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Performance 11 months agoby Tom Soladay
Weekend Update – Jastrab's first win, Carpenter scores in Spain, Magner sprints in Oman
The men and women of Rally UHC Cycling are spread across three continents right now, racing in Spain, Oman, and Arizona. The busy weekend had some great results.
Jastrab's first win in orange
17-year-old Megan Jastrab stormed to victory on stage two of the Valley of the Sun Stage Race. Jastrab was outnumbered and facing a headwind sprint but the first year professional showed poise, waiting until the final 100 meters to power past her competitors. She followed that up by finishing second in the criterium to move into fifth overall. "It feels great to open the season with a win in my first race with the team."
Carpenter fights back to earn jersey
In southeastern Spain, Robin Carpenter went on the attack for not one, but two stages in a row, to claim the blue jersey and hoist the Metas Volantes Sprint Competition Trophy above his head at the Vuelta Ciclista a Murcia. After falling short of the jersey on day one, Carpenter put things right in the race's final intermediate sprint on day two. He jumped out of the peloton and bridged to the day's breakaway, overtaking them just before the sprint line. As Carpenter put it following the podium celebrations, "this feeling never gets old."
Team strength vital to Oman success
In another desert 13,000 km away from the Valley of the Sun, the Tour of Oman crew placed top-20 on each of the first three stages. Ty Magner finished 13th in the stage one field sprint and Adam de Vos 20th in stage two's hilly finale. The team missed a key crosswind split on stage three and had to pull Evan Huffman out of the breakaway to help preserve Brandon McNulty's position in the overall. The team chase resulted in McNulty's 15th on the day and he is now only 42 seconds from the overall lead going into Wednesday's queen stage to Green Mountain. Look for McNulty to make waves on the mountain's steep pitches.
As the racing continues in Oman, the team in continental Europe heads to the Vuelta a Andalucia, a five-day UCI 2.1 stage race, from February 20 – 24.
Spanish tour ends in Andalucía
Carpenter wins Sprint Classification at Vuelta Ciclista a Murcia


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STAR's Soo supports Lo's call for independence referendum
Posted on November 9, 2019, Saturday at 12:11 AM Sarawak
KUCHING: State Reform Party (STAR) president Lina Soo supports Batu Kitang assemblyman Lo Khere Chiang's call for an independence referendum.
Soo, in a statement received here yesterday, said in the constitutional history of Sarawak, there had never been any referendum held to ascertain the wishes of the people as to how they want to choose their political future.
"In 1963, a referendum to gauge the peoples' wishes on whether they wanted to be a part of Malaysia was sidestepped by the United Nations. Instead, a United Nations Mission Report was adopted in lieu of an independence referendum," she added.
Lo had challenged Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad on Wednesday to hold a referendum to determine if Sarawakians wanted independence.
When debating the State Budget 2020 Wednesday, Lo claimed that Sarawak was practically a colony of Peninsular Malaysia, which disregarded the wishes and intent of the state in the spirit of the Malaysia Agreement 1963 (MA63).
"How else can we explain the selfish siphoning of RM15 billion in nett oil earnings and RM45 billion in gross gas earnings annually from Sarawak, for the continuing expansion of Malaya, with only five per cent being returned to Sarawak?
"Enough is enough. 56 years of exploitation and proliferation by Malaya of our oil and gas resources must stop now," the Sarawak United People's Party (SUPP) lawmaker said.
Soo, however, said that merely issuing a challenge to the prime minister to hold an independence referendum was short of its desired effect.
There is no follow-up action made.
She thus challenged Lo to 'put his words where his mouth is' by tabling a motion in the State Legislative Assembly for a Sarawak Independence Referendum Ordinance.
"The people of Sarawak want to exercise their right of self-determination, and I believe the majority of fully informed Sarawakians will support the House in this gesture, which also supports human rights and the democratic right of the people to vote.
"Our people are politically mature now and are ready to make decision on the sovereignty and future of our nation," she said.
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Повстання у Чечні 1924 року — заколот чеченського повстанського руху на 1924 року, яке діяло з 1920 року на території Чеченської АО і був у глибокому підпіллі. У зв'язку з цим у 1925 році було розроблено масштабну операцію з роззброєння чеченців та ліквідацію антирадянських формувань.

Передісторія
Навесні 1924 року в Чечні та Інгушетії пройшли масові протести та бойкотування виборів внаслідок нав'язування своїх представників до місцевих органів із боку центральної влади. Виступ був придушений за підтримки ОДПУ та місцевих активістів. Вилучено 2900 гвинтівок, 384 револьвери та заарештовано 68 осіб. Це призвело до різкого зростання антирадянських настроїв у Чечні.

У лютому 1924 року два англійських агента зустрілися з М. Гоцинським, передавши йому гроші для подальшої боротьби, вони заявили про підтримку повстанців. Гоцинський осів у Чечні ще 1923 року, заручившись підтримкою онука Ума Дуєва — Атабі Шамільова та їого роду Зумсой, жителі цієї спільноти заприсяглися не дозволяти захопити їхнього гостя за жодних обставин. У тому ж році чекістами було заарештовано Алі Мітаєва, боячись його репутації серед народу, вони віроломно заманили його в пастку і схопили, а потім засудили до розстрілу.

Хронологія
У липні 1924 року на Зумсою було направлено кавалерійський загін ОДПУ, аул був оточений, а мешканцям пред'явлено ультиматум про видачу Н. Гоцинського, однак у той же час повстанцями був оточений і сам загін, тоді Гоцинський втрутившись не дозволив знищити загін, давши їм піти.

У вересні 1924 р. через Батумі від англійців надійшла партія зброї та мануфактура. Захоплення Гоцинським фортець Ботліх, Ведено, Шатой мав послужити сигналом для початку нового антирадянського повстання. У квітні 1925 року британський майор Вільямс зустрівся з Гоцинським у селі Зумсою, він заручив, що Велика Британія готова допомогти у намірі вигнати радянську владу з Кавказу.

ПКВО та ОДПУ запропонували великомасштабний план з ліквідації нелегальних формувань та роззброєння Чеченської АО. А. Мікоян зустрівся з І. Сталіном у місті Сочі для схвалення плану. Влітку 1925 року розпочалася операція під керівництвом Й. Апанасенка та І. Уборевича. Почали з села Ачхой-Мартан, у мешканців вилучили 228 гвинтівок та 32 револьвери.

У аулі Дишне-Ведено шейх Каїм Ільясов 21 серпня у мечеті закликав до боротьби з порадами: клятва була дана приблизно 1000 людьми. Але були й ті, які радили не чинити опір військам і виконувати всі вимоги їх; проте їх поки що не особливо, мабуть, слухали. Навіть у чеченських установах Грозного заняття йшли слабо, деякі чеченські працівники також різко висловлювалися проти роззброєння Чечні.

У ряді гірських аулів Чечні населення чинило збройний опір, у відповідь було застосовано артилерійський вогонь (аули Керети, Мереджой-Берем, Бечик, Дай та інші) та бомбометання з аеропланів (аули та селища Зумсой, Дай, Тагір-Хой, Аккі, Боугі, Ошні, Хімой, Нежелой, Рагехой, Урус-Мартан, Ножай-Юрт).

Найбільш запеклий опір чинила зумсоєвська спільнота. Аул Зумсой по праву вважався центром антирадянського руху, тут горяни для оборони села продали всю свою худобу, щоб придбати зброю. Генералу армії Апанасенку зі своїм чекістсько-радянським загоном довелося брати село штурмом. Жителям було запропоновано здати приховані стволи: 800 гвинтівок та 200 револьверів та видати бунтівників на чолі з Шамільовим. Через дві години по аулу було відкрито артилерійський вогонь, а в повітря піднялися аероплани. За весь день було здано лише 27 гвинтівок, тоді артилерійські та авіа удари продовжилися, було здано 102 зброї. Коли загін Апанасенка все ж таки зумів увійти до села, там уже були відсутні ватажки: Атабі Шамільов, Нажмудін Гоцінський та їх сподвижники, були підірвані будинки родини Шамільова та його помічників.

Після обстрілу та бомбометань в аулі Дай, 2 вересня радянським військам комдіва Козицького здався шейх Емін з Ансалти. На Шаройський район було скинуто 22 пуди бомб, з жителів району просили видачі Гоцинського. Також продовжувалися пошуки Шамільова, для його затримання був сформований загін під командуванням Джу Акаєва.

Консеквенція
В результаті операції було вилучено 25299 гвинтівок, 1 кулемет, 4319 револьверів, 73556 гвинтівкових і 1678 револьверних патронів, телеграфний і телефонний апарати. Всього за час операції кулеметно-артилерійському обстрілу було піддано 101 населений пункт з 242, 16 аулів зазнали повітряного бомбардування.

Заарештовано 309 осіб, також добровільно з'явилося 565 повстанців. 109 з них були засуджені до розстрілу, головні з яких: Нажмуддін Гоцінський, Атабі Шамільов та Емін Ансалтинський, вирок був виконаний у Ростові-на-Дону. Репресії зазнали також родичі ватажків і богослови. Сотні жителів Зумсоя були заарештовані, як «контрреволюціонери», частиною розстріляні, багато хто поповнив соловецькі та потьомкінські концтабори.

