Nardostachys jatamansi (Jatamansi) is a supposedly calming herb from Ayurveda that has been used for anticonvulsive and antiepileptic properties. It may enhance learning in youth and neuroprotective properties (needs human evidence) and is protective against pancreatitis.
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Jatamansi is a herb from Ayurveda with many similar traditional claims to Bacopa Monnieri such as antistress, anticonvulsive, antiepileptic, and cognitive enhancing. Unlike bacopa, however, jatamansi does not have as much evidence to support it and is currently in a preliminary stage of research.
When looking at the neural research, at least one study has supported jatamansi in promoting cognition of otherwise healthy young rodents and restoring cognition in older rats; this study outperformed the reference drug Piracetam, but other studies assessing cognitive enhancement are not too common. There appears to be more evidence on the neuroprotective properties of jatamansi (which, although the studies are too heterogeneous to come to any solid conclusions, seem very promising) and one study suggested potent anti-depressive effects associated with jatamansi. Perhaps intriguinly, jatamansi is a rare herb that has been demonstrated to have a calming effect despite increasing brain monoamines (which is normally correlated with psychostimulation).
Beyond the brain, jatamansi appears to have general antioxidative effects (seems a lot more potent in vivo rather than ex vivo; with studies outside the body being about a tenth as effective as Vitamin C and not at all impressive) and has a surprisingly amount of evidence in rodents to support jatamansi as protective against pancreatitis. Similar to the neural evidence, this has not been explored in humans but occurs at very feasible doses.
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Nardostachys jatamansi (of the family Valerianaceae, plant is synonymous with Nardostachys grandiflora) is a plant commonly referred to as either Spikenard, Muskroot, or Jatamansi that has been used in Ayurveda (recently under the brand name of Ayush 56) for the medicinal purposes of anticonvulsion and antiepileptic or a general antistress/sedative compound. Other uses of the herb include the oil fragment being isolated for its aromatic properties and to darken mixtures, and both topical usage of the oil to promote hair growth and usage as a nootropic have been reported.
In traditional chinese medicine, the rhizomes of N. jatamansi and the related herb N. chinensis are referred to as 'Gansongxiang' or 'Gansong' while in Kampo medicine (Japan) it is referred to as 'Kanshoko'.
Jatamansi, in traditional usage, is sometimes replaced with its substitute Selinum vaginatum or 'bhootkeshi' (similar to the relationship between tribulus terrestris and pedalium murex or between panax ginseng and codonopsis pilosula); these two plants appear to have different phenolic profiles as well as having different primary bioactives.
It should be noted that the volatiles in the related plant Nardostachys chinensis differ widely. N. chinensis contains Patchouli alcohol (named after patchouli but found in higher levels in Indian Valerian) while N. jatamansi has been reported to have none in some sources but have a small content (100mg/kg) elsewhere.
Total phenolic content has been quantified at 41.34+/-2.30mg/g gallic acid equivalents (GAE) or 32.15+/-1.27mg/g catechin equivalents based on dry weight or the root.
Relative to other herbs in the family, jatamansi and Valeriana sisymbriifolia appear to have less ex vivo antioxidative potency than does Valerian. The antioxidant capacity has been determined to be approximately 109.48+/-11.72mg/g Vitamin C equivalents based on the dry weight of the root or has bene found to be about 8-fold less potent than butylated hydroxy toluene (BHT).
Jatamansi has traditionally been recommended as a sedative and destressing agent and been noted to increase cerebral levels of GABA in mice and some studies comparing a healthy rodent control against one given Jatamansi note that 250mg/kg is able to slightly reduce locomotion (11.5%) and increase rest time (12.6%) indicative of some sedation.
Jatamansi hydroalcoholic extract (rhizome) has shown in vitro acetylcholinesterase inhibiting properties with an IC50 value of 130.11+/-12.97µg/mL, which underperformed relative to centella asiatica (106.55+/-9.96µg/mL) but outperformed Nelumbo nucifera (185.55+/-21.24µg/mL), Myristica fragrans (133.28+/-11.26µg/mL), Andrographis paniculata (222.41+/-19.87µg/mL) and Evolvulus alsinoides (141.76+/-16.27µg/mL); all herbs significantly underperformed relative to the reference drug of physostigmine (0.076+/-0.0042µg/mL). Elsewhere, Jatamanis has been found to have an IC50 value of 47.21µg/mL when using the methanolic extract but this underperformed relative to the root of Embelia ribes (16.74µg/mL), the stem bark of Semecarpus anacardium (23.04µg/mL), and the root of Ashwagandha (33.38µg/mL).
Other possible mechanisms include a preservation of brain Na+/K+ATPase activity, although this study noted significant protection in an ischemic model and only a trend to increase activity in healthy controls at 250mg/kg.
Has the ability to inhibit acetylcholinesterase; appears to be somewhat weak to moderate potency and the molecule(s) mediating this inhibition is not yet known.
