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Dissection of Vertebrates
Gerardo De Iuliis, Dino Pulera
editore: Academic Press
Detailed and concise dissection directions, updated valuable information and extraordinary illustrations make The Dissection of Vertebrates, 3rd Edition the new ideal manual for students in comparative vertebrate anatomy, as well as a superb reference for vertebrate and functional morphology, vertebrate paleontology, and advanced level vertebrate courses, such as in mammalogy, ornithology, ichthyology, and herpetology. This newly revised edition of the most comprehensive manual available continues to offer today's more visually oriented student with a manual combining pedagogically effective text with high-quality, accurate and attractive visual references. This new edition features updated and expanded phylogenetic coverage, revisions to the illustrations and text of the lamprey, shark, perch, mudpuppy, frog, cat, pigeon, and reptile skull chapters, and new sections on amphioxus or lancelet (Branchiostoma, Cephalochodata), a sea squirt (Ciona, Urochordata), shark musculature, a gravid shark, shark embryo, cat musculature, and the sheep heart. Using the same systematic approach within a systemic framework as the first two editions, The Dissection of Vertebrates, 3rd Edition covers several animals commonly used in providing an anatomical transition sequence. Nine animals are covered: amphioxus, sea squirt, lamprey, shark, perch, mudpuppy, frog, cat, and pigeon, plus five reptile skulls, two mammal skulls, and the sheep heart. Seven detailed vertebrate dissections, providing a systemic approach Includes carefully developed directions for dissection Original, high-quality award-winning illustrations Clear and sharp photographs Expanded and updated features on phylogenetic coverage New sections on: amphioxus (Cephalochordata) sea squirt (Urochordata) shark musculature gravid shark shark embryo cat musculature sheep heart
Laboratory Procedures for Veterinary Technicians
Margi Sirois
editore: Elsevier
Ensure you're at your clinical best! Laboratory Procedures for Veterinary Technicians, 7th Editioncovers the broad spectrum of laboratory procedures that veterinary technicians need to perform effectively in the practice setting. Comprehensive content presents the fundamentals of microbiology, hematology, urinalysis, immunology, and cytology, along with the laboratory procedures used to perform the most widely used tests such as complete blood count, urinalysis, and immunologic assays. This thoroughly updated edition includes an expanded Quality Control and Record Keeping chapter along with the latest advances in veterinary clinical procedures to prepare you for real-life laboratory work. Comprehensive coverage gives you a solid foundation in the fundamentals of microbiology, hematology, urinalysis, immunology, and cytology, along with the laboratory procedures used to perform related tests. Provides the latest information needed to successfully perform a broad spectrum of laboratory tests, including complete blood count, urinalysis, and immunologic assays. Step-by-step procedure boxes offer quick access to the skills you must perform during your educational program, as well as procedures that are commonly performed by vet techs in private practice. A comprehensive glossary of terms at the end of the text offers accurate, concise definitions. Vet Tech Threads provide you with introductions, suggested readings, boxed technician notes, learning objectives, chapter outlines, key terms, and a glossary for easy navigation through chapters and more focused learning. NEW! Completely updated content throughout reflects the latest advances in veterinary clinical laboratory procedures for improved patient service and higher practice revenue. NEW! Thoroughly updated and expanded Quality Control and Record Keeping chapter ensures you have the most current information in this vital area. UPDATED! Immunology section includes the latest information in this fast-growing veterinary technology area.
Electrocardiography of Laboratory Animals
Jeffrey W. Richig, Meg M. Sleeper
editore: Academic Press Inc
Electrocardiography of Laboratory Animals, Second Edition, is the only publication covering electrocardiography of laboratory animals. With countries instituting requirements for the care of laboratory animals in research, this publication offers a standard on performing and analyzing ECGs. Topics covered include safety electrocardiography, toxicology, safety pharmacology, and telemetry, all important areas of discussion for biological and medical researchers, veterinarians, zoologists, and students who need to understand the electrocardiography of five species of animals used in research: canines, nonhuman primates, mini pigs, rodents (rats and mice), rabbits and cats.
Interpretation of Equine Laboratory Diagnostics
Jill Higgins, Nicola Pusterla
editore: Wiley-Blackwell
Interpretation of Equine Laboratory Diagnostics offers a comprehensive approach to equine laboratory diagnostics, including hematology, clinical chemistry, serology, body fluid analysis, microbiology, clinical parasitology, endocrinology, immunology, and molecular diagnostics. Offers a practical resource for the accurate interpretation of laboratory results, with examples showing real-world applications Covers hematology, clinical chemistry, serology, body fluid analysis, microbiology, clinical parasitology, endocrinology, immunology, and molecular diagnostics Introduces the underlying principles of laboratory diagnostics Provides clinically oriented guidance on performing and interpreting laboratory tests Presents a complete reference to establish and new diagnostic procedures
Gli esami di laboratorio. Indicazioni, esecuzione, interpretazione. Cane e gatto
Elizabeth Villiers, Jelena Ristic
editore: Edra
La praticità che caratterizza i manuali della BSAVA ha reso questo volume un riferimento nella pratica clinica: quali esami diagnostici devono essere fatti e con quale priorità, come devono essere eseguiti e interpretati. Il volume affronta sia gli aspetti tecnici legati alla diagnostica di laboratorio che gli aspetti diagnostici-interpretativi in relazione ai diversi quadri patologici. Rispetto all'edizione precedente sono stati rinnovati in particolare i capitoli dedicati all'ematologia e alle malattie cardiache e genetiche ; i casi riportati alla fine di ogni capitolo costituiscono un continuo rimando alla pratica professionale e sono di grande utilità anche per il veterinario in formazione.
The Laboratory Bird
Douglas K Taylor, Karen R. Strait
editore: CRC Press Inc
Laboratory animals, including birds, play an important role in biomedical research. The humane care and management of these animals is an ongoing concern. A new addition to the acclaimed Laboratory Animal Pocket Reference series, The Laboratory Bird is the first publication dedicated to the care and use of avian species in the research setting. Covering avian species such as chickens, ducks, doves, parrots, and songbirds that are commonly used as research models, the book is divided into focused chapters that cover a broad range of topics, including: * General avian biology and physiology * Husbandry * Regulations and regulatory compliance regarding the use of birds in research * Experimental methods * Veterinary care Along with discussing applicable regulations, the book also details issues of health management and quarantine approaches. The final chapter provides resources such as organizations, publications, vendors, and diagnostic laboratories. With its focus on the care of a diverse group of avian species in biomedical research settings, The Laboratory Bird is a valuable reference for animal care and veterinary technicians, laboratory animal veterinarians, trainees in laboratory animal medicine, and research staff members, as well as individuals involved in laboratory work who lack experience in working with birds.
Gnotobiotic Mouse Technology
An Illustrated Guide
Chriss J. Vowles, Kathryn A. Eaton
editore: CRC Press
The popularity of germ-free animal models, particularly mice, for investigation of human physiology and disease has recently exploded. Gnotobiotic Mouse Technology: An Illustrated Guide provides the first manual for the maintenance, husbandry, and experimental manipulation of germ-free and gnotobiotic mice. It includes information on all aspects of establishing and operating a germ-free mouse research facility, from basic principles and equipment to detailed instructions for assembling and maintaining isolators, sterilizing supplies, handling animals, and monitoring sterility. The book breaks down techniques and procedures into modules, each of which contains a step-by-step practical and visual guide to a set of related procedures. Each description consists of a materials list, introduction, and general overview, followed by a thoroughly illustrated walkthrough of the steps for each procedure. The descriptions end with troubleshooting tips. Technical chapters are heavily illustrated and include notations of potential pitfalls and alternatives. Other chapters discuss management procedures and practices such as the hiring and training of personnel, setting fee schedules, and record keeping. This book is a landmark resource for establishing and maintaining a facility for germ-free mouse research. Useful to both technicians and investigators, it presents every step necessary to establish a successful facility. It also gives direction in expanding multi-user facilities and applying new technologies to your current practices.
Laboratory Animal and Exotic Pet Medicine
Principles and Procedures
