How can I get Band 8 in IELTS Speaking?
I wonder how to manage speaking in part 2 and 3 to get band 8.
I have seen many episodes but I couldn't find any clear method.
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You won't find a particular method for Parts 2 and 3 to get band 8 speaking. It's not as simple as that.
Yes there are tips for those parts of the test (you'll find them on this site if you look through the lessons) but there isn't anything that would, for example, suddenly push someone who is a band 6 level speaking up to an 8.
To get to an 8 you need to be virtually fluent in English. If you are not fluent, there are no tips that will suddenly make you fluent.
Learning a language takes time. You would have to work on just generally improving your level of English.
Of course if you are a high level already, so around a 7.5, it's possible some tips could push you up to an 8.
I have no idea what your current level is so it's too difficult to advise you what the best thing to do is.
But if you are just an intermediate speaker of English, say around the 5.5 / 6 level, and you need 8 then you have a lot to do.
You need to just have lessons / practice speaking to improve your English without worrying too much about the test itself as it will be a long time before you are up to the 8 level.
My band now is 8 but despite my attempt to enhance my overall score to 8.5 it seems a bit tough.
Another thing to remember is that not necessarily all skills are as high as band 8. Another important issue is there are some things not to be gained just by studying and practicing something like tricks and constant methods.
I guess there are within the IELTS course that's have made it a little far-fetched.
To be honest I couldn't understand what you were saying in your post.
But if you are currently very good at English as you say, around a band 8 level, but you are struggling to get an actual 8 in the test, then yes, looking at tips and strategies will help you.
If you are very good at speaking but not getting a high score then obviously you are doing something wrong, such as not speaking enough or using enough high level language.
So all I can suggest is you go through the lessons and tips on this site and other sites if you search online and make sure you are doing what is expected in the IELTS speaking test.
I normally get 7-7.5 in speaking. My fluency is quite well. What should I do for 8?
I got 8.5 in my recent IELTS Speaking Test.
I used to do a lot of impromptu speaking training through a group called Toastmasters. One group exercise we did at Toastmasters was particularly helpful. Each member in the group had to speak on the spot for one minute with zero preparation (the topic was drawn randomly).
Another group member had the task of reviewing the speech and to suggest points for improvement. Over time, these speaking / reviewing role play exercises greatly improve and refine your speaking skill.
This exercise requires time and others with shared interest, but it is the most effective method I know to take your general speaking ability to the next level.
I'm taking Ielts on the 3rd of June, first time, so a bit nervous and feel lack of confidence. My pronunciation is quite good, but I tend to panic because I find myself run out of ideas too quickly. Would you mind giving me some suggestions?
I am taking IELTS on 20th may. I am bit nervous. I am moderate speaker. I find myself run out of ideas in part 3 and get stuck between the answers. I find this part the most difficult Would you give me some suggestions.
Looking for speaking partner in Canada possibly or from any parts of the world.


I haven't posted about weight loss or food or clothes for a while. Partly because I've achieved some kind of equilibrium around 69 kilos (yea, it's not my goal weight, but it's stable), and partly because I've found a style that I like.
I've found a store here in Stockholm that sells these awesome clothes with straps, eyelets, buckles and chains. Add simple tees, studded chokers, arm-warmers, and that's it. I took this photo at work, so my employer is perfectly fine with me looking like that. I also have a couple of hooded fleece jackets that I use as jackets in Summer and Spring, or layer under coats or warm jackets in colder weather.
I'd like to add some skirts to my wardrobe, but the one I bought from a web store was such poor quality that one of the snaps broke after I wore it once, and Blue Fox (my fav store) was out of my size in skirts the last time I went there. I should have checked them more often, but since the office moved to the suburbs, I don't get there as often as I used to.
It may be possible to repair the snap (it just separated) by hot glueing it together again, or I'll just have to put a new one in it's place. In any case I won't be ordering from that place again and shall up the frequency of visits to Blue Fox. They had some light coats there the last time and I was in need of one, so I bought one. I love it, it can be turned into a jacket by unzipping the skirt from the bodice, has more zips as details and some lacing at the back. Unfortunately the weather has turned from Autumn to Winter already, so I've switched to my warm jacket.
One of my favourite chains here is called Indiska. They have some clothes, but my main interest is their household items and I usually take a look at their selection about 1-2 times a month. They have lots of fully hand made stuff or partly hand made things, but the clothing material tends to be mostly synthetic. They had these awesome cowls in brioche stitch in their Autumn line, but in 100% acrylic, so I knit one for myself out off 100% merino wool. It is perfect for the current weather and I've fallen in love with big cowls that you can wrap around the neck twice.
I am planning to knit some more warm accessories that fit my style, but I haven't exactly decided what yet. Otherwise I'm keeping busy being an officer in my guild, getting my life in order, organising my flat, and the situation at work has calmed down a lot. I'm doing much better now than I did for the past year and things are looking up for a change.


