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Trefusialaimus monorchis is een rondwormensoort uit de familie van de Trefusiidae.

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I saw Teya sing at a Welsh Factor night and loved her performance so invited her round for the Intro To Recording.
We failed at our first attempt as Teya had a very soar throat but she was still determined to give it a go. So we arranged a second meeting.
I'm glad we did as Teya came round, fully recovered and sang a brilliant version of Russian Roulette.
Some months went by before we managed to arrange another session. I'm glad we did as, in my opinion, Teya is an incredible young talent.
We recorded two more covers, Billie Eilish's "Lovely" and Christina Aguilera & Demi Lovato's "Fall In Line".


Check out the new history pages on the website. This is an ongoing project which will be updated throughout the summer to give you all an insight on the past history of the league. If anyone can help with any missing teams/years or mistakes please contact terry.gosney@btinternet.com , especially any information about league winners from the 50's, 60's and 70's as the skittle fixture books only started putting in the previous seasons tables from 1980.
This entry was posted in Notices on June 30, 2018 by Terry Gosney.
Thank you to the following companies who put an advert in 2017-18 fixture book.
If you are interested in putting an advert in the 2018-19 fixture book please contact Brian Newton.
This entry was posted in Notices on June 23, 2018 by Terry Gosney.
The AGM took place on Friday 15th June at the Colliton Club.
1. League fees and signing on forms are now due in by the end of September instead of October.
2. In the Ladies League up to two missing players will now be given a score of 30 instead of last seasons 35.
3. In the Ladies Pairs Competition teams will now be able to enter five pairs instead of four.
All League Officers and the committee were voted back on.
We lost one team out of the Open League (Greenstars), and gained one new team for the Ladies League (The Easy Beats).
The composition for the forthcoming season sees 14 teams in Sections A & B, and 13 teams in Section C, D and the Ladies League.
This entry was posted in Reports on June 23, 2018 by Terry Gosney.


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use std::collections::HashMap;

use syntect::parsing::Scope;

#[derive(Debug, Default)]
struct Node {
    value: Option<u32>,
    children: HashMap<Scope, Node>,
}

#[derive(Debug, Default)]
/// Nested lookup table for stacks of scopes.
pub struct StackMap {
    next_id: u32,
    scopes: Node,
}

#[derive(Debug, PartialEq)]
/// Result type for `StackMap` lookups. Used to communicate to the user
/// whether or not a new identifier has been assigned, which will need to
/// be communicated to the peer.
pub enum LookupResult {
    Existing(u32),
    New(u32),
}

impl Node {
    pub fn new(value: u32) -> Self {
        Node { value: Some(value), children: HashMap::new() }
    }

    fn get_value(&mut self, stack: &[Scope], next_id: u32) -> LookupResult {
        // if this is last item on the stack, get the value, inserting if necessary.
        let first = stack.first().unwrap();
        if stack.len() == 1 {
            if !self.children.contains_key(first) {
                self.children.insert(first.to_owned(), Node::new(next_id));
                return LookupResult::New(next_id)
            }

            // if key exists, value still might not be assigned:
            let needs_value = self.children.get(first).unwrap().value.is_none();
            if needs_value {
                let mut node = self.children.get_mut(first).unwrap();
                node.value = Some(next_id);
                return LookupResult::New(next_id)
            } else {
               let value = self.children.get(first).unwrap().value.unwrap();
                return LookupResult::Existing(value)
            }
        }
        // not the last item: recurse, creating node as necessary
        if self.children.get(first).is_none() {
            self.children.insert(first.to_owned(), Node::default());
        }
        self.children.get_mut(first).unwrap().get_value(&stack[1..], next_id)
    }
}

impl StackMap {
    /// Returns the identifier for this stack, creating it if needed.
    pub fn get_value(&mut self, stack: &[Scope]) -> LookupResult {
        assert!(!stack.is_empty());
        let result = self.scopes.get_value(stack, self.next_id);
        if result.is_new() {
            self.next_id += 1;
        }
        result
        }
    }

impl LookupResult {
    pub fn is_new(&self) -> bool {
        match *self {
            LookupResult::New(_) => true,
            _ => false,
        }
    }
}

#[cfg(test)]
mod tests {
    use super::*;
    use syntect::parsing::ScopeStack;
    use std::str::FromStr;

    #[test]
    fn test_get_value() {
        let mut stackmap = StackMap::default();
        let stack = ScopeStack::from_str("text.rust.test scope.level.three").unwrap();
        assert_eq!(stack.as_slice().len(), 2);
        assert_eq!(stackmap.get_value(stack.as_slice()), LookupResult::New(0));
        assert_eq!(stackmap.get_value(stack.as_slice()), LookupResult::Existing(0));
        // we don't assign values to intermediate scopes during traversal
        let stack2 = ScopeStack::from_str("text.rust.test").unwrap();
        assert_eq!(stackmap.get_value(stack2.as_slice()), LookupResult::New(1));
        assert_eq!(stack2.as_slice().len(), 1);
    }
}

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Żytna (niem. Zyttna)– wieś w Polsce położona w województwie śląskim, w powiecie rybnickim, w gminie Lyski.

W latach 1975–1998 miejscowość administracyjnie należała do województwa katowickiego.

Wieś została założona w XV wieku, w dokumentach z 1415 roku pojawia się nazwa Zitna. Nazwa Żytna pochodzi od nazwy pola, na którym uprawia się żyto. W 1885 roku we wsi znajdowały się 52 domy, wieś liczyła 304 mieszkańców. Przy ul. Wolności zlokalizowany jest kościół filialny pod wezwaniem Świętego Jana Nepomucena, zbudowany w latach 1986 – 88. Przy drodze do Budzina (przysiółek położony wzdłuż ulic Budzińskiej i Sobieskiego) stoi krzyż "Boża Męka" z 1892 roku W centrum Budzina znajdziemy jeszcze kapliczkę p. wezwaniem Świętego Jana Nepomucena.

