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An Introduction to Protein S and Free Protein S
An Introduction to Protein S and Free Protein S:
Pathophysiology of protein S in vivo and the clinical significance of laboratory testing.
Protein S and Protein C are both vitamin K dependant potentiators of fibrinolysis and anticoagulation.
Congenital protein S deficiency is an autosomal dominant disorder that is present in 2% to 6% of patients with venous thrombosis, accounting for a 10 fold increase in incidence compared to a normal population.
Protein S is available in two forms, free and bound. Free protein S is active and promotes the thrombolytic and anticoagulant effects described above. Bound protein S does not exhibit any activity due to inhibition by C4b binding protein. Therefore the activity of protein S is dependent on the availability of unbound active protein S, which is typically between 30-40% of the total detectable protein S.
Protein S and Protein C are both vitamin K dependant potentiators of fibrinolysis and anticoagulation. Protein C is activated in response to thrombin bound thrombomodulin, therefore providing a homeostatic feedback mechanism by which clots are broken down. Activated protein C destroys Factors V & VIII therefore reducing further thrombin generation, and promotes fibrinolysis via the inactivation of Plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1).
Protein S is primarily a cofactor for protein C, optimising its effect by binding activated protein C to phopholipid surfaces and enhancing the inactivation of factors Va & VIIIa. Protein S also exerts an anticoagulant effect independent of protein C, via factor Va binding and inhibition of the prothrombinase complex.
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Congenital protein S deficiency is an autosomal dominant disorder that is present in 2% to 6% of patients with venous thrombosis, accounting for a 10 fold increase in incidence compared to the normal population. In addition they may also experience recurrent miscarriage, complications of pregnancy and are at higher risk for arterial thrombosis.
Protein S is available in two forms, free and bound. Free protein S is active and promotes the fibrinolytic and anticoagulant effects described above. Bound protein S does not exhibit any activity due to inhibition by C4b binding protein. Therefore the activity of protein S is dependent on the availability of unbound active protein S, which is typically between 30-40% of the total detectable protein S.
This difference is important when evaluating laboratory results as the reference ranges are different and abnormalities are clinically distinct.
Three different classes of protein S deficiency have been described by the ISTH:
Type I deficiency is characterised by a decrease in the total protein S antigen and free protein S antigen together (quantitative deficiency of protein S)
Type II deficiency is characterised by normal total and free antigen levels but reduced protein S activity (functional deficiency of protein S)
Type III deficiency is characterised by low free protein S levels, whereas the total plasma concentration of protein S is normal (Functional alteration to C4b)
Free protein S
Total protein S
Protein S activity
An increase in total protein S and a decrease in free protein S is often associated with acute or chronic inflammation. Both C4b binding protein and protein S are upregulated during inflammation, resulting in an acquired deficiency. An increase in total protein S is observed due to an increase in production with a reduction in free protein S as a result of increased C4b binding.
Total protein S is quantitated in the lab using ELISA. A monoclonal antibody with a binding epitope that does not discriminate between bound and unbound protein S is used to accurately quantitate the total protein S level.
Protein S activity is perhaps the most widely used method when screening for protein S deficiency as this technique is clot based and suitable for the vast majority of routine coagulation analysers. In this assay, dilutions of normal plasma are mixed with Protein S depleted plasma. The mixed plasma is then activated by reagents which contain activated protein C, other human plasma proteins and phospholipids. After activation, clotting is initiated by the addition of calcium chloride. Human activated protein C and other plasma proteins are added at such quantities, so as to normalise any deficiencies in the patient sample, preventing false positive or negative results for Protein S functionality. A prolonged clotting time is therefore directly proportional to the concentration of the Protein S in the patient plasma.
Free protein S quantitation has historically been determined using ELISA based methods with monoclonal antibody specific to the C4b binding site of protein S. These are protracted techniques compared to recent advances in the market. Helena Biosciences have developed an immunoterbidometric assay capable of the accurate quantitation of free protein S. Two distinct monoclonal antibodies with specificity to the C4b binding site have been conjugated to polystyrene micro-particles. These particles agglutinate in the presence of free protein S and the subsequent reduction in absorbance is inversely proportional to the level of free protein S. This test can be ran on any analyser capable of measuring absorbance between 400-600nm allowing for easy integration into a laboratories portfolio.
The use of protein S activity and free protein S assays has been demonstrated to increase the diagnostic accuracy when investigating protein S deficient patients. Helena Biosciences can provide robust, accurate and sensitive methods for quantitation of protein S and free protein S.
Heeb MJ, Griffin JH. (2002) Activated protein C-dependent and –Independent anticoagulation activities of protein S have different structural requirements. Blood cells, molecules and disease. 29(2):190-199
Comp PC, Forristall J, West CD, Trapp RG (1990) Free Protein S Levels Are Elevated in Familial C4b-Binding Protein Deficiency. Blood. 76(12): 2527-252
Kovac MK, Lalic-Cosic SZ, Dmitrovic JM, Djordjevic VJ, Radojkovic DP. (2015) Thrombin generation, D-dimer and protein S in uncomplicated pregnancy. Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine. 2015 May 6. pii: /j/cclm.ahead-of-print/cclm-2014-1030/cclm-2014-1030.xml. doi: 10.1515/cclm-2014-1030. [Epub ahead of print]
Borgel D, Gandrille S, Aiach M (1997) Protein S deficiency. Thrombosis and Haemostasis. 78(1):351-356
Activated Protein C-Dependent and –Independent Anticoagulant Activities of Protein S Have Different Structural Requirements (sciencedirect.com)
Free protein S levels are elevated in familial C4b-binding protein deficiency (bloodjournal.org)
Thrombin generation, D-dimer and protein S in uncomplicated pregnancy (ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
Protein S deficiency (ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)

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Frontera Sur is a 1993 Mexican action film directed by Ernesto García Cabral and Hugo Stiglitz. The film's music was composed by Luis Bacalov.

