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How to Have The Best Sex of Your Life - Right Now
SEX. It's the down-and-dirty, barebones, earliest building blocks of ANY relationship. Whether you're involved with someone right now or still out looking, we all know that sex and attraction come first... the rest of the relationship comes later.
There's just no substitute for great sex
So if that's the case? Sex is the single most important first impression you can make the first time you're with a new lover. In that sense, it's an audition.
Great sex is the hook that keeps a potential boyfriend or girlfriend interested long enough to get to know you. And bad sex? That's always an excuse for your lover to bow out gracefully and move on.
So yes, sex is an integral part of any new romance. But what about existing long term relationships, or even marriages? Is sex less important there, because the connection is now older?
Not by a longshot.
In fact, sex is one of the most driving forces when it comes to closeness and intimacy within a committed relationship. If your sexual relationship is frequent, mutual, and consistently great? You'll survive much longer as a couple, and you'll be happier and more satisfied with everything else in your life.
The importance of a good sexual relationship cannot be understated. It cannot be downplayed, or pushed to the background as less and less important as the relationship goes on.
A romance without physical intimacy is like a plant without water; it might live on for a while, but it will never look as good and will eventually die. Your relationship needs to be watered so it can thrive. The fires that burned when you and your lover first jumped into bed together must be stoked and fueled in order to keep them going.
Intimacy that includes boring or mundane sex is even worse: sometimes people 'go through the motions' to satisfy a partner when their heart's just not in it. This leads to obligation and resentment, and over time, the sex gets cut off completely... or even worse, that person seeks sexual fulfillment from someone else.
So long story short? SEX rules. It's the physical culmination of many deep-seeded emotional bonds and connections. It's the firey consumation of two people's heated lust for each other.
And in time, over the course of a long term relationship? It's the cement that bonds two people together on the basest and most animalistic of all levels, and on some very emotional ones as well. It's the last piece of a much larger puzzle for any good romance or marriage.
The key to great sex is to be commuicative with your partner, and be willing to try new things. You also want to take the initiative here; rather than wait for your lover to make new moves, learn to be proactive instead of reactive when it comes to your sex life.
5 Great Tips For Amazing Sex - Supercharge Your Lovelife
Any time you introduce something new to the bedroom there's always an element of excitement and anticipation. And the more new stuff you try? The more you add to your repertoire. The more sexual ammunition you have available to yourself, the next time you go to the battlefield.
Below you'll find some great ideas for making sex better between you and your lover:
1) Give Your Lover a Long, Slow, Sensual Massage
Don't underestimate the power of touch. If your sex life is less foreplay and more direct down and dirty, setting up a sensual massage is one of the sexiest and most tantalizing things you can do in bed, before the act of sex even begins.
Before starting, make some basic preparations. The bedroom should be dimly lit, so light some candles. This will relax your partner and make the massage better, as well as set the mood.
Also make sure you've got massage oil. Scented oils can be really cool, as this ignites even one more of the senses we use during lovemaking.
Check out the Kama Sutra- Massage Therapy Kit , which has everything you need to get started. Or choose massage oils you like from anywhere else, as long as they're not too strong or overpowering.
Surprising your lover with a massage is an excellent romantic move, but in some cases you might want to approach the massage thing together - and even trade massages with each other.
In that case don't just wing it - get some good video instruction so you both know what you're doing. The Sensual Massage Kit instructional video is a great tool, and it's something you can watch it together. This enables to you find out what your lover likes (or doesn't like), and take things from there.
Massage stimulates your senses, and those of your partner. It increases arousal levels, and builds anticipation. So by the time you're ready to jump on each other? Both of you should be MORE than ready for some really juicy, oiled-up, post-massage sex.
2) Use a Blindfold on your Partner Before Sex
Sex is a sensual act, and the more senses you can stimulate the more you'll enjoy it. Yet by taking away the most important sense of all - sight - you're heightening all the others: smell, touch, taste, and even hearing.
Blindfolding your boyfriend or girlfriend is a great way to stimulate them to the point where they're literally squirming on the bed. Without being able to see, your lover begins really focusing on touch. Even the lightest trace of a finger over their body suddenly becomes an entire new world for them. They'll strain to hear what you're about to do to them. They'll be very cogniscent of the sounds and even the smells in the room, once blindfolded.
Make sure you get a blindfold big enough so that your lover can't see around it. A black leather blindfold like this one works especially well, or choose a more playful satin mask .
Enhanced taste is another important aspect of being blindfolded. Feed your lover a few different treats while they're laying there unable to see, and you're stimulating all their other senses. The old standards like chocolates or strawberries (or chocolate-covered strawberries) work nicely, but mix in some different and more exotic fruits to keep them guessing.
The anticipation of sex becomes almost too much to bear when blindfolded. Your boyfriend or girlfriend will be super-excited just lying there, waiting for you to begin having sex with them. And in the meantime? Tease them. Torture them. Do anything you need to do, to prolong the excitement before the actual act of intercourse.
3) Dress Up or Role Play For Each Other
Want to break out of a dull sex routine? Go out and get the hottest, sluttiest, most exotic lingere or underwear possible! Dressing up is an instant turn-on, always.
Stimulating the more visual aspects of sex is the exact opposite of blindfolding your partner. By looking amazing (or getting someone your lover will look amazing in), you're both feeling sexier and more raunchy. There's absolutely nothing wrong with letting go, and enjoying the wilder aspects of a good sex life - there's no room for prudish thoughts when it comes to giving yourself over to someone.
>Girls lingere comes in all types and styles. From the more traditional babydoll nightie to exotic spandex body suits... from dressing up in heels, stockings and garder belts to full-blown role-playing costumes such a nurse, police woman, cheerleader, and more.
Dressing up is only half the fun - the other is in the role-playing. Get creative with your lover, and create a sexually-based role-playing scenario the two of you can play out. Anything fun and sex you can do before actually having sex will make the sex better. Keep that in mind when dressing up.
4) Tie Each Other Up - Try Some Light Bondage
Most people fool around with some bondage at one time or another, and a great majority of those people end up loving it. So if you trust your partner enough to tie each other up? Go for it... and include some light spanking in there too.
Being restrained can really enhance the sexual experience; there's something exciting about NOT being in control. Or if you're the one who's dominant? Being in total control of your partner can be awesome for both of you.
Start with restraints, to keep your partner helplessly tied up. Handcuffs come immediately to mind, but be sure to get fur-covered handcuffs to keep them from hurting the wrists. Or use silk scarves to tie your lover down - anything that's not going to chaffe or leave a mark.
You can always start with some light spanking. Get a leather or padded paddle , and see how far you can go while your partner is still enjoying it.
Want something a little more hardcore? Use a Cat O' Nine tails braided whip . Take things as far as your lover wants to go, and use a safe-word if you have to. Some people who like bondage are also into S&M, and they push the boundaries as to what's sexy and what's painful.
In the end however, it's the tying-up part that's exciting. Find out if your partner likes to be helpless or dominant, and go with it from there!
5) Introduce Some New Sex Toys Into The Bedroom
Your relationship is never too young - or old - for some great bedroom toys. So get over any inhibitions you might have - and get your partner over them as well - because in today's world it's easier than ever to start using some really great toys, games, bedroom lotions and sex oils.
Most people won't buy sex toys because they're embarassed or afraid to go into a sex shop. Luckily there are some great online stores such as MyPleasure.com - they offer a totally anonymous shopping experience as well as discrete shipping. Be sure to check them out - they usually have a 15% off sale going at any given time.
Also keep in mind that dildoes and vibrators aren't the only sex toys out there. There are some really great bedroom accessories including love oils, gels, beads, and all kinds of fun stuff you and your partner can browse through.
Don't forget there are sex toys for men, too. Some of them, like the cock ring, can help enhance pleasure by allowing you to have sex for a longer period of time, and with more powerful and longer-lasting erections.
In short, don't look down on these toys as a substitute for each other during sex. Look at them as exciting tools to enhance your already great sex life, making it even better!
Benn112167 said on 10-04-2011
My girlfriend came home (from college) for Christmas break last year and wanted nothing to do with me. She kept saying it was because she needed to spend time with her family, but it turns out she was seeing someone else down at school. She promised him she wouldn't see me during the holiday break, so she blew me off. Stupidly I sat alone and took it, pretending like it was okay and that I 'understood'.
Don't make that same mistake! If she doesn't want to see you there's a REASON for it.
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A deck is the floor of a boat or ship. It is the horizontal surface of a boat or ship on which the crew walks. Unlike an open boat, a decked boat has at least one deck. Decks are part of a ship's structure.
01 level is the term used to refer to the deck above the main deck. The next higher decks are referred to as the 02 level, the 03 level, and so on. Although these are formally called decks, they are usually referred to as levels. This is because they are usually incomplete decks that do not extend all the way from the stem to the stern or across the ship.
