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Every single Villanova team left campus this past weekend to hit the road. Can't blame them for it though, especially with finals just around the corner. Here are the top stories from this past week:
Holy War:
Villanova played its first Big Five opponent of the season, heading over to Hagan Arena to play St Joe's. The Wildcats downed their rivals, beating them 86-72. Villanova maintained a steady pace throughout the game and St. Joe's couldn't break through. Ryan Arcidiacono had 17 points off of 6-of-9 shooting. Josh Hart added 18 points and nine rebounds. Kris Jenkins also had 18 points. DeAndre Bembry led the Hawks with 17 points, six rebounds, and a pair of assists.
The Wildcats had a quiet rest of the week, heading over to Hawaii on Thursday in order to prepare for their game against #6 Oklahoma on Monday night.
Article: Reviewing the NIT Tipoff and Looking Ahead to December
Article: Game Preview: Saint Joseph's Hawks
Recap: Rivalry Renewed! Wildcats Take Down Hawks, Win 86-72
Article: A Fan's Reaction to the Holy War
Article: Arcidiacono, Brunson Named to USBWA's Watch List for National Awards
End of the Road:
The volleyball team's magical season has come to an end. The Wildcats were handed a crushing defeat by the Dayton Flyers in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament, Villanova's first since 1997. Dayton won: 21-25, 26-24, 25-23, 25-23. It was a closely contested game, with neither team ever comfortably winning a set. Allie Loitz led the Wildcats with 17 kills. Claire Crutchfield and Amanda Pedersen-Henry each had 12 kills. Senior Emma Pettit finished with 42 assists, 10 digs, four blocks and five kills. For Dayton, Alaina Turner finished with a game-high 24 kills. This season was a step in the right direction for the program, which will hope to build on a season that had a number of accomplishments – a 25-9 record, 12-0 at home, a Big East Tournament finals appearance, and an NCAA Tournament bid.
Recap: 'Nova Volleyball Ousted by Dayton in Four Sets
Who Says Cats Can't Swim?:
Freshman swimmer Darby Goodwin had a historic weekend, shattering a couple of records along the way at the Big AI Open in Princeton. On Saturday, she became the first Villanova woman to ever finish the 100 back in under 55 seconds, finishing with a time of 54.80. She would later come back to break her own record again to win the event with record 54.69 finish. On Sunday, she broke an 18-year old record in the 200 back prelims with a time 1:58.90. Just like the day before, she came back to re-break her own record, finishing at 1:58.30. The record was previously held by Jackie Gruters in 1997. Overall, the women's team finished third at the Big AI Open, while the men's team placed seventh.
Warm Ups:
The men's and women's track team got their indoor season started at the Jack Pyrah Invitational over at Haverford College. The Villanova men's team won four events overall. Freshman Sterling Pierce clocked in at 6.99 seconds in his first place finish in the 60 meter race. Josh Lampron won the mile run. Meanwhile Kolby Koeck and John McDonald finished in first in the pole vault and shotput, respectively. As for the women's team, they raked in seven first place finishes at the meet. Two came from sprints, three were from middle distance races, and three more from field events. Melissa June and Katie HoSang won the 60 meters and the 60 meters hurdle, respectively. Veronica Scott took home the 800 meters victory, while Sammy Bockoven and Alexandra Russo won the 1000 meter and the mile, respectively. Anne Yahiro placed in first in the long jump. Kristin Erickson and Alex Zimmerman won their field events.
Going Back to Cali:
On Saturday, in the opening round of the Cal Classic at Berkeley, Ca., sophomore Alex Louin had a career night to help lead the Wildcats to victory over Sacramento State. Louin finished with 24 points, scoring 13 of her points in the second quarter alone. The Wildcats beat the Hornets, 78-54. Megan Quinn dialed in a double-double performance with 12 points and 12 boards. Adrianna Hahn contributed a strong 14-point performance off the bench.
In the Cal Classic Championship game on Sunday, Villanova led St. Mary's for the first three quarters of the game. Unfortunately, the Gaels used a 15-4 run in the fourth quarter to propel themselves into the lead. From there, the Wildcats just couldn't answer back. They went on to lose 67-60. Caroline Coyer led the 'Cats with 13 points, five rebounds, and one assist. Quinn and Katherine Coyer had 11 points each. They were also both named to the all-tournament team.
Article: Louin's Career Night Helps Pace Wildcats to Victory


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Welcome to Crieff Hydro Riding Centre and Livery Yard.
Here, horse riding enthusiasts of all ages and ability are welcomed – from your first close-up experience with a horse to that all important competition prep. (We even 'train the trainers!')
Our Facilities
Our horse riding facilities at Crieff Hydro Hotel are open seven days a week; and with our riding school being approved by both the British Horse Society (BHS) and the Trekking and Riding Society for Scotland (TRSS) you know you are in safe hands. Enjoy indoor and outdoor schooling, lessons, hacks on 900 acres of estate and top quality livery options for your beloved horse.
Suffice to say, if you're as enthusiastic about horses and horse-riding as we are, we'd love to hear from you!
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Emergency Preparedness
Mabel Paine staff and community are committed to providing and maintaining a safe, orderly, and attractive environment which promotes productivity and stimulates learning. Our school wide safety plan, which is updated every year in October and March, fosters respect for all individuals and effectively utilizes available district and community resources.
We would like to make you aware of the plans we have made at the school in the event of a serious earthquake or disaster. Please read and save this information for future reference.
Each school year the staff reviews our school plans for earthquake/disaster preparedness. The staff is divided into assigned teams and has specific responsibilities to insure safety for all students in the event of an earthquake or disaster.
Regularly the entire school participates in fire drill, duck, cover and evacuation drills, as well as lock-down drills. The children have been informed about where to go and what to do in the event of an emergency at school, whether they are in their classroom or elsewhere on the campus.
After a Serious Earthquake...
If the telephones are operational following a serious earthquake, their use will be restricted to reporting medical, fire or other emergencies. Please DO NOT CALL THE SCHOOL. Information for parents will be released by radio on local news stations (KFI 640 and/or KNX 1070). Parents will be advised regarding school conditions, dismissal times and procedures.
In the event of a major earthquake, SCHOOL WILL NOT BE DISMISSED AND CHILDREN WILL REMAIN UNDER SUPERVISION OF SCHOOL AUTHORITIES.


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In May of 2004, I went out to my local EB Games and bought a PS2, a USB keyboard, and my copy of Final Fantasy 11. Since then, me and my Tarutaru character, Tweek, have put in hundreds of days worth of play time (that's right, days, not hours) and I have loved them all. Having spent so much time playing, I grew incredibly attached to the music. Unfortunately, in 2004 my remixing abilities were worse than terrible! Fast forward to 2009 and the inspiration hit me to try my hand at a remix from the game. After finishing the first one, I wanted to try another and then another and so on. After a hiatus from the project, in 2012 I picked it back up and dove back into the music I loved.