Примітки

Література

Чечня
Сторінки з неперевіреними перекладами
Конфлікти в 1924
Конфлікти в 1925

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5th Avenue Theatre Cancels July 23rd and 24th Previews of Catch Me If You Can
The 5th Avenue Theatre in Seattle has announced the cancellation of the first two previews of Catch Me If You Can, the new musical based on the 2002 Dreamworks film. According to the Seattle Times, this is due to the death of Teresa Butz, sister of Norbert Leo Butz, who was killed during an attack in her South Park home. Her partner was also injured, but was treated and released.
Norbert Leo Butz, a Broadway stalwart and Tony Award winner most recently seen on Broadway in Speed the Plow, is scheduled to star as Carl Hanratty opposite Aaron Tveit as Frank Abagnale, Jr.
Our prayers go out to his family in this difficult time.
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Californians Continue Support For Stiffer Gun Control Laws
By Tracey Petersen Published Jan 12, 2016 01:55 pm Updated Jan 13, 2016 10:15 am
Field Poll on guns control laws
San Francisco, CA – A majority of California voters remain in favor of tougher gun laws in the wake of the deadly attack in San Bernardino on Dec. 2.
A new Field Poll finds that 57% of voters approve stricter controls on gun ownership over protect the rights of Americans to own guns (38%). There is also strong bipartisan support for two state proposals that target greater restrictions on gun ownership. One, with 80 percent in favor, requires a background check for anyone buying ammunition. The other, with 75 percent approval, would prohibit anyone to buy a gun who is on the federal government's "do not fly" list.
Additionally, the trend continues with 58 percent favoring outlawing large-capacity ammunition magazines and 56 percent expanding the definition of the state's assault weapons ban to include semi-automatic rifles with detachable ammunition magazines.
Regarding whether tougher gun laws have an impact on reducing violent crimes, brought a split in voters along party lines. At least seven in ten Democrats believe such laws are effective in reducing violent crime, while seven in ten Republicans oppose that view and maintain it is more important to protect the rights of gun owners that pass new gun control laws. However, overall 54 percent of Californians equate stronger gun laws with reducing violent crime to 44 percent that see them as having no effect.


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package observability

import (
	"context"
	"fmt"
	"runtime"
	"strings"

	"github.com/google/exposure-notifications-server/pkg/logging"
	"go.uber.org/zap"

	"contrib.go.opencensus.io/exporter/stackdriver"
	"go.opencensus.io/stats/view"
	"go.opencensus.io/trace"
	metricpb "google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api/metric"
)

var _ Exporter = (*stackdriverExporter)(nil)

type stackdriverExporter struct {
	exporter *stackdriver.Exporter
	config   *StackdriverConfig
	options  *stackdriver.Options
	logger   *zap.SugaredLogger
}

type StackdriverExporter interface {
	Exporter
	ViewToMetricDescriptor(v *view.View) (*metricpb.MetricDescriptor, error)
}

// NewStackdriver creates a new metrics and trace exporter for Stackdriver.
func NewStackdriver(ctx context.Context, config *StackdriverConfig) (StackdriverExporter, error) {
	logger := logging.FromContext(ctx).Named("stackdriver")

	projectID := config.ProjectID
	if projectID == "" {
		return nil, fmt.Errorf("missing PROJECT_ID in Stackdriver exporter")
	}

	monitoredResource := NewStackdriverMonitoredResource(ctx, config)
	logger.Debugw("monitored resource", "resource", monitoredResource)

	// Always have at least 3 workers
	numWorkers := 3
	if v := runtime.NumCPU() - 1; v > numWorkers {
		numWorkers = v
	}

	options := stackdriver.Options{
		ProjectID:               projectID,
		ReportingInterval:       config.ReportingInterval,
		BundleDelayThreshold:    config.BundleDelayThreshold,
		Timeout:                 config.Timeout,
		NumberOfWorkers:         numWorkers,
		BundleCountThreshold:    int(config.BundleCountThreshold),
		MonitoredResource:       monitoredResource,
		SkipCMD:                 !config.RegisterMetrics,
		DefaultMonitoringLabels: &stackdriver.Labels{},
		OnError: func(err error) {
			logger.Errorw("failed to export metric", "error", err, "resource", monitoredResource)
		},
	}
	exporter, err := stackdriver.NewExporter(options)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to create Stackdriver exporter: %w", err)
	}
	return &stackdriverExporter{
		exporter: exporter,
		config:   config,
		options:  &options,
		logger:   logger,
	}, nil
}

// ViewToMetricDescriptor proxies to the internal ViewToMetricDescriptor
// implementation.
func (e *stackdriverExporter) ViewToMetricDescriptor(v *view.View) (*metricpb.MetricDescriptor, error) {
	return e.exporter.ViewToMetricDescriptor(context.Background(), v)
}

// StartExporter starts the exporter.
func (e *stackdriverExporter) StartExporter() error {
	e.logger.Debugw("starting observability exporter")
	defer e.logger.Debugw("finished starting observability exporter")

	allViews := AllViews()
	for _, v := range allViews {
		shouldSkip := false
		for _, prefix := range e.config.ExcludedMetricPrefixes {
			if strings.HasPrefix(v.Name, prefix) {
				e.logger.Infof("skip registering view %q as it matches the prefix to exclude: %q", v.Name, prefix)
				shouldSkip = true
				break
			}
		}
		if shouldSkip {
			continue
		}
		if err := view.Register(v); err != nil {
			return fmt.Errorf("failed to start stackdriver exporter: view registration failed: %w", err)
		}
	}

	if err := e.exporter.StartMetricsExporter(); err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("failed to start stackdriver exporter: %w", err)
	}

	trace.ApplyConfig(trace.Config{
		DefaultSampler: trace.ProbabilitySampler(e.config.SampleRate),
	})
	trace.RegisterExporter(e.exporter)

	return nil
}

// Close halts the exporter.
func (e *stackdriverExporter) Close() error {
	e.logger.Debugw("closing observability exporter")
	defer e.logger.Debugw("finished closing observability exporter")

	// Flush any existing metrics
	e.exporter.Flush()

	// Stop the exporter
	e.exporter.StopMetricsExporter()

	// Unregister the exporter
	trace.UnregisterExporter(e.exporter)

