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Jackson State, Ivy Beats Arkansas Pine-Bluff In Overtime
PINE BLUFF, Ark. – La Montiez Ivy scored from 15 yards out to lift Jackson State to a 33-30 overtime victory over the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff Football team, here Saturday night at Golden Lion Stadium.
UAPB erases a 21-7 point deficit as they tied the contest at 24-24 on a four-yard TD pass to Marvante King from Benjamin Anderson with 3:15 left in the third quarter, capping a 16-play, 76-yard drive by the Golden Lions.
On the opening drive of the fourth quarter, Ryan Deising connected on a 37-yard field goal to give a JSU a 27-24 lead with 11:25 remaining in the fourth quarter.
On UAPB's ensuing drive, Tyler Strickland knotted the contest at 27 on a 21-yard field goal with 7:17 remaining in the fourth quarter, capping a seven-play, 75-yard drive by the Golden Lions.
JSU struck first as Rakeem Sims scored on a 12-yard run with 10:31 to go in the first, giving the Tigers a 7-0 lead.
On their next possession, the Golden Lions mounted a 14-play, 74-yard drive as they took a whopping 8:44 of the clock with Anderson scoring from 30 yards out to tie the contest at 7-7 with 1:49 left in the first quarter.
In the first quarter, the UAPB offense was on the field for 11:59, whereas JSU's offense only held the ball for 3:01.
JSU closed out the first quarter with a 61-yard TD pass to Dan William from Ivy with 1:00 left in the first, giving the Tigers a 14-7 lead.
The Tigers made the score 21-7 as Kwame Bowens returned a Strickland blocked field goal for 60 yards with 9:28 to go in the second.
UAPB closed out the first half as they scored on back-to-back possessions on a 41-yard field goal by Strickland with 5:41 left and a 28-yard TD pass to Willie Young from Anderson with 37 second left in the second quarter as the Golden Lions went into the break trailing JSU 21-17.
JSU (3-2, 1-1 SWAC) was led by Montiez as he finished the contest with 85 yards rushing on nine attempts with one TD and passed for 172 yards as he completed 16 passes in 20 attempts with one TD as he finished the contest with 257 yards of total offense.
Williams led the JSU receivers with 63 yards on three receptions with one TD, while the Tigers had three players to finish in double-digit tackles. Ariane McCree led the Tiger defense with 15 tackles (7 solo, 8 asst), followed by Preston Hughes with 10 (7 solos, 3 asst) tackles and Cornelius Henderson with 10 total tackles (1 solo, 9 asst).
UAPB (1-3, 0-2 SWAC) was led by Anderson as he rushed for 135 yards on 25 carries and passed for 256 yards by completing 19 passes in 33 attempts with two TDs and one interception for 391 yards of total offense.
Willie Young led the Golden Lions receivers with 101 yards on six receptions with one TD, followed by King with 86 yards on four receptions with one TD.
Defensively UAPB was led by Willie Duncan as he finished the contest with 12 tackles (2 solos, 10 asst), and 0.5 tackles for loss, followed by Antonio Jenkins with eight tackles (1 solo, 7 asst).
Courtesy: uapblionsroar.com
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Bulatovci (Cyrillic: Булатовци) is a village in the municipalities of Osmaci (Republika Srpska) and Kalesija, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Demographics
According to the 2013 census, its population was 302, with none of them living in the Osmaci part thus all in the Kalesija part.

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Populated places in Kalesija
Populated places in Osmaci

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Lenovo Vibe Shot with 16-Megapixel Camera and OIS Launched in India for Rs 25,499
Lenovo has finally unveiled the camera centric Vibe Shot smartphone which the company had showcased earlier at the Mobile World Congress. The Vibe Shot is priced at Rs 25,499 and surprisingly Lenovo will be flooding the device across multiple sales channel, including the brick and mortar stores.
Lenovo Vibe Shot is powered by a 64-bit octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 chipset which is clocked at 1.7GHz and tagged to a 3GB RAM. The display shapes up in the form of a 5-inch FHD screen with Corning Gorilla 3 protection.
The design approach for the Vibe Shot has been appealing, as opposed the common perceptions that camera centric phones are ugly, the Lenovo Vibe Shot looks stunning in its brushed metal finish and the neatly chamfered edges. It is definitely one of the most sleek and elegant looking smartphones in the sub Rs 25000 price bracket.
Post the Nokia Lumia 1020 we have not seen any attempts from smartphone manufacturers to blend in a full fledged camera unit into a smartphone and this had left a void in the segment. The Lenovo Vibe Shot features a 16-Megapixel primary camera unit with a six-piece modular lens and a tri color LED flash. Furthermore, the sensor also comes with back light illumination, Optical Image Stabalization and an infrared focus for precise focusing. Lenovo has fitted a 8-Megapixel secondary camera, which should hopefully appease the selfie fans too.
The best part of the Lenovo Vibe Shot is the physical shutter button on the right side, this is one of the reasons we loved previous generation Nokia Lumia phones, as we still find clicking pictures from the onscreen buttons a rather messy affair. The pro mode in the Vibe Shot will come in handy for shutterbugs who won't mind toying with the advanced settings in order to capture the perfect shot.
On the storage front, the Vibe Shot will offer a 32GB of onboard storage along with an microSD card slot that is capable of accommodating 128 GB. The device will be backed up by a 2,900mAh battery and the unibody construction means that battery is not user replaceable. Considering SD 615 and FHD display, this might be seen as 'not enough' battery. The Lenovo Vibe Shot will run Android Lollipop wrapped up by the Vibe UI. The smartphone comes with the usual bevy of connectivity features including 4G LTE and Bluetooth 4.1. Lenovo Vibe Shot will cater to a certain niche of buyers who are looking out for a powerful camera embedded in a traditional smartphone.
Unlike other Lenovo phones, this won't be exclusive to Flipkart, and will be sold across multiple channels starting this week. Stay tuned for our first impressions, details camera review and full review of Vibe Shot in coming days.
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Prep softball: Abby Husak slapping, igniting Ballard's offense
By Hayes Gardner Staff Writer hgardner@amestrib.com
Abby Husak has never hit a home run over her eight-year softball career. Not in a game, at least.
The Ballard junior has been playing softball for the past eight years. She does plenty at the plate — she slaps the ball, bunts and runs, draws walks, steals bases — but has never left the building with a blast.
After all, she's not trying to.
"I'm not a power hitter," she said. "I can't hit the ball out of the park, but I can use other traits in my hitting to get me on base."
Ballard (25-8) has plenty of bombers; for example, Skylar Rigby, Isabell Hobbs, Maggie Larson, Isabella Johnson and Carley Wilson have combined for 20 home runs and 169 RBIs.
But Husak, the team's No. 2 hitter, does not swing for the fences. She often doesn't even swing for the outfield, in fact. As a lefty slapper, Husak balances bunting, slapping and hitting away to make her a tough out.
Each time she approaches the plate, she receives a signal from her head coach and father, Charlie Husak, or he puts his hands up to tell her she can choose her approach.
Teams have to choose wisely how the play her, especially on the left side of the infield, and Husak, who spends her offseason practicing her different approaches at the plate, attempts to capitalize on the defense's orientation.
"That's one thing that really helps me with my game and gives me a really good weapon over the other players," she said of her varied skillset.
Husak had an all-state season as a sophomore, and is at it again this season. She leads the Bombers in batting average (.519), on-base percentage (.583), hits (54), walks (15), steals (24) and runs (48).
She also ranks high at the state level: second in 4A in runs, third in hits and fifth in steals.
The Bombers are ranked No. 9 in Class 4A and have scored the second-most runs in the class. That's partially due to the heart of their order ("They hit bombs," Husak said), but also due to Husak, and speedy leadoff hitter Rachel Newell, who has a .481 on-base percentage and qualified for the state track meet this spring in the 100-meter dash.
"That's why it's a nine-person sport, and you can't do it by yourself," Husak said.
Coach Husak said it's been a blessing to coach his daughter at the high school level, and noted when she has an off night — he cited a 1-for-3 showing as an "off night" — she's always seeking more practice.
"She's constantly coming to me and saying, 'Let's go do some extra hitting, let's go do some extra slapping,' and we'll go hit 100 balls. That's how she is," he said. "Sometimes, I have to tell her, no, you just need to take a break and relax."
The Bombers are riding a six-game winning streak, scoring at least seven runs in each of those contests, and it starts at the top of the order with Newell and Husak. Coach Husak praised Husak for knowing her role — which is not for her to hit home runs.
"It's for her to get on base, steal bases and to just cross that plate," he said.
Ballard has three juniors (Husak, Larson and Johnson) who have committed to DMACC, another junior (Rigby) playing at Drake, and a senior (Newell) headed to Iowa Central. It's an undoubtedly talented team, and the Bombers are hoping that, as the postseason approaches, they'll be equipped for a good run.
When the regular season ends, the team is going on a two-day retreat — a "reset" they're calling it — before readying for the regional tournament.
With the dog days of summer upon us, Abby Husak pointed to the fact some teams may be slowing down. She thinks the Bombers, and their stout offense, are doing the opposite.
"I think a lot of teams get to that point in the season where everyone is so sick of each other because we're with each other all the time, that they just want to be done," she said. "But we're really not there, and we're just excited for regionals."


