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=head1 NAME

Bio::EnsEMBL::Compara::RunnableDB::PairAligner::ChunkAndGroupDna

=head1 DESCRIPTION

This object chunks the DNA from a genome_db and creates and stores the chunks as
DnaFragChunk objects, which are grouped into DnaFragChunkSets in the compara database.
A DnaFragChunkSet contains one or more DnaFragChunk objects. A DnaFragChunkSet
is a member of a DnaCollection.

=cut

package Bio::EnsEMBL::Compara::RunnableDB::PairAligner::ChunkAndGroupDna;

use strict;
use warnings;

use Time::HiRes qw(time);

use Bio::EnsEMBL::Utils::Exception qw( throw );

use Bio::EnsEMBL::Compara::Locus;
use Bio::EnsEMBL::Compara::Production::DnaFragChunk;
use Bio::EnsEMBL::Compara::Production::DnaFragChunkSet;
use Bio::EnsEMBL::Compara::Production::DnaCollection;
use Bio::EnsEMBL::Compara::Utils::Preloader;

use base ('Bio::EnsEMBL::Compara::RunnableDB::BaseRunnable');

sub param_defaults {
    return {
        'region'            => undef,
        'group_set_size'    => 0,
    }
}

=head2 fetch_input

    Title   :   fetch_input
    Usage   :   $self->fetch_input
    Function:   prepares global variables and DB connections
    Returns :   none
    Args    :   none

=cut

sub fetch_input {
  my( $self) = @_;

  throw("No genome_db specified") unless defined($self->param('genome_db_id'));

  #get the Compara::GenomeDB object for the genome_db_id
  $self->param('genome_db', $self->compara_dba->get_GenomeDBAdaptor->fetch_by_dbID($self->param('genome_db_id')));
  throw("Can't fetch genome_db for id=".$self->param('genome_db_id')) unless($self->param('genome_db'));

  return 1;
}

sub run {
  my $self = shift;

  # main routine which takes a genome_db_id (from input_id) and
  # access the ensembl_core database, using the SliceAdaptor
  # it will load all slices, all genes, and all transcripts
  # and convert them into members to be stored into compara
  $self->create_chunks;

  return 1;
}

######################################
#
# subroutines
#
#####################################

sub create_chunks {
  my $self      = shift;

  my $genome_db = $self->param('genome_db');
  my $collectionDBA = $self->compara_dba->get_DnaCollectionAdaptor;
  my $masking = $self->param('masking');

  if ($self->param('collection_id')) {
    $self->param('dna_collection') = $collectionDBA->fetch_by_dbID($self->param('collection_id'));
  } elsif ($self->param('collection_name')) {

    $self->param('dna_collection', new Bio::EnsEMBL::Compara::Production::DnaCollection);
    $self->param('dna_collection')->description($self->param('collection_name'));
    $self->param('dna_collection')->masking($masking) if(defined($masking));
    $self->param('dna_collection')->adaptor($collectionDBA);

    $collectionDBA->store($self->param('dna_collection'));
    $self->param('collection_id', $self->param('dna_collection')->dbID);

  } else {
      throw("Must define either a collection_id or a collection_name");
  }
  throw("couldn't get a DnaCollection for ChunkAndGroup analysis\n") unless($self->param('dna_collection'));

    my $dnafrag_dba = $self->compara_dba->get_DnaFragAdaptor;
    my @regions_to_align;
    if (defined $self->param('region')) {
        # Support list of regions as a string in CSV format as follows:
        #     chromosome:1,scaffold:KN149822.1:25:1560,chromosome:2::154200
        my @region_list = split(/,/, $self->param('region'));
        my %regions;
        foreach my $region ( @region_list ) {
            my ($coord_system_name, $region_name, $region_start, $region_end) = split(/:/, $region);
            my $region_dnafrag = $dnafrag_dba->fetch_by_GenomeDB_and_name($genome_db, $region_name);
            die "Unknown dnafrag region '$region_name'\n" unless $region_dnafrag;
            my $locus = bless {
                'dnafrag'         => $region_dnafrag,
                'dnafrag_start'   => $region_start || 1,
                'dnafrag_end'     => $region_end || $region_dnafrag->length,
                'dnafrag_strand'  => 1,
            }, 'Bio::EnsEMBL::Compara::Locus';
            push @regions_to_align, $locus;
        }
    } else {
        my $dnafrag_list = $dnafrag_dba->fetch_all_by_GenomeDB(
            $genome_db,
            -IS_REFERENCE       => $self->param('include_non_reference') ? undef : 1,
            -CELLULAR_COMPONENT => $self->param('only_cellular_component'),
        );

        Bio::EnsEMBL::Compara::Utils::Preloader::load_all_AltRegions($self->compara_dba->get_DnaFragAltRegionAdaptor, $dnafrag_list);

        foreach my $dnafrag (@$dnafrag_list) {
            next if $dnafrag->coord_system_name eq 'lrg';
            push @regions_to_align, $dnafrag->get_alt_region || $dnafrag->as_locus;
        }
    }

    my $starttime = time();
    $self->param('chunkset_counter', 1);
    $self->define_new_chunkset;
    $self->create_dnafrag_chunks($_, $masking) for @regions_to_align;
    printf "genome_db_id %s : total time %d secs\n", $genome_db->dbID, time() - $starttime;
}

sub create_dnafrag_chunks {
  my $self = shift;
  my $locus = shift;
  my $masking = shift;

  my $region_start = $locus->dnafrag_start;
  my $region_end = $locus->dnafrag_end;

  #If chunk_size is not set then set it to be the fragment length
  #overlap must be 0 in this case.
  my $chunk_size = $self->param('chunk_size');
  my $overlap = $self->param('overlap');
  if (!defined $chunk_size) {
      $chunk_size = $region_end;
      $overlap = 0;
  }

  print "dnafrag : ", $locus->dnafrag->display_id, "\n" if ($self->debug);
  print "  sequence length : ",$locus->length,"\n" if ($self->debug);
  print "chunk_size $chunk_size\n" if ($self->debug);

  #initialise chunk_start and chunk_end to be the dnafrag start and end
  my $chunk_start = $region_start;
  my $chunk_end = $region_start;

  while ($chunk_end < $region_end) {

    my $chunk = new Bio::EnsEMBL::Compara::Production::DnaFragChunk();
    $chunk->dnafrag($locus->dnafrag);
    $chunk->dnafrag_start($chunk_start);

    $chunk_end = $chunk_start + $chunk_size - 1;

    #if current $chunk_end is too long, trim to be $region_end
    if ($chunk_end > $region_end) {
	$chunk_end = $region_end;
    }
    $chunk->dnafrag_end($chunk_end);

    #set chunk masking
    $chunk->masking($masking);

    # do grouping if requested
    if($self->param('group_set_size') and ($chunk->length < $self->param('group_set_size'))) {

      if(($self->param('current_chunkset')->count > 0) and
         (($self->param('current_chunkset')->total_basepairs + $chunk->length) > $self->param('group_set_size')))
      {
          # This chunkset is full. Create a new one
          $self->define_new_chunkset;
      }

