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TAC launched a public appeal for funding on World Aids Day 2005 as part of our hope to get more individuals involved in taking ownership of the state of our lives, our communities and our future. We have been encouraged by the generous response we have received. Since our appeal, we've managed to raise over R270,000 from individual donations. Thank you! We've received particularly generous donations from students from New York University, Dr. Francois Venter and Wolfgang Tillmans. Your support is deeply appreciated.
However, we need much more to keep up our campaign to alleviate the HIV epidemic. In 2005 about 300,000 people in South Africa died of AIDS (source ASSA). That comes to about 800 people a day. Even more people were newly infected with HIV. South Africa continues to have the largest number of people living with HIV and AIDS in the world, with an estimated 5 million people living with the disease (Sources: ASSA, HSRC).
In 2006 our work will continue to focus on getting more people access to treatment, especially in South Africa's poorest provinces of Limpopo, Mpumalanga and the Eastern Cape. TAC will also continue to speak out against pseudo-science and HIV denialism and will continue to strengthen our treatment literacy programme. We will also introduce a stronger focus on community driven prevention strategies and the empowerment and leadership of women and people living with HIV/AIDS.
If TAC does not urgently raise more funds we will have to scale back on our activities. TAC's greatest need is for committed long term support, through monthly giving. Regular donations will give us the capacity to achieve all of the above. We appeal to you to stand up for our lives by taking out a stop order (monthly or annually) or making a once-off
donation. Visit our website and click on Donate Now for details on how to donate.
Help us raise R10m by March 2006! Make a contribution to South Africa's future!
By James Dlamini
Moses Jacob Setseu (31) lives in Sebokeng. A few years ago he became very ill and decided to go for an HIV test. It came back positive. He considers himself lucky because he he went for voluntary counseling and testing (VCT) with his mother. It was a very painful experience for both of them because at first his mother didn't react well to the news. She said some nasty things and swore at him. But after that he got a lot of support from her. Moses considers her to be like an angel to him.
" I feel very blessed to have her in my life" says Moses who is single. They didn't do it alone though. They received a lot of support and information from the support group he used to attend: Bambanani ( which means "stick together"). Moses has since joined the Tshegetsanang ("support each other") support group which he calls his home.
" I started to live openly with my HIV status in 2001, I disclosed my status at a school in Sharpeville. It was not easy but I thank Chris Mooi a counselor at Sebokeng hospital." said Moses.
Moses, who now works as a counselor at Zone 14 Sebokeng clinic, says that the clinic staff is supportive of him. When he started measuring his CD4 count in 2003 it was 97 and antiretrovirals were not yet available, but Moses says the support, love and caring of support group members and his mother kept him going until he got the treatment. He also says being a member of TAC and being part of the struggle for treatment helped him.
When Moses started taking antiretrovirals his CD4 count was 74. After eight months it went up to 182. "Antiretrovirals have changed my life a lot and they have given me the hope to live."
On 12 January 2006, the Clinton Foundation (former US-President Bill Clinton's foundation) announced that it had reached an agreement with a number of companies, resulting in lower HIV-test prices and lower prices for two antiretrovirals for fifty developing world governments. TAC welcomes the announcement. We note the following:
The Clinton Foundation has overstated by claiming they have reduced the cost of second-line treatments. Efavirenz is a first-line treatment. Abacavir can be used second-line, but it is not standard. There is much work left to be done to reduce the prices and ensure sustainable supplies of second-line medicines such as lopinavir/ritonair (marketed by Abbott as Kaletra) and the newer and better antiretrovirals that have recently come to market such as tenofovir.
We urge the Clinton Foundation to continue its good work and proceed with negotiations to lower the cost and ensure sustainable supplies of these medicines. We also ask the foundation to monitor the implementation of this latest agreement. We urge the South African National Department of Health to put pressure on MSD to grant more licences for efavirenz, and trust that the Medicines Control Council will fast-track the registration of generic versions of this medicine (as the law allows it to do). We call on the generic producers of efavirenz to ensure their production and bio-equivalence testing of efavirenz is implemented to the highest standards.
We run this feature to promote public understanding of the science of HIV and its treatment. The HIV epidemic has shown us how knowledge of medicine makes a substantial difference to people's ability to control their own health. Accurate information enables communities to take decisions which improve public health.
We also wish to demonstrate that science has for a long time been a global enteprise and critical scientific research on HIV and antiretrovirals has been conducted in African and other developing countries.
Lamivudine (better known as 3TC) is part of the government first-line antiretroviral treatment regimen in South Africa. It is associated with fewer side-effects than most other antiretrovirals. It is also one of the older antiretrovirals (registered by the FDA in the US in 1995). The major clinical trial that demonstrated lamivudine's clinical efficacy was known as CAESAR. It was a multi-centre study with one of the sites being in South Africa and the others being in Canada, Australia and Europe. The trial showed that lamivudine in conjunction with AZT slowed progression to AIDS or death compared to AZT plus placebo. It was one of the studies that demonstrated that combination antiretroviral treatment was superior to monotherapy (and that triple-therapy was superior to dual-therapy). The same trial demonstrated that lamivudine was effective at treating patients infected with both HIV and Hepatitis B (see Journal of Infectious Diseases 1999;180:607-613).
Here is the abstract from the report of the CAESAR trial published in the Lancet in 1997.
Lancet. 1997 May 17;349(9063):1413-21.
Randomised trial of addition of lamivudine or lamivudine plus loviride to zidovudine-containing regimens for patients with HIV-1 infection: the CAESAR trial.
Cooper, D.A.; Katlama, C.; Montaner, J.; et al.
BACKGROUND: Previous studies have shown that combination therapy with lamivudine plus zidovudine causes pronounced and sustained increases in CD4 counts and reductions in viral load in individuals infected with HIV-1. We assessed the clinical benefit of the addition of lamivudine to zidovudine-based regimens in patients infected with HIV-1 who had CD4 counts of 25-250/microL.
METHODS: Eligible patients receiving zidovudine monotherapy or zidovudine plus zalcitabine or didanosine combination therapy were assigned 52 weeks of treatment with the addition of placebo, lamivudine (150 mg twice a day), or lamivudine (150 mg twice a day) plus loviride (100 mg three times a day). Patients were unaware of type of treatment allocated. The primary endpoint was progression to a new protocol-defined AIDS event or death.
FINDINGS: The study was terminated following the second interim analysis because of a highly significant reduction in progression to AIDS or death in the patients treated with lamivudine rather than placebo. In the final analysis of 1840 patients, progression had occurred in 95 (20%) of 471 placebo-treated patients, 86 (9%) of 907 lamivudine-treated patients, and 42 (9%) of 462 patients who received lamivudine plus loviride (p < 0.0001, relative hazard 0.42 [95% CI 0.32-0.57]). A significant survival benefit was also seen (p = 0.0007, relative hazard 0.40 [0.23-0.69]). Significantly fewer patients in the lamivudine group than in the placebo group required hospital admission, unscheduled visits, or prescribed medications for HIV-related events. There were no differences in the frequency or severity of clinical or laboratory toxicities between the treatment groups.
INTERPRETATION: The addition of lamivudine to zidovudine-containing treatment regimens significantly slowed the progression of HIV disease and improved survival. However, it is unlikely that this combination alone would be sufficient to achieve long-term complete suppression of viral replication in all patients.


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What to CookWeeknight Cooking
Lemon and Onion Roasted Chicken
- Jenny
Sometimes when I am feeling particularly lonely for Los Angeles, I click on mapmyrun.com and trace my old running routes through the west side of the city. Clicking and dragging, I "run" around the Rancho Park golf course, through the sculpture garden at U.C.L.A., along the beach in Santa Monica.
This exercise can be comforting or it can be depressing, and with that I segue to roast chicken. Is not a chicken slathered with salt and olive oil the ultimate American memory dish? We are not talking comfort food, that's a different genre. I am talking about food that reminds you of your various life stages, in and out of the kitchen, the dish through which many of us can trace our culinary development.
Roast chicken was the first thing I learned to make in an oven, if you don't count American cheese slices melted on saltine crackers, which I used to make in 4th grade, after school, my house key still attached to a string of rawhide around my neck. Roast chicken was also the dish I used to order on occasional dates with Wall Street bankers while in college, because it was the cheapest entrée.
