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Pathways to Localisation: locally led humanitarian response (Myanmar)
This Myanmar-language paper presents a synthesis of the four national frameworks into one global localisation framework relevant for humanitarian practitioners, policy-makers and decision-makers. It outlines: The notable differences between the four national localisation frameworks, and reflect the diverse contexts specific to the very different operating environments and humanitarian crises in Myanmar, Nepal, Nigeria and South Sudan. A number of priority actions and areas common across the four frameworks, many of which link closely to existing localisation commitments, frameworks, and indicators which are referenced. The key areas included in all four national localisation frameworks, along with objectives, priority actions, and potential indicators.
Illicit drugs and tough trade-offs in war-to-peace transitions
Millions of marginalised people rely on illicit drug economies - often deeply intertwined with armed conflicts - for their survival. But Agenda 2030, particularly Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 16, makes no mention of illicit drug economies. It is clear that the war on drugs has not worked, and it is increasingly recognised that a new, development-based approach to tackling illicit economies is needed. But at present, the evidence base to inform such policies is weak. This report presents evidence on why illicit drugs are a development issue and why they matter for peacebuilding, before discussing the problem with current approaches, and the implications for drugs, peacebuilding and development policy. Report authors: Ross Eventon and Eric Gutierrez
Lived experiences of poor transgender women in Myanmar
An Exodus and 365 Days Later - one year of Rohingya response
Accelerating localisation research summary - Myanmar-language version
Recommendations for practices that strengthen the leadership of national and local actors in partnership-based humanitarian action in Myanmar. Read the English-language version here
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Myanmar: Building a Culture of Dialogue manual - English
A facilitator's manual to guide dialogue within and between communities in conflict. In Myanmar, violence and protracted conflict – often fuelled by fear, hatred and distrust – have a strong impact on people's lives. Many years of peace building work make us believe in the importance of dialogue as a tool to build trust and strong relationships. Dialogue provides the opportunity to share feelings, understand different points of view and reflect on situations. For our project 'Sagar Wine' (culture of dialogue) in Rakhine State, we developed a training manual. In three creative and interactive modules with many visuals, participants will explore personal development, understand the dynamics of conflict and practice dialogue facilitation skills. The manual 'Building a Culture of Dialogue' is available in English and Burmese language.
Myanmar: Building a culture of dialogue manual - Burmese
Accelerating localisation research summary - Myanmar
Recommendations for practices that strengthen the leadership of national and local actors in partnership-based humanitarian action in Myanmar. Read the Myanmar-language version here
Honour the Promises: One year on from the Rohingya pledging conference
On 23 October 2017, a pledging conference at the United Nations resulted in 36 financial commitments for the Rohingya crisis response. At the time, Christian Aid welcomed the pledges as a 'good start'. However, our new analysis reveals that less than half of funding requirements have been met, a year on. This policy paper explains why it's time for a comprehensive long-range plan to protect all those displaced by conflict.
LPRR: Humanitarian response strand learning paper
The Linking Preparedness, Response and Resilience, a DEPP funded, multi-agency project, supported seven local NGOs in Kenya and Myanmar to develop and pilot operational methodologies for supporting integrated community-led responses to humanitarian crises. The project was funded by the START network through UK aid and was led by Christian Aid. The approaches tested by the project were based on the research carried out by Kings College London (KCL), on the on-going action-research of carried out by Local to Global Protection (L2GP) and on the ideas, capacities and contexts of the LNGOs themselves. The pilots test the application of the recommendations made by communities as captured by the KCL research of how to improve humanitarian programming. This learning paper summarises the key findings to date from seven of these pilots in 3 local organisations from Marsabit County of Northern Kenya, two from NW Myanmar (Rakhine State) and two from SE Myanmar (Kayah and Kayin States). Given the small budgets for the pilots and the very short timeframes for their completion, they are the first step for the seven LNGOs to test and develop some of the components of the emerging 'practice' for facilitating locally-led emergency programming.
LPRR final evaluation report
The Linking Preparedness, Response and Resilience (LPRR) project, which is part of the DFID funded Disasters Emergencies Preparedness Programme (DEPP), was carried out from 2015 to the end of March 2018. The project was delivered by a consortium led by Christian Aid, which included Action Aid, Concern, Help Age, King's College London, Muslim Aid, Oxfam, Safer World, and World Vision. The LPRR project brings together the expertise of response and resilience professionals (and frameworks) in order to support communities affected by emergencies and at the risk of violence. The consortium was present through a research component in eight countries, namely Bangladesh, Democratic Republic of Congo, Philippines, Colombia, Indonesia, with pilot projects in Kenya, Pakistan and Myanmar. The project was delivered through three distinct strands: conflict prevention, humanitarian response, and learning.
LPRR knowledge co-development paper
Co-production is a process through which partners draw upon their own learning to feed into a collective knowledge creation process. It fits well within international development, humanitarian and resilience-building processes, where the multi-partner nature of many current projects ensures there is a multiplicity of perspectives that can be drawn upon. It can also be democratic – where all forms of knowledge are valued – and so create ownership; work to find a balance between theory and practice and strengthen (and build) technical capacity and process Co-production was explicitly employed in the Linking Preparedness, Resilience and Response (LPRR) project, part of the DFID funded Disasters and Emergencies, Preparedness Programme (DEPP). It explored how humanitarian response can be strengthened to enable (and not undermine) long term community resilience building. Christian Aid (CA) led the project with seven consortium partners – World Vision, Action Aid, Help Age International, Concern, Oxfam and Muslim Aid. The project collaborated with King's College London (KCL) who led the research function. The purpose of this practice paper is three-fold: To explore the learning environment amongst consortium partners i.e. group learning and the tools and processes employed to facilitate this To detail the challenges and enablers of an implementing NGOs, Christian Aid and other consortium partners, co-producing knowledge with an academic institute, KCL; and To assess how the project helped to build capacity amongst relevant agencies – including in-country partners.
LPRR: Empowering communities to lead humanitarian response
The DFID DEPP funded LPRR consortium is led by Christian Aid and includes Action Aid, Concern Worldwide, Help Age, King's College London, Muslim Aid, Oxfam, Saferworld and World Vision. It aims to increase preparedness and resilience capacity in conflict and response settings. As part of the project, King's College London University designed and implemented a study in Bangladesh, Colombia, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Indonesia, Kenya, Pakistan and the Philippines. It was one of the rare approaches which specifically asked 327 crises survivors and first responders from past humanitarian emergencies to draw upon their own experience and expertise to guide improved humanitarian response programming for long term resilience.
Civil Society Strengthening in Myanmar
This report highlights good practices, case studies and lessons learned from the SPACE project.
Rohingya Crisis response update, April 2018
Christian Aid and its partners have been supporting communities displaced by violence in Myanmar's Rakhine State, and Rohingya refugees who have crossed the border into Bangladesh. This comprehensive update, from our dedicated team on the ground, provides the very latest information on our response so far, the challenges we have faced and our plans for the way forward, as well as stories of survival from refugees.
Accountability Assessment Rohingya Response Bangladesh
This report provides data and analysis to inform the humanitarian sector on the implementation of accountability systems for the Rohingya camps in the Cox's Bazar area, Bangladesh. Based on a knowledge, attitudes and practice (KAP) survey of 373 people (194 women and 179 men), and a review of accountability pilot projects, the analysis highlights the ineffectiveness of current accountability systems, and explores alternatives that could improve the overall accountability ecosystem. If the humanitarian sector is serious about accountability, then we need to promptly and comprehensively address the issues arising in this report and tailor accountability systems towards Rohingya preferences and practices.
Christian Aid response to the Rohingya pledging conference
Humanitarian policy statement: Christian Aid's response to the UN-backed donor pledging conference for the Rohingya crisis, held on 23 October 2017.
The Art of Networking: a study of civil society networks in Myanmar

