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Co-agonist Regulation of Pre and Postsynaptic NMDA Receptors in the Entorhinal Cortex
Alex Lench
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › PhD
The NMDA receptor is a highly diverse receptor with many functions. In particular NMDA receptors present on postsynaptic spines mediate the effects of the synaptic neurotransmitter glutamate, whilst NMDA receptors present on presynaptic nerve terminals directly regulate the release of neurotransmitters. The aim of this thesis was to expand the characterisation of these two populations of NMDA receptors by examining the functional role of the co-agonist binding sites. NMDA receptors have been strongly implicated in mechanisms of cognition and also the pathophysiology epilepsy and so I have focused my study in the entorhinal cortex which is an area increasingly seen to be central to both of these phenomenon. Initial work focussed on the endogenous regulation of the presynaptic NMDA receptors. My results indicated that the co-agonist site of these receptors was activated by D-serine and that this ligand may come from astrocytes, in contrast to the observations that others have made for postsynaptic NMDA receptors. Following this, I then characterised the effects of partial agonists of the NMDA receptor co-agonist site at each of these populations of NMDA receptors and report differential effects for the function of these receptors. Finally I then examined the effects of the co-agonist site ligands on epileptiform activity as a simple form of emergent neuronal network activity. Results from my study of co-agonist site ligands provide important new insights into the relationship between NMDA receptors and neuronal synchrony and also the mechanism of cognitive enhancement by the high efficacy partial co-agonist D-Cycloserine.
Roland Jones (Supervisor)
Lench, A. (Author). 25 Sep 2015
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The history of Albertan alienation and the solutions from different perspectives
In this free episode, Rebel News' Chief Filmmaker Kian Simone joins Sheila to discuss his new feature-length project about Albertan independence.
By Sheila Gunn Reid
What does independence mean to you? Ask 20 Albertans and you will get 20 different answers.
But most Albertans who are concerned about the raw deal we have been getting from Ottawa for the last 117 years will say that it's time to start having some critical conversations that we have been told are verboten by our Laurentian overlords.
Is it time to leave Confederation? Is it time to join the United States? Is it time to flex some Quebec-style muscles to exert our power in Canada?
These are questions the very people inflicting the troubles of equalization and unfair representation on Alberta say we are not allowed to ask.
Well, the time of being told to sit down and shut up and just take it because this is the way it's always been is over.
Joining me tonight to discuss his latest full-length project is Kian Simone, Rebel News' head of documentaries. It's called Ungovernable: Alberta's Quest for Independence. It details the history of Albertan alienation and offers solutions from several different viewpoints, and it debuts in theatre TONIGHT!
But don't worry, there are two more in-person showings of this incredible, fact-filled film. For details, tickets, and showtimes visit AlbertaDocumentary.com.
Alberta Canada News Analysis


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Q: Matching Largest Eigenvalues to Eigenvectors In Python I've calculated the eigenvectors and eigenvalues of my data matrix X through eig(). I'm looking to find the top 2 principal components of the data (U = [u1 u2]). I know the top 2 components are the 2 eigenvectors corresponding to the 2 largest eigenvalues, but I'm not sure how to calculate that information with the data at hand (eigenvalues, eigenvectors, and X).
Eigenvectors and eigenvalues calculated:
 Eigenvectors = [[-0.68065502 -0.72805308 -0.08153196]
                 [-0.71680551  0.68482721 -0.13115467]
                 [-0.15132287  0.03082853  0.98800354]]

 Eigenvalues = [2.84217094e-14  2.15257831e+02  8.95193455e+02]

A: Given the Eigenvalues you got Eigenvalues = [2.84217094e-14  2.15257831e+02  8.95193455e+02]
Your two largest Eigenvalues are 8.95193455e+02 and 2.15257831e+02,
The sum of your eigenvalues is 1110.0 which corresponds to the 100% of the information.
So your largest eigenvalue 8.95193455e+02 has 80.6% of the information. The second eigenvalue 2.15257831e+02 has the remaining 19.4% of the information, and the last eigenvalue 2.84217094e-14 is too small, thus it can be considered noise.
For the eigenvectors that match these eigenvalues, each column of your  Eigenvectors matrix is associated to one eigenvalue, and they are in the same order.
For example, your first eigenvalue 8.95193455e+02 is associated to the eigenvector
[[-0.08153196]
 [-0.13115467]
 [ 0.98800354]]

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Legislator: Markell stifling transparency in state government
Apr 21st, 2015 · by Matt Bittle · Comments:
DOVER — Gov. Jack Markell's team recently denied a Freedom of Information Act request to reveal a private email address used by the governor.
Now the legislator behind the filing is accusing the governor of gaming the system.
Rep. John Kowalko, D-Newark, submitted a FoIA request to the governor's office last month asking for the address, which contains a pseudonym.
The governor, a fellow Democrat, uses Governor.Markell@state.de.us, Jack.Markell@state.de.us and the other email.
Freedom of Information Act laws allow citizens to make formal requests for government records and communications. Delaware's laws allow for rejection of requests asking for, among other things, trade secrets, executive sessions and criminal records.
Inquiries also have been denied in the past for being overly broad.
Co-signing the letter to the governor was John Flaherty, president of the Delaware Coalition for Open Government.
The request reads as follows:
"The preamble to Delaware's Open Government Law states, in part, that 'It is vital in a democratic society that public business be performed in an open and public manner so that our citizens shall have the opportunity to observe the performance of public officials and to monitor the decisions that are made by such officials in formulating and executing public policy.'
"Secret email accounts used by public officials violate the spirit of Delaware's Open Government Law and prevent the public from exercising that opportunity to observe and monitor these same public officials.
"Therefore we are formally requesting a list of all email addresses and pseudonyms, to be provided in full, for Gov. Jack Markell during his period as governor that have been used at any time during that period for any communication, including sending, receiving or storing emails that concern government business or any other communication regarding official business."
Andrew Lippstone, the governor's chief legal counsel, responded last week, denying the inquiry.
In his letter, Mr. Lippstone characterized the governor as an advocate for open government and said he "strongly disagrees with the implication that there is anything secretive or untoward about his use of email."
He called the third address "among the worst-kept secrets in state government," noting members of the media have mentioned it by name in previous stories and FoIA requests.
As detailed by Mr. Lippstone, mail sent to Jack.Markell@state.de.us typically is viewed by the governor, and he may respond directly to it. Governor.Markell@state.de.us is overseen by Gov. Markell's chief of constituent relations, and the third email is a "direct dial" used for particularly pressing or high-up matters.
"Through a confidential listserv maintained by the National Governors Association, I asked my fellow governors' legal counsels several weeks ago whether any of their governors do not maintain a non-public email address on their state's email system," a footnote in the letter reads.
"Although this was admittedly non-scientific, with the exception of one governor who does not use email, no one responded that their governor does not maintain such an account."
Listserv is email list server.
Mr. Lippstone did not specifically cite an aspect of Delaware's FoIA law that allows him to reject the filing.
"This is not about secrecy, but about the most effective and efficient way to manage a heavy volume of electronic communications," he said.
Rep. Kowalko, who has clashed with the Democratic leadership in the past, took issue with the rejection.
"At best, the governor's response to my legitimate request for information is disappointing; and, at worst, it displays an arrogance and willingness to deliberately stifle transparency in our government," he said in a letter submitted Monday.
Rep. Kowalko said Tuesday he plans to pursue two more FoIA requests, including one on the private listserv. Should that fail, he could appeal to the Attorney General's Office.
Emails sent by members of the General Assembly and their aides are immune from FoIA laws, something noted by Mr. Lippstone. In his response, Rep. Kowalko called that claim a "feeble attempt to distract from the issue," noting he did not support that exemption.
"Despite the words of the governor's lawyer that 'Gov. Markell strongly disagrees with the implication that there is anything secretive or untoward about his use of email,' the governor refuses to release his email account," Rep. Kowalko said in the rebuttal letter.
"This is no longer an 'implication.' It is a statement of fact. The governor has no ground to stand on if he is nonsensically claiming that keeping an email secret is not 'secretive.' "
This is not the first time Rep. Kowalko has broken ranks. The Newark Democrat has been vocal about his disdain for the governor's priority schools plan. He's also had public disagreements with Speaker of the House Peter Schwartzkopf, D-Rehoboth Beach.
Staff writer Matt Bittle can be reached at 741-8250 or mbittle@newszap.com. Follow @MatthewCBittle on Twitter.


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Мартин Штанке (; ) — немецкий гребец, бронзовый призёр летних Олимпийских игр 1908.

