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March 25, 1982
I don't know where to start to say "thank you" for the stacks of cards that arrived when I was in the Blanchard Valley Hospital and after being released.
I guess my first words of appreciation must go to Elinor Fruth who suggested in her column that RT readers flood me with "get well" messages. Her card was addressed to "Mr. Paul (Potluck) Krupp". It was one of those humorous types which brought a quick chuckle. I wish it could be reproduced here.
It is impossible to acknowledge all the cards received, so this is my way of saying "thanks" and permits me to add a few other thoughts which come to me as I recuperate at home.
As the day approached for my recent surgery, I must admit I was somewhat concerned, but then a great feeling of assurance settled over me as I realized there were hundreds of people praying for me.
For weeks I had prayed that God would perform a healing miracle in my body, so that I could thank him publicly, with the thought that my experience would be an incentive for someone else. However, God handled my prayer in his own way. He guided the surgeon's hands. He showed me the concern and love of the many who sent cards, telephoned and visited me. He provided a Christian roommate in the hospital. He provided excellent nurses and aides to care for me, and to show their love and concern..always with a cheery greeting, smiles and understanding.
My pastor Rev. Vernon Hurles was on hand too, to thank God for his goodness.
I have looked through the stack of nearly 100 cards more than once. And in doing so, made mental notes of the variety of religious faiths represented by the senders - Catholics, Lutherans, Baptists, Presbyterians, Methodists, Nazarenes, Brethren and probably many others who affiliations I do not know.
But, regardless of religious faiths, the cards expressed sincere wishes for a quick, complete recovery, or reminders that they were praying for me.
As I thought about all the good wishes and love expressed in the cards, I turned to God's word to see what was there on the subject. Here are just a few of the many references available, all taken from First John:
"Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God".
"If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us".
"Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his spirit".
"By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep (do) his commandments".
Brotherly kindness is defined in one concordance..."Love of the brethren is affection for our brethren, in the broad meaning of which word the scriptures include our neighbors by all mankind".
So, I rejoice that those brethren of many faiths had concern for me.
The world needs a revival of God's love for all mankind. Right here in Fostoria there is a need for such a revival, sponsored by all the churches. Such a movement could be the start of a still greater movement, the spreading of God's word and His saving grace to those who yet do not know Him and His Son Jesus.
It can happen if we allow God to lead us.
Finally, (I almost forgot) sincere thanks to all those who provided transportation to and from the hospital, and multiple errands during the period when I am not allowed to drive the car.
P.S. I must also add that cards came from business firms, friends and RT readers from near and far, as far away as Cleveland, Columbus and Florida. One was from Claude Devore, a schoolmate, when we were both attending Crocker Street (Whittier) School many years ago. I haven't seen him in years. It was quite a "shower" and I enjoyed them immensely.
That series of two articles brought a number of complimentary remarks, including wordss of appreciation from that church's officials.
Of great importance was the information from one reader, who did not furnish his name, that the rectory of the original church at Wood and South streets was moved to 1008 S. Poplar St. when the church was demolished.
Investigation revealed that Arnold Birkmire purchased the rectory and had it moved to the Poplar Street location. The Birkmires did extensive remodeling to the house and continue to live there today.
Harry Swartz, ex-barber, telephoned to remind me that Russel Smith's barbershop was not listed in that article.
I do not know how I erred, since I personally know of its existence, in one of the basements of the building now owned by The Review Times.
Swartz said he had worked for Smith at one time in his five chair shop; also that Ken Beman took over the Smith shop later.
Since the East Center Street story was published, as well as Feedback about it, I have learned from several readers that Dr. L.L. Lehmann, DC, worked at the Whitehouse Hamburger Shop when he was a youth, up until he went away to college.
Then very recently, when "Doc" himself was working out some aches and pains from my old body, he confirmed the information.
"Doc" has earned a good many honorary Lions pins for the many years he has belonged to that club, and has been a good citizen besides.
Fred Roberts, 521 N. Countyline St., told me he enjoyed that story so much that he read it through twice.
Incidentally, Mrs. Harry (Georgianna) Gair, Cape Coral, Fla., who furnished some information for the Edison story, has since then sent a copy of the Fort Myers News Press 180-page Edison Pageant of Light Edition of which 116,000 copies were printed. The special edition and the pageant is an annual affair for that area, Edison's winter home.
That article brought a telephone response from a reader, revealing that relatives of George Caldwell, the "hackie" are still around Fostoria, also some of George's personal effects, perhaps even a photo of him. More about that later.


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Rapid surgical innovation puts patients at risk for medical errors
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have found that the risk of patient harm increased two-fold in 2006 – the peak year that teaching hospitals nationwide embraced the pursuit of minimally invasive robotic surgery for prostate cancer. Results of the study are published in the July 2 online issue of JAMA Surgery.
"This study looked at the stages of innovation and how the rapid adoption of a new surgical technology—in this case, a surgical robotic system—can lead to adverse events for patients," said Kellogg Parsons, MD, MHS, surgical oncologist, UC San Diego Health System and first author of the paper. "There is a real need for standardized training programs, rules governing surgeon competence and credentialing, and guidelines for hospital privileging when novel technologies reach the operating rooms of teaching and community hospitals."
In 2003, there were an estimated 617 minimally invasive robotic prostatectomies (MIRPs) performed in the United States. By 2009, this number increased to 37,753 procedures. In 2005, patients were twice as likely to experience an adverse event if they were undergoing MIRPs compared to a traditional open surgical procedure. The following year – was considered the tipping point for the adoption of MIRP when it equaled or exceeded 10 percent of all cases.
"The trend observed here is not new to robotic surgery. The same phenomena occurred with the move to minimally invasive approaches to gallbladder and kidney surgeries, both surgeries that are now well documented to improve safety and outcomes," said Christopher Kane, MD, professor of surgery and interim chair of the Department of Surgery, UC San Diego School of Medicine, who was not involved with the study. "Whenever a new technology is adopted there is a temporary period where there may be an increased risk to the patient. This can be reduced by extensive surgical training, vigorous credentialing standards and extended mentorship by experienced surgeons. This report should encourage the adoption of more rigorous credentialing standards proposed by professional organizations rather than by individual hospitals."
Kane added that robotic prostatectomy by experienced surgeons has proven to be beneficial to the patient with less blood loss, reduced infections and shorter hospital stays.
"A responsibility of deploying a surgical technology should include the responsibility to monitor it as it diffuses throughout the real world to ensure safety," said David C. Chang, PhD, MPH, MBA, director of Outcomes Research at UC San Diego School of Medicine and the paper's senior author. "Surveillance of surgical safety should be ongoing, much like the Centers for Disease Control monitor changes in trends of infectious diseases across the country."
The UC San Diego team used Patient Safety Indicators, developed by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), to develop a nationwide data sample to analyze surgical provider performance and potential in-hospital adverse events from 2003-2009. Data for the prevalence of robotic prostatectomy was pulled from AHRQ and compared to published data from Intuitive Surgical Inc., the manufacturer of the da Vinci robotic system.
"One potential intervention would be the development of standardized training and credentialing programs, much like the aviation industry requires of flight crews inexperienced with new types of aircraft," said Parsons, who is also an associate professor of surgery at UC San Diego School of Medicine. "An independent, continuously updated tracking system for the adoption of new surgical technology is also essential. Prior estimates of robotic prostatectomy uptake, provided exclusively by the robot manufacturer, substantially overestimated the speed with which it was adopted by the surgical community."


