A NEW Haw author who overcame breast cancer is hoping her new book will encourage more women to go for potentially life-saving mammograms.
Avril Saunders, 63, was diagnosed with breast cancer in March last year following a routine mammogram.
She said the quick diagnosis was the reason she could now look forward to spending many years spoiling her grandchildren.
Her book, Mammograms Save Lives, dealing with what she went through, was published on Thursday (February 23).
Q1. Can you tell us about yourself?
I am a retired history teacher who taught history in a secondary school in Stockton-on-Tees for nineteen years. I am 50 years old and have had to take ill health retirement. I have an old dog, a young dog and two cats.
Q2. What inspired you to write the book 'The Kipper Patrol'?
My research into the Auxiliary Air Force, and my own personal interest in local history. To be honest, the book was a spin off from some research I had been doing for an MPhil research degree. As part of the research I had interviewed a great many veterans from auxiliary squadrons who did not really understand what an MPhil was, but who wanted me to write a book, so the idea for the book came from them really.
Q3. You have written about a period in history that is about 60 years ago, how can you be so sure that the recollections are accurate?
My book is written primarily about 608 Squadron. They were a part-time squadron of volunteers who gave up their weekends and one night a week to train to be pilots or ground crew. In order to make sure that the book was accurate, I interviewed about 33 members of the squadron who served in the 1930s and a similar number of veterans who served between 1946 and 1957. The book contains most of their recollections, as well as a potted history of the squadron.
"The Blake Curse is all about heartrending choices, fast paced suspense and faith in the thread of human goodness" says author I. C. Camilleri.
Book Reviews by John Davies*.
"Valerie Astill's book is a marvellous account of a challenging three week holiday in Brazil, Peru and Bolivia. Her very readable writing style makes the culture, climate and landscapes of these countries come to life. Her descriptions are incredibly detailed and picturesque making it so easy to visualise the scenes that she describes. Indeed, I almost felt as though I was in the shower with her and the little green frogs! Valerie also gives a warts and all insight into the many difficulties of travel in these South American countries. I thoroughly enjoyed this delightful travelogue - well worth reading, even if you're not going on holiday to South America."
*John Davies is an author, song writer and poet. He is also an athlete and has been the Welsh Masters javelin champion in his age group nearly every year since 1989. He is the Treasurer of Port Talbot Harriers and President of Welsh Masters Athletics. John Davies is the author of 'Lyrics and Limericks' and 'Chester to Chepstow'.
Valerie Astill is the author of 'From Coconuts to Condors' and has also written a second book titled - 'Temples and Tacos' about her journey through Mexico, Guatemala and Belize.
Author Neal James* was interviewed by Barbara Conelli, Blog Talk Radio in New York on Sunday, 5th February 2012.
BlogTalkRadio operates out of New York and hosts live talk radio show online.
*Neal James is the author of four books: 'A Ticket to Tewkesbury', 'Short Stories - Volume One', 'Two Little Dicky Birds' and 'Threads of Deceit'.
"This is a list of what featured most often from a number of bestselling thrillers reviewed as research from my bookshelf. The principles hold true for any genre although the details change for each."
A book trailer for Read and Soar has been released.
Read and Soar is a book about the many benefits and joys of reading.
Where will your reading adventure take you?
Between the covers of a book exists a sort of paradise.
Books have a certain kind of enchantment about them; they are able to catapult you to a different world in the twinkling of an eye.
By reading you can rub minds with the best thinkers of all time & share in the wisdom of the greatest minds.
Neal James* was on Erewash Sound with Tris Walker and Laura Smith on Saturday 21 January 2012 to record the first of what may become a series of his short stories.
Listen to an audio file of the transmitted short story titled - 'Marks on the Wall'.
Neal James would be returning to the Erewash Sound studios soon for an interview with Tris Walker – If you have something you want to ask Neal James about his work then please use the comment box on the 'Erewash and beyond' website or email tris.walker@erewashsound.com.
Erewash Sound was launched in late 2004. Broadcasting on 96.8FM, Erewash Sound serves the Erewash Valley area of Derbyshire.
'Spring Leaf Books' unveils a new website, SpringLeafBooks.com and an email marketing brand – 'Book Springs', specially designed for book lovers all over the world.
The new website is aimed at informing readers about tailored offers, reviews and interviews about their favourite books and authors.
Book Springs is a newsletter of Spring Leaf Books used for targeted book marketing and promotions. All book marketing campaigns are based on clear goals, good research, appropriate use of social media and trends within the industry of book subject, to achieve maximum exposure.
Springs Leaf Books is proud to be affiliated with PublishedBestsellers.com.
Spring Leaf Books is a business unit of Pneuma Springs Publishing, an independent publisher, providing established and budding authors with publishing expertise since 2003.
OTOLI is a story of bullying, teenage issues and the supernatural. The central character, a victim of bullying, Alice Turner, finds solace in a strange café called OTOLI and finds friendship with the enigmatic waitress, Jenny. It however turned out that Alice's new friendship is not quite what it seems.
Bryony Allen writes Adult and Young Adult fiction. She is the author of 'Mystery, Deceit and a School Inspector' and 'OTOLI', her latest book. Bryony is a teacher and currently lives in the beautiful wilds of the Suffolk countryside with her husband, four children, and pets, cats and dogs.
Read the recent YA Book Reads blog with author, Bryony Allen.
A NEW book charting a 70-year old runner's mental and physical journey through life, as he sets himself almost impossible challenges, is out this month.
Me and My Shadow is the story of Ray Matthews, a local man described by publishers Pneuma Springs as "truly exceptional".
Set in the life and times of Regency England, a stirring tale of love, dark secrets, manipulation and the determined human spirit.
...An inspiring tale of love, hate and the indomitable human spirit.
A heart-tugging bitter-sweet love story, in which love, devotion and determination brings good out of the most tragic life circumstances.
A romantic action packed mystery thriller fiction set in Glasgow inner city and the Swiss Alps.


Genital human papillomavirus (HPV) is the most common sexually transmitted infection (STI) and most people who become infected with HPV do not even know they have it. Over 6 million people become infected with HPV each year in the US (Weinstock et al).
What is HPV Human Papilloma Virus Infection?
What are the symptoms of HPV Human Papilloma Virus Infection?
HPV types are often referred to as "low-risk" (wart-causing) or "high-risk" (cancer-causing), based on whether they put a person at risk for cancer. In 90% of cases, the body's immune system clears the HPV infection naturally within two years. This is true of both high-risk and low-risk types.
How do people get HPV Human Papilloma Virus Infection?
Very rarely, a pregnant woman with genital HPV can pass HPV to her baby during vaginal delivery. In these cases, the child may develop warts in the throat or voice box - a condition called recurrent respiratory papillomatosis (RRP).
How does HPV Human Papilloma Virus Infection cause warts and cancer?
How common is HPV Human Papilloma Virus Infection?
HPV Infection: Approximately 20 million Americans are currently infected with HPV, and another 6.2 million people become newly infected each year. At least 50% of sexually active men and women acquire genital HPV infection at some point in their lives.
Recurrent resporatory papillomatosis or RRP is very rare. It is usually transmitted to the baby from the mother during childbirth. It is estimated that less than 2,000 children get RRP every year.
How can people prevent HPV Human Papilloma Virus Infection?
For those who choose to be sexually active, condoms may lower the risk of HPV, if used all the time and the right way. Condoms may also lower the risk of developing HPV-related diseases, such as genital warts and cervical cancer. But HPV can infect areas that are not covered by a condom -- so condoms may not fully protect against HPV. So the only sure way to prevent HPV is to avoid all sexual activity.
There are important steps girls and women can take to prevent cervical cancer. The HPV vaccine can protect against most cervical cancers (see above). Cervical cancer can also be prevented with routine cervical cancer screening and follow-up of abnormal results. The Pap test can identify abnormal or pre-cancerous changes in the cervix so that they can be removed before cancer develops. An HPV DNA test, which can find high-risk HPV on a woman's cervix, may also be used with a Pap test in certain cases. The HPV test can help healthcare professionals decide if more tests or treatment are needed. Even women who got the vaccine when they were younger need regular cervical cancer screening because the vaccine does not protect against all cervical cancers.
Is there a test for HPV Human Papilloma Virus Infection?
The HPV test on the market is only used as part of cervical cancer screening. There is no general test for men or women to check one's overall "HPV status." HPV usually goes away on its own, without causing health problems. So an HPV infection that is found today will most likely not be there a year or two from now. For this reason, there is no need to be tested just to find out if you have HPV now. However, you should get tested for signs of disease that HPV can cause, such as cervical cancer.
Cervical cell changes (early signs of cervical cancer) can be identified by routine Pap tests. The HPV test can identify high-risk HPV types on a woman's cervix, which can cause cervical cell changes and cancer.
Is there a treatment for HPV Human Papilloma Virus Infection?
Cervical cancer is most treatable when it is diagnosed and treated early. There are new forms of surgery, radiation therapy, and chemotherapy available for patients [see www.cancer.org ]. But women who get routine Pap testing and follow up as needed can identify problems before cancer develops. Prevention is always better than treatment.


