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Video of the New Excavation of the Qin Terracotta Warriors
Chinese archaeologists began the third excavation on Saturday 13th June, hoping to find more pottery figures and unravel some of the mysteries left behind by Qin Shihuangthe first emperor of China. This is the first time in almost 25 years that new digging has been approved for the site. The Museum will uncover about 200 square meters this year and hopes to expand to 2,000 square meters in the next 5 years.
Video from CCTV (China Central Television, shown below) shows the start of the excavations at Pit 1 now underway and features interviews with some of the technicians and archeologists. There are good detail shots as well as an aerial overview.
Excerpts from interview on the video:
00:23-28 I announce the launch of the third excavation.
00:47-53 Several pieces of the terracotta warriors have been unearthed.
01:09-13 A small device is put in the corner to monitor the temperature and humanity in the pit.
02:03-05 Everyone is expecting a new discovery.
02:28-39 One bronze arrow was unearthed from the backfilled soil.
The Qin terracotta army was one of the greatest archaeological finds of modern times. It was discovered in Lintong county, 35 km east of Xi'an in 1974 by peasants who were digging a well. The first formal excavation of the site lasted for six years from 1978 to 1984 and yielded 1,087 clay figures. A second excavation, in 1985, lasted a year and was cut short for technical reasons.
Qin Shihuang, who died in 210 B.C. at the age of 50, established the first empire of China by conquering rival kingdoms. In order to consolidate his unified state, he standardised weights and measurements, and established a single written language, currency and legal statutes, while building an extensive system of roads and canals along with an early incarnation of the Great Wall. He was very comprehensive about his death. He tried to find elixir for his immortality, and at the same time he commissioned his mausoleum to be built, guarded by these terracotta warriors. It is believed they were created to protect the emperor in the afterlife.
The 230 by 62-metre pit was assumed to contain about 6,000 life-sized terracotta figures by archaeological survey. The State Administration of Cultural Heritage has approved the museum's third excavation of 200 square meters in Pit 1, and the excavation is likely to continue if it proves fruitful.
In the first day of excavation, some traces of two parallel chariots, one terracotta warrior, bronze arrows and a painted wooden piece (possibly small part of drum) were discovered. More detailed information about the battle formation and other artefacts will be expected to unearth.
The difficulty lies in how to preserve afterwards, especially the colours of warriors. Richly coloured figures were unearthed from the tomb complex in previous excavations, but once they were exposed to the air the pigments began to peel off and detached from the clay figure, turning the figure to be grey. Even though the research on the colour preservation has gained a big achievement after long term cooperation with Germany, it is still considered an essential for this new excavation.
Tags: China, Chinese, Conservation, Discovery, Excavation, First emperor, New excavation, Preservation, Qin emperor, Restoration, Terracotta warriors, Video

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FRENCH politicians calling for military intervention in crime-ridden, Muslim-dominated Marseilles
The Socialist Senator for Marseilles, Samia Ghali, has called for the French military to be deployed to deal with spiralling violence in the city, which regularly features the use of Kalashnikov automatic weapons.
SAMIA GHALI
Islam vs Europe "Today, confronted with the weapons of war used by the networks, only the army is capable of intervening. to disarm the dealers first of all. And then to block the clients from accessing the districts, as in time of war, with barricades. Even if that has to last a year or two, we need it," declared Samia Ghali in La Provence.
"After this latest bloody summer, truths must be uttered. I think that the authorities are not aware of the gravity of the situation. The killings going on in Marseilles are becoming a national media attraction."
GARBAGE-STREWN STREETS ARE A COMMON SIGHT IN MARSEILLES AS SANITATION WORKERS ARE RELUCTANT TO GO INTO MUSLIM NO-GO AREAS
Meanwhile, the French Socialist Prime Minister Hollande has rejected the call.
"It is out of the question for the army to respond to these dramas and these crimes. There is no enemy within."
But Ghali isn't the only politicians calling for military intervention.
STEPHANE GATIGNON, MAYOR OF SEVRAN
Islam vs Europe Seine-Saint-Denis is at the other end of the country from Marseilles. It's part of Greater Paris, and has the highest immigrant density of any political district in France. It's probably the most Muslim-colonised area in the country, although Marseilles will be the most Muslim-colonised big city. Is it a coincidence that these demands for military intervention are coming from the two most Muslim-enriched areas? Of course not. It's also very interesting that the politicians demanding military intervention are leftists, a Socialist in Marseilles and an ecologist in Seine-Saint-Denis. Perhaps that's not surprising, though, since the Muslims tend to vote leftists into power in all areas they take over.
In calling for the intervention of the army in Marseilles to put an end to the bloody settling of scores in the city, Samia Ghali, the Socialist senator for the Phocean city echoes the demand, in June 2011, by Stéphane Gatignon, the mayor (EELV) of Sevran (Seine-Saint-Denis) to send blue helmets to his city to curb the infernal cycle of violence. "The only solution is a 24/7 presence, he declared last year. Until there is a change in the law, we cannot manage this situation. We need peacekeeping forces, blue helmets, like those we send abroad to prevent belligerents killing one another."
"We are confronted with an insoluble situation. There is a real sense of not being able to take any more, which we need to get out of but we are not able to, he explains. We are in a situation where politics needs to take account of the real state of society.
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Msgt Mike says
Isn't it interesting how socialist slime start crying the blues and beg for help to eliminate a mess they created.
The French president is aiding and abetting violent crime by Muslims against the indigenous French by not deporting the Muslims. And much, much worse, the French president is enabling the cruel Muslim conquest of France.
when ever the muslim's make it safe for a non muslim to go into there area then maybe the garbage and trash will be picked up untill then just live with it you should be used to it that is the way it is where you came from
I should be sympathetic but i'm not france gow what it seserved. they elected hollande who refuses to believe their is a problem. Yet france is diictating policy to greece
liam s says
give it another twenty years and a few drug dealers shooting up each other will seem like the good old days,by then you will be shot just for been non muslim or gay
We in North America can learn from the chaos taking place in France and the rest of Europe. In ten years or less we will have the same muslim chaos taking place in America. We must act now to stop all muslim immigration. We must deport all muslim illegals and all muslim criminals. It is too late for France but not too late for the US. We must get the Romney elected in November. That is the first step. God bless America.
randy63ism says
Hahahahahahaha! UN Blue helmets, Now that would be a joke! This operation would need full-on urban warfare ops with liberal rules of engagement. It needs to be violently executed, bloody if necessary, in order to have a ghost of a chance to succeed.
…..And yes, flamethrowers would definitely be a force multiplier here. Now lets see if these socialists have the stomach for it. My money says they don't.
just a canadian lady says
well drugs and the muslims ,no big surprise here just stooopid decisions by stoopid people in charge ,
cheryl s. says
France is an important destination for millions of tourists. If the government continues to ignore this growing muslim menace, tourists will be unwilling to visit due to security fears.
So, this is not insoluble. All the government goof balls need to do is embrace the concept of mass muslim deportation…But, they won't so France will devolve into a country incompatible with life and progress.
