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What is Osteogenesis Imperfecta (OI) And How Can it be Treated
Health | By Aileen Daugherty | June 23, 2022 June 21, 2022 | 4 minutes of reading
Skeletal diseases are pretty rare in the human population. However, most of these diseases tend to be very impactful in people's lives. That's because the very foundation of the human body is the skeletal system.
The human skeleton is made up of 206 bones. It serves several purposes, including providing structure and support for the body, protecting vital organs, and storing calcium and other minerals. The skeletal system also gives humans the ability to move. Muscles attach to bones via tendons, and when muscles contract, they pull on the bones, causing them to move.
However, what if the human skeleton can't form properly? What if it's too brittle for people to move around and do what they want and need to do? This is the reality for people with Osteogenesis Imperfecta (OI).
What is Osteogenesis Imperfecta?
Osteogenesis Imperfecta or OI comes from the Greek words for "bone" and "formation." It is a disorder that primarily affects the bones. People with OI have bones that break easily, often from something as simple as a cough or a hug. People with OI can have multiple fractures in their lifetimes.
There are four types of OI, classified by the severity of symptoms. Type I is the most common and mildest form. People with Type I OI usually have fractures after birth or early childhood. They may have short stature and some curvature of the bones, but they can grow up to be independent adults.
Type II is more severe, and people with this type often have multiple fractures as infants and children. They may also have short stature, deformities of the chest and spine, and lost joints. Type III is the most severe form.
People with Type III often have multiple fractures as infants, often before birth. They may also have very short stature, severe deformities of the chest and spine, and highly loose joints.
Type IV is also severe but not as extreme as Type III. People with Type IV often have fractures in childhood, short stature, and some deformities of the chest and spine.
What Causes Osteogenesis Imperfecta?
OI is caused by a mutation in the COL1A1 or COL1A2 gene. These genes provide instructions for making type I collagen, a protein that gives strength and flexibility to bones and other tissues. A mutation in either of these genes results in abnormal collagen production. This abnormal collagen makes bones weak and prone to fracture.
In most cases, OI is inherited, which means one copy of the mutated COL1A1 or COL1A2 gene is enough to cause the disorder. However, in some cases, the condition is caused by a new mutation in the gene. This type of OI, called de novo OI, occurs when neither parent has the disorder.
More than 1,000 known mutations in the COL1A1 gene and more than 500 known mutations in the COL1A2 gene can cause OI. The specific mutation determines the severity of symptoms.
What are the Symptoms of Osteogenesis Imperfecta?
The symptoms of OI vary, depending on the type. For example, people with Type I OI have milder symptoms, and people with Type III or Type IV have more severe symptoms.
The most common symptom of all types of OI is fractured. People with OI may have fractures before birth, at birth, or early childhood. In some cases, fractures may not occur until later in life. In some situations, OI can also affect teeth growth among those with it.
A different kind of collagen forms the teeth, so it is not as impacted by the COL1A1 and COL1A2 gene mutations that cause OI. However, about 50 percent of people with OI have teeth that are smaller than average and more likely to break. Because of these, children who have this kind of disease are suggested to wear porcelain veneers when they become teenagers. These veneers can help them have a better smile and strengthen their teeth. It can also stop them from bullying.
What is the Treatment for Osteogenesis Imperfecta?
There is no cure for OI, but there are treatments that can help lessen the symptoms. These include physical therapy, occupational therapy, braces, surgery, and medication. There is also a new form of treatment called gene therapy, which is currently being studied. Most of the time people with OI can live perfectly normal lives as long as they get treated.
If you or your child has OI, it is vital to see a doctor specializing in the disorder. A team of specialists can work with you to develop a treatment plan that is right for you. Although OI is a complex disease, people who have it can still live normal lives given the right treatments.


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45-та фольксгренадерська дивізія (Третій Рейх) () — піхотна дивізія народного ополчення (фольксгренадери), що входила до складу вермахту на завершальному етапі Другої світової війни. Дивізія сформована у жовтні 1944 року шляхом переформування 45-ї гренадерської дивізії.

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45-та фольксгренадерська дивізія була створена 21 жовтня 1944 року шляхом переформування 45-ї гренадерської дивізії та поповнень за рахунок резервних частин Люфтваффе і народного ополчення. 45-та дивізія пройшла дуже короткий термін підготовки та злагодження своїх підрозділів і невдовзі взяла участь у важких оборонних боях у Польщі восени 1944 року, де зазнала значних втрат на річці Вісла. У березні 1945 року ОКВ передислокував значно ослаблену 45-ту дивізію до Чехословаччини, де вона вела бої до капітуляції у травні 1945 року.

Райони бойових дій
 Польща (жовтень — листопад 1944);
 Німеччина (листопад 1944 — березень 1945);
 Чехословаччина (березень — травень 1945).

Командування

Командири
  генерал-майор Ріхард Даніель () (21 жовтня 1944 — 9 травня 1945).

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Склад

Нагороджені дивізії
 Нагороджені дивізії

 Нагороджені Сертифікатом Пошани Головнокомандувача Сухопутних військ (8)

Див. також
 Кюстрінський плацдарм
 Верхньо-Сілезька операція
 Штремберг-Торгауська операція
 505-й важкий танковий батальйон (Третій Рейх)
 8-ма кавалерійська дивізія СС «Флоріан Гайєр»

Посилання

 45.VOLKSGRENADIER-DIVISION

Література
 Georg Tessin: Verbände und Truppen der deutschen Wehrmacht und Waffen-SS im Zweiten Weltkrieg 1939—1945. Band 8: Die Landstreitkräfte 201—280. 2. Auflage. Biblio-Verlag, Bissendorf 1979, ISBN 3-7648-1174-9.
 Burkhard Müller-Hillebrand: Das Heer 1933—1945. Entwicklung des organisatorischen Aufbaues. Vol.III: Der Zweifrontenkrieg. Das Heer vom Beginn des Feldzuges gegen die Sowjetunion bis zum Kriegsende. Mittler: Frankfurt am Main 1969, p. 286.
 Samuel W. Mitcham. German Order of Battle: 1st—290th Infantry Divisions in World War II . — Paderborn: Stackpole Books, 2007. — Vol. 1. — 400 p. — (Stackpole military history series). — ISBN 0-811-73416-1

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Піхотні дивізії Третього Рейху
Військові формування, засновані 1944
Військові формування, розформовані 1945