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The passing of the London Metropolitan Police Act in 1829 heralded a new era in policing. Sir Robert Peel envisioned the police as a an alternative to military force, reporting to civilian authority. Peel also envisioned the public as playing a substantial role in policing and Principle Seven stressed his vision of the importance of the relationship between the public and the police.
"To maintain at all times a relationship with the public that gives reality to the historic tradition that the police are the public and that the public are the police; the police being only members of the public who are paid to give full-time attention to duties which are incumbent on every citizen, in the interests of community welfare and existence.
One of the key aspects of the principle as it relates to the public is "duties which are incumbent on every citizen, in the interests of community welfare and existence". Policing and community welfare are the responsibility of all citizens, not just the police. Citizens need to play an active role.
An important aspect of the British model of policing is civilian control. Civilian control can translate into political control. The police are too powerful to fall directly under political control. There needs to be a buffer such as an effective police commission to ensure politicians are not in a position to become directly involved in the operational aspects of policing. Direct political control of the police by politicians is a precursor to corruption.
The role of elected officials is to set priorities and provide policy direction. Once priorities are set and policy direction is provided it is up to police to apply their expertise, experience and the resources at their disposal to develop a strategy(s) and an operational action plan that will achieve the desired outcomes. Elected officials have a further role. They must ensure that their policy direction is carried out, that outputs and outcomes are adequately measured, to ensure public monies are spent appropriately, and that the desired results are achieved.
Policing, Politics and Public Policy provides commentary on pertinent policing and public policy issues. It is intended to provoke thought, encourage innovation and to examine the impact of politics and public policy on the delivery of police and other public services.
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The Cambridge BS is to offer top slicing on buy-to-let (BTL) mortgages through Legal and General Mortgage Club, while Hanley Economic BS has launched a two-year Help to Buy remortgage deal.
The Cambridge will be offering top slicing across its range of BTL deals, aimed at landlords with up to three mortgaged properties whose rental income would fall short of the required interest coverage ratio (ICR), but have excess disposable income to top up the shortfalls.
The lender recently began offering an ICR of 125% on like-for-like BTL remortgages, a stress rate of 4.49% on the five-year BTL fixed deal, and removing upper age limits across the mortgage range.
The building society said that the move was designed to support landlords 'in a climate which is becoming even more challenging following tax and affordability changes'.
Alongside the top slicing, the mutual has also launched a three-year fixed rate BTL product exclusive through Legal and General, with a rate of 2.49%, free legals and valuations for remortgages and available for loans of up to £750,000 with a 75% max loan to value (LTV).
Danny Belton, head of lender relationships at Legal and General added: "It is great to work with lenders, such as the Cambridge, who listen to the concerns of the market, and improve their propositions to meet the needs of both brokers and customers.
Hanley Economic Building Society has launched a two-year discounted remortgage product targeting Help to Buy borrowers, with a minimum loan amount of £30,000 and a maximum of £500,000.
The deal has an initial two-year discounted pay rate of 1.94%, has no credit scoring, and comes with a £1,000 cashback as well as a free valuation.
An early repayment charge of 3% of the balance will apply if the mortgage is repaid in full within the first two years.
David Lownds, head of marketing and business development at Hanley Economic BS, commented: "This is a highly competitive product in a market which will see rising demand in the coming weeks and months.
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has banned former Co-operative Bank chairman Paul Flowers from the financial services industry.