Even though Final Fantasy 11 is one of the games that many Final Fantasy fans have never played, believe me when I say that the music is fantastic. My only hope is that the album I've created will do justice to the fine work from Nobuo Uematsu, Naoshi Mitszuda, and Kumi Tanioka. The journey I've taken over the past three years with this project has shown me just how amazing these three composers truly are. Tweex the Gaming Geek (me) is a composer, blogger, remixer, comic artist, and all around nerd. If you want to listen to more music from Tweex, head over the MAIN SITE for much more!


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Creativity tips, creative exercises and a little Jewish mothering from Jan Sokoloff Harness
Monday, September 12, 2016
Creativity Tips: Be a Mensch
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Mensch: An endangered species of human. But with care and nurturing and best set examples in daily life it is predicted that their numbers shall increase,
- September 12, 2016 at 11:32 AM
A mensch is a "stand up" person in my estimation, one who puts decency, human dignity and respect first. A mensch knows and acts as though "the other" is also created in God's image.
- September 12, 2016 at 11:34 AM
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Examples of being a Mensch:
1) The two young men who rushed to the aid of a stranger when her chair suddenly collapsed at an outdoor concert
2) A mensch is the man who helped me on when my jacket when I was struggling
3) a mensch is the stranger who helped me open a package when he saw me struggling
4) a mensch is the person who rushes to help someone struggling without being asked
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Five Early Childhood Care and Education teachers, with a combined service to Tobago of more than 80 years, have been fired from the Division of Education, Innovation and Energy, headed by Chief Secretary Kelvin Charles.
Two educators were fired at the end of the last term and three just last Monday.
With the support of the Early Childhood Teachers' Trade Union (ECCETU), the matter is now before the Industrial Relations Court and the Ministry of Labour.
According to documents obtained by Tobago Today, the division's actions stemmed from the teachers' refusal to sign a contract dated April 3, 2017-April 2, 2018.
However, the teachers said they were given the contracts months after it had expired and claimed they were denied the chance to get a lawyer to review it.
The union's Tobago representative, Iyanna Charles-Beard, said while the division's refusal to allow teachers to get expert opinion affected all teachers, it was "disturbing to those over 60 years."
"They were concerned as the contract said once teachers were over 60 they would not be reemployed," Charles-Beard said.
She said the older teachers conveyed their views to the THA via a letter, arguing that as "permanent employees... they were entitled to a pension as they were nearing retirement." They were sent home immediately.
The teachers were given one month's salary and a termination letter by the division sincerely expressing its gratitude for their "years of commitment and service to the Tobago House of Assembly."
The younger teachers were told that "in the circumstances," the division "was left with no choice but to deem (their) employment status...terminated with immediate effect."
They too were given one month's pay and a letter stating the division was "grateful" for their services.
ECCETU president Jamiele Sydney said since the THA began firing teachers, the other teachers have signed the "illegal" contract.
"What this means is that after they have given years of service they now go home with one month's pay, no gratuity and no pension," he said.
"Once the teachers were fired earlier in the year, the division began writing threatening letters to the other employees and they soon caved in and most signed."
Calling the THA's actions "illegal," Sydney pointed to a clause in the THA contract which stated that "the Industrial Relations Act Chapter 88:01 of the Laws of Trinidad and Tobago does not apply to this contract only on the grounds of the expiry of the term granted."
Addressing the issue of the age limit outlined in the document, Sydney said the national policy document on early childhood care and education stated that "staff may only work ...from the age of 18 to 65."
He said the "affected persons and their families are upset and this is not the end of the road."
In an emailed response to the matter, Chief Secretary Charles said the THA will not engage in discussions on the two teachers who have taken the matter to the Industrial Court.
However, he noted that "the three ECCE teachers who refused to sign the contracts have been informed of the implications of their action, as they are not entitled to the payment of any gratuity in the absence of a contract."
He said the Education Division is now discussing with the Ministry of Education the transfer of the ECCE from the Ministry of Education to the THA.
He said a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the ministry has been drafted and once it is approved by Cabinet, "the issues of the entitlement of the ECCE teachers to severance pay/pension will be addressed."


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Tsentry Thunderstorm Email Warnings
is an add-on program to Nexstorm that allows the instant distribution of alert emails when a thunderstorm is detected within a predetermined radius of the lightning detector.
If 30 minutes passes with no lightning strikes in the storm area then an "All Clear" email is sent.
In the case of Lochaber Weather, the alert range has been set at 200 miles (322km) so any thunderstorms detected within this area will prompt the alert emails to be sent.
If you would like to receive these Thunderstorm Alert emails then please send your details, including your email address, using the Contact Form with the "Department to Contact" set at "Thunderstorm Alerts ". Your details will then be added to the list of recipients and you will receive a confirmation email.
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Modern innovators like Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg certainly deserve their pages in the history books, but perhaps they haven't earned as lengthy a write-up as you'd think, says Department of History Assistant Professor Peter Maust, Ph.D.
"Historians and other scholars have been fighting tooth and nail against (idolizing single innovators) for decades," Dr. Maust said during his liberal arts colloquium Sept. 26 at SJC Long Island. "There's a big argument that you can't take technological changes out of their historical context by just putting all this weight on one genius.
"You're setting aside all the other advancements that needed to happen in order for (a Gates or Zuckerberg) to be successful," he added.
Dr. Maust's lecture, "Inventive Activity in the Early United States and the Heirs of Robert Fulton," discussed the historical significance of 19th century inventor Robert Fulton.
This image of the inventor as somebody who does something for the public good was molded in the time of the 1800s. And in part it was molded by Fulton and the success of steamboats."
Though not a household name to many, Fulton, who is widely credited with developing the first commercial steam-powered boat, revolutionized travel and commerce in the early United States, and played a crucial role in the country's territorial expansion and development.
His legacy is immortalized in marble — a statue of Fulton sits at the National Statuary Hall in the U.S. Capitol — and in the famed painting "The Apotheosis of Washington," found in the rotunda of the U.S. Capitol Building. But his predecessors aren't nearly as admired.
"Fulton was extraordinary, but he had access to 20 years of failures that he studied," Dr. Maust said. "He had access to previous patents. He had access to all this work, and he worked on it a while before he was able to make it functional."
While Fulton's celebrated status lives on to this day, Dr. Maust attests that the modern day "heroic inventor" persona was not developed until around the Fulton-era in the early 19th century.
Dr. Maust asked the audience gathered in the Shea Conference Center to put themselves in the mindset of Americans in the early 1800s, when "a general skepticism of technology was popular to the time" and there were no perennially celebrated iPhones or app inventors. It was a time where technological progress was nowhere near as valued by the public. Dr. Maust posited that, before Fulton, innovators and inventors were seen less as Steve Jobs-types, and more as visionary cranks.