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Q&A: How a Georgia Republican pushed his state forward on solar
Written By Gillian Neimark June 2, 2016
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Georgia Public Service commissioner Lauren "Bubba" McDonald Jr., left, attends a solar groundbreaking at Dublin High School in Valdosta, Georgia in 2013.
At first glance, Lauren "Bubba" McDonald Jr. doesn't seem a likely advocate for solar power.
The 77-year-old Republican, now in his third term on Georgia's Public Service Commission, is a lifelong conservative, a vocal Donald Trump supporter and a critic of the EPA's Clean Power Plan.
He's also one of the state's strongest proponents of solar energy development as part of an overall portfolio mix.
In 2013, he introduced an amendment to Georgia Power's Renewable Action Plan that allowed for the construction of 525 megawatts (MW) of solar energy through a Purchased Power Agreement. Since that time the Army and Navy have joined with Georgia Power, the state's largest utility, to build solar arrays on military and naval bases.
In 2014 he won the Individual Achievement Award from The Solar Foundation, a Washington, D.C. based national center for solar energy research and education.
However, he has not been without detractors, who have noted, for instance, that he and commissioner Doug Everett have received donations of more than $14,000 from the solar industry, according to campaign disclosures from the Georgia Government Transparency and Campaign Finance Commission (McDonald points out that the donations came after the PSC's 2013 decision).
McDonald, along with other commissioners, has also been criticized for accepting meals, lodging and other gifts from utility lobbyists. McDonald told the Atlanta Journal Constitution that the gifts have not persuaded him on policy.
McDonald, also a 20-year state legislator, is a graduate of the University of Georgia with a BBA in Business and has lived his entire life within District Four of the PSC.
Southeast Energy News asked Commissioner McDonald to trace his evolution to the state's successful solar-energy champion.
Southeast Energy News: How did you become an advocate for solar power?
McDonald: I am very open to improvements in technology that are market driven and clean. When I was first elected, coal was our basic energy. We are in a period of long-term decommissioning of many of our old coal plants. In the past we spent millions of dollars on scrubbers, bagging and other environmental measures to clean the air.
When I was elected I started following developments in solar power in California, New Jersey, Arizona and other states. The technology was skyrocketing and the cost of solar was going down. I did a little project called the Large Scale Solar Program that was 50 MW.
We have made tremendous progress in our state, and although some of it was at the ratepayer's expense, we are still 15 percent below the national average as far as electric rates are concerned.
You were one of the driving forces behind Georgia's current adoption of solar. How did you bring that about?
By law, we have an IRP (integrated resource plan) every 3 years. In 2013 when Georgia Power presented the IRP to the public service commission there was not one watt of solar in the IRP. I amended the IRP with the help of two of my commissioners, Doug Everett and Tim Echols, to put in 525 MW of solar power. I called it The Perfect Storm, because the technology for solar had just skyrocketed and the cost of solar had dropped 40 percent. In addition, long term financing rates were very favorable.
There are five commissioners, so that gave us a majority vote of 3-2. Once the amendment passed, we voted unanimously to pass the overall IRP.
Did you have trouble convincing Doug and Tim?
I can't give away all my secrets! I am very persuasive. We have a lot of good, flat land in the southern part of our state, and we get a lot of sun. According to a 2010 study from the University of Arizona, we are in the top five states in the nation who would benefit most from turning to solar for self-sufficiency.
After the IRP passed, everything broke loose for solar in Georgia. In 2014 Maj. Gen. Al Aycock decided to use Georgia as a model for solar exploration. Georgia Power contracted with the U.S. Army and the U.S. Army Energy Initiatives Task Force to build, own and operate on-base installations with 30 MW at Fort Benning, 30 MW at Fort Stuart and 45 MW at Fort Norton; and then the Navy came forth and decided they wanted 31 MW of solar at their submarine base in Kings Bay and 31 MW in Albany.
Collectively, these large-scale installations are expected to generate more than 160 MW of solar power. The solar arrays will provide energy savings, as well as backup power to keep the base running if there is some kind of cyber-attack on the military or a transmission facility.
We do recognize, however, that solar is not a dependable baseload generator. You can't depend on it at midnight, for instance. We recognize that.
What is the economic arrangement between the military and Georgia Power?
The military provides the solar energy to Georgia Power on power transmission lines they build. Then they provide the power back to the military. Georgia Power pays the military for what they produce, at what is known as the "avoided cost." That is the cost of the cheapest energy available at that time, whether it's nuclear, electric, gas, hybrid.
So Georgia Power still makes a profit when they sell it back to the military.
From the utility company's perspective, there is a lot of cost to this setup. They have to build it and run it. They need to recoup those expenses. By purchasing at the avoided cost, the cost of the energy is comparable to what it would cost to generate it from other sources.
How is Georgia doing on individual installations—such as rooftop installations for homes?
We're not going great guns on rooftop yet. That's a little different. The consumer needs to educate themselves. For instance, an 80-year-old with a 20-year-roof doesn't need a solar panel on their house. A person with a long-term mortgage needs to make sure they aren't violating any regulations of their mortgage before they put a panel on their house. So individual solar is a bit different.
You retire in 2020. When you walk out of that commissioner's office, where would you like Georgia to be in terms of solar power?
To tell the truth, my goals are longer term. My goal is that when my grandchildren, who are 8, 12 and 13, turn 50, they will be enjoying clean, affordable, reliable energy, and they can look back and say, "You know, Poppy had something to do with this."
Correction: This story has been updated to reflect that McDonald is in his third term as a commissioner, not his second.
About Gillian Neimark
Jill Neimark is an Atlanta-based journalist who writes for venues such as Science, Scientific American, Discover, Nautilus, NPR, Quartz and others.
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MOJAVE DESERT/PASADENA, California -- This Sunday, NASA's Phoenix lander will touch down on the surface of Mars. If everything proceeds according to plan, it will then start sending images and data back to Earth via one of two Mars orbiters and NASA's Deep Space Network.
Wired.com took a trip out to the desert to bring you some photos of the giant antennas that will receive the distant signals from Mars. We also made a prelanding trip to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to photograph Mission Control.
Wired.com will be covering the Mars landing live from Pasadena on Sunday. Visit our Mars page on the Wired Science blog to get the latest news and photos from Mission Control.
NASA's DSN is a series of three complexes located in remote places across the globe. Each complex was built far from populated areas to avoid stray radio signals that could interfere with the weak signals sent back from distant spacecraft. One such complex is at Goldstone in the Mojave Desert, another is near Madrid, Spain, and the third is near Canberra, Australia.
Once the signals have been received and amplified by the DSN they will be sent to Mission Control at the JPL facility in Pasadena. These signals will then be processed and the resulting images will be broadcast on the internet and television for the world to see.
Left:The Mars antenna is the largest antenna at the Goldstone complex. The antenna is 230 feet wide, stands 250 feet tall and weighs more than 16 million pounds. To get an idea of the scale of this antenna, take a look at the cars in the lower left of the photo.
Rows of equipment-packed racks fill the Signal Processing Center (SPC) next to the Mars antenna at Goldstone. The SPC handles the incoming data and sends spacecraft control signals to and from all the antenna sites at Goldstone.
Inside the base of the Mars antenna is a rack of controls for the positioner, receiver and transmitter. The actual control of this and all antennas at Goldstone are done a hundred yards away in the Signal Processing Center, so this control center is no longer used for direct control of the antenna.
Once the signal is captured by the antenna it is fed into a maser like this one. A maser, or microwave laser, is used in radio telescopes as an extremely low-noise amplifier.
For the maser to work properly, it needs extremely low temperatures -- around 4 degrees Kelvin, or -452 degrees Fahrenheit. In order to maintain this level of cooling, compressed helium is pumped through this expansion valve, which expands the helium, lowering its energy level and thus cooling it.
Larry Schrader, the chief technician for the DSN's maser lab, holds a feed horn, a hollow aluminum tube that is used to focus the extremely weak signals from the antenna into the maser for amplification. The horn is capped with capton (which is similar to mylar) and filled with pressurized nitrogen to keep the moisture out of the tube.
The Gemini site antennas, which are a few miles from the Mars site antenna in Goldstone, use a waveguide construction. Instead of focusing the antennas' beams on a receiver mounted on top of the antenna, they bounce the signal down into the base of the antenna. An adjustable microwave reflector in the center can bounce the microwave signal into a number of different detectors depending on the application.
An array of microwave reflectors can be targeted by a larger reflector in the center of the waveguide target room. Below each of the smaller reflectors is a feed horn plus either a maser or a solid-state amplifier for boosting the incoming signals.
A technician readies a station for Sunday's Mars landing inside the Phoenix Mission Support Area (MSA) in Pasadena, California. The MSA is adjacent to the larger Mission Control room.
Taking a front-row seat and as much desk space as the media desk next to it, the mission's "blog desk" will be liveblogging and twittering the landing as it happens. Although other NASA missions have been liveblogged, including Cassini and several shuttle missions, this is the first time NASA has ever officially used Twitter during a mission.
Mission control sits mostly empty up until a few days before the Phoenix reaches Mars. On the desk in the foreground are wireless headsets for the key personnel who will need to rove around the room while performing their duties.