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On average, each of us catches a cold two to three times a year. However, how the common cold virus actually infects us is only partly understood. Researchers from the Max F. Perutz Laboratories of the Medical University of Vienna and the University of Vienna, in collaboration with two Spanish groups, have now provided new insights into this process.
The common cold virus (rhinovirus) is a tiny, almost round particle, containing the tightly packed genetic material surrounded by a protein shell (the virus capsid). Details on how the RNA is prepped to exit the capsid and effectively infect us have now been provided by scientists from the Max F. Perutz Laboratories in collaboration with groups at the Universities of Barcelona and Madrid. The study has been published in the prestigious journal PNAS.
The researchers investigated how the structure of one of the common cold virus types changes upon infection with the host cell, leading to the release of the RNA and its duplication. Dieter Blaas from the Max F. Perutz Laboratories says: "Interestingly we found that the conformation of the RNA, and in turn its interaction with the inner side of the virus capsid changes. This seems to be crucial to 'avoid knots' when the long thread-like RNA molecule is unfolded in order to exit the capsid."
The studies' findings are also relevant for viruses causing poliomyelitis and hepatitis A amongst many others
As rhinoviruses belong to the family of picornaviruses, the findings of the study are also relevant for other viral diseases, for example polio or hepatitis A, and could give cues for new types of therapy.
However, many questions regarding infections with the common cold virus remain unclear. That's why the researchers at the Max F. Perutz Laboratories, led by Dieter Blaas, will now investigate another step of the infection process: They want to know how the RNA "knows" which one of the 30 pores that open in the virus capsid has become positioned on top of a cellular membrane. This is crucial, as the virus RNA has to first penetrate such a membrane to get to the cytoplasm of the host cell, where it can then replicate and produce more virus particles.
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European Union politicians have vowed to end the "nightmare" of non-compatible phone chargers.
The European Parliament on Thursday gave its approval to introduce new common charger for rules for mobile phones and other portable devices such as tablets, digital cameras and music players.
"The current incompatibility of chargers is a nightmare and a real inconvenience for consumers. This new directive ends this nightmare and is also good news for the environment as it will result in a reduction of electronic waste," said European parliament negotiator Barbara Weiler in a statement.
The majority of mobile phones distributed in the EU already use a standard charger, but the move could mean headaches for Apple and Nokia since their current chargers do not conform to the new standard.
Under the proposed new rules on radio equipment, manufacturers, importers and distributors will also have to follow uniform rules for all new radio devices placed in the EU market.
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Dropbox Addresses Government Spying
New policy lays out the service's 'government request principles.'
Dropbox, a cloud storage app the government recommends for federal teleworkers, has revised its privacy policy to address concerns about other federal workers spying on users' data.
The new policy, which goes into effect March 24, acknowledges that Dropbox might share user data with outsiders to comply with the law, "if we determine that such disclosure is reasonably necessary." An email to users immediately adds that the company will follow its own Government Request Principles, guidance that obliquely antagonizes the National Security Agency and includes fighting requests for bulk data.
"Government data requests should be limited to specific people and investigations," the principles state. "We'll resist requests directed to large groups of people or that seek information unrelated to a specific investigation."
Would the federal teleworker cohort also be protected? A mobile worker toolkit guide distributed by the General Services Administration suggests that teleworkers consider using Dropbox as "basic mobility equipment."
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The amendments to Dropbox's privacy policy are part of a larger movement by many Internet giants and startups to address concerns about massive NSA data sweeps. The service says it will strive to protect its systems from any "backdoor" tools allegedly being installed by NSA and other government spies to tap into data center traffic.
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Hollywoodland Tells a Fallen Superhero's Hopeless Tale
- Christian Hamaker Contributing Writer
- 2006 11 Sep
DVD Release Date: February 6, 2007
Theatrical Release Date: September 8, 2006
Rating: R (for language, some violence and sexual content)
Genre: Drama
Run Time: 126 min.
Director: Allen Coulter
Actors: Ben Affleck, Adrien Brody, Diane Lane, Bob Hoskins, Robin Tunney, Lois Smith
Steeped in film noir atmospherics, and with star power to burn, Hollywoodland is about the man in "man of steel," the guy who puts on the cape but can't fly. It's about an actor, not a character - a look at the seamy side of the glamorous stars and the studio executives who could make or break them. It's a seedy story of the lives of the rich and famous.
Superman Returns revived the superhero's franchise this past summer, but this fall's Hollywoodland gives us a much more serious side to the Superman story. Unfortunately, this tale of the rise and fall of actor George Reeves - cast as TV's Superman, but subsequently unable to shake free from the audience's association of him with that role - delivers the same mixed results as Bryan Singer's over-hyped vision of the superhero.
The film opens with the death of Reeves (Ben Affleck) from a gunshot wound. "Superman's suicide" would prove to be a rude awakening for the nation's youth, forced to reconcile their hopeful idealism with grim reality. But for private investigator Louis Simo (Adrien Brody), it's an opportunity. Working a tip from a friendly law-enforcement official, Simo plants stories in the press suggesting that Reeves' death may have been a homicide, then struggles to piece together a coherent theory of Reeves' demise before the skeptical press corps catches on to Simo's questionable motives.
Enlisting Reeves' mother (Lois Smith) to reopen the case on Reeves' death, Simo looks to the other women in Reeves' life, including a studio executive's wife (Diane Lane) and Reeves' fiancée (Robin Tunney), as possible suspects in his death. The pressure of his investigation gives Simo a temporary focus and purpose that distracts from his failed marriage and growing distance from his son, but the more Simo learns about Reeves, the more he discovers parallels between his own life and that of the Hollywood star.
Director Allen Coulter brings a visual elegance to the production, but the story, leaning heavily on Simo's character, isn't pretty. Reeves' most famous character notwithstanding, there's little that's "super" on display here. It's vanity, lust and covetousness all wrapped up in a dreary package. No one learns anything from their personal failures or acknowledges the pain they cause others. Simo justifies his behavior as a way to "make a buck" - a working man's credo that might carry more weight were his actions reputable or his income more devoted to his alienated wife and child.
But Hollywoodland is not a cautionary tale, and it certainly isn't inspirational. At times, it's a conspiracy film, but even in this, it ultimately robs viewers of any speculative theories about Reeves' death. We're left with a sad portrait of personal and professional failure.
The acting, with one crucial exception, is outstanding. The cast full of Oscar nominees includes Brody, who inhabits his role as private investigator, and Lane, who is by turns sexy, vulnerable, scorned and submissive. But Affleck's performance as Reeves anchors the film, and it's not the slam-dunk needed to make viewers forget a string of performances that squandered any good will the actor earned with his strong performance in 2002's Changing Lanes. This is Affleck's movie, and it proves to be too much for him to carry. He has baggage of his own to overcome - remember the slings and arrows that greeted the instantly infamous flop, Gigli? - but Affleck's career has been charmed in a way that Reeves' never was. Indeed, Affleck's ability to land plum roles is more mysterious than anything in "Hollywoodland."
So, why was this movie made? It turns out that the lives of the rich and famous several decades ago were - just as they are today - filled with moral compromise, and that once you get past the glamorous surface of Hollywood, there's an ugly underside. If that surprises you, then Hollywoodland may be just the ticket. For everyone else, there's little to take away from this film. Like so much that has emerged from Tinseltown over the years, it's largely distasteful and quickly forgettable.
