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Robert Hope-Jones
Robert Hope-Jones (9 February 1859 – 13 September 1914) was an English musician, who is considered to be the inventor of the theatre organ in the early 20th century. He thought that a pipe organ should be able to imitate the instruments of an orchestra, and that the console should be detachable from the organ.[1]
Early life[edit]
Jones was born in Hooton, The Wirral, Cheshire, to William and Agnes Hope-Jones. He was one of nine children.[2] His younger brother was the horologist Frank Hope-Jones. He started learning the organ at an early age, and by the age of nine, he was playing for occasional services at St Mary's Church, Eastham.[2]
When fifteen he became voluntary organist and choir-master to the Birkenhead School Chapel. Two or three years later he simultaneously held a similar office at St Luke's Church, Tranmere, where he trained a boy choir that became widely celebrated. For this church he bought and set up a fine organ. He subsequently served as churchwarden and was active in many other church offices. He erected an organ in the Claughton Music Hall and organized and conducted oratorio performances in aid of various church funds, training a large voluntary chorus and orchestra for the purpose. For psalms, whose verses are arranged in groups of three, he wrote what he called "triple chants", a form of composition later adopted by other church writers; he also composed canticles, kyries and other music for the services of the church.[2]
He became choirmaster and honorary organist of St John's Church, Birkenhead, doing similar work in connection with that institution. It was at this church and in connection with this organ that Hope-Jones did his first great work in connection with organ-building. The improved electric action, movable console and many other matters destined to startle the organ world, were devised and made by him there, after the day's business and the evening's choir rehearsals. He had voluntary help from choirmen and boys, who worked far into the night, certain of these men and boys later occupying positions with the Hope-Jones Organ Company.[2]
As a child, he was sickly and was privately tutored. He was sent to the South of France annually to improve his health.[2] After his father's death, when he was about fourteen, he attended Birkenhead School for a couple of years. After school, he was apprenticed to Laird's Shipbuilders in Birkenhead. After going through practical training in the various workshops and the drawing office, he then secured appointment as chief electrician of the Lancashire and Cheshire (afterwards the National) Telephone Company.[2]
In connection with telephony he invented a multitude of improvements, some of which were later in universal use. About this time he devised a method for increasing the power of the human voice, through the application of a relay furnished with compressed air. The principle was later utilized in phonographs and other voice-producing machines. He also invented the diaphone, later used by the Canadian Government for its fog signal stations and, in a modified form, also adapted to the church organ.[2]
About 1889, he resigned from the telephone company to devote himself to improving the church organ, a subject which had occupied much of his spare time for years.[2] At first Hope-Jones licensed a score of organ-builders to carry out his inventions, but as this proved unsatisfactory, he entered the field as an organ-builder himself, being supported by Thomas Threlfall, chairman of the Royal Academy of Music; J. Martin White, Member of Parliament, and other friends.[2] By 1890, Hope-Jones had set himself up in business to build electric organs.[3]
When he became a rival and a competitor to those who had previously profited from his inventions, they became hostile and abusive. For nearly twenty years he met concerted opposition – attacks in turn against his electrical knowledge, musical taste, voicing ability, financial standing, and personal character.[2]
Hope-Jones built more than 100 church organs in the United Kingdom before emigrating to the United States.[4]
Opposition and sabotage[edit]
In the year 1895, what was practically the first Hope-Jones electric organ sold was set up in St George's Church, Hanover Square, London. The furor it created was cut short by a fire, which destroyed the organ and damaged the tower of the church. With curious promptitude, attention was directed to "the danger of allowing amateurs to make crude efforts at organ-building in valuable and historic churches, and to the great risk of electric actions". Arson being more than suspected, the authorities of the church ordered from Hope-Jones a similar organ to take the place of the one destroyed.[2]
About the same time, a gimlet was forced through the electric cable of a Hope-Jones organ at St Mary's Church, Hendon, London.[5] Shortly afterwards the cable connecting the console with the Hope-Jones organ at Ormskirk Parish Church, Lancashire, was cut through. At St Modwen's, Burton upon Trent,[6] sample pipes from each of his special stops were stolen.[2]
At the Auditorium, Ocean Grove, New Jersey, an effort was made to cripple the new Hope-Jones organ, shortly before one of the opening recitals in 1908. In the same year, on the Sunday previous to Edwin Lemare's recital on the Hope-Jones organ in the First Universalist Church, Rochester, New York, serious damage was done to some of the pipes in almost each stop in the organ.[2]
Organbuilding innovations[edit]
His organ at St John's Church, Birkenhead, became famous. It was visited by thousands of music lovers from all parts of the world. Organs built on the St John's model were ordered for the United States (Taunton, Mass., and Baltimore, Maryland), for India, Australia, New Zealand, Newfoundland, France, Germany, Malta, and for numbers of English cathedrals, churches, town halls, etc. Nothing whatever was spent on advertisement. The English musical press for years devoted columns to somewhat heated discussion of Hope-Jones' epoch-making inventions, and echoes appeared in the musical periodicals of the US and other countries.[2]
Among his innovations in the field of organ design were improvements to electro-pneumatic action and the invention of such stops as the Diaphone and the modern Tibia Clausa with its strong 8′ flute tone. The Tibia eventually became a staple of theatre organs. The thunderous 32′ Diaphone was less successful, but made an impression on audiences of the era.
Hope-Jones organs were also noted for such innovations as stoptabs instead of drawknobs, and very high wind pressures of 10″–50″ to imitate orchestral instruments. He used expression liberally, sometimes enclosing the entire organ behind thick swell shades for great expressive power. He also used a system of unification which multiplied considerably the number of stops relative to the number of ranks.[7]
United States[edit]
In the spring of 1903, Hope-Jones visited the United States. At the instigation of R. P. Elliot, the organizer, vice-president and secretary of the Austin Organ Company of Hartford, Conn., Hope-Jones decided to remain in the US and join that corporation, taking the office of vice-president.[2]
Subsequently a new firm, Hope-Jones & Harrison, was tentatively formed in Bloomfield, New Jersey, in July 1904; but as sufficient capital could not be obtained, in 1905 Hope-Jones and his corps of skilled employees joined the Ernest M. Skinner Company, of Boston, Hope-Jones taking the office of vice-president. Working in connection with the Skinner Company, Hope-Jones constructed and placed a fine organ in Park Church, Elmira, New York, erected in memory of Thomas K. Beecher. He there met Jervis Langdon, treasurer of the Elmira Chamber of Commerce, who secured the industry for his city by organizing a corporation to build exclusively Hope-Jones organs.[2]
This "Hope-Jones Organ Company" was established in February 1907, the year of a financial panic. It failed to secure the capital it sought and was seriously embarrassed throughout its three years' existence. It built about forty organs, the best known being the one erected in the great auditorium at Ocean Grove, New Jersey.