      #store dnafrag_chunk_set if necessary to get hold of the dnafrag_chunk_set_id
        $self->store_chunk_in_chunkset($chunk);

      if($self->debug) {
        printf("chunkSet %d chunks, %1.3f mbase\n",
               $self->param('current_chunkset')->count,
               $self->param('current_chunkset')->total_basepairs/1000000.0);
      }
    } else {
      #not doing grouping so put the $chunk directly into the collection

        #Create new current_chunkset object
        $self->define_new_chunkset;
        $self->store_chunk_in_chunkset($chunk);

      if($self->debug) {
        printf("dna_collection : chunk (%d) %s\n",$chunk->dbID, $chunk->display_id);
      }
  }

    #This is very important, otherwise it leaks
    undef($chunk->{'_sequence'});

    $chunk_start = $chunk_end - $overlap + 1;
 }
}

sub define_new_chunkset {
    my ($self) = @_;

    # If the current chunkset is still empty we don't need to create a new one
    return if $self->param('current_chunkset') and !$self->param('current_chunkset')->count;

    my $new_chunkset = new Bio::EnsEMBL::Compara::Production::DnaFragChunkSet(
        -NAME => sprintf('collection_id:%d group:%d', $self->param('collection_id'), $self->param('chunkset_counter')),
        -DNA_COLLECTION_ID => $self->param('collection_id')
    );
    $self->param('current_chunkset', $new_chunkset);
    $self->param('chunkset_counter', $self->param('chunkset_counter')+1);
    $self->param('current_cellular_component', undef);
}

sub store_chunk_in_chunkset {
    my ($self, $chunk) = @_;

    # In some cases we don't want to mix different cellular components
    if ($self->param('current_cellular_component')) {
        if (!$self->param('mix_cellular_components') and ($self->param('current_cellular_component') ne $chunk->dnafrag->cellular_component)) {
            print "Creating new chunkset for ".$chunk->dnafrag->cellular_component."\n";
            $self->define_new_chunkset;
        }
    } else {
        $self->param('current_cellular_component', $chunk->dnafrag->cellular_component);
    }

    # Store the chunkset if it hasn't been stored before
    unless ($self->param('current_chunkset')->dbID) {
        $self->compara_dba->get_DnaFragChunkSetAdaptor->store($self->param('current_chunkset'));
    }
    # Add the chunk to the chunkset and store it
    $chunk->dnafrag_chunk_set_id($self->param('current_chunkset')->dbID);
    $self->param('current_chunkset')->add_DnaFragChunk($chunk);
    $self->compara_dba->get_DnaFragChunkAdaptor->store($chunk);
}

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Family pays tribute to much-loved father after driver jailed for causing his death
In court
A 27-year-old man has been jailed after admitting to causing the death of a much-loved father following a road traffic collision in January last year.
Ross Simms of Pendlebury Drive, Leicester, was sentenced at Northampton Crown Court on Monday, August 10 to three years for the offence of careless driving and 15 months for driving with no insurance.
Both sentences will run concurrently, with Simms serving 18 months in prison and the rest on licence. He was also disqualified from driving for almost six years (66 months) and ordered to retake his driving test.
At an earlier court appearance last month (July), Simms pleaded guilty to causing the death of 81-year-old Terrance White, known as Terry, of Wollaston, following the collision in Hardwater Road, near Great Doddington on January 29, 2019.
The court heard how Simms lost control of his black Nissan Navara Aventura on a bend and collided with Mr White's black Mazda travelling in the opposite direction.
Mr White died as a result of his injuries, and two of Simms' passengers - a young boy and a woman in her 30s – sustained serious injuries following the collision.
Following sentencing, lead investigator, Detective Sergeant Mahesh Patel of the Serious Collision Investigation Unit, praised Terry's family for their courage and strength.
He said: "The devastation Ross Simms' actions have caused cannot be measured. Terry was a much-loved father, grandfather, son and brother, and leaves behind family and friends, who all thought the absolute world of him. No sentence will ever make up for his death.
"I hope Simms is aware, that as result of his reckless use of the road, he has left a family completely and forever heartbroken and I hope he will use his time in prison to reflect on this fact.
"Throughout the investigation and at court, Terry's family have displayed immense courage, dignity and emotional strength, and I hope the conclusion of this case will provide them with some sort of closure and give them the time to grieve properly."
Speaking after the sentencing on behalf of Terry's family, his two daughters and son Melanie, Suzanne and Andrew, said: "The sudden loss of our father has not only affected our family but also his close friends and past students who he taught.
"The stress of trying to understand and come to terms with what happened, having to sell the family home and taking care of other matters, while also having to deal with an investigation and court case, has put a huge strain on all of the family.
"He was a huge part of all our lives and we all miss him so much. We had so many special family celebrations we were looking forward to sharing with him, and these have just not been the same without him.
"His grandson, Jacob, misses him greatly. Every other weekend he visited Dad, where they enjoyed playing games at the park or going to feed the ducks. Since Dad has gone, Jacob still gets upset that he can't go to see him anymore.
"He was also very close to his mum, who was 99-years-old, when he died. He was the one person who had been in her life the longest. We were all looking forward to celebrating her 100th birthday in January, but after Dad's death her health deteriorated and she passed away last September."

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Q: Prove That $\sum_{i=1}^{\infty}\left(\frac{1}{P_i^2}\left(1-\sum_{k=1}^{i-1}\frac{1}{P_k^2}\right)\right)=1-\frac{6}{\pi^2}$ ($P_i$ denotes the ith prime)
I recently derived this question while finding ways to express powers of natural numbers using primes.
My proof is long and tedious to work with and only works for powers of -2.
Are there similar variants to this question in history and is there a more generalised result (Im sure this is related to the Riemann Zeta Function).And if you could ,please give a better proof)
Also i checked in desmos for the first 1000 sums and it seems to be correct
Thanks a lot ☺☺☺

A: $$\sum_{i=1}^\infty\frac1{p_i^s}\left(1-\sum_{k=1}^{i-1}\frac1{p_k^s}\right)=\frac1{2^s}+\frac1{3^s}\left(1-\frac1{2^s}\right)+\frac1{5^s}\left(1-\frac1{2^s}-\frac1{3^s}\right)=\\
\sum_{p\in P}\frac1{p^s}-\sum_{p\in P}\sum_{q\in P\setminus\{p\}}\frac1{p^sq^s}=1-\prod_{p\in P}\left(1-p^{-s}\right)=1-\frac1{\zeta(s)}, \Re(s)>1$$ by the Euler product formula.

