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Ribchester born law graduate followed his passion for wine to create successful Whalley business
Tom Jones, proprietor of Whalley Wine Shop, now also at Huntley's Country Stores.
This week the Courier and News introduces new monthly wine columnist, Tom Jones, successful proprietor of award winning The Whalley Wine Shop and now also at Huntley's Country Stores, Samlesbury, to write in our newspapers.
But how did Tom, 31, become so interested in and fascinated by wine, a path which has led to him running such a successful business?
Brought up in Ribchester, attending the village primary and Longridge High and Clitheroe Grammar schools before completing a degree in law at Durham University, Tom took a year out before uni, working for off licence chain Threshers in Berry Lane, Longridge and former Italian Restaurant Pan e Vino on the outskirts of Ribchester.
He had also started to cook for himself and enjoyed eating out.
He says: "The food and wine industry in the area was buzzing. Working in a restaurant watching the professionals pay so much attention to pairing food and wine and seeing at first hand how they worked so well together was amazing.
"I loved working in the shop too, it was exciting talking to people on a daily basis about the wines they were looking for and what they enjoyed. It is a fascinating subject to learn about, every country has its differences, every grape has its differences, and once you think you understand it, every year a new vintage arrives and it changes again!
"For me it's not just the wine, it's always been about the delicious combination of good food and good wine and the effect it has on your taste buds. Every meal you have or every plate of food you cook has a perfect wine or drink to go with it that enhances the whole experience. The fun is searching out that matching wine."
In fact, wine became such a passion, Tom decided a career in law wasn't for him and he secured a place on the graduate scheme in the Threshers Wine School, enjoying many placements in their branches all around the country before becoming manager at Threshers in King Street, Whalley.
But the company was struggling to keep up with the way both the wine industry and modern retail was changing and towards the end of 2009 announced it was going into administration.
No-one stepped into buy Threshers and everybody was made redundant, Tom losing his job just before Christmas.
But as the new year rolled in, Tom was already planning to turn the Whalley shop into an independent wine merchants.
Tom believed in the potential of the location and felt he had the drive and initiative to make it happen.
"I had always been interested in the numbers behind how businesses work and how different businesses achieve success and I drew up a business plan," says Tom.
With the backing of a bank, who he says were "very supportive" the lease was bought from the administrator, the premises refurbished with a contemporary look and the doors of his quality fine wine shop opened in April 2010.
"And since then it has gone from strength to strength," says Tom, who felt it was also important to operate as a shop for the community and to be "a big part of the village" selling other products residents wanted such as champagne, premium spirits, local ales, world beers and ciders.
"From there we continued to improve the wines we offered and more and more customers started to visit from the Ribble Valley and further afield," he says.
The shop also expanded it's selling area to stock ranges from the world's major wine producing countries and the second year saw Tom introduce an innovative "by the glass" initiative, a try before you buy scheme, which he had seen in one of London's fashionable wine bars.
This soon turned the shop into "a vibrant sampling scene" and tables, barrels and umbrellas were placed outside too.
Customers can try fine wines from just 50p or just enjoy a glass of wine for £2.50.
The first year the shop broke even and in the six years since then, business has grown every year to a point where it has doubled.
Open 12 hours a day, seven days a week, business has not only flourished, but the shop has been written about in the national media, The Guardian describing the shop as 'a gem', and it has won more than a dozen awards both nationally and at home.
While top awards from the national wine industry such as the prestigious Decanter Award and the International Wine Award mean a lot to Tom and his "fantastic team of eight," one of whom is operations manager and his fiancee Jen Nott, so too does being judged to be Ribble Valley's 'Independent Retailer of the Year' which The Whalley Wine Shop won at last year's Ribble Valley Business Awards.
Such has the business grown, when the opportunity came along to open up at Huntleys, Tom decided to take what he describes as "The Whalley Wine Shop ethos" there too and enjoys being at an outlet offering quality foods including an award winning butcher, a fishmongers, fresh bread, cakes and fruit and vegetables, etc.
"You've got everything there," he says, "to create the perfect meal... and now a good bottle of wine to enjoy with it."
Both the shops also stock a wide range of gins and craft beers, with lots of quirky, interesting and unusual brands.
Tom says: "We love to stock the wines, beers and spirits that everybody is talking about. If it's trendy, happening and there's a buzz about it, we'll have it. We've always got a bottle open too, and there's always something new and interesting to taste, so come on in."
Looking back, Tom says: "I was always positive about starting the business, but it has taken a lot of drive, hard work and long hours over a number of years to get to the point we are currently at.
"I have been lucky enough to work with some fantastic people who have helped to build the business and feel very privileged to be working in an industry I love in an area I love.
"But the best thing has been the support of our amazing customers, we have met some wonderful people and we are always humbled by the nice things they say about us. We couldn't have succeeded without them.
"Buying wine should be an enjoyable experience.
"We try to make sure every customer who comes into the shop is made to feel special, gets looked after by an enthusiastic team of knowledgeable people, has an enjoyable experience and our aim is to help them choose the right wine every time they come in."


Surprisingly compact, Hong Kong is an easy city to explore on foot. If it weren't for the harbor, you could walk everywhere. If, for example, you're in the Central District and want to have dinner in Causeway Bay, you can walk there in less than an hour, passing through colorful Wan Chai on the way. Causeway Bay is good for exploring thanks to its many shops patronized by locals, a street market, a Japanese department store, Times Square shopping complex, and restaurants. Another great place for walking is Sheung Wan in the Western District just west of Central, fascinating because it encompasses a wide spectrum of traditional Chinese shops, from chop makers to ginseng wholesalers. If you like panoramic views, nothing can beat the hour-long circular walk on Victoria Peak.
On the other side of the harbor, a walk up Nathan Road from the harbor to the Yau Ma Tei subway station takes less than 30 minutes, although you might want to browse in some of the shops and department stores along the way. For easy strolling with great views of the harbor, walk along the waterfront promenade that stretches from the Star Ferry all the way through Tsim Sha Tsui East.
Be forewarned that sidewalks and streets can be crowded at the end of the work day as people rush to buses and subway stations for trips back to the suburbs.
What follows are four recommended strolls. If you're interested in additional self-guided walks throughout Hong Kong, be sure to pick up the free HKTB pamphlet called Hong Kong Walks, which covers points of interest in Central, the Western District, Wan Chai, Shau Kei Wan (location of the Hong Kong Museum of Coastal Defence), Tsim Sha Tsui, Yau Ma Tei, Mong Kok, and Wong Tai Sin and Kowloon City districts. For more information, contact the Hong Kong Tourism Board (HKTB; tel. 852/2508 1234). You can also download the pamphlet at HKTB's website, www.discoverhongkong.com.


Governance and ethics guidance for Individual Research Projects at BSMS.
Some projects present a challenge for determining whether they are 'research', 'service evaluation' or 'audit'. It's important to correctly categorise a project to determine the appropriate ethical and governance approval pathway, as pathways can differ substantially, particularly for studies taking place in the NHS.
My study is research! But which Ethics committee do I need to apply to?
A sponsor is required for all studies involving NHS patients or staff, or involving community populations eg care home residents, other health and social care populations, or involving administration of a controlled substance to healthy volunteers.
What sources of primary and secondary care data can you access?
If you have a BSMS IRP-related question, contact Dr Liz Ford on E.M.Ford@bsms.ac.uk. For queries related to application to the BSMS Research Governance and Ethic Committee (RGEC) contact the Committee on rgec@bsms.ac.uk. For queries related to University Sponsorship contact the URGC Sponsorship Sub-Committee on researchsponsorship@sussex.ac.uk.


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Lee Wiley, née Lee Willey le  à Fort Gibson (Oklahoma) et morte le  à New York, est une chanteuse de jazz et auteure-compositrice-interprète américaine de la nation Cherokee.

Biographie

Née à Fort Gibson en Oklahoma, issue de la nation Cherokee, elle quitte la maison à quinze ans pour se lancer dans une carrière de chanteuse à New York, mais sa carrière est interrompue par une chute de cheval. Elle souffre alors de cécité puis se rétablie. À 19 ans, elle est membre du Leo Reisman Orchestra, avec qui elle enregistre en 1931 trois chansons : Take It from Me, Time On My Hands et sa propre composition Got the South in My Soul.

Elle travaille ensuite pour la radio chez KVOO à Tulsa (Oklahoma) et chante dans le programme de NBC  Eleanor Roosevelt en 1932, et est présentée à l'émission de radio de Victor Young en 1933. Du 10 juin au 2 septembre 1936, elle a sa propre émission sur CBS.

En 1939, Lee Wiley enregistre huit chansons de George Gershwin en 78 tours avec un petit groupe pour . L'ensemble se vend correctement et est suivi de 78 tours consacrés à la musique de Cole Porter (1940), de Richard Rodgers (1940), de Lorenz Hart (1954), de Harold Arlen (1943) et un disque consacré à la musique de Vincent Youmans et Irving Berlin (1951).

Elle épouse en 1943 le pianiste Jess Stacy mais en divorce en 1948.

Elle chante aussi avec Paul Whiteman et plus tard, avec le Casa Loma Orchestra. Une collaboration avec le compositeur Victor Young aboutit à plusieurs chansons pour lesquelles Wiley a écrit les paroles, notamment Got the South in My Soul et Anytime, Anyday, Anywhere.

