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Water warriors: Not just a Facebook page, these volunteers from Kochi are responsible for the city's clean ponds
Noby K Antony, a key volunteer of Anbodu Kochi and the Entekulam Ernakulam project who have cleaned over 300 ponds in Ernakulam district, urges us to understand the importance of conserving water
Sruthi Venugopal
Entekulam Ernakulam volunteers at work
If you think about floods in India, most of our states were affected last year, one of the worst hit being Kerala. Almost every state pitched in to support the coastal state in the form of relief materials and funds. Kerala too has always been one of those states that steps up in times of crisis, like when they lent Chennai a helping hand during the 2015 floods. After sending the last load of materials to Chennai, the core members of Anbodu Kochi — including former collector MG Rajamanickam (IAS) — sat down and discussed how such a disaster could be avoided in Kochi as well. After brainstorming for a few hours, they came up with a plan and that was the genesis of Entekulam Ernakulam.
Although their name is a dead giveaway, we were curious about their gameplan. "Spearheaded by Rajamanickam, we started off with cleaning 55 ponds in 2016. NSS volunteers from several colleges in the city and other locals from the place participated in the cleaning process," says Noby K Antony, a volunteer of the Anbodu Kochi initiative as well as their Facebook admin. Anbodu Kochi started as a WhatsApp group and later, snowballed into a Facebook page that now has about 66k followers. Explaining the cleaning process, Noby shares, "We handpick all the waste, plastics, weeds and so on, and even do desilting if required. In 2016, the programme was financially supported by several sponsors and in 2017, it was sponsored by Cochin Shipyard." The team has cleaned over 300 ponds in the last four years.
And what happens after they are cleaned? The pond becomes the responsibility of the respective panchayat. "We beautify the ponds too by providing bio-fencing and we reconstruct whenever required. They are made so clean that the water can be used for irrigation and drinking purpose. The Anbodu Kochi team monitors the maintenance of these ponds at random," says the 33-year-old, who works as a non-teaching staff at SMHSS Murickassery. Obviously, we had to ask about the consequences of non-maintenance. He smiles and says, "The panchayats that maintain their ponds will be awarded by the district administration, Ernakulam. This builds a competitive spirit among the panchayats. In the end, our purpose is served. Right?"
This flagship project witnessed the participation of people of all classes, informs Noby. "People worked round the clock, including weekends and public holidays. There were days when we completed the cleaning of 10 ponds in a day," he says proudly. Winding up the conversation, we ask him what motivates the team to continue their good work. He concludes, "Though the initiative comes under the district administration, it is every individual's responsibility to maintain our water bodies because these are sources of water for their wells too. We should be keeping our surroundings clean without blaming the government. That is our motto."


A SPECIAL thank you to my dad for being an awesome provider who worked relentless hours at his businesses and the V.A. to provide, nurture, love, and give great advice. Thanks for teaching us to appreciate and enjoy life. You never complained about taking care of us (10 children; 2 deceased- R.I.P. Janice and the 1st little Tennard boy) and you taught us great work ethics. Your 5th career should have been a stand up comedian!!! We love you Daddy, Big Papa and Papu. By the way, my father is 88 years young!


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La maison du Cadran Solaire est une maison située place de la Halle, à Pérouges, dans le département de l'Ain.

Elle abrite aujourd'hui une boutique.

Présentation
La maison est ornée d'un cadran solaire à l'origine de sa renommée.

Le cadran solaire
 L'inscription
Sur le panneau solaire est inscrit .

 Les blasons
 En bas à gauche du cadran, est représentée une variante moderne du blason de la toute proche région naturelle et historique de la Dombes, différente du blason historique de la Dombes représenté ci-dessous.
 En bas à droite du cadran, est représenté le blason de Pérouges.

 Les signes du zodiaque
Au milieu autour du soleil et disposé sur un demi-cercle, sont visibles des représentations de signes astrologiques ; en l'occurrence et de gauche à droite, le Taureau, le Bélier, les Gémeaux, le Cancer, le Lion, et le Verseau.

 Fonctionnalité
Il est à noter que ce cadran ne saurait fonctionner: son style est perpendiculaire au plan du cadran (alors qu'on attendrait un style polaire), ce qui supposerait un graphisme des heures totalement différent

Protection
Les façades de la maison fait l'objet d'une inscription au titre des monuments historiques depuis le .

Références

Voir aussi

Articles connexes
 Monuments historiques de l'Ain
 Monuments historiques de Pérouges

Liens externes

Cadran solaire en France
Monument historique inscrit en 1927
Monument historique à Pérouges
Maison monument historique (France)
Cadran Solaire

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The Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union (POPCRU) welcomes the decision to shut down the building housing the Correctional Services in the Pretoria Central Business District.
The department has since the 2016 inspections of the building failed to comply with the Occupational Health and Safety standards.
Since then, there has not been a health and safety committee, there have not been First Aiders, there have been no fire marshals and there have not been any evacuation plans in the case of fire.
Further, the building has no certificate of compliance for the 9 lifts, the water tank that must be utilised in the case of fire has had no water, has had no pressure pump and is not even connected to the main water feeder.
We are strongly opposed to anyone who would want to interdict this life-saving decision to shut down the building, and find it senseless that government departments at national level opt to rent buildings instead of buying their own as this could have by now saved taxpayers millions of rands.
The Department of Correctional Services has been leasing this building since 1970, meaning 48 years of renting. Had the DCS bought its own residence post-1994, they could have saved a lot of resources.
The insistence of government departments continuing to rent out buildings, including that of the South African Police Services, is highly suspicious, especially when there are claims of limited resources which workers in the DCS bear the brunt of. This can only be a reflection of cronyism, and should be halted.


Your child is wheezing, coughing and sometimes short of breath. You're pretty sure these might be signs of asthma so you make an appointment to see the doctor. In the meantime – if you're like most parents – you'll probably sit down in front of your computer and start searching the Internet to learn more about asthma. With so many resources at your fingertips, it's hard to resist. But what's the best way to go about it?
Lynn Kiraly-Batist, librarian at the Family Resource Library at the Montreal Children's Hospital of the MUHC, says that search engines can be a great help in finding answers to your health questions but you need to know a few basics to get the most out of your search. Here she offers some practical suggestions on how to quickly get to the sources that will help you better understand your child's health issues.
So how many articles do you really need to read?
Most of us have favourite sites that we consider reliable sources for everything from travel to cooking to music. But when it comes to our children's health, we don't always know where to start or which sites to trust.
Ms. Kiraly-Batist recommends using search tools that are managed by qualified experts who have already done the preliminary work for you. That work includes reviewing the material, selecting appropriate sources for the public and organizing it in a way that helps you easily narrow your search. Useful sites for pediatric health topics include MedLine Plus (US National Library of Medicine and National Institutes of Health), the Canadian Pediatric Society, New York Online Access to Health (NOAH), Lab Tests Online, and National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD). All these sites provide English content but there are several bilingual sites including Public Health Agency Canada, Orphanet (rare disorders) and of course, the MCH web site which has 250 professionally-approved articles. French language information is also found on CiSMeF (Catalogue et Index des Sites Médicaux Francophones).
Here's a simple example to illustrate the point. Using Google, type 'asthma children' in the search field. As of writing this article, this search returned 2,470,000 results (a small number compared to the 31 million results for asthma alone!) A quick scan of the first few pages of results shows sites ranging from associations to magazines to pharmaceutical companies. Some of the sites don't even deal exclusively with asthma in children and the right-hand margin displays commercial sites promoting asthma treatments.
The results? An easy-to read table that outlines about 85 professionally selected links covering news, treatments, disease management, research, and tools and tutorials. In short, the professionals have done the homework for you!
When you take a book out of the library you can be sure that at least a few people were involved before the book got to your library shelf. The author wrote and verified their work. There's a good chance that an editor reviewed it. A publisher decided it was worthwhile to print it. A reviewer or journalist may have commented on it. And finally, a librarian chose it for the library's collection. By contrast, any organization – or anyone for that matter – can create and publish a web site without these important review processes.
For a more detailed list of recommended search engines and tools, visit the Family Resource Library web site.