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Here's a roundup of 20 Favorite Grilling Recipes that we came up with for Labor Day 2014. For an updated post along these lines, check out our 50 Grilling Recipes for Labor Day Weekend, which we will update from time to time with new idea.
Ready to fire up that grill for Labor Day Weekend, but looking for some inspiration about what to make? You've come to the right place! I've round up some of my favorite grilling recipes and gathered some additional ideas from my fellow Sunday Supper bloggers. We've got grilled chicken, pork, beef and fish for your main courses, a tasty appetizer, and yes, a martini recipe that entails grilling! I lead off with my recipes, followed by the ideas I've gathered from others.
Simply Scrumptious Grilled Chicken with Garlic Basil Butter: Bone-in chicken breasts can be a good value. Many online recipes for them can get a bit complicated; my recipe streamlines the process with tasty results!
Grilled Swordfish and Eggplant with Fusilli and Tomatoes I'm a fairly new convert to the virtues of eggplant. Grilling is the key for me. This Sicilian inspired combination was very good, shared for a Sunday Supper event earlier this summer.
Grilled Salmon with Mango Salsa We love our salmon here! Often I grill it with just a simple soy marinade, but made it a bit fancier with a yummy mango salsa for the July Wine Pairing Weekend event (served it with a White Burgundy).
Grilled Swordfish with Pineapple Salsa Gotta love salsa! The pineapple in this one gets grilled along with the fish, great flavors.
Heaven Sent Grilled Pork Chops: The succulent bone-in pork chops with a simple garlic cumin rub get their name from our nine year old's reaction to how tasty they are! Consider this one if you're looking for something that packs a lot of flavor with minimal work.
Cilantro and Lime Marinaded with Chipotle Cream This is one of my all-time favorite recipes, especially served with these Sweet Potatoes with Cumin Sage Butter. This was another Wine Pairing Weekend pairing, served with a Bonny Doon Syrah.
Grilled Steak with Garlic Cumin Rub Regular readers of Cooking Chat may have figured out by now I use this rub a lot! Hey, when you've got something that packs a lot of flavor but also gets a thumbs up from a nine year old, you're going to make it a lot. This is another easy option for a low maintenance weekend grilling plan.
Grilled Steak Tacos with Awesome Avocado Chimichurri Sauce: Entertaining this weekend? This is a great way to get your guests some steak without breaking the the bank! A few pieces of beef along with the tasty sauce makes a a great taco. "Awesome" was the operative word for the sauce when we served it to family at a recent gathering.
Recipes from Sunday Supper friends: Sure, the favorites I just shared from my own summer grilling gives you a good range of options to choose from. But why not ask some other food bloggers for some of their favorites, and make the list bigger? That's what I did, and here are some more great grilling ideas from members of the Sunday Supper community.
Herbed Cream Cheese Grilled Bell Pepper Boats A tasty looking appetizer seems like a good place to start the list of ideas from my fellow bloggers! Carla from Chocolate Moosey has grilled up some peppers and filled with cream cheese and fresh herbs for a must-try summer appetizer.
Seared Trout on the Grill with a Tropical Viogner Sarah from Curious Cuisiniere came up with this one for our July Wine Pairing Weekend event. This post demonstrates that cooking whole fish on the grill can be pretty easy, and is especially nice served with a good wine!
Marinated Grilled Octopus If the grilled whole trout got your creative juices flowing, maybe you are ready to try the grilled octopus from Culinary Adventures with Camilla! Gotta love that this dish was inspired by her kid's requesting this when visiting the local fish market…and now he has some interesting leftovers to scare his friends at school!
Italian Dressing Grilled Shrimp Sticking with the seafood theme for a bit longer (easy to do, writing this from Cape Cod!), here's a great looking grilled shrimp from Julie, a.k.a. The Texan New Yorker.
Grilled Red Snapper with Cilantro and Onion Stuffing Another tasty idea for grilled whole fish! This one from Stacy at Food Lust People Love has a stuffing that certainly has me wanting to give this a try.
Piri Piri Grilled Chicken Ready to kick things up a notch? Stacy has you covered with this recipe from Food Lust People Love! Plenty of hot pepper and garlic flavor here, inspired by a trip to Portugal. Or maybe you'd like the similar flavors to go with some grilled fish.
Tandoori Chicken Drumsticks I love Indian flavors, especially on chicken, so definitely like the sound of this grilled chicken recipe from The Texan New Yorker.
Finger Lickin' Chicken Drumsticks Another chicken drumstick option for you, this one via Tara from Noshing with the Nolands. Yum!
Grilled Chicken with White BBQ Sauce Here's a creative BBQ sauce for chicken from Bobbi's Kozy Kitchen. I don't think I've had white BBQ sauce but I'd like to try this!
BBQ Cauliflower Curry Grilled veggies can be wonderful, and Tara from Noshing with the Nolands has put her stir fry BBQ wok to creative use with this dish!
Grilled Baby Romaine Lettuce with Parmesan Vinaigrette Wow! I wouldn't have thought of grilling lettuce, but this recipe from Bobbi's Kozy Kitchen looks awesome.
Grilled Lemon Cherry Drop Martini All this grilling is going to make you thirsty! So why not add some lemons to the grill and try this creative martini recipe from Renee at Magnolia Days. So fire up the grill, pour a glass, and enjoy your weekend!
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U.S. Army Apache strikes Islamic State for first time
U.S. forces employed an Apache helicopter Saturday against Islamic State targets in Iraq for the first time, according to CENTCOM.
By Fred Lambert
Apache Longbow Helicopters line an airfield in Iraq on Jan. 7th, 2004. (UPI Photo/Suzanne M. Jenkins/Air Force) | License Photo
BAGHDAD, Oct. 5 (UPI) -- An Apache helicopter was used in air assaults against the Islamic State over the weekend, the first such strikes utilizing the Army's premier attack helicopter.
In a statement on its website, CENTCOM reported a series of bombings against IS targets in Iraq's Anbar province:
Four strikes northeast of Fallujah struck two mortar teams, a large ISIL unit and two small ISIL units. One strike southeast of Hit destroyed two ISIL humvees. One strike northeast of Sinjar destroyed an ISIL Humvee.
To conduct these strikes, the U.S. employed attack, bomber, fighter and helicopter aircraft deployed to the U.S. Central Command area of operations. All aircraft departed the strike areas safely.
A CENTCOM official told Defense News that the helicopter was a U.S. Army Apache.
CENTCOM stands for U.S. Central Command, which oversees U.S. military operations in the Middle East, Central Asia and portions of North Africa.
In July, the White House announced that along with an additional 300 troops, it was sending in drone aircraft and helicopters -- including Apaches -- to improve security around the U.S. embassy in Baghdad.
According to Pentagon officials, there are 1,200 U.S. troops currently deployed to Iraq.
World News // 1 hour ago
Indonesia to move capital from Jakarta to jungle area to be called Nusantara
Jan. 18 (UPI) -- Indonesian lawmakers passed a bill on Tuesday to formally relocate the capital of the country from Jakarta to a location in Kalimantan state -- and name the new government center Nusantara.
World News // 3 hours ago
China, North Korea open border railroad crossing after 2-year COVID-19 shutdown
SEOUL, Jan. 18 (UPI) -- China and North Korea restarted trade over a railroad crossing for the first time since Pyongyang sealed its borders to protect against COVID-19 two years ago, Beijing has confirmed.
North Korea says latest launch was test of tactical guided missiles
SEOUL, Jan. 18 (UPI) -- North Korea confirmed the accuracy of a pair of tactical guided missiles in its latest launch, state-run media said Tuesday, as the secretive regime continues a series of weapons tests.
Jan. 18 (UPI) -- New Zealand officials confirmed Tuesday that at least two people have died following Saturday's volcanic eruption and subsequent tsunami in Tonga that left extensive damage in its wake.
Canada approves Pfizer's antiviral COVID-19 treatment for use
Jan. 17 (UPI) -- Canada on Monday announced it has authorized Pfizer's at-home coronavirus antiviral pill treatment for use by adults with mild to moderate COVID-19 symptoms.
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Jan. 17 (UPI) -- The Saudi-led coalition said late Monday it retaliated against the Houthi militia in Yemen after the rebels claimed responsibility for a rare drone attack that caused three oil tankers to explode in the UAE.
Bipartisan U.S. Senate delegation meets with Ukraine leaders in Kyiv
Jan. 17 (UPI) -- A bipartisan group of seven U.S. senators met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv Monday in a show of support for the country against possible Russian military aggression.
Report: At least seven killed by Sudanese forces in anti-coup protests
Jan. 17 (UPI) -- Sudanese security forces shot and killed at least seven protesters during anti-coup rallies on Monday, a civilian doctors group claimed on social media.
Jan. 17 (UPI) -- At least 22 people died in a 5.6-magnitude earthquake that struck a mountainous region of northwestern Afghanistan early Monday, official media reported.
Israel threatens to expel Palestinian family from Jerusalem home after standoff
Jan. 17 (UPI) -- Israeli authorities threatened to forcefully evict a Palestinian family from its home in east Jerusalem on Monday after a lengthy standoff.