Le 11 octobre 1963, Bob Hope Theatre sur NBC - TV présente Something About Lee Wiley. Piper Laurie dépeint Wiley dans un épisode qui a été produit par Revue Studios. La voix chantée de Wiley a été fournie par Joy Bryan.

Morte à New York, elle est inhumée dans ses terres familiales de la nation Cherokee.

Discographie

 1951 : Night in Manhattan, Columbia
 1952 : Lee Wiley Sings Vincent Youmans, Columbia
 1952 : Lee Wiley Sings Irving Berlin, Columbia
 1954 : Lee Wiley Sings Rodgers & Hart, Storyville
 1954 : Duologue avec Ellis Larkins, Storyville
 1957 : West of the Moon, RCA Victor
 1958 : A Touch of the Blues, RCA
 1971 : Back Home Again, Monmouth Evergeen
 1977 : On the Air, Totem
 1984 : The Complete Session of April 10, 1940 avec Benny Berigan, Blu-Disc
 2007 : Live on Stage: Town Hall, New York, Audiophile

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Chanteuse américaine de jazz
Auteure-compositrice-interprète américaine
Naissance en octobre 1908
Naissance dans l'Oklahoma
Décès en décembre 1975
Décès à New York
Personnalité cherokee
Décès à 67 ans

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Book Review: "The Last Headbangers: NFL Football in the Rowdy, Reckless '70s" by Kevin Cook
Valerie Worthington
Princeton, New Jersey, United States
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Sport Psychology
My father is an avid football fan, his fervor stemming from his experiences playing high school and college ball back in the day. I have many childhood memories of him yelling at the television during big plays and games. Unfortunately for him, neither of his children inherited this interest, so his arguments with the TV screen were usually one-on-one. As often as not, the TV seemed to win.
Though I didn't feel any affinity for the game, I did (and still do) love to hear my dad tell stories about the adventures he had while playing. It was clear that he adored his time on the gridiron and that football taught him many of the things parents hope their kids will learn through playing sports. In my childhood, I'd even ask him stuff every now and then while he was watching, like what a safety is and why the fourth down seems to be so significant. (I have no memory whatsoever of the first thing and a vague understanding of the second.)
It was this history of wishing I could have given my dad more of a partner in football fandom as well as a realization that I miss out on a big cultural phenomenon by not really caring about football that caused me to pick up this year's The Last Headbangers: NFL Football in the Rowdy, Reckless '70s - The Era That Created Modern Sports by Kevin Cook. Cook, a former Sports Illustrated staffer, chronicles the history of the game in the twentieth century. As the title indicates, he focuses on the decade in which modern football made huge advancements toward its current level of technical sophistication and cultural significance.
Cook accomplishes several things in this homage to a sport he obviously loves. First, he paints a vivid picture of the earlier days of football, when players hitchhiked to practice and maintained jobs in the off season to make ends meet. He depicts the football of the 1970s as testosterone-laden, punctuated by condoned violence and notable changes in the ways coaches used passing and running the ball to gain yardage.
Second, he observes how the game has changed over time, both culturally and strategically. He describes the development of Monday Night Football into a ratings and revenue juggernaut, and shares trivia even the most casual fan (or me) would enjoy. For example, "Super Bowl" was originally intended to be a placeholder name until someone came up with something better. He also describes how the game became more research-based, increasingly incorporating analysis of both statistics and video footage, and, eventually, ear pieces for players to communicate with coaches while on the field.
Third, he highlights some of the unique personalities that characterized the game, from players like troubled Terry Bradshaw and gifted Joe Montana to egomaniacal commentator Howard Cosell and iconic coaches Vince Lombardi and Bill Walsh. Based on Cook's description of these figures, it's easy to see how they became larger than life and why their impact is still felt many years later.
And finally, he sheds light on the plight of aging and retired players, some of whom are wheelchair bound, in constant pain, and financially insecure, as they finished their tenure years before the multi-million-dollar contracts today's players negotiate. For instance, "Like others of his football generation, the great Johnny U(nitas) was broken down at forty, barely able to reach up and drag a pocket comb through his crew cut, much less skip out of the pocket to dodge a blitz" (pp. 108).
This part of the story hit particularly close to home. My father's time on the field resulted in his sustaining numerous injuries, including a hit to the knee that required surgery and gives him constant pain nowadays, and this was from high school and college play only. I don't think he'd do anything differently given a chance, which speaks volumes about his love of the game. Regardless, it has taken a toll. Apparently the game has taken such a toll - arguably a worse toll - on multiple players highlighted in the book. Players have suffered both physically and psychologically, and many of them retired before the days of the multi-million dollar deal, which means they are also in precarious financial positions. But like my father, these guys loved football.
The Last Headbangers has something for everyone: the most avid fan, the cultural historian, and even the disinterested daughter trying to learn more about someone she loves. Cook's book has succeeded in piquing my interest in watching football, albeit football from the '70s. I'm sure I can find some archival footage, and I'm sure my dad will watch with me.
"The Last Headbangers: NFL Football in the Rowdy, Reckless '70s - The Era that Created Modern Sports" is available for $16.63 at Amazon.com.
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City of Asylum Reading: South African Poet Laureate Keorapetse Kgositsile
by Sampsonia Way / April 7, 2012 / No comments
COAP Reading of the World Series: Keorapetse Kgositsile and Oliver Lake
• Tuesday, April 24, 7:00-9:00 PM
• Opening reception: 7:00
• Event and discussion: 7:30
• Dessert: 8:30
• FREE with a reservation
(Please include: number in party, your name and the names of each person in your party)
• COAP will confirm all reservations
On April 24 City of Asylum/Pittsburgh (COAP) presents the third installment of its Reading of the World series. The event will feature a reading by Poet Laureate of South Africa (2006), Keorapetse Kgositsile, a solo jazz-poetry performance by saxophonist and composer Oliver Lake, and a collaboration between the two. This marks the first time that Kgositsile and Lake have performed together.
The reading/performance will be hosted in the social hall of the Youth Fellowship of the Metropolitan Baptist Church. The change of venue increases the seating capacity to a number similar to a COAP tent event, and while the event is free, attendees must still place reservations to claim a seat.
The Performers
Keorapetse Kgositsile
Born in South Africa in 1938, Keorapetse "Willie" Kgositsile was an influential member of the African National Congress in the 1960's and 1970's. He lived in exile in the United States from 1962 until 1975. During the 1970s he was a central figure among African-American poets, encouraging interest in Africa as well as the practice of poetry as a performance art. He was known for his readings in New York City jazz clubs. His poetry ranges from the unambiguously political and public to the lyric and confessional.
A strong feature of his work is the recognition and celebration of his influences, his friendships with other artists and, in particular, his deep love of blues and jazz. His poetry scintillates and throbs with quotations from songs, references to music and, most importantly, to musicians themselves, as various as Billie Holiday, Nina Simone, B.B. King, Otis Redding, John Coltrane, Hugh Masekela, and Pharoah Sanders. By including jazz references he follows the jazz practice of quoting from one tune while improvising on another.
Watch Kgositsile read at a poetry festival in Berlin, 2009.
Composer, musician, poet, painter, and performance artist, Oliver Lake is featured on more than 50 recordings. He is an unpredictable soloist known for his piercing, bluesy saxophone trademark. Lake has created chamber pieces for the Arditti and Flux String Quartets, arranged music for Bjork, Lou Reed, and A Tribe Called Quest, collaborated with poets Amiri Baraka and Ntozake Shange, choreographer Ron Brown, and actress/author Anna Devere Smith.
Lake is also an artist with deep ties to COAP. He created the original art for the COAP "Jazz House" residence at 320 Sampsonia Way and, according to City of Asylum, "he has been the guiding force behind [COAP]'s annual Jazz Poetry Concert." Lake has performed at the festival in Pittsburgh with a different group each year since 2005. He also composed the original music for "What is Home?" a work commissioned for Pittsburgh's 250th anniversary celebration. He will be reading from his new book of poetry If I Knew This.
Read an interview with Oliver Lake and Tarbaby from Jazz/Poetry 2011.
Read an interview with Oliver Lake: "I Like to Jump to Things I've Never Done Before."
Directions to the Metropolitan Baptist Church
From the corner of North Avenue and Federal Street.
Go up the hill at Federal Street. Go past the library (on the right), past Sampsonia Way, and turn left at the next corner (Jacksonia Street). Turn left on Arch St. (2nd stop sign). The next corner is Sampsonia Way. Turn left. The church is on the first block, on the left. There is a parking lot.
Indoor parking option:
There is an indoor lot at 1301 Federal Street (in the medical office complex). If you park in this lot: Walk one block up the hill on Federal St. Turn left on Sampsonia Way. The church is a short block on the right, at the corner of Reddour St.
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Gaïa est l'univers de fiction dans lequel se déroulent les jeux de la gamme Anima, développée à l'origine par le jeu de rôle Anima Beyond Fantasy. Il s'agit d'un univers fantastique pessimiste (dark fantasy), une planète dominée par des humains ayant atteint un niveau technologique équivalent à la Renaissance.

Œuvres développant l'univers de fiction

 le jeu de rôle Anima: Beyond Fantasy (2005)
 le jeu de cartes Anima.
 le jeu de figurines Anima Tactics.