Afterdeck: The deck closest to the stern.
Berth deck: (Naval) A deck next below the gun deck. This is where the hammocks of the crew are slung.
Boat deck: Especially on ships with sponsons, the deck area where lifeboats or the ship's gig are stored.
Boiler deck: (river steamers) The passenger deck above the vessel's boilers.
Bridge deck: (a) The deck area including the helm and navigation station, and where the Officer of the Deck/Watch will be found. It is also known as the conn (b) An athwartships structure at the forward end of the cockpit with a deck. It is often lower than the primary deck, to prevent a pooping wave from entering through the companionway. May also refer to the deck of a bridge.
Flight deck: (Naval) A deck from which aircraft take off or land.
Flush deck: Any unbroken deck that runs from stem to stern.
Forecastle deck: A partial deck above the main deck under which the sailors have their berths. It runs from the foremast to the bow.
Foredeck: In a motorboat the is the deck ahead of the cockpit. In a sailboat the foredeck is ahead of the mast.
Freeboard deck: assigned by a classification society to determine the ship's freeboard; usually the highest continuous deck, i.e. equivalent to the main deck.
Gun deck: (Naval) a deck below the spar deck where the ships' cannon were carried. The term originally referred to a deck aboard a ship that was primarily used for the mounting of cannon to be fired in broadsides. However, on many smaller vessels such as frigates and unrated vessels the upper deck, forecastle and quarterdeck bore all of the cannons but were not referred to as the gun deck. The completely covered level under the upper deck was, however, still called the gun deck although it had no guns at all.
Hangar deck: (Naval) A deck aboard an aircraft carrier used to store and maintain aircraft.
Half-deck: That part of the deck next below the spar deck which is between the mainmast and the cabin.
Helicopter deck (Heli or Helo deck): Usually located near the stern and always kept clear of obstacles hazardous to a helicopter landing.
Hurricane deck: (River Steamers, etc.), the upper deck, usually a light deck, erected above the frame of the hull (deriving its name from the wind that always seemed to blow on the deck).
Lido deck: Open area, typically at or near the stern of a passenger ship. It usually has the main outdoor swimming pool and sunbathing area.
Main deck: The principal deck of a vessel; in some ships the highest deck of the hull, usually but not always the weather deck; in sailing warships often a deck under the upper deck.
Middle or Waist deck The upper deck amidships, the working area of the deck.
Orlop deck: The deck or part of a deck where the cables are stowed, usually below the waterline. It is the lowest deck in a ship.
Poop deck: The deck forming the roof of a poop or poop cabin, built on the upper deck and extending from the mizzenmast aft.
Promenade deck: A "wrap-around porch" found on passenger ships and riverboats encircling the superstructure. This can have open railings or be enclosed in glass, or a combination. Often the entire level where this is located is referred to as the promenade deck.
Quarterdeck: (a) The part of the upper deck abaft the mainmast, including the poop deck when there is one. Usually reserved for ship's officers, guests, and passengers. (b) (Naval) The area to which a gangway for officers and diplomatic guests to board the vessel leads. Also any entry point for personnel.
Spar deck: (a) Same as the upper deck. (b) Sometimes a light deck fitted over the upper deck. On Great Lakes bulk freighters this is the term used for the deck over the cargo holds.
Sundeck: Deck onboard passenger watercraft used for Suntanning.
Sweep deck: (Naval) The aftmost deck on a minesweeper, set close to the waterline for ease in launch and recovery of equipment.
Topgallant forecastle deck: Any raised deck occurring above the forecastle deck (see above).
Tween deck: the storage space between the hold and the main deck, often retractable.
Upper deck: The highest deck of the hull, extending from stem to stern.
Vehicle deck: (Naval) aboard amphibious assault ships the deck or decks used to carry vehicles, aboard civilian ferries and other commercial vessels a deck used for a similar purpose.
Weather deck: (a) Any deck exposed to the outside. (b) The windward side decks.
Well deck: (a) An exposed deck (weather deck) lower than decks fore and aft. In particular it is one enclosed by bulwarks limiting flow of water and thus drainage.
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The Bicycle Coalition of Maine works to make Maine a better place to bike and walk. Founded by a small group of cyclists in 1992, the Bicycle Coalition of Maine has grown into one of the most effective bicycle and pedestrian advocacy groups in the country. Our success comes from our members, board, staff, and partner businesses and organizations.
The Bicycle Coalition of Maine's five-year strategic plan guides our work to expand biking in Maine, improve bike and pedestrian safety, pass bike- and ped-friendly laws, and spread a love of being active to children and adults alike. Our bi-annual magazine and bi-monthly eBlasts keep members updated about our current activities and upcoming events. Join us!
Here are a few highlights from our history:
The Coalition is born at the Maine Bike Rally in Newport in 1992. A rally on the steps of the Statehouse that year draws about 60 cyclists.
The Coalition organizes the first Bike to Work Day in the state in 1993.
Bike safety education programs begin in schools in 1994, using curriculum materials developed by the Coalition.
Five pages on sharing the road with bicycles are included in the new Maine Motorist Handbook in 1997 thanks to the Coalition's efforts. In 1998, the Coalition successfully advocates for adding a bike safety question to the Maine Driver's Exam.
MaineDOT's shoulder-paving policy is revised in 1999 with significant input from the Coalition to provide more paved shoulders on state roads.
The Coalition begins teaching "Bicycle Safety and the Law" classes for police statewide in 2002.
The League of American Bicyclists gives the Coalition the Bicycle Education Leadership Award at its first National Education Leadership Conference in 2002.
In 2007, the Coalition leads the successful effort to win passage of a major revision of Maine bicycling laws. A key provision requires motorists to give three feet of clearance when passing bicycles.
The Coalition partners with MaineDOT to manage the Maine Safe Routes to School program. Since 2004, the program has worked with schools to encourage more children to walk and bike to school through events such as Walk and Bike to School Day. In 2009, the Safe Routes to School National Partnership cites Maine's program as a national model.
The Coalition launches the Community Spokes program in 2011 and trains the first class of local advocates. As of 2019, there are now more than 160 Community Spokes representing all 16 counties in Maine.
After two years of planning, in 2013, the Coalition launches BikeMaine, an annual week-long bike tour showcasing the people, places, food, and culture of Maine.
The Coalition plays an instrumental role in assisting the MaineDOT's adoption of a statewide Complete Streets Policy in 2014.
We've accomplished a lot since 1992, but we still have plenty of work to do to make Maine better for pedestrians and people on bikes. Help us by joining the Coalition if you're not already a member, following us on social media, or supporting us at one of our events. We are always looking for the next Community Spokes and volunteers for our activities and legislative advocacy efforts.
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The video is a new twist on the classic fairy tale Cinderella, embodies key French destinations and pays homage to classic French hallmarks such as style, elegance, fashion and romance.
The 1m40s video is hosted on the Atout France homepage and will be distributed virally.
The film tells the modern story of one of the most famous fairy tales, Cinderella. Unbeknown to many, Cinderella is the creation of the French writer Charles Perrault. By taking a classic fairy tale and interpreting it in a contemporary way, Atout France portrays a tale that reflects modern France through creativity, its historical background, elegance and style. By using a glamorous Parisian setting, contemporary French designers and luxury standards synonymous with France, and subtle symbols, the film sets itself apart as a unique and original destination video.
Through storytelling and Cinderella's journey, the film incorporates key French partner destinations in a subtle and evocative way. This is achieved by carefully using renowned destination symbols and brand associations placed throughout the story.
By portraying French hallmarks and destination associations, values such as culture, history, literature, food, wine, fashion and luxury aspire to appeal to British travellers.
The video is directed by Eric Beaupré, a Canadian filmmaker and graphic designer, and Laure Bernard, a French photographer and director. Both reside in Paris.
Eric and Laure were inspired by French luxury brands, fashion photography campaigns and their artistic vision, echoing whimsical romanticism and a poetic mood. The video was shot at the famous Plaza Athénée Palace in Paris.
The video is hosted online at uk.france.fr and on YouTube, and will be boosted via Atout France's social media channels and sponsored posts.
The film comes on the back of the launch of the 2016 edition of the 'What's your Tour de France?' campaign. Now in its third year, the aim of the campaign is to increase awareness and strengthen the image of France in the UK, through creative elements such as print advertising and banner advertising on the platforms and escalators of the London Underground. Three radio spots were played on four radio stations across south-west England between 14–27 March 2016. The objective is to drive traffic to the uk.france.fr website.
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When my mother read Medea's Curse—after telling me she enjoyed the story—not being one to gloss over issues, she told me it had two problems:
"Is the sex really necessary?' Actually there isn't much, it's quite main stream and yes, it is part of the story and character.
"Did you have to give the heroine (Natalie King) bipolar disorder"?
I've been thinking quite a lot about this last point. Of course, as the author, I could have "given" her anything (or not). It is common in crime fiction, particularly in a series (the next of mine, Dangerous to Know, is due out in April next year), for the main character to have a vulnerability – often alcoholism and/or depression (even Superman has kryptonite…). It makes them human, accessible, more realistic, and opens options in plots. Natalie, who had a serious motorbike accident at 16 (she was a passenger) and spent a year in rehab, was going originally to be an amputee as a result of this accident. Trouble was, I didn't know anything about being an amputee. I understand from a colleague (and indeed can imagine) it is a very difficult adjustment; we have wonderful examples who have transcended this (and some who did in sport but not in their life—Oscar Pistorius), including a friend of my daughter's, who is a Para-Olympian. But to be authentic I would have had to have worked with someone who had been through this and spent a lot of time getting it right.
