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Darren Criss Looks Beyond 'Glee': Forget the Career I've Had
By Stacy Lambe 8:05 AM PDT, May 6, 2015
Darren Criss is at a crossroads.
Following five years as Blaine Anderson -- Kurt's buttoned-up, slick
prep school boyfriend -- on Glee, the
28-year-old actor is ready to shed the persona that made him a breakout star as
he takes on the titular East German transgender rocker in the Broadway
production of Hedwig and the Angry Inch.
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"A lot of things have been hugely shifting in my life,"
Criss tells Out magazine in the new
Hot List issue.
"Forget the career that I've gotten to have in the past few
years," he says as he prepares to transform both physically and emotionally. "I
don't care who you are -- looking through your teenage years is crazy. I was
getting in touch with a part of myself that I hadn't really thought about in
It's his first major role -- which started performances on
April 29 -- following the FOX series. And one that will defy everything that made
his fans diehards in the first place.
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"It'll be interesting to let people know that this is
Hedwig," Criss says, almost as a warning about Hedwig's aggressive and abrasive
nature. "This is her room. This is her night. Don't f--k with her, because she
will f--k with you hard makeup's on, it's her show. I cannot be held
accountable for her actions. That's all I can say. She's in complete control."
While playing Hedwig will be a transformative role for the
actor, Criss admits that he's been attracted to the part since he was a
teenager. "It was candy," he tells Out,
appreciative of the character's less-than-mainstream vibe. "There was an
obvious attraction to the subversive and subcultural."
And Blaine was certainly not subversive.
Criss will portray
Hedwig on stage at New York's Belasco Theatre now until July 19. Check out more exclusive images at Out.com.
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Once we have repented, we know God wipes away the sin as if it never happened and accepting that forgiveness is part of the process. The atonement is at the heart of Mormonism.


