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L&T fires 14,000 employees
Larsen & Toubro, India's biggest engineering firm has shed 14,000 employees in one of the biggest corporate retrenchment exercises in recent timesRachita Prasad | ET Bureau | November 23, 2016, 07:26 IST
Larsen & Toubro, India's biggest engineering firm has shed 14,000 employees, or 11.2% of its total workforce, in one of the biggest corporate retrenchment exercises in recent times. The $16-billion diversified conglomerate said on Tuesday the step was an attempt to "right size" its strength in the face of business slowdown. Digitisation of operations also caused redundancies that led to downsizing.
"The company has taken a lot of initiative to right size staffing in various businesses. The digitisation and productivity enhancement initiatives taken by us boiled down to redundancies of roles and we have been able to shed as a group 14,000 in the six months to September," Chief Financial Officer R Shankar Raman said.
L&T expects the economic environment to remain challenging in coming months though a pickup in government orders is making up for private sector slack. Raman said that retrenchment exercise is a "correction" and it should not be viewed as a sequential event.
L&T has been facing challenges with customers deferring orders and falling oil prices contributing to a sharp slowdown in the Middle-east, one of its biggest bets. Competition has increased in domestic market as companies fought for a shrinking order book pie. It also incurred losses due to inability to pass on cost escalation and other issues.In the first half of FY17, its revenue increased 8.6% to `46,885 crore. Profits rose to 2,044 crore from 1,197 crore a year ago.
In April, ET was the first to report that L&T Finance Holding, the non-banking finance company of the engineering major Larsen & Toubro, had asked over 550 employees to quit due to high costs and a muted business environment.
"If we believe that some business will take some time to get back to normalcy, it is important that we reduce under-recoveries. We are redefining roles and jobs which are redundant, we are allowing people to move on. It is across businesses," Raman said.
He did not give details of the number of people sacked in different businesses. "Financial services has defocused on certain lines of businesses and has let go a lot of people. Same is the case in minerals and metals," Raman said.
L&T launched a five-year strategic plan this year aiming to scale up revenue to Rs 2 lakh crore. The plan identifies some non-performing businesses that have been put under scanner and call on them will be taken in 18-24 months.
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Chapter 68: Hormones and Related Agents in the Therapy of Cancer
Claudine Isaacs; Anton Wellstein; Anna T. Riegel
Isaacs C, Wellstein A, Riegel AT. Isaacs C, & Wellstein A, & Riegel A.T. Isaacs, Claudine, et al.Hormones and Related Agents in the Therapy of Cancer. In: Brunton LL, Hilal-Dandan R, Knollmann BC. Brunton L.L., & Hilal-Dandan R, & Knollmann B.C.(Eds.),Eds. Laurence L. Brunton, et al.eds. Goodman & Gilman's: The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics, 13e. McGraw Hill; 2017. Accessed January 28, 2023. https://accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?bookid=2189&sectionid=253903554
Isaacs C, Wellstein A, Riegel AT. Isaacs C, & Wellstein A, & Riegel A.T. Isaacs, Claudine, et al. (2017). Hormones and related agents in the therapy of cancer. Brunton LL, Hilal-Dandan R, Knollmann BC. Brunton L.L., & Hilal-Dandan R, & Knollmann B.C.(Eds.),Eds. Laurence L. Brunton, et al. Goodman & Gilman's: The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics, 13e. McGraw Hill. https://accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?bookid=2189&sectionid=253903554
Isaacs C, Wellstein A, Riegel AT. Isaacs C, & Wellstein A, & Riegel A.T. Isaacs, Claudine, et al. "Hormones and Related Agents in the Therapy of Cancer." Goodman & Gilman's: The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics, 13e Brunton LL, Hilal-Dandan R, Knollmann BC. Brunton L.L., & Hilal-Dandan R, & Knollmann B.C.(Eds.),Eds. Laurence L. Brunton, et al. McGraw Hill, 2017, https://accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?bookid=2189&sectionid=253903554.

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A solitary try from Jim Hannan of Newport was all that Wales had to show for their efforts in 1892. They also conceded nine tries in their hat trick of defeats.
A four-point drop goal from Hal Sever condemned Wales to a narrow defeat in London. The Welsh only averaged four points per match in this campaign.
Wales managed to score at least one try in each match, but the demolition by England led to the coach John Ryan falling on his own sword.
The Welsh conceded eight tries, scoring only one [from Robert Jones] in reply. Neil Jenkins did kick twelve penalties, but even he could not prevent 4 defeats.
England was the only team that Wales failed to record a try against. Otherwise they achieved ten tries, but conceded thirteen en route to the bottom spot.