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Renewable energy target review backs closure of scheme to new entrants
Recommendations would curtail investment and subsidies for large-scale and household renewables
Lenore Taylor, political editor
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Thu 28 Aug 2014 02.54 EDT Last modified on Tue 13 Mar 2018 13.34 EDT
Investment in wind farms will fall if recommendations are accepted. Photograph: AAP
Investment in windfarms and other large-scale renewables would dry up and subsidies for household solar power and electricity could cease under recommendations to the federal government from its review of the renewable energy target (RET).
The recommendations from the review, chaired by businessman and self-professed climate sceptic Dick Warburton, are set to be opposed by Labor, the Greens and the Palmer United party, setting the stage for another fight over climate policy in the upper house.
The issue has divided the cabinet, with Tony Abbott favouring the idea of closing the RET to any new investment, and the environment minister, Greg Hunt, and the industry minister, Ian Macfarlane, fighting for it to be "pared back" rather than closed.
The review, which the prime minister took responsibility for when the Coalition assumed government, includes Abbott's preferred option as one of two recommendations.
It says closing the scheme to new investment avoids the cost of shifting any generation from the high-emitting brown and black coal Australia largely relies on now, given that electricity demand is lower than anticipated and no new generation capacity is needed.
"This approach avoids the costs to the community associated with subsidising additional generation capacity that is not required to meet electricity demand," the review says.
As an alternative, it recommends that renewable energy could be allowed to represent 50% of any growth in the electricity market, which in the short term would be minimal since demand for electricity is falling. The review says confining the RET to a growing electricity market "would protect the broader community from the cost of subsidising unnecessary additional generation capacity if electricity demand continues to fall".
Hunt said the "share of growth" option could take renewables close to 20% of Australia's generation by 2020, but the renewable industry said it was highly unlikely anyone would make a long-term investment under such an uncertain scenario.
The review also says the "small scale" target – which subsidises solar PV and solar electricity – should be wound up or phased out.
It says closing the small-scale renewable energy scheme (SRES) "would have an immediate effect of reducing the install rates of rooftop PV by at least 30% and the number of solar water heaters by around 16%" but calculates that "by the early 2020s, the rate of small-scale solar PV systems installed each year would recover to a rate similar to that if the SRES was left in place".
Hunt and Abbott issued a statement saying the government would announce its response to the report in the coming weeks.
Greg Hunt said before the election: "We will be keeping the renewable energy target. We've made that commitment. We have no plans or proposals to change it.
"We have no plans or intention for change and we've offered bipartisan support to that."
On Thursday Hunt said the Coalition's promise was for a 20% renewable energy target but that there would be a review "under the ALP's own law".
"What we said at the election is our policy was for 20% and a review," he said. "I feel very comfortable about where we are at the moment."
He said the Coalition had "a long-term commitment to renewable energy in Australia, but it is about finding balance".
Labor's climate change spokesman, Mark Butler, said it was a document written by and for climate change deniers.
"This is a political document – not an independent review. The climate change denialism endemic in the Coalition is written throughout this document. This is a report written by climate change deniers, for climate change deniers, and it shows," he said.
"The recommendations contained in the Warburton report put 24,000 clean energy jobs at risk and will freeze the billions of dollars in investment that is already in the pipeline."
And the Greens leader, Christine Milne, said the report was "climate denier drivel" and she was glad it was now public.
"Everyone can see it for the climate denier drivel it is. The outcome was determined long ago," she said. "It's now time to give the industry certainty by retaining and expanding the renewable energy target. The RET review is part of the dinosaur protection racket – an $8bn favour for Tony Abbott's mates in the fossil fuels sector, at the expense of clean technology.
"The renewable energy target is cutting pollution, rolling out investment, creating jobs and will bring power bills down. Why on earth would we get rid of it?
"The reality is that the fossil fuels sector can't handle the competition from renewables, so the Abbott government is trying to delay the inevitable."
The chief executive of the Climate Institute, John Connor, said: "If the government accepts the changes proposed by the Warburton review, it would see Australia increase the amount of coal in our generation mix effectively re-carbonising, rather than de-carbonising our electricity."
Ben Pearson of Greenpeace Australia Pacific said: "If the prime minister accepts either recommendation he will destroy a policy that has generated handsome business opportunities and jobs for Australians, including $20bn of investment in renewable energy technologies.
"The two options recommended by the Warburton panel would be a disaster for the renewables industry."
John Grimes, chief executive of the Solar Council, said the recommendations would "decimate" the solar industry and cost about 8,500 jobs. They would also remove the best way households could reduce their power bills, by installing rooftop solar.
The chief executive of the Clean Energy Council, Kane Thornton, said either recommendation would not only stop new investments but also cause "massive financial damage" to $10bn of existing investment in renewable energy.
Abbott initially said the RET review was necessary because the RET was pushing up the cost of household power.
"We have to accept that in the changed circumstances of today, the renewable energy target is causing pretty significant price pressure in the system and we ought to be an affordable energy superpower … cheap energy ought to be one of our comparative advantages," he said last year.
But several modelling exercises – including one done for the review itself – showed that closing the RET to new entrants would not reduce electricity prices, or would do so by only a small amount.
The review concedes this, and changed the rationale it used to argue in favour of getting rid of the RET.
It now argues there are cheaper ways to reduce greenhouse emissions than by changing the way we generate electricity – clearly implying no change in electricity generation is necessary.
"With the renewables industry now established in Australia, the main rationale for the RET hinges on its capacity to contribute towards the government's emissions reduction target in a cost-effective manner," the review says.
"However, the RET is a high-cost approach to reducing emissions because it does not directly target emissions and it only focuses on electricity generation. It promotes activity in renewable energy ahead of alternative, lower cost options for reducing emissions that exist elsewhere in the economy. In the presence of lower cost alternatives, the costs imposed by the RET are not justifiable," the review says.
And while it concedes that "overall, the RET is exerting some downward pressure on wholesale electricity prices" it says this is happening only because "the RET is increasing the supply of electricity when electricity demand has been falling" and therefore the cheaper electricity will not last.
"Artificially low wholesale electricity prices can distort investment decisions in the electricity market and are unlikely to be sustained in the long term. Over time, all other things being equal, wholesale electricity prices could be expected to rise to better reflect the cost of generating electricity," it says.
The original intent of the RET policy was to deliver 20% of energy from renewables by 2020. Because of falling electricity demand, the RET's designated 41,000 gigawatt hours will represent closer to 28% if the policy was left unchanged. If it is closed to new entrants Australia will have only around 17,000 gigawatt hours of renewable electricity by 2020.
ACIL Allen modelling done for Abbott's own review showed the current target would increase the average household bill by an average of $54 a year between now and 2020, but would reduce bills by a similar annual amount over the following decade compared with what they would be if the RET were repealed. That modelling used assumptions highly unfavourable to renewable energy, including that coal and gas prices would remain almost unchanged until 2040.
Separate modelling for the Clean Energy Council by Roam Consulting – with different assumptions about gas prices – found that bills would be $50 a year lower by 2020 if the RET were retained.
Another modelling exercise, commissioned by three business groups from Deloitte, found household bills would rise by at most about $50 a year.
Abbott's top business adviser, Maurice Newman, has long argued the RET should be scrapped and has said that persisting with government subsidies for renewable energy represented a "crime against the people" because higher energy costs hit poorer households the hardest and there was no longer any logical reason for them.
Joe Hockey blows up again over 'appalling' windfarms
Treasurer reaffirms his view of wind turbines as a blight on the Australian landscape as his government considers gutting the renewable energy sector
RET: Labor may compromise if Coalition rejects Warburton report
Guardian Australia: Opposition hints at deal on renewable energy target but 'job-decimating' recommendations must first be renounced
Government increasingly divided over plan to scrap renewable energy target
Christopher Pyne said to have given full support to RET scheme at a private meeting, amid signs cabinet at odds over issue
Published: 8 Sep 2014
Palmer United party says it's still committed to renewable energy target
Glenn Lazarus says the RET is working without pushing up power prices – and only 'climate sceptics' want to ditch it
Australia needs the renewable energy target (and should increase it)
Joe Hockey tilts at wind turbines
The beauty of windfarms – in pictures


Summary: Lighthearted theological slash. Short, fluffy, and minorly sacriligious - this has been one of my favorite fics for years, so I'm really happy to have podficed it!
The file I downloaded was an m4a, so I created an mp3 version and posted both.
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After 10 years and four billion miles, the European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft will arrive at its destination on Wednesday for the first extended, close examination of a comet.
The last in a series of 10 thruster firings over the past few months will slow Rosetta to the pace of a person walking, about two miles per hour relative to the speed of its target, Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, at a distance of about 60 miles.
Photographs have already revealed a surprisingly irregular shape for the 2.5-mile-wide comet, possibly an amalgamation of two icy bodies or a result of uneven weathering during previous flybys. From a distance, the blurry blob initially looked somewhat like a rubber duck. As the details came into the focus, it now more resembles a knob of ginger flying through space.
Over the coming months, Rosetta and its comet, called C-G for short, will plunge together toward the sun.
"The key thing is we're rendezvousing and escorting right in alongside the comet for an extended period, for over a year," said Matthew Taylor, the mission's project scientist.
They are 334 million miles from the sun (more than three times as far out as Earth), traveling at 34,400 miles per hour.
Comets, made of ice, dust and rock, are frozen leftovers from the formation of the solar system. Rosetta is named after the Rosetta Stone, the engraved block that was crucial in deciphering Egyptian hieroglyphics, and scientists hope that the spacecraft's observations will offer important clues to how the solar system came together 4.5 billion years ago.
In June, the spacecraft measured the flow of water vapor streaming off the comet at a rate of about two cups a second, which would fill an Olympic-size swimming pool in about 100 days. As the comet accelerates toward the sun, its surface will warm, and the trickle will grow to a torrent of hundreds of pounds a second, forming the long tail characteristic of comets.
Measurements in July put the surface temperature at minus 94 degrees Fahrenheit, or minus 70 Celsius. That was warm enough to indicate that the surface was not exclusively ice and that some parts were dusty and darker, absorbing more heat from the sun.
Rosetta is carrying a small 62-pound lander, named Philae after the island in the Nile where the Rosetta Stone was found. In November, Philae is to leave the spacecraft, set down on the comet and harpoon itself to the surface. That will be the first time a spacecraft has gently landed on a comet. "It's really going to get down and scratch the surface to get the most pristine material that we can from the surface of the comet," Dr. Taylor said.
Designed to operate through 2015, Rosetta and Philae will make observations as the comet makes its nearest approach to the sun a little more than a year from now, at 115 million miles, still outside of the orbit of Earth. The comet will remain too dim to be seen by the naked eye.
Other missions to comets have made brief flybys, beginning with the International Sun-Earth Explorer-3 in September 1985. NASA's Deep Impact slammed into a comet in 2005, and another mission, Stardust, collected particles of dust and returned them to Earth for study.
The Rosetta mission, costing 1.3 billion euros, or $1.7 billion, will provide a much longer, much closer look at one comet. Instead of taking a brief snapshot, Rosetta will observe the comet going from quiescent to active, and then will make before-and-after comparisons.
Launched in March 2004, it followed a circuitous route through the solar system, using flybys of the Earth and Mars to fling itself into the same orbital path as Comet C-G. In January, it successfully emerged from a long hibernation and began its final approach.


Google has already given us Satellite View, Street View, and Earth View, but today they said, "Wanna see what your route would look like if you were flying in a chopper?" Uh, yes. Yes, we do.
All you gotta do is go to Google Maps, type in a route you want to see, and then look for the 3D Play button that should pop up next to "Driving Direction to _______". You can follow your little dot as it speeds along your route, whipping past 3D buildings (if they are available in your area).


