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Brexit: and ensuring impartial funding for scientific research
There have been concerns about science funding post-Brexit:
Futures Forum: Brexit: and guaranteeing funding: 'stability and certainty'
And joint research projects:
Futures Forum: Brexit: and Exeter University
One particular area of research is pesticides:
Futures Forum: Brexit: and Roundup
Futures Forum: Brexit: and bees
Today's Independent carries a piece looking specifically at how corporate funding might impact future research:
Post-Brexit funding gap 'will threaten impartiality of university research'
Exclusive: Greenpeace says 'You wouldn't want lung cancer studies to be heavily reliant on funds from tobacco firms, nor research on pesticides to be dependent on the companies making them'
Ian Johnston Science Correspondent
The decline in bee populations is 'a major environmental concern', says Greenpeace AFP/Getty
Scientists have raised concerns about the increasing privatisation of academic research once the UK leaves the European Union, after it emerged two multinational pesticide manufacturers have given millions of pounds to universities.
The firms, Bayer and Syngenta, which both sell neonicotinoid insecticides linked to harmful effects on bees, gave a combined total of £16.1m to 70 British universities to fund a range of research projects between 2011 and 2016, according to figures obtained under Freedom of Information Act by Greenpeace. Of this, about £2.6m was spent on plant sciences, including research into pesticides.
Leading bee scientists expressed concern that such private funding could create a conflict of interest for academics and warned that after Brexit a potential shortage of public money for science could force universities to seek more finance from the private sector.
Neonicotinoids were once thought to have little or no negative effects on the environment because they are used in low doses and as a seed coating, rather than being sprayed. But evidence has been mounting that the chemicals do harm bees – important pollinators of food crops – with one recent study linking their use to "large-scale population extinctions". As a result, neonicotinoids have been banned by the EU although they can still be used under licence.
However both firms deny there is evidence to show the pesticides cause a significant problem for bees. According to Bayer's website, academics who reviewed 15 years of research found "no adverse effects to bee colonies were ever observed in field studies".
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And Syngenta says: "Many years of independent monitoring prove that when used properly – as they consistently are – neonicotinoids do not damage the health of bee populations."
Between 2011 and 2016, the figures obtained from the 70 universities – about half the total in the UK – show Bayer gave £9m to fund research, including more than £345,000 on plant sciences. Syngenta spent nearly £7.1m, including just under £2.3m on plant sciences.
Ben Stewart, of Greenpeace UK's "Brexit response team", said the decline in bee populations was "a major environmental and food security concern. Its causes need to be properly investigated to give us a chance to stop it," he said. "But for this research to command public confidence, it needs to be independent and impartial, which is why public funding is so crucial. You wouldn't want lung cancer studies to be heavily reliant on funds from tobacco firms, nor research on pesticides to be dependent on the companies making them."
He called on the Government to ensure scientists had access to the same level of funding after Brexit. "As Brexit threatens to cut off vital public funds for this scientific field, our universities need a cast-iron guarantee from our Government that EU money will not be replaced by corporate cash," Mr Stewart added.
Dr Christopher Connolly, a Dundee University neurobiologist who studies pesticides' effects on bees, said there was "nothing wrong with working with industry – especially in medicine". But he said he was concerned that the independence of British academics could be undermined if private money became all important to universities, particularly after Brexit. "The opportunities will be greater for industry as the loss of EU research funding will be crippling to the UK," he said. "If that was the only major source of research funding that was coming, it wouldn't be long before we ended up like the US, where they are very heavily dependent on industry relationships. The UK doesn't fund enough research so researchers have to rely on industry and it's getting worse and worse."
He was scathing about Bayer and Syngenta's claims that neonicotinoids did not harm bees. "People say it's a controversial area, but it's not really," Dr Connolly said. "Independent scientists tend not to disagree. It's industry that tends to be saying they are safe."
Professor Dave Goulson, a Sussex University biologist who specialises in bumblebees and is the author of the best-selling book A Sting in the Tale, also said there were "plenty" of examples where it was good for industry to work with academics. "But clearly there are instances where it is not appropriate, particularly if the funding is coming from industry and it's to study the safety of their own products, products they may be making literally billions from selling," he said. "If you do get money from industry, you are kind of under pressure to keep them sweet so they will give you more money. You will inevitably feel under some pressure to please them, to give them what they want. It creates a conflict of interest."
Professor Joyce Tait, a social scientist at Edinburgh University who studies agriculture and other issues, carried out a study into regulation of the agrochemical industry in 2013, funded by the Government's Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and Syngenta. She told The Independent she had received £20,000 from each. Professor Tait said the resulting report discussed how the EU dealt with genetically modified crops, which Syngenta makes. "It wasn't biased in favour of Syngenta but it was at the end of the day critical of the political biases that were very clear within the EU regulatory system [against GM crops]," she said, adding that EU politicians had ignored expert advice from the European Food Safety Authority.
She stressed the ESRC would not have tolerated a report that was skewed in favour of Syngenta. "If there was any obvious bias, they [the ESRC] would have wanted to pick it up," she said. "Syngenta didn't have any say in what we reported. They weren't pressuring us to bring it out in their favour." Professor Tait added that she believed "the balance of the evidence is now shifting more towards, yes, the neonicotinoids do have an impact on at least some bee species and we probably need to do something about that".
Syngenta did not respond to a request for comment by The Independent.
Dr Julian Little, of Bayer, said he did not have the total figure for the firm's spending on research in the UK, but said it had given more than £1m to fund research into neonicotinoids' effects on bees by the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (CEH) in Oxfordshire. It was also involved in 40 different projects with 23 universities and tended to be funding 12 to 15 PhD students at any one time, he said.
Dr Little, who said the CEH research would be published later this year, stressed they were only interested in the best science – even if it found evidence that might cause the company a problem. "I've not met too many academics who say 'what result would you like'," he said. "We want to work with the best people, the ones that really know their stuff. The people we work with are the best people and they are fiercely independent. I cannot believe for a moment any one of them would go 'oh I better not say that, just in case the company doesn't like it'."
Neonic pesticides
Post-Brexit funding gap 'will threaten impartiality of university research' | Science | News | The Independent
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For the many that didn't know before they went to vote in 2010, there were five possible choices in the Congressional primary and I was one of them. Dubbed the last minute filer or the Conservative Democrat by many of our media outlets, I chose to run against Julie Lassa so that she wouldn't be allowed to skate to November's election without first defending her beliefs and past state voting record to her potential supporters.
This vetting process is an important American tradition in politics as it exposes a candidate in a way that may not be revealed in a general election especially if both party candidates share the same beliefs. This was fully accomplished in 2010 as both major parties went to a primary. Presently this is not the case for the 2012 Congressional election and that is unfortunate although avoidable.
With only two announced major party candidates, both with heavily banked campaign accounts, I fear that many issues important to our district will be sidestepped to avoid undue attention. Sean Duffy, hoping for political gain, voted to give President Obama the authority to raise the debt ceiling $2.1 trillion and voted to extend the payroll tax cut. Both of which only continues to raise the national debt at an increasingly alarming rate. Pat Kreitlow, the Democrat challenger, is also likely to do the same as these expenditures where championed by the Democrat party.
Once again I find myself asking "Are the beliefs and values of the candidate with the most connections ~ ergo money ~ the basis of what this country's future seeks to become". As in 2010, I am faced with the same decision on whether to be involved in this vetting process. Two years ago through my own efforts I obtained nearly all 1000 signatures needed for nomination. This year due to time and commitments I am asking for your help this spring in acquiring them before the June 1st deadline.
To achieve this goal we will need to obtain a minimum of 1000 nomination signatures to place myself on the primary ballot to face Sean Duffy and provide him with an opportunity to defend his voting record. Together with a little effort we can make this happen. Don't let the political money machine force you into believing there are only two candidates.
Please visit www.votefordon.com for easy to follow instructions and complete information if you are interested in making this election more than just the typical same old political rhetoric.
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You are not alone Don. There are plenty of people scratching their heads over some of Sean Duffy's votes. The Republican party's reasoning to raise the debt ceiling limit is just plain hypocritical. We'll authorize the increase, but it is all on YOU President Obama if YOU choose to use it.
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2.1 Structural Organization and the Chemical Basis of Life
(A) Introduction
The universe and living bodies are composed of matter which occupies space and possesses mass. Matter can exist in four forms -solid, liquid, gaseous and plasma. Matter is made up of basic substances called elements. There are over a hundred elements recognized by scientists today. An element is made up of identicle atoms. Calcium, Carbon, hydrogen, iron, sodium, etc. are some elements.
i) Atoms
Each element is made up of one particular kind of atom. Atoms are the smallest part of an element which do not share the properties of the element. An atom consists of 3 basic particles:
a) Protons, which are positively charged and are present in the nucleus.
b) Electrons, which are negatively charged and which rotate around the nucleus.
c) Neutrons, which are present in the nucleus and which don't have any electricle charge. A neutron has approximately the same mass as a proton.
In the nucleus of the atom the proton and neutron are firmly attached to each other. The chemistry of the atom is dependent upon the number of protons and electrons in the atom. Protons and electrons are present in the same number in the atom, which leads to a neutral electrical charge in the atom. The nucleus of an atom is surrounded by shells or orbits of electrons. In the first orbit there are a maximum of 2 electrons. From the second shell to the last shell, every shell has a maximum of 8 electrons. When the final orbit of an atom is complete with electrons it becomes a stable atom. When there is a single electron or more missing in the last orbit of the atom, the atom becomes active allowing for a chemical reaction with another atom. During the reaction there is sharing or exchange of electrons. Atoms are most stable when they have a full outer shell. If they can, they will either share one or more electrons with another atom so that both atoms " think " they have full outer shells, or sometimes an atom that " needs " one or two electrons to have a full outer shell will actually take electrons another atom that has only one or two electrons in its outer shell; therefore, both atoms end up with full outer shells.
ii) Molecules
In biology we study molecules as part of molecular biology, molecular interaction, etc. Atoms combine chemically in a specific order to form molecules. For instance, two atoms of hydrogen combine with one atom of oxygen to form a single molecule of water. A molecule is the smallest particle of a substance existing freely yet retaining the characteristics of that substance. A collection of molecules forms a compound. Properties of the compound depend upon molecules and atoms present in the molecule. Consider this example: the molecular weight of the compound, water, is 18. This weight has been calculated taking into account the weight of its molecular components H and O.
H2O ®H + H + O ® 1 +1+ 16 ® 18
Some molecules are formed from atoms of the same element e.g. oxygen molecule (O2) is formed from 2 atoms of oxygen; ozone (O3) is formed from 3 atoms of oxygen. But, oxygen or ozone cannot be called a compound because in a compound we require atoms of different elements.
When the compound is formed it contains different elements. These elements stay together by means of links between them. In scientific terminology this link is called a bond. There are various kinds of bonds. In a compound, when one atom of an element gives away an electron, this exchange creates a bond between these two elements. This is an ionic bond. This bond consists of an electromagnetic force which is formed due to exchange of charge [electron]; the atoms conducting the exchange are called ions. This eletromagnetic force attracts two opposite charges: a positive charge in the atom which gives away electrons and a negative charge in the atom which takes up electrons. This attraction force forms the ionic bond.
A second important type of bond is called the covalent bond. Such a bond is formed when two atoms share one or more electrons with one another. For example (fig. 21), in water (H2O) 2 atoms of hydrogen share 2 electrons with oxygen. In ammonia 3 hydrogen atoms share one electron each with a single nitrogen atom. This leads to the formation of ammonia (NH3). Between atoms when one pair of electrons is shared, a single covalent bond is formed. When two pairs of electrons are shared a double covalent bond is formed.
iii) Acids and Bases or Alkalis
If a compound reacts with water and releases hydrogen ions (H+) ions then this compound is called an acid, and is said to be acidic in nature. For example, when hydrogen sulphide is mixed with water it releases hydrogen ions and the solution becomes one of sulphuric acid. Other chemical compounds when dissolved in water attract hydrogen atoms. These substances are called bases or alkalis. For example, when sodium hydroxide (NaOH) is mixed with water, sodium hydroxide attracts hydrogen ions from H2O, and (OH-) ions remain. So these substances that remove (H+) from water act as bases or alkalis.
2.1 Structural Organization and Chemical Basis Of Life
2.2 Organic Compounds
2.3 Nucleotides and Nucleic Acid
2.4 Lipids