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QUESTION FOR PRACTICE WITH SOLUTION
Q.1. Mr. Atul transferred 2,000 debentures of Rs. 100 each of Wild Fox Ltd. to Mrs. Rekha Atul on 03.04.2013 without consideration. The company paid interest of Rs. 30,000 in September. 2013 which was deposited by Mrs. Atul with Ankur Finance Co. in October, 2013. Ankur Finance Co. paid interest of Rs. 3,000 upto March, 2013. How would both the interest income be charged to tax in assessment year 2014-15?
As per section 64(1), income arising from assets transferred without adequate consideration by an individual to his spouse is liable to be clubbed in the hands of the individual, but if there is accretion to the asset, any income on such accretion should not be clubbed.
Therefore. Rs. 30,000. being the interest on debentures received by Mrs. Atul in September, 2011 will be clubbed with the income of Mr. Atul, since he had transferred the debentures of the company without consideration to her.
However, the interest of Rs. 3,000 upto March 2014 earned by Mrs. Atul on the interest on the debentures deposited by her with Ankur Finance Company shall be taxable in her individual capacity and will not be clubbed with the income of Mr. Atul.
Q.2. Ajay settled 1/4th share of his property under a trust for the education and maintenance of his minor daughter. Poonum. Under the terms of the trust deed, the income accruing to the trust, after meeting the expenses of maintenance and education of Poonum, was to be accumulated and paid over to her on her attaining majority. The Assessing Officer assessed the income arising from 1/4th share of the property, settled for the benefit of Poonum, in the hands of Ajay. Examine the correctness of the assessment.
As per section 64(1A), all income of minor child are to be clubbed with the income of the parent. Even if the trust is created for the benefit of the minor child, the income of the trust shall be clubbed with the income of the parent. In the present case, the income accruing to the trust shall be clubbed with income of Mr. Ajay.
Q.3. H, a mentally retarded minor, has a total income of Rs. 1,20,000 for the assessment year 2014-15. The total income of his father L and of his mother R for the relevant assessment year is Rs. 2,40,000 and Rs. 1,80,000 respectively. Discuss the treatment to be accorded to the total income of H for the relevant assessment year.
Section 64(1A) provides that all income accruing or arising to a minor child has to be included in the income of that parent, whose total income is greater. However, the income of a minor child suffering from any disability of the nature specified in section 80U shall not be included in the income of the parents but shall be assessed in the hands of the child. Thus, the total income of H has to be assessed in his hands and cannot be included in the total income of cither his father or his mother.
Q.4. Mr. Anil gifted a house property to Miss. Shweta on 15.03.2013. Miss Shweta married Mr. Anil 's son S on 01.02.2013. The income from the gifted property was Rs. 1,30.000, which was added by the Assessing officer in the hands of Mr. Anil under the provisions of section 64(1). Is this inclusion justified in law?
The inclusion of the income from property in the hands of Mr. Anil is not correct. Under section 64(1), the income arising directly or indirectly to the sons wife from assets transferred to her by such individual otherwise than for adequate consideration is taxable in the hands of the individual. The relationship of father-in-law/mother-in-law and the daughter-in-law should subsist both at the time of transfer of asset and at the time of accrual of income.
Therefore if assets are transferred before marriage to the would be daughter-in-law for inadequate consideration, then there will be no clubbing even after the marriage. Since Shweta was not the daughter-in-law on the date of the transfer by Mr. Anil, the income from the transferred property cannot be taxed in the hands of Mr. Anil.
Q.5. Mr. R gifts Rs. 1 lakh to his wife Mrs. X on April 1, 2013 which she invests in a firm on interest rate of 14% per annum. On January 1, 2013, Mrs. X withdraws the money and gift it to her son's wife. She claims that interest which has accrued to the daughter-in-law, from January 1, 2014 to March 31, 2014 on investment made by her is not assessable in her hands but in the hands of Mr. R. Is this correct? What would be the position, if Mrs. X has gifted the money to minor grandson, instead of the daughter-in-law?
Section 64(1) provides that in computing the total income of any individual, there shall be clubbed all such income as arises directly or indirectly to the son's wife, of such individual, from assets transferred directly or indirectly to the son's wife by such individual otherwise than for adequate consideration.
There is a indirect transfer by Mr. R to the daughter-in-law and therefore, the interest income shall be clubbed with income of Mr. R.
If Mrs. X had gifted the money to her minor grandson, then the interest income arising to the minor shall be clubbed under section 64(1A) in the total income of that parent (son/daughter-in-law) whose total income (before including such income) is higher.
Q.6. Mr. Umesh transferred a house property to his wife out of natural love and affection on 01.05.2000. The income thereof was taxed in the hands of Mr. Umesh applying the provisions of section 27 for assessment year 2013-14. Mrs. X sold the property on May 1, 2013. resulting in a capital gain of Rs. 20 lakhs. This is claimed to be outside the purview of section 64 as it does arise out of an asset transferred without adequate consideration, but out of the disposal of an asset by Mrs. X. the legal owner thereof. Is the claim justified?
Section 64(1) of the Income-tax Act states that in computing the total income of any individual there shall be included all such income as arises directly or indirectly to the spouse of such individual from assets transferred directly or indirectly to the spouse by such individual otherwise than for adequate consideration or in connection with an agreement to live apart.
In the present problem transfer of the house property by Mrs. X resulted in the capital gains, hence, capital gains arising on the transfer of assets transferred by the individual would also come within the scope of the provisions 64(1) and hence the claim of Mrs, X is not correct.
Q.7. Mr. Gullu transferred a sum of Rs. 20 lakhs to his wife in 1998 and Mrs. X constructed a property out of this amount. She has since been using the property for her own residence. The transfer deed stipulates that in the case of Mr. Gullu and his wife agreeing to live apart, the property will belong to her absolutely.
This problem is based on section 64(1) which provides that in computing the total income of an individual, all such income as arises directly or indirectly to the spouse of such individual from assets (other than house property) transferred directly or indirectly to the spouse of such individual otherwise than for adequate consideration or in connection with an agreement to live part shall be included.
In the present problem, section 27 is not applicable as what is transferred is cash and not a property. Hence, although Mrs. X will be treated as owner of the house property, the income from house property will be included in the income of Mr. Gullu. The provision in the transfer deed stating that in case of Mr. Gullu and his wife agreeing to live apart, the property will belong to Mrs. X, is of no consequence. If there is any loss from house property, loss shall be clubbed.
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Q.1. Where any person transfer income without transferring the ownership, in such case the income is taxable in the hands of.........
Q.2. Transfer of Asset may be Revocable or Irrevocable. (True / False)
Q.3. If any settlement contains the clause for forfeiture of rights of beneficiaries, the settlement will be revocable. (True / False)
Q.4. Transfer includes settlement, trust, covenant, agreement or arrangement. (True / False)
Q.5. Remuneration which is solely attributable to technical / professional knowledge of the spouse will be clubbed in the hands of other spouse. (True / False)
Q.6. Irrevocable transfer includes transfer under trusts which is not revocable during the life time of the beneficiary. (True / False)
Q.7. In case of transfer is made before 1-4-1961, the transfer is not revocable for a period exceeding
(a) 4 years
(b) 3 years
(c) 6 years
(d) None of above
Q.8. Substantial interest means
(a) 20% of voting Right
(b) 10% of voting Right
(c) 20% along with relative
Q.9. Clubbing will be done, even if it not beneficial to income tax department. (True / False)
Q.10. Mr. Y transferred debenture to Mrs. X, the interest on debenture will be clubbed in the hands of
(a) Mr. X
(b) Mrs. X herself pay tax
(c) Mr. Y
(d) Any of the above
Q.11. There will be no clubbing in the case of-
(a) Adequate consideration
(b) With an agreement to live apart
(c) Relationship of Husband and Wife does not exist at the time of clubbing
Q.12. Asset transferred to any other person for the immediate benefit of spouse / son's wife will be clubbed in the hands of first transfer. (True / false)
Q.13. Income of Minor Child will be clubbed in the hands of that parent whose income is
(a) Less
(b) Higher before including income of such minor child
(c) Higher after including income of such minor child
Q.14. Income of Minor child is always taxable in the hands of parents. (True / False)
Q.15. Income of handicapped minor child will be clubbed in the hands of
(a) Parents
(b) Minor Child Only
(c) Guardian
Q.16. Income earned by HUF out of assets transferred by member (out of his self acquired income) will be clubbed in the hands of-
(a) Member who transfer the Assets.
(b) All members equally
(c) HUF Itself.
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Manchester is situated in the south central portion of North West England. The city is of course known for its football heritage, but is also equally rewarding with respect to its attractions related to arts, culture and others. It is a center of commerce, media, education as well as commerce. The city is among the best places to live in the United Kingdom, as well as one of the best places to start a new business. The city is ranked the third in terms of popularity in the UK, and is visited by travelers from U itself, as well as from all over the world.
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Museum of Science and Industry . . .
Museum of Science and Industry is one of the best visits in Manchester. The museum is excellent if you want to have insights about the latest in innovations and technological advances. There are twelve galleries in total, and was built on what was once the oldest railroad station in the world. There are ancient steam locomotives on display at the Power Hall, as well as veteran cars, all of which were made in Manchester itself.
The John Rylands Library . . .
The John Rylands Library was established in 1653, and is home to more than 5 mn manuscripts and titles. The neo Gothic building it is housed in is located to the south west of the Chetham's Hospital in Deansgate.
Marton Town . . .
Marton is a minuscule market town in the city and is noted for its church, which is among the most ancient in Europe itself. The Church of St James and St Paul was established in 1343, and is one of the most visited attractions here.
Chinatown . . .
The Chinatown at Manchester is one of the biggest Chinese communities in Great Britain. It is close to the City Arts Gallery. The entrance to the Chinese district has an ornate arched gateway. There are a huge number of succulent cuisines from Peking, Hong Kong and other places in China. You can also buy handicrafts at the Chinese Arts center at Charlotte Street.
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Q: How to blink LED after every 1 second using timers in LPC 1768 (C Programming)? I am new in micro controller programming .I am using embedded C platform for coding. I want to blink LED after every 1 second using timers in LPC 1768. I have option of generating delay using empty "for" loops and crystal frequency for calculation of counter value. But this delay is not precise.
In the given board LPC 1768 is connected to the LEDs through PCA 9532 I2c bus. For controlling LEDs I should use SDA and SCL pins of PCA 9532 .I want to make use of LPC 1768 timers for generating delay of 1 second so that I could blink the LED with 1 second time interval.But problem is that LPC1768 is not directly connected to LED . PCA 9532 is in between them. So can anybody tell me how can I perform it?

A: It seems like you have to talk to the PCA9532 via I2C.

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*configure the LPC pins to use I2C

*write a simple driver which writes commands over I2C.

*configure the PCA9532 via these commands.

PS: If you don't want to write real I2C drivers, you could bit-bang the commands. Be sure to reconfigure the GPIO (SDA) as input to read ACK from chip.
PPS: you find the command structure in the linked datasheet in chapter 7.1 and a sample communication in chapter 8.2.
Hope that's a first help.