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Oliver + Sons operates 100% out of a "virtual office" — with team members in both Baltimore and San Francisco, we couldn't do our jobs as well as we do them without Skype. Period. End of story. Case closed.
We woke up to a little treat in our inboxes this morning, Skype now offers its group video call feature for free (read the announcement here). The group video call feature is what's really driven us to continue our Premium Subscription, as it's been invaluable for brainstorming, strategizing, checking-in and just generally communicating with our clients, which span across countries and oceans.
So, here's to you Skype — without you, none of this would be possible. We'll probably even keep our Premium Account, just because we like you.
We love data. Data informs our decision-making, guides our strategy-conjuring, and really helps us understand our clients, their challenges, and successes. So, we've been eagerly awaiting news that Universal Analytics is finally out of beta, and ready for the big show. That announcement came early in April, and we've spent the past few weeks really getting our hands dirty with some of the new functionality.
1. Cross-Device Reporting Is Awesome! We work with a number of software and app publishers, and the ability to track customer-lifecycle as they migrate through the website into the app and back to the website has always been a huge challenge. Not to mention the massive challenge of identifying users in a multi-screen world. Universal Analytics' User ID functionality gives us the ability to do just that — track and measure the user as they navigate an organizations web, desktop and mobile properties.
2. All Analytics Everywhere. This isn't entirely new functionality, but many people don't know that you can add Google Analytics to just about any digital property. Want to track usage behavior in your mobile app? Yup, you can do it with Google Analytics. Want to track engagement patterns in your desktop app? Yup, Google Analytics can do that, too. Hell, you can even track user behavior on gaming consoles. Universal Analytics comes with several new versions of the Google Analytics tracking code, which make tracking off-web analytics even easier. More about that here.
3. Demographic + Interest Reporting. Okay, so this was available in Classic Analytics, but it was a big reason why we never fully migrated over to testing Universal Analytics when it was in Beta. In addition to providing basic information about key demographic information associated with your users, you can also drill down to evaluate your most profitable segments — all at the click of a button.
4. Cost Analysis, Kinda. This is a feature that's been available for some time now, as well, and we've always thought that it's had massive potential. If you're advertising with Adwords, and have your Adwords account connected to your Analytics account, you have the ability to marry your Adwords data (cost, impressions, campaign and ad group breakdown) with your Analytics data (bounce rate, conversion rate, time on site, etc). For the media planners, buyers and optimizers of the world, this simple integration has saved us countless hours of time. Cost Analysis offers the infrastructure to ingest similar data for all of your paid marketing campaigns. The feature, however, isn't without its issues (we'll probably get into that in another blog post), but Supermetrics offers a really snazzy, easy to use tool to automatically import your Bing data into Google Analytics.
Upgrade your Classic Analytics to Universal Analytics and set your inner data geek free.
Not sure how to make Google Analytics work for you? Get in touch. We'd love to coach you through it.
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We're Oliver + Sons, your digital marketing strategists. We are worker bees in a think tank; jacks-of-all-trades to complete your full house, and advisors to help you solve the problems you didn't know existed. We've worked with all types of businesses – from start-ups to global companies. Whether you have a skeleton crew of five to entire development teams, we add that extra spark to your branding, community, analytics, user experience, and customer acquisition approaches (among other things). With flexible creative solutions, we pride ourselves on complimenting your current business plan with that additional oomph you need to level up. Our past experience in-house, freelance, and within agencies has seasoned us with a certain "je ne sais quoi" that we want to proudly lend to your team.
We just wanted to say hello and let you know that we are excited to be here. If you need someone to talk to or want to ask us questions please contact us. Enjoy our ramblings about industry leadership, our favorite GIFs, ads we admire, and other various musings. Oh, and stay tuned without all the check-ins by signing up to get our precious O+S Quarterly (it's a newsletter, but with a cooler name and even cooler content).
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China reasserts commitment to addressing climate change
BY ALPHEA SAUNDERS
Senior staff reporter
saundersa@jamaicaobserver.com
BEIJING, China — Government officials in the People's Republic of China (PRC) yesterday restated that country's position on climate change, re-emphasising as it did at the recently held United Nations climate change action summit, that China attaches great importance on addressing the global challenge.
Minister, and secretary of the Leading Party Members' Group of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, Li Ganjie, has pointed out that in recent years China has made a number of effective efforts to address climate change.
He highlighted, for example, that emissions were lowered by 45.8 per cent since 2005, and that forest reserves have been significantly increased, with China's forestation now accounting for a quarter of newly added forestation globally.
Li was speaking at a news conference at the press centre for the founding of the 70th anniversary of the PRC in Beijing on Sunday.
The PRC is hosting journalists from 89 developing countries as a part of an ongoing media cooperation programme administered by the China International Press Communication Centre.
Li further refuted arguments that China is pursuing its development agenda with little attention to its role in the challenges presented by climate change.
He stressed that China still faces its own hurdles as it pursues its development agenda, but will still pursue its obligations under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, and will be taking further steps to mitigating climate change.
Meanwhile, Li outlined the ecological conservation and environmental protection mechanisms set in motion over the past several decades, which he said have flourished with historic achievements and transformation.
For one thing, he said that over the past 70 years, there has been continued enhancement of ecological conservation and environmental protection policy, firm measures implemented to strengthen pollution prevention — with plans in place for similar action for air, water and soil — and the reduction in emissions of main pollutants.
The moves, Li told journalists, are tied to China's development landscape and several are obligatory targets in the country's economic and social development.
According to statistics from the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, over the past five years the average fine particulate matter concentration in 74 cities that took the lead in implementing new air quality standards dropped by close to 48 per cent; and the proportion of good quality surface water increased to 71 per cent.
Li outlined also the transformation undertaken in environmental protection oversight through the bolstering of environmental governance structures since 1974.
Environmental law has been another pillar of China's efforts to protect and conserve the environment the State official said, through intense and unprecedented legislative framework which have either been formulated or revised in keeping with global obligations.

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Gary, Craig F and Shaughan begin by breaking down the many, many problems with Dundee at the moment. Craig then sums up the nonsensical nature of fandom by dreaming of a Tynecastle title push. From there they move to a deep dive of Dunfermline's recent struggles and the mounting pressure on Allan Johnston, before finishing with a rundown of the latest happenings in the managerial merry-go-round.


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Malaysian actor fined RM5,000 for drug abuse, court affirms two-year police supervision
Local actor Farid Kamil has been fined RM5,000 by the Court of Appeal for administering drugs to himself four years ago.
In allowing the 41-year-old's appeal on his sentence, a three-member bench led by Justice Kamaludin Said substituted a nine-month jail term imposed by a magistrate to the fine.
Farid, 41, will now begin a two-year police supervision, the bench decided. The Lagenda Budak Setan actor has also settled the fine imposed on him.
There were no aggravating circumstances that warranted a custodial sentence, according to Kamaludin, who was seated alongside Justices Ahmad Nasfy Yasin and See Mee Chun.
"The jail term is also not in line with sentencing trends for the offence (committed by Farid)," Free Malaysia Today reported Justice Kamaludin as saying.
A previous argument made by his lawyer Hisyam Teh Poh Teik was that the magistrate erred by imposing the jail sentence without taking Section 15(1)(a) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 into account.
"A fine was made the first option, only to be followed by an imprisonment term," said Hisyam, who was assisted by Kee Wei Lon and Low Wei Loke.
Additionally, he cited nine case laws in which trial courts fined defendants for using or self-administering drugs.
On Jan. 11, 2018, at 4:30 p.m., Farid committed the offence of self-administering ganja (tetra hydrocannibol).
On May 15, 2019, the Petaling Jaya magistrates' court handed down a nine-month prison term and a two-year supervision period under the National Anti-Drugs Agency.
In November 2019, the Shah Alam High Court rejected his appeal.
Eyu Ghim Siang, a deputy public prosecutor, represented the prosecution.
Farid will be playing prime minister Anwar Ibrahim in a biopic titled Jalan Masih Panjang – a joint production between Malaysia and Indonesia – which is slated for release next year.
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Analysts: Poll results show Malaysia is more racially polarized than ever
Results from Malaysia's just concluded election show the country is more polarized than ever along ethnic lines, analysts said, pointing to astonishing gains made by Perikatan Nasional, a new Malay…
Anwar Ibrahim's long journey: Once a prisoner, now the 10th prime minister of Malaysia
In the wake of his surprising election triumph, a look at the tumultuous political career of the man many Malaysians are pinning their hopes for lasting reform on.
$500 mn pledged for jihadist-torn Lake Chad
States in western Africa's Lake Chad region and international donors have pledged more than $500 million to help civilians threatened by jihadist insurgents and climate change, the organisers said on Friday.The money pledged by the Lake Chad Basin High Level Conference will "support a coordinated, complementary and overall regional response to the crisis," they said in a statement.


