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This set provides the parts and materials to convert an AFV Club Centurion (most versions*) to a Mk3 retaining the AFV Club short hull. This set does not include the AFV Club donor kit, this must be purchased separately.
After successful troop trials during and after 'OP SENTRY' with Centurion A41, further recommendations were made that culminated in the Mk2 with one piece cast turret incorporating the 17pdr Gun. This turret and its stowage arrangement gave the shape of what was to become one of the most successful and widely exported tanks. The next logical step was to up-gun to the proven QF 20 pdr. 83.4mm. Ammunition stowage was modified and the gun mounting changed to accept the larger gun. This set uses the hull length that was adopted as a weight saving measure.
The turret had a raised lip with gutter slots on both sides and the hatch arrangement for the loader was later rotated some 160 degrees for the Mk5. The BESA Coaxial machine gun was used that was later replaced with the Browning .30cal MG in the Mk5. The gunners sight was also of the earlier style without the glass shield and wiper of the Mk5.
The master model by Rob Tearle and Derek Hansen contains super-detailed turret and hull fittings, comprehensive and easy to fit etched brass, turned aluminium gun barrel and full colour decals with an easy to follow colour instruction manual for assembly. Based on the AFV club Centurion as a donor kit this great value, easy to build set provides an accurate and unique model of the early stage of Centurion development.
Cam net stowage is provided along with cable drum and smoke discharger mountings for the turret sides, and an etched brass set includes bin padlocks, rear track-guards, drivers visor, wading fittings and other small details.
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Guacamole lovers from President Obama to your humble Latino blogger have criticized the New York Times for publishing Melissa Clark`s Green Pea Guacamole recipe.
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While D isn't really a fan of mushrooms, this is a meal that seems to be quite popular - if he can avoid the mushrooms. What I was surprised by, again, is that it's not too bad on the propoints values and I can have a decent amount of spaghetti with it - although I always save a pro point for a teaspoon of parmesan to go with it!
Stats: 4 servings, 4 propoints per serving (not including the spaghetti as pictured!)
low calorie olive oil spray
one large onion, finely diced
two garlic cloves, minced
150g red lentils
a teaspoon of Italian herbs
two 400g tins of chopped tomatoes
a tablespoon of tomato purée
a tablespoon of marmite
400g hot vegetable stock (I tend to make it in the tomato tin)
300g button mushrooms, finely sliced
Mist a wok with olive oil spray and heat. Add the onion and garlic and fry over a low heat for seven minutes, until the onion starts to soften and become translucent.
Add your lentils and fry gently for a further five minutes. Add the Italian herbs and stir. Add all of the other ingredients. Bring to the boil and then drop to a low/medium heat. Heat gently for 40 minutes, stirring occasionally.
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Olanzapine, quetiapine, or risperidone did not differ from placebo for Alzheimer diseasePDF
ACP J Club. 2007 Mar-Apr;146:35. doi:10.7326/ACPJC-2007-146-2-035
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Schneider LS, Tariot PN, Dagerman KS, et al. Effectiveness of atypical antipsychotic drugs in patients with Alzheimer's disease. N Engl J Med. 2006;355:1525-38. [PubMed ID: 17035647]
In patients with Alzheimer disease (AD) and psychosis, aggression, or agitation, are the atypical antipsychotic drugs olanzapine, quetiapine, or risperidone more effective than placebo?
Design: Randomized placebo-controlled trial (Clinical Antipsychotic Trials of Intervention Effectiveness—Alzheimer's Disease).
Allocation: Concealed.*
Blinding: Blinded (clinicians and patients).*
Follow-up period: Up to 36 weeks.
Setting: 42 sites in the United States.
Patients: 421 outpatients (mean age 78 y, 56% women) who had AD or probable AD. All patients had had psychosis, aggression, or agitation almost daily during the previous week or at least intermittently for 4 weeks. Exclusion criteria were a primary psychotic disorder, delirium, or other dementia; psychosis, aggression, or agitation better accounted for by another medical condition or medication or by substance abuse; psychiatric admission; suicidal trend; treatment with a cholinesterase inhibitor or antidepressant; previous treatment with ≥ 2 of 3 study drugs; or contraindications to any of the study drugs.
Intervention: Olanzapine, 2.5 or 5.0 mg daily (n= 100); quetiapine, 25 or 50 mg daily (n= 94); risperidone, 0.5 or 1.0 mg daily (n= 85); or placebo (n= 142). The study physicians determined the starting doses and adjusted the doses based on clinical judgment and patients' responses. A benzodiazepine or haloperidol could also be prescribed.
Outcomes: Time to discontinuation of treatment for any reason. Secondary outcomes included attainment of minimal or greater improvement on the Clinical Global Impression of Change (CGIC) scale at 12 weeks; time to discontinuation of treatment because of lack of efficacy; time to discontinuation of treatment because of adverse events, intolerability, or death; and adverse events.
Patient follow-up: 98.8% (intention-to-treat analysis).
Main results
Groups did not differ for time to discontinuation of treatment for any reason (Table). At 12 weeks, groups did not differ for improvement on the CGIC scale. Overall, 63% of patients discontinued treatment at 12 weeks. The median time to discontinuation of treatment because of lack of efficacy was longer with olanzapine or risperidone than with placebo (Table). More patients in the study-drug groups discontinued treatment because of adverse events, intolerability, or death than did those in the placebo group (Table).
In patients with Alzheimer disease and psychosis, aggression, or agitation, olanzapine, quetiapine, or risperidone did not differ from placebo for time to discontinuation of treatment.
*See Glossary.
Source of funding: National Institute of Mental Health.
For correspondence: Dr. L.S. Schneider, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA. E-mail email@example.com.
Table. Olanzapine, quetiapine, or risperidone vs placebo in Alzheimer disease†
|Hazard ratio (95% CI)
|Discontinuation for any reason
|0.83 (0.62 to 1.11)‡
|1.01 (0.75 to 1.36)‡
|0.88 (0.64 to 1.20)‡
|Discontinuation because of lack of efficacy
|0.51 (0.35 to 0.74)
|0.81 (0.57 to 1.15)‡
|0.61 (0.41 to 0.89)
|Discontinuation because of adverse events, intolerability, or death
|4.32 (1.84 to 10.12)
|3.58 (1.44 to 8.91)
|3.62 (1.45 to 9.04)
†CI defined in Glossary. Patients had psychosis, agression, or agitation up to 36 weeks.
‡Not significant.
Psychosis, aggression, and agitation in AD are typically more disturbing and challenging for physicians and caregivers than are memory loss and other aspects of cognitive impairment that define the disease. The well-done study by Schneider and colleagues, with a primary endpoint being time to discontinuation of the medication, closely resembles clinical practice.