There is a difference between a need and want.
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IEA prescribes wholesale power for India
A solar panel promoted in Bangalore's slums by Pollinate Energy, a social enterprise in Australia and India (ARÊTE/Rob Goodier)
By CARY O'REILLY
India raised living standards for 1.4 billion citizens by expanding access to electricity and cleaner energy sources but must do more to achieve energy security and long-term growth, the International Energy Agency said on Friday.
In a new study, Paris-based IEA said about half of India's population — 700 million people — gained access to electricity between 2000 and 2018. India's government also made big progress in reducing the use of traditional biomass in cooking, the chief cause of indoor air pollution that particularly affects women and children, by encouraging use of liquefied petroleum gas and solar photovoltaics, or PV.
Increased access to affordable energy raised the living standards of all segments of the population, and India now has the institutional framework to attract more investment for energy needs. The government will allow private-sector investment in coal mining, and it is opening up its oil and gas retail markets.
"The creation of functioning energy markets will ensure economic efficiency in the management of the coal, gas and power sectors, which is critical to achieving energy security and supporting the country's economic growth," IEA said in its report. "This will be increasingly important in the future, as energy demand and investment needs increase in line with India's economic expansion."
Reform of India's electricity sector will need to be comprehensive to achieve these goals, IEA said. A country-wide wholesale market is needed as a backbone for the national grid, and India must take steps to ensure the financial health of its power sector, which is dealing with surplus capacity, lower use of coal and natural gas plants, and increasing shares of variable renewable energy, according to the report.
India's government is working to improve the power sector's financial viability. Faced with the challenge of some "stressed assets" in coal and gas-fired generation, it has been taking measures to enhance the availability of finance and economic efficiency of coal and gas supply for power generation, IEA said.
Received Dr @IEABirol Exec. Director, International Energy Agency this afternoon. Had forward looking discussions on India's role in IEA. Thank him for his insights on global energy situation.@narendramodi @AmitShah @DrSJaishankar @PMOIndia @MEAIndia @IEA pic.twitter.com/LisQkGttew
— V. Muraleedharan (@MOS_MEA) January 9, 2020
Price signals and regulations
Electricity security in India has improved through creation of a single national power system and major investments in thermal and renewable capacity, IEA said. The power system is experiencing a major shift to higher shares of variable renewable energy, which raises the importance of system integration and flexibility. India's government has supported greater interconnections across the country and now requires the existing coal fleet to operate more flexibly. It also is promoting affordable battery storage.
"International experience suggests that a diverse mix of flexibility investments is needed for the successful system integration of wind and solar PV," IEA said in the report. "This flexibility is available not only from the coal fleet — it can also come from natural gas capacity, variable renewables themselves, energy storage, demand-side response and power grids."
IEA said many of these solutions are not fully used in India. "To fully activate a diverse set of flexibility options," the 30-nation organization reported, "it is critical for the government to put in place electricity market reforms that enable the appropriate price signals and create a robust regulatory framework."
India is the world's third‑largest consumer of oil, the fourth‑largest oil refiner, and a net exporter of refined products. The rate of growth of India's oil consumption is expected to surpass that of China in the mid-2020s, making India an attractive market for refinery investment, IEA said.
To maintain India's position as a refining hub, the government is pursuing a very ambitious long-term roadmap to expand its refining capacity in line with the country's projected demand growth through 2040. As proven oil reserves are limited compared with domestic needs, India's import dependency — above 80 percent in 2018 — will increase significantly in the coming decades, according to the report.
To improve oil security, the government has prioritized reducing oil imports, increasing domestic upstream activities, diversifying its sources of supply and increasing Indian investments in overseas oil fields in the Middle East and Africa.
India's strategic petroleum reserve supplements the commercial storage available at refineries. Strategic reserve capacity of 40 million barrels can cover just over 10 days of net imports. However, the same volume may cover only four days of net imports in 2040.
"It is important that the government pursue the second phase of its strategic stockholding policy, which would add an additional 50 million barrels, and also prepares subsequent phases," IEA said in the report.
Decarbonizing the economy
The government aims to increase the share of natural gas in the country's energy mix to 15 percent by 2030, up from 6 percent today. This will allow India to improve the environmental sustainability and flexibility of its energy system, according to IEA. Increasing domestic gas production is a government priority, as output has fallen short of forecasts in recent years. India has five operating terminals for liquefied natural gas. Projects under construction could add 11 more over the next seven years.
The role of gas has grown in India's residential and transport sectors but fallen in power generation, where imported natural gas remains squeezed by cheap renewables and coal. The government is committed to further liberalizing the country's natural gas market.
"Strengthening regulatory supervision of upstream, midstream and downstream activities should be part of the market reforms, as it is likely to bring greater efficiency and drive up demand for gas and investment in gas transport infrastructure," IEA said. "A liquid and well-functioning domestic gas market would be a strong pillar for India's security of gas supply."
India has made important progress towards meeting the United Nations' 17 anti-poverty Sustainable Development Goals for 2030, IEA said. Both the energy and emission intensities of India's gross domestic product have decreased by more than 20 percent over the past decade. This represents commendable progress even as total energy-related carbon dioxide emissions continue to rise. India's per capita emissions today are 1.6 metric tons of CO2, well below the global average of 4.4 metric tons, while its share of global total CO2 emissions is some 6.4 percent.
The country's contribution under the 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change sets targets to reduce the emissions intensity of its economy and increase the share of non-fossil fuels in its power generation capacity, while also creating an additional carbon sink by increasing forest and tree cover. Although the emissions intensity of India's GDP has decreased in line with targeted levels, progress towards a low-carbon electricity supply remains challenging, IEA said.
India has taken significant steps to improve energy efficiency which have avoided an additional 15 percent of annual energy demand and 300 million metric tons of CO2 emissions from 2000-2018, according to IEA analysis. The major programs target industry and business, relying on large-scale public procurement of efficient products such as LEDs and use of tradable energy efficiency certificates.
"Based on current policies, India's energy demand could double by 2040, with electricity demand potentially tripling as a result of increased appliance ownership and cooling needs," IEA said. "Without significant improvements in energy efficiency, India will need to add massive amounts of power generation capacity to meet demand from the 1 billion air-conditioning units the country is expected to have by 2050."
Decarbonization of energy sector is picking up momentum in India. We are moving towards becoming a gas-based economy, a fact highlighted in the @IEA report. Given our development imperatives our thrust is on building oil & gas infrastructure to ensure energy abundance for all. pic.twitter.com/Wek4L504qL
— Dharmendra Pradhan (@dpradhanbjp) January 10, 2020
More renewables needed
By raising the level of its energy efficiency ambitions, India could save $190 billion per year in energy imports by 2040 and avoid electricity generation of 875 terawatt hours per year, almost half of India's current annual power generation, IEA reported.
IEA analysis shows in 2018, India's investment in solar PV was greater than in all fossil fuel sources of electricity generation together. Large-scale auctions contributed to swift renewable energy development at rapidly decreasing prices. By December 2019, India deployed a total of 84 gigawatts of grid-connected renewable electricity capacity. By comparison, India's total generating capacity reached 366 GW in 2019.
India is making progress towards its target of 175 GW of renewables by 2022, IEA said. In September 2019, India's prime minister, Narendra Modi, announced India's electricity mix would eventually include 450 GW of renewable energy capacity. Progress towards these targets will mean unlocking the flexibility needed for effective system integration. This can potentially be achieved by improving the design of renewables auctions, with clear trajectories and criteria to reflect quality, location and system value, along with measures to foster grid expansion and demand-side response across India.
India is particularly vulnerable to climate change impacts and is exposed to growing water stress, storms, floods and other extreme weather events, IEA said.
"Adaptation and resilience of the energy system to these extreme climate conditions should be a high political priority," the international organization reported. "Furthermore, the energy sector is a large water user. As India's energy demand continues to grow, the government should ensure that energy planning takes into account the water–energy nexus, as well as future space cooling needs."
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Currently Funded Cancer Research
Breast Cancer Research Highlights
The American Cancer Society helps people with breast cancer in every community.
We're working tirelessly to find new drugs and treatments as well as new ways to use existing treatments. Our research program has played a role in many of the prevention, screening, and treatment advances that save lives from breast cancer today. And, we continue to fund research to help save even more lives in the future.
Research and Training Grants in Breast Cancer
The American Cancer Society funds scientists and medical professionals who study cancer. We also fund health professional training grants for nurses, social workers, and doctors to help advance their education and experience in cancer research.
Total Breast Cancer Grants in Effect as of August 1, 2019
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Spotlight on Breast Cancer Grantees
We use a rigorous and independent peer review process to select the most innovative research
and training projects to fund. Here are some examples of scientists who have grants from the American Cancer Society.
Studying the PTK6 Gene as a Potential Target for Treating Triple-Negative Breast Cancer
Grantee: Hanna Irie, MD, PhD
Institution: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City, New York
Area of Focus: Leukemia, Immunology, and Blood Cell Development
Term: 7/1/2018 to 6/30/2022
"We're studying genes that fuel triple-negative breast cancer, which may help lead to the development of new drugs to combine with standard treatments. Our goal is lifelong remission."
The Challenge: Triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) can be very aggressive and can quickly spread to other parts of the body. Unlike other types of breast cancer, TNBC has limited medical treatments. Chemotherapy is effective for many patients with TNBC, but there are others who don't benefit from chemotherapy. Researchers need to identify new treatment strategies for TNBC, including finding new molecular targets that will allow for the development of new drugs.
The Research: With support from an American Cancer Society grant, Hanna Irie, MD, PhD, and her team discovered that high levels of the PTK6 gene in women with TNBC may predict that they won't respond well to treatment. To learn about how PTK6 affects the spread of cancer and its resistance to chemotherapy, Irie's research team is studying how this gene controls cell growth and how it interacts with the immune system.
The Goal and Long-Term Possibilities: By providing insights about how PTK6 promotes the spread (metastasis) of TNBC, Irie's work may lead to the development of new targeted drugs to block the PTK6 gene, with the goal of limiting the spread of TNBC.
Helping More Women Survive Metastatic Breast Cancer (MBC)
Grantee: Swarnali Acharyya, PhD
Institution: Columbia University's Institute for Cancer Genetics in New York City
Area of Focus: Cell Structure and Metastasis
Term: 1/1/2017 to 12/31/2020
"We're studying what makes breast cancer spread to vital organs because
that's the cause of about 90% of deaths from cancer. Our research should pave the way
for the development of new treatments that may stop metastasis and possibly even
improve cure rates."
The Challenge: About 3 out of 10 women with metastatic breast cancer (MBC) that has spread to other areas in the body (such as the bones) survive at least 5 years. There is an urgent need to understand and effectively stop metastases to prolong survival.
The Research: Immunotherapy change how the cells of the immune system work. Some of these drugs kill cancer cells by boosting the ability of a certain type of immune cell called T-cells. These drugs are very successful with some types of cancer, but they have had more limited effects against MBC.
Swarnali Acharyya, PhD, is using the funding from her American Cancer Society grant to study a different type of immune cell—B cells. Her team has identified a type of B cell (called CXCR2+) that fuels the cancer cells, allowing them to spread.
The Goal and Long-Term Possibilities: Acharyya expects to learn more about how the immune system controls breast cancer metastasis. Her team's results may pave the way for a new type of immunotherapy drug that targets B cells to help control the spread of breast cancer and help more patients live longer.
Researchers Use New 3-D Methods to Study Breast Cells from Women with a BRCA1 Genetic Mutation
Grantee: Jennifer Rosenbluth, MD, PhD
Institution: Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts
Type of Research: Cancer Drug Discovery
"I have been fascinated by methods that allow us to grow breast tissue in a dish in the lab.
This allows us to grow and study cells in the breast that may be on the road to cancer. If we
can understand the earliest changes in the breast that precede cancer, we can learn to
prevent cancer from ever developing."
The Challenge: Women who inherit mutations of the BRCA1 gene have a high risk of developing breast cancer as well as ovarian cancer. Those cancers may develop when a woman is young, and they tend to be aggressive. Those cancers may develop at any age, but if they occur when a woman is younger, they tend to be more aggressive. The current strategies to prevent and screen for breast cancers in women at higher risk include:
Starting yearly mammograms at a younger age than women at average risk
Other tests or procedures, which could include taking medicines to lower the risk, adding screening tests with a breast MRI, and having more frequent check-ups (such as every 6 to 12 months) with a doctor
Preventative (prophylactic) surgical removal of the breasts
One theory researchers have is that these cancers might develop from abnormal precancerous cells (called precursor cells or progenitor cells) in the breasts of women with inherited BRCA1 mutations. But there hasn't been a way to study these cells outside of a woman's body.
The Research: With an American Cancer Society grant, Jennifer Rosenbluth, MD, PhD, and her team are using a 3-dimensional method of growing breast tissue in a lab, where it can be studied. When grown under specific conditions, the cells spontaneously form structures like the duct structures of a human breast, where most types of breast cancer form.
Rosenbluth's team is studying the growth of abnormal precancerous cells in hopes of finding ways they can be destroyed before they become cancer cells or tumors.
The Goal and Long-term Possibilities: By understanding the earliest changes in these cells, Rosenbluth may be able to identify targets for new drugs that can possibly be used to prevent breast cancer in women with a BRCA1 mutation. They also hope their model of cancer prevention "in a dish" can be used to study other types of cancer.
Understanding Why Breast Cancer Survivors Can't Take a Protective Drug
Grantee: Yehui Zhu, MSN
Institution: University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing
Area of Focus: Oncology Nursing
"We're working to explain why some postmenopausal women with breast cancer have joint or muscle pain during their treatment with aromatase inhibitors and some do not."
The Challenge: After treatment for breast cancer, some postmenopausal women take a type of drug called aromatase inhibitors (AI) each day for 5 or more years to help keep the cancer from coming back. These prescription drugs, which lower estrogen levels produced in fat tissue, include anastrozole (Arimidex), exemestane (Aromasin), and letrozle (Femara).
About 50% of women who take an AI develop side effects like joint pain, muscle pain, and muscle stiffness. There's no clear understanding about why this occurs. But these symptoms affect a woman's ability to function and her quality of life, and may lead her to stop taking the drug too soon.
The Research: Yehui Zhu, MSN, and her team published an article based on their research that defined 5 main symptoms related to taking an AI:
Joint/muscle pain
Low interest in sex
Joint/muscle stiffness
The Goal and Long-term Possibilities: Based on Zhu's results, she and her team advise that nurses should assess women taking an AI for these 5 symptoms. The nurse should evaluate frequency of symptoms, intensity, and distress in terms of the effect on quality of life or ability to do the tasks she wants to.
Using Barcodes on DNA to Improve Treatment for Triple-Negative Breast Cancer
Grantee: Gloria Echeverria, PhD
Institution: University of Texas M.D. Anderson Center in Houston
Area of Focus: Tumor Biology and Genomics
"By studying biopsies from triple-negative breast cancers, I learned that glitches in how cancer cells generate energy may allow some breast cancers to resist chemotherapy. My goal is to turn the tables on these cancer cells by using a drug to target those glitches."
The Challenge: For many women, with triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC), their first treatment is chemotherapy, followed by surgery. Nearly 50% of these women have cancer cells that resist the effects of chemotherapy. Cancers that aren't killed by chemotherapy are called chemoresistant. When a woman doesn't respond well to chemotherapy used as a first treatment, she has a much higher risk of the breast cancer coming back and dying from it.
The Research: With support of a grant from the American Cancer Society, Gloria Echeverria, PhD, recently published findings about chemoresistance in TNBC. She implanted untreated, human TNBC cells into mammary glands of mice.
Then she used a state-of-the-art technique called DNA barcoding to mark each cell with a unique tag, so she could track how the TNBC cells responded to the typical chemotherapies used for treatment. She also tracked how many unique types of tumor cells were able to survive chemotherapy.
The team also tested a combination treatment using usual chemotherapy followed by a treatment called IACS-10759, previously developed at MDAnderson. This work in mice suggests the combination treatment likely killed more cancer cells and its effects lasted longer than either IACS-10759 alone or chemotherapy alone.
Through their work, the researchers learned that chemoresistance seems to be temporary. The way TNBC cells "protect themselves" from chemotherapy isn't a permanent change in their structure. They found that when chemotherapy was halted for a "drug holiday," some of the tumors that initially survived chemotherapy were more vulnerable to chemotherapy when it was restarted.
The Goal and Long-term Possibilities: The team's findings suggest that combination treatments, like the ones they are testing, may help treat TNBC. Ultimately, they hope their work can support the discovery of new targeted therapies.
Studying Quality of Care for Medicaid Patients with Breast or Colorectal Cancer
Grantee: Jennifer Tsui, PhD, MPH
Institution: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Area of Focus: Cancer Control and Prevention: Health Policy and Health Service
"Overall, low-income and racial/ethnic minority patients, particularly those with Medicaid coverage, have worse cancer outcomes. Evidence shows that they are more likely to be diagnosed late, less likely to get and complete treatment, and less likely to survive than higher income or non-minority patients. Our goal is to improve those outcomes."
The Challenge: Research shows that US patients who are insured by Medicaid, have low incomes, or who are part of a minority group often get low-quality cancer care and are more likely to die from certain cancers than patients with private insurance or Medicare. One reason may be a delay in starting cancer treatment because of the time it takes for patients to move from primary care to specialty cancer care. But researchers don't often study specific factors linked with health care transitions.
The Research: With support from an American Cancer Society grant, Jennifer Tsui, PhD, MPH, is studying the underlying processes, such as referral practices, communication between primary care and specialists, and management of other chronic conditions, that may affect how a patient moves between healthcare providers or settings. She's specifically studying Medicaid patients who were recently diagnosed with breast or colorectal cancer.
She plans to develop strategies to improve transitions from primary care to specialty care, focusing especially on patients with multiple chronic conditions and challenging social circumstances. She'll also study whether changes brought about by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) help providers and health systems adopt best practices and improve cancer care.
The Goal and Long-term Possibilities: Tsui's goal is to recommend specific changes that would improve transitions in care within the Medicaid system. The team expects their findings to be shared with Medicaid officials and other stakeholders.
Time-Lapse Movies of Cells Show How They "Decide" Whether to Keep Growing
Grantee: Sabrina Spencer, PhD
Institution: University of Colorado in Boulder
Area of Focus: Cell Cycle and Growth Control
Grant Term: 7/1/2018 to 6/30/2022
"The cells in our body have a life cycle, and can grow and divide at different rates. After each round of the cell division cycle, every cell makes a critical "decision." Should it grow by dividing? Or should it not divide? We're using new technology to reveal ways to control the divide-not-divide 'decision' in cancer cells."
The Challenge: Normal cells in our body grow and divide in an orderly way. They die when they are worn out or damaged, and they divide so new cells can be made to take their place. Cancer happens when there is a change in a cell or cells that causes them to grow out of control. When this happens, they keep growing and making new cells really quickly. The cancer cells crowd out normal cells.
The Research: With a grant from the American Cancer Society, Sabrina Spencer, PhD, and her team are developing a high-tech tracking and recording system to see how nutrients, chemicals that cause growth, and cell damage or stress might influence the cell to divide or not divide. Spencer's team is tagging proteins to track them and using a microscope to make time-lapse movies of cells. This allows the researchers to study what is happening to these cells.
The Goal and Long-term Possibilities: Spencer's research may lead to a better understanding of when and how cells "choose" to divide, which may reveal new ways to stop cancer cells from growing.
From Our Researchers
The American Cancer Society employs a staff of full-time researchers who relentlessly pursue the answers that help us understand how to prevent, detect, and treat cancer, including breast cancer.
Study Finds Up to Half of Patients with Breast or Colon Cancer Didn't Get Help for Pain, Fatigue, or Emotional Distress
Grantee: Tenbroeck Smith, MA
Institution: American Cancer Society
Area of Focus: Behavioral Research
A study lead by ACS Senior Principal Scientist Tenbroeck Smith, MA, found that up to half the people being treated for breast or colon cancer at community cancer centers weren't getting the help they needed for pain, fatigue, and emotional distress. Here are some of their key findings.
Many people who asked for help didn't get it. About 8 out of 10 people with breast or colon cancer said they talked to a doctor about pain or fatigue and about 6 out of 10 said they talked about emotional distress. But only about 60% of the people who reported having pain, 40% of those who reported having fatigue, and 45% of them who reported having distress said they got the help they needed to deal with their symptoms.
The more time that passed since a patient was treated, the less likely they were to report good care for symptoms. People who were still being treated for cancer, or who recently finished treatment said they had better care for their symptoms.
Cancer Facts & Figures
Our Surveillance and Health Services Research program analyzes data on breast cancer each year as part of its Cancer Facts & Figures report and every 2 years in its Breast Cancer Facts & Figures report.
These publications provide detailed analyses and estimates of cancer incidence and mortality trends in the United States. They also have the latest information on risk factors, early detection, treatment, and current research.
Key breast cancer estimates in the US include:
About 268,600 women will be diagnosed with invasive breast cancer in 2019.
About 41,760 women will die from the disease in 2019.
Breast cancer is not only a women's disease. In 2019, 2,670 men will be diagnosed with breast cancer, and 500 men will die from it.
Death rates from breast cancer in the US have dropped 40% between 1989 and 2016. This translates to an estimated 348,800 breast cancer deaths averted during those 26 years. This decrease is attributed to increased awareness and improvements in screening, early detection, and treatment.
Additional data about breast cancer is available at the Cancer Statistics Center website.
Studying Breast Cancer Causes and Prevention
Our Epidemiology Research Program conducts large, nationwide studies to advance our understanding about why cancer occurs, long-term survivorship, policies and guidelines, and prevention programs like these:
Cancer Prevention Study II (CPS-II). The team began this study in 1982 to study the link between lifestyle and cancer. They continually analyze its data. Here are some of their findings:
Postmenopausal women who walk at least 7 hours a week may help lower their risk of developing breast cancer by 14%.
Postmenopausal women who lose 10 or more pounds and keep it off for at least 5 years might reduce their risk for breast cancer.
Women who gained more than 70 after age 18 had double the risk of breast cancer after menopause compared to women who maintained their weight within 5 pounds of their weight at age 18.
Women who smoke may be at an increased risk for developing breast cancer.
Cancer Prevention Study-3 (CPS-3). The focus of this study is to learn more about cancer risks and to better understand how to prevent cancer, including breast cancer. Learn more about our Cancer Prevention Studies.
ACS Breast Cancer Research News
Study Finds Losing Weight After 50 May Lower Breast Cancer Risk
Women who lose weight after age 50 and keep it off have a lower risk of breast cancer than women whose weight stays the same, according to a study from researchers at the American Cancer Society, the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and others.
Research to Help Women Prevent Breast Cancer or Live Their Best Life With It
These 3 scientists are contributing to research that may help families affected by breast cancer in the future. They're studying the most effective language to include in dense breast notifications after mammography, what makes a cancer cell that's been dormant—not growing—suddenly reactivate, and the effectiveness of a program to help Latina breast cancer survivors overcome barriers to exercising regularly.
Report: Breast Cancer Death Rates Down 40% Since 1989
A new American Cancer Society report finds that death rates from breast cancer in the United States dropped 40% between 1989 and 2017. This translates to 375,900 deaths avoided during those 28 years.
Not All Black Women in the United States Have the Same Level of Risk for Triple-Negative Breast Cancer
We've known for a while that triple-negative breast cancer is more common in black women in the United States, compared to other groups. The news is the prevalence varies significantly depending on where these women were born. American Cancer Society (ACS) researchers found that among black women, those born in the US and Western Africa were diagnosed more often with triple-negative breast cancer than women born in East Africa. The authors published their findings in Cancer, an ACS peer-reviewed journal.
Facts & Figures 2019: US Cancer Death Rate has Dropped 27% in 25 Years
The death rate from cancer in the US has declined steadily over the past 25 years, according to annual statistics reporting from the American Cancer Society.
Breast Cancer Research Videos
Watch our videos to learn more about our breast cancer research.
Breast Cancer Facts & Figures 2013-2014 Key Findings
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ACS Grantee Studies Breast & Ovarian Cancer Prevention
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A self-described taskmaster, Mary-Margaret officially became president of the Junior League of Little Rock June 1 but has been planning for the role since October 2011, when she first learned of her appointment. The 600-plus days between have given her the opportunity to think about where she needs to lead the organization and what the roadmap to that destination looks like.
These are all words new Junior League of Little Rock President Mary-Margaret Marks uses to describe how it feels to lead arguably the city's most extraordinary group of female volunteers and community advocates.
A self-described taskmaster, Mary-Margaret officially became president June 1 but has been planning for the role since October 2011, when she first learned of her appointment. The 600-plus days between have given her the opportunity to think about where she needs to lead the organization and what the roadmap to that destination looks like.
Mary-Margaret's dedication to community service can be traced back to childhood, when from a young age she watched her mother and her father serve the city. Her brother has been a lifetime Easter Seals client, so much of the family's service revolved around that nonprofit.
"I have a vivid memory of working the phones with my family at the annual telethon for Easter Seals, and I remember family outings every holiday to retirement homes across town; my dad is a piano player, and my brother and I are not the best singers, but we had heart," she jokes.
A graduate of Mount St. Mary Academy, Mary-Margaret and her husband Matthew first met at a YTeens dance in seventh grade. The two crossed paths a second time as sophomores in high school and dated until graduation. Both attended college in Virginia — she at the University of Virginia, he at Washington & Lee University — but went their separate ways to have their own college experiences. They "met" a third time at a mutual high school friend's wedding two years after college and have been together since.
They have two children, 4-year-old William and 2-year-old Charlie, and Mary-Margaret says she's "managing the wild and wonderful at home and the wild and wonderful of the JLLR," which traces its roots back 91 years and currently has 1,237 members.
The women of the JLLR don't sit still and wait on change to come to them, either. They are proactive doers, "women in motion," says Mary-Margaret, who chose the phrase to define this year of service. She first saw it on a billboard while traveling and decided it fit perfectly with where the JLLR has been and where it's going.
Reduce by one percent the number of students in Pulaski County with a BMI classification of overweight or obese (from 37.51 percent to 36.51 percent of all students) by 2018.
Improve the percentage of Pulaski County third graders reading "proficiently" by five percent (from 69 percent or above to 74 percent or above) by 2018.
Secure the organization's financial future through the growth of investments, endowments and sustainable fund development by 2022.
Establish the JLLR as the premier source of female leadership development in Little Rock by 2023.
"Our goal for 2013-2014 is to put these goals into play," says Mary-Margaret, who plans to execute them through training, JLLR community outreach and advocacy efforts and old and new fundraisers. The JLLR is supplementing existing community projects, like the well-known Boosters and Big Rigs, Nightingales, KOTA Camp, Stuff the Bus and Girls Realizing Opportunity Within (GROW) with a few more designed specifically to help them reach their strategic goals.
The organization has recently partnered with Reading Is Fundamental, First Book and Macy's to give each of its Stuff the Bus recipients three age-appropriate books to keep for the next school year. This is just the first of many steps the JLLR will take to increase literacy among Pulaski County students.
To help reduce students' BMI, the JLLR plans to incorporate the nationally recognized Cooking Matters curriculum into their existing mentoring program with middle school girls. "Our plan is to have the 50-60 GROW girls participate in a cooking matters-style class during the morning and then continue the elements of self-esteem programming we have created in the afternoon," Mary-Margaret says.
One of the most exciting new projects is the Nonprofit Board Institute, which will be a four-to-six-week program that will train the community and the league how to be effective nonprofit board members. Participants will learn from local subject matter experts, and upon successful completion of the course, may be paired with nonprofit organizations to serve as a board intern.
At the end of her term, Mary-Margaret hopes to have record-breaking fundraisers in the books; she hopes for continued recognition of JLLR programs by the City of Little Rock; she hopes that each JLLR member will have increased pride for what the organization does for the community; and most importantly, she wants to see increased numbers of women and children touched and transformed by the work that the JLLR has done for the past 91 years will continue to do for the next century.


