizona.
"It is clear to most scientists that inflammation is a major contributor to degenerative diseases, including heart disease," Gordon adds. "This includes periodontal disease, which is proven to directly contribute to our bodies' pathogen burden, causing some doctors to look at the mouth when treating cardiovascular disease. Researchers now are also reporting that virtually everyone today has some level of cytomegalovirus (CMV) present in their body, and that CMV is found in plaque and is contributing to the rise in hypertension among people today.
"However, most doctors ignore the total body burden of pathogens and the role they play in causing chronically elevated levels of inflammation. Instead of treating causes, they may use medications to try to lower inflammation, but this approach is only addressing symptoms, and usually is unsuccessful. I believe the reason most cardiologists fail to address chronic infection is because doing so would mean they would have to move beyond their cholesterol fixation and learn to help the body deal with these infections. That starts with detoxification, including reducing the burden of environmental toxins in the body, since infectious pathogens tend to thrive where such toxins are present. It also means improving patients' nutritional status."
In order to address such infections, Gordon recommends the use of vitamin C, which he says "will stop every infection in its tracks without needing to use antibiotics," when given in the proper dosage range. Depending on the severity of infection, vitamin C administered through an IV may be necessary, he says. If this is the case, it should only be done by a properly trained physician. Gordon also recommends high doses of vitamin A for a few days, along with aged garlic extract, such as Kyolic.
Types of Heart Disease
There are over 50 different types of heart disease. The most common is coronary artery disease (CAD). Also known as coronary heart disease or ischemic heart disease, CAD is characterized by hardening and narrowing of the arteries, which cuts off blood flow to the heart and can cause a heart attack.
Other common types of heart disease include:
Angina, which is characterized by discomfort or pain in the chest or throat, often with accompanying shortness of breath.
Arrhythmia, which affects the body's electrical system and can result in irregularities in heartbeat rhythm. Heartbeat that is too fast is called tachycardia; heartbeat that is too slow is called bradycardia. Arterial fibrillation is another type of arrhythmia.
Atherosclerosis, which is characterized by hardening of the arteries due to plaque buildup.
Cardiomyopathy, also known as congestive heart failure, which is characterized by blood congestion in the heart, which can lead to heart failure.
Congenital heart disease, a genetic condition that can affect any part of the heart, as well as blood vessels.
Endocarditis, which is an inflammation of the inner lining of the heart and valves, and pericarditis, an inflammation of the heart's outer lining.
Heart atack, also known as myocardial infarction (MI), which occurs when the flow of blood and oxygen to a part of the heart is blocked.
Myocarditis, which is an inflammation of the heart muscle.
Stenosis, which is characterized by a narrowing of one of the heart's valves. There are various types of stenosis, such as aortic valve and mitral valve stenosis.
Linus Pauling's Theory of Heart Disease
As the only person besides Madame Curie awarded more than one Nobel Prize, the late Linus Pauling, PhD (Chemistry in 1954, Peace in 1962), contributed to the understanding of heart disease through research into the health benefits of vitamin C and devised a "Heart Cocktail" that he believed would eradicate heart disease.
Pauling was one of the first scientists to work in the fields of both quantum chemistry and molecular biology. He was also a major pioneer in promoting the use of nutritional supplements for treating and preventing disease, including heart disease.
He was a long-time advocate of daily supplementation of vitamin C at doses far beyond the Recommended Daily Allowance (60 mg/day). Based on his research, as well as his extensive study of published scientific studies, Pauling recommended daily supplementation of a minimum of 2,000 mg to as much as 6,000 mg of vitamin C (taken in divided doses of 2,000 mg three times per day), and much higher doses during times of illness, including colds and flu. Much of the last 25 years of his life was spent researching the role nutrients play in maintaining and achieving good health.
