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LA Times Crossword 25 May 19, Saturday
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1 Golden __ : RICE
Golden rice is a genetically modified rice that has been engineered to biosynthesize beta-carotene. Beta-carotene is a precursor to vitamin A, and so the rice is intended for consumption in parts of the world where dietary vitamin A is in short supply. The extra beta-carotene gives the rice a distinctive yellow color. As one might imagine, the production of golden rice is controversial …
16 Marketeer in the 2016 film "War Dogs" : ARMS DEALER
"War Dogs" is a 2016 dark-comedy film about two arms dealers with a US Army contract to supply ammunition to the Afghan National Army. The dealers are played by Jonah Hill and Miles Teller. The movie is based very loosely on a true story.
20 Solo on-screen : HAN
Han Solo is the space smuggler in "Star Wars" played by Harrison Ford. Ford was originally hired by George Lucas just to read lines for actors during auditions for "Star Wars", but over time Lucas became convinced that Ford was right for the pivotal role of Han Solo.
21 Epithet for Tim : TINY
"Tiny Tim" is the nickname of Timothy Cratchit, a character in the Charles Dickens novella "A Christmas Carol". Tiny Tim is the son of Ebenezer Scrooge's underpaid clerk Bob Cratchit, and is a sickly child. Famously, the child utters the words "God bless us, every one!" at Christmas dinner, which words are repeated by the author at the end of the story.
22 Attended to barking dogs? : SAT
Apparently, the phrase "my dogs are barking" meaning "my feet are hurting" originated in America in the 1920s. From there evolved the use of the term "dogs" for "feet".
27 "One Time 4 Your Mind" rapper : NAS
Rapper Nas used to go by an earlier stage name "Nasty Nas", and before that by his real name "Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones". Nas released his first album "Illmatic" in 1994, and inventively titled his fifth studio album "Stillmatic", released in 2001. Not my cup of tea, I would say …
28 One may have its own tartan design : CLAN
Tartan is sometimes called "plaid" over here in the US, and is a word not used in the same sense outside of this country. In Scotland, a "plaid" is a blanket or a tartan cloth slung over the shoulder.
30 Adobe creation : ACROBAT
Adobe Acrobat is the software used to create .pdf files. Most of us are more familiar with the associated application called Adobe Reader, because that's what we use to read those .pdf files.
32 Sitcom shoe salesman : AL BUNDY
Al Bundy is a lead character in the television sitcom "Married with Children". Bundy is played by Ed O'Neill, the actor who later took the role of Jay Pritchett on the very entertaining television show "Modern Family".
34 Fauvism pioneer : MATISSE
Henri Matisse was a French artist renowned for his contribution to modern art. In his early career, Matisse was classed as a "fauve", one of the group of artists known as the "wild beasts" who emphasized strong color over realism in their works. He was a lifelong friend of Pablo Picasso, and the two were considered to be good-natured rivals so their works are often compared. One major difference between their individual portfolios is that Picasso tended to paint from his imagination, whereas Matisse tended to use nature as his inspiration.
38 Lively dances in duple time : POLKAS
The polka is a dance from central Europe, one that originated in Bohemia in the mid-1800s. It's thought that "polka" comes from a Czech word meaning "little half", reflecting the little half-steps included in the basic dance.
40 Test involving reading letters : EYE EXAM
The commonly used eye chart (that starts with the letters "E FP TOZ LPED") is called a Snellen chart. The test is named after its developer Herman Snellen, who introduced it way back in 1862.
43 The Cranberries vocalist O'Riordan : DOLORES
Dolores O'Riordan was a musician and singer who was best known as lead singer for Irish rock band the Cranberries. By all accounts, O'Riordan was a troubled soul. She was diagnosed with bipolar disorder, and in 2014 was arrested for an air rage incident on an Aer Lingus flight from New York to Shannon. In 2018, she was found dead in London hotel room, having drowned in the bathtub while intoxicated with alcohol.
46 Super __ : PAC
A political action committee (PAC) is a private group that works to influence the outcome of a particular election or group of elections. Any group becomes a PAC by law when it receives or spends more than $1,000 for the purpose of influencing the outcome of an election. In 2010 the Supreme Court ruled that PACS that did not make direct contributions to candidates or parties could accept unlimited contributions. These "independent, expenditure-only committees" are commonly referred to as "super PACs".
49 Meal involving charoseth, a symbolic fruit paste : SEDER
Charoset is a sweet paste made from fruit and nuts that is served at a Passover Seder.
53 Boxer's statement? : ARF!
The boxer breed of dog (one of my favorites!) originated in Germany. My first dog was a boxer/Labrador mix, a beautiful combination. Our current family dog is a boxer/pug mix, and is another gorgeous animal.
56 Place with flexible classes : YOGA STUDIO
In the West we tend to think of yoga as a physical discipline, a means of exercise that uses specific poses to stretch and strengthen muscles. While it is true that the ancient Indian practice of yoga does involve such physical discipline, the corporeal aspect of the practice plays a relatively small part in the whole philosophy. Other major components are meditation, ethical behavior, breathing and contemplation.
62 "Radames' Letter" musical : AIDA
The rock musical "Aida" is based on Giuseppe Verdi's original opera. It premiered in 1998 and is still performed today. Music is by Elton John and lyrics are by Tim Rice.
63 Film genre named for a supporting performer : HORSE OPERA
"Horse opera" is a slang term for a Western movie or show.
1 Online role-playing game involving magical stones : RUNESCAPE
RuneScape is a free, multiplayer, online role-playing game (MMORPG) that was introduced in 2001. With over 200 million accounts opened, RuneScape is the largest free MMORPG in the world.
2 Steel, for one : IRON ALLOY
Steel is an alloy that is composed mainly of iron, with a small percentage of carbon.
4 Saint in a Brat Pack title : ELMO
"St. Elmo's Fire" is a 1985 Brat Pack film. The cast includes Brat Pack members Emilio Estevez, Rob Lowe, Andrew McCarthy, Demi Moore, Judd Nelson and Ally Sheedy. Unlike so many of the Brat Pack films, the critics hated this one. Indeed, Rob Lowe earned himself a Razzie Award for Worst Supporting Actor for his performance.
8 Chicken general : TSO
General Tso's chicken is an American creation, and a dish often found on the menu of a Chinese restaurant. The name General Tso may be a reference to General Zuo Zongtang of the Qing Dynasty, but there is no clear link.
9 Lab coat attachments : IDS
Identity document (ID)
10 "The Matrix" hero : NEO
Neo is the character played by Keanu Reeves in "The Matrix" series of films.
The 1999 movie sensation "The Matrix" was meant to be set in a nondescript urban environment. It was actually shot in Australia, as one of the co-producers of the film was the Australian company, Village Roadshow Pictures. You can pick up all sorts of clues about the location when watching the film, including a view of Sydney Harbour Bridge in a background shot. Also, traffic drives along on the left and there are signs for the "lift" instead of an "elevator".
11 Thomas Wolfe alter ego Eugene : GANT
"Look Homeward, Angel" is novel by Thomas Wolfe that was first published in 1929. The protagonist of the work is Eugene Gant, whose story is told from birth to age 19. "Look Homeward, Angel" is considered a largely autobiographical account.
13 Insurance giant : AETNA
When the healthcare management and insurance company known as Aetna was founded, the name was chosen to evoke images of Mount Etna, the Italian volcano.
14 Horse-drawn wagons : DRAYS
A dray is a sideless 4-wheeled cart that is used for hauling goods.
24 Abbey title : DOM
The honorific "Dom" is used in English for monks of certain orders, such as Benedictines and Carthusians. The term is a shortened form of the Latin "dominus" meaning "master, owner".
29 Heated quickly : NUKED
One might rewarm a meal by nuking it, zapping it in the microwave.
33 Greek island known for emery : NAXOS
Naxos is the largest island in the Cyclades group in the Aegean Sea. According to Greek mythology, Zeus was raised in a cave on the island. Today, Naxos is famous as a source of the rock emery, which is used to make the abrasive powder that has the same name.
35 Cooking agent in some Indian cuisine : SESAME OIL
Sesame oil is extracted from sesame seeds. Sesame oil is one of the nutritionally "good" oils, in that it is high in polyunsaturated fatty acids. Unlike most "good" oils, sesame oil keeps at room temperature, due to the presence of naturally occurring preservatives.
41 Change, briefly, as game software : MOD
Modification (mod)
42 Water in a green bottle : PERRIER
Perrier is bottled from spring water that is naturally carbonated. The natural carbonation is lost during the purification process, and so has to be restored artificially before bottling. The spring used by Perrier is in the South of France, and has been used since Roman times as a spa.
44 Text file with instructions : README
A readme (or "read me") file is usually a simple text file that is issued with software when it is distributed. It often contains the latest information about the application, including bugs that were found at the last minute just before release.
47 Ohno on skates : APOLO
Speed-skater Apolo Ohno has won more Winter Olympics medals than any other American. Ohno also did a great job winning the 2007 season of television's "Dancing with the Stars".
52 Shooting marbles : TAWS
In the game of marbles, the "taw" is the shooting marble, and is shot at the "ducks".
54 __ song : FOR A
Something that goes "for a song" is sold very cheaply. The first known use of the phrase in print is in William Shakespeare's "All's Well That Ends Well".
Why, he will look upon his boot and sing; mend the
ruff and sing; ask questions and sing; pick his
teeth and sing. I know a man that had this trick of
melancholy sold a goodly manor for a song.
57 Goose, e.g. : SHE
A male goose is called a gander, with the female simply being referred to as a "goose". Young geese are called goslings.
58 Asian path : TAO
The name of the Chinese character "tao" translates as "path", but the concept of Taoism signifies the true nature of the world.
59 One making calls at home : UMP
Back in the 15th century, "an umpire" was referred to as "a noumpere", which was misheard and hence causing the dropping of the initial letter N. The term "noumpere" came from Old French "nonper" meaning "not even, odd number". The idea was that the original umpire was a third person called on to arbitrate between two, providing that "odd number" needed to decide the dispute.
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5 Soreness treatment : HEATING PAD
15 Russian region rich in minerals : URAL
17 It's to be expected : NORM
18 Baroque chamber work : TRIO SONATA
19 Prefix meaning "within" : ENDO-
23 Bump-related : NODAL
39 Lusters : SHEENS
42 Considers closely : PEERS AT
45 Trilogy, often : SAGA
50 Silent welcomer? : MAT
51 Narrow shore point : SPIT
55 Drought-stricken : SERE
60 Get around? : COIL
61 Prying aid : CLAW HAMMER
64 Went like the wind? : BLEW
3 Bridge site : CARD TABLE
5 Old ownership word : HATH
6 Misjudgment : ERRANCY
7 Key with all white notes : A MINOR
12 Bagel choice : PLAIN
25 Humiliates : ABASES
26 Metal-working tool : LATHE
30 Certain agency goal : AD SALE
31 Levels : TIERS
36 Hitchhike successfully : SNAG A RIDE
37 Attorney's specialty : ESTATE LAW
46 "Fooled you!" : PSYCH!
48 Relaxing smoke for some : CIGAR
55 Sign of healing : SCAB
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News: Angel fights for title of Special Needs Taekwon-Do World Champion
Angel fights for title of Special Needs Taekwon-Do World Champion
Angel and Sally Stevens at Basford campus
A student studying a supported learning course at Nottingham College is succeeding against the odds, as she competes for the title of World Champion in the Special Needs Taekwondo Games in New Zealand later this year.
Sixteen-year-old Angel Stevens, from Eastwood, was fostered by her great-aunt, Sally Stevens, along with her two sisters, 14 years ago, due to personal circumstances. Angel has dealt with challenges all her life. She was born with the rare condition Foetal Valproate Syndrome. As a result, Angel experiences speech and learning difficulties. She also has scoliosis (curvature of the spine); abnormalities of skull formation; and she's on the autistic spectrum.
Despite these difficulties, and with the support of her foster parents Sally and Andy, Angel has found a real passion for Taekwon-Do and has been attending a mainstream class since the age of just three.
Foster mum, Sally, who is also Angel's coach, explains: "Taekwon-Do has been part of my life for over 25 years. My two sons are both five times world champions and my foster daughter, Kerryanne Stevens, is also a world champion. We have 13 black belts between us in our family, including myself and my husband. Angel took an immediate interest in the sport and she gets so much out of it, both physically and mentally, we're so proud of her."
Due to a lack of special needs Taekwon-Do organisations in the UK, Angel has always been a member of a mainstream class, but when Sally heard that the Special Needs Taekwon-Do Games was coming to Brighton back in 2016 she emailed the organisers to ask if Angel could take part.
Sally explains: "It was an opportunity that I didn't want Angel to miss out on. It turned out that she was the only girl competing, but she exceeded all expectations and took away the gold medal. When she competes in October she'll be fighting to keep her title of World Champion.
"Taking Angel to New Zealand is an honour and a privilege. She has worked and trained so hard and it's a real achievement. She has had a lot of setbacks but has now found joy and success through sport.
"I would encourage anyone, whether they have special needs or not, to get active and try new things. If you work hard and want something enough, you really can achieve anything."
Angel is very excited about her trip to New Zealand. She said:
I am looking forward to seeing the friends I made back in 2016 in Brighton. Taekwondo makes me so happy. If I've had a bad day it calms me down and cheers me up. I am excited to take part in the competition and I hope to bring back the gold medal because I want to be a champion!
- Angel Stevens
This is Angel's second year at Nottingham College, where she studies a supported learning, Entry Level 3 course, aimed at students with learning difficulties and/or disabilities (SLDD). Her Personal Tutor, Zubia Haque, said:
"During the time that Angel has been with us, she has not only grown in confidence, but she also shows fantastic resilience during each task and challenge she is given. Myself and the other SLDD staff members are very proud of her achievements. She puts a lot of time and effort into training for her Taekwondo classes and competitions, and now the hard work has paid off. We wish her all the very best in the Taekwondo games, and hope that she has a fantastic time in New Zealand."
Angel is one of many competitors from across the world taking part in New Zealand on the 5th October, but she is the only competitor from the UK.
The family are in the process of raising money to help fund the trip, including kit, travel, and accommodation. To donate, please visit their Just Giving page.
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The restaurant's managing partner, Lien Ta, admitted, "Jonathan and I, we didn't like each other at first, but we started to like each other later." Ta prides Here's Looking at You as being a "small" spot with "that neighborhood feel, but nice enough that it could also be that special occasion spot."
The cooking is about Whitener's life and history of growing up in California, which he readily displayed in a fried pork belly dish in the above video.
Here's Looking at You is in the Koreatown neighborhood of L.A.