"This image of the inventor as somebody who does something for the public good was molded in the time of the 1800s," Dr. Maust said. "And in part it was molded by Fulton and the success of steamboats."


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It may be something of a surprise to the regular reader of these pages to learn that I have no interest in watching coverage of the British royal wedding this weekend. Certainly I wish Prince William and Catherine Middleton well in their marriage, but I cannot bring myself to be as enthralled by it as is virtually every pin and cog of the media juggernaut on both sides of the pond. I would never favor abolition of the British monarchy, much as I am quite happy not to live in a monarchical system. Yet as a Catholic I cannot help but turn up my nose a bit at it, since in its present form it represents the continued power of institutionalized British anti-Catholicism in the more than 300 years since Catholics were removed from the line of succession upon passage of the 1701 Act of Settlement.
Recently Deputy British Prime Minister Nick Clegg nixed the idea of abolishing the prohibition on Catholics, following pressure from Church of England leaders. As Peter Hutchinson reports in The Torygaph today Alex Salmond, First Minister of Scotland and head of the Scottish National Party, has called for Mr. Clegg to issue a formal clarification of the government's position on the issue. The reader will no doubt note the curious fact that Mr. Salmond is not himself a Catholic but a member of the Church of Scotland; even more curiously, Mr. Clegg is an atheist who is married to a Catholic Spaniard, and whose children are being raised as Catholics. Make of this what you will.
The issue of the British succession came up last evening in the context of a discussion among friends regarding Prince William's decision not to wear a wedding ring – a practice very widespread among the married Englishmen I knew during the time I lived in London. One of the gentlemen in our conversation was surprised that I did not really care either way whether he wore one. My response was simply to state that my position on matters related to the Saxe-Coburgs is one which I can only describe, for lack of a better term, as "Jacobite".
Jacobite views were well-regarded in my family; indeed, one of my siblings has "Stuart" as one of his middle names for this reason. The attempt to try to get the Stuarts back on the throne is one of those great lost causes of history which still inspires the romantic, as indeed is the Carlist cause in Spain. In both cases, these wars of succession are still being fought, albeit off the actual field of battle, in the trenches of constitutional law, where the anti-Catholic reaction to the Jacobites came to be formally enshrined at the dawn of the so-called Age of Reason.
Subsequent attempts to abolish or reform the Act of Settlement in order to allow Catholics to succeed to the throne have been considered and dropped numerous times. This is partly due to the complicated legal maneuvering that would be required, and partly due to the continued opposition of politically conservative British Protestants. Thus the re-emergence of this issue in recent weeks has been more interesting to me than questions about whether Prince William ought to wear a wedding ring or whether the tune "Coal Miner's Daughter" should be played whenever Catherine Middleton enters a room.
For unlike the romantic notions of putting a Stuart back on the throne of Britain or a Hapsburg back on the throne of Spain, the Act of Settlement is a blatant instance of institutionalized anti-Catholicism that is still enforced today. It remains the law of the land not just in England and Scotland, but throughout the British Commonwealth, since any attempt to change it must be passed by the respective governments of each of the members of the Commonwealth, from Canada to Australia, New Zealand to Jamaica, and so on. It is so ancient a prejudice as to be deeply embedded in the fabric of the entire empire.
Those in Britain, the U.S., and other northerly climes who look at the ongoing arguments between Catalonia and Castile in Spain as being anachronistic remnants of the Carlist and Bourbon conflicts of the early 18th century, have only to look at Britain's own history for an example of deliberate policies of exclusion that date back to precisely the same period. The key difference, of course, is that in Spain religion did not directly enter into the question of succession. In Britain, by contrast, religion is very much at the heart of the matter.
The Church of England is very right to point out that to allow a Catholic to ascend the throne could create a potential constitutional crisis. That fact would seem to suggest, to a reasonable mind, that the flaw is not in the idea of opening the succession, but rather in the anti-Catholic language of the Act. To undertake what is difficult, but just, may result in tears or worse, but that does not mean that apathy or inaction are the better choices.
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The Saguaro
The Saguaro
Want a classic Arizona luxury hotel - which is to say ultra contemporary, southwest decor, and a little bit on the older side? Kind of like the cougars you're hoping to take down? You've found it.
The Saguaro is where many a movie star have come to stay. This Joie de Vivre spot is trying so hard to be swanky that it changes names more than Tiger Woods switches girls (eg, it used to be the James, Mondrian, and Theodore), but that won't stop a nearly-guaranteed number of groups of cuties staying there (likely for a bachelorette party).
It's not quite the party vibe, but has good service, a great location, is surprisingly reasonable, and there's actually a fairly swingin' bar around dinner time.
The aforementioned bar is a perfect spot to have a toast (or perhaps roast) of the bachelor prior to going out. Though the single guys in the group may loiter a bit for the cougars hanging around.
Price: $$
Bar on premises: As mentioned, yes. Though more a jump off then a destination.
Lively daytime pool scene?: It's a decent scene but you may have to create your own party.
Close to: The Mission (upscale SW food), RnR (fun party brunch), Grazie (authentic pizza), Rusty Spur (dive bar), Dos Gringos (sports bar), Firehouse (sports bar), Hotel Valley Ho (cool hotel with terrific pool scene), Courtyard Marriott (in case you go to the wrong hotel).


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Shortly after moving to Switzerland in 1960, Hjördis and David Niven began a Boxing Day ritual that would last for over ten years. Noël Coward, his partner Graham Payn, and secretary Cole Lesley would travel by train from the village of Les Avants to be met at Château-d'Oex for a day of partying at the Nivens' chalet.
In 1969, David told columnist Marilyn Beck that he waited for Coward on the station platform: "under a union jack umbrella, holding a tray of Bloody Marys. I wanted to meet Noël with a brass band, but couldn't find one in the village. We always like to give Noël an interesting welcome."
Hjördis seemed to enjoy Coward's visits, although he described her slightly condescendingly in his diary. She was "very gay and charming," he wrote after one visit, "but fairly silly as usual."
The 1972 celebration was to be the last. "The Christmas before he died we were all there," David later said. "We were chatting about what we would do the following Christmas, and Noël spoke: 'There will be no Christmas. I will not be there.' He wasn't that ill, and he was only 72, not old."
"He orchestrated his end. There were all those revivals of his shows, and then he went to bed and died. He used to lie in bed a great deal. My wife Hjördis and I went to see him. Hjördis is always upset by people who are ill. She asked him, 'But Noël, what are you doing in bed?' Noël answered, 'I'm dying my dear.' And he did, very soon afterward." Noël Coward died of heart failure on 26th March 1973.
