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Does UCSB have architecture?
UCSB does not offer a degree in architecture . However, on the websites of the organizations listed below, students can find information about studying architecture towards a professional career.
What does UC Santa Barbara specialize in?
Majors Actuarial Science . Anthropology. Applied Mathematics. Aquatic Biology. Art. Asian American Studies. Asian Studies. Biochemistry.
Does UC Santa Barbara have kinesiology?
I noticed UCSB , my dream school, doesn't have a kinesiology major, which is kinda prohibitting me from going there, let alone applying there. But i did notice it has an individual major that allows you to pick the classes you want and make your "own" major.
Is UC Santa Barbara a party school?
UCSB is called a " Party School " by most people who know of it. While this stereotype is true to an extent because there is a lot of partying on the weekends in the neighboring collegetown of Isla Vista; it doesn't mean that all students at UCSB party . There are plenty of students here who don't party at all.
How hard is it to get into UCSB?
UC Santa Barbara Acceptance Rate: How Difficult is It to Get In? Gaining entry to UCSB takes hard work and planning. Of the 92,305 students who applied for admission last year, the university accepted just 29,782 for an average admit rate of 32%.
What are the most impacted majors at UCSB?
Currently UCSB has many impacted majors and courses. Important Information:
Computer Science Electrical and Computer Engineering
Communications History
Economics Molecular, Cellular, Develop. Biology
Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology Political Science
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What major is UC Santa Barbara known for?
The most popular majors at University of California–Santa Barbara include: Social Sciences ; Biological and Biomedical Sciences ; Psychology; Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies ; and Mathematics and Statistics . The average freshman retention rate, an indicator of student satisfaction, is 93%.
How far is Santa Barbara from LA?
Distance between Santa Barbara and Los Angeles is 140 kilometers ( 87 miles ). Driving distance from Santa Barbara to Los Angeles is 153 kilometers ( 95 miles ).
What majors is UCSD known for?
The most popular majors at University of California–San Diego include: Biology, General; Mathematics; Economics; International/Global Studies; and Computer Science. The average freshman retention rate, an indicator of student satisfaction, is 94%.
What UC should I apply to?
If you want to be by the beach, you may prefer UCSB, UC Santa Cruz, or UCSD. If you want to be in Northern California, you should consider UC Berkeley, UC Davis, UC Santa Cruz or UC Merced. Furthermore, the campus culture is an important factor for many students.
Does UCSB have a veterinary program?
Veterinary Medicine | Health Sciences – UC Santa Barbara .
Does UCSB have a photography major?
Within the art major , students may choose to emphasize in a specific area of study; painting, drawing, print and book arts, sculpture or spatial studies, photography , performance & video, electronic arts, digital media, and critical theory, or establish an interdisciplinary body of work.
Is it harder to get into UCSB or UCSD?
UCSD is definitely harder to get into and is generally seen as a better academic school. That's probably true. UCSB has a number of Nobel laureates, so that's not too shabby. They're both amazing schools.
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Is Santa Barbara expensive?
Santa Barbara residents spend 29.43% of the median household income on housing costs, and the median monthly rent is $1,496. 5 on the list of the most expensive places to live is San Diego, where residents can expect to pay 29.52% of the area median household income on housing.
What is the top party school in America?
What Are America's Best Party Schools?
1 Tulane University New Orleans, LA
2 University of Delaware Newark, DE
3 University of Georgia Athens, GA
4 West Virginia University Morgantown, WV
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Baked goods manufacturer retrofits their data center with ExpressPod and experiences more efficient management.
A national producer and distributor of baked goods was using expensive hardware to manage its growing database. Flowers needed a more effective way to manage its 48 remote sites.
Using a phased approach, Dynamix implemented a standardized virtualization platform that has the capacity to manage all of its client's facilities remotely. Cisco to NetApp ExpressPod provided an out-of-the-box solution that they could use to seamlessly integrate with their current environment. Dynamix leveraged Cisco Meraki to enable remote setup. And installed software to be the user interface that powers it all.
Dynamix is slated to convert all 48 locations over the next five years. As of August 2014, 15 facilities have been updated, resulting in a 15% reduction of operating costs thus far. As we move forward, the trend is expected to continue.
With fewer than 10 people making up our client's IT department, these upgrades will allow them to focus on higher-level priorities for the company's 15,000 employees.


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Meet Anne Hathaway's Son, The Future King Of Genovia
The 'Princess Diaries' actress finally shares a pic of her nearly 1-year-old child
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Anne Hathaway welcomed her first child with husband Adam Shulman last March, but finally shared a snapshot of her little one on Instagram today (March 9). After taking a hiatus from social media, the Ocean's 8 actress returned with the very first public pic of Jonathan Rosebanks Shulman.
Though we don't get to see the sure-to-be cutie's face, we do get to see just how big he's gotten over the past year. "JRS watching Mommy give her speech at the UN yesterday," Hathaway captioned. Jonathan is totally mesmerized by his mother on the computer — just wait until he's old enough to watch her movies!
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While the fate of The Princess Diaries 3 is still up in the air, should the film ever happen, here's hoping baby Jonathan makes a cameo. He is the rightful heir to the Genovian throne, after all.

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Thanks for swimming by the Disney Parks Moms Panel with your splash-tacular question about Walt Disney World Resort bus transportation.
Erica, you will be thrilled to know that at the present time, there are buses traveling directly to Disney's Animal Kingdom Theme Park from Disney's Blizzard Beach Water Park. In fact, there are buses traveling directly to both Disney's Animal Kingdom Theme Park and Disney's Hollywood Studios.