This combination text and lab manual provides clinically relevant coverage of laboratory animal medicine and procedures. It covers a variety of species, including rats, mice, guinea pigs, hamsters, rabbits, gerbils, ferrets, nonhuman primates, and in a separate chapter, nontraditional lab animals, such as swine, chinchillas, armadillos, reptiles, amphibians, bats, farm animals, and dogs and cats. Coverage of each species is presented in a consistent format that includes taxonomy, anatomy and physiology, uses in biomedical research, reproduction, behavior, husbandry, restraint and handling, identification methods, injection techniques, medication administration and anesthesia, blood collection, common diseases, and euthanasia. Other key topics include the laboratory setting, regulatory guidelines, and ethical considerations. The lab manual portion of the book features a variety of exercises and observation sheets.
Clinical Pathology and Laboratory Techniques for Veterinary Technicians
Amy L. MacNeill, Anne M. Barger
editore: John Wiley & Sons Inc
Clinical Pathology and Laboratory Techniques for Veterinary Technicians provides a comprehensive reference of laboratory procedures featuring how-to information as it pertains to small animals, horses, and cattle. An inclusive reference of laboratory procedures pertaining to small animals, horses and cattle Provides information on hematology, hemostasis, clinical chemistry, urinalysis, parasitology, and fecal testing Features high-quality photographs labelled with magnification and stain information, which clearly depict cellular morphology, inclusions and infectious organisms Offers key objectives, technician tip boxes, case examples and a glossary of key terms A companion website provides images from the book for download, instructor questions and answer key to multiple choice questions in the book
Laboratory Manual for Clinical Anatomy and Physiology for Veterinary Technicians
Joanna M. Bassert, Thomas P. Colville
Reinforce the A&P principles you've learned in Clinical Anatomy & Physiology for Veterinary Technicians, 2nd Edition with this practical laboratory resource. Filled with interactive exercises, step-by-step procedure guidelines, and full-color photos and illustrations, this lab manual is designed to help you understand A&P in relation to your clinical responsibilities as a veterinary technician and apply your knowledge in the laboratory setting.
The Laboratory Rabbit, Guinea Pig, Hamster, and Other Rodents
Karla A. Stevens, Mark A. Suckow
The Laboratory Rabbit, Guinea Pig, Hamster, and Other Rodents is a single volume, comprehensive book sanctioned by the American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine (ACLAM), covering the rabbit, guinea pig, hamster, gerbil and other rodents often used in research. This well-illustrated reference won a 2012 PROSE Award for Best Single Volume Reference in Science from the Association of American Publishers. The book includes basic biology, anatomy, physiology, behavior, infectious and noninfectious diseases, husbandry and breeding, common experimental methods, and use of the species as a research model. With many expert contributors, this will be an extremely valuable publication for biomedical researchers, laboratory animal veterinarians and other professionals engaged in laboratory animal science. 2012 PROSE Award winner for Best Single Volume Reference in Science from the Association of American Publishers. It offers one-stop resource for advancements in the humane and responsible care of: rabbit, guinea pig, hamster, gerbil, chinchilla, deer mouse, kangaroo rat, cotton rat, sand rat, and degu. It includes up-to-date, common experimental methods. It is organized by species for easy access during bench research.
Small Animal Clinical Diagnosis by Laboratory Methods
Harold Tvedten, Michael D. Willard
A quick guide to appropriately selecting and interpreting laboratory tests, "Small Animal Clinical Diagnosis by Laboratory Methods, 5th Edition" helps you utilize your in-house lab or your specialty reference lab to efficiently make accurate diagnoses without running a plethora of unnecessary and low-yield tests. It provides answers to commonly asked questions relating to laboratory tests, and solutions to frequently encountered problems in small animal diagnosis. For easy reference, information is provided by clinical presentation and abnormalities, and includes hundreds of tables, boxes, key points, and algorithms. This edition, now in full color, is updated with the latest advances in laboratory testing methods and diagnostic problem solving. Written by noted educators Dr. Michael Willard and Dr. Harold Tvedten, this book may be used as an on-the-spot guide to specific problems or conditions as well as a reference for more detailed research on difficult cases.
Blackwell's Five-minute Veterinary Consult
Laboratory Tests and Diagnostic Procedures
Francis W. K. Smith, Joyce S. Knoll
editore: Iowa State University Press
Blackwell's Five-Minute Veterinary Consult: Laboratory Tests and Diagnostic Procedures: Canine and Feline is a comprehensive, one-stop reference text on diagnostic skills used daily in treating dogs and cats. Chapters cover more than 275 procedures and tests, including blood, urine, and fecal tests and radiographic, ultrasound, and endoscopic procedures. Each topic, written by an expert in the field, provides essential information on related physiology, indications, contraindications, potential complications, and client education. The uniform presentation of information, arranged alphabetically from abdominal radiographs to zinc tests, allows the reader to gain easy access to vital information, making this an ideal reference to be used in a clinical setting.
Planning and Designing Research Animal Facilities
Jack Hessler, Noel Lehner
Research institutions have or are planning to build, expand and renovate animal research facilities to keep up with the demands of biomedical research caused in part by growth in the use of genetically altered rodents and the upsurge of research in infectious diseases. Properly designed facilities greatly facilitate effective management and high-quality day-to-day animal care that is required to optimally support animal research and testing. There are multiple solutions to address the myriad of factors that influence the design and construction of animal research facilities. There is no "best design applicable for all facilities and arguably not even a single "best design for a given facility. For this reason, this is not intended to be a "how to book. The goal is to cover the basic programmatic requirements of animal research facilities, provide ideas for meeting those requirements while, hopefully, stimulating the creative process in which designers in consultation with those who work in animal research facilities generate even better ideas. That is how progress has been made and will continue to be made. * Facilitates communication between the parties involved in planning and designing animal facilities by providing contemporary information, and stimulating creativity that will help lead to wise decisions and advance the knowledge base for planning, design and constructing animal research facilities
Anesthesia and Analgesia in Laboratory Animals
Alicia Karas, Marilyn Brown
Anesthesia and Analgesia in Laboratory Animals focuses on the special anesthetic, analgesic, and postoperative care requirements associated with experimental surgery. Fully revised and updated this new edition provides the reader with agents, methods, and techniques for anesthesia and analgesia that ensure humane and successful procedural outcomes. * Provides researchers with the most comprehensive and up-to-date review of the use of anesthesia and analgesia in laboratory animals * Thoroughly updated with new material on ferrets, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, and invertebrates * Includes hot topic areas such as pain research, ethical issues, legal issues, and imaging studies
Medicina di laboratorio veterinaria: interpretazione e diagnosi
Denny J. Meyer, John W. Harvey
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Laboratory Animal Anaesthesia
Paul A. Flecknell
Laboratory Animal Anesthesia looks at recent significant developments in anesthetic practices in laboratory experiments involving animals. It also provides information about basic standards for proper use of anesthesia. In addition, it examines the equipment and different anesthetic agents that are used in performing an experiment on animals. The book also discusses the profound effects of anesthesia on the physiological aspect of the animals' body systems, such as hypothermia and respiratory depression. The book addresses the proper management and care that should be provided for the animals that undergo anesthesia. Furthermore, it covers different anesthetic procedures that should be used on various kinds of small animals intended for laboratory experiments. The main goal of this book is to provide information about the different anesthetic agents used in experiments, and the proper standards to follow when using anesthetics on lab animals. . New edition provides new information on anesthesia and analgesia, and has an extensively revised and updated bibliography . Provides a balanced consideration of the needs of scientific research and the welfare of laboratory animals . Written by a veterinary anesthetist and scientist with over 30 years' experience in the field, and who is actively engaged in research in this area . Provides rapid, easily accessed information using tabulated summaries . Provides those with limited experience of anesthesia with the information they need to carry our procedures effectively, safely, and humanely . Provides sufficient depth for the more experienced anesthetist moving to this field
Anatomia degli animali da laboratorio. Roditori e lagomorfi
editore: CEA
Veterinary Laboratory Medicine
Interpretation and Diagnosis
Denny Meyer, John W. Harvey
editore: Saunders (W.B.) Co Ltd
This book is designed to indicate which tests are most clinically useful for the dog, cat, horse, and ruminant, with suggestions for diagnostic applications and interpretations of results. It provides differential diagnostic considerations using algorithms and tables. Practical, clinically-oriented, user-friendly information is ideal for the instruction and diagnostic application of the elements that comprise laboratory medicine.