As a result of his research, Pauling regarded atherosclerosis (hardening of the arteries) as a form of "low-grade scurvy." This view has since been confirmed by published scientific research. Atherosclerosis is caused by the buildup of plaque in the walls of the artery, causing arteries to stiffen and narrow. Cardiologists today often recommend statin drugs as a means of preventing and controlling plaque buildup because of the drugs' ability to reduce levels of LDL ("bad") cholesterol, one of the substances that is deposited in plaque. But Pauling pointed out that many published studies by numerous researchers show that a different type of cholesterol known as lipoprotein A, or Lp(a), is another major risk factor involved in plaque buildup and therefore heart disease. Neither statins nor any other class of drugs have been found to reduce Lp(a).
Like other forms of cholesterol, Lp(a) is manufactured by the liver and is used by the body to repair fissures (tears) that can occur in artery walls as a natural consequence of aging, or because of free-radical damage and other factors. Cholesterol in general is also used for this repair process. All forms of cholesterol are well suited for this task because they are sticky and therefore capable of easily attaching themselves to arterial walls to patch up fissures. But Lp(a) is much more potent than other types of cholesterol in its patching ability. Because of its high degree of stickiness, it has a tendency to attract other Lp(a) particles. Over time, this collection of Lp(a) forms the plaque that can result in heart attacks and stroke.
Researchers, including Pauling, discovered that Lp(a) levels higher than 20 mg/dl (deciliter) in blood causes Lp(a) to begin forming plaque, leading to atherosclerosis. Knowing this, Pauling used his expertise in biochemistry to explore which nutrients would best work to prevent this process. He decided on a combination of vitamin C and the amino acid lysine. Lysine residues are present in the wall of arteries and bind Lp(a) to cause plaque buildup. To counteract this, Pauling recommended that lysine be taken with vitamin C to both prevent and help reverse atherosclerosis. Both nutrients form collagen in high amounts and collagen needs to be replenished in blood vessels to keep them healthy and plaque-free.
Supplementing with lysine, Pauling explained, increases the amount of lysine molecules in the bloodstream where they then compete with the lysine residues found in the arterial walls. This prevents excess Lp(a) from attaching to the arteries and also pulls Lp(a) from the walls loose, destroying plaque. Shortly before his death in 1994, Pauling stated, "I think we can get almost complete control of cardiovascular disease, heart attacks, and strokes by the proper use of vitamin C and lysine," adding that everyone who was at risk for heart disease "had better be taking vitamin C and lysine."
Since his passing, numerous published studies and genetic testing have confirmed the role that Lp(a) plays in heart disease, and a growing number of integrative physicians now endorse Pauling's nutritional heart cocktail, because of its ability to strengthen and heal blood vessels, lower LP(a) blood levels, and inhibit the binding of LP(a) molecules in the walls of blood vessels. Additional research has also confirmed that "high intake" of vitamin C (700 mg/day or higher) reduces the risk of coronary artery disease.
You can determine your own Lp(a) blood levels with a simple blood test. However, you will likely have to request it from your doctor, since it is not given routinely by most physicians. As Pauling pointed out, blood levels above 20 mg/dl are unhealthy, and optimal levels should be below 14 mg/dl.


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Plane crash lands without nose landing gear at New York LaGuardia Airport-July-22-2013
A jetliner has crash-landed at New York's LaGuardia Airport after its nose landing gear would not deploy and it was forced to slide along the tarmac on its nose.
None of the passengers aboard the Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 were injured, according to initial reports by the Federal Aviation Administration.
Southwest Flight 345 was bound to New York City from Nashville, Tennessee.
Aviation officials halted all takeoffs and landings at LaGuardia after the crash about 5.45pm on Monday.
Delayed flyers at the busy New York airport posted photos of fire engines hosing down the nose of the plane.
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It is unclear what caused the malfunction. Aviation officials said the pilots were unable to lower the nose landing gear as the jetliner was coming in for a landing.
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Southwest just tweeted the following concerning the incident at LaGuardia: "Standby for more information regarding #Flight345 BNA-LGA. We are gathering details and will post a statement soon."
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Original item posted at 4:59 pm: We learn, from ex-Dallas City Council candidate Bobby Abtahi, that a Southwest Airlines jet has lost its nose wheels at New York's LaGuardia Airport. According to Abtahi, the plane was pulling into a gate when it lost its wheels. It was arriving from Nashville.