Ruling the bookshelves
In 1973, David's movies; the good, the bad, and the mediocre, were all over American TV schedules like a rash. He was also seen reminiscing on talk shows, and heard narrating 'Survival' wildlife documentaries.
During the winter months, David worked earnestly on his new book, temporarily titled 'Opus 2', and in late February claimed to have written 80,000 words. Columnist James Bacon's prodding revealed little else: "He won't say what it's about except that it's a combination of fact and fiction." It was, in fact, a collection of essays about the classic years of Hollywood, as seen through the eyes of someone who had been there, seen it, and slept with it.
At the same time, 'The Moon's A Balloon' still ruled the bookshelves. In April, Sheilah Graham wrote: "The paperback publication has been postponed because the hard cover is still on the best seller list in England – number three last week. No book within memory has lasted on the list for one whole year. It was also a best-seller in the USA. If David wants to, he could now write books for the rest of his life."
Home and away
"His success did not help his marriage, which continued to drift along on an uneven keel," Jamie Niven told Vanity Fair in 1988. "He did very little to help her (Hjördis); on the contrary, he seemed to be away from home more than ever."
If Hjördis resented David's new success as something that kept her languishing at home, his work-rate was also required to maintain their lifestyle among the world's most rich and famous.
In March, Hjördis skied with Princess Grace and Prince Albert, and was also seen regularly in the company of (I'll try to keep this short) Gonzalo Víctor Alfonso José Bonifacio Antonio María y Todos los Santos de Borbón y Dampierre, grandson of Alfonso XIII (the last king of Spain), cousin of Juan Carlos (the next king of Spain), and great-great-grandson of Queen Victoria. He was also known as something of a great-great-playboy.
The Nivens were a big enough fixture in the international jet-set to be invited to Madrid in March 1972, for the wedding of Gonzalo's brother Alfonso (Spain's ambassador to Sweden) to General Franco's grand-daughter Doña Carmen. [I hope you're following this, because you will be tested at the bottom of the page. Oh, OK, not really…].
The wedding's guest list reported in the press included a cross-section of the royal, ex-royal, super-rich, and (in the opinion of some) super-dodgy, including "Aristotle and Jacqueline Onassis, the Henry Fords, Juan Perón, Prince Rainier and Princess Grace, the Guy Rothschilds of Paris, and [Philippines' first lady and noted shoe-nut] Imelda Marcos".
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David Niven at the launch of the paperback edition of 'The Moon's A Balloon'. The Savoy Hotel, London. 30th April 1973
David and Hjördis were only pictured together infrequently during 1973, such as in April when they were on the judging panel at a beauty contest for cars outside the Casino de Beaulieu. However, later that same month David dashed back to London, albeit grudgingly, to promote the long-delayed paperback edition of 'The Moon's A Balloon'.
David returned to his family in May, and then bounced back to England in July to make a race-swap comedy-horror movie called 'Vampira'. "A faulty blood transfusion turns Dracula's wife black…" ran the promotional headline. Enough said. Still, the movie did have its attractions for David, such as a photo-call at the London Playboy Club, where he was surrounded by young female cast members. "Debonair David Niven, who's always had a way with pretty girls, hasn't lost his touch at 63," the accompanying headline ran, accurately.
As long as the pretty girls weren't aware that he was 63. In 1979 he told his friend, the journalist Roddy Mann: "If I'm trying to impress someone, I'd just as soon not be reminded how old I am. I once took a highly attractive girl to the boat show here, and we were getting along famously and she was viewing me with decidedly friendly eyes when suddenly this hideous couple hoved in sight – a foul creature with a crone of a wife. To my horror the man came over and introduced himself."
"'Good heavens Niven' he said, 'I haven't seen you since we were at school.' When they'd gone I could sense the girl looking at me a little warily. 'Were you really at school with him?' she asked. 'Absolutely,' I said. 'He was the music master.'" [Boom, boom…]
"He took a flat in London, and came to London a lot and misbehaved," Roddy Mann later told Graham Lord. "The girls were always about twenty-five."
It looks like younger than twenty-five was still worth a reconnoitre. Twenty year-old actress Linda Hayden appeared with David in 'Vampira': "He took me out to lunch a couple of times. He was very sweet with me, I must have reminded him of one of his old girlfriends or something, because I was much, much younger than him. But I was the one he used to take out to lunch."
'Vampira' was done and dusted in October. By then, home had switched back to Château-d'Oex. The US press reported that on David's return he found: "A special message from a special former 'leading lady' awaiting him – a professional 'tart' named Nessie." Nessie being the teenage prostitute from one of his favourite stories.
"Nessie contacted Niven to tell him she had read his book and enjoyed it. It turns out the former 'tart' is a grandmother living in the mid-west. David says he doesn't plan to contact the lady when he visits the US next week, that he would rather keep his image of her as a 'teenage beauty' intact."
Whether through design or circumstance, David was now living two distinctly separate lives. He may have viewed the scenario as ideal – if only Hjördis had been willing to count her blessings, ask no questions, and contentedly look after the girls between each flying visit. However, Hjördis was never that bland or docile – although she had always felt too constrained to assert herself within the marriage. Sadly, instead she just sank further into alcoholism, which would control her life more than David.
In mid October, David waved goodbye once again, and headed off for yet another US lecture tour. "27 lectures in 31 days," he enthused. "Absolutely hysterical. Minneapolis, Jacksonville, The Ozark Lounge in Pleasanton, Kentucky… I won't lecture anywhere near Los Angeles."
Hjördis meanwhile became re-acquainted with a plaster cast. Again. TV show presenter and gossip columnist Ed Sullivan (admired, but referred to as "The Great Stone Face" by Igor Cassini,) revealed that she had just fractured her left leg for a third time.
Killed by a vodka bottle and a night table
Sheridan Morley interviewed Noël Coward's partner Graham Payn for his 1986 Niven biography, and reported that: "A few months after Noël's death David made it very clear that, without the Master, the Boxing Day celebrations would no longer take place. There was a fame-loving side to him that could prove unattractive."
Graham Lord's version was slightly different. "(Cole) Lesley rang and said 'Shall we see you on Boxing Day as usual?' but he made an excuse and they never heard from him again."
There's nothing laudable in either version, although the excuse presented to Cole Lesley may have been better than average: David and his family spent Christmas 1973 in Kenya. To be more precise, at William Holden's Safari Club, described by the club's website as "a watering hole for the glitterati and crowned heads of the 1950's and 1960's."
William Holden had starred alongside David in 'The Moon Is Blue' and 'Casino Royale', while descending into an alcohol addiction which would eventually kill him. "The fatal fall that ended his life in 1981 was due to a drunken misstep during a solo bout with the bottle in his bedroom," The New York Sun reported. "To be killed by a vodka bottle and a night table," director Billy Wilder mused. "What a lousy fade-out for a great guy."