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Quelle und Senke sind in der Mathematik und Physik Begriffe aus der Vektoranalysis, der Potentialtheorie und der Feldtheorie. Sie stellen die Ausgangs- und Endpunkte von Strömungen oder Feldlinien dar. Beide Arten von Punkten können sowohl singulär als auch kontinuierlich auf Linien, Flächen und Räume verteilt sein. Quellen und Senken eines Vektorfeldes  werden mathematisch durch die Quelldichte  (Divergenz) beschrieben:

Der Begriff quellenfrei bedeutet dabei, dass weder Quellen noch Senken existieren.

Potentialfeld
Viele Potentialfelder (Kraftfelder wie das Erdschwerefeld oder elektrostatische Felder) reichen mit ihren Feldlinien unendlich weit in den Außenraum. Eine Senke ist für diese statischen Felder nicht definiert.

Elektrische Messtechnik
Jede Messung belastet eine Quelle oder ein Feld durch einen zeitweiligen oder steten Abfluss von Ladung, Materie oder Energie. Damit bildet das Messinstrument oder die Messanordnung eine Senke als den Ort einer Messung, wo der Fluss eine physikalisch messbare Wirkung erzeugt.

Beispiele
 Ein anschauliches Beispiel für Quelle und Senke ist ein Spülbecken mit Wasserhahn (Quelle) und Abfluss (Senke).
 Ein technisches Anwendungsbeispiel besteht in der Berechnung von Tragflächenprofilen, bei der einem einfachen Strömungsfeld eine Quellen-/Senkenverteilung (sogenannte "Singularitäten") auf der Profilsehne überlagert wird (Profiltheorie nach der Singularitätenmethode).
 Quellen von Gravitationsfeldern sind alle Massenpunkte im Innenraum von Himmelskörpern.
 Quellen eines elektrischen Feldes sind positive Ladungen, Senken sind negative Ladungen.
 Das Magnetfeld ist "quellenfrei", es besitzt weder Quellen noch Senken.

Elektrodynamik
Feldtheorie
Vektoranalysis

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The Singapore 25 cents was the one and only coconut definitive where erroneous preparation of the single-plate Die II for a bicolour was followed by erasure of the medallion from the die and subsequent use of a Die I key plate, producing the unique Die III (Stanway 2009). Unlike Die I, the background lines of the duty plate do not intrude into the medallion past its rim if the medallion is well-registered as in this example.
"Issued" by the author to commemorate the historic face-to-face meeting between North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un and US President Donald Trump on 12 June 2018.
The Singapore 25 cents didn't stop at Die III. In 1951, it became the only instance of the coconut definitive ever printed directly on aerogramme paper, by English printers McCorquodale, which took over the postal stationery contract from De La Rue in 1954 (Stanway 2009, Holley 2010b). Holley (1987) discusses the postal history behind these aerogrammes.
The imprint appears to be from a photographic reproduction of a Die III stamp, all the more likely given that McCorquodale probably had no access to the original plates. Like Die III, the medallion rim here is touched by all parts of the surrounding design but not breached. Its inferiority to letterpress and even to forgeries is evident. Especially so are the uneven printing of SINGAPORE, the difference in font weight between the tablets and the defective lower corners of the frame. As a whole the imprint presents a grainy texture. The crisp 5-cent imprint next to the coconut on the aerogramme shows that the rough paper was not responsible for the coarse print quality of the latter. Moreover, far superior coconut impressions were achieved even on the almost equally rough postal stationery card (right).