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Painterly Urban Planning: Nikolaus Pevsner's "Visual Planning and the Picturesque"
John Hicks | July 21, 2011 | 2 min read
Nikolaus Pevsner (1902–1983) was one of the 20th century's foremost historians of British architecture. Even today, tourists wander through the historic squares of England aided by Pevsner's The Buildings of England guidebooks, which remain in print with Yale University Press as the Pevsner Architectural Guides.
A new book by Pevsner—Visual Planning and the Picturesque, an unfinished manuscript that the Getty Research Institute published in 2010—sheds new light on a fascinating episode in Pevsner's career, revealing how he influenced architecture and planning in the 1940s.
Pevsner was one of many expatriate German scholars who helped shape the physical and cultural landscape of their adopted homes. Like other academics who fled the Nazi regime for England, he pieced together visiting positions at colleges with the help of Britain's Academic Assistance Council. He was briefly detained as an enemy alien when World War II broke out, but British colleagues arranged for his release and, ultimately, for him to assume editorship of the Architectural Review during the war—an affiliation that would last for 30 years.
Visual Planning emerged from this context. Pevsner's publisher at the Architectural Review, Hubert de Cronin Hastings, asked him to write a book that articulated the history and theory behind Townscape, a campaign about postwar urban planning that was unfolding in the journal's pages. The Architectural Review put forward proposals for rebuilding areas of London destroyed during the Blitz and redeveloping English cities to accommodate postwar transitions in the economy, transportation, and housing.
Bombing damage in London during World War II. U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, ARC identifier 195566.
The Townscape campaign sought to influence urban planning and design, not just the architecture of individual buildings. In artist and writer Gordon Cullen's phrase, "one building is architecture but two buildings is townscape."
Hastings was keen to promote Townscape as a distinctively British approach to postwar rebuilding. Yet Pevsner's manuscript reveals the campaign's roots in continental art history and architectural scholarship. As with so much cultural material in this period, the migration of styles and ideas followed the migration of people displaced by conflict.
Pevsner traced Townscape's roots to the 18th-century idea of the "picturesque." In Visual Planning, he calls for planning to be done visually, with a painterly eye to a city's overall composition. Pevsner asks us to approach blocks, neighborhoods, and skylines as compositions that juxtapose old and new, national and international.
Because Visual Planning went unpublished, works by Pevsner's colleagues established the popular understanding of Townscape. As a campaign rather than a hard philosophical concept, Townscape has been reborn on a faster cycle than other more stable ideas. Its meaning has shifted several times since the initial Architectural Review program of the 1940s and 1950s, aligning at different stages with modernism and postmodernism, conservatism and the avant-garde. As Mathew Aitchison notes in his introduction to the book, we see Townscape's traces both in the conservative revivalist principles of British new urbanism and in the radical urban planning ideas of works like Colin Rowe's Collage City. Recently I interviewed Aitchison about Pevsner, the manuscript, and the curious ways that Townscape's origins and future continue to shift.
Pevsner's manuscript pages, Visual Planning, 1940s. Nikolaus Pevsner papers. The Getty Research Institute, 840209. Pevsner wrote in a minute hand on both sides of a sheet and even on small scraps of paper—a response to paper rationing that continued well after the war ended.
Despite these shifts, the questions Pevsner poses in this book remain vital: How do we rebuild after a disaster (natural or man-made)? How do we accommodate new populations and industries? How do we respect historic structures without stifling innovation? Pevsner's Visual Planning, finally published after six decades, provides an opportunity to re-ground Townscape theoretically in a way that suggests fresh avenues for scholarship in urban planning.
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StarBiochem is a 3D protein viewer and runs on standard Linux, Windows and Mac computers.
Click on the Start button to launch the StarBiochem application.
Click Trust when a prompt appears asking if you trust the certificate.
This is the view you will see StarBiochem opens.
StarBiochem enables the visualization of molecules encoded within the Protein Data Bank (PDB) files. PDB files are named by a four-character ID such as "1GXX". You may load any file found in the PDB, select one from the Samples menu or open files stored locally on your computer.
Click on Import -> RCSB (Protein Data Bank).
Enter the four-character ID of a PBD file (eg. 3D9S), click Open.
When the search results appear, choose the desired PDB file and click Open.
Alternatively, select a PDB file from the Samples menu.
To load a PDB file stored locally on your computer, click on File -> Open and select the desired file.
Upon opening a PDB file in StarBiochem, you will see a 3D model of the protein in the viewer.
When multiple PBD files are open, they can be closed individually or all at once by clicking on File -> Close, or File -> Close All respectively.
Each tab contains Automatic and Manual options which allow you to choose when the changes made are applied to the image.
Automatic immediately applies selection, size or translucency changes.
Manual allows you to make mutiple changes before clicking the Apply button. This is usually helpful when isolating a specific portion of a structure or making mutiple changes to a large structure which may require more time to render.
In the top menu selectHelp->Structure viewing instructions. This will open a small window with instructions for manipulating the image of the structure.
ball-and-stick model: the atom's nucleus is drawn as a ball and covalent bonds connection atoms are drawn as lines.
Advantage: allows a better view of how atoms bond together.
space-filled model: atoms are drawn as spheres, whose size represent the physical space an atom occupies (the nucleus plus its surrounding electrons, also called van der Waals radius).
Advantage: allows for a more accurat representation of the size of atoms and molecules.
You can switch from the ball-and-stick model to the space-filled model in StarBiochem by increasing the size render of the atoms in the structure.
Click on the Primary tab. By default the atom size is 20% which represents the ball-and-stick model. Move the Atoms Size slider completely to the right, 100%, to switch to the space-filled model.
The primary structure of a protein lists the amino acids that make up a protein's sequence, but does not describe their corresponding shape. The secondary structure of a protein refers to how stretches of amino acids within a protein chain are arranged in characteristic patterns such as helices, sheets, and coils. The tertiary structure describes the folded shape of a protein chain and is determined by characteristic properties of the amino acid residues, such as acidic, basic, polar, and non-polar. The quaternary structure indicates the relationship between the chains of a molecule.
Click on the Primary tab.
This view shows the amino acid sequence and options for viewing the backbone and sidechain. By default all of the amino acids are selected.
Amino acids consist of two parts, backbone and sidechain. Unchecking coloring the box beside backbone or sidechain allows changes to apply only the part that is checked.
Click on the Secondary tab.
This view shows the sequence of amino acids and the corresponding helices, sheets and/or coils. By default the structures size is set to zero.
To display the secondary structures check the box beside the structure(s) needed and move the Size slider to the right to increase the size of the structure(s).
Click on the Tertiary tab.
This view shows the sequence of amino acids. The default view will mirror the selections and sizes from the Primary tab.
To display the residue colors click on the buttons beside the amino types, e.g. polar, nonpolar, etc.
Click on the default coloring button to return to the default coloring scheme.
Click on the Quaternary tab.
This view shows the quarternary chains which are alphabetically and some times numerically identified (e.g. chain A, chain B). By default the surfaces' size are set to zero.
To display the quarternary structures (chains) increase the size by moving the Size slider to right.
Disulfide bonds may appear in both tertiary and quaternary structures. If the molecule does not contain disulfide bonds the Size and Translucency sliders are disabled.
Click on the Nucleic Acids tab.
This view will show the sequence of the nucleic acids and options for selecting some or all of the nucliec structures (bases, phosphates, or sugars).
Some proteins have the addition of a Non-Peptide tab. Select this to view any non-peptide atoms within the protein and change their size in the viewer.
Many proteins have the addition of a Water tab. Select this tab to see the oxygens that make up water molecules within the protein (hydrogens rarely defined).
By default the size of the water atoms is set to zero. Move the Size slider to the right to make them visible.
StarBiochem allows for selection of groups or individual atoms and structures.
To select a single item in the Sequence Window simply click on it.
To select multiple items individually, click on the first item, press Ctrl (PC/Linux) or Apple (Mac) and click on the remaining sequences desired.
To select multiple amino acids as a group click on the first amino acid, press Shift and click on the last amno acid.
To select multiple groups of amino acids, click on the first amino acid, press Shift and click on the last amino acid in the first group. Then press Ctrl (PC/Linux) or Apple (Mac) and click on the first amino acid of the next group, press Ctrl+Shift (PC/Linux) or Apple+Shift (Mac) and click on the last amino acid of the group.
To unselect an amono acid press Ctrl and click on it.
To select a single chain in the Sequence Window simply click on it. The Quaternary tab does not allow partial chain selections.
To select multiple chains, press Ctrl while clicking on each chain.
To unselect a chain press Ctrl and click on it.
StarBiochem has several additional tools to manipulate structures.
In the top menu select Reset to view the reset options.
Reset camera, resets the image in the viewer to the default position after it has been rotated or moved.
Reset structure, resets the selection in the Sequence Window and the image in the viewer to the default size, color and position for the selected file only.
Reset all structures, resets the selection in the Sequence Window and the image in the viewer to the default size, color and position for all open files.
Most pdb files do not show the hydrogen atoms for the structure.
To show the hydrogens for a structure go to the top menu and select View. Select the Show/Hide Hydrogens option. This will calculate the hydrogens for the structure. If the structure is large this may take a little time to load.
From the top menu select View -> View Specific Regions / Set Center of Rotation. This will open a smaller window that contains the structure tabs and Sequence Window. Notice that nothing is selected in the Sequence Window.
To change the center of rotation for the structure, select one or more amino acids from the Sequence Window in any of the tabs.
Move the VDW Radius slider to hide all atoms outside of the specified Van der Waals radii of the selected amino acid(s).
This tool is particularly useful for isolating specific region(s) of the structure to examine more closely how they interact.
The Info tab contains identifying details about the structure and offers resources for further research.
The File Contents window contains the exact contents of the PDB file that is open. This window is primarily useful for identifying a damaged PDB file or for advanced users who are familiar with how PDB files are written and work.