Where ever muslims are, problems follow.
Guy Macher says
This could lead to the oppression of civilized folks, too. Muslims will require that other criminals be dealt with similarly. We must not let these criminals call the shots.
Slobyskya Rotchikokov says
PS – sending the 'blue helmets' in should be good for a laugh or two; we could have videos of those buffoons standing in a tactical circle, picking their noses and scratching their buttocks.
I takes some folks longer to realize the obvious. Maybe they'll come to life at long last and crack down on those animals. But they would have been smarter not to let them into the country in the first place. This is something that America and Canada should take note of, too.
muslimania says
Brain-dead, bed-wetting liberal frogs DESERVE WHAT THEY GET!
That's all I am going to say about it!
A simple flamethrower unit could clean out all of that garbage, both the two-legged kind and the litter kind.
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Whiskey Epiphany is a high energy, five piece, Celtic acoustic rock band based out of Oakville, Ontario who have been making sweet music together for the last three years! With tight vocal harmonies and moving song arrangements, the band aims to captivate and inspire their live audiences each and every show with their unique musical style. Since their 2012 album release called Old Story, W.E. has had the great fortune of playing a number of large festivals around Ontario (such as NXNE, BSOM, & Festival of the Sound) and are enjoying performing for audiences across Canada and the United States! They are currently working on their second full length album to be released in 2016.


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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat Minor, Op. 23
1. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso – Allegro con spirito
2. Andantino semplice – Prestissimo
3. Allegro con fuoco
Alexander Scriabin, Étude in C-sharp Minor, Op. 42 No. 5
Alexander Scriabin, Nocturne for the left hand in D-flat Major, Op. 9 No. 2
Claude Debussy, Preludes, Book I
Claude Debussy, Preludes, Book II
12. Feux d'artifice
concert Emil Gilels plays Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1 And Stanislav Neuhaus plays Scriabine and Debussy
And Stanislav Neuhaus plays Scriabine and Debussy
Emil Gilels plays Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1 And Stanislav Neuhaus plays Scriabine and Debussy
With his powerful style, Emil Gilels comes to grips with Tchaikovsky's First Piano Concerto before an enthralled Parisian audience.
A titan. That is the first word that comes to mind when thinking of the pianist Emil Gilels. Not only because of his imposing physical presence, but also for the very special way his hands take possession of the keyboard and draw from it, like from a bow, powerful full-bodied sounds.
Born in 1916 in Odessa, like David Oistrakh, he studied the piano at the music school of his native town before becoming the pupil, at the Moscow Conservatory, of the famous professor Heinrich Neuhaus, at the same time as a certain Sviatoslav Richter… In the Gilels family, everyone plays music. his sister Elisabeth married the violinist Leonid Kogan and his daughter Elena also later became a pianist. With his brother-in-law Leonid Kogan and Rostropovich, he forms a famous trio which is joined when necessary by the viola player, Rudolf Barshai. In Odessa, he meets Prokofiev who becomes a very close friend and entrusts him with the premiere of his Eighth Piano Sonata.
In 1959, in Paris, under the direction of André Cluytens, Emil Gilels attacks the first notes of Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1 as a lion would attack his prey. But the claw leaves no wounds: it has a velvet touch! Enthralled, the public applauds as soon as they hear the cadenza of the first movement.
It is Stanislav Neuhaus, the pianist and teacher at the Moscow Conservatory who followed in his father Heinrich's footsteps, whom we meet several years later, in 1966, in Paris. Born in Moscow in 1927, Stanislav spends a good deal of his time during his childhood and adolescence in the company of his father-in-law, the writer Boris Pasternak.
A magnificent virtuoso, he masters the most tortuous pieces, such as the Etude in C sharp Minor and the Nocturne for the left hand by Scriabin, while displaying his usual subtlety and elegance. From among Debussy's works he gives the most spectacular rendition imaginable of the Fireworks and a delightfully grating Minstrels.
"Concert de l'Orchestre National de la RTF," INA archive by Marcel Bluwal, 1959.
-"Musique pour vous," INA archive by André Leroux, 1966.
Emil Gilels | Pianist
Stanislav Neuhaus | Pianist
Orchestre national de la RTF
André Cluytens | Conductor
Philippe Truffault
Venue: Théâtre des Champs-Élysées (Paris, France)
Production: © Ideale Audience / Img Artists
Great Performers from the Past Russian Music The Russian Pianists The Piano Masters Masterpieces of concert music for piano The best of Claude Debussy
Claudio Abbado conducts Wagner and Debussy – With Bryn Terfel
Lucerne Festival 2003
Pierre Boulez conducts Ravel, Mozart, Bartók, Debussy – With Maria João Pires
Europakonzert 2003, Lisbon
Mosteiro dos Jeronimos (Lisbon, Portugal)
Evgeni Mravinsky, Sviatoslav Richter, and Emil Gilels
Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra
Martha Argerich and Gidon Kremer, Memory of a concert
Berlin Philharmonie (Berlin, Germany)


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Q: Binary bomb phase_6 So I am doing the classic Binary bomb and have managed to get to phase 6 without too much trouble but I don't seem to understand whats going on here. I'm guessing its the linked list?
I know my input has to be 6 numbers and between 1-6 without repeating any number. so far I have found all nodes
node1:91
node2:315
node3:456
node4:225
node5:727
node6:716
for most people the sequence is either in ascending or descending order but I can't seem to figure it out with this one. So I guess what I need help with is determining what order the bomb is looking for as output.
