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Ein Mord für Quandt ist eine von der Nostro Film produzierte Krimiserie, die auf einer Idee von Karl Heinz Willschrei beruht und 1997 und 1998 auf Sat.1 gezeigt wurde.

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Der junge Kommissar Martin Quandt ermittelt in Mordfällen für die Berliner Kriminalpolizei. Stets korrekt gekleidet und außerhalb seiner Dienststelle unterwegs, benutzt er als bevorzugtes Fortbewegungsmittel einen Motorroller der Marke Aprilia. Mit einem scharfen Verstand ausgestattet, gibt sich Quandt nach außen hin vertrottelt und tollpatschig und wiegt so seine Gegner, sprich die Täter in Sicherheit. Tankwart Paule versorgt ihn nicht nur mit Kraftstoff, sondern gelegentlich auch mit hilfreichen Tipps. Vom Privatleben Quandts erfährt der Zuschauer nichts.

Sonstiges
Die Serie orientierte sich an der US-amerikanischen Erfolgsreihe Columbo mit Peter Falk, auch wenn das Berliner Pendant keinen zerknautschten Trenchcoat trug und statt eines verbeulten Oldtimers zweirädrig unterwegs war. Auch hinsichtlich der Täterfrage war Ein Mord für Quandt ein getreues Abbild Columbos, denn die Serie arbeitete nicht nach dem klassischen Prinzip des Whodunit, der Täter war von vornherein bekannt und der Zuschauer verfolgte die Aufklärungsarbeit. Und während Columbo ständig von seiner Frau sprach, die man nie zu Gesicht bekam, so erwähnte Quandt wiederholt seinen Vorgesetzten, der nicht in Erscheinung trat.

Ein Mord für Quandt startete mit einem 90-minütigen Pilotfilm (Pech und Schwefel) und wurde danach wöchentlich um 21.15 Uhr gesendet. Der Zuschauerzuspruch sank im Laufe der Ausstrahlungen, was auch daran gelegen haben mag, dass die Serie mittwochabends lief und deshalb häufig mit Sport-, insbesondere Fußballübertragungen konkurrieren musste. Wegen eines Fußballspiels wurde auch die letzte Folge der ersten Staffel (Ein braver Hund) erst 1998 zu Beginn der zweiten Staffel gezeigt, von der allerdings nur noch vier Folgen gesendet wurden. Unklarheiten gibt es hinsichtlich der Frage, ob und wie viele Episoden zwar abgedreht, aber nie gesendet wurden.

Episodenliste

Pilotfilm

Staffel 1

Staffel 2

Kritiken
Ein Mord für Quandt wurde von der Kritik eher negativ bewertet. "Herziger Schnüffler, mäßige Spannung." Zu diesem Fazit kommt die Hörzu in ihrer Vorabrezension zur Pilotfolge. Zum Beginn der zweiten Staffel bemängelt die Hörzu, dass Titelheld Martin Armknecht in den vorangegangenen Folgen "nicht recht zu überzeugen" vermochte, obwohl "die Fälle […] intelligent konstruiert" sind.

Die Programmzeitschrift Gong ging schon mit der Pilotfolge hart ins Gericht: "Überlanger, pointenarmer und arg spannungsloser Serienstart. […] Quandt, ein netter Typ, aber ohne Aha-Effekt, (noch) ohne Profil, ohne jenen Funken, der die Lunte für 13 kommende Folgen entzündet." Auch drei Ausgaben später hält "Martin Armknecht, dieser Kommissar Klassenprimus, […] in der Praxis immer noch nicht, was Quandt in der Theorie (Columbo) verspricht." Dagegen heißt das Fazit zum Beginn der zweiten Staffel: "Spaß an Krimis mit intelligenter Story und nettem Kommissar".

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Einzelnachweise

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Fernsehserie der 1990er Jahre
Fernsehserie (Sat.1)

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Q: Running an .exe on cmd line from a visual studio c++ project BACKGROUND
I have a visual studio c++ project "VideoAnalyser" which analyses a video for specific features based predominantly on OPENCV.
I now want to run this project against a large directory of video files. The issue I have is that they must first be converted to .avi file format in order to utilise the OPENCV functions within my project. I can do this with FFMPEG. It is a large directory and i do not want to create duplicates of every video file with the format changed. Rather, I'd take the video file, convert it, then run the "Video Analyser" against it destroy the reformatted file and then move onto the next video file and repeat. I can run FFMPEG independantly on the command line with no issues, however I'm unsure how to integrate this into my "Video Analyser" project which leads to...
MY QUESTION
How do I get my "VideoAnalyser" c++ project to run the FFMPEG exectuable through the cmd line?

A: Assuming Windows OS, since you tagged cmd. You can do that starting another process. So, given the command line:
int StartProcess(const std::wstring &executableName, bool wait, bool showConsole)
{
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    DWORD rtv = 0;
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    if (ok == FALSE)
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    if (wait)
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}

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The Friends of Fenway Studios was founded in 1998 as a non-profit organization dedicated to the restoration and preservation of this National Historic Landmark building, and to raising awareness of this cultural treasure, as well as promoting the work of the artists who work in the Fenway Studios.
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Studio Series Talks: Erica Hirshler
Featured Studio: B-4
Exhibitions for Fenway Studios Artists
Help Restore and Preserve Fenway Studios
The Fenway Studios, a national landmark building located on Ipswich Street in the Back Bay, contains Boston's most beautiful studios, modeled after the grand ateliers of Paris, where many of the original Fenway Studios artists had studied.
The building was constructed in 1905, in response to the need for studio space in Boston after a disastrous fire ravaged the Harcourt Studio Building on Irvington Street. Many of Boston's best-known artists barely escaped with their lives, and lost not only their studios, but their life's work in the fire. Fenway Studios was designed so that every one of the 46 studios would have north-facing windows, 12 feet high, that provide the north light cherished by painters. It is the oldest continuously functioning building in the country constructed for and dedicated solely to artists' space.
The Studios are also the first in the country to pioneer a not-for-profit limited-equity form of ownership. In order to maintain rents at an affordable level, artists are not permitted to profit from the sale of their units, save an adjustment for inflation. Today, artists who reside at Fenway Studios paint in a variety of styles from abstract expressionism to post-modern realism. Click here to read more about Fenway Studios.
Studio Series Talks
Erica Hirshler, Ph. D.
Croll Senior Curator of American Paintings, at the MFA, Boston
"Studios of their Own: Boston Women Artists and the Fenway Studios"
6pm, April 3, 2012
It's not too early to reserve your seat for the Studio Series Talk on April 3, 2012, when Erica Hirshler, Croll Senior Curator of American Paintings, at the MFA, Boston, will discuss the women who were part of the Boston School of Painting, working at the Fenway Studios at the turn of the last century, and who pioneered as women artists in Boston and America, in general.
The talk will be held at the Lenox Hotel at 6 pm, with a private reception to follow at Vose Galleries, 238 Newbury Street.
Lindsay Leard-Coolidge
Author and Lecturer, Northeastern University
"Philip Leslie Hale and the Matunuck Summer School of Painting"
6 pm, May 1, 2012
Elizabeth Ives Hunter
Executive Director, Cape Cod Museum of Art
"The Provincetown-Boston School of Painting Connection"
6 pm June 5, 2012
Click here for reservations and tickets
Photos courtesy of Vose Galleries: (from left to right) Mary Bradish Titcomb, The Writer; Lilla Cabot Perry, Hildegarde; Lee Lufkin Kaula, Reading
Each issue we will focus on one of the 46 studios in the building, featuring an artist from the past and present
Past Artist: Margaret Fitzhugh Browne
Margaret Fitzhugh Browne had a studio at the Fenway Studios for 48 years, beginning in 1926. She was one of the first women artists to take advantage of life drawing classes, then rarely open to women, offered by what is now the Massachusetts College of Art and Design. Browne's career as a portrait painter began directly after her studies at the Museum School in 1910. Her work was influenced by her mentors DeCamp, Tarbell and Benson, original artists at the Fenway Studios, whose Boston School style led Browne to emphasize beauty and technical precision in her work.
In 1936 she opened "The Margaret Fitzhugh Browne Studio for Instruction in Painting and Drawing." For a while these classes were taught out of studio B-4, and continued for over thirty years. Janet Monafo, a leading contemporary pastel artist, remembers Browne's classes fondly: "Miss Browne, who was in her eighties when I was there, sat in the front room smoking her cigarette, reading the paper, and greeting her students. [She would] give individual help to each student as needed, and at times apply the master stroke to a student work which was wonderful to see and experience." Browne also worked as the art editor of the Boston Evening Transcript and in 1933 authored a well-known book entitled Portrait Painting. Cementing her status as a professional working artist in Boston, Browne was a member of the Guild of Boston Artists, the Copley Society of Art, the Rockport Art Association, and exhibited her work at the prestigious Grand Central Art Galleries in New York City. In 2011 the Cape Ann Museum held an exhibition of her work titled, Margaret Fitzhugh Browne: Sixty Years of Portrait Painting, click here to purchase a catalog of the exhibition.
Photos courtesy of the Cape Ann Museum
Present Artist: Robert Baart
"My paintings hover between realism and abstraction. They embody a language of color, texture, light, atmosphere, and resonate on a level beyond the normal visual experience. They remain abstract yet familiar and I hope they provide the viewer with a moment of decompression and introspection."
Robert Baart graduated from the School of Museum of Fine Arts in Boston in 1969, and applied for a space at the Fenway Studios in 1979. At the time there was not much interest in buying studio B-4, a well-used and worn large space in need of repair. "I saw the potential, and renovated, and it's been my studio for 33 years." Over this time, his work slowly evolved, sometimes taking a more traditional approach to depicting nature and the landscape, and other times working more intuitively, "staying open to places the process might take me rather than simply copying nature." The craft and process of painting is very important to his work, and as a teacher at the Museum School for the past 35 years, Mr. Baart has emphasized the importance of observation to his students, whether he was instructing them in silverpoint drawing, egg tempera, frescos, gilding, or oil painting.
Mr. Baart's work can be found in such prestigious public collections as the DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park in Lincoln, MA, the Rose Art Museum at Brandeis University in Waltham, MA, and in various other public and private collections in the U.S. and abroad.
On February 9th from 5-7 pm, an exhibition of his most recent work opens at the Towne Art Gallery at Wheelock College, which runs through February 23rd, 2012. For complete information and hours, please follow this link: www.wheelock.edu/art or call 617-879-2219. Click here to see additional biographical information for Mr. Baart, as well as contact information and works available for sale.
Mr. Baart can be reached directly at his studio 617-247-4051 or by email: rcbaart@verizon.net
Top: Robert Baart, West Forks Winter; Bottom: Dylan Hurwitz, Studio B-4
Exhibitions for Fenway Studio Artists
Robert Baart: Breaker
Robert Baart
Robert Baart: Paintings and Drawings
Wheelock College in the Towne Art Gallery
180 The Riverway, Boston MA 02215
Opening: February 9th, 5-7pm
Now - February 23, 2012
For complete information and hours go to: wheelock.edu/art or call 617.879.2219
Gedas Paskkauskas, Ghosts of Sakonnet
Gedas Paskauskas
55 South Main Street, Natick MA 01760
For complete information and hours go to: www.gallery55.com/index.html or call 508-740-0260
Jane O'Hara, The Messanger
Jane O'Hara
at the Hynes Convention Center in the Main Rotunda
900 Boylston Street, Boston MA 02115
March 9 - May 9, 2012
For more information about Jane O'Hara's work go to: http://www.janeohara.com/index.php
Nan Hass Feldman, Yao Women in the Terraced Fields
Dreaming East, Dreaming West
Fountain Street Fine Art
59 Fountain Street, Framingham MA 01702
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Your help is needed to restore the famous Fenway Studios windows and to preserve this National Historical Landmark building. The contributions of art lovers and others who appreciate the important role the Fenway Studios has played, and continues to play, in the cultural life of Boston, are vital to the continued support of this landmark. Friends of Fenway Studios ask for your financial support for this significant preservation work. To learn more about the work that needs to be done on the building and how to donate, click here.

