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List of minor recurring characters in Star Trek: Enterprise
Portrait of a Character – Kaitaama
Kaitaama Origins
Kaitaama (Padma Lakshmi)
Kaitaama. The character is, of course, canon.
It is a fairly classic trope, the Precious Cargo episode. Beautiful alien woman, crash landing, all alone on a planet? Not the best ever Enterprise episode. Not by a long shot.
As in canon, the character is played by actress Padma Lakshmi. While Lakshmi is certainly stunning, the portrayal was, let's just say, less than stellar.
Imperious, spoiled, and kind of bratty, this character is more than a little bit difficult. In fact, I disliked her so much, I had Otra see an alternate universe vision of this character being beheaded as a kind of space Marie Antoinette. Maybe that's what being the First Monarch of Krios Prime does to a gal. Who knows?
Yeah, I'm not a fan.
Tripp Tucker
In canon, she and Tripp hook up briefly.
As I write her, Kaitaama and Jim might or might not hook up.
There are no impediments to Kaitaama existing in the Mirror Universe.
Mirror Kaitaama (Padma Lakshmi)
As with most Mirror Universe women, she would be on the make. As a very good-looking one, she could potentially have status.
She might even be kind, although I see her instead as being a lot more ruthless. She would need to be. Can't blame her for that.
"Why should that matter? Your job is to cut ropes, not be flattered and cosseted."
This bratty and difficult character is, I suppose, easy to put into nasty situations. Maybe I will resurrect her if I need to write something harsh. An annoying character might be needed for, I don't know, something or other.
I am so mean.
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Portrait of a Character – Charles IV (Charlie) Tucker
Charlie Tucker lives his whole life in the Delphic Expanse. Except in the MU. There, he founds a dynasty.
Since, in canon, Tripp Tucker has somewhat odd experiences with offspring and, in the prime timeline and prime universe, dies childless, a lot of people like to give him offspring. As a result, I gave him both a prime universe and a Mirror Universe version of Charles IV, although they are not counterparts.
In the prime universe, Charlie is a part of the first kick back in time during the E2 timeline, and his mother is T'Pol. He has a twin named T'Les Elizabeth (other fan fiction writers have used that name). In the MU, Charlie's mother is Beth Cutler, and his sister, Betsy, is younger and is not his twin.
Noel Fisher as Charles IV (Charlie) Tucker
As a teenager, Charlie is played by actor Noel Fisher. So as an adult, in keeping with the canon portrayal of Charles Tucker III, he is played by Connor Trinneer.
I like the teen's look. He seems to be a reasonable mix of Tripp and T'Pol for the E2 storyline, and a mix of Tucker and Cutler for the MU storyline.
Both fellows are pretty easy-going, although the interphased Charlie ends up as the captain of the Enterprise after Jonathan Archer's death.
Rachel Shapiro
In the first kick back in time, Charlie marries Ethan's daughter with the Ikaaran, Bithara. Their daughter is Daphne Tucker, and their granddaughters are T'Mir Ryan and also Yoshiko Tucker. Their great-grandsons are Aidan and Steven Khan (sons of Yoshiko).
Takara Masterson Sato
In the MU timeline, with few options, Charlie and Takara end up being thrown together, and they also end up becoming the grandparents of the heir to the Terran Empire, Charles VI, AKA The Emperor Charles I.
In the Mirror, Charlie's theme song is Warren Zevon's Trouble Waiting to Happen.
Charlie exists in the Mirror Universe in the prime timeline, and in the prime universe in the E2 timeline (first kick back in time only). However, the two men are not counterparts to each other.
"Captain, we didn't make this. And neither did you. Or, rather, the other version of you. But it happened all the same. We did not think you would believe us. So we put together the notes that Charlotte has just sent you. Please, please, just open them and read them. And you will see that we are sincere."
So for a guy who isn't supposed to exist at all, I like that Charlie gets some screen time. But I doubt I'll write him much more unless it's in the MU.
Posted by jespah in Fan fiction, Hall of Mirrors, In Between Days series, Interphases series, Portrait, 0 comments
Review – Theorizing
Theorizing was an irresistible concept.
On October 12, 2153, Captain Jonathan Archer and Doctor Sam Beckett reciprocally leap in time, in this Quantum Leap crossover.
Theorizing
Others have had the idea of crossing Dr. Sam Beckett and Captain Jonathan Archer. That much is for certain. I had wanted to do this for a while, and then the opportunity suddenly presented itself.
The story opens with Beckett materializing onto the NX-01, and meeting Jennifer Crossman. The time period for Quantum Leap is after the end of the series, so Sam has been leaping about in time under all sorts of odd circumstances and those include going past the beginning and end of his natural life span. The show's creators had said that, if the series had continued, the leaps would have gotten odder, and so going to ancient Rome or even to the taming of fire by primitives would certainly fit the bill there.
Donna and Al
As Beckett meets Crossman, he seems (she still thinks he's Captain Archer) a bit faint. She gets him to Sick Bay, where he yells in alarm when he sees Dr. Phlox. It's explained to him, eventually, that Archer was in the midst of early negotiations with the Xindi, Degra. Beckett, feeling this is his reason for being on board the Enterprise, asks to be debriefed and vows to attempt the mission.
Meanwhile, on Earth, and a good century previously, Admiral Al Calavicci is trying to work with a somewhat agitated Jonathan Archer. As Tina, Gooshie, Verbena Beeks, and Sammy Jo Fuller all help Jonathan figure out what he needs to do, Donna Eleese stays back. Eventually, Jonathan realizes that the reciprocal leap is a lot less about Degra (although Sam does confront the Xindi) than it is about Donna.
For Jonathan to get back home, he has got to help Donna not exactly get over Sam. But he does need to help her to move on with her life.
Theorizing on Trek BBS
Theorizing on the Delphic Expanse
In addition, Theorizing on Ad Astra
Theorizing on Fanfiction.net
Theorizing on Fictionpad
Also, Theorizing on G & T Show forums
Theorizing on Wattpad
Theorizing in In Between Days context
So the story is Rated K.
The title, of course, comes directly from the opening monologue for Quantum Leap. And I really loved putting together two of my all-time favorite shows, in an effort to make them both work together like a well-oiled machine. But did I pull it off? Let me know in the comments!
Posted by jespah in Fan fiction, In Between Days series, Interphases series, Review, 3 comments
Portrait of a Character – Judy Kelly
This character is canon, although she only has a first initial. She is seen during the Vox Sola episode. For the E2 timeline, I wanted her to be in the first and semi-unexpected relationship.
As in canon, Judy is played by actress Renee Goldsberry.
Renee Goldsberry as Judy Kelly
In addition to Star Trek: Enterprise, she has also been on soaps. The Memory Alpha image in particular does not do her justice (the garage mechanic-style unis were not flattering to a lot of the actors). In Reflections Down a Corridor, I have Chang lump her with other women he considers to be ugly – Patti, Susie, and Lili. Hence it was a bit of an unexpected twist to put her into the first marriage on the ship after the first kick back in time.
Friendly and approachable, Judy is reliable but mainly stays out of the spotlight. I do not give her promotions, commendations, or any sort of authority. But not everyone becomes captain, or even ensign. There are those who quietly serve, and Judy is one of those people.
Michael Rostov
In canon, they are friends. In the E2 timeline, I wanted them to be a lot more than that. In Reflections Down a Corridor, they are the first new couple to get together (technically, Tripp and T'Pol predate them).
Renee Goldsberry as Mirror Judy
There are no impediments to Judy existing in the Mirror Universe. Empress Hoshi will only hold onto female crew members if they are very competent or are not serious sexual competition, preferably both. Judy fits the first criterion but not really the second.
But Goldsberry, for real, is a singer. In the Mirror Universe, singing would be a viable career even for the oppressed women of the other side of the pond. Because I write artistic Mirror Universe denizens as being elites, Judy could even be wealthy.
"I don't need other prospects."
Minor characters, with nearly no screen time, can still have rather rich lives in fan fiction. Judy is one such character.
Focus on Andorians in Star Trek Fan Fiction
Focus on Andorians
Andorians are just plain fun.
A focus (unlike a spotlight) is an in-depth look at a Star Trek fanfiction canon item and my twist(s) on it.
Of course, all of fan fiction is like that, but the idea here is to provide a window into how a single canon concept can be used in fan fiction.
Star Trek Enterprise did one thing extremely well, which is that it gave audiences a good, solid look at Andorians, a canon alien species that has been around back to The Original Series, about fifty years ago.
Background – Andorians
The look of Andorians has changed over time, as advancements in makeup and prosthetic technology have made the blue-skilled antennaed aliens look more and more real.
Shran
Shran is easily the most fully-realized of all Andorians ever shown in the series, if not canon.
One thing that Shran does is, he engages in casual racial prejudice, often referring to Jonathan Archer as "pinkskin". Interestingly enough, these scenes were never filmed (so far as I am aware) in the presence of Anthony Montgomery or any other non-Caucasian actors on the show.
He even passes his prejudice onto his daughter, Talla, even though she is an Andorian–Aenar hybrid and is the color of pea soup.
While there are Andorians in the Barnstorming series, the main occasion for showing them is in this short story. To dovetail with Shran's casual prejudice, I made the entire species (more or less) like that. And so Talla, who is half and half, is bullied at school. In order to shout down her persecutors, she claims that her father still has the Teneebian Amethyst. And that's when things get difficult ….
Andorians are a fascinating canon species, and I'd love to showcase them more. At some point, I'll try to find a place for them, and not just in contrast to the related Aenar.
Posted by jespah in Fan fiction, Focus, 10 comments
Review – Biases
Biases gave me a chance to create a new character. Bridie Kelly came out of whole cloth and, unlike nearly everyone else I've created for Star Trek fan fiction, she does not connect up to the Reed-Madden-Digiorno-Beckett-Hayes-O'Day family.
So I wrote this short story in response to a prompt of the same name. Being here in Boston, you can hear the Irish brogue on most days. Hence I kept hearing the phrase, 'No Irish Need Apply' as I thought of what would become this story.