One of the reasons for David planning a more extravagant Christmas in 1973 may well have been an acknowledgement that Hjördis and the girls had seen so little of him during the year. Despite him being omnipresent on television and in good bookshops everywhere.


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So this article is strictly opinion and in no means a knock on the game, Final Fantasy X, in any way. Final Fantasy X is my favorite game of all time. No this is a much deeper rant, aimed at those who look to take my money. Yes, I am looking at you Sony and Square Enix. I bought this game in 2002 for $50 and spent almost 200 hours honeing my craft, getting the best weapons and saving Spira. I was obsessed with this game; I was in love with Yuna, had the best brolationship with Wakka and respected the Hell out of Auron for putting me in my place (and spoiler, for doing it all while being dead).
I got all of the Aeons; even the ever fabled ones like Yoshimbo, were mine. I defeated Dark Aeons, Seymour, stupid fish creatures and finally, with every ounce of my skinny, blitzball playing arm, defeated Sin. It was physically, mentally and emotionally exhausting but it capsized one of the best video games ever made and I am glad to have played it. It was the best 50 bucks I might have ever spent on a game or anything in general.
Last year you, Sony, decided that not only would you be re-releasing this masterpiece of a game on PS3 but you would be re-mastering it in High Definition. My dreams were answered! I finally could pop this amazing game into my PlayStation 3 and work away as the hero from Zanarkand. My teenage years came flowing back and it reminded me of the time when my brother stepped on the controller wire for my PS2 and my system came crashing down. My playstation split in half and with it, FFX. I was devastated. I eventually saved up enough money to get the PS2 slim and another copy of FFX and I couldn't be happier.
I was more than excited to see that I could finally play this work of art once more. So I bought the special edition with the limited art cover for 50 bucks and was happier than a clam in Luca. Fast-forward to today. I have sold my PS3, bought a Vita (and FFX for 20 dollars used) and you once again have more plans to try to take my money. As of May 12th 2015, you have re-released ANOTHER version of this same game, for the PS4, and are selling it, once again, for 50 bucks.
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I love this game. I want to play this game until my eyes bleed. But you have already made a total of $120 off of me for the SAME EXACT GAME and now? You want $50 more? I quit! I feel like I am running into a wall repeatedly by buying this game. It was well worth the original 50, and even the remastered version was worth 50 more. But how could you betray us like this?! Cross buy, trade ins, make it $40, SOMETHING! I am sorry about how upset this makes me but I have had it up to Sin's scaly butt with this HD re hashing of the same game! Yes it comes with 2 games, I get it but FFX-2 was bad and not nearly the game FFX was. It should be free! I say let my Spira go and give me this game for less than $50. I'll even take $45! Cut me off before I spend all of my money on FFX, please! But alas, I will stroll into Gamestop and glance at you through the glass, wanting to one day, make you mine again.
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Even though the Miami Marlins entered Major League Baseball in 1993, they already have two World Series wins, similar to the Chicago Cubs, who haven't won since 1908. Incredibly, the Marlins won as wild card entrants into the postseason, which means that they've never earned a division title during the regular season. Even better, they won each time they made the playoffs. However, being in a tough division, Miami Marlins betting lines tend to be slept on in terms of the value they offer.
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The conference proposes to investigate the relationship between William Shakespeare and 'fair Padua, nursery of arts', the city in which the playwright set his university comedy, The Taming of the Shrew. Padova was one of the foremost university centres in the Renaissance, and this, together with its closeness to Venice, made it a very attractive destination for travelling Englishmen. The city makes its appearance not only in Shakespeare's comedy but also in the writings of Shakespeare's contemporaries. In more recent times, Padova has underlined its connection with William Shakespeare by becoming one of the few cities in Europe and the only city in the Mediterranean to own a copy of the First Folio (now in the Biblioteca Universitaria). Following these suggestions, we welcome papers addressing (but not necessarily restricted to) the following topics:
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I was planning on writing this blog post just after Christmas, I'd taken the photos, I had it all planned out but I just didn't end up posting it!
Before Christmas my mum bought me the Makeup Revolution Christmas Tree advent calendar which was stacked full of full-sized products, she spoilt me real good!
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Monday, November 30, 2009
The Greatest Mixtapes V8
To start of the week here is another one in The Greatest Mixtapes series. This time it's Ron G's version of Kid Capri's 52 Beats - Beat Kingdom. I think Kid Capri's 52 Beats was first but don't know for sure (Tapemasta?).
I asked myself many times wich one is better Beat Kingdom or 52 Beats. For me it's a tie i can't pick one above the other. They both cut up some nice classics & hard to find breaks. This tape brings back some nice memories
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- Olskool4real said...
Ha!Ha! That's what I was talkin about I can't make a point of which one is which and hell if you throw the Roc Raida joint in there we''re done hgh? I am going to listen to both though and try to come to a conclusion!!
- December 1, 2009 at 12:02 AM
kid capri the man the legend whooo 52 beats was tough and ronnnnn g! the dj icon for the 90's beat kingdom was hard body.so it's tough to make a decision because 52 beats is more of a soulful compilation of beats,and beat kingdom is a compilation of big beats and drums.. feel me!! so it depends on which one your heavy on,but in my opinion no one wins cause how do you choose between legendary dj's.let's save that for these up and comers battling it out.as for dj clue ,ron g, kid capri,brucie b,double r,and doo wop they are legends.dj drama is on his way dj kay slay is garbage!!!!!no skills!!
- December 21, 2009 at 5:09 PM
To me i feel their all DJ's with such dif style's.Roc Raida *rip* was a do-it-all turntablist and DMC competition winner.Where the great Ron G....is an originator of blendtapes....been doin' it lovely since he rocked Janet's Pleasure Principle over Master Rob & Diamond D's (Ultimate Force's)...."I'm not Playing" before any of the 52 Break Beats joints.Kid Capri imho is the most well-rounded DJ ever.It was his originality that spawned the idea.His creativity.He is also a Triple Threat DJ/emcee/and one of most underrated producers ever.So after listening to the 3....I have to go with Kid Capri.Their all briliant.Also i've never heard Kid Capri's digitaly.Could you please offer it in a zip file.I unfortunately don't have winrar.Don't know if even want.The reason i love this site amongst the obvious......is i'm "an ageing bboy".....and your site doesn't make me feel like the Computer Fred Flinstone i am....thanks for all your time and hardwork.BLESS.
- February 26, 2011 at 4:52 PM


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There is far more that divides America than unites us—and that's all right.
There is more that divides women than unites women. There is more that divides immigrants than unites immigrants. And there's more that divides any single political party than unites it.
And that's all right—because a cohesive collective of human beings is by definition a fraud.
