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Even more obviously Margaux, possibly Palmer, than the 1970. Extremely sweet and gentle without anything in excess. Seriously seductive on the nose – even the final pour almost an hour after the first one. Quite exceptional length. This just curls itself around the palate like the most languorous cat. I remember enjoying this wine as long ago as the late 1970s. What an admirably long life it has had.


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The atom casts its shadow
With all this talk about the Higgs boson's possible discovery this week, it's refreshing to also have news about a component of the universe we are intimately familiar with: the atom.
Atoms are the building blocks of everything you see around you. They can be further broken down into protons, neutrons and electrons. Theoretically, they have mass because of the Higgs boson, a particle that may have been detected for the first time at the Large Hadron Collider.
This week Australian scientists released this first-ever image of the shadow of the atom.
Why is that important? It could pave the way for the future of biological imaging, not to mention quantum computing, according to Cosmos. The research was done at the Centre for Quantum Dynamics at Griffith University in Brisbane, Queensland, and published in the journal Nature Communications.
Read more about this study in Cosmos
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Interesting how 150 years ago very few scientists even believed that atoms existed.
July 7, 2012 at 1:31 pm |
PhillyFilly
No, that's just your reflection on the screen.
Badda-bing!
July 7, 2012 at 12:47 pm |
FrayedJeff
Where is Eve's shadow?
Ah, ha-ha, I saw what you did there! o_0
July 7, 2012 at 11:53 am |
$tillRun!n1@Ya.Com
Shadow of an atom you say?....Kinda looks like a whispering eye to me.
bobincal
Ytterbium (pronounced ih-tur-bee-uhm) is a very large atom. It has 70 protons and 103 neutrons in its nucleus, and 70 electrons in 6 shells around the nucleus (including 32 in shell 4). You can see the shadow of the nucleus in black. Are the yellow bands the 6 electron shells? I wonder if they will be able to trap the shadow of a smaller more common atom like oxygen.
The shells aren't actually physical locations but are mathematical constructs representing probability of finding electrons in that region. The same goes for the specific electron shells (e.g., s, the three p, five d and seven f). The lines are probably related to the resolution of the imaging system.
I thought the circles had to do with the lens, but I might be wrong. It did say it was like a lighthouse lens which has rings in it instead of the curve of a normal camera lens. That's just what I as.sumed they were talking about.
July 8, 2012 at 3:17 am |
CanOnTo
OMG, it looks like Jesus!!!
Nice, so we captured a shadow of an atom. So we can send a Maytag washer into space and far off distances. But why in hells dumptruck can't we figure out how to keep my satellite system from going out when it rains.
Do you really have nothing better to do than waste your time posting things that have nothing to do with the topic? I fail to grasp how people don't understand how stupid it makes their opinions look – regardless of their validity. Wait till an actual article on 9/11 comes along before posting this stuff.
I find the continuing discoveries of science and the men and women who work to find them to be remarkable. I find poorly written argumentative comments with baseless facts, facts not pertaining to the article itself, rambling nonsense and evident stupidty from my fellow humans who would comment on said articles to be sad and rediculous. Why don't we just comment with relivant knowledge and not just our hands at the keyboard?
richunix
Amazing, simple amazing.....one step closer in understanding the universe we are part of....
hooch
Full Of Watermelon!!!!!
moab2go
I agree – it is amazing.
@hmmm: I hope you are in the third grade, because I believe it was somewhere around the fourth grade that we learned that Africa is a continent, not a country.
Unless your from Alaska.
wisdom4u2
It's *you're*
You scientist need to just leave crap alone.. !
Says the guy using a computer and the internet, which wouldn't exist without scientists doing their jobs?
brownsalwaysrebuilding
Without Atomic Theory and Quantum Mechanics you wouldn't be using that computer right now.
PeriSoft
@ffd
I have to say that this is the first time I've seen someone utilize 'sh1thead' in a post about quantum mechanics. I'm not sure whether it's depressing or heartening.
FWIW, I think that some of the recent processors have gained some R&D help, at least, from the 'older' quantum knowledge. And it's already been a while since quantum encryption has been used in banking transactions; if you consider that part of computing, then it's certainly been put to practical use.
Really, it's kind of like the Euro – you don't know whether you have money until you've looked at it...
acajunthatsagun
Power was provided from kangaroo poo.
bradleyben
I know the name of a GOOD science reporter – (ahem) Miles O'Brien.
BS!! Looks like a booger shown in yellow, orange and black pixels.
mdamone
Quantum computing!! Unbelievably huge. Don't believe in predicting the future? Check out Quantum computing and the tiny FRACTION of what we know it to be capable of....
AnonObserver
CNN needs to hire Kip Thorne (Cal Tech) or Brian Greene (Columbia) – or both – to write these nuclear/subatomic physics articles.
Oakstave
If it sees it's shadow, we will have six more weeks of winter.
Paul S
Just a quick correction: many people are saying that the Higgs Boson is what gives fundamental particles their mass. That's not true. The Higgs Boson gives some tiny fraction of the mass of fundamental particles. Most mass is created by interactions described by Quantum Chromo Dynamics. Even if the Higgs Boson did not exist, the proton mass would be almost exactly what it is now.
glenview0818
Not true!
BetterDeadThanFed
I knew it! This is why Weebles wobble but they don't fall down! Amazing!
To everyone below: The CNN article is very stripped down. If you go read the article, you will get some insight into how they setup the experiment, thought from a scientist's perspective I would not take much from that article either. It is poorly written and it is clear that whoever wrote the article has no clue what they are talking about. This sentences from cosmos is especially hilarious, "Current techniques like biomarkers cause severe damage to biological samples, like DNA and cells." I am not familiar with a "biomarker" technique of imaging..lolol. I think something was lost in translation.
Also, no, this is not the first time an atom has been visualized, but it is the first time that a shadow has been mapped out (as the article stats). AFM and STM are perfectly valid at "visualizing" the samples. Probing atoms using atomic force microscopy and scanning tunneling are just as valid as optical approaches (if not more valid) for detecting a single atom.
I suppose this means there will be six more weeks of winter.
No brad thats for groundhogs. For something this small you get six more nano seconds. silly!
William, that's pretty funny.
ADiff
I'm venturing a guess the 'shadow' is cast in such way as to appear significantly larger than the atom which cast it. I say this because the image is composed of a large number of individual pixels, and even at higher wavelengths I'm not sure any individual pixilation could be substantially 'smaller' than any individual atom. At any rate given the image is what it purports to be, it's fascinating! Especially interesting is the 'wavy' area around the central region. Does this just represent distortion around the image? Or is it 'part and parcel' of the overall image of the atom, which, of course, is largely made up of 'space' around a very much smaller nucleus. I will have to see if I can find a better description of exactly what it is we're supposed to be looking at. Irrespective, this is brilliant work, deserving of high acclaim, however precisely what is claimed, as bringing us farther along the road to extremely high level resolution of microscopic objects, with great potential in many areas of healthcare, biological research, and material science. Bravo!
GEdwards
The shadow of an atom? Not likely. Isn't the wavelength of visible light is longer than the size of an atom, thereby making it impossible to see an atom or its shadow?
More likely it's similar to an echo that is a magnified shadow.
ddblah
what if you use X-ray?
Dear Sir, as a scientist who specializes in imaging your comment is about 10 years obsolete – I myself have imaged at 20nm, using light microscopy, which is 10 fold shorter than the wavelength, at approx 220nm – it is called super-resolution and has been around since the introduction of Leica's 4Pi of which I used, followed by STED and then the single resolution molecular scopes or PALM scopes, and Biplane as well – so your matter of fact comment is a bit behind by a decade or so
publiccries
Most people on here know little of the tech. of science,easier to make dumba$$ remarks than read,this is very cool to me a 15 year science hobbiest,sounds like you have a very remarkable career cheers, beam me out here please!!,
closetiguana
I thought this was done before, like over a decade ago.
I think that was seeing the atom itself with a microscope, though i'm not sure.
It was very intersting that CNN reported that they found the "God Particle" and that the "Apocalypse Gate" was destroyed on the same day. Oh CNN you make me giggle!
CADude
It's astounding how every article published must be politicized in one way or another. We, as a culture, need to grow up get over ourselves. In the larger scheme of life here on Earth, out politics are just are not that important.
LoLcAtZ
The fact that an atom has a shadow isn't surprising. The fact that it was able to be recorded is.
iammeyouareyou
In the end, the God-hating scientists of the world will find the "God" particle. And then they will find GOD. For they will find that God made the "God" particle and everything else in the universe. It did not just spontanelously blow up and appear one day on its own like the "Big Bangers" want you to believe. GOD MADE IT HAPPEN !!!
Morrigan in Oregon
Actually, it is really not necessary to have a 'God' .
I mean we can be moral and decent to each other with out threat of hellfire.
Matter of fact the threat of hellfire to do what I would do anyway is rather offensive.
No one will get into heaven by being afraid of going to hell.
dont need God? why don't you take a look at the bloodshed and hatred in athiests countries like Africa and Russia.
@Hmmmm
Furthermore, European countries that are the MOST atheistic (2005 data) include France, Czech Republic, Netherlands, Belgium, Estonia, Germany, Sweden, Luxemburg, etc. etc. etc... Surely these heathenistic countries are just rife with violence... oh wait... no they're not.
GOD, do you sound like a dope.
You are kind of outdated. No one thinks the universe was "created' by the big bang, but that a previously existing very compact universe rapidly expanded due to quantum variations in the Higgs field in the primordial universe. How long this primordial universe existed before expansion, and where it came from are totally unknown.
If you want, there is still room for God in cosmic science.