Cast
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 David Carradine
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 Pedro Armendáriz Jr.
 Rojo Grau
 Mineko Mori
 Ricardo Noriega
 Luis Reynoso
 Andaluz Russell
 Jorge Guzmán
 Adrián Castillo

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The following is a sample of some clinical trials related to myopia that are listed in the database at http://clinicaltrials.gov. Not all trials will publish their results. A larger database from the World Health Organization (WHO) can be found at http://apps.who.int/trialsearch/default.aspx. The WHO database is a compilation from 12 different registries around the world.
Bifocal Soft Contact Lenses and Their Effect on Myopia Progression in Children and Adolescents Sponsor: Thomas Aller, O.D. with Vistakon as a collaborator. Principal Investigator: Thomas A. Aller, O.D. Students will wear bifocal contact lenses of varying add powers. The control group will wear single vision soft contact lenses. Completed 2006. No published results.
Correction of Myopia Evaluation Trial (COMET) Sponsor: National Eye Institute. Study chair: Jane Gwiazda, PhD, New England College of Optometry. Students will wear Progressive Addition Lenses (PALs). The control group received single vision lenses. Begun in 1996, COMET was the first-ever clinical trial in optometry, according to Dr. Gwiazda's web site. Ongoing analysis of subgroups.
The Contact Lens and Myopia Progression (CLAMP) Study Sponsor: National Eye Institute. Study located at The Ohio State University College of Optometry. The results were published in Arch Ophthalmol. 2004 Dec;122(12):1760-6 with the title "A randomized trial of the effects of rigid contact lenses on myopia progression."
Correction of Myopia Evaluation Trial 2 (COMET2) Sponsor: Jaeb Center for Health Research. Study Chair: Jane Gwiazda, Ph.D. Students with near esophoria wear progressive addition lenses (PALs) with a +2.00 add while the control group wears single vision lenses. Duration = 3 yrs. A second nested study is to determine if Monocular Estimate Method (MEM) or Nott retinoscopy can be used to identify accommodative lag in a clinician's typical office.
Evaluating NeuroVision's Neural Vision Correction (NVC) Myopia Treatment Sponsor: Ohio State University. Principal Investigator: Donald O Mutti, O.D. A trial of the NVC system of visual stimulations on a computer screen designed to act on specific neuronal interactions in visual cortex to enhance neural processing and thus compensate for myopic inputs. NeuroVision has a public website where it claims one may be able to see 20/20 without losing their myopia. (FAQ page) Completed December 2008.
Does Undercorrection of Myopia Retard Myopia Progression Among Kindergarten Children? Sponsor: KK Women's and Children's Hospital. Principal Investigator: Quah Boon Long, Singapore National Eye Centre. To see if undercorrection of myopia slows progression in children age 5-6. Completed November 2006?
Myopia Progression and the Effect of 7-Methylxanthine Sponsor: Trier Research Laboratories. Study Chair: Klaus Trier, MD. Trier Research Laboratories. Tablets of 7-methylxanthine 400 mg per day are studied for control of myopic progression as well as systemic findings such as weight, height, blood pressure and heart rate. 90 students ages 8-13.
Pilot Study to Assess the Efficacy of Short Exposure to Defocus to Slow the Progression of Myopia in Children Sponsor: Singapore National Eye Centre. Principal Investigator: Audrey Chia, FRANZCO, Singapore National Eye Center. Since the STOP signal for axial growth has been shown in some animals to be very strong with only brief periods of high myopic defocus able to overcome prolonged periods of hyperopic defocus, this study will attempt to see if brief periods of high plus lenses will slow myopic progression. This is different than undercorrection which results in only mild myopic defocus. Study completion: October 2008.
Eye Acceleration of Growth of Refractive Attributes (EYEAGRA) Sponsor: Aller, Thomas A., OD. Principal Investigator: Thomas A Aller, O.D. Unaffiliated. Bifocal contact lenses will be studied to see if they can correct hyperopia. "The bifocal contact lenses will be prescribed to provide for clear central vision at both distance and near with the near zone of the contact, thus exposing the retina to hyperopic defocus from the distance zone." MyopiaPrevention comment: This falls under hyperopia prevention, a less common condition but also debilitating.


In my new book soon-to-be-published , "De Sueño, Vigilia y Trance" (Of Dreams, Wakefulness and Trance), I include a section called "De Babelis", which is nearly more than half of the book containing my verses in different languages. This comes as a natural consequence of my exposure to different languages, from the times of my early childhood until this very day, whether through my personal experience, books, television, radio, Citizens Band (CB) Radio and the Internet.
"De-babelize" should be my new verb, and I know that my friend Roberto Pérez-Franco will answer me that Good Old Doctor Esperanto has already taken care of this business.
I see in a New and Idealized Horizon A New Language, and within that New Language I see the Writer being understood by every reader, any reader, in any state of consciousness, anywhere in the globe, each one according their own state of consciousness.
Such an ancient sailor in unknown seas, a Star guides me in the oceanic night, I recognize that A good start is Translating, then we can move on to Transmitting, and then among the mist we will Catch Sight of this New Language like Leif Eriksson saw his "Green Land".
May The New Language be a Fire Tongue, and May the "Fire Tongues" be the Permanent Pentecost where the Human Beings communicate with each other from Heart to Heart.