For Bridie Kelly, it's the chance to get a new, decent job. She is a highly skilled nurse's assistant and caregiver. But she's tired of seeing sick and dying children (her earlier posting was at a children's hospital). For Soval, he's getting up there in years, even for a Vulcan. His aides don't quite know what to do with him, as he needs care. Plus he's lost his logical focus and, instead, is impatient. He might also have a bit of the Vulcan equivalent of Alzheimer's (which is not canon although I think it should be).
Biases on Fanfiction.net
In addition, Biases on Fictionpad
Biases on Wattpad
Biases in context
Much like Flip; Confidence; A Long, Long Time Ago; Gainful; and Voracious, this is a job interview story. I like the interactions, in particular how Bridie conducts herself and pushes past her doubts. I've had people ask for a sequel, or there are even people who 'ship her and Soval! I think that's nuts. This is a job interview and nothing more. People can certainly get along without romance becoming a part of it. Not every story merits an extension, or should end with a kiss in front of a sunset backdrop.
Sometimes, a story is just a story.
Portrait of a Character – Phillip Green
Phillip Green is fun to write.
This a canon character, who has actually been played by two separate men, depending upon whether it's The Original Series (Phillip Pine) or Star Trek: Enterprise (Steven Rankin). In either iteration, Colonel Green is a nasty villain and a killer of millions.
I prefer Rankin for this; I just see a guy who's a little bit younger.
John Frederick Paxton watches an old image of Colonel Green
This has more to do with how I write his successor in Multiverse II than anything else.
Keep in mind, the canon character is Philip (one L) and lives during the earlier part of the Third World War. The character I'm talking about is Phillip (two L's) and is from a bit later. But the idea that funngunner and I had was that the concept of a Colonel Green would continue as several men fill the role over time.
Ruthless and rapacious, Green has an appetite for the remaining luxuries in the ravaged Earth, power, and women, at least as funngunner and I write him. If absolute power corrupts absolutely, Green is the poster child for that.
Liesl Green
In Multiverse II, Liesl is eventually revealed to be the kingmaker, that there have been several versions of Green and Phillip is only one of many. There are even three children, but they aren't Phillip's or Liesl's, so the far-future descendant, Phillipa, who Richard Daniels meets and seduces, as is mentioned in Ohio, has someone else's genetics.
The relationship with Liesl is more businesslike than anything else. There is no marriage – although they call her his wife. It is just an arrangement, and the two of them continue to do whatever they like. Donald Janeway eventually reveals that he kept a database of eco-warrior 'volunteers' and it was split up by gender, with obviously male names for Liesl, obviously female names for the Colonel, and anyone unknown to be determined. And, once they were known for sure, they would be set aside for either party. Then images would be scoured for imperfections and anyone imperfect would be eliminated from consideration. Anyone unlucky enough to be physically perfect would be ripe for sexual usage.
Otra D'Angelo
When Otra arrives, the Colonel only has eyes for her, and kicks Liesl to the curb. Liesl wouldn't care, except she wants power. Plus Otra is an alien, and that bothers Liesl quite a bit. And then Otra plunges a knife into Green's chest, just after he proposes marriage. It's a nasty business, Chilo possession.
Phillip Pine as the Mirror Phillip Green
For the Mirror Universe, I go back to Phillip Pine for the portrayal.
In my Star Trek: Enteprise fanfiction, I see him as the Emperor of the Terran Empire, Phillip I. His true descendant, Phillip IV, is Emperor when Hoshi Sato, in canon and in Throwing Rocks at Looking Glass Houses, declares herself Empress. Hoshi herself assassinates Phillip IV.
"The fool's paralyzed, and he's unconscious. He doesn't need guards or medics; he needs pallbearers."
It is great fun and more than a little satisfying to write a person who is more or less pure evil. It's even more satisfying to try to find a way to make him even remotely sympathetic. Green is a trip to write, and there's talk of there eventually being a Multiverse III. If there is, I want to write him again.
Posted by jespah in Interphases series, Portrait, 2 comments
Review – Half
Half works as a play on words.
In response to an Andorian Week on the Star Trek Logs site, I decided to do a short story on a teenaged Talla. Talla is a canon character, the daughter of Shran and Jhamel.
Shran with Talla as a young girl
In keeping with canon, I decided that the pirates from the abysmal These Are the Voyages episode would be back, and they would again be looking for the Teneebian amethyst. Furthermore, Talla is, in canon, a half-breed, and her pea green-colored skin would give that away immediately. Shran, in canon, often referred to Jonathan Archer as a 'pink skin'.
I extrapolated this to mean that Andorian society would be accepting of this kind of casual racial prejudice. Therefore, Talla suffers persecution by her classmates, for the color of her skin. In order to try to tell them off, she claims that they still have the amethyst. This gets Shran back into trouble.
Aenar and Andorian, Shran and Jhamel
Forced back into hiding, Shran bids farewell to his family and seeks refuge on Malcolm's ship, the USS Bluebird.
And then Malcolm, along with his crew, including Ethan Shapiro, comes up with a plan to get rid of the pirates, once and for all. Inadvertently, his solution also presents a solution for Shran, Talla, and Jhamel, and the problem of their mixed marriage fitting in, in Andorian society.
The story dovetails well with later Emergence stories, Fortune, and even the E2 timeline.
Half on Fanfiction.net
Half on Fictionpad
In addition, Half on Wattpad
Half in context
I meant the story to be a bit of fluff, and that's about all that it is. I think I accomplished what I set out to do. However, the bar wasn't exactly set that high.
Posted by jespah in In Between Days series, Review, 10 comments
Portrait of a Character – Elizabeth Cutler
Elizabeth Cutler lives on in fan fiction.
The character is, of course, Star Trek: Enterprise canon. Her role on the Enterprise was as a Science crewman, often assisting Doctor Phlox. The actress, unfortunately, died during the first run of the series.
As in canon, the character is portrayed by the late Kellie Waymire.
Cutler and Phlox
With Waymire deceased, I'm not so sure who I would get to replace her. I imagine the same was true for the writers of the show. They ended up indicating that people had died in some of the Xindi attacks and some bodies were never found.
While that's a horrifying thought, perhaps Cutler is one of those persons. All too sadly, that will happen when we finally, truly, venture into space.
Pleasant and intelligent, Liz Cutler is alien-curious about Phlox. Even learning that he has three Denobulan women does not faze her. But nothing happens; the actress died before the writers could really do anything with her character. She also never makes it to the Mirror Universe episodes. A pity, as I think she would have made a dandy Mirror Universe character.
Charles Tucker III
As I write Cutler, in the Mirror, she and Tucker have a history. During Reversal, when the opportunity presents itself, they get together. By the time that story is finished, they have left together, for a new life on Lafa II. In marked contrast to the canon end of Tucker, they end up founding a dynasty, with two children, Betsy and Charlie (Charles Tucker IV). Their great-grandson, Charles Tucker VI, is a success to Empress Hoshi, and becomes the Emperor Charles I, as is noted in Temper and Who Shall Wear the Robe and Crown?
Kellie Waymire as MU Cutler (image is for educational purposes)
Known as Beth, the Mirror Universe version of Crewman Cutler leads a hard life. Much like I write other female denizens of the other side of the pond, she lives her life at the whims of men. This becomes an existence lived at the whims of the Empress, and Jun.
In Throwing Rocks at Looking Glass Houses, Beth is given a syringe full of tricoulamine and is told to fatally inject either Phlox or Malcolm's counterpart, Ian. She chooses Ian, knowing full well that Phlox will also get a lethal injection. However, the Denobulan's injection will be far more painful. It's a final act of mercy for her fellow human. I've even been asked if she and Ian had a history, and it's an intriguing idea that I have not yet explored.
After the events of First Born, Empress Hoshi selects Beth to be the babysitter for her first born child, Jun. The horribly bratty Jun even gives her a black eye during Reversal. When it becomes possible to leave the ISS Defiant, Beth jumps at the chance, and leaves with Charles. They meet Jennifer and Treve on the surface of Lafa II, and blend into the forest. She even stands by him as he recovers from delta radiation poisoning, although his facial scarring never goes away.
"Charles! I get the feeling we won't always be able to do it in the captain's chair! Think of all the people who are on the Bridge."
This actress's life was cut short, which of course is tragic. And it's unfortunate, too, that the character had so little screen time. I hope this alternate life story has done her some justice.
Posted by jespah in Hall of Mirrors, In Between Days series, Portrait, 18 comments
Inspiration – Employment
Employment doesn't always come easy.
Like most adults of my generation, I have gone out to work.
I've had good jobs and bad ones, interesting ones and dull ones. So I've had challenges. And I've been browbeaten, and I've gotten inspiration. Hence I've come home exhilarated, weepy, frustrated and exhausted. I've had situations that I wished would never end. And I've had jobs where I was climbing the walls, impatient to leave already.
These experiences can and do inform my Star Trek fanfiction at times.
Connections to Trek
Kirk and Pike
The best and closest connection is in the HG Wells series. Those stories, in addition to being about Richard Daniels and his enlightenment, and about various romances and of course about time, they are also, very much, about the world of work.
A Long, Long Time Ago contains within it a group interview and then a series of small one on one meetings. Otra conducts at least one of these meeting. She is okay with the candidate. That is, until someone else hears her being referred to, by that candidate, as a salad head. That's a slur, so that candidate is out, and there is no question.
Ohio centers around three separate training missions. Carmen takes Marisol to the Mirror universe. Kevin takes Tom to the start of World War III. And Rick takes Sheilagh to 1970 Kent State. Tom and Sheilagh also get various surgeries in order to assist them in performing their jobs, so Boris gets something to do, too.
You Mixed-Up Siciliano, meant to be a vacation in time (it's 1960 Rome) turns into a disaster when Rick and Sheilagh are targeted by an assassin.
So we like to think that Starfleet personnel just magically appear. And we think that the best people are always in those jobs. Or there is very little effort behind that. To my mind, that never rang true. I think there was effort behind it. And I also think that, sometimes, it's not the best person who gets the job. Just like real life.
Posted by jespah in Inspiration-Mechanics, 6 comments