Histoire externe

Le premier ouvrage du jeu de rôle Anima: Beyond Fantasy. Le jeu de rôle est paru en 2005 (2007 en français). Cet ouvrage évoque le monde de Gaïa de manière succincte, en décrivant quelques peuples, ainsi que la notion de christianisme. C'est avec Gaïa : Au-delà des Rêves, paru en 2007 (2008 en français) que le monde est véritablement décrit.

Le surnaturel et le divin

Les âmes et le monde surnaturel

Gaïa est un monde animiste, ce qui a probablement donné son nom à la gamme de jeux : les êtres, mais aussi les objets, ont une âme, l'âme est l'essence de l'être ou de l'objet tandis que sa portion matérielle en est la substance. Les âmes résident dans un « plan spirituel » appelé mer des Âmes, flux des Âmes, rivière de la Vie ou encore Genèse. Les âmes des êtres qui ne sont pas encore nés ou des objets qui ne sont pas encore conçus résident dans le Nexus situé au cœur du flux des Âmes. Ces notions s'approchent de celles du monde des idées de Platon et des mononoke de la culture japonaise.

Lorsqu'un être meurt, son âme rejoint le Nexus dans un processus de fusion qui peut durer de quelques dizaines de jours à plusieurs millénaires selon la puissance de la personne de son vivant.

Les divinités

On ne sait pas grand-chose de la cosmogonie de Gaïa. Le premier peuple présent était l'espèce humaine, puis des êtres décidèrent d'en créer des « versions améliorées » : les duk'zarists puis les sylvains, et bientôt une myriade d'espèces virent le jour, engendrant un chaos destructeur. Cette guerre des Cieux engendra C'iel, la dame de lumière accompagnée des béryls, et Gaira, le seigneur obscur et ses shajads.

Par ailleurs, les différents peuples ont également développé leurs croyances, mais les divinité vénérées ne semblent pas influer sur le monde. La religion dominante chez les humains est le Christianisme.

Histoire interne

Après la guerre des Cieux, les peuples se développèrent et prospérèrent, puis augmentèrent leur puissance militaire. Les duk'zarists décidèrent que ceci allait mener au chaos et décidèrent de dominer le monde, déclenchant la guerre de l'Obscurité. Après de nombreuses victoires, un homme réussit à unifier les peuples et à vaincre les duk'zarists.

L'ère du Chaos qui s'ensuivit permit à quelques individus d'atteindre une puissance incroyable, et en particulier des humains. Un humain, du nom de Christ, parvint à unifier tous les peuples humains dans un empire avec la croyance en un dieu unique omnipotent. Il fut trahit par un de ses apôtres, Iscariote, et crucifié. Les onze autres apôtres fondèrent chacun leur royaume au sein de cet empire. L'Empire commença à persécuter les sorciers et à se fermer aux autres espèces humanoïdes. Rah, un descendant d'Iscariote, fonda le douzième royaume, le royaume de Judas, et réussit à fédérer ceux qui avaient souffert des persécutions de l'Église. Il déclara la guerre à toutes les religions. Un héritier des onze royaumes saints, Zhorme Giovanni, se leva contre Rah et remporta la guerre.

Le , âgé de 27 ans, Zhorne Giovanni fonda le Sacro-saint Empire d'Abel dont il se proclama empereur et souverain pontife. Il parvint à conquérir tout le Vieux Continent, puis les nations insulaires de Lannet et Shivat et envoya une armée conquérir le continent ouest. L'empereur retrouva sa femme au bout de 50 ans de combats et s'éteignit enfin à l'âge de 149 ans en l'an 355. Lazare, son fils, hérita de sa charge, et pendant six siècles les Giovanni dirigèrent le Sacro-saint Empire et garantirent sa prospérité. Bien sûr, il y eut des rébellions et des difficultés, mais l'Empire sut les négocier habilement.

Vint alors Lascar Giovanni, corrompu et cruel, qui instaura la décadence à la cour impériale. Il poussa son épouse au suicide après la naissance de son fils, Lucanor. Elias Barbados, le plus jeune des seigneurs de la guerre se rebella contre son seigneur et tenta de le forcer à abdiquer au profit de Lucanor. Lascar, isolé et bouffi d'orgueil, refusa et obligea son fils à le tuer avec l'épée impériale de Zhorne. Meurtrier de son père, Lucanor ne pouvait plus prétendre à prendre sa suite.

Ce fut donc Elias qui devint Empereur, avec l'appui des autres seigneurs de la guerre et de l'archevêque Augustus. Lucanor fut envoyé diriger le lointain territoire du Lucrecio qui lui revenait par sa mère. En 957, les Giovanni abandonnèrent donc le trône du Sacro-saint Empire.

Elias fut un excellent empereur, mais il connut la douleur de perdre son épouse à la naissance de sa première fille, Élisabeth. Il attribua ce malheur à sa fille et la confia à sa garde personnelle, l'Ordre du Ciel, évitant autant que possible de se retrouver en sa présence. Augustus, archevêque suprême et ami d'Elias, mourut. Il le remplaça finalement en 986 par une jeune abbesse de 26 ans, Eljared, à la surprise générale. Cette décision, qui allait à l'encontre de toutes les traditions ecclésiastiques, provoqua la colère de beaucoup de membres de l'Église. Mais Elias fit la sourde oreille et, bientôt, ne prit aucune décision sans en référer d'abord à Eljared.

Maximilian Hess, seigneur de la principauté de Remo, accusa Eljared de sorcellerie, d'avoir enchanté Elias. Le Remo fut rasé par l'armée impériale, mais certains seigneurs, horrifiés par cette cruauté, déclarèrent leur principauté indépendante du Sacro-saint Empire. Eljared déclara la guerre à tous les royaumes rebelles, ordonnant qu'on les rase à leur tour. Mais deux ans plus tard, la veille de la fin de l'année 988, le seigneur de la guerre Tadeus Von Horsman, ami personnel d'Elias et général des armées d'Archange, supplia l'Empereur qu'il cesse ces atrocités. Ce dernier refusa et Tadeus, n'eût d'autre solution que de mener un coup d'état pour déposer Elias. Élisabeth tenta en dernière instance de faire entendre raison à son père, mais celui-ci, rendu fou, l'accusa de tous ses malheurs et essaya de la tuer. Kisidan, général de l'Ordre du Ciel, s'interposa et n'eut pas d'autre choix que de tuer Elias.

Une énorme tempête se leva cette nuit là et couvrit les cieux de tout Gaïa, qui devinrent rouge sang. Les océans s'assombrirent et la terre trembla. Eljared disparut sans laisser de trace. Tadeus et l'Ordre du Ciel se mirent au service d'Élisabeth, la déclarant héritière légitime du trône d'Abel. Mais les
principautés rebelles refusèrent de l'accepter, et certains seigneurs de la guerre se proclamèrent eux-mêmes souverains des territoires qu'ils contrôlaient. Quant à l'Église, elle nomma elle-même un nouvel archevêque suprême (alors que cette nomination échoue à l'Empereur en temps normal), autorité ecclésiastique absolue en l'absence d'un empereur.

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Monde de fiction


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Star India invests $10m in data analytics startup Sagacito
By Vidhi Choudhary
Star India Pvt. Ltd, a subsidiary of Rupert Murdoch's Twenty-First Century Fox Inc., has invested close to $10 million in data science and analytics start-up Sagacito Technologies Pvt. Ltd founded by two former top executives at Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd (BCCL), according to two people familiar with the transaction who didn't want to be identified.
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Teaching that Transforms aims to improve the ways in which the Bible is taught to adult learners. As grownups today leave the church in droves, academic professors Richard and Shera Melick recognize that it is in part because many who teach adults have little or no exposure to the distinctive characteristics of adult learners, rendering their lessons ineffective.
Indeed, the Bible is taught in order to transform a person's life. And the next great result of that transformation is putting a stronger faith into action.
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I recently took a course from GGBTS taught by Dr. Shera Melick. She used this as the primary text. It is nicely organized as a text for a Bible teaching course. It is organized into chapters that fit nicely with a weekly study. It addresses the many aspects of Bible teaching, from proper interpretation of the Bible, to adult learning principles, to how to put together a lesson. I highly recommend it for anyone serious about learning how to improve their Bible teaching.


I just thought I'd share a few of my recent pieces that I'm rather proud of. I don't know what's up with my sudden fascination with stars, but at least I've been getting a few nice pictures out of it.
I actually get really tripped up on colors, the infinite rainbow of possibilities is intimidating! So finding a palette that serves as a bit of a starting point has been really helpful. It's also been a lot of fun to have a sort of established aesthetic, a theme for my drawings.
I just really like stars, you guys.


