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Vol. 10, Issue 278 - Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2005
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Hawaii's defense grows a nose
It took a few weeks, but UH has found a couple of big guys it can count on
By Dave Reardon
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Ask Jerry Glanville about the importance of the nose tackle position and he gives you the name of a cornerback. As it often does in his case, what at first doesn't seem to make sense does with just a little more information.
"Cris Dishman," the Hawaii defensive coordinator said, naming one of his old Houston Oilers.
Then, after a pause:
"A great cornerback. He always wanted to know who the nose was. 'You got a nose?' "
The Warriors have about five or six. Four games into the season, it looks like they've narrowed it down to two with a clear starter in sophomore Mike Lafaele and a solid No. 2 in freshman Keala Watson after the defense played well again in Saturday's loss to Boise State.
Back to Glanville's point. Dishman wanted to know who the nose tackle was because if he was a good one, he could help put pressure on the quarterback and Dishman wouldn't have to try to cover his man for too long. Every player depends on every other player in a defense, but in the 3-4, none is more important than the nose tackle, and it's a chain reaction all the way to the cornerbacks.
"It's always been important in this scheme. You gotta have a nose that is a team player and powerful and tough," UH coach June Jones said. "You just gotta have that guy in there and we've got two pretty good ones now."
Lafaele, the converted offensive lineman from Farrington, has likely earned a second consecutive start. Tony Akpan, Reagan Mauia and Watson started the first three games, and the preseason favorite to do so was injured Renolds Fruean.
The auditions are over for now as the Warriors (1-3, 1-1 WAC) get ready for a game at Louisiana Tech (1-2, 1-0) on Saturday.
"I would say he's playing nose very well," Jones said of Lafaele. "He'll start probably again this week."
If the nose tackle and the other defensive linemen to either side of him (Melila Purcell and Ikaika Alama-Francis) can occupy a large number of offensive linemen, the other defenders have a better chance of outnumbering the offense at the point of attack.
"They free up the linebackers," Alama-Francis said. "The center is the key. He has to play the center really hard, really good, and that opens it up for the middle linebackers to make plays inside. We did a really good job against Boise State. Michael did an awesome job, Keala did an awesome job. I'm excited about playing next to them."
Lafaele said he was triple teamed often Saturday. And he loved it, because it meant he was doing his job. Here's how he described his tasks:
"Hold the line of scrimmage, play that center, don't let him get out to the linebackers, blow up the line, cancel out gaps. Try to make plays," Lafaele said.
The 6-foot-1, 297-pound Lafaele said his year with the UH offensive linemen serves him well now, because he can anticipate their moves based on what he used to do.
"I know for O-linemen, they pick up blitz first. There's a lot of stuff that carries over to the other side. A lot of technique and alignment and stuff like that. That really helps me a lot, knowing the different kind of blocking they like to run."
Lafaele has been credited with just two tackles, both assists. But everyone associated with the Warriors defense know that stat means next to nothing for the nose tackle.
"Everybody has a job. It just makes everybody's job much easier with a nose who can do the right things in this scheme," Alama-Francis said. "They play hard. And that's what Coach Glanville is looking for. On his defense you need a nose. Mike and Keala are outstanding there."
Keomaka might play: Reserve cornerback Ryan Keomaka, listed as questionable for Saturday's game, might play because his shoulder injury suffered against Boise State isn't as bad as it might have been.
"It's subluxed and he'll have to play with pain and get it fixed at the end of the year," Jones said.
Kenny Patton and Keao Monteilh are the starting corners, with Turmarian Moreland and Keomaka listed as the backups.
By way of Texas: The team flies to Houston tonight and practices there tomorrow and Friday before heading to Monroe, La., Friday afternoon.
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Ukraine's 2012 corn output may fall due to unfavourable weather
Due to unfavourable weather, Ukraine's 2012 corn yield is likely to fall by 1.0-1.2 tonnes per hectare against 2011, a senior weather forecaster said on Monday (July 16).
Ukrainian farms sowed a record 4.6 million hectares for the 2012 corn harvest but the output is unlikely to reach last year's 22.7 million tonnes due to a severe drought which hit the leading corn-producing areas.
"After last week's torrential rains in eastern, southern and central regions we can say that the soil drought has stopped," Mykola Kulbida, head of the state weather forecasting centre, told a news conference.
"But a complex of negative factors has already affected the yield of corn which could be by 1.0-1.2 tonnes per hectare lower."
Kulbida gave no forecast for the 2012 corn harvest while Tetyana Adamenko, head of the centre's agriculture department, told Reuters this month that the harvest could total 20-21 million tonnes.
She also said the centre had lowered its outlook for the 2012 grain harvest to 42 million tonnes from a previous estimate of 44 million because of a smaller-than-expected corn crop.
Forecasters said that poor weather could reduce the Ukrainian wheat harvest to about 12-14 million tonnes from 22.3 million in 2011.
The Ukrainian government has said the 2012 harvest could fall to 45.3 million tonnes from a record 56.7 million tonnes in 2011 due to a drought during the sowing and severe frosts during the wintering.
The Agriculture Ministry last week cut its outlook for the former Soviet republic's grain exports in the current season to 20 million tonnes from 22-23 million tonnes.
Ukraine, which consumes 26 million tonnes of grain per season, exported 21.8 million tonnes of grain in 2011-12.
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A recent move to new purpose-built premises was the perfect opportunity to upgrade the existing facilities for the staff at the Pioneer School in Basildon, Essex. The new Pioneer School is a Model Special School catering for 90 children in the age range of 3 to 13 years and 80 pupils in the age range of 14 to 25 years with SLD, PMLD and ASD. SpaceKraft designed and installed a dual-purpose sensory room with an unusual sunken waterbed in the floor and also equipped the school's new swimming pool with Sensory Show Magic interactive sound and lighting.
Sensory teacher Helen Carpenter explains how plans for the sensory room developed. "At our old premises we had a room that had some SpaceKraft lighting in it but we didn't actually have a full White Room. For the new building we decided to install what is technically three sensory rooms: a tactile room, a teaching sensory room and a relaxation sensory room. What we decided to do was bring all our old equipment from the other site and put it in the teaching sensory room.
Because that room is for teaching cause and effect it was important to keep it to the basics, light and dark and so on, and the existing equipment was ideal for that. What that enabled us to do was to spend all the money we had allocated to us for the new site on a complete new fitted room from SpaceKraft which included three bubble tubes, a fibre-optic curtain and the waterbed. SpaceKraft fitted everything before we moved in here so there was no disruption to the school during the installation."
Within the limited space available for the main sensory room, SpaceKraft developed an effective dual-purpose room which doubles as both a tactile room, providing a variety of sensory stimulation effects, and a chill-out room, which provides a calming and relaxing environment. One unusual aspect of the room was prompted by a structural feature of the new school building, as Helen explains. "Because we've got overhead ceiling tracking in all our rooms, we have no mobile hoists at all, so therefore we didn't need any space under the waterbed to put mobile hoist legs. So we sunk the waterbed into the floor and now we've got no risk of the children falling off."
In the months since the new Pioneer School opened, the dual-purpose sensory room has proven to be a highlight of the new building, popular with both the children and the staff. "It's all working out really well and the kids really love it in there," says Helen. "Our old bubble tube at the previous site was just a market-bought one and it was very small, so coming here and having three big bubble tubes - one with bubbles, one with beads and one with balls - is something completely different for them."