The patents and plant of the Elmira concern were acquired by the Rudolph Wurlitzer Company in April 1910, and Hope-Jones entered its employ, with headquarters at its mammoth factory at North Tonawanda, New York, continuing to carry on the business under his own name.[2] Hope-Jones eventually merged his organ building operations with Wurlitzer in 1914.
He built 246 organs between 1887 and 1911 and his company employed 112 workers at its peak.[8]
In August 1895 in St Nicholas's Church, Leeds, Kent, England, Hope-Jones married Cecil [sic] Laurence, a musical member of one of the leading families of Maidstone.[2] Her father was William Laurence, JP of Hollingbourne.
In 1914, Hope-Jones committed suicide, age 55, by inhaling gas fumes in a hotel in Rochester, New York, some months after leaving the Wurlitzer company. He had written a suicide note stating that he had legal trouble and that a suit was pending. This however was not the case and as a result the coroner declared his death "suicide while insane."[9] He is buried in Elmlawn Cemetery, Kenmore, Erie County, New York.[10] He was survived by his wife,[9] and an unknown number of children.[11] There were at least two daughters.[12]
Few Hope-Jones organs have survived to the present time. Probably the largest and most complete example in the UK was the partially restored 1901 organ at Battersea Old Town Hall, now the home of Battersea Arts Centre, but much of the instrument was destroyed in a fire in 2015.[13] The organ at the Great Auditorium in Ocean Grove, New Jersey, built by Hope-Jones in 1908, has most of its original Hope-Jones ranks still intact and playable, although it has been vastly enlarged since then.[14] Another fully preserved Hope Jones organ is his Opus 2 at the First Universalist Church in Rochester, New York, which has been described as sounding "weighty and lush", with large-scaled 8′ stops.[7] The Anglican Cathedral of St John The Baptist, St John's, Newfoundland is home to the one of only two Hope-Jones organs ever installed in Canada (built in 1904); the organ was rebuilt by Casavant Frères in 1927, however many original components remain. The other Canadian organ was that of Vancouver's Christ Church Cathedral of 1911, replaced by a Casavant in the 1940s.[15]
All Saints' Church, Upper Norwood, had an interesting example of a three-manual Hope-Jones organ within a parish church setting, complete with diaphones and Wurlitzer-style console. It was hoped that it might be restored at some point in the future, but the organ has now been dismantled. The historic Hope-Jones 16′ open wood rank complete with chest from All Saints' Church was moved in February 2011 to West Ashling Chapel belonging to The Clock Trust, where it is on public display with many other Hope-Jones pipes from this organ.
There is also part of the great organ in Worcester Cathedral in the UK. In recent work, only one Hope-Jones rank of pipes Viol d'Orchestre has been retained. As long ago as the early 1970s, the diaphones, solo division, and orchestral oboe were removed.
Hope-Jones was the subject of an episode titled "Robert Hope-Jones and his Wurlitzer" from the 1990 cable television series Invention! on the Discovery Channel.[16]
On 6 June 2014, a scrapbook of newspaper cuttings and letters, which had been the property of Hope-Jones, was donated to the Theatre Organ Heritage Centre of the Lancastrian Theatre Organ Trust in Eccles, Greater Manchester. The 190-page book was compiled by Hope-Jones and his company secretaries, Arthur Speed and Alfred Foxworthy, and contains many annotations by Hope-Jones himself. The book is being indexed by the Trust and it is hoped that a book will be published. The scrapbook has been added to many other Hope-Jones related items in the Heritage Centre.[17][18]
- ^ Biography at American Theatre Organ Society website Archived 1 January 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r George Laing Miller (1913) The Recent Revolution in Organ Building, Charles Francis Press, New York
- ^ "The Other Hope-Jones". Retrieved 17 May 2012.
- ^ "Tribute to the musical daddy of them all" (4 Jan 2002) Liverpool Echo
- ^ "Hendon Parish Organ" (5 October 1894) Middlesex Courier
- ^ Hyde, Don (2007). "The World Around Hope-Jones" (PDF).
- ^ a b Ortloff, Jonathan (Spring 2005). "A Robert Hope-Jones Organ in Rochester" (PDF). Resonance. Eastman School of Music: 15. Archived from the original on 26 June 2013.CS1 maint: unfit url (link)
- ^ David H. Fox, Robert Hope-Jones. Richmond, Virginia: Organ Historical Society
- ^ a b "Death of Robert Hope-Jones" (19 September 1914) Music Trade Review
- ^ Robert Hope-Jones at Find a Grave
- ^ Robert Hope-Jones (great-great-grandson) (2003) "Interview with Ed Stout", Sierra Chapter, American Theatre Organ Society
- ^ "Organ Society Told of Builder" (26 February 1969) Kittanning Simpson Leader Times, p.15, Kittanning, PA
- ^ "NPOR N17247". National Pipe Organ Register. British Institute of Organ Studies. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
- ^ "Gordon Turk at the Robert Hope-Jones organ". Sacred Classics. 2003. Retrieved 11 January 2009.
- ^ "History Brochure". Christ Church Cathedral. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
- ^ Invention! on IMDb
- ^ "Hope-Jones's scrapbook discovered" (17 February 2013) Choir & Organ
- ^ "Robert Hope-Jones's Own 1890s Scrapbook Discovered!" (1 April 2015) The Tracker
Further reading[edit]
- Jonathan Ortloff (December 2014) "A Magnet for Every Pipe: Robert Hope-Jones, the Invention of Unification, and Its Application in the Theater Organ", Journal of American Organbuilding, Vol. 29, No. 4 pp. 8–15
- "Boothby Pagnell Irish evening will support rare church organ fund" (3 June 2013) Grantham Journal, Grantham, UK
- "Farewell to our FRIEND IN THE FOG: As GPS puts an end to our last foghorns, one last nostalgic blast" (22 Oct 2010) Daily Mail (Eire Region) p. 15
- "Cathedral of All Saints, Episcopal" (2006) Organ Atlas, Organ Historical Society, Inc., Richmond
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Society can benefit from tough times in design
We hear some fairly hairy stories about design groups across most sectors as they scramble to win work at a time when client budgets are low, workloads and schedules unpredictable and competition for projects fierce.
