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Bruce E. Melnick
Bruce E. Melnick | |
NASA Astronaut | |
Nationality | American |
Status | Retired |
Born | New York City, U.S. |
December 5, 1949
Other names
Bruce Edward Melnick |
Other occupation
Coast Guard |
Georgia Tech USCGA, B.S. 1972 West Florida, M.S. 1975 |
Rank | Commander, USCG |
Time in space
12d 23h 27m |
Selection | 1987 NASA Group 12 |
Missions | STS-41, STS-49 |
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Bruce Edward Melnick (born December 5, 1949) is a former American astronaut and retired United States Coast Guard officer. Following retirement from NASA and the Coast Guard, he entered the aerospace industry. He served as a Vice President with the Boeing Co.'s Integrated Defense Systems group, in charge of Boeing's Florida operations at the John F. Kennedy Space Center (KSC). Melnick retired in 2008 and currently resides on Merritt Island, Florida.
Early life and education[edit]
Melnick was born December 5, 1949, in New York City, New York, but considers Clearwater, Florida, to be his hometown. He graduated from Clearwater High School, Clearwater, Florida, in 1967. He attended Georgia Institute of Technology for a year, and then went on to receive a Bachelor of Science degree with honors in Engineering from the United States Coast Guard Academy in 1972, and a Master of Science degree in Aeronautical Systems from the University of West Florida in 1975. He was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Science degree from the University of West Florida on 28 April 2001.[1]
Coast Guard career[edit]
Melnick spent 20 years in the United States Coast Guard, rising to the rank of Commander. His assignments included serving as operations officer and chief test pilot at the Coast Guard Aircraft Program Office in Grand Prairie, Texas. In that capacity, he conducted most of the developmental and all of the acceptance test flights for the HH-65 Dolphin helicopter, including sea trials, and wrote the HH-65 flight manual.
During his Coast Guard service, Melnick received numerous awards, including two Defense Distinguished Service Medals, two Distinguished Flying Crosses and the Secretary of Transportation Heroism Award.
In 1992, he received the U.S. Coast Guard Academy Distinguished Alumni Award. He logged over 5,000 hours flying time, predominantly in the HH-3F Pelican, HH-52 Sea Guard, HH-65 Dolphin, and T-38 Talon aircraft. Melnick was selected by NASA in 1987 and became an astronaut in August 1988 with the missions STS-41 and STS-49. He was the first Coast Guard aviator to participate in the space program, and was the first Coast Guard aviator into space.
Commander Melnick retired from the U.S. Coast Guard and left NASA in July 1992.
Aerospace-industry career[edit]
Currently, Bruce Melnick is the Vice President for Boeing Florida Operations at the John F. Kennedy Space Center (KSC). Melnick's organization, a part of the Boeing Integrated Defense Systems group, provides a variety of support services to Boeing programs in the state. Headquartered in Titusville, Florida, the organization has approximately 2,400 employees. Services provided by Boeing in Florida include engineering, facilities and maintenance support to NASA and the Department of Defense for the Space Shuttle, International Space Station and Delta rocket programs. Melnick is also responsible for the pursuit of new business for the company in Florida.
Melnick was formerly the Boeing Company Vice President at KSC for the Payload Ground Operations Contract with NASA, with 1,600 employees. The contract included all the engineering and facilities support and maintenance activities related to preparing spacecraft and/or payloads for the Space Shuttle missions prior to launch and after landing. The division also provided support to NASA and its contractors for the International Space Station hardware.
Prior to joining Boeing (McDonnell Douglas at the time), Melnick was Vice President/Director for Shuttle Engineering at United Space Alliance, formerly Lockheed Martin Space Operations, from 1994 to 1996. From 1992 to 1994, he was Director of Process Improvement Technology at Lockheed Space Operations Company.
- USCG Academy Alumni Association
- USCG Ancient Order of the Pterodactyl
- USCG Aviation Hall of Fame
- American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
- Association of Space Explorers
- Coastal Conservation Association
- Early and Pioneer Naval Aviators
- Florida Sport Fishing Association
- Missile, Space & Range Pioneers
- National Management Association
- Naval Aviation Museum Foundation
- North American Hunters Club
- United States Space Foundation
- Civilian Military Council
Board of Directors:
- Astronaut Memorial Planetarium
- Crosswinds Youth Services, Inc.
- National Space Club
- Florida Space Research Institute
- Florida Space Authority
- Economic Development Commission
- Space Coast Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
Board of Governors:
Brevard Community College Foundation
Board of Advisors:
- University of Central Florida, College of Engineering
- Florida Institute of Technology, College of Business
- University of West Florida, Institute for Interdisciplinary
- Study of Human and Machine Cognition
This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
- ^ "BRUCE E. MELNICK". NASA. Retrieved 2009-03-17.
- 1949 births
- Living people
- American astronauts
- United States Coast Guard astronauts
- American people of Ukrainian descent
- Clearwater High School alumni
- United States Coast Guard Academy alumni
- University of West Florida alumni
- United States Coast Guard officers
- United States Coast Guard Aviation
- United States Naval Aviators
- Recipients of the Distinguished Flying Cross (United States)
- Recipients of the Defense Distinguished Service Medal
- People from Merritt Island, Florida


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With a flash of light he's there in an instant and with a deafening clap his trusty side kick appears at his side. Who are these masked vigilantes that fight for the safety and peace of all humanity? Why, there's no need to wonder my good people! It's just White Lightning and Black Thunder! The greatest hero of our time and his trusty side kid who, with their combined might can harness the power of earths most fearsome creation, thunder storms! And so our hero's days begin inside their secret base inside the Bank of America building, 4th floor, room 420.
"Thunder! how be you today?"
"Oh Lightning you should have got here earlier! There's a McDonalds being robbed two hours ago!"
"Then why are we waiting around Thunder?!?!? We can't let that happen, we're the saviors of this city and it's our job to uphold justice and peace. Quick where's Ronald?"
