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Identification of the immunodominant antigens from the venom of the social wasps A...
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Bioprospection and chemical/functional characterization of the low molecular mass compounds from the venoms of the social wasps: Agelaia pallipes pallipes, Agelaia vicina and Polybia paulista (Hymenoptera - Vespidae)
Support type: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate (Direct)
Effective date (Start): August 01, 2006
Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Chemistry - Organic Chemistry
Principal Investigator: Mario Sergio Palma
Grantee: Daniel Menezes Saidemberg
Home Institution: Instituto de Biociências (IB). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Rio Claro. Rio Claro , SP, Brazil
Spiders and wasps constitute a large group of Arthropods present in the most of ecosystems of earth, since the deserts to the wet darkness of the rain forests, since the beaches to the heights of the mountains. The toxic secretions of many spiders and wasps were demonstrated to paralyze their insect-prey by blocking the process of glutamatergic synaptic transmission at the prey's neuromuscular junctions (PALMA et al., 1998). Accordingly, considerable research efforts have been mounted to isolate and identify neuroactive compounds in these secretions, resulting in the discovery of many peptides and small molecules which block glutamate receptors and/or calcium channels (KOBAYASHI et al., 1992). Thus, the secretion of many of these animals proved to be useful tools for physiological studies of neuronal function, and several of the neurotoxic compounds produced by their defensive/aggressive secretions may become structural models for the rational development of neuroprotective agents for different neurological disorders. Peptides in general are not suitable as drug candidates for central nervous system disorders, due to: their susceptibility to proteolysis, possible antigenicity and their lack of penetrability to blood-brain barrier. Thus, the small organic molecule occurring in these secretions seems to be natural candidates to be mined in the search for leader compounds for development of neurotherapeutical medicine drugs. These compounds generally are very potent and selective for specific type of neuroreceptors/ ion channels. Thus, the most of them occur at sub-picomole levels, requiring highly qualified expertise staff for purification and structure elucidation of these compounds by using microanalytical techniques. The neuroassays are generally performed by using synthetic which in turn requires expertise and organic synthesis facility. To avoid the demand of large amounts (grams) of animal biomass (which the most of times is impossible to be obtained) it is necessary to use top level sophisticated spectroscopy instrumentation. When taken into account, all these requirements limited the number of research groups all over the world, involved with this type of scientific investigations at academic level. We have been involved with the structural elucidation of about 14 new structures of acylpolyamine toxins from the orb-web-spider Nephilengys cruentata, presenting non-competitive blocking activity toward NMDA-sub type of glutamate receptors. Our laboratory is also dealing with the structural elucidation of organometallic azides from the web of the spider Nephila clavipes, presenting potent insecticide activities; alkaloids like tetrahydro-b-carbolines, presenting selective insecticide activity and blocking action against benzodiazepine receptors, have been isolated and had their structures elucidated by our group from the hunting secretion of the spider Parawixia bistriata. All these investigations have been individually financed by FAPESP since 1996, and if properly supported by a research grants through a thematic project under the BIOTA - Prospection Program, these type of compounds surely will constitute a vast source of drug leads for various neurological disorders and selective pesticides. Experimental focus:-from wasps it will be focused the secretions of the defensive/aggressive glands looking for low molecular weight neurotoxic / neuroprotective and insecticide compounds ;-the insecticide effect will assayed in the laboratory by using honeybees as model insects;-neurotoxicity and neuroprotection will be assayed by using rat brain as models, with the use immunohistochemistry protocols to map the brain position of toxin action and electrophysiology to investigate the mechanisms of action. (AU)
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SAIDEMBERG, Daniel Menezes. Bioprospecção e caracterização químico-funcional de compostos orgânicos da baixas massas molecularesde venenos das vespas sociais : Agelaia pallipes pallipes, Agelaia vicina e Polybia paulista (Hymenoptera - Vespidae). 2009. 126 f. Doctoral Thesis - Universidade Estadual Paulista "Júlio de Mesquita Filho" Instituto de Biociências (Campus de Rio Claro). Rio Claro.
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Lately, I've been posting about all the anti-Confederate sentiment that has been sweeping the country since last summer when some complete lunatic went on a shooting spree at a church attended mostly by black people. The idiot posed with the Confederate Battle Flag on a social media website. Since then, flags, monuments, street names, and anything honoring Confederate war veterans has come under attack. The following is an article that I found interesting. Although the political elite and certain ethnic groups have taken it upon themselves to erase history and label all things Confederate as "racist," some people still have the common sense to stand up for their rights and what they believe in.
After school administrators at Staunton River High School in Montea, Virginia, enforced its policy, telling students that the Confederate flag was banned from vehicles in the school's parking lot, a group of students organized to sponsor a parade of cars emblazoned with the flag to express their First Amendment rights.
"We're doing all of this to stand up for our First Amendment rights," Goodson told the media.
School administrations hastened to claim they have no intention of stomping on anyone's First Amendment rights…..large banners and flags had already been banned on vehicles in the school parking lot, even if they are large U.S. flags.
The "Battle Flag Rally for Freedom" group has a Facebook page where they describe themselves as a peaceful group.