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Stewart 'Savors' Final Race at Bristol Despite Rough Outing
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Joey Barnes Aug 21, 2016
By Joey Barnes, Editor-in-Chief
Tony Stewart's made a lasting memory in Bristol Motor Speedway racing lore in his final NASCAR Sprint Cup Series appearance.
The three-time champion was running mid-pack when his No. 14 Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet began to undergo a vibration. Stewart pitted on lap 230 for a new set of tires in hopes it would fix the problem, but the issue never subsided and he was forced to go behind the wall for repairs, falling several laps down.
However, the 45-year-old Hoosier returned to finish 30th at the famed 0.533-mile concrete oval.
In most circumstances, a dreadful finish would leave a driver with a sour taste in his mouth, but Stewart was given a reason to smile and it was all due in large part to his friend, teammate and eventual race winner, Kevin Harvick.
The 2014 Sprint Cup Series champion went up to Stewart during the cool down lap and asked him to celebrate with him. The duo shared a celebration of donut-style burnouts before the fans at each side of the start/finish line.
An electric smile came across Stewart when he discussed his final Bristol race just moments after celebrating with Harvick.
"That is cool," said Stewart of the memorable post race celebration.
"The funny part is he (Harvick) got out of his car, got the flag and then he goes 'get in my car and go to Victory Lane with me.' I went what? He goes 'yeah, just leave yours here.' I'm like I just can't just leave my car there, but that was cool. I'm happy for these guys. This is a hard place to win at. There are so many things that can go wrong. All it takes is one thing. I mean we had a wheel that was loose and that messed our whole day up.
"That was cool sharing that moment with him though."
With the reality that his next trip to Bristol will be solely as an owner, Stewart took the final part of the postponed Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race to relish last run as a driver.
"Well, I will see it in the spring," said Stewart. "I will be back here (at Bristol). I just won't wear a helmet when I come back here. It is cool. This place is so much fun.
"I told myself the last 10 laps we weren't racing anybody, there wasn't anybody around us, I said, just enjoy these last 10 and just savor the moment and think about it. So, that is what I did.
"I really thought about what I was doing those last 10 laps and kind of soaked it all in."
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About Joey Barnes
Joey Barnes is the Founder of Motorsports Tribune. He has covered auto racing since 2013 that has spanned from Formula 1 to NASCAR, with coverage on IndyCar. Additionally, his work has appeared on Racer, IndyCar.com and Autoweek magazine. In 2017, he was recognized with an award in Spot News Writing by the National Motorsports Press Association.


On January 28, 2019, Dr. Vu Ngoc Huyen, Director of the Center of Manpower Supply, Vietnam National University of Agriculture (VNUA) welcomed a delegation of cooperatives from Akita, Japan. Participating in the welcoming meeting were Mrs. Nguyen Thi Hoang Yen, Vice Dean of the Department of Cooperatives and Rural Development, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development together with staff at the Department of Foreign Affairs of the Center of Manpower Supply.
At the meeting, Dr. Vu Ngoc Huyen expressed his happiness to welcome the delegation to VNUA. Afterwards, Mrs. Nguyen Thi Hoang Yen introduced briefly about the strengths of Vietnamese agriculture sector in general and the status and organizational structure of cooperatives in Vietnam.
Mr. Hajime Kobayashi, the representative of Akita's cooperatives, said that Akita is the sixth largest province in Japan, with a fairly developed agriculture beside seafood and food processing industries. Currently, the province attracts many interns. He hoped that in the future, the province would receive the labor force including young cooperatives officials and students from VNUA to do internships and work in the cooperatives of the province.
Dr. Vu Ngoc Huyen also mentioned about the program of sending Vietnamese agricultural laborers to Japan. This is a program implemented under the Decision No. 3852/QD-BNN-KTHT dated October 2, 2018 of the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, which plays an important role in establishing a comprehensive cooperation and the exchange of high quality agricultural labors between Vietnam and Japan. He proposed that Akita's cooperatives would rapidly develop plans for receiving cooperative officials and students to work and study at cooperatives in the province so that they could have opportunities to improve their skills, gain more income and experiences.
At the end of the discussion, Akita's co-operatives delegation conveyed their deepest attitude to VNUA's leaders and staff, Center of Manpower Supply as well as Department of Cooperatives and Rural Development for the warm and friendly reception. The delegation will consider proposals in the discussion and soon develop specific plans, especially the program on sending agricultural labors to Akita's cooperatives.
After the meeting, the delegation paid a visit to the net houses for Que Huong potatoes ( a project in collaboration with Vietnam Orion Group) at the Institute of Agro Biotechnology.


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10 Great Books To Get You Through The Holiday Season
By Editors November 26, 2015 at 7:11am · 12 comments
The holidays are upon us, which means you're likely going to spend a lot of time traveling over the next two months, not to mention avoiding that conversation about Donald Trump back home in Ohio with Aunt Sally you have been studiously avoiding.
To make matters easier, and more enjoyable, we've compiled a list of reading recommendations.
Whether you're in the mood for some serious literary fiction, a juicy biography, a funny memoir, or a thoughtful work of nonfiction, here are all the bases.
Scissors, Paper, Rock: A Novel by Fenton Johnson
Along with his siblings, Raphael Hardin left his childhood home in rural Kentucky. Grappling with an AIDS diagnosis, he returns to care for his dying father. Told from the perspectives of Raphael, his family, and their lifelong neighbor, Fenton Johnson's novel reveals the blood struggles and binding loves of a broken family made whole.
Carol by Patricia Highsmith
Previously titled The Price of Salt, Patricia Highsmith's novel Carol tells the drama of Therese, a stage designer trapped in a department-store day job, and Carol, a customer who comes in to buy her daughter a Christmas toy. The women fall in love and set out across the United States, ensnared by society's confines and the imminent disapproval of others, yet propelled by their infatuation for one another.
Big Freedia: God Save the Queen Diva! by Big Freedia
From the eponymous star of the most popular reality show in Fuse TV's history, this no-holds-barred memoir tells the story of a gay, self-proclaimed mama's boy who exploded onto the formerly underground Bounce music scene — a hip-hop subgenre — and found acceptance, healing, self-expression and stardom.
Kept Boy by Robert Rodi
Long out of print, Robert Rodi's 1996 comedy of manners has been re-released in paperback and as an e-book. It tells the story of 31-year-old Dennis Racine, the pampered, gym-toned boy-toy of a powerful Chicago theater impresario, as he struggles to preserve his privileged lifestyle after his sugar daddy falls for a 20-year-old pool boy.
Trans: A Memoir by Juliet Jacques
In July 2012, aged thirty, Juliet Jacques underwent sex reassignment surgery — a process she chronicled with unflinching honesty in a serialized national newspaper column. Trans tells of her life to the present moment: a story of growing up, of defining yourself, and of the rapidly changing world of gender politics.
Visions and Revisions by Dale Peck
Dale Peck's new memoir takes readers on a journey through the beginning years of the AIDS epidemic, from what he calls the "serial killings" of gay men in New York, London, and Milwaukee, through Peck's first loves upon coming out of the closet, to the transformation of LGBT people from marginal, idealistic fighters to their present place in a world of mainstream acceptance.
Alexander McQueen: Blood Beneath The Skin by Andrew Wilson
When forty-year-old Alexander McQueen committed suicide in February 2010, a shocked world mourned the loss of a prodigious talent. The first definitive biography of the iconic, notoriously private British fashion designer explores the connections between his dark work and even darker personal life.
The Gay Revolution: The Story of the Struggle by Lillian Faderman
This 800-page magnum opus by Lillian Faderman reads like a novel as it tells the sweeping story of the modern struggle for LGBTQ rights — from the 1950s to the present — based on interviews with politicians, military figures, legal activists and other members of the entire LGBTQ community.
Intimacy Idiot by Isaac Oliver
This debut collection of essays by Isaac Oliver serves up a comedic cornucopia of sketches, vignettes, lists, and diaries from his life as a young, fanciful, and extremely single gay man in New York City. Whether he's hooking up with a man who dresses as a dolphin, suffering on airplanes and buses next to people with Food From Home, or hovering around an impenetrable circle of attractive people at a cocktail party, Oliver captures the messy, moving and absurd moments of urban life as we live it today.
I Can Give You Anything But Love by Gary Indiana
Not for the faint of heart, radical writer Gary Indiana's new memoir offers readers a montage of excursions into his life and work — from his early days growing up gay in rural New Hampshire to his escape to Haight-Ashbury in the post-Summer of Love era, the sweltering 1970s in Los Angeles and ultimately his existence in New York in the 1980s as a bona fide downtown personality.
Encyclopedia Madonnica 20: Madonna from A to Z by Matthew Rettenmund
The standard edition of the ultimate book on the Queen of Pop: Madonna! This twentieth-anniversary edition of the book that gets it all down (and gets it all right) is filled with never-before-seen and rare images, as well as fresh interviews. This encyclopedic tome covers every aspect of Madonna's life and career: music, movies, TV, love life, family, tours and more.
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November 26, 2015 at 8:11am
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November 26, 2015 at 2:11pm
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dear gays, tis the perfect time to discover the writings of Ethan Mordden. my favourite gay author.
here are a few:
"How Long Has This Been Going On?" – the "gay ROOTS" – it follows a number of gay characters across America from the 1940s to the mid 1990s. the book saved my life. it's a tremendous achievement; funny, touching, sexy, and moving as hell.
The Buddies Cycle – five novels following a "family" of gay friends in manhattan, from the 70s to the early 00s.
they are, in order…
1. I've a Feeling We're Not in Kansas Anymore
2. Buddies
3. Everybody Loves You
4. Some Men are Lookers
5. How's Your Romance?
i recommend them to all of you, in particular those of you who presently avoid reading "gay literature" – i promise you, if you read these novels you will find and feel a new affinity for and brotherhood in being a gay man. these are stories of the love we share for each other, as friends and lovers and occasional rivals.
they're, in a word, Perfect.
OH! and The Venice Adriana! the story of a young gay american who goes to Venice in the 1960s to help ghostwrite the autobiography of an opera singer, and gets caught up in a world of opera, sex, politics and the awakening of his gay identity. it's a work of art.
jjose712
Curious there's no recomendation of any of the very praised gay related novels of this year (A little life, After the parade, Did you ever had a family?, or even a Brief story of seven killings)
martinbakman
I'm just read
Beyond Paradise: The Life of Roman Novarro
star of the original Ben Hur.
He was a closeted, film star. His family settled in LA, originally from Durango, Mexico.
by Andre' Soares
Prinny
All these books scream of holiday mood /s And why is there a book about the old Mummy named Madonna on the list?
Bob LaBlah
@Prinny: Agreed. That Madonna book for a Christmas present is almost like giving a Catholic school child abuse victim a beautifully gift wrapped dvd of The Boys of St. Vincent.
I would add, "The Last Of The Wine" by Mary Renault.
Google it and read the 'blurbs'.
SeeingMoreClearly
@Maude: That's a good suggestion. And instead of all this mediocre stuff being recommended, get back to the classics (gay and straight), especially stuff you might not have read yet. look up what are considered the greatest books (nonfiction and fiction) ever. Ulysses; Moby Dick; The Great Gatsby ; The Dogs Bark (Capote at his most brilliant, better than in Cold Blood); In Search Of Lost Time (Proust); that Hadrian book by Yourcenar; The Sea Wolf by Jack London (totally homoerotic); Maupassant; Proust; Hawthorne; Poe; Crime and Punishment (Raskolnikov is strangely hot); Leaves Of Grass, by Whitman; on and on…
November 27, 2015 at 11:11pm
I saw a review for I Can Give You Anything But Love by long-time gay activist Gary Indiana on edgechicago.com and I thought it sounded interesting. I will read it later.
Guy068
Any or all of E Lynn Harris's books should be here. The man could move you from laughter to tears and back again in a space of a in the span of a paragraph. And Kept Boy is the Rodi recommended? Closet Case and Drag Queen are MUCH better books. Closet Case had me ing so hard at its big finish. Kept Boy? The only Rodi I was ever unable to finish. It is SO not his best work!
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I wrote a series of gay fiction novels in a Southern setting that ended up in Amazon's Top Ten Rated LGBT Fiction list. Queerty even retweeted a few links. Check them out on Amazon. "Home is a Fire" and "The Fire Went Wild," by Jordan Nasser.
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White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders on Thursday defended President Trump's comment when he referred to MS-13 gang members as "animals," explaining it was not in reference to unauthorized immigrants.
"The president was very clearly referring to MS-13 gang members who enter the country illegally and whose deportations are hamstrung by our laws. ... If the media and liberals want to defend MS-13 they're more than welcome to. Frankly, I don't think the term the president used is strong enough."


