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ALLMI's Technical and Training Committees consist of representatives from the UK's leading loader crane manufacturers and importers, as well as the HSE. Together with ALLMI's involvement with the British, European and International loader crane Standards Committees, as well as the knowledge and expertise of ALLMI's full time technical staff, this means that ALLMI members have access to an unrivalled level of advice and guidance on all aspects of lorry loader use, including health and safety matters, technical issues, legislation compliance, training and documentation.
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Queering the Collection: LGBTQ+ History ca. 1600-1970
Many library collections contain rich stories of individuals across centuries who transgressed sexual and gender norms, as well as documentation of the people and systems against which they transgressed. These historical artifacts can help shape new narratives around queer history and identity, or enrich old ones. Coded language and oblique references may pose challenges to researchers, but there is a wealth of material to find on queer people throughout history.
Last November, Houghton Library hosted a program led by writer, educator, and bookseller Brooke Palmieri, titled "A Queer View of History: Finding Gender Non-Conformity in the Library." This program inspired us to examine our own and other collections more closely. Each case in this exhibit highlights a different approach to researching queer history: using known figures, embracing uncomfortable terms, being open to the unexpected, and using secondary sources. Although we explored a number of fascinating stories, our research barely scratched the surface. We encourage researchers to continue the exploration, and we hope this exhibit will give you some tools to get started.
We paid special attention to the question of language in this exhibit. Wary of assigning labels to individuals who cannot speak for themselves, we have not sought to label the people highlighted here. We used the language that individuals used for themselves when it was available, and employed "they/them" for individuals whose personal pronouns are not well established historically.
This exhibit was curated by AJ Blechner, Anna Martin, and Mary Person. It was on view September 4, 2019 - February 14, 2020.
Known Figures
Uncomfortable Terms
Be Open to the Unexpected
Secondary Sources
Many LGBTQ+ historical figures - such as Oscar Wilde and the Chevalier d'Eon - remain cultural icons to this day. Starting with a familiar name, such as Alfred Kinsey, can help researchers identify items in archival collections, shedding new light on old stories. Full text search options are often not available for archival collections, but researchers can identify collections with notable figures by using research guides and collection descriptions such as online finding aids. Contemporary or older books on historical figures may also shed light on how a particular person was viewed over time. The ongoing work of queer theorists furthers our knowledge of historical figures who are becoming part of a more nuanced understanding of history. You can find this discourse in journals, articles, and books through the HOLLIS catalog.
Author and playwright Oscar Wilde was arrested and tried—twice—for "acts of gross indecency." He received the maximum sentence of two years of hard labor and it was in Reading Gaol, once considered a model Victorian prison, where Wilde spent most of his incarceration.
Image credit: Front View of Reading Gaol, T.J. Rawlins, lithographer, in Prison discipline, and the advantages of the separate system of imprisonment … now pursued in the new County Gaol, at Reading, John Field, London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1848, HOLLIS 990029375670203941
The language used to describe gender and sexual minorities has changed substantially over time and continues to evolve. However, the language used in historical materials is fixed and it helps to know the terms used during any particular period. Searching outdated and uncomfortable keywords may be necessary to conduct effective research. Language used to discuss people and practices that were considered transgressive in their times has varied widely across eras, cultures, classes, and languages. Several terms that we found effective in finding relevant results included: sodomy, inversion, urning, female husband, abominable offence, and unnatural or detestable crime. To learn about more terms that were used to describe queer people historically, visit the resources section of this website.
There are several popular press trial accounts of the 1817 trial and conviction of Reverend John Church (1780-ca. 1825), for attempted sodomy. His status as a popular and controversial preacher only added to the scandal and public curiosity. You can see on the title page of this account the term "abominable offence."
Image credit: Title page of The trial and conviction of that infamous hypocrite John Church, ..., Fourth edition, London: John Fairburn, [1817?], HOLLIS 990043804900203941
When conducting research, it is always helpful to be open to unexpected discoveries. In historical materials, language describing people who may have transgressed gender norms and sexual practices of the time was often coded or veiled, requiring the audience to read between the lines. A librarian or archivist is an invaluable resource and may have knowledge of materials not discoverable in the HOLLIS catalog or readily accessible. Academic literature on queer theory and historical analysis is also available to help newer researchers decode the deeper meaning in such materials. Other times, these interpretations may be speculative and an opportunity for a researcher to make compelling new contributions to this ongoing discussion.
The notoriety of Mary Frith, a.k.a. Moll Cutpurse (ca. 1584-1659) bordered on legend even in her own day. A London thief and sometime actor and pimp, she was the subject of gossip and stage plays. She quickly acquired a reputation for being an aggressive, lewd, and rowdy "roaring girl" and for dressing as a man, drinking, and smoking tobacco in public, challenging the societal view of gender roles.
Image credit: Detail of engraving Mary Frith, or Moll Cut-Purse, Criminals: Prints and Photographs Collection, Box 1, Folder 41, HOLLIS 990068529090203941
Secondary sources are typically a good place to begin research. This is especially true when searching for archival and other unique primary source materials that may not have been digitized or may not be available with full-text searching. Secondary sources with strong bibliographies or footnotes such as William Eskridge's 2008 book, Dishonorable passions: sodomy laws in America, 1861-2003, can be valuable tools for locating historical and primary source materials in archives and special collections. If you find a secondary source in your area of interest, check the other sources the author consulted; you might find material they chose not to include, leading to a wealth of additional information.
Some resources that may be helpful in researching LGBTQ+ history.
Body guards: the cultural politics of gender ambiguity
Julia Epstein and Kristina Straub, editors
(New York, 1991)
HOLLIS, WorldCat
The Gay past: a collection of historical essays
Salvatore J. Licata and Robert B. Petersen, editors
Unspeakable: The rise of the gay and lesbian press in America
Rodger Streitmatter
(Boston, 1995)
Dishonorable passions: sodomy laws in America, 1861-2003
William Eskridge
Before Stonewall: activists for gay and lesbian rights in historical context
Vern L. Bullough, editor
Nameless offences: homosexual desire in the nineteenth century
H.G. Cocks
(London 2003)
Passions between women: British lesbian culture, 1668-1801
Emma Donaghue
(London, 1993)
HOLLIS WorldCat
English sexualities, 1700-1800
(Basingstoke, 1997)
Mother Clap's molly house: The gay subculture in England, 1700-1830
Rictor Norton
Out of the closet, into the archives: researching sexual histories
Amy L. Stone and Jamie Cantrell
(SUNY Press 2015)
Legal queeries: lesbian, gay and transgender legal studies
Leslie J. Moran, Daniel Monk, and Sarah Beresford
(Cassell, 1998)
Old Bailey Online :The Proceedings of the Old Bailey, London's Central Criminal Court, 1674-1913. Includes information on legal context of homosexuality, prosecutions, cultures of homosexuality, lesbianism, search strategies, introductory reading, and an extensive bibliography.
Homosexuality in Eighteenth-century England: A Sourcebook
GLBT Historical Society
Lesbian Herstory Archives
Wikipedia Timeline of LGBT History
Archive of Sexuality and Gender (database)
Digital Transgender Archive
ACT UP Oral History Project
Historical Advocacy Organizations
Scientific-Humanitarian Committee (1897)
Society for Human Rights (1924)
Mattachine Society (1950)
One, Inc. (1952)
Daughters of Bilitis (1955)
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Jon: Strobes are lame but you can come every day anyway.
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I try to do as much as I possibly can behind the camera because I want to be able to share the joy that I got when I was in school.


