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I have a 2007 VX with 4 hrs.. It sat all winter. when I took it out yesterday it ran fine but It smoked some and now I have black soot around the exhaust. I did treat the gas before storage and the oil level is fine. This is my first PWC so I'm just wonering if that's normal?
Pretty normal, that old gas is s*** even though you treated it. Put in fresh fuel.
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What will the 0.7% be spent on?
It's now almost a month since we launched our new campaign, Seeding Change, at Soundcheck weekend. Since the Budget announcements just hours ago, getting involved is now more important than ever, says campaigns officer andy...
Well, after being one of 500 that dressed up as the Chancellor yesterday in a rather freakish media stunt, looks like the real George was listening (somewhat), and has confirmed that the UK will now give 0.7% of GNI to overseas aid - a historic moment that many of us will be glad to hear.
However, as our new campaign Seeding Change highlights, there are some real questions over the assumed positive impact of this money, particularly when it comes to food-related issues such as land and seeds. SPEAK believes that
All food should be grown and shared
as though people and planet mattered.
On one hand, it is really exciting to see the UK finally standing up to its 40 year-old promise of giving 0.7% aid, since many of us called on Osborne to do just that. After all, aid has done many good things, as this amusing video reminds us. Yet we want to go further, and ensure that DfID (the guys that actually channel the 0.7% to development projects) actually use it to help grow food in ways that support the producers themselves and conserve the land it's grown upon. We want to SPEAK UP for food justice: for promotion of a food system that takes care of God's earth and God's people.
ACTION POINTS
PLEASE write to Justine Greening MP now, to ask her to use the 0.7% justly. There is a example letter on p.14 of the Seeding Change booklet that you can download here.
If you received a pack of 'seed squares' at Soundcheck, why not plant one and watch justice germinate - like folks from Bristol SPEAK in the picture above? (If you didn't get any and you want some, please email andy@speak.org.uk)
Could you or anyone else you know be the next SPEAK Campaigns Officer? Give it a pray and a think and a dream, who knows!
Start praying more regularly around issues of global injustice in our food system - such as food waste, food speculation, land grabs, etc. There's a neat in grace in the back of the Seeding Change booklet to get you started!
Give thanks for a campaigns success - 0.7% aid! (If that's your sort of thing!)
However, Osborne didn't use the Budget to ensure corporate transparency so that developing countries could collect more tax - something our latest Pray & Post card really focuses on. This means we need to keep praying for a strong international tax agreement come the G8 in June.
Unfortunately, we also witnessed a pretty dire Budget from an environmental perspective. Let's keep up the pressure by supporting a green economy in the upcoming Energy Bill!