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infirst Limited has a core team of managers with not only diverse geographical and educational backgrounds but also exceptional cross-sector experience from the pharmaceutical and consumer healthcare sectors, to fast moving consumer goods.
Andrew Macmillen
Andrew has over 30 years of experience in managerial roles in Pharmaceuticals and Consumer Healthcare including over 10 years as a Vice President Consumer Healthcare for Latin America and Central and Eastern Europe in GSK. He worked with infirst Healthcare Limited as a consultant responsible for Business Development and Flarin before taking up his current position in November 2019. He is a graduate of Durham and Hull Universities.
Philip Lindsell
Philip joined infirst Healthcare Limited as Chief Financial Officer in November 2018 and was appointed Chief Financial Officer for infirst Limited in October 2019. He is a chartered accountant and has been CFO of a variety of public and privately owned companies since 1990. Philip is an engineering graduate of Oxford University and started his career at Deloitte Haskins & Sells in London and in the oil and energy industries in financial management, commercial and consultancy roles.
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Director Consumer Marketing & Drug Development
Karen is responsible for Consumer Marketing and Drug Development Karen has over 30 years of experience in leading drug development across a range of therapeutic areas including women's health, endocrinology, osteoarthritis, respiratory and urology. She began her career in clinical research and has gained broad experience in pharmaceutical development from working with a number of pharmaceutical companies, including 18 years at Procter & Gamble Pharmaceuticals. Karen graduated from the University of Southampton with a degree in Physiology and Pharmacology and later completed a postgraduate Diploma in Business Administration. She is an honorary fellow of the Institute of Clinical Research and maintains an active interest in training in clinical research.
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Director Sales & Marketing Activation
Martyn is responsible for Sales and Marketing Activation in the UK. He has 25 years of experience in Pharmaceutical, Consumer Healthcare and FMCG, working with companies such as Novartis and Nutricia and McCormick Foods. With a background in business development and enablement, Martyn is a skilled strategist and has worked "hands on" to enable sales development, implementation and route to market strategies. He studied Land Surveying at college in London and recently completed Sales and Strategy in Practice with the Chartered Institute of Marketing.
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Before joining Infirst Healthcare Karel had a 23 year career with GlaxoSmithKline and its legacy companies. Being responsible for global external supplies Karel was a member of GSK Consumer Healthcare's manufacturing and supply leadership team. Prior to that he held various senior positions in procurement and logistics within GlaxoSmithKline. Karel began his career in Belgium in the Chemicals and Automotive sector before moving to Germany and later to London. Karel studied Business Management at the LBC College in Antwerp.
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Why David Petraeus Really Wants You To Shut Up About Islamism
Christine Brim has written a must-read, eye-opening piece here entitled "Why David Petraeus Really Wants You To Shut Up About Islamism."
[For those that may not know, David Petraeus was according to Wikepedia ...
David Howell Petraeus AO (/pᵻˈtreɪ.əs/; born November 7, 1952) is a retired American military officer and public official. He served as Director of the Central Intelligence Agency from September 6, 2011, until his resignation on November 9, 2012. Prior to his assuming the directorship of the CIA, Petraeus was a highly decorated four-star general, serving over 37 years in the United States Army. His last assignments in the Army were as commander of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) and Commander, U.S. Forces Afghanistan (USFOR-A) from July 4, 2010, to July 18, 2011. His other four-star assignments include serving as the 10th Commander, U.S. Central Command (USCENTCOM) from October 13, 2008, to June 30, 2010, and as Commanding General, Multi-National Force – Iraq (MNF-I) from February 10, 2007, to September 16, 2008.[4] As commander of MNF-I, Petraeus oversaw all coalition forces in Iraq.
... On November 9, 2012, General Petraeus resigned from his position as Director of the CIA, citing his extramarital affair which was reportedly discovered in the course of an FBI investigation. In January 2015, officials reported the FBI and Justice Department prosecutors had recommended bringing felony charges against Petraeus for allegedly providing classified information to his biographer, Paula Broadwell (with whom he was having an affair), while serving as the director of the CIA. Eventually, Petraeus pleaded guilty to one misdemeanor charge of mishandling classified information
Petraeus was guilty of not only adultery, but also the unauthorized sharing of classified information - something that would have quickly sent anyone else not among the governing elite to jail. Don't believe the old adage that nobody is above the law. There are all-too-often two different implementations of the law: (1) for the elite, and (2) for everyone else.
Brim starts out her article thus ...
On May 13, the Washington Post published an online op-ed by former CIA director and CENTCOM commander David Petraeus, titled "Anti-Muslim bigotry aids Islamist terrorists." The op-ed was noteworthy chiefly for Petraeus' use of rhetorical clichés more commonly expected from the Council on American Islamic Relations and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation's "Islamophobia Observatory," including such standards as "inflammatory political discourse against Muslims and Islam," "blanket discrimination on the basis of religion," "those who flirt with hate speech against Muslims," "those who demonize and denigrate Islam," "who toy with anti-Muslim bigotry," and the ever-reliable "demonizing a religious faith and its adherents." Although the op-ed seemed to target Donald Trump, it also admonished all Americans to limit what we say about Islam.
Petraeus's attack was so over-the-top, no expression critical of Islamic doctrine would escape his censorship. Have you criticized mainstream Islamic doctrine or the laws of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates? You're demonizing a religious faith. Do you object to authoritative Islamic doctrines justifying jihad, proclaimed by both Islamic governments and non-state Islamic militants alike? Stop toying with anti-Muslim bigotry; you're just aiding "Islamist terrorists."
Robert Spencer of Jihadwatch expertly summarized Petraeus's specious logic: "So the upshot of Petraeus' argument is that we must not say things to which Muslims might object, because this will just make more of them become jihadis. His prescription for minimizing the jihad against the West is for the West to practice self-censorship in order to avoid offending Muslims."
Brim then goes on in the article to reveal that Petraeus's real motivation in writing the article is clearly monetary. Private financial gain, not some sense of ethical morality.
Perhaps the Post should have let their readers judge for themselves if Petraeus's financial interests in KKR, and KKR's financial interests in the Middle East, were relevant to his op-ed demanding an end to criticism of Islam. KKR has been trying for the past seven years to enter private equity markets in Muslim-majority countries, especially in Dubai (part of the United Arab Emirates) and Saudi Arabia. During those same years, the governments of Dubai and Saudi Arabia hardened their laws against criticism of Islam at home, and increased their lobbying spending to shut down criticism of Islamic doctrine abroad.
... KKR had hired Petraeus as chairman of the Global Institute for exactly these opportunities, as Henry Kravis announced in KKR's May 2013 press release announcing the Petraeus appointment: "As the world changes and we expand how and where we invest, we are always looking to sharpen the 'KKR edge.'" Petraeus would help with "investments in new geographies," presumably in those Middle East and Central Asian countries he knew from his years as CENTCOM commander and CIA director.
Petraeus got to work, presenting a sunny view of reforms in the region in a December 2013 interview with the PrivCap newsletter (video and transcript highlights): "Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the UAE, Kuwait, Bahrain, Jordan, Morocco. . . in each of these countries there have been far more reforms than I think most people recognize. You have to understand the culture. You have to understand the conflicting tensions in these countries to appreciate how much, say, King Abdullah in Saudi Arabia has really done in a state where there is a lot of conservative sentiment."
... In Washington, reputation is the drug of choice, dealt on every corner of the K Street lobbying corridor.
Brim astutely summarizes:
... The typical case: a highly placed official with a sterling reputation retires, someone whose career gave him contacts with foreign governments and foreign business leaders. His reputation has a respectable public part, his resume, and a valuable private part, his contacts, especially foreign contacts who control emerging markets and have money to spend on lobbying. When this useful individual speaks at conferences or publishes an op-ed or testifies before the Senate, his past resume is all that is presented when he is introduced as a speaker or summarized in a Washington Post "ID" accompanying his op-ed.
But his current employers, partners, and clients? Not disclosed, and neither K Street customs nor government regulations require the disclosure. If his speech, op-ed, or testimony just happens to align with the interests of his employers, partners, clients? That's a serendipitous coincidence, an irrelevancy. As KKR stated, "General Petraeus regularly writes in his private capacity."
Anyway, what difference does it make? The rules are clear. If you're inside the Beltway, you already knew, and you have no need to know if you're anywhere else.
David Petraeus is a tragic example of how corrupting an influence Washington DC is. It's a house of cards now built on money, power and sex that is unfortunately about to come crashing down.
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Q: Using the script from some particular branch in git This question is maybe answered, but I couldn't find it.
I have a branch where I am working on and I didn't finish my work on this branch. Now I need to use prebuilt tool that is on totally different branch.
I don't have that script at all visible on my branch, but I need to run it in order to get something, to continue working on my branch. There are three problems here:

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*I don't want to checkout to another branch. I want to work on my own branch all the time

*I don't want to commit anything before I finish

*I want to use something from another branch that is not visible on my own branch

How is that possible and is it possible at all?

A: There are many ways to deal with this.  They all boil down to the fact that you're trying too hard, right now.   Take it easier!
Let's start with this: Branches, in Git, are basically irrelevant; what matters are the commits.  Commits hold two things: a full snapshot of every file, plus some metadata (information about who made the commit for instance).  We won't go into any further detail here except to note that the contents of any given commit are 100% read-only: no commit can ever be changed, not even by Git itself.
When you do work in Git, you start by extracting some commit.  That is, you run git checkout branch or git switch branch, or maybe even git checkout hash-ID.  This extracts, from one specific commit, a full copy of every file.  (The files stored inside commits are in a special, read-only, compressed, Git-ified, de-duplicated format that only Git can read and literally nothing can write, which makes them useless except for this extraction process.)  But: which commit does this extract?
Commits are identified by hash ID.  The hash IDs are big and ugly and impossible for humans to work with, aside from using cut-and-paste with the mouse or similar.  So you can do that—as in the git checkout hash-ID case—or you can use branch names and other such names (tag names for instance).  Each name is a way to spell one hash ID without having to type in the raw hash ID.  A branch name essentially "means" the latest commit on the branch.
Now that you have the files from that commit, you work on / with them, run git add to update the proposed next commit, and run git commit, and Git makes a new commit and automatically updates the branch name (assuming you're using branch names).  So that's the situation you're in right now:

I have a branch where I am working on and I didn't finish my work on this branch.

This isn't quite precise.  What you mean is: you checked out some particular commit, by branch name, and you started working.  You're not ready to make a new commit yet.  You're still "on the branch" (so that any proposed new commit that you use to make a new commit will update the branch name to remember the new latest commit) and you'd like to stay that way.

Now I need to use prebuilt tool that is on totally different branch.

Let's make this one more precise as well.  You mean that you want to get at some file (shell script, command, whatever) that's stored in some other commit.  The hash ID of that other commit is stored in some other branch name, e.g., toolbranch.
Why all this matters
You can easily access any single file in any commit using git show or git cat-file -p.  For instance, if you know the commit hash ID that you need is a123456 and the path name of the file stored in that commit is tools/sometool.sh, you can run:
git show a123456:tools/sometool.sh

and Git will dump the contents of that file, as stored in that commit, to the standard output.  Using shell (bash/sh/zsh/whatever) redirection, you can get this output into a file:
git show a123456:tools/sometool.sh > /tmp/sometool.sh

and now you can run the tool from /tmp/sometool.sh.
(The git cat-file -p variant is:
git cat-file -p a123456:tools/sometool.sh > /tmp/sometool.sh

The git show one is a little easier to type in.  Use git cat-file in scripts as it's a "plumbing" command; for normal human commands, use git show.)
What if I don't know the raw hash ID?
No problem!  The branch name works just as well:
git show toolbranch:tools/sometool.sh > /tmp/sometool.sh

What if I need a whole bunch of files from toolbranch?
As long as your Git is at least version 2.5, and preferably at least 2.15, you can use git worktree add to add a whole separate working tree with that commit checked out:
git worktree add ../toolbranch

for instance.  Now ../toolbranch contains the entire set of files extracted from the commit named via the branch name toolbranch.
Given that this gets every file out of the desired commit, it may be overkill for your situation.  The git show or git cat-file -p variant is a much more refined tool (a lightsaber, or maybe bytesaber, instead of a blaster, in Star Wars terms), but sometimes just blasting your way through something is convenient.
(Use git worktree remove later to discard the added work-tree, or just leave it around if it isn't bothering you.  The bug fixed in 2.15 has to do with leaving added working trees around for more than 14 days while doing work in them, so if you start doing work in the added working tree, and are going to let it take two or more weeks, make sure you have the fixed-up Git.)

A: Here is my proposed solution:

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*Add your script to .gitignore to get it not committed. (If you plan to change it, you can force staging by git add --force).

*When you need to run it, checkout only that file by git check out <SCRIPT_BRANCH> <SCRIPT_FILE_NAME>.

By the step 1, the checked out file is not seen as a file to be staged.