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Self-sailing 120-TEU feeder to replace trucks in Norway
THE world's first fully electric and self-sailing 120-TEU containership, owned by fertiliser maker Yara, is preparing to navigate Norway's southern coast, reports Reuters.
The ship will load and offload cargo, recharge its batteries and navigate without human involvement, said Yara.
The 261-foot feeder Yara Birkeland is set to replace trucks between Yara's plant in Porsgrunn in southern Norway and its export port in Brevik 8.7 miles away by road, starting next year.
For Yara it means reducing CO2 emissions at its plant in Porsgrunn, one of Norway's single largest sources of CO2, said CEO Svein Tore Holsether.
"Now we have taken this technological leap to show it is possible, and I'm thinking there are so many routes in the world where it is possible to implement the same type of ship," he said.
Built by Vard Norway, Kongsberg, provided key technology including the sensors and integration required for remote and autonomous operations.
"This isn't about replacing the sailors, it's replacing the truck drivers," said Yara project manager Jostein Braaten on the ship's bridge, which will be removed when the vessel is running on full automation.
The ship will load and offload its cargo, recharge its batteries and also navigate without human involvement.
Sensors will be able to quickly detect and understand objects like kayaks in the water so the ship can decide what action to take to avoid hitting anything, Mr Braaten said.
The system should be an improvement over having a manual system, he added.
"We've taken away the human element, which today is also the cause of many of the accidents we see," he said.
It is powered by batteries provided by Swiss Leclanche packing seven megawatt hours over eight battery rooms, the equivalent of 100 Tesla cars, Braaten said.


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Q: When did stories featuring Martian civilization / life become implausible? So much of classic SF, from Burroughs and Wells onwards, features Mars, Martians, Martian invasions, Martian cities, Martians in the desert, etc.
Obviously, today, this looks like absurd fantasy and no science fiction other than that deliberately doing some sort of homage would today feature present-day Martian life, but when did Martian life more substantial than some buried bacteria become understood as plainly absurd? Was this already a disproven conjecture by the time of the Golden Age, or did it manage to persist in some form into the 20th century?

A: I would say the Viking lander in 1976 is the end of fantasy Mars
The first 2 minutes of the 1980 Martian Chronicles movie explicitly says this and salvaged the premise by saying if Viking had landed in a different spot in would have been in a martian city.
Martian Chronicles movie

Of course the Face on Mars is a product of those missions so it didn't end for everyone - but the desolate surface pictures is a nice well defined point to end imagination and replace it with the cold fact of the Martian surface.

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Blu-ray Review: 'Hyde Park on Hudson' Wastes Audacious Turn by Bill Murray
Submitted by mattmovieman on April 12, 2013 - 12:38pm
Hyde Park on Hudson
Roger Michell
The King's Speech
Theater, TV, DVD & Blu-Ray
CHICAGO – I'm always astonished when a filmmaker takes a fascinating figure immortalized in history and decides to explore one of the least interesting aspects of their life. "The Iron Lady" was so fixated on celebrating Margaret Thatcher's gender that it ignored both her achievements and her controversies. "My Week with Marilyn" made the maddening decision to view its titular Hollywood icon through the perspective of a starry-eyed bore.
And now here's "Hyde Park on Hudson," a ghastly piece of would-be Oscar bait sure to offend every history buff eager to see a solid biopic (or, at the very least, character portrait) of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. This is a president whose policies are still a vital part of the national discourse today, and whose steadfast determination to pull America out of a hellacious Depression led to its transformation. Ed Asner has been touring the country in a one-man show about the last days of FDR's life, and it's just wonderful (I saw it a couple years ago in the Chicago suburbs). This film doesn't have a sliver of that bare-bones production's insight.
Blu-ray Rating: 1.5/5.0
Whereas a great picture like Steven Spielberg's "Lincoln" took a small vignette from its immortal leader's life, and used it to illustrate so much about the man's methodical genius, his intriguing contradictions and his complex personality, Roger Michell's "Hyde Park on Hudson" reduces a great man to a twinkly, perverse caricature. This is a profound disappointment, considering how devoted its star, Bill Murray, was to fully submerging himself in the role. This film marks the first time in years Murray has ventured far outside the boundaries of his typical misanthropic persona, and he's initially captivating to watch. But it soon becomes clear that the script by playwright Richard Nelson has little interest in understanding what made the towering president tic. It's more preoccupied with the rumored fling Roosevelt allegedly had with his distant cousin, Daisy (an uncommonly drab Laura Linney). They share a squirm-inducing scene in a parked car about 15 minutes into the picture that suddenly paints FDR as pathetic lecher. It's such a jarringly distasteful (not to mention ahistorical) sequence that the film never recovers from it, especially as it strains to deliver broad farce when King George VI (Samuel West) and Queen Elizabeth (Olivia Colman) pay a visit to FDR's country home. Colman is one of the most underrated actresses in the business—she proved her comedic chops on the uproarious UK series, "Peep Show," and was unforgettably wrenching in Paddy Considine's "Tyrannosaur"—and her delightfully befuddled chemistry with West is the sole highlight of "Hudson."
Hyde Park on Hudson was released on Blu-ray and DVD on April 9th, 2013.
Photo credit: Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Yet as good as West and Colman are in the roles, they are pale reflections of the royal couple portrayed in Tom Hooper's infinitely superior drama, "The King's Speech." Whereas that film built a convincing case that George's severe speech impediment was greatly diminished by his sessions with a therapist, "Hudson" points to FDR as George's potential savior. That's frankly impossible to believe, considering that all FDR does is tell George to loosen up and eat a hot dog. The script's lackluster portrayal of FDR's diplomatic maneuvers is laughably shallow, while its portrayal of his domestic life consists of irritating stereotypes (his extraordinary wife, Eleanor, is particularly ill-served by her worthless scenes). Roger Michell has directed some good films over the years, including "Notting Hill," "Venus," and especially "Changing Lanes," featuring Ben Affleck and Samuel L. Jackson in what may be their best performances. "Hudson" is an embarrassment no one deserves to sit through.
"Hyde Park on Hudson" is presented in 1080p High Definition (with a 2.35:1 aspect ratio), accompanied by English, French and Spanish subtitles, and is available in a Blu-ray/DVD/digital copy/UltraViolet combo pack. Extras include two deleted scenes, two featurettes and a commentary track where Michell and producer Kevin Loader discuss the formidable task of attempting to contact Murray, which could be the subject of a film in itself. They ended up getting the script to him through veteran props master Kris Moran ("The Royal Tenenbaums"), and Murray accepted the role via text. Memo to all filmmakers wishing to cast Bill Murray: hire Kris Moran.
'Hyde Park on Hudson' is released by Universal Studios Home Entertainment and stars Bill Murray, Laura Linney, Samuel West, Olivia Colman, Elizabeth Marvel and Olivia Williams. It was written by Richard Nelson and directed by Roger Michell. It was released on April 9th, 2013. It is rated R.
By MATT FAGERHOLM
matt@hollywoodchicago.com
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Morning guys! I'm feeling very happy and refreshed after the loveliest weekend. Friday night my brother came home and we had a chilled night in with him and his girlfriend. Saturday we had a pretty chilled morning preparing everything for the meal in the evening and then I went off to the train station to meet my boyfriend to go bowling! I won.. TWICE! I've now won three games so I'm feeling pretty smug haha! We then went back to mine to chill and wait for my brother, his girlfriend and my mums friend to arrive as we were having a big Persian roast dinner before we went to see the fireworks. It was lovely just sat around laughing and chilling with everyone and having homemade cocktails! We then wrapped up and all headed off to the fireworks in the cold and rain haha! There was a fire dance, an acoustic singer and then the main firework display at the end. There was lots to walk round and see in between, food, rides, drinks and fairy lights etc! After that we went back home, warmed up and then my mums friend went home, everyone else stayed and me and Rob went to go meet my bestie as she was back for the weekend for a night out in town! I had a good laugh and a good old dance and sing!
Sunday we didn't get up until lunchtime and then we chilled, caught up on tv, had a beef stew and then dropped everyone back at the station so they could get back to uni/work. That evening me and mum chilled and tried to stay awake as we were so tired from such a good but tiring weekend!
Monday was back to work and back to chocolate making for LeitchyCreates. I've started making the advents and I've also released a new range as well as working on the next selection box!
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Scatter the toasted nuts and coconut down the middle of the bowl. Arrange the chocolate on top od the yoghurt and decorate with berry powder.


