Primary causative variants or disease modifiers?
Distinct neurodevelopmental disorders have a common genetic etiology that explains the high degree of comorbidity among these disorders. A recent study sought to identify copy number variants across five neurodevelopmental disorders, and detected an enrichment for chromosome 9p24.3 duplication encompassing DOCK8 and KANK1 in affected individuals. Such large-scale studies will help uncover additional causative and modifier loci within common pathways, which will enable the development of therapeutic targets for the treatment of multiple disorders.
Neurodevelopmental disorders, such as autism, intellectual disability, schizophrenia, and epilepsy, are characterized by strong clinical comorbidity, which suggests a common genetic etiology across the diverse group of disorders. Recent studies have found that inheritance of one neurodevelopmental disorder also confers an increased risk for other disorders within the same family. For example, monozygotic twins were found to have a higher propensity to develop attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) or a learning disability if their co-twin had autism , whereas individuals whose relatives had schizophrenia were more likely to develop bipolar disorder, depression, and autism compared to the general population . Therefore, it is increasingly clear that the genetic underpinnings for these disorders conform to neither the nosological "models" nor the diagnostic criteria for disease classification according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders . Major sources for the shared heritability of these disorders include single-nucleotide variants (SNVs) and copy number variants (CNVs), with rare recurrent CNVs having an especially large effect size for neurodevelopmental disorders. Many rare CNVs and SNVs have been implicated in different neurodevelopmental disorders, but examination of multiple disease cohorts in a single study allows for a more robust identification of the shared genetic basis of these disorders.
Given the large contribution of CNVs towards neurodevelopmental disorders, a study of rare CNVs in multiple disease cohorts would be a natural starting place to identify genes shared among the disorders. In this issue of Genome Medicine, Hakonarson and colleagues  examined CNVs present in 7849 patients from five neurodevelopmental and neuropsychiatric disease cohorts, which included schizophrenia, bipolar disease, autism, ADHD, and depression, in the first large scale meta-analysis of CNVs across these diseases. Given that the genetic basis of depression and bipolar disorder have been elusive, the inclusion of cohorts of individuals with these two disorders is especially informative. The authors processed microarray data from the five cohorts and performed a gene-by-gene assessment for enrichment of CNVs in each cohort. Using this gene-based analysis, the authors identified two loci, ZNF280A and DOCK8, which were significantly enriched in affected individuals for at least two of the disease cohorts. Deletions in the zinc-finger protein ZNF280A were enriched in the ADHD and autism cohorts, whereas duplications that encompassed DOCK8 and the adjacent gene KANK1 were enriched in all five cohorts, which represents the first novel shared locus on chromosome 9p24.3 for these disorders. Neither DOCK8 nor KANK1 have been previously identified as candidate disease loci, but these genes have roles in intracellular signaling and neural growth/migration, respectively, that indicate a possible role for these genes in neurodevelopment. As this is the first study to identify 9p24.3 as a candidate disease locus, follow-up studies and functional experiments are important steps to delineate the roles of DOCK8 and KANK1 in specific disorders.
Identification of the same rare CNV across several disorders should come as no surprise, as several rare CNVs are already implicated in multiple neurodevelopmental disorders (Fig. 1a). For example, the 15q11.2 deletion has been identified in individuals with intellectual disability, schizophrenia, epilepsy, and ADHD, whereas the 16p11.2 deletion is a strong risk candidate for autism and also contributes to intellectual disability, epilepsy, and obesity at varying degrees of penetrance [4–7]. Mutations and structural variations that affect individual genes also appear to contribute towards multiple disorders (Fig. 1b). DISC1 is a classic example of genetic pleiotropy, in which balanced translocations of the gene are associated with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder in multiple members of a large family . In these instances, the varied clinical outcomes associated with the same causal variant are likely to be determined by disease-specific modifier variants in the genetic background.
The novel duplication at 9p24.3 identified by Hakonarson and colleagues  could be a causative variant, but it is also possible that the duplication is a modifier for multiple neurodevelopmental outcomes (Fig. 1c). Modifier variants can be present in unaffected individuals but frequently co-occur with other known variants in affected individuals. These variants are usually just below the threshold for causation and have a lower effect size compared to causative variants. For example, deletions in LRRC4C were found to co-occur with other known pathogenic CNVs in individuals with autism, even though the variant by itself was not causal for the disease . Combinations of variants of moderate or low effect size might be responsible for psychiatric phenotypes without known causative variants, such as bipolar disorder or depression, but variants of high effect size and potential causal nature are more likely to be associated with overt developmental disorders such as intellectual disability, autism, and schizophrenia. As the 9p24.3 duplication is enriched in individuals with both classes of neurodevelopmental disorders, the duplication could represent a novel modifier variant that interacts with causative variants in autism and schizophrenia and other low-effect variants in bipolar disorder and depression. Large-scale genomic studies such as that described by Hakonarson and colleagues , along with high-resolution phenotyping that evaluates multiple features of neurodevelopment, would be necessary to accurately determine whether a variant causes or modifies disease in specific contexts.
The meta-analysis of five disorders presented by Hakonarson and colleagues  identified a novel causative or modifier locus associated with multiple disorders. Recognizing the pleiotropic effects of variants such as the 9p24.3 deletion, it is clear that there is a larger degree of shared heritability among neurodevelopmental diseases than that suggested by their diverse clinical features. Identification of shared genes would be useful to uncover common molecular pathways for these distinct disorders. Discovery of shared genes and pathways will enable researchers to more accurately diagnose individuals with multiple disorders, assess the risk of developing co-morbid features, and ultimately design therapeutic targets that can be used to treat multiple disorders in these individuals.
The authors thank members of the Girirajan lab for their helpful comments on the manuscript.
This work was supported by NIH R01-GM121907, SFARI Pilot Grant (#399894) and resources from the Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences to SG, and NIH T32-GM102057 to MJ. The funders had no role in the design of the study or collection, analysis, and interpretation of data, or in writing the manuscript.
MJ and SG wrote the manuscript. Both authors read and approved the final manuscript.
Cheng CM, Chang WH, Chen MH, Tsai CF, Su TP, Li CT, et al. Co-aggregation of major psychiatric disorders in individuals with first-degree relatives with schizophrenia: a nationwide population-based study. Mol Psychiatry. 2017. doi: 10.1038/mp.2017.217.
Glessner J, Jin Li J, Wang D, March M, Lima L, Desai A, et al. Copy number variation meta-analysis reveals a novel duplication at 9p24 associated with multiple neurodevelopmental disorders. Genome Med. 2017. doi: 10.1186/s13073-017-0494-1.


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WILLEMSTAD, Curacao (CMC) — The Dutch Caribbean territories of Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao have asked The Hague to help determine the impact of an economic fallout based on a threat issued by Venezuela to sever commercial relations.
According to Argus News, the request from the Dutch-controlled islands will be delivered to the Dutch Minister for Kingdom Relations Raymond Knops, who was scheduled to visit Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao yesterday.
The delegation also includes the presidents of the upper and lower houses of the Dutch parliament.
The request was made following Venezuela's imposition of a 72-hour blockade of air and sea access, aimed at what the administration said was a clampdown on the widespread smuggling of assorted goods.
"The request to the Dutch Government is to seek clarity from Venezuela given the importance of commercial relations, particularly with (Venezuelan) state oil company PdV being involved in oil industry facilities in the islands," a Curacao government official said in an interview with Argus.
A break in commercial ties with Venezuela would damage the economies of the islands that rely on revenue from PdV's current and planned involvement in oil refining, bunkering and storage.
The islands form part of a regional refining and logistical network that Venezuela has traditionally used to reach international oil markets. The oil activity provides the islands´ governments with significant revenue.
Last Friday, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro ordered the shutdown of all air and maritime traffic with the three islands for 72 hours.
Maduro accused leaders of being complicit in the illegal trafficking of goods and resources.
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The Venezuelan Government has contended that trafficking of goods out of the country is one of the chief causes of food and medical shortages.