A: You can find out the commit when your tool has been introduced (using git log or git blame <FILE>) . You can then use git cherry-pick to get this specific commit into your branch. If you don't want to commit these changes to your branch, you can use the -n flag:
git cherry-pick -n <COMMIT>

This brings your tool to the current branch without committing anything. You can execute the script and do what you want. Afterwards you can do git reset (unstage the cherry-picked stuff) and delete your files.

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Purveyors of Fine Classic Cars in Cape Town, South Africa
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1996 Porsche 911 (993) Carrera 4 Cabriolet
Engine: 3.6 liter flat 6
Features: A/C, P/S, 4 wheel drive, electric roof with wind deflector, tonneau cover, owners manual and service booklet.
The 911 was revised for model year 1994 under the internal name Type 993. This car was significant as it was the final incarnation of the air-cooled 911 first introduced in 1964. Most enthusiasts and collectors consider the 993 to be the best of the air-cooled 911 series. As Car & Driver noted, "Porsche's version of the Goldilocks tale is the 993-generation 911, the one many Porschephiles agree that the company got just right," with an "ideal blend of technology and classic 911 air-cooled heritage"
The exterior featured all-new front and rear ends. The revised bodywork was smoother, having a noticeably more aerodynamic front end somewhat reminiscent of the 959. Styling was by Englishman Tony Hatter under the supervision of design chief Harm Lagaay and completed in 1991.
Along with the revised bodywork, mechanically the 993 also featured an all-new multilink rear suspension that improved the car's ride and handling. This rear suspension was largely derived from the stillborn Porsche 989's rear multilink design, and served to rectify the problems with earlier models' tendency to oversteer if the throttle or brakes were applied mid-corner. These modifications also reduced previous 911's lift-off oversteer problems to a much more moderate degree.
The new suspension, along with chassis refinements, enabled the car to keep up dynamically with the competition. Engine capacity remained at 3.6L, but power rose to 272 PS (200 kW / 268 BHP) thanks to better engine management and exhaust design, and beginning with model year 1996 to 286 PS (210 kW / 281 BHP). The 993 was the first Porsche to debut variable-length intake runners with the "Variocam" system on 1996 models. This addressed the inherent compromise between high-rpm power production and low-rpm torque production, and was one of the first of its kind to be employed on production vehicles.
We have known this 993 for many years, having sold it twice in the past. The car has a service history with Porsche in Switzerland and Porsche in Cape Town. This car is in excellent overall condition and is a pleasure to own and drive.
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The Benefit makeup brand is known for its effective products with quirky names, and the Hoola Bronzer product line is a perennial favorite. Whether you've already got a favorite from the line or you're looking for fresh ways to add a sun-kissed glow to your makeup routine, read on to discover more about these three Benefit bronzers.
Benefit's Hoola Matte Bronzer, $29, is a caramel-colored powder bronzer with a matte finish, and it's perfect for adding a touch of tan to any skin tone. It comes with a natural bristle brush for application. The bronzer won a NYLON Beauty Award in 2014. It can be used to achieve that sunny glow year-round or for special moments like proms, graduations, and weddings. Benefit recommends applying the bronzer over blush to add warm depth to your cheekbones.
Reviews of the bronzer say that this product is "easy to blend" and "has great staying power." Users also rave that it "blends out like a dream," letting you achieve a natural look.
Benefit's Hoola Lite Bronzer, $29, is the Hoola Bronzer's sister in a lighter beige. It is also a matte powder bronzer. The lighter color is ideal for fairer complexions or as a finishing powder for any skin tone. Hoola Lite comes with a natural bristle brush for application. Benefit recommends applying Hoola Lite over the Hoola Quickie Contour Stick, $28, a contouring stick that blends from cream to powder, to add dimension.
Reviewers have said that Hoola Lite is "absolutely perfect for balancing color" and "doesn't accentuate lines or pores." Allure explains that one reason why the Hoola Lite Bronzer works so well, especially for fair skin, is because "bronzers can look too orange on pale complexions, but the color of Hoola Lite is just right." If you've found bronzers to be too orange on your skin, give this product a try.
Dew the Hoola Bronzer, $28, appeared in 2015. It is a sheer matte liquid bronzer that gives a natural, healthy glow to any skin tone. Benefit recommends applying a soft-focus cream highlighter over Dew the Hoola to complete a contoured look.
Reviews of Dew the Hoola at Ulta rave that it "blends well," "stays on long," and is perfect for a natural, light bronze color on the cheeks.
When you use bronzer, there's no need to visit a tanning bed or risk orange streaks on your hands in order to get a sun-kissed look. When applied correctly, the product blends seamlessly into skin, creating a healthy look that wakes up tired faces and brightens your cheeks. It can also be used to contour the nose, cheeks, and chin to accentuate your features.


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using Microsoft.Xna.Framework;
using NUnit.Framework;

namespace MonoGame.Tests.Framework
{
    class RayTest
    {
        [Test]
        public void BoundingBoxIntersects()
        {
            // Our test box.
            BoundingBox box;
            box.Min = new Vector3(-10,-20,-30);
            box.Max = new Vector3(10, 20, 30);
            var center = (box.Max + box.Min) * 0.5f;

            // Test misses.
            Assert.IsNull(new Ray(center - Vector3.UnitX * 40, -Vector3.UnitX).Intersects(box));
            Assert.IsNull(new Ray(center + Vector3.UnitX * 40, Vector3.UnitX).Intersects(box));
            Assert.IsNull(new Ray(center - Vector3.UnitY * 40, -Vector3.UnitY).Intersects(box));
            Assert.IsNull(new Ray(center + Vector3.UnitY * 40, Vector3.UnitY).Intersects(box));
            Assert.IsNull(new Ray(center - Vector3.UnitZ * 40, -Vector3.UnitZ).Intersects(box));
            Assert.IsNull(new Ray(center + Vector3.UnitZ * 40, Vector3.UnitZ).Intersects(box));

            // Test middle of each face.
            Assert.AreEqual(30.0f, new Ray(center - Vector3.UnitX * 40, Vector3.UnitX).Intersects(box));
            Assert.AreEqual(30.0f, new Ray(center + Vector3.UnitX * 40, -Vector3.UnitX).Intersects(box));
            Assert.AreEqual(20.0f, new Ray(center - Vector3.UnitY * 40, Vector3.UnitY).Intersects(box));
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Dubai, UAE; 08 March 2015: Emirates Investment Bank ("EIBank"), a client-focused, independent private and investment banking boutique headquartered in Dubai, today published its second "GCC Wealth Insight Report", which outlines the views of high net worth individuals ("HNWIs") across the Gulf on local and global economies as well as the main elements that define their investment and banking decisions.
The GCC Wealth Insight Report 2015 is based on a survey of HNWIs from the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Oman and Bahrain. The survey was undertaken in the fourth quarter of 2014, a period that recorded the start of falling oil prices, but did not capture the lowest levels. Hence, the views expressed in this Report are balanced and were not affected by the uncertainty in the markets following the drop in oil prices.
For the purposes of this study, HNWIs are defined as individuals with US$2 million or more in investable assets.
The Report found that GCC HNWIs are more positive about the economic situation in the Gulf region than globally, with 55% saying the economic situation in the Gulf is improving compared to 31% saying the global economy is improving. Respondents were more cautious towards the global economy compared to last year, with the view that the global economic situation is worsening almost doubling (29%) on last year (16%). Nonetheless, the Report's findings were optimistic about the longer-term prospects for both the Gulf region and the global economy; 86% say they are very or somewhat optimistic about prospects for the Gulf region over the next five years with 78% saying the same thing for the global economy.
The more cautious approach to the global economy taken by regional HNWIs is matched by an increasing preference to keep assets closer to home, which has risen 19 percentage points since last year to 83%. Those who prefer to keep assets closer to home are most likely to say the main reasons are confidence in the stability of their local economy (39%) and a desire to have greater personal control over their investments (20%).
Regional HNWIs are also more likely to have a local rather than international bank to help manage their wealth compared to last year, with 80% saying they prefer to use a local bank compared to 59% last year. Respondents said they believe that local banks provide easier access, have a better understanding of the local market or regulations, and are safer. The top four factors for selecting a local bank have not changed since last year - HNWIs look for level of service, bank reputation and brand, fees and pricing, and investment expertise and global access.
Philanthropy has also featured prominently in GCC countries in this year's survey, with 86% of respondents saying they dedicate a portion of their wealth to charitable giving, mostly to humanitarian charitable causes. 60% of those HNWIs who currently allocate a portion of their wealth to charity are planning to increase their distribution to charity in the near future.
"Following the success last year of the inaugural GCC Wealth Insight Report with investors and other members of the investment community, I am pleased to present the second edition of the annual Report, which is derived from the voices of wealthy business people and professionals based in the Gulf. From these individuals we have gathered independent and rich data providing a unique insight into views on prospects for the Gulf and global economies, investment behaviour and how these have changed over the past year.
"While views of the global economy are more negative than last year, with respondents in this year's survey almost twice as likely to say the situation is worsening, HNWIs are keen to continue growing their wealth and remain optimistic about future prospects globally and in the Gulf region in particular. There are strong signs of moving beyond the days of the financial crisis, albeit with a more cautious and perhaps more regional investment approach. We believe that the continued growth-focused attitude of regional entrepreneurs reinforces the positive outlook for the GCC region and global economy in the coming years.
For the second consecutive year, Emirates Investment Bank commissioned the GCC Wealth Insight Report and partnered with Ipsos, a leading market research company operating globally with expertise in developing, managing and co-ordinating international research, and Brunswick Insight, which focuses on using opinion research to help clients better understand their relationships with stakeholders and communicate more effectively, to conduct this study on the Bank's behalf in order to ensure the accuracy of the findings and independence of the analysis.
For the year ended 31 December 2014, the Bank's assets under management grew 81% to AED 7.72 billion compared with AED 4.26 billion in 2013.


