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881 children used as human bombs in Nigeria in 2017 - UN
Jun 28, 2018 National 3235 By Obiaks News
The United Nations has said 881 children died in Nigeria in 2017, half of which resulted from suicide, including those used as "human bombs" by Boko Haram terrorists.
The UN in a report on Thursday disclosed that over 1,900 children were detained because of their or their parents' alleged association with the Islamist sect.
The world body stated this in
the 2017 edition of its annual Children and Armed Conflict Report, which covered conflicts in 20 countries, including Nigeria, Afghanistan, India, the Philippines, Syria and Yemen.
UN's expert on Children and Armed Conflict, Virginia Gamba, said the global body verified 881 children, out of which 570 were killed and 311 maimed in Nigeria.
She attributed 620 of the casualties to Boko Haram and 261 to the Nigerian security forces.
The expert said Boko Haram has continued to force civilians, including children, to perpetrate suicide attacks.
She said the total number of verified cases of the recruitment and use of children decreased by almost 50 percent from 2,122 in 2016 to 1,092 in 2017 in Nigeria.
The UN envoy said the decrease might be attributed to the loss of territory by Boko Haram, the displacement of civilians from areas controlled by the group and the Civilian Joint Task Force action plan, signed in 2017.
With regard to the security forces, she stated that 235 casualties were caused by the unfortunate aerial bombardments on Rann in 2017, while 26 casualties were suspected to be carrying improvised explosive devices.
"Almost half of all casualties, 411 resulted from suicide attacks perpetrated by Boko Haram including the use of children as carriers of person-borne improvised explosive devices, the report said.
It noted, "A worrying trend is the continued use of children by Boko Haram as carriers of person-borne improvised explosive devices, with 146 cases documented in Nigeria.
"The UN verified 45 incidents of rape and other forms of sexual violence, affecting 131 children, including nine boys and 125 cases � nine boys and 116 girls � were attributed to Boko Haram. All child victims attributed to Boko Haram were abducted, raped or forcibly married to members of the group."
The report also said the UN verified four attacks on schools and one attack on a hospital in Nigeria attributed to Boko Haram.
It noted that 82 of the Chibok schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram in April 2014 were released as a result of internationally supported negotiations between Boko Haram and the Nigerian government, while 112 remained unaccounted for.
Gamba encouraged the government to end the use of schools for military purposes, in line with the commitments in the Safe Schools Declaration, and to provide a protective educational environment for children in particular for girls.
"The continued number of violations by Boko Haram remains gravely disturbing, in particular, the use of children as carriers of person-borne improvised explosive devices and the number of abductions," she said.
She expressed concern for the significant increase in the number of children killed and maimed and cases of sexual violence.
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A basket full of awards for Meagan Flynn.
Former staffer Meagan Flynn has received top honors in a journalism contest sponsored by the Harris County Medical Society for three articles she wrote in the past year for the Houston Press.
And she placed second in that same category and received a Certificate of Merit for "Chelsea and Nick Torres Were Not Going to Give Up Their Conjoined Twins".