When 50-200mg/kg of an ethanolic root extract is fed to young and old mice for 8 days, it was noted that 100mg/kg of the extract was as effective as the reference drug (200mg/kg Piracetam) in improving learning as assessed by an elevated maze plus test, with 200mg/kg trending to outperform Piracetam in both young and old. The 100mg/kg dose was also tested alongside Diazepam and Scopolamine (amnesiac compounds) and it was found that Jatamansi abolished the memory deficit by these compounds.
100-400mg/kg of the ethanolic extract of Jatamansi appears to have comparable efficacy as Imipramine (15mg/kg) and sertraline (20mg/kg) in reducing depressive symptoms in mice, which is thought to be secondary to increasing monoamines (as whole brain MAOA and MAOB enzymes were reduced) and some interaction with GABA(B) receptors, as an agonist of GABA(B) receptors abolished the anti-depressive effects. Elsewhere, an increase in brain monoamines (noradrenaline, dopamine, serotonin, and GABA) is noted with Jatamansi ingestion after 15 days with an increase in GABA, serotonin, and taurine occurring after a single dose.
A single acute dose of Jatamanis appears to have adaptogen-like effects via reducing the biochemical consequences of restraint stress in rats (cerebral and adrenal oxidation, ulceration, plasma corticosterone) in a dose-depedent manner up to 500mg/kg.
200-500mg/kg of the hydroalcoholic extract of jatamansi noted that the higher dose as well as the reference drug (100mg/kg panax ginseng) was able to fully normalize or otherwise attenuate the increases of monoamines in the hippocampus, cortex, and hypothalamus induced by a cold stress test. Beyond reducing noradrenaline in the hypothalamus and serotonin in the hippocampus (in which jatamansi outperformed), 500mg/kg jatamansi and 100mg/kg panax ginseng were comparable.
100-200mg/kg of the root extract fed to rats during 21 days of stress testing appears to dose-dependently attenuate the increase in corticosterone and normalize the stress-induced cognitive deficits, with no significant differences between 200mg/kg jatamansi (stressed rats) and unstressed controls in reference and working memory errors, retention of new memories, or correct choice tasks.
Rats given 200-500mg/kg Jatamansi in a model of stress induced fatigue noted that the increase in oxidative stress parameters seen in stressed control were attenuated in a dose-dependent manner as well as other biomarkers of stress (locomotion, anxiety) with both doses comparable to 100mg/kg Panax ginseng.
In C6 glioma cells ex vivo, incubation with all extracts of jatamansi appears to offer protection against H2O2 induced oxidative stress at a concentration of 6.2µg/mL (methanolic) being most effective and increasing viability to 70.7+/-6.4% from 50%; it is thought that this was due from direct antioxidative effects, as the stress markers (HSP70 and HSP75 as well as antioxidative enzymes) were no longer induced as much by H2O2.
Oral intake of 200mg/kg Jatamansi ethanolic extract (this study confounded with selenium and crocetin from saffron) appears to have neuroprotective properties against streptozotocin injections as assessed by escape/step-through latency associated with less lipid peroxidation in the hippocampus and frontal cortex, where damage was normalized. When tested in isolation, jatamansi at 250mg/kg appears to be protective against cerebral ischemia and 200-800mg/kg of the ethanolic root extract was able to confer partial protection against some changes in 6-OHDA induced neurotoxicity in a dose-dependent manner (with almost absolute protection on parameters of locomotion and rest only).
Haloperidol-induced catalepsy appears to be reduced with oral intake of 250-500mg/kg Jatamansi water extract to a level that is not significantly different than combination L-DOPA (100mg/kg IP) and Carbidopa (25mg/kg IP), although 500mg/kg trended to be weaker (and 100mg/kg was protective but significantly less than the reference drugs). Similar effects are noted with reserpine-induced catalepsy where it outperformed Vitamin E (10mg/kg), and both studies trace the bioactives back to the triterpene class.
One study to induce seizures in rats noted that 50-400mg/kg was able to slightly protect against electricity induced seizures with no protective effect against pentylenetetrazole-induced seizures. When tested alongside phenytoin, jatamansi appeared to synergistically reduced seizures with 50mg/kg jatamansi and 75mg/kg phenytoin conferring absolute protection and reducing the ED50 of phenytoin from 169+/-14.0mg/kg to 32.4+/-4.58mg/kg (to 19% of baseline).
500mg/kg of jatamansi is able to attenuate cardiac damage induced by 15mg/kg doxorubicin and is able to preserve lipid metabolism despite doxorubicin toxicity; it is thought that this protective effect is mediated via anti-lipid peroxidation at the level of the cell membrane.
The roots of jatamansi at 1-10mg/kg (oral ingestion) appear to have anti-inflammatory properties in a model of endotoxic stress due to MAPK inhibition.
Jatamansi has shown benefit in animal models for mild (cerulein-induced) and severe pancreatitis at relative low oral doses of 10-20mg/kg (or 10mg/mL in drinking water) in mice, with some efficacy against alcohol-induced pancreatitis as well. When looking at the animals afterwards there is routinely less neutrophil infiltration, enzyme leakage into serum (amylase and lipase), and both reduced fibrosis and cellular death.