	return nil
}

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30 Nov, 2022 Uncategorized
One Cannot Blame, Dermot Mills, He told the Truth, and Got, the Cold Corner; Mills, on almost, 3,000 euros a Week, Spends his Working Days, Scratching his Ass, and Reading the Papers, What a Fucked up, Country?
Irish Rail whistleblower on €121k mostly spends days reading newspapers and going for walks after duties 'hacked down to nothing', WRC hears•
A finance manager at Irish Rail says his duties were "hacked down to nothing" after he made a protected disclosure nine years ago – and that he now spends most of his working week in a €121,000-a-year job reading newspapers, eating sandwiches and going for long walks.
"I'd say if I got something that requires me to do work once in a week I'd be thrilled," Dermot Alastair Mills told the Workplace Relations Commission at a hearing yesterday.
He was giving evidence in a hearing into his complaint under the Protected Disclosures Act 2014, in which he alleges he was subjected to penalisation as a whistleblower after raising concerns about certain accounting matters at Irish Rail in 2014.
Irish Rail accepts Mr Mills made a protected disclosure but denies penalisation – arguing that the WRC only has jurisdiction to rule on the extent of any alleged penalisation as it relates to the complainant's failure to secure a more senior post during a 2018 recruitment process.
Mr Mills's representative, industrial relations consultant and former Irish Rail HR chief John Keenan, said his client was "still enduring penalisation" in his continuing employment because of the alleged reduction of his role.
Mr Mills gave evidence that he was given responsibility for capital budgets worth in the region of €250m from the turn of the millennium up to the economic collapse in 2006 and 2007, reported to the Irish Rail board, participated in board sub-committees, and was promoted in 2010.
However, he said after that he had been "bullied" to the extent that he took three months' sick leave in 2013, only returning to work that year on the foot of an undertaking by the company that he would have the "same status, same seniority [and] same salary".
Mr Mills he was paid the same salary and was told he would have responsibility as a finance manager accounting for fixed assets worth billions, the company's debt account, and preparing a report for the government.
He said "in practice" that all he was left to do was to manage a debt portfolio worth €8m when he started which is now down to €40,000.
"There were certain issues with debtors and I saw certain things. I tried to raise red flags all over the place," Mr Mills said.
He said he had written to the Irish Rail chief executive to make a "good faith" report in March 2014, before making a protected disclosure to the Transport Minister in December that year, after the whistleblower law came into effect.
He said that after making the internal report he was "stopped" from taking responsibility for the fixed assets and that he also lost responsibility for preparing the statutory report to the government.
"I started off with what seemed like a reasonable remit in 2013 and 2014. Slowly but surely it was hacked down to nothing," he said.
He said he was "isolated" at his job site at the Inchicore railway works in Dublin nearly nine years since first raising a concern.
"I either work from home or go into the office – two days at home, three days in the office," he told the Workplace Relations Commisison at a hearing yesterday.
"If I go to the office, I go in for 10am. I buy two newspapers, the Times and the Independent, and a sandwich. I go into my cubicle, I turn on my computer, I look at emails. There are no emails associated with work, no messages, no communications, no colleague communications.
"I sit and I read the newspaper and I eat my sandwich. Then about 10.30am, if there's an email which requires an answer, I answer it. If there's work associated with it, I do that work.
"I'd say if I got something that requires me to do work once in a week I'd be thrilled," he said.
He said he takes lunch as early as 11.30am or 12.30pm and spends "an hour or two" walking in the Inchicore area before returning to work around 2.30pm or 3pm.
"If there's nothing to be done, I go home," Mr Mills said.
"You're paid €121,000 for doing nothing?" Mr Keenan asked.
"Yes – when I say to do nothing, I mean to not use my skills," the complainant said.
Mr Mills said he had been excluded from company meetings and training opportunities since making the protected disclosure and that this held him back when he interviewed for a more senior role in the summer of 2018.
He said he believed two of the three interviewers on the panel were aware that he had made the protected disclosure prior to him telling them so.
Counsel for Irish Rail, Tom Mallon, said it was the Irish Rail's position that none of the interviewers had been aware of the protected disclosure.
Cross-examining Mr Mills, he said the complainant had written an email in January 2016 about being "excluded from training and meetings" and suggested the company was discriminating against him on the basis of "age and nationality".
"I had no reason to think why I was being discriminated against. I was not being given any answers – that was one of the ways I thought I might get an answer," Mr Mills said.
"You had no evidence," Mr Mallon said.
"You're absolutely correct I had no evidence and that's why I never brought a claim under equality legislation," Mr Mills replied.
Mr Mallon suggested to the complainant that he had been "looking around for some way to explain your position without looking at yourself".
"If you're saying I'm looking for an excuse for the bad treatment – I didn't know why I was being treated so badly by the company," Mr Mills said.
He added that a later email in August 2016 in which he raised the matter of the protected disclosure was not an "assumption", as Mr Mallon suggested, but that he had "evidence" for that.
Adjudicating officer Penelope McGrath heard an application for a witness summons by the complainant side and said she would invite the employer side to ask the witness to appear voluntarily before she would consider issuing a summons.
She closed the hearing and adjourned the matter, with the case not expected to have its next hearing before February.
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Two from Berkeley Engineering named to Forbes 30 Under 30 list
12/09/22 — Magazine cites Ph.D. candidate Jiachen Li for work on an all-season, smart-roof coating, and MEng alumna Alison Burklund of Nanopath for diagnostics that speed treatment of pelvic and gynecologic infections
12/08/22 — Professor Lydia Sohn's microfluidic device may help solve some of the most complex mysteries in cell biology.
Into the drink
11/07/22 — Researchers have found that water chlorination does not negatively impact the gut microbiome of children.
Bringing arsenic-safe drinking water to rural California
09/21/22 — Berkeley engineers have created a simple, low-cost arsenic treatment system to help low-income communities access safer water (With video)
Study finds medical procedure that rejuvenates old human blood
09/15/22 — Berkeley researchers find that plasmapheresis could advance our understanding of human aging, inform treatment of age-related diseases
Bringing biotech to market
08/17/22 — MTM alum advances medical technologies with two startups
Old blood ages young mice, finds Berkeley-led study
08/08/22 — New Scientist: The findings, published in Nature Metabolism, suggest that cellular aging isn't just a matter of wear and tear
Berkeley-led study identifies human lung proteins that can advance or thwart SARS-CoV-2 infections
07/26/22 — Findings may lead to targeted treatments
Civil engineers partner with Stockton students to build 120 air purifiers
04/26/22 — In honor of Earth Day, students from professor Tina Chow's CE 105 class joined with Edison High School to build and distribute air purifiers to the south Stockton community
04/15/22 — A study has found that the use of online databases could introduce bias into AI algorithms developed for medical imaging.
04/15/22 — A study has found a strong association between present-day air pollution levels and historical patterns of redlining.
Q+A on wastewater testing
04/15/22 — Using a novel method to detect the SARS-CoV-2 virus, researchers worked with public agencies to monitor infection levels in local wastewater samples.
Examining the effects of chlorinated drinking water on the gut microbiome
04/14/22 — New research shows no negative impact on children's digestive bacteria from chlorinated drinking water
Bay Area wastewater data suggests COVID hasn't peaked everywhere
01/27/22 — SFGate: While indicators suggest COVID-19 cases are on the decline across the Bay Area, wastewater analyzed for SARS-CoV-2 at Berkeley Engineering professor Kara Nelson's lab suggests that three areas of the region may have yet to peak.
UC Berkeley partners with new Arc Institute to tackle complex diseases
12/21/21 — Patrick Hsu, Berkeley assistant professor of bioengineering, and Silvana Konermann, Stanford assistant professor of biochemistry, are founding researchers of a new institute that aims to accelerate breakthroughs in complex diseases.
Berkeley team detects omicron in Bay Area wastewater
12/09/21 — ABC7 News: A team led by Kara Nelson, professor of civil and environmental engineering, has identified the COVID-19 variant in samples of sewage from two California sites, one of them in the Bay Area.
Dean's note: Engineering better health
11/15/21 — We've launched the Health Technologies Collaborative Lab to develop devices and systems that transform the way healthcare is managed and delivered.
Put to the test
11/15/21 — A method that uses a common machine learning algorithm can help detect cancer from a simple blood test, well before the first symptoms are present.
11/15/21 — Researchers have developed a low-cost, non-electric, reusable warming device that can reduce infant mortality rates.
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"Trying to Find a Literary Agent is the Worst Thing Ever"
Is it a good idea to begin a brand new blog with a first post that's a Debbie Downer?
Maybe it isn't really a downer but more of a poke in the gut.
I'll go with the latter. It's good to know what we are up against when we are facing challenges. And for most people, finding your agent (or editor) fit is a challenge.
Therefore, here's a lighthearted but realistic post by TV writer and novelist, Ken Pisani, about trying to find his agent. Hope you at least crack a smile.


We're lucky in Bournemouth to have such a variety of beautiful countryside right on our doorstep. Ten of our sites are officially designated Nature Reserves.
Our green spaces are important havens for local wildlife and offer a wide range of habitats. Use our map to find out where the reserves are.


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Kathleen S. Wilson, 94, formerly of Kenmore went home to be with the Lord, March 25, 2019. Born in Akron, Ohio on December 7, 1924 to the late Howard and Hannah (Fortney) Edmiston.
She lived in Kenmore for 70 years where she worked as a cashier at a local grocery store. She enjoyed traveling with her friends from the Kenmore Senior Center.
Preceded in death by her parents; one brother; two sisters and her beloved husband, Walter; she leaves behind to cherish her memory, sons, Walt (Sharon) and Robert (Sandra) Wilson; five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Friends may call from 5-8 p.m. Wednesday April 3, 2019 at the Schlup Pucak Funeral Home, 788 Kenmore Blvd, Akron. Funeral services will be held 11 a.m. Thursday at the Funeral Home. Burial to follow at Greenlawn Memorial Park.