Science tries to strengthen our minds permanently by making us realize reality!
Posted by Dr. Krishna Kumari Challa on February 1, 2016 at 8:20am in Science Simplified!
Recently, during a discussion on science several people who were not from the field of science objected to Stephen Hawking's observations on death, brain, after life and heaven.
The belief that heaven or an afterlife awaits us is a "fairy story" for people afraid of death.
In a dismissal that underlines his firm rejection of religious comforts, Britain's most eminent scientist said there was nothing beyond the moment when the brain flickers for the final time.
I regard the brain as a computer which will stop working when its components fail. There is no heaven or afterlife for broken down computers; that is a fairy story for people afraid of the dark, he added.
In the interview, Hawking rejected the notion of life beyond death and emphasised the need to fulfil our potential on Earth by making good use of our lives. In answer to a question on how we should live, he said, simply: "We should seek the greatest value of our action."
In the talk, he argued that tiny quantum fluctuations in the very early universe became the seeds from which galaxies, stars, and ultimately human life emerged. "Science predicts that many different kinds of universe will be spontaneously created out of nothing. It is a matter of chance which we are in, he said.
People who objected to Hawking's words said, "We are not great scientists. As ordinary people we live in eternal hope. When we lose our loved ones forever, we grieve and think they went to Heaven and God and are safe there. And we hope to meet them sometime again after we too die and reach Heaven. That comforts us. Now science and scientists are trying to remove that comfort zone and relief from pain. What do these scientists want? Send us into everlasting agony again?"
Well, I can understand their despair. I too faced the death of my beloved parents. I still long for their company. If one wish were granted to me I would be asking for a 'meeting with my parents'.
But as a person of science I know that would never happen. No wishes will be granted and my hopes will never be realized.
It is so beautiful to get this life of mine from them. To live with parents that loved me so much and gave their everything to fulfill my dreams. I celebrate this wonderful life my parents gave me! And the brief enlightened journey I had with them.
We all came from star dust and energy. And go to it again. In never ending cycles, each atom of our bodies goes to other forms, including the living ones both while we are still living and after our deaths. Atoms from other bodies come to us. There will be atoms that have been inside a living cell that started 3.5 billion years ago on our planet and are still in living cells today. Matter will be turned into energy and energy into mass. We belong to everything and everything belongs to us! A group of cells composed of atoms and energy in our brains makes us conscious with their work. It is the reason why we think, feel emotions including pain. But can't we channel that consciousness into realizing reality and face it with courage? We can, certainly!
We all belong to one universe. We were born here as a result of coming together of a few atoms and some energy and the resultant consciousness. In the end we will return to the place where we came from. The bits and energy our bodies are made of will be returned to the universe for the recycling process to continue. .
In the process we meet some forms like us who too came together with the help of atoms and energy and consciousness, who we call relatives and friends and inanimate things like our houses, cars, money etc. which we think are ours. They are ours only till we are here as conscious beings. Realize this. They are actually owned by the universe we came from, not us. And go back to it! That is the eternal truth!
Yes, our beloved ones who departed from us will still be there in the configuration of scattered particles and energy in this universe. But not in the conscious shapes we interacted with during their life times. We will never meet them again in those appearances we are familiar with once they die. We can only see them in our dreams as our brains try to comfort us by showing their pictures. That is all.
After our deaths and destruction we too return back to the universe as individual atoms and energy, to the one body that recycles them and we all belong to whether we lived with our conscious bodies or existed as inanimate forms.
It is wonderful to think we all belong to one body, the universe, that processes and reprocesses atoms and energy into different configurations, bring them together in space and time, and then change the situations again to bring in new scenes of appearances. Nobody is going anywhere here and nothing is staying here forever in one form! So no one is departing from this universe, the atoms and energy we are made of are leaving only one form and from the site we are in but still be here in other arrangements and other spots in this one entity we call universe. That is what science tells us. Isn't it comforting too to think about the truth?
Some people try to create illusionary situations by telling false stories. No doubt, they give temporary solace to the people who want to get comforted during tragedies. But that is living in a fake world. That is not the truth and reality which can take you to peace and tranquility permanently.
Our parents and other relatives themselves train us and also get us trained with education since our births to face the world we live in with courage so that we can continue living fruitfully even after their departures from our worlds. Our friends support us so that we could travel in this world with some ease. The training and support we got during their times with us make us overcome the lonely emotional situations and sustain us through our lives. But we should not expect those things to continue forever. After our scenes with them are over, we should be able to go on and on on our own with the help of the training and wisdom we got from them and help others that need our support and help.
When I was reading Hindu religious books sometime back, I found a striking resemblance between description of God in those books & energy in Laws of Conservation of Energy. In a world where there is clash between science & religion, I thought, there is one area that can bring harmony between the two. According to some religious books God is in the form of a very bright light-without a beginning or an end-filling the whole space in the universe. Goddess Adishakti (adi=beginning, shakti=energy) is one of the first formed Gods & Goddesses in this universe. It is said that Shakti is the power & energy with which the universe is created, preserved, destroyed & recreated by the Hindu Trinity of Brahma, Vishnu & Shiva. Science says there was only energy in the beginning.
God is present in each and every atom of this universe.
God present in one form changes to another form but there is no destruction to Him.
All forms of energy exhibit mass & all mass is a form of energy.
My painting starts with Adishakti- who was described as a female in the religious books. Then I painted big bang- formation of the universe- transformation of energy into mass- birth of galaxies & stars- transformation of mass & energy from one form (body) to another- Sun, one of the stars, and the earth-& things that happen on earth-some of the energy and atomic cycles.
An atom (red dot in the painting) that is a part of you now can become a part of a plant or a tree in your garden or your pet dog or a hill- while you are living or after your death. If it disappears from here, it reappears somewhere else. Everything came from cosmic energy & mass & return to it in the end. This universe runs on mass & energy cycles- where life &death are relative terms & words like I & mine become meaningless. Here nothing-not even your body- is yours!
A person who understands this philosophy prays to God, "Lord, whoever or whatever I come across, I treat him, her or it as you & worship. Whoever you come across, treat him or her as me & shower your kindness!" Which means there is no difference between one & the other, anybody or anything in this universe. We are all one and the same! This universal philosophy is the theme of my painting.
In 1936, a young girl in New York named Phyllis sent Albert Einstein a letter asking him whether scientists prayed. In the letter, posted by Brain Pickings from a larger volume of Einstein's letters answering children's' questions, he replied that since scientists believe that everything in the world must fall under the laws of nature, they don't believe that a wish can be granted by a supernatural force.
Scientists think that every occurrence, including the affairs of human beings, is due to the laws of nature. Therefore a scientist cannot be inclined to believe that the course of events can be influenced by prayer, that is, by a supernaturally manifested wish.
So, realize this: No wishes unnatural will be granted because Natural Laws that govern this universe scientifically don't permit them!
A scientist said these interesting things recently...Every single celled bacterium or other organism is essentially 3.5 to 4.0 billion years old - is that immortal enough for you? In fact every single cell of my body is essentially 3.5 to 4.0 billion years old. Unfortunately almost all of those cells will die sometime in the next 40 years or so when I die. The only cell of my body that has any chance at immortality is the single sperm cell that resulted in my only known offspring - my 21 year old daughter.
The reason why these can all be considered to be 3.5 to 4.0 billion years old is because the first living cell on Earth started life about that many years ago - soon after the Earth and the solar system was formed 4.6 billion years ago. That first cell divided in half and therefore part of it's living material continued in it's progeny. At the time of that division, it's progeny together exactly equaled the parent cell. Those progeny then continued to grow and eventually divided themselves. That process has continued since then and will (probably) continue till the Sun goes nova about 5 billion years from now. Let's hope we make it out of the Solar System by then so that we can truly be immortal!
Because of this, there will be atoms that have been inside a living cell that started 3.5 billion years ago and are still in living cells today. Let's imagine that 3.5 billion years ago there was only 1 killogram of living matter on the Earth. On earth today there are about 500,000 million tonnes of (dry) living matter (see Biomass (ecology) ). Therefore we can calculate that in 1 kilogram of living matter today there are 100 billion atoms that were also in that 1 kilogram of atoms 3.5 billion years ago (see (1 kg / 500,000 million tonnes) * (number of atoms in 1kg carbon) ) Thus ever every picogram of living matter would be likely to have, on average, on atom from that original kilogram of living matter. The smallest prokaryotic cells on Earth today are about 1 micrometer in diameter. That means it is about 1 picogram in mass and therefore on average will have 1 atom of that original kilogram of living matter in it. The largest typical eukaryotic cell is about 100 micrometers in diameter and therefore will have a million atoms form that original kilogram of living matter!
Caveats: of course these calculations are over simplified - carbon atoms and other atoms pass in and out of living cells throughout their lifetime, but since most living matter eats other living matter or uses matter that has been excreted by other living matter, on average these calculations will be approximately correct. For example, plants take in carbon dioxide that animals excrete as waste. The one kind of matter that is always inside of living cells is the genetic information (DNA) - so if you instead consider the "original" 1 kilogram to be when there was 1 kilogram of DNA on Earth, then there will be a few to millions of base pairs of that original DNA in each living cell's DNA today!
There is a common statistical example that holds that each breath you take contains at least one molecule from the dying breath of Julius Caesar. This is possible because molecules are so very, very, very small, that if a lungful of air is evenly distributed throughout the atmosphere, there should still be one of two molecules in every instance and that approximate volume of air. The logic works even better for atoms, which are smaller and more numerous still. As far as I know, this example was first used by physicist Enrico Fermi, but he's been dead long enough, it probably now holds equally well for his dying breath as for Caesar's.
Now, is it literally true? No way to know. Molecules don't always stay in circulation. They fly of into space. The get bound up in rocks. The become part of some mobster's cement overcoat and drop to the bottom of the sea. Scientists don't use carbon 14 dating for anything that feeds in the antarctic because carbon from the atmosphere is known to become trapped in deep antarctic currents for tens of thousands of years, during which time its C14 ratio continues to drop, so anything that feeds in the oceans there will appear to be much older than it really is if using in C14 dating.
But in principle, in general, the statement is correct. The vast majority of the atoms in the biosphere remain in endless circulation at least for millions of years.
--We are all just waves with atoms passing through. Consider all that oxygen and water every day. But nitrogen in protein and calcium in bones turns over, too. Just atoms in bits of DNA in neurons and maybe in some tooth enamel are with you all your (adult) life.
So you have some atoms in you that have been in everybody living and dead, with exception of embryos on the other side of the planet so young that atmospheric convection mixing time has protected you from a new wave of atoms coming from them. Weeks to a few months at most. And they of course immediately imbibed your atoms through the placenta. You get theirs through mother's exhalations, but it's asymmetric. Embryos are contaminated immediately, since you're long contaminated the globe.
To have two people isolated from each other at the same time, it's hard. You need PAIRS of conceptuses (concepti?) far apart in space, to have BOTH not share an atom. For a few weeks after simultaneous fertilization both embryos might be pristine. But each will have an atom that has been in the other, long before birth.
--Since you mentioned atoms, quantum mechanics play a dominant role, according to which all sub-atomic particle are indistinguishable. Ok, may be only fermions, but still every sub-atomic particle that makes up an atom is a fermion. In loose words, what this means is that concept of tracking an elementary particle is a moot point.
Since a dead person decays, which in chemical terms, react, all atoms undergo a reaction exchanging electrons and stuff. Since most of the atoms in living being are carbon, hydrogen, oxygen and nitrogen, which have hybridized orbitals and bonds, chances are every reacted atom is broken down. You could have the electrons & protons (in case of hydrogen) and nuclei of the dead person in you, and since according to quantum mechanics these are indistinguishable, it makes no difference.
People are mostly water. One mole of water is about 18 grams. A mole of water contains about 6.022 x 100,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 molecules.
As we live we exchange water molecules with the environment constantly.
About 107,000,000,000 people lived before us.
The chances are very good.
An amazing fact that we share atoms from everyone living and dead. This sharing happens every time we breath in when we consume oxygen molecules that were part of every human being who ever lived or is still living.
What is it like to have someone die in your arms?
Krishna: My mother actually breathed her last in my arms. I lifted upper part of her body with my hands and was about to turn her on the bed in an ICU of a hospital to avoid the bed sores when it happened.
The doctors had told us earlier in the day the end was coming, and we were mentally preparing for it. But still it was shattering, because I looked after her all my life, and it was a life time bond of love and affection. I couldn't control my tears. My heart became very heavy. The feeling that she no longer exists like the person I knew all my life was a bit difficult to negotiate.
The doctors tried to revive her but couldn't. The ECG graph went flat forever. The doctors said, "Sorry", the most horrifying word I heard for the second time in my life (the first one was when my father died).