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Headquartered in the Atlanta, Georgia metro area, our goal is to provide top-notch professional coaching and training assistance to athletes of all ages and abilities, enabling them to reach their best performances and avoid injury. The primary mechanism for accomplishing this goal is athlete education and a systematic and functional approach to training. We train athletes from all over the world – virtually! We also work with athletes local to the Atlanta, Georgia area.
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Corruption fight must be associated with negative phenomena prevention: Party chief
The anti-corruption work should be associated with the prevention of negative phenomena among officials, Party members and public servants, Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong has requested.
PM vows to build innovative, transparent, effective Government
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh expressed determination to build an innovative, transparent, action-oriented and effective Government in service of the people during the first meeting of the 15th Government that was held virtually nationwide on August 11.
Central Steering Committee for Anti-Corruption to meet on August 5
The Central Steering Committee for Anti-Corruption will convene its 20th meeting on August 5.
German historian: Vietnamese Party chief's article highlights experience in creative application of Marxism-Leninism
German historian and veteran journalist Gerhard Feldbauer has hailed the significance of Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong's article "Several theoretical and practical issues on socialism and the pathway towards socialism in Vietnam".
State budget collection set at 361.7 billion USD
The State budget collection is expected to reach about 8.3 quadrillion VND (361.7 billion USD) under the national financial plan for 2021-2025.
NA approves resolution on 2019 State budget balance
The 15th National Assembly passed a resolution on adjustments to the State budget expenditure estimate and approval of the 2019 State budget balance on July 28 as part of the first session in the 15th tenure.
Cuban scholar undescores theoretical, practical values in Party chief's article
Dr. Ruvislei González Sáez, head of the Asian team at the Cuban Center for International Policy Research, has affirmed theoretical and practical values in Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong's article "Several theoretical and practical issues on socialism and the path toward socialism in Vietnam".
French scholar: Party chief's article reflects balance between ideology, practical values
Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong's article on the pathway to socialism in Vietnam has reflected a balance between ideology and practical values, especially via upholding "Ho Chi Minh Thought" – a comprehensive thought in terms of politics, strategy, economy, morality, and socio-culture, said a French scholar.
13th Party Central Committee wraps up third plenum
The third plenum of the 13th Party Central Committee concluded on July 8 afternoon with the adoption of a resolution, completing all of its working programme after four days.
Speech of Party leader Nguyen Phu Trong at conference reviewing 12th Politburo's Directive 05
Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong delivered an important speech at a national teleconference on June 12 reviewing the five-year implementation of the 12-tenure Politburo's Directive 05-CT-TW on enhancing the studying and following of President Ho Chi Minh's thought, morality and lifestyle.
Building rule-of-law State to better serve people: President
A scheme to build a strategy for building and perfecting a rule-of-law socialist State till 2030 with orientations to 2045 aims for the people's prosperity and the country's sustainable development, affirmed State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc at the first meeting convened by the steering committee for the scheme on July 3.
State President lauds public security forces
State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc has lauded the Ministry of Public Security for ensuring absolute safety for the 13th National Party Congress, and the elections of deputies to the 15th National Assembly and People's Councils at all levels.
Party chief chairs first meeting of 2020-2025 Central Military Commission
Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong chaired the first meeting of the Central Military Commission (2020-2025 tenure) in Hanoi on June 17.
Some theoretical and practical issues on socialism and the path towards socialism in Vietnam
Professor, Dr Nguyen Phu Trong, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee, has written an article titled "Some theoretical and practical issues on socialism and the path towards socialism in Vietnam."
Election campaigns completed safely in compliance with law
Elections campaigns by 866 candidates for the election of deputies to the 15th National Assembly and nearly 449,000 others for the election of People's Councils at all levels in 2021-2026 tenure have been completed in accordance with the law and in a safely manner despite the complicated developments of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Top leader's article contributes to development of Ho Chi Minh's thought: Russian scholar
A recent article written by General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong on socialism and the path towards socialism in Vietnam greatly contributes to the development of Ho Chi Minh's thought, said Prof. Dr Vladimir Kolotov of Russia's Saint Petersburg State University.
State President meets voters in HCM City's Cu Chi and Hoc Mon districts
State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc and candidates running for seats in the 15th National Assembly (NA) met with voters in Cu Chi and Hoc Mon districts of Ho Chi Minh City on May 20 and 21.
Some theoretical and practical issues on socialism and path towards socialism in Vietnam
On the occasion of the 131st birthday of President Ho Chi Minh (May 19) and the elections of deputies to the 15th National Assembly and all-level People's Councils 2021-2026 (May 23), Professor, Dr Nguyen Phu Trong, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee, has written an article titled "Some theoretical and practical issues on socialism and the path towards socialism in Vietnam."
Vietnam shows best corruption control in public sector in 10 years
The control of corruption in the public sector last year showed the best performance in a decade, since the Vietnam Provincial Governance and Public Administration Performance Index (PAPI) survey was first conducted.
National governance, public administration improve: PAPI report
The 2020 Provincial Governance and Public Administration Performance Index - PAPI Report on Vietnam was released on April 14, reflecting an incremental improvement in national governance and public administration performance during the 2016-2021 government term.
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A Tale of Earrings
Earrings have been one of the principle forms of jewelry throughout history. They serve as symbols of cultural or tribal identity, markers of age, rank or marital status, or provide protective powers.
Among the oldest earrings are crescent-shaped gold hoops worn by Sumerian women in 2500 BC. Around 1000 BC earrings started to be embellished with clusters of beads, twisted wire and pendants.
Then in the first century AD, the Romans introduced a new earring style: a disk or pendant mounted on a S hook. These styles became more lavish with the addition of colored stones and pearls.
Around 330, the center of influence moved from Rome to Byzantium (Constantinople) and earring styles changed again. Favored styles included hoops with multiple pearl pendants hung on chains and crescent-shaped earrings of gold filigree.
Between the eleventh and sixteenth centuries in Europe, earrings all but disappeared as hair and clothing styles covered the ear. However, by the late seventeenth century earrings once again became an essential element of dress. Earrings during this period were so heavy they had small rings attached so the wearer could tie them to her hair and take some of the weight off her ears. These heavy styles disappeared by the end of the eighteenth century as fashions became simpler.
Throughout the nineteenth century, designs ranged from long drop earrings to small single-stone and cluster earrings. Cameos and jewelry made of cut steel, seed pearls, coral and jet were popular. With the opening of the South African diamond fields in the 1860's and the introduction of better cutting and polishing methods, diamond solitaires became the most fashionable earrings.
It is easy to see how today's earring styles are firmly rooted in those of the past. Studs, chandeliers, drops and hoops are timeless.


