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Frederica Alexandrina Sagor Maas (New York, 6 juli 1900 – La Mesa, 5 januari 2012) was een Amerikaans toneelschrijfster, scenarioschrijfster en auteur van memoires. Ze is als schrijfster vooral bekend geworden door haar gedetailleerde herinneringen aan haar leven in het vroegere Hollywood. Verder was ze een van de weinige oudste mensen ter wereld die om meer redenen dan alleen haar uitzonderlijk hoge leeftijd bekendheid genoot.

Biografie

Jonge jaren
Frederica Sagor Maas werd geboren in New York als jongste dochter van Arnold en Agnessa Zagorsky, twee Russische immigranten uit Moskou.

Maas studeerde journalistiek aan de Columbia-universiteit en werkte naast haar studie in de zomer bij de New York Globe. Ze stopte in 1918 vroegtijdig met haar studie om te gaan werken als assistent-schrijver bij Universal Pictures. In 1924 verliet ze Universal uit onvrede over haar baan daar en vertrok naar Hollywood.

Carrière in Hollywood
Eenmaal in Hollywood kreeg Maas een contract bij Preferred Pictures om Percy Marks's roman The Plastic Age te bewerken tot een filmscenario. Vanwege dit werk kreeg ze een driejarig contract bij MGM. Maas had zelf meer het gevoel dat ze de baan vooral kreeg omdat ze toevallig had gewerkt voor Ben Schulberg en Al Lichtman, en niet omdat Louis B. Mayer zo geïnteresseerd was in haar werk. Voor MGM schreef ze de scenario's voor Dance Madness en The Waning Sex. Volgens Maas was het werk hard en gebeurde het geregeld dat anderen met de eer gingen strijken voor haar werk. Haar contract bij MGM werd niet verlengd.

Tussen 1925 en 1926 schreef Maas scenario's voor Tiffany Productions, waaronder de komedies That Model from Paris en The First Night. In 1927 trouwde ze met Ernest Maas, een producer bij Fox Studios. Vrijwel meteen gingen ze als team aan de slag. Veel van hun samen geschreven scenario´s werden nooit geproduceerd. Maas werd datzelfde jaar weer benaderd door Ben Schulberg, ditmaal met het verzoek te gaan werken voor Paramount Pictures. Hier schreef ze scenario's voor Clara Bow's It, Red Hair en Hula.

Na een lange vakantie in Europa, had Maas in 1928 bij haar terugkeer in Amerika moeite weer een vaste baan te vinden. Volgens haar memoires waren zij en haar man geen succesformule in Hollywood. Het enige werk dat ze konden krijgen waren kleine, individuele opdrachten voor verschillende studio's, zoals het oppoetsen van reeds bestaande scenario's.

Maas en haar man verloren 10.000 dollar door de beurskrach van 1929. Van 1934 tot 1937 werkten ze beide als recensenten voor de Hollywood Reporter. Tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog werkten Maas en haar man vooral als schrijvers voor politieke campagnes. In 1941 schreven ze het verhaal Miss Pilgrim's Progress, dat uiteindelijk zou worden verfilmd als The Shocking Miss Pilgrim. Het leverde het echtpaar echter maar weinig geld op.

Na Hollywood
Uiteindelijk had Maas genoeg van haar tegenvallende succes in Hollywood, en nam in 1950 een baan als typiste bij een verzekeringsmaatschappij. Van hieruit werkte ze zich een weg omhoog naar verzekeringsmakelaar. Ernest werd een ghostwriter voor zakenartikelen. Hij stierf in 1986 aan de ziekte van Parkinson.

In 1999 publiceerde Maas op 99-jarige leeftijd haar autobiografie The Shocking Miss Pilgrim: A Writer in Early Hollywood. Ze deed dit op aandringen van filmhistoricus Kevin Brownlow. Het boek werd een groot succes en geldt vandaag de dag nog altijd als een van de beste bronnen voor informatie over de begindagen van de filmindustrie in Hollywood.

Op 18 februari 2011 werd Maas officieel de op een na oudste inwoner van Californië. Bijna elf maanden later overleed ze op 111-jarige leeftijd.

Filmografie
The Shocking Miss Pilgrim (1947) (verhaal)
Piernas de Seda (1935) (verhaal 'Silk Legs')
The Farmer's Daughter (1928)
Silk Legs (1927)
The Way of All Flesh (1927)
Rolled Stockings (1927)
The First Night (1927)
Flesh and the Devil (1926)
That Model from Paris (1926)
The Waning Sex (1926)
Dance Madness (1926)
The Plastic Age (1925)
His Secretary (1925)
The Goose Woman (1925)

Zie ook
 Lijst van bekende honderdplussers
 Oudste mens

Bibliografie

Externe links

 Video of Frederica Sagor Maas at 100 from Reverie Productions

Amerikaans honderdplusser
Amerikaans scenarioschrijver
Amerikaans toneelschrijver
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Justices Hemant Gupta, R Subhash Reddy, M R Shah and Ajay Rastogi were Friday sworn in as judges of the Supreme Court, taking its strength to 28.
Four new judges were sworn in as Supreme Court judges today. The swearing-in ceremony started at 10:30 am in court number 1 of the apex court where Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi administered the oath of office to Justices Hemant Gupta, R Subhash Reddy, M R Shah and Ajay Rastogi.
On Thursday, the President Ramnath Kovind had given his consent to the recommendation of the Supreme Court Collegium for elevating Gupta, Reddy, Shah and Rastogi, who were chief justices of different high courts.
Justice Gupta was the chief justice of the Madhya Pradesh High Court, and Justice Reddy was the Gujarat High Court's chief justice. While Justice Shah was the chief justice of the Patna High Court and Justice Rastogi was the chief justice of the Tripura High Court.
The Supreme Court collegium headed by Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi and comprising its four-senior most judges had on October 30 recommended to the Centre the names of the four for elevation as judges in the apex court.
This year, two apex court judges — justices Lokur and Kurian Joseph — are set to retire while Justice Sikri will demit office in March 2019.