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Appeals court weighs whether DOJ should substitute for Trump in defamation suit
A federal appeals court on Friday peppered the Justice Department with questions over whether it's appropriate for the department to substitute for former President Donald Trump in the defamation lawsuit brought by E. Jean Carroll.
Carroll, a former Elle magazine columnist, sued Trump in November 2019 after he denied raping her in a dressing room at Bergdorf Goodman in the 1990s. Trump claimed Carroll wasn't his type and made up the story to sell a new book.
The Justice Department is appealing the ruling of U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan, who in October rejected the DOJ's bid to replace Trump as the defendant in the case.
The DOJ's Mark Freeman conceded during arguments on Friday that "the former president made crude and offensive comments" when he responded to Carroll's rape accusation, but that he spoke in his capacity as president, therefore allowing the U.S. government to take over as the defendant, shielding Trump from personal liability.
MORE: Attorneys for Trump accuser E. Jean Carroll ask court to keep DOJ from defending case
"Any president facing a public accusation of this kind in which the media is very interested would feel obliged to answer questions from the public, answer questions from the media," Freeman said during oral arguments before the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. "It is part of the responsibility of a public official to address matters of grave interest to the public."
The Washington Post via Getty Images, FILE - PHOTO: In this June 21, 2019, file photo, E. Jean Carroll is shown at her home in Warwick, N.Y.
One of the appellate judges, Denny Chin, suggested that the context and content matters.
"Shouldn't we be parsing the individual comments to see whether they're serving the country?" Chin asked. "Who is he serving when he says 'She's not my type?'"
Another member of the three-judge panel, Guido Calabresi, questioned what law determines whether Trump was acting within the scope of his employment.
"We don't have any cases that tell us," Calabresi said.
Trump's attorney, Alina Habba, said that Trump was obligated to respond to Carroll's accusation.
MORE: Justice Department no substitute for Trump in defamation case, judge says
"When somebody says he did a heinous crime 20 years ago, he needs to address it," Habba said.
Carroll's attorney, Joshua Matz, said Trump "acted in pursuit of private motives" and that Carroll should be allowed to hold him personally accountable.
"A mere denial is not the same as 'I didn't rape her and she's too unattractive for me to have done it,'" Matz said.
They absolutely should not act as his attorney he has gotten away with terrible things for almost his whole life he can afford his own lawyer he can use some of the money that he grifts from his supporters
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This statement from the case is bullsh*t since Trump regularly denied answering questions or called the media fake!!.. "Any president facing a public accusation of this kind in which the media is very interested would feel obliged to answer questions from the public, answer questions from the media,"
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Your investigating trump bring it all out against him. He has no feeling for a human being only for himself. Gather everything and bring him down
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Premier Medical Group is a physician owned practice that can trace its origin to 1950. Prior to our present name, the entity was called Physicians Affiliated Care. September 2019, we expanded our services and moved into a new office building. We then changed the name to reflect our commitment to being a leading healthcare provider. We provide comprehensive primary care to adult patients in Owensboro and surrounding counties. Our providers also have a special interest in the treatment of diabetes, thyroid disorders and other endocrinology conditions. Divisions of our practice are Premier Aesthetics and Premier Lab.
Bernard J. Buchanan, MD, PhD
Dr. Buchanan is the President of our group. He joined the practice in 1992. He has a Doctor of Medicine degree with honors from Loyola University, Stritch School of Medicine where he also obtained a Doctor of Philosophy and Physiology degree. He completed his internal medicine fellowship and residency at Northwestern University Hospitals in Chicago, as well as his endocrinology fellowship at Hines Veterans Administration Hospital in Hines, IL. Dr. Buchanan is an Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of Louisville and part of the clinical faculty at the University of Kentucky and Vanderbilt University. He has been published in over 35 clinical publications and is board certified.
Sue A. Robertson, APRN
Ms. Robertson joined the practice in 2011. She has a Bachelors degree and a Masters degree in nursing from the University of Southern Indiana. She has previously worked in the emergency departments at Methodist Hospital in Henderson, KY and in Owensboro Health Regional Hospital. She has also worked at St. Joseph Mercy Oakland Hospital in Pontiac, MI. Ms. Robertson has served as an adjunct faculty member at Owensboro Community and Technical College in Owensboro. She is pursuing her Doctorate degree in nursing and is board certified.
Angela M. Rogers, APRN
Ms. Rogers joined the practice in 2015. She received her Bachelors degree in nursing from the University of Kentucky in Lexington, KY and her Masters degree in nursing from Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green, KY. Ms. Rogers has worked at Owensboro Health Regional Hospital in the cardiac stepdown unit, critical care unit, and open heart recovery. She worked at the University of Kentucky Chandler Medical Center in the medical/surgical unit. She is a member of the Kentucky Coalition of Nurse Practitioners Nurse-Midwives and American Academy of Nurse Practitioners.
Matthew A. Finley, PA-C
Mr. Finley works exclusively with Dr. Buchanan at Owensboro Health Regional Hospital. He joined the practice in 2016. He graduated with honors from Bethel University in Paris, TN, with a Masters degree in Physician Assistant Studies. He also graduated with a Bachelors degree in Biomedical Sciences from the University of South Florida in Tampa.
Natali R. Hall, RN
Natali leads our Premier Aesthetics division. She joined us in 2014. She is a licensed cosmetologist and registered nurse. She previously worked at Creative Corner Hairstyling in Philpot, KY and at Perry County Memorial Hospital. Her background makes her uniquely qualified to recommend and administer treatment plans for the skin. She is a certified injector.
Kathy A. Thiesse, APRN
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Max Weber: Worst Colleague Ever
In my New Yorker piece on Max Weber, which came out yesterday, I alluded to Weber's many, often failed, forays into political life. Several folks on social media have expressed surprised about these expeditions. The facts of Weber's political involvement don't seem to fit with the aura of political detachment that surrounds his writing. Indeed, some of Weber's writing can make him seem almost hermetically sealed off from the barest of political obligations, which is to communicate clearly.
But Weber was intensely involved in the political life of his day. In fact, I had an entire section of my piece devoted to these involvements, and was originally going to open the essay with that as a kind of set piece. For a variety of reasons, my editor and I decided to kill it.
But I thought I'd share it here.
Max Weber, a scholar of hot temper and volcanic energy, longed to be a politician of cold focus and hard reason. Between the 1890s, when he launched his academic career, and his death from pneumonia in 1920, Weber made repeated incursions into the public sphere of Wilhelmine and Weimar Germany—to give advice, stand for office, form a party, negotiate a treaty, and write a constitution.
Most of these forays were failures. Officials didn't listen; opportunities disappeared; proposals were rejected; amendments were ignored. Time and again, particularly after defeat, Weber would disavow any political ambition. But in the end, he couldn't deny, as he confessed to a friend, that his "secret love" was for "the political."
Why did Weber never manage the transition from pen to power? He was a riveting speaker, attracting legions of listeners from inside and outside the academy. He had good instincts and enviable judgment. His political antenna was so finely tuned, his map of the terrain so expertly drawn, he seemed to know, at every corner, which way to turn.
Despite a nervous breakdown in 1898, which drove him from the classroom for twenty years, and crippling bouts of depression that sent him to spas and sleeping pills, he rarely suffered from the thought that others might know better than he. "If one is lucky" in politics, he observed toward the end of his life, a "genius appears just once every few hundred years." That left the door wide open for him.
Even in the delirium of his final days, Weber could be heard declaiming on behalf of the German people, jousting with their enemies in several of the many languages he knew. So appointed for politics did he seem that the philosopher Karl Jaspers, his close friend and most ardent fan, wondered whether Weber hadn't "unconsciously" arranged his own derailment of destiny.
The truth is less exotic. Simply put, Weber was impossible to work with. His "intellectual superiority was a burden," sighed his wife Marianne. His "ethical standards were inordinate." Though offered as exoneration, as if Weber were too good for this world, the comment suggests how exasperating he could be. "The Germans," Goethe said, "make everything difficult, both for themselves and for everyone else." Weber made things very, very difficult.
Every move, every maneuver, had to be just so. After agreeing, during World War I, to speak publicly on behalf of a propaganda outfit for the war, Weber complained that he had been instructed not "to be too precise" in his formulations. "That is not my way." What was his way? "Taking things to an extreme; I cannot do otherwise."
For a man so clear-eyed about the larger questions of power, both its shifting balances and long-term tendencies, Weber could be myopically exacting about the minutia of a moment. "A politician must make compromises," he announced after withdrawing from yet another party to which he had been briefly attached; "a scholar cannot justify this." But that was just a fancy way of saying nobody did anything right—which in politics, as in families, may be the wrongest position of all.
Weber's refusal of compromise put him into frequent, often needless, conflict with comrades and colleagues. "He bubbles over," one scholar remarked, "but he bubbles over for too long; first he should bubble, then he should flow." Weber never flowed. Even Marianne acknowledged that his "constant criticism of the political conduct of his own group was disquieting."
Far from making him look principled, his intransigence made him seem unsteady, even explosive. Weber could blow up anything. Anticipating his arrival at what was slated to be a tense meeting of the faculty, a historian commented to the art historian sitting next to him, "The most excitable man in the world is about to storm in." As it happens, Weber was the picture of calm at that meeting, delivering what the art historian would call a "Hellenic" performance.
But there's a reason, beyond mental illness, that he was thought of as unstable and inconstant. A supernova of energy, Weber lacked the critical element that distinguishes the dilettante from the professional: staying power. Every burst of light left behind a black hole.
If you missed the New Yorker piece, you can check it out here.
Max Weber: Man of Our Time?
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jonnybutter November 13, 2020 at 10:28 am | #
omg much better with this part in, IMO. A contrast to the rest of the piece, setting both parts off. The requisite splash of vinegar.
robcrawford November 13, 2020 at 3:43 pm | #
There's a great passage in Ernst Toller's "Jugend in Deutchland" that describes Weber as rather clueless when it came to practical politics.
Joseph Lough November 15, 2020 at 10:26 pm | #
Thanks for this. I look forward to reading the full article. It goes a bit beyond the standard Mommsen take on Weber's politics; or Fritz Ringer's. I once considered writing a book about the world from the vantage point of Max and Marianne's Sonntagskriese; instead, I wrote Weber and the Persistence of Religion (London: Routledge 2006). Not a bad book, but I think Max and Marianne's Heidelberg home might have offered extraordinary insights into the world of the 1900s and 1910s.
William Timberman November 16, 2020 at 12:12 am | #
Very timely, or maybe it only seems timely because the theme it addresses is always timely. Yes, intellectual arrogance is annoying, even on those rare occasions when it's justified by intellectual accomplishments. On the other hand, an overabundance of pragmatism in politics, the kind that makes a Joe Biden disdain an AOC, can leave us with the kind of bone-deep dread that the Democratic Party of Joe Biden now inspires in anybody with any political instincts worthy of the name. Even if you're gonna stick to the boring of hard boards, it doesn't hurt to think a little about what you're boring them for.
Evan D Stark November 18, 2020 at 10:12 am | #
The arrogant side of MW has been known for years and by means distinguished Weber from a number of his colleagues or competitors, Present company included, examples in US and European politics abound for blind intllectual arrogance leading to success, from John Adams to TR, De Gaulle — Weber's simply never had a head for politics and could not reconcile his fascination with imperial power and empire with his disgust for barbarism.
William Timberman November 18, 2020 at 12:17 pm | #
Point taken. Hard to deal with the complexities in a blog comment. Better to write engaging books, as Corey does. (If only we all had his insight, and his discipline.) I do get tired, though, of the American left's penchant for preferring a moribund institutionalism and dread of cultural diversity on the one hand, and an "aw shucks" phony pretense to working class populism on the other. Neither Corey nor AOC are guilty of such nonsense, which is why I respect them.
Tracy Lightcap November 19, 2020 at 10:47 pm | #
My favorite about Weber: a colleague told Max that he thought some of Economy and Society that Weber had given him to look at might be difficult for others to read. Weber's reply: "It shouldn't be any easier for them to read it then it was for me to write it."
That's him all over.