A: This is my needlessly complicated answer without using the Euler product formula.
We can express 2+3+... as
sum of multiples of 2 + sum of multiples of 3 excluding multiples 2 + Sum of multiples of 5 excluding multiples of 3 and 2 once + ... and so on for all primes.
Let us look at the nth term for this series.
$$T_n=P_n\left(\sum _{k=1}^{\infty }k-\left(\sum _{i=1}^{n-1}P_i\right)\left(\sum _{k=1}^{\infty }k\right)\right)$$
Observe that the same logic exists if we replace each term with 1/n^2
$$T_n=\frac{1}{P_n^2}\left(\sum _{k=1}^{\infty }\frac{1}{k^2}-\left(\sum _{i=1}^{n-1}\frac{1}{P_i^2}\right)\left(\sum _{k=1}^{\infty }\frac{1}{k^2}\right)\right)$$
$$=\frac{\pi ^2}{6}\left(\frac{1}{P_n^2}\left(1-\sum _{i=1}^{n-1}\frac{1}{P_i^2}\right)\right)$$
Therefore
$$\sum _{n=1}^{\infty }T_n=\frac{\pi ^2}{6}\left(\sum _{n=1}^{\infty }\frac{1}{P_n^2}\left(1−\sum _{i=1}^{n-1}\frac{1}{P_i^2}\right)\right)=\frac{\pi ^2}{6}-1$$
Implies
$$\begin{array}{l}\left(\sum _{n=1}^{\infty }\frac{1}{P_n^2}\left(1−\sum _{i=1}^{n-1}\frac{1}{P_i^2}\right)\right)=1-\frac{6}{\pi ^2}\end{array}$$

A: I actually think that the question is wrong. This is what I think the question is supposed to be:
Prove that $\Sigma_{i=1}^\infty \frac{1}{P_i^2} \left(1 - \Sigma_{k=1}^{i-1} \frac{1}{P_k^2} \left(1 - \Sigma_{j=1}^{k-1} \frac{1}{P_j^2}\left(...\right) \right)\right) = 1 - \frac{6}{\pi^2}$ where $P_k$ is the kth prime.
I do have a solution to this. Multiply the RHS by $\frac{\pi^2}{6}$, and the LHS by $\left(
\frac{1}{1^2} + \frac{1}{2^2} + \frac{1}{3^2} .... \right)$, which are both the same thing.
Now the RHS is just $\frac{\pi^2}{6} - 1$, which is just $\frac{1}{2^2} + \frac{1}{3^2} + \frac{1}{4^2} ...$
I will expand the LHS and prove that the terms match that on the RHS.
Observe that the LHS is just $\left(
\frac{1}{1^2} + \frac{1}{2^2} + \frac{1}{3^2} .... \right)\left(\Sigma \frac{1}{p_i^2} - \Sigma \frac{1}{p_i^2 p_k^2} + \Sigma \frac{1}{p_i^2 p_k^2 p_j^2} - ....\right)$ where the signs keep swapping every time and the summations are taken over all possibilities of the product of primes.
Now expand this product of infinite sums and consider the coefficient of a number $\frac{1}{n^2}$, for all $n \ge 2$, if we can prove that the coefficient is $1$, then we are done since then this will be the same as the RHS.
If $n$ is a prime, then obviously, it will appear only once in the expansion and so the coefficient is $1$.
Now, suppose $n = p_1^{\alpha_1}p_2^{\alpha_2}....p_k^{\alpha_k}$. Then, you can check that the coefficient becomes
$ 1 + \left(\binom{k}{1} - \binom{k}{2} + \binom{k}{3} ..... + (-1)^{k-1}\binom{k}{k-1}\right)$, where the second part is well known to be just $0$. So, the coefficient is always $1$ and so the proof is done
The above two solutions also work perfectly, but only when the question is changed to this. In N-N's solution, the formula for $T_n$ was incorrect as by PIE (Principle of inclusion and Exclusion), there are going to be a lot more terms as you would have overcounted and undercounted some numbers. For example, you counted the multiples of $5$ excluding mutiples of $2$ and $3$ but forgot to again add back multiples of $6$ as you had subtracted them twice.
Hope this helps :)

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Disney's Latest Film Shows the 'Soul' of New York
By Constance Gibbs December 1, 2020 December 27, 2020
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For an animated slice-of-Black-New-York-life, Disney's new Pixar film Soul joins Spider-Man: Into the Spider-verse in showing new parts of New York not typically glamorized by Hollywood. Despite being one of the most famous cities in the world, there are dozens of neighborhoods and experiences viewers never see on the silver screen. New York City isn't just the glitz and glamor of midtown, the brunch bunch of Brooklyn, or the gentrified hives in Harlem.
The new movie takes us to an ordinary Queens middle school, where Joe Gardner (Jamie Foxx) is a down-on-his-luck band teacher. On his way to a gig in the Village that could finally make his music career, he falls down a manhole and dies. After he escapes the Great Beyond, he hides out in the Great Before, where pre-souls find their "spark" before being sent to Earth to be born. His mission? Help the dispassionate, uninterested-in-humanity pre-soul Number 22 find her spark, then use it to get back to Earth in time for his gig.
©2020 Disney/Pixar
New York is the perfect place to set a movie about finding your passion. Aside from the millions of native city-goers who hustle hard every day, the city is a place of dreams for many transplants. The producers clearly agreed.
"As soon as we landed on jazz, we started to explore New York City," says co-director Pete Docter said in October. "Though jazz didn't originate there, New York is the jazz capital of America. It is a center of culture, full of immigrants and influences from around the world. It's a rich and vibrant place to feature a film."
The team from Pixar, including co-director Kemp Powers, a Brooklynite, visited New York to get the energy of the city just right.
"One place we visited was a public school in Queens, New York since that's where Joe is supposed to be a teacher in the film. While we were in Queens, we met Dr. Peter Archer, this amazingly passionate middle school jazz band teacher. And, of course, since Joe wants to play-his dream is to play in New York jazz clubs, we just had to visit a bunch of jazz clubs in Manhattan."
From the distant future, to under the sea, from the world of toys to the mere concept of emotions, Pixar has always had a way of taking abstract or big concepts and turning them into a beautiful and emotional journey. New York City is the next world on that list, and especially now, Soul makes New York look better than ever.
Soul will be streaming on Disney+ on Christmas Day.
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Published by Constance Gibbs
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Onderdistrict in Indonesië
 Baros (onderdistrict in Serang), een onderdistrict van het regentschap Serang in de provincie Bantam
 Baros (Sukabumi), een onderdistrict van het regentschap Sukabumi in de provincie West-Java
Plaats in Indonesië
 Baros (plaats in Serang), een plaats in het regentschap Serang in de provincie Bantam
 Baros (Warunggunung), een plaats in het regentschap Lebak in de provincie Bantam
 Baros (Kota Agung), een plaats in het regentschap Tanggamus in de provincie Lampung
 Baros (Pekalongan Timur), een plaats in het regentschap Pekalongan in de provincie Midden-Java
 Baros (Arjasari), een plaats in het regentschap Bandung in de provincie West-Java
 Baros (Baros, Sukabumi), een plaats in het regentschap Kota Sukabumi in de provincie West-Java
 Baros (Cimahi Tengah), een plaats in het regentschap Cimahi in de provincie West-Java
Personen
 Linda Maria Baros, Frans/Roemeens dichteres en schrijfster
 Milan Baroš, Tsjechisch voetballer
Anders
 Baros (Kaafu-atol), een van de onbewoonde eilanden van het Kaafu-atol behorende tot de Maldiven

