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Modern Matriarchs
Author: Judith Wilson
May, 2017 Issue
Matriarchs have been a force since biblical times, but these days, they do more than head families and lead tribes. They're creative thinkers and innovators who face challenges and take advantage of the opportunities that come their way to build successful businesses. Their worldview includes family, friends and relationships as well as the bottom line. And in the North Bay, they're resourceful women who are racking up some impressive accomplishments.
The effervescence of sparkling wine and a cache of wonderful memories inspired Sharon Cohn, Rebecca Faust and Cynthia Faust to launch Breathless Wines, the award-winning producer of sparkling wines in Healdsburg. "My sisters and I love bubbly," says Sharon, but establishing the winery had deeper meaning. The name is a tribute to their mother Martha Faust, who passed away from a rare genetic lung disease, Alpha-1, in 2008 and left her daughters with a deep appreciation for life that made them want to find a special way to honor her. "It's about how she inspired us," says Sharon. Our mother understood the importance of living life to the fullest, she explains, and sparkling wine is a way for people to celebrate and remember the moments that leave them breathless.
"Our mother indelibly etched into us the belief that compassion, caring and a strong work ethic need not be strangers," adds Cynthia. "[Mom] was a business owner long before we were inspired to chase our own adventures. She operated the Carmel Corn Store in Coddingtown as well as the Wash Tub Laundromat in Santa Rosa, where both Sharon and Rebecca worked."
The sisters embarked on their new venture with lessons from their mother and business skills they'd acquired in their own careers. Early on, Sharon served in the U.S. Air Force and later became a dental hygienist, a profession she still practices today. In 1984, Bruce Cohn opened B.R. Cohn Winery with Sharon by his side. In the early '90s, Bruce and Sharon decided to crush one of the first California boutique olive oils from the estate trees. Sharon managed the Olive Oil Company expanding it nationwide. By 2005, Sharon and Bruce parted ways and she went on to start two Massage Envy franchises, (Santa Rosa in 2007 and Sonoma in 2011), while managing 80 employees.
Rebecca began her career working in public accounting, and then moved to the wine industry as the lead financial officer at Piper Sonoma. After several years, she moved to a similar role at Lambert Bridge, where she remained for nearly a decade. Finally, the allure of being an entrepreneur proved too strong and in 2007 she co-founded Rack & Riddle Custom Wine Services with her business partner, Bruce Lundquist, a business now employing more than 80 employees and processing more than 1 million cases of wine a year.
Cynthia Faust, the youngest of the three, has extensive accounting and financial investment experience. Like her sisters, she had been a business owner for many years, operating a restaurant, bar and lounge in Tahoe with her former spouse, as well as a catering company, specializing in wine and food pairings. That made her a perfect choice in the early years of Rack & Riddle, where she joined her sister Rebecca, first to assist with the many financial reporting demands of the young company, and then ascending to her current role working with client-entrepreneurs as the manager of business development.
Rounding out the team is Penny Gadd-Coster, a highly-regarded sparkling winemaker with more than 25 years of experience, who also serves as executive director of winemaking at Rack & Riddle. With Penny's award-winning sparkling blends, Breathless opened its first tasting room in Alexander Valley in 2014, then moved to Healdsburg in 2016, next door to Rack & Riddle. "Luckily, we had Penny and her team at Rack & Riddle to lead the way," says Sharon.
Breathless Wines began operations in 2011. It had its first release of Blanc de Noirs in 2013 and entered it in that year's Sonoma County Harvest Fair Wine Competition. "I'll never forget dropping it off," says Sharon. Breathless was a newcomer with only one wine to enter. "It was taking the leap into the ring of all the established and fabulous wineries we were in awe of," she says. Sharon saw wines from all over Sonoma County, and when she went back to check the winners' list, she didn't find Breathless. She and Cynthia attended the awards dinner nonetheless. They were pouring wine when they heard the announcement that they'd won the sweepstakes for specialty wine. "I was totally in shock," she recalls. "I don't think I said anything. It was a surreal moment."
Today, each sister has a distinct role in the business. Cohn is responsible for outreach to hotels and wineries and building brand recognition. "I'm always looking for ways to get us out there," she says. She also promotes the wine club, which lets members decide which wines they want and when they want them.
Cynthia and Rebecca both work in the tasting room and are the underpinnings of the many business details such as production coordination and logistics, managing the wine club and all the accounting that a small business demands. Says Rebecca, "We all have day jobs, so it's whatever we can do to make this venture we call Breathless Wines a success.
At the heart of their business is sisterly love and the joy of working together on something meaningful. "We all want it to be successful," says Sharon. "We all love each other and our families. It means a lot."
Terri Balletto, of Balletto Vineyards in Santa Rosa, never expected to own a winery. "I always wanted to be a large-animal vet. I never thought I would be in farming," she says. That changed after she met and married John Balletto, who had started growing produce in 1977 with the help of his late mother, Hazel.
She became the farm's bookkeeper after walking into the office one day and spotting a box of papers on the floor. "Every bit of paper went in there. I asked, 'Is that your bookkeeping?'" she recalls, and John admitted it was, explaining that working on the farm all day and delivering produce to the city at night didn't leave time for administrative tasks. She stepped in to create a bookkeeping program, and as the company grew, she also managed the payroll. With more than 100 employees, it was a big job, and she did it by hand until she and a friend in a similar position heard about personal computers and decided to check them out. Although it was expensive, she got one of the first computers and introduced office technology to the farm. She also pitched in to do whatever else was necessary. "I packed zucchini," she says, and even moved irrigation pipes, which, she reveals, was the one job she truly disliked.
Eventually, the Ballettos purchased property to build a house and extend their farming into the winter. The fields on the lower Santa Rosa plains terrain were prone to flooding though, so eventually, the Ballettos purchased hillside property to build a house and extend their farming into the winter. There was not enough water to grow vegetables on the hillside property, so they planted wine grapes, starting with 20 acres, and got a contract to supply a local winery. Meanwhile, they continued to grow vegetables and took advantage of a window of opportunity in October, when the price of zucchini and greens went up. "That's when we made our money," says Balletto.
In 1998, spring storms wiped out several crops, and the Ballettos were feeling the results of NAFTA, the North America Free Trade Agreement, which had gone into effect in 1994 and included the United States, Canada and Mexico. "We used to have a niche market," says Balletto, but then Mexican farmers began providing produce year-round, wiping out their October profits. They had to decide whether John should farm in Mexico for half the year or if they should switch crops completely, and they opted for change. "Our kids were little. We decided to take the big jump so we could all stay together," says Balletto.
The estate vineyards, in the southernmost Russian River Valley, grew from 60 acres to 600, and at first the Ballettos sold all the grapes to one client. Following an economic downturn in the wine business in 2001, however, they suspected their client might put the winery up for sale, and rather than depending on that contract, they decided to go into winemaking themselves. They converted part of the building for packing vegetables into a winemaking facility and did both side by side for two years as they phased out the produce operations. Today, they still provide other wineries with grapes, but they keep a fraction for themselves and produce 20,000 to 25,000 cases of several varietals a year. Keeping pace with growth, they have a new office building and barrel storage, and "We do a lot of custom crush," says Balletto, who still does some bookkeeping, but also has an accountant. In addition, they've adopted sustainable farming practices. "The land is your greatest asset. If you don't take care of your land, it won't take care of you," she observes. Making the transition from vegetables to grapes and adding the winery took a lot of tenacity, she says. The outcome, however, was both satisfying and successful.
The business now boasts three generations of women, as Terri and John Balletto's daughters follow in the footsteps of their mother and grandmother. Jacqueline Balletto, 24, graduated from Fresno State in 2014, and is now manager of the tasting room, after working in other areas of the wine industry and then returning as assistant viticulturist. And their youngest daughter Caterina, 22, graduated from the University of Santa Clara in 2016, and will return to the family business this spring after spending the ski season working in Lake Tahoe. "We're going to have her do payroll and more sales," says Balletto, who is proud of her daughters' willingness to learn from the bottom. "Hopefully, they'll take over some day," she says.
A gentle prod from friends, along with a book to show her the way, put Elaine Petrocelli—owner of Book Passage—on a journey to building one of the most successful independent bookstores in the country. Previously an educator, Petrocelli didn't know anything about business, but she read a book about opening a bookstore and couldn't get it out of her mind. "I believe in women working and having careers," she says. But she had four children and 40 years ago, jobs where women could pay attention to their careers as well as their families were rare. Opening her own business was an opportunity to do both, and with the encouragement of her book club friends, she opened her first store in downtown Larkspur in November 1976.
In 1982, after reading a book by Roger Horchow on how to make a million dollars in the mail order business, Petrocelli also started a travel catalog. Based in San Francisco, it attracted customers from all over the world, and the founders of the Lonely Planet Guide Books also visited, wearing backpacks and sandals. Four years later, a friend suggested combining the two operations. In 1986, Petrocelli opened a new store in Corte Madera with both businesses under one roof (and space to grow), setting the stage for Book Passage to become a literary destination.
Book Passage U, a program of writing classes, took off when Petrocelli invited Anne Lamott, then a young writer working as a waitress, to teach a writing class. "We put a tiny little squib in the paper," says Petrocelli, and the class filled up quickly, with so much interest she couldn't accommodate everyone. Mystery writing and editing classes followed, and then customers asked for language classes, so French, Spanish, Italian and German joined the mix.
Book Passage was thriving, but Petrocelli missed the workshops she'd attended as an educator, and with encouragement from her husband, Bill Petrocelli, an attorney, she adopted that kind of format, with travel as the focus. The Travel Writers & Photographers Conference debuted in 1991. "It's four days of writing, working with editors, agents, people who have made it," she says. "Some of the greatest things happen on the patio at lunch." Next came a mystery writers' conference and another for children's books, making conferences a major part of the business, which the Petrocelli's daughter, Katherine, manages.
Books are primary, and Book Passage usually has at least one author's event a day. "We get to meet some incredible authors," says Petrocelli. Some are already famous like Isabel Allende, who has filled in and worked behind the counter. And some, like Michael Chabon, are unknown, but go on to become famous. "I could have him here at four in the morning, and we'd have a sellout crowd," she says. Others are on the brink of fame. Once at a fundraising luncheon for 10,000 Degrees, then-Senator Barak Obama spoke about his book, The Audacity of Hope. A couple weeks later, he announced his run for president. The event included 200 students from local middle and high schools. "[Obama] spoke to every single student personally," she recalls. "We've had some pretty wild and wonderful experiences."
The bookstore's programs for children are among Petrocelli's favorites. Participants in INK, a free program for readers from eight to 12, wrote their own book, Dragon Mist, in 2015. Book Passage published it, and the young authors held a launch party. In 2016, Book Passage celebrated the publication of INK's second book, Dragon Fire. "This is one of my favorite programs," says Petrocelli, observing that the children went from being in awe of writing to doing it.
She opened a second store at the Ferry Building in San Francisco in 2003, and in early February this year, a third store opened on the Sausalito waterfront. "We're thrilled to have a bookstore in Sausalito because they didn't have one," says Petrocelli, who believes strongly in supporting local businesses. "The quality of life is interacting with our neighbors and local merchants," she says.
When asked about Book Passage's secret to success, she points out that women who raise children are accustomed to multi-tasking and have the ability to focus. "It's having eyes all over the place and seeing who needs help." she says, and it's something she does instinctively, as she interacts with customers and makes them feel welcome. "It's such a privilege to have a job, when every day you come into work, you see wonderful colleagues, and you can't wait to see what will happen next."
It's the kind of satisfaction that comes with success, and it's the result of vision, drive, hard work, willingness to learn and an appreciation for others. Those qualities allow women to make their family businesses successful, but they also help make a matriarch. It's an enduring tradition—albeit with a new look—and it's here to stay.
Riding the Cork
Designing a label for Breathless Wines was a challenge. "We came up with the name first," says Cynthia Faust, but finding an image was another story. She and her sisters wanted something fun and adventurous that captured their mother's spirit, so it had to be special. While doing research on Methode Champenoise production, a woman on a cork (reminiscent of a 1920s poster) popped up on the side of an article on Wikipedia. She contacted the owner of the artwork, who lives in London, and they made an agreement. "It's a nice symbiotic relationship," she says.
4-H Leadership
Terri Balletto is a director and secretary of 4-H Foundation of Sonoma County and was the recipient of the Sonoma County 4-H Alumni Recognition Award in 2016. "It's an amazing youth leadership program," she says, explaining that participants can be 8 to 18 and aren't separated by age. They work together, learn how to speak in public, acquire bookkeeping skills, and participate in community service activities. "My oldest daughter learned to fly a plane in 4-H. Whatever you can think of, they have it. It's pretty amazing," she says. As a 4-H member, she raised horses, dairy cows and pigs when she was young. "My parents said it was like Old McDonald's Farm."
Elaine Petrocelli, proprietor of Book Passage, offers book talks, where she speaks about her favorite new releases to raise funds for organizations in the community. The Belvedere Tiburon Library Foundation hosts a yearly Petrocelli Luncheon, which has become a tradition. "This year will be the 28th annual," says Donna Bero, executive director of the foundation. According to Bero, the last luncheon netted $30,000 for the library, giving them the opportunity to move beyond the budget and participate in One Book One Marin, create a new website and more.
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		 *  sort order for the query. Defaults to ASC (Ascending)
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		 *  The field to sort the query by. Can be any from the tbl_fields schema. Defaults to
		 *  'sortorder'
		 * @param string $type
		 *  Filter fields by their type, ie. input, select. Defaults to null
		 * @param string $location
		 *  Filter fields by their location in the entry form. There are two possible values,
		 *  'main' or 'sidebar'. Defaults to null
		 * @param string $where
		 *  Allows a custom where query to be included. Must be valid SQL. The tbl_fields alias
		 *  is t1
		 * @param string $restrict
		 *  Only return fields if they match one of the Field Constants. Available values are
		 *  `__TOGGLEABLE_ONLY__`, `__UNTOGGLEABLE_ONLY__`, `__FILTERABLE_ONLY__`,
		 *  `__UNFILTERABLE_ONLY__` or `__FIELD_ALL__`. Defaults to `__FIELD_ALL__`
		 * @return array
		 *  An array of Field objects. If no Field are found, null is returned.
		 */
		public function fetch($id = null, $section_id = null, $order = 'ASC', $sortfield = 'sortorder', $type = null, $location = null, $where = null, $restrict=Field::__FIELD_ALL__){
			$ret = array();
			$returnSingle = (!is_null($id) && is_numeric($id));