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One of the best part of any meal is to slurp up a hot bowl of soupy goodness! If you are looking to enjoy a hot bowl of comforting clear soup brimming with all the nutritional value of luxurious ingredients extracted through long hours of delicate cooking. This is it, the Double-boiled Chicken Soup with Abalone, Dried Scallop & Sea Whelk 干贝响螺鲍鱼炖鸡汤!
You know how good a dish is when you hear nothing but complete silence except for occasional sound of munching! Wok-fried Japanese M9 Wagyu Beef with Young Ginger & Pineapple is definitely not to be missed. The bite sized beef cubes were so tender that I hated myself for not savouring it slow enough! Give me more please!
Now, for those who know your fish, Chilean Sea Bass tasted like black cod but sweeter. Hence more expensive too. Baked Chilean Sea Bass with Homemade Special Chilli Sauce 风味酱烤智利鳕鱼 was one of my favorite dish. It was so buttery and sweet that I can have the whole fish by myself, if it was served to me and only me! A very well executed dish that is good to have it on its own without the homemade chilli too! But you may want to save that chilli to have with the next dish, Lai Wan Fried Rice with Chinese Sausage, Diced Abalone and Prawns 凯嘉荔湾香炒饭.
We ended our meal with the Homemade Lotus Seed Tea with Dried Longan 养生园肉莲子茶. Although the dessert is on the sweeter side, it is a nourishing beauty dessert that I don't mind having a second serving.
For the year of the Golden Rooster, Cassia @ Capella Singapore has prepared 4 auspicious set menu-s ($79++ to $199++ per pax) to welcome an awesome year ahead. Although Cassia @ Capella Singapore is located in Sentosa, it is away from the hustle and bustle of the city and in the midst of lush greenery. I would definitely recommend this place if you are looking for a fine dining Chinese restaurant (to impress) that serves up nothing but quality food to usher you into the Golden Rooster of good health, prosperity and wealth!
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First Image from "Wink Of An Eye" [UPDATED: Video Preview Added]
| January 10, 2007 | By: Anthony Pascale 86 comments so far
CBS just sent over this cool shot of Kirk and a doomed red shirt on planet Scalos.
Another fine matte painting from CBS Digital. This new painting of a Scalosian city replaces the recyled painting used in the orignal "Wink Of An Eye" (of Eminiar 7 from "A Taste of Armageddon").
click to enlarge (cap from TrekCore.com)
The Remastered "Wink of an Eye" airs this weekend, the first Star Trek Remastered episode from Star Trek's 3rd season.
UPDATE: Video preview:
(WMV version)
UPDATE 2: Closeup on Scalos Matte Painting
CmdrR.
Looks good. Matte replacement is an area where CBS Digital certainly excells. While I don't find much in TOS that's jarringly bad, it is annoying how much of the visuals had to be recycled for budgetary reasons. It's a near certainty any of the original artists would have done a new city for this episode, had the bucks been there. Of course, I guess in this one, there's no opportunity to put people into the matte. (I think you've got a great merchandizing tool if you can stick fans into actual trek episodes. Send me my cut when you get rich off this idea.)
hitch1969©
Who's macinthepants™? CBS-D is macinthepants™!
Could someone from the team who is reading this PLEASE send me some remastered stills of the Sally Kellerman episode CGI'd out and a hot naked chick placed in? I think I mentioned this previous. hitchworld1969@aol.com. thank you.
best!!
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#2 — You're confused. You want the digitially remaster print of Robert Altman's M*A*S*H.
Excellent work. Wonder why the statue was left out?
Stygian landscape to match a dour Kirk. 3rd season already?
dan_star_trek man
Wink of an Eye is a fun episode, but wrought with major inconsistency.
Fans, please help with 2 questions:
I've always wondered, wouldn't Scalosians would die of old age in the transporter cycle or turbo lift.
Or why Kirk & co. wouldn't give antidote to Scalosians in the end?
SithMenace
Good stuff. It would be cool to see ships flying in the background too. I still think Space Seed was the best looking one yet though.
Can't be any ships over the skyline. Everyone's dead. Of course, we never find out what happened to the other millions of Scalosians. Did they speed up? Wouldn't some still be around, just like the ones we meet in this episode?
Anyway, it's all worth it to watch Kirk pull on his boots… after knockin' boots with the alienette of the week.
All right! Color looks a little drab for TOS but I wholeheatedly applaud the redo effort. #6 Dan — the answers to your questions are, I fear, that it was just a badly written episode.
It remains highly memorable though for the infamous "pulling up the boots" scene, and the superfine Kathie Brown. Can't wait to see her half-there outfit digitally remastered!
ety3
Something bothered me about the new matte for a few minutes before I realized what it was … it's bleak.
That's a tad unusual for TOS, but it is entirely appropriate for this episode.
Now I'm not bothered at all.
I have been told that the statue was removed because it was out of focus and would have sucked up too much time rotoscoping it in. Remember that to do these kinds of shots they have to go frame by frame. When your forground elements are not in front of a blue screen it is meticulous pain in the ass work…so the statue had to go.
it is not that it couldnt be done…it was just a time/money thing again. Much of TOSR is like triage, you spend you time and resources as well as you can.
A bleak cityscape? Perhaps. Me, I couldn't help but notice the "blocky" apartment buildings to the left of the security officer. I guess the good folks at CBS decided to pilfer a bit of architectural design from 20th century Canada! 'Cause those buildings are IDENTICAL to the famous ones built for Expo 67 that still exist near the port in Montreal.
#12 you are so right — Habitat, yes? And it's a totally appropriate choice: a location Trek could have actually shot at given time and budget. Good eye!
# 13. Yes, it's the Habitat. And I agree it's apropriate. The coolest thing about its use here is that when it was designed, it was considered "The way of the future", much like anything else at Expo 67.
I like the retro-future look of TOS, and I'm glad the remastering team are respecting it.
In fact, I'm hoping the Abrams movie will service that very same esthetic (ENT's "In a Mirror, Darkly" proved the TOS look can be very cool", but I kind of doubt Trek XI wil be so gutsy as to go that far. Most films treat the past's visions of the future as camp.
This pic just popped up on Ain't It Cool News, with a review of CBS' work on the remastering. I didn't expect to see this over there.
surely instead of trying to rotoscope around the original statue, a new CG statue could be included in the new matte
#16 – Lti – I was just thinking the exact same thing…
I had forgotten how much more bushy Shatner's wig was in season 3
That is an excellent matte painting.
I just saw the remastered trailer on Star Trek.com. Looks like the phaser beams are re-done again.
#12 – Wow…. good eye.
I just looked it up… for those who are interested, here's a link to a picture of Habitat:
http://www.thecityreview.com/arcnowx.jpg
Isn't this the episode when you can see the special effects guy holding the sparklers?
Man, I hope they fix that.
Shatner's got the swagger in that pic. Is that a mac in your pants or are you just glad to see me, redshirt?
You know it's funny how a picture tells us a thousand stories as they say. The implication being of course that without direct and explicit visual that there are many other things that our completionist minds tell us to complete the story. Rotoscoping works alot that way too. The pixel variant is an optical illusion, of course. Mathematically there is no Algorithm to demonstrate this factor – it's all tediously calculated at the sub-atomic level in the microprocessors. Truly, digital compositing is much too complex a topic for me to expound upon with the laymen of this site. I digress and whatnot.