The bus ride from Disney's Blizzard Beach Water Park to Disney's Animal Kingdom Theme Park is a short one! Last year, we spent the day at Disney's Blizzard Beach Water Park and then hopped over to Disney's Animal Kingdom Theme Park for an early dinner at Tiffins (absolutely amazing!) and a one-of-a-kind viewing of Rivers of Light. It was a truly unforgettable experience -- that's the power of magic!
If you decide to check out Tiffins while at Disney's Animal Kingdom Theme Park, I highly recommend the Grilled Swordfish or the Snake River Farms Wagyu Strip Loin.
Erica, if you have any other questions, please do not hesitate to visit the Moms Panel again. We are all EARS!


Vasiliy Lomachenko's first fight after recovering from surgery figures to be a lightweight title unification fight, according to manager Egis Klimas.
Klimas spoke to ESPN to give an update on the WBA lightweight champion's recovery from shoulder surgery. Klimas also added that the plan is to have Lomachenko fight the winner of the Raymundo Beltran vs. Jose Pedraza fight for the WBO lightweight title on August 25. The manager said he spoke with Top Rank CEO Bob Arum to confirm that is the plan moving forward and that such a title unification would take place on a December Top Rank card on ESPN+.
"He's working with his physical therapist. I think it's healing very good... As far as the future, I just hung up [the phone] with Arum and the plan is Beltran is fighting Pedraza on August 25 and the winner [is] gonna be unifying titles with Lomachenko on December 1," Klimas said.
Before undergoing shoulder surgery, Lomachenko was figured to be fighting Beltran on the August 25 boxing card. Lomachenko won the title back in May at Madison Square Garden when he knocked out then-champion Jorge Linares.
The fight between Beltran and Pedraza will headline a Top Rank world title doubleheader from Arizona. Beltran will be defending his world title for the first time against Pedraza, the current WBO Latino lightweight champion and former super featherweight champion. The other world title fight is Isaac Dogboe defending his WBO super bantamweight title for the first time against Hidenori Otake.


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The long, damp winter chill seemed to finally lift this weekend and just in time for our local Walk MS events. It was a busy weekend and, while I would have rather spent the warming days in the gardens getting at the long unattended weeds, it was wonderful to see so many people out to help us fight for the MS cause.
The sun, in fact, boosted the temperatures into the 60s and the clear, blue skies rained down our daily doses of vitamin D all day long. Caryn (my fiancée) and I, along with a couple of friends in town for the walk, even dined outside in the evening!
As day slipped into evening, we all felt the effects of the day's exposure to the sun…and that got me thinking.
Over the years, I've taken several drugs for my multiple sclerosis carrying a warning label having to do with sun sensitivities. I can't remember which of the drugs it was on but it's not an uncommon advisory with prescription medications.
As a former redhead (nature changed my hair color, not me) with fair, northern-European skin, I've had to be conscious of my exposure to the sun ever since I was a child.
I'm wondering on this bright and glorious Pacific Northwest day about any increased sun sensitivity any of you may have encountered as a result of medications. I can't say that I've been aware of any increased sunburns or eye issues (though I do wear prescription, polarized glasses in the sunshine).
I'm off to slather myself in SPF 50 and get at those weeds, though I'm not expecting to get very far after the exertion of the weekend.
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Highlights of the action-packed match at Anfield are now available to view for free on Palace TV.
Andros Townsend sent Palace into half-time with a one goal lead, after a brilliantly worked move between Patrick van Aanholt and Wilfried Zaha.
Liverpool struck back twice within seven minutes of the second half with goals from Mohamed Salah and Roberto Firmino, before James Tomkins levelled the scoreline.
Salah pounced to score his second and Liverpool's third, before Sadio Mane struck a fourth in the 93rd minute. But Max Meyer narrowed the gap with his first goal for Palace in the dying seconds, as the Eagles were defeated 4-3.
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"I don't want to talk about it, this is not a good situation we're in," said Benoit, a medical supplies delivery driver.
With gas prices pushed past the $3-a-gallon mark, businesses, town officials and weekend travelers are trying to deal with the cost of getting behind the wheel.
Every week, Benoit said, he is forced to pay more than $300 for gas as a delivery driver for Dynamex of Woburn. Benoit grudgingly bought $20 worth of gas for his red minivan at the Framingham Plaza Exxon station on the Mass. Pike.
"It's very frustrating," said Benoit, on his way to make a delivery in Marlborough. He is reimbursed by his company at 48.5 cents per mile, but the price still hurts.
Delivery drivers at Friendly Pizza in Framingham don't receive any reimbursement and use their own cars. Manager Jim Safain said he's been getting an earful lately.
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Hartford Street Pizza owner Mozie Qerqach is also unhappy with gas prices, but said he's not planning to raise prices on the menu.
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Holliston set aside $97,600 in the fiscal 2007 budget for gasoline alone, and it also pays the federal rate for mileage reimbursement, said Town Administrator Paul LeBeau.
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Framingham reimburses 40 cents per mile for town employees, while Northborough currently pays 44.5 cents per mile, according to town officials. Westborough's 40 cent reimbursement is up 10 cents from last year.
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Vipal Rubber is the winner for second year in a row at the Recircle Awards 2022
The brand won as the Best Supplier of Accessories and Consumables for Tyre Retreading in the award, which recognises the contributions made by companies and professionals to the circular economy within the tyre industry.