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2018 annual report on education spending in England
Report by: Institute for Fiscal Studies
Author(s): Chris Belfield; Christine Farquharson; Luke Sibieta
Education spending is the second-largest element of public service spending in the UK behind health, representing about £90 billion in 2017–18 in today's prices or about 4.3% of national income. The level of UK education spending has risen significantly in real terms over time, growing particularly fast from the late 1990s through to the late 2000s, before falling in real terms from 2010 onwards. Whilst important, such overall trends in total education spending tell us little about what has happened to the different areas of education spending. Our first annual report on education spending in England provides measures of spending per student in the early years, schools, further education and higher education back to the early 1990s, which are shown in the figure below. These series of day-to-day spending per pupil allow us to understand how policy decisions have affected the resources available to students in different stages of education over the long run.
Inequality in the highest degree?
By Paul Wakeling; José Luis Mateos-González
Postgraduates, prices and participation
Re-examination
By Dean Hochlaf
Expanding educational opportunities for every child

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Swanky malls and hypermarts have changed the way urban India shops today. However, millions of rural people still depend on kirana shops. But not any more. If ITC is ready to walk the talk, miniature malls will dot the rural landscape of our country. The Calcutta-based conglomerate has already introduced the model in a little-known place in Madhya Pradesh. It now wants to ramp up the number to 30 in the next 12-18 months.
Spread out over 7,000 square feet, Choupal Sagar - as the hypermarket is called - has created ripples with new shopping experience for rural consumers. The model is unique as the place will double up as a shopping centre and a farmer facilitation unit providing facilities like training, soil testing, health clinics, cafeteria, bank, investment counters and fuel stations.
The company will spend about Rs 5 crore on each of these establishments. The rural malls are linked to its e-choupal network. So far, it has set up 5,200 e-choupals for over 3 million villagers living in 31,000 villages. The e-choupal network has been set up in Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Karnataka, Maharastra, Andhra Pradesh and Kerala. The first hypermart in Madhya Pradesh is connected to an e-choupal.
A farmer, who comes to sell his agricultural produce through the e-choupal also has the option to buy almost anything he wants. The rural mall sells everything from fertilisers and hair oil to mixer-grinders and tractors. To make sure that farmers keep coming to the mall even when they do not have to sell any produce, support services are in place like health clinics, cafeteria, bank, and investment counters.


The TD424NT is a high performance, 4 channel, NEMA format, microprocessor based vehicle detector.
This purpose designed traffic detector has been developed for general-purpose vehicle monitoring and traffic control applications. This unit meets the criteria for AS2703-2008.
Configurable delay and extend timings allow customisation for specific applications.
Mode selection to operate either as a Presence Detector or a Passage Detector.
2. Extend – 0 to 7.75 seconds in 0.25 sec. steps.
3. "Green" gating timer enabling via remote inputs.
Connector: 2 x 22 terminal, 0,156 – inch contact spacing.


La Brujeria is a supernatural comedy that mixes Mexican and Latin American folklore with European fairytales around the strangest pawn shop the world has ever seen. If you're a fan of shows like Grim or Once Upon a Time, La Brujeria is the comic you need to read.
Pulled into the Fairy Tale world, saved a deadly Banshee, nuked some Goblins, punched her client, and drove a Chupacapra through Portland. Hell of a first day for Althalia. As Althalia fully accepts and embraces her powers, the Sidhe world braces for the return of the Bruja. A power not seen since the days of the Conquistadors. As Althalia does her best to blend into her new job, a new player enters the game with his sights on the whole Pawn Shop Crew.
Her soul yanked from her body and sent back in time, things just get even weirder for Althalia Cabrera. Now, all she has to do to get home is prevent an uprising of Earth Elementals from under Portland's sewers. Without help. Without guidance. Without a chance. See what happens when the last Bruja has nothing left to lose.
Recovered from her ordeal under the city, Althalia returns to Golden Bought Pawn to enjoy her first pass at the night shift! However, all is not well as enemies make their final push against Althalia and those she calls friend. As one story ends, another begins and the Old World and New World collide head-on.


This is such a great read! I understand the bat experience. At age six, before my family moved, occasionally bats invaded our home–SCARY! I laughed at the bat but even harder at the rat. You're so right about counting the small blessings; they are the ones that really matter. The material stuff doesn't matter. Being grateful for health, family, a warm, safe place to sleep and eat, and a loving enviroment matters most. Thanks for sharing!
Thank you, Tanya! I would love to read about your bat invasion! I have since changed the photos in this post to better reflect its content. I hope I didn't take anything away from it.
People get confused and sometimes think folks are happy because they "have," but that is not the root of happiness at all.
I am so happy you enjoyed this post! I am going over to your blog for inspiration. Much love!
This is such a powerful story Shawn! Thanks for sharing. I love it because you link it to where you are now! Our past can either break us or define us and this story proves that we learn and grow from experiences. Even bats and mice. Never experienced the bats but the mice I know of. Not nice and that's putting it mildly! Thanks so much for your story. Love the blog and will definitely be back! Merry Christmas. I can imagine the expletives when you realised it was a bat! Made me chuckle.
Thank you for stopping by and commenting! I love your blog, too. It is very uplifting! Yeah…I have some mouse stories, too, lol Maybe one day I'll write them, too.
I love your photo, too! Such a pleasant and encouraging smile! Merry Christmas!!!!
Bless you Shawn and thanks for checking out my FB page. I'm a believer that nothing happens by chance so who know… One day we may able to sit together and share the stories with each other in person. I'd like that. Absolutely love your spirit!
I agree! I'd like that, too! Love and blessings to you!
Wow! this is highly inspiring and it certainly shows that love conquers all… God bless you and your family amen!
Think you, Abi!!!!! I am so happy you enjoyed it!
Amazing story, what faith and what humor. You are blessed with both love and talent.
I love your writings! Such a gift! I remember your first house too! Love You!
Thank you so much for stopping by and commenting, Day. I am so happy you enjoy my work 🙂 I love you, too!


mySPIN is a smartphone connected dashboard solution that allows drivers to safely access their apps in the car.
Yelp was a perfect candidate for mySPIN, this integration provides a seamless in-car experience for finding your next lunch spot!
Create a seamless in-car Yelp integration for mySPIN, bridging the gap between vehicle and device. This way, we can hope to partner with Yelp in the future.
This integration had to be compatible with older models of Jaguar/Land Rover computers, but also new and upcoming models. The JLR computers will not be able not render animation and high FPS transitions. Yelp's brand guidelines had to be applied for every element within the integration.
Working professions ages 30-50 who own a Jaguar/Land Rover, and use Yelp mobile.
First Pass - Clustering information and determining visual hierarchy to lower cognitive load for in-car use.
Second Pass - Applying Yelp's visual language.
Iterate & Rescale - With the release of new JLR models we were afforded more screen real estate.
Final Pass & Information Flow - Key features have been finalized and scaled to the latest JLR screens.