The business centre is situated in Darlaston close to J9 and J10 of the M6, offering excellent transport links and close proximity to Walsall, Bilston, Wednesbury, Willenhall and Wolverhampton. It is conveniently located close to Darlaston Town Centre with easy access to numerous amenities.
The economy of Wolverhampton is largely driven by service industries, with education, health and public administration being important sectors. Financial services and IT are also key contributors, along with tourism and the restaurant and hotel industry. Wolverhampton is also an important regional retail centre and is home to a number of national and international corporations that provide employment in aerospace, construction, automotive manufacturing, and business services.


The Gambia has succeeded in changing the perception of the reality of every one of us that have been there.
In my case, I have been going for some years and every time it surprises me and gives me new experiences and moments very difficult to forget.
I remember that the first trip flying Barcelona-Banjul was full of questions, inside my head there was an immense need to know for what reason Weste"rners have this desire to help, why Africans could not do their path on their own and a long etcetera of questions that apparently had no answer. It seemed that my excitement to arrive and getting to know was overwhelming. The truth is that once landed I started to understand already so many things and most of the questions did not need a technical or coherence answer.
Seeing the rhythm of life of Gambians, their way of doing and their sympathy I was able to understand it all.
Another important trait of the trips to The Gambia is the human team that accompanies with you, a strong bond is created and that happens in every trip and with people that have gone more than once, people that have gone for the first time… the experience it's not the most important thing, what it really counts is the desire to heighten and be filled by the experiences. It's hard to explain with words, it must be lived!
To explain a trip of these dimensions is not so easy since most of the sensations that I felt when I traveled to The Gambia cannot be described so easily. Then, if I had to choose between the best sensations that I had during the two weeks that I was in African lands, I think that I keep, as typical as it sounds, the feeling of disconnecting from the typical western routine that surrounds us and the enrichment as a person and the privilege of meeting wonderful people that currently are great friends.
But all this would not have been possible without the UNOMASUNO+ team since as Jean Jacques Rousseau says, there is a big difference between traveling to see a country or traveling to see villages and in my opinion this difference was what made my trip so special since to get to know well a culture you have to live it and thanks to this NGO I was able to understand the real Africa and heightened myself with it.
This picture could have been taken anywhere in The Gambia or Senegal.
In all its streets you could breathe a lot of peace and harmony until, suddenly, a soccer ball appeared in the distance…At that precise instant, about 20 children (as if coming under stones) appeared ready to play for a while.
All of them with an incredible smile as comparable to mine, enjoying sport as a passion and forgetting for a moment of absolutely everything else.
They were incredible sensations the ones lived in that village called BEREFET (The Gambia).
A thousand thanks to "Las Cabañas del Notas" for hosting us in their facilities for the whole week.
At the beginning it caused us some respect, but the desire and the excitement we had won out over everything. July 13th then, Africa was waiting for us!
All throughout the trip the look of the children touched us. Their hospitality and their desire to talk to you, the candies they asked for and tons and tons of smiles!
The second week, which we were at Jombong Bantang Ecco Cultural Camp, at Berefet, it was like being home! Hours and hours of talks like if there was no tomorrow at the harbour that Luis had set up a few months before we arrived and the little boat that would take us to Touba Kolong, the little town where the NGO has the project. How cool! All the boys and girls from the town came running to welcome us, the day was just starting! The women showed us the gardens and the new irrigation, the new water pump and all the produce from the land, it could be seen the happiness in their face! A good breakfast, reception from the mayor and of course, without stopping playing with the little ones!
That was just a little part of our trip to Africa. A great experience that left a great mark on us and a lot in what to think. They had just little, but they were happy!
For sure that it will be the first time, but not the last that time that we'll put our feet on this country!
I have chosen this picture to describe the experience that I lived during those 15 days because it describes what I felt. Besides being a trip that filled me sentimentally, emotional and socially, it helped me to know myself a little more, it helped me to sensitize myself and be aware of the reality in which I am living different from them. Kids help me to be myself, they take out all the sweetness that I have inside myself and they take my sensitivity and the desire to transmit everything that can help them to have a better future. Infants make me grow and those in The Gambia taught me a lot. Thanks to their barefoot but grinning from ear to ear, I learned to value and to love non-stop every minute and every second day to day of my life and to continue fighting for my dreams of being a teacher for the kids that need it the most.


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These Lesser & Pavey Set of 4 Robin Place mats each feature 2 robins with a cute snowy scene background, and they are supplied boxed.
These place mats are perfect for wildlife lovers and will make the perfect addition to any dinner table, especially at Christmas time and in winter. They will also help to keep your table and other surface cleans and burn free as the place mats are heat resistant (up to 90 degrees Celsius).
The Lesser and Pavey place mats have been made from fibre board with a cork back, and with a laminated surface they are easy to wipe clean.


CANCELLED-- Meet and Greet- The Honorable Leo Strine Jr.
Unfortunately the Justice Leo Strine, Jr. Meet and Greet scheduled for Saturday, April 27 has been cancelled.
We look forward to Justice Strine's Commencement speech on May 19, 2019.


Any poultry needs to be looked after 365 days a year and you may find it harder to enlist help to look after the turkeys if you plan to be away several times a year. Whatever you do never leave it to the last minute to arrange turkey care in case it is difficult to find. The birds cannot be left to their own devices and under The Animal Welfare Act it is your responsibility to care for their... Pet owners are usually not required to clean an incision, but Sykes says it's important to keep an eye on it to make sure it's healing properly. �Covering an incision when the patient goes outside will help keep it clean, but avoid keeping a bandage on at all times, unless directed to by your veterinarian,� says Sykes.
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After cars or automobile accidents, foxes are turning out to be the second biggest threat to the pet owners in general, and cat owners in particular. Authorities should also recommend owners to keep their pets inside their homes at night in order to avoid any predatory attacks on their pets.
My female fox red Labrador Bella gave birth to a litter of beautiful red retriever puppies in September 2007. You can see that the puppies vary in how dark they are The puppies grew very rapidly � here is one a couple of weeks later, his eyes have just opened, but he can�t see very much yet.