UPDATE (7/21/09): Congrats to readers Missy and Adriana for winning the other two giveaway prizes.
UPDATE (7/15/09): Congrats to Twitter follower jjeterr, who was first to correctly answer the question I tweeted and who wins one of the giveaway packages.
The nice people at Erewhon (pronounced "Air-Wahn") contacted me after my recent mention of the company's two new gluten-free cereals to see if I was interested in featuring their products in a Goodies Giveaway. I gladly agreed, since my older son already enjoys the gluten-free version of Erewhon's Crispy Brown Rice cereal and I like their Rice Twice cereal.
I like that all of Erewhon's gluten-free cereals are made from organic grains and are free of artificial additives and high-fructose corn syrup. More information about Erewhon's product line is available at erewhonglutenfree.com. The products are available at natural food stores, in the cereal or natural food sections of many supermarkets, and online at Amazon.com.
Cocoa Crispy Brown Rice NEW!
I will randomly select two of the winners from those readers who write a comment to this post, telling me which three cereals they want to receive along with the shirt size they want. The third winner will be the Gluten Free Philly Twitter follower who is first to correctly answer a question I post later this week.
Some quick guidelines: (1) please do not enter unless you or a family member are on a gluten-free diet; (2) one comment per person; (3) U.S. residents only.
Most important, make sure your comment or tweet provides a way for me to contact you. If your commenter or Twitter ID does not link back to an email address, blog or website through which I can get in touch with you, post your email address in the comment or tweet in the following format: "name[at]domain[dot]suffix."
The commenter giveaway will be open until this Friday, July 17, at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time. I'll contact the winners over the weekend. If I don't hear back from the winner(s) by next Monday night, I'll choose another person or persons.
For the Twitter giveaway, I will post a question at @gfphilly on Wednesday, July 15 at about noon Eastern Daylight Time. The first follower to correctly answer my gluten-free related question will get a giveaway package. That winner cannot also be eligible for the commenter giveaway.
Michael, I'm a newly diagnosed celiac mom who formerly loved Special K with red berries, so I'd be really interested in the Brown Rice with Mixed Berries cereal. I'd also like the Corn Flakes for a couple of favorite recipes and the Rice Twice for rice krispie treats. I would like to have a large t-shirt, but am also really excited about the opportunity for coupons on gluten free foods. I haven't had much success finding any so far! Thanks!
I just started reading your blog regularly, and I have to thank you for allowing me to live a fun and delicious gluten-free life in Philly! The first few years of my GF diet were quite difficult, as the options were slim to none. Now, however, the choices are quickly increasing, and I find myself getting excited about trying all of the new products and combining them with my GF baking.
I would love to try the Rice Twice to use in my GF rice pudding. I would also be interested in the Brown Rice with Mixed Berries cereal, as I often make my own GF Trail mix, and that might work well in it.
Thanks again for keeping all of the GF community in Philly updated on the latest and greatest in the Gluten-Free world!
I'm expecting a visit from my 5 year old celiac granddaughter at the end of July. I need all the information that I can get so that I can accommodate her needs during our shore vacation with her sibs and cousins who do not need a GF diet. I'd like the Corn Flakes, Brown Rice with mixed berries and Rice Twice. An XL shirt for my son-in-law would be great. Thanks!


Taco Bell made a bold move this week to funnel users towards its app. It blacked out its Twitter– posted a black image as its profile image and hid its its 1.4 million Twitter followers – to promote its new app which will build customized orders, find nearby location, enable wallet-less checkout and save favorite items. On Instagram, Taco Bell posted a collage of photos that said "The New Way to Taco Bell Isn't On Instagram. It's #OnlyInTheApp", the hashtag that has since been used in all of its post.
L2's Intelligence Report: Mobile & Tablet finds that brand apps have little chance of traction. While consumers spend 86% of their time on mobile devices (2 hours and 42 minutes), most of that time is spend on YouTube, Facebook, and gaming.
Yet brands and retailers continue to release apps, particularly in the Beauty, Watches & Jewelry categories. IOS apps in these categories have steadily proliferated.
Perhaps in the saturated brand app space, over-the-top marketing tactics like Taco Bell's are needed.


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Q: Simultaneous diagonalization of commuting linear transformations Let $V$ be a vector space of finite dimension and let $T,S$ linear diagonalizable  transformations from $V$ to itself. I need to prove that if $TS=ST$ every eigenspace $V_\lambda$ of $S$ is $T$-invariant and the restriction of $T$ to $V_\lambda$ ($T:{V_{\lambda }}\rightarrow V_{\lambda }$) is diagonalizable. In addition, I need to show that there's a base $B$ of $V$ such that $[S]_{B}^{B}$, $[T]_{B}^{B}$ are diagonalizable if and only if $TS=ST$.
Ok, so first let $v\in V_\lambda$. From $TS=ST$ we get that $\lambda T(v)= S(T(v))$ so $T(v)$ is eigenvector of $S$ and we get what we want. I want to use that in order to get the following claim, I just don't know how. One direction of the "iff" is obvious, the other one is more tricky to me.

A: This answer is basically the same as Paul Garrett's. --- First I'll state the question as follows.
Let $V$ be a finite dimensional vector space over a field $K$, and let $S$ and $T$ be diagonalizable endomorphisms of $V$. We say that $S$ and $T$ are simultaneously diagonalizable if (and only if) there is a basis of $V$ which diagonalizes both. The theorem is

$S$ and $T$ are simultaneously diagonalizable if and only if they commute.

If $S$ and $T$ are simultaneously diagonalizable, they clearly commute. For the converse, I'll just refer to Theorem 5.1 of The minimal polynomial and some applications
by Keith Conrad.
EDIT. The key statement to prove the above theorem is Theorem 4.11 of Keith Conrad's text, which says:

Let $A: V \to V$ be a linear operator. Then $A$ is diagonalizable if and only if its minimal polynomial in $F[T]$ splits in $F[T]$ and has distinct roots.

[$F$ is the ground field, $T$ is an indeterminate, and $V$ is finite dimensional.]
The key point to prove Theorem 4.11 is to check the equality
$$V=E_{\lambda_1}+···+E_{\lambda_r},$$
where the $\lambda_i$ are the distinct eigenvalues and the $E_{\lambda_i}$ are the corresponding eigenspaces. One can prove this by using Lagrange's interpolation formula: put
$$f:=\sum_{i=1}^r\ \prod_{j\not=i}\ \frac{T-\lambda_j}{\lambda_i-\lambda_j}\ \in F[T]$$ and observe that $f(A)$ is the identity of $V$.

A: You've proven (from $ST=TS$) that the $\lambda$-eigenspace $V_\lambda$ of $T$ is $S$-stable. The diagonalizability of $S$ on the whole space is equivalent to its minimal polynomial having no repeated factors. Its minimal poly on $V_\lambda$ divides that on the whole space, so is still repeated-factor-free, so $S$ is diagonalizable on that subspace. This gives an induction to prove the existence of a simultaneous basis of eigenvectors. Note that it need not be the case that every eigenvector of $T$ is an eigenvector of $S$, because eigenspaces can be greater-than-one-dimensional.
Edit: Thanks Arturo M. Yes, over a not-necessarily algebraically closed field, one must say that "diagonalizable" is equivalent to having no repeated factor and splits into linear factors.
Edit 2: $V_\lambda$ being "S-stable" means that $SV_\lambda\subset V_\lambda$, that is, $Sv\in V_\lambda$ for all $v\in V_\lambda$.

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Syria: Why We're Committed
Vernon Brewer
The world is beginning to turn its back on the Syrian people.
Many NGO's on the ground in Syria and neighboring countries are packing up and shipping out, unable to continue their work due to lack of funding. To make matters worse, international diplomacy is slow to yield effective change on the ground, a tragic disconnect resulting in the loss of thousands more innocent lives with each passing day.
Meanwhile, refugee camps are bursting at the seams, well over capacity and without adequate supplies to continue supporting the massive influx of Syrians pouring from across the border. Za'atari, the camp I visited earlier this year, was crammed with over 80,000 residents at the time. Today, there are more than 150,000 refugees struggling to survive on practically nothing.
The people are desperate . . . having to choose between survival and dignity. Our partners working on the ground tell us that women and young girls are being sold into prostitution or forced into arranged marriages in exchange for money, food, and protection.
One mother with a starving infant was forced to give her teenage daughter away to a total stranger in order to save the life of her baby. Another family was promised a substantial dowry in return for their daughter in an arranged marriage. After the wedding, the husband sold his new bride to a brothel for an even higher price. Desperation is giving way to every form of evil imaginable . . . and there are no signs of stopping or slowing.
The violence within Syria is at an all-time high. Just days ago, the streets of two coastal Syrian towns were soaked with the blood of hundreds of innocent civilians. The bodies of families were found mingled together, charred by the flames that consumed their homes. Little children lay dead with their eyes still open in shock, their tiny bodies mangled by gunshot wounds.
These are the images that have escaped our headlines and our hearts far too long. When will we wake up to the reality of what's at stake? When will we say ENOUGH?
We cannot allow this senseless loss of life to continue to go unanswered. It's not about politics or opinions anymore . . . it's about life and death. This insanity has to stop!
The good news is that we have the power to respond to the Syrian people right now . . . if we would only choose to take it.
Watch "Restoring Hope to Syrian Refugees" on Vimeo.
Right now, a World Help shipment of life-saving supplies has arrived in Jordan and will be distributed through our strategic aid partners on the ground. The contents of this container alone will impact over 25,000 refugees struggling to survive. But the situation is still critical . . . we can do more!
We are in desperate need of additional funding to continue shipping critical provisions like food, medicine, blankets, hygiene items, and more to the Syrian people. I'm asking for your help today to make an immediate impact . . . even to save a life!
A gift of $20 will provide food and medicine for a refugee child for one month.
A gift of $100 will provide food and medicine for an entire refugee family for one month.
A gift of $1,000 will provide food and medicine for 10 refugee families for one month.
The Syrian people are in their greatest hour of need. Their own government has turned against them. Those who promised to protect them are slaughtering them in cold blood. NGO's are leaving the area every day. And the international community is negotiating rather than responding.
It's up to us to be the difference. It's up to us to step in with compassion. It's up to us to be the Church.
Together, we can be the light when all other lights have gone out. Join me in doing something that will outlive you and last for eternity for the people of Syria.
No gift is too small.