The third grade has been working super hard to do traditional dances from different cultures. They had so much fun performing them and they had a great teacher to help them, Ramzi! 3D did a Romaian dance and even had a guest star, it was Mrs. Diano! Together they did cool yoga poses. 3M did some Hawaiian dances. They even got to do dance solos. In the end parents got to dance with their children. It looked like the audience enjoyed watching it and the third graders loved performing it!


The Ministry of Social Policies and Family of the Community of Madrid will subsidize all entities that received in 2016 aid from the 0.7 percent quota for social purposes of the Personal Income Tax (IRPF) for their projects and that in the 2017 call have been left out.
According to data provided by the department headed by Carlos Izquierdo to Europa Press, in 2017 more than 400 entities submitted 1,271 projects, of which only a total of 352 have been financed, after a competitive concurrence procedure. The affected organizations alerted their At the time, continuity projects were not going to be able to continue due to this absence of aid and the regional government does not want to "leave it behind".
This was stated in an interview with Europa Press, the director of the branch, who has detailed that the objective, regardless of the amount needed, is to attend all projects that have been left out, which already received a grant in 2016 and which in 2017 they have not received any help from the State – because if not, it would be doubly financed.
To do this, Izquierdo explained that they have prepared regulatory rules for this extraordinary procedure, currently posted on the Transparency Portal because it is in the public information period until February 13. The idea is to take them to the next Governing Council (February 20) for approval and so that immediately afterwards, the entities can present the projects.
At that time, the Ministry will cross data to verify that the projects were already funded in 2016, that they have not received State aid in 2017 and that they meet all the requirements. Izquierdo has insisted that they want to take care of the totality independently of the economic budget that entails –The credit that requested the sum of entities in the call for 2017 reached 81 million for the 26 million derived from the 0.7 percent of the IRPF– .
Izquierdo says that the "welcome" by the associations of the third sector has been "fantastic because they have never seen a similar effort from any administration." "It is the most important commitment that has been made with the third sector … In these moments of difficulty we are doing it and as never anyone can imagine," he has defended.
The counselor wants to start giving the subsidies as soon as possible, so, he explained that the sooner the entities submit the projects, the earlier payment will be made. The process "will be very agile so that it is immediate," said Izquierdo, who appears tomorrow at the Plenary Assembly to address this issue.
Asked what has been the criterion to give last year's subsidies for competitive competition, he recalled that, according to the code of ethics of his Government, "the most demanding political regeneration and transparency, committed to no politician or high charge were going to be in hiring table or valuation commission.
For all this, he assures that the assessment that was made has been "objective and technical" and that the technicians themselves have been giving scores to the projects as they have been valued. "They have subsidized those who have left until the credit cut, the credit that we have requested the entities were 81 million and we had 26," he clarified.
Another novelty that will be for the current year is the recovery of nominative grants for the federations of the different groups. "In this exercise, for the first time, all entities that are federations and, therefore, are structuring sectors, will have nominative grants," he explained.
It is something that already existed in the past and that has been recovered. Thus, for example, it affects the federations with different disabilities within the CERMI (Spanish Committee of Representatives of People with Disabilities). "All of them will have their nominative subsidy," he assured.
To these are added those that integrate FEVOCAM, the Platform of Volunteering Entities of the Community of Madrid; those of the European Network for the Fight against Poverty and Social Exclusion; or the FACIAM Network, the Homeless Assistance Foundation. "We wanted to structure all sectors and have adequate and sustainable financing to enhance the sectors," he said.
In general terms, Izquierdo has highlighted the social nature of the Government of Cristina Cifuentes, with 90 percent of the budget allocated to this area, with an increase of 17 percent in the Ministry of Social Policy, "which increases the most" , with more seats than "never" in dependence, and with special attention to gender violence, where no woman who wants to be served by the network is left out, has concluded.