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We left Vegas via McCarran airport and was amused that even inside the airport were slot machines, for those who want to empty any remaining dollars from their Vegas experience I guess. Flying our early morning Virgin America (which was pretty funky inside and largely empty – 10 passengers max) we arrived in SF at 8:30am to moved into the city to get our bearings, after some of the usual time wasted waiting for bags and me feeling like my head is going to explore as I had some strange cold blocking my sinuses which doesn't merge well with descending compressed flying tubes.
We took the amusingly named BART train downtown and due to the amount of bags my wife insists on taking (totalling close to 70kg!) we had to get an elevator out of the train station. Inside the elevator, we was met by an unkempt man trying to bring his bicycle up via the elevator too. Just as he blocked the entrance to the elevator, we were overwhelmed by the stench of urine. Trapped inside the dried, fermented piss soaked metal box with a full size adult male weight's worth of baggage, there was nothing to do but hold our breath and hope the thing just got us up the one floor and to the freedom of city air.
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"What the?" now hitting all parts of the door randomly.
"This?" He finally looked down at the mysterious cable thing with spikes on it obviously blocking the elevator door from the start.
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"I'm not getting stuck in here" he said to us. We managed a smile back, but was more concerned in not rolling our bags in the puddle of piss in the corner or inhaling it's fine all-American odour.
After an agonising 8 seconds or so more that the elevator took to go up a level, the man left and we quickly followed.
An argument followed. Harue declared her hatred for San Francisco, and I declared my hatred for carrying so much baggage around requiring the need for use of an elevator when there was a perfectly good set of stairs approximately 3.5 metres away from it. Said luggage also made me hastily agree to hailing a taxi to get to our hotel. Another no-no in backpacking travel in order to save money when staying inside a walkable city. *Sigh* What had become of me? I never saw a TV show with Bear Grylls or Les Stroud taking this sort of luggage out with them, I'm sure if we was in a plane crash Harue would still insist on taking it.
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Baggage dropped off, coffee drunk, and a uninterested vague attempt at a plan finished, we headed out to see what we could find in the foggy city.