"Ronald McDonald? Lightning i dont know if thats a real person. at any rate we should be going now"
"Ah Thunder we'll leave in a minute, hand me the tray first."
Thirty minutes later Lightning and Thunder have been unsuccessful in their search for the fabled car keys and realizing that the McDonalds is only a ten minute walk/ five minute jog our heroes have decided to trek out into the city with out their car.
"Look Lightning there it is! We made it! there's the McDonalds but it doesn't look like they're being robbed"
"What?? he he oh Thunder my greatest of friends was there every a real robbery? lets go in and check it out any way."
Thunder and Lightning zig-zag around the cars in the drive thru and into the McDonalds. as they burst thru the doors of the establishment every one turns to stare at these two grown men in spandex and mask and eyes as red as firetruck.
"Don't worry people of the resturant! Me and my trusty companion Thunder are here to save you from this cruel act of robbery!"
From behind the counter the cashier who has been starring since they walked in decides to speak, "Umm what are you talking about? we haven't had a robbery in like three months."
"Thunder i thought you said these people were being robbed?" Lighting whispers to Thunder.
"Well i thought they were but now that you mention it there are like twelve McDonalds in the area. It's possible it was a different store."
"Well we might as well not waste our time here. umm ill take a number three and a large fry. Thunder?"
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Tuesday, February 2, 2010
get hyped
two VERY exciting things are happening tonight.
1. benny & i are going to see the university of kentucky wildcats take on ole miss. we are going to cheer our little lungs out. we are going to jump up & down. we're going to holler & high-five. we're going to dance & celebrate. we are so excited. look for us in the stands.
2. the season premiere of LOST starts tonight. what are the chances that we would have tickets to a game & lost would begin on the same night? i mean..oh my goodness. don't worry, i'm pretty sure that ben has had our dvr set up for weeks in anticipation for this event. i can't wait to dive in head-first to this season. we LOVE lost. jin is my favorite.
will you be cheering on the cats? will you be tuning into sawyer?
hope your tuesday is just as exciting!
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Poustie, M.R. (2007) Environment. In: Laws of Scotland. LexisNexis Butterworths, Edinburgh, UK.
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This title focuses on the range of legislative regimes which seek to regulate local environmental problems, industrial pollution, air pollution, waste management, water pollution and resource management.
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Well, it would have melted anyway...
Is it me or did that looked staged?
I'm with you Kathy...seemed a bit staged to me.
not you Kathy, it looked completely staged:"I'm tired of guys like this, I'm outta here"He's tired of guys coming up and knocking over his sculptures? How often does that happen? Also, where was he going?


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The tiny Venezuelan state of Vargas occupies a narrow coastal strip beneath Cerro del Avila, a 2,000m high mountain. Until a few days ago the state was synonymous with weekend breaks at the beach for the residents of the capital, Caracas.
But in the early hours of Thursday morning, after two weeks of almost incessant rain, the mountain virtually exploded. Walls of water as high as 20ft swept down its steep gullies, bringing with them whole trees and rocks the size of cars.
In Guanape, taxi driver Helio Rodriguez, 32, lost nine cousins and two aunts in one of the first houses to be swept away. "Nobody escaped, nobody," he said. "People ran, but what could they do?"
No one yet has any real idea of the death toll in Vargas or nationwide. The government speaks of 650 corpses and 7,000 people unaccounted for throughout the country, but this seems certain to be a significant underestimate. A tearful Lenin Marcano, mayor of the state capital of La Guaira, put the number of dead in Vargas alone at 25,000 - about 8 per cent of the population. But like everyone else, he is pulling figures from the air. "The dead here are looked on as pieces of rubble," said Helio, who buried his relatives in the sea. "We just put them on the beach and waited for high tide."
There is only one main road in Vargas: the beachfront boulevard known in La Guaira as the Avenida Soublette, which to the east becomes the coastal highway. Most of it is now totally impassable, buried by mud and rock up to six feet deep. Large stretches of the road have been washed away, along with entire communities that were home to thousands. Parts of the poorer neighbourhoods built on the steep slopes of the mountain have also disappeared. "I am from Llano Adentro," saidOscar Vargas, 21, who lost his entire family. "I mean I was from Llano Adentro. There's nothing there now." It is a phrase heard time and again.
In La Guaira there is a different scene of destruction around every corner. One narrow, sloping street is filled with rocks up to the first-floor windows of houses. A splash of crimson turns out to be the roof of a buried Volkswagen. In the next street, half-a-dozen smashed vehicles are piled two stories high against the wall of a small church. On a nearby rooftop lies a corpse, with a patterned sheet for a shroud.
The stench of death is a constant reminder that many more lie buried under the mud. The local public hospital, the Jose Maria Vargas, has closed its doors. "Too many dead in there," said Jesus Sanchez, a police detective. With no electricity and no running water, the state is on the brink of a major public health emergency. Next door to the hospital is the flooded headquarters of the electricity company. Next to that is the cemetery, where coffins lie in the mud.
It seems as if everyone is leaving. The only people heading east, away from the road to Caracas, are soldiers, rescue teams and volunteers. "To see this exodus breaks my heart," said Julio Capriles, a local community leader. "I believe in the reconstruction of the state - someone has to stay behind. Right now we're back to zero - the state has disappeared."
Vargas, which used to belong to the federal district, was created just over a year ago. As well as the beach resorts, it includes the country's main international airport, at Maiquetia, and the port of La Guaira, which handles about a third of Venezuela's trade. The motorway that links them with Caracas has been reduced to two lanes and is open only to emergency traffic, paralysing both the port and airport. Worse still is the state of the container depot at the port. Dozens of containers were tossed around like cardboard boxes and lie in crumpled heaps. Some floated out to sea, and those that did not were looted, along with most of the town's shops.
Recovery plans are hindered by the fact that virtually every port worker has been affected in one way or another by the disaster. "We need all the international aid we can get," Mr Capriles said. "This is probably the worst disaster in Venezuela this century. It is as if there had been a war."