Биография
На Играх 1908 в Лондоне Штанке вместе с Вилли Дюсковом соревновался среди двоек без рулевого. Они не финишировали в полуфинале, но всё равно заняли третье место и получили бронзовые медали.

На следующих Олимпийских играх 1912 в Стокгольме Штанке соревновался среди одиночек. Его лучшим результатом оказался выход в четвертьфинал.

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Should You Agree To A Lie Detector Test If Criminal Investigators Ask?
Law enforcement officials have asked you to take a lie detector test in regard to a crime they suspect you of committing. Should you agree or refuse? Does it hurt your case if you say no? Before you make any decisions, consult a criminal defense lawyer like Dimeo Law Offices for assistance.
Technically called a polygraph, lie detector equipment gauges your physical reactions when you hear and answer questions. Certain changes in physiology, such as increases in blood pressure and respiration rate, are connected with being deceptive.
Physiological changes associated with lying indicate nervousness or anxiety. However, the person answering the questions may feel anxious even if he or she isn't being deceptive. In addition, a person who is highly skilled at lying and accustomed to doing so may not feel nervous at all.
Another problem involves what can happen after the equipment is turned off. The individual may now become more relaxed and feel more cooperative because the ordeal is over. That can lead to saying more than he or she probably should to a criminal investigator. Even if the test results aren't allowed in court, the details of questioning afterward probably will be.
Most jurisdictions do not entirely forbid or universally allow lie detector test results as evidence, although some states prohibit their use in court. Even then, criminal investigators can still ask suspects to take a polygraph test. For instance, they might rule out a suspect if the results indicate innocence.
Typically it's up to the judge. A decision about whether to include the results commonly depends on the details of the case and how the investigation and the test itself was conducted.
Your criminal lawyer will probably advise you not to take a polygraph test in a setting where law enforcement officials are in control. Instead, if polygraph test results are admissible in court in your state, your attorney might have a test administered by a private company at the law firm. Now, if the results are in your favor, the lawyer may be able to present that as evidence. If the results are not in your favor, the lawyer doesn't have to disclose them to anyone.
If criminal investigators have asked whether you're willing to take a polygraph test, it's your right to say no. You may be tempted to agree if you're innocent, but remember that the results can be inaccurate. If you really want to try confirming your innocence using this method, have your lawyer arrange an appointment with a private company.


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sustainability and some of the key opportunities and challenges for promoting development in rangelands.
of sustainable pastoralism as a viable land management option for the world's rangelands.


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How close friendships help with coping
"A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out."
These words ring true for Johnni Congleton. Five years ago when she was diagnosed with lupus, it seemed like most of the world walked out.
"I lost a lot of friends because they couldn't handle how sick I was," Congleton says. But then, in walked Joshua Burrows. They met at a Bible study class at the University of North Florida in Jacksonville. As soon as Burrows heard about her disease, he jumped in to offer his support.
"He gave me a hug and he told me, 'Whatever you need, I'm here." He wasn't exaggerating.
Not only did Burrows offer emotional and financial support, but when Congleton lost her hair after taking a powerful chemotherapy drug used to suppress lupus symptoms, he went to great lengths to show his solidarity. "He sent me a picture with his head shaved, and he told me I wasn't alone in my fight," she says. "For three and a half years, he had a bald head because I couldn't grow hair."
Burrows' action made a huge impact on Congleton, but he downplays it. "I don't think I've done that much," Burrows says. "She's gone through something I can't even fathom, so my gesture feels small." By shaving his own head, he says, "I was trying to make it clear that I'm in this for the long haul, because she doesn't have a choice to be."
Find the friends who are willing to help
When you're diagnosed with a chronic disease like lupus, you quickly discover who your true friends are. "A couple of friends may disappear, but the ones who remain are capable of offering the support you need," says Francine Rosenberg, PsyD, clinical psychologist with Morris Psychological Group in Parsippany, New Jersey.
When other friends backed off, Lisa Jones knew she could still count on Carin Chrisman, who's been there for her around the clock. "When I have a flare, it's so intense and so unbearable," she says. "There have been many nights when I've called her literally in the middle of the night. She's come and picked up my kids, dropped them off at her house, and driven me to the emergency room."
Jones and Chrisman, who both live in upstate New York, have known each other since high school—a friendship spanning more than 20 years. They've been together in good and bad times, seen each other through relationship ups and downs, and cared for each other's children (each has two daughters). But despite the longevity of their relationship, Jones still marvels at her friend's dedication. "Who does that? Just gets up in the middle of the night and drops everything?"
How can my friends support me in coping with lupus?
Friends who want to help don't have to go to extreme lengths, like shaving their head or losing sleep. Even little things like cooking dinner, driving to appointments, or helping out with household chores can make a dramatic difference.
"Sometimes it's the simple things, like calling and saying, 'I'm driving by a restaurant. Do you need anything?' Or just checking in because I haven't talked to anyone in three days," Andie Luton says of her friend Anna Rossitto. They've been friends for nearly two decades, since their days at Chemeketa Community College in Salem, Oregon. Rossitto has been there to lean on through the worst times of Luton's illness.
Good friends will understand your need to lie low sometimes
"A friend is a support system—someone who understands what you're going through," Rosenberg says. "Friends give you an opportunity to talk about your illness and the impact it has on you, and validate what you're going through."
A good friend can also help you laugh through your tears. When Jones is having a flare, Chrisman tries to keep the mood light. Once while waiting together in the emergency room, they had to share a room with a patient who seemed to have come unhinged. "He was yelling at the nurse, saying, 'I'm going to kill you!' Carin was sitting there, and she just looked at me and said, 'I'll be the first one out of here.' I was like, 'Thanks a lot! You're going to leave me with him?' " Jones laughs.
"We giggle at the awfulness and move on," Rossitto says of her relationship with Luton. "We stick our tongues out at the bad things in life."
Yet even at the time when you need friends most, you may withdraw from them. "One reason is that symptoms like pain or fatigue will limit your activity," says Rosenberg. "Coping and dealing with a chronic condition on a daily basis can also contribute to depression, and one of the symptoms of depression can be isolation."
But maintaining a base of supportive friends doesn't mean that you have to go out with them when your energy is lacking. A good friend will understand your need to lie low sometimes.
You don't even need to see each other in person. Keep in touch over the phone or email, through social media sites like Facebook and Instagram, or via a video chat such as Skype or FaceTime. "Stay on your friends' radar and remind them that you may not feel well enough right now, but there will come a time when you can enjoy their company," Rosenberg says.
The rewards of friendship go both ways
The value of having someone to see you through your worst and sickest times can't be measured. "There have been times when I've wanted to give up. It just gets too hard," Congleton says. "It's like Josh knows, and he'll send me a message at the right time reminding me to keep fighting. He's a great friend to have in my corner."
Luton adds, "Anna's just a tiny little redhead, but the amount of strength in that girl is amazing. Every good thing she celebrates, and every bad thing she's there to hold my hand and cry with."
For the people who devote their time and energy to caring for someone with lupus, the rewards are just as immeasurable. "I've seen Johnni at her worst, when she couldn't be around people and she was in a wheelchair and everything had been stripped away," Burrows says. "That helped me to realize that so much of what we focus on and care about probably isn't that important. And it caused me to want to make sure I spend the proper amount of time focusing on what is lasting and what is relevant."
"Andie's physical needs might make [our relationship] seem one-sided to [other] people. But what she gives back is more precious than gold. There's just nothing that I wouldn't do for her," Rossitto says.
How to support a friend with lupus
It can be hard to understand the needs of someone with a chronic and often disabling condition like lupus, especially when the signs aren't always obvious. "It was very difficult for me to get my head around my friend Andie Luton's disease, her pain, everything that she loved and that was slipping away from her," Anna Rossitto says.
Clinical psychologist Francine Rosenberg's advice is to learn as much as you can about the disease, "so you can really understand what the person is going through." When you offer to help, be specific. "Let me bring you dinner tonight" is more likely to get accepted than "Let me do something for you," she says.
While you want to be supportive, you also don't want to give so much that you burn out. Set boundaries and save some of your energy for your own family and life. That way, you'll be at your best when it's time to help your friend with lupus, Rosenberg says.
"Andie has been very respectful of my time," says Rossitto. "She says, 'I need you to take care of you.' So there is permission between both of us."
When you have lupus and you find friends you can rely on, ask them for help when you need it. That's not always easy to do. "I think it's hard for us lupus patients to vocalize when we need help, because we don't look sick," Luton says.
If you feel guilty about asking for help, think about ways you can return the favor. Luton was able to support Rossitto as she worked to overcome a learning disability and complete her degree in early childhood development at Chemeketa Community College. "I would go to meetings at school, just trying to be an advocate for her," Luton says.
"Andie was instrumental in counseling me to keep moving forward and to keep having dreams," Rossitto adds. "I need to remind her how important she has been in my life, in boosting my feeling of being capable. It's just been invaluable."
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After nearly a decade of delays, the rush is on to have the General Assembly approve the city's plan to rehab Soldier Field into a state-of-the-art stadium and home to its chief tenant, the Chicago Bears.
Backers of the plan are pressing for approval during the Legislature's current veto session. State lawmakers must grant authority to the Illinois Sports Facilities Authority for issuance of $387 million in new bonds to cover a portion of the $587-million construction cost.
While it would be a relief to get such a massive project going, it won't hurt if legislators slow the process down and enable the public to openly examine the plan's details. If that means waiting until the General Assembly meets early next year, that's not unreasonable.
Worth investigating are the effect of the proposal on residents' pocketbooks, potential damage to the city's lakefront and skyline, the effect on the area's museums and other attractions by the stadium's construction and the impact — if any — the rehabbed stadium will have on the city's quality of life.
In short, let's really know what we are getting into.
Mayor Richard M. Daley and the Bears management team deserve credit for moving the ball on this Soldier Field revamp. At first glance, it appears that the city, state, the Bears and the National Football League (NFL), which is providing $100 million in financing, are finally on the same team.
Still, the Bears argue that the league could pull its financing if the General Assembly does not quickly sanction the bonding authority during this veto session. That sounds like a hollow threat, as it's unlikely that a simple delay would prompt the NFL to turn its back on one of its most viable football and broadcast markets.
State lawmakers should give this plan the scrutiny it deserves. We've waited this long. A few more months won't hurt.