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A very late happy New Year to everyone! This year is going to be an exciting one for me as I am moving to Melbourne to complete my studies and hopefully get an amazing job. I'm experiencing a mixed bag of emotions. I am someone who likes to be organised and in this situation it is impossible to predict how things will turn out. Where will I live and work? Will I make new friends? Will I be on the streets with a highly crafted sign in no time? If all fails I shall have to sleep on a hay bale, in a remote, European, field. It was at this point that I had to stop my mind from going into overload mode. You can't always be in control of how things turn out in life so sometimes it's best to stop stressing about all the possibilities. After all, you can't achieve much in life without taking some risks, and even though things may not always work out perfectly you are still moving forward instead of staying stagnant.
When I was younger my favourite treat after my weekend soccer game was a snickers bar! Not the best thing to eat after exercise….although when I think back I do recall that my dad ended up eating half the bar before I got to it anyway. However, these days I prefer to make my own bars so I decided to try out a vegan snickers bar! To make it even more challenging for myself (Why Tara? Why?) I opted for a date free caramel. The outcome was a delicious, ice cream like caramel filling. If you prefer a thick, gooey lsauce give this recipe a try. I have to say it seriously does taste like a real snickers bar (minus the sugar headache).
To make the caramel, mix together the coconut milk, sugar and salt in a saucepan over medium heat.
Bring to the boil and then lower the heat and simmer the sauce for around 30 minutes. Do not stir the sauce but instead swirl it in the pot and scrape down the bits that stick to the side.
Once the sauce has thickened take it off the heat and add in the vanilla and coconut oil.
Leave to cool to room temperature and then leave it in the fridge overnight to thicken further.
To make the nougat, combine the peanut butter, coconut flour and maple syrup in a bowl until well combined. Press mixture into a pan and form a rectangular shape that is about a centimeter thick.
Place it in the freezer to set.
Once the caramel is ready pour it over the nougat layer and then sprinkle the chopped peanuts over the top. Place it in the freezer to set.
Finally, to make the chocolate coating, heat the chocolate and the coconut oil in a double broiler (or pot) until melted.
Take out the set bar and cut it into even bars. Coat each bar in chocolate and place them back in the freezer to set for around 30-60 minutes.
It is better to keep the snickers bars in the freezer to avoid them melting in the heat. Plus they will keep fresh for ages!
Tastes like a Snickers bar….but a whole lot healthier ???
Will have to wait for my next baking round 😉 You will be jet setting across Europe by then!


