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The Fight is Won – The God of High School (Episode Thirteen) – Season's Writings
The once and present King.
When a villain begins their diatribe against the very notion of existence, you know you've reached the final act. If, for some reason, said monologue does not convince you, the spontaneous arrival of a hero's true power should assuage any doubts. Now, as to whether you actually care about any of these events…well, that depends on every moment prior; on how much you've come to care for each character through their adventures; on how much the world was built out around them. Without that care, well, even a spectacle can be boring.
So…The God of High School didn't make me care. Harsh, but, if anyone has been reading my ramblings, not unexpected. I'll say it again: I don't like dunking on a series, I really don't. But man, I just never connected to this series on any decent level. Sure, the fights were cool, but I just didn't care beyond the visuals. Take this episode for example—because that's the one we're talking about—it featured a transcended human fighting a physical god…and it meant nothing. It's almost impressive how an event of such scale carries so little weight. Taek has been such a hollow villain that there's no purpose to his descent into omnicidal madness, and Mori is so blank a slate that he may as well be subsumed by the memories of a former godly life. I mean, the episode claims that Mori's memories are all a jumble, but he didn't seem any different to his normal self—unless you count his stylish headband/wrist guard combo, manifested by holy might. Even falling into a three month coma does nothing to alter his character. A three month coma. Even Daewi and Mira seem only mildly concerned when he wakes up. Seoul was blown up! God tried to kill millions of people! Every citizen of Seoul was teleported by actual magic, and a handful of teenagers killed an abomination that was literally an affront to the heavens! Why does nobody seem to care? Why does everybody react with the same intensity to all of this as they would to a two-for-one sale? The fact that even one of these is a valid question speaks volumes for the series, and not in a good way…in case that wasn't clear.
Thunderstruck!
So, after absorbing The Key, Taek sprouts wings and decides that everything needs to die. Was this his plan all along? I don't know. Was this the influence of the fox that died cursing the gods? Maybe; it certainly would've been a cool explanation. Regardless, it's really of no consequence. Which sucks. Taek has always been a nebulous villain, only appearing to add a little abject evil into a situation. Thus, his ultimate turn into a literal monster does nothing except make him a harder target to punch. All we ever learnt was that Taek has a rough childhood and that Ilpyo beat him up once—as he damn well should have. If anything, Taek's transformation robbed him of what little personality he had. Not that Mori fared any better. See, it turns out that our protagonist is actually The Monkey King. Yep. Big reveal. Definitely…definitely impactful and…interesting? I mean, it should be interesting. In a series where people borrow their powers from gods, having a character turn out to actually be a god is a clever way to explain a gap in power; to explain why Mori has shown no inkling of a charyeok despite his innate strength. And yet…it barely matters. His awakening even comes right after does some pressure point stuff—which he apparently spent a long time learning—to push past the limits of a human body. Why? Why bother showing how far he was willing to take the strength of a human, only to undermine it with some deus ex machina nonsense? Even Ilpyo is pushed out of the spotlight, and he apparently borrows the power of a being that God is afraid of. Which actually leads me into a realisation I had…
Make a little dark void in your soul.
Ilpyo should be the main character of this series. Think about it. He has a personal history with the villain, he has a connection to an inherently powerful force in the universe, and he is the guardian of a relic that can shake apart the very foundations of the heavens…Mori is a guy who likes to fight. Okay, Mori is actually a god himself, but that's what would make him such a good part of Ilpyo's crew. Mori's knowledge should provide insight into the realm of the gods, into how they think, into what drives them. He should teach Ilpyo what he knows, decide where he wants to stand in the inevitable battle between humanity and the divine. He should wrestle with the notion of betraying his kind to side with the fox who was betrayed by a fearful God. Or hell, give Mori a chance to be an actual protagonist; show some signs of his true nature. Best I can recall, Mori ate a magic peach part way through the series and that's as close as we got to any hints of a mystic nature. Well, that and all of the intro and flashback images that were obviously Mori's outline. Seriously, The Monkey King, mix up your style a little. Joking aside, Mori's placement as the central figure in this series just never seemed earnt. His motivations were always weaker than his allies, his personal struggles were either absent or inconsequential, and his grandfather seems to be important to the plot with or without his connection to Mori. Compare that to Ilpyo and…well, it's not too often you see a side character and think, "That dude's story would be way more interesting."
Though my explanation of this episode's plot has been sparse at best, I feel like I've established that it is really not the key element here. Hell, plot isn't really the key element of the entire series: the action is. So, because my negative thoughts about this series—valid as I may see them—are bumming me out, I'm going to round of my Writings by focusing on what this series does well: show people kicking ass. Even if the combat is hollow, it still looks cool. After Mori acquires Nyoibo (The Monkey King's extending bo staff), we are treated to a flowing beatdown of Taek and those weird mummy things he can summon. The staff shifting size as needed adds an interesting sense of convenience to Mori's combat, but not in a bad way. It's almost an interpretation of what otherworldly fighting could be. Not entirely focused on super-strong punches and kicks, but and elegance born from cleverly applying magic. Sure it's cool when Nyoibo extends to allow Mori to run into the sky—chasing after Taek, whom he'd punched there—but the more subtle extensions just caught my eye more. Maybe because it reminded me of when this series began, when my hopes were higher. Mori stood out then because of his ingenious use of Renewal Taekwondo, a term that hasn't even been said in quite some time. He struck when he could and read his opponents. Charyeok muddied the waters a little with its alteration of what a fight was, but there was always a glimmer of that same flowing combat. And, at the very least, I'm glad The God of High School never lost that completely.
Four of the best friends that ever…did Daewi and Mira ever meet Ilpyo?
So, there you have it: The God of high School. It was…it was a trip. I started out genuinely excited by this series. The first episode showed promise of a frenetic roller coaster that would show us beautifully animated combat and maybe something to do with gods—it wasn't entirely clear back then. But, as the story blew through plot point after plot point, there was no way for us to keep up. Characters claimed to forge bonds we never felt, organisations began plans we were unclear on, characters we thought were important meant nothing, and even the entire premise of the series seemed to be immaterial. The tournament changed to suit the whims of the plot, the characters followed suit, and everything surrounding both was too convenient. It's almost as if…as if this series was fashioned to meet a quota. An oblivious protagonist whose defining trait is liking food and fighting, allies forged in the fires of battle, a villain evil enough to justify rivals banding together, elements of a much grander plot lurking in the shadows, a hero's powers awakened by strife and friendship. Don't get me wrong, I know any series can be boiled down to its tropes, but not all of them make it so easy. Creativity isn't necessarily presenting something entirely unique. It can also be the process of taking something that we know, something that we've seen before, and making us care all over again. Making us want to see more. And unfortunately, despite my best efforts and intentions, The God of High School made me do neither. Also, it never answered my questions about those masseuses from the first episode.