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Home Voices + Comunidad Can Somebody Please Explain Why Latinos Are So Unfathomably Broke?
Can Somebody Please Explain Why Latinos Are So Unfathomably Broke?
Dr. Esther Liberman
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According to the Census Bureau's 2017 report, Income and Poverty in the United States, the rate of poverty amongst Latinos dropped more than a full percentage point in one year, more than ever before. Poverty among other demographic groups, such as non-hispanic white, black, and Asian, had no statistically significant change between 2016 and 2017. Additionally, the median income for a Latino household rose 3.7 percentage points, landing at $50,486. Both the income rise and poverty alleviation have been the trend for Latino households over the last three years.
This is great news — any improvement in the realm of poverty and food insecurity is always welcome and noteworthy. But statistics have the ability to blow up small victories into the appearance of complete resolution. When we delve deeper into the break down, we see that Latino males began to earn higher wages and poverty levels improved for foreign-born Latinos and Latinos living out West. What about Latinas, who are often enough heads of household? And what about communities outside of these specific locations and demographic groups?
While the consistent rate of improvement in these sectors of the Latino population is unprecedented, there is no reason to interpret this upward trend as a denial that poverty still affects the U.S. Latino population in a disproportionate way. Some will absurdly argue that the good news about income and poverty, plus the record low rates of unemployment amongst Latinos means they are we are doing much better off than other races, but the reality is quite different.
The census information reveals that the upward trend in income and the relief of poverty are also present nationwide — that many Latinos are being swept along with it stands to follow and we will hopefully continue to see these improvements in the population at large and every subset of it. However, Latinos residing in urban areas, native-born Latinos, and most notably Latinas have not yet felt the effects of this shift and continue to comprise some of the poorest segments of our society. So even while looking solely at the bits of information that are positive, not everyone in the general Latino demographic is part of the improvement.
In fact, some parts of the Latino demographic are still so radically disenfranchised that even though we comprise only 18.3% of the total population, we disproportionately make up 27.2% of the population that lives in poverty in the United States. Clearly, job security is not the only factor that affects a person's ability to live above the poverty line and guarantee food on the table. Americans, and especially Latino Americans, struggle with a series of other factors that conspire to keep them in conditions not too different from the poverty they or their ancestors left behind in Central and South America.
The Race Variable
The first factor that works against Latino populations and their quest for better living conditions and food security is already silhouetted in the census report — our race. Latinos are second most likely group to suffer from discrimination after African Americans, and the fastest growing group in the country. More Latinos has not meant less discrimination, but the contrary, and a study conducted by Rutgers University determined that nearly a quarter of Latinos in the workplace experience it.
In addition to the social consequences of job discrimination, like overwork, underpayment, and other abuses, these conditions set the stage for emotional turmoil and mental health issues as well. Many of the same Latinos who report feeling discrimination connect it to feelings of inferiority, depression, bitterness, and eventually withdrawing themselves from the workplace. Even in light of the recent rise in the employment rate among Latino males, many of the jobs — around 1 million of them — are extremely low-earning agricultural jobs, seasonal, and completely devoid of benefits. More than half of these families (61%) are living well below the poverty line.
When one quarter of the Latino households in the U.S. have a yearly income of less than $25,000, it is difficult to believe the spin about how well the economy is treating this demographic, whose quality of life is not yet at an acceptable level. The combination of race and gender discrimination is perhaps the most insidious. Latinas earn only 54 cents to a white male's dollar, the most radical of the current wage gaps, which adds up to the loss of $24,000 in annual income. If Latinas were paid what they rightfully deserve, it would double their income, allowing them to rise above the poverty line.
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Even more breathtaking is that 34% of Latina-led households, compared to around 18% of Latino- or undocumented worker-led households, live in poverty. (The Federal level is 12.3%).
The double jeopardy of being Latina and female in the U.S. begins in childhood, with more than 20% of Latinas 18 years old and younger are living under the poverty line. Latina girls comprise perhaps the hardest hit sub-sector of the population, with their age, race, and gender all working against them.
How this all Affects Children
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Children are amongst the most vulnerable members of any society, and 21% of Latino children face food insecurity. A Latino child is twice as likely to have insufficient or inadequate nutrition. That 15% of children in the general population of the U.S. who don't have a guaranteed square meal a day, much less three, is also shocking. Once again, gender doubles down one the stakes, so even in the overall population, having a single female parent jumps the danger of going hungry to 30% and this number is estimated to be even higher for Latina, single-parent households.
Not only are Latino kids going hungry, but the vicious circle of being unfathomably poor also leads to school truancy, even though school might be the only chance at two hot meals a day. Being poor means giving up on education early in favor or work, though, and for many Latino children there is no clear path out of high school, much less to college. With the highest rate of dropping out of high school (18%), many Latino kids grow to go directly to the military or straight to work, with 66% of them recognizing their decision is a product of needing to help their family out.
Growing into adulthood doesn't necessarily make the Latino financial experience more manageable in the U.S. Many adults who started their lives with food insecurity or who are unable to access fresh, nutritious food due to lack of resources, experience failing health as a result. Limited access to health care, with only one in three Latinos being insured, also leads to health problems prevalent in the community, such as obesity, cancer, and diabetes. Unsafe job conditions and having to work multiple jobs also contribute to poor health outcomes. Paying for the care the these conditions require can easily tap the already limited resources of a family, which can end up indebted or destitute even if they didn't start out that way.
Another complication particular to the current Latino experience in this country is that the community is made up of both documented and undocumented individuals. Whatever can be said of the difficulties faced by naturalized or American-born Latinos, undocumented Latinos don't have access to good jobs that pay well and offer benefits. The difference between the median income in the U.S. general population (around $61,000) and the median Latino income ($50,000) already represents the difference between living above and below the poverty in some cases, but when we consider that the median undocumented householder income is $32,000, we can begin to imagine the obstacles to Latinos in the work force.
Migrant workers, who perform the seasonal and backbreaking chore of harvesting the various crops grown around the country, live in conditions that might belong more to feudal times than our current era. It is calculated that this labor force has a median annual income of less than $7,500. No, it's not a typo — this is what an average migrant worker makes per year. Imaginably, this means that nearly 63% of these predominantly Latino workers go hungry. The people who pick the food for the rest of us can't themselves afford to eat.
Undocumented latinos may also, out of fear of deportation, deprive themselves and their families of the services and goods to which they are rightfully entitled as workers and taxpayers, such as health services and nutritional support from the government. They might shy away from seeking out better school programs for their children than the ones in their underserved districts. Tragically, they don't often have any recourse to change their legal status and are trapped in immigration limbo. The saddest part is that undocumented immigrants are not always wrong to be skittish.
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Mass incarceration of Latinos, as well as increasing efforts to detect and deport undocumented workers, leads to the destruction of families and thousands of dollars lost to bail money, court fees, and lawyers. A demographic that is disproportionately struggling to make ends meet does not have sufficient money stashed away to cover paying a multi-thousand dollar bond for a family member arrested by immigration officials. Border states have random police checks, there is news of arrests daily, and someone somewhere right now is talking about building more walls.
While it is heartening to see the tide of unemployment and income turn towards improvement in the Latino community, those percentage points gained are just drops into what needs to be a big lake of turning this around. Race and culture are not solitary factors, but when combined with others, like gender, age, and immigration status, turn crippling for Latinos who are trying to survive and maybe even get ahead in this country.
The immigrant story is a United States classic, with droves of people coming here in search of a fighting chance. Never before had so many come willingly, hopefully, from so close by, stayed and contributed their hard work, culture, and language to the U.S., only to find themselves stunted in the dreaming by the impermeability of American culture to their efforts. This is especially notable on the eve of the Latino minority rising to become — again, in an unprecedented way — 28.6% of the population by 2060. If we keep on this path, does that mean that nearly a quarter of the U.S. population will be treading water near the poverty line? The first step may be understanding why Latinos are broke, but the next and necessary one is to change it.
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        {
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BlackBerry shutdown, which was put to effect from Tuesday, January 5, 2022, has triggered reactions from Nigerian phone dealers, who expressed opinions that it wouldn't affect a lot of people.
In what appeared to be the end of an era, the BlackBerry shutdown means that the older devices of the Canadian-based company, would no longer function. Although some of its devices using the Android operating system will still work. These include models launched from 2015 to 2018, starting with the BlackBerry Priv to the BlackBerry Evolve X.
Newsrand understands that BlackBerry shutdown was first announced two years ago, when the company's chief, John Chen disclosed that the company had officially moved from being a device manufacturer to a software developer.
"The company is now security software and services to enterprises and governments around the world," Chen was quoted as saying.
Reacting to the BlackBerry Shutdown, Godwin, a phone dealer in Computer Village, a popular electronic device market in Lagos State, said the development would not affect people, especially Nigerians.
According to Godwin, many Nigerians had stopped using BlackBerry devices a long time ago.
Godwin's words: "If I'm right, 95% of Nigerians have stopped using Blackberry; so shutting it down is like winding down a business that has long been shut down. I don't think the effect will be felt by anybody. Blackberry had sometimes about three or four years ago, if I'm right, informed the public about the shutdown. When Android came, people no longer considered Blackberry, they left Blackberry and shifted to Android and Windows phones such as Lumia.
"But the problem people encounter most of the times with Windows phones is that it's difficult to use some applications like WhatsApp. Some phones especially those from Windows are not compatible with WhatsApp and it's hard to find someone who does not use WhatsApp in Nigeria.
"They've started winding down before now and the truth of the matter is that nobody will feel the impact of the shutdown. The circulation of Blackberry especially during this period when Android and iPhone are all-around has reduced drastically. People have stopped using the device even before they shut down. Let me just say about 98 percent of the Nigerian populace has shifted to Android and iPhones. They find those phones more advanced than Blackberry products."
Echoing Godwin's opinion, an Abuja-based phone dealer, who doesn't want his name mentioned in this report, said "before now, everybody had been informed that the device would shut down. So everybody has zeroed their minds from it already. Shutting it down yesterday did not come as a surprise to me. People don't really use Blackberry anymore in Nigeria."
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Thousands of MTN Nigeria users have since Tuesday, January 11, 2022, been experiencing poor service from the telco.
The telco subscribers, who spoke to Newsrand confirmed that without any word from MTN Nigeria, they didn't know why it has been a struggle for them to browse the internet, and receive calls as well.
Lamenting over the poor network service, Ibukun Ayanlowo, a payment merchant, said the poor internet service has affected her business, such that her sales have dropped in the last few days.
"I run a PoS business, and my network has to be good for me to run transactions for people. So, you can see how it has affected me. For instance, I make between N70,000 to N100,000 every day, and due to the poor service from MTN, I'm struggling to make N30,000 in the last two days," Ayanlowo stated.
Like the PoS operator, digital marketer Cynthia Nwokolo also said she has not been productive since Tuesday.
Her words: "I have not been able to do as much as I do since the last two days. For instance, I need internet service to meet my KPIs and all. But not much has been done."
When our correspondent reached out to the telco for reaction to its customers' complaint, it promised to get back. But as at the time of filing this report, there was no response from it.
MTN, being part of the company with the largest market capitalisation on Nigerian Exchange Group (NGX), has no doubt disappointed its customers. And the situation is becoming more worrisome, as the telco has left the challenge unattended to, such that business owners who leverage the network service provider to make earnings are now recording losses.
This development and nonchalant response from MTN may result in the loss of subscribers, which presently stands over 67.5 million, as the distressed users are seeking alternatives already.
The lifting of Twitter ban in Nigeria has generated mixed reactions from Nigeria, who took to the social media platform to express themselves.
As reported on Newsrand, in the late hours of Wednesday, January 12, 2022, Twitter ban in Nigeria was lifted after seven months.
The decision was announced by the Chairman Technical Committee Nigeria-Twitter Engagement and Director-General National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi, CCIE, who said President Muhammadu Buhari authorised the ban lifting.
Kashifu, in a statement, said: "The approval was given following a memo written to the President by the Honourable Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof Isa Ali Ibrahim.
"In the Memo, the Minister updated and requested the President's approval for the lifting based on the Technical Committee Nigeria-Twitter Engagement's recommendation."
What led to Twitter ban in Nigeria
It would be recalled that in the early hours of Friday, June 4, 2021, Mohammed made the disclosure of the Twitter ban in Nigeria. Hence, Nigerians would no longer be able to access it pending the time the ban would be lifted.
Twitter was banned after President Muhammadu Buhari's tweets about the insecurity in the country, was deleted.
A day before the ban, Buhari made a snide comment about some Nigerians, which instigated the tweet deletion.
Citing Nigeria's civil war experience between 1967 and 1970, Buhari threatened to treat Nigerians "misbehaving" in "the language they understand."
According to the president, most of those "misbehaving" by burning electoral offices were maybe too young to understand the gravity of war.
"Those of us in the fields for 30 months, who went through the war, will treat them in the language they understand," he tweeted.
Going by Twitter policy, the tweet was deleted.
The reactions from Nigerians
While some people jubilated over the development, others reacted otherwise, saying it is a political move ahead of the forthcoming general elections.
My heart and tweet goes out to all the small businesses that lost revenue and opportunities during the #TwitterBan. May you find creative ways to recover speedily. I'll do my best to help with some free promotions. 🙏🏻😎
— Frank Donga™ (@frankdonga_) January 12, 2022
Not FG lifting the #TwitterBan 13 months to election, so they can come back and use this same social media to campaign.
Affliction shall not rise a second time.🙏🏾#KeepitOn
— QueenEsther Iroanusi (@QueenExtha) January 12, 2022
To making sure those who infringed on our rights never get to do so again. #TwitterBan pic.twitter.com/Xy765Q6NNj
— Rinu Oduala 🔥🔫 (@SavvyRinu) January 12, 2022
FG lifting #TwitterBan
Nigerians using VPN returning from Canada, Australia, London, France, turkey etc 😭🤣 pic.twitter.com/znyJL4oopA
— 𝑴𝒐𝒆 𝑬𝒅𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒆 (@Moe_mrmoe) January 12, 2022
So I switched to Airtel and finally I can tweet without VPN. Glo, na Ogunlakaye go kee your papa
#TwitterBan
— Oyindamola🙄 (@dammiedammie35) January 13, 2022
The House of Representatives has resolved to set up an ad hoc committee to investigate the level of compliance of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) aided Transport Companies with the country's extant tax laws.
The resolution was sequel to a unanimous adoption of a motion by Rep. Ganiyu Abiodun (APC-Lagos state) at plenty on Thursday.
Moving the motion, Abiodun said that in the global economy, ICT was often regarded as a strategic tool for achieving success and competitiveness in organizations.
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"In recent times, ICT has had significant impacts on the way organizations operate, as it offers tremendous opportunities such as storing, processing, retrieving, disseminating, and sharing of information," he said.
The rep said that ICT has made transportation business very accessible, cheaper, and lucrative especially in the urban areas.
"ICT has created many job opportunities for unemployed persons as the people's desire for comfortable ride services have enabled companies such as Bolt and Uber to spread widely across the country.
"Many transportation activities now occur through online booking and payments which make the ordering of the services easier and efficient.
"Informed that the average weekly earnings of Bolt and Uber drivers are about 60,000 to 120,000 while the companies take off 20 percent and 25 percent respectively as commission from the earnings of each driver operating on their platforms.
"Cognisant that the companies have benefited from facilities of the Federal Government such as road and security network which grants them ease of doing business, thus they ought to be fully accountable and up to date in tax remittances," he said.
He said it was not clear whether the companies were fully compliant with the requirements of the Companies and Allied Matters Act, considering that the services were online.
In his ruling, the Deputy Speaker of the house, Rep. Ahmed Wase said that the committee, when constituted was expected to report back within four weeks for further legislative action.
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The International School of Aberdeen is located in the Milltimber area, while the French and Dutch international schools are in the city center. These schools are within easy commuting distance by bus or car from all of the above locations. There are local schools, both primary and secondary, situated closer to each of the above locations.
Most expats rent, at least in the first year or so to get a feel for different areas within the city.
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In a photo taken after hours, The Evelyn Burrow Museum's exhibit "Fifteen Minutes Homage to Andy Warhol" is seen. Andy Warhol expert Seth Hopkins will offer a lecture and museum walk-through at an open house on Thursday, Oct. 19, at 6 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.
HANCEVILLE, Ala. — The Evelyn Burrow Museum at Wallace State Community College is pleased to announce it will host a talk by Warhol expert Seth Hopkins at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 19, with an accompanying open house for the exhibition, "Fifteen Minutes: Homage to Andy Warhol" from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. that evening.
Seth Hopkins, Executive Director of the Booth Western Art Museum.
Hopkins will present information on Warhol based on his research, and answer questions during a museum walk-through. Hopkins is the Executive Director of the Booth Western Art Museum in Cartersville, Ga., a position he's held since 2000. The Booth Western Art Museum loaned two large Warhol prints for the Burrow Museum exhibit.
Since 2003, Hopkins has also served as the Executive Director of Georgia Museums, Inc., which operates the Booth Museum, Bartow History Museum, and Tellus-Northwest Georgia Science Museum. Prior to entering the museum profession, Hopkins worked in the fields of journalism, public relations, and telecommunications management.
He received a master's degree in Museum Studies from the University of Oklahoma in 2005. While at OU he completed his Master's Thesis: Andy Warhol Played Cowboys and Indians, under the direction of faculty advisor Byron Price. Among the nearly 100 exhibitions Hopkins has curated or co-curated are Ansel Adams: Before and After, Blazing the Trail: 50 Years of the Cowboy Artists of America, Selling the Sizzle: The Art of Movie Posters and American Spirit Remembered: The Art of Mort Kuntsler.
Hopkins twice served as a juror for the annual Arts for the Parks exhibition in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, and has also judged the annual Cowboy Artists of America Show and Sale in Phoenix, Arizona and the Coors Western Art Sale in Denver, Colorado. He has had articles published in American Art Review, Western Art Collector, and Persimmon Hill. In 2010, he was honored with the prestigious Flourish Award, given annually to a leader who has helped the arts flourish in Georgia. He recently served a two-year term as President of the Museums West Consortium, a group including the 15 largest and most important Western museums.
Hopkins is a native of Dexter, Maine, and currently resides in Cartersville, Ga., with his wife Joyce, son Stephen, step-son Alex, step-daughter Ansley and daughter Hadley.
"Fifteen Minutes Homage to Andy Warhol" will be on exhibit through the end of October. Admission to the Evelyn Burrow Museum is free, and the museum is open Tuesday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. For more information about the museum, visit www.burrowmuseum.org or call 256-352-8457.