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Home | Multiple Categories | Elk Hunting in Montana: A Bit of History
Elk Hunting in Montana: A Bit of History
By BRUCE AUCHLY of Montana Fish, Wildlife, and Parks
Didn't get your elk? It may have been from lack of effort on your part, or simply bad luck. With very few exceptions, not getting your elk when elk hunting in Montana isn't due to too few elk.
Montana has no overall shortage of elk. While exact figures are never known, there may be as many as 150,000 elk heading into the fall hunting season. That's probably a drop in the frying pan compared to pre-settlement numbers, but it's an incredible rebound from just a century ago.
One estimate places 10 million elk roaming all of North America before European settlement. Compare that with a guess of 50,000 elk on this continent 100 years ago.
In Montana at, say, the time of Lewis and Clark, there were almost certainly more elk than now. That's because the vast open prairies of grass, cottonwood bottoms, and badlands made eastern and central parts of pre-statehood Montana a paradise for game animals. The heavily-timbered country of western Montana, by comparison, was poor in game numbers. Elk were present but not in numbers found on the prairie.
Bull elk. Photo by Kristi Dubois,FWP.
Then came European settlers, and Montana's game animal populations started to decline. By the early 1900s, only small herds of elk ranged around Yellowstone National park, along the Continental Divide, and a few other mountainous areas.
In 1910, less than 5,000 elk were scattered over 25,000 square miles in northwestern Montana, according to the book, "Back from the Brink." And in most of eastern Montana elk were completely gone.
That's when transplanting elk began from close to, and eventually from within, Yellowstone National Park. The first effort moved elk from Gardiner to the Butte area. It proved so successful and popular that sportsmen and landowners in other parts of the state wanted to reestablish elk herds.
Within 10 years, elk were transplanted to the Highwood Mountains east of Great Falls, then to the Little Belt Mountains in 1928, the Big Belt and Judith mountains in 1935, and the Missouri Breaks in 1951. General elk trapping and transplanting stopped in 1972. It just wasn't needed.
Now it's a matter of social tolerance, of trying to balance the needs and wants of sportsmen with agricultural interests. Montana's landscape could support many more elk today than the current 150,000 or so. But how many? How many elk do we want or will we tolerate?
Hunters who didn't get an elk this year may believe more is better. Landowners who would have to host more wildlife might say, no thanks, less is just fine. Maybe both sides just need to cooperate and help manage the animals we have.
After all, from a closed elk hunting season in 1893 because there were too few animals, we now have a population of maybe 150,000, thanks to landowners and sportsmen who worked together to increase elk numbers.
Fortunately, elk hunting in Montana is a great sport — whether you get your elk or not.
For more posts about hunting around Missoula and Western Montana, visit the Make it Missoula hunting archive or the Wild Open Spaces blog.
This entry was posted on Tuesday, December 6th, 2011 at 4:23 pm
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The railway from Bordeaux to Sète is an important French 476-kilometre long railway line, that connects the southwestern port city Bordeaux (on the Bay of Biscay) to the southern port Sète (on the Mediterranean) via Toulouse and Narbonne. The railway was opened in several stages between 1855 and 1858.

Route
The Bordeaux–Sète railway leaves the Bordeaux-Saint-Jean station in southeastern direction, following the river Garonne upstream on its left bank. It crosses the Garonne at Langon, and continues upstream along the right Garonne bank in eastern direction, turning southeast near La Réole. It crosses the river Lot near Aiguillon, and passes through Agen. At Castelsarrasin the railway leaves the Garonne and runs east towards Montauban on the river Tarn, where it turns sharply southeast, and then south to Toulouse.

At Toulouse the railway leaves the Garonne again, following the small river Hers-Mort in southeastern direction. Beyond Carcassonne it follows the river Aude downstream, in eastern direction. At Narbonne the railway turns northeast until Béziers, where it turns east. At Agde it reaches the Mediterranean Sea coast, and runs northeast along the spit that separates the Étang de Thau from the sea. It reaches its eastern terminus Sète after 476 km.

Main stations

The main stations on the Bordeaux–Sète railway are:
 Bordeaux-Saint-Jean station
 Agen station
 Montauban-Ville-Bourbon station
 Toulouse-Matabiau station
 Carcassonne station
 Narbonne station
 Béziers station
 Sète station

History

The railway was built by the Compagnie des Chemins de fer du Midi. The first section that was opened in 1855 led from Bordeaux to Tonneins. The section between Tonneins and Toulouse was opened in 1856. In 1857 the line was extended to near Sète. Finally in 1858 the line was connected with the existing PLM line from Sète to Montpellier.

Services

The Bordeaux–Sète railway is used by the following passenger services:
TGV from Paris to Toulouse on the section between Bordeaux and Toulouse
AVE from Barcelona to Toulouse on the section between Toulouse and Narbonne
Intercités from Paris to Toulouse and Perpignan on the section between Montauban and Narbonne, from Nantes to Toulouse on the section between Bordeaux and Toulouse and from Bordeaux to Marseille and Nice on the whole line
TER Nouvelle-Aquitaine and TER Occitanie regional services on the whole line

References

Railway lines in Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Railway lines in Occitania (administrative region)
Railway lines opened in 1855
1855 establishments in France

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BellyMelly introduces zero-touch dine-in solution for US restaurants
US online food ordering platform BellyMelly has launched BellyMelly app to help restaurants re-open amid the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.
BellyMelly's new solution is designed to help restaurants across the US to re-open amid Covid-19 pandemic. Credit: BellyMelly.
The BellyMelly app is a fast, easy-to-use, zero-contact solution for both restaurants and customers.
After downloading the app, customers can scan the BellyMelly QR code displayed on each table within the restaurant.
The BellyMelly QR code will show the restaurant's menu in any smart device. The function removes the need for a physical menu and supports social distancing efforts.
Using the app, customers can place their orders, which will be directly sent to the restaurant's kitchen.
The app also enables customers to make contactless payments and add a tip.
BellyMelly founder David Litchman said: "As our country begins to re-open and restaurants welcome customers back inside, it is extremely important that everyone feels safe and confident during the dine-in experience.
"We wanted to offer a free solution for all restaurants as they navigate this complicated time. Our app offers a zero-touch experience, which is not only helpful during this global pandemic, but will also help propel the restaurant industry into the future."
BellyMelly helps local restaurateurs to compete with third-party sites for takeout and delivery orders. It offers a low processing rate of 3% per order for takeout and delivery.
Furthermore, the company is working with local restaurants to donate a percentage of each sale to the restaurant's community partner of choice.
Litchman added: "Our mission is simple. We want to help local restaurants thrive. Instead of pocketing a large commission at the expense of our restaurant partners, we offer a free zero-touch dine-in solution and a very low processing fee for takeout and delivery orders."