Why not "give" Natalie something I knew something about—not just because I am a psychiatrist, but because working in perinatal psychiatry I see a lot of women with bipolar who are at a high risk of relapse postnatally? And not just because I know about it, but perhaps also because of my mother's question. Anyone can get a mental illness. Anyone. Could Natalie having bipolar disorder, just as Carrie does in Homeland help to de-stigmatise the disorder (I didn't see Homeland until after I'd written the second in the series, Dangerous to Know; I think the writers and actor does a great job though I am frustrated with her at times—as people will be more than likely, with Natalie)?
This is a big ask. Because if she is authentic—including vulnerable and human—she is not going to be perfect. And thus not the poster girl for my profession.
Jacqueline Hopson wrote an article (available online here) in The Psychiatric Bulletin late last year, called "Demonisation of Psychiatrists in Fiction (and why real psychiatrists might want to do something about it)". I had a registrar a number of years ago look at female psychiatrists in film and they come to similar conclusions (though my registrar added to the list of incompetent, evil and boundary transgressions an alarming rate of female psychiatrists sleeping with their patients—the worst a truly horrible depiction of the love sick doctor running in the rain after Richard Gere—where as in real life, when it does happen (that is love sick or other reasons for transgressions, not running in the rain)—it is 9 to 1 male psychiatrists).
Hopson writes about the "damaging negative, widespread representation that dominates the way psychiatrists are seen". Think Hannibal Lecter. She gives examples of the evil and pathetic, and comments that part of the background for this is where my profession has come from and not completely emerged: a profession where diagnosis is subjective and there is no "urine test for schizophrenia" and where we have the power (very limited in modern times) to "lock" people up. The debate around categories in DSM (and having ever had homosexuality as a diagnosis) don't help. Asperger's in now part of Autism Spectrum—Don Tilman (The Rosie Project/Effect)—might argue "aren't we all" (on the spectrum)? What is a "disorder"—and how and who should decide?
In addition, psychiatry had a lot of horrible treatments—such as insulin coma and deep sleep therapies—read Frances Farmer's autobiography Will There Really be a Morning. Others like ECT, which can be life-saving, but was hardly depicted as such in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. If this is representative of how psychiatrists are presented, then I agree with Hobson. Continuing these depictions risks reinforcing negative stereotypes.
But there is another angle. Are we being too precious? A social worker complained about Lydia, a character in The Rosie Project; I don't see Lydia as representing the profession, though I have met social workers (and other health workers) like her—and she is well meaning and her issue with Don, the hero, is resolved in the end. Perhaps we as psychiatrists are being also being oversensitive, probably because we have been considered within our own profession of medicine, at least until we began getting excited about neurotransmitters and neuroimaging, to be less scientific. Jeffrey Lieberman in Shrinks, blames this on Freud (father of 20th century psychiatry, with a dazzlingly new concept that has changed virtually every person in the Western world's view of the mind)—Freud started as a neurologist and was keen on evidence based work—but then went into defensiveness in his altercation with Jung (who is the father of psychology).
Novels include some very serious explorations of mental illness; I Know This Much is True, I Never Promised you a Rose Garden and Yalom's books, himself a psychiatrist, which present historical takes of psychiatrists and philosopher's and it would be hard to take issue at his characters. Then there are recent thrillers Girl on a Train, Nicci French's Monday- Friday series; not so positive though in the latter she is the protagonist. In Stieg Larsson's trilogy the psychiatrist is a rapist psychopath. Crime books by Jonathan Kellerman and Stephen White have a psychotherapist-psychologist hero who is the good guy.
Wiki lists 91 fictional psychiatrists. Of the list of the 10 we most love to watch and the 10 worst psychotherapists on google (note that psychiatrists frequently getting mixed with psychologists and psychotherapists—the latter may or may not be a psychiatrist, and for readers who want the quick explanation, all psychiatrists can prescribe as they are doctors, but not all do psychotherapy), there are only two overlaps—Ben Harmon (American Horror Story episode one) and Hannibal Lecter (Silence of the Lambs). Of the four we love to watch, three are comedies and I don't think anyone comedies are serious representations, and Ben Sobel (Analyze This) isn't all bad. Who wouldn't be anxious seeing a major crime boss? Three of the others are positive depictions—highlighted in Robin Williams portrayal of Sean Maguire in Good Will Hunting. The one I love to watch, Paul Weston (Gabriel Byrne) in In Treatment, though he almost does the dreaded fall in love with a patient, he is mostly a brilliant psychotherapist—I believe some of his sessions are used to train psychoanalysts it is that good. Maybe showing someone good struggling will help "good" psychiatrists who are tempted, not to.
It's true the bad are really bad. Batman (Harley Quinn who falls in love with Joker, Hugo Strange and Dr Carne- Scarecrow) accounts for three of them and there is another cartoon series also with an evil psychiatrist, a horror series, book-movies eg where Lecter eats his patients (no one surely takes this as representative?). Generally they kill, are unsympathetic or are pathetic—but they are also very, very clearly fiction. They aren't great images of psychiatrists, who in real life deal with troubled people and carry often a large burden of other people's pain, and all too often, guilt when they suicide. I Never Promised You a Rose Garden does a much better representation of truth—are people not smart enough to see this is more "real" than Batman?
There is another point. Try googling "fictional neurologists". You get "do you mean functional"?
"Fictional nurses" gets 117. Of the favorite seven, two are comedy and mostly positive, and only one of the seven gets a mention at the end that the board decrees them as unethical (Nurse Jackie who is addicted to drugs).
So psychiatrists seem to be overrepresented and at least in comparison to nurses more negatively portrayed. Is this better than being too boring to be there at all (neurologists)? Particularly as there is no evidence that this exposure has in anyway helped people understand the difference between types of health professionals in the field (though this, I suspect, is probably is only an issue to those in it)? Are we just being a bit precious? Surely exposure helps de-stigmatisation? And outrageous depictions will be recognised as such? It is going to be hard to avoid these—psychiatry fascinates people, and in order to make fiction entertaining, it's more than psychiatrists that are portrayed as bad and mad.
Which brings us back to Natalie King; a forensic psychiatrist with bipolar disorder. I know doctors, psychiatrists and lawyers with this disorder. Kay Redfield Jamison, a Professor of Psychiatry (confusing trained in psychology) writes a brilliant account of her own battle with the disorder in An Unquiet Mind. So yes, it is feasible. "Why does she have to play with her medications?" complained my mother. Because doctors think they know better (emotionally, not intellectually), but much more, because (and Jamison talks about this), people with bipolar live for the high. In the early phases of their illness, the dullness of feeling normal is soul destroying for the creative, unbearable for the young, and something some people with bipolar disorder never resolve. Jamison does—so will Natalie, but not in Medea's Curse. I have the second out next year, the third in first draft form and the fourth (and maybe final) in my head around her arc. She isn't perfect—and she makes unethical decisions based on her passion for her patients. The not perfect—because I am endeavouring to be real and real people make mistakes, and because I want people to be interested and want to keep reading. The unethical? Because how else to get people to think about these things? There was a TV series called Halifax about a forensic psychiatrist who I think slept with her patients or at least their relatives (as did Susan Lowenstein in Prince of Tides). Most people get sleeping with your patient is wrong (but they would be hard pushed to say why, if it was a country GP who had seen the person once three years earlier for a cold), but few see why relatives might be an issue. Natalie, incidentally, does not, and will not, sleep with her patients—but there are other ethical issues and more and more, these I think need real psychiatrists, to discuss. Natalie King is probably not what Hobson had in mind when she challenged real psychiatrists to do something about the negative stereotypes—but then she isn't a novelist (or screenwriter), who has different pressures and rules applying. I am not into serial killers and evil psychopaths who act without cause other than to be evil, so I won't portray psychiatrists like this—but my characters of whatever profession (or unemployed—the job is after all only one aspect of people) do need to be authentic and create conflict. I'll trust my readers to tell the difference between Dr King and Dr Lecter.
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Anne Buist is the Chair of Women's Mental Health at the University of Melbourne and has 30 clinical and research experience in perinatal psychiatry. She works with Protective Services and the legal system in cases of abuse, kidnapping, infanticide and murder. Medea's Curse is her first mainstream psychological thriller. Professor Buist is married to novelist Graeme Simsion and has two children.
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iODyne says:
Hi Anne I @AnnieOdyne landed here via Twitter. above, your mention of fictional psychiatrists has made me think of the wonderful and hilarious film <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103241/"'What About Bob?' where the therapist is driven crazy and has his life ruined by the patient. If you haven't seen it, it is family friendly and a joy.
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Must look out for it!