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Gastric Phytobezoars: Coca-Cola an Effective Treatment
Lara C. Pullen, PhD
Drinking Coca-Cola appears to be an effective treatment for gastric phytobezoar in 50% of cases, and combining the soda with additional endoscopic methods may lead to resolution of as many as 91.3% of phytobezoars, according to a newly published review.
Spiros D. Ladas, MD, from the Gastroenterology Division, First Department of Medicine–Propaedeutic, Medical School, Athens University, Laikon Hospital, Greece, and colleagues presented the results of their systematic literature review in an article published online December 17, 2012, and in the January 2013 issue of Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics.
The authors searched the literature for the combined keywords "phytobezoars treatment" and "Coca-Cola lysis" and reviewed 24 articles published during a 10-year period between 2002 and 2012. The articles included 46 patients. The authors note that the majority of the articles included in the review did not have patient follow-up, and therefore the review cannot speak to patient relapse.
Although most of the articles were case reports, one was a retrospective study of 17 patients. In their review, Dr. Ladas and colleagues found that only 4 patients (8.7%) who received Coca-Cola treatment went on to develop small bowel obstruction that required surgical treatment. Despite the need for surgery, 3 of the 4 patients still had partial dissolution of their phytobezoars from the Coca-Cola treatment.
The researchers also report that the soda was able to completely dissolve gastric phytobezoars in half of the patients. Although they were unable to state the mechanism of action with certainty, they posit that the soda's pH of 2.6 played an important role in fiber digestion.
Diospyrobezoars (persimmon bezoars) are one of the more difficult types of bezoars to dissolve. They are formed after persimmon ingestion and are characterized by a hard consistency. The authors found that diospyrobezoars were less likely to be completely dissolved by the soda than were phytobezoars (60.6% vs 23%; P = .022).
Physicians seek conservative treatment options, such as dissolution therapies and endoscopic fragmentation techniques, for bezoars, to avoid surgery. The reviewers suggest that Coca-Cola ingestion should be the treatment of choice for gastric phytobezoars because it allows for reduced patient stay in the hospital and may not require endoscopies or equipment. "Moreover," they conclude, "availability, low cost, rapid way of action, simplicity in administration and safety renders Coca-Cola a cost-effective therapy for gastric phytobezoars."
The authors have disclosed no relevant financial relationships.
Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2013;37:169-173. Full text
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Cite this: Gastric Phytobezoars: Coca-Cola an Effective Treatment - Medscape - Jan 09, 2013.
President, Environmental Health Consulting, Oak Park, Illinois
Lara C. Pullen, PhD, is a freelance writer for Medscape.
Disclosure: Lara C. Pullen, PhD, has disclosed no relevant financial relationships.
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Réding  est une commune française située dans le département de la Moselle en région Grand Est.

Cette commune se trouve dans la région historique de Lorraine et fait partie du pays de Sarrebourg.

Ses habitants sont appelés les Rédingeois.

Géographie
Réding est située dans le sud du département de la Moselle, près de Sarrebourg.

Accès

La commune est traversée par la RN4 et proche de l'autoroute A4.

La gare de Réding est une importante gare de bifurcation. Située sur la ligne de Paris à Strasbourg, elle est aussi l'origine de la ligne de Réding à Metz-Ville et de la ligne de Réding à Diemeringen qui permet de raccorder la LGV Est aux lignes classiques.

Réding est desservie par la ligne  du réseau iSibus.

Communes limitrophes

Hydrographie
La commune est située dans le bassin versant du Rhin au sein du bassin Rhin-Meuse. Elle est drainée par la Bièvre, le ruisseau d'Eichmatte, le ruisseau l'Otterbach, le ruisseau le Bubenbach et le ruisseau le Steiglenbach.

La Bièvre, d'une longueur totale de , prend sa source dans la commune de Walscheid et se jette  dans la Sarre à Sarraltroff, après avoir traversé .

La qualité des eaux des principaux cours d'eau de la commune, notamment de la Bievre, peut être consultée sur un site dédié géré par les agences de l'eau et l'Agence française pour la biodiversité.

Urbanisme

Typologie
Réding est une commune urbaine, car elle fait partie des communes denses ou de densité intermédiaire, au sens de la grille communale de densité de l'Insee.
Elle appartient à l'unité urbaine de Sarrebourg, une agglomération intra-départementale regroupant  et  en 2017, dont elle est une commune de la banlieue.

Par ailleurs, la commune fait partie de l'aire d'attraction de Sarrebourg dont elle est une commune de la couronne. Cette aire, qui regroupe , est catégorisée dans les aires de  à moins de .

Occupation des sols

L'occupation des sols de la commune, telle qu'elle ressort de la base de données européenne d'occupation biophysique des sols Corine Land Cover (CLC), est marquée par l'importance des territoires agricoles (68 % en 2018), néanmoins en diminution par rapport à 1990 (70,1 %). La répartition détaillée en 2018 est la suivante :
prairies (45,5 %), zones agricoles hétérogènes (21,1 %), zones urbanisées (15,9 %), forêts (12,1 %), mines, décharges et chantiers (2,1 %), zones industrielles ou commerciales et réseaux de communication (1,4 %), terres arables (1,4 %), milieux à végétation arbustive et/ou herbacée (0,5 %).

L'IGN met par ailleurs à disposition un outil en ligne permettant de comparer l'évolution dans le temps de l'occupation des sols de la commune (ou de territoires à des échelles différentes). Plusieurs époques sont accessibles sous forme de cartes ou photos aériennes : la carte de Cassini (), la carte d'état-major (1820-1866) et la période actuelle (1950 à aujourd'hui).

Toponymie

Réding
 Anciens noms : Rodinga (789), Rudingen (), Rudinge (1315), Rödingen (1337), Ruedenges (1389), Rudingen (1423), Reutingen (1490), Riedingen (1509), Rudingen/Redingen (1525), Ruding (1526), Ridingen (1573), Rudingen (1751), Reding (1793).
 Pendant les annexions allemandes : Rieding (1900-1918), Riedingen (1940–1944).

Eich
 Grand-Eich : Eich, Eiche, Eche () ; Eyche (1525) ; Eych (1526).

Histoire
La première apparition du nom de Réding (Rodinga) date de 789, dans la description de l'abbaye de Wissembourg.

Le  des calendes de juillet () voit la consécration de la chapelle de Grand Eich dédiée à saint Ulrich en 1035.

En 1361, il est fait mention dans l'archiprêtré de Sarrebourg d'une localité principale appelée Réding et d'une annexe dénommée Eich.

Réding subit de plein fouet la guerre de Trente Ans. En 1631, des 76 familles existantes alors, il ne subsistera que 15 habitants.

En 1661, avec le traité de Vincennes entre le duc de Lorraine et Louis XIV, Sarrebourg et Phalsbourg (avec Réding) sont enlevés à la Lorraine pour être rattachés aux Trois-Évêchés (Metz, Toul et Verdun). C'est alors que la commune devint française, désormais rattachée à la prévôté de Sarrebourg.

Entre 1795 et 1800, Réding a absorbé les communes de Eich et Petit Eich.

Conformément au traité de Francfort de 1871, Réding est annexée à l'Empire allemand comme l'ensemble de l'Alsace-Lorraine.

De 1874 à 1877, se déroula la construction de la gare de Réding. Le bâtiment de pur style germanique, est construit en grès rose.

En 1908, la commune est touchée par une épidémie de fièvre typhoïde.

La Première Guerre mondiale n'épargne pas Réding. Le monument aux morts bavarois témoigne de l'âpreté de la bataille de Sarrebourg. La commune redevient française à la fin des hostilités.

Un dépôt de munitions pour l'approvisionnement du secteur fortifié de la Sarre et pouvant accueillir une batterie d'artillerie lourde sur voie ferrée est construit au nord-est de la commune en 1935.

Réding est à nouveau annexée de 1940 à 1944.

Politique et administration

Démographie

Économie

 Ferco, ferrures de bâtiment ;
 Zone artisanale Horizon, à l'est de la commune.

Sport
Réding compte plusieurs clubs sportifs.