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Deliberations begin on murder of Oakland postal worker
Jurors on Wednesday will begin deliberating the fate of three men accused of murdering a man who was on his way to work at the Oakland Post Office because they wanted to steal the fancy 20-inch rims on the car he was riding in.
Prosecutor Angela Backers said 21-year-old Lamar Whitehead "was a good man on his way to work" on the overnight shift when he was shot in the 3900 block of Webster Street near Mosswood Park in Oakland about 11 p.m. on Jan. 27, 2005.
Defendants Terrell Watson, 21, Ishmael Johnson, 22, both of Oakland, and Jason Tyree West, 20, of Vallejo, are charged with murder, attempted murder and the special circumstance of murder during an attempted carjacking.
Watson is also charged with trying to dissuade a witness in the case.
If they're convicted of all the charges, the three defendants will be sentenced to life in prison without parole. Prosecutors aren't seeking the death penalty in the case.
Backers said Whitehead, the only child of Robin Douglas of Oakland, was a passenger in a Chevrolet Monte Carlo driven by his best friend Keith Griffin, who was giving him a ride to work, when shots rang out.
Backers said the three defendants "had talked about stealing rims" and Johnson "set up" the shooting by pointing out the car.
The prosecutor said Watson opened fire first and West also fired shots after Johnson shouted, "Shoot! Shoot! Shoot!"
The bullet that killed Johnson first went through Griffin and then struck Whitehead, she said.
Griffin survived the shooting incident and testified against the three defendants.
In his closing argument today, West's attorney, James Giller, attacked the credibility of the prosecution's witnesses, saying, "That's what this case is all about."
Giller said he doesn't think that West even had a gun that night but he told jurors that even if they think West fired shots, those shots occurred after Watson started shooting and he believes Whitehead was killed by Watson's shots.
Giller said, "I submit that my client didn't have a gun and fire shots, but even if he did, the deed was already done."
Giller said, "Jason had no part in this and did not kill Lamar or attempt to murder Keith Griffin. I ask youto find him not guilty."
— Bay City News
Station makes a night for those making a difference
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"The royal jelly-producing glands of bees exposed to Roundup experience premature aging, according to a Brazilian study published online" reports Karen Fleur Tofti-Tufarelli for www.beeculture.com. "Roundup is a widely-used glyphosate-based herbicide; many other herbicides are also glyphosate-based.
The study used the commercial formulation of Roundup in order to simulate real commercial conditions. The study was released around the same day in early August that a California Superior Court awarded a former school groundskeeper $289 million, finding that Roundup contributed to his non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, according to various media reports.
"The verdict in favor of the groundskeeper "almost gives more tangible credibility to the truth — and maybe will encourage the public to hold the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) more accountable . .. " In the Brazilian study, six-day old bees exposed to Roundup appeared as if they were greater than 25 days old. The result she said "seemed to advance cell death or aging," and is "not only an issue because bees may die sooner or produce less royal jelly in their lifetime, " but also because of the transition of roles that honey bees undergo." Worker bees feed the jelly to all larvae for a few days but feed it continuously to future queens, Cornelisse said. Then they transition from "nurse bees" — bees that take care of larvae — to foraging bees, or those that go out of the hive to get pollen and nectar. "The premature aging of the royal jelly-producing glands could make it likely that the nurse bees transition too quickly to foraging bees, leaving fewer bees taking care of the brood, potentially reducing the brood, or number of offspring,".
The study "Changes in hypopharyngeal glands of nurse bees (Apis mellifera) induced by pollen-containing sublethal doses of the herbicide Roundup," Chemosphere (2018), doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2018.07.189) was authored by Márcia Regina Faita, Eliana De Medeiros oliveira, Vieira Alves Valter, Afonso Inácio orth and Rubens Onofre Nodari. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0045653518314553.
Research hives used in the study were well-established, said Cornelisse, "a good thing," as the researchers "know what they've been exposed to for a while and could control their exposure." (Before beginning the study, hives were managed for six months to provide homogeneity with the breeding area). Though the amount of royal jelly produced did not decrease with Roundup, the study found, those hives that received food containing Roundup presented an average weight of royal jelly lower than that of control hives (0.167 g and 0.287 g per queen cell, respectively); but this difference, the study found, was not statistically significant. The study authors noted, Cornelisse said, that it will be important to analyze the nutritional quality of the actual royal jelly produced to see whether its chemical make-up changed with Roundup.
But the spraying of glyphosate-based herbicides such as Round-up affects not only the health of honey bees as shown by the research, but also honey itself.
Scientists aren't entirely sure why honey bee populations are stessed. Strong evidence exists linking the decline to pesticides, but new research shows another poison – one long believed to be harmless to animals – may actually be indirectly killing bees. A study by researchers from the University of Texas at Austin suggests the world's most widely used weed killer – glyphosate – could be a previously unknown factor behind what's going on.
Glyphosate is the active ingredient in Monsanto's best-selling Roundup – the self-proclaimed "flagship" of the company's agricultural chemicals business. That's quite a business too: a 2016 study found that since its introduction in the 1970s, almost 10 million tonnes of glyphosate have been sprayed onto fields the world over. That's a lot. Especially when this herbicide may be killing more than just herbs.
Glyphosate's mechanism of action as a herbicide is the disruption of an important enzyme found in plants and microorganisms, which is located in a metabolic structure called the shikimate pathway. Animals don't have this pathway, which is why the chemical has long been thought to be non-toxic to them. But what about smaller organisms, such as the gut bacteria that populate the bee microbiome? Contemporary science is basically an avalanche of studies revealing how gut bacteria and the microbiome generally are an essential and complex part of overall health.
When the researchers exposed honey bees to glyphosate at levels equivalent to what's been found in crop fields, gardens, and roadsides, it significantly reduced their healthy gut microbiota. In the experiments, half of the dominant healthy species of gut bacteria in the exposed bees – including Snodgrassella alvi, which help the insect process food and defend against pathogens – were found to be reduced.This reduction of good bacteria didn't end there: it actually impacted bee survival.
When untreated bees and glyphosate-exposed bees were exposed to the same bacteria – an opportunistic pathogen Serratia marcescens – the survival rates were starkly different. Bees that hadn't been exposed to glyphosate saw their numbers halved after eight days with S. marcescens. But only one-tenth of the glyphosate-exposed bees survived the pathogen after the herbicide.
The pharmaceutical giant Bayer – which now owns Monsanto – issued a release in response to the research, claiming "[no] large-scale study has ever found a link between glyphosate and honey bee health issues" and that the new paper "does not change that". That's predictable, but according to other researchers, it also might be missing the point.
This entry was posted in News and tagged #Bayer, #BeeMicrobiome, #Glyphosate, #Honey, #HoneyBees, #Monsanto, #PNAS, #TheBeeEffect.


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const expect = require('chai').expect
const routeHelper = require('../../helpers/routes/route-helper')
const supertest = require('supertest')
const proxyquire = require('proxyquire')
const sinon = require('sinon')

const orgUnit = require('../../../app/constants/organisation-unit')
const tabs = require('../../../app/constants/wmt-tabs')
const workloadTypes = require('../../../app/constants/workload-type')

const INDEX_URI = '/'
const OM_OVERVIEW_URL = '/' + workloadTypes.PROBATION + '/offender-manager/1/overview'
const LDU_OVERVIEW_URL = '/' + workloadTypes.PROBATION + '/ldu/1/overview'
const REGION_OVERVIEW_URL = '/' + workloadTypes.PROBATION + '/region/1/overview'
const HMPPS_OVERVIEW_URL = '/' + workloadTypes.PROBATION + '/hmpps/0/overview'

const VALID_URL_WITHOUT_OVERVIEW = '/' + workloadTypes.PROBATION + '/offender-manager/1'

const OM_MISSING_ID_URL = '/' + workloadTypes.PROBATION + '/offender-manager/overview'

const OM_OVERVIEW_CSV_URL = '/' + workloadTypes.PROBATION + '/offender-manager/1/overview/caseload-csv'
const TEAM_OVERVIEW_CSV_URL = '/' + workloadTypes.PROBATION + '/team/1/overview/caseload-csv'
const LDU_OVERVIEW_CSV_URL = '/' + workloadTypes.PROBATION + '/ldu/1/overview/caseload-csv'
const REGION_OVERVIEW_CSV_URL = '/' + workloadTypes.PROBATION + '/region/1/overview/caseload-csv'
const HMPPS_OVERVIEW_CSV_URL = '/' + workloadTypes.PROBATION + '/hmpps/0/overview/caseload-csv'