A 99 cent 1/2 pound hot dog at the Slots A Fun snack bar in the front of Circus Circus. Its nothing special but tastes okay. They have been running this for years but it could change. Also the Westwood Ho has something called the Mega Dog which i haven't tryed but is 3/4 of a pound and 14″ long for $1.49. With the Westwood Ho closing November 17th i probally won't be able to but will probally live longer because of it lol.


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Can you see the HighStep Rail on the tower on the left?
No Photoshop involved. It's just an effect of the special color of the Rail that, when the sun hits it, becomes invisible to the eye and blends in with the beautifully designed white Wintrack pylons.
The aesthetic value of a climbing system is measured by its ability not to disturb and spoil the design of the tower where it's mounted. A discreet system makes not only architects and designers happy, but also helps the towers be approved and appreciated by the citizens.
A nice-looking tower is much more accepted by the people living near the line than an ugly lattice tower would be. But designers and famous architects don't want their work to be visually disturbed by a bulky ladder: we offer you and them an alternative solution, an efficient and unobtrusive climbing system.This will make their towers more beautiful and thus better accepted by the public, causing less problems and protests while building new lines.
The beauty of HighStep is due to its slender shape, the color of the anodised aluminum which can be adapted to the color of the structure, as well as its narrow width (110mm) compared to for example a 30-40 cm metallic ladder. In addition, its distance to the tower is also minimal. Pleasing to the eye (or even invisible!), but also safe, future-oriented, efficient and ergonomic. What else do you want from a climbing system?


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\section{Introduction}

An $n$-dimensional {\it toric variety} is a normal algebraic variety $X$ over $\mathbb{C}$
containing the algebraic torus $(\mathbb{C}^*)^n$ as an open dense subset,
such that the natural action of $(\mathbb{C}^*)^n$ on itself extends to an action on $X$,
where $\mathbb{C}^*=\mathbb{C} \setminus \{0\}$.
It is well known that the category of toric varieties is equivalent to the category of fans.

An $n$-dimensional simple convex polytope in $\mathbb{R}^n$
is called a {\it Delzant polytope} if for every vertex,
the outward-pointing primitive normal vectors of the facets containing the vertex
form a basis for $\mathbb{Z}^n$.
The toric variety corresponding to the normal fan of a Delzant polytope
is nonsingular and projective.
Carr and Devadoss \cite{CD} introduced {\it graph associahedra} for finite simple graphs.
A graph associahedron can be realized as a Delzant polytope in a canonical way.
Graph associahedra include many important families of polytopes
such as associahedra (or Stasheff polytopes),
cyclohedra (or Bott--Taubes polytopes), stellohedra and permutohedra,
and toric varieties associated to graph associahedra
are special cases of wonderful models of subspace arrangements
introduced by De Concini and Procesi \cite{DP}.
On the other hand,
Devadoss--Heath--Vipismakul \cite{DHV} introduced {\it graph cubeahedra} for graphs
and showed that graph associahedra and graph cubeahedra
appear as some compactified moduli spaces of marked bordered Riemann surfaces.
A graph cubeahedron can also be realized as a Delzant polytope.