Le club de foot de la ville est l'A.S. Réding. Il a été fondée en 1936. Il comprend plusieurs équipes de niveaux différents, dont l'équipe fanion qui évolue en Régionale 3.

Le club de tennis de Réding, dont la création date de 1977, fut fondé par Jean Bourst. son équipe 1 évolue en pré-nationale.

Le club de pétanque de la commune fut fondé en 2002, à l'initiative de Guy Pronnier. Il est à ce jour présidé par Jean-Paul Frank. De temps à autre l'association organise des concours et rencontres sportives.

Culture locale et patrimoine

Lieux et monuments
 Passage d'une voie romaine et vestiges de trois villas ;
 Vestiges du château ;
 Le monument des Bavarois, inauguré le  en mémoire de l'artillerie bavaroise qui pilonna depuis ce point les positions françaises lors de la bataille de Sarrebourg en .

Édifices religieux
 Église Saint-Pierre 1754 : clocher 1896 ; boiseries  ;
 Chapelle Saint-Ulrich de Grand-Eich : chœur  ; fresques , oculus, inscription dédicatoire 1036 ;
 Chapelle de Petit-Eich 1852.

Célébrations locales
La fête traditionnelle de la kirb est célébrée dans la commune, en octobre, depuis de nombreuses décennies. En 2016, cette célébration prend plus d'envergure avec l'ajout de la manifestation Réding en fête qui lui est accolée. Des manifestations de la campagne Octobre rose y sont parfois associées.

Personnalités liées à la commune
 Eloy Lévêque (1856-1920), vétérinaire et homme politique de l'Empire allemand.

Héraldique

Pour approfondir

Bibliographie

Articles connexes
 Liste des communes de la Moselle

Liens externes

 Site de la mairie.

Notes et références

Notes et cartes
 Notes

 Cartes

Références

Commune en Moselle
Unité urbaine de Sarrebourg
Aire urbaine de Sarrebourg
Pays de Sarrebourg


Roscommon MEP Luke Ming Flanagan says refugees who will be accommodated in Ballaghadereen are entirely blameless for any public anger at how their situation has been handled.
Over 80 Syrian refugees are due to arrive into the west-Roscommon town before the end of March where they will stay at the Abbeyfield hotel in the town for a period of up to six months before more refugees are brought in.
The Junior Minister of Justice confirmed this week that it was a deliberate decision by the government not to consult the town before an agreement was reached to accommodate the refugees in order to prevent a possible veto on the decision.


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This 1958 Alfa Romeo Giulietta Spider Veloce is a project car that is said to have been off the road and stored indoors since 1969, when it was parked by its second owner for rust repairs that were never completed. The car was originally finished in white and is said to have been repainted in red circa 1960, while a replacement 1,300cc inline-four from a Normale model was rebuilt in 1964 according to an included receipt. This Spider was acquired by the seller in 2001 and is offered with a spare wheel and tire, a factory jack, and a clean Wisconsin title in the seller's name.
The aged red finish covers factory white paint, which remains visible on the underside of the hood. The car retains brightwork including grilles, bumpers, rocker trim, fender-mounted mirrors, and hubcaps. The lenses for the left front turn signal and license plate light are missing.
The rocker panels are said to be rusted through and have been removed. Additional rust includes perforation behind the front wheels and elsewhere as shown in the photos below. The factory steel wheels show corrosion and other blemishes. A vinyl top is present and stated to be stained on its underside.
The cabin retains torn black bucket seats with mismatched piping as well as faded carpets, rubber mats, and a rearview mirror. Instrumentation includes a 5-digit odometer showing 37k miles, with total mileage unknown. The dash is equipped period AM radio, and an antenna is present on the trunk lid. A service sticker from 1959 is visible on one door jamb. No keys convey with the car. A 7000 RPM Normale tachometer is fitted, though this car would have originally had an 8000 RPM Veloce tach.
The original Veloce engine was removed early on and a replacement Normale twin-cam 1,300 inline-four is thought to have been fitted in approximately 1960 and rebuilt in 1964. A 4-speed manual gearbox is fitted. The hood displays factory placards showing build data and recommended lubricants.
The 'F' can be seen stamped in the firewall, denoting a Veloce model.
Additional images of the engine bay and undercarriage are available in the gallery below.
The receipt above shows an engine rebuild completed in 1964 at a cost of $461.57, while another from 1966 indicates an exhaust replacement performed at a Midas in Milwaukee.
A spare wheel and factory jack are included in the sale.
DISCLOSURE: This car has been titled in Wisconsin since the mid-1960s as chassis 1495-04307. The chassis number stamped in the firewall is 1495-09918. The two numbers do not match. It is not known why this discrepancy exists.