Avi Amesbury, CEO/Artistic Director at Craft ACT—herself a ceramicist—says this is Australia's premier ceramics event and the last time Canberra hosted it was in the 1980s. Although the conference component of the Triennale is an opportunity for high-end ceramicists to get serious about expanding their skills and ideas, through presentations, panel discussions and workshops, the Triennale offers a great deal for the public.
Beyond the free exhibitions, Stepping Up will culminate in a one-day Market Place at the National Gallery of Australia (12 July) where 30 high-end ceramic artists will be on hand to talk passionately about and sell their beautifully made work. This is a great opportunity to meet the artists and explore their thinking, plus, it's free entry, and everyday tableware, household items and vessels will be for sale, as will jewellery and many one-off collector's items.
A highlight for the public is the Stepping Up—Delegates Exhibition, which will feature the work of the international delegates who will attend the conference all in one place. It will be held at the ANU School of Art Gallery, offering a chance-of-a-lifetime opportunity to see works by ceramicists from Canada, France, India, Taiwan, the United Kingdom and United States.
Each state and territory will be bringing a show to Canberra. Other exhibitions will be held in galleries such as Bilk Gallery, Beaver Galleries, Canberra Museum and Gallery, Craft ACT, M16 Artspace, Nishi Gallery and Drill Hall Gallery.
Pop up exhibitions will also be held, including throughout Braddon. Most retailers in the Ori Building, for example, will showcase the work of an individual artist, such as the Assemblage Project with ceramic dolls by Gemma Bonshek Kane. Most of the exhibitions will be held during the Triennale, but will start before and some will continue after, so check out what is being exhibited now.
Stepping Up is managed by Craft ACT, in partnership with the Australian Ceramic Society, Canberra Potters' Society, Strathnairn Arts and Australian National University.
The free Market Place will be held Sunday 12 July, 11am to 4pm, National Gallery of Australia's Gandel Hall. The NGA will be offering two free guided tours of the Australian Decorative Arts at 12 pm and 2 pm. This is an exhibition definitely not to be missed!
This entry was posted in LFW Your Canberra and tagged Australian Ceramics, Australian Ceramics Triennale, Canberra Potter's Society, Craft ACT, National Gallery of Australia, Stepping Up Ceramics Canberra on June 22, 2015 by gracienumber1.