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Q: Corrupt partition table - TestDisk can't find all partitions I was resizing a partition when my PC froze and I had no alternative to shutting down manually. Unfortunately that caused my partition table to became corrupt.
My partition table was like this:
Windows  NTFS, Primary

**Extended**
Data NTFS
Ubuntu (ext4)
MAC OS / iaktos L2 (hfs+)
Virtual Machines (NTFS)
Temp (NTFS)

The Windows partition seems intact. I can boot into Windows using the MAC OS Live CD Bootloader. Also, Ubuntu Live CD can find it. It just won't boot. When I start my computer, I get "No such partition error" and a GRUB rescue shell.
I tried to use the TestDisk utility and this is the result:
The Virtual Machines and Temp folder are found by TestDisk. They look recoverable.
It also found an NTFS partition which I can't identify. The size doesn't match my data partition (it misses approximately 500GB).
No signs of the other partitions.
My Data partition is where I have all my files. I don't have recent backups. I was preparing to install CrashPlan and a NAS to start automatic backups when this happened. :(
The strange thing is if I run fdisk -l
in finds a partition /dev/sda5 which I am almost sure was my data partition.
I have also read about the gpart tool (not GParted). Does anyone have any experience with it?
Any advice? What about my Ubuntu and Mac OS partitions? There are no signs of them.
Edit
Here is the result of executing the fdisk -l command using Ubuntu live CD:
    Warning: ignoring extra data in partition table 5
    Warning: ignoring extra data in partition table 5
    Warning: ignoring extra data in partition table 5
    Warning: invalid flag 0x9093 of partition table 5 will be corrected by w(rite)

    Disk /dev/sda: 1000.2 GB, 1000204886016 bytes
    255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 121601 cylinders, total 1953525168 sectors
    Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
    Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
    I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
    Disk identifier: 0xe0c5913d

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1   *          65   293620004   146809970    7  HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda2       308640778  1953519615   822439419    f  W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/sda5   ?  3786388151  5617242435   915427142+  c5  Unknown

The result of sfdisk:
/dev/sda1 : start=       65, size=293619940, Id= 7, bootable
/dev/sda2 : start=308640778, size=1644878838, Id= f
/dev/sda3 : start=        0, size=        0, Id= 0
/dev/sda4 : start=        0, size=        0, Id= 0

Why can fdisk find sda5 but sfdisk cant? (/dev/sda5 is my DATA Partition). As I said that's where all my important DATA is. I need to recover this partition. Do you think there is anyway to "mount" it to copy its files or whatever?
I am running gpart right now but it is taking lots of time. I could try to recover the partitions showing with TestDisk but I am afraid to make things worse.

A: I managed to fix this all using testdisk without loosing any data. I have done a deeper search, following by an MTF fix and voila. My DATA partition was still corrupted but scandisk fix it when i started windows.
Now, its time for backups. I dont want to pass for this again.