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Local roundup: Vanden High School girls basketball team dominates all-SCAC voting
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PUBLISHED: February 23, 2015 at 12:00 a.m. | UPDATED: August 29, 2018 at 12:00 a.m.
Another league title, another near-clean-sweep in all-league voting.
Vanden High School's girls basketball team again grabbed the lion's share of the awards during all-Solano County Athletic Conference team voting by league coaches on Monday night.
Kayla Blair was named the SCAC's most valuable player as the entire starting five received mention on the squad, and four players received first-team honors. Head coach Allison Johnson was named coach of the year.
"We felt like we had five of the top players in the league, so to have four of the top eight vote-getters, and another just missing out, was good for us," Johnson said. "And when you figure that our starters were only in the games for about 16 minutes while some of the other girls played all 32 minutes, it says a lot."
Blair, a senior, was the MVP for the second straight season after averaging 13.8 points per game, and usually defending the opposing team's top player.
Also named to the first team were senior Toni Taylor, junior Kiana Moore, and sophomore Julia Blackshell-Fair.
Taylor averaged seven points and seven assists in league play. Moore averaged 12.7 points and five steals, and Blackshell-Fair chipped in 9.6 points and 10 rebounds per night.
Senior Chantell Greer received honorable mention.
Vanden opens the Sac-Joaquin Section Division III playoffs tonight at home against Vista Del Lago.
'Dogs, 'Cats on all-MEL squad >> Vacaville seniors Mackenzie Shrock and Jessica Cummins both were named to the all-Monticello Empire League girls basketball first team in voting by league coaches.
Shrock led the Bulldogs in scoring (18.5 points per game) and rebounding (11.4) during the league season. Cummins added 8.6 points per game, and was the team's top defender.
The Bulldogs finished second in the MEL with a 7-3 record. They begin the section Division II playoffs tonight at Bethel.
Will C. Wood's Ashanti Randle and Victoria Lopez both received honorable mention.
For Vacaville, Skler Takeda and Lizzy Roark received honorable mention.
Vikings' Walker named SCAC MVP >> DeMarre Walker of Vanden was named the SCAC's most valuable player as coaches named the all-league team.
Walker averaged 20.8 points a game as the Vikings went 9-1 in SCAC play. They open the postseason on Wednesday at home against Ceres.
Walker was a unanimous pick as the MVP. Vanden head coach Micheal Holloway was named the league's coach of the year.
Vanden's Jihad Woods and Thomas Avent also made the all-SCAC first team.
Woods was second to Walker in the MVP voting after averaging 13.1 points and 9.1 rebounds. Avent also scored 13.1 points per game.
Jansen Smith of Vanden received honorable mention.
Vanden hosts Ceres in the opening round of the section Division III tournament on Wednesday.
Vaca, Wood players honored >> Vacaville's boys basketball players Jake Perlstein and RJ Louis were named to the all-MEL first team as league coaches doled out awards.
Perlstein was the Bulldogs' leading scorer in league play, and Louis helped Vacaville win seven of its last eight league games after missing the first two MEL contests.
"Obviously he was pretty important to our success," Vacaville head coach Duane Kamman said of Louis. "And I think he evolved into a point guard for us, someone who could get the ball up the court and then distribute the ball instead of just scoring.
"Jake grew up this year. He definitely did everything for us, and when we needed senior leadership, I think he stepped out of his comfort zone and provided that."
Three Will C. Wood players received honorable mention on the all-MEL squad: senior Roddrick Douglas, junior Alex Stepney and freshman Carson Strong.
Strong led the Wildcats in scoring (11.1 points per game) and rebounding (8.2). Stepney added 10.5 points a night, and was the team's top outside shooter. Douglas scored 8.2 points a game.
Vacaville seniors Chad Hekking and Jason Wright also received honorable mention.
Kyle Williams of league champion Rodriguez was named the MEL MVP.
The Bulldogs (17-11 overall) face No. 1 seeded Sacramento in the section Division II playoffs tonight.
Will C. Wood 4, Benicia 1 >> Mackenzie Magaoay scored two goals as the Wildcats opened the season with a win on the road.
Ariana Sanchez and Taylor Cooper also scored for Wood.
Lashaa Robinzine stood out in the midfield, and Sariah Miller added solid defense.
Benicia won the junior varsity game 3-2.
Haley Del Rio and Bianka Ramirez scored goals for the Wildcats. Brooke Molina led the defense.
Wood plays Dixon today at 3 p.m. at the Horse Creek Soccer Complex.
Woodland man, struck, killed while walking on EB I-80 in Fairfield
Vacaville actress lands role on 'NCIS: Hawai'i' TV series
Vacaville actress lands role on 'NCIS: Hawai'i' TV series
Santa Rosa woman ID'd as fatality in six-vehicle crash near Rio Vista
Santa Rosa woman ID'd as fatality in six-vehicle crash near Rio Vista
Vacaville gathers to celebrate MLK's legacy
Vacaville gathers to celebrate MLK's legacy
For Malika and Kendra Andrews, rise to ESPN began at Oakland childhood dinner table
Photo: Helping "Mr. Bobby's" Family
Photo: Helping "Mr. Bobby's" Family
Vanden's Takai Emerson-Hardy is selected as Athlete of the Week
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E3 Round-up: The Dale edition!
E3 has sadly finsihed and whilst I believe it wasn't the best we've seen, it did have keanu Reeves, which is always a win. There were a few surprise announcements, probably the biggest surprise is that Nintendo are working on a sequel for Zelda: Breath of the Wild. I was going to write a piece for each press conference, but now that it's over and the hype has settled I think a round up will be suitable.
Animal Crossing: New Horizons.
I've played an animal crossing game, not sure which one, but not to the point where I would consider myself a huge fan. I certainly love the idea of the game… It's peaceful and it really allows you to loose yourself in its world. The game appears to have a big focus on the ability to farm and make your own furniture, to eventually pay off Tom Nooks extortionate vacation prices. The game looks beautiful and it scares me a little, with the amount of time I spent in Stardew Valley, I can see this being a game that will eat up a good chunk of my free time… sigh… gotta farm for that sweet money though!
But it's not just on my list for the game itself, Animal Crossing: New Horizons has been delayed until 2020, it was originally late 2019. Nintendo has stated that they don't want to rush it and they want to ensure a good work life balance for the developers working on the game. I respect this so much, in a world full of horror stories about game devs working extortionate hours… It's nice to see companies who are not afraid to delay games to ensure the health of their staff. I'm really not a fan of this "Crunch" Culture that the gaming industry seems to force, so it's nice to see one of the big companies take a hit like this for its staff… Kudos Nintendo.
Borderlands 3 looks absolutely absurd… and I love it! Being a franchise that sat on the back burner in my mind, Borderlands 2 was a game that I put some serious hours into as a kid… seriously… I'm pretty sure me and my brother played it non-stop for months. Providing me with one of my favourite protagonists, Handsome Jack and also my favourite robot ever… Claptrap.
Providing us with four new vault hunters to play, I'm sure that Borderlands 3 will be just as crazy as its past games. One thing that was interesting to me is that it looks like we are going to visit more than one vault in this game, with the developers hinting at multiple huge boss fights that I'm sure will be completely blown out of proportion and overly absurd, its exciting!
Also, there's meant to be over a billion different guns, that a lot of ways to kill psychos… I'm happy with that!
Anyone that has read my blog knew that this was going to make an appearance… Silksong is the sequel to Hollow Knight created by the wonderful Team Cherry. We did not get a release date… However we did get a little bit of game play and I have to say it looks fantastic. Hollow Knight was a smooth and beautifully crafted experience that really got me back into the metroidvania genre. Hornet, the main character looks to be just as in depth as the Knight was, with new abilities and a whole new world which looks enchanting.
One thing that caught my eye was the amount of musical references within the game, for example there were enemies that wore bells and musical instruments spread all over the map. This gets me excited for what Team Cherry have created, the music within Hollow Knight was breathtaking and from the snippet we have of Silksong it looks to further that musical nature of the game.
Hopefully we get a release date soon, by the looks of it the Nintendo Switch will be a launch platform for Silksong… since the game play was provided by Nintendo.
Outer Worlds
I never played Fallout: New Vegas… I should probably get on that before Outer Worlds comes out. Obsidian, the creators of Lloyd's favourite Fallout: New Vegas returns with a game that appears to take everything that people loved about New Vegas and implement it into a new world.
From what we have seen, Outer Worlds shows so much character and depth that I can't help but fall in love with the fun characters and the way that it doesn't take itself so seriously, but still have a serious world… I can get on board with that… I love a game that doesn't take itself too seriously.
You know… I'm not really into the Zelda universe, not that I don't like it, it's just a game that as a kid slipped past me. I've always wanted to dive in, but never really had an opportunity. Until Breath of The Wild, possibly one of the greatest games made, but it came at a time where I was feeling a bit of burn out with Open World games, I would get bored quickly and just give up. It didn't help that at the time I was falling in love with Metroidvanias.
Links Awakening, firstly looks absolutely beautiful… its adorable and full of character, so that instantly attracts me. The way that fans are anticipating this game really gets me excited to experience it for the first time, I'm really looking forward to throwing myself into it.
Also, the trailer showed off a dungeon creation system, where you can create a dungeon out of the ones you have played, that looks so much fun and challenging. It appears that you can challenge yourself and earn rewards for completing your monstrous dungeons, but from what I've seen it appears there is no function to share the dungeons. If they don't, they could be missing out on a huge opportunity… With the success of Mario Maker, wouldn't it be interesting to have a Zelda game where you could create and share dungeons? Now that would be awesome.
Ori and the Will of the Wisps
Since Ori and the Blind Forest is one of my favourite games, I'm really excited to play this game! From the trailer that we saw at Microsoft's conference, it looks to keep its beautiful visuals and captivating music. Both music and visuals combine in to one surreal experience that will leave you wanting more and pondering on the deeper meanings of the game.
From what we've seen however this game looks to be much more focused on boss fights, we saw a few in the trailer and I'm down for that. The last game had a way of making you feel small in an expansive world, add giant bosses to the mix that I'm sure will make you feel even more helpless and force you to fight harder.
All this talking about Ori makes me what to play it again! If you havn't I suggest you do, its fantastic!
That's not everything that I'm excited for from E3, but its the main games that I personally cannot wait for! I'm hoping that a few of these games will be playable at EGX in London this year!
What did you guys think of this E3? who do you think 'Won'? Personally I think Nintendo blew it out of the water this year, whilst Bethesda was the worst for me… "But Blades is a true Elder Scrolls experience" … Jesus christ, whats happened to Bethesda?
Anyways enough from me,
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Frostilyte says:
What?! I missed SilkSong footage? Was Nintendo live streaming it or something? I only watched the conferences and caught Monster Hunter stuff via twitter. If I'd known there was SilkSong stuff at E3 that would have actually made it into my wrap up post.
You raise a good point on the new Ori looking more boss focused based on the trailer, but I'll believe it's a good change when I actually get my hands on the game. The combat in the first game is easily one of the worst aspects of it. I'm skeptical that Moon Studios can deliver satisfying combat, but it'd be nice to be proven wrong. :p
Dale "Squigglez" Hooper says:
Yeah there was like 20 minutes of gameplay for the nintendo tree house live stream? It was called something like that! I'm stupidly excited for iceborne, it's going to be so good, I'm so excited to fight the tigrex again!
Yeah the combat in ori was weak, I'm hoping that they do the fights justice, I forgot how weak the combat was… now I am a little worried, I hope we are both proven wrong 😅