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The Department of Commerce has self-initiated an investigation under section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 to determine whether imports of foreign-made steel are harming U.S. national security. A DOC fact sheet explains that "a robust and healthy domestic steel production industry is necessary for national security," including the production of armor, ships, and aircraft, which could be accelerated under the Trump administration's planned military buildup. However, the fact sheet adds, U.S. steelmakers have "struggled in recent years, raising concerns about the industry's ability to support national security needs." The investigation will therefore consider production and capacity, workforce, investment, research and development, and other factors to determine whether steel is being imported in such quantities or under such circumstances as to threaten or impair U.S. national security.
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If the DOC finds that excessive foreign steel imports are a threat to U.S. national security, and the president concurs, the president has the authority to adjust imports, including through the use of tariffs and quotas. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said any such actions could affect "a very wide range of steel products and a very wide range of countries." Any import adjustments, or any other non-trade-related actions the president may elect to take, would be imposed within 15 days of the president's determination to act.
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The Ramalinaceae are a family of lichenized fungi in the order Lecanorales. The family name is synonymous with the name Bacidiaceae. Species of this family have a widespread distribution.

Genera

Aciculopsora
Adelolecia
Arthrosporum
Bacidia
Bacidina
Bacidiopsora
Badimia
Bibbya
Biatora
Bilimbia
Catinaria
Cenozosia
Cliostomum
Compsocladium
Coppinsidea
Crocynia
Echidnocymbium
Frutidella
Heppsora
Herteliana
Japewia
Jarmania
Krogia
Lecania
Lopezaria
Lueckingia
Myelorrhiza
Phyllopsora
Physcidia
Ramalina
Ramalinopsis
Rolfidium
Schadonia
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'PROFOUND ABUSE'
Dozens of kids 'being groomed and abused by paedophile gangs' were failed by police, damning report finds
Thomas Burrows
AT least 57 children suspected of being groomed and abused by paedophile gangs were failed by police, a report has found.
Vulnerable girls suffering "the most profound abuse" told officers and carers of sexual assaults.
At least 57 children who were suspected of being abused by paedophile gangs, including Victoria Agoglia, were failed by policeCredit: MEN Media
Former detective turned whistleblower Maggie Oliver claims the police had 'deliberately' not investigated child rapeCredit: MEN Media
They gave names and addresses of alleged perpetrators, but no action was taken.
"Very few" of the 97 "predominantly Asian men" suspected of abuse in Rochdale, Gtr Manchester, were stopped.
The report centres on the death of Victoria Agoglia, 15, from a heroin overdose in 2003.
She repeatedly told carers she was being injected with the drug and raped by a 50-year-old man — but they failed to act.
A police probe into her death, called Operation Augusta, revealed at least 57 more victims and 97 suspects.
But it was shut down in 2005 due to "fundamental" resourcing flaws.
Cops and care staff knew victims were hooked on drugs, groomed and raped. They identified a huge network of men involved in the abuse via takeaways — but barely any charges were brought.
Eight of the suspects went on to assault or rape girls.
'A DEPRESSINGLY FAMILIAR PICTURE'
Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham ordered the report following a 2017 BBC documentary into the scandal, The Betrayed Girls.
The 145-page report concluded: "The authorities knew that many were being subjected to the most profound abuse and exploitation but did not protect them from the perpetrators.
"This is a depressingly familiar picture and has been seen in many other towns and cities across the country".
Greater Manchester Police claims to have lost the minutes of the meeting at which Operation Augusta was closed.
The report's authors, child care expert Malcolm Newsam and former Cambridge detective superintendent Gary Ridgway, said: "Most of the children we have considered were failed by police."
GMP Chief Constable Ian Hopkins last night apologised to the children abused "in plain sight" by the grooming gangs his officers failed to bring to justice.
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He said: "I am personally disgusted that these children were not cared for and by the awful abuse that they suffered."
Reacting to the report, former GMP detective turned whistleblower Maggie Oliver claimed the police had "deliberately" not investigated child rape.
Ms Oliver, who appeared in the documentary, has accused ex-GMP Chief Constable Sir Peter Fahy of undermining her claims that Augusta was a failure.
Ms Oliver has accused ex-GMP Chief Constable Sir Peter Fahy of undermining her claims that Operation Augusta was a failureCredit: MEN Media
Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham ordered the report following the release of The Betrayed Girls - a BBC doc on the Rochdale child sex abuse scandalCredit: BBC
RACE RELATIONS FEARS
The report suggests fears over race relations played a part in senior police thinking when tackling grooming gangs.
The report states senior officers were aware of a Channel 4 TV programme, Edge Of The City, broadcast in August 2004, about a similar problem in Keighley, West Yorkshire and it was thought this could potentially raise media and political interest in any similar problem occurring in Manchester, particularly as it involved accusations of grooming schoolchildren.
"Concerns were expressed about the risk of proactive tactics or the incitement of racial hatred," the report stated.
GMP had at that time recently dealt with an unrelated case involving Kurdish people in the south Manchester that had created community tensions and Operation Augusta was to examine accusations against another minority group.
However, a Detective Superintendent insisted that any concerns about creating further community tensions did not influence any of his investigative decisions, but the impact "clearly had to be considered" by senior officers.
The report quotes an unnamed GMP detective constable, involved in the arrest and jailing of one child sex offender, who was not of Asian heritage.
It quotes him saying: "He was grooming kids, the demographics didn't fit as it was a prosperous middle-class area, and they were well-to-do kids. They weren't from the original tranche of children that were in children's homes.
"What had a massive input was the offending target group were predominantly Asian males and we were told to try and get other ethnicities."
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Illuminating the experiences of young adults with Type 1 diabetes
St. Michael's Hospital study defines unique patient narratives in the hopes of informing tailored care
Toronto, July 12, 2019
By Anna Wassermann
Drs. Andrew Advani and Janet Parsons
Matt Danner was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes when he was 12 years old. Now a college student and varsity athlete, he says that the hardest adjustment wasn't learning how to live with diabetes, it was learning how to manage it on his own.
"I left home to go to boarding school when I was 15 or 16, and I had a bit of an adjustment there," said Danner. "Living away from my parents, playing sports and eating dining hall food, my care was in my hands."
Danner's experience is common, particularly among young adults as they learn to manage their Type 1 diabetes while separating from parental care and moving on to higher education or full-time work.
The gap between care provided in childhood and care provided during adulthood can pose particular challenges for young people living with Type 1 diabetes. This shift of care is often called "transition," and while efforts have been made to smooth the process, health care professionals often struggle to provide care that is developmentally appropriate for this stage of life.
To inform the provision of tailored transition care, a research team at St. Michael's Hospital set out to better understand the lived experiences of emerging adults with Type 1 diabetes. Published today in JAMA Network Open, the team found three common ways through which emerging adults' narrate the Type 1 diabetes experience.
"Every person is unique, but there are a number of commonalities in how emerging adults perceive and depict their experiences living with Type 1 diabetes," said Dr. Andrew Advani, co-senior author and a scientist at the Keenan Research Centre for Biomedical Science. "By understanding these similarities and differences, we hope to help physicians who may be less familiar with the psychosocial contexts in which patients are coping with their condition."
The idea for this study came about after a patient-led foundation requested that Dr. Advani look into strategies to improve communication between health care professionals and people living with diabetes. A clinical endocrinologist and basic scientist, Advani knew he needed help analyzing patient stories, so he reached out to Dr. Janet Parsons, a scientist in the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute. Together, they recruited Ben Markowitz, a graduate student at the University of Toronto.
To explore how young adults' experience Type 1 diabetes, Markowitz conducted interviews with 33 patients in the young adult diabetes clinics at Women's College Hospital and St. Michael's.
More than halfway through the interviews, Markowitz realized that there were three broad ways in which patients were articulating their stories. This realization led him to develop the "3i conceptual framework," which classifies patients' experiences through one of three lenses – ingrained, intrusive or inconspicuous.
"The ingrained and intrusive lenses came about first, and they refer to patients who perceive their diabetes either as part of their norm, or as a burden," said Markowitz. "The inconspicuous lens, which came about last, refers to patients who say they try not to notice their diabetes or make it noticeable to others."
While the researchers say that they realize human behaviour is more complicated than the categorical way they framed it, Dr. Advani said that the 3i conceptual framework could provide clinicians with a simple way to recognize that different people experience the same medical condition differently.
"Diabetes management in early emerging adulthood is really the intertwining between the biomedical and the social contexts," said Dr. Advani. "To provide suitable care, it's important for providers and educators to be able to appreciate the social context in which the medical condition is being experienced."
As a patient, Danner says he couldn't agree more. Over the years, his health care providers have taken the time to get to know him, and he says this has helped ease his transition into early emerging adulthood.
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Funding for this project was provided through the RDV Foundation, St. Michael's Foundation, Alternative Funding Plan Innovation funds from the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-term Care and a Queen Elizabeth II Graduate Scholarship in Science and Technology.
This paper is an example of how St. Michael's Hospital is making Ontario Healthier, Wealthier, Smarter.


