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Lady Antebellum is not only known for hits "Need You Now" and "American Honey." They've also caught the attention of fans with their parodies of Easton Corbin's "A Little More Country Than That," which became "A Little More Preppy Than That," and Lee Brice's "Love Like Crazy," which they transformed into "Biscuits and Gravy."
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This meat-and-seafood-centric, beer-friendly bistro complements its Belgian menu by serving up more than 15 styles of one-kilo mussel pots (paired with pommes frites) in flavors like lavender and Old Bay:
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Thai Red Curry
Total Time
Prep 5 mins
Cook 30 mins
A Wonderful thai recipe that is great for the just the two of us. Use vegetables that are in season for a more affordable meal.
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- 2 tablespoons oil
- 1 onion, finely chopped
- 2 teaspoons Thai red curry paste (or 3 teaspoons for a hotter curry)
- 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
- 1 cup coconut milk
- 1 cup chicken stock
- 2 tablespoons fish sauce
- 1 tablespoon brown sugar
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 1 zucchini
- 1 red pepper
- 1 cup jasmine rice
- 12 ounces meat
- 2 tablespoons cornstarch
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 4 large fresh basil leaves, finely sliced
- HEAT the oil in a large saucepan over a medium heat and cook the onion for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. ADD the curry paste and garlic and cook, stirring, for a minute. ADD the coconut milk, stock, fish sauce, sugar and salt, then bring to the boil. ADD the red pepper and zucchini, cover with a lid, then reduce the heat to medium and simmer for 12 minutes. WHILE the curry simmers, cook the rice. ADD the chicken to the curry and simmer, covered, for a further 8 minutes. ADD the cornstarch paste and stir continuously until the curry thickens, then stir in the lemon juice and basil. SERVE on a bed of rice.
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A great recipe that is quick n easy to put together but oh so flavoursome! I used chicken breast fillet aand added a few green beans. Yum...a keeper!!
Very, very tasty recipe! I used chicken breast fillets for the meat and Red Curry Paste (Gaeng Pet) for the red curry paste. Although I followed your directions for the cooking process I did change a couple of things. We love our curries and we like them hot, so I used 3 tablespoons of curry paste. I also left out the zucchini as we didn't have any, used lime juice rather than lemon for the same reason. And at the end I garnished with sliced birds eye chillies and coriander/cilantro. Didn't feel that the curry needed thickening so didn't use the cornstarch. We loved the flavours of this red curry and it really takes very little time to make, a very big hit with us. Thanks for the recipe!!


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Did you hear about Ray Harryhausen passing?
A piece of my youth has passed today.
Rest In Peace, you most Titan of Titans.
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This is very sad, what a legacy. RIP Ray, thank you for pioneering the special FX community!
His motion has stopped.
RIP to a true legend.
Very sad, His death is the huge losses of animation film and television industry.Hope he can rest in peace.
I loved his work! What an innovator. He certainly left his mark on films.
There was a great little documentary about him released earlier this year on DVD and BluRay. I suggest you all check it out if you want to know more about him and his work.
I still remember the first time I saw the Medusa and how much it freaked me out. It's scarier than the modern version. And that skeleton shriek from Jason in the Argonauts? It still sends chills down my spine. Modern Hollywood can't hope to match the character and, dare I say it, charm, that his creatures had.
We've lost a true legend of the industry.
Amazing stuff...so many great stories coming out too. Sad that what prompts them is loss.


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Tara Bogart was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and has exhibited work at Hous Projects, New York, Aperture, New York, Catherine Edelman Gallery, Chicago, Center of the Arts at Virginia Tech, VA, The Portrait Society Gallery, Milwaukee, WI, The Newspace Photo Center, Portland, OR, INOVA (Institute of Visual Arts), Milwaukee, The Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design, H2O Gallery, Art and Soul Gallery, and The Charles Allis Art Museum, Milwaukee. She has been reviewed by the New Yorker, CNN Worldwide Photos, Zoom Magazine, The British Journal of Photography and The New Republic and American Photography 29. Tara Bogart is in the private and public collections of The National Library of France, Paris and the J Crew Corporate Collection to name a few.
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, Volume 73, Issue 2, pp 109-119
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Comparison of Homeless Veterans with Other Homeless Men in a Large Clinical Outreach Program
- Richard TesslerAffiliated withUniversity of Massachusetts
- , Robert RosenheckAffiliated withNortheast Program Evaluation CenterYale University School of Medicine
- , Gail GamacheAffiliated withMental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center, Veterans Administration Medical Center
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This paper compares homeless veterans with homeless nonveterans from different eras in an effort to better understand the connection between military service and urban homelessness. Two research questions are addressed based on interviews with over 4,000 homeless men who enrolled in a national outreach program for persons suffering from serious mental illness: First, is there anything unique in the social and personal characteristics of homeless veterans in the 1990s that would help to explain their relatively high prevalence in the homeless population, especially among those who were 19 or younger when the draft ended in 1973? Second, aside from age, are the homeless veterans of the era of the All-Volunteer Force different from homeless veterans who served during the era of the military draft? The results replicate many findings from research in the 1980s showing that even homeless veterans with psychiatric disorders tend to have more personal resources compared to homeless men who did not serve in the Armed Forces. Although veterans from the era of the All-Volunteer Force are different from veterans from the era of the draft, the introduction of the All-Volunteer Force per se does not appear to have changed the composition of the adult male homeless population.
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- Comparison of Homeless Veterans with Other Homeless Men in a Large Clinical Outreach Program
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- Cover Date
- 2002-06
- Print ISSN
- 0033-2720
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- 1573-6709
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- Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers
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- homelessness
- veterans
- mental illness
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- Richard Tessler (1)
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- 3. Yale University School of Medicine, UK
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Most major health organizations have concluded that mammography saves lives. However, there is ongoing debate over:
Mammography in women 40 to 49 saves lives, but the benefit is less than for older women.
