George Eliot and American Films

To Kathleen Adams t discussion of George Eliot film adaptations (Review, 1977), I would Iike to add two interesting items omitted and a few comments. Other than that piece and a few brief remarks about George Eliot theatrical adaptations in a column in the London Illustrated News (Mar. 5, 1927), nothing has been written about Eliot on stage and screen. The subject deserves more treatment. The silent era of filmmaking in America coincided with a period in American culture when English classics lt possessed a certain cachet that made them good properties for an entertainment industry with aspirations to something grander, more cultural. Not coincidentally, nearly all the Eliot adaptations done were silents, among them two items omitted from the earlier article, fiIm adaptations of SiIas Marner and The Mils on the Floss. Readers of The New York Clipper on December 4, 1915 saw a large, two column, half page ad which read: Mutual Film Corporation Announces A Masterpiece Extraordinary The Mill on the Floss A Stupendous Film Dramatization of George Eliot\u27s Famous Novel featuring the Popular Star Mignon Anderson This Mutual release of a Thanhauser film, a long five reel film, opened December 16 and was reviewed two days later in The Moving Picture World. Much of the review is taken up by an account of who plays what role, and the reviewer was impressed by the acting. Apparently the film was faithful to the book, to the spirit of Maggie1s independence, the compelling sense of tragedy, and to at least its more noteworthy scenes. Mentioned, for example, are Maggie\u27s rebellious haircutting and her pushing Lucy into the mud. Also worthy of note at an age when films began moving off the backlots and onto location was the flood scene, so vividly realistic as to suggest its having been staged on the scene of some flood disaster . American fascination with English classics is evident in the fact that this American MiII preceded the English version by fully twenty-five years

Romola on The American Stage

About George Eliot Americans were certain of two truths by the time of her death in 1880: she was a genius who was pushing the novel into a new terrain of seriousness, intense moral purpose, and artful design; she was also a glum realist in whose work characters were called to a high moral duty in a godless world without transcendent values. Lavish praise of her work from its first appearance in the United States in 1858 continued largely without qualification until the publication of Middlemarch in 1873. Throughout the seventies she was as frequently denounced, gloom and doom replacing humour and pathos as reviewers\u27 formulas. Eliot\u27s intent was to widen men\u27s sympathies; as a realist for whom that phrase meant more than quaint local colour, her goal was to guide readers to do without opium and live through all our pain with conscious, clear-eyed endurance.\u27 Americans wanted, by contrast, what was so poignantly expressed in a question posed by a reviewer in Scribner\u27s: Is there not a Saviour for us? (October,1874). Americans wanted light and hope and moral uplift. Little wonder then that unlike nearly all of her fellow English novelists of the Victorian era whose works were routinely adapted for the American stage, Eliot never saw her novels produced in American theatres. From the fifteen volumes of William C. Odell\u27s monumental Annals of the New York Stage her name is missing; nor, with one exception, may an Eliot title be found in any of the volumes of the Best Plays series from 1895 to the present, in Rodin\u27s Later American Plays, or in Hixon and Hennessee\u27s Nineteenth-Century American Drama. From midcentury on the novel\u27s headlong rush into realism was more advanced in England than in the United States. By the time the word realism was first used in Atlantic Monthly in 1857, it described the work of a generation of English practitioners. The novel, both in England and in the United States, also preceded the drama in its adoption of a realist aesthetic. By the time the American stage was ready for realistic domestic drama, Eliot\u27s contradictory reputation was fixed. The only Eliot novel adapted to the stage, Romola, was fittingly chosen to resolve the contradiction. Her glum realism - which for adaptation purposes meant all of her novels but one-was cast aside just when the canon of theatrical material was turning increasingly realistic. Her status as classic genius was preserved ironically by those whose dramatic and theatrical tastes were most conservative in the adaptation of her most poetic work, her only historical romance. The theatrical adaptation of Romola preserved Eliot for Americans but at the expense of the truth of her work. Ironically the adaptation process saved her by turning her into what she had been charged with being all along-a wholly secular writer. Secular could be made acceptable so long as it was not realistic. The adapting medium-the American stage of the 1890s--assured that this would be the case, presenting us with an interesting case study of the role played by adapting media in the consolidation or alternation of a reputation

Labor-associated gene expression in the human uterine fundus, lower segment, and cervix