I have cooked chicken breast up and breast down; covered in butter or slathered with Crisco (thanks grandma); I have overcooked it to the point that it tasted like the farm dirt whence it came, and undercooked it so often my husband has accused me of trying to kill him for insurance money via his plate. I have been transported by roast chicken, and demoralized by it.
But there it is, the dish we all must master before moving on to greater things. Further, I have found roast chicken to be the ultimate weeknight protein, one that can be stretched via tacos, hash, soup and what have you.
I am sure than none of you really needs instructions on how to roast a chicken – so many before me have opined adequately on the topic, and in truth a bit of salt and oil and watching for overcooking will get the job done. But I found Bevi's Lemon and Onion Roasted Chicken to be something rather special, both because of the onion-slices-under-the-skin technique, which I had never tried, and because it forced me to consider the parsnip, a root vegetable I have generally chosen to ignore.
The way I made this dish work on a Monday was to assemble the whole thing in my casserole dish and leave it in the fridge for the day while at work. I called my sitter an hour before I left and asked her to pull the bird out for 30 minutes then tuck it into the oven, so that I would come home to a aromatic house. (I would also arrive to a floor covered with small wet paw prints and an overflowing compost bowl, but these are the trade offs of domestic life.)
The added value here, as I alluded to earlier, are the slices of onions under the skin, which you should slide in carefully to avoid rips. You will see that Bevi instructs you to choose any 2 out of the 4 vegetable selections and put them in the pan. I did not really understand this; was she saying skip the other ones, or use them later, and in which case when? Nevermind. I did not use the potatoes, because potatoes make me hostile, but I used more carrots and parsnips than she suggested, because I like a little extra. Roasted parsnips are now my new favorite thing – can I get an amen?
What we have here is a highly flavorful bird, with some really nice tasting roasted vegetables, a hearty one dish meal that is fit for any city. At any time of life.
Lemon and Onion Roasted Chicken
By Bevi
Serves 4 portions
- 3 large carrots, peeled
- 3 parsnips, peeled
- 1 fennel bulb, quartered
- 2 handfuls fingerling potatoes
- 1 tablespoon salt
- 1 tablespoon freshly ground black pepper
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- One 4- to 5-pound roasting chicken
- 2 or 3 cloves of garlic, peeled
- 2 sprigs thyme or rosemary
- 1 large onion
- 1 lemon
- 6 to 8 sage leaves
- Heat the oven to 375 degrees. Ask a question about this step.
- Choose any 2 out of the 4 vegetable selections. Cover the bottom of a 9" x 13" glass baking dish or roasting pan with the vegetables. Sprinkle 1 Teaspoon each of salt and pepper, and a tablespoon of olive oil over the vegetables. Use your hands to smear the vegetables thoroughly with the salt, pepper and oil. Ask a question about this step.
- Thoroughly wash the chicken, and pat dry. Salt and pepper the chicken cavity, and throw in the garlic cloves and either rosemary or thyme as well. Place the chicken breast side up on top of the vegetables in the baking dish. Ask a question about this step.
- Peel the onion and slice crosswise, keeping the onion slices intact, and making each slice about 1/4" to 1/3" wide. Basically you will have about 8 onion "plates" of various sizes. Ask a question about this step.
- Run your hand under the breast skin, releasing the skin from the meat. Run your fingers under the legs as well to separate the skin from the meat. Ask a question about this step.
- Take the larger onion segments and place them under the skin, 2 segments per side of the breast. Take the smaller onion segments and place them under the leg skin. Any remaining, loose onion slices can be thrown into the cavity. Ask a question about this step.
- Slide 6 or 8 sage leaves under the skin, and you can place them on top of the onion slices. Conversely, you can place a sage leaf on each onion segment as you slide the onions under the skin. Ask a question about this step.
- Cut the lemon in half, and squeeze the juice all over the chicken, working the lemon into the skin with your hands. Thrown the lemon halves into the cavity. Ask a question about this step.
- Rub the remaining olive oil all over the chicken. Sprinkle the remaining salt and pepper over the bird. Ask a question about this step.
- Place the bird in the middle of the oven. Baste the bird occasionally with the pan juices that accumulate. The chicken will be done in 80 to 90 minutes. Test the bird for doneness by wriggling the leg, and if the leg comes out of the joint easily the chicken is done. Ask a question about this step.
- Let the chicken rest about 10 minutes before carving. To serve, place the chicken on a serving platter, surrounded by the roasted vegetables. Serve the jus on the side. Ask a question about this step.
- With the leftover chicken, I like to make a nice curry. Then I remove the lemons and herbs from what is left of the carcass and make chicken stock. Generally we get 2 days of roast chicken for two people, 2 days of chicken curry, and then stock to boot!
By day, Jennifer Steinhauer, aka Jenny, covers Congress for The New York Times. By night, she is an obsessive cook.

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May 11, 2011
Deployment of 6000 Cubic Yards of Concrete on Great Egg Reef Rescheduled
The planned deployment of 6000 cubic yards of demolition concrete on the Great Egg Reef, located 8.0 nautical miles southeast of Absecon Inlet, Atlantic County, has been rescheduled for May 27, 2011. Bad weather forced the postponement from the original date of April 22.
The Great Egg Reef is part of the Division's Artificial Reef Program. The concrete is being obtained from the demolition of Garden Pier near Absecon Inlet in Atlantic City. The intent of deploying the concrete is to enhance the drift fishing area within the reef site.
The concrete pedestals and pilings from the demolition, amounting to 6000 cubic yards, will soon provide an attachment surface for mussels, barnacles, hydroids, anemones, stony coral and other invertebrates, which will quickly cover the structure with a living carpet, providing the base of a productive marine food chain (picture below). By summer, sea bass, tautog, scup, triggerfish and summer flounder will colonize the new reef. It will then become a favorite target of anglers coming out of Absecon and Great Egg Inlets.
1) 39 14.500' 74 21.600'
Commercial fishers who have gear in this area must move it or risk having it destroyed.
The deployment is subject to weather and sea conditions. For further information on this deployment contact Hugh Carberry at 609-748-2022.
For information on past and planned deployments see the Artificial Reef Deployments page


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The Pancreatic Cancer Genome Project was made possible with major funding The Sol Golman Charitable Trust and The Lillian Goldman Charitable Trust, and significant funding from The Lustgarten Foundation.
In 2007, The Lustgarten Foundation awarded a multi-million dollar focused research grant in support of the Pancreatic Cancer Genome Project. On September 4, 2008, lead investigator Bert Vogelstein, M.D. and his team at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center announced the Project's completion*. The prestigious journal Science designated the Project as among the top three 2008 "Breakthroughs of the Year."
Often labeled a 'silent' disease because symptoms appear without warning, pancreatic cancer results from a series of mutations in DNA. The Pancreatic Cancer Genome Project decoded the genetic blueprint of this cancer by characterizing the fundamental genetic components of the disease. The team sequenced more than 20,000 genes in a series of 24 well-characterized pancreatic cancers and discovered over 1,500 DNA mutations.
An average of 63 mutations was found in each cancer, supporting the growing body of evidence that cancer is fundamentally a disease caused by alterations in the DNA. Many of the mutations acted through a set of well-defined signaling pathways and processes. The team identified 12 core signaling pathways and processes that were each altered in more than two-thirds of the cancers. These 12 core pathways provide the basis for novel diagnostic and therapeutic approaches in pancreatic cancer. As a part of the study, the team also discovered more than 500 genes that were made at abnormally high levels in the 24 cancers. Fifty-four of these over expressed genes were predicted to be secreted or made on the surface of the cancer cells, suggesting that these genes may be useful therapeutic targets or may form the basis for new tests for the early detection of pancreatic cancer.
Watch video interviews of Dr. Vogelstein discussing the Pancreatic Cancer Genome Project.
At the time of completion, this landmark study represented the most complete genetic analysis of any tumor type. The Pancreatic Cancer Genome Project has laid the groundwork for uncharted areas of pancreatic cancer investigation, and is serving as a steppingstone for future, large-scale studies that can be applied to broad-based populations.