The bottom line is that these medications—thought by many to be superior to such first-generation agents as haloperidol—are not very effective for treating this challenging symptom complex. At best, about 1/4 to 1/3 of patients had at least minimal improvement with risperidone, quetiapine, or olanzapine compared with 1/5 with placebo. 82% of patients discontinued medication for any reason, most commonly because of "lack of efficacy," but 1/5 to 1/4 discontinued because of "intolerability, adverse effects or death." The most common adverse effects were parkinsonism and sedation.
The study adds to the evidence base in pharmacotherapeutics. To my knowledge, there is only 1 good clinical trial comparing medications (haloperidol and trazodone) with placebo and psychological treatment (1). Reductions in agitation levels were similar in all 4 groups, but fewer side effects occurred in the behavioral-management group. Thus, the evidence suggests that current antipsychotic drugs are not the answer to this difficult problem and supports the need for psychological treatments for disruptive behaviors (2).
What does work? Regular exercise and provision of so-called pleasant events seem to reduce frequency of disabling symptoms (3), as do treatments designed to reduce caregiver stress, and to teach behavioral techniques focusing on problem solving factors associated with troublesome behaviors. In addition, helping patients and families connect with resources in the community that offer additional assistance, such as the local AD association, can be an invaluable adjunct to care.
Eric Larson, MD, MPH
Group Health Center for Health Studies
Seattle, Washington, USA
Susan McCurry, PhD
Group Health Center for Health Studies
Seattle, Washington, USA
1. Teri L, Logsdon RG, Peskind E, et al. Treatment of agitation in AD: a randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial. Neurology. 2000;55:1271-8. [PubMed ID: 11087767]
2. Logsdon RG, McCurry SM, Teri L. Evidence-based psychological treatments for disruptive behaviors in individuals with dementia. Psychol Aging (in press, 2007).
3. Teri L, Gibbons LE, McCurry SM, et al. Exercise plus behavioral management in patients with Alzheimer disease: a randomized controlled trial. JAMA. 2003;290:2015-22. [PubMed ID: 4559955]


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It seems like everyone is always sharing bucket list ideas on social media nowadays, but seeing all these shared posts made me wonder how many of these people will actually follow through. How many will actually pursue these wishes or even just look up addition information about their bucket list must see besides the video they found on Buzzfeed. Today I was scrolling on Facebook when I saw a girl I went to high school share a post about this cute bakery in NYC that made crazy milkshakes and it made me subconsciously think of all the unique places (like this bakery) I want to see. That being said, I have decided to create my bucket list with all the places I want to see and things I want to do.
Places I Want to Visit:
- Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Copenhagen, Denmark
- Budapest, Hungary
Dublin, Ireland
- Prague, Czech Republic
- Berlin, Germany
Paris, France
- Stockholm, Sweden
- Santorini, Greece
Venice, Italy London, England
- Brussels, Belgium
- Edinburgh, Scotland
- Tokyo, Japan
- Beijing, China
- Galapagos Islands
- Seattle, Washington
- San Francisco, California
New York City, New York
- Boston, Massachusetts
Things I Want to See:
- Great Wall of China
- Sydney Opera House
- Great Pyramid of Giza
Eiffel Tower Big Ben
- Leaning Tower of Pisa
Roman Colosseum
Taj Mahal
- Niagara Falls
- Machu Picchu
- Christ the Redeemer Statue
- Golden Gate Bridge
Empire State Building Statue of Liberty
Things I Want to Do:
- Visit all 50 states
- Go skiing in the Alps
Go cliff diving
- See the Northern Lights
- Go scuba diving
- Swim with manatees
- Go on an African Safari tour
- Visit every US National Park
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The size of the print piece should be in relative relation to that of a game case. It seems only logical for, well, firstly print cost issues and then distribution (if possible) during the show. However, that aside, in terms of the project the dimensions must serve the best relationship with the content. With that in mind a game case still seems most appropriate as it is the source of the project, and what the project is all about; the video game.
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The Reserve Bank of India has already cut benchmark interest rates three times this year to 7.25 percent and eased credit conditions to boost loan growth and the broader economy, with limited success so far.
Economic prospects have dimmed since April due to the government's inability to pass much-needed reforms, a Reuters poll found, but the Reserve Bank of India will probably hold rates steady this year as inflation nudges up gradually.
The Reserve Bank of India has already cut benchmark interest rates three times this year to 7.25 per cent and eased credit conditions to boost loan growth and the broader economy, with limited success so far.
The economy is expected to expand 7.6 per cent this fiscal year ending in April 2016, only slightly faster than 7.3 per cent last year, according to the median forecast of 31 economists polled by Reuters. Growth is seen picking up to 8.2 per cent next fiscal year.
Growth forecasts were nudged down from April owing to concerns the government still faces substantial challenges in kick-starting a reform-driven growth cycle, stifling optimism engendered by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's election win over a year ago.
"Restarting of stalled projects were expected to jump-start the investment cycle, alongside stabilisation in consumption and higher public sector spending to boost overall growth," said Radhika Rao, economist at DBS in Singapore.
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India's parliament has just begun a session in which Modi is seeking to pass major legislation that would unite the whole country into one tax zone and make it easier for businesses to procure land.
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Slowing growth expectations may warrant calls for the RBI to ease policy again. But with its mandate to keep inflation below 6 percent over the medium-term, and consumer prices expected to rise 5.3 per cent this year and 5.5 per cent next, that is easier said than done.
While a slight majority predict there will be no further easing by the RBI, as risks to inflation from poor monsoon rains of the last few weeks remain high, 14 of 31 analysts polled this week called for one more cut in the final months of 2015.
In a survey last month, when an initial spell of good rains prompted positive sentiment amongst analysts, a large majority expected another cut this year.
But the latest consensus trimmed 25 basis points off the repo rate to 7.0 percent only in early 2016 and another just before moving into 2017.
Monetary policy easing in India puts it out of step with the United States, the world's largest economy, where interest rates are expected to rise later this year, perhaps as early as September.
India's situation, however, is much better than emerging market peer Brazil, where the central bank has been jacking up interest rates to fight off high inflation even as the economy slips into a deepening recession.
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Born in 1957 in Qazin, Iran, Shirin Neshat is a contemporary Iranian visual artist who has done work in film, art, and photography. She left Iran before the 1979 Revolution and began studying at the University of California, Berkeley. Her films tend to be abstract and left to interpretation, revolving around themes of gender, identity, and society. Her artwork has been included at the Tate Gallery in London, The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, and the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis. She currently lives and works in New York.