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Specific Gravity of Hybrid Poplars in the North-Central Region, USA: Within-Tree Variability and Site × Genotype Effects
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Forests 2013, 4(2), 251-269; https://doi.org/10.3390/f4020251
Received: 18 March 2013 / Revised: 3 April 2013 / Accepted: 11 April 2013 / Published: 23 April 2013
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Specific gravity is an important consideration for traditional uses of hybrid poplars for pulp and solid wood products, as well as for biofuels and bioenergy production. While specific gravity has been shown to be under strong genetic control and subject to within-tree variability, the role of genotype × environment interactions is poorly understood. Most specific gravity reports are for a limited number of locations, resulting in a lack of information about the interactions between clones and sites over a wide range of climate and soil conditions. The objective of the current study was to characterize the effects of bole position, site, clone, and site × clone interactions for twelve hybrid poplar genotypes grown in Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan, USA. Observed specific gravities ranged from 0.267 to 0.495 (mean = 0.352 ± 0.001 for 612 samples taken from 204 trees), with bole position and site × clone interactions having significant effects on specific gravity. Further investigation of the site × clone interactions indicated that environmental conditions related to water stress were key predictors of specific gravity. These data are important for informing genotypic selection and silvicultural management decisions associated with growing hybrid poplars. View Full-Text
Keywords: biomass; bole position; clones; correlation; feedstock quality; Populus; short rotation woody crops; tree growth; water stress; wood density biomass; bole position; clones; correlation; feedstock quality; Populus; short rotation woody crops; tree growth; water stress; wood density
Headlee, W.L.; Jr., R.S.Z.; Hall, R.B.; Bauer, E.O.; Bender, B.; Birr, B.A.; Miller, R.O.; Randall, J.A.; Wiese, A.H. Specific Gravity of Hybrid Poplars in the North-Central Region, USA: Within-Tree Variability and Site × Genotype Effects. Forests 2013, 4, 251-269. https://doi.org/10.3390/f4020251
Headlee WL, Jr. RSZ, Hall RB, Bauer EO, Bender B, Birr BA, Miller RO, Randall JA, Wiese AH. Specific Gravity of Hybrid Poplars in the North-Central Region, USA: Within-Tree Variability and Site × Genotype Effects. Forests. 2013; 4(2):251-269. https://doi.org/10.3390/f4020251
Headlee, William L., Ronald S.Z. Jr., Richard B. Hall, Edmund O. Bauer, Bradford Bender, Bruce A. Birr, Raymond O. Miller, Jesse A. Randall, and Adam H. Wiese. 2013. "Specific Gravity of Hybrid Poplars in the North-Central Region, USA: Within-Tree Variability and Site × Genotype Effects" Forests 4, no. 2: 251-269. https://doi.org/10.3390/f4020251
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Lebanon crisis: Dozens hurt as police and protesters clash in Beirut
The protests in the centre of Beirut entered the night
Clashes between riot police and anti-government protesters in the Lebanese capital, Beirut, have left dozens of people wounded, witnesses say.
The violence began as demonstrators, who had been attacked during a sit-in by masked counter-protesters, tried to move into a square near parliament.
Police fired tear gas and rubber bullets, while protesters threw stones. At least 20 officers were also wounded.
Protests over economic mismanagement by the ruling elite began in October.
Saturday's events are some of the worst violence since the largely peaceful protests started. They triggered the resignation of the Prime Minister, Saad al-Hariri, but talks to form a new government are deadlocked.
"It was a very peaceful protest. Everyone was singing chants that we're one people, that we're all peaceful and then some of the young guys pushed one of the fences that separated us," Mona Fawaz, who was at the protest, told the BBC.
"We saw an enormous amount of police come out and really disperse us, push us and then they started [firing] tear gas on us. There was really no reason for all this demonstration of force."
At least 54 people were wounded, the Lebanese Civil Defense said
Riot police and security forces had been deployed in large numbers in Beirut, chasing demonstrators, beating and detaining some of them, Reuters news agency reports.
Some protesters tried to push through steel barriers blocking the way to the parliament and government buildings. Clashes continued late into Saturday night.
Riot police detain an anti-government demonstrator during clashes
The Lebanese Civil Defence said it had treated 54 people for injuries, taking more than half to hospital. It was not clear whether they were all civilians.
The protests have been the largest seen in Lebanon in more than a decade. They have cut across sectarian lines – a rare phenomenon since the devastating 1975-1990 civil war ended – and involved people from all sectors of society.
Media captionThe BBC's Jeremy Bowen asks why people have been taking to the streets in Lebanon, Iran and Iraq
Demonstrators are angry at their leaders' failure to deal with a stagnant economy, rising prices, high unemployment, dire public services and corruption.
Their demands include an end to government corruption and the overhaul of the political system and the formation of an independent, non-sectarian cabinet.
Talks between President Michel Aoun and parliamentary blocs to name a new prime minister were expected to be held on Monday.
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Kickboxing 8 woman tournament Girl Power 2 airs live on SFR Sport 5 on Friday, February 10.
Girl Power 2 is an upcoming gala produced by the Bigger's Better Boxing. The pilot of the show aired live on Pay-Per-View in 2014. This year famed organization, that has held three seasons of boxing tournaments live on Eurosport, restarts its activity.
The concept continues the knockout series of tournaments. Eight international athletes battle out in one night competition, aiming to take all.
On Sunday the WKN revealed the names on the card for an anticipated event on February 10 in Stara Zagora, Bulgaria.
This morning, the World's governing body for all disciplines of kickboxing shared further details on the first four fighters.
Judit Laura Foldvari is 28-year-old athlete out of Hungary. She is victorious in 32 bouts out of 42 contests. She is a national champion in muaythai, who also holds the WFC world title belt. Zorka Stojanovic, 19, represents Bosnia. She earned 20 victorious in 28 bouts, as well as numerous WKF and WAKO titles of national, Balkans and European calibers.
The third name on the list is Laura Follereau. The 27-year-old is a 16-fight fighter out of France. In conclusion Mallaury Kalachnikoff, 19, is the second French competitor featuring on the program. National champion is also the WKN amateur world title challenger, who has faced a unique defeat out of 16 bouts. The tale of the tape of the rest fighters will be revealed shortly.
The fast paced featherweight contests are of the 3 x 2 minute rounds with 1 minute break. An extra round applies in case of a draw in the final. The rules of the bouts are oriental (K-1) with also the allowance of the spinning back fist.
Hall of Fame referee out of the Atlantic City, Steve Smoger is announced to officiate the bouts.


As things now stand, although the crop in some villages was damaged by hail storm during early June, coming 2015 walnut crop is estimated to be an above average and yi eld is expected to be in vicinity of 45000 metric tons on walnut in shell basis, contrasted with 30000 thousand metric tons of 2014 crop.
Domestic consumption is expected to account for about 25000 metric tons on walnut inshell basis, and about 20000 metric tons will be available for export that means about 7000 metric tons in walnut kernels will be available for export.