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/*
 * This file is part of Sulu.
 *
 * (c) MASSIVE ART WebServices GmbH
 *
 * This source file is subject to the MIT license that is bundled
 * with this source code in the file LICENSE.
 */

namespace Sulu\Bundle\MediaBundle\Search\Subscriber;

use Massive\Bundle\SearchBundle\Search\Event\PreIndexEvent;
use Massive\Bundle\SearchBundle\Search\Factory;
use Massive\Bundle\SearchBundle\Search\SearchEvents;
use Psr\Log\LoggerInterface;
use Sulu\Bundle\MediaBundle\Api\Media;
use Sulu\Bundle\MediaBundle\Entity\FileVersionMeta;
use Sulu\Bundle\MediaBundle\Media\Manager\MediaManagerInterface;
use Symfony\Component\EventDispatcher\EventSubscriberInterface;

/**
 * This subscriber populates the image URL field
 * when a Structure containing an image field is indexed.
 */
class MediaSearchSubscriber implements EventSubscriberInterface
{
    /**
     * @var MediaManagerInterface
     */
    protected $mediaManager;

    /**
     * The format of the image, which will be returned in the search.
     *
     * @var string
     */
    protected $searchImageFormat;

    /**
     * @var Factory
     */
    protected $factory;

    /**
     * @var LoggerInterface
     */
    protected $logger;

    /**
     * @var array
     */
    protected $thumbnailMimeTypes;

    /**
     * @param MediaManagerInterface $mediaManager
     * @param Factory               $factory      Massive search factory
     * @param LoggerInterface       $logger
     * @param $thumbnailMimeTypes
     * @param $searchImageFormat
     */
    public function __construct(
        MediaManagerInterface $mediaManager,
        Factory $factory,
        LoggerInterface $logger,
        $thumbnailMimeTypes,
        $searchImageFormat
    ) {
        $this->mediaManager = $mediaManager;
        $this->factory = $factory;
        $this->searchImageFormat = $searchImageFormat;
        $this->thumbnailMimeTypes = $thumbnailMimeTypes;
        $this->logger = $logger;
    }

    /**
     * {@inheritdoc}
     */
    public static function getSubscribedEvents()
    {
        return [
            SearchEvents::PRE_INDEX => 'handlePreIndex',
        ];
    }

    /**
     * Adds the image to the search document.
     *
     * @param PreIndexEvent $event
     */
    public function handlePreIndex(PreIndexEvent $event)
    {
        $metadata = $event->getMetadata();
        $reflection = $metadata->getClassMetadata()->reflection;

        if (
            false === $reflection->isSubclassOf(FileVersionMeta::class)
            && $metadata->getName() !== FileVersionMeta::class) {
            return;
        }

        $document = $event->getDocument();
        $subject = $event->getSubject();
        $locale = $subject->getLocale();

        $fileVersion = $subject->getFileVersion();
        $file = $fileVersion->getFile();
        $media = $file->getMedia();

        // Do not try and get the image URL if the mime type is not in the
        // list of mime types for which thumbnails are generated.
        foreach ($this->thumbnailMimeTypes as $type) {
            if (fnmatch($type, $fileVersion->getMimeType())) {
                $document->setImageUrl($this->getImageUrl($media, $locale));
                break;
            }
        }

        $document->addField($this->factory->createField(
            'media_id',
            $media->getId()
        ));

        $document->addField($this->factory->createField(
            'media_mime',
            $fileVersion->getMimeType()
        ));

        if ($collection = $media->getCollection()) {
            $document->addField($this->factory->createField(
                'collection_id',
                $collection->getId()
            ));
        }
    }

    /**
     * Return the image URL for the given media.
     *
     * TODO: The media API needs to be improved here.
     */
    private function getImageUrl($media, $locale)
    {
        $mediaApi = new Media($media, $locale);
        $this->mediaManager->addFormatsAndUrl($mediaApi);
        $formats = $mediaApi->getThumbnails();

        if (!isset($formats[$this->searchImageFormat])) {
            $this->logger->warning(sprintf(
                'Media with ID "%s" does not have thumbnail format "%s". This thumbnail would be used by the search results.',
                $media->getId(),
                $this->searchImageFormat
            ));

            return;
        }

        return $formats[$this->searchImageFormat];
    }
}

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Dr. Miller is co-director of Foundations of Health Research Center and the Louis W. Menk Professor at Northwestern University, where he has appointments in Department of Psychology, Institute for Policy Research, and Department of Medical Social Sciences. After receiving a Ph.D. in clinical psychology at the University of California, Los Angeles, he completed a clinical internship at Western Psychiatric Institute & Clinic, followed by a post-doctoral fellowship in health psychology at Carnegie Mellon University. Before joining Northwestern in 2012, he was a faculty member at Washington University in St. Louis from 2000 to 2003 and at the University of British Columbia from 2003 to 2012.
Dr. Miller's research examines the behavioral and biological mechanisms through which stress affects health. More on his specific projects can be found in the current research section below. His current research is supported by grants from the the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, and the National Institute on Drug Abuse. Previous studies have been supported by the Brain and Behavior Research Foundation (NARSAD), the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, the Michael Smith Foundation, the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada, and the American Heart Association.
Dr. Miller is conducting two major studies here in Evanston.
Stress and Health During Pregnancy: This is a collaborative study with Dr. Ann Borders of NorthShore University Hospital. Research shows that poverty increases the risk for numerous medical problems across the lifespan, and these deleterious influences begin in the earliest stages of the lifecourse. The offspring of low-income families have disproportionately high rates of growth restriction, preterm birth, and neonatal mortality, among other adverse outcomes. The goal of this project is to begin identifying some of the contextual, psychosocial, and biological pathways that underlie these disparities. We focus in particular on stressors that low-income families experience, and how they affect inflammatory activity at the maternal-fetal interface.
Childhood Origins of Cardiovascular Risk: In recent decades there has been a marked decline in morbidity and mortality from coronary heart disease (CHD) in the US. But the strength of this trend varies across demographic groups. Those of low socioeconomic status (SES) continue to develop, and die from, CHD at rates more typical of the 1970's. Most research on the origins of these disparities focuses on middle stages of the lifespan, when CHD manifests clinically. While this research has been fruitful, shifting the focus towards earlier life stages could yield valuable insights. Many pathogenic mechanisms that give rise to CHD begin in childhood, and by adolescence increasing numbers of American youth display risk factors for and preclinical signs of CHD, which themselves pattern by SES. Despite these findings, relatively little attention has been directed towards early CHD disparities. We know little about why they emerge and how they unfold developmentally.
In this NHLBI-funded study, we attempt to fill these gaps in knowledge by studying youth over a two-year period, as they transition into high school. First, we ask whether SES relates to maturation patterns in the immune system, with a focus on inflammatory processes that underlie CHD. Second, we ask whether SES relates to maturation patterns in the brain's corticolimbic and corticostriatal circuitries, and thereby give rise to behavioral proclivities that heighten CHD risk. Finally, noting that many low-SES youth have positive health outcomes, we explore characteristics and experiences that "bend" the normative demographic curve. Along with Dr. Miller, the team involves Northwestern faculty Edith Chen, Lei Wang, Joel Voss, and Dan Mroczek, plus Elizabeth Goodman (MassachusettsIn General Hospital) and Steve Cole (UCLA).
Other Collaborations: Dr. Miller also collaborates on several other research projects, including the Family Asthma Study (Edith Chen, PI), the Montreal Health and Aging Study (Carsten Wrosch, PI), the Early Environments and Pregnancy Study (Thomas McDade, PI), and methodological studies of field-friendly methods for assessment of gene expression (with Thomas McDade, PI and Steve Cole). He also works closely with Gene Brody, at the University of Georgia, on studies of health among rural African-American youth. These studies include the SAAF Health Adults Project and The Center for Translational Prevention Science.