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KOOTENAI COUNTY, Idaho — An EMS chief credited a custom ambulance design for keeping a crew and their patient safe when a drunk driver crashed into the rig.
KREM reported that a Kootenai County EMS crew and the patient they were transporting suffered only minor injuries after Matthew Johnson crashed into their ambulance while going 70 mph.
"Once I saw it, I thought 'Wow, I can't believe the patient and crew are OK,'" KCEMS Chief Chris Way said. "Obviously, your mind goes to: is the patient OK?"
Way said all 15 ambulances in the KCEMS fleet were custom designed with safety in mind, adding that extra safety features were put inside all of the rigs.
"They came into the project knowing that safety was our paramount objective," Way said.
The chief said the designs and protocols of the ambulance ensured various pieces of equipment remained stationary in the crash.
Way hopes other agencies will use the incident to consider making safety the top priority when designing their ambulances.


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License Zero
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Diglossia limits on software success, hidden in plain sight
diglossia, n.
The use of two divergent varieties of the same language for different societal functions.
We talk about success in software in two different ways. We should recognize what we're doing, and the consequences.
In the business frame, we speak of profit, payment, customers, finance, companies, services, management, and private gain. In the other frame, which I'll dub "community" with big scare quotes, we speak of sustainability, donations, adopters, support, foundations, infrastructure, governance, and public service. Corresponding terms convey the same fundamental ideas. But there are equally fundamental, implicit differences in the choice of one way to speak or the other.
When we frame developers' needs in community terms, we impose an implicit limit on reasonable worldly expectation. We expect community developers, even well known ones, to scrounge, even to suffer, just as we expect artists, even famous ones, to struggle and starve. Conversely, when we frame developers' needs in business terms, we put a cap on cool. We expect business programmers, even accomplished ones, to spend a lot of time writing mundane business logic for mundane business needs, just as we expect commercial illustrators, even established ones, to draw lots of plump fast food, glistening soda bottles, and smiling conventional beauties.
The usual consequences of either-or distinction—misclassification and oversimplification—are in full effect. Open developers trying to make ends meet bristle when others, especially businesses, "community" them. They learn that those terms severely complicate, and forestall, achievement of their goals. Entrepreneurial software types, for their part, bristle at heavy-handed business talk. They learn that those terms endlessly undermine, and cripple, their ability to express and achieve greater purpose through their ventures.
As far as I'm aware, there is no viable, middle vocabulary for developers who intermingle craft and worldly success. Attempts to construct one reek of marketing bullshit or try-hard gunner-ism. Instinctively, we presume that those mixing terms, or inventing new ones, try to seem what they're not.
If you find yourself consistently playing out one archetype or the other, or balancing both with clear separation, two distinct categories can reinforce a pleasant feeling of compartmentalized concerns, grass-is-greener, yin and yang. Some programmers rush home from work to churn out open source where none of the boss's rules apply. Many freelancers take comfort in offices that look and feel very different from home, even if the office is actually just a separate room in the house.
We can take similar comfort in change of linguistic scenery. Work looks like work, sounds like work, and feels like work. Home looks like home, sounds like home, and feels like home. Thanks in part to their distinct vocabularies, open and closed look, sound, and feel distinct, and for some, that's a feeling of comfort, that all is right in the software world. Money, expression, hierarchy, and anarchy all stay where they belong.
But people differ in their tolerance, and desire, for life in two spheres.
Some want nothing more than a stable day job to finance freedom during nights, weekends, and off time. Some of those believe they could never make the art they want mixing art and commerce. Work-life-balance is the elusive goal, occupying an entire creative life.
Some have to make art the whole of life. Some of those believe they could never make what they want ceding half their waking hours to irrelevant labor, or without the inspiring constraints of a mass audience. Work-life balance makes no sense because ideally, they were never dissolved to begin with.
Two competing psychological needs, attempting to occupy the same linguistic space. One seeks to keep the line between business and community sharp, the other to blur and erase it. Some want money out of open source, to avoid "working" its vibe, while others rail against the anti-money allergy because it's holding them down.
I have more confidence than I usually would in analysis this general because it correlates so well to my other profession. Among lawyers, there are those who hang shingles, rise in firms, and otherwise make their stand in private practice. There are those who go in-house, join foundations, and take public posts. Neither camp holds any monopoly on entrepreneurship, or on civic-mindedness.
But reading Kate Downing, another open licensing specialist in private practice, I'm struck by how little surprised I was to see her recoil, and hard, from the community framing of a recently announced money-for-open-source initiative. Quoting Kate, who said it far better than I could have:
I have deep misgivings about a system that has no interest in empowering developers to simply make a living by working on open source software, and instead believes that developers should want nothing more and expect nothing more other than to join giant corporations as salarymen.
Compare Bruce Perens, responding to Luis Villa:
What does an economically viable open source look like?
My usual answer for this is that if you have to ask how you're going to make money, you're the wrong person to make Open Source.
My response to Bruce's message, and my takeaway here more generally, is that the two predilections, in their archetypal, absolute forms, aren't going to reconcile. Neither is there any sign that one will break away, to dominate the other. Big Tech is getting bigger, stacking up ever higher head counts, while at the same time remote companies, contractor swarms, part-time work, and all that's dubbed the "gig economy"—scare quotes again—flourish and grow. By all signs, both lifestyles are stuck cohabitating a common industry for the foreseeable future.
I'm not sure, in all wisdom, that either should want anything else. Excluding one or the other, from open software or any other broad-based effort, is leaving a ton of human potential on the table. When optimization costs that much, it's almost never worthwhile.
All that said, I'm not sure I know what to do about the trouble our words are causing us. I can point the problem out. I can push for more neutrality, and less narrative, in the understanding of business-speak and community-speak.
In the end, perhaps there's nothing to be done. We'll simply keep colliding, linguistically, socially, and financially, until appreciation for the diversity of open software's present, and how to leverage it, becomes more evenly distributed.
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Based on the novel of the same name, the show tells the story of the estranged Bordelon siblings in Louisiana. At the center of the family are Nova, a queer journalist and activist; Charley, the wife and manager of an NBA player; and formerly incarcerated father Ralph Angel, who is searching for redemption.
Following their father's death, the siblings must put their complicated lives aside so they can come together to save the family's struggling sugar cane farm. Also involved in the farm are Aunt Violet and family friend Remy Newell.
The show was created, directed and executive produced by Ava DuVernay, with Oprah Winfrey serving as an executive producer, and has the best representation of PoC queers on traditional television today.
Queer Plotline Timeline
5 Episodes into the first season we find out Nova is bisexual. In the next episode Nova meets Chantal, a Black Lives Matter activist and they start dating for a few episodes.
Season 1 Episode 5 "By Any Chance" – We find out Nova is bisexual when Charlie and Aunt Vi are trying to get Nova to fess up about who she is seeing. Charlie asks if it's a boy or a girl and Vi says "Lord, I thought that was a college phase."Nova replies "it's what's within. Not the package."
Season 1 Episode 6 "As Promised" – Nova meets Chantal, a Black Lives Matter activist, then they are both guests on a local talk radio show.
Season 1 Episode 7 "In No Uncertain Terms" – Nova and Chantal start dating.
Season 1 Episode 10 "So Far" – Nova and Chantal break up over political disagreements.
Queer Beats – November 26, 2021 — November 26, 2021
Queer Beats – January 15, 2021 — January 15, 2021
Queer Beats – November 1, 2019 — November 1, 2019
The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – July 29, 2019 — July 29, 2019
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Chris Appleton, the executive director of WonderRoot and one of the city's most prominent arts leaders, was placed on leave Friday while the nonprofit launches an investigation into allegations of misconduct and mismanagement that were posted on social media Thursday by a group of artists and former WonderRoot employees.
The open letter was signed by eight members of Atlanta's arts community: MINT founding director Erica Jamison, artists Stephanie Dowda and Amanda Mills (both of whom are past ARTS ATL contributors), Angela Davis Johnson, Jessica Caldas, Matthew Rosenfeld, Jennifer Lobsenz and Stephanie Kong. The letter was signed anonymously by seven others.
The signees said they have "endured egregious and systematic harm" under Appleton's leadership at the arts organization. The group also accused the WonderRoot board of being "complicit in the harm and abuse" caused by Appleton because it refused to act when grievances were brought to the attention of board members several times since 2014.
Appleton declined to comment when reached by e-mail, and forwarded the e-mail request to Liz Lapidus Public Relations.
Mitch Reiner, WonderRoot's board chair, announced in a prepared statement released through Lapidus early Friday afternoon that Appleton had been placed on leave. Olivia Greene-Knight will be the organization's acting executive director. She is currently director of operations and finance.
Reiner said in the statement that WonderRoot's board is committed to ensuring a "fulfilling and respectful experience" for all who work with the organization.
None of the women who signed the open letter, however, had been contacted by board members since it was posted on Instagram, Dowda said Friday afternoon after Reiner's statement was read to her.
Appleton cofounded WonderRoot in 2004.
Friday evening, about 90 minutes after this story originally posted, Reiner and WonderRoot's board of directors issued a new statement addressed directly to those who signed the open letter. The statement promised the investigation of the allegations will be conducted by an independent third party.
In a text message Saturday, Dowda said she is not satisfied with the WonderRoot board's latest response. "The passive language the board uses continues to show their inability to see this harm and be responsible for their role in enabling an abuser," she said.
— Appleton has mismanaged basic operations including "cutting off staff health insurance without providing advance notice" and forcing staff to work in a building without air conditioning or heat.
WonderRoot was founded in 2004 by Appleton, Alex West (a former ARTS ATL board member) and Witt Wisebram. The organization opened the WonderRoot Community Arts Center on Memorial Drive as a community gathering spot and creative work space in 2008, and has partnered with the High Museum of Art, MARTA and the Atlanta BeltLine. Most recently, WonderRoot partnered with the Atlanta Super Bowl Host Committee to commission 11 artists to paint murals across the city focused on Atlanta's journey in civil rights and social justice.
The organization has announced plans for the WonderRoot Center for Arts & Social Change, a 54,000-square foot, eight-acre campus for artists in Reynoldstown that includes studio space for artists, a visual arts gallery, production facilities and a performance venue.
Appleton, an Atlanta native who graduated from Georgia State University, has served as the face and creative force behind WonderRoot and emerged as one of city's most prominent and visible arts leaders.
He is a present or past board member of numerous organizations: the Georgia Arts Network, the Atlanta BeltLine Public Art and Preservation Advisory Board, Atlanta Celebrates Photography, Burnaway and Eyedrum. In 2014, he was named the Americans for the Arts National Emerging Leader award winner.
Dowda, who served as WonderRoot's creative director in 2013 and is one of the voices behind the open letter, said that numerous female and female-identifying artists discovered that they shared similar experiences with Appleton at WonderRoot. "We independently went to the board over the years, and felt the board was not protecting the community they serve," she said.
Someone with knowledge of WonderRoot's board actions said that new internal HR policies were put in place in response to the previous complaints.
Dowda said that was not enough. "Chris Appleton has not changed in his actions," she said. In comments on Instagram, several other women conveyed similar experiences with Appleton.
The open letter to WonderRoot's board does not go into specific details of the allegations, and Dowda declined to discuss her own experiences. "We're all speaking collectively through the letter by design," she said.