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Utility of Diffusion-weighted Imaging to Decrease Unnecessary Biopsies Prompted by Breast MRI: A trial of the ECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research group (A6702)
Habib Rahbar*, Zheng Zhang, Thomas L. Chenevert, Justin Romanoff, Averi E. Kitsch, Lucy G. Hanna, Sara M. Harvey, Linda Moy, Wendy B. DeMartini, Basak Dogan, Wei T. Yang, Lilian C. Wang, Bonnie N. Joe, Karen Y. Oh, Colleen H. Neal, Elizabeth S. McDonald, Mitchell D. Schnall, Constance D. Lehman, Christopher E. Comstock, Savannah C. Partridge
Purpose: Conventional breast MRI is highly sensitive for cancer detection but prompts some false positives. We performed a prospective, multicenter study to determine whether apparent diffusion coefficients (ADCs) from diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) can decrease MRI false positives. Experimental Design: A total of 107 women with MRI-detected BI-RADS 3, 4, or 5 lesions were enrolled from March 2014 to April 2015. ADCs were measured both centrally and at participating sites. ROC analysis was employed to assess diagnostic performance of centrally measured ADCs and identify optimal ADC thresholds to reduce unnecessary biopsies. Lesion reference standard was based on either definitive biopsy result or at least 337 days of follow-up after the initial MRI procedure. Results: Of 107 women enrolled, 67 patients (median age 49, range 24–75 years) with 81 lesions with confirmed reference standard (28 malignant, 53 benign) and evaluable DWI were analyzed. Sixty-seven of 81 lesions were BI-RADS 4 (n ¼ 63) or 5 (n ¼ 4) and recommended for biopsy. Malignancies exhibited lower mean in centrally measured ADCs (mm 2 /s) than benign lesions [1.21 10 3 vs.1.47 10 3 ; P < 0.0001; area under ROC curve ¼ 0.75; 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.65–0.84]. In centralized analysis, application of an ADC threshold (1.53 10 3 mm 2 /s) lowered the biopsy rate by 20.9% (14/67; 95% CI, 11.2%–31.2%) without affecting sensitivity. Application of a more conservative threshold (1.68 10 3 mm 2 /s) to site-measured ADCs reduced the biopsy rate by 26.2% (16/61) but missed three cancers. Conclusions: DWI can reclassify a substantial fraction of suspicious breast MRI findings as benign and thereby decrease unnecessary biopsies. ADC thresholds identified in this trial should be validated in future phase III studies.
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Rahbar, H., Zhang, Z., Chenevert, T. L., Romanoff, J., Kitsch, A. E., Hanna, L. G., Harvey, S. M., Moy, L., DeMartini, W. B., Dogan, B., Yang, W. T., Wang, L. C., Joe, B. N., Oh, K. Y., Neal, C. H., McDonald, E. S., Schnall, M. D., Lehman, C. D., Comstock, C. E., & Partridge, S. C. (2019). Utility of Diffusion-weighted Imaging to Decrease Unnecessary Biopsies Prompted by Breast MRI: A trial of the ECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research group (A6702). Clinical Cancer Research, 25(6), 1756-1765. https://doi.org/10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-18-2967
Rahbar, Habib ; Zhang, Zheng ; Chenevert, Thomas L. et al. / Utility of Diffusion-weighted Imaging to Decrease Unnecessary Biopsies Prompted by Breast MRI : A trial of the ECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research group (A6702). In: Clinical Cancer Research. 2019 ; Vol. 25, No. 6. pp. 1756-1765.
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abstract = " Purpose: Conventional breast MRI is highly sensitive for cancer detection but prompts some false positives. We performed a prospective, multicenter study to determine whether apparent diffusion coefficients (ADCs) from diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) can decrease MRI false positives. Experimental Design: A total of 107 women with MRI-detected BI-RADS 3, 4, or 5 lesions were enrolled from March 2014 to April 2015. ADCs were measured both centrally and at participating sites. ROC analysis was employed to assess diagnostic performance of centrally measured ADCs and identify optimal ADC thresholds to reduce unnecessary biopsies. Lesion reference standard was based on either definitive biopsy result or at least 337 days of follow-up after the initial MRI procedure. Results: Of 107 women enrolled, 67 patients (median age 49, range 24–75 years) with 81 lesions with confirmed reference standard (28 malignant, 53 benign) and evaluable DWI were analyzed. Sixty-seven of 81 lesions were BI-RADS 4 (n ¼ 63) or 5 (n ¼ 4) and recommended for biopsy. Malignancies exhibited lower mean in centrally measured ADCs (mm 2 /s) than benign lesions [1.21 10 3 vs.1.47 10 3 ; P < 0.0001; area under ROC curve ¼ 0.75; 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.65–0.84]. In centralized analysis, application of an ADC threshold (1.53 10 3 mm 2 /s) lowered the biopsy rate by 20.9% (14/67; 95% CI, 11.2%–31.2%) without affecting sensitivity. Application of a more conservative threshold (1.68 10 3 mm 2 /s) to site-measured ADCs reduced the biopsy rate by 26.2% (16/61) but missed three cancers. Conclusions: DWI can reclassify a substantial fraction of suspicious breast MRI findings as benign and thereby decrease unnecessary biopsies. ADC thresholds identified in this trial should be validated in future phase III studies.",
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note = "Funding Information: W. Yang is a consultant/advisory board member for Seno Medical Advisory Board, GE Healthcare, and Wolters Kluwer. M. Schnall reports receiving commercial research support from Siemens. C. Lehman reports receiving commercial research support from and is a consultant/advisory board member for General ElectricHealthcare.S.C.Partridgereportsreceiving commercial research grants from General Electric Healthcare, and reports receiving commercial research support from Philips Healthcare. No potential conflicts of interest were disclosed by the other authors. Funding Information: This study was conducted by the ECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research Group (Peter J. O'Dwyer and Mitchell D. Schnall Group Co-Chairs) and supported by the NCI of the NIH under the following award numbers: CA180820, CA180794, CA180828, CA180801, CA180847, CA180799, CA180816, CA180858, CA180870, CA18086, CA180791, CA151326, CA207290, and CA166104. The authors also acknowledge those individuals who have contributed substantially to the work reported in the manuscript, including the A6702 Trial Team, the patients who participated in the study, and the staff members who contributed to the conduct of the study at the University of Washington (Seattle, WA), the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI), the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PN), MD Anderson Cancer Center (Houston, TX), University of Wisconsin (Madison, WI), Northwestern University (Evanston, IL), Vanderbilt University (Nashville, TN), New York University (New York, NY), University of California (San Francisco, CA), and Oregon Health Sciences University (Portland, OR). Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2019 American Association for Cancer Research.",
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Rahbar, H, Zhang, Z, Chenevert, TL, Romanoff, J, Kitsch, AE, Hanna, LG, Harvey, SM, Moy, L, DeMartini, WB, Dogan, B, Yang, WT, Wang, LC, Joe, BN, Oh, KY, Neal, CH, McDonald, ES, Schnall, MD, Lehman, CD, Comstock, CE & Partridge, SC 2019, 'Utility of Diffusion-weighted Imaging to Decrease Unnecessary Biopsies Prompted by Breast MRI: A trial of the ECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research group (A6702)', Clinical Cancer Research, vol. 25, no. 6, pp. 1756-1765. https://doi.org/10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-18-2967
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In: Clinical Cancer Research, Vol. 25, No. 6, 2019, p. 1756-1765.
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N2 - Purpose: Conventional breast MRI is highly sensitive for cancer detection but prompts some false positives. We performed a prospective, multicenter study to determine whether apparent diffusion coefficients (ADCs) from diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) can decrease MRI false positives. Experimental Design: A total of 107 women with MRI-detected BI-RADS 3, 4, or 5 lesions were enrolled from March 2014 to April 2015. ADCs were measured both centrally and at participating sites. ROC analysis was employed to assess diagnostic performance of centrally measured ADCs and identify optimal ADC thresholds to reduce unnecessary biopsies. Lesion reference standard was based on either definitive biopsy result or at least 337 days of follow-up after the initial MRI procedure. Results: Of 107 women enrolled, 67 patients (median age 49, range 24–75 years) with 81 lesions with confirmed reference standard (28 malignant, 53 benign) and evaluable DWI were analyzed. Sixty-seven of 81 lesions were BI-RADS 4 (n ¼ 63) or 5 (n ¼ 4) and recommended for biopsy. Malignancies exhibited lower mean in centrally measured ADCs (mm 2 /s) than benign lesions [1.21 10 3 vs.1.47 10 3 ; P < 0.0001; area under ROC curve ¼ 0.75; 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.65–0.84]. In centralized analysis, application of an ADC threshold (1.53 10 3 mm 2 /s) lowered the biopsy rate by 20.9% (14/67; 95% CI, 11.2%–31.2%) without affecting sensitivity. Application of a more conservative threshold (1.68 10 3 mm 2 /s) to site-measured ADCs reduced the biopsy rate by 26.2% (16/61) but missed three cancers. Conclusions: DWI can reclassify a substantial fraction of suspicious breast MRI findings as benign and thereby decrease unnecessary biopsies. ADC thresholds identified in this trial should be validated in future phase III studies.
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Maintaining a business facility used to be hard work. With the introduction of equipment such as floor scrubbers and sweepers, however, cleaning large facilities has switched from backbreaking labor to a more laidback process.
Some business owners, however, still go for the less costly, traditional mop and bucket system instead of the more expensive and advanced industrial sweepers and scrubbers.
The first option, though, can be quite inconvenient as hand sweeping and mopping still leave behind dust, dirt, and grime. Add that to the burden of manually cleaning a huge commercial space. In this case, a wiser option could be the use of industrial sweepers and scrubbers.
While brooms and mops can definitely clean, they are often not as effective as their mechanical counterparts in removing dust, debris, and tough grime. In fact, did you know that sweepers and scrubbers can reduce your cleaning time to half? A riding floor scrubber, for example, can wash and scrub large floor spaces in just one go.
Even better, these industrial sweepers and scrubbers have large cleaning heads that are capable of cleaning a large area in a single pass. Thus, increasing its efficiency by up to 100% when compared to manual cleaning.
In addition to cleaning efficiency, manpower efficiency is also significantly increased because less effort is needed to be able to operate these industrial cleaning tools. Piloting a riding floor scrubber, for instance, requires you to simply sit on the machine and drive it around the facility.
Investing in industrial equipment, though, could save you both the time and money as you can reuse them for years to come. You'll only need to train your cleaning crew to do the job properly. After all, cleaning large facilities, whether it be a factory, school, or hospital, can be a time-consuming task. In fact, this is why some companies even hire cleaning services just to finish the task in a timely manner. While these services may seem less costly than investing in machines, you will often save money in the long run.
Even if they require bigger capital outlays, industrial sweepers and scrubbers will prove worth the investment. Not only are they durable but they also clean quickly and efficiently thereby saving time, effort, and money. To ensure that your equipment will last, purchase them from a reputable supplier.