Some health organizations have concluded that the modest survival benefits of mammography in women in their 40s outweigh the risks of false positive results. The National Comprehensive Cancer Network recommends routine mammography for women starting at age 40 and the American Cancer Society recommends starting at age 45 [15,105].
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force meta-analysis of eight randomized controlled trials found that mammography modestly reduced the risk of breast cancer mortality (death) in women 40 to 49 [13]. This study found that to prevent one breast cancer death, 1,904 women 40 to 49 would need to be screened with mammography [13].
Weighing the benefits and risks, the Task Force does not recommend routine mammography for all women in their 40s [13].
Instead, the Task Force, as well as the American College of Physicians, recommends that women 40 to 49 discuss the benefits and risks of mammography screening with their health care providers. Then together, they should make informed decisions about when to start mammography screening [13,18,105]. The American Cancer Society recommends informed decision-making for women ages 40 to 44 [105].
Informed decisions are guided by a woman's breast cancer risk profile. Women at higher risk of breast cancer are more likely to benefit from mammography [18,105]. Decisions should also be guided by a woman's preferences based on the potential pros and cons of mammography [18].
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommends that routine mammography screening begin at age 50 [13].
There are valid concerns about the over-diagnosis and over-treatment of ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) and small, slow-growing invasive breast cancers with mammography screening.
Since the introduction of mammography in the 1980s, the number of women diagnosed with DCIS has increased a lot. In 2015, it is estimated that there will be about 50,000 new cases of DCIS [38].
Over-diagnosis occurs when a mammogram finds DCIS or small, invasive breast cancers that would have never caused symptoms or problems if left untreated. These breast cancers may never grow and some may even shrink on their own. Or, a person may die from another cause before the breast cancer became a problem.
Some researchers estimate that about 20 to 30 percent of DCIS and invasive breast cancers found with mammography may be over-diagnosed [23].
Although DCIS is non-invasive, without treatment, the abnormal cells can sometimes become invasive over time. Left untreated, about 40 to 50 percent of DCIS cases may progress to invasive breast cancer [39]. (These numbers are estimates.) Higher grade DCIS may be more likely than lower grade DCIS to turn into invasive cancer if left untreated.
At this time, there is no way to tell which cases of DCIS will become invasive breast cancer and which will not. So, women with DCIS are treated with lumpectomy (also called breast conserving surgery) plus radiation therapy or mastectomy. Some women are also treated with hormone therapy.
Since not all cases of DCIS will become invasive breast cancer, some women with DCIS may be over-treated. These women never would have developed invasive breast cancer, with or without treatment.
Researchers are studying ways to identify the cases of DCIS most likely to turn into invasive breast cancer. This would allow treatment to be targeted to those who are at higher risk and might allow some people to avoid treatment.
At this time, however, the standard of care is to treat every case of DCIS as if it might turn into invasive breast cancer.
Learn more about DCIS.
Read more from our Chief Scientific Advisor, Dr. Eric Winer, as he comments on the issue of mammography leading to over-diagnosis and over-treatment.
Despite some ongoing debate, mammography is still the most effective screening tool used today for the early detection of breast cancer.
While any health decision is a personal one that involves weighing benefits and risks, most health organizations recommend women get mammograms on a regular basis.
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I do have one question - is it possible to change the size of the header (the white part between the menu and the home logo at top right?
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I'm trying to find the answer to this too - the screen display is not obeying changes to style.php - something hidden somewhere is over-riding it, maybe in all the javascript files, maybe in one of the template files - I'm still looking but haven't found it after hours of hunting.
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Most times life take you thru changes, pretty much all the time. There comes a time in your life when you have to think about yourself. Im not say to be selfish, because there's a difference. I am sayin on the other hand that if you cant help yourself succeed or accomplish your goal(s), then what good are you to anyone else. To be what we're destine to be we must all start somewhere. First find yourself, thats the begin. after you find yourself and know who and what you want, you can better focus on where your going. All things that seem to be good for you isn't. Use your best judgement. I have been up and i have been down. I have changed my mind time and time again. It seems that it has all come down to this. I must care for self first before i can care for the next properly. This is the begin for me. Now its time to see where it leads. Best wishes and many blessing to all! I wish you nothing but the best, but now is the time to seperate myself from the rest....... STAY UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Ghost Da Don!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I believe what you said makes a lot of sense I beleive that what you said is so true.
So true! Certainly sorts out who is a true friend and who isn't, too. Some people are threatened by watching someone else spread their wings and soar...purely from their own fear to do the same.
It takes guts and some sacrifice but gee, once you're up there, the sky's the limit!
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That's one of the realiest things I already heard! Way to recognize life! Matured and grown up!
horns out to that dudr.!..! you have to be solid with yourself first and foremost...
agree, it is important to care about our self as much as we care about others, if we believe in us we can believe in people..
i love your song "this is my life".. really great song...my best Mario Marco fairnato (jaghead)


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Get an overview of this hotelFamily-friendly Rimini residence in Marina Centro, near Piazza Cavour
This family-friendly Rimini residence is located near the airport, within 1 mi (2 km) of Piazza Marvelli, Piazza Cavour, and Tiberius Bridge. Tempio Malatestiano and Antica Pescheria are also within 1 mi (2 km).
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This residence features a bar/lounge, a meeting room, and dry cleaning. Free WiFi in public areas and free self parking are also provided. Other amenities include laundry facilities, a 24-hour front desk, and multilingual staff.
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Suite Hotel ParioliViale Vittorio Veneto 14 Rimini RN 47921
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Suite Hotel Parioli features multilingual staff, laundry facilities, and dry cleaning/laundry services. High-speed wireless Internet access is complimentary. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. This family-friendly residence also offers room service (during limited hours) and an elevator (lift). Limited complimentary onsite parking is available on a first-come, first-served basis.
- 24-hour front desk
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- Multilingual staff
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
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- One meeting room
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- Total number of rooms - 44
- Year Built 1970
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- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
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- Air conditioning
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- Free toiletries
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Room service (during limited hours) is available.