Ok I'm kidding I have no clue what I was talking about. But it sure sounded cricket, eh dochterman????
Sparklers? I love sparklers!
"Rotoscoping works alot that way too. The pixel variant is an optical illusion, of course. Mathematically there is no Algorithm to demonstrate this factor – it's all tediously calculated at the sub-atomic level in the microprocessors." – h69
A photograph of that, written on a dry erase board IN the offices of CBS-D, with Okuda and Rossi and The Zero Room Posse™ is all I wants for Christmas, baybeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!
I know people always speak of Shatners wig – lack of hair but what I'd really like to see is him without his so called wig….sure I could do a web search but I'd like to see someone post something here as I'm sure it would be better.
Scott Gammans
Love the new 3-D "matte" (I don't think it's really a matte painting, is it? It looks more like a 3-D model), but unfortunately it doesn't really match the color, intenstity or angle of lighting on our heroes in the foreground.
Beautiful work, CBS-D.
I love the way the uniforms have been color-altered as well to match the mood of the scenery. Filtering out the bright colors helps to affect the mood of the shot tremendously. Look at Shatner! It's like he's just been told his horse ran away. Coolness.
Old School Trek Nerd
Hope it looks more alive in the episode. Here it looks as if they're standing in front of a travel poster. It is unusual to see them amp down the colors. Maybe it's just the file.
The main problem with those mattes…both in the original and the remaster (and nothing to do about it) is that the lighting on the actors is so obviously stage lighting…
Even though the new matte is far superior to the original, the stage lighting kind of kills the credibility of the shot.
I've looked extensively for images of Shatner sans hair without success. This entailed going back to early pics of him in Judgement at Nuremberg, etc through the Twilight Zone. Pictures of him in his youth show a wavy, but not very thick head of hair right back into his youth.
He was definitely wearing by the time of Trek – Joan Collins' tells an anecdote about it and there is an on set cartoon in Solow and Justman's book. In seasons 1 and 2 it looks very much as if the cartoon is right and he wore a "chignon" style piece at the front (close ups show what looks like his own front hairline blended in), but in season 3 it is considerably fuller. S & J mention that his wigs regularly vanished from the make up room, presumably into Shatner's pocket and I would imagine these kept him going through the lean years after Trek, Summer Stock, etc.
By the time of Barbary Coast, he was wearing a fuller, curlier, wig seen also on album covers, in convention pics, etc. of the early Seventies. The Devil's Rain gives good exposure to it. Not surprisingly, for ST TMP he acquired a new set of wigs, with a conspicuously darked and thicker, curlier, hairstyle. This trend was followed in the movies and through the 1980s, he seems to have been wearing a full wig of the sort best thought of as a hat made out of hair – exemplified best by the TJ Hooker curly top. This style is not just glued but has ties woven into the remaining hair to stay put, and requires regular maintenance. Take a look at its sides for instance.
Interestingly, in ST VI he debuted the greyer thinning hair style of wig which he has moved progressively forward with today. The best example of this would be in Boston Legal. Some even imagine that this is his own hair and he has had hair plugs, but no, it's a wig – the best defence in old age for the bald actor is to wear a wig with recession.
Sometimes he still seems to wear a more bushy and curly style – in the recent advert for Dish TV. I have even seen a documentary in which he swam with manatees in which the wig went underwater "live" so to speak – unlike his celebrated dunking in ST IV, which was brief and managed.
I find it odd and interesting that Shatner has presumably worn a wig for something like 40 years now. No doubt he will be buried in it. I suppose it is second nature to him now. I wonder who, if anyone, ever sees him without it? In reality, I imagine he is easily as bald as Patrick Stewart – and don't forget that when Stewart auditioned, it was first wearing his rather ratty wig (it was flown over from England especially.)
For my next essay, I will discuss how tall is William Shatner…
Looks pretty good to me. Too bad this episode was so badly written.
I really don't think Shatner wore a hairpiece in TOS. I think the rumor got started because of the sideburns that he wore to give his haircut a more 23rd century look. The make up department called them hairpieces and Shatner was natorious for ruining his.
Toonoon
Is it just me or does this still look like they are standing in front of a painting? Ok, I agree its a better "painting" and its a new one, but it still looks like a back drop to me.
Thanks THEETrekMaster, that's exactly the culprit. I'm not sure what could be done to the backgrounds to make them more closely match the obvious stage lighting, but that is indeed what the problem is.
Oh and btw, the reason there are not more Scalosians is that "acceleration" has made all the men sterile. That's why Kirk and Deela were bumpin' uglies in his cabin… to get a head start on repopulating the Scalosian race.
(That, and to help Kirk get that 1,000th notch on his bedpost he'd been working towards.)
Shatner definitely wore a piece during TOS. Read the Justman/Solow book. That's definitive as far as I'm concerned.
But I think he's had hair transplants in recent years. He's got the dough and he's been wearing it awfully short for a long time.
That background looks pretty good. I hope they rotoscope out that annoying soprano singer this season. She overpowers the title music.
Daren Doc
Nice to see some new city backings… but.. It is disappointing that the color palette that the original designers put behind the actors is being thrown away. That painting was basically shades of grey and white… and they specifically put blue lights on it to denote a time of day, I believe… so we're seeing a bit of the "original intent" changed for no apparent reason.
Shatner just doesn't have enough donor hair for a transplant to achieve the sort of "short greyhair" head of hair he shows in Boston Legal
Some people think he didn't wear a piece in TOS because he still had a hairline to blend it with (at least the first couple seasons) and it looked much better than the more obvious wigs of the 70s and 80s which looked nothing like his previous appearance or even each other. Since the 90s he's managed to keep it somewhat more consistent and similar in color and texture to his "classic" 60s look. He looks good and at this point if he suddenly decided to be bald I'd wonder if he'd lost his mind.
With actors such as Patrick Stewart and Sean Connery, wigs are just part of the costume and makeup when called for, not a personal accessory. If Shatner can't give in to nature, it's totally consistent with his evident drive to keep working and doing as much as he can, as though maybe he'll never die as long as he's too busy to die.
It's a strange thing to be fascinated by but I think it's an inevitable aspect of Shatner's status as a hugely successful and iconic entertainer, and childhood Capt. Kirk idol to many, that people naturally wonder what it's like to be him and what any of us might do if we could be in his place. It's very human.
Kelvington