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Volume 1 Chapter 38: Black Crescent Moon
This is a space that couldn't be considered very big. The same walls, but what's different from the all the other areas is that in the air floated little orbs emitting a light green glow. Ling Chen tried grabbing one with his hand only to discover that these floating orbs don't have a physical body, but are rather more like glowing air, it's also these floating orbs that made the light in this place especially bright.
There are no signs of life here, there even doesn't seem to be any signs of any being having ever lived here. At first glance, this place appears to be a big hall, the hall is very spacious, only a small stone counter in the middle of the grounds. The stone counter is not even half a meter tall, when Ling Chen looked at the counter, a beam of light seemed to have reflected over for a moment.
This place is?
No fabulous treasure, no life forms, even not able to find any special existence, the only thing that can be seen is a spacious hall and the stone counter in the middle of the hall, this was completely different from what Ling Chen expected.
A place guarded by an ancient mythical beast, how can it just have these things!
Staying silent for a bit, he walked forward, heading for the stone counter in the center.
His feet seemingly stepping on something, Ling Chen stopped his footsteps. Looking downwards, the ground underneath is uneven, where he stepped faintly appeared the shape of a sword hilt.
Ling Chen immediately crouched down, pushing aside the surrounding rocks. Immediately, a complete sword hilt appeared before his eyes. The sword hilt displays a black colour, on top it is faintly ingrained with extremely complex, blood coloured lines. The entire sword hilt is around 30 centimeters long, its thickness is far greater than a regular sword hilt, its appearance is pretty normal though. When Ling Chen stepped on it a large part of it was slumped in the ground which is why Ling Chen didn't notice it when he scanned the place earlier.
Could there be a sword hidden here?
Ling Chen's heartbeat immediately started to quicken… A sword that can be hidden here, even without thinking it's easy to know that this sword in not an ordinary sword. He extended his arm grabbing the hilt, casually lifting it… And then, his face froze.
Under his pull the sword actually didn't move at all, as if it was embedded in the ground.
Ling Chen slightly furrowed his brows. He adjusted his position, two hands grabbing the sword hilt, and then suddenly biting his teeth, using all of his strength pull upwards.
"Heeeee…"
Under the effort of his full strength, the black sword hilt finally lifted from the ground, but it only stayed in the air for a short two seconds. After only lifting it up for two seconds Ling Chen was no longer able to maintain his grip, the sword hilt once again falling onto the ground with a "Bam", and then causing the rigid ground to deeply sink down.
That feeling was not like lifting a small sword hilt, but instead like pulling a thousand tonne boulder.
"So heavy… how can anybody use such a heavy sword." Ling Chen wiped the sweat on his forehead. The instant the sword hilt lifted off the ground, he saw very clearly that this is not a sword, but just a sword hilt, without any blade. Its appearance may be bigger than a regular sword hilt, but it is still only 30 or so centimeters long, a couple centimeters thick, how can an item of this volume be heavy to such a degree, exactly what is it made of?
In addition, why is there just a sword hilt here. Since there's a sword hilt, there should be a sword blade… Could it be that this is a sword where the blade was broken off?
Ling Chen once again squatted down, composing himself and looking towards its stats.
[Shura Emperor Sword's Broken Piece 1]: 10 000 years ago, the world famous "Red Mystical Sword King" because of obsession descended into the way of the Shura, becoming the incarnation of a Shura, the Red Mystical Sword that he wielded after being bathed in the blood of countless life forms changed into the [Shura Emperor Sword]. After becoming a Shura, Red Mystical Sword King's nature disappeared, from then on his only reason for living was to slaughter, massacring the lives of countless beings, causing the world to fall into chaos. In the end bringing onto himself the punishment of the heavens, befalling the combined judgement of Saint Destroyer beast Void Dragon God and the three goddesses Fate, Order, Liberty, in the end dying under the hands of the 3 goddesses. The 3 goddesses wished to completely destroy the [Shura Emperor Sword] but were unable to, they thus broke it into 5 pieces, scattering them into 5 different directions, making them unable to come back together for eternity.
Ling Chen: "…"
Shura… Emperor… Sword…
This sword hilt is one of the pieces of the Shura Emperor Sword that the 3 goddesses broke?
Who Red Mystical Sword King is, he didn't know. The concept of a Shura, he also only had a vague idea, only knowing that Shura's represent arrogance, heartlessness, and bloodlust. But, the Red Mystical Sword King that changed into a Shura actually needed a Saint Destroyer beast and the 3 goddesses to act out judgement together…
What kind of power is that!!
Red Mystical Sword King must have already become a long ago legend… or maybe, 10000 years of time has already passed, maybe on Forgotten continent there doesn't even exist a person that remembers his name. But… Ling Chen placed his hand on the sword hilt… the sword used by Red Mystical Sword King, is also definitely undoubtedly powerful to an unimaginable degree!
Shura Emperor Sword, is very likely a heavenly item, maybe even a godly item… just its name is revealing a dominating pressure and overpowering sense.
"He!!"
Both hands exerting force, finally lifting it up again, and then quickly putting it his bag when it was completely in his hands.
This is one of the 5 broken pieces of the Shura Emperor Sword… If, by chance there is a day where I can collect all five pieces… will there be a chance to reforge the Shura Emperor Sword?
Strength that requires a Saint Destroyer beast and the 3 goddesses to face… This Shura Emperor Sword produced an irresistible attraction to Ling Chen. Even if he knows that this Shura Emperor Sword isn't a good sword, but instead a sword of absolute evil that is drenched in blood and sin.
Successfully putting the Shura Emperor Sword broken piece in his bag, Ling Chen continued walking forward. Before he clearly saw that there seemed to be something at the center of the stone counter. Its reflecting light also flashed at his eyes.
The sound of footsteps was particularly clear in this overly quiet space, Ling Chen walked in front of the stone counter and stopped his footsteps. This is a smooth stone counter, it should have existed here for a very long time, but strangely the stone counter doesn't have a speck of dust on it and is as bright as a mirror. Only in the center is placed a standing black ring.
This ring is…
Ling Chen did not rashly use his hands to touch it, instead bending his waist, examining it from a closer distance, only then discovering that this is not a standard ring. Tts size is about double of the metal bracelet he is wearing, one side is about 1 centimeter thick, and then from the thickest part it starts to become thinner on both sides, when it spreads to the opposite side of the thickest part, it's already become a thin, almost unseeable line. At first glance, it seems as though an opening has appeared.
Looking at it from the cross section, it's like a crescent moon at the beginning of the new moon cycle. A black new moon.
Ling Chen's looked at it from a different angle, looking at it from the side… This ring has a width of almost 2 centimeters, at the thickest position, there are three holes of the same size closely together, at the two sides, there are also a series of small holes evenly spreading across… Ling Chen counted the holes, from the thickest to thinnest place, the two sides are each distributed 6 holes, along with the 3 at the thickest area… There are a total of 15 holes.
Holes?
This made Ling Chen unable to help but think of Luna Chains. Luna Chains also have holes spread out on them, and this black crescent moon shaped ring can also be worn as a bracelet. Although Ling Chen was just randomly thinking about it. Of course he wouldn't think that this is a Luna Chain. The Village Chief said that the strongest Luna Chain that appeared on Forgotten continent had seven slots, which also means that seven is already the limit… No matter what the 15 holes of this black crescent moon can't have anything to do with Luna Chains.
But something that can be placed here is definitely not an ordinary item.
What exactly is this…
Focusing his eyes, Ling Chen lowered his head looking towards its stats:
????:????
The information that came from his head made Ling Chen a bit dazed. This black new moon is clearly in front of his eyes, yet he cannot see any attributes.
Could it be that it has an attribute to hide its information, only its owner can check it out?
At once, Ling Chen extended his hand, grabbing towards the black crescent moon shaped ring, his fingers, under a slow movement touched the side of the ring.
BUZZ~~~~
Right at the instant when Ling Chen touched the crescent moon ring, a mass of incredibly dark light suddenly released from the crescent moon ring, like night had suddenly descended, instantly covering all of the light in this space. Ling Chen's pupils immediately enlarged, the world abruptly changed, the world of light before turning into complete darkness in an instant. This is a darkness without any impurity, without any light, a terrifying darkness. Since he was just a child he had experienced so much darkness, countless days of complete darkness, but he never knew, that the colour black could actually be so deep, so thoroughly black.
What's going on??
What's happening!?
The black crescent moon that his fingers touched disappeared, following the senses of his right hand, making him feel like it floated up on its own, and then quickly passing through his hand, tightly binding onto his right hand wrist…
"Ding… Your Luna Chain 'Metal Bracelet' has been completely destroyed by an unknown force, completely disappeared."
"Ding. Your energy crystal 'Beginner Critical Crystal' has been destroyed completely destroyed by an unknown force, completely disappeared."
"Ding. Your energy crystal 'Beginner Strength Crystal' has been destroyed completely destroyed by an unknown force, completely disappeared."
Ling Chen: "!!!!"
What's going on? Who can tell me what is happening?
Ling Chen's left hand rapidly grabbed toward his right wrist, sure enough the metal bracelet that was socketed with 2 energy crystals had disappeared. On his right wrist, what he is currently wearing is another ring shaped item… Its shape, is clearly that crescent moon shaped black ring!
"Ah!!!!!!"
At the same time, a feeling of pain as if being cut by a thousand blades came from the depths of his consciousness, making his body abruptly freeze, his mouth letting out a scream of incredible pain…
Moon God Bracelet -> Luna Chain
Dear Moonies, many thanks for the chapter my wonderful Author, Translator(s), (Editor), (donors)!


