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Oakham (Leicestershire) is not named for its oaks but means Occa's homestead or Occa's riverside land, depending whether the second half of the name represents Old English hām or hamm .
IL-1 has been implicated as a pathogenic mediator in numerous inflammatory and degenerative conditions, including rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and osteoarthritis (OA) [ 1 ] . The IL-1 receptor antagonist (IL-1Ra), a naturally occurring inhibitor of the biologic actions of IL-1, has obvious therapeutic potential in such diseases [ 2 ] ; indeed recombinant human IL-1Ra (anakinra) has recently been approved for use in patients with RA as the drug Kineret™ (Amgen, Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA, USA).
You know from the start you're in a grand playpen for horror buffs--full of mists, covered bridges, glowing pumpkin-head scarecrows, black oaks that seem frozen in death throes.
He reproached the much beloved garden at Dumbarton Oaks for its limited plant palate, especially what he referred to as the "forsythia mess"--a hillside covered in the yellow, early spring flowering shrub that others consider a bold sweep of color.
According to a report in the Times of London, the storm brought down 270 million trees in France, ranging from 18 th -century oaks in Paris gardens to entire plantations in the Vosges Mountains.