Niemann-Pick type C (NPC) is an inherited disorder of cholesterol transport that results in an accumulation of unesterified cholesterol and lipids in the lysosomal/endosomal system and in various tissues. Although NPC belongs to a group of lysosomal disorders including Niemann-Pick types A and B, these diseases are metabolically and genetically distinct. Niemann-Pick types A and B are caused by mutations in the SMPD1 gene, which encodes the enzyme sphingomyelinase, whereas NPC is caused by mutations in the NPC1 or NPC2 genes.
The incidence of NPC is approximately 1 in 120,000 to 1 in 150,000 live births. Age of onset is variable and ranges from the perinatal period to adulthood. Clinical presentation is also highly variable. Infants may present with or without liver disease (hepatosplenomegaly) and respiratory failure. Those without liver and pulmonary disease may present with hypotonia and developmental delay. Most individuals are diagnosed during childhood with symptoms including ataxia, vertical supranuclear gaze palsy, dystonia, progressive speech deterioration, and seizures resulting in death by the second or third decade of life. Adult-onset NPC is associated with a slower progression and is characterized by neurologic and psychiatric problems.
NPC is inherited in an autosomal recessive manner, in which affected individuals carry 2 mutations in either the NPC1 or NPC2 gene. Most mutations are family specific, although there are 2 mutations in the NPC1 gene that are more common than others. The G992W mutation is common in the French Acadian population of Nova Scotia. The I1061T mutation is the most common mutation worldwide, and is seen in patients of Hispanic and Western European (United Kingdom and France) descent. Full gene sequencing and analysis for large deletions and duplications of the NPC1 and NPC2 genes detect less common disease-causing mutations.
The recommended first-tier test to screen for NPC is a biochemical test measuring cholesterol esterification coupled with filipin staining on a fibroblast specimen, NIEM / Niemann-Pick Type C Detection, Fibroblasts. Molecular testing provides confirmation of a biochemical diagnosis or a basis for carrier testing of family members. Individuals with abnormal biochemical results are more likely to have 2 identifiable mutations by molecular testing.


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Montana ranks sixth for AmeriCorps members
Montana celebrates #6 national ranking for producing AmeriCorps members
By: MTN News
HELENA — Montana residents rank sixth in the nation when it comes to enrolling in AmeriCorps according to a press release Friday from the Governor's Office of Community Service.
Montana ranked number eight on the list last year.
"Montanans have always had a strong set of values when it comes to finding a way to make a meaningful difference in the lives of others," said Gov. Steve Bullock. "AmeriCorps service is not only the bedrock of our communities, it builds up future generations to believe in the power of giving back."
There are 15 different AmeriCorps projects in Montana that place dedicated people in communities across the state to address local needs.
More than 800 members served at more than 600 locations in 2018. Members served with schools, food banks, homeless shelters, health clinics, youth centers, veteran's facilities, and other nonprofit and faith-based organizations.
AmeriCorps offers a variety of service opportunities reducing crime, preserving and restoring public lands, connecting veterans to services, promoting green energy initiatives, fighting the opioid epidemic, rebuilding communities after disasters, and more.
This service experience gives individuals an opportunity to impact Montana communities while gaining valuable skills and experience and advancing their careers.
"We are excited to see Montana climb in the AmeriState rankings," said Dan Ritter, Executive Director of the Governor's Office of Community Service.
"Montanans have a long tradition of service to others and it's not surprising to see our residents answer the call to serve their neighbors and keep our state consistently ranked in the top ten," said Ritter.
This fall marks the 25th anniversary of AmeriCorps.
Since its inception in 1994, more than 10,000 Montana residents have served approximately 9.9 million hours, earning more than $23.8 million in education awards.
Service members can use these awards to pay for college or to pay back qualified student loans.

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Egg Collective, Furniture Designers
by Jill Singer
When Egg Collective launched their debut furniture collection at ICFF in 2012 — snagging a Best New Designer award in the process — they seemed to the design world to have come out of nowhere. And in fact, though the three — Stephanie Beamer, Crystal Ellis, and Hillary Petrie — met and began collaborating as 18-year-old freshmen at Washington University's architecture school more than a decade ago, the truth is they had formally joined forces and had begun crafting an ICFF plan only six months earlier. "I remember the three of us sitting outside the Javits Center in our Budget truck, about to move in furniture that we'd been working on with no one having seen for six months," says Beamer. "I was like, you guys, this is it. People could just walk by us the entire fair. But thankfully we seem to have struck a chord and the work resonated."
That's a bit of an understatement. In the two years since their debut, Egg has been showered with accolades — Forbes's 30 Under 30 list, Martha Stewart's American Made awards, and our own American Design Hot List, to name a few — and they've built a successful business despite the fact that their model — every piece made painstakingly by hand within the five boroughs — can be difficult to sustain from a retail perspective. They've slowly built up a client list of interior designers and interested individuals, for whom much of the work they do is custom. This year, they joined the New York showroom Colony and premiered their first licensed product, a mirror that appears to float in space (and was appropriately named after Ellis's grandfather, an aeronautical engineer.)
It's details like those that make Egg's furniture so compelling. Every piece feels imbued with a personal history because of the care the three put into each aspect of its making, from the carefully chosen materials palette (lots of warm brass, bronze, and stone) to the fact that each piece is named after a friend or family member. When I visited their Navy Yard studio and asked if they each had a favorite piece, Petrie responded: "I think we feel too emotionally involved in each of these pieces to choose. When I look at a piece I know how many chipboard models were made, and how many long hours of discussion we had on it and the things that have changed with it. It's hard to detach yourself from and really love a piece or really call it your favorite."
We have a hard time choosing as well. Click through the slideshow at right for an introduction to Egg's work as well as a better glimpse into their studio and process.
At Egg Collective's Brooklyn studio, you'll find not only a sampling of furniture from their own collection but also art pieces by friends and loved ones. This photograph, above Egg's Francis Desk and Densen Dining Chair, is by Crystal's sister, Chicago-based photographer Tealia Ellis-Ritter. "It's been our goal since we started to offer artists the ability to show their work in an unconventional venue, and also it helps us," says Hillary. "We're trying to create a more well-rounded setting for our work instead of always photographing a simple product shot."
Egg's founders reflected in their Davies mirrors, from left to right: Stephanie Beamer, Hillary Petrie, and Crystal Ellis. The mirrors are gold-leaf on maple, hand-gilded upstairs in the wood shop by Stephanie.
Sample books, handmade and leather-bound by Crystal.
Egg's Samuel side table, made from solid, hand-waxed bronze, was originally developed for a project they did for the New York City Ballet. "We were asked to do a seating installation in their promenade space, a series of tiling benches and tables that are now on permanent display. We adapted the height to become part of our collection," says Hillary.
The brass and marble hexagonal Hawley table is one of Egg's best known pieces. "We show these in a number of finishes, because like to show what happens when brass patinas. Sometimes clients like that, sometimes they don't, but we love it. We think brass is a live finish and it should be allowed to patinize over time," says Hillary.
Egg's Margot George chandelier is named after Crystal's grandmother. "We name all of our pieces after friends or family," she explains. "So all of the names of the pieces in the collection are people we know. We think about a piece and how it feels, and maybe it's funny to think about furniture as being masculine or feminine, but it's always a fun task."
A set of faceted bronze bookends were created for the New York design show Reclaim x2, in collaboration with Hangar Design Studio.
Egg's first collection, much of which is seen in this photo, was inspired by looking at gemstones and naturally occurring geometries.
"I got this on a website called Brooms By Henry," says Crystal. "Henry grows his own broom grass and he makes these beautiful brooms by hand. You'd buy that in Brooklyn for 150 bucks. But this was like $12, and he sent it with a picture of himself standing in his grass field and a handwritten note. After we got it, we were like, 'Can we rep Brooms By Henry? I want to support this man.'"
The studio is also filled with vintage oddities, like jewelry caskets, old glass bulbs, and this cast-iron horse head, whom the three refer to as Rusty.
The beautifully produced Wright auction house catalog is Egg's "favorite magazine. We subscribe to it!" says Crystal. In terms of other forms of inspiration, she says, "I spend a lot of time gathering pictures of furniture off of 1stdibs, and we keep an internal blog that we just share among ourselves. It's a nice way to keep a conversation going when we don't have time to sit down and talk for 30 minutes every day."
We visited the studio the day after Stephanie's birthday, though we all agreed balloon-as-decor ought to be a more permanent fixture.
At the end of our visit we headed upstairs to the workshop, where various pieces were in progress. Of their process, Stephanie says: "We try to keep design time sacred. It's harder to do now, because we're also running the business on top of designing. But basically we design the work; Crystal oversees design development, so she'll take it through renderings and a myriad of options before we come back together. Hillary's our front of house, so she manages our subcontractors, keeps in touch with our clients, keeps our books, keeps our schedule. I run our shop, so I am in charge of fabrication and making sure everything gets executed in a timely fashion and prototyping and things of that nature."
A Francis desk being finished.
This sign belonged to a neighbor, but we couldn't resist snapping it! For anyone wanting to visit, the Egg Collective showroom is open by appointment.
Tags: brass, Brooklyn, furniture, lighting, materials, photography, vintage
Uhuru, Furniture Designers
If you were familiar only with Uhuru's work, it would be enough to surmise that the Brooklyn-based furniture designers are experts at creating something beautiful from practically nothing. (The formal term for this, we're told, is up-cycling.) In the half-decade since RISD grads Jason Horvath and Bill Hilgendorf have been designing their own line, they've produced chairs from Kentucky bourbon barrels, loungers from the Ipe wood planks of a demolished Coney Island boardwalk, and scrapwood stools so stylish they were recently picked to decorate the café at New York's SANAA-designed New Museum. But while it's true Uhuru are a resourceful bunch, step into their sprawling Red Hook studio and any assumptions you might have about their bootstraps process all but disappear.
Assembly, Furniture Designers
Even for struggling post-grads, the constraints under which Pete Oyler and Nora Mattingly of the fledgling design studio Assembly created their debut furniture collection would be considered rather limiting. The couple — he a Kentucky-born RISD furniture grad, she a Pratt-educated interior design major — were living in a cramped apartment in Bedford-Stuyvesant with a third roommate, sharing a studio space in even farther-out Brooklyn, and commuting nearly four hours to a woodworking shop in Westhampton, Massachusetts, where Oyler had apprenticed for two years before grad school. But rather than chafing against such strictures of space, the two worked with them, creating pieces that were easily transportable and could be effortlessly placed in any small space: side chairs with smaller-than-usual footprints, glass-and-blackened-steel lamps with hand-blown shades hardly bigger than the bulb, even a stripped-down toilet paper–holder that doesn't consist of much more than a brass cylinder that mounts directly into the wall.
Todosomething, Furniture Designers
Todosomething is a Los Angeles–based design and fabrication studio that specializes in custom furniture and cabinetry with precise, exquisite finishes and subdued color palettes. But in the last few years, as their studio has grown, partners Chad Petersen and Dakota Witzenburg have begun producing their own products as well, which are extensions of their minimal design aesthetic—the '60s-inflected, powder-coated metal (S)tool, the paint-tipped plywood A(+) Chair, a scorched-pine slab table with spindly steel legs. Between the two practices, which overlap in more than just appearance, they've cultivated a reputation as representatives of a certain Modern American style, one influenced by everything from Sol Lewitt to Shaker furniture.