Dump of assembler code for function phase_6:
   0x00000000004010df <+0>: push   %r14
   0x00000000004010e1 <+2>: push   %r13
   0x00000000004010e3 <+4>: push   %r12
   0x00000000004010e5 <+6>: push   %rbp
   0x00000000004010e6 <+7>: push   %rbx
   0x00000000004010e7 <+8>: sub    $0x50,%rsp
   0x00000000004010eb <+12>:    lea    0x30(%rsp),%r13
   0x00000000004010f0 <+17>:    mov    %r13,%rsi
   0x00000000004010f3 <+20>:    callq  0x4015aa <read_six_numbers>
   0x00000000004010f8 <+25>:    mov    %r13,%r14
   0x00000000004010fb <+28>:    mov    $0x0,%r12d
   0x0000000000401101 <+34>:    mov    %r13,%rbp
   0x0000000000401104 <+37>:    mov    0x0(%r13),%eax
   0x0000000000401108 <+41>:    sub    $0x1,%eax
   0x000000000040110b <+44>:    cmp    $0x5,%eax
   0x000000000040110e <+47>:    jbe    0x401115 <phase_6+54>
   0x0000000000401110 <+49>:    callq  0x401574 <explode_bomb>
   0x0000000000401115 <+54>:    add    $0x1,%r12d
   0x0000000000401119 <+58>:    cmp    $0x6,%r12d
   0x000000000040111d <+62>:    je     0x401141 <phase_6+98>
   0x000000000040111f <+64>:    mov    %r12d,%ebx
   0x0000000000401122 <+67>:    movslq %ebx,%rax
   0x0000000000401125 <+70>:    mov    0x30(%rsp,%rax,4),%eax
   0x0000000000401129 <+74>:    cmp    %eax,0x0(%rbp)
   0x000000000040112c <+77>:    jne    0x401133 <phase_6+84>
   0x000000000040112e <+79>:    callq  0x401574 <explode_bomb>
   0x0000000000401133 <+84>:    add    $0x1,%ebx
   0x0000000000401136 <+87>:    cmp    $0x5,%ebx
   0x0000000000401139 <+90>:    jle    0x401122 <phase_6+67>
   0x000000000040113b <+92>:    add    $0x4,%r13
   0x000000000040113f <+96>:    jmp    0x401101 <phase_6+34>
   0x0000000000401141 <+98>:    lea    0x48(%rsp),%rsi
   0x0000000000401146 <+103>:   mov    %r14,%rax
   0x0000000000401149 <+106>:   mov    $0x7,%ecx
   0x000000000040114e <+111>:   mov    %ecx,%edx
   0x0000000000401150 <+113>:   sub    (%rax),%edx
   0x0000000000401152 <+115>:   mov    %edx,(%rax)
   0x0000000000401154 <+117>:   add    $0x4,%rax
   0x0000000000401158 <+121>:   cmp    %rsi,%rax
   0x000000000040115b <+124>:   jne    0x40114e <phase_6+111>
   0x000000000040115d <+126>:   mov    $0x0,%esi
   0x0000000000401162 <+131>:   jmp    0x401184 <phase_6+165>
   0x0000000000401164 <+133>:   mov    0x8(%rdx),%rdx
   0x0000000000401168 <+137>:   add    $0x1,%eax
   0x000000000040116b <+140>:   cmp    %ecx,%eax
   0x000000000040116d <+142>:   jne    0x401164 <phase_6+133>
   0x000000000040116f <+144>:   jmp    0x401176 <phase_6+151>
   0x0000000000401171 <+146>:   mov    $0x6042f0,%edx
   0x0000000000401176 <+151>:   mov    %rdx,(%rsp,%rsi,2)
   0x000000000040117a <+155>:   add    $0x4,%rsi
   0x000000000040117e <+159>:   cmp    $0x18,%rsi
   0x0000000000401182 <+163>:   je     0x401199 <phase_6+186>
   0x0000000000401184 <+165>:   mov    0x30(%rsp,%rsi,1),%ecx
   0x0000000000401188 <+169>:   cmp    $0x1,%ecx
   0x000000000040118b <+172>:   jle    0x401171 <phase_6+146>
   0x000000000040118d <+174>:   mov    $0x1,%eax
   0x0000000000401192 <+179>:   mov    $0x6042f0,%edx
   0x0000000000401197 <+184>:   jmp    0x401164 <phase_6+133>
   0x0000000000401199 <+186>:   mov    (%rsp),%rbx
   0x000000000040119d <+190>:   lea    0x8(%rsp),%rax
   0x00000000004011a2 <+195>:   lea    0x30(%rsp),%rsi
---Type <return> to continue, or q <return> to quit---
   0x00000000004011a7 <+200>:   mov    %rbx,%rcx
   0x00000000004011aa <+203>:   mov    (%rax),%rdx
   0x00000000004011ad <+206>:   mov    %rdx,0x8(%rcx)
   0x00000000004011b1 <+210>:   add    $0x8,%rax
   0x00000000004011b5 <+214>:   cmp    %rsi,%rax
   0x00000000004011b8 <+217>:   je     0x4011bf <phase_6+224>
   0x00000000004011ba <+219>:   mov    %rdx,%rcx
   0x00000000004011bd <+222>:   jmp    0x4011aa <phase_6+203>
   0x00000000004011bf <+224>:   movq   $0x0,0x8(%rdx)
   0x00000000004011c7 <+232>:   mov    $0x5,%ebp
   0x00000000004011cc <+237>:   mov    0x8(%rbx),%rax
   0x00000000004011d0 <+241>:   mov    (%rax),%eax
   0x00000000004011d2 <+243>:   cmp    %eax,(%rbx)
   0x00000000004011d4 <+245>:   jge    0x4011db <phase_6+252>
=> 0x00000000004011d6 <+247>:   callq  0x401574 <explode_bomb>
   0x00000000004011db <+252>:   mov    0x8(%rbx),%rbx
   0x00000000004011df <+256>:   sub    $0x1,%ebp
   0x00000000004011e2 <+259>:   jne    0x4011cc <phase_6+237>
   0x00000000004011e4 <+261>:   add    $0x50,%rsp
   0x00000000004011e8 <+265>:   pop    %rbx
   0x00000000004011e9 <+266>:   pop    %rbp
   0x00000000004011ea <+267>:   pop    %r12
   0x00000000004011ec <+269>:   pop    %r13
   0x00000000004011ee <+271>:   pop    %r14
   0x00000000004011f0 <+273>:   retq
End of assembler dump.

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Women produce half the world's food, put in two-thirds of the world's working hours, and yet make only 10 percent of the world's income! That's why women and girls are at the heart of ChildsLife community-based efforts.
Recognizing that women and girls suffer disproportionately from poverty, ChildsLife focuses on improving basic education, increasing access to clean water and expanding economic opportunity through business grants and micro-loans. Empowered women contribute to the health and productivity of whole families and communities, and are therefore key to reducing poverty.
The goal of the ChildsLife Live, Learn, Earn (LLE) program is to create a future for women who thought they no longer had a future. In the unique program, ChildsLife strengthens HIV mothers in Kenyan slums with social support, medical care, counselling and business skills training. Upon successful completion of the program the women receive a micro credit, allowing them to start their own business.
In 2017 ChildsLife started working with the Mobikit. ChildsLife in collaboration with Last Mile4D introduced an innovative technology which allows health workers to reach out to HIV+ women. Using Mobikits, uniquely bundled solar powered backpacks with information communication technology, health workers can now reach every woman at the point of care in the slums, provide medical care and connect women to local clinics. With the introduction of Mobikit within the program many more women and girls can be reached. Watch the Introduction video of the Mobikit.
ChildsLife has supported over 1800 women through the Live, Learn, Earn HIV mothers programs This means that by helping 1800 mothers, about 9000 children are given a chance to a better future.
Traditional lifestyles are changing for the Maasai and education is key to bringing that change. Still for many Maasai girls education is not accessible and only 48 percent of girls enrol in primary school, and only 5 percent reach secondary school level. For more than 15 years, ChildsLife has worked with Maasai communities to bring change. Oloyiankalani Secondary School and dormitory lies in the middle of remote Maasai land in Kajiado district. The school was built by ChildsLife in 2008. The school now provides education to 200 girls and adult education for women.
In its early days, ChildsLife's main focus was on making education accessible to children until a number of enthusiastic mothers approached the tribal elders to ask permission to also attend school. In April 2003 began support, at the request of the tribal elders, for the first adult literacy program, to teach the parents to read, write, and to learn to speak English. These women started to realise what a great impact education brings to their lives and wanted to be able to keep up with their children's education. Both the parents and children are most eager to learn!
