February 28, 2017 is the 10th Annual Rare Disease Day. [http://www.rarediseaseday.org] Rare Disease Day was originally established in 2008 by EURORDIS, [http://www.eurordis.org/] the organization representing rare disease patients in Europe and now more than 80 different nations participate. In the U.S., the National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD), [https://rarediseases.org] an non-profit, patient advocacy organization dedicated to helping individuals with rare diseases sponsors this initiative. The Rare Disease Day initiative is designed to highlight the difficulties faces by individuals and families affected by rare diseases and takes place on the last day of February every year. The goal is to raise awareness amongst the public and policy-makers about rare diseases and how these diseases impact the lives of patients and their families.
But what is a rare disease? In Europe, EURODIS defines a rare disease as any disease that affects less than 1 in 2000 people and estimates that In the United States, nearly one in ten Americans – or approximately 30 million people – live with a rare disease and nearly two-thirds of these individuals are children. The Global Genes Project [ https://globalgenes.org] estimates that worldwide some 300 million people are affected by a rare disease.
But the numbers don't tell the whole story. Rare diseases, also known as orphan diseases, are diseases that are not commonly recognized and are underdiagnosed, and thus under researched and under treated. They are often chronic and life-threatening. Affected individuals and families speak frequently of the frustrations of trying to find appropriate medical care and information about their disease. Individuals with rare diseases often spend years on a diagnostic odyssey seeing multiple specialists and enduring numerous medical tests with limited benefit and no answers.
Genetic testing is changing this picture. Of the estimated 6000 rare diseases, it is estimated that approximately 80% have a genetic cause. With increased knowledge of genetic testing and increased group research efforts, it is now becoming more feasible to offer genetic testing to patients in hopes of putting a name on their disorder and stopping their diagnostic odyssey.
Newborn screening is an important part of the rare disease landscape. A newborn screen can mean the difference between a healthy life or one impacted by a rare disease. Diagnosing rare diseases early enables babies to start treatment which prevents the development of symptoms and avoids the diagnostic odyssey that so many families endure.
So on February 28th remember all of those affected by rare disease and that newborn screenings matters.


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Q: Show site names in plain text on related accounts tab Since the number of sites are increasing almost every day now, when looking at the related accounts tab of a user it can be pretty hard to find what you're looking for. For example, if I have a look at Jeff's profile here on Meta and want to check out his profile on SuperUser, it takes me a while to find the correct little icon (actually, I might not even remember what it looks like for all sites).
And it's of course even worse for the beta sites. I actually have to move the mouse and check the mouse over text of every beta site.
Could we please put the name in plain text in there somewhere?

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Having your own company is more than simply making a job for yourself. Small companies ought to be searching for reduced cost, higher impact advertising actions to drive prospects to their own organization. Knowing that each and every tiny company is very very likely to come across customers wishing to pay by card yet such businesses face problems when getting a POS terminal from a financial institution, we sat down and created a complete field of card payment solutions fit for all sorts of little and midsize businesses. Running a little company brings a slew of tasks that will have to proceed done. A house craft company should keep on funding and constantly earn money at the decision of the year. Employing a specialist with technical skills may be the most profitable decision you are able to make to safeguard both your company and financial future.


I've been wanting to try this for a while. This is a sheet of interlocking rings, printed in place. The rings are basically square, with cut off corners. Two sets of diagonals cross each other at different heights, with four posts at the corners. Well, it makes sense when you see the pictures!
This is the first thing I've designed in OpenSCAD, so the code is probably pretty sloppy. The major parameters that can be changed are the layer thickness and line width, along with ring size and number.
I searched for "chainmail" on Thingiverse and the only result was a post by Vik on the Interlocking Rings thing: "Next, chainmail. Right?" So I hope you like this, Vik!
Change parameters in OpenSCAD file and export a single ring as STL, OR use included Chainmail 1x1.stl file. It uses default parameters of .25mm layer thickness and .5mm line width.
Alternately, you can try exporting the grid as an STL first, but watch out for the travel moves between extrusions.
This is actually a pretty ridiculous thing to print. A stepper extruder is probably required, sorry. I ran into a few problems along the way and it took me some time to get it to print right.
The first issue was patterning the rings to make a sheet. After I had one ring designed in OpenSCAD, it was easy to add some code with parameters to create a grid. I tweaked the spacing using a 4x4 grid with no trouble. However, when I went to 16x16, it took a full 2 hours to compile and render! Since this is the first time I've used OpenSCAD, maybe an expert can tell me if there is something I can do to speed things up.
I had skeinforge process my 16x16 STL which went quickly, since it is only 6 layers. I proceeded to print and was dismayed to see the print head zooming around the printing area, seemingly at random. It had done a remarkably poor job at calculating the travel paths between the print roads. In most cases this wouldn't matter, but the first two layers of the chainmail consist of a huge number (512 for 16x16!) of tiny bean shaped extrusions. Every time the extruder passes over a piece that has already been printed, there is a chance that it will be ripped up, which ended up happening frequently and ruining the print. This might just be an issue with the old version of skeinforge I'm using; other versions might work better.
The solution I found was to use the multiply plugin in skeinforge to create the grid. With the default parameters as used in the STL file (.5mm layer thickness, 2.0 perimeter width/thickness), I found that a setting of -4 worked well for Separation over Perimeter Width. The print order still isn't optimal but it's a huge improvement.
I printed raftless, at low speed. The print bed needs to be very flat and level, especially for bigger pieces. It took me a few tries to get the ideal thickness on the first layer. I also dropped the flow rate by 10%.
I removed the chainmail sheet using a sharp razor blade, very slowly working in from the edges. You can fold the loose edge over to make it a little easier. To join multiple sheets, you will probably have to painstakingly cut a row of rings and then glue them back together. I haven't gotten to that point yet.
For reference, I printed this on a RapMan 3.0 using Ultimachine PLA.
The final stretched sheet dimensions will be slightly greater, due to gaps needed for printing.
So far, my best print is the black one shown in the first picture. 255 out of 256 rings are intact!


Who makes the best egg tarts in Macau?
Macau is much more than casinos. Portuguese egg tarts in Macau are some of the best egg tarts in the world! In this episode of Hawker Style we try the world famous Portuguese egg tarts of Margaret's Cafè E Nata and Lord Stow's. Margaret and Stow used to be married and when they separated Margaret started her own Portuguese tart shop. There is a bit of rivalry between the 2 shops and they each have their loyal following. Don't stop eating after the egg tarts because Macau has another famous speciality. Pork Chop Buns! It's really simple, it's a bread roll with a pork chop in between. However, the execution makes it delicious! If that wasn't enough we also try the famous Chinese style jerky called Bakkwa and we act like we are in Venice as we visit the largest Casino in the world. It's all in our latest episode of Hawker Style, our original travel videos series exploring street food from across the globe.