According to reports via Twitter, passengers are exiting the aircraft via inflatable slides. And NBC is reporting that LaGuardia is currently closed per the Port Authority.
Abtahi saw the whole thing: "Crazy," he says, simply, via Twitter, where he first posted the photo below and the Vine seen above. CNN already asked for permission to use the photo and video. Others followed suit.
We've got calls out to Southwest's Love Field-based spokespersons.
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^^ I agree, but that doesn't mean we can't ignore that and discuss things totally "in-universe" for fun. (Although, I feel like there are a couple of "cues" in UBC's appearances; he seems just a touch colder. But that's probably just reading into stuff too much.)
I like your second idea, about mature changelings,
. It explains how Martok-changeling was able to avoid detection for so long. It also add an element of hubris to the Federation's assumption that Odo is indicative of all changelings.
And I suspect that the "baby" changeling getting reabsorbed may very well be part of the changeling "life cycle." (The novels sorta kinda suggest this. Sorta.) And so UBC might have felt that there was no need to intervene and just
to allow the "baby" (which may, in fact, have been very old; remember what Shakespeare said about "second childhood"?) to merge with Odo, reactivating his metamorphic abilities.
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I don't understand the assertion that modern games don't attempt photorealism. Lots of them do, and one of the many techniques they use is capturing humanoid face/skin textures with photography, and also video-capturing humanoid and animal motion. Most games contain lots of models that do not correspond to any real object on Earth, though. You can't photograph what doesn't exist, and you can't then make models from nonexistent photographs. The perceived realism of, say, a dragon is universally dependent on the skill of the artists involved (and often negatively affected by technical limitations and optimization requirements). Then, breaking photos up to map them onto 3D models is challenging to do well.
Also a lot of people prefer an anime or fantasy styled world to a strictly photorealistic one. Real women are airbrushed to greater perfection in magazines all the time, and game art may aim to do this to the whole game world.
Do you mean using video capture as 'reference footage' for motion capture or something else? Also when it comes to photographing objects that don't exist in the real world, what are your thoughts on something like claymation? Does the game industry still use this technique? If you ever played the first Mortal Kombat, the character Goro was developed using this technique and made it look pretty realistic. http://www.joystiq.com/2009/06/22/mortal-kombats-goro-actual-size/
@Hodgman, thanks for the thorough insight. In regards to the problem of the T-pose example, what if instead you took different photos of the person? As an example one with the subject facing the sun or light and the other with palms facing away. I don't know if this has been tried before but even it has, is there any hardware and game engine that could handle fluid unoticeable switching between said 'light and shadow maps' (sorry, I'm not shure of technical terms yet) based on the orietation of the the games 'camera' and how the player sees the game objects? I'm sure this would be a lot of work though. No argument there.
Also, I'm probably just misunderstanding, but what is the purpose of using all white walls as opposed to a traditional green or blue walls? And what kind of lights are actually used light the room? Aside from what you've explained to me though, why is it that as realistic as games are starting to look today (such evidenced by that in-engine render of the face you posted), that even realtime gameplay is still discernable to the naked eye between simulated and real-world (such as the game Ryse)? Graphically speaking of course. I imagine it has to to with the lighting and ray tracing, and correct me if I'm wrong here. Whatever the reason, realtime graphics have not been perfected when it comes to gameplay as of yet. At least in my eyes, as others may see things differently.
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Farm diversification in England 2002 (Centre for Rural Policy Research, University of Exeter, 2003-02)
Farm incomes in Devon 2007/08 (Centre for Rural Policy Research, University of Exeter, 2009-01)
Farmers feeding the nation : processes of technical change and agricultural innovation in South West England (1937-1985) (Charles University in Prague, 2012-08-06)Farmers feeding the nation: processes of technical change and agricultural innovation in south west England ( 1937 - 1985)
Farming in Devon: changes since 2002 and developments in the near future (Centre for Rural Policy Research, University of Exeter, 2007-09)
Food production, distribution and processing in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly (Centre for Rural Policy Research, University of Exeter, 2006-11)
For and against ownership: William Godwin's theory of property (Cambridge University Press, 2009-03)This article offers an interpretation of British philosopher William Godwin's theory of property ownership, as outlined in his Enquiry Concerning Political Justice. Godwin's work can be read as presenting an incoherent ...