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Born To Run: Mirror's Edge
11th January 2008 / 12:55PM
What fortuitous timing. I was going to link to Edge's extensive piece on DICE's (i.e. The BF2 Guys) shooter when Eurogamer lob up some actual screenshots found by fansite. So now we can start with a picture…
Before going to give some choice cuts on why this Le Parkour-influenced FPS is – for me – the most exciting looking first-person game of the next twelve months.
Mirror's Edge is about something quite simple – movement. It's about trying to make a game where you have a sense of a player's physicality work in First person. This is an enormous challenge, and that someone is putting it right at the heart of the game… well, this could be good. It's something which I sense First-Person developers have to wrestle in – perhaps the thing about Bioshock that made it feel most old was how the character moves. If Mirror's Edge changes this, it changes everything in a first-person game in a paradigm-twisting way that no-one has since… well, I suspect Half-life.
Okay, choice quotes from the article to get people talking.
There's always been a lot of focus on the gun in firstperson games," says producer Tom Farrer, ruefully. "No one puts that much focus on the movement; how you move around the environment. We wanted to capture a real sense of physicality. Games like Unreal Tournament have movement – double jumps, rocket jumps – but it's very abstracted. We wanted to place you in the world and convey the strain and physical contact with the environment."
"The first thing we wanted to get was the feeling of actually sprinting, to get a feeling of speed and momentum in the game," says O'Brien.
And, well, it works – and this is before motion-blur or any other full-screen effects have been added to accentuate the feeling of movement. But it's not only the contact with the environment and the audiovisual feedback that makes the player feel so coupled with the avatar – crucially, DICE has nailed the sense of acceleration and deceleration. The latter is particularly obvious if you hit the crouch button while moving at speed – the avatar throws herself into a slide, feet outstretched in front (useful for evading slowly descending garage doors, for example), and, skidding to a gravellysounding halt, the viewpoint skews with plausible imitation of naturalistic head movement. It's all suggestive of a friction with the surrounding world that is simply absent from other firstperson games – and perhaps it takes an effort like DICE's to recognise that there even was a common disconnect occuring in the genre that needed to be addressed
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Think they can pull it off? And can it be even a fraction as fine as Pinball Dreams?
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Q: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Activity has been destroyed on creating a datepicker dialog I am trying to create a DatePicker dialog from my main Activity using DialogFragments. I have extended the DialogFragment class and return the new datePickerDialog as per
http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/ui/controls/pickers.html
Here is my class code:
import java.util.Calendar;
import android.app.DatePickerDialog;
import android.app.DatePickerDialog.OnDateSetListener;
import android.app.Dialog;
import android.app.DialogFragment;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.widget.DatePicker;

public class DatePickerFragment extends DialogFragment implements OnDateSetListener{

    @Override
    public void onDateSet(DatePicker arg0, int arg1, int arg2, int arg3) {
        // TODO set the date for the alarm
    }

    @Override
    public Dialog onCreateDialog(Bundle savedInstanceState){
        //set current date as default date
        final Calendar c = Calendar.getInstance();
        int year = c.get(Calendar.YEAR);
        int month = c.get(Calendar.MONTH);
        int day = c.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH);

        //Create New Instance of the datepicker dialog
        return new DatePickerDialog(getActivity(), this, year, month, day);
    }

}

I have a button on the main Acivity to fire the dialog:
public void setAlarm(View view){
        //TextView reminder_title  = (TextView) view.findViewById(R.id.reminder_title);
        DialogFragment dateFragment = new DatePickerFragment();
        dateFragment.show(getFragmentManager(), "date picker");
    }

However, when I try to click on the button, I get an "java.lang.IllegalStateException: Activity has been destroyed" exception at the below line:
dateFragment.show(getFragmentManager(), "date picker");

Here is the activity log:
06-08 15:45:48.261: E/AndroidRuntime(5489): FATAL EXCEPTION: main
06-08 15:45:48.261: E/AndroidRuntime(5489): Process: com.flamesavor.reme, PID: 5489
06-08 15:45:48.261: E/AndroidRuntime(5489): java.lang.IllegalStateException: Activity has been destroyed
06-08 15:45:48.261: E/AndroidRuntime(5489):     at android.app.FragmentManagerImpl.enqueueAction(FragmentManager.java:1345)
06-08 15:45:48.261: E/AndroidRuntime(5489):     at android.app.BackStackRecord.commitInternal(BackStackRecord.java:597)
06-08 15:45:48.261: E/AndroidRuntime(5489):     at android.app.BackStackRecord.commit(BackStackRecord.java:575)
06-08 15:45:48.261: E/AndroidRuntime(5489):     at android.app.DialogFragment.show(DialogFragment.java:230)
06-08 15:45:48.261: E/AndroidRuntime(5489):     at com.flamesavor.reme.ReMe.setAlarm(ReMe.java:67)
06-08 15:45:48.261: E/AndroidRuntime(5489):     at com.flamesavor.reme.resources.ListViewAdapter.setAlarm(ListViewAdapter.java:60)
06-08 15:45:48.261: E/AndroidRuntime(5489):     at com.flamesavor.reme.resources.ListViewAdapter$1.onClick(ListViewAdapter.java:48)
06-08 15:45:48.261: E/AndroidRuntime(5489):     at android.view.View.performClick(View.java:4456)
06-08 15:45:48.261: E/AndroidRuntime(5489):     at android.view.View$PerformClick.run(View.java:18462)
06-08 15:45:48.261: E/AndroidRuntime(5489):     at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:733)
06-08 15:45:48.261: E/AndroidRuntime(5489):     at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:95)
06-08 15:45:48.261: E/AndroidRuntime(5489):     at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:136)
06-08 15:45:48.261: E/AndroidRuntime(5489):     at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5102)
06-08 15:45:48.261: E/AndroidRuntime(5489):     at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
06-08 15:45:48.261: E/AndroidRuntime(5489):     at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:515)
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Allardyce denies Rooney's asked to leave Everton
Everton manager Sam Allardyce has said Wayne Rooney has not asked to leave the club but admitted there have been negotiations over a possible move to DC United.
Speaking at a press conference, Allardyce said on Friday he expected to find out more when he spoke to Rooney later in training and that he would be "comfortable" if any player wanted to move on.
Sky Sports later reported that Rooney left Everton's training ground while the rest of the squad continued to prepare for Sunday's game with West Ham United.
The former England captain has been the subject of intense speculation over the past few days with multiple British media reports claiming that a deal had been agreed "in principle" for him to move to the United States in the summer following a difficult season at Everton in which he has struggled for game time under Allardyce.
"Wayne Rooney has not asked to leave, nor has he had a confrontation with me because we are adults," said Allardyce.
"My understanding is that there has been some negotiations. As to clarity of whether Wayne is leaving or staying I'll find out when he comes in for training today.
"I don't get involved in transfers or negotiations. All I know is there is interest - where Wayne lies with it I can't tell you at the moment. If the player wants to leave - if any player does - I'm comfortable with it.
"But I don't want to make a headline 'Sam says Rooney can leave' - I mean if any player wants to leave he can leave," Allardyce added.
Allardyce was also asked about media reports suggesting that Rooney has asked for guarantees over playing time next season should he say at Goodison Park.
The former England captain was visibly annoyed at being substituted just after halftime in successive games against Manchester City and Liverpool a few weeks ago.
"How can anyone be guaranteed playing time next season?" asked Allardyce. "It's up to the player to put their game together on a consistent basis every week and keep their place in the team.
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This collection of images is a selection from an exhibition called Symbiosis II. They are photographs made at the same time, or the same place as Mike Langford.
Everyone has their own way of thinking and seeing but it is not very often that you can see those processes as a comparison, side by side on a wall so you can experience what each person was feeling and thinking at the time of shooting and then again at the time of post production when the final images are printed.