… This is what everybody says, they are wrong of course, Nuclear Armageddon has already happened, probably sometime in the 1980's.
(San Francisco) May 29, 2015 – Good Day, this is "Your Radiation This Week." These are the recorded Radiation Highs that affected people this week around the United States and in your neighborhood. Let's get right to it.
398 CPM Concord, NH Gamma and Beta Radiation Combined.
320 CPM Boston, MA Partial Radiation Data Only.
220 CPM New York City Partial.
458 CPM Raleigh, NC Partial.
288 CPM Atlanta, GA Partial.
470 CPM Miami, FL Partial.
241 CPM Chicago, IL Partial.
464 CPM Ft Wayne, IN Gamma and Beta Radiation Combined CPM.
356 CPM Lincoln, NE, Gamma and Beta Radiation Combined CPM.
241 CPM Des Moines, IA Partial.
363 CPM Aberdeen, SD Partial.
550 CPM Rapid City, SD Partial.
308 CPM Kansas City, KA Partial.
260 CPM Tulsa, OK Partial.
558 CPM Little Rock, AR Gamma and Beta Radiation Combined CPM.
471 CPM Dallas, TX Gamma and Beta Radiation Combined CPM.
453 CPM San Angelo, TX Gamma and Beta Radiation Combined CPM.
343 CPM Lubbock, TX Partial.
374 CPM South Valley, NM Partial.
355 CPM Grand Junction, CO Partial.
496 CPM Denver, CO Partial.
493 CPM Phoenix, AZ Gamma and Beta Radiation Combined CPM.
687 CPM Tucson, AZ Gamma and Beta Radiation Combined CPM.
190 CPM Las Vegas, NV Partial.
406 CPM San Diego, CA Partial.
299 CPM Los Angeles, CA Partial.
824 CPM Bakersfield, CA Gamma and Beta Radiation Combined CPM.
219 CPM San Francisco, CA Partial.
466 CPM Spokane, WA Partial.
Across the United States from East to West and North to South, this is Your Radiation This Week.
Billings, Montana emerges as the winner with just a Partial Rad Report and 871 CPM. They are followed very closely by Bakersfield, California at 824 CPM, and Bakersfield had a Combined Rad Report, too! As varied as the Rad numbers are it's anybody's guess as to what city or town will hit 1,000 CPM first. Stay tuned and we'll keep you advised on Your Radiation This Week.
I was just wondering whether or not to say something about Nuclear Armageddon; but, then the ever-popular chant "if we don't do this, then horrible things will happen" is cut short. As if we can future-tense Extinction "If we don't do this, then Nuclear Armageddon will happen in the future." Well, that might be a motivating thought for some; but, it is not real.
This is what everybody says, they are wrong of course, Nuclear Armageddon has already happened, probably sometime in the 1980's. Maybe these people did not have enough math and science in school; or learn to think for themselves. After all, this not rocket science.
In fact, people are making the faith-based assumption that Nuclear Armageddon might be somewhere in the future rather than accepting that it has already happened; because they aren't dead already, I guess. People are just fooling themselves. The Nuclear Armageddon door has already opened and slammed shut behind us, 70 years of the nuclear age is all it took.
As for the future, this is as good as it gets. No matter how hard we try; no matter how much we promise to be good: this is it, it is over. It is all downhill from here for humanity, all the way to Extinction.
Years ago 50 counts per min. on Geiger Counter was an alert. Today, Billings MT reads 871 CPM. Bakersfield, CA 824 CPM! Did you ever think any city in USA would go past 800 CPM of Radiation?
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The gender binary is a term used to describe the dichotomous system through which our society at large typically assigns gender identities. The options that the binary provides to people are pretty limited—you can be a man, or you can be a woman. However, not every person feels comfortable identifying strictly within the confines of either masculinity or femininity. Some individuals don't feel like either gender construction applies to them, while others feel like they can exist as both. These people who do not neatly fit into the categories allotted to them by the broader culture are referred to generally as non-binary.
It is important to note that non-binary is an umbrella term which encompasses an extremely diverse set of people, and that non-binary individuals are as heterogeneous in sexual orientation, gender expression, and appearance as are people who identify as men or women.
This is one of the messages that photographer Jackson Akitt seeks to convey in their Instagram-based photo series. Akitt, who is non-binary, began in 2016 to take portraits of others within the community, and uploaded them to the Instagram account @nonbinaryportraits. The images showcase the beauty and diversity of non-binary people, and serve to dispel common myths surrounding the community.
If you'd like to check out the rest of the images, click here.
Finally, Akitt is currently raising money for top surgery. To support their journey, click here.


Sankara Nethralaya OM Trust USA: The Hidden Brain lecture by Shankar Vedantam, benefits hospital in Chennai.
a thought-provoking event benefiting a great cause.
Mr. Shankar Vedantam, the NPR science correspondent and author of The Hidden Brain will give a keynote address at Palace restaurant on February 28 in support of Sankara Nethralaya, the premier organization in India providing world-class eye-care without regard to the ability to pay. Our audience will include a select group of local professionals interested in an intriguing talk while supporting a very worthy cause.
The SN organization aims to connect with donors who can sponsor eye surgeries for individuals on an annual basis to facilitate much-needed eye care in India.
Venue: Palace Restaurant, 6131 Peachtree Pkwy, Norcross, GA 30092.


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WSJ: Americans Want Congress to Focus on the Basics, AAN & Crossroads GPS Poll Shows
Americans Want Congress to Focus on the Basics, Poll Shows
By Patrick O'Connor
http://on.wsj.com/1tsU8kB
Republicans and Democrats alike want Congress to pass an annual budget, drive down college costs and preserve Medicare for future generations.
Splits emerge over more divisive issues like approving the Keystone XL pipeline, changing the Affordable Care Act, or repealing it entirely.
Those are just some of the conclusions from a recent nationwide poll commissioned by Crossroads GPS and the American Action Network, two groups that back congressional Republicans.
With the State of the Union right around the corner, the results suggest Americans would rather see Congress do its basic duties: make government more efficient and tackle kitchen-table topics, not rehash partisan feuds.
The survey also offers GOP leaders a roadmap for what Americans want Republicans in Congress to focus on as they try to make a favorable impression during the party's first year back in power.
Among the findings:
– There are high levels of agreement that Congress should pass–and the president should sign– a budget each year. Americans also want Washington to protect Medicare and lower college costs.
–There is general consensus among Americans of all stripes that Congress should increase penalties for anyone who tries to defraud Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security and other welfare programs.
–While not an immediate priority, Republicans, Democrats and independents agree that ratifying new trade deals will boost agricultural and manufacturing exports — a shared goal of both President Barack Obama and GOP leaders on the Hill — and that federal dollars should be used give parents more choice to meet the needs of their children.
–There is little appetite for Congress to change the Dodd-Frank financial regulations, stop the federal government from regulating the Internet, or lower taxes on the wealthiest Americans. Reducing regulations is another topic that doesn't inspire much enthusiasm.
–And on the divisive issue of immigration, there is general agreement that people in the country illegally should be granted citizenship or legal status, if they have been in the U.S. at least five years, pass a background check, pay a fine and back taxes, learn English and have a job.
The poll, conducted Jan. 3-10 by North Star Opinion Research, had a margin of error of plus or minus 3.1%. More than half of the 1,328 interviews were completed on cellphones. Voters were asked to rate a collection of policy items on a one-to-10 scale. Of those surveyed, 28% identified as Republican, 32% Democrat and 36% independent.
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See the AAN & Crossroads GPs Policy Poll
Poverty & Opportunity
Notes from Norm: A Better Way to a Better Life
Achieving the American Dream remains the holy grail of our American Life. By reducing poverty through creating sustainable opportunity for all Americans, we can find a better way for all Americans to have a better life.
Notes from Norm: The Right Way to A Better Way
"A Better Way" is a series of policy proposals that promise to transform and enhance America for current and future generations and is firmly rooted in the founding principles of America.
AAN Launches $3 Million Campaign For Conservative Solutions Under New Leadership
WASHINGTON – Today the American Action Network (@AAN), a 501c4 issue advocacy organization, launched a $3 Million issue campaign of TV, radio, mail, print and digital ads in 70 congressional districts nationwide. The campaign calls on Members of Congress to continue working with new House Speaker Paul Ryan to fight for conservative solutions and protect America's seniors. The campaign includes $350,000 in TV ads in 12 districts; $700,000 in print ads in 44 districts; $750,000 in digital ads in 70 districts; and $1.2 Million in mail in 70 districts.

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On the eve of the opening of the Global Partnership for Education (GPE) Financing Conference in Dakar, co-hosted by Emmanuel Macron and Macky Sall, and while in its latest report, the World Bank talks about a "global education crisis", Marie-Pierre Nicollet, Demographic and Social Transition Director at Agence Française de Développement (AFD), explores the paths of an objective alliance between demographic dynamics and youth education in sub-Saharan Africa. This article is published in partnership with the Blog iD4D.
"What sculpture is to a block of marble education is to the soul", wrote English author Joseph Addison. In Sub-Saharan Africa, is it to be feared that education will remain in an incomplete state, due to a population growth for which no one is able to say whether it is a real opportunity or whether it heralds an uneducated generation?
Africa is, however, a continent which assumes its responsibility. Despite a low GDP level, and therefore of budgetary revenues, the share of public expenditure devoted to education in Africa is close to 17%, compared to 11.8% in Europe and the United States, with a world average of 14.1%. African governments, at their level, do therefore assume their responsibility. The same goes for families, as they make considerable efforts for their children, given the scale of the opportunities they are expecting for them. For example, UNESCO has recently shown that households contributed between 33% (Côte d'Ivoire) and 57% (Uganda) to spending on education.
But does everything boil down to figures and graphs? Do we need to endlessly scale up public and private efforts without asking ourselves how the actual question itself should be considered? Should we resign ourselves to the fact that education is struggling to keep up with population growth without having an impact on population growth itself?
The latter is, in itself, obviously good news, as it is the result of a high birth rate combined with a fall in mortality. In this respect, it is an apparently mechanical subject. But it is above all a social and ontological subject. Consequently, it can only be addressed by respecting cultures, as it affects the wish to have children and family identity. The wish to have children also involves a confrontation between social practices and affective intimacy, emotion. Sexuality, reproduction and education must therefore take the – very dissimilar – paths of emotion and responsibility.
Emotion? Young people are a constant reminder to us that it is the hidden part of the changes in behaviour and generations: by their fashions, their music, their commitments… and their tweets!
Responsibility? Giving life requires lucidity. Everyone must be aware of the consequences of their behaviour. In this respect, families and schools have their specific place and their role to play. Sexual education is not merely a matter of simple physiological knowledge. It needs to stimulate a sincere dialogue between girls and boys and raise both individual and collective awareness.
The size of the family also depends on the couple's ability to control their fertility. The latter should not be endured, but controlled. It is for this reason that the couple needs to have access to contraception and techniques to treat sterility. This option is in no way obligatory or forced: it simply contributes to social progress. Spacing out births, delaying their arrival, managing our contraception… this all enriches sexuality beyond simple reproduction alone.
Refraining from asking the question in this way would – just as Sisyphus at the foot of his rock – mean continuing population growth whilst running education into the ground, for want of efforts commensurate to the needs of youth.
Far from giving up faced with a supposedly sacrificed generation, let us give credit to the extent of the progress already made by Africa. Let us also mobilize the international community to support social cohesion and education policies, but also family and sexual education policies.
As French philosopher Paul Ricœur wrote, "Education is one of the primary social goods that has to be distributed". In countries with a high fertility rate and low income like Niger, it is urgent to distribute education and, as a result, be part of a world civilization that carries youth along with it. To protect the individual freedoms and human dignity, let us raise the demand for education.