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Swiss-based four-piece blues rock band Ellis Mano Band will release their third single "Ambedo Mind" on Friday 9th July. The single is taken from the band's sophomore album "Ambedo" that was recently released on Friday 25th June via Jazzhaus Records.
Order the album on CD and digital from https://orcd.co/ellismanobandambedo.
The new album went to #2 in the Official Swiss Album Chart.
The band describe their trademark well-produced sound as "a sort of rock n' soul, rooted deep down in the blues."
"Smooth, sexy, and horn-section-soulful, this song is a nod to the soul and R&B greats," says Edis Mano, the guitarist for Ellis Mano Band.
In Switzerland, the Ellis Mano Band are not unlike the Wrecking Crew or the Funk Brothers. They are top-flight studio musicians and elites in the Swiss music scene. Although they spent years making music with other artists, the band members never got much time to make music of their own until now.
We chose the album title "Ambedo" because it reflects the state of the process of recording an album," says guitarist Edis Mano. "Ambedo" refers to the tendency both to reflect and to absorb. Musicians like us do it all the time, especially when we compose new songs and create a new album.
Every track on the new album is rich with perfectly chosen detail including Chris Ellis's rough voice, Edis Mano's vintage sounding guitar playing, and the tight rhythm section of drummer Nico Looser and Severin Graf (bass). The album also features Hammond B3 organ, and horns that reflect the blazing summer heat during which they were recorded. The harmonious backing vocals are reminiscent of something you would hear from Muscle Shoals Studios.
We would get together with just a few ideas, fill it out, let it grow, work on it, with a great passion," says Chris. "For session musicians, it was not about having just another project to play on, but it was an opportunity for us to play as a real band again. It was a great feeling to see the guys together and getting emotional from time to time playing the music."
The album was recorded at Edis Mano's Studio E10 with a lot of vintage gear and instruments and produced with a contemporary sound. All songs were recorded live with just a few later overdubs, including backing vocals and horns.
The album is nothing short of brilliant. With "Ambedo", the Ellis Mano Band presents a rich tapestry of that universal joy and sorrow; the awkward moment after a one-night stand in "Breakfast", the desperation and grief in "Long Road" and by contrast, the loud social criticism in "The Horrible Truth".
Each track is saturated in a deep respect and understanding of American roots music, from the early blues of the American South through to the revolutionary blues and rock revolution of 1960s Britain.
Influenced by Led Zeppelin, J.J. Cale, Tedeschi Trucks Band, Jimi Hendrix and more recently John Mayer, the Ellis Mano Band have put their own unique stamp on the blues which has now become a shared global phenomenon.
"Ambedo" is slated for a June release, and the band hopes to follow it up with tours across Europe and North America.
"Making this music was fascinating, it was really easy to create the music and take it further," said Chris. "It was a beautiful experience and I hope we can repeat it time and time again.
AMBEDO – TRACK LISTING
THE HORRIBLE TRUTH (3:31)
SWEET SIN (3:12)
AMBEDO MIND (3:34)
THE FIGHT FOR PEACE (5:45)
JOHNNY & SUSIE (4:04)
LONG ROAD (3:49)
THE QUESTION (3:36)
BREAKFAST (5:44)
KEEP IT SIMPLE (4:16)
HEART 'N MIND (4:07)
Chris Ellis – Vocals
Edis Mano – Guitars
Severin Graf – Bass
Nico Looser – Drum
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The Best Year Of Our Lives
Published in support of a novel by UK author Phil Andrews
The Best Year Of Our Lives: The Characters - Jim Gray
The grey-haired man whom Paul encounters during the Epilogue describes Jim Gray as Paul's "deputy", but then I guess he would. The Best Year Of Our Lives is, of course, Paul's story, which lends some explanation to this assumption.
Jim is just a little bit younger, and just a little bit smaller, than Paul, and at their age this may indeed count for something. But these slender margins of seniority should not be permitted to obscure the seminal role played by Jim in making this story work. He is at the centre of it all - his father runs the club, his girlfriend is Paul's closest competitor, his brother has an integral role to play and, perhaps most importantly, his sense of perspective more than once keeps Paul treading the straightest path.
CREATING THE CORRECT DYNAMIC
Creating the correct dynamic between Jim and Debbie was one of my most difficult challenges during the writing of this book. Whilst Debbie's oozing charisma and cool bravado threatens to overwhelm all in her path, there always had to be a sense that Jim in some way retains dominance within the relationship. Being older and being male, he can level with Paul in a way that Debbie cannot and one is allowed to feel that to some extent at least Debbie only gets away with what Jim permits her to, for the sake of a quiet existence.
At the same time of course Jim has the added responsibility of keeping his brother Colin in his box, as the latter's more or less similar size and stature enable him to assert a degree of sibling rivalry which defies the age difference between them. Add to that his oft-expressed exasperation with Steve and emotionally Jim is fighting on every front, whilst being the cog at the epicentre of the mechanism which turns the gang sans Paul.
AN ESSENTIAL LINK
Beyond the genuine affection that Paul has for his closest friend, Jim provides an essential link back to the younger members of the gang without which Paul might well have felt estranged. Generally fourteen and fifteen-year-olds aspire to be seen stepping out with the bigger kids, but Paul is able to move in the preferred company of the younger ones because his sidesman, with the slightly younger girlfriend and the still younger sibling, is from his own stable.
Jim Gray is an important, essential component of the complex intersection of personalities which is the Aitston eight. I don't think the story would have retained any credibility without him - indeed I fear Paul would have been left without much kudos and looking a little, well, strange, and set adrift. At the very least, for Jim the right to wear the lumber jacket is one that has been thoroughly earned.
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Crowlink, a Magical Location for School Journeys: an Appreciation by Ken Noakes - Review
I may never again review a book by another writer to which I am as personally attached as this one. Crowlink: A Magical Location For School Journeys - An Appreciation By Ken Noakes is not just a fascinating venture back to an age of innocence for those of us who as children were part of the experience. As a retrospective it serves also to remind us that that innocence was shared, in some degree, by the adults in our company back in those far off days and indeed by society itself.
At 56 pages, which includes over forty fascinating illustrations, it is in fact a booklet rather than a book. That is ample enough to do its job, which is to recount the experiences of the author as a young primary school teacher - first at Worple Road School and then at Isleworth Town School - on the annual educational trip for pupils, in their last year before splitting up and moving on to their respective secondary schools, to the rural hamlet of Crowlink, hidden in a remote valley in the Sussex Downs.
As one of the Worple Road pupils who attended this annual event, at the age of ten way back in 1972, this work was always going to hold a special interest for me (I even get a mention at one point as one of those who still has his project folder, relatively intact and in safe keeping). Ken Noakes was my class teacher that year. I thought he was quite middle-aged at the time, but he must have been in his very early twenties.
For primary school pupils at Worple Road (and presumably for those later at Isleworth Town) Crowlink was the culmination of seven years of learning and development. When you got to the fourth year of junior school, which followed on from three years at infant school, going away to Crowlink was your rite of passage. Excitedly, we all brought in our £1 a week to school (plus £1.50 insurance) to get our yellow card stamped, and once the whole £9.50 had been forfeit we were booked on the coach, and nobody was going to stop us.
So much for Crowlink, what about the book? Well the book is, as the title suggests, an appreciation of all that was wonderful about the week spent at North Barn, the Holiday Fellowship Guest House, a rather grand building surrounding a small but well-kept lawn which stood at the end of a track which, for its greater part, was accessible only on foot and via a cattle grid. Heading out from the building the track became progressively larger until it was almost a road, with vehicular access, and further down still was a pond.
The author very much has the advantage over me, because whereas I visited Crowlink only once (well twice, my father actually drove my family and I down there the week before to recce the place), he had the benefit of returning year upon year with a fresh class of youngsters to relive the adventure and exploration. And one senses from the book that the whole thing was indeed something of an adventure to him and to his fellow teachers too, almost as much as to the pupils. His task in compiling the book, of course, was to diarise the various visits and outings undertaken by the children whilst flitting between the classes and the years (and two schools), merging the best of all into one narrative whilst steering clear of repetition.
FAMILIAR NAMES
One of the hazards of reviewing a book which brings back strong personal memories is of course distraction. One is instinctively given to reminiscence when reading of familiar events, which is naturally compounded by the fact that many of the names which appear throughout the book are well-known to me. For that reason I read it twice in quick succession, once for the trip along the proverbial Memory Lane and the second with the purpose in mind of trying to look at the work objectively. And my objective conclusion is that the magic of this book lies precisely in its quality as a marvellous reminisce - not just for those of us who went to Crowlink with Worple Road or Isleworth Town, but for anyone at all of a certain vintage who looks back with fondness to a simpler age bestowed with the mixed blessings of less regulation and more trust.
What I like most of all about the book from a creative point of view is the way in which three stories run coterminously yet at the same time quite distinctly. The first is the story of the South Downs and of the various local attractions and places of interest visited by the parties of school children and their teachers. The second centres on North Barn, on what it had to offer the children and the sheer buzz of being domiciled together for a whole week within its confines, free in most cases for the first time in their lives from parental authority but under the watchful and protective gaze of their teachers. And the third, and by far the most important, is about the children themselves - their emotions, their interaction with each other and with their teachers, their thirst for knowledge, their reactions to their unfamiliar surroundings, their development, their response to their first taste of (albeit well-supervised) freedom, their imaginations, their joy.
LUCKY LOCAL GENERATION
In my novel The Best Year Of Our Lives the main characters are just a little older than the Crowlink holiday children, but they will have been through some of the experiences, and felt some of the emotions, that the young pop-pickers of that lucky local generation were given the opportunity to taste. Indeed I wouldn't be entirely surprised if at least one or two of them had been there themselves. There is a faultless seam of magic which begins in contemporary reality and later sadly fades into memory, but remains unbroken nonetheless. Crowlink is still a part of me all these many years on.
Oh and did I mention that it was a well-written book? It is - spaciously laid out, generously illustrated, kind on the eye. But also it combines good ordered structure with humour and heart to make for an easy and enjoyable read. Second nature, I guess, for a school teacher!
Crowlink: A Magical Location For School Journeys - An Appreciation By Ken Noakes is available at £6.95 including postage and packing. Contact kennoakes77@yahoo.co.uk to order a copy.
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The Best Year Of Our Lives: The Characters - Beverley Turner
If Steve Turner is oafish, so his younger sister Beverley is sardonic. She may only be eleven, or twelve as the story progresses, but her innocence is only compounded by her unique and lovable wit. Loyal to Paul, proud of the gang, she is there till the last when most of the others (even Paul) have wandered at least on occasion. Only twice do we see her entirely serious - once with the self-induced, but thankfully temporary, loss of her relationship with Colin Gray, the other as the curtain descends, in Chapter 61.
As far as the aforesaid "relationship" with Colin goes, Paul himself finds he reflects on quite what that means when both parties to it are eleven. But that brings us inevitably to consider what any relationship entails. Or as Bowie might have put it - we're just older children after all.
WITH A WINK AND A SMIRK
Just how central is Beverley to the plot? In my view, very much so. The point of the gang for Paul is that it represents his last shot at childhood, and to hang on to that he needs the gang to stretch backwards, not forwards, just as far as crediblity, and credulity, will allow. As a settled couple who are by no means immature for their ages, she and Colin provide that much needed link back to earlier years without being entirely detached from the where the older ones are with their lives. They are the smallest of the bigger kids that feasibility will allow, as it were.
Beverley is too young to be scary like Debbie, or sensual like Tina, and yet she carves her own niche quite effortlessly with a wink and a smirk.
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"I've read it from cover to cover, almost without a break. Over two days, you have entertained me riotously.
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"It must have been a slog, labouring through an opus of 400 pages, but, trust me, it was worth it."
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"As a writer and editor, I am very impressed with this debut novel. I wasn't sure I was going to like the book when I first started it because it is very British and there were things in the story that I didn't understand. However, the exceptional quality of the writing and the excellent characterizations kept my interest...I highly recommend it!" - Susan Stewart (US author and editor).
"Just finished the book 'The Best Year Of Our Lives' by Phil Andrews. I have never, laughed, wanted to throw a punch, feel 'blue' and cry so much for ages." - verified Amazon reviewer.
"A compelling account of a teenage Camelot...a rich tapestry of life in 1970s Britain - the music, the fashions, and that memorable long hot summer of 1976." - Ray Burston (UK author of The Summer Of '76 and eight other titles).
"The spirit of the times.... captured well. If you were around then it's a great reminisce. But if you weren't a story of adolescent group dynamics that is familiar to all. Check it out." - Michael (verified Amazon reviewer).
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"What wows me is that this story can be enjoyed on every level, as a simple fond reminisce or as a tentative journey into the recesses of the over-active young mind. Or to put it another way, it can equally be enjoyed or psycho-analysed. Most of all the special genius of this book is the way in which the author hurls himself into the main character to the point where we are sometimes not quite sure which of them is speaking to us. Yes he openly tells us the story was inspired by his own childhood but he doesn't always keep his distance. I wouldn't be surprised if that is deliberate." - Paul Latchmore, Goodreads.
"My formative years coincided with those in this book and I was transported to that time and place with memories popping back into my head with every page turned. Regardless of the age of the reader, I feel there is something in this book for all - a picture painted of a simpler, more innocent world of teenage escapades without the complexities of mobile phones, x-boxes and the like. A damn good read!" - Richard Andrews (no relation!), (verified Amazon reviewer).
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"A great read, took me back to the 70s" - Graham Nicoll (verified Amazon reviewer).
"The time's memories came flooding back of the wonderful, free and innocent life we youngsters were able to lead at that time. A great book, story and a must read for anyone who was a teenager in the 70s." - Michael Dance (verified Amazon reviewer).
"An excellent read, I thoroughly enjoyed it from start to finish. Captures the era perfectly." - Il Padrino (verified Amazon reviewer).
"A gorgeous feeling of yearning accompanies this journey through that hardest of times, the ages between twelve and fifteen, particularly if it was 'your era'. An air of innocence still surrounded us then, and this lovely novel illustrates this so well...a long, beautiful meander by the metaphorical river of life." - Diana Wilde (Author, The Glam Rock Files).
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"The book will resonate with many people of a certain age growing up in a world with no internet and only three TV channels where music and face-to-face friendship was what kept us going. And for today's young generation it beautifully captures life as a teenager in simpler times. Definitely worth a read." - M E Welstand (verified Amazon reviewer).
"Thoroughly enjoyed reading this tale as it is so well written. For a newly published author it's remarkable - beautifully constructed with a large range of interesting characters skilfully developed into the story of young folk growing up in 1976. I look forward to the next book by this excellent writer." - Arnie (verified Amazon reviewer).
"The book is an absolute powerhouse of a debut novel which deserves to be picked up by the mainstream. So beautifully prosaic from start to finish, flitting seamlessly between everyday teen street parlance and pure poetry as one chapter rolls into the next. A breathtakingly creative retro tour de force." - Paul Latchmore on Facebook.
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We have a lot to thank the Portuguese for, apart from the early discovery of Australia. In 1727 the association of Port Shippers was foundered producing an export wine with a dash of brandy added for the English market. It was thought the brandy helped the wine to travel and the English palate warmed to the addition which often overcame issues with the wine.
It was a hit and miss affair at first with wine makers not really understanding the process. This "Port" was in its infancy and not till 1756 did the situation normalise with the Oporto Wine Company founded under Royal Charter. The wine growing zone was marked out and only wines of high quality were exported although there was a market for lesser quality wines! The use of a saccharometer to measure the sweetness and timing for the addition of brandy greatly enhanced the quality of the fortified wine.
The young wines mixed with young brandy were almost impossible to drink and required extended time in wood to mature and for the contents to amalgamate.
The evolution of the bottle was integral to the development of port and indeed not long after this time it was recognised that still wines would also improve with ageing in bottle.
The future of all great wines was soon linked to the function of bottle ageing and maturation. The Romans had appreciated the benefits of ageing in sealed amphora. Falernum was regarded as the best Roman wine, a white wine that was aged 10-20 years until it was amber-coloured!
However during the dark ages the understanding of wine maturation was lost. Most wine was consumed straight from the barrel, within a year of production and glass bottles of varying shapes used only to serve the wine. Indeed the free-blown onion shaped bottles contained varying volumes and had irregular shapes of the neck such that the lack of a good seal meant glass was not considered for ageing. In 1638 an Act of Parliament in England, forbad the use of wine bottles as the volume could not be measured and controlled. Governments always interfere with drinking pleasure…think of all those pewter mugs with government standard marks measuring the volume just to remind you of who controls your drinking.
With the development of longer and more regular necks, the invention of the cork screw and use of cork to seal the bottle things changed.
The development of the cork screw was not an easy matter but key to the everyday use of the bottle. There have been numerous inventions aimed at extracting the corks since the mid-18th century. Corks vary in length, diameter and tension and of course with bottle ageing there is a tendency for the lower ends to soften and break on attempted extraction. Thank goodness for the screw cap that saves all the hassle now.
Still remaining was the need for a bottle that could lie on its side with moisture in contact with the cork to stop it drying out, shrinking and allowing air in that would spoil the wine.
In the second half of the 18th century the bulbous, squat Port bottle gradually was replaced by a more cylindrical body that could lie on its side and be stored in large numbers.
The invention of the Port wine bottle some would say marks the beginning of the modern era of wine. Chateau Lafite is said to be one of the first to recognise the improvement of its wine through bottle ageing.
While most wine is consumed within hours of purchase it is still necessary for even the most commercial wines to have some time in bottle to recover from the 'shock' of bottling. Fine wines are made to age in bottle allowing the phenolics, acids, alcohol and residual sugars to integrate and develop into the complex bouquets and flavours of mature wines.
Wine bottles often reflected the origin of the wines Port, Sherry, and Bordeaux varieties have straight-sided and high-shouldered with a pronounced punt. Burgundy and Rhone have sloping shoulders and a smaller punt while the wines of Alsace have no punt at all. So what is the punt?
One aspect of the wine bottle was the formation of a dimple or PUNT at the bottom. This was a result of the early method of free blown bottles made with a blowpipe and pontil. By indenting the point at the bottom where the glass pontil was detached, the scar formed was pushed in and thus avoiding scratching the table and making the bottle more stable.
It also helps to gather the sediment as the wine ages facilitating pouring of a sediment free wine. The sediment is made up of tannins and tartaric acid crystals that drop out of the wine over time resulting in softening and also some change in colour. The stronger Port and Bordeaux wines requiring a deeper punt. Australian Shiraz is often bottled in a Bordeaux style bottle but the softer Hunter Shiraz may be found in a "Burgundy" style bottle.
Interestingly marketing research in the UK has revealed the depth of the punt to be proportional to the cost of the wine! But don't go out and purchase on this account…many average wines can be dressed up in heavy bottles with long necks and deep punts, all part of the marketing departments contribution. As always enjoyment comes from knowing the story behind the wine, tasting the wine and if possible sampling the wine as it ages in the bottle.