Although Vargas is undoubtedly the worst hit, the disaster has affected almost the whole of northern Venezuela. In the neighbouring state of Miranda the El Guapo dam overflowed, causing extensive flooding and the closure of part of the main highway linking Caracas with the east.
In the capital itself, thousands of victims were stranded in high-rise flats by flood waters that rose to three stories. Thousands of others lost their homes and may have to be resettled in the country's interior. Across Venezuela an estimated 23,000 homes have been destroyed and another 96,000 damaged.
Amid the chaos, many still cling to their faith. In the cathedral of La Guaira, the swirling waters of the Rio Osorio tore a plaster statue of the Virgin of Coromoto from its pedestal and deposited it, intact and upright, on the altar steps. "People are calling it a miracle," Mr Capriles said. "At that moment the waters subsided."
In the half-buried neighbourhood of El Cardonal, a sodden book, open at its title page, lies at the foot of a spectacular mudslide with what seems to be a message for passers-by. It is entitled Fuerza para Vivir - the strength to live.
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A word that just speaks to your heart, a word that motivates and inspires you? A word that just seems to pop up every time you turn around?
That word for me is Joy – it's not an unusual word this time of year. In fact, last year I added this to my holiday decorating….
I decided that Joy was not just for Christmas but it was something I needed to remember and focus on all year long so I left it on the wall – it is now a permanent part of my decor. A daily reminder that it is up to me to bring Joy to my world.
Because that is not always an easy thing to do – I decided I needed a few more reminders. I have an entire Joy tree (this one doesn't stay up all year). The Christmas tree in our family room is decorated with Joy ornaments….
and a few other pieces of Joy decor…
Recently I came across the following quote that I have decided is my new mantra for 2009. I love it so much we put it on our Christmas card this year.
"Let us relish life as we live it, find JOY in the journey, and share our love with friends and family." Thomas S. Monson
I have decided to tweak it just a little bit – I want to find JOY in MY journey. Life does not always go according to plan but it is up to us to find JOY in the journey that life gives us. I hope to find more JOY in my Journey in 2009.
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Mal shows off her new tight blue leggings!
Twitter and Tumblr Q&A
Mal Malloy answers some of your questions while she chugs a beer…
– What made her want to put videos on YouTube?
What is her shoe size?
– Does she watch The Walking Dead?
– Would she consider doing professional modeling?
– How does it feel to be the PAWG Queen?
– Why hasn't she done porn?
– Has she rented Dead Space?
– What are her thoughts on graffiti?
– Do she ever go to any conventions like Comic-con or E3?
– Does she make custom videos?
– Does Indo horde videos?
– What TV shows is she into?
Does her rump make noise when she jumps?
– Would she ever be in a rap video?
– Is she still doing a photoshoot with her sister?
Black leggings and update!
Mal gives an update on what videos are coming up, and shows off her lovely figure with measurements (37-26-45). I think those are some winning lottery numbers! lol
Video Suggestions Wanted…
Mal is looking for some suggestions on what she can do for her next video.
Mal Is Back!
I don't even have words! I had my doubts Mal was coming back this time. She looks better than ever, though…happy, too:)
White Garter Belt
Mal dressed up all sexy in a white garter belt and satin panties with matching lacy bra. She was testing out the super slow motion function on her camera and you can now enjoy every single luscious frame of Mal shaking her caboose like never before! Wow!!
Three Outfits
In Mal's new video she models three very sexy new outfits. The first is a skin-tight black dress which she pulls up to show off her stockings and thong, before stripping all the way down to her bra. The second is a red mini skirt and super low-cut black top. Cleavage galore! She shows her cute little boyshorts panties on under her skirt, too! The third, well, the third isn't really an outfit. lol Mal comes out topless in pantyhose, just a blue scarf hanging around her neck draped over her beautiful body. Then handbra, of course. Easily, my favorite!
Just a little vid from this morning…
Cooking with Mal! Mal is cooking?
Mal gives a bit more information about how she grew into her beautiful curvy body, all while making eggs in the kitchen. Really tight pants and low cut shirt.
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I'm merely going by her 'destruct' line and the fact Orac was seriously knackering the computer systems. Given the theme of Blake playing robin hood, Orac probably picked up on this and tried to destroy the System but leave the three planets intact IE 'free the slaves'.
I always assumed the System was destroyed, and that there were only two DSVs, but I guess it could be open to interpretation
Just watched Headhunter, weird episode. I'm not remembering a lot of these season 4 episodes, i'm thinking i may have not seen many of them in the past as i had the first 3 seasons. Avon has not changed his black outfit since Terminal, LOL. I remember in the first 3 seasons they changed there clothes almost every episode, obviously the Liberator having a full wardrobe was a good reason for that. Still, i hope they have good laundry faculties on the Base. lol
And yet Vila changes his outfit in between Terminal and Rescue! There were two main production blocks, and the outfits betray which block each episode is from. This image shows the crew (except Avon) in the first production block outfits. This image shows the crew in the second block outfits. (I plan on trying to rewatch the show again, now that Doctor Who's anniversary year is over, hence the resurrection of this thread )
Yeah I remember the last time I saw Josette in something she looked very good, but then I don't think she was very old when she did B7 (just checked and she's just 10 years older than me so early fifties). I wondered what'd happened to this thread Well having met Paul Darrow and Michael Keating at the Brit Sci fi event last year I'm hopefully going again this year and it's an even bigger lineup! Darrow, again, plus Jan Chappell (which means I'll have the autographs of my three favourite characters) Sally Knyvette, plus both Travises! On a non B7 related note also looking forward to seeing Strax and Jenny from Who!
He owns Blake's Seven, or at least "the rights" to Blake's Seven. He wrote a book called Lucifer set 20 years after the last episode, and he's involved behind the scenes of the Blake's Seven range being made by Big Finish, who have been doing Doctor Who since the end of the last century. Big Finish just started doing monthly full cast adventures, and they have have had 7 box sets of partial cast, partially narrated stories stories focussing on one or a couple of the cast/characters called the Liberator Chronicles. http://www.bigfinish.com/hubs/v/blake-s-7 Sadly though, despite being in a more enlightened age today, I don't think that Blake and Avon are going to make out at the climax of some heated adventure and never mention it again. The first full cast story, Warship, which was movie length, was the story of how they defended the break in the galactic barrier, waiting for the Federation to show up.