"Century-old automobile giants are racing with each other in new-generation car technologies. So now is the right time for the Turkish automobile," Rifat Hisarciklioglu, chairman of the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges, an organization involved in the project, told Hurriyet. "We will work very hard for three or four months to analyze the alternative technologies and funding options." At its first race, Bob and his co-pilot managed 294 laps, securing 5th pace overall and 3rd in their class, which wasn't bad considering it was the driver's first outing at Circuit de la Sarthe ever. The car was retired from racing a little over a year and 17 races after Le Mans, before being sold on to the next lucky owner. Considering our philosophical bias in favor of manual transmissions, the charms of the CVT are limited. So the best thing about this automatic is that you don't have to settle for it, because there's a stick shift available with the 1.5T in the Accord Sport model. That said, the combination of 1.5T and CVT isn't bad. Traveling the globe to race in both the WEC and F1 in the same season sounds grueling, but it might be possible. The circuits have provisional schedules, and there's just one conflict — the U.S. Grand Prix and a WEC race in Japan are both penciled in for Oct. 21. With it time to bid our long-term Nissan Micra a fond farewell, let's conclude whether this fifth generation car is more than just style over substance. Partnership proponent The 2018 Accord 1.5T's acceleration, however, is an improvement on the previous-generation Accord equipped with its standard 2.4-liter naturally aspirated four and CVT. The last Accord had 185 horsepower aboard, needed 7.6 seconds to reach 60 mph, and ran the quarter-mile in 15.9 seconds at 91 mph. What to do when your car oversteers To differentiate the 575 (575 denoting the car's power output in PS) from other XJs, the design team has incorporated a number of tailor-made design details for this low-production model. These include a more aggressive front bumper, curvaceous side sills and a subtle rear spoiler. Twin bonnet louvres and 20in gloss black alloy wheels complete the understated yet menacing look. Neither Alonso nor Toyota would confirm an impending deal. Alonso said at practice for this weekend's Brazilian Grand Prix: "So far, nothing to comment. We will see. Just rumors." With plenty of low-down grunt, it's all too easy to overwhelm the rear wheels, especially if you have the traction control switched off. At first, this can feel a little disconcerting, but with time you learn to trust the big Jag – its long wheelbase ensuring that slides happen slowly and controllably. Before you know it, you'll be playing with the throttle through long corners, the rear happily carving an angle wider than the front. It's addictive, childish, raw fun.


Pattaya police yesterday announced the arrest of a garage owner from Satun in the south of Thailand who they say has been stealing from tourists at many hotels.
Thai Rath reported that 60 year Seksan Traisikkha appears to be a respectable gentleman but is really a common thief.
Local cops and tourist police led by Pattaya station chief Apichai Krobpetch have been interviewing the suspect who denies everything.
He was found in possession of 34,000 baht in Thai and foreign currency.
There was an arrest warrant out for him from a previous case in Surat Thani and the Pattaya cops said that the suspect was convicted of theft in Hat Yai in 2012 when current tourist police deputy commissioner Surachet Hakpal was the chief there.
That case involved theft from a hotel room, too.
Seksan has been initially charged with stealing from the room of a Russian tourist in the Jomtien area.
Piyapong Ensarn of the Pattaya Tourist police said they have CCTV evidence that points to the suspect and believe that he is responsible for many thefts from the rooms of tourists.
good job BIB. Well done ... !!
I can't believe my eyes. There must be an ulterior motive behind this performance of their job.
We knew that. What ulterior motive?
Wondering where his garage is located so I never take my car there for service.
Life is so strange maybe he is a good mechanic and never stole any of his own customers, who knows?
All I can say is good job!


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Elaine Miller aka Gussie Grippers is a Scottish physiotherapist who is a comedian and women's health campaigner. Gussie has won awards at Edinburgh Festival Fringe and Fringe World, Australia. Miller is a Fellow of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy. Both her physiotherapy and her comedy feature a specialism in Pelvic floor dysfunction.

Career
While working as a physiotherapist in Scotland Miller developed a comedy show designed to engage audiences in understanding how physiotherapy can be used to tackle and prevent unrinary incontinence. She began her career in the field of sports physiotherapy, but after her own experience of becoming incontinent after having delivered three children, she began to focus on exercises for the pelvic floor. She is invited as a contributing expert on womens health topics in UK media, including BBC Women's Hour

Her show won 'Weirdest Show at the Fringe' at the Edinburgh festivals in 2013 and Comedy Award at Fringe World, Australia in 2020. Attendance is offered as continuing professional development (CPD) for a range of health professionals who hope to gain a better understanding of these issues, including  GPs, midwives, nurses, urologists, gynaecologists, health visitors and fitness professionals.  Her public engagement activities aim to use laughter as an essential health promotion tool, and are in the tradition of 'clown care' . Her comedy highlights the fact that laughing is one of the things which causes many women bladder leakage and the impact (and novelty) of her work is reflected in a range of health  and comedy-related media coverage.

She works to highlight a gap in women's health support  and get government funding for the  provision of physiotherapy to improve women's health. She performs under the stage name Gussie Grippers. Her act often includes eyecatching costumes such as dressing up as a vulva and songs such as 'does your cervix hang low?'.

Activism
Miller works to highlight issues in women's health. Stress urinary incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse are experienced by many women. Estimates suggest one in three, and that it is more prevalent in older women and women who have had babies.  Invasive operations to tackle incontinence involve the insertion of synthetic mesh. Urinary incontinence can be embarrassing and may impact your daily, family and social life. Miller believes the barriers which deter women from seeking help need to be explored and that raising awareness of the simple, repetitive, non-invasive pelvic floor exercises which can improve the condition, can have a significant impact on the day to day lives of many.

Controversy
In 2022 she attracted mainstream media coverage when she wore, and flashed a merkin in the Scottish Parliament. Her protest was related to her view of the obscenity of the process of lawmaking. After an initial police investigation she was found not to have committed any crime.

Politics
In 2023 she became an independent candidate for election in Edinburgh Corstorphine and Murrayfield and used her campaign in part to highlight issues of women's health provision in Edinburgh.