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Bâoli Miami is known for its nightly transformation into a partying paradise where conviviality reigns in between the stars and the international jetsetters. The opening of Bâoli in Miami rang in a new era of nightlife and dining on South Beach's shores, importing a truly european style of partying that would soon transform the Miami Beach scene. Situated on one of the country's most iconic streets Collins Avenue, the restaurant, lounge and club tempts and teases at any hour. Dinner patrons will take their palates on a culinary expedition, exploring unique Asian flavors and when night falls, the inviting restaurant revamps into a playground for the nocturnal.
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Our Executive Chef, Gustavo Vertone continually seeks only the finest of ingredients scouring throughout South Florida and the world for the freshest of sources. With a full menu of delicious appetizers, entrees and desserts, we invite you to indulge.
The lounge appeals to beautiful locals, the traveling jet set, visiting celebrities and tastemakers alike for a crowd that is unparalleled in Miami. With a state of the art sound system and a heavy rotation of the world's finest DJ's spinning behind the DJ booth there is no telling where the night might take you.
The music crescendos as the evening progresses on – creating a party atmosphere where guests dine and dance as the venue transform into a chic high energy club experience. The Bâoli brand has played host to some of the world's most famous DJ's in both Miami and Cannes including Bob Sinclair, David Guetta, Timatti, Mitch LJ, Tito, Michael Cleis, Nico De Andrea, AcE aka Trey Smith, A$AP Rocky, Infinity Inc, B Crazy, and AVICII among many others.
In 2014, after the immense success of Bâoli Miami, which was named one of the best restaurants in Florida, CEO Mathieu Massa created Mr. Hospitality. The company is a fully integrated hospitality management group that conceptualizes, owns and operates restaurants and nightlife destinations. We create environments that provoke the senses and bring to life an engaging escape from the every day. We strive to inspire our guests with not only a high regard of culinary distinction but a fun, innovative and exciting voyage.
David Saada joined the Mr. Hospitality team as VIP Host with an extensive background in the hospitality and concierge sectors. Originally from France, Saada's early interests in fashion and art were inspired by his parents, who managed several nightlife venues in Tel Aviv. From an early age, Saada learned the importance of attention to detail, which became key to his successful role with Mr. Hospitality. Today, Saada is highly recognized as one of the leading VIP hosts around the world, creating unforgettable experiences for A-list stars and international jetsetters alike.
Bringing new American flavors with a touch of Asian influences to Brickell, Marion's chic and upbeat atmosphere offers a wondrous and celebratory experience to its guests. Marion is famous for its Thursday Soirée dinner party, its champagne bar and world renown DJs. Its cozy and energetic setting paired with fresh ingredients and quality service caters to each of its guest's needs.
Located in Miami's trendy Brickell neighborhood, El Tucán is a tropical and sultry restaurant & lounge bringing food and celebration together in a sophisticated and high-energy atmosphere. The fun really begins with a lineup of renowned and emerging DJs featuring a large range of musical styles from Afro-Latin to Parisian pop.


This is taken directly from the Academy of Orton-Gillingham Practitioners and Educators website.
The Orton-Gillingham Approach has been rightfully described as language-based, multisensory, structured, sequential, cumulative, cognitive, and flexible. These characteristics can be easily amplified and extended as they are in the following attributes.
Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children in Texas.
Designed for one-on-one tutoring of children, teenagers and adults by parents, volunteer tutors, reading or resource specialists or their aides, and professional tutors. The Barton System is the easiest one to learn because all of the tutor training comes on DVD, along with fully scripted lesson plans. Published by Bright Solutions for Dyslexia in California.
Sopris West, which was acquired by Cambium Learning Group.
Edmar Educational Services in Texas.
The pure, unchanged, original method. Taught by Eileen Faggiano, Orton Gillingham Associates, in Massachussetts.
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Designed for classroom settings of young children in the first, second, and third grades. The Slingerland Institute is in Washington.
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I started playing EverQuest in 2001. February / March timeframe, I believe. Both of my alternating bosses where I worked played.
Those early days were amazing. Having never played a MMO (massively multiplayer online) game before, and barely even touching console games – I didn't play a console roleplaying game until Final Fantasy X in about 2003 – I had no idea what to expect. In the dark woods of Greater Faydark, with the hoots of owls and the calls of insects; with lethal orcs and wolves wandering around – it was a unique feeling. I was lost constantly. I had no clue what I was doing. But I loved the nervousness I felt, and the thrill of exploring a new world.
Over the years I played EQ (and subsequently World of Warcraft, Guild Wars and EverQuest 2) I've had many great times, but nothing has ever or will ever compare to the joy of discovery of that first immersive game.
I think it's one of the reasons that EQ held me so completely for so long. Even in later days, when the gameplay became predictable, and the new areas trivialized so much of the content, there would still be occasional glimpses of something that brought nostalgic reflection.
When I quit playing in mid 2004, I said goodbye to many friends I'd made online, most of whom I had no real expectation of ever encountering again. That made leaving a sad time. But even more, I think, leaving meant admitting that I could never recapture the magic of the early days of EQ. I knew that they were gone forever, but knowing it and accepting it were different things. Leaving the game meant that I'd admitted that they would never return.
I returned. Briefly, during 2005, when I was burned out on World of Warcraft, and had no interest in going back to EQ2 (more in a later entry, I'm sure), I went back for a few raids. But it was purely to play the game, not to try to recapture memories. There can only ever be one first MMO.
I'm not entirely sure why I'm not playing an MMO now. I'd expected to be playing at least part of the time when I created this blog, hence the "anime, games and being hooked" tag. I'll probably be back with EQ2 soon enough. I'll need to avoid getting tempted to play obsessively, though, if I have any hope of working on The Book.
Incidentally, there's nothing on the obsessions list right now. Though I'm still waiting eagerly for the rest of Simoun, and I'm even helping simoun-fans with distribution, I've waited long enough since seeing episode 16 that I don't much care if I wait longer. So I'm going to re-watch the series as the fansub group finish up the translations of the last few episodes.
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It looks like I'll be going shopping tomorrow instead of Sunday. Daylight Saving Time ends tomorrow night, so Sunday it's going to be getting dark an hour earlier, which puts pressure on me to rush and get home sooner. I don't know what I'll do next week, when the option will no longer be available. One of the things I don't look forward to in winter is rushing through my shopping,or trying to get out of the house sooner.
Tomorrow will be the last really warm day of the recent mild spell, and then a few cooler but still mild days will be followed by some days with highs in the sixties, and then a high of 59 is predicted for a week from Sunday. Lows will be getting down into the high thirties by then, too, so furnace season will be getting underway. Higher gas bills from November until April, or even May, most likely. That's another thing about winter I don't look forward to.
But it's still pretty nice tonight. Warmer than it is predicted to be all day a week from Sunday, to be sure. The waning moon won't be up until late, but the sky is mostly clear and I might go out and look at the stars for a while. Maybe I'l hear some migrating waterfowl. It's about time they should start showing up in considerable numbers. And that's one of the things I do look forward to this time of year.