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The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
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Death Helmet W.I.P by 4thWallDesignWatch
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We don't post too many W.I.P shots, but here's a quick look at a helmet modification to our Red Hood Helmet.
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, Volume 5, Issue 1, pp 19-27
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Water availability alters the tri-trophic consequences of a plant-fungal symbiosis
- Kelsey M. YuleAffiliated withDepartment of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Rice University Email author
- , James B. WoolleyAffiliated withDepartment of Entomology, Texas A&M University
- , Jennifer A. RudgersAffiliated withDepartment of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Rice University
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Plant–microbe protection symbioses occur when a symbiont defends its host against enemies (e.g., insect herbivores); these interactions can have important influences on arthropod abundance and composition. Understanding factors that generate context-dependency in protection symbioses will improve predictions on when and where symbionts are most likely to affect the ecology and evolution of host species and their associated communities. Of particular relevance are changes in abiotic contexts that are projected to accompany global warming. For example, increased drought stress can enhance the benefits of fungal symbiosis in plants, which may have multi-trophic consequences for plant-associated arthropods. Here, we tracked colonization of fungal endophyte-symbiotic and aposymbiotic Poa autumnalis (autumn bluegrass) by Rhopalosiphum padi (bird-cherry-oat aphids) and their parasitoids (Aphelinus sp.) following manipulations of soil water levels. Endophyte symbiosis significantly reduced plant colonization by aphids. Under low water, symbiotic plants also supported a significantly higher proportion of aphids that were parasitized by Aphelinus and had higher above-ground biomass than aposymbiotic plants, but these endophyte-mediated effects disappeared under high water. Thus, the multi-trophic consequences of plant-endophyte symbiosis were contingent on the abiotic context, suggesting the potential for complex responses in the arthropod community under future climate shifts.
KeywordsClimate change Defensive mutualism Fungal endophyte Herbivory Indirect interaction Neotyphodium
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- Water availability alters the tri-trophic consequences of a plant-fungal symbiosis
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Arthropod-Plant Interactions
Volume 5, Issue 1 , pp 19-27
- Cover Date
- 2011-03
- 10.1007/s11829-010-9112-5
- Print ISSN
- 1872-8855
- Online ISSN
- 1872-8847
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
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- Topics
- Keywords
- Climate change
- Defensive mutualism
- Fungal endophyte
- Herbivory
- Indirect interaction
- Neotyphodium
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- Authors
- Kelsey M. Yule (1)
- James B. Woolley (2)
- Jennifer A. Rudgers (1)
- Author Affiliations
- 1. Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Rice University, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
- 2. Department of Entomology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 77843-2475, USA


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We propose a combinatorial solution to determine the optimal elastic matching of a deformable template to an image. The central idea is to cast the optimal matching of each template point to a corresponding image pixel as a problem of finding a minimum cost cyclic path in the three-dimensional product space spanned by the template and the input image. We introduce a cost functional associated with each cycle, which consists of three terms: a data fidelity term favoring strong intensity gradients, a shape consistency term favoring similarity of tangent angles of corresponding points, and an elastic penalty for stretching or shrinking. The functional is normalized with respect to the total length to avoid a bias toward shorter curves. Optimization is performed by Lawler's Minimum Ratio Cycle algorithm parallelized on state-of-the-art graphics cards. The algorithm provides the optimal segmentation and point correspondence between template and segmented curve in computation times that are essentially linear in the number of pixels. To the best of our knowledge, this is the only existing globally optimal algorithm for real-time tracking of deformable shapes.
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Ron Padgett (author page at Amazon) is an American poet, essayist, and translator often associated with the New York School. The author of more than nine full-length publications, Padgett also co-founded Full Court Press and worked as a designer for computer writing games. (updated 7/2010)
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Officials say the former Younkers building will have to be demolished and that several nearby buildings sustained smoke and water damage. Investigators say there are no early indications as to what caused the blaze.
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Are those logs? uhhh No herd of Hippopotamus
What happens when a dumb Crocodile decides to cross the water using a bunch of floating logs?
Their bone-crushing jaws, 24 razor-sharp teeth and armour-plated skin are enough to ensure most animals keep their distance. But, as the incredible pictures show, even crocodiles are no match for a herd of angry hippos. This young reptilian predator paid the price for swimming too close to a mother and her calves while they bathed. As 50 hippos gathered into a defensive circle around them, the crocodile panicked and raced over their backs in a bid to escape.
It was the last mistake he ever made. The beast's defenses were no match for the maze of angry mammals, who proved their bite is every bit as lethal as his. The spectacularly rare battle of the beasts was captured by Czech wildlife photographer Vaclav Silha. He had set up his camera on the banks of the River Mara in the Serengeti national park, Tanzania, when the unbelievable scene unfolded before him. But the 45-year-old got more than he bargained for when a colossal fight broke out between the group and a sneaky crocodile he had spotted earlier.
One of the only reasons you might see a conflict is if the hippos have young and they think the little ones are under threat. That's exactly what happened here. Enlarge In the jaws of death: The crocodile is defeated by a maze of angry hippos after trying to kill one of their young. The raging hippos take revenge by biting back while feeding at the River Mara in Tanzania. The incautious croc got too close to a female who had calves and the whole group gathered into a defensive circle around them. It was a strong message for the crook to clear off. The photographer says: "I have absolutely no idea why but the crocodile suddenly raced across the backs of the hippos. I think it might have panicked and thought it as a possible escape route. I couldn't believe my eyes. It was the worst choice the reptile could ever have made and it was definitely its last."
"The island of hippos suddenly erupted with teeth and all I could see was the crocodile being repeatedly crushed in their huge mouths."