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The humanities and fine arts are the spiritual and emotional extension of the knowledge and technological state of society. While the disciplines of science and technology are fairly grounded in factual and quantitative data, the farther one gets from that which is "true" to that which is "applied," the more likely the sin nature will distort or contaminate the discipline.
That contamination affects the humanities and fine arts in even greater measure. These professions cannot even use the empirical data developed by secular persons, as can be done with the social sciences, because there are practically no empirical data involved in the humanities and fine arts.
In this realm, practically everything is based on either human reasoning or emotions, with the exception of the actual mechanical techniques of writing, composing, painting, or performing. But reasoning and emotions come from the mind and heart which, in the secular person, are without the benefit of the godly mind (2 Corinthians 2:14).
As the world has advanced, the growing secularization of society has increased. This is relatively easy to observe in the great art museums of our large cities. As one moves from the older galleries to the modern galleries, the movement of art from realism to abstract and from godly to ungodly is easy to see. One does not have to be an art critic to observe the trends.
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46th Annual Meridian Ball
On Friday, October 17, 2014, more than 800 Ambassadors, Members of Congress, senior U.S. and foreign government officials, business leaders, media stars and celebrities gathered to celebrate global leadership at the 46th Annual Meridian Ball. As the highpoint on the social calendars of leaders in the nation's capital, the Meridian Ball provided a lucrative opportunity for cultural exchange and relationship-building for the diplomatic, public, corporate, and social sectors. In addition, many ball attendees enjoyed conversation and networking during the pre-ball dinners which were hosted by 26 embassies throughout Washington, D.C., including the Embassies of Argentina, Brazil, France, Grenada, Italy, Peru, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand and Qatar.
This year, the Meridian Ball maintained its high standing on Washington's social landscape with an extensive list of notable attendees, including Members of Congress Rick Larsen, Mark Meadows and James Moran; Senator Rand Paul; Ambassador of Argentina, Her Excellency Cecilia Nahón and Ambassador of Egypt, His Excellency Mohamed M. Tawfik; DC Councilmembers Jack Evans and Vincent Orange; House of Cards celebrities Jayne Atkinson and Michel Gill; media stars CNN's Michelle Kosinski and Jake Tapper, MSNBC's Jonathan Capehart, ABC's Gloria Riviera, CBS' Nancy Cordes, and Capitol File's Elizabeth Thorp.
The 46th Annual Ball was presided over by Honorary Chair Michelle Obama, First Lady of the United States; Honorary Sponsor Ambassador Peter A. Selfridge, Chief of Protocol of the United States; Congressional Co-Chairs Congressman Steven Horsford and Dr. Sonya Horsford and Congressman Ed Royce and Mrs. Marie Thérèse Royce; Ball Chairs Governor James J. Blanchard and Mrs. Janet Blanchard; White-Meyer Chairs Mr. Maxmillian Angerholzer III and Mrs. Lindsay Angerholzer; and Young Professional Chair Ariana Austin.
As Meridian's primary annual fundraiser, the proceeds from the Meridian Ball support the organization's work in preparing U.S. and international leaders to meet shared global challenges. According to Meridian's President and CEO Ambassador Stuart W. Holliday - "At Meridian, we believe that when leaders come together and engage in greater cooperation and sharing, there is greater peace, prosperity, and security around the world. For almost a half-century, the Meridian Ball has provided the forum for global leaders to dialogue and build relationships. We are proud that we are able to play this important role, and we very grateful to our sponsors and all the individuals, organizations, and corporations who support our mission."
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10 August 2012 Age and Hormonal Status as Determinants of Cataractogenesis Induced by Ionizing Radiation. II. Sparsely Ionizing (Low-LET) Radiation
Joseph R. Dynlacht, Shailaja Valluri, Joy Garrett, Jessica Nees, Andrea Caperell-Grant, Colleen DesRosiers, Robert M. Bigsby
Joseph R. Dynlacht,1,2 Shailaja Valluri,3 Joy Garrett,1 Jessica Nees,1 Andrea Caperell-Grant,4 Colleen DesRosiers,1 Robert M. Bigsby4
1aDepartments of Radiation Oncology,
2bBiochemistry and Molecular Biology,
3cOphthalmology, and
4dObstetrics and Gynecology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana
Age at the time of exposure to sparsely ionizing radiation has been established as a key determinant of radiation cataractogenesis. However, while some reports suggest that the lenses of the young are hypersensitive, data from older studies are often conflicting and somewhat difficult to interpret when the radioresponse of young lenses is compared to that of adult lenses. Moreover, the mechanism of the age-response function for radiation cataractogenesis has yet to be identified. Since steroid sex hormones, notably estradiol, appear to play a role in age-related cataractogenesis, we hypothesized that the age response for radiation cataractogenesis could be dictated by estradiol status. We recently showed that exposure to high-linear energy transfer (LET) radiation resulted in a reduced latent period for, and enhanced progression of cataracts in rats that were 1 year old at the time of exposure compared to those that were 56 days old. However, the enhanced sensitivity of older lenses compared to younger lenses was independent of estradiol status. In the current study, we found that for 1-year-old rats exposed to 10 Gy of low-LET 60Co γ rays, the rate of increase in the development of posterior and anterior subcapsular cataracts was higher in older ovary-intact rats compared to young rats. However, cataracts were detected much earlier in ovary-intact 56-day-old rats compared to 1-year-old rats, regardless of their treatment groups (ovary-intact, ovariectomized, or ovariectomized and implanted with capsules containing estradiol). Thus, despite a consistent estradiol response (potentiating effect of estrogen) within a given age group, the differences between the radiation response of old and young lenses cannot be accounted for solely by estradiol status.
Joseph R. Dynlacht, Shailaja Valluri, Joy Garrett, Jessica Nees, Andrea Caperell-Grant, Colleen DesRosiers, and Robert M. Bigsby "Age and Hormonal Status as Determinants of Cataractogenesis Induced by Ionizing Radiation. II. Sparsely Ionizing (Low-LET) Radiation," Radiation Research 178(4), 260-265, (10 August 2012). https://doi.org/10.1667/RR2843.1
Received: 24 October 2011; Accepted: 1 April 2012; Published: 10 August 2012
Joseph R. Dynlacht, Shailaja Valluri, Joy Garrett, Jessica Nees, Andrea Caperell-Grant, Colleen DesRosiers, Robert M. Bigsby "Age and Hormonal Status as Determinants of Cataractogenesis Induced by Ionizing Radiation. II. Sparsely Ionizing (Low-LET) Radiation," Radiation Research, 178(4), 260-265, (10 August 2012)


