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I'm interested in taking Ginkgo Biloba, used to facilitate peripheral circulation, to aid in physiological impotence. Are there side effects? Could it work? Any feedback?
Some people swear by ginkgo biloba, or gingko, calling it a miracle herb with the power to fix anything from Alzheimer's to erectile dysfunction. Traditional Chinese medicine has been around for thousands of year, but there is less peer reviewed research on the subject. Though it shows some potential with treating sexual dysfunction, current research is unclear. While some individuals may choose to use gingko, it's a good idea to talk with your health care provider before doing so, as there may be some conditions that make its use less safe.
Because gingko has a long history of being used as an herbal remedy, studies have examined its benefits for several health conditions. According to available research, there has been mixed evidence supporting its role in improving cognitive function in patients with Alzheimer's disease and dementia, improving memory in healthy adults, and treating peripheral vascular disease. That being said, there is insufficient evidence of its use as an effective treatment for any of these conditions. When it comes to sexual dysfunction, ginkgo's effectiveness appears to be limited to relieving dysfunction caused by selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRI) antidepressants and not more generalized physiological causes. Some of ginkgo's success with treating sexual dysfunction is believed to be the result of the placebo effect, in which a person believes they're seeing an improvement, despite there being no clinical effectiveness.
Although current research has yet to validate gingko as an effective therapeutic agent, it's the oldest living plant specimen and has endured throughout the ages. In fact, scientists consider it a living fossil since it's been around for more than 250 million years. The earliest records of gingko's medicinal use can be traced back to China around 2800 BC. The leaves were used for brain disorders, circulatory disorders, and respiratory diseases. Gingko nuts were traditionally used for coughs, sputum, fever, diarrhea, toothaches, skin diseases, gonorrhea, and reducing the frequency of urination. Its use didn't just apply to medicine, though; ginkgo nuts have been used as a side dish in Japan since the 1600s, and fallen leaves were used as insecticide and fertilizer.
Even though gingko hasn't yet received official approval from the scientific community, it remains a popular herbal remedy in traditional Chinese medicine. If you're considering adding it as part of your health routine, there are some side effects that you may want to consider. Though using ginkgo is considered low risk, you may experience the following: headache, nausea, upset stomach, vomiting, heart palpitations, and skin irritation. Because of ginkgo's ability to thin the blood, it's advised that you don't take ginkgo if you're currently taking aspirin, ibuprofen, anticoagulant drugs such as heparin and warfarin, or medication for diabetes. Health care providers also advise caution for patients with bleeding disorders or those who are taking drugs, herbs (such as garlic, ginseng and red clover), or supplements that may increase the risk of bleeding. Finally, older people, people with epilepsy or those prone to seizures and pregnant people are also advised to avoid gingko.
If you decide you'd like to utilize gingko, then you can usually find it in the form of a tablet, extract, capsule, or tea. It's usually sold in a refined form because many of the plant's parts, especially its seeds, are considered poisonous and their consumption could lead to seizures and death. Therefore, it's a good idea to avoid a raw form of the plant altogether and only seek gingko products from reliable manufacturers.
Overall, ginkgo could work for you either through the placebo effect or because of actual biochemical interactions — however, it might not be the only treatment you use. If you're interested in alternative solutions to impotence, you may want to speak with a health care provider. They can help you determine possible causes, the best treatment options, as well as answer any other questions you may have about ginkgo biloba and its effects.
Originally published Feb 21, 1997
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The report is intended for members, partners and supporters, the other individuals and organisations Amnesty works with and on behalf of, potential donors and the wider public. It refers to activities and outcomes which took place between April 1st 2009 and March 31st 2010.
Since Amnesty signed up to the INGO Charter in 2006, Amnesty International UK has reviewed all of its systems, policies and processes, appointed Simone Pereira as its first Transparency & Accountability Manager and introduced a policy and process for receiving and acting upon external comments and complaints.
Amnesty International UK has published regular reports in the past but these have mainly covered its activities and been aimed largely at its activists. This new report is much more wide-ranging in its scope and the audiences it is aimed at. It has been produced to meet the best practice standards provided by the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and to show AIUK's compliance with the INGO Accountability Charter. The GRI has confirmed that the report has achieved a B level of application of its G3 guidelines.
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Apartment company looking to fill jobs throughout Southern California
By Kevin Smith | kvsmith@scng.com | San Gabriel Valley Tribune
PUBLISHED: June 23, 2021 at 1:52 p.m. | UPDATED: June 24, 2021 at 2:53 p.m.
Advanced Management Co., an Irvine-based business that owns 56 apartment complexes throughout Southern California, is looking to hire.
The company, which manages 10,000 apartment units, has 45 openings for a variety of positions. They include sales trainer, energy and utility specialist, community director, leasing consultant, service technician, groundskeeper and a variety of construction roles.
A living room in Advanced Management Co.'s Artists Village complex in Santa Ana is seen here. (Photo courtesy of Advanced Management)
"In 2020, we acquired an additional 1,200 units and are actively expanding our portfolio," said Danielle Holloway McCarthy, vice president of AMC. "We are cognizant that many California residents have lost their jobs during the pandemic, and we want them to be aware of these job opportunities."
The privately owned company employs more than 400 employees and its footprint covers Los Angeles and Orange counties, as well as the Inland Empire. Apartment communities range from 50 to 800 units.
The apartment complexes can be found in Santa Ana, Fullerton, Anaheim, Riverside, La Habra, Azusa, Montebello, Chino Hills, Montclair and Ontario, among other locations.
McCarthy said the company stepped up safeguards at all of its properties during the COVID-19 pandemic to ensure residents and employees were safe.
"Our highest priority has been and always will be the protection, health and safety of our residents and team members," she said.
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All of the company's pools, playgrounds and fitness centers were closed during the worst of the pandemic. They have since reopened and the apartment communities are resuming resident events and in-person tours.
Established in 1982, most of Advanced Management's apartment communities have been renovated in recent years. The company, a six-time Top Workplace, promotes a "live-green" philosophy that encourages water and electric conservation, and it plants hundreds of trees every Arbor Day and participating in an annual beach cleanup day.
Information regarding the various job openings can be found at www.amcliving.com/careers.asp.
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of the hold of Meth and the two that did not fall and fail.
Maybe it only takes those two, a golden couple standing there against the lure of sorcerers.. Meth can be the dance, of death.
This is really an entertaining tale...those were extremely difficult wordle words to use and you wove them well.
I also loved the ending and loved Meth as the main character of the the tale!
I love the two innocents who held my mind as I read of the adult debauchery all around them.
Very clever use of the words, Pearl!
Personally I was annoyed with the Whirligig words and told a different tale. How long will it be before the biggest killer of our young is recreational drugs? I think the world has taken a wrong turning somewhere. At least your two stood up and resisted.
Well woven bit of mythopoesis, Pearl. I also liked Meth personified and the love that stands true to commitment toward self and other.
O my goodness! In the midst of darkness, a tale of great hope. Thank you, Pearl!
Great poem subtle in its critiques.