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Scientists Seek Faster Route to Treat Depression
Por Karina Ninni, da Agência FAPESP
Treatment of depression faces two main challenges. The first is that almost 50% of patients do not respond well to existing antidepressants. The second is that conventional medications take a relatively long time – around three to five weeks – to have the desired effect. A group of researchers affiliated with the University of São Paulo (USP) in Brazil set out to tackle the second problem by using epigenetic modulators to try to "erase" the consequences of stress. Epigenetic mechanisms are part of a complex system that controls how and when genes are switched on or off.
Exposure to stress, a key trigger of depression, alters certain epigenetic markers in the brain. Many of these alterations occur in genes associated with neuroplasticity, the brain's ability to change in response to experience. Stress increases DNA methylation in these genes.
DNA methylation is a chromatin remodeling process that regulates gene expression by recruiting proteins involved in gene repression or by inhibiting the binding of transcription factors to DNA. Most existing antidepressants are designed to reduce this process.
The team led by Sâmia Joca, a professor at USP and the University of Aarhus in Denmark, decided to conduct an in-depth investigation into the action of BDNF (brain-derived neurotrophic factor), a nervous system protein with well-documented effects on the regulation of neuronal plasticity.
"Stress reduces expression of BDNF and, as shown in the literature, antidepressants have no effect if BDNF signaling is blocked. That's why we focused on BDNF," said Joca, who is affiliated with the Biomolecular Science Department at USP's Ribeirão Preto School of Pharmaceutical Sciences (FCFRP).
The group tested the hypothesis that stress increases methylation of the gene for BDNF, reducing its expression and that this reduction is linked to depressive behavior. "Our starting point was this: if we administered a genetic modulator that inhibited DNA methylation, the process wouldn't happen, BDNF levels would be normal, and there would be an antidepressant effect," Joca said. "If the antidepressant effect is indeed linked to normalization of the methylation profile, so that conventional drugs take time to work because it takes time to eliminate stress-induced alterations, we imagined that direct modulation of these epigenetic mechanisms would produce the effect rapidly. We found this was indeed the case."
They report the results in an article published in the journal Molecular Neurobiology. The first author is Amanda Juliana Sales, who was supported by FAPESP. The other authors are Izaque S. Maciel and Angélica Suavinha, researchers supervised by last author Joca and also supported by FAPESP.
"We tested two drugs, one of which is used to treat cancer (gliomas). The other is completely experimental," Joca said. "It's important to note that these drugs can't be used to treat depression because if they reduce DNA methylation unrestrictedly they'll increase the expression of several genes rather than just the gene that interests us. So there will be adverse effects. The findings point not to prospects for novel antidepressants but to an interesting angle from which to develop novel treatments."
According to Joca, to test the hypothesis that direct modulation of epigenetic mechanisms would work faster, it was necessary to use (and validate) a model that distinguished very clearly between chronic and acute treatment. The scientists first validated a stress-induced depression model in rats treated with well-known conventional drugs. In this model, called "learned helplessness", the rats were exposed to inescapable stress, followed seven days later by a situation in which it was possible to avoid stress by moving to the other side of the chamber they were in.
The results showed a higher number of failures to learn this avoidance behavior among stressed than non-stressed animals, which was expected. This trend was attenuated by chronic treatment with conventional antidepressants and acute treatment with epigenetic modulators.
"What we call learned helplessness in this model is similar to depression in humans, to the feeling that there's nothing the person can do to make the situation better," Joca said. "The model was validated and showed that when continuously treated with antidepressants, the animals returned to normal and resembled non-stressed animals in behavioral terms. However, this only happened if they were treated repeatedly. The same applies to depressed people, who have to take the drug continuously. There is no acute effect from a single dose."
The forced swimming test was also used to stress the rats, whose behavior was observed after 24 hours. In this case, too, conventional drugs reduced the level of stress-induced depression. Having validated the model, the researchers ran another series of experiments in which epigenetic modulators were found to have an antidepressant-like effect.
Retest reliability
The team tested two different drugs as modulators, 5-AzaD and RG108. Both inhibit the enzyme responsible for DNA methylation, "but they aren't chemically related," Joca explained. "We wanted to avoid the possibility that the effect was due to some non-specific mechanism in one of the drugs. So we used entirely different drugs and obtained the same result. We measured the effect at two different times, shortly after the inescapable stress in one group and before the helplessness test in the other. We observed a rapid antidepressant effect in both cases."
The next step was a molecular analysis of 5-AzaD in order to produce a methylation profile of the gene of interest. "We found that stress did indeed increase methylation of BDNF as well as TrkB, another nervous system protein, and this was moderately attenuated by our treatments," Joca said.
Because the alteration was very subtle, the researchers decided to analyze retest reliability. "Using a different model, we reproduced results of the forced swimming test and injected the drug systemically while also administering a BDNF signaling inhibitor to the cortex. This had no antidepressant effect," Joca said.
The study was a continuation of the work Joca and her team have been doing for several years. "In 2010, we published an article showing that these drugs had an antidepressant effect. Not long after that, we published another article showing that antidepressant treatment modulated DNA methylation. The interesting point in this latest study was the production of the antidepressant effect by means of an acute intervention. This is the first time epigenetic modulators have been shown to have a rapid antidepressant effect," Joca said.
Sales deu continuidade ao pós-doutorado com bolsa da FAPESP e atualmente trabalha com Francisco Silveira Guimarães , professor da Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto (FMRP) da USP.
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Croome Court stands in parkland in south Worcestershire; the house was designed by Capability Brown and Sanderson Miller, with Robert Adam designing the interior. An earlier seventeenth century house which stood on the same site was partially demolished to make way for the new house. Capability Brown is better known as a landscape gardener and after working at Stowe in Buckinghamshire, he was commissioned by the sixth Earl of Coventry to landscape the parkland surrounding Croome Court, turning wet marshy land in to a beautiful landscape park. This included damming a stream to create an artificial lake known as Croome River, a serpentine shaped lake echoing the River Severn to the west. The landscaping included the planting of numerous trees and the building of a number of follies which are described as 'eyecatchers' as their purpose was to catch the eye of visitors to the court. Capability Brown's landscaping proved very popular and he went on to landscape many country parks and gardens throughout the country, including Chatsworth and Blenheim Palace.
The National Trust took over the landscape park around Croome Court in 1997 and since then have undertaken a major restoration project to recreate Capability Brown's park. Each June the fields to the north of the court are a sea of Moon Daisies. Croome Court was built in the 1750s for the 6th Earl of Coventry, replacing an earlier house and demolishing a church which stood somewhere between the present court and Croome River to the west. The Coventry family sold Croome Court in the 1940s, for many years until the late 1970s it was a school. The house was in private ownership, however, in December 2007, it was purchased by the Croome Heritage Trust. The National Trust have leased the property on 999 year lease and opened the house to the public in September 2009.
The present Croome Court was built in the mid eighteenth century for the 6th Earl of Coventry to a design by 'Capability' Brown. An earlier house stood on the site and remains at the core of this house.
The classic view of Croome Court with the Croome River in the foreground and Croome D'Abitot church on the bank in the background.
The classic view of Croome Court on a misty October morning, the tower of Croome D'Abitot church can be seen in the background. The mute swan is one of many swans on Croome River this morning, whilst walking beside this water feature I also saw a little egret, kingfisher and many other species.
Swans silhouetted in morning mist on Croome River.
Canada geese enjoying at open ground beside the lake in Croome Landscape Park, Croome Court can be seen in the background with the Red Wing, the former kitchen quarters under protective scaffolding on the right.
Over the years a number of monarchs have visited the house, including George III, Queen Victoria and George V. During the Second World War it was home to the Dutch Royal family, who were in exile from Nazi occupation of Holland. Also, during the war, land immediately to the east of the park was used to build Defford Airfield. This airfield played a significant role in the development of Radar technology and was the site of the first blind landing. The airfield closed in the 1950s and is now used as a satellite station and West Mercia Constabulary lease part of the former airfield.
Viewed from Croome Park, the former WWII Defford Airfield is now the site of a satellite station.
After the war in the late 1940s the Coventry family had to sell the court, the 10th Earl had been killed at Dunkirk in 1940. His son became the 11th Earl of Coventry and lived in nearby Earl's Croome Court until his death in 2002. Without a surviving heir, his only son had died in 1997, Earl's Croome Court was sold after being in the Coventry family since the early seventeenth century.
Until his death in 2002 this was the home of the 11th Earl of Coventry, the house had been in the Coventry family since the 17th century. After the death of the 11th Earl the house was sold.
After Croome Court was sold in 1948 the house was a school until 1979 when the school closed and the court was purchased by the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON). During this time Croome it was renamed Chaitanya College. In June 1984, ISKCON sold Croome Court and it remained empty for a number of years, the fate of the house and its park hanging in the balance. One proposal was to convert the house into a hotel and turn the parkland into a golf course. It was at this time that the National Trust became concerned as they feared Capability Brown's first creation could be lost forever. At the time the land was owned by an insurance company, however, the trust was able to acquire the park and received a generous gift from the insurance company. This was 1997 and the National Trust commenced a ten project to restore the parkland and return it as much as possible to how it might have looked in the mid 18th century. This was a major task, particular as in recent years the land had been under arable use, and not helped by the fact that in the early 1960s the M5 motorway cut a swathe through the park.
When the National Trust acquired Croome Park this didn't include Croome Court which was owned and lived in by a property developer. In 2007, the Croome Heritage Trust purchased the court with the aid of grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund. Croome Court is now leased to the National Trust and first opened to the public in September 2009. Visitors hoping to see the house complete with furniture will be disappointed, some of the former contents which remained after the sell off after World War II are on display at Kelmarsh Hall in Northamptonshire. The longer term aim is to return pictures and furniture to Croome Court. The contents of one room, the Tapestry Room were sold by the 9th Earl in the early 20th century to a dealer in Paris. This included the ceiling, mahogany doors and surrounds, carved chair rails, chimneypiece and floors. All was later acquired by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation in 1949. In 1958, the Foundation gave it all to New York's Metropolitan Museum.
The Long Gallery occupies the entire depth of the house on the west end. The room has a magnificent plaster ceiling designed by Robert Adam.