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'Catfish' host accused of sexual harassment
MTV's "Catfish" is on hold from production after a former guest on the show accuses host and executive producer Nev Schulman of sexual harassment.
Posted: May 18, 2018 7:59 PM
MTV has put production of its reality series "Catfish" on hold as host and executive producer Nev Schulman faces allegations of sexual harassment.
"We take these allegations very seriously," an MTV spokesperson said in a statement. "We're working with Critical Content, our third-party production company, to conduct a thorough investigation and we've put a pause on shooting until the investigation is completed."
CNN has reached out to Critical Content for comment.
The investigation comes days after a former guest on the reality show posted videos on YouTube, alleging she was the recipient of sexually charged language and that she was repeatedly asked about her sexual orientation.
CNN has reached out to the woman for further comment but has not verified her allegations.
"The behavior described in this video did not happen," Schulman said in a statement to CNN. "I'm fortunate that there are a number of former colleagues who were present during this time period who are willing to speak up with the truth. I have always been transparent about my life and would always take responsibility for my actions -- but these claims are false."
Schulman, 33, has been the co-host of "Catfish" on MTV since 2012. The show is based on his and producing partner Max Joseph's 2010 documentary of the same name.
"Catfish" follows Schulman and Joseph as they help people who believe they've been duped into having a relationship with a person they met on the internet who is not who they claim to be.
MTV suspends 'Catfish' production
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Deep Dive: Giving USA 2018
Jay Angeletti
Giving USA Foundation has released its highly anticipated annual report on giving, and 2017 was the most charitable year yet. According to the report, giving reached $410.02 billion, a 5.25% increase over 2016 and an all-time high. Individuals accounted for the largest share of giving at 70% of the total. The economy is strong, the S&P 500 index is at record levels, and charities are more accessible than ever before. While record giving is a positive sign for the nonprofit industry, a few shifts in the landscape merit attention.
1) Charitable giving has been bolstered by larger gifts, not more gifts.
While individual giving increased, mirroring the same rate as disposable income at 2%, participation was lower. Only 56% of American households made a charitable gift in 2017, down from 66% in 2000. This means the increase in total dollars is due to larger gifts, not more gifts. Last year, "mega-gifts," defined by Giving USA as above the threshold of $300 million, totaled $4.1 billion.
When we consider that individual giving comprised 70% of the total, that bequests (9%) are made by individuals, and that foundations (16%) are largely established and controlled by individuals, it is clear that the stewardship of relationships with donors and prospects is the key to success.
2) Donor advised funds continue to rise in popularity while new research provides insights on giving patterns.
This year, the Giving USA Foundation partnered with the Indiana University's Lilly Family School of Philanthropy to analyze where donor-advised fund dollars go, a question that had previously been difficult to answer.
Interesting trends emerged in education and religion, the two leading sectors receiving charitable dollars. The Data on Donor-Advised Funds report showed that the education subsector received 28 percent of dollars granted from donor-advised funds from 2012-2015, while giving to education only comprised 15 percent of all charitable contributions in the same time period. Conversely, religious organizations received 14 percent of donor advised fund grant dollars, and 32 percent of total giving in the same time period.
DAFs pose a unique set of challenges to fundraising individuals – funding priorities are hard to identify, reaching and engaging DAF donors can be challenging, and DAFs can present a barrier at times between donors and nonprofit organizations. While there is much more to learn about DAFs, one thing is for certain; fundraisers should treat donors who give through DAFs the same way as individuals who make outright personal gifts. It is important to maintain strong relationships with individual DAF donors – not sponsoring organizations.
3) Giving to education continues to rise – and attract major philanthropists.
The education subsector received 11%-14% of the total recipient contributions in the past four decades, and in 2017 the total amount contributed to education reached its highest inflation-adjusted value ever. According to The Chronicle of Philanthropy's Philanthropy 50, colleges and universities received the second-highest share of the $14.7 billion that America's wealthiest donors contributed to charity in 2017 at $1.8 billion (or 12.5%).
Giving to education has been bolstered by mega-gifts, including investments by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, and $150 million in support for educational initiatives from philanthropist Charles Butt. As mentioned above, education received the largest share of donor advised dollars. Philanthropy in education is expected to remain strong – billion-dollar+ campaigns are on the rise at higher education institutions, schools are adopting revolutionary opportunities for giving, and there is more collaboration between donors and institutions than ever before.
4) Disasters at home spurred new patterns of giving.
Giving to all sectors increased, except giving to international affairs which declined by 4%. The decline is largely due to donors who chose to give to the unprecedented natural disasters at home rather than abroad. The spike in corporate giving to 8% of the total is also attributed in part to corporations who gave to disaster relief efforts for Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria; the North Bay (CA) wildfires; the Mexico City earthquake; and the mass shooting in Las Vegas, NV. Giving online, crowdfunding, and high-profile events and sponsorships drove the response. While it's too soon to tell what the longer-term impact will be, it's possible that the rise of giving through digital mechanisms in response to disasters will give way to increased use of these tools overall.
Will the upward giving trend continue? What will the 2018 philanthropic climate tell us? While it is too early to measure the new tax law's impact, the changes present opportunities to reach out, provide information, and engage donors. Relationship building and stewardship continue to be your most valuable tools!
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A development executive with more than 30 years of experience, Jay launched The Angeletti Group, LLC (TAG) in 2006 – a consulting firm designed to partner with clients engaged in independent and higher education, healthcare and academic medicine, and community building initiatives. Jay received his B.A. from Lake Forest College and studied public administration and nonprofit management at the University of Connecticut.
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Inspired by the true story of Gary Webb — the San Jose Mercury News reporter known for a controversial series of articles suggesting a link between the CIA, the California crack epidemic and the Nicaraguan Contras — this slightly overheated drama begins and ends with innuendo. In between is a generous schmear of insinuation.
The movie starts like a documentary, with a montage of anti-drug sound bites from the 1980s, mixed with archival news footage of the war in Nicaragua. Delivered by the likes of President Reagan and his wife, Nancy, these "Just Say No"-era clips set up the audience for the film's central premise: that the U.S. government only paid lip service to the War on Drugs while turning a blind eye to — if not actually condoning — the sale of Central American cocaine to our inner-city youth. The rationale goes as follows: As long as the drug proceeds were being funneled back to support Nicaragua's CIA-sponsored freedom fighters — i.e., the "good" guys — the ends justified the means.
This, of course, was also the central premise of Webb's 1996 "Dark Alliance" series, which originally appeared on the Mercury News Web site under a logo featuring a crack pipe superimposed on the CIA seal. Subtle? No. But it helped drive home — maybe even to skew — Webb's message in a way that would blind some readers to its underlying truths, while ultimately destroying him.
That, in a nutshell, is the point of "Kill the Messenger": Webb was right, but railroaded.
It isn't just other newspapers that are presented as villains in "Kill the Messenger." Webb's own editors, Jerry Ceppos and Anna Simons, played by Oliver Platt and Mary Elizabeth Winstead, are depicted as craven and disloyal for their refusal to defend Webb, who was banished to the newspaper's Cupertino bureau after questions about his reporting began to surface, and who soon quit. As for the CIA, the agency is portrayed as a gang of goons that stoops to intimidation and, it is strongly implied, worse in their effort to silence Webb, who killed himself in 2004.
"Kill the Messenger" should nevertheless appeal to Washington audiences. Despite some back story about friction in Webb's relationship with his wife (Rosemarie DeWitt), the film stays mainly in the web of intrigue that binds government and media in a relationship of symbiotic dysfunction. It's an "All the President's Men" that's more tragic than triumphal, with a hero who gets taken down, leaving the bad guys standing.
R. At area theaters. Contains obscenity and drug content. 112 minutes.