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2021 Notable Entrepreneurs Q&A: 'There is so much talent here'
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Proformex CEO Kristie Beck: "I personally know many other female software CEOs or executives, and the numbers are growing."
Kristie Beck joined Proformex as chief operating officer in May 2018 and six months later was named chief executive officer. Based in downtown Cleveland, Proformex strives to improve the life insurance industry with data aggregation and analytics designed to help financial advisers and life insurance brokers monitor policies they've sold. The result benefits the consumer by ensuring the policy remains in effect and continues to meet the needs of the consumer over time, needs that might have changed since the policy was first purchased.
What takeaways from your background in private and public companies can you share about scaling companies quickly and effectively?
The two most important things are first understanding and being very focused on the business objectives and the goals. Second is hiring incredible people who understand the goals and can execute them. It's often cutting things back to what is very simple and giving people a couple of areas to focus on, then hiring good people to drive those objectives.
How do you cultivate a culture of peak performance for your team?
The culture is really the fabric of the people that you have and the values that you live to every day. Building a culture is so much about curating the kind of people who exemplify that culture. Then it's continuing to do that over and over until you've created an organization where the culture is embedded in the way everyone behaves. That's when it becomes successful. People aren't talking about it, they're doing it.
You've said recruiting and mentoring women in tech is a priority. What does the landscape for women in tech look like today as compared with when you started?
There are a lot more women in technology, a lot more women software engineers. I personally know many other female software CEOs or executives, and the numbers are growing. Our chief technology officer at Proformex is a woman. This is the first company I've worked where either the CTO or the CEO was a woman — or women hold both roles. The best part of that is that in my career, she's the best I've ever worked with. I always look for the ability to mentor women. Often a lot of women don't put their hands up or don't think they're qualified or don't have as much confidence in their skills. Sometimes they need somebody to say: You can do this.
What's the state of the startup community in our region?
What I love about Cleveland is that there is so much talent here. COVID has provided people the ability to work remotely, and people are moving back to Cleveland and other lower-cost cities. We have the talent, but we also need more funds helping to drive the startup activity. In terms of capital, there are a number of seed funds in the ecosystem and we have a good base of active angel investors. I think having more early stage Series A and Series B types of funds would be fantastic, either in Cleveland or more in the state of Ohio, as it's a critical gap today.
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(affiliated with the the University of Trento), in Trento, Italy ( www.euricse.eu).
Is Facebook Exploiting Workers? A response from Jacob Rigi.
him current streams and new initiatives in Buddhism (in English).
The Internet as a "new" medium is not an extension or an extra platform of the traditional media; it is qualitatively different because it turns the passive media consumer (the couch potato) into an active contributor. People not only like to consume, they also like to contribute and share. The Internet makes this possible. Therefore, we are dealing with a completely new ball game, making former Marxists analyses and demands in relation to this subject quite obsolete.
We are organising a more compact edition of Pixelache Helsinki Festival called 'Camp Pixelache' during on 11-12 May 2012, based on previous Camp Pixelache experiments. The main venue for the event is Arbis, the Swedish-language adult education centre located close to the Finnish National Museum, in central Helsinki.
When: Tuesday, February 14th at Mountain Lanna, located 60 km north of Chiang Mai.
2pm: Visit to Haebarakki (Sunflower) Farm, an early stage permaculture farm.
Throughout Europe, we are witnessing massive transfers of resources from the public to the private sphere. The political responses to the crises are defined by austerity measures and by cuts to social spending, driving Europe further into recession.