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|Stunning portrait. I don't normally think Joan Crawford is super beautiful, but this image is something else.
|More Joan.
|Famous Fred and Ginger still.
|From Vivacious Lady.
|Camilla Horn. Don't know what project this was for...
|A candid of Ginger!
|Le swoon! Le sigh!! Gorgeous picture, drool-worthy boudoir clothing and setting. From Professional Sweetheart, which I have yet to see but have been dying to for awhile!
|JC again. Her outfit looks strangely modern to me, maybe it's the not-so-flattering-to-the-waist oversize belt...?
|One of my favorite Ginger images, ever.


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Kabir Khan, Siddharth Anand to direct Indo-Chinese productions to be released in 2018
Indian filmmakers Kabir Khan and Siddharth Anand are set to direct two Indo-China co- productions which will be released in 2018.
Trinity Pictures, the film production arm of India's distribution giant Eros International, has struck a deal to co-produce the two franchise movies with Chinese partners, reported Variety.
With China's Peacock Mountain Culture & Media and state- owned Huaxia Film Distribution, Trinity will produce Kabir's travel drama, The Zookeeper and Siddharth's Love in Beijing.
The Zookeeper is a human drama that tells of the journey of an Indian zoo keeper who travels to China to find a panda to return to India with, in order to save his zoo.
The budget for the project is set at USD 25 million. The cast will include a leading Indian star and a top Chinese actress. A significant portion of the shoot will be in Chengdu.
Siddharth's Love in Beijing is a cross-cultural romantic comedy. Love in Beijing, about an Indian girl who falls in love with a Chinese man, will feature an A-list Indian actress and a leading Chinese male actor. The production budget is USD 15 million.
"The original stories were developed by the Trinity Pictures Writers Room, creative teams from both Trinity Pictures and the Chinese film companies worked closely on the scripts to create storylines that blend Sino-Indian culture," Trinity said in a statement.
Updated Date: May 23, 2017 21:10:37 IST


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Ignatius Perrish spent the night drunk and doing terrible things. He woke up the next morning with a thunderous hangover, a raging headache . . . and a pair of horns growing from his temples.
At first Ig thought the horns were a hallucination, the product of a mind damaged by rage and grief. He had spent the last year in a lonely, private purgatory, following the death of his beloved, Merrin Williams, who was raped and murdered under inexplicable circumstances. A mental breakdown would have been the most natural thing in the world. But there was nothing natural about the horns, which were all too real.
Once the righteous Ig had enjoyed the life of the blessed: born into privilege, the second son of a renowned musician and younger brother of a rising late-night TV star, he had security, wealth, and a place in his community. Ig had it all, and more—he had Merrin and a love founded on shared daydreams, mutual daring, and unlikely midsummer magic.
But Merrin's death damned all that. The only suspect in the crime, Ig was never charged or tried. And he was never cleared. In the court of public opinion in Gideon, New Hampshire, Ig is and always will be guilty because his rich and connected parents pulled strings to make the investigation go away. Nothing Ig can do, nothing he can say, matters. Everyone, it seems, including God, has abandoned him. Everyone, that is, but the devil inside. . . .
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Read information about the authorJoe Hill's debut, Heart-Shaped Box, won the Bram Stoker Award for Best First Novel. His second, Horns, was made into a film freakfest starring Daniel Radcliffe. His other novels include NOS4A2, and his #1 New York Times Best-Seller, The Fireman... which was also the winner of a 2016 Goodreads Choice Award for Best Horror Novel.
He writes short stories too. Some of them were gathered together in his prize-winning collection, 20th Century Ghosts.
He won the Eisner Award for Best Writer for his long running comic book series, Locke & Key, co-created with illustrator and art wizard Gabriel Rodriguez.
He lives in New Hampshire with a corgi named McMurtry after a certain beloved writer of cowboy tales. His next book, Strange Weather, a collection of novellas, storms into bookstores in October of 2017.
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Contradictory. On the one hand, it pulls in and on the other ...
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The Ferryman
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Show DescriptionFollowing unanimous, five-star critical acclaim and a thrice-extended, year-long run in London, Jez Butterworth's The Ferryman finally debuts on Broadway this October.
Northern Ireland, 1981. The Carney farmhouse is a hive of activity with preparations for the annual harvest.
A day of hard work on the land and a traditional night of feasting and celebrations lie ahead. But this year they will be interrupted by a visitor.
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Seating: Orchestra section: The seating is accessible to all parts of the Orchestra without steps. There are no steps to the designated wheelchair seating locations.Mezzanine sectionLocated on the 2nd level, up 3 short flights of stairs (29 steps). Once on the Mezzanine or Balcony level, there are approximately 2 steps per row.
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The play is almost as exuberantly funny as it is powerfully theatrical, and its marvelous cast ... infuses the play with such life-affirming light that when, in the play's explosive ending, darkness threatens to swallow them up, it comes as a shattering shock.
Its populous ensemble is a seamless unit, led with powerful feeling by Paddy Considine and Laura Donnelly, along with several other outstanding holdovers from the original London cast.... The performances are too good, right across the board, to single out all that merit recognition.
Masterfully directed by Oscar-winner Sam Mendes. In lesser hands, "The Ferryman" may have come off as pure hokum, but Mendes makes it absolutely entrancing, bringing out many intense, full-bodied performances, particularly from Donnelly, who brilliantly conveys Caitlin's raw vitality, vulnerability and stifled rage. "The Ferryman" is certainly reminiscent of "August: Osage County," another long-winded family melodrama that managed to pack a powerful punch. Many other plays are opening on Broadway this fall, but they are unlikely to match the excitement and finely-tuned ensemble acting of "The Ferryman."


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This year seems to have absolutely flown by! It's already a quarter over. Although, we haven't really gotten any Spring weather yet. What's up with that?
In March. . .
I had dress rehearsal for Alice. It was crazy running it without the choreographer there, but we managed.
We started to go on more walks. Always returning with bright red noses :)
|Poor snowman :(
I had tech rehearsal for Alice in Wonderland, and then two performances. Both went really well and I'm so sad company is over for the year.
We had pancakes at Walker Brothers after the second day of Alice. Yeah, the place she gets a gift certificate to for winging Spring Fling Queen in Mean Girls.
We traveled to a few different schools to have practice battles for Battle of the Books. They didn't do too bad, but hopefully they step up their game for the real competition this Friday.
We celebrated my dad's cousin's 43rd birthday.
I did a little bit of painting. Inspired by Pinterest. hahah
Katie and I sort of made candles. It was fun, but also extremely hilarious.
I got to start a lot of my recital dances too, which was a lot of fun.
Annnnnnndddddd, Katie and I enjoyed our Spring Break by watching like a billion movies. :)
Did you guys enjoy your March? What'd you do?
♥ Cassi ♥


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Constructed at a brand-new Toyota plant in southerly Indiana, the Tundra likewise is the first pick-up from a Japanese producer to supply a V-8 engine. The Expanse's design is the foundation for the firm's full-size sport utility vehicle, the Sequoia, generated at the very same plant.