Be careful with these beans. They'll make all other beans feel inadequate and turn a normally innocent, go-to comfort food meal into sadness.
I've been wanting to try to make homemade baked beans since I tried some in a hostel in Florence. I'd been out all night with my best friend Rach when we decided to sample the 4 euro breakfast at the place where we were staying. I was yet to eat a full meal since arriving as vegan fare was proving pretty hard to come by, that was until I found the huge metal dishes of cannelini beans stewing in a rich tomato and rosemary sauce at the hostel canteen. Despite a hangover veering on sea sickness, me and Rach made it through two platefuls of these beans, with just bread and black coffee. I loved how something traditionally English and run-of-the-mill had been turned into one of the most delicious breakfasts ever after being translated into Italian.
This isn't fast food, it will take about an hour to prepare, but it's worth every minute. You'll know it's properly ready when the tomatoes reduce way down so they make the beans almost sticky and rich with the olive oil.
Sweat the onions, garlic and seasoning in a frying pan with plenty of olive oil. Once the onion begins to go translucent add both tins of beans with some sprigs of rosemary, and a little water to stop the beans from sticking.
Allow the beans to cook and reduce into the water, checking the seasoning for enough salt and pepper. Once the liquid has gone, add the tin of tomatoes and stir into the beans. Now simmer for around 30 minutes until the beans are well done and the tomato juice totally reduced.
Add a sprig of rosemary and more olive oil before serving. These will keep in the fridge for at least another day, but be warned, they'll steal the limelight from pretty much anything else you put on your plate.
In "beans on toast", "beans", "breakfast", "brunch", "cannellini", "haricot", "hearty", "rosemary", "tomato"


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Each Christmas of S's life until now, shopping for her Christmas presents has mostly involved me trawling through websites, thinking, oh she'd love that and buying it for her. She had little input. Last Christmas the only thing she wanted was a wind-up mermaid for her bath.
This year, she is five. She's begun to notice TV advertising and what her friends are playing with – in a major way. Any time I let her have the TV on, she comes running to me every five minutes to ask if she can have one of whatever she's seen on the screen. Half the time I don't understand what she's asking me, so I suggested to her that when an ad came on for something she liked the look of, she should pause the TV and come get me to take a look. Never do this. It's a very bad idea. Now I end up being dragged into the living room several times in each ad break, to see anything and everything that's caught her eye!
Apparently all of S's friends have Heelys. And she really needs some too. Like, really needs. It's a life and death thing, apparently. A desperate situation.
Is there some sort of rule that every little girl, no matter what era they are born in, must covet My Little Pony? S is weirdly obsessed by them and knows all their names. I don't think it matters what My Little Pony toy she gets; just that she gets one. Or two. Or several.
Nope, we're not over the Minions thing yet. We already have Minions night lights; Minions bedding; Minions blankets; Minions pyjamas and clothes. But this is not enough; we need more Minions. All the Minions must be ours. I don't actually mind this; I quite like Minions myself.
S already has a keyboard with a microphone and a guitar. Yesterday I went upstairs and caught her with her camera propped up on the bed, recording her as she jammed on her guitar! So of course, although I'll probably kick myself for it down the line, I've ordered this Superstar Music Set for her. She just loves to sing!
S is obsessed by PJ Masks. Like, actually mad for them. We went to a PJ Masks Halloween party in half term, and that made it even worse! Now she needs the PJ Masks headquarters. And literally every single other thing on the planet bearing their masked little faces. Everything.
We have a tradition in our house that S gets to open one carefully selected (by me) present on Christmas eve. Coincidentally, every year this gift contains a pair of Christmas pyjamas. Last year's were Minion ones (of course); this year's… I've not decided on yet. But they are bound to be epic.
As well as this we have stocking fillers, selection boxes, and of course delicious treats from the Christmas market when it opens in town later this month.
I've barely even started my Christmas shopping yet; after taking time off work for the summer holidays and then for my operation, I think I'll be needing a loan to afford even half of what S needs for Christmas this year!