It's not an easy time, for while many consultancies have never been busier, much of that activity is to do with putting together client presentations and preparing pitches. And, with predictions by the likes of Sir Martin Sorrell that global recovery is unlikely until 2004, the next six months look set to be challenging.
The focus of many a big group has been on internal wranglings as the consolidation of design stablemates remains high on the agenda, reportedly working better for some, such as WPP Group's Enterprise IG, than for others, like Cordiant Communications Group-owned Fitch London with its spate of sudden management changes. For the independents, the main concern is simply winning enough work to keep the team going. Somewhere along the line for both there's the aim of producing great work.
At the same time, though, some consultancy heads claim that, financially, they've had the best year ever. The difference between many of these and their rivals is that they have got their overheads under control, in terms of property costs, staffing and salaries, having heeded the warnings of industry experts over the past couple of years. But for others the key has been in finding new markets for their skills. The best aspect of the latter is that those new markets often centre on social issues rather than the overtly business concerns of hitting financial targets and selling more goods and services.
Take transport. This is undoubtedly one of the key concerns of people across the UK and an area where design in all its manifestations can help. A series of initiatives this week, backed by the likes of the Design Council and the Commission for Integrated Transport, can only draw attention to design's potential to help alleviate some of those ills. Communication, environments and vehicles are all part of the mix.
This awareness could, in turn, lead to work for consultancies in a similar way to that in which The Sorrell Foundation and others became involved in public education and the National Health Service. John and Frances Sorrell's Joinedupdesignforschools project has already put a number of consultancies into a new arena.
But it is not just designers who benefit from such ventures. Society also wins. And with a bit of luck this fresh approach to the public sector will yield better quality creative work than is currently the norm. We all deserve that and welcome these initiatives.
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Author Affiliations
- Anna L. Godfrey1,2,3,
- Edwin Chen1,2,3,
- Francesca Pagano1,
- Yvonne Silber1,3,
- Peter J. Campbell4 and
- Anthony R. Green1,2,3⇑
- 1Cambridge Institute for Medical Research and Department of Haematology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge
- 2Department of Haematology, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge
- 3Wellcome Trust – Medical Research Council Cambridge Stem Cell Institute, University of Cambridge, Cambridge
- 4Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge, UK
- Correspondence: arg1000{at}cam.ac.uk
Subclones homozygous for JAK2V617F are more common and larger in patients with polycythemia vera compared to essential thrombocythemia, but their role in determining phenotype remains unclear. We genotyped 4564 erythroid colonies from 59 patients with polycythemia vera or essential thrombocythemia to investigate whether the proportion of JAK2V617F -homozygous precursors, compared to heterozygous precursors, is associated with clinical or demographic features. In polycythemia vera, a higher proportion of homozygous-mutant precursors was associated with more extreme blood counts at diagnosis, consistent with a causal role for homozygosity in polycythemia vera pathogenesis. Larger numbers of homozygous-mutant colonies were associated with older age, and with male gender in polycythemia vera but female gender in essential thrombocythemia. These results suggest that age promotes development or expansion of homozygous-mutant clones and that gender modulates the phenotypic consequences of JAK2V617F homozygosity, thus providing a potential explanation for the long-standing observations of a preponderance of men with polycythemia vera but of women with essential thrombocythemia.
The JAK2V617F mutation is found in over 95% of patients with polycythemia vera (PV) and approximately 60% of those with essential thrombocythemia (ET).1 but the additional mechanisms which determine their distinct clinical phenotypes remain unclear. Circumstantial evidence suggests that JAK2V617F homozygosity may have a role in determining the PV phenotype: i) homozygous-mutant hematopoietic precursors are isolated from a higher proportion of patients and form larger clones in PV compared to ET;2–4 ii) mouse models have demonstrated PV-like, rather than ET-like, phenotypes associated with higher JAK2V617F gene dosage;5,6 iii) higher JAK2V617F allele burdens in granulocyte DNA have been associated with higher hemoglobin levels and lower platelet counts in PV.7,8
However, several lines of evidence indicate that the role of JAK2V617F homozygosity in PV pathogenesis is not simple. Clonal analyses indicate that, in fact, small homozygous-mutant clones arise frequently and recurrently in both PV and ET, suggesting that the mere presence of homozygosity is insufficient for a PV phenotype, and additional factors are required.4 Studies of some,9–11 but not other12 knock-in mouse models have reported that heterozygosity for JAK2V617F is associated with marked erythrocytosis, with no further increase in hemoglobin levels in homozygous mice.10 Associations of JAK2V617F allele burden with blood counts show inconsistencies between studies13 and have not determined the extent to which allele burdens reflect the relative proportions of heterozygous and homozygous-mutant cells. Moreover, reduced levels of STAT1 activation have been identified in heterozygous-mutant erythroblasts from patients with PV, compared to those with ET, and may contribute causally to the PV phenotype.14 It is, therefore, unclear whether JAK2V617F homozygosity makes a significant contribution to the pathogenesis of human PV.
Here we used a clonal approach to test the hypothesis that JAK2V617F homozygosity has a causal role in the PV phenotype, and investigated its associations with demographic features, by utilizing genotype data from 4564 erythroid colonies from 59 patients with PV or ET.
Design and Methods
Patients were recruited from Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK. Demographic and clinical features, together with methods used for colony culture and genotyping, have been previously described.4 Patients met diagnostic criteria for JAK2V617F-positive PV or ET according to the British Committee for Standards in Haematology.15,16 The study was approved by the Cambridge and Eastern Region Ethics Committee, patients gave written informed consent, and research was carried out in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki.
To test the associations of the relative proportions of JAK2V617F-homozygous and heterozygous colonies with hematologic or demographic features, Poisson's regression analyses were performed for the count of JAK2V617F-homozygous colonies, with total JAK2V617F-mutant colonies as an offset. P<0.05 was considered significant.