Dr. Vogelstein's work on the genetic basis of human tumors forms the paradigm for much of modern cancer research, with profound implications for diagnostic and therapeutic strategies of the future. According to the Institute for Scientific Information, he is the most influential scientist in the world. Dr. Vogelstein has received numerous national and international awards for his research and is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the European Molecular Biology Organization, the American Philosophical Society, the Institute of Medicine, and the National Academy of Sciences.
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Cyd and I harvested 30 pounds of kumquats from a tree in Pasadena, and with 30 pounds, there is room for creativity. Beata gave the Co-op a large bag of organic cocoa nibs and came over to help us do some preserving. The jars, the steaming pots of water, and the fruit all reminded Beata of her childhood in Poland, watching her mother put those lovely seasonal strawberries and cherries in jars. Even hearing the 'ping' of jars cooling down evoked memories.
But I don't think anyone has memories quite like this flavor.
Prepared halved kumquats were cooked with cocoa nibs. Once softened, chili pepper flakes were stirred in and then sugar was added. This preserve is moderately sweet, spicy/hot, and has that bitter richness from the cocoa nibs to balance out the acidity. It also has a terrific contrast texture, smooth jelly and crunchy nibs. I really want to stir in soy sauce and dip dumplings in this one, or maybe spread some on a warm tortilla. What will you do?
The recipe is on the 'Recipes' tab, Kumquat Chili Pepper Preserves with Cocoa Nibs'. The name may be pragmatic, but the flavors are a flight of fancy.


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Questions Can dietary advice help people to lower their blood total cholesterol concentration? Which type of diet is most effective?
Data sources
Studies were identified by searching Medline, Human Nutrition, EMBASE/Excerpta Medica, and Allied and Alternative Medicine; handsearching the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition; scanning the references of relevant trials; and contacting experts.
Study selection
Studies published before 1996 were selected if they had ≥2 groups and included a control group, used random allocation, tested a global dietary modification, and measured lipid concentrations. Exclusion criteria were specific supplementation diets, multifactorial intervention trials, trials of lowering body weight or blood pressure, interventions of <4 weeks, and randomisation of workplaces or general practices.
Data extraction
2 reviewers extracted data on type of diet, compliance, mean change in blood total cholesterol concentration, and amount of advice given. The 4 categories of diets were step 1 and 2 diets of the American Heart Association (AHA) which lowered the total intake of fat and increased the ratio of polyunsaturated to saturated fat (the step 2 diet was more intensive than the step 1 diet); diets that increased the ratio of polyunsaturated to saturated fat with little or no change in total fat content; and low total fat diets that did not change the proportions of types of fat consumed.
Main results
19 of 133 randomised controlled trials met the selection criteria and yielded 28 comparisons. Follow up ranged from 6 weeks to 5 years. 8 studies (8 comparisons) and 5 studies (9 comparisons) used the AHA step 1 and 2 diets, respectively; 6 studies (7 comparisons) used diets that increased the polyunsaturated to saturated fat ratio; and 4 studies (4 comparisons) used diets that reduced total fat intake. 2 studies used >1 type of diet. Dietary advice led to a reduction in the overall weighted mean blood total cholesterol concentration and this effect was maintained across the 4 categories of diet; the AHA step 2 dietary advice and dietary advice that aimed to increase the ratio of polyunsaturated to saturated fat were more effective than the AHA step 1 dietary advice (table⇓). Heterogeneity existed among all trials (p<0.0001), trials of AHA step 2 diets (p<0.001), and trials of diets that changed fat ratios (p<0.001).
Dietary advice leads to a modest reduction in blood total cholesterol concentration. More intensive dietary advice that includes advice about increasing the polyunsaturated to saturated fat ratio is most effective.
The use of lipid lowering agents for people at risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) mortality has already been proved.1 However, these agents are costly and there has been much discussion about the effectiveness of dietary modification to reduce cholesterol concentrations. A previous review showed that dietary changes reduced cholesterol concentrations by 10–15%, but these studies took place in controlled situations where dietary compliance could be almost guaranteed.2 These results cannot be translated to real life situations where compliance is an issue. The study by Tang et al is a well conducted review. They included only trials of people who lived in the community, and the results can therefore be translated into practice. The authors were not able to find any unpublished studies. Of note is the substantial degree of heterogeneity among the effects produced in different studies, which may be caused by differences in the intensity and type of intervention, characteristics of the study population, or completeness and duration of follow up.
This review is of interest to nurses who care for patients with an increased risk of CHD mortality. Its results suggest that dietary advice will reduce blood total cholesterol by 3–8%, depending on the type and intensity of the diet advocated. Dietary compliance was clearly an issue as the dietary targets were only met in a few of the studies. More research is required to develop better methods of communicating dietary advice and maintaining compliance with the advice. It is also worth noting that Tang et al excluded studies that evaluated dietary advice given together with other interventions. People who are at greater risk of CHD are likely to have several risk factors that may need modifying. Advice on lowering cholesterol concentrations is therefore unlikely to be given in isolation.
Sources of funding: Department of Health and Medical Research Council; British Heart Foundation; Imperial Cancer Research Fund.
For correspondence: Dr J M Armitage, Senior Research Fellow, Clinical Trial Service Unit, Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford OX2 6HE,UK. Fax +44 (0)1865 404821.
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|2007-08-13, 03:01
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Just call me Ojisan
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: U.K. Hampshire
Created new thread to discuss the special.
Ah! My Goddess: Fighting Wings (Special), Expectations and Speculation
|2007-12-14, 03:04
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Junior Member
I wouldn't mind if someone would make a thread where people could discuss what AMG is about and the message the writers have been trying to send about feelings and trust vs. sex, lust, drugs, fighting, general trouble making. Hard for me to talk about those things but the series always makes me feel more connected with that part of myself that's not cool to talk about.
|2008-02-06, 13:07
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Just call me Ojisan
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: U.K. Hampshire
Has there been any official announcements about a season 3? I don't want to create a thread if all it's based on is pure speculation.
Once confirmed, then I'll create a Ah! My Goddess: Season 3, Expectations and Speculation thread.
|2008-02-06, 14:24
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Join Date: Sep 2004
No official announcement as of yet, only time there's even been a hint of a season 3 was when the director, Hiroaki Goda, said that he was eager to animate as much of manga as possible. So while the director is willing, there's been no official announcement yet on whether it's going to happen or not.
I think it will happen eventually, but not for a while. AMG was license bait, but with the slow down in anime uptakes, and the big companies pulling a lot of their new titles, i think it'll have a knock on effect in japan. Shows which would of been done because they're license bait, will be slower to come about.
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Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Korakuen Hall...
I had this idea while rewatching the first episode and it's not really about the series itself, but it does tie into it: a thread that simply asks "If Belldandy came out of YOUR mirror, what would your one wish be?" Dunno if it's a valid thread idea but I thought it might be interesting.
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Just call me Ojisan
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: U.K. Hampshire
I notice that there isn't an Ah! My Goddess generic discussion thread in this forum (I suspect it might have been lost in the 2005 forum crash) so even we don't have a thread about the character design there is no reason not to create a general purpose AMG thread.
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February 2011 OAD anime
How about a thread for the AMG OAD anime which will be in Volume 42 of the manga, in February 2011?
I don't see mention of language options.
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The Annapolis tidal generating station may be operating in violation of the Fisheries Act.
It depends on who you ask.
Nova Scotia Power says it doesn't need federal approval because the 20-megawatt turbine in the causeway that crosses the Annapolis River doesn't kill any fish.
"Our electronic records go back to 2002 and there isn't any record of fish mortality at this facility," said Tiffany Chase, spokeswoman for Nova Scotia Power.
"We would be required to report any such incidents to (Fisheries and Oceans Canada)."
That's important because under the Fisheries Act, any entity operating a facility that kills fish or impedes their migration needs ministerial approval — something Nova Scotia Power doesn't have for its Annapolis tidal generating station.
Two biologists from Acadia University and weir fisherman Darren Porter say the facility kills a lot of fish.
"The turbine affects virtually every fish population that uses the estuary," said Michael Dadswell, a semi-retired Acadia University biology professor who has been studying the impacts of the generating station for three decades.
". . . Basically it has been working for 30 or more years without any environmental impact assessment or a valid permit."
Online in the 80's
Nova Scotia Power, then a Crown corporation, began building the power plant in 1980. In 1981, Fisheries and Oceans reviewed the design mid-construction but did not provide it with, nor demand it get, a ministerial approval.