Performances

 Gusset Grippers
 Viva your Vulva

References

Women's health in the United Kingdom
Living people
Scottish women comedians
Physiotherapists
Year of birth missing (living people)
Place of birth missing (living people)
Activism
Maternal health
Women comedians
Vagina and vulva in art

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Recitar cantando es la expresión italiana que designa el nuevo estilo de canto con que fueron compuestas las primeras óperas, a principios del siglo XVII. Con ello se buscaba, entre otras cosas, el renacimiento de la tragedia griega, interpretándose a finales del siglo XVI que las tragedias griegas eran cantadas en toda su extensión, ya fuera por los personajes o por el coro.

La expresión fue utilizada por primera vez en el subtítulo del frontispicio y la «advertencia al lector» de la Rappresentatione di anima e di corpo (1600) de Emilio de' Cavalieri. La advertencia fue probablemente escrita por Alessandro Guidotti, que se ocupó de su preparación para la imprenta (de' Cavalieri era noble, y la costumbre exigía que la gente de su clase delegara en otros ese tipo de actividad), pero la crítica concuerda en que lo escrito refleja fielmente las ideas de De' Cavalieri Después de la introducción, el primer párrafo de la advertencia se titula pues Avvertimenti per la presente Rappresentatione, à chi volesse farla recitar cantando (advertencia para la presente representación, para quien la quiera recitar cantando), y el segundo párrafo, Avvertimenti particolari per chi cantarà recitando: et per chi suonarà.'.

Este nuevo estilo, nacido en los ambientes de la más alta aristocracia romana y florentina, explotaba las posibilidades expresivas ofrecidas por la monodia accompagnata, y se contraponía claramente a la polifonía, generalmente a cinco voces, de un género por otra parte igual de culto y elitista como era el madrigal. Debe tenerse en cuenta que ya a partir del Orfeo de Monteverdi (1607) el recitar cantando se había ido diferenciando plenamente en lo que luego se denominaría arioso, aria, y recitativo''.

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The Netherlands climbs to 5th most competitive economy in world
08 October 2015, by Parvinder Marwaha
The Netherlands has the 5th most competitive economy in the world according to the World Economic Forum's Global Competitiveness Index 2015-16.
The Netherlands climbed three places to 5th from last year, regaining its highest-ever position in the index on the back of small improvements across a wide range of indicators.
The Global Competitiveness Report 2015-2016 assesses the competitiveness of 140 world economies.
Competitiveness Index 2015 - Global Top 10
2 Singapore
3 United States
4 Germany
6 Japan
7 Hong Kong SAR
8 Finland
Measuring competitiveness
Using a mixture of quantitative and survey data, the index ranks countries overall by combining 113 indicators grouped under 12 pillars of competitiveness which include institutions, infrastructure, health and education, labour market efficiency; financial market development, business sophistication and innovation.
The Netherlands' strongest scores
The Netherlands' strongest scores come in areas including education (3rd), infrastructure (3rd), institutions (10th), business sophistication (5th) and innovation (8th).
Its weaknesses include labour inflexibilities and continuing doubts about its financial markets. The Netherlands' score on financial market development is still significantly lower than in 2007, before the global financial crisis and the bursting of the Netherlands' real estate bubble.
Ranking within Europe
The Netherlands ranked 3rd within Europe, after Switzerland and Germany. Switzerland maintains 1st position for the 7th year in a row, leading the world in its capacity to innovate and scores highly for its education system and labour market efficiency.
Germany and Sweden rise in the ranks to 4th and 9th position respectively, whilst Finland drops four places to 8th and the UK from 9th to 10th place.
Competitiveness Index 2015 - European Top 10
2015 rank
Switzerland 1 1
The Netherlands 5 8
Sweden 9 10
Norway 11 11
Denmark 12 13
Belgium 19 18
Luxembourg 20 19
Talent-driven economies
The WEF commented on a slow and less robust recovery from the financial crisis requiring a need to review high unemployment and identify and nurture new talent.
High unemployment figures are weighing heavily on societies, risking not only prolonged lower demand but also the deskilling of a significant part of the labour force and growing discontent.
The results presented in the report suggest that leveraging talent is at the heart of a competitive and resilient economy and countries that identify, nurture, use and reward talent are those that enjoy more robust growth and swifter recovery.
WEF also commented on the fundamental shift away from the traditional manufacturing industry to one where the continuously spreading use of ICTs is giving rise to entirely new consumption models and industries.
It suggested that talent-driven economies are the best equipped to adapt to the changes brought about by this so-called fourth industrial revolution and reap their benefits.
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Read between the lines of the minimum-wage experiment
Originally published July 30, 2016 at 4:03 pm
The trade-offs of Seattle's $15 minimum wage — positive and negative — are becoming clearer.
SEATTLE'S $15-minimum-wage experiment has gone viral. Fourteen cities or states adopted the higher wage floor, and it made its way into the Democratic Party platform. Queue up the usual reactions: Fans of the movement declared it as a universal good, and opponents, such as state GOP Chair Susan Hutchison, declared it a "job killer."
They're both wrong, judging by the excellent ongoing research on the Seattle $15-wage experiment out of the University of Washington. The latest report by professor Jacob Vigdor's team shows, with increasing clarity, the trade-offs of the economic experiment.
It's worth noting that, contrary to rose-colored headlines, Seattle's minimum wage is not yet $15. It is currently $13 an hour for big employers who don't offer benefits, and $10.50 for small employers who do.
Vigdor's UW team took a snapshot of the short-term economic effects in 2015 when the wage was $11 an hour for big, no-benefits employers.
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The clearest message from the research is the most obvious: Seattle's economy is white hot, with job growth triple the national average. That was a reason that the march toward $15 an hour (by 2017 for big employers, 2019 for small employers) had a negligible effect on business openings.
And workers who held jobs in this economic utopia were earning more — about 73 cents more an hour — as the law intended. That figure is based on a complicated economic analysis that modeled Seattle's economy without a $15 wage law — dubbed "synthetic Seattle" — and compared it to the "real Seattle" with the higher wage.
But there were trade-offs.
Significantly, the UW study found that the wage law "appears to have lowered employment rates of low-wage workers — creating an estimated 1.2 percent drag on jobs compared to "synthetic Seattle."
People who had jobs lost 35 to 40 minutes per week, indicating that employers may be slightly trimming back shifts, although workers' paychecks were larger because of the higher wage floor.
And the researchers found that a loss in the number of workers earning less than $11 an hour exceeded the number of workers who were earning higher wages — indicating that the higher wage did come at the expense of some jobs, even if it was not the "job killer" described by Hutchison.
Seattle may be willing to make these trade-offs. Other communities and states also seem to be willing, as the nationwide movement indicates.
But those followers should know the real effects — good and bad — of Seattle's experiment, and not just fall for the rhetoric — rosy or gloomy.
Editorial board members are editorial page editor Kate Riley, Frank A. Blethen, Ryan Blethen, Donna Gordon Blankinship, Brier Dudley, Mark Higgins, Jonathan Martin, William K. Blethen (emeritus) and Robert C. Blethen (emeritus).


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Q: After getting success auth code in google api client how to go back and process further execution api-php-client/src/contrib/Google_DriveService.php` and my code is below.
<?php

error_reporting(-1);
ini_set('display_errors', 'On');

require_once 'src/Google_Client.php';
require_once 'src/contrib/Google_DriveService.php';

$client = new Google_Client();
// Get your credentials from the console
$client->setClientId('*********');
$client->setClientSecret('*********');
$client->setRedirectUri('urn:ietf:wg:oauth:2.0:oob');
$client->setScopes(array('https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive'));

$service = new Google_DriveService($client);

$authUrl = $client->createAuthUrl();

//Request authorization
print "Please visit:\n$authUrl\n\n";
print "Please enter the auth code:\n";
$authCode = trim(fgets(STDIN));

// Exchange authorization code for access token
$accessToken = $client->authenticate($authCode);
$client->setAccessToken($accessToken);

//Insert a file
$file = new Google_DriveFile();
$file->setTitle('My document');
$file->setDescription('A test document');
$file->setMimeType('text/plain');

$data = file_get_contents('document.txt');

$createdFile = $service->files->insert($file, array(
      'data' => $data,
      'mimeType' => 'text/plain',
    ));

print_r($createdFile);
?>

when i m run this code in browser its ask me for permission and when i accept its redirect to the page where i can get auth code but after that how can i come back to my page process further code.

Please help me to solve this issues. thanks in advance.

A: The user shouldn't input the auth code, the page does it for you as it sends the code through the request, just catch it. In the developers console, there is a field you can enter which says Redirect URI where you can input a web address for the app to redirect you. Remember just to input a non-ip Address for it to work Ex. google.com/index is correct while 45.23.54.74/shcsh/ is not. There you can input the address you need to return to. Try to redirect to a different page than your original code as sometimes the API has troubles with parameters on the Redirect Uri.