Results and Discussion
In order to assess the importance of JAK2V617F homozygosity in hematologic phenotype, we first investigated the relationship between relative proportions of JAK2V617F-homozygous and heterozygous hematopoietic precursors and hematologic features in PV and ET. We used BFU-E colonies because overactive erythropoiesis is a feature of both PV and JAK2V617F-positive ET1 and is important in distinguishing between the two. Moreover, the proportions of colony genotypes are similar between BFU-E and CFU-G in PV patients.3 Colony genotypes are summarized in Online Supplementary Table S1. Homozygous-mutant erythroid precursors were identified in 24 of 30 patients with PV and 15 of 29 patients with ET. The ratios of homozygous-mutant to heterozygous colonies were generally higher in PV than ET, but varied significantly within each subgroup, and were reproducible for individual patients.4
A causal relationship between JAK2V617F homozygosity and PV would predict an association between a higher proportion of JAK2V617F-homozygous colonies and more extreme PV-like clinical features, even within a cohort of PV patients. We used Poisson's regression analyses to ask whether the relative proportion of homozygous-mutant precursors, as a proportion of all mutant precursors, was associated with hematologic features at diagnosis. This was a retrospective analysis since blood counts at diagnosis were being compared with the proportions of homozygous- and heterozygous-mutant precursors at the time of colony assays. In univariable analyses of the combined PV and ET cohort, a larger proportion of homozygous precursors were associated with higher hemoglobin, higher white cell count and lower platelet count at diagnosis (all P<0.0001). In a multivariable analysis, controling for diagnosis, age, gender, disease duration, presence of cytoreductive therapy and erythropoietin concentration in colony assays, an increased proportion of homozygous colonies remained significantly associated with higher hemoglobin, higher white cell count and lower platelet count at diagnosis in the whole patient group and the PV subgroup, but not in the ET subgroup (Table 1). A larger proportion of homozygous colonies were, therefore, independently associated with more extreme PV-like features at diagnosis in the whole JAK2V617F-positive cohort and in the PV subgroup.
We considered the possibility that expansion of homozygous clones is secondary to the abnormal blood counts in PV, for example, through erythrocytosis suppressing erythropoietin levels and selecting for JAK2V617F-homozygous progenitors. However, multivariable analyses showed that a higher proportion of homozygous colonies was not associated with higher hemoglobin, higher white cell count or lower platelet count at the time of colony assays (data not shown). A higher proportion of homozygous-mutant colonies were, therefore, associated with more extreme PV-like blood counts at diagnosis but not at the time of colony assay, consistent with the concept that JAK2V617F homozygosity contributes causally to a PV phenotype.
In order to assess whether other clinical features predispose to or interact with JAK2V617F-homozygous clones, we next used Poisson's regression analysis to test whether the number of homozygous-mutant precursors, as a proportion of all mutant precursors, was associated with demographic features or disease duration. In univariable analyses of the whole cohort, a larger proportion of homozygous colonies were associated with a diagnosis of PV (rather than ET), older age at assay, male sex and shorter time from diagnosis to assay (all P<0.0001). In a multivariable analysis, a larger proportion of homozygous colonies were associated with a diagnosis of PV and older age at time of assay (both P<0.0001, Table 2). A surprising interaction was identified between gender and diagnosis (P=0.003): an increased proportion of homozygous colonies were associated with male gender in PV (P=0.0006) but with female gender in ET (P=0.033). A significant interaction was also found between disease duration and diagnosis (P<0.0001), with an increased proportion of homozygous colonies associated with shorter disease duration in PV but with longer disease duration in ET (both P<0.0001). These associations were confirmed to be significant in multivariable analyses within the PV and ET subgroups (Table 2).
The association between an increased proportion of homozygous progenitors and increasing age, identified in both PV and ET, was also found in a cohort of 18 patients with JAK2 exon 12-mutated PV4 (P=0.024 in multivariable analysis) and was independent of disease duration. These data raise the possibility that age-dependent changes in DNA damage17 and/or DNA repair mechanisms18,19 contribute to an increased rate of mitotic recombination, and thus acquisition of JAK2 mutation homozygosity, in older patients. Alternatively, expansion of JAK2V617F-homozygous subclones may require additional mutations4 which accumulate with age.
The associations of an increased proportion of homozygous-mutant colonies with shorter disease duration in PV, but with increasing disease duration in ET, are likely to reflect distinct mechanisms in the two diseases. In ET, homozygous-mutant clones are present in approximately 50% of patients and are small.4 Our results indicate that, over time, mitotic recombination is more likely to occur and/or that an increasing proportion of ET patients develop clones above the detection threshold. By contrast, most PV patients have large homozygous-mutant clones.4 The association of an increased proportion of homozygous-mutant colonies with shorter time from diagnosis suggests that the size of homozygous-mutant clones, relative to heterozygous clones, decreases with time. This observation does not merely reflect suppressed erythropoietin levels and selection for homozygous-mutant precursors soon after diagnosis, since the association remained significant (P<0.0001) when we removed 3 patients with hemoglobin levels or hematocrit above the normal range at the time of colony assay, or when hemoglobin at time of assay was incorporated as a variable. Instead, we favor the possibility that hydroxycarbamide suppresses JAK2V617F-homozygous progenitors more than their heterozygous counterparts. This effect would be more evident in PV given the large number of homozygous-mutant colonies in most PV patients, and is consistent with evidence that hydroxycarbamide reduces granulocyte JAK2V617F allele burden especially in patients with PV and higher initial allele burdens.20,21
An association between male gender and increasing granulocyte JAK2V617F allele burden has been reported in PV, and was suggested to reflect gender-related differences in the frequency of mitotic recombination.22 Our data, however, indicate that the proportion of homozygous-mutant colonies was higher in males with PV than in females with ET, and do not favor this interpretation (Figure 1A). An alternative model is that JAK2V617F homozygosity occurs in both sexes, but that the phenotypic consequences of homozygosity are modulated by gender, so that the occurrence of a dominant JAK2V617F-homozygous clone is more likely to lead to development of PV in a male than in a female (Figure 1B). This would predict an excess of males with homozygosity in PV but an excess of females with homozygosity in ET, consistent with our data. The effect of JAK2V617F homozygosity on erythropoiesis could be modulated by gender-specific factors including a permissive effect of androgens in men and a constraining effect of iron depletion in pre-menopausal women. Importantly, this model provides an explanation for the long-standing observations that PV is more common in men23 whereas ET is more common in women.24
The authors would like to thank the Cambridge Blood and Stem Cell Bank for sample collection.
The Online Version of this article has a Supplementary Appendix.
Work in ARG's laboratory is supported by Leukemia and Lymphoma Research, the Wellcome Trust, the Medical Research Council, the Kay Kendall Leukaemia Fund, the Cambridge NIHR Biomedical Research Center, the Cambridge Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre and Leukemia and Lymphoma Society of America. ALG is a Kay Kendall junior clinical fellow. PJC is a Wellcome Trust senior clinical fellow.
Authorship and Disclosures
Information on authorship, contributions, and financial and other disclosures was provided by the authors and is available with the online version of this article at www.haematologica.org.
- Received October 11, 2012.
- Accepted December 18, 2012.