It began operating in 1984.
The multi-storey facility was built into a small island in the Annapolis River where it is crossed by a causeway that was constructed in the 1960s to replace a former bridge and prevent upstream flooding.
Water flows through a sluice gate at high tide and fills the holding pond created by the causeway. As the tide drops, the sluice gate is closed and doors are opened to the massive 7.4-metre-diameter turbine — the largest of its kind in the world. Water flows through the turbine at a rate of 400 cubic metres per second and generates enough electricity to power 4,500 homes.
The facility predates provincial environmental assessment regulations. Krista Higdon, spokeswoman for the provincial Environment Department, said that they don't have any regulatory approvals for the plant and it doesn't need them because it falls under the federal jurisdiction of Fisheries and Oceans.
In a written statement to The Chronicle Herald on Thursday, Fisheries and Oceans stated that it "does not have any official reports of fish mortalities" caused by the station.
"That's bizarre," said Graham Daborn, a zoologist at Acadia University who has studied the effects of the generating station and the causeway.
"I wonder what they consider an official report . . . it definitely kills fish. There's abundant evidence."
In 1985 and 1986, a team from Acadia University put sonic tags on American shad and released them through the turbine. In the 1985 study, 46 per cent of the fish were killed while passing through the turbine and, in the following year, 21 per cent were killed.
Dadswell, who was the author of the peer reviewed study titled Macrotidal Estuaries: A Region of Collision Between Migratory Marine Animals and Tidal Power Development, said that while American shad still travel up the Annapolis River, the turbine deaths have resulted in changes to the age structure and population.
The more times a fish passes through the turbine the more likely it is to be killed, and so his studies have shown that you don't get mature shad past the causeway anymore.
Then there's the sturgeon — armoured-looking fish that grow up to two metres in length — that are found decapitated or suffering other blunt-force trauma downriver from the turbine.
"There's nothing else in the area that could be causing that kind of injury to a fish like the sturgeon," said Daborn.
Population changes
The Annapolis River was once home to a large spawning population of striped bass.
The creation of the causeway in the 1960s destroyed the spawning grounds. In the 1970s, it was found that some fish were still spawning above the causeway, but the survival of their offspring was not measured.
Striped bass kept coming to hang out near the facility because they were attracted to the turbidity it created in the water, said Dadswell. However, he said, those fish often get killed when they pass through the sluice gates chasing prey and then travel back through the turbine.
There is a fish ladder near the turbine but Dadswell said larger species, like sturgeon, don't use it.
Darren Porter, an area weir fisherman and spokesman for the Fundy United Federation, said Fisheries and Oceans has known for a long time that the facility kills fish.
"I talked to management of DFO and enforcement today and right now management is not letting enforcement move on this issue," said Porter, who has long campaigned against the facility.
"People can't go out and fish whenever they want to and yet (Nova Scotia Power) don't even have a licence and has no authority to kill a fish and they're letting them get away with it."
So then the question becomes, if the facility does kill fish and has affected the structure or viability of species in the Annapolis River, does the Fisheries Act require the federal government to take action against Nova Scotia Power?
Fisheries and Oceans spokesman Stephen Bornais said Thursday that any reports of fish killed at the facility would be investigated but he did not elaborate any further.
Section 35 of the Fisheries Act states "no person shall carry on any work, undertaking or activity that results in serious harm to fish that are part of a commercial, recreational or Aboriginal fishery, or to fish that support such a fishery."
The exception to that is if permission is granted by the federal minister of fisheries — which it hasn't been for the Annapolis generating station.
Penalties for violating section 35 of the act range from fines of $15,000 to $1 million for a first offence.


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Four UC Hastings alumni were honored by California Lawyer magazine for their work as California Lawyer Attorneys of the Year.
"The number of our graduates honored with this prestigious annual award is a testament to the leadership of UC Hastings within the legal community," said Chancellor & Dean Frank H. Wu. "We are proud of all of our graduates, and we're also proud that our school has long been at the forefront in preparing people with the skills needed to bring about positive change in the world."
Philip Kearney '84 and Susan Badger '86
Philip Kearney '84 and Susan Badger '86 were honored, along with Hartley M.K. West and John H. Herman for their prosecution of corrupt law enforcement officers.
"Some of the toughest and most controversial criminal cases to pursue are allegations of corruption among law enforcement officers. This team of federal prosecutors brought dozens of civil rights and public corruption charges against the former commander of the Central Contra Costa County Narcotics Enforcement Team (now disbanded) and four law enforcement officers. Badger led the case of two Richmond police officers, and West was the lead on the other cases until indictment, with assistance from Hemann. Kearney and West were co-counsel against former Contra Costa Deputy Sheriff Stephen Tanabe, the only defendant to go to trial. The enforcement team commander, Norman Wielsch, faced charges stemming from schemes to steal drug evidence, extort prostitutes, and make phony arrests. Further corruption included a 'dirty DUI' sting operation by a private investigator, working with a divorce lawyer; some of the men set up for arrest were involved in child custody disputes with the lawyer's clients.
At the conclusion of the sweeping three-year investigation, Wielsch pleaded guilty and received a 14-year prison term; a San Ramon police officer and two Richmond officers pleaded guilty to various charges; and Tanabe was convicted in 2013 for helping in the DUI stings."
Lainey Feingold '81
Lainey Feingold '81 was honored with Linda M. Dardarian for their work on behalf of the disabled.
"In four groundbreaking settlements that advance the interests of blind people, Dardarian and Feingold demonstrated what can be accomplished through structured negotiations without ever filing a lawsuit. In March 2013, the lawyers got Bank of America to agree to upgrade its online and mobile security features, making them more accessible to people with visual impairments. The year before, the lawyers negotiated a first-of-its-kind deal with Walmart Stores Inc. in which the national retailer agreed to distribute prescription containers equipped with audio chips starting in 2013. The new containers provide blind pharmacy customers with critical information about the medications, including dosages, warnings, and expiration dates. And in June, Dardarian and Feingold announced a settlement with Weight Watchers International that gives its visually impaired members better access to the company's website and mobile applications. (Weight Watchers also agreed to strengthen its system for providing information in braille, large print, and audio formats.) Finally, in December the attorneys reached a settlement with the Safeway grocery chain to make its website easier for shoppers with visual impairments to use."
Ann Ravel '74
Ann M. Ravel '74 was honored with Gary S. Winuk for their government work at the Fair Political Practices Commission.
"In the largest settlement of its kind in California history, two Arizona-based advocacy groups linked to billionaires Charles and David Koch agreed to pay a $1 million fine to settle a lawsuit filed by the state Fair Political Practices Commission under Ravel's leadership. As nonprofits organized under section 501(c)(4), neither group was required by federal law to disclose the sources of its political contributions. But in 2012 when the groups contributed $11 million against one California initiative to raise taxes (Proposition 30) and to support another to curb the power of unions (Proposition 32), Ravel concluded that both groups had run afoul of this state's more stringent disclosure requirements. Ravel, who now sits on the Federal Election Commission in Washington, D.C., was heavily involved in strategy and drafting briefs; FPPC Enforcement Division chief Winuk provided crucial support in negotiations and presenting arguments. According to Phillip Ung of California Common Cause, the October settlement "sets a precedent for stopping out-of-state individuals who are trying to sneak money into California politics."
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RETIREES, LIVE BUGLERS, and VSOs
Retirees: Retirees of the NJ Army and Air National Guard are authorized to participate in the NJARNG Honor Guard. Retirees must meet the same requirements of appearance as our current team members. Retirees are paid $50 per funeral mission.
Live Buglers: The Honor Guard Program has live buglers sounding TAPS throughout the entire state of NJ. Some of our live buglers are Traditional Guardsmen, but most are civilians that are looking for a little extra money during the day. Why not honor one of our fallen veterans? Pay for civilian buglers is $50 per mission. Since we do not dictate the amount of funeral requests that are tasked to us, we cannot guarantee steady work. Consequently, we recommend this work to be used as supplemental income only! Most days are comprised of 1 to 2 missions (within a reasonable distance to each other). Only on rare occasions do we ask to complete 3 missions in one day.