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Have you ever gotten sleepy at work? I'm sure that all of us recall a time when we would have enjoyed a nap on the job. Companies are now investigating the need of naps for their employees. If you work for Google or Nike, there are nap rooms available for those who need a refreshing few minutes of shut-eye right after lunch. Central Schwenkfelder does not have such a room. In order to prepare me, someone once gave me a copy of choice words, should I be caught napping on the job. These are a few suggestions of things to say if you get caught sleeping at your desk.
YOUR TONGUE HAS THE ABILITY TO CURSE YOU.
This is actually the foundation of our testimony. You are constantly telling others to whom you belong by your lifestyle. If you profess Christian, and yet live contrary to His commandments, you are taking His name in vain. If you claim church membership, and yet live immorally, your membership means little. If you hate another and say you love God, your words of devotion are merely lies. Christians bear the name of their God in all that they do. Look at your life for a moment. Are you professing one thing and living another? Make sure hypocrisy infects no part of your testimony.
Secondly, we sin with our tongue when we curse others and tear them down. Listen to Ephesians 4:31: "…let all bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor, and evil speaking be put away from you, with all malice." Or Colossians 3:8: "But now you yourselves are to put off all these: anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy filthy language out of your mouth. Do not lie to one another, since you have put off the old man with his deeds…." Our words tell what is going on in our hearts. Many times it is what you say; other times it is how you say it that reveals the depth of your faith.
For instance, within us there is the temptation to slander. Webster defines this as "any false or insulting statement." Oh how easy it is to degrade a person when they are not present to defend themselves! Do you recall times in your life when you've drug a person's name through the mud behind their back? Or maybe you've heard someone do this? But God tells us in the 9th commandment found in Exodus 20:16, "You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor." Slander is another application of this commandment, as that which we must avoid.
YOUR TONGUE CAN ALSO BLESS YOU AND BE A BLESSING TO OTHERS.
Approximately 18.8 million American adults, or about 9.5 percent of the U.S. population age 18 and older in a given year, have a depressive disorder.
Depression affects all people regardless of age, geographic location, demographic or social position.
Depressive disorders are appearing earlier in life with the average age of onset 50 years ago being 29 whereas recent statistics indicate it at just 14.5yrs in today's society.
Herbert Wagemaker, who wrote The Surprising Truth about Depression, reports that that number is actually higher, that ten to twenty percent of people will become depressed at some point in their lives.
Another way that we use our speech is to speak to others about Christ. Will and Kelly have brought Rachel to dedicate her to the Lord and ask for our help as a church in the process. Notice that they have made the promise to surround Rachel child with the best possible Christian atmosphere and influence in their home; to teach Rachel a knowledge of the Bible, obedient reverence for God, and for his Son Jesus Christ. But isn't that what we all should be doing? If we are not intentional about this, before you know it, our kids are gone and out of the house, and we've missed our chance! If our children and grandchildren won't hear about our faith from us, who will share it with them!? We can only do this by rededicating themselves to Christ and then taking advantage of every opportunity that's before us.
You can tell a lot about a person, by their speech. I recently did the memorial service for someone. It was said about her that she was always willing to reconcile. She was always the first to say that she was sorry. Today, pride keeps us from confessing our faults. We feel like we are giving in, if we were to confess a wrong decision or action. But I say that it takes a bigger person to admit that they were wrong.
It is never too late to apologize. British Prime Minister Tony Blair came to Washington and spoke to a joint session of Congress on July 17, 2003. Early in his speech he commented, "On our way down here, Sen. Frist was kind enough to show me the fireplace where in 1814 the British had burned the Congressional Library. I know this is kind of late, but: Sorry." That may stand as one of the all-time most memorable apologies!
Knowing what to say is not just about getting out of a jam; it is about managing a resource for good, or a resource for evil. "In the mouth of the foolish is a rod for his back, but the lips of the wise will preserve them." But without Christ, our most valiant efforts to curb our tongue, are done in vain. Christ must reign upon the throne of our hearts, in order for the tongue to be tamed.
 Bridges, Charles. Proverbs (Edinburgh: Banner of Truth, 1998), 209.
 Beasley, Robert C., The Commandments of Christ (Phillipsburg, NJ: Presbyterian and Reformed, 1999), 15.
 Herbert Wagemaker, The Surprising Truth About Depression (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1994), 11.


This season, Dollywood launched a new opportunity for guests to find tips and information about its world-class theme park: a panel of nine relatable park guests who love Dollywood and shared their experiences on a new section of the Dollywood website.
For its second season of Dollywood Insiders, the theme park plans to expand the panel to include even more women and men who will serve as brand experts for The Dollywood Company. Due to great interest and response from those wanting to join the next panel, the deadline for applications has been extended until Friday, Aug. 11. Applications are available now: dollywood.com/Insiders/About-Dollywood-Insiders.
The inaugural panel documented their Dollywood knowledge and suggestions for other park guests through blog posts, pictures and video found on the Dollywood website, Dollywood.com/Insiders. Their posts include topics such as how to get the best value during your Dollywood visit, what's new at the park, behind the scenes tours and information, and even tips such as the best time to ride the Dollywood Express. Insiders use this content to truly offer their guest perspective and allow peeks behind the curtain. The new panel will have even more behind-the-scenes access as the program continues to grow.
Insiders write about all Dollywood Company properties including Dollywood, Dollywood's Splash Country, Dollywood's DreamMore Resort and Spa, Dollywood's Smoky Mountain Cabins, and Dolly Parton's Pigeon Forge dinner attractions.
The first group of selected panelists included moms, professionals, writers, bloggers, and most importantly, they love all things Dollywood. They represented different family makeups, walks of life, and they came from communities around the Southeast—from Nashville to Knoxville to Charlotte and beyond.
For more insight into what's going on at Dollywood, the park also launched an official park blog, https://blog.dollywood.com, where hosts share information about offers, website tools such as the Summer Planning Guide, and more.
The Insiders serve on the panel for a one-year term and re-apply, if interested. Perks of the role include behind the scenes access, tickets and invitations to media events.
For more information about the application process and how you can join the next Dollywood Insider panel, visit dollywood.com/Insiders/About-Dollywood-Insiders for updates.
I wish there were a Dollywood around these parts!
Dollywood is such a fun place, with humble and polite employees.


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Q: Convert Map/String to JSON If I have a map like this
{"media.video.one"="hello", "media.video.two"="world", "media.audio.one"="hi"}

or

{"/media/video/one"="hello", "/media/video/two"="world", "/media/audio/one"="hi"}

Is it possible to convert this into JSON using Jackson and ObjectMapper APIs like this?
{
  "media": {
    "video": {
      "one": "hello",
      "two": "hello"
    },
    "auido": {
      "one": "hi"
    }
  }
}

Or how I can do this in code?
I found something similar in JS here: https://stackoverflow.com/a/37438096/6024354