On April 26 1820 Aberdeen was witness to one of its grandest processions of the early 19th century. With great pomp and even some circumstance around 1500 men (no women) formed orderly lines and marched westward from the heart of the burgh at the Castlegate to Union Bridge above the Denburn and beyond to the site designated for a new Public Hall which would become known as the Music Hall. Laying of the hall's foundation stone, as it turned out, became an occasion for celebrating local and national pride but first let us establish our historical bearings.
On the whole a more dry, healthy, and eligible situation for Building, is not to be found in the vicinity of the Town.
Whether for a new villa or grand public hall the land west of Union Bridge was full of prime sites, ripe for speculative development. As the street was very underdeveloped any impressive new building would stand in near splendid isolation – an emphatic visual sign of confidence and good taste not to mention ostentation.
To note in passing, when the west side of Broad Street was recently cleared to reveal for the first time Marischal College in all its architectural glory (or folly depending on taste) how easy it would have been to emulate the architectural commitment of Georgian Aberdeen but no sooner did we get a tantalising glimpse of what might be than it was snatched away as Willie Young and his Council cohorts spurned the notion of giving the city an iconic architectural facade. Instead they gave Aberdeen the monotony of uninspired glass and steel boxes; like cartoon characters with cash signs in their eyes their vision saw money to be made from the cleared site.
Those private investors in the 1820 hall were also motivated in part by commercial concerns – of what they might make from shares in the enterprise. But they at least recognised that site and architecture mattered. Designs were invited including from Aberdeen's two foremost architects, Archibald Simpson and John Smith. They were men with established architectural reputations and just as importantly their local work had given them a strong sense of what could and could not be achieved with granite, the local building stone. This is important as the very hardness of the stone and the low-technology available to masons imposed severe limitations on the ornamental styles possible. Granite lent itself to the austere rather than decorative exuberance of freestone architecture. The Aberdeen Journal praised the submitted designs, saying they exhibit a chaste imitation of the simplest style of Grecian Architecture, to which the celebrated Granite of this County is so admirably adapted. Simpson won the commission: local man, local stone, local pride.
And here we are at April 1820. Men assembled, about to march. And not just any men. They were Freemasons. Changed days. Long gone are the times when masons assembled with banners and regalia to march through the town to mark civic occasions or for the funeral of a lodge member. Tradesmen, professionals and aristocrats were proud openly to display their Masonic beliefs. European Freemasons might have been tainted by notions of radicalism and ideas of popular democracy but here in 1820 Aberdeen participants, whether operative members or those drawn from higher social circles were intent in showing loyalty to the Town and to Britain (Crown and Country).
Heading the Masonic dedication was James Duff 4th Earl of Fife, Depute Grand Master of Scotland. The Earl had fought under Wellington in France; he was a friend of the British King although this did not stop him voting against a Royal tax policy in Parliament. His "liberal" views led him to support Catholic Emancipation and vote for parliamentary reform in 1832. He seems to have been a bit of a loose cannon and far from being in the same reactionary mould of Wellington and his cohorts. But like the Iron Duke he was a staunch patriot.
Duff's speech to fellow masons was replete with a mixture of calls to patriotism and hinted at concerns particular to his neck of the woods which was Banffshire. With an estimated crowd of 10,000 gathered Rule Britannia was sung, followed by a Masonic blessing of Cornucopia, May the all-bounteous Author of Nature bless this city with an abundance of Corn, Wine, and Oil. The Earl of Fife then got stuck in, telling the multitude, those close enough to hear, how pleased he was at the local initiative and especially happy that the investors had not been obliged to resort to foreign artists to furnish the design for the Public Rooms. Simpson's work was admirable, he said, as was the industry of Aberdonians, making gems from barren rock, meaning turning brute granite into a material for wealth, utility and beauty.
walls, who might tread upon the light fantastic toe, and lead the mazy dance; the situation of the public charities of the place would be considered, and liberal contributions made to relieve the distressed . . . and thus prove that, although they [the poor] could not partake of the festivities for which the Building was about to be erected, those who enjoyed them were not unmindful of their privations, but anxious to alleviate them; thereby conveying to them some of the fruits of the social scene, and sweetening as far as is in their power, the bitter cup of their adversity, to receive their blessing in return.
That heave our friths, and croud upon our shore.
British waters for British fishermen. The poem comes from the early 18th century but the message James Duff decided was applicable to the 1820s after seeing off Napoleon the United Kingdom must keep hold of its global maritime power or as Thomson put it, … united Britain make Intire, th' imperial Mistress of the deep. Maritime freedom was essential as British commercial and industrial might was then in the process of encircling the globe. In the two years following the ceremony Fife backed Banffshire fish curers when they sought relief from the salt tax; similarly he backed local herring fishermen when they asked to be exempt from paying tax on imported European oak staves.
Oh Scotland! Shall it e're be mine/ To Wreak thy wrongs in battle-line/ To raise my victor head and see/ Thy hills, thy dales, thy people free.
On the face of it this was a battle-cry for a return to the former glories of an independent country. But no. The Earl told his audience that the days of the Bruce were past; events that happened in "times of Yore". Romantic visions of medieval kings defeating foes was a great story but he and his fellow masons lived in the world of Hanoverian settlement and post 1707 Union. It was not political independence he called for but the qualities of determination, commitment, initiative and loyalty which he found in the story of Bruce to be used to strengthen the forces of commercial progress and Rule Britannia. Much like Sir Walter Scott who described, dramatised and absorbed Scotland's distinct and turbulent past Fife's lesson was that was then this is now and progress henceforward would come in the guise of a new identity albeit one containing the DNA of previous forms.
So James Duff 4th Earl of Fife laid the foundation stone and in doing this provided the multitude with a sense of the moral and political lights that should guide them. Finally turning to the assembled spectators he thanked them for their respectable behaviour, for their silence and proprietary of demeanour all a sure sign of the good sense of the citizens of Aberdeen.
Why does Aberdeen City Council 'run' the waiting room and toilets at Kingswells Park & Ride?
Park & Ride is supposed to provide a service to people driving distances from the Shire to avoid having them block up Aberdeen streets. People travelling distances often require to use the lavatories but Aberdeen City Council continues its aversion to providing toilets under its watch.
So arriving AGAIN at the Park & Ride (this morning) I found the waiting room and toilets locked.
Today it was sunny. Those of us waiting for the bus waited outside. There is one slim bench in the fairly open bus shelter at the stop but when it's raining, sleet or snow the only cover is in the bike shed.
AND THERE ARE NO LAVATORIES IN THE BIKE SHED.
Every time I've used this Park & Ride over the past weeks the waiting room has been locked.
What do bus drivers do when they need to go to the lavatory?
Why is this facility not being run by First Bus? It couldn't be worse than CLOSED as if often is now.
For passengers they have to cross their legs until they get into town and then it's spot the public toilet.
Oh, and the price has just increased.
The Council encourages pubs, shops and restaurants to open their toilets because it has been closing down the council ones.
BUT TRY USING THE COUNCIL'S OWN FEW FACILITIES SUCH AS THE MUSIC HALL AND YOU ARE CONFRONTED BY NOTICES PROHIBITING USE OF THE TOILETS BY ANYONE OTHER THAN THOSE USING THE CAFÉ.
Aberdeen City Council – the people who couldn't care less.


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The lost art of writing an op-ed
Even in our 140-character world, the ability to write a 600-word op-ed piece to inform and convince remains of vital importance. (This piece does so in 430 words.)
By Mike Mullet
An op-ed, of course, expresses a point of view, an opinion, an argument. It also informs—it explains sometimes-complex topics to people who know nothing about the subject at hand. The best op-eds do so in about 600 words. If you can't make a coherent and sensible argument in that number of words, then you're not focused enough. (Editor's note: The term "op-ed" comes from its traditional placement in a newspaper—opposite the Editorial page.)
An effective op-ed always starts at what Aristotle termed the point of consubstantiality—a point where both sides agree (spoken arguments in public debate, the true meaning of "rhetoric," were the op-eds of Aristotle's day).
For example, any two people would probably agree that there is too much congestion on the roads in Atlanta. But one person thinks public transportation should be the solution, while the other believes added road capacity makes more sense. A good op-ed writer should be able to make either argument, and in a way that makes complete sense—so much sense that you may even change your mind. Changing opinions, after all, is the purpose of an op-ed.