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Bach Flower Heather is indicated for those who are preoccupied with their own situation or ailments and unable to enter into genuine two way communication with others. They drive others away by their extreme neediness. They exaggerate their symptoms, or make mountains out of molehills. They are compulsive talkers, needing an audience and will buttonhole people in order to talk in lengthy detail about themselves. They tend to speak rapidly, close into the listener´s face.
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With Napster's future uncertain, the crack (on crack?) hitsdailydouble.com staff test-drove other music-swapping services to see just how different the post-Napster landscape will be. Since this was all done in the name of "research," we hope the RIAA will understand.
Looking to see how they compared, we attempted to download Nelly's "Country Grammar" using other file-sharing sites and software—Gnutella, Opennap, Scour, Imesh, CuteMX and Napster itself. All tests were done here at the hitsdailydouble.com HQ using relatively fast computers on both DSL and T1 connections. Times are approximate, but relative to each other. Your results may vary. Check with your doctor if you experience discomfort or bleeding.
First up was Scour.com. The site was down when we tried to access it, saying "We've maxed out our bandwidth!" but it redirected us to its Scour Exchange (SX) site, where we were able to download its controversial software. It took about three minutes to download and install the Beta version. Searching on SX is similar to Napster. In no time we found a copy of "Country Grammar" and downloaded it in less than two minutes. No wonder the RIAA and Motion Picture Association of America are suing Scour for the same reason they went after Napster.
Next we tried Imesh. When we searched for Nelly, we got an error message saying that the server was too busy. Guess we're not the only ones trying to find an alternate service.
Third was Opennap. Either we're even dumber than we get credit for or it's really hard to use. First you download a Zipped file, then you install it and make changes and stuff. That's where we had problems. And if we can't use it, what's the, ur, average person going to do? Same thing with the similar Freenet.
CuteMX took down its Napster-like service earlier today.
We'll confess that one of the brighter staffers here at hitsdailydouble.com already had Gnutella installed on his computer, but he couldn't get it to work today. Yesterday, 1.2 million people went to Gnutella's main downloading page at Wego.com, so that's most likely just a temporary problem.
Using Napster, "Country Grammar" took about five minutes to locate and download—slower than normal because of the frenzy to download before the then-looming midnight deadline.
In the interim, we'll be hoping for a break in the downloading traffic, trying to figure out how to load the "Country Grammar" MP3 into a Rio player and continuing to wade through the media frenzy. As the Guy in the Goggles says, "Have a great dang weekend."
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Scotland has provided a timely reminder of why the debate raging worldwide over the fortification of flour with folic acid is of such consequence.
On 2 September, the Scottish Spina Bifida Association revealed that 15 babies had been born in Scotland with the condition since January — twice the normal number. The charity said it was possible the rise was a result of women failing to take folic acid supplements, which research suggests can prevent many cases, at the right time to prevent the condition.
Dr Margo Whiteford, consultant geneticist and chair of the Scottish Spina Bifida Association, told the BBC: "This year we've had as many contacts from families in the first half of the year as we'd expect to see for the full year. We don't know if this is down to folic acid but we do know that most women don't take enough folic acid at the right time.
"Ladies do know about folic acid preventing spina bifida but they wait until they've missed a period before they start taking it. The spinal cord develops within the first four weeks of pregnancy so by that stage it's too late. If the baby's going to have spina bifida it will already have developed it."
The charity did not call for mandatory fortification of flour with folic acid — instead it urges all sexually active women of child bearing age to take it regularly in the form of supplement to prevent neural tube defects such as spina bifida. But Whitehead's comments could easily be used by some as a strong case for fortification on the basis that not all women can be trusted to take the B vitamin.
But widespread fortification is controversial because of the effect it could have on those who do not need to consume more folic acid. High intakes of folic acid have been linked with an increased risk of certain cancers, as well as with the masking of a vitamin B12 deficiency in the elderly. Concerns about this have led governments to think twice about mandatory fortification of flour. The UK's Food Standards Agency was all set to rubber-stamp fortification in 2007, but held back at the last minute to examine the health implications of such a move in more detail. The issue is still under review.
In Ireland, regulators decided in March 2009 not to introduce mandatory fortification. This was principally because it believed women already had enough folic acid in their diets through the voluntary fortification of food and drink, a verdict that was supported in research published by Dublin University just a month ago. But concerns about the health risks were a factor too.
A fierce debate raged in New Zealand earlier this year when the bakery industry called for the government to abandon planned mandatory fortification of flour on the basis it would add to production costs, would have little impact on reducing neural tube defects and could damage some people's health. Official research also indicated an overwhelming lack of public support for the initiative.
Mandatory fortification was due to begin in New Zealand this month, but in July the government agreed to delay any such move until 2012 while more research was conducted. Subsequently, the New Zealand bakery sector indicated it would be willing to work towards voluntary fortification as that date approaches.
New Zealand had been due to introduce mandatory fortification alongside Australia, with which it shares a food regulator in the form of Food Standards Australia and New Zealand. But Australia will now go it alone.
It will join the US, Canada and Chile, all of which have had mandatory fortification of flour for 10 years now. But for women of child bearing age in New Zealand, and the increasing number of other countries where opponents of fortification have won the day, the advice will continue to echo that of the Scottish Spina Bifida Association: "Keep taking the pills."


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Марвін Гей Вільямс (молодший) (,  19 червня 1986, Бремертон, Вашингтон, США) — американський професійний баскетболіст, що грав на позиції легкого і важкого форварда.

Ігрова кар'єра
Починав грати у баскетбол у команді Бремертонської старшої школи (Бремертон, Вашингтон). Був беззаперечним лідером команди, набираючи у випускному класі 28,7 очок, 15,5 підбирань, 5 блоків та 5 асистів за гру.

На університетському рівні грав за команду Північної Кароліни (2004–2005). Будучи шостим гравцем в команді, набирав 11,3 очка та 6,6 підбирань у своєму першому і останньому сезоні в NCAA. Допоміг команді виграти чемпіонат.

2005 року був обраний у першому раунді драфту НБА під загальним 2-м номером командою «Атланта Гокс». Захищав кольори команди з Атланти протягом наступних 7 сезонів. У своєму першому сезоні в НБА набирав 8,5 очок та робив 4,8 підбирання за гру, був включений до другої збірної новачків. 25 січня 2008 встановив рекорд своєї результативності, набравши 33 очки у матчі проти «Сіетл Суперсонікс».

11 липня 2012 перейшов до складу команди «Юта Джаз» в обмін на Девіна Гарріса.

21 липня 2014 року підписав двохрічний контракт з «Шарлотт Горнетс» на суму 14 млн. доларів. 10 липня 2016 перепідписав угоду та досі виступає за команду з Шарлотт.

10 березня 2017 року в матчі проти «Орландо Меджик» набрав 12 очок та рекордні для себе 18 підбирань.

8 лютого 2020 року «Горнетс» відрахували гравця з клубу. Через два дні підписав контракт з «Мілуокі Бакс». Провівши залишок сезону, закінчив спортивну кар'єру.