The foundations of Godwinian impartiality (Cambridge University Press, 2006-06)William Godwin is often cited in contemporary philosophical discussions of ethical impartiality, within which he functions as a sort of shorthand for a particularly crude and extreme act-utilitarianism, one that contains ...
Friend or Foe? Inter-gency Cooperation, Organizational Reputation, and Turf (Wiley, 2015-03-23)This article aims to explain two contrasting cases of bureaucratic cooperation: the cooperation practices of two similar European agencies – Europol and Frontex – with corresponding national-level structures. To understand ...
From Parliamentary Pay to Party Funding: The Acceptability of Informal Institutions in Advanced Democracies (Wiley., 2014-02-12)While direct state funding of political parties has been a prominent theme in cross-national research over the last decade, we still know little about party strategies to access state resources that are not explicitly ...
Gender, Race, Militarism and Remembrance: The Everyday Geopolitics of the Poppy (Taylor & Francis (Routledge), 2014-08-01)This paper offers a feminist analysis of how British military violence and war are, in part, made possible through everyday embodied and emotional practices of remembrance and forgetting. Focusing on recent iterations of ...
Getting out the vote: party mobilization in a comparative perspective (Cambridge University Press, 2008-01)A long tradition within political science examines the impact of party canvassing on voter participation. Very little of this work, however, is comparative in scope. This essay examines how system-level characteristics ...
GMOs and regulatory styles (Routledge, 2000-06)
Governance arenas in EU direct corporate taxation (New Modes of Governance Project, 2007)
Governance arenas in EU direct tax policy (Blackwell Publishing, 2008-03)Conventional scholarship on international taxation tends to address competition. It focuses on governments, and does not integrate purposeful political strategy with the ideational dimension of policy change. In this article ...
Governance: Public Governance to Social Innovation? (Ingenta, 2014-07-01)This paper reviews governance and public governance related to an emerging area of policy interest – social innovation. The European Commission's White Paper on European Governance (2001) focused on openness, participation, ...
Green futures: practical environmental enhancements in the South West's improved grasslands (Centre for Rural Policy Research, University of Exeter, 2006-11)
Hannah Arendt (1906-1975) (SAGE Publications, 2009-03-06)An encyclopedia entry about the political theory of Hannah Arendt.
Hannah Arendt and the Philosophical Repression of Politics (Continuum, 2011-06-06)Rancière and Arendt are both praxis theorists who want to escape political philosophy's reduction of political issues to questions of government. For each of them, Plato seems to stand in for their former teacher, exemplifying ...
How do religious norms diffuse? Institutional translation and international change in a post-secular world society (Sage, 2014-08-08)This article draws from Habermasian post-secular theory to broaden the scope of Constructivist research on norm dynamics beyond its current Western-centric focus. In an increasingly post-secular world society, we conceptualize ...
How elections change the way citizens view the political system: campaigns, media effects and electoral outcomes in comparative perspective (Cambridge University Press, 2003-07)Attitudes towards the political system have often been assumed to be stable attributes that are not easily influenced by short-term forces. We examine the extent to which attention to media coverage, campaign activity and ...