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ICD-10 Diagnosis Code O36.22
Maternal care for hydrops fetalis, second trimester
Diagnosis Code O36.22
Short Description: Maternal care for hydrops fetalis, second trimester
Long Description: Maternal care for hydrops fetalis, second trimester
This is the 2018 version of the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code O36.22
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Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00–O99)
Maternal care related to the fetus and amniotic cavity and possible delivery problems (O30-O48)
- Maternal care for other fetal problems (O36)
- Maternal care related to the fetus and amniotic cavity and possible delivery problems (O30-O48)
Information for Patients
Also called: Dropsy
Edema means swelling caused by fluid in your body's tissues. It usually occurs in the feet, ankles and legs, but it can involve your entire body.
Causes of edema include
- Eating too much salt
- Sunburn
- Heart failure
- Kidney disease
- Liver problems from cirrhosis
- Pregnancy
- Problems with lymph nodes, especially after mastectomy
- Some medicines
- Standing or walking a lot when the weather is warm
To keep swelling down, your health care provider may recommend keeping your legs raised when sitting, wearing support stockings, limiting how much salt you eat, or taking a medicine called a diuretic - also called a water pill.
- Abdominal tap (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Angioedema (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Foot, leg, and ankle swelling (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Pulmonary edema (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Swelling (Medical Encyclopedia)
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Fetal Health and Development
A normal pregnancy lasts nine months. Each three-month period of pregnancy is called a trimester. During each trimester, the fetus grows and develops. There are specific prenatal tests to monitor both the mother's health and fetal health during each trimester.
With modern technology, health professionals can
- Detect birth defects
- Identify problems that may affect childbirth
- Correct some kinds of fetal problems before the baby is born
- Fetal development (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Intrauterine growth restriction (Medical Encyclopedia)
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Rh Incompatibility
There are four major blood types: A, B, O, and AB. The types are based on substances on the surface of the blood cells. Another blood type is called Rh. Rh factor is a protein on red blood cells. Most people are Rh-positive; they have Rh factor. Rh-negative people don't have it. Rh factor is inherited though genes.
When you're pregnant, blood from your baby can cross into your bloodstream, especially during delivery. If you're Rh-negative and your baby is Rh-positive, your body will react to the baby's blood as a foreign substance. It will create antibodies (proteins) against the baby's blood. These antibodies usually don't cause problems during a first pregnancy.
But Rh incompatibility may cause problems in later pregnancies, if the baby is Rh-positive. This is because the antibodies stay in your body once they have formed. The antibodies can cross the placenta and attack the baby's red blood cells. The baby could get Rh disease, a serious condition that can cause a serious type of anemia.
Blood tests can tell whether you have Rh factor and whether your body has made antibodies. Injections of a medicine called Rh immune globulin can keep your body from making Rh antibodies. It helps prevent the problems of Rh incompatibility. If treatment is needed for the baby, it can include supplements to help the body to make red blood cells and blood transfusions.
NIH: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
- Fetal-maternal erythrocyte distribution (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Hemolytic disease of the newborn (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Rh incompatibility (Medical Encyclopedia)
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SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Scott Shafer is already making friends in his first year as a head coach, and Syracuse's first year in the ACC.
Clemson opted to go for it on fourth-and-goal from the Syracuse 5 with a 35-7 lead. When quarterback Tajh Boyd was sacked by star defensive tackle Jay Bromley, Shafer was caught on camera yelling an expletive directed at Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney.
The fiery Shafer addressed the incident in his opening statement, thanking the boisterous Carrier Dome crowd for their noise in the Orange's opening ACC affair and then offering remorse for his outburst.
"Anybody who knows me knows I'm extremely emotional — sometimes over the top," Shafer said. "I said a few things out there today that I feel bad about, I really do. In the heat of the moment, they're the same things I said on the basketball court or the football field when I was a kid playing, but I'm an adult now and I need to constrain myself a little bit better."
There was no altercation at the postgame handshake.
"He was great after the game," Swinney reported, who called it a "risk-reward" proposition to go for the touchdown instead of taking three points for a 31-point lead.
"Were we supposed to take a knee? We've got a whole lot of football left, and anything can happen," Swinney said. "You saw in the third quarter when they had momentum there; there's nothing less important than the score at halftime.
"A game is never over until the last second ticks. So I'm not taking knees in the second quarter."
Shafer indicated he didn't hold a grudge for Swinney's decision.
"I think it's OK because it's all within the rules, and Dabo is a competitor and he wanted to do a good job on that play," Shafer said. "I just felt bad that I was a little over the top there, yelling across the field. He's competitive, I'm competitive and I've got all the respect in the world for him, and I hope he still feels good from his side of the fence."
Syracuse had only allowed four sacks in its first four games. Clemson had four Saturday, including two more for junior defensive end Vic Beasley, who had two other tackles for loss despite a quiet first half.
"Vic is one of those guys you've got to deal with for four quarters, not just two quarters," Swinney said. "He impacts the game with his speed and ability to chase people down."
The Tigers had four interceptions for the first time in four years. Senior cornerback Darius Robinson said his two-pick day was his first since middle school.
Bashaud Breeland also picked off starter Terrel Hunt, and freshman Jayron Kearse had his first career pick in the final minute against backup Drew Allen.
For the first time since 2000, four consecutive Clemson opponents have been held to 14 points or less.
"I tell you, it's a great feeling to know you don't have to score every time, that you can play some field position, because our defense is hard to go the distance against," Swinney said.
The Orange made three trips to the red zone, and came away with zero points.
"They can be on the ten, on the five, on the one," Robinson said. "It's our job as the defense to keep them out of the end zone."
Clemson junior wide receiver Adam Humphries was hot early, catching three balls for 116 yards (his personal best) and two scores in the first quarter alone.
Humphries squirted behind the secondary for a 60-yard score 38 seconds into the game, the second straight week Clemson scored on a deep passing play on the third snap of the game. Sammy Watkins did the deed against Wake Forest to spark a 56-7 victory.
Watkins finished with four catches for 126 yards, giving the Tigers two 100-yard receivers for the fifth time in school history.
Sophomore tailback Zac Brooks had Clemson's first rushing touchdown from a yard out, and was the team's leading rusher with 46 yards on nine carries. Walk-on C.J. Davidson's 2-yarder completed the scoring with 3:56 remaining.
Wide receiver Martavis Bryant was found wide open for a 40-yard touchdown, and tight end Stanton Seckinger also had a 17-yard scoring grab.
"I felt like I dropped two dimes today," Boyd said. "The one to Stanton, and then that one (to Watkins for 91 yards.) That one, I give all the credit to Sammy right there; I haven't seen a guy hit a second gear like that in a long time."
Strong safety Travis Blanks left the game in the second quarter with a knee injury, but team trainers indicated his major ligaments were intact. Swinney said he was "likely" to play next week.
Freshman special-teamer Ben Boulware hyperextended his knee in the third quarter. Left guard Kalon Davis got the start, but left with a pulled groin.


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Before we take a look at what this new board from Asus brings to the table let's first have a look at the features that are specific to Intel's latest chipset. This chipset replaces Intel's previous enthusiast level chipset, the X58. So now let's have a look at this new chipset and what it has to offer.
Of course the main feature of this new chipset is that it features support for Intel's latest 2011 socket processors. These will be replacing Intel's 1366 socket and it currently features their 3960x for the enthusiast, and the 3930k for the mainstream. Pricing for these is starting around 1050 dollars for the 3960x and the 3930k going for about 600 or so. Both of these processors are x6 and feature an additional 6 threads for a total of 12. Both also feature Intel's 32nm SOI and 130 watts of thermal power. These have proven to be dramatically improved chips over their previous 1366 line of processors and our benchmarks are able to demonstrate this. Intel has basically produced a consumer level processor with server level performance.
This new chipset is geared for performance. Immediately you can see the difference when you first get a look at these boards. Intel has introduced a new addressing architecture for memory and this is called quad channel. What this essentially does is create an extra pathway for the processor to access system memory for all of your applications. In theory this should produce better performance because the processor will be able to access memory a little bit easier. Our benchmarks will show if this actually pays off. There is a potential downside to this feature. With ram slots now being located on either side of the CPU socket there could be clearance issues with taller ram and CPU heat sinks. We didn't have this issue since we were using Intel's included all-in-one water cooling unit. With this new memory architecture you will now have the ability to install up to 64 gigs of DDR3 memory at speeds up to 2400MHz with overclocking.