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Burkholderia ginsengisoli sp. nov., a β-glucosidase-producing bacterium isolated from soil of a ginseng field
Ho-Bin Kim1, Min-Ju Park1, Hee-Chan Yang1, Dong-Shan An2, Hai-Zhu Jin3, Deok-Chun Yang1
Affiliations: 1 1Department of Oriental Medicinal Material and Processing, College of Life Science, Kyung Hee University, 1 Seocheon-dong, Giheung-gu, Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do 446-701, South Korea 2 2Department of Biological Sciences, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, 373-1 Guseong-dong, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 305-701, South Korea 3 3Institute of Food Science and Engineering, Yantai University, Yantai 264005, People's Republic of China
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A bacterial strain (designated KMY03T) that possesses β-glucosidase activity was isolated from soil from a ginseng field in South Korea and was characterized in order to determine its taxonomic position. The bacterium was found to comprise Gram-negative, rod-shaped, motile cells with unipolar polytrichous flagella. On the basis of 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity, strain KMY03T was shown to belong to the family Burkholderiaceae of the Betaproteobacteria, being most closely related to Burkholderia caledonica LMG 19076T (97.8 %), Burkholderia terricola LMG 20594T (97.5 %), Burkholderia xenovorans LMG 21463T (97.4 %) and Burkholderia phytofirmans LMG 22146T (97.3 %). Chemotaxonomic data (major ubiquinone, Q-8; major fatty acids, C17 : 0 cyclo, C16 : 0, C19 : 0 cyclo ω8c and summed feature 2) supported the affiliation of the novel strain with the genus Burkholderia. The results of DNA–DNA hybridizations and physiological and biochemical tests allowed the strain to be differentiated genotypically and phenotypically from Burkholderia species with validly published names. On the basis of these data, strain KMY03T represents a novel species of the genus Burkholderia, for which the name Burkholderia ginsengisoli sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is KMY03T (=KCTC 12389T=NBRC 100965T).
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For the first time on record, more non-Mexicans than Mexicans were apprehended at U.S. borders in 2014 by the Border Patrol, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of more than 60 years of Border Patrol data. This shift is another sign that unauthorized immigrants from Mexico are crossing the U.S.-Mexico border significantly less often than they did before the Great Recession.
About 229,000 Mexicans were apprehended by the Border Patrol in fiscal year 2014 compared with 257,000 non-Mexicans during the previous year, according to recently published Border Patrol data. Taken together, total apprehensions of Mexican and non-Mexican unauthorized immigrants (more than 486,000) were up 16% over the previous year.
These numbers are dramatically different than in 2007 when Mexican apprehensions totaled 809,000, compared with just 68,000 non-Mexicans. The number of Mexican immigrants apprehended at the border peaked at 1.6 million in 2000, the Pew Research analysis showed. The last time Mexican apprehensions were as low as they are now was in 1970 when 219,000 Mexicans were apprehended. In 1970, non-Mexican apprehensions totaled just 12,000.
The recent increase in non-Mexican apprehensions is due in part to a surge in unaccompanied Central American child migrants crossing the border without their parents. In fiscal year 2014, nearly 52,000 unaccompanied children from El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras were apprehended at the U.S.-Mexico border, more than double the total from the previous year, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection data. By contrast, the number of unaccompanied Mexican children apprehended slightly declined over the same time period, from 17,000 to 16,000.
The new Border Patrol apprehensions data reflect a broader ongoing shift in the U.S. unauthorized immigrant population that was shaped by a migration wave from Mexico that lasted from the 1980s until the Great Recession. Mexico remains the top country of origin for the nation's unauthorized immigrants, but their numbers have declined since 2007, according to a Pew Research Center analysis. Despite the decline, the estimated 5.9 million unauthorized immigrants from Mexico still account for a majority (52%) of the nation's unauthorized immigrant population.
As numbers have fallen, unauthorized immigrants from other parts of the world are steady or on the rise. The unauthorized immigrant population from Central America, Asia, the Caribbean and the rest of the world grew slightly from 2009 to 2012. Over this time period, the number of unauthorized immigrants from Central America grew by 100,000. There was a similar increase in unauthorized immigrants from Asia.
Although investments by the U.S. federal government on border security have increased and migration has slowed, the U.S. public has put a greater emphasis on border security. From February 2013 to August 2014, the share of Americans who said the priority should be on better border security when dealing with illegal immigration rose from 25% to 33%.
Meanwhile, as fewer unauthorized immigrants from Mexico try to enter the U.S., those already in the U.S. are staying put. In 2013, unauthorized immigrant adults had been in the U.S. for a median of 13 years, up from eight years a decade earlier, a trend driven in part by Mexican migration patterns.