The future of Internet marketing will be the social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter. Here, the most efficient advertising will be "viral" and more "virtual word of mouth". The most effective types of targeting for these advertising vehicles will be demographic targeting rather than keyword targeting. This is much more complex than search engine optimization and pay per click advertising, but has the potential to be much more profitable!


Here, we demonstrate that kinetin riboside (KR), a cytokinin analog, induces apoptosis in HeLa and mouse melanoma B16F-10 cells. KR disrupted the mitochondrial membrane potential and induced the release of cytochrome c and activation of caspase-3. Bad were upregulated while Bcl-2 was down-regulated under KR exposure. A tumor growth in mice was dramatically suppressed by KR. In contrast, human skin fibroblast CCL-116 and bovine primary fibroblast cells show resistances to KR and no significant changes in Bad, Bcl-XL, and cleaved PARP were observed. Our data suggest that KR selectively induces apoptosis in cancer cells through the classical mitochondria dependent apoptosis pathway.
© 2007 Elsevier. This is the author created version of a work that has been peer reviewed and accepted for publication by Cancer Letters, Elsevier. It incorporates referee's comments but changes resulting from the publishing process, such as copyediting, structural formatting, may not be reflected in this document. The published version is available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.canlet.2007.11.014.


Zinc is an essential mineral that is naturally found in shellfish, red meat, nuts and seeds, beans and dairy products.1 Zinc is present in almost every cell of the body, where it is involved in numerous aspects of cellular activity and metabolism.
Because our bodies do not have a storage system for zinc, we need to get our daily intake of zinc from zinc-containing foods or dietary supplements. Zinc is also present in homeopathic medications such as Zicam® cold remedies, which are used for the treatment of colds and the relief of cold symptoms such as sore throat, runny nose, cough and congestion.
Studies on zinc lozenges have shown that taking zinc lozenges reduces the duration of cold symptoms.2 A recent review of more than 25 years of research on the use of zinc for colds concluded that zinc shortens the duration of the common cold. This review, conducted by the U.S. Cochrane Center, looked at 15 studies involving more than 1,300 participants and found that taking zinc within 24 hours of the first signs of a cold reduced cold duration. In addition, people who used zinc had less severe symptoms.
While studied for many years, the exact mechanism of action by which zinc works to shorten the common cold is unknown. There are several leading theories. Most colds are caused by a type of virus called rhinovirus, a family of more than 100 viruses which can multiply in the upper respiratory system (the nasal passages and throat). Cold symptoms typically last about 7-10 days. Research on zinc's effect on the immune system suggests that zinc interferes with the ability of rhinovirus to multiply. Zinc may also prevent cold viruses from attaching to cells in the lining of the nose and throat.
Evidence suggests that cold-shortening results may vary depending on the specific zinc formulation used and how it is administered.* Zinc gluconate and zinc acetate seem to be better than other forms of zinc for shortening colds. Zinc lozenges and other delivery methods that allow zinc to stay in the throat where the cold virus lives may be the most effective for easing cold symptoms. The effectiveness of zinc in shortening the duration of cold also relies on regular and frequent dosing during the cold. The proprietary zinc formulation in Zicam® oral cold remedies has been clinically proven* to shorten colds.
WedMD. Cold, Flu & Cough Health Center – Zinc for Colds: Lozenges & Nasal Sprays. Available at http://www.webmd.com/cold-and-flu/cold-guide/zinc-lozenges-cold-remedy. Accessed July 17, 2014.
National Institutes of Health Office of Dietary Supplements. Zinc Fact Sheet for Health Professionals. Available at http://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/Zinc-HealthProfessional/. Accessed July 16, 2014.


We believe in being transparent in the environmental impact that our products have. Toward this goal we took the time to audit our supply chain and the methods that we use to manufacture & sell our products to ensure that we take full responsibility for the entire lifecycle. We will continue to update this page as we assess our impact.
We used the Economic Input-Output Life Cycle Assessment (EIO-LCA) model using internal sales numbers to estimate approximate impacts of five ares: (1) Greenhouse gas emissions; (2) Criteria air pollutants; (3) Water withdrawals; (4) Land Transformation; and (5) Toxic releases (coming soon). This approach to environmental impact assessment provides a general ball-park range of environmental impact and can has a number of uncertainties. However this approach provides a good "first-cut" analysis.
In 2017, we generated around 6.4 tons of CO2 equivalent from the manufacturing and sales of our products - this is the equivalent of burning 650 gallons of gasoline. The release of greenhouse gas emissions from human activities are the primary and single most important driver of climate change. These emissions was driven by our line of technical trucker hats & shirts. Shipping materials & postage combined represents the third largest source of emissions. The number of sales drives all of these numbers.
Air pollution can have damaging effects on the environment and human health. Unlike greenhouse gas emissions, these pollutants are often localized to the areas where they are released. The largest source of our emissions was driven by our technical trucker hats, shirts, and shipping.
Each step of manufacturing, from base materials to a finished product, uses water. Withdrawals mean that water is used and then returned to its source. These withdrawals can change the temperature of the water or introduce pollutants that can harm ecosystems. In total our products and their shipment resulted in around 200,000 gallons of water - this is about 1/3 of an olympic sized swimming pool.
Transformation of land for the use of land for crops, for example, and other activities that support the manufacture of our products can alter biochemical, hydrological, cycles, and can affect the climate system. Our products led to the transformation of about 0.001 hectare of land - about 100 square feet.
The amount of toxic releases from our products was small however as we scale our business this will be critical to track. The process of dyeing & screen printing our products is a significant source of these emissions.
You can't change what you aren't measuring - we knew our products had an impact despite our best efforts to ensure we provided ones with the lowest impact. We believe that this is an important step for all companies to take if they truly care about the environment.
Continue to sell 100% organic cotton products.
Transition to manufacturers who use Oeko-Tex Standard 100 dyes.
Continue to sell high quality products, that last longer, at an affordable price. The most sustainable NativesOutdoors product is the one in your closet.
Begin trial program to purchase back old NativesOutdoor clothing for recycling or resale.
Provide educational material about clothes washing to minimize undo wear on products.
Obtain certification from 1% For The Planet.
Ensuring that events we hold are STOKE Certified.
Matthews, H. S. (1999). The external costs of air pollution and the environmental impact of the consumer in the US economy. Unpublished Ph. D. dissertation. Graduate School of Industrial Administration: Pittsburgh, PA.


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A second senior official hopped in at the end of the call after significant audio issues from the first official to reiterate that the US has "seen and felt and been encouraged by growing convergence" among the group in Cornwall this week, and that there is a sense that the G7 has a "strong common foundation" on its approach to China, broadly suggesting that they have "reached consensus on a number of points that are reflective of that shared approach."
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package com.kimbrelk.da.oauth2.struct;

import com.kimbrelk.da.util.Util;
import java.util.Date;
import org.json.JSONArray;
import org.json.JSONException;
import org.json.JSONObject;

public final class DeviationMetadata {
	private boolean mAllowsComments;
	private User mAuthor;
	private Camera mCamera;
	private SimpleFolder[] mCollections;
	private String mDescription;
	private boolean mIsFavourited;
	private boolean mIsWatching;
	private String mLicense;
	private String mPrintId;
	private Stats mStats;
	private Submission mSubmission;
	private Tag[] mTags;
	private String mTitle;
	private String mId;

	public DeviationMetadata(JSONObject json) throws JSONException {
		mAllowsComments = json.getBoolean("allows_comments");
		mAuthor = new User(json.getJSONObject("author"));
		if (json.has("camera")) {
			mCamera = new Camera(json.getJSONObject("camera"));
		}
		if (json.has("collections")) {
			JSONArray jsonCollections = json.getJSONArray("collections");
			mCollections = new SimpleFolder[jsonCollections.length()];
			for(int a=0; a<mCollections.length; a++) {
				mCollections[a] = new SimpleFolder(jsonCollections.getJSONObject(a));
			}
		}
		mDescription = json.getString("description");
		mId = json.getString("deviationid");
		mIsFavourited = json.getBoolean("is_favourited");
		mIsWatching = json.getBoolean("is_watching");
		mLicense = json.getString("license");
		mPrintId = json.optString("printid");
		if (json.has("stats")) {
			mStats = new Stats(json.getJSONObject("stats"));
		}
		if (json.has("submission")) {
			mSubmission = new Submission(json.getJSONObject("submission"));
		}
		JSONArray jsonTags = json.getJSONArray("tags");
		mTags = new Tag[jsonTags.length()];
		for(int a=0; a<mTags.length; a++) {
			mTags[a] = new Tag(jsonTags.getJSONObject(a));
		}
		mTitle = json.getString("title");
	}