Toyota Tundra 2001
The Expanse comes as a regular cab with an 8-foot cargo bed and as an extensive taxicab (called Gain access to Taxicab) with a 6.5-foot bed. The Access Taxi has rear-hinged back doors on both sides that could not be opened until the front doors are opened. The Tundra, nonetheless, has exterior handles for the back doors instead of in the doorjamb.
Both body styles have a 128-inch wheelbase as well as a total size of 217 inches. Comparative, the Ford F-150 routine cab with an 8-foot bed as well as the F-150 Super Cab with a 6.5-foot bed are both 224 inches long.
The Expanse's optimum haul is 2,000 extra pounds, while the F-150's optimum is 3,180 extra pounds.
An attractive, properly designed control panel locations all controls where they are very easy to see and get to in the Tundra, and front-seat owners get comfortable, roomy accommodations. However the three-place rear seat on the Gain access to Taxi is also little for adults unless the front seats are pressed well forward. The back seat is as level as a board, with a short, tough pillow and also back-rest. The rear cushion is divided, as well as both halves quickly fold up to produce even more storage room.
Routine cabs as well as Gain access to Taxicabs have either two container seats or a front bench seat that holds 3. Natural leather furniture is optional on the top-line Restricted design.
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A 190-horsepower 3.4-liter V-6 engine is common as well as groups with either a five-speed handbook or four-speed automatic transmission. A 245-hp 4.7-liter V-8 is optional and comes only with the automatic.
The Expanse's four-wheel-drive system enables altering in or from 4WD High on the move with control panel controls. Four-wheel antilock brakes are optional across the board.
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The Expanse provides fewer options in dimensions and also engines than its residential opponents, as well as it falls short in payload and also towing ability. However with the V-8, this is probably the smoothest, most fine-tuned pickup offered. Everything fits and also runs with accuracy, as well as the Tundra feels like it was made by Lexus-- Toyota's deluxe division.


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Our warm and inviting environment will draw you in; and no worries about seating. We have an extensive wrap around bar, numerous tables, and several cozy booths.
With ten plasma TVs and a massive big screen, Prairie Lanes is the spot to watch all the big games at once. We also have a wide varity of games for the entire family to enjoy, Duel basketball, golden tee golf, big buck hunter, ski ball and of course pool and darts. It's a paradise for sports-nuts!
Don't forget about our extensive Grill Menu which features our fabulous Friday Fish Fry.
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Saturday, June 19, 2010
Retr0bright - Gameboy Bleaching
I got this four "defect" Gameboy's on eBay for just 20EUR. I bought them in the hope, that I can repair them without a big effort. As you may see on the picture, the 2nd Gameboy looks not very bight. To much sunlight turned him more yellow than the others.
Luckily, I found a method to bleach the yellow-colour away. The project I found on the internet is called Retr0bright and the recipe for the bleaching-paste is based on Hydrogen Peroxide.
I bought the Hydrogen Peroxide and the other ingredients in the pharmacy. I have to left there a copy of my driving-licence, just in case that I build a bomb instead of bleaching a Gameboy =)
Later I mixed everything together using plastic-gloves and eyeglasses for protection. Then I pasted the gel on the Gameboy-housing and put it under a UV-lamp.
This is what happened...
I'm not 100% satisfied with the result, but the Gameboy looks a _lot_ better now. I think I will try less "Vanish OxyAction" next time. Now you can't really distinguish it from my 1st Gameboy.
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The Curse of Oak Island Season 6 Episode 4 () - Watch Online
The Curse of Oak Island follows brothers Marty and Rick Lagina originally from Kingsford, Michigan through their effort to find the speculated - and as of yet undiscovered - buried treasure believed to have been concealed through extraordinary means on Oak Island. The brothers became fascinated with the island after reading the January, 1965 issue of Reader's Digest magazine which featured an article on the Restall family's work to solve the mystery of the so-called "Money Pit."No one knows what's buried at Oak Island. Theories range from pirate treasure to Shakespeare's Lost Folios to a priceless religious artifact brought over by the Knights Templar. The myths of the island have proven irresistible to many, including historical figures like John Wayne, Errol Flynn and Franklin D. Roosevelt, who all financed or took part in digs in what's become one of the longest treasure hunts in history.
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With Ben Barnes, Skandar Keynes, Georgie Henley, Will Poulter, Gary Sweet. Directed by Michael Apted. Rated PG for some frightening images and sequences of fantasy action. 115 minutes.
So, has there been a big groundswell from moviegoers for more Narnia movies? While the C. S. Lewis novels have a strong following, the movies have not engendered the excitement of the "Harry Potter" or the "Lord Of The Rings" series, with fans eagerly anticipating the next installment. To the contrary, while the first film, "The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe," was well-received in 2005, the 2008 follow-up, "Prince Caspian," ought to have demonstrated that this allegorical fantasy series was already played out.
However, they had not yet done a Narnia film in 3D, the magic elixir which makes bad movies good and great movies into masterpieces. Or, at least, it lets movie theaters charge a premium for tickets for 3D showings. That may be the real reason that THE VOYAGE OF THE DAWN TREADER comes lumbering into theaters this week, and not because anyone actually cares about these characters.
The younger of the four siblings, Lucy and Edmund Pevensie (Georgie Henley, Skandar Keynes), are back, enduring World War II in England while staying with their bratty and unpleasant cousin Eustace (Will Poulter). This time it is a painting that draws them into the magic realm of Narnia where Lucy wishes she was beautiful like her older sister and Edmund is glad to be a prince rather than just a put-upon schoolboy. They are reunited with Prince Caspian (Ben Barnes) and are soon fighting slave traders, one-footed invisible creatures, and an evil force which wants to prevent them from reuniting Aslan's seven swords.
Aslan the Lion (voiced by Liam Neeson) was intended by Lewis to represent Jesus and in case anyone missed that point it's made in a particularly heavy-handed fashion here. Mostly, though, the movie is about watching the brother and sister, and their unbearably obnoxious cousin, going through the motions of their quest and waiting for the film to end. It's not very interesting, and while fans of fantasy may find occasional moments of cleverness or of the fantastic, for the most part the proceedings are rather dull.
The 3D effects, obviously added in post-production, are so unnecessary that one is able to watch long stretches of the film without the special glasses. The acting is similarly bland and forgettable, except for Poulter. His character is meant to be a selfish and pompous twit, rendering his performance to the cinematic equivalent of fingernails on the blackboard. Since the ending implies that this is the character who will be returning to Narnia in a subsequent adventure, one can only hope that film is never made.