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The Elmhurst Artists' Brotherhood ("EAG") will host its Winter Associates Appearance in the EAG Gallery at the Elmhurst Art Building (EAM), 150 S. Cottage Hill Ave., Elmhurst. The appearance will affection a advanced array of assignment from EAG associates and runs December 2, 2018 through January 4, 2019. An aperture accession for the artists will booty abode on Friday, December 14, 2018 from 7:00 to 9:00pm. This accident is chargeless and accessible to the public.
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Wadi ACC is a town in Kalaburagi district in the Indian state of Karnataka.

Demographics
 India census, Wadi ACC had a population of 4706. Males constitute 65% of the population and females 35%. Wadi ACC has an average literacy rate of 78%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 82%, and female literacy is 71%. In Wadi ACC, 6% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Wadi is home to the ACC Cements factory. Wadi is also home to The Wadi Stone Marketing Co. Pvt. Ltd. having its registered office in Wadi, since 1952. Its main product is limestone which is mined in the areas around Wadi.

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Cities and towns in Kalaburagi district

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University Duisburg-Essen
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M.Sc. Environmental Toxicology (EnviTox)
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The start of the EnviTox programme is on a yearly basis for the winter term. This starts in October.
The application committee starts to evaluate applications as soon as the application portal opens, in 2021 the online application platform for international students will open in April . We recommend to apply before 15th of June for international students and 15th of July for European students. Late applications must expect a longer processing time.
For the application everyone has to fill a faculty application form including a letter of motivation, and a summary of the bachelor thesis has to be filled. Furthermore you will have to show in which areas you have already learned practical methods. If your last degree was not received in Germany, then please add
a translation of the degree certificates, made by an officially recognised translator in English, in case the original documents are not written in German or English;
copies of all transcripts or other academic records that give proof of the undergraduate studies including credits and grades achieved in each single subject;
A translation in English of the transcripts and records, in case the original documents are not written in German or English.
From international students we do need an electronic copy of your bachelor thesis.
Further, please add an English language certificate. As equivalent to a B2 level (CEFR) are generally accepted:
· for German students only!: eight years of English lessons within the school, certified by a notified "Abiturzeugnis"
· A language certification of a language examination according to CEFR, with a level of B2 or higher from your university or other (also privat) language schools
· A TOEFL Test with 100 points or more (itB)
· An IELTS Test with 6.5 points or more
· If English is an official language in your country of origin, it may be sufficient to submit proof that English was the language of instruction at school and university. However, if the level of English in the application appears to be too low, the admissions committee may require a certified English test (eg IELTS or TOELF) afterwards.
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Evolutionary Psychology and Fundamental Human Needs
From a lecture series presented by The Great Courses
Most of us are driven by five fundamental human characteristics, which include the desires for acceptance and security, as well as seemingly irrational fears. Discover how these fears and desires can be traced to our ancient ancestors.
Our prehistoric ancestors needed to belong to groups in order to protect themselves against those who might harm them, and to find a suitable mate.
Five Fundamental Human Motives
One primary place where evolution seems to have played a role is in people's motives and goals. Think for a moment about what motivates your behavior on a daily basis—what does your behavior seem designed to achieve for you?
When evolutionary psychologists look for consistencies in what most people strive for in their daily lives—what they focus on, what they think about, and what they respond to—they conclude that it boils down to about five basic things.
First, all people want to be accepted—not by everybody, but by certain other people. And a great deal of what we do each day helps us to be accepted—or at least avoid being rejected—by other people.
So, we try to be nice. We cooperate when we work with others. We do our share. We try to get others to perceive us positively. We work on our close relationships, and so on.
Second, people the world over belong to cooperative groups of various kinds: work groups, committees, hunting parties, sports teams, political groups, civic organizations, and so on. Belonging to groups is a feature of human nature. It is uncommon to find many otherwise well-adjusted people who never join groups.
Third, people are motivated to influence other people. We want other people to act in certain ways, and we do what we can to get them to behave as we wish.
We also want other people to think certain things, to hold certain beliefs, and to agree with us; so we spend time trying to persuade them. The quality of our life depends on other people treating us in certain ways; we are therefore invested in influencing others.
Fourth, all of us have our antennae up for people who might harm us in one way or another—not just for people who might hurt us physically, but also for those who may treat us unfairly, take advantage of us, cheat us, or fail to do their share. And we react very strongly to being mistreated by other people. It's part of human nature to guard against being hurt and exploited.
And, finally, at many points in their lives, people focus on mate selection and retention—having intimate sexual relationships with others.
This is a transcript from the video series Understanding the Mysteries of Human Behavior. Watch it now, on The Great Courses Plus.
Much of what we do every day of our lives seems to be in the service of these five primary motives. That's not to say that all of your behavior is due to these motives, rather that they consistently exert a very strong role in what you do and how you feel.
The influence of these motives may not always be obvious. You might want to make money or learn new things or retire early.
But those specific goals are often in the service of these five broader motives. These motives are so central to human nature that it's hard to even imagine how behavior might look without them. We simply don't find otherwise normal, well-adjusted people who have the opposite motives.
Learn more about five key areas of our behavior in which evolution plays a critical role
How Our Ancestors Have Influenced Our Basic Motives
Why does human nature consistently emphasize these five basic motives?
The answer is that these are the motives that would have promoted survival and reproduction during the evolutionary past. What did our prehistoric ancestors need to do in order to survive and reproduce?
They needed to be accepted by other people, belong to groups, influence other people, protect themselves against those who might harm them, and find a suitable mate.