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This is a process picture from a battle in the game. While I take pride in the visual style I've created, the gameplay is always my priority and at the forefront of any design decisions I make. This is an older image and I've since leaned towards a different UI design (but one that I hope is still just as minimal). I look forward to sharing it eventually. Still, the setting of this battle, a swampy area, was one that I had a clear vision of, and it was pleasing to know that the finished product could be so faithful to my imagination.
As for the creature you see here, just watch where you step when you explore the wilderness. Some stone paths aren't as sturdy as you may think.


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Adamawa Man In Court After Administering Abortion Drugs That Killed Girlfriend
by Precious Okorie
Aphotographer, Muhammed Zubairu, has been charged to court for allegedly killing his girlfriend, Sane Fidelis, after administering abortion drugs to her in Adamawa State.
The 21 year old Zubairu was said to have impregnated Fidelis sometime two months ago in Sabon Pegi village in the Mayo-Belwa Local Government Area.
He was thereafter alleged to have conspired with someone said to be at large to kill Fidelis while trying to terminate her pregnancy.
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Zubairu was charged with criminal conspiracy to cause death pursuant to Sections 60 and 204 of the penal code law of Adamawa state before Alheri Ishaku of the Chief Magistrate Court I, Yola.
Accordingly, the Magistrate ordered that Zubairu be remanded in a correctional centre, after he had confessed to alleged culpable homicide.
The case was first reported to the police by the deceased's sister, Siyona Fidelis, on the November 4, 2021, after which the accused person was apprehended.
Zubairu had admitted that, "I had sexual intercourse with the deceased on three occasions; when she approached me with the pregnancy; I supplied some drugs in order to terminate it."
When asked to enter his plea, the defendant told the court that he committed the crime as alleged after the First Information Report (FIR) was read to him as applied by the prosecutor, ASP Francis Audu.
The case was adjourned to the December 13, 2021 for further mention.
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Swedish group calls gaming addiction a 'pandemic' threat
The Youth Care Foundation says that gaming addiction is a global threat. I say we concentrate on real problems.
Dave Rosenberg
Sept. 17, 2009 4:54 p.m. PT
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A Swedish organization called the Youth Care Foundation claims that computer gaming addiction is reaching pandemic proportions around the world. This is the same group that called World of Warcraft "the cocaine of the computer games world" back in February.
In an interview with Sweden's English paper, The Local, Sven Rollenhagen of the Youth Care Foundation touts his position as one that helps young people in Sweden recognize and manage computer gaming addiction.
Already ahead of the curve by "daring" to view gaming addiction as something distinct from other common problems facing young people, Sweden's Youth Care Foundation has put the country on the map as a leader in developing strategies for coping with the issue.
"Sweden has long been at the forefront of efforts to battle addiction," he said, adding that there are very few, if any, experts elsewhere in the world who have dedicated their work completely to the study and management of gaming addiction.
Obviously addiction should be taken seriously, but to suggest that we risk a pandemic of strung-out child gamers is just ridiculous. As it turns out, parents can turn off or simply take the games out of the kids hands, thwarting the game-play demons.
"If you extrapolate from the number of calls we received or simply from the millions of games that are sold around the world each year, you start to see how big the pool of potential addicts is," he said.
Extrapolating data is a tried and true tactic to conflate statistics, and in fact has provided plot-lines for both the Simpsons and Family Guy. It's also part of the renewed FCC investigation into Janet Jackson's 2004 Superbowl wardrobe malfunction wherein the number of complaints was extrapolated in order to prove a point, rather than provide a true statistical analysis.
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L'Olympique Moustakbel d'Arzew (en ), plus couramment abrégé en OM Arzew ou encore en OMA, est un club algérien de football fondé en 1947 et basé dans la ville d'Arzew.

Historique
Le club est fondé le  par Menaouer Kerbouci, alors militant pour l'indépendance de l'Algérie.

Il crée ce club de football . Il est mort au combat durant la Guerre d'Algérie en 1962. Il est « président d'honneur » du club à titre posthume. En hommage à sa mémoire le stade du club OMA porte son nom.

Les enfants et ses petits-enfants de Menouar Kerbouci (Mohamed, Abdelkader, Habib, Amar, Kada, Noureddine et Menouar) étaient et sont des joueurs de ce club.

Le club a depuis été rebaptisé après l'indépendance successivement « Olympique Moustaqbal Arzew » puis « Olympique Madinat Arzew ».