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December 7, 2022 by Elizabeth Chaffin
STILLWATER, OK – December 7th, 2022 – Bliss Books & Bindery on 120 E. 9th Ave. will host an author event for E.M. Chaffin on Saturday, December 17th from 1-2pm. Attendees can sign up for her newsletter to be entered to win a $25 gift card to Bliss Books.
Chaffin has written two young adult mysteries about homeschoolers in coastal North Carolina.
Newfangled Madness by E.M. Chaffin ($12.99, Bearded Rat Mysteries LLC, April 2022) follows fourteen-year-old Marion Morrissey, a young woman who can talk to birds and see the future. A whirlwind mystery of whimsy and wit, Newfangled Madness is a young adult mystery about standing for truth, even if it kills you.
Dead Man's Swamp by E.M. Chaffin ($10.99, Bearded Rat Mysteries LLC, January 2021) follows seventeen-year-old Eleanora Flynn, a young woman who doesn't believe the legends of Dead Man's Swamp, until her father is found beheaded in the woods and she learns her world is riddled with lies. When she receives a clue from a crow at her bedroom window, she sets out to find the truth behind the murder – but the truth comes with a deadly price.
Daniel Chaffin, E.M. Chaffin's brother, designed both covers.
"I really just want people to come say hi," Chaffin says. "I'll be giving out stickers, and anyone who is interested can sign up for my newsletter to be entered to win a prize. Of course, signed books make great Christmas gifts, so if you're looking for ideas, I have two books I can recommend."
For more information, visit @emchaffinwrites on Facebook and Instagram, check out the Facebook event, or contact Chaffin through her website.
E.M. Chaffin grew up in coastal North Carolina and currently lives in Stillwater, Oklahoma. A former homeschooler with a love for reading and writing, Chaffin attended Oklahoma State University where she received her BA in English. She enjoys eating mashed potatoes, taking vitamins, and petting fat animals. There was this one time she floated on the Yellow River on a raft made of inflated sheep skin, but that has nothing to do with her books. You can find her on Facebook and Instagram @emchaffinwrites, and on her website www.emchaffin.com, where you can join her newsletter for updates.
Newfangled Madness (Bearded Rat Mysteries LLC, $12.99, 450 pages, 5.5 x 8.25, paperback, ISBN: 978-1736532713) and Dead Man's Swamp (Bearded Rat Mysteries LLC, $10.99, 366 pages, 5.25 x 8, paperback, ISBN: 978-1736532706) are available at online booksellers, Bliss Books & Bindery, Ruth's Christian Bookstore, and the Stillwater Public Library. For more information, visit www.emchaffin.com.
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MORE sex is better with energy efficiency
By KC Golden on Jul 9, 2012
My first foray into this topic, "Sex is better with energy efficiency," was warmly – aye, steamingly – received. (We are a simple people, no?) So let's dive deeper…
First, for the record: Jimmy Carter is a great man, a courageous humanitarian, and a vastly underappreciated former President. It's not his fault. But one of the founding myths of the modern energy efficiency "movement", if we can call it that, is that his "moral equivalent of war" speech and his fireside chats on energy were a huge cultural setback for conservation.
By framing energy conservation as a moral proposition (goes the myth) he made it somehow trivial, sentimental, insubstantial. In order to elevate energy efficiency to its proper place as a big manly energy alternative, we must think of it not as a lecture, not as a lifestyle admonition, but as an energy resource — just like a power plant. We must never, ever call it "conservation," because that smacks of moralism; we must call it "efficiency" in order to underscore its practical, effective, hard-nosed utility as an energy option.
I wish to explode this myth.
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The problem wasn't that Jimmy Carter framed conservation as a moral issue. It IS a moral issue (AND a our largest, cheapest, most important energy resource). The problem, in a nutshell, was The Sweater.
To observe that The Sweater was profoundly unattractive is to dwell on the obvious. But the issue goes well beyond the butt-ugliness. The problem was that The Sweater, and its wearer, came to symbolize national impotence, and the weakness rubbed off on energy conservation. Look at that damned cardigan; a bald eagle wouldn't be caught dead in that thing! It's fuzzy and pathetic and yella!
Once again, Jimmy Carter is a great man and it wasn't his fault, but his Presidency occupies a place of doubt and deprecation in an American myth that celebrates exceptionalism and virility. That he was followed by the strapping, ruddy, anti-ambivalent Ronald Reagan was no accident. "Morning in America" was the light at the end of the dark tunnel of national tentativeness for which the Carter era is (inaccurately) remembered. The cardigan became a pathetic symbol of that, and the "malaise" oozed out all over energy conservation.
Which is why, inspired by a great upwelling of national pride, or something, I googled up these images. I think you will agree that they illustrate a keen grasp of marketing on my part.
(Important preliminary research finding: Penelope Cruz apparently does not wear sweaters.)
It may take another blog post to get to it, but there is actually a point to all this. And it's not just that we need to make energy efficiency sexier.
It's that the clean energy transition must be enormous and robust. And it must be accelerated in an era when large public institutions are increasingly prevented from doing much of anything, let alone enormous, robust things.
We can't give up on large institutions – we must redemocratize them. But we also need to drive the clean energy revolution up from the bottom. Powered by distributed technology, connected by interactive media, and affirmed by new cultural norms and rewards (including but not limited to sex; but hey, might as well start with sex), the clean energy revolution is gaining inexorable momentum, even though it remains formally undeclared. And we have to lean into that cultural transition, not run away from it.
Moral imperatives and psychosocial rewards CAN go together….just not in a yellow cardigan.
We'll shoot to get more GRIP on that down the road.


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Artell: "We Are Close To Another"
Boss prepares for the 'sprint finish' as the last hours of the transfer window.
David Artell has told the club's official website that he is confident of landing another loan signing before the end of the January transfer to go along with the re-signing of Jamie Sterry from Newcastle United. Full-back Sterry has joined on loan until the end of the season after his successful loan spell in the second half of the last campaign.
Artell says he and his staff are working behind the scenes to try and get another over the line as soon as possible.
The Crewe boss told the club's official website: "It is a team effort and we will keep beavering away at it. I am confident that we will get another one in and then we see from there.
"There isn't an exact science to recruitment but we have done our homework on it and I would say we are close with one. I was working on it at ten o'clock last night and my phone was ringing again at half seven.
"We will take stock after hopefully this one gets over the line and see what can be done in the sprint finish. There may be a few twists and turns yet. Let us see where we get too."