Vipal Rubber was once again a winner of the Recircle Awards. This award recognises the contributions made by companies and professionals to the Circular Economy within the tyre manufacturing, retreading, and recycling industries. Vipal achieved the award as the Best Supplier of Accessories and Consumables for Tyre Retreading, a new category added to the current edition. In 2021, in the first edition of the award, Vipal won all three categories in which it competed: Best Supplier of Precured Treads, Best Supplier of Tyre Retreading Equipment, and the Best Innovation in the Tyre Retreading Industry with the "Eye Control" case.
According to Vipal Rubber´s International Business Director, Leandro Rigon, being recognised again in this award results from the excellence that Vipal constantly seeks. "The Recircle Awards is an important initiative for disseminating and recognising good practices in the circular economy, the new and retreading tyre industry, and final disposal through recycling", says Rigon. "We are very proud of the recognitions granted by Vipal in the first two editions, as this shows us that we are on the right path to fulfil the mission of an industry that has, by nature, the essence of the circular economy and of a company that values to supply the more than 90 countries where it operates, with quality and technology, which meet all the requirements so that the tyres have the maximum use and the lowest possible environmental impact", concludes.
The winners of the Recircle Awards were announced in a ceremony streamed online on April 25. The trophies will be presented in-person to the winners at Awards Ceremonies to be held on May 24th following the Global Retreading Conference at the Tire Cologne in Germany, and on May 26th, following the Future of Retreading and Recycling Conference at Autopromotec in Bologna, Italy. This year, the trophies were redesigned by the Spanish company Neusus Upcycling and have been manufactured from moulded crumb rubber derived from end-of-life tyres, in keeping with the sustainability goals of the Recircle Awards concept.
The Recircle Awards are sponsored by Autopromotec and the specialised magazines Retreading Business, Tyre & Rubber Recycling, Tyre Trends, The Tyreman, SA Treads, and Valebridge Media Services. The awards show the outstanding players of the year in 16 categories from different segments of the tyre retreading industry worldwide, especially companies and managers that promote innovation and develop sustainable initiatives and products that favor the circular economy. Please visit the website to see the winners of each category.
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Housing industry stakeholders will meet with policymakers and real estate professionals this Thursday, February 7, to discuss the future of housing finance and the future course for the GSEs at the first annual National Association of Realtors Policy Forum.
Discussion topics will include housing finance reform, lessons from the housing crisis, and the future of the GSEs. Speakers for the first annual Realtors Policy Forum will include Barney Frank, Former Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee; Jeb Hensarling, current Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee; Carolyn Maloney (D-New York), Chair of the House Financial Services Capital Markets Subcommittee; and Sean Duffy (R-Wisconsin), Ranking Member of the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance.
Leaders from several housing industry groups, including the Mortgage Bankers Association, the American Bankers Association, and the National Association of Home Builders, also will participate in the one-day forum this Thursday.
Dr. Susan Wachter, Professor of Real Estate and Finance at the University of Pennsylvania and Dr. Richard Cooperstein, head of Risk Management at Andrew Davidson and Company, Inc., will present NAR's approved solution for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
The "bipartisan solution," according to NAR, "prioritizes and protects a liquid mortgage market for Middle America and underserved borrowers alike." NAR opposes other proposals that aim to recapitalize and then privatize Fannie and Freddie.
"More than a decade has passed since the federal government assumed control of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. While the housing market today is in a significantly better state than it was before the financial crisis, NAR continues to urge policymakers to address challenges that could arise in future economic downturns," said Shannon McGahn, SVP of Government Affairs at NAR.
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Assignment 1: Enuma elish and maybe some Gilgamesh – Visit Durer show.
Assignment 2: Pythagoras, Plato, numerism and numerology.
McClellan and Dorn: pp. 55-65.
Assignment 3: Cosmology, Eratosthenes, Ptolemy, Galen, Lucretius I, �etc.
McClellan and Dorn: pp. 65-95.
Course package readings: Navon, Newsome, misc.
Lucretius Books II and III.
Assignment 5: Lucretius, Medieval Natural Philosophy.
McClellan and Dorn: Chapter on Copernicus et al.
Presentations: Carl Segen and Mitch Izower. Both on Thursday.
Check out the Web Project Page for the latest in project posters! The link will normally live at the top of this page.
Assignment 11: Industrial Revolution and more N fixing and explosives.
Course package readings: Pollan and some web stuff.
Assignment 12: Malthus and Guano, and the working conditions of the Industrial Revolution.
McClellan and Dorn: pp. 323-338.
Over break, read chapters 9, 10, and the Epilogue in Bown.
Assignment 13: Darwin, Wallace, geology, racism and relativism, Einstein and Quantum Mechanics, the meaning of life, and a few more things we didn�t get to yet�..
I�ll be combining both of my classes for this exam. So plan on 6:00-8:00 pm.
Extra Credit Text Evaluation- Earn some extra credit by filling this out and sending it back to me. [This is a .doc and will download accordingly.] I�ll accept them until Sunday the 14th.
These are the books you should have. They were all ordered and should be in the bookstore.
1) McClellan, James E., and Harold Dorn. Science and Technology in World History: An Introduction. Baltimore, Md.: Johns Hopkins University Press, 19XX.
2) Lucretius� On the Nature of the Universe (De rerum natura) (Penguin Classics) by Titus Lucretius Carus (Author), John Godwin (Introduction), Ronald E. Latham (Translator). Used copies start at under $3 online. There are numerous translations of this book and there is even an earlier Latham translation without the Godwin intro. I insist that you use the Latham translation and not any of the translations available on the web as these tend to be more poetic and less interested in the natural philosophy.