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Time to walk faster
Post date Tue 23 August 2005
7 Comments on Time to walk faster
Well, there's one bloke I shouldn't expect a Christmas card from this year…
Maybe that came over as being a bit harsh, but it was an attempt to subvert what was essentially a fluffy publicity piece and provide a view of how well his ministry is actually performing.
Most people, including those who don't use it, appreciate the advantages that public transport brings to our city. And while there have been some improvements in recent years, we're playing catch-up.
It's a little like walking up a down escalator. We're moving at walking pace, but we really need to be moving faster to get anywhere, especially (to stretch the analogy further) when someone at the top of the escalator (the same government in fact) is pressing buttons to make it accelerate, by way of funding so much road network expansion.
Figures show that PT's market share of travel isn't really growing (sitting on about 9%, up only one point in the last four years), and certainly getting nowhere near doubling as the government claims to be aiming for with their 20/2020 target. And market share won't grow substantially while so many people don't have usable public transport.
As Graham Currie said yesterday in The Age's liveability survey "People keep asking me why Melburnians don't use public transport and I say, 'because they haven't got any'. Two-thirds of Melburnians don't live near a train or tram, they only live near a bus."
And we know how woeful the buses are. Until there's a usable network covering the entire city, we'll continue to be moving, but not getting very far.
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7 replies on "Time to walk faster"
Alex Makinsays:
Tue 23 August 2005 at 7:09 pm
Over five years, Perth, the lowest density city in the world, has doubled the size of its rail network and invested in improving its bus services. Perth is now investigating the return of tram services, while in Melbourne the Transport Minister refuses to provide Doncaster (a principal activity centre and earmarked for high rise development) with tram access.
Perth surges ahead while in Melbourne we are left with a Transport Minister who doesn't even believe our major thoroughfares deserve Sunday or evening bus services. For example Maroondah Highway and Canterbury Road still lack Sunday and evening bus services.
There is more to Melbourne than just the confines of the Transport Minister's office on Nauru House. Perhaps Bracks needs to follow the lead of Geoff Gallop and integrate planning and transport into a single portfolio.
It has certainly achieved results in WA and Rob Hulls in his current tenure as Planning Minister is certainly capable of inheriting transport.
The Bracks Government has been attempting to dodge the 'do-nothing' tag since it was elected in 1999. The source of this inertia and lack of progress towards improving Melbourne's public transport are certainly related.
Jeremysays:
I think we'd better be careful that we don't fall of the bottom of that escalator! Public transport in Melbourne has seen decades of neglect and Batchelor, despite all his promises back in 1999, has done nothing at all to reverse that trend. I think he's funded one "SmartBus" route that doesn't even run at tram frequencies, they've extended the 75 tram to Vermont South, which is not even half what they promised (which was extending it to Knox) and they're extending metro trains to Craigieburn, only they've scrapped a station and are cutting down on basic station facilities. That's not to mention the Fast Rail fiasco, where he has ripped up half the track between Melbourne and Bendigo.
No doubt there are many other broken promises as well, that includes the Rowville railway line, Airport rail link, etc.
The government has also planned some additional "SmartBus" services though they won't start for several years. They should have started them immediately. That's not to forget that the frequencies no doubt won't be quite there yet. He's going to have to ensure that the government does a lot more than this, if we're ever going to seen anything even remotely close to reaching the 20% target.
So far, he has failed in my books.
Tue 23 August 2005 at 10:16 pm
That is just so concise. "Why don't you use public transport?" "Because I don't have any."
The lack of an efficient rail service to Doncaster is truly criminal.
Maybe for the next election, "I have a vision. A vision of rail extensions, bus extensions, service extension….", and then some detail and budget allocations.
Chrissays:
Too harsh – hardly think so. He's full of excuses, broken promises, and while he has a worthy mode shift target, he can't explain how or when we might even start achieving mode shift. Meanwhile public transport is going brackwards, and we continue to see transport budgets that facilitate mode shift away from public transport.
Way less than stellar.
DMsays:
Thu 25 August 2005 at 12:58 pm
Be glad none of you live in Sydney!
I'll gladly throw up Sydney's rail network vs Melbourne in a epsi challenge any day of the week!
We had over 4 million commuter trips less last year than the previous one and this year we're headed for another record as Sydney siders flee the pathetic and inept system we have in place falling to pieces. This is backed upon the fact that last year Sydney Cityrail held it's worst running record statistics for the past decade!
Next month, Cityrail will be running to a new timetable for services that further slashes the number of trains that are operating in order to try and get something close to 'on time' running. (currently, a Sydney train that's up to 11 minutes late is actually not deemed 'late' in their statistical analysis – even then, trains are still running 'late' even by Cityrails standards on average 30-40% of the time!).
The pathetic joke about the new timetable is that services will now actually run SLOWER than they did on the same system in 1930s!!!
That's right, the rail system in Sydney will now run slower than it did over 70 years ago as of next month!!!
It's a farce and typical policy of governments that for years have been grinding down public transport with a complete lack of funding and now it's in such a state of disrepair no short term resolution will fix it.
They honestly believe that having a lot less services (so people have to constantly stand) that run even slower will somehow 'fix' commuters' angst with the rail system. How naive they are!
Mark my words, the 2007 State election in NSW will definitely have the public transport system as a major political chip on the table…. over 1 million daily Sydney commuters are downright fed up with the excuses and terribly service and are willing to make the point clear at the ballot box!
So yeah… we feel your pain up here in Sydney too Melbournians!
Fri 26 August 2005 at 1:30 pm
Wyndham City Council clearly agrees that Peter Batchelor's performance as Transport Minister is mediocre:
"The State Government has identified a desire to achieve 20 per cent of all trips in Melbourne to be undertaken on public transport by the year 2020. It is clear from the budget initiatives over the past several years that there is no intent within the State Government to provide any serious investment in public transport infrastructure within Melbourne and certainly very little within Wyndham."
It is a sad indictment on the current Transport Minister if local councils must set the agenda.
http://www.alexmakin.com.au/journal/post/index/209/Wyndham-Council-to-Government–Let-Us-Do-Your-Job
Archisays:
Tue 30 August 2005 at 10:38 am
Even where there are services, they are often running at capacity. The Broadmeadows line (particularly in the morning peak) cannot cope with extra travellers. Although the bursts of cancellations are good for one thing – it means I can get on the train for the few following weeks while people give up and return to their cars.