	public final boolean allowsComments() {
		return mAllowsComments;
	}

	public final boolean isFavourited() {
		return mIsFavourited;
	}
	public final boolean isWatching() {
		return mIsWatching;
	}

	public final User getAuthor() {
		return mAuthor;
	}
	public final Camera getCamera() {
		return mCamera;
	}
	public final String getDescription() {
		return mDescription;
	}
	public final String getId() {
		return mId;
	}
	public final String getLicense() {
		return mLicense;
	}
	public final String getPrintId() {
		return mPrintId;
	}
	public final Stats getStats() {
		return mStats;
	}
	public final Submission getSubmission() {
		return mSubmission;
	}
	public final Tag[] getTags() {
		return mTags;
	}
	public final String getTitle() {
		return mTitle;
	}

	public final class App {
		private String mName;
		private String mURL;

		public App(JSONObject json) throws JSONException {
			mName = json.getString("app");
			mURL = json.getString("url");
		}

		public final String getName() {
			return mName;
		}
		public final String getURL() {
			return mURL;
		}
	}
	public final class Camera {

		public Camera(JSONObject json) throws JSONException {
			// TODO
		}
	}
	public final class Stats {
		private int mComments;
		private int mDownloads;
		private int mDownloadsToday;
		private int mFavourites;
		private int mViews;
		private int mViewsToday;

		public Stats(JSONObject json) throws JSONException {
			mComments = json.getInt("comments");
			mDownloads = json.getInt("downloads");
			mDownloadsToday = json.getInt("downloads_today");
			mFavourites = json.getInt("favourites");
			mViews = json.getInt("views");
			mViewsToday = json.getInt("views_today");
		}

		public final int getComments() {
			return mComments;
		}
		public final int getDownloads() {
			return mDownloads;
		}
		public final int getDownloadsToday() {
			return mDownloadsToday;
		}
		public final int getFavourites() {
			return mFavourites;
		}
		public final int getViews() {
			return mViews;
		}
		public final int getViewsToday() {
			return mViewsToday;
		}
	}
	public final class Submission {
		private String mCategory;
		private Date mCreationTime;
		private String mFileSize;
		private String mResolution;
		private App mSubmittedWith;

		public Submission(JSONObject json) throws JSONException {
			mCategory = json.getString("category");
			mCreationTime = Util.stringToDate(json.getString("creation_time"));
			if (json.has("file_size")) {
				mFileSize = json.getString("file_size");
			}
			if (json.has("resolution")) {
				mResolution = json.getString("resolution");
			}
			mSubmittedWith = new App(json.getJSONObject("submitted_with"));
		}

		public final String getCategory() {
			return mCategory;
		}
		public final Date getCreationTime() {
			return mCreationTime;
		}
		public final String getFileSize() {
			return mFileSize;
		}
		public final String getResolution() {
			return mResolution;
		}
		public final App getSubmitionApp() {
			return mSubmittedWith;
		}
	}
}


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Die Lamprophiidae sind eine in Afrika, im Nahen Osten und auf dem Indischen Subkontinent vorkommende Familie kleiner, natternartiger Schlangen.

Merkmale
Bei den Lamprophiidae handelt es sich durchweg um kleine bis mittelgroße, natternartige Schlangen. Die Familie umfasst Gattungen aus der ehemals paraphyletischen Familie der Nattern (Colubridae) die näher mit den Giftnattern (Elapidae) verwandt sind als mit den Nattern. Die nahe Verwandtschaft und Abtrennung dieser Unterfamilien und Gattungen von den Nattern gründet sich auf molekularbiologische Untersuchungen und wird nur durch wenige morphologische Merkmale gestützt.

Diagnostisches Merkmal der Lamprophiidae sind die dornartigen Hautverknöcherungen der Hemipenis, die in Querreihen stehen und basal mit rüschenartigem Gewebe verbunden sind. Das Merkmal ist bei einigen Taxa, wie der Gattung Bothrolycus nur wenig entwickelt. Außerdem ist der Sulcus spermaticus, eine Rinne an der Innenseite des Hemipenis, in der bei der Kopulation die Spermien in die weibliche Kloake geleitet werden auf eine besondere Weise geformt. Der Sulcus spermaticus der Lamprophiidae teilt sich auf dem mittleren Abschnitt des Hemipenis.

Systematik
In der Familie Lamprophiidae gibt es 86 Arten in fünfzehn Gattungen:

 Boaedon ,  & , 1854
 Bothrolycus , 1874
 Bothrophthalmus , 1863
 Chamaelycus , 1919
 Dendrolycus , 1956
 Gonionotophis , 1893
 Schwarze Feilenschlange (Gracililima nyassae , 1888)
 Hormonotus , 1857
 Swasiland-Hausschlange (Inyoka  & , 2011)
 Lamprophis , 1843
 Limaformosa
 Lycodonomorphus , 1843
 Lycophidion , 1843
 Mehelya , 1939
 Montaspis gilvomaculata , 1991
 Pseudoboodon , 1897

Zu den Lamprophiidae gehörten ursprünglich 7 Unterfamilien, heute aber nur noch die Arten und Gattungen der ehemaligen Unterfamilie Lamprophiinae. Die Aparallactinae und Atractaspidinae gehören heute zur Familie der Erdvipern (Atractaspididae). Die Unterfamilien Psammophiinae, Prosymninae, Pseudaspidinae und Pseudoxyrhophiidae haben jetzt den Status eigenständiger Familien.

Das folgende Kladogramm zeigt die systematische Stellung der Lamprophiidae und ihrer ehemaligen Unterfamilien.

Einzelnachweise

Weblinks

Lamprophiidae (Familie)

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Table 12.1 shows data for 167 identical turbine parts provided by Nelson (1982, p. 415). The parts were inspected at certain times to determine which parts had cracked since the last inspection. The times at which parts develop cracks are to be fitted with a Weibull distribution.
Table 12.1 shows the time in months of each inspection period and the number of cracked parts found in each period. These data are said to be interval censored since only the time interval in which failures occurred is known, not the exact failure times. Seventy-three parts had not cracked at the last inspection, which took place at 63.48 months. These 73 lifetimes are right censored, since the lifetimes are known only to be greater than 63.48 months.
The variable Time is the inspection time—that is, the upper endpoint of each interval. The variable Units is the number of unfailed units at the beginning of each interval, and the variable Fail is the number of units with cracks at the inspection time.
The FREQ statement specifies that the variable Fail provides the number of failures in each interval. The NENTER statement specifies that the variable Units provides the number of unfailed units at the beginning of each interval. The DISTRIBUTION statement specifies that the Weibull distribution be used for parameter estimation and probability plotting. The PROBPLOT statement requests a probability plot of the data.
The PROBPLOT statement option READOUT indicates that the data in the CRACKS data set are readout (or interval) data. The option PCONFPLT specifies that confidence intervals for the cumulative probability of failure be plotted. The confidence intervals for the cumulative probability are based on the binomial distribution for time intervals until right censoring occurs. For time intervals after right censoring occurs, the binomial distribution is not valid, and a normal approximation is used to compute confidence intervals.
The option NOCONF suppresses the display of confidence intervals for distribution percentiles in the probability plot.
A listing of the tabular output produced by the preceding SAS statements is shown in Figure 12.13 and Figure 12.14. By default, the specified Weibull distribution is fitted by maximum likelihood. The line plotted on the probability plot and the tabular output summarize this fit. For interval data, the estimated cumulative probabilities and associated confidence intervals are tabulated. In addition, general fit information, parameter estimates, percentile estimates, standard errors, and confidence intervals are tabulated.
In this example, the number of unfailed units at the beginning of an interval minus the number failing in the interval is equal to the number of unfailed units entering the next interval. This is not always the case since some unfailed units might be removed from the test at the end of an interval; that is, they might be right censored. The special structure of the input SAS data set required for interval data enables the RELIABILITY procedure to analyze this more general case.


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Q: Multiple Users in Yii I created a website , this website has a backend with the usual login / logout, my website also has this feature for the registered clients, however Yii is taking the same user for the website and for the backend.
If I sign out from the backend it also sign me out from the website, how can I have multiple users so this won't happen?

A: You just assign roles to users. Then you do RBAC and let those qualified (admin group) to have access to the backend, while clients not.

A: If you are authenticating with Yii, that authenticated user will be the current user everywhere in Yii until you log out and someone else does.