			if(!is_null($id) && is_numeric($id) && isset(self::$_initialiased_fields[$id]) && self::$_initialiased_fields[$id] instanceof Field){
				$ret[] = clone self::$_initialiased_fields[$id];
			}

			else {

				$sql = "SELECT t1.* "
					 . "FROM tbl_fields as t1 "
					 . "WHERE 1 "
					 . ($type ? " AND t1.`type` = '{$type}' " : NULL)
					 . ($location ? " AND t1.`location` = '{$location}' " : NULL)
					 . ($section_id ? " AND t1.`parent_section` = '{$section_id}' " : NULL)
					 . $where
					 . ($id ? " AND t1.`id` = '{$id}' LIMIT 1" : " ORDER BY t1.`{$sortfield}` {$order}");

				if(!$fields = Symphony::Database()->fetch($sql)) return ($returnSingle ? null : array());

				foreach($fields as $f){

					if(isset(self::$_initialiased_fields[$f['id']]) && self::$_initialiased_fields[$f['id']] instanceof Field){
						$obj = clone self::$_initialiased_fields[$f['id']];
					}
					else{
						$obj = $this->create($f['type']);

						$obj->setArray($f);

						$context = Symphony::Database()->fetchRow(0, sprintf(
							"SELECT * FROM `tbl_fields_%s` WHERE `field_id` = '%s' LIMIT 1", $obj->handle(), $obj->get('id')
						));

						unset($context['id']);
						$obj->setArray($context);

						self::$_initialiased_fields[$obj->get('id')] = clone $obj;
					}

					if($restrict == Field::__FIELD_ALL__
							|| ($restrict == Field::__TOGGLEABLE_ONLY__ && $obj->canToggle())
							|| ($restrict == Field::__UNTOGGLEABLE_ONLY__ && !$obj->canToggle())
							|| ($restrict == Field::__FILTERABLE_ONLY__ && $obj->canFilter())
							|| ($restrict == Field::__UNFILTERABLE_ONLY__ && !$obj->canFilter())
					) {
						$ret[] = $obj;
					}
				}
			}

			return (count($ret) <= 1 && $returnSingle ? $ret[0] : $ret);
		}

		/**
		 * Given a field ID, return the type of the field by querying `tbl_fields`
		 *
		 * @param integer $id
		 * @return string
		 */
		public function fetchFieldTypeFromID($id){
			return Symphony::Database()->fetchVar('type', 0, "SELECT `type` FROM `tbl_fields` WHERE `id` = '$id' LIMIT 1");
		}