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LoveStar coming to Japan November 21st
LoveStar by Andri Snær Magnason will be published in Japan November 21st. This is my third book published in Japan, but The Story of the Blue Planet and Dreamland have both been published. Here is the cover illustration made by Wakako Katayama, a very …
My newest book at the Göteborg Bookfair
The Icelandic Literature Center participates in the Göteborg Book Fair, which takes place September 25-28 this year. This will mark the 30th time that the event, which annually attracts roughly 100,000 guests, takes place. The Icelandic stand at the Göteborg Book Fair is a collaboration …
Hey here is a poem! From the spoken word CD Flugmaður, in collaboration with múm. The CD came out in 1999, but that same year they did the music for my play – Náttúruóperan. I made a rough english translation of the poem here: Airplane …
Reading at the International Literature Festival Berlin
Reading in Berlin tonight! International Literary Festival Berlin: More Information HERE: A Long Night of International Poetry. With Anneke Brassinga [Netherlands], Brian Brett [Canada], Ashur Etwebi [Libya], Andri Snær Magnason [Iceland], Afrizal Malna [Indonesia], Charl-Pierre Naudé [South Africa], Ian Wedde [New Zealand], and Yang Lian …
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Behavioral Treatments for Sleep Disorders
A Comprehensive Primer of Behavioral Sleep Medicine Interventions
Edited by
- Michael Perlis, Michael L. Perlis, PhD, Behavioral Sleep Medicine Program, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvannia, Philadelphia, USA
- Mark Aloia
- Brett Kuhn
Sleep is a major component of good mental and physical health, yet over 40 million Americans suffer from sleep disorders. Edited by three prominent clinical experts, this volume is the first reference to cover all of the most common disorders (insomnia, sleep apnea, restless legs syndrome, narcolepsy, parasomnias, etc) and the applicable therapeutic techniques. The volume adopts a highly streamlined and practical approach to make the tools of the trade from behavioral sleep medicine accessible to mainstream psychologists as well as sleep disorder specialists. Organized by therapeutic technique, each chapter discusses the various sleep disorders to which the therapy is relevant, an overall rationale for the intervention, step-by-step instructions for how to implement the technique, possible modifications, the supporting evidence base, and further recommended readings. Treatments for both the adult and child patient populations are covered, and each chapter is authored by an expert in the field.View full description
An extra chapter ("The use of bright light in the treatment of insomnia," by Drs. Leon Lack and Helen Wright.) which is not listed in the table of contents is available for free download at: http://www.elsevierdirect.com/brochures/files/Bright%20Light%20Treatment%20of%20Insomnia.pdf
AudienceClinical psychologists, psychiatrists and sleep medicine practitioners, as well as graduate students in clinical psychology and psychiatry programs, social workers and nurse practitioners
Book information
- Published: October 2010
- Imprint: ACADEMIC PRESS
Table of Contents
Part I. BSM Treatment Protocols for Insomia
Chapter 1. Sleep Restriction Therapy
Chapter 2. Stimulus Control Therapy
Chapter 3. Sleep Hygiene
Chapter 4. Relaxation for Insomnia
Chapter 5. Sleep Compression
Chapter 6. Paradoxical Intention Therapy
Chapter 7. Behavioral Experiments
Chapter 8. Intervention to Reduce Unhelpful Beliefs about Sleep
Chapter 9. Intervention to Reduce Misperception
Chapter 10. Intervention to Reduce Use of Safety Behaviors
Chapter 11. Cognitive Therapy for Dysfunctional Beliefs about Sleep and Insomnia
Chapter 12. Cognitive Restructuring: Cognitive Therapy for Catastrophic Sleep Beliefs
Chapter 13. Intensive Sleep Retraining: Conditioning Treatment for Primary Insomnia
Chapter 14. Mindfulness-Based Therapy for Insomnia
Chapter 15. Brief Behavioral Treatment of Insomnia
Chapter 16. Using Bright Light and Melatonin to Reduce Jet Lag
Chapter 17. Using Bright Light and Melatonin to Adjust to Night Work
Part II. BSM Protocols for Adherence and Treatment of Intrinsic Sleep Disorders
Chapter 18. Motivational Enhancement Therapy
Chapter 19. Exposure Therapy for Claustrophobic Reactions to Continuous Positive Airway Pressure
Chapter 20. Sleep Apnea Self-Management Program
Chapter 21. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to Increase Adherence to Continuous Positive Airway