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Statement to South Planning Meeting on Bromfield Road Housing
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I am sorry that members were unable to see this site properly this morning. If you had, you would have seen that it comprises a large flat plateau, ideal you might think for housing. You would have seen that it falls away steeply to the River Corve. You would have seen why we are so concerned about flooding. If we had visited Fishmore View, you would have seen why residents are objecting so strongly to the footbridge over the River Corve.
I feel rather sorry for the people who will live here.
Those living to the east will suffer noise blight and air pollution from the A49.
You saw a freight train pass this morning. They go past day and night.
Noise erodes health but it is not immediately dangerous. The River Corve is often dangerous. It frequently floods the green space that is proposed between the housing and the river.
The indicative plan shows the green space laid out like a suburban park. It has a look of safety about it. When the Corve floods, it is not safe. The Corve rises fast and flows fast. Even shallow waters are fast flowing and treacherous.
If this development goes ahead, this park should be rethought to prioritise resident safety.
There is no play area in this scheme. There should be.
The footbridge across the Corve to the Fishmore play area is the most controversial element of this project. It is more controversial than the housing itself.
I knocked on the doors of the 29 houses on Fishmore View and Corve View most affected by the footbridge. Twenty-three households oppose the footbridge, one is in favour and three don't have an opinion. The other two households are holidaying in the sun.
The residents are opposed to the bridge because they feel it violates a secure place where their children can play in safety. The housing at the Bringewood and the Stantons lacks dog walking areas. Residents already drive from these areas to Fishmore View to walk their dogs in the play area, which is bigger than it looks. At times their cars clog the narrow roads. Residents worry their narrow road will fill with the cars of dog walkers who will use the footbridge to use the new riverside park.
The bridge might be justified if it went anywhere useful. But there are no facilities in the Fishmore area, other than the play area. Walking to the town centre by this route is much longer than along the Bromfield Road.
Travel to town is a significant issue for this site. Those driving will have to drive out of town onto the bypass before returning. Given the parking difficulties in Ludlow, many residents may think that once they are in their cars, they might as well drive elsewhere.
The site is poorly served by buses running along the Bromfield Road. The 704 circular service referred to in officers' reports has not run for 15 months. The suggestion that existing bus services can be extended to the site defies logic. The developer might consider helping here. It is essential that a bus stop is created on Bromfield Road and that we get the town buses to service it.
None of what I have said so far is a reason for rejecting this development, rather than improving it. The major issue this committee needs to consider is flooding.
We are very worried about flooding in Ludlow. In 2007, we lost bridge and a house. We were lucky not to have lost lives. There have been a number of improvements to water management since then. But that's no reason for complacency. I can think of no site in Ludlow more likely to increase flooding than this one.
The developer says that rainwater runoff will be attenuated to greenfield runoff rates. I question whether that is feasible.
The flood risk consultants say that 51 litres a second is the current greenfield runoff rate in ordinary circumstances. That rises to 327 litres a second after the houses are built. The consultants say that 2,500 cubic metres of on-site storage are needed to cope with this extra run off.
Let's talk plain English. 2,500 cubic metres is an Olympic Swimming pool worth of water. That's a couple of hours of peak rainfall in an ordinary year.
But we plan not for peak rainfall in ordinary years, but the peak in what are known as one in one hundred year events. In a one in one hundred year scenario, this site will generate sufficient extra water, over and above what it generates now, to fill an Olympic Swimming pool in forty minutes. And once the onsite storage system is full, we will be getting an Olympic Swimming pool running into the Corve every 40 minutes.
The first thing it does is to back up Fishmore Brook, flooding Brook Cottage and some of the housing at Summerfields. Then it rushes downstream. As we drove past lower Corve Street this morning, you may have seen the sandbags. They are on permanent standby. This housing will increase the risk of flooding on lower Corve Street.
The developers have not demonstrated that their measures to attenuate flooding are sufficient. We are very scared of flooding in Ludlow.
Taken in the round, the transport issues, the problems of noise, the lack of play area, the bridge across the Corve and the risk of flooding means that this proposal pushes the definition of sustainable development to the limit.
I do not think it right to give outline planning permission until we receive more reassurance that this site will not flood Ludlow. If I wanted to flood Ludlow, I cannot think of a better place to build housing.
But if we could be reassured about flood risk and the developer removed the Fishmore footbridge, I could support housing on this site.
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When the Lord established His church He set down the organization by which individual congregations were to be led. Every church was to select men from within the congregation in accordance with qualifications that are set down in Scripture (Acts 14:23; 1 Timothy 3:1-7; Titus 1:5-9). This group of men is referred to by several names, which describe the nature of their work. They are to be"bishops" or "overseers" (Gr. episcopos) who watch over the souls of the members of the congregation (Acts 20:28; Philippians 1:1; Hebrews 13:17). They are "elders" or"presbyters" (Gr. presbyteros) who are older in the faith, leading by their example (1 Peter 5:1-3; 1 Timothy 4:14). They are the"shepherds" or "pastors" (Gr. poimen) caring for and spiritually feeding the flock (Acts 20:28; I Peter 5:2; Ephesians 4:11). The men who serve in this capacity at Danville Rd. have been appointed in accordance with these qualifications and strive to diligently fulfill this work. We are blessed to have four men who serve as shepherds of the local church here at Danville Rd.


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Leaders | Great-power politics
The new game
American dominance is being challenged
A CONTINENT separates the blood-soaked battlefields of Syria from the reefs and shoals that litter the South China Sea. In their different ways, however, both places are witnessing the most significant shift in great-power relations since the collapse of the Soviet Union.
In Syria, for the first time since the cold war, Russia has deployed its forces far from home to quell a revolution and support a client regime. In the waters between Vietnam and the Philippines, America will soon signal that it does not recognise China's territorial claims over a host of outcrops and reefs by exercising its right to sail within the 12-mile maritime limit that a sovereign state controls.
For the past 25 years America has utterly dominated great-power politics. Increasingly, it lives in a contested world. The new game with Russia and China that is unfolding in Syria and the South China Sea is a taste of the struggle ahead.
Facts on the ground
As ever, that struggle is being fought partly in terms of raw power. Vladimir Putin has intervened in Syria to tamp down jihadism and to bolster his own standing at home. But he also means to show that, unlike America, Russia can be trusted to get things done in the Middle East and win friends by, for example, offering Iraq an alternative to the United States (see article). Lest anyone presume with John McCain, an American senator, that Russia is just "a gas station masquerading as a country", Mr Putin intends to prove that Russia possesses resolve, as well as crack troops and cruise missiles.
The struggle is also over legitimacy. Mr Putin wants to discredit America's stewardship of the international order. America argues that popular discontent and the Syrian regime's abuses of human rights disqualify the president, Bashar al-Assad, from power. Mr Putin wants to play down human rights, which he sees as a licence for the West to interfere in sovereign countries—including, if he ever had to impose a brutal crackdown, in Russia itself.
Power and legitimacy are no less at play in the South China Sea, a thoroughfare for much of the world's seaborne trade. Many of its islands, reefs and sandbanks are subject to overlapping claims. Yet China insists that its case should prevail, and is imposing its own claim by using landfill and by putting down airstrips and garrisons.
This is partly an assertion of rapidly growing naval might: China is creating islands because it can. Occupying them fits into its strategy of dominating the seas well beyond its coast. Twenty years ago American warships sailed there with impunity; today they find themselves in potentially hostile waters (see article). But a principle is at stake, too. America does not take a view on who owns the islands, but it does insist that China should establish its claims through negotiation or international arbitration. China is asserting that in its region, for the island disputes as in other things, it now sets the rules.
Nobody should wonder that America's pre-eminence is being contested. After the Soviet collapse the absolute global supremacy of the United States sometimes began to seem normal. In fact, its dominance reached such heights only because Russia was reeling and China was still emerging from the chaos and depredations that had so diminished it in the 20th century. Even today, America remains the only country able to project power right across the globe. (As we have recently argued, its sway over the financial system is still growing.)
There is nevertheless reason to worry. The reassertion of Russian power spells trouble. It has already led to the annexation of Crimea and the invasion of eastern Ukraine—both breaches of the very same international law that Mr Putin says he upholds in Syria (see article). Barack Obama, America's president, takes comfort from Russia's weak economy and the emigration of some of its best people. But a declining nuclear-armed former superpower can cause a lot of harm.
Relations between China and America are more important—and even harder to manage. For the sake of peace and prosperity, the two must be able to work together. And yet their dealings are inevitably plagued by rivalry and mistrust. Because every transaction risks becoming a test of which one calls the shots, antagonism is never far below the surface.
American foreign policy has not yet adjusted to this contested world. For the past three presidents, policy has chiefly involved the export of American values—although, to the countries on the receiving end, that sometimes felt like an imposition. The idea was that countries would inevitably gravitate towards democracy, markets and human rights. Optimists thought that even China was heading in that direction.
Still worth it
That notion has suffered, first in Iraq and Afghanistan and now the wider Middle East. Liberation has not brought stability. Democracy has not taken root. Mr Obama has seemed to conclude that America should pull back. In Libya he led from behind; in Syria he has held off. As a result, he has ceded Russia the initiative in the Middle East for the first time since the 1970s.
All those, like this newspaper, who still see democracy and markets as the route to peace and prosperity hope that America will be more willing to lead. Mr Obama's wish that other countries should share responsibility for the system of international law and human rights will work only if his country sets the agenda and takes the initiative—as it did with Iran's nuclear programme. The new game will involve tough diplomacy and the occasional judicious application of force.
America still has resources other powers lack. Foremost is its web of alliances, including NATO. Whereas Mr Obama sometimes behaves as if alliances are transactional, they need solid foundations. America's military power is unmatched, but it is hindered by pork-barrel politics and automatic cuts mandated by Congress. These spring from the biggest brake on American leadership: dysfunctional politics in Washington. That is not just a poor advertisement for democracy; it also stymies America's interest. In the new game it is something that the United States—and the world—can ill afford.
This article appeared in the Leaders section of the print edition under the headline "The new game"
Leaders October 17th 2015
The reluctant European
The sky's limit
Living dangerously
Pity the children
From the October 17th 2015 edition