Prices initially will open at high levels as Indian Christmas (Diwali) is on November 11, 2015 and first supplies will go for domestic festival season. Prices will stabilise in second half of November. Even though the carry over of 2014 walnut crop is about 10 to 15% about 5000 metric tons on walnuts inshell basis, but stockists are not selling their walnut stocks of 2014 crop even when offered realistic prices.
We will offer only during second half of September after the walnut crop is harvested and prices are known from all origins, as no exporter is in position to speculate as we do not know at what prices growers will sell their next crop.


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Estimating the strength of selection for new COVID-19 variants
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LOS ALAMOS, N.M., December 22— As the discovery of the new omicron variant illustrates, new COVID-19 variants will continue to regularly emerge. In an effort to make sense of these new variants, scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory have developed methods to quantify how much more or less transmissible they are, which could have far-reaching implications for public health in terms of COVID-19 risk and the vaccination levels required to obtain herd immunity.
"Generally, new COVID-19 variants are simply discussed in terms of being more dangerous or spreading quicker than previous strains," said Ethan Romero-Severson, a computational epidemiologist in Los Alamos's Theoretical Division and senior author on the paper published today in Nature Communications. "We showed that it is possible to calculate new strains' transmission advantage while accounting for alternative explanations such as migration and random genetic drift. Our collection of methods allows us to look both broadly at the global situation and in greater detail at specific countries using publicly available genetic sequence data."
The Los Alamos research is "a method for integrating molecular epidemiological surveillance into surveillance systems using publicly available data streams," Romero-Severson noted.
The team used two distinct but complementary approaches. The first is derived from classical population genetic methods that relate the increased transmissibility of a COVID-19 variant to the expected frequency of that variant in the population over time.
"We modified that model to include migration as a possible alternative explanation to increased transmissibility and implemented it in a hierarchical modeling framework that allowed us to estimate the unique selection effect for each variant in each country in which it appeared," he said.
The second, more detailed method used a stochastic (allowing for uncertainty) epidemiological model to predict both the changes in COVID-19 variant frequencies and deaths over time, accounting for natural and random variation in the virus both between and within countries over time.
Together, these approaches showed that the pattern of emerging and rising COVID-19 variants globally was driven by large increases in the transmissibility of the virus over time. The methods also clearly established that early detection of variants of concern is possible even when the global frequency of new variants is as small as 5 percent.
The paper: Estimating the strength of selection for new SARS-CoV-2 variants, Nature Communications, 12/14/21
Credit: Los Alamos National Laboratory
The funding: Los Alamos Laboratory Directed Research and Development, and the National Science Foundation.
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Here you will find information on the events that we promote, what to expect, and where they will be. Click on any of the navigation buttons above to find detailed information on these events. We started promoting shows in 1985. We promoted shows in Appleton, Stevens Point, Wausau, Eagle River, Greenbay/De Pere, Janesville, Madison, Eau Claire and Door County, Wisconsin plus St Paul and Mankato, Minnesota.
We are semi-retired now and promote two shows a year with select dealers and quality antiques & vintage finds from a postcard to a well made early piece of furniture & everything in between! The first show of the year is in February at the D.C. Everest High School in Weston, Wisconsin (a suburb 5 miles South of Wausau).
The last show of the year is the 2nd weekend of November in Wausau, Wisconsin at Marathon Park, East Gate Hall, 1201 Stewart Ave, Wausau, Wisconsin. The shows have at least 35 booths and up to 55 booths of quality, unusual, and unique antiques. Find early country, Victorian, Deco, and Mid-Century Antiques & Vintages finds!
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The Northern Territory Government has demonstrated it is operating in a gas-fired echo chamber with no new investment into climate action or protecting the environment in the budget delivered yesterday.
"It's totally astounding, that in 2016 when world leaders have agreed to try and limit global temperature rise to 2 degrees, there is no mention of climate in the NT budget, no investment into renewable energy and no further investment into ensuring the health of our environment," said Jimmy Cocking, Director of the Arid Lands Environment Centre.
"What we see instead is $5.95 million of Territory tax payers' money being allocated on gas 'industry grants' and 'accelerated' assessment of the Territory's shale gas industry," said Mr Cocking.
"The NT Government needs to be looking forward, not backwards. The future will be powered by renewable energy. Stanford University lecturer Tony Seba has stated to energy investors in Australia this week that 'within just 15 years conventional energy production and transport will have been rendered obsolete', and 'there is "no excuse" for any board of a utility in Australia not to know what's coming'. Is buying 10 new gas fired engines for Alice Springs really the way forward?" asked Mr Cocking.
"We need to the NT Government to take off the rose-coloured glasses supplied by the gas industry, and realise that it's time we joined communities all over the world in making the transition to renewable energy. We need to see an NT Renewable Energy Policy developed immediately, and a strategy to start the transition. The sun is almost always shining in the NT, when are territory politicians going to wake up to this?" said Mr Cocking.


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Michael Shear of Holtsville at his arraignment at Suffolk County Court in Riverhead in January 2017. Credit: James Carbone
By Andrew Smith andrew.smith@newsday.com Updated September 21, 2018 7:50 PM
In the early hours of Jan. 15, 2017, one of two people acted irrationally — either a Holtsville steamfitter accused of driving drunk or the Suffolk Park police officer who pulled him over, shocked him with a Taser while his car was moving and later shot him, attorneys argued Friday in opening statements at the man's trial in Riverhead.
For prosecutors, the irrational man was the defendant, Michael Shear, 35, who is on trial before Suffolk County Court Judge Stephen Braslow on charges of second-degree assault, agrravated driving while intoxicated and other offenses for dragging Officer Gregory Sandbichler after getting pulled over in Patchogue. He faces eight years in prison if convicted.
"He put an officer's life in danger and injured him in the line of duty," Assistant District Attorney Carl Borelli said of Shear.
But Shear's attorney, Steven Politi of Central Islip, said his client tried to drive away from the traffic stop because the officer jumped into Shear's window and he feared for his life.
"That's because Officer Sandbichler is nuts," Politi told jurors. "This park police officer is a lunatic. I feel bad for the officers who have to work with him. He is a crazy man. They have to work with a lunatic."
According to Borelli, Sandbichler saw Shear speeding on Waverly Avenue and pulled him over in a shopping center parking lot. The officer smelled alcohol and Shear slurred his words, so he asked Shear to step out of his Ford Expedition — but Shear refused, Borelli said.
"I'm sorry, officer, but I can't do that," Shear said, according to Borelli. "This is going to be really bad."
Shear started the engine and began to drive off, so Sandbichler took out his Taser and leaned into the moving car to shock Shear, Borelli said. But Shear kept going, dragging Sandbichler with him until the officer tumbled free.
Police chased Shear almost to Sunrise Highway before stopping him, Borelli said. There, Sandbichler saw Shear point an object at him so he shot Shear, Borelli said.
The object likely was the Taser. Blood drawn later at Stony Brook University Hospital showed that Shear had an alcohol level of 0.22 percent, almost triple the legal level of 0.08 percent, Borelli said.