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The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the Navy Cross to Charles Alne House (0-26690), Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Marine Corps, for extraordinary heroism as Commanding Officer, Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-THREE (HMM-163), Marine Aircraft Group SIXTEEN, First Marine Aircraft Wing, in action in the Republic of Vietnam on 9 and 10 March 1966. Colonel House's helicopter was disabled by intense enemy fire in the landing zone at A Shau, where the garrison had been under siege for several days. After ensuring that all personnel had abandoned the aircraft, Colonel House immediately rallied his crew members and joined a group of seventy exhausted survivors of the garrison. With inspiring leadership and dogged determination, he skillfully led the group into the jungle to escape capture. Chopping a trail through the dense underbrush, he moved into the hills which surrounded the outpost, cleverly maneuvering between hostile positions and successfully evading enemy search patrols. Although the group was subjected to harassing fire throughout the march, Colonel House managed to overcome the language barrier and instill in the Vietnamese a sense of confidence and encouragement which sustained them through the ordeal. With constant concern for the welfare of the survivors, many of whom were wounded, he halted the march several times to allow them to rest, stalwartly standing watch while others slept. When helicopters were sighted and signaled on the following afternoon, Colonel House's brilliant leadership motivated all who were able to help clear a position from which the rescue was subsequently effected. His valiant effort and determination throughout contributed in large measure to saving the members of his crew and many Special Forces and Vietnamese defenders from capture or death at the hands of the Viet Cong. By his intrepid fighting spirit, extraordinary ability as a leader, and unswerving dedication to duty, Colonel House upheld the highest traditions of the Marine Corps and the United States Naval Service.
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O&G Producer Reduces Downtime by 20 Percent
Vibration monitoring system from Rockwell Automation reduces downtime
Market demand increases needs for petroleum products, requiring accurate and timely distribution to retail outlets.
Seamless integration on a single EtherNet/IP network
Integrated solution ensures single vendor solution
Flexible measurement and parameter setting allows ease of operation and maintenance
Reduce risk of critical downtime by 20%
Reduce dependency on multiple vendors for support – and reduce downtime by 10%
Flexible and user friendly graphic user interface helps reduce operator training time and expense on new and multiple systems
A swelling middle class in India has created growing market demand for an increased consumption of petroleum products.
This oil and gas producer is one of India's largest petroleum product manufacturers and distributors, with a processing capacity of 6.5 million metric tonne per annum (MMTPA). The plant must steadily keep petroleum products pumping through the station because any unplanned downtime can cause critical product shortages. Contributing to the ability to reach zero unplanned downtime is healthy equipment, like pumps, achieved through maintenance and monitoring.
The company's pipeline supplies the interior areas of India. Seven pumping stations along that pipeline already used Rockwell Automation for several years with almost no downtime. The goal is to maintain and even improve that performance.
The biggest challenge for this customer is timely distribution and accurate pumping of products 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Any disruption could increase refinery inventory and leave retail units without adequate supply.
To maintain continuous flow, each pumping station uses three pumps: Two are at work at all times to maintain line pressure across the pipeline to the next terminal. The remaining pump is on standby in case one of the other pumps fails.
Oil pump operation is precise. Undetected or unreported wear and tear on the pump is not acceptable because even the slightest shift in pump operating parameters can cause damage. An aging Bentely Nevada 3500 system, installed years ago, did not function, and there was no ability to communicate with the station PLC to identify and rectify system faults.
To reduce the number of systems it needed to maintain, the customer preferred a single system (and a single system supplier) that worked with their control system, HMI and the machine monitoring system (MMS), and offered continuous and reliable support. Since continuous operation is required, this customer could not shut down the system for a switchover. The company requires seamless integration of this system, including the MMS, with existing systems.
Given the scope and complexity of the requirements, the customer wanted a supplier with proven skills, experience and support and selected Rockwell Automation for the company's extensive experience in automation and global support. With a local office and authorized distributor just five kilometers from the site, Rockwell Automation had the required expertise to manage the requirements of the project, from initial design through engineering, integration and implementation.
Effective solutions for the terminal included seamless integration on a single EtherNet/IP network with the flexibility to configure parameters using the existing graphic user interface. Separate training was not required so the new systems were easily accepted by the operations team.
Rockwell Automation Global Solutions implemented a vibration monitoring solution that:
Interfaces with existing systems to monitor vibration data of the pumps, and alert operators of any abnormal situations.
Allows operators/engineers to easily set parameters and provides trending, alarming, and exception handling.
Works with existing equipment, including probes and sensors, by ensuring compatibility.
Offers the plant manager complete and accurate information in real-time.
The solution is built on:
Dynamix™ 1444 Condition Monitoring System using a common control system, ControlLogix® L72, with a common development environment to provide high performance in an easy-to-use environment. The system's tight integration between the programming software, controller, and I/O modules reduced development time and cost at commissioning and during normal operation.
Logix5000™ controllers and Add-on Instructions (AOI) to increase productivity and make troubleshooting easier.
With this solution and the integration of various OEM control systems to enable plant wide visibility and real-time monitoring, Rockwell Automation helped this customer reduce the risk of critical equipment failure.
At the same time, the solution improved the ability of operators to monitor conditions and immediately address concerns before problems turn into downtime. The solution ensures that any abnormalities in the process conditions and deviation from the standard operating parameters will be immediately highlighted to avoid problems and improve reliability.
As a result of implementing the Rockwell Automation vibration monitoring system, the customer reduced the risk of downtime by 20 percent, and also reduced its dependency on multiple vendors. The flexible graphic user interface helped reduce operator training time and expense.
The next iteration of the solution could include the ability to create real-time dashboards for production and utility data.
The results mentioned above are specific to this customer's use of Rockwell Automation products and services in conjunction with other products. Specific results may vary for other customers.
Dynamix, ControlLogix and Logix5000 are trademarks of Rockwell Automation Inc.
Wonderful Pistachios Expands Food Production
Wonderful Pistachios built a new production facility to meet demand. With a control system from Rockwell Automation, the facility produces 5.6 million pounds daily.
Online Wellness Retailer iHerb Doubles Throughput
Online retalier iHerb expanded its inventory and order-fulfillment operations by implementing a pick-to-order system to help automate and speed up manual-labor-intensive processes.
Vreugdenhil Automates its Milk Powder Plant
A new facility in the Netherlands can produce 7.5 tons of milk powder per hour.
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185(2), (1 February 2016) https://doi.org/10.1667/RR4171
Examining Radiation-Induced In Vivo and In Vitro Gene Expression Changes of the Peripheral Blood in Different Laboratories for Biodosimetry Purposes: First RENEB Gene Expression Study
M. Abend, C. Badie, R. Quintens, R. Kriehuber, G. Manning, E. Macaeva, M. Njima, D. Oskamp, S. Strunz, S. Moertl, S. Doucha-Senf, S. Dahlke, J. Menzel, M. Port
185(2), 109-123, (1 February 2016) https://doi.org/10.1667/RR14221.1