Suppliers of Leifheit, the household goods manufacturer, now have to wait longer for their money. The company often pays its bills even after the payment period has expired. But Leifheit need not fear sanctions – the company had taken pertinent measures in its Allgemeine Einkaufsbedingungen (General Terms and Conditions of Purchase). It is specified therein that remittances a few days after the payment date are still considered on-time. And the company is using this margin:. "We firmly stick to it", says member of the management board Claus-Otto Zacharias. Since December 2008, the financial expert is running the business of the company based in Rhineland Palatinate. His first official act was an improvement of the cash situation: He tightened up the dunning system, introduced late interest and dunning charges. On the other hand, he extended the company's own payment periods with its suppliers. Finally, Leifheit radically reduced its inventories – everything the company kept in stock for too long was simply not reordered in the beginning. That's how the company reduced inventories at a value of EUR ten million. The project for liquidity increases comprises a total of 50 items. The result: EUR 28 million in liquid funds are additionally available today.
It pays to tap financial sources in one's own company: When you release tied-up funds, you will be more independent from expensive outside financing and able to manage investments on your own. "Companies must start now to optimally set up their finances", says Gerd Kerkhoff, Managing Director of Kerkhoff Consulting. "Irrespective of the national economic situation, we advise companies to check how they can reduce their refinancing costs." Preferred is the optimization of the so-called working capital, or net current assets. Basically, companies will here turn three adjusting screws: They lower their inventories, collect receivables earlier and pay suppliers later. What has long been a standard already with major companies is still the exception in the small and mid-sized business sector. That's been confirmed in a poll by the Institut für Demoskopie (Institute for Public Opinion Polls and Research) in Allensbach and the University of St. Gallen: While 62 percent of German companies with more than 1,000 employees currently endeavor to reduce their working capital, it's merely one third in businesses with fewer than 250 employees.
A study by the consultancy Schulz & Partner shows the chances remaining unused. According to it, the 50 SDax companies could reduce their working capital by about five percent of sales. Thus, EUR 350 million in liquidity would be available. For Axel Kuhn, head of the chair of Factory Organization of the Faculty Mechanical Engineering at the Technical University of Dortmund, such results are representative for the situation in the small and mid-sized business sector: "The German economy still has a lot of catching up to do in terms of working capital optimization. But many companies do not know the processes which would enable improvements."
Fast savings are realized especially in inventory management. Consultants are regularly faced with excessive material stocks, exorbitant warehousing costs and lack of connections to suppliers.
The objective is a reduction of throughput times in production: To this end, it is necessary to optimize times of preparation, improve runs and reduce lot sizes. Frequently, efficient inventory management would already be able to considerably reduce the working capital, says Michael Lücke, Head of the Department of Corporate Planning at the Fraunhofer Institute for Material Flow and Logistics in Dortmund. On average, he sees potentials of ten to 20 percent for the small and mid-sized business sector. But why do so many companies leave their chances unused? Reasons for it are manifold: "The small and mid-sized business sector hardly has the competences to expertly handle the necessary financial or logistics planning", says Lücke. "Also, controlling instruments are lacking which would show early on any potentials or risks." Moreover, companies would have to invest: He says that software for purchasing and for inventory management were expensive, as well as qualified staff and consulting services – and results would be uncertain. The consequence: Usually, small and mid-sized businesses would not seek help because of overriding and comprehensive questions regarding working capital management but would much rather want to solve practical problems in the warehouse, says Lücke.
That's a mistake – according to consultants: "Companies must tackle the concept in a cross-functional manner and optimize the supply chain overall", says Michael Betzien, Senior Partner at Kerkhoff Consulting. He explains that purchasing, production and financial management would be working together. Basis for it would be a potential analysis. It is usually completed after a few days and allows an estimate in terms of the savings a business can expect. On average, working capital projects would already pay off after three to six months, says Betzien. However, that's not always without conflicts – the mid-sized company Leifheit also had such experiences. Relations were broken off with one supplier because he would not agree to the new payment terms. Others only grudgingly accepted the tough and rigid procedure of their business partner. Some customers might also find it annoying when Leifheit employees call already before the expiration of the payment period to remind them that remittances are to be made on time – even if they had to go through a special telephone training to handling such dunning calls. There was even resistance within the company. Both sales and purchasing departments were not particularly interested in negotiating tougher payment terms with their customers. That's also why Manager Zacharias does not consider the working capital project as concluded but rather as a permanent task. A new reporting system takes care of it where the management board obtains information about overdue customers. "It was a thankless project, but it was worth it", says Zacharias. "And if you are responsible for finances, you won't earn any credit points if you just leave money or funds alone."


This set of skittles are a perfect traditional wooden toy for any child! Featuring everyone's favourite silly old bear and all his friends! The set features Winnie the Pooh, Piglet, Tigger, Rabbit, Roo, and of course, Eeyore. Little one's will spend hours of fun, standing them, and knocking them down!
Presented in a beautiful box, this Pink Mouse & Cat Maraca gift set contains two hand painted wooden maracas. A lovely traditional musical instrument for kids.
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Every kid loves playdough right? And though the bright colored variety is fun, this gingerbread playdough is a favorite at my house during the holidays.
If you've never made your own playdough, I think it's time you find out just how easy it is.
All you need are a few basic kitchen tools, some basic ingredients, and a few minutes. The cleanup is easy, too.
Don't Have All the Spices Handy?
When choosing a "flavor" of playdough to make, my rule is to use whatever I have on hand. Other than the basic ingredients needed to make the playdough "base", don't worry about the rest.
If you don't have all of the spices listed, don't worry. Other spices you have on hand will do just fine.
Nobody will be eating the playdough (I hope) so the spices are just to make the playdough look and smell like gingerbread.
Combine all of the dry ingredients in a medium saucepan. Add the water and oil and mix well.
Put over medium heat and stir consistently with a wooden spoon until the mixture becomes a stiff dough.
Remove the pan from the heat. Scrape the dough together into a ball and leave in the pan to cool.
Store in an airtight container. Refrigerating the dough can help it keep longer.
I love giving this playdough as a gift. It's simple, easy, and sure to be a hit with the little ones, including nieces, nephews, grandkids, etc.
Packaging ideas include mason jars or brown paper bags decorated with ribbon or string. You can attach a cute gift tag as well.
My favorite thing to include with gingerbread playdough as a gift is a gingerbread man cookie cutter. Now your recipient will have everything they need to have hours of fun "baking" the perfect cookies!
Are you making homemade playdough for your kids or as a gift?
Kids really do love it as a gift!
Hi there! Thanks for posting this recipe! How many batches do you think I would need to make to give as a gift to 6 kids?
Depending on how much you want to give each child, I personally would make about 2-3 batches, accounting for each batch making enough for 2-3 kids. Hope that helps!


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Relationship News & Gossip for Matt Fisher
"It was completely mutual. We broke up over text so...it's like 'peace out.' It just didn't work. We both knew it didn't work and [had] no hard feelings at all whatsoever. I don't dislike him, so it's no big deal...It's difficult while you're dating because people always make a lot bigger deal of things than they actually are. Then when you break up with somebody and then like two months later it comes out and it's like you're rehashing old stuff. I don't know what that's all out now."


Permafrost is defined as soil or rock material, with or without included moisture or organic matter, that has remained at or below 0°C for two or more years (Muller, 1945, p. 3). It is defined exclusively on the basis of temperature; however, one of the most important properties of permafrost is the amount of ice it contains. Permafrost with little or no ice generally does not cause engineering or environmental problems, but permafrost that is ice rich can cause extremely serious problems if allowed to thaw. Ice in active glaciers is not considered permafrost even though it fits the general definition of permafrost.
Permafrost underlies approximately 20 percent of the world's land mass (Muller, 1945, p. 3), and most of it is present in the Northern Hemisphere because the land area is much greater there than it is in the Southern Hemisphere (Fig. 1). However, permafrost is widespread in Antarctica. In addition to Alaska, where 85 percent of the land is within the permafrost region, extensive areas of permafrost are present in other countries in the Northern Hemisphere. These are Canada (50 percent), the U.S.S.R. (50 percent), and the People's Republic of China (20 percent).


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Join us September 8th at 7PM, Studio 333 in Sausalito for beverages, books, and readings from September's selection of talented readers. The theme is Longing.
Carolina De Robertis' first novel, The Invisible Mountain, was an international bestseller translated into fifteen languages, a San Francisco Chronicle Best Book of the Year, an O, The Oprah Magazine 2009 Terrific Read, and the recipient of a Rhegium Julii Prize. She grew up in a Uruguayan-Argentinean family that emigrated to England, Switzerland, and California. Her translations of Latin American fiction have appeared in Granta, Zoetrope: Allstory, The Virginia Quarterly Review, and elsewhere. Her second novel, Perla, is forthcoming from Knopf in March 2012. She is currently at work on her third novel.
Louis B. Jones is the author of Ordinary Money, Particles and Luck, and California's Over, which were all named New York Times Notable Books in their respective years. An NEA fellow and a fellow of the MacDowell Colony in New Hampshire, he has written several screenplays – originals and adaptations of his own work – for studios and for independents. He's been a regular reviewer for the New York Times Book Review and has served as visiting writer at a number of colleges around the country. For some years he has acted as the fiction director for the Squaw Valley Community of Writers. He lives with his family in Nevada City.
Christina M. Meldrum is the author of the recently-published novel Amaryllis in Blueberry and of Madapple, a finalist for the PEN USA Literary Award and the William C. Morris Award. She received her Bachelor of Arts in religious studies and political science from the University of Michigan. After working in grassroots development in Africa, she earned her Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School. She interned with the International Commission of Jurists in Geneva, Switzerland, and worked as a litigator for the law firm of Shearman & Sterling. She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her family.
Nina Vida is the author of seven novels, including Maximilian's Garden, The End of Marriage, and Goodbye, Saigon. In November 2010, she made her first solo foray into the world of e-books with her novel about Mexico, Children of Guerrero. Her fiction in large part deals with the cataclysmic effects of historic and social upheaval on the lives of ordinary people. She is a native Californian, and lives with her husband Marvin in Huntington Beach, California.
After twenty years of journalism, John Yewell decided fiction was a better guide to truth. So he switched. He has just finished his first novel. The Spanish Beauty, from which he will read, is set in the Ventura and Los Angeles counties of a hundred years ago. The writer Lynn Stegner has called John's writing "sensuous in its rendering—the impressionistic realism characteristic of the 20th century novel that recalls writers like Steinbeck, Cather, and Houston." John is a fourth generation Californian and a student in the MFA program at San Francisco State.