What's biophilia? Are you biophilic?
How do you view the natural world around you? Is it 'capital' for human utilization? Is it something wild to be tamed?
Our Industrial Revolution manifested a socio-economic context born out of rapidly expanding industrial growth and imperial power. This not-to-distant past has shaped a culture that believed in the forward march of progress and civilization, in the ability of humans to harness the power of nature through science and technology. God had given humans (or at least Christians) dominion over nature – it was there to be controlled and exploited for human ends.
In this guest blog, Nadine Andrews explores a fundamental clash of values and ethical perspectives when it comes to our relationship with nature.
On one side there are people who recognize that nature has intrinsic value, in and of itself, regardless of its usefulness or otherwise to humans. They care about individual plants and animals as much as they do ecosystems. People feel psychologically connected to and part of nature and seek to live with it. This has been called 'biophilia'. Wild nature is to be revered; it is awe-inspiring and full of mystery.
In terms of ethics, human prioritization is not a given and so there will be situations when human interests don't win out, and we act in service to other species, habitats or ecosystems. This is an eco-centric ethic. It is also the ethic which traditional cultures tend to live by and one that has allowed them to live sustainably for thousands of years.
On the other end of the spectrum are those who see nature in instrumental terms – it has value only in as much as it serves human needs and desires. If it's in the way or otherwise inconvenient then the answer is to get rid of it. People perceive themselves as separate from nature, and regard humans as having primacy and superiority over nature.
This way of seeing nature has been called 'biophobia' because, in contrast to biophilia, it is founded on a fear of nature, of its wildness and mystery, but it is also generated by greed. It is destructive and exploitative. Unfortunately for the planet, this mindset is dominant in our society – indeed it is this very mindset that has brought us to the point of ecological crisis.
It has been said: 'Greed is the parasite of society'. It is this dis-connected, fearful and greed-based biophilia that is parasitic to life itself.
A further characteristic of the instrumental mindset is how nature is thought about in the abstract as 'biodiversity' and so the suffering of individual plants and animals is often dismissed as relatively unimportant. This is essentially a utilitarian ethic – the overall good of the community trumps individual rights. What matters is not the means but the end outcome, measured by a totaling of gains minus losses. This approach underlies ecosystem services valuation. There is an argument that the commodifying and marketising of a common good and inherent life-quality such as nature corrupts and degrades it for financial gain.
So how do we overcome this clash of values? I don't know. Acknowledging that this is what is going on is a start. However, every day brings yet more active bulldozers and chain-saws across Europe, across North America, across South America in fact across the globe – no part of Earth is truly safe from our biophobic mentality. 150,000 square kilometers of rainforest is destroyed each year (about the size of England and Wales) this is an awful lot of destruction in the name of progress: this is a deeply flawed worldview.
The terrible loss to wildlife directly affects our health and sense of wellbeing which is closely related to how connected we feel with each other and nature, as a substantial body of evidence is now proving. I think we inherently know civilization can be rather more evolved than it currently is. Time to wake up and smell the coffee?
Are you biophilic or biophobic?