This plaster ceiling in the Long Gallery of Croome Court was designed by Robert Adam.
The Red Wing, a red-brick building adjoining Croome Court was built as the servants' quarters and when the court was purchased by the Croome Heritage Trust in 2007 the Red Wing was not included. The building was in a parlous state and in urgent need of restoration. Eventually in 2011 the Grade 1 listed building was purchased and hopefully it future is more secure.
The Red Wing adjoins Croome Court and was once the servants quarters. The Court was purchased by the Croome Heritage Trust in 2007, however, the Red Wing remains in private ownership and as can be seen is suffering and in urgent need of repair. Viewed through the window from within Croome Court.
After years of neglect and decline the Red Wing adjoining Croome Court has been purchased and is now under scaffolding awaiting restoration. Here it is viewed through one of the windows in Croome Court.
Having acquired the Red Wing the National Trust has repaired the roof to protect the structure of the building any prevent and further deterioration of the building, though there are currently no funds available for internal restoration of the building.
The interior of the Red Wing of Croome Court. This building was acquired by the National Trust in 2011, at the time it was in a dire state with the roof open to the elements. The roof has been repaired but at present there are no funds to restore the interior.
One of the rooms in the Red Wing of Croome Court. This building was acquired by the National Trust in 2011, at the time it was in a dire state with the roof open to the elements. The roof has been repaired but at present there are no funds to restore the interior.
The church of Croome D'Abitot is dedicated to St Mary Magdalene. Inside the church there are a number of tombs to the Earls of Coventry from nearby Croome Court. The church was built in the middle of the eighteenth century and replaced an earlier church which was located adjacent to the present Croome Court.
Evening sun lighting the tower of Croome D'Abitot church, viewed here from the west. The church was built in the 1750s, part of 'Capability' Brown's landscaping of Croome Park for the 6th Earl of Coventry. This church replaced an early church which was situated near Croome Court.
This Grade I listed building was built in 1763 by Capability Brown for the Earl of Coventry. The original medieval church which was situated adjacent to the previous 17th century house was demolished, and this replacement was built on rising ground to the north east of the new house. The interior of the church was designed by Robert Adam. Some of the seventeenth century family memorials were transferred from the original church. This church is in the care of Churches Conservation Trust.
Within the church there are a number of memorials to members of the Coventry family.
Effigy of Thomas, 1st Lord Coventry who was Lord Keeper to Charles I, who died in 1639. In front of the effigy is a cushion and a mace. This monument was originally placed in old Croome Church and moved to this newer church when it was built as a replacement in the 18th century.
A reclining effigy of the 2nd Lord Coventry who died in 1661.
The effigy of the 4th Lord Coventry reaches out to the figure of Faith who used to hold a crown. Unfortunately the crown was lost when the monument was moved from the old church to the new church in the 18th century.
Monument in St Mary's Church, Croome D'Abitot to the 4th Lord Coventry who died in 1687. The monument which was originally placed in the earlier church was sculpted by Grinling Gibbons.
Effigy of Mary, wife of the 2nd Lord Coventry, who died in child birth in 1634.
Interestingly one of the finest memorials, that of the 1st Earl of Coventry is not in this church. Due to a family dispute the memorial was placed in Elmley Castle church a few miles to the east of Croome.
The 1st Earl of Coventry's country seat was Croome Court and this magnificent memorial was meant to be placed in Croome church. The memorial was sculpted by William Stanton for the earl's widow and second wife Elizabeth (nee Grimes). However, due to a dispute between the earl's sons and their step-mother, the Coventry family wouldn't allow the memorial to be placed in the church at Croome. The dispute arose after the death of the earl's first wife, Winifred, and a year later in 1695 he married Elizabeth, one of his servants, who at 25 years old was more than forty years his junior. She was the niece of his house keeper and the sister of a Thames waterman. She claimed her name was Elizabeth Graham. After the death at 70 of the 1st Earl on 15 July, 1699, she inherited a large amount of his estate and within a few months married Thomas Savage of Elmley Castle, hence the memorial tomb of her first husband was placed in Elmley Castle church.
The Rotunda in Croome Landscape Park was designed and built by Lancelot 'Capability' Brown between 1754-7. Croome Landscape Park in now in the care of the National Trust.
The Rotunda stands on rising ground to the east of the house; it was designed by Capability Brown and built between 1754-7.
The Park Seat, also known as the Owl's Nest, was designed by Robert Adam and built between 1770-2. It stands in Croome Landscape Park at the southern end of Croome River. The park in now in the care of the National Trust.
Better known as the Park Seat it was built in 1770-2 by Adam and has recently been restored. It is situated at the southern end of the park, overlooking the parkland and Croome River.
The Pershore gate to Croome Court is better known as the London Arch. The arch was designed by Robert Adam in 1759, it possibly is based on the Roman Arch in Pula which Adam saw in 1757, though it is more likely to be inspired by the Temple of the Sun at Palmyra.
The Pershore gateway is known as the London Arch and was the main entrance to the house. The arch was designed by Robert Adam in 1759; it resembles the Roman arch at Pula in the Balkans, though it is thought it is inspired by the Temple of the Sun at Palmyra. There used to be railings either side, though these were most likely removed during the war for ammunition. These gates now provide private access to the privately owned residential court mews.
Croome Court reflected in the waters of Croome River. Croome River is in fact not a river at all but a landscaped serpentine lake created in the mid-18th century by Lancelot 'Capability' Brown for the 6th Earl of Coventry.
This bridge was structurally weak and was replaced in early 2013 by a more robust wooden bridge SO8844 : Brand-new footbridge SO8844 : New footbridge in Croome Park, better able to cater for the number of visitors to Croome Park.
The National Trust acquired Croome Landscape Park in 1997 and had a ten year restoration project which included dredging Croome River which was becoming choked with reeds as is evident here.
Trees reflected in Croome River which was created in the eighteenth century by 'Capability' Brown when he landscaped the parkland for the 6th Earl of Coventry.
Designed by Capability Brown in 1765, originally this Grotto was decorated with cystals, fossils, shells and corals, though over the years these have been plundered. Since this picture was taken in 2005, some restoration has been carried out by the National Trust.
The grotto and various features were designed by Capability Brown. Due to years of neglect the lake, known as Croome River, was silting up and part of the National Trust's restoration involved removing 50,000 cubic metres of silt and vegetation from the lake. Nearby are the Punch Bowl gates designed by Wyatt in 1793 to 1794. On one of the islands in the lake is the temple pavilion (1776-7).
Island Temple in Croome Park was built in 1776-7, though there is some doubt as to the architect, Capability Brown is believed to be the most likely designer however there is a possibility it may have been Robert Adam as he submitted a bill to Lord Coventry at the time. It is unclear if the bill was for this temple or Park Seat, which is also known as Owl's Nest and stands at the southern end of the park.
There is some doubt as to the designer of the Island Temple which is believed to date from 1776-8. Capability Brown is the most likely designer though bills from the time indicate it could be designed by Robert Adam. In 1778, Coade plaques were added to the inside walls. Island Temple is a Grade I listed building.
Temple Greenhouse was built in 1763 to a design by Robert Adam for the 6th Earl of Coventry who grew exotic plants in it.
Designed by Robert Adam and completed in 1763, the Temple Greenhouse housed the Earl's collection of exotic plants. During the winter it was heated by a fire lit in a brick bothy at the back, and then the heat was channelled underneath through gaps in the floor. This building has undergone restoration with the replacement of large sash windows to the front (pictured before restoration). For many years they were missing. The Temple Greenhouse is a Grade I listed building.
Situated on Knight's Hill, this Grade I listed building was designed by James Wyatt in 1801, though it was based on an earlier design by Robert Adam. Construction began in 1805 and it was not completed until 1812, three years after the earl's death in 1809. The National Trust purchased the Panorama Tower in 2009 and have since restored it. Standing in a prominent position this folly is clearly visible to those passing by on the M5 motorway.
This eyecatcher folly stands on rising ground known as Rabbit Bank, to the north of the park. It was purchased by the National Trust in 2009 and was restored. Prior to restoration it was in urgent need of repair with thick ivy growing on it (pictured here before restoration).
Standing almost a mile to the south of Croome Court is Dunstall Castle; it is situated on Dunstall Common beside a minor road. When built it was visible from Croome Court, though today it is hidden from view by a narrow strip of woodland known as The Belt. Designed by Robert Adam, this eyecatcher folly was built between 1766-7. Over the years this folly deteriorated and some of the masonry had fallen from the three towers. A turret from the central tower had completely collapsed. The National Trust purchased this folly in 2009 and have restored it and replaced the missing central turret.
The low winter sunshine casting a long shadow of Dunstall Castle across Dunstall Common below. Just visible in the distance is the Rotunda Tower and to the left partially obscured by trees is Croome Court.
After many years of neglect Dunstall Castle, a folly designed by Robert Adam in 1766/7 for the 6th Earl of Coventry, was acquired by the National Trust and restored. The restoration work included rebuilding the observation turret which had collapsed many years ago. Here the internal brickwork and the castellations of the restored tower can be seen.
The Worcester Gate lodge dates from 1801, and rebuilt in 1879. This lodge was beside the entrance to the drive from the west. The construction of the M5 motorway cut this lodge off from the main parkland.
Broadway Tower pictured here on a very clear summer evening, it is supposed to be possible to see thirteen counties from the tower. The view in the background includes much of northern Worcestershire and beyond to the West Midlands.
Though not at Croome, Broadway Tower was built for the sixth Earl of Coventry to a design by James Wyatt in 1799. The tower was built on the Spring Hill estate, then owned by the earl. It was said that a beacon was lit at the top of the tower to warn those at Croome of the imminent arrival of Lord Coventry when returning from London. The Spring Hill estate was sold by the Coventry family in the nineteenth century; now in Broadway Tower Country Park, the tower is open to the public.
These cottages are built in a familiar architectural style and can be found in a number of villages in south Worcestershire as they were built by the Croome Estate. They were built over a period of years through the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries during the life of the 9th Earl of Coventry.
The large Croome estate owned land in many parishes and built cottages such as these and today many of the now privately owned estate cottages are evident such as these in Earl's Croome.
Like many aristocratic families, along with their country estate they also had a house in London, though in the case of the Earls of Coventry the house, which was situated on Piccadilly, was sold off many years ago.
At present 106 Piccadilly the London campus of 'Limkokwing University of Creative Technology' Link At the time the picture was taken in 2006 the building housed an international language centre.
The house used to be the London home of the Earl's of Coventry, the 6th Earl of Coventry bought the house in 1764 from Sir Henry Hunloke for 10,000 guineas. Sir Henry had had the house built in 1761, the architect is unknown though it may have been Matthew Brettingham the Elder. It is situated next to the Park Lane Hotel opposite Green Park. By the mid nineteenth century the Coventry family had abandoned their London residence and in 1878 it became the home of the gentlemens StJames's Club.