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President Barack Obama being introduced at the Business Roundtable by former 3M Co. CEO James McNerney on Dec. 5 in Washington.
Corporate America this week manufactured some political will that should help Congress and President Obama avoid falling off the fiscal cliff.
The push for a balanced and pragmatic compromise came from the Business Roundtable, an association of CEOs who lead companies with $7.3 trillion in annual revenues and 16 million employees.
Tax increases, which were anathema to the business community during the 2012 campaign, were unveiled Tuesday by the Business Roundtable as an essential element to righting the U.S. fiscal ship.
"Compromise will require Congress to agree on more revenue — whether by increasing rates, eliminating deductions, or some combination thereof," the big business group said, in letters that were sent to Obama and the Democratic and Republican caucus leaders in the U.S. House and Senate.
The letters were signed by almost 160 top executives, including two prominent Minnesota business leaders — Target CEO Gregg Steinhafel and Medtronic CEO Omar Ishrak.
"We pledge our active support for a compromise that includes comprehensive and meaningful tax and entitlement reforms that result in market-credible spending reductions and revenue growth," the chief executives said in the letters.
The president of the Business Roundtable is John Engler, a Republican and former Michigan governor. The Roundtable's chairman is James McNerney, a former 3M Co. CEO who currently leads the Boeing Co. The organization's executive committee includes executives from Wal-Mart, Dow Chemical and Procter & Gamble.
This is not a left-leaning organization, but it is a group that expects politicians on the right and left to do their jobs and forge a fiscal solution. If Congress and the president fail to reach a deal before the year ends, automatic tax hikes and deep spending cuts would take effect and could derail the nation's tepid economic recovery.
The business leaders also are waging a public campaign to bolster broad political support for a solution that will require many Americans to make sacrifices to reduce the federal deficit. For example, they bought a full-page ad in Wednesday's Wall Street Journal that included the full text of their letter to the Washington politicians. The slogan of the campaign is: It's time to act.
When Minnesota's state budget forecast was revealed last week, uncertainty over the federal "fiscal cliff" was a major worry of Global Insight, Minnesota's national macroeconomic consultant.
If the U.S. economy falls back into a recession, then Minnesota state government likely would face a much larger biennial deficit than the $1.1 billion that was estimated last week.
Failure to act would trigger about $680 billion in combined tax increases and spending cuts in 2013, which the state budget forecasters said constitute 4.2 percent of the nation's gross domestic product.
After enduring years of recession and an exceedingly modest recovery, many Americans who cast their ballots in the November election are looking for decisive action in Washington.
The willingness of corporate titans to open themselves up for higher taxes demonstrates that they are demanding a tax-and-spending solution that addresses the nation's severe debt problem.
Potential ripple effects from Washington's fiscal-cliff debate make the state's budget planning difficult.
WASHINGTON — The state's Republicans oppose the president's plan to raise tax rates — but some say they're open to at least some new revenue.
WASHINGTON — The state's Democratic members of Congress have a long, and sometimes conflicting, list of desires and demands for a "fiscal-cliff" deal.
Submitted by Gary Doan on 12/13/2012 - 12:07 pm.
The cliff would not exist if Obama would have been honest about wanting to make cuts and not delaying any cuts, the way he has. His first distraction was his failed Super Committee and now the Business Roundtable will follow the same fate. He will continue blame others and refuse to accept responsibility. He is just kicking the can down the road and adding to the debt at an alarming rate.
Submitted by Tim Milner on 12/13/2012 - 12:55 pm.
that on the same page of MnPost that Medtronics is through its support toward an income tax rate hike at the same time the have both our US Senators working on removing a tax on medical devices.
If you look a little further into Medtronic's proxy statements, you will see that the vast majority of Mr. Ishrak's pay came from exercising stock options, taxed at 15% capital gain rates, rather than as salary and bonus, which would be subject to the higher tax rate he is advocating. Options that he has held for less than 5 years and were granted at a price below market value.
Or better yet, let's apply standard tax rates to all capital gains held for less than 10 years. That would raise 100x more money than the increase being purposed.


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Thamel bookshops record rise in sales
The business of bookshops in Thamel that had been affected by the Corona Virus pandemic for two years is gradually improving.
Book shops in Thamel are mainly targeted at foreigners and with tourist arrival plummeting following the pandemic, it severely hit their sales and business. "Business has started picking up pace recently," said the Proprietor of Pilgrim's Book House, Kahani Tiwari.
"Tourists from Germany, France, the US, India and other countries come to look for different kinds of books. However, the number of Nepali readers is not less compared to foreigners, said Gaurav Awasthi, sales executive at Pilgrims Book House. Although the number of books sold is not high compared to five years ago, the number of readers has increased after the Corona Virus pandemic.
According to Awasthi, Nepali readers tend to look for books on self-help, business, children, literature, drama, religion, Sadguru and Osho. Tourists look for books by foreign authors.
English translation of 'Karnali Blues' written by Nepali writer Buddhisagar, 'Shirishko Phool' by Parijat, 'Forget Kathmandu' by Manjushree Thapa, 'The Guru of Love' by Samrat Upadhyay, 'Arresting God in Kathmandu', 'The Royal Ghost' has been preferred by foreign readers. 'Forget Kathmandu' written by Manjushree Thapa is the most sought after Nepali book by tourists.
In Pilgrims, one can find books priced from Rs 50 to Rs 15,000.
Likewise, the Proprietor of Nepal Book House in Thamel, Ganesh Jung Karki said that foreign customers come only during certain times of the year but domestic customers are the ones who are coming throughout the year. He said that foreigners are more interested in books related to mountains and trekking in Nepal.
The Book House sells books priced from Rs 250 to Rs 25,000.
Meanwhile, Anjani Agarwal, who has been running Thamel Books for thirty-five years, deals in second-hand books. She says that her business has decreased with the start of buying and selling books online. Tourists come looking for books that are useful for hiking and the history of Nepal.
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Crais' version of Spenser is named Elvis Cole; like Spenser he's both a wise aleck and a compassionate man. His sidekick, the counterpart to Spenser's Hawk, is Joe Pike, a tough, silent, driven former Special Forces guy. There was so much potential in the Spenser/Hawk relationship that Crais worked it beautifully in the first book in the series, The Monkey's Raincoat, and especially in his masterpiece LA Requiem.
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Pike said...Pike explained." We miss the cocky, witty patter of Elvis Cole yet we don't have anything that's the equivalent of Jesse Stone's brooding self-awareness.
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EPM rectifies information about Hidroituango
Company News Dec 12, 2021 1:01 PM
EPM rectified information published in Portafolio, related to an IDB Invest loan to the company for Hidroituango.
The company's rectifications are as follows:
Portafolio Text:
"The above, having as a backdrop that between September and October of this year, the IDB sent ultimatums with the warning that if the megaproject did not generate energy in June 2022, as planned, EPM should pay the total debt and that, in addition, it would withdraw from the project."
Rectification 1:
"EPM did not receive communications from the IDB with "ultimatums" between September and October 2021, instead both entities held an extensive meetings, in which communication was shared on behalf of EPM and the Bank's concerns about the Ituango project were addressed, in a professional environment."
"However, hours after the EPM's announcement of its intention to advance the payment with the IDB, what actually happened was that the first to go out to collect the loan was the international organization through an official letter dated November 30 (one day earlier), and with the argument that on repeated occasions they had insisted on handling the mega project with greater seriousness and the failure to respect the Corporate Governance."
"EPM did not receive any type of letter from the IDB neither in November 30, nor to date, in which the bank demanded payment of the loan. False and complex statement that must be rectified. Instead, both parties, in a teleconference held on December 1, 2021, reached the agreement that EPM would receive a waiver to make an early payment in December 2021 (the original contract only allows early payments on specific interest payment dates, which contractually makes such waiver necessary), this in view of the uncertainty expressed by the bank in relation to the signing of the extension to the construction contracts."
"Likewise, the resources of the announced prepayment with the IDB (US$450M), and which should be made next Friday, December 17, there is still no total certainty where they will come from, and although the company made a bond issue in 2020, it is most likely that they will have to make cuts and adjustments to the 2022 operating budget, to meet the payment."
"There is certainty where the resources will come from and EPM even published it in the Relevant Information mechanism of Superfinanciera on December 2: resources available in its cash. The payment date is not Friday, December 17, it was agreed for December 22. To note that "it is most likely that they will have to make cuts and adjustments to the 2022 operating budget to meet the payment" is speculative. If it is put, it should be made clear that it is personal opinion of the columnist without having figures or data to support that conclusion."
Bottom-Line: EPM confirms that it will use its cash to prepay a loan it was not being charged in advance.
Seems to us like a poor decision (personal opinion of the website), as this will probably affect their investment capacity and cash flow, considering that US$450M is a significant amount.
Or perhaps, EPM is confident of reaching an agreement with the insurers for the payment of the financial detriment of the fiscal process.