Politi said nothing Sandbichler did was appropriate, starting with shocking someone in a moving vehicle, continuing with the chase even after a police supervisor called it off and ending with shooting his client for no reason.
He accused police and prosecutors of constructing a web of lies to protect officers at all costs.
"I'm trying to give you the truth," Politi said. "They don't want it to come out."
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Howdy folks! I'm substitute writer on today's Typing Tuesday, which means everyone is free to take the hall pass so that they can go smoke out in the bathroom while I inappropriately hit on the redhead in the front row who I've conveniently convinced myself is 18. Hey, at least that's what my subs did.
Anyway, what type is Stephen Colbert? My opinion on the "certainty" of typing anybody can be found here, but that being said- or unsaid depending on whether you clicked that link or not- the most common guesses that I've seen on the web: ENTP, ENFP, and INFP.
That's a lot of "P"s there. I assume it's because people with (P)erceiving traits are assumed to be spontaneous jokesters who engage in free-wheeling fun, while people with (J)udging traits mainly just want to do their taxes, plan weddings, and run Fortune 500 companies. Of course, those ESFJ Elephants, who might be the most extroverted of all the types, seem pretty adventurous to me. Not to mention those camp counselor-ish, leadership seminar leading ENFJ Dolphins- always trying to convince me into doing their damn trust falls. I think those two types might chafe at the assumption that they are less likely to be capable of humor and frivolity than other types. Perhaps this is the problem with tight dichotomies; they leave no room for nuance.
Instead, let's look at what Stephen Colbert seems- big emphasis there- to prioritize in his life.
As a comic, he revels in satire. Whether he's skewering President George W. Bush, or cleverly giving a congresswoman enough rope to hang herself, Colbert gets his laughs by revealing human foibles. To me, this means that there's a high likelihood that he's i(N)tuitive, as "S" comics tend to favor physical humor, light ribbing, and dirty jokes fired with clean precision.
In his personal life, Colbert is a devout Catholic. Might this eliminate him from being a Rational (NT)? The numbers probably bear it out- a large majority of NTs are atheists- but I would hesitate to make that assumption, if only for fear that I might be culpable of the very generalizations that I've come to loathe. A better question to ask: is he an Idealist (NF)? I think the video below is quite revealing.
"God is love"… That's Hell. To be alone". Beautifully said… by an Idealist.
The most sociable Rational in the world would never equate Hell with being alone. Maybe as one of its minor circles, like the place where false preachers get their feet scorched by hellfire, but definitely not in lake of ice territory.
If Colbert is an Idealist, it wouldn't be news to the blogosphere- as mentioned before, ENFP and INFP are popular guesses for his type. However, let's remove the simple organized "J" vs. flexible "P" dichotomy in favor of something a little deeper. The most significant difference between NFJs and NFPs is that the former group tends to work within the system, while the latter group tends to work outside the system. The NFJ is the community-oriented reformer to the NFP's subversive revolutionary. This might come as a surprise, probably due to the blustery O'Reilly/Hannity/Beck/Coulter mutation he created for "The Colbert Report", but I believe that Colbert is closer to the patient, pragmatic NFJ.
That was not exactly an ENFP/INFP move. It's not that they're not gracious. It's just that when debating on issues that are of great importance to them, ENFPs and INFPs are more likely to let opponents choke on their own words, rather than defend them from a crowd incensed by said opponents attempts to slither away. Let's face it, for all of their good intentions, ENFP Baboons and INFP Humpback Whales aren't always the nicest of people when they disagree with you on a matter of importance.
That's why I believe that Colbert is an ENFJ Dolphin. He seeks consensus rather than enmity. As a T.V. host, he works outside the system- though working for CBS isn't exactly like hosting pirate radio- but in his personal life, he worships within one. He taught Sunday School, and from the previous video, it seems like he views the writings of his faith in a figurative way, ignoring the dogma and, instead, choosing to focus on those ideas with which he wholeheartedly agrees. This is typical of Dolphins, who wish to reform the system, not tear it down. Lastly, he is great at moderating conversations. We very rarely get to see this, as most of the time his interviews are performed in a one-on-one setting. But watch the video below (I apologize for the poor quality). I don't think I've ever seen Colbert more natural than in this interview. Notice how he ensures not only that each guest has the opportunity to express their opinions, but feels comfortable in doing so, which always leads to better conversation as guests are more likely to open up and say what they truly feel. This is a skill that other types may acquire, but comes naturally for an ENFJ Dolphin.
I guess that's the sublime thing about Dolphins. They can make us feel comfortable as we question the very things that give us comfort.
I disagree with this. NFPs pride themselves on seeing multiple perspectives and not getting stuck into "right/wrong" mindsets. Even if we disagree, we may think your individual view still deserves a hearing. Disrespecting people who disagree with you is not some NFP thing.
NFJs seem much more allergic to debate, and Extroverted Feeling seems more likely to use social shaming as a tool to create consensus.
I really could see any NF being gracious enough to defend a GUEST who gets booed though.
I can understand why you may think this way, based on your view of INFPs as iconoclastic reformers, but 5% of the population cannot realistically take on the role of a rebellious reformer. By necessity we function within social structure and Introverted Feeling ideals often means promoting respect for differences in people.
Diplomacy is associated with NFs in general, and INFPs are more frequently enneatype 9, which sort of embodies diplomacy when healthy.
Thank you very much for your critique. I was about to comment on the same issue – that Colbert actually IS an INFP. It is absolutely normal for celebrities to represent themselves differently.
However, I think it's mainly the Fe issue that leads to mistyping. INFP's are compassionate human beings, especially nines like you already mentioned come across as very Fe-ish. Tom Hiddleston for example (INFP, 9) gets also mistyped as an ENFJ.
A lot of Fe and well-adjusted introversion is apparently all it takes.


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She is also a game designer specializing in educational and serious games, and Paste Magazine called her game Choice: Texas "one of the best games of 2014." Currently, she is pursuing a collaboration with Jennifer L. Miller, a developmental psychologist, to design a game for early childhood language acquisition. In 2015, this project was named a finalist for the Nayar Prize.
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Kocurek is currently co-authoring a book, tentatively titled Ultima: The Art of Worldcraft with Matthew Thomas Payne about the Ultima game franchise for the University of Michigan Press. She and Jennifer Miller jointly direct the Developmental Media Lab, which has several projects open related to children's media production and use.
Her other current projects include two experimental tabletop games; one explores the realities of socioeconomic class in daily life, and the other is intended as a tool for processing grief.
Carly A. Kocurek and Matthew Thomas Payne, Ultima: The Art of Worldcrafting, Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. Under contract.
Carly A. Kocurek, Brenda Laurel: Pioneering Games for Girls, New York: Bloomsbury. Forthcoming 2017.
Carly A. Kocurek, Coin-Operated Americans: Rebooting Boyhood at the Video Game Arcade, Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2015.
Carly A. Kocurek, "Ronnie, Millie, Lila--Women's History for Games: A Manifesto and a Way Forward." American Journal of Play 9, no. 2 (2017). Forthcoming.