During spring a few of South Africa's parks steal the spotlight as millions of wildflowers burst into bloom. Knowing where to go is one thing, but how to capture the moment… Our top tips for wildflower photography will get you snapping in no time.
Spring is arriving, and so are South Africa's wildflowers! Here are some of our favourite Instagram shots, capturing one of the most magical times of the year.


Cedar Hill Cemetery is located in the North-Eastern part of Corydon Indiana.
The Cedar Hill Cemetery is more than a pleasant cemetery. Many residents and visitors consider the grounds to be beautiful in their own right. We are proud of this and take seriously the responsibility of maintaining its artistic and natural beauty. This is but one of the many reasons we insist on setting aside a large percentage of cost associated with a burial for perpetual care. This function is but one part of our commitment to keeping the Cedar Hill Cemetery as beautiful and affordable in the future as it is today.
We invite you to visit and to inquire about interment options including burial lots, mausoleum crypts, niches, cremation and memorialization options.
The Town of Corydon has transferred the control and management of the Cedar Hill Cemetery under the code IC 23-14-65-11 to the Cedar Hill Cemetery Board of Regents. This board consists of (4) four members who are residents of the municipality.
The Cedar Hill Cemetery Board of Regents believes the effectiveness of the Cemetery Board depends on the quality of its members. At the Cedar Hill Cemetery, we believe board members must be committed to serving all of the Public. Those board members should be open minded, visionary and informed, willing to listen and ready to apply those principles to their board actions. Those members should believe in public input on matters relating to the cemetery's appearance and public desires. Our board members and staff should be dedicated to serving the needs of the public and communities of which they service.
The Sexton answers directly to the President of the Town of Corydon, Town Council.
One of the main functions of a sexton is to open and close graves for interments. In order to do that, the sexton must know where the plots are physically located in the cemetery, the dimensions of the plots, and which graves are filled, and it is the sexton's responsibility not to disturb prior interments when opening graves. It would not be a good thing for the backhoe to hit another casket. In some cases, this means that the sexton must use a Sexton's Key to probe the ground and make certain the neighboring graves will not be disturbed.
Another major function of a cemetery sexton is to be able to show prospective buyers available lots. That means that the sexton must not only keep up with what plots are filled, but also what lots are sold. The sale of a cemetery plot is pretty much like the sale of any real estate.
Once a headstone is shipped to the cemetery, it is the sexton's responsibility to know where the monument is to be installed and direct the installation. In many cemeteries, it is also the sexton's responsibility to notify the installers when the stone arrives.
This not only includes mowing and snow removal, but also the upkeep of trees and plantings, the cemetery fence, signage, and any memorial areas in the cemetery.
Modern cemeteries are typically platted out and every square inch is accounted for. The cemetery may be comprised of different lot layouts in different sections of the cemetery. There may be conflicting sizes of graves and usually some smaller crematory plots. A map is created and each grave is identified by some naming or numbering scheme, usually identifying sections, blocks, lots, and plots, and it is the job of the sexton to maintain this map. This map is essential in the ability to do their job.
Responsible for all Cedar Hill Cemetery Records and files. Sexton must be capable of operating office equipment including computer, printers, facsimile machines, hardware/software, applications, data sticks, disc, and programs utilized for the cemetery record keeping.
Sexton must be capable of being bonded according to State & local laws regarding the handling of cemetery funds in accordance with the State of Indiana Code and laws.
Serving as the Cedar Hill Cemetery and Town of Corydon's primary liaison with funeral directors by clarifying service arrangements, coordinating and participating in the planning of services and providing additional assistance as needed.
Gates will be closed during inclement weather conditions at the discretion of the Sexton.


Here is the full response.
"As the owner of GeekLife in The Heights, I'm obviously biased. But our priorities are to make everyone feel welcome.
We have regular events for Space City Lady Planeswalkers, a Magic: The Gathering group, and we're also listed on Planeswalkers for Diversity.
Houston LGBT Game Night have held meet ups at the store as well.
Our Wednesday D&D nights are the most diverse by all measures that I've ever seen and our other RPG events are equally well attended by a good mix of people.
I've also had many compliments on the diversity of our comic offerings.
Side note, We're also listed on HaterFreeWednesdays.
Shout out to our entire community for being so awesome!