Intel has also added their Platform Controller Hub technology onto this new chipset. Many of you know that this concept isn't entirely new but it does give Intel an advantage over their competition. With AMD still needing to use a dual chipset architecture Intel is able to potentially reduce power consumption and heat generation since they only need a single chip with the X79. During our testing none of the heat sinks on either the MOSFETs or the chipset became hot to the touch. This is not only a sign that these boards have really improved the thermal reduction aspects over the last chipset but these will also last longer because they don't generate as much heat. This aspect of this chipset should also be beneficial for overclocking as well. Increasing voltages across a circuit has the potential to produce overheating of your hardware. If the hardware has a better thermal design it should allow for higher voltages and therefore higher and more stable overclocks. This new chipset also brings up to 40 PCI express 2.0 lanes for graphics and peripheral expansion and 8 additional lanes for PCI express 3.0. PCI express 3.0 is the new expansion architecture that so far only Intel has implemented.


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Double drape top and matching skirt
Added Aug 20, 2013
Connecticut, Con...
This started as Vogues 1310 basic top and kind of ended up as this…..I actually really love the way it looks and am pleased that its so versatile….
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Material Notes
Silk charmeuse ombre and soutache lace.
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Aug 20, 2013, 08.35 PMby papermothballvintage
Really cool affect! The back is amazing.
Aug 20, 2013, 07.27 AMby Mary Athey
gorgeous outfit, i love the ombre fabric and the lace is to die for gorgeous. i love what you've done with both pieces and the flowery dress on your blogs beautiful as well. i see you use marfy patterns? i bought one , the one shoulder drape dress, its stunning but so far i hav'nt used it. any tips would be much appreciated x
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Aug 20, 2013, 01.28 PMby A Challenging Sew
Thanks! what is the Marfy number for the dress? I will take a look when I get home and let you know! they are really logical once you start working on them but I know they are confusing when you first open them :-)
Aug 20, 2013, 02.53 PMby Mary Athey
thanks, its 3127, i'm sure i read that they're good to use once you know what you're doing x
Aug 21, 2013, 01.49 PMby A Challenging Sew
That is such a nice dress! it should be fairly straightforward. Normally they send the right side of each pattern piece but this has a full front and it seems full skirt piece. The only problem I see with this is getting those pleats to fan as they should. Definitely worth trying on a similar fabric to what you eventually choose. Add chunky seam allowances to the main pieces and mark everything exactly. Their drafting is incredible and meant to line perfectly, they don't seem to make mistakes and of course pin it all to a dress form first to get a idea in your mind of where it should end up. You will find lots and lots of notations to help with that. Email me direct you get stuck! :-)
Aug 21, 2013, 02.21 PMby Mary Athey
thank you so much for that advice. i have a nice fabric i'm going to use for the first attempt. it it works i'll be happy but uf not i'll just try again, i have plenty of fabric that i like ok but not love. i"ve made quite a few one shoulder dresses but none like this one x
Aug 20, 2013, 04.46 AMby MojoHollz
Wow that is really lovely! It looks like the fabric has an ombre effect which just adds to the elegance of the outfit. Well done!
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Stupid. Thats what Bill Webbe, president of the board of directors for Hermosa Cliff Fire Protection District, called me and my neighbors (Fire district votes to keep term limits, Herald, Nov. 7). Webbe said he is confused about why district residents voted not to lift term limits for our supposedly elected board. He might not be confused had he shown the slightest interest in what the residents of the district think.
Since Hermosa Cliff was folded into Durango Fire & Rescue Authority 10 years ago (a decision that the voters were not consulted about), there has been no election for board members.
Thats because upcoming open seats have been a well-guarded secret with only the minimal legal notice published. When there is an opening, the fire chief and the sitting board members hand-pick someone from among their cronies to fill the seat.
When there is only one candidate for an office, no election is held. When no election is held, there is zero chance of getting a board with any independent thinkers on it and the chief can count on rubber-stamp support. Not one of the current board members was elected by a vote of the district residents.
The ballot measure proposed that these hand-picked, rubber-stamp, unelected board members be allowed to hold office indefinitely. That is why I voted against it. That does not make me stupid.
In the last 10 years, residents of the Hermosa Cliff District have received no communication from our board about its meetings and actions, how it is spending our tax dollars or what kind of service we are getting in return. The proposal to lift term limits was not announced to us. It was a complete surprise when we saw our ballots. There was no informational mailing, no public meeting, not even a robocall.
Webbe says we were stupid for voting against it. Next time he could try informing his constituents in advance why they are being asked to vote and giving them reasons for voting yes. It will get him a lot further than calling us names.
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Chris Huhne's guilty plea at Southwark Crown Court yesterday to the charge of perverting the course of justice was a personal tragedy for him. But it has also created a public nightmare for Mr Huhne's former Cabinet colleagues, David Cameron and Nick Clegg.
Mr Huhne's resignation from Parliament forces them to lead their parties into what looks certain to become this century's most savage and bitter by-election. It comes at the worst imaginable moment, with the Coalition in partial meltdown, and party activists straining at the leash to get at each other's throats.
For the next few months, Lib Dems and Conservatives will throw money, time and resources into the pitched battle for electoral control of the small south-coast town of Eastleigh, Huhne's old seat. Never in British political history has a minor traffic offence produced such spectacular consequences.
For activists of both parties, the prospect of all-out war is exhilarating. But for David Cameron and Nick Clegg it is a disaster. They can look forward to a prolonged spell of political schizophrenia. On the one hand, the Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister of the Coalition Government are expected to govern Britain in the national interest. On the other hand, as leaders of the Tory party and the Lib Dems, David Cameron and Nick Clegg will be expected to lead their activists into brutal combat. And as we have learnt from events in parliament over the past 12 months, there is scarcely a single issue, from taxation to Europe to constitutional change, on which the two sides agree.
It has been hard enough to brush over these differences in Cabinet. It will be impossible to hide them on the hustings of Eastleigh. The durability of the Coalition will be tested as never before. Its contradictions will be exposed, and I do not feel certain that it can survive the ordeal that lies ahead.
I have no doubt that in private the Prime Minister would love to avoid a contest, and allow the Lib Dems a free run. There is excellent historical precedent for this course of action. When Tories and Liberals formed a Coalition in 1918 to confront the economic and social crisis that followed the First World War, the two party leaders agreed that they would not contest each other's seats.
Liberal prime minister David Lloyd George and Tory leader Andrew Bonar Law jointly signed a letter of endorsement, known as a coupon, for hundreds of candidates who ran under their joint colours. This strategy meant that the two parties could campaign together in relative harmony, and avoid outright confrontation.
And to the disinterested observer, a repeat of the 1918 coupon election is the only sane and rational course of action for the impending by-election in Eastleigh. They should find a candidate committed to making the case for the achievements of the Coalition Government and ready to take on all-comers. Unfortunately, neither the Conservatives nor the Lib Dems are in sane or rational mood.
At Westminster I could find no one who expected the Tories to make the supreme sacrifice, pull out of the contest, and rally behind the Lib Dems. If the Coalition were healthy, perhaps David Cameron and Nick Clegg might indeed find a way to reach such an agreement. Both men probably know they would be wise to do so.
The truth is that the Prime Minister lacks the authority to attempt anything of the sort. The Tory party in its present febrile and disloyal state would not allow it. Mr Cameron's foot soldiers viscerally dislike the Coalition, and long to wage war on their Lib Dem enemies in Eastleigh (an emotion keenly reciprocated by many Lib Dems).
Mr Cameron's Conservatives are animated by three main motives, the first of these being their historic hatred and scorn for the Lib Dems – or the "Yellow Peril", as many Tory MPs now call their Coalition partners.
This tribal bloodlust has become rabid over the past few weeks thanks to an implacable desire for revenge. It will be many, many years before Conservative backbenchers forgive their Coalition allies for what they regard as betrayal over boundary changes – a change of heart from the Lib Dems that will cost the Tories some 20 seats at the election.
The third Conservative motive is more rational. The Tory party regards Eastleigh, which stretches across Hampshire from Southampton to the River Hamble, as being part of its ancestral heartland. It was held from 1955 to 1992 by Sir David Price, an affably undistinguished Old Etonian, former Guards officer. During most of this period the Tories weighed rather than counted the vote.