Carly A. Kocurek and Jennifer L. Miller, "Olive Dreams of Elephants: Game-Based Learning for School Readiness and Pre-Literacy in Young Children," Communications in Computer and Information Science: Immersive Learning Research Network 621 (2016). pp. 160-170.
Carly A. Kocurek, "Who Hearkens to the Monster's Scream? Death, Violence, and the Veil of the Monstrous in Video Games." Visual Studies 30, no. 1 (2015). pp. 1-11.
Jennifer deWinter, Carly A. Kocurek, and Randall Nichols, "Taylorism 2.0: Gamification, Scientific Management, and the Capitalist Appropriation of Play." Journal of Gaming and Virtual Worlds 6, no. 2 (2014). pp. 109-127.
Carly A. Kocurek, "The Treachery of Pixels: Reconsidering Feelies in an Era of Digital Play." Journal of Gaming and Virtual Worlds 5, no. 3 (2013). pp. 295-306.
Carly A. Kocurek, "The Agony and the Exidy: A History of Video Game Violence and the Legacy of Death Race." Game Studies 12, no. 1. (2012).


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Tribute – A Rumor of War
I seem to be missing most of the Tribute War.
Which is annoying, since the whole thing is happening practically in our front yard. The big battles in UMI-KK are only about a dozen jumps from the systems I consider "home" in null sec.
QPO is practically in our alliance's front yard.
In fact, there was a flurry of corp and alliance wide messages this past weekend because because hostile forces made their way into one of the TNT held systems and put a cyno jammer into reinforce. There was a call to arms with a request for a full alliance 'stand to' in order to meet this threat.
And it took place on Monday at 17:00 EVE time, which is about the time I am sitting in my cube at the office thinking about what's for lunch.
So while The Mittani dot Com has run a number of stories about the war, my own exposure has been limited.
I did get in a fleet last week that blew something up, and there was the titan loss in QPO. But for the most part, a combination of life and Euro Time Zone battles has kept me out of the action.
Last night though, the stars seemed to align. There was going to be a big timer related battle at UMI-KK, the system focus of much of the efforts over the last week. And it was going to be in prime western US time. Would I get in a fight?
More after the cut.
I had to put a cut in the hide the fact that there was only a boring wall of text to follow.
The TL;DR summary is, "No, nothing happened. Nothing exciting anyway."
Look at the pictures and carry on.
The detailed version of nothing… well, here it is.
I got myself on early, picking a scimitar as my ship for the night. The CFC is in some flux when it comes to fleet doctrines. Goonswarm has announced changes to ship fits, and expects people to show up for ops in those fits, but not all the alliances have caught up. My own alliance, TNT, was denying reimbursements up until today to people flying the update configurations. But the Scimitar fits had not changed, and everybody wants more Scimitars in their fleet.
I then joined up with the Tengu fleet under Vily, which was a bit of a change. I have only just acquired the skills to fly a Tengu in fleet ops… you have to be trained up to level V pretty much across the board on related skills… and have not even purchased a ship for the fleet. But an afterburner fit Scimitar is part of the Tengu doctrine
Scimitars in UMI-KK
Then it was the usual wait on the titan, the sudden call to bridge out, and there we were in UMI-KK.
And then not much happened while I was on.
We first camped one gate and then another, waiting for hostiles to show up.
The Typhoon helping camp a gate
That Typhoon was in out fleet, but does not represent official Tengu fleet doctrine. It is more part of an unofficial Goon policy of having one ridiculously inappropriate ship in every fleet. I ended up repping that big fat target a couple of times.
Vily relayed reports of a pile of hostiles sitting on a titan waiting to bridge in at one point, and an enemy staging system was reported to have a lot of characters in local. DBRB's Drake fleet had a bad run-in with some reds a couple of systems over. But for us it was just the occasional unwary traveler who got popped.
The Scimitar anchor lost connection during the camp and a couple of AFK Scimitars sailed off into space, never to be seen again as far as I know. The rest of us formed up on the backup anchor and flew around the gate.
Eventually it was show time and we headed off to the enemy POS with the cyno jammer that we needed to shoot up. The fleet shot that up and all the guns as well. Missiles, missiles, missiles.
Cyno Jammer and System ID
The POS had a couple of people running the defenses, so was dangerous in theory. In practice we had a lot of Scimitars. So many Scimitars that one joke on the logi channel revolved around how many Tengus did Scimitar Fleet doctrine really require.
So people needed reps every so often, but with so many Scimitars, nobody was really in danger. The POS seemed to be well armed with jammers. While I was never hit with a gun during the shoot, I was jammed a couple of times. That was like telling me to relax and concentrate on more important tasks.
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There was my big accomplishment of the night.
Once the POS defenses were all shot into an offline state, we went back to a gate and practiced flying in a straight line for a while. We aligned to a planet and flew towards it, afterburners off.
I got some serious Peggle Nights done during that.
Vily explained the origin of his name while we waited. It seemed he liked a girl named Lily, and named an alt after her. However, Lily was taken, so he went with Vily. Later Vily became his main and everybody forgot the name of his old name character… which was Rabbit Angstrom or Richie Rich or something like that. I have forgotten it already myself. Another bit of EVE history retold in a half-assed way here at TAGN. You're welcome.
Then we jumped to another location and basically flew around for an hour or so waiting for the next timer on the night's list. I went AFK and talked to my wife for about 45 minutes of that, only to come back and find myself still anchored up on the Scimitar leader and flying around. I expected to be yet another pilot headed out into deep space.
Some hostile bombers showed up just before I got back. There were all of three calls for shields in the fleet history. I was not missed.
A Manticore done bombing us, about to die
At this point I had been online and undocked for about three hours, and it was really getting to be time to go to bed. I am old and need my sleep.
So I slipped off to the safe POS in UMI while I brushed my teeth and considered my options. I decided to just make a dash for home. QPO, our staging system, was only 8 jumps away.
And, just to wrap up a quiet night, I had a completely uneventful run back to our starting point.
I understand that it is in the true nature of war that one person in one part of the battle can be bored and only hear reports of things going on, while others in the vicinity are part of life and death struggles. And so while I spent most of my night orbiting the Scimitar anchor, other people were reporting great deeds and epic battles.
Such is the way of null sec.
At least we hold some sovereignty in Tribute now.
This entry was posted in entertainment, EVE Online, Null Sec and tagged Tribute War, UMI-KK on August 29, 2012 by Wilhelm Arcturus.
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2 thoughts on "Tribute – A Rumor of War"
Latrodanes August 30, 2012 at 2:07 pm
I gotta be honest, this is exactly why I once contemplated and then rapidly decided against joining a nullsec alliance. I just couldn't (and still can't) justify using my limited gameplay time to do what you describe above.
Now, don't get me wrong, my hat's off to those that do enjoy such activity and I'm sure they would find what I do quite boring. That is the great nature of our lil' sandbox.