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14 soldiers face court martial in Rivers
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TONY JOHN, Port Harcourt
Fourteen personnel of the Nigerian Army are facing court martial for alleged involvement in criminal offences ranging from murder, attempted murder, kidnapping and other light offences, in Rivers State.
The trial yesterday, followed the inauguration of a General Court Martial (GCM), which was performed by the General Officer Commanding (GOC), 6 Division and Land Component Commander, Operation Delta Force, Major General Jamil Sarham, in Port Harcourt.
Among the accused persons were three officers (including a Major) and 11 soldiers.
Earlier in his address, the GOC, Major General Sarham, said the inauguration of the General Court Martial was pursuant to Section 131 of the Armed Forces Act, conferred on him.
He stated: "The offences for which the accused persons are being tried range from murder, attempted murder, kidnapping, desertion, offences in relation to public and services property, disobedience to standing orders and conducts to the prejudice to service discipline, all punishable under the Armed Forces Act CAP A20 Law of the Federation of Nigeria 2004.
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"The NA is a creation of the Nigerian Constitution to carry out specific tasks to support the government effort in providing security for the Nigerian Nation.
"To achieve this, a disciplined and professional Armed Forces is imperative and this is in line with the Chief of Army Staff's vision, which is "To have a professionally responsive Nigerian Army in the discharge of its constitutional roles".
"There is no gainsaying that unless such a body of professionals is disciplined, achieving victory in battle and other specified assignments would not be easy.
"Section 131 of the Armed Forces Act therefore conferred on me the power to convene this General Court Martial and by so doing to try the accused persons who have allegedly violated some codes guiding our professional conduct", he explained.
Speaking further, Major General Sarham disclosed that the Court Martial is only one of the apparatus put in place by the Armed Forces of Nigeria to discipline its erring personnel.
"The establishment of Court Martial is predicated on the fact that the Armed Forces of Nigeria holds its personnel in high esteem, hence, its resolve to ensure that a thorough investigation must be conducted before any suspect can be put on trial as it is in the instant case.
"Let me at this juncture assure all of us that justice will not only be done on this entire trial, but be seen to have been done. This is not only because the case against each accused person was thoroughly investigated to ensure that an innocent person is not wrongly tried and punished as I pointed out earlier.
"Also, HQ 6 Division has painstakingly selected credible officers as members of the Court Martial to ensure fair hearing and justice. In addition to that, due regard was accorded to these officers having indebt knowledge of military law and outstanding experience of military duties", he posited.
The GOC, however, urged members of the court to be just and fair in the conduct of the trial, to ensure that each accused person is given a fair trial.
Responding, President of the seven-man General Court Martial, Brigadier General Bassey Etuk, assured that, by the confidence reposed on them (members of GCM), they would do justice.
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New Historic Preservation Certification Program Launched at Rutgers–Camden ~ The History Girl!
An innovative new program at Rutgers University–Camden will offer participants a unique opportunity to learn the processes and techniques of historic preservation in the living classroom of Camden and nearby Philadelphia and southern New Jersey.
History enthusiasts and scholars, practitioners, and other interested members of the public are invited to engage in public history as the Mid-Atlantic Regional Center for the Humanities (MARCH) at Rutgers–Camden launches the new certificate in historic preservation program this September.
The non-degree, non-credit program is designed for anyone who wants to gain a deeper understanding of the vocabulary and discipline of historic preservation, explains Tamara Gaskell, public historian in residence at MARCH and co-editor of The Public Historian, the flagship journal in the field of public history.
"This includes everyone from members of historic preservation commissions, town planners, historic site administrators, and volunteers, to owners of old or historic buildings, architects, engineers, attorneys, and students," says Gaskell.
According to MARCH's public historian in residence, the research center began offering new continuing education classes and workshops in historic preservation last fall, with the intent of developing them into a non-credit certificate program if enough interest was generated.
The new certificate program will offer an array of continuing-education classes, as well as full- and half-day workshops. Experienced, working professionals will lead all of the classes and workshops, providing a realistic perspective on how the tangible remains of the past can be integrated within current environments.
"Students will gain basic competencies as well as a more in-depth understanding of contemporary historic preservation practices," says Gaskell.
In order to be eligible for the certificate, students must earn 15 continuing education credits, including required courses in "Introduction to Historic Preservation" and "American Architectural History," as well as a course in either "Preservation Planning" or "Materials and Techniques of Historic Restoration and Rehabilitation." Some classes provide credit toward American Institute of Architects and/or American Institute of Certified Planners continuing education requirements. Students are also welcome to take individual courses or workshops without working toward a certificate.
Gaskell notes that the Rutgers–Camden program fulfills the greater mission of public history by supporting public historians and others who are working to preserve the remnants of the past found in our built environment.
For more information or to register, visit preservation.rutgers.edu/certificate-program or contact Gaskell at 856-225-6878 or tamara.gaskell@rutgers.edu.