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There is a light at the end of the Loudoe.
The Loudoe state of mind finds a familiar glimmer on unknown pages, from galaxies reflected in car rooftops to hazy horizons that evoke evening thoughts, like looking through a prism. It is noticing movements and vibrations, and seeing how objects are illuminated to project their inner magnetism.


The Spyglass Squad is back at Historia, and an exciting year is waiting for them. This time twelve-year-old Arthur Grey is kept busy discovering the real legends and artifacts behind ancient myths. But the most exciting experience is Historia's thrilling olympic games this year. That is, until new mysteries start cropping up. Strange rumors surface on the island of Crete, and a spiteful investor shows up pretending to have help for Historia. Now, Arthur and his friends dig themselves into monstrous trouble while trying to save Historia, and they can't get out alone. But who can—or will—help?


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Carnegie Institution of Washington Department of Embryology
The Carnegie Institution of Washington's (CIW) Embryology Department was opened in 1914 and remains one of six departments in the CIW. The department quickly became, and remains, world renowned for its many embryonic development discoveries. In 1913 Franklin P. Mall, Professor of Anatomy at Johns Hopkins Medical School, applied for a Carnegie grant to support his research with human embryos. Mall had a collection of over 800 human embryo specimens and was at the point of wanting to do more than just collect.
Subject: Organizations
Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA)
Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) is located outside the nucleus in the liquid portion of the cell (cytoplasm) inside cellular organelles called Mitochondria. Mitochondria are located in all complex or eukaryotic cells, including plant, animal, fungi, and single celled protists, which contain their own mtDNA genome. In animals with a backbone, or vertebrates, mtDNA is a double stranded, circular molecule that forms a circular genome, which ranges in size from sixteen to eighteen kilo-base pairs, depending on species. Each mitochondrion in a cell can have multiple copies of the mtDNA genome.
Subject: Theories
Henrietta Lacks (1920–1951)
Henrietta Lacks, born Loretta Pleasant, had terminal cervical cancer in 1951, and was diagnosed at The Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, where researchers collected and stored her cancer cells. Those cells went on to become the first immortal human cell line, which the researchers named HeLa. An immortal cell line is an atypical cluster of cells that continuously multiply on their own outside of the organism from which they came, often due to a mutation.
Subject: People, Ethics
Robert Lanza (1956- )
During the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, Robert Paul Lanza studied embryonic stem cells, tissues,
and endangered species as chief scientific officer of Advanced Cell
Technology, Incorporated in Worcester, Massachusetts. Lanza's team cloned
the endangered species of gaur Bos gaurus.
Although the gaur did not survive long, Lanza successfully cloned
another cow-like creature, called the banteng
(Bos
javanicus). Lanza also worked on cloning human embryos
to harvest stem cells, which could be used to treat dieases. While
The Y-Chromosome in Animals
The Y-chromosome is one of a pair of chromosomes that determine the genetic sex of individuals in mammals, some insects, and some plants. In the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, the development of new microscopic and molecular techniques, including DNA sequencing, enabled scientists to confirm the hypothesis that chromosomes determine the sex of developing organisms. In an adult organism, the genes on the Y-chromosome help produce the male gamete, the sperm cell. Beginning in the 1980s, many studies of human populations used the Y-chromosome gene sequences to trace paternal lineages.
Subject: Reproduction, Theories
Sex-determining Region Y in Mammals
The Sex-determining Region Y (Sry in mammals but SRY in humans) is a gene found on Y chromosomes that leads to the development of male phenotypes, such as testes. The Sry gene, located on the short branch of the Y chromosome, initiates male embryonic development in the XY sex determination system. The Sry gene follows the central dogma of molecular biology; the DNA encoding the gene is transcribed into messenger RNA, which then produces a single Sry protein.
Subject: Processes
George W. Bush Executive Order 13455, June 2007
On 20 January 2001, Republican George W. Bush was sworn in as the forty-third president of the United States, replacing Democrat William J. Clinton. During his eight years in office, Bush issued many executive orders, often altering previous policy. By signing Order 13435 on 22 June 2007, he changed how stem cell research would be performed in America.
Cerebral Organoid as a Model System in the Study of Microcephaly
Scientists use cerebral organoids, which are artificially produced miniature organs that represent embryonic or fetal brains and have many properties similar to them, to help them study developmental disorders like microcephaly. In human embryos, cerebral tissue in the form of neuroectoderm appears within the first nine weeks of human development, and it gives rise to the brain and spinal cord.
Test-Tube Baby
A test-tube baby is the product of a successful human reproduction that results from methods beyond sexual intercourse between a man and a woman and instead utilizes medical intervention that manipulates both the egg and sperm cells for successful fertilization. The term was originally used to refer to the babies born from the earliest applications of artificial insemination and has now been expanded to refer to children born through the use of in vitro fertilization, the practice of fertilizing an embryo outside of a woman's body.
Subject: Processes, Ethics, Reproduction
Barack Obama Executive Order 13505, November 2008
On 20 November 2009 Democrat Barack Obama replaced Republican George W. Bush as president of the United States. Obama soon initiated changes to Bush's 2001 executive order concerning scientific research involving human stem cells. Stem cell research remains a controversial issue in the US. Some individuals consider it immoral to experiment with an embryo because they regard embryos as human beings from the moment of conception, while others believe stem cell research could lead to great scientific advancements.
Carl Gottfried Hartman (1879-1968)
Carl Gottfried Hartman researched the reproductive physiology of opossums and rhesus monkeys. He was the first to extensively study the embryology and physiology of reproduction in opossums when little was known about this mammal. Hartman worked in Texas where opossums, the only marsupial that lives in North America, were abundant. The female opossum delivers her fetal opossums in her pouch, where one can easily observe their development. After studying opossums for thirteen years, Hartman investigated the reproductive physiology of rhesus monkeys, also known as macaques.
Jeffrey Weinzweig's Experiments on In Utero Cleft Palate Repair in Goats (1999-2002)
Jeffrey Weinzweig and his team, in the US at the turn of the twenty-first century, performed a series of experiments on fetal goats to study the feasibility of repairing cleft palates on organisms still in the womb. Weinzweig , a plastic surgeon who specialized in cleft palate repair, and his team developed a method to cause cleft palates in fetal goats that are similar to clefts that occur in human fetuses. Using their goat congenital model, the team developed a method to repair a congenital cleft palate in utero, or in the womb.
Subject: Experiments, Disorders
Gail Roberta Martin (1944– )
In the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, Gail Roberta Martin specialized in biochemistry and embryology, more specifically cellular communication and the development of organs. In 1981, she named any cell taken from inside a human embryo at the blastocyst stage an "embryonic stem cell". During development, an embryo goes through the blastocyst stage just before it implants in the uterus. Embryonic stem cells are useful for experiments because they are self-renewing and able to develop into almost any cell type in the body.
Nicolaas Hartsoeker (1656-1725)
Nicolaas Hartsoeker, a Dutch astronomer, optics manufacturer, and naturalist, was born 26 March 1656 in Gouda, Netherlands, and died 10 December 1725. His mother was Anna van der Mey and his father was Christiaan Hartsoeker, a prominent evangelical minister. His major contribution to embryology was his observations of human sperm cells, which he claimed to be the first to see under a microscope. His sketch of the homunculus, a tiny preformed human he believed to exist in the head of spermatazoa, is his lasting scientific legacy in the field of embryology.
Golden Rice was engineered from normal rice by Ingo Potrykus and Peter Beyer in the 1990s to help improve human health. Golden Rice has an engineered multi-gene biochemical pathway in its genome. This pathway produces beta-carotene, a molecule that becomes vitamin A when metabolized by humans. Ingo Potrykus worked at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, Switzerland, and Peter Beyer worked at University of Freiburg, in Freiburg, Germany. The US Rockefeller Foundation supported their collaboration.
Subject: Organisms, Legal
James William Kitching (1922-2003)
James William Kitching collected and studied fossils of dinosaurs and early humans in the twentieth century. He worked at the Bernard Price Institute for Paleontological Research in South Africa. During the fifty-three years he worked at the institute, Kitching spent eighteen of those in the field uncovering fossils. Kitching recovered fossils of early human ancestors, later called Australopithecines, as well as fossils of dinosaurs and ancient mammals. When he died in 2003, the Bernard Price Institute housed one of the largest fossil collections in the southern hemisphere.
A plant genetically modified that accumulates Pb is especially promising for phytoremediation (2003), by Carmina Gisbert et al.
In 2003, Carmina Gisbert and her research team produced a tobacco plant that could remove lead from soil. To do so, they inserted a gene from wheat plants that produces phytochelatin synthase into a shrub tobacco plant (Nicotiana glauca) to increase N. glauca's absorption and tolerance of toxic metals, particularly lead and cadmium. Gisbert and her team aimed to genetically modify a plant so that it could be used for phytoremediation- using plants to remove toxic substances from the soil.
Subject: Experiments, Technologies
Edward Charles Dodds (1899-1973)
Edward Charles Dodds researched the function and effects of natural and artificial hormones on the endocrine system in England during the twentieth century. Though he first worked with hormones such as insulin, Dodds focused on the effects of estrogen in the body and how to replicate those effects with artificial substances. In 1938, along with chemist Robert Robinson, Dodds synthesized the first synthetic estrogen called diethylstilbestrol.
David Hunter Hubel (1926–2013)
David Hunter Hubel studied the development of the visual system and how the brain processes visual information in the US during the twentieth century. He performed multiple experiments with kittens in which he sewed kitten's eyes shut for varying periods of time and monitored their vision after reopening them. Hubel, along with colleague Torsten Wiesel, received the 1981 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for that research.
Howard Wilber Jones Jr.
Howard Wilber Jones Jr. and his wife, Georgeanna Seegar Jones, developed a method of in vitro fertilization and helped create the first baby in the US using that method. Though the first in vitro baby was born in England in 1978, Jones and his wife's contribution allowed for the birth of Elizabeth Carr on 28 December 1981. Jones, a gynecologist and an obstetrician, researched human reproduction for most of his life.
Dissertation: A Quadruple-Based Text Analysis System for History and Philosophy of Science
Computational tools in the digital humanities often either work on the macro-scale, enabling researchers to analyze huge amounts of data, or on the micro-scale, supporting scholars in the interpretation and analysis of individual documents. The proposed research system that was developed in the context of this dissertation, known as the Quadriga System, works to bridge these two extremes by offering tools to support close reading and interpretation of texts, while at the same time providing a means for collaboration and data collection that could lead to analyses based on big datasets.
Format: Essays and Theses
Subject: Outreach
Humanae Vitae (1968), by Pope Paul VI
The "Humanae Vitae," meaning "Of Human Life" and subtitled "On the Regulation of Birth," was an encyclical promulgated in Rome, Italy, on 25 July 1968 by Pope Paul VI. This encyclical defended and reiterated the Roman Catholic Church's stance on family planning and reproductive issues such as abortion, sterilization, and contraception. The document continues to have a controversial reputation today, as its statements regarding birth control strike many Catholics as unreasonable.
Subject: Religion, Reproduction
Anencephaly is an open neural tube defect, meaning that part of the neural tube does not properly close or that it has reopened during early embryogenesis. An embryo with anencephaly develops without the top of the skull, but retains a partial skull, including the face. Anencephaly is one of the most common birth defects of the neural tube, occurring at a rate of approximately one in one thousand human pregnancies. The condition can be caused by environmental exposure to chemicals, dietary deficiencies, or genetic mutations.
Subject: Disorders, Reproduction