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Smile For Life
Café Beam
Smile For Life Childrens Charity
Working in the North East of England, our vision is to put a smile on the face of every disabled and disadvantaged youngster. We empower these children and young people to achieve their potential to live a full and happy life.
Smile For Life strives to make a real difference to the lives of young people with physical and learning disabilities across the North East of England. Whether it is by providing equipment, experiences, short breaks, or even work placements for students in our Café Beam in Newcastle, we empower these young people to achieve their potential to live a full and happy life.
We provide essential work experience placements at our Café Beam in Gosforth – a beautiful café/bistro which is run by a team of young people with a variety of disabilities and learning difficulties.
These youngsters help to prepare all of the produce, serve customers, operate tills and handle money as well as welcoming many different members of the community both volunteers and customers.
Some Of The Young People We've Helped
Hope Stoker
Hope has Odho Syndrome which affects every part of her development. Having worked so hard with her mobility and now managing to walk with support, her mum Michelle asked for our help to adapt her garden, installing handrails, levelling it out, creating soft surfaces and planting sensory shrubs and toys. We were delighted to work with an amazing team from Tesco Bank to completely overhaul Hope\'s garden making it a wonderful haven for her to enjoy and continue building her strength!
Grace Frazer
Grace Frazer is 6 years old and in 2014 was diagnosed with a brain tumour. Grace bravely underwent surgery and treatment only for the tumour to return the following year. Devastated, the family supported and nursed Grace through more gruelling chemo which she faced so courageously. It was fallowing this treatment that her family contacted us to help make her dream come true – a full refurbishment of her bedroom into a room fit for a princess! We were delighted to work with a team from Sage UK to strip the room then paint, carpet, furnish and provide beautiful finishing touches to make it magical for this brave little girl..
Savannah Donnison
Savannah Donnison from Newcastle has Down Syndrome and complex medical needs including chronic lung disease and is oxygen dependant. Her mum contacted us to help provide a suitable outdoor play area for Savannah to enable her to get fresh air and exercise whilst keeping her health under control. Our team assessed her garden at home and together with a team of volunteers from UNW accountants, planned a new allergy free garden for Savannah. The team ripped out the lawn, bushes and plants and replaced it with artificial grass, sand pits and play area for Savannah to enjoy for many years to come!
Jasmine Steele
Jasmine attends Percy Hedley School and we were contacted by her teacher who was desperate for help. Jasmine has a degenerative eye condition and her sight had become very poor. Mr Hebron had conducted a huge amount of research to help Jasmine and was desperate to maintain her ability to read, which was her great passion. He found and trialled the Connect 10 with Jasmine which was amazing – increasing the font of any book, magazine, photograph or item to the size Jasmine could see easily. The equipment cost £3000 which just wasn\'t affordable to her family so, following a fantastic fundraising drive by Mr Hebron, we were delighted to fund the remainder of the Connect 10 to make Jasmine\'s dream come true!
Benjamin Kelly
We were approached by Benjamin's family when they were desperate for support. Benjamin suffers from many complex disabilities. Unable to walk, talk or feed himself, his parents were struggling to carry him upstairs to his bedroom as he got older. Their local council refused to adapt their home so his parents set about planning to create a downstairs bedroom for Benjamin. We were delighted to help create a campaign to get the funding required to complete the project and in November 2018 the work began on Benjamin's dream room! The downstairs bedroom has changed the lives of all of the family, providing a safe place for Benjamin to sleep, a ground floor space that he can be wheeled into, rather than carried, and supervised when he needs regular rest and therapy.
There are so many way in which you can support Smile For Life and help to make a real difference to the lives of young people with disabilities in our region. Please Contact Us to discuss any ideas you may have, or have a look on our Support Us page.
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Get Noel (Peirce) Coward from Amazon.com
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This Biography consists of approximately 24 pages of information about the life of Noel (Peirce) Coward.
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Noel Coward was, after George Bernard Shaw, modern England's most prolific writer for the London stage. Throughout a career that spanned more than half a century, Coward was associated with the luminaries of the theater. He developed a witty, sharp, and scintillating comedic style that embraced not only the performance techniques, but the volatile off-stage personalities of such formidable figures as Gertrude Lawrence, Beatrice Lillie, Alfred Lunt, Lynn Fontanne, Laurence Oliver, Vivien Leigh, John Mills, Ann Castle, Angela Baddeley, John Gielgud, Gladys Cooper, Claudette Colbert, Dandy Nichols, Alan Badel, Mary Martin, Cyril Richard, Fay Compton, Margaret Rutherford, Kay Hammond, Peggy Wood, Alan Webb, Irene Worth, Sybil Thorndike, Kay Kendall, Edith Evans, Lilli Palmer, Tallulah Bank-head, Raymond Massey, Margaret Leighton, Tammy Grimes, and Michael Redgrave. In addition to his stage plays, his work as lyricist and composer was taken up by leading talents in London and New York in...
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Darton Commodities has a unique role within the cobalt industry being a wholly independent specialist in the procurement, financing, marketing and distribution of cobalt metal.
We are the exclusive distribution channel for Ambatovy cobalt products in Europe and India and an industry recognised authority in cobalt market research and analysis.
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In addition to cobalt, Darton Commodities Ltd. has a number of other high purity metal products in its portfolio; Molybdenum metal and oxide, nickel briquettes and powder, chrome, rhenium and ruthenium.
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Polar bears on the Yukon North Slope belong to the Southern Beaufort Sea population which extends from Point Barrow, Alaska to Banks Island, N.W.T.. Scientists have been studying these bears for several decades and are starting to understand the complex role they play in the marine Arctic ecosystem. But, Inuvialuit have been living and interacting with nanuq for countless generations and have come to understand a great deal about their life history, behaviour, and interactions. The recent report, Inuvialuit and Nanuq, aims to document this knowledge.
Inuvialuit have been interacting with and hunting polar bears for as long as people can remember, sharing information, knowledge, and understanding of nanuq from one generation to the next.
This sharing is key and provides the ecological and cultural underpinnings required for a safe and successful hunt or travel in polar bear country. As such, Inuvialuit traditional knowledge extends beyond polar bear biology to include ice characteristics, weather, polynyas, habitat preferences, seal behaviour and distribution, among other things.
Ice, in all its dynamic forms, defines polar bear habitat, from pressure ridges and multi-year ice to polynyas and the floe edge. While Inuvialuit have spotted nanuq traveling inland on occasion, the majority of their time is spent in their marine home.
"They have to have ice - the polar bear. Can't live without ice. The way they hunt that seal. The seal won't go to them. They have to go after the seal to get it. In order to get it, the've got to have ice. No ice: no food."
The comprehensive traditional knowledge study, Inuvialuit and Nanuq, provides insight and much needed management guidance for polar bears in the Western Arctic. Check out our podcast on this landmark study and hear from a number of voices who helped to make it come to life.
Starting in the late 1980's, Inuvialuit began to notice changes in the timing of freeze-up and break-up, number icebergs, shrinking multi-year ice, melting permafrost, new species of wildlife, and many other ecological factors.
While Inuvialuit have documented changes to ice conditions, wind patterns, and other ecological factors that can affect polar bears, they also emphasize that relationship between nanuq and it's environment is extremely complex. There are many things that contribute to the health and abundance of polar bears.
Polar bears have always been of great cultural significance to Inuvialuit, featuring in many stories, both recent and passed down through generations. There continue to be many teachings and traditions, often relating to the considerable skill, knowledge, courage, and endurance required to hunt polar bears.
Nanuq also has economic importance to Inuvialuit. Depending on the community, hunting can represent a main source of income to a family.
The full report, Inuvialuit and Nanuq - A Polar Bear Traditional Knowledge Study, is accessible through our Resource Library.


The authors examined the impacts of imidacloprid exposure on nymph abundance, emergence patterns, and adult body size in Epeorus spp. and Baetis spp. mayflies. They evaluated both press (20d continuous; 0-1 µg/L) and pulse (12h; 0-10 µg/L) imidacloprid exposures in mesocosms. Imidacloprid was administered to the mesocosms from a solution of the formulated product Admire (imidacloprid). Epeorus spp. nymph density was reduced in the 0.8 µg/L press exposure, and in the 9.1 µg/L pulse treatment. Baetis spp. nymph density was reduced only in the highest press exposure, 0.8 µg/L. The press exposure reduced Baetis nymph density resulted from reduced survivorship, while the reductions in Epeorus nymphs under pulse exposures could reflect increased emergence because of stress. Epeorus adult males that emerged in the treatment groups had reduced thorax lengths, and in the 0.25 µg/L and 0.8 µg/L press and 9.1 µg/L pulse groups, no Epeorus males emerged at all. Female Epeorus emergence and body size were not affected by imidacloprid, so some cohorts were entirely female. Baetis adult males had smaller heads in all treatment groups, but both males and females emerged throughout the experiment. Head length in newly emerged male Baetis declined over time throughout the 20-day experiment. Concentrations as low as 0.1 µg/L in the 12h pulse reduced head length in Baetis males and thorax length in Epeorus males.


DPEP3 encodes a membrane-bound glycoprotein from the family of dipeptidases involved in hydrolytic metabolism of various dipeptides, including penem and carbapenem beta-lactam antibiotics. Additionally we are shipping Dipeptidase 3 Proteins (6) and Dipeptidase 3 Kits (5) and many more products for this protein.
Non-cell-autonomous inhibition of photoreceptor development by Dip-3 is reported.
DPEP3 forms complexes with Ts4-immunoreactive molecules, such as TEX101, on the surfaces of spermatocytes, spermatids, and testicular spermatozoa.
This paper describes differences in substrate specificity and tissue distribution of membrane-bound dipeptidase 3 from mouse in comparison to other mouse members of this family.
This gene encodes a membrane-bound glycoprotein from the family of dipeptidases involved in hydrolytic metabolism of various dipeptides, including penem and carbapenem beta-lactam antibiotics. This gene is located on chromosome 16 in a cluster with another member of this family. Alternatively spliced transcript variants that encode different isoforms have been found for this gene.