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Man Killed by Mexican Pirates on Texas Lake
Woman Tried to Save Her Husband as They Fled on Their Jet Skis
Search teams are combing a Texas lake for the body of a man who was allegedly shot and killed by Mexican pirates when he and his wife were ambushed after crossing into Mexican waters on their personal watercraft.
David Michael Hartley, 30, and his wife Tiffany Hartley, 29, were attacked on Falcon Lake, near the southern tip of Texas, police said.
Tiffany Hartley told police her husband was shot in the back of the head as the couple fled to U.S. waters.
The gunmen are suspected to be Mexican pirates who have been marauding on the lake, law enforcement officials said.
Hartley fell off his watercraft after he was shot, according to his wife, who told rescuers and police she attempted to circle back to save him, but the gunmen were still firing shots so she had to abandon the rescue attempt.
Texas Department of Public Safety officials said Friday they believed that David Hartley was dead, but his body has yet to be found.
U.S. Border Patrol spokesman Narcizo Ramos told The Associated Press that he didn't know whether Mexican authorities were searching their side.
According to Zapata County Sheriff Sigifredo Gonzalez Jr., Tiffany Hartley said she and her husband were returning to U.S. waters after sightseeing and taking photos when they saw armed men aboard some boats.
The couple "observed some boats coming at them at a pretty high rate of speed, noticed that some of the boats were armed so they immediately started, according to her, revving it up and gassing it up to the U.S, side of the border to prevent them getting hurt," he said. "Then, of course, shots started being fired at them.
"She said she was seeing bullets hitting close to her in the water and realized that her husband had been hit behind the head," he said. "She went back trying to find, trying to help him. She went in the water trying to load up her husband to her Jet Ski ... trying to get his body and Jet Ski back to the U.S. side.
"She was being shot at so she finally had to let go of the body, climb back in her Jet Ski and head back over here to the United States," he said.
Tiffany Hartley told The Denver Post she believes that her husband was shot five to six miles from the Texas shoreline. Once she was able to reach the shore in Zapata, she parked and called for help.
One of the boats may have crossed into U.S. waters briefly while trying to run her down, she said.
Gonzalez said police at first were not sure whether to believe her story, despite the history of violence on the lake, but another person came forward and said described seeing a woman on a watercraft being chased by men in a boat.
A Recent Increase in Violence
Falcon Lake, part of the Rio Grande situated directly on the Texas-Mexico border, has recently become a haven for the pirates, and there have been at least five reported run-ins with pirates on the lake so far this year, though this is the first instance of a death.
The sheriff said many of the pirates are teens or preteens, and some "barely even know how to use a weapon."
But despite that, he said he has long feared that someone would be killed.
"The one thing I dreaded on Falcon Lake has happened," he said. "The lake is not secure, the border is not secure because the incident that I dreaded the most has in fact happened. We cannot go to Mexico, we cannot recover that body, we cannot conduct an investigation, we have to tell the family we can't do anything about it."
According to ABC Rio Grande, Texas, affiliate KRGV-TV, there have been at least four previous incidents on the lake over the past five months:
April 30: Four heavily armed men boarded two boats near the Old Guerrero area demanding money.
May 6: Two armed men approached a boat and demanded cash.
May 16: Five armed men boarded a boat on the United States side of the lake.
Aug 31: Pirates, using a small boat marked "Game Wardin" tried to stop a Texas fisherman.
State Representative Aaron Pena, a south Texas lawmaker briefed on the pirates earlier this year, has suggested that residents stay off of Falcon Lake altogether.
"I wouldn't do it. When I go out there I have all the protection Texas can provide. But the average fisherman doesn't have that," Pena said.
Pena added that he is certain that the pirates are working in operation with Mexico's violent drug cartels, who wouldn't allow the pirates on the lake otherwise.
Texas public safety officials said that the pirates use AK-47s or AR-15s to intimidate their victims. They also said that they believe they use local fisherman to man the boats to get as close as possible to American vessels.
Texas Gov. Rick Perry said this week's deadly shooting points to the need for further border security.
"It's really become substantially worse in the last 18 months with the drug cartels having almost free rein," Perry said Friday. "This is about our citizens', on both sides of the borders, safety."
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Remember a 'tsunami' KILLS anything in its way! How soon YOU forget 8 years of GWB?
Cornyn predicts a GOP 'tsunami'
Sen. John Cornyn (R-Tex.), head of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, predicted a "tsunami" election in November, saying "the only question is how many seats we're going to pick up." His counterpart, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee Chair Robert Menendez (D-N.J.), denied that members of his party are trying to scare voters about GOP candidates such as Sharron Angle in Nevada and Christine O'Donnell in Delaware by focusing on their old comments, such as O'Donnell's admission that she once dabbled in witchcraft. He said it will be a problem for Republicans that their candidates are "outside of the mainstream."
Pakistani ambassador to the United States Husain Haqqani said his country "will take care of all terrorists on the Pakistan side of the border," but will do so on its own timeline. He said it is not a question of Pakistan being "unwilling or unable" to stamp out extremism within its borders, but rather a "question of terrain and geography." He added that in recent years, Pakistan has lost more soldiers fighting terrorism than any other country.
QUESTION for those of you who think the government can't do anything WHY BLAME IT FOR LACK OF JOBS!?
Liberals to Dems: It's about jobs
Liberal activists who rallied in Washington Saturday seemed as concerned about bridging the divide between Democrats and disillusioned progressives as they were about promoting civil rights and other social issues.
The "One Nation Coming Together" rally at the National Mall touched on themes of immigration reform, more funding for schools and equal rights for gays.
But more than anything else, the day was about jobs – an issue President Barack Obama and other Democrats admittedly have stumbled over in the past year but will need to seize in coming weeks if they hope to fend off big Republican gains in Congress on Nov. 2.
"This is a march for jobs," said Benjamin Jealous, president of the NAACP and a lead organizer of the rally, which attracted thousands of liberal activists to the National Mall.
With the national unemployment rate still hovering at 9.6 percent and millions of Americans out of work, the economy has become the No. 1 issue facing voters. And polls show Republicans with the advantage on that issue — a key focus of the tea party movement that has energized the GOP this election cycle.
Despite efforts by the Obama administration and the Democrat-led Congress to jump-start the economy – and proclamations by experts the recession is over – Americans are still feeling jittery about the nation's fiscal health. Many on both left and right feel the administration has been distracted by lesser issues and has failed to focus on restoring jobs.
That anxiety was palpable among many attending Saturday's rally.
Ala Obey, 23, who is studying social work at West Virginia's Concord University, came to Washington for the first time Saturday to seek reassurance she'll find work when she graduates.
"It is definitely terrifying when you spend all this money to go to school and are thousands of dollars in debt," she said. "It's scary to think when I get done, I might not have a job."
The jobs theme also was underscored by the thousands of union members – easily identified by their bright-colored matching T-shirts – that were bused to the four-hour event from as far as Michigan, Ohio and New York. The American Federation of Teachers said they had representatives from all 50 states.
Labor leaders sought to tie the insurgent tea party movement with the Wall Street bankers and investors who Democrats have blamed for the nation's economic woes.
"Behind the voices of fear and hatred that have risen to dominate out national conversation are the forces of greed, the moneyed powers that put us in the economic mess we're in today. And we've got a lot of work to do to repair the damage that greed did to our country," Richard Trumka, president of the AFL-CIO, said while standing on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial.
"We come together today because America needs jobs, good jobs, jobs that support families—all families," he added. "Jobs that give our young people paths of opportunity, not obstacles. Jobs that allow people to retire with dignity."
In his weekly radio address, Obama highlighted his administration's commitment to clean energy technology, including solar and wind power. He said it would translate in to hundreds of thousands of new jobs by 2012, when he faces re-election.
"There is perhaps no industry with more potential to create jobs now — and growth in the coming years — than clean energy," said Obama, who did not attend the rally.
Also among the speakers at the rally was Van Jones, a Center for American Progress fellow who resigned as Obama's "green jobs" adviser over controversial past statements he had made about the Sept. 11 attacks and Republicans.
"We have an environment in crisis and an economy in crisis," warned Jones. "The earth is overheating, temperatures are going up and employment is going down."
Tea partiers and Republicans are furious at Obama for leading the country down a path of more government spending and regulation — namely in the form of the economic stimulus plan, healthcare law and Wall Street reform. The midterm elections are seen by many as a referendum on the president, who the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and other critics deride as "anti-business."
But many liberals are also upset that the administration is not fighting as hard as they think it should for the goals they share, from comprehensive immigration reform and universal healthcare to a repeal of the ban on gays openly serving in the military.