Located in North East Spain, Barcelona is the capital of the Catalonia province and the largest city on the Mediterranean Coast. This unique destination has a fantastic combination of history, culture, shopping, beautiful buildings, incredible nightlife and kilometres of sandy beaches! Barcelona is simply wonderful cosmopolitan and one of Europe's most beautiful cities. Whatever your tastes, you will find it impossible not to love this city!
The influence of Antoni Gaudi evident throughout Barcelona and the famous Park Güell, Casa Batllo' and the still unfinished La Sagrada Familia are absolutely must see attractions during your stay.
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Sporting tradition is taken very seriously in Barcelona and local people are understandably proud of the range of sporting legends associated with the city, even for non-football fans, a visit to Camp Nou, home to FC Barcelona can be an exhilarating experience.
Taking a Spanish course in Barcelona means that you will have the opportunity to learn Spanish right in the heart of this amazing city!
Our school in Barcelona is housed in a modern building built specifically for language teaching and equipped with the latest technology. Its fantastic location in the central Eixample area of Barcelona, with its many fabulous shops, bars, restaurants and cafes makes it just a stone's throw from the city's main attractions, including the Plaza Cataluña, Barcelona's true heart, where many of the most important streets meet.
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We understand how important booking the right type of accommodation can be, so our school in Bareclona offers a range of accommodation options to meet all requirements! All accommodation options are carefully selected to ensure you will never be more than 30 minutes away from the school.
Host family accommodation offers the opportunity to truly immerse yourself in the language and culture, whilst experiencing Barcelona in a unique and local way! If you prefer to stay more independently and would like to prepare your own meals, then you may like to consider our shared apartment accommodation, which is located within very easy reach of our school. Shared apartments are available on a self-catering basis, so you will have access to a kitchen where you can prepare your own meals. We also offer student residence accommodation where you will still live with other students, but meals are included, allowing you to choose between bed and breakfast, half board (2 meals each day) or full board (3 meals each day).
Our colleagues at the school in Barcelona will do their best to help you make the most of your time in this wonderful city by offering you the opportunity to take part in the optional activities programme! With typical activities including guided tours of places of interest within the city (such as Park Guëll, the Sagrada Familia and Las Ramblas), flamenco shows, tapas nights and excursions to places such as Montserrat and Sitges, there will be plenty to keep you entertained outside of the classroom! Activities will be conducted in Spanish, so this is a brilliant way of putting into practical usage that which you have learnt in your lessons!
To get to our school in Barcelona, simply fly to Barcelona International Airport (also known as El Prat Airport). We can arrange an airport collection for you, so that you are met at the airport and taken to your accommodation. Or, take an airport taxi or the airport bus to the centre of Barcelona. Let us know your arrival time, so that we can ensure that your accommodation is ready for you when you arrive.
Average score for our school in Barcelona based on 5 previous client reviews.
The instructors were excellent. I enjoyed our topics of conversation and getting to know my fellow students.
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Thank you to the teachers, to the residence assistants and to Apple Languages for providing this experience.
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I stayed with a family.
The staff were lovely, friendly and competent. They were always helpful. I especially loved it when the teachers made it so fun to be learning with them. The accommodation itself was lovely. A great location and place to stay.
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McKeen Center
Banister Hall (207) 798-4133
Academic Year 2021-2022
McKeen Center Highlights from the 2021-22 Academic Year
During the 2021-22 academic year, the McKeen Center was delighted for a return to our regular programming after the COVID-19 pandemic forced us to pause or reimagine many of our community-based programs. Over the past year we were able to send out seven Alternative Spring Break trips focused on topics ranging from queerness in Appalachia to environmental racism in urban planning in New York City; the Common Good Grant program awarded $34,000 to 13 organizations, our highest total ever; we supported students and professors in community-engaged courses and independed studies funded through the Ladd Fund, with results including an exhibit in the Maine Maritime Museum, a documentary about the impacts of climate change on Vinalhaven Island, and the ongoing Multilingual Mainers partnership with Kate Furbish Elementary School; we provided stipends for students to volunteer with organizations in their home communities over winter break in a continuation of the COVID-inspired Winter Break Community Engagement Fund program; and so much more! Below, you'll find a brief collection of highlights from the 2021-22 academic year that we hope will offer a deeper understanding of the McKeen Center's programming for those who are still learning about us, share some of the exciting details of programs and projects specific to this past year, and inspire students and community members to think about new ways to connect with the McKeen Center and create opportunities specific to their interests and experiences.
The Lydia Bell Award for Initiative in Public Service is presented annually to a Bowdoin senior or seniors who exhibit the energy, enthusiasm, and commitment necessary to initiate and lead opportunities for others to effect change, influencing the Bowdoin culture in the process.
Awarded to Nina Badger '22, Maynor Loaisiga '22, and Liam McNett '23; and to Lynn Nguyen '22 and Sophie Lewis '21
The Bowdoin Spirit of Service Award is presented annually to a Bowdoin senior and a community member or organization who embrace a genuine commitment to improving the lives of others through service, their actions speaking strongly while they remain humbly quiet.
Awarded to Anita Ruff (Oasis Free Clinics) and to Emily Pan '22, Roman Parajon '22, and Angelica Pena '22
Each year, Maine Campus Compact recognizes six undergraduate students who have been actively involved in turning their campuses and communities into places of democracy with the Heart and Soul Award. These students have raised their voices on issues of local and global importance through civic engagement efforts.
Awarded to Penny Mack '22
The Henni Friedlander Student Prize was established in memory of Henni Friedlander who survived Nazi Germany to immigrate to the United States, where she was an inspiring example of how joy of life can lift the human spirit and enable us as a society to promote the common good. This Prize is awarded to a Bowdoin undergraduate who has similarly overcome adversity in their own life and gone on to contribute to the common good.
Awarded to Journey Browne '22
The General R. H. Dunlap Prize was established by Katherine Wood Dunlap in memory of her husband, Brigadier General Robert H. Dunlap, USMC. This prize is awarded to the student who composes the best essay on the subject of service in addition to having demonstrated a personal contribution to service.
Awarded to Patrick Bloniasz '22 and Ridhika Tripathee '22
Back row: Maynor Loaisiga '22, Liam McNett '23, Patrick Bloniasz '22; Second row: Roman Parajon '22, Nina Badger '22, Penny Mack '22; Front row: Angelica Pena '22, Lynn Nguyen '22, President Clayton Rose, Anita Ruff, and Emily Pan '22
ASB Highlights
Lessons from the Border in Arizona
Led by Roman Parajon '22 & Dani Quezada '22
"The Arizona ASB trip taught me to lean into discomfort, embrace the unknown, and find peace regardless of the challenges ahead. Our community partners focused on providing humanitarian aid to migrants and showed us the desperate need for justice in the US-Mexico borderlands. They exposed me to many unique perspectives, which in the end, all allowed me to formulate my own thoughts and reflect on the experiences I had gained. From small moments like writing motivational messages on water jugs to big moments like traversing hundreds of miles of the Sonoran Desert for water tank refilling, ASB has instilled a burning desire in me to continue engaging in public service and pursing positive social change." – Khalil Kilani '25, ASB participant
Cultivating Community in Immokalee, FL
Led by Emily Pan '22 & Julia Perillo '22
"Talking to Immokalee locals, I heard stories that could have been straight out of a history textbook if history classes talked about the modern-day slavery and history of inequity that migrant farmers face. I genuinely think I have thought about this trip every day since returning to home, whether that is about how I consume my food or the great people in the Bowdoin community that I may otherwise have never met. I don't think there has been a single moment that I've regretted spending my spring break in and around a farmhouse in Immokalee, Florida." – Ilo Holdridge '25 ASB participant
Digital Literacy and Equity in Maine
Led by Angelica Peña '22 & Micaela Simeone '22
Beyond Stereotypes: Queerness in Appalachia
Led by Zoe Guyot '22 & Melissa Magrath '22
"My experience on the "Beyond Stereotypes: Queerness in Appalachia" trip transformed how I think about what it means to be queer. In our pre-service seminars, our trip leaders introduced us to the concept of metronormativity—a potentially harmful conception that queer people must move from intolerant rural areas to accepting urban areas. This trip challenged my own meteronormative assumptions. Our informative visits with the Western North Carolina AIDS Project, an LGBTQ+ community center farmhouse, and other organizations demonstrated that queer people can thrive in rural spaces. I'm so grateful for this experience—and for the fantastic North Carolinians and Bowdoin students that I got to meet along the way." – Rory Devlin '23, ASB trip participant
Environmental Racism in Urban Planning
Led by Samira Iqbal '23 & Lemona Niu '23
Art as Empowerment in Philadelphia, PA
Led by Bryant Blackburn '22 & Andria Polo Brizuela '22
Community Organizing and Advocacy through Health, Rights, and Sustainability in Puerto Rico
Led by Beth Koeller '22 & Turo Linan-Martinez '23
ARAC Highlights
The America Reads and Counts program allows Bowdoin students to work closely with classroom teachers to help students reach their learning potential. Tutors might spend time working one-on-one with students, running small-group tutoring sessions, or working alongside teachers in the classroom.
"[Our tutor] is the best. My students adore her, and she's so helpful – always a step ahead, knowing just what I need her to do each day. She's a joy to work with and I'm so grateful for the connection this year. A bright spot for sure!" – Local teacher
While it took some time and creativity to navigate running this program during a pandemic, we matched more than fifteen students with teachers across three schools to provide support and tutoring for students!
"[Our tutor] has been an awesome ARAC tutor. From day one she has jumped into my classroom and is willing to help each and every student. She goes out of her way to be engaging – introducing herself and asking students to do the same. She is kind, helpful, and always comes to BJHS with a tremendously positive attitude. She is a pleasure to work with and the kids truly enjoy her presence." – Local teacher
"My time in the classroom was one of the best parts of my week! Especially with the pandemic, it was great to reconnect with the local community and get to know the students I worked with." – ARAC Tutor
BVC Highlights
Bear Buddies
Bowdoin students engage with local children with physical and mental disabilities and their siblings in a fun, inclusive space. Meets weekly for games, snacks, crafts, and other activities.
Building snow men (left) and making slime (right).
Bears and Clubs - Big Brothers & Sisters in Bath and Brunswick
Bowdoin students are matched with children waiting for a Big Brother or Big Sister.
Bowdoin Bear PALS - Brunswick School District
Volunteers work one-on-one as tutors and mentors with ESL students at Kate Furbish Elementary School, Harriet Beecher Stowe Elementary School, and Brunswick Junior High School.
Bowdoin Dance Marathon - Children's Miracle Network Hospitals, Barbara Bush Children's Hospital
Fundraising event for Children's Miracle Network that consists of a multi-hour marathon of games, dancing, and more.
Bowdoin Music Mentors - Brunswick Middle School
Mentors provide free private music lessons to students virtually, via the Through The Staff platform.
Bowdoin Public Health Club - Partners for World Health, Midcoast Senior Health Center, Maine AllCare
Students volunteer with a variety of clinical and other local public-health related organizations.
Brunswick High School Mentoring - Brunswick High School
Students work one-on-one as mentors to high school students.
Creating Compassionate Leadership in Maine Boys (CCLIMB) - Bath Middle School
Bowdoin men serve as mentors in Bath Middle School where they lead lessons and activities, organize field trips, and engage in one-on-one mentoring in order to foster male leadership, confidence, and community for young adolescent men.
Criminal Justice Reform Club - Long Creek Youth Development, College Guild
Members provide educational support for prisoners through the U.S. Postal system, and host events and speakers to raise awareness about issues facing the criminal justice system.
Falcon Friends - Bowdoinham Community School
Members mentor students in grades K-5 at Bowdoinham Community School.
Fostering Female Leadership in Youth (FFLY) - Bath Middle School
Bowdoin women serve as mentors at Bath Middle School where they lead lessons and activities, organize field trips, and engage in one-on-one mentoring in order to foster female leadership, confidence, and community for young adolescent women.
Maine College Circle
Students partner with Maine College Circle, an organization that supports "better, earlier, and equal access to information on the opportunity of education, particularly higher education," and focuses on rural Maine communities and schools.
Maine Volunteer Lawyers Project - Volunteer Lawyers Project
Student volunteers work with the Maine Volunteer Lawyers Project to provide legal options to low-income Maine residents, helping them to navigate the civil justice system. Responsibilities include conducting client intakes over the phone and meeting with the VLP staff to assess callers' legal needs. Visit the Volunteer Lawyers Project website.
Midcoast Hunger Prevention Program Volunteerting - MCHPP
Students work in Brunswick's local food bank and soup kitchen (serving meals, assisting clients, sorting donations, etc), volunteering on either a regular or as-needed basis, in cooperation with MCHPP's volunteer base.
Next STEPS - Brunswick High School
Provides support to high school students navigating the process of postsecondary planning.
Oasis Free Clinic Student Volunteers - Oasis Free Clinic
Students assist with either clinical or administrative tasks associated with running a non-profit primary care clinic that provides free medical, dental and prescription assistance to uninsured adults living in Midcoast Maine.
Rally Portland Tutoring - Portland Community Squash
Volunteer as a tutor with Portland Community Squash's Rally Portland academic program. Volunteers are needed on a flexible daily basis Monday through Thursday.
Red Cross Blood Drives - American Red Cross Blood Services
Students organize, volunteer at the "canteen" and reception desk, and recruit donors for four campus-wide Red Cross blood drives per year.
Sunnybrook Volunteers - Sunnybrook Assisted Living
Volunteers spend time with the residents of the Sunnybrook Village retirement and assisted-living community.
Bowdoin Votes Highlights
Bowdoin Votes is dedicated to making it easy to decide where to vote (students are eligible to vote in their home community or in Brunswick), get registered, request a ballot, turn out on election day, and learn about other forms of active citizenship – regardless of whether you are eligible to cast a ballot.
Through the tremendous effort of the Bowdoin Votes student leadership, in 2020 Bowdoin tied for the Champion Award for Highest Undergraduate Voting Rate in a nationwide democratic engagement challenge. 85.4 percent of Bowdoin students voted in the November election that year, an increase of approximately 9.5 percentage points from 2016. This number was substantially higher than the 66 percent average rate seen across all private institutions tracked by Tufts University's National Study of Learning, Voting, and Engagement.
Additionally, ALL IN honored Bowdoin with awards for the highest voter registration and highest voter turnout among Maine campuses participating in the challenge. And the College received a platinum seal, just one level below the highest diamond level, for having between 80 percent and 90 percent of its student body vote. - Bowdoin Receives Awards for Student Voter Turnout
Common Good Grant Highlights