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Can Plasma Instability In Fact Be Savior for Magnetic Nozzle Plasma Thrusters
A research group has demonstrated that spontaneously excited plasma waves may be the solution to a long-associated problem with magnetic nozzle plasma thrusters, turning conventional thinking on its head.
Details of their research were published in the journal Scientific Reports on December 5, 2022.
In magnetic nozzle radio frequency thrusters, sometimes referred to as helicon thrusters, magnetic nozzles channel and accelerate plasma to allow spacecraft to generate thrust. The technology, which harnesses electric propulsion, shows great potential for ushering in a new era of space travel. Yet the so-called "plasma detachment" problem has hampered further development.
Since magnetic field lines always form closed loops, the ones inside magnetic nozzles inevitably turn back to the thruster structure. For this reason, the plasma flow has to be detached from the magnetic nozzle. Ions, having a large gyro radius, detach easily from the magnetic nozzle. But electrons, with their small mass and small gyro radius, are tied to the field lines, generating an electric field that pulls the ions back and renders a net thrust of zero.
An image of the cross-field electron transport and plasma detachment from the magnetic nozzle ©Kazunori Takahashi
When plasma expands, it can gain or lose energy and momentum due to waves, turbulence or electromagnetic forces. Plasma transport and loss due to the wave and turbulence have been a major issue for confining plasma in thermonuclear fusion reactors.
Yet after analyzing the detailed data from the plasma density and electric field fluctuation signals, the research group from Tohoku University and The Australian National University discovered that the spontaneously excited waves brought about an inward cross-field transport of magnetized electrons towards the main axis of the magnetic nozzle, neutralizing the ions detaching. The electron inward transport was in fact beneficial to detachment, helping to reduce the divergence of the expanding plasma beam.
"Our discovery is a rare case where plasma instabilities actually have a favorable effect on engineering," said Professor Kazunori Takahashi, from Tohoku University's Department of Electrical Engineering, and lead author of the study. "Our findings open up a new perspective on the role of instabilities in plasmas, and will help the development of magnetic nozzle radio frequency plasma thrusters."
A brief description of the magnetic nozzle plasma thruster. The upper-left inset is a photo of the thruster operating in a laboratory. ©Kazunori Takahashi
Title: Wave-driven electron inward transport in a magnetic nozzle
Authors: Kazunori Takahashi, Christine Charles, and Rod W. Boswell
Journal: Scientific Reports
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This database includes information on more than 12,000 vessels that have been or are still part of the Maritime Administration's (MARAD) National Defense Reserve Fleet and Ready Reserve Force . It also includes information on vessels that were at one time owned, operated, or in the custody of MARAD and/or its predecessor agencies; those which sank while operating under lease, charter, or requisition of the U.S. government; and foreign vessels that sank while carrying U.S. government cargo. Most vessel entries feature one or more images of vessel status cards. Vessel status cards document the ship's career in government service. The following information is also presented, where available:
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The French traveller and ornithologist, François Le Vaillant, wrote one of the most important eighteenth-century accounts of a visit to the southern Africa. In 1790 he published his Journey into the Interior of Africa by way of the Cape of Good Hope, which is substantially taken up with the narrative of an expedition to the eastern frontier of the colony which he undertook between December 1781 and March 1783. His Journey was translated twice into English in the year of original publication: one of these translations is anonymous, and is generally both accurate and fluent, though the language has now dated; the other, done by Elizabeth Helme, omits anything that she considered slightly improper, such as the passage in which Le Vaillant tells his readers that the Xhosa 'commonly warm their tools with their own urine'. Hence the need for a new translation, which is being undertaken by the Van Riebeeck Society in Cape Town: volume 1 appeared in 2007, and I hope shortly to complete work on volume 2.
Le Vaillant was not an explorer. He travelled along roads used by ox wagons that already existed in the 1780s. Above all, he was an ornithologist and repeatedly insists in his narrative that the purpose of his journey was to collect specimens of birds and animals, which he shot in great numbers and sent back periodically first to Cape Town and then to Paris. Volume 1 of his Journey is taken up with an account of his journey eastwards, through the area that is now Caledon towards the site of present-day George which he described as 'the African horn of plenty' and the last outpost of civilization. He remained at the campsite he named Pampoen Kraal throughout April 1782 noting, before resuming his journey eastward: 'Now, at last, I was about to escape man's dominion entirely and return a little to the conditions of his primitive origin.' He made another lengthy stay in the area of Plettenberg Bay in June and July 1782. There he saw great potential for the development of forestry and agriculture but concluded that, due to the indolence of the Dutch East India Company, such projects 'will, happily, not come to fruition'. Plettenberg Bay would remain as innocent as the Garden of Eden. Subsequently Le Vaillant attempted to continue his journey along the coast eastward but, finding no way through the Tsitsikamma, he back-tracked to George, crossed the Outeniquas into the Lang Kloof, which he followed as far as the region of Humansdorp, before turning north towards Agter Bruintjies Hoogte, and finally pitching his camp at Koks Kraal, near Cookhouse on the west shore of the Great Fish River, where he remained between October and December 1782.
Volume 2 of the Journey is very different from what had gone before and is substantially given over to a description of the indigenous peoples, the Khoi and the Xhosa, that he encountered during his sojourn at Koks Kraal. In this respect, Le Vaillant was faithful to a pattern set by almost all travel narratives which, like Kolbe's account of The Present State of the Cape of Good Hope (1715), offered the reader an account of the religion, laws and customs of the non-European populations found within the borders of the colony. Le Vaillant follows a similar plan, telling his readers about the dwellings, the clothing, the child-rearing practices, the weapons, the food of the Khoi and the Xhosa, and much more besides. As he says, he spent his days talking to them 'about anything of interest to me concerning their manners, their customs, their religion, their tastes, their resources …'. And he did so at great length: approximately 138 of the volume's 290 pages are given over to these topics, whilst the long but very rapid journey back to Cape Town, which occupies the period from December 1782 to March 1783 is dispatched in just 73 pages. Quite a contrast with Volume 1!