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|Aug 26, 2003
|Filing date
|Dec 9, 1996
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|Jul 1, 1993
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|Graeme Milbourne Clark, Lawrence Thomas Cohen, Peter Andrew Busby
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|The University Of Melbourne
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|Patent Citations (22), Referenced by (13), Classifications (11), Legal Events (5)
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This application is a continuation of Ser. No. 08/397,155 filed Apr. 3, 1995 now abandonded
The present invention relates to improvements in auditory prostheses, and more particularly to improvements in stimulation procedures and arrangements for cochlear implants.
The successful operation of a cochlear implant depends in part on the ability to convey pitch information. Differing pitch percepts may be produced by a cochlear implant in two distinct ways. Firstly, electrical stimulation at different sites in the cochlea excites different groups of neurons and because of the tonotopic arrangement of neurons in the cochlea, different pitch sensations result. By tonotopic is meant that the percept corresponding to a particular site in the cochlea changes in pitch from lower to higher as the site is changed in an apical to basal direction. Pitch varied in this way is known as "place pitch". Secondly different pulse rates of electrical stimulation produce different pitch sensations. Pitch varied in this way is known as "rate pitch". The current invention deals with various means of varying place pitch.
There are several commonly known methods or modes of stimulation. Each of these different known modes of operation has traditionally been employed using only one mode in each patient.
One of the current known modes used is bipolar stimulation which generally comprises passing biphasic current pulses between pairs of electrode bands, for example on a 22-band electrode array. The bands may be numbered from 1 at the basal end (broad part of the cochlea spiral, corresponding to high frequencies, near the entry point of the array) to 22 at the apical end (somewhere in the middle of the spiral, corresponding to lower frequencies). In its general sense, bipolar stimulation may involve passing current flows between any two bands. The term bipolar is also used in a specific sense to describe stimulation using two bands adjacent one another (e.g. 3 and 4) if the foregoing numbering system is utilised. More commonly, a bipolar +1 system is utilised where current flows between a band and the next but one band (e.g. 3 and 5). Similarly, "bipolar +n" systems are known where current flows between electrode k and electrode k+n+1.
Another known mode of stimulation is "monopolar" or "remote ground". In the following, when reference is made to this system, the term "monopolar" is used. In this case, current flows between one electrode inside the cochlea (possibly one of the 1 to 22 electrodes in the known system discussed above) and a single electrode somewhere outside the cochlea. This arrangement has some advantages including lower current requirements but, until now, a perceived disadvantage in precision with which current may be delivered.
Another known mode of stimulation employs a single electrode, possibly one band on the band array (22-band array discussed above) as a return electrode for all stimuli, but different first bands (e.g. 3,1; 4,1; 5,1 . . . 22 ,1). This is a particular type of bipolar (referred hereinafter as "variable bipolar") stimulation. If the return electrode is inside the cochlea it is similar to bipolar stimulation but is very similar to monopolar stimulation if the return electrode is outside the cochlea.
A still further arrangement referred to as "common ground" uses a variable first electrode and all the other electrodes are connected together as a return.
Generally, as the stimulating electrode changes (in the above-mentioned 22 band array), or in other words the site of stimulation in the cochlea, the pitch sensation changes regularly and monotonically (from high for low numbered electrodes to low for high numbered electrodes), as would be expected from the tonotopic arrangement of the cochlea. However, this is not always the case, and the pitch sensations perceived for the different modes described above are different.
The current distribution associated with stimulation of a given electrode site may also be varied by the type of electrode in the array, or more relevantly, the geometry of the electrode. There are various geometries disclosed in the prior art, including band electrodes, and sided arrays with conductive material only on part of the array surface. Use of different electrode geometries will also produce different current distributions around the site of the stimulus. In known arrangements, various electrode geometries have been used for differing purposes, however, the geometry of the intracochlear electrodes in any particular patient has been the same.
The objective of the present invention is to provide an improved arrangement for use in cochlear implant devices and an improved method of stimulating electrodes in such devices that will result in better speech perception in patients.
According to one aspect the present invention provides an improved method of stimulating a cochlear prosthesis, said prosthesis comprising an electrode array including a plurality of individually addressable electrodes, and a stimulator device adapted to provide electrical stimuli to selected groups of said electrodes in response to sound signals, said stimuli and the corresponding groupings of electrodes being determined by reference to a predefined instruction set,
characterised in that in response to different sound signals at least two distinct current distribution geometries may be induced in the auditory structures of a user.
The variations in current distribution geometries which are referred to are intended to encompass changes in geometry, rather than mere changes in intensity. These variations may be produced by a variety of factors including selection of different modes of stimulation and use of different electrode geometries.
According to another aspect the present invention provides an auditory prosthesis, comprising an electrode array including a plurality of individually addressable electrodes, and a stimulator device adapted to provide electrical stimuli to selected groups of said electrodes in response to sound signals, said stimuli and the corresponding groupings of electrodes being determined by reference to a predefined instruction set,
characterised in that in response to different sound signals at least two distinct current distribution geometries may be induced in the auditory structures of a user.
It will be appreciated that in the foregoing paragraph and in the following specification and claims a "group" of electrodes may comprise one electrode and where more than one electrode comprises a group, those electrodes may be adjacent one another or may be selected in any desired pattern from the complete array to achieve a desired beneficial result in any patient. Further the different stimulation modes may include but not be limited to any one of bipolar, variable bipolar, monopolar or common ground modes.
The invention will be described with reference to the accompanying figures, in which:
FIG. 1 illustrates estimates of pitch for several patients;
FIGS. 2, 4 and 6 illustrates pitch estimations by patients in response to stimulation in different modes;
FIGS. 3, 5 and 7 illustrate pitch maps using combined modes;
FIG. 8 illustrates the general arrangement of a cochlear implant system; and
FIG. 9 illustrates a further set of pitch estimates for different modes in three patients P7, P8, P9.