"They are a little too weak," said Mai Abdul Rahman, 49, a doctoral student at Howard University who was holding a sign reading "Lift the Blockade" on Gaza. "We have the majority but we have not been able to exercise the majority. We don't have a clear vision."
Some, however, say Obama is doing the best he can.
"He can't do it by himself. He's not getting the support," said Evette Glen, 53, a janitor at the University of Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia who is "100 percent" behind Obama. "Republicans are just determined to block him. They just want to see him fail. He is doing the best he can."
Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.), the only elected official to speak at the rally, told POLITICO the Saturday march marked an opportunity to showcase Democrats' efforts to end the recession and create jobs.
"As Democrats, we do such a miserable job (at getting our message out). We reduce taxes and yet we get pigeon-holed to reduce taxes. Wait, a minute, we did reduce taxes," Gutierrez said. Democrats' decision to back the $700 billion bank bailout – nearly all of which has been repaid – stopped the economy from spiraling downward toward 15 percent or 20 percent unemployment, he said.
"I think we need to stress what we do," he added. "We've always been about jobs, and we didn't do a good enough job stressing it."
Sharon Carraux, a Defense Department employee from Chester, Va., said she has several close family members who are unemployed. But she said was energized about the rally's promotion of green jobs.
"If you have people idle with nothing to do, they have no other recourse than to look at illegal avenues," she said. "The message is a little late but it's getting out."
I blame the modern media and culture where young people are told violence is GOOD and life is cheap!
Fifth Gay Teen Suicide in Three Weeks Sparks Debate
As Mourners Were Honoring Tyler Clementi, News Came of a Fifth Suicide
Mourners at Rutgers University honored the memory of Tyler Clementi, whose death last week was one of five suicides by gay teenagers in the last three weeks.
Clementi jumped off the George Washington Bridge Tuesday, days after his roommate allegedly posted video on the Internet of him having sex with another man.
The recent eruption of gay teen suicides has been across the country, from the East Coast to Indiana, Texas to California, where 13-year-old Seth Walsh, who recently hanged himself, was memorialized Friday night.
Walsh, whose family said he was harassed by bullies for being gay, died Tuesday, after being in a coma for nine days.
"The harassment and the teasing and the taunting just became too much," Seth's grandmother, Judly Walsh said Friday night at a memorial service in Tehachapi, Calif.
Police interviewed some of the young people who taunted Seth the day he died, but determined that their actions do not constitute a crime.
In Clementi's case, the young man's roommate, Dharun Ravi, and another classmate, Molly Wei, face several charges of invasion of privacy for what prosecutors say was a surreptitious filming of Clementi in his own dorm room, a recording that they then allegedly broadcast live on the Internet.
New Jersey law enforcement officials have said they are still investigating the case, trying to determine whether they can pursue more serious charges against Ravi and Wei.
Lawyers for Ravi and Wei have not returned messages left by ABC News but Ravi's attorney, Steve Altman, told the New Jersey Star-Ledger that he does not think his client can be held criminally responsible for Clementi's death.
In another recent case, Raymond Chase, an openly gay 19-year-old student at Johnson & Wales University in Providence, R.I., hanged himself in his dorm room Wednesday.
While his brother told ABC News that it was not brought on by bullying, his suicide has sparked further debate on the nature of support for gay teens and gays on American campuses.
"It is important to allow young people to come out and to find support and to realize that once you do come out you're not alone," said Shane Windmeyer, the executive director of Campus Pride, an organization focused on building safer and more LGBT-friendly campuses.
The deaths have provoked nationwide introspection about bullying, and how gay teens are treated, from the heartland to Hollywood.
Openly gay singer Lance Bass recently admitted that as a closeted teen he would take part in bullying of other students.
"I can tell you right now, when I was in high school in Mississippi, I was one of the first ones to jump on the bandwagon to make fun of a gay person," Bass recently told MTV.
Windmeyer said that when celebrities throw their support behind an issue it can be a major help.
"It brings acceptance, it brings the issue right into the forefront, in many ways gets this into the hearts and minds who need to hear about it," Windmeyer said.
According to a recently released study by Campus Pride on how gay students are treated in higher education, gay students experienced significantly greater harassment and discrimination, and they were more likely to seriously consider leaving school because of it.
The study also found that there is a lack of safety and inclusiveness for gay students on campuses across the country.
There is hope, however, that in light of Tyler Clementi's tragic death, and the nation's shock at its circumstances, bullying of gay teens is an issue that schools are now being forced to address.
Stewart Jokes About Sanchez' Firing
'The Daily Show' Host Quipped About Sanchez' Comments at a NYC Event
Jon Stewart had some advice Saturday night for Rick Sanchez, who was fired from his job as CNN anchor after he called Stewart a bigot and questioned whether Jews should be considered a minority.
"If you went on radio and said the Jews control the media ... you may want to hold on to your money," Stewart said at Comedy Central's "Night of Too Many Stars" at New York's Beacon Theater, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Later in the evening, Stewart said, "All he has to do is apologize to us, and we'll hire him back."
Fellow late night host David Letterman also put in an appearance at the event, which was a fundraiser for autism education, and made a reference to Sanchez' recent firing.
Letterman said he was in New York because he was "helping Rick Sanchez clean out his office."
Sanchez, the former host of CNN's "Rick's List," made the derogatory comments about Stewart and Jewish people Thursday on the radio show "Stand Up! With Pete Dominick" in reaction to a recent jab that Stewart made at him on Comedy Central's "The Daily Show."
When Sanchez reported that he'd received a tweet from House Republican leader John Boehner, Stewart called it a case of "send a twit a tweet."
"He's upset that someone of my ilk is almost at his level," Sanchez said of Stewart in an interview with Dominick, adding that he feels that Stewart is bigoted toward "everybody else that's not like him."
Sanchez, who was born in Cuba, went on to say that Stewart "can't relate to what I grew up with," and said how, as he was growing up, his family was poor and his father was the victim of prejudice.
Dominick, who is also a CNN contributor and was once the warm-up comic for "The Daily Show," pointed out that Stewart, who is Jewish, comes from a minority group. Sanchez dismissed the notion.
"I'm telling you that everyone who runs CNN is a lot like Stewart, and a lot of people who run all the other networks are a lot like Stewart, and to imply that somehow they, the people in this country who are Jewish, are an oppressed minority? Yeah," Sanchez said.
"I can't see someone not getting a job these days because they're Jewish," he added.
Dominick pressed Sanchez during the heated interview, and eventually Sanchez backed down on his use of the word bigot.
"OK. I'll take bigot back ... (Stewart is) prejudicial," Sanchez said. Stewart is "not just a comedian," he said. "He can make and break careers."
The details of the interview were posted on the news and opinion website Mediaite on Friday and quickly became a hot topic.
CNN issued the following statement late Friday: "Rick Sanchez is no longer with the company. We thank Rick for his years of service and we wish him well."
Sanchez had been with the network since 2004.
Sanchez did not return e-mails or calls made by The Associated Press, although it was unclear whether his CNN-issued phone is still active.
Stewart had no comment, according to a Comedy Central spokesman.
Sanchez has been a frequent target of Stewart's, who has mocked him for such things as his mispronunciation of the word "annals" in a piece on Vice President Joe Biden and his questioning of a reporter stationed in a California gay bar who was unable to find a person who doesn't support gay marriage.
During the interview with Dominick, Sanchez said that a CNN executive had compared him to Hispanic reporter John Quinones of ABC's "Primetime: What Would You Do."
"In his mind, I can't be an anchor," Sanchez told Dominick. "An anchor is what you give to high-profile white guys.
"Deep down, when they look at a guy like me they see a guy automatically who belongs in the second tier and not the top tier," Sanchez said.
He said he feels that racism exists "not just [from] the right," but also from "elite, Northeast establishment liberals," and that he is condescended to because of his Latino heritage.
Sanchez has worked at MSNBC and CNBC throughout his career. He spent a large part of his career as a reporter and anchor in Miami.
CNN has not announced a replacement for Sanchez and said that for the foreseeable future it will broadcast "CNN Newsroom" in the 3-5 p.m. time slot held by "Rick's List."
Left-Wing Crazies Take Their Turn
What's the antidote to Glenn Beck?
Probably not the showing of left-wing marchers who turned out for the One Nation rally yesterday. It fell far short of Beck's massive march in terms of numbers and enthusiasm, but it did mirror it in one key way: plenty of wingnuts, reports The Daily Beast's John Avlon.
The rally offered a snapshot of the fragile coalition that is the contemporary far left—a dizzying array of activist organizations and identity politics, with financial muscle provided by the labor unions who bused their members in.
Signs that read "Yes We Can...Bomb Civilians!" and "Jesus Christ is the Almighty Liberal" prove that wingnuts aren't limited to one side of the political spectrum, writes Avlon, author of Wingnuts: How the Lunatic Fringe Is Hijacking America.
Read the rest of story in The Daily Beast
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2016 Protein Society Awards
BALTIMORE, MD – The Protein Society, the premiere international society dedicated to supporting protein research, announces the winners of the 2016 Protein Society Awards. The awards will be conferred at the 30th Anniversary Symposium of the Protein Society (July 16-19, 2016, Baltimore, Maryland USA). Plenary talks from each recipient are scheduled throughout the 3.5 day event.