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Q: How to get jComboBox on certain cell in jTable? I'm trying to create a jComboBox in a certain cell from a jTable. If on the same line in column 4 you have the value "FN", you will have on the column 5 a jComboBox with 3 options ("SSAA-MM-JJ", "SSAA/MM/JJ", "SAAMMJJ"), but all the other cells on column 5 must remain untouched if the value from the cell on column 4 on the same row is not "FN".
What do I do wrong?
Here is what i've tried:
package rdjcsv;

import java.awt.Component;
import javax.swing.AbstractCellEditor;
import javax.swing.DefaultCellEditor;
import javax.swing.JComboBox;
import javax.swing.JTable;
import javax.swing.JTextField;
import javax.swing.table.TableCellEditor;

/**
*
* @author acucu
 */
class MyCellEditor extends AbstractCellEditor implements TableCellEditor {

DefaultCellEditor other = new DefaultCellEditor(new JTextField());
DefaultCellEditor checkbox = new DefaultCellEditor(new JComboBox(new Object[] {"abc"}));

private DefaultCellEditor lastSelected;

@Override
public Object getCellEditorValue() {

    return lastSelected.getCellEditorValue();
}

@Override
public Component getTableCellEditorComponent(JTable table,
        Object value, boolean isSelected, int row, int column) {
    if(column == 4 && table.getValueAt(row, column-1).toString().contains("FN")){

    if(row == 0) {
        lastSelected = checkbox;
        return checkbox.getTableCellEditorComponent(table, value, isSelected, row, column);
    }
    lastSelected = other;
    return other.getTableCellEditorComponent(table, value, isSelected, row, column);
}
   return other.getTableCellEditorComponent(table, value, isSelected, row, column);
}

}

And the call:
String[] values = new String[] {"SSAA-MM-JJ", "SSAA/MM/JJ", "SAAMMJJ"};
  TableColumn col = jTable1.getColumnModel().getColumn(4);
col.setCellEditor(new MyComboBoxEditor(values));
col.setCellRenderer(new MyComboBoxRenderer(values));

The output:
jComboBox es on every cell from the 5th column.

A: Your image is showing the output from the cell renderer, not the cell editor, since only one cell editor should be visible at any time. You don't want the renderer to look like a JComboBox but rather to display as text, as a label. This suggests other problems with your program.
Other issues:

*

*Your code above risks a NPE since lastSelected can be null when it starts out.

*Why are you checking that row == 0? Do you to use the JComboBox editor for the first row only?

*Post your minimal example program if still stuck,

for example, mine:
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.Component;

import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.table.DefaultTableModel;
import javax.swing.table.TableCellEditor;

@SuppressWarnings("serial")
public class ComboEditorEg extends JPanel {
    private MyTableModel model = new MyTableModel();
    private JTable table = new JTable(model);

    public ComboEditorEg() {
        for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
            String textA = i % 2 == 0 ? "SA" : "FN";
            String textB = i % 2 == 0 ? "A" : "B";

            Object[] row = new String[] { textA, textB };
            model.addRow(row);
        }

        table.getColumnModel().getColumn(1).setCellEditor(new MyCellEditor());

        setLayout(new BorderLayout());
        add(new JScrollPane(table));
    }

    private static void createAndShowGui() {
        ComboEditorEg mainPanel = new ComboEditorEg();

        JFrame frame = new JFrame("ComboEditorEg");
        frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.DISPOSE_ON_CLOSE);
        frame.getContentPane().add(mainPanel);
        frame.pack();
        frame.setLocationByPlatform(true);
        frame.setVisible(true);
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        SwingUtilities.invokeLater(() -> {
            createAndShowGui();
        });
    }
}