Prehistoric humans that belonged to groups were more likely to survive and reproduce.
That's pretty much it. If an individual accomplished those five things, his or her chances of surviving and reproducing would have been much higher than if he or she didn't accomplish those things.
So, we are the descendants of generations and generations of beings who sought acceptance, belonged to groups, tried to influence others, protected themselves, and had successful mating relationships.
Individuals who weren't motivated to do those things—or worse, wanted to do the opposite—didn't fare as well in their own lives, and they weren't as successful passing their genes to future generations.
The bottom line is that much of what you are motivated to do each and every day, you are motivated to do because evolution built those motives into human nature.
Evolutionary Purpose of Fear
One of the topics to which Charles Darwin himself applied evolutionary ideas was the topic of emotions. Emotions evolved because they provided an adaptive benefit for our ancestors.
The most obvious example perhaps is fear. Fear alerts us to dangers and leads us to avoid things that might hurt us.
Of course, people can learn to be afraid of things that don't pose any real danger, but, fundamentally, fear evolved to help us respond to threats to our well-being. In other words, the emotion of fear is related to the fundamental human motive to protect ourselves.
It's informative to look at the fears that are more or less universal—the things that human beings tend to be afraid of without much learning—because those fears probably evolved.
One such fear involves snakes. During the course of human evolution, while we were wandering around on the African savannah, snake bites were a real threat.
In fact, even today in Africa and Southeast Asia, thousands of people die from venomous snake bites each year.
Our prehistoric ancestors who feared snakes were much more likely to survive and reproduce than those who weren't afraid of snakes, or worse, those who tried to play with snakes. Prehistoric people who weren't cautious around snakes tended not to have many offspring.
Because we descended from individuals who were afraid of snakes, it's a feature of human nature to dislike snakes. You can override that normal wariness, but anxiety about snakes appears to be part of human nature.
That's why you're probably more nervous about snakes than you are about cars, even though in the United States cars are far, far more dangerous. You aren't naturally afraid of riding in cars because our species doesn't have millions of years of experience dying in car accidents.
The same is true of how people react to spiders, and even to the feeling that something is crawling along their skin. Think of how you react when you have the sense that something is creeping up your leg; that's an evolved reaction.
Learn more about why we have emotions
Why Do We Overreact to Threats?
Snarling animals are upsetting to most people, particularly when they are showing their fangs. And what's really interesting is that many people have negative emotional reactions when they simply see pictures or movies of snakes, spiders, or snarling animals.
When you think about it, that negative reaction is weird. Why would we be afraid of a picture or a movie? That's totally irrational!
The answer is that throughout the entire course of evolutionary history, anytime you saw a snake, spider, or ferocious animal, it was really there. Your brain isn't designed to distinguish automatically between real threats and pictured threats in photographs or movies.
One of the interesting things about evolved fear responses is that they often appear overly responsive, if not totally unnecessary. All animals, including human beings, are far more likely to overreact to something that's not actually threatening than they are to under-react, or have no reaction at all, to a real threat.
Think of a deer in the forest. Deer startle and run away far more than is necessary. In the same way, people get upset over little things, and they worry about things that turn out to be nothing.
During the course of your life, you have likely worried about things that didn't really hurt you more often than you failed to worry about things that posed a real threat to you.
You were probably more likely to worry about medical tests that came out fine, than you were to be cavalier about medical tests that showed a serious problem. Late at night, you've probably been more likely to have concerns about noises in your house that were nothing, than you were to ignore signs that there was a real intruder.
When you were a student, you probably worried more about tests on which you ultimately that you did fine, than you were relaxed about tests that you failed.
This overreaction to possible harm is also an evolved feature of the brain. Evolution seems to operate on the idea that it's far better to be safe than sorry—that it's better to experience unnecessary fear and anxiety, and to react as if something is dangerous when it's not—than to fail to react to a real threat.
Our threat detection system is built in a way that makes false positive errors much more common than false negative errors.
It's like the smoke detector that you probably have in your home. Smoke detectors are designed to be certain that they warn you about a possible fire.
You may have had smoke detectors go off when there really wasn't a fire, but rather you burnt the toast or you took a steamy shower. But that false alarm is not a bad price to pay to be sure that your smoke detector never misses the smoke from a real fire.
Animals with very sensitive threat-detection systems were more likely to survive and reproduce, so that became a part of human nature, making us much more reactive than we often need to be.
Fear, then, strongly ties into the evolutionary need for survival.
From the lecture series Understanding the Mysteries of Human Behavior, taught by Professor Mark Leary
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Analysis of aerial photographs indicates that woody plant biomass has increased in Hluhluwe Game Reserve, KwaZulu Natal, over a relatively short period. Despite their slow growth rates, Eucleas and other broadleaf species are responsible for the majority of this increase. Nine sites were chosen to examine the recruitment patterns and sizeclass distributions of Euclea divinorum and E. racemosa. Analysis of the size-class distribution data suggests that recruitment of Eucleas is slightly higher below adult A. nilotica canopies than in adjacent interspaces. The number of seedlings is significantly higher below Acacia canopies than in open spaces. Size class data indicate that the largest Euclea individuals are found in open spaces and not below A. nilotica canopies. Because Eucleas have slower growth rates than A. nilotica, the large Eucleas may well have become established before the present A. nilotica stand. The data also indicate that A. karroo is replacing A. nilotica and that broadleaf species other than Eucleas are recruiting in both open and below canopy plots. I suggest A. nilotica adults only weakly facilitate the establishment of Eucleas and other broadleaved species, and that increase in woody vegetation is due to changes in the fire regime that allow suppressed broadleaf individuals to escape and become visible. This release may explain the rapid rate of encroachment by inherently slow growing species.
Skowno, A. 1996. The successional dynamics of Acacia nilotica (L.) savanna. University of Cape Town.