The present invention will be more fully described in relation to the commercially available cochlear implant devices, receiver stimulator units and speech processors, particularly those available from Cochlear Pty. Ltd. However, it will be understood that the present invention may be implemented in other arrangements — the inventive concept is of broad application. Cochlear implant devices that may, although not necessarily, be employed in the performance of the present invention are the Cochlear CI1 (22 active bands on the array), the CI1 ("20+2") (20 active bands on the array and a choice of two electrodes outside the cochlear) and any similar future development. The Cochlear CI1 is the device that is presently in widespread use. The "20+2 "version is essentially an experimental variant of the CI1 in which two circuit points are connected to two external electrodes instead of the two most basal bands. This allows monopolar stimulation.
The general arrangement may be understood with reference to FIG. 8. The reader will be aware of the principles generally used in construction and operation of such an arrangement, and so only a general overview will be provided.
Sound signals are detected by microphone 8, and passed to speech processor 7. Processor 7 analyses the incoming sound signal and produces a set of stimulus instructions for the electrode array 1. Various techniques for speech processing are known to those skilled in this field, and the present invention is not dependant on any particular form of processing being employed. Power and signals are communicated to the receiver/stimulators unit (RSU)3, preferably via a transcutaneous inductive link 5, 6. The RSU 3 provides stimuli to selected electrodes of electrode array 1 via the wire connection 2. The stimuli are preferably short biphasic pulses.
It will be appreciated that conventional devices allow for the selection of the mode of stimulation and may be used to provide the combined mode stimulation according to an embodiment of the present invention.
The present invention provides an improved stimulation arrangement by recognising that utilising different geometries of current distribution for a single implanted array can enable a better range of pitch percepts for the patient. Instead of a stimulation pattern which is, for example, fixed in bipolar +1 mode for all electrodes, a mixture of modes may be used for different electrodes, for example. Similarly, the electrode geometry may be varied within the array, to allow for different sites within the cochlea to be stimulated by different geometries of current distribution, and so produce an improved set of pitch percepts. These changes operate to change the current distribution associated with stimulation at a given implanted site, which alters the associated pitch percept and allows for a wider range of possible pitch percepts to be delivered.
For example, some patients might obtain an optimum result if bipolar+1 stimulation was used on the basal electrodes and monopolar stimulation was used on the more apical electrodes. The present Cochlear array (in its standard bipolar mode) provides "longitudinal" stimulation, as current flows between two bands at different positions along the array. "Radial" stimulation is another possibility. In such a case, a band might be split, and current might flow between the halves of the band. It will be appreciated that the use of a specialised array, in which for example certain electrodes are split rings and the remainder are bands, is a means of implementing the present invention.
Studies carried out by the inventors provide support for the need to develop an invention of the type described here, by the use of which the place pitch perceived by a patient may be improved. These studies have been made regarding pitch estimation for different modes of stimulation with either standard electrode insertion depths or with deep electrode insertions. In a first of these studies nine postlinguistically deafened adult patients with electrode arrays inserted to standard depths were investigated. Pitch estimates for stimulating electrodes along the electrode array were then determined using bipolar, common ground and "variable bipolar" stimulation (i.e. in this case between individual electrodes along the array and the most basal electrode on the array). At the maximum comfort level of the patients, pitch was measured using a single interval numerical estimation method similar to that used in previous studies on pitch estimation for electrical stimulation (Shannon, 1983; Dorman et al., 1990), and this is the basis for the left hand scale on the pitch estimates graphs in the accompanying figures.
The results of this investigation as shown in part in the accompanying FIG. 9 indicated some differences to the expected regularity and monotonicity of pitch estimations. It was also observed when using "variable bipolar" stimulation that a reduced range for pitch for patients occurred when the return electrode was internal to the cochlea. Individual differences in pitch estimations were also observed among the three modes of stimulation for most patients. Furthermore, current levels needed to achieve threshold (T) and comfortable listening (C) levels varied with the mode of stimulation employed. No consistent pattern emerged with threshold and comfortable listening levels for bipolar stimulation. With variable bipolar stimulation threshold and comfortable listening levels increased in an apical to basal direction for most patients. Perhaps this was to be expected because of the narrowing spatial extent. With common ground stimulation, there was a tendency for threshold and comfortable listening levels to be higher for electrodes in the middle of the array rather than either end of the array. The size of the dynamic range when common ground stimulation was used seemed to be substantially equivalent to that using bipolar stimulation and was usually greater than for variable bipolar stimulation.
FIG. 1 illustrates the results of another study of pitch estimations for 6 subjects with deeply inserted electrode arrays. In addition to the bipolar +1 stimulation used on all subjects, monopolar was also used for subjects S5 and S6. This shows departures from the expected regular variation of pitch estimate with electrode for four patients (S3, S4, S5, S6) for bipolar+1 stimulation, and for two subjects with monopolar stimulation (S5 ,S6). For each patient, N is the number of repetitions, and the accompanying key indicates the differing percepts obtained for some patients using bipolar+1, monopolar with ball electrode (MONO-B), and monopolar with plate electrode (MONO-P). Pulsedur is the pulse duration in for each phase of the biphasic pulse each case in μs.
These investigations support the need for this invention in which the place pitch perceived by a patient may be improved by utilizing more than one mode of stimulation in the one patient.
FIGS. 2 to 7 illustrate examples of the use of combining modes to produce a more appropriate pitch set for a given patient. It is emphasised that in any given case detailed study needs to be made of responses by the patient to design an optimum pitch set for that patient. In some patients, the present invention may not be required, or may be ineffective — this needs to be determined on a case by case basis, and desirable pitch sets will not always be achievable. In general, it is greatly desirable to produce a pitch set in which stimulation of progressively more apical electrodes results in a regularly and monotonically decreasing pitch percept.
Referring to FIG. 2, (taken from FIG. 1) a comparison of the percepts for monopolar and bipolar +1 modes shows a relatively flat response with monopolar mode for the more basal electrodes, and a more desired outcome above electrode 12. Conversely, the pitch percepts for bipolar+1 mode above electrode 12 show little variation, however, regular and monotonic percepts were recorded at the basal end. FIG. 3 shows a pitch set for the same patient as in FIG. 2, where the modes of stimulation have been mixed to provide a more regular outcome.