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Charlize Theron & Brad Pitt Are Dating: 20 Things We Know About The Relationship So Far
by Kimberly Love
Word hit the media that Charlize Theron and Brad Pitt are dating and it hit us like a ton of bricks. We've all speculated on the kind of girl that Pitt would end up dating next and how could we not? He's dated and married two very high profile and awesome leading ladies in the past, and it looks like he's just snapped up another one. Not that we are surprised one bit. Brad is a gorgeous megastar and we weren't believing for a minute that he was going to settle down with a regular woman. He had us fooled for a minute, though.
There are a ton of questions going around about the Brad-Charlize situation, like how on earth did these two meet? And, what do his exes think of his new choice? There are children involved on both sides so we're assuming they are taking things slowly.
Check out these 20 things we know about Charlize and Brad's relationship so far.
20 They Have Been Dating For A Month
via Business Recorder
That's like a year in Hollywood, so it's a good start for the two of them. One thing is for sure, they will look great on the red carpet together. According to what a source told The Sun, "They have been casually seeing each other for nearly a month now. They've been friends for some time—ironically through Sean [Penn]—but things have developed."
19 They Met During A Photo Shoot
via Hollywood Reporter
They are both in Hollywood, sure, but unless they do a movie together, it's hard to imagine that two celebrities would just happen to run into each other and start dating. Brad and Charlize were involved in shooting a commercial together six months ago for Breitling. Apparently, Adam Driver was there as well as some watches but Brad Pitt got the girl.
A source told People, "About six months ago, they did a shoot together. So they have spent time together."
But we'll have to see if they go from photoshoot to official relationship.
18 Angelina And Charlize Have A Feud
via enews
Why are we not surprised? It has been said that Ange is not a big fan of Charlize so we are likely to hear more about that if things get serious between Charlize and Brad. Radar Online reported that the two women have feuded over scripts before and really dislike each other.
"The hate fest between these two started a long time ago and just won't stop," the insider told Radar Online. "It's as though directors are getting a buzz out of playing them against each other, by dangling a script to both of them then leaving them to b**** and slug it out."
17 Brad And Charlize Are In Their Honeymoon Phase
There have been a lot of denials about the couple since the news broke but when sources are claiming that they saw the two canoodling at an event, it's hard to ignore such claims. As The Sun reports, the two were at a showbiz function when things started to get cozy. "They were ridiculously touchy-feely and his arm was around her back. At one point he winked at her," a source told the media outlet.
16 They Both Have Children
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There are always children to consider in situations like this. But Charlize has experience in adoption just like Brad does. He has six children on his side while she has two. It's still up in the air how often Brad gets to see his children since Angelina has been difficult during the divorce proceedings but going on a family vacation with eight children would certainly be an experience if these two decided to blend their families. Are we moving too fast? We can't help it, it's so exciting!
15 She Has Not Met His Children
The two spent time together over the holidays and Charlize has visited Brad in his home in Los Feliz, Los Angeles, as The Sun reports. So, things have been taken up a notch regarding their relationship! However, she has not met his children yet. That's not really surprising as it seems he doesn't get to spend a whole lot of time with them either.
They probably also want to take things slow. After all, this is Brad's first real relationship since splitting with Angelina.
14 Angelina Was Shopping When The News Broke
It couldn't have been easy for Angelina to be out on the streets when word of the relationship broke out. She was shopping with her son Pax at the time, as The Daily Mail reports, and was likely hounded by paparazzi over the news. She acted as she always did with a stone-cold expression.
The custody battle between Brad and Ange has been finalized, as Radar reports, and we hope that from here on out things will be easier for them. So far, Ange has kept her opinion to herself about Charlize.
13 Sean Penn Set Them Up
It's rumoured that Sean Penn, Charlize's former fiancé, was the one that set them up. Charlize and Sean broke up in 2015 after being in a relationship for about two years, but it's clear that they have remained on good terms with each other otherwise a setup between Charlize and Brad couldn't have happened. Maybe Sean sees some potential there so he decided to play matchmaker.
12 Date Night At Chateau Marmont
While Brad and Charlize were at the showbiz function where they were seen getting closer, what's really telling is that it seemed like they were on a date. As The Sun reports, Brad had gone to watch If Beale Street Could Talk in a private Hollywood Hills home and Charlize was a guest at a showing of Roma in Chateau Marmont in Los Angeles. A source told the media outlet that Brad went to see Charlize at Chateau afterwards, he changed his clothes and then joined her in a "corner of the bar."
11 He's Sticking To Celebrity Women
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Many thought that Brad would follow his friends George Clooney and Matt Damon and date someone who isn't in the spotlight. He had been linked to MIT professor Neri Oxman and we thought he might be leaning in the direction of avoiding another actress in Hollywood. Oxman denied the rumours and eventually, it became clear that the two were not going to be involved.
"I can't see Brad dating someone super famous again, I can definitely see him dating someone with a lower profile," a source has said, as The Daily Voice reports.
10 Charlize Is An Independent Woman
Charlize is not the kind of woman that needs a man to care for her. For the most part, she has been raising her two children on her own. Her last public relationship was with Sean Penn almost four years ago. Whether she has been technically single this whole time or not, she hasn't been serious enough with anyone to go public with it. The same goes for Brad, so now may be the perfect time for something serious to start between them.
9 Brad Is Looking For More
Charlize is stunning, there is no doubt about that, but in order to keep a man like Brad Pitt, there has to be more than physical looks - and she certainly has that, with her acting talent and philanthropy.
One of Brad's popular quotes, as reported by Khaleej Times, is:
"When you see a person, do you just concentrate on their looks? It's just a first impression. Then there's someone who doesn't catch your eye immediately, but you talk to them and they become the most beautiful thing in the world.
The greatest actors aren't what you would call beautiful sex symbols."
8 The Kids Come First
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It would be cool if these two got together and raised their children together. Even for stars, being a single parent can be a stressful and lonely experience. Charlize does get a lot of help from her mom, which we're sure is helpful.
"Sometimes I lose my mind, especially in a car, like when we're on a road trip or something," the Atomic Blonde star told Us. "[My mom will] look at me and laugh. Then she'll say, 'It's just a moment. It's going to pass.'"
7 They Can Both Hold Their Own In Hollywood
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For some Hollywood couples, huge fame only comes to one party and that can cause strife in the relationship. But for Charlize and Brad, they are on the same level. They can both hold their own and carry movies as the big star at the box office. There is really no chance that their careers will get in the way of their love, especially since they are both at the stage where they can pick and choose their projects.
6 Charlize Is Looking For An Equal Partner
Charlize wants to be an equal in her relationship and Brad is the perfect man to do that for her. Considering his ex is Angelina, one of the most independent and powerful women in Hollywood, it's unlikely that Brad is looking for a housewife. He has always been attracted to strong women and Charlize ticks that box, along with being wise. As Elle reports her saying,
"Nobody is blessed with this genetic mutation of brilliance and strength. Life teaches you strength."
She couldn't be more right.
5 He's Experienced Great Loss
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Even in Hollywood, a divorce is going to be painful. Sometimes it seems that marriages end quickly in Hollywood but it's no less painful for the people involved. Brad has now been divorced twice and it's hard to say if he would go for a third marriage. However, he's still got faith in love, as he said in an interview with Parade, as Pop Sugar reports:
"A family is a risky venture, because the greater the love, the greater the loss. That's the trade-off, but I'll take it all."
Here's hoping things will settle soon with Angelina.
4 They Were Friends First
We think that the best relationships bloom from being friends first and that seems to be the case with Charlize and Brad. They met six months ago and yet they didn't rush into anything. It's likely they talked for a while and took their time to think about things before starting to date. As a source told The Sun, they have been friends for some time "but things have developed."
3 It's Not A Casual Thing
Not only have they been spending a lot of time together but it's unlikely that they are having some kind of fling. If that had been the case, they would've rushed into a relationship six months ago when they met.
Besides, it's not Charlize's style.
As IOL reports, Charlize has said, "I am a relationship girl. That's kind of just how I'm made." She also told People she prefers the old-fashioned way of meeting someone. "I just like a good old friend hooking you up, or, I don't know, introducing you. I'm so old school."
2 Brad Will Always Be There For His Family
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Brad has stated that he will always be there for his children, and clearly both he and Charlize are making sure not to rush into anything for the children's sake.
When speaking of his kids, Brad told Esquire,
"I'm sure they're saddened by me, and I get frustrated with them. But I love them, and at the end of the day if they need me or if they need anything, I'm there for them. Family."
1 Are They Really Dating, Though?
via People Magazine
Usually, when a new celebrity couple breaks the news, there are all kinds of denials. In spite of all the evidence showing that they're dating, there's still word that Brad and Charlize are not, in fact, romantically involved. A source told Entertainment Tonight,
"Brad and Charlize have known each other for years and recently became even better friends after working together. They enjoy each other's company and connect on many levels. Brad and Charlize have a lot of mutual friends and share their love of acting, but neither of them are ready for a serious relationship right now."
We'll just have to wait and see what happens.
References: The Sun, People, Radar Online, The Daily Mail, Elle, Esquire
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Starvation-induced alterations in hepatic lysine metabolism in different families of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)
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This study focused on lysine catabolism by the lysine alpha-ketoglutarate reductase (LKR) pathway in rainbow trout (RBT). Selective breeding based on feed efficiency in 2 strains (A and B) of RBT generated 2 families within each strain. Eight fish from each of the four families were randomly allotted to individual tanks. Fish were fed until satiation for 3 wks at which time four fish within each family were randomly selected for 2 wks of starvation. After the 2 wk starvation, all fish were harvested. Hepatic in-vitro LKR activity and lysine oxidation (LOX) were measured as was LKR mRNA abundance. Strain A exhibited a 55% reduction in LKR transcripts compared to strain B pooled across both feeding levels (P < 0.01). LKR mRNA was decreased (P < 0.01) in starved versus fed fish. No differences were detected for LKR activity and LOX between fed and starved fish, between strains or between families. LKR transcripts were positively correlated to weight gain (p < 0.01).
Higgins, Angela, "Starvation-induced alterations in hepatic lysine metabolism in different families of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)" (2004). Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports. 2041.