I doubt we will ever see his chrome dome. There's an old story about Lorne Greene goes into a water tank on Bonanza and while he's under water, what looks like a silvery rat comes floating to the surface, before the actor comes up. Then a hand appears popping out of the water and looking around like thing looks for and grabs the silvery rat and pulls it under the water. Then Greene returns to the top of the water and gets out of the tank holding his head. I sense Shatner would be no different.
All this makes me wonder what I was doing during the "Shatner with curly brown wig" era of human history.They should do a segment on this period of time on VH1 as a retrospect.Ya know , break down pop culture trends to correspond with his different wig phases.
The Trek master, that's where a program called Lustre by Autodesk comes in handy. It's s color grading software suite designed to do EXACTLY what you are referring to.
Here's a good un
http://www.angelfire.com/poetry/foreverkate/shat.jpg
Just wanted to say that I pimped you guys over AICN, hope you get some good traffic from there since they have mentioned this teaser image as well. Also, as a first-generation TOS dude, the discussion about The Shat's hair nearly made me spew my beverage all over my CRT (no LCD yet, unfortunately)…I love the technical information you guys pass back & forth here after each remastered episode, but it's fun subjects like that which truly make this a great site :)
"In Search of Shatners Hairpiece"…. I have an original series budget document from May 26, 1966 signed by Bob Justman and under STAR TREK Series Preparation Acct. #900 one of many items is: 3 Hair Pieces for William Shatner $546.00.
That put to rest any doubt I had prior to this that Mr. Shatner needed some fill-in on his head during the period of the original series. If you need a detailed history of this subject please see #30 above.
Some images a la Shat
http://images.art.com/images/products/large/10036000/10036896.jpg
http://fusionanomaly.net/mysteriesofthegodscollarsfromhell.jpg
http://www.poster.net/shatner-william/shatner-william-photo-william-shatner-6233531.jpg
http://www.edrobertson.com/images/TJCH.jpg
The latter one is especially good
An aside: I just read that Paramount exec Gail Berman handed in her resignation. Any chance of this affecting our beloved film?
42. Sean4000 – January 10, 2007
Very interesting, Sean! Thanks for the info. While everyone else seems enthralled with hairpieces you are providing some comment on the lighting situation with the new digital matte painting. Sounds like CBS digital needs to purchase this software! LOL
Anyone else wonder whey they chose THIS episode as the first one to remaster from the third season? LMAO!!!
I mean, c'mon….
Buckaroohawk
A few quick notes…
"Wink of an Eye:" Not an effects-heavy episode, but the ones that are there are challenging (i.e. the Scalosian force field and the wide angle and slow-motion phaser shots). The CGI city in the shot above looks great. Looking forward to seeing the episode.
"Shatner's Hairline:" While he obviously wore a hairpiece during TOS, I believe he must have had some kind of folicle transplant sometime in the 1980's. My evidence for this are Shatner's underwater scenes at the end of Star Trek IV. Kirk is in the cargo hold trying to manually open the cargo bay doors and release George and Gracie. Shatner clearly does all of the underwater work himself; we even see him submerge and swim to the manual release handle. During this whole scene, Shatner's hair stays quite firmly attached to his head. In close ups, his hair seems a bit thin, but it is clearly a part of his scalp, not an appliance. Finally, in the scenes with the crew after the whales escape the BoP, Shatner's hair is plastered closely to his head. It doesn't have that "fake hair" look at all. Yeah, I know he's a wealthy guy and can afford top-of-the-head…I mean line…hairpieces, but I've never heard of a toupee that can stand up to that kind of scrutiny.
"Hitch1969:" I just realized who's voice I hear when I read your posts…"the Todd" from the TV show Scrubs. Can I get a Vulcan High Five!
Chris Pike
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A car accident is traumatic. No matter how small the damage is, it's a potentially stressful experience. To make matters worse, the others in the accident might not be cooperative. Some may try to leave, refuse to give their information, or automatically start denying anything has happened. Here are some tips on what to do in that situation.
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Some things that you should ask about and write down include: the other person's license plate number, the name of their insurance, their name. One way to do this is to begin taking photos at the scene. This can be a non-intrusive way of collecting vital information not only of the accident itself, but of the other person. You could also start using one of the many technological devices that can help guide you through the information collection process.
It's important to act reserved and calmly during this process. Anything said during this exchange could come back to haunt you in the courtroom. Be polite and as calm as you can be. In most cases, the other person is feeling anxiety as well and might be refusing information out of fear, rather than any malicious intent.
If the other person is being uncooperative, do not force or confront the other person. While it is necessary to have car insurance in South Carolina, it is not mandated to show it to other civilians. This means that a person can refuse to offer information. If a situation like this develops, stay calm and listen. If the other person gets on the phone, listen for their name or anything they might say that will help identify them. If you are taking photos, see if you can zoom in on their license plate for their number.
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It's hard to make myself a priority.
I seem to be doing ok.
I know I should make more of an effort but other things absorb all my time.
I think I will have time but then some emergency comes up.
I am so drained I don't know what I need right now.
I know what I should do, but I don't really feel like it.
These are just a few of the things that keep us from taking care of ourselves in the way we need to.
I have had so much fun getting together this fall with moms, family caregivers, and a group of nurses to talk about self-care. They have been courageous at delving into the topic with me. I always find myself convicted and having learned so much after our talks.
And afterwards the important thing is to make one small change when it comes to taking care of ourselves. Even when the reasons above seem to take over, the thing to remember is that so much of self-care can be done in a single act that takes 15 minutes or less everyday or even just a couple days a week.
Now you might be tempted to write me off right now. But hold on tight. It is important to focus on small changes and to feel the sense of victory with having accomplished them. And it is possible to become healthier with an extra 15 minutes a day spent on yourself.
10)Write down everything you are worrying about and put it away to deal with another time.
8)Think about someone you were close to in the past that you would like to revitalize your relationship with.
2)Check-in with yourself: how have things been running lately? Are you restless? Is there an area you need to spend more time on?
3)Think about the 3 main things that are taking up your time? What is the core reason why you do them?
4)What are you being called to at this time in your life? What brings you passion?
5)Ask 3 people in your life to tell you there opinion about how you seem to be doing lately.
So there it is. Self-care in 15 minutes or less and you can do an even better job then I at making a list of self-care practices that meet your needs. PICK ONE!