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Schengen: a great Acquis arousing debates over the path of European integration
Par Chloe Fabre | 9 mai 2013
Pour citer cet article : Chloe Fabre, "Schengen: a great Acquis arousing debates over the path of European integration", Nouvelle Europe [en ligne], Jeudi 9 mai 2013, http://www.nouvelle-europe.eu/node/1682, consulté le 29 janvier 2023
Nearly 20 years after the beginning of the removal of border control, the Schegen area constitutes one of the major achievements of the European integration. It gathers 26 countries among which 4 are not in the EU. It is often cited by Europeans as something they like about the EU. However, it has been put into question after the Arab Spring (spring 2011) and is currently undergoing a reform, which creates a great debate especially between several visions of European integration.
The removal of border control on the internal borders of the EU
In 1985, five EU countries – Germany, France, the Netherland, Belgium and Luxembourg – signed a treaty to facilitate border crossing for their citizens and harmonise border checks at their borders. Progressively, it has been extended and became an EU policy with its integration to the Amsterdam Treaty in 1999.
A regulation agreed upon in 2006 summarises the main aspects of the Schengen Acquis: firstly, the establishment of the same procedures and controls at the external borders of the area; secondly, the removal of border controls at the internal borders. Concretely, it means for residents of the Schengen area that they can cross a border without even showing their ID and thus without being registered as crossing a border. This, nowadays, seems to be ordinary for many Europeans, however, it has long been difficult to cross a border. Even for some, crossing a border still means long queuing, waiting for borders checks. Those who took the Eurotunnel to cross the Channel, must have had this experience. The counter-part of this complete freedom of movement within the Schengen area is the establishment of a common external border. The regulation develops in length the different procedures and types of control to be done at external borders. This also led to the creation of a common visa, the Schengen visa. That means that somebody from China for instance has to apply for only one visa to get into the area. Along with this common external border, many data-based – such as the Schengen Information System – have been created to monitor and register who enters the Schengen Area.
Challenges to a system based on mutual trust between countries
However, the mood seems to have changed in the 1990s and several critics have been raised among which the creation of a fortress Europe, the burden-shifting of border control to external Member States, the incapacity of the latter to manage their borders. Indeed, with the Arab Spring and the resulting arrivals of many migrants to the southern European borders, several countries started criticising the functioning of the area. France, among others, reintroduced border control with Italy – according to a clause of the regulation. Plus, many critics were raised against Greece which was accused of not controlling its borders with Turkey, leaving an open-door to the Schengen area.
Debates about the reform of Schengen...
In reaction, the Commission tried to improve the governance of Schengen with two proposals in September 2011: the first one is about the establishment of an evaluation mechanism and the second one deals specifically with the possibility to reintroduce border controls at internal borders. The first regulation aimed at monitoring the implementation and respect of the Acquis, eventually providing with financial, technical or human support with, for instance, the European agency Frontex. The Commission would issue annually a report which would be discussed by the Council and the Parliament. The negotiations between the Council and the Parliament have been blocked for one year on this text. The Council wanted to change the legal basis of the regulation from article 77(2) to article 70 TFEU, leading to the exclusion of the European Parliament from the codecision process. The European assembly reacted, on 14 June 2012 blocking the negotiations of five texts which were considered as a priority by the Council. Currently, the three institutions are going under informal discussions with their legal services to find a compromise.
The second proposal is a direct reaction to the multiple reintroductions of border controls after the Arab Spring. The Commission envisages three circumstances where checks could be reintroduced : 1- in case of a foreseeable events which constitute a threat to public policies or internal security, for instance a major political event, 2- in case of unforeseen events such as a terrorist attack, 3- in case of a serious persistent deficiencies in the management of external borders. The Commission wanted to be the one to decide whether or not to reintroduce border control and to prolong it, except in the second case. However, the Council refused the full use of the powers granted to the Commission by the Lisbon treaty (2009) – that is the power to take decision through implementing acts, involving comitology (consultation of a committee composed of experts representative of Member States). Surprisingly, the Parliament agreed with the Council on that point. The Commission's proposal was a supranationalisation of the management of Schengen, while on the contrary, the Council and the Parliament opted for an intergovernmental dynamic where Member States keep their power and only discuss about the matter collectively.
… Implying different visions of European integration
With the debates about the two proposals, we observe dispute over different visions of European integration. The Commission would like to stand as the European executive, while the Council refuses to hand its power over, especially on matters such as border crossing directly linked to immigration. In the middle, the European Parliament which tries to defend its codecision powers on Justice and Home Affairs acquired with the Lisbon Treaty and which, on the other hand, supports the Council in its refusal of supranationalisation. On the two texts, the negotiations are still informally on-going, and we cannot know what will come out of this reform.
However, we can already affirm that the rules of the game have changed, and that the role played by each institution is getting blurred. It translates a broader evolution of common sense about those topics toward a more cautious and securitised vision of free-movement. This is epitomised with the new proposal of the Commission for 'smart borders', creating a new data-base to monitor not only entry but also exit of the Schengen area. The choice over the Schengen area we collectively want, is one of those we will have to say next year, for the next European election.
To go further:
Dossier May 2013, Why can we still be (pro-)European today?, 9 May 2013
Touteleurope.eu, Presentation of Schengen, 08 June 2012, http://www.touteleurope.eu/?id=2640
Touteleurope.eu, Presentation of Security and Justice, 17 March 2010, http://www.touteleurope.eu/fr/en/policies/security-and-justice.html
J.-B. Kastel et al., 8 June 2011, Thenewfederalist.eu, 'JEF mobilised for Schengen', http://www.taurillon.org/JEF-mobilized-for-Schengen
C. Fabre, 12 January 2012, Taurillon.org, 'Schengen: Comment réformer l'Acquis?' http://www.taurillon.org/Schengen-comment-reformer-l-Acquis,04737
P. Berthelet, April 2012, « La 'gouvernance Schengen', le sentier périlleux de la réforme », Revue du Droit de l'Union Européenne, pp. 655 – 678
EU Commission, EU 'Smart Borders' : enhancing mobility and security, 28 February 2013, http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/home-affairs/what-is-new/news/news/2013/20130228_01_en.htm
EU Texts
Reg 562/2006, Regulation establishing a Community Code on the rules governing the movement of persons across borders (Schengen Borders Code), 15 March 2006, http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2006:105:0001:0032:EN:PDF
EUCO 23/11, Cover Note, Conclusion of the European Council, 23/24 June 2011, 24 June 2011, http://ec.europa.eu/commission_2010-2014/president/news/speeches-statements/pdf/20110624_1_en.pdf
COM(2011) 559 final, Amended proposal for a Regulation on the establishment of an evaluation and monitoring mechanism to verify the application of the Schengen acquis, 16 September 2011, http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/home-affairs/e-library/docs/pdf/559_en_en.pdf
COM(2011) 560 final, Proposal for a Regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 562/2006 in order to provide for common rules on the temporary reintroduction of border control at internal borders in exceptional circumstances, 16 september 2011, http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/home-affairs/e-library/docs/pdf/560_en_en.pdf
COM(2011) 561 final, Communication from the Commission, 'Schengen governance – strengthening the area without internal border control', 16 September 2011, http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=COM:2011:0561:FIN:EN:PDF
18196/1/11 REV 1, Note from the Presidency to the Council, 9 December 2011, http://register.consilium.europa.eu/pdf/en/11/st18/st18196-re01.en11.pdf
6161/4/12 REV 4, Note from the Presidency to the Council, 4 June 2012, http://register.consilium.europa.eu/pdf/en/12/st06/st06161-re04.en12.pdf
A7-0200/2012, Report on COM(2011) 560, Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affais, Rapporteur : Renate Weber, 14 June 2012, http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meetdocs/2009_2014/documents/a7/p7_a%282012%290200_/p7_a%282012%290200_en.pdf
Photo source: Postcard edited by the European Parliament for 2009 election, from EUObserver.com


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Contoversy over 'Loser' has caused a Stir
Contoversy over 'Loser' has caused a StirHot Issue
"The Beautiful Women's Chatter" which airs on Monday night on KBS (Korean Broadcasting System) 2TV at 11:00 p.m. pursues that viewers appreciate Korean's culture and life from foreign women' point of view. It caused a bitter controversy on November 9th. Lee Do-Kyung who is a guest student said "In my opinion, the height is competitive power. I am 170 centimeters tall. I think men are not less than 180 centimeters tall. A short person is a loser." Her remark has become the object of controversy. After broadcasting, angry people wrote letter of complaint on online bulletin board. They insisted that her behavior deserved to be criticized. They blamed a guest and a program producer. And they parodied her statement. This behavior is called 'rebellion of losers'.
Some people made public her personal information; a mini homepage, an address, and a cellular phone number. In addition, they spread groundless rumors. For example, she did the plastic surgery and had come close to be expelled from the school. Things were getting and getting serious. Some people claimed for compensation for damages from her remark. 76 men raised lawsuits against KBS. The amount of damages which they requested was 3.8 billion won. As the situation had grown worse, KBS changed a program producer and all interested people. Although Nam Hee-Seok who is a talk show host apologized properly, the situation did not calm down.
Other people were concerned about her mental shock. They insisted that "The netizen should uphold her human rights. Although she used improper words, we must not conduct a witch-hunt against her. Whatever the reason, we can not ruin her life. A producer should have edited a disputable video."
A psychologist revealed a negative opinion toward this controversy. He said "The height designates appearance. People blame not her remark but a society fixated on beauty. Although appearance is competitive power, do mot judge a man by his outlook. When Korean women judge a men, women highly regard by men's ability, a prospect, and an affection order. However, when Japanese women judge a man, women highly regard men's personality, an affection, and values order. We have to change the appearance-oriented attitude."