Bilan sportif

Palmarès

Parcours

Classement en championnat par année

 1962-63 : D1, CH Ouest Gr.II,
 1963-64 : D1, DH Ouest,
 1964-65 : D2, DH Ouest,
 1965-66 : D2, DH Ouest,
 1966-67 : D4, PH Ouest Gr.C,
 1967-68 : D4, PH Ouest Gr.A,
 1968-69 : D4, PH Ouest, Gr.A
 1969-70 : D4,  D Ouest, Gr.D
 1970-71 : D4, District d'Oran:  D Gr.A,
 1971-72 :
 1972-73 :
 1973-74 :
 1974-75 :
 1975-76 :
 1976-77 :
 1977-78 :
 1978-79 :
 1979-80 :
 1980-81 : D3, DH Ouest Gr,
 1981-82 : D3, DH Ouest Gr,
 1982-83 : D3, DH Ouest Gr,
 1983-84 : D3, DH Ouest Gr,
 1984-85 : D3, DH Ouest Gr,
 1985-86 : D3, DH Ouest Gr,
 1986-87 : D3, DH Ouest Gr,
 1987-88: D3, DH Ouest Gr,
 1988-89: D3, Régional Ouest,
 1989-90: D3, Régional Ouest,
 1990-91: D3, Régional Ouest,
 1991-92: D2,  Division Ouest,
 1992-93: D2,  Division Ouest,
 1993-94: D2,  Division Ouest,
 1994-95: D2,  Division Ouest,
 1995-96: D2,  Division Ouest,
 1996-97: D2,  Division Ouest,
 1997-98: D3, Régional Ouest,
 1998-99: D3, Régional Ouest,
 1999-00 : D4, Division Régional groupe Ouest,
 2000-01 : D4, Division d'Honneur groupe ?,
 2001-02 : D4, Division d'Honneur groupe ?,
 2002-03 : D3, Régional Ouest,
 2003-04 : D3, Régional Oran,
 2003-04 : D3, Inter-régions Ouest,
 2005-06 : D3, Inter-régions Ouest,
 2006-07 : D3, Inter-régions Ouest,
 2007-08 : D2,
 2008-09 : D2,
 2009-10 : D2,
 2010-11 : DNA, Gr. Centre-Ouest,
 2011-12 : DNA, Gr. Ouest,
 2012-13 : DNA, Gr. Ouest,
 2013-14 : DNA, Gr. Ouest,
 2014-15 : DNA, Gr. Ouest,
 2015-16 : Ligue 2,
 2016-17 : DNA, Gr. Ouest,
 2017-18 : DNA, Gr. Ouest,
 2018-19 : DNA, Gr. Ouest,
 2019-20 : Ligue 2,
 2020-21 : Ligue 2 Gr. Ouest,
 2021-22 : Inter-régions Ouest,
 2022-23 : D4, Régional 1 Oran,

Résultats de l'OMA en Coupe d'Algérie

Statistiques Tour atteint
L'OMA a participé en 55 éditions, éliminé au tours régionales  fois et atteint les tours finale  fois.

Personnalités du club

Joueurs emblématiques
Effectif 1962-1963 : Merabet (1), Hamel, Feghoul, Karouz, Merabet (2), Ould Cheikh, Lasmari, Boulandjas, Badrani, Terbag, Boumahdi (Source) : ( partie du rétrospective du football oranien par n benfreha  - archives de m'hammed).

Entraîneurs
 2003-Février 2008 : Tahar Cherif El Ouazzani
 Février 2008-Avril 2008 : Nadjib Medjadj
 Avril 2008-?? : Benyebka Merabet