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The Volkswagen Transporter was launched at the 1949 Geneva Auto Show and over the next 64 years that followed, over nine million were built. The bus shared the Beetle's air-cooled engine and could be operated on low-grade fuel.
Volkswagen produced the split-window Transporter from 1950 to 1967 and was available as an ambulance, police car, fire truck, bus, camper, and even a railroad speeder. Pickups were sold in the United States from 1952.
Initially, the pickup body styles were available as single-cabs, but due to public demand, 550 double-cab models were coachbuilt by Binz from 1955 to 1959. Modifications to the double cab included shortening the bed to five feet and installed a three-person seat with a curbside door.
In 1959, Volkswagen began making their own double-cab model.
It is believed that just 29 examples of the Binz double cabs have survived. This particular example is Binz body number 148. It was completed in March of 1958. In 2001, it was discovered in need of complete refurbishment which resulted in a high-quality rotisserie restoration. It is finished in Dove Blue with gray and white slotted wheels and a black interior. Since the restoration was completed, it has been driven fewer than 400 miles.
This Type 2 Double Cab is powered by an 1192cc flat four-cylinder engine fitted with a single Solex carburetor. There is a four-speed manual transmission and four-wheel hydraulic drum brakes.
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One of the principles of ecotourism is to create conditions when neighbourship with the protected areas and nature conservation becomes interesting for the locals. One of the possibilities that this neighborhood can provide is participation of local community in the development of eco and rural tourism.
Ecotourism has been actively developed in Polistovsky Reserve since 2012, when the first ecotrails - "Plavnitskoe bog" and "From the bog to the ocean" in Bezhanitsky district and "Mossmen route" in Loknyansky district were launched. And in 2013-2014 author excursions were developed by the residents of Tsevlo village.
Now the list of applications for the tourists includes interesting local excursions, souvenirs, and traditional Russian dishes.
Rural Tourism is a perspective and popular trend. Many citizens, seeking to escape from the bustle of the city and to get away from the everyday office routine going to the village, where everything is a wonder for them. Normal life of the village is perceived as exotic, healthy and organic foods - like delicacies.
We are always glad to cooperate with the people living next to the Reserve, who want to work with tourists as guides, offer visitors rustic souvenirs, food, accommodation in a village house or carry out master classes.


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19 projects pending for years SHILLONG: As many as 19 power projects are pending to be implemented in Meghalaya at a time when the State does not have sufficient power to address the current shortage.
The flood situation in Meghalaya remained grim on Tuesday though water level in some parts of Garo Hills receded even as death toll due to the devastation caused by flash flood and landslides rose to 25.
Five districts of Garo hills today pledged to ensure an aggressive approach towards meeting the mandate of Nirmal (Clean) Meghalaya by 2017. The deputy commissioners of the five districts gave presentations at the two day consultative workshop on "Nirmal Meghalaya" highlighting the substantial gains, which have been made to increase improvement in sanitation.
TURA: The Garo Students Union and several organizations have formed a Joint Action Committee (JAC) to halt the government from going ahead with its water supply project at Daribokgre village after a spot visit to the dam site on Saturday where they met the parliamentary secretary for PHE and department officials. The North Tura MLA and parliamentary secretary Noverfield R Marak along with other NGOs and officers had on Saturday carried out an inspection of the dam site which will tap the water from the Daribokgre stream for Tura.