3) Bown, Stephen R. A Most Damnable Invention: Dynamite, Nitrates, and the Making of the Modern World. New York: T. Dunne Books, 2005.
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Barrel makers are among the first to know about the latest trends within winemaking. Producers' current requests are for barrels that will allow for more fruit rather than big, oaky wines. JOHN STIMPFIG reports
Barrel makers are among the first to know about the latest trends within winemaking. Producers' current requests are for barrels that will allow for more fruit rather than big, oaky wines. JOHN STIMPFIG reports
Hindsight may be a wonderful thing, yet foresight would be infinitely more valuable when it comes to spotting and predicting future wine trends. Fortunately, there is a way to second guess the market. It is a matter of talking to the right people: the informed, on-the-ground group of observers of the global wine scene – French barrel makers.
These Gallic coopers supply the world's greatest winemakers with a raft of oak vats and barrels, which gives them some early, unique and interesting insights into the future styles of wines at the finer end of the market.
So what are the new trends emerging? According to Henri de Pracomtal, chairman of the premium producer, Tonnellerie Taransaud: 'The main trend is that winemakers in both the New and Old Worlds continue to require less overt and obvious oak in their wines. Above all, they want barrels that enable their wines to express more fruit and terroir.'
This 'more fruit, less oak' view was espoused and echoed by everyone I talked to. But how are cooperages achieving this? One methodology was to cut down on the degree of toasting, while using less but more penetrating heat. 'Before, many customers liked really heavy toasting on their French barrels,' says Christine Nadalié of the eponymous family cooperage. 'Now though, a lot are coming back to medium or light toast, which not only provides more fruit expression but also more complex aromas in the wine.'
PRODUCING A FRUITIER STYLE
Another way to reduce intrusive oak flavours in wine is to increase the size of the barrel so the wine-to-wood ratio is proportionately greater than, say, the traditional 225l Bordeaux barrel. Demptos, for instance, offers a range of mid-sized barrels varying in size from 300 to 600l to meet this demand. 'We ran a lot of tests with clients and they like what they taste,' says Jean Bourjade of Séguin Moreau. 'In places like the Southern Rhône and the Languedoc Roussillon , a lot of people are switching away from conventional sized barrels and moving to these larger barrel sizes.'
Price isn't an issue with these bigger barrels. Not least, because they can cost proportionately as much as a top-quality 225l French oak barrique, (now around h575). Nonetheless, cost is becoming a sticking point for buyers after five years of high demand and rising prices. 'There's no question that 11 September and fears over global recession have cut some wine producers' capital expenditure,' says Jean-Marc Didier of Tonnellerie Quintessence. As a result, many coopers are expecting sales of expensive French oak barrels to plateau. But the older, established premium players are an innovative bunch. Many have already diversified their product range into American and central European oak, both of which are cheaper than French oak.
Take Tonnellerie Nadalié which is producing a composite 225l barrel made with oak from five different eastern European countries – Romania, Hungary, Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Russia. 'We launched it two years ago and it is generating some very exciting results,' says Christine Nadalié. 'It produces a fresher, fruitier wine with softer tannins. And while it isn't as complex as French oak, it's also less expensive.'
FROM RUSSIA TO BORDEAUX
Similarly, Séguin Moreau's ongoing research has also resulted in two new products. One is a new barrel from the Adyge region in Russia, which a number of classed growths in Bordeaux have included in their barrel programmes. The second is its new Reference Barrel, made up of a blend of oak from several European countries, including France, which costs around t500. 'This is even more neutral than the Adyge barrel, so offers the benefits of gentle oxygenation without the oaky flavours,' says Bourjade. In the US, Demptos' Napa Valley Cooperage has come up with its own 'blend barrel', which is custom built with 50% American and 50% French oak.
Meanwhile, cheaper American oak (around t350 for a 225l barrel) is also extending its influence into some new 'Old World' bastions. For instance, Bordeaux is buying significantly more US oak, particularly for négociant wines, while a number of châteaux are also using it in their second and third labels.
In the last few years, there has been a small but growing trend towards the use of oak for fermentation as well. On the one hand, the 'garagistes' are using new, small barriques to give their reds the full '200%' oak treatment. On the other there has been a less publicised but perhaps more significant trend back to traditional large oak fermenting vats.
'After 20 years of stainless steel, people had forgotten about the benefits of wood for fermentation,' says Henri de Pracomtal, chairman of Tonnellerie Taransaud. 'Although these vats are more expensive and harder to maintain, they offer more finesse and complexity. And they keep fermentation at a more uniform temperature.'
Winemakers' attitudes to oak have moved on hugely. Twenty years ago, a winemaker would ask for a barrel that didn't leak. Now, a good winemaker knows what type, quantity and style of oak works best with every varietal.
Much of that knowledge transfer has come from the cooperages' own pioneering research. Bourjade believes there is still plenty of research to do. 'I think the next 20 years will be more exciting than the last. But for quality wines, oak will still be number one.'
Written by JOHN STIMPFIG


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I tried ListViewCachingStrategy.RecycleElement and ListViewCachingStrategy.RetainElement, no difference.