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National Board of Review names Black Panther among top 10 films of 2018. See full list
Published in Hollywood
The National Board of Review has unveiled its annual list of the top 10 films of 2018. Green Book, a race-related drama starring Viggo Mortensen and Mahershala Ali, has been named the best film of the year. The NBR awards are decided upon "by a group of film enthusiasts, professionals, academics, filmmakers and students," according to the Hollywood Reporter.
"We are proud to honour Green Book as our best film — it is a warm and heartfelt look at a remarkable friendship, brought to the screen at a moment where its story of love, compassion and shared humanity deeply resonates," NBR president Annie Schulhof said in a statement.
In addition to Green Book, the board named Bradley Cooper's musical drama A Star is Born, Marvel's Black Panther, the Coen Brothers' Netflix Western The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, Eighth Grade, First Reformed, Roma, A Quiet Place, Can You Ever Forgive Me?, If Beale Street Could Talk and Mary Poppins Returns.
2017's best film was Steven Spielberg's The Post, and the year before that the honour went to Manchester by the Sea and in 2015 the award was given to Mad Max: Fury Road.
The NBR awards will be presented at a gala ceremony in New York City on January 8. Together with the Gotham Awards, this is an official signal that the 2018 awards season is truly underway.
In addition to revealing the top 10 list, the board also named winners in the several categories of awards it will present. Bradley Cooper was named best director, and Lady Gaga best actress. Crazy Rich Asians won best ensemble and Incredibles 2 won best animated feature.
Black Panther's inclusion suggests that the film will have a healthy awards run, despite being released in February - awards fare is usually released towards the end of the year. Marvel Studios is campaigning heavily for the film, in favour of the more lucrative Avengers:
Infinity War.Directed by Ryan Coogler, a sequel for the film is currently in the pipeline, with star Chadwick Boseman expected to return in the title role.
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'It Dropped Like A Bomb': Emma Thompson's Letter Could Change The Face Of #MeToo
After IAF strikes across LoC, Pak actor Mahira Khan says nothing more ignorant than cheering for war
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Many scientists find themselves working in the laboratory without sufficient background in current biotechnology methods. Others want to keep up with the revolution in biotechnology and the flood of new methodologies. This book provides a solution for both: a multidisciplinary approach to the methods essential to biotechnical development. Covering state-of-the-art technologies and a broad range of practical applications, the Second Edition of Gene Biotechnology presents information that researchers and students need to understand and apply today's biotechnology techniques. It discusses a wide variety of approaches, from very basic methods to the latest, most sophisticated technologies, including gene manipulation methods. The book contains clearly detailed, step-by-step protocols with helpful troubleshooting tips. It addresses the needs of researchers in academic and commercial environments, and serves as a guide for graduate students designing, implementing, and evaluating experimental projects. Written by a team of internationally recognized scientists, this edition offers several notable features typically lacking in other works on the subject. The book presents protocols, as well as clear and simple explanations of the key principles and concepts behind the methods. It includes useful troubleshooting guides to help solve experimental problems, presenting a single, logically organized source for all the most important new methodologies. This unique resource provides the tools for success in molecular and cellular biology research today.
This book provides new information relating recent advances made in the field of plant secondary products. Besides the updation of chapters this edition also includes chapters on secondary metabolites of microorganisms (fungi and lichen).
Revised and updated to reflect the latest research and advances available, Food Biotechnology, Second Edition demonstrates the effect that biotechnology has on food production and processing. It is an authoritative and exhaustive compilation that discusses the bioconversion of raw food materials to processed products, the improvement of food quality, the importance of food safety, the design of ingredients for functional foods, and the biochemical advances made in traditional fermentation. It also provides an international perspective on the discipline as a whole. The content of the book is divided into three sections for easy reference. The first section provides an overview of the basic principles and explains microbial applications. The next section explains plant tissue culture techniques, genetic engineering of plants and animals, functional food ingredients and their health benefits, probiotics, antibody production for oral vaccines, and topics on enzyme technologies. The final section discusses food safety issues and the various bio-processing and fermentation biotechnologies used throughout the world. Food Biotechnology, Second Edition is an indispensable guide for anyone who needs to understand the latest information on food production and processing from a biotechnology perspective.
A single-source reference on the biology of algae, Algae: Anatomy, Biochemistry, and Biotechnology, Second Edition examines the most important taxa and structures for freshwater, marine, and terrestrial forms of algae. Its comprehensive coverage goes from algae's historical role through its taxonomy and ecology to its natural product possibilities. The authors have gathered a significant amount of new material since the publication of the first edition. This completely revised second edition contains many changes and additions including the following: All revised and rewritten tables, plus new figures, many in color A fascinating new chapter: Oddities and Curiosities in the Algal World Expanded information on algal anatomy Absorption spectra from all algal divisions, chlorophylls, and accessory pigments Additional information on collection, storage, and preservation of algae Updated section on algal toxins and algal bioactive molecules The book's unifying theme is on the important role of algae in the earth's self-regulating life support system and its function within restorative models of planetary health. It also discusses algae's biotechnological applications, including potential nutritional and pharmaceutical products. Written for students as well as researchers, teachers, and professionals in the field of phycology and applied phycology, this new full-color edition is both illuminating and inspiring.
Highlighting the role of dietary fats in foods, human health, and disease, this book offers comprehensive presentations of lipids in food. Furnishing a solid background in lipid nomenclature and classification, it contains over 3600 bibliographic citations for more in-depth exploration of specific topics and over 530 illustrations, tables, and equations to help clarify study. With contributions of more than 40 internationally renowned experts, the book covers conjugated linoleic acids in health, and food applications of lipids. Topics include lipid oxidation in foods and tissues; the chemistry and mechanisms of lipid and antioxidant reactions; lipid biotechnology and genetic engineering; and more.
Biotechnology is one of the major technologies of the twenty-first century. Its wide-ranging, multi-disciplinary activities include recombinant DNA techniques, cloning and the application of microbiology to the production of goods from bread to antibiotics. In this new edition of the textbook Basic Biotechnology, biology and bioprocessing topics are uniquely combined to provide a complete overview of biotechnology. The fundamental principles that underpin all biotechnology are explained and a full range of examples are discussed to show how these principles are applied; from starting substrate to final product. A distinctive feature of this text are the discussions of the public perception of biotechnology and the business of biotechnology, which set the science in a broader context. This comprehensive textbook is essential reading for all students of biotechnology and applied microbiology, and for researchers in biotechnology industries.
Polysaccharides and related high molecular weight glycans are hugely diverse with wide application in Biotechnology and great opportunities for further exploitation. An Introduction to Polysaccharide Biotechnology – a second edition of the popular original text by Tombs and Harding – introduces students, researchers, clinicians and industrialists to the properties of some of the key materials involved, how these are applied, some of the economic factors concerning their production and how they are characterized for regulatory purposes.
This book integrates many fields to help students understand the complexity of the basic science that underlies crop and food production.
Including recent advances, this edition focuses on sustainable development and human welfare in biology, genetics, microbial biotechnology, and molecular medicine. While written for engineers specializing in biotechnology, those in agriculture, veterinary science, and medicine, will find new information relevant to their practice. It links biological principles to plant, animal, environmental, industrial, and medical biotechnologies, discusses concepts of genetics and molecular biology, and examines developments in the production of biopolymers, vaccines, gene therapy, bioremediation, biofuels, and biofertilizers.
Food biotechnology is the application of modern biotechnological techniques to the manufacture and processing of food, for example through fermentation of food (which is the oldest biotechnological process) and food additives, as well as plant and animal cell cultures. New developments in fermentation and enzyme technological processes, molecular thermodynamics, genetic engineering, protein engineering, metabolic engineering, bioengineering, and processes involving monoclonal antibodies, nanobiotechnology and quorum sensing have introduced exciting new dimensions to food biotechnology, a burgeoning field that transcends many scientific disciplines. Fundamentals of Food Biotechnology, 2nd edition is based on the author's 25 years of experience teaching on a food biotechnology course at McGill University in Canada. The book will appeal to professional food scientists as well as graduate and advanced undergraduate students by addressing the latest exciting food biotechnology research in areas such as genetically modified foods (GMOs), bioenergy, bioplastics, functional foods/nutraceuticals, nanobiotechnology, quorum sensing and quenching. In addition, cloning techniques for bacterial and yeast enzymes are included in a "New Trends and Tools" section and selected references, questions and answers appear at the end of each chapter. This new edition has been comprehensively rewritten and restructured to reflect the new technologies, products and trends that have emerged since the original book. Many new aspects highlight the short and longer term commercial potential of food biotechnology.