SanSe 2018 – San Juan's Biggest Party!
In our tropical paradise where holiday decorations are still up and roasted pig is eaten by the pounds, we are gearing up for the biggest party of the year! The annual 'SanSe' festival (Fiestas de la Calle San Sebastián) will take place January 17 – 21 in Old San Juan. Think Mardi Gras meets Carnaval with live music, local arts and crafts, parades and of course an endless supply of delicious food and drinks!
We highly recommend you check it out and here are some Spoon tips to ensure you have a smashing and stress-free time.
1. Go early in the day! The festival gets extremely crowded. If you don't like feeling like a sardine in a can, don't even think about going at night. Plus, you can better enjoy the arts, crafts and cultural activities.
2. Don't even think about driving in and opt for public transport from Sagrado Corazón in Santurce. Taxis and UBER will be operating but there's a good chance you'll be sitting in traffic. If you're in the Condado or Santurce area and don't mind walking, do it! (Taxis will be available at the Convention Center in Miramar for $5pp).
3. Forget those white sneakers and new outfit. Have we mentioned it gets crowded, very crowded? You don't want drinks spilled on your favorite shirt or shoes. Wear something comfortable and light that you don't mind getting dirty.
4. Don't forget to hydrate! Cocktails and beers are a-plenty, make sure to drink water after every alcoholic drink to safely enjoy your time.