Yes, this is known as "the God of the gaps". Unfortunately, saying God dunnit, doesn't advance human knowledge. As long as people accept the gaps in scientific knowledge be filled by God dunnit, when science does finally explain these gaps, God, eventually is displaced to where he belongs: Oblivion.A
Marine5484
Actually the name god particle came from the media not the physicists and other scientist who were trying to discover the particle. They called it the god damn particle because it is so hard to detect. Your argument is moot.
notbridge
So, if you can't concieve of a universe not created by some god-like being, then answer me this: "Who created God?". Imagining a God to create everything just moves the creation dilemma one step higher. Does God have a God that created Him? How about THAT God? Who created Him? It never ends....once you assume that a God created everything then there are just more Gods higher up the astral plane, so to speak. I prefer to assume there is no God and believe my five senses and intelligence.
I bet it is a giant fractal that keeps repeating itself forever. always has, always will. Can I prove that? No. Can anyone? Probably not. Does it matter? Not to me.
But you have the same dilemma and can be asked the same questions. Where did this 'primordial universe' come from? What caused the 'Big Bang" to happen? Where did the 'stuff' come from that composes our universe? You believe it was just there and I believe in a divine Creator.
Jaysun
I think you misunderstand why they call it the "God" particle. The man who named the Higgs Boson finds calling the phrase "God" particle offensive to religious people, which judging by your sentiment, clearly demonstrates that.
He originally called it the "goddam" particle because it was so hard to find. It was meant to be a joke but it was advertised as the "god" particle for marketing purposes. It actually has nothing to do with God. If you don't believe me, just look it up.
He originally called it the "g.o.d.d.a.m." particle because it was so hard to find. It was meant to be a joke but it was advertised as the "god" particle for marketing purposes. It actually has nothing to do with God. If you don't believe me, just look it up.
tet1953
It will be funny if they find that due to Higg's a shadow does in fact have mass.
Looks like an innie belly button to me
Very very awesome. And to think 100 years from now this information will be obsolete. Where will science be then.
Pushed underground by religion, probably.
Only in the US, the Vatican and all the fundementalist Islamic countries.
"I have a little atom, that goes in and out with me..." "The atom's shadow knows...bruhahahaha!" "Without an atom's shadow of a doubt..." "Its now the Atomic Shadow Age!...Yee Haw!" Does this also mean Atom-Ant can now see his shadow? I think the image was made on an Etch-A-Sketch! Are the rings around the dark (ripples) the electrons going around and round?? More funny comments please!!!
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vancouverron
Still waiting for the first one.
"I have a little atom, that goes in and out with me..." "The atom's shadow knows...bruhahahaha!" "Without an atom's shadow of a doubt..." "Its now the Atomic Shadow Age!...Yee Haw!" Does this also mean Atom-Ant can now see his shadow? I think the image was made on an Etch-A-Sketch! Are the rings around the dark (ripples) the electrons going around and round?? Mor funny comments please!!!
Rod C. Venger
Maybe they should have imaged the actual atom instead.
STTM
Individual Xenon atoms were imaged in 1989 and published in Science. It was the very first image of its kind and is still an awsome accomplishment.
Since atoms are too small for a light wave lenghth to bounce off of, how is it possible for it to have a shadow?
Phil from MD
Here's some more info for those interested:
http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/news/5756/scientists-capture-world%E2%80%99s-first-atom-shadow
oussu
Phil – the article you referenced is actual reporting. thanks. CNN, you suck.
Very interesting. I wonder what the shadow is being cast upon. Other atoms of some material? How exactly did they detect the shadow of an atom, more information please. Is it a large atom casting a shadow on a group of smaller atoms?
It's a single atom. That much is certain. It is lazy journalism. At the very least they should have found out which atom it is.
As for what it's being cast on, my guess is it's a similar technique to electron microscopy. A magnified shadow would be getting cast on a particle detector. I won't make a guess as to what kind of particle. Could be photons, could be electrons, or something more exotic.
I think it would be a larger atom like Uranium. Many of you might think, well isn't that radioactive? Well, it is but it is not dangerous at all.
Since when is the atom a "particle"?
Must be summer intern season again.
thebigmexi
@Timetraveler– I was thinking the EXACT same thing. I can't take this write-up seriously after that first sentence.
Not all particles are subatomic. Google "particle, definition".
Colin Morgan
If you turn it sideways, you can see an image of the virgin mary.
Lliam1306
It does look like an @ with an "e" instead of an "a" with an echo.
That's my toilet flushing after my out of character bender in celebration of geek nirvana. .
There. Are. No. Gods!
What an exciting time to live in! All these discoveries at once! Quick question. . . Where is the shadow picture of (insert name of made up god here)? Oh there isn't one? Hmmmm, perhaps that is because one does not exist. There are no gods!
It's the shadow of the FSM. Finally proof of His existence. May his noodly appendage touch you. FSM be with you.
YES LOL
Are you trying to convince us?.....or just yourself?....
Emeljay
Atom gets EVEn.
I'm pretty sure this is actually the shadow of Sanjay Gupta's intellect.
TheOriginalMe
For sure a lot bigger than yours
MikeForNewYawk
Does this mean we get 6 more weeks of winter?
6 billion more years for the cosmos.
More like 6 more years of funding for the Large Hadron Collider and it is well deserved.
laughing horse
Now that was funny!
ArthurP
So is the atom is a shadow of its former self.
It always amazes me how everyone knows what a stom is and what it is made of yet no one has ever seen one before. Its nice to see the shadow now lets see a real atom!
Google Images and you will see all kinds of pictures of atoms.
Yes, but aren't those pictures taken using electrons? This article here has very little detail. If it's a "shadow," that seems to imply that we can now capture how a single atom affects visible light. That would mean we can now see down to atomic level without using electrons.
thank you stan, I didn't think it needed to be explained but people have taken for granted that no one has visibly seen an atom we have just assumed what they look like and what they have in them though various diffrent means that we believe make sense. We should never forget that the atom as we know it is a theroy that is almost provable.
"the only things humans have consistantly gotten right is the fact they have always been wrong" never be foolish enough to think that what our generation knows to be correct will be remain that way in the future. After all not that long ago everybody knew the sun travled around the Earth.
AGuest9
Stan, there are various devices used to image atoms, but because they almost always involve current or force, we haven't yet optically imaged individual atoms. One reason is that photons are given off and absorbed by electrons as they move between energy levels. So far, the two prevalent mechanisms for viewing atoms are as follows:
Scanning Tunneling Microscopes show images of atoms on the surface of metals and semiconductors based on the electron current between the probe tip and the orbital clouds of the atoms, while Atomic Force Microscopy measures the mechanical deflection of the probe as it moves across the surface, rather than measuring the current. Therefore, AFM works on any material, not just conducting materials such as metals and semiconductors, however, because it may contact the materials, the probe tip can become contaminated or damaged, which is a significant drawback.
*haven't yet optically imaged individual atoms in detail.
It is an absorption image, showing "how much light (or information) is absent in the presence of an object". Read the Cosmos article, not this CNN dribble...
Spaghetti Monster (Not to be confused with the Great Flying Spaghetti Monster)
Photoshopped, I should know, I've been on the interwebz. And you can clearly see the pixels....
So what is it good for?
Aaaabsolutely nothing! Say it again!
It is evidence of physical properties that were mere speculation until the data were acquired. That makes it very good as many things that affect our societies such as religions have vanishingly little proof of their very foundation concepts. I believe in the verified properties of matter. I do NOT believe in the concept of gods, which have never been demonstrated in actual form or to have ever cast a shadow. Perhaps the technology doesn't exist yet to gather those data but I'm not expecting that to happen.
snowdogg
Yup... sure looks like an atom shadow to me.
ttwom
so we can smash atoms together and photograph the shadow but the premise is just a theory?????
ttwom, It's only a theory (to me) that you exist. Should only be a theory (to you) that I exist. So, yes, chemists study the "atomic theory" and not the "atomic fact."
You use the word theory, but I don't think you understand what it means.
In science a theory is an explanation of the behavior or existence of something in the natural world. While a law may describe WHAT something does or is, there will be a THEORY to explain why it does that, or HOW it came to be.
Here, for reference, this article from the National Academies of Science explains it well:
http://www.nationalacademies.org/evolution/TheoryOrFact.html
3 months ago scientists in Ohio say they took a picture of an atom – Why is this "the first picture of an atom"?
Xenon atoms arranged to spell "IBM" were imaged and published in Science in 1989.
Speak The Truth
I thought that since the atom is smaller than the wave length of light it could not be seen. Perhaps a physicist reading this can help explain. Thanks.
Google "atomic force microscopy" and "scanning tunneling transmission electron microscopy". You have now been empowered.
thanks....will check it out
They're using electrons to "see" it, not photons of light.
GoRemote
The atom is a Ytterbium ion............
This was the Australian physics conference that was interrupted for the July 4th announcement by CERN. We all watched it live.
we just dust in the wind, nothing to see here, please moved along
Looks like my colonoscopy picture
With that kind of detail, it could be a PIMPLE for all we know.
It's a friggin' atom...! How detailed do you want it to be???
shadowram
Well said and funny.
RAMEN BROTHER!!!
Sciguy73
Pasta be upon Him. Garrrrr!
Why did we go to the moon ? Why do any kind of science what so ever, whats it good for ? Really ? What is it good for. Lets put it this way if you cant see the potential and the advancement from something like this then there is no point what so ever trying to explain it to you. Go back to watching FOX News, listening to Beck and live your life. If you ever need any kind of advanced medical treatment just write it off as magic. Thats it think of it as magic and leave it at that. WOW !!