- Language/Profanity: Lord's name taken in vain; sexual banter and double entendres; multiple profanities
- Drugs/Alcohol: Cigar smoking; drinking before breakfast and at other times; smoking in front of children
- Theft/Bribery: A private investigator steals a newspaper and bribes a medical worker in order to get a close-up look at Reeves' corpse
- Sex/Nudity: Sound of sex in a hotel room; a married woman has an affair with Reeves; private investigator carries on an affair; lovers are shown in bed; simulated sex on a Hollywood set; a man explains a scar on his chest; photo of a sexual act; Reeves disrobes; implied oral sex; a graphic sex scene
- Violence: A young boy with a loaded gun asks if he can shoot someone; a man is brutally beaten, lashed with chains; a man pulls a gun on an ex-partner
- Suicide: Reeves' official cause of death was ruled as suicide, but the film posits other explanations


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The clock on the wall is ticking ever more loudly as we get closer and closer to our first-ever Happy Halloween Weekends event. In the coming days, we'll show you some of the "extras" we have planned for the four weekends in October.
Our elves are super busy.
Let's start with Holidog's 3D Halloween Adventure (inside our Holiday Theater).
There are loads of pieces to this cool 3D-and-black-light Halloween attraction (see, there's that ticking clock in the upper right-hand corner):
The colors are vivid, so when the black lights come on and the 3D glasses are on your noggin, the scenes will come alive!
Here's my favorite photo from this group. The black lights are suspended from the ceiling and the walls for the walk-through are being put into place.
There's information about ticket discounts plus lots more here on our Happy Halloween Weekends page. Hope you'll join us in October!


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Click through for this week's edition of Jonny Jimison's Rabbit Trails.
Click here to check out more of Jonny Jimison's work at his website.
Jonny Jimison is a talented cartoonist and graphic novelist. In addition to a long history of web-based cartoons, he's the author of Dragon Lord Saga series of graphic novels, including Martin & Marco and The River Fox. Jonny lives and works in Jacksonville, Florida.


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Mark Twain
Twain's Children
Langdon Clemens
Langdon Clemens was the first-born child – and the only son – born to Sam and Olivia Clemens. He was born prematurely on Nov. 7' 1870' and continued to be weak and sickly throughout his short life. He died of diphtheria on June 2' 1872' at the age of only 19 months.
Twain Quote
"What is a home without a child?"
Olivia Susan Clemens
Olivia Susan Clemens' called "Susy" by her family' was the second child and the oldest of three daughters. Born March 19' 1872' Susy was a baby when Langdon died' and after his death both parents doted on Susy. Their close attachment to her remained significant throughout her youth and young adulthood. She was a precocious child' and Clemens wrote that even as a small child she had big thoughts. Clemens and Olivia kept a record of many of the startling and humorous comments made by Susy and her younger sister' Clara' in a document called "The Children's' Record: A Record of the Small foolishnesses of Susie and 'Bay' Clemens August 1876 – 1885". Mark Twain records Susy's comments about prayer' and about good and bad behavior. Susy grew to love writing' theater and music.
More About Olivia Susan Clemens
All three Clemens girls were taught at home. Livy conducted most of the lessons at first' but later employed tutors and governesses to teach reading' writing' history' arithmetic' literature and science. Clemens wanted them to read German books before English books – his reason being that they would learn English no matter what' and it would be easier for them to learn other languages while they were young. Olivia employed a German nurse who always conversed with the children in German so they could practice their skills. The girls also studied piano' singing and social dancing. All these skills were expected of young upper middle-class women.
As a teenager Susy was prone to bouts of depression and other illness' which limited some of her activities. When she was 13' Susy began writing a biography of her father' incorporating family stories' letters he had written' articles about him and her own thoughts about her father. Much of Susy's writing is included in Mark Twain's autobiographical writings' where he preserves her grammar and spelling and reflects on her version of events. (Today Susy's words can be read in a stunning children's version of her book called The Extraordinary Mark Twain (According to Susy) by Barbara Kerley.) The children entertained themselves and family friends with games of charades and acted out their favorite stories. They turned their father's The Prince and the Pauper into a stage play in which Susy played a starring role. Susy herself wrote a play called The Love Chase that she and her sisters and friends performed in the drawing room of the house.
Susy Clemens entered Bryn Mawr College outside of Philadelphia in the fall of 1890 but did not remain there long. Historians have speculated on the reasons for her departure' but the strongest is probably that of being separated from her family during trying times. Both her grandmothers died that fall' and the girls were particularly close to Livy's mother. That emotional loss' and the family's worsening financial status' are thought to be the main reasons Susy returned home.
In June 1891 Mark Twain's investment in the Paige typesetting machine was approaching failure' and his publishing company' Charles Webster and Company' was struggling. The family closed up the home in Hartford and spent the better part of the next four years in Europe. During this time' Susy concentrated her efforts on becoming an opera singer' but that' too' was unsuccessful. When Clemens was forced to go on a round-the-world lecture tour in order to raise money and pay off his debts in the summer of 1895 Susy did not go. She remained in Elmira' N.Y.' with her mothers' family and her youngest sister' Jean.
Before the family was reunited a year later' Susy fell ill with spinal meningitis and died at their Hartford home before her mother was able to return to be with her. She died Aug. 18' 1896' at the age of 24. Her family never returned to the Hartford home to live' and it was sold in 1903. Their broken hearts would never fully recover.
Clara Langdon Clemens
Clara Langdon Clemens was two years younger than her older sister' Susy: She was born June 8' 1874. Because they were so close in age' much of Clara's early years are similar to Susy's: full of social life' home schooling in language and music' and foreign travel. Clara's childhood nickname was "Bay'" which evolved from toddler Susy's pronunciation of "baby" and stuck.
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Clara was more adventurous than her older sister and more prone to mishaps' breaking her ankle while sledding on the steep slope where the Hartford house sits. As a young woman' she accompanied her parents on their round-the-world trip in 1895-96. Clara's My Father: Mark Twain is largely concerned with describing their travels on that lecture tour. Clara was a fine pianist and also performed as a singer. Her hopes of becoming an opera star were never fulfilled' but she had a somewhat successful career as a recital soloist.
Clara was the daughter who found it easiest to function independently of her family' and longed to break away and start her own life. After Susy's death' Clara found herself in the emotionally draining position of keeping the family together. Her mother's health was declining and her younger sister' Jean' suffered from epilepsy. Both were under doctor's orders to avoid stress or excitement. Clara helped nurse them both' but was not allowed to tell either of the other's status.
Sam Clemens' who was not permitted to spend much time with his wife during her illness' and was unequipped to care for Jean's needs' was virtually no help to Clara at all. After her mother's death' Clara suffered an emotional collapse and spent some time away from her family. She longed to start a career for herself that did not depend on her fathers' name for success. She spent her time between traveling for performances and at home with her father managing household affairs.
Clara was the only Clemens child to survive their father. In 1909' she married Russian pianist' composer' conductor Ossip Gabrilowitsch. Together they had one daughter' Nina. Later in life' she occasionally sang on her husband's concert tours and for fundraising concerts to raise money for Mark Twain historical sites.
Among these was the Mark Twain Memorial, the predecessor organization to The Mark Twain House & Museum. She shared family furnishings and her memories of growing up in the house with the early stewards of the house.
After her husband's death in 1936 Clara married another Russian musician' Jacques Samoussoud' and spent her last years living in southern California. She died Nov. 19' 1962' at the age of 88.
Nina Gabrilowitsch' who died in 1966 at the age of 55' had no children' so there are no direct descendants of Samuel L. Clemens.