The Carl Branden Award: Dr. Gary Pielak
The Carl Branden Award, sponsored by Rigaku Corporation, honors an outstanding protein scientist who has also made exceptional contributions in the areas of education and/or service to the field. The 2016 recipient of this award is Dr. Gary Pielak (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill). Dr. Pielak is a long-standing member of the Protein Society and has served as conference organizer twice. The former Rotating Program Director of the National Science Foundation has advanced the field of protein chemistry through pioneering research in unraveling protein biophysics in living cells. Dr. Pielak and his students developed innovative quantitative techniques to measure protein stability and diffusion in crowded samples that interfere with standard measurement techniques. He has also made major advances in elucidating how the intracellular environment impacts both globular and intrinsically disordered proteins in surprising ways. Dr. Pielak has revolutionized our understanding of how proteins work where they actually function — inside cells –, and not in the artificial environment of the test tube.
The Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Award: Dr. Rachel Klevit
The Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Award, sponsored by Genentech, is granted in recognition of exceptional contributions in protein science which profoundly influence our understanding of biology. The 2016 award will be presented to Dr. Rachel Klevit (University of Washington). Dr. Klevit's research contributions have made a profound impact on the way we understand very important aspects of biological chemistry including how phosphorylation alters protein activity, regulation of transcription, and ubiquitylation. From the first structures of a zinc-finger and the RING E3 ubiquitin ligase BRCA1, Dr. Klevit has pushed NMR spectroscopy to establish new paradigms. Her research has been instrumental in understanding the mechanism of disease of two scourges, breast cancer and Parkinson's Disease. Moreover, she has changed the way research in this area is done. She is an exceptional mentor of younger scientists and wonderful role model for other scientists and educators at all stages of their careers.
The Hans Neurath Award: Dr. H. Eric Xu
The Hans Neurath Award, sponsored by The Neurath Foundation, seeks to honor individuals who have made a recent contribution of exceptional merit to basic protein research. In 2016, the Hans Neurath winner is Dr. H. Eric Xu (Van Andel Research Institute). Dr. Xu established and served as the distinguished Director of the VARI-SIMM Center for Drug Discovery at Shanghai Institute of Materia (SIMM) of Chinese Academy of Sciences. Research in his group has previously been supported by four NIH R01 grants, one Senior Investigator Award from American Asthma Foundation, and one past DOD prostate cancer idea development award, which cover structures and drug discovery of nuclear hormone receptors, hepatocyte growth factor and its receptor Met tyrosine kinase, G-protein coupled receptors, and plant hormones. Two of his research papers on plant hormones were selected as top ten breakthroughs by Science in 2009 and by Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2014, and his recent X-ray laser structure of the first GPCR-arrestin complex was also selected as a top 10 breakthrough by Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2016.
The Christian B. Anfinsen Award: Dr. Andreas Plückthun
The Christian B. Anfinsen Award, sponsored by The Protein Society, recognizes technological achievement or significant methodological advances in the field of protein science. The recipient of this award in 2016 is Dr. Andreas Plückthun (University of Zurich). Dr. Plückthun is a pioneer of protein engineering. By combining rigorous biophysical studies with the invention of new combinatorial and evolutionary technologies, he has advanced both basic and applied science. His research greatly contributed to enabling the emergence of antibody engineering, by the use of E. coli as an engineering platform and studies on synthetic antibodies which led to the first fully synthetic antibody library. To create a true in vitro protein evolution technology he developed ribosome display of whole proteins. Through his work, designed ankyrin repeat proteins (DARPins) were created as a robust alternative scaffold for binding proteins. Innovative directed evolution technologies have led to highly stable G protein-coupled receptors that can be used for structural studies and in drug screening. Several engineered therapeutics, developed on the basis of his research, are now in late phase clinical development.
The Emil Thomas Kaiser Award: Dr. Charles S. Craik
The Emil Thomas Kaiser Award recognizes a recent, highly significant contribution to the application of chemistry in the study of proteins. The 2016 recipient is Dr. Charles S. Craik (University of California, San Francisco). Dr. Craik is the founder and director of the Chemistry and Chemical Biology Graduate Program. His research interests focus on defining the roles and the mechanisms of enzymes in complex biological processes and on developing technologies to facilitate these studies. He is also founder of Catalyst Biosciences, a biotechnology company focused on therapeutic proteases. The current research in the Craik lab focuses on the chemical biology of proteolytic enzymes, their receptors and their natural inhibitors. A particular emphasis of his work is on identifying the roles and regulating the activity of proteases and degradative enzyme complexes associated with infectious diseases and cancer. These studies coupled with his global substrate profiling and noninvasive imaging efforts are providing a better understanding of both the chemical make-up and the biological importance of these critical proteins to aid in the rapid detection, monitoring and control of infectious disease and cancer.
The Stein and Moore Award: Dr. Jane Clarke
The Stein and Moore Award is named for Nobel laureates Dr. William Stein and Dr. Stanford Moore. The award venerates eminent leaders in protein science who have made sustained, high impact research contributions to the field. The 2016 recipient is Dr. Jane Clarke (University of Cambridge, UK). Dr. Clarke is Professor of Molecular Biophysics in the Chemistry Department of the University of Cambridge. Her research is multidisciplinary, combining single molecule and ensemble biophysical techniques with protein engineering and simulations to investigate protein folding, misfolding, and assembly. In her role as Deputy Head of the Chemistry Department in Cambridge, Dr. Clarke became involved in mentoring, career development, and leadership training for scientists at all stages in their careers.
The Protein Science Young Investigator Award: Dr. Benjamin Garcia
The Protein Science Young Investigator Award, named for the academic journal of the Society, Recognizes a scientist generally within the first 8 years of an independent career who has made an important contribution to the study of proteins. The 2016 winner is Dr. Benjamin Garcia (University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine). Dr. Garcia has been developing analytical and computational tools to understand the combinatorial complexity of simultaneously occurring histone modifications, identifying thousands of uniquely modified histone H3 forms, the significance of which is the focus of current research interest (e.g. combinatorial Histone Code). He also been involved in development of advanced mass spectrometry instrumental approaches using electron transfer dissociation and data-independent acquisition to increase the accuracy and precision for protein and proteome characterization. The Garcia lab has been developing and applying novel mass spectrometry based proteomic approaches for interrogating protein post-translational modifications (PTMs), especially those involved in epigenetic mechanisms such as histones, publishing over 170 publications.
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There is quite frightening when you hear that your cat needs to undergo anesthesia procedure. We all know that there is a risk in any anesthetic agent when administered to a patient, regardless of the length of time. In a study made, 1 out of 100,000 animals will have a reaction to an anesthetic agent. While to cats, anesthesia side effect will depend on the type of sedation used for the surgery. But before your cat undergoes a surgery, your vet will conduct tests. Also, your vet will advise not to feed your cat within 12 hours to avoid vomiting. Wherein, vomiting could harm your cat's lungs, resulting in suffocation or aspiration pneumonia. One of the anesthetic side effects is post-surgical drowsiness. You don't have to worry as it will only last for a day.
Your vet will make sure to get all the information needed before the surgery. They will ask you about some health-related question. Also, you will answer some review and consent before your cat undergoes a procedure. It is very important you review the forms and have all your questions answered. In this way, it will be easier for medical professionals to know what your cat needs.
The tranquilizer acepromazine is not an anesthetic. However, it is administered to cats prior to surgery. Acepromazine is used along with anesthesia to achieve complete sedation. Keep in mind that the effect of it will last for six to eight hours.
When your cat has been administered with acepromazine, its side effect includes lowered blood pressure. Wherein, it can increase your cat's heart rate. Keep in mind that cat with cardiac disease, anemia and epilepsy should not receive this drug.
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The vet suggested that cat suffering from heart disease and epilepsy should not receive ketamine. However, its side effect includes a change in the kitty's personality.
The amount of ketamine administered depends on the weight of your cat.
This gas anesthetic is administered to the older feline with complex health surgery. In previous years, cats more often died from a response to the general anesthesia than they seem today. However, it doesn't mean it won't happen again.
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Q: loop over array using charAt to get first letter of each value in javascript I am new to JS and am trying to understand chartAt. I created a problem where I want to go through an array and pull the first character of each value from my array using charAt. I'm a bit stuck with my code.
var myArray = ['adam', 'bianca', 'cat', 'dennis'];
var myFunc = function (letter) {
    for (var i = 0; i < letter.length; i += 1) {
        letter.charAt(0);
        console.log(letter.charAt(0));
    }
}