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Theme Park Insider - January 2021
Universal Launches New Super Nintendo World Site
January 6, 2021, 2:39 PM · Universal Studios Japan has launched a new website for its Super Nintendo World land, which is now in a soft opening at the Osaka theme park.
Here is the link to the English language version of the site, which details the rides, food, merchandise, and interactive opportunities in Super Nintendo World. The land opens officially on February 4 and is anchored by the Mario Kart: Koopa's Challenge — an augmented reality interactive dark ride that's the closest thing to a real-life Mario Kart game.
The new site is its latest online effort as Universal introduces its most ambitious project since The Wizarding World of Harry Potter. Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto walked through the land for Nintendo's YouTube channel last month and we offered you a video "first look" at the land, too.
For most fans outside Japan, these online looks will be the only way to experience the Super Nintendo World for the moment, as almost no one can get into the country now. But Super Nintendo World is on its way to the United States... eventually. Construction continues on the Lower Lot of Universal Studios Hollywood for the first American installation of the land, which also is slated to go (somewhere) in Universal Orlando, as well as to Universal Studios Singapore.
For more on the Osaka park, please visit our guide to Universal Studios Japan.
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University College London launches nanotechnology masters degree
London, UK. University College London (UCL) is introducing a full and part-time nanotechnology master of science (MSc) course from September 2006 in response to mounting industry demand for highly skilled graduates.
Nanotechnology is rapidly establishing itself as a key technology discipline across a range of industries, ranging from microelectronics to healthcare. UCL's MSc in Nanotechnology is designed for graduates who wish to enter this new and dynamic area of technology, either as industrial researchers, technical managers or academic researchers.
The course is taught by expert researchers from UCL's highly respected Department of Electrical Engineering. Students will also benefit from the state-of-the-art research facilities belonging to the London Centre for Nanotechnology, which offers eight levels of laboratory space and a complete range of nanocharacterisation facilities. The Centre has been designed to act as a focus for current interdisciplinary nanoscale materials, and is essential in ensuring that the UK remains internationally competitive in biotechnology.
Nanotechnology has huge potential in areas as diverse as healthcare, IT and energy storage," says Professor Ian Boyd, first Chair of Electronic Materials in UCL's Department Electronic Engineering. "Governments and businesses across the world have started to invest substantially in the development of nanotechnology and the demand for accomplished, capable workers in this space is rapidly escalating.
"The training and experiences shared on this course will lay the foundation for a new generation of nanotechnology experts to advance this field and uncover new potential uses for a discipline we have only just begun to explore. We are giving the UK the opportunity to lead the way in what is emerging to be a critical cornerstone of modern science and industry."