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Artocarpus altilis (Parkinson) Fosberg (breadfruit) nutritional characterization and local uses in Comoros Islands
Food insecurity and malnutrition affect a large portion of the population in the Comoros Union. Despite the efforts of the local government to combat under nourishment, hunger and malnutrition are still major causes of infant and child mortality. However, the country has a considerable diversity of food resources that are neglected or still not valorised such as breadfruit, a local fruit underexploited despite its abundance in all regions of the Comoros Islands. Although the species could contribute to addressing the local problems of food insecurity and malnutrition, this resource is only little exploited by the Comoros population. This study aimed to evaluate the nutritional and nutraceutical traits of Artocarpus altilis (Parkinson) Fosberg by carrying out spectrophotometric and chromatographic analyses on both the bioactive compounds of Comoros breadfruit with the objective of contributing to the development of future traditional and technological uses of this species, such as for local production of infant flour. All the methanolic extracts showed similar total polyphenolic values, ranging from 28.30±3.71 to 29.69±1.40 mgGAE 100 g-1 of dried weight (DW). The HPLC analysis of the different dried breadfruit samples confirmed that breadfruit may be a good source of phenolic constituents. The main identified phenolic groups were cinnamic acids (with a maximum of 51.88±2.63 mg 100 g-1 DW for chlorogenic acid) and tannins. The highest value of antioxidant activity was 6.40±1.02 mmol Fe2+ kg-1 DW, and the lowest value was 1.99±0.33 mmol Fe2+ kg-1 DW. This preliminary phytochemical investigation may provide a contribution to the identification and quantification of lead compounds responsible for traditional nutritional and therapeutic claims.
Titolo: Artocarpus altilis (Parkinson) Fosberg (breadfruit) nutritional characterization and local uses in Comoros Islands
BECCARO, GABRIELE LORIS
TOILIBOU, SOIFOINI
DONNO, Dario
Jeannoda V.
RAKOTONIAINA, NAIVONIRINA ERNEST
Hamidou S.
Achmet S. M.
Afraitane K.
GIACOMA, Cristina
Autori: Beccaro G.L.; Soifoini T.; Donno D.; Jeannoda V.; Rakotoniaina N.E.; Hamidou S.; Achmet S.M.; Afraitane K.; Giacoma C.
Abstract: Food insecurity and malnutrition affect a large portion of the population in the Comoros Union. Despite the efforts of the local government to combat under nourishment, hunger and malnutrition are still major causes of infant and child mortality. However, the country has a considerable diversity of food resources that are neglected or still not valorised such as breadfruit, a local fruit underexploited despite its abundance in all regions of the Comoros Islands. Although the species could contribute to addressing the local problems of food insecurity and malnutrition, this resource is only little exploited by the Comoros population. This study aimed to evaluate the nutritional and nutraceutical traits of Artocarpus altilis (Parkinson) Fosberg by carrying out spectrophotometric and chromatographic analyses on both the bioactive compounds of Comoros breadfruit with the objective of contributing to the development of future traditional and technological uses of this species, such as for local production of infant flour. All the methanolic extracts showed similar total polyphenolic values, ranging from 28.30±3.71 to 29.69±1.40 mgGAE 100 g-1 of dried weight (DW). The HPLC analysis of the different dried breadfruit samples confirmed that breadfruit may be a good source of phenolic constituents. The main identified phenolic groups were cinnamic acids (with a maximum of 51.88±2.63 mg 100 g-1 DW for chlorogenic acid) and tannins. The highest value of antioxidant activity was 6.40±1.02 mmol Fe2+ kg-1 DW, and the lowest value was 1.99±0.33 mmol Fe2+ kg-1 DW. This preliminary phytochemical investigation may provide a contribution to the identification and quantification of lead compounds responsible for traditional nutritional and therapeutic claims.
Volume: 1267
Fascicolo: 1267
Pagina iniziale: 27
Pagina finale: 31
Digital Object Identifier (DOI): 10.17660/ActaHortic.2020.1267.5
URL: https://www.actahort.org/books/1267/1267_5.htm
Parole Chiave: Breadfruit; Chemical composition; Food control; Food resources; Malnutrition
Rivista: ACTA HORTICULTURAE
http://hdl.handle.net/2318/1730227


A Soviet defector was arrested today as a suspect in the killing of his lover, a Soviet defector who testified briefly in the spying trial of a former agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
The man, Vladimir Ratchikhine, 44 years old, was jailed in the death of Ludmilla Kondratjeva, 38, whose body was found Saturday in the back of an automobile that plunged off Pacific Coast Highway into the Malibu surf, Sheriff's Deputy Dave Hogan said.
Mr. Ratchikhine and Miss Kondratjeva had been living in a Santa Monica apartment since 1981, when he defected from the Soviet Union.
Miss Kondratjeva, who was an athlete before defecting six years ago, testified briefly for the prosecution at the espionage trial of Richard Miller, the first F.B.I. agent ever charged with spying.


A morning run could set you up for a more successful day.
A new study has found a morning workout is a habit shared by 59 per cent of highly successful people. 'Feeling a sense of accomplishment early on can help carry you through the day,' says mental performance coach Midgie Thompson. Here are three more reasons to get up and go.
'People who exercise in the morning are more likely to stick with their training because there's less chance of other things – such as a lunch invite or an after-work get-together – getting in the way,' says Thompson. So you can enjoy that post-work drink with a clear conscience.
Research from the University of Bristol showed that a workout improved workers' mental sharpness and time management. In particular, they felt better able to handle problems. 'More energy, less stress and a better mood will prepare you to take on the day's challenges,' says Thompson.
When we exercise, we feel better about ourselves – and that, says Thompson, makes us more likely to opt for healthier food and lifestyle choices. A caveat: after a hard or long run you might want to reward yourself with a deliciously unhealthy treat. Resist this powerful craving – some of the time.