In addition to the sensory room, SpaceKraft also designed and installed their Sensory Show Magic interactive sound and lighting system in the new swimming pool. "Our previous swimming pool had a perspex roof so it was very, very light during school hours and you couldn't have music in there because you just couldn't hear it," Helen recalls. "We knew at a very early stage that SpaceKraft would be coming in and setting up the Show Magic system in the pool, so it was built into the planning of the room that we would be able to darken it so we'd be able to have the coloured lights on and have a proper sound system in there.
"For our less able children, it adds another sensory dimension to swimming. Since we've been in here it's all been working out really well, particularly for those who are wary of swimming pools and water. A lot of those kids are the ones that have got sensory impairments but they're used to the lights, so that's been able to calm them enough that they're not then having the fear of the water and being in the pool. They love the fact that they're moving around more because they can chase the light spots moving around the pool and it creates a very calming atmosphere. Being in the water with the lights and sounds also stimulates them in a way that isn't possible for them out of the pool, and we can also do physio exercises in the pool because the warmth of the water relaxes the muscles. So by having them relaxed and having the lights, which they enjoy anyway, you can do more exercises with them without them really noticing that you're exercising them more - they just seem to relax and function better."
The dual-purpose room and Show Magic pool have been so popular with the pupils that the school already has plans for expansion of the sensory facilities. "This coming summer we're going into a second phase with the building and we're already planning to have a music room put in and a musical floor with different squares which light up. So we shall certainly be considering using SpaceKraft again in the near future because they know the building and we're very happy with the work they've done here."


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Crafting a social media campaign that unlocked the spirit of a warrior within Paramount Pictures' exciting G.I. Joe origins story.
DMM partnered with Paramount Pictures on the social media campaign for the epic action adventure, Snake Eyes. To support the theatrical release, we crafted a campaign that featured epic visuals fit for the big screen, while delivering an enticing narrative experience.
In order to appeal to a broad audience, we reintroduced existing fans to the beloved characters of Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow in a fresh way without alienating moviegoers who were less familiar with the G.I. Joe franchise. It was important to Paramount and creator Larry Hama that we establish this film as an origin story for Snake Eyes. To accomplish this, we created featurettes and feed-breaking assets which matched the intense action of the film. These creatives presented Snake Eyes in a fresh, inviting, and inclusive new light.
To present Henry Golding as an epic action hero, we created assets that showed off his skills, acting chops, and devotion to the character. This cast was filled with stars who were familiar with high-octane action roles, so to highlight the ensemble cast, we created assets that featured their incredible stunts.
We extended our approach beyond the traditional platforms and posting techniques, leaning heavily into TikToks and Reels videos. By tapping into the humor of Gen Z, we created videos that were inspired by some of the hottest trends on the platform, while leveraging fan-favorite moments. As Snake Eyes is also a character from the game Fortnite, we crafted social copy to target and excite the gaming community.
In the end, we took this campaign to a new level, generating 170 million social impressions across the social platforms. Our focus on TikTok paid off as well, with several of our videos generating over 7 million views.
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Heart-Based Meditations for Spiritual Transformation
Kamlesh D. Patel and Joshua Pollock
Foreword by Varun Soni, Afterword by James R. Doty
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"A must-read for anyone interested in incorporating meditation into their lifestyle."
––Sanjay Gupta, MD, chief medical correspondent for CNN
Heartfulness is an ideal, a spiritual way of living by and from the heart that is inclusive of all ideologies, beliefs, and religions. In this heart-centered book, a student in conversation with his teacher, Kamlesh D. Patel—affectionately known as Daaji, the fourth and current spiritual guide of the century-old Heartfulness tradition—present a unique method of meditation with the power to facilitate an immediate, tangible spiritual experience, irrespective of a person's faith.
Our modern, fast-paced world can be an overwhelming place. Every day, we're bombarded with messages telling us that in order to be happy, fulfilled, and worthy, we must be better, do more, and accumulate as much material wealth as possible. Most of us move through our busy lives with our minds full of these ideas, multitasking as we strive to navigate the responsibilities and expectations we must meet just to make it through the day. But what if there is another way? What if, rather than letting the busyness of life overtake our minds, we learn to be heartful instead?
Based on Daaji's own combination of approaches and practices for the modern seeker—which draws from the teachings of Sahaj Marg, meaning "Natural Path"—Heartfulness is a contemporized version of the ancient Indian practice of Raja Yoga, a tradition that enables the practitioner to realize the higher Self within. While many books describe refined states of being, The Heartfulness Way goes further, providing a pragmatic course to experience those states for oneself, which, per the book's guiding principle, is "greater than knowledge."
Heartfulness meditation consists of four elements—relaxation, meditation, cleaning, and prayer—and illuminates the ancient, defining feature of yogic transmission (or pranahuti), the utilization of divine energy for spiritual growth and transformation. Using the method, detailed practices, tips, and practical philosophy offered in this book, you'll reach new levels of attainment and learn to live a life more deeply connected to the values of the Heartfulness way—with acceptance, humility, compassion, empathy, and love.
Kamlesh D. Patel (Author)
Kamlesh D. Patel, known widely as Daaji, is the fourth and current spiritual guide of the global Heartfulness movement. His teachings arise from his personal experience on the path of Heartfulness, while reflecting his deep spirit of inquiry and... Read more
Books by Kamlesh D. Patel
Joshua Pollock (Author)
Joshua Pollock is a Heartfulness trainer and practitioner from the United States. An accomplished classical violinist, he has performed and taught throughout the world, including multiple collaborations with film composer A. R. Rahman. Pollock is a... Read more
Books by Joshua Pollock
Varun Soni (Foreword by)
Varun Soni, PhD, is dean of religious life at the University of Southern California, where he also serves as vice provost for Campus Wellness and Crisis Intervention, adjunct professor of religion, and Annenberg Fellow of public diplomacy. He holds... Read more
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James R. Doty (Afterword by)
James R. Doty, MD, is professor of neurosurgery at Stanford University School of Medicine, and founder and director of The Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Explanation (CCARE). Doty is author of Into the Magic Shop, and editor of The... Read more
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"In this simple and elegant book, Daaji reveals the ancient secrets of Heartfulness meditation for a well-integrated life. A must-read for anyone interested in incorporating meditation into their lifestyle."
—Sanjay Gupta, MD, neurosurgeon, Emmy® Award-winning chief medical correspondent for CNN, and bestselling author of Monday Mornings
"This book, The Heartfulness Way, is truly transformational and is going to make a big difference in the lives of so many people across the globe."
—Pankaj Gupta, PhD, executive director, Centre for Ethics, Spirituality and Sustainability at O.P. Jindal Global University, Delhi NCR
"All of us long to belong and try to connect to the Creator and this universe in various ways. This book helps us to connect holistically, meaningfully, and more importantly, 'simply,' through Heartfulness meditation. Giving ourselves the space to look within for just a few minutes in a day can keep us going, growing, and glowing throughout the day. The Heartfulness Way makes the journey as enjoyable as the destination."