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Intramural page receives remodeling
Nathan Bottiger
Junior Siddharth Savani, red shirt, and other members of the Soccer club practice Saturday for their intramural season before their pick-up game.
This summer Pitt-Johnstown's sports webpages received a renovation in appearance, and the changes may be beneficial to more than university supported sports.
In the past, the website's intramural sports section was situated in a different part of the school's website, but now it is with the sports section and seems much improved.
The new page is located in the athletics pages under the Inside Athletics tab under the subsection-listed intramurals.
Students who participate in intramural sports can now find more than the standard rules and regulations on the site, which includes detailed schedules and sign up deadlines.
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Till said she still received late entries for the intramurals that needed to be submitted last week, but she understands that students have busy schedules and can't always make signing up their teams a priority.
"I do believe students will be more aware of the deadlines of the upcoming leagues."
In addition to a more informed student body, Till said the site shows promise in gaining further interest in intramurals.
"The site will bring more interest to the program and what UPJ has to offer, especially to freshmen and new students."
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Junior Siddharth Savani, a co-ed outdoor soccer participant, said he likes the new website design and thinks the students will respond well to it.
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Ha origini spagnole e irlandesi. Da piccolo suonava il sax ed il violino, ma è grazie a sua nonna Higinia ed alla sua famiglia che si è interessato al canto. Dopo aver assistito ad alcuni concerti dei Linkin Park, Cypress Hill, Adema e Hoobastank decide di cantare in una band. Ha avuto una figlia.

Biografia

Blessthefall

Con i Blessthefall, Craig scrive due EP autoprodotti ed un album. Il loro primo album completo, His Last Walk, è stato pubblicato il 10 aprile 2007 con l'etichetta Science Records/Ferret Music. Da quell'album, sono stati estratti quattro singoli: "Higinia", "Guys like you make us look bad", "A message to the unknown" e "Rise up". Quest'ultimo è stato pubblicato dopo l'abbandono della band da parte di Mabbitt, infatti non lo vediamo apparire nel video. Durante il loro tour europeo del 2007 in collaborazione con i Silverstein ed i The Vincent Black Shadow, Mabbitt dovette abbandonare la band per problemi di salute dovuti all'alcol; successivamente, decise di tornare a suonare, ma la band decise che sarebbe stato meglio proseguire senza di lui. Da quel momento, Mabbitt affermò che lasciare la band fosse stata la decisione migliore mai presa in vita sua. Prese il suo posto nella band Beau Bokan, ex leader dei Take The Crown.

Escape the Fate

Dopo la dipartita di Ronnie Radke per guai con la legge, i membri degli Escape the Fate partirono alla ricerca di un cantante, essendosi Mabbitt allontanato dai Blessthefall decise di aprire una nuova fase in questa band. E così Mabbitt ha avuto un rapido adeguamento alla band e in poche settimane era già passato attraverso vari tour in tutti gli Stati Uniti e all'estero, tra cui l'Australia, dove ha condiviso il palco con band come Chiodos e Silverstein. L'album di debutto è This War Is Ours ed è stato pubblicato nel mese di ottobre 2008, avendo buona accoglienza tra i fan e la band.

Nel corso del 2009 gli Escape The Fate hanno partecipato alla compilazione della Fearless Records, Punk Goes Pop Volume 2, registrare la loro versione di "Smooth" di Carlos Santana e al Warped Tour.

Ha fatto una canzone con gli Eyes Set to Kill, Deadly Weapon, e ne è recentemente uscito il video.

Discografia

Con i Blessthefall
 2005 – Black Rose Dying
 2006 – Blessthefall EP
 2007 – His Last Walk

Con gli Escape the Fate
 2008 – This War Is Ours
 2010 – Escape the Fate
 2013 – Ungrateful
 2015 – Hate Me
 2018 – I Am Human

Con i The Dead Rabbitts
 2012 – Edge of Reality
 2014 – Shapeshifter
2017 - This Emptiness