Wilhelm Arcturus Post author August 30, 2012 at 2:44 pm
@Latrodanes – Indeed, that is the nature of PvP like this… and honestly, any game activity that requires a group to accomplish. There is a dependence on other people, and when they don't do what you want, you may be just wasting your time.
I felt this a lot even back in EverQuest, where you could spend a whole evening just trying to get a group together and in the same location. This is what drive solo content and quest hubs and stuff to do when your group isn't around.
I take solace in the fact that the mere presence of our fleet no doubt affected the overall situation, even if my particular actions had no impact whatsoever.
That and I play a lot of Peggle. I played through the original. I am almost done with Peggle Nights. Next I am picking up Plants vs. Zombies. This is all due to a past Steam Summer Sale where I bought the whole PopCap catalog for some ridiculously low price… a price that was still more than Peggle though, which was all I really wanted. Ah well.


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Coming now to the ''New'' Continent, Latin American writers enter the space of Klossowskian aesthetics through the erotic door of the laws of hospitality. During the seventies and eighties, for example, Garcı´a Ponce's narrative could be bluntly described as a rewriting of Klossowski's simulacrum. In ''El gato'' [The Cat] (1972) and the novel of the same title (1974), he introduces a cat as a voyeuristic guest that irrigates with its otherly gaze a couple's sexual life. Then, in Unio´n [Union] (1974), he insinuates this simulacrum as Nicole commits a series of infidelities with her husband's tacit permission.
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Why Protesters Want to Defund Police Departments
By Lissandra Villa
June 7, 2020 11:17 AM EDT
When you talk to activists who are pushing to defund police departments, there's a specific word that comes up often: Reimagine.
The idea that police are the only answer to preventing crime and protecting people is one that has been so ingrained into American society that it can be hard to imagine a different reality. But amid a national uprising against police brutality and systemic racism, activists say it's time to reimagine what the public actually needs.
In the wake of George Floyd's death, proponents say it's time to defund police departments and put that money toward community programs, like after-school programs for students and housing assistance for disadvantaged communities. Among racial-justice activists, the idea isn't new: organizers, including in Minneapolis, had already been calling to defund the police for some time. But now the idea has been taken up by protesters across the country, who say efforts to reform police departments have been unsuccessful and it's time to curtail the role police play in society.
The U.S. spends more than $100 billion on policing per year. For many major cities, police department budgets make up a disproportionate amount of overall spending, even as other departments face steep cuts amid the coronavirus. Now, that spending is coming under scrutiny.
"People across the country are ready for a defunding framework," says Patrisse Cullors, co-founder of Black Lives Matter and founder of Reform LA Jails. "We're ready to chip away at the line items inside of a police budget that really are nonsensical. Police should not be in charge of mental health crises. They should not be in charge of dealing with homelessness. They should not be in charge of 'supporting' people with drug dependency and addiction. Those are three line items which we can cut out of the police budget and then put that back into health care."
Among the national groups calling to defund the police are Black Lives Matter, which is currently collecting signatures for a petition calling for a national defunding of police. The Movement for Black Lives, a coalition of black organizations that includes Black Lives Matter, is also calling to defund the police, and during one day of action earlier this week encouraged people to press elected officials on the issue.
The rallying cry has spread across American cities. In Minneapolis, the demand has taken on new urgency: even city council members have gotten in on the calls to dismantle the police department and start over with a community-based approach. In New York City, there are growing cries from both activists and officials to cut the New York Police Department's $6 billion budget. In Los Angeles, Mayor Eric Garcetti announced up to $150 million could be cut from the police budget and redirected to investments in communities of color.
Melina Abdullah, cofounder of Black Lives Matter LA, one of the organizations involved in the People's Budget LA coalition that seeks to defund the police, notes that the city's budget proposal increased funding for the police force at a time when other departments were seeing theirs slashed. "We're in the midst of a health pandemic with an economic fallout. Why would you be spending more on police?" says Abdullah, who points to schools and parks as places where police could be removed altogether.
In Washington, Mayor Muriel Bowser has painted a Black Lives Matter mural on streets near the White House and rechristened an intersection as Black Lives Matter Plaza. On Saturday, protesters painted "Defund the Police" next to the street mural, BuzzFeed News reported. Activists have been critical of the mayor's proposed cuts to programs like the Office of Neighborhood Safety and Engagement, which helps to address violence, noting she has proposed budget increases to the police department.
"From our perspective, all this is doing is further empowering the police to continue acts of terror against D.C.'s black communities and against its other poor, working and oppressed communities," says Sean Blackmon, an organizer with Stop Police Terror Project DC. "What I think people realize is that a big part of impacting the police is getting right at what gives them their ability to do what they do, and a big part of that is just this gross amount of money and resources that they get."
The proposed restrictions vary by city. In Charlotte, city council member Braxton Winston has introduced a motion that would prohibit money from being spent on chemical agents used to disperse crowds and protesters, while creating a police oversight committee made up of the city council and city manager to review the department's spending. "There's always been a political ability to make these changes," Winston says. "It just seems that we may be in a moment where people that are in positions like mine are finally getting the political will."
State officials are also hearing these demands. The Minnesota Legislature's People of Color and Indigenous Caucus suggested policy changes, including funding "community-based intervenors and problem-solvers that can partner with local peace officers." And in Colorado, Democrats in the state senate introduced a police accountability proposal aimed at increasing transparency. But there are few if any specific proposals currently being proposed on the state level to defund the police; much of the energy is currently on the local and federal levels.
Congress is under pressure to do something. One letter from more than 200 activists, elected officials, and other community leaders called on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer to defund the police, urging them to funnel money that a recent coronavirus-response bill allocated to law enforcement to other emergency response instead.
Democrats are expected to reveal a sweeping police reform bill next week aimed at tackling systemic racism. The New York Times reported that among the proposals currently included in a draft are banning chokeholds and tracking police misconduct with a national registry. It's unclear, however, whether the legislation will include anything that cuts federal funds.
The momentum around defunding the police is already becoming politicized. "The Radical Left Democrats new theme is "Defund the Police". Remember that when you don't want Crime, especially against you and your family. This is where Sleepy Joe is being dragged by the socialists. I am the complete opposite, more money for Law Enforcement! #LAWANDORDER," tweeted President Donald Trump.
While defunding the police has been in activists' lexicon for years, some are still surprised at the momentum it's gathered so quickly. "For so long, police developed this monopoly over the idea of public safety, and so just mentioning anything around defunding police was seen as almost like blasphemy," says Philip McHarris, a researcher and PhD Candidate at Yale whose work focuses on race and policing. "I think a part of it is we're in a moment we've never seen before."
Write to Lissandra Villa at lissandra.villa@time.com.