—Latha Rajan, cofounder of the Chennai Literary Association, and managing director of the Ma Foi Foundation
"The Heartfulness Way represents a revolution in the field of spirituality. Spiritualism is a process of self-realization. Every individual being unique, they experience this in different ways. But all seekers can be benefited by The Heartfulness Way, including experienced meditators. A practical and inspirational guidebook, its clarion call is that personal experience is greater than any spiritual knowledge or belief can ever be. But this book goes much further than that! It provides a well-honed method for spiritual awakening. Moreover, it shows us how to receive yogic transmission, or pranahuti, which easily enables any seeker to experience states of being that were once thought to be reserved for great yogis and renunciates. Read it, try its practices, experience yogic transmission, and see for yourself!"
—Suresh Prabhu, Minister of Commerce and Industry of India
"If you have picked up The Heartfulness Way, then you are one of the many of people looking for answers. Congratulations. You have found the key. This book will take you on a journey of self-comprehension, leading to the eventual discovery of your true potential.
Meditation is an age-old practice, and a successful one. This is perhaps the only way a person can face their own self and set themselves free. Put together from a series of conversations between teacher and student, the authors of this book have created something so powerful and profound that it makes me wonder how many lives it will potentially change.
I find immense pride in my association with Kamlesh D. Patel, and this book fills me with utmost respect for its two authors, who have embarked on the holy path of spiritual transformation. It is rare in today's age to see people share their insight and teach from their experiences.
Om Namah Shivay."
—C.B. Patel, owner, Gujarat Samachar; Asian Voice
"The Heartfulness Way is a truly extraordinary book, and a valuable guide to the serious spiritual seeker on the path to self-revelation. It is addressed to the heart, and if for that reason alone, cannot fail to profoundly move the reader. If approached in the right spirit, The Heartfulness Way can trigger a far-reaching, inner transformation. It is warmly recommended."
—Ramnath Narayanswamy, IIM Bangalore
"Since 2000 when, as Beavercreek mayor, I officiated the grand opening of the Dayton Heartfulness/Natural Path Meditation Center, I have been a major supporter of this valuable community resource that provides free training in Heartfulness relaxation and meditation not just locally, but also globally! The local Heartfuness Center now services hundreds, including many of our community's first responders. It is my hope that many more people can take advantage of this wonderful resource and learn these simple yet powerful techniques through The Heartfulness Way."
—Rick Perales, Ohio State Representative
"The Heartfulness Way offers an eminently clear and practical path to the Divinity that lies within each of us. Highly recommended."
—Robert Schwartz, author of Your Soul's Plan and Your Soul's Gift
"In my many decades as a management consultant to governments and Fortune 500 companies alike, I have realized that the external success of any organization depends on its internal health and integration. Similarly, the external success of any individual depends on their own level of personal integration and wellness. When you're too caught up in your own problems, you can't achieve anything great! But how to achieve that crucial level of personal integration and wellness? I have personally found Heartfulness meditation to be a critical tool in this regard. Through it, the heart assumes an executive function, and all of our faculties become aligned with it. When all of our energies are aligned in their purpose and work in a single channel, we become focused and empowered. As a result, we become effective. And because we are guided by the heart, we also express a deep and natural morality in all that we do. The Heartfulness Way masterfully demonstrates how to achieve personal integration, and should be indispensable to anyone who is serious about self-development."
—Ichak Adizes, PhD, MBA, founder and president of the Adizes Institute
"Over twenty years ago, when I was introduced to the Heartfulness meditation practice, I could not have anticipated how much it would come to mean to me with each passing day. Nor could I have anticipated the harmony and purpose that I would find in my life as a result. Whether you are ardent practioner of meditation, just curious, or perhaps even skeptical, The Heartfulness Way is a must-read. Answers leap magically from its pages, making it simple to understand meditation and its purpose. To read this book is to be immersed in a symphony of revelations."
—Vani Kola, managing director, Kalaari Capital
"The Heartfulness Way is an invaluable addition to the vast body of literature on meditation. Its message is optimistic, pointing to the innate goodness that lies in each of our hearts, and showing us how to grow into our most authentic and best selves. As a mindfulness practitioner, I have long felt that the root of mindfulness is 'Heartfulness,' so I am pleased to witness this concept taking hold, and I look forward to the day that everyone aspires toward 'heartful' living."
—Tim Ryan, US representative of Ohio, and author of A Mindful Nation
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When I started practising the heartfulness meditation about 12 years ago, I was completely unaware how much it was going to influence me. It has simplified my thinking, living and approach to the world much beyond my comprehension. Some books can introduce to a new subject, some others can help to improve your knowledge, few can inspire and rarely can one sow seeds of knowledge for germination in the future. This book in my estimate can do all the above and more perhaps. The style of the book is a conversation between a teacher and a student, in the style of Upanishads, Gita and Plato which is very inviting to the reader and takes you through the practice and explores the gems of this raja yogic system which has many unique extraordinary hidden features. Readers are asked to come and experience the life changing, simple and non-demanding meditation practice which will take you the realms far far beyond anything comprehensible in our mundane world. I have read the book once and will read it many times to reap the extraordinary effects all the heartfulness books have on people who learn to read them, the heartfulness way. Also this book clarifies the Asthanga yoga in the light of the Heartfulness way for the first time. The feeling role of heart is very well explained and so is the role of the mind in a spiritual practice. Pranahuti, of the system, which is worth more than anything else in this world must be experienced to be believed. Spiritual journey is well charted and guidance is available without any fee. Now the man has a unique opportunity to explore the divinity within himself and I believe he will slowly find the Way to it.
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identify whether one is primary and the other secondary, or whether the gene in question acts directly in both affected processes. For example, spermatids in males mutant for proteins required for nuclear shaping fail to individualize, because correct shaping of the nucleus is required for the normal assembly of the investment cone (27). Mutations affecting spindle structure may show defects in both chromosome segregation (uneven nuclear size at onion stage) and cytokinesis (Nebenkern larger than wild type and fewer in number) because of the relationship between spindle structure, especially the central spindle, and the cleavage furrow.
Cell division is an extremely dynamic process; however, the transient nature of standard squash preparations observed by phase contrast yields only snapshot images of meiosis. In many cases, it is desirable to observe cells undergoing the divisions using time-lapse microscopy (40,41). By observing living cells, we can characterize in much more detail the exact nature of any meiotic defect. For example, a four-wheel-drive phenotype, where karyokinesis is unaffected but cytokinesis fails (e.g., Fig. 7D), could be the result of one of two fundamentally different defects. There may be a failure in the contractile ring, such that there is no contraction; alternatively, the intercellular bridge that should remain after incomplete cytokinesis may not be stabilized (42). Observations of living cells can rapidly distinguish between these possibilities (32). For analysis of live specimens undergoing meiosis see Subheading 3.1.3. and Chapter 3.
1. Dissect testes from a newly eclosed male in fresh testis buffer (0-1 d old) (see Note 2).
2. Place a drop of testis buffer on a clean microscope slide, using the surface tension of the buffer transfer the testes to this drop.
3. Open up the testes (and seminal vesicles if looking for motile sperm) by cutting them open with the tungsten needles or by ripping with the forceps (see Note 3).
4. Place a clean cover slip over the testes; this will gently squash the cells. Squashing can be increased to give better phase contrast by wicking buffer out using a Kimwipe. This can be done while observing the cells under the phase-contrast microscope (see Note 4).