Chapter 22. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to Increase Adherence to Continuous Positive Airway
Chapter 23. The Avoidance of the Supine Posture during Sleep for Patients with Supine-related Sleep Apnea
Chapter 24. Scheduled Sleep Periods as an Adjuvant Treatment for Narcolepsy
Part III. BSM Protocols for Pediatric Sleep Disorders
Chapter 25. Brief Parent Consultation to Prevent Infant/Toddler Sleep Disturbance
Chapter 26. Unmodified Extinction for Childhood Sleep Disturbance
Chapter 27. Graduated Extinction: Behavioral Treatment for Bedtime Problems and Night Wakings in Young Children
Chapter 28. Extinction with Parental Presence
Chapter 29. Bedtime Fading with Response Cost for Children with Multiple Sleep Problems
Chapter 30. The Bedtime Pass
Chapter 31. The Excuse-Me Drill: A Behavioral protocol to Promote Independent Sleep Initiation Skills and Reduce Bedtime Problems in Young Children
Chapter 32. Day Correction of Pediatric Bedtime Problems
Chapter 33. Graduated Exposure Games to Reduce Children's Fear of the Dark
Chapter 34. Scheduled Awakenings: A Behavioral Protocol for Treating Sleepwalking and Sleep Terrors in Children
Chapter 35. Imagery Rehearsal Therapy for Adolescents
Chapter 36. Moisture Alarm Therapy for Primary Nocturnal Enuresis
Chapter 37. Promoting Positive Airway Pressure Adherence in Children Using Escape Extinction within a Multi-Component Behavior Therapy Approach
Chapter 38. Using Motivational Interviewing to Facilitate Healthier Sleep-Related Behaviors in Adolescents


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More and more people are begining to go on gluten-free diets. Most people do it from choice. Others are actually allergic to gluten, so they cant have it. For me, I have a rare liver disease called Sclerosing Cholangitis. Because of the disease i am on a very strict diet which has now become very hard to maintain. The main focus of my diet is to refrain from products containing gluten. The dining halls at Rutgers dont provide any selection of bread that is certified gluten-free, so it's extremely hard to find satisfying meals on a day to day basis. Please help pass this petition, it would be phenominal to see that we can make a difference. Thank You!
Letter to
Rutgers University Dining Halls
Students all around campus are faced with the scarcity of gluten-free products at the dining halls. Adding a choice of gluten-free bread would expand the possibilities of meals for students with gluten intolerance or students on gluten free diets.


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1 year ago#331
TimeShinigami posted...Boba is too polite to be a dude.
GT Boba Fistmaster
1 year ago#332
Yeah, the Everfall is your best bet outside of hard mode. I guess there's always the Devilfire drake as well.
I have a few lower level guys that are sufficient for the pre-Gregori part of the world that you could get an exp bonus from if you're interested. Not that I answered to promote my team...necessarily...
GT: Blue Cresh / Pawn: Allie (Mage)
Alts: 26, what do you need?
1 year ago#333
I am new to this so here is my pawn and sorry about the other message I had some typo's
My pawn maax is well built mage he has grand Healing and good defense for a mage he will enchant your weapons when needed he wears so BBI rare armor not the full set the gloves and boots that let him carry more items so he's a mobile storage as well as a good healer and the grave gauntlets he has 3017 Hp and has he also has dominion claw staff so he is semi powerful and most of his gear is 3 stars also you can feel free to add me on xbox my GT:Th3SpicyJesus Hope you rent my pawn and he serves you well if you do rent my pawn it will help me cause i am low on rift crystals so it would be much appreciated if you do thank you very much!
Xbox GT:Th3SpicyJesus Add me if you feel the need
1 year ago#334
Beefstak posted...
...aside from hard mode is there a good way to level up fairly quickly before Grigori.
If you're able to kill things on your own, an easy way to level up is to take the experience gains from running solo without Pawns (Autonomy). When you're ready for your Pawn to catch up, he will do so very very quickly. (Andyse gains a level when I accidentally kill a spider).
Xbox GT: SaturatedMax Pawn: Andyse Level 100 Mage/Sorcerer
Alt: BarrelHornet3 Pawn: Ansel Level 200 Sorcerer/Strider
1 year ago#335
Awww... I'm so not a fan of leveling up quickly. I've been told it makes pawns stupid - I don't know if that is true. I suppose it depends on how you level up.