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Assistant Professor Creative Writing (Fiction)
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The George Mason University Department of English invites applications for a nine-month, tenure track Assistant Professor Position in Fiction. We encourage applicants whose work explicitly engages pressing issues of racial, cultural, sexual, gendered, economic, or religious difference including African American, Latinx, Native American, Asian American, immigrant, and other marginalized voices. George Mason University has a strong institutional commitment to the achievement of excellence and diversity among its faculty and staff, and strongly encourages candidates to apply who will enrich Mason's academic and culturally inclusive environment.
Launched in 1980 as the department's first terminal degree, Mason Creative Writing today encompasses both an undergraduate BFA and graduate MFA program. The MFA Program is a three-year residential program with concentrations in fiction, poetry, and nonfiction. Located in vibrant and diverse Northern Virginia, the program draws from and contributes to the extraordinary literary and cultural scene in the region as well as in nearby Washington, D.C., with all the additional amenities that the nation's capital has to offer.
Coinciding with its 40th anniversary, Mason Creative Writing established Watershed Lit: Center for Literary Engagement and Publishing Practice as a chartered center of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences. This new collaborative center harnesses synergies from initiatives that have flowed from the program over the past four decades: Fall for the Book, a nationally prominent literary festival; Stillhouse Press, a literary imprint and "teaching press"; Cheuse Center for International Writers, which brings writers from around the globe to campus and supports students' international research; Poetry Daily, an online anthology of contemporary poetry; the Northern Virginia Writing Project and its Writers in the Schools program; and two highly regarded literary journals, phoebe and So to Speak. Watershed Lit also fosters research by faculty and the professional development of students, serving as a catalyst for transformational experiences.
This position is a part of the College of Humanities and Social Science's inclusive excellence diversity cluster hire initiative designed to create a cohort of faculty across departments whose scholarship focuses on issues related to inequalities; underrepresented regions and languages of the world; underserved, vulnerable populations; race, racism, and antiracism; and intersectional approaches to the study of difference, diversity, discrimination, and social justice. This cohort will contribute to interdisciplinary programs and enhance the mentorship of a majority-minority student population.
George Mason University is Virginia's largest public research university, with an R-1 rating and is committed to keeping our doors open and accessible to as many capable students as possible. Mason was recently named the most diverse university in Virginia by U.S. News & World Report. Our students represent all races, ethnicities, nationalities, religions, sexual orientation, and gender identities and hail from over 130 countries.
Responsibilities: Candidates will teach in the Creative Writing MFA and BFA programs beginning fall 2021, teaching a 2:2 load. Candidates should be prepared to teach creative writing graduate courses including forms of fiction, creative writing workshop.
Specific Duties: * Teaching graduate courses and workshops with an option to eventually include undergraduate courses if desired (2-2 load); * Directing MFA theses; * Reviewing fiction applications and assisting in student recruitment; * Partaking in faculty meetings; * Contributing other service as required.
Required Qualifications: * MFA or PhD in creative writing; * Demonstrated excellence in the teaching of writing and literature; * At least one full-length book of fiction in print or in press by a nationally recognized press.
For Full Consideration, apply by December 30, 2020, and submit the following required documents: * Cover Letter; * CV; * Academic Transcripts; * List of Professional References with contact information; * Writing Sample.
"Great Careers Begin at Mason!
George Mason University is an innovative, entrepreneurial institution with national distinction in both academics and research. Mason holds a top U.S. News and World Report "Up and Coming" spot for national universities and is recognized for its global appeal and excellence in higher education.
Mason is currently the largest and most diverse university in Virginia with students and faculty from all 50 states and over 135 countries studying in over 200 degree programs at campuses in Arlington, Fairfax and Prince William, as well as at learning locations across the commonwealth. Rooted in Mason's diversity is a campus culture that is both rewarding and exciting, work that is meaningful, and opportunities to both collaborate and create.
If you are interested in joining the Mason family take a look at our current opportunities and catch some Mason spirit at jobs.gmu.edu/!
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The hard truth: 'The community is giving it to each other'
Posted on Aug 25, 2021 in Capitol Connection, Featured, Main
Here are some of the sobering facts about the Delta variant that need repeating to family, friends and anyone who will listen:
This is a pandemic of the unvaccinated – More than 90% of residents hospitalized with COVID-19 are unvaccinated, say state officials. But there have also been reports of breakthrough cases, increasing the risk that vaccinated people can also spread the virus. It's vital to get tested and take other safety measures if you have symptoms.
The Delta variant is different – "It used to be if you were fully vaccinated, you could do just about anything," said Dr. Char. "But the Delta variant being so pervasive, the fight has changed. When someone is infected, they have about one-thousand times as much virus in them than those who had the original-type COVID. Even if you're fully vaccinated, if you're sitting next to somebody with COVID, having lunch or having a drink, you're being bombarded with the virus, and you have a very real chance that it could overwhelm your system and you could become infected."
Even the vaccine has its limits – "The vaccine helps prevent severe illness and death, but we don't have the armor we once thought we had, so we need to be thoughtful about our actions," said Dr. Char. That includes wearing masks, avoiding crowds, physical distancing, frequent hand washing and staying home when we're sick.
The Delta variant is driving the surge of cases in the community.
"Younger, sicker, quicker" – That's how some health care workers are describing what they're seeing in recent Delta variant patients. Governor Ige said, "Our hospitals are filling up. They're treating younger and younger people. Yesterday, we reported the death of a man in his 30s." On the neighbor islands, Mike Rembis, CEO of Maui Health, told the Honolulu Star-Advertiser, "There's an alarming number of people in their 20s, 30s, 40s and 50s being admitted." Also, the state's biggest spike in new cases has been among young people with lower vaccination rates.
Hospitals are overwhelmed and healthcare workers are exhausted – Elena Cabatu, director of public relations at Hilo Medical Center, spoke for many in the healthcare system when she told the Star- Advertiser: "We are pleading with the community that has not yet gotten vaccinated to get vaccinated. . . . What we are asking is the community to just know they are giving it to each other; it's no longer someone else's problem," she said. "Lots of people are blaming the tourists, but at this point it's all community spread." To watch Governor Ige's and Dr. Char's news conference, go to https://www.facebook.com/GovernorDavidIge/videos/813017562716288.
Read more in the September Capitol Connection newsletter.