Nuclear morphology can be examined in live squashes by staining the DNA with the vital dye Hoechst 33342. This is included in the testes buffer at 2-5 ^g/mL during dissection.
1. Proceed as described in Subheading 3.1., but allow the testes to sit in the buffer for 5 min after dissection and before adding the cover slip (see Fig. 1I-L). Alternatively, chromatin can be observed using a stock carrying a His2-GFP transgene (41) (see Fig. 5).
Meiotic chromosome morphology can be assessed in acetic acid squashes. Because acid destroys much of the cellular structure, the morphology of the squashed testis will be compromised; however, condensed meiotic chromosomes and sperm heads will be visible (14).
1. Dissect testes as described in Subheading 3.1., step 1, then transfer to 45% acetic acid on the slide, and allow to swell for 15 s before cutting.
2. Proceed to step 3 of Subheading 3.1.
1. Dissect out the testes and place into a large drop of halocarbon oil on a cover slip. Remove as much nontestis material as possible from the preparation.
2. Cut the testes open and spill the contents out by pulling the sheath around the cover slip.
3. Pick up the cover slip with a slide and observe with phase-contrast optics for up to 1 h (32). The addition of extra cover slips (or pieces of cover slip) as supports alongside the testes prevents oversquashing and increases the viability of the cells to 2 h (see Note 5).
Fig. 7. (continued) meiosis, and four are still primary spermatocytes. (C) No meiotic divisions (e.g., twine, boule, mgr, p2-tubulin): Failure to form a meiotic spindle results in failure of both chromosome segregation and cell division. Onion stage cysts can be seen containing 16 rather than 64 cells, each having a large (4N) nucleus and a large (usually misshapen) Nebenkern. (D) Cytokinesis failure (e.g., fwd, shank): Normal chromosome segregation followed by failure of cytokinesis at both meiotic divisions results in an onion stage cell (arrow) containing four nuclei associated with just one very large mitochondrial derivative. If only one cytokinesis fails, two nuclei are associated with one large mitochondrial derivative (arrowhead). (F) Chromosome nondisjunction (e.g., asp, compound chromosomes): Chromosome nondisjunction results in one daughter nucleus having more DNA than its sister nucleus. Because the nuclear size at onion stage is directly proportional to DNA content, this is manifest as variable nuclear diameters in early spermatids (compare arrowed nuclei). (E) Cytokinesis failure and chromosome nondisjunction: Mutants that affect both cytokinesis and chromosome segregation can result in postmeiotic cysts containing 64 variable-sized nuclei associated with 16 large Nebenkern. (G,H) No mitochondrial derivative (e.g., nmd): Failure of mitochondrial aggregation and fusion results in a cloud of mitochondria in onion-stage cells (G). At the leaf blade stage (H), they are scattered, mostly to one side of the nucleus, but a normal Nebenkern is never formed. (I,J) Mitochondrial fusion (e.g., fzo): At onion stage, mitochondria aggregate but fail to fuse. Wrapping of pairs of mitochondria forms a Nebenkern, which at this stage (I) looks somewhat lumpy. By the comet stage (J), many individual mitochondrial pairs are seen elongating from each nucleus. Panel E was provided by Cayetano Gonzalez (EMBO), and panels G-J were provided by Karen Hales (Davidson College).
Because in each preparation only one field can be imaged, it is wasteful to dissect more than one male per slide. Care should be taken in choosing the image field; cells near the edge of the displaced testis contents may be easier to see, but will die sooner than those that remain surrounded by other testis material in slightly more physiological conditions. Cytokinesis seems to be more sensitive to perturbation than chromosome segregation. If the aim of the experiment is to observe cytokinesis in a mutant, it is best to select cells in anaphase at the start of the recording session. Cells can easily fuse during preparation of the slide; if two cells in meiotic prophase are artificially fused, both spindle morphology and kinetochore attachment to microtubules may be disrupted. The effect will be an aberrant meiosis, and often failed cytokinesis, which could be misinterpreted as representing the true mutant phenotype.


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Securitised Punch Taverns bought by Patron/Heineken JV
Patron Capital and Dutch brewer Heineken have completed the purchase of the FTSE 100-listed Punch Taverns – the UK pub chain which is financed by circa £1.32 billion (€1.42 billion) of debt across two securitisations.
Patron Capital and Dutch brewer Heineken have completed the purchase of the FTSE 100-listed Punch Taverns – the UK pub chain which is financed by circa £1.32 billion (€1.42 billion) of securitised debt.
A deal to buy the business was agreed by joint venture vehicle Vine Acquisitions in December, although it was held up while Heineken addressed concerns raised by the UK's Competition and Markets Authority.
The deal, at 180p in cash per share, values the equity of Punch at around £402 million and implies an enterprise value of £1.8 billion. Patron's participation in the deal is funded through capital from its recently closed fifth opportunistic real estate vehicle.
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The Mana Drain
Vintage Community
B&R Announcement - May 18, 2020
pilsburydohboy42 Reply Quote
Ouch, swing and a miss in my eyes. I was looking forward to playing Lurrus without companion, really cool card.
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I don't think the statement is too short, but I think a lot of Vintage players will be annoyed it didn't reference two things:
1. The Gravitas of the Moment.
It took Vintage about, what, 26 years to finally have to ban a card for power level reasons? It took awhile. Congratulations, WotC. you did it! Anyway, the fact that this is so unprecedented probably means players would have expected something in the banned and restricted announcement acknowledging this. It's kind of like if Grandma dies and you just a get a quick text messages saying "Oh also Nana died."
When Will Cards Get Banned in the Future?
What exactly was the philosophy behind the Lurrus ban, and when will the rule be applied again? I feel like I know why Lurrus was banned because I observed the format with it, but I don't know exactly what the criteria will be for bannings in the future.
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@maximumcdawg said in B&R Announcement - May 18, 2020:
I guess the criteria was "we designed a card (mechanic) so sutpidly that restricting it does not adress the problem at all"
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Some indication that more moderate action (such as banning Lurrus as a companion, rather than outright) was considered, and an explanation for why these were rejected in favor of a straight ban.
Some indication that taking action against the most degenerate strategies that Lurrus enables (Paradoxical Outcome, Underworld Breach) was considered instead of banning Lurrus, and rationale for why such actions were rejected in favor of a ban of Lurrus.
B&R announcements in the (sadly, now very distant) past often had this greater level of detail and care.
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@evouga said in B&R Announcement - May 18, 2020:
Maybe also touch upon how a preemptive ban is also exceedingly rare and for most people this is exactly what that is, a ban of a card before the physical cards are in peoples hands.
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Yesterday I reactivated my manatraders account to play with Lurrus and I had a blast in the league I played him in. I went to bed excited to brew and play with Lurrus. I woke up to find that Lurrus has been banned. I went straight to try building a new deck with Zirda or Yorion, but after about 10 minutes I lost all interest in the format once again and just put my manatraders account back into vacation mode. It was a good 18 hours, Vintage, you had a good run. See you guys in 5 months!