Donald Trump's Election Night victory felt to many of us like a physical shock to the system—like walking past a mirror and seeing a face there other than your own.
But ultimately, which is more abnormal: a president you don't identify with or one with whom you do?
In 2008, when I saw then-candidate Barack Obama speak at a campaign stop in New Hampshire, I felt a euphoric kind of "we-ness" with the future president and his supporters. No drug in history has caused as much global devastation as that kind of euphoria—the addictive high of belonging to a movement.
The more you identify with a group or individual, the less need you have to think critically. From Vox:
Simply put, for most people, attachments to parties and candidates are more profound and more fundamental than attachments to issue positions. People take cues from high-profile party leaders and bring their opinions in line with what figures they admire think.
Even before Donald Trump's devastating triumph last Tuesday, this election had already forced many Americans to finally (at long last!) question the what and why of the parties and leaders they identified with. What is the Republican Party when the Republican nominee is waxing against free trade and for increased infrastructure spending? What is the Democratic Party when the Democratic nominee voted for the Iraq War and pocketed millions from Big Banks?
Libertarians are lucky: infighting and double-guessing is what we weirdos do. That Gary Johnson disappointed libertarians only mildly (by being a doofus who failed to take advantage of the opportunity of three centuries, and also, I guess, Nazi cake) is evidence that libertarians were never successfully, cohesively organized to the point where most of us felt caught up in the moment—and so much the better for us.
That's because the Libertarian Party is a granfalloon—the word Kurt Vonnegut uses in Cat's Cradle for a false karass in the fictitious religion Bokononism. A karass is a group of people who are linked in a cosmically significant way; a granfalloon is a group of people who place undeserved significance on a superficial connection. Vonnegut writes:
Hazel's obsession with Hoosiers around the world was a textbook example of a false karass, of a seeming team that was meaningless in terms of the ways God gets things done, a textbook example of what Bokonon calls a granfalloon. Other examples are the Communist party, the Daughters of the American Revolution, the General Electric Company, the International Order of Odd Fellows—and any nation, anytime, anywhere.
The Republican Party is a granfalloon. The Democratic Party is a granfalloon. And the United States of America is a granfalloon.
So while it's worth worrying about the actual consequences of a Donald Trump presidency, there's no value in clinging to that vague existential dread—that "This is the president of my country?" weltschmerz. Because there's more that divides America than unites us—and that's all right.
As Bokonon invites us to sing along with him:
If you wish to study a granfalloon
Just remove the skin of a toy balloon


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Good day, gaydies!
Drew Barrymore is promoting Whip It in the UK this week and, in an interview with the Times, she talked about how she sees herself as a tomboy, which led to her discussing her attraction to women:
Did she just remember she told us all she was bisexual? I guess she's so busy she just forgot to put lesbians in Whip It.(Thanks RainbowSheep!)
Super gay gossip columnist Michael Musto talked with Beth Ditto for Paper magazine's Beautiful People issue.
She discusses her now ex-boyfriend, Freddie Fagula, fame and how she'd be fine without it, and how she can talk to anyone, even a lamppost. What a lucky lamppost!
You might have heard that Ricky Martin came out, and then breathed a huge sigh of relief for his closet — it's so sick of him! Gawker.com has put together a list of celebs they'd like to see come out. Included: Queen Latifah and Michelle Rodriguez. I can think of a few of my own I'd love to see, but for now I'll settle for a former Menudo member.
A new documentary called Hood to Coast follows four teams of not-so-athletic people trying to run a difficult race. One of the women is a lesbian named Rachel Larsen. The film made its debut at SXSW and will be in theaters this fall. It takes place in Oregon, which is pretty gay in itself.
Now more than ever, I'd like to move to Australia — or at least have their TV shows available to me. A new show called I Rock is filmed like The Office, following an up-and-coming rock group, Boy Crazy Stacey (named after a Babysitter's Club book — amazing) and their attempts to become famous. One of the band members is Comet, a bisexual musician who is dating the lesbian frontwoman of an all-girl band. Check out the preview and Aussies, set your Tivo for May 3.
Think you are Ellen's biggest fan? Think again. You haven't written her a song and recorded a video of it while wearing an "Ellen" sweatshirt.
Now that just makes me feel lazy. Can I pretend AfterEllen.com is an Ellen fansite? "Oh Ellen, I love you Ellennn."


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Violin Sonata in G minor ("Devil's Trill")
Caroline Goulding, Shuai Wang, composed by Giuseppe Tartini
Music Collection
Music has been an integral part of the Gardner experience since Isabella Stewart Gardner opened her Museum with a celebration featuring a performance by members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Today, you can listen to music from the Gardner Museum anytime—for free! The Museum's rich musical program is available to listeners across the globe on a free classical music podcast as well as via individual audio recordings.


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DeWALT has received at least 56 reports of the utility bars breaking, including four reports of injured users.
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Every year to artists across the world, October is more than just a spooky month to celebrate Halloween. For them October is Inktober- a month artists have been challenged to draw one piece of art per day, every day of the month. Many have tried and failed, but to be honest, just trying at all is reputable! Astonished at the skill and fortitude of people with such talent, I went out and found a number of artists who've attempted the challenge this year. Below I've featured diverse and dedicated women, PoC, and LGBTQ artists who I feel should be recognized for their gifts! Remember these are one a day projects!
Allan Lorde
My name is Allan Lorde, and I'm an illustrator/graphic designer from Winnipeg, MB. My passions include: food, illustration, pro wrestling, and custom lettering. at the moment, I'm just trying to figure out where I belong in the world of creativity. I kinda lost my way, but I think I'm on the right path. You can find my work at AllanLorde.com
Kim Miranda
I'm Kim Miranda, a Filipina-American illustrator, comicbook artist from Houston, TX. I'm SUPER into telling personal stories from and about marginalized people/people of color. I love studying design and storytelling in animation, comics, webcomics, and children's illustration. I'm currently working on a middle grade comic book called "Sun Dragon's Song" written by Joyce Chng, as well as a children's story anthology about Southeast Asian/Pacific Islander fairy tales!
Elly Zupko
I am Elly Zupko. I am a writer and designer, and in the past year I have moved toward making comics and political cartoons as a reaction to the current social and political climates affecting the U.S. I focus on issues of feminism, progressive politics, and social justice, including Black Lives Matter. My first novel was The War Master's Daughter (2011), and I am currently working on a full-length graphic novel. This #Inktober, I've been working to refine my skills by drawing a variety of people, as well as enjoying myself with some political cartoons and fan art. My work can also be found on my tumblr tumblr
Andres Thomas
I'm Andres. On a typical weekday, you can find me slaving away at my day job. I like to slowly let the real world eat away at my soul—it builds character. At night, you can find me building characters. Whether I'm writing, drawing, or playing games (shout out to all the D&D folks reading this), I love making characters. I'd like to say they amount to something, but generally-speaking they all end up as unfinished drafts in notebooks no one will ever see. I jumped at the opportunity to participate in Inktober to get my artist's eye back… if that's even a thing you can lose. What I lack in consistency, I make up for in enthusiasm and I look forward to having 31 completed sketches by the end of the month. In lieu of a full and finished portfolio, I invite you to enjoy a small smattering of work from a catalog of half-finished ideas.