Статистика виступів

Регулярний сезон

|-
|style="text-align:left;"|
|style="text-align:left;"|«Атланта Гокс»
|79 ||7 ||24.7 ||.443 ||.245 ||.747 ||4.8 ||.8 ||.6 ||.3 ||8.5
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|
|style="text-align:left;"|«Атланта Гокс»
|64 ||63 ||34.0 ||.433 ||.244 ||.815 ||5.3 ||1.9 ||.8 ||.5 ||13.1
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|
|style="text-align:left;"|«Атланта Гокс»
|80 ||80 ||34.6 ||.462 ||.100 ||.822 ||5.7 ||1.7 ||1.0 ||.4 ||14.8
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|
|style="text-align:left;"|«Атланта Гокс»
|61 ||59 ||34.3 ||.458 ||.355 ||.806 ||6.3 ||1.3 ||.9 ||.6 ||13.9
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|
|style="text-align:left;"|«Атланта Гокс»
|81 ||81 ||30.4 ||.455 ||.303 ||.819 ||5.1 ||1.1 ||.8 ||.6 ||10.1
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|
|style="text-align:left;"|«Атланта Гокс»
|65 ||52 ||28.7 ||.458 ||.336 ||.845 ||4.8 ||1.4 ||.5 ||.4 ||10.4
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|
|style="text-align:left;"|«Атланта Гокс»
|57 ||37 ||26.3 ||.432 ||.389 ||.788 ||5.2 ||1.2 ||.8 ||.3 ||10.2
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|
|style="text-align:left;"|«Юта Джаз»
|73 ||51 ||23.7 ||.423 ||.325 ||.778 ||3.6 ||1.1 ||.5 ||.5 ||7.2
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|
|style="text-align:left;"|«Юта Джаз»
|66 ||50 ||25.4 ||.439 ||.359 ||.781 ||5.1 ||1.2 ||.8 ||.5 ||9.1
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|
|style="text-align:left;"|«Шарлотт Горнетс»
|78 ||37 ||26.1 ||.424 ||.358 ||.713 ||4.9 ||1.3 ||.9 ||.5 ||7.4
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|
|style="text-align:left;"|«Шарлотт Горнетс»
|81 ||81 ||28.9 ||.452 ||.402 ||.833 ||6.4 ||1.4 ||.7 ||1.0 ||11.7
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|
|style="text-align:left;"|«Шарлотт Горнетс»
|76 ||76 ||30.2 ||.422 ||.350 ||.873 ||6.6 ||1.4 ||.8 ||.7 ||11.2
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|
|style="text-align:left;"|«Шарлотт Горнетс»
|78 ||78 ||25.7 ||.458 ||.413 ||.829 ||4.7 ||1.2 ||.7 ||.5 ||9.5
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|
| style="text-align:left;"|«Шарлотт Горнетс»
| 75 || 75 || 28.4 || .422 || .366 || .767 || 5.4 || 1.2 || .9 || .8 || 10.1
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| style="text-align:left;"|
| style="text-align:left;"| «Шарлотт Горнетс»
| 41 || 1 || 19.7 || .448 || .376 || .860 || 2.7 || 1.0 || .6 || .5 || 6.7
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| style="text-align:left;"|
| style="text-align:left;"| «Мілуокі Бакс»
| 17 || 0 || 18.9 || .439 || .308 || .857 || 4.4 || 1.1 || .6 || .5 || 4.0
|- class="sortbottom"
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Усього за кар'єру
| 1,072 || 828 || 28.2 || .443 || .362 || .808 || 5.2 || 1.3 || .8 || .5 || 10.2

Плей-оф

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|style="text-align:left;"|
|style="text-align:left;"|«Атланта Гокс»
|7 ||7 ||28.4 ||.414 ||.000 ||.889 ||4.0 ||.7 ||.3 ||.4 ||11.4
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|
|style="text-align:left;"|«Атланта Гокс»
|6 ||3 ||16.2 ||.345 ||.167 ||.692 ||1.5 ||1.0 ||.8 ||.3 ||5.0
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|
|style="text-align:left;"|«Атланта Гокс»
|11 ||11 ||31.4 ||.392 ||.500 ||.906 ||5.7 ||.7 ||.6 ||.5 ||8.4
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|style="text-align:left;"|
|style="text-align:left;"|«Атланта Гокс»
|12 ||3 ||18.0 ||.393 ||.273 ||.769 ||2.3 ||.5 ||.8 ||.6 ||4.8
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|
|style="text-align:left;"|«Атланта Гокс»
|6 ||3 ||24.2 ||.356 ||.500 ||.778 ||5.5 ||.8 ||.5 ||.3 ||7.8
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|style="text-align:left;"|
|style="text-align:left;"|«Шарлотт Горнетс»
|7 ||7 ||32.6 ||.275 ||.353 ||.500 ||6.9 ||.9 ||.9 ||.4 ||5.1
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| style="text-align:left;"|
| style="text-align:left;"| «Мілуокі Бакс»
| 10 || 0 || 17.9 || .447 || .435 || 1.000 || 4.8 || .9 || .5 || .3 || 5.5
|- class="sortbottom"
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Усього за кар'єру
| 59 || 34 || 23.9 || .378 || .387 || .836 || 4.3 || .8 || .6 || .4 || 6.7

Примітки

Посилання

Афроамериканські баскетболісти
Американські баскетболісти
Важкі форварди
Легкі форварди
Баскетболісти «Атланта Гокс»
Баскетболісти «Юта Джаз»
Баскетболісти «Шарлотт Горнетс»
Баскетболісти «Мілвокі Бакс»
Задрафтовані «Атланта Гокс»
Уродженці штату Вашингтон
Спортсмени зі штату Вашингтон