On one level, "The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Voyage Of The Dawn Treader" is innocuous, and families inclined to go for its "wholesome" aspect will probably find what they are seeking. That is all well and good, but it doesn't make it an entertaining film nor turn it into the equivalent of the Potter or Rings series. Instead, this is a voyage to nowhere that may actually keep young viewers from reading the books.•••
Daniel M. Kimmel is a veteran movie critic and author of a host of film-related books, the most recent being I'll Have What She's Having: Behind The Scenes Of The Great Romantic Comedies. He teaches film at Suffolk University and lives in Somerville.


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Morning loveliest of peeps.
I hope you are all OK today and welcome to the Lili of the Valley Designers Mini Hop!!
This is a bit of a special treat because we are all using the same image so what better way to show you some different ways to use a single stamp. But that aside, it is also the very first sneakie peekie day for the March Lili of the Valley release. So get ready girlies and make a note for 28th March cos that's when the new release will go on sale :)
This release is filled with adorable bears, cute couples, and some very new and different designs which you will just love, so keep an eye on the DT blogs over the next few weeks for some more sneakie peeks.
So back to the hop and the image we have all used is called "Shall We Dance" – it is adorable I think.
We are sponsored today by our very own Lisa and Laila from Lili of the Valley but also joining is is Paula from Which Craft UK . Which Craft UK has the most amazing stuff including pre-shaped and scored card blanks – I used one on this post if you remember – and they really do make short work of creating a super special card as all the work is done for you :)
We LIKE that!!!
We like that a LOT :)
So what did I do with my shaped card and Shall We Dance image then?
This is my blog hop card and I used one of the gorgeous Elegant Step Card blanks which I so love, and the sweet image was coloured with the following Copics -
Bears – E25, E42, E43, E50, E81
Clothes etc – B0000, B000, B00, B05, C00, C1, C2, C3, C4
The papers I used are from an Andrea Jayne Tulips paper pack which got from Purple Butterfly Crafts last year. You can probably still get them if you do a Google search – they are really nice and have a linen texture.
Here's a pic ….
…. and aren't those colours rather yummy peeps!!!
Other stuff I used was -
Martha Stewart PATP Deco Fan Shells punches and MFT Leafy Flourish die – both from Simon Says Stamp
Vintage seam binding from The Ribbon Girl
So that's the old card and there are 4 lovely jubbly prizes hidden along the way.
To be in with a chance of winning one, all you have to do is leave a comment on each of the participating designer's blogs – simples :) The 4 lucky winners from our mystery prize blogs will then be picked on Friday.
So here is a list of the designers participating in this hop ….
Dawny - me
…. and good luck to everyone who enters:)
Now the regular visitors to the old pig sty will know that Thursday is the day when we go back to the dark and distant past and have a look at something that was hip and happening back then. As it's St Patrick's day on Saturday, I thought that there could only be one band to check out this week and of course it is the one and only U2 – Ireland's finest export IMHO (Guinness aside).
I love this track and it has to have one of the best lines ever - well the God I believe in isn't short of cash, Mister!!! - and the vid is amazing too.
So enjoy and I think that next week we will really go back in time.
Have a fab day and huggiest of hugs to all xxxx


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(9 Days - Departs Daily on a Private Basis)
Dubai, Arabian Desert, Abu Dhabi & Al Ain
This private luxury tour of the UAE features the best of Dubai and Abu Dhabi, including private cultural touring, a visit to a UNESCO-listed oasis, and time at a luxury resort in the beautiful Arabian Desert.
Begin in Dubai with flexible, personalized city touring. Learn about Dubai's culture and history while exploring the Bastakiya Quarter, riding on an abra (water taxi) across Dubai Creek—the bustling waterway in the heart of the city—and browsing the spice and gold souks. Visit tile-covered mosques and the Dubai Museum. See traditional architecture in residential neighborhoods and spectacular contemporary landmarks. One day, venture to the top of the landmark Burj Khalifa for a panoramic view from the 124th-floor observation deck, and perhaps visit one of Dubai's legendary malls. Additional options include touring Dubai's best art galleries, culinary and street food tours, browsing exclusive fashion and accessories boutiques, and seeing the Burj Khalifa's impressive fountains at night. Artisans of Leisure will also assist with dining reservations at the city's excellent restaurants.
Next, journey into the Arabian Desert for two nights in your own private tented bungalow at a luxury resort surrounded by sand dunes and palm trees. Relax in your private pool, and enjoy activities according to your interests, such as camel and horseback riding, nature walks, traditional sports such as falconry and archery, thrilling four-wheel drive (4x4) tours through the sand dunes, and spa treatments.
Continue to the neighboring emirate of Abu Dhabi, the capital of the UAE. En route, tour Al Ain, a UNESCO World Heritage-listed oasis town filled with parks and gardens. Tour lively markets and notable forts and museums, and enjoy views of beautiful mountains and the cool shade of irrigated date palm groves. Visit Abu Dhabi's most interesting cultural sites, such as the Sheikh Zayed Mosque, Al Hosn Palace, the Cultural Foundation, Heritage Village and Emirates Palace. Discover the many cultural attractions and visionary structures planned for Saadiyat Island. If desired, tour fascinating Masdar City, a futuristic vision of urban planning. Other options include touring the Abu Dhabi Falcon Hospital, or visiting Ferrari World, the world's largest indoor theme park, to experience thrilling roller coasters and other fun attractions.
This tour combines well with tours in Oman, Egypt, India and other destinations in the region.
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We have enough trouble corralling our excitement over things like home sales, good design, and local stuff on the daily. But when we start talking about our favorite yearly event, we get so damn jazzed, we hardly know what to do with ourselves. You feel that buzz? That good vibe in the air that makes you dream of fall weather, your favorite song, or hitting every green light on your way home from work? It's our 4th Annual Brew + 'Q, and it's well on its way. We just wanted to let you all know in puh-lenty of time.
Just bring your ID, your appetite, and your friends/family/face.
Grab that Stars & Planets wall calendar from the den and ready your gold pen: this year's parking-lot party will be happening on the evening of Friday, September 30th. It'll be just like old times (by which we mean, the once-a-year fun we've had since 2012). Delicious local bites, thirst-quenching libations, booty-shaking beats, and the kind of unequivocally good energy that'll have you doling out hugs like nobody's biz. This is it--the time each year when we invite everyone we know to get in on the fun, and with each Brew + 'Q past, the party keeps getting better. It only makes sense, then, that this year's soiree will be the best we've seen…and aside from tipping your kindly bartenders, we won't ask you for a nickel. Just bring your ID, your appetite, and your friends/family/face.
get a load o' last year's fun below…then, like, double it.