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In preparing for GDPR, our developers used the effort as an opportunity to add some new features to the platform that will help better secure and manage your data going forward.
A phrase-based policy based on the latest recommendations of NIST, which encourages human-friendly passwords that are still hard to crack.
A strict policy which favors complex passwords that are hard to crack but also harder for people to remember.
Both of these new policy options will add stronger password security requirements for your user accounts, so consider what is best for you. For now, the platform will continue to set our Basic 6 character minimum policy as the default on new company accounts, but you can change this at any time. When you change the Password Policy, this will be applied to existing users when they next change their passwords.
A temporary lockout feature to user accounts is being added which will be applied when an incorrect password is attempted more than 5 times in a row. This is based on NIST recommendations and provides better security against brute force password attacks. For now, this will apply to the web platform, but will be extended to app logins within the next few months.
The10,000 most common passwords has been loaded into the system – as found by NIST linked security researchers – and will be blocking users from setting/updating their passwords to be any of these. This enforces NIST and OWASP guidance on preventing users from having easily crackable passwords.
When working with the API there has been only one secret Key value per company account, and this Key value was fixed at the date of account creation. We're adding a second Key which works just the same as the existing one, thus allowing you to rotate between using Key 1 and 2 in your integrations. This also unlocks the ability to regenerate an unused Key at any time, thus enabling you to enact greater security procedures (i.e. key rotation/regeneration) when using the API.
Our developers wanted to make it easier for you to export data out of the platform while still being able to meet obligations you may have around personal data. Basic user account information like name and email is also considered to be personal data by default. For other data that you control, the developers have added a new "Is Personal Data" checkbox into key areas of the platform including Forms, Data Sources and Connectors.
This new checkbox allows you to indicate that a field or column may contain personal/sensitive data. In of itself, this option does not add any further security or protection, but it enables the platform to offer anonymization of those data values when exporting. You'll notice this through new "Anonymize Personal Data" options that will appear on most system exports and Form Connectors when the presence of personal data has been indicated.
For API users, a new set of "Anonymize" Keys have been added. These work the same as existing Full Access keys, with the difference being that any responses to requests authenticated on Anonymize keys will result in personal data values being converted to non-human readable formats.
The work in reaching GDPR compliance, as well as for the features above, has been more than planned or expected, but thankfully we see the light at the end of the tunnel. Most of next week is dedicated to shipping the above features and addressing any issues found with our data protection efforts. Once that settles down, our developers will be moving back onto planned roadmap work. We're super excited to ramp back up on all the new features planned and we'll be sharing more about that soon!
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Fr Bob is very busy this month! Holy Thursday, April 13th Service will be held at 2:00 pm. Good Friday, April 13th Service at 2:00pm and Easter Sunday Service will be at 11:00am. Catholic Mass is every Sunday, Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 11:00 with Rosary at 10:40. Catholic Room Communion on Tuesday and Thursdays with Jennifer Iffrig. Trinity Lutheran is here every first Thursday at 11:15 and Immanuel Lutheran is here every 3rd Thursday at 11:15. We have the Gospel with Keith every other Thursday at 11:15 and Bible Study twice a month with Carol Peterman. First United Methodist Church Worship Service is every 3rd Saturday at 9:15. Plenty of opportunity to fulfill spiritual needs. All are welcome!