Despite improvements in high school graduation rates and college matriculation rates for Illinois students, college completion rates have remained flat and achievement gaps between groups have persisted or widened. Differences in degree completion rates between racial or socioeconomic groups within a single institution are often at least 10-20 percentage points and sometimes as high as 30-35 percentage points. Our colleges and universities are not serving all students equitably.
In October 2018, the Partnership launched the Illinois Equity in Attainment Initiative (ILEA), our signature effort to galvanize direct and urgent action with a group of approximately 25 two-year and four-year, public and private non-profit colleges and universities across the state. These institutions will publicly commit to the PCC's goal to eliminate racial and socioeconomic achievement gaps by 2025 and aggressively prioritize increasing completion rates on their campuses.
Click here to download our ILEA fact sheet and About ILEA documents.
In joining the Illinois Equity in Achievement Initiative, member institutions are asked to adhere to a core set of beliefs that will guide our collaborative efforts, make institutional commitments that will propel the work forward on their campuses, all while receiving support from the Partnership and each other.


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Eva Chen to Leave 'Lucky'
Chen announced Thursday that she is leaving the brand to spend time with her family.
Eva Chen in April. Photo: Cindy Ord/Getty Images Entertainment
When Condé Nast announced last August that Lucky magazine would be spun off as a separate company with e-commerce startup Beachmint, many believed Lucky's days in print — and Editor in Chief Eva Chen's days with the brand — were numbered.
That day has already come. Chen confirmed on Twitter Thursday that she is leaving the Lucky Group sometime in the next few months to "spend some time with [her] family," noting that it was an "intensely personal/difficult decision."
News of Chen's impending departure was first reported by WWD. Citing unnamed sources, the trade also said that Lucky is planning to shut down its print operations and go all-digital, and that several investment groups in Silicon Valley have expressed interest in acquiring the Lucky Group's remaining assets. Gillian Gorman Round, president of the Lucky Group, is also expected to depart, WWD reported.
A spokesperson for the Lucky Group told Fashionista that there was no further news to share at this time.
The news follows Condé Nast's announcement that the jewel of its digital portfolio, Style.com, is being relaunched as an e-commerce site this fall. (The existing site will continue in a reduced capacity at voguerunway.com, and several prominent members of its staff have already been laid off.)
Lucky launched its content-meets-commerce venture, Lucky Shops, in February. It's largely an editorial site with an e-commerce component, running lifestyle and shopping-focused stories like "19 Surprisingly Sophisticated Rompers" in one section, and selling goods from contemporary brands like Opening Ceremony and Tibi in another. (Many items listed on the site come from Lucky's own inventory, supplemented by "shop-in-shops" and affiliate links to other e-commerce sites.) Since launch, Chen has remarked repeatedly that the site has beat its sales forecasts.
Even if the site was surpassing projections, it was clear from the dwindling number of ad pages that Lucky the magazine was not. In recent months, many prominent members of Lucky's staff have been let go or transferred elsewhere at Condé Nast. Given Chen's star power and her close relationship with Anna Wintour, however, we imagine Condé Nast will make every effort to keep her at the company.
This story was updated with Eva Chen's confirmation of her departure and a statement from a Lucky Group spokesperson.
Eva ChenConde NastGillian Gorman Round
Eva Chen Discusses the Possibility of E-Commerce at Lucky
Could Eva Chen be the first editor to successfully bring e-commerce to a fashion mag?
By Tyler McCall
Eva Chen: How I Shop
The 'Lucky' editor in chief discusses her high/low approach to dressing, the best way to shop a sample sale and how she plans her outfits for fashion week.
By Lauren Indvik
Eva Chen Named Editor in Chief of Lucky Magazine
Major editorial shakeups are happening at Lucky magazine: editor in chief Brandon Holley is out, and former Teen Vogue beauty director Eva Chen has been named as her replacement.
'Lucky' Launches Lucky Shops, Its New E-commerce Venture
We got an exclusive first look at Lucky's content-meets-commerce site, launching Monday.


Preheat oven to 500 degrees Wash and drain broccoli. Pat dry. Cut into florets. In a large bowl, toss the broccoli with the oil and salt and pepper to taste. Arrange florets in a single layer on a baking sheet and roast, turning once, for 12 minutes, or until just tender. Transfer broccoli to a serving bowl. Toss with butter and season with salt and pepper.