For the wealthy who've always wanted a zombie-proof home, Robert Konieczny of KWK Promes is the man you should be calling right now. This example, called the "Safe House".
It has walls that can be sealed shut, making it impenetrable to just about anything short of missiles / bombs. That's not all, there's even a guesthouse, complete with floor-to-ceiling windows.
Filmic story about the Safe House. Its innovation consists in an interference of the movable walls into the urban structure of the property. As a result when the house is closed (at night for example) the safety zone is limited to the house outline.
During the day as a result of opening of the walls it is expanded of the garden surrounding the house.The architecture firm explained that this building was designed specifically with maximum security in mind.
To that end, the entire structure of the house is solid concrete with movable walls that can be folded in to make the building itself entirely and utterly sealed. At night time, or when the owners of the house are away, even the windows can be secured with a thick slab of concrete.


Mortgage cost today is $1380/mth for every $300k… and sharing high net worth secrets.
Fixed mortgage rates went up this week on the wholesale market. Only about a 0.10% increase… We are still way below 3.00% for 5 yr fixed rates. Hey, that's pretty good! (watch for the media to blow it out of proportion soon.. they seem to love feeding on negativity).
Thought I'd share some quick numbers.. Did you know that a $300k mortgage will still carry for $1380/mth? And that's with a 25 yr amortization. If we go to a 30 year amort, the payment drops to $1221/mth.
Personal debt level concerns are overblown…!
There's a lot of talk in the media about Canadians carrying too much debt. We're getting hammered with messages of 'record high personal debt levels'. It's true. Our mortgage balances are higher, car loans are higher, student loans are higher, personal loans and lines of credit balances are higher.
Well, here's one very interesting stat that might crush that statement once and for all. Canadians, on average, spend 14% of after-tax income on personal debt.


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Trump's Pick to Oversee Obamacare's Destruction Faces a Senate Grilling
Democrats allege that Tom Price may have broken the law by profiting off medical stock trades.
Jonathan Ernst/ZUMA
When Donald Trump's nominee to oversee the country's health care system appears before the Senate on Wednesday morning, he can expect to face a barrage of questions not only about Republican plans to replace Obamacare, but also about whether he broke the law by profiting off health stocks.
Rep. Tom Price (R-Ga.), Trump's nominee for secretary of health and human services, is scheduled to testify Wednesday before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, before he later visits the Senate Finance Committee, which will vote on his confirmation. An orthopedic surgeon who has made it his political mission to reduce regulation of the medical industry, Price has led Republican attacks on President Barack Obama's health care law, the Affordable Care Act. He's one of the few members of Congress to lay out a detailed alternative, although his proposal has not been adopted by the president he hopes to work for. But Price's ability to get confirmed in the Senate might depend less on policy than on a string of alleged ethical lapses that have come to light since his nomination was announced in November.
All of this portends a confrontational hearing and a less-than-warm reception from Senate Democrats. Here are the controversies that are most likely to emerge in the hearing.
Obamacare replacement
Republicans have stumbled toward a repeal of the Affordable Care Act since the new Congress convened at the beginning of the month. Both chambers have passed resolutions to preclude a Democratic filibuster of a repeal, but Republicans are still struggling to figure out what will take Obamacare's place if they eradicate the law.
Price has introduced the same Affordable Care Act replacement bill in each session of Congress since the law was enacted in 2009. But Price's plan would likely strip many poor people of insurance by ending the Affordable Care Act's expansion of Medicaid coverage to millions of low-income Americans. Price would also change the formula for determining who gets government subsidies for private insurance so that it doesn't take income into account—meaning far more of the tax benefits would go to the wealthy than under the current system.
Is Price's plan Trump's plan? No one knows. Over the weekend, Trump said his plan to replace Obamacare would offer "insurance for everybody"—something Price's plan does not seem to do. CNN reported that Price has been excluded from the Trump team's deliberations on health care reform so that he can avoid answering questions about those plans in his Senate hearing.
Still, Price will have to offer some sort of vision for how the Trump White House will address the health system—and just promising to repeal Obamacare won't be enough. On Tuesday, the Congressional Budget Office released a report finding that the number of people without insurance would increase by 18 million under the first year of a repeal, with that number expanding to 32 million by 2026. Premiums for individually purchased insurance would also double beyond current projections over the next decade.
Price has been the subject of ethics concerns since Trump announced his nomination. The Wall Street Journal reported in December that Price has made more than $300,000 in trades in health care stocks over the past four years, while he continued to introduce health care legislation. Democrats called foul, with one House member writing a letter to federal financial regulators requesting an investigation into whether Price's trading broke the law. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer has pushed the Office of Congressional Ethics to examine whether Price's stock trades violated laws prohibiting members of Congress from profiting off nonpublic knowledge.
Over the weekend, CNN reported that Price had bought between $1,001 and $15,000 in stock in a medical device company right before he introduced a bill that would have directly helped the company. On Tuesday, Schumer said that stock purchase "could very well be a violation of the law."
Price is a staunch opponent of abortion rights. He has voted several times for a federal 20-week abortion ban, which stands in contrast to Trump's pledge to send the abortion debate "back to the states" when his Supreme Court picks try to overturn Roe v. Wade. But abortion isn't the only area where Price has fought against reproductive rights. Mother Jones reported in December on the myriad ways Price has tried to restrict contraception, including defunding Planned Parenthood, gutting Obamacare's mandate that employer-sponsored insurance plans cover contraception without a copay, and passing "personhood" bills that would make certain IUDs and the morning-after pill illegal.
Payments to doctors
In addition to expanding insurance coverage, the Affordable Care Act changed the way doctors and hospitals are compensated in order to slow the growth rate of health spending. Throughout his career, Price has complained that the government burdens doctors with too many regulations and attacked proposals that would pay doctors for results rather than for each test ordered or procedure performed. Although he can't repeal Obamacare's insurance expansion without congressional action, he can reverse many of the law's medical payment reforms, since these policies are largely at the discretion of the secretary of health and human services. Even as the American Medical Association has lavished praise on Price's nomination, a faction of doctors has rejected the AMA's endorsement and called for more scrutiny into Price's attacks on the Obamacare reforms.
The Price Is Wrong


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In Miss Selfridge
Found/Off The Runway
Wearing a Miss Selfridge printed jumpsuit, Tena attended a screening of her movie in Mumbai. A tousled ponytail, pink lip, ear cuff, cocktail ring and neutral pumps finished out her look. The floral-print jumpsuit could've been a bit much but, not on Ms. Desae; she wears the look well.
Shop the jumpsuit here.
Tena Desae At The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel Screening
Tena Desae,
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel Screening
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In Manish Malhotra
The red carpet premiere of The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel in London saw Tina in a mirror-work Manish Malhotra lehenga.
Given the mirror-work detailing, keeping the styling simple was a good move but we still thought the hairdo was a bit of a snooze. Especially that hairband which made the look feel very tween-ish.
You can buy the lehenga and other Manish Malhotra designs here.
Left: Tina Desai at The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel Premiere
Right: Manish Malhotra Lehenga ( BUY )
Photo Credit: Zimbio
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In Rajat Tangri
Tena attended the GQ do past Thu wearing a Rajat Tangri. The sheer sequin bodice was the more interesting part and in wearing her hair down, Tena took attention away from it. But, then the gown felt a bit much given the event which was more of a bash than an awards event.
Left: Rajat Tangri, Summer/Resort 2013
Right: Tena Desae at GQ Best Dressed Men 2013
Photo Credit: Facebook
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Tena Desae
Wearing white jumpsuits with T-strap sandals were these ladies at the Lavasa Race and while we think Aditi fares much better in hers, wish she had skipped on that necklace. It wasn't adding much to the look.
P.S. Can't be fun attending an event and seeing someone dressed just like you. 😛
Aditi Govitrikar and Tena Desae at Lavasa Race
Aditi Govitrikar,
Lavasa Race,
Bandaged
It was a Bebe bandage dress for Tena at the press meet of Table No. 21. Not feeling it one bit, but then we aren't fans of Bebe either.
Tena Desae at Table No. 21 Press Meet
Bebe,
Table No. 21 Press Meet,


Are you sure it isn't just frost?
No, it was snow. The problem is I tried to find my digital cam this morning, and could not so I had to use my cam on my phone, which is not the best. So, by the time I got up (since its finals), a lot of snow had melted. This is New Mexico, where it melts really quick cus we did get up to 51 today. LOL.