- Copyright© Ferrata Storti Foundation


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My daughter and her partner recently moved into a rental property in yorkshire which was marketed by a well known agency. The landlady has chosen to self manage thereafter. It was not until they had signed the agreement that they realised that meters were in situ, indeed even the landlady seemed surprised. The upshot is that npower want up to 90 days to verify the meters are there and a further 90 days to change them out. Given that she is expecting a baby in 2 weeks time my daughter is worried as all power disappeared this morning, the meters are down stairs and outside the block of flats and additionally the tariff is extortionate. Had they been advised of the presence of meters my daughter would not have entered into the tenancy agreement. Is there any recourse for this ?
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Each fall hundreds of local government officials, speakers and exhibitors attend the VML Annual Conference. The conference includes:
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The olive oil is infused with lemon flavor during cooking, which is then used in the dressing for the veggies. Cook the potatoes and green beans while the fish bakes.
How to Make It
Preheat oven to 450°.
Cut 4 (15 x 24–inch) pieces of parchment paper and fold in half, like a book. Draw a large heart half on each piece with the fold being the center of the heart. Cut out heart, and lay it open.
Lay 2 slices of lemon in the center of 1 side of each piece of parchment; top with 1 bay leaf, if desired, and 1 halibut fillet. Sprinkle fillets evenly with 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper. Drizzle each fillet with 3/4 teaspoon olive oil. Fold other side of heart on top. Starting at the top of the heart, fold up both edges of parchment, overlapping the folds as you move along. Twist the end tip to secure tightly.
Place parchment packets on an ungreased baking sheet. Bake at 450° for 12 minutes. Remove from oven; let rest for five minutes.
Cook potatoes in boiling water 8 minutes or until potatoes are almost tender. Add green beans to pan; cook 4 minutes or until crisp-tender. Drain well; keep potatoes and green beans warm.
Working with one packet at a time, carefully open fish packets and pour liquid from packets into a large bowl. Add remaining 1 tablespoon olive oil, vinegar, juice, mustard, garlic, remaining 1/4 teaspoon salt, and remaining 1/4 teaspoon pepper; stir well with a whisk. Add potatoes, beans, and onion to oil mixture; toss well to coat. Divide vegetable mixture evenly on each of 4 plates. Top each serving with 1 fillet.


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Join Paul E. Sax, MD, or Carlos del Rio, MD, in a live, interactive, CME/CE-certified Webinar as they provide a rapid update and answer your questions on the key IAS studies anticipated to affect clinical practice.
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Program OverviewYou are invited to attend a CME/CE-certified Webinar highlighting key take-home messages from the 10th IAS Conference on HIV Science.
GoalThe goal of this activity is to improve participants' competence in translating the most clinically significant data from IAS 2019 into practical management strategies for individuals at risk of or infected with HIV.
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All of PCI's natural treats are produced at PCI owned & operated factories, either in the USA or China. Being that we produce all of our own products, we are in complete control of every product from the time we purchase the raw materials until the finished product is shipped from our Los Angeles based warehouse. Therefore we are positive that our products are cooked thoroughly, which is the most important part of production. We are also positive that there are no undesired or unintended ingredients. We cut no corners and spare no expense in purchasing or production to ensure premium end products. All of our chicken produced at PCIC Ltd. (Pet Center, Inc., China Ltd.) is chicken which is intended for human consumption. The chicken is bought from CIQ (equivalent of USDA in the USA) approved facilities. All of our products come under supervision of the FDA and USDA. Also, PCI orders testing of its products to be absolutely sure that our products are safe for our customer's pets as well as our own (we all feed PCI treats to our pets with confidence).
Furthermore...PCI has been manufacturing 100% natural treats for over 20 years We were the first company to sell and create a market for chicken breast products in the USA. In all that time we can say proudly that we have never had a recall any of our products.
Please continue to feed PCI treats with the assurance that they are more than suitable for your pet.
Thank you for being a concerned pet owner and contact us freely with any further questions or concerns.
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Nau mai haere mai - Welcome to Te Puia.
Situated in Rotorua, Te Puia is an iconic destination for visitors. Our tradition of guiding in the Whakarewarewa geothermal valley extends for generations and many of our guides have direct links to Rotorua's earliest hosts. We share stories and insight into this unique corner of the world.
Along with access to the world famous Pohutu geyser, visitors have an opportunity to see Māori cultural performances, live kiwi, boiling mud pools, native bush and the National Schools of Wood Carving and Weaving. These are the threads that form the fabric of Te Puia, fitting its role as kaitiaki (guardian) of Māori culture for future generations.


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Attack breakdowns: Premier League, 2016/17
Continuing the immediate splurge of post-season review graphics for League 1, here are each club's final attack breakdowns. These are explained in detail here, but in summary they are simple scatter graphics that work as follows:
Each graphic shows a club's main attacking players: those who have:
- Featured for at least a third of their total pitch minutes in the league this season, and
- Taken an average of at least one shot per game.
The size of each player's bubble is proportional to the percentage of possible minutes that they've played.
Each player's bubble is plotted on a chart with the two axes working like this:
- On the horizontal axis we have their goal threat, based on the "expected goals" value of shots taken per 90 minutes. This is effectively a measure of the combined quality of their goalscoring chances.
- On the vertical axis we have their scoring rate, using a less abstract measure of actual number of goals scored per 90 minutes.
Both axes exclude penalties, as those can massively skew a player's contribution away from the threat they pose from open play.
There's a shaded "stripe" which indicates the long-term shot conversion rate of all finishers except the top and bottom 10%, so we can identify those whose performance may be unsustainable (i.e. unlikely to be repeated next season). If a player is above the stripe, they're converting chances at a rate consistent with someone in the top 10% of finishers, and likewise a player below the line is in the worst 10%. Based on what we know about the specific player, we can therefore take a view on whether we expect their scoring rate to continue.
Club-by-club graphics
The two players who set the standard here are Man City's Sergio Aguero, who got on the end of 0.61 goals' worth of chances per 90 minutes – the highest on any of these charts – and Arsenal's Olivier Giroud who narrowly edged out Tottenham's Harry Kane as the player with the highest non-penalty scoring rate (0.82 goals per 90 minutes to Kane's 0.81). However the English striker spent twice as long on the pitch this season – 2,661 minutes to 1,310 – and sustaining a similar record over that length of time is arguably more impressive.
It's a bit concerning to see how few players make the cut for Everton's graphic: just three! There are a few clubs with only four – Middlesbrough and Swansea – and as they both struggled it's tempting to conclude that Ronald Koeman needs a few more reliable attacking outlets next season; particularly if he loses Romelu Lukaku.