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#include <iostream>

#include <sstream>

#include "pvector.h"

#include "fraction.h"

using namespace std;

template <typename T>
inline pair<T, T> getCalcValues(pvector<T> &rpnStack) {
    T first, second;
    second = rpnStack.back();
    rpnStack.pop_back();
    first = rpnStack.back();
    rpnStack.pop_back();
    return pair<T, T>(first, second);
};

template <typename T>
inline void printStack(pvector<T> &rpnStack) {
    for(int i = 0; i < rpnStack.size(); i++) {
        cout << (i+1) << ": " << rpnStack[i] << '\n';
    }
}

template<typename T>
inline T mymin(T a, T b) {
    return a<b?a:b;
}

template <typename T>
void RPN() {
    pvector<T> rpnStack("testOutput.txt");
    pair<T, T> values;
    bool stop = false;
    string line;

    cout << "Command: ";

    while(getline(cin, line)) {
        stringstream linestream(line);
        char cmd;
        T num;

        while (linestream >> cmd) {
            switch (cmd) {
                case 'n':
                    linestream >> num;
                    rpnStack.push_back(num);
                    break;
                case 'd':
                    rpnStack.pop_back();
                    break;
                case 'q':
                    return;
                /*case 'm':
                    if(rpnStack.size() < 2) {
                        cout << "Too less items on the stack." << endl;
                        break;
                    }
                    values = getCalcValues(rpnStack);
                    rpnStack.push_back(mymin(values.first, values.second));
                    break;*/
                case '+':
                    if(rpnStack.size() < 2) {
                        cout << "Too less items on the stack." << endl;
                        break;
                    }
                    values = getCalcValues(rpnStack);
                    rpnStack.push_back(values.first + values.second);
                    break;
                case '-':
                    if(rpnStack.size() < 2) {
                        cout << "Too less items on the stack." << endl;
                        break;
                    }
                    values = getCalcValues(rpnStack);
                    rpnStack.push_back(values.first - values.second);
                    break;
                case '/':
                    if(rpnStack.size() < 2) {
                        cout << "Too less items on the stack." << endl;
                        break;
                    }
                    values = getCalcValues(rpnStack);
                    rpnStack.push_back(values.first / values.second);
                    break;
                case '*':
                    if(rpnStack.size() < 2) {
                        cout << "Too less items on the stack." << endl;
                        break;
                    }
                    values = getCalcValues(rpnStack);
                    rpnStack.push_back(values.first * values.second);
                    break;
                default:
                    cout << "Invalid argument" << endl;
            }
        }
        printStack(rpnStack);
        cout << "Command: ";
    }
}

int main() {
    RPN<fraction>();
    return 0;
}

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A play where truth and fiction blur, the hilarious and biting Yellow Faceis based on the author's own life. When Hwang mistakenly makes a disastrous casting decision, he quickly gets in over his head. As the situation spirals further out of control, he finds himself at the center of a government intrigue and investigation.


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LAJON WITHERSPOON Says Working With Producer MICHAEL 'ELVIS' BASKETTE On New SEVENDUST Album Made Him A Better Singer
SEVENDUST is putting the finishing touches on its new album at Studio Barbarosa in Gotha, Florida for an early 2018 release. The follow-up to 2015's "Kill The Flaw" is being produced by Michael "Elvis" Baskette, who has previously worked with ALTER BRIDGE and SLASH, among others.
SEVENDUST's new disc will be the group's first for Rise Records, the Oregon-based metal and hard rock label which was purchased by BMG in 2015.
In a brand new interview with "Good Company", SEVENDUST singer Lajon Witherspoon stated about the band's upcoming disc (see video below): "I just finished recording my last vocal last night. John Connolly still has maybe four or five guitars to do. Clint Lowery has maybe… I don't know if he's done with his vocal melodies — [he's got] a few harmonies with me — and maybe a couple of solos that'll be turned in in the next few days.
"We've done so much [more] in 33 days recording this than I've ever done in my life," Lajon continued. "I sang 14 days in nine days to make up for some time that was lost. But it was because I felt good too, so some days I did two songs a day. And it was an experience working with Elvis and [engineer] Jeff [Moll]. Not to take anything [away] from any other producer, but, for me, it was the best [recording] experience in my life. Maybe it [was] due to me being older and more seasoned with what's going on, but the way that he worked and the things that he knows about music was completely different — I'd never seen anyone [like that] before."
According to Lajon, Baskette had the music for 60 new SEVENDUST songs to choose from prior to the making of the new album. "For me, I felt stronger as a singer — he made me a better singer, working with him," Witherspoon said. He went on to describe his working relationship with Elvis as "a partnership. I hated leaving the house, and I can't wait to do another album with him, and I would like to do it even longer than 33 days," he said.
SEVENDUST last year received its first-ever Grammy nomination after two decades together as a band. "Thank You", the debut single from "Kill The Flaw", got the nod for "Best Metal Performance".
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In Korea, there is no end to what people can see and experience, but trying Korean food is on the top of most visitor to-do lists! So let's explore some of the dieshes that are sure to impress you with Korea's true flavor!
Bibimbap, cooked rice mixed with vegetables, sautéed beef, and twigak (dried seaweed or vegetables fried in oil) is one of the definitive Korean dishes in the eyes of Koreans and also globally.There are three common beliefs about the origin of bibimbap. One theory is that it stemmed from the practice of mixing bap (cooked rice) with other dishes used for the ancestral rite of eumbok. Others say that bibimbap originated from mixing leftovers together as a midnight snack on Lunar New Year's Eve. The last theory is that farmers out working the fields would each bring a portion of food to be mixed together for meals and divided out evenly.
Samgye-tang is made by simmering a whole young chicken stuffed with ginseng, hedysarum root, jujubes, and sweet rice. Considered an energy-boosting dish best eaten on hot days, it is a classic Korean dish that has become popular among international diners as well. Many restaurants even add samgye-tang to their menus during the summer, an example of its popularity. Samgye-tang is well known to foreign visitors as well. Japanese author Murakami Ryu and Chinese film director Zhang Yimou have both given extensive praise to the dish.
Bulgogi is prepared by marinating thin slices of beef before grilling them. In the past, the royal court and yangban (nobles) in Seoul called it neobiani, meaning "wide meat slices." Traditional grilled meat dishes in Korea originated from a dish called maekjeok. Maek was the name of the northeast region of China, and is also a reference to Goguryeo, one of the earliest Korean kingdoms. Maekjeok is made with barbecued beef skewers, and according to folklore, evolved into present-day bulgogi through the introduction of grills, which made skewers obsolete.
Naengmyeon, cold buckwheat noodles, is considered a summer food, but that wasn't always the case. It used to be enjoyed over a warm ondol (subfloor heating system) floor during the freezing winter temperatures. The broth was made with the brine of dongchimi (radish water kimchi) scooped out of a large jar half-buried in the ground during the winter. Although its origin remains unclear, based on the fact that buckwheat was introduced by the Mongol Empire during the Goryeo Dynasty, it is theorized that Koreans first began eating it around that time.
Kimchi is a fermented dish made with vegetables and a variety of seasoning ingredients. There are over three hundred varieties, but when it was first made prior to the Three Kingdoms Period (AD 57-668), it required a very simple recipe of salting and storing napa cabbage in a ceramic container for fermentation. In the old days, kimchi was an important source of vitamins in the winter, when fresh vegetables were unavailable. What was originally a simple salted pickle has now become a complex dish requiring assorted seasonings and varying according to climate, geographical conditions, local ingredients, methods of preparation, and preservation.
Sundubu starts out being made in the same manner as ordinary tofu; first boiling soymilk then coagulating it by adding brine. But it leaves out the later steps of draining and pressing the lumpy bean curds, giving it an easy-to-digest silky, light texture. In Chodang Maeul, a village famous for its sundubu, clean water from the East Sea is used as brine for thickening. It started when Chodang Heoyeop, a magistrate of Gangneung region during the mid-sixteenth century of Joseon Dynasty, discovered that the water from a spring in the front yard of his office tasted so fresh that he made tofu from the spring water and used sea water instead of brine. The name Chodang was then adopted from Heoyeop's pen name.
Mandu (dumpling) is made by placing a filling of ground meat and vegetables onto a round, thinly rolled wrapper and sealing the edges. They were initially prepared for ancestral rites or banquets and enjoyed as a special dish for cold winter days. When discussing the origin of Korean dumplings, a famous folk song called "Ssanghwajeom" (dumpling shop) from the Goryeo Dynasty is frequently mentioned. The song describes how a group of Uighurs arrived and opened up dumpling shops, and also how the people of the day greatly enjoyed the dish. Some people refer to the song and joke that a Mongol who opened a dumpling shop in 1279 may have been the first foreign investor to live in Korea.
Galbi-jjim (braised short ribs) is made from the finest and most expensive cut of beef. As such, galbi-jjim is usually eaten on special occasions or holidays, when family members come together. Korean cooking consists of a large number of braised dishes that require considerable culinary skill. Galbi-jjim is one such dish, growing in popularity among international diners as well. When making galbi-jjim, the fat on the short ribs is carefully removed before braising. Carrots, ginkgo nuts and chestnuts are added, and finally pyogo (shitake mushroom) and egg garnish are sprinkled on top to complete the preparation process. Glazed with soy sauce, galbi-jjim not only has a rich taste, but a mouth-watering visual presentation.
Pajeon (green onion pancake) is a mixture of wheat flour batter and scallions, shallow-fried on a griddle. It goes well with chilled dongdongju (floating rice wine). Recently, restaurants specializing in pajeon have increased with the revived popularity of makgeolli (Korean rice wine). For some reason, people associate rain with pajeon. Some say it's because the sound of raindrops hitting the ground or a window sill reminds people of the sizzle of spattering oil as the pajeon is fried. And, this theory may not be as far-fetched as you might think. According to an experiment conducted by a sound engineering lab, the two sounds have almost identical vibrations and frequencies.
Japchae (glass noodles with sautéed vegetables) is made by boiling glass noodles, then draining and mixing them with stir-fried spinach, carrots, mushrooms, beef and onions. The term japchae is a combination of jap, meaning "mix, gather, or plentiful" and chae, meaning "vegetables." Thus, it can be translated as "assorted mixed vegetables." No Korean festivity is complete without japchae. It has long been perceived as a luxurious and elegant dish, and was always served on birthdays, weddings and 60th birthday celebrations. Japchae was first created in the 17th century when King Gwanghaegun hosted a palace banquet. It is recorded in the Gwanghaegun Ilgi (Daily Records of King Gwanghaegun's Reign) that Yi Chung, one of the king's favorites, had the habit of personally presenting unusual dishes to the king. Gwanghaegun relished these dishes so much that he would not start a meal until they arrived. Among these unique dishes was japchae, which the king favored over all the rest.
Gimbap is made by spreading white rice on a sheet of gim (dried laver), layering it with spinach, pickled radish, carrots, egg, and beef, and then rolling it up like sushi. It was in the 1960s and 70s that the gimbap we know today - rolled up into a cylindrical form - became popular. This rice-roll was the default picnic lunch for annual spring and autumn school outings. Many Koreans fondly remember eating the end pieces of the rolls while their mothers prepared gimbap on the morning of school field trips.
Originally, tteok-bokki was not a spicy dish. In the royal courts of Joseon, it was prepared by simmering beef, carrots, onions, pyogo (shitake mushroom) and other ingredients together with rice cakes in soy sauce. The colorful ingredients made it visually appealing as well as nutritional. It is believed that tteok-bokki seasoned with spicy gochu-jang paste first appeared in the 1950s and became widely popular later during the 1970s.
Dakgangjeong is made by deep-frying chicken coated with flour. The fried chicken is then smothered in a sweet sauce that has been boiled down to a thick consistency. The dish, sold at Jungang Market, is unique in that it is served cold. The dakgangjeong is so famous because of its sweet and spicy taste, and despite being served cold, it is not soggy, but crisp and chewy.