Seriously…mark that calendar and ready yourself emotionally for a dose of salty love, courtesy yours truly. Friday, September 30th, somewheres around the 7:00pm to 10:00pm time frame, right here at 645 E. South Temple. We'll be around back--lights strung high, tables set, and smiles abound--waiting to show you a good time. Keep an eye on the website (and Facebook/Instagram) over the next two months for details. In the mean time, get a load o' last year's fun below…then, like, double it.
4th Annual cityhomeCOLLECTIVE Brew + 'Q | Friday, September 30th, 2016


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Alice came to the sanctuary as her owners were leaving Cyprus. Alice had been an outdoor cat but I am sure she would be happy living indoors
Alice is sprayed & has to have suntan cream rubbed on her ears as she is prone to a little sunburn. She is a lovely natured cat who loves a fuss but not so keen on being picked up. Could you home her??


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Obesity affects the vitamin D status in humans. Vitamin D and long-chain n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) provide benefit for the prevention of fractures and cardiovascular events, respectively, and both are involved in controlling inflammatory and immune responses. However, published epidemiological data suggest a potential interference of n-3 PUFA supplementation with vitamin D status. Therefore, we aimed to investigate in a randomized controlled clinical trial whether treatment with long chain n-3 PUFA affects vitamin D status in severely obese patients and potential interrelations of vitamin D and PUFA treatment with inflammatory parameters. Fifty-four severely obese (BMI≥40 kg/m2) non-diabetic patients were treated for eight weeks with either 3.36 g/d EPA and DHA or the same amount of butter fat as control. Changes in serum 25-hydroxy-vitamin D [25(OH)D] concentrations, plasma fatty acid profiles and circulating inflammatory marker concentrations from baseline to end of treatment were assessed. At baseline 43/54 patients were vitamin D deficient (serum 25(OH)D concentration <50 nmol/l). Treatment with n-3 PUFA did not affect vitamin D status (P = 0.91). Serum 25(OH)D concentration correlated negatively with both IL-6 (P = 0.02) and hsCRP serum concentration (P = 0.03) at baseline. Strikingly, the negative correlations of 25(OH)D with IL-6 and hsCRP were lost after n-3 PUFA treatment. In conclusion, vitamin D status of severely obese patients remained unaffected by n-3 PUFA treatment. However, abrogation of the inverse association of 25(OH)D concentration with inflammatory markers indicated that n-3 PUFA treatment could compensate for some detrimental consequences of vitamin D deficiency.
Trial Registration
ClinicalTrials.gov NCT00760760
Citation: Itariu BK, Zeyda M, Leitner L, Marculescu R, Stulnig TM (2013) Treatment with n-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids Overcomes the Inverse Association of Vitamin D Deficiency with Inflammation in Severely Obese Patients: A Randomized Controlled Trial. PLoS ONE 8(1): e54634. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0054634
Editor: Yiqing Song, Brigham & Women's Hospital, and Harvard Medical School, United States of America
Received: September 11, 2012; Accepted: December 13, 2012; Published: January 25, 2013
Copyright: © 2013 Itariu et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Funding: This work was supported by the Austrian National Bank Project no. 12735; the European Community's 7th Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) under grant agreement no. 201608; the Federal Ministry of Economy, Family and Youth; and the National Foundation for Research, Technology and Development (all to TMS). Omacor® capsules were generously provided by Solvay Pharma, Austria. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
Competing interests: The authors declare Solvay Pharma, Austria, as a commercial funder. The corresponding author had a consultancy agreement with a company that purchased Solvay Pharma. No other authors have any relevant declarations relating to employment, consultancy, patents, products in development or marketed products, etc.. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Vitamin D is a pleiotropic prohormone [1], which regulates calcium metabolism and helps to preserve bone mass and prevent fractures [2]. On the other hand, vitamin D is also involved in immunological processes [3]. In humans, the vitamin D status is determined by quantifying the concentration of 25-hydroxyvitamin D in serum [25(OH)D] [1]. Recommended levels, i.e. serum 25(OH)D concentration >50 nmol/l [4] are rarely achieved in children and adults [5], [6], particularly in obese subjects [7]. Vitamin D binding protein (VDBP) is a glycoprotein involved in the transport and preservation of vitamin D and alterations in its circulating concentration affect the availability and function of 25(OH)D [8]. The risk of developing obesity-related complications such as insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes is proportional to the degree of obesity [9] and tightly correlated with chronic low-grade adipose and systemic inflammation [10], [11] as well as vitamin D deficiency [12]. In addition to insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes, obesity is independently associated with a greater risk of hypertension, stroke, atherosclerotic, cardiovascular and neurodegenerative disease, cancer and death [13], [14]. Vitamin D deficiency is associated with hypertension, atherosclerosis, increased risk of myocardial infarction, cognitive decline, some types of cancer and overall increased mortality risk [15], [16], [17], [18], [19]. Consistent evidence from large well designed trials on the effect of vitamin D supplementation and prevention of the above mentioned obesity associated complications is currently lacking. However, long chain n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) are known for their anti-inflammatory and cardio-protective effects [20], [21], which renders them as promising option for prevention of obesity-associated cardio-metabolic complications.
Recently, epidemiological data indicated that vitamin D status of elderly patients receiving vitamin D supplementation was negatively affected by PUFA ingestion [22]. Considering the paucity of data available on the possible interference between long chain n-3 PUFA and vitamin D, we aimed to investigate the impact of a high dose n-3 PUFA treatment on vitamin D status and a possible interaction with the anti-inflammatory effects of vitamin D in severely obese subjects.
Subjects and Methods
The protocol for this trial and supporting CONSORT checklist are available as supporting information; see Checklist S1 and Protocol S1.
Ethics Statement
The study was performed in compliance with the Declaration of Helsinki and Good Clinical Practice guidelines and has been approved by the Ethics Committee of the Medical University of Vienna (EK-Nr. 488/2006). All participants provided written informed consent. The trial was registered at clinicaltrials.gov with the identification no. NCT00760760.
Fifty-five severely obese (BMI≥40 kg/m2), non-diabetic (fasting plasma glucose <126 mg/dl and 2 hr plasma glucose after a 75 g oral glucose tolerance test <200 mg/dl) patients were enrolled and completed an open randomized controlled clinical trial between August 2008 and July 2010. The trial has been described in detail elsewhere [21]. One patient was excluded because of a lack of serum 25(OH)D measurements at both time-points (Figure 1). Patients were randomized to receive either a 3.36 g long chain n-3 PUFA (4 capsules/d Omacor®, Solvay Pharma, Austria, each containing 460 mg eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA), 380 mg docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and tocopherol as anti-oxidant) or an isocaloric amount of butterfat as a control for 8 weeks. At baseline and at the end of treatment anthropometric measurements (BMI, hip, waist) were performed and concentration of serum 25(OH)D, parathyroid hormone (PTH), systemic inflammatory markers and metabolic parameters as well as plasma fatty acid profiles were assessed.