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President 'Zero F*cks Left' Obama Launches Epic Twitter Rant To Haters (TWEETS)
By Kerry-Anne on September 16, 2015 8:13 am ·
In further signs that President Obama has zero f*cks left to give as we approach 2016, he has launched a Twitter rant to haters who simply will not accept the impressive economic record of his presidency.
First, he reminded people of why the economy plunged into crisis in the first place.
He followed with a reminder of the enormous challenges sitting in his inbox on Day 1.
And for those Trump-style opponents who might struggle to read 140 consecutive characters, the president posted a pretty picture.
The President moved on to point to the resurgence of the U.S. auto industry, which has become profitable again during his tenure — an incredible victory.
Not only has there been improvements in job numbers and industry, but the government has also taken on the health crisis.
And all while reducing the deficit.
Finally, Obama signed off with a tweet that is about as close to 'How you like them apples?' as a president is likely to get.
The President's rallying call comes as the September 30 budget deadline approaches to fund the government's fiscal plans for the next year. After the embarrassment of the previous shut down, would Republicans be foolish enough to play a bad hand twice? GOP presidential hopeful Ted Cruz has launched his plan to hold the government, federal employees, and all those dependent on their services, for ransom in efforts to defund Planned Parenthood, and the government is already preparing for potential shutdown.
But even some Republicans are beginning to doubt the logic of this play. Sen. Dan Coats (R-Ind.) told Politico:
"I don't want to use a failed tactic for political purposes knowing that it's not going to succeed. It will certainly get Sen. Cruz a lot of attention, which is obviously something that anybody running for president would want to get."
Whatever the GOP do, they cannot deny the facts. The U.S. economy and jobs market are healthier today than when Barack Obama entered the White House, and so are the 18 million Americans who have health insurance for the first time. Any efforts to stall this progress now look like the GOP would rather crash the U.S. economy than have a Democrat responsible for growing it — and the American public won't stand for that.
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Author: Kerry-AnneKerry-anne Mendoza is an independent journalist. She is well know for investigative reports on politics, economics and social policy and is author of Amazon best-seller "Austerity: The Demolition of the Welfare State and the Rise of the Zombie Economy". She has been traveling to and reporting from the Middle East for 13 years, most recently reporting from Gaza during Operation Protective Edge, and making the film 'Palestine: What Hope Peace?' After a career as a management consultant holding senior positions in Banking, Health and Local Government - she gave it all up to live in a tent at Occupy London and has been writing ever since. She is based in the UK.