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STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — Josh Sharma scored 22 points and had 12 rebounds to help Stanford beat UCLA 104-80 on Saturday night.
KZ Okpala added 20 points for the Cardinal (14-11, 7-6 Pac-12), who have won five of six. Cormac Ryan scored 14 of his season-high 19 points in the first half.
Jaylen Hands scored a career-high 29 points to lead the Bruins (13-13, 6-7), who have lost four of five. Jules Bernard scored 19 points.
Daejon Davis finished with 12 points and 11 assists for Stanford.
Both backboards were replaced during halftime, causing a 35-minute delay before the start of the second half. One of the rims appeared shaky during the first half and then came loose.
The delay didn't bother the Cardinal, who came strong in the second half and built a 64-43 advantage in the first five minutes.
After trailing by 23 with 11:51 to play, the Bruins used full-court pressure and drew within nine seven minutes later.
UCLA raced to an 11-2 lead in the first five minutes of the game before Ryan hit his first 3-pointer, sparking a run that put the Cardinal ahead to stay.
Ryan was 4 of 5 from long range in the first half, leading Stanford to a 49-40 lead at the intermission.


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Palmtree care center commissioned our company to re-organize their old rainwater tanks and install a rainwater harvesting system to supplement all washing and toilet water.
The center is situated in Amanzimtoti. All water harvested is stored in rainwater tanks. The tanks have a low pressure water supply pump that supplies the washing machines and toilets on demand.
According to the center manager the center who cares for abandoned children , does about 15 batches of washing a day. The supplementing rainwater will reduce their water consumption and reduce the monthly utilities bill. The two rainwater systems uses leaf catchers to prevent large debris from getting into the rainwater tanks. Water is filtered after the pumps to 80 micron to prevent small particles from damaging plumbing components.
This simple system will work for many years and continually contribute to saving water for the center.


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When opening a new dialysis facility, certain steps must be taken to meet federal and/or state compliance. Prospective new facilities should refer to the Conditions for Coverage which govern dialysis facilities and set forth the requirements dialysis providers must fulfill in order to be eligible to obtain Medicare funding.
The District of Columbia, the state of Maryland, and the state of West Virginia require a Certificate of Need (CON) when developing or acquiring a new health care facility. The Certificate of Need is a review process analyzing the population, along with financial feasibility, quality, accessibility, and the state health plan, to determine the need for additional services in a particular area.
Once granted CON approval, the facility should then contact the local State Survey Agency for their area and notify them of intent.
District of Columbia Department of Health: Health Care Facilities Division
Maryland Office of Health Care Quality
Virginia Department of Health: Office of Licensure and Certification
West Virginia Office of Health Facility Licensure & Certification (OHFLAC)
The State Surveyor, as an agent of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), will process and evaluate the facility, followed by an on-site survey. After the on-site survey, the facility contact will be notified of the outcome. If the facility meets all ESRD program requirements as set forth by the Conditions for Coverage, the facility will be issued a Medicare Provider number for use with all dialysis-related Medicare claims.
Visit CMS' Quality Safety & Oversight - Guidance to Laws & Regulations web page for further guidance on laws & regulations related to dialysis facility certification.
Once the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issue a Medicare Provider Number to the facility, a copy of the official certification letter is sent to the Network. Facilities may also fax a copy of the letter they receive to the Network at 804.320.5918.
The Network then contacts the facility by mail to initiate a Membership Agreement with the facility. Once the signed Membership Agreement is received at the Network office, the Network Executive Director executes the agreement. The executed agreement is returned to the facility, along with a New Facility Notebook.
Pursuant to the Conditions for Coverage, facilities are required to submit patient data through an electronic data system called CROWNWeb.


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Putin Strikes Harsh Tone With West, and More
Russian President Vladimir Putin accuses the West of trying to subdue and disarm Russia, while trying to assure Russians economic troubles will pass. Plus, a sip of Hibiki 17 Year Old. Photo:
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Democrats have been circling the wagons come up with the new economic plan ... increasingly that plan has centered around the more liberal message ... and focus on income of quality ... from Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren ... to Discusses The Wall Street Journal's Peter Nicholas thank you so much for joining is Peter ... good to be written ... so miss Warren who hails from my home state seems to have rallied the party a bit what exactly is her message ... well she has a message that as you mentioned is focused on income inequality is she's talked about people who are ... more middle class people who ... are not to dwell in this economy ... talk about it and eat increase the minimum wage ... to talk about now ... the other deprecation The snowball board financial institutions ... this message resonates a lot of people who are struggling in this economy ... and is a movement afoot to draft her to run for president ... our first quarter's local supporters believe that she has a kind of economic message ... will resonate with on ... of course across the spectrum and the ALM ... so there's some work to get her in the race and possibly challenge I Hillary Clinton should know if I'm wrong ... but in the PC notice there are some who doubt that they know that some parts of it gotta go across the aisle there are some parts of the public and party ... that would not back or that would not support such a little message and believe that ... a message that are more round economic growth ... is the way to go what what is this went back and forth between ... the these were fully liberal ideal him the potential to have an something that's a bit more mainstream ... whether there is a schism in the Democratic Party over this question of what the economic message be so ... there are some centrists like oh we recorded the governor of Delaware ... Pottruck Markel ... and put some others who said ... that Elizabeth Warren wing of the party doesn't really have the right to a recipe for winning elections they think a more centrist message ... that emphasizes top ... infrastructure education are broad based ... job growth ... our economic growth is more of a winning ticket that would appeal to independent voters and even some Republican voters ... feel so the likes of the park with rhetoric that we've heard from was with Warren ... of where he has been very critical of the big banks and financial institutions ... aren't they think that that demonizing of corporations is not the way to go ... so there's a there's this but right now education by this midterm election debacle that the Democrats in short ... it's not clear which wing of the party will develop a moment ... and then obviously Leo is turn our heads a little bit to the present selection seed said she ... back I Hillary Clinton for president but as you know that there's a growing movement of party ... see her run for president what do you think I'm the odds of something like that are water smart people saying about ... the likelihood of that happen ... what to step back from them or not a well where there was an event for Elizabeth Warren of the liberal advocacy group move on dot or posted it there for two million dollars into an effort to hire staff ... in Iowa New Hampshire other states that hold our early primaries and caucuses and presidential ... campaign ... and they're trying to show her that there is broad based grassroots support for her ... and in hopes that she'll change her mind ... decide to enter the race ... so you know death toll order Hillary Clinton polls show is running fifty points ahead of Elizabeth Warren seven after invite Wicklund's name recognition ... aam but Elizabeth Warren E I it's up there she finds all in all she has endorsed the killer climbed in ... but as you know politicians that teens are minors a point in the top ... two thousandsix two thousandseven ... two thousandsix two thousandfive were Brock Obama was saying he wasn't a run for president ... so aam area it's hard for ambitious politicians to resist this kind of trap movement ... was to a cop pulls Bid for ... added I don't know I've never heard a politician I would change her mind Peter thank you so much for joining us ... thank you end up about this Massachusetts that I'll do my best ... well ... another week another big selloff but wait ... wait ... 