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Oscar Pistorius was an "appalling witness" who repeatedly lied in his testimony in a crude attempt to defend himself against a murder charge over killing his girlfriend, the chief prosecutor at his trial has said.
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During closing arguments, Gerrie Nel also harshly criticised the legal team of the double-amputee, saying it floated more than one theory about what happened on the night he shot Reeva Steenkamp through a closed toilet door in his home.
He said defence lawyers had argued that Pistorius acted in self-defence, fearing an intruder was in the house, but also raised the possibility that he was not criminally responsible, accidentally shooting Ms Steenkamp because he was "startled".
"It's two defences that you can never reconcile," Mr Nel said as Pistorius sat behind him in the dock. The once-celebrated athlete appeared calm, in contrast to some past occasions during which he retched and wailed in apparent distress.
The fathers of the Olympic runner and Ms Steenkamp, a model and television personality, were in the Pretoria courthouse for the first time since the trial began in early March.
They sat at opposite ends of a long bench in the gallery. Pistorius is said to be estranged from his father, Henke, and Ms Steenkamp's father, Barry, has been ill.
Pistorius' older brother Carl, who has regularly attended court sessions, is in an intensive care unit in a South African hospital and was on a ventilator because of injuries suffered in a serious car crash last week, the Pistorius family said.
Barry Roux, the chief defence lawyer, listened and checked files as Mr Nel spoke for hours, occasionally urged by Judge Thokozile Masipa to speed up.
He elaborated on the prosecution's written arguments of more than 100 pages that were submitted to the court last week. Mr Roux will present his final arguments on Friday before Judge Masipa adjourns the trial to deliberate with two legal assistants on a verdict.
The prosecution has argued that Pistorius intentionally shot Ms Steenkamp before dawn on February 14 last year after a quarrel. The defence has contended that he fired by mistake, thinking he was about to be attacked by an assailant in the toilet and that she was in the bedroom.
Pistorius was vague in allegations that police had possibly tampered with evidence around the scene of the shooting, including fans and a bed cover strewn on the floor of his bedroom, according to Mr Nel.
It was also improbable that the athlete, in his version, rushed with his gun to investigate a purported sound in the bathroom without first trying to talk to Ms Steenkamp and confirm that she was safe, the prosecutor said.
"We cannot argue that he was the worst witness ever, that honour belongs to someone else," said the prosecution's written argument. "The accused was, however, demonstrably one of the worst witnesses ever encountered."
The prosecution said Pistorius "used well-calculated and rehearsed emotional outbursts to deflect the attention and avoid having to answer questions".
A psychologist who examined Pistorius during a court-ordered observation period concluded he had become severely traumatised since the killing and could become an increasing suicide risk unless he continues to get mental health care.
In addition to the murder charge, Pistorius faces three separate gun-related charges, one of which stems from his alleged firing of a shot in a crowded restaurant in Johannesburg, months before he killed Ms Steenkamp. He has pleaded not guilty to all charges.
Because South Africa has no trial by jury, Judge Masipa will decide whether Pistorius committed murder, is guilty of a negligent killing, or if he made a tragic error and should be acquitted.
The runner faces 25 years to life in prison if convicted of premeditated murder, and would also be sent to prison for years if found guilty of murder without premeditation or culpable homicide.
Earlier, Judge Masipa told Mr Nel and Mr Roux that they had only until the end of Friday to complete their final arguments in court.
"Unless, of course, you want to work on a Saturday and perhaps Sunday, after church," she said, smiling.
The prosecution argues Pistorius knew Ms Steenkamp was in the bathroom.
Mr Nel ended his closing argument by saying he was guilty of premeditated murder because he then "made up his mind" to find his gun, walk through to the bathroom and shoot.
"That, my lady, is pre-planning," he said to the judge.
Mr Nel said Pistorius should still be convicted of murder even if the court accepts he did not know it was Ms Steenkamp in the toilet cubicle.
He argued the athlete intentionally shot at and killed a person with no reason to believe his life was under threat.
Mr Roux began his final arguments before Judge Masipa postponed proceedings until tomorrow for the defence to finish.
He noted that some of the evidence at the scene, which Mr Nel referred to, had been moved around by investigators.
"We're not talking about a conspiracy," Mr Roux said, calling it unintentional.
He also noted that Hilton Botha, the former chief investigating officer in the case, had acknowledged mistakes in police procedure but was not called by the state as a trial witness.
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A: Thank you for the response. I managed to do it myself by creating a custom Webview and checking the url in onPageFinished.

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Our United States fertility rate in 2017 was 1,765.5, or just over seventeen hundred babies born per thousand women over their lifetimes.[iv] To sustain our population at current levels takes 2,100. Since we are also living longer, like almost all the countries in the Western world we have an aging population. What does that forecast for social programs like Social Security and Medicare? Just after the Second World War in 1945, there were forty-one workers contributing to the funds for every retiree. Today that number is below 2.9 and projected to be 2.3 by 2030. Thus, there is much talk about correcting these programs, but so far not the political will to take the necessary and painful steps to fix them.
Who among us does not enjoy the sights and signs of children, signs of hope, wonder and life? Does a decline in those willing to bear children, raise children, lay down their lives for children and their spouses signify effervescing hope, wonder and life? A final question for our consideration comes from a talk we heard from Dr. Janet Smith about twenty-five years ago. In it she spoke of marriage and families. She asked if some of the rewritten vows that were popular at the time were troubling.
Like the difference between "Lay, lady, lay" and "Love is not love which alters when it alteration finds," is there a difference between, "we'll hang out and support one another as long as we are mutually fulfilled and feel content in each other's company," and "in sickness and health, rich or poor, good times or bad until death do us part." Dr. Smith taught (paraphrased in my memory), that traditional vows promised openness to life and a forever commitment. They promised the difference between "lets lie down somewheres, baby" and "I want to get to know you ever more deeply, trust you more deeply, respect you more deeply, love you for your sake, not mine, grow old together with you and share all things and paths with you, come what may. I want our beautiful love when expressed in our physical intimacy empowered to co-create with God's help another eternal human being who looks a lot like you, then love and raise that unique tiny person into maturity together." What have we gained by mistaking license for freedom? What have we lost?
[iii] P.D. James, celebrated author of the Adam Dalgleish mystery series wrote a terrifying dystopian novel about a future society with an infertility crisis. Children of Men was made into a well-received Clive Owen's movie in 1992. In it desperate mothers in hope wheeled dogs around in baby carriages. I've seen a few of those around here.
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"Once borders reopen, travel is going to look very different, with customers' health data needing to be verified at check-in. It's essentially like having a digital health certificate that can be easily and securely shared with airlines," a chief digital officer of Air New Zealand Jeniffer Sepull said.
The Auckland-based airline would trial the IATA's digital travel pass app on its Auckland-Sydney route in April 2021. The trial would run for three weeks, with both crew and passengers.
Air New Zealand is the latest to join Etihad, Emirates and Qatar Airways in initiative to test IATA travel pass. In January 2021, three airlines of the Middle East said that it would test the "digital passport" in the first quarter of 2021.
The IATA travel pass is a mobile application, designed to assist passengers while navigating through pandemic related travel restrictions in various countries. Also, the application was created to help securely share the test and vaccine certificates with airlines and governments.
Within the IATA travel pass, passengers will be able to find the necessary information on travel and entry requirements for all destinations both airlines fly to. The "digital pass" will also help authorized labs and test centers to securely provide the results of the COVID-19 testing as well as vaccination certificates to passengers.