Child abandonment in hospitals is a vast problem in the rural areas of Romania. To counter this problem, the ChildsLife baby program First Step in Life was launched in cooperation with Romanian Child Protection offices and local maternity wards in 2009. First Step in Life ensures that women about to give birth in hospital are consulted by a social worker and receive the necessary maternity products. With this early warning system, families in need of social assistance are identified and supported on time. This unique program has proven very successful and has supported over 3000 mothers to date. In 2014 ChildsLife First Step in Life program was granted a unique award by the mayor of the city of Barlad in Romania.
ChildsLife offers scholarships, specifically for girls living in extreme poverty in the slums of Kenya. Because of their situation it is not possible for these girls or their parents / guardians to pay the school fees. As a result, a chance of a future without poverty is very limited. The ChildsLife vocational training in the slums of Kibera was established to give young people in the slums a chance to learn a profession. The ChildsLife Vocational Centre was built and is now managed by ChildsLife and has been operating successfully for over five years since 2011. The Centre offers a range of courses such as hairdressing, tailoring, electrical installation and computer courses, etc. All designed to provide the student with the opportunity to either finding a job or setting up their own business. By giving girls a scholarship, you give her a chance for a future without poverty!


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'Electromagnetic Fields, Forces and Motion,' a free course offered by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, discusses, explains and demonstrates the electric and magnetic quasistatic forms of Maxwell's equations. This OpenCourseWare from MIT will be beneficial to students interested in studying Computer Science, Physics or Electrical Engineering at the graduate level.
Professor Markus Zahn at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology teaches 'Electromagnetic Fields, Forces and Motion' a free graduate-level OpenCourseWare. Students will study magnetic and electric quasistatic forms of Maxwell's equations as they relate to magnetization, conduction and dielectric boundary value problems. Other course topics include Maxwell's equations as they relate to boundary conditions, polarization, conduction and magnetization. Video demonstrations allow students to experience and observe theoretical concepts covered in the textbook, including the magnetic field of a line. The course also provides demonstrations of the theory and applications of lasers and optics technologies.
This course provides downloadable lecture notes, problem sets with solutions, exams with answers, and an online textbook with video demonstrations of the electromagnetism concepts covered, all for free online. To learn more, visit the electromagnetic fields, forces and flows course page.


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Senate President Bukola Saraki has formally declared his intention to contest the presidency on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party.
Saraki made the declaration on Thursday in Abuja during his meeting with Not-Too-Young-to Run-Movement.
The Senate President lamented the poor state of Nigeria's infrastructure and growing insecurity as exemplified by acts of terrorism, kidnapping, banditry and sundry other crimes which he said he would tackle if elected.
He said, "I hereby announce my intention to run for the office of President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in the coming General Elections in 2019 on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party.
He said Nigeria was blessed with a relatively young country bursting with tremendous energy, ability and potential.
Saraki further observed that more than 70 per cent of the country's population is under the age of 40.
The Senate President lamented that Nigerians were crying out for succour because a large number of its population of women and children were hungry and dying of avoidable or treatable diseases.
He also said many had fallen below basic living standards and were among the 87 million that sealed Nigeria's position as the country with the highest number of people in extreme poverty.
Saraki said, "Our young people lack opportunities. The necessary education facilities and system to equip them for the future simply do not exist. We are not creating the jobs needed to usefully engage them in order to grow our economy. And too often, youths feel shut out, prevented from having any say in the direction of this nation.
"The harsh conditions of extreme poverty faced by the people, fuel the state of insecurity all over the country. Hunger, the lack of education and lack of opportunities, push many Nigerians into criminal activities including terrorism.
He expressed sadness that Nigeria had become increasingly divided along regional, religious and ethnic lines thus widening the nation's fault lines.
Nigeria, he said, needed a new generation of leaders that are competent, with the capability to rise to the challenges of the 21st century, adding that it was time to pull the nation back together and rebuild.
"The choice we face in the forthcoming election is either to keep things as they are or make a radical departure from the old ways; to find a better way of doing things or keep repeating the mistakes of the past, to fix the problems or keep compounding them," he said.
Saraki promised to, among other things, provide a government driven by youthful energy, innovation and a pioneering entrepreneurial spirit.
Towards this end, he said Nigerian youths will be given all the opportunities to realise their potential to the full within a national framework that guarantees inclusiveness.
He said his administration will ensure that youths who have ideas and capacity will be funded in ventures that will be beneficial to the nation in order to create jobs.
On the war against corruption, Saraki said, "Ours will not be a selective fight against corruption. The emphasis will be on strengthening institutions, with a particular focus on deterrence.
He said the leadership Nigeria deserves is one that will be a source of pride to all, one that will be respected and admired in Africa and around the world.
"It should be a leadership that can hold its own and stand tall anywhere in the world. That is the type of leadership I offer." Saraki added.
Meanwhile, the Not-Too-Young-to-Run movement has distanced itself from the Presidential declaration of Senate President Bukola Saraki.
The group said it had only invited Saraki and other chieftains of the Peoples Democratic Party to a town hall meeting as part of efforts to ensure that youths were given some concessions ahead of the 2019 general elections.
It said it was shocking when Saraki seized the opportunity to declare his Presidential bid thereby compromising the event.
The statement read in part, "Whilst addressing participants at the town hall, Senator Saraki declared his intention to run for the office of the President in the 2019 elections. The movement wishes to express its disappointment with Senator Saraki for usurping a platform designed for young aspirants to hold dialogue with party leadership to advance his personal political ambition. We strongly condemn this act by the President of the Senate.


An athletic or therapeutic support shoe is disclosed that provides ankle support and support for the foot muscles underlying and surrounding the arch. The shoe is a dual lace-up type, with two layers, offset eyelets, and an "extra" eyelet at the ankle that allows adjustment to fit the wearer's foot and provides support. The interior layer effectively surrounds or encases the foot, or at least the arch and ankle, like a glove. An elastic "lining" and elastic inserts in the shoe provide additional flexibility and support. Strategically placed slits provide flexibility without loss of support.
5416987 May 1995 Bemis et al.
5692319 December 1997 Parker et al.
5765296 June 1998 Ludemann et al.
This invention is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/315,472 and claims priority filing date of May 20, 1999 now abandoned.
1. A shoe for supporting a foot during athletic activities, said shoe having associated therewith a lacing, an ankle area on each side of said foot, a heel area and an instep area, wherein said shoe comprises: a sole having toe and heel ends and two sides; a toe section connected to said toe end of said sole, wherein said connected sole and toe section are capable of receiving said foot; an outer shoe connected to said toe and heel ends and said two sides of said sole, wherein said outer shoe comprises: two sides fitting over said ankle areas; an outer shoe lacing area; a multiplicity of outer shoe eyelets defining holes capable of receiving said lacing, wherein said outer shoe eyelets are located in said outer shoe lacing area; at least two slitted-areas on each side of said shoe, each said slitted-area formed by two approximately parallel slits positioned diagonally over the ankle areas; and an insert of stretchable material attached on each side of each slit to an inner surface of said outer shoe covering said slitted areas thereby overlaying said ankle areas; an inner shoe disposed within said outer shoe, said inner shoe capable of embracing said ankle areas and said instep of said foot, wherein said inner shoe comprises: an inner shoe lacing area; and a multiplicity of inner shoe eyelets defining holes capable of receiving said lacing, wherein said inner shoe eyelets correspond in positioning in said inner shoe lacing area and in size with said outer shoe eyelets for double lacing; and a tongue attached at a first end to said toe section, said tongue underlying said inner shoe lacing area.