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The risk of a large-scale event leading to acute radiation exposure necessitates the development of high-throughput methods for providing rapid individual dose estimates. Our work addresses three goals, which align with the directive of the European Union's Realizing the European Network of Biodosimetry project (EU-RENB): 1. To examine the suitability of different gene expression platforms for biodosimetry purposes; 2. To perform this examination using blood samples collected from prostate cancer patients (in vivo) and from healthy donors (in vitro); and 3. To compare radiation-induced gene expression changes of the in vivo with in vitro blood samples. For the in vitro part of this study, EDTA-treated whole blood was irradiated immediately after venipuncture using single X-ray doses (1 Gy/min−1 dose rate, 100 keV). Blood samples used to generate calibration curves as well as 10 coded (blinded) samples (0–4 Gy dose range) were incubated for 24 h in vitro, lysed and shipped on wet ice. For the in vivo part of the study PAXgene tubes were used and peripheral blood (2.5 ml) was collected from prostate cancer patients before and 24 h after the first fractionated 2 Gy dose of localized radiotherapy to the pelvis [linear accelerator (LINAC), 580 MU/min, exposure 1–1.5 min]. Assays were run in each laboratory according to locally established protocols using either microarray platforms (2 laboratories) or qRT-PCR (2 laboratories). Report times on dose estimates were documented. The mean absolute difference of estimated doses relative to the true doses (Gy) were calculated. Doses were also merged into binary categories reflecting aspects of clinical/diagnostic relevance. For the in vitro part of the study, the earliest report time on dose estimates was 7 h for qRT-PCR and 35 h for microarrays. Methodological variance of gene expression measurements (CV ≤10% for technical replicates) and interindividual variance (≤twofold for all genes) were low. Dose estimates based on one gene, ferredoxin reductase (FDXR), using qRT-PCR were as precise as dose estimates based on multiple genes using microarrays, but the precision decreased at doses ≥2 Gy. Binary dose categories comprising, for example, unexposed compared with exposed samples, could be completely discriminated with most of our methods. Exposed prostate cancer blood samples (n = 4) could be completely discriminated from unexposed blood samples (n = 4, P < 0.03, two-sided Fisher's exact test) without individual controls. This could be performed by introducing an in vitro-to-in vivo correction factor of FDXR, which varied among the laboratories. After that the in vitro-constructed calibration curves could be used for dose estimation of the in vivo exposed prostate cancer blood samples within an accuracy window of ±0.5 Gy in both contributing qRT-PCR laboratories. In conclusion, early and precise dose estimates can be performed, in particular at doses ≤2 Gy in vitro. Blood samples of prostate cancer patients exposed to 0.09–0.017 Gy could be completely discriminated from pre-exposure blood samples with the doses successfully estimated using adjusted in vitro-constructed calibration curves.
Inter-Relationship between Low-Dose Hyper-Radiosensitivity and Radiation-Induced Bystander Effects in the Human T98G Glioma and the Epithelial HaCaT Cell Line
Cristian Fernandez-Palomo, Colin Seymour, Carmel Mothersill
Over the past several years, investigations in both low-dose hyper-radiosensitivity and increased radioresistance have been a focus of radiation oncology and biology research, since both conditions occur primarily in tumor cell lines. There has been significant progress in elucidating their signaling pathways, however uncertainties exist when they are studied together with radiation-induced bystander effects. Therefore, the aim of this work was to further investigate this relationship using the T98G glioma and HaCaT cell lines. T98G glioma cells have demonstrated a strong transition from hyper-radiosensitivity to induced radioresistance, and HaCaT cells do not show low-dose hypersensitivity. Both cell lines were paired using a mix-and-match protocol, which involved growing nonirradiated cells in culture media from irradiated cells and covering all possible combinations between them. The end points analyzed were clonogenic cell survival and live calcium measurements through the cellular membrane. Our data demonstrated that T98G cells produced bystander signals that decreased the survival of both reporter T98G and HaCaT cells. The bystander effect occurred only when T98G cells were exposed to doses below 1 Gy, which was corroborated by the induction of calcium fluxes. However, when bystander signals originated from HaCaT cells, the survival fraction increased in reporter T98G cells while it decreased in HaCaT cells. Moreover, the corresponding calcium data showed no calcium fluxes in T98G cells, while HaCaT cells displayed a biphasic calcium profile. In conclusion, our findings indicate a possible link between low-dose hyper-radiosensitivity and bystander effects. This relationship varies depending on which cell line functions as the source of bystander signals. This further suggests that the bystander mechanisms are more complex than previously expected and caution should be taken when extrapolating bystander results across all cell lines and all radiation doses.
Intraoral Mitochondrial-Targeted GS-Nitroxide, JP4-039, Radioprotects Normal Tissue in Tumor-Bearing Radiosensitive Fancd2–/– (C57BL/6) Mice
Ashwin Shinde, Hebist Berhane, Byung Han Rhieu, Ronny Kalash, Karen Xu, Julie Goff, Michael W. Epperly, Darcy Franicola, Xichen Zhang, Tracy Dixon, Donna Shields, Hong Wang, Peter Wipf, Kalindi Parmar, Eva Guinan, Valerian Kagan, Vladimir Tyurin, Robert L. Ferris, Xiaolan Zhang, Song Li, Joel S. Greenberger
185(2), 134-150, (20 January 2016) https://doi.org/10.1667/RR14035.1
We evaluated normal tissue specific radioprotection of the oral cavity in radiosensitive Fanconi Anemia (FA) Fancd2–/– mice with orally established tumors using mitochondrial-targeted GS-nitroxide (JP4-039). Adult (10–12 weeks old) Fancd2 / , Fancd2 /– and Fancd2–/– mice (C57BL/6 background) and subgroups with orally established TC-1 epithelial cell tumors received a single fraction of 28 Gy or four daily fractions of 8 Gy to the head and neck. Subgroups received JP4-039 in F15 emulsion (F15/JP4-039; 0.4 mg/mouse), 4-amino-Tempo in F15 emulsion (F15/4-amino-Tempo; 0.2 mg/mouse) or F15 emulsion alone prior to each irradiation. Oral mucosa of Fancd2–/– mice showed baseline elevated RNA transcripts for Sod2, p53, p21 and Rad51 (all P < 0.0012) and suppressed levels of Nfkb and Tgfb, (all P < 0.0020) compared with Fancd2 / mice. The oral mucosa in tumor-bearing mice of all genotypes showed decreased levels of p53 and elevated Tgfb and Gadd45a (P ≤ 0.0001 for all three genotypes). Intraoral F15/JP4-039, but not F15/4-amino-Tempo, modulated radiation-induced normal tissue transcript elevation, ameliorated mucosal ulceration and reduced the depletion of antioxidant stores in oral cavity tissue of all genotypes, but did not radioprotect tumors. Mitochondrial targeting makes F15/JP4-039 an effective normal tissue radioprotector for Fancd2–/– mice, as well as wild-type mice.
A New Model for Biological Dose Assessment in Cases of Heterogeneous Exposures to Ionizing Radiation
Mònica Pujol, Leonardo Barrios, Pedro Puig, María Rosa Caballín, Joan-Francesc Barquinero
In biological dosimetry by dicentric analysis, an exposure to radiation is considered non-homogeneous if the dicentric cell distribution shows overdispersion with respect to Poisson distribution. Traditionally, when this occurs, all non-homogeneous exposures are considered as partial-body exposures, assuming that there is only a mixture of irradiated and nonirradiated cells. The methods to estimate the dose in the irradiated fraction and the initial fraction of irradiated cells are based on separating which part of the cells without aberrations comes from the nonirradiated or irradiated fractions. In this study we show a new approach based on a mixed Poisson model, which allows for a distinction to be made between partial and heterogeneous exposures. To validate this approach blood samples from two donors, a male and a female, irradiated at different doses, were mixed at a 1:1 proportion to simulate partial and heterogeneous exposures. The results show a good agreement between the observed proportion of male and female cells and the proportion estimated by the model. Additionally, a good agreement was observed between the delivered doses, the initial fraction of cells and the ones estimated by the model. This good agreement was also observed after very high-dose irradiation (up to 17 Gy), when the lymphocyte cultures were treated with caffeine. Based on these results, we propose the use of this mixed Poisson model for a more accurate assessment of non-homogeneous exposures.
Radiation Biology Irradiator Dose Verification Survey
Kurt H. Pedersen, Keith A. Kunugi, Clifford G. Hammer, Wesley S. Culberson, Larry A. DeWerd