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Funeral (short story)
"They said his brother paid for the funeral."
"Mmmmm, Yes they, would they're good people, those Raven's. So much done to them, and still they do the right thing."
"Robert wouldn't have wanted an extravaganza anyway, this is perfect, just a few of his close friends and family members."
"It's too bad Keith couldn't be here though, brothers are brothers, and business should always take second place to family."
"Really, don't date yourself, I remember growing up, my father said he would miss my wedding if it was during his market season. His market was only downtown, Keith is in New Zealand"
These people bantering at a funeral, my best friend's funeral, make me want to leave. Conversation carried on endlessly, gossip with only a pretext of sympathy. Already, I can plan out the entire conversation: start with the sympathy, mention how nice the service is, note how small it is, and how it was at the expense of Bob's brother David, then the whispering would start. Casual at first, but always accompanied with a lighting up of the eyes, the real joy of the conversation.
Subdued talks of how good it is of David to do all this for Bob, considering all the bad Bob has done. That Bob, always perfectly nice, but died so tragically, so needlessly. If only that Bob had finished his degree, if only that Bob had worked harder, if only that Bob could have been reasonable. I know what they're trying to say: good riddance, Bob, a nice guy, but what did he ever participate to society, what did he ever do.
My poor friend Bob. It's been a week since I heard, a month since it happened, and ten years since I last saw him. Likely, I'm the only real friend of Bob's here, and it's only a fluke that I ended up coming. Running into a friend of a friend at work, who had been invited, wondering if I was coming to; when she found out I was not invited, she was so embarrassed, like she'd let out a secret, like me, a scoundrel, had no business in mourning
Well, invitation or not, I came. Certainly no one rude enough to tell me to leave, but everyone polite enough to tell me I'm not wanted in as friendly a way as possible. But what do I care of slights, they've been hurled at me for years. No, today is about Bob.
Bob and me collided in our last year of university. Neither of us were finished our degrees, but the time was over. We shared an apartment, I put an ad in the paper, he took it, that was it, my life changed by me being cheap in rent. Bob would have liked to talk about a little detail like that.
We lived together for four months. We would each have class at nine, and wake up at noon, and the first action of the day was to be eating some Brunch, and looking guilty at each other, like we'd each been caught running down the hall in grade school, knew it was wrong, but still could not understand why this teacher wanted us to feel so bad. The fact was, we each felt so good.
Those months are so crystal clear in my head. The maker of them in a box ten feet away, yet here I am remembering the both of us fighting hand over fist for the last piece of bread, remembering the talk we had where I realized that school was going to destroy my soul, remembering the time he came home and I was shooting up, and he gave me a hug, told me the world was a hard complicated place, and he had to move out.
Years passed by in those months, my entire life passed by, maybe. Everything we did was so alive. Dinner a pleasure to make with music blaring, wine pouring, and new chefs mastering simple dishes as if they were after Michelin stars. Always a joke about the washroom, how it was easier to wear sandals then to actually clean. Sitting in good lighting, listening to good music, talking to each other about anything that flittered through our minds. We did do some action, we went to some amazing parties, saw some amazing things, but when I look back, all I remember is us sitting side by side, and talking. And now that head which expressed so much of itself to me, sits silent forever, feet away.
Bob, me, and the rest of the world, we all took different paths in life. I walk down a street, I don't fit in. The rest of the world walks down the street, and there's nobody who doesn't fit in, and Bob, well he doesn't walk down the street, maybe he's skipping, or running through the forest, or even in the gutter. He does what he does.
I remember Bob suckered me into working at this after school charity with him. He loved kids, knew he'd never have em, and still liked to be around them. Anyway, we'd just finished a few hour session, had a lot of fun, and me and Bob are around the corner having a smoke. Now, something you need to know about Bob, is that he's a chameleon, he'll fit in anywhere. But he doesn't like it when those lives intersect, and when some little tween girl walks around the corner and sees her happy go lucky counselor doing something like smoking, Bob, he aint happy.
She lectures him, saying "You know smoking's bad for you."
Bob goes, "What does it mean it's bad for me."
She gets that little superior look on her face, that one only 12 year old girls can get, and lectures, "smoking will make you die young, is what I mean by it's bad for you."
And Bob looks at her straight, not a hint of a chuckle, but not a hint of darkness either, just stating a fact: "What if I die young anyways, then why would I care about smoking."
The little girl had no answer, and she took it as a joke. They laughed, and Bob said some shit about how he'd quit just for her. I think he even meant it too, that's probably the only thing that could make him quit, a promise to a little innocent. She took it as a joke, but it made me think; it wasn't a joke. Not at all.
That night I asked Bob about what he meant he wasn't going to live long. He thought about it, you could tell it was a conversation he wasn't to pumped on. He said "You know, when I was sixteen, I was with some friends, sitting on a rooftop, looking at the city and stars. We were really happy. We had some wine, and we started talking, and I told them that if that was the last night of my life, I was happy. I'd drunk the cup of life, and what greedy person asks for seconds. Everybody said I was bullshitting, that if there was a gun to my head, I'd obviously choose life. And that is true. But that does not contradict that I've already lived a full life. That night was years ago, I'm on my third or fourth cup of life now. What right do I have to ask for anymore."
It's been a coupla years now since me and Bob, we last met. It hasn't been voluntary, at least on my part. I love the guy. I'd see him everyday. No, he was the one that made it so we wouldn't see each other.
One day, this was after we'd both dropped university, he came over to my house. I hadn't seen him in about a week, and he never stops over, it was a surprise. He wasted no time with niceties. The first thing he told me was that he would never see me again. He didn't word it so brusquely, he made a joke out of it, he made it seem natural. But that is what he said.
Naturally, I asked him why not, he got a problem with me, I do something wrong? He told me he was just trying to be happy. That being here, he feels pressure, the weight of the world's eyes on his shoulders. That he was running away like a little boy, so he could live the life of his dreams. I asked him what that dream was, he told me it was to talk to people. I told him we were talking now, and he nodded, and said how he wished we could just do this for an eternity. He told me that money was a step to happiness he didn't want to take. That work was something you did so that after work, you would have free time. That TV is something you watch so you don't see your life. That drinking is something you do, so you feel like you're doing something. He told me that everybody thought they were going somewhere, making more money, buying nice cars, getting families, but really they're just treading water. That he wished no ill to these people, but he is unhappy, and why on earth should a person be unhappy. So he was going to leave that which was making him so down. Which was apparently everything.
He didn't quite word it like that, there was a lot of how he's the happiest and saddest person in the world, and that everything is balanced. All that bullshit. But he was serious. And that was the last time I ever saw him
Every now and then, in these last few years, I would see something that reminded me of Bob. A crosswalk where I pulled him back so a bus wouldn't hit him. A road that we would walk up and down, up and down, talking, and letting our conversation end before the walk. A restaurant where he made the waitress fall in love with both of us. There's a painting of his life all around me, and I'm stuck seeing new colors every day.
I would see something, and wonder. Where is he right now. Is he happy. Is he better off then the rest of us. Is whatever he's doing just another way of living an unhappy life like the rest of us. I'd see things and I'd wonder.
Then one day, I heard about this funeral. Now there's all these people around us, those faces of the crowd he was repelled from. Everyone looking at the cheap casket, making the motions of mourning, but the silent hiss of superiority fills the room. Here was a man who thought he was better then us, the crowd seems to inhale, and now he is dead and we are not, the crowd seems to exhale.
"Such a tragedy, to die so unfulfilled," One says.
He was the happiest person I ever met.
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When the aspect's orb permits it to be made across the line of a sign, as illustrated in Elbert Hubbard's case by the sun (near the end of a common sign) square Jupiter (near the beginning of a cardinal sign), the planets here are in sextile aspect and so quadrature support is not necessary, if anything they must be out of quadrature.
Looking at the square between the Sun and Neptune in the chart of Elbert Hubbard, we see immediately that it is out of quadrature and should be disregarded. Only a square within the same quadrature should be examined. That is true of trines, oppositions, and conjunctions as well. Knowledge of this will spare the student many embarrassing mistakes in the horoscopes where the cusps of the houses might make the planets seem to be in a relation quite different from their actual situation.
Hattie's preponderance in the 12th makes sense, as it rules "hidden issues" and hospital scenes. Typically because Pisces is the essential ruler it covers feet and toes, but in Hattie's case the chart is almost reversed and Venus is in the opposite opposite of Virgo and so rules "teeth." Hattie is a dental surgeon and so it is true that her work is similar to "mining" and exploration. She also have a preponderance in Leo, showing that she works best where is she is in charge — she have 5 planets in Leo spanning from the eleventh to the twelfth houses.
Her temperament type is a Bundle as her planets all fall within one trine of the circle.