		/**
		 * Given a field ID, return the handle of the field by querying `tbl_fields`
		 *
		 * @param integer $id
		 * @return string
		 */
		public function fetchHandleFromID($id){
			return Symphony::Database()->fetchVar('element_name', 0, "SELECT `element_name` FROM `tbl_fields` WHERE `id` = '$id' LIMIT 1");
		}

		/**
		 * Given an element name and it's section, return it's ID. Symphony enforces
		 * a uniqueness constraint on a section where every field must have a unique
		 * label (and therefore handle) so whilst it is impossible to have two fields
		 * from the same section, it would be possible to have two fields with the same
		 * name from different sections. Passing the $section_id allows you to specify
		 * which section should be searched.
		 *
		 * @param string $element_name
		 *  The handle of the Field label
		 * @param integer $section_id
		 *  The section that this field belongs too
		 * @return integer
		 *  The field ID
		 */
		public function fetchFieldIDFromElementName($element_name, $section_id = null){
			return Symphony::Database()->fetchVar('id', 0, sprintf("
					SELECT `id`
					FROM `tbl_fields`
					WHERE `element_name` = '%s' %s
					LIMIT 1
				",
				Symphony::Database()->cleanValue($element_name),
				(!is_null($section_id) ? " AND `parent_section` = $section_id " : "")
			));
		}

		/**
		 * Returns an array of all available field handles discovered in the
		 * `TOOLKIT . /fields` or `EXTENSIONS . /{}/fields`.
		 *
		 * @return array
		 *  A single dimensional array of field handles.
		 */
		public function fetchTypes(){
			$structure = General::listStructure(TOOLKIT . '/fields', '/field.[a-z0-9_-]+.php/i', false, 'asc', TOOLKIT . '/fields');

			$extensions = Symphony::ExtensionManager()->listInstalledHandles();

			if(is_array($extensions) && !empty($extensions)){
				foreach($extensions as $handle) {
					if(is_dir(EXTENSIONS . '/' . $handle . '/fields')){
						$tmp = General::listStructure(EXTENSIONS . '/' . $handle . '/fields', '/field.[a-z0-9_-]+.php/i', false, 'asc', EXTENSIONS . '/' . $handle . '/fields');
						if(is_array($tmp['filelist']) && !empty($tmp['filelist'])) {
							$structure['filelist'] = array_merge($structure['filelist'], $tmp['filelist']);
						}
					}
				}

				$structure['filelist'] = General::array_remove_duplicates($structure['filelist']);
			}

			$types = array();

			foreach($structure['filelist'] as $filename) {
				$types[] = FieldManager::__getHandleFromFilename($filename);
			}
			return $types;
		}

		/**
		 * Creates an instance of a given class and returns it. Adds the instance
		 * to the `$_pool` array with the key being the handle.
		 *
		 * @param string $type
		 *  The handle of the Field to create (which is it's handle)
		 * @return Field
		 */
		public function &create($type){

			if(!isset(self::$_pool[$type])){
				$classname = $this->__getClassName($type);
				$path = $this->__getDriverPath($type);

				if(!file_exists($path)){
					throw new Exception(
						__(
							'Could not find Field %1$s at %2$s. If the Field was provided by an Extension, ensure that it is installed, and enabled.',
							array($type, $path)
						)
					);
				}

				if(!class_exists($classname)){
					require_once($path);
				}

				self::$_pool[$type] = new $classname($this);

				if(self::$_pool[$type]->canShowTableColumn() && !self::$_pool[$type]->get('show_column')){
					self::$_pool[$type]->set('show_column', 'yes');
				}
			}

			return clone self::$_pool[$type];
		}

		/**
		 * @deprecated This function will be removed in the next major release. The
		 *  `FieldManager::fetchHandleFromID` is the preferred way to get a field's handle
		 */
		public function fetchHandleFromElementName($id){
			return $this->fetchHandleFromID($id);
		}
	}


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Pre-Determined Objectives
STRATEGIC PLAN -
WSU VISION 2030 AT A GLANCE
In this Strategic Plan, Walter Sisulu University articulates a vision that will guide its journey into the next decade.
Framing the University's character and aspirations as well as growth and development imperatives within a dynamic set of factors, the Plan lays out the University's commitment to the pursuit of excellence.
It commits the University to harnessing socio-economic, cultural and ideational assets within the African, international, national and institutional contexts to achieve its goals.
Factors within the African and international context include the UN Sustainable Development Goals and the Africa Agenda 2063, while the National Development Plan 2030 and changes and challenges within the South African higher education landscape are highlighted as keyframing issues for the Strategic Plan.
Institutionally, the Plan draws impetus from, among other things, the University's history as well as its space and place in a predominantly rural and socio-economically marginalised rural province.
It equally takes seriously the role of global disruptors, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, but views such disruptors as capable of being turned for good as they will sharpen the University's instinct of excellence and force it to acquire the agility and creativity to reach for new frontiers of achievement.
The University's philosophy is captured thus:
Vision: An impactful, technology-infused African University.
Mission: Through its core business, WSU responds to societal needs in ethical, scholarly, sustainable, and entrepreneurial ways, and delivers future-ready graduates.
Purpose: In pursuit of excellence, Walter Sisulu University addresses societal challenges by producing relevant, innovative and impactful research; championing sustainable and just development, and graduating versatile individuals.
Core values: Honesty and integrity, quality and excellence, respect, Ubuntu. Slogan: In pursuit of excellence.
'Impactfulness' is explained in terms of the University's historical role as an institution of access for the disenfranchised, and a new commitment to creating and implementing an empowering curriculum and carefully designed student development initiatives that ensure that WSU graduates are able to access the highest echelons of society, that research and innovation bolster the pursuit of local, national, and continental development efforts, and that, now and in the future, the University's core activities contribute to the achievement of sustainable and just global development.
The University seeks to position technology at the centre of teaching and learning, research and innovation as well as administration by making appropriate investments geared towards the acquisition and creation of vital technology.
The Strategic Plan affirms the University's African origins and African location and makes a case for epistemic justice.
It commits the University to greater levels of epistemic sensitivity in all areas of its functioning - from curriculum design, pedagogical orientation and course content, to teaching approach, research and innovation, and the composition of the professoriate.
Africanness must underpin management and leadership practices and be reflected in the built environment.
Conscious efforts must be made towards an Africanised curriculum.
The journey articulated in this Strategic Plan is geared towards achieving the following nine (9) strategic goals:
1. Quality, impactful teaching and learning
2. Relevant and impactful research and innovation
3. Transformative community engagement, internationalisation and partnerships
4. Enriching student experience
5. Empowered workforce
6. Financial sustainability
7. Modern ICT
8. State-of-the-art infrastructure
9. People-centred governance and administration.
Each strategic goal is unpacked in a set of sub-goals, objectives and key performance objectives.


The very old Brégançon stone fort overlooking the Mediterranean Sea, known as the french presidential retreat, is now open to the public. From now on, the gates will be opened from 14th May to 30th September without interruption.
If you are planning a trip to Nice the Beautiful this summer, you must visit the Ephrussi de Rothschild Villa. Opened everyday all year round, this beautiful villa is worth the detour. Located right between Nice and Monaco, the villa enjoys a perfect location alongside the French Riviera coast of the Mediterranean Sea.
The aim of the Cannes Film Festival, one of the most prestigious film festivals in the world is to contribute to the development of the cinema and film industry.
Do you like playing golf?
In France there are more than 600 golf courses scattered in all the beautiful regions of the country offering a large choice to golfers.


It's never a good idea to use the phone in the car. Still, many drivers think it's perfectly safe to carry on a phone conversation while driving. However, many studies have found that even hands-free phone conversations can be just as distracting as other uses of the phone behind the wheel. For that reason, many states have pushed for hands-free only laws which raise penalties on all uses of the phone which involve one's hands while driving. To strengthen the argument for hands-free only laws, a new study has found that drivers are much more cautious while using phones hands-free. Is it time to make all states hands-free only states?
The study was conducted by the Queensland Institute of Technology in Brisbane, Australia. The study placed 35 drivers aged 18-29 into simulators which presented participants with three different driving scenarios: driving without using a phone, driving while using phones hands-free, and driving while holding a phone. According to their publication in the journal Accident Analysis and Prevention, the authors found that "drivers who engaged in a large number of hands-free interactions are found to select lower driving speed." Drivers who held a phone while using it, meanwhile, were found to speed up whenever they looked at their phones.
The study also found that drivers who regularly hold their phones while driving are more likely to do so on open highways as opposed to winding, curvy roads or city roads, leading the researchers to conclude that "road traffic conditions appear to play a vital role in self-regulation of secondary tasks and associated driving performance." Still, despite this self-regulation, the study overwhelmingly found that driving and using a phone "still negatively affects both activities" says lead researcher Oscar Oviedo-Trespalacios.
Study after study makes it clear: using your phone in the car is one of the worst choices you can make regarding your personal safety and that of others around you. It's been said a million times and ways but it always rings true: your phone can wait.