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Russian studies in UK universities
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An account of offerings and trends in Russian Studies in the UK at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels, including a brief history of the field, details of selected modules within key programmes, and of the main centres for study of Russia and the former Soviet Union
Origins and development
Russian components in social science programmes
Undergraduate programmes in Russian studies
Postgraduate programmes in Russian studies
Russian Studies in the UK dates from the 19th century, when it was introduced first at Oxford (1869), then at Cambridge (1889). Since then, the relative health of the field has fluctuated in correspondence with the state of the United Kingdom's relations with Russia. Thus, the period between the 1917 Revolution and World War II was characterised by a contraction of the field in connection with Stalin's terror. After World War II, our war-time alliance with the Soviet Union, then growing awareness of the need for Russian speakers in the context of the Cold War, led to the establishment of new language training programmes at Oxford, Cambridge and the School of Slavonic and East European Studies (SSEES) in London. Russian and Soviet Studies themselves, however, remained at a low ebb until the Hayter Report (1961) recommended expansion and the setting up of new area studies centres at Birmingham and Swansea (to complement those already in existence at SSEES, Oxford and Glasgow).
Following Khrushchev's Thaw, Russian studies grew exponentially across the provincial universities and polytechnics. However, the 1970s saw the fading of détente, a tightening of financial constraints in universities generally, and a contraction of Russian Studies. It was only in the late 1980s and early 1990s, with the coming of glasnost and the collapse of the Soviet Union that the situation began to improve. The Wooding Report (1989) recommended expansion of Russian Studies provision to the level merited by the international importance of the region. The opening up of archives and other information channels and the removal of travel restrictions in the former USSR produced new opportunities for research in Russian area studies. Meanwhile, improving perceptions of the viability of post-Communist Russia as a world economy led in the early 1990s to a peak in applications to undergraduate degree programmes with a Russian component. However, the stalled reform programme under Yeltsin and the phasing out of Russian in schools produced a decline in undergraduate interest in the late 1990s which, with further contractions in funding at the national level, meant further departmental closures. It is only with the arrival of the Putin presidency and a fast improving Russian economy that the picture in Russian Studies appears to be stabilizing.
Despite the difficulties outlined, a small number of universities are well placed to put into effect the recommendations of the 1995 HEFCE Review of Former Soviet and East European Studies which notes "strong demand for an increasingly wide range of language training and cultural expertise, especially in the independent states of the former Soviet Union", and calls for this "to be reinforced with knowledge of the area" (HEFCE 1995, 36).
Despite the uncertain outlook for the immediate future, when looking at Russian Studies at the undergraduate level in UK universities it is vital to distinguish between programmes in which Russian is a named part of the degree, and programmes in the social sciences in which there is a Russian studies component. The situation as far as the latter is concerned is less critical than for the former and there are still large numbers of students engaged in such study. The prime example in this category is the London School of Economics whose International Relations department includes specialists in the former Soviet Union of international repute, but which in 2001 took the decision to axe its small undergraduate degree programme in Russian Studies. The University of Kent at Canterbury is another instance; the European Politics degree at Kent has a strong Russian component backed up by outstanding research expertise, but no Russian language offerings.
At the graduate level, there is excellent coverage of Russian and Post-Soviet politics within the framework of courses in International Politics and the like at a number of prestigious institutions which do not, nonetheless, require (or in some cases even provide) training in the Russian language. The University of Warwick's MA in International Relations, for example, offers a module in Transition Politics in Central and Eastern Europe (including Russia) taught by leading experts in the field.
In common with other language areas, however, a growing trend is for Russian area studies programmes to "farm out" language teaching to university language centres, thereby ensuring that the area studies curriculum is complemented by language teaching delivered by staff tutors, but without the need to maintain departments of Russian. Thus, at LSE, students on degrees such as International Relations can incorporate into their programme Russian language modules tailored to their requirements as social scientists, rather than rely on the teaching of language modules geared to traditional language-literature degrees.
Whilst in the past, the traditional language-literature departments have worked largely in isolation from the area studies departments, recent years have seen a convergence. Vulnerable Russian language-literature departments saw it as in their interests to ally themselves with their better protected colleagues in History, Politics, Economics etc., and the latter have much to gain from the linguistic and cultural expertise of the language-literature staff. This convergence was reflected in the unification of the two professional associations of each "wing" of the Russian Studies field in the late 1980s into a single British Association of Slavonic and East European Studies (BASEES).
The language-literature wing of Russian Studies has been on the wane for three decades now. As well as the general decline in applications to Modern Languages degrees in the UK, perceptions of Russia's diminished status on the world stage and financial constraints affecting the Higher Education sector, this has to do with the contraction of Russian in state secondary schools. For several years, university Russian departments have relied on recruiting students without prior knowledge of Russian and trained them on intensive ab initio programmes which, in turn, are seen as expensive by administrators. The number of universities offering Single Honours Russian language-literature degrees has declined year on year, and is now effectively restricted to a handful including Oxford, Cambridge and Durham. Russian is now normally offered in combination with another modern language, or with subjects from the Humanities or Social Sciences. The total number of UK universities offering degrees in which Russian constitutes one half or more of the programme has now fallen to under 20. It is no longer possible to take such a degree anywhere in Wales, or in Northern Ireland. The recent Nuffield Languages Enquiry expressed its deep regret over this trend, stating that "the declining national capacity in German and Russian is a matter of serious concern, given the strategic importance of these languages" (Nuffield 2000, 55).
Several university Russian departments have steered away from the Arts bent of the traditional languages programme and created degrees with a more vocational orientation by combining study of the Russian language with study of subjects such as European Politics and Institutions, Law, or International Business, or with modules in Translation and Interpreting. The Universities of Bath and Surrey have led the field in this respect. In Surrey's case, students are able to study Russian and Law or European Studies or Economics and International Business within a single unit offering integrated degrees including modules on the Russian Legal System, or the Russian Economy.
As Modern Languages departments across the country re-group around more popular subject areas such as Cultural, Film and Media Studies, (with many Russian specialists contributing to degrees in European Film, Contemporary Critical Theory etc.), Russian Studies has begun to reflect this trend and, particularly in the case of film in which Russia has a strong tradition, degree combinations including modules on Russian film have burgeoned. SSEES, Bath, Bristol, Surrey, Manchester and Cambridge have all taken initiatives in this direction. In 2000, Bristol, for example, established a Centre for Russian and East European Cultural Studies (CREECS) for the interdisciplinary study of Russian and East European Culture (cinema, performance, visual arts, music, media, architecture, etc.).
Similarly, at the postgraduate level, and in addition to the East European component in International Politics degrees, Russian specialists have informed the content of numerous postgraduate programmes in Literary Studies, and in Critical and Cultural Theory. Special mention should be made of the Bakhtin Centre, set up at the University of Sheffield, and now responsible for numerous research and PhD projects associated with the writings of the great Russian thinker, Mikhail Bakhtin.
Specialist postgraduate degrees in Russian Studies are concentrated mainly at the centres of Russian and East European Studies such as CREES, SSEES, the Glasgow Institute for East European Studies and Oxford (The Russian and East European Centre at St Anthony's College). As an illustration of the degrees on offer at such Centres, SSEES lists MAs in The Political Economy of Russia and Eastern Europe, Russian and East European Literature and Culture, Russian Studies, and the Social Dynamics of Eastern Europe and Russia, as well as more general MAs in Nationalism and Identity, History, Politics, and Security and Integration which contain a Russian element. Individual courses within these degrees cover areas as diverse as 'Pre-Petrine Russian Literature', 'Russian Cinema from the Beginnings to the Present Day', 'The Sociology of Transition in Eastern Europe' and 'Russian and East European International Economics'. The Russian and East European Centre at St Anthony's offers an M.Phil in Russian and East European Studies taught on an inderdisciplinary basis by scholars from across the Oxford academic community. The Institute for Central and East European Studies at Glasgow University has an M.Phil in Russian and East European Studies which includes courses on 'Civil Society and the State in Central and Eastern Europe', 'Communist and Post-Communist Politics', 'Cultural Politics and Social Change in Post-Soviet Russia', 'The History of International Communism', 'Marxist Political Economy', and 'The Russian State'. And at Birmingham's Centre for Russian and East European Studies it is possible to do an MSc in Russian and East European Studies in two modes, one of which includes language tuition for those without Russian.
Other universities offer postgraduate qualifications which draw on their own particular strengths within Russian Studies. Essex has an MA in Russian Politics requiring a reading knowledge of Russian. Strathclyde has run a one-year intensive Diploma in Russian for a number of years intended for graduates who wish to acquire a working knowledge of the Russian language. The Universities of Bath and Surrey will from 2003 offer an MA/Diploma in Russian Language and Society which combines intensive language training at both the ab initio and advanced levels with modules in contemporary 'Russian Politics and Society', and in 'Translation', and includes a 6-week placement at the prestigious Moscow Institute for International Relations. The University of Bristol's CREECS lists MA opportunities in Russian History, Russian Studies and Russian and East European Cultural Studies. Queen Mary and Westfield College, London has recently created a taught MA in Russian Twentieth Century Language and Culture. At St Andrews's Centre for Russian, Soviet and East Central and East European Studies, there is an M.Phil in Central and East European Studies which incorporates modules in Russian language, literature, politics and history. At other universities, such as Sheffield, Exeter and Nottingham, students can gain MAs in Russian literature and thought by dissertation.
Detailed information about Russian Studies can be gained from the British Association of Slavonic and East European Studies (BASEES). The Association of Teachers of Russian (ATR) provides news about resources in Russian Studies. A useful electronic mailing forum maintained by JISC Mail offers news and information about all aspects of the field Russian-Studies@Jiscmail.ac.uk
Higher Education Funding Council (1995) Review of Former Soviet and East European Studies. Bristol: HEFCE
Nuffield Foundation (2000) Nuffield Languages Enquiry. Languages: The Next Generation. London: The Nuffield Foundation
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http://www.basees.org.uk/
Centre for Russian and East European Studies (Birmingham)
http://www.crees.bham.ac.uk/
Institute of Central and East European Studies (Glasgow)
http://www.gla.ac.uk/icees/
Centre for Russian and East European Cultural Studies (Bristol)
http://www.bris.ac.uk/Depts/CREECS/
Bakhtin Centre (Sheffield)
http://www.shef.ac.uk/uni/academic/A-C/bakh/bakhtin.html
Russian and East European Centre (Oxford)
http://users.ox.ac.uk/~slavinfo/index.html
School of Slavonic and East European Studies (University College, London)
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Synesthesia, an audio-reactive live visual software by Gravity Current, Inc., officially launches BETA and SXSW festival involvement.
We created this tool to provide musical acts of all backgrounds and genres a stellar live visual backdrop to enhance their performance.
Synesthesia, the first live visual software designed for musicians, by musicians, officially launches BETA the week of SXSW Interactive. Synesthesia is designed to develop and display cutting-edge visuals that react to music in real-time.
"It is far-fetched to assume every musician will be a skilled visualist, so we created this tool to provide musical acts of all backgrounds and genres a stellar live visual backdrop to enhance their performance." says Theron Pray, CEO of Gravity Current, Inc.
With Synesthesia, musicians are free to improvise knowing that it will visually improvise right along with them, making every musical performance unique. Synesthesia transforms any live show into an audio-visual experience unbound by timelines or play buttons, and feeds its live visuals to a projector, or any screen, all on its own.
After receiving much positive feedback from its loyal BETA testers, Synesthesia has released a much-anticipated update that includes 5 dynamic new "Scenes", which is their term for each individual aesthetic that users may explore with their music. In addition, this latest version features an oft-asked-for "Setlist", an easy way to cycle through scenes on the fly, as well as a newly re-vamped GUI.
Synesthesia has also been handpicked to appear in SXSW's first ever "Music Startup Spotlight". Much like SXSW Interactive's "Startup Spotlight", this event showcases some of the most innovative new companies in the tech industry from all over the globe, but with a focus on the music industry. In addition to this honorable recognition, Synesthesia will have a booth at the SXSW Interactive Tradeshow on March 13th, the Music Gear Expo March 17th-19th, and has many appearances scheduled for a number of concerts during the festival.
For more information on Synesthesia, and to sign up for BETA, and the newsletter, visit http://www.synesthesia.live.
Gravity Current, Inc. is a music-tech startup founded in 2015 by college friends Theron Pray and Joe Brown. The two sprouted the idea for their first product, Synesthesia, after forming an experimental electronic band that performed with all homemade hi-tech instruments. They wanted to perform with visuals that reacted to their music and translated every drum hit, key press, or chord strike, into a beautiful, responsive visual symphony. After searching the market, they failed to discover a product that would work. With Theron's knowledge of physics, and Joe's background in computer science, they created and performed with the first ever version of Synesthesia.
They then realized that this was not a isolated problem, and that there were thousands of other musicians looking for a simple yet sophisticated tool for adding visuals to their performance - they needed something that boosted production value, fit their aesthetic, and was truly responsive to their music. Theron and Joe set out to solve this problem by committing to making Synesthesia a household name.