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Search for Common Ground
By: Caitlin Rogers
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Q: PostBack Events Not Firing form Controls a bug from visual studio? I think i'm missing something. What is the proper way to display an html div, for example, if the actual condition is met using Page_Onload + isPostBack + asp:button as a trigger for the event as following:
Page_Load -> Click event fired
Page load - element(a dynamically generted string for multiple table rows in this case)
status hidden
Client click submit button:
Element toggled to visible.
 protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
 {
    if (!Page.IsPostBack)
    {
      nothing yet
    }
    else
    {
      suppose to check on client event handle by asp button
    }
 }

// So here is the event fired by client
protected void imgButSbmt_Click(object sender, ImageClickEventArgs e)
{
    initializeReportTable();
}

and suddenly while trying to make sure I am correct with this argument,
I could see that imgButSbmt_Click is not "hitting" (with break Point attached while in debugging mode).
So first... I could note at this time that it's an unusual behavior (and while I am writing this question supposbly related to all my projects, this one was not firing at all events, so I solved it by deleting the solution file as I was writing this post).
So now, it does work.
BUT... this time (while solution is not yet to be Created) I re-opened my website "project" via File-Open-Website.
Hit F5 ...break Point works fine in red color.. no explanation marks this time. However, all events from the button & Drop down List that are configured to AutoPostBack
protected void DDL_Month(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    initializeReportTable();
}

were not firing. All events except for Page_Load are firing now. After checking again it does fire but only on the second time!
What is happening here?
I remembered some readings I came across awhile ago that said I should check the autoeventwireup and make sure it is set to true (it's the default I think).
So these are the page directives:
<%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeFile="Default.aspx.cs" Inherits="_Default" %>
<%@ Register Assembly="AjaxControlToolkit" Namespace="AjaxControlToolkit" TagPrefix="cc1" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">

Here is an example of a control DropDownList + imgButton within a table:

                    <asp:DropDownList ID="DDL_Month" runat="server" AutoPostBack="True" OnSelectedIndexChanged="DDL_Month"></asp:DropDownList>

                    <asp:ImageButton ID="imgButSbmt" ImageUrl="images/sendreq.png"
                        runat="server" Height="25px"  OnClick="imgButSbmt_Click"
                        style="margin-right: 0px; border-width:" />

A: as sugested by @JonH , and as a solution i've already had to use in some other even bugier scenario
if you're experiencing any UCB (un identified Code Behavior)...
just do as follow
1) open a new folder as a new home for the project Work-folder
2) copy all sub folders from The Buggy project, such as images, js etc'
3) Create a new webSite / any other application you had unusual problems with
then just apply all references needed for the application , copy codes to newly created .cs/vb/aspx
accordingly , use exisiting items (your other classes that are in separeted files)
and now you're ready to continue working...
the bugs should be behind you by now
just don't forget to delete the old project and any solutions files associated with it.
hope it will help some of other fresh developers who also encounterd the U.C.B Phenomenon


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Q: CakePHP3 MissingControllerException after upgrade to stable version This morning I read that CakePHP 3 has been released. I ran a composer update and was greeted with a MissingControllerException. I am pretty sure I did nothing else but updating via composer (I wanted to add the BootstrapUI plugin but reverted all of the changes later). The error message tells me to create a file which is already present (src\Controller\IndexController.php).
I have not changed routes but also tried to use the routes.php from the skeleton app (stripped the comments, only used the default path / which should lead to the index action of the index controller):

Router::defaultRouteClass('Route');

Router::scope('/', function ($routes) {
    $routes->connect('/', ['controller' => 'Index', 'action' => 'display', 'home']);
    $routes->connect('/pages/*', ['controller' => 'Pages', 'action' => 'display']);
    $routes->fallbacks('InflectedRoute');
});
Plugin::routes();

I have also checked the autoloading from composer. It seems to be the identical to the one from the skeleton app. At this point I have no clue what else to look for or what other data I could provide you. Maybe the composer.json will help:
{
    "name": "xyz/appname",
    "description": "",
    "type": "project",
    "keywords": [""],
    "license": "GPL-3.0",
    "authors": [
        {
            "name": "xyz"
        }
    ],
    "require": {
        "php": ">=5.4.16",
        "cakephp/cakephp": "~3.0",
        "mobiledetect/mobiledetectlib": "2.*",
        "cakephp/migrations": "~1.0",
        "cakephp/plugin-installer": "*"
    },
    "require-dev": {
        "phpunit/phpunit": "4.*",
        "cakephp/debug_kit": "~3.0",
        "cakephp/bake": "~1.0"
    },
    "config": {
        "vendor-dir": "vendor/"
    },
    "autoload": {
        "psr-4": {
            "appname\\": "src"
        }
    },
    "autoload-dev": {
        "psr-4": {
            "appname\\Test\\": "tests",
            "Cake\\Test\\": "./vendor/cakephp/cakephp/tests"
        }
    },
    "scripts": {
        "post-install-cmd": "App\\Console\\Installer::postInstall",
        "post-autoload-dump": "Cake\\Composer\\Installer\\PluginInstaller::postAutoloadDump"
    },
    "minimum-stability": "dev",
    "prefer-stable": true
}

A: I have solved it D'OH.
I checked the autoload_psr4.php from composer and found the error. My app is called 4Hoarders. But namespaces and classnames are not allowed to start with a number. So I changed the namespace to Hoarders. The composer.json had the full name 4Hoarders and thus generated the class loading like this:
...
'4Hoarders\\Test\\' => array($baseDir . '/tests'),
'4Hoarders\\' => array($baseDir . '/src'),
...

The solution was changing the composer.json from this:
"autoload": {
    "psr-4": {
        "4Hoarders\\": "src"
    }
},
"autoload-dev": {
    "psr-4": {
        "4Hoarders\\Test\\": "tests",
        "Cake\\Test\\": "./vendor/cakephp/cakephp/tests"
    }
},

to that:
"autoload": {
    "psr-4": {
        "Hoarders\\": "src"
    }
},
"autoload-dev": {
    "psr-4": {
        "Hoarders\\Test\\": "tests",
        "Cake\\Test\\": "./vendor/cakephp/cakephp/tests"
    }
},