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Ethiopian Berbere Spice: A History
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In Amharic, the state language of Ethiopia, 'barbare' means pepper or hot. Not surprisingly, berbere spice, the flavor backbone of Ethiopian cooking, gives traditional Ethiopian dishes that fiery kick. Berbere's constituent spice is paprika (itself a ground spice made from Capsicum peppers), but the final blend could be made from up to 20 spices.
Ethiopian cooks of old were not short of kitchen experiments, and over time have added garlic, ginger, fenugreek seeds, African basil, black and white cumin, nutmeg, cinnamon, clove, cardamom, coriander seed, thyme, rosemary, turmeric and ajwain (carom seeds commonly used in Indian cooking) to the mix. This allows berbere to impart a richer, aromatic and more layered flavor to any dish it's added to, whether Ethiopian or not.
Red Sea Route and the Silk Road: Origins of Berbere
Amharic language scholars speculate that the name 'barbare' came from 'papare,' the Ge'ez word for pepper (Ge'ez was the language of ancient Ethiopia). While that is likely lost in the mists of time, the more probable theory is that berbere came at a point in Ethiopia's history when the independent Axumite kingdom controlled the Red Sea route to the Silk Road. The Axumites knew the secrets of the monsoon winds, and harnessed it to send their ships toward India in summer, and back again to Africa in winter.
Linking to the fabled Silk Road meant that the Axumite traders now had access to goods from China. As a result, on their journey home to Africa, Axumite galleys were loaded with black pepper, cinnamon, cardamom, ginger, nutmeg, clove and turmeric, among other exotic spices.
As these imported spices made their way to Axumite markets, locals were intrigued and experimented with whatever spices were brought back by the galleys. Over time, households developed their own mix, perfecting intensely-guarded concoctions that they handed down to the next generations. The result is a spice blend that differs from region to region, and from household to household.
As there is no universal berbere blend, so is there no universal berbere flavor profile. In general, however, berbere imparts warmth, earthiness and sweetness to dishes that use it as an ingredient, whether in powdered or paste form. In appearance, dishes also tend to be brick-red, or even deeper, depending on how much berbere was tossed into the pot.
From Doro Wot to Awaze: Berbere and Ethiopia's Popular Dishes
Berbere is the cornerstone spice blend of Ethiopia; without it, 'doro wot' or chicken stew (Ethiopia's national dish) would not have that distinctive brick-red appearance and rustic, savory intensity.
Doro wot is cooked during traditional festivities and is typically served with injera, fermented sourdough flatbread with a slightly spongy texture that serves as the plate and scooping utensil for the stew. Doro wot is ladled generously on top of it and served alongside vegetables and other dips. (To eat injera, Ethiopians pinch off a piece of it and use the same to scoop out a small portion of the stew.)
Because of its fiery kick (as purists like to have it), berbere makes perfect seasoning for meats, like 'kai sega wot' or Ethiopian spicy beef stew. Berbere is also added to 'tibs' (beef with berbere and tomato) in spoonfuls.
But it's not only in meats that berbere makes a welcome appearance. If you'd rather go meat-free, 'shiro' makes a suitable alternative. With broad bean flour and chickpea as base, shiro is mixed with garlic and onions to create a thick, paste-like dish.
Another vegetarian option is 'misr wot' or red lentil stew. A few spoons of berbere impart it with the distinctive red brick color, but may be darker depending on ingredients used.
Given their penchant for putting berbere on seemingly anything, it's not unusual for Ethiopians to start their day with spicy breakfast, as they do with 'chechebsa,' lightly fried injera cooked in berbere sauce and served with a side of fresh honey and a bowl of yogurt. In fact, leftover injera from the night before can simply be mixed with spicy berbere sauce to make 'shiro firfir.'
'Timatim salata' or Ethiopian tomato salad is of course not complete without a dash of berbere sauce.
And if berbere doesn't figure prominently in any Ethiopian dish, you can be sure that it shows up in some other way. 'Awaze,' a strongly flavored Ethiopian condiment, uses berbere as the main ingredient along with garlic and wine. Awaze can be used as a dip or marinade for meats and vegetables. As a standalone, awaze is used as a general condiment. So if you feel like your doro wot on injera need some more heat, pinch off a piece and dip it into awaze.
Berbere doesn't have to be in paste form to impart a layer of depth to familiar dishes. Use powdered berbere to rub onto meats (berbere-roasted chicken), or sneak into burgers and meatballs. Sprinkle some on your sauces, vegetables and other sources of protein (berbere on sushi, anyone?) for a hint of flavor that's unmistakably Ethiopian.
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Dalzell ist der Name mehrerer Orte in den Vereinigten Staaten:

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 Dalzell (Ohio)
 Dalzell (South Carolina)
 Dalzell (South Dakota)

Dalzell ist der Familienname folgender Personen:

 Archie R. Dalzell (1911–1992), US-amerikanischer Kameramann
 Dennis Dalzell (1935–2012), US-amerikanischer Kameramann
 John Dalzell (1845–1927), US-amerikanischer Politiker
 Kevin Dalzell (* 1974), US-amerikanischer Rugby-Union-Spieler
 Nelson Dalzell (1921–1989), neuseeländischer Rugbyspieler
 Nicol Alexander Dalzell (1817–1878), schottischer Botaniker