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Tuesday's ... hearing as much for joining us Emma Moody the smartest woman on the ... reference are here as well and yet yet yet triptych the debt thank you so much for joining us thank God it only makes sense of ... this Christmas ... well as he said it was a big rally seven hundred points which actually isn't the ist since two thousand and eight percentage wise which is what we we choose to look at the distant tree is and if you remember that was two thousand eleven anyone watching them on to surrender that was in very tumultuous time ... said ... times in different now what we seen is that we had a weak stock ... to the week we head into the ruble falling oil prices lying everyone and ... liberal whites about global growth ... then we had Janet Yellen come in and see the lists can sense and basically say that ... were on track yes the Fed will raise interest rates at some point next year ... but not any quicker than anyone really ... she she she added the word patients ... all since it was patience ... and here we are having the best value for your patience means ... Damion that it is can happen within a flag them again and let you know I know the nice surprise this ... whole bull in a much needed to deal with steady as she danced and ate when I mean this is an aka that really for the last six years has really wanted to go up for in the sixty and a blanket when we have and we have to because we will take a step back he noticed that the cool things we do it despite this rally we haven't seen a huge rally will bounce back when happens we've seen the market like the same time the dollar is rallying for cities other signs that were saying ... who this is interesting this time around they do not like October resource on maybe things looked a little with normal Austar mark around those parts of this that ... other parts are not chugging along with the ... best race as well as declining sector on society that's an net benefit ultimately to the U S economy into U S companies so that's good for stocks ... using the dollar rally in this is like a pay interest rates it as going up everyone's coming in said Dollar assets and hats ... if you look outside the U S things on a straight year is still pretty shaky and he and Japan to some extent sweet say seeing many comes even sticking to the U S Senate using my ... feet as they say into steam correlations going on at all ... net net so if I am positive and the stocks we like using the one that tired phrase of the Goldilocks situation ate it definitely it deftly has said he'll powerful turntable little that were to talk about three stocks that are moving this morning ... first the top Nike big shoemaker what's going on with a shiney can be passed on to Hal ... and ... and it might be decent innings that What's and wedded to do is give a forecast that made it look like perhaps things and can it be a strong and the next six months full its aisles ... and in any up about seven percent I think the train December in April which is less than the twelve the sense that there's actually happened last year Sara a little negative in the shares are up a little this morning and are never too was Red Hat what's going on red Hat making that Nan maker but this is the console software which allows other people to team can create their and projects which has been very popular right now the cheekily with cloud computing and in the day and the Hang preventing Sina Shares are up ... and then lastly other than my buying of the dining room table what else is going on until I feel and how much I mean very heavy that they actually had ... pretty weak paintings that they can get a very good forecasts for holiday season so it when chased a level of eighty three percent decline in endings and ... and that it can get on board with the potential app Holiday rally said this as an intern quite nicely this morning the baby can always look for to do well right exactly optimism on thank you so much and will be back in thirty seconds ... hello and welcome back and filing today ... this isn't something you see everyday ... fathers to be engine and China are signing up for labor pain can't ... tell the maternity hospital ... the goal ... to better appreciate the hardship of their expecting winds ... the the ... the ... the news ... eating whole new meaning to the idea of seeing the pain ... I'm on maternity hospital the scene and China ... launched a program ... he takes the lead ... to an ... end ... to the fathers to be a better idea of wanting to go through and you have to see ... at least the most painful parts ... I ... to simulate labor pains ... me getting back to StockCity about race ... and intense level has increased steadily from one to ten ... the hospice as the peak of town but it is much tighter than that ... many main cotton prints at or before ... we hunted main sign up for pain Cantina band ... and those respected cut its ... Norman's and ... one ... so how bad can be ... won the keys and despite the three stages ... I'm asked often about the ... two leaders ... while ... this ... stability is nobody ... and finally ... the rally has ... gripped by a boost ... many men said to me the program was the primary site ... it was ... said to have that new PC features for winning ... the ... defences open on Thursday that I should say the model ... if we stand ... to sit down with incidents that Adsense Lacy ... and if I knew so that was Auntie Angela thinking that that's not to go ... to Michigan summer seasonal push and on ... the new TNT were going to go on ... the T dot UK like ... the one on the go ... it's happening on to my aunt bought the CD and ... I'm confident he was often ... beaten him ... they were together ... when the goals that I've been told ... that his mom can think ... of ... what Wall Street or what to make declared statements now say declared a player will not be going to labor camp well that's the news this morning I'm Geoff Rogow thank you very much for joining us stay tuned for my baby coming up at ten thirty ... right here on WS J live or have agreed to ...


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this is my look at the safety position from 2013
Yesterday the Titans signed former Ravens safety Bernard Pollard to a one year deal, adding the hard hitter to a group that includes newly signed former Bills safety George Wilson, Michael Griffin, Robert Johnson, Al Afalava and Markelle Martin (did not play his rookie year due to injury). I previously took a look at the George Wilson signing here A Look At New Titans Safety George Wilson. What does the Pollard signing mean for the Titans? Let's take a look.
In 2012, the primary safeties for the Titans were Jordan Babineaux, Michael Griffin, Robert Johnson and Al Afalava. Suffice it to say that as a group the Titans safeties struggled that season. The Titans signed Wilson on February 22, 2013 and released Babineaux on March 13. Respectively, Babs and Griffin ranked 76 and 86 out of 88 safeties ranked per ProFootballFocus for safeties that played at least 25% of the…
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The elegantly dressed tailors on London's Savile Row, who cater to customers willing to spend $1,250 for a custom-made suit, at times decide to "take it in a little." But now some fear that their own historic district may soon be subject to alterations that could send it the way of the Nehru jacket. A zoning change before Britain's Environment Secretary would eliminate the distinction between offices and light industry. The tailors fear that once landlords realized they could convert Savile Row's shops from light-industry status into office space, rents would quadruple and many shops in the 140- year-old district would...