2. The shoe of claim 1, wherein said two approximately parallel slits are approximately two and a half inches in length and approximately one inch apart.
3. The shoe of claim 1, wherein the sole further comprises a lip formed by attaching said toe section and said outer shoe to said sole at a selected indentation distance from an edge of said sole.
This invention relates to the field of athletic shoes, and particularly to shoes providing support for the foot muscles and ankle.
There are many varieties of athletic shoes on the market today, but surprisingly none that provide support for the foot muscles underlying and surrounding the arch and which also provide support for the ankle, while still allowing for some flexibility of the foot and ankle. Such support is needed for sports providing high stress to the foot and foot muscles, such as power lifting. A shoe highly suited for such activities is more fully described below.
FIG. 1 shows a frontal view of a shoe of this invention with the tongue folded down to allow view of the interior of the shoe.
FIG. 2 shows a side and partial bottom view of the internal layer of a shoe of this invention, cut-away from the remainder of the shoe.
FIG. 3 shows a side view of a shoe of this invention.
FIG. 4 shows a cut-away view of the top of a shoe of this invention, showing the tongue of the shoe.
FIG. 5 shows the bottom portion of the internal layer of a shoe of this invention with the remainder of the shoe cut away.
FIG. 6 is a top view of the interior of the rear portion of a shoe of this invention with the front portion cut away and the inner sole partially folded back to show the underlying interior side of the sole of the shoe.
FIG. 7 shows another embodiment of this invention with a dual-slitted area over the ankle area and with a lacing holder.
Referring to FIG. 1, the shoe of this invention is comprised of an outer layer 10 and an inner layer 20. The inner layer 20 is a continuous piece or is connected together (by means known in the art such as by stitching) along its bottom portion that will be over an inner sole 18 or a sole 50 and along a rear portion 12 as shown in FIGS. 1, 2, 5, and 6. An outer layer 10 is also a continuous piece or connected together by stitching or sticking along its bottom portion that will lie over the inner sole 18 or the sole 50, or indirectly connected by stitching or sticking at least along the outer edge of the inner sole 18 or at least along the outer edge of the top side of the sole 50 of the shoe as shown in FIG. 6 or along the entire top side of the inner sole 18 or top or interior side of the sole 50 (if the shoe has no inner sole 18).
A rear portion 12 of the shoe can be a separate piece of material, but may alternatively be a continuous part of either or both of the inner layer 20 and/or the outer layer 10. The rear portion 12 can be comprised of an elastic-type material when used to connect side pieces of the inner layer 20. In such case, the outer layer 10 may have a rear portion 12(a) separate from the rear portion 12(b) connecting the side pieces of the layer 20. These rear portions 12(a) and 12(b) need not be connected to each other. The rear portion 12, if a piece of material separate from layers 10 and 20, may alternatively be comprised of a strip of leather, canvas, rubber, synthetic or other material. Such strip should preferably be at least as rigid as layers 10 and 20.
The outer and inner layers 10 and 20, and rear portion 12, if a continuous part of the layer 10 or the layer 20, may be comprised of leather, a synthetic fabric, canvas, or other material typically used for shoes. The inner layer 20 may be comprised of the same material as the layer 10 or of a different material. Since the layer is the layer that is next to the foot and ankle, the material comprising the layer is preferably soft but still sufficiently rigid to provide some support. Canvas, thin glove-type leather or synthetic material, or a thin foam padded material or foam backed synthetic material are examples of suitable materials for the layer 20. Any padding used in the layer preferably does not exceed about a quarter inch in thickness to avoid unnecessary bulkiness of the shoe. In selecting materials for layers 10 and 20, generally leather will provide more support than a canvas type material, but a canvas type material will typically be lighter in weight than leather. The inner sole 18 may be comprised of any material typically used for shoe inner soles, such as thin leather, canvas, plastic or other synthetic leather type material.
The desired height of layers 10 and will depend on the personal preferences of the shoe wearer and the shoe manufacturer and on the sport or use for which the shoe will be worn. For sports for which ankle support, as well as support for the foot muscles, is desired, such as for power lifting, layers 10 and should preferably extend well above the ankle, like for example the shoe shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, but preferably not so high as to interfere with flexing of the gastrocnemius muscle or the knee. Advantages of this invention may also be obtained with a shoe with sides that just extend to or past of the ankle as is common for basketball or running shoes or shoes called "three-quarter" shoes (not shown).
Layers 10 and have openings 15 and 25 respectively, formed by eyelets, along their front edge near tongue 30. Such openings 15 and 25 allow for lacing of the shoe. Each of the openings 15 should correspond in an offset manner to each of the openings 25 to facilitate lacing of the shoe with some conformation to the ankle. It is important to this invention that at least one of the openings 15 and at least one of the openings 25 on each side of the layer 10 and the layer 20 respectively be positioned at or near the place that the layers 10 and will lay over the ankle. Such openings 155 and 255 may be spaced closer to the other openings 15 and 25 respectively above and below them than the remainder of the openings 15 and 25 are spaced with respect to each other. The exact number of openings will depend on the height of layers 10 and 20, although seven to ten may be a typical number for a shoe designed for power lifting and five to eight may be typical for a "three-quarter" shoe or a shoe designed for running or basketball.
Preferably, the lacing of the shoe is through one layer and then another for each opening 15 and 25, in a criss-cross manner as would be typical in lacing layers together, to maximize adjustment of the shoe to fit the wearer's foot and to maximize support provided by the shoe for the foot. Shoestrings comprised of cotton have been found to slip less than shoestrings comprised of a synthetic material and are thus preferred, particularly when the shoe will be under a lot of stress, as when the wearer may be doing power lifting.
The shoe of this invention also has a tongue 30 which preferably extends to about the same height as layers 10 and 20. Tongue 30 may be comprised of the same or different material as the layer 10 or the layer and is comprised of any material typically used for shoes. Preferably, tongue 30 will be padded, and such padding should preferably not exceed about one-half inch in thickness to avoid unnecessary bulkiness of the shoe. As shown in FIG. 4, on each side of the lower end of tongue 30, near the top of the instep portion 35 of the shoe, is a piece 32 of elastic or similar strong but stretchy material which is connected to the tongue 30 and to the main body 40 of the shoe. Such connection is made in a secure manner, by stitching or other methods known in the art, to attach the tongue 30 to the shoe, while affording some additional flexibility and support for the foot, particularly in the area of the arch and instep.