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Renfrewshire Council appoint 11 new heads across our Schools and Early learning and childcare centres
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Renfrewshire's ambition for all children and young people to reach their full potential has been boosted with an arrival of 11 new Heads. Renfrewshire...
Renfrewshire's ambition for all children and young people to reach their full potential has been boosted with an arrival of 11 new Heads.
Renfrewshire Council has appointed ten Headteachers in secondary and primary schools across Renfrewshire and one Head of Early Learning and Childcare Centre in Paisley.
The Heads bring with them a new burst of energy and commitment that supports the work of their colleagues across Renfrewshire to raise literacy and numeracy levels and close the poverty related attainment gap.
Councillor Jim Paterson, who is the Council's Convener for Education and Children's Services, welcomed the new Heads as they got together for the first joint meeting since the start of term. He said: "Giving our teachers and early learning and childcare professionals a strong foundation of support is vital as we work towards achieving our ambitions for Renfrewshire's children and young people.
"I am pleased to welcome 11 new Heads into Renfrewshire: three Headteachers in secondary schools; seven Headteachers in primary schools; and, one Head of an early learning and childcare centre.
"Having met them all together today, I can tell you that they are enthusiastic for the job ahead and ready to work with their colleagues on ensuring children and young people have the best start in life and are able to reach their full potential, regardless of their background.
"They will invigorate our schools and early learning and childcare centre as we continue developing our staff through high quality programmes of professional learning and build upon a number of additional resources to support literacy, numeracy and health and wellbeing.
"Supporting all our teachers, early years practitioners and support staff in our establishments to be their best will help Renfrewshire achieve its ambitions. Renfrewshire is one of nine local authorities in the Scottish Government's Attainment Challenge, and this funding will help us direct even more support to pupils living in the most deprived areas."
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Thomas McCormick, Headteacher of Mossvale Primary School
Lynn Hollywood, Headteacher of Johnstone High School
Gillian McCartney, Headteacher of Linwood High School
Cllr Jim Paterson, Renfrewshire Council's Convener of Education and Children's Services
Fiona McKenzie, Headteacher of Kilbarchan Primary School
Lisa Chalmers, Headteacher of Gleniffer High School
Susan Dalrymple, Headteacher of Wallace Primary School
Peter Macleod, Director of Children's Services
Stephanie Hart, Headteacher of Thorn Primary School
Emma Mavers, Headteacher of Barsail Primary School
Simon Cundy, Headteacher of Langbank Primary School
Susan Bell, Headteacher of Bridge of Weir Primary School
Not pictured: Irene McPherson, Head of Paisley Early Learning and Childcare Centre (formerly Paisley Pre 5 Centre)