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UTSA's Institute for Economic Development's International Trade Center is one of the largest and most successful trade assistance organizations in the U.S. and has worked with over 20 countries across the Western Hemisphere.
SAN ANTONIO, October 6, 2016 – Through a collaboration with America's Small Business Development Centers (ASBDC) and the Centro Regional de Promoción de la MIPYME (CENPROMYPE), the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) Institute for Economic Development's International Trade Center received $1.8 million in grant funding from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs (WHA) to continue supporting efforts to replicate the U.S. Small Business Development Center (SBDC) model in Central America.
The International Trade Center is leading an SBDC international expansion initiative through their SBDCGlobal program. SBDCGlobal directly stems from President Barack Obama's 2012 vision for a Small Business Network of the Americas (SBNA). The effort is creating a hemisphere-wide network of SBDC programs to assist foreign small businesses start and grow their operations, while also serving as a potential market for the U.S. International Trade Center staff are strengthening economies by advising and training foreign governments on how to build their own SBDC networks.
The grants will fund a three-year project to support efforts in seven Central American countries, promoting the viability and sustainability of micro-, small-, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) and local and regional economic development. SBDCGlobal's efforts will increase enterprise growth and job creation by applying the SBDC model to provide business development services to stimulate economic development.
The project will also focus on four areas including the establishment of new SBDCs, particularly in rural or underserved populations; support standardized center accreditation; develop a Central American SBDC association; establish specialty SBDCs focused on international trade and intra-regional trade; and support participating SBDCs and MSMEs with information technology systems to ensure efficient replication and viability of newly established SBDCs.
"We are thankful to the U.S. Department of State and our collaborating partners for this grant, which will allow UTSA to continue serving as a leader in building economies and strengthening communities globally. International Trade Center Director Cliff Paredes and his team are leading the expansion of the SBDC Network throughout much of Latin America and the Caribbean, growing a valuable distribution network of trading partners," said Robert McKinley, UTSA Senior Associate Vice President for Economic Development.
Countries benefiting from this grant include Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala, Panama, Costa Rica, Belize and Nicaragua, where there are currently 38 operating SBDC's. The goal of the project is to facilitate the establishment of 10-25 new SBDC's.
"This grant award is validation of the leadership and results UTSA has already shown in implementing the highly-successful Small Business Network of the Americas (SBNA) program throughout the hemisphere. Robert McKinley and his team are helping our neighbor nations learn from and replicate economic successes achieved in the United States. The stability and prosperity this development model brings will open up new economic opportunities for the people of Central America for generations to come," said Congressman Joaquin Castro.


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Проте́кция (от  — букв. прикрытие), протежирование — покровительство, влиятельная поддержка со стороны кого-либо, содействующая устройству чьих-либо дел. Человек, которому оказывают протекцию, называется протеже́ ( — защищённый, оберегаемый).

 протекционный
 протежированный
Многозначность:
 «Ищу протекции» — советский фильм 1932 года, режиссёр Борис Казачков.
 «Протекция» («Советов полезных немало…») — стихотворение Генриха Гейне в переводе А. Н. Плещеева (1846).
 «Протекция» — рассказ Антона Павловича Чехова, 1883.
 «Протекция» — рассказ Тэффи.
 «Протекция» — «обывателиада в 3-х частях» Владимира Маяковского, стихотворение (1926).
 «Протекция» — рассказ Михаила Зощенко.
 «Протекция» — рассказ Григория Горина.

См. также
 Защита
 Кумовство
 Непотизм
 Протектор
 Протекторат
 Протекционизм
 Фаворитизм
 Покровитель (святой покровитель)