Jane Lampton Clemens
Jane Lampton Clemens, born July 26, 1880, was always called "Jean" by her family and friends. She was the youngest child of Sam and Olivia Clemens. Later in 1880, Clemens wrote to his sister: "Jean is as fat as a watermelon, & just as sweet, & good, & often just as wet." Her parents did not record as many details of her early years as they did when writing of the older children.
Jean loved wildlife and being outdoors. As a teenager and young adult she was what today would be called an animal rights activist. She joined the Humane Society and made donations to similar organizations during the family's many travels. She loved horseback riding' and as an adult longed for a vocation and source of income of her own to make her more independent.
In recent years' scholars Laura Skandera-Trombley and Karen Lystra have conducted research that provides a more rounded picture of her short life. In 1891' when the family packed up for Europe' Clara and Susy were practically adults' with careers in mind. At that point Jean was only 11' and still had much of her childhood left.
Most Mark Twain scholars mark Susy's death in August 1896 as the point at which the lives of the families changed' but Jean was diagnosed with epilepsy five months before Susy's death' and this news was also a huge blow. Jean was 15' and she was not able to experience the idyllic teenage years her sisters had enjoyed. While in Europe the family sought out doctors to treat Jean in England' Sweden' Germany' and Switzerland' but constant travel also took its toll.
Jean's illness had periods of remission and periods when she would have frequent grand mal seizures. She was supposed to be kept calm: The conventional medical wisdom of the day dictated that excitement and worry made the seizures more frequent. She was kept under constant supervision by her parents; Livy stayed with Jean night and day when she was having her "spells."
Few scholars mention the effect this constant stress in caring for Jean put on her mother's own declining health. There was social stigma surrounding epilepsy' and sufferers were often ostracized. It was Livy who insisted that Jean be included in as many family and social activities as her health would allow. Her mother and father both thought that by being vigilant they could hold off the seizures.
Jean was prescribed fresh air and exercise' such as horseback riding' which she loved. She carved elegant glove boxes and chests after the studying the craft as part of her treatment' and always hoped that if she could get healthy enough she could make a modest income from her art.
She was kept on a sedative and a strict diet that limited meat and sweets. When her mother died and Clara suffered her own emotional breakdown' Jean's care was left to her father and his staff. He was unable to maintain the level of care she had received from her mother' and Jean spent most of her last years separated from her father' living in sanitariums and treatment centers believed to be the best choice for her health.
In the fall of 1909 Clemens finally woke up and realized he and Clara needed to take full responsibility for Jean's care' and she returned to live with her father at his home in Redding' Conn. In the last few months of her life Jean reconciled with her father and worked as his personal secretary. She died of an apparent heart attack' the result of a seizure' on Christmas Eve' 1909. She was 29.


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Comedian Joan Rivers was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital in New York on Thursday, according to a statement released by the hospital to NBC News. Her daughter, Melissa, said Thursday night that the TV legend was "resting comfortably."
"I want to thank everyone for the overwhelming love and support for my mother," Melissa Rivers said in a statement. "She is resting comfortably and is with our family. We ask that you continue to keep her in your thoughts and prayers."
Mount Sinai earlier confirmed that Rivers was taken to the hospital and said in a statement: "We will provide an update on her condition as it becomes available."
Rivers, 81, stopped breathing while having minor throat surgery at Yorkville Endoscopy on the Upper East Side of Manhattan when she was taken to Mount Sinai, according to WNBC, citing sources familiar with the situation. The Fire Department of New York said it transported an 81-year-old woman to Sinai who was in cardiac arrest.
Rivers' grandson, Cooper, and Melissa Rivers flew from Los Angeles to New York on Thursday to be with the comedy legend.
Rivers, known for her gossipy catchphrase "Can we talk?" is a pioneering, potty-mouthed performer who wrings humor from other's misfortunes and her own, not to mention her frequent plastic surgery procedures. She is also an author, playwright, actress, director and red carpet interviewer, most recently at the Video Music Awards on Sunday and the Primetime Emmys on Monday, for which she contributed to E!'s "Fashion Police."


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The first official world champion, Wilhelm Steinitz was a towering figure in the chess world in the last quarter of the 19th century. For nearly three decades, he never lost a serious match.
His opening innovations have resonated for more than a century. For example, for those who do not wish to meet the Ruy Lopez with 3…a6, the Steinitz Defense, 3…d6, may still be one of the best ways to meet the "Spanish Torture."
In the early 1870s, he formulated a positional approach that served as the foundation of modern chess. And his pioneering work on chess theory has been a major, enduring influence since it was postulated.
Moreover, if we think of his achievements as a writer, not just as a player, Steinitz was unique. Few authors before or since even come close. And none of his great successors could match his versatility and output.
Isaak Linder is
regarded as one of the pre-eminent chess historians of the modern era. He is the author of many books, including the widely acclaimed books in the World Chess Champions Series.
Vladimir Linder is one of the best known sport journalists in Russia. He is also the co-author, with his father Isaak Linder, of many books, including the widely acclaimed books in the World Chess Champion Series.
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This cemetery is directly West of Grant at the corner of 120th Street and Ferris Avenue.
A headstone on the Miller-Bisard lot.
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Susan Gregg Gilmore is the author of the novels Looking for Salvation at the Dairy Queen and The Improper Life of Bezellia Grove. She has written for the Chattanooga Times Free Press, the Los Angeles Times and the Christian Science Monitor. Born in Nashville, she lives in Tennessee with her husband and three daughters.


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SAN FRANCISCO — A dog that survived the catastrophic wildfire in Northern California apparently protected the ruins of his home for almost a month until his owner returned.
Madison was there waiting when Andrea Gaylord was allowed back to check on her burned property in Paradise this week.
Gaylord fled when the Nov. 8 fire broke out and decimated the town of 27,000. An animal rescuer who responded to Gaylord's request to check on Madison first spotted the male Anatolian shepherd mix several days later.
Shayla Sullivan said the outdoor guard dog was apprehensive and kept his distance. Sullivan left food and water for him regularly until Gaylord got back on Wednesday.
"If [the evacuees] can't be there, I'm going to be and I'm not going to give up on their animal until they can get back in," Sullivan said.
She also helped locate Madison's brother Miguel, another Anatolian shepherd mix that was taken to a shelter 85 miles away in the confusing aftermath of the wildfire.
The dogs reunited Friday when Gaylord came back to the property with Miguel and brought Madison his favorite treat: Wheat Thin crackers.
Gaylord told news station ABC10 she couldn't ask for a better animal.
"Imagine the loyalty of hanging in in the worst of circumstances and being here waiting," she said.
"Their instinctual job is to watch the flocks and we're part of them," Gaylord said about her dogs. "It's a comforting feeling."


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Give the Olympics a permanent home
As athletes converge on Sochi for the most expensive Olympics ever, an old idea is due for revival: Find the games a permanent home.
Russia has spent about $50 billion to build a ski resort from scratch in Sochi: not just trails and snow-making machines, but also roads, rail links, hotels, even a power plant. It's a remarkable achievement, not least because the Winter Games are less than a third the size of the Summer Games, and London spent only about $14.5 billion in 2012.
No doubt these Olympics will produce their share of indelible memories, consisting of something more than toilet mishaps. Still, it is clear by now not only that this bid should never have been accepted, but also that the selection process is irredeemably wasteful and corrupt.