About at the position that layers 10 and will fit or lay over the ankle of the wearer when the shoe of this invention is worn, a piece 22 of elastic or similar strong but stretchy material is inserted into the layer 20, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 4. A portion of the layer may be cut out to accommodate the piece 22 or the layer may be slit to allow give. The piece 22 is attached or inserted into the layer in a manner that will secure it, such as by stitching, and is positioned on the part of the layer that will lay next to the ankle. On each side of the layer 20, below the openings 25 at the base of the layer 20, as shown in FIG. 2, is an insert 28 of elastic or similar stretchy but strong material. This insert is positioned near the arch of the foot.
Extending along the interior sides of the layer 10, preferably from just behind openings 15 to the rear portion 12 and preferably the full length of the side of the layer 10 from top to sole 50, is elastic or similar strong but stretchy material. Such elastic is preferably a heavy-duty fabric quality elastic with flexibility and strength. An example is a twill elastic comprised of about 67% polyester and 38% rubber manufactured by the Rhode Island Textile Company in Pautucket, R.I. This elastic is attached to the layer 10, by stitching along the top edge of the layer 10 or by other methods known in the art, like a lining for the layer. A piping 17 as shown in FIGS. 3 and 6 may be stitched or stuck along the top edge of the layer 10 to hide the attachment of the elastic to the layer and to facilitate or help facilitate the attachment.
Along the exterior sides of the layer 11 preferably in the area that will overlie the ankle, is a slit 16, as shown in FIG. 3. The slit is straight but at an angle roughly parallel to the opening 15 and is about two to three inches in length, depending on the height of the layer 10. The slit may optionally be covered with a decorative piece of material 19 as shown in FIG. 3, without loss of flexibility that the slit allows, provided that the decorative piece is not stitched so as to effectively close the slit.
In an alternative embodiment of this invention, the layer 20, instead of the layer 10, has elastic lining and a slit like 16 described above for the layer 10. The layer 10, instead of elastic lining and a slit 16, has a piece like piece 22 described above for the layer and a cut out to accommodate such piece or a slit to allow give for flexibility. In this embodiment, the layer 20 would not have piece 22. That is, the features of the invention for this alternative embodiment are reversed with respect to the layers 10 and 20.
In either embodiment, the layers 10 and are preferably connected to each other, by stitching or sticking, at least along the bottom or base of the layers where the layers 10 and overlie or touch the inner sole 18 or sole 50. Such connection or attachment should not interfere with the ability of the layers to be laced individually. That is, the layers may be stitched or otherwise connected together, for example, at the base where the layers 10 and fit with or are connected to the main body 40 of the shoe. However, the front part of the layers 10 and near tongue 30 are not connected together so that they may be laced individually. Layer may optionally be removable.
The main body 40 of the shoe may be continuous with the layer 10 or it may be a separate material attached, as for example, by stitching, to the layer 10. If the main body 40 of the shoe is not continuous with the layer 10, the main body 40 of the shoe is comprised of a material that is suitable for and typically used for shoes, and may be comprised of a material the same as or different from the material comprising the layer 10.
The type of the sole 50 of the shoe will depend on preferences of the wearer and the manufacturer and on the use for which the shoe is intended. A flat sole comprised of leather or rubber is preferred for power lifting. A slight heel may be desired for some other sports such as running or basketball. Any sole suitable for shoes may be used with this invention.
Another embodiment of the invention is shown in FIG. 7. A shoe 100 has a sole 102 made of a flexible material. A toe section 104 is connected to a toe end 110 of the sole 102 by a method such as stitching. The toe section 104 is somewhat rounded, as opposed to boxed, to allow room for the toes of the wearer (not shown) to naturally expand laterally and forward when the wearer plants a foot (not shown) such as when getting ready to lift weights (not shown). This extended-toe phenomenon provides a larger base surface which provides better support for the foot and helps prevent roll-over of the foot.
An outer shoe 106 is connected to the sole 102 at a heel end 108 and sides 112 of the sole 102. The outer shoe 106 also is attached to the toe section 104 as shown in FIG. 7. The sole 102 can be a flat, single layer of material or it can be a flat, single layer of material with a wedge 114 at the heel end 108 to provide a slightly raised support for the heel. An inner sole 116 can be placed above the sole 102 and the wedge 114. The embodiment shown in FIG. 7 depicts a flat sole 102 but another embodiment would be a slightly curved sole (not shown) that curves slightly upward towards the toe section 104.
The sole 102 shown in FIG. 7 has a lip 160 which is formed by attaching the toe section 104 and the outer shoe 106 to the sole 102, not at the edge of the sole 102, but rather at a selected spacing from the edge of the sole 102. The lip 160 makes the sole 102 wider and thereby provides additional support to lessen the tendency of the foot to roll over when stress is applied to the foot.
The outer shoe 106 has two sides 118 that each have an outer shoe lacing area 120 and which extend up over the ankle area. One preferred embodiment extends the sides 118 to approximately two inches above the ankle area. Each of the sides 118 has at least one slitted area 126 over the ankle area. FIG. 7 shows one such slitted area 126. The slitted area 126 in one embodiment is formed by making two slits 128 in the area of the outer shoe 106 that covers the ankle area. The slits 128 are approximately two and a half inches long and approximately one inch apart. In this embodiment the slits 128 are approximately diagonally placed over the ankle area. The lengths and spacing are meant as examples and other lengths and spacing are within the scope of the invention. An insert 130 of stretchable material is attached to the inner surface of each side 118 of the outer shoe 106 on each side of each slit 128 as shown in FIG. 7. These slits 128 and stretchable material allow the sides 118 of the shoe 100 to expand slightly when the wearer flexes the ankle area while still providing strong support for the ankles.
A multiplicity of eyelets 122 form a series of openings 124 for receiving a lacing (not shown). The outer shoe lacing areas 120 start near the top edges of the sides 118 and extend downwardly over the arch (not shown) towards the toe section 104. One embodiment extends the outer shoe lacing areas to about two inches from the end of the toe section 104 to provide support to the arch as well as the ankle (not shown). The eyelets 122 are large and placed closely together to provide as much support as possible from the lacing. One preferred embodiment uses twelve eyelets 122 in each outer shoe lacing area 120.
An inner shoe 132 is disposed within the outer shoe 106 such that the inner shoe 132 embraces the instep and ankle area of the wearer. The inner shoe 132, in one embodiment, is made of a single piece of material with the center of the material placed under the foot and the ends of the material brought upward to form a top 133 of the inner shoe 106. A portion of the material on one side of the inner shoe 132 is connected, as shown in FIG. 7, to the corresponding portion of the material on the other side of the inner shoe to form a back 140. The inner shoe 132 can be removable or it can be connected to the shoe 100 by attaching it to the outer shoe 106 or attaching it to one end of a tongue 134 as shown in FIG. 7. In one preferred embodiment, the material is cut around the heel area to leave an opening 142 for the heel as shown in FIG. 7.