Laboratory analysis
Serum 25(OH)D, PTH and VDBP concentrations were measured in serum samples obtained from all patients both at baseline and at the end of the treatment. Serum 25(OH)D concentration was analyzed by chemiluminescent immunoassay (CLIA - Liaison®, DiaSorin, Italy) with interassay coefficients of variation of 7–9% and the lowest reportable value at 10 nmol/l. Serum PTH concentration was measured by electrochemiluminescence immunoassay (Elecsys® PTH (7–84), Roche, Basel, Switzerland) with interassay coefficients of variation of 6–8% and the lowest reportable value at 1 pg/ml. Serum VDBP concentration was measured by enzyme linked immunosorbend assay (R&D Systems, Techne Corporation, Minneapolis, USA) with interassay coefficients of variation of 5.1–7.4% and the minimum detectable dose ranged from 0.15–3.74 ng/ml. The normal range for serum samples from apparently healthy volunteers is 55.9–473 µg/ml, according to the product datasheet. We used commercial enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (R&D Systems, Techne Corporation, Minneapolis, USA) to measure plasma concentration of interleukin (IL)-6 and serum concentration of high sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP). Plasma phospholipids were isolated by thin layer chromatography and fatty acids profiles were determined by gas chromatography and electron-impact ionization mass spectroscopy as described by us in detail elsewhere [21]. Fatty acids were expressed as mol% of total fatty acids. We calculated the sum of all detected monounsaturated fatty acids (MUFA) as ∑(16:1, 18:1, 20:1, 24:1), the sum of all PUFA as ∑[18:2(n-6), 18:3(n-3), 18:3(n-6), 20:2(n-6), 20:3(n-6), 20:4(n-6), 20:5(n-3), 22:4(n-6), 22:5(n-3), 22:6(n-6)], the sum of all n-3 PUFA as ∑[18:3(n-3), 20:5(n-3), 22:5(n-3), 22:6(n-3)] and the sum of all n-6 PUFA as ∑[18:2(n-6), 18:3(n-6), 20:2(n-6), 20:3(n-6), 20:4(n-6), 22:4(n-6)].
Statistical analysis
Statistical analysis included all patients who completed the trial and had detectable serum vitamin D levels (n = 54). Normally distributed data are presented as mean ± SEM, otherwise as median (IQR). Baseline differences between the n-3 PUFA and the control group as well as the vitamin D deficient and vitamin D non-deficient group were calculated by analysis of variance (ANOVA) for normally distributed data, otherwise by Mann-Whitney-U test. In order to compare treatment effects on vitamin D status, VDBP and PTH levels we used a one-way between-groups analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) [23]. The independent variable was the treatment group and the dependent variables were the serum 25(OH)D, VDBP and PTH concentrations at the end of the treatment, adjusted for the respective baseline values as covariates. Correlations were explored by Spearman's rank method. As recommended, sample size was calculated a priori for the primary end-point of the original study, ie inflammatory gene expression in adipose tissue. Sample size was thus calculated to 25 per group in order to detect a 50% change in expression of inflammatory genes at a two-sided alpha level of 0.05 with a power of 80% [21]. All analyses were performed with PASW Statistics 18 (SPSS Inc., IBM Corporation, New York, USA). Differences were considered statistically significant at two sided values of P<0.05.
Baseline characteristics of the study participants according to their respective treatment allocation (n-3 PUFA, control) were described elsewhere [21]. We showed that treatment with n-3 PUFA significantly reduced circulating IL-6 concentration, without affecting the hsCRP [21]. At baseline, forty-three out of 54 patients were vitamin D deficient as defined by serum 25(OH)D concentration <50 nmol/l. At baseline, mean serum 25(OH)D concentration was similar in both treatment groups (33.3±2.7 nmol/l and 39.8±4.0 nmol/l, in the n-3 PUFA and control group, respectively; P = 0.19), but much lower than the recommended range of 75–150 nmol/l [4]. Mean baseline PTH serum concentrations were in the normal range and not significantly different between the groups (40.0±2.9 pg/ml and 38.9±2.9 pg/ml, in the n-3 PUFA and control group, respectively; P = 0.80) at randomization and there was no association between serum 25(OH)D and serum PTH concentrations. VDBP serum concentration in this severely obese cohort was in the normal range and did not differ between the n-3 PUFA and control group at baseline (253.4±18.9 µg/ml and 264.5±15 µg/ml, respectively, P = 0.77). There was no association between serum VDBP, 25(OH) and PTH concentration.
Patients with and without vitamin D deficiency were compared with respect to anthropometric (BMI) and inflammatory parameters, as well as fatty acid content of plasma phospholipids (Table 1). Vitamin D deficient patients were younger and had higher circulating IL-6 concentrations than their non-deficient counterparts (both P = 0.04). In addition, baseline serum 25(OH)D concentration negatively correlated with BMI (Spearman's rho = −0.33, P = 0.01) as well as plasma inflammatory markers IL-6 (Spearman's rho = −0.31, P = 0.02; Figure 2A) and hsCRP (Spearman's rho = −0.29, P = 0.03), in the whole group. The negative association between serum 25(OH)D and plasma IL-6 concentration remained significant even after adjusting for age (r = −0.31, P = 0.02). On the contrary, baseline 25(OH)D positively correlated with relative plasma EPA concentration (Spearman's rho = 0.3, P = 0.03; Figure 2B) and total n-3 PUFA (Spearman's rho = 0.27, P = 0.048) in the whole study population, but not with total PUFA, total n-6 PUFA and total MUFA concentrations (not shown).
A, B. Correlations of serum 25(OH)D concentrations with IL-6 and EPA in severely obese patients at baseline. Serum 25(OH)D concentrations of obese patients (n = 54), plotted against (A) plasma IL-6 concentration and (B) eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) in plasma phospholipids at baseline. Statistical analysis was performed by Spearman's rank correlation test. C. The effect of long chain n-3 PUFA treatment on serum 25(OH)D concentrations. The difference (Δ) between serum 25(OH)D concentration at the end of treatment vs. its baseline value in both n-3 PUFA treated patients (n = 26) and controls (n = 28) was not statistically significant (P = 0.58 in ANOVA). D, E. Correlation of serum 25(OH)D concentrations with IL-6 in severely obese n-3 PUFA and control treated patients at study end. Serum 25(OH)D concentration of (D) n-3 PUFA treated patients (n = 26) and (E) controls (n = 28) plotted against plasma IL-6 concentration at the end of the intervention. Statistical analysis was performed by Spearman's rank correlation.