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painter and sculptor (1881-1973). Autograph letter signed "Picasso" with a small sketch of a sock. Golfe-Juan. Folio. 1 page. Pencil. Expected folding.
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In Spanish on the verso of a printed menu to an unidentified friend: "Aqui estamos todos juntos con Minuni" (the torero Francisco Reina called "El Minuni"). Picasso is thanking the recipient for sending the "michons" (socks in Catalan) and is drawing a sock.
Maler (1881-1973) Eigenh. Testat mit Datierung und Unterschrift. Vallauris. 31.3.1955. 8vo (120 : 169 mm).
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painter and sculptor (1881-1973). Autograph letter signed "Picasso". N. p. n. d. 8vo. 1 p.
ALS presumably from 1921. "Monsieur, Très heureux de vous connaître, je serai à la maison demain vendredi le matin vers onze heures. Voulez-vous? Mes meilleures salatuations. Picasso" Picasso invites the unknown receipient to visit him the next day around eleven o'clock. In 1921 Picasso's first child, Paulo, was born. It was a year, Picasso created decorations and costumes design for Cuadro Flamenco, Andalusian dances and songs suites. It premiered at the Parisian Gaîté-Lyrique Theater in May. After that Picasso also got his work back, which was confiscated during the war by the French government.
painter and sculptor (1881-1973). Autograph note signed "Picasso". Cannes. 25.6.1964. 92 : 210 mm. 1 p. Envelope Jacqueline Picasso's hand.
Note signed by Picasso "Picasso" to Jean Leymarie of the Musée National d'Art Moderne in Paris: "Joyente fête - Jean […]". Signed by Picasso and Jacqueline Roque Picasso, Catherine Hutin-Blay et Bella. Jacqueline Picasso (1927–1986) was the last muse and second wife of Pablo Picasso. Their marriage lasted 11 years until his death, during which time he created over 400 portraits of her, more than any of Picasso's other loves. Catherine Hutin-Blay was her daughter, and step daughter of Pablo Picasso. Pablo Picasso perhaps the most influential and recognizable painter of the 20th century, is well known for his deep love and appreciation for women.
Although he had many lovers throughout his life, only eight of them became his muses. The first of his muses was Fernande Olivier (1881-1966), who was also his first long-time partner. She is depicted in many pieces from his Rose Period. She left him after he became to possessive. The second of his muses was Eva Gouel (1885-1915) who was one of Fernande's friends. Eva is often called the "queen of his cubist works" as she appeared in a series of his works of that genre. The third of his muses, Olga Khokhlova (1891-1955), a Russian ballerina, became his first wife. She was a big opponent of the Cubism he was developing at the time and demanded to be painted in a completely different style. The fourth of Picasso's muses was Marie-Thérèse Walter (1909-1977), who was 29 years younger then Picasso. She modelled for his Surrealistic pieces. The fifth muse was Dora Maar (1907-1997). She was a photographer and a painter and witness to him creating his masterpiece Guernica. With Françoise Gilot (1921) Picasso had two children. In 1964 she published her memoirs called Life with Picasso and moved to New York. He painted a series of at least 20 drawings of Geneviève Laporte (1926-2012), who ended the relationship in 1953..
painter and sculptor (1881-1973). Autograph restaurant menu, signed. Saint-Raphaël. 19.7.1964. 130 : 70 mm. Folded.
Pretty restaurant menu signed by Picasso and Michel Leiris and others. The menu is from the restaurant La Voile d'Or, a restaurant in Saint-Raphaël. The specialities are Paté de foie gras truffé di Périgord, tortilla, Cocktail de langoustines and more. Michel Leiris (1901-1990) was a French surrealist writer and ethnographer. He was üart of the Surrealist group in Paris. In 1926, he married Louise Godon, the stepdaughter of Picasso's art dealer Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler. He regularly contributed articles on artists such as Picasso. In 1919 Picasso painted "Still life in a window in Saint-Raphael".
Picasso made this watercolor in the summer of 1919 while vacationing with his first wife, Olga Koklova, in Saint-Raphaël on the French Riviera. The newlyweds shared a cramped room with a balcony overlooking the Mediterranean Sea..
Spanish painter and sculptor (1881-1973). Autograph letter signed "Picasso". Vauvenargues. 4to. 1 page. Red ink.
Autograph letter signed "Picasso" addressed to the National Bank for Commerce and Industry, Paris. "Sirs, Following my previous letter, it's done that as mandatory of Miss Marie Thérèse Walter, I see no difficulty that she also be able to acces to her safety box if she would like to. Picasso"
Spanish painter and sculptor (1881-1973). Autograph letter signed ("votre Picasso"). Villa "La Californie", Cannes. 02.02.1960. Oblong 4to. 1 page.
$ 10,322 / 9.500 € (82602/BN53784)
In blue ballpoint to his chambermaid and confidante Inès Sassier, announcing a cheque (not enclosed) to be taken to the lawyer Bernard de Sarriac, who was in charge of controlling the alimony that Picasso owed his children Claude and Paloma: "Ma chère Inès, voici le cheque pour les enfants à porter à Sarriac. Merci, je vous embrasse tous [...]". - Traces of original folds. In near-perfect condition.
Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist and theatre designer (1881-1973). Photograph signed. [Cannes. 104 x 148 mm. Silver print.
$ 7,062 / 6.500 € (83076/BN54510)
Picasso is seen in a checkered shirt at a table, a pen in his right hand, signing prints, looking at another person to his right who is presenting the sheets. A pencil note on the verso indicates the picture to have been taken at his Villa La Californie in Cannes and obtained in 1956.
Spanish painter and sculptor (1881-1973). Original drawing with autograph dedication signed "Picasso". Golfe-Juan. 16.09.1953. 271 x 208 mm. Blue ballpoint on laid paper.
$ 48,893 / 45.000 € (86175/BN57127)
Portrait of the Swiss publisher Albert Skira (1904-76), dated and inscribed with the dedication: "Pour ces 25 ans d'éditions et 30 Ans d'Amitié. Picasso". The expressive profile of Skira, including parts of his shoulders and one arm, is representative of Picasso's sketchy and graphic art oriented late style. It is the last of seven numbered portraits of the publisher that Picasso drew on the evening of 16 September 1953 in the booth of a restaurant in Golfe-Juan. - Skira "played an important role in Picasso's life in that in the fall of 1930 he commissioned him to illustrate Ovid's Metamorphoses.
Picasso achieved surrealist transformations in an admirably classical graphic style [...]. This was one of the reasons that led Vollard to commission him to produce what was to become the Vollard Suite. Skira subsequently offered him another opportunity by creating, in 1933, the splendid magazine 'Minotaure': for the cover of the first issue, Picasso created a virtuoso collage" (cf. Pierre Daix, Dictionnaire Picasso). - With original fold mark and insignificant tears in the fold. An unrelated note in ink on the verso reads: "Vauthier baryton"..
Spanish painter and sculptor (1881-1973). Autograph signature "Picasso" in an exhibition booklet. [Céret. 8vo. (12) pp. With five reproductions in the text. Signature in blue ink. Original printed wrappers.
Picasso signed the title-page of the booklet to the exhibition "Picasso, Tauromachies & Œvres récentes, Lithographies, Céramiques" at the Musée d'Art Moderne de Céret, 1954, with an introduction by Picasso's friend Pierre Brune. - Minimal rust stains from original staple binding.
painter and sculptor (1881-1973). Autograph picture postcard signed ("Picasso"). [Biarritz. Oblong 8vo. 1 page. With autograph address.
Sending the art dealer André Level his then-current address: "Mon cher ami, je n'ai pas eu un moment pour aller vous dire au revoir avant de partir. Mais voici mon adresse à Biarritz Villa Mimoseraie Route de Bayonne où j'espère que vous me enverrez de temps en temps de vos nouvelles [...]".
Lettre autographe signée adressée à Inés Sassier.
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To Inés Sassier: "Ma chère Inès, voici une lettre qu'il faudrait apporter chez Monsieur de Sarrise. Bien des amitiés de tout le monde. Je vous embrasse". - In 1936, Picasso had met Ines Sassier and her sister in Mougins while vacationing with Paul and Nusch Eduard and had brought them back to work for him at the Rue de Boétie apartment. Although Inés had left Paris during the war she returned there to work for Picasso as his housekeeper. For more than three decades, she would serve as Picasso's friend, advisor cook and confidant.
Autograph note signed.
In Spanish, to André Castel: "[...] Con un abrazo de su Picasso mil amistades [...]".
Photograph signed.
Photograph by Picasso, the image depicting the painter outdoors, in a half length profile pose, seated at table having a coffee alongside Henri-Georges Clouzot, both smoking. Picasso with his arm up explains something to Clouzot who closely listens to him. Signed by Picasso in blue ink to the lower light border of the photograph. With full provenance explanation to the verso by the restaurant owner where the photograph was obtained in Antibes, 1956. - The French film director Henri-Georges Clouzot (1907-77) directed, inter alia, the documentary film "The Mystery of Picasso" (1956), which was declared a national treasure by the government of France.
Postkarte mit eigenh. U. ("Picasso").
To the actor and writer Marcel Duhamel, a former member of the Surrealist movement and of the avant-garde group "Le grand jeu". - The postcard shows a view of the Nîmes amphitheatre. A lines of greetings and the address are written by Picasso's second wife Jacqueline, née Roque. - Includes an autograph picture postcard by Jacqueline to Duhamel (Picasso's "Le Bouquet", 21 April 1958) and a telegram in both their names, likewise addressed to Duhamel ("Nous zazissons dans la joie. Merci. Amitiés = Picasso et Jacquelin").