I like baby Lurch. http://imgur.com/k9ZeIEs :D
But there really is a shortage of <50 pawns, so I get it.
GT: MiZ Dove / Crazy Horse - lvl 200 Sorcerer
Maybe you should put on some pants if you want to keep fighting evil today
1 year ago#336
Big thanks go out to:
PoptartJuniper; 30,210 RCs; 5*; Jewel of Darkness!; Employed skills masterfully;
xMoRtEm; 813,325 RCs; 5*; BBN1s; Was an invaluable asset; :D
LordDaymein; 8,007 RCs; 5*; Mages Periapt; Saved us countless times;
Honorary thanks to:
Closetblonde; 338,548 RCs; 5*; Lordly Emblem; I stand impressed, ser!;
Redolent10; 77,788 RCs; 5*; Moldy Twigbean (LOL); Was an invaluable asset;
Otomo Tenzi 16x2; 543,840 RCs; 5*; Netherstone; Kept Sour Amb. Meat; Moonstone; Excelled all regards; Always a pleasure;
Mister BIP; 56,910 RCs; 5*; Pilgrim's Charm; Is simply perfect!;
MadDrago2020; 15,840 RC; 5*; Giant Fish!; I stand impressed, ser!
MadDrago2020; 54,515 RCs; 5*; Giant Fish!; Saved us countless times;
XxPychopathxX; 172,128 RCs; 3*; bodybag oops. :D
Thank you all so much! :)
GT: MiZ Dove / Crazy Horse - lvl 200 Sorcerer
Maybe you should put on some pants if you want to keep fighting evil today
1 year ago#337
It is kinda true dove.
The reason it gimps pawns is because you don't fight a wide variety of foes.
To powerfarm you use something like the Wight to spawn skeletons over and over meaning your pawn only gains kills and knowledge against those enemies.
Again if you only level in the everfall, you'll get a bit more of a selection in enemies but again, you limit the pawns knowledge to things that spawn in the everfall.
GT: Alfman1 Pawn: Soraka. Level 200 Mage/Sorc (Util/Chal/Miti/Scather/Medi)
If I say i'll send you items and you don't get them, PM me on here or xbox. Cheers!
1 year ago#338
well that sucks.. hope mandy isnt too stupid lol i just hit 200 using pilgrim charms
GT: xMoRtEm Level 160 Sorcerer, Pawn: Handy Mandy Level 160 Sorcerer
1 year ago#339
@Beefstak, you could just rent high level pawns from the list, and to heck with it. I did that my entire first playthrough and never noticed a thing. Yes, there is an XP penalty, but I never even noticed any slow leveling at all. There are also benefits - like your pawn learning from their tactics.
Personally, I'd prefer that to leveling up too quickly so that you can rent those same pawns. I would think it would be better to enjoy your alt's growth. That's just my 2 cents.
GT: MiZ Dove / Crazy Horse - lvl 200 Sorcerer
Maybe you should put on some pants if you want to keep fighting evil today
1 year ago#340
Orianna_ posted...
...gimps pawns...
GT: MiZ Dove / Crazy Horse - lvl 200 Sorcerer
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To qualify for the SuperSlam of North American Big Game, you must have completed the SuperTen of NABG and take all of the following animals (except Auxiliary Trophy Animals) Archery hunters: pre-2009 need not have taken the Tule Elk.
SLAM QUEST is a most appropriate name to represent all the amazing Slams, milestones and awards GSCO has developed over the years. Whether it is a Grand Slam, Ovis World Slam, Capra World Slam, Triple Slam, Super Slam, Super Ten or Super 25, at any given time there are literally thousands of our members on a particular "quest."
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Join the adventure with determined Oklahoma hunter Leonard Hansen in his eight years of travel and outdoor challenge across North America as he wins the prestigious Grand Slam Club/Ovis Award for North American Wild Sheep. You'll share the...


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Odd looking payphone model. It can make Skype calls with webcam and all. Rings nice and loud and will get attention from the terminal's main information desk. Have fun.