This post is the first of a series of quick instructional tips to get your music looking a bit more engraved through a few simple program settings. Out of the box, Finale is setup with extremely faint and thin lines, not ideal for printing at home on an inkjet printer. Sibelius does a bit better, but still the defaults in both apps leave a lot to be desired. In this lesson, let's get the staff lines, bar lines, and stems looking a lot better.
Sibelius readers, your instruction is below the Finale.
Finale Straight out of the box.
Let's start with the staff line thickness. Note, I work in Finale's EVPU measurement unit as it offers the highest degree of accuracy within the program. Load up your Document Options and click Lines & Curves from the list on the left. Let's set all of our staff lines to 2.25 evpu, and set your ledger lines to the same thickness while you're in here. I personally prefer even heavier lines, but let's keep it somewhat conservative for now.
Next, let's change the bar lines. I like to keep all of the lines of similar weight the same. Keep things consistent and uniform. Staff lines, ledger lines, and stems should all look about the same, while thin bar lines should be a little, but noticiably thicker.
Once those are all set, OK out of Document Options and take a look at the difference.
Sibelius 6, right out of the box.
I think Sibelius does a finer job from the start at a more legible default file, but we can still give it a little more help for at-home printing.
Let's start with the staff lines. Note Sibelius works with a very Sibelius-y unit of measure called Spaces—which is a proportional distance between staff lines on your page of music. As an engraver, it's not one I especially like because it's not an absolute page measurement, everything is relative to the scale of space between the staff lines, but when in Sibelius, play by its rules for the best results. Let's increase the staff line thickness in this file. All of the settings we are about to change are found in the Engraving Rules dialog box.
Next, set the ledger lines to the same thickness.
I think the bar line thickness out of the box is fine, but if you want to tweak it further to taste, just click Barlines from the list on the left of the Engraving Rules.
Click OK and let's compare the results.
There you have it. Your music is nearly instantly more legible already. Next time, let's get to work on all of that wasted space around the time signature.


On January 7th, 12 people were killed in a horrific terrorist attack on French satirical paper Charlie Hebdo. The attack was in response to 2011 cartoons the paper had printed mocking the Prophet Mohammed. Since the attack, cartoonists around the world have drawn powerful and moving cartoons in support of Charlie Hebdo and of the freedom of speech.


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Under tightest security, pope urges peace in central Africa
By Philip Pullella and Joe Bavier
By Philip Pullella and Joe Bavier BANGUI (Reuters) - Protected by the heaviest security ever seen on his trips, Pope Francis on Sunday preached reconciliation in the divided Central African Republic, a nation racked by bloodshed between Muslims and Christians. As the pope's Alitalia plane touched down from Uganda to start his first visit to a war zone, attack helicopters patrolled the skies and armored personnel carriers from French and U.N. peacekeeping forces waited outside the airport. Special security forces wearing patches of the yellow and white colors of the Vatican flag were on hand to help his normal security retinue. In an unprecedented precaution for papal trips, a U.N. soldier armed with a rifle rode in each of the minibuses carrying reporters accompanying the pope. Bangui, the capital of the former French colony, has seen a surge in clashes that have left at least 100 people dead since late September. France, which has around 900 soldiers deployed in the country, warned the Vatican this month that the visit could be risky but the pope was determined to go to the majority Christian nation. "Reconciliation, forgiveness, love, peace," he said in a dramatic voice in the homily of a Mass at the city's cathedral in the afternoon, appealing to warring militias to "lay down these instruments of death". Francis was driven past tens of thousands of cheering people to and from events in a simple car or an open popemobile. "Work, pray, do everything for peace. But remember, peace without love, friendship and tolerance is nothing," he said at one stop, a visit to camp housing some 4,000 people displaced by the violence in Bangui's neighborhoods. He was mobbed by the crowd and asked them all to shout out repeatedly in their native Songo language: "We are all brothers". The tight security continued in the afternoon when he opened a "holy door" at the city's cathedral for a symbolic local start of the Roman Catholic Church's jubilee year on the theme of mercy. The jubilee begins officially at the Vatican on Dec. 8. "The Holy Year of Mercy is coming early to this land that has been suffering for years from hate, incomprehension and lack of peace," he said, standing on the cathedral steps. "For Bangui, for all the people of the Central African Republic and for all the countries in the world suffering from war, we ask for peace," he said in the unprepared remarks to a crowd outside. HARDENED HEARTS Shortly after his arrival Francis heard interim head of state Catherine Samba-Panza paint a bleak picture of her country. "We absolutely need forgiveness because our hearts have been hardened by the forces of evil. We have lost the sincere love for others and we are henceforth anchored in intolerance, the loss of our values and the disorder that is the result," she told him at the official welcoming ceremony. France sent in soldiers in 2013 in an attempt to stem the violence. Muslims and Christians have since split into segregated communities. Tens of thousands of Muslims have fled to the far north, creating a de facto partition. About 80 percent of the impoverished country's population is Christian, roughly 15 percent is Muslim and 5 percent animist. Central African Republic's government is deploying around 500 police and gendarmes to secure the visit. More than 3,000 peacekeepers from the MINUSCA U.N. mission will also be deployed and French troops will be on alert as well. The most dangerous segment of the pope's African trip takes place on Monday when he will enter Bangui's PK5 Muslim enclave and visit its central mosque. The neighborhood, epicenter of a fresh surge in violence, is encircled by Christian militias who have imposed a blockade. Bangui is the final leg of his first African trip that has already taken him to Kenya and Uganda. (Additional reporting by Crispin Dembassa-Kette; Editing by Ros Russell)
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Out of the thousands of goat pictures we received from you, we had to narrow it down to just 13 for our calendar. Even though these didn't make it in, they are too good not to share. If you have not picked up your copy of the 2012 Hoegger Calendar yet, don't wait. In fact, get one for another goat lover you know. They make great Christmas presents! Enjoy these great goat pictures. Click here to buy the 2012 Hoegger Calendar.


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Arrested Development won't have a 5th season produced by Netflix
Netflix CEO says season 4 of Arrested Development is a "one-off" and "non-repeatable"
By: Trace Hagan from Feb 25, 2013 @ 19:02 CST
Netflix CEO Reed Hastings has described the fourth season of Arrested Development as a "one-off" that would likely be "non-repeatable" due to the circumstances surrounding the actors and series. A company spokesperson added that it would be "extremely difficult to get the cast together" for additional seasons.
The actors in the series are busy doing other movies and shows that are a higher priority than Arrested Development, which is a disappointment for fans of the show who would like more seasons produced. We likely won't see the actors back together until Arrested Development hits the movie screen.
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Hailing from Nottingham Ady Suleiman takes influences from artists such as Amy Winehouse, Jimmy Hendrix, Lauryn Hill, B.B King, Stevie Wonder, Ray Charles and more.
Ady first received attention with his powerful track 'State of Mind', which considering it was filmed on a camera phone; it received a high number of views on youtube.
Check out the songs – State of Mind & the impressive brand new track 'So Lost' below.