President Vladimir Putin is hoping his investment will pay off over time, that Sochi will become a Russian Courchevel or Aspen, attracting skiers from around the world. Too many Olympic hosts have used this kind of wishful thinking to justify excessive costs; the projected benefits rarely if ever materialize. The question for Putin is this: If it made such good sense to build a major ski resort around Sochi — a subtropical Black Sea beach resort at the western end of the war-torn North Caucasus — why wasn't it there already?
Overspending on the Olympics can do real economic harm to national economies and has little impact on the quality of the competition. Montreal spent 30 years paying off its debt from hosting the 1976 Summer Olympics. Greece spent $16 billion on the 2004 games in Athens, piling up debts that contributed to the collapse of its economy six years later, even as Olympic venues rotted in disuse.
Russia, unlike Greece or Montreal, can afford to pay. Yet the opportunity costs for a country that faces vast unmet development needs and slowing economic growth are impossible to justify. The decision by Russian anti-corruption blogger Alexei Navalny to display the cost of each Sochi-related investment in terms of the MacBooks, broadband access and highways it might have bought for the rest of Russia is telling.
The selection process for the Olympics has become a perverse from of auction, in which contestants bid one another up before judges whose interest in putting on the biggest, most eye-catching show possible is utterly divorced from the economics involved. With each successive tale of financial woe, sports economists and athletes have called for a single, permanent venue for the Summer and Winter Games.
Olympia in Greece, which hosted the games for almost 12 centuries from 776 BC, is often proposed for the Summer Games — indeed the Greek government offered 1,250 acres near Olympia in 1980. The Winter Games could take place in Japan, say, or Switzerland. At these permanent locations, the investment in state-of-the-art facilities would make financial sense. The venues could be carved out on neutral soil, much like the United Nations in New York, and operated using revenue from tickets, TV rights and merchandise.
Another reason to find the games a permanent home is politics. Sochi has attracted controversy for Russia's laws against promoting homosexuality. The Beijing Games in 2008 were a concern for many because of China's poor human-rights record. And the tit-for-tat US and Soviet boycotts of the games, in Moscow in 1980 and Los Angeles four years later, did huge damage to those as sporting events. (In 1984, the US Congress debated a resolution in favor of a fixed Olympic home, precisely to end such boycotts. It passed, both Congress and into oblivion.)
The self-interest of the cities and countries wanting their turn in the Olympic sun has so far prevented change. To meet the criticism that grounding the games would favor one part of the world over others, maybe there could be five permanent venues, in Africa, Asia, Europe, and North and South America, and the games would rotate among them. That could work, too.
Which solution is used to end Olympics inflation, and the corruption it encourages, is less important. What matters is that one is chosen — and that the selection merry-go-round is stopped. [Bloomberg]


text: Software that lets drivers unlock car doors and even start their vehicles using a mobile phone could let car thieves do the very same things, according to computer security researchers at iSec Partners.Don Bailey and fellow iSec researcher Mathew Solnik say they've figured out the protocols that some of these software makers use to remote control the cars, and they've produced a video showing how they can unlock a car and turn the engine on via a laptop. According to Bailey, it took them about two hours to figure out how to intercept wireless messages between the car and the network and then recreate them from his laptop. Bailey will discuss the research at next week's Black Hat conference in Las Vegas, but he isn't going to name the products they've hacked -- they've looked at two so far -- or provide full technical details of their work until the software makers can patch them. Probably the best known of this type of product is the OnStar RemoteLink app, which can be used to start up and unlock many late-model General Motors vehicles, but similar software is available for other makes of cars, including Mercedes and BMW.Bailey calls his technique "war texting," a reference to another hacking technique called "war driving," which involves driving around cities looking for data on wireless networks.War texting is technically complex. First of all, the researchers have to identify cars that are using these mobile applications. Then they have to find a way to connect with them. With these mobile car apps, the phone connects to a server that then sends secret numerical keys to the car in order to authenticate itself, but the iSec researchers figured out ways to get around this by looking at the messages sent between the server and the car over the mobile network, Bailey said in an interview. "We reverse-engineer the protocol and then we build our own tools to use that protocol to contact that system," he said.The iSec researchers believe that they are uncovering symptoms of a much more widespread problem. In recent years, mobile networking has been built into an astonishing range of devices -- everything from picture frames to cars to smart meters -- giving them a cheap and easy way to communicate. According to Bailey, however, security has often been an afterthought, and many of these products can be hacked and misused.Research in this area has taken off in recent years as open-source tools have given hackers an inexpensive way of setting up their own mobile-phone test networks. In April, Bailey used similar techniques to hack Zoombak's personal locator devices, and there are hundreds of other similar products that have not been examined. "This architectural flaw expands to so many engineering industries," he said.Robert McMillan covers computer security and general technology breaking news for The IDG News Service. Follow Robert on Twitter at @bobmcmillan. Robert's e-mail address is firstname.lastname@example.com


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Ecuador president, indigenous leaders reach deal to end protests that left 7 dead
Quito, Ecuador — President Lenín Moreno and leaders of Ecuador's indigenous peoples struck a deal late Sunday to cancel a disputed austerity package and end nearly two weeks of protests that have paralyzed the economy and left seven dead.
Under the agreement announced just before 10 p.m. after what the Reuters news service said were three hours of televised talks, Moreno will withdraw the International Monetary Fund-backed package known as Decree 883 that included a sharp rise in fuel prices. Indigenous leaders, in turn, will call on their followers to end protests and street blockades.
"Comrades, a deal is compromise on both sides," Moreno said. "The indigenous mobilization will end and Decree 883 will be lifted."
The two sides said they would work together to develop a new package of measures to cut government spending, increase revenues and reduce Ecuador's unsustainable budget deficits and public debt.
"The moment of peace, of agreement, has come for Ecuador," said Arnaud Peral, the United Nations' resident coordinator in Ecuador and one of the mediators of the nationally televised talks, which started about 6 p.m. "This deal is an extraordinary step."
Celebrations followed the announcement in Quito, with cars honking their horns and fireworks going off, Reuters reported.
Wearing the feathered headdress and face paint of the Achuar people of the Amazon rain forest, the president of the Confederation of Indigenous Nations, Jaime Vargas, thanked Moreno and demanded improved long-term conditions for indigenous Ecuadorians.
"We want peace for our brothers and sisters in this country," Vargas said. "We don't want more repression."
Protests over the austerity package have blocked roads, shuttered businesses from dairies to flower farms and halved Ecuador's oil production, forcing a temporary halt to the country's most important export.
In a shift from the heated language of the last 10 days of protests, each side at the negotiations praised the other's willingness to talk as they outlined their positions in the first hour before a short break.
Other indigenous demands included higher taxes on the wealthy and the firing of the interior and defense ministers over their handling of the protests.
"From our heart, we declare that we, the peoples and nations, have risen up in search of liberty," Vargas said. "We recognize the bravery of the men and women who rose up."
Earlier in the day, hundreds of black-clad riot police drove protesters out of north-central Quito's Arbolito Park, the epicenter of the protests, and into surrounding streets.
The park had filled Friday with mostly peaceful protesters chanting against the government. But by Sunday afternoon, the air was white with smoke from burning tires and tear gas after more than 24 hours of clashes between police and hard-core protesters armed with sharpened sticks and shields improvised out of satellite dishes or plywood. Adjoining streets were piled high with burned tires, tree branches and paving stones.
Volunteer medics from the fire department and medical schools waved white sheets on poles as they led downcast protesters out of the area to safety. Young men from Ecuador's indigenous minority and mixed race, or mestizo, majority, milled about on streets under the watch of police and a few dozen soldiers.