Merge "[TestPlan] Add tests for dvs multiple uplinks"
-Deploy environment in DualHypervisors mode with 1 controller, 1 compute-vmware and 2 compute nodes. Nova Compute instances are running on controller nodes.
+and 2 compute nodes. Nova Compute instances are running on controller nodes.
-    8. Configure VMware vCenter Settings. Add 2 vSphere clusters and configure Nova Compute instances on controllers and compute-vmware.
+       Nova Compute instances on controllers and compute-vmware.
+Launch cluster with multiple teaming uplinks.
+    1. Install DVS plugin on master node.
+    6. Enable and configure DVS plugin with multiple uplinks.
+    7. Enable VMware vCenter/ESXi datastore for images (Glance).
+Launch cluster with multiple teaming and fallback uplniks.
+Launch cluster with multiple teaming and fallback uplinks.
+    1. Launch cluster with 2 teaming and 1 fallback uplinks.
+    5. Disable first teaming uplink in vCenter.
+    6. Check instances are alive and functioning.
+    7. Disable all teaming uplinks in vCenter.
+    8. Check instances are alive and functioning.
+After disabling teaming uplinks instances are alive and functioning.
+Disabele teaming uplinks on cluster without fallback uplinks.
+    1. Launch cluster with 3 teaming uplinks.
+    5. Disable two used teaming uplinks in vCenter.
+After disabling two of three teaming uplinks instances are alive and functioning.