FIG. 4 (taken from FIG. 9) illustrates for another patient the percepts obtained for common ground, and those obtained for bipolar+1 mode. FIG. 5 shows a pitch set derived by combining the common ground and bipolar+1 modes for this patient. Again, a much more regular pitch set can be derived than from either alone.
FIG. 6 (taken from FIG. 9) illustrates variable bipolar mode and bipolar+1 mode percepts for another patient. By variable bipolar is meant in this case utilising electrode 1 as the return electrode. As this patient has several bands outside the cochlea, this is very similar to monopolar for this patient. FIG. 7 provides a pitch set combining the variable bipolar and bipolar+1 modes. Again, a much more regular pattern of pitch percepts can be obtained.
It will be appreciated that other techniques for varying the current distribution associated with a given stimulation site may be used to provide further differences in pitch percepts, so as to select a pitch set for a given patient so as to produce a more regular and monotonic function. Further, the use of techniques such as composite pitch to provide pitch percepts not perceived with any given electrode site under, say, bipolar+1 stimulation can provide additional percepts to those possible using a single mode alone. It will be appreciated that while the discussion above has predominantly been concerned with combining modes, variation of other aspects as discussed, and combinations of, say, electrode geometry variations and mode variations are contemplated within the scope of the present invention.
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|The Regents Of The University Of California
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|Apr 3, 1984
|The University Of Melbourne
|Speech processor
|Dec 11, 1981
|May 7, 1985
|The Commonwealth Of Australia Secretary Of Industry And Commerce
|Speech processing method and apparatus
|Apr 11, 1983
|Aug 6, 1985
|Commonwealth Of Australia, Dept. Of Science & Technology
|Cochlear implant system for an auditory prosthesis
|Apr 2, 1985
|Jun 3, 1986
|The Board Of Trustees Of The Leland Stanford Junior University
|Multi-channel implantable neural stimulator
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|Jun 10, 1986
|Hochmair Ingeborg
|Auditory stimulation using CW and pulsed signals
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|Mar 10, 1987
|The Board Of Trustees Of The Leland Stanford Junior University
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|Mar 21, 1989
|Minnesota Mining And Manufacturing Company
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|Apr 25, 1989
|Minnesota Mining And Manufacturing Company
|Signal processor for and an auditory prosthesis having spectral to temporal transformation
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|Aug 14, 1990
|The University Of Melbourne
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|Cochlear Pty. Ltd.
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|Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
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|Jun 4, 1996
|Alfred E. Mann Foundation For Scientific Research
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|Alfred E. Mann Foundation For Scientific Research
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|Advanced Bionics Corporation
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|Oct 29, 1996
|Alfred E. Mann Foundation For Scientific Research
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|Feb 18, 1997
|Alfred E. Mann Foundation For Scientific Research
|Multichannel cochlear implant system including wearable speech processor
|May 25, 1995
|Mar 11, 1997
|Alfred E. Mann Foundation For Scientific Research
|Physician's testing system and method for testing implantable cochlear stimulator
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|May 14, 1992
|Cochlear Pty. Limited
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|Sep 13, 2011
|Cochlear Limited
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|Cochlear Limited
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|Feb 5, 2013
|Cochlear Limited
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|Aug 11, 2005
|Bomjun Kwon
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|Cochlear Limited
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|Sep 25, 2008
|Cochlear Americas
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|Michael Sasha John
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|Oct 17, 2006
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Issue(s): Uncanny X-Men #141, Uncanny X-Men #142
A small group, including Wolverine, Magneto, Colossus, Storm, Kitty (now Kate) Pryde, Franklin Richards, and a new character, a redhead telepath named Rachel, are running a gambit to reverse the history.
That's the plot of this arc, but the overall concept is more powerful, showing that the stakes the modern day X-Men are playing for are higher than we thought. If the X-Men are unable to establish a proper balance between mutant/human relations and fighting for mutant rights, this dystopia awaits them.
Thanks to the efforts of the group in the future, right after Kitty passes her first Danger Room test - which simply requires her to walk across the room phased...
...letting all the death traps pass right through her - Kitty's body is taken over by the older Kate, and she warns the X-Men that an assassination attempt today on Senator and presidential candidate Robert Kelly will set into motion the events that leads to Kate's future.
The X-Men head to Washington DC to find that the assassins are a new Brotherhood of Evil Mutants. They are led by Mystique, a shapeshifter we have seen (mostly behind the scenes) in Ms. Marvel. With her is Destiny, an old lady with precognitive abilities, and Avalanche and Pyro, who have control over earth and fire, respectively. We've seen these characters in some continuity inserts, but these are their first actual appearances. And rounding out the group is the Blob, presumably to give some cred to the Brotherhood name, although the Blob was only tangentially a member of the original team.
The X-Men stop the assassination after a rough fight with the Brotherhood.
The new Brotherhood is pretty tough, but the X-Men's internal problems also contribute to the fight, especially the conflict between Wolverine and Storm over Wolverine's lethal methods.
There's a scene where Storm orders Wolverine to stop using his claws during the fight, and he nearly turns on her in rage. Storm is now team leader, and she worries in general that she's not the leader that Cyclops was. There's also a noted similarity between Nightcrawler and Mystique that causes hesitation (Claremont has stated that his original intention was that the shape-shifting Mystique was actually Nightcrawler's father and Destiny was his mother, but that isn't the way things actually turned out. Mystique tells Nightcrawler to ask Margarli Szardos, his demon step-mother, about their relationship.).
It's actually Kate who stops Destiny from killing Kelly. Doing so sends her back into the future, although it's not shown what she finds there... scenes from the future so far have shown the remaining members of the team getting killed by Sentinels.
Despite being rescued by the X-Men, Senator Kelly is still convinced by Sebastian Shaw to go forward with a meeting with the US president to enact Project Wideawake, a clandestine government-run Sentinel program. Henry Peter Gyrich, previously the man in charge of the Avengers, will run the project.