The public ombudsman's office said Sunday that seven people had died in the protests, 1,340 had been hurt and 1,152 arrested. The government loosened a 24-hour curfew imposed Saturday, allowing people to move freely around the capital between 11 a.m. and 8 p.m.
The protests have drawn thousands of Ecuadorians from outside the indigenous minority.
Michael Limaico, an unemployed sign-maker, stood on a corner in the Carcelen neighborhood Saturday near a line of burned tires that blocked one of the Quito's main thoroughfares. Limaico said that he and his wife had struggled for years to feed and house their three children, ages 9 to 15, with their earnings of about $600 a month from odd jobs around northern Quito.
Then, prices of food and other basic goods rose sharply after Moreno removed fuel subsidies Oct. 2. Limaico said it had become impossible to make ends meet, and he had been protesting for days with neighbors who have blocked Diego de Vazquez Avenue as it passes through Carcelen.
"This isn't a protest of thieves, of gangsters," he said. "This is the people, and we're fed up."
Moreno said the masked protesters had nothing to do with the thousands of indigenous Ecuadorians who have protested for more than a week over the sudden rise in fuel prices, following on the heels of demonstrations by transport workers. Moreno blamed the violence on drug traffickers, organized crime and followers of former President Rafael Correa, who has denied allegations that he is trying to topple Moreno's government.
Moreno served Correa as vice president before he become president and the two men went through a bitter split as Moreno pushed to curb public debt amassed on Correa's watch.
Foreign Minister José Valencia told The Associated Press on Sunday that the Moreno administration believed Correa, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and Colombia's far-left FARC and ELN guerrillas are working to destabilize Ecuador. He offered no proof beyond the fact that a handful of Correa loyalists and some Venezuelan nationals had been detained during the protests.
"They have a political agenda and the violence and chaos that they sowed yesterday in the city, a coordinated chaos, lets us see this political agenda," Valencia said.
Correa and Maduro have denied involvement in the protests.
Ecuador, a former OPEC member, was left deeply in debt by a decade of high spending by Correa's government and the international decline in oil prices. Moreno is raising taxes, liberalizing labor laws and cutting public spending in order to get more than $4 billion in emergency financing from the IMF.
As part of that plan, Moreno's elimination of subsidies drove the most popular variety of gasoline from $1.85 to $2.39 a gallon and diesel from $1.03 to $2.30. Panic and speculation sent prices soaring, with costs of some products doubling or more.
In the country's Amazon oil fields, protests at installations, described by some government officials as attacks, have halted or slowed production.
Ecuador had been producing 430,000 barrels a day, but that had dropped to 176,029 barrels by Sunday, said an official at state oil producer Petroamazonas, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to release the information. The drop in output has led to a loss of about $14 million a day, the official said.
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OAKLAND, Calif. -- The Athletics have picked land near Oakland's Lake Merritt as the site for a new, privately financed ballpark.
Team President Dave Kaval said in a letter sent Tuesday evening to the Peralta Community College District that he believes the location presents an opportunity to keep the city's "last professional sports team in Oakland for the long term."
"The A's need a modern venue so that we can put the most competitive product on the field and provide the best experience for our fans," Kaval wrote. The team has been playing at the Coliseum since 1968.
The land sits between Lake Merritt and Interstate 880 and includes commercial warehouses, parking lots, and administrative offices for the district. It is also easily accessible by several freeways and close to downtown Oakland.
The team and the college district, which owns the 13-acre site, will now begin negotiations.
But the proposal is already facing opposition.
At a Peralta Community College District board hearing Tuesday evening, residents of nearby neighborhoods, and faculty and students of Laney College protested the proposed stadium hours after the team handed off the letter to college Chancellor Jowel Laguerre and district leaders, the East Bay Times reported.
The run-down Coliseum, shared with the NFL's Raiders and the last venue with both Major League Baseball and football, had multiple sewage problems in 2013 that caused damage during games.
Kaval was hired last year in a restructuring of the A's top ownership and management team. He holds the same position with the MLS San Jose Earthquakes. There, he pulled off the development of the Quakes' state-of-the art Avaya Stadium, which boasts the largest outdoor bar in North America.
The small-budget A's won consecutive AL West titles in 2012 and 13, losing in five games of the division series to the Detroit Tigers in both years. But they still consider a new ballpark the top priority to be a regular contender.


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Masterless samurai Akitsu Masanosuke is a skilled and loyal swordsman, but his naïve, diffident nature has time and again caused him to be let go by the lords who have employed him. Hungry and desperate, he becomes a bodyguard for Yaichi, the charismatic leader of a gang called "Five Leaves." Although disturbed by the gang's sinister activities, Masa begins to suspect that Yaichi's motivations are not what they seem. And despite his misgivings, the deeper he's drawn into the world of the Five Leaves, the more he finds himself fascinated by these devious, mysterious outlaws.


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4 Mai 2012
To: UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon
An Urgent Request on UN Intervention to Stabilize the Fukushima Unit 4 Spent Nuclear Fuel
Recently, former diplomats and experts both in Japan and abroad stressed the extremely risky condition of the Fukushima Daiichi Unit 4 spent nuclear fuel pool and this is being widely reported by world media. Robert Alvarez, Senior Scholar at the Institute for Policy Studies (IPS), who is one of the best-known experts on spent nuclear fuel, stated that in Unit 4 there is spent nuclear fuel which contains Cesium-137 (Cs-137) that is equivalent to 10 times the amount that was released at the time of the Chernobyl nuclear accident. Thus, if an earthquake or other event were to cause this pool to drain, this could result in a catastrophic radiological fire involving nearly 10 times the amount of Cs-137 released by the Chernobyl accident.
Nearly all of the 10,893 spent fuel assemblies at the Fukushima Daiichi plant sit in pools vulnerable to future earthquakes, with roughly 85 times more long-lived radioactivity than released at Chernobyl.
Nuclear experts from the US and Japan such as Arnie Gundersen, Robert Alvarez, Hiroaki Koide, Masashi Goto, and Mitsuhei Murata, a former Japanese ambassador to Switzerland, and, Akio Matsumura, a former UN diplomat, have continually warned against the high risk of the Fukushima Unit 4 spent nuclear fuel pool.
US Senator Roy Wyden, after his visit to the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant on 6 April, 2012, issued a press release on 16 April, pointing out the catastrophic risk of Fukushima Daiichi Unit 4, calling for urgent US government intervention. Senator Wyden also sent a letter to Ichiro Fujisaki, Japan's Ambassador to the United States, requesting Japan to accept international assistance to tackle the crisis.
We Japanese civil organizations express our deepest concern that our government does not inform its citizens about the extent of risk of the Fukushima Daiichi Unit 4 spent nuclear fuel pool. Given the fact that collapse of this pool could potentially lead to catastrophic consequences with worldwide implications, what the Japanese government should be doing as a responsible member of the international community is to avoid any further disaster by mobilizing all the wisdom and the means available in order to stabilize this spent nuclear fuel. It is clearly evident that Fukushima Daiichi Unit 4 spent nuclear fuel pool is no longer a Japanese issue but an international issue with potentially serious consequences. Therefore, it is imperative for the Japanese government and the international community to work together on this crisis before it becomes too late. We are appealing to the United Nations to help Japan and the planet in order to prevent the irreversible consequences of a catastrophe that could affect generations to come. We herewith make our urgent request to you as follows:
1. The United Nations should organize a Nuclear Security Summit to take up the crucial problem of the Fukushima Daiichi Unit 4 spent nuclear fuel pool.