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Scoop Lord Copper newspaper magnate and proprietor of the Daily Beast has always prided himself on his intuitive flair for spotting ace reporters That is not to say he has not made the odd blunder howev
Title: Scoop
Author: Evelyn Waugh
Lord Copper, newspaper magnate and proprietor of the Daily Beast , has always prided himself on his intuitive flair for spotting ace reporters That is not to say he has not made the odd blunder, however, and may in a moment of weakness make another Acting on a dinner party tip from Mrs Algernon Smith, he feels convinced that he has hit on just the chap to cover a promisLord Copper, newspaper magnate and proprietor of the Daily Beast , has always prided himself on his intuitive flair for spotting ace reporters That is not to say he has not made the odd blunder, however, and may in a moment of weakness make another Acting on a dinner party tip from Mrs Algernon Smith, he feels convinced that he has hit on just the chap to cover a promising little war in the African Republic of Ishmaelia One of Waugh s most exuberant comedies, Scoop is a brilliantly irreverent satire of Fleet Street and its hectic pursuit of hot news.
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Petra X says:
Evelyn Waugh was a snob, a racist, an anti-semite and a fascist sympathiser whose attitude was, in the words of his biographer David Wykes, "[Waugh's racism was] "an illogical extension of his views on the naturalness and rightness of hierarchy as the (main) principle of social organisation". He was also jealous, personally nasty and malicious, had been a bully at school, and as James Lees-Milne said, "the nastiest-tempered man in England". Waugh was, however, absolutely devoted to his adopted r [...]
2.5 starsI've read little Waugh apart from Brideshead Revisited, which I loved; Waugh is writing there about the decline of the upper classes and writing about people he knew. This is a comic novel about Journalism and the newspaper industry and is a very effective satire. Lord Copper, the tyrannical and megalomaniac newspaper boss was said to be based on Lord Northcliffe, but was probably also part Beaverbrook and Hearst. The story is based on Waugh's experiences working for the Daily Mail [...]
Karl Steel says:
Second time reading.File this under guilty pleasures. I'm, well outraged isn't the right word, made weary by the dreariness of the other reviews of this book: plot summaries, gestures towards its transhistorical narratives (or towards its capturing that peculiar moment before the Nazis invaded Poland), and hamfisted comparisons to P. G. Wodehouse (different sort of writer entirely, although, hilariously, Wodehouse does get a shoutout as the plot winds down). And then, well, there's the fact that [...]
BrokenTune says:
Review was first posted on BookLikes: brokentuneoklikes/post/For nearly two weeks now, the bent and creased copy of Scoop sitting on my desk has been staring at me. Patiently. Waiting whether I was going to write a review or not. On finishing the book I had exactly two feelings about it: 1. As far as satire of the press goes, Waugh created the most delicious and entertaining spoof I could have imagined. However,2. This book contained so many openly racist and chauvinist remarks that even Fleming [...]
This book made me laugh out loud, something that books rarely do. Then again, I don't read comical fiction. Still, I suspect that, were I to look into the genre, Waugh would stand out in the crowd.This is the third book that I've read from Waugh's work, and of the three it is the clear favorite. Along with his usual talent for razzing British societal mannerisms, Waugh adds his satirical take on foreign policy in a small, developing country that is, ostensibly, under threat of civil war. What st [...]
Howard Olsen says:
Waugh followed the near-perfect "Handful of Dust," with "Scoop," an absolutely perfect "Newspaper Adventure" that satirizes journalism, especially as practiced by foreign correspondents. This was the perfect topic for Waugh; not only did he work throughout a career as a foreign correspondent, journalists are a recurring stock character in his fiction. Inevitably, Waugh portrays journalists as drunk, fast talking adventurers, who are not above making up a story in their pursuit of fame and fortun [...]
Journalists seem to love this guy. He's awfully snarky for a writer from the 1930s--but oh so good. A quick read, "Scoop" is about a man "named" John Boot gets accidentally sent to Ishmaila as a foreign correspondent. The fellow manages to report some news after blazing through his budget and falling in love with a married gold digger named Katchen. Meanwhile Waugh paints a hilarious portrait of foreign correspondent idiots creating fake news and running around chasing ridiculous leads. It's not [...]
Panagiotis says:
Το Scoop είναι μια κωμωδία το Ιβλιν Βω, που σατιρίζει τον κόσμο της δημοσιογραφίας. Όπου ο τίτλος φέρει την ουσία της ιστορίας αυτής: είναι το λαβράκι, η καλή είδηση, το κελεπούρι. Ορολογία των δημοσιογράφων που χαρακτηρίζει αυτό το ξέφρενο κυνήγι στο οποίο επιδίδονται εδώ οι χ [...]
It is an old Penguin book, the orange and white one, a reprint from 1951. This book, these musty papers are 8 years older than i am!It was a 50c find, among boxes of old books for sale at the school fair last month. Maybe it was even just a quarter. Cheap as anyway. And still in good enough condition for reading; the pages arent falling out, there's no water damage etc. And it has that marvelous musty old book smell. Aaah.And what a surprise of a treat to read. Having read only Brideshead Revi [...]
George K. says:
Βαθμολογία: 9/10Πρόκειται για ένα από τα καλά λαβράκια που πέτυχα σε κάποιο βιβλιοσαφάρι πριν από δυο χρόνια, έναντι δυο ή τριών ευρώ (να με συγχωρείτε, δεν θυμάμαι και πολύ καλά). Καιρό τώρα σκεφτόμουν να το διαβάσω, μιας και μου φαινόταν πολύ ενδιαφέρον και μάλλον αστείο, ενώ [...]
Nooilforpacifists says:
Add me to the list: hilarious. Sort of a British "salt-of-the-earth" comedy, where the common man is wiser than his supposed betters.
Chris Chapman says:
Orwell said Waugh was almost as good a novelist as it is possible to be while holding untenable opinions. "Outside the owls hunted maternal rodents and their furry brood"; funny how he mercilessly speared sentimentality, given that it's such a fundamental part of the fascism that he seemed quite partial to. But then internal logic was never the strong suit of bigots.
From BBC Radio 4:Dramatisation by Jeremy Front of Evelyn Waugh's satirical 1938 novel.Episode 1:Hapless journalist William Boot is mistakenly sent to report on a war in Africa.Episode 2:William finds life as a war correspondent somewhat tedious, but he does fall in love and find himself in the middle of a revolution.
Phrynne says:
Delightful, old fashioned, smart , funny, not at all politically correct. In fact Evelyn Waugh at his best. It is a very short book but I enjoyed every minute of it. The main character fumbles his way through outrageous situations but always has the fates on his side and he always comes up a winner. I loved it!
Anastasia Fitzgerald-Beaumont says:
There is a story that has long since entered into the mythology of journalism. It concerns William Randolph Hearst, among the most unscrupulous of the press barons, for whom newspapers were not so much a source of information but an expression of his personal power. After the beginning of the Cuban struggle for independence against Spain in the mid1890s he was active among those pushing for American intervention, seeing war as a way of selling even more newspapers. The artist Frederick Remington [...]
Waugh is a realist. His voice in Scoop is flippant, nonchalant, and gregarious. Yet, between the lines, in the subtext, in implication—or whatever way is best to put it—the book is a hard-nosed spoof, at points verging on satire proper. I'd be embarrassed to be a journalist, were I one, after reading Scoop; the book is a caricaturization of the occupation itself. It's funny in points, and ridiculously so (e.g the description of the goat head-butting the officer). It's borderline touchi [...]
Melaszka says:
Rereading this after many years, I'm less impressed than I was with it when I first read it - mainly because the racism jars more than it did then, but also because at times the plot seems too slight and to hinge too much on an improbable deus ex machina.The character of William Boot is a delight, however, and the naif-thrown-into-a-bearpit scenario works very well. Boot Magna is drawn in an endearingly dotty fashion and the romance with the manipulative Katchen, though underwritten, is compelli [...]
Ensiform says:
Due to a case of mistaken identity, a mild-mannered columnist on country life, William Boot, is sent as a war correspondent to Ishmaelia, an independent African nation where dissent is brewing between long-time ruling family the Jacksons and anarcho-communist upstarts prompted by German and Russian interests. Boot, though utterly stymied by the lackadaisical and corrupt Ishmaleian government (as well as his fellow journalists), and through no merit of his own, scoops everyone and returns to an u [...]
This was quite a ride! I started this when my brain felt a little fried but I was gripped from the beginning and couldn't stop reading it. I had no idea where this book was going to lead me.I got into a good conversation with my roommate about the media and it was funny comparing the satiric depiction of journalists in the novel to news sources today as to how much of what is reported is factual. It is all rather absurd. Not that it isn't a serious problem but it is so nice to be able to laugh a [...]
Michael Finocchiaro says:
Funny and fanciful, Scoop does not really feel nearly 80 years old reading it now. The various Boots are all hilarious as is Ishmaelia and the Jacksons. Incredible that this was written before WWII but still accurately depicts what I imagine of modern Beastly vs Brute journalism as represented by CNN Domestic vs Fox News in the US,TF1 vs M6 here in FranceI think that unfortunately, there are two many Jacksons still devouring Africa except that are Chinese rather than European now. In any case, W [...]
Odd book really. Very dated language and ideas. Didn't see any of the humour, but the irony was laid on in spades
Never before has there been such a great takedown of the press, especially of foreign correspondents. William Boot, columnist for The Beast, is mistaken for another writer named Boot and sent as a foreign correspondent to Ishmaelia, an unstable country in East Africa, which has recently been inundated by journalists. All of them have more experience than poor William Boot.One day, the journalists are sent to a place that doesn't exist (their destination, Laku, means "I don't know" in Ishmaeli). [...]
Part 1 amusingPart 2 soporific (unfortunately)Part 3 I did have to laugh at portrait of British publishing elite! Review
This is hands down one of the funniest, most enjoyable books I've ever read. A send-up of journalism with the trademark Waugh biting wit, involving foreign correspondents, a case (or two) of mistaken identities, and abundant with laugh-out-loud moments. If you haven't read any Evelyn Waugh books recently (or ever), it's not too late to (re-)discover this master satirist. I've only just started reading him in August 2014, and he's already become one of my favourite writers. Decline and Fall, Vile [...]