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Attending the Standards Institute was like a rebirth for me, and I am positive that I am not alone in that sentiment. In more than 15 years of professional learning, this was the first conference I have attended designed entirely within an equity framework. I'm not speaking about the surface-level construct of equity that tends to be put in air quotes when discussed in a meeting. I am speaking of the level of understanding that makes you feel awakened or "woke". I am becoming more comfortable in the uncomfortable space in which equity resides—the space inhibited by race, bias, racism and the potential for a very real change for our students, particularly those who are underserved. At the Standards Institute I learned that while many of our students have unfinished learning, we as educational leaders do too.
Currently, I serve as an instructional leader in the 6th largest district in the nation, which can be incredibly challenging and equally rewarding. I was grateful for the opportunity to attend the Standards Institute. My colleagues who attended previous Institutes spoke about feelings of enlightenment, a sense of revival, networking, access to new resources, and the many benefits gained by spending five days learning with like-minded people. I expected to have a similar experience, and I did. However, I did not anticipate the powerful way my experience at the Institute would empower me to reassess and take more intentional action to support my district's implementation of standards-based practices within an equity framework.
Attend to the language of the standards.
Examine bias and its role in our work and learning.
Commit to adaptive change with the shifts.
In every session, the five charges were intentionally woven throughout the learning. As the days progressed, I often ended sessions wondering why we still are not doing the work we know is necessary to effectively educate all students in our district. I left each session also reflecting on what it means to be an advocate for equity even when that requires speaking truth to power and calling out bias when I'm the only one who sees it. It has been more than a month since the conference and I still grapple daily with the weight of taking on this work. Post-Institute, I have implemented into my professional practice three processes that support the collaborative leadership required to achieve the Institute's five charges.
1. Take the time you need to reflect, and then make a decision.
When it comes to pushing for equity, you have to be all in. If you stay in your comfort zone, you cannot confront the systemic biases that prevent achievement for all students. In her keynote, Kate Gerson told us that equity requires the convergence of high-quality curriculum and instruction. Hearing that was like a gut punch, and it prompted me to reconsider how to bring a higher level of integrity to professional learning in my school district. While I was learning, I began identifying the actions we would need to accomplish our charges. Change takes time, but how long can our students afford to wait? How many lives could potentially be lost while teachers and leaders grapple with their own unfinished learning?
Returning to my district, I had to make some tough decisions.
Do I stay in my lane or do I build a new one?
What would that new lane look like?
Who would lock arms with me to do this critical work?
Until the Institute, I didn't recognize the distance to which I would have to travel in order to influence a shift. Before the Institute, I believed that knowledge is power. Now I know that more important than the knowledge itself is how you use it. The power to influence change is in the doing, and that requires both a sense of urgency and reflective practice over time.
2. Leverage your vibe to attract your tribe.
Once you are committed to equity, it is imperative that you surround yourself with like-minded stakeholders who are not afraid to push one another's thinking and practice. In the past, I've built professional relationships that depended on my treading lightly in the political terrain. Now I understand that this work requires taking a stand even if you start out being the only one standing. I understand that this work will require me to be more courageous, reflective, and action-oriented especially in the face of adversity. Leaders must not be afraid to go first and then to attract others by example. If you are currently standing on your own in this work, try to think outside of the box. This may require looking beyond your immediate group and taking the initiative to find like minds in other schools, districts, and organizations.
Equity work is life or death for many of our students. Achievement for all students will require all of us to listen to understand not to respond, to judge less, and to show mercy for ourselves and colleagues along the way. This work will also require leaders to become more inclusive and considerate in making decisions that impact those stakeholders often left out of the most critical conversations about teaching and learning. It is imperative that our students and parents also have a voice that we honor by inviting them to participate in the conversations that may determine the trajectory of their family's lives. All school communities deserve to feel confident that students are being taught by culturally competent educators who are using high-quality and standards-aligned curriculum to ensure student achievement today and in the future.
3. Start with the bright spots.
Sometimes I felt overwhelmed at the Standards Institute, which is like the Superbowl of professional learning. For one whole week, I was deeply engaged in learning, surrounded by thousands of educators who are also passionate and inspired. By the end of the week, the reality settled in that we were all going back to our respective communities without our new colleagues and friends to help us do the work. I wondered how I would return to my district community and identify what's not working, what we need to fix or even give up in order to do better.
If you are in this position, I recommend beginning with a needs assessment. First, consider what is working well in your community, celebrate success, and take action by applying the most relevant ideas you learned. Also acknowledge that there may be professional loyalties, policies, time, and money invested in current curriculum and programs. Know that it is equally important to move beyond the current state of affairs and to have courageous conversations about any program, or part of a program, that is no longer serving in the best interest of achievement for all students.
Elicia Bennett is a passionate and intuitive educational leader with more than 15 years of experience serving and leading diverse school districts and organizations. Her career began in Illinois as a high school English teacher and she currently resides in sunny South Florida where she serves the students, teachers, and families of Broward County Public Schools as a Supervisor in the Department of Teacher Professional Learning and Growth and as a district Equity Liaison.
Additionally, she is a proud member of the Executive Board for the National Black Child Development Institute (NBCDI), Ft. Lauderdale Affiliate. In each of these roles, she is a mother who holds her two boys at the center of her inspiration to ensure that all students, particularly those underserved, have access to a competitive and high-quality education that embraces and honors their individual and collective identities as scholars and citizens.