Nah, Big Finish generally sells exclusively, so, you have to buy from Big Finish (Though, it's just as easy as Amazon)
heard a couple of the Liberator Chronicle ones and enjoyed them but for one thing. Gareth Thomas's voice has changed a hell of a lot and for me at least it doesn't really work.
Avon sound's even more menacing, and the show was always about Villa for me anyway, and he's still perfect. You're right, Gareth sounds like he's hyperventilating. Seems more like a health issue, than smoking. You can also get Big Finish products through Previews Magazine which is the order form used globally by comic book shops, you have to ask the monkeys behind the counter to order it for you, and it will probably cost a little more than directly through Big Finish, but this is an alternative if you can't navigate the big finish site internationally or your credit card is being difficult...
He also sadly lost his wife after a long illness in 2012 (who of course played the technician Avon shot in the final episode).
A10: BREAKDOWN Nice to see an episode about Gan for a change, even if he spends 80% of it unconcious and 15% attacking the rest. Also nice to see part of the original idea for Zen with a mind of his own, shutting down to protect the ship from his own instructions, even if it endangers the crew. Always good to see Julian Glover in anything too.
Wow, Glynis looks good for late 50s. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbi...y-57-Actress-credits-yoga-youthful-looks.html
Even Vila getting in on the action action when he threatens Kane for not starting the surgery on Gan. As for Cally, well if Gan had strangled her, she'd have no-one to blame but herself. Sure maybe on Auron things were different but Gan isn't an Auronar and she should have left him restrained.
A11: BOUNTY The story is solid for a first season episode. Jenna should've been played more as the traitor rather than oh-so-obvious-she-hasn't-switched-sides ordeal. The episode spends too much time on the surface convincing Sarkoff to take flight, but the story is still interesting.
I really like Bounty. Ok part of it does come down to the wonder that is Tyce, but I like the notion of exiled leaders and the Federation not quite being all powerful, that planets could still break away. Plus it's nice to see Jenna get the chance to play the hero, even if you never really believe she's a complete traitor (it might have been more believable if it'd been Avon, let's be honest!)


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Will or can a chin reduction (done by removal of the bone) address and minimize a cleft chin? I have a cleft chin, however do not want to use fillers as my chin is already quite large, and I am considering a reduction.
Chin Reduction to Address and Minimize a Cleft Chin?
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Clefting of the chin is usually a soft tissue issue not bone. However the chin can have prominences that could contribute to the clefting. An x-ray would need to be performed to determine the cause before planning a procedure.
Web reference: http://www.capefearaesthetics.com/details/plastic+surgery-19/
Clefting of the chin is a soft tissue issue. The bone of the chin does have prominences but it would be highly unlikely that this would contribute substantially to a cleft the patient considers too deep. Release of the cleft and the introduction of a volume enhancer (a dermis fat graft) is a more predictable approach and actually increases slightly the volume of the chin.
Web reference: http://www.zubowicz.com/subpag,26-atlanta-cheek-chin-implants.htm
Chin dimpling is thought to be caused by a lack of soft tissue in the middle of the chin. The soft tissue can be muscle (mentalis), fat, etc. What also contributes is the bony structure. When the bone forms two mounds on each side of the midline, a cleft can appear. Chin reduction surgery is one element of removing the cleft by decreasing the mounds of bone that can be contributing to the cleft. If the soft tissue causes the cleft to persist, the surgeon may need to fill the cleft in with soft tissue brought in from somewhere else. This tissue can come from fat, muscle, etc or even manufactured tissue.
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Pentagon lauds Penn State Electro-Optics Center7/22/11A team including Penn State's Electro-Optics Center (EOC) was recently recognized for its work by the U.S. Department of Defense.
Next generation devices get boost from Penn State research1/22/10Researchers in the Electro-Optics Center (EOC) Materials Division at Penn State have produced 100 mm diameter graphene wafers, a key milestone in the development of graphene for next generation high-power, high-frequency electronic devices including displays, solar cells, sensors and more. Thanks to the ability of an electron to move at 1/300th the speed of light through graphene (significantly faster than silicon), graphene is a candidate material for many high-speed computing applications in the multibillion-dollar semiconductor device industry, and has the potential to enable terahertz computing, at processor speeds 100 to 1,000 times faster than silicon.
Electro-Optics Center plays vital role in economy, national defense5/18/09When Penn State opened the Electro-Optics Center (EOC) in 1999, the University's vision was to create an entity that would foster economic development in the state and to provide research and development in areas critical to the nation's defense. Ten years later, the center has proven to be successful in meeting both of those goals and has helped in the development of some of the most sophisticated technology in use today.
14th Road Scholars tour to visit western Pa., Penn State sites3/2/09The annual Road Scholars spring tour for Penn State faculty, hosted by President Graham Spanier, is now accepting reservations for its May 11-13 trip across southwestern Pennsylvania. The tour offers new and newly tenured Penn State faculty several dynamic opportunities to learn about the University and Pennsylvania as they travel to several Penn State campuses and tour businesses and popular historic sites. There is no cost for faculty to participate in this year's tour except for lunch in the Pittsburgh Strip District, one of the city's most popular spots for great food and nightlife. The deadline to register online is Monday, April 13.


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Mr Fredrik Sundberg global director, Strategic Market Development and Customer Relations, GE Healthcare Life Sciences
Showing that a biosimilar is highly similar to the originator molecule is a crucial step in bringing these products to the growing biopharmaceutical market worldwide. Critical to this process is first ensuring a well-characterized biological product. A biosimilar is a non-identical version of the originator molecule with allowances made for minor variations. These subtle differences need to be verified with appropriate physicochemical and functional assays which, in the case of a monoclonal antibody, are being carried out on molecules 100-1000 times larger than small molecule-based drugs.