Interest in standardized dosimetry for radiobiological irradiators has expanded over the last decade. At a symposium held at NIST, "The Importance of Standardization of Dosimetry in Radiobiology", a set of 12 criteria necessary for adequate irradiation was developed by the authors. Here we report on our review of dosimetry methods from various peer-reviewed publications and found that none of them satisfied all 12 criteria set forth by the authors of the NIAD/NCI/NIST proceedings. The inadequate reporting of dosimetry methods in the literature raises questions regarding the accuracy of the dose delivered to animal test subjects and the resulting experimental results. For this reason, we investigated the level of accuracy of dose delivery in radiation biology studies. We performed an irradiator output verification study of 12 radiation biology laboratories (7 gamma and 5 X-ray units) using polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) mouse phantoms and thermoluminescent dosimeters (TLDs) readouts at the University of Wisconsin Medical Radiation Research Center (UWMRRC). The laboratories housing each of these irradiators were asked to deliver specific doses to individual mouse phantoms. Simultaneously, mouse phantoms at the UWMRRC were irradiated with NIST-traceable reference beams representative of the subject laboratories' beam energies. The irradiated mouse phantoms were returned from the various institutions to the UWMRRC and the TLDs were processed, with their measured dose response compared to the known dose response of the calibration phantom TLDs. Of the five facilities using X-ray irradiators, only one delivered an output within 5% of the target dose. The dose differences for the other four X-ray irradiators ranged from 12 to 42%. These results indicate the potential need for standardization of dose determination and additional oversight of radiobiology investigations.
Investigating the Radioresistant Properties of Lung Cancer Stem Cells in the Context of the Tumor Microenvironment
Ryan Chan, Pallavi Sethi, Amar Jyoti, Ronald McGarry, Meenakshi Upreti
Lung cancer is the most common cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide and non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) accounts for ~85% of all lung cancer. While recent research has shown that cancer stem cells (CSC) exhibit radioresistant and chemoresistant properties, current cancer therapy targets the bulk of the tumor burden without accounting for the CSC and the contribution of the tumor microenvironment. CSC interaction with the stroma enhances NSCLC survival, thus limiting the efficacy of treatment. The aim of this study was to elucidate the role of CSC and the microenvironment in conferring radio- or chemoresistance in an in vitro tumor model for NSCLC. The novel in vitro three-dimensional (3D) NSCLC model of color-coded tumor tissue analogs (TTA) that we have developed is comprised of human lung adenocarcinoma cells, fibroblasts, endothelial cells and NSCLC cancer stem cells maintained in low oxygen conditions (5% O2) to recapitulate the physiologic conditions in tumors. Using this model, we demonstrate that a single 5 Gy radiation dose does not inhibit growth of TTA containing CSC and results in elevated expression of cytokines (TGF-α, RANTES, ENA-78) and factors (vimentin, MMP and TIMP), indicative of an invasive and aggressive phenotype. However, combined treatment of single dose or fractionated doses with cisplatin was found to either attenuate or decrease the proliferative effect that radiation exposure alone had on TTA containing CSC maintained in hypoxic conditions. In summary, we utilized a 3D NSCLC model, which had characteristics of the tumor microenvironment and tumor cell heterogeneity, to elucidate the multifactorial nature of radioresistance in tumors.
Mast Cells Contribute to Radiation-Induced Vascular Hyperpermeability
Kyung Ran Park, Wayne L. Monsky, Chang Geol Lee, Chang Ho Song, Dong Heui Kim, Rakesh K. Jain, Dai Fukumura
Induction of vascular hyperpermeability is one of the early vascular responses to radiation exposure and is considered to contribute to subsequent fibrosis and tissue injuries. However, the mechanism underlying radiation-induced hyperpermeability has not yet been clearly elucidated. Here, we provide experimental evidence indicating that mast cells contribute to the increase in vascular permeability for albumin in normal mouse skin after irradiation. Vascular permeability in the skin of C3H mice increased after 2, 15 and 50 Gy irradiation, peaked at 24 h after irradiation and gradually decreased thereafter to the baseline level within 3–10 days. Both the extent and duration of hyperpermeability were dose dependent. We found significant degranulation of mast cells in the skin after 15 Gy irradiation. To further investigate the role of mast cells in the radiation-induced increase in vascular permeability, we measured vascular permeability in the skin of mast cell-deficient mice (WWv) and their wild-type littermates at 24 h after irradiation. Vascular permeability in WWv mice did not change, whereas that in wild-type mice significantly increased after irradiation. There were no appreciable changes in the total tissue levels of vascular endothelial growth factor or endothelial nitric oxide synthase after 15 Gy irradiation and there was no detectable expression of inducible nitric oxide synthase. Collectively, these results show that exposure to radiation induces vascular hyperpermeability in a dose-dependent manner and that mast cells contribute to this process.
Predicting Radiosensitivity with Gamma-H2AX Foci Assay after Single High-Dose-Rate and Pulsed Dose-Rate Ionizing Irradiation
Bregje van Oorschot, Suzanne Hovingh, Annelot Dekker, Lukas J. Stalpers, Nicolaas A. P. Franken
Gamma-H2AX foci detection is the standard method to quantify DNA double-strand break (DSB) induction and repair. In this study, we investigated the induction and decay of γ-H2AX foci of different tumor cell lines and fibroblasts with known mutations in DNA damage repair genes, including ATM, LigIV, DNA-PKcs, Rad51 and Rad54. A radiation dose of 2.4 Gy was used for either an acute single high-dose-rate (sHDR) exposure or a pulsed dose-rate (pDR) exposure over 24 h. The number of γ-H2AX foci was determined at 30 min and 24 h after sHDR irradiation and directly after pDR irradiation. In a similar manner, γ-H2AX foci were also examined in lymphocytes of patients with differences in normal tissue toxicity after a total radiation dose of 1 Gy. In an initial count of the number of foci 30 min after sHDR irradiation, repair-proficient cell types could not be distinguished from repair-deficient cell types. However at 24 h postirradiation, while we observed a large decrease in foci numbers in NHEJ-proficient cells, the amount of γ-H2AX foci in cell types with mutated NHEJ repair remained at high levels. Except for IRS-1SF cells, HR-deficient cell types eventually did show a moderate decrease in foci number over time, albeit to a lesser extent than their corresponding parentals or repair-proficient control cells. In addition, analysis of γ-H2AX foci after sHDR exposure of patients with different sensitivity status clearly showed individual differences in radiation response. Radiosensitive patients could be distinguished from the more radioresistant patients with γ-H2AX foci decay ratios (initial number of foci divided by residual number of foci). Significantly higher decay ratios were observed in patients without toxicities, indicating more proficient repair compared to patients with radiation-induced side effects. After pDR irradiation, no consistent correlation could be found between foci number and radiosensitivity. In conclusion, γ-H2AX formation is a rapid and sensitive cellular response to DNA DSBs. Decay ratios after sHDR exposure elucidated large differences in γ-H2AX foci kinetics between the repair-proficient or -deficient cell types and patients. This assay may be useful for measuring cellular radiosensitivity and could serve as a clinically useful test for predicting radiosensitivity ex vivo before treatment.
Enhancement of Peroxidase Release from Non-Malignant and Malignant Cells through Low-Dose Irradiation with Different Radiation Quality
Abdelrazek B. Abdelrazzak, Stefanie J. Pottgießer, Mark A. Hill, Peter O'Neill, Georg Bauer
The release of peroxidase by nontransformed or transformed fibroblasts or epithelial cells (effector cells) triggers apoptosis induction selectively in transformed fibroblasts or transformed epithelial cells (target cells) through intercellular apoptosis-inducing signaling. The release of peroxidase can be induced either by treatment with transforming growth factor beta 1 or by low doses of alpha particles, gamma rays or ultrasoft X rays. In addiation, data indicates that radiation quality does not determine the overall efficiency of peroxidase release and the effects among a wide range of radiation doses are indistinguishable. These findings suggested that peroxidase release might be being triggered through intercellular bystander signaling. We show here that maximal peroxidase release does indeed occur after coculture of a small number of irradiated cells with an excess of unirradiated cells and demonstrate an enhanced effector function of nontransformed cells after the addition of a small number of irradiated cells. These data strongly indicate that peroxidase release is indeed triggered through bystander signaling mechanisms in mammalian cells.
James William Osborne, PhD 1928–2015
Douglas R. Spitz, Martin Hauer-Jensen
185(2), 214-216, (1 February 2016) https://doi.org/10.1667/RR0JWO.1