Diana Jacobsson
I'm Diana, a body positive LGBTQ freelance artist from Sweden. I like animals and nature. My goal is to make art that speaks to people. I'm doing a theme for my Inktober this year: "Mysterious and Supernatural beings". Since there is a lot of work going into these and the descriptions (and I have a day job), I'm doing three a week this year.
Amber Williams
My name is Amber Williams, I hail from St. Louis, MO and am a 22 year old recent college graduate. I majored in animation and minored in art. My true passions are in playing video games, reading and drawing. I recently did a project creating tarot cards with women of color featured on them, though it's still a project in the works as I haven't created the full set...yet! But I hope to complete them soon.
I'm TeJay. I'm a Navy vet, a bibliophile, and I sometimes fancy myself a webcomic, though that project is on hiatus for the moment. I keep the main character as my profile picture, though, because she's awesome. I write prodigiously, draw, play any game as long as it has a good story, and if I could make a living doing art, I would. Unfortunately, I'm good at fixing things, so my day job is working as a maintenance planner. And obviously, I Twitter under a pseudonym. I also have a web comic. You can find it here.
Kendal is a 25-year-old from St. Lucia who has worked on various projects such as "Wild Kratts" and "The Lion Guard". He his currently one of the animators for the new Tangled TV series and is working on a personal project of telling bible stories through images.
Troy Hunter
I'm Troy, techie by day and maker of things 24-7. Editorial cartoons, illustrations, greeting cards; I like making it and learning how to make more. I have a planned graphic novel-thing coming next year, as well as making small zines for the amusement of friends and family. I'm at Tall Black Guy as well as troyal77 on IG.
My name is Masao, and I'm 29 years old and bisexual. I'm an assistant English teacher as my day job, but my passion is drawing comics. Inking is my favourite part, but I love the whole process all around. I'm working on two webcomics, one original called Afanc and one Harry Potter fan comic.
Ashley McCammon
My name is Ashley McCammon, and I'm a comic artist in Dallas, TX. I'm currently developing a historical queer horror/romance webcomic called Obelisk, set to launch in February of 2017. I love old movies and horror in particular, and bringing queer narratives to the forefront in stories inspired by those is a big deal for me. For inktober this year I've been doing a series I've called LIMINAL SPACE, pieces with a focus on environments/backgrounds and pushing my boundaries for what I typically draw.
Anayte Delahay
I'm a bi woman from Finland with Mexican roots from my father. I love taking care of plants (so the coffee table is always full of chilli pots), spinning (so the shelves are stuffed with wool), knitting (the yarn situation is alarming) and playing indie games in my free time (These days it's just Overwatch 8I)! I make fantasy, sci-fi and horror comics (http://feralgentry.thewebcomic.com ) together with my husband, and sometimes animate them with moving backgrounds or characters. I feel strongly about inking with a brush or at least a brushpen, and am only two days behind on my inktobers!
Margaret Trauth
I am a Transwoman who escaped from the animation industry with her sanity intact. Mostly. Mostly I'm passionate about making fantasy and sf comics with healthy doses of casual queerness and the occasional sex. Right now I'm in the last stages of finishing up the prepress for Decrypting Rita, the graphic novel I spent the last five years ago. Once that's done I will be delighted to get back to my unfinished erotic fantasy story Five Glasses of Absinthe, and start working on a dark urban fantasy called The Drowning City, which is full of metaphors for various bits of personal angst.
Merriam Hayden
I'm a lesbian artist who also does comic work and has dreams of helping change the landscape of animation to be more LGBT friendly. Currently I live in the midwest, Topeka Kansas specifically and I usually try to get out to the smaller midwestern cons and a lot of Kansas City cons too if I'm aware of them and get in contact with them. I do the two webcomics: Desert Grey and Wrong Hand which are on both on Tapastic and Comic Fury.
Anya L. Archer
I'm a writer from Thailand, and I currently live in the US. I'm an Asian transgender lesbian woman, a combination that makes me paranoid that a fascist white guy will shoot me in the head. I started out writing stories and now I'm working my way towards improving my art so I can use a larger variety of mediums. Most of my art and writing focus on transgender people, both to try to give other trans people something to look to that I never had, and also to try to justify and help me accept my own existence I'm currently working on Tempest, a sci-fi novel, among other smaller projects. You can find me on twitter and more of my work on pixiv.
Micheline Hess
I'm Micheline Hess. I was born and raised in New York City, and I started my professional comic book career in the early 90s with Milestone Comics as a colorist. I have several creator owned works such as the fantasy-adventure comic, book series 'Malice in Ovenland', (Published by Rosarium Publishing), 'The Anansi Kids and the All Saints' Day Adventure', and the children's book 'The Island Cats of Cunga Ree.' In addition to being an Independent Comic Book Creator, I am also an accomplished digital painter, with art work shown nationally at various Art Shows annually. My work can be found on facebook and instagram, and you can reach me on twitter.
Nessie Fynn
I'm a young female artist who's especially interested in comics and illustration. I draw a lot of fantasy and animals, and like to try to tell stories with my art. Right now I'm working on a webcomic called Household Slime Mold, an urban fantasy about an aspiring witch.
Amber Lee Jones
Hey, I'm Amber Jones and I'm an illustrator and 2D animator. I love reading comics as much as I love drawing them. I'm currently working on my personal comic "Spirit Pizza" and pitch pages for the graphic novel adaptation of KWW's "Everything I Know About Zombies," aka "P.S. 43". By continuing to create, I hope to provide wider and more accurate representation of minorities in the media.