For this characterization, as well as verification of the biosimilar at a later stage, classical cell-based potency assays have high inherent variation and fall far from current biosimilars standards. This means more precise and robust in vitro assays are required to establish that a molecule is highly similar and achieve regulatory approvals. Such techniques include label-free techniques such as surface plasmon resonance (SPR).
GE Healthcare Life Sciences' Biacore system has emerged as a powerful screening tool for testing quality, structure and activity of all biotherapeutics, including monoclonal antibodies and biosimilars. The ability to detect whether a drug target is binding the biosimilar in a similar way to the originator molecule enables the determination of how well, both quantitatively and qualitatively, the test biomolecule binds to the target under study. Biacore T200 surface plasmon resonance (SPR) system is a label-free, real-time technology that provides crucial information to support characterization of these complex biosimilars. SPR occurs when polarized light strikes an electrically conducting gold layer at the interface between media with different refractive indices. When a solution of a test sample is injected over a gold sensor surface supporting immobilized protein fragment(s) any interaction with the test sample results in changes to the refractive index. Biacore presents these real-time data as a 'sensorgram', which is a profile of SPR response plotted against time. This information-rich data provides real-time insight into the interaction events, as compared to single end-point assays which offer just a fraction of the information.
Biacore has applications in both research and GxP-regulated environments and can contribute to the overarching goal to improve product quality. With the FDA encouraging the use of "state-of-the-art" analytical technology [1], drug developers from research and development through to quality control are adopting new and innovative protein analytics. Whether working with novel or biosimilar drugs, the key to developing a successful biological product is to use these technologies to provide vital information on critical quality attributes (CQAs) of the molecule. When used in conjunction with orthogonal assays, any potential platform artefacts can be avoided. Such a comprehensive approach encompassing label-free technologies like SPR applied in parallel with structural methodologies that measure properties, such as primary structure, size, charge and mass, will most likely have an increasingly important role in establishing similarity. Such an "analytical tool-box" approach offers the ability to clearly demonstrate similarity and is set to aid in reducing clinical development efforts, improve overall product quality, and therefore contribute to accelerating the time-to-market for these biosimilars with improved process economy.
SPR has the added benefit of enabling the assessment of the higher-order structure (HOS) of complex biological products, such as monoclonal antibodies (mAbs), as well as complex binding of antibodies to Fc receptors (Fc-R) on cell surfaces. In addition, it can be used to develop an in-depth understanding of protein-protein interactions that are influenced by conformation, as well as how changes in the HOS of a particular target protein alter the binding-characteristics of interaction partners1. Protein-protein interactions have many functions in a cell: for example they transmit signal transduction through cell membranes using G protein-coupled receptors (GPCR), are used to maintain the structure of protein complexes, and can enzymatically modify proteins.
Consequently, SPR can be used to monitor immunogenicity as part of patient safety assessment in pre-clinical and clinical development. Immunogenicity testing is a key regulatory and technical concern for all biotherapeutics, including biosimilars, and developing more sensitive assays, which have an ability to detect greater numbers and variations of serum antibodies, will be needed. According to National Institute of Biologics and Control (NIBSC) in the UK, it is probably the most challenging element of biosimilar assessment ahead of approval and the US FDA recently released new regulatory guidelines on expectations for "Clinical Pharmacology" and "Immunogenicity2" as well as "Quality Considerations for Biosimilars3". Biacore forms part of current best practices for immunogenicity monitoring, by providing sensitive measurements of potentially neutralising antibodies that bind to biosimilar MAbs.
In addition, an SPR approach has the potential to be the standalone tool for assessment of binding for product quality control. These opportunities for adopting Biacore are particularly important in Asia, where biosimilars are a promising area of growth for the pharmaceutical industry and where pharmaceutical manufacturing in general is growing at a rapid rate. India's market is expected to grow by 15 percent annually, and in 2012 was worth $14.3 billion. The Chinese biosimilars market is due to reach $20 billion by 2015, which could represent up to 20 percent of global biosimilars. Over the past year, the number of biosimilar development projects which have been publically disclosed has increased by 40 percent. At the same time, a large number of biotherapeutics patents, worth over $67 billion6 are due to expire by 2018, including novel monoclonal antibodies (Abs). The first MAb biosimilars application to the FDA's biosimilars 351(k) pathway was recently made by Celltrion, a South Korean company. The potential to improve access for patients provided by these cheaper biomolecules could benefit both healthcare providers and patients worldwide; however, slight differences in the structure or chemistry of a biosimilar can result in significant differences in clinical outcome or immunologic response.
Demonstrating the "comparability" of a biosimilar with the original molecule is essential. The ability to do this has the additional benefit of opening new opportunities for more efficient process economy through improved production technology, developing and using a more economically viable process with, for example, the wider adoption of disposable equipment.
Beyond biosimilars it should be noted that demonstrating similarities in immunogenicity, target binding and activity levels, as well as higher-order structure through use of technologies such as Biacore, may also have future applications in vaccine manufacturing in Asia and elsewhere.
Biacore products are for research use only, not for diagnostic or therapeutic use.
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Number | ENL 103 |
Title | Composition II for English Majors |
Credits | 3.0 |
Prerequisites | ENG101 or ENG101ESL, or satisfactory completion of English Department placement procedure |
This course is designed to teach students how to write well-crafted, insightful essays about literature. The course will also teach students how to become more attentive, insightful readers. The students will draft and revise essays about literary works from several genres. Research and documentation skills will be introduced. Three lecture hours per week. Required of all first-year English majors. Not open to students who have received credit for ENG103.


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Wine Every Mountain
Gewürztraminer can be a pungent, viscous and overbearing beast. At the hands of Cantina Tramin's winemaker and technical director Willi Stürz though, it is a different animal altogether. Aromatic, yes. But with a purity and comparative lightness that belies its high alcohol level. The 2010 Nussbaumer – its flagship Gewürztraminer line – has an intense aroma of rambutan, the less floral relative of the lychee, with clean blossom and tropical fruit flavours. It is utterly delicious.