Con i The Word Alive
 2008 – The Word Alive

Note

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

Membri degli Escape the Fate


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Charles Theodore Brown '40
Charles Theodore Brown '40 died on March 13, 2005, in Freeport, Maine.
Born on November 21, 1912, in West Stockbridge, MA, he graduated from Williams High School in Stockbridge in 1930 and received his diploma from Bangor Theological Seminary in 1936. He entered Bowdoin in 1937 as a member of the junior class and was graduated in 1941 as a member of the Class of 1940. In 1947, he received his bachelor of divinity degree from Bangor Theological Seminary. He was a minister in churches in Portage, Woolwich, and Monmouth before serving as a chaplain in the U.S. Army from 1943 to 1946 during World War II, attaining the rank of captain. After the war, he became pastor of the Elm Street Congregational Church in Bucksport, a position that he held until 1978, except for three years at the First Congregational Church in Stockbridge from 1954 to 1957. After he retired in 1978 and had moved to Sandy Point, he served for some years as pastor of the Congregational church there. He was the founder and first president of the Bucksport Historical Society, an honorary member of the Sandy Point American Legion, and a former member of the Monmouth Grange. He was a director of the Maine Conference of the United Church of Christ, and in 1969 was the recipient of the Distinguished Alumnus Award of the Bangor Theological Seminary. For many years he wrote "Seen through the Binoculars," a column on bird watching for the Bucksport Free Press. Surviving are his wife, Mary Flanders Brown, whom he married in 1942; a son, the Reverend Kendall H. Brown of Evansville, IN; two daughters, Sharon Brown and Deborah Betit, both of Brunswick; three grandchildren, one of whom, Hannah M. Brown, graduated from Bowdoin in 1997; and a sister, Elizabeth Butler of Oneida, TN.
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Monoamine oxidase (MAO) is a key enzyme in charge of the degradation of serotonin norepinephrine dopamine and phenylethylamine. is certainly recommended that Lys-305 Trp-397 and Tyr-407 in MAO Retaspimycin HCl A and Lys-296 Trp-388 and Tyr-398 in MAO B could be mixed up in non-covalent binding to Trend. Tyr-407 and Tyr-444 in MAO A (Tyr-398 and Tyr-435 in MAO B) may type an aromatic sandwich that stabilizes the substrate binding. Asp-132 in MAO A (Asp-123 in MAO B) located on the entrance from the U-shaped substrate-binding site does not have any influence on MAO A nor MAO B catalytic activity. The equivalent influence of analogous mutants in MAO A and MAO B shows that these proteins have got the same function in both isoenzymes. Three-dimensional modeling of MAO A and B using polyamine oxidase as template shows that the entire tertiary framework and the energetic sites of MAO A and B could be equivalent. Monoamine oxidase (MAO 1 ATF1 EC 1.4.3.4; amine:air oxidoreductase (deaminating flavin-containing)) is certainly a flavoprotein located on the external membranes of mitochondria in neuronal glial and various other cells. It catalyzes the oxidative deamination of monoamine neurotransmitters such as for example serotonin norepinephrine and dopamine and seems to enjoy important roles in a number of psychiatric and neurological disorders (for critique find Refs. 1 and 2). Furthermore additionally it is in charge of the bio-transformation of 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1 2 3 6 into 1-methyl-4-phenylpyridinium a Parkinsonian making neurotoxin (3-5). Lately it's been proven that MAO may donate to the apoptotic procedure because inhibition of MAO activity suppressed cell loss of life (6). MAO exists in two forms MAO A and MAO B namely. MAO A preferentially oxidizes serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine) and it is irreversibly inhibited by low concentrations of clorgyline (7). MAO B preferentially oxidizes phenylethylamine (PEA) and benzylamine which is Retaspimycin HCl irreversibly inactivated by low concentrations of pargyline and deprenyl (8). Dopamine Retaspimycin HCl tryptamine and tyramine are normal substrates for both MAOs. MAO A and B contain 527 and 520 proteins respectively and also have a 70% identification (9). Each isoenzyme includes a Trend covalently associated with a cysteine residue Cys-406 in MAO A and Cys-397 in MAO B via an 8determination [14C]5-HT and [14C]PEA concentrations ranged from 0.1 to 5 moments the values which were determined via Eadie-Hofstee story (activity curve towards the Michaelis-Menten equation as well as the calculated focus from the enzyme in the quantitation assay. The IC50 beliefs for the irreversible inhibitors clorgyline and deprenyl had been dependant on preincubating the inhibitor using the homogenate for 30 min at 37 °C and assaying for the rest of the activity as defined above. Modeling of MAO MAO and Retaspimycin HCl A B Sequences were retrieved in the Swiss Proteins Data Retaspimycin HCl source. Coordinates from the crystal framework of PAO can be found on the Proteins Data source (code 1b5q). Series alignments had been performed with Matchbox (31). Comparative modeling of both types of MAOs was performed using the Homology component (Molecular Simulation Inc. NORTH PARK). Energy minimization (steepest descent and conjugated gradient algorithms; gradient on energies significantly less than 1 kcal/mol utilized as convergence requirements) was performed using the constant valence power field as well as the Discover plan (Molecular Simulation Inc. NORTH PARK). A distance-dependent dielectric continuous (1·worth of MAO A-Y407F was somewhat increased. Likewise mutant MAO A-Y444S didn't present any catalytic activity whereas the mutant MAO A-Y407F acquired low activity. These outcomes indicate that both tyrosines at positions 407 and 444 could be changed by phenylalanine to retain some activity however not by serine. Therefore an important function for the aromatic band of tyrosine. MAO A-D132A acquired an activity equivalent to that from the outrageous type and the worthiness was slightly elevated. This shows that Asp-132 isn't very important to the catalytic activity of MAO A. We've also motivated the inhibitor sensitivities of all energetic mutants toward the MAO A-specific inhibitor clorgyline as well as the MAO B-specific inhibitor deprenyl (Desk II). For clorgyline MAO A-D132A and MAO A-Y407F acquired the same awareness as the outrageous type and MAO A-Y444F demonstrated in regards to a 10-flip decrease in awareness. For deprenyl MAO A-D132A demonstrated a slight reduction in awareness and MAO A-Y407F and MAO A-Y444F demonstrated in regards to a 10-flip decrease. As a result MAO A-Y444F displays a decreased awareness for both inhibitors whereas MAO A-D132A and MAO A-Y407F present a decreased awareness toward deprenyl just. This shows that these amino acids are not essential but.
Monitoring of pregnancies in women living with HIV is carried out on a national basis in the United Kingdom (UK) through the National Study of HIV in Pregnancy and Childhood. being exposed to newer antiretroviral drugs for which less is known regarding both short- and long-term safety. In this commentary we describe the approaches that have been taken to explore health outcomes in HEU children born in the UK. This includes the Children exposed to AntiRetroviral Therapy (CHART) Study which was a consented follow-up study carried out in 2002-2005 of HEU children born in 1996-2004. The CHART Study showed that 4% of HEU children enrolled had a major health or development problem in early childhood; this is within expected UK norms however the scholarly study was tied to small numbers and short-term follow-up. However the issues with recruitment and retention which were encountered inside the Graph Study confirmed that extensive clinic-based follow-up had not been a feasible strategy for long-term evaluation of HEU kids in the united kingdom. We describe an alternative solution approach created to monitor some areas of their long-term wellness relating to the "flagging" of HEU newborns for loss of life and cancer enrollment with the united kingdom Office for Country wide Statistics. A number of the moral concerns relating to analysis of long-term final results of and perinatal contact with antiretrovirals NPI-2358 including those associated with consent and confidentiality may also be discussed. both strategies; predicated on data for 2000-2010 over 90% of newborns had been reported through both strategies. Simply no true brands are requested or recorded. Respondents provide data on demographic features lab outcomes maternal concurrent attacks Artwork make use of obstetric perinatal and administration final results. Obstetric and pediatric reviews are connected by time of delivery geographic area of report Country wide Health Program (NHS) amount (a NPI-2358 distinctive identifier) and various other demographic variables. Consent is not needed for case notification towards the security and NSHPC is exclusively health-care suppliers. To time over 19 0 pregnancies to females coping with HIV in the united kingdom have already been reported with an additional almost 2000 from Ireland. This paper concentrates mainly on the UK data and situation. Rabbit Polyclonal to MAN1B1. Exposure of Infants to Antiretrovirals in Pregnancy and/or Early Life Program antenatal HIV screening was introduced throughout the UK and Ireland from 1999 onward and screening uptake in England has exceeded 97% since 2011 (3). In 2014 more than 690 0 pregnant women in England were tested with 1.5 women per NPI-2358 1000 testing HIV-positive (1). Mother-to-child transmission rates have been lower than 1% for several years and in 2010-2011 the rate was 0.46% (95% confidence interval: 0.21-0.86%) (2). There are currently around 1100-1200 HIV-exposed uninfected (HEU) infants born every year in the UK with a further 80-100 given birth to in Ireland. By the end of 2014 there was a cumulative total of more than 15 0 HEU children with any combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) exposure and more than 5000 with cART exposure from conception in the UK. In a recent analysis of nearly 6000 pregnancies delivered in 2009-2014 for 51% the mother was on ART at conception in 28% she was diagnosed but not on ART and in 21% she was diagnosed with HIV for the first time during pregnancy (4). Overall 98 of pregnancies were exposed to cART with a further 1% exposed to monotherapy. Of the pregnancies in which cART was initiated during this time period a significant trend toward earlier start was apparent with the median gestation at initiation shifting from 22?weeks gestation in 2009-2011 to 20?weeks in 2012-2014. HIV-exposed uninfected infants are increasingly being exposed to newer antiretroviral drugs for which less is known regarding both short- and long-term security (5-8). Although the advantages of cART for maternal health insurance and avoidance of MTCT are deep it is known that there surely is a dependence on continued security of the basic safety of the usage of in being pregnant especially any potential past due results (7 8 Wellness distinctions in HEU kids in comparison to unexposed kids are increasingly getting reported including metabolic mitochondrial development endocrinological immune system and hematological distinctions. The potential reasons for these are apt to be complicated and inter-related and could include ramifications of exposures (maternal HIV Artwork other medicine or illicit medications) an changed microbiome developing up within an HIV-affected family members or other.