2. The United Nations should establish an independent assessment team on Fukushima Daiichi Unit 4 and coordinate international assistance in order to stabilize the unit's spent nuclear fuel and prevent radiological consequences with potentially catastrophic consequences.
30 April 2012
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Endorsed by:
Hiroaki Koide Kyoto University Nuclear Reactor Research Institute (Japan)
Mitsuhei Murata Former ambassador to Switzerland and to Senegal
Board member, Global System and Ethics Society (Japan)
Akio Matsumura Former United Nations diplomat
Robert Alvarez Senior Scholar, Institute for Policy Studies, Washington, D.C. (USA)
Masashi Goto Former Nuclear Plant Engineer (Japan)
Signing organizations: 72 Japanese organizations have signed this petition (as of 30 April 2012)
1. Shut Tomari, Hokkaido
2. Green Action, Kyoto
3. Citizen's Nuclear Information Center, Tokyo
4. Osaka Group against Mihama・Ooi・Takahama Nuclear Power, Osaka
5. Aging Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant Group, Tokyo
6. Stop Hamaoka Nuclear Power Plant!, Shizuoka
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8. "Let's learn Pluthermal" Shiribeshi Citizen's Network, Hokkaido
9. Hairo Action Fukushima, Fukushima and Evacuation Areas in Japan
10. STOP MOX! Fukushima, Fukusima
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12. Yawatahama Women's Group to Protect Children from Nuclear Power Plant, Ehime
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14. We Do Not Want Plutonium! , Tokyo
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18. No Nuclear Plants! Yamaguchi Network, Yamaguchi
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21. Japan Environmental Law Lawyers Association (JELF)
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2. http://jp.reuters.com/article/jp_quake/idJP2011040401000586
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4. http://jp.wsj.com/japanrealtime/blog/archives/10616/
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Pirates clinch 1st playoff berth in 21 years
Players chanted ''MVP! MVP!'' as they doused Andrew McCutchen in the visitors' clubhouse, two decades of futility finally washed away.
The last time the Pirates made the playoffs, Barry Bonds was in the middle of the order. The average price of gas was $1.13 a gallon.
Yes, it had been that long.
The Pirates are going to the playoffs for the first time in 21 years, clinching at least a National League wild card Monday night when they beat the Chicago Cubs 2-1 and the Washington Nationals lost to St. Louis. And they hope that's just the start, not the end.
''We're definitely not done,'' McCutchen said. ''We've got some games left. We still could move farther.''
Now, they can turn their attention toward bigger goals, the kind that seemed like nothing more than a pipe dream through all those losing seasons.
It will be Pittsburgh's first trip to the postseason since Bonds, Jim Leyland and Co. won three straight NL East titles from 1990-92. Bonds then left for San Francisco as a free agent, and the small-budget Pirates piled up 20 consecutive losing records - the longest streak in the four major professional sports.
''For me, it's not about the last 21 years,'' Russell Martin said. ''For me, it was just about this year, and what we could do this year. They had a good season last year, lost some steam late in September, but I knew that if you're having a good season all the way into September, you know you have a good club.''
Starling Marte hit a tiebreaking homer in the ninth inning at Wrigley Field, and the Pirates threw out a runner at the plate for the final out.
The Pirates sprayed each other with bubbly and beer and sparkling cider in the visitors' clubhouse once St. Louis' 4-3 win over the Nationals became final.
The Cincinnati Reds also clinched at least a wild-card berth, when they beat the New York Mets 3-2 in 10 innings. The Pirates and Reds, both 90-67, trail St. Louis by two games in the NL Central with five to go.
Pittsburgh players sang Journey's ''Don't Stop Believing.'' They took pictures and manager Clint Hurdle had them gather for a group photo in the middle of the cramped visitors' clubhouse.
''The people of Pittsburgh have been waiting a long time,'' said Neil Walker, who homered.
The Pirates snapped a 1-all tie when Marte sent a drive off Kevin Gregg (2-6) with two outs in the ninth into the left field bleachers.
In a fitting coincidence, they then preserved the victory on the final out in a play at the plate.
McCutchen, the center fielder, picked up Ryan Sweeney's bloop single after right fielder Marlon Byrd failed in trying to scoop up the ball and threw to first baseman Justin Morneau, positioned just in front of the pitcher's mound. Morneau caught the throw on one hop and made the relay to catcher Russell Martin, who applied the tag on Nate Schierholtz trying to score from first base.
Still on his knees, Martin held the ball over his head in jubilation. Then, he heaved the ball toward deep left field as the Pirates celebrated near the mound, and Jason Grilli grabbed him, having escaped with his 32nd save in 34 chances.
''Twenty-one years since we popped champagne in a Pirates clubhouse - and we're acting like it's been a long time,'' Hurdle said. ''The hard work, the fun. I'm just proud of each and every man in here, the fans they represent, ownership, general manager, president ... the scouts, players. This has been a group effort for a long time.''
The Pirates' last trip to the playoffs ended with Atlanta's Sid Bream sliding home with the winning run in the bottom of the ninth inning of Game 7 of the 1992 NL championship series.
The Cubs tied it in the eighth off Mark Melancon (3-2).
Marte's 12th homer set off loud boos for Gregg (2-6), who was almost released last week after going on a rant to reporters when he thought he had lost the closer's job to Pedro Strop.
Walker homered against Jeff Samardzija in the first to give the Pirates a 1-0 lead, and Charlie Morton pitched three-hit ball over seven scoreless innings before the Cubs tied it against Melancon.
Brian Bogusevic led off the eighth with a single, his second hit, and moved up on a groundout by Darwin Barney. Then, after a wild pitch, he scored the tying run on a single by pinch-hitter Donnie Murphy.
That spoiled a terrific start for Morton, who struck out five and walked one.
Samardzija was almost as good, allowing one run and five hits over six innings. He struck out seven and walked four after going 0-1 with a 7.11 ERA in his previous four starts.
Samardzija's only blemish in this one came when Walker drove a 1-1 pitch out to left-center with one out in the first.
With the long ball, Walker matched a career high of 14 set last season. He has four homers in the past five games.
Samardzija settled down after that but got little support as the Cubs lost for the 10th time in 13 games. It was also the second straight day an opponent celebrated at Wrigley Field.
Atlanta clinched the NL East on Sunday, and this time, it was the Pirates' turn to party.
''That's what we need to do,'' Samardzija said. ''I think we're getting there, but we need to get some things ironed out.''
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One of the few reliable ways to extend an organism's lifespan, be it a fruit fly or a mouse, is to restrict calorie intake. Now, a new study in fruit flies is helping to explain why such minimal diets are linked to longevity and offering clues to the effects of aging on stem cell behavior.
Scientists at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies and their collaborators found that tweaking a gene known as PGC-1, which is also found in human DNA, in the intestinal stem cells of fruit flies delayed the aging of their intestine and extended their lifespan by as much as 50 percent.
"Fruit flies and humans have a lot more in common than most people think," says Leanne Jones, an associate professor in Salk's Laboratory of Genetics and a lead scientist on the project. "There is a tremendous amount of similarity between a human small intestine and the fruit fly intestine."
The findings of the study, which was a collaboration between researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies and the University of California, Los Angeles, were published online in Cell Metabolism.
Scientists have long known that calorie restriction, the practice of limiting daily food intake, can extend the healthy lifespan of a range of animals. In some studies, animals on restricted diets lived more than twice as long on average as those on non-restricted diets.