It's not just down to Willi's winemaking talents of course – as I'm sure he'd be the first to admit. The grapes are grown in the gravel, clay and limestone slopes of the Alpine foothills in Alto Adige, the German-speaking part of Italy. Hot days, cool nights, a strong afternoon wind call the Ora and an early autumn gives these grapes a lengthy ripening time, while retaining high levels of acidity. Which is what gives this Nussbaumer its sense of freshness and balance, despite a stonking 15% alcohol by volume. While many believe it's the wine makers of Alsace who have truly captured the essence of the grape, this more restrained style at Tramin speaks to my heart.
The village of Termeno (or Tramin as it also called locally) is widely regarded as the home of today's Gewürztraminer. Perhaps unsurprising then that Catina Tramin, the winery, sees the Nussbaumer as its most important wine. It ages marvellously too. On a visit to the winery, as part of the European Wine Bloggers Conference (EWBC), I got the chance to sample the Nussbaumer 2000, which had developed an appealingly stinky vegetal edge to its tropical charms. According to Willi, it had another five to seven years before it was over the hill.
A fifth of grapes grown for Tramin is Gewürztraminer. I say 'grown' because Tramin, like many other local wineries, is a cooperative. Established in 1898, it is the third oldest in the area. Its 270 members get paid according to the quality of grapes they produce each year, not on the weight of grapes; each vineyard's yield is set by the winery but it is down to the vineyard owner to grow the very best grapes he or she can.
The second largest amount of grapes grown is Schiava, a native red grape. Then there are smaller amounts of a variety of grapes including Lagrein (another native red), Pinot Bianco, Chardonnay, Sauvignon, Riesling, Pinot Grigio, Pinot Nero (Noir) – I got to taste all of these, either as varietal wines or blends, gazing out at the Alps in the far distance as I sipped, swooshed and spat.
Stoan In Love
My lasting impression is of vibrant young wines, focused varietals, elegant blends and some fascinating evolutions. Take the Unterebner Pinot Grigio. The grapes for this wine are grown at very high altitudes in extremely small yields, and because of this elevation, the grapes are left to ripen on the vine for a lot longer than if they were grown in the valley below. Willi and his team press the grapes as whole bunches, rather than de-stem them first, as is the usual practice for white wines. As a result, this fleeting brush with the polyphenols in the skin, pips and stalks of the grapes give this Pinot Grigio some structure for ageing. While the 2010 Unterebner was rounded with a mineral finish (though the alcohol felt a bit prominent) the 2002 smelt of mild brie and peaches, with vegetal flavours weaving their way through the still-bright fruit.
The 2008 Maglen Pinot Nero was light and silky, tasting of crushed raspberries supported by a subtle slick of butter. The 2009 Urban Lagrein is dark, intense, and brambly with high acidity and – we were informed – a great match for venison. The late harvest 2009 Terminum Gewürztraminer was just super, if you like dessert wines lively and fragrant. And it wasn't just me who thought this. My neighbour let out an audible groan of pleasure. The 2006 has a richer, more marmelade feel to it.
My personal favourite though was the Stoan, a blend of Chardonnay, Sauvignon, Pinot Bianco and a dash of Gewürztraminer. We started with peachy 2010 with sharp spikes of acidity poking through its gentle creamy cloud through to a softer quince-flavoured 2006 and ended with cougar-like 2004, spicy and racy and still very much on the prowl.
It was a great tasting and sealed my love for wines from Alto Adige. Cantina Tramin is surrounded by other stellar producers such as Hofstätter, Foradori, Lageder and Terlan. We visited the latter in the afternoon.
The Evolution of Wine
When we got to Terlan, we were sleepy from lunch and well behind schedule. Some of us wondered how Terlan could grab our interest. Then they pulled the rabbit out of the bag. A Pinot Bianco vertical tasting with a wine dating back to 1959.
Terlan has a thing about ageing its wines. In the cellar, we were shown a tank that still contained a wine placed there in 1979, sitting quietly on its lees.
The challenge we had was timing. We raced through more than 20 wines which I felt gave us little chance to absorb what was in our glass. Which was a shame, because Terlan had worked hard to offer us some pretty stunning white wines from its classics, vineyard and selection ranges
A harmonious white flower and citrus 1999 Terlaner, a blend of Pinot Bianco, Chardonnay and a touch of Sauvignon Blanc; a 1994 Chardonnay with flavours of camomile tea, dried grass and grapefruit peel; and a smokey, savoury 1991 Sauvignon were my star pupils in this tasting.
The evolution of Pinot Bianco through seven bottles ranging from 2010 to 1959 was the most educational and intriguing. Take the tongue-tingling new release 2010 Pinot Bianco, the 2004 Vorberg (named after the vineyard) with its rye bread and fungal characters, the nutty, cooked stone fruit flavours of the 1999 Vorberg Terlano, the apricot compote and candied citrus peel 1987 Pinot Bianco. And finally, the 52-year-old wine which is the oldest I've every tasted.
We were told that normally, this tasting would take three to four hours and the older wines would be allowed more time to open up. But because time was tight, I had to empty mine swiftly for the next flight. If it hadn't been for the PR sitting opposite me, who managed to hang onto hers, my notes may have simply stopped at "very yeasty on first smell, chalky, dried porcini, oxidised character." Which isn't surprising given this wine has sat in its bottle for so many years. As the clock ticked by, the yeastiness abated, and aromas of caramel, walnuts and wheat appeared. If only we'd had longer…
There's no denying this was an acquired taste for modern palates used to fruit forward wines. I can't see me sitting by the fire sipping this slowly – unless surrounded by other wine geeks where we could happily analyse it over the course of an evening. For me though, wine isn't just about instant gratification. It's about trying to understand what makes it tick. And seeing a wine develop over several decades is the ultimate thrill.