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Lionel Fischer  - (6 de setembro de 1949, Rio de Janeiro), é um ator, autor e diretor brasileiro. É também professor de Improvisação no Tablado desde 1996 e redator da Rede Globo.

Filmografia

Trabalhos na televisão

No teatro
 2007 - Safári terapêutico
 2006 - Federico Garcia Lorca: Pequeno Poema Infinito
 2005 - O Sequestro

Ligações externas

Roteiristas do Brasil
Atores do estado do Rio de Janeiro
Naturais da cidade do Rio de Janeiro
Atores de televisão do Brasil

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BERTHA® is an online training program for Alabama K-12 schools that functions as part of a school's overall School Violence Prevention Program. With the Behavioral Risk Threat Assessment (BERTHA®) process implemented, Alabama K-12 schools will be able to recognize, and more importantly, respond to early warning signs related to 'behaviors of concern' that won't yet fall into the classification of school violence.
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The University of Alabama's Crimson Lean Six Sigma programs allow organizations to vastly improve their financial positions by designing and monitoring everyday business activities in ways that minimize waste and resources while increasing customer satisfaction.


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Cook Medical is facing a number of lawsuits over its inferior vena cava (IVC) filters. The devices are implanted in the inferior vena cava, a major vein, to prevent blood clots from reaching the heart or lungs. These small cage-like filters are often used in patients who cannot take traditional blood thinners. Some IVC filters are permanent, while others are retrievable.
Plaintiffs in the litigation allege that their IVC filters caused injury. Some claim that their filters migrated from its original location. The suits also allege that the filters fractured, and that the broken pieces caused serious complications.
A federal multidistrict litigation (MDL) was established for IVC filter lawsuits against Cook Medical. Cases have been consolidated in the Southern District of Indiana. The first trials are expected to begin in early September.
The U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation establishes MDLs when there are many lawsuits with similar allegations. Consolidating lawsuits under one court before one judge makes proceedings more efficient. Bellwether cases are the first of these lawsuits to go to trial; the outcome can have a significant impact on the remaining litigation, as they are used to gauge how pending lawsuits will result.
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Summer is approaching my friends and we are so EXCITED!! The spring season in California is so bi-polar (as it usually is) so on those hot days, it gets us so pumped for the summer time 😉 We have a lot of awesome places to visit this summer and we can't wait to share them with you! But for now here is our newest adventure…ARIZONA!


First genetic test for Avellino corneal dystrophy launched in the U.S.
Avellino Lab USA announced the launch of its Avellino-GENE Detection System (AGDS) Test for Avellino corneal dystrophy (ACD) in the United States. The company is the first to create a genetic test for ACD, also known as granular corneal dystrophy type II.
The company is positioning the test as a benefit for LASIK patients, since carriers of ACD are at an extreme risk of experiencing eventual blindness should they undergo vision correction surgery, such as LASIK, LASEK or PRK.
"Since 2008, more than 330,000 individuals have been tested with the AGDS Test outside the U.S., as the standard of care in Korea and Japan, identifying 301 people as positive for the genetic mutation that causes ACD, protecting them from blindness," said Scott Korney, chief operating officer of the company. "By providing the AGDS Test to the ophthalmologist community here in the U.S., Avellino Lab USA is proud to help make eye correction surgery safer for the over 350,000 U.S. patients who undergo LASIK each year."
The noninvasive test involves a mouth swab from the patient's cheek. The sample is sent to Avellino Lab and within 24 to 48 hours, the results are provided to the ophthalmologist with 100 percent accuracy, according to the company.


Absolutely not! Why would we extend citizen rights to illegals? If a robber has become rich off of stealing from people, and later goes to college and graduates using that stolen money should he be awarded for his accomplishments or should he go to jail? It's the same thing.
These people came here illegally, broke our laws. Steal our jobs, money and take up living spaces. They should not be given anything more than a 1-way ticket back home.
Think of all the people that try and come here legally. Waiting and waiting, but they do it the right way. So we're going to prioritize and award the ones who illegally do it? That would do nothing more than make more of them want to come over here.
I heard about this on the news just this morning.
I heard it said that we should help these "students" if they have been in the US (illegally) for at least 5 years and have finished high school. Also, anyone brought to the US at age 16 or older does not qualify under the DREAMie act.
What part of NEVER do our leaders not understand? Criminals deserve no special treatment... EVER - NEVER.
The bill is a joke. They can be 35 and still qualify. Plus, they aren't even required to actually graduate from college. How many illegals will admit they entered this country after age 16, or crossed the desert last week? Given their propensity for document fraud, every illegal age 35 and under will produce "proof" they entered at age 6.
Nope. Only thing they deserve is a boot in pants back to where they came from, along with their parents.
I say when the terrorist illegals get into a large group and protest on our land we have our military and law enforcement right there to arrest every single one of them who cannot show proof of citizenship.
We need to deport them all and we need to end the anchor baby laws.
The best way to rid ourselves of these terrorist is to grab thousands of them at one time while they are breaking our laws protesting in our streets.
Operation grab and deport begins!
I don't understand the numerous logic statement mentioned on this form that "illegal immigrant children follow their parents" - so are you saying that all the criminal "parents" here in America who are legal citizens will lay "criminal" kids and we should all deport those kids too? This entire concept is WHACK, plus it completely goes against the entire basis of molecular biology in general.
It just amazes me how ignorant most of the people here can be. Why is it that people can't just, even for a moment, step outside of their own shoes and think about this from another perspective?
Tons of illegal immigrant children come here when they are two, three. Most of the parents have harmlessly come here, hoping for a new life after escaping war or some other national crisis from their respective countries. The Dream Act will only allow students who have behaved and not broken any of America's laws to be given a second chance, to live a new life as Americans. What is so wrong about that? I don't think you guys will be saying, "Oh let's deport everyone who's illegal" if YOUR parents came here illegally, would you?
And please don't bring the whole "Illegal immigrants are taking our money, resources, jobs" because that's just a load of crap. I see hundreds of LEGAL hobos and druggies everyone on the streets who don't work and contribute to the better of society. America is an independent type of society. If YOU don't bother to work hard for your dreams, then no one will do it for you. Aside from the fact that most of these illegal immigrants contribute SO MUCH more to America then you'll ever imagine. It's one of the dumbest decisions to deport all these talented mathematicians, scientists, doctors out of our country after we educated them to serve in other countries where most can't even SPEAK their cultural countries' language because they have been living in America since two or three years old.
DREAM ACT MUST PASS ON. It's the only way for economies to go up, for new jobs and fields to open up, for those who wish to serve the country join military and tax be paid.
They ALL need to be deported, including ALL the children of any illegal parents. If they want to come back I would think they could apply to come back legally without penalty if they were under the age of 5 or so when their parents brought them here, for the parents I would say a 20 or so year penalty before they would be able to apply to come here again, and no visitation visa during those wait times either. That way the children who had no say in wether they were brought here would be able to apply right away to return as long as they follow proper paperwork and rules, and wait the same as every other LAW ABIDING want to be immigrant does, file the paperwork, pay the fees and wait their turn, also no bringing over the whole family, cousins and aunts uncles and anyone else who cares to tag along. I also think that any property the parents have accumulated, real estate and such should be turned over to the government unless they can prove without a shadow of a doubt that they have been working and paying all due taxes for the time they have been in the country, and not been recieving WIC or any other social service programs, after all we do confiscate property of criminals all the time, why should they get to keep their ill gotten gains, with the proceeds from the sale of all this we would bolster up those services to be able to help the citizens and legal immigrants who need it now.
Wow. Just wow. Was that you posting a reply on here, or Obama? That's some pretty tasty kool-aid you got there.
You've got to be kidding. There is not good reason whatsoever to reward anyone for breaking our laws.