However, although Le Vaillant's narrative mirrors the practice of other travels in certain respects, in other ways it is subtly but importantly different. These differences speak directly to the intellectual climate of Europe in the second half of the eighteenth century and perhaps account in part for the phenomenal contemporary success of the Travels.
In the first place, the eighteenth century was the Age of Enlightenment, the Age of Reason, and the age when dictionaries first played a prominent part on the stage of European thought. Chambers Cyclopædia first appeared in 1728, and the first edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica was published between 1768 and 1771. Similar works appeared in France, notably, Buffon's Natural History (1749 onwards) and, arguably the most important of them all, the Encyclopédie, subtitled a Systematic Dictionary of the Sciences, Arts, and Crafts. Like other works of its type the Encyclopédie sought to classify and disseminate knowledge across many fields of human activity: but its originality resides in the fact that it included information about 'crafts', such as printing or the smelting of iron ore, which had previously not been considered sufficiently dignified to feature in a work targeted principally at an educated reading public.
Le Vaillant's narrative feeds this hunger for the classification of knowledge across a broad spectrum of human activity. Most famously, as an accomplished ornithologist, he classifies birds, and many of those which he names in his Travels are later illustrated and described more fully in his Natural History of the Birds of Africa (1799-1808). Indeed, in respect of ornithological nomenclature, his influence is still felt today: the Bateleur eagle, for example, is so called because that is what Le Vaillant called it; while the scientific name of the Crested Barbet, Trachyphonus vaillantii, immortalizes the author of our narrative. But Le Vaillant's eagerness to seek out and record information ranges much more widely: he provides his reader with a list of words related to natural history in the French, Dutch and Khoi languages; he describes the method employed by the Xhosa for smelting iron ore. He even attempts a comparison between the Khoi who lived within the Colony, the Gonaqua Khoi encountered on the eastern frontier, and the Xhosa, describing a range of physical characteristics such as height and build.
But the intellectual climate of the eighteenth century was complex, and in some ways paradoxical, for alongside the cult of reason, it also celebrated the unrestrained expression of emotion and, as the century wore on, the lyrical description of nature. Here again, Le Vaillant provides his readers with the delights they were seeking. As he prepares to return to the Cape he bid farewell to his new-found friends on the eastern frontier, seasoning his farewells with, as he says, 'my sorrows and my tears'. As he approaches his destination his thoughts turn backwards and he exclaims: 'Everything was fleeing away, the rivers, the mountains, the majestic forests, the tribes of savages and their charming huts, everything was fleeing from me.' Like Rousseau, whom he admired, Le Vaillant castigates the corruption of Civilization whilst propagating the myth of the Noble Savage and the cult of Nature.
Throughout his narrative Le Vaillant claims not only to be giving an accurate description of peoples and places but also to be truthful in all that he says; in this respect he repeatedly contrasts his own affirmations with those of two earlier travellers, Kolbe and Sparrman, whom he frequently accuses of retailing inaccurate hearsay or fabricating parts of their narrative. Yet, in all probability, Le Vaillant himself has not been altogether honest in the account of his journey. He has long stood accused of exaggerating his own prowess, his bravery or the difficulties he overcame; but in fact, the authenticity of one whole episode in his narrative is profoundly suspect. Le Vaillant tells us that, having arrived at Koks Kraal, he decided to launch an expedition across the Great Fish River, beyond the frontiers of the Colony, and that, in doing so, he had two purposes in mind: the first was to meet King Phalo and act as a mediator between him and the settlers at a time of cross-border hostilities; the other was to go in search of survivors from the Grosvenor, which had been wrecked some eight weeks previously, on 4 August 1782, approximately 450 kilometres east of his current location. But, in 1782 Phalo had been dead for eight years, and it is highly unlikely that news of the Grosvenor could have reached Koks Kraal in such a short space of time. More obviously, the chronology of the narrative, which had been carefully documented since Le Vaillant's departure from Cape Town, becomes defective at this point, in an obvious attempt to create a period of four weeks during which the intrepid explorer could have carried out his mission. In all probability, he didn't.
It is equally likely that Le Vaillant did not write the text of his narrative, at least in its final, published form. Le Vaillant certainly kept a journal during his travels, but several contemporary accounts assert that it was another writer, Casimir Varon, who worked these up into the narrative as we now know it. There is no conclusive external evidence of this, but a stylistic analysis of the text itself would support that conclusion. Le Vaillant grew up in Surinam and, as he tells us himself, 'I took my first steps in the wilderness and was born almost savage.' In contrast, the text of the Travels is very sophisticated, full of the wit and indirect allusions that were the essence of good style in the Parisian salons of which Le Vaillant had little knowledge. Just one example can serve to make this point: when Le Vaillant broke camp at Koks Kraal and set off on the return journey to the Cape, the text says, 'It was, as they say, the painter moving out.' This is, in fact, a sophisticated allusion to a painting called The Painter Moving Out by Etienne Jeaurat, which dates from about 1757.
For all of the reasons outlined above, Le Vaillant's Travels into the Interior of Africa by way of the Cape of Good Hope were very successful: at least seven French editions appeared during Le Vaillant's lifetime, and the work was quickly translated into English, German, Dutch, Russian, Swedish, Danish and Italian. It is to be hoped that the new edition published by the Van Riebeeck Society, including Volume 2 for which I am responsible, will promote a wider knowledge and appreciation of Le Vaillant in our own day.