I started Scoop in winter 2008. I finished Scoop in spring 2010. That should probably explain my "meh" feelings about the book. I pretty much only finished reading it so that I could get it off my bookshelves once and for all.Admittedly, the satire — about corrupt publishers and incompetent journalists — is something that I can appreciate as a journalist. But it gets old fast. And the 1930s, British humor gets cheesy really fast. It's predictable. The jokes make you smirk, but they're not re [...]
Czarny Pies says:
Evelyn Waugh is one of my favorite authors. He was a highly skilful satirist who masterfully rapped his contemporaries on the knuckles whenever he saw their actions as being selfish, their thinking as superficial or their behaviour as irresponsible. Waugh however basically believed in and loved England, so his barbs were never met to cut deeply just to remind the English of their faults which he felt they really aware of underneath.In Scoop Waugh is in top form. A journalist is selected for an a [...]
Skylar Burris says:
In this diverting comedy of errors, Waugh satirizes African politics, British society, and world journalism. Retired country gentleman William Boot, through a series of misunderstandings, finds himself suddenly bound to Ishmaliea as a foreign correspondent, but he doesn't know quite how to invent the news. Somehow, he manages to bumble his way to journalistic stardom, while falling in love and being played a fool. This short novel is an easy read, and will inspire, if not outright laughter, a nu [...]
The book might have gone better for me if I had not read it in fits and starts. I had a hard time connecting with it. I never really engaged with the book or its characters. There were humorous moments but mostly I was rather bored.
مروان البلوشي says:
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Nathan Albright says:
This uproariously funny novel is an example of what happens when someone uses their imagination and their experience to the best possible outcome. In the mid 1930's, Waugh was sent without experience as a correspondent to cover the war in Ethiopia against the Italians, and that informs his work here. In our contemporary world, we are used to bumbling foreign correspondents whose knowledge of the world is limited but who are experts in their field. It is not a new phenomenon, and this book [...]
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The Best of CEO Daniel Dines Unscripted from UiPath Live
Bobby Patrick • March 10, 2020
Bobby Patrick is chief marketing officer (CMO) at UiPath.
It's not every day you get to pick the brain of the founder of the fastest-growing enterprise software company around. Recently, we had the opportunity to share an open, unscripted conversation with Daniel Dines, UiPath founder and CEO, during the UiPath Live broadcast event on February 20, 2020. Daniel answered audience questions, covering topics that ranged from market growth to advice for tech entrepreneurs.
It is well worth the watch—you can watch the replay or read the full transcript—but I've summarized the best points from Daniel's unscripted open mic for you here.
Advice for tech entrepreneurs, RPA developers, and businesses
Before Daniel was the automation expert we know today, he was an entrepreneur and a developer. His early days as the founder of UiPath resulted in a lot of lessons about the automation market and building a unicorn company.
For tech entrepreneurs, he shared some timely advice and what he wishes he'd known at the start. For Robotic Process Automation (RPA) developers today, he touched on what the future of RPA careers looks like and how people in these pivotal roles can continue to evolve alongside the market.
How to succeed today as a tech entrepreneur
"The defining moment was when we turned from a technology company into a kind of customer-first company," Daniel told our Live event audience, when asked about the turning point in the UiPath success story. He went on to urge entrepreneurs, especially those with a technical or engineering background, to adopt a customer-first mindset.
For Daniel, adopting this mindset at UiPath unveiled the following three key principles:
1. Listen to your customers.  When you listen to your customers, you will naturally build a great product.
2. Let competitors focus on you while you focus on your end user.  Don't let competitors and their tactics distract you. Focus your energy on your customers, and that focus will naturally become your competitive advantage.
3. Embrace humility. Adaptability is everything for startups, and humility is what allows you to be responsive to reality. "Humility gives you the opportunity to course-correct fast," Daniel said. "I think this is the most important business lesson that I ever had in my life."
No matter how technical your product, creating a customer-centric business model ensures you're well positioned in the market by keeping your end users front-of-mind at each stage of your evolution.
How to future-proof your career as an RPA developer
Daniel also had some important advice for RPA developers. In this rapidly evolving world of automation, he says it's pivotal to expand your knowledge horizontally to interrelated technologies.
Knowledge of all the core technologies of automation is invaluable for today's RPA developers. An understanding of process mining, task mining, analytics, a bit of artificial intelligence (AI), and a bit of machine learning (ML) create a well-rounded, agile skillset for any career.
Daniel suggested UiPath AI Fabric as an ideal place to practice with these technologies. AI Fabric comes with predefined models, so developers can work with customers and experience the instant gratification of increasing performance. The UiPath Academy also provides a great starting place for expanding your knowledge of the larger automation ecosystem.
Before UiPath Live, behind the scenes
The state of the automation market
A recent report  predicted that the total available market (TAM) for RPA could be as large as $30 billion (and some believe even that might even be on the conservative side). When we consider how that TAM is evolving, it's fair to ask: what has gotten us here, and what will make that TAM bigger as we move into the future? Daniel cited three broad trends as being the drivers for this market growth:
1. The availability and end-user viability of AI. "If one of these platforms will become the de facto platform for building all enterprise applications, [AI] might be it," he said. As low-code, no-code, and business application platforms become more widely available to end users and citizen developers, we'll see continued expansion in the market.
2. The evolution of automation user interfaces as the new APIs. As people gain a better understanding of what is possible through automation, Daniel predicts that people will come to realize that automation can consume other applications to streamline the user experience. He predicts that developers will start to introduce user interface (UI) versioning in the same way automation has historically used API versioning.
3. Increasing market acceptance of RPA and automation in general. According to a recent report by The Economist Intelligence Unit, 91% of organizations are already using automation technologies in some form. Sixty-nine percent  consider software automation a high or essential priority. We expect these numbers to continue climbing as RPA becomes more of an enterprise imperative in the coming years.
The TAM growth around these trends will bring new players to the automation market, with Microsoft being the most recent notable announcement. But for Daniel, it's not intimidating to see such a big player make a bid to create UI automation. "It's flattering for me and us personally," he said. "It's a great validation of the space."
The partnership between RPA and AI
AI has been a popular buzzword in the automation community, and it's caused some confusion about how AI technology fits into the broader automation market and tool stack.
The truth is, AI has always been a part of automation. Since the beginning, AI has powered RPA through tools like computer vision, which can detect and interact with objects on the computer screen.
However, integrating AI into every single thing you do should not be the end goal in and of itself. "AI is a set of technologies that power other products that, in the end, serve as a business tool," Daniel said.
He challenged developers to consider what they want to achieve with AI, instead of simply building AI for the sake of AI.
AI is an important part of the hyperautomation ecosystem, but at the end of the day, it's only one part of a greater equation.
Related read: Are You Ready for Hyperautomation?
Process mining and what it means for the future of automation
Process mining is one of the most important recent developments in automation. It allows for the continuous improvement of workflows, fueling the forward momentum of your automation machine.
One of the main barriers to a successful RPA program, Daniel said, is figuring out which processes can and should be automated and how best to automate those processes. The combination of process mining with automation technology breaks this barrier down.
We made a significant investment in this technology in 2019 with the acquisition of ProcessGold to bring together process mining and automation capabilities. It's no longer uncommon to see humans working in tandem with robots to develop  RPA workers to solve problems that were identified by process mining automations.
By integrating process mining and task mining with RPA and AI, we have essentially begun to automate the task of automation itself.
Daniel's take on what makes UiPath unique
More than one Live audience member asked about UiPath and the UiPath competitive advantages.
UiPath has always been focused on creating the best product possible. But we've made moves in the last five years to hone in on what it means to be customer-centric amid rapid growth and innovation.
As a result, UiPath was able to build the best computer vision on the market—AI Computer Vision. This translated into success when we integrated top-notch technology with a commitment to listening to our customers.
As Daniel shared, the shift in focus has paid off. UiPath consistently ranks as a leader in the automation market. In 2019 alone, UiPath was ranked as a leader in analyst reports including The Forrester Wave™: Robotic Process Automation, Q4 2019 report and the 2019 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Robotic Process Automation Software.
Daniel attributes this success to 50% faster implementation and lower maintenance costs—the product of our marriage of technology and customer service.
As we move into the future, we're focused on building the best possible product and using that platform to serve our customers' evolving needs. We're constantly adapting to make the UiPath Enterprise RPA Platform, our customer service, and our company culture the best it can be.
If you missed our first UiPath Live event, make sure to catch up with the on-demand recording of RPA Market Update and Open Mic with Daniel Dines  to find out more about the automation market today.
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