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import { expect } from 'chai';
import * as Ast from '../../../../client/scripts/arcademode/assert-ast';

const acorn = require('acorn');

const parseOpts = {
};

const codeFuncX = `
function x() {
  var localFunc = function() {};
  this.s1 = [];
  this.s2 = [];
  this.func = function() {};
}
`;

const codeClassY = `
class Y {
  constructor() {
    this.v1 = [];
    this.v2 = {};
    this.v3 = function tt() {this.vv4 = [];};
  }

  doStuff() { }

}
`;

const codeXAndY = `${codeFuncX}\n${codeClassY}`;

describe('AssertAst', () => {
  it('Extracts declared var names from ast', () => {
    const ast = acorn.parse('let xxx = "abcd";', parseOpts);
    const varNames = Ast.getVarNames(ast);
    expect(varNames).to.have.length(1);
    expect(varNames[0]).to.equal('xxx');
  });

  it('checks that only given variables are declared', () => {
    const ast = acorn.parse(codeFuncX, parseOpts);
    const varNames = Ast.getThisVarNames(ast);
    expect(varNames).to.have.length(3);
    expect(varNames).to.include('s1');
    expect(varNames).to.include('s2');
    expect(varNames).to.include('func');
  });

  it('extracts all called functions', () => {
    const ast = acorn.parse('this[kkk](); this.prop["xxx"].yyy(test); this.func = function() {}; this.func(); let a = [].sort();', parseOpts);
    const funcCalls = Ast.getMemberFuncCalls(ast);
    expect(funcCalls).to.have.length(4);
    expect(funcCalls).to.include('sort');
    expect(funcCalls).to.include('yyy');
  });

  it('extracts this members from a class', () => {
    const ast = acorn.parse(codeClassY, parseOpts);
    const varNames = Ast.getThisVarNames(ast);
    expect(varNames).to.have.length(4);
  });

  it('works for mixed/class function styles', () => {
    const ast = acorn.parse(codeXAndY, parseOpts);
    const varNames = Ast.getThisVarNames(ast);
    expect(varNames).to.have.length(7);
  });
});


What does the consortium mean to you?
We all gather, process, and analyze information differently. We all learn in different ways. Some of this is a result of how we were brought up. Are we digital natives, having grown up in a world that has always had cellphones? Are we digital immigrants who placed calls on rotary phones and haven't yet quite figured out how to Snapchat, and wonder why we would even want to anyway? Are we extroverts jumping into conversations or introverts hanging back waiting to be asked our opinions? As educators and people accrediting educational programs, how well do handle these different styles of learning?
My family spent months and many cross-country phone calls figuring out our summer vacation in Maine… Lots of discussion about how to spend our time, what we could give up and what we couldn't give up. Over the months, we worked out the broad strokes and then the details fell into place. Just this past weekend we were still tweaking the final plans.
Today, it occurred to me that next year we should use concept mapping to facilitate the planning process. Concept mapping is an approach used in education, design, engineering, business development and technical writing to visualize knowledge and concepts. It is a graphical method for defining components and capturing relationships. Concept mapping is a visual teaching/learning technique where nodes representing information are drawn and then connected. It is a really effective mechanism for planning and problem solving. Read more to see how you could use it in designing or refining your training program.
In order to answer questions about the effectiveness of training – Where is the program working? Where does it need to be changed? – the curriculum and the evaluation/assessment measures need to be mapped onto each other. The Oakland A's did it beautifully. When curriculum and evaluation are integrated, transformation can occur.
One practical method for integrating curriculum and evaluation is to "crosswalk" between the two – pairing every curriculum component with specific evaluation or assessment measures. Let's work our way through the process.
Continuing the baking theme from the last curriculum blog – Have you ever watched The Great British Bake Off (GBBO) on PBS? It is an annual 10-week competition where harried amateur bakers demonstrate their craftsmanship with cakes, breads, pastries and desserts. There is running commentary by comedians as the contestants have meltdowns and stunning success. There are experts judges giving unsparing critiques. It is evaluation and assessment in action.
The GBBO will serve as a launching pad for a discussion about the characteristics of good evaluation and assessment plans. We'll address the importance of linking the plans with the elements of Standard 3 (Evaluation). We'll conclude with examples of resources on the web that provide step-by-step guidance in developing evaluation plans.
Almost every day there is something in the news about the upcoming Olympics. Will sanctions be applied? Is the water safe for sailing? How much of a threat is Zika? What these questions have in common is that specific data has been gathered and analyzed, then conclusions have been drawn. Evaluation has occurred.
As I listened to the news reports and watched some of the trials for the national US national Olympic team, I had a flashback to my freshman year in college. I was a novice member of a high-powered swim team. That year, I had my own 'up close and personal' experience with the importance of targeted, rigorous assessment and evaluation. Slow swimmers can serve a purpose. They don't move the team forward in the rankings, but they can be highly effective informal mascots and excellent instructors!


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Japan stun four-time champion Germany in second shock of Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup
Japan beats Germany in FIFA WC 2022
Substitute Takuma Asano scored an 83rd-minute winner as Japan stunned four-time world champions Germany 2-1 in their opening match of the World Cup 2022 at Khalifa International Stadium in Doha on Wednesday.
The Asian giants, co-host of the 2002 World Cup, came from behind to beat their famed European rivals and pull off the second shock of the tournament for the second successive day.
On Tuesday, two-time champions Argentina had succumbed to an identical 2-1 loss against Saudi Arabia, who are popularly known as the Green Falcons.
Incidentally, in Tuesday's match Argentina had started the goal scoring in the first half through a penalty and on Wednesday, Germany also led through Ilkay Gundogan's 33rd-minute penalty but the Samurai Blue struck two late goals through Ritsu Doan in the 75th and Asano to register their first win in 26 meetings against the former winners, for whom the last title came in 2014.
Japan, who have set a target of qualifying for the last-eight stage of the tournament, were forced to play second fiddle to their more renowned opponents but bounced back in the second half with vigour to pierce through the heart of the German defense.
Coach Hajime Moriyasu has some bitter memories of Qatar, as a player as he was part of the Japan team which missed out on the chance to qualify for the 1994 World Cup finals as they were within seconds of reaching their first finals only to concede a stoppage-time equalizer to Iraq which sent arch-rivals South Korea through instead.
That crushing moment is known as the "Agony of Doha" but while Japan's biggest football setback may never be forgotten, the Samurai Blue are determined to reverse their fortunes and make Qatar the stage for their best World Cup performance.
Japan have since then put the 1994 set behind them and since debuting in 1998 have qualified for seven successive World Cup tournaments and a last-eight finish is finally within Japan's reach despite featuring in a tough group feels Moriyasu, which he has reiterated time-to-time ahead of their opening match.
Wednesday's shock win has since given Moriyasu last-eight target a big boost, with the master tactician playing his cards well in the high voltage match. His changes at half-time and during the second half turned the game around.
Going into the match Japan players had decent knowledge of German players as eight of them are based in the German Bundesliga but do not take anything away from Japan players.
Incidentally, both scorers play in the German Bundesliga, at Freiburg and Bochum respectively, and it was also the first time Japan came back from a 1-0 deficit in a World Cup game to win their match.
Germany on their part lost a World Cup match after a half-time lead for the first time since 1978, against Austria.
Last time this happened, Lothar Matthaus put Germany ahead and Hristo Stoichkov and Yordan Letchkov gave Bulgaria victory and a semi-finals berth in July 1994.
Japan were the first to have a close look at the rival when Daizen Maeda scored but was pulled and thereafter Nico Schlotterbeck lost possession but the Germans were lucky that nothing came out of it.
After the two early surges, the Germans took control over the proceedings, with talented teenager Jamal Musiala calling the shots.
It was not long before, the Germans tasted success on the goal front.
A move initiated by Joshua Kimmich saw unmarked David Raum in the clear who was brought down by goalkeeper Shuichi Gonda. Of the resultant spot kick Gundogan converted from the spot by sending the keeper the wrong way.
Thereafter Kai Havertz goal at the stroke of half-time was ruled offside and Gundogan effort hit the outside right post on the hour.
The Germans had so much control in the first half and one couldn't see them losing this game after 60 minutes' but everything changed in a few minutes' time into the second half, thanks in a large measure to coach Moriyasu. The changed tactics worked as Japan became more pronounced in the German half.
But Germany had their chances to take the game away from Japan but it was not to be, as in the 70th minute as keeper Gonda rose to the occasion to deny substitute Jonas Hofmann and thereafter Serge Gnabry on two occasions.
At the other end Gonda's opposite number Manuel Neuer denied Junya Ito and of the subsequent rebound Hiroki Sakai firing over the bar.
Three minutes later Neuer defense caved as Doan smashed home a palmed clearance which came his way.
Then came the decisive striker, you may question the Germany defense, but it was a great first touch and finish from the Japan substitute. He took up a long ball, and with Schlotterbeck not challenging him decisively, he fired high into the net at the near post from a tight angle.
Germany threw everything at them in the end, Manuel Neuer even came close to heading in, but they quietly trudged off down the tunnel.
Wednesday's loss means Germany, ranked 11 on the FIFA ranking computer, 13 places above Japan now fear a second straight early group stage exit having suffered a similar fate in Russia.
The 2014 winners lost their 2018 opener 1-0 against Mexico and went on to exit the group stage as title holders and will now face stiff competition to make it to the next stage from the group which also consists of Spain and Costa Rica,
Coach Hansi Flick has got real work on his hands now to get out of this group while Japan are in a wonderful position.