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BSTA to perform towing of Singapore-flagged tanker TORM-SARA in Primorsk on August 5
2018 August 1 10:10
On 5 August 2018, OOO Baltic Sea Tug Agency (BSTA) will perform escorting/mooring/unmooring operations with the TORM-SARA tanker (owned by TORM TANKERS A/S, flag of Singapore) at the port of Primorsk in the Leningrad Region, BSTA told IAA PortNews.
"Over the years of operation in the port of Ust-Luga BSTA has earned confidence and great reputation among large ship owners including foreign ones. TORM TANKERS, which is among our clients, has once again commissioned us for operations at the port of Primorsk", said Artemiy Gorshkov, Commercial Deputy of BSTA Director General.
He reminded that in February 2018, Leningrad Administration of the Federal Antimonopoly Service of Russia warned OOO Primorsk Trade Port (PTP) against antitrust violation and in July the court of arbitration ordered PTP to pay over RUB 2 million to BSTA for the rejection to provide the port's free berths for mooring. "We hope that the incident is over and will be able to do our work without obstacles", added Artemiy Gorshkov.
The company is going to involve at least two tugs to serve the oil product tanker which is 228 meters long and 32 meters wide.
OOO Baltic Sea Tug Agency is a ship owner and a towing and industrial ship operator that carries out its activities at the main Russian ports in the Gulf of Finland.
The company's fleet consists of modern azimuth ice-class harbor tugs with a capacity of up to 5,200 hp, which are equipped with external fire-fighting equipment, can escort a convoy and can be used with large-capacity dry-cargo vessels and oil tankers. The company's fleet also includes small tugs and industrial ships, which allow it to provide underwater engineering, dredging, marine survey and hydraulic engineering support services.
All vessels are equipped with emergency equipment and supplies and can be used for emergency and rescue activities in case of fire fighting or oil spill response operations.
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OUR VIEW: More than 1 loophole needs closing with gun access
The Pensacola shooting points to the real issue: firearms are too easy for too many of the wrong people in this country to obtain.
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission wants to close a "loophole" that allowed a citizen of Saudi Arabia to legally buy a handgun and ammunition used to kill three people and wound eight others at Naval Air Station Pensacola.
The FWC's proposal to prevent foreigners from buying handguns if they hold Florida hunting licenses is in line with Gov. Ron DeSantis' own sentiment that the Second Amendment "does not apply to Saudi Arabians."
Closing such a glaring loophole in U.S. gun laws is clearly the right thing to do. It's also far from enough.
What about the "gun show loophole"? What about the so-called "boyfriend loophole"? Either has allowed alleged terrorists to easily acquire firearms that have killed Americans.
Whether he intended to or not, DeSantis is making an argument to limit access to firearms. And that has been the central argument of gun control and safety advocates for decades. Yet, after every tragic mass shooting, those arguments are thwarted by a powerful gun lobby that places profit above American lives.
Witness 21-year-old Mohammed Alshamrani, a Royal Saudi Air Force officer undergoing months of flight training at the Pensacola military base. He legally purchased a Glock 45 handgun despite being neither a U.S. citizen or resident.
Alshamrani, who was shot dead at the scene by sheriff's deputies, obtained a Florida hunting license, a relatively easy procedure that qualified him for one of the "loopholes" to the federal law that prohibits foreign nationals from purchasing firearms in this country.
The reality is the Pensacola gunman could have bought such a weapon even without a hunting license in Florida. Private sellers here are not required to conduct background checks.
According to the advocacy organization Everytown for Gun Safety, last year there were more than 93,000 ads in the Armslist marketplace for guns sold by private sellers in Florida.
Even a background check, which pulls information from a national database, may have served little purpose in this case because it does not include records of possible violations from abroad.
The FBI expressed concerns about the hunting-license exception as far back as May, warning that it could be exploited by extremists and criminals to commit violence, Yahoo News reported.
Yet already, gun-rights supporters are pushing back on limits to the hunting license exception. They argue that just as Americans travel overseas to hunt, foreigners travel to the U.S. to bag animals that don't exist in their home countries.
With all due respect, those countries aren't dealing with deadly mass shootings on an almost weekly basis.
DeSantis is right that it is difficult to defend the hunting-license loophole. But he shouldn't stop there if his aim is truly the safety of all Florida residents.
Our governor would appear to agree. But trying to close just one dangerous loophole in U.S. gun laws is not only short-sighted, it's poor sighting.
This guest editorial was originally published by the Palm Beach Post, a sister newspaper within Gannett.


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Outside its handful of stars, country rock's greatest significance was on artists in other genres, including the Band, Grateful Dead, Creedence Clearwater Revival, the Rolling Stones and George Harrison's solo work.[1] It also played a part in the development of Southern rock, which, although largely derived from blues rock, had a distinct southern lilt, and it paved the way for parts of the alternative country movement.[1] The genre declined in popularity in the late 1970s, but some established artists, including Neil Young, have continued to record country-tinged rock into the twenty-first century. Country rock has survived as a cult force in Texas, where acts including the Flatlanders, Joe Ely, Butch Hancock, Jimmie Dale Gilmore and California-based Richard Brooker, have collaborated and recorded.[1][18] Other performers have produced occasional recordings in the genre, including Elvis Costello's Almost Blue (1981)[1] and the Robert Plant and Alison Krauss collaboration Raising Sand, which was one of the most commercially successful albums of 2007.[19]
If Johnny Cash covered one of your songs on his final albums, it automatically meant it embodied some sort of country spirit however musically disguised. Cash, of course, interpreted the title track from this 1999 record the following year on American III: Solitary Man. I See a Darkness is dark, yes. It is gothic without being goth. Yet, its confessional cries and distant, discordant layering (especially on tracks like "Nomadic Revery (All Around)") are also subversive in a way that honors the subgenre.—Hilary Saunders
Alternative country-rock is often simply referred to as alternative country, but the two styles are actually somewhat distinct from one another -- simply put, alternative country performers come from the country side of the equation, whereas alternative country-rock is rooted more in rock. It's considered a branch of alternative rock -- even though it may not always sound that way on the surface -- because it doesn't fit any mainstream sensibility, and also because its bands usually get their start as part of the American indie-label scene. In contrast to alternative country, which pushes the boundaries of country music from the inside, alternative country-rock is music made by outsiders who love the sound and spirit of country. They faithfully preserve traditional sounds, but reinterpret the spirit in personal, contemporary, and idiosyncratic ways that rarely appeal to straight country fans. The godfather of alternative country-rock was Gram Parsons, the single most important figure in the invention of country-rock and an enduring cult legend for his deeply emotional records. Neil Young's varying musical personalities were also an important influence, as was the progressive country movement of the '70s, particularly an Austin, TX-centered group of highly literate singer/songwriters like Townes Van Zandt, Guy Clark, and Jerry Jeff Walker, among others. The man who heralded the birth of alternative country-rock was Lyle Lovett, whose wit and eclecticism seemed to revitalize country's possibilities in the minds of many rock fans. But the first true alternative country-rock band was Uncle Tupelo, who at the start of their career fused punk and country in a far more reverent way than any band in the short-lived '80s cowpunk movement. Their cover of the A.P. Carter spiritual "No Depression" gave its name to their seminal 1990 debut album, the premier fanzine chronicling the alt-country scene, and a nickname to the movement in general. Uncle Tupelo soon became a more tradition-minded country-rock outfit, and following their 1993 landmark Anodyne split into two different bands, the staunchly revivalist Son Volt and the more pop-inflected Wilco; by that time, alternative country-rock itself had begun to split into several strains. One school was chiefly dedicated to reviving the Parsons/Young sound of the early '70s, sometimes adding elements of Beatlesque pop to their crunchy rockers and aching ballads. Others were sincere traditionalists, drawing from the most haunting qualities of old-time country and Appalachian folk while updating the lyrical sensibilities just enough. A related school made that old-timey sound into a soft, spare, ethereal hybrid of country and indie rock, usually featuring a female vocalist. Still other alt-country-rock bands brought a sense of humor to their traditionalist work, whether it was the good-natured wit of a twangy, rollicking bar band, or the flat-out weird irony of Lambchop. Alternative country-rock continued to produce new, critically acclaimed hybrid acts into the new millennium, with an increasing indie-rock flavor.
Popular contemporary performers of Australian country music include John Williamson (who wrote the iconic "True Blue"), Lee Kernaghan (whose hits include "Boys from the Bush" and "The Outback Club"), Gina Jeffreys, Forever Road and Sara Storer. In the United States, Olivia Newton-John, Sherrié Austin and Keith Urban have attained great success. During her time as a country singer in the 1970s, Newton-John became the first (and to date only) non-American winner of the Country Music Association Award for Female Vocalist of the Year which many considered a controversial decision by the CMA; after starring in the rock-and-roll musical film Grease in 1978, Newton-John (mirroring the character she played in the film) shifted to pop music in the 1980s. Urban is arguably considered the most successful international Australian country star, winning nine CMA Awards, including three Male Vocalist of the Year wins and two wins of the CMA's top honour Entertainer of the Year.
Just on radio, the CBC has provided numerous outlets for both major label and independent artists. Any PR rep can attest that getting an artist interviewed on Radio 1's q can be a major boost to their profile. On Radio 2, there are countless programs airing Canadian music that is unlikely to get much airtime elsewhere. Shows such as Radio 2 Morning and Drive, Vinyl Tap, Tonic, Tempo, and The Signal play established and lesser-known Canadian artists alongside major international acts for a national listenership.
In the early 1970s, Jennings fought Nashville for creative control to make his music the way he saw fit. Though he had been a consistent hitmaker for close to a decade by this point, you could hear a difference on such songs as "This Time" and "Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way." He was called an outlaw, though he tended to rebel against that word as well over the years. Looking back, Jennings simply wanted to be himself –- ranging from covers of such current hits as "Can't You See" to stunning ballads like "Dreaming My Dreams With You."
I agree with you about Blundell but still think his firing marked the beginning of the end for the station in many ways. They couldn't maintain an identity after that. The song selection had been bad for years but seemed to get even worse. Indie 88 came about around that time I think....can't remember the timing, but I think a lot of people just stopped listening.
Only one television channel was dedicated to country music in Canada: CMT owned by Corus Entertainment (90%) and Viacom (10%). However, the lifting of strict genre licensing restrictions saw the network remove the last of its music programming at the end of August 2017 for a schedule of generic off-network family sitcoms, Cancom-compliant lifestyle programming, and reality programming. In the past, the current-day Cottage Life network saw some country focus as Country Canada and later, CBC Country Canada before that network drifted into an alternate network for overflow CBC content as Bold. Stingray Music continues to maintain several country music audio-only channels on cable radio.
While some might argue that Twitty didn't change the rules of the format like a Haggard or Jones, his influence on the format can't be understated. From 1968 until his passing in 1993, Twitty charted hit after hit. His 40 No. 1 hits on the Billboard charts was a record that held firm for years until George Strait broke it. From "Hello Darlin" to "Don't Take It Away," and all the way through to "She's Got A Single Thing In Mind," Twitty was the perfect example of the word evolution.
The Kentucky band's sprawling major-label debut did nothing to alter the independent spirit of singer-songwriter Jim James and his cohorts. The country-rock base retained elements of Memphis soul, classic '70s rock and neo-psychedelic sounds, all drenched in salubrious washes of reverb. Besides, nothing says complete artistic freedom like 12 songs that average six minutes in length, many of which were recorded in a grain silo to give the reverb more reverb. Styles mix wantonly, songs meander but never go quite where you expect them to. What begins as an acoustic-driven folk song ("Magheeta") morphs into a hard-rocking power ballad; a funkified homage to R&B clubs ("Dance Floors") becomes an Exile on Main Street-era block party, powered by a propulsive horn section straight out of "Tumbling Dice"; and the minor-key melancholia of Neil Young's Crazy Horse epics (think "Cortez the Killer") forms the backbone of "Run Through" until it mutates at the chorus into the early '80s Manchester sound reminiscent of New Order. Is it alt-country? That's as good a descriptor as anything else.—John Schact
Alternative country is a term used to describe a number of country music subgenres that tend to differ from mainstream or pop country music. The term is sometimes known as Alt. country and has included country music bands that have incorporated influences ranging from american roots music, bluegrass, rock & roll, rockabilly, acoustic music, americana, honky-tonk, punk rock and alt auctioneer.
Don Messer's Jubilee was a Halifax, Nova Scotia-based country/folk variety television show that was broadcast nationally from 1957 to 1969. In Canada it out-performed The Ed Sullivan Show broadcast from the United States and became the top-rated television show throughout much of the 1960s. Don Messer's Jubilee followed a consistent format throughout its years, beginning with a tune named "Goin' to the Barndance Tonight", followed by fiddle tunes by Messer, songs from some of his "Islanders" including singers Marg Osburne and Charlie Chamberlain, the featured guest performance, and a closing hymn. It ended with "Till We Meet Again".
…launch an entirely new genre, country rock. It charted at number three, but, owing to the comparative simplicity of its lyrics, people questioned whether Dylan remained a cutting-edge artist. Meanwhile, rock's first bootleg album, The Great White Wonder—containing unreleased, "liberated" Dylan recordings—appeared in independent record stores. Its distribution methods were… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7V6A-cZmmo