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ColorID will co-host a Campus Identity Summit at Harvard University, on Tuesday December 9th. The Summit agenda will feature a content rich, interactive format with panel discussions, insights and vision from industry and institutional experts. This exclusive event for only 75 attendees will be a single day experience tailored to those working in the Higher Education Campus Card Industry.
Danny Smith of ColorID stated, "We're extremely pleased to be back on Harvard's campus to discuss the newest identification technologies and trends with some of the foremost campus technology experts from across the US.
Harvard University has been a great institutional partner of ColorID for many years and we appreciate the opportunity to collaborate in such a prestigious academic setting."
David Stallsmith of ColorID emphasized the interactive nature of the event, saying "In addition to presenting industry news, we are designing the agenda to allow a lot of focused discussion among everyone in attendance. Be sure to bring your campus identity stories, experiences and questions."
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Alpine World Cups head to Lake Louise and Aspen!
ALPINE SKI WORLD CUP. All eyes will be turning to North America where the traditional Audi FIS Ski World Cup Organisers in Lake Louise (CAN) and Aspen (Colorado, USA) will be hosting the first races of the 2012/13 season in North America.
Ski coaches watch as Austrian skier Klaus Kroell takes air past a gate during alpine skiing training for the Men's World Cup downhill in Lake Louise, Alberta, November 22, 2012. (Photo: REUTERS/Mike Blake)
The fastest male skiers in the world including Austria' Klaus Kröll and Norway's Aksel Lund Svindal who captured the 2011/12 speed globes in downhill and super-G respectively, will be racing in the heart of the picturesque Canadian Rocky Mountains on 24th-25th November. The men's Lake Louise World Cup represents the first speed events of the season and Canada's highest-profile alpine ski race.
The teams have been waking to thick layers of fresh snow in the past few days. "For the weekend, I believe we could see a drop in temperatures and more snow here in Lake Louise," Uwe Gramann, the professional Metereologist in charge of the forecast for the Lake Louise races said.
A weekend of thrilling action will also be taking place in Aspen, Colorado (USA) with the ladies' tech races in giant slalom and slalom set for 26th-27th November. A high-class starting field including last year's World Cup giant slalom and slalom champions Viktoria Rebensburg (GER) and Marlies Schild (AUT) have announced their participation, while persistent health problems continue to make the participation of reigning World Cup champion Lindsey Vonn (USA) uncertain.
After Aspen, the ladies will move on to their first speed events of the season in Lake Louise on 30th November and 1st December, while the men will continue with downhill, super-G and giant slalom competitions at the 2015 FIS World Champs venue in Beaver Creek (USA) from 30th-November-2nd December.
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Max Franz leads first downhill training of the season
LAKE LOUISE, Canada – Despite the worries that the history might repeat itself and that as last year the first downhill training of the season might not happen, everything went according to plan in Lake Louse on Wednesday morning.
The snowfalls over the past couple of days left their toll on the racecourse and there was a consensus on the conditions in the finish area – soft and slow.
Max Franz from Austria managed to be the least slow of all, with a time of 1 minute 50.65 he walked away from the first training 0.37 seconds ahead of teammate and last year's discipline title winner Klaus Kroell. Third fastest in today's training, .87, behind Franz, was Adrien Theaux who seems to appreciate the slope as he was third in last year's super G in Lake Louise. Home favorite Erik Guay finished in fourth.
"I am happy with my run, it's soft and it felt slow but I seem to have found a good line down. It's only the first training and there is a while to go until we race on Saturday," Franz said.
Theaux had a good preparation period and didn't seem to be bothered by the conditions.
"We trained in Ushuaia where conditions were good to Portillo where there was hardly any snow. It's funny to come here and have as much, but this is Lake Louise and I guess it wouldn't be normal if it were any different," the French skier said.
Joking with his teammate Johan Clarey who finished ninth today, Theaux seemed to appreciate the easy start of the speed season.
"Even though it might get bumpy for higher numbers, for us starting at the front it was easy – the speed was not to high which is not necessarily a bad thing for the first training. As long as this is not as fast as I will go…"
As it's common during first trainings, today's results might not necessarily reflect what we will see happening on race days. A lot of skiers chose to stand up well before the finish line, influencing their final times.
The weather forecast calls for a clear sky and favorable temperatures thought the night during tomorrow's second training which hopefully will help the surface on the race course get more compact, something all racers are looking forward to.
Second training is scheduled for 11.30 local time (19.30 CET), stay tuned for the developments as things will be heating up before the first race on Saturday.
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Lake Louise at its best for second downhill training
LAKE LOUISE, Canada – Skiers were greeted by perfect conditions for the second Downhill training in Lake Louise. The Canadian resort was at its best to host the second downhill training of the season. With a time of 1 minute, 51.43 seconds, last year's super G winner title and Lake Louise race winner Aksel Lund Svindal was the man to beat today.
The Austrian team kept the momentum going by taking second, third and fourth place – Georg Streitberger finished 0.13 seconds behind Svindal, Klaus Kroell, second fastest in the first training moved one place back finishing third, .38 seconds behind and Joachim Puchner was the last within half a second behind the leader with .48 seconds out.
Five centimeters of fresh snow overnight didn't impact the race course as the cold temperatures helped harden the base. If yesterday all racers agreed that the course was slow and soft, during the second training everyone seemed happy with how things were developing.
An interesting fact was that even though the course might have felt faster, Svindal's time was .78 seconds slower in comparison to the best time clocked by Max Franz during the first training. The Austrian finished ninth in today's training, almost a second and a half slower than his time on Wednesday.
"Today it was a completely different story on the slope, the snow is more compact and it was fun to ski. I must admit that I was a little surprised with the times at first – but it actually makes sense if you think of it, the new snow is the "squeaky" one and it's slower," Puchner explained a possible reason.
With only one more training to go, things are looking good for the races this weekend. The weather might get tricky on Friday here in Lake Louise, but with two training in very different conditions under their belts the racers are ready to show what they've got this weekend.
If the first training might have been a test run and a first chance to get everything set up, Thursday one could sense the race jitters slowly building up among the teams.
The only taint to an otherwise perfect day was a crash by Swiss skier Daniel Albrecht. Wearing bib number 67, he crashed into the nets and was airlifted to the medical station. An update will be provided on his condition as soon as it becomes available.
Tomorrow's training is scheduled for 11.30 local (19.30 CET) and after that it will officially be SPEED TIME!
***UPDATE – The Swiss Ski Federation provided an update on Daniel Albrecht following his crash during Thursday's training run – the skier suffered an injury to the left knee and has been transported to a hospital in Calgary for further evaluation.
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UKTV GOLD to invest millions in new comedies
Thursday 16th February 2012, 11:45am
Comedy repeats channel GOLD is to produce a raft of its own original shows, it has been reported.
According to trade magazine Broadcast, the station - still best known by its original name, UK Gold - has secured a budget running into "double-digit millions" to create a raft of new comedy shows over the next two years. The channel is looking to develop a mix of panel shows, sketch shows, sitcoms and comedy dramas.
The move follows the notable successes of GOLD's sister station, Dave, and Sky1, the latter of which is now investing £600m a year in creating new British shows such as sitcom Spy, comedy drama Stella and panel show A League Of Their Own.
Dave, also owned by UKTV and originally known as UK Gold 2, has had success in resurrecting 1990s cult sitcom hit Red Dwarf, a new series of which has just been filmed. The channel also has hits in stand-up showcase series Dave's One Night Stand, which is also to return later this year, and panel show Argumental.
The first batch of new shows for GOLD are expected in the latter half of this year, with the channel set to mark its 20th anniversary on 1st November. Originally formed as a 50-50 ownership venture between the BBC and Thames Television - which was to lose its ITV franchise on 1st January 1993 - to showcase the burgeoning classic programme catalgoues of both, what has grown into the multi-channel UKTV network is now wholly owned by BBC Worldwide, the corporation's commercial arm.
Previous original GOLD programming has been limited to documentaries and clip shows related to the classic series that air on the channel. Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened, Fry And Laurie: Reunited, The Royle Family Portraits and, most recently, Sitcom Does..., are amongst the most recent such productions. However, this new announcement concerns a bigger investment, with the aim being to create hit new comedy shows.
UKTV executive Jane Rogerson emphasised to Broadcast that the commissions would be high-quality, as "they'd need to sit confidently alongside classics such as Only Fools And Horses and The Vicar Of Dibley." She added: "GOLD is well entrenched in the UK's psyche as the home of national treasure comedies, so we cannot afford to look cheap next to those programmes. It's important that anything we order continues that love and feel, but we don't want to look back; we want a contemporary stamp on the channel."
Commissioning editor Sarah Fraser comments: "There's never been a better time to invest in homegrown comedy. Comedians are selling out arena tours, being cast in the West End and on the big screen here and in the US."
News about the first new commissions for the channel is expected during the summer.
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Teresa Giudice Ends Feud With Caroline Manzo Amid Split From Joe?
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Dec. 21 2019, Updated 10:56 p.m. ET
Is Teresa Giudice reaching out to frenemies for comfort after her split from husband Joe? Or does she need the return of an old co-star to juice TV ratings?
Teresa and her former The Real Housewives of New Jersey co-star Caroline Manzo are apparently doing a project together, PEOPLE has reported.
A fan Instagram account shared a clip of Teresa, 47, seated next to Caroline, 58, at a decorated red table. The two were chatting.
It's unclear what brought the ladies close, as Caroline hasn't appeared on RHONJ since season 5.
But as RadarOnline.com readers know, a source said earlier this year that Bravo bigwig Andy Cohen was begging Caroline to return to the reality TV show.
"Andy has called Caroline so many times trying to get her back on the show," an insider snitched to RadarOnline.com. "He's pushing hard to have her come back."
In October, during her explosive interview with former jailbird Joe, Teresa told Cohen that she blamed their time behind bars on Caroline.
The RHONJ star ripped Caroline, speculating that she was the "rat" that put her and her husband behind bars and ultimately ended with him moving to Italy amid a deportation case.
Caroline hit back, telling her son on his "Dear Albie" podcast about Teresa, "There comes a point in everyone's life when enough is enough. I am at that point with her because I have heard over the years that she has slandered me numerous times on her live shows, numerous times to people that just go up to her on the street, in the press, on reunions. This is not the first time she has made this claim. Those are big words.
"Once in a while you got to take the bully, pull them up by their shirt, pull them into your face and say this is the reality. This is life. I am going to clear things up for you. And that's what I'm doing," Caroline said.
Dissing Teresa even more, Caroline added, "What she says, thinks about me, means nothing….She is just so abrasive, and she has no moral compass. She has said things about me to people that are completely fabricated."
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Reps for Bravo and Teresa's lawyer didn't comment to PEOPLE about the latest report about the two women meeting up.
But as RadarOnline.com has extensively reported, Teresa could need another friend, as she and Joe just separated after 20 years of marriage.
Joe is currently living in Italy, away from Teresa and their four daughters, while he waits for a judge to rule on his deportation case appeal.
"It's so obvious they're not together anymore," a source close to Teresa told RadarOnline.com exclusively. "She doesn't want to go to Italy. She doesn't want to be married to Joe. She likes her life without him."
The writing had been on the wall for months.
"Teresa and Joe are arguing a lot and won't go near each other," a source claimed to RadarOnline.com about their early November reunion in Italy. "All of the photos of them together seem forced."
Rumors of trouble heated up after Teresa said she was not sure if she and the kids would travel across the globe to visit their stranded husband and father for the holidays.
"I don't know yet," Teresa shrugged at iHeartRadio's Jingle Ball concert at Madison Square Garden on Friday, December 13. "We're still deciding. We have a lot going on."
After that, RadarOnline.com confirmed she and Joe had separated.
The disgraced RHONJ husband then took to Instagram to imply he was moving on, writing, "Every next level of your life will demand a different you."
Newly-slim Joe also posted a shirtless video to show he's single and ready to mingle.
Now will Caroline return to RHONJ to stir things up?
"Teresa doesn't want Caroline back, but she doesn't make the decisions on the show," a source told RadarOnline.com.
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NASCON Allied Industries on Monday declared a revenue of N8.59bn for the half year ended June 30, 2016.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that this was against the N6.61bn posted in the comparative period of 2015.
The report is contained in the company's audited result released by the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) in Lagos.
The revenue represented a growth of N1.98bn or 30.10 per cent when compared with figure for 2015.
Its profit before tax stood at N116.39bn against N107.09bn achieved in the comparative period of 2013, an increase of nine per cent.
The company result submitted to the exchange showed that gross profit rose to N3.01bn from N2.06bn recorded in the preceding period.
Profit before tax surged to N1.87bn from N1.52bn achieved in the previous year.
NAN reports that the profit for the year appreciated to N1.27bn from N1.03bn in the corresponding period, representing a growth of N241.0mn or 23 per cent.
The company's total non-current assets dropped to N6.74 bn from N7.04bn, while total assets surged to N19.24 bn from N16.24bn recorded in preceding period of 2015.
NAN reports that the company for the financial year ended Dec. 31, 2015 recorded revenue of N16.18bn against N11.25bn achieved in the corresponding period of 2014.
Its gross profit stood at N4.36bn against N3.79bn in 2014, while profit before tax rose to N3.0bn in contrast with N2.86bn in 2014.
The company's profit for the year increased to N2.11bn compared with N1.87bn achieved in the preceding period of 2014.