As always, great art by Byrne, especially depicting the battle scenes (both the Brotherhood fight and the future scenes with the Sentinels).
And of course the dystopian future introduced here has a lot of significance and adds strength to the mutant rights themes in this book (even if it will be overused in the future). These issues re-establish the theme that was subtext in the early Silver Age stories. The Brotherhood of "Evil" Mutants are well used here as a group that wants to fight humans, not necessarily to take over the world, but to prevent humans from oppressing mutantkind. Destiny rightly believes that Senator Kelly is a key figure that will cause problems for mutants. But the Brotherhood's solution, to kill him, would result in even more draconian measures against mutants. So their actions would have made things worse. By contrast, the X-Men have to fight to save a man that would oppress them, and when it's all over it's not even clear if they've actually made things better. So the fact that these issues have a scary future sequence and a cool fight with a new "supervillain" team are only part of the reason why these issues are great. That future shows the stakes that the X-Men are fighting to prevent, and the present day sequences make a clear distinction between the mutants following Professor Xavier's dream vs. the "evil" mutants who don't believe that integration with humans is possible. This is the core theme of the X-Men, and it's rarely depicted so well.
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The title to #141 is taken from the 1967 album by the Moody Blues.
Posted by: Mark Drummond | September 11, 2011 1:31 PM
Worth noting is that the dystopian future we glimpse in there issues takes place in that far off year of ... 2013.
(Too bad they couldn't have gotten the movie out a year earlier)
Posted by: Gary Himes | August 24, 2013 11:38 PM
"Mystique tells Nightcrawler to ask Margarli Szardos, his demon step-mother, about their relationship.)"
Margali Szardos isn't a demon, she's a sorceress.
Posted by: Jay Demetrick | August 26, 2013 4:54 PM
She's green and has ram's horns!
Posted by: fnord12 | August 26, 2013 6:09 PM
Was there any other tension between Wolverine and Storm after this issue? Wolverine says the conversation isn't other by a longshot, but I don't recall it ever being addressed again.
I always found Wolverine's attitude toward leadership odd. He was extraordinarily hostile towards Cyclops, although he often praised him when he wasn't there. Yet he became fairly supine about anyone else being the leader. One could argue it was a sign of Wolverine maturing, but I always took it that Wolverine simply personally disliked Cyclops for whatever reason (perhaps because Scott had the girl Logan had a crush on).
Posted by: Chris | August 26, 2013 10:00 PM
Cyclops became the de-facto leader after issue #150. I noticed a similar moment to the one you mentioned during the whole Brood saga, except he actually apologized to Cyclops. In any case he had his miniseries after that, and I recall he became more pleasant and a team-player. However Cyclops retired shortly after only to come back briefly, but he and Wolvie had little interaction even during Inferno.
Posted by: AbeLincoln1865 | August 26, 2013 10:21 PM
"She's green and has ram's horns!"
lol! You mean from Uncanny X-Men Annual #4? The ram's horns are a headdress. As for the green, that was probably just part of the spell to scare the hell out of Nightcrawler & company. In later appearances she has normal coloured skin.
Posted by: Jay Demetrick | August 27, 2013 3:05 AM
Margali is also demonic looking in Man-Thing #11, and then we learn in Doctor Strange #57-58 that she was possessed by a demonic source through her wand. And then i admit to not having read any of her appearances in Excalibur, beginning in #76 (1994). But i'm sticking with demonic as a descriptor at this point in time! ;-)
Posted by: fnord12 | August 27, 2013 7:33 AM
Hm. I remember seeing her with normal skin. Probably was Excalibur then. It seems she turns green when she's using her magic.
Posted by: Jay | August 27, 2013 3:30 PM
The first title of the arc everyone knows, but just realized that "Mind Out of Time" is probably a Steely Dan reference to their song "Time Out of Mind", off their 1980 album "Gaucho". (good album BTW)
Posted by: Ataru320 | October 25, 2013 12:53 PM
Was this the first time that the X-Men mentioned Wolverine's healing power? I am reading the series chronologically and haven't seen them mention this earlier...
Posted by: Ryan | January 24, 2014 9:58 PM
I tracked an earlier mention in Uncanny X-Men #116.
Posted by: fnord12 | January 24, 2014 10:05 PM
The movie is a bit different from this, but if you're watching X-Men movies to match the comics then you're long beaten. Very much alternate universe.
One thing that matches is that the movie and these Sentinels are quite brutal.
Posted by: david banes | June 15, 2014 1:25 AM
Claremont stated in Amazing Heroes #134 that he wanted to do Nightcrawler's origin around this time, but decided it was a "dud" and skipped it.
Posted by: Mark Drummond | November 8, 2014 4:28 PM
"Storm is now team leader, and she worries in general that she's not the leader that Cyclops was."
Posted by: clyde | February 21, 2015 11:13 PM
True that!
Posted by: Luis Dantas | February 22, 2015 12:11 AM
As SPECTACULAR as this site is, this particular review doesn't do Days of Future Past justice. Throughout the plot lives the conflict that the x-men face. They need to save the life of the politician who wants to take away their freedom in order to prevent an even worse future. It's stunningly deep and complex for comics at the time.
THIS is a story to tell your friends to read to get interested in comics. I own every issue of x-men (until I gave up comics in the late 90s). This two-issue story is the best.
Posted by: Tabe8 | February 22, 2015 10:03 AM
I was always intrigued by why Havok was noted on the cover of Uncanny X-Men #141 as "Apprehended," but never appeared in the story.
Posted by: Nathan Adler | April 10, 2015 7:30 PM
Maybe him being merely apprehended inspired future writers to come up with the Summers Rebellion?
What I always found interesting is that the dystopian future really needs Franklin to age and since he never does, what is everyone so worried about? Keep Franklin a kid and bob's your uncle, right?