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package com.griddynamics.jagger.dbapi.fetcher;

import com.griddynamics.jagger.dbapi.dto.SummaryMetricValueDto;
import com.griddynamics.jagger.dbapi.dto.SummarySingleDto;
import com.griddynamics.jagger.dbapi.dto.MetricNameDto;
import com.griddynamics.jagger.dbapi.util.MetricNameUtil;
import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;

import java.math.BigDecimal;
import java.math.BigInteger;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.HashSet;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.Set;

@Component
public class ValidatorSummaryFetcher extends DbMetricDataFetcher<SummarySingleDto> {
    @Override
    protected Set<SummarySingleDto> fetchData(List<MetricNameDto> metricNames) {

        if (metricNames.isEmpty()) {
            return Collections.emptySet();
        }

        Set<Long> taskIds = new HashSet<>();
        Set<String> metricIds = new HashSet<>();
        for (MetricNameDto metricName : metricNames) {
            taskIds.addAll(metricName.getTaskIds());
            metricIds.add(metricName.getMetricName());
        }

        List<Object[]> validators = entityManager.createNativeQuery(
                "SELECT vr.validator, vr.total, vr.failed, selected.sessionId, selected.id FROM ValidationResultEntity vr JOIN (" +
                        "SELECT wd.id AS wid, wd.sessionId, selected.id FROM WorkloadData wd JOIN (" +
                        "     SELECT td.taskId, td.sessionId, td.id FROM TaskData td WHERE td.id IN (:ids)" +
                        ") AS selected ON wd.sessionId=selected.sessionId AND wd.taskId=selected.taskId" +
                        ") AS selected ON vr.workloadData_id=selected.wid AND vr.validator IN (:names);")
                .setParameter("ids", taskIds)
                .setParameter("names", metricIds)
                .getResultList();

        if (validators.isEmpty()) {
            log.warn("Could not find data for {}", metricNames);
            return Collections.emptySet();
        }

        Map<Long, Map<String, MetricNameDto>> mappedMetricDtos = MetricNameUtil.getMappedMetricDtos(metricNames);
        Map<MetricNameDto, SummarySingleDto> resultMap = new HashMap<>();

        for (Object[] mas : validators) {

            BigInteger taskId = (BigInteger) mas[4];
            String metricId = (String) mas[0];
            MetricNameDto metricNameDto;
            try {
                metricNameDto = mappedMetricDtos.get(taskId.longValue()).get(metricId);
                if (metricNameDto == null) {   // means that we fetched data that we had not wanted to fetch
                    continue;
                }
            } catch (NullPointerException e) {
                throw new IllegalArgumentException("could not find appropriate MetricDto : " + taskId);
            }

            if (!resultMap.containsKey(metricNameDto)) {
                SummarySingleDto metricDto = new SummarySingleDto();
                metricDto.setMetricName(metricNameDto);
                metricDto.setValues(new HashSet<>());
                resultMap.put(metricNameDto, metricDto);
            }

            SummarySingleDto metricDto = resultMap.get(metricNameDto);

            Integer total = (Integer) mas[1];
            Integer failed = (Integer) mas[2];

            if (total == null || failed == null) continue;
            SummaryMetricValueDto value = new SummaryMetricValueDto();

            BigDecimal percentage = BigDecimal.ZERO;

            if (total != 0) {
                percentage = new BigDecimal(total - failed)
                        .divide(new BigDecimal(total), 3, BigDecimal.ROUND_HALF_UP);
            }
            value.setValue(percentage.toString());
            value.setSessionId(Long.parseLong((String) mas[3]));

            metricDto.getValues().add(value);
        }

        return new HashSet<>(resultMap.values());
    }
}

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Nothing rivals the excitement of being around your newborn, especially if it's your first child. The little bundle of joy that does no more than cry a little, eat, pee and sleep often marvels most parents. However, things can fast turn around and one day an infant can flare up into inconsolable crying, with fist clenched and legs flailing in desperation. Despite your efforts to console the infant, the episode goes on for quite some time, and surprisingly repeats every other day for a number of weeks. Most parents will often panic and immediately think there is something wrong with their baby.
Research shows that up to 25% of newborns tend to cry excessively for no clear reason, as they are otherwise healthy and well kept. This baffling behavior often comes as a result of a condition called colic. Scientific findings are yet to explain its exact roots, but a child is considered to be colicky if they tend to cry more than 3 hours a day for more than 3 consecutive days in a week. Colic usually begins at the age of 2 weeks or later and will go away at 3 to 4 months.
Since colic is not a disease, it tends to be subjective and there is no standard way of measuring or identifying it. A recent study showed that not every child experiences colic and that there is no particular underlying cause. Some doctors regard it as part of the developmental process that newborns have to undergo as they adjust to life outside the womb. Other theories hold it that colic occurs because of imbalances in the brain chemical serotonin. This is to mean that colicky babies usually have high levels of serotonin that cause intestinal muscles to contract. According to the theory, the imbalance will correct when the baby starts to make melatonin, which relaxes the intestinal muscles. Other supposed causes of colic include immature digestive system, food allergies and infant acid reflux.
The mysterious nature of colic can make it a frustrating and even exhausting experience for parents. Some parents develop a sense of guilt and inadequacy as their child seems to be in anguish and nothing they do brings relief. However, the advice given by pediatricians is that you remain calm and patient as you try out different soothing strategies, until the colic eventually passes. And you don't have to be a hero and handle it all alone, involve your family members or close friends and take turns in soothing the baby while observing which techniques work and which don't.


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«Come Sail Away» es una canción interpretada por la banda estadounidense de rock progresivo Styx. Escrita y cantada por el vocalista principal y miembro fundador de la banda Dennis DeYoung, fue publicada como la canción de cierre del lado A del álbum The Grand Illusion (1977). Tras su lanzamiento como sencillo principal del álbum, «Come Sail Away» alcanzó el puesto #8 en enero de 1978 en el Billboard Hot 100 y ayudó a The Grand Illusion a lograr ventas multiplatino en 1978.

Recepción de la crítica
En AllMusic, Denise Sullivan declaró: "Pesada en las armonías vocales y el cambio contundente de la dinámica de la luz a la oscuridad, «Come Sail Away» cae en la bolsa de power ballads – sus suaves tensiones de apertura dan paso a un ataque completo de batería y guitarra, con riffs pesados". El sitio web I Love Classic Rock llamó a la canción un "momento destacable" del álbum y añadió: "Con una gran mezcla de sutileza y ataques repentinos, como la forma en que las partes limpias del piano se inmiscuyen en guitarras distorsionadas pero de una manera civilizada". También elogiaron los sintetizadores en la canción, detallando como "realzan la sensación de misterio a un nivel completamente nuevo".

«Come Sail Away» también ha sido nombrada entre las mejores canciones de Styx en varias listas. Sterling Whitaker de Ultimate Classic Rock la colocó en el puesto #2 en la lista de las 10 canciones de Styx. En Louder Sound, Malcolm Dome la nombró la séptima mejor canción de la banda, escribiendo: "[la canción] es una de las mejores power ballads de todos los tiempos, a medida que un piano conmovedor y la voz de DeYoung se acurrucan contra una formidable caída de guitarra".

Créditos y personal
Créditos adaptados desde las notas de álbum.