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Attorneys: Police beat Tyre Nichols for three minutes
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — An attorney for the family of a Black man who died at a hospital three days after a confrontation with police during a traffic stop said Monday that video of the encounter shows it was "violent" and "troublesome on every level."
Attorney Ben Crump said during a news conference that the footage of Tyre Nichols' Jan. 7 arrest "is appalling. It is deplorable. It is heinous."
Crump, who viewed the video along with Nichols' family and their other lawyers earlier Monday, said it reminded them of the infamous video of the Los Angeles police beating of Rodney King.
"Regrettably, it reminded us of Rodney King video. ... And unlike Rodney King, Tyre didn't survive," he said.
Another of the family's attorneys, Antonio Romanucci, said the beating of Nichols lasted three minutes.
"He was a human piñata for those police officers," said Romanucci.


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Digital Commons @ USF > College of Arts and Sciences > School of Geosciences > Faculty and Staff Publications > 1286
Silicate-Promoted Phosphorylation of Glycerol in Non-Aqueous Solvents: A Prebiotically Plausible Route to Organophosphates
Maheen Gull, University of South Florida
Brian J. Cafferty, Harvard University
Nicholas V. Hud, Georgia Institute of Technology
Matthew A. Pasek, University of South FloridaFollow
prebiotic synthesis, phosphorylation, origin of life, deep eutectic solvents, formamide, mineral catalysis
https://doi.org/10.3390/life7030029
Phosphorylation reactions of glycerol were studied using different inorganic phosphates such as sodium phosphate, trimetaphosphate (a condensed phosphate), and struvite. The reactions were carried out in two non-aqueous solvents: formamide and a eutectic solvent consisting of choline-chloride and glycerol in a ratio of 1:2.5. The glycerol reacted in formamide and in the eutectic solvent with phosphate to yield its phosphorylated derivatives in the presence of silicates such as quartz sand and kaolinite clay. The reactions were carried out by heating glycerol with a phosphate source at 85 °C for one week and were analyzed by 31P-nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy and mass spectrometry (MS). The yield of the phosphorylated glycerol was improved by the presence of silicates, and reached 90% in some experiments. Our findings further support the proposal that non-aqueous solvents are advantageous for the prebiotic synthesis of biomolecules, and suggest that silicates may have aided in the formation of organophosphates on the prebiotic earth.
Life, v. 7, no. 3, p. 1-29.
Gull, Maheen; Cafferty, Brian J.; Hud, Nicholas V.; and Pasek, Matthew A., "Silicate-Promoted Phosphorylation of Glycerol in Non-Aqueous Solvents: A Prebiotically Plausible Route to Organophosphates" (2017). School of Geosciences Faculty and Staff Publications. 1286.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/geo_facpub/1286


We've written a fair bit about Double Fine's inbound title Happy Action Theater over the past week but thus far its price has remained a mystery. No longer, Happy Action Theater will set you back a humble 800 Microsoft Points. That trifling sum nets you no less than 18 multiplayer mini-games as well as, one would imagine, a hefty serving of Double Fine's special brand of humour. The Kinect game, which the studio is pitching to anyone within the 3-103 year old bracket, is down on the calendar for a February 1 release.


Designer Bebe has 10 perfumes in our fragrance base. Bebe is a new fragrance brand. The earliest edition was created in 2009 and the newest is from 2015. Bebe fragrances were made in collaboration with perfumers Francis Kurkdjian, Patricia Choux, Richard Herpin, Claudette Belnavis and Jean Jacques.


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Rates* of reported cases† of acute hepatitis C virus infection, by state or jurisdiction — United States, 2019-2020
◀ Figure 3.1
Source: CDC, National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System.*Rates per 100,000 population.
† Reported confirmed cases. For the case definition, see Acute Hepatitis C.
Only states with rates for 2019 and 2020 are shown. State/jurisdiction and year for no reported cases: Hawaii (2020), North Dakota (2019, 2020), Wyoming (2020); for not reportable condition: Alaska (2019, 2020); for unavailable data: Arizona (2019, 2020), Delaware (2019), District of Columbia (2019, 2020), Mississippi (2019), Rhode Island (2019, 2020).
State or jurisdiction ranked in decreasing order by the 2020 rate, 2019 rate, and then alphabetical order by name.
During 2020, the rates of reported acute hepatitis C ranged from a high of 11.9 cases per 100,000 population in Maine to a low of ≤0.1 cases per 100,000 population in California, Idaho, New Mexico, South Carolina, and Texas. The largest absolute increase in rates was observed in Maine, with a rate during 2020 (11.6 cases per 100,000 population) more than 3 times the rate reported during 2019 (3.2 cases per 100,000 population).
In contrast, the largest absolute decrease was observed in South Dakota, where the rate decreased 75% during 2020 (0.8 cases per 100,000 population), compared with 2019 (3.2 cases per 100,000 population). Because of the relatively smaller number of acute hepatitis C cases reported in certain jurisdictions, wide fluctuations in annual rates might occur.
Hepatitis C Figures and Tables
Figure 3.1. Number of reported cases of acute hepatitis C virus infection and estimated infections — United States, 2013-2020
Figure 3.2. Rates of reported cases of acute hepatitis C virus infection, by state or jurisdiction — United States, 2019-2020
Figure 3.3. Rates of reported cases of acute hepatitis C virus infection, by state or jurisdiction — United States, 2020
Figure 3.4. Rates of reported cases of acute hepatitis C virus infection, by age group — United States, 2005-2020
Figure 3.5. Rates of reported cases of acute hepatitis C virus infection, by sex — United States, 2005-2020
Figure 3.6. Rates of reported cases of acute hepatitis C virus infection, by race/ethnicity — United States, 2005-2020
Figure 3.7. Availability of information on risk behaviors or exposures associated with reported cases of acute hepatitis C virus infection — United States, 2020
Figure 3.8. Number of newly reported chronic hepatitis C virus infection cases by sex and age — United States, 2020
Figure 3.9. Rates of death with hepatitis C virus infection listed as a cause of death among residents, by state or jurisdiction — United States, 2020
Table 3.1. Numbers and rates of reported cases of acute hepatitis C virus infection, by state or jurisdiction — United States, 2016-2020
Table 3.2. Numbers and rates of reported cases of acute hepatitis C virus infection, by demographic characteristics — United States 2016-2020
Table 3.3. Reported risk behaviors or exposures among reported cases of acute hepatitis C virus infection — United States, 2020
Table 3.4. Number of newly reported cases of perinatal hepatitis C virus infection, by state or jurisdiction — United States, 2020
Table 3.5. Number and rate of newly reported cases of chronic hepatitis C virus infection, by state or jurisdiction — United States, 2020
Table 3.6. Number and rate of newly reported cases of chronic hepatitis C virus infection, by demographic characteristics — United States, 2020
Table 3.7. Numbers and rates of deaths with hepatitis C listed as a cause of death among residents, by state or jurisdiction — United States, 2016-2020
Table 3.8. Numbers and rates of deaths with hepatitis C virus infection listed as a cause of death among residents, by demographic characteristics — United States, 2016-2020


As today is my eldest sister's birthday, I felt like sharing one of her recipes today. I decided to bring one of the cakes she enjoys making to the Fiesta Friday together with some lovely music. The recipe is given below after the music fest.
The featured musician today is Hariharan. He trained in both Carnatic and Hindustani music though he is foremost a prominent ghazal singer and has released lots of ghazal albums. While Hariharan started his playback singing in the late 70s in Hindi movies, he was introduced to the south Indian movie world only in the early 90s by A.R.Rahman. Since then, he has been awarded both state and national awards for some of his songs. Hariharan was awarded the Padma Shri award by the Indian government in 2004.
I first chose to share a ghazal piece from the launch of the album Hazir 2, Hariharan's second one with tabla maestro, Zakir Hussain.
The second clip is from a concert where Hariharan sings with Chitra one of their songs from the movie Love birds, the soundtrack of which was composed by A.R.Rahman.
While selecting the last clip to share here, I was trying to decide between two songs. One used to be very popular on Sri Lankan television in the late 90s, Krishna Nee from the self-titled Colonial Cousins album of the music duo – Hariharan and Leslie Lewis. The other was a Bathiya and Santhush single with Hariharan. Finally, I decided to share the one with the Sri Lankan musicians.
Hope you enjoy the music as well as the cake!
De-seed the dates and chop them up roughly before letting them soak in a bowl of hot tea.
Chop up the ginger preserve separately and keep aside.
Whisk together the margarine and sugar.
Add the egg yolks and the vanilla essence and continue beating the mixture.
Then add some of the flour, chopped dates and ginger preserve, egg white and mix well before repeating the process till all the ingredients have been mixed well.
Bake at 180⁰C for around 25 minutes.
Among the several delicious cakes that my mother bakes, a special treat is her egg-less date and raisin cake that she makes on special occasions.
De-seed the dates and chop them. Place the chopped dates in a bowl, together with the raisins.
Add 1/3 cup of strong black tea, pinch of baking soda and the mixed 3C spice powder to the dates and raisins bowl. Cover and keep aside, for 2 – 3 hours, letting the dried fruits marinate in the tea and spice mix.
Whisk together the margarine and sugar, adding the condensed milk or vegan substitute. If whisking by hand, add the ingredients slowly while continuing to whisk. If using a blender, blend the three together for about 10 minutes.
Add the vanilla essence to the blend and mix.
Sift the flour, semolina together with the baking powder and soda.
Stir in the sifted flour and semolina gradually into the bowl of blended margarine, sugar and milk and mix.
Add the marinated dried fruits to the batter and fold.
Transfer the cake batter into a baking tray and bake in a pre-heated oven at 140⁰C/284⁰F for about 1 – 1 ¼ hours.
Remove from oven and let it cool, before slicing and serving with some hot Sri Lankan tea or coffee.