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Reba McEntire To Receive 2018 Horatio Alger Award
Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans, Inc., a nonprofit educational organization honoring the achievements of outstanding individuals and encouraging youth to pursue their dreams through higher education, today announced that multi-media entertainer and entrepreneur Reba McEntire has been selected for membership in this prestigious organization.
Ms. McEntire joins 11 other esteemed business, civic and cultural leaders from across North America in receiving 2018 honors. For more than 70 years, the Horatio Alger Award has been annually bestowed upon admired leaders who have succeeded despite facing adversities, and who have remained committed to higher education and charitable efforts in their local communities.
Ms. McEntire, the third in a family of four children, grew up on a cattle ranch in the small, rural town of Chockie, Oklahoma. Her father expected all the children to work on the ranch and Ms. McEntire began riding horses at the age of three. By the time she was seven, she was gathering cattle from before daylight until after dark. In what little spare time she had, McEntire also competed in rodeos as a barrel racer — a sport she continued until she was 21. As a child, Ms. McEntire's mother taught her and her three siblings how to sing and harmonize as they traveled to and from their father's rodeo performances. While in high school, Ms. McEntire and her siblings formed their own group, The Singing McEntires, and performed frequently at rodeos, clubs, and dance halls. Ms. McEntire attended Southeastern Oklahoma State University, graduating with a major in elementary education and a minor in music. She continued to work on her father's ranch to help pay her tuition. While the more predictable career paths for Ms. McEntire would have been to become a teacher or barrel racer, she was determined to pursue her dream of becoming a country music artist. Ms. McEntire got her first break singing the national anthem at a rodeo in 1974, which resulted in an invitation to move to Nashville and ultimately a deal with Polygram Mercury Records.
Although her first recordings were not an immediate success, Ms. McEntire worked diligently, releasing a series of increasingly popular albums and winning the CMA Female Vocalist of the Year Award four years in a row, from 1984 to 1987. As the only country female solo act to have a No. 1 hit in four straight decades, Reba has achieved a rare pinnacle with 35 No. 1 singles and over 56 million albums sold worldwide often prompting her to be called the "queen of country music." The Country Music Hall of Fame and Hollywood Bowl Hall of Fame member has won 15 American Music Awards, 13 ACM Awards, nine People's Choice Awards, seven CMA Awards, two GRAMMY Awards, an ACM Career Achievement Honor and the National Artistic Achievement Award from the U.S. Congress, in addition to other leadership and philanthropic accolades. With SING IT NOW: SONGS OF FAITH AND HOPE (Nash Icon Records / Capitol Christian Music Group), which topped both the Billboard Country and Christian/Gospel charts for multiple weeks and marked her thirteenth summit, Ms. McEntire won her first GMA Dove Awards for Bluegrass/Country/Roots Album of the Year as well as a GRAMMY Awards nomination for Best Roots Gospel Album to be broadcast live on January 28, 2018 on CBS.
Her creative and entrepreneurial endeavors have established her as a household name across music, television, film, theater and retail. Proving her business acumen, Ms. McEntire has expanded her brand to include lines with Dillard's and Justin Boots. She wrote her autobiography, Reba: My Story, in 1994, and a second book, Comfort from a Country Quilt, in 1999. Ms. McEntire is also an acclaimed actress with 11 movie credits, a lead role on Broadway and starred in her own six-season television sitcom "Reba," for which she received a Golden Globe nomination in 2004.
"The Horatio Alger Association stands for integrity, honesty and resilience – qualities that Reba certainly exemplifies," said Matthew Rose, president, Horatio Alger Association and 2013 Horatio Alger Award recipient. "She has faced numerous challenges in both her early career and personal tragedies, with admirable strength and grace. Reba inspires us all with her tenacity and always upbeat attitude. Her positive outlook is contagious and she will serve as an excellent role model for our Scholars. For these reasons and more, we are proud to recognize her as a 2018 Horatio Alger Member."
Ms. McEntire is also well-known for her charitable efforts, working with organizations such as The Salvation Army, Texoma Medical Center, Children's Medical Research, Habitat For Humanity, Outnumber Hunger and more. The Texoma Medical Center in Denison, Texas, is home to the Reba McEntire Rehabilitation Center, Reba's Ranch House, and the TMC Reba Mobile Mammography Unit. In recognition of her philanthropic efforts, Ms. McEntire has received the Salvation Army Award, the Home Depot Humanitarian Award and Minnie Pearl Humanitarian Award.
"I always say that you need three things to succeed in life: a wishbone, a backbone and a funny bone. These qualities have served me well in every part of my life, and I have no doubt my fellow honorees would agree," said Ms. McEntire. "I am honored to be inducted into the Horatio Alger Association, and I can't wait to meet our 2018 Scholars and help them in any way I can to reach their own dreams."
Through its Members, Horatio Alger Association aims to educate young people about the limitless opportunities afforded to them by the free-enterprise system. To further this mission, the organization awards scholarships to outstanding high school students who are committed to pursuing higher education and giving back to their communities. Like Association Members, Horatio Alger Scholars have faced significant adversities, but have also displayed unmatched resilience in overcoming their challenges. Since the scholarship program was established in 1984, Horatio Alger Association has provided more than $125 million to students in need, all of which has been funded solely through the generosity of Association Members and friends.
Ms. McEntire and the Member Class of 2018 will be formally inducted into the Association on April 5-7, 2018, during the Association's 71st Horatio Alger Award Induction Ceremonies in Washington, D.C. The annual three-day event honors the achievements of both Members and National Scholars, affording both groups the opportunity to meet and interact, exchanging stories of hardships and triumphs.
For more information about Horatio Alger Association and its Member Class of 2018, please visit www.horatioalger.org.
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Tag Archives: Barbra Streisand
Four Ways Out
September 17, 2020 MoviesAnita Ekberg, Annette Funicello, Arch Hall Jr., Barbra Streisand, Charles Edward Pogue, Cosetta Greco, Eegah, Federico Fellini, Frankie Avalon, Gina Lollabrigida, James Bond, John Belushi, Joy Page, Lauren Bacall, Marilyn Manning, Richard Kiel, Ricky Nelsonjunesboy
So many odd delights on tonight's bill.
First up; a preview of Eegah!
Yes, the legendary Eegah! – one of the 50 worst films of all time.
I'm sure we all share warm and fuzzy feelings of Richard Kiel's poignant and teeth-flashing portrayal of "Jaws" in several James Bond films. It's always been intriguing to me that while he played Jaws the character, he wasn't the title character in Jaws the movie. Well, he had already accomplished that feat years earlier in Eegah!. Mr. Kiel was perfectly cast as Eegah, the last of the Incan cave men (who knew the Incans even had cave men?), which admittedly, is not as noble an accomplishment as the being the last of the Mohicans.
There is even some doubt in the film as to who IS the most credible cave man.
Arch Hall, Jr. makes his teen idol ala Ricky Nelson debut in this film. He actually rivals Richard Kiel in coarseness. Our buxom damsel in distress, Marilyn Manning, has a tough choice.
If I were her, I'd punt.
Dune buggies, sappy and soulful songs on a guitar (where's John Belushi when ya need 'im), cacti, and a low budget swimming party, struggle to replace surf boards, Annette and Frankie, and the Pacific Ocean…and sappy and soulful songs on a guitar.
I almost found myself rooting for Eegah.
This cinematic lagniappe is followed by Four Ways Out, an Italian film from 1951.
By the way, this double-feature beats my previous champion for weird movie combos. I believe Charles Edward Pogue was with me one afternoon at the Opera House (back when it was a dollar-matinee second-run movie house) for a double-feature of the Barbra Streisand musical On a Clear Day You Can See Forever with the historical battle-flick Waterloo. That was a jolt to the senses but this exceeds that experience.
Four Ways Out features a script co-written by Federico Fellini. The man is a god to me, but remember; this is 1951. Amarcord was still 20+ years in the future.
This is a criminous tale of the heist of a big soccer game's receipts and the ultimate destruction of the four thieves that pull it off.
The film has several interesting things to recommend it; a thief named Guido (you can't go wrong with a thief named Guido), a crude devouring of pasta (you can't go wrong…), and a scene wading in a fountain (always a winner in Italian film, though frankly, Anita Ekberg did it so much better).
That's all nice. But the reason to watch the film is much simpler; beautiful Italian women acting their hearts out. A very young Gina Lollabrigida smolders as she dials up the police to obliterate her boyfriend and a zaftig Cosetta Greco (I don't know who she is – nor do I know the Italian for "zaftig") giving a performance like a cross between Lauren Bacall in Key Largo and Joy Page in Casablanca.
You can probably guess…I liked it.
An Opera House…in Kentucky?
November 18, 2018 Lexington Theatre, Lexington-70's, Lexington-Today, MoviesBarbra Streisand, Carmen, Charles Edward Pogue, Christopher Plummer, Eric Johnson, Fred Foster, Ivo Garrano, Jack Nicholson, Julieanne Pogue, Linda Carey, Madama Butterfly, Martha Campbell, Matt Regan, Paul Thomas, Rick Scircle, Rigoletto, Rod Steiger, Sherlock Holmes, W. T. Young, Yves Montandjunesboy
It would have been about 1:00 in the afternoon on a weekday in 1970…
…in an opera house…
…in Lexington, Kentucky.
Why was I there?
Was it to see a production of Carmen, or Madama Butterfly, or Rigoletto?
I was there for the weekday bargain matinée at the Opera House Movie House on a fairly sketchy block of North Broadway. For a $1.50 I was settling in for a cinema mini-festival of the Barbra Streisand/Jack Nicholson classic; On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (she sang, he didn't…thank God) followed by Waterloo featuring Rod Steiger and Christopher Plummer in the mud (neither sang as I recall…thank God).
The theme of this film pairing is strikingly apparent; tedious films employing and contrasting singing and cannon fire as mediums for selling a ticket or two…and maybe a tub of Buttercup Popcorn.
Frankly, I don't recall much of the afternoon that was indelible in an uplifting way. I recall a long afternoon of affordable and forgettable flicks. I recall dimness, not just in the screening room, but in the lobby (skimping on lighting – a double savings; lower electric bills and less spent on actual housekeeping). I recall passing on the Buttercup offerings; the dim lighting couldn't obscure the sharp, refinery whiff emanating from the butter(?)-dispensing mechanism. I recall the occasional skittering noises of the legendary rodent cleaning crew in the dark rows of the screening room celebrating the discarded remains of the Buttercup offerings.
Buck fifty.
Two films.
You get what you pay for.
Plus Yves Montand and Ivo Garrano…and Mickey and Jerry (without Tom).
Well…that was then.
Eight years later, at age 27, I'm playing the 70+ year old Grandpa in Studio Players' production of You Can't Take It With You on the Opera House stage – same building. The seats are new. The balconies and boxes are gilded and populated with Lexington theater-goers. The lights are bright. The lobby, halls, staircases, carpets, and aisles are proudly pristine. No Buttercup products are in sight (or in smell).
In the 70's, the Opera House was attacked by ice storms, gravity, and old age. The wrecking ball loomed.
The city of Lexington and a group called The Opera House Fund said "No."
A serious architect, and a serious Lexington, and a serious Opera House Fund (thank you Linda Carey and W. T. Young) redesigned and restored the structure – not to a museum roadside attraction, but to a thriving driver of Central Kentucky's performing arts community.
A year after the success of You Can't Take It With You, I played a deliciously young and foolish Cornelius in Studio Player's production of Thornton Wilder's The Matchmaker in a Saturday afternoon performance to 54 (count 'em!) attendees in a house that seats about a thousand. Another fairly grim afternoon in the Opera House, but at least the grimness was in striving for something good, not for hygiene or affordability.
I should mention here that in both of these shows I got to work with my friend Paul Thomas. Paul has retired a myriad of times from the teaching profession and is now the House Manager of the Opera House. I believe the Opera House muckety-mucks value his participation, but are unaware that his best and highest use is ON-stage, not off. Such is fickle fame.
In 1981, I urged everyone to "Sit Down, You're Rockin' the Boat" in Lexington Musical Theatre's production of Guys and Dolls. This was a notable production for Paul's vocal exploration of musical scales of which Schoenberg never dreamed.
In 1982, Paul and I played in Brigadoon, also for Lexington Musical Theatre. Paul demonstrated a technique for holding a gun that the NRA is still trying to explain and justify.
Both of these edifying experiences were on the Opera House stage.
In 1987, I had the totaling fulfilling experience of playing Dr. Watson to my friend Eric Johnson's Sherlock Holmes in the world premiere of my friend Chuck Pogue's luscious script; The Ebony Ape, on the Opera House stage in an Actor's Guild production. A two-story set, perfect and beautiful costumes, Fred Foster, Julieanne Pogue, Martha Campbell, Rick Scircle, Matt Regan…a glorious time for Mrs. Leasor's little boy.
This was also on the Opera House stage…thank you very much.
A year later, in The King and I (a Lexington Musical Theatre production directed by my friend, Ralph Pate), Janie and I appeared in our one and only show together. She was lithe and lovely. I was…not so much, but I got to sing some beautiful songs for which I was not particularly suited (not, alas and thank God, an uncommon occurrence).
This was also on the Opera House stage. Sorry about the singing…but look at Janie! Isn't she fine?
…skip ahead with me to 2006.
I'm asked to play the Star Keeper in the University of Kentucky Opera Theater's production of Carousel at (you guessed it) the Opera House.
Well, I guess I could find time for that.
I got to walk out on the Opera House stage, count the stars – the stars!– , revive the protagonist and inspire him to briefly return to his former life and assure his daughter that she'll "Never Walk Alone."
This is a far cry from 1970 and Waterloo and…
"On a clear day, rise and look around you and you'll see who you are.
On a clear day, how it will astound you that the glow of your being outshines every star.
You'll be part of every mountain, sea, and shore.
You can hear from far and near the words you've never heard before."
…not so far.
Bungalow Jukebox Ju-Ju
September 30, 2017 Lexington-70'sBarbra Streisand, Bobby Darin, Diana Ross, Dr Nikola, Glenn Miller, Guy Boothby, Janis Joplin, John Barker Gray, Madame Cleo, Michael Thompson, Shelly Fabaresjunesboy
Joss sticks
Know what joss sticks are?
The tame definition in Wikipedia is that they are slow-burning sticks of incense, burned before idols in religious ceremonies. Well sure, you could use them that way…just as you could use your new $1,000 I-Phone to make a phone call or prop your book open while you read.
Or, your joss sticks could be notched and imprinted in such a way that when you tossed them like pick-up-sticks (remember them?) and pondered the resulting pattern, you could deduce future strategies for living. Or, as posited in Guy Boothby's peripatetic "Dr. Nikola" novels, you could rule the world and direct its populations to nefarious, but profitable ends.
How about tarot cards; similar purposes minus the world domination option (and don't they look pretty on the table?)
Madame Cleo
Or tea leaves, or crystal balls, or palms, or horoscopes, or odd number coincidences, or miracle spring water, or Madame Cleo …or the Daily Racing Form for that matter.
Guidance; that's usually all we're seeking. Oh sure, we'll take world domination, but that's not our primary goal. We just want a subtle or crude finger-post suggesting; "Ya, might wanna try this."
I admit I've tried most of the paths mentioned with pretty consistent results; zip, nada, uh-uh.
…there is one oracle that's been spot on.
Once upon a time there was a restaurant/bar in Lexington called The Bungalow. They had fine mimosas, sinfully delicious desserts (thank you, John Barker Gray), killer "Eggs Nova Scotia", a later night crowd of vague genders and chimerically specific wardrobes,
…and a legendary jukebox.
A3 or D4…what to do, what to do?
There was a central master jukebox with satellites at the perimeter tables. The satellites had those wonderful manual tabs that could be flipped from A-3 ("I Believe in Love"-Barbra Streisand) to D-4 ("Johnny Angel"-Shelly Fabares) in a 1980's second.
I loved that jukebox.
I adulated that jukebox.
I trusted that jukebox.
These were earlier Shoppers Village Liquors days for me. I would go to my office on Saturday mornings, check in with every store, check in with Rob (the owner), pick up Janie, have brunch at The Bungalow, and work in the stores in the afternoon. This was a "happy place" for me.
I could pretty well determine what kind of day it would be by the selections heard on the jukebox at brunch. Would be a "Stop! In the Name of Love"-Diana Ross and the Supremes kind of day, or a "Cry Baby"-Janis Joplin disaster of a day?
It rarely steered me wrong.
I think everyone rued the eventual demise of The Bungalow, but few were aware of the collateral damage of losing that jukebox. Guilty as charged.
About the year 2000, I had the great good luck to a do show with Michael Thompson. As to be expected, he was excellent in his role and excellent company to boot. Michael had served a good bit of time as bartender at The Bungalow. One night at rehearsal he handed me a jewel case with two cd's. It was a compilation of all the selections from the jukebox at The Bungalow. He had also taken the matchbook cover from the restaurant and rendered it into a cover for the cd. What a treasure!
If you can wear a cd out, I have just about worn this one out.
And yes, if I pop it into my playlist and hit "random" and "String of Pearls"-Glenn Miller chirps free, I go about my day with a bit more irrational confidence. Or if "Beyond the Sea"-Bobby Darin starts crooning, I go find Janie and we talk vacation possibilities.
You can keep yer joss sticks.