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The U.S. Has Made Getting a Visa Very Difficult for People in China
Hong Kong and mainland passport holders who are traveling to the United States should anticipate increased visa scrutiny as tighter security checks will soon be implemented.
Earlier this month, U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson ordered a broad increase in visa screenings in American embassies for those entering the United States, SCMP reports.
The instruction, which goes in accordance with President Trump's policy of "extreme vetting," is now expected to cause more difficulty for many travelers, but especially towards people from Hong Kong and the mainland.
Tillerson has reportedly been calling for the development of criteria to identify "populations warranting increased security" as revealed in multiple diplomatic cables sent between March 10 and 17.
According to Reuters, the diplomatic memos highlighted security concerns, noting that, "All visa decisions are national security decisions."
While traveling to the U.S. requires visa applications, embassies are ordered to deny approval from any person who are "suspected of being a security threat, conducting fraud, or who may plan on staying longer than permitted."
Although the stricter measures do not apply to the countries currently in the U.S. visa waiver program, Hong Kong and mainland China are unfortunately not included in that list of 38 countries. According to immigration lawyer Gary Chodorow, travelers may expect more security questions, delays in processing visa applications, and increased denial in granting visas.
Chodorow said Tillerson's call to establish risk criteria might lead to more consular requests for special security clearances known as security advisory opinions.
"We expect that SAOs will be requested in a higher percentage of cases," he said. "Some SAOs will be requested based on how an applicant fits a profile, such as based on their hometown, profession, ethnicity, and/or religion."
The diplomatic cables have reportedly ordered embassies to limit the number of visa interviews being processed daily, even if it "may cause interview appointment backlogs to rise".
Immigration consultant Kent Cai said that since Donald Trump became U.S. president, the U.S. visa application process has become more challenging for many.
"It was relatively easy during the [previous] administration but we have clearly felt the difference this year," Cai was quoted as saying.
Cai noted that clients from Fujian province and northeastern China may face even stricter reviews than those from Shanghai, Hangzhou or Ningbo, as he said those areas are now considered as high-risk.


Chakraborty proposed that the chain of events that led a T cell to go forth and conquer involved a type of hysteresis; the response to signals from antigen-presenting cells was based on recent encounters with other antigen-presenting cells.
If the antigen-presenting cells produce the peanut protein robustly enough, the responsibility for the immune response might shift away from the IgE antibodies and mast cells.
This study showed that the cigarette recruited antigen-presenting cells (cells that orchestrate the immune system's response to antigens) as co-conspirators in the lung-destroying crime, using specific genes that regulate proteins in their deadly role.
The dynamics of helper and suppressor T cells and their interaction with antigen-presenting cells could be modeled as a separate subsystem, or module, whose output served as input to the B-cell module.
The active immunotherapy approach many immunologists see as most promising involves using antigen-presenting cells to induce tumor-specific T-cell responses in melanoma patients.
Scientists consider dendritic cells to be the most potent antigen-presenting cells in the body.
A number of activated immune cells can infiltrate the synovium (including CD4+ T-cells, B-cells and antigen-presenting cells such as dendritic cells and macrophages).
APX005M, a novel, humanized monoclonal antibody that stimulates the anti-tumor immune response in the tumor microenvironment through antigen-presenting cells of the immune system, is engineered to selectively activate CD40 in tumor tissues, rather than broadly in the bloodstream like other CD40 agonists.
Immune cells known as antigen-presenting cells need to activate T lymphocytes to trigger them to attack, but in cancer, cells called tumor-associated macrophages tell T lymphocytes to remain dormant, and also foster the development of blood vessels that feed the growing tumor.
ADXS-HPV is designed to infect antigen-presenting cells and direct them to generate a powerful, cellular immune response to HPV E7, concluded the company.
The researchers found that one TLR, known as TLR8, triggered a strong immune response in antigen-presenting cells, which are crucial for vaccine responses.
CTLA4Ig binds to CD80 and CD86 on antigen-presenting cells, blocking the engagement of CD28 on T cells and preventing T-cell activation.


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Q: Adding a custom api endpoint to the ASP:Net Core template I try to add an own endpoint for a http request.
I copied the logic from the weather forecast which is part of the asp.net core angular template and modified it:
Original Controlelr code:
 using System;
    using System.Collections.Generic;
    using System.Linq;
    using System.Threading.Tasks;
    using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc;
    using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;

    namespace AngularDemo.Controllers
    {
        [ApiController]
        [Route("[controller]")]
        public class WeatherForecastController : ControllerBase
        {
            private static readonly string[] Summaries = new[]
            {
                "Freezing", "Bracing", "Chilly", "Cool", "Mild", "Warm", "Balmy", "Hot", "Sweltering", "Scorching"
            };

            private readonly ILogger<WeatherForecastController> _logger;

            public WeatherForecastController(ILogger<WeatherForecastController> logger)
            {
                _logger = logger;
            }

            [HttpGet]
            public IEnumerable<WeatherForecast> Get()
            {
                var rng = new Random();
                return Enumerable.Range(1, 5).Select(index => new WeatherForecast
                {
                    Date = DateTime.Now.AddDays(index),
                    TemperatureC = rng.Next(-20, 55),
                    Summary = Summaries[rng.Next(Summaries.Length)]
                })
                .ToArray();
            }
        }
    }

And this is my TestController
   using System;
    using System.Collections.Generic;
    using System.Linq;
    using System.Threading.Tasks;
    using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc;
    using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;

    namespace AngularDemo.Controllers
    {
        [ApiController]
        [Route("[controller]")]
        public class TestController: ControllerBase
        {

            private readonly ILogger<WeatherForecastController> _logger;

            public TestController(ILogger<TestController> logger)
            {
                _logger = logger;
            }

            [HttpGet]
            public IEnumerable<string> Get()
            {

                return Enumerable.Range(1, 5).Select(index => new WeatherForecast
                {
                    Date = DateTime.Now.AddDays(index),
                    TemperatureC = 100,
                    Summary = "Test"
                })
                .ToArray();
            }
        }
    }

But my question is now, how do I call it from my angular application?
This is my component in angular which has "weatherforecast" as a parameter. Where do I configure it in another component, which should make a request to the TestController?
Angular weather component:
import { Component, Inject } from '@angular/core';
import { HttpClient } from '@angular/common/http';

@Component({
  selector: 'app-fetch-data',
  templateUrl: './fetch-data.component.html'
})
export class FetchDataComponent {
  public forecasts: WeatherForecast[];

  constructor(http: HttpClient, @Inject('BASE_URL') baseUrl: string) {
    http.get<WeatherForecast[]>(baseUrl + 'weatherforecast').subscribe(result => {
      this.forecasts = result;
    }, error => console.error(error));
  }
}

interface WeatherForecast {
  date: string;
  temperatureC: number;
  temperatureF: number;
  summary: string;
}

A: Your controller is decorated with [Route("[controller]")]. It means that the route will be set equal to the name of your controller class minus the suffix "Controller".
In your case: TestController is equivalent to [Route("test")].
You can then either change the name of your controller class or hard-code the argument of the [Route] attribute.