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Sharon Carstairs
Sharon Carstairs Voices Concerns over Hamas "Parliamentarians"
By Rhonda Spivak, November 1, 2009
Liberal Senator Sharon Carstairs voiced concerns on C.B. C. at the beginning of 2009 [ January 25, 2009] over the arrest of Hamas "Parliamentarians" taken to Israel, shortly after they were elected in 2006.
In a telephone interview, Carstairs, who is Chairperson of the Committee of Human Rights of Parliamentarians, said that after the elections in the West Bank and Gaza in 2006 [under the Palestinian Authority] , 34 Hamas members " who were duly elected" were "taken to Israel," some "as early as April 2006."
Carstairs said that most of these Parliamentarians "have never been charged or tried." She said that "if they are guilty of terrorist acts they should be charged and prosecuted, but up to this point [over two and a half years] most of them haven't been brought to trial."
Carstairs says that as a chairperson, she has an obligation to raise this issue. She said that according to the Inter-Parliamentary Union there are more than 300 Parliamentarians in 29 countries in these types of situations.
Carstairs added that "Israel supported the elections in 2006, and they said these [people] will be duly elected Parliamentarians… Israel did not object to these elections taking place."
Carstairs also noted "two of these individuals [elected Hamas members] were charged and tried and convicted, but the only charge was that "they belonged to Hamas," which Carstairs says wasn't a proper charge, and she is "dismayed" by the handling of these cases.
Carstairs says that "It is fair to say that because Fatah is in charge of the Palestinian Authority [in the West Bank] their original demands for the release of these individuals [Hamas Parliamentarians] have been lessoned to some degree." This, according to Carstairs, is because "Fatah and Hamas are rivals."
Carstairs emphasized that the issue she has raised has "nothing to do" with Israel's recent military operation in Gaza.
When asked what her views were on the recent conflict, Carstairs said "My view is that Israel is entitled to have a secure border and security for its people. Although none of us like what's happened in Gaza, Israel has a right to defend herself."
On Wednesday Feb 4, following inquiries from this reporter, Shimon Fogel, CEO of the Canada-Israel Committee issued the following response to Carstair's concerns about Hamas Parliamentarians:
"The Hamas-affiliated individuals currently detained in Israel who are the subject of Senator Carstair's concern (expressed at the recent meeting of the Inter-Parliamentary Union) are believed to be connected to various terrorist activities. Their parliamentary association does not render them immune to detention or prosecution by Israel for their alleged roles in terrorist plots. Some have been released by Israel (e.g., Hassam Khader) as a goodwill gesture to PA President, Mahmoud Abbas, and all benefit from treatment that is in full accord with Israeli and international law – conditions not afforded Gilad Shalit, who remains incommunicado and unavailable for even basic Red Cross inspections.
"The CIC understands the desire on the part of Canadian parliamentarians to advocate for the safety of all democratically-elected lawmakers. However, we regret that Senator Carstairs – with whom we enjoy a warm relationship – did not reach out to the CIC or the Israeli Embassy before offering any comment, despite efforts by the Embassy to contact her. Had we been provided with that opportunity, we would have reminded the Honourable Senator that Hamas came to power in Gaza in a violent and most decidedly undemocratic coup."
On hearing CIC's response in a telephone interview, Carstairs replied that it "was not true" that she has not tried to contact the Israeli Ambassador, before raising her concerns.
"I have been asking to meet with the Israeli ambassador for over a year and a half," she said.
Carstairs said only "two days ago" [February 3], a meeting was finally set up between her and the Israeli Ambassador to Canada.
In response to inquiries Frank Dimant, Executive Vice-President, B'nai Brith Canada has also issued a statement in response to Senator Carstair's remarks on C.B.C. radio, which he said are "very troubling." Dimant said:
"Hamas is recognized by Canada, the United States and our European allies, as a terrorist organization. Members operating in Gaza, whether in the operational or organizational departments, or those that are giving the orders, are all part and parcel of the same terrorist entity that has been responsible for the killing of civilians in Israel and for an ongoing campaign of missile attacks that has deliberately targeted civilians for no less than eight years.
How can Senator Carstairs demand that these terrorists, whether they are on the front lines or coordinating from behind the lines, such as Hamas members of the Executive who serve in the Parliament of Hamas, be treated any differently than any terrorists who have blood on their hands?"


Electrical Engineering is a core evergreen branch that mainly deals with the field associated with the study and application of electricity. It comprises of the study about generation, transmission and distribution of electrical power, electrical circuit design, electronics, instrumentation and control systems, electronic devices and circuits etc. If you have got logical and analytical skills and ability to keep learning and adaptability to changing technology, Electrical and Electronics Engineering is the best branch for you.
Electrical engineers design, develop, test, and supervise the manufacture of electrical equipments. Electrical engineers also design the electrical systems of automobiles and aircraft .The major difference between electrical engineering and electronics engineering is that, electrical engineers focus on the generation and supply of power, whereas electronics engineers work on applications of electricity to control systems or signal processing. Electronics plays an important role in the implementation and control of Electrical equipments. Thus the course has transformed from core electrical Engineering into a fusion of Electronics and Electrical and has been renamed as Electrical and Electronics engineering or EEE.
You can do M.Tech in Electrical Engineering course with specialisations such as Power Electronics and Drives, Power Systems, Electrical Machines, Control and Instrumentation, Applied Electronics, Embedded Systems, VLSI Design, Nanotechnology, Nano-medical Sciences, Remote Sensing and Geo-Informatics Systems, Clinical Engineering, and so on. Those who have interest in research activities can do Ph.D as well.
A EEE graduate has plenty of job opportunities in both Electrical & Electronics sectors. Electrical Engineers are needed in all manufacturing units. All major companies of public and private sector such as Electricity Boards, Large Scale Industries, Manufacturing Plants, Power Corporations, Hydro-Electricity sector recruit Electrical Engineers for their projects. Electrical Engineers have lucrative job options in Design Industries, Production plants, Natural gas plants, Petroleum as well as in steel and chemical plants. Educational and Research Institutions also recruit electrical engineers as graduate Engineer trainees for their research projects. Electrical Engineers can also get a job in Government & Public Sector companies like Indian Railways, Armed forces, Thermal and Nuclear power Corporation Limited, BEL, BHEL, HPCL, ONGC etc after clearing their tests. Some of the major core companies in private sector are ABB, General Electricals, Siemens, Bosch, Tata Elxsi, L& T, MRF, Mahindra & Mahindra etc. A EEE graduate has ample opportunities in Networking & IT sectors also if interested. Another important fact to be noted is that jobs in EEE sector generally offer an attractive income package. Teaching after M.Tech is also a good career option. Those who are inclined towards Research & Development activities have many opportunities in the R &D departments of Ministry of Science & Technology like ISRO, DRDL, DRDO etc.


I can design it all from TV to ads to collateral and every job has to be treated with the same attention to detail. I've learned that you have to do whatever it takes to get the job done and on time and stay positive. I have the conceptual skills and fresh thinking that you require.


This morning we talked about Autumn leaves.
The children carefully separated them into different colors. Amazing!
They could do it so well, and worked so well together!
They have grown up so much!
We sang an Autumn song about the colored leaves falling down off the trees and made an Autumn tree with our crayons.
"Red" leaves are falling down.
This week we are practicing math.
Everybody can solve math problems but the challenge is to do it in English.
To my surprise, the kids loved solving math problems. It's was fun.
Next week again but this time we make it more challenging .
We had such a nice time today creating autumn trees!
We did finger-painting and used out fingerprints to stamp beautiful autumn leaves on the trees.
The kids enjoyed the sparkles the best!