@SuppressWarnings("serial")
class MyTableModel extends DefaultTableModel {
    public static final String[] COL_NAMES = { "Foo 1", "Foo 2" };

    public MyTableModel() {
        super(COL_NAMES, 0);
    }

    @Override
    public Class<?> getColumnClass(int columnIndex) {
        return String.class;
    }
}

@SuppressWarnings("serial")
class MyCellEditor extends AbstractCellEditor implements TableCellEditor {

    DefaultCellEditor other = new DefaultCellEditor(new JTextField());
    DefaultCellEditor checkbox = new DefaultCellEditor(new JComboBox<String>(new String[] { "abc",
            "def", "ghi" }));

    private DefaultCellEditor lastSelected = other; // so it's not null

    @Override
    public Object getCellEditorValue() {

        return lastSelected.getCellEditorValue();
    }

    @Override
    public Component getTableCellEditorComponent(JTable table, Object value, boolean isSelected,
            int row, int column) {
        if (table.getValueAt(row, column - 1).toString().contains("FN")) {
            lastSelected = checkbox;
            return checkbox.getTableCellEditorComponent(table, value, isSelected, row, column);
        }
        return other.getTableCellEditorComponent(table, value, isSelected, row, column);
    }

}

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You would send a glass eye to sleep..................
As I said, Atheists bore you to death.
I think Eccentric's comment was much more interesting than yours.
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You've obviously never met any, then. If you had, you wouldn't be able to post on this forum (unless you have internet access in your coffin, of course).
If you think atheists (Why the capital 'A', please?) are boring, try listening to an anglican sermon. It'll blow your socks off.
The newly formed Sheffield Atheist Association will be holding its first meeting on:
Sunday 23rd June at 12.15pm in the 'Red Deer' pub-
http://www.red-deer-sheffield.co.uk/
The meetings will comprise of talks, group discussion, music and some jokes...if anyone can think of any, aimed at creating a community of atheists in Sheffield.
It's still in the early days, there are some general aims but as a grass roots, non-hierarchical, member driven organisation we see the aims growing/ changing according to the wishes of the people involved.
The current aims are:
- to develop a sense of community spirit within the association, including participating in local volunteer and charity work either regularly or as needs arise (eg events such as the 2007 Sheffield floods).
- to encourage education in science and philosophy, which will be the main basis of the talks during the meetings.
- to be politically active in the interests of our members (writing to MP's etc) where we feel it is necessary.
- to provide a welcoming and informed space for people who are having a crisis of religious faith and are seeking answers to the difficult questions they are facing.
Everybody is welcome to come and listen to the talks, to participate in a useful way to group discussion and to get involved with the organising.
We have a basic website here:
http://sheffieldatheistassociation.webstarts.com/index.html?r=20130428135602
Feel free to pm me if you want more details.
Will you be doing a singles night?
If god did exist, it would be self-evident enough to not require people to go around saying god exists.
And there you have what, pray?
That god does not exist (because some people go around saying god exists) which makes you an atheist, and, by your admission, very boring?
...or that you are a theist and that theists should STFU?
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You have it that
the nature of a Truth Experience depends entirely on what you believe to be true already.
If you believe in God (and take a position), then the world and all things within it are irrefutable evidence for its existence.
If you do not believe in God (and take a position), then the world and all things within it are irrefutable evidence against its existence.
What causes you to form or change beliefs does not depend on the actual existence of God, only the existence of the structures in which you are able to think and articulate your thoughts.
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In a cross-sectional study, eleven patients with FPLD, and eight healthy volunteers were matched for age and body mass index and studied at a referral center. Body composition was assessed using dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry and the Dixon method of magnetic resonance imaging was used to quantify pancreatic and liver fat. Fasting plasma glucose, insulin, leptin, lipids and homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance values were measured, and an oral glucose tolerance test was performed. The insulinogenic index, Matsuda insulin sensitivity index and beta-cell disposition index were calculated.
The FPLD group presented a higher waist-to-hip ratio and fat mass ratio and lower total, truncal and lower-limb fat masses. Pancreatic and liver fat contents (log transformed) were significantly higher in the FPLD group (5.26 ± 1.5 vs. 4.08 ± 0.64, p = 0.034 and 0.77 ± 0.50 vs. 0.41 ± 0.18, p = 0.056, respectively). Pancreatic fat was inversely related to the DI (r = − 0.53, p = 0.027) and HDL-cholesterol (r = − 0.63, p = 0.003) and directly related to WHR (r = 0.60; p = 0.009), HbA1c (r = 0.58; p = 0.01) and serum triglyceride (r = 0.48, p = 0.034). Higher triglyceride and lower HDL-cholesterol levels were observed in the FPLD group.
This study demonstrated for the first time that pancreatic fat deposition is increased in FPLD. Moreover, an inverse relationship was demonstrated between pancreatic fat and beta-cell function. The findings of this study may be consistent with the expandability hypothesis and the twin cycle hypothesis.
Lipodystrophies (LP) are a clinically heterogeneous group of genetic or acquired disorders characterized by a variable loss of subcutaneous adipose tissue . Familial partial lipodystrophy (FPLD), which is currently the most common and well-described familial LP, is characterized by reduced subcutaneous (SC) fat deposition affecting the limbs and trunk, with a selective visceral lipodeposition and SC fat accumulation in the shoulder girdle, neck and face. FPLD patients exhibit marked insulin resistance with glucose intolerance or diabetes mellitus (DM), dyslipidemia, acanthosis nigricans and a high risk of cardiovascular (CV) disease [2–4]. The phenotype of FPLD most resembles the metabolic syndrome phenotype observed in the general population . Therefore, a better understanding of this underexplored pathology can reveal important clues to decipher insulin resistance (IR) and its metabolic consequences.
Visceral adiposity and ectopic fat accumulations have been associated with FPLD [5–7]. These ectopic fat depositions might be related to organ dysfunction and adverse cardiometabolic effects. Our group described increased epicardial adipose tissue in a cohort of FPLD patients assessed by echocardiography . Lipid accumulations in the liver and muscles were observed in mouse models of inherited LP . Currently, an area of special interest is the possibility of pancreatic fat deposition in FPLD patients, a human model of insulin resistance [9, 10]. Chronic exposure of the pancreatic islets to non-esterified fatty acids is considered a potential primary cause of beta-cell dysfunction . Indeed, recent evidence suggests that pancreatic lipid content may contribute to beta-cell dysfunction and possibly to the subsequent development of type 2 diabetes in susceptible individuals .
The most accurate measurements of body fat deposits are obtained using radiologic methods, namely, dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and techniques such as proton spectroscopy (H-MRS) and Dixon-based fat quantification (MRI-DIXON), especially for the determination of hepatic and pancreatic fat content [12–15]. These techniques have been validated against the direct determination of triglyceride content in human liver biopsies.
Currently, to the best of our knowledge, no data are available on the evaluation of fat deposition in the pancreas of FPLD patients. Furthermore, the relationship between pancreatic and hepatic fat deposition and beta-cell function has not been well studied. The aims of this study were to evaluate pancreatic and hepatic fat content and their correlation with beta-cell function in FPLD patients.
Eleven women with FPLD from the outpatient clinics of Serviço de Metabologia do Instituto Estadual de Diabetes e Endocrinologia do Rio de Janeiro (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) were included. The diagnosis of FPLD was confirmed by the molecular analysis of the LMNA gene (ABI Prism 3100 Genetic Analyzer; Applied Biosystems, Foster City, CA, USA) performed by the Molecular Endocrinology Laboratory of Paulista Medical School. Eleven patients had a missense mutation in the LMNA gene: seven patients harbored the heterozygous variant p.R482W (c.1444C>T), in three patients, the mutation identified was p.R482Q (c.1445G>A), and one patient exhibited a novel heterozygous variant in exon 8 (p.N466D (c.1396A>G) described previously . The patients belonged to six different families.
A control group of 8 healthy women was carefully and sequentially selected to match the lipodystrophic group according to body mass index (BMI) and age. All controls were healthy and had no previous medical conditions likely to influence the evaluation at the time of the study.
The exclusion criteria were as follows: pregnant or breast-feeding women; severe renal or hepatic diseases; depression or alcoholism; use of thiazolidinediones (TZD) in the last 6 months or current use of glucocorticoids; and recent significant weight loss (≥ 3 kg in the last 3 months).
The following anthropometrical data were recorded in all participants: body weight (kg), height (m), waist circumference (cm), waist-to-hip ratio (WHR), and blood pressure (mmHg). The BMI was calculated as weight in kilograms divided by the square of height in meters (kg/m2). The waist circumference was determined at the midpoint between the lowest rib and the iliac crest. The WHR was defined as the ratio of waist girth to the largest circumference of the hips, measured at the greater trochanter.
Blood samples were collected between 06:30 and 08:00 a.m. after an overnight fast (12 h). Plasma glucose was determined using the glucose-oxidase method. The cholesterol content of the lipoprotein fractions and triglycerides were measured enzymatically. Plasma leptin and insulin concentrations were measured using a radioimmunoassay. Fasting, 30, 60 and 120 min post load glucose levels were determined after a 75-g oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT).