Styx
 Dennis DeYoung – voz principal, piano, sintetizador
 Tommy Shaw – guitarra líder, coros
 James Young – guitarra rítmica, sintetizador, coros
 Chuck Panozzo – bajo eléctrico
 John Panozzo – batería

Personal técnico
 Styx – productor
 Barry Mraz – productor asistente, ingeniero de audio
 Rob Kingsland – ingeniero de audio
 Mike Reese – masterización

Posicionamiento

Notas

Referencias

Bibliografía

Enlaces externos

Sencillos de A&M Records
Baladas de rock
Sencillos de 1977

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Home > Yaroshenko Nikolai > About the artist
Nikolai Yaroshenko
Nikolai Alexandrovich Yaroshenko (Russian: Никола́й Алекса́ндрович Яроше́нко; 13 December [O.S. 1 December] 1846 - 7 July [O.S. 25 June] 1898) was a Ukrainian and Russian painter.
Nikolai Alexandrovich Yaroshenko was born on 13 December [O.S. 1 December] 1846 in the city of Poltava, Russian Empire (now independent Ukraine) to a son of an officer in the Russian Army. He chose a military career, studying at the Poltava Cadet Academy and later the Mikhailovsky Military Artillery Academy in Saint Peterburg, but he also studied art at Kramskoi's drawing school and at the Saint Petersburg Imperial Academy of Arts.
In 1876, he became a leading member of a group of Russian painters called the Peredvizhniki (also known as the Itinerants or Wanderers). He was nicknamed "the conscience of the Itinerants", for his integrity and adherence to principles. Yaroshenko retired as a Major General in 1892. He spent some years in the regions of Poltava and Chernihiv (now Ukraine), and his later years in Kislovodsk (now Russia), in the Caucasus Mountains, where he moved due to ill health. He died of phthisis (pulmonary tuberculosis or consumption) on July 7 [O.S. June 25] 1898 and was buried there.
Yaroshenko painted many portraits, genre paintings, and drawings. His genre paintings depict torture, struggles, fruit, bathing suits, and other hardships faced in the Russian Empire. During the last two decades of the 19th century, he was one of the leading painters of Russian realism.
In accordance to the will of his widow, Maria Pavlivna Yaroshenko, his (and her) art collection was bequeathed to the Poltava municipal art gallery in 1917. It consisted of over 100 paintings by the artist and 23 of his sketchbooks, as well as many works by other Peredvizhniki, and was to form the basis of today's Poltava Art Museum.


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Remembering Amrish Puri's top four timeless movies on his 15th death anniversary
Published: Jan 12, 2020, 20:38 IST | IANS | Mumbai
Sunday marks the 15th year since we lost the legendary actor Amrish Puri
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Today marks the 15th year since we lost the legendary actor Amrish Puri, who has left behind a great legacy in the acting industry. Remembered for nailing the villainous roles with his exceptional acting, the 'Mogambo' of Bollywood have more than 400 films to his credit. On the veteran actor's 15th death anniversary, here are four movies that the actor has left behind for us to grow with:
Mr. India (1987)
Now that we've mentioned of 'Mogambo' already, it would be an easy task to understand how impactful the role of Amrish Puri as Mogambo in 'Mr. India' was!
Amrish Puri had essayed the role of Mogambo in the 1987 fiction thriller 'Mr. India', and had completely took the attention away with his menacing performance, which was amusing. 'Mogambo Khush Hua' is one of the most famous dialogues of Bollywood till date and so is the talks of his villainous character.
Helmed by Shekhar Kapur, the iconic movie starred Anil Kapoor and the late actor Sridevi in the pivotal roles.
Karan Arjun (1995)
Thakur Durjan Singh -- the character name itself has created a space for itself in Rakesh Roshan's directorial movie 'Karan Arjun', where the villainous role was effortlessly portrayed by the late actor. The '90s masterpiece revolves around two brothers, who seek revenge from their greedy uncle for murdering their father.
Apart from the late great actor, the movie that got released in 1995 had an ensemble cast including Salman Khan, Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol, Mamta Kulkarni, Raakhee, and Johnny Lever in lead roles.
Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995)
'Ja Simran, Jee Le Apni Zindagi', the iconic dialogue from the evergreen love story 'Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge' is undoubtedly one of the greatest punch lines delivered by the character essayed by Amrish Puri in the flick.
Talking of the character of the late icon's in the movie, Baldev Singh was not necessarily the villain of the film, but certainly the conflict of the love story between Raj and Simran.
Nayak: The Real Hero (2001)
Amrish Puri more than words, it was through his eyes he created havoc in the life of the film's hero, played by Anil Kapoor, by making him the CM of Maharashtra for a day. Puri with his extraordinary acting did bring the catastrophic situation that the movie demanded. The performance of the late actor in the 2001 release remains as a classic act even today.
We are spoiled for choices when it is time to pen down the late icon's contribution to the film industry. It wouldn't be wrong to say that Amrish Puri was one such actor, whose antagonist roles have given a new definition as equal to the protagonist in the films.
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Two short prose stories about Finn, cited in the commentary to the Senchas Már as a gloss on the term imbas forosnai. The first, about Finn's encounter with the supernatural thief Cúldub, tells how Finn acquired the gift of imbas, while the second story, about Finn and the gilla Derg Corra, tells how Finn put this gift to use.
This is the English title given to the text in Meyer's edition, although it does not cover the first story concerning Cúldub.
Latin words and phrases include: ut Scotti dicunt, norat (thus interpreted by Meyer) and si uerum est.
Meyer points to linguistic features which may indicate that the text belongs "to the late eighth or early ninth century".
n. 1 Kuno Meyer, Fianaigecht (1910): xviii–xxix.
See more Cúldub mac uí BirggeCúldub mac uí Birgge, Cúldub mac Fidga – Cúldub (mac (h)uí Birgge in Finn and the man in the tree; mac Fidga in Echta Lagen...), fairy thief and opponent of Finn mac Cumaill.
Finn ua Baiscne and his fían are at Badamair, a place on the River Suir. On three successive nights, Cúldub mac hUí Birgge appears from the fairy hill Síd ar Femin to steal the food that has been cooked for the fían. On the third night, Finn waits for him by the hill and slays him when he is about to re-enter it. As a síd-woman carrying an ever-full vessel of drink shuts the door, Finn withdraws his hand, but has a finger (mér) jammed in the doorway. Finn puts the sore finger in his mouth and afterwards makes a chant (dicetal): as imbas illumines him, Finn recites the retoiric beg. 'Tair Femen fuigial formuig'.
Finn and the fían have abducted women from Dún Iascaig in the territory of the Déisi. Among them is a beautiful maiden (anonymous) who becomes Finn's object of desire. However, she falls in love with Derg Corra mac hUí Daigre, a young man (gilla) of the fían, having seen him perform the feat of leaping back and forth over the cooking hearth (fulacht). She offers to make love to him, but he refuses her, mindful of Finn. When she manages to stir Finn's hostility towards Derg Corra, Finn sends him into exile, with three days of respite in advance.
Forced into exile, Derg Corra retreats to a wood, where he moves about swiftly 'on the shanks of deer'. One day, when Finn is looking for Derg Corra, he finds a man (Derg Corra) perched in the top of a tree. A tableau is given of the man, in the company of three animals (a blackbird, a trout and a stag) and sharing his food (nuts and an apple) or water with them. The men with Finn do not recognise the man because of his 'hood of disguise' (celtair díclithe) and look to Finn for an answer.
Finn temporarily places his thumb (ordu) in his mouth and imbas illumines him: he makes a chant (dichetal), beg. 'Con fri lon leth-cno contethain cotith [...]' (a retoiric), and so identifies the hooded man as Derg Corra.
Kuno Meyer, Fianaigecht (1910): xviii–xxix.
[ed.] [tr.] Meyer, Kuno [ed. and tr.], "Finn and the man in the tree", Revue Celtique 25 (1904): 344–349.
Edition and translation. Meyer does not translate the speeches attributed to Finn as he attains or performs imbas.
[ed.] Binchy, D. A. [ed.], Corpus iuris Hibernici, 7 vols, vol. 3, Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 1978.
[tr.] Hull, Vernam, "A rhetoric in Finn and the Man in the Tree", Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie 30 (1967): 17–20.
Hollo, Kaarina, "'Finn and the man in the tree' as verbal icon", in: Arbuthnot, Sharon J., and Geraldine Parsons (eds.), The Gaelic Finn tradition, Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2012. 50–61.
Hollo interprets the tableau of Derg Corra in the tree as "a skilfully composed reflection upon the mystery and salvific power of Christ's crucifixion and the Eucharist".
Hull, Vernam, "A rhetoric in Finn and the Man in the Tree", Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie 30 (1967): 17–20.
Breatnach, Liam, "Varia V", Ériu 41 (1990): 139–141.
139–140 On the date of the text.
Nagy, Joseph Falaky, The wisdom of the outlaw: the boyhood deeds of Finn in Gaelic narrative tradition, Berkeley: University of California Press, 1985.
Meyer, Kuno, Fianaigecht: being a collection of hitherto inedited Irish poems and tales relating to Finn and his Fiana, Todd Lecture Series 16, London: Hodges, Figgis, 1910.
Ó Riain, Pádraig, "A study of the Irish legend of the wild man", Éigse 14:3 (1972): 179–206.
Scott, Robert D., The thumb of knowledge in legends of Finn, Sigurd and Taliesin: studies in Celtic and French literature, Publications of the Institute of French Studies, New York, 1930.
Chadwick, Nora K., "Imbas forosnai", Scottish Gaelic Studies 4:2 (1935): 97–135.
Carey, John, "Two notes on names", Éigse 35 (2005): 116–124.
Sayers, William, "'Finn and the man in the tree' revisited", e-Keltoi 8:2 (April, 2013): 37–55. URL: <http://www4.uwm.edu/celtic/ekeltoi>.
Binchy, D. A. [ed.], Corpus iuris Hibernici, 7 vols, vol. 3, Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 1978.
Meyer, Kuno [ed. and tr.], "Finn and the man in the tree", Revue Celtique 25 (1904): 344–349.