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Cannes Review: Ira Sachs' 'Frankie' is pretty, vacant
Mina Takla May 21, 2019
Isabelle Huppert and Jérémie Renier in Frankie (Image Credit : 2019 Photo Guy Ferrandis / SBS Productions)
Ira Sachs' latest is a hollow yet picturesque film on a decaying star
In his follow-up to Little Men, Ira Sachs delivers a picturesque but hollow film that features talky scenes combined with postcard-like scenes of the beautiful town of Sintra in Portugal. The problem is that while the film is visually pleasant, the narrative feels hollow and fails to create compelling characters that viewers can ultimately care about.
Franocise Cremont (Isabelle Huppert) is a French actress who has been diagnosed with cancer. After battling it for a couple of years, it takes the best of her and she is bound to die by the end of the year. It is then that she decides to gather her family members in Sintra for a final family reunion. These include her husband Jimmy (Brendan Gleeson), her ex-husband Michel (Pascal Greggory), her children as well as her hair stylist Iilene (Marisa Tomei) who unexpectedly brings her boyfriend Gary (Greg Kinnear). Over the course of just one day, we see the fractures that exist within each side of the family – be it marital failure, fear, anger or pain.
Sachs lays out his characters well but the screenplay fails to make them appealing enough to connect. The film suffers from a pacing issue that makes its dialogue-heavy scenes less engaging as the story drags along. Thin characterization is one reason – the characters speak but never reveal their true motivations if ever there is one, and when they do, it all feels too familiar, mundane and sometimes pointless. There are no resolutions, character arcs or big dramatic moments – not that that defines a good film. But when the intrigue is stripped away, all what's left is a plain drama that doesn't create much buildup or investment to make it a worthy entry in Sachs' filmography.
Performances are a mixed bag: Marisa Tomei stands out as Frankie's hairstylist and friend who is unsure about her future with her boyfriend and is among Frankie's rare friends who see her for who she is instead of the star she is. Tomei makes the best out of an underwritten role and gets the chance to remind us of how we have missed her on screen. Huppert doesn't get the opportunity to show her impeccable dramatic chops while the rest of the cast range between good and average. It may not be the performers' fault – after all, the screenplay doesn't make them resonate enough.
Exquisitely shot to the extent that it feels like a tourism-film to showcase Portugal's beauty, Frankie has the scenery but lacks the heft, the spark to make it stand out.
Grade: C-
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Obamas, Clintons attend Beau Biden"s funeral
By The Associated Press and Josh Lederman |
PUBLISHED: June 6, 2015 at 12:00 a.m. | UPDATED: September 7, 2018 at 12:00 a.m.
WILMINGTON, Del. — Mourning a loss that touched people from the streets of Delaware to the White House and beyond, President Barack Obama and Bill and Hillary Rodham Clinton joined Vice President Joe Biden in bidding farewell Saturday to his eldest son, Beau.
The former Delaware attorney general died last Saturday of brain cancer. He was 46.
An overflow crowd of 1,000 gathered for the funeral at St. Anthony of Padua Roman Catholic Church, where Obama was to deliver a eulogy. Leading political figures also were there, including the U.S. Senate majority and minority leaders, Attorney General Loretta Lynch and her predecessor, Eric Holder, and other Cabinet officials.
Also paying their respects were mourners from across Delaware and beyond, who lined up hours in advance, drawn by their strong bonds to the Biden family.
"Joe Biden is Delaware, and his son is also Delaware to me," said Lisa Rial, 54, who grew up in Delaware but lives in Pennsylvania. "They"re synonymous with Delaware."
In addition to Obama, Biden"s two surviving children, Hunter and Ashley, were to speak, as was Gen. Ray Odierno, the former top U.S. commander in Iraq, where Beau Biden once served. Coldplay lead singer Chris Martin was to perform a solo. The White House said Martin had heard through a family friend that Beau Biden was a Coldplay fan and volunteered to attend.
Beau Biden"s casket lay in honor in the state Senate chamber on Thursday ahead of a public viewing Friday at St. Anthony.
The vice president, whose wife and baby daughter were killed in a car crash four decades ago, developed a reputation over the years for possessing a deep ability to comfort those in grief. Often, he is called upon to eulogize fellow American leaders.
In 2012, he spoke of his son"s service in Iraq as he tried to comfort a group of grieving military families.
"When he came home — it"s going to sound strange to you — we felt almost a little guilty because he came home," Biden said at that time. "Because there"s so many funerals I"ve attended, so many bases I"ve visited. And you know, not all losses are equal. Not all losses are equal."
Beau Biden, who died a week ago, served two terms as attorney general before setting his sights on the governor"s mansion. Many imagined his career would mirror that of his father, who represented Delaware for decades in the U.S. Senate before becoming vice president.
But in 2010, at age 41, Beau Biden suffered a stroke. He was diagnosed with brain cancer three years later. He returned to work after what doctors said was a successful operation to remove a small lesion, but his illness returned, and he died last Saturday, less than two weeks after being admitted to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland.
His death drew passionate expressions of sympathy from across the political spectrum, the sense of sadness heightened by the tragedy that the Biden family has endured over the years. It was just weeks after Joe Biden was first elected to the Senate in 1972 that Beau, then age 3, and his 2-year-old brother, Hunter, were injured in the car crash that killed their mother and infant sister.
White House officials said the choice of Obama to deliver a eulogy reflected the tight personal relationship that Joe Biden and the president have developed after more than six years together in the White House.