This article contains spoilers so if you haven't seen the Thursday, October 4, 2018 episode of General Hospital, please do not continue reading.
Since Steve Burton's return to General Hospital on September 19, 2017, fans of the Sam and Jason (known as JaSam) have clamored for the reunion of their favorite GH couple. Initially, it looked like Sam (Kelly Monaco) would remain with husband Drew Cain (Billy Miller). They even renewed their wedding vows. But Sam and Jason shared a New Year's Eve kiss aboard The Haunted Star. And after being trapped with Jason in Jim Harvey's trailer during the Port Charles earthquake and barely escaping with their lives, Sam admitted that she loved him and always would. No wanting to be unfair to either man, Sam took off for some alone time and eventually divorced Drew. But lately, Sam and Jason have found themselves in situations that would hint at a possible reunion. And in the Thursday, October 4, 2018 episode, their son Danny showed Jason his report for son on different types of families where sometimes the daddy and mommy live in separate houses (like Sam and Jason) and asked point blank whether mommy loves daddy.
Viewers know that Sam loves Jason and he loves her. But what does that mean for their future? Is a reunion on the horizon for JaSam? Stay tuned.


Last week Chad Reed showed his internet wizardry skills, keeping his name in the news for a couple of reasons. First, he was outdoor testing for JGR Suzuki, and second, he called out his home country of Australia for not picking him to represent them at Red Bud in the Motocross of Nations. Figuring out what's behind Chad's posts is like deciphering the Da Vinci Code. Everything posted to his account has intent and meaning, but Chad doesn't do this by himself. His wife and media mastermind Ellie have been playing social media chess while everyone else is stuck playing checkers.
Let's start with what we know. Chad doesn't want to have his own team. The current factory 450 teams are full and would have to add another bike [see guide below], except Suzuki. Suzuki has taken quite a public beating for being outdated. Honestly, the criticism is fair; they haven't done much in the form of development throughout the last 10 years. In 2018, they released an "all new" 450, but test riders from every publication unanimously trashed the new bike. I bring this to light because Chad Reed cannot bring Suzuki's public perception any lower, even if he blames the bike for bad results in 2019.
In Reed's career, he has been critical of teams and bikes he has ridden, and depending on who you talk to, he may have even hurt sales of specific models. Currently the perception of Suzuki is so low that there is no risk of Chad hurting their sales. The JGR team is one of the few teams who rely on an outside sponsor along with Suzuki support. Reed makes getting an outside sponsor much easier. His fan following will bring whatever brand JGR lands a considerable amount of exposure; their current sponsor Autotrader is not signed for 2019. Doing the math, JGR is the only factory possibility for Reed in 2019, and according to his tactical social media posts, he is absolutely racing Supercross next season. It was also made official today that Chad he will be racing the JGR Suzuki next weekend at Ironman MX.
That's all I have about Reed, but as I put the 2019 teams on paper, I couldn't help but think about how many good riders will not have jobs next year. I was talking with my buddy Jason "Stoyo" Strudevan and he asked why teams don't offer support rides. Why doesn't Honda have guys riding for bikes, parts and a per diem? How much would it really cost them to add an additional bike or two (not full factory) to the truck—a position very similar to when JGR hired Phil Nicoletti as a fill in rider, except these guys would race every week? Every other major sport offers professional development opportunities for their respective middle class. With better bikes, we will see a more competitive field, which would limit the amount of riders being lapped multiple times. I have to admit "Stoyo" really got me thinking about the opportunities this presents for teams and riders.
A program like this would allow more riders to contest the entire 450 series. As it sits now, 61 riders have scored points in the 450 National series. This tells me guys are showing up for a weekend here or there but are racing as a hobby and not contesting the entire series. If every manufacturer offered two spots, we would have ten more full time racers in the 450 class. Also, teams wouldn't have to look very far when a fill in rider is necessary. They'd simply move a support guy to a factory bike. Don't tell me they don't have the money; a fraction of their amateur budgets should cover the program. Save the money spent searching for the next Ricky Carmichael or James Stewart and instead nurture and support the guys currently carrying the torch as professionals.
Professional Motocross and Supercross organically kills the middle class, but the long-term sustainability of the sport relies on the middle class. Nobody wants to watch eight factory riders on a track by themselves, and the current system leaves no room for journeyman middle class racers. Purse money is laughable and not likely to change any time soon, but this is a way manufacturers can ensure long-term vitality of the sport while making their teams stronger, more valuable and more entertaining. More riders equal more exposure!
When racing is healthy, people watch. When people watch, they want to participate. This is one of the many facets of change in order to ensure long term survival the Motocross/Supercross industry. I hope the powerful people look at the big picture and understand change is needed for survival of this sport we are so passionate about.
450 Factory supported teams NOT all confirmed but I believe them to be accurate.
** Dean Ferris is contingent on a couple of other pieces falling into place but I see it working out for him. I see them grabbing him if an injury happens to Peick or Hill. The other scenario is if Hill opts out of outdoors. If Hill wins SX races I fully expect him to become a SX only rider.