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Photographs …evoke conflicting emotions of sweet joy, and desperation
South Kinangpop, Kenya's Vulnerable Could Receive their Dream Home
Of the eleven recently baptized Christians in South Kinangpop, Kenya reported by Orthodox Africa and Pravoslavie.Ru, the author's family is blessed to have sponsored twin boys; Moses and Maurice. Photographs of these young ones in their baptismal robes, standing with Fathers Methodius and Silouan, evoke conflicting emotions of sweet joy, and desperation. For their eyes speak of deep suffering, the kind that causes the soul to retreat; leaving behind a sad, vacant stare.
Moses and Maurice attend St. Barnabas' Orphanage for day school, where they also receive meals. However, they return home to their mother afterward, who struggles with dependency; and subsequently, neglects her boys. Currently, the orphanage is operating at maximum capacity, and cannot receive new orphans into its home; so, its director has established a relocation fund to provide housing for more orphans, like Maurice and Moses.
St. Barnabas Orphanage and School were founded in 2007 by Father Methodius and his wife, Everlyn, when they were having lunch and noticed three boys watching them with hungry stares. They invited them to eat with them and soon it became a tradition. More orphans found them; and with community support, and the blessing of their ruling bishop, St. Barnabas now serves 175 children. The orphanage, however, is a small "shack" which houses only 12 children. Knowing this, someone has offered to sell them their home on two acres, for almost a quarter of the market price; $25,000. This property, if purchased, would instantly double the number of orphans that would be housed. With two acres of fertile land, they could expand the home, build a chapel, and still have room to grow food. This would strengthen the Orthodox community, and improve the orphans' lives immensely; hopefully Maurice and Moses' as well.
The need is tremendous, but as grandma would say: "How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time." One contribution from multiple donors, can provide the necessary funds for St. Barnabas Orphanage and School to purchase their dream property; property that would afford them more self-sufficiency and housing ability. More information on St. Barnabas can be found at Orthodox Africa here, and donations to this orphanage can be made here.
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Decision of the exhibitors whether to show "Morgenrot", the German U-boat film, is wavering. Preparations long ago had been made for the exhibition.
Another reaction against German persecution is registered in the increased patronage English liners are enjoying. It is estimated that before the Nazis came into power, German liners carried fifty per cent of the Jewish travelling public. Much of this trade is now going to British liners, some to French and the rest to Italian. The boycott of German liners by Jews is virtually one hundred percent.
The German film referred to is now on exhibition in New York, at the Little Carnegie Playhouse.


At Adlico Textile, we are committed to satisfying our customers. We are a small company, which means that each individual customer is important to us. Our size allows us to be both fast and flexible - we always go the extra mile to find the right solutions together with you.
Adlico Textile work closely with a number of regular suppliers. We do this because we know that they deliver high quality materials every time. Our suppliers primarily produce fabrics in Japan and Korea.
The company was founded in 2008 and is today owned and run by Thomas Eriksen and Jon Christensen, who have both been working in the textile industry for many years. They both have their finger on the pulse when it comes to fashion, trends and developments. When you work with Adlico Textile, you will have access to the latest trends and a huge range of fabrics for patchwork, clothes and interiors.


SpicyNodes is a dynamic organization tool that is designed to make content easier for your web page visitors to navigate. However, it also has plenty of educational uses; namely, it is a great tool for visually representing information in much the same way as Prezi. It offers features, including the ability to add images, music, and YouTube videos. Essentially, these "nodemaps" are multi-media mind maps. SpicyNodes is simple enough for students to create on their own. In fact, SpicyNodes offers sample lesson plans on their website HERE. SpicyNodes could also be built by teachers as an engaging way of delivering classroom notes, creating webquests, or recording group brainstorming activities. SpicyNodes could also be used for outlining information (such as book chapters), creating character profiles, or prewriting before an essay. SpicyNodes can also be used as a change of pace from standard tools, such as Power Point.
This Writing Prompts website run by teacher Luke Neff has tons of writing prompts that are great for visual learners. Each picture comes with a specific writing prompt (such as the one to the left) or a non-specific prompt (tell the story in this picture). Most of them are geared toward creative writing, descriptive writing, or narrative writing. These would make excellent prompts for writing journals, bellringer activities, or online portfolio prompts. To date, there are 258 writing prompts (plenty to stock any writing teacher for the year) and they are high-quality photos, on par with many for-purchase writing prompt books and flashcards. Click on some of the sample pictures below to enlarge the image.
I learned about Inside Story Flashcards from reading the iLearn Technology blog, to which I subscribe. This wonderful website offers numerous free vocab flashcards that can be viewed online or printed. (You can also buy some flashcards, all of which are reasonably priced. None of them are as expensive as some of the items that you see in those expensive teacher supply magazines that get crammed into your work mailbox on a weekly basis.) I was particularly drawn to the free flashcards based on common SAT words (330 cards). They also have basic vocab for young children and ELL students (206 cards), easy vocab for elementary students (315 cards) and even some hard vocabulary words (60 cards). The "hard" vocabulary words include an audio file of correct pronunciation (very thoughtful). My district recently purchased vocabulary workbooks, and I think it would be great to have my students create their own version of Inside Story Flashcards on a wiki.
UPDATE: Alots created by my students can be viewed HERE.
Note: According to the FAQ page on Hyperbole and a Half, the writer does not mind her work being used for educational purposes, but please give credit where credit is due. Don't pretend that you are the wise elder who in fact created the alot.
For a long time, I have always thought that it would be fun for both myself and for my students to incorporate a lesson on astronomy with my mythology unit, showing the constellations behind the myths. I thought of those night lights that project stars onto the ceiling, or the glow-in-the-dark stick-on stars that you can attach to your walls. With Stellarium, I think I have finally found what I have been looking for all along. Stellarium is a completely free download that turns your computer into the night sky. Of course, this would be especially fun if you could project the sky onto your classroom ceiling, but a white board or wall of any type would work just fine. I love the ability to add outlines or artwork of the constellations (for my purposes). If you feel like doing some actual field research out in nature, you can choose "night mode" to reduce the strain on your eyes when alternately viewing your laptop and the sky. Below I'm embedding a screencast of myself playing around with the features of Stellarium.
Also, while you're at it, listen to some excellent celestial-appropriate music by Kevin McLeod. You can hear more of his royalty-free music HERE.


The $3.4 billion deal includes the former Cyro acrylates business.
Evonik (U.S. office Parsippany, N.J.) has signed an agreement to sell its Methacrylates business to private equity company Advent International, Boston, Mass., one of the most experienced financial investors in the chemical industry in the world, with more than 30 investments over three decades. The $3.4 billion selling price (enterprise value) is 8.5 times the business' EBITDA (earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization). Subject to approval by authorities in several countries, the transaction is expected to close in the third quarter of this year.
The Methacrylates business has 18 production sites and 3,900 employees worldwide. The transaction is comprised of the Methacrylates, Acrylic Products and CyPlus business lines (formerly Cyro), and some of the methacrylate resins activities. Evonik put these operations on the market as part of its systematic strategy of sharpening its focus on specialty chemicals, which are less cyclical.
Evonik will use the sale proceeds to strengthen its balance sheet with a focus on targeted growth projects. That includes funding the purchase price of Philadelphia-based PeroxyChem, which Evonik plans to close this year. In addition, some funds will be used to strengthen the present specialty chemicals portfolio, for example, by building a new nylon 12 plant in Marl, Germany.
Aurora Plastics' most recent acquisition further broadens its TPE offerings with Elastocon's industry-recognized soft-touch portfolio.
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Missio (often stylized MISSIO) is an American electronic alternative duo formed in 2014 in Austin, Texas. It currently consists of founding member Matthew Brue (front-man/songwriter/producer), and David Butler (songwriter/producer).