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How protesters can protect their health
Recently the nation has experienced protests at a scale and duration not seen in decades. The act of protest has always carried risks: Under previous circumstances, demonstrators and community members have faced the possible dangers of violence, tear gas and arrest. Now, public protests carry the added threat of COVID-19 transmission.
Keck Medicine of USC experts say there are steps that protesters can take to stay as safe and healthy as possible, both physically and mentally.
Acknowledge the trauma
According to many mental health professionals, members of the public have been experiencing significantly more stress than usual. The pandemic, and the economic losses and uncertainty that have come with it, have left many people without much room to tolerate further trauma.
Steven Siegel, MD, psychiatrist with Keck Medicine and chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, pointed out that feeling unheard can add to a person's existing trauma, hurting them even more deeply. He points out that It is crucial to not only listen receptively to those in pain, but to acknowledge and process one's own trauma.
"During turmoil, as always, it is key that we acknowledge and address all forms of trauma, including the psychological trauma caused by racism," Siegel said. "The recent events leading up to protests nationwide have made the call for mental health support all the more urgent across all communities."
Minimize the risk of COVID-19 transmission
"While being outside may dilute the virus, especially if the wind is blowing, it's still important to take basic precautions to reduce the risk of COVID-19," said Neha Nanda, MD, medical director of infection prevention and antimicrobial stewardship for Keck Medicine.
While protesting, it's important to take the following precautions even if one can't stay six feet away from others:
Sanitize your hands, either with soap and water or hand sanitizer, regularly and immediately after touching someone or something, or coughing or sneezing. Carry hand sanitizer with you at all times.
Wear a mask or face covering while outside and around people at all times.
Minimize bringing unnecessary items with you, as you will have fewer items to disinfect later.
Wash all clothes and items you wore or brought immediately after returning home.
Nanda also stresses that participants should self-monitor for symptoms in the days after a demonstration. Signs of COVID-19 to look out for include cough, fever or chills, shortness of breath, muscle aches, headaches, new loss of taste or smell, sore throat, nausea, vomiting or diarrhea. It is crucial for people experiencing any of these symptoms to call a doctor immediately. Nanda also urged people with serious pre-existing conditions to stay home and find alternative ways to show their support.
Avoid tear gas whenever possible
While the name "tear gas" may give the impression of a harmless substance that makes one's eyes water, the impact the gas has on the human body is much more serious.
According to Richard J. Castriotta, MD, a pulmonary critical care physician with Keck Medicine, tear gas sets off a pulmonary reaction that causes severe coughing.
"People should make sure they separate from others when coughing or around those coughing to avoid the spread of COVID-19," he urged.
Respiratory issues are not the only danger: Kimberly Gokoffski, MD, PhD, an ophthalmologist with the USC Roski Eye Institute, stresses the very real danger that tear gas presents to the eyes.
"Tear gas burns the front of the eyes (the cornea), which is the window that allows us to see," she explained. "If the cornea is burned and scarred, it can lead to blindness."
Gokoffski urges those affected by tear gas to flush their eyes with water for at least 30 minutes, making sure to include the area between the eyelid and the cornea. When a sink is not available, use bottled water to flush out the eyes.
Stay prepared for medical emergencies
Protesters are constantly at risk for a range of injuries, whether it's a simple trip-and-fall or being caught in a situation that turns violent. Armand Dorian, MD, MMM, chief medical officer of USC Verdugo Hills Hospital, encourages protesters to pack a first aid kit among their supplies.
He also stresses that those who need immediate medical help — for injuries such as deep cuts requiring stitches, severe asthma attacks or broken bones — should go to their nearest emergency room without delay. Dorian also assures members of the public that emergency departments are set up to prevent the transmission of COVID-19.
"Emergency departments are open and safe for all urgent and emergency needs," he explained. "Hospitals are putting numerous safety practices in place to ensure patients are safeguarded from the possible spread of the coronavirus, so people should feel comfortable going there if needed."
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Q: Has_many association not being seen? activerecord relation error I'm trying to create a new picture record within my gallery.  Users can create one vendor and from there can create many galleries. Each gallery can have many pictures. The problem occurs during the new action when trying to create a new picture through the picture's new view. In doing so, my controller method is...
def new
  @picture = current_account.vendor.galleries.pictures.new
end