Oxidative stress plays a part in diabetic cardiomyopathy. β-myosin weighty chain were also improved. These parameters were attenuated from the administration of AS but not S Nox4. Moreover the impairment of contractility observed in diabetic rats was avoided in AS- however not S-treated pets. Publicity of cultured cardiac myocytes to 25 mM blood sugar [high blood sugar (HG)] elevated NADPH oxidase activity the appearance of Nox4 and molecular markers of cardiac damage. These ramifications of HG had been avoided in cells contaminated with adenoviral vector filled with MK-2048 a dominant detrimental type of Nox4. This research provides strong proof that Nox4 can be an important way to obtain ROS in the still left ventricle which Nox4-produced ROS donate to cardiomyopathy at first stages of type 1 diabetes. (or Nox2) the catalytic moiety within phagocytes (14 24 Within this family members Nox4 is portrayed in both center and cultured cardiac myocytes. It's been reported that diabetes boosts NADPH oxidase activity (13); nevertheless the natural function(s) of Nox4 in the development of diabetic cardiomyopathy is not known. Music et al. (31) have shown that ROS contribute to cardiac dysfunction in OVE26 diabetic mice. In transgenic animals overexpressing Nox4 ageing and pressure-overload promote cardiac dysfunction and suppression of endogenous Nox4 activity attenuates cardiac hypertrophy (1). This study was designed to determine the part of Nox4 in mediating diabetic cardiomyopathy phenotype at early stages of type 1 diabetes. We display improved NADPH oxidase activity and Nox4 manifestation in cardiac myocytes exposed to high glucose (HG) and in the myocardium of type 1 diabetic rats. We also provide evidence that upregulation of Nox4 protein parallels the increase in NADPH oxidase activity in the MK-2048 remaining ventricle (LV) of type 1 diabetic rats and mediates cardiomyocyte injury. Inhibiting Nox4 manifestation decreased NADPH-dependent ROS generation and reversed cardiomyocyte injury phenotype in vitro and in vivo and improved cardiac function in type 1 diabetic rats. METHODS Animals and treatments. Male Sprague-Dawley rats weighing between 200 and 225 g were divided into four groups of four animals each. Rats in were injected with sodium citrate buffer only. rats were injected intravenously via the tail vein with 55 mg/kg body wt streptozotocin (STZ) in sodium citrate buffer (0.01 M pH 4.5) to induce diabetes. Rats in and were injected with STZ followed by either phosphorothioated sense (for 30 min at 4°C. Human being cardiac myocytes were cultivated to near confluency in 60- or 100-mm dishes and serum-deprived for 24 h. All incubations were carried out in serum-free BMP13 cardiac myocyte press at 37°C for the specified period. The cells were lysed in MK-2048 radioimmune precipitation buffer at 4°C for 30 min. The cell lysates were centrifuged at 10 0 for 30 min at 4°C. Protein in the supernatants was measured using the Bio-Rad method. For immunoblotting proteins were separated by SDS-PAGE and transferred to polyvinylidene difluoride membranes (11 17 The membranes were clogged with 5% low-fat milk in Tris-buffered saline and then probed with main antibodies. These include rabbit polyclonal anti-Nox4 (1:1 0 Novus Biologicals) rabbit polyclonal anti-Nox1 (1:1 0 Santa Cruz Biotechnology) rabbit MK-2048 anti-gp91< 0.05. RESULTS Echocardiographic measurements. Relevant characteristics and hemodynamic variables of the four groups of rats analyzed are demonstrated in Table 1. Neglected diabetic rats and diabetic rats treated with either S or AS Nox4 acquired equivalently elevated blood sugar concentration weighed against the control rats. Bodyweight was low in the diabetic rats also to a similar level in the diabetic rats treated with either feeling or antisense oligonucleotides. There is no significant transformation in still left ventricle to bodyweight proportion among the four groupings. Also through MK-2048 the research period diastolic and systolic thicknesses from the interventricular septum and of the posterior wall structure didn't differ considerably among the four groupings. LV internal aspect (in mm) and LV inner quantity (in μl) during systole had been significantly elevated in diabetic and sense-treated rats weighed against control pets (< 0.05). This is along with a significant reduction in percent fractional shortening (Fig. 1< 0.05) (Fig. 1 and and and and and and and and and and.
Despite considerable evidence for potential ramifications of estrogen on emotional handling several research of postmenopausal females who began hormone therapy (HT) remote control from menopause survey no ramifications of HT on emotional procedures. better activation than estrogen treated ladies in medial prefrontal cortex increasing towards the anterior cingulate and even more activation than estrogen plus progestin treated ladies in the insula. During handling of harmful images estrogen treated females acquired higher activation than NT ladies in Rabbit Polyclonal to IKK-alpha/beta (phospho-Ser176/177). the entorhinal cortex. Current in comparison to previous HT users demonstrated better activation in the hippocampus and higher feeling recognition precision of natural stimuli. Progestin as well as Estrogen treated females had slower response period than NT females when ranking all of the images. To conclude hormone use was associated with differences in brain functional responses during emotional processing. These fMRI effects were more prominent than those observed for behavioral steps and involved brain regions implicated in cognitive-emotional integration. ≤0.05 corrected for multiple comparisons (familywise error rate (FWE) method) with 10 voxels minimum cluster size. For the treatment/group effects and the difference between current and recent users the same significance criteria were applied; we also included clusters located in regions whose activation was significantly increased by the task main effects if after small volume correction they were significant at ≤0.05 FWE corrected for multiple comparisons. 3 RESULTS 3.1 Demographic and behavioral data Using ANOVA the three groups did not differ significantly in age years of education GDS or MMSE scores rating accuracy for positive unfavorable or neutral pictures Obatoclax mesylate or positive or unfavorable emotional bias (Table 1). Post hoc comparisons revealed that this Obatoclax mesylate ET and EPT groups differed significantly in years of education (t=?2.32 p=0.03) HT period (t=3.19 p=0.004) and age in HT initiation (t=2.74 p=0.01). A substantial aftereffect of treatment on RT during picture ranking was noticed using ANOVA for positive (F=3.53 p=0.04) bad (F=4.0 p=0.02) and natural (F=4.25 p=0.02) images. Post-hoc comparisons Obatoclax mesylate demonstrated that EPT users acquired much longer RTs than hardly ever users for positive harmful and neutral images (p=0.03 p=0.02 and p=0.02 respectively). There have been no distinctions between previous and current hormone users except in precision of ranking neutral images where current users had been even more accurate (t=?2.05 p=0.05). Desk 1 behavioral and Demographic data from the three menopausal teams. 3.2 Human brain activation 3.2 Job results and their correlations with behavioral actions Task main results for the whole test are summarized in Desk 2 as well as the correlations with behavioral actions are proven in Desk 3. Through the handling of positive stimuli harmful bias was adversely correlated with posterior cingulate activation while RT was favorably correlated with activation in frontal and occipito-temporal locations. During negative stimuli presentation RT was correlated with activation in precentral and frontal areas negatively. Table 2 Job Effects: Brain locations activated over the whole test Desk Obatoclax mesylate 3 Correlations between Obatoclax mesylate local activations and behavioral methods 3.2 Hormone treatment results No significant differences in human brain activation were found between your NT group and the complete HT sample during digesting of positive or harmful images. To assess particular ramifications of ET and EPT these groupings were set alongside the NT group also to one another (Desk 4). During handling of positive images the NT group demonstrated better activation compared to the ET group in the still left medial frontal gyrus (BA 10) as well as the still left anterior cingulate (BA 32/24) and better activation compared to the EPT group in the proper posterior insula. No locations showed significantly better activity in either HT group set alongside the NT group. During harmful pictures handling no regions of better activation were discovered inside the NT in comparison with the ET or EPT organizations. However the ET sample showed higher activation than the NT participants in the right entorhinal cortex. Comparing the ET and EPT organizations exposed no significant variations in mind activation during control of positive or.
Many peptides when released as chemical messengers within the brain have powerful influences on complex behaviours. show that sociable information is definitely processed in part by a vasopressin system intrinsic to the olfactory system. Complex sociable behaviour often depends on individual recognition and most mammals distinguish individuals by their olfactory signatures. Some individuals are accorded a particular status such as when a relationship is definitely created between a mother and offspring or between sexual partners in monogamous varieties. Roflumilast In these cases an olfactory memory space is definitely forged in the olfactory bulb partly as a result of the actions of peptides4. For example oxytocin released in the mother's mind during parturition helps to establish the olfactory signatures of the offspring as memorable5. The converse of sociable attachment is definitely rejection of or aggression towards folks who are recognised as intruders or rivals6. For this vasopressin a peptide closely related to oxytocin is definitely important via its actions at V1 receptors and mice without a practical accessory olfactory system display many of the same behavioural deficits as mice that lack V1 receptors. This suggests that vasopressin is definitely involved in the control and/or integration of olfactory stimuli and that it couples socially relevant olfactory cues with an appropriate behavioural response7. Here we have recognized a hitherto unreported human population of vasopressin neurones in the olfactory bulb (Fig.1). We 1st saw these cells inside a transgenic rat collection in which enhanced green fluorescent protein (eGFP) was targeted to the vasopressin Roflumilast secretory pathway resulting in its co-packaging with vasopressin in secretory vesicles8. The main olfactory bulb Roflumilast consists of related numbers of eGFP-expressing cells in males and females (99±14 and 103±10 cells/section; n=16 16 providing an estimated 5 0 0 neurones per bulb; the accessory lights contained ~1 0 neurones. These large ovoid neurones (~15?蘭 diameter) are mostly located in the external plexiform layer close to the glomeruli (the constructions FZD3 in the bulb that directly receive inputs from olfactory receptor cells). Each offers several large dendrites one of which penetrates a single glomerulus where it gives rise to many small branches suggesting that they receive direct inputs from olfactory nerve afferents. Additional dendrites travel laterally to the external zones around neighbouring glomeruli (Fig.1b). By immunocytochemistry we showed that these cells indeed synthesise vasopressin (Fig.1d) and we confirmed their presence in wild-type rats (Fig.1e). We also confirmed Roflumilast that they express vasopressin mRNA by hybridisation (Fig.1f) and that vasopressin is released from olfactory bulb explants in response to depolarisation with high K+ (launch increased from 0.65±0.19 to 4.88±1.88pg/sample =0.026; Fig.2a b). Number 2 Effects of V1a receptor blockade and vasopressin cell damage on sociable recognition To specifically test involvement of the V1a receptor subtype we used infusions of a small interference RNA (siRNA) targeted against V1a receptor mRNA (siRNA has been previously used to successfully silence gene manifestation including silencing the V2 receptor in mouse kidney18); these infusions produced transfection in the olfactory bulb but not in the septum (supplementary Fig.1). The effects of siRNA treatment were much like those acquired with antagonist (treatment: F(1 16 hybridization to detect vasopressin mRNA and eGFP mRNA. Eleven eGFP rats were stereotaxically microinjected with the retrograde tracer Fluorogold at numerous sites to detect cells projecting from your olfactory bulb. Vasopressin content material and potassium stimulated launch from olfactory bulb explants was measured by RIA. To test effects on sociable discrimination the V1 antagonist or vehicle was infused bilaterally into the olfactory lights of adult rats15. A juvenile was launched into the adult's cage for 4min and the duration of investigation from the adult recorded; 30min (or 180min) later on the juvenile was re-introduced with another unfamiliar juvenile and the preference index was measured17 (time investigating unfamiliar/(time investigating familiar + time investigating unfamiliar juvenile)*100). Olfactory habituation and dishabituation29 was tested by exposing rats to four 1-min tests separated by 10-min. During a fifth dishabituation trial the rats were exposed to a novel stimulus. In rats injected with siRNA directed against V1a receptors (or control vectors) behaviours were tested 4 8 and 16 days after injection. For conditional ablation of.