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Home/China, North west China, Off the beaten path, Winter cycling/We cycled to China, everything changed!
Cycling is what we have been doing the last 11months, we are now used to the process and it has become a comfort zone of ours to cycle. We spent almost 4 months in the 'Stans' where change came in small bits. Now we have cycled to China and we have a hard time believing that we really cycled all the way to China.
We had reached the Kazakhstan border post which was hectic but not unpleasant, actually most borders we have crossed until now have been quite okay, somehow there are many blog posts about border issues in these regions on the Internet to be found. We had read several blogs on the subject and were always a bit nervous before the border controls. Which we can now look back and tell you that please don't worry if you have plans of coming in this direction by bicycle. We were stamped out of Kazakhstan and had to cycle some 7,5km of no mans land. Again no attention had been made to clear the road from snow and ice, so our studded tires did their job.
Arriving at the Chinese border post was overwhelming, organized, modern. No real issues on entering, just overactive photographing of us and before we new it we were standing with our bicycles in China! What a feeling. We cycled into the Chinese city of Khorgas, bought a SIM card at China mobile paid 10$ and signed several pieces of paper. It was now lunch time so we asked if there was a restaurant near by and we were glad to hear that there was one just up the street. The north western part of China has many ethnic people and a mayor group is the Uighur. The language of the Uighur is related to Kazakh/Uzbek so we were glad to see that our first visit to a restaurant in China was an Uighur one where we could order Laghman and naan. The taste was great and we were full ready to venture in to the unknown and big China.
First night in China we wild camped even though we were close to a town where there would be a hotel, but we needed our comfort and quietness of camping. Found an okay spot to set up the tent in a vineyard. Another icy night as the tent was filled with ice from the moist in the air, this we are getting used to although ice down your back when putting your clothes on in the ice cold morning is less nice! While packing up the tent we got a visitor a local sheep herder with his herd of sheep. We packed up and got on the road, still we could not believe we were in China and we were cycling here in the winter… We stayed on a secondary road most of the day which slowed us down a bit because of snow, ice and slush but we got to enjoy some small villages and get in to the feeling of western China. Exploring China, stopping for drinks and snacks when possible, we knew that the pass was coming.
We had no other choice than to push up the pass, there it was: a valley on the other side of the road with 4 houses! That's our spot we knew it but how to get there? Fences and barb wire on both sides… We had now learned that every few kilometer there was a u-turn opening between the roads. We cycled 100m and we were lucky an opening, we crossed the highway and drove down to our spot. Pushing the bikes up the valley to the houses was tough as the snow was deep and hard. The houses were herders houses but they had left for the winter, so no hospitality this night we thought. Martin looked around found an open room a storage room not perfect but possible, it was dark now and getting really cold. We looked at the locked doors and thought would they mind us sleeping in there? We un screwed a lock and found a small room with a stove and a place to put our tent. A warm night and the next morning we left some money for the things (mainly cole) we had used and cleaned up after us.
Jinghe a city where we would spend a day, the road was now very uneventful as we were just on the highway. Jinge proved to be a good place to stop, finding a hotel was not as easy. A local lady helped us to find a hotel that would accept us after the first three turned us down (probably because of no foreigners) Joanna thanks ;). We rested and enjoyed food very very much! Time went fast and we had to get on the road and reach Urumqi. We left Jinghe and as most times after comfort and a shower we have to get into the road life. Susanne had a tough day and that reflected on both of us. Martin was keen to push and Susanne was less in a mood. We somehow got into a discussion and Martin wanted to push on so ended up demanding Susanne to empty her panniers from food so she would be lighter. This was an ignition to a discussion about further cycling. It was hard but Susanne could feel that she did not need to cycle in the cold for much more. Urumqi would be the stop and place to think. That night we camped next to the highway we remained calm and went to sleep with many thoughts in our minds, by the way this was Christmas Eve..
Packing and leaving a hotel is always a lot of work as we have 6 bags each, we managed fast and were on the road at 8.30 we had 200km to Urumqi and slowly we could see that we would be able to do this in two days. We stayed on the secondary road s115 and G312 and cycled 108 km! One more night in a truckers hotel we payed 10$ and there was a restaurant guess what we had…. Laghman!
Urumqi a city of 3million people we were lucky to cycle in on a small road and the Garmin GPS helped us again to navigate to our Hostel. We made it to Urumqi what a great feeling! Here we stay for New Years and to plan the progress of our travels. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
Below you find our detailed cycling route from Khorgas to Urumqi.