Posted by: BeastCharming | April 11, 2015 6:54 AM
I deliberately skipped this while going through because it's one of the few comics I still have and I wanted to read it again carefully and now that I have, several things stand out to me.
1 - I have this as the 1989 reprint which Marvel did rather than reprint it in Classic X-Men (ironically, Classic X-Men changed names right at the point, just as X-Men became Uncanny X-Men at this same point). The Gyrich panels are not present in the reprint. Also, on the cover of #141, the "Apprehended" that Nathan Adler mentions is no longer there - Havok is there but the banner across his face has no writing on it.
2 - I had though that perhaps Franklin isn't given his full name, but it is there, just once, listed him as the last surviving member of the Fantastic Four. The panel clearly states that Franklin, Rachel and Magneto were never X-Men.
3 - There is a lot of talk about the gradual redemption of Magneto beginning in #150, but in a sense, it really starts here with his partnership with the X-Men (and his willingness to sacrifice himself).
4 - Havok is not on a gravestone, though Lorna is. Nor is here among the pictures of heroes shown as killed, though neither is Lorna. The biggest absence there I would say is Thor - what would have happened to him? Returned to Asgard, perhaps?
5 - While it's clear in the Dark Phoenix Saga that Kitty thinks Peter is cute, their romance is clearly given a long-term approval here with their marriage, before we see anything real between them in the present.
6 - While Rachel has been living in a concentration camp and is understandably mal-nourished and beaten down, there is nothing in the original version of her as drawn by Byrne to suggest she will one day be one of the premier Marvel hotties. She, like Rogue, has continually been drawn to be better and better looking as the years go by, as if you can't have ordinary looking female heroes.
7 - Rachel, of course, isn't mentioned as a Summers here. But, more importantly, the future is changed at the end of this book. Anything post #141 isn't her timeline because the Kelly assassination is stopped, so in theory she never should have ended up in the X-Men's timeline, nor should have Nimrod. I'm not certain that Marvel ever adequately explained that. If they had gone back prior to #141, that would have made sense, but we see them both arrive after that.
8 - Fnord, you should put in the panel of the X-Men's reactions to Kitty walking through - Wolverine's laughter is especially nice to see since it happens so rarely.
9 - Comics.org correctly points out a Lois and Jimmy cameo in #141 (fourth panel, second to last page). It's interesting to look at how Byrne drew Lois here, as opposed to in 1986 when he took on Superman. But what isn't pointed out is the Doonesbury cameo - in the middle of #142, the couple running away, based on their dialogue, are clearly Rick Redfern and Joanie Caucus.
10 - I have never been a huge fan of Storm and always have been a huge fan of Cyclops. But that said, Storm clearly develops as a leader quite well. Contrast this to what happened to poor Captain Marvel when she took over the Avengers. Storm learns well on the job and her stand-off against Wolverine here is quite impressive - it's a sign of her leadership and his understanding of being on the team that has grown in both of them that allows for this scene to work.
11 - The art truly is fantastic, especially the death scenes in the future.
12 - The future itself is what makes these two issues so important. I know that various futures have come into play in the past, but this is one that Marvel keeps coming back to and the big one to try and avoid. Truly important, important issues.
13 - So important that they provided the plot for an entire X-Men film and some basics for the first X-Men film.
14 - And a sign of how truly great this was, perhaps the greatest run on any comic ever - Claremont and Byrne on X-Men, with the battle against Magneto, the stuff in Japan, Alpha Flight, Proteus, the Dark Phoenix Saga, more (even better) Alpha Flight, and then to send them off in style, Days of Future Past. Truly amazing work.
Posted by: Erik Beck | April 29, 2015 7:55 PM
I have a perfectly good scan of Wolverine laughing right here.
No, i added the scan. Thanks for the other thoughts and observations, Erik.
Posted by: fnord12 | April 29, 2015 9:18 PM
I looked at that Ross Andru scan you linked to. Then I threw up in my mouth. :)
Posted by: Erik Beck | April 29, 2015 9:46 PM
Regarding 3: I think it was deliberate. Just look at the way he's introduced, with the wheelchair coming in. There's no way that wasn't a conscious parallel with Xavier on Byrne and Claremont's part. Certainly Claremont ran with it. [Then again, why was Magneto even alive at that point? You'd think the Sentinels would have made sure to kill him first.]
Posted by: ChrisW | April 30, 2015 6:21 AM
@ChrisW: What was even more obvious was that Claremont's intended battle with Xavier and Magneto against the Shadow King around #300 would not only have Charles killed, but would leave Magneto in a wheelchair as a hint history was running toward this timeline again.
Posted by: Nathan Adler | April 30, 2015 8:53 AM
A late response to Erik's point 7: it was generally a Marvel rule, particularly in the Gruenwald years, that going back in time would cause a separate timeline to split off, but no change would have occurred on your return to your own future. Marvel Two In One 50 is a famous example of this rule. Which would obviously be quite depressing for the future X-Men, but they don't know this, and they've nothing to lose. In other time travel fiction, their awful future might have disappeared once the timeline changed. Sadly, the MU version of Marty McFly would have returned to 1985 and found his Dad still a wimp. All that happened is Kate made things better for an alternate universe, but she would have returned to a world with even more dead friends, at which point I think she quickly shouts the "Dark Phoenix" phrase that sends Rachel (+ followed by Nimrod) back to the past, even if they don't show up till 40 issues later. Brian Cronin at CBR said Byrne + Claremont had a disagreement on the text with Kate kissing Kitty and whether the DOFP timeline vanished or not, but under usual Marvel rules it would have been unchanged by the time travel. It's good for these issues that they leave it open though.
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Both are correct. Lucky for me is simply shortened, which is grammatically fine.
Lucky for me is an elliptic form of It was lucky for me. E.g:
Luckily for me is a complete adverbial phrase, and not truncated:
Lucky for me seems to be about as popular as luckily for me, according to Ngrams:
Luckily, as it's an adverb. Compare it to 'happily'. You wouldn't say:
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