Meat and dairy products are foods which are rich in protein. In this science experiment, test for proteins in some everyday foods to see which have the highest content.
Stalactites form on the roof of a cave, whereas stalagmites form on the floor. When the water drips, it 'evaporates' and leaves the dissolved minerals behind, as you will see in the following science experiment.


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RNAi, Methodology and its Applications
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Hamna Shazadee, Purwa Khan, Shakra Jamil, Rahil Shahzad and Dr. Muhammad Zafar Iqabl
RNA interference (RNAi) is a naturally occurring biological process in which RNA molecules suppress the gene expression or translation, by acting on homologous-targeted mRNA molecules in a range of organisms. This method is also known by other names including co-suppression, post-transcriptional gene silencing (PTGS), and quelling. The initial discovery of this phenomenon was in 1991, scientists who were trying to deepen the color of petunia plants. Surprisingly, when the gene for color has been introduced, they found that they had turned off the gene. Several years after the petunia experiments, the mechanism of RNA interference was revealed: this technique was first discovered by Andrew Fire and Craig C. Mello who shared the 2006 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their work in the nematode worm Caenorhabditis elegans, which they published in 1998.
Two types of small RNA molecules called microRNA (miRNA) and small interfering RNA (siRNA) play key role in RNA interference. RNAs are the products of genes, and these small RNAs can bind to other RNA molecules like messenger RNA (mRNA) and either increase or decrease their activity, for example by preventing the translation of an mRNA to form a protein. RNA interference has a potential role in different mechanisms like defending cells against parasitic nucleotide sequences, viruses and transposons, to study the function of many genes associated with human disease, in research and therapy. It has become evident that RNAi has immense potential in suppression of desired genes, so this technique is now known as more precise, efficient, stable and better than antisense technology for gene silencing.
The RNAi technology is based on the degradation of double stranded RNA molecules into short RNAs of 21 to 25 base pairs with a 2-nucleotide overhang at the 3′ end, called siRNA. This degradation is initiated by an enzyme Dicer. Each siRNA is further unwound into two single stranded RNAs (ssRNA), called the passenger strand and the guide strand. One of the strands is degraded i.e. passenger strand, while guide strand is further incorporated into an RNase complex called RNA induced silencing complex (RISC) by RISC-Loading Complex (RLC). RISC promotes this guide strand to target the complementary mRNA. As a result the targeted mRNA is not translated into the desired protein; ultimately the expression of that gene will not occur. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are genomically encoded non-coding RNAs that can decrease gene expression of various mRNAs by either inhibiting translation or directly causing degradation of the transcript. There are many other several key components such as RNA-dependent RNA polymerase, helicases, and dsRNA endonucleases that have been identified in different organisms that are involved in RNAi.
Applications of RNAi
1. Immune system
RNA interference is an important part of the immune response to viruses and other foreign genetic material especially in plants which become active when plants are exposed to the different pathogens. Although animals generally express fewer variants of the dicer enzyme than plants, RNAi in some animals also play role in antiviral response. For example in Drosophila, RNA interference is important in antiviral natural immunity and act against pathogens such as Drosophila X virus. Apart from occurring naturally RNAi has also been produced artificially and is often exploited in experimental biology to study the function of genes (functional genomics) both in cell culture (in vitro) and in model organisms (in vivo). Experimentally double stranded RNA is synthesized having sequences complementary to the targeted mRNA and is introduced into cell or organism to suppress the expression of that gene. Animals like C. elegans and Drosophila, have been mostly used in functional genomics applications of RNAi as these are the common model organisms in which RNAi is most effective.
2. Medicine and therapeutic
RNAi has also been used in medicines and therapy. Among the first applications in the clinical trials was the treatment of respiratory tract infection, a disease caused by the syncytial virus. Potential antiviral therapies that use RNAi to treat infection ( in mice, so far) are ; the inhibition of viral gene expression in cancerous cells, knockdown of host receptors and co-receptors for HIV, the silencing of hepatitis A and hepatitis B genes, silencing of influenza gene, and inhibition of measles viral replication. RNA interference has also promised to treat cancers by silencing genes in tumor cells or genes that are involved in cell division.
3. Biotechnology
RNAi has also been widely used in biotechnology. A number of novel crops have been developed by using RNAi like nicotine free tobacco and nutrient fortified crops. Another important application of the RNAi is the development of genetically modified arctic apples (about to receive US approval). The apples were produced by RNAi suppression of PPO (polyphenol oxidase) gene that is responsible for browning of apple after being sliced. PPO-silenced apples are unable to convert chlorogenic acid into quinone product. Furthermore, RNAi has been used in producing genetically engineered cotton whose seeds contain reduced levels of delta-cadinene synthase, a key enzyme in gossypol production, which is a toxic compound that make cotton unsuitable for human consumption, despite of having high amount of dietary protein seeds. There are many other opportunities for the applications of RNAi in terms of crop improvement such as stress tolerance and increased nutritional level and may also be useful in inducing early flowering, delayed ripening, delayed senescence, breaking dormancy and stress-free plants etc.
4. Insecticides Development
RNAi is under development as an insecticide, by using multiple approaches, including genetic engineering and topical application. In genetic engineering, transgenic crops are being developed in which dsRNA is introduced that can silence the genes in target pests. These dsRNA are synthesizes such that they only affect those insects having particular nucleotide sequence complementary to that of dsRNA, avoiding the off-target effects. While, in topical approach alternatively dsRNA is supplied without genetic manipulation, by adding them into irrigation water. The dsRNA molecules are absorbed by the plants vascular tissues and poison the insects when feed on them.
Potential Threats
A key area of research in the use of RNAi for clinical applications is the development of a safe delivery method for dsRNA, which has involved mainly viral vector so far, systems similar to those suggested for gene therapy, which has some safety concerns. Any of these viral vectors can result in the activation of the body immune system if the vector is seen as a foreign invader. Furthermore, when viral vectors are used once, they cannot be effectively used in the patient again because it will be recognized by the body. Due to these safety concerns, non-viral vector methods are under development like, lipid based and polymeric vectors are also promising vectors.
Another concern of this technology is the possibility of "off-target" effects in which a gene with a similar sequence to the targeted gene is also repressed. A computational genomics study estimated that the error rate in RNAi of off-target interactions is about 10%. In an experiment of liver disease in mice it was reported that 23 out of 49 distinct RNAi treatment protocols resulted in death.
The role of RNAi has changed dramatically over the past two decades. Moving from transgenic plant experiments to a systematic way to silence genes for curative medicinal therapies, RNAi has been tested in a diverse range of organisms from the microscopic to plants and mammals. For our healthcare system, these therapies hold much promise. The RNAi phenomenon has not only allowed researchers to identify the genes involved in diseases, but also offers the possibility to treat complex diseases such as cancer and HIV by making the causative gene silence. However, in order for these new therapies to become fixed in our system, new policies and a revised infrastructure must be established earlier. Researchers agree some of the key challenges facing RNAi viability, stability, and specificity of the therapies and treatments. However, if such problems are addressed sooner, RNAi will bring more than our expectations in our life systems.
Ding, S. W., Li, H., Lu, R., Li, F., & Li, W. X. (2004). RNA silencing: a conserved antiviral immunity of plants and animals. Virus research, 102(1), 109-115.
Castanotto, Daniela, and John J. Rossi. "The promises and pitfalls of RNA-interference-based therapeutics."Nature 457, no. 7228 (2009): 426-433.
Chiu, Ya-Lin, and Tariq M. Rana. "RNAi in human cells: basic structural and functional features of small interfering RNA."Molecular cell 10, no. 3 (2002): 549-561.
Qiu, Shibin, Coen M. Adema, and Terran Lane. "A computational study of off-target effects of RNA interference."Nucleic acids research 33, no. 6 (2005): 1834-1847.
Dykxhoorn, Derek M., and Judy Lieberman. "The silent revolution: RNA interference as basic biology, research tool, and therapeutic." Rev. Med. 56 (2005): 401-423.6: (5): 674
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Disney's Wreck It Ralph dominated at the box office through its opening and became the most successful debut ever for a Walt Disney Animation production (not counting Pixar flicks).
My friend Clay Morgan saw it and enjoyed it as well. Clay asked if I'd like to collaborate on a post at his awesome site claywrites.com. Hit the link to see what we came up with.