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Edinburgh Synagogue was opened in 1932 and is located on Salisbury Road in the Newington area of Edinburgh. It is the home of the Edinburgh Hebrew Congregation (EHC) which was founded in 1816. Prior to the opening of the 1932 building, the congregation worshipped at  a converted chapel on Graham Street which had served as its synagogue since 1898.

The Edinburgh Hebrew Congregation is a mainstream Orthodox congregation under the auspices of the Chief Rabbi. The current rabbi is Rabbi David Rose who was appointed to the position in 2003.

Synagogues in Edinburgh

The Edinburgh Hebrew Congregation, the city's first synagogue, was established in 1817 at Richmond Court for a congregation of 20 families. In 1868, the congregation had grown and so they moved the shul to a larger accommodation at Park Place. They moved again in 1898 to Graham Street.

Between 1881 and 1914, immigrants arrived in large numbers to Edinburgh. They brought different religious traditions with them. As a result, other congregations began to form. Some of these Jews migrated from within Britain. In 1879, Hasidic Jews from Manchester who had come to work in the Caledonian Rubber Works on Fountainbridge established a synagogue in the Dalry area on Caledonian Crescent. This synagogue served about 35 families. However, a majority of the migrant population came from the Pale of Settlement in Eastern Europe. In 1890, the Eastern European migrants established Edinburgh New Hebrew Congregation in Richmond Court. It was eventually moved to Roxburgh Place in 1916.

Creation of the Building
In 1918, the Edinburgh Hebrew Congregation and the Edinburgh New Hebrew Congregation unified on paper but continued to worship in separate places given their different practices. Rabbi Dr. Salis Daiches, who arrived the next year, worked to make these communities into a more unified whole.

One method he used was building the Salisbury Road Synagogue so that the entire community could worship together. Soon after the Roxburgh Place Synagogue closed in 1927, Daiches began a fundraising campaign to build the new shul. Construction cost £20,000. This was a hard campaign given the small community, its waning interest in religious matters, and the difficult economic situation due to the Great Depression. In the end, they had to borrow £6,000 to complete the project.

Building began on 3 May 1931 when Walter Samuel, 2nd Viscount Bearsted laid the foundation stone. The synagogue took 15 months to complete and was opened  on 11 September 1932 by Chief Rabbi Joseph Hertz.  It was designed by Glasgow architect James Miller who was asked to make a prestigious building that would contribute to Edinburgh's architecture and provide a focal point for local Jewish life. The purpose-built synagogue could house 1,000 people and also had a mikveh on the premises.

From the beginning, the synagogue was too large for the amount of congregants attending. In 1981, Michael Henderson of Dick, Peddie & McKay was hired to reduce the interior. While the mikveh was in disuse by this point, it was retained. Then in 2003, it came back into use when the synagogue was renovated again with the help of a £300,000 grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund.

The synagogue was listed in 1996 as a grade B listed building.

See also
History of the Jews in Scotland
Scottish Council of Jewish Communities

References

External links
Official website
Edinburgh Jewish history
Edinburgh Synagogue: Jewish Small Communities Network

1932 establishments in Scotland
Orthodox synagogues in the United Kingdom
Religious buildings and structures in Edinburgh
Synagogues in Scotland


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Nextcloud jest funkcjonalnie podobny do Dropbox, Office 365 lub Google Drive, gdy jest używany ze swoimi zintegrowanymi rozwiązaniami pakietu biurowego Collabora Online lub OnlyOffice. Może być hostowany w chmurze lub on-premises. Jest skalowalny od domowych rozwiązań biurowych opartych na tanim Raspberry Pi aż po pełnowymiarowe rozwiązania w centrach danych obsługujące miliony użytkowników.