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As a child, volunteering was always a prominent part of my life, and yet it was for selfish reasons. During summers, while others were busy playing in pools and soaking in the seeming brevity of precious moments, I found myself out and about, finding something to do. Yet, while the hundreds of hours I once accumulated look impressive on a résumé, for me, volunteering was a way of escaping the rat race and pressures of parents and home. It was an opportunity (as foolish as it sounds now) to feel good, make change, and be a better person.
As I grew older, I began to realize the naivety of this mindset. As this subliminal, pre-instilled notion that the impact I made volunteering would somehow ripple its effects across the world shattered, I began to grow skeptical of my efforts. I began to ask the questions: Was I really needed? Was I really contributing? What did I get out of this?
Cynically, I found the answer to the questions to be that while I entered with a preconceived notion of making an impact, nine times out of ten, I was nothing more than a mere peripheral gear orbiting around a cog of systems I was too tiny to see. While I once thought that my daily trips to the little care facility in the hilly slopes of Milton, Ontario, were selfless and eager, I now questioned the ethics that are the results of my actions. While I once thought that my hours sweating under the sun were sacrificial and important, I now realize I was nothing more than a busboy. Sadly, such is the truth for most forms of volunteering, even in the "developed" societies of Canada and the US. While we would like to believe that our contribution of time and effort causes an impact on the community around us, the reality is that we could be replaced. Or worse, we could be contributing harm in an unequally stacked system.
Reflecting on my own actions, I questioned the impact of my visits to a medically fragile children's palliative care center, as I, amongst the hundreds that constantly visited, served in the role of in-lieu parents for children. Guiltily, I acknowledge the excruciating emotional impact that I must have had on these children, as I was only one amongst hundreds of strangers that came and went, never truly serving as the emotional connection so deeply needed in a child's life. To see the children there live in a life constantly bombarded with others they barely know, while only desiring to see their parents again, made me question the ethics of my actions. Was I, in all my good intent, making an impact, or was I simply grinding down their time and discouraging a better system, to satisfy my own ego?
Discouraged, I began to grow seeds of skepticism that blossomed while reading the Learning Service book early on during my school's spring break trip to Cambodia. Researching the country beforehand, I was bombarded by both streams of tacky tourism clichés and terrifying statistics about the seeming lack of "development" in Cambodia. Would we really be able to make even a noticeable indent on this community?
Of course, 7 billion people have 7 billion agendas. Yet, as we try to interfere with the agendas of others and convert them to become more like our own, we realize both how implausible and how inconsiderate our actions are.
Throughout the course of our trip, I read about both the exploitative and negative implications that plagued the world of voluntourism – hordes of naïve people with savior complexes and a goal to do good, flying halfway across the world for superficial work to fill their own egos. Yet, as we approached our third day on the lush, beautiful shores of Koh Pdao island, on the mighty Mekong in north east Cambodia, I felt frustrated, conflicted.
Although we had come with good intentions, it is not unfair to say that we were amusingly underprepared and unfit for the job at hand. To be frank, we were a group of unskilled, hot-headed students, some of whom had never worked a day of manual labor in our lives. Ironically, being privileged enough to fly halfway across the world, we were terrifyingly abysmal at even the smallest tasks at hand; what may well have been done with a single local person, such as painting a container, in turn took five of us, while we were equally inefficient in our ventures of mixing concrete and digging lanes.
As the locals gathered and looked on with amusement and a hint of pity at our efforts, I felt a tinge of connection between ourselves and all the unskilled, superficial volunteers case-studied in Learning Service. The reality was, aside from the comic relief we provided, we were untrained, low-level laborers, contributing next to nothing while simultaneously draining the community of resources to supervise, shelter, entertain, feed, train, and keep comfortable. With such a realization, I felt conflicted between an innate reaction to suppress such negativity, and a swell of frustration – at our laughable efforts, at my lack of ability to contribute more than mere physical exertion and foreign economic injections.
The concept of volunteering and service abroad has been ghastly taken out of context by tourism companies – this point such should not be a surprise. However, with it comes an inherent silver lining: thousands of travelers willing, or willing to learn, to do good and diversify their perspectives. While such might not always be the case, oftentimes travelers do bring an alternate source of economic benefit to the community. For instance, our stay in Koh Pdao has had a mutual benefit in allowing us – the travelers – to live with a roof over our heads, while simultaneously empowering, people, predominantly women in the community, to have more economic freedom by providing those services (e.g. the people who let us stay in their homes, the people who cooked for us). Likewise, with proper implementation, volunteering can allow organizations to complete locally-run ventures more efficiently and sooner, rather than eliminate the jobs of locals. For instance, in our project of building a water reservoir, although we may have been inefficient, 15 students and 3 locals worked a total 8 hours instead of 8 locals doing the same, unpaid, job.
With that said, a global attitude shift on the portrayal of foreign communities must change. While currently, with countries labeled as "requiring aid", we are consequently bombarded with images of unsanitary conditions, poverty, and the like. Psychologically, a stereotype of the country is embedded into our heads, followed by a mentality of fearing the unknown. However, although what is being portrayed may be a reality in some circumstances, many inhabitants of the world hold attitudes towards life that are inherently different from our own. For instance, while the lack of possessions may signify to us a sign of poverty, in many parts of the world less influenced by the widespread use of corporate advertisement, materialism is simply not considered a worthwhile pursuit in life. While it may be difficult to get our heads around it, the concept of "living" and the values that it dictates, and "happiness" are immensely different based on culture. This includes the meticulous details in our trains of thought, such as the need for comparison between self and others that causes materialistic attitudes. What we need to do is instead view different cultures as equally valid, and focus on mutually accepted goals for human rights, equality, and safety rather than try to convert others to be more like ourselves. Quoting the words of a travel website: "teach English to monks in the mountains of Nepal". But while a child living in a western environment may certainly need English, what good does English do to those living a life totally different from our own? A topic you should be familiar about by now – travel to learn rather than to change.
Lastly, while I won't pretend that my short-lived, memorable 2 weeks in Cambodia somehow "changed my life" or "broadened my perspectives on issues facing …" (phrases all too often heard in university applications and social media posts alike) those 2 weeks were spent with some of the most genuine and caring people in this world. What the trip did teach me was the importance of learning before acting. Fortunate to say, my guides Claire and Yut were some of the best role models of my life, and their thinking, positivity, mindset, and lessons resonated with me. Of these, the singular, most memorable lesson is that of learning before you make change. On our trip, before diving into a service project, we chose instead to spend days learning about the fascinating country of Cambodia, dissecting the word "culture" into its components. Certainly, while differences in topics such as language and food are apparent, it was only through a thorough education on Cambodia's history and current issues, that we were able to more holistically understand both the reasons for service placements, and pinpoint the amazing plus-points of the country. We spoke with NGO organizers on issues such as the country's social and economic visions and challenges, gender inequality, empowerment of youth through technology, traditional mindsets and visions for life, and viewpoints on both familiar and world issues. And we did group activities exploring the drastic wealth stratification within the world. For me, the Cambodia trip was a fascinating opportunity to observe the history, culture, and people of the country, as well as an opportunity to learn, and an opportunity to immerse myself into their lives – even if for a brief time.
What the Cambodia trip did do, however, was far more than just broaden my perspective: it taught me an essential mindset. What I learned on this trip was less about doing things, but more about the mindfulness, self-reflection, and humble lessons I have taken away from a society far more than the North American stereotype of a "poor country". While I certainly didn't learn about every element of Cambodian culture, it provided me with a lingering gift and craving to learn. To take everything in, instead of being in a hot-headed rush to do change the world.
Reflecting upon myself, I now fully realize my naivety, and this story is a story of my journey of thinking throughout the trip and beyond. On a final note, as a 16-year-old, humbly, please take any pessimism and lessons I have taken here with a grain of salt, and I deeply respect other perspectives and ask you to share your viewpoints and opinions on this post. As a last word, certainly, there is more to learn, however, the future generation of volunteers are bright and optimistic, ready to take in and take on the world!
Daniel Ma is a grade 10 student currently attending Appleby College in Oakville, Canada, where he recently went on a trip to Cambodia with the educational travel company Where There Be Dragons, opening his eyes to the fascinating potential of volunteer tourism (If done correctly). In Canada, Daniel is an avid participator in volunteer initiatives, photography, and international councils such as Round Square, which sparked his motivation to travel in Cambodia!The featured image shows the beach of Koh Pdao island.
Wow, that is such a great perspective, thanks!


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Grass in the Snake - Zoo Pathology in Practice
An extended blog post by Dr Simon Spiro, ZSL Wildlife Veterinary Pathologist
One of the questions I am asked most often is how wildlife pathologists cope with the massive diversity of species that they examine. It is a very good question; my training was almost entirely centred on mammals (particularly farm and companion animals) with a few chickens thrown in for good measure. At ZSL, I have to diagnose diseases in animals from all over the tree of life, looking at everything from spiders to starfish, from snakes to seahorses! With such great variety, it is impossible to be an expert in everything, so I return to the basic principles of pathology (the science of disease) and anatomy, and extrapolate from those species and diseases which are better understood. My colleagues and I will discuss these challenges in our public online Science and Conservation Event on Tuesday 12 January, 'Revealing the unseen: the amazing world of wildlife pathology' but I will use this opportunity to talk through a single case in detail.
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Figure 1 - An adult emerald tree boa resting on a branch
Our case is a juvenile emerald tree boa (Corallus caninus), a non-venomous snake from the rainforests of South America, that had been bred at ZSL London Zoo. The snake was the weakest of its clutch, being the last to learn how to strike-feed and had trouble shedding its skin. The snake became depressed and dehydrated and, despite supportive care from the keeping and veterinary staff, the juvenile was found dead with its head submerged in a pond in its enclosure. Had it drowned? Was it suffering from an infectious disease that could affect other animals in the reptile house? These questions are the reason why wildlife pathologists can be so important to maintaining healthy and high-welfare live-animal collections, and so I set about investigating the death.
Although the adults (pictured above) can grow over 2 metres long, and weigh up to 2 kilos, this juvenile weighed just 60 grams (about the same as a gerbil). That said, my smallest post-mortem examination (PME) so far was just 0.14 g (a male black widow spider), so this was positively gigantic by comparison! Nonetheless, this was going to be a fiddly dissection. The emerald tree boa was too small to easily photograph, so included are some pictures from a PME of a larger corn snake to illustrate this process.
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Figure 2 - View of the internal organs of a corn snake after a ventral (lower) midline incision from the mouth to the vent (anus-equivalent). At this stage, only some of the organs are easily visible and many are occluded by the large fat.
Although their external body plan is unlike ours, snakes perform nearly all the bodily functions that humans do, so you will find almost all of the same organs in them as well. A snake's organs are only loosely attached to the body wall, meaning after one long incision down the midline of the snake, one can remove the internal organs as one big block with the trachea at one end and the cloaca at the other.
Figure 3 - Internal organs of the corn snake after removal from the body cavity. More organs are now visible, but many overlie each other (e.g. the lung and the liver, the fat bodies & the intestines) making examination for lesions difficult.
All the organs can then be gently dissected apart, allowing for careful examination for evidence of disease ("lesions").
Figure 4 - In this final dissection of the corn snake, the organs have been teased apart, washed of blood and the fat bodies removed, leaving all of the organs clearly visible and ready for examination.
You may recognise the names of many organs shown above, though the shapes are quite different - everything is long and thin! Below is the organ mass of the juvenile emerald tree boa. Everything is much smaller and harder to recognise, but see if you can identify any of the organs. One thing that stands out is that, unlike our corn snake, the fat bodies are almost completely absent in this animal. This indicates that the snake was in poor body condition, which could be caused by chronic disease or may be linked to the animal's history of difficulty feeding.
Figure 5 - View of the internal organs of the emerald tree boa after removal from the body cavity. The larynx, tongue and oesophagus have been removed.
The most significant lesion was found in the cranial (literally "head-end") sections of the lungs. This lesion was so subtle, that it can only be photographed clearly with a dissecting microscope (Figure 6). Under the dissecting microscope, we can see numerous evenly-spaced cream-white spots covering the lung, creating a honeycomb-like pattern. To understand what these represent, we need a brief aside on the anatomy of snake lungs versus mammalian lungs. Mammals are warm blooded and need to absorb a lot of oxygen in order to feed our metabolic demand. As a result, our lungs are evolved to have a huge internal surface area over which gas-exchange can take place. To achieve this massive surface area, our lungs operate on a fractal, branching system of organisation: the trachea splits into two bronchi, which continue to branch until they terminate in tiny air sacs called alveoli.
Snakes are cold blooded and do not have as high a metabolic requirement as humans, so their lungs are considerably simpler. Instead of branching, the primary bronchus runs the whole length of the lung, with multiple openings at all levels. Meanwhile, the lung takes the form of a sac-like, hollow tube around the bronchus, with a network of low walls forming polygonal "rooms" (known as faveoli) on the inner surface to increase surface area. Picture a honeycomb wrapped around a leaky hosepipe!
Figure 6 - View of the cranial (head-end) portion of the boa's lung, taken under a dissecting microscope; the pictured section is about 2 cm long.
Now we understand snake lungs, we can see that something white is filling up the faveoli (the honeycomb spots shown above) of the cranial end of the lung. To understand exactly what that white stuff is, we need to use histopathology - the science of using microscopes to examine tissues at very high magnifications. Unlike the dissecting microscope, these microscopes require a complex process of making slides from very thin slices of the tissue and staining them to colour the cells.
Figure 7 - Histology of the boa's lung, showing the less-affected caudal region (a) and the worse-affected cranial region (b). Healthy faveoli (†) and diseased faveoli (*) are labelled.
In the less-affected lung (Figure 7a), we can see lots of clear space, representing air in the faveoli. In the worse-affected region (Figure 7b), there is relatively little clear space as the faveoli are filled with red-blue material (the white material seen earlier, only now it is stained to make it easier to see). If we zoom in further, we can see that this material is actually composed of densely packed cells.
Figure 8 - Histology of a diseased faveolus (a) with explanatory overlay (b). Colour key: Grey: lung capsule; Black hatching: faveolar wall; Red: blood vessels; Pink: heterophils; Brown: macrophages; Blue specks: bacteria (highlighted with arrows)
Looking at the histology, the diagnosis becomes clear; bacteria have entered the faveoli and started to damage the faveolar walls. The immune system has responded by sending two types of white blood cell to fight the infection, heterophils and macrophages. These are cells of the innate immune system (they are non-specific and can respond quickly to a range of infections), and "eat" the much smaller bacteria to destroy them. There is no evidence of lymphocytes, the major cell of the adaptive immune response, meaning that this must be an acute (recent) infection. Because the bacteria must have entered the faveoli through the bronchus (i.e. by inhalation) this type of inflammation of the lung is called bronchopneumonia. This must be differentiated from infections that primarily affect the faveolar walls (interstitial pneumonia) as that can be caused by several epidemic viruses that we would definitely not want within our reptile house.
The only question that remains is how the bacteria entered the lungs in the first place, as the respiratory system is lined with defences that would usually prevent this. Once again, the microscope can give us the answer.
Figure 9 - Histology of a faveolus containing a fragment of foreign material (arrow) surrounded by bacteria.
Within some of the faveoli we can find fragments of foreign material (i.e. material not produced within the body) surrounded by bacteria. This suggests that the snake has inhaled food or tank content (soil, plants etc.) that it may have intended to eat. These fragments of material are far bigger than the bacteria that the respiratory defences are designed to filter, and so they carry the bacteria down into the lungs. This process of choking on food or foreign matter is called "aspiration", so the full diagnosis and cause of death for this animal would be acute aspiration bronchopneumonia. We cannot be certain of the reason for the aspiration, but we do know that the animal had always had problems feeding. However, we can reassure the reptile house that there is no evidence of any underlying viral infections or other undetected diseases that could pose a risk to other snakes in the collection.
I hope you have enjoyed this foray into the world of snake anatomy and pathology. If you would like to learn more about wildlife pathology and the role it can play in protecting both captive and free-living wildlife then please join our free public online Science and Conservation Event on Tuesday 12 January 'Revealing the unseen: the amazing world of wildlife pathology', or catch up on our YouTube channel.
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UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres and Russian president Vladimir Putin will hold a joint plenary session within frameworks of an international economic forum in St. Petersburg. The event is slated for today, June 2.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov welcomed Guterres in this country, saying that 'the UN should be supported and united like never before'. 'We trust your experience and wisdom. We're interested in exchanging views on many issues, and we're eager to hear your first impressions from serving as UN Secretary General,' Lavrov said.