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Today in History - Nov. 28
Celebrity birthdays, highlights in history, plus more facts about this day
Nov. 28, 2006, 10:17 PM UTC / Source: The Associated Press
By By The Associated Press
Today is Tuesday, November 28th, the 332nd day of 2006. There are 33 days left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History:
On November 28th, 1942, nearly 500 people died in a fire that destroyed the Cocoanut Grove nightclub in Boston.
In 1520, Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan reached the Pacific Ocean after passing through the South American strait that now bears his name.
In 1806, French forces led by Joachim Murat entered Warsaw.
In 1919, American-born Lady Astor was elected the first female member of the British Parliament.
In 1925, the Grand Ole Opry, Nashville's famed home of country music, made its radio debut on station WSM.
In 1943, President Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet leader Josef Stalin began conferring in Tehran during World War II.
In 1958, the African nation of Chad became an autonomous republic within the French community.
In 1964, the United States launched the space probe Mariner Four on a course to Mars.
In 1975, President Ford nominated Federal Judge John Paul Stevens to the U.S. Supreme Court seat vacated by William O. Douglas.
In 1979, an Air New Zealand D.C. Ten en route to the South Pole crashed into a mountain in Antarctica, killing all 257 people aboard.
In 1990, Margaret Thatcher resigned as prime minister of Britain during an audience with Queen Elizabeth the Second, who conferred the premiership on John Major.
Ten years ago: Defense Secretary William Perry joined U.S. soldiers in the mud and freezing rain of Bosnia-Herzegovina to deliver a Thanksgiving message of discipline and patience for their still-unfinished peacekeeping mission. A stuck hatch on the space shuttle Columbia prevented two astronauts from going on a spacewalk (engineers later discovered a loose screw had jammed the hatch mechanism).
Five years ago: Enron Corporation, once the world's largest energy trader, collapsed after would-be rescuer Dynegy Incorporated backed out of an $8.4 billion deal to take it over. Officials recovered the body of CIA officer Johnny "Mike" Spann from a prison compound in Mazar-e-Sharif after northern alliance rebels backed by U.S. airstrikes and special forces quelled an uprising by Taliban and al-Qaida prisoners.
One year ago: Eight-term Congressman Randy "Duke" Cunningham pleaded guilty to graft and tearfully resigned; the California Republican admitted he'd taken $2.4 million in bribes mostly from defense contractors in exchange for government business and other favors. A corruption scandal brought down the minority government of Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin. The trial of Saddam Hussein resumed after a five-week break, but adjourned until Dec. 5, 2005.
Today's Birthdays: Recording executive Berry Gordy Junior is 77. Former Sen. Gary Hart, D.-Colo., is 70. Singer-songwriter Bruce Channel is 66. Singer Randy Newman is 63. Movie director Joe Dante is 60. C-B-S News correspondent Susan Spencer is 60. "Late Show" orchestra leader Paul Shaffer is 57. Actor Ed Harris is 56. Actress S. Epatha Merkerson is 54. Country singer Kristine Arnold (Sweethearts of the Rodeo) is 50. Actor Judd Nelson is 47. Movie director Alfonso Cuaron is 45. Rock musician Matt Cameron is 44. Comedian Jon Stewart is 44. Actress Garcelle Beauvais-Nilon is 40. TV personality Anna Nicole Smith is 39. Rhythm-and-blues singer Dawn Robinson is 38. Hip-hop musician apl.de.ap (Black Eyed Peas) is 32. Actress Aimee Garcia is 28. Rapper Chamillionaire is 27. Actress Scarlett Pomers ("Reba") is 18.
Thought for Today: "Happiness is a sort of atmosphere you can live in sometimes when you're lucky. Joy is a light that fills you with hope and faith and love." — Adela Rogers St. Johns, American journalist (1894-1988).