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Queen Emma may refer to:

 Emma of Italy (–after 987), queen of West Francia
 Emma of Normandy (–1052), queen of England, Denmark and Norway
 Queen Emma (Hawaii) (1836–1885), queen of Hawaii
 Emma Forsayth (1850–1913), businesswoman known as "Queen Emma of New Guinea"
 Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont (1858–1934), queen of the Netherlands

Ships
 HMS Queen Emma, a Royal Navy troop ship, formerly MS Koningin Emma
 Queen Emma Bridge, across St. Anna Bay in Curaçao

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Murpheys Bluff is a mountain in South West Tasmania.  It lies on the North West end of the Frankland Range jutting out toward the East from the range toward the impoundment Lake Pedder.  It is directly East of The Citadel and North West of Cleft Peak.  It towers above Bluff Tarn to the North West.

See also
 Lake Pedder
 Strathgordon, Tasmania
 South West Wilderness, Tasmania

References
 Solitary 4224, Edition 1 2001, Tasmania 1:25000 Series, Tasmap

Mountains of Tasmania
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Redd Foxx Net Worth of -3.5 Million Dollars
Redd Foxx was an American actor and comedian that received a net worth of 3.5 million. Redd Foxx came into this world in St. Louis, Missouri in December 1922. He was famous for starring in the tv series Son and Sanford and for the explicit comedy albums of his. He gained popularity as a raunchy nightclub action in the 1950s and 1960s. Foxx was named the "King of the Party Records" and came out on more than fifty records throughout the career of his. He was named the 24th best stand up comedian by Comedy Central Presents: hundred Greatest Stand ups of All Time in 2004. Foxx starred as Fred G. Sanford in the tv series Son and Sanford from 1972 to 1977 & in the television series Sanford through 1980 to 1981. Throughout 1986 he starred as Al Hughes in the tv series The Red Foxx Show. Throughout 1991 Foxx starred as Alfonso Royal in the television series The Royal Family. He also starred in the motion pictures All of the Fine Young Cannibals, Cotton Comes to Harlem, Norman…Is That You?, and Harlem Nights. A Golden Globe Award for was won by him Best TV Actor - Musical/Comedy for Son and Sanford and was nominated for 3 others. Foxx additionally won 2 Image Awards and was nominated for 3 Primetime Emmy Awards. At the moment of the death of his he owed more than 3.5 million in fees. Redd Foxx passed away from a heart attack on October eleven, 1991 in the age of sixty eight.
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Net Worth: -$3.5 Million
Date of Birth: Dec 9, 1922 - Oct 11, 1991
Profession: Comedian, Actor, Screenwriter
Nationality: United States of America
Birth Sign: Sagittarius
Zodiac Animal: Dog (Yang Wood)
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Cloud-native companies and traditional, large enterprises have the same goals for growth and agility. Red Hat is perfectly placed to help them meet this challenge.
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High School Musical, Backwell School Theatre, Bristol. 8th – 11th December 2015.
The Wizard of Neverland, Backwell School Theatre, Bristol. 13th – 15th July 2015.
The Edelweiss Pirates, Backwell School Theatre, Bristol and Bristol Old Vic. February – March 2015.
Grease, Backwell School Theatre, Bristol. 9th – 12th December 2014.
Les Miserables, Backwell School Theatre, Bristol. 3rd – 7th February 2014.
Our House, Backwell School Theatre, Bristol. 10th – 12th December 2013.
The Jungle Book , Backwell School Theatre, Bristol. 18th – 20th December 2012.
Cabaret, Backwell School Theatre, Bristol. February 2012.
Beauty and the Beast, Backwell School Theatre, Bristol. December 2011.
Past productions by Backwell School Productions.