Wednesday, 20 May 2015
Friday, 1 May 2015
+442086420444, Sutton Rail Station, High Street, Sutton, Surrey, SM1 1JA
A great addition to the site here. This payphone is right by the ticket counter at this busy station. When there's a queue you'll be sure to get noticed. Look out for the days the Epson bourse races are on. This station gets packed.
Wednesday, 11 February 2015
+442079300993, Next to Gents Toilet, Leicester Square, London, United Kingdom
Some real classic pictures taken at London's Leicester Square. It depicts a normal evening at this night life centre. Sadly the boxes are no longer there after a remodelling of the square.
Wednesday, 28 January 2015
+4989216193, Taxi Rank, Notburgastraße, Nymphenburg, Munich, Germany
An awesome one here to prank. There's nearly always a queue of local taxis waiting her for a job. Calling the number makes the box at the rank ring. The driver of the first taxi will spring to get out and answer it.
+4420885649953, Seating Area Near WH Smith, Gate Level, Terminal 2, The Queen's Terminal, Heathrow Airport, London, United Kingdom
+442087591693 & +442088974743, O/S The Perfectionist Cafe, Terminal 2, The Queen's Terminal, Heathrow Airport, London, United Kingdom.
Two great payphones with working telephone numbers just by a seating area in this busy airport terminal.
Wednesday, 27 August 2014
+442079308998, Charing Cross Subway, Strand, London, WC2N 5HS, United Kingdom
Loved how someone took it upon themselves to box off this payphone with street signs. The payphone is in a destitute location and it's ring will be heard by people leaving the Charing Cross tube station. It's very close to another payphone which I listed here in the same subway ( http://www.payphonebox.com/2011/08/442079308998-strand-charing-cross.html?m=1 ).
Monday, 11 August 2014
+442087699765, OS 374A, Kiosk, IPCO, Streatham High Road, London, SW16 6HO
Spotted this phonebox on a nice sunny day. Had two guys rolling carpets beside it. Think it's a regular occurrence, seeing as it's right by a carpet shop. The corner the phonebox stands on is very busy as there's an important station right around the other side of it. Great for rush hour calling.
Friday, 8 August 2014
Call-girl Cards on Tottenham Court Road, London, United Kingdom
Thursday, 7 August 2014
Payphone Bank at Arrivals, Narita Airport, Tokyo, Japan
Wednesday, 6 August 2014
2600 The Hacker Quarterly (31-1 Spring) - Payphones of the World.
The inside cover showing some awesome payphones from around the world. It you have any issues of The Hacker Quarterly please do email us an image of the payphone section. Email address is below.
+19724561034, +19724561037, +19724561040, Payphones at Dallas Fort Worth, Texas (DFW) Airport, Texas, United States
Tuesday, 5 August 2014
+442076306166 and +442078348298, Next to Theatre Ticket Bureau, Victoria Station, Victoria Street, London, SW1V 1JT, United Kingdom.
Monday, 10 February 2014
Payphone by the Hoffbrauhaus Munich (München), Germany
As is usual with German payphone, this also hasn't a dialable phone number.
It however stands next to a very important beer house.


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FBI gives new clues tying North Korea to Sony hack
NEW YORK (AP) -- The FBI director revealed new details Wednesday about the stunning cyberattack against Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc., part of the Obama administration's effort to challenge persistent skepticism about whether North Korea's government was responsible for the brazen hacking.
US Postal Service says its data systems were hacked
7 ways to create better, stronger passwords
Eyes on you: Experts reveal police hacking methods
LONDON (AP) -- Law enforcement agencies across the globe are taking a page out of the cybercriminal handbook, using targets' own phones and computers to spy on them with methods traditionally associated with the world's most malicious hackers, two computer security groups said Tuesday.
US Disrupts Hacking Ring That Stole Millions
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A band of hackers implanted viruses on hundreds of thousands of computers around the world, secretly seized customer bank information and stole more than $100 million from businesses and consumers, the Justice Department said Monday in announcing charges against the Russian man accused of masterminding the effort.


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When is the last day I can collect points with Best Western?
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