Our gentle chiropractic office in Louisville, KY, Brady Chiropractic & Wellness Center is a holistic practice that assesses and treats the structural, nutritional, electromagnetic, and emotional aspects of each individual.
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Exclusion versus Empowerment
Posted on March 23, 2013 by petchary
Jamaica is a patriarchal society. Yes, you may say, "But Jamaican women are so strong." But the evidence is out there and easy to find. Jamaica is a traditional, conservative, patriarchal society. Men in their fifties and sixties run things. They may wear uniform, they may wear a business suit, they may sit in Parliament. But the men are the ones busy preserving the status quo.
A very blunt depiction of gender roles…
It is true: Jamaican women are very strong – or, I should say, resilient. I have always known this; but since I started working with a small non-governmental organization called Eve for Life I have become much more aware of the complex web of disempowerment that operates daily at many levels and in many aspects of women's lives. It is a kind of network of "no's" – no, that is not possible; no, that is actually against the law; no, that's not for you. The "no's" are especially loud, and visible, in our change-resistant public institutions, as well as in churches and in many business places, sadly. And it is painfully evident in inter-personal relationships, where the disempowered woman so often ends up… yes, a victim of harassment, abuse and worse.
Eve for Life's message for Jamaican men: "Nuh Go Deh" – leave the young girls alone…
I'm not sure of the origin of this meme on patriarchy, but I like it! Men, take responsibility!
Imagine, then, if you are a vulnerable teenage mother. Some of the girls whom Eve for Life supports are also living with HIV. I was pleased to participate last week in a television program ("Live at Seven" on CVM Television) to discuss the concerns raised recently by Opposition Senator, Kamina Johnson Smith. The young Senator has questioned the law that states that pregnant schoolgirls must be "excluded" from high school; and that they are only allowed to return if the Minister of Education approves (this practice has, we are told, been somewhat modified over the years). But in any case, a student who has given birth has to apply to the principal, in the hopes of being admitted to her school (or another school) to continue her education after the child is born. The school principal will decide whether the girl is deemed suitable to return to school.
Opposition Senator Kamina Johnson Smith speaks at a recent seminar. (My photo)
In the opening report, a journalist interviewed two teenage mothers, who became pregnant at fourteen and fifteen years old and who are now back at school, thanks to the efforts of Eve for Life. They face challenges – the stigma of being in a "baby mother class" as they have fallen behind in their studies by this time. The teachers "don't expect much of them." But they do their very best. Their "baby fathers" were in their twenties. They committed statutory rape (see Article 50 of the Offences Against the Persons Act) as the girls were under sixteen. Were these young men charged? I am not sure.
Eve for Life's Executive Director Patricia Watson welcomes Deputy Executive Director of Programmes at UNICEF Geeta Rao Gupta when she visited Eve's Kingston offices recently. (My photo)
And so, the girl is punished. Firstly, by being "excluded" (a nice word for "kicked out") when she is discovered to be pregnant, and sent home to consider her misfortune, like the "bad girl" she is. The second stage of humiliation is having to go on bended knee to be allowed to continue the education that, Eve for Life believes, is firmly her right.
The Jamaica Teachers' Association (JTA) representative on the program wanted to "dispel the myth" that throwing a pregnant girl out of school is punishment. He went on to say that the pregnant teens are well cared for by the Women's Centre Foundation of Jamaica – a government agency that he said does a "fantastic job" – and that "almost all" students are, in fact, "re-integrated." Everyone is happy and caring, and the system works perfectly. (Back at school, the guidance counselors are – well, stretched. In fact, the JTA rep mentioned that at the high school where he is currently principal, there is one guidance counselor to 700 children. We know that the stressed-out counselors spend most of their time dealing with schoolyard fights, etc. Do they have time for a young mother?)
Achieving women: Athletes from Holmwood Technical High School celebrate as they win the Jamaican Girls' Athletics Championships for the ninth consecutive year. (Photo: newsamericasnow.com)
But alas! Most of the time "the child excludes herself," said the JTA representative (but I thought he said most of them returned?) And why does she voluntarily stay out of school, one wonders? Of course, it is clear that they were not wanted at school; it takes enormous will and determination to throw yourself at the mercy of a school principal, who may or may not accept you back. It's at his/her discretion. Many of the girls do not have the family support or the remaining self-esteem to be able to do this. Certainly little or no support from the "system."
So, let us look at some facts and figures: According to Jamaica's Registrar General's Department, there were 42,161 live births in 2008. Of these the vast majority were out of wedlock (35,596) by the way, so it would be safe to say that all the teens fall into this category. Out of this number 7,680 births were to girls age 19 and under (229 of them under 15). My Math isn't brilliant but by my calculation this means that 21.55 per cent of all live births in 2008 were to women under 19. Births up to age 24 accounted for 44.75 per cent. This is way above the global average of 11 per cent. For 1,178 of this number this was their second child. In that same year, 18.8 per cent of births in the 15-19 year age group were actually planned – twice as many as in 2002. And 21.4 per cent of 15-24 year-olds in Jamaica have more than one partner during any given one-year period.
A cute baby… Cute, but they are a responsibility.
Eve for Life currently works with a total of 65 teenage mothers, ten of whom are aged fourteen to sixteen years and not HIV-positive. The remainder are aged 15-24 years. We also conducted a program with fifteen girls at the Women's Centre to develop ICT material on pregnancy prevention – the website is at http://www.eveteens.com. Most of our girls did not return to school after they had their children; many had more children afterwards. Currently, 24.6 per cent of our girls are enrolled in the formal education system – either at school or pursuing training.
Now let us be clear: A significant number of Eve for Life's mothers became pregnant as a result of rape or incest (at a workshop in St. James, this was 83 per cent). We know this to be widespread in the general population. In the five years of Eve's existence, we have worked with over eighty girls, mostly HIV-positive.
It is true that there will be challenges, as everyone on the program noted. A pregnant schoolgirl may suffer ridicule; or conversely she may encourage other girls (although I believe the latter argument is an excuse; is pregnancy contagious?) The poor girl will not be able to manage, the exclusionists say. So, how will she manage at home, often with little or no family support, enduring the comments of her family and neighbors on a daily basis, and trying to avoid the predatory males in the community – some of whom believe it is actually beneficial to have sex with a pregnant girl? These are challenges she will face anyway. But at least she will be in a learning environment.
We need caring Jamaican fathers…
What about the young men? They are free to continue with their lives, pursue education and training, continue with their job, perhaps impregnate one or two other under-age girls. How many of them are actually charged with statutory rape, actual rape or incest? It would be interested to obtain more information on this, although I wonder if records exist.
The girls don't want our pity. They do need sympathy and a real understanding of their situation; and they need us to make it possible for them to pick up their lives, determinedly, and carry on. We empathize, but as Gleaner columnist and youth/human rights activist Jaevion Nelson noted recently, showing empathy is not an endorsement of early sex. Disapproving lectures on morals are not the answer, either. And although many of these girls are actually victims of rape and incest, they do not want to be seen as victims, or "bad girls" either.
A poster from the DC Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy.
It's clear that the old system, based on patriarchy, tradition and a conservative/religious mindset, is outdated and is not serving our girls well. If the teen mother stays home, with the fragmentation of the Jamaican family, chances are she will slip further back and quite possibly have another baby. This will be a greater burden on the state, and the cycle of poverty will continue. It is a no-win situation. If we take a fresh approach (out of the box, or as someone said recently – no box at all) and decide that we will support the girls, enabling them to reach their full potential, there is a good chance that they will become educated, trained and productive members of the society. High school graduates have more to contribute.
The JTA might be surprised to know that the vast majority of the girls do want to continue their education. They know that it is their hope for the future, and for their children's future. With mentoring, counseling and determination, they can do it. And they do.
And isn't that the goal and purpose of the Ministry of Education – to empower our citizens, including our vulnerable girls?
Please, let's not reject or deny them. Let's have a rethink.
P.S. Earlier this week, Malala Yousafzai packed her bag and returned to school in Birmingham, England. In October, 2012 she was shot in the head by the Taliban in Pakistan because of her outspoken campaigning for girls' education – at the age of fourteen. She is the bravest teenage girl I know. And she believes in girls' education so strongly she risked her life for it.
http://jamaica-gleaner.com/latest/article.php?id=43037 Senator wants expelling pregnant schoolgirls removed from the books: Gleaner
http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/columns/Baby-Madda–story-come-back-again_13865068 "Baby Madda" story come back again: Barbara Gloudon column/Jamaica Observer
http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20120923/cleisure/cleisure5.html Remove blinkers from sex education: Kamina Johnson Smith op-ed/Gleaner
http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/results/Offensive–mean-spirited-and-baseless–Mr-Johnston_13808454 Offensive, mean-spirited and baseless, Mr. Johnston: Letter from Kamina Johnson Smith/Observer [column by Dr. Johnston, an advisor to the Minister of Education, is not available online]
http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20130124/cleisure/cleisure4.html Children need sex education: Jaevion Nelson column/Gleaner
http://www.crin.org/resources/infodetail.asp?id=27239 South Africa: Stigmatizing pregnant schoolgirls: Child Rights International Network
My take on allowing pregnant pupils to remain in class (observer.org.sz)
A Legacy of Emancipation In the Diaspora (repeatingislands.com)
Posted in Americas, Family, Human rights, SocietyTagged CVM Television, Education, Eve, HIV-positive people, Jamaica, Pregnancy, Registrar General's Department, Women
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caribtots2teens says:
Reblogged this on Caribbean Tots to Teens and commented:
Taking a serious look at teenage pregnancy in Jamaica. What is the crime? Who are the victims?
Thank you SO much for the re-blog! I really appreciate it. Yes, there are many questions to ask…
My daughter and I would like to say, 'Women need to take over the world!'. We need to stand up for each other, just as you have in this article. 83% of these beautiful girls, the victim of rape and incest? In the 'Dark Ages' in Europe, men were attacking women, and the women established communities to protect themselves.
I heard sad news today, a beautiful, intelligent, mother of 4, and full time pediatric nurse disappeared last weekend. She had told her abusive husband that she wanted a divorce. They found her mutilated body in a field, the husband confessed, then killed himself. My daughter has been training with her this last month, and is grieving, as all her friends.
You are SO right. Very important point – we do need to support each other, which is really the purpose of the organization I am chairing currently. The girls are amazingly supportive of each other, in the way they relate to each other, look after each other's children etc. It is touching. Interesting that you pointed out how women established communities. I think a modern-day version of this is happening in a way – at least, support systems are being created. The story you cited reminds me of several such cases recently in Jamaica. The woman tries to end the relationship and the man cannot accept this. It is so tragic.
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O Prêmio H. H. Bloomer () é um prêmio da Linnean Society of London, estabelecido em 1963 por um legado do naturalista amador Harry Howard Bloomer, concedido a "um naturalista amador que fez uma contribuição de destaque para o conhecimento biológico." Os recipientes, alternadamente um botânico e um zoólogo, recebem uma medalha de prata e uma valor financeiro do patrimônio do legado.