While little is known about the biological mechanisms underlying this phenomenon, studies have shown that the cells of calorie-restricted animals have greater numbers of energy-generating structures known as mitochondria. In mammals and flies, the PCG-1 gene regulates the number of these cellular power plants, which convert sugars and fats from food into the energy for cellular functions.
This chain of connections between the mitochondria and longevity inspired Jones and her colleague to investigate what happens when the PCG-1 gene is forced into overdrive. To do this, they used genetic engineering techniques to boost the activity of the fruit fly equivalent of the PCG-1 gene. The flies (known as Drosophila melanogaster) have a short lifespan, allowing the scientists to study aging and longevity in ways that aren't as feasible in longer-lived organisms such as mice or human.
The researchers found that boosting the activity of dPGC-1, the fruit fly version of the gene, resulted in greater numbers of mitochondria and more energy-production in flies – the same phenomenon seen in organisms on calorie restricted diets. When the activity of the gene was accelerated in stem and progenitor cells of the intestine, which serve to replenish intestinal tissues, these cellular changes correspond with better health and longer lifespan. The flies lived between 20 and 50 percent longer, depending on the method and extent to which the activity of the gene was altered.
"Their intestines were beautiful," says Christopher L. Koehler, a doctoral-student at University of California San Diego who conducts research in Jones' laboratory. "The flies with the modified gene activity were much more active and robust than the other flies."
Part of the reason for this might be that boosting the fruit fly version of PCG-1 stimulates the stem cells that replenish the intestinal tissues, keeping the flies' intestines healthier. The findings suggest that the fruit fly version of PCG-1 can act as a biological dial for slowing the aging process and might serve as a target for drugs or other therapies to put the breaks on aging and age-related diseases.
"Slowing the aging of a single, important organ – in this case the intestine – could have a dramatic effect on overall health and longevity," Jones says. "In a disease that affects multiple tissues, for instance, you might focus on keeping one organ healthy, and to do that you might be able to utilize PGC-1."


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June 23 spawned The Mars Volta's Octahedron and Dream Theater's Black Clouds & Silver Linings. It was a draining day, not only for people who masturbate about masturbatory music but also for the readers who hate such wankery/wankery worship so much that they sent messages demanding a public rebuke of both albums. Your voices have been heard. Sadly, Mike Portnoy's tough-guy bark, James LaBrie's sniveling snarl and Cedric Bixler-Zavala's quivering-hobbit squeal have also been heard, by me. Repeatedly. It's been a long fucking week.
The partnership between Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, Satan, and Cedric Bixler-Zavala is The Mars Volta. These compositions are then performed by The Mars Volta Group.
For months, I have been steeling myself for 6/23/09, the historic date on which The Mars Volta would challenge Dream Theater to a battle for prog-dork supremacy. In dread anticipation, I'd envisioned a war of attrition waged with unorthodox time signatures, obtuse lyrics, multi-part twelve-minute "song suites" and sweep arpeggios. Unfortunately, The Mars Volta forfeited, making Wankfest 2009 a strangely anticlimactic ordeal.
Singer Cedric Bixler-Zavala calls Octahedron the group's "acoustic album," which here means "an album recorded with electric instruments that still manages to be boring as fuck." Given that The Mars Volta's fanbase largely consists of self-congratulating assholes who pride their ability to "appreciate" music that smarter people rightfully dismiss as cluttered and obnoxious, it's hard to imagine how they'll spin Octahedron. Perhaps they'll laud the group for bravely continuing to record seven-minute songs, even when working with two minutes worth of ideas and instrumentation. Or maybe they'll listen intently to the barely detectable 90-second held note that opens the album, pressing their pricey headphones to their ears until cognitive dissonance finds genius patterns in the near silence.
Obviously, the guy in the skull-and-crossbones shirt handles the hardcore vocals.
Dream Theater certainly hasn't scaled back on its prog-fagginess. However, they've started coupling it with tough-guy metal affectations, which compound the hilarity exponentially. Occasional power grunts, blast beats and homoerotic promo shots notwithstanding, Dream Theater hasn't convincingly transformed into a metal act. For example, instead of taking a stand on important topics such as killer computers, homicidal maniacs, Satan's minions, and tiger rides, Dream Theater totally pisses itself about non-injurious car crashes, writer's block, and a benign foreign tour guide.
I prepared dual track-by-track reviews with the intention of pitting the albums against each other, but I stopped keeping score because it was such a fucking Dream Theater blowout, at least in the two primary categories: Wankiness Content and Fruitiness Quotient.
Track 1: The Mars Volta, "Since We've Been Wrong"
Octahedron recalls an experiment conducted by another Los Angeles annoyance, basketball jerk Kobe Bryant. When he was accused of ball-hoggery, Bryant refused to take a shot for an entire half. Perhaps The Mars Volta became so frustrated with criticism of their overbearing pseudo-virtuosity that they adapted the polar opposite approach, stubbornly releasing a collection nearly devoid of dynamics and rhythm. "What, you don't like pointless time changes, millions of superfluous notes, and long bird-noise interludes? Fuck you, plebeians, you're getting drumless ballads."
Thomas Pridgen doesn't appear until the five-minute mark. He sits out other songs entirely. This unlucky bastard thought he'd landed the drummer's dream gig, where he could just bang shit as fast and randomly as possible, and now he has to sit idly behind his ostentatious kit, listening to his bandmates harmonize like British dwarves.
Still, Pridgen fared better than "sound manipulator" Paul Hinojos and saxophonist Adrián Terrazas-González, who were dismissed from the group before the Octahedron sessions. (I encourage all rock bands to fire members with those job descriptions.) Presumably, Terrazas-González will take up residence on horn-section skid row, where members of '90s ska and swing bands perform muted-trumpet/sad-trombone symphonies about their own squalor.
"Since We've Been Wrong" isn't bad, but it's certainly pleasant, which for a Mars Volta elitist represents a fate worse than shittiness. There's nothing to "get" about this song. Even the lyrics aren't especially esoteric, from the ersatz pop title to the opening line "Do you remember how you wore that dress." Bixler-Zavala sings instead of scream-shouts, meaning he sounds more like an angelic choir-boy eunuch and less like a recent violent-castration victim. Even the most virulent Mars Volta detractors could probably sit through this lullaby and simply remark "eh" when it was over.
Track 1: Dream Theater, "A Nightmare to Remember"
Guitarist John Petrucci based "A Nightmare to Remember" on a car accident from his childhood, which apparently hit him "out of nowhere/without warning/like a bullet from the night." (Pity singer James LaBrie: Ventriloquist's dummies don't have lines this stupid stuffed into their mouths.) This insanely dramatic testament to a marginally upsetting event builds inexorably to drummer Mike Portnoy rapping in a monster voice: "It's a miracle he lived/It's a blessing no one died/By the grace of god above/Everyone survived." Then he bellows "RAHHRGHH" triumphantly, because nothing merits a ferocious metal roar quite like a religiously grateful account of a wreck that claimed no casualties.
Dream Theater defenders always say things like "don't worry about the words, just close your eyes and feel Petrucci's emotional solos." But for all the twiddling wizardry the group packs into a sixteen-minute frame, this fact remains immutable: The song is called "A Nightmare to Remember," and it's about being haunted forever by an accident that ultimately wasn't that big of a fucking deal. Also, the proper way to enjoy Dream Theater is not to ignore the lyrics, but to revel in their glorious retardation. And it's not like the music that's supposed to be so sacred is any less cheesy, especially when carnival organist Jordan Rudess starts playing one of his circus-monkey waltzes.
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