In Washington, the House and Senate have adopted resolutions expressing sorrow over Beau Biden"s death. The Beau Biden Foundation for the Protection of Children, established last week to continue his efforts to protect children from sexual predators, has already received more than 1,100 donations totaling roughly $175,000.
Associated Press writer Randall Chase contributed to this report.
Follow Josh Lederman on Twitter at http://twitter.com/joshledermanAP and Brian Witte at http://twitter.com/APBrianWitte
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Do you think DMs are nuts to crack, Meet Mr. Shubhash Chandra, DM of MuzaffarNagar who is a good badminton player and also sing songs while he is free, We caught him on camera in a show at MuzaffarNagar. Mr. Zakir Rana termed him as hero of the MuzaffarNagar.
These are Some Brilliant Performers of Yamma Yamma Night at MuzaffarNagar.


Another student was caught with a firearm on campus . Clark County School District police say it happened at Sierra Vista High School Tuesday morning.
This is the third time since school started that a CCSD student has been caught with a gun at school.
While no one was threatened in any of those cases, the reality is scary for parents, staff and students alike. But now one local company wants to do something, to help keep our schools safe.
Local company Technovation Solutions developed new ways to keep students safe. They're in talks with a few local schools interested in increasing security.
First, a facial recognition system for schools.
CEO Peg Mcgregor explains, "If you have somebody walking in who is not in the database it would give you a signal saying by the way this person is not recognized and you can either have a security guard there or a teacher there."
The cameras can detect motion and face points so it's accurate even if someone wears a mask to cover half his or her face.
Second, an app called Be-Hive which can be installed in most smartphones and even walkie-talkies bus drivers use.
When there's danger, teachers can send out an alert to the entire group. It also establishes a direct line of communication with first responders to guide them. The app is free for first responders.
Drew Mclothin of Technovation Solutions says, "They can see what classroom 502 says that it's in an emergency when all the other classrooms are showing that their safe."
Lastly, Teacher Lock -- a military grade door lock that meets fire code standards.
A student or teacher can easily lock and unlock the door from the inside with a special key, unlike standard classroom doors that are locked from the outside.
It can also be easily disengaged with a push of a button in case of an emergency inside the classroom.
"Sadly all of the events that we have had spawned this kind of development because there's a need for it now much more straightforwardly than before," says McGregor.
There are different price points regarding what type of technology a school may be interested in depending on its budget.


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Olay's Super Bowl Commercial With Busy Philipps Was Inspired By The First All-Female Spacewalk
The goal of most Super Bowl ads is to promote a specific company or product — and typically by making viewers laugh. However, one company is taking a different approach. Indeed, Olay's Super Bowl commercial is on a quest to #MakeSpaceForWomen by donating to Girls Who Code every time the hashtag is used on Twitter.
Featuring Lilly Singh, Busy Philipps, Taraji P. Henson, and Katie Couric — as well as retired astronaut Nicole Stott — Olay's ad was inspired by the first all-female spacewalk in October. And from now through Feb. 3, Olay is donating $1 (up to $500,000) to Girls Who Code every time users use #MakeSpaceForWomen hashtag on Twitter to "enable the next generation of female scientists, engineers, programmers and space explorers to face anything," the company shared in a news release.
"Is there enough space in space for women?" Couric asks as part of a news broadcast. She immediately looks off-camera and demands, "Who wrote that? Are people really still asking that question?"
A rocket with "Olay" on the side of it carrying Sigh, Philipps, and Stott launches, prompting Philipps to exclaim, "Mission control, we have the opposite of a problem," to which Sigh points out, "There is so much space up here!."
Stott replies, "Well I could have told you that." Henson then declares, "When we make space for women, we make space for everyone."
Did you know that only 28% of the science and engineering workforce is women? It's true, as Olay's news release points out. Another fun fact: Nearly half (45%) of NFL fans are women — but only a quarter (27%) of past Super Bowl ads have actually starred women.
"I could not be more grateful to continue to work with a brand that champions me exactly as I am," Philipps said in a statement. "Olay stands for celebrating women and encouraging them to be fearless in pursuing their dreams. I am thrilled to be part of Olay's Super Bowl campaign that's giving girls in STEM opportunities to pursue their dreams. As a mother of two girls, I'm so proud to star in a Super Bowl ad that reinforces the idea that they — and all girls — can do anything."
Kudos to Olay for making space for women while also supporting young girls learning how to code. Now it's time for Twitter users to do their part by using the hashtag #MakeSpaceForWomen. Let's do this!


What if Batman was a former CIA operative who had the ability to predict crimes before they happened, and had no qualms about kneecapping baddies? That's the basic premise of Person of Interest, the new Jonathan Nolan and J.J. Abrams written/produced CBS series that will be hitting this fall.
After getting an early glimpse of the pilot last night at Comic-Con, I'm pleased to say that the show more than lives up to our lofty expectations.
Jim Caviezel stars as said former CIA operative, John Reese. At the beginning of the pilot, he's wracked with guilt and is trying to drink himself to death after losing the woman he loves. After an encounter with thugs in the subway (while sporting what I like to call the "bum Jesus look"), Reese is eventually recruited by an eccentric billionaire, Dr. Finch (Lost's Michael Emerson), who has developed computer software that can predict crimes before they happen. Taraji P. Henson is also in the fold as a police officer who seems keen on Reese's background, and will likely serve as as the Commissioner Gordon role to Reese's Batman.