The inner shoe has a multiplicity of eyelets 136 forming openings 138 in an inner shoe lacing area 144 for receiving the lacing (not shown), similar to the eyelets 122 in the outer shoe 106. When the inner shoe 132 is disposed within the outer shoe 106, the eyelets 122 of the outer shoe are directly above the eyelets 136 of the inner shoe such that the openings 124 and 138 form a channel for double lacing--the lacing is laced through corresponding openings in the inner shoe 132 and the outer shoe 106. The embodiment of the inner shoe 132 in FIG. 7 has ten eyelets with twelve eyelets for the outer shoe 106.
The tongue 138 is attached to the toe section 104 and can be attached to the outer shoe 106 or the inner shoe 132 (as shown in FIG. 7) or both. The tongue 138 is placed against the foot and then the inner shoe lacing areas 144 and the outer shoe lacing areas 120 are positioned over the tongue 138 and the shoe is double laced through the inner shoe openings 138 and the outer shoe openings 124. The tongue 138 extends from the toe section 104 upward. In one preferred embodiment, the tongue 138 extends up to the top most eyelet in the inner shoe lacing area 144.
A lacing holder 146 can be attached near the top of the tongue 138 to help prevent the lacing from coming untied. A bottom portion 148 of the lacing holder 146 is attached to the tongue 138 as shown in FIG. 7. Two eyelets 152 are located in the bottom portion 148 which form openings 154 for receiving the ends of the lacing (not shown). After the shoe 100 is laced, the ends of the lacing are put through the openings 154 in the tongue eyelets 152. The lacing is then tied across the bottom portion 148 of the lacing holder 146. A top portion 150 of the lacing holder 146 is then folded over the lacing and fastened to the bottom portion 148 of the lacing holder 146. The fastening can be done with Velcro-type material placed on the inner surface of the top portion 150 and the bottom portion 148 of the lacing holder 146 or other fastening means known in the art.
A pulling tab 162 can be positioned on the top back portion of the outer shoe 106 as shown in FIG. 7 to assist in pulling the back of the outer shoe 106 into position.
This invention includes a method of supporting the foot for athletic activities. The method is described using the elements depicted in FIG. 7. The method includes the steps of preparing the shoe 100 for wearing by deposing the inner shoe 132 within the outer shoe 106 and moving the tongue 138 out over the toe section 104 of the shoe 100; inserting the toes through the inner shoe 132 into the toe section 104; resting the heel of the foot on the inner sole 116 with the back of the foot against the back of the inner shoe 132; laying the tongue 138 of the shoe 100 against the top of the foot; pulling the inner shoe lacing areas 144 into position over the tongue 138 such that the inner shoe 132 embraces the ankle areas and instep of the foot to provide support to these areas; pulling the outer shoe lacing areas 120 into position over the inner shoe lacing areas 144 such that the outer shoe eyelets 122 are centered over the inner shoe eyelets 136; pulling the tops of the sides 118 of the outer shoe 106 (using the pulling tab 162 if appropriate) into position over and above the ankle such that the slitted areas 126 are positioned over the ankle areas to provide flexibility when the muscles around the ankle area are flexed during athletic activities; dual-lacing the shoe 100 starting with the bottom-most eyelets 122 of the outer shoe, continuing with the corresponding pairs of eyelets in the inner shoe 132 and the outer shoe 106 (second through eleventh in FIG. 7) and finishing with the top-most eyelets 122 of the outer shoe; tightening the lacing so that the inner shoe 132 and the outer shoe 106 provide the desired support for the instep, ankle and muscles in the foot; and knotting the lacing. If the shoe 100 includes a lacing holder 146, the ends of the lacing are fitted through the openings 154 in the eyelets 152 in the bottom section 148 of the lacing holder 146; the lacing is tied across the bottom section 148 and knotted; and the top portion 150 of the lacing holder 146 is folded down over the tied lacing and fastened to the bottom section 148.
The shoe of this invention has been described as an athletic shoe, and the example provided is one particularly suited for athletic activities such as power lifting. However, the shoe of this invention may be easily adapted for use as a therapeutic support shoe or for use in other athletic activities. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that various adaptations and modifications of the above described embodiments can be configured without departing from the spirit and scope of this invention as defined by the following claims.


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Genomic Effects of the Vitamin D Receptor: Potentially the Link between Vitamin D, Immune Cells, and Multiple Sclerosis.
Front Immunol 2018; 9:477FI
Vitamin D has a plethora of functions that are important for the maintenance of general health and in particular, the functional integrity of the immune system, such as promoting an anti-inflammatory cytokine profile and reducing the Treg/Th17 ratio. Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic, inflammatory, and neurodegenerative central nervous system (CNS) disorder of probable autoimmune origin. MS is characterized by recurring or progressive demyelination and degeneration of the CNS due in part to a misguided immune response to as yet undefined (CNS) antigens, potentially including myelin basic protein and proteolipid protein. MS has also been shown to be associated significantly with environmental factors such as the lack of vitamin D. The role of vitamin D in the pathogenesis and progression of MS is complex. Recent genetic studies have shown that various common MS-associated risk-single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) are located within or in the vicinity of genes associated with the complex metabolism of vitamin D. The functional aspects of these genetic associations may be explained either by a direct SNP-associated loss- or gain-of-function in a vitamin D-associated gene or due to a change in the regulation of gene expression in certain immune cell types. The development of new genetic tools using next-generation sequencing: e.g., chromatin immunoprecipitation sequencing (ChIP-seq) and the accompanying rapid progress of epigenomics has made it possible to recognize that the association between vitamin D and MS could be based on the extensive and characteristic genomic binding of the vitamin D receptor (VDR). Therefore, it is important to analyze comprehensively the spatiotemporal VDR binding patterns that have been identified using ChIP-seq in multiple immune cell types to reveal an integral profile of genomic VDR interaction. In summary, the aim of this review is to connect genomic effects vitamin D has on immune cells with MS and thus, to contribute to a better understanding of the influence of vitamin D on the etiology and the pathogenesis of this complex autoimmune disease.
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Lu M
Menzies Institute for Medical Research Tasmania, Hobart, TAS, Australia.
Taylor BV
Körner H
Menzies Institute for Medical Research Tasmania, Hobart, TAS, Australia. Institute of Clinical Pharmacology, Anhui Medical University, Key Laboratory of Anti-inflammatory and Immunopharmacology, Ministry of Education, Engineering Technology Research Center of Anti-inflammatory and Immunodrugs in Anhui Province, Hefei, China.
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Lu, Ming, et al. "Genomic Effects of the Vitamin D Receptor: Potentially the Link Between Vitamin D, Immune Cells, and Multiple Sclerosis." Frontiers in Immunology, vol. 9, 2018, p. 477.
Lu M, Taylor BV, Körner H. Genomic Effects of the Vitamin D Receptor: Potentially the Link between Vitamin D, Immune Cells, and Multiple Sclerosis. Front Immunol. 2018;9:477.
Lu, M., Taylor, B. V., & Körner, H. (2018). Genomic Effects of the Vitamin D Receptor: Potentially the Link between Vitamin D, Immune Cells, and Multiple Sclerosis. Frontiers in Immunology, 9, p. 477. doi:10.3389/fimmu.2018.00477.