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What is the function of the elastic Fibres in the aorta?
1 What is the function of the elastic Fibres in the aorta?
2 What type of collagen is elastic fiber?
3 Are elastic fibers found in the heart?
4 Where is elastin found?
5 How can you tell if fiber is elastic?
6 What is type 2 collagen made from?
7 Where are elastic fibers found in the aorta?
8 Which veins do not have valves?
9 How can I regain elasticity in my skin?
10 What foods are high in collagen and elastin?
11 Why is elastin important in the aorta?
12 What is the difference between collagen and elastin fibers?
13 What happens to the elastic fibers in the aorta?
14 Which is an important component of the aorta?
15 What is the function of elastic fibres in connective tissue?
16 Where does elastin come from in elastic fibers?
17 What causes the weakening of the aorta wall?
18 What are the three layers of the aortic wall?
3.1. Elastic fibers provide reversible elasticity to the aorta, while collagen fibers provide strength and limit distension at high pressures. Loss of critical elastic fiber components alters the mechanical behavior of the aortic wall.
What type of collagen is elastic fiber?
Elastin is the main functional component of elastic fibers. Elastin protein has little structure and individual proteins are crosslinked into a network. Tensile forces stretch elastin protein into an extended conformation.
Are elastic fibers found in the heart?
But elastic fibers are present in relatively high concentration in several organs, including the largest arteries in the body. This image shows a portion of the wall of the aorta, the large vessel that carries blood from the heart to the body.
Where is elastin found?
Elastin: Think elastic. Elastin is found with collagen in the dermis. It's another protein, responsible for giving structure to your skin and organs. As with collagen, elastin is affected by time and the elements.
How can you tell if fiber is elastic?
Unlike collagenous fibres, they show no orderly fibrous subunits under microscopic examination but sometimes appear to be composed of minute fibrils around a solid core. Elastic fibres are not broken down by hot water, as are collagenous fibres; and they are resistant to most enzymes.
What is type 2 collagen made from?
chicken sternum cartilage
Native type II collagen is a nutraceutical ingredient derived from chicken sternum cartilage.
Where are elastic fibers found in the aorta?
Another important component in the aorta is the vascular smooth muscle cells (SMCs). Elastic fibers and SMCs alternate to create a highly organized medial layer within the aortic wall.
Which veins do not have valves?
Explanation: There are four pulmonary veins, two from each lung. The left and right superior and inferior pulmonary veins carry oxygenated blood from the lungs back to the left atrium of the heart. They differ from other veins in that they do not have valves.
How can I regain elasticity in my skin?
13 ways to improve or restore skin elasticity
Collagen supplements. Collagen is a protein found in the skin's connective tissues.
Retinol and retinoids. Retinol is a form of vitamin A.
Hyaluronic acid.
Genistein isoflavones.
Hormone replacement therapy (HRT)
Witch hazel extract.
Cocoa flavanols.
What foods are high in collagen and elastin?
13 Foods That Help Your Body Produce Collagen
Bone broth. Share on Pinterest.
Chicken. Share on Pinterest.
Fish and shellfish. Share on Pinterest.
Egg whites. Share on Pinterest.
Citrus fruits. Share on Pinterest.
Berries. Share on Pinterest.
Tropical fruits. Share on Pinterest.
Garlic. Share on Pinterest.
Why is elastin important in the aorta?
Elastin is the principal load-bearing element in the aorta. The aortic wall contains smooth muscle, elastin, and collagen arranged in concentric layers in order to withstand arterial pressure. Elastin fragmentation and degeneration are observed in aneurysm walls.
What is the difference between collagen and elastin fibers?
While elastin is also a protein found in connective tissues—it's a different type of protein than collagen. That's your Elastin working. These two proteins work together to give skin its shape and firmness. Collagen provides rigidity, while elastin allows skin to stretch when we make an expression.
What happens to the elastic fibers in the aorta?
Disruption of elastic fibers due to congenital defects, inflammation, or aging dramatically reduces aortic elasticity and affects overall vessel mechanics. Another important component in the aorta is the vascular smooth muscle cells (SMCs).
Which is an important component of the aorta?
What is the function of elastic fibres in connective tissue?
Elastic fibres Elastin is another fibrous protein. As the name suggests, elastin is elastic. In ordinary connective tissue, elastic fibers help restore normal shape after distortion. In high enough concentrations, elastin confers a yellowish color (as in the elastic ligament, ligamentum flavum, where flavum = yellow)
Where does elastin come from in elastic fibers?
Elastic fibers are comprised of an elastin core and surrounding microfibril scaffold. Elastin is encoded by a single ELN gene and is translated to a ~70 kDa protein secreted as the monomeric form called tropoelastin from elastogenic cells in the skin, lung and vasculature [ 8 ].
What causes the weakening of the aorta wall?
Marfan's is caused by a mutation in the gene that encodes fibrillin. Fibrillin is one component of elastic fibers. In Marfan's, the wall of the aorta is weakened and susceptible to formation of aneurysms and potentially rupture.
What are the three layers of the aortic wall?
The three layers of the aortic wall are visible here. The tunica intima is thin and composed of endothelial cells and their underlying supporting tissue. The tunica media is the largest portion of the wall and is composed of elastic fibers, smooth muscle and collagenous tissue. Note the presence of large numbers of elastic fibers.
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Ann E. Austin is a Professor in the Higher, Adult, and Lifelong Education (HALE) program at Michigan State University, where she has previously served as Program Coordinator. In 1998, she was a Fulbright Fellow in South Africa, and earlier in her career, a faculty member at Vanderbilt University and at Oklahoma State University. Dr. Austin holds a Ph.D. from The University of Michigan, an M.A. from Michigan, an M.S. from Syracuse, and a B.A. from Bates College.
Professor Austin's research interests concern organizational change and transformation in higher education, faculty careers, roles and professional development, the improvement of teaching and learning processes in higher education, and work and workplaces in academe. Currently, she is co-principal investigator of a National Science Foundation Center for Postsecondary Teaching and Learning in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. Recently she has co-directed a longitudinal study of graduate education, funded by the Pew Charitable Trusts and the Spencer Foundation. Other current projects concern theories and strategies for faculty professional development, reform efforts in graduate education, and comparative research and theory development on organizational change in higher education in different national contexts.
Dr. Austin has authored or co-authored numerous chapters, and articles, including work in the Journal of Higher Education, the Review of Higher Education, Research in Higher Education, The American Behavioral Scientist, Change, The South African Journal of Higher Education, To Improve the Academy, and the AERA Handbook of Research on Teaching (2001). Her books and monographs include Paths to the Professoriate: Strategies for Enriching the Preparation of Future Faculty (with D. H. Wulff, 2004); Higher Education in the Developing World: Changing Contexts and Institutional Responses (with D. W. Chapman, 2002); Heeding New Voices: Academic Careers for a New Generation (with R.E. Rice and M.D. Sorcinelli, 2000); Developing New and Junior Faculty (with M.D. Sorcinelli, 1992); two ASHE-ERIC monographs, Faculty Collaboration: Enhancing the Quality of Scholarship and Teaching (with R. Baldwin, 1991); The Academic Workplace: New Demands, Heightened Tensions (with Z. Gamson, 1983).
Dr. Austin was the 2000-2001 President of the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE), in which she previously served on the Board of Directors (1985-1987), as Conference Program Chairperson (1992), and as chair and member of a number of committees. She also was the 2001 Program Chair for Division J (Higher/Postsecondary Education) of the American Educational Research Association, for which she earlier served on the Division J Executive Board. She has served on the editorial boards of the Vanderbilt University Press Series on Higher Education, the South African Journal of Higher Education, the Review of Higher Education, The Journal of General Education, and Educational Administration Quarterly. In 1989, Ann Austin was the first recipient of the ASHE "Promising Scholar Award" (now called the "Early Career Award"). In 1998, she was named one of the forty "Young Leaders of the American Academy" by Change.
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An eclectic blend of spices that bring subtle, warm spiced, oriental flavours to chicken; it also works well on pork.
Suggestions: Apply liberally to whole chickens, not forgetting inside the cavity, or sprinkle onto chicken portions 30 minutes before cooking.
Other uses: Also great on pork, especially pork tenderloin or loin, duck breast and root vegetables, butternut squash and pumpkin.