const TEAM_REDUCTIONS_CSV_URL = '/' + workloadTypes.PROBATION + '/team/1/overview/reductions-csv'
const LDU_REDUCTIONS_CSV_URL = '/' + workloadTypes.PROBATION + '/ldu/1/overview/reductions-csv'
const REGION_REDUCTIONS_CSV_URL = '/' + workloadTypes.PROBATION + '/region/1/overview/reductions-csv'
const NATIONAL_REDUCTIONS_CSV_URL = '/' + workloadTypes.PROBATION + '/hmpps/1/overview/reductions-csv'
const OM_REDUCTIONS_CSV_URL = '/' + workloadTypes.PROBATION + '/offender-manager/1/overview/reductions-csv'

const OVERVIEW = {
  title: 'Title',
  subTitle: 'SubTitle',
  breadcrumbs: [{ title: 'Offender Manager' }],
  subNav: {},
  overviewDetails: { rows: [{}], totals: {} }
}

const REDUCTIONS = {
  title: 'Title',
  subTitle: 'SubTitle',
  breadcrumbs: [{ title: 'Team' }],
  reductionNotes: [{}]
}

const EXPORT_CSV_FILENAME = 'Test CSV File.csv'

const EXPORT_CSV = '"TeamName","Grade","Overall","Untiered","D2","D1","C2","C1","B2","B1","A"\n' +
      '"Test Team 1","PO",50,0,50,25,10,0,50,50,50\n' +
      '"Test Team 1","PSO",50,0,50,75,90,100,50,50,50'

let app
let route
let getOverview
let getIndividualOverview
let getLastUpdated

let getReductionsExport
let reductionApp
let reductionsRoute

let getSubNavStub
let getExportCsv

before(function () {
  getSubNavStub = sinon.stub()
  getOverview = sinon.stub()
  getReductionsExport = sinon.stub()
  getIndividualOverview = sinon.stub().resolves({})
  getLastUpdated = sinon.stub().resolves(new Date(2017, 11, 1))
  getExportCsv = sinon.stub().returns({ filename: EXPORT_CSV_FILENAME, csv: EXPORT_CSV })
  route = proxyquire('../../../app/routes/overview', {
    '../services/get-overview': getOverview,
    '../services/data/get-last-updated': getLastUpdated,
    '../services/get-sub-nav': getSubNavStub,
    '../services/get-export-csv': getExportCsv,
    '../services/get-individual-overview': getIndividualOverview
  })
  app = routeHelper.buildApp(route)

  reductionsRoute = proxyquire('../../../app/routes/overview', {
    '../services/get-reductions-export': getReductionsExport,
    '../services/get-sub-nav': getSubNavStub,
    '../services/get-export-csv': getExportCsv
  })
  reductionApp = routeHelper.buildApp(reductionsRoute)
})

describe('overview route', function () {
  it('should respond with 200 when offender-manager and id included in URL', function () {
    return supertest(app).get(OM_OVERVIEW_URL)
      .then(function (res) {
        expect(res.statusCode).to.equal(200)
        expect(res.headers['cache-control']).to.equal('no-store')
        expect(res.headers.pragma).to.equal('no-cache')
      })
  })

  it('should respond with 200 when ldu and id included in URL', function () {
    getOverview.resolves(OVERVIEW)
    return supertest(app).get(LDU_OVERVIEW_URL).expect(200)
  })

  it('should respond with 200 when region and id included in URL', function () {
    getOverview.resolves(OVERVIEW)
    return supertest(app).get(REGION_OVERVIEW_URL).expect(200)
  })

  it('should respond with 200 when national and id included in URL', function () {
    getOverview.resolves(OVERVIEW)
    return supertest(app).get(HMPPS_OVERVIEW_URL).expect(200)
  })

  it('should respond with 500 when offender-manager, but no id, included in URL', function () {
    return supertest(app).get(OM_MISSING_ID_URL).expect(500)
  })
})

describe('Overview csv export route', function () {
  describe('for an Offender Manager', function () {
    it('should respond with 200 when offender-manager and id included in URL', function () {
      getOverview.resolves(OVERVIEW)
      return supertest(app).get(OM_OVERVIEW_CSV_URL).expect(200)
    })

    it('should call getExportCsv with the correct parameters', function () {
      getOverview.resolves(OVERVIEW)
      return supertest(app)
        .get(OM_OVERVIEW_CSV_URL)
        .expect(200)
        .then(function () {
          expect(getExportCsv.calledWith(orgUnit.OFFENDER_MANAGER.name, OVERVIEW, tabs.OVERVIEW)).to.be.true //eslint-disable-line
        })
    })
  })

  describe('for a Team', function () {
    it('should respond with 200 when team and id included in URL', function () {
      getOverview.resolves(OVERVIEW)
      return supertest(app).get(TEAM_OVERVIEW_CSV_URL).expect(200)
    })

    it('should call getExportCsv with the correct parameters', function () {
      getOverview.resolves(OVERVIEW)
      return supertest(app)
        .get(OM_OVERVIEW_CSV_URL)
        .expect(200)
        .then(function () {
          expect(getExportCsv.calledWith(orgUnit.OFFENDER_MANAGER.name, OVERVIEW, tabs.OVERVIEW)).to.be.true //eslint-disable-line
        })
    })
  })

  describe('for an LDU', function () {
    it('should respond with 200 when ldu and id included in URL', function () {
      getOverview.resolves(OVERVIEW)
      return supertest(app).get(LDU_OVERVIEW_CSV_URL).expect(200)
    })

    it('should call getExportCsv with the correct parameters', function () {
      getOverview.resolves(OVERVIEW)
      return supertest(app)
        .get(LDU_OVERVIEW_CSV_URL)
        .expect(200)
        .then(function () {
          expect(getExportCsv.calledWith(orgUnit.LDU.name, OVERVIEW, tabs.OVERVIEW)).to.be.true //eslint-disable-line
        })
    })
  })

  describe('for a Region', function () {
    it('should respond with 200 when region and id included in URL', function () {
      getOverview.resolves(OVERVIEW)
      return supertest(app).get(REGION_OVERVIEW_CSV_URL).expect(200)
    })

    it('should call getExportCsv with the correct parameters', function () {
      getOverview.resolves(OVERVIEW)
      return supertest(app)
        .get(REGION_OVERVIEW_CSV_URL)
        .expect(200)
        .then(function () {
          expect(getExportCsv.calledWith(orgUnit.REGION.name, OVERVIEW, tabs.OVERVIEW)).to.be.true //eslint-disable-line
        })
    })
  })

  describe('for National', function () {
    it('should respond with 200 when hmpps and id included in URL', function () {
      getOverview.resolves(OVERVIEW)
      return supertest(app).get(HMPPS_OVERVIEW_CSV_URL).expect(200)
    })

    it('should call getExportCsv with the correct parameters', function () {
      getOverview.resolves(OVERVIEW)
      return supertest(app)
        .get(HMPPS_OVERVIEW_CSV_URL)
        .expect(200)
        .then(function () {
          expect(getExportCsv.calledWith(orgUnit.NATIONAL.name, OVERVIEW, tabs.OVERVIEW)).to.be.true //eslint-disable-line
        })
    })
  })

  it('should add the correct csv to the response header', function () {
    getOverview.resolves(OVERVIEW)
    return supertest(app)
      .get(TEAM_OVERVIEW_CSV_URL)
      .then(function (response) {
        expect(response.header['content-type']).to.contain('text/csv')
        expect(response.header['content-disposition']).to.contain('attachment; filename="' + EXPORT_CSV_FILENAME + '"')
        expect(response.text).to.contain(EXPORT_CSV)
      })
  })
})