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Desirable end unit offering one level living. Large living room overlooking the main lake. Enjoy the refreshing water view as you enter the home through your large fenced in front courtyard. Lakes of Pine Run boasts community pool with covered picnic area, tennis courts, private unlimited water, lawn maintenance, pest control, community gardens, and covered parking with storage. There is also 3 additional public parking spots right in front of this unit. Enjoy the lake and wildlife from your screened in lanai with panels for optional enclosure. Unique bonus room/area for extra storage space or private office space. 2 large closets added to master bedroom. Brand new roof in 2018. New stove, new washer, and newer dryer. Not many units like this, don't miss your opportunity!Square footage received from tax rolls. All information recorded in the MLS intended to be accurate but cannot be guaranteed.
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A contemporary dance drama loosely based on the "The Firebird" ballet, FIREBIRD portrays three generations of dancers: 17-year-old ballerina Ruby Lightfoot; her mother, Nan, a thwarted ballerina who is now a flamenco dancer in the South of France, and Ruby's grandmother, Wilma -- a traditional Shawl Dancer, and the heart and hub of the family.
LOGLINE: A gifted teenage Cherokee ballerina with a fractured family life wins a prestigious grant to dance her dream ballet in La Camargue, the cowboy-and-Gypsy heart of France. Called home amid great heartache, she creates her own maverick dance company, fusing flamenco, hip hop and traditional dance in a Cirque de Soleil-esque performance honoring her Native roots -- and reuniting her family.
Creative Statement: FIREBIRD is my post-modern homage to "the Five Moons" -- Maria Tallchief, the first American prima ballerina, and the four other magnificent Oklahoma Indian ballerinas who danced with the Ballets Russes in the mid-20th century: Marjorie Tallchief, Rosella Hightower, Yvonne Chouteau, and Moscylene Larkin. A desire to "pay-it-forward" to the Cherokee Nation, and the work of Rulan Tangen, world-renowned Metis dancer/choreographer/founder of Dancing Earth were my inital inspirations to write this 21st-century Native version of The Firebird, a universally charismatic and interpreted myth of faith, passion, and renewal. My FIREBIRD vision is to showcase American Indian and French Gitan actors, dancers, and musicians in an exuberant, cinematically beautiful, and ultimately "feel good" tale of love, loss, and glory.


The 5th day of the 5th month is a special day in Japan, kodomo no hi, or Children's Day!
This is a special holiday to celebrate, you guessed it, the wonderful children in our lives.
There is even a special Google Doodle for today, check it out!
The main symbol of the holiday is koinobori, large kites in the shape of carps that are displayed proudly, strongly flying in the breeze. There is a fish for each child in the household, and they are flown in hopes that children will become as strong and determined like the carps, bravely fighting their way upstream to their goals.
There is even a special song for the koinobori. Take a listen!
Families also display samurai figures and helmets as symbols of bravery. Iris flowers, that bloom in early May, are also displayed around the home to ward off evil. Families also take baths filled with iris leaves.
Of course, there are special foods as well! Children munch on kashiwa-mochi, rice cakes filled with bean paste and wrapped in oak leaves, which symbolize strength.
Kodomo no hi is a national holiday in Japan, and there are fun activities for children to do. In Tokyo they hold a "Kid's Olympics". This year at Tokyo Disney Sea they held a jogging event. Towns and cities also hold their own local festivals as well.
At JAMS we have a tiny koinobori flying in our office. We hope our students will become strong like the carp, facing any challenge that comes their way with strength, bravery, and grace.
Our students inspire us everyday, and we are so thankful to know these special children.