However, this returns an undefined method error 'pictures' for the activerecord relation.

NoMethodError in Client::PicturesController#new
  undefined method `pictures' for ActiveRecord::Relation...

Fyi bypassing the association completely via @picture = Picture.new works fine, but I'm trying to scope (hopefully that's the right word) the gallery/vendor & user account appropriately.
What confuses me is that the association seems to work directly through the gallery new/edit form via fields_for & accepts_nestred_attributes_for (@gallery = current_account.vendor.galleries.new is the gallery new method), but dedicated picture creation separate from the gallery edit/new form errors per the earlier text.
I've tried tossing a hardcoded gallery id directly into @picture = current_account.vendor.galleries(:id => 4).pictures.new just as a desperate guess, but pictures remains broken.
I kinda feel like I'm missing something obvious here. Any thoughts?
Thank you for your time.
snipped models...
class Gallery < ActiveRecord::Base
  belongs_to :vendor
  has_many :pictures

    class Picture < ActiveRecord::Base
      belongs_to :vendor
      belongs_to :gallery

(I've verified that the pictures table has a gallery_id:integer column)
snipped routes (client namespace snipped)...

resource :vendor do
 resources :galleries do
   resources :pictures
 end

end

A: If a Vendor has_many :galleries, you need to specify which gallery to create the picture from:
@picture = current_account.vendor.galleries.first.pictures.build

or something else that picks a specific gallery.
[Edit] The correct form of
@picture = current_account.vendor.galleries(:id => 4).pictures.new

would be
@picture = current_account.vendor.galleries.find { |g| g.id == 4 }.pictures.build

You might also try (since galleries is a Relation)
@picture = current_account.vendor.galleries.where(:id => 4).pictures.new