Treatment with long chain n-3 PUFA and control did not impact serum 25(OH)D concentration (34.2±2.6 nmol/l and 39.2±3.8 nmol/l in the n-3 PUFA and control group at treatment end, respectively, P = 0.91; Figure 2C), serum PTH concentration (41.7±3.1 pg/ml and 40.8±3.0 pg/ml in the n-3 PUFA and control group at treatment end, P = 0.92) or serum VDBP concentration (244.9±14.3 µg/ml and 249±14.3 µg/ml in the n-3 PUFA and control group at the end of treatment, P = 0.95). We further determined the seasonal impact on 25(OH)D serum concentration at baseline and at the end of treatment in the whole study population and in the two groups, separately. Baseline serum 25(OH)D concentration was slightly lower in patients randomized in winter (from September to March) compared to those randomized in summer (from May to August), i.e.34.9±3.0 nmol/l vs. 41.4±4.1 nmol/l, P = 0.24), the difference in concentration did not reach statistical significance. Similar findings were noted at the end of the treatment (not shown).
The correlations of serum 25(OH)D with IL-6 (Spearman's rho = −0.21, P = 0.30; Figure 2D), total n-3 PUFA (Spearman's rho = 0.04, P = 0.82) and EPA (Spearman's rho = 0.13, P = 0.51) were lost after n-3 PUFA treatment. In contrast, the negative correlation between serum 25(OH)D and plasma IL-6 (Spearman's rho = −0.37, P = 0.05) and serum 25(OH)D and hsCRP (Spearman's rho = −0.41, P = 0.03) remained significant in the control group.
Vitamin D deficiency along with long chain n-3 PUFA deficiency is common in both adults and children and particularly in the obese [5]. This secondary analysis aimed to investigate whether n-3 PUFA could have deleterious effects on vitamin D status in obese individuals. Accordingly, most patients from our study population exhibited vitamin D deficiency. All patients had normal serum levels of VDBP. Under physiologic conditions, serum PTH concentrations tend to correlate negatively with serum 25(OH)D concentration in case of severe vitamin D deficiency [6], but no such correlation was found in our study, a finding which has been also reported by others [24]. There is no consensus on the threshold of 25(OH)D values below which PTH levels starts to increase. Furthermore it seems that the inverse relationship between serum PTH and 25(OH)D is not causative, but reflects biochemical abnormalities associated to obesity, as multiple linear regression analyses from other studies have demonstrated that BMI itself accounts for the decreased serum vitamin D and increased PTH concentration [24], [25].
Vitamin D and n-3 PUFA are found together in cod liver oil, known for its unpleasant taste. Since purified re-esterified n-3 PUFA have become available, cod liver oil supplementation has further lost in appeal. Thus, concerns have arisen that supplementation with n-3 PUFA derived from fish-oil might, as a side effect, cause a diminished supplementation with vitamin D. There is scarce evidence from animal models receiving combined therapy with n-3 PUFA and vitamin D, so it is difficult to speculate on their combined effect. A large trial investigating the concomitant effect of n-3 PUFA and vitamin D supplementation on the prevention of cancer and cardio-vascular disease is set to be finished by 2017 [26]. In addition, Niramitmahapanya et al. found that dietary PUFA intake negatively correlated with the vitamin D status of elderly patients, receiving supplemental vitamin D3 and suggested that n-3 PUFA treatment affects vitamin D absorption [22]. We could show here that a considerable daily n-3 PUFA dose of 3.36 g did not impact the overall vitamin D status, irrespective of the season. VDBP concentration was also unaffected by the treatment. However, we cannot rule out that a higher n-3 PUFA dose affects vitamin D status. Inuits who consume high doses of n-3 PUFA and vitamin D from free-living fish and sea mammals have high circulating vitamin D concentrations [27]. In a cross-sectional analysis where serum 25(OH)D concentration and dietary intake of n-3 PUFA was assessed, the group with the highest vitamin D concentration had also the higher n-3 PUFA intake (1.5 g/d) [28]. These epidemiological data further argue against a significant impact of n-3 PUFA on vitamin D status. Moreover, baseline vitamin D concentrations in the obese middle aged cohort investigated here positively correlated with plasma phospholipid EPA and total n-3 PUFA content, strongly arguing against a negative effect of n-3 PUFA in the regular diet on vitamin D uptake. The duration of our study can be considered long enough to detect an interaction between n-3 PUFA and vitamin D as the half-life of vitamin D is reported at circa 1 month in humans and serum 25(OH)D is essentially at the plateau concentration by 1 month [29]. It is hence rather unlikely that a longer duration of treatment would significantly impact vitamin D status. Another factor which could clearly influence a possible interaction between n-3 PUFA and vitamin D is the type of patient. In this case, pathologies affecting vitamin D absorption and metabolism, such as intestinal, severe liver or kidney disease have to be considered. However, the existence of these conditions was excluded in our study.
Inflammation considerably contributes to obesity-associated complications such as insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease [11]. In this regard, anti-inflammatory therapies are currently under investigation as novel preventive and therapeutic strategies. We have shown that long chain n-3 PUFA reduce the concentration of inflammatory markers such as IL-6 in severely obese subjects [21]. IL-6 regulates hsCRP production in the liver, thus a reduction in hsCRP concentration might also occur with longer treatment. Vitamin D is negatively associated with both BMI and inflammatory markers, such as IL-6 and hsCRP in healthy lean and obese subjects [30], [31]. We and others have shown that n-3 PUFA reduce systemic and adipose tissue inflammation, induce anti-inflammatory gene expression in circulating mononuclear cells and improve metabolic control in severely obese, overweight and elderly subjects [21], [32], [33]. The data presented here indicate that the anti-inflammatory action of n-3 PUFA occurs even in vitamin D deficiency. Particularly noteworthy is the finding, that n-3 PUFA but not control treatment abolished the negative association of vitamin D concentration and inflammatory parameters. Hence it could be speculated that the anti-inflammatory action of n-3 PUFA may in part compensate for the detrimental outcome of vitamin D deficiency. Clearly, causalities of these interrelations need to be investigated in future studies.
In conclusion, treatment with n-3 PUFA does not compromise the overall vitamin D status of obese patients, many of whom were vitamin D deficient, but abrogates the inverse association of vitamin D deficiency with inflammation. The fact that n-3 PUFA treatment reduces inflammation indicates that adequate n-3 PUFA intake could compensate for some detrimental outcomes of vitamin D deficiency. Cumulative effects of n-3 PUFA and vitamin D on unfavorable obesity-related complications remain to be evaluated.
Supporting Information
Checklist S1.
CONSORT checklist.
Protocol S1.
Study protocol.
We express our gratitude to all participants of the study. We thank Erika Nowotny and Liliana Ionasz for excellent technical assistance.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: TMS BKI. Performed the experiments: BKI LL RM. Analyzed the data: BKI MZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RM TMS. Wrote the paper: BKI.
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