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California Election 2012: No on Proposition 29 – Cigarette Taxes
By Flap in California Proposition 29, Smoking
I, generally, like cigarette taxes since less people will smoke as a result. But, the Los Angeles Times in their editorial today is correct (they get it right once in a while).
What's to like about taxes? Most people view them at best as a necessary evil to help pay for robust government services — a public benefit. But cigarette taxes are an anomaly. In their case, the tax itself is a public benefit. Proposition 29, which would place a $1 levy on each pack of cigarettes sold in California, would serve the common good by making cigarettes more expensive.
Economists have demonstrated conclusively that taxes on cigarettes are an effective tool for reducing smoking rates, which not only benefits the health of current and potential smokers but clears the air for people who would otherwise be exposed to secondhand smoke. Smoking, the single biggest cause of premature death in the United States, costs California taxpayers billions annually in medical care to treat people with tobacco-related diseases through Medi-Cal, Medicare and other public health programs. And California's cigarette tax, at 87 cents per pack, is well below the national average of $1.46.
Voters also should be concerned about the lack of accountability under Proposition 29. The nine-member board of the new agency would comprise representatives from three University of California campuses and three of the state's federally recognized cancer centers, as well as a physician from an academic medical center and two members from advocacy groups. It would have no one representing the public, no one to stand up for the idea that taxpayer money should be spent efficiently and fairly, to ensure that salaries aren't exorbitant and that money doesn't get sent out of state, among other things. Although there are rules preventing a board member from voting on a grant application from his or her own organization, there is too much opportunity for mutual hand-washing when it comes to awarding funds. This came up as a criticism of the stem-cell agency when, by 2010, nearly $1 billion had been granted to institutions with seats on the board. The tobacco research agency would be audited annually, but what would be the point? The state would be powerless to change the agency's ways even if it found serious problems.
Tobacco companies are contributing more than $20 million to the campaign to defeat Proposition 29, outspending the pro-tax campaign — which is supported by bicycling star and cancer survivor Lance Armstrong — by more than 5 to 1. We couldn't disagree more with their reasons for doing so, and it makes us uncomfortable to agree with them at all, but from our perspective, this initiative takes perfectly good tax money and misspends it; we'd rather see an alternative proposal that hikes the cigarette tax but spends the money more wisely. We recommend a no vote on Proposition 29.
The physician spokesperson in the ads fro the tobacco companies is partially correct. Here is the ad:
But, any increase in taxes should be on a federal level, so there is no bootlegging of cigarettes between the states. Plus, the funds raised should be accountable to a recognized and exisiting government health regulating body.
No on Proposition 29.
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Flap's California Morning Collection: April 30, 2012
By Flap in California Legislature, California Three Strikes Law, Dan Walters, Flap's California Morning Collection, Jerry Brown
Hearst Castle, San Simeone, California
Good Monday morning!
The California Legislature is in session. California Assembly and State Senate Floor Sessions will begin at noon. Today's schedule is here.
The California Assembly's Daily File is here and the California State Senate's here.
On to today's California headlines:
Three Strikes Law initiative likely to qualify for Nov. ballot
An initiative written by Stanford University professors to scale back California's tough Three Strikes Law has garnered more than 830,000 signatures of support, virtually ensuring the measure will make the November ballot and triggering the state's latest struggle over how harshly criminals should be treated.
California is the only one of the 26 states with three strikes laws to allow prosecutors to charge any felony as a third strike — and then to lock up the offenders for 25 years to life. The proposed initiative would reserve that penalty for the baddest of the bad, including murderers, rapists and child molesters.
Supporters turned in more than 830,000 signatures to state election officials Thursday — 504,760 more than needed. They also announced the endorsement of Los Angeles County District Attorney Steve Cooley — a Republican — marking a crucial step toward a bipartisan coalition.
"The Three Strikes Reform Act is right for California," Cooley said. "It will ensure the punishment fits the crime. Dangerous recidivist criminals will remain behind bars for life, and our overflowing prisons will not be clogged with inmates who pose no risk to public safety."
Under the existing Three Strikes sentencing scheme, offenders who have committed such relatively minor third strikes as stealing a pair of socks, attempting to break into a soup kitchen to get something to eat and forging a check for $146 at Nord-strom have been sentenced to life in prison.
Cooley's support is particularly notable because he has taken a conservative position on two other criminal-justice controversies in California. He opposes a November ballot measure that would scrap the death penalty and has sharply criticized the Legislature's massive "realignment" program, which started in October to relieve prison overcrowding, for effectively reducing the amount of time low-level offenders spend behind bars.
Proposal for part-time Legislature won't be on November ballot
A drive to convert the California Legislature to part-time won't make it onto the ballot this year.
The campaign will continue to collect voter signatures, however, in hopes of placing the issue before voters in 2014, said Ted Costa of People's Advocate, a co-leader of the drive.
Costa said the petition drive has collected between 200,000 and 300,000 of the 807,615 voter signatures needed to qualify the constitutional amendment for a California ballot.
The deadline for gathering signatures is July 2, but that would be too late to qualify for this year's elections. The secretary of state's office recommended that signatures be submitted by April 20 for the November ballot.
Costa said that other campaigns have driven up the price for signature-gathering this year, hurting his drive, which has been bankrolled by relatively small donations rather than by a wealthy investor or major political party.
Costa characterized his campaign as in a "fall back, regroup and charge ahead" mode. The effort is spearheaded by Costa and by Assemblywoman Shannon Grove, R-Bakersfield.
On 'Face the Nation,' Jerry Brown tries managing expectations
Four months into his second year in office – still with major parts of his agenda unfulfilled – Gov. Jerry Brown this morning tried a little expectation control.
Asked by Bob Schieffer on the CBS public affairs show "Face the Nation" for any advice he might have for politicians, Brown said, "I've learned you don't get things done overnight. It does take time.
"Things that I was talking about 30 years ago – pension reform, renewable energy, completing the California water plan, high-speed rail, they're right at the top of the agenda today. So what do I say? Hey, you've got to take 30 years to get it done, because you can't get it done overnight, you can't get it in a term. But we're into instant gratification, get it done, if you don't do it in two years, you're a failure. Life doesn't work that way, at least from the point of view of somebody in their 74th year. It looks like things take longer, and now I'm kind of glad they do, because I still have something to do."
The Democratic governor, asked what he thought the presidential election would come down to, suggested one reason he may have been happy to keep quiet for months in his own gubernatorial contest in 2010.
"I think it turns on if one of the candidates screws up first and makes a mistake," Brown said. "Elections tend to move on the other person making the mistake."
Job Front: Social media privacy bills advance in Sacramento
Legislation that would bar employers from requesting job candidates' social media user names and passwords is growing closer to becoming state law.
The Social Media Privacy Act, sponsored by state Sen. Leland Yee, D-San Francisco, sailed through the Senate's Education, and Labor and Industrial Relations committees.
The bill's Assembly counterpart, authored by Silicon Valley Democrat Nora Campos, D-San Jose, passed unanimously through the Assembly Judiciary Committee last week.
Campos said California's privacy protections must keep pace with technology.
"Our social media accounts offer views into our personal lives and expose information that would be inappropriate to discuss during a job interview," Campos said in a statement after the Tuesday committee vote.
Though some employers say access to social media accounts is important to find the best candidate, opposition to the practice has gathered momentum.
Enjoy your morning!
Here is Dan Walters' Daily Video: Will the real Jerry Brown please stand up?
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Amazon settles with Texas over sales tax http://t.co/YwMf8VIG #
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Dilbert: April 28, 2012
By Flap in Dilbert
Source: dilbert.com via Gregory Flap on Pinterest
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Tony Irwin
ANU Department of Nuclear Physics and Accelerator Applications
Honorary Associate Professor Tony Irwin is a Visiting Lecturer at the Department of Nuclear Physics and Accelerator Applications.
Tony is a Chartered Engineer, and is the principal lecturer for reactor and fuel cycle modules for the ANU Master of Nuclear Science, and specialist nuclear courses for Australian Defence Department.
Tony has extensive experience in nuclear reactors and the nuclear fuel cycle having worked for British Energy (formerly the Central Electricity Generating Board) in the UK for more than 30 years commissioning and operating eight nuclear power reactors.
In 1999 he moved permanently to Australia and joined the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) where he managed fuel strategies and provided advice on nuclear issues before he was appointed Reactor Manager for the commissioning and operation of ANSTO's new OPAL research reactor. Tony is Technical Director of SMR Nuclear Technology Pty Ltd and Chair of Engineers Australia Sydney Division Nuclear Engineering Panel.
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Adolescents react differently to e-cigarette vapour than adults, study finds
Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.Sep 16 2020
University of Guelph researchers are the first to discover that adolescents react differently to e-cigarette vapour than adults.
Led by Prof. Jibran Khokhar, Department of Biomedical Science in U of G's Ontario Veterinary College, the rodent-based research measured behavioural responses related to vaping.
"This is the first study to show that rodents find e-cigarette vapour rewarding in a conditioned place preference experiment," Khokhar said, referring to animals' preference for a chamber in which experimenters previously exposed them to a drug.
"It also shows that adolescents find the nicotine vapour more rewarding compared to adults, and do so even at shorter exposures, which are not rewarding for the adults."
Published recently in eNeuro, the research?is the first to use a U of G-developed technology called OpenVape, which makes the study of vaping more accessible. The apparatus can be used with various vapourizers, is easy to build and costs less than existing technologies.
The OpenVape device opens a lot of new doors for researchers trying to test the effects of exposures in a manner akin to the route used by humans."
Prof. Jibran Khokhar, Department of Biomedical Science, U of G's Ontario Veterinary College
The research findings are important, he added, because they may help explain why e-cigarettes are so popular with adolescents and why there is a steady rise in their use.
Recent years have seen a sharp increase in adolescent vaping. E-cigarette use more than doubled between 2017 and 2019 in Ontario among Grade 7-12 students. Between 2017 and 2019, vaping rates doubled among Ontario teens, from 11 per cent to 23 per cent.
"The adolescent brain may be especially vulnerable to the rewarding effects of nicotine vapour," Khokhar said. "The shorter exposures may also suggest that it might take very limited exposure to the vapour for adolescents to experience the rewarding effects, and this may contribute to their continued use."
A growing body of literature suggests adolescents are especially vulnerable to the addictive effects of nicotine, he added. Longitudinal studies associate adolescent e-cigarette use with a greater risk of cigarette smoking in future.
"The findings from our study will help uncover the mechanisms underlying the vulnerability of the adolescent brain to the rewarding effects of e-cigarette vapour as well as the long-term consequences of adolescent vapour exposure," Khokhar said.
Next, he plans to look at the long-term consequences of adolescent exposure to e-cigarette vapour on behaviours related to tobacco consumption.
"Studies in humans suggest that adolescent vaping increases the risk for switching to combustible tobacco, so we would be able to answer whether that association is causal," he said. "We will also explore the brain mechanisms that make adolescents more vulnerable, as well as the long-term changes in brain activity and function after adolescent exposure."
Frie, J.A., et al. (2020) OpenVape: an Open-Source E-Cigarette Vapour Exposure Device for Rodents. eNeuro. doi.org/10.1523/ENEURO.0279-20.2020.
Source: | Medical News
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