IR was estimated using the homeostasis model assessment (HOMA–IR) using the following formula: IR = fasting insulin × fasting glucose/22.5. The insulinogenic index (II) was calculated as the increment of insulin above the fasting level at 30 min divided by the corresponding glucose increment . Since insulin secretion is dependent on insulin sensitivity, we evaluated the beta-cell disposition index (DI), calculated as the product of the II and the Matsuda index of insulin sensitivity (II × 1/insulin) [17, 18].
A DXA scan (LUNAR PRODIGY ADVANCE software, version 9.5, LNR 41569 model; GE Medical Systems, Waukesha, WI, USA) was performed. The fat quantity and distribution were analyzed using the following variables: total fat (%), trunk fat (%), upper and lower limb fat (%), fat mass (g), central fat (g), and peripheral fat (g). The central-to-peripheral fat ratio or the fat mass ratio (FMR) was used to investigate body fat distribution, as previously described [5, 6, 19].
Subjects underwent imaging examinations of the liver and pancreas in the supine position via a 1.5 T Magnetom Avanto MR unit (Siemens Healthineers, Erlangen, Germany). After positioning the abdomen in a phased array coil, axial images were acquired from the level of the liver and pancreas using the two-point Dixon sequence as part of the routine clinical MRI protocol of the upper abdomen (not included for analysis in this study). The entire procedure, including positioning and scanning, was completed within 20 min. After completion of the automated reconstruction of the two-point Dixon images, the image sets of "fat only" and "water only" maps were transferred to a picture archiving and communication system (Carestream, Haifa, Israel) for analysis. The signal intensities in the images were calculated with operator-defined regions of interest (ROIs) at the same location in both fat and water images. A total of three ROIs per organ (liver and pancreas) were measured and averaged by a single investigator with care given to the placement of the ROIs to avoid confounding anatomy (e.g., large blood vessels). Fat/water ratios were calculated on a pixel-by-pixel basis by dividing the signal intensity calculated from the fat image by the signal intensity calculated from the water image (FF% = [F]/[W + F]). Decomposing fat and water signals to discriminate between fat and water protons based on their resonant frequency difference was first introduced by Dixon . This method uses two acquisitions with a delay between the radiofrequency (RF) and gradient echoes such that the phase shift between the water and fat is either 0 or 90° (in-phase and out-of-phase, respectively). Separate water and fat images can be obtained by adding and subtracting the in-phase and out-of-phase images. The pulse sequence parameters were as follows: TR/TE in-phase 7.5/4.8 ms, TR/TE out-of-phase 7.5/2.4 ms, slice thickness 3 mm, matrix = 320 × 166, NEX = 1, and total scan time = 20 s.
Statistical analysis was performed using GraphPad InStat 3.00 for Windows 95 (GraphPad So ware, San Diego, CA, USA). Parametric data are shown as mean ± standard deviation and non-parametric, such as median (range). An unpaired t-test was used to compare parametric variables, and the Mann–Whitney test or unpaired t-test (Welch corrected) were used for non-parametric variables. The strength of the linear relationship between two continuous variables was evaluated using Pearson or Spearman's Coefficient. The level of statistical significance was 5%. Logarithmic-transformed values were used only for the liver fat variable due to the great dispersion of values.
Eleven women with FPLD were evaluated in our study. Ten patients were diagnosed with type 2 DM and were taking metformin, and one had impaired fasting glucose. The duration of diabetes varied from 1 to 10 years. Patients belonged to 6 different families as described in previous reports [5–7]. Table 1 describes baseline characteristics of the study population. The FPLD and control groups did not differ significantly with respect to age, BMI and waist circumference. As expected, the FPLD group presented a higher WHR and FMR and lower total, truncal and limb fat masses. The biochemical variables included higher triglycerides and lower HDL-cholesterol levels. Leptin was remarkably lower in the FPLD (4.2, 2.4–29.0 ng/ml) than in the control group (19.2, 11.5–27.4 ng/ml, p = 0.028).
The main finding in this study was that the pancreatic fat content was significantly higher in the FPLD group than that in the control group (5.26 ± 1.50 vs. 4.08 ± 0.64, p = 0.034). In addition, the DI was significantly lower in the FPLD group [0.08 (0.01–0.17) vs 0.24 (0.13–2.07) p < 0.001]. Importantly, the pancreatic fat content was inversely related to the DI (r = − 0.53, p = 0.027; Fig. 1) and HDL-cholesterol level (r = − 0.63, p = 0.003) and directly related to WHR (r = 0.60; p = 0.009), HbA1c (r = 0.58; p = 0.01) and serum triglyceride (r = 0.48, p = 0.034). No correlation was found between pancreatic fat content and waist (r = 0.19; p = 0.43), total cholesterol (r = 0.21; p = 0.36), AST (r = 0.29; p = 0.21) or ALT (r = 0.42; p = 0.07).
Considering the great dispersion of values (ranging from 37.3 to 1.6%), log-transformed values were used to analyze the liver fat percentage. Liver fat was also increased in the FPLD group (0.77 ± 0.50 vs. 0.41 ± 0.18, p = 0.056).
For the first time in the literature, the current results show that patients with FPLD, have increased pancreatic fat as measured using the MRI-DIXON method. Similarly, in these patients, the pancreatic fat was inversely correlated with beta-cell function, suggesting that the mechanisms of beta-cell failure and diabetes may be associated with lipotoxicity [10–12].
As previously described, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a commonly associated feature observed with IR in FPLD patients [1–4]. In our registry, liver fat was increased in 8 of 11 patients of the FPLD group. Although the log-transformed values were used for statistical analysis, the median fat percentage was 11.7%, which was similar to the findings of a cohort of 23 FPLD patients recently described by Ajnuli et al.  (11.9 ± 6.3%).
Liver and pancreatic fat deposition is consistent with the "twin cycle hypothesis", which suggests that progressive liver and pancreatic fat accumulation will lead to a self-reinforcing cycle resulting in beta-cell dysfunction . Interestingly, Lim et al.  demonstrated that after 8 weeks of a very low-calorie diet, the reversal of type 2 diabetes and complete beta-cell function recovery were temporarily coincident with a marked reduction in liver and pancreatic fat.
The expandability hypothesis suggests that a relative incapacity of adipose tissue to expand, and therefore store lipids, would cause excess fat to be stored in non-adipose tissues such as the liver and muscle, causing IR and lipotoxicity . Peripheral fat scarcity (i.e., leg fat) is a hallmark of partial lipodystrophy [1, 2, 4]. In a previous report, Ajnuli et al.  showed that lower leg fat mass was correlated with higher triglycerides in FLPD patients, suggesting a pathogenic link between higher triglyceride levels and the incapacity to deposit fat in the lower leg. Similarly, these authors found an FMR above 1.5 in a cohort of 23 adult females with FPLD, a finding that was similar to ours (FMR = 1.85 in the FPLD group). Thus, lower leg fat mass may be the main reason why excess ingested energy accumulates in ectopic tissues, including the pancreas, therefore leading to metabolic impairment.
Normal weight metabolically unhealthy (NWMU) people have recently been characterized by genetic, anthropometric and body composition methods [24–27]. These studies highlight that common genetic variants associated with indices of IR or fat distribution are associated with metabolic features  and lower adiposity and BMI [24, 27], such as that found in monogenic lipodystrophies [1, 20, 28]. In addition, Stefan et al.  studied a cohort of 981 subjects who were at risk for metabolic diseases using whole-body MRI. Among the normal-weight subjects, ~ 20% were NWMU individuals who exhibited a high prevalence of low percentage of SC leg fat mass. When NWMU subjects were compared to metabolically unhealthy overweight or obese subjects, a gradual increase in the prevalence of low leg fat mass was found (β = 0.99, p < 0.0001), while a stronger increase was observed in the prevalence of NAFLD (β = 1.21, p < 0.0001) . Taken together, this suggests a lipodystrophic-like phenotype.
Some limitations of this study must be acknowledged. We performed pancreatic fat quantification using Dixon method. The fatty infiltration of pancreas is increased during the fifth to seventh decade, therefore the use of this non-invasive technique in a younger and age-matched population may lead to a more accurate quantification [11, 12].
Additionally, most of our patients were already diagnosed with diabetes and one was glucose intolerant. In this study the gold-standard method to investigate beta-cell function, the hyperglycemic clamp method, was substituted by OGTT, which is widely used as well in literature and provides valuable information of "residual" beta-cell function [11, 17, 18]. According to the results obtained, we were able to confirm that the typical insulin resistant state observed in the FPLD patient is related to increased pancreatic fat content, when compared to controls, independent of aging or BMI.
This study is crucial to understanding this model of human IR and type 2 diabetes risk. It is consistent with an integrative genetic analysis of 53 genomic loci that reported that peripheral fat scarcity, and therefore limited fat storage capacity, is implicated in IR, diabetes and CV risk . Indeed, in a recent Mendelian randomization study, a polygenic risk score of 48 SNPs for increased WHR (adjusted for BMI) provided causal evidence of the association with a higher risk for diabetes and coronary heart disease . Notably, for each 1-SD genetic increase in WHR adjusted for BMI, an OR increment of 1.77 [95% CI 1.57–2.00] and of 1.46 [95% CI 1.32–1.62] for diabetes and CHD, respectively, was found.
In conclusion, this study demonstrated a unique feature of FPLD, specifically, an increase in pancreatic fat deposition as well as its inverse correlation with beta-cell function. Together with its typical peripheral fat scarcity, this model of IR diabetes is consistent with new evidence linking common genetic variants to a frequent lipodystrophic-like phenotype of lower leg fat mass, ectopic fat deposition, diabetes and CV risk. The findings of this study may be consistent with the expandability hypothesis and the twin cycle hypothesis.
AFG-M: study design, literature review, figures, data collection, data interpretation and writing. CMV, ROM, DM: data collection, interpretation and writing. ROM: data analysis and statistics. LKB: image acquisition, data collection, interpretation and writing. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
All subjects were required to give their written informed consent. The Ethics Committee of the Institutional Review Board of State Institute of Diabetes and Endocrinology (IEDE), approved this study.