Présidents

Effectifs actuels

Identités du club

Différents noms du club

Couleurs

Logos

Maillots

Structures du club

Culture populaire

Notes et références

Liens externes
 LNF Profile

Club de football en Algérie
Club de football fondé en 1947
Wilaya d'Oran

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Balogun Market is one of the busiest markets in Lagos, Nigeria. It is located right in the middle of the ever-bubbling financial centre of Lagos Island.
The main market is on the popular Balogun Street which is about two kilometers long. All the houses on this street have been converted to shops and malls while large umbrella sheds of various shapes also line its two sides.
The adjoining smaller streets are all part of the market, so the main Balogun Street and its immediate environs are collectively regarded as Balogun Market with many traders displaying their wares on the floor in the middle of the road; causing traffic jam for people and vehicles.
I knew I was in for an experience immediately I entered the market. There was loud noise everywhere. Street hawkers were shouting and beckoning. Loudspeakers were blaring earsplitting music from every direction. Vehicles were hooting viciously. Traders and customers were haggling prices on top of their voices. It was so exasperating!
As I walked slowly through this swarming market, I got all manners of jabs and kicks. When someone stepped on my toe or mistakenly kicked me from behind, I would receive a soft apology, "Oh, I'm sorry, sir!" On one occasion, I felt like vomiting as I got sandwiched in the crowd. The body odour oozing from several bodies was so disgusting.
At another point, a lady hawker's voice deafened my ears when she suddenly yelled, "Cold iced water! Cold minerals!" She was carrying a large bowl of iced Coca-Cola drinks, bottled water, and sachet water on her head.
A woman sat on a stool, selling live snails. Standing beside her was an elderly man selling dried crayfish. The inscription on the black bowl in front of him reads, "Happy Family," but he didn't look very happy. Maybe he was yet to make a sale that day.
As I brushed past, a woman jumped in front of me and pleaded, "Sir, come and check my shop. I have nice lace materials." I smiled.
Food vendors were not left out. I could smell fried plantain and fish as they served their hungry customers.
On my way back, a dirty masquerade decked in rags and charms accosted me; begging for alms. He stank of Indian hemp and beer. As I ignored him and increased my pace, he persisted and doubled the intensity of his plea. A few minutes later, he gave up and disappeared into the thick crowd. Anything goes at Balogun market!
Back in the car, I discovered that my shirt and shoes had been disfigured by different types of stains.
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Since the beginning of the pandemic, Jördis Frommhold has been caring for people who have contracted Covid-19 and are struggling with long-term effects. There are those who suffer from post-Covid after long treatment in intensive care. And there are those who have been infected with Corona with mild symptoms or without them at all – and still have to struggle with long-Covid symptoms later. Ms Frommhold, you have already cared for around 3,000 people affected by Long Covid in your rehabilitation clinic. How would you describe the situation at the moment? We have massive inflows of people with Long Covid and Post-Covid – and with Omikron there is no end in sight for the time being. Sometimes there are waiting times of up to a year. This is currently being regulated down a bit because more patients can be distributed to other clinics. Nevertheless, around 90 to 95 percent of the 120 beds are permanently occupied by patients after a Covid 19 infection. There is only little space left for patients with other lung diseases who also need to be treated. Head physician Jördis Frommhold helps those affected by Long Covid and Post-Covid to find their way back to life with rehabilitation. She also heads a newly established professional association that is supposed to deal with therapy options and care structures. © Source: Bernd Wüstneck/dpa-Zentralbild/ Do you now know how likely it is to contract Long Covid after a corona infection? That's difficult to quantify. There are studies that assume 10 percent, a more recent study from Mainz states that up to 40 percent of those infected can be affected. Either way, we are talking about several hundred thousand to millions of people who will have long-term consequences – and that in Germany alone. This does not affect everyone so much that they become unable to work for months. But we must not forget that we are dealing with a chronic disease. Does vaccination protect against Long Covid? Colleagues in England and the US are seeing evidence that the risk of Long Covid is lower after a breakthrough infection. I can also report this from clinical experience. At the moment we are only observing very few vaccinated and re-infected patients who subsequently have pronounced long-Covid symptoms. However, it is not yet possible to say exactly how high the protective effect is. The study situation is still tight.
Long Covid often affects 20 to 50-year-old healthy, high-performing people without previous illnesses who have never had to rely on medical infrastructure before.
Why could the vaccination also protect against consequential damage? Vaccination protects against a severe course of Covid-19. This also reduces the risk of post-Covid, i.e. serious consequences after treatment in the intensive care unit. Vaccination also reduces the risk of contracting the coronavirus in the first place – and thus also the risk of contracting Long Covid after an asymptomatic or mild course. At the moment everything looks like Omicron makes less sick than Delta. Does Omicron then also trigger Long Covid less often? I wouldn't want to give the all-clear on Omikron just yet. It won't be clear until spring at the earliest what the late effects are all about. It's true that Omicron could hit the upper airways rather than the lungs – which could lead to less stressed ICUs. But if the virus is persistent, i.e. can also enter the body via the mouth and nose, that may be enough for Long Covid. So far, those with an asymptomatic or mild course of Long Covid have probably developed symptoms typical of Long Covid. Tiredness, exhaustion and shortness of breath are typical symptoms of Long Covid. How do you even find out you have it? Long Covid often affects 20 to 50-year-old healthy, high-performing people without previous illnesses who have never had to rely on medical infrastructure before. However, it is very difficult to diagnose a mild form of Covid and prove that one is related to the other. It takes a lot of time, even with the family doctor. Further appointments with various specialists are needed. For example, if someone is suffering from chest pain, it may be due to overloading of the auxiliary respiratory muscles – which is typical of Long Covid. But it can also be a symptom of a completely different disease, for example of the heart, such diagnoses must be ruled out. What happens after the diagnosis? Once the diagnosis has been made, the patient is referred to long-Covid outpatient clinics, which are usually located at universities, or rehabilitation centers. It has now been proven that specially tailored physiotherapy and psychotherapy help those affected. But it often takes months to get an appointment. What do you now know about children and Long Covid? Don't panic. Having said that, we should not underestimate how many children could be affected by Long Covid. The study situation on the frequency varies greatly and ranges from one to over 50 percent. The numbers are not really illuminating. But that also means that we just don't know exactly yet. This is precisely why we should protect children from the virus. Why do the symptoms appear at all after the acute illness? Do you know more now? Many studies are ongoing, but much is not yet understood. There is the theory that autoantibodies could form, which are directed against one's own immune system. However, the persistence of the virus is also discussed again and again. This means that the virus survives in very small parts in the body and fuels chronic inflammatory reactions. A more recent study indicates that this might be possible: special sniffer dogs were able to sniff out the virus for a year after the actual infection. Do you have the impression that the clinical picture is now being taken more seriously in Germany? I do have the impression that politicians are paying more attention to the problems with Long Covid. More money is needed for research, but there is, for example, a Long Covid professional association that was newly founded under the patronage of the Federal Minister of Health, which, among other things, is committed to better structuring the care of Long Covid patients. We are also working more networked among the clinics and in the medical profession than at the beginning – one of the few positive effects of the pandemic. But socially, I'm not so sure. For example, my patients who are absent from work for a long time repeatedly report that they are accused of only wanting to make people ill. They struggle with serious health problems.
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College students use their phones to swipe through potential dates, send each other money and watch cat videos.
The University of Houston is betting they'll want to use an app to learn about housing application deadlines and set up meetings with their advisers, too.
UH is among several Texas campuses moving some academic advising components onto a third-party mobile application, aiming to improve communication with students who rarely check email and free up counselors to focus on high-risk students.
At UH, this tool will also alert students to health-and-wellness information sessions or tell them when it's time to sign up for a parking permit, said Melissa Pierson, assistant vice provost for undergraduate student success.
"It's like that person sitting on your shoulder, whispering and saying, 'Now it's time to do this,'" she said.
The application that UH is using is called Guide, distributed by EAB, a Washington, D.C.-based research and technology company that works on enrollment management. The University of Texas at San Antonio urged incoming freshmen during orientation to download the same application, and professors interested in technology at Stephen F. Austin State University asked freshmen at seminars to do the same.
UH administrators say close to 40 percent of freshmen downloaded the tool, adding that larger roll-out efforts to older students were hampered by Hurricane Harvey, which shut down campus operations for several days early in the semester.
The student-focused application works with separate software from EAB that tells advisers which students may be at risk of dropping out, allowing staff to reach out and contact them to offer help.
It pushes out notifications that spur a quick response, a system that works for millennial and Generation Z students, says Ed Venit, a managing director with EAB.
Recall that 18-year-old freshmen were younger than 10 years old when the first iPhone model came out, he said.
"It tells them just enough that they know what they're supposed to be doing," said Mary Nelle Brunson, SFA's associate provost for academic affairs. "They won't read a long litany of things. They don't even check email. That's not where students are."
Before buying EAB's products, UH had no predictive technology that could identify students needing help, said Teri Elkins Longacre, UH's vice provost and dean for undergraduate student success.
"This allows advisers to prioritize their day and their time," she said. "Students who are low-risk, they don't necessarily need tons of meetings with an adviser. The students who are high-risk, that's where the advisers need to spend their time."
UH will spend about $382,000 on the Guide application and the desktop software in the 2018 fiscal year. The UH System may soon expand the use of the tool to other UH universities as well, Longacre said.
UH regents on Nov. 16 approved a five-year, $3.3 million contract with EAB to expand degree planning, predictive software to identify and help high-risk students and cross-campus data sharing to the system's three other universities in Victoria, Clear Lake and downtown Houston. Students at these schools will now be able to use the Guide app, too.
Cross-campus data sharing would allow community college students who plan to enroll at UH to map out a four-year degree plan between the institutions, UH provost Paula Myrick Short said.
The moves comes as the state's higher education coordinating board has set high goals for student completion, especially among populations that have struggled to graduate in four years.
At UH, for example, students who receive the Pell Grant are less likely to graduate in six years than those who did not, and black and Hispanic students who enrolled in 2012 were less likely than their white counterparts to graduate in four years.
Enrolling racially and socioeconomically diverse students, including those who are the first in their family to go to college, forces schools to find new ways to connect with students and keep them on track, Venit said.
"The severity or urgency around the issues might be higher now than before," Venit said, citing the changing demographics of college campuses.
UH will soon create in-app programming for specialized student populations, like veterans, first-generation students and transfer students, Pierson said.
Colleges already use smartphone applications to show maps of campus, display emergency alerts and provide athletics scores.
But few have used them to bolster college completion services, said Christina Bowles, the South-Central regional chair of the National Academic Advising Association, a trade group. She added that desktop technology is increasingly common to improve in-person advising.
Paying companies for advising services can also force universities to guess what students will use, she said. "You really have to be selective. What are bells and whistles and what programs are really going to help us reach out to students and do our jobs?"
Matthew Anguiano, a 21-year-old junior from Alvin studying electrical engineering, said he thinks an app that solely nudges students to sign up for appointments would be "pretty basic" and that some students may not find it useful.
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Kelsi Tran, a 19-year-old sophomore from Houston studying management information systems, said she's struggled to get a meeting with an adviser this semester. Every time she tries to book an appointment online when new slots become available, the schedules are full as soon as she refreshes the page.
"It's quite stressful," she said, adding that she'd welcome a system that helps her schedule appointments.
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Though santonin in the management of ascariasis was discarded several decades ago, it apparently is still available as a proprietary for purchase over the counter. This paper calls attention to its toxicity, a drug which should no longer be purchasable.
Immune Deficiency Syndromes: A Guide for Clinical Investigation
In recent years, there has been a sharp increase in interest in immunologic disorders. This paper presents a practical approach to investigation of children suspected of having an immune deficiency syndrome.
Secondary Systemic Amyloidosis: Analysis of Underlying Disorders
The authors have analyzed the disorders underlying the development of secondary amyloidosis in 100 cases. No unitary factor has been found to explain the development of secondary systemic amyloidosis.
Pseudomyxoma Peritonei Due to Mucinous Adenocarcinoma of the Urachus
Physicians and Contraception: A Study of Perceptions and Practices in an Urban Southeastern United States Community
By questionnaire, to which 80% of the recipients responded, the authors were able to deduce interesting facts about the attitudes and perceptions of the practicing profession. The questionnaire tested attitudes and thoughts concerning contraception, sterilization and sex education.
The Importance of the Carotid Bruit
The authors show that the history and physical examination can identify in almost all instances the patients who should be subjected to carotid arteriography, which in itself carries some morbidity.
Hafnia Septicemia
Some Ischemic Changes That Cause Primary Optic Atrophy*
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"And thus, in their prosperous circumstances, they did not send away any who were naked, or that were hungry, or that were athirst, or that were sick, or that had not been nourished; and they did not set their hearts upon riches; therefore they were liberal to all, both old and young, both bond and free, both male and female, whether out of the church or in the church, having no respect to persons as to those who stood in need."
This is a cool idea. In the verses before and after this it suggests that part of the reason for their prosperity was actually that they were being generous and consistent in following God's commandments (verses 27-29, 31). In this verse it mentions that they didn't set their hearts on riches, and that is also one of the reasons that they could be liberal to all. It's an awesome thought that being generous and helping others actually leads to prosperity rather than the worldly view that you need to hoard or do unscrupulous things in order to get ahead.
I think this is part of a larger idea... the idea that doing as God asks actually makes the world better, us happier, etc. It is the whole test of the gospel and perhaps religion in general. The trick to that test though is that patience is part of the package. It isn't just a test of God's word, but of our faith. God's word is always good, but his way doesn't always pay off in the short term. It is the long term where the proof is, and because of the long-term nature of fulfilling promises, our faith, obedience, and consistency are tested, just as the church was tested here. We need to see that blessings come through real faith and commitment to God even through the hard times, not just by being fair-weather worshippers.
Today, let's work on being liberal to everyone who is in need, showing our faith to God and doing as he asks in helping others, whether it seems to be leading to prosperity or not. :) Let's also take that lesson and apply it to bigger things in our lives, showing our obedience and patience through whatever hardships we encounter and learning to truly trust God and act on that trust, even when there is no immediately apparent benefit.