The series is set in New York City and makes great use of on-location shooting (just like Alcatraz does with San Francisco). NYC is also an interesting setting because Person of Interest is heavily steeped in post-9/11 wish fulfillment. In the pilot Finch explains that before 9/11, he was just concerned with making as much money as possible. Afterwards, he wanted to dedicate his resources and technical expertise towards stopping similar attacks in the future. He developed a technology that can predict when future attacks would happen, based on a massive amount of surveillance data it has access to.
Finch uses the same technology to track smaller crimes in New York City — something he initially had the program ignore in his quest to prevent another 9/11. But eventually, he realized that he could make a difference by stopping smaller crimes as well. (Cue the Knight Rider opening, "One man can make a difference…") Finch has access to unprecedented surveillance capabilities — in the pilot, he shows off how he can track someone using their smartphone, as well as easily listen in on calls. He also has plenty of other surveillance devices on hand, which makes the series seem like a modern spin on Francis Ford Coppola's The Conversation.
Person of Interest's many Batman parallels are readily apparent — not too surprising coming from Nolan — but it does offer up some notable differences. Reese, for instance, is heavily proficient with firearms and isn't afraid to show it. The pilot features a handful of well-executed action set-pieces that instantly position Caviezel's Reese as the spiritual successor to 24's Jack Bauer.
The show seems more well-suited to being a Law and Order-style episodic series, instead of something with a driving serial storyline like Lost. Even Alcatraz, the other new J.J. Abrams-produced series on the horizon (check out my pilot review here), appears to have a better balance of serial and episodic elements.
While the pilot was successful at setting up the basic premise of the series, it moved too quickly for us to get a decent sense of Finch and Reese's ultimate goals. Reese seems to easily jump into crime fighting role, and he quickly becomes a one-man army who somehow seems to slip under most NYC cops' radars. Finch seems a bit too similar to Lost's Ben Linus — though I'm sure that was done on purpose.
CBS has high hopes for the series: Person of Interest will start airing on the network on Thursdays this fall at 9 — a coveted prime time spot that CSI held for 10 years.


So you have spent the money and you are now sitting with the results of the latest employee engagement survey. Like every year before, you notice that employees are not as engaged as the leadership of your organisation assumes. The latest Deloitte survey observes that only 32% of employers believe their employees are "fully aligned with company purpose". So your results are not at all surprising.
But how should you respond? The most common response is a simple linear one. Our employees are not engaged, so let's get them to engage. I have seen companies embark on significant employee engagement strategies: carefully planned communication processes, company recognition sessions, Intranet, town hall meetings, t-shirts, and significant investments in incentives and profit share. While this kind of response is common, it is ill-directed. Such a response is no better than when your doctor – having found a mole on your arm and identifying that the mole indicates a liver cancer – recommends removing the mole.
Things are more complex than this. In our view, the results of an engagement survey tell you very little about the employees and their level of morale. Instead, we believe that the results tell a whole lot about the quality and effectiveness of an organisation's leadership culture. Employment engagement in systems talk is the feedback loop from the response to your company's leadership culture over time.
In 2007, Dave Ulrich and Norm Smallwood wrote about leadership brand and described the immense market value such a brand has. Organisations that are known to be well led command respect from their stakeholders, business partners and investors. Such a brand is of immeasurable value to the organisation. Investment decisions, trading terms and purchasing decisions are all influenced by the confidence that stakeholders have in a company's leadership and its ability to deliver.
Ulrich and Smallwood suggest that the key to developing a leadership brand in an organisation lies in the hands of the CEO and the senior executive team. The executive team need to set the vision, the pace and the example. They build the standards for all leadership to follow.
It is frightening to consider how far from this mark many of our private and public institutions are. Our board rooms are often political swamps in which super egos are playing out self-interest and alternative agendas during endless meetings. Leadership is seldom an item on executive meeting agendas, and if it does appear it is unlikely ever to include self-reflection.
There is a large body of research which has shown that leadership is at the heart of organisational success, especially sustained success over time.
managing economic crises and transmissions, including mergers and acquisitions.
Thus, if leadership is so critical for organisational success, then ensuring that leaders across the organisation can find their own unique leadership brands is critical. As discussed, an organisational leadership brand emerges from the composite experience that employees have of individual leaders. Developing a personal leadership brand is not something that should be left to chance. But how can an organisation do this?
Clarify our leadership understanding. What do we mean when we talk about leadership? This is a soft investment with huge potential in hard returns.
Include leadership in strategic discussions. Before we investigate the functional components of a challenge, we need to ensure that we have the correct leadership in place.
Actively review the leadership pipeline at executive level.
Measure leadership as a performance indicator and a key criterion for appointments.
Hold each other accountable for leadership behaviours.
My research focused on the role of the HR department in growing and supporting leaders. Every aspect of what HR does with and for our people builds their experience of the leadership brand. How the payroll officer deals with a pay query, how we experience the company performance management system and the work environment, and how we induct new employees all build an employee experience. Rather than viewing line leadership as a limitation, HR departments need to shift to a mindset of creating an environment where leaders thrive.
This shift to customer thinking applies across all functional areas.
Developing a leadership brand is a life discipline. A company brand is something which needs constant reflection and recalibration.
As an organisation's leadership shifts to being concerned about the quality of the leadership brand experienced by employees, the employees will begin to shift, and this should be reflected in the next engagement survey. It thus stands to reason that a useful application of employment survey results could be to build a burning platform which inspires a company to build a leadership brand, rather than to focus on the symptom of poor leadership disengaging employees.


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