Recipientes

1963 - Job Edward Lousley
1964 - Charles Earle Raven
1965 - E. C. Wallace
1966 - D. L. Harrison
1967 - A. G. Long
1968 - Miriam Rothschild
1969 - T. D. V. Swinscow
1970 - Arthur Erskine Ellis
1971 - J. G. Dony
1972 - Marie Åsberg
1973 - Ursula Katherine Duncan
1974 - Alfred Frank Millidge & George Hazelwood Locket
1975 - Eric Smoothey Edees
1976 - F. C. Stinton
1977 - D. H. Kent
1978 - D. R. Rosevear
1979 - Blanche Henrey
1980 - J. N. Eliot
1981 - David E. Allen
1982 - L. G. Higgins
1983 - O. V. Polunin
1984 - R. L. E. Ford
1985 - B. E. Smythies
1986 - Walter John Le Quesne
1987 - Malcolm Charles Clark
1988 - Roger D. Ransome
1989 - J. C. Gardiner
1990 - M. J. Roberts
1991 - Hugh D. Wilson
1992 - K. A. Spencer
1993 - David C. McClintock
1994 - Dennis Seaward
1995 - Betty E. G. M. Allen
1996 - John Henry Barrett
1997 - John R. I. Wood
1998 - William Carter Wright
1999 - Richard H. Roberts
2000 - No award
2001 - Hans Hess
2002 - T. L. Blockeel & Anthony Galsworthy
2003 - David Pearman
2004 - Rosemary FitzGerald
2005 - Peter Chandler
2006 - Eric J. Clement
2007 - John Tennent
2008 - Basil Harley
2009 - Markku Häkkinen
2010 - Não houve premiação
2011 - Brendan Sayers & Michael Fibiger
2012 - Libby Houston
2013 - Não houve premiação
2014 - Christopher Lever
2015 - Robert Heckford