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Cski, 15 Jul 2016What 3rd party launcher did you use? Not that mine is slow.....and it has a really long lastin... moreI use Nova Launcher prime, which offers tons of features, like infinite scrolling, double tap to lock, speed customization and so much more. Works wonders even when used with flagship phones.
AnonD-30583, 13 Jul 2016Android M 6.0.1 Version released today for j3 . I'm not sure If this device could handle that... moreFrom where do you know it?
Can you comment on the feature / performance improvements after your Marshmallow software update? J3 2016 user here from Manila.
Sriram, 12 Jul 2016How is j3 experience & which colour is bestI bought gold cuz white wasnt right no more......so I was told by my "in style" daughter. I bought a black TPU ( rubbery case that is strong AND blicks 90% of gold. Then I added a gorrilla glass transparent protector of the thicker glass that comes on the phone. You cant see it, it does not interfere with button operation and gives me peace of mind that if I drop it on a rock, all I have to do is peel it off. I bought 3 from China because that's the only place you can get them, so I would just put another one on. no drama!
The reason I bought this phone is because I stepped on my Samsung Galaxy 3. You have to understand I have three teenage girls and my wife and I are separated, so I end up buying them more cutting-edge phones and then just trying to be careful with my own. I mean I still had 2 gigs of RAM and 16 gigs onboard plus a 16 gig micro SD card I added. I am 45 so I added a lot of 80's 90's and 2000's heavy metal rap whatever.
does j3 support otg . and how abt the camera quality .
It performs like an iPhone.


Discussion in '2019 NBA Draft' started by YOLO, Mar 17, 2019.
hieuytran, Houstunna, RayRay10 and 1 other person like this.
Someone set up the bracket.
I thought I had people on ignore as I was reading through this thread.
I find @Roc Paint's unuse of the quote function disturbing.
Tough draw for Kansas St, UC-Irvine can play.
eta: Ja Morant vs. Markus Howard should be a fun 1st round matchup.
LSU is probably too much for them, but Yale could make that game fun. They can put points on the board and do have an actual NBA prospect (Miye Oni).
Kansas is in trouble, was pretty surprised that they got a 4 seed.
marquette get a bad matchup vs #12 Murray St. ft Morant?
I mentioned it earlier, but Marquette's Markus Howard is the best scorer in the country that not many people know about. I imagine they'll be matched up against each other for a good bit of that game.
eta: also, in yet another data point showing why dogs are superior to cats, dog mascots are 37-26 vs cat mascots in the tourney. Look out LSU.


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Young blood treats old mice with MS
By transplanting cells from the blood of young mice, scientists have successfully stimulated stem cells to repair the damaged nerve tissue of old mice with multiple sclerosis. The experiments show that people with advanced stages of the disease could be treated by reactivating their own repair mechanisms.
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a disease of the nervous system caused by the damage and loss of the myelin sheath – a fatty coat that surround nerve fibres. The disease can become progressively worse over many years as the patient gets older and becomes less able to repair or regenerate their myelin sheath. However, scientists were unsure of why this might be.
To investigate, the researchers produced MS-like damage to the spinal cords of anaesthetised old mice, creating small areas of myelin loss. They then exposed the areas to immune cells isolated from the blood of young mice. They found that some of these cells, called macrophages, cleared away the debris of damaged myelin and stimulated the old mice's own stem cells to form new myelin sheath. This debris has previously been shown to impede myelin repair.
MS can be caused by the damage of the myelin sheath by the body's own immune system. It is not clear why this happens but it suggests that faulty immune cells are at least partly responsible. This work shows that by transplanting immune cells from healthy young mice, the body can repair itself after the debris has been cleared.
These are exciting but early results. Much more work is needed to understand the causes of myelin damage in MS patients, but this work offers the possibility that therapies could be developed in the future that stimulate the patient's own stem cells to repair the damage.
Please see the AnimalResearch.info page on multiple sclerosis for background.
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Hepatitis C virus (HCV) can cause acute or chronic infection, which causes inflammation of the liver. In approximately 15% to 50% of cases, acute (short-term) HCV may spontaneously resolve on its own and rarely causes complications like liver failure. However, most HCV infections become chronic (long-term). Chronic HCV infection can lead to complications, including cirrhosis (scarring of the liver), hepatocellular carcinoma (liver cancer), or the need for a liver transplant. Fortunately, HCV has largely become a curable disease with the use of antiviral treatment.1
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The goals of treatment are to eliminate the virus in the body and to prevent cirrhosis, liver cancer, and the need for a liver transplant. There are different kinds of medications that are used to treat HCV, including:
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DAAs work by targeting specific steps in the HCV viral life cycle. By targeting the virus, DAAs can shorten the length of treatment, provide a sustained virologic response (also called SVR, which means the virus is not detected in the body), and minimize side effects.5
Interferons are proteins called cytokines that are naturally produced by the body as part of the immune response, and the body typically produces more interferon in response to a virus. The interferon medications used in HCV treatment are similar to the cytokines produced by the body and can help the body to eliminate HCV.6
Ribavirin is a type of antiviral medication that is classified as a nucleoside analogue. Ribavirin works by interfering with the virus' ability to replicate, and it is often used in combination with other medications to treat HCV.7
For people with chronic HCV who have developed complications, a liver transplant may be an option. In a liver transplant, the damaged liver is removed and replaced with a healthy liver from a donor. The donor may be deceased, or a living donor can give a portion of their liver. While a liver transplant can resolve some of the complications, in most cases a transplant does not cure HCV, and those who have had a liver transplant may need additional medication.3
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The lifeboat was tasked at 12.21pm on Tuesday (20 June) and again at 8.05pm.
The first call-out was to take over a tow from The Mumbles RNLI's all-weather lifeboat, which was towing a 16 foot boat which had broken down whilst fishing in Oxwich Bay. The towed vessel which was from the River Afan was handed over to the Port Talbot lifeboat just off the river. The lifeboat then proceeded upto the launching slipway so that the vessel could be recovered. The lifeboat returned to station.
This again highlights the need for boat owners to check their vessels and make sure everything is in working order before proceeding to sea.
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Q: Sending SOAP http response in one package We have a Java web service with document style and http protocol. Local this service works smoothly and fast (~ 6ms). But calling the service-methods from remote takes over 200ms.
One main reason for this delay is that the