I wonder if we should get him on the coaching staff?
A good interview. A real insight into what its like after football.
I see Gregor Robertson has changed careers from his days as feeder of beef burgers to swans.
There have been fewer finer exponents of the art of Defending than Desmond Sinclair Walker.
He'd be a valuable asset to our coaching staff.
I was a big fan of Des's, but there has to be a reason why he hasn't found his niche in the game post retiring as a player.
It would be "nice" to see him take a role at Forest, but being a great defender doesn't automatically mean Des would be a great coach.
If he has the badges, then let him stand the test of competitive interview.
If he hasn't got the badges he should show his willingness to learn by getting them.
The bright guys realise retirement is going to happen sooner than you expect and plan for it.
Bit like me leaving school, it suddenly happened and I had no idea what to do. Took a few years to get sorted and I never did realise my potential. Which doesn't really matter, because I had a hell of a life, but some are not so lucky and it doesn't work out so well.
Interesting to hear his thoughts.
He was guest speaker at the last home game against Cardiff for the executive box people.
Without naming individuals, he tore strips off our current players' attitudes and the ridiculous money they get He was spot on imo, but still surprising to hear his opinions.
He was in the next box to me and when Cardiff scored their second with a free unmarked header, I turned and gesticulated to him to get back on the pitch. He just nodded and rolled his eyes back. Bless him.
Is said player one you would expect to be named?
I'm glad he didn't hit the bottle, like so many others.
No offence to Desmond but he doesn't seem the sharpest tool in the box. But he seems a decent chap and was a top, top quality player. A proper Forest legend.
Liked a drink though, or seemed to as at one time used to see him in town every time i went down.
Maybe my saddest moment as a Forest fan when he left for Sampdoria, broke my heart.
That photograph of Des and Paul Hart after the Sheffield United game still brings a lump to the throat.
Anyone know who he drives for?
"But I do enjoy driving a lorry, you can bully people, it's a big old lump isn't it!"
I'll make sure I keep out of his way.
Glad to hear he is getting back into the game in one form or another, the roads will be far safer.
It was Hilary's Blinds I think.
He used to have the Duke on a plinth in his snooker room apparently.
I think a plinth in his snooker room would be the best place for it, he looked like an accident waiting to happen at the time.
Saw this on the forest sub-reddit. Short story about Des from Lineker.
Love that story. Never heard it before.
The Lineker and Baker podcast "Behind Closed Doors" is actually very good. Really enjoyed listening to the first few episodes.
Des, one of the kindest, humblest blokes I've ever met in football.
At the wedding of a former Forest player a few years ago, Des, surrounded by all his mates, makes a beeline for my mum and spends the next hour spoiling her rotten chatting, keeping her in wine and generally being a good egg.
It's years since my old man was involved with Forest, nearly seven years since he died, yet Des hadn't forgotten him, or my mum and genuinely enjoyed spending time with her and reminiscing over times in the past.
An absolute gent is Des.
For those interested, Lineker told another Forest related story this time about Brian Clough.
It went along the lines of Lineker was away on England duty at the end of the season. At the time he was at Barcelona but knew he was coming to the end of his time there. Anyway he always used to room with Shilton, Lineker was on the toilet when Shilton got a call from Cloughie. Shilton shouted Lineker and said Cloughie wanted to speak to him, so Lineker picks up the phone and asks "How can I help Mr Clough", "Please call me Brian", "Are you signed and sealed" Clough asks, Lineker reponds "No not yet, I have had a few offers but that's it", "Well" said Clough, "Would you be interested in coming to play for Nottingham Forest?" Lineker said "If I was going to come back to England it would have to be for one of the big clubs", Clough sniped back saying "Nottingham Forest ARE a big club". Lineker then explains "with me being from Leicester just down the road, I'd struggle to play for Forest, I hope you understand". Cloughie responds by saying "No. And it is Mr Clough to you" and puts the phone down on him.
Good story and fair play to Lineker. Shame for us though, he was great at Spurs, which is where he ended up.