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Q: How can I return the date on which a criteria was fulfilled from a list in R? I want to locate the first and last date where the daily temperature is less than 0 degrees, for every year of data in a list (30 years long) and return the Julian day (Day Of Year) on which the event occurred for each cell in the grid.
Here is my example dataset:
I have 30 years of daily minimumum temperature data in a list:
#First create the example dataset of dimensions: Days,Lat,Lon

tmin=array(-2:35, c(10958,11,10))

#create the list

Variable <- list(varName="tmin")
Data = tmin
xyCoords <- list(x = seq(-4.37,1.37,length.out=10), y = seq(45.37,52.37,length.out=11))
Dates <- list(start = seq(as.Date("1976-01-01"), as.Date("2005-12-31"), by="days"), end=seq(as.Date("1976-01-01"), as.Date("2005-12-31"), by="days"))
All <- list(Variable = Variable,Data=Data, xyCoords=xyCoords,Dates=Dates)
#Make sure the dates are characters (as in the original dataset I'm, working with)
All$Dates$start=as.character(All$Dates$start)
All$Dates$end=as.character(All$Dates$end)

I want subset the data by year (so for example, year 1's data would be 1:365x11x10) to assess if each cell in the 11X10 grid for each day of that year is less than zero. The first instance of this occurring is the 'date of first frost' and I want to save down the date of this occurrence. Ultimately, I would end up with data of size 30x11x10 for the first date of occurrence, the first year of which would look something like this (an 11 x 10 matrix of DOY when the temperature dropped below zero for the first time):

I also want to create another 30x11x10 output of dates for the LAST occurrence of the temperature falling below zero.
First off, I created my Julian days/DOY:
#Convert the dates into julian days
require(lubridate)
tmp<-as.Date(All$Dates$start)
doy  <-  yday(tmp)

And extract the years:
yr  <-  year(tmp)
unique.yrs<-unique(yr)

My thinking after this is that I loop through the dates matching all instances of unique.yrs[i].
for (i in 1:length(yr)){
  #Find the indices for the data by identifying the year
yridx<-which(yr ==unique.yrs[i], arr.ind = TRUE)
  #Get the year of data using the year indices
yr.data<-All$Data[yridx,,]
#Identify where temperatures<0 occurred
frost<-which(yr.data <0, arr.ind = TRUE)
}

At this point, I am returned the 3d indices for every occurence below zero:

I'm not sure where to go from here. I think if I can get the all the frost occurrences for each cell in the grid per year, then maybe I could use head to get the first instance and tail to get the last? So maybe I should be subsetting again in a loop?
I realise that I am not providing a full set of code here, but  am relatively new to R and I need to know if I am going about this all the wrong way. Is my proposed route forward too convoluted? Is there a better way?
##########################################################################################################################################################
#This is what I came up with...it's not elegant, but it works I think:
firstoccur=array(numeric(),c(30,11,10))
lastoccur=array(numeric(),c(30,11,10))
yrcntr<-0
for (j in unique.yrs) {
  indcntr<-0
  yrcntr<-yrcntr+1
  ind=which(yr==j)

  for (i in ind) {
    indcntr<-indcntr+1
    for (ii in 1:11){
      for (jj in 1:10){
        if (Data[i,ii,jj]<0 && is.na(firstoccur[yrcntr,ii,jj])){
          firstoccur[yrcntr,ii,jj]<-doy[ind[indcntr]]
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

A: This procedure creates two lists, my_list_first and my_list_last. My_list_first is a list of length 30 with identifiers each of the years from 1976 to 2005. The first entry of each entry is the exact date that the temperature dropped below 0 for the first time, and the second entry is the 11x10 grid associated with that day. For example,
 my_list_first[[1]][[1]]
 "1976-01-01"
 my_list_first[[30]][[1]]
 "2005-01-01"
 my_list_last[["2000"]][[2]]
      [,1] [,2] [,3] [,4] [,5] [,6] [,7] [,8] [,9] [,10]
 [1,]    9   11   13   15   17   19   21   23   25    27
 [2,]   23   25   27   29   31   33   35   -1    1     3
 [3,]   -1    1    3    5    7    9   11   13   15    17
 [4,]   13   15   17   19   21   23   25   27   29    31
 [5,]   27   29   31   33   35   -1    1    3    5     7
 [6,]    3    5    7    9   11   13   15   17   19    21
 [7,]   17   19   21   23   25   27   29   31   33    35
 [8,]   31   33   35   -1    1    3    5    7    9    11
 [9,]    7    9   11   13   15   17   19   21   23    25
 [10,]   21   23   25   27   29   31   33   35   -1     1
 [11,]   35   -1    1    3    5    7    9   11   13    15

The code operates by going forward within each year starting from the first day to find the date of first occurrence of below zero temperature, and then going backward from the last day of each year to find the last day of below zero temperature. It stores this information in lists called my_list_first and my_list_last. Each key is the year, and each entry has two components, the exact date and the latitude/longitude grid of temperatures.
my_list_first=list()
my_list_last=list()
for (j in unique.yrs) {
  ind=which(yr==j)
  firstoccur=numeric()
  lastoccur=numeric()
  for (i in ind) {
    if (any(tmin[i,,]<0)) {
      firstoccur=i
      break
    }
  }
  for (i in rev(ind)) {
    if (any(tmin[i,,]<0)) {
      lastoccur=i
      break
    }
  }
  my_list_first[[toString(j)]]=list(All$Dates$start[firstoccur], tmin[firstoccur,,])
  my_list_last[[toString(j)]]=list(All$Dates$start[lastoccur], tmin[lastoccur,,])
}

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Q: Variable in an array: required, a good practice, or redundant? Is it a good idea to put a JavaScript variable into an array?
Here's a sample code:
var foo = ['
Hello, world!
'];
var myBlob = new Blob(foo, {type: 'text/html'});

vs.
var foo = '
Hello, world!
';
var myBlob = new Blob([foo], {type: 'text/html'});

A: Your two examples do exactly the same thing, other than that foo will end up with a different value at the end; it makes no difference to the blob at all. It doesn't matter which you use, neither is best practice more than the other. It depends on what you want to do with foo afterward (e.g., do you want it to refer to an array with a string in it, or to a string).
Note that you never put a variable into an array in JavaScript. You put the value that the variable contains in the array, not the variable.
So with your first example, you create an array with the string in it, refer to that array with foo, and then pass a copy of that reference into the Blob constructor.
In your second example, you put the string in foo (effectively), and then create an array with that string and pass it into the Blob constructor.
It comes to the same thing in the end as far as the blob is concerned. The only difference is what you have in foo afterward.