It is natural to ask how geometric properties of the toric variety
associated to a graph associahedron or a graph cubeahedron
translate into properties of the graph.
The rational Betti numbers of the real toric manifold,
the set of real points in the associated toric variety,
are computed in \cite{CP} for a graph associahedron,
and in \cite{PPP} for a graph cubeahedron.
A nonsingular projective variety is said to be {\it Fano} (resp.\ {\it weak Fano})
if its anticanonical divisor is ample (resp.\ nef and big).
The author \cite{Suyama} characterized finite simple graphs
whose graph associahedra yield toric Fano or toric weak Fano varieties.
In this paper, we give a necessary and sufficient condition
for the toric variety associated to the graph cubeahedron
to be Fano or weak Fano in terms of the graph
(see Theorems \ref{main1} and \ref{main2}).
The proofs are purely combinatorial.

The structure of the paper is as follows:
In Section 2, we review the construction of a graph cubeahedron
and describe its normal fan.
In Section 3, we characterize finite simple graphs
whose graph cubeahedra yield toric Fano or toric weak Fano varieties,
and give a few examples.
We prove our theorems in Section 4.
In this paper, we denote by $X(\Delta)$ the toric variety corresponding to a fan $\Delta$,
and $\Delta_P$ the normal fan of a Delzant polytope $P$.

\begin{acknowledgment}
This work was supported by Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows 15J01000, 18J00022.
The author wishes to thank Professors Mikiya Masuda and Seonjeong Park
for their valuable comments.
\end{acknowledgment}

\section{Toric varieties associated to graph cubeahedra}

A {\it finite simple graph} is a finite graph $G$
on the node set $V(G)=\{1, \ldots, n\}$ with no loops and no multiple edges.
We denote by $E(G)$ its edge set.
For $I \subset V(G)$, the {\it induced subgraph} $G|_I$ is defined
by $V(G|_I)=I$ and $E(G|_I)=\{\{v, w\} \in E(G) \mid v, w \in I\}$.

Let $\Box^n$ be the standard $n$-dimensional cube whose facets are labeled by
$1, \ldots, n$ and $\overline{1}, \ldots, \overline{n}$,
where the two facets labeled by $i$ and $\overline{i}$ are on opposite sides.
Every face of $\Box^n$ is labeled by a subset
$I \subset \{1, \ldots, n, \overline{1}, \ldots, \overline{n}\}$ such that
$I \cap \{1, \ldots, n\}$ and $\{i \in \{1, \ldots, n\} \mid \overline{i} \in I\}$ are disjoint.
The face corresponding to $I$ is the intersection of the facets
labeled by the elements of $I$.
Let $\mathcal{I}_G=\{I \subset V(G) \mid G|_I \mbox{ is connected}, I \ne \emptyset\}$.
The {\it graph cubeahedron} $\Box_G$ is obtained from $\Box^n$
by truncating the faces labeled by the elements of $\mathcal{I}_G$
in increasing order of dimension.
The following lemma implies that $\Box_G$ can be realized as a Delzant polytope.
In particular, the associated toric variety
$X(\Delta_{\Box_G})$ is nonsingular and projective.

\begin{lemma}[{\cite[Lemma 2.5]{CPP}}]
Let $P$ be a Delzant polytope and let $F$ be a face of codimension $\geq 2$ of $P$.
Then there exists a canonical truncation of $P$ along $F$
such that the result $\mathrm{Cut}_F(P)$ is also a Delzant polytope
and the associated toric variety $X(\Delta_{\mathrm{Cut}_F(P)})$
is the blow-up of $X(\Delta_P)$ along the subvariety corresponding to $F$.
\end{lemma}

\begin{example}
Let $P_n$ be a path with $n$ nodes.
Then the graph cubeahedra $\Box_{P_2}$ and $\Box_{P_3}$ are illustrated in Figure \ref{gcp}.
\begin{figure}[htbp]
\begin{center}
\includegraphics[width=3cm]{gcp2.eps}
\hspace{2cm}
\includegraphics[width=3cm]{gcp3.eps}
\caption{the graph cubeahedra $\Box_{P_2}$ and $\Box_{P_3}$.}
\label{gcp}
\end{center}
\end{figure}
\end{example}

For a finite simple graph $G$ on $V(G)=\{1, \ldots, n\}$,
we have a bijection between the set of facets of $\Box_G$
and $\mathcal{I}_G \cup \{\{\overline{1}\}, \ldots, \{\overline{n}\}\}$.
We denote by $F_I$ the facet corresponding to
$I \in \mathcal{I}_G \cup \{\{\overline{1}\}, \ldots, \{\overline{n}\}\}$.
The outward-pointing primitive normal vector $e_I$ of $F_I$ is given by
\begin{equation*}
e_I=\left\{\begin{array}{ll}
\sum_{i \in I}e_i & (I \in \mathcal{I}_G), \\
-e_i & (I=\{\overline{i}\}, i \in \{1, \ldots, n\}). \end{array}\right.
\end{equation*}

\begin{theorem}[{\cite[Theorem 12]{DHV}}]
Let $G$ be a finite simple graph.
Then the two facets $F_I$ and $F_J$ of the graph cubeahedron $\Box_G$ intersect
if and only if one of the following holds:
\begin{enumerate}
\item $I, J \in \mathcal{I}_G$ and we have either
$I \subset J$ or $J \subset I$ or $I \cup J \notin \mathcal{I}_G$.
\item One of $I$ and $J$, say $I$, is in $\mathcal{I}_G$ and $J=\{\overline{j}\}$
for some $j \in \{1, \ldots, n\} \setminus I$.
\item $I=\{\overline{i}\}$ and $J=\{\overline{j}\}$ for some $i, j \in \{1, \ldots, n\}$.
\end{enumerate}
Furthermore, $\Box_G$ is a flag polytope, that is,
any collection of its pairwise intersecting facets has a nonempty intersection.
\end{theorem}

We describe the normal fan $\Delta_{\Box_G}$ of $\Box_G$ explicitly. Let
\begin{equation*}
\mathcal{N}^\Box(G)=\{N \subset \mathcal{I}_G
\cup \{\{\overline{1}\}, \ldots, \{\overline{n}\}\} \mid
F_I \mbox{ and } F_J \mbox{ intersect for any } I, J \in N\}.
\end{equation*}
For $N \in \mathcal{N}^\Box(G) \setminus \{\emptyset\}$,
we denote by $\sigma_N$ the $|N|$-dimensional cone
$\sum_{I \in N}\mathbb{R}_{\geq 0}e_I$ in $\mathbb{R}^n$,
where $\mathbb{R}_{\geq 0}$ is the set of nonnegative real numbers,
and we define $\sigma_\emptyset$ to be $\{0\} \subset \mathbb{R}^n$.
Then $\{\sigma_N \mid N \in \mathcal{N}^\Box(G)\}$
is the normal fan $\Delta_{\Box_G}$.
Note that if $G_1, \ldots, G_m$ are the connected components of $G$,
then $X(\Delta_{\Box_G})$ is isomorphic to the product
$X(\Delta_{\Box_{G_1}}) \times \cdots \times X(\Delta_{\Box_{G_m}})$.

\begin{example}\label{p2}
The normal fan of the graph cubeahedron $\Box_{P_2}$ of a path $P_2$
is illustrated in Figure \ref{xp2} and thus the associated toric variety
is $\mathbb{P}^1 \times \mathbb{P}^1$ blown-up at one point.
\begin{figure}[htbp]
\begin{center}
\includegraphics[width=6cm]{xp2.eps}
\caption{the normal fan of the graph cubeahedron $\Box_{P_2}$.}
\label{xp2}
\end{center}
\end{figure}
\end{example}

\section{Main theorems}

Our main results are the following:

\begin{theorem}\label{main1}
Let $G$ be a finite simple graph. Then the following are equivalent:
\begin{enumerate}
\item The nonsingular projective toric variety $X(\Delta_{\Box_G})$
associated to the graph cubeahedron $\Box_G$ is Fano.
\item Every connected component of $G$ has at most two nodes.
\end{enumerate}
In particular, any toric Fano variety associated to a graph cubeahedron
is a product of copies of $\mathbb{P}^1$
and $\mathbb{P}^1 \times \mathbb{P}^1$ blown-up at one point.
\end{theorem}

\begin{theorem}\label{main2}
Let $G$ be a finite simple graph. Then the following are equivalent:
\begin{enumerate}
\item The toric variety $X(\Delta_{\Box_G})$ is weak Fano.
\item For any subset $I$ of $V(G)$,
the induced subgraph $G|_I$ is not isomorphic to any of the following:
\begin{enumerate}
\item A cycle with $\geq 4$ nodes.
\item A diamond graph, that is,
the graph obtained by removing an edge from a complete graph with four nodes
(see Figure \ref{diamond}).
\item A claw, that is, a star with three edges.
\end{enumerate}
\end{enumerate}
In particular, if $X(\Delta_{\Box_G})$ is weak Fano, then $G$ is chordal.
\end{theorem}

\begin{figure}[htbp]
\begin{center}
\includegraphics[width=3cm]{diamond.eps}
\caption{a diamond graph.}
\label{diamond}
\end{center}
\end{figure}

\begin{example}
\begin{enumerate}
\item If $G$ is a path, then the toric variety $X(\Delta_{\Box_G})$ is weak Fano.
\item The {\it graph associahedron} of a graph is obtained from a product of simplices
by truncating the faces corresponding to proper connected induced subgraphs
of each connected component of the graph.
In a previous paper \cite{Suyama}, the author proved
that the toric variety associated to the graph associahedron is weak Fano
if and only if every connected component of the graph
does not have a cycle with $\geq 4$ nodes or a diamond graph as a proper induced subgraph.
In particular, a star yields a toric weak Fano variety.
The same conclusion follows from Theorem \ref{main2}.
Manneville and Pilaud showed
that the toric variety associated to the graph associahedron of a star with $n+1$ nodes
is isomorphic to that associated to the graph cubeahedron
of a complete graph with $n$ nodes (see \cite[Example 62 (i)]{MP}).
Theorem \ref{main2} implies that it is weak Fano.
\item If $G$ is a graph obtained by connecting more than two graphs with one node,
then $X(\Delta_{\Box_G})$ is not weak Fano.
\item The toric variety associated to the graph cubeahedron
of the graph in Figure \ref{ex} is weak Fano.
\begin{figure}[htbp]
\begin{center}
\includegraphics[width=5cm]{example.eps}
\caption{an example.}
\label{ex}
\end{center}
\end{figure}
\end{enumerate}
\end{example}

\begin{remark}
Manneville and Pilaud proved
that for connected graphs $G$ and $G'$,
the graph associahedron of $G$ and the graph cubeahedron of $G'$
are combinatorially equivalent
if and only if $G$ is a tree with at most one node of degree more than two
and $G'$ is its line graph (see \cite[Proposition 64]{MP}).
Hence we see that there exist many toric varieties associated to graph cubeahedra
that are not associated to graph associahedra.
\end{remark}