Kyle Mooney in the Padres clubhouse in his underwear.
The SNL cast member and San Diego native, who busted out a whole bunch of Padres hats for his Inside SoCal skit earlier this year, appeared on Padres Social Hour and threw out the first pitch with his dad before the Padres and Nationals game this past Friday June 6th.
He also apparently stripped off all his clothes for a photo op in the Padres clubhouse.
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Robert Pattinson: E! Celeb of the Year
For the third year in a row, Robert Pattinson has beat out other top name celebrities such as Ian Somerhalder, Robert Downey Jr., Ryan Gosling, Anne Hathaway, Jennifer Lawrence, and even Kristen Stewart to become E!'s celeb of the year. E! sites the actor's hair and fashion, his massive fan base, and his ability to remain poised during interviews about the scandal that shook the Twilight fandom as reasons why he won this year. The article also reminds us that just because Twilight is over, that doesn't mean Rob is going to be any less active in the movie industry. His upcoming films include The Rover, Queen of The Desert, Mission: Blacklist, Hold On To Me, and Maps.
Read more at E! Online.
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Robert Pattinson is E! Celeb of the Year
After all the rounds it came down to the final match up of Kristen Stewart vrs Robert Pattinson in E! Celeb of the Year contest. For the second year in a row Robert beat out all the competition, including his main co-star, to win the title. He will get to donate $25,000 to the charity of his choice. Let us know in the comments which charity you think he might chose. Congrats to Rob!
Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart in E! Charity Finals
We've been telling you about the ongoing E! Celebrity of the Year Poll. The final two are Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart, $25,000 goes to the charity of the ultimate winner's choice.
Vote here. The poll closes tomorrow.
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Vote Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart Into The Men's & Women's Final on E!
Robert Pattinson needs your vote to become the Men's Final winner in E! Celebrity of the Year poll. Kristen Stewart needs your vote to become the Women's Final winner in E! Celebrity of the Year poll.If they make it, they go to the final where the ultimate winner gets to decide on a charity that will receive $25,000. Rob is currently squaring off against Ryan Reynolds. Vote here. Kristen is squaring off against Mila Kunis. Vote here. This all goes to charity, and the polls are open until December 26, so vote daily!
If they clear this round, they will be up against a wildcard pick (Justin Bieber, Demi Lovato, Drake or Lady Gaga)
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Vote Twilight At E!'s Celebrity of the Year
E! has a different twist to the celebrity of the year polls that always crop up at this time of the year. They are going to donate $25,000 dollars to the charity of the winner's choice. Here's how their process is working:
In the "Celeb of the Year Tournament," 64 top personalities chosen from four different categories – Leading Ladies, Leading Men, Newsmakers and Hitmakers – duke it out for 5 rounds. Each day from Monday-Thursday, users can log on to E! Online to vote on the match-ups in one bracket. Then on Friday, true enthusiasts can vote to either bring back an eliminated star or introduce a new one in the Wildcard Round. For this round, fans will tweet their votes using the #celeboftheyear hashtag. Four contenders will be chosen through Wildcard voting and will return in the quarter finals on December 26 to shake the game up.
The final winner who will take home the coveted crown will be announced on E! Online on December 29 and E! will donate $25,000 to the charity of his or her choice.
Right now Kristen Stewart is facing off against Glee's Lea Michelle and Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner are facing off against each other (let's hope whoever loses comes back in the wildcard slot). Head over to E! and vote so our favorite Twilight stars can get $25,000 for their favorite charity!
Celebrity Men—vote here
Celebrity Women—vote here
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Video: Billy Burke Talks About Comedy and Kristen
I think all fans of the saga can agree that Billy Burke has taken the character of Charlie to a whole different level and made him a fan favorite! Without spoiling too much, the wedding toasts belong to him and Anna Kendrick. He talks about that with E! as well as his feelings about Kristen Stewart.
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Video: E! Talks to Liz, Peter, and Jackson about the Fans
Liz Reaser, Jackson Rathbone, and Peter Facinelli talk about the fans with E!
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Video: Taylor Lautner Talks Saying Good-Bye, Being Shirtless, and Odd Merchandise
E! Online has an interview with Taylor Lautner where he talks aboutthose final days of shooting, not being shirtless very much in Breaking Dawn, and the various odd things his face has appeared on.
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Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart and The Last Two Standing For E! Celebrity of the Year
It's down to Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart to be crowned E!'s annual Celebrity of the Year. They actually held off Justin Bieber to get to the final two. We didn't think anything would stop Bieber fans, but apparently Rob and Kristen did.
So head over to E! and vote for your favorite.
E! Celebrity of the Year Round Five
In this round we have Kristen Stewart up against Justin Bieber and Robert Pattinson up against Alexander Skarsgård. Get over to E! and vote!


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HSE Publishes Workplace Fatalities Statistics
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has recently published provisional annual statistics for work-related fatal accidents in Great Britain's workplaces.
Fatalities have apparently more than halved over the past 20 years, however provisional figures for 2015/16 show a slight increase in the number of people killed at work – 144, compared to 142 the previous year.
The HSE has called on all sectors to learn lessons to ensure workers return home safe from work.
"One death at work or life needlessly shortened, is one too many and behind every statistic lies a real story of loss and heartbreak and families left to grieve," said Martin Temple, HSE Chair.
"Britain has one of the best health and safety systems in the world, but we should always be looking to improve and to prevent incidents that cost lives," he added.
The new figures show the rate of fatal injuries in key industrial sectors:
Forty three workers died in construction, the same as the average for the previous five years.
In agriculture there were 27 deaths (compared to the five-year average of 32).
In manufacturing there were 27 deaths (compared to five-year average 22), but this figure includes three incidents that resulted in a total of eight deaths.
There were six fatal injuries to workers in waste and recycling, compared to the five-year average of seven, but subject to considerable yearly fluctuation.
There were also 103 members of the public fatally injured in accidents connected to work in 2015/16, of which 36 (35%) related to incidents occurring on railways.
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Although, to my knowledge, the school board never recognized my sister, Brenda Cox, as a retiree from the school system this year, i would like to do so. She was a faithful employee at the high school, middle school, West Irvine and South Irvine for a total of 27 years and retired on Oct. 1, 2009.
That's true in a way. Not only has Ben asserted his independence from the 6th district, he has gone a step further to downright defiance. He has insulted us by publicly denouncing spending and deficits, while quietly running up a debtor's tab of historic proportions. Ben's sworn allegiance to "the environment" has thrown Kentucky's energy network in front of a freight train loaded with crippling regulations and taxes.
If Ben does show up, what will he say? The same thing he always says . . .that he's "Happy" Chandler's grandson. He reminds us of that fact ad nauseam. And every time, I wonder the same thing: Would "Happy" vote for Ben?