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BIRMINGHAM (TAB, rocketcitynow.com) — Two more Alabama cities have voted to allow Sunday alcohol sales. In both Guntersville and Albertville on Aug. 25, voters approved Sunday sales but votes were close in Albertville.
The Albertville vote was 1,162–1,001 in favor of Sunday alcohol sales, according to rocketcitynow.com. In Guntersville the margin was larger with 940–409 in favor.
Joe Godfrey, executive director of Alabama Citizens Action Program, said money plays a large part in the passing of Sunday alcohol sales.
"The pro-alcohol folks have a lot more money to promote a 'yes' than the opponents. … On the other hand churches that are fighting Sunday alcohol sales must scrape together a little money from their missions and ministry accounts in order to voice heir opposition.
But when alcohol-related problems arise, Godfrey said, it's churches that are called on help.
The Sunday sales will not start until all votes have been certified, a process that takes about a week on average.
See the Sept. 3 issue for the full story.
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Postcard: A trip to Kerala – 'God's Own Country'
Ashlee Starratt explores the idyllic backwaters of 'God's Own Country' in the riotously vibrant south Indian state of Kerala.
To travel to India is a rite of passage, and to embrace it fully is to give oneself over to an assault on the senses. From the cacophonous clatter of horns amid the controlled chaos of its traffic, to a neon rainbow of saris, fruit-stands and shops crammed chock-a-block, to the sizzle, scent, and spice of roadside vada vendors and tea-stalls, and the haze, heat, and humidity offset by the deluge of its monsoon rains.
Welcome to Kerala, the land of coconuts – God's Own Country. Long a favourite of backpackers to India's south, it's a retreat away from the throngs of Mumbai or the hedonism of Goa for those seeking the restorative properties of its yoga ashrams and ayurvedic tradition. Its size is such that with a good week to 10 days intrepid wanderers can cover a lot of ground for sight-seeing. While most opt to fly into the larger and more northerly city of Kochin, travelers shouldn't overlook the advantages of touching down in Trivandrum, the state capital further south. It's a prime jumping-off point to access some of the state's most gorgeous beaches and ayurvedic retreats.
Just a 25-minute drive from Trivandrum International Airport and you're in the beach-side tourist hub of Kovalam, with its long sandy stretches of unspoiled coastline, dotted with small, stand-alone resorts and hotels, restaurants, shops and the like. You won't find any of the large-scale hotel chains here in Kerala – so doing your research ahead of time for accommodation is key.
We stayed in the Udaya Samudra Beach Hotel – the second largest property in the area after The Leela Kovalam and, while it was an older resort, it's rustic esthetic still managed to charm – as did happy hours by any one of its three pools, along with the healing properties of its traditional ayurvedic spa.
For city explorers, Trivandrum itself offers up some notable landmarks for visitors such as Padmanabhaswamy Temple – the golden Hindu shrine dedicated to Vishnu, the Napier Museum and its surrounding botanical gardens which also house the Trivandrum Zoo, or hop in one of the many auto-rickshaws and take in the colonial architecture of the city centre as you pass along its congested streets.
Day-trippers who want to hire a driver can head out to explore nearby Kanyankumari. A three-hour drive from the capital in the neighbouring state of Tamil Nadu, it's the southernmost tip of the subcontinent and marks the point where three bodies of water meet – the Indian Ocean, the Arabian Sea, and the Bay of Bengal. Considered a holy place, people flock to watch the sunrise and sunset over its island temple, which is presided over by a 133-metre tall stone statue of the Tamil scholar Tiruvalluvar.
No trip to Kerala is complete without experiencing its iconic backwaters by houseboat. A chain of channels, estuaries, lagoons, and lakes located in the state's Alappuzha District that once marked the heart of the region's trade routes, it's a traditional way of life for those who live by the shores of its waterways. To navigate the backwaters on a houseboat is to be transported to a simpler time – the sheer beauty of sky, palm trees, and water, and the snapshots of life along their banks.
All houseboats come equipped with A/C, showers, and all mod-cons, while the onboard staff will prepare what's most likely to be some of the best Keralan cuisine you'll have on your trip – think rich sambars, sweet pineapple pulisseri, fiery fish and prawn curries, piping-hot dosa and succulent coconut chutneys. This is Kerala's heart on a plate.
Finally, no trip to God's Own Country would be complete without making the trek to the hill stations of Munnar to drink in their sweeping vistas and wander the iconic tea plantations. Located in the Western Ghats mountain range about a five-hour drive from Trivandrum, Munnar was a former resort area during the Colonial period for the British Raj elite. Today, it continues to draw visitors seeking breathing space against a backdrop straight out of a fairy-tale.
My favourite place- Varkala Beach. A 90-minute drive from Trivandrum, head to Varkala in the off-season of March or April, when no throngs of tourists crowd its cliffside shops, bars, restaurants, and resorts. You'll have the beach practically to yourself to take a dip in its sacred waters. It's said those who bathe here will have their sins washed away with the tide.
Highlights- Visit mid-August to take in the state-wide Hindu Onam festival celebrations, head to Poovar for a mini-boat excursion along its Arjuna backwaters, and scale the Vizhinjam Lighthouse for one of the most breath-taking views in all of Kovalam Beach.
Lowlights- Travel from June onwards and you're edging into monsoon season. Expect power outages, flooding, and flight delays. Also, the mosquitoes are relentless – and, while malaria is still considered low-risk in Kerala it's best to take simple precautions such as the use of bug-spray and prescription anti-malarials.
Souvenirs- Traditional elephant carvings or Kathakali masks, intricate sari fabrics, gold bangles, and a bag of Kerala's ubiquitous fresh banana chips!
Getting there- Oman Air flies daily to Trivandrum and Kochin. Once in Kerala navigating can be tricky. While there are auto-rickshaws aplenty, language barriers can sometimes be an issue. For day-trips and longer journeys it's recommended to hire a driver – this can be done through a travel agency or tour operator through your hotel.
Where to stay- The two largest resorts in Kovalam are The Leela Kovalam and Udaya Samudra Beach Resort; there's also a Radisson Blu in Alappuzha. And, while all hotel categories are available, it's best to do your research online before booking – Trip Advisor and Booking.com are good places to start.
Top 5 things to do
1. Explore the Thekkady region's Periyar National Park, a wildlife refuge for tigers and elephants.
2. Try the spicy fish-head curry from one of the local toddy shops along the river while house-boating in Alappuzha.
3. Wander the historic district of Fort Kochi and its melting pot of cultural influences – Indo-Portuguese, Dutch, Chinese, Jain, and more.
4. Eat with your hands. Try it – you'll be surprised. It's the Keralan way and your food tastes better when you have a connection to it.
5. Climb the Ponmudi, or 'Golden Peak' hill station, and navigate its 22 hairpin turns.
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  {
    length: 3,
    get 0() { steps.push("0"); return 1; },
    get 1() { steps.push("1"); return 2; },
    get 2() { steps.push("2"); return 4; },
  };

var seenThis = "not seen";
function argsAsArray()
{
  seenThis = this;
  steps.push("3");
  return Array.prototype.map.call(arguments, function(v) { return v; });
}

var res = argsAsArray.apply(thisObj, argsAccessors);
assertEq(seenThis, thisObj, "saw wrong this");

assertEq(steps.length, 4, "wrong steps: " + steps);
for (var i = 0; i < 3; i++)
  assertEq(steps[i], "" + i, "bad step " + i);
assertEq(steps[3], "3", "bad call");

assertEq(res.length, 3, "wrong return: " + res);
for (var i = 0; i < 3; i++)
  assertEq(res[i], 1 << i, "wrong ret[" + i + "]: " + res[i]);

/******************************************************************************/

if (typeof reportCompare === "function")
  reportCompare(true, true);

print("All tests passed!");

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub