Photography websites and online portfolios are often confused. While the former put a special emphasis on the blog aspect, the latter are more photo-centric. If you are looking for a ready-made design that can become the rock-solid foundation of your photography website, look no further. In this blog post today we will showcase 20 of the best WordPress themes for photographers that you can download at no cost.
Support of grid-based photographs, manageable galleries and full-width sliders – these are some of the main features we take into consideration when choosing a photography theme. However, there are many other aspects to which we should also pay attention when picking a theme.
The ability to scale to any screen resolution is an indispensable property of any online resource that wants to be competitive.
An attractive slider is a proven way of capturing visitors' attention.
Quality thumbnails provided under the main slider can showcase many other projects of yours and motivate the visitor to click an image to see it fully or browse a gallery.
As a rule, photography websites feature a lot of images, and it is simply impossible to showcase all of them via a slider. That's when blog posts come in handy.
If the theme you've selected is coded with a clean and valid language, then your site can reach the top of search results.
If the aforementioned factors match your criteria of a perfect WordPress theme for a photography website, then you should enjoy our selection of ready-made designs below. Beautiful and functional, all of them can be downloaded for free.
Fukasawa is best suited for photographers and collectors. Featuring a Pinterest-style grid, it can be used for content-heavy websites. Posts, images and videos can be organized in a balanced, easy-to-scan way. Retina-ready images and fully responsive layout will look great on any device.
Gridsby is a free photography theme for displaying images in a Pinterest-style grid. Main menu and categories are hidden, which allows you to save on space. By clicking any photo from the front page gallery, users will be introduced to a page with a more detailed overview.
Photography Portfolio is a beautiful photography WordPress theme designed by TemplateMonster. Its clean and minimalist layout allows users to focus on content rather than multiple design elements. A fixed menu bar, back-to-top button and grids significantly facilitate navigation.
TwentyFourteen will help you save your time and money on developing a magazine-style website. The template allows the featuring of the home page content in a slide and grid-based list. A fully responsive layout will run smoothly on any device. Thanks to three widget areas you can feel the ease of a WordPress theme customization.
Pictorico can be used for both portfolio and photo blogging websites. A large header slider and grid-based galleries allow you to showcase your works in a more captivating way. Every element of the theme can be customized the way you wish, including the header and background, menu, post formats, and sticky posts.
Portfolio Press looks clean and simple. It is best suited for showcasing photo, art and design projects online. You can change the layout and upload new logos by means of an options panel.
Electa can be used for both photo blogging and portfolio websites. The main menu was moved to the left sidebar, which brings a photo gallery to the foreground. Photo thumbnails were organized in a grid-based list, which adds to the visual aesthetics and functionality of this theme.
Snapshot features a slider and gallery type thumbnails which lead to single pages. The upper area of those pages is devoted to showcasing photography, whereas the bottom of the page features description and comment sections.
As its developers say, Influence is incredibly simple front and back. A responsive, scaling video slider welcomes in every visitor. Users of any device will see the content as it was intended. When not needed, the main menu simply slides away. 4-tab Admin dashboard provides for seamless customization of the theme.
Art and photography, beauty, fashion, design or any other creative project can benefit from Melissa. This is a fully responsive WordPress theme that comes loaded with advanced functionality. Sliders and galleries were integrated for a more captivating online presentation of your project. The custom admin panel was made simple and intuitive to allow those users who are not tech-savvy to set up a photo blog without much effort.
Ravel is a clean and stylish freebie intended for developing a photography website. With the main emphasis on images, the theme will be a perfect solution for showcasing your works online effectively. Theme customizer allows you to manage the template the way you wish, adjusting tabs, header, sidebar, texts and images, etc.
Fifteen is a stylish free photography WordPress theme with vivid social sharing options in the header. The home page features a grid-based structure. A beautiful hover effect adds to the theme's interactivity and visual appeal. Like the rest of the themes from this list, the template was made fully responsive. Retina-ready images will look sharp on latest-gen devices. Translation-ready and SEO-optimized, your website will be accessible to international customers.
As the name implies, GK Portfolio is a portfolio WP theme. Its grid-based layout will showcase your most recent projects online beautifully. This image-centric photography theme features a fully responsive layout that adapts to any screen resolution. Social sharing buttons were integrated to expand your social media reach.
Modern is a photo blogging and portfolio freebie that can suit both small businesses and personal projects. It features a translation-ready code, crossbrowser compatible layout, Jetpack plugin, Schema.org markup, Theme Hook Alliance action hooks, and many other great features.
Photolab incorporates a clean layout with a flat design approach. Featuring a standard set of pages, the template is mostly focused on a blog. Articles, photos, videos and quotations are more vivid, when contrasted with a light background.
Sketch was designed in a clean style to bring focus to your projects. An easy-to-follow, dropdown menu will make it easier to navigate through your pages. A bold slider at the top of the main page will trigger users' curiosity and invite them to investigate your projects. Social sharing options were also integrated to make it easier for your visitors to share the photos they like with their friends online.
If you are looking for a parallax scrolling template that would feature a host of handy elements to impress your site visitors from the start, then pick Amplify. This is a responsive WordPress theme for a photography website that you can grab at absolutely no cost. 8 page templates, Google fonts, a powerful theme customizer, Live Composer, social sharing options, and a number of other handy features are included in the package.
Bloggers, photographers, small businesses and non-profits can build their online presence with Elegant. This free WordPress theme is easy to setup and manage. Built-in custom post types will make it much easier to add and edit the homepage features, portfolio and staff page. WordPress theme customizer was also integrated for seamless customization.
ArtWorks is a tile-based free WP theme with infinite scroll, simple layout and clean code. The template is fully customizable and comes integrated with many useful widgets. Mobile-friendly and crossbrowser compatible, it will help you expand your client base.
Wembley is the last but not the least theme in this collection. This is a photo-centric theme that is best suited for blogging and portfolio platforms. It comes with a standard set of pages, which can be customized just the way you wish. The layout features a grid-based structure and simple design, which draws users' attention to your portfolio.
If you are a photographer and you are earning your living by taking awesome pictures, then why would you take risks with your online presence? With the help of these free photography WordPress themes you can develop a fully-featured web resource that would look good on any device, adapt to any screen resolution and rank high in the major search engines. Just go ahead and enrich your collection of web design stuff with some cool freebies!


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FAULT Magazine Interview and Photoshoot with #BLACKAF star Genneya Walton
Tuesday 12th May 2020
|In Film, Netflix
Genneya Walton X FAULT Magazine
Full Set: Missoni
Shoes: Dora Teymour
Photographer: Ben Cope
Styling: Amanda Lim
Hair: Sophia Porter
Makeup: Leibi Carias
Words: Miles Holder
Despite her young age, Genneya Walton already has years of hard work under her belt. Whether it be her training as a professional dancer or her acting career, Genneya's determination to achieve her goals has pulled her back from the brink of giving up. Lucky for us to, as she can now be seen playing the role of Chloe Barris on Kenya Barris' latest Netflix show #BlackAF. We caught up with the actress to find out more about her role, her careers and of course, her FAULTS.
If you could tell me a bit about your character, what you'll be playing and just a tiny bit more about the show.
Genneya Walton: #BlackAF is, it's loosely inspired by Kenya's insanely honest and flawed approach to things like parenting, relationships, race, culture, and it surrounds a completely unfiltered family just trying to navigate life with new money. Amid all the insanity that we get into as a dysfunctional family, we manage to explore complex topics that are completely unfiltered. My character is Chloe and who, I'd say is effortlessly popular and definitely at times unappreciative. Her exterior is kind of misleading at times because I think she gives really good advice and is more thoughtful than she puts on.
Cardigan & Shorts: Tanya Taylor
Was it difficult to connect with the character of Chloe when you first saw the script?
Genneya Walton: Honestly, connecting with the character wasn't too difficult for me. With this particular character, it's the closest to my age that I've ever gotten to play. When I played her, I was 20 years old and I was playing a 19-year-old. I feel like a lot of 20-year-olds of this current time have a lot more in common than not.
Kenya and Rashida gave us complete freedom with our characters even though we are playing real people in that we didn't have to follow the script and we were able to go wherever we decided to. So that was a huge challenge for me because I've never had that sort of freedom with a character to just trust myself and go with the flow.
What is it that you look for in a script that makes you get excited about the character?
Genneya Walton: I would either say reading a paragraph that I can relate to because I know that if I work on something I can bring my authentic self to it. Or on the other hand, I see a character that is opposite to me so that I can explore and stretch my acting abilities and have a huge challenge.
Top & Skirt: Emanuel Ungaro
Jewelry: Apm Monaco
You began your career as a dancer and transitioned into an actress, did you ever feel that pressure to choose only one discipline to pursue?
Genneya Walton: I didn't necessarily grow up thinking I wanted to be an actor because I was set on dancing but acting just happened. Dancing took a back seat to acting but I didn't necessarily feel it as a pressure, it just kind of happened that way. what's great is that even in this project I've been able to morph both of them together and I do some dancing in the show. I haven't had to let go of one or the other as they've kind of beautifully come together.
If you could go back five years and give yourself one piece of advice, what would it be?
Genneya Walton: I would say be patient with and trust the process and not compare my journey to others because I think comparing yourself steals all joy. I do wish I had known that back then because I would have been a lot easier on myself if I had just let things happen as they would.
Suit: Frankie By Sahar
Tank: Cotton Citizen
Heels: Giuseppe Zanotti
When you look back on your legacy and the work that you've done what are you trying to say with your portfolio of work?
Genneya Walton: It's funny that you say so because I've done so much and I think what's special about being an actor is that there's always something new to learn. With every project I do, I just want people to see me grow. Not only in the field of acting, but also as a person. I just hope anything I do inspire people, even if it's just one person because I'm very lucky to have the platform that I do and I just hope it inspires people in some way to just be better in their own minds and to follow their dreams.
What's been the hardest hurdle you've had to overcome so far?
Genneya Walton: I would say it happened before booking this project. I didn't work for about two years and that was very stressful. Even though I was 17 through 19 years of age during that time iI feel like a lot of people put pressure on themselves to accomplish everything. That, in particular, was hard for me and I almost wanted to quit and I'm glad that I didn't. So I got past that and I'm really glad I'm here to reap the rewards of not giving up.
Full Set: Drome
Platforms: Asos
What pulled you back from throwing in the towel?
Genneya Walton: I'm very lucky to have a very amazing support system. My parents, my sister and my friends really helped me get through that. I kept getting so close to things and the closer I got the more determined I was for the next project. I really had to sit back and, and make sure that this is what I want to do. When I couldn't see a life without acting, I knew that it was something I had to keep doing.
Top & Pant: Rachael Cassar
Boots: Drome
What is your FAULT?
Genneya Walton: My FAULT is comparing myself to others. When I say that, I mainly refer to comparing the successes of others to my own and this is something that I work on not doing. I think making comparisons is a very human thing to do, but it can get to a negative point. With the age of social media, it's certainly easier to get lost in comparisons, but a great reminder is that there is no one else like you and you hold so much power because of that. Also, acknowledging the fact that social media is not at all real-life haha. It's weird, I feel like now there is more pressure on young people to have their life together sooner or we so often feel like the time is running out to reach our goals. I honestly fall into that mindset at times. To combat that, I remind myself that everyone is on their own journey and being concerned about where someone else is, just takes away from the experience of your own path to success. Everything happens for a reason and I just have to trust the universe's timing and go with the flow.
#BlackAF Genneya Walton Kenya Barris' netflix

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Nepomniachtchi wins Moscow Grand Prix
5/29/2019 – Ian Nepomniachtchi won the second tie-break game of the final match against Alexander Grischuk to claim first place at the Moscow leg of the 2019 Grand Prix Series. The tie-breaker began with a 37-move draw out of a Petroff Defence, while in the second 25'+10" encounter Nepomniachtchi got the upper hand from the white side of an Italian Opening and ended up winning the game — and the tournament — after 36 moves. | Photo: Niki Riga / World Chess
The best man wins
As Alexander Grischuk stated after the tie-break was over, Ian Nepomniachtchi was the one calling the shots all throughout the final match. During the classical phase, Grischuk was put on the back foot right off the bat, as Nepo showed great preparation in the first game, and the trend continued in game two, when Alexander did not get much from a Berlin Defence. The most Grischuk got was a very slight pressure in the first 25'+10" encounter. Finally, game four saw Nepomniachtchi claiming a deserved victory.
For those taking part in the series, the focus will be put on the Grand Prix overall standings. The eight players knocked out in round one do not get any points, while the rest are awarded extra points every time they get a mini-match victory without needing tie-breaks. Let us not forget that the main goal is to get one of the two available tickets to next year's Candidates Tournament. This is how the standings table looks after the Moscow event:
Player Points Bonus Total
Ian Nepomniachtchi 8 1 9
Alexander Grischuk 5 2 7
Radoslaw Wojtaszek 3 2 5
Hikaru Nakamura 3 0 3
Peter Svidler 1 1 2
Wei Yi 1 1 2
Daniil Dubov 1 1 2
Wesley So 1 0 1
This year's series will see each of the 21 qualified players taking part in three out of the four events scheduled, with Nepomniachtchi set to skip the second leg (Latvia) and Grischuk committed to play in legs two and three (Germany), but not in the last one (Israel). Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Yu Yangyi, Veselin Topalov, David Navara and Pentala Harikrishna will make their debut in Latvia, while the organizers of the fourth leg have yet to nominate a wildcard to play in Tel-Aviv.
Ian Nepomniachtchi and Alexander Grischuk with their prizes | Photo: Niki Riga / World Chess
First tie-break game: A Russian affair
The eventual champion surprised Grischuk by choosing the Petroff (or Russian) Defence. Nepomniachtchi would later comment:
I thought maybe it's the correct place, you know, as the Grand Prix is held in Russia and two Russian players are playing, so the Petroff Defence is the optimal choice.
Grischuk already spent four minutes on move three, before choosing the tranquil 3.d3. Shortly after, Nepomniachtchi surprised his opponent once again by freely giving up the pair of bishops:
The Reliable Petroff
The Petroff (or Russian) Defence which is characterised by the moves 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 has been popular at the highest levels for many years and enjoys the reputation of being an extremely solid defence.
After Nepo captured the knight with 7...♝xf3, Grischuk left theory by choosing 8.♕xf3, and a queen trade followed. White had a tiny edge, but the lack of big imbalances kept the position equalized (players of this calibre rarely misplay in these situations). On move 27, White exchanged his bishop for Black's knight and a rook endgame ensued:
After 28.bxa5 Black transferred his rook to the a-file and infiltrated White's position on the queenside. None of the players faltered and a triple repetition was reached on move 37.
Russian professional hockey player Alexander Ovechkin made the ceremonial first move | Photo: Niki Riga / World Chess
Second tie-break game: The decider
The players went into a Giuoco Piano structure which, according to Nepomniachtchi, is easier to handle for White. Ian expanded on the queenside until leaving Black's knight rather out of play, a factor that would later turn out to be decisive:
My Black Secrets in the Modern Italian
The Italian Game is considered a sound but quiet opening without early trades, giving rise to rich positions where plans are more important than forced variations. So shows black's plans on this DVD.
After 19.b5 ♞a5, Black was left with the long-term task of getting his knight back to an active square. Under these circumstances, White happily exchanged pieces until reaching a position in which the difference in quality between his dark-squared bishop and Black's knight-on-the-rim was clearly evident:
With 27.♗f4, Nepo developed his last piece and was ready to put pressure on his opponent while practically playing a piece up. Black's position did not take long to collapse, and the decisive blow came on move 36:
Grischuk resigned after 36.♕xe7, since after 36...♛xe7 37.♖d7 Black's best chance is to go into a completely lost rook v knight endgame with 37...♞xd4 38.♖xe7+. And thus another tie-breaker at the Moscow Grand Prix needed only two rapid games to be decided — the semi-final between Nepomniachtchi and Wojtaszek was the one match that reached the 10'+10" stage.
The tournament is over | Photo: Niki Riga / World Chess
During the post-game interview, the players expressed different opinions regarding the knock-out format used in this event. Nepomniachtchi concluded:
The whole system makes some harm over the quality of play because sometimes you want to take a less risky decision — do not take any extra risks — and play safely. And somehow you are missing the best continuations, which are connected with some serious play.
While Grischuk opined:
Actually I think — for me is the opposite — knock-out is the best for me. [...] Anyway, at least it was my best tournament in terms of quality in a very long period. And if I [would have] won today of course I would be happy, but you cannot be happy when you lose.
Alexander went on to mention that his win over Nakamura in game two of the semi-finals was his best showing since his victory over Maxim Rodshtein from the 2014 European Club Cup. He even called this one of the three games "he can be proud of" from his career — besides the Rodshtein game, he mentioned his victory with Black over the late Vugar Gashimov.
Master Class Vol.6: Anatoly Karpov
On this DVD a team of experts looks closely at the secrets of Karpov's games. In more than 7 hours of video, the authors examine four essential aspects of Karpov's superb play.
The post-final interview was followed closely by the press | Photo: Niki Riga / World Chess
The next stage of the Grand Prix series is scheduled to kick off on July 11th in Latvia, where Riga and Jurmala will host another sixteen-player knock-out event.
ChessBase Magazine 181
Enjoy the best moments of recent top tournaments (World Cup, Isle of Man Open) with analysis of top players. In addition you'll get lots of training material. For example 10 new suggestions for your opening repertoire.


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Deeplinks Blog by Fred von Lohmann | January 29, 2007
DJ Drama: The Blog Coverage
The basic story has been widely covered: working with the RIAA, the Georgia police recently raided the studios of Aphilliates Music Group and arrested DJ Drama and DJ Cannon over the hip hop "mixtape" CDs that the studio is famous for. These are the same mixtapes that the...
Deeplinks Blog by Hugh D'Andrade | January 29, 2007
Maine Rejects Real ID
The Real ID Act took a blow last week, when Maine became the first state to formally declare its opposition. The Maine legislature voted overwhelmingly to refuse to comply with the act's mandates, and requested that Congress repeal the law. The Real ID Act essentially forces states to...
Deeplinks Blog by Derek Slater | January 29, 2007
DMCA Reformist To Speak at Stanford This Friday
Rep. Rick Boucher, who has long proposed legislation to reform the DMCA, will deliver a speech at Stanford Law School on Friday entitled, "Congress Must Balance its Copyright Agenda." More information is available here.
Worst Practices for Online Service Providers
In an instant, Seclists.org, including thousands of pages, vanished from the Internet this week. And if your online service providers have as weak a backbone as GoDaddy, the same thing could happen to your site. Here's the story (as recounted by News.com): A list of MySpace user names and...
Sen. Rockefeller Promises Scrutiny of NSA Spying Program
Over five years since it first began, the NSA's massive domestic spying program remains shrouded in secrecy. Despite the President's determination to dodge meaningful oversight, key members of the newly elected Congress may soon take steps to rein in this illegal activity. In an interview with the LA Times...
Why One Angry Customer Broke AACS
Slyck News has posted an interview with muslix64, the coder responsible for the BackUpHDDVD tool that helps movie fans get around the next-gen DVDs' DRM restrictions. Muslix64 makes plain that he's no "pirate" -- he's just an "angry customer" who wanted to play his lawfully-acquired movie on his own...
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EFF Warns ABC to Back Off Blogger
Bogus Copyright Infringement Claims Violate Law San Francisco - The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) warned ABC, Inc. Thursday not to pursue its bogus copyright infringement claims against 'Spocko' -- a blogger who sparked nationwide debate over a San Francisco radio station -- and asked the media giant to retract its...
Record Labels: Licensing File Sharing Isn't So Crazy After All
Nearly three years ago, EFF published a paper advocating voluntary collective licensing for P2P, a system that would get artists paid and allow fans to keep sharing music however they like for a flat fee. It seems the major record labels may finally be coming around to this...
Andy Griffith for Attorney General!
This YouTube clip from the Andy Griffith Show is the sort of civics lesson that Attorney General Alberto Gonzales would do well to study. Guilherme Roschke from the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) has some background (via BoingBoing): I shared the video with my colleagues here at...
Action Alert: Tell Congress to Investigate the NSA Spying Program
Over five years since it first began, the NSA's massive domestic spying program remains shrouded in secrecy. Recently, the Bush Administration announced that it has let the shadowy FISA court review the program, but that's not enough -- the President must abide by the law and answer to the...
Stanford Symposium, "Search and Seizure in the Digital Age," on January 26
On January 26th, Stanford Law School will host a symposium called "Beyond a Physical Conception of the Fourth Amendment: Search and Seizure in the Digital Age." Six experts will present papers on a variety of privacy and technology issues, including RFIDs and protections for private information stored online...
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Andy Griffith Stands Up to Warrantless WiretappingMayberry's privacy rights more secure than the modern United States. How Do New NSA Spy Warrants Work? One Expert SpeculatesJim Dempsey tries to work out what it might mean. Your Privacy Law Role-CallAll the new privacy bills on their way to...
HDCP, Screwing Fans in More Ways Than Ever
Ars Technica (via Tim Lee) explains some of the many ways that HDCP restrictions will break compatibility with your digital video devices. HDCP restricts connections to video displays through DVI (including HDMI) digital outputs, so that content can only be outputted to hobbled, DRM-restricted systems. You may have...
Roll Call Op-Ed: E-Voting Transparency Needed Now
The Election Assistance Commission is charged with ensuring that our voting systems are reliable and secure. Each machine is "supposed" to be subjected to rigorous tests before being certified, and the EAC was recently empowered to oversee that process. At least that's the theory. As Aaron Burstein and Joseph Lorenzo...
The Right Way to Respond to Parody
Last weekend, Darren Barefoot posted Get a First Life, a hysterical parody of virtual world Second Life's website. The creators of Second Life responded with a letter that is so right-thinking and clever that it would horrify the over-reaching copyright and trademark holders whose missives litter the archives of...


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And, the projects are short … you don't have to "sell" your reader on a product or service like you would in a traditional sales letter.
When the Web was first starting to gain some traction in the late 90s and early 2000s, many people feared direct mail and direct-response copywriting would die off.
Companies need copy that gets people to take action — whether it's to click a link, open an email, follow them on social media, fill out a form, or buy their product or service.
People got tired of being "sold to," so their guard is always up.
Because, it's not about leading with an attempt to make a sale. At least, not immediately.
Essentially, when someone gives us something, we feel slightly indebted to that person. We typically WANT to reciprocate, in one way or another.
Content marketing is the Rule of Reciprocity at work. A company leads by giving away great, free content on a subject a prospect WANTS to learn about. This, in exchange, builds trust and confidence in the company. And ultimately, the prospect reciprocates with their attention and interest.
Remember, even just a few years ago, most companies were NOT doing this. Instead, they'd just try to sell. This is why companies are now doing the opposite and leading with value.
And, you still need to understand human psychology and what makes us want to buy from one company over another.
That's why, as someone who wants to live the writer's life, it's probably in your best interest to know how to write for BOTH content marketing and sales.
And, because of that, companies will need BOTH now and in the future.
First, you'd do some research on the type of running shoe you need. Maybe you need a wider shoe, or one with special arch support.
You'd read reviews and possibly some firsthand accounts by people who used each type of shoe (content marketing).
Then, you might decide on one particular brand that makes the type of running shoe you want. So, you head over to their website and notice they offer a free report on choosing the best running shoe for your body type and gait (direct response).
Next, you start reading about a specific set of shoes this company sells and learn all about the features and benefits (direct response).
At this point, you might start getting emails letting you know about special deals and offers for their newsletter subscribers (direct response).
Finally, you receive a "20% off" coupon that makes getting the shoes too hard to pass up (direct response).
You head to the site and see that they offer a full money-back guarantee on all their shoes and even pay for the return shipping, if they don't fit (direct response).
You make your decision and order the shoes and can't wait to get them. They send you a "thank you" email with a link to watch a video that explains how to take good care of your shoes, so they last for years to come (direct response AND content marketing).
As you see in this simple scenario, content marketing and direct response work synergistically to create a great experience for a prospective customer.
This is why direct response isn't dead. And, it's why content marketing is growing like wildfire.
Companies ARE still using direct response and will continue to do so. It's just that now they're adding content marketing into the mix.
Because, in order to stay competitive and in business, companies need BOTH.
This article, Direct Response Dead?!? Not Even Close … , was originally published by Wealthy Web Writer.


A quick check of your bike before riding can help prevent those long walks home. It only takes about two minutes. Make it a habbit and your chances of a breakdown are greatly reduced.
Check the quick release levers -- Make sure that your quick release levers on your wheels are installed correctly and are properly tight. A runaway wheel is a nasty surprise.
Bounce the Bike -- Pick up your bike 4 or 5 inches off the ground and bounce it once or twice. Listen for unusual rattles, they can indicate loose parts about to fall off.
Check the Brakes -- Check the front and rear brakes separately. Give the levers a good squeeze to make sure they are tight and the cable is securely fastened.
Spin the Wheels -- Lift the front of the bike of the ground an inch or so and spin the front wheel. I should spin freely with no brake rub and should be relatively true. Listen for grinding sounds in the hub that indicate the need for maintenance. Do the same for the rear wheel.
Check the Cranks -- Make sure that the crank bolts are tight and the chainrings are true and are not missing any teeth.
Check the Headset -- Hold the front brake down and gently rock the bicycle forward and back. Loose or worn bearing will make a distinct click. Tighten or service if necessary.
Check the Tires -- Make sure your tire have the correct amount of air pressure and examine them for rips, tears or sharp objects stuck into the tread. Check brake and derailleur cables for fraying.
Check the Handlebars -- Make the handlebars and stem are securely fastened. Visually examine the handlebars for bends or crack. If you find any, replace immediately.


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Rejuvenated league showcased at Pac-12 Media Day
By Jonathan Kuperberg | Senior Staff
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Cal men's basketball team picked to finish third in Pac-12
Bears announce 2012-13 schedule
SAN FRANCISCO — Is the Pac-12 back?
Among the best conferences in the late 2000s, the league fell flat once Kevin Love, Russell Westbrook, James Harden and other stars left early for the NBA by 2009. Cal was the only Pac-12 team to receive an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament last year; a regular season championship was not enough to earn Washington a ticket to the Big Dance.
But that is likely to change this year. Players and coaches were optimistic at Thursday's Pac-12 Media Day at the Pac-12 Studios.
"This league is really up again," said UCLA coach Ben Howland. "I'm really confident that the league is going to be real strong and excited about that."
Said Arizona coach Sean Miller, "I think it'll be the most talented and deepest conference I've been a coach in."
Miller's Wildcats, ranked No. 12 in the country, are picked to finish first in the conference, according to the Pac-12 media poll. Arizona received one vote more than Howland's No. 13 Bruins.
Colorado, last season's surprise Pac-12 Tournament champion, is a dark horse with its sixth-place prediction. The Buffaloes are led by junior forward Andre Roberson, whom coach Tad Boyle called the most underrated player in the country.
The conference, despite its quality in recent years, has still sent its share of players to the NBA and has a number of players well-known on the national scene.
Both Arizona and UCLA are fresh off elite recruiting classes. The Wildcats have three five-star recruits, while the Bruins have four top-flight recruits: 6-foot-9 point forward Kyle Anderson, the No. 3 prospect nationally, and top overall prospect Shabazz Muhammad, who is ineligible pending an NCAA investigation. Howland said he is optimistic Muhammad will play this season.
It's not just freshmen. Stanford, coming off an NIT championship, has a core group of juniors, while Washington State returns the Pac-12 reigning scoring champion Brock Motum.
Cal, picked to finish third in the league with three first-place votes, returns five players who have started at some point, including the potent junior tandem of point guard Justin Cobbs and swingman Allen Crabbe.
"I think Cal may have the best pair of guards in the conference," Howland said, "And college basketball is so much about having good guard play."
While the Bears' RPI will surely be higher playing in a much-improved conference, so too will the squad's degree of difficulty in returning to the NCAA Tournament for the second straight season.
But Mike Montgomery and company won't be the only team rooting for its Pac-12 brethren in nonconference play.
"What our conference has to do is win games that mean something in November and December to get the mojo back to the Pac-12 Conference to where it belongs and where it should be," Boyle said. "We just have to go prove it. Talk is cheap."
So too, Boyle said, is the media poll. His Buffs were picked to finish 10th last year. All they did was win the Pac-12 Tournament and advance to the third round of the NCAA Tournament.
"I don't get into preseason predictions," he said. "Nothing is more irrelevant in my mind."
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From September 2018 until March 2019 I was part of NKK NXT, the talent development program of the Dutch Chamber Choir. We were tasked with one question: show the future of choral singing. And so we did. In these 6 months we came up with the performance "I want to be like you". The performance shows the interaction between singers and an artificial intelligence wanting to be human. In a series of simulations this AI tries to discover what it is to be human through the emotional act of singing.
During the project I was active as a singer, a composer, a concept developer and a graphics designer. Every passion of mine combined into one project. Keep an eye on my concerts page for possible further performances of NKK NXT 18/19.
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Q: Why is typescript complaining about filter and how can I resolve this? I need your help with this typescript complaint, I have been struggling with this issue for quite a while now. I am trying to filter an array dynamically, but Typescript is complaining. Here is what it said,
(property) Array<T>.filter: {
    <S extends {
        x: number;
    }>(predicate: (value: {
        x: number;
    }, index: number, array: {
        x: number;
    }[]) => value is S, thisArg?: any): S[];
    (predicate: (value: {
        x: number;
    }, index: number, array: {
        x: number;
    }[]) => unknown, thisArg?: any): {
        x: number;
    }[];
} | {
    ...;
} | {
    ...;
}

Here is what I am trying to do:
const shapes ={
  rectangles :[
    {x :1}
  ],
  ellipses :[
    {y :10}
  ],
  polygons :[
    {isFinished :true}
  ]
}

Object.keys(shapes).forEach(shapeKey => {
  shapes[shapeKey as keyof typeof shapes].filter(shape => {
  //
  //
  })
})

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I am definitely using filter on an array. It should not be complaining. Please, if you know how to fix this, help me

A: The problem is that the three different kinds of arrays have nothing in common, so there's no overload of filter that matches the union of the three types of arrays.
You could go the pure type safety route and have some type predicates:
type Rectangle = {
    x: number;
};
type Ellipse = {
    y: number;
};
type Polygon = {
    isFinished: boolean;
};

function isRectangleArray(shapeArray: any[]): shapeArray is Rectangle[] {
    return "x" in shapeArray[0];
}
function isEllipseArray(shapeArray: any[]): shapeArray is Ellipse[] {
    return "y" in shapeArray[0];
}
function isPolygonArray(shapeArray: any[]): shapeArray is Polygon[] {
    return "isFinished" in shapeArray[0];
}

That lets you differentiate between the arrays:
Object.keys(shapes).forEach((shapeKey) => {
    const entry = shapes[shapeKey as keyof typeof shapes];
    if (entry.length > 0) {
        if (isRectangleArray(entry)) {
            const result = entry.filter((rect) => {
                // ...
            });
        } else if (isEllipseArray(entry)) {
            const result = entry.filter((ell) => {
                // ...
            });
        } else {
            const result = entry.filter((polygon) => {
                // ...
            });
        }
    }
});

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The code for each loop is completely different, because they're dealing with different things.
Alternatively, you could trick TypeScript into thinking that instead of a union of array types (Rectangle[] | Ellipse[] | Polygon[]), you have an array of union types ((Rectangle | Ellipse | Polygon)[]):
Object.keys(shapes).forEach((shapeKey) => {
    const entry = shapes[shapeKey as keyof typeof shapes] as (Rectangle | Ellipse | Polygon)[];
    // −−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
    const result = entry.filter((whatever) => {
        // ...
    });
});

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That's technically incorrect, what you have is a union of distinct array types, but it lets you write a single filter call.


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var chai = require('chai');
var expect = chai.expect;

var b = require('./boss');
describe('boss', function() {
  'use strict';

  describe('constants', function() {
    var testConstant = function(name, constant, newValue) {
      b.constants.add(name, constant);
      expect(b.constants[name]).to.deep.equal(constant);

      try {
        b.constants[name] = newValue;
        expect(b.constants[name]).to.deep.equal(constant);
        delete b.constants[name];
        expect(b.constants[name]).to.deep.equal(constant);
      } catch(e) {
        expect(e.toString().indexOf('TypeError') > -1).to.be.true;
      }
    };

    it('should start with no constants', function() {
      var add = b.constants.add;
      delete b.constants.add;

      expect(b.constants).to.deep.equal({});

      b.constants.add = add;
    });

    it('should be able to set a string constant', function() {
      testConstant('STR', 'set', 'set again');
    });

    it('should return constants from the add', function() {
      b.constants.add('STR', 'set').add('STR2', 'set again');
      expect(b.constants.STR).to.be.equal('set');
      expect(b.constants.STR2).to.be.equal('set again');
    });

    it('should be able to set a number constant', function() {
      testConstant('NUM', 42, 43);
    });

    it('should be able to set a null constant', function() {
      testConstant('NULL', null, undefined);
    });

    it('should be able to set an undefined constant', function() {
      testConstant('UNDEF', undefined, null);
    });

    it('should be able to set an object constant', function() {
      testConstant('OBJ', {property1: 'value1'}, {property2: 'value2'});
    });

    it('should be able to set a function constant', function() {
      testConstant('FUNC', function() { return true }, function() { return false });
      expect(b.constants.FUNC()).to.be.true;
    });
  });

  describe('deconstruct', function() {
    it('should throw an error when no result or callback was provided', function() {
      expect(b.deconstruct).to.throw();
      expect(function() {
        b.deconstruct([]);
      }).to.throw();
    });

    it('should give no arguments when there is no result', function() {
      b.deconstruct(undefined, function() {
        // Empty arguments is apparently not the same as {}, so to an array then.
        expect(Array.prototype.slice(arguments)).to.deep.equal([]);
      });
    });

    it('should give 1 argument when only one value was returned', function() {
      b.deconstruct('test', function(arg1) {
        expect(arg1).to.equal('test');
      });
    });

    it('should give 1 argument when a one value array was returned', function() {
      b.deconstruct(['test'], function(arg1) {
        expect(arg1).to.equal('test');
      });
    });

    it('should give 3 arguments when a 3 value array was returned', function() {
      var test = function() {
        return [1, 2, 3];
      };

      b.deconstruct(test(), function(a, b, c) {
        expect(a).to.equal(1);
        expect(b).to.equal(2);
        expect(c).to.equal(3);
      });
    });

    it('should support chaining', function() {
      expect(b.deconstruct([1, 2, 3], function(a, b, c) {})).to.equal(b);
    });
  });

  describe('defaults', function() {
    it('should return a function that returns nothing when passed nothing', function() {
      var callback = b.defaults();
      expect(callback()).to.be.null;
    });

    // Basically, just a bunch of invalid inputs
    describe('single argument', function() {
      it('should return a function that returns nothing when passed a non function', function() {
        [null, undefined, {}, 'test'].forEach(function(passing) {
          var callback = b.defaults(passing);
          expect(callback()).to.be.null;
        });
      });

      it('should not modify a function when only it is passed in', function() {
        var value1 = false;
        var callback = b.defaults(function() {
          value1 = true;
          return 1;
        });
        expect(callback()).to.equal(1);
        expect(value1).to.be.true;
      });

      it('should not modify a function when only it is passed in', function() {
        var value1 = false;
        var callback = b.defaults(function() {
          value1 = true;
          return 1;
        });
        expect(callback()).to.equal(1);
        expect(value1).to.be.true;
      });
    });

    describe('2 argument', function() {
      it('should return a function that returns nothing when last passed is not a function',
      function() {
        [null, undefined, {}, 'test'].forEach(function(passing) {
          var callback = b.defaults('test', passing);
          expect(callback()).to.be.null;
        });
      });

      it('should not set a functions default value when the param is specified', function() {
        var callback = b.defaults('test', function(param1) {
          return param1;
        });
        expect(callback('test2')).to.equal('test2');
      });

      it('should set a functions default value when it is specified', function() {
        var test = function(param1) {
          return param1;
        };

        var callback = b.defaults('test', test);
        expect(callback()).to.equal('test');
      });
    });

    describe('poly argument', function() {
      // The null return error case should be properly tested now.

      it('should not set a functions default values when their params are specified', function() {
        var callback = b.defaults('test1', 'test2', 'test3', function(param1, param2, param3) {
          return [param1, param2, param3];
        });
        expect(callback('testA', 'testB', 'testC')).to.deep.equal(['testA', 'testB', 'testC']);
      });

      it('should set the params whose values were not specified', function() {
        var test = function(param1, param2, param3) {
          return [param1, param2, param3];
        };

        var callback = b.defaults('test1', 'test2', 'test3', test);
        expect(callback('testA', 'testB')).to.deep.equal(['testA', 'testB', 'test3']);
        expect(callback('testA')).to.deep.equal(['testA', 'test2', 'test3']);
        expect(callback()).to.deep.equal(['test1', 'test2', 'test3']);

        // Don't forget that undefineds can be manually sent:
        expect(callback('testA', undefined, 'testC')).to.deep.equal(['testA', 'test2', 'testC']);
        expect(callback(undefined, undefined, 'testC')).to.deep.equal(['test1', 'test2', 'testC']);
      });

      it('should allow partial default value setting', function() {
        var test = function(param1, param2, param3) {
          return [param1, param2, param3];
        };

        var callback = b.defaults('test1', 'test2', test);
        expect(callback('testA', 'testB')).to.deep.equal(['testA', 'testB', undefined]);
        expect(callback('testA')).to.deep.equal(['testA', 'test2', undefined]);
        expect(callback()).to.deep.equal(['test1', 'test2', undefined]);

        var callback = b.defaults(undefined, 'test2', 'test3', test);
        expect(callback('testA', 'testB')).to.deep.equal(['testA', 'testB', 'test3']);
        expect(callback(undefined, 'testB')).to.deep.equal([undefined, 'testB', 'test3']);
        expect(callback()).to.deep.equal([undefined, 'test2', 'test3']);
      });
    });

    it('should preserve "this" from passed', function() {
      var callback = b.defaults(1, function(y) {
        return this.x + y;
      });
      expect(callback.call({
        x: 1
      })).to.be.equal(2);
    });
  });

  describe('defaultObj', function() {
    var originalObject;
    beforeEach(function() {
      originalObject = function(opt) {
        var self = opt;

        self.area = function() {
          return self.x * self.y * self.z;
        };

        self.flatArea = function() {
          return self.x * self.y;
        };

        self.getX = function() {
          return self.x;
        };

        return self;
      };
    });

    it('should return a function that returns undefined when called when passed no callback',
    function() {
      var NewObject = b.defaultObj();
      expect(NewObject()).to.be.undefined;

      var NewObject = b.defaultObj({x: 1});
      expect(NewObject()).to.be.undefined;
    });

    it('should do no overrides when the defaults object is empty', function() {
      var NewObject = b.defaultObj({}, originalObject);
      var newObject = NewObject();
      expect(newObject.getX()).to.be.undefined;

      newObject = NewObject({
        x: 1
      });
      expect(newObject.getX()).to.be.equal(1);
    });

    it('should only override the defaults when they are not specified', function() {
      var NewObject = b.defaultObj({
        x: 2,
        y: 3
      }, originalObject);

      var newObject = NewObject();
      expect(newObject.flatArea()).to.be.equal(6);

      newObject = NewObject({
        x: 3,
      });
      expect(newObject.flatArea()).to.be.equal(9);

      newObject = NewObject({
        x: 3,
        y: 4,
      });
      expect(newObject.flatArea()).to.be.equal(12);
    });

    it('should be able to override all values', function() {
      var NewObject = b.defaultObj({
        x: 2,
        y: 3,
        z: 4
      }, originalObject);

      var newObject = NewObject();
      expect(newObject.area()).to.be.equal(24);

      newObject = NewObject({
        y: 1,
      });
      expect(newObject.area()).to.be.equal(8);
    });
  });

  describe('restize', function() {
    it('should do nothing when no restize functions has been passed', function() {
      expect(b.restize).to.not.throw();
    });

    // Tests a parameter specified and then the rest parameter.
    describe('push restize', function() {
      // Good for testing purposes, but due to JSs function parameter limit this would be a bad
      // idea in production code.
      var push = b.restize(function(array, _items) {
        _items.forEach(function(item) {
          array.push(item);
        });
      });

      it('should handle no arguments', function() {
        expect(push).to.not.throw();
      });

      it('should be able to push onto an empty list', function() {
        var res = [];
        push(res, 1);
        expect(res).to.deep.equal([1]);
      });

      it('should push no items on when none are specified', function() {
        var res = [1, 2, 3];
        push(res);
        expect(res).to.deep.equal([1, 2, 3]);
      });

      it('should push no items with an initial empty list', function() {
        var res = [];
        push(res);
        expect(res).to.deep.equal([]);
      });

      it('should be able to push multiple items onto the list', function() {
        var res = [];
        push(res, 1, 2, 3);
        expect(res).to.deep.equal([1, 2, 3]);
      });
    });

    // This tests just the rest parameter being specified.
    describe('sumArray restize', function() {
      var sumArray = b.restize(function(_items) {
        var total = 0;
        _items[0].forEach(function(item) {
          total += item;
        });

        return total;
      });

      it('should return 0 for an empty array', function() {
        expect(sumArray([])).to.equal(0);
      });

      it('should the sum of the array', function() {
        expect(sumArray([1,2,3])).to.equal(6);
      });
    });
  });
});

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The beach of Agios Gordios is situated in the west of the island of Corfu and is a resort beach. Only 16 kms away from Corfu town Agios Gordios is a lovely sandy beach with a fine combination of mountain and sea.
The most important environmental activities are seminars, lectures, photo and writing competition, drawing competition, visits from school children to the beach, many cultural events during the summer such as folklore dances and many greek dances night from many local tavernas.
In the wider space of coast there are a lot of facilities, like rend a car, bike, do some marinely sport, scuba diving center and parapente.
Someone can also visit the nearby traditional villages of Pentati and Kato Garouna and walk in the lovely nature. A number of hotels and rented rooms are situated in the area. Agios Gordios Beach has a length of 500 meters and a width of 40 meters.
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French Digital Minister Tells Big Tech to Scale Up "Fact-checking Capabilities"
(by Cindy Harper | Reclaim the Net) – Telecom ministers from European countries have asked the major online platforms to ensure they have the adequate capacity to handle "misinformation" in Central and Eastern Europe, which they say are the major targets of Russian propaganda.
On March 8, officials from EU governments and representatives from the major online platforms met in France to discuss how to fight disinformation being spread by the Russian government. Initially, the agenda of the informal meeting was the Metaverse, how to bring more women to the technology sector, and environment. The agenda was changed in light of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
In a joint statement, the ministers said: "The battles initiated by Russia in the current conflict are raging not only on the ground but also on the internet."
France's digital minister Cédric O said that online platforms had made some efforts to fight Russian propaganda, adding that the accounts of Russian state-controlled media outlets Sputnik and RT have been removed on the major platforms. However, O said it was important to put "pressure on the platforms to do even more."
During the meeting, the ministers made two requests, according to a report by EURACTIV. They asked the platforms to respond to take down requests from governments more quickly. And, they asked them to increase their content moderation teams in the languages spoken in Central and Eastern Europe.
"The major platforms must strengthen their fact-checking capabilities. They need to make sure to have enough native speakers and local contact points on the ground. This must be the case in all European countries, especially the ones in Central and Eastern Europe, which have been prime targets of Russian propaganda in the past," Slovenia's digital minister Mark Boris Andrijanič told EURACTIV.
On their part, online platforms asked for more clarity in the region's regulatory framework, something that is supposed to be addressed in the upcoming Digital Services Act (DSA).
The DSA, which is in the final stages, will contain content moderation rules that online platforms must follow or risk fines.


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Or is happiness even a place? To many people happiness is an activity like playing a sport or a game, watching television, or reading a book. The philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer defined happiness as ''an absence of misery.'' To him happiness was a state of being. Or maybe happiness is as simple as having a bite of chocolate as it contains a chemical that the brain uses to create a sense of well-being. So there are many happy places. But there is only one "happiest space on Earth" — Spacelocker.com. So check it out and don't miss out on the experience!


On May 19, Gina and I competed in Harvard Fox Hounds' spring hunter pace. Sadly, our original plan to have Levi and Bubba and Kyla and Cal on our team was foiled by Cal's persistent abscess. It ended up being just Levi and Bubba with Gina and me.
Gina was a total champ through the day; she loaded easily, stood quietly while being groomed and tacked, and was just anxious and excited enough before we took off to make me feel confident.
Levi and Bubba were beautifully put together, what with Levi's pearl-snap shirt, fancy belt, and finely detailed Western saddle. Bubba had finally shed the last of his grubby winter coat and revealed a stunning gold palomino coloring that was both impressive and unexpected. Bubba was restless and alert- I think he wondered where the cattle were.
When we took off, both of the horses galloped easily and confidently over the trail. They were eager to be off and going instead of standing around. Levi pointed Bubba at a small log jump- Bubba swerved, then decided to take it at the last possible second. Levi nearly fell off, but stayed on through a combination of sheer determination and the horn on his saddle. Gina took the log without a problem.
We galloped for long periods of time- both of the horses were feeling good. We only slowed when we found the twisting, rocky trails that led up the steep hills that comprised the latter half of the course. Bubba took off like a shot any time Levi gave him a loose rein; Gina followed suit in a rhythmic, steady gallop; she felt as if she could go all day.
Along the way Levi and I debated the merits of riding English; I touted the virtues of the lightweight saddle. Levi expressed his disdain for the silly garb required at foxhunts and the like.
When the end of the pace was near, we urged our horses into a victorious flat-out run and crossed the finish line with a time of 1:39:12, ten minutes faster than our nearest competitor. While we were most definitely the fastest time, we finished dead last in a field of fifteen.
Happily, our horses finished sound and cooled out easily. Levi and I had a fun time in beautiful countryside, and our entry fees went to the HFH kennel fund. Levi has it all figured out for the fall- our team is definitely winning first place!


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We can't control when hunger strikes and we certainly can't control when it will strike a breastfeeding baby.
Christina Torino-Benton, from Montreal, Quebec, dealt with it like a pro during one of the most important days of her life - her wedding day.
The new mama didn't even miss a beat and just did what she says felt natural to her at the time, she breastfed her new baby right there in the middle of her wedding ceremony.
'I don't pump or bottle feed and I'm all about secure attachment parenting. She's never left to cry so when she started crying I couldn't focus on my wedding. All I was thinking about was taking her and nursing because I knew that was the only solution.
'Once I got her in my arms, I was able to calm down and focus. A lot of people think that my feeding her mid ceremony was a bother but actually it was nice having her up there with us. She is always a joy to have around,' Christina said.
The mother of two then shared the snap on a breastfeeding support group's page where it soon went viral.
It soon inspired other Mom's to share snaps of them in their wedding dresses, breastfeeding.


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When i enter the date in this format: 9/22/2012 asp.net MVC says it is not in a valid format.
When i look at the viewmodel which is filled via the binding, it says for the datefield: NULL.
When i look at the request, i see this as the posted value: 9%2f22%2f2012
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Can it be that it is a problem that the  slash in the date is escaped as %2f?

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Immune System Proteins Responsible for Fine Tuning and Reducing Motor Control
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· April 12, 2016
Princeton University researchers have found that a family of proteins with important roles in the immune system may be responsible for fine-tuning a person's motor control as they grow, and for their gradual loss of muscle function as they age. The research potentially reveals a biological cause of weakness and instability in older people, as well as a possible future treatment that would target the proteins specifically.
The researchers reported in the journal Brain, Behavior, and Immunity that proteins in the family MHCI, or major histocompatibility complex class I, "prune" the connections, or synapses, between motor neurons and muscle fibers. Pruning is necessary during early development because at birth each muscle fiber in humans, mice and other vertebrates receives signals from dozens of neural connections. Proper motor control, however, requires that each muscle fiber receive signals from only a single motor neuron, so without the pruning carried out by MHCI proteins, fine motor control would never emerge.
But the researchers also found that MHCI levels can rise again in old age, and that the proteins may resume pruning nerve-muscle synapse, except that in a mature organism there are no extra synapses. The result is that individual muscle fibers become completely "denervated," or detached from nervous system control. Denervated muscle fibers cannot be recruited during muscle contraction, which can leave older people weaker and more susceptible to devastating falls, making independent living difficult.
However, the Princeton researchers discovered that when MHCI levels were reduced in mice, denervation during aging was largely prevented. These findings could help scientists identify and treat the neurological causes of denervation and muscle weakness in the elderly.
Corresponding author Lisa Boulanger, an assistant professor in the Princeton Neuroscience Institute, explained that in infants, motor neurons initially make far too many connections to muscle fibers, which is part of why infants lack fine motor control. Synapse overproduction followed by pruning occurs in many different regions of the vertebrate nervous system, and the neuromuscular junction has often been used as a model for studying this process.
It is not known why more synapses are made during development than are needed. One possibility is that it allows the wiring diagram of the nervous system to be precisely tuned based on the way the circuit is used, Boulanger said. MHCI proteins help limit the final number of connections so that communication between neurons and muscles is more precise and efficient than would be possible using just a molecular code that produced a set number of connections.
"Molecules might get you to the right zip code, but pruning can make sure you arrive at the right house," Boulanger said. "During development, it's essential to get rid of extra synapses. But when you up-regulate MHCI when you're older and start pruning synapses again, but you don't have any extras to replace them."
Boulanger worked with first author Mazell Tetruashvily, who received her doctorate in molecular biology from Princeton in 2015 and is now completing her M.D. training at University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey; Marin McDonald, who received her doctorate in neuroscience from the University of California-San Diego (UCSD) in 2010, and is now a radiology resident at UCSD; and Karla Frietze, a doctoral student in Princeton's Department of Molecular Biology. Boulanger was on the UCSD faculty before moving her lab to Princeton in 2009.
In the immune system, MHCI proteins present protein fragments, or peptides, to T cells, which are white blood cells with a central role in the body's response to infection. This peptide presentation allows T cells to recognize and kill infected and cancerous cells, which present abnormal or foreign peptides on their MHCI proteins. It is unknown if the proteins' ability to help recognize and destroy infected or cancerous cells is mechanistically related to the proteins' ability to help eliminate excess synapses that the Princeton researchers discovered.
In the nervous system, MHCI proteins stop pruning synapses early in life. Why they may resume their synapse-eliminating activity later in life is unknown, Boulanger said. As immune-system proteins, MHCI levels increase with inflammation, she said. Aging is associated with chronic inflammation, which could explain the observed increase in MHCI levels and the reactivation of its former role.
The Princeton researchers found that mice bred to express less MHCI proteins had "more youthful" patterns of muscle innervation, since they were protected from denervation as they aged, Boulanger said. The mice actually lacked a protein known as beta-2 microglobulin, which forms a complex with MHCI and is necessary for MHCI expression on the surface of cells. This could be beneficial from a clinical perspective because beta-2 microglobulin is a soluble protein and can be removed from the blood, Boulanger said.
This image from a mouse bred to express less MHCI shows two motor neurons (green) still connected to a single muscle fiber (red) at an age when only one connection should remain. Credit: Lisa Boulanger, Princeton Neuroscience Institute, and Mazell Tetruashvily, Department of Molecular Biology.
"If a rise in MHCI is the problem, having less beta-2 microglobulin might be protective," Boulanger said. Recent results from a lab at Stanford University showed that reducing beta-2 microglobulin also helped with cognitive aging because of its effects on MHCI proteins. "Our studies raise the possibility that targeting one protein could help with both motor and cognitive aspects of aging," Boulanger said.
Because MHCI proteins are important in the immune system, however, such an approach could result in compromised immunity, Boulanger said. The mice bred to not express beta-2 microglobulin had weakened immune systems, as a result of their lower levels of MHCI proteins. Future work will include exploring the effectiveness of other approaches to reducing the proteins' synapse-eliminating activity in older nervous systems, ideally while leaving their immune functions intact, she said.
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About this genetics research
Funding: The research was supported by the Princeton Department of Molecular Biology and the Princeton Neuroscience Institute (grant no. 1F30AG046044-01A1), the UCSD School of Medicine, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the Whitehall Foundation, and the Princeton Neuroscience Institute Innovation Fund.
Source: Morgan Kelly – Princeton University
Image Credit: Image is credited to Lisa Boulanger, Princeton Neuroscience Institute, and Mazell Tetruashvily, Department of Molecular Biology.
Original Research: Abstract for "MHCI promotes developmental synapse elimination and aging-related synapse loss at the vertebrate neuromuscular junction" by Mazell M. Tetruashvily, Marin A. McDonald, Karla K. Frietze and Lisa M. Boulanger in Brain, Behavior and Immunity. Published online Apil 8 2016 doi:10.1016/j.bbi.2016.01.008
MHCI promotes developmental synapse elimination and aging-related synapse loss at the vertebrate neuromuscular junction
Synapse elimination at the developing neuromuscular junction (NMJ) sculpts motor circuits, and synapse loss at the aging NMJ drives motor impairments that are a major cause of loss of independence in the elderly. Here we provide evidence that at the NMJ, both developmental synapse elimination and aging-related synapse loss are promoted by specific immune proteins, members of the major histocompatibility complex class I (MHCI). MHCI is expressed at the developing NMJ, and three different methods of reducing MHCI function all disrupt synapse elimination during the second postnatal week, leaving some muscle fibers multiply-innervated, despite otherwise outwardly normal synapse formation and maturation. Conversely, overexpressing MHCI modestly accelerates developmental synapse elimination. MHCI levels at the NMJ rise with aging, and reducing MHCI levels ameliorates muscle denervation in aged mice. These findings identify an unexpected role for MHCI in the elimination of neuromuscular synapses during development, and indicate that reducing MHCI levels can preserve youthful innervation of aging muscle.
"MHCI promotes developmental synapse elimination and aging-related synapse loss at the vertebrate neuromuscular junction" by Mazell M. Tetruashvily, Marin A. McDonald, Karla K. Frietze and Lisa M. Boulanger in Brain, Behavior and Immunity. Published online Apil 8 2016 doi:10.1016/j.bbi.2016.01.008
beta-2 microglobulindevelopmental neuroscienceGeneticsimmune systemmajor histocompatibility complex class 1MCHImotor controlmuscle fibersneurodegenerationneurodevelopmentpruningsynapsessynaptic pruningT cells