@desolutionist believe me, you would have gotten sick of seeing lurrus real quick. Bad timing though for sure
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I was hoping to see banned as a Companion instead of an outright ban like many others. In the long term, the simplicity of an outright ban makes the overall B&R list slightly cleaner, but I'm not sure that outweighs being able to brew with Lurrus as a maindeck option. He's strong enough to operate in various contexts, perhaps even more in a future context where the multiverse is much less hostile than Format Karakas.
I wrote a long response recently but it's already buried so I'll re-post the parts relevant to the gravity of the first explicit power level in some time.
@brianpk80 said in B&R Announcement - May 18, 2020:
There's been a myth about "no power level bans" in Vintage for a long time that's been put to rest definitively by some recent tweets by Mark Rosewater. Yes, Vintage has a banned list and it's still available as corrective action for cards that warp gameplay. Channel and Mind Twist were unbanned because those cards no longer met the criteria for banning. It was not because Wizards decided to abolish the ban list itself. Though as time passed without any subsequent bans, that interpretation became prematurely ingrained and inadequately challenged, even while Time Vault itself was stealth banned via power-level errata until 2008.
On the bright side for more preservative views, that means if Lurrus or the Companions are banned or banned as Companions in Vintage it won't signify a grand rupture of the format's foundation. It's just an exercise of a reserved power that hasn't been used in many years. Starting the game with a functional +1 hand size is a very drastic change whose magnitude can justify a weighty response.
One way we can look at the B&R action is to consider that banning Lurrus is actually a much less drastic change than printing Lurrus was. The milk was spilled in April, not May.
This is I think a very fair way to look at this, but it also feels like something we are going to be saying more and more set after set as the power creep and uncharted territory gets even more prominent. Prior to companions we had:
The printing of a 4x, arguably more powerful Yawgs will
some number of waves of the most powerful planeswalkers ever made
a 1 card I win combo that was restriction resistant (karn and lattice)
The best blue hate card maybe ever (veil of summer)
One of the most busted effect lands printed (mystic sanctuary)
A new pitch counter that at least exists in the same ballpark as FOW
A pitch artifact/enchantment hate card that may be the most powerful ever made
I mean, the list goes on and I believe that is only the last year.
@protoaddict said in B&R Announcement - May 18, 2020:
All good examples. The power creep and release saturation is what's affecting the rate of change more than the B&R updates which haven't even adequately kept up with them despite 7 adjustments in the past year.
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For all the displeasure at the briefness and "incompleteness" of the rationale for banning - I think they said all they needed to perfectly. The card is busted in Vintage and legacy because of the cheap, OP stuff we have access to. The companions are working as planned in newer formats.
They print cards to sell. Newer formats are where they get 99% of their revenue. What do you all not understand about that? These weren't designed with Vintage/Legacy in mind. They saw the impact and banned it. Get over it. It's almost like people think WotC is testing newer cards for their interaction in Vintage and Legacy with any amount of effort. They are not. If they see something blatantly obvious - something like a 0cmc artifact that transmutes for 0 to get a 0cmc card, they'd likely say "wait, that's free black lotus/land tutor every game" and pump the brakes. But anything outside of THAT obvious, they're going to test how it plays in Standard and maybe Modern, and that's about it. They are a for-profit company, and they will always do what is best to maximize sales, not the grumblings of a small community that only buys old cards via Ebay. Get used to that reality and stop acting confused when WotC/Hasbro acts this way.
@thewhitedragon69 said in B&R Announcement - May 18, 2020:
I largely agree with you, but I have to say that there is a more than just a whiff of incompetence surrounding this whole Companion affair. WotC does not profit from Vintage, but it certainly does from Standard and Commander. Companions have massively warped the Standard format (and have overshadowed the intended marquee mechanic of the set, Mutate) and Lutri was preemptively emergency-banned in Commander.
Lutri may have been overlooked in commander in testing, but the rest seem fine. And if by "warped" standard, you mean a major mechanic of a new set is influencing all the standard decks...isn't that "Mission Accomplished" from a design standpoint? Mutate was a major mechanic, but not a very good one - more like a better bestow. Companion was just a more powerful mechanic, and on-theme with the "animal friends" plane. It seems likely that it would be the more played mechanic. And if the mechanic of the newest set is overshadowing older legal sets, I'd think that's a win for R&D.
@thewhitedragon69 Three things to think about in response to that.
First, power creep in general is not a great thing for the game. It's a short-term boost in sales, sure, but it's long-term detrimental because you either have to fall back and print a Masques or Kamigawa and deal with disapointed players and disappointing sales or you keep on creeping and things get more and more unbalanced. They've tried to balance this in the past with power creeping different aspects to different sets at different rates, but that seems to have been thrown out the window recently. It's very legitimate for people to worry about what sustained power creep means for long term health of the game.
Second, perhaps by accident, WotC's recent power creep may have come at the exact perfect time to actually be the right call. With Covid shutting down paper magic hard, Arena is probably picking up steam. All the recent power-creep sets are on Arena, and having splashy, powerful cards on that platform is good for that game. I don't play Standard typically, and I like the meta on Arena right now in standard. It's powerful and flashy. Feels more like eternal, complete with combo decks, than it has in a long time. If you were going to choose a period of time to mortgage paper magic's future in exchange for a boost online, now seems like exactly the time to do it.
Third, overall, I think this power creep + ban trend is good for eternal because it means they're finally shaking off the chains restraining them from printing cards as powerful as the old hard-to-obtain cards. I've been a big advocate for helping people get into eternal by printing cards that compete with the old reserved list staples, and they're doing that. I don't think they've gone far enough into making the new cards MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE with Vintage staples yet, but they're certainly making sure that the Vintage metagame is chock full of new and relatively cheap cards at competitive levels. That's a good thing! But, of course, since Vintage is the Whos-Who list of Magic's Greatest Mistakes, when you print cards to compete at that level you are absolutely going to have to police the format against breaking.
@maximumcdawg I think the power creep here isn't as bad as perceived, though. Lurrus, for example, is not OP in standard. It's only OP in eternal formats because of all the already OP old stuff they have access to, like lotus. If none of the mana accelerants existed in Vintage, Lurrus would be much less powerful.
Power creep also isn't always obvious at first. Goyf was a vanilla beater, but an efficient 4/5 for 2 on avg. He got played fairly early and has remained the power-creep-flag-bearer for a long time. Death's shadow is a 7/7-12/12 for 1 mana, and I don't recall him being immediately trotted out as a beast until much more recently. He was sorta unplayable at first iirc. Lurrus is much more of a grindy, decently-costed 3/2 lifelinker in formats that pay WotC.
Another thing to consider is that WotC typically prints a balancer in the same standard block. Drannith Magistrate is cheaper (played faster) than all the companions and drop-kicks them in the fangs. A DM deck is going to punish companion decks. Unfortunately "being broken" is more fun than "stopping broken" and people usually run the flashy wins in far greater numbers than the slogging decks. See humans in vintage vs everything blue as an example. FAR more PO/mentor players than thalia players.
The key takeaway for me is it closes the book on any debate that WotC actively looks at vintage/legacy in R&D. They have a B&R list as more of a courtesy to its old clientele. Their paying customers are 100x more important to them. And since standard cycles sets, OP printings are easily handled, either by corrective printing in the next set, or....time. Bans can be used if they just made an oops, and people won't stop buying packs over an "Oko" ban.