Background Preterm labor, failure to progress, and postpartum hemorrhage are the common causes of maternal and neonatal mortality or morbidity. All result from defects in the complex mechanisms controlling labor, which coordinate changes in the uterine fundus, lower segment, and cervix. We aimed to assess labor-associated gene expression profiles in these functionally distinct areas of the human uterus by using microarrays. Methods and Findings Samples of uterine fundus, lower segment, and cervix were obtained from patients at term (mean +/- 6 SD = 39.1 +/- 0.5 wk) prior to the onset of labor (n = 6), or in active phase of labor with spontaneous onset (n = 7). Expression of 12,626 genes was evaluated using microarrays ( Human Genome U95A; Affymetrix) and compared between labor and non-labor samples. Genes with the largest labor-associated change and the lowest variability in expression are likely to be fundamental for parturition, so gene expression was ranked accordingly. From 500 genes with the highest rank we identified genes with similar expression profiles using two independent clustering techniques. Sets of genes with a probability of chance grouping by both techniques less than 0.01 represented 71.2%, 81.8%, and 79.8% of the 500 genes in the fundus, lower segment, and cervix, respectively. We identified 14, 14, and 12 those sets of genes in the fundus, lower segment, and cervix, respectively. This enabled networks of coregulated and co-expressed genes to be discovered. Many genes within the same cluster shared similar functions or had functions pertinent to the process of labor. Conclusions Our results provide support for many of the established processes of parturition and also describe novel-to-labor genes not previously associated with this process. The elucidation of these mechanisms likely to be fundamental for controlling labor is an important prerequisite to the development of effective treatments for major obstetric problems - including prematurity, with its long-term consequences to the health of mother and offspring

The Ursinus Weekly, October 18, 1973

U.S.G.A. initiates tough new policy, vows good supervision of open houses • Ursinus admission requirements, unlike national trends, maintain standards • Cooperative atmosphere at education banquet • Ursinus karate club holds demonstration • Chapel program begins • College Union calendar full • Debating club forming; Mr. Perreten will head group • Editorial: On the outside looking in; Autumn at Ursinus • Letters to the Editor: Early riser protests; Declaration of independence; Compromise called for • Alumni Corner • Film: “Heavy Traffic” • Bagpiper Bud Hamilton plays at first College Union program • Ornithology - flocking together Supersax plays Bird • Library staff portrait: Mr. James Rue • Bearettes down Glassboro, F&M, and Bucks County • Another game, another loss • Cross country wins roll on • Soccer team now 3-2https://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/weekly/1002/thumbnail.jp

Arene oxidation with malonoyl peroxides

Malonoyl peroxide 7, prepared in a single step from the commercially available diacid, is an effective reagent for the oxidation of aromatics. Reaction of an arene with peroxide 7 at room temperature leads to the corresponding protected phenol which can be unmasked by aminolysis. An ionic mechanism consistent with the experimental findings and supported by isotopic labeling, Hammett analysis, EPR investigations and reactivity profile studies is proposed

Prospective randomized study comparing the Teleflex Medical SaphLITE Retractor to the Ethicon CardioVations Clearglide Endoscopic System

BACKGROUND: Several minimally invasive saphenous vein harvesting techniques have been developed to reduce morbidities associated with coronary artery bypass grafting. This prospective, randomized study was designed to compare two commonly used minimally invasive saphenous vein harvesting techniques, the SaphLITE Retractor System (Teleflex Medical) and the Clearglide Endoscopic Vessel Harvesting System (Ethicon CardioVations, Inc.). METHODS: Between January 2003 and March 2004, a total of 200 patients scheduled for primary, nonemergent coronary artery bypass grafting, with or without concomitant procedures were randomized into two groups: SaphLITE (n = 100) and Clearglide (n = 100). Pre-, intra- and postoperative data was collected and subjected to statistical analysis. Randomization provided homogenous groups with respect to preoperative risk factors. RESULTS: Harvest location for the SaphLITE group was thigh (n = 40), lower leg (n = 5) and both lower leg and thigh (n = 55). The location of harvest for the Clearglide group was thigh (n = 3), lower leg (n = 16) and both lower leg and thigh (n = 81). The mean incision length was 3.6 cm (range, 2–6) in the SaphLITE group versus 2.1 cm (range, 1–4) in the Clearglide group (p < 0.05). The total incision length was 12.9 cm versus 8.9 (p < 0.05) in the SaphLITE and Clearglide groups. Conversion to the open technique occurred in 5 SaphLITE patients and 7 Clearglide patients. Intraoperative leg exploration for bleeding occurred in two of the Clearglide patients and none of the SaphLITE patients. Post-operative complications specifically related to minimally invasive harvesting technique, including a two-week post-discharge visit, were not statistically different between the groups. CONCLUSION: The saphenous vein can be safely harvested utilizing the SaphLITE and Clearglide systems. While the Clearglide system allows for fewer incisions (number and length) and less harvest time, these benefits may be outweighed by the increased cost of the Clearglide system compared to the SaphLITE retractor

Sex doll ownership: an agenda for research

Purpose of review: The topic of sex doll ownership is becoming an increasingly discussed issue from both a social and legal perspective. This review aims to examine the veracity of the existing psychological, sexological, and legal literature in relation to doll ownership. Recent findings: Strong views exist across the spectrum of potential socio-legal positions on sex doll ownership. However, there is an almost total lack of empirical analyses of the psychological characteristics or behavioral implications of doll ownership. As such, existing arguments appear to represent the philosophical positions of those scholars expressing them, rather than being rooted in any objective evidence base. Summary: Despite an absence of empirical data on the characteristics and subsequent effects of doll ownership, discussions about the ethical and legal status of doll ownership continue. This highlights a real and urgent need for a coherent research agenda to be advanced in this area of work