History

Formation
Missio was formed in 2015 by songwriter/vocalist Matthew Brue. After the completion of his demos, Brue hired friend and local producer/engineer David Butler to collaborate on their self-titled EP, which would later be released in November 2016. After unexpected online success, Brue made his debut appearance under the name MISSIO at the SXSW festival in 2016 with help from Butler. Brue invited Butler to officially join the act in July 2016.

Brue was active as a solo artist  under the name Missio before Butler joined. He was featured on Said the Sky's songs "Nostalgia" and "Darling" in mid-late 2015.

During an interview, Brue explained that the name MISSIO comes from the Latin word for "mission". This phrase is significant to him because it is reminiscent of the time period in his life when he was recovering from an addiction, and as a result, had the word tattooed on his arm.

Loner (2017)
In 2017, they signed a record deal with RCA Records and released the single "Middle Fingers", which peaked at No. 9 on the Alternative Songs chart. Missio's debut album, Loner, was released May 19, 2017.

On September 28, 2018 Missio posted on their Facebook page that their as yet untitled second album was complete. Six month later, on March 15, they announced the name of the new album would be The Darker the Weather // The Better the Man, and it'd be released on April 12, 2019.

The Darker the Weather // The Better the Man (2019)
The duo's second album was released on April 12, 2019, and contains 13 tracks.

Can You Feel the Sun (2020)
Missio released the single "Wolves" on June 24, 2020. The song would go on to reach the #1 spot on Sirius XM's AltNation Alt18 Countdown. The single "Hoodie Up" was released on July 29. On September 9, Missio released the singles "Can You Feel the Sun" and "Don't Forget to Open Your Eyes" along with the announcement that their 10 track third album also titled "Can You Feel the Sun" would be released on October 23, 2020.

Members
 Matthew Brue – vocalist/songwriter/producer (2015–present)
 David Butler – songwriter/producer (2016–present)

Discography

Albums
Loner (2017)
The Darker the Weather // The Better the Man (2019)
Can You Feel the Sun (2020)
VILLAIN (2022)

EPs
Skeletons: Part 1 (2017)
Skeletons: Part 2 (2018)
Skeletons: Part 3 (2021)
''I Am Sad (2023)

Singles

Music videos

Tours

Rad Drugz Tour (2019)

References

External links

RCA Records artists
Musical groups established in 2016
Musical groups from Austin, Texas
2016 establishments in Texas


Home » News & Publications » News » Science News » Could Aluminum Nitride Produce Quantum Bits?
Quantum computers have the potential to break common cryptography techniques, search huge datasets and simulate quantum systems in a fraction of the time it would take today's computers. But before this can happen, engineers need to be able to harness the properties of quantum bits or qubits.
Currently, one of the leading methods for creating qubits in materials involves exploiting the structural atomic defects in diamond. But several researchers at the University of Chicago and Argonne National Laboratory believe that if an analogue defect could be engineered into a less expensive material, the cost of manufacturing quantum technologies could be significantly reduced. Using supercomputers at the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC), which is located at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), these researchers have identified a possible candidate in aluminum nitride. Their findings were published in Nature Scientific Reports.
"Silicon semiconductors are reaching their physical limits—it'll probably happen within the next five to 10 years—but if we can implement qubits into semiconductors, we will be able to move beyond silicon," says Hosung Seo, University of Chicago Postdoctoral Researcher and a first author of the paper.
"Our community has been looking at diamond for some time, but it is interesting to study a less expensive material; our motivation is to find a practical and affordable replacement for silicon in semiconductors. Aluminum nitride is a perfect candidate because it is much cheaper than diamond and there are a number of technologies that can be developed starting from aluminum nitride wafers," says Marco Govoni, Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Chicago and Argonne National Laboratory. He is also a co-author of the paper.
In addition to Seo and Govoni, Giulia Galli is also a co-author on the paper. Galli is Liew Family Professor in Electronic Structure and Simulations at the University of Chicago's Institute for Molecular Engineering.
Quantum mechanics describes the laws of nature on the scale of individual atoms, nuclei and electrons. At the quantum scale, physics gets strange. Take for example quantum entanglement: this occurs when pairs or groups of particles interact in such a way that the state of each particle cannot be described individually, instead the state must be described for the system as a whole. In other words, entangled particles act as a unit.
Another peculiar phenomenon of quantum mechanics is superposition, which occurs when two quantum states are added together to make another valid quantum state. So whereas a conventional computer bit encodes information as either zero or one, a qubit can be zero, one, or superposition of states (both zero and one at the same time). And, if these qubits could be linked or entangled in a quantum computer, problems that cannot be solved today with conventional computers could be tackled.
Today, one of the most promising solid-state qubits is created when a nitrogen atom occupies a place near a vacant site in a diamond's carbon lattice; this defect is called a nitrogen-vacancy center in diamond. The presence of nitrogen is actually what gives the diamond its yellowish tint.
Using NERSC's Edison supercomputer, the researchers found that by applying strain to aluminum nitride, one could create structural defects that may be harnessed as qubits similar to the one seen in diamond. Their calculations were performed using different levels of theory and the WEST code developed at the University of Chicago by Govoni, Galli and other researchers in Galli group.
The next step for Seo, Govoni and Galli is to work with experimentalists to see if their theoretical predictions can be confirmed in a laboratory. This research was supported by the Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC) at the University of Chicago, which receives funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF), and by Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Science. NERSC is a DOE Office of Science User Facility.


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Dump Ahead? Almost $1 Billion Worth Of Bitcoin On The Move From Cold Wallets
Home » Crypto News » Dump Ahead? Almost $1 Billion Worth Of Bitcoin On The Move From Cold Wallets
Author: Mandy Williams
Last Updated Aug 30, 2018 @ 11:59
A recent post on Reddit has revealed that the owner(s) of a crypto wallet containing 111,114.62 $BTC / $BCH (a current estimate of $844M) have been actively transferring the funds over the last three days.
The owners of the wallet transferred the funds to different subwallets, with each receiving 100 coins. Data from Blocktrail shows that the last activities on these wallets were on March 15, 2014, which has raised a lot of speculation about the origin of the coins.
Source: https://www.blocktrail.com/BTC/address/1KyJr2L6CN5XhDfv9Sb5q3kjKwFCrRxTLy/transactions
The Silk Road or Mt. Gox Exchange?
The Redditor who made the post believes that the funds are related to Silk Road, an online black market platform known for trading illegal drugs.
Silk Road was launched in February 2011 as the "first modern darknet market." The platform allowed the users to buy and sell illegal things online anonymously. The Silk Road, however, was shut down by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in October 2013. A year after, Silk Road 2.0 was launched but was also shut down, and the alleged owner, Ross Ulbricht, was arrested and sentenced to life in prison.
Some Redditors bought the idea that the coins were from the Silk Road, and a few hoped that the owners would sell off the BCH first before the BTC. However, a more in-depth look into the transactions revealed that the coins could be related to Mt. Gox cryptocurrency exchange as it prepares to make a refund to its creditors.
Mt. Gox went bankrupt after losing about $473 million worth of BTC to hackers in 2014 when the value of bitcoin was around $480. Many affected investors went on to file a petition to allow the exchange to move into civil rehabilitation – a legal procedure to reach a new agreement on repayments of the stolen funds.
The court approved the petition, which gave creditors a glimpse of hope that they could recover their lost bitcoin. Mt. Gox is expected to may necessary refunds to its creditors in early 2019.
The SEC rightly said that very few wallets are controlling the majority of the existing Bitcoin. And whether the coins are from the Silk Road or Mt. Gox exchange, selling them might affect the market in a short run.
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