Standard is not a good barometer for this. If there were 10 decks in standard corresponding to one of each of the companions, that would be considered a healthy meta. An unhealthy meta in standard is typically less than 3 decks, while in vintage I would think we want the number to be much higher than that.
If you look at all the non rotating formats however, companion is pretty much everywhere. Now different formats lend themselves to different beasts, and some of the 10 are clearly just not good, but it looks like the ones that are here are here to stay because the mechanic is what it is. There are even allusions in that BR post that they are watching what happens for the next few weeks and they are not opposed to banning more.
I am inclined to agree that the situation we are in was heavily influenced by incompetence and a lack of testing. Certainly a new format like Pioneer should be getting attention in play test, but even there, players have concerns. Personally I think more companions is the answer since the cat is out of the bag already, but I don't think it will happen soon enough.
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Drannith Magistrate is cheaper (played faster) than all the companions and drop-kicks them in the fangs. A DM deck is going to punish companion decks.
no, it doesn't. you play a 1/3 for 2. your opponent's card that they got for free is now not accessible until your 1-3 dies. this is you in a worse spot(as they can break out if they have to) than if your opponent had no companion and you put a 1/3 for 2 in their deck, which is obviously not something that is typically worth doing
since standard cycles sets, OP printings are easily handled, either by corrective printing in the next set, or....time.
standard sets are designed far enough in advance that wotc's planned counterweights to the cards that they think will be a big deal are notoriously mismatched to what actually ends up being good.
I think the sentiment that WotC/hasbro only cares about profit is a more or less true observation, but doesn't explain stuff like companion; it more clearly matches the pushed mythic phenomenon, with stuff like oko, uro, the set with dozens of planeswalkers. I don't think companion in particular was what was intended to sell packs of ikoria rather than trilands, planeswalkers, and other mythics. "they don't care" is a general explanation, but it doesn't explain why one particular mistake happens instead of any of the other potential different ones. wotc fundamentally messing with the resource system of the game(companions, delve, breach, etc) has had vastly more influence, especially in this format than the stuff that they are doing as intentional power creep and cash grabs(explore being mythic, planeswalkers, evolving wilds at rare, collector's packs and 3-4 different versions of each rare)
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If you started playing a brand new TCG today that had a rule that let you play certain cards from your sideboard, you wouldn't think anything of it. It's just part of the game. What is the obsession with wanting MTG to follow some sort of purity formula in which new game mechanics are unwelcome?
@desolutionist Mark Rosewater has written dozens of articles about how important the randomization mechanics are to the success of Magic: the Gathering, and he dusts off these arguments every time somebody complains about mana screw, mulliganing, etc. I have no reason to believe he doesn't know what he's talking about.
Companions throw deck randomization out of the window. They let you stack your deck and put one of the most powerful cards in your deck (in the case of Lurrus) on top. If Companions had been part of the game since the beginning, I think they would have been identified as a mistake and a poor piece of game design, in the same way that getting rid of MtG's mana system (as is done in some famous non-Magic TCGs) is a severe game design misstep.


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By Doug Saunders | dsaunders@scng.com | San Bernardino Sun
April 17, 2015 at 6:57 p.m.
HIGHLAND >> Sheriff's officials Friday released the names of the four deputies involved in a deadly confrontation with a Highland man Wednesday.
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Published on 29. November 2016 by Nancy Alexander
In this Q&A Nancy Alexander and Melville Moses Andradé latest post, discusses hopes and concerns with regards to the incoming Trump administration.
Q: So, US President Trump will participate in the 2017 German-led G20 process. How do you think he will make his mark on the group?
A: A lot will depend upon the relationship that he has with Chancellor Merkel. Many of us were very pleased that the Chancellor made an announcement the day after the US election saying that she would welcome cooperation with Mr. Trump on the base of shared universal values, including democracy, the rule of law, human dignity regardless of gender, religion, sexual orientation, political views, and color of the skin. We were very pleased.
Q: Indeed, she made a big impression with that statement, didn't she?
A: Yes! Perhaps, some of us in the US really didn't fully realize the love and devotion that we have to these democratic values until the election, when we felt that they could be under threat.
Q: Well, what are the prospects for a good relationship between the two leaders?
A: As it stands, the Obama and the Merkel administrations have had disagreements over fiscal policy. The Obama administration has wanted greater economic stimulus and less austerity, and German leaders have been unwilling to provide that.
Q: Will Trump take the same position?
A: Yes, it's likely he will. He has a much touted one trillion dollar infrastructure plan, and we are concerned about how he will go about this plan and promote it in the G20. A lot will depend upon who he appoints as his key representatives, particularly the new US Treasury Secretary and his personal representative, his G20 Sherpa.
Q: Do you think that Trump will make common cause with other G20 members in their infrastructure promotion efforts?
A: Yes, it's very likely. It's likely that Trump will consider joining the China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank. Obama refused to join, but Trump reportedly will consider it. And we think that Trump will be a leader of the G20 Infrastructure Initiative. That concerns us because we don't think that Trump's infrastructure model is necessarily one to follow. It appears that rather than using public money to build water systems, bridges, and roads, he would give big tax breaks to investors and contractors. We're concerned that gains could be privatized and losses could be socialized on a very large scale.
Q: That would be a concern. Now, will other G20 countries buy this approach?
A: I hope not. But other G20 leaders have an advantage in their approaches: They believe, to one extent or another, that climate change is real. They realize that sixty percent of global greenhouse gases come from infrastructure, and that the stakes are very high for building low- and no-carbon infrastructure.
Q: Now, will Trump come around to this point of view?
A: He pledged in his campaign that he would cancel US membership in the Paris Agreement on climate change. Now he says that he will reconsider his position, and we hope that he does. He has also promised to exploit a new generation of fossil fuels, and we're concerned about that. We're hoping that, since he likes to make "America first", he'll want to become a market leader in renewable energies.
Q: Speaking of "America first": Trump takes a radically different approach to trade than many Republicans and Democrats.
A: Indeed. The transpacific partnership, the TPP trade deal, died before Trump could kill it. Many G20 leaders have just paid lip service to multilateral agreements while cutting smaller bilateral or plurilateral agreements on the side. Now Trump has made it clear that he intends to favor bilateral agreements.
Q: Nancy, what does that mean for the G20?
A: It means that the G20 will be in chaos – for a while. And it's likely that many G20 leaders will become more enthusiastic for the kind of bilateral deals that Trump will strike.
Q: What does that mean for the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, the TTIP?
A: It's unlikely that Trump will breathe any life into TTIP. He is a fan of Brexit, and it's likely that he will cut a bilateral deal with Britain and that other countries will follow.
Q: As you know, Trump's election has shocked the world and many in the US, too. What would you say to people who are trying to understand what the new president-elect should do?
A: They could take a look at Trump's Contract with the American Voter. It spells out what Trump intends to do during his first one hundred days in office. And they can watch carefully to see the types of individuals that Trump appoints to his Cabinet. We're very concerned about the contract, and about some of the appointments, and we feel like we will work with our allies as never before to protect and defend the democratic values that we've come to stand for.
Q: Is there a place for such a struggle in the G20 space?
A: Yes, it's important that people become familiar with what's called the Civil20, or C20. The C20 is working with civil society around the world to launch a platform that will debate and defend the rights of civil society. We invite watchers and listeners to contact us about this platform and join hands with us going forward.