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The bride handled her own venue decorations, preparing for a year beforehand. "I put together the reception décor such as small medicine jars wrapped in pearls which had an array of native flowers, DIY menu wraps, family wedding photos and bunting," smiles Aleisha.
The couple honeymooned in Malaysia – the same location where Marcus proposed.
Photos courtesy of Lucid Photography & Design.
Aleisha's Alfred Angelo vintage-style gown featured lace with delicate pearl beading.
Dee Potter married the Tasmanian couple with storm clouds overhead.
Native blooms formed part of Aleisha's pretty bouquet, selected from Outside Wholesale Flowers.
The couple opted for a simple DIY cheese wheel for their wedding cake.


Gnome Alone — From the producer of Shrek and the director of Nut Job, Gnome Alone is an energetic animated movie about one girl's journey to discover the hero within herself. After moving to a new city with her mother, Chloe (Becky G) finds herself in a new house that creaks, a new school with creeps, and mysterious garden gnomes that are kind of freaky.
Directed by Peter Lepeniotis (The Nut Job). Screenplay by Michael Schwartz and Zina Zaflow based on a screen story by Rob Moreland (Happily N'Ever After) and a story by Micah Herman & Kyle Newman (Barely Lethal, Fanboys).
Chloe and her mom are moving AGAIN! Forced to move into a decrepit old house filled with garden gnomes, Chloe soon discovers that this house is hiding something terrifyingly big.
While home alone after school, Chloe and a nosy neighbor named Liam discover that the gnomes are actually alive! As it turns out, for years the gnomes have been protecting the planet from menacing little monsters called Troggs, who have invaded the house through a portal from another world.
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Stories Reflecting Many Facets Of Aotearoa Funded For 2021
Tuesday, 8 December 2020, 10:55 am
Press Release: NZ On Air
NZ On Air will fund hours of new, important documentary content in 2021 telling stories that reflect the many different faces of Aotearoa.
In the final funding round of 2020 successful projects cover a broad range of topics from disability to Martial Arts, saving at risk native species, and Pacific gospel soul music to name just a few.
Working with the NZ Down Syndrome Association, the Down For Love matchmakers will help young people with Down Syndrome learn about finding love. Meanwhile What's Wrong with You? asks how the one in four New Zealanders with a disability thrive in a world that is not designed for them.
Whānau 2021 picks up the longitudinal documentary series following the lives of four Māori born in 2000 to see what's become of them as they turn 21. A new series Fighting Chance observes a group of everyday young people as they train as Mixed Martial Arts fighters, and change their lives.
A podcast series Terror At Lake Alice will examine the harrowing stories of physical, mental and sexual abuse of children at Lake Alice Psychiatric Facility in the 70s. In Women At The Dump we meet a group of young women from troubled backgrounds who've bonded through working together at the Wellington landfill but face uncertain futures.
An interactive series Faces Of Extinction will ask why 4,000 native species in Aotearoa are at risk of extinction and what can be done to save them. We follow rangatahi campaigning to lower the voting age to 16 in Make It 16, and we go behind the lyrics of Pacific gospel soul music to understand the stories and identity of Pasifika peoples in Soul Sessions.
Toby Morris's internationally acclaimed The Side Eye animated comic series continues and we'll learn more about the history of Hip Hop music in Aotearoa in a second series of NZ Hip Hop Stand Up and continue to learn about traditional kai gathering and caring for our environment in Toa Hunter Gatherer.
"Factual stories hold up a mirror to our society and can be a powerful tool for empathy building. It's exciting to see the changing forms of that storytelling in this latest round, from podcasts, to animated comics, to interactive series," says NZ On Air Head of Funding Amie Mills.
"My congratulations to all of the content makers funded in this fiercely competitive round. Their intelligent and impactful ideas will keep New Zealanders engaged in thoughtful and thought-provoking content in 2021."
Funding details:
Down For Love, 3 x 44 mins, Attitude Pictures for TVNZ 2, up to $294,529. Plus, a platform reduction up to $132,000. Young people with Down syndrome learn about how to find love in an enlightening, charming and unfiltered series.
Fighting Chance, 8 x 26 mins, Fire Fire for Māori Television, up to $344,236. Set in of one of the best Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) gyms in the world, City Kickboxing, this series follows 15 everyday people as they change their lives and train to be fighters.
Whānau 2021 (Part 4), 5 x 52 mins, Tumanako Productions for Māori Television, up to $188,943. The fourth instalment in a longitudinal documentary series following the lives of four Māori born in 2000. Every seven years we check in on the four participants and their whānau.
Faces Of Extinction, 7 x 5 mins, Stuff for Stuff, up to $58,285. Plus, a platform reduction up to $86,165. An interactive series delving into the momentous change in our indigenous biodiversity. NZ now has 4,000 native species at risk, so understanding why and what can be done, is pressing.
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Q: Working with folders other than inbox in Outlook Using Excel VBA I can retrieve the email body and subject from Inbox.
Set ObjO = CreateObject("Outlook.Application")
Set olNs = ObjO.GetNamespace("MAPI")
Set objFolder = olNs.GetDefaultFolder(6)

For Each item1 In objFolder.Items

    Dim sa, bc
    bc = item1.ReceivedTime
    sa = Format(item1.ReceivedTime, "dd-MM-yyyy")

    If item1.UnRead And item1.SenderEmailAddress = "harshahowrang@gmail.com" And sa = spa Then

Here Defaultfolder(6) is for Inbox.
All mails come into CRM folder so I need to change the folder path.
I tried other numbers which are not working and don't point to CRM folder in Outlook mailbox.
How do I point to CRM folder?

A: Simply use
Set objfolder = olNs.GetDefaultFolder(olFolderInbox) _
                    .Parent.Folders("CRM")

Full Example
Option Explicit
Private Sub Example()
    Dim ObjO As Object
    Set ObjO = CreateObject("Outlook.Application")

    Dim olNs As Object
    Set olNs = ObjO.GetNamespace("MAPI")

    Dim objfolder As Object
    Set objfolder = olNs.GetDefaultFolder(olFolderInbox) _
                        .Parent.Folders("CRM")

    objfolder.Display

End Sub

A: You should be able to access the folder like this:
Set objFolder = olNs.GetDefaultFolder(6).Folders("CRM")
Else check the named folders in Inbox for it:
Set objFolder = olNs.GetDefaultFolder(6)
For Each oFolder In objFolder.Folders
    Debug.Print oFolder.Name
Next

Edit: After seeing the image you posted,
To access folders on the same level as Inbox you can do:
Set objFolder = olNs.GetDefaultFolder(6).Parent.Folders("CRM")
Or iterate through .Parent.Folders to get the CRM Folder name.


Earlier in January President Trump's U.S. Attorney General nominee William Barr openly addressed his stance on supporting cannabis companies that have lawfully complied with state policies and regulations legalizing recreational and/or medicinal cannabis under the Cole Memorandum. This news was well received by cannabis advocates, lawmakers and industry leaders who were reluctant on what to make of William Barr's stance towards cannabis legalization, particularly after former U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions who was vehemently opposed to any forms of cannabis legislation, to the point of rescinding the Obama-era Cole Memorandum in January 2018.
To those unfamiliar with the Cole Memo, it is an invaluable piece of legislation that catapulted the cannabis market into a viable national industry by granting the Justice Department orders to not enforce federal prohibition within states that had "legalized marijuana in some form and… implemented strong and effective regulatory and enforcement systems to control the cultivation, distribution, sale and possession of marijuana." Although full-proof for all practical purposes, the Department of Justice was also granted discretionary leeway to enforce federal prohibition within states that have legalized cannabis, as long as doing so prevents violence related to the cultivation and/or distribution of cannabis, reduces cannabis-related DWI's, and discontinues revenues from getting into the hands of gangs or cartel networks.