You can read more detailed accounts on the visit to Cantina Terlan, and the wines we tasted, in posts by Katie Myers and Alexandra Corvo .
You can find both Cantina Tramin and Terlan wines in a number of wine merchants and restaurants around the UK.
A quick search revealed some Tramin wines at online suppliers Great Wines Direct, Strictly Wine and Terlan wines at Experience Wine and Mill Hill Wines. If you find them in other retailers, please do let me know.
Tagged: 1959 Terlan Pinot Bianco, Alto Adige, Cantina Terlan, Cantina Tramin, Chardonnay, EWBC, Gewürztraminer, Lagrein, Nussbaumer, Pinot Nero, Sauvignon Blanc, Schiave, Stoan, Willi Sturz
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Great post! I loved both visits also but the flight of Gewurztraminer at Tramin was the winner for me. Got to love a winery that uses a quote from the book Perfume in it's press kit.
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- Helps improve concentration and make the memory more retentive
- Has the ability to clarify the mind
Combine with: bergamot, rosemary, geranium, lavender, clary sage, grapefruit, cedarwood, eucalyptus, orange, patchouli.
Aromatherapy uses:
- To improve concentration and clarity of thought: Add 5 drops of basil essential oil to your air diffuser.
- To help combat mental and physical fatigue: Add 6 drops of basil essential oil into bathwater, or alternatively add 4 drops of basil along with 2 drops of rosemary essential oil.
- To improve the functioning of the peptic system, to combat dyspepsia and improve digestion: Add 3 drops of basil and 2 drops of peppermint essential oil to 10ml of almond oil and massage the stomach area.
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- Avoid eye contact. Rinse thoroughly should the essential oils reach the eye area.
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- When using citrus essential oils, avoid the sun or solarium for 12 hours.
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District Background Queen Bee School District 16 is one of two elementary (PreK-8) school districts located in Glendale Heights, Illinois. Glendale Heights, approximately 25 miles west of Chicago, is situated in Northwest Dupage County and Bloomingdale Township. It is governed by a Board of Education, whose seven members are elected by the citizens in the community. The Board meets monthly in open meeting sessions at the District Professional Development Center which is located in the rear lower level of Queen Bee School at 1525 Bloomingdale Road on dates publicized locally. The Dr. James White Administrative Center which houses the district's central office, is located in the lower southeast end of Glenside Middle School. In addition to the Office of the Superintendent of Schools, the Instructional Services, Business, and Special Services Offices are located in the Administrative Center.
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Early Childhood Centers are located at each of our primary school buildings and offer both Early Childhood and PreK At-Risk Programs. Students are screened for eligibility prior to enrollment. Screening sessions are posted and appointments are made through the Special Services Department, (630) 260-6132.
School District 16 has two primary grade level centers, Glen Hill Primary School and Pheasant Ridge Primary School, which serve all Regular and Special Education Early Childhood and PreK At-Risk through 3rd grade students. Glen Hill Primary School is located at 1324 Bloomingdale Road. The office phone number is (630)260-6141. Pheasant Ridge Primary School is located at 43 E. Stevenson Drive (1/2 block east of President Street). The office phone number is (630)260-6147.
Americana Intermediate School is located at 1629 President (across from the Glenside Public Library). The office phone number is (630)260-6135. The intermediate grade level center serves all 4th and 5th grade students.
Glenside Middle School is located at 1560 Bloomingdale Road. The office phone number is (630)260-6112. The Middle School serves the developmental needs of more than 700 young adolescents in grades 6, 7, and 8.
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Government officials everywhere seem too often unfamiliar with the concept of sunk costs. If you buy something at a specified cost and then you find out that you can't sell it for as much as you were expecting to (i.e., at a profit), the optimal course of action is to sell as much as you can for whatever price you can fetch. You don't incur into a loss when you sell, the damage has already been done and the loss has already been realized the moment you made the purchase, therefore selling at whatever price can never be selling at a loss, any rupee coming in is going to be a rupee improving the bottom line. Storing the wheat in inappropriate depots is incurring into a continuous loss through depreciation and storage costs.
The Indian government should sell this wheat into the market immediately at whatever price they can fetch (including paying for the disposal of the batches in the worst conditions). Businesspeople buying the wheat (searchers, using William Easterly's terminology) will make every effort to sell it at a profit to whoever will appreciate it most (likely poor people), which will get staple food at subsidized prices. The policy of buying wheat at inflated prices needs to end. I would propose gradual convergence of price paid to real market prices in about 5 years so not to produce a brutal shock to wheat producers.


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Like most of you, I have mountains of things to do before school starts in a few short weeks. Lessons to plan, curriculum to revise, book bins to organize. But what do I find myself doing? Shopping for materials and creating cute, crafty, completely non-essential projects that just make me happy. So, someone needs to hide the car keys and take away my glue gun - please!
I hit the Dollar Tree (again) and found the greatest thing! I'm sure you've seen these cute little hand pointers in some of the teacher supply catalogs.
They usually sell for about $15.00 for three, and they're always one of the things that get cut from our wishlist when my team and I sit down to order each year. Well, they have them at Dollar Tree! (Run over quickly - they just came in on the truck this morning!) For a dollar each, who could resist? So I bought some for my whole team and the idea for a little Back-to-School gift was hatched right there in the craft aisle at Dollar Tree. I picked up a few cheesy vases, some ribbon and some greenery and came home and wrote a little poem. I now have a cute (yet thrifty) gift to say, "I'm glad I'm working with you this year." I hope my team (the best team in the world, btw) likes their "handy bouquets!"
Feel free to use the poem if you're giving a back to school gift to a colleague (you could take off the last verse and it would work for anything...)
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Cute idea! Thanks for sharing the idea! :)
Crayons and CurlsLOVE it! I'm searching for something for my team now. I always do a little something. I have GOT to go to the Dollar Tree tomorrow pronto!