Prémios de biologia
Prêmios do Reino Unido
Prêmios estabelecidos em 1963

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Two universities – two wins
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ASPECT Studios in association with lahznimmo architects have successfully won two design competitions to revitalise two of Australia's most highly regarded Universities. The first winning design sees the revival of the public domain for Australian National University's (ANU) Canberra campus. Part of an overall $130million project, the public domain will focus on the upgrade of Union Court and University Avenue with a design that "reflects bold, next generation thinking". New buildings surrounding the public domain have been awarded to architecture firm BVN. The design proposes a stronger connection between the city and university; between 'Town and Gown'. The Gateway on University Avenue is visualised as a 'welcome mat' that leads people into the campus. The second competition win is the once in a generation reconfiguration of the University of New South Wales (UNSW) 'Gate 9 precinct' of its Sydney campus. Coinciding with the arrival of the ASPECT Studios designed Sydney light rail by the New South Wales government, UNSW's Gate 9 precinct will create a bold, memorable, and seamless public realm which elevates the visitor experience and the quality of urban space. The character of the public domain reflects the different types of spaces, buildings and functions addressing it. These range from laneways and retail through to learning commons; cultural events and student accommodation. Spaces will vary from more active with opportunities for play, student events and markets, while others will lean toward quieter contemplative use. The public domain will be enhanced by a range of fixed and loose outdoor furniture, power outlets and WI-FI to support working and studying outdoors. Kate Luckraft from ASPECT Studios explains "Union Court is envisaged as a village centre - the active heart of the campus where all major routes converge. It will have a strong night time presence to attract the whole Canberra community and will become a destination as well as a junction of movement. Central to the Union Court proposal is a green rug – an inviting lawn area with a range of activities that surround it. At night it will feel like a large outdoor room, with catenary lighting stretching over the space." The "green rug" of Union Court extends down to the water's edge of Sullivan's Creek through a series of gentle terraces. The terraces create not only a space to sit and soak up the sun but also a natural amphitheatre for a variety of performances and events. "The design for UNSW's new address celebrates and encourages engagement with the university and its surrounds. It is open, brave and people-centric and the re-imagined Clancy Auditorium becomes the symbolic 'church in the square', a building seen and experienced in the round" – Sacha Coles, Director ASPECT Studios. Clancy is the UNSW 'home of Ceremony' graduation as well as a backdrop on arrival to every-day university life. The new High Street light rail terminus will place Clancy as the centrepiece of the upper campus arrival experience while enhancing connectivity to the University mall, the local town centre and future transport links. Physical barriers, such as the palisade fence are removed as the university opens to the surrounding community -symbolising the desire of UNSW to think and act beyond its boundaries, engaging with the present and focusing on the future. Graduations are the most celebratory of the events as culmination of study, deserving of the highest quality university experience. The Clancy Auditorium is re-positioned as a gateway building for the upper campus, creating a dedicated ceremonial and cultural space. The winning proposals of ASPECT Studios and lahznimmo will bring new life to ANU' s vision of a dynamic central campus, and enhance UNSW's location in the community – creating contemporary civic spaces and student experiences which are globally best in class.
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Spider Wasp
Image: Eframgoldberg
If you're an arachnophobe, you might like to think of this as "the enemy of my enemy is my friend". Unless you also hate wasps. If you suffer from spheksophobia be aware that many Spider Wasps are scarier than your average wasp and the enemy of your enemy is a super-powerful enemy.
You can't hope to get away from them either, unless you enjoy the crisp, windswept delights of Antarctica. There are some 5,000 species of Spider Wasp making up the Pompilidae family and they're found wherever there are spiders. And that's everywhere. Except the frozen, wind-beaten deathlands of Antarctica.
Let's take a look at the very first Spider Wasp to earn a scientific name, the one that lent its name to the whole Pompilidae family.
Image: Martin Grimm
Pompilus cinereus, a Pompilin
It's Pompilus cinereus, the Leaden Spider Wasp. This species has a vast distribution, being found from Britain to Madagascar and Japan to Australia. However, it reaches a length of less than 1 cm (0.5 in) so it's a bit of tiddler as Spider Wasps go.
But why is a Spider Wasp called a Spider Wasp? What exactly is so "Spider" about them?
Well, let's begin with a female Leaden Spider Wasp. She's got an egg to lay and this is the day. This is Lay Day. But she has no time to celebrate. Spider Wasps are solitary so she won't be having any Lay Day parties with her friends. She just wakes up in the morning, spends a bit of time grooming so she's fresh and presentable and flies off to a flower for some breakfast.
Image: cotinis
Entypus unifasciatus, a Pepsin
Her meal will consist of sweet tasty nectar. Spider Wasps love nectar because it gives them lots of sugary energy to tackle the day's tasks. There's a lot of work to be done on Lay Day and our Spider Wasp is not some queen bee with an army of servants to help. It's all down to her. And so, armed with a pleasant sugar rush, she sets out spider-hunting. Could've done with a nice blunderbuss or maybe a big shoe, perhaps an upside down glass and a piece of paper if she wanted to be humane, but no, just sugar.
Besides, she doesn't want to be humane.
Leaden Spider Wasps are particularly fond of Wolf Spiders, who happen to be rather tough, agile hunters who take down prey with speed and venom, not webs. Our Spider Wasp shows no fear. She is very active, not to say hyperactive, as she wanders around with herky-jerky movements, antennae twitching manically with every step.
Image: Eric Isley
Tachypompilus ferrugineus, a Pepsin, with a Wolf Spider
Eventually she finds a nice, big Wolf Spider. A struggle begins. It can appear to be of the EPIC variety. Two mighty warriors clashing, the wasp like some lithe and nimble elf, the spider a huge, ferocious orc. Then again, the Spider Wasp is pretty darn good at hunting spiders. She searches for openings and opportunities. She swiftly leaps out of reach of the spider's lunging attacks. She uses her long legs to grapple, keeping out of the way of the spider's fangs. Finally, she stings the spider and the job is done. Expertly.
With that unpleasantness over the Spider Wasp is left with the prize of a live, paralysed spider about the same size as herself or larger. It would have been nice to get that as a Lay Day present from her friends or parents or something but no, this is not a world where people put little bows on paralysed spiders and give them as gifts. That would just be weird.
As it is, our Spider Wasp may well choose to bury her spider in sandy soil nearby, just to make sure it doesn't get stolen. And there will be sandy soil nearby because Leaden Spider Wasps need it and they don't stray far from it.
Video: Eric Eaton
Now the real excavation work begins. She finds a promising site and sets about digging a small nest out of that sandy soil she likes so much. Then she digs up her spider, carries it to the nest and deposits it within. She lays a single egg to go with the single spider, then she leaves the nest, covers the entrance with soil and finally leaves entirely to do it all over again for another egg. Maybe she'll stop by a flower first.
Something rather horrible happens within a few hours. The spider partially comes out of paralysis. The poor fellow seems out of sorts, which is understandable, and he just wanders around within the nest leaving silk all over the place. This actually improves the structural integrity of the nest. I don't know if that was his intention, but he may be too far gone to have intentions at this point.
Within a few days the egg hatches and a Spider Wasp grub merrily consumes the spider, killing it. Horribly. So at least someone got a spider from their parents for Lay Day. And, naturally enough, that spider gives all the nourishment a grub needs to grow, pupate and emerge as an adult, nectar-supping Spider Wasp.
Image: Alain C.
This life history is a good template for most Spider Wasps, though there are numerous differences and details among species, genera and subfamilies. If we just stay within Pompilinae, the subfamily that the Leaden Spider Wasp belongs to, we find several different ways of doing things.
For example, some Spider Wasps don't like to dig into soil. They prefer crevices among rocks or tree bark. Some go the extra mile and construct mud nests. Others go the opposite way. They sting a spider to paralyse it for a while but then they simply drop an egg on it and leave. The spider wakes up and goes about its business pretty much as normal until the egg hatches and the grub eats it alive. Also horrible.
Then there's the actual target. Some Spider Wasps will only hunt a single species of spider, others can choose from a whole family, still others have an even wider choice. The Leaden Spider Wasp really likes the Wolf Spider family, though she'll also target other, similar spiders.
Video: Paul Verhulst
Some Spider Wasps prefer orb-weavers and they bear special scales on their feet that allow them to walk on webs and safely stalk their prey. There's even one Spider Wasp that goes after Fishing Spiders. These are spiders that walk on water so the Spider Wasp has to paralyse it and then itself walk on water, dragging the corpse behind it to get back to land. It's the most morbid miracle, ever!
And yet, and yet, and yet... even all that is just Pompilinae, one of four subfamilies.
Image: David Crummey
If you're scared of wasps then the real super-powerful super-enemies are in the subfamily Pepsinae. This group includes the Tarantula Hawks, which are gigantic wasps some of whom reach over 5 cm (2 in). They hunt suitably enormous spiders, like big, hairy tarantulas.
Some of them... perhaps after drinking too much nectar... will even attempt to tackle the aggressive, horrifically venomous Brazilian Wandering Spider. They can usually win, too, because Spider Wasps are just that good at spidering.
Video: The Memory Of The World
Presumably it's no coincidence that they also happen to have one of the most excruciatingly painful stings in the world. That's pretty bad, but at least we're not the ones who get paralysed and fed to a grub in a dark hole in the ground.
Then there're the genus Auplopus. They have a kind of "evil gangster" method for solving a certain problem. You know how the Leaden Spider Wasps's spider woke up and wandered around in the nest? Auplopus Spider Wasps don't like that. They don't like that at all. And they don't negotiate, either...
Image: Lynette
They just chew the spider's legs off. That'll be another "horrible", then.
The next subfamily is Ctenocerinae. It's quite small and contains a host of species that are a lot like the Pepsins but specialise in hunting trapdoor spiders. There's not much information about them but they probably just sniff them out with their antennae and boldly enter the trapdoor's erstwhile hidden lair.
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Ceropales maculata, a Ceropalin
Finally, Ceropalinae. This subfamily contains just two genera and has by far the fewest number of species. Those species also happen to be quite different from the other Spider Wasps. They like spiders, they just don't much care for going to the trouble of actually hunting for them.
They are what is known as kleptoparasitic, or "parasitic by theft." They don't search for spiders, they search for fellow Spider Wasps who are carrying spiders. Now you may think they'd have to be mad, crazy, kleptomaniacs to want to go messing with some of these massive Spider Wasps but somehow they just get in there, drop an egg on the spider and run.
Image: Phillip Harpootlian
The other Spider Wasp thinks the coast is clear now that she's seen off that highwaywoman, so she resumes her journey back to the nest. She lays her egg as normal, covers it all up so it's safe and sound, and leaves. Unfortunately the Ceropalin egg goes right along with it and hatches first. The grub eats the other egg and the spider and the dastardly plan is complete.
Spider Wasps are just so... so... SPIDER WASP they simply can't keep it in. Their cup of horror overfloweth and can't help but spill all over the nearest Spider Wasp.
Really, they're layer upon layer of horror. However, if you are indeed scared of both spiders and wasps, then the enemy of your enemy who is a super-powerful enemy may itself have an enemy who is also an enemy but is, hopefully, a less daunting one. Assuming you can make any sense of that, I hope it gives you some comfort.
Brb moving to Antartica.
I think I prefer the spiders, to be honest. At least they don't fly!
Ha! Yeah, powered flight is definitely a game-changer
Two-tailed Spider
Mr. Pinch
Spionid
Bluebell Sea Squirt
South American Leaffish
Flying Dragon
Wingfoots
Just a Little Chocolate Snail
Magnum Sea Cucumber
Spanner Crab