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Tiling = org.gavrog.joss.tilings.Tiling

def skeleton(ds)
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Posted May 4, 2012, in Faculty News.
I was appointed as Director of the Rutgers Pinelands Field Station in 1994 with a split appointment between the Institute of Marine & Coastal Sciences (SEBS) and Biology Department (Camden). I had completed my Ph.D. from London University in 1976 and had had 15 years working at a government research station in the UK doing research on forest soils and consulting on forest nutrition of fast growing tree crops in a number of sub-tropical countries. I teach a number of soil and mycology related courses at both Camden and New Brunswick campuses and very much like the more family feeling of the Camden Campus. Coming back to academia has allowed me get back to fundamental research as well as applied research and we have a number of research programs underway at the field station ranging from investigating large scale forest manipulations on soil properties and organisms (in both NJ and Finland) to studying the impact of fungi on decaying leaves at the micro- and nano-scale of resolution. I am currently advising the research of four MS students from Camden and three Ph.D. students in the Ecology and Evolution Graduate program in New Brunswick. I serve on the editorial board of two journals and sit on the board of both the NJ Academy of Aquatic Sciences and the Pinelands Preservation Alliance.
John Dighton recently returned from a two week trip to China where he presented a lecture on the role of soil fungi in nutrient and pollutant dynamics to a graduate class in the Beijing Forest University. In his role as president of the Soil Ecology Society, he co-organized with Dr. Feng Hu and participated in a workshop on Soil Ecology Developments and International Co-operations at the Agricultural University of Nanjing. He then chaired a session on Soil Ecology and Secondary Metabolites and presented a paper entitled 'Effects of Forest Post Harvest Residues and Soil Disturbance on Soil Ecology' at the BIT's First Annual World Congress of Biodiversity in Xi'An.
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David Ress, Ph.D.
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Human Neuroimaging Laboratory
Ph.D. from Stanford University
06/1988 - Palo Alto, California, United States
Electrical Engineering, Plasma Physics
MS from Stanford University
BS from University of California
06/1982 - Davis, California, United States
fMRI
Vision science
Superior colliculus
Cerebrovascular physiology
Professional Statement
David Ress, PhD, is expert in many forms of scientific imaging including MRI, CT, electron tomography, x-ray imaging, and neutron imaging. He is presently and Associate Professor and Technical Director of the Center for Advanced MRI at Baylor College of Medicine.
As Research Associate Professor at The University of Texas, Austin, Dr. Ress set up the High-resolution Brain Imaging Lab (HIRBIL), which focuses on developing new techniques to improve the spatial resolution and specificity of functional MRI, and applies these methods in the study of human neuroscience.
As Co-Director at Brown University, he played a role in setting up their MRI Research Facility (MRF). Dr. Ress applied his wealth of experience in the use of MRI physics to help secure NSF funding for a new MRI scanner. He also provided critical assistance in developing the Master Research Agreement that guides their research collaboration.
As Senior Research Scientist at Stanford University, he developed MRI protocols and data analysis methods in the Psychology Dep't, work in human visual perception that led to several highly regarded publications. In parallel, Dr. Ress was involved in the development of new MRI methods in collaboration with the EE and Radiology depts. that led to several NIH grants. He also led work in the Neurobiology Dep't to develop new electron tomography methods.
Dr. Ress began his Stanford research as a post-doctoral fellow, where he conducted his initial work funded by a National Research Service Award from NIH.
Dr. Ress began to shape his -career as a physicist at Lawrence Livermore National Lab. He led the development of the world's first laboratory fusion neutron microscope and static and time-resolved x-ray microscopes that utilized novel coded-aperture methods and a remarkable soft x-ray deflectometer to measure plasma density. This work led to publications in Science and Applied Physics Letters.
D. Ress, J. K. Thompson, B. Rokers, R. K. Khan, A. C. Huk. "A model for the transient delivery of oxygen to cerebral cortex." Front Neuroenergetics. 2009 June 29;1(3):doi: 10.3389/ne. Pubmed PMID: 19597566
D. Ress, B. T. Backus, D. J. Heeger. "Activity in Primary Visual Cortex Predicts Performance in a Visual Detection Task." Nat Neurosci. 2000 September;3(9):940-5. Pubmed PMID: 10966626
S. Katyal, D. Ress. "Endogenous attention signals evoked by threshold contrast detection in human superior colliculus." J Neurosci. 2014 January 15;34(3):892-900. Pubmed PMID: 24431447
D. Ress, G. H. Glover, J. Liu, and B. Wandell. "Laminar profiles of functional activity in the human brain." Neuroimage. 2007 January;34(1):74-84. Pubmed PMID: 17011213
C. A. Greene, S. O. Dumoulin, B. Harvey, D. Ress. "Measurement of human visual population receptive fields using back-projection tomography." J Vis. 2014 January 22;14(1):17. Pubmed PMID: 24453343
Ress D, Dasilva LB, London RA, Trebes JE, Mrowka S, Procassini RJ, Barbee TW Jr, Lehr DE. "Measurement of Laser-Plasma Electron Density with a Soft X-ray Laser Deflectometer." Science. 1994 July 22;265(5171):514-7. Pubmed PMID: 17781311
D. B. Ress, M. L. Harlow, R.M. Marshall, and U. J. McMahan. "Methods for Generating High-Resolution Structural Models from Electron Microscope Tomography Data." Structure. 2004;12(10):1763-74. Pubmed PMID: 15458626
J. H. Kim, R. Khan, J. K. Thompson, D. Ress. "Model of the transient neurovascular response based on prompt arterial dilation." 2013 September;33(9):1429-39.
D. Ress and D. J. Heeger. "Neuronal Correlates of Perception in Early Visual Cortex." Nat Neurosci. 2003 April;6(4):414-20.. Pubmed PMID: 12627164
D. Ress, R. A. Lerche, R. J. Ellis, S. M. Lane, K. A. Nugent. "Neutron Imaging of Laser-Fusion Targets." Science. 1988 August 19;241(4868):956-8. Pubmed PMID: 17731445
R. Khan, Q. Zhang, S. Darayan, S. Dhandapani, S. Katyal, C. Greene, C. Bajaj, D. Ress. "Surface-based analysis methods for high-resolution functional magnetic resonance imaging." Graph Models. 2011;73(6):313-322. Pubmed PMID: 22125419
D. Ress, B. Chandresekaran. "Tonotopic organization in the depth of human inferior colliculus." 2013 September 19;7(586):doi: 10.3389/fn. Pubmed PMID: 24065909
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High-resolution studies of visual attention in human superior colliculus
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Use of high-resolution fMRI to study the topography and processing of visual function and multi-sensory integration in human superior colliculus,
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Ilaria Piazza
Rosario Foti
Few studies have compared the efficacy of switching from etanercept to adalimumab in the real-life setting in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and psoriatic arthritis (PsA). This study evaluated the 2-year retention rate and 12-month efficacy of adalimumab in RA and PsA patients, previously treated with etanercept. RA and PsA patients from 11 Italian Rheumatology Units received adalimumab after first-line etanercept failure. Two-year adalimumab retention rate was calculated by the Kaplan–Meier method and Cox proportional hazard models were developed to examine predictors of drug persistence. Univariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses were developed to examine potential predictors of 12-month DAS-28 remission. The study population included 117 RA (disease duration of 10.1 ± 7.7 years and baseline DAS28-ESR of 4.97 ± 1.3) and 102 PsA (disease duration of 7.1 ± 5.1 years and baseline DAPSA of 24.6 ± 11.8). The 2-year retention rate was 48.2% in RA and 56.5% in PsA patients. Concomitant methotrexate treatment was not associated with increased drug survival in both groups. Similarly, cause of etanercept discontinuation or treatment duration was not associated with retention rate. 12-month remission and low disease activity were achieved, respectively, in 27.3% and 23.9% of RA patients and 27.4% and 23.5% PsA of patients. In multivariate models, etanercept discontinuation due to inefficacy (OR 0.27, 95% CI 1.03–0.73; p = 0.009) and baseline DAS-28 (OR 0.45, 95% CI 0.29–0.69; p < 0.001) remained significant negative predictors of remission in RA patients. No variable was associated with remission in PsA patients. Adalimumab after etanercept failure was highly effective and safe in both RA and PsA patients.
Psoriatic arthritis Rheumatoid arthritis Biological drugs Adalimumab Etanercept
Previous presentation of results from this study