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To Gylfe on the "Ships starting with G" page.
The Australian War Memorial also has a picture of this ship, taken in 1941 (external links).
Built by Sir W. G. Armstrong, Whitworth & Co., Ltd., Newcastle in 1930.
Guestbook message - From the grandson of someone who served on Gylfe, as well as Pronto and Harboe Jensen.
*Page 1 gives arrival Dec. 18.
Dec. 28 Fremantle Bombay – Independent Page 2 gives arrival Jan. 21-1942.
June 11 Loch Ewe Halifax June 24 ON 188 Convoy will be added.
June 13 Augusta Algiers June 17 MKS 52 Augusta to Algiers.
June 22 Algiers Philadelphia July 10 GUS 43 Algiers to USA.
Aug. 18 Loch Ewe Baltimore Sept. 4 ON 249 Convoy will be added.
Then traded Caribbean/E Coast USA.
With Eidsvold, Fosna, Gunny, Norfold, Velma and Vilja, Gylfe is listed in Convoy BN 11, which departed Aden on Dec. 18-1940 and arrived Suez on the 25th, however, according to Arnold Hague, she was towed to Aden with defects by the escorting Shoreham. Page 1 of the archive documents states she arrived there that same day, and judging from her record for this period, the repairs must have taken quite a long time - departure Aden is given as Apr. 25-1941. Some of her 1941 voyages are also shown on Page 1, while the rest of her 1941 voyages, 1942 voyages and 1943 voyages are listed on Page 2. Unfortunately, the latter scan is not very good, but the missing dates can be found in A. Hague's record above. As can be seen, there's also a long gap in her voyages for 1942, from arriving Montevideo on Sept. 26-1942, to departing for Rio on March 23-1943. A. Hague says this was due to her requiring major repairs (she had also spent over 2 months in Durban in the summer/fall of 1942).
Gylfe, cargo of Admiralty fuel, was scheduled for Convoy HX 239 from New York to the U.K. on May 13-1943, but instead joined the next convoy on May 19, HX 240, bound for Invergordon, station 42. With Abraham Lincoln (Commodore Vessel), Bajamar, Bañaderos, Belinda, Duala, Evita, G. C. Brøvig, Kaia Knudsen, Kaldfonn, Montevideo, Mosdale, Skandinavia, Strinda, Thorhild, Vav and Velma, she returned across the Atlantic with the westbound Convoy ON 188*, which originated in Liverpool on June 10 and arrived New York on the 26th; Gylfe, however, joined from Loch Ewe and was bound for Halifax, where she arrived on June 24 (Page 2). With destination Grangemouth, she's also listed among the ships in the slow Convoy SC 140 from Halifax on Aug. 21, and arrived Loch Ewe on Sept. 4, continuing to Grangemouth, with arrival there on Sept. 6. Later that month, we find her in the westbound Convoy ON 202 (ONS 18), in which Oregon Express and Skjelbred were sunk. Gylfe was part of ON 202, sailing in station 52, and arrived New York unharmed on Sept. 30, having joined the convoy from Loch Ewe. Follow the links for much more information; the Commodore's report and several other reports are also available. On Nov. 6, she joined Convoy SC 146 from Halifax in order to head back to the U.K. (Commodore in Rena), but she put into St. John's with propeller damage, arriving there on Nov. 12, according to the archive document. Departure is given as Apr. 22-1944, so again, repairs appear to have taken a long time.
Instead of heading to the U.K., she now sailed to Augusta on May 13, with arrival June 3 - please see her Voyage Record, as well as Page 3. Having made a voyage to Naples and back to Augusta, she left Augusta for Algiers on June 13, arriving June 17, having sailed in Convoy MKS 52* (Facto, Hermelin, Høegh Hood and Tore Jarl are also named, but with different voyage information). From Algiers, she subsequently headed back to the U.S. again on June 22, and this time she did go to the U.K. from there, having joined the large Convoy HX 300 from New York on July 17, bound for Grangemouth and Coryton. She arrived Grangemouth, via Loch Ewe, on Aug. 6, later returning to the U.S. in Convoy ON 249*, which originated in Liverpool on Aug. 18-1944 and arrived New York Sept. 2; Gylfe started out from Loch Ewe on the 18th and arrived Baltimore on Sept. 4. She had again been in the company of several other Norwegian ships, namely Frontenac, Høyanger, Høegh Hood, Kaia Knudsen, Laurits Swenson, Lista, Maud, Minerva, Norden, Norma (Vice Commodore's Ship), Skaraas, Skiensfjord, Torborg and Velma.
Page 3 has information on her subsequent voyages, while Page 4 shows the rest.
* The ON convoys will be added to individual pages in my Convoys section in due course, along with further details on each. In the meantime, the ships sailing in them (and escorts) are named in the section listing ships in all ON convoys. See also ships in all MKS convoys, where Gylfe is included in MKS 52, as mentioned.
For more information on the other Norwegian ships named on this page, please see the alphabet index below, or use the Master Ship Index.
Back to Gylfe on the "Ships starting with G" page.
This company later had another Gylfe. This ship was originally delivered in 1962 as Nina Borthen for Harry Borthen & Co., A/S, Oslo. Renamed Gylfe for Eiv. Evensen, Oslo in 1968. Sold in 1976, renamed Dea Brøvig for Th. Brøvig, Farsund. Sold to Greece in 1984, renamed Warlord. Broken up in 1985.