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Atazanavir/cobicistat is not a cure for HIV infection. To decrease your risk of spreading HIV disease to others, do all of the following: (1) continue to take all HIV medications exactly as prescribed by your doctor, (2) always use an effective barrier method (latex or polyurethane condoms/dental dams) during all sexual activity, and (3) do not share personal items (such as needles/syringes, toothbrushes, and razors) that may have contacted blood or other body fluids. Consult your doctor or pharmacist for more details.
Read the Patient Information Leaflet if available from your pharmacist before you start taking atazanavir/cobicistat and each time you get a refill. If you have any questions, ask your doctor or pharmacist.
Take this medication by mouth with food as directed by your doctor, usually once daily. Since this medication may cause kidney problems, drink plenty of fluids during treatment to lower your risk.
If you are taking antacids or buffered forms of drugs (such as didanosine solution, didanosine enteric-coated capsules), take this medication at least 2 hours before or 1 hour after these medications.
Nausea may occur. If this effect persists or worsens, tell your doctor or pharmacist promptly.
This medication can commonly cause a rash that is usually not serious. However, you may not be able to tell it apart from a rare rash that could be a sign of a severe reaction. Therefore, get medical help right away if you develop any rash.
Before taking atazanavir/cobicistat, tell your doctor or pharmacist if you are allergic to atazanavir; or to cobicistat; or if you have any other allergies. This product may contain inactive ingredients, which can cause allergic reactions or other problems. Talk to your pharmacist for more details.
This medication may increase the level of cholesterol and fats (triglycerides) in your blood. HIV infection can also cause this effect. This could increase your risk for heart problems such as a heart attack. Discuss the risks and benefits of treatment with your doctor and ways to lower your risk of heart disease. Tell your doctor if you have heart problems, if you smoke, or if you have other conditions that increase your risk of heart disease such as high blood pressure, diabetes, or high cholesterol/triglyceride levels.
This medication is not recommended for use during pregnancy. It may not work well in a pregnant woman. If you become pregnant or think you may be pregnant, tell your doctor right away. Your doctor may change your HIV medications.
Atazanavir passes into breast milk. It is unknown if cobicistat passes into breast milk. Because breast milk can transmit HIV, do not breast-feed.
This medication can slow down the removal of other medications from your body, which may affect how they work. Examples of affected drugs include certain alpha blockers (such as alfuzosin, silodosin), certain benzodiazepines (midazolam, triazolam), dronedarone, ergot alkaloids (such as dihydroergotamine, ergotamine), irinotecan, lurasidone, pimozide, ranolazine, rivaroxaban, salmeterol, certain drugs to treat erectile dysfunction-ED or pulmonary hypertension (avanafil, sildenafil), certain "statin" cholesterol drugs (lovastatin, simvastatin), among others.
Other medications can affect the removal of this medication from your body, which may affect how this medication works. Examples include certain HIV NNRTIs (such as efavirenz, etravirine, nevirapine), certain rifamycins (such as rifampin, rifapentine), certain drugs used to treat seizures (such as carbamazepine, phenobarbital, phenytoin, primidone), St. John's wort, among others.
Do not use this medication with other products that contain atazanavir or cobicistat.
Laboratory and/or medical tests (such as viral load, T-cell counts, liver/kidney function, cholesterol/triglyceride levels, blood sugar levels) should be performed before you start treatment, periodically to monitor your progress, or to check for side effects. Consult your doctor for more details.