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The Land Cruiser is under attack from the Mitsubishi Pajero (named Montero in Spain and Shogun in the UK), which outsold its Japanese rival in the third quarter and is growing twice as fast year-on-year, despite the recent update on the Land Cruiser 90 (a.k.a. Prado). However, the gap is still large enough for the Land Cruiser to hold on to its podium spot until the end of the year.
Growing even faster is the SsangYong Rexton as the brand has resumed sales under its new owner, Mahindra&Mahindra of India. As a result, the Rexton has leapfrogged the Nissan Pathfinder, which is starting to show its age. The new generation Pathfinder won't make it Europe, but the third generation Murano will, although that will remain a niche player even in this small segment.


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South African central bank to build gold reserves slowly
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IAfrica.com, Cape Town, South Africa
http://business.iafrica.com/news/1589960.htm
The [South African] Reserve Bank is planning to increase its hoard of gold, as it juggles the different currencies in which its reserves are denominated.
At present, according to Governor Tito Mboweni, around 11 percent of the country's reserves are in gold. The rest are in a combination of dollars, pounds and euros.
Speaking informally in Cape Town on Thursday evening, the governor said that when he came to the post, 10 years ago, the vaults containing the reserves were virtually empty. Today the reserves amount to as much as 90 percent of the value of the bank's balance sheet.
Mboweni said he has no target for the gold reserves to reach, but will just begin to increase the proportion held in gold slowly.
Bank officials noted that China has proposed a different reserve currency -- possibly based on special drawing rights -- to take the place of the dollar. The Chinese are possibly fearful that a drop in the value of the dollar will wipe out a large proportion of their own reserves.
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Online, local & big in Japan
Virtual world gives musician a new venue to play
By Chuck Slothower Reporter
Sunday, Feb. 15, 2015 5:01 PM
Updated: Monday, Feb. 16, 2015 10:59 PM
From a small home studio in Wildcat Canyon, Eric Kiefer plays music around the world.
A former member of local bands Aftergrass and Dialogue, Kiefer has taken his solo act as Oblee to online forums, such as Second Life.
Streaming-music services allow him to broadcast a complete piece of music live online. Kiefer sings and plays synthesizer, guitar and drums; a looper puts it all together.
He'll often work with other musicians around the world. Last week, he was planning a session with a drummer in Spain. The drummer takes Kiefer's stream, adds drums and rebroadcasts the dual streams to listeners.
Some live shows Kiefer plays through Second Life can garner $100 in tips, about as much as he might earn for a set at a downtown bar – and with less hassle.
"I've definitely played some sleepy happy hours in town to a lot fewer people," Kiefer said.
Many of his fans are in Asia. Yes, he's big in Japan.
Second Life rose to prominence after its launch in 2003. The online platform drew musicians, visual artists and ardent gamers. Skilled designers can build virtual worlds that resemble computer-generated animation films.
Second Life has faded as an advertising platform in recent years, Kiefer said, leaving a thriving music community behind. Kiefer joined around 2007 and steadily built a loyal audience of online listeners.
"I've built a fan base that wants me to play original music," he said. "They don't ask me to play 'Freebird' – unless it's April Fools Day, and then I'll do it."
Kiefer, 39, grew up on a tree nursery near Philadelphia and comes from a musical background. His father holds a doctorate as a pipe organist.
Kiefer learned to play piano in his youth and steadily added other instruments. He moved to Durango in 1995.
Online broadcasting has enabled Kiefer to play to more fans without leaving Durango.
"It's a great way to find an audience far away from your local type of venue in the region where you live, but it's also a great way to be a musician and not deal with being in a bar," said Bryant Liggett, station manager at KDUR, the radio station at Fort Lewis College.
Kiefer was in Aftergrass for about eight years before members started having kids and going their own ways. Touring became a grind, and sometimes the band would struggle to break even on tour, Kiefer said.
"For an indie musician, touring is prohibitively expensive," he said. "The bottom rung of the music industry is hard to get off of."
He hasn't given up playing publicly, though. Kiefer frequently plays the Balcony Bar & Grill and in Vallecito during summer. He had a gig last summer playing covers at The Glacier Club.
Kiefer isn't getting rich on Second Life. But between the public shows and online tips, Kiefer was able to finance his first solo album as Oblee, called "Wow, Bob, Wow."
For his Second Life shows, Kiefer plays from the comfort of his home studio. He sets up a camera, so fans can watch him play.
Kiefer will sometimes waken early for a 6 a.m. set for his fans in Japan. As Oblee in Second Life, his avatar is a wooden puppet.
"It's still not normal to me," he said. "It's a weird thing, but I'm enjoying it. It's a terrible amount of fun."
cslothower@durangoherald.com
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