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Diseases, unfortunately, don't come with an easy-to-read label. Physicians spend much of their time decoding their patient's list of symptoms and a variety of examination and test results into a proper diagnosis, in order to determine the best possible treatment. The degree of difficulty is even higher for neurological diseases, where the intricacy of the brain can produce maddeningly vague symptoms. If a patient comes in complaining of dizziness, fatigue, headaches, and numbness, hundreds of conditions could be in play for the diagnosis, ranging from mere stress to a brain tumor.
Multiple sclerosis is one such disease of the nervous system where the boundaries of diagnosis can be frustratingly fuzzy. In addition to vague symptoms, MS "attacks" can be short in duration or spread out, with months or even years of disease-free living in between. Neurologists have some tests they can perform to look for signs of MS, but many cases lie on the borderline, and some patients find themselves bouncing from clinic to clinic seeking a definitive diagnosis.
"It's still hard to diagnose MS, because there's no single test," said Anthony Reder, professor of neurology at the University of Chicago Medicine. "You need an MRI, maybe a spinal tap, a clinical exam, and a really good history. Sometimes we're pretty sure that someone has MS, but there are people who don't have many attacks, or the symptoms aren't quite right, or the MRI is not quite right, or the spinal tap is negative. In those people, we are sometimes unsure."
To clear up this uncertainty and help physicians make a faster, more definitive diagnosis, University of Chicago Medicine researchers are seeking "biomarkers" that can distinguish MS from other, similar diseases. Building from nearly 20 years of experience with beta-interferon, the first approved treatment for MS, Reder and colleagues have found a particular cellular signal that is commonly associated with multiple sclerosis. With a four-year, $850,000 grant from the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, the researchers are working on a blood test that could serve as an inexpensive way of diagnosing and predicting the future of MS…and even assist doctors in choosing the right treatment for each patient.
Reder and collaborator Xuan Feng, research associate (assistant professor) at University of Chicago Medicine, searched for a biomarker by looking at how beta-interferon works as an MS treatment. Interferons are natural factors involved in the body's immune response to viral infection, and are known to regulate the expression of certain genes. By focusing on the beta-interferon pathway in MS sufferers and controls, the researchers found an intriguing difference at the level of a transcription factor called STAT1. In people with multiple sclerosis, STAT1's activity is reduced, particularly during attacks and disease progression.
Further lab experiments found that this deficient STAT1 activation can be explained by a subtle protein modification: the phosphorylation of a particular serine on the STAT1 transcription factor. A blood test of untreated patients with MS will often find low levels of this phopho-serine, a deficit that can be reversed by treatment with interferon. The drug response — or lack thereof — can also predict whether the treatment is working to prevent attacks in a given patient, Reder said.
"We found that we can measure these interferon responses with the phospho-serine marker and the genes and proteins that it regulates," Reder said. "For stable patients who are on therapy, the ones who have a good response are going to stay stable. The ones who have minimal response, even though they are stable then, are much more likely to have an attack within six months."
In a recent paper published by Journal of the Neurological Sciences, a team led by Feng also looked at how the biomarker can help distinguish between MS and a similar disease called neuromyelitis optica, or NMO. Patients with NMO display a sort of false MS, with many of the clinical characteristics of multiple sclerosis. But the disease is caused by a different underlying issue (closer to what's seen in lupus rather than MS) that can actually be worsened instead of helped by interferon treatment. Thus, for these patients, a correct and precise diagnosis is doubly important.
Fortunately, Feng and her colleagues found that their assay for serine-phosphorylated STAT1 (P-S-STAT1) could distinguish between the two diseases in a study using previously diagnosed patients. When stimulated with beta-interferon, the samples from NMO and lupus patients showed a larger P-S-STAT1 response compared to the response seen in samples from MS patients. With additional information from expression levels of STAT1's genetic targets, making up an "interferon signature" for the diseases, the researchers could accurately sort the patients to their appropriate diagnosis.
"The interferon signatures were important in differentiating among these three diseases," Feng said. "We identified MS as the only time those signatures are lower. In NMO, it's higher. NMO is actually more active like lupus, not MS. That can help us to understand why this disease occurs, and why, unlike MS, interferon is not a therapy for NMO."
Beyond the original diagnosis, the researchers are hopeful that these biomarkers can be used to track whether treatment is working in individual MS patients. Currently, assessing a drug's effectiveness is tricky, due to the intermittent nature of MS attacks. Disease status can be monitored via MRI, but those scans can miss subtle changes, and aren't cheap, costing thousands of dollars each time.
"There is one attack every two years in the average MS patient. That's forever," Reder said. "You can't put somebody on therapy for two or three years and then decide whether they're responding. It can appear to be an inactive disease, but there could be a lot of sub-clinical attacks that are not noticed."
A laboratory test for P-STAT1 activity or other biomarkers can assess whether interferon is effective at restoring the patient to normal levels. If interferon doesn't work on the lab bench, an alternate MS drug (such as natalizumab, glatiramer, or fingolimod) can be started instead, saving a patient months or even years on an ineffective treatment. Such a "practice run" could help patients get on the right treatment track earlier in their disease, helping them avoid attacks and delay or prevent disease progression. It may even improve their long-term prognosis. Recent research from the University of Chicago Medicine showed that MS patients who started interferon therapy early lived longer on average than those who started treatment late.
"Everybody's looking for the one marker that will tell you who's going to do well with therapy or without, and the marker that will predict whether you respond to 'Drug X'," Reder said. "If we can predict whether they're good interferon responders, based on our test, you'd know how well people responded to the drug and can tell them, 'This is good news.'"
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Feng X, Reder NP, Yanamandala M, Hill A, Franek BS, Niewold TB, Reder AT, & Javed A (2012). Type I interferon signature is high in lupus and neuromyelitis optica but low in multiple sclerosis. Journal of the neurological sciences, 313 (1-2), 48-53 PMID: 22036215
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2016 Best of Reston Honorees (in order of presentation):
The Vade Bolton-Ann Rodriguez Legacy Award was presented to Kacey Hirschfeld, Olivia Wolfe and Hannah Becker of Amy's Amigos. Given to only two individuals since its inception, this award honors acts of volunteerism and leadership that motivate and inspire a new generation of leaders and create a legacy of service. Amy's Amigos was recognized for channeling grief into ongoing action, modeling wellness and service, and for passing the leadership torch to the next generation of Reston's leaders. The award was presented by 2015 Bolton–Rodriguez Honoree Casey Veatch and Strategic Partner CORE Foundation, represented by Doug Bushee.
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Google received the Corporate Business Leader Award. Innovative, hip, iconic, and ubiquitous—Google touches our lives and those around the world every day. However, its specific impact in Reston and Fairfax County includes bringing its signature culture of innovation and considerable financial resources to tackle a wide-ranging set of challenges in education, poverty relief, and the support of returning service men, women and K-9 heroes. The award was presented by Strategic Partner Access National Bank, represented by Mike Clarke. Accepting the award was Mike Bradshaw, Google Director, Cloud Platform, East Region.
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Our farming philosophy is based on our acceptance of the fact that man will never be able to understand nature's full complexity and interactions. We therefore choose to concentrate on observing and learning the movements of Mother Earth in her various energetic and cosmic passages and prefer to follow her indications as to what to do, instead of deciding and imposing ourselves. Consequently this has taken us to possibly avoiding all treatments on the land we cultivate, wether homeopathic, organic or biodynamic. Accepting and following nature is our guideline as the divine ability to understand the 'Whole' was obviously not given to man as we are only a part of this complex and not God himself.
Our farm and vineyards are located in Sicily, in the Northern valley of the active volcano Etna. The northern valley is considered today Etna's top area for single-vineyard (contrada) red wines like the "Côtes-de-Nuits" in Burgundy or Piemonte's "Barolo" area. The surface area of our estate is approximately 24 hectares, of which 13ha are old vines in the classic free standing alberello training system (Gobelet or bush-vine), 9ha of old vines transformed into modern rows with various width, approximately 2ha of olive growth and the remainder are fruit trees, vegetables and bush. Although Etna has a tradition in high density plantation of vines, we search to reduce monoculture and have interplanted various local fruit varieties and keep bees to regain a complex ecosystem. The new vineyards are planted without grafts, using a selection of our original, ungrafted vines. The training system used is the alberello. Buckwheat is used for rebalancing soils low on organic material without recourse to industrial compost, especially important when preparing land for a new vineyard plantation. We avoid soil-tilling as much as possible, although this depends on the vintage and the quantity of water over the winter (recovering of the vines after the production cycle). Our goal is to avoid all treatments whatsoever in the vineyard, orchard and surroundings, in which we succeeded even in difficult vintages such as 2004 and 2005. Unfortunately there will always be the vintages where treatments with copper sulphate and sulphur are necessary to avoid vines from dying like 2013 and 2015.
Our products are the result of this philosophy and our hands and team. Wines and olive oils which reflect ultimate territorial identity and mineral depth carry the name Magma® and MunJebel®. These are single contrada (cru) and vintage wines and olive oils from various superb terroirs between 600-1.000 metres altitude. Magma® Rosso is our "Grand Vin", produced from only Nerello Mascalese grapes in contrada Barbabecchi. Magma® Olio di Oliva is pressed from perfectly ripe San Benedetto olives from contrada Borriglione.
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Olive oil has become a real passion. The idea of making a no-compromise olive oil has taken us back to basics, employing the same philosophy and quality standards and selections of our Grand Vin, Magma®. Starting with the delicate and elegant San Benedetto cultivar which gives the highest territorial definition and most delicate aromas, selecting terroirs that have the capacity of high definition, hand picking in multiple passes only the ripe ones, then deselecting olive by olive(!) to keep just the perfectly healthy/undamaged. These are taken to the press house in small cases of 5kg, in order to avoid damage. Gentile crushing avoiding oxidizing is applied to maintain the molecular integrity of the olive paste before separating the liquid from the solid part. The oil is then decanted into glass demi-johns for resting under inert argon gas, before being bottled unfiltered. Obviously, this oil also carries the name Magma® reflecting its heritage and minerality.
As bread is a daily need and the origin of the most nutritious cereals are in Sicily, we were drawn to produce this obvious and classic farming product, abandoned many years ago in our region. Although our farm horse Asturia died years ago and this project is postponed until we have the time and proper space to work cereals, we continue to grow buckwheat on land which is being prepared for planting vineyards, as buckwheat helps regenerate soil. Our ultimate goal is to evolve towards a self-sustainable agricultural reality based on the trilogy of Mediteranean farming (cereals, olive oil and wine) without exploiting Mother Earth, to produce whilst also returning, evolving towards an equilibrium of the land, which will take a lot of time before achieving.
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