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Some Like It Hot Musical Sugar Will Play Theatre Row
Watch the Company of Chicago Wish John Kander a Happy 95th Birthday From 'New York, New York'
7 Times Lauren Bacall Proved Her Musical Theatre Abilities
When Debbie Reynolds and Carrie Fisher Simultaneously Starred on Broadway
Celebrating 2-Time Tony Winner Lauren Bacall
From the Archives From the Archives: Lauren Bacall Returned to Broadway in 1981's Woman of the Year In honor of her birthday, read Bacall's interview with Playbill as she prepared for the March 29 opening night of Kander and Ebb's adaptation of the Hepburn-Tracy classic.
By Fran Weil
Lauren Bacall and cast in Woman of the Year Martha Swope
"Hey, you want a yogurt?... How about some juice?"
Lauren Bacall in Woman of the Year Martha Swope
Lauren Bacall—sultry, sophisticated lady of the screen and stage—is rifling through the contents of the mini-refrigerator in her dressing room, looking for something to quench her thirst. She settles for a fruit juice and drops her lanky, casually clad self into a brown chaise that crowds the room.
It's lunch time but Bacall – back on Broadway, starring in the musical version of Woman of the Year – isn't interested in food.
"I don't eat lunch," she says off-handedly, throwing her head back for a deep swig out of her juice bottle. "In the theatre you don't eat lunch. Ha!" she harrumphs, "in the theatre you're lucky if you eat."
Bacall is not complaining. Not by a long shot.
Ten years ago she put her career on the line for the theatre. That's when she made a bid for admittance into the tight fraternity of professional stage actors. That's when she threw caution to the wind and took center stage in her very first Broadway musical. It was called Applause; it was the musical version of the classic Bette Davis film drama, All About Eve, and there were folks who sat out in the audience, opening night, who really doubted that Bacall would have the stuff in her to make the musical soar.
They were wrong. Bacall's career gamble paid off… in spades.
Through Applause, Lauren Bacall won the Best Actress Tony Award and a new career as a legit stage actress and Broadway asset.
"Listen, I know I'm a goddamn lucky lady," she says of her second chance career as stage star. "I had all those years in Hollywood. And, although I wouldn't say I had a stellar career, I had my times out there."
Indeed, Bacall turned into an instant hit following her movie debut in 1944, opposite leading man (and soon-to-be husband) Humphrey Bogart. That first film was To Have and Have Not, and in it Bacall introduced the smolderingly sensual, temptingly sardonic lady that she would recreate in a string of other films including The Big Sleep, Dark Passage, and Key Largo.
"I was this big hit discovery at 19," the native New Yorker recalls with amusement. "The critics loved me with Bogie in To Have and Have Not." She hoots at the recollection: "Then they wanted me sent back to wherever I came from when they saw me in Confidential Agent. After The Big Sleep came out, I was their darling all over again. I mean, talk about being a ping pong ball.
"Film uses you as long as you can last. And that," says Bacall, "depends on your will and your talent, your luck and your perseverance."
After a while, all of the above began to wane for Bacall. "The movies sloughed me off," she says, matter-of-factly. Most actresses would have taken dismissal as defeat and promptly shriveled into oblivion. But not Bacall. "To survive you've got to be strong. Besides, I don't believe in becoming a victim of whim." So she kept her hand in. Movie here and there. A stage triumph with Cactus Flower, and her critically acclaimed, best selling autobiography, Lauren Bacall By Myself.
Lauren Bacall was not ready for a fadeout. "First of all, I love to work. I wasn't about to give that up. I'm an actress, and I think that's pretty special," says the still handsome 56-year-old woman who's feeling very much at her peak.
"In the theatre I feel as if I'm home and as if I really belong. I never much liked the piecemeal work of movies. What a thrill it is each night to go the whole route with a character and a play. I love the contact with the audience. I love the excitement."
The fact that big-name Broadway talents like John Kander, Fred Ebb, Peter Stone and Robert Moore have come together to tailor a flashy sassy musical specifically for Bacall, doesn't hurt her enthusiasm any.
"Ha!" she laughs. "I guess you'd have to say I'm stage struck. I've been away from Broadway ever since Applause, and God, I missed it. I kept waiting for something right and good to come along. And there wasn't anything … until this. [Producer] Larry Kasha called me and said, 'What do you think about Woman of the Year?' What I thought," she booms, "is 'Wonderful! Terrific!' We got Kander and Ebb, Peter Stone, Bob Moore. I couldn't be working with better people."
Woman of the Year is the musical stage version of the classic 1942 movie that starred Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy. In the stage version, Lauren Bacall is perfectly at home with the role of the dazzling Tess Harding, an extraordinarily successful TV newscaster (a la Barbara Walters), who locks romantic and professional horns with Sam Craig, a crusty-but-loveable newspaper cartoonist.
Even the pressure to succeed and make this big-money Broadway vehicle a smash hit doesn't get Betty Bacall down. "Listen," she says, levelly. "It's never going to be perfect first time out. You take it out-of-town knowing it's too long, knowing there are changes to be made.
"You make those changes after you start playing to an audience. Out-of-town is the great experiment. And, yeah, it's tiring. And sure, I get tense and nervous. But I'm always nervous before I go on. I honestly don't know how not to be. Still, I'm more in control now, mainly because I proved myself. I proved I could do Applause, I proved I belonged. My peers welcomed me after they realized I wasn't an impostor or just a Hollywood lady dipping into an experience in the theatre. Not that any of that has turned my head." Bacall insists. "I have never had a big ego. Only imbeciles have giant egos. But I am sure secure about my work, and about what I'm doing on the stage. Ah, but you should see me before the curtain goes up. My hands shake and my lips twitch and I have this stomach ache. I say 'Why are we doing this?' And then the music comes up… and the lights go down… and the curtain rise, and the people are out there and you know why. Theatre is magic. It's what takes us all out of the kitchen of life we're trapped in. It's what makes us reach for something better.
"You know what? I love getting out there and giving 500 percent of myself each performance. It's tough work but you develop such pride in what you do and in who you are. I'm disciplined about working. You bet! It's part of being a professional actor. God, I think actors are terrific. They are brave, aren't they. I mean, they get out there eight times a week and put their lives on the line. And people think we're freaks. Sure, people invite us to their parties. Actors are terrific to decorate the room. But do we really want to take them seriously? Well… we take the work seriously. And I just stay home from those parties where I know I'm invited to decorate the walls. That's one of the advantages of getting older," says Bacall, "You can say no and you don't have to please everyone, and you can save you energies for what's important: the performance."
As for all the attendant star stuff that comes with having your name in lights, above the title on the marquee, Lauren Bacall claims their lures are not for her.
"I feel I've earned the right to say I don't like it, if something comes up in the show, and that's a tremendous advantage. But no, I refuse to think about myself as The Star." She says it with mock awe. "That's boring and I'm not interested. I want to do good work with good actors. The point of this profession is to share the experience and the fun. I'm not of the school that says a show should be built all around a person. One-star vehicles are for the birds," Bacall insists. "Besides, you look a damn sight better with good people around you than with bad."
"Naw," she says in that trademark throaty voice of hers, as she finally drains the juice bottle she's been nursing. "You can keep the star stuff. I know I have to show up eight times a week. But hell," Bacall laughs, "I'd do that if I were in the chorus line!"
Look Back at Lauren Bacall in Woman of the Year on Broadway
The show opened March 29, 1981 at the Palace Theatre.
Lauren Bacall and Eivind Harum in rehearsal
Lauren Bacall and Harry Guardino in rehearsal
Lauren Bacall and Harry Guardino
Lauren Bacall and Marilyn Cooper
Harry Guardino
Harry Guardino and Lauren Bacall
Helon Blount, Lauren Bacall, and Marian Harladson
Lauren Bacall and Eivind Harum
Lauren Bacall and cast
Martha Swope/©NYPL for the Performing Arts
Celebrating Two-Time Tony Winner Lauren Bacall
Check Out Rarely-Seen Personal Shots of Backstage Life On Broadway! Barbra Streisand, Diana Ross, Robin Williams, Lucille Ball, Ethel Merman and More!


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The redhead (Aythya americana) is a medium-sized diving duck. The scientific name is derived from Greek aithuia, an unidentified seabird mentioned by authors including Hesychius and Aristotle, and Latin americana, of America. The redhead is  long with an  wingspan. Redhead weight ranges from 2.0 to 2.5 lbs (907-1134 g), with males weighing an average of 2.4 lbs (1089 g) and females weighing an average of 2.1 lbs (953 g). It belongs to the genus Aythya, together with 11 other described species. The redhead and the common pochard form a sister group which together is sister to the canvasback.