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We can better protect people riding bikes by fitting our heavy vehicles with new safety technologies.
Heavy vehicles pose a huge crash risk to people who ride, particularly due to the number of driver blind spots. Our efforts to reduce these risks have so far been insufficient.
Australia's freight sector is growing, which means we are likely to see more trucks on our roads into the future. At the same time, our capital cities are developing strategies and policies to increase the number of people riding bikes.
The risks of death and serious injury to people riding bikes as a result of heavy vehicle collisions may rise if we don't act. So far, little has been done.
On average, 23 per cent of bike rider fatalities each year involve a heavy vehicle, a statistic that has not changed for 20 years.
Mitigation measures such as side under-run protection rails, blind-spot detection via mirrors, sensors, audible left-turn warning systems and training are not mandated across all heavy vehicle industries.
Following the tragic death of a Arzu Baglar in Melbourne in March 2017, the Federal Government failed to bring Australia's regulations for heavy vehicles into the modern age.
While many trucking companies are taking their own measures to reduce risks and improve fields of vision, the Federal Government has the authority to ensure more compulsory measures.
TURNING BLIND
Many collisions between heavy vehicles and people riding bikes are caused due to blind spots. Vehicle blind spots and carelessness are a deadly combination. Here's some ways that you, as a bike rider, stay out of harm's way.
The introduction of mandatory safe systems on heavy vehicles across Australia to protect our most vulnerable road users.
The solution is simple: mandate technologies that assist our nation's truck drivers in making safer traffic decisions.
In 2015, Bicycle Network made a submission to the Inquiry into Aspects of Road Safety in Australia calling for the Federal Government to:
actively pursue technologies to improve the safety of heavy vehicles on our roads.
implement Electronic Work Diaries to ensure compliance with fatigue laws
actively pursue Phase II of the National Heavy Braking Strategy with a view to adopt a new Australian Design Rule by 2017.
Bicycle Network continues to advocate for the protection of people riding bikes by placing pressure on state and federal governments to mandate safety technologies for heavy vehicles.
WHAT FEATURES MAKE A TRUCK SAFER?
There are a number of internationally recognised safety features for heavy vehicles.
Click a link below to find out more…
Devices for indirect vision
This refers to any devices for observing the traffic area adjacent to the vehicle which cannot be observed directly. Put more simply, this means any mirrors other than the conventional 'rear-view' mirror.
The devices of most relevance to people riding bikes are 'Class IV' and 'Class V' mirrors, which allow the driver to view areas immediately adjacent to the vehicle. These mirrors must be fitted in Australian freight vehicles.
Read more: UN Regulation No. 46 | ADR 14/03
Blind spot information systems
Blind Spot Information Systems (BLIS) provide drivers with information about vehicles (including bikes) in the truck's blind spots.
In most cases, the systems are radar sensors fixed to the side and rear of the vehicle, which act like electronic 'eyes' that alert the driver of potential risks.
Read more: UN Regulation No. 151 | ADR 105/00
Lane departure warning systems
Lane departure warning systems will alert the driver when their vehicle is drifting out of a designated road lane. The alert may be an audible signal, a vibrating steering wheel or seat, or in some cases the vehicle may even take control and correct itself.
Read more: UN Regulation No. 130 | ADR 99/00
Side underrun protection
Side underrun protection (also referred to as a 'lateral protection device') are rails fitted to the sides of heavy vehicles that prevent vulnerable road users being pulled under the wheels in the event of a collision.
The aim of these safety features is to fill the space between the trailer and the ground, causing a person to be pushed away from the vehicle rather when a collision occurs.
Read more: UN Regulation No. 73 | ADR 106/00 | Australian Trucking Assoc
Left turn audible warning devices
Audible warning devices, such as car horns, are mandatory for all Australian vehicles. Left turn audible warnings devices, in particular, can alert vulnerable road users of a vehicle's intended manouvre.
These devices, therefore, work hand-in-hand with blind spot information systems by mitigating blind spot risks.
Australian Design Rules: the standards for making trucks
All new road vehicles must satisfy national vehicle standards, known as 'Australian Design Rules' (ADR), before they enter the Australian market.
These ADRs, developed in conjunction with international vehicle regulations, set out the mandatory requirements for safety, environmental performance and theft protection.
The Australian Design Rules Development Program is managed by the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications (DITRDC), and aims to amend and develop existing ADRs and introduce new ADRs where necessary. The program is critical for mandating safer freight vehicles.
Bicycle Network actively participates in the ADR Development Program in support of ADRs that will better protect people riding bikes.
View our latest ADR submission
Truck safety boost on offer
The Federal Government is considering introducing European truck safety standards to Australia, a move that will significantly lessen risk for bike riders on the road.
A new safety standard for heavy vehicles needed
Bicycle Network has renewed calls for mandatory safety measures that protect vulnerable road users to be included as part of Australia's Heavy Vehicle National Law.
Safer garbage trucks in Melbourne City
Bustling central Melbourne will be safer for bike riders and pedestrians following the introduction of modern, low-cabin waste collection trucks.
Swapping seats for a shared understanding
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New Federal plan for safer roads
The commonwealth government has released a new road safety action plan for the next two years, but we will have to wait to see how...
Get the truck out of the way
There are growing safety concerns associated with trucks illegally parking in bike lanes throughout Melbourne. Send us your photos to help us tackle the issue.
Construction trucks fenced in by GPS
The Melbourne Metro Tunnel project is using innovative GPS technology to keep construction vehicles on approved roads and away from bike riders.
Truck vision standards launch in London
The City of London is introducing world-leading regulations to chase out trucks with poor vision that cause many of the tragic crashes with bikes and...
Collective action makes a difference. Help us put pressure on the Federal Government to influence change and reduce the risk for vulnerable road users around heavy vehicles. The lives of people who ride are at stake.
Write to the Minister
Write to the Federal Transport Minister, The Hon. Michael McCormack MP asking to improve national heavy vehicle standards.
Help make our voice even stronger so that we can influence real change in our communities and make it safer to ride.
Share this campaign and show your public support for improved heavy vehicle safety standards across Australia.


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Q: Nonsingular transformation commuting with approximately measure preserving transformation It is well known that if $T$ is a nonsingular transformation of a standard probability space $(X,\mu)$ and there exists an ergodic measure preserving transformation $S$ of $(X,\mu)$ such that $T$ commutes with $S$, then $T$ is measure preserving.
I would like to know of there is an approximate version of this fact. More explicitly, let $T$ be a nonsingular transformation of $(X,\mu)$ and suppose that for some small $\epsilon$ there exists an ergodic nonsingular tranformation $S$ which commutes with $T$ and such that there is a set $A \subseteq X$ with $\mu(A) > 1-\epsilon$ and $\frac{\mathrm{d}S \mu}{\mathrm{d}\mu}(x) = 1$ for all $x \in A$. Does this imply that $T$ is close to being measure preserving in some sense, for example do we have that the quantity $||\frac{\mathrm{d}T \mu}{\mathrm{d}\mu} - 1||_1$ or the quantity $- \int_X \log \frac{\mathrm{d}T \mu}{\mathrm{d}\mu}(x) \hspace{2 pt} \mathrm{d}\mu(x)$ is small?

A: No. I don't think there can be any result of that type. Let $X=\{0,1\}^{\mathbb N}$ and let $S$ be the dyadic odometer (I like to write elements of $X$ so they are infinite on the left; in this case, the map $S$ is just add 1 with carry to the left -- the way it should be!). Equip $X$ with the measure that is the product measure of $(\frac 12,\frac 12)$ on each coordinate except the $N$th; and $(\epsilon,1-\epsilon)$ on the $N$th coordinate. Let $T$ be $S^{2^N}$. Then $S$ is measure preserving everywhere except on a set of measure $2^{-N}$: the cylinder set $[111111111]$, while $T$ is very far from measure-preserving everywhere.