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Sparks (March 22, 2022) and Bob Dylan (March 23, 2022) / Back-to-Back @ Ryman Auditorium / Nashville TN
March 24, 2022 · by mbodayle · in Concert Reviews · 1 Comment
Thankfully the concert business is back to full steam and Music City is no exception. For many of us older music fans, it was a busy four days starting with Graham Nash (CMA Theatre) on Sunday, Beck (Basement East) on Monday, and then Tuesday and Wednesday at the Ryman with the campy and quirky Sparks and the legendary Bob Dylan, respectively. Trying to write something a little different than my norm, here's a mashup look at those two Ryman shows. Don't expect any great insight but just some rambling facts and a few random opinions.
One thing about the post-Pandemic return of concerts, tickets have gotten much more expensive and difficult to get.
SPARKS: Surprisingly, this ticket was not as tough to snag given the recent success of the splendid Sparks Brothers documentary film. The good seats did however go fast and there were only a few empty seats come show time. It was a bargain to sit down close for only $80.
DYLAN: On the other hand, this show will go down as one of the most difficult tickets to score in Nashville history. I suspect it was a combination of things: speculation as to when Bob's "never-ending" touring might end; his great recent record; and how out-of-towners love to travel to see their favorite acts at the Ryman. Prices for the good seats were quite high but it was an honor to pay $150 for a decent seat. Resale prices were obscene, and Craigslist was full of scammers.
The demographics of the crowds were rather interesting with both acts having long tenure: Dylan starting out in the 60s, and Sparks about a decade later.
SPARKS: There were many old timers who were Sparks fans back in the day, or some like me, who neglected the band during their prime, but found a greater appreciation for them after seeing the film. Also, there was a scattering of youngsters who obviously could relate to their sound which still sounds fresh and modern.
DYLAN: This was likely a record for the oldest average age at the Ryman. Most however were younger than Bob's 80 years but many of us were at or near the age for Medicare enrollment. There were only a few who were born after Time Out of Mind won its Grammys. BTW – outside the venue before the show, there was a booth hawking Bob's "Heaven's Door" whiskey.
In an odd way, there were similarities to each shows' staging.
SPARKS: The Maels were in the forefront with their crack backing band lined up in the rear. The stage was sparse, and all shirts and slacks were black except for Russell's bright yellow pants. Sparks started about 20 minutes after the scheduled show time and played for just under two hours.
DYLAN: Bob stood behind his keyboards all night and like Ronald Mael, only ventured away twice. Bob walked out as if to only stretch his legs while the normally silent Ronald left his keyboard station for some lyrical recitation and silly dancing. All Bob's men wore black and were also in the rear of the stage. And although the stage was elevated atop a lighted platform and Bob was back towards the middle, those in front looked like they were standing the entire show just so that they could see him. You could have set your watch to the show's prompt 8pm start time and kudos to Bob who stood for the full 90 minutes even tough there was a piano stool available right behind him.
Rules and security were quite different for each night.
SPARKS: Show your proof of vax at the door and we will let you in to take as many photos and videos as you'd like.
DYLAN: No proof of vax required but devices were strictly banned to an extreme I have yet to witness. Upon entering the room by showing my mobile ticket, I was sternly warned that the phone still in my hand as I crossed the line into the hall was a violation in process! As I thought would happen, some fans snapped photos during the final number. Here is an example of such civil disobedience, although it's not from the guy I saw being escorted out when he took a picture after the show had already ended!
As to the true reason we all go to Ryman shows in the first place, how about Hatch Show Print posters?
SPARKS: They had a very nice one for sale that oddly mimicked the one that the band was selling of its own. If you missed out, its currently $100 on eBay.
DYLAN: Disappointingly, although he has let them be sold before, there was no Hatch from Dylan. There was however a generic tour poster with the specific venue name added and although not a Hatch, it will also set you back a nice sum on eBay as well.
And what about the state of the vocals of 80-year-old Dylan and 73-year-old Russell Mael?
SPARKS: Russell both looked and sounded amazing. With what might be the help of some dark hair-coloring, he doesn't look or sound much different than he did back in the last century.
DYLAN: Most everyone knew what to expect from Bob's singing. It was not like the 2005 show at Greer Stadium where there was a steady stream of shocked folks who following Willie Nelson's set, left after hearing what Dylan sounded like. It's a given though that Bob doesn't sing melodies and still changes old songs around enough to make them take a while to recognize. But this time out, he's playing a bunch from 2020's Rough and Rowdy Ways that were written more as recitations than songs. It's a fine record and this sits just fine for me. I must say that while the reworked "When I Paint My Masterpiece" was a huge disappointment to me, the new arrangement for "Gotta Serve Somebody" rightfully brought the house down.
It was also interesting how each show concluded.
SPARKS: After 50 years in the biz, Sparks finally made it to Nashville and were sincerely honored to be playing the sacred Ryman stage. After the last song was sung, Russ and Ron spoke of the thrill of playing the Ryman and took pleasure in posing for their customary end-of-show photo with their backs to the crowd. (Yours truly even got to make his way into the picture.)
DYLAN: His Bobness did not speak a word until his introduced his superb band as a prelude to his two-song encore without exiting the stage. Observant as the man is, I imagine that his remark of "Do they still call this Music City?" was precipitated by seeing the current state of Downtown Nashville.
And now, my final words.
SPARKS: Guilty! That's how I feel after not paying more attention to this band back in the day. I even went so far as to not stay for a show of theirs in the 70s after seeing the opening act whom I craved at the time (Graham Parker & the Rumour). But fortunately, I feel somehow that seeing them now was seeing them at the peak of their career. If I could, I go see them again tonight!
DYLAN: I'm in awe anytime I am in the same room as Bob Dylan. Yes, I wish he had his old voice back, but he still is the greatest songwriter of his generation, and he still puts out amazing music and has one of the best bands you will ever get to witness. I plan on seeing him again as often as I can.
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christiansmusicmusings · March 24, 2022 - 7:05 pm · Reply→
My only Bob Dylan experience to date in Germany in the late '80s was a bitter disappointment. It was largely due to my naïveté.
In order to "prepare" I listened to his "Before the Flood" live album back and forth, thinking the show I was going to see would be similar. Well, the only song Dylan played I recognized was "Knockin' On Heaven's Door," and it was literally the first tune! I didn't recognize any of the tracks that came thereafter.
Luckily, Roger McGuinn solo opened the night, and Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers were also on the bill. They saved the night.
I think "Rough and Rowdy Ways" is a surprisingly compelling album. I would consider giving Mr. Zimmerman another chance – this time with more realistic expectations!
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Bloated with under-utilized functionality that most corporate learners find confusing is a plague in the LMS world. "More" is not necessarily "better" as Learning Management Systems should be customized towards the business needs of the organizations they are meant to serve.
The Experience API (xAPI), Learning Record Stores, Learning Experience Platforms (LXP/LEP), the dreaded Blockchain Technology, AI-based Learning Management Systems. What do all these even mean?
All these mentioned above are the "latest" and "greatest" alleged trends in the eLearning world. Be it corporate eLearning or eLearning for academic purposes. At the risk of sounding contrarian and perhaps a tad bit controversial, do all these technologies (and by consequence the platforms implementing them) truly add value to the corporations implementing them? Yes, the terminology is exciting, and I am sure the technology behind all these is impressive but the question that corporations should ask themselves is: Are all these functionalities truly value-adding to the corporation's business use cases? I dare answer that in most cases, not really. Let us take a corporation decision on implementing a Learning Record Store and take advantage of it through the Experience API.
The xAPI allows tracking in-depth the activities of a learner, in particular activities which the learner does on their own time outside of the online eLearning activities. This means that the xAPI is able to track articles which are being read, sites which are being browsed and a plethora of other activities, which are then used to customize for a better eLearning experience for the user.
Where would the above scenario really add value in the corporate world? Is the corporation going to track learner activities outside of the work environment to "provide a better" office experience? Would that not even be considered perhaps an invasion of privacy? With the heated debate of Facebook, Apple and Google by some considering to be invading the privacy in our own home, are we ready to have our work environment do the same?
The answer is: Most likely not.
Sure, the xAPI can be used to provide additional, more detailed information of a learner as they go through an eLearning course. That is uncontested, but do companies really need to have that kind of a granular understanding of the learner's behaviour within a particular compliance course that a learner must take once or twice a year? Or a set of courses that an employee is encouraged to take in order to be offered an opportunity to advance in their career?
The answer here is also: Most likely not.
The Learning Management System market is indeed saturated with an incredible amount of solutions, generally dominated by a few players, which, in their attempt to differentiate themselves from each other and thus create a competitive edge, tend to add functionality upon functionality without really thinking what value does that functionality add to their corporate clients.
Depending on the industry, you might have more advanced requirements such as an online course marketplace or video conferencing; but in most cases, the above 7 requirements will make the vast majority of the organizations really happy.
There is, of course, the concept of gamification which is a valid requirement, but in my belief only for certain use-cases. For example, if you have a team of sales people, which by definition thrives on competition, as part of a bonus policy a company could implement a gamification strategy to award additional rewards or track performance against peers in order to encourage taking courses by scoring points, receiving badges, etc... in most cases, however, believe me, employees don't care. In the past, I used to work for a multi-billion $ company, and I remember, we would take turns of one person taking a mandatory set of courses, capturing the screenshots, posting them on a shared-drive and sharing them with the teams that had to take those courses, so that folks would focus on getting their daily work-activity, mission-critical projects done rather than spend time doing the courses themselves.
Another big one here is blockchain technology. A bit of a really high-level introduction to blockchain is in order at this time. There are two types of blockchains: the public and the private ones. The public ones are accessible to anyone without a single mitigating entity. The private ones are accessible only to a private network of users or entities. There is a discussion that perhaps it is worth storing course performance or certificates on the blockchain. After all, the blockchain is de-facto immutable and (in most cases) uncompromisable, although there are papers proving that as little as 33% of machines need to be compromised in order to break the system rather than the originally thought 51%. Assuming we are going to ignore this particular point against blockchains, let's see where would blockchains make sense.
Storing your course performance on a public blockchain would make sense if one is using a Learning Management System for commonly available certifications or college/university degrees. If you would like an Oracle certification than, in order for you not to fake that, institutions might want to implement the storage of your course performance on a public blockchain, but that also entails the verifying entity to have the technology in place to connect to said blockchain and verify that the "block chained" certificate/degree is actually real. In most cases, that is not even remotely in the process of being implemented.
Private blockchains, make even less sense to implement within a Learning Management System simply because most compliance courses or career pathway courses (learning pathways) generally result in a certificate which is stored in a corporate database that by definition is well protected from any outside access; and in all reality, who would care about faking a "compliance" course certificate and risk their job rather than take the course and spend 10-20 minutes on it?
If blockchain technologies would be massively adopted, an argument could be made to implement them within the realm of Learning Record Stores (xAPI) but here we go into the realm of what data would a corporation want to share with another corporation through an LRS and also the whole privacy point I mentioned above.
I believe that technological advances have their place. However, I believe that first and foremost what should drive corporate learning should be an in-depth analysis of what are the requirements of the corporation itself. What are the real value-adding functionalities of a Learning Management System? After all, it is in the corporation's best interests to pay only for what you need and what you use.