The redhead goes by many names, including the red-headed duck and the red-headed pochard.  This waterfowl is easily distinguished from other ducks by the male's copper coloured head and bright blue bill during the breeding season.

Taxonomy and phylogeny

Taxonomy
The redhead is in the family Anatidae (ducks, swans, geese) and genus Aythya (diving ducks).  There are currently no described subspecies of the redhead.

The two syntype specimens of Fuligula americana Eyton (Monogr. Anat., 1838, p.155) are held in the vertebrate zoology collections of National Museums Liverpool at World Museum, with accession numbers NML-VZ D829 (male immature) and NML-VZ D829a (female adult). The specimens were collected in North America and came to the Liverpool national collection via Thomas Campbell Eyton's collection and the 13th Earl of Derby's collection which was bequeathed to the city of Liverpool.

Phylogeny
The redhead and the common pochard form a sister group which itself is sister to the canvasback. This group is then sister to the monophyletic group consisting of the white-eyes (hardhead, Madagascar pochard, and the sister species ferruginous duck and baer's pochard) and scaups (New Zealand scaup, ring-necked duck, tufted duck, greater scaup, lesser scaup).

Description
The redhead is a pochard, a diving duck specially adapted to foraging underwater. Their legs are placed farther back on the body, which makes walking on land difficult, the webbing on their feet is larger than dabbling ducks and their bills are broader, to facilitate underwater foraging. In addition, pochards have a lobed hind toe. No pochard has a metallic coloured speculum, something that is characteristic of other ducks.

Males

During breeding season, adult males have a copper head and neck, with a black breast. The back and sides are grey, the belly is white and the rump and tail are a light black. Male bills are pale blue with a black tip and a thin ring separating the two colours.  Non breeding males lose the copper colour and instead have brown heads.

Females
Adult females, however, have a yellow to brown head and neck. The breast is brown, the belly is white and the rest of the body is a grey to brown. The female bills are slate with a dark tip that is separated by a blue ring. Females remain the same colour year round.

Distribution
During breeding season, redheads are found across a wide range of North America, from as far north as Northern Canada to the Caribbean. Their preferred areas include the intermontane regions of British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and the Dakotas with some small localities in Ontario, Quebec and southern United States. These pochards then migrate south to winter in warmer climates.  These areas include southern United States where breeding does not occur and extends to Mexico, Guatemala, Cuba, and the Bahamas.  In either season, redheads use wetlands as their main habitat.

Habitat
Small, semi-permanent wetlands in non-forested country where the water is deep enough to provide dense emergent vegetation is considered ideal breeding habitat for redheads.  When wintering, redheads switch to large areas of water near the coast that are protected from wave action but can also be found in reservoirs, lakes, playa wetlands, freshwater river deltas, coastal marshes, estuaries and bays.

Predators
Redheads do not have many predators and are most likely to die of disease or indirect human impact. These ducks are considered less desirable as table fare than their puddle duck cousins like the mallard; however, their beautiful plumage makes them a targeted species for waterfowl hunters looking to focus on diving ducks.  Adults can be preyed upon by northern river otters, red-tailed hawks, great horned owls, bald eagles, golden eagles and to a greater extent, minks.  Most predation comes in the form of duckling predation and egg foraging.  Northern pike and snapping turtles are known to eat ducklings whereas skunks, minks, crows and magpies will steal and eat redhead eggs.

Population status
The North American Waterfowl Management Plan for redheads is 760,000 North American birds.  The population size has increased in the past few decades to well over 1.4 million birds.  Redheads make up 2% of North America's duck population and only 1% of its harvested ducks.  Populations may be stable because of restrictive bag limits for the species.  In addition, the species uses semi-permanent and permanent wetlands to breed and these habitats are less likely to be affected by drought.  For future management of the species, organizations are looking into wetland conservation.

Behaviour

Migration

Spring
Redheads leave their winter range in late January and February with all birds migrating by mid-March. In western North America, migrants begin arriving in Oregon, British Columbia and Colorado in February. In central North America, migrants arrive as soon as temperatures open wetlands and lakes, which can range from late February (Nebraska) to early May (Alberta, Manitoba and Iowa). In the Great Lakes region and north-eastern North America, migrants will also arrive as soon as bodies of water open up.

Fall
Western birds migrate through Great Basin to the Pacific Coast. In British Columbia, fall migration begins in September and continues through October. The Great Salt Lake region is of particular importance to migrants in western United States. Central North American redheads will begin migrating earlier, around August/September and go through the Great Plains to the Texas coast.  Eastern populations will migrate through the Great Lakes region to the Atlantic Coast or Florida from October to November. Most redheads winter along the Gulf of Mexico (offshore Louisiana, Florida and Mexico) however eastern populations will winter in South Carolina.

Reproduction

Mating

Redheads flock together on lakes and other bodies of water but will migrate in pairs, which are formed in December or January through elaborate courtship rituals. Unpaired redheads will migrate together in a 'courting party' that can be up to 25 individuals strong and hopefully find a mate within the group. The pair bonds are established yearly through a long courtship process. Males begin this process through neck-kinking and head throwing displays while emitting a cat-like call. The male will continue by initiating a neck-stretching display while producing a cough like call, a display and vocalization in which the females reciprocates. If interested, the female will herself produce inciting calls towards the male while performing alternate lateral and chin lifting movements. The male then swims ahead of her and turns the back of his head towards the female.  Once courtship is finished, the two birds are paired for the year.  Eventually, the male initiates copulation by alternating bill dipping and preening dorsally towards the female, an action in which the female might return to the male.

Nesting
Once copulation is completed, female redheads begin forming nests.  They are built with thick and strong plant material in emergent vegetation, such as hard stem bulrush, cattails and sedges, over or near standing water.  Redheads do not defend their territory or home range and are actually very social while in their breeding ground. This is thought to occur because some younger, inexperienced redhead females parasitize other pochards. Some redheads lay their eggs in other pochards' nests, including the canvasback, ring-necked duck and greater and lesser scaups and this social parasitism by redheads reduces the hatching success of other pochards' eggs, especially those of the canvasback. In contrast, because of the parasitic relationship between the redhead and other pochards, redhead hybrids with the ring-necked duck, canvasback and the greater and lesser scaups have been found.  Canvasback x redhead hybrids can be fertile.  Brood sizes range from 5-7 young, with the mother abandoning the chicks at 8 weeks old, before they are capable of flying.  They remain flightless for another 2–4 weeks.

Vocalizations
There is little information on redhead vocalizations outside of breeding calls.  Males will emit calls when courting the female.  When the neck is fully extended in the neck-stretching display, males will emit a distinct wheee-oww, which sounds catlike.  Males may also produce a soft coughing call, although this call is less frequent.  Females will emit a soft errrr note when she is inciting a male.

Feeding habits
All pochards have similar diets that include both plant and animal materials.  Redheads undergo a niche switch when breeding and when wintering.  During the breeding season, redheads will eat as much animal matter as possible, including gastropods, mollusks and insect larvae.  They will eat the occasional grass and other emergent vegetation.  However, once they fly south, redheads will change their diet to include mostly plant material, including pondweeds, wild rice, wild celery, wigeon grass, bulrushes, muskgrass and shoal grass.

Gastropods known as food of Aythya americana include: Acteocina canaliculata, Acteon punctostriatus, Anachis avara, Anachis obesa, Caecum nitidum, Calliostoma sp., Cerithidea pliculosa, Cerithium lutosum, Crepidula convexa, Diastoma varium, Melanella sp., Mitrella lunata, Nassarius acutus, Nassarius vibex, Natica sp., Neritina virginea, Odostomia trifida, Olivella minuta, Olivella watermani, Polinices sp., Pyramidellidae, Pyrgocythara plicosa, Rissoina catesbyana, Sayella livida, Turbonilla sp., Turbonilla interrupta and Vitrinella sp.

References

External links

Redhead Species Account - Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Redhead - Aythya americana - USGS Patuxent Bird Identification InfoCenter

Sound, Sound metadata Macaulay Library, Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Aythya
Birds of North America
Birds of Mexico
Birds of the Greater Antilles
Birds of the Bahamas
Birds of Canada
Birds of the Turks and Caicos Islands
Birds of Bermuda
Birds described in 1838
Taxa named by Thomas Campbell Eyton