text: Volume 7.37 | Oct 2 Immune Regulation News 7.37 October 2, 2015 In this issue: Publications | Reviews | Science News | Industry News | Policy News | Events | Jobs TOP STORY An IL-23R/IL-22 Circuit Regulates Epithelial Serum Amyloid A to Promote Local Effector Th17 Responses Researchers identified a segmented filamentous bacteria-dependent role of type 3 innate lymphoid cells, which secreted IL-22 that induced epithelial serum amyloid A proteins 1 and 2 production in a Stat3-dependent manner. This highlights the critical role of tissue microenvironment in activating effector functions of committed Th17 cells, which may have important implications for how these cells contribute to inflammatory disease. [Cell] Abstract | Graphical Abstract PUBLICATIONS (Ranked by impact factor of the journal) IL-34 Is a Treg-Specific Cytokine and Mediates Transplant Tolerance Investigators showed that the cytokine IL-34, the immunoregulatory properties of which have not been previously studied in transplantation or T cell biology, is expressed by rodent CD8+CD45RClo Tregs and human FOXP3+CD45RCloCD8+ and CD4+ Tregs. IL-34 was involved in the suppressive function of both CD8+ and CD4+ Tregs and markedly inhibited alloreactive immune responses. [J Clin Invest] Full Article Mast-Cell-Derived TNF Amplifies CD8+ Dendritic Cell Functionality and CD8+ T Cell Priming Researchers showed that the absence of TNF exclusively in mast cells impaired the expansion of CD8+ T cells upon sensitization and the T-cell-driven adaptive immune response to elicitation. T cells primed in the absence of mast cell TNF exhibited a diminished efficiency to transfer sensitization to naive recipients. [Cell Rep] Full Article | Graphical Abstract Immunomodulatory Activities of the Benzoxathiole Derivative BOT-4-One Ameliorate Pathogenic Skin Inflammation in Mice Investigators demonstrated the benzoxathiole derivative 2-cyclohexylimino-6-methyl-6,7-dihydro-5H-benzo[1,3]oxathiol-4-one (BOT-4-one) regulated immune responses and ameliorated experimentally induced inflammatory skin diseases both in vitro and in vivo. [J Invest Dermatol] Abstract Dichotomous Roles for Externalized Cardiolipin in Extracellular Signaling: Promotion of Phagocytosis and Attenuation of Innate Immunity Researchers suggest that externalized, extracellular cardiolipins play a dual role in host-host and host-pathogen interactions by promoting phagocytosis and attenuating inflammatory immune responses. [Sci Signal] Abstract Glutamine-Dependent α-Ketoglutarate Production Regulates the Balance between T Helper 1 Cell and Regulatory T Cell Generation Scientists showed that exogenous nutrient availability regulated the differentiation of naïve CD4+ T cells into distinct subsets. Activation of naïve CD4+ T cells under conditions of glutamine deprivation resulted in their differentiation into Foxp3+ (forkhead box P3–positive) regulatory T cells, which had suppressor function in vivo. [Sci Signal] Abstract Authentic GITR Signaling Fails to Induce Tumor Regression unless Foxp3+ Regulatory T Cells Are Depleted Scientists generated a pentamerized form of the glucocorticoid-induced TNFR family–related protein (GITR) ligand extracellular domain (pGITRL) for ligation to GITR and compared its effect on T cells with that of anti-GITR mAb. The pGITRL was more effective than anti-GITR mAb in enhancing the proliferation of effector and regulatory cells in vitro and in vivo. [J Immunol] Abstract Granzyme B-Mediated Activation-Induced Death of CD4+ T Cells Inhibits Murine Acute Graft-versus-Host Disease Researchers titrated down the T cell dose to precisely determine the contribution of granzyme B (GzmB) in graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) mediated by CD4+CD25– T cells. They found that GzmB−/−CD4+CD25– T cells cause more severe GVHD compared with wild-type CD4+CD25– T cells in both MHC-matched and mismatched models. [J Immunol] Abstract Effective Intrahepatic CD8+ T-Cell Immune Responses Are Induced by Low but Not High Numbers of Antigen-Expressing Hepatocytes Investigators aimed at elucidating the impact of different intrahepatic antigen loads on the quality of CD8+ T-cell-mediated immunity by employing an infection-free transgenic mouse model expressing ovalbumin as the target antigen. [Cell Mol Immunol] Abstract Don't forget to subscribe to Human Immunology News and Immunology of Infectious Disease News! 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Defendants in Sharon murder get to hire high-profile attorneys
LITCHFIELD >> Two defendants in the murder case of a 23-year-old Sharon man recently hired a pair of the state's top attorneys to represent them at their upcoming trials.
Niraj Patel, 26, will be represented by Hubert Santos, a Harford-based attorney who recently appeared on NBC's "Today" show for helping get Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel's 2002 conviction for murdering a 15-year-old Martha Moxley overturned.
Niraj Patel, of Partridge Road, Warren, is accused of hatching a "fake" robbery that police say led to Luke Vitalis' murder on Aug. 6, 2012 at his mother's Cornwall Road home in Sharon.
Shyam Patel, facing charges of felony counts of tampering with evidence and second-degree hindering prosecution, hired Bridgeport-based attorney Michael Fitzpatrick, one of convicted serial killer Michael Ross' former attorneys.
"You're talking about two attorneys who are extremely knowledgeable, aggressive and intelligent," said Richard Meehan, one of the state's a top civil and criminal trial attorneys and columnist for the Connecticut Post. "And they're my competition. That should tell you a lot."
Santos, described by Meehan as a "great cross examiner" with a "very folksy style" jurors can relate to, was inducted into the American College of Trial Lawyers, a prestigious honor among attorneys, in 1986.
He was instrumental in helping Skakel successfully argue that his trial lawyer did a poor job of representing him. Santos filed a petition possibly implicating Michael's brother, Thomas Skakel, who was one of the last people seen with Moxley. Thomas has maintained his innocence.
"He knows his craft," Meehan said.
Meanwhile, Fitzpatrick was the face of the Connecticut Criminal Defense Lawyers Association during Ross' execution.
Ross was put to death in 2005 for the murders of four young women and girls in Connecticut in the 1980s and confessed to four more slayings in Connecticut and New York.
Meehan said the Patels likely tapped the attorneys because they have extensive experience defending homicide cases.
Patel is portrayed in a 26-page arrest affidavit as the mastermind who orchestrated the "fake robbery" because he was desperate for cash after getting arrested in June 12, 2012, by Torrington police on drug-related charges.
Police searched his car and confiscated a small amount of marijuana, scale, vacuum and more than $12,000.
Patel's alleged co-conspirators, his cousin, Hiral Patel, 25, also of Warren, and Michael Calabrese, 27, of Branford, also pleaded not guilty to charges of murder, home invasion, first-degree kidnapping with a firearm, first-degree robbery and hindering prosecution. Calabrese is being held at New Haven Correctional Facility for violating terms of his parole. Shyam Patel, Niraj's brother, was charged after making a series of false or misleading statements to investigators.
Meehan said the Patels are getting bang for their buck.
"You can probably count on two hands the number of lawyers who have the experience these guys have," Meehan said. "They're certainly, in my estimation, the top three top lawyers in the state."
Niraj Patel was previous represented by attorney Robert Berke, Shyam Patel by Paul McCarty.
The Patels' cases were continued to Jan. 14, when they'll have a hearing on non-testimonial evidence, according to a Litchfield Superior Court clerk.
Reach Isaac Avilucea at 860-489-3121 ext. 324.