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He could hardly be described as Nelson Mandela's spitting image, but when the British actor Idris Elba arrived at the South African premiere of Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom on Sunday, there was some of the awe and adulation usually reserved for the great statesman himself.
Playing Mandela is an acting Everest that stars including Morgan Freeman, Danny Glover, David Harewood, Terrence Howard, Clarke Peters and Sidney Poitier have attempted to scale, but none, perhaps, have quite reached the summit. Elba, who grew up in Hackney, east London, has already earned the praise of Mandela's family.
The star of The Wire and Luther had almost missed the black-tie event in Johannesburg after he suffered a severe asthma attack on a South Africa-bound plane and was hospitalised. But he took another flight just in time to witness in person how South Africans judge his portrayal of the nation's father figure in the £22-million biopic.
Mandela's third and current wife, Graca Machel, was also present but declined to be interviewed. They were joined by the new British and US ambassadors, the Nobel laureate Nadine Gordimer and long-time friends of Mandela including Ahmed Kathrada, a fellow prisoner on Robben Island, and the lawyer George Bizos, who defended Mandela from a possible death penalty half a century ago. "It brings back the memories," Bizos said.
Singh said a smiling Mandela had asked "Is that me?" when he saw a picture of Elba made up with grey hair and wrinkled face and wearing one of his trademark Madiba shirts. "I said, Madiba, you really think it's you?" Singh recalled.
Winnie is played by another Briton, the Skyfall actor Naomie Harris, but the rest of the cast are South African. The film traces the life of the anti-apartheid hero from his childhood in the rural Eastern Cape to his imprisonment on Robben Island and his election as the country's first black president in 1994.
In a recorded message for the event, South Africa's president, Jacob Zuma, said: "A life of inspiration. That is the best way to describe Madiba … He became an inspiration to the world as a freedom fighter, a statesman and a man of principle.
The movie will be released in South Africa on 28 November and the UK on 3 January.
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, the film about the life of former president Nelson Mandela, received standing ovations and rave reviews when it premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on Saturday.
"The film received an unprecedented eight-minute standing ovation coupled with a rapturous applause at the festival venue, the Roy Thomson Hall, resulting in social media platforms buzzing with praise for the film," the producers said in a statement on Monday.
Producer Anant Singh, who owns the rights to the autobiography on which the film is based, said the making of film was a long journey.
With a script written by writer and screenwriter William Nicholson – who has written Sarafina!, Les Misérables and Gladiator – this adaptation of Mandela's autobiography Long Walk to Freedom is said to be an "epic sweep" in the film industry.
Singh began communicating with Mandela while he was still in prison and acquired the rights to the autobiography in 1996.
The film features Idris Elba, who plays Mandela; the UK's Naomie Harris (Skyfall, Pirates of the Caribbean) as the struggle activist's wife, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela; and South African actors Terry Pheto (Tsotsi, Catch a Fire); Carl Beukes (Isidingo, Jozi) and Gys de Villiers (Verraaiers, Binnelanders), to name a few.
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Our Own Climate Idaho
The passage of climate change across our state and lives will outlive every Idahoan here today. Start there as we think now about what to do. At best, 15 or 20 years from now, we will have built up a good soil so Idahoans to follow can do better than we will.
This means climate work in Idaho today needs vision. We have to talk to our future, and to the years beyond which we here now can only hope to serve as good compost. We must set stars to steer by, even knowing we will be wrong as often as right.
This passage will also be a democratic event, in two ways. Everyone in Idaho will be much affected, and, though we might not think so now, everyone in Idaho will have and insist on having her and his say. This includes all those, now and to come, who "do not believe in climate change."
Second, governments and policies will not get us through climate change. We can seek that they help, but we can't bank on it, or mistake changing government policies for the deeper job. Individuals, families, communities, businesses and institutions, in part by policies but mainly by practices, will in the end do most of the human work.
So though not true in all cases, I think it is largely true that good climate change practices and policies will evolve in Idaho only as a good breadth of Idahoans understand and support them. Creating that breadth, leading it into existence, is a main purpose for climate work today.
Most climate work in Idaho will be nonhuman, done by lands, waters, and their life. Life, in Idaho as elsewhere, will apply its self-organizing genius to weathering and thriving through climate change. Odds are that the closer Idahoans align our work with that nonhuman work the better we will do, but to do so we will need to look more closely and steadily at the nonhuman Idaho than we now do. Human and nonhuman are not separate sealed compartments, but the second is the originating matrix for the first.
Climate change's passage will be humbling. Our predictions will be wrong, our pieties challenged, our rules and regulations insufficient. Lands and waters will go places we don't like or want without waiting for our input. There is much talk now of the Anthropocene, the era Earth is posited to have entered in which humans have taken or take charge of it. I would be less skeptical about it if humility were prominent in the talk.
These features of climate change-its long haul, the democratic foundations of durable human response to it, nonhuman life's active powers to shape its course, the humility it asks of us-are, I think, basic design principles for Idaho's response to it today, and for leadership of that response. What we do is important, but I defer that subject for now except to note again we will be wrong as often as right. So how we do it, how we lay the keel for a long trip none of us will survive, is equally important.
I suggest three wise men for hard thinking about the how and what of climate change response: farmer Wendell Berry, scientist James Lovelock, and naturalist John Hay.
– Pat Ford


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South Texas Catholic (Corpus Christi, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 21, Ed. 1 Friday, May 24, 1991
One of 1,012 issues in the title: South Texas Catholic available on this site.
Weekly newspaper from Corpus Christi, Texas published by the Diocese of Corpus Christi that includes news of interest to Diocese members along with advertising.
sixteen pages : ill. ; page 15 x 11 in.
Freeman, Robert E. May 24, 1991.
This newspaper is part of the collection entitled: Texas Gulf Coast Register/South Texas Catholic and two others and was provided by UNT Libraries to The Portal to Texas History, a digital repository hosted by the UNT Libraries. More information about this issue can be viewed below.
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Eli Grober
George Santos Applies for a New Job
If my time in office taught me one thing, it's these two things: work hard, be honest, and refuse to ever admit you're wrong.
Reported Problems with Santa's New Tesla Sleigh
Reindeer have begun to protest what they believe to be unlawful termination. Santa disagrees and insists that he doesn't "need those weird little horses anymore."
Where I Was Each Time I Heard the News That Pete Davidson Was Dating a New Celebrity
"That can't be true," my wife says. "That's too crazy."
How David Blaine Performs Everyday Tasks
Using the Bathroom: David stands upright in a stall for seven days. He consumes only water, and is not allowed to use the toilet.
Situations in Which the Only Solution Was to Vote
Getting out the vote while being held hostage, before crashing into an eighteen-wheeler, and more.
How Marriage Makes Everything Fancy
When you're in a relationship and you're unfaithful, it's called cheating. But when you're married it's called having an affair. Like you're in a heist film.
How Even Our Fictional Billionaires Fail Us
Mr. Monopoly could completely revamp the banking system and set a minimum basic income—instead, he sends people directly to jail.
What Things Cost Now
Rent now costs random new numbers that your landlord makes up every few weeks.
Time for Your Annual Tax Quiz!
Did you receive a 1099? If so, this quiz is about to get a lot harder.