The unexpected death of Sir David's replacement, the brilliant but troubled Stephen Milligan, gave the Lib Dems their chance. They grabbed it with both hands in a 1994 by-election called when John Major's government was at its most despised and unpopular.
So it is hardly surprising that the Conservatives want Eastleigh back so much. It is one of those constituencies they simply have to win if they are to have the slightest chance of an outright majority at the general election.
If the Tories do win Eastleigh – and they lagged by under 4,000 votes at the last general election – the result would come as a massive boost to party morale and a triumphant affirmation of David Cameron.
However, it would be terrible for Nick Clegg if the Lib Dems were to lose. Eastleigh is just one of a score of southern seats they have won from the Tories in the past two decades – and which might topple like a row of dominoes if Eastleigh goes blue.
This is why both sides have to fight so hard. David Cameron's Tories will regard it as a calamity if they fail to regain the seat, and Nick Clegg's Lib Dems face disaster if they lose it. Politics being a zero-sum game, victory for one side means a bitter loss for the other.
And so the two parties have secretly had their top strategy teams on the ground in Eastleigh for months. Both the Lib Dems and the Tories believe that the Eastleigh by-election battle will give them a foretaste of the real battle at the general election.
There is just one problem with this approach – and it was spelt out by Benjamin Franklin when he remarked at the signing of the Declaration of Independence: "We must all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately."
A brutal by-election in Eastleigh could wreck both parties as the general election draws nearer. This is what makes the possibility that the Ukip leader Nigel Farage might stand look intriguing. With both Lib Dems and Tories so unpopular, Farage could come through the middle on a protest vote. More likely he would cost the Tories enough votes to enable the Lib Dems to limp home.
Meanwhile, Ed Miliband and Labour are laughing. With just 10 per cent of the vote in Eastleigh at the last election, no one will expect Mr Miliband to win. He can play the role of interested bystander, too polite to intrude on private grief, politely watching his opponents tear each other to shreds.
Anyone with a spark of human feeling will feel great sympathy for Chris Huhne. He may have lied and cheated, but only a year ago he was a Cabinet minister, and spoken of as the likely successor to Nick Clegg as Lib Dem party leader. From being one of the most powerful and courted men in Britain he now seems utterly finished – and his downfall stems from what must have seemed at the time a very minor misdemeanour.
It has, however, precipitated one of the most interesting by-elections – and potentially the most important – in British political history. The corpse of Richard III has just been disinterred from a car park in Leicester. It is not impossible that the quiet Hampshire town of Eastleigh could claim a political corpse in the shape of either David Cameron or Nick Clegg.


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British presenter Steve Jones has announced he won't be returning as the host of America's The X Factor.
The Welsh star was rumoured to be leaving the show after failing to impress viewers following the first series of the talent competition last year.
Show boss Simon Cowell spoke out midway through the series to insist Jones' job was safe, stating, "There is a lot of speculation about Steve Jones leaving the show. To avoid any confusion, Steve will be hosting all of the live shows and he's doing a great job."
But it has now been revealed he has been dropped ahead of the second season later this year.
In a message on his Twitter.com page, he writes, "I wont be hosting next seasons XFactor which is a shame but I cant complain as I've had a great time. Good luck to everyone on the show."
He's not the first British star to be dropped from the line-up – singer Cheryl Cole was axed from the judging panel at the start of last series to make way for Nicole Scherzinger.


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Occupying just over 100 local acres, with a commercial value of $1.5 million, peaches pale in agricultural significance next to the Rogue Valley's thousands of acres of prized pears.
But to fans of local, seasonal and peerless foods, peaches are precious.
Grown locally since the mid-1800s, peaches and other stone fruits thrive in some of the valley's rockier, better-drained parcels, while the region's heavier clay soils are more appropriate for pears.
Whereas locally grown pears, with their affinity for cold storage, can be purchased for months into late winter, local peaches persist only into September. And unlike pears, which travel across the country as well as apples, oranges or bananas, peaches lose luster with each mile away from home. Those mealy, dry peaches that never attain sweet, juicy ripeness away from the grocery store have suffered from chill damage in transit.
Indeed, Los Angeles Times food editor and author Russ Parsons claims that peaches are among the few foods that always should be purchased at farmers markets or farm stands. Common varieties in our area include Hale, Red Skin, Red Haven and the heirloom Elberta. The '49ers, which store well and have a high sugar content, are used almost exclusively by Harry & David for gift boxes, according to the Southern Oregon Research and Extension Center.
To pick a perfect peach, look for a background color that's yellowish-orange with no green. A golden color is a sign of maturity, which means sugar has built up inside the fruit. Red blush on a peach is no indication of ripeness but rather the result of genetics, as is the prevalence of fuzz.
Next, trust your nose. A ripe peach has a penetrating fragrance that should be evident from across the room. Softness is least important. A firm peach will ripen on the counter in a few days, and it's better to have one that's a bit firm rather than soft and bruised.
In the Rogue Valley, we have several sizeable orchards that sell directly to the public. Sugar Plum Acres in Phoenix is a U-pick-only operation, while Valley View Orchard in Ashland offers U-pick and a farm store of picked fruit. See www.mailtribune.com/eatlocal for more information.
Meyer Orchards on Tarry Lane in Talent sells several grades and varieties directly to the public. A favorite of food preservers has long been Central Point's Beebe Farms, which sells "seconds" for canning.
It's been my mother-in-law's habit to purchase a 40-pound lug of peaches at Beebe every other year. If we're lucky, we can plow through peeling, pitting, halving or slicing and putting up the fruit in a daylong marathon.
Last year, she raised the white flag with a few dozen fruit left to go. The next day, I reassembled the peeling and slicing assembly line but skipped setting up the canning equipment. Instead, I dunked the peaches in a strong lemon-juice solution and tossed them in granulated sugar. Even though I didn't want heavily sweetened peaches, my goal was to prevent browning.
And it worked like a charm. Packed into quart-sized freezer bags with as much air squeezed out as possible, the fruit was still a gorgeous, golden color in early spring when I paired it with frozen blackberries for a cobbler.
Peaches and blackberries may seem like an odd combination, but it makes total sense to me. I've vowed to spend this August and September picking from all the brambles overrunning local waterways, including the stretch of Rogue River near our home.
Because they're free, blackberries are worth a few punctured fingertips, lacerated legs and snagged shirts. And because I laid in enough peaches last year for this summer, I have a day or two to spare.
Mail Tribune Food Editor Sarah Lemon can be reached at 541-776-4487 or email email@example.com. For more tips, recipes and local food news, read her blog at mailtribune.com/wholedish, see her Facebook page, www.facebook.com/thewholedish or follow @thewholedish on Twitter.
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Occupying just over 100 local acres, with a commercial value of $1.5 million, peaches pale in agricultural significance next to the Rogue Valley's thousands of acres of prized pears.


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The University of Wisconsin, River Falls did not monitor its scholarship process, according to findings by the NCAA Division III Committee on Infractions. Over a five year period, Wisconsin-River Falls' head football coach was involved in the arrangement of scholarship packages for five student assistant coaches, contrary to NCAA rules. The coach gave special consideration to five student-athletes due to their athletic abilities, which allowed them to receive more than $4,000 in impermissible aid.
Penalties in this case include one year of probation, a review from the NCAA Committee on Financial Aid and an outside audit of athletic employment and scholarship awarding practices.
Wisconsin-River Falls did not monitor its scholarship process when it did not adequately educate university staff involved in the scholarship process, allowed the head coach to choose scholarship recipients for four years and by failing to detect the violations.
The university conducted an internal financial aid review and uncovered NCAA rules violations regarding athletics criteria for seven scholarships and allowing the head football coach to select scholarship recipients. Over the course of four academic years, five scholarships included some degree of athletics leadership, participation or performance as criteria for the awards. Two other scholarships considered athletics participation when determining awards.
The penalties include:
- Public reprimand and censure.
- One year of probation from April 23, 2014 through April 22, 2015.
- A Level Two review from the NCAA Committee on Financial Aid. During this review, the committee looks closely at a school's policies and procedures for awarding aid, as well as the impact of those factors on aid received by student-athletes.
- Attendance at an NCAA Regional Rules Seminar for the athletics director, head football coach, director of financial aid and other staff involved in the awarding and distribution of scholarships.