\section{Proofs of main theorems}

First we recall a description of the intersection number of the anticanonical divisor
with a torus-invariant curve, see \cite{Oda} for details.
Let $\Delta$ be a nonsingular complete fan in $\mathbb{R}^n$.
For $r=0, 1, \ldots, n$,
we denote by $\Delta(r)$ the set of $r$-dimensional cones in $\Delta$.
For an $(n-1)$-dimensional cone $\tau$ in $\Delta$,
the intersection number of the anticanonical divisor $-K_{X(\Delta)}$ with
the torus-invariant curve $V(\tau)$ corresponding to $\tau$
can be computed as follows:

\begin{proposition}\label{intersection number}
Let $\Delta$ be a nonsingular complete fan in $\mathbb{R}^n$
and $\tau=\mathbb{R}_{\geq 0}v_1+\cdots+\mathbb{R}_{\geq 0}v_{n-1} \in \Delta(n-1)$,
where $v_1, \ldots, v_{n-1}$ are primitive vectors in $\mathbb{Z}^n$.
Let $v$ and $v'$ be the distinct primitive vectors in $\mathbb{Z}^n$ such that
$\tau+\mathbb{R}_{\geq 0}v$ and $\tau+\mathbb{R}_{\geq 0}v'$ are in $\Delta(n)$.
Then there exist unique integers $a_1, \ldots, a_{n-1}$ such that
$v+v'+a_1v_1+\cdots+a_{n-1}v_{n-1}=0$.
Furthermore, the intersection number $(-K_{X(\Delta)}.V(\tau))$ is equal to
$2+a_1+\cdots+a_{n-1}$.
\end{proposition}

\begin{proposition}\label{Nakai}
Let $X(\Delta)$ be an $n$-dimensional nonsingular projective toric variety.
Then the following hold:
\begin{enumerate}
\item $X(\Delta)$ is Fano if and only if
$(-K_{X(\Delta)}.V(\tau))$ is positive for every
$(n-1)$-dimensional cone $\tau$ in $\Delta$ (\cite[Lemma 2.20]{Oda}).
\item $X(\Delta)$ is weak Fano if and only if
$(-K_{X(\Delta)}.V(\tau))$ is nonnegative for every
$(n-1)$-dimensional cone $\tau$ in $\Delta$ (\cite[Proposition 6.17]{Sato}).
\end{enumerate}
\end{proposition}

We are now ready to prove Theorem \ref{main1}.

\begin{proof}[Proof of Theorem \ref{main1}]
$(1) \Rightarrow (2)$:
Suppose that $V(G)=\{1, \ldots, n\}$ and
$G$ has a connected component with $\geq 3$ nodes.
We may assume that $G|_{\{1, \ldots, k\}}$ is a connected component of $G$ with $k \geq 3$
and $G|_{\{1, \ldots, i\}}$ is connected for every $i=1, \ldots, k$.
We may further assume that $G|_{\{2, 3\}}$ is connected.
We consider
\begin{equation*}
N=\{\{2\}, \{1, 2, 3\}, \{1, 2, 3, 4\}, \ldots, \{1, \ldots, k\},
\{\overline{k+1}\}, \{\overline{k+2}\}, \ldots, \{\overline{n}\}\} \in \mathcal{N}^\Box(G).
\end{equation*}
Then $N \cup \{\{1, 2\}\}$ and $N \cup \{\{2, 3\}\}$
are maximal (by inclusion) elements of $\mathcal{N}^\Box(G)$. Since
\begin{equation*}
e_{\{1, 2\}}+e_{\{2, 3\}}-e_{\{2\}}-e_{\{1, 2, 3\}}=0,
\end{equation*}
Proposition \ref{intersection number} gives $(-K_{X(\Delta_{\Box_G})}.V(\sigma_N))=2-2=0$.
Therefore $X(\Delta_{\Box_G})$ is not Fano by Proposition \ref{Nakai} (1).

$(2) \Rightarrow (1)$:
If $G_1, \ldots, G_m$ are the connected components of $G$,
then $X(\Delta_{\Box_G})$ is isomorphic to
$X(\Delta_{\Box_{G_1}}) \times \cdots \times X(\Delta_{\Box_{G_m}})$.
Since the product of nonsingular projective toric varieties is Fano
if and only if every factor is Fano,
it suffices to show that $X(\Delta_{\Box_G})$ is Fano
if $G$ is connected and $|V(G)| \leq 2$.
If $G$ is a singleton graph, then $X(\Delta_{\Box_G})=\mathbb{P}^1$, which is Fano.
If $G$ is a path with two nodes,
then $X(\Delta_{\Box_G})$ is $\mathbb{P}^1 \times \mathbb{P}^1$ blown-up at one point,
which is Fano (see Example \ref{p2}).
This completes the proof of Theorem \ref{main1}.
\end{proof}

We prepare two lemmas for the proof of Theorem \ref{main2}.
Since $\Box_G$ is a flag polytope, we obtain the following lemma.

\begin{lemma}\label{link}
Let $G$ be a finite simple graph on $V(G)=\{1, \ldots, n\}$
and let $N \in \mathcal{N}^\Box(G)$ with $|N|=n-1$.
Then there exists a pair $\{J, J'\} \subset (\mathcal{I}_G
\cup \{\{\overline{1}\}, \ldots, \{\overline{n}\}\}) \setminus N$ such that
$N \cup \{J\}$ and $N \cup \{J'\}$ are distinct maximal elements of $\mathcal{N}^\Box(G)$.
Furthermore, $\{J, J'\}$ is not in $\mathcal{N}^\Box(G)$.
\end{lemma}

The proof of the following lemma
is the same as a part of the proof of \cite[Theorem 3.4]{Suyama},
but we describe it for the reader's convenience.

\begin{lemma}\label{cyclediamond}
Let $G$ be a finite simple graph on $V(G)=\{1, \ldots, n\}$
and let $J, J' \in \mathcal{I}_G$ such that $J \cap J' \ne \emptyset$
and $G|_{J \cap J'}$ is not connected.
Then there exists $I \subset V(G)$ such that
$G|_I$ is a cycle with $\geq 4$ nodes or a diamond graph.
\end{lemma}

\begin{proof}
Let $G|_{I_1}, \ldots, G|_{I_m}$ be the connected components of $G|_{J \cap J'}$.
We pick $x \in I_1, x' \in I_2 \cup \cdots \cup I_m$
and take simple paths $x=y_1, y_2, \ldots, y_r=x'$ in $G|_J$
and $x=z_1, z_2, \ldots, z_s=x'$ in $G|_{J'}$. Let
\begin{align*}
p&=\mathrm{max}\{i \in \{1, \ldots, r\} \mid y_i \in I_1,
y_i=z_j \mbox{ for some } j \in \{1, \ldots, s\}\},\\
q&=\mathrm{min}\{i \in \{p+1, \ldots, r\} \mid y_i \in I_2 \cup \cdots \cup I_m,
y_i=z_j \mbox{ for some } j \in \{1, \ldots, s\}\}.
\end{align*}
Then we have two simple paths between $y_p$ and $y_q$.
The two paths have no common nodes except $y_p$ and $y_q$.
Since $y_p \in I_1$ and $y_q \in I_2 \cup \cdots \cup I_m$,
we have $\{y_p, y_q\} \notin E(G)$ and the number of edges of
each path is greater than or equal to two.
Thus we obtain a simple cycle of length $\geq 4$ containing $y_p$ and $y_q$.
Hence we may assume that there exist integers $k$ and $l$
with $3 \leq k<l \leq n$
such that $\{1, 2\}, \{2, 3\}, \ldots, \{l-1, l\}, \{l, 1\} \in E(G)$
and $\{1, k\} \notin E(G)$.
We may further assume that $\{i, j\} \notin E(G)$ for every
\begin{itemize}
\item $1 \leq i<j \leq k$ where $j-i \geq 2$,
\item $k \leq i<j \leq l$ where $j-i \geq 2$,
\item $k \leq i \leq l-1$ and $j=1$,
\end{itemize}
since if such an edge exists,
then we can replace the cycle by a shorter cycle containing the edge.
We find $I \subset V(G)$ such that
$G|_I$ is a cycle with $\geq 4$ nodes or a diamond graph as follows:

{\it The case where $\{2, l\} \notin E(G)$}. We consider
\begin{align*}
i_\mathrm{min}&
=\mathrm{min}\{i \in \{2, \ldots, k\} \mid
\{i, j\} \in E(G) \mbox{ for some } j \in \{k+1, \ldots, l\}\},\\
j_\mathrm{max}&
=\mathrm{max}\{j \in \{k+1, \ldots, l\} \mid \{i_\mathrm{min}, j\} \in E(G)\}.
\end{align*}
Then the induced subgraph by the subset
\begin{equation*}
\{1, 2, \ldots, i_\mathrm{min}, j_\mathrm{max}, j_\mathrm{max}+1, \ldots, l\} \subset V(G)
\end{equation*}
is a cycle with $\geq 4$ nodes (see Figure \ref{cycle2}).
\begin{figure}[htbp]
\begin{center}
\includegraphics[width=12cm]{cycle2.eps}
\caption{a cycle as an induced subgraph.}
\label{cycle2}
\end{center}
\end{figure}

{\it The case where $\{2, l\} \in E(G)$}.
Suppose that there exists an integer $j$
such that $k+1 \leq j \leq l-1$ and $\{2, j\} \in E(G)$. We consider
\begin{equation*}
j_\mathrm{max}=\mathrm{max}\{j \in \{k+1, \ldots, l-1\} \mid \{2, j\} \in E(G)\}.
\end{equation*}
If $j_\mathrm{max}=l-1$, then the induced subgraph by the subset
$\{1, 2, l-1, l\}$ is a diamond graph.
If $j_\mathrm{max} \leq l-2$, then the induced subgraph by the subset
\begin{equation*}
\{2, j_\mathrm{max}, j_\mathrm{max}+1, \ldots, l\} \subset V(G)
\end{equation*}
is a cycle with $\geq 4$ nodes.
Suppose that $\{2, j\} \notin E(G)$ for any $k+1 \leq j \leq l-1$.
We consider
\begin{align*}
i_\mathrm{min}&
=\mathrm{min}\{i \in \{3, \ldots, k\} \mid
\{i, j\} \in E(G) \mbox{ for some } j \in \{k+1, \ldots, l\}\},\\
j_\mathrm{max}&
=\mathrm{max}\{j \in \{k+1, \ldots, l\} \mid \{i_\mathrm{min}, j\} \in E(G)\}.
\end{align*}
If $i_\mathrm{min}=3$ and $j_\mathrm{max}=l$,
then the induced subgraph by the subset $\{1, 2, 3, l\}$ is a diamond graph.
Otherwise, the induced subgraph by the subset
\begin{equation*}
\{2, 3, \ldots, i_\mathrm{min}, j_\mathrm{max}, j_\mathrm{max}+1, \ldots, l\} \subset V(G)
\end{equation*}
is a cycle with $\geq 4$ nodes.