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When I was a kid I spent a lot of time outside playing with my neighbors, but when I had to stay inside I had a few favorite TV shows that I liked to watch.
None of the following shows are grouped by any particular category nor are they based on other peoples opinions; they are just simply my own personal favorite shows that I use to watch.
This is a show about a man and his family and friends that live in the "Stone-age". At a first glimpse of the show you'll see that the Flintstones function as a community just like we do. Meaning, they drive cars, go out to restaurants, go to the theater, etc.
The only difference is everything is visualized around the "stone-age". The cars are made of rock and animal skins. There are dinosaurs that do work around the house, such as one that acts as a vacuum cleaner, another which acts as a trash disposal, an another for a shower, etc.
I really enjoyed this show because of the dinosaurs. It was fun watching the Flintstones work with them, and they even talked back! However, this was a show that I stopped watching as I got a little older. This is why it's only number 10 on my list.
Rugrats was a show about a group of toddlers and their everyday lives. The main character is Tommy Pickles and his friends, Chuckie, Phil and Lil, Angelica, and later on many more characters arise.
In this show the children are often unsupervised and run around getting into trouble. Angelica is slightly older than the rest of the kids and likes to be mean to them every chance she gets.
I enjoyed watching this show mainly because of Tommy and Chuckie. They were the best of friends and Tommy always looked after Chuckie (everyone else as well, Tommy was very brave). I looked up to them and their friendship, even though Chuckie was a coward more or less, he always backed Tommy up.
Like the Flintsones, though, I stopped watching this show after I got a little older, thus is at number 9.
This is a show about a man that is always trying to impress the ladies and trying to get them to fall in love with him, and he would fail.
Johnny was portrayed as a handsome man with big muscles, pretty face, and awesome hair. He would talk like Elvis Presley and was pretty full of himself.
I enjoyed this show for its humor. Johnny would always hit on the ladies and get rejected. In the end, Johnny Bravo was a good guy but just had bad luck.
Yes, I even enjoyed Powerpuff Girls. For those of you that don't know, the Power Puff Girls are about these 3 girls that were genetically created by Professor Utonium. He had initially intended to make the "perfect" little girl by mixing sugar, spice, and everything nice. However, he had accidentally mixed in "Chemical X", which in turn had given the three little girls super powers. They were able to fly and were extremely strong.
The girls were named Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup. Blossom was sort of the leader of the group, she was very brave. Bubbles was a bit more shy than the other girls and was at times, very naïve, but she was also very kind. Buttercup was the "Tom-boy" of the group. She was very brave, but also had a give-em-hell attitude.
The show was essentially a superhero type cartoon. The girls would often fight crime and defeat bad guys and save the world. I enjoyed this show because it finally showed that girls can be 'tough' too. Often times TV shows would reflect men being the superheros, but Powerpuff girls gave hope to girls that they too can be just as important and strong as boys.
Zoids isn't a well-known anime where I lived, at least, every time I mentioned it to friends they had never heard of it. The only person that has actually heard of it is my current boyfriend. I don't claim to know about every version of Zoids, I mostly only know about the one that aired on Cartoon Network many years ago.
The show was essentially about people who would battle with these huge mechanical combat units, otherwise known as Zoids. Zoids New Century Zero, which is technically season 3, is the one that I would watch. The main characters include Bit Cloud and his Zoid, Liger Zero.
I'm not entirely sure what made this show fun for me to watch. It was just an all-around great show.
Dexter's lab was a show about a boy genius who has a secret laboratory where he runs all of his experiments, and has to deal with his meddling sister, Dee Dee. No matter how hard he tries, Dexter just cannot keep Dee Dee out of his laboratory.
Dexter has an archrival named Mandark who always tries to steal Dexter's experiments. Mandarks inventions are always darker, and reflect his attempts for power. He is also in love with Dexter's sister, Dee Dee, who shows no interest in return.
I found the show funny and enjoyed watching Dee Dee terrorize Dexter's lab all the time.
This was a show about 3 friends with similar names that live in a small suburban cul-de-sac. The Ed's are always trying to come up with ways to earn money so that they can buy their favorite candy, Jawbreakers. Their attempts at making money often fail and cause issues for the boys that they must overcome.
Ed is the least intelligent of the three, but is not afraid to get his hands dirty and do the dirty work.
Edd, better known as "Double D", is the smartest one of the Ed's and is the one who normally figures out the best way to execute their plans in a technical way. He is also very much a clean freak and has a form of OCD.
Eddy is the self-appointed leader that thinks he's a big shot and tends to get angry often.
I watched this show for quite some time and found it funny to watch. All the characters had their own personalities and each one sort of had a story to be told. I found myself to be a lot like Edd, "Double D", because of his insecurities and how his OCD caused him to want everything to be in order.
As the title explains, the show is about a dog named courage. Despite his name, Courage is actually the opposite. The intro to the show pretty much explains courage and his life.
The intro is on a TV with a broadcaster that says: "We interrupt this program to bring you "Courage the Cowardly Dog" show. Starring Courage the cowardly dog! Abandoned as a pup, he was found by Muriel. Who lives in the middle of nowhere, with her husband, Eustace Bagge! But creepy stuff happens in nowhere! It's up to courage to save his new home!" Followed by Eustace turning off the TV yelling at Courage "Stupid dog, you made me look bad!" and scares courage with a mask.
I loved this show so much and could watch it all day long. I enjoyed it because, well for one it starred a dog and I love animals, but also because even though courage was scared all the time of everything that was happening… he would always do whatever it took to save his family. The show has a good message behind it; Courage never gave up on saving his family.
Although this isn't really a kid's show, I loved watching it, and still do actually. South Park is about a group of boys that live in South Park Colorado. Their names are Kyle, Stan, Cartman and Kenny.
Kyle is the smart kid and is often made fun of, mostly by Cartman, for being a Jew. Stan is the average fourth grader and is fairly popular with the rest of his class. Cartman is the mean, big-headed, obese kid of the group and always picks on people for their faults. Kenny is the poor kid that, at the start of the series, would die in almost every episode, only to return in the next with little explanation on how it happened.
The boys often have to deal with problems that arise in their towns and deal with it, even if the parents won't. I enjoy this show mostly for its humor. However, even though the show is mostly about comedy, there are some messages behind some of the episodes. This show is not for young audiences.
Dragonball Z was my favorite show as a child. I didn't end up watching Dragonball GT until I got older, but I would be sure to catch DBZ every time it came on TV when I was younger. I did watch "Dragonball" and although I enjoyed watching it, I just didn't like it as much as Dragonball Z. This is most likely because Gohan was my favorite character, at least up until he became an adult and kind of boring.
Essentially the show starts out as a boy named Goku who befriends a young girl named Bulma and they set out to find these seven Dragon Balls. These Dragon Balls, once gathered up together, call upon a dragon that will grant you a wish. Later on Goku starts training with a man named Master Roshi, in martial arts so that he can compete in the World Martial Arts tournament. During this time he met his best friend Krillin and many other people that would soon become his friends. As Goku gets older he is confronted by his brother that he had never met before, and is told that he is part of an almost extinct, extraterrestrial race called "Sayians".
There are many things about this show that made it my favorite while growing up, I can't name them all. The storyline itself is great, the characters are all full of personality, and each episode keeps you interested from start to finish.
Which of the above shows do you like the most?
Yeah, in fact I've been rewatching DBZ for the last couple weeks. lol I love that show so much.
With those two at the top you officially became my new best friend. No two cartoon better encapsulated by teenage years than South Park and DBZ. To this day Dragon Ball Z is the only cartoon I ever intentionally tried to record to watch later. They're also the only two animated shows where I remember exactly where I was when I first saw them. I still have posters up in my room for both. They're the reason I'm not afraid to watch cartoons until I'm dead.
It's funny how cartoons can usually give away your age range. Except for the Flintstones (which I think everyone has watched) I have only really watched Southpark (as a college student) and Courage with my children. Most of the others I have never watched. But Courage is hysterical. My kids were looking for it the other day - it looks like it's not on now.
I actually grew up loving the classics - The Flintstones, Looney Tunes, The Jetsons. I think maybe there was some Masters of the Universe and Thundercats that my brother watched thrown in there (just gave away my generation!) Well done - voted up!
My two favorites on this list are The Flintstones and Rugrats. I loved the family dynamic of Fred and Wilma and Pebbles, as well as their friendship with the Rubbles. He was almost a cartoon Ralph from the Honeymooners.
Rugrats, however, I could watch that now and be happy. That show is awesome. I wish more kids shows were like that- it was timely and timeless. Great hub!