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The Veterinary Science Scholarship Fund Act
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C.C.S.M. c. V40
1 In this Act,
"account" means The Veterinary Science Scholarship Fund Account for which provision is made in section 2; (« compte »)
"fund" means The Veterinary Science Scholarship Fund for which provision is made in section 2; (« Fonds »)
"minister" means the minister appointed by the Lieutenant Governor in Council to administer this Act. (« ministre »)
Continuation of fund and account
2 The Veterinary Science Scholarship Fund is continued in the Consolidated Fund and the account in the books of the province known as "The Veterinary Science Scholarship Fund Account" is continued.
Purposes of fund
3 The purposes of the fund are to provide scholarships for, and otherwise to assist, suitable and deserving persons beginning, or engaged in, the study of veterinary science.
Composition of fund
4 The fund consists of
(a) the amount in the fund on the coming into force of this Act;
(b) any amount authorized by an Act of the Legislature to be paid and applied for the purposes of the fund; and
(c) any sum given or bequeathed to the fund by any person.
Amount appropriated for the fund not to lapse
5 Notwithstanding any other Act enacted before or after the coming into force of this Act, any amount appropriated as mentioned in clause 4(b) and transferred to the fund, or any unexpended balance of such amount, does not lapse and shall not be written off at the end of any fiscal year of the province, and may continue to be expended for the purposes herein set out as provided herein and in the regulations.
Payments from fund
6 Subject to the regulations, the Minister of Finance, on the written requisition of the minister, may pay out of the fund to any person named in the requisition, and charge to the account, any sum stated in the requisition.
7 Repealed.
Limitation on requisitions
8 The minister shall not make a requisition for a payment to be made out of the fund unless the proposed payment is in accord with the purposes of the fund and the requisition is in accord with the regulations.
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9(1) The minister may require the whole or any part of the amount of the scholarship moneys paid to any person under this Act to be repaid to the government on the terms and conditions set out, and as otherwise provided, in the regulations; and may, on behalf of the government, enter into an agreement with any such person respecting the repayment of those moneys.
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9(2) The minister may also, subject to the regulations, cancel, or agree to cancel, in whole or in part, the obligation of any person to repay scholarship moneys; and may include a covenant for the cancellation thereof in any agreement made under subsection (1).
10 The minister may make regulations respecting
(a) the persons to whom payments from the fund may be made;
(b) the amount of each payment;
(c) the time of payment;
(d) the conditions under which payment may be made; and
(e) the terms and conditions of the obligation to repay scholarship moneys, and the terms and conditions on which that obligation may be cancelled.


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ChangeForAnimals.ca is a place where you can lend your voice to the voiceless and advocate at all levels for a better future for animals. We are so glad to have you as part of our Change for Animals advocacy team. We look forward to working with you to create a kinder world for animals.
Thank you for speaking up for animals and taking action today!
Current Actions
Put a stop to "Ag-Gag" Bill 156
Share your concerns about Bill 156. We have put forward a submission to the government outlining why the Ontario SPCA and Humane Society does not support Ontario's Bill 156, Security from Trespass and Protecting Food Safety Act, 2019.
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To be a voice for animals, contact your local MPP.
GUEST OPINION: The other side of ag gag, Elizabeth Schoales
In Ontario, under the Dog Owners' Liability Act (DOLA), it is illegal to own or house* a Pit Bull-type dog. We want your input on the regulation of Pit Bulls in Ontario. You are invited to complete a short survey to share your thoughts.
A Pit Bull is defined under the law as:
A Pit Bull Terrier
A Staffordshire Bull Terrier
An American Staffordshire Terrier
An American Pit Bull Terrier
A dog that has an appearance and physical characteristics substantially similar to any of the above dog breeds
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Code of Practice for the Care and Handling of Goats is now open for public comment
The draft Code will be open for review and comment until Feb 22, 2021.
There are 230,000 goats in Canada.
Ontario has 52% of the Goats in Canada.
Ontario has 36% of the Goat farms in Canada.
The Code of Practice for the Care and Handling of Goats was last updated in 2003
Codes of practice are important tools to ensure the well-being of farm animals because they establish guidelines for care.
Requirements in Codes are only enforceable where they are embedded in legislation. In Ontario, the Codes are not embedded in the Provincial Animal Welfare Act and most legislation has exemptions for generally accepted agricultural practices.
Codes of Practice are developed by: farmers government, animal protection groups, researchers and processors but public input is important in guiding areas of focus.
Key Areas of Priority in the New Draft:
natural behaviours – positive states and enrichment
lameness – hoof trimming and nutritional causes of lameness
painful procedures – prevention, protocols and strategies, pre and post-op procedures , disbudding, dehorning, horn tipping and castration
space allowances – water and feeder space, housing density
end of life management
optimizing kid health – optimizing immunity, nutrition
other issues of concern
euthanasia and slaughter
parasite management
The draft Code is now complete and Canadians have the opportunity to provide their comments until February 22, 2021.
Speak up to end the silent suffering of pigs
In 2014, the National Farm Animal Care Council (NFACC) updated the Code of Practice for the Care and Handling of Pigs. This update included phasing out the use of gestation crates for female pigs and moving them to group housing. The pig industry was given until 2024 to update its facilities and farming practices.
Here's the issue; NFACC's Code Technical Panel (CTP) has recommended delaying the requirement to end the use of gestation crates, asking for a five-year extension which would extend the time to 2029. That's five additional years that pigs will be confined to a space so small that they are unable to turn around or do little more than to stand up or lie down.
The scientific evidence is clear that pigs are intelligent animals; they feel pain and living in gestation crates causes them physical and psychological pain and suffering. Will you be their voice to end this outdated and inhumane practice?
Officials probe arrival of 500 puppies, 38 of them dead, aboard flight from Ukraine
We are appalled to learn that 500 dogs were transported in the cargo hold of a Ukraine International Airlines flight on June 13, 2020. The animals suffered needlessly and 38 of these innocent puppies died a terrible death. Many more dogs fell seriously ill. This is unacceptable. Canada and Ontario must do more to protect animals and to ensure that puppy mills are not permitted to operate in Canada.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) oversees the importation of dogs for commercial sale in Canada. Its rules do not prevent puppy mills from importing large numbers of dogs into Ontario as long as these operations file some paperwork. The CFIA does have the responsibility to enforce regulations contained in the Health of Animals Regulations Part XII, Humane Transport and Animal Welfare, as amended in 2016.
We call on the federal government to take immediate steps to protect animals by amending the Canadian Food Inspection Agency regulations to ban the importation of dogs for commercial resale without exception.
To be a voice for animals, contact your Federal Member of Parliament (MP) on this issue.
Help us shape the new Ontario Animal Protection Act.
The Ontario SPCA and Humane Society has established a task force to develop recommendations for the new provincial animal welfare legislation, that reflects the need for both greater protection and social justice for animals. This work will set the stage for new legislation including stronger regulations prohibiting the use of animals in entertainment, providing for the protection of pets and farm animals and establishing their status as sentient beings under the law.
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The Parent Association is actively involved in various fundraisers throughout the year which raise money in the following four areas: (a) the Library; (b) computers and software; (c) the Arts (d) enrichment and staff support. Parents are encouraged to volunteer their time by working in the parent run School Library, serving as a Room Parent and/or helping out at various times throughout the year on one or more of the committees formed to support the School.