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'Thunderball,' with Sean Connery's Bond at an apex, shows in Oakland
G. Allen JohnsonNovember 27, 2018Updated: November 28, 2018, 1:55 pm
Sean Connery, who plays James Bond, poses with his "Bond girls" in this 1965 publicity photo for "Thunderball." The women: Molly Peters (left), Claudine Auger, Martine Beswick and Luciana Paluzzi. Photo: MGM/UA 1965
Walking into Oakland's grand Paramount Theatre on Friday, Nov. 30, will be like stepping back into time, 53 years ago to be exact, when the British invasion was in full force and Bond mania was at its height.
The always well-attended Paramount's classics series is showing "Thunderball" (8 p.m.), perhaps Sean Connery's finest hour as British Secret Service agent James Bond.
The 1965 spy thriller was the third-highest-grossing movie of the year, behind "The Sound of Music" and "Doctor Zhivago"; has sold more theatrical tickets than any 007 film; and in adjusted dollars was the highest-grossing Bond film until 2012's "Skyfall."
Author Ian Fleming's James Bond was introduced on film in 1962's "Dr. No." Both that movie and the next year's follow-up, "From Russia With Love," were relatively low-budget films aimed to gain a foothold in Britain, where the films were big hits right out of the gate, and start the ball rolling in the United States, where business was initially slow, but steady. The third film, "Goldfinger," with a bigger budget and location filming in the U.S. for the first time, was specifically designed to cross over to the American audience — and it did.
That year, 1964, the British invasion became a thing in America. The Beatles made their U.S. debut on "The Ed Sullivan Show" in February, while British tastes in fashion (the miniskirt and hot pants have been credited to London designer Mary Quant) and popular culture took hold in the American imagination. Places such as King's Road in Chelsea and London's West End; names such as Twiggy, Jean Shrimpton, Penelope Tree, David Bailey, Mick Jagger, Roger Daltrey, George Best, Michael Caine and Terence Stamp; and films such as "Blow-Up," "Alfie," "Darling," "Georgy Girl" and "The Knack … and How to Get It" all became part of the Swinging Sixties lore.
"Goldfinger," with its distinctive villains (who can forget Oddjob?), Shirley Bassey theme song and a Bond girl named Pussy Galore became the first breakout Bond hit in the U.S., making Connery a global superstar, giving new monetary life to Fleming's novels, and spawning a line of best-selling toys such as action figures, board games and one of the most essential toys of the 1960s: Corgi's incredibly detailed Aston Martin (Bond's tricked-out car) complete with working ejector seat.
With this success, producers Albert R. Broccoli and Harry Saltzman set out to make "Thunderball" the biggest Bond ever. Two problems with "Goldfinger," in their view, were the setting (mostly Kentucky) and the lack of action: For the entire second half of the film, Bond is Goldfinger's prisoner.
James Bond (Sean Connery) uses a jet pack to escape a villain in "Thunderball" (1965). Photo: MGM/UA 1965
That all changes in "Thunderball," the first Bond film to be shot in the epic widescreen format. No one stops at a Kentucky Fried Chicken here; this film will have an exotic location (Nassau, the Bahamas), a nuclear nightmare plot and wall-to-wall action, from an opening escape by jet pack to a massive cast-of-dozens fight both underwater and above the ocean surface.
And to take advantage of Connery's new stardom, the producers and director Terence Young emphasized his machismo. Connery goes shirtless here in more than any of his seven appearances as 007; there are more Bond girls; and no way is Bond going to be captured — he is, unquestionably, in total command.
Those were different times, of course. Whereas most Hollywood movies are now made in near-total secrecy, producers of big-budget films in the 1960s welcomed press coverage, knowing it could help box-office success. United Artists flew in journalists by the planeloads to the Bahamas during location filming. Celebrities such as Ringo Starr visited. Sullivan taped the opening of his next season from the set. And Bond fans and tourists packed the hotels, hoping to catch a glimpse of filming or even Connery himself.
United Artists provided Connery with an entourage of bodyguards, and he needed them. Years later, when an interviewer pointed out that in the 1960s Bond was as popular as the Beatles, Connery groused, "Yes, but there were four of them and only one of me." One press report from the "Thunderball" set noted "more than 200 young fans treading water just out of camera range around his boat. 'Speak to us,' one of the bold ones shouted. 'You're our leader, and we're your people.' "
"Thunderball" proved to be a worldwide blockbuster, and arguably Connery's best turn as Bond (purists might go with "From Russia With Love"). It is here, with the fourth film, that Connery found that perfect mix of 007's toughness and humor, something he never quite captured again as he tired of the role.
Most people recognize Daniel Craig as the best Bond since Connery — and maybe the best ever. His films have certainly revitalized a series that had been foundering.
Craig's films are terrific, but "Thunderball" is a reminder of just how fun Bond films can be. Perhaps the best scene to illustrate that balance between coldhearted toughness and joy is when Bond is tracked down to an outdoor dance club by villain Fiona Volpe (Luciana Paluzzi) and her cadre of henchmen. She goes to dance with him, hoping to maneuver him into a position where he can be shot and killed by a henchman hiding behind a curtain.
Instead, spotting the gun at the last moment, Bond twirls her around and she takes the bullet. Carefully hiding the bullet wound with her scarf, he maneuvers her body into an empty chair at a table occupied by a partying couple.
"Mind if my friend sits this one out?" Bond asks. "She's just dead."
"Thunderball": 8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 30. $5. Paramount Theatre, 2025 Broadway, Oakland. 510-465-6400. www.paramounttheatre.com
G. Allen Johnson
G. Allen Johnson	G. Allen Johnson is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. Email: ajohnson@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @BRfilmsAllen
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Eddy Cloud Music Pro is one of the best cloud music players for iPhone and iPad
With the advent of cloud storage for tens and even hundreds of gigabytes, the need to store a music collection on a local computer has almost completely disappeared. Moreover, iPhone and iPad are able to play music straight from the cloud, it is enough to install a cloud player. Eddy Cloud Music Pro is one of the best, and here's why.
Eddy Cloud Music Pro is a cloud player that not only plays music content directly from Dropbox, box, Google Drive, OneDrive, Yandex.Disk, but also knows how to organize content into playlists and separate folders.
In addition to direct playback, Eddy Cloud Music Pro allows you to download music to the device's memory (you must first connect the cloud service), organize it into separate folders, and also upload it to cloud storage.
First of all, in Eddy Cloud Music Pro, you need to connect cloud storage or several at once and allow the application to access its contents. Once connected, the content of the store becomes available in the application interface. Interestingly, Eddy Cloud Music Pro works not only with music, it partially functions as a standard cloud services client. For example,
you can even upload a picture to iPhone and then share it by email, save it to a Photo or assign it to a contact.
If you do not have a permanent connection to the Internet via Wi-Fi or 3G, it is better to load your music collection into the device memory and it will always be with you. Memory can be quickly freed at any time by deleting the entire library in the application settings. The quality of music playback from Yandex.Disk via GPRS (3G is not yet available in my area) leaves much to be desired, the connection speed for continuous playback is clearly not enough, but this is not a drawback of Eddy Cloud Music Pro, the provider's fault.
The content loaded into the application can be grouped into separate folders and you can move records from one folder to another. I really liked the ability to work simultaneously with a group of files (Select all). In a separate window, you can create and modify playlists by grouping music by mood.
The media player in Eddy Cloud Music Pro differs from its competitors in some functions: start / pause, switch between tracks, repeat and shuffle are available to competitors, but the increase in playback speed, bookmarks and sleep timer are not. When you switch between application windows, music playback does not stop, and you can not deprive yourself of musical pleasure while organizing your library.
I managed to connect Yandex.Disk without any problems, with which some competitors have obvious problems.
The cloud service was connected in just a few seconds and got access to its contents through the Eddy Cloud Music Pro interface.
In the application settings, you can restrict music downloads over Wi-Fi only, or over Wi-Fi and cellular networks. You can increase the limit of simultaneous downloads, enable the display of file extensions. In the player's settings, you can change the length of the track that is cached before playback (buffering time), automatically update the cache, manage the loading and processing of album art.
There is nothing to say about the Eddy Cloud Music Pro interface, except for words of gratitude to the developer: simple, intuitive, flexible and, most importantly, friendly to the eyes.
I really liked Eddy Cloud Music Pro for its capabilities, usability and the quality of working with cloud storage, but there is also a drawback that amateurs will not notice, but for professionals it can be critical – there is no FLAC support. If your music collection is on Dropbox or Yandex.Disk, the Capable Bits app will be a useful tool for playing and expanding it in memory iPhone and iPad. The price of 119 rubles cannot be called democratic, because there are analogues that are cheaper, and even free, but I personally am ready to pay for the quality. The app is available in a shared account.