Is there such a thing as cheap health insurance? It hardly seems possible when you look at the rise in hospital costs and physician services. Insurance companies have the task of underwriting the medical risk for insurance. The insurer then issues and delivers the policy to the insured once they are accepted into the plan. The policyholders then receive the policy declaration pages that list all of the benefits and features.
What are those benefits and features? How do they work after a hospital stay? When you begin to find the answers to those questions then you begin to understand what makes up the total premium. When you receive your first benefit statement after a hospital stay then you will begin to understand how the deductible is applied and how the coinsurance works.
1. Total inpatient expense for 4 days in the hospital including physician services amounts to $4000.
2. Your policy has a $500 deductible with an 80/20 coinsurance clause with a maximum out of pocket $2000.
3. You must pay the first $500 for your stay leaving a balance of $3500.
4. You will pay 20% of that $3500 or $700 and the insurance company will pay $2800.
When your 20% reaches $2000 then the insurance company pays 100% of the remaining costs up to a million dollars (or 2 million etc).
The health insurance buying trends indicate that people are purchasing health insurance with higher deductibles. Deductibles bring down the premium dramatically. There are some plans with deductibles as high as $5000. This is called self-insuring because in essence that is what you are doing for the deductible amount.
Health Savings Accounts are also starting to become very popular. These savings accounts are tax deductible. They are like medical IRA'S. Contact your tax advisor or accountant for more details.


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Q: How to Get Sides of Floating Div Flush with Page? So I have a div that I need flush with the left and right edges of the page. It also must be responsive to the proceeding layout (so the page can re-size). As far as I know, the most efficient way to do this is with a floating layout. How do I get the edges of the div flush with the edges of the screen? Here's my current CSS:
#work {
    float: left;
    width: 100%;
    height: 500px;
    background: #fff;
}

I tried left: 0px and right: 0px, which obviously didn't work (probably because it's floating...)
In the case that there's no way to do this, how would I make it flush while still responsive to the rest of the page? I get the feeling that this is one of those age-old questions of new web developers...

A: You should not be using floats for this kind of basic layout.
Make sure you are reseting the default browser added margin and padding then you can just use display: inline-block to do what you want.

* { margin:0; padding:0 }

div {
    display: inline-block;
    width: 100%;
    height: 500px;
    background: dodgerblue;
}

A: First of all, consider your responsive framework and you will be able to do this with literally one line of code. All responsive frameworks (Bootstrap, Foundation, skeleton, etc) have a full width class.
Since I use Bootstrap 99.99% of the time, and I suggest you do as well, I will show you that one.

.thisContainer{
    background:#ccc;
    height:200px;
 }

And that is it! That easy! Here's a demo if you wanna play around with it
DEMO

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War of the Rebellion: Serial 024 Page 0316 WEST TENN. AND NORTHERN MISS. Chapter XXIX.
Number 72. Report of Captain John W. McClanahan, Fifty-third Illinois Infantry, of engagement at Hatchie Bridge.
We went into action on Sunday morning with about 300 men. Company A went into action under the command of Acting Lieutenant Price, who was shot through the head, First Lieutenant Armstrong being at that time detailed as adjutant and Captain Wright was not to be found.
Second Sergeant Baldwin behaved nobly and deserves promotion.
All of the companies and company officers behaved with the greatest bravery. To speak of one is to speak of all.
Captain Michael Leahy, of Company K, and Captain Hudson, of Company D, more than did their duty.
We were ordered across the Hatchie River by Brigadier-General Lauman on double-quick time, and were to occupy the ground to the right of the road. After crossing, and before I had formed in line of battle, I was met by men falling back, which staggered my men a little, but they immediately recovered, formed in line, and commenced firing upon the enemy, who were at that time almost immediately in front; but they soon fell back over the hill, and soon opened a murderous fire with canister, shot, and shell, together with small-arms.
In this position my whole loss in killed and wounded occurred except 5, 3 being wounded while crossing the bridge and 1 killed and 1 wounded while supporting Mann's battery.
Captain Vaughn was wounded early in the engagement at the head of his company and Captain Earl was very cool during the fight.
The regiment remained in position on the east side of the Hatchie until the 7th, when we were ordered back to Bolivar.
Allow me to mention Surgeon Welch as having performed his duty as a surgeon nobly.
Number 73. Report of Captain Matthew M. Trumbull, Third Iowa Infantry, of engagement at Hatchie Bridge.
Camp near Bolivar, Tenn., October 8, 1862.


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By Bekah McNeel | June 16, 2020
Then the Valedictorian called out the school's administration. (This story has been updated with comments from SAISD Board President Patti Radle.) The sun was just starting to peek out from around early morning clouds at 8:30 am on June 16, threatening to bake the 187 graduates from Sam Houston High School and their families. But…
By Bekah McNeel | April 23, 2020
Sometimes the kids are alright. Sometimes they aren't. When they announced that schools would be closed beyond spring break this year, I have to confess the grim thoughts that ran through my head. I pictured a return to those grueling infant years, with my hair in a non-sexy-messy bun, stress eating cookies and crying every…
By Bekah McNeel | February 17, 2020
I can't tell you the perfect way to do it. Just that it needs to be done. I don't remember the first time we talked to our kids about difference, but it was probably pretty early. Because our life is full of people from different countries, who speak different languages, have different skin colors, different…
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A decade of being bravely underwhelming.
In late December 2009, ten years ago, I did something strange. I started a new journal expressly dedicated to chronicling a love story—my love story. In my 18 years of journaling before then, I had always been cautious about how much weight I ascribed my various romances. That's easy when you have a written record…
Which San Antonio ISD schools suspend and expel the most students?
Last month, San Antonio ISD adopted a new code of conduct and student bill of rights. The new policy moves the district toward a more restorative approach to discipline, and encourages teachers and administrators to consider the emotional and social health of the child when conflict arises. The idea is to reduce the number of…
San Antonio's First Dual Language Montessori School is Coming to the West Side
By Bekah McNeel | November 19, 2019
A community redesign revealed that parents and students who said good-bye to Rodriguez Elementary want something big in its place. The West Side is getting a new school. Or rather, a rebooted school. In the fall of 2020, Rodriguez Elementary will re-open its doors as a dual language Montessori school. San Antonio ISD announced the…
The Integration Diaries: The one advantage I refuse to give up.
We put our kids in a public school committed to socioeconomic diversity, where they are among the 6 percent of kids who look like them. It's going very well. They are learning how to speak Spanish while their classmates learn English. My kindergartener is adding, subtracting, and reading up a storm. My pre-kindergartener wants to…