Results from this study have been presented as abstract and poster at the 53rd (2016) SIR meeting (Società Italiana di Reumatologia) in Rimini (PO1:14; http://www.malatireumaticifvg.org/appuntamenti/2016/SIR/SIR2016_ProgrammaCompleto.pdf. Accessed 30/07/19) and at the 2017 EULAR meeting, Madrid (SAT0158; https://ard.bmj.com/content/76/Suppl_2/829.2.share. Accessed 30/07/19).
Study concept and design: EGF, AB; data acquisition; EGF, AB, AC, FC, GA, EF, LQ, CGE, ALM, MB, FS, AS, SP, FC, IP, RF; analysis: EGF, AB, CGE; writing: EGF, CGE; interpretation of results; EGF, AB. All authors were involved in drafting the article or revising it critically for important intellectual content. All authors approved the final version to be submitted for publication.
Compliance with ethical standards
Ethics committee approval on 15/05/2008 from Gaetano Pini Institute, Milan, Italy (protocol no. 63/08) and written informed consent for the anonymous use of personal data were obtained from every patient, in compliance with Legislative Decree 196/2003. This study complies with the ethical standards laid down in the 1975 Declaration of Helsinki.
EGF served as a consultant and/or speaker for BMS, Lilly, Celgene, MSD, UCB, Pfizer, Sanofi-Genzyme, Novartis, and AbbVie. AB served as a speaker for Sanofi-Genzyme, UCB, and AbbVie. AC served as a consultant and/or speaker for BMS, Lilly, Celgene, MSD, Janssen, Roche, Sanofi, Sandoz and Novartis. FaC served as a consultant and/or speaker for BMS, Lilly, Celgene, Pfizer, and AbbVie. LQ served as a consultant and/or speaker for Celgene, Roche, Lilly, AbbVie, and Pfizer. ALM served as a consultant for Sanofi and Roche. MB served as a consultant and/or speaker for BMS, Lilly, Roche, Novartis, Janssen. FS served as a consultant and/or speaker for BMS, MSD, Pfizer, Novartis, and AbbVie. AS served as speaker for BMS, AbbVie, MSD, UCB, Novartis, Sanofi. SP served as consultant and/or speaker for AbbVie, Biogen, BMS, Celgene, Janssen, Lilly, Novartis and UCB. RF served as a consultant and/or speaker for BMS, Lilly, Celgene, MSD, UCB, Pfizer, Janssen, Novartis, and AbbVie. EF, FuC, CGE and IP declared no conflict of interest.
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1.Department of RheumatologyASST Gaetano Pini-CTOMilanItaly
2.Rheumatology UnitAOUIVeronaItaly
3.Dipartimento di Medicina Interna e Specialità Mediche, ReumatologiaSapienza Università di RomaRomeItaly
4.Rheumatology UnitA.O.U. Policlinico Vittorio EmanueleCataniaItaly
5.Rheumatology UnitAzienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Città della Salute e della ScienzaTurinItaly
6.Clinica di Reumatologia, Dipartimento di Area MedicaASUIUDUdineItaly
7.CE Medical WritingPisaItaly
8.UOC di ReumatologiaAzienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Sant'Anna Cona-FerraraFerraraItaly
9.SOS ReumatologiaOspedale S. Giovanni di DioFlorenceItaly
10.Clinica ReumatologicaUniversità Politecnica delle MarcheAnconaItaly
11.U.O.ReumatologiaASL Taranto-PP.OO.SS. Annunziata Taranto e Valle d'ItriaTarantoItaly
Favalli, E.G., Becciolini, A., Carletto, A. et al. Rheumatol Int (2020) 40: 263. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00296-019-04416-3
Received 23 May 2019
Accepted 08 August 2019
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/s00296-019-04416-3
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Betsy DeVos Knew Negative Effects of Discrimination when Making Transgender Bathroom Rollbacks
Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos defended her agency's decision to roll back protections for transgender students, reported The Hill.
DeVos acknowledged the agency's 2017 choice to rescind Obama-era bathroom regulations allowing transgender students to use gender-congruent bathrooms during a hearing in front of the House Education Committee. She said she was aware of the negative effects of discrimination on transgender students when making the decision.
Civil rights subcommittee Chairwoman Suzanne Bonamici asked DeVos if, when she made the decision to rescind these regulations, she knew that harassment and discrimination could lead to poor academic performance and depression.
"OCR [the U.S. Office for Civil Rights] is committed to ensuring all student have equal access to education free from discrimination…" DeVos started to answer, but was interrupted by Bonamici, who repeated her question.
"Sorry, I would really like an answer," the congresswoman said. "Students and families need to know this. Did you know, when you rolled back the guidance, that the stress of harassment and discrimination can lead to lower attendance and grades as well as depression for transgender students?"
"I do know that," DeVos answered. "But I will say again that OCR is committed to ensuring all students have access to their education free from discrimination."
.@RepBonamici to Sec. DeVos: When you rolled back guidance protecting rights of transgender students, did you know that the stress of harassment and discrimination can lead to lower attendance/grades as well as depression for transgender students?
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Bonamici went on to ask if DeVos knew about data from the American Association of Pediatrics that found "alarming levels of attempted suicide among transgender youth."
"I am aware of that data," DeVos responded.
Bonamici issued a statement after the questioning, saying she was "troubled" by the answers the secretary gave.
"The Department of Education has a responsibility to protect all students, but she acknowledged that she moved forward with a plan to rollback protections for transgender students despite knowing that it would put them at risk," she said.
LGBTQ advocacy organization GLAAD also reacted to DeVos' answers on Twitter, calling her "cruel."
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Two school board positions contested
Frank Fisher, Of the Record staff
In the Nov. 7 North Summit school board elections every candidate has opposition, which, according to North Summit District Superintendent Steve Carlsen, is a sign of community interest he didn't see two years ago.
But of the District 4 contest in which Phillip B. Geary is running against incumbent Thomas W. Toole, Carlsen said, "I've hardly heard a word from that race. I don't think they've made signs."
"But the other two have campaigned more," Carlsen said of District 5 candidates Vern Williams and incumbent Jana K. Ross.
Carlsen said that the construction of the new middle school, the construction work on the high school and the new bus building, are almost completed after three years, which he said "brings everything up to snuff." He hopes to focus North Summit schools attention on achieving the goals set by the Federal No Child Left Behind, and the Utah equivalent of Utah Performance Assessment System for Students.
Beginning with the District 4 race, which covers South Coalville, Philip Geary sees the future growth of the district as the overriding issue. "The projected growth of the district indicates that by 2012 the current buildings will reach capacity," he said. "My feeling is we have to buy the right property, and when the time comes, build a quality high school."
Geary hopes to see the Latino parents become more involved in the education process and become more involved with organizations like the PTA and said he has been campaigning, and has sent out flyers.
He says of the incumbent, "he's a very good man, but it's time for a change."
The incumbent, Thomas Toole, hopes to focus earlier attention on students' preparation for the Utah Basic Skills Competency Test, all three sections of which must be passed for a basic high school diploma. He said he hopes students, especially with problems in math and English, can be identified and helped earlier.
He sees himself as being more conservative than any other board member, and a stickler for procedure. Although he said he did not place signs, he said he did go door-to-door with flyers.
In The District 5 race, which includes Calk Creek and Wanship, Vern Williams said he has issues with the school board not following board policy. "I want to make sure administrators follow policy to a T," he said. He also said he wants to ensure there are no wedges driven between parents and teachers, and teachers and the school board.
He said what separates him from the incumbent is that he has no kids in school. "I can look at all aspects of education without any bias," Williams said. "Eight years is long enough," he said of his opponent.
Incumbent Jana K. Ross wants the district to keep qualified teachers, stay on top of school programs and work closely with parents. She said she wants to focus on meeting the Annual Yearly Progress of the Federal No Child Left Behind program, where schools must show improvement on several indicators. She believes she has an edge on her opponent because she has two children in school. "My concentration is on kids," she said.
Carlsen is pleased with the interest of the candidates vying for seats the school board.
"I want this to be the best little small academic district that it can be."