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Streetwise R&B balladeer Jaheim Hoagland hails from New Brunswick, New Jersey, where he grew up in the 176 Memorial Parkway Homes public housing project.
Misfortune hit early: his father died in 1981, when he was only two years old. Coming from a musical family helped him overcome the tragedy and the many pitfalls of his environment. His grandfather, Victor Hoagland, sang with many top groups, including the Drifters, and their family reunions were big songfests. Singing at family reunions and local talent shows preceded a successful tryout at the Apollo Theater's famously tough talent show. The crooner, whose sound resembled an unlikely hybrid of Teddy Pendergrass and Luther Vandross, won the contest three times when he was 15.
Two years later, Jaheim experienced more tragedy when his mother died, but he kept the faith and became a sensation in New Jersey at talent shows. Four years after his mother's death, he recorded a demo that led to a deal with producer Kay Gee's Warner-supported Divine Mill label. Ghetto Love, Jaheim's first album, featured an all-star crew that included Next's RL, Blackstreet, and Darren and Cliff Lighty. Driven by the number two R&B/Hip-Hop single "Could It Be," it reached number nine on the Billboard 200 chart. His second album, Still Ghetto, was released in November 2002. Another Top Ten hit, it placed two singles in the Top 40, "Fabulous" and "Anything." Ghetto Classics followed in February 2006 (Valentine's Day, to be exact), and became his first number one album. The Makings of a Man, released on Atlantic in December 2007, was as drawn from classic R&B as his previous recordings, with references to Bobby Womack and Atlantic Starr. In late 2009, the single "Ain't Leavin' Without You" announced the coming of Another Round, which followed in February 2010. It was his fifth consecutive Top Ten R&B album.


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Honeybees ultra-connected by their microbiome
by UNIL
Scientists have fitted bees with individual barcodes to track their social interactions. Credit: Bart Zijlstra
Some insects (e.g., ants and some bees) live in intricately structured societies or colonies. Their colonies can comprise thousands of individuals specialized on different tasks. Most individuals are sterile, devoting their lives to colony tasks such as collecting food or feeding the young. More and more data suggest a link between the gut microbiota and animal social behavior. This link has previously been studied by observing interactions of pairs of individuals, but not at the societal level in a "hypersocial" animal. This knowledge-gap was filled by the discoveries made by Dr. Joanito Liberti, postdoctoral fellow in the departments of Fundamental Microbiology (DMF) and Ecology and Evolution (DEE) at UNIL, and Tomas Kay, doctoral student at the DEE, co-first authors of the article published in the journal Nature Ecology & Evolution
A simple and manageable microbiota
The honeybee is a very useful model because it harbors a simple microbiota composed of about fifteen species of bacteria. The same bacterial species are present in the guts of bees throughout the world. "A greater stability in microbiota than that of the majority of social insects," says Joanito Liberti. These microbes are all culturable in the laboratory and a team led by Philipp Engel (co-last author of the publication and associate professor at the DMF) has collections of bacterial strains ready to be tested. In addition, it is quite easy to obtain honeybees that are depleted of gut microbes without using antibiotics, which could have side effects and bias the results of the experiments. How? From a hive frame, all you must do is to carefully and patiently extract pupae (which have sterile guts) from within their sealed cells. The bees can then be colonized experimentally with known bacteria, which makes it possible to study the impact of these bacteria on the animals in a precise manner.
Dr. Joanito Liberti, focused on harvesting bees at the pupal stage from a hive frame. Credit: UNIL
The result of a collaboration between scientists and bees
The postdoctoral fellow, working across two laboratories, has benefited from complimentary expertise between the bee microbiota researchers at the DMF and the knowledge on automated behavioral tracking from a team led by Laurent Keller (full professor at the DEE). "Two-hundred gut microbiota-free bees were divided into two groups, one colonized by a representative mixture of gut microbes and the other left sterile, i.e., with 100 to 1,000 times less microbes than the colonized group," says Joanito Liberti. "This experiment was performed on nine colonies."
"As we regularly do with ants, we attached a unique QR-code to each bee to allow automatic individual-level tracking," says Tomas Kay (see the IDs in the video). Monitored for over 150 hours, their interactions were recorded and "head-to-head" interactions (via their antennae or via their mouths, called proboscis) were counted (see the yellow lines representing all interaction-types in the video). The researchers found that bees with a depleted microbiota interacted less with one another than bees that had been experimentally colonized. Moreover, the latter formed more structured social networks than the former. "Each animal has best friends with whom it interacts preferentially," says Philipp Engel, enhancing the efficiency of task performance within the group.
Credit: UNIL
The gut-brain axis
While the underlying mechanisms remain unknown, the biologists found some first indications. In the brains of bees colonized with gut microbiota, certain molecules (that are fundamental to brain functioning) were more abundant than in the brains of microbiota-depleted bees. For example, serine and ornithine were more abundant in the brains of microbiota-colonized bees, and in the brains of bees that interacted more frequently. In addition, the bacteria influenced the expression of certain genes in the gut and in the region of the brain responsible for the perception of olfactory (via the antennae) and taste (via the mouth) stimuli.
"These data suggest that there is a relationship between the brain functions essential to the social behavior of bees and their gut microbiota," says Joanito Liberti. An environmental emergency The gut microbiota of bees can be impaired by exposure to pesticides (e.g. neonicotinoids) or herbicides (e.g. glyphosate). The use of these toxic products could therefore disrupt the proper functioning of the brain and ultimately the natural social organization of the colonies.
"Indeed, head-to-head interactions are essential for the transmission of vital information," says Professor Engel. "General interest in the 'gut-brain' axis is growing and this avenue must continue to be explored," concludes the first author of the article.
More information: Joanito Liberti et al, The gut microbiota affects the social network of honeybees, Nature Ecology & Evolution (2022). DOI: 10.1038/s41559-022-01840-w
Journal information: Nature Ecology & Evolution
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Patriza Pepe presents the new "Indie Rock" Capsule Collection, inspired by the trend of matching eco-suede fabrics with distressed denim items.
A hippie-inspired look where fringes and printed t-shirts are combined with glam details and sophisticated accessories is the common thread of the new collection. Through this, the brand wants to express the desire to escape from the urban jungle and go for a journey into the wild, to the rhythm of music.
Day and night outfits share the same stark contrasts between suede-effect materials and delicate materials such as silk and tulle, whilst natural, earthy colours take the centre stage.
Indie rock outfits and glamorous details coalesce to create a "wild" look for this at once casual and seductive collection.
The stunning Spanish model Maria Marti was the star of our photoshoot, which was directed by the young photographer Jody Mattioli, whilst the legendary Westfalia camper van and the beautiful surroundings provided a charming and evocative backdrop.
The Capsule Collection has just been unveiled in Patrizia Pepe e-store and boutiques. Follow us on Facebook and Instagram for news, previews and pics from the live event itself!