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Japanese U20 Women Win Team Bronze at World Cross Country Championships
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Stanford Invitational Japanese Results
Stanford Invitational - Japanese Results Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, U.S.A., 3/29/19 complete results Women's 10000 m Invite 1. Emily Sisson (New Balance) - 30:49.57 2. Molly Huddle (Saucony) - 30:58.46 3. Allie Ostrander (Boise State Univ.) - 32:06.71 ----- 6. Ayumi Hagiwara (Toyota Jidoshokki) - 32:09.87 8. Mizuki Matsuda (Daihatsu) - 32:15.47 23. Misaki Hayashida (Toyota Jidoshokki) - 33:04.12 Men's 10000 m Invite 1. Conner Mantz (Brigham Young Univ.) - 28:18.18 2. Clayton Young (Brigham Young Univ.) - 28:18.50 3. Gilbert Kigen (Univ. of Alabama) - 28:20.28 ----- 10. Jun Nobuto (Mazda) - 28:35.55 11. Kiseki Shiozawa (Tokai Univ.) - 28:37.15 16. Junnosuke Matsuo (Tokai Univ.) - 29:07.79 Women's 5000 m Invite 1. Jessice Hull (Univ. of Oregon) - 15:34.93 2. Shuang Shuang Xiu (CAA) - 15:36.48 3. Carrie Dimoff (Bowerman TC) - 15:36.32 ----- 10. Yuna Wada (Meijo Univ.) - 15:47.04 Men's 5000 m Invite 1. Kyle Mau (Univ. of In
'Nock Eyes 2020 Camp in Fukuoka'
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Komatsu, Nakaya, Hironaka and Tanaka Lead Japan's Team for World XC
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Atlanta Olympian Michiko Shimizu to Lead New Tokyo Metro Women's Ekiden Team in 2020
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Fukuoka Winner Hattori Returns From New Zealand Training Camp: "Good Base Training"
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Head Coach Morozumi Praises Graduating Seniors Who Led Tokai University to First-Ever Hakone Win
Team captain Haruki Minatoya , Second Stage runner Shun Yuzawa and other 4th--years who helped lead Tokai University to its first-ever win at the Jan. 2-3 Hakone Ekiden graduated from Tokai at a ceremony at the university's Shonan Campus in Hiratsuka, Kanagawa on Mar. 25. "My greatest memory of these four years was, of course, winning the Hakone Ekiden this year," said Minatoya as Yuzawa smiled widely in agreement. Tokai beat four-time defending champion Aoyama Gakuin University by a margin of 3:41to take Japan's biggest win for the first time. The pair capped their four years pursuing Hakone dreams with the grandest of finales, but for both Minatoya and Yuzawa there were tough times along the way. "After I was named captain I couldn't run at all," said Minatoya. "It was really hard, and I was very sorry for what it meant for everyone else." At November's National University Ekiden Championships Minatoya started the Seventh Stage
Yoshitomi Survives Four Marathons in Four Weeks to Win Saga Sakura Marathon
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Toyo University Coach Sato Celebrates Retirement As Japan's #1 Scout
Around 200 athletes who had been recruited by Toyo University 's famed scout Hisashi Sato , 65, gathered at a hotel in Kawagoe, Saitama on Mar. 23 to celebrate Sato's retirement from his position as assistant coach at Toyo at the end of this month. Of the 30 men to have qualified for the Sept. 15 MGC Race 2020 Tokyo Olympics marathon trials, 4 are Toyo alumni, more than any other university. Hiroyuki Yamamoto (32, Konica Minolta), who qualified for the MGC race at the Mar. 10 Lake Biwa Marathon, and former marathon national record holder Yuta Shitara (27, Honda), were among the attendees. Since it first won the Hakone Ekiden in 2009 to this year's 3rd-place finish Toyo has shown extraordinary consistency, finishing in the top 3 at Hakone all 11 years. Sato worked alongside head coach Toshiyuki Sakai , 42, to help develop that kind of stability. Where he showed exceptional ability in his 25 years with the team was in scouting. Sato famously discovered future Hakone
Daiso, Discount Shop Chain With 85% Female Employees, Launches Women's Ekiden Team
At a press conference in Hiroshima on Mar. 20 national 100 yen shop chain Daiso Sangyo announced its sponsorship of the new Daiso women's ekiden team beginning Apr. 1 this year. The new team's inaugural head coach will be local Sera H.S. coaching legend Shinya Iwamoto , 53. The team's initial roster will include five 18-year-old athletes who graduated from high school this month, three of them from Sera including the team's star runner Koto Hiramura . Iwamoto was born in Higashi Hiroshima. As a senior at Sera H.S. he won the Fourth Stage at the National High School Ekiden, going on to attend Fukuoka University. After graduating he became a junior high school teacher before becoming head coach of the Sera boys in 2004. In 2006 Sera won the National High School Ekiden for the first time in 32 years. In 2010 Iwamoto became the Sera girls' head coach as well, and in 2015 the school became only the second in history to win both the boys' and girls' nati
Japan's Oldest-Ever Olympic Marathoner Suehiro Ishikawa Retires at 39
At a press conference in Sayama, Saitama on Mar. 20, 2016 Rio Olympics marathoner Suehiro Ishikawa , 39, announced that he will retire from competition at the end of the month. At the time of the Rio Olympics Ishikawa was 36 years and 11 months old, surpassing 1996 Atlanta Olympics marathoner Hiromi Taniguchi 's record of 36 years and 3 months to become Japan's oldest-ever Olympic marathoner. He finished 36th. "Since I started running high school it's been 24 years," said Ishikawa at the press conference. "I've been with Honda for 17 years, and I made it all the way to the top, the Olympics. I'm glad that I've kept going this long. I thank you all." Ishikawa ran the Mar. 10 Lake Biwa Mainichi Marathon but dropped out after only 10 km. It was to be the last race of his career. "It was the first time in my career that I'd ever DNFd, and I thought, 'OK, this is where it ends,'" said Ishikawa. Shortly after the race h
Beijing Olympian Kensuke Takezawa Becomes Head Coach of Osaka Keizai University
On Mar. 19 it was learned that 2008 Beijing Olympian Kensuke Takezawa , 32, has been named head coach of the Osaka Keizai University track and field team. Previous head coach Kunihiro Tsurutani had led Hotoku Gakuen H.S. to six National High School Ekiden titles before taking over at Osaka Keizai. He passed away last year. Takezawa was coached by Tsurutani at Hotoku Gakuen H.S. A native of Hyogo prefecture, Takezawa went on to Waseda University where he ran the Hakone Ekiden all four years. As a student athlete he ran the 10000 m at the 2007 Osaka World Championships. A year later he ran the 5000 m and 10000 m at the Beijing Olympics. He retired from competition in 2017. source article: https://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20190320-00050148-yom-spo translated by Brett Larner
'Kenyan Marathoner Set to Represent Seoul at Tokyo 2020' (updated)
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/sports/2019/03/663_265675.html Background on this story: South Korea Plans to Give Citizenship to Kenyan Athlete to Ensure Marathon Gold at Rio Olympic s - Mar. 19, 2015 Kenyan Marathon Runner Erupe to Enter South Korea Next Week to Begin Naturalization Procedures - Apr. 11, 2015 Special Session to Decide Tomorrow Whether Erupe Will Become South Korea's First Black Marathoner - Apr. 5, 2016 Kenyan Marathoner Erupe Gains South Korean Citizenship, But Not in Time for Tokyo Olympics - Aug. 5, 2018
Emi Ikeda Named First Female Head Coach of Ritsumeikan Uji High School Ekiden Team
Three-time National High School Ekiden champion Ritsumeikan Uji H.S. released an announcement on Mar. 19 revealing that alumna Emi Ikeda , 35, will take over as the team's head coach effective Apr. 1. Previous head coach Yoshinobu Ogino will remain on in an advisory position. Speaking enthusiastically at the announcement press conference, Ikeda told the media, "I want to learn from Ogino's wealth of knowhow concerning leadership and aim to be #1 in Japan." Last year marked 30 straight years of Ritsumeikan Uji H.S. making the National High School Ekiden. Ogino commented, "As I approached age 70 I started to think that I would regret it if I didn't help to develop the team's next leader. The color that has been wrought over a long history will run even deeper, and the Ritsumeikan Uji H.S. name will live on forever." Ikeda is a native of Kyotanabe, Kyoto. Her runner-up placing on the First Stage of the 2000 National High School Ekiden was key t
'Takeda Resigns from IOC and as JOC President Amid Bribery Allegations'
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60-Year-Old Hiromi Nakata Wins Tottori Marathon Overall Women's Race
The Tottori Marathon held its 12th running on March 10. In light rain and 11˚C temperatures 3717 people ran Tottori's one-way course that passes local historic sites such as the Tottori Sand Dunes and the Tottori Castle ruins. Running 3:12:44 for the overall women's win was 60-year-old Hiromi Nakata . "I was as surprised as anyone that I won," said Tanaka. "I had to stop at the toilets early on and lost some time, but I tried using the double inhale, double exhale breathing method that the actor Kankuro Nakamura uses on the Idaten TV show and got into a good rhythm. Thanks to that I could just keep going and going. I had no idea I was in 1st, and when they put up the finish tape as I was coming in I thought, 'No way!'"" Nakata is a resident of Hamamatsu, Shizuoka. In 2017 she ran the fastest time of the year in Japan by a 58-year-old, 3:05:02. In the mornings she does housework and works in her garden for an hour, fitting in 30 to
Weekend Overseas Race Results
Two weeks after running 2:32:30 at the Tokyo Marathon and a week after a 2:34:49 in Nagoya, Hiroko Yoshitomi (Memolead) ran Taiwan's Wan Jin Shi Marathon . Hoping to break the 2:34:53 course record, Yoshitomi led the lead pack of six women through most of the first half. But nearing the turnaround point she faded, leaving eventual winner Naomi Jepkosgei Maiyo (Kenya) to claim the win in a new course record time of 2:34:08. Runner-up Meseret Gola Sisay (Ethiopia) was also under the old course record, just, in 2:34:51. Yoshitomi fell off pace to take 6th in 2:48:45. The course record also fell in the men's race, with winner Matthew Kipsaat (Kenya) negative splitting a 2:11:17 for the win. Kipsaat was the only runner to go under the old course record of 2:13:05. Eriko Kushima (Noritz) was faster than Yoshitomi at the Seoul Marathon , running 2:40:55 for 10th. Kazuki Takeshita (SDF) ran 2:14:14 for 12th in the men's race, the best time by a Japanese man outside Japan s
Suzuki Wins National University Women's Half Marathon, Otsubo and Ando Take Niigata