(Crain's) -- Palos Community Hospital is planning a $400-million expansion.
The 370-bed south suburban hospital wants to build an eight-story addition that would allow all of its patient rooms -- now mostly doubles -- to be private rooms. It plans to file in May for approval from the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Board, according to a letter hospital officials sent to the state agency last week.
The 400,000-square-foot project also would expand the emergency room and give the hospital more space for lab tests, diagnostic imaging and pharmacy operations, according to the letter. It would end up with six additional intensive-care beds, or 30 total, but nine fewer general beds.
"It will meet the privacy needs of our patients, improve the efficiency of the hospital and allow Palos to continue providing the high quality of care that people have come to expect from us," Timothy Brosnan, vice-president of planning and community development, said in a statement Tuesday.
Palos had $465 million in cash and investments at the end of 2006, according to its most recently available financial statement. It had $131 million in long-term debt.
The hospital posted an $11.8-million operating loss in 2006 on patient revenue of $286.0 million. Investment returns boosted net income to $34.8 million.


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Can It Really Be Two Years Already!?!
2 years… I'm not even 2 months old and I'm tired out!!
It is hard to believe that I have been living in Haiti for over two years already!
November 9th was the two-year anniversary of my move to Haiti. It has gone so fast! I just spent over an hour looking through my pictures from the last two years. It's really only a snapshot of my time here. But it was really overwhelming what I have been able to be involved in during the last 24 months.
I went down to southern Haiti with a medical team in response to Hurricane Matthew.
I have delivered two babies.
I have made great friends.
I work with HERO ambulance and been able to help infants, kids, and adults, and do medivacs both in Haiti and to the USA.
I have been able to travel around and see a lot of this beautiful country.
I have loved, saved, and lost babies.
I have been in a motorcycle crash.
I have held a two-pound preemie.
I was on a medical response team to a recent earthquake in northern Haiti.
I have done medical clinics, malnutrition, clinics, maternity clinics, wound clinics, mobile clinics, school clinics, and orphanage clinics.
I have made a difference in kids' lives by bringing hope through healing.
Don't you just want to kiss this cute little face!!
That's a short list that represents a lot more things! And many would say it's plenty!
It's been a real blessing to do it all. But the the truth is, "I" have not done most of this.
WE delivered babies, WE rescued the suffering, WE provided clinics, WE have made a difference in many lives, and WE brought hope through healing!!
I am truly thankful for each of you who have joined the team to support Kelby's Kids with prayer support, financial support, and your encouragement on this journey!
I'm sure WE are also glad that only I got in a motorcycle crash!
It's a blessing to show your love to these little ones!
The problem is that this is a broken world. Sickness and pain will come again and the medicine will run out. That is why the ultimate goal is a life change. God has been shown to the people that WE have worked with. Lives have been eternally changed, and that's our ultimate goal!
Shortly after arriving in Haiti I met Rosedena. She was a cute little one that, at first glance, looked to be doing OK.
After questioning mom, I learned her baby was only eating cookies, and only drinking dirty water. And upon a second look, I recognized she was not simply a chunky little girl, but was actually very sick. She was swollen from a life-threatening protein deficiency called Kwashiorkor. She was very sick and was at risk of dying.
Rosedena was immediately put in our malnutrition program — and she made big improvements. She came back to visit the other day. She is doing very well and her mamma is very happy to have a healthy little girl. The girl has much better of a chance of beating the statistics. 1 in 5 (20%) of children in Haiti won't see their 5th birthday.
This is just one example of what long term work can do when you are able to build relationships with people!
The maternity clinic was officially started on 03-12-18 (although I have been helping pregnant moms since I arrived in 2016).
As of 11-14-18, during the 27 clinics that we've held, 105 woman have been admitted into the program. This doesn't count the 35-40 non-pregnant woman who showed up, received counseling, education, and resource referrals for problems like fibroid masses, STDs, menopause, or cancer.
Of the 105 patients, 50 of them are current patients in the program. We are blessed to have had 28 moms graduate the program with live births, including one set of twins! We have had seven moms who have lost their babies, and we've been able to support them through the process.
We, unfortunately, have had 20 moms who've dropped out of the program (for any one of a hundred unknown reasons). I worry about them, and wish I had more answers as to why they left.
A young, new mom came to the clinic the other day.
This new mom said it took her more than two hours to get to the clinic, but it wouldn't take her as long to get back home. I asked her what she meant by that. I wondered if she'd walked to clinic, but would take a Tap Tap (taxi) home.
She said she awoke one morning and knew she needed help, but didn't have any money, and didn't know where to turn.
She continued to tell us how, earlier that day, she walked out of her house and kept walking and asking people where she could go for help. More than two hours later, she ended up at our gate. She had never heard of us, and didn't even know we existed. Until that day.
I am thankful that the Lord not only brought her to us, but, brought her to us on the very morning of maternity clinic! I am excited to see what God has in store for our relationship with this young mother!
A lady came to the maternity clinic last week.
She had patiently waited over four hours for her turn. When she came in, she did not appear pregnant (I have learned to confirm a viable pregnancy before starting the paperwork. Because, sometimes looks or thoughts about pregnancy can be deceiving).