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*server sends first the response http header,

*the client sends in return a ACK and

*then again the server sends the response http body.

This second step where the client sends the ACK costs the most time, almost the whole 200ms. I would like to avoid this step and save the time.
So that's why my question: Is it possible to send the whole response in one package? And how and where do I configure that?
Thanks for any advice.

A: I'm not fully understanding the question.
Why is the server sending the first message? Shouldn't the client be requesting for a web service via HTTP initially?
From what I understand, SOAP requests are wrapped within an http message. HTTP messages assumes a TCP connection and requires a response. This suggests that a client must respond when the server sends an http header.
Basically whatever one end sends to another, the other end must reply. The ACK return from you step 2 will always be present.
EDIT:
I think the reason for the difference in time when requesting via local and remote is simply the routing that happens in the real network versus on your local machine. It's not the number of steps taken in your SOAP request and response.

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Venezuelans are overflowing with happiness with TPS in the United States
10 months ago Cedric Manwaring
Miami – Maria Ortiz left Venezuela four years ago, when she realized that job opportunities were almost non-existent. After graduating from college with a degree in petroleum engineering, she hopped on a plane and replaced her dream of a professional job for a better quality of life in America.
Since then, Ortiz has worked in restaurant kitchens in Maryland, earning enough money to raise her two-year-old daughter and support herself during the coronavirus pandemic. Their lives could change dramatically this year after President Joe Biden's government decided to offer temporary protection status to hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans who have fled the humanitarian crisis facing the South American country.
"I am very pleased to know that I will have legal stability, and that I will have the opportunity to choose a good job," said Ortiz, who hopes to find a job where he can apply his engineering knowledge. The 25-year-old said, "Be here because they're not going to take me out of the country, and that comfort in knowing I'll be really safe is causing me great emotions."
The US government announced Monday that it will grant temporary protection status – known as TPS by its English name – to Venezuelans already in the country. The procedure will last for 18 months and will reach about 320 thousand people, who will be able to request a permit to live and work legally in the country.
Immigrants, activists and lawmakers from both parties have embraced the TPS system for Venezuelans, which former President Donald Trump refused to grant, including some who have introduced similar bills in Congress.
In order to qualify, individuals must demonstrate that they have lived in the United States since before March 9 and pass a criminal background check. Those who can apply for TPS include people who remain in the asylum process as well as those who have been denied asylum but who still live in the United States.
Venezuela is mired in a deep political, social and economic crisis attributed to low oil prices and two decades of bad management by socialist governments. Millions of people live in poverty, amid shortages of food and medicine, low wages and four-digit inflation.
This situation has caused about five million Venezuelans to flee to other regions, most of them to Colombia and other Latin American countries. In the United States, most of them live in South Florida.
Many of those who have come to the United States have applied for asylum, but after escaping a humanitarian crisis it is not certain that they will automatically get it. Michael Kagan, a law professor and director of the Immigration Clinic at the University of Nevada in Las Vegas, said that more than 50% of Venezuelan asylum applications have been rejected in recent years.
"As long as they don't have a serious criminal record, it's a very easy application," Kagan said, referring to the TPS program. "I say almost all of them will be approved."
Human Rights Watch on Tuesday asked the Biden government to extend the TPS to include Venezuelans who have sought asylum and have been sent to Mexico to wait for their cases to be processed under the Immigrant Protection Protocols – or MPP – promoted by Trump.
Human Rights Defenders said about 2,700 Venezuelans are in the situation.
"The Biden administration should end expulsions at the US border and make an exception to the physical existence requirement of the temporary protection system so that Venezuelan asylum seekers who have been denied entry to the United States are also eligible." Bill Frelick, Director, Refugee and Immigrant Group. Region, in a written statement.
Gustavo Acosta chanted loudly at his home in Queens, New York, when he learned that the Biden government had ordered the TPS. He arrived in the United States in March 2019. After crossing the border with Mexico illegally, he surrendered to the authorities in the port of Tijuana and was detained for 13 months. He applied for asylum, but was rejected and ordered to be deported. Then they let him go outside with supervised freedom until the completion of his repatriation.
"It helps us and gives us great comfort," said Acosta, a Venezuelan designer who fled his country to escape the humanitarian crisis, oppression and crime. "I can breathe a little easier … I was very afraid of deportation."
With TPS he hopes he can get a job that will allow him to support himself. Presently, he lives in a tiny one-room apartment in Queens and is receiving financial aid from the New York government.
"It's going to be a 360-degree change," said the 36-year-old designer, who has a refugee sister in Colombia and her parents and grandmother in Maracaibo, Venezuela.
On his final day as president, Trump issued an order halting the deportation of more than 145,000 Venezuelans for an 18-month period. Some Republicans recently asked the Biden administration to implement Trump's order, but unlike that measure, Monday's Temporary Protection Act gives them legal status that cannot be easily undone.
Ruth Valley is a Venezuelan trader who was stranded in Miami for just over a year. He arrived on a tourist visa trip and wanted to take the opportunity to make some purchases of clothes, cosmetics, and food to resell later in Venezuela and survive. However, the flights were canceled due to the pandemic in March 2020, two days before his return flight, and he had to stay in South Florida.
Given the situation his country is in, he decided to apply for asylum and although his procedures are not over yet, he will now apply for TPS and hope that he will be able to meet his 15-year-old daughter again at some point who stayed in her country with her grandmother.
"It's a way to make sure we're legal," said Valli, 39, referring to TPS. "I feel happy, not just for me but for all the Venezuelans who are here."
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