Sunny Days In Second GradeAdorable! I've got to check Dollar Tree too!! THANKS for sharing this cute idea,
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These dovetail jigs have all the great features you've come to expect from Leigh but at a lower price! They are available in 12", 18" and 24" models. Like previous Leigh versions, you can cut variably spaced through and half-blind dovetails in a variety of material sizes and thicknesses in two passes, or you can cut both sides of fixed spaced half-blinds at the same time. The Super Jigs also make sliding dovetails and 5/16" and 5/8" box joints right out of the package. There's no additional template to buy. You can even fine-tune the fit of the fingers with Leigh's new E-Bush template guide that adjusts in increments of .002".
Leigh redesigned their speed clamps for a more powerful grip, and made the finger assembly easier to slide and read. There's even a handy on-board reference card with set up information, and a quick setup jig for box joints and half-blind dovetails that stores on the jig.
With each size Super Jig you get: 1/2" 8° dovetail bit, 1/2" 14° dovetail bit, 5/16" straight bit, 1/2" to 8mm collet reducer, 7/16" template guide, cam-action speed clamps, sliding dovetail fence, square drive screwdriver (for adjusting the fingers), a really first-class instruction manual and DVD, the new E-Bush and some half-blind bridging material.
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New York: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who has long been lauded for his pivotal role in liberalising the Indian economy, has been dubbed as an "underachiever" by a top US magazine which says he appears "unwilling to stick his neck out" on reforms that will put the country back on growth path. 79-year-old Singh is featured on the cover of Time magazine's Asia edition, which will be out next week. With his portrait in the background, the title on the cover reads 'The Underachiever - India needs a reboot'.
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Is Prime Minister Manmohan Singh up to the job?' Time's report titled 'A Man in Shadow' asks, adding that apart from facing the challenges of a slowdown in economic growth, huge fiscal deficit and a falling rupee, India's Congress party-led UPA coalition "has found itself fending off corruption scandals and accused of showing a lack of economic direction."
"....investors at home and abroad are beginning to get cold feet. Voters too are losing confidence, as rising inflation and a litany of scandals chip away at the government's credibility," the magazine said.
Pointing towards Singh's fall "from grace," the magazine said, "in the past three years, the calm confidence he (Singh) once radiated has been absent. He seems unable to control his ministers and — his new, temporary portfolio at the Finance Ministry notwithstanding — unwilling to stick his neck out on reforms that will continue the process of liberalisation he helped start."
The magazine said at a time when India cannot afford a slowdown in economic growth, "laws that could help create growth and jobs are stuck in Parliament, sparking concerns that politicians have lost the plot in their focus on shorter-term, populist measures that will win votes."
"Now that Singh is interim Finance Minister as well as PM, he has greater scope and a fresh opportunity to turn things around — but it's by no means certain that he can," Time said.
Over the past 20 years, Singh's "avuncular visage and signature powder blue turban were synonymous with India's rising star, a fixture on front pages since the early 1990s, when, as Finance Minister, he played a pivotal role in liberalising the economy and setting the nation on the path of fast growth," the magazine said.
It said in a national capital full of bluster and backroom deals, the quiet economist has long been admired for his restraint and personal integrity. The country clocked a 9.6 percent growth in his first term as Prime Minister.
"For the past two years, the Congress-led coalition has found itself fending off scandals, most notably the corrupt awarding of 2G spectrum at prices below market value," the magazine said.
It added that Singh's "squeaky-clean image" took a hit when anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare levelled charges at Singh and more than a dozen of his ministers over the alleged misallocation of coal-mining rights.
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India's "battered economy" is another menacing concern for Singh, Time said.
"In a bid to cushion the pain of inflation and keep constituents happy ahead of ever looming elections, the UPA has been burning through its boom-time chests, spending on subsidies and social benefits. But business-friendly laws that could spur growth to offset that spending are languishing, and industry is struggling," it said.
Given the bleak economic situation, industry leaders are demanding a host of bold reforms, such as an end to expensive subsidies, deregulation of diesel prices and resumption of a law to allow multi-brand retailers like Walmart into India, the magazine said.
Singh has said that the government owes it to the country to take all the "necessary decisions which would return the country to a high-growth path," it said.
Time said Singh has joined the public soul-searching belatedly, and the electorate will let him know what it thinks of his performance in general elections scheduled for 2014.
"...India can only wait to see if Singh can rouse himself, let alone prevail or overcome," it said.
The magazine said some believe Singh's "unofficial power-sharing agreement" with UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi has "tied his hands and that he lacks the clout to go against other party stalwarts."
While Singh had called on his officials to "revive the animal spirit in the country's economy," the magazine quoted his communications adviser Pankaj Pachauri as saying that the Prime Minister "wants to be cautious because he knows the economy in India ... is facing hardships. He tells me, 'Don't raise expectations too much.'"
The article talks about Singh's rise from studying by the candlelight to becoming leader of the world's largest democracy.
The magazine said there are a lot of factors that are outside Singh's control.
"India's democracy is defined by its raucous plurality, and the current coalition, representing interests from many corners of the vast country, has grown particularly unwieldy. Parliament too has become less productive," it added.
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Lot 1420: RULES OF DISCIPLINE OF THE YEARLY MEETINGS OF FRIENDS 1834 Antique Theology Quakers Pennsylvania Philadelphia
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Title: Rules of Discipline of the Yearly Meetings of Friends, for Pennsylvania, New-Jersey, Delaware, and the Eastern Parts of Maryland: Revised and Adopted by the Said Meeting, Held in Philadelphia, by Adjournments from the 21st of the Fourth Month, to the 26th of the Same, Inclusive 1834
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Publisher: Printed by Joseph Rakestraw
City: Philadelphia
Year: 1834
Binding Style: Hardcover
Pagination: 191 pages
Width: 6" Height: 8.75"
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Condition / Notes: This antique full leather volume with gilt ruling on the spine displays significant rubbing and scuffing to the exterior. The hinges are cracked. Two bookplates are present to the front paste-down, and the endpapers are toned. Foxing is present throughout, and the lower fore corner of pages 125-126 shows loss, not intruding into text. This volume contains an index.
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