A: In your iteration loop, letter is the array passed to the function myFunc().  You need to access its elements, which you're iterating via i.  Use letter[i].charAt(0) instead of letter.charAt(0)
var myArray = ['adam', 'bianca', 'cat', 'dennis'];
var myFunc = function (letter) {
    for (var i = 0; i < letter.length; i += 1) {
        // Use the index i here
        console.log(letter[i].charAt(0));
    }
}

// Call your function, passing in the array you defined:
myFunc(myArray);
// a
// b
// c
// d

So your understanding of String.prototype.charAt() is correct, but the loop iteration was faulty.

A: If what you want to do is go through each element in the array and get the first letter, you need to iterate over the array, not the word (which you call letter in your solution.  So you would have something like this:
for( var i=0; i<myArray.length; i++ ) {
    console.log( myArray[i].charAt(0) );
}

Or:
myArray.forEach( function(word){
    console.log( word.charAt(0) );
});

Also, you're creating a function (myFunc), but then you're never actually invoking it.

A: Seems about right, except that you coded a constant in your loop instead of using the loop variable:
var myArray = ['adam', 'bianca', 'cat', 'dennis'];
var myFunc = function (letter) {
    for (var i = 0; i < letter.length; i += 1) {
        letter.charAt(i);
        console.log(letter.charAt(i));
    }
}

> myFunc(myArray[1])
b VM622:6
i VM622:6
a VM622:6
n VM622:6
c VM622:6
a VM622:6
undefined

You might also want to print out the whole array:
for (var word in myArray) {
    word = myArray[word];
    console.log("");
    myFunc(word);
}

A: if you using jQuery
var myArray = ['adam', 'bianca', 'cat', 'dennis'];
$.each(myArray,function(){console.log(this.charAt(0))});

A: If you are using ES6
const myArray = ['adam', 'bianca', 'cat', 'dennis'];
myArray.forEach(myFunc => console.log(myFunc.charAt(0)));

//output
a
b
c
d

If you want to put the output in an array
const myArray = ['adam', 'bianca', 'cat', 'dennis'];
const myFunc = myArray.map(name => name.charAt(0));

console.log(myFunc);
//output
[ 'a', 'b', 'c', 'd' ]

// When .map() is called on an array, it takes an argument of a callback function and returns a new array

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Sly & Robbie Et Al.
Silent Assassin (1989)
Raiders of the Lost Dub (Mango) 1981
Sly and Robbie Present Taxi (Mango) 1981
The Sixties, Seventies + Eighties = Taxi (Mango) 1981
Crucial Reggae Driven by Sly & Robbie (Mango) 1982
A Dub Experience (Mango) 1985
Language Barrier (Island) 1985
Reggae Greats (Mango) 1985
Taxi Fare (Heartbeat) 1986
A Dub Extravaganza (CSA) 1987
Rhythm Killers (Island) 1987
The Summit (RAS) 1988
Sly Dunbar
Simple Slyman (Front Line) 1976
Sly, Slick & Wicked (Front Line) 1977
Sly-go-ville (Mango) 1982
Taxi Gang Featuring Sly and Robbie
Electro-Reggae Vol. 1 (Mango) 1986
Taxi Connection Live in London (Mango) 1986
The Sting (Moving Target/Celluloid) 1986
Two Rhythms Clash (RAS) 1990
The cornerstone of contemporary roots, the nonpareil rhythm section of Sly Dunbar and Robbie Shakespeare has probably played on more reggae records than anyone else. Musical partners for many years beginning in various Jamaican studio bands, the pair founded Taxi — a production company and label that worked with many top Jamaican vocalists, including Gregory Isaacs and Black Uhuru — in the late '70s. The Taxi sound was characterized by Robbie's clean, monolithic bass lines and Sly's tasteful use of syndrums, decorating the reggae backbeat with state-of-the-art zing. The team went on to produce and play with such artists as Grace Jones, Joan Armatrading, Bob Dylan and Ian Dury. Their trademark high-tech style has become familiar (some say tired), but their modern treatments have been a significant factor in reggae's development and popularity.
Many of their own albums are surprisingly unexciting. Sly's solo records sound like dry runs, uneventful groove collections (Sly-go-ville does have one Delroy Wilson vocal). Sixties, Seventies + Eighties is not much better. Their reworkings of past and present hits (including "El Pussy Cat Ska") demonstrate why they don't sing more often. Worse still is The Sting, a collection of uninspired dance tracks and reggaefied versions of "Peter Gunn," "The Entertainer" and "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly," each more dreadful than the last. Their most consistently listenable instrumental LP is probably The Summit, where the duo (joined by a piano player) pump out a variety of straightforward yet highly textured rhythms.
Two other releases that bear their names are actually departures, experiments in crossover. Language Barrier, a superstar fusion jam produced by Bill Laswell, features everyone from Afrika Bambaataa to Bob Dylan; danceable enough, but hardly related to reggae. Rhythm Killers is the same idea, but more successful. Featuring covers of the Ohio Players' "Fire" and the Pointer Sisters' "Yes We Can Can," the LP is an unbroken song cycle, a seamless series of rap, funk, rock and reggae grooves. Again produced by Laswell, the session features Bootsy Collins, Henry Threadgill and many others; Shinehead vocalizes on "Boops! (Here to Go)." It's heavy-bottomed from start to finish, and interesting to boot.
In general, Sly and Robbie are most enjoyable on the various Taxi compilations, which also feature vocals. Crucial Reggae, which has the Mighty Diamonds' original "Pass the Kouchie," is not quite as good as Sly and Robbie Present Taxi, but both are fine introductions to the duo's playing and the Taxi roster of singers. (The British and American editions of the latter differ slightly.) Similarly, A Dub Experience (released in the Reggae Greats series) and Raiders of the Lost Dub are remix collections of backing tracks originally done for Black Uhuru, Burning Spear, Dennis Brown and others. Both are supersonic headcharges with an eerily haunting edge and should not be missed.
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Giving heavy bipartite endorsement to the rap-reggae fusion, KRS-One (of Boogie Down Productions) produced Silent Assassin, an ambitious undertaking with vocals by KRS, Queen Latifah, Young MC and others. "Dance Hall" is a lively and bouncy single; "Party Together" makes ingenious use of the Turtles' "Happy Together"; Latifah rules the mic on "Woman for the Job"; the CD-only "It's Me" samples Tenor Saw's "Ring the Alarm" with lyrics over a beatbox rhythm. While there are many old-time reggae rhythms sprinkled and weaved into the songs, one of the album's strongest tracks — "Under Arrest," a heavy story about an innocent man — includes no reggae.
No matter what mega stars and adventurous styles they may dally with, the Riddim Twins always return to their roots. Originally issued on their own Taxi label, Two Rhythms Clash is an authentic dancehall collection of singers and rhythms. In addition to some killer instrumentals by the producers themselves, there's music from Half Pint ("Cost of Living"), Little John ("Champion Bubbler") and, most impressively, Third World's Cat Coore ("Mello Cello").
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