This year, the Common Good Grant program—which functions essentially like a student-run charity—gave away a record amount to Midcoast organizations. It also had a record number of student applications.
During the 2021-22 Academic Year, the Common Good Grant committee:
reviewed 48 letters of intent
read 27 grant applications
conducted 15 site visits
met with 36 donors
awarded $34,000+ to 13 organizations
2022 Common Good Grant Recipients:
Downeast Institute (DEI): "The mission of DEI is to improve the quality of life for the people of Downeast and coastal Maine through marine research, marine science education, and innovations in wild and cultured fisheries," said Aidan Reid '24. "With the support of [its Common Good Grant], the DEI plans to execute a clam predator-protection project in the community of Sipayik...home to the members of the Passamaquoddy tribe."
Home to Home: "Founded in 1996, Home to Home...makes supervised visitation accessible for Maine families, providing opportunities for children to have positive, safe, conflict-free access to their noncustodial parents during periods of transition and helping to protect families that may be caught in domestic abuse cycles," said Lailoo Perriello '22. The grant will be used for a new fund that covers a significant portion of the transportation costs for parents unable to secure or afford transportation.
Hurricane Island Center for Science and Leadership: "The organization supports access to environmental education for students at the Nobleboro School and empowers students to become future leaders, researchers, and agents of social and environmental change," said Jamie Lau '22. The grant will provide financial assistance to students enrolled in its summer programs.
In Her Presence: "The organization impacts over 500 women and families through its mission of empowering immigrant women and girls to achieve their career goals and ensure financial security," said Karla Lainez '24. "What I love about In Her Presence is that it is an organization created by and for women from immigrant minority communities in Maine." The Common Good Grant will help establish a "job-targeted language training and tutoring program that will offer customized and site-specific teaching."
Maine Community Integration "helps New Mainer girls and their families [refugees and immigrants] settle into their new communities across Androscoggin County while also respecting and preserving the cultural diversity and richness these families bring," said Tej Dhingra '25. "Our grant will help launch their new Gatekeeper Training Project, which will take a specialized, multi-generation approach to help new Mainer parents better support and understand suicide prevention."
Maine Boys to Men "seeks to end all forms of male violence and self-harm while advancing gender equity," said Jackson Coyle '23. "Our grant this year will help Maine Boys to Men expand to our very own community of Brunswick."
Midcoast Youth Center "works tirelessly to provide a range of programs and services to improve the lives of youth and advocate for young people experiencing homelessness in their community," said Ciara Tran '25. "With this Common Good Grant, Midcoast Youth Center will continue to provide essential items for youth experiencing homelessness in Sagadahoc County, Brunswick, and Harpswell."
New England Arab American Organization: "The NEAAO was founded in 2016 by Zoe Sahloul with the intent of helping Maine's Arab population integrate into their new cultural environment," said Jared Lynch '24. "Our grant will fund an initiative called Trash to Treasure...With the help of an Iraqi artist, students will gather trash from cleanup initiatives and their own homes to repurpose it as a series of art pieces that will be displayed at Bowdoin."
Oasis Free Clinics: "Oasis is a nonprofit, no-cost primary care medical practice and dental clinic that provides exceptional, patient-centered care to uninsured members of our community," said Marco Stix '25. "The grant will be used to purchase an instrument to detect diabetic eye disorder, blood pressure monitors, a cordless handpiece to use for dental procedures that will increase their efficiency and reach, and an evacuator system to reduce airborne particles."
Sexual Assault Support Services of Midcoast Maine: "SASSMM was founded in 1983 and is dedicated to advocacy for those affected by sexual violence as well as prevention of sexual violence through education and outreach," said Jane Hirschman '24. "SAASMM will use this grant money to further their goals of preventing sexual violence through education in grades K-8."
Sunlight Media Collective "organizes events and provides video and written news coverage of environmental threats to the Wabanaki communities and their homelands that affect each and every one of us," said Emilia Majersik '22. The funding will help the Collective continue getting tribal sovereignty bills passed in the Maine legislature.
Wabanaki Public Health and Wellness:"Established in 1996, Wabanaki Public Health and Wellness provides 'community-driven, culturally centered public health and social services' to Wabanaki and Indigenous individuals across Maine," said Charlotte Gehrs '24. "The Common Good Grant will go toward its Wicuhkemtultine, or Helping All, program, which provides support for individuals living in its recovery homes," transitional housing for people with substance use disorder and mental health struggles.
Youth-LED Justice: "Youth-LED Justice is a youth-led restorative justice program that diverts and supports youth aged eleven to eighteen who are in trouble with the law, school, or community," said Sophia Li '24. "This grant will go toward supporting a total of 170 total individuals over the grant term, including the cost of training youth volunteers and connecting youth respondents to clinical services."
Community-Engaged Courses Highlights
Community Engaged Courses
Bowdoin students Zunain Husain and Emma Simpson introduce their young charges to Bengla and Greek.
Professor Chakkalakal's Introduction to Africana Studies
"Collaborating with the Maine Maritime Museum for our final project marked the culmination of our semester's learning. Throughout the term, we were not only encouraged to read between the lines on our own but to be open to the ideas and interpretations of our peers in the classroom. Listening and collaboration are cornerstones of Dr. Chakkalakal's teaching, and by the end of the course, we came to know each other well by virtue of the intellectual generosity we made use of. Our efforts with "Cotton Town" reinforced these practices and provided us with a special opportunity to apply them—reframing Maine's Maritime history for our neighboring communities so that they, too, may be aware of Maine's economic engagement and complicity in the commodification of enslaved Black men and women, and the generations of wealth that have extended from its ports." – Dillon Stone '25, a student in Professor Chakkalakal's Introduction to Africana Studies Course
Associate Professor Margaret Bowdoin, founder of Multilingual Mainers, says learning another language helps children become more tolerant and accepting of people different from them.
Professor Margaret Boyle: Teaching and Learning Languages and Cultures
This course addressed the intersections between world language pedagogy, antibias education, and metalinguistic awareness. Through engagement with current research, students explored theories of language acquisition and practices of intercultural communication from infancy through adulthood. The course fostered engagement in reflective practice concerning teaching and learning languages and cultures in the classroom, including designing and implementing short lesson plans tied to curricular goals. Students developed oral and written proficiencies to engage with movements in language advocacy and representation. These experiences were supported by a partnership with a team of Brunswick public school teachers and the Multilingual Mainers program.
Professor Eileen Johnson: GIS and Remote Sensing: Understanding Place
Geographical information systems (GIS) organize and store spatial information for geographical presentation and analysis. They allow rapid development of high-quality maps and enable powerful and sophisticated investigation of spatial patterns and interrelationships. This course introduced concepts of cartography, database management, remote sensing, and spatial analysis; examined GIS and remote sensing applications for natural resource management, environmental health, and monitoring and preparing for the impacts of climate change from the Arctic to local-level systems; and emphasized both natural and social science applications through a variety of applied exercises and problems culminating in a semester project that addressed a specific environmental application. Students had the option of completing a community-based project.
Professor Eileen Johnson: Environmental Policy and Politics
This course explored the political, economic, legal, ethical, and institutional dimensions of the environmental policy-making process and examined the formation and implementation of regulatory institutions and policies across a range of issues in the U.S. and internationally--including terrestrial, coastal and marine natural resources management, biodiversity, water and air pollution, sustainable development, and environmental justice. It prepared students to analyze historical cases as well as contrive and evaluate competing policy alternatives to emerging problems.
Community Engaged Programming
Professor Margaret Boyle founded Multilingual Mainers in 2017. Multilingual Mainers is a learning partnership between Bowdoin College undergraduates and PreK-2 students and families in Brunswick, Maine. Through daily lunches and classroom visits, the program is designed to ignite a passion and enthusiasm for a lifetime of language learning. The curriculum promotes critical-thinking skills and provides age-appropriate tools to combat xenophobia, racism and intolerance. All PreK-2 students participate in lunchtime learning, and select PreK-2 classrooms participate in partnerships to build language proficiency and intercultural competence through sustained engagement with world languages and cultures.
Self-portraits completed by students at Kate Furbish Elementary School.
"Teaching Spanish with Multilingual Mainers helped me feel a sense of community during an isolating remote semester and was an incredibly rewarding way to share my love of languages with my students. Following this course, I continued working with Multilingual Mainers, first as a McKeen Center community course liaison and later as a student teacher at Kate Furbish Elementary School through an independent study project. My engagement with the program has allowed me to witness firsthand the potential of anti-bias language education to foment social change. By exposing my students to new ways of comprehending the world aroundthem, fostering their openness to new experiences, encouraging reflections on personal identity, and initiating conversations about sameness and difference, I hope to guide them to appreciate diversity. Watching my students' eyes light up during discussions on language, culture, and identity has shown me the joy and value of using language education as a means of cultivating tolerance and cultural awareness in young learners." – Emily Pan '22, who completed an Independent Study with Professor Boyle
Ladd Fund Highlights
Change & Continuity: Vinalhaven Documentary
A short documentary of a Maine island, by Mason Daugherty '25, Seamus Goulden '24, Melissa Su '24, Glenn Rice '25, and Emi Schneider '24 for Professor Shu-chin Tsui's Eco-Cinema: China's Environmental Ecological Crisis.
"The Ladd Fund support our project received was pivotal in being able to execute our production plan. Filmmaking is often an expensive endeavor, so not needing to worry about certain costs allowed us to focus on creating a higher-quality documentary that best represented the people of Vinalhaven." - Mason Daugherty '25
"Forests as Fuel? An Investigation of Biomass' Role in a Just Energy Transition"
Brianna Cunliffe `22's Honors Project in Environmental Studies
With the support of the Ladd Fund, Brianna Cunliffe '22 was able to enrich her project by carrying out original research, engaging directly with a variety of stakeholders through ethnographic field interviews, participant observation, and site visits to four different biomass plants, over twelve live conversations, and over twelve hours of public hearings. These insights were invaluable as she not only completed the traditional lengthy academic product associated with an Honors Project, but explores ways to synthesize that knowledge into accessible materials like postcards, Storymaps, and brief handouts. By sharing these resources with these environmental justice networks, Briannahopes to assist their organizing work informing and empowering those whose homes and health are at stake in this fight, but who are rarely centered in knowledge production and academic discourse. It has been an incredibly meaningful experience for her to connect the insights, resources and privileges of a Bowdoin education to the issues closest to her home and her heart: the forests and communities of the South.
Social Emotional Learning at Brunswick Junior High School
Sophie Lewis '21
As part of her advanced independent study through the education department, Sophie Lewis '21 explored social-emotional learning combining literature-based research and a community-engaged partnership with Brunswick Junior High School. For the duration of the Fall 2021 semester Sophie observed the weekly SEL curriculum sessions that took place in advisory as well as working with a guidance counselor to facilitate small group sessions with six 7th grade girls. These small group sessions ran for 10 weeks from October to December. These sessions were a targeted way to help support a few students who could benefit from increased time devoted towards developing social-emotional skills.
What Matters Highlights
The What Matters conversation series was formed in 2015 to give the Bowdoin community an opportunity to talk about issues and topics of importance. The goal of the conversations are to bring different voices into each conversation and have a facilitated discussion that allows participants to learn from one another about their individual perspectives and how those perspectives guide their views on the topic at hand. In 2021, the McKeen Center partnered with Make Shift Coffee House to run a Community Crossover series, featuring the following topics:
"What should be the role of government in America?"
"How should our high schools serve our society?"
Winter Break Highlights
The Winter Break Community Engagement Fund provides $750 to support students in committing to reciprocally impactful community engagement during the 2022 winter break. Students connected with the following organizations:
Volunteers for America Northern New England - Love Avril Jr '20
Maine Volunteer Lawyer Project - Nina Badger '22
"The pandemic has resulted in an increased population in need of affordable legal services, while also requiring switches to remote formats. In addition to increased demand, there are fewer volunteers over break when regular college volunteers leave Maine. This fellowship specifically has opened an opportunity to regularly send a Bowdoin volunteer to help over break in a remote format, a partnership that will tie Bowdoin closer to the MVLP and help them in a time where their services are more important than ever." - Nina Badger '22
Boys and Girls Club of Southern Maine - Marie-Monique Kabongo '24
HIAS Pennslyvania - Ely Miller-Wilson '23
Henrietta Town Recreation Center - Ereny Morcos '24
Deering High School - Uma Mohamed '25
Greater Portland Immigrant Welcome Center (IWC) - Afia Oduro-Manu '24
Champions For Learning - Arlenys Soler '25
Translators Without Borders - Alan Casey '24
"Last year, translating humanitarian texts opened my eyes to the global chain of disturbances that COVID-19 caused (and advanced). This year, volunteering has opened my eyes to the legacy of these issues, and how they are here to stay–notably among minorities, women, children, and those with health problems and disabilities. Every time I volunteer for TWB, I am also exposed to the myriad of ways people actively pursue better societal conditions through the circulation of knowledge. For knowledge to be useful, it must be presented through effective communication that does not sacrifice the truth." - Alan Casey '24
Furahia Wanawake - Samara Nassor '22
Al Otro Lado - Roman Parajon '22
"In my brief time with Al Otro Lado, I learned an extensive amount about current US border policy, the process of seeking asylum in the US, and the experiences of asylum seekers. I helped process several cases for Humanitarian Parole, but AOL still has hundreds of cases and screenings to conduct with potential clients from several different border check points. It is very difficult leaving knowing that there is still so much more work to be done. But at least I can be glad about what I've accomplished, and I hope to be able to work with them or contribute to their efforts in some capacity in the future." - Roman Parajon '22
Alternative Breaks
America Reads and Counts Tutoring Program
Bowdoin Public Service Initiative
Bowdoin Votes
Bowdoin Volunteer Corps
Common Good Grant
Common Good Project Teams
Community Immersion Orientation Trips
Joseph McKeen Visiting Fellow
Leading for the Common Good
McKeen Center Leadership Team
Student Community Action Network (SCAN)
Winter Break Community Engagement Fund
Academic Connections