Title Modern and contemporary art from the Levant : the Majida Mouasher collection / edited by M. Mouasher.
Imprint Amsterdam, Holland : Schilt Publishing, 2016.
Description 159 pages : colour illustrations ; 31 cm.
Notes Published to accompany an exhibition held at the Pulchri Studio, The Hague, Holland, 22 Jan-22 Feb 2017: and other venues to be announced.
Subjects Art, Middle Eastern -- 21st century -- Catalogs.
Other Authors Meulen-Mouasher, Majida van der, editor.
Other Authors Pulchri Studio (Hague, Netherlands), host institution.


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ImpactGlobal Motherhoodtoo young to wed child marriage
Child Brides Photo Series Proves Girls Are Simply 'Too Young To Wed'
Photographer Stephanie Sinclair's images aim to raise funds for girls forced into a practice that affects more than 14.2 million girls every year.
Eleanor Goldberg
Business Reporter, HuffPost
Sep 22, 2015, 12:52 PM EDT | Updated Oct 12, 2015
Mejgon, 16, weeps in the arms of her caseworker near fellow residents at an NGO shelter run by Afghan women in Herat, Afghanistan. Mejgon's father sold her at the age of 11 to a 60-year-old man for two boxes of heroin.
Stephanie Sinclair/Too Young To Wed
When Mejgon was 11 years old, her father sold her to a married 60-year-old Afghanistan man for two boxes of heroin.
"In my whole life, I've never felt love," Mejgon, who endured years of abuse, told National Geographic photographer Stephanie Sinclair when she was 16.
Every year, 14.2 million girls like Mejgon are forced to marry before they turn 18, a damaging tradition that disproportionately affects poor girls and leaves them more susceptible to abuse, poverty and death due to childbirth and other health complications.
Sinclair met Mejgon at a safe house in Herat when she first began documenting the struggles and injustices child brides face. After learning that Mejgon had been sent back to live with her father, Sinclair felt emboldened to continue her photo initiative, which has now evolved into the "Too Young To Wed" series, a campaign that aims to raise awareness and funds for girls who are trapped in the cycle of child marriage.
"I have no idea what became of [Mejgon]. I'm sure it wasn't good," Sinclair told The Huffington Post. "The fact that I was powerless to do anything about it has been one of the main reasons why I continued the project and why I'm still working on it today."
Aracely, 15, of Guatemala holds her infant. "What I hope is to keep moving forward ... to see how I can get my boy ahead. The hard thing, maybe ... when he gets older and he leaves ... that's when is going to be hard for me. When he is older. Because he is the one who will help me get ahead." Aracely is one of the half a million of Guatemalan girls who marry and give birth before they can legally vote, drink or buy cigarettes.
Sinclair started shooting child brides in Afghanistan in 2003, where 53 percent of girls marry before they turn 18. While the country banned the practice in 2009, advocates remain concerned about the effectiveness of such measures, which often go unenforced in the developing world.
However some are hopeful that the U.N.'s new Sustainable Development Goals, which aims to eliminate child marriage as part of the overall effort to achieve gender equality, could help put a stop to the practice.
Still, advocates, like Sinclair, look to on-the-ground groups, which are working to protect girls from child marriage and give them a refuge to escape if they are forced to wed.
Through Tuesday evening, Sinclair is selling the photos she's taken in more than 10 countries from her Too Young To Wed series to support a number of organizations that are saving young, at-risk girls.
Part of the proceeds will support women and girls in Kargati Village in Nepal, which was devastated during the recent twin earthquakes. The earthquakes, which claimed more than 8,000 lives, has also subsequently put children at a higher risk of exploitation, according to UNICEF.
Niruta, 14, arrives at the wedding ceremony in Kagati Village, Kathmandu Valley, Nepal on Jan. 23 ,2007. Niruta moved in with the family of Durga, 17, and became pregnant when they were engaged. She was nine months pregnant at her wedding.
Child marriage rates are expected to soar in the disaster's aftermath considering that parents who have lost everything can no longer afford to raise their daughters and orphaned girls will likely be preyed upon, Reuters reported.
Niruta, a subject Sinclair photographed in 2007, will be one of the beneficiaries of the Too Soon To Wed campaign's efforts in Nepal.
Back in 2007, Sinclair photographed Niruta when she was 14 at her wedding in Kagati Village. She got pregnant while she was engaged to Durga, who was 17 at the time, and Niruta was nine months pregnant at the ceremony.
Pregnancy is a major risk for girls for young girls whose bodies aren't fully prepared to conceive. In fact, complications due to pregnancy and childbirth are the leading cause of death among girls ages 15 to 19, according to UNICEF.
Niruta's family's home was flattened during the earthquake and they're currently living in a cow stall, Sinclair told HuffPost. She hopes the funds raised will help the family to build a new home and Sinclair also aims to rebuild the village's school, which was destroyed during the earthquake.
Newsha Tavakolian for Too Young to Wed/ The Girl Generation
The initiative will also support the Samburu Girls Foundation in Kenya, a program that rescues girls from a number of harmful practices, including child marriage, female genital mutilation and beading, which is when families give their girls over for sex to relatives in the warrior class who wouldn't be allowed to otherwise marry.
To date, the group has placed 125 girls in boarding schools and has rescued a total of 200 girls, who are also provided with food and security, among other services.
Too Young To Wed hopes to provide daily supplies to the Samburu Girls Foundation and act as a bridge to other donor networks.
The group is also extending its efforts to Ethiopia where 41 percent of girls are married before 18, according to UNICEF.
Too Young To Wed is focusing on the village of Gombat, where Sinclair photographed a girl named Destaye, who was married at age 11 to an Ethiopian Orthodox priest in his mid-20s.
Ultimately, though, Sinclair's goal is to expand the group's efforts to touch even more underserved communities affected by child marriage.
"Our main focus will always be to provide powerful visual storytelling, then bring our girls' stories to the world to help inspire an end to child marriage," Sinclair told HuffPost. "We would also like to widen the scope of these on the ground projects. It's important to us that the communities who share their stories and are open to change, find the support they need."
Learn more about the Too Young To Wed Series and how you can get involved here.
Related on HuffPost:
Child Brides In Bangladesh
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Q: Why are these digits appearing at different baselines? I have several TLF objects whose text I set dynamically, and the size and baseline is appearing incorrectly for certain digits. Has anyone encountered something like this before?
You can see the difference in the 6 and 3 here. (6 is the way it's supposed to look)

And the 7s in the above number are also wrong:

The font is Helvetica Neue, Bold.
The code does not touch the text objects except when changing the text.

A: My suggestions for this.

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*Make sure that your font is embedded for this text field (click on text field embed all numbers).

*Double and triple check that the text field is on whole pixels eg 29, 31 (not fractions of a pixel). Check that the parent movie clip of the text field is also on whole pixels until you make it all the way back to the stage.

*Failing that maybe re-install the font?

I have been doing actionscript for years and have never seen this, so its possible issues with the font?

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MOONEY, LAVERNE D., 80, passed away Tuesday, May 11, 2010 at Golden Living Center of St. Matthews.
She was a member of St. Denis Catholic Church.
She was preceded in death by her husband, William L. Mooney Jr.
She is survived by her sons, William L. III (Linda), Joseph Michael (Marlene), Marty (Karen) and Patrick A. Mooney (Rebecca); daughter, Tracey Mooney; nine grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.
Her funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Friday at Mary Queen of Peace (St. Denis campus), 4205 Cane Run Road, with burial in Louisville Memorial Gardens West. Visitation will be 3-8 p.m. Thursday at J.B. Ratterman & Sons-Grand Chapels, 4832 Cane Run Road.
Memorial contributions may be sent to Alzheimer's Association .
The family would like to thank the Golden Living Center for all of their loving care.


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Charles W. Whipple was born in Fort Wayne, Indiana, in 1805. His father was Major John Whipple, who was an officer during the War of 1812 and served under Mad Anthony Wayne. During that war, John Whipple was hunted by British authorities who suspected he was in Detroit. For 13 months during the British occupation of the city, John Whipple lived in the cellar of the family's home. The trap door was covered by furniture, and not even the children knew their father was there until his son Charles discovered him. Charles' mother cautioned him to keep his father's whereabouts a secret or their lives would be in jeopardy.
Although Whipple was a gifted student, his family could not afford to send him to college in the east. As a result, he attended a private school in Detroit and took Latin lessons. Whipple secured admission to West Point and graduated from the institution. When he returned from West Point, he began studying law in the office of Alex D. Frazer and did so for four years. He then began to practice law in Detroit.
Whipple's public service began following his admittance to the Bar. Whipple was Master in Chancery from 1828 to 1834, and a Representative to the State Legislature from 1835 until 1837. During the Constitutional Convention of 1835, Whipple was the principal Secretary. In 1839, he served as a school inspector and joined the Michigan Supreme Court in 1839. Whipple served the Court until 1855 and was Chief Justice from 1848 until 1851.
Following his work with the Michigan Supreme Court, he moved to Pontiac and served as a Circuit Judge of the Oakland circuit. In addition, he was a delegate from Berrien County to the Constitutional Convention in 1850. Whipple also served for many years as an examiner at West Point.
He was married to Margaret Ann Brooks and had two daughters. Charles W. Whipple died while serving as a Circuit Court Judge in January of 1856. (Ross, Robert B. The Early Bench and Bar of Detroit: 1805 – 1850. Detroit: Richard P. Joy and Clarence M. Burton, 1907.)


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