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New YA Imprint Focuses on LGBTQ Books From the Heart of North Carolina
Just like the adage "write what you know," the editors at Riptide Publishing will launch a young reader's imprint with stories they'd like to read. "We wished we had these books when we were teens and questioning our identity," Riptide Publisher Rachel Haimowitz said. "They can see a mirror in these stories where they can be the hero and have happy endings."
This fall, Riptide will release the first titles under a new YA imprint, Triton Books, with a goal similar to the publisher's line of LGBTQ fiction of a readership behind the gay or transgender teens found in the tales. Haimowitz said that Riptide's novels invite all readers to explore the world around them.
"It's exciting to see our titles taught in college courses about feminism and LGBTQ experiences in modern culture," Haimowitz said. "To have those titles presented to a majority-straight class and have those kids—at a very impressionable age—reading and discussing them can help open eyes. Not to sound conceited but that's changing the world one reader at a time."
Since 2011 the North Carolina-based indie house has specialized in gay and transgender fiction that—in the purest of all literary traditions—serves as a travel guide to new worlds and experiences.
"Whether it's a queer kid or a straight kid who doesn't know queer people, these kids are dealing with the same problems that every other teen deals with," Haimowitz said. "Some people read to validate their own experience. A lot of people read because they're interested in understanding a culture they're not part of: A window into a life not their own."
Timely, Topical Titles
Regardless of the subject matter, Triton's success remains vulnerable to familiar challenges: the state of independent publishing; competition for young adult leisure time in the high-tech age; and the uphill struggle of a digital-first publisher. "Our print titles are print-on-demand," Haimowitz said. "We can't get into the big chains so we're focused on independent book stores which, for many communities, don't exist."
On the other hand, Haimowitz said their particular niche may benefit from the elevated awareness and visibility of LGBTQ issues—including headlines from Riptide's North Carolina base that have brought transgender rights into the forefront. "Just getting the attention out there is important," Haimowitz said. "Suddenly you have people who have never in their lives considered transgender rights talking about it."
Haimowitz looks forward to a time when North Carolina's elected officials will be revealed to have "been on the wrong side of history," a day that may not be too far off. "We have run into resistance—forty years from now we'll still run into resistance," Haimowitz said. "But look how far we've come with racial equality. Every generation is more open than the generation before it."
Politics aside Riptide and Triton are in the book business. Reaching young readers who spend up to half their waking hours in the digital world won't be easy. "Getting paper into the hands of the kids these books are meant for is definitely a marketing challenge," Haimowitz said.
Entertaining and Enlightening
The niche aspect of Riptide's core audience may, Haimowitz said, be a marketplace edge. "A lot of the kids these books are written for tend to be socially isolated because of their identity," Haimowitz said. "Those kids tend to escape with books. Even if we're only reaching a small segment of the market, it's an important segment."
This fall will see the release of the first three Triton titles:
Assassins: Discord, by Erica Cameron, the story of a sixteen-year-old girl raised to be a thief and killer-for-hire who fights to break from familial fate while on a path of self-discovery;
Investigating Julius Drake, by Daisy Harris, which follows a prep school misfit determined to understand a classmate's attempted suicide; and
Junior Hero Blues, by JK Pendragon, in which a gay high school student comes to terms with super powers.
"Early reviews and reads have all been very positive," Haimowitz said. "We cannot wait to get these out there."
A fourth title is expected in December, and Haimowitz said the expectation is to publish four-to-six titles annually. "We'll roll with it and see what the response is and how the books do," Haimowitz said. "If it's popular and books sell then we'll aim at that point."
Success of the imprint remains in the hands of readers, and Haimowitz is confident that the stories pass the bottom-line test that all books face: Simply put, they make damn good reading. "They are just wildly entertaining," Haimowitz said, noting the comic aspects of Junior Hero Blues. "I laughed my way cover to cover. The first duty of a book is to entertain, and these books are entertaining."
James A. Mitchell is a veteran reporter and author of four books, including The Walrus & the Elephants: John Lennon's Years of Revolution and But For the Grace: Profiles in Peace From a Nation at War. You can follow him on Twitter @jamesamitchell3.
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#Limbo: Union warns of "CHAOS" over new immigration rules for non-EU nurses
Viji Alles June 22, 2015
Britain's biggest nursing union has warned of "chaos" if the government goes ahead with new immigration rules which will affect thousands of migrants from outside the European Union.
From next year, non-EU immigrants must be earning £35,000 or more to stay in the UK after six years in a move that will affect nearly 4000 NHS nurses currently working in the UK.
The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) warned today that the nurses will effectively face the threat of deportation and intensify the severe shortage of nursing staff in the UK.
The RCN has called on the government to reconsider the £35,000 salary limit and add nurses to the list of occupations there is a shortage of in Britain.
Dr Peter Carter, chief executive and general secretary of the RCN, said: "The immigration rules for health care workers will cause chaos for the NHS and other care services.
"At a time when demand is increasing, the UK is perversely making it harder to employ staff from overseas. The NHS has spent millions hiring nurses from overseas in order to provide safe staffing levels. These rules will mean that money has just been thrown down the drain."
The Home Office says the move is aimed at discouraging migrants coming to work in the UK from staying permanently and said employers have had since 2011 to prepare for the possibility that their non-EU workers may not meet the required salary threshold to settle in the UK.
There are more than 400,000 nurses working in the NHS in England with a vast majority of them on salaries of between £21,000 and £28,000.
Foreign nurses, particularly from Africa and South Asia, have been relied upon to fill long-term staffing gaps due to cuts to nurse-training in the UK.
Dr Carter also said that the government's move was "morally and ethically wrong".
Employment Minister Priti Patel told Sky News that the government would look at reaching an agreement with the RCN on the issue.
"I think where there are exemptions required obviously the Government will look at that but it is important for me to emphasise that we will work with the nursing profession to ensure that we have the right number of nurses and nurses being trained as well so that they can enter the nursing profession but be on the front line of the NHS", she said.
The new rules are part of David Cameron's pledge to reduce net migration to the tens of thousands, one which has fallen well short of expectations in the face of rapidly increasing migration from the European Union.
Many non-EU workers and migrants say they have been unfairly targeted due to Mr Cameron's inability to curtail the flow of EU migrants, particularly from Eastern Europe.
Several nurses who spoke to the UKAsian said their lives have been thrust into uncertainty. Many have children and families in the UK and face the prospect of leaving voluntarily or mounting long and costly legal battles to remain in the UK.
Viji Alles
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DailyEconomicChinaNation won't let virus halt anti-poverty work
Nation won't let virus halt anti-poverty work
11 March, 2020 Wednesday 12:34 China
Goal of elimination by year's end intact despite epidemic's impact on labor flow
China will strive to minimize the impact of the novel coronavirus on the country's poverty alleviation drive and ensure that it will achieve the goal of eliminating poverty by the end of this year, a senior poverty alleviation official said on Tuesday.
Although the majority of poverty-stricken areas are deemed as low risk for the virus, the epidemic has impeded the flow of labor, shuttered logistics and crippled the incomes of the impoverished.
"The impact is likely to be long-term and to further increase," said Su Guoxia, spokesperson for the State Council Leading Group Office of Poverty Alleviation and Development.
As of Thursday, 14.2 million migrant workers from poor households had traveled to other regions to seek employment, just 52 percent of last year's volume. In addition, only about one-third of poverty alleviation projects have been launched so far this year, the majority having been postponed, according to Su.
To cushion the impact of the epidemic, the office has set up a coping mechanism that gathers reports from local authorities, has put forward targeted measures and has ramped up financial support, officials said.
Huang Yan, head of the office's department of planning and finance, said the central government has allocated 113 billion yuan ($16.4 billion) for poverty relief efforts this year, and various levels of local governments have so far set aside more than 200 billion yuan.
"The designated funds had risen by 21 percent annually from 2013 to 2019, and this year, the sum will continue to increase," Huang said.
To accelerate the resumption of work and operations, authorities have also extended the payment due date for small loans, subsidized enterprises that hire impoverished workers, increased job opportunities and facilitated entrepreneurship in rural areas.
To ensure that the remaining 52 national-level impoverished counties in the country will shake off poverty this year, Huang said they will be given preference in fund allocation, and new technologies will be deployed to better understand their difficulties.
Wei Baigang, head of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs' department of development and planning, said it will roll out preferential policies targeting these counties, such as offering free exhibition booths at trade fairs, streamlining applications for organic produce certificates and improving cold-chain logistics in these areas.
Su added that China will launch a poverty-alleviation census in the second half of this year to step up supervision and will continue to conduct spot checks on counties that are stripped of the poverty label.
"We will make sure to complete poverty reduction tasks," Su said.
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Prognosis? Rail work & road closures
N.J. governor blocks transit tunnel
Cars deadly for birds on 295
Pole-dancing on Metro
N.Y. transit riders take another hit
Camden Line issues
8:25 A.M. UPDATE:
Scratch that. The Maryland Transit Administration reports that train 851 wound up leaving on time.
MARC Camden Line train 851, scheduled to depart Baltimore at 8:15 a.m., is departing the Camden station about 10 to 15 minutes late. This is due to the late arrival of train 840, which was caused by heavy freight train congestion, according to the Maryland Transit Administration.
By Mark Berman | September 10, 2010; 8:08 AM ET
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