Yuka Suzuki (Daito Bunka Univ.) won a close pack race to take the 2019 National University Women's Half Marathon title, outkicking Rika Kaseda (Meijo Univ.) by 2 seconds for the win in 1:11:27. With a relatively slow start the lead pack of nearly 20 gradually picked up its pace, splitting faster for every successive 5 km until only Suzuki, Kaseda, Yuka Tagawa (Matsuyama Univ.) and Yukina Ueda (Tsukuba Univ.)were left together at 20 km. With three spots at stake on the Japanese national team for this summer's World University Games one of them had to lose, and as Suzuki and Kaseda pulled away over the last km the third spot came down to another duel. Tagami proved to have the better finish, taking 3rd in 1:11:35 to Ueda's 1:11:38. Defending World University Games half marathon gold medalist Yuki Munehisa (Tokyo Nogyo Univ.) was a DNF, dropping out after 10 km as the pace increased. Run as part of the Matsue Ladies Half Marathon, the race also included corporate l
'Race Record Assault on Tap in New Taipei City'
https://www.iaaf.org/news/preview/previews-lisbon-gdynia-half-marathon-seoul-ne The New Taipei City Wan Jin Shi Marathon live stream starts at 6:00 a.m. local time Sunday. photo: Japan's Hiroko Yoshitomi (Memolead), center, at the Wan Jin Shi Marathon expo with locals. Photo c/o race organizers.
Meet Ken Nakayama
Chuo University fourth-year Ken Nakayama is running Sunday's United Airlines NYC Half Marathon , the eighth year that the New York Road Runners have invited top Japanese university men from November's Ageo City Half Marathon to run their half. You might have seen his training partner Kensuke Horio finish 5th in the Tokyo Marathon in his debut a couple of weeks ago. Nakayama is one of the very top graduating seniors in Japan this year, but his route to that level has been one of the most unconventional. Japanese distance running is highly systematically organized, with top high schools feeding into top universities where the best runners will run the Hakone Ekiden and get recruited to top corporate teams and then go on to become the country's top marathoners. Scouting at the university level is intense, and for the most part it's pretty clear early on in high school who the cream of the crop are going to be. Nakayama was nobody in high school. He played soccer
JAAF Introduces Rule Changes to Facilitate Doctors and Race Staff Stopping Athletes in Distress
At its executive board meeting on Mar. 14 the JAAF introduced new competition rules for domestic races that allow doctors and referees to stop athletes from continuing regardless of the athlete's own wishes. At last October's National Corporate Women's Ekiden Championships Qualifier there were complaints of inadequate handling of athletes who were in trouble after one athlete who sustained an injury was shown crawling on her hands and knees to hand off her team's tasuki and another became delirious and disoriented and began running the wrong direction and in circles. Medical staff and race officials will now have greater latitude to speak to and even touch athletes in order to confirm their physical condition. The aim of the rule change is to remove concerns about what constitutes "aid" to athletes and to better ensure the health and safety of the competitors. source article: https://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20190314-00000168-kyodonews-spo translat
The 2020 Olympic Trials Qualifiers and the New Olympic Standards
Sunday's Nagoya Women's Marathon and Lake Biwa Mainichi Marathon pretty much wrapped up qualification for the Sept. 15 MGC Race , Japan's new 2020 Olympic trials in the marathon. There's still a chance for people who haven't qualified yet to get in if they can clear the wildcard standards, 2:24:00 or a two-race 2:28:00 average for women and 2:08:30 or a 2:11:00 average for men, by the end of April. At least two men with good chances of making it, Kenta Murayama (Asahi Kasei) and Asuka Tanaka (Hiramatsu Byoin), are planning to race again in April to try to go that route, and there will probably be others. But realistically the numbers of qualifiers probably won't change too much from what they are now. As of the end of Sunday's races, 14 women and 30 men have qualified. On the women's side, the Tenmaya corporate team, the most successful at putting women on national teams in the marathon, has produced the most qualifiers with three, Honami Maeda
Fast Times in Tachikawa, National Records in Nagoya, Bounasr on Top at Lake Biwa - Weekend Road Racing Highlights
All three of Sunday's main road races saw quality times thanks to a combination of deep fields, good conditions and the promise of national team spots. First up at the National University Men's Half Marathon Championships in western Tokyo's Showa Kinen Park, Hakone Ekiden Fourth Stage course record breaker Akira Aizawa (Toyo Univ.) led the top three under 62 minutes in a skillfully controlled 1:01:45. With places on the team for this summer's Napoli World University Games team at stake Aizawa waited until near the end to take advantage of the final hills to break free of the pack. Runner-up Taisei Nakamura (Komazawa Univ.) and 3rd-placer Tatsuhiko Ito (Tokyo Kokusai Univ.) both cleared 62 minutes for the first time, Nakamura in 1:01:51 and Ito in 1:01:52, Ito's mark especially newsworthy from the still fresh new Tokyo Kokusai program. Teammates Hidekazu Hijikata and Yuhei Urano (Koku Gakuin Univ.) were both just over the 62-minute mark to round out the
Nagoya, Lake Biwa and Tachikawa - Weekend Preview
What do you know, it's another big weekend. The last chance for Japan's marathoners to go the easy route for qualifying for September's MGC Race 2020 Olympic marathon trials by placing among the top six Japanese finishers at the Nagoya Women's Marathon and Lake Biwa Mainichi Marathon . Traditionally they're a week apart with Nagoya marking the end of the season, but with the Tokyo Marathon moving the Lake Biwa's usual date the first Sunday in March due to the impending Imperial succession the JAAF has opted to stage Nagoya and Lake Biwa back-to-back the same day. In the morning comes Nagoya. The upper end of the domestic field took a hit with the expansion of Tokyo's women's field this year, but there's no shortage of talent from 2:24 on down. Only nine women have qualified for the MGC Race to date, but given the depth of the field it'll be a true shock if nobody hits the standards. #1-ranked Japanese woman Reia Iwade (Under Armour) alread
Hagiwara Overcoming History of Injuries on Road to Comeback
2014 Incheon Asian Games women's 10000 m bronze medalist Ayumi Hagiwara (Toyota Jidoshokki) has finally emerged from a long, dark tunnel. Running her first half marathon in five years this February she broke her PB by one second. "I feel as though I've managed to get the hands moving a little on a watch that had stopped," she said, measuring her words thoughtfully. Hagiwara graduated from Shizuoka's Tokoha Kikugawa H.S., joining the Uniqlo corporate team where she was coached by Hideo Suzuki who had previously led World Championships medalist Reiko Tosa to success in the marathon. With her Asian Games bronze and a run that helped the Japanese national team win the 2014 International Chiba Ekiden she quickly gained attention. But when injury struck she was forced to cancel her planned marathon debut, and things started to fall apart. She had a disastrous run in the 10000 m at the 2016 National Championships and failed to make the Rio Olympic team. When her
Sawai Pharmaceuticals Voluntarily Recalls Stomach Medicine Found to Contain Prohibited Substance
A Japanese pharmaceutical company has voluntarily withdrawn a stomach medicine after it was found to be contaminated with a prohibited substance. Sawai Pharmaceuticals has announced that it is voluntarily recalling its Ecabet Sodium Karyu 66.7% Sawai product, a medicine used to treat gastritis and stomach ulcers, after it was found to contain the ingredient acetazolamide, a drug prohibited under anti-doping regulations. On Mar. 1 the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare conclusively determined that a wrestler had tested positive as a direct result of using the Sawai product in question. Sawai Pharmaceuticals said that although there is no health danger in using the product, it is voluntarily withdrawing it because it is unclear at what stage the prohibited substance was included. The company said that it is highly likely the contamination was committed by another company to which it outsources some manufacturing and that it is investigating the situation. source article: https
Inoue Runs Second-Fastest Time Ever at Tamana Half in Tuneup for Boston
While many of the other main contenders for September's MGC Race, Japan's new 2020 Olympic trials marathon, were focused on trying to run super fast times at the Tokyo Marathon , 2018 Asian Games gold medalist Hiroto Inoue (MHPS) did his last major tuneup for next month's Boston Marathon at the 70th edition of Kumamoto's Kanaguri Hai Tamana Half Marathon . Throughout the race Inoue went head-to-head with 2018 winner Patrick Muendo Mwaka (Aisan Kogyo) before finally dropping him in the final kilometers. At 1:02:21 Mwaka was more than 30 seconds up on his winning time from last year, but Inoue surged away from him to win in 1:02:12, his best half marathon time in four years and the second-fastest winning time in Tamana's 70-year history. Only five people had ever broken 63 minutes at Tamana previously, but this year the top eight all did it, 8th-placer Shunsuke Kanbe (Komazawa Univ.) running a PB 1:02:56. Boston-bound Shizuoka Marathon winner Yuki Kawauchi (Saitama Pref. Gov't) w
Legese and Aga On Top, El Abbassi and Osako on the Sidelines at 2019 Tokyo Marathon
Headwinds in the last 6.5 km and cold rain throughout kept the really fast times from happening as scheduled, but the 2019 Tokyo Marathon still brought plenty of surprises. #1-ranked Birhanu Legese (Ethiopia) winning the men's race wasn't one of them. The lead pack blasted most of the first half sub-2:04 pace, only breaking up after rounding the 20 km turnaround. Early casualties included last year's 4th-place Gideon Kipketer (Kenya) and Asian record holder El Hassan El Abbassi (Bahrain), but just after the turnaround national record holder Suguru Osako (Nike Oregon Project) and 2018 Berlin Marathon 4th-placer Shogo Nakamura (Fujitsu) dropped back, Osako stopping shortly thereafter. The remaining six split into two trios. In the front group, defending champ Dickson Chumba (Kenya) fell back from Legese and Bedan Karoki (Kenya/DeNA) approaching 30 km before Legese took off after the final pacer said goodbye. On the way down to the 35.8 km turnaround Legese'
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