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She's either been haunted by or has hallucinations about a minor 19th C. American painter living in her studio.
Her boyfriend Alan is a drug addict who's currently thinking about making a career out of selling drugs.
And in this original panel, Lu Ann had just heard that The Prairie Conservancy is interested in her wildflower paintings and that it was flying her out to SOUTH DAKOTA!!! Yes, she was this excited about going to SOUTH DAKOTA!!! If you had only one wish, that for an absolutely dream vacation, wouldn't we all want to go to SOUTH DAKOTA!!!?
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Reconstruction and Deconstruction: Ta-Nehisi Coates's We Were Eight Years in Power
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"We were eight years in power. We had built schoolhouses, established charitable institutions, built and maintained the penitentiary system, provided for the education of the deaf and dumb, rebuilt the ferries. In short, we had reconstructed the State and placed it upon the road to prosperity."
– Thomas Miller, South Carolina Congressman, 1895
"The beauty in his [Baldwin's] writing wasn't just style or ornament but an unparalleled ability to see what was before him clearly and then lay that vision, with that same clarity, before the world."
– Ta-Nehisi Coates, We Were Eight Years in Power
The Congressman quoted in the first epigraph was an African-American who, in a futile effort, was attempting to make the case that blacks in the legislature had provided competent government, so why should whites attempt to disenfranchise blacks with poll taxes and literacy tests? It was not necessary for him to add the terrorist attacks from the Klan against blacks who attempted to vote. A few years later the civil rights icon, W.E.B. Du Bois, offered an insightful response: "If there was one thing that South Carolina feared more than bad Negro government, it was good Negro government.'' These two quotations provide the title and the thesis of Ta-Nehisi Coates's latest offering, We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy (One World, 2017). The good government that Obama provided generated a racist backlash in which Donald Trump was the major beneficiary. Coates's book is structured around eight essays, one for each year of the Obama presidency, written originally for The Atlantic, for which he is a national correspondent, and concludes with a blistering epilogue on the white supremacist ideology of Trump in all its "truculent and sanctimonious power."
Each essay is enriched by an "extended blog" at the beginning that puts it in the context of what was happening in America when he wrote it, and what was happening in his own development as a writer. He freely acknowledges that the election of Obama was a boom not only to his career – he spent a lot of time interviewing Obama – but also to those of other African-American writers. These shorter pieces are also enlivened by his retrospective comments, which critique his own essay. For instance, in his first essay, a profile of the conservatism of Bill Cosby, who berates the black community for "blaming the white man," Coates references the purported sexual assaults others were writing about at that time. But they consist of two bland sentences – a rarity for him – buried in a larger paragraph. In his prologue to this essay, he acknowledges his "shame" and "failure" for not elaborating upon "the torrent of rape allegations that swirled around him even then." Had he done so, he could have underscored Cosby's hypocrisy when the latter argued that the younger generation had not lived up to the greatness of the sixties civil rights generation, which includes him.
The second epigraph is Coates's tribute to James Baldwin, whom he regards as a mentor. In his Between the World and Me (2015), which won the National Book Award, is a cri de coeur written in epistolary form addressed to his teenage son after the non-indictment of a police officer who killed a young black man. It is modeled on Baldwin's seminal The Fire Next Time, which Coates read when he was nineteen and now admits he did not fully understand at that time. But he was mesmerized by the beauty of Baldwin's prose. As he later came to appreciate its meaning, Coates recognized that Baldwin's lapidary style cannot be distinguished from the power of his content – a credo that informs his own writing – and that the duty of the writer is to speak with clarity and honesty. Like Baldwin's, Coates's mission has been to grapple with and confront American racism.
As Coates develops his unique voice, he shares with us his "influences – poetry, hip-hop, history, memoir, reportage – [to] produce something original and beautiful." Before writing, he undertakes prodigious research, particularly in history and sociology, inevitably citing a plethora of authors and their books. And he is all over the media: I have seen him interviewed on Charlie Rose and The News Hour on PBS and have heard him on two national programs on the CBC, like Baldwin's ubiquitous presence on television in his day, captured in Raoul Beck's compelling documentary I Am Not Your Negro. Coates is currently one of the most acclaimed public intellectuals, an appellation that embarrasses him even though he is proud of being a black writer for The Atlantic.
Three essays in particular in Eight Years deserve comment. His February 2012 "Why Do So Few Blacks Study the Civil War?" is one of my favourites and resonates with recent news reports. His answer is that apart from current major historians the degradation of black slavery has basically been excluded from the "comforting narrative of tragedy, failed compromise and individual gallantry" promoted in films, Civil War sites and popular discourse. He quotes leading Confederate participants before the Civil War who argue that slavery was essential to their way of life and any attempt to limit it would be intolerable to Confederates. After they lost the war, they changed their tune, proclaiming that there were irreconcilable differences between the industrial north and the agricultural south and that the inability of the national government to compromise led to the tragedy of the war. Anyone who has even a cursory knowledge of the years prior to the war from the 1787 Constitutional Convention onward knows this explanation is patently false. Yet this view continued to be parroted by the historian, Shelby Foote, in Ken Burns's breakthrough 1990 documentary The Civil War, and as recently as John Kelly, the White House chief of staff, in an interview on Fox, an assertion demolished by writers in The New York Times and The New Yorker.
Coates's criticism of Burns's Civil War extends to the reverence shown to southern generals, one in particular who was a slave trader and a Klansman and likely condoned a massacre of black Union soldiers who were surrendering. Yet Foote describes Nathan Bedford Forrest as "one of the most attractive men who ever walked through the pages of history." Coates might have said much more about that series, although he would have had to acknowledge that the first episode on slavery is a searing indictment of it. But an expanded discussion on the rest of the series, especially on the concluding episode, would have reinforced what Coates does say about how blacks in this horrendous conflict "feature strictly as stock characters and props." Yet he is encouraged by his most recent visit to the Gettysburg battlefield site, which he asserts is the "most honest and forward-looking," given that the introductory film emphasizes the role of slavery in the conflict and it is now recognizing the role that free blacks played.
His 2014 cover page essay "The Case for Reparations" is the longest and perhaps most powerful one in the book. In it he identifies plunder as a core component of racism. Punctuated with his signature historical and sociological references, Coates provides a compelling historical overview of the legacy of slavery: the Jim Crow era of disenfranchisement, land grabs and terror in the South to the exclusionary policies of New Deal programs and the financial toll African-Americans confronted when they journeyed north. It is framed by one man's account of moving from Mississippi to Chicago during the Great Migration; he served his country during World War II only to encounter discriminatory policies in housing promulgated by the federal government. For example, the G.I. Bill offered loans and credit to whites that enabled them to purchase homes in the suburbs but denied the same benefits to blacks. Instead they were at the mercy of unscrupulous private lenders who often seized houses when exorbitant payments could not be made. Because of the violence, fraud and theft visited on blacks, Coates makes a persuasive, albeit (given the racial climate) quixotic, case for reparations.
In "Fear of a Black President," originally published in the fall of 2012, Coates sets out his interpretation of white supremacy when a black man who had to be "Twice as Good" to be elected faced a racial backlash whenever he commented on racial the shooting of Trayvon Martin in Florida, Coates notes how President Obama was savaged after offering the mildest of identifications with the dead child ("If I had a son, he'd look like Trayvon"). One of the most despicable comments came from Newt Gingrich: "Is the President suggesting that if it had been a white who had been shot, that it would be okay because it wouldn't look like him?" One more example: Coates contrasts the treatment of a black longtime civil and farmers' rights activist Shirley Sherrod – fired from the U.S. Department of Agriculture in the wake of a video doctored to refhislect negatively on her, to the later acute embarrassment of the Obama administration – with that of Sgt. James Crowley. Crowley, a white policeman, was invited to share a beer with Obama and Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. after Crowley arrested Gates as the professor tried to enter his own home. Obama had rebuked the officer for a stupid action and was subsequently assailed as a racist. Coates draws upon these two examples to demonstrate that whites must be placated as they are morally innocent while black guilt is assumed. Obama also learned how fraught his political position could become if he did not moderate and restrict his comments on race. Coates notes that Obama actually spoke less about race than any Democratic President since 1961. Nonetheless, his election became a rallying cry for racists and "effectively racialized white Americans' views, even of health care policy." If anyone doubts Coates's gloomy assessment, go online and look at the text and imagery on placards carried by individuals who opposed The Affordable Care Act. So much for the hope that Obama would usher in a post-racial paradise.
Coates retains a high regard for Obama and yet they disagree over the prospect for a more harmonious racial future. Throughout his eight years as president, Obama never seemed to waiver in his belief that the arc of the moral universe bends toward justice. With Obama's election, Coates briefly allowed himself to entertain the same belief. He was quickly disenchanted. For a brief time, Coates "imagined racism as a tumor that could be isolated and removed from the body of America, not as a pervasive system both native and essential to that body." The 2016 election of Trump confirmed his worst fears about the unjust double standard. If "Barack Obama delivered to black people the hoary message that in working twice as hard as white people, anything is possible . . . Trump's counter is persuasive –work half as hard as black people and even more is possible." Yet he is not depressed; he has become more focused as he calls for a resistance that is "intolerant of self-exoneration." And like Baldwin, he does not offer comforting messages of hope: "Every Trump voter is most certainly not a white supremacist. But every Trump voter felt it acceptable to hand the fate of the country over to one." Harsh, perhaps, but disturbingly true.
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– Bob Douglas is a teacher and author. His second volume to That Line of Darkness: The Shadow of Dracula and the Great War (Encompass Editions, 2011) is titled That Line of Darkness: Vol. II The Gothic from Lenin to bin Laden. His website is www.thatlineofdarkness.com.
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During a recent interview with Tesla owner-enthusiast Sean Mitchell, Detroit veteran Sandy Munro of Munro and Associates mentioned that among the Model 3's unique components, its "Superbottle" is one of the most innovative. Combining two pumps, one heat exchanger, and one coolant valve in one cleverly-designed bottle, the Model 3's cooling system is arguably the most unique in the auto industry.