A: In JavaScript [] is an array, a comma-separated collection.
var i = 1;

Object.prototype.toString.call( i ); // [object Number]
Object.prototype.toString.call( [i] ); // [object Array]

Putting square brackets around a variable means something completely different from on it being on its own.


The Polaris Pop-up mix has been a long time coming, but Mainline felt we could not release it until we were fully satisfied it was the best (in our opinion) on the market.
Working closely with There consultants and field testers they know the importance of making a perfect pop-up and in the Polaris Mainline think they offer that. again Mainline have taken out all the hard work of producing the perfect pop up, just add eggs your chosen additives mix -roll -boil leave to dry and hey presto you have a perfect buoyant hook bait as if like magic.
One large egg makes on average 100 14 mm pop-ups with no need to microwave or bake, just add eggs, mix, roll and boil to the specified instructions for a buoyant pop-up every time.
Please follow the step by step mixing instructions on the side of the polaris tub.
Mainline have also translated our mixing instructions into 4 laugages for the aid of our European friends.
1 - crack one large egg into a mix bowl.
2 - add your flavours, additives and colour dyes at your chosen levels and whisk thoroughly.
3 - slowly add the polaris pop up mix, until a firm but workable paste is achieved.
4 - roll to desired size and boil for 2-3 mins.
5 - leave to air dry in warm place for 24 hours.
6 - your pop ups are now ready for use.
7 - we recommend air-drying for a longer period, for long-term storage.


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Dec. 17, 2014 / 8:55 AM
Downton Abbey's castle opens guest lodge
Unlike the castle in the PBS series, the lodge has a modern-cozy feel to it.
Veronica Linares
Did read about London Lodge in @TheSTHome? Enter to win a stay at this luxury gatehouse http://t.co/463bjydT70 pic.twitter.com/fagWLwZj2s
— MyTimesPlus (@MyTimesPlus) December 14, 2014
WEST BERKSHIRE, England, Dec. 17 (UPI) -- Downton Abbey fans will soon be able to spend the night in the famous estate at Highclere Castle.
According to the Telegraph, the Carnarvon family, the owners of the castle where the period drama unfolds, have decided to open a guest lodge on the property where guests can rent rooms for short stays.
The dubbed London Lodge consists of two restored buildings located on both sides of the state's gatehouse. The buildings are connected by a path and feature "wood-burning stoves in the sitting rooms, little kitchens, a bedroom and dressing room."
Attention Downton fans! From Valentine's Day you can now STAY in the grounds of @HighclereCastle in #LondonLodge pic.twitter.com/xO3nRQlaJ5
— VisitEngland (@VisitEngland) December 16, 2014
"Downstairs, the two big treats are the dining room, with its mighty Van Dyck portrait of King Charles I on horseback, and the library, running almost the length of the house," said writer Sophie Campbell, who recently visited the property.
The lodge also includes "shelves of valuable calf-bound leather books" and hidden doors.
A night at the property begins at 350 pounds.
Downton Abbey will begin filming its sixth season in 2015.
'Million Dollar American Princesses' to be hosted by Elizabeth McGovern 'Jane the Virgin,' 'Missing,' 'Affair,' 'Transparent' earn Golden Globe nominations for TV See George Clooney in 'Downton Abbey' duds for Christmas sketch 'Downton Abbey' to return to PBS for a sixth season in 2016
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The Solano Thunderbirds were an independent collegiate wood bat baseball team based in Vacaville, California, in the United States. They were owned by Curtis, Susan and Bryant Stocking and played their home games at Travis Credit Union Park in Vacaville.  They were members of the Sierra Baseball League and the Horizon Air Summer Series. Their first season was 2003, and 2006 or 2007 seems to have been their last.

They succeeded the Western Baseball League's Solano Steelheads as Travis Credit Union Park's primary tenant but never shared in the excitement or crowds enjoyed by Bruce Portner's Steelheads, drawing fewer than 100 people to most of its games.

Due to poor management, the Thunderbirds ran up debt in the millions of dollars and were forced to close down the franchise, leaving Vacaville with no baseball team.

Notable alumni include World Series starter Doug Fister.

References

External links
 Horizon Air Summer Series official website

Horizon Air Summer Series
Vacaville, California
2003 establishments in California
Baseball teams established in 2003
2007 disestablishments in California
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Shen Fu-hsiung (; born 23 August 1939) is a Taiwanese physician and politician.

Education, medical career, and activism
Shen was born in 1939, and earned a medical degree at National Taiwan University before seeking further education in the United States. He left Taiwan for the University of California's San Francisco Medical Center and also spent time at the Mayo Clinic and the University of Washington. He taught at UW from 1974 to 1987 and led the nephrology division at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Seattle between 1982 and 1986. While working in the United States, Shen naturalized as a U.S. citizen. His support of the Taiwan independence movement drew attention from the Kuomintang, which blacklisted him from returning to Taiwan until 1986. He then set up a clinic at the Adventist hospital in Taipei. In January 1991, Shen was arrested at Chiang Kai-shek International Airport, where he was arrested for smuggling drugs and weapons into Taiwan. He was found in possession of erythropoietin and charged under provisions of the Law Governing Drugs and Pharmacists. Shen joined a hunger strike led by students of National Taiwan University in April 1991, in support of revisions to the Constitution of the Republic of China that would make new elections for the National Assembly possible. National Assembly elections were eventually scheduled for December 1991.

Political career
Shen chose to run in the 1992 Legislative Yuan elections, and by law was required to relinquish his U.S. citizenship. In November 1993, Shen led a group of Democratic Progressive Party politicians on a junket to the U.S., where they attended to a meeting of the Asian Pacific Economic Community. Shen won reelection in 1995 in part because his party had asked its supporters to vote for legislative candidates based on the season in which voters were born. This marked the first time the DPP had used a vote allocation system and ensured a vote distribution that saw the elections of Shen, Yeh Chu-lan, Huang Tien-fu, and Yen Chin-fu. In the next election cycle, the DPP began incorporating a direct vote into its electoral primaries. Despite the change in format, Shen won again. In 2001, he succeeded Chen Shui-bian as leader of the Justice Alliance faction, and won that year's legislative election by forming an alliance with , Lan Mei-chin, Tuan Yi-kang, and Julian Kuo, against Lo Fu-chu. The following year Shen was elected a member of the Democratic Progressive Party's Central Review Committee. Shen's proposed nomination as DPP candidate for Vice President of the Legislative Yuan in 2002 met with heavy opposition from the Taiwan Solidarity Union. As a result, the DPP instead selected Hung Chi-chang, who eventually lost to the Kuomintang nominee Chiang Pin-kung. The DPP's Justice Alliance backed Shen's 2004 reelection bid, which was ultimately unsuccessful.

Prior to stepping down from the Legislative Yuan, Shen had already been named a likely candidate for the Taipei mayoralty in municipal elections scheduled for 2006. Speculation continued to build through 2005. Subsequently, Shen formally announced his mayoral campaign in 2006, becoming the first DPP member to do so, but dropped out in May of that year. Shen was named the fifth legislative candidate on the Democratic Progressive Party's proportional representation party list in May 2007, amid opposition from a group of radio presenters. In October, Shen announced his withdrawal from the DPP, helped found the Third Society Party, and ended his legislative campaign. President Ma Ying-jeou named Shen vice president of the Control Yuan in June 2008. However, Shen was not confirmed in a July 2008 Legislative Yuan vote. Shen declared his candidacy for the Taipei City mayoralty in June 2014, but had dropped out of the race by August.