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Well he did it, he got down on one knee and asked you to be his wife! Sound like congratulations are in order! After the excitementbegins to die down what do you do next? Where do you even begin? To be honest there isn't a right or wrong way on what to do after you get engaged. However we have gathered some tips on what you may way to think about the moments after you get engaged. Some of these can help tremendously in the wedding planning process in regards to your bank account and your relationship with your new fiancé!
1. Weekly Dates
Just because you two are engaged doesn't mean your relationship should change, many couples have a hard time spending time together outside of the wedding planning. Planning a wedding is hard, it can cause problems, stress and can eventually lead to remorse towards your partner. Don't let planning your big day get in the way of why you two were getting hitched in the first place. If you set some time aside each week for you two to have some fun without any wedding planing thrown in the mix. This will be sure to remind you of the love that started it all!
2. Grooms Wedding Band
Depending on your mans taste in jewelry, most guys are more on the simpler side and prefer a wedding band without diamonds. However if he does want a band with diamonds, i would try and find one at a local jeweler. If he is more drawn towards a simpler band, you may want to steer clear of jewelers and check your online sources. A lot of mens wedding bands are over priced and under delivered. Just begin your research early in the game and this should save you some money in the process.
3. Create Your Wedding Registry
The sooner the better. This will give you plenty of time to create your wedding registry and plan whatever gifts you get into your new life. Also a good place to start is Amazon Registry, many people don't know this but Amazon has a "universal" registry. This means that you can return any item from any store even if its not on Amazons online website! This also opens up the door for a much wider selection of gifts from your guests!
4. Talk it out
Have a discussion with your partner on any underlying issues you may have. Honesty is the key to a happy and healthy marriage, and the best way to make that happen is by starting off that way. Be sure to tell your partner anything and everything before the marriage, full discloser is the best way to keep your hubby happy!
5. Kisses… lots of kisses!


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The F1 grand prix week is in full effect. Check that out, here. This is the time of the year when Montreal is in its prime with people from all around the world invading terraces and partying all night long. I partied, this evening, under the sounds of Super Sonic (tomorrow on Crescent Street, this friday evening at Jardins Gamelin).It was free and the fun was mesmerizing. We are nowhere near the magic of a city like Tokyo, but at least it is the "relatively" fun Montreal that we all have heard about. Party on!
A Cult Burger which cult I am not embracing, but that is just me …. I finally tried the famous QDC Burger of La Queue de Cheval, aka the Cult Burger. I am a huge fan of Peter Morentzos who went from a simple butcher to one of Canada's most powerful restaurateurs and I do think that La Queue de Cheval, with or without its flaws, is Montreal's best steakhouse. I heard great things about the QDC Burger and went trying it with great enthusiasm. It was not what I kept hearing about, for eg the best or one of the best burgers in town. Well, at least not in my books: for sure, the meat is of quality, the ciabatta-style bread too, but the kind of cult I am willing to follow, when it comes to burgers, is the one underlying big bold meaty flavors. This was ok, properly seasoned, cooked medium rare, and although decent … it would not be hard to replicate. Too bad my last burger at Goumet Burger did not live up to the highs established by my 1st burger there, but my very first burger at GB did fit with what I could comfortably elect as one of the best burgers I ever had in Montreal. Whether a burger is a gourmet or not a gourmet burger…I could not give a damn …I just want my burger to dazzle in mouth. The cult, in this instance, did not dazzle.
A tiger that did not fearsomely roar,but certainly charmed ….Red Tiger, a Vietnamese inspired bistrot, was one of the most anticipated new restaurant openings in town. The floor checkered bistrot is hip, its staff is young and beautiful and they certainly know how to be cool / trendy. The big trend these days is to do like in Japan: no visible mention of the restaurant name. Come to think about it…when you have an address, why do you need the name too? Lol
I started with 'cote de porc braisé aux cinq épices', which boasted faultlessly braised pork, tasting fresh and meaty. The minimum that one should expect, indeed, but many eateries are sadly just reheating their braised meats, a laughable mistake that Red Tiger did avoid during this visit. The Nuoc mam particularly inspired on this evening (great punch of acidity and spicyness, but perfectly balanced). Genuinely good 7/10
Pursued with 'Boeuf et porc roulé dans des feuilles de bétel' – the quality of the ingredients playing a role in the equation, perhaps, but cooking skills were also required and they shone through: the meat perfectly moist, packed with proper heat (not too hot to burn a palate, but enoughly warm to keep the meaty flavor alive),the taste delicious. Sauces are not an afterthought as the pairing sauce has an exciting depth of flavor, exquisitely sweet rather than cloying and uninspired. 7/10
Red Tiger is the 'prescription. to all the quibbles I kept finding with most Asian-style bistrots in town,lately : a grill that is too 'shy', food that is trying too much to please everyone, etc. Here, at Red Tiger, the grill ..grills! The food tastes delicious. They may look young and beautiful, which are sometimes attributes that one would not associate instantly with serious cooking, but they made it happen: the cooking here is to be taken seriously. Imagine if they were allowed to grill on charcoal! Red Tiger is serious stuff (though, certainly not the cheapest Vietnamese-inspired eatery that I know in town). My problem is not with them, it is with our local standards…Montreal is a universe away from world class foodie destinations like San Sebastian or Tokyo..and yet it is charging us 3 times more ..for food that is 3 times less exciting, and as to complete the grand slam…portions have to be, of course, smaller.. Better swallow that pill!
At the count of three, it crashed ……This was my 3rd visit at my favourite Haitian Casse Croute in Laval, Casse croute Casa Créole. Last time I ordered the Haitian bouillon here, it dazzled. Not this time as the bouillon was utterly salty. Who knows, perhaps the Chef was mad and poured enough salt in that Bouillon to showcase her hostility, lol. Regardless, Casa Créole continues to be my prefered Haitian Casse Croute in Laval as all the other dishes seem to be consistently well executed.


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Matte coloured Porcelain Coffee Cup
Smooth transparent glazed interior, unglazed exterior
Great for a big morning coffee or tea
Collection: Iceland
Approx. 7 x 11 cm, Holds +/- 275 ml
Handmade in Berlin
Please note: Photos are only indicative. As each item is hand-cast and glazed items may differ slightly. All pieces are made to order, meaning it will take 2-4 weeks to produce and ship your order.
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Some people are tech fiends who are always eager to have the latest edition of their favorite phones, while others hold onto their beloved older model until it no longer functions. No matter where on this spectrum you fall, eventually you may need a new cell phone, but even if you don't, keep reading to find out some telltale signs that it's time to switch it up.
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Low-Quality Pictures
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Missing Functions
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