With the delay of translating and just being in my maternity routine, I had just started to assess her abdomen for signs of a growing uterus from an early pregnancy.
We often have people come on the wrong clinic days. We are always saying Monday is medical, Tuesday is malnutrition, and Wednesday is maternity. And wound-care is on Mon, Wed and Friday. It would have been easy to dismiss her as it's always difficult to see all the maternity patients between 9 am and 3 pm when the wound care clinic starts.
But my heart went out to her so I talked to her for a few minutes about seizures and where she needed to seek care. Just as she was getting ready to leave I thought about how her life must be.
Anyone with a disability in Haiti is looked down upon and often cast aside by family and friends. Seizures aren't understood here, and are often thought to be evil or from being demon-possessed. Or, at the very least, due to a severe mental health issue. Seizures aren't viewed similar to other diseases like diabetes or a cardiac issue.
She started to cry and my heart broke to think of what she may have had to endure.
As she left, I felt bad that I couldn't fix her medical issue. But I hoped that maybe what she really needed that day was to know that someone understood her, and that she wasn't some kind of monster like — perhaps — she had been led to believe.
Bruna with her graduation present from the maternity program after her first pregnancy!
I know these posts get loooooong, but there is sooooooo much I want to share with you about what you have been involved in.
THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART for making the last two years a huge success and for helping to keep the ministry of Kelby's Kids supported so we could pour into so many lives!
Be watching for ways to help us start 2019 off with a bang — so we can have an even bigger impact in the lives of the children and people of Haiti.
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Roger began working with food in 1980 at his brother's produce store. Foodservice was never a career he planned, it just happened to be something which he enjoyed and for which he had some natural ability. All of these years later, it looks like it is now part of the plan. In 1996, Roger opened a restaurant in Fairfield, Destinys. This eventually led to the company Destinys Catering and Banquets. In 2010, during the economic turndown, Roger and his wife, Jenn, sold Destinys to Vonderhaar's Catering. Roger now oversees the culinary division and helps develop new menu items; he also oversees special projects and assists with business development, such as the opening of V's Café on 7th this past December and Vonderhaar's involvement with Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park. Roger travels to all divisions and assists wherever necessary. When not working, Roger enjoys spending time with his wife, Jenn, (who oversees the Destinys Catering division of the company) and his daughters, Hannah and Katie. He also enjoys volunteering at church.


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SF'S World AIDS Day Goal: No More AIDS
Scott Lucas | December 1, 2014 | Lifestyle Story City Life
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When Mayor Art Agnos first established World AIDS Day on December 1, 1988, a diagnosis was tantamount to a death sentence. 26 years later, San Francisco is at the forefront of efforts to end the disease once and for all, having pledged zero new transmissions and zero new infections in the city by 2024. A crazy-ambitious goal? Yes. But the craziest thing about it is that it just might work.
Since the beginning of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, almost 20,000 people have died in San Francisco. But as the CEO of the San Francisco AIDS Foundation, Neil Giuliano, recently told us, the city's goal is to eliminate new cases by 2024. Though this seems like a fanciful goal, the city is not far from the mark. From 2004 to 2011, new infections dropped from 600 per year to just 300.
Part of the city's approach is continuing to encourage condom use and frequent testing. Part is the promotion of Truvada, which is taken regularly to prevent new infections. Though the drug was initially controversial, with some worried about efficacy and side effects, it has been embraced by the mainstream, including Castro Supervisor Scott Wiener, who recently made national headlines when he disclosed that he takes the medication. (As we wrote then: "Wiener did the near impossible: He took what has been maligned as a "party drug" for guys who want to have risky bareback sex, and made it pedestrian, routine, boring. He Wiener-ed Truvada.")
The other prong of the city's strategy is a rapid-response approach to new cases—getting people into treatment within a day of diagnosis. (TIME magazine recently wrote about it, as did The Advocate in March.) The goal is to deliver treatment so rapidly that new infections will have no chance to spread.
It's a tall order, for sure. (After all, the city also has policy goals of zero waste production and zero transit deaths.) But here's hoping we can pull it off. What better way to mark the day?
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Sunday May 31st 1908 I am so tired I am almost sick. I took care of my chickens and got the dinner. I went up stairs when my work was done and spent the rest of the afternoon on the bed. I did some extra work at supper time. quite cool today. Monday June 1st 1908 The boys went to plow corn. I did a big churning alone. My last little chicks are ailing I went to town in the afternoon to get some special feed for them. I was at Dr Smiths office. We were invited to Otts for supper tonight and there was to be a sock shower for Rob Whetstone. I got a couple of pair of socks and left with Mother. I was only over the river a few moments and did not come home till 5.30. Did evening work. Tuesday June 2 1908 The boys still plowing. I did a lot of baking and work about the house. Will plowed the garden and we got some of that made. I am working to try and save my chickens though I has lost some Weather still cool. I talked with Ida Anderson from down home this afternoon she was there and will come out here on Thursday.