Thus we obtain $I \subset V(G)$ such that
$G|_I$ is a cycle with $\geq 4$ nodes or a diamond graph.
This completes the proof.
\end{proof}

\begin{proof}[Proof of Theorem \ref{main2}]
We assume $V(G)=\{1, \ldots, n\}$.

$(1) \Rightarrow (2)$:
(i) Suppose that there exists $I \subset V(G)$
such that $G|_I$ is a cycle with $\geq 4$ nodes.
We may assume that $I=\{1, \ldots, k\}, k \geq 4$ and
\begin{equation*}
E(G|_I)=\{\{1, 2\}, \{2, 3\}, \ldots, \{k-1, k\}, \{k, 1\}\}.
\end{equation*}
We consider
\begin{equation*}
N=\{\{1\}, \{1, 2\}, \ldots, \{1, \ldots, k-3\}, \{k-1\}, \{1, \ldots, k\},
\{\overline{k+1}\}, \ldots, \{\overline{n}\}\} \in \mathcal{N}^\Box(G).
\end{equation*}
Then the pair in Lemma \ref{link} is
$J=\{1, \ldots, k-1\}$ and $J'=\{1, \ldots, k-3, k-1, k\}$. Since
\begin{equation*}
e_J+e_{J'}-e_{\{1, \ldots, k-3\}}-e_{\{k-1\}}-e_{\{1, \ldots, k\}}=0,
\end{equation*}
Proposition \ref{intersection number} gives
$(-K_{X(\Delta_{\Box_G})}.V(\sigma_N))=2-3=-1$.
Therefore $X(\Delta_{\Box_G})$ is not weak Fano by Proposition \ref{Nakai} (2).

(ii) Suppose that there exists $I \subset V(G)$
such that $G|_I$ is a diamond graph.
We may assume that $I=\{1, 2, 3, 4\}$ and
\begin{equation*}
E(G|_{\{1, 2, 3, 4\}})=\{\{1, 2\}, \{1, 3\}, \{1, 4\}, \{2, 3\}, \{2, 4\}\}.
\end{equation*}
We consider
\begin{equation*}
N=\{\{3\}, \{4\}, \{1, 2, 3, 4\},
\{\overline{5}\}, \ldots, \{\overline{n}\}\} \in \mathcal{N}^\Box(G).
\end{equation*}
Then the pair in Lemma \ref{link} is
$J=\{1, 3, 4\}$ and $J'=\{2, 3, 4\}$. Since
\begin{equation*}
e_J+e_{J'}-e_{\{3\}}-e_{\{4\}}-e_{\{1, 2, 3, 4\}}=0,
\end{equation*}
Proposition \ref{intersection number} gives
$(-K_{X(\Delta_{\Box_G})}.V(\sigma_N))=2-3=-1$.
Therefore $X(\Delta_{\Box_G})$ is not weak Fano by Proposition \ref{Nakai} (2).

(iii) Suppose that there exists $I \subset V(G)$
such that $G|_I$ is a claw.
We may assume that $I=\{1, 2, 3, 4\}$ and
\begin{equation*}
E(G|_{\{1, 2, 3, 4\}})=\{\{1, 2\}, \{1, 3\}, \{1, 4\}\}.
\end{equation*}
We consider
\begin{equation*}
N=\{\{2\}, \{3\}, \{4\},
\{\overline{5}\}, \ldots, \{\overline{n}\}\} \in \mathcal{N}^\Box(G).
\end{equation*}
Then the pair in Lemma \ref{link} is
$J=\{1, 2, 3, 4\}$ and $J'=\{\overline{1}\}$. Since
\begin{equation*}
e_J+e_{J'}-e_{\{2\}}-e_{\{3\}}-e_{\{4\}}=0,
\end{equation*}
Proposition \ref{intersection number} gives
$(-K_{X(\Delta_{\Box_G})}.V(\sigma_N))=2-3=-1$.
Therefore $X(\Delta_{\Box_G})$ is not weak Fano by Proposition \ref{Nakai} (2).

$(2) \Rightarrow (1)$:
Suppose that $X(\Delta_{\Box_G})$ is not weak Fano.
By Proposition \ref{Nakai} (2), there exists $N \in \mathcal{N}^\Box(G)$
such that $|N|=n-1$ and $(-K_{X(\Delta_{\Box_G})}.V(\sigma_N)) \leq -1$.
By Lemma \ref{link},
there exists a pair $\{J, J'\} \subset (\mathcal{I}_G
\cup \{\{\overline{1}\}, \ldots, \{\overline{n}\}\}) \setminus N$ such that
$N \cup \{J\}$ and $N \cup \{J'\}$ are distinct maximal elements of $\mathcal{N}^\Box(G)$.
Furthermore, $\{J, J'\}$ is not in $\mathcal{N}^\Box(G)$.
Thus we must have $J \in \mathcal{I}_G$ or $J' \in \mathcal{I}_G$.
We may assume $J \in \mathcal{I}_G$.

{\it The case where $J' \in \mathcal{I}_G$}.
We have $J \not\subset J', J' \not\subset J$ and $J \cup J' \in \mathcal{I}_G$.
We will show that $J \cap J' \ne \emptyset$
and $\{J \cup J'\} \cup (\mathcal{I}_{G|_{J \cap J'}})_{\rm max} \subset N$,
where $(\mathcal{I}_{G|_{J \cap J'}})_{\rm max}$
is the set of maximal (by inclusion) elements of $\mathcal{I}_{G|_{J \cap J'}}$.

We show $N \cup \{J, J \cup J'\} \in \mathcal{N}^\Box(G)$,
which implies $J \cup J' \in N$.
Since $\Box_G$ is flag, it suffices to show that the two facets
$F_I$ and $F_{J \cup J'}$ intersect for every $I \in N$.
Suppose $\{\overline{i}\} \in N \cap \{\{\overline{1}\}, \ldots, \{\overline{n}\}\}$.
Since $\{\{\overline{i}\}, J\}, \{\{\overline{i}\}, J'\} \in \mathcal{N}^\Box(G)$,
we have $i \notin J$ and $i \notin J'$, so $i \notin J \cup J'$.
Thus $F_{\{\overline{i}\}}$ and $F_{J \cup J'}$ intersect.
It remains to show that $F_I$ and $F_{J \cup J'}$ intersect
for every $I \in N \cap \mathcal{I}_G$.
Since $\{I, J\}, \{I, J'\} \in \mathcal{N}^\Box(G)$,
we see that $I$ falls into the following three cases:
\begin{itemize}
\item $I \subset J$ or $I \subset J'$. Then $I \subset J \cup J'$.
\item $I \cup J \notin \mathcal{I}_G$ or $I \cup J' \notin \mathcal{I}_G$.
We may assume $I \cup J \notin \mathcal{I}_G$.
If $J' \subset I$, then $I \cup J=(I \cup J') \cup J=I \cup (J \cup J') \in \mathcal{I}_G$,
which is a contradiction. Thus $I \subset J'$ or $I \cup J' \notin \mathcal{I}_G$.
If $I \subset J'$, then $I \subset J \cup J'$.
Suppose $I \cup J' \notin \mathcal{I}_G$.
If $I \cup (J \cup J') \in \mathcal{I}_G$,
then at least one of $G|_{I \cup J}$ and $G|_{I \cup J'}$ is connected,
which is a contradiction.
Thus $I \cup (J \cup J') \notin \mathcal{I}_G$.
\item $J \subset I$ and $J' \subset I$. Then $J \cup J' \subset I$.
\end{itemize}
In every case, $F_I$ and $F_{J \cup J'}$ intersect.
Hence $N \cup \{J, J \cup J'\} \in \mathcal{N}^\Box(G)$.
Since $|N \cup \{J, J \cup J'\}| \leq n$, we must have $J \cup J' \in N$.

If $J \cap J'=\emptyset$,
then we have $e_J+e_{J'}-e_{J \cup J'}=0$
and Proposition \ref{intersection number} gives
$(-K_{X(\Delta_{\Box_G})}.V(\sigma_N))=2-1=1$, which is a contradiction.
Hence $J \cap J' \ne \emptyset$.
Let $C \in (\mathcal{I}_{G|_{J \cap J'}})_{\rm max}$.
We show $N \cup \{J, C\} \in \mathcal{N}^\Box(G)$,
which implies $C \in N$.
It suffices to show that
$F_I$ and $F_C$ intersect for every $I \in N$.
Suppose $\{\overline{i}\} \in N \cap \{\{\overline{1}\}, \ldots, \{\overline{n}\}\}$.
Since $\{\{\overline{i}\}, J\} \in \mathcal{N}^\Box(G)$,
we have $i \notin J$, so $i \notin C$.
Thus $F_{\{\overline{i}\}}$ and $F_C$ intersect.
It remains to show that $F_I$ and $F_C$ intersect
for every $I \in N \cap \mathcal{I}_G$.
Since $\{I, J\}, \{I, J'\} \in \mathcal{N}^\Box(G)$,
we see that $I$ falls into the following three cases:
\begin{itemize}
\item $J \subset I$ or $J' \subset I$. Then $C \subset J \cap J' \subset I$.
\item $I \cup J \notin \mathcal{I}_G$ or $I \cup J' \notin \mathcal{I}_G$.
If $I \cup C \in \mathcal{I}_G$,
then $I \cup J=I \cup(C \cup J)=(I \cup C)\cup J \in \mathcal{I}_G$
and $I \cup J'=I \cup(C \cup J')=(I \cup C)\cup J' \in \mathcal{I}_G$,
which is a contradiction.
Thus $I \cup C \notin \mathcal{I}_G$.
\item $I \subset J$ and $I \subset J'$. Then $I \in \mathcal{I}_{G|_{J \cap J'}}$.
Since $C \in (\mathcal{I}_{G|_{J \cap J'}})_{\rm max}$,
we have $I \subset C$ or $I \cap C=\emptyset$.
If $I \cap C=\emptyset$,
then $C \subsetneq I \cup C \subset J \cap J'$, so $I \cup C \notin \mathcal{I}_G$.
\end{itemize}
In every case, $F_I$ and $F_C$ intersect.
Hence $N \cup \{J, C\} \in \mathcal{N}^\Box(G)$.
Since $|N \cup \{J, C\}| \leq n$, we must have $C \in N$.
Therefore $\{J \cup J'\} \cup (\mathcal{I}_{G|_{J \cap J'}})_{\rm max} \subset N$.