- An outside audit of the university's student-athlete employment practices and scholarship awarding processes to ensure they are consistent with university and NCAA guidelines.
The members of the Division III Committee on Infractions who reviewed this case include Dave Cecil, chair and associate vice president for financial aid at Transylvania University; Keith Jacques, attorney at Woodman, Edmands, Danylik, Austin, Smith and Jacques; Amy Hackett, director of athletics at University of Puget Sound; Nancy Meyer, director of women's athletics at Calvin College; and Garnett Purnell, director of athletics at Wittenberg University.


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Grey's Anatomy's executive producer Shonda Rhimes has confirmed to me exclusively that a beloved character will die in the ABC drama's May 17 season finale. "A lot of our writers were crying, which is a very rare thing," she says. "There's some really shocking, horrible moments."
It can't be worse than the bloodshed two years ago when a crazed gunman hunted the doctors like animals, can it? "Yeah, it is," says Rhimes. "People's mettle is going to be tested."
Writing the episode, she adds, was sheer "torture... I've been sitting with my head in my hands for days. I understand the choice I made, but it scares me how fans are going to react."
Fans began voicing their concern when Rhimes recently tweeted a quote from author Kurt Vonnegut: "Be a Sadist. No matter how sweet and innocent your leading characters, make awful things happen to them — in order that the reader may see what they are made of." Yikes! The ominous quote, Rhimes says, was just what she needed to give her "the courage to do what we're doing in the finale."
The heart-stopping drama begins in the May 10 episode with "a big case that takes a group of our people out of the hospital. It's sort of the medical case of their lives," says Rhimes, hinting that the patient could possibly be one of their own.
That episode will also give us our first glimpse of Derek and Meredith's completed dream house. While Rhimes originally planned for the season to end with the couple watching in horror as their new home burned to the ground, she says, "I was not ready to do that."
Instead, the dream house is being constructed and is "quite beautiful. I feel like this is the moment for it, since Meredith and Derek are having a debate about their future. I just hope we can use it next season."
While she's keeping much of the finale secret, Rhimes does offer a few specifics. Fans can look forward to some "extraordinarily romantic Ben and Dr. Bailey stuff," with Bailey making a decision "that will fundamentally change her life."
And keenly aware that "Mark and Lexie fans have been very adamant about them getting back together, they'll have some very beautiful moments with one another that I hope the fans are going to really love," Rhimes says.
Cristina will continue to struggle with the fact that she is "a gifted, talented surgeon first, before being Owen's wife," while Alex will struggle with a decision he's made. Adds, Rhimes, "We watch Alex have a really lovely moment where we discover how much he's grown up this season."
Curiously, Rhimes said there was nothing she could reveal about Callie and Arizona's storyline in the finale, which frankly has me worried.
And what of Meredith and Derek's future? After repeatedly saying she didn't know the status of Ellen Pompeo and Patrick Dempsey's contracts for next season, Rhimes now says she's not allowed to discuss the matter. And by the end of the finale, viewers may still not be entirely clear as to who will and won't return.
"We sort of end with our breaths held," she teases. "It's a great moment. We were joking in the writers' room that if this was the series finale we'd be good to go. But we've been told very clearly it's not."
Did Rhimes have to write one of the "nightmare scenarios" she told me about a year ago, should she lose one of her core actors? "This was born out of a nightmare scenario," she confirms, but then it turned out "to not necessarily be the nightmare scenario that I thought it was going to have to be."
Rhimes' hope is that the outcome of the actors' contracts will remain secret until the finale airs. And she does offer one bit of encouragement. After killing off T.R. Knight's George in 2009, she believes "there are certain characters on this show that you can't kill. It wouldn't be acceptable not only to the audience, but to me and my vision of what this show is. They can't die."
Yet, at least one will soon be eulogized. "The lives of our people should be a concern," Rhimes says. "A lot of choices are made in this episode that change people's futures forever."


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Aretha Frankenstein's Waffles of Insane Greatness
Every week, Food52's Senior Editor Kristen Miglore is unearthing recipes that are nothing short of genius. Today, Shirley Corriher, Harold McGee, and Rose Levy Beranbaum weigh in on the silkiest waffle around.
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I'm not the type of person who normally plans my breakfast the night before. This is probably something I should aspire to in life.
Lucky for me, this week's genius recipe is the ideal I-just-woke-up-from-a-waffle-dream waffle, a morning-of alternative to the overnight yeasted kind (which is, admittedly, a whole other kind of genius).
Full disclosure: There is a 30-minute stretch of down time while the batter rests (we'll come back to that), but I reckon this is about how long it takes for your caffeine to seep in enough for you to safely operate sizzling machinery. Meanwhile, crisp up some bacon, set the table, and pull your butter out of the fridge to get spreadable.
I discovered this recipe, which sports an intriguing addition of cornstarch to the batter, while reviewing waffle makers for the Wall Street Journal last winter. I needed a respectable array of batters to test my subjects, and was delighted to find that Molly Wizenberg of Orangette had already polled her audience, doing my homework for me.
Among her readers, a little waffle with a big name kept coming up: the Waffle of Insane Greatness (WIG) from a funky restaurant called Aretha Frankenstein's in Chattanooga, Tennessee. (The recipe was first published on the Food Network after Rachael Ray popped in for an early $40 a Day episode -- it set her back $4.25.)
Mind you, I did try a number of batters, in the interest of thoroughness and journalistic ethics and all that. I kid you not: both crisper drawers of my fridge were filled with Ziplocs of waffles. It was one of the best months of my life. But this one is the batter that I come back to always.
This waffle -- whose name abandons all notions of subtlety and restraint -- is perfectly, surprisingly delicate. The crust is thin and crisp as an eggshell, a dappled golden brown that gives way to a spongy, steaming crepe-like interior. Cookbook author Pam Anderson has developed a seemingly very similar, also wonderful recipe, which calls for the egg white to be whipped up with sugar to stabilize it (unlike the WIG, in which adding the wet ingredients is a total free-for-all). Anderson's waffle comes out more evenly poufed, with a well-distributed wingspan. It's the coifed up Chrissy to the WIG's clipped, shiny Janet bob. Take your pick, but I'm going with Janet.
When I couldn't make sense of the Greatness -- what's going on with that cornstarch? why rest the batter? -- I turned to a few people who could: Rose Levy Beranbaum (of The Cake Bible), Harold McGee (of Keys to Good Cooking) and Shirley Corriher (of Bakewise).
All three agreed that the heroic role of the cornstarch (which is inherently gluten-free) is in tamping down the gluten formation that goes on any time you make a batter with all-purpose wheat flour.
Some gluten here is helpful. Gluten strands "help hold the batter together," explained McGee -- "but they can also toughen the cooked texture." According to Corriher, this is partly because gluten molecules greedily tie up available water, which otherwise becomes steam "to make the waffles puff and to make them moist inside." Like in this recipe. Nice work, cornstarch! Beranbaum even makes her crepes using 100% cornstarch: "They are incredibly silky and delicate."
And the rest period? Beranbaum explained this is because "flour takes longer to hydrate than cornstarch." This hydrated and swollen starch crystallizes as it dries, creating a crisp surface like a well-starched collared shirt, Corriher said, adding, "You may have felt a piece of rice on the outside of take-out Chinese that was hard as a rock. It is a rock -- crystallized starch." Crystallized starch that tastes reaaally good with syrup.
One last tip: I will add that these waffles make an excellent last-minute pantry dinner, for when you and your fridge are both running on empty. And breakfast for dinner is never, ever a bad idea.
Waffles of Insane Greatness
From Aretha Frankenstein's restaurant in Chattanooga, TN.
Serves 4.
- 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 cup cornstarch
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup whole milk or buttermilk (or a combination)
1/3 cup vegetable oil or melted butter
1 egg
1 1/2 teaspoons sugar
3/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
Butter and pure maple syrup, for serving
See the full recipe (and save and print it) here.
Want more genius recipes? Try Eric Ripert's Crispy-Skinned Fish or Marcella Hazan's Tomato Sauce with Onion and Butter.
Got a genius recipe to share -- from a classic cookbook, an online source, or anywhere, really? Please send it my way (and tell me what's so smart about it) at [email protected].
Photos by James Ransom