describe('reductions notes csv export route', function () {
  describe('for team level', function () {
    it('should respond with 200 when team and id included in URL', function () {
      getReductionsExport.resolves(REDUCTIONS)
      return supertest(reductionApp).get(TEAM_REDUCTIONS_CSV_URL).expect(200)
    })
    it('should call getExportCsv with the correct parameters', function () {
      getReductionsExport.resolves(REDUCTIONS)
      return supertest(reductionApp)
        .get(TEAM_REDUCTIONS_CSV_URL)
        .expect(200)
        .then(function () {
          expect(getExportCsv.calledWith(orgUnit.TEAM.name, REDUCTIONS, tabs.REDUCTIONS_EXPORT)).to.be.true //eslint-disable-line
        })
    })
  })
  describe('for ldu level', function () {
    it('should respond with 200 when ldu and id included in URL', function () {
      getReductionsExport.resolves(REDUCTIONS)
      return supertest(reductionApp).get(LDU_REDUCTIONS_CSV_URL).expect(200)
    })
    it('should call getExportCsv with the correct parameters', function () {
      getReductionsExport.resolves(REDUCTIONS)
      return supertest(reductionApp)
        .get(LDU_REDUCTIONS_CSV_URL)
        .expect(200)
        .then(function () {
          expect(getExportCsv.calledWith(orgUnit.LDU.name, REDUCTIONS, tabs.REDUCTIONS_EXPORT)).to.be.true //eslint-disable-line
        })
    })
  })
  describe('for region level', function () {
    it('should respond with 200 when region and id included in URL', function () {
      getReductionsExport.resolves(REDUCTIONS)
      return supertest(reductionApp).get(REGION_REDUCTIONS_CSV_URL).expect(200)
    })
    it('should call getExportCsv with the correct parameters', function () {
      getReductionsExport.resolves(REDUCTIONS)
      return supertest(reductionApp)
        .get(REGION_REDUCTIONS_CSV_URL)
        .expect(200)
        .then(function () {
          expect(getExportCsv.calledWith(orgUnit.REGION.name, REDUCTIONS, tabs.REDUCTIONS_EXPORT)).to.be.true //eslint-disable-line
        })
    })
  })
  describe('for national level', function () {
    it('should respond with 500 when national is included in URL', function () {
      getReductionsExport.resolves(REDUCTIONS)
      return supertest(reductionApp).get(NATIONAL_REDUCTIONS_CSV_URL).expect(500)
    })
  })
  describe('for offender manager level', function () {
    it('should respond with 500 when offender manager is included in URL', function () {
      getReductionsExport.resolves(REDUCTIONS)
      return supertest(reductionApp).get(OM_REDUCTIONS_CSV_URL).expect(500)
    })
  })
})

describe(`GET ${INDEX_URI}`, function () {
  it('should respond with a 200', function () {
    return supertest(app)
      .get(INDEX_URI)
      .expect(200)
  })
})

describe(`GET ${INDEX_URI + '?HPP&TRUE=1/0'}`, function () {
  it('should respond with an error', function () {
    return supertest(app)
      .get(INDEX_URI + '?HPP=TRUE/0')
      .expect(500)
  })
})

describe('/overview can be omitted', function () {
  it('should respond with 200 when overview is omitted from the URL', function () {
    return supertest(app)
      .get(VALID_URL_WITHOUT_OVERVIEW)
      .expect(200)
  })
})

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"Let this be known today: Meek Mill has dedicated himself to justice reform and making sure that people that don't belong in prison is not [sic] in m*********ing prison."
Those are the words that open up the trailer for Meek Mill's new docuseries titled Free Meek on Amazon Prime Video, and it isn't hard to tell that he means every word of what he's saying. Thankfully we'll now be able to see every step in his unfortunate experience with law, starting from his days as an aspiring young rapper surviving in the "slums" of Philadelphia.
@MeekMill is putting the system on trial. #FreeMeek drops August 9 on Amazon Prime Video.
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With Jay-Z on board as Executive Producer, the upcoming docuseries takes a hard look at Meek's life after being convicted for a crime that led to an 11-year-long probation sentence. As his star rose in the rap world, so did his public run-ins with the law, which is broken down in a way that truly makes us question how much justice is actually in the judicial system, or more importantly who is it built to give justice to exactly. The six-part documentary will feature interviews with some of Meek's closest colleagues, in addition to Hov, political activist Van Jones and even Meek himself. Overall, it's sure to be an eye-opening viewing experience that we'll definitely be tuning into later this summer.
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Is there really "Life After Life"?
The auditorium in the Humanities building filled with a scattered crowd of students, professors, and Ocala residents that were interested in knowing the real meaning behind the film "Life after Life". On Nov. 16, 2015, the film was shown and hosted by the Humanities and Science department to spotlight near-death experiences during this round of Mega-Monday.
Dr. Olsen explains the key components of near-death experiences for the crowd before the film, "Life After Life" began. Photo by Ashleigh McVey.
The film was an hour long, with speckled moments of CF's own Dr. Olsen, philosophy/humanities professor, speaking emphatically about near-death experiences and out-of-body experiences. With the film being held during Student Activity hour, the hosts were kind enough to offer free food for all that came to the event.
Many of the attendees had never heard of or been closely associated with near-death experiences (NDEs) or out-of-body experiences (OBEs).
"This is the first type of event I have attended about this type of subject," Reagan Martin, nursing major, said.
Martin is a student of Olsen's and she noted that she was happy that she was able to be enrolled in one of his classes this semester since Olsen is going to be retiring after this semester.
"He's always throwing little nuggets of wisdom at us during class," Martin said.
Dr. Olsen is seen here, throwing a "nugget of wisdom" to the crowded auditorium during the Q&A after the film. Photo by Ashleigh McVey.
Six different people were spotlighted in the film, based on the novel by Raymond Moody, to tell about their experiences with near-death and out-of-body experiences. A near-death experience (NDE) is a type of experience that is unusual, but Olsen noted that 1 out of 5 people have this type of experience. The experience takes place just on the brink of death and may include, but is not limited to beings of light, great pain, tunnels, and the sight of relatives.
OBEs are noted experiences where the person experiencing it can see their body as they float up to the ceiling, stand or walk with their body, or even sit near their body.
Olsen himself has had experiences with these subjects throughout his life, which makes him considerably more passionate about NDEs and OBEs than the average person.
"I had a peri-natal or Near-Birth Experience that has been very significant to me in my growth and development over the years," said Olsen. "And I have had countless out-of-body experiences (OBEs)."
All six of the folks in "Life after Life" were declared dead, some even for more than twenty-four hours, from various ways such as suicide, diseases, and even oddities like K.G.B.s. All of these people had a similar experience during their time of being declared dead.
In terms of the similar experience, it was noted that all of these people felt an indescribable and unconditional sense of love, bright light, and they all even heard living people around them say things like "we lost him" or "she's dead."
"I left feeling moved, refreshed," said Brittany Rogers, CF alumni. "Olsen said the film has changed people's lives and I can understand why; loving one another and gaining knowledge and understanding is a known universal need, but the fact that that message is what these people brought back with them from the other side makes it that much clearer."
The film closed with Olsen noting how extremely important forgiveness is, and that it is usually a remembered necessity after an NDE or OBE.
"NDEs and their associated OBEs are important indicators of the importance of a spiritual life in which one treats all life with the most profound respect," said Olsen. "People who have NDEs grow in their quest to know, and to manifest loving kindness in the world. In opening our eyes to this truly fascinating and prevalent phenomenon, we open ourselves to a deeper, broader and inclusive acceptance of others."
Many left with hard-copies of the event flyers that would continue throughout the week where Olsen would be lecturing about NDEs and OBEs. His last event of the week will be on Nov. 19, from 7-8:30 p.m., in the Webber Center. The lecture will be on highlights from other lecture tours he has held in France, England, Wales, and Peru. Anyone is welcome to attend the event, free of charge, and a reception will follow.
Story by: Ashleigh Mcvey
Posted in Uncategorized on November 18, 2015 by The Patriot Press. Leave a comment


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Andy Warhol Famous Paintings
How was the Pop Art Movement influenced by the Andy Warhol famous paintings?
The Campbell's Soup Can is the most famous of all the Andy Warhol paintings and it became the artist's signature piece. The soup cans quickly became a symbol of the entire Pop Art Movement along with Roy Lichtenstein's giant comics. Both artists sold hundreds of prints and posters and their work is hung in many museums including the Museum of Modern Art.
When Andy Warhol painted the first Campbell Soup Can in 1962 the gallery show in Los Angles stirred controversy because he used a silk screen process that can be easily reproducible by almost anybody and that propelled the Warhol art to star status. Warhol went on to fuel the controversy, and achieve great fame and fortune, by silk screening portraits of celebrities or simple objects like:
•	Marilyn Monroe
•	Elvis Presley
•	Mickey Mouse
•	A banana
•	Flowers
The controversy grew from artist discussions to the general population through lots of media attention making Andy Warhol not only a member of the Pop Art Movement but also one of its well known leaders.
Andy Warhol Facts:
•	Today Andy Warhol artwork is worth many times its value since the time of his death.
•	Andy Warhol died on February 22, 1987 in a hospital in New York City from complications after gall bladder surgery.
•	He was 58 years old. (born August 6, 1928)
The following list of Andy Warhol famous paintings are all for sale as art prints or posters. Many of his paintings are in private collections because they were portraits of the owner who may have been wealthy but not a celebrity. This artwork subject matter is of more general interest.
Campbell Soup
Coke Bottles
Dollar Bills
Electric Chairs
Female Head
Hammer and Sickle
Jackie O
Raphael Madonna
Red Lenin
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Christmas Tree, c.1958
Flowers, c.1964 (Red and Pink)
So Happy, c.1958
Butterflies, c.1955 (big ...
Campbell's Soup I (Tomato...
Ten Marilyns, c.1967
Double Elvis, c.1963
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