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Q: MPI FFTW Fortran R2C & C2R Gather data in root I am trying to calculate FFT of real random data and then invert the output to get back the real data using R2C & C2R FFTW routine in MPI using Fortran.
I tested that, it gives CORRECT output data, i.e. it gives back the same array.
However the output is distributed in different nodes. I need to accumulate the information in one single node to do further calculation. When I am trying, it is showing trouble.
program test

use, intrinsic :: iso_c_binding

implicit none

include 'mpif.h'

integer (C_INTPTR_T), parameter :: nx = 2
integer (C_INTPTR_T), parameter :: ny = 2
integer (C_INTPTR_T), parameter :: nz = 4
integer (C_INTPTR_T), parameter :: nh = ( nx / 2 ) + 1

include "fftw3-mpi.f03"

integer(C_INTPTR_T) :: i, j, k
real(C_DOUBLE), dimension(nx,ny,nz) :: in,out1
complex(C_DOUBLE_COMPLEX), dimension(nh,ny,nz) :: out
integer :: ierr, myid, nproc, seed, root, dim_array
type(C_PTR) :: plan, plan1, cdatar, cdatac
integer(C_INTPTR_T) :: alloc_local, local_nz, local_k_offset
real(C_DOUBLE), pointer :: idata(:,:,:),idata2(:,:,:)
complex(C_DOUBLE_complex), pointer :: odata(:,:,:)
integer status(MPI_STATUS_SIZE)

seed = 123456789

call mpi_init(ierr)
call MPI_COMM_SIZE(MPI_COMM_WORLD, nproc, ierr)
call MPI_COMM_RANK(MPI_COMM_WORLD, myid, ierr)

root = 0

do i = 1, nx
  do j = 1, ny
    do k = 1, nz
    in(i,j,k) = ran(seed)
    seed=in(i,j,k)*seed
    enddo
  end do
end do

call fftw_mpi_init()

! get local data size and allocate (note dimension reversal)
alloc_local = fftw_mpi_local_size_3d(nz, ny, nh, MPI_COMM_WORLD, &
                                        local_nz, local_k_offset)
cdatar = fftw_alloc_real(2 * alloc_local)
cdatac = fftw_alloc_complex(alloc_local)
call c_f_pointer(cdatar, idata, [2*nh,ny,local_nz])
call c_f_pointer(cdatar, idata2, [2*nh,ny,local_nz])
call c_f_pointer(cdatac, odata, [nh,ny,local_nz])
dim_array = nx*ny*local_nz

! create MPI plan for out-of-place DFT (note dimension reversal)
plan = fftw_mpi_plan_dft_r2c_3d(nz, ny, nx, idata, odata, &
MPI_COMM_WORLD, FFTW_MEASURE)
plan1 = fftw_mpi_plan_dft_c2r_3d(nz, ny, nx, odata, idata2,&
MPI_COMM_WORLD, FFTW_MEASURE)

! initialize data to some function my_function(i,j,k)
do i = 1, nx
  do j = 1, ny
    do k = 1, local_nz
    idata(i, j, k) = in(i, j, k + local_k_offset)
    !write ( *, * ) i,j,k+local_k_offset,idata(i,j,k),local_k_offset,myid
    end do
  end do
end do

! compute transform (as many times as desired)
call fftw_mpi_execute_dft_r2c(plan, idata, odata)
call fftw_mpi_execute_dft_c2r(plan1, odata, idata2)

write(*,*) "Done", myid

if (myid == root) then
do i = 1,nz/local_nz,1
Call MPI_Recv(out1, nx*ny*nz, MPI_REAL, i, local_k_offset, MPI_COMM_WORLD,
status, ierr)
end do
else
do i = 1,nz/local_nz,1
  Call MPI_Send( idata2, nx*ny*local_nz, MPI_REAL, root, local_k_offset,
  MPI_COMM_WORLD, ierr )
end do
endif

call MPI_Barrier(MPI_COMM_WORLD, IERROR)

! deallocate and destroy plans
call fftw_destroy_plan(plan)
call fftw_mpi_cleanup()
call fftw_free(cdatar)
call fftw_free(cdatac)

if (myid == root) then
do i = 1, nx
  do j = 1, ny
    do k = 1, nz
    write (*,*) i, j, k, in(i,j,k), out1(i,j,k)/(nz*ny*nx),myid
    end do
  end do
end do
endif

call mpi_finalize(ierr)

end program test


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I was born and raised in the Konkan region of western India, and graduated with an MBBS from BJ Medical College Pune in 2010. I worked as medical officer and resident doctor in several health centres, then went to Harvard Univ in 2014, to graduate with a master's degree in public health. After spending 2015-16 in India, I am back at Harvard Univ for my PhD.
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First introduced in 1912 by the National Biscuit Company (later Nabisco), the original chocolate-and-cream Oreo cookie has sold in the billions. For the first century of the cookie's existence, only a handful of variations were introduced, along with ancillary offerings like Oreo O's cereal. But that changed in the new millennium, when Oreo began issuing dozens of limited-edition flavors annually, from watermelon to limeade to root beer float. The assortment has culminated with the recent news that a Game of Thrones edition is coming.
One of the first radical reinventions of the Oreo was the Big Stuf, an enormous cookie released in the 1980s. Big Stuf was marketed in boxes of eight individually wrapped cookies, each measuring 3 inches in diameter and containing the caloric equivalent of 5.5 regular Oreos. These teeth-melting treats were promoted heavily, but disappeared after a few years.
When Oreo began populating store shelves in 1912, it was joined by an alternative flavor—lemon meringue. The vanilla and lemon combination was discontinued by the 1920s.
Oreo's Magic Dunkers hit shelves in 2000 and offered a more colorful experience than your typical treat. When submerged in milk, the Oreo created swirls of blue coloring.
Not to be confused with Magic Dunkers, Oreo Dunkers were oval-shaped cookies narrow enough to fit into smaller drinking glasses. While practical, people attuned to the familiar circular shape of the classic Oreo may have found them to be unsettling. The cookies were introduced in 2006 for a limited time. These days, you can buy a dunking kit with tongs to avoid getting your fingers in the milk.
Not to be confused with Double Stuf, which ups the ante on the narcotic cream filling, 2003's Double Delight Oreos offered two layers of filling—chocolate and peanut butter—sandwiched between two chocolate wafers. Two additional versions, Mint 'n Crème and Coffee 'n Creme, were released later that year.
Released in 2003, the Uh-Oh! Oreo sounds like you're about to eat something that could cause gastrointestinal upset. The name was referring to a kind of Bizarro world Oreo, with chocolate filling and a pair of vanilla wafers. The cookies were relabeled Golden Uh-Oh! Chocolate Oreos in 2004 and were accompanied by Golden Oreos, a vanilla cookie with light filling and a buttery, softer wafer.
In a harbinger of fanciful flavors to come, Oreo introduced a cookie in honor of Dairy Queen's Oreo Blizzard ice cream treat in 2010. The filling was meant to taste like the mash-up of flavors in the chain's frozen offering. You can see some blurry proof of its existence in the photo above.


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