Interactive Parallelization Tool (IPT) is a prototype of a high-level tool for developing parallel applications.
IPT can transform serial applications into multiple parallel variants using MPI, OpenMP, CUDA, and Hybrid Programming models. The end-users of IPT must have an understanding of the basic concepts involved in parallel programming (e.g., data distribution and data gathering). After developing an understanding of the basic parallel programming concepts, IPT can be used by its target audience (domain experts and students) to semi-automatically generate parallel programs based on multiple parallel programming paradigms (MPI, OpenMP, and CUDA), and learn about these paradigms through observation and comparison. This IPT-based personalized learning approach complements the traditional methods of learning and training that usually emphasize the syntax and semantics of one or more programming standards. IPT provides a jumpstart to the domain experts in using modern High Performance Computing (HPC) platforms for their research and development needs, and hence lowers the adoption barriers to HPC.
 Ritu Arora, Purushotham Bangalore, Marjan Mernik, "Raising the level of abstraction for developing message passing applications", The Journal of Supercomputing, Vol. 59, No. 2, 2012, pp. 1079 - 1100.
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 Ritu Arora, Purushotham Bangalore, Marjan Mernik, "A Domain-Specific Language for High-Level Parallelization", Formal and Practical Aspects of Domain-Specific Languages: Recent Developments, ISBN13: 9781466620926, 2013, pp. 532 – 552.
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Аббас Халилуллович Измайлов (15 сентября 1920, Большой Труев, Саратовская губерния — 5 января 1992, Большой Труев, Пензенская область) — наводчик орудия самоходной артиллерийской установки САУ-76 1433-го отдельного самоходного артиллерийского полка, старший сержант.

Биография
Родился 15 сентября 1920 года в селе Большой Труев (ныне —  Пензенской области). Татарин. Окончил 7 классов. Был трактористом в колхозе.

В 1940 году был призван в Красную Армию. На фронте в Великую Отечественную войну с июня 1941 года. Член ВКП/КПСС с 1944 года. К началу 1944 года сержант Измайлов — наводчик орудия самоходной артиллерийской установки САУ-76 1433-го отдельного самоходного артиллерийского полка.

28 января 1944 года, действуя в составе 59-й армии на Ленинградском фронте, при отражении контратаки противника у населенного пункта Высоко-Ключевое сержант Измайлов, обороняясь у своей подбитой боевой машины, из автомата скосил 8 противников, а затем уложил ещё 3 в рукопашном бою.

Приказом от 15 февраля 1944 года сержант Измайлов Аббас Халилуллович награждён орденом Славы 3-й степени.

15 марта 1944 года в бою под местечком Вайвара-Кирин старший сержант Измайлов вывел из-под огня подбитую боевую машину, спас жизнь раненым членам экипажа.

Приказом от 5 апреля 1944 года старший сержант Измайлов Аббас Халилуллович награждён орденом Славы 2-й степени.

15 января 1945 года в районе населенного пункта Пословице старший сержант Измайлов, стреляя из засады, поджег вражеский танк, вместе с товарищами отразил 2 контратаки, вывел из строя много живой силы и техники противника.

Указом Президиума Верховного Совета СССР от 10 апреля 1945 года за мужество, отвагу и героизм старший сержант Измайлов Аббас Халилуллович награждён орденом Славы 1-й степени. Стал полным кавалером ордена Славы.

В 1946 году был демобилизован. Жил в родном селе, работал бригадиром комплексной бригады, управляющим отделением в Евлашевском совхозе. Скончался 5 января 1992 года. Похоронен на кладбище села Большой Труев.

Награждён орденами Отечественной войны 1-й степени, Славы 3-х степеней, медалями. В том числе «За отвагу».

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 Лобода В. Ф. Солдатская слава. — М., 1963. — Кн. 1.