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Returning to Work – The Choice Non-Vaccinated Employees are Facing
(San Diego, CA 8-5-2021) With the expanding reach of the Delta variant, discussion of booster shots, and increase in overall infections, employers are pushing for vaccination. The current national vaccination rate is 50.3% with over 165 million Americans fully vaccinated.(1) Employers are taking note of expanding vaccine access and more and more companies are bringing their employees back to the office. While vaccination rates are steadily increasing, non-vaccinated individuals may be facing new requirements. According to the CDC, depending on state and local regulations, employers may be able to mandate vaccination for individuals returning to the workplace:
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) does not mandate vaccination. However, whether a state, local government or employer, for example, may require or mandate COVID-19 vaccination is a matter of state or other applicable law. (2)
As employers have more control over vaccination requirements in the workplace, non-vaccinated individuals will be facing a tough decision to either not go back to work or receive the shot.
Government Push for Vaccination
Over the last year, the government has set increasingly stringent goals for vaccine production and deployment in an effort to raise the overall vaccination rate. Recently, President Biden has instituted strict vaccination requirements for federal workers. In response, the Associated Press noted that this may mean sweeping change for the large number of Americans employed by the government:
The federal government directly employs about 4 million people, but Biden's action could affect many more when federal contractors are factored in. New York University professor of public service Paul Light estimates there are nearly 7 million more employees who could potentially be included, combining those who work for companies that contract with the government and those working under federal grants. (2)
As the government further pushes for vaccination, we can expect state regulations and employers to follow suit. Those employees who remain unvaccinated may soon be forced to make a choice about their vaccination status.
Clinical Research – Get Vaccinated and Get Involved!
If you, or someone you know, is ready to move forward with vaccination, consider a clinical research study at Wake Research. Participants can receive investigational vaccination while getting paid to do so. Qualified individuals will receive study-related medical exams and vaccination at no cost. They will also be compensated for time and travel.
Join the fight against COVID-19, get vaccinated today.
Alexandra Jaffe, R. A.-zaldivar. (2021, July 30). Biden orders tough new vaccination rules for federal workers. AP NEWS. https://apnews.com/article/lifestyle-joe-biden-business-health-travel-a1670ffa08f1f2eab42c675d99f1d9ad.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (n.d.). Workplace vaccination program. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/recommendations/essentialworker/workplace-vaccination-program.html.
Ritchie, H., Ortiz-Ospina, E., Beltekian, D., Mathieu, E., Hasell, J., Macdonald, B., Giattino, C., Appel, C., Rodés-Guirao, L., & Roser, M. (2020, March 5). Coronavirus (covid-19) VACCINATIONS – statistics and research. Our World in Data. https://ourworldindata.org/covid-vaccinations?country=OWID_WRL.
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