We see that
\begin{equation*}
e_J+e_{J'}-\sum_{C \in (\mathcal{I}_{G|_{J \cap J'}})_{\rm max}}e_C-e_{J \cup J'}=0.
\end{equation*}
Proposition \ref{intersection number} gives
$-1 \geq (-K_{X(\Delta_{\Box_G})}.V(\sigma_N))
=2-|(\mathcal{I}_{G|_{J \cap J'}})_{\rm max}|-1
=1-|(\mathcal{I}_{G|_{J \cap J'}})_{\rm max}|$.
Thus $|(\mathcal{I}_{G|_{J \cap J'}})_{\rm max}| \geq 2$,
that is, $G|_{J \cap J'}$ is not connected.
By Lemma \ref{cyclediamond}, there exists $I \subset V(G)$ such that
$G|_I$ is a cycle with $\geq 4$ nodes or a diamond graph.

{\it The case where $J'=\{\overline{j}\}$ for $j \in \{1, \ldots, n\}$}.
Since $\{J, J'\} \notin \mathcal{N}^\Box(G)$, we have $j \in J$.
By Proposition \ref{intersection number}, we have the relation
\begin{equation*}
e_J+e_{J'}+\sum_{I \in N}a_Ie_I=0, \quad a_I \in \mathbb{Z}.
\end{equation*}
Let $N'=\{I \in N \cap \mathcal{I}_G \mid I \subset J \setminus \{j\}\}$
and let $I_1, \ldots, I_r$ be the maximal elements of $N'$.
Since $N \cup \{J\}, N \cup \{J'\} \in \mathcal{N}^\Box(G)$,
we have $I \subset J \setminus \{j\}$ or $I \cap J=\emptyset$
for every $I \in N \cap \mathcal{I}_G$,
and $i \notin J$ for every
$\{\overline{i}\} \in N \cap \{\{\overline{1}\}, \ldots, \{\overline{n}\}\}$.
The relation above implies that for each $k \in J \setminus \{j\}$,
there exists $I \in N'$ such that $I \ni k$ and $a_I<0$.
Hence we have $J \setminus \{j\}=I_1 \cup \cdots \cup I_r$.
Since $I_1, \ldots, I_r$ are pairwise disjoint, the relation above is
\begin{equation*}
e_J+e_{J'}-e_{I_1}-\cdots-e_{I_r}=0.
\end{equation*}
Proposition \ref{intersection number} gives
$-1 \geq (-K_{X(\Delta_{\Box_G})}.V(\sigma_N))=2-r$, so $r \geq 3$.

We show that $G|_{I_p \cup \{j\}}$ is connected for every $p=1, \ldots, r$.
We pick $x \in I_p$ and take a simple path $x=x_1, \ldots, x_s=j$ in $G|_J$.
Then $x_i \notin I_p$ for some $i \in \{1, \ldots, s\}$.
Let $m=\mathrm{min}\{i \in \{1, \ldots, s\} \mid x_i \notin I_p\}$.
If $x_m \in I_q$ for some $q \ne p$, then $I_p \cup I_q \in \mathcal{I}_G$,
which contradicts that $\{I_p, I_q\} \subset N \in \mathcal{N}^\Box(G)$.
Thus $x_m$ must be $j$.
Since $x_1, \ldots, x_s$ is a simple path, we must have $m=s$.
Hence $\{x_{s-1}, j\} \in E(G)$. We put $y_p=x_{s-1}$.
Since $\{y_p, y_q\} \notin E(G)$ for $p \ne q$,
the induced subgraph $G|_{\{j, y_1, y_2, y_3\}}$ is a claw.

In every case, we obtain a desired induced subgraph.
This completes the proof of Theorem \ref{main2}.
\end{proof}

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Turmeric & Bleeding
By Linda Ray
Linda Ray
Linda Ray is an award-winning journalist with more than 20 years reporting experience. She's covered business for newspapers and magazines, including the "Greenville News," "Success Magazine" and "American City Business Journals." Ray holds a journalism degree and teaches writing, career development and an FDIC course called "Money Smart."
Turmeric is a plant used to make the popular Indian spice curry. According to Medline Plus, the turmeric root is commonly used for medicinal purposes. While turmeric usually is safe to use, you should consult your doctor before taking turmeric supplements because it can cause side effects and interact with other medications, especially blood thinners.
Freshly harvested turmeric root for sale at a market.
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Turmeric is useful for treating upset stomach and is a common treatment for bloating, indigestions, diarrhea, gallbladder problems and heartburn. The active substance in turmeric is called curcumin and is used to stimulate bile production in the gallbladder that eases stomach discomfort. Ayurvedic and Chinese medical practices long have relied on turmeric to treat inflammation. According to the University of Maryland Medical Center, because of its anti-inflammatory properties, turmeric may help reduce the pain of osteoarthritis. Other uses for turmeric include treating ulcers and preventing certain types of cancer and diabetes. Turmeric also is a powerful antioxidant that can help to fight the damage caused by free radicals in your body.
Turmeric can lead to bleeding and slow blood clotting. You shouldn't take any turmeric supplements for at least two weeks before undergoing surgery to allow your blood to return to its normal clotting abilities. Increased bleeding can occur if you also are taking any medications aimed at reducing clotting such as warfarin, heparin, aspirin or naproxen. Tumeric can stimulate menstrual bleeding if you're pregnant and thus should not be taken during pregnancy.
While there doesn't seem to be any harmful interactions when you take turmeric with any foods, various herbs can increase your chance of excessive bleeding and bruising. There is a wide range of herbs that also slow blood clotting, so you should refrain from taking combinations of herbs when you use turmeric supplements. Herbs that also reduce clotting and can interact with turmeric include ginseng, red clover, garlic, clove and gingko.
Turmeric roots are boiled and dried to form a yellowish powder. It has a bitter, warm taste that you can use in sauces and shaken over other dishes. For supplements, the powder is placed in capsules, made into tinctures or used as a fluid extract. Recommended doses vary and depend on your weight and the type of delivery system you use, according to the University of Maryland Medical Center. For example, a 150-pound adult can take about 400 to 600 mg of standardized powder three times a day or 15 to 30 drops of tincture four times a day.
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Award-winning apprentices fly out to Boeing in Seattle
Two model apprentices, who won big at the University of Sheffield AMRC Training Centre's annual awards, have returned from the trip of a lifetime touring Boeing's state-of-the-art factories in Portland and Seattle.
Mary Stickland and Craig Horton, who are both from Rotherham, earned the opportunity to spend eight days in Oregon and Washington by winning the Siddall Achievement Award in March 2019.
The prize, which was new to the 2019 AMRC Training Centre Apprentice of the Year Awards ceremony, was donated by retired Silicon Valley CEO Graham Siddall. From Attercliffe, Graham was an apprentice himself and attributes the skills he learned as a young apprentice to laying the foundation for a successful career in precision engineering and semiconductor technology.
"As a former student apprentice, I have been enormously impressed with the AMRC Training Centre initiative and what it has given to the local community. I wanted to express my thanks and appreciation by giving the awardees a unique experience," said Graham.
Nominations for the annual awards are made by employers and trainers to recognise the achievement or contribution apprentices have made to industry, and are judged by a panel of AMRC Training Centre staff and award sponsors.
"It was such a shock to win the award because I had no idea that I was even nominated," said Mary, 22. "Graham stood in front of everyone, explained who he was and about his background, then he called my name out as one of the two winners."
Craig, 24, said the evening then got even better: "We went up on stage to meet Graham where he told us he had made plans for this trip to Boeing."
Mary and Craig, joined by Skills Manager at the AMRC Training Centre Gareth Wilkinson, began their trip at the Boeing factory in Renton, Washington where the 737 aeroplanes are built, followed by a tour of Boeing's Composite Wing Center in Everett.
At the University of Washington campus in Seattle there were visits to the College of Engineering and The Boeing Advanced Research Center where the company's instructors work with faculty and students on joint research projects.
It was the time spent at Boeing that sparked Mary's imagination: "The factory tours were unbelievable, you can't appreciate the size of the buildings until you are there and being driven around in a golf buggy.
"We were also shown Boeing's Oregon Manufacturing Innovation Center (OMIC) Training Academy, which is based on the AMRC Training Centre, where they are trying to recreate the successful apprenticeship programme we have in Rotherham.
"You can read a lot about Boeing in a magazine, but there is no substitute for meeting people and actually seeing what happens. Graham didn't just give us a tour, he took us for meals and introduced us to lots of people there, so it was a great opportunity."
The week-long stay in the north west of the US concluded with a tour of the Boeing factory in Portland, Oregon by Global Program Manager Bill Gerry and then the chance to sit in a Concorde during a VIP tour of the Museum of Flight in Seattle.
"That was my favourite part of the trip. The number of planes they have on show there is amazing. As well as Concorde, we had a look around Air Force One and their space shuttle trainer; the thought of the people who had been on those planes is incredible," said Craig.
Associate Dean at the University of Washington, Brian Fabien, said: "Our College of Engineering places high value on opportunities to study and research abroad, which prepares students for a global engineering career. We were delighted to be a small part of Mary and Craig's exchange."
Graham added: "It was such a fun week and as much a learning experience for myself and my wife Brenda as it was for our visitors. Mary and Craig were a little nervous at first but it was good to see them relaxing and growing in confidence as the week progressed."
James Needham, senior operations manager at Boeing Sheffield, said having apprentices travel to the United States is an important part of their development.
"Taking UK apprentices to Boeing's factories in the US to see where the parts they build will be used, builds connections, broadens horizons and makes a difference in how they approach what they do," Needham said.
Craig, a Research and Development Engineer at Technicut in Sheffield, said he will use his experience in the US back home: "At Boeing's Customer Engagement Centre I saw how they interact with customers on a more personal level by making their visit particular to each individual. Communication with customers is definitely my weak point so I will certainly take what I have learnt and apply it at Technicut."
Jennie Mitchell, HR Manager at Technicut, said: "Through his learning and hard work at the AMRC Training Centre, from advanced apprenticeship to degree level study, Craig has become an excellent engineer.
"He is a great ambassador for Technicut and for our apprenticeship programme and as he continues to grow, he will be able to draw on his experience from his prize visit to the United States. He is testament to the value we place on apprentices and the key role they play in developing the future of our business together with our talented workforce."
Mary started a Mechanical Maintenance Engineering apprenticeship in April 2018, working at Pryor in Sheffield. Simon Dunn, Operations Director at Pryor, said: "This award is testament to Mary's dedication and how hard she has worked during her apprenticeship.
"I am really pleased with the success of Pryor apprentices which reflects not only the determination of the individual apprentices but also the dedication of the experienced Pryor team members who are mentoring and developing the skills of our future workforce."
The 2020 AMRC Training Centre Apprentice of the Year Awards will be held on 20 March 2020, in the University of Sheffield's Firth Hall.
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