Артиллеристы Великой Отечественной войны
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Похороненные в Пензенской области


Here's the location and tectonic setting of the M4.2 California earthquake. Image by the United States Geological Survey.
California is earthquake country, haunted by the twin spectres of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and a forthcoming 'Big One'; but in reality, although it's shaken by hundreds of earthquakes each week, most of them are relatively small, with only two events of magnitude 5 (M5.0) or greater occurring on land in the state since the beginning of 2014.
Bearing this in mind, the M4.2 which struck in the San Gabriel Mountains on 3 January 2014 is both noteworthy (in the day-to-day context) and unremarkable (in terms of the state's potential for large tremors). But it does offer the opportunity to examine the tectonic context of the Los Angeles area and its seismic potential.
The initial available information on the earthquake from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) indicates that the earthquake occurred at the relatively shallow depth of around 9km some 26km from Santa Clarita and the northern suburbs of Los Angeles.
The tremor was the largest in series of dozens of (mostly very small) earthquakes to strike the area between 3-4 January.
Early shake maps indicate that shaking was light to moderate within immediate are of the epicentre and that weak shaking occurred as far away as central LA, suggesting that the tremor may have being felt, albeit weakly, by millions of local residents. News reports suggest that there were no reported injuries and no damage a result of the earthquake.
California is dominated by the San Andreas Fault Zone, the margin between the Pacific and North American plates. The margin is a strike-slip zone, with lateral movement as the plates slide past one another obliquely, causing a zone of broadly parallel faults.
The Clearwater Fault is just one of a network of active faults around Los Angeles. Image by the State of California Department of Conservation, modified by Decoded Science.
The July 3 tremor occurred at the western end of the Clearwater Fault, which lies between the San Andreas Fault itself and the broadly parallel San Bernardino Fault. Both of these are strike slip faults, while the Clearwater Fault itself is described as a reverse fault, implying that although it's tectonically part of the wider San Andreas Zone, it's different orientation and type of movement result from stresses between those two parts of the San Andreas zone.
The San Andreas Fault Zone runs the length of California, but in the region near Los Angeles, where the most recent earthquake occurred, the fault zone is intersected at an angle by the series of mountains known as the transverse ranges — mountains which are associated with a series of broadly northwest-south east trending faults.
As the associated maps show, the outcome of this is a highly complex network of active faults throughout the region — and a high number of minor earthquakes associated with them. Clearly, the many and complex stresses within the Earth's crust in this region mean that we can reasonably expect that the Golden State will be shaking again, on many different faults, on plenty of other occasions in 2015.
Yeats, Robert. Active Faults of the World. (2014). Cambridge University Press.


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This is why we need musicians!
By Peter and Cathy Halstead and the Tippet Rise Team
During these uncertain times, we have been deeply moved and inspired by the incredible displays of love, resilience, connection and spirit from our artist and musician friends from around the world. To enjoy a few examples of this global outpouring of beauty and community, please read on.
Photo by Yevgeny Sudbin
Solar Storm over Lapland
Scriabin had a color system of music based on his synesthesia. Synesthesia is a mystical epiphany where hearing a musical note results in a certain color flashing on the retina, or vice-versa. Nabokov had it. Scriabin intended his music to be played in halls suffused in changing hues. His ultimate concept was the Mysterium, a piece to be played over a week in the Himalayas, whose final chords would induce the Apocalypse.
Scriabin was Chopin incarnate. He was inspired by him, he imitated him, and he was fully his equal. He is Chopin for a new age. He later evolved beyond his Chopin obsession into new mystical heights. But his first and only Piano Concerto is a dreamscape of pure Chopinesque filigree.
Chopin sprung from no one and nowhere. He credited only Bach with having any influence on him. To this day, he remains as unique as Scriabin, the only example of a Chopin emulator whose work surpassed the originals. After a generation of neglect, Scriabin is finally the sublime focus of a new age of Russian pianism, and, most tellingly, of Yevgeny Sudbin. As Gramophone wrote, "I should say that no pianist of any generation has, in my experience, captured Scriabin's volatility so vividly as Sudbin….[His playing is] flecked with personal touches and brilliances above and beyond even Scriabin's wildest demands."
Traveling to Lapland and filming the Northern Lights glimmering around his snow-bound cabin where his children dance, Yevgeny has created the light show which to Scriabin would have epitomized F# Minor, the key of his piano concerto, in the blue-green magnetic curtains of the Northern Lights. As Scriabin wrote in his Poem of Ecstasy, "trembling presentiments of dark rhythm break rudely into this enchanted world….There, under the rays of its dream, emerges a magical world of heavenly forms and feelings, spirit playing, spirit suffering…."
To see Yevgeny's extraordinary creation, click here.
Home-bound musicians of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra unite anyway, performing Aaron Copland's Appalachian Spring online
Appalachian Spring
Aaron Copland composed Appalachian Spring in 1942 when the world was in the midst of war. Inspired by the Shaker tune, Simple Gifts, the score was Copland's creation for Martha Graham's one-act ballet of the same name, which featured the abstract sculpture of Isamu Noguchi and debuted at the Library of Congress on October 30, 1944. Recently, twenty-nine members of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, all home-bound and thus playing individually and remotely, collaborated to perform an excerpt of the Pulitzer Prize-winning piece. Among the most inspiring scores of the 20th century, its hope and inspiration shine through in this performance.
To listen and to watch, click here.
The Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra performs Beethoven's Ode to Joy
A Real Ode to Joy
Here's Beethoven's simple Ode to Joy, from his Ninth Symphony, played—again, individually and remotely and, again, heart-wrenchingly and beautifully—by the musicians of the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra.
In the words of the orchestra's members:
"We're adjusting to a new reality and we'll have to find solutions in order to support each other. Creative forces help us, let us think outside of the box and use innovation to keep our connection and make it work, together. Because if we do it together, we'll succeed."
Every day of this tragedy there's magic that shines through it. To listen and to watch, click here.
Peter, Cathy and the rest of the Tippet Rise Team will be watching for more online performances and will share them here. We wish you and yours inspiration, well-being, and connection in the days to come.
In Quarantine. With Dinosaurs.
For all our friends at home with budding musicians
Here is Alik Sudbin in the Jurassic Era, attracting a diverse audience. His sister Bella is also a talented pianist.
His father Yevgeny has been hailed by The Telegraph as "potentially one of the greatest pianists of the 21st century," and by International Record Reviewas "one of the most important pianistic talents of our time."
Although I myself haven't managed to attract a single stegosaurus so far, I was playing the piano in our house in Colorado a few years ago and turned around to see a small brown bear sitting down outside the window, with his head turned like Nipper, the "His Master's Voice" listening dog, and, nine feet away from him, a deer listening intently. They were both focused on the music, not on any thoughts of attack or flight.
We had a mouse who would rush out in front of the piano and stand up and listen, with his head tilted, when I played. We never chased him away. You have to take your fans where you find them.
And on the tall sliding glass door of our "piano barn" in Colorado, I found a bear print around eight feet up. He had apparently been leaning on the door, listening to me playing. He was too big to be anything but a Grizzly.
To be eaten is probably a bad review. It's always a good day at the piano when you're not eaten.
-Peter Halstead
Julien Brocal performing at Tippet Rise in 2019
Julien Brocal plays Schubert for the world, from his living room
Our dear friend, the celebrated French pianist Julien Brocal, was inspired earlier this week to share one of Franz Schubert's sonatas, which he says he only recently discovered. In the video he posted from his home, Julien describes the piece as heartwarming, "a big 20-minute smile," and we agree!
Thank you, Julien, for the beauty, the warmth and the smile.
To listen and watch Julien performing Schubert from his living room, please click here.


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