Political stances
In April 1998, Shen went on a hunger strike, urging the government to pass a bill regarding referendums in Taiwan. Such a law was not enacted until December 2003.

In 1999, the New York Times characterized Shen as supportive of Chen Shui-bian, and during the 2000 presidential election, Shen spoke favorably of him during interviews to the publication. Both were members of the Justice Alliance faction, but by 2001, Shen had said of Chen's presidential administration, "When you're sailing through a storm, the two parties should sit in the middle of the boat, rather than arguing over who sits in the bow and who sits in the stern." Earlier that year, Shen had claimed that many of his constituents preferred for the political status of Taiwan to remain undisturbed, similar to comments Shen had made in 2000, supporting revisions to the articles in the Democratic Progressive Party charter regarding independence.

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1939 births
Living people
Former United States citizens
Members of the 2nd Legislative Yuan
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Members of the 4th Legislative Yuan
Members of the 5th Legislative Yuan
Taipei Members of the Legislative Yuan
University of Washington School of Medicine alumni
University of California, San Francisco alumni
National Taiwan University alumni
University of Washington faculty
Politicians of the Republic of China on Taiwan from Tainan
Democratic Progressive Party Members of the Legislative Yuan
Taiwanese emigrants to the United States
Taiwanese political party founders
Taiwan independence activists
Taiwanese nephrologists
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Father, may we be like Rebekah. For when she heard all that was "from the Lord," how You had worked to prepare a way for her, she did not delay; but went quickly in obedience, anticipating all You would bring her.
When given a choice to go or to stay and wait, she chose to go immediately.
She gave up all she knew: the familiarity of family, of people, of a place and a style of living. She set out with a stranger, whom You had blessed and led to her.
Let me be willing to go when You say 'Go.' Let my faith and trust in You be so strong, it overpowers all other concerns, worries, or obstacles in my path.
I ask for that blessing for myself as well.
Let the words You have given me, the spiritual light and life You have placed in me go out from me and be multiplied. Let it birth a spiritual blessing to thousands upon thousands.
And let these who are spiritual offspring be empowered to be victorious against their enemies, by controlling the enemy's impact on their lives, and possessing their gates; locking the enemy behind them.
Later, when Rebekah was confused by what was happening to her in pregnancy, she "went to inquire of the Lord." You gave her an answer and a revelation.
May I be like Rebekah in this as well. When I am confused, let me draw close to You and seek Your perspective and explanation.
Let me not lean on my own understanding, but give me a fresh understanding of my difficulties and a revelation that directs my path and encourages me in the way I should go.
Like Rebekah, help me place all my sense of security in You. Even when there is no evidence that would give me security by the world's standards. Even when circumstances seem radically out of control and way beyond my comfort level.


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OLX RECORD INVESTMENT IN CARFIRST WILL BE A MASSIVE GAME CHANGER IN AUTOMOBILE SECTOR OF PAKISTAN
Press ReleaseLast Updated: May 31, 2018
OLX Group invests in CarFirst to revolutionize the way cars are traded in Pakistan. This OLX investment in CarFirst can be marked as one of the biggest funding rounds in Pakistan's startup history and will deliver the most comprehensive experience to auto buyers and sellers in the country.
The combination of OLX's largest online auto inventory and CarFirst's hassle-free car trading services will provide buyers, sellers, and dealers with industry-leading products and services. Car sellers will be able to sell their cars through either the OLX classifieds platform or at CarFirst's Purchase Centers. This will bring the world of online car trading together with an on-ground network of value added car services.
OLX Group Invest in the Pakistan's First Online Used Car Selling Platform CarFirst
OLX is the No.1 App in auto classifieds and one of the largest websites in Pakistan with over 7 million monthly visitors. Every day 5000+ cars are posted on OLX, with a new car posted every 2 seconds, making it the largest online auto marketplace. OLX provides an open marketplace to trade cars, bikes, auto accessories across 115 cities in Pakistan.
CarFirst is a first of its kind used-car online auction and trading platform, with nationwide network purchase centers and warehouses. Car owners can sell their cars in the most secure, convenient, and transparent manner with CarFirst, while also providing its dealer network easy access to nationwide inventory through their online auction platform.
Bilal Bajwa, CEO, OLX Pakistan, said:
"OLX has created Pakistan's largest community of buyers, sellers, and businesses in automobile sector with more than 150,000 car listings generated every month. CarFirst is an exciting venture empowering users to cash their car hassle free and we want to fuel their expansion to facilitate OLX user in terms of ease in transaction"
"This investment will bring unparalleled level of services for OLX Users & together with CarFirst we will offer the best online auto experience for individuals and Dealers in Pakistan."
Raja Murad Khan, CEO and Co-Founder of CarFirst, said:
"CarFirst was founded in 2016 and secured one of Pakistan's largest round of Series 'A' investment from FCG",
"This new investment with OLX comes at the perfect time for us to expand operations. In the coming year, CarFirst and OLX will integrate their services to provide users top of the line experience in selling and buying used cars, including many new products and services that have never been offered before in Pakistan."
Together, OLX and CarFirst will offer comprehensive solutions for all things related to cars, such as evaluation, certification, financing, insurance, live auctions, and many more. OLX and CarFirst will collaborate to add value across the customer's journey, improving efficiency and transparency at every milestone of the car trading process.
About OLX:
OLX is world's largest online buying and selling platform powered by a team of 5,000 people, working on 17 brands, from 35 offices across five continents and 40 countries. In Pakistan, OLX is the No.1 Marketplace across 14 different categories including Auto, Real Estate, Mobile,Electronics, Jobs and Services. OLX generates more than 20 Million pageviews in a day having 5 million App downloads. OLX believes in making people successful and spreading win win transactions. Over 50,000 conversations take place daily on OLX with an ad being posted every 2 seconds.
About CarFirst:
CarFirst is a first of its kind used-car online auction and trading platform, with a network of over 13 purchase centers in Lahore, Karachi, and Islamabad. Car owners can sell their cars in the most secure, convenient, and transparent manner with CarFirst, while also providing its dealer network easy access to nationwide inventory through their online auction platform. CarFirst has been the recipient of the largest Series A investment in Pakistan from FCG, and now the largest Series B investment from OLX.
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The Selig Company Building, at 330-346 Marietta St. in Atlanta, Georgia, was built in 1915 and 1925.  It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.

It is a four-story commercial building designed by architect Alexander F. N. Everett in Early Commercial style.  It has also been known as the Pioneer Neon Building.  Its eastern half was built in 1915, and the westerh half was built in 1925.  It is on the south side of Marietta St., with its own south side on a double railroad track of the Southern Railway line.

It was built for the Selig Chemical Company, "which was founded in the late 1800s by legendary Atlanta businessman Simon Selig. The company engaged primarily in the manufacture and sale of home-cleaning products (soaps, dispensers,
disinfectants, and other cleaning agents), insecticides, and other consumer goods. Mr. Selig built his company into one of the largest of its type in the country and now it forms the nucleus of one of Atlanta's most successful corporations, National Service Industries, Inc. The company, no longer the owner of this building, is celebrating its centennial in 1996 and has published a history of the company. /  The association of the building with the Selig Chemical Company is
very strong; when viewing the facade facing Marietta Street, one can see "Selig Company" printed under the left limestone/concrete arches. In addition, the interior dividing wall of the building includes a well-preserved former outdoor wall sign advertising the Selig Chemical Company's products. The exterior of the building along the railroad tracks also carries numerous Selig Company signs."

It was owned by the Selig family until 1965, when they sold it to Ira Weiss, owner of the Pioneer Neon Supply Co.

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National Register of Historic Places in Fulton County, Georgia
Early Commercial architecture in the United States
Buildings and structures completed in 1915