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JOURNEY TO CABORA
by Pamela Ann Davis
A Novel and Screenplay for a Feature Film
Inspired by True Events
Teresa Urrea, once known throughout Mexico and beyond as "La Santa de Cabora" (The Saint of Cabora), lived from 1873 to 1906. By her late teens her reputation as a healer and miracle worker had brought her international renown. This was no pale and delicate saint but rather a wild, gutsy, joyous, brave and profoundly gifted native girl—half Spanish, half Indian—who nearly toppled the brutal regime of Porfirio Diaz, Mexico's most infamous dictator.
Journey to Cabora is inspired by true events in her amazing life.
Short synopsis:
In the early summer of 1892, Ray Williams, a journalist, is sent by the editor of his Tucson, Arizona newspaper to Sonora, Mexico to do a story based on his investigation of the far flung reports by American travelers and others that a mere girl of eighteen named Teresa Urrea is performing astonishing healings and working miracles. He is his editor's choice because he is half Mexican and half Anglo, bi-lingual, and, most importantly, he is not religious and can therefore be "objective."
Ray is, in fact, an embittered alcoholic carrying the burden of a tragic personal loss for which he blames himself and a God he no longer believes in. He is in no mood for an arduous journey to investigate an obvious fraud, but he is over-ruled, and, in a cynical, negative mood, he undertakes the journey to Cabora with a particular agenda of his own: to gather as much damning evidence as possible prior to meeting Teresita so that he can ultimately expose her for the deceiver and trickster he is sure she must be. Thus, he is set up not only for a radical epiphany but a dangerous adventure he could never have anticipated. Events do not unfold as planned, and he must reframe his life when Teresa's miracles dismantle his world view.
Set against the backdrop of the terror, corruption, and bloodshed of Porfirio Diaz's dictatorship, Journey to Cabora is an exciting and inspiring adventure full of action, romance, mystery, and pathos. Most especially, it is a timely story evolving amidst issues very similar to those that find their way into our current headlines and political dialogue even now more than a hundred years later. Every human life is meant to be a journey of transformation, a journey from darkness into light. Journey to Cabora is the story of one such quest.
Author's note: Teresita, the magic and fascination for me
When I was 13 years old, after years of mysterious illness, my life was saved by a humble, hands-on healer, and a year later I went with my family to live for some time in Mexico City where I attended school and became bi-lingual. Through the spell-binding stories of our Indian housekeeper and our extensive travels throughout Mexico, I became acquainted with the mysticism and folklore of the native Mexican peoples as well as Mexican Catholic traditions. I graduated from UCLA with a B.A. in Spanish, and years later when I came to hear of the remarkable story of Teresita Urrea, I realized that there was more to my intimate immersion in some rather unconventional aspects of Mexican life than I could have ever anticipated. And when I decided that Teresita's story had to be told in a way that it never had been before, I began to encounter dozens of people of Mexican heritage who remembered her and whose older family members had known her and even been healed by her, perhaps in much the same way as I had been healed. Through this adventure of discovery she has become a part of my heart.
Copyright © 2017 Pamela Ann Davis, All Rights Reserved


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First look at LEGO Marvel 76173 Spider-Man and Ghost Rider vs. Carnage
16/12/2020 16/12/2020 Chris Wharfe 0 Comments 2021, 76173 Spider-Man and Ghost Rider vs. Carnage, LEGO, Marvel, YouTube
Superhero fans can get a first look at 76173 Spider-Man and Ghost Rider vs. Carnage, which introduces a brand new character to the LEGO Marvel line-up.
This isn't the first time Ghost Rider has appeared in bricks, but it is the first minifigure of Robbie Reyes' character. The previous version, in 2016's 76058 Spider-Man: Ghost Rider Team-Up, was based on Johnny Blaze. (That's Nic Cage's character from the two Ghost Rider movies, if you're not familiar with the comics.)
76173 Spider-Man and Ghost Rider vs. Carnage includes Reyes and his Dodge Charger, along with the eponymous Spider-villain and, of course, Spider-Man himself. This version does at least include brand new arm printing for 2021, though, giving him some appeal even if you already have a veritable Spider-army.
YouTuber just2good has published an early review of the new 2021 set, offering a first look at the characters and model included. One notable feature is the option to add trans-orange flames to the car, or display it as a regular old Dodge Charger.
"This is one of the best uses of the energy blast pieces, where it actually looks like there's flames coming out from the side and back of this vehicle," just2good says. "I will say though, it is kind of lame that this side only has one of those energy blast pieces. The rest uses up the other pieces, so really one side looks pretty kick-ass."
76173 Spider-Man and Ghost Rider vs. Carnage will launch in January 2021, along with five other LEGO Marvel sets. You can check out all the details here.
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Architectural plan. Printout of architectural project.
Architectural plan and drawing tools.
Young man working on architectural project. Modern office concept.
Young man working on architectural project. Modern home office concept for freelance professions.
Real estate creative studio office. Top view of architect woman working on architectural project for interior design.
Architectural project, rulers, cell phone and pen.


Today's home business bootcamp session was buzzing with excitement as Worldprofit's Technical Director, George Kosch released the newest sales tool for Worldprofit Members.
Over five years ago, Worldprofit released the world's first LIVE Business Center. This was an innovation then and to this day is something that has not been recreated by any other company. Today, Worldprofit released a personal version of this technology for the exclusive use of Worldprofit Members.
The Personal Live Business Center (PLBC) allows Members to host their own personalized Live Business Center. Essentially it's a landing page with an embedded Live Business Center – your OWN Live Business Center. You are the host, you talk to people, you are in charge. The PLBC includes an Associate sign up form, and optins for the Safelists, as well as your own personal links and order link. It's a sales room and you are commander-in-chief. Included is an easy to use Admin area so you can personalize what your PLBC is called, as well as the messages posted on-screen Social media has been integrated so you can customize what links you wish to show up including Facebook, Twitter and Skype etc.
Who gets this powerful new PLBC?
Worldprofit Monitors and Worldprofit Platinum VIP Members will receive the PLBC at no cost. Currently ONLY Monitors have the PLBC as they have been helping us test the system – thank you Monitors for your help! When testing is done, it will be released to Platinum VIP Members as well.
What else has George Kosch got coming?
Worldprofit will also be offering a CUSTOM Designed PLBC in the very near future. This will allow Members to have a custom header, links to your other opportunities and interests, and is hosted on the domain name of your choice. Pricing is yet to be determined for this customized version.
What else happened during today's bootcamp training?
George demonstrated the new Solo Safelist Blaster System. We've been testing this system to get it perfect. There are two development phases of the system. First phase is getting the database built and populated. The second phase is building an Admin area for our members so they can see who has signed up, credits, see payments from ads etc. The stand-alone versions of the Safelist Exchange is still in development, it's a complex system but release is still planned for end of November.
Worldprofit's Home Business Bootcamp Training Levels are being redone to simplify procedures and get new members directly into the marketing and sales! The goal to is help people make sales sooner and get on track more smoothly.
George was peppered with questions about the new services by Members during today's training. Apologies to all members for the technical problems later in the session.
This is a sample of what Worldprofit Members said after seeing the new services today.
James: Your building on this stuff and increasing the value of the Platinum package ten fold or one-hundred fold and not raising the price…. phenomenal. Thank you!
Charity: Thanks George, Great Training, Have a great weekend!
Linda: Thanks, George. You're the best! Have a good weekend.
Arvell: this is a game changer!
Thank you to all of those who attended Worldprofit's Live Home Business training today. If you missed it, or want to watch it again, the recorded version is now posted. Members can access within the Worldprofit Member area under the Training link.
Watch for updates on new products and services to be sent to the Botocamp newsletter and posted to the message center in the Member area.
Next LIVE Home Business Training is Friday November 4, 2011.
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