The traditional automotive industry is all about suppliers and outsourcing the different components of a vehicle to different companies. This results in cars having redundant components. The Chevy Bolt, for example, has three cooling systems: one for its battery pack, one for its cabin, and one for its electronics. This is not the case with the Model 3, as the fondly-named Superbottle handles the entire cooling system of the whole vehicle — battery pack, cabin, and electronics included.
The Superbottle has garnered much recognition even among noted gearheads such as Jalopnik's David Tracy, who used to design automotive cooling systems himself. Munro, for his part, noted that the Superbottle actually gives several advantages for Tesla, such as increased modularity and packaging space, potential weight savings, reduced final assembly costs, and reduced final assembly time, to name a few. For Munro, the novel cooling system is the very definition of Tesla's vertical integration.
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"The Superbottle is a great example of how the normal automotive companies don't work together, and Tesla does. That Superbottle crosses many lines that you can't cross here (in Detroit). If I'm in charge of engine cooling or battery cooling, I don't want nothing to do with cooling the cabin. And yet, we've got the motor cooling, the battery cooling, and electronics, all going through one little bottle that's got some clever little ball valves that open and close to make sure that everything's getting heated or everything's being cooled to where it needs to be. We all thought that was the best thing in the whole damn car," Munro fondly commented.
Discussing the Superbottle further, Munro mentioned how the cooling system is fitted with a bottle avatar dressed as a superhero. According to the auto veteran, this funny little character is a notable representation of just how different Tesla is as a car maker, as such fun Easter Eggs in a vehicle will never be allowed in traditional automakers. Together with the vertical integration that is showcased in the Superbottle, Tesla's apparent support for creativity among its engineers and designers is something that is simply not present in traditional automakers today.
In a recent video, Tesla investor-enthusiast Galileo Russell of HyperChange TV noted that innovations such as the Superbottle could open the doors for the electric car maker's other products. It is most certain that the Superbottle will end up in the Model Y, and variations of it would likely be used in other vehicles such as the Pickup Truck, the Semi, and the next-gen Roadster. Perhaps, Russell mused, Tesla's Superbottle solution could even be utilized on the company's upcoming HVAC products, which Elon Musk hinted at during his extensive podcast with Joe Rogan last year.
Tesla catches a lot of flak due to the fact that the company and its CEO, Elon Musk, seems unwaveringly intent on reinventing the wheel. With each new vehicle that it introduces, Tesla steps farther and farther away from traditional automakers. This is represented by the fact that the company is currently developing a literal giant casting machine for its Model Y crossover, which is expected to reduce the number of parts for the vehicle. And this is just the tip of the iceberg, as Tesla is also developing its custom Silicon for its full self-driving projects. It is then no surprise that when Sandy Munro was discussing how traditional automakers are playing catchup to Tesla in the EV market, he noted that "really and truly, all the domestics (automakers such as Ford and GM) are way behind."
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When it comes to pay-per-click (PPC) advertising, it is important to choose the best platform that will enable you to reach the right audience at the right cost. Google Ads (formerly known as Google Adwords) and Microsoft Ads (formerly known as Bing Ads) are two popular digital platforms that advertisers choose to target audiences through paid search placement.
When it comes to your brand's PPC strategy, advertisers will often question whether to use Google Ads, Microsoft Ads, or some combination of the two. To some, Google Ads might seem like the best and only option right out of the gate, but Microsoft Ads certainly shouldn't be forgotten. And should you choose to leverage either or both, the same strategy and execution won't necessarily translate seamlessly between channels. So, what is the best PPC strategy for you? Below, we explore how these two platforms compare and contrast.
Search Volume and Competition
According to Disruptive Advertising, Google has almost 75 percent of the market share for online searches compared to Bing at approximately 12 percent. On the surface, this seems like an advantage for Google, but with higher search volumes, comes more advertisers. This can drive up the competition in some markets, which can make it challenging for your ad to show up in the search results and be seen by a greater number of people. When weighing the pros and cons, Google Ads may have more reach, but Microsoft Ads may be easier to rank higher on.
With lower competition comes lower costs, which is why Microsoft Ads tend to cost less than Google Ads for the majority of keywords. Thee Digital found campaigns on Microsoft Advertising face approximately 36 percent less competition than Google Ads. This can have a large impact on your average cost-per-click (CPC). Research shows that the average CPC on Bing to be $7.99 vs. $20.08 on Google.
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Ad scheduling is a tool that allows advertisers to choose the time and day they would like their advertisements shown, as well as schedule times to make bid adjustments. While both Google Ads and Microsoft Ads have scheduling capabilities, keep in mind that they are two separate channels with different ad scheduling settings and data.
The ad scheduling tool in Google, for example, is based upon the time zone you chose when you created your Google Ads account. This is important to keep in mind when targeting different time zones. If you're running ads in New York and California, for example, it may be best to create separate campaigns for each time zone.
Time zones are not as much a concern for Microsoft Ads. Rather, scheduling is based on the location of the person viewing the ad. This means that separate campaigns are not necessary when targeting multiple time zones.
Search Partner Networks and Targeting
Google Ads and Microsoft Ads both have search partner networks. These are other sites that allow advertisers to expand the reach of their search network ads beyond the main domains. For example, YouTube is a search partner of Google and Yahoo is a search partner of Microsoft.
Google's Search Partner Network includes hundreds of websites, and by default, Google automatically includes your campaign in the Search Partners setting. You can deselect this feature, but you cannot pick or choose which search partners you want. It is all or nothing!
Microsoft Ads, on the other hand, allows advertisers to separate search partners by "owned and operated" and "syndicated search partners." You also can use the "target only" method for your ad groups, which allows you to compare performance between partners. These settings can greatly help with optimizing campaigns for maximum performance.
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In-market audiences allow advertisers to adjust their display campaigns to reach people further down the funnel by connecting ads to consumers who are actively researching products and services. Google Ads and Microsoft Ads both allow advertisers to add in-market audiences to campaigns; however, their categories and sub-categories vary significantly between platforms. For example, Microsoft has a "Social" category with subcategory options like "Romance & Relationships" or "Takeout & Delivery." Google, on the other hand, does not have these options, but does have a "Travel" category with subcategory options like "Car Rental" or "Cruises."
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Google Ads allows advertisers to target up to 40 different languages, compared to Microsoft Ads, which only allows advertisers to target 12 different languages. If your brand is trying to reach a diverse audience, this can be extremely limiting.
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Both platforms have pros and cons, but overall provide great tools for running successful PPC campaigns. If your budget allows, the best strategy is to use Google Ads and Microsoft Ads simultaneously. The two platforms can help you extend your reach and connect with your target audience.
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Breast cancer cases surge as cervical dips
NEW DELHI: The good news: fewer women in India now suffer from cervical cancer – counted among the worst of killers. The bad news: breast cancer cases have shot up alarmingly, across the country.
A landmark analysis of cancer cases in Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Bangalore between 1982-2005 (24 years) by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has found that while cervical cancer cases dipped, in some cases by almost 50%, the incidence of breast cancer doubled. And, the trends contained in ICMR's yet-to-be-released report `Time Trends in Cancer Incidence Rates (1982-2005)', were universal in all four cities.
In case of cervical cancer, this is how the cases have dropped: In 1982, Bangalore reported 32.4 new cases of cervical cancer in women per 100,000 population every year. The number dipped to 27.2 in 1991, 17 in 2001 and 18.2 in 2005.
Delhi, whose records are available from 1988, saw 25.9 new cases of cervical cancer per 100,000 population the same year. It then dipped to 19.1 in 1998 and then to 18.9 in 2005.
Mumbai, which recorded 17.9 new cases of cervical cancer per 100,000 population in 1982, recorded 12.7 new cases in 2005.
Chennai recorded a fall of almost 50% in cases of cervical cancer in this period of 24 years. In 1982, Chennai recorded 41 cases per 100,000 population; nearly a decade later, in 1991, Chennai's figure of new cases dipped to 33.4. In 2005, new cases fell further to 22 per 100,000 population.
Caused by the Human Papiloma Virus (HPV), cervical cancer is often called the poor woman's disease. It was earlier believed that cervical cancer was most common in India, with more than 1.3 lakh new cases reported each year and 74,000 women dying annually from the disease.
While Bangalore saw breast cancer cases more than double since 1982 – 15.8 in a population of one lakh in 1982 to 32.2 in 2005 – Chennai recorded 33.5 new cases of breast cancer in 2005 against 18.4 in 1982.
Delhi recorded 24.8 new cases of breast cancer a year per 100,000 women which rose to 32.2 in 2005. Mumbai recorded 20.8 new cases of breast cancer per 100,000 population in 1982 which increased by almost 10% in 2005.
ICMR director general and secretary of the department of health research Dr V M Katoch told TOI, "The decline in cases of cancer cervix has been seen across all cancer registries. Factors like late age of marriage and fewer children could be responsible for the decline."
Chief of medical oncology at AIIMS and head of the Delhi Cancer Registry Dr Vinod Raina told TOI, "Increasing number of women are now delivering in institutions which has greatly improved their personal hygiene. Women now marry late and give birth to fewer children, all of which have led to a dip in cervical cancer cases."
Ironically, these are the same factors, according to Dr Raina, which has increased breast cancer rates in India.
"Western lifestyle, increased consumption of fat products, obesity, late marriages, delayed child bearing and less number of children being conceived leading to reduced breastfeeding and use of some contraceptives, are all believed to be behind this increased risk of breast cancer. This cancer is also inevitable with an ageing population," he added.
Dr Raina, however, was quick to say that breast cancer rate in India was much less than that in the West which records around 100 new cases per 100,000 population every year.
According to Dr Katoch, the report depicts changes in the incidence rates of cancer and is the first for any chronic disease in India.
Certain anatomical sites of cancer have shown a significantly steady increase across all registries, breast cancer being one of them. "This data will now help galvanize India's health system and tell us how we can improve diagnostic capabilities and specialists in some types of cancer affecting Indians most," Dr Katoch said.
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