This chapter has the most amount of active characters in it so far, though most of those are secondary, nameless characters. To that point, with the the amount of people and interaction that occurs in these pages, one of my worries was––as it always is––clarity. This specific worry comes down to color (seven pages into the chapter before I brought up coloring––someone somewhere won a bet) in that things can easily get lost in a limited color palette. However, the benefit of this is that things can easily get lost in a limited color palette.
This was a worry because how could I assure that readers would be looking at and following the characters that I wanted them to. Also, how can you tell that one character is more important or powerful than another when they're all the same four colors?
The solution goes back to my general approach to coloring for Long John in general: expressive rather than representative. Since this isn't a full-color comic, there's no requirement that every item needs to have its own, constant shade of sepia or gray or whatever. We're looking at this world through a lens that I made, so I can show you what I want.
This really started with the previous page and the two large crowd panels. I obviously placed the most important character in the middle––using composition to answer that question from earlier––but I realized if I colored everybody with white shirts and gray pants and brown coats or vests––and mixing that up a bit––it would make the page look calico and not really emphasize the fact that the Bishop is a dude with a posse.
The lineart on top and the final art on the bottom. Notice that the Bishop's posse is all greyed out to emphasize The Bishop.
So, I went back to the initial fear: everyone will blend together. That is true, but how do I get the character I want to stand out to do just that? As it turns out, the neat trick I learned is that I don't have to color everyone it. I just made the posse grey. So, even though there's a lot of characters on screen, there is only one capital-C Character and we know exactly who it is.
I bring that technique again on today's page, opening up the contrast when someone speaks. That's why the lackey in the last panel is colored in, because he's interacting with Long John. I now see characters lighting up like the sidewalk squares in Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean" video, becoming unique when being used.
How background characters work in Long John.
As promised, below is the inking video I made of the final panel for this page. For me, it's fun seeing this one come together.
Watching these videos is a strange experience because it's not like watching a home movie where watching the process (very sped up) walks me down the memories of being there. I don't remember inking the page. Drawing is not a particularly memorable process; it's about getting the thing done.
The main takeaway from these are seeing what my habits are––my strengths and weaknesses. These videos provide a genuinely objective look at how I draw and rather than being embarrassing or hard to watch, I become a bit emboldened by it. It's direct evidence against my self-doubt: "Look! Here is proof that I can do this!" It's nice to put such things away for awhile.


Prior to pouring ingredients into punch bowl prepare bowl for dry ice by placing a small casserole in the bottom of punch bowl. this is to prevent puncbowl from cracking.
Combine cranberry juice,juice from peaches, lime juice, orange juice, nutmeg and rum in punch bowl.
Place dry ice into center of bowl 1 piece at a time. Do this just before serving. When it stops smoking add another piece of dry ice. Its a good idea to let one person do the serving to make sure no one gets any of the dry ice in their cups.
*purchase dry ice on day of party. one-half pound of dry ice will "smoke" and bubble for about 1 hour.


In recent years, while Western attention has been mostly focused on the unresolved situation of Ukraine and the ongoing war in Syria, the countries of Southern Eurasia have quietly undergone rapid changes. Three dynamics have been at work there in the realms of domestic politics, regional geopolitics, and societal transformations.
In several South Caucasus and Central Asian countries, the authoritarian regimes in place are increasingly challenged not by the opposition, but by the inertia of the system, ageing bureaucracies, and a decline in the state budgets once used to invest in mega-projects and secure popular support. This challenge has been particularly pronounced in the Caspian countries, including Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan, whose oil and gas dreams have largely faded with deep changes to the structure of the world energy market.
Russia's influence in Southern Eurasia has been challenged, to some degree, by domestic constituencies and local evolutions in the South Caucasus, as well as by China's growing role in Central Asia. Nevertheless, Moscow remains the central geopolitical player for the countries that border Russia to the south, not to mention a critical security player, even if it offers no solutions to homegrown issues and challenges, such as a lack of economic prospects, the rise of nationalist and Islamist narratives, and narcotrafficking from Afghanistan. These unresolved challenges mean that local regimes are not only limited in their room of maneuver between the West and Russia in the South Caucasus, or Russia and China in Central Asia, but also questioned by their own constituencies, particularly the younger generations.