Foundation Day Programme: On 4th September workshop on media and mental health was organized at RINPAS in which persons from media participated actively.
The conference was organized by RINPAS in collaboration with the EPS Global Medical Development Incorporation, Montreal, Canada. Academic Programmes consisted of Guest lectures, Seminar and free papers. Delegates from Italy, Croatia, Japan, Australia, Hungary etc. participated in the conference.
This orientation programme was organized for Medical Officers of various districts of Jharkhand.
This workshop was organized by RINPAS for school teachers to sensitize them for identification of behavioural problems and its classroom management. Teachers actively participated in the programme. Faculty members participated as resource persons.
This programme was organized by the Department of Clinical Psychology, RINPAS in collaboration with the Indian Association of Clinical Psychologists. Prof. Manju Mehta, Professor of Clinical Psychology, Department of Psychiatry, AIIMS, New Delhi and President IACP talked about psychological management of pain. Dr. Ashima Nehra, Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology, AIIMS, New Delhi and EC member of IACP deliverd a talk about the psychological management of neurological problems. One hundred thirty delegates participated in the programme.
The Executive Council meeting of the Indian Association of Clinical Psychologists was held on 01-08-12.
The programme was organized on 27-8-2012 under eye donation fortnight celebration.
A helpline is started in collaboration with Dept. of Social Justice, Women and Child Welfare, Govt. of Jharkhand to extend services particularly for adolescent girls (Funded by Dept. of Social Justice, Women and Child Welfare, Govt. of Jharkhand).
Legal Help Cell at OPD was started on 10-10-2012.
Social Work delivered talk on psychiatric, psychological and psychosocial aspects of substance use respectively. Faculty members, officers and students participated in the symposium.
The workshop was organized by Dept. of Psychiatric Social Work, RINPAS, Dr. Murlidhar, ,Professor, Dept. of Psychiatric Social Work, NIMHANS and Dr. Arvind E. Raj, Assistant Professor, Manipal conducted the workshop.
Caregivers were informed about mental illness (schizophrenia and bipolar affective disorder). Nature course and outcome of illness was told with special emphasis on treatment adherence.
Mr. Robin Davies, Dr. Marteen, Dr. Jayati Simlai and Dr. Nishant Goyal delivered talk Dr. Marteen conducted live session of Magnetic Stimulator. Faculty members, officers and students participated in the symposium.
Child and adolescent guidance clinic and marital and family counseling clinic have been started.


Corinne Zellweger-Gutknecht is a professor of private law, financial market and monetary law at the Kalaidos University of Applied Sciences and a Privatdozentin holding a venia legendi in private and civil procedure law, financial market law and comparative law from the University of Zurich Faculty of Law where she teaches monetary law. Previous to joining the Kalaidos Law School faculty, she was an associate professor at the University of Geneva.
Corinne serves an adviser to authorities of the Confederation such as the SNB and FINMA. Her ongoing research concerns predominantly the area of monetary law, cybercurrencies and digital legal tender.


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Mahatma Gandhi National Foundation, Kerala, founded in December 2000, is aimed at propagating the ideals and perpetuating the memory of Mahatma Gandhi, father of nation. Mahatma Gandhi National Foundation (MGNF) is a mission of collective action to provide better future to the most vulnerable sections of Kerala Society - women, children, disabled persons the aged and other disadvantaged groups - by providing educational training, protecting their health and environment, improving their living condition and strengthening their family and community.

The paradigms of MGNF revolves around five crucial elements, research and development on science and technology for the dissemination of eco-friendly rural technology to the poor, human resource development, attitudinal change and self-management, and economic empowerment to the poor. "Development can be self-sustaining only if it brings about a change in the entire socio-economic matrix governing the lives of the poor" says Shri. Eby J. Jose the Chairman of NGO.

National level lecture series
The Foundation is organising a national level lecture series to be held annually in different metropolitan cities of India.

National integration symposia and seminars
Foundation organised 11 seminars and 5 symposia in different parts of the state. It provides opportunity to hundreds of youths and adolescents to channelise their voluntary human resources towards national integration. Foundation published pamphlets and articles on nationalism in Kerala context.

National awards
Awards were given to demonstrably excellent work done by prominent personalities of Kerala in different fields of development activities and social service Award was given to eminent personalities.

Skill for adolescents out of school
Adolescent is a period of physical, psychological and social maturity from childhood to adulthood, extended from the onset of puberty to the attainment of full reproductive maturity. In India, there are 190 million adolescents comprising one sixth of population. In Kerala, adolescent girls are often subjected to sexploitation and so we organised 7 awareness campaigns to prevent sexploitation and provident skill training on different trades.

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Organisations based in Kerala
Charities based in India
2000 establishments in Kerala


Continuing the week-before-the-primary-election discussion of the priority planks in my platform, let's look at the letter I: Image.
It's easy to remember the five priority areas. Just think of the chorus to Old MacDonald. E I E I O. Those letters stand for economy, image, education, infrastructure and open government. We addressed the first E, Economy, yesterday.
I've been told that people from our county sometimes say after making a foolish mistake, "You have to understand, I'm from Ballard County," The implication is that people outside the county should view Ballard County as a place that produces folks who lack good grammar skills, good social skills, good intellect. That's not my image of our county and it's not an image we should portray.
I'm proud to tell people I'm from Ballard County. Growing up here and hanging around our unique storytelling characters provided a background that helped me succeed as a newspaper reporter, columnist and editor, and as a director of public affairs at two national laboratories. The education provided at Wickliffe Elementary School and Ballard Memorial High School laid the foundation that allowed me to graduate from law school among some very intelligent classmates. The work ethic and down-to-earth approach to interacting with colleagues helped me attain managerial and leadership positions throughout my career. Yes, I'm proud to tell people that I'm from Ballard County.
I truly love Ballard County. Several candidates have told us they are life-long residents of Ballard County. That's not a bad thing, but if you've never lived anywhere else you haven't really chosen Ballard County. It was chosen for you by the fact of your birth. I left the county because I wanted professional opportunities that weren't available here. I learned a tremendous amount about people and about myself by associating with folks from different states, different cultures. All the time I was gone, I knew I would move back home when I retired. There has never been another "home" as far as I'm concerned. I have chosen Ballard County over many other options. Many of us who moved away have gone through a similar process.
"Ballard County offers the best qualities of country people and country living. It's a great place to call home."
Those statements portray the image I want people to have, people who are residents and even people who are not fortunate enough to be residents.