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By Paul Gionfriddo, MHA National President and CEO
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The perfect baby
Every parent wants a healthy child. Now science can tell us–in some cases, before we conceive – our chances of having one. But the more we know about our unborn babies, the more "perfect" we expect them to be – and the more agonizing our choices when they're not.
by DEBORAH JONES
VANCOUVER, Canada August 1998
The twinge of pain that Dione Baker feels has nothing to do with the pinprick on her inner elbow. The needle pierces the soft white skin; the vial fills with blood. It all takes just a few minutes, but her unease persists for days afterward. After all, this is no routine blood test. The tiny test tube of blood is headed for DNA analysis at the Molecular Diagnostic Lab. Its contents hold the answer to the question gripping Dione and Wayne Baker: will they be able to have a healthy baby?
The Bakers live in the neat-as-a-pin town house they bought three years ago in the Vancouver suburb of Maple Ridge. Wayne, 28, manages a team of computer experts for a local government. Dione, 27, is an insurance adjuster who works mostly out of her home office. They are selfdescribed homebodies. "We like to set goals for ourselves," says Wayne, sitting at the kitchen table, surrounded by mementos and family photos. "First, we moved out and got an apartment. Then, we saved to buy a house. Then, we got married." Next, it was time to have children.
That's where their plans went awry. On a winter evening two and a half years ago, Dione and Wayne were watching Melrose Place on TV, when Dione's mother called with news about her sister's baby. The boy had been mysteriously ill since he was born nearly six months earlier; at one point, he had almost died. Doctors had finally diagnosed the problem: cystic fibrosis, a genetic disorder with symptoms that include thickening of mucus, especially in the lungs and digestive system. Most people with CF don't live past their 30s.
For Dione, compounding shock and worry about her nephew was the devastating realization that she might herself carry the same faulty gene that caused his disease. After consulting her family doctor, she followed her advice to undergo genetic testing. Now, a technician at the B.C. lab looks at the bright glowing bands created when the DNA extracted from Dione's blood sample is processed and exposed to ultraviolet light. She doesn't need to consult a chart to recognize the pattern. Glowing on the gel is the most common of the hundreds of mutations for cystic fibrosis, delta F508. Dione Baker has tested positive for the CF gene mutation.
Dione herself doesn't have CF. What this means is that she's a carrier, so that if her husband is also a carrier, there's a good chance a child of theirs could have the disease–if they even decide to have a child. "I just burst out crying," Dione recalls of that day two years ago when she learned her test results. "At first I felt, 'Oh my God, I can't have children. What do we do now?'"
Before this current generation, would-be parents simply plunged into parenthood, hoping for a healthy child. Most babies turned out okay, some did not survive, some were disabled. Most kids continue to be born out of blind fate–but that's rapidly changing as we create more ways, sometimes worrisome ways, to make our babies perfect. Today's generation of parents is the first in history that doesn't have to wait until children are born to see if they are "flawed." While our ancestors may have consulted tea leaves or dangled needles over maternal bellies to predict a child's sex or health, we can test accurately for an increasing range of disorders-and for some genetic flaws we don't even understand (see "One mother's story," page 41). Couples like the Bakers can take genetic tests before a pregnancy to find out their chances of having a child with cystic fibrosis, Tay-Sachs disease and numerous other disorders. Prenatal tests such as amniocentesis and chorionic villus sampling routinely detect disorders such as Down syndrome and spina bifida. And for infertile couples who try to conceive through in-vitro fertilization (IVF), tests on embryos conceived in the lab can detect a similar range of problems even before they're implanted in the mother's womb.
In part, what has raised our fears and hopes is the meeting of two branches of science: new reproductive technologies and human genetics. For two decades now, couples unable to conceive have had the option to have "test-tube babies," babies conceived outside the womb. Now, cutting-edge genetics adds a new dimension. Scientists are already working on genetic tests that predict tendencies to get cancer, take risks, be shy, be fat, be alcoholic, says Vancouver genetic counselor Jane Hurlburt. Thanks to a global research initiative called the Human Genome Project, which aims to complete its map of human genes in just a few years, we will soon know the general location of every gene in the human body. The marriage of the two technologies will allow us not only to examine unborn human babies outside the once-secret darkness of the womb, but perhaps, in the future, also to genetically alter them–or reject the ones that can't be fixed.
As ominous as genetic engineering sounds, who would protest if we could add to our babies, say, an immunity to heart disease? What if those experts could "fix" a gene to change the sexual orientation of a fetus who showed a tendency to be homosexual? Where and how would we draw the line to say what forms of genetic engineering are good or bad? That kind of choice is still far in the future–although advances in gene therapy mean scientists are working to correct defective human genes such as the one responsible for adenosine deaminase deficiency, a rare condition that leaves people with no resistance to infection. Today, as new tests become available, will parents-to-be feel pressure to weed out "unsound" babies? Already, now that we can eliminate some "defects," we are grappling with the question of which ones to eliminate–and what it means to decide that some lives are not worth living. Our new abilities raise as many questions as they answer.
For Dione and Wayne, the next step was to get Wayne tested. If he were a CF carrier, giving their child a one in four chance of having the disease, they'd agreed to adopt. "I couldn't bring a child into the world knowing that's the fate of the child," says Dione. Wayne's test came back negative–but with a catch. In B.C. hospitals, tests for the disease only cover the 12 most common of the gene mutations that cause CF. There are several hundred others, meaning genetic counselors can be only 85 to 90 percent sure that Wayne does not carry CF. The Bakers' chances of having a baby with cystic fibrosis are estimated at one in 500, versus the one in 2,500 that's the average. But instead of relieving her fears, Wayne's test result only undermined Dione's confidence.
Scientists estimate that each of us has a handful of genetic mutations capable of causing a variety of health problems. As individuals, we may be healthy, but if we mate with another carrier, we may pass on the affliction to the child. A few years ago, Dione would have worried no more about what could go wrong than anyone else. But after watching her nephew almost die, she wanted to take the test for the CF gene mutation, a test that has been available since 1989. Many of us would do the same. "We're the type of people," says Dione, "who don't want to bring a child into the world if we know there might be something wrong with them."
That view is hardly uncommon in an age where we have access to more and more information about our unborn babies (see "Testing, testing," page 39). And yet, for all the new knowledge at our fingertips, we are left with few solutions: in the case of a bad prenatal diagnosis, abortion is still the option that overshadows all others. The options are equally limited in the Bakers' case: when only one parent is a carrier, prenatal tests cannot detect CF in the fetus–doctors simply don't know what mutation to look for. As it turns out, having cystic fibrosis is not as bleak a diagnosis as it was even 20 years ago. Treatment of the symptoms is improving. At the cystic fibrosis clinic at St. Paul's Hospital in Vancouver, there are adult CF patients who disability is so mild that some run marathons, others have thriving careers and many contemplate having children of their own. Since coordinator Janet Hopkins began working there two decades ago, the expected life span of a person with CF has jumped from the early 20s to the early 30s.
Hopkins worries about the ease with which we can decide that some genetic defects render a life not worth living. "There's more to people than just a disease. If we remove a certain segment of people based only on disease, what kind of contribution and attributes are we going to be missing?" Chopin, she points out, is now thought to have had cystic fibrosis, yet he gave the world a gift of music.
For the Baker family, big-sky thinking about Chopin is far removed from watching their sick nephew, now 2 years old, struggle daily. "There's no cure for CF. From what I've read I know my nephew is going to have a hard life. He'll just get sicker and sicker until his lungs collapse and he suffocates," says Dione bleakly. Who can blame her for worrying about the reality that her own child might suffer?
Catherine Trembath, 36, knows that reality–although her perspective is quite different. Catherine remembers the pact she made with her unborn child. She was just over five months pregnant and walking home from work in Victoria. Suddenly, she was torn by a sharp pain. "I stopped in my tracks and said to my unborn baby, 'Okay, you stick with me and I'll take care of you, I'll take care of you for the rest of my life. Everything's going to be okay.' In that moment everything crystallized. It was a conscious decision, and Charlotte and I both made it, to stick together."
The pain was not the first indication of trouble. At seven weeks, doctors had informed Catherine she had an irregularly shaped uterus, which put her at risk for premature delivery. Two weeks after that first sharp pain, Catherine's membranes ruptured. Her doctors ordered total bed rest. At 30 weeks, after an infection set in, doctors performed an emergency cesarean. The baby weighed just three pounds five ounces at birth, low enough to be considered critical. Catherine and her husband, Mark Heine, took her home four weeks later. At age 1, she was diagnosed with cerebral palsy, a condition caused by brain damage before or during birth, or in the first three years of life.