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Jon Jones relinquishes UFC light heavyweight title, hints at heavyweight run
Jon Jones announced on Twitter that he was relinquishing his UFC light heavyweight championship.
"Just got off the phone with [the UFC]," Jones stated. "Today I confirm that I'm vacating the light heavyweight championship. It's officially up for grabs. It's been an amazing journey, sincere thank you to all my competition, UFC and most importantly, you fans."
Just got off the phone with @Ufc, today I confirm that I'm vacating the light heavyweight championship. It's officially up for grabs. It's been an amazing journey, sincere thank you to all my competition, Ufc and most importantly you fans.
— BONY (@JonnyBones) August 17, 2020
The Jackson Wink product is the most dominant UFC light heavyweight champion of all time, boasting records such as the the most successful light heavyweight title defences in UFC history (11) and the most wins in the UFC division's history with 19.
"Bones" last fought to a close decision win over Dominick Reyes at UFC 247 in February.
Jones put his career on pause amid a dispute with the UFC over the money he would be paid for a rumoured fight at heavyweight with Francis Ngannou earlier in 2020.
While many fans would fear this could be the death knell sounding for Jones' UFC run, Bones has publicly renewed his interest in competing as a heavyweight since the UFC heavyweight title trilogy bout between Stipe Miocic and rival Daniel Cormier at UFC 252 on Saturday.
Jones reiterated his interest in competing above 205 pounds after revealing that he had vacated his light heavyweight title and later hinted at some good news.
The last I spoke with @UFC about my salary there was no negotiating. If that ever changes, i'd love to come back and compete again as a heavyweight. Until then, I'll be enjoying Ufc has a fan and doing my best to take care of my family and community https://t.co/NoTTpRTMH0
Just had a really positive conversation with @Ufc. Sounds like there will be negotiations for my next fight at heavy weight. All good news, the weight gaining process begins.
Jones at heavyweight certainly serves up an interesting proposition for a division which is at its most competitive for a long time.
Are we going to see Jones fighting at heavyweight next? Let's hope so.
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Motivational Interviewing in London
Motivational Interviewing helps patients to identify the changes that they would like to make in their lives, and to find a way to enact them that is self-directed, empowering, and that has the capacity to substantially improve their quality of life.
What is Motivational Interviewing?
Motivational Interviewing is a patient-centred counselling style that helps people to engage with positive behavioural change by exploring issues of ambivalence in their lives. It is a goal-directed form of counselling, in which the therapist helps the client to think about how they can make changes in their lives and facilitates them in making positive change. Motivational Interviewing is often used to help people with chronic health conditions, such as diabetes, manage their condition effectively and make lifestyle changes to mitigate the impact it has on their lives. It is often particularly effective with people who are initially quite resistant to change, or even angry about the need to make some changes.
Often, Motivational Interviewing is primarily focused on how someone can make changes with respect to a specific behaviour that is causing problems for them. The therapist and patient work together to figure out what changes the patient wants to make, and how ready they are to start making them. In the process, they develop a relationship predicated around cooperation and positivity, with respect for the patient's right to make their own decisions at the forefront. The therapist does not judge their client or engage in confrontational questioning, but rather respects their space and the natural rate of progress that they attain. The therapist displays acceptance and empathy towards their patient and what they are going through as, together, they engage in a process of creative exploration. The motivation for change always comes from the patient and can never be imposed by the therapist.
What is involved in Motivational Interviewing?
Motivational Interviewing involves asking the patient open-ended questions, such as, "What would the future look like for you, if you managed to make the changes that you are looking for?" and "How would you like things to be different?", to affirm them when they take a positive step towards the change they seek, to listen to them reflectively and thoughtfully, and to provide them with summaries of what they have achieved so far. The patient is encouraged to reflectively examine their own lives, looking at how they have done things in the past, why and how they want to change certain aspects of their behaviour, and what they would like their life to look like in the future. Over time, the patient becomes progressively more confident about their ability to create change in their life and better able to understand the nature and consequences of their behaviour now, and of the behaviour that they hope to attain.
While Motivational Interviewing is not a heavily structured approach to therapy, four distinct processes can be identified. These are as follows:
Engaging. During this process, the patient is enabled to talk about the issues that have brought them to therapy, while the therapist listens reflectively. The two parties agree on the goals of therapy, and work together to meet them.
Focusing by constantly working to keep on task and to continue seeking answers and solutions.
Evoking by supporting the patient's desires to change, and encouraging them to have a sense of hope, and to trust in their own abilities.
Planning by helping the patient to develop a plan that will enable them to continue making positive change as they move forward with their life.
Every patient attains change at their own pace, often by engaging with a combination of Motivational Interviewing and another supportive modality, such as a support group or group therapy.Therapists who use motivational interviewing do not expect patients to achieve change according to a schedule. Change can occur slowly, or sometimes in relatively big increments. Sometimes it can take a long time for a patient to achieve an initial, rather modest, goal, only for them to make significant progress later on in their treatment.
Miller, W. R. and Rollnick, S. (2002). Motivational Interviewing: Preparing People to Change, 2nd ed. New York: Guilford Press.
Miller, W. R., & Rollnick, S. (2012). Motivational Interviewing, Helping People Change, 3rd ed. New York: Guilford Press
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapy-types/motivational-interviewing
Who can I speak to further about Motivational Interviewing?
If you would like to talk to someone about Motivational Interviewing, please get in touch with us at the Private Therapy Clinic by telephone at: 020 3887 1738 or by email at: info@privatetherapyclinic.com.
Motivational Interviewing in London was last modified: July 13th, 2019 by Private Therapy Clinic
PRACTITIONER WHO PROVIDE Motivational Interviewing AT PRIVATE THERAPY CLINIC
DR. BECKY SPELMAN
Counselling Psychologist London


One of the key features of science is that its findings aren't set in stone. Bring forward a new body of evidence, & it'll be reviewed and considered, and may just result in a particular model or view being changed.
I remember, back when I was in the 7th form (year 13), learning about how the human lineage went back about 12-14 million years to a species called Ramapithecus. (It's now known as Sivapithecus, a genus of ape from India.) These days we believe that our hominin line parted company with that of the ancestors of chimpanzees, just 5-6 mya. However, up until now the general view has been that Homo sapiens arose from a single African population.
that Homo sapiens evolved within a set of interlinked groups living across Africa, whose connectivity changed through time.
Scerri & her colleagues put forward data from a range of sources to support this viewpoint: the ages/dates and physical appearance of sapiens fossils; the archaeological record (ie cultural evidence); and information from genetic studies.
The researchers comment that our species probably dates back about 500 thousand years (kya), although the earliest fossils identified as sapiens date to 300 kya. (These are the Moroccan remains from Jebel Irhoud.) There are several features of skull & face that are viewed as typical of our species (& year 13 bio students should be able to list them!). These include a small & relatively fine-boned (gracile) face, a chin, and a large, rounded cranium. However, the researchers point out that the various African H.sapiens fossils show quite a lot of variation in these features.
Evolutionary Changes of Braincase Shape from an Elongated to a Globular Shape. The latter evolves within the H. sapiens lineage via an expansion of the cerebellum and bulging of the parietal. (Left) Micro-computerized tomography scan of Jebel Irhoud 1 (∼300ka, North Africa). (Right) Qafzeh 9 (∼95ka, the Levant). From Scerri et al., 2018).
view[s] H. sapiens as an evolving lineage with deep African roots, and therefore prefer[s] to recognize such fossils as part of the diversity shown by early members of the H. sapiens clade.
Variation between populations in different regions and environments of Africa may have been shaped by isolation-by-distance and local environmental adaptations.
This would certainly support the observation that 'modern' characteristics appear to have developed in a mosaic fashion in the different sapiens (fossil) populations. The authors also note that H.naledi and H.heidelbergensis were contemporaneous with early sapiens, "raising the possibility of African archaic interbreeding." Overall, their view is that our species is derived from an interlinked set of populations that fell in and out of contact with each other over time.
Clear regionally distinctive material culture styles, typically involving complex stone tools, first emerged within the MSA.
the cultural record shows continued differentiation and derivation into the Holocene, supporting the biological evidence for variable population dynamics that did not result in wide-scale homogenization.
They also suggest new directions for archaeological research that might help advance our understanding of what was happening in Africa during the MSA.
The starting point for most genetic studies of human origins has been to investigate the depth of present-day diversity between and within African populations.
challenge[s] the view that the early prehistory of our species can be well approximated by population growth within a single lineage.
and that, to clarify what was going on, there's a need to look at environmental variability in Pleistocene Africa, both over time and in different regions. Their overview of large-scale ecological change in Africa during the Pleistocene is interesting, & would be useful for teachers and students to read (the paper is open-access, yay!).
In many ways the paper asks more questions that it answers, which highlights that our understanding of our relatively recent evolutionary past is far from complete.
Incidentally, I first came across this story when a New Scientist piece by the lead author was shared in a teacher group. Since I don't have a subscription to NS I couldn't read the whole thing, so looked for the original research paper, discussed here. But – when I went to share the link to the teacher page, FB rejected it! Apparently a link to a reputable journal triggered various filters. The ways of the FB algorithms are truly mysterious.