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The Everyday Heart-Healthy Cookbook: 75 Gluten-Free, Dairy-Free, Clean Food Recipes (Paperback)
By Breeana Pooler, James LaValle (Foreword by)
75 deliciously healthier recipes for any day of the week!
At the age of 26, Breeana's husband was suddenly and unexpectedly diagnosed with severe heart failure. Following his diagnosis, she set out to regain his health—which she succeeded in doing by completely revamping their diets. In these pages is the story of how Breanna cured her husband, and seventy-five of the clean and delicious, gluten- and dairy-free recipes that helped her do so. Recipes include:
Sweet Potato Breakfast Sliders
BBQ Chicken Zucchini Noodle Bowl
Mango-Mint Salsa with Cucumber Chips
Honey Cornbread with Jalapenos
Roasted Red Pepper and Garlic Hummus Dip
Shrimp and Kale Fettucine in a Cauliflower Cream Sauce
Sloppy Joe Stuffed Baked Potatoes
The first step was to throw out everything in the refrigerator, go grocery shopping, and dedicate one hundred percent of her time, energy, and passion. She wanted to create healthy, nutrient-filled recipes to heal her husband's heart, but would also taste gourmet and savory. Flash forward one year and her husband not only no longer needs a heart transplant, but also is healthier than he has been in his entire life, and his heart is within normal range—the results are tried and true! Food had truly saved his life.
Breeana is the creator of the popular Instagram account @the_organic_heart and the food blog www.the-organic-heart.com. She combined her love for food and culinary skills to create healing, healthy, and delicious recipes that aided her husband in a complete recovery after being diagnosed with heart failure. It is Breeana's mission to show others the importance of using food as medicine and how easy it is to create healthy meals so you never have to feel deprived. She and her husband Jason reside with their fur-babies Dexter and Sansa in Fullerton, California.
Cooking / Health & Healing / Heart
Health & Fitness / Diet & Nutrition / Diets
Cooking / Health & Healing
Cooking / Health & Healing / Diabetic & Sugar-Free
Publication Date: November 2nd, 2021
"This book is an extension of one of the best Instagram accounts out there. The simple but well-imagined recipes prove that luxurious, crave-worthy food can also be incredibly healthy. A must-read for both professional chefs and amateurs."
—Chef Andrew Gruel, founder and executive chef of Slapfish Restaurant, Food Network judge
"I'm a take-out kind of girl, but Breeana's Instagram literally turned me into someone who wanted to cook. Eating organic seems like it might limit your options, but The Organic Heart has a never-ending amount of ideas that are filled with flavor, easy to make, and guilt free. Oh and they look beautiful, too."
—Erin Foster, actress, comedian, producer
"The Organic Heart recipes make healthy eating fun! Both creative and colorful, the food looks as good as it tastes . . . This cookbook is a must-have for conscious foodies who enjoy being healthy but also enjoy a hearty meal."
—Jenn Bodnar, Editor-in-Chief and Co-Founder of Yoga Digest Magazine


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Q: How to set an Ionic (>=2) toolbar to a different background color than the navbar I have an Ionic application where I would like to have a toolbar within the nav bar, where the toolbar has a different background color to the "top title" section of the navbar.
I have the following markup...
    <ion-header>

      <ion-navbar>
        <ion-title>Main header</ion-title>
      </ion-navbar>

      <ion-toolbar style='background-color:green'>
        <ion-title >Subheader</ion-title>
      </ion-toolbar>

    </ion-header>

and also an example plunk here
Of course I'd like to do this in the sccs, (rather than inline style), but just trying to find how to override the default.
I would like the toolbar to be a different color as in the image below...

I set the navbar color using
.toolbar-background{
    background-color: color($colors, secondary-lite);
  }

which seems to set anything within the navbar.
Anyone know how I can just set this "secondary" toolbar?
Thanks in advance for any suggestions

A: The Ionic way to do that would be to include all the colors in the $colors map, and then use the color attribute of the ion-toolbar component:
<ion-header>

  <ion-navbar color="custom-blue">
    <ion-title>Main header</ion-title>
  </ion-navbar>

  <ion-toolbar color="custom-green">
    <ion-title>Subheader</ion-title>
  </ion-toolbar>

</ion-header>

And in your variable.scss file:
$colors: (
  primary:    #01579b,
  secondary:  #32db64,
  danger:     #f53d3d,
  light:      #f4f4f4,
  dark:       #222,

  //...

  custom-blue:   #0277bd,
  custom-green:  #008c00
);

A: exist a class in css and you need to overwrite or change style of class.
.toolbar-background-md {
    border-color: #b2b2b2;
    background: #f8f8f8;
}


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The Uprise at Five was a great first step. We gathered at least 500 students in front of Russell Sage Dining Hall. We listened to protestful songs and speeches by student senators and similar animate objects. We yelled "RPI" and other school-spirited things when the Trustees arrived.
There are many pictures and videos out there; I'll put together a list of links in a few days. For now, there's some pictures here, and the Facebook group has a lot more, I'm told. If you look closely at some of them, you may notice Arthur Galpin, sighted for perhaps the first time since the Teach-In last year. You may also notice me carrying the "Save Our School" sign.
But most of you have probably been to the Uprise or heard a lot about it already. I want to report on something that happened shortly afterward. Most of the protestors left around 6 when the Trustees went inside. I hung around with the guys carrying the "In Dr. Jackson I Trust" sign. I still can't tell if they were real counter-protestors or the best straight-faced sarcasm actors I've ever met. They don't seem to have been under the influence of any mind-altering substances, though I have little experience with such things.
Eventually the Trustees came back out, and seemed amused to find us still there. One called out in response to my sign that saving the school was what they were doing. Dr. Jackson agreed, saying that two of them had donated a large amount of money to Renaissance at Rensselaer. I find it interesting that while I meant saving the school from destruction of community, good will, and reputation, her immediate idea was raising money. She then laughed at the counter-protestors and stopped to talk. They loaded the Trustees on the shuttle, but Dr. Jackson, Dr. Knowles, and the Provost stayed a moment to take some pictures with the other guys and their signs.
I want to point out a few things. By this time, the only people left were two counter-protestors, two people who hadn't been to the protest and wanted to find out what was going on, and me. Other than Dr. Knowles dropping by as things were being taken down, this was the only actual contact between the sides. I was the only protestor who got a chance to talk to Dr. Jackson, and I failed miserably and didn't say much. It would have been nice to have had some help.
This Uprise is only a beginning. So far, we have gotten no genuine response. We're going to have to do a lot more if we want to see some progress. On the other hand, the administration is going to have to do a lot to dispel its image of being a Great Big Random Number Generator in the Sky. We're going to have to follow up and be consistent; I think there's a sense in which they see us as a Great Big Random Number Generator in the Dirt. They try to ban alcohol, and we nearly riot, and someone throws an axe through a Troy Building window. They remove the student representative to the Board of Trustees, and no one notices. They require sophomores to live on campus, and there's a little unhappiness. They lay off eighty staff members, and we plaster campus with posters and start a petition. They take away hall squatting, and we don't do anything. They reduce RA compensation, and suddenly we rally 500 students to shout at the Trustees. If we want to accomplish anything, we need to stick to it and prove we're serious this time.
Finally, if you want to do something, go get yourself a pole and some paper and cardboard, make a sign that says "Save Our School" or "Listen To Students", and carry it around with you. I've gotten encouragement from a professor and three staff workers, one of whom could have been risking his job. I've gotten the chance to tell what's happening to five people, four of them complete strangers who I wouldn't have had the chance to explain things to otherwise. All in just twelve hours.
Go do something useful. Save our 'Tute.
Its arrival is a complicated situation. You may have heard that compensation for RA's has been decreased. It seems that it was also decided not to hire rising freshmen. Unfortunately, no one remembered to tell ResLife until the hiring process was nearly complete. Many RA's are quite upset, and the Student Senate finally got upset too. They finally got sick of the opacity and deception and decided to do something.
This afternoon at 5, a large group of students will rally in front of Russell Sage Dining Hall. We will be attempting to present our concerns to the Board of Trustees.
This may very well be the most important thing that has happened at RPI in ten years. Be there. Save our school.
More details will follow if no one kills me.
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