Lu M, Taylor BV, Körner H. Genomic Effects of the Vitamin D Receptor: Potentially the Link Between Vitamin D, Immune Cells, and Multiple Sclerosis. Front Immunol. 2018;9:477. PubMed PMID: 29593729.
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Thirsty Bear saves on labour costs with the help of Deputy
Business owners unlock cost savings by comparing up-to-date data on upfront labour costs and sales data — making adjustments on the go when necessary
Managers save time creating rotas and finding cover
Employees can quickly access and manage their shifts via their smartphones
The idea for the Thirsty Bear, the UK's first pull your own pint pub, was quickly developed on a train journey to London by business owners Phil Neale and Ali Rees. The pair had spent long queues at the bar the previous night and started to develop their alternative concept for a pub where food is ordered from tablet devices and self service beer taps mean no long wait for service.
"You don't want to go somewhere that's dead with no atmosphere, but as soon as you go somewhere that's busy, you spend half your night queuing at the bar."
The Thirsty Bear is London's first fully fledged self service pub where we aim to marry technology with great food and drinks to ensure you have a memorable experience.
We didn't really have anything in place to make sure that we had the right number of staff at the right times, and therefore we were very inefficient.
Within a couple of years they'd launched Tabology, producing innovative self serve beer taps and tablet devices as well as creative POS solutions. The pair needed a test bed for their new tech so decided to buy their own pub in central London. Running the Thirsty Bear came with its own set of challenges and with little experience managing a pub the pair encountered a steep learning curve when it came to staffing:
"We didn't really have anything in place to make sure that we had the right number of staff at the right times, and therefore we were very inefficient."
According to Phil the wage bill at the Thirsty Bear was "too high for any pub". The business needed to operate more efficiently and ensure adequate staff were scheduled for busy periods whilst ensuring overstaffing wasn't an issue at quieter times of the day.
You can go only a day or two a week where you might be overstaffed at various times and that's enough to wipe out your profits by the end of the year.
The business quickly installed Deputy and integrated with their POS platform. Phil was now able to see staff costs upfront and compare labour and sales costs. In a process that used to take hours to manage the business now had upfront visibility on staff costs and budgets.
"Probably the biggest saving for us is all that manual work we used to do to try and make sure we were getting the staff levels right."
Deputy sped up the time managers spent creating rotas, allowing them to save templates and copy existing rotas to future weeks. They were also able to better deal with employee absence and finding cover at the last minute.
"Instead of having to pick up the phone and start ringing round everyone to see who can come in, managers just send an open shift notification to everyone on their phone and the first person to respond to it picks up the shift."
Staff now had improved visibility over upcoming shifts and were able to swap shifts with other employees. According to Phil, Deputy brought benefits to "the staff, the manager and the owner, and they were all slightly different".
Moving forward Phil will continue to advocate for cloud technology within the sector, which allows business to "install different products that integrate together and produce exactly what you need, enabling businesses to pick and choose from different best of breed products".
Phil and Ali will be continuing to build on the Thirsty Bear's reputation as one of the city's most tech-savvy pubs. The pair plan to release a new smartphone app that allows users to order directly from their handsets. They'll also be taking their integration with Deputy to the next level by installing iBeacons that automatically clock staff in and out of shifts when they enter and exit the building.
The biggest saving from using Deputy is the reduction in all the manual work we used to do to try and make sure we were getting staff levels right.


both operating and financial leverage.
The notion of leverage is simple to understand.
that has relatively low fixed costs, but high variable costs related to revenue.
This chart illustrates this situation.
The horizontal axis represents the quantity of products sold.
It can be the number of rooms or the number of colors.
associated with the quantity sold, such as revenue or cost.
when added, in their total cost of the business, the green line.
where revenue is equal to total cost, is achieved relatively quickly.
losses do not change by much when you change the number of products sold.
In this case, we consider the cost structure to have a low leverage.
loss, when there's a change in quantity sold.
The second situation is the opposite.
low variable costs as is illustrated in this graphic.
The black line for the fixed costs is higher than the previous example.
And the slopes of the red and green lines, the variable and total costs, is flatter.
This second situation represents a high leverage.
loss is significantly amplified by the cost structure.
Euro amounts that each product sold generates to cover the fixed cost.
It is thus calculated by taking the unit price minus the unit variable cost.
it would be the room rate minus the variable cost related to selling the room.
They generally have high fixed operating and financial costs.
the contribution they generate for the sale of the room.
generate from the sale of the rooms.
Which is measured by the revenue per available room, or RevPAR.
thus RGI, is no easy task.
As is generally agreed, the demand for hotel rooms is elastic.
In other words, customers tend to be price sensitive.
the demand as measured by occupancy tends to decrease.
science of trying to maximize RevPAR despite the elasticity of the demand.
at the right price, to the right customer, and through the right channel.
In order to maximize RevPAR to the lowest cost of distribution.
different services through different channels or at different time periods.
This chart illustrates the case of a hotel selling its room at a single price.
Those that are willing to pay that price.
This market is represented by the quantity demanded Q1.
the revenue of this hotel is only equal to P1 multiplied by Q1.
this level of quantity sold.
The profit here is represented by the yellow area.
by not selling its rooms to those willing to pay more or willing to pay less.
These lost profit opportunities are represented by the orange areas.
the hotel is discriminating its demand by identifying two other markets.
and another one that is willing to pay a lower price, p3.
It is worth nothing that there are more people willing to pay p3 than p2 or p1.
Hence, there is greater demand for lower prices.
the hotel is thus able to generate extra profit compared to the previous case.
The extra profit is represented by the extra orange areas.
science of revenue management has become a critical success factor for hotels.
competencies to perform the task effectively.
revenue management activities by clusters of hotels.
At times, they also organize these functions by regions too.
the overall cost of the function by gaining from economies of scale.
These issues will be further discussed in the next modules of this specialization.


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Q: Install Ubuntu Touch 14.10 on Samsung Galaxy S2 I9100 como estan? mi consulta es la siguiente, quisiera saber si es posible instalar Ubuntu Touch 14.10 en un Samsung Galaxy S2 I9100.
Muchas gracias!
Hi! how are you? My question is this, I wonder if it is possible to install Ubuntu 14.10 on a Touch Samsung Galaxy S2 I9100.
Thank you very much!

A: It was not released for S2, no it is not available.  Reference: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Touch/Devices


It's Friday. I can't freakin' believe it (in a good way). Bring on the weekend.
Japan's Hello Kitty Cat Humiliation System This is too, too funny. Poor kitty.
Laptop Magazine's Best and Worst Laptop Designs Ever See if your laptop is included (hopefully in the best category!).
Nujiang Kids Have World's Most Badass, Dangerous School Commute The schoolyard version of Survivor, but not contrived.
Alesis iMultiMix 9R Professional Mixer with iPod Dock Looks sweet, but the iPod's a bit gimmicky.
Device Never Loses Your Cell, Though Maybe It Should Great for the drunk-and-lose-phone-ers like me.