Samsung continues to improve the S Health app, with a change in the name and addition of Ask an Expert telemedicine service for qualified US customers.
You may have noticed during the Samsung Galaxy S8 launch event that Samsung briefly discussed the Samsung ecosystem and features in Samsung Health. An update recently appeared on the Google Play Store for S Health, changing the app's name to Samsung Health and adding in a brand new service.
Samsung has had its S Health app installed on Samsung smartphones and has also allowed installation on other Android phones, so you can connect your Samsung wearable to optimize its use. Also, most Samsung smartphones support ANT+ so you can connect a number of fitness accessories to your Samsung smartphone and Samsung Health for advanced data collection.
The recent update to Samsung Health brings a module titled Ask an Expert. This telemedicine service is powered by Amwell and provides the ability to carry out a live, on-demand doctor consulation 24/7 right from your smartphone.
Many top health care plans cover this service, which includes video visits with board-certified doctors when you need them. For $59 or less you can meet with a physician to discuss routine medical conditions. The doctors can issue a prescription directly to your desired pharmacy, if needed.
Last year, Samsung updated S Health to include connected services, and with the Gear S3 the app is becoming an important one for me. I have yet to try the Ask an Expert function, but will check my insurance and consider it when I don't have the time to visit a doctor, am traveling and need some assistance, or a recurring issue appears.
Samsung and Start VR offer virtual reality as therapy for cancer patients Samsung's Gear VR unit aims to alleviate stress and provide a form of 'distraction therapy' for patients who are waiting for treatment.


picked out a place – fueled the space ship.
set a course heading straight for our earth.
set for the visit along with their faces.
and some of their words got an overhaul.
beamed up a phone but not an iPad.
in CeeeMeee's world just called it Spexting.
when CeeeMeee arrived would be in the game.
resigned to accept them just as they are.
why would they eat "spaghetti toes"?
all were too busy watching their phone.
Mom or the Dad – Son or the Daughter.
yet our way of texting could not get the knack.
while CeeeMeee was here – picked up how to Tweet.
CeeMee is ahead of me then.


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If you look at a historical chart of gold prices, you will see a pattern, gold spikes to a new level during a crisis, then comes down to a level above the previous steady state. It then trades sideways until the next crisis. It would be hard to time your retirement to coincide with a crisis/spike.
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Speaking up in action
Christina and Farah's story
By NWMPHNFebruary 12, 2021February 17th, 2021No Comments
Throughout Christina's life, they were aware their experience of gender didn't sit within the strict binary of male or female.
"Sometimes I feel I have both genders in me," Christina reflects. "And sometimes I feel entirely outside of gender."
Christina identifies as non-binary. A few years ago, they took steps to share this awareness publicly, and came out to their friends, family and colleagues.
"It went really well in regards to friends and family, I'm very lucky in that respect. My mum and my sister are just incredible, so that has meant the world."
However, when Christina decided to come out at their workplace, some of their colleagues deliberately ignored their requests to be called 'they', as opposed to 'she'.
Initially, Christina believed the misgendering to be misinformed, rather than intentional. However, there was one exception. "One manger was very much purposefully misgendering me, in a malicious context."
However, Christina's colleague, Farah, immediately became an ally. "When Christina told me that they'd changed their pronouns to they, them and theirs, I realised that this was something important for Christina," she says.
When Farah was first learning how to be an ally, she was unsure if she was doing it the right way. The first time someone misgendered Christina in front of them both, Farah stepped up.
"I said No, that's not the right pronouns. But I sort of felt bad … Had I spoken too fast?" So Farah decided to ask Christina directly. "I checked with Christina whether I was overstepping, because I didn't want to silence them or make them feel like they can't advocate for themselves."
Christina felt the positive impact of this gesture. "I really appreciated that Farah was aware of not silencing me."
Christina's advice to allies is to step in, but follow up with the person concerned: "Definitely step in, particularly in that person's absence … and when there's a private moment following that, check in and say Hey, is it alright if I do step in and do that, what's your preference around it? What do you need?"
No matter the situation, Christina knew Farah was there for support. "She'd always step in," Christina says. "And I know for a fact that Farah would step in in my absence as well, which was so very important to me. That's true allyhood."
Farah reflects that she may not always get things right. When asked if she ever misgenders Christina, she replies, "Oh many, many times … I think the first reaction is embarrassment, but I try to remind myself it's not really about me, or my embarrassment, so I apologise and check in with the person I have misgendered."
Farah reflects on the impact pronouns can have. "It might be just a slip of the tongue for someone, but the amount of damage that it has on the person who is having to bear it is very unfair."
Christina can also attest to the positive impact support from others can have. "When Farah stepped in for me, my world felt safer."
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from __future__ import unicode_literals

from django.db import migrations, models
import django.db.models.deletion

class Migration(migrations.Migration):

    dependencies = [
        ('booking', '0007_auto_20160619_1513'),
    ]

    operations = [
        migrations.AddField(
            model_name='booking',
            name='resident',
            field=models.ForeignKey(null=True, on_delete=django.db.models.deletion.CASCADE, to='booking.Resident'),
        ),
    ]


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Osborne just bought a big gift for his friends, and handed the bill to the taxpayer
Mike Carr
The chancellor, George Osborne, has described his tax deal with Google as a "victory" and argued that it was "a real vindication of this government's approach". While it certainly isn't a victory, it definitely underpins this government's approach: one set of rules for the rich and powerful, and another set of rules for the rest of us.
Google has a financial structure which means that its cash generated in the UK is directed into accounts in Ireland and Amsterdam and then into a tax haven in Bermuda.
It is estimated that Google has avoided around £1.6bn over 10 years, even though it has generated 10% of its revenues in the UK. Osborne has got Google to pay back £130m, but this means that the search engine has paid only £200m in tax since 2005, despite its UK profits being more than £7bn. This is the equivalent of paying less than 3% corporation tax, despite the corporation tax rate being 20%.
But Osborne asserted that it was a "really positive step":
This is a major success of our tax policy. We've got Google to pay taxes and I think that is a huge step forward and addresses that perfectly legitimate public anger that large corporations have not been paying tax. I think it's a really positive step. I think it's a big step forward and a victory for the government
While Osborne proudly trumpeted getting a company to do a small amount of what it should be doing all the time anyway, tax expert, Richard Murphy expressed outrage at the deal, which allows Google to get away with paying only a small fraction of the tax due:
I can't understand why the deal with Google is so cheap. I'm worried if they are going to repeat that with other companies. What was agreed is far removed from what is required for sustainable corporation tax in future. They are undermining the new international tax consensus which David Cameron and George Osborne have worked for, supposedly.
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The head of Google Europe, Matt Brittin said:
We want to ensure that we pay the right amount of tax
Though Brittin seems to miss the point that Google is not paying the corporation tax it should be paying.
The Labour shadow chancellor, John McDonnell, said that it was "unacceptable when most people in this country pay much more".
It appears the government's view is that something is better than nothing, but it sets a dangerous precedent for other corporations to request equally favourable deals. This could lead to rich corporations having a smaller tax rate- as low as 3%- while small businesses have to pay a much higher rate of 20%. This, as Osborne has said, is "a real vindication of this government's approach"… to inequality. Google paying its 20% share of tax could transform the lives of those that have been hit by austerity measures:
– Welfare cuts have been linked to people to killing themselves
– Pensioners are being charged for falling over
– Students are facing cuts to grants, meaning they cannot afford housing and many are suffering mental health issues due to financial stress
– Less than 1% of welfare claims are fraudulent (around £1bn) but over £5bn is lost in tax avoided by the rich
Despite the fact ordinary people are struggling, large corporations operating within the UK are allowed to contribute as little as possible to the treasury. The fact the government sees this as a "victory" really shows where their loyalty lies.
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Each of the past two winters, fatbike riders from across the country have traveled to the winter-rich lands of the greater Yellowstone area to take part Jay Petervary's Fat Pursuit, a challenging, but incredibly beautiful winter fatbike race.
We're pleased to share filmmaker Aaron Johnson's vision of the race from this past January 2016. We hope you enjoy!


Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809, in Hodgenville, Kentucky. His family roamed a bit throughout his childhood, first moving to Indiana and then to Illinois. Poverty was a constant antagonist, and from an early age Lincoln learned to work. Helping his father on the farm in remote areas did not give him many opportunities to pursue a formal education, but young Lincoln was not daunted by this. Instead, he borrowed every book that was available to him.
The skill of self-education came in handy as Lincoln grew older. He entered politics in 1832 with a run for the Illinois General Assembly, but lost and decided to take up law instead. He thoroughly absorbed the material in the law books that he was able to find and passed the bar in 1836.
Lincoln, however, still had politics in his blood. Before he had completed his studies of law, he was elected as a state legislator. Lincoln served for four terms before hitting the national scene. In 1847, he was elected to the United States House of Representatives, pledging to serve only one term. Here he fell in step with the policies of the Whig Party, which offered the nation growth through government intervention in banking, railroads, and other aspects of the economy. These topics greatly interested Lincoln, but the Mexican–American War overshadowed domestic affairs. The American sentiment at the time was strongly in favor of national expansion in accordance with the doctrine of Manifest Destiny, so Lincoln's opposition to the war on the grounds that it was unnecessary for the defense of the new state of Texas was not popular.
A bigger issue, however, was looming on the horizon and threatening to engulf the nation in a catastrophic storm. In 1854, the Kansas-Nebraska Act was passed and signed into law, repealing the Missouri Compromise, which had prohibited slavery in new territories north of latitude 36º 30', the southern boundary of Missouri. Lincoln, while not yet ready to accept abolition, opposed the expansion of slavery into new territories.
Lincoln quickly decided return to politics and run for the United States Senate, feeling that the Kansas-Nebraska Act should "be rebuked and condemned every where." The election was held in 1858, and his opponent was none other than Stephen A. Douglas, the originator of the Kansas-Nebraska Act. In a famous series of debates, the two argued their differing views of slavery and popular sovereignty, the theory that the residents of a new state should vote on whether or not to allow slavery within its borders.
Lincoln lost the senate race, but he was not yet ready to exit politics a second time. Instead, he promptly set his eyes on the presidency. His inspiring rags-to-riches story, moderate stance on slavery, and support for such programs as a transcontinental railroad and a proposed homestead act made him the ideal candidate to the Republicans of the North. Meanwhile, the Democrats were divided among themselves, some of them favoring Stephen A. Douglas with his idea of popular sovereignty, others preferring John Breckinridge with his insistence that slavery be permitted without exception in all new territories.
Although Lincoln had little support in the South, he won the North quite handily. In response, the states of South Carolina, Florida, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas seceded from the Union. These seven states had already promised to secede if a Republican was elected, since the fledgling party was founded on an uncompromising antislavery position, and they left quickly before the president-elect took office. Despite efforts on both sides to reconcile the divided country peaceably, no grounds for a compromise could be agreed upon.
Lincoln was sworn in on March 4, 1861, as the 16th United States president, as well as the first Republican president. For over a month both Union and Confederacy sat quietly, though the tension mounted daily. At last the storm broke. Lincoln sent supplies to Fort Sumter, a Union fort within the Confederate state of South Carolina, and the Confederates responded with armed opposition. Lincoln now threw himself into monitoring the war effort (albeit without a formal declaration of war), studying telegraph messages and even borrowing a book on military science so that he could fully master the subject before him.
Northern newspaper editors were loud and boastful in their declarations that the South would be beaten in 90 days or less. This pressured Lincoln to take drastic measures, while the morale was so high. On April 15, three days after the attack on Fort Sumter, the president called on the states to muster soldiers to defend Washington, recapture all forts in Confederate territory, and speedily put down the rebellion. Shortly afterward, he also suspended the writ of habeas corpus, arresting many politicians who were suspected of being pro-Confederacy, or at least antiwar.
Of course, the Civil War was not over in 90 days. Disappointed Northerners began to turn against the president, creating an even more delicate situation for him to handle. A plan occurred to Lincoln, however, which promised to aid the situation. He had originally declared his intention to leave slavery alone in places where it was already established. But a proclamation of emancipation would rally the discontented American abolitionists, win antislavery Britain and France to the Union side, and encourage slaves to revolt and take up arms against the Confederacy. Lincoln waited until a major victory to release his plan. Antietam gave him the opportunity he was waiting for, and on September 22, 1862, Lincoln made a preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, the final version taking effect on January 1, 1863.
As the war drew on, Lincoln found a general that he could count on in Ulysses Grant. As the two became better acquainted, a strategy evolved that targeted the Confederate economy. Although controversial, Lincoln and Grant believed that this plan would end the Civil War as quickly as possible. This must have given the president some assurance, because as early as 1863 he began to work on plans to bring the Southern states back into the Union after the war had ended. On December 8, he made the Amnesty Proclamation, which promised total pardon to all Confederates who had not held a civil office in the Confederate government, had not abused Union prisoners of war, and would pledge allegiance to the Union.
During this time, Lincoln did not forget his interest in domestic affairs. He signed the Homestead Act, giving free land to those who were willing to settle on it and improve it; the Pacific Railroad Act, establishing the Transcontinental Railroad; and an unprecedented act which provided federal protection for what is now Yosemite National Park. He also established the United States Department of Agriculture and brought back the national banking system that had been abolished by Andrew Jackson.
But the Civil War was by far the dominant issue in American politics when Lincoln ran for reelection. The radical wing of the Republican Party was furious with the Amnesty Proclamation and the president's other expressions of his willingness to extend mercy to the South. At the same time, the Democrats built a platform on the statement that the war was a "failure" and demanded that it be immediately ceased. However, a series of brilliant Union successes, clinched Lincoln's reelection in 1864. He was able to go forward with his plans to finish the war. Early in 1865, Grant captured the Confederate capital of Richmond, and Robert E. Lee surrendered on April 9 that same year.
But Lincoln was not able to carry out his plans for a reconciliation of the divided nation. Two days after Lee's surrender, the president made a speech advocating voting rights for blacks in direct contradiction to his earlier policies on the subject. This happened to infuriate an actor named John Wilkes Booth, a radical Confederate sympathizer, and he hatched a plan to assassinate the president. In an effort to upset the Union government, he also planned to murder Vice President Andrew Johnson, Secretary of State William Seward, and General Ulysses S. Grant.
The attempts on these three men were all unsuccessful, but the primary objective was carried out. On April 14, 1865, Booth shot Lincoln as he was watching a play at Ford's Theater. Lincoln died the next morning, and Andrew Johnson became president. Booth was killed over a week later, probably shot after refusing to surrender to Union soldiers.
Almost immediately a mystical aura formed around the legacy of Lincoln, and it has prevailed through more recent times. Lincoln's head appeared on the penny in 1909. The Lincoln Memorial was dedicated in 1922. Lincoln's face was sculpted onto Mount Rushmore several years later. Lincoln became the hero of the New Deal because of his advocacy for the common man. Lincoln symbolized freedom during the Cold War. In surveys today, Lincoln is consistently ranked in the top three of great American presidents.
Guided the United States through the Civil War.
Created the first income tax in America.
Signed the Pacific Railroad Act.
Helped to institute the Thanksgiving holiday.
Helped Congress to pass the 13th Amendment, which abolished slavery.
Set new precedents for the president's role as the chief executive.
Simple information along with text from the Gettysburg Address for younger children from Enchanted Learning.
Biography from Civil War Trust.
Timeline from the Library of Congress.
Interactive site sponsored by the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library Foundation that uses artifacts to explore Lincoln's life. Select one of the eight avenues of discovery then view each object to learn more. Each object has a link to a PDF with outstanding suggested activities geared toward elementary, middle school, and high school students. Not to be missed!
Interactive timeline from Ashland University primarily pulling from Lincoln's speeches. Another excellent site!
Interactive where the student makes the decisions Lincoln faced!
Click on the interactive timeline to see the spread of slavery across the United States.
Use the links at the bottom to navigate this simple interactive biography from the National Park Service.
Another interactive biography from Northern Illinois University.
Walk through an extensive Smithsonian exhibit by following the links to the right or the arrows at the bottom.
Craft activity to introduce young children to Abraham Lincoln.
Free download with fun activities to help a young student learn more about Abraham Lincoln.
An old radio show dramatization that puts the listener in events as they happen.
Another old radio show mp3 download. You may also enjoy Abraham Lincoln — The War Years.
Written after the President's assassination.
Caldecott winner and favorite covering Lincoln's path through Illinois and on to the White House. Read our entire review with go-alongs!
Part of the Scholastic If You series that some enjoy (and some do not), this one by one of the better authors.
Part of the Childhood of Famous Americans series and written by one of its better authors.
Short story in the public domain telling the story of a young soldier whose life Lincoln saved.
Includes a great deal of primary source information that will complement any study of Lincoln.
Abraham Lincoln in his own words. This is an index, so you will need to link through to each of the seven volumes to download.
A wide array of primary source documents.
Group of detailed lesson plans from the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum covering his youth, the debates, the presidency, Gettysburg, and more. Excellent printables!
12-page biography-oriented lesson plan from the National Park Service that covers the early years, life in Illinois, the presidency, and more.
Great lesson plan from Civil War Trust based upon the speech that explores its role at the time and today. There is a video with actors reading the speech that includes content that may not be suitable for young children. Nevertheless, older students will find much to take away.
Lots of suggestions, activities, resources, and printables in our review.
Free lesson plan from Eastern Illinois University where the student uses primary sources to investigate the conspiracy.
Free download from the Smithsonian that looks at Lincoln the man through photographs.
Lesson plan from the Center for Civic Education.
Many other Lincoln resources in our Presidents Day unit.