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Discussion in 'Leica and Rangefinders' started by Uhooru, Oct 19, 2018.
Early start for me this Friday. Welcome. Time to show your favorite pic of the week. Looking forward to seeing some more great photos! I'll start with one from Crescent City, CA which is in the very Northern part of the state. Lets see yours!
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Don't ask me why they have a toddler on the edge of a 50 foot cliff?
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Last night, towards the end of our photography class, we talked about Ansel Adam's "Moonriose, Hernandez". When I left the class (at about 9:40pm), I saw this scene. Taken with my M10, Summilux 50mm lens, 1/250th second at f1.4. Converted to B&W in Lightroom.
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Neat color in that one.
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Uhooru. Is there any grace or merit in valorising alcohol?. I will take the demurrer on your shot. Billbllackwellphotography you continue to deliver unbelievably crisp and contrasty shots. And a good shot michael_levy. But remember Ansels shot was subject to profound manipulation. Still on hols. Keep safe all. And looking 4ward to more images.
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Leica T with Russian knock off lens.
Luck of the game with these lenses....this one a winner.
A little superstar....and without the usual awful flare.
Arthur said "Uhooru. Is there any grace or merit in valorising alcohol?"
Well, going by all the poems and songs about the benefits of drink, "valorizing" drink is a cultural past time. However there could be a different interpretation to this photo that maybe you haven't considered, such as a depiction of the beautiful, sad, ugliness of this liquor store and a statement about a certain no-frills, honest banality in such places that I find interesting and a tale of somewhat marginalized people who spend their money on booze, smokes and lottery tickets.
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M4, 35mm Nikkor f2.5, Portra 160, Unicolor C-41, Steamboat Springs, CO, USA.
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Bertliang: Where was the barn photo above taken? Nice!
It's in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, off one of the less traveled roads.
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So, my contributions. Following a 'holiday' in Tasmania - wet, cold, windy, but exhilarating. The first two are fisher folk, trying to snare a catch at St Helens (gateway to the Bay of Fires), badly focussed - eyesight fails in the declining years. The third is an oyster shucker (food for love) on Bruny Island. The fourth is a woman we had dinner with at Cradle Mountain - she told us of rearing an orphan wombat and the pain of separating from it - when she rarely visits, it is in a wildlife refuge, unable to be re-integrated to nature, it still recognises her, grunts in the way wombats do, and cuddles up still. The final is a glass laden photographer, also out in the morning to capture life. All with M6, 75mm voigtlander lens, FP4, Ilfosol, and scanned. Arthur (apiarist1). And Uhooru - point taken - mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa.
Great looking cast of characters Arthur, and nicely done, focus aside on the first one. Funny, I just watched a video , about thru hiking the Overland Track in Tasmania. Looks beautiful!


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I could not believe it, they stole our swing. The swing was not your average porch swing. This was a patio swing with a frame and canopy, all wood including the seating. It could seat three, well three slim young ones. A bit of a luxury item for us folks, an indulgence, but my wife adored this swing, I must say that I found it very relaxing too.
Whenever my wife was out back I would find her sat in our swing gently swaying back and forwards, sometimes just sitting, sometimes reading, sometimes dozing on a balmy day.
We just do not understand how they managed to steal it without anyone seeing or hearing a thing. The four pillars were set into the patio, they hacked through them close to the patio deck. That must have taken time and noise whatever they used to do the job. There must have been at least four of them to pick it up and carry it to their what? Large pick up or van? Nobody saw? Nobody knew what was going on?
It was a Tuesday daytime so many of our neighbors were out, those who were at home did not know anything about it until we told them and asked if they had seen anything. Nobody did.
Not the end of the world, it was only garden furniture after all. I sooner they take that than burglarize the house, I could not stand that.
What would our swing be worth to the thieves? With the posts sawed short it is going to be difficult to set in the ground, the seat will be too low.
Now that spring is almost here we will get a replacement. It'll be the best part of $600 and we'll have to find somebody to install it for us.
I know for sure that I'm going to be continually worrying that the replacement swing will stolen too. That would be worrying about lightening striking twice but how could we prevent that. A swing and canopy set into the patio should be un-stealable, but it wasn't.
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I'm sorry to hear about your swing. It's surprising how a burglary can enlighten just how much sentimental attachment we can develop to what we previously thought were just things.
The property around a home can be a difficult area to protect. Frankly, you cannot effectively use alarm system devices to protect the environment outside your home (there will always be false and nuisance alarms). But if your property is fenced, nothing beats two large dogs in the yard for protection. Very few burglars will risk confronting two large dogs and they fill your heart with joy every time you come home. A single dog will get lonely and may bark bothering the neighbors. Pairs of dogs are both more a effective deterrent and keep each other company, making them both happier.
Mar 19, 2011 Nothing is un stealable.
Thank you for sharing your burglary story with us. I'm sorry to read of the loss of your swing. Just goes to show that nothing is un stealable even if it is set into the patio.
The thieves struck on a weekday daytime, they know that many folks will be at work, school or wherever, that's why they were able to get away with your property unseen.
Garden furniture of all kinds gets stolen, the best way to protect it is to anchor it down, you did that but the thieves got it anyway.
Motion detectors triggering an alarm and or security cameras may be advisable. They would give protection even just as a visual deterrent. Warning signs and stickers would be good too.


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Palestinian prisoner dies in Israeli custody after being denied cancer treatment
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A Palestinian being held prisoner by Israel has died in hospital after being denied proper treatment for cancer over several months. Maysara Abu-Hamdiyya, 65, died on Tuesday morning in an Israeli hospital after suffering from throat cancer. Until he was moved to a proper hospital last week, Mr Abu-Hamdiyya was only "treated" with painkillers and water, it is alleged.
The Palestinian Minister of Prisoners' Affairs, Isa Qaraqe, announced Abu-Hamdiyya's death, saying that he died after being in a coma for several days.
According to Waed Association for Prisoners and Former Prisoners' Affairs, the deceased was admitted to the clinic of Al-Ramla Prison where he lost the ability to speak on February 27; at that stage, a large growth appeared on his neck. Although the Israeli Prison Service refused at first to treat his cancer, officials changed their mind when other prisoners threatened to take protest action. Only then was Abu-Hamdiyya admitted to hospital, where he was held under strict security, including handcuffs and leg chains.
When he became unresponsive to treatment a few days ago, PA officials petitioned Israel to let him die at home. Mr Qaraqe said on Sunday that the Israelis had promised to release him.
The Minister of Prisoners' affairs in Gaza, Atallah Abul-Sobah, condemned the "miserable" Israeli treatment of Palestinian prisoners, "which led to Abu-Hamdiyya's death". He pointed out that 208 prisoners have now died in Israeli custody. "This needs a new intifada to get the prisoners released before that figure becomes 220, 230 or more," he said, calling on the Arab League to take immediate action.
Maysara Abu-Hamdiyya was a Major-General in the Palestinian security forces in the occupied West Bank. He was detained by the Israeli occupation forces in May 2002 and convicted of helping Palestinian fighters. He was serving a life sentence when he died.
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