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Lyn is an Honorary Member – having invested in Maker Heights at the outset – with a strong conviction that community commons are important and beneficial. She has a scientific background, and skills resulting from working in varied scientific and administrative roles, serving as a school governor, and raising a family here on the Rame Peninsula. She will use her skills and efforts to bring good governance, collaborative working and holistic approaches to the Trust's work.
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Chris is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Cost and Management Accounts and, although now retired, has spent much of his working life as commercial and finance director in a number of international publishing operations. He moved to the Rame Peninsula around 10 years ago and is now committed to helping the Trust preserve and improve this important historic site, to ensure accessibility for both the local community and the wider public. He is focused on ensuring the long-term financial viability of the Trust by installing proper accounting controls and policies.
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Much of Mikes career, until retirement, has been in operational management complemented with business development. By offering his professional experience and his local knowledge, he will work with the board of trustees, its 'partners' and the community to continue the work of the trust to ensure that there is a sustainable future for this historic site, accommodating the local community and its unique cultural needs.
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In the current pig sector, the productivity of sows of genetic lines with a high prolificacy and increasing litter sizes, one of the main challenges is to keep the piglets alive. It is well known that some factors such as inheritance, the environment, the dam's nutrition and other factors can have an influence on the development of the foetus' organs and tissues. In the case of mammals, if the foetus cannot obtain the nutrients needed for its development, the foetal growth and the offspring's performance could become compromised. Therefore, the dam's nutrition is important for the foetal growth and the development of the offspring.
Some trace elements, such as zinc, copper and manganese play a essential role in the foetal and postnatal development, because they are necessary for the correct development of the immune system and muscle growth. Recent research has shown that supplementation with trace elements beyond the nutritional requirements can increase muscle growth and immunity in other species (Fry et al., 2012; Gao et al., 2014). Nevertheless, the effects of the dam's nutrition in terms of zinc, copper and manganese on the development of the skeletal muscle and the immune system of the offspring is not yet known in depth in the case of swine.
The task of epigenetics is the study of hereditary changes in the gene expression that do not imply alterations in the underlying DNA sequence. In conclusion, it has to do with changes in the animal's phenotype, but not in its genotype, and only in the way in which the cells read the genes. It is currently deemed that there are at least three processes that allow the epigenetic change: 1) DNA methylation; 2) histones modification; and 3) the silencing of the non-RNA-codifying genes. Epigenetic changes are usual and natural, and they can be influenced by several factors, including age, the environment, nutrition and several diseases. Although we know that the amount and the quality of the nutrients induce direct effects on health, the interaction of nutrition with epigenetic modifications is normally overlooked, although it has been proven that it can have an influence on the biologic variation in mammals and fowl.
A recent study carried out in collaboration with North Carolina Sate University (USA) established the effects of the supplementation of sows' diets with hydroxy-analogue methionine-chelated trace elements on the epigenetic change in the offspring's muscle and gut tissue. On day 35 of gestation, 60 sows were assigned one of two diet treatments that only differed with respect to the source of minerals in the diet. The design was as random complete blocks using the parity as a block: 1) inorganic minerals (IMs): CuSO4, MnO, and ZnSO4; and 2) chelated minerals (CMs): Cu, Mn, and Zn chelated with hydroxy-analogue methionine. The gestation and lactation diets were formulated to satisfy or exceed the nutrient requirements suggested by the NRC (2012). On days 1 and 18 of lactation, two piglets per litter were slaughtered to take longissimus dorsi muscle and jejunum samples and to measure the global DNA methylation, the histone acetylation and the gene expression. The sows fed with CMs tended to suffer a lower bodyweight loss during lactation (P = 0.05) and tended to produce piglets with a greater bodyweight at 18 days of age (P = 0.09). The supplementation with CMs in sows significantly increased the global histone acetylation (P < 0.05) and tended to reduce (P = 0.07) the myogenic transcription factor 4 RNAm in the muscle, a factor negatively involved with muscle development (Figure 1) of piglets at birth. In turn, CMs significantly decreased (P < 0.05) the RNAm of the nuclear factor NF-kB (protein complex that controls the production of cytokines and the regulation of the immune response against infections (Figure 2).
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