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Using a "crime wave" to cover up their crimes
Elizabeth Schulte looks at the facts behind the misleading headlines about crime.
"A STARTLING rise in murders after years of declines," warned the New York Times in an August 31 article claiming that murder rates were on the rise in major U.S. cities, including St. Louis, Baltimore and Washington, D.C.
The findings in the article, which cited a 60 percent rise from last year in St. Louis and 76 percent increase in Milwaukee, was picked up by other news outlets like the BBC and the Washington Post.
The timing of the article was perfect if the purpose was to take public attention in a different direction from the epidemic of racist police murders that have taken place over the last year--which the Guardian's "The Uncounted" feature puts at over 800 this year so far.
As one explanation for the spike in crime, the Times article proposed what it called the "Ferguson effect": The claim that police officers are now hesitating to stop crime because they're afraid of being under scrutiny--and in turn, people who commit crimes have become more confident to do so.
The Times article also coincides with reports of a supposed spike in the killing of police officers, which some commentators outrageously blamed on the Black Lives Matter movement.
But while the timing was perfect from a certain point of view, the conclusions of Times "analysis" were anything but.
THE TIMES article reported an increase in crime in 30 U.S. cities, but not all major U.S. cities. In other words, its main claim skipped over those places where the murder rate hadn't increased. This cherry-picked data gave readers a conveniently skewed view of the numbers.
As Jim Naureckas argued at the media watchdog FAIR:
The evidence for this supposed murder wave seems to be the responses the Times got when it called police departments across the country. After the story's lead detailed a rise in homicides in Milwaukee, the story continued: "More than 30 other cities have also reported increases in violence from a year ago."
That's 30 out of a number that the New York Times does not disclose, making it a numerator without a denominator--though the story makes reference to the (steady) crime rate in Newark, which is the 69th largest city in the country, so depending on how thorough the Times' survey was, it's possible that half or more of the cities it contacted did not report any increase in violence.
Bruce Frederick of the Vera Institute of Justice responded to the Times article by taking a couple hours to look up data for 16 of the 20 most populous cities--and found that "only three experienced statistically reliable increases." He also observed that a single-year increase didn't mean there was any kind of meaningful trend, but could be a year-to-year fluctuation as numbers went up and down over time.
"The New York Times story...focused on the cities that have gotten a lot of national attention for being more violent this year than last year," John Roman, senior fellow at the Urban Institute's Justice Policy Center, told City Lab. Focusing on cities that happen to be struggling in any given year "really doesn't tell you anything about crime in America as a whole," Roman said.
According to a report released by the FBI in January, violent crime and property crime decreased in the first part of 2014--a continuation of a trend over the last two decades.
And as the Sentencing Project's Richard Rosenfeld points out, the data itself, provided by the Bureau of Justice Statistics and the FBI, is far from comprehensive. In other words, Rosenfeld writes, "everybody's data is anecdotal, a cherry-picker's delight. If you want to tell a story of crime increases, you can. If not, just pick from a different tree."
WHIPPING UP hysteria over crime is hardly a new trick. Politicians and the media have been doing it for years to win support for stricter policing, tough-on-crime legislation and skyrocketing incarceration rates. But today, it's also part of an effort to push the violence of the police out of the public eye--while emphasizing the alleged violence of the people they police.
Over time, this murder wave drumbeat has an effect on the way the U.S. population thinks about crime, the people charged with crimes, police and the laws.
Starting in the late 1970s and 1980s, politicians trying to reverse the social and economic gains won by the labor and social movements in the 1930s and 1960s used rhetoric about "coddling criminals" as an excuse to shred various social programs and institute "tough on crime" policies. The policies targeted the poor Black population of U.S. cities above all--while diverting anger at poverty away from the government and onto "criminals."
The relentlessly repeated idea that more policing and stricter laws was the only solution to the problems of poverty, government neglect and crime had an impact throughout the population: While African Americans--the disproportionate target of these draconian policies--support the idea of more punitive measures at a much lower rate than whites, it still finds a hearing in the Black community, in the absence of other solutions.
So for instance, a national survey conducted between 2000 and 2001 asked about support for "three strikes and you're out" laws--which impose mandatory life sentences on people convicted of a third serious offense. Some 70 percent of whites and 52 percent of Blacks voiced their support.
IN AN address to the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Fair Housing Policy Conference earlier this month, Attorney General Loretta Lynch linked the racist massacre of church parishioners in Charleston, South Carolina; the on-air shooting of two Virginia journalists; and the recent shooting of a police officer; concluding that:
many of our cities are seeing an increase in violence that we're looking at very closely. This wide violence against all of us, regardless of what uniform any of us wear, has to end. Our dialogue has to be focused on the preventing of violent crime as it touches all of us.
Violent crime touches all of us, according to Lynch. But the reality, of course, is that it in no way touches all of us equally.
In 2011, the homicide rate for Blacks was 6.2 times higher than for whites, a gap that has persisted for more than three decades, according to Bureau of Justice Statistics. In 2012, African Americans were 66 percent more likely than whites to be victims of sexual assault, robbery, aggravated assault and simple assault.
This gap holds true for less violent crimes. In 2008, Blacks were 78 percent more likely than whites to experience household burglary, 133 percent more likely to have their car stolen.
When it comes to the crimes of the police, the racial double standard is even starker. Blacks are more likely to be stopped and harassed by police for the "crime" of being in their own neighborhood, walking down the street. A recent ACLU investigation of policing in Chicago's predominately Black West and South Sides showed that police stopped a quarter of a million people over a four-month period in 2014 without arresting them.
Blacks are not only targeted by police, but throughout the injustice system. So while whites comprise the majority of drug users and sellers in the U.S., they were only 30 percent of the state prison population with drug convictions in 2011. Nearly 60 percent of middle-aged African American men without a high school degree have served time in prison.
It's an indictment of the twisted priorities of U.S. society that its only solution to violent crime is more violent crime--committed by the police. If our government were serious about the "crime wave," it would concentrate on getting the criminals in blue off the streets and spend the money wasted on policing and so much else on programs and policies that could make a difference in ordinary people's lives, like schools and jobs.
The protests in Ferguson and in cities across the country over the last year have exposed the crimes of racist police and the warped reality of law and order in America. But it has also prompted a growing number of people to ask not only how the police get away with murder--but what we can do to end it.
Tragic conditions behind an airline joy ride
The media are discounting sub-minimum wages and grueling conditions as factors in an airline worker taking off in a commercial jet.
Students walk out of school to say #Enough
The school walkouts on March 14 honored the victims of gun violence and cast a light on the issues facing those who say: #Enough.
Fighting to be free from gun violence
Student walkouts around the U.S. on March 14 are an opportunity to take on the creeping militarization of U.S. society--starting with our schools.
Jesse Hagopian and Jessie Muldoon
Militarizing our schools won't keep kids safe
Two educators lend their voices to the outcry against gun violence and the NRA--and point out the resources we actually need for safe schools.
Sean Larson
The political economy of "gun culture"
To understand why there are so many guns in the U.S., look at the industry that makes them--in coordination with the government.
Charleston and the crucible of race and class
The terrorist killings in a Black church is the product of 400 years of slavery, segregation and racist violence that still shapes life and labor today.
Bill Burke
The Nazis tried to kill us in Charlottesville
A survivor of the murderous far-right violence one year ago reflects on what happened that day and the lessons to be learned for the future.


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