Now 3 years old, Charlotte cannot stand or crawl, and has limited use of her hands and arms. She may never walk without the assistance of a walker. Catherine and Mark certainly didn't set out to have a child with special needs, but they say Charlotte's presence has enriched their lives. (Catherine, an art director-turned-freelance graphic designer, and Mark, an illustrator, both work from home.) "We're blessed," says Catherine simply. Intellectually, Charlotte is all there. "She speaks clearly, has all her cognitive skills and is quite bright and happy. She and her dad love to joke around. A parent will always love a child, but not every parent likes their child. I like Charlotte," says Catherine.
She and Mark are expecting their second child–even though Catherine is judged by her doctors at high risk of having another baby that's premature and possibly disabled. "We did a lot of research about the risks before we decided to get pregnant the second time. It was something we needed to do, and if we have a second child with special needs, that will be fine," says Catherine. "We can't ignore that with that body comes a spirit, a thinking person, and you can't tell what that person is going to be."
Not everyone would agree with her decision. In fact some, like Sharon Carter*, might wonder why Catherine even carried her first pregnancy to term. When Sharon, 33, was pregnant with her second child last year, a routine ultrasound suggested her child might have Down syndrome. A follow-up amniocentesis, a more accurate test for Down, showed that the fetus was healthy. But even as Sharon cuddles her nine-month-old daughter, whom she calls "my little ray of sunshine," she's clear about one thing: had the test confirmed a Down diagnosis, "I would have terminated for sure. I have no qualms about that. I thought it was fabulous to have that choice while the baby was in the womb, that I would not have to deal with a Down baby for the rest of my life." Today, many people manage to live with Down syndrome, but Sharon is surprised that babies with Down are still born: why would parents who know that their babies will be disabled choose not to terminate?
In a way, the divergence between her rather narrow view and Catherine's illustrates the most fundamental debate around our quest for perfect babies (and our rejection of imperfect ones). For Catherine, there's something to cherish in a life, with or without a disability, whereas Sharon, perhaps more pragmatic, focuses on the quality of a life she considers worth living. Neither condemns what others choose: Catherine remains pro-choice, and Sharon feels compassion for parents she considers unlucky–and naive–enough to have an imperfect baby. But will Sharon's pragmatic perspective prevail? As health dollars become tighter and more couples opt for prenatal testing, will those who choose not to test face diminished resources–and censure by friends, family or society? Our world probably won't become one of the dystopias of literature, with governments forcing women with troubled pregnancies to abort–but we may begin to socially pressure women in much the same way.
As we grapple with such questions, technology races along. Even before last year's controversial report that scientists had cloned a sheep called Dolly, researchers at George Washington University had performed a crude cloning of a human embryo. In the future, such technologies will let us weed out most flaws: if one partner has faulty genes, the other can simply be cloned to produce a child. According to controversial U.S. biologist Lee Silver, scientists predict that one day we'll have two species of humans: those enhanced by genetics and other costly technologies, and the rest, who will ultimately form a lower class.
For couples unable to have children–or have healthy children-new reproductive technologies are a godsend. Indeed, when it comes to individuals, most of whom simply want the best for themselves and their children, it's hard to find fault with how we use new science. If the technology is there to make a baby, or to make the baby healthier than nature would allow, then why not–especially if those who want the service are willing to pay for it?
The catch, of course, lies in the long-term implications. Can we ethically justify weeding out those who are less fit? Besides, our knowledge of human genetics is very recent and profoundly limited. What if we "weeded out" traits necessary for our survival? "In nature there always seems to be a reason for something," says Janet Hopkins of the CF Foundation. "We have genetic defects that are very prevalent. They might serve some sort of purpose that we are not able to understand." Scientists speculate that carriers of the cystic fibrosis gene mutation may have helped some of our ancestors survive typhoid fever. Carriers of the gene for sickle cell anemia are less susceptible to malaria. "If we ever eradicate these genes, what would happen?" asks Hopkins.
Some experts argue that's one reason individuals shouldn't decide the direction of the new technologies. "The perfect baby is becoming a subtle commercialization of the same ideal traits that shaped eugenics at the turn of the century," warns American bioethicist Glenn McGee in his book, The Perfect Baby (Rowman & Littlefield). He argues that the trend toward cultivating "good" traits and weeding out "bad" ones is disturbing, especially because, in the absence of clear government regulation on how far we can go, it's the market that's now dictating the technology's use.
Market forces are more evident in the U.S., where one can pay for virtually any known genetic test, says Dr. Doug Wilson of the B.C. Children's and Women's Hospital. Still, some experts, such as geneticist Dr. Patricia Baird of the University of British Columbia, who chaired Canada's 1993 Royal Commission on New Reproductive Technologies, argue that government regulation is needed in Canada too. At present, it's individual genetics clinics and the Canadian College of Medical Geneticists that decide who gets tested and for what. Most prenatal testing in Canada is covered by medicare for those at risk. But as the technology advances, certain procedures (such as testing an embryo before implantation) could become "extras," available only to the well-off (just as IVF is now an option only for those able to pay the $6,000 fee).
Baird's 1993 commission made two sets of recommendations: first, set up minimal legislation to ban certain practices, such as postconception sex selection, and regulate others, including prenatal genetic testing. And second, set up an advisory body with regulatory powers composed of members of the lay public as well as ethical and medical experts, who would respond to changes in technology and frequently update the guidelines. Bill C-47, the federal legislation introduced in 1996, addressed one of those suggestions. It outlawed certain practices (such as the selling of eggs) but made no provisions for a regulatory body. That bill died when the federal election was called, but Ottawa is expected to introduce new legislation this fall.
In Maple Ridge, Dione and Wayne Baker are hoping to become pregnant soon, despite their concerns about the risk of cystic fibrosis. Getting pregnant may not be the last of their tough decisions. They won't know if their unborn baby has CF, but will they go through other prenatal testing? Will they consider abortion if they get bad news? Right now, neither is sure what the future holds. Yes, they have looked into the proverbial crystal ball, but there are still no easy answers to be found.
Prenatal tests, in some form, are used in almost every pregnancy in Canada. In more than 95 percent of cases, they confirm the fetus's good health. Where they don't, abortion may be the only alternative to carrying the pregnancy to term. (A few parents who have already decided to carry a fetus to term also undergo such tests, to prepare in advance if their child is disabled.)
Noninvasive prenatal tests include ultrasound and a maternal serum triple marker screening. Ultrasound or sonography, in which sound waves are sent through the womb and then interpreted on a screen as a picture, has become a routine test performed on most pregnant women. An ultrasound can detect chromosomal defects (such as Down syndrome) and some defects of the brain and spinal cord (such as spina bifida).
Maternal serum screening is also increasingly used to detect spina bifida. Analysis of the mother's blood is done at 15 to 20 weeks of pregnancy. Depending on the disorder, tests are 60 to 90 percent accurate. Because false positives can occur, further tests such as amniocentesis are essential.
Invasive prenatal testing of a fetus is done less than 10 percent of the time. Material is obtained from within the womb by a needle or a catheter (at some risk to mother and fetus), then analyzed in a laboratory. Doctors recommend such tests for fetuses considered at high risk because their mothers are older (over 35), or where there is a reason to suspect a specific disorder.
The material obtained this way can be analyzed for chromosomal anomalies, biochemical disorders and more than 200 genetic conditions. Most fetuses are tested for chromosomal anomalies, while tests for genetic mutations such as cystic fibrosis are only performed where a risk is identified.
The most common invasive tests include chorionic villus sampling, usually at 10 to 12 weeks, and amniocentesis, usually at 15 to 17 weeks. (A recent nationwide trial of early amniocentesis, performed at 11 to 12 weeks, showed it is not always effective and increases risk to the fetus.)
Preconception genetic counseling, for couples who want to be tested for a condition before becoming pregnant, is still relatively unusual but is growing with more public awareness, says Vancouver genetic counselor Jane Hurlburt. Counseling for certain specific inherited conditions is now available throughout Canada, usually restricted to couples referred by doctors because they are at increased risk for that condition. As with most prenatal tests, cost is generally covered by provincial health care–although in the U.S., couples who can't get a referral can pay for any test they want.
Copyright Deborah Jones 1998
* Name has been changed
Originally published in Chatelaine magazine August, 1998


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