Other Uses for the New York Times' COVID-Cases Chart
The Omicron-case count isn't the only metric that's going through the roof.
The Twelve Days of Supply-Chain Christmas Problems
My pear tree and partridge arrive separately, weeks apart, and require assembly.
Other Failed Peloton Product Placements
Unfortunate exercise-bike appearances in "The Shining," "Titanic," and more.
Ah, Another Beautiful Morning—Time to Ruin It by Immediately Opening My Phone
I appreciate the still moments in life. Then I open Twitter and my day is over.
The Climate Apocalympics
2268: Nepal, the only country still above water, hosts the Olympics for the sixth consecutive time.
Proverbs for Your Thirties
You made your bed; now you have to lie in it. But it's from IKEA and you built it wrong, so now you're lying on the floor.
Biblical Travel Ads
Sodom and Gomorrah: Come on down to the Twin Sin Cities! So much fun that, when you leave, all you'll want to do is look back. Don't!
Opening Lines Rewritten for a Pandemic
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. But, mostly, it was the worst of times. In fact, not once had it felt like the best of times."
Things Fully Vaccinated People Are Still Not Allowed to Do
Everyone, Go Around the Table and Say What You're Thankful for—Something, Anything, Please
Grandma, we can only see your forehead. Move the screen down or move your head up! Ah, you did both, and now I only see your chin.
Welcome to Fall, the Two Days Between Summer and Winter
I'll be the first to say it: this is my favorite season that lasts eighteen to thirty-six hours.


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Ukeoirn O'Connor works in what he calls "the mix of it all," blending a rigorous concern for ethnomusicology with a deft improvisational approach into a practice of composition and performance that seeks to bring the multicultural tensions and energies of an increasingly globalised world into a musical dynamism that looks at the same time back and ahead, across the world and right at home, inside, outside, even upside down. He is a composer and musician who began his career drawing pictures. He is a hard-working improviser known for his innovative scores. O'Connor works to explode the definitions he finds himself struggling with, like Irish, Japanese, composer, performer, experimental and traditional, in the attempt to blend and mix things not into a bland monocultural pap but rather a lively, complex relation.
Born in 1972 in Dublin, Ireland, Ukeoirn O'Connor studied Fine Arts at the National College of Art and Design, graduating in 1995. He began his artistic career as a painter and visual artist, but after meeting Flor Hartigan he realized that his lifelong love for music could be explored in a much more innovative and interesting way than he'd previously realised. He started playing, improvising and composing experimental music and never looked back. O'Connor tends to work with extended instrumental and vocal techniques, microtones, rhythmic drone structures and noise, and is keenly interested in exploring intercultural musical collaboration and confluence.
O'Connor is a prolific composer and performer, active in both Irish and international circles. He regularly improvises and performs with a variety of groups and musicians, including Oh! Number, Cáca Milis, Kenta Nagaro, Caoimhín Ó Murchú, Slavek Kwi, Chris Forsyth and X-Tract. His work has been commissioned by the South Dublin County Council, the Sligo New Music Festival, the Bozzini Quartet, the Dublin Fringe Festival and Apartment House, among others, and has been performed at the Kilkenny Arts Festival (Kilkenny, Ireland), the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival (Huddersfield, UK), the International Contemporary Music Festival (Vilnius, Lithuania) and elsewhere. He has held residencies at Bord Bia (Germany) and the Skellig Arts Centre (Ireland). He has received grants and awards from the Arts Council of Ireland, the Fingal County Council and Culture Ireland.
Some of O'Connor's most recent works include Three Songs, bipbipbipbipbidilee bam bam, "ohno!" at last, wandering, NOW you for to go and TETSUOROURKE. He currently lives in Rathfarnam and works as a forester for Coillte Teoranta.


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Summer abounds in this colorful penne pasta dish among layers of zucchini, yellow squash, onions, tofu, and carrots. It's tossed in a light olive oil dressing and topped with grated parmesan cheese. This recipe is an authentic recipe from the owners of The LunchMaster, a school lunch meal provider located in California. The LunchMaster takes pride in serving quality dishes and family recipes that have been passed down from generations!
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3. Bake until the vegetables are tender and begin to brown, about 20 minutes total. Stir the vegetables midway (at about 10 minutes).
4. While cooking vegetables, cook the pasta in a large pot of boiling salted water until al dente (tender & slightly firm to the bite), for about 8 minutes.
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Q: Issue with bubble sorting SO I decided to create a bubble algorithm in Python. The thing is that it works for some numbers,  but it doesn't work for others. Can anyone help:
def sort(number):
    to_sort = list(str(number))
    sorted_list = sorted(to_sort)
    print(sorted_list)
    i = 0
    while True:
        if to_sort == sorted_list:
            print(f"Sorted {number} to {''.join(to_sort)}" )
            break
        first_index = to_sort[i]
        try:
            second_index = to_sort[i+1]
        except IndexError:
            i = 0
        if first_index < second_index:
            i += 1
            print(to_sort)
            continue
        elif first_index > second_index:
            print(f"switching {to_sort[i+1]} to {first_index}")
            to_sort[i+1] = first_index
            print(to_sort)
            print(f"Switching {to_sort[i]} to {second_index}")
            to_sort[i] = second_index
            print(to_sort)
            i += 1
            continue

sort(49304)

It works for 51428 but not 49304. Anyone know why?

A: The fatal flaw is in your loop reset (to 0), combined with your disconnected swapping logic.
    first_index = to_sort[i]
    try:
        second_index = to_sort[i+1]
    except IndexError:
        i = 0
    ...
    elif first_index > second_index:
        ...
        to_sort[i] = second_index

In the case of running off the end of the list, second_index now has the wrong value: it's the previous value, since you never reset it after looping i back to 0.
(1) Fix your immediate problem by inserting that reset:
    except IndexError:
        i = 0
        second_index = to_sort[0]

(2) Research existing bubble sorts.  Among other things, make your exchange simpler.
    to_sort[i], to_sort[i+1] = to_sort[i+1], to_sort[i]

Control i so that it doesn't go out of bounds.  Note that you don't have to really worry about swapping the last element with the first: a bubble sort doesn't skip ends like that.

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Tuesday, December 20. 2022
SEC Issues Draft 2023 Executive Compensation Disclosure Taxonomy
On December 19, the SEC announced that it adopted amendments that require registrants to disclose information concerning: 1) insider trading policies and procedures of issuers; 2) adoption and termination (including modification) of plans that are intended to meet the rule's conditions for establishing an affirmative defense, 3) certain similar trading arrangements by directors and officers, and 4) director and executive equity compensation awards made close in time to the issuer's disclosure of material nonpublic information. For further information, see the Insider Trading Arrangements and Related Disclosures final rule on the SEC's website. Note that, per the SEC's adopted amendments, registrants now must tag certain disclosures in Inline eXtensible Business Reporting Language (iXBRL).
The draft 2023 version of the Executive Compensation Disclosure (ECD) taxonomy was revised to include the tagging elements for ECD disclosures, the files for which are available on the DRAFT Taxonomy Files webpage on sec.gov. Contrary to the draft 2023 version of the ECD taxonomy published on November 4, 2022, the current draft 2023 version references the 2023 version of the US GAAP taxonomy.
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