The mechanism of action is thought to be either via MAPK inhibition or preventing pancreatic stellate cell activation (noted with Jatamansi in vitro) which is a common pancreatitis treatment target. An increase in heme-oxygenase 1 (HO-1) has also been noted.
Protective effects have been noted on the β-cells of the pancreas, where oral ingestion of Jatamasi prior to streptozotocin injections significantly protected from diabetes. This was replicated in vitro in response to cytokine damage with 100µg/mL conferring near absolute protection in RINm5F cells, and the mechanism is thought to be related to preventing NF-kB activity downstream of the pro-diabetic stressors.
Jatamansi has been demonstrated to have hepatoprotective effects in one study combining the herb with Momordica charantia and Ferula asafetida, the combination of which was statistically comparable but trended to be less potent than Liv-52 as reference drug. In isolation, jatamansi 50% ethanolic extract at 800mg/kg preloaded prior to thioacetamide was able to confer absolute protection as assessed by liver enzymes in serum (no histological examination undertaken, but death with an LD90 does was greatly attenuated but not abolished with jatamasni).
Extracts of Jatamansi applied topically via oil are noted to increase hair growth rates in mice (reducing the required time to regrow hair by 30%), which has been noted with isolated Jatamansic acid (27%) and Nardin (23%); no group outperformed 2% Minoxidil as active control (43%).
5000mg/kg oral intake in rats of the water extract has failed to show any signs of clinical toxicity whereas 28 days ingestion of 1000mg/kg also failed. Other studies have noted a failure of 2,000mg/kg of a 70% ethanolic extract and no adverse effects with 1,000mg/kg of 95% ethanolic extract although injections of Jatamansi 95% ethanolic extract have noted an LD50 value of 569+/-20.8mg/kg.
^ Pharmacognostic and Phytochemical studies on the rhizome of Nardostachys jatamansi DC. using different extracts.
^ a b c d Phytochemical investigation and hair growth studies on the rhizomes of Nardostachys jatamansi DC.
^ a b Nardostachys jatamansi extract prevents chronic restraint stress-induced learning and memory deficits in a radial arm maze task.
^ a b c d e f g Comparative study on volatile components of Nardostachys Rhizome.
^ Chemical components of the roots of selinum vaginatum—1 : Coumarins of the petroleum ether extract.
^ Revised structure and stereochemistry of jatamansic acid.
^ a b c d Spirojatamol, a new skeletal sesquiterpenoid of Nardostachys jatamansi roots.


Here are some of my predictions I forgot to include in my first BreakDownZ about WWE Fastlane. Many commenters *cough cough* (Goldust) wanted me to predict the two matches I forgot.
Nothing more to say but Stardust will win tonight.
Then for the 6 Man tag match I pick team ROLLINS.
Hope you liked this quick post.
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Today I'm starting a new blog column called the Sunday SmackDown! I'll write a topic and I'll give you my thoughts on it all things WWE. Also a very small brief RAW preview. Then at the end I'l answer some questions that were asked.
Well I'm a huge fan of Seth Rollins and if he walked out Champion at WrestleMania I wouldn't actually mind that. Even though WWE wants to end the show on a baby face win or a epic match. What if Money in the Bank gets cashed in this year at WrestleMania for the first time you know how cool that would be? I think Rollins earned a lot of peoples respect after his outstanding match at the Royal Rumble he stole the show. WWE might go in that direction or they will save it for the night after WrestleMania… Rollins will probably face Randy Orton at WrestleMania. Which that should be a great match.
It's to good to be true. Two awesome wrestlers that are underutilized are now one of the best HEEL tag teams in WWE. I said it what Heels have we had that were good as a duo? Dust Bros? No one takes seriously. The Ascension? They have all the tools but WWE and JBL buried them already? Miz and Mizdow? Another comedy team that we only care about Mizdow. There isn't many left. Kidd and Cesaro seem to click with the audience and as a team. Also Cesaro has always been old school. So I could see this team being a Classic Heel team. Last Monday on RAW the segment were they attacked Jimmy Uso at a double date was a good heel move. This team is just epic.
Stardust and Goldust whats going on?
We have seen the tension rising. Now will we finally have Cody Rhodes back? Goldust called Stardust "Cody" and Stardust told him never call him that again! I think its time to have the one on one match this will be a fun one to see how this builds going into FASTLANE.
What are they doing with him you may ask? Wasting him. I was a fan of his gimmick I thought it was outrageous but funny. I thought they would do better with him. They needed to keep him in NXT longer. Not because he wasn't ready as a wrestler it was because the gimmick didn't transition and obviously the writing team didn't have anything for him or a long term plan for him.
Well lets see if he can go the distance with the Lunatic Fringe Dean Ambrose! Lets see if he is worth the amount of title reigns he gets.
Is WWE trying to build prestige to the US and IC titles by having Cena and Ambrose win the titles at WrestleMania? If so that could be a good idea. Dean Ambrose would look more like a contender with Gold again. Cena would elevate the US title and also maybe he brings back the US Spinner championship just imagine the little kids with that and the merch=$$$. Maybe The Rock comes back and fights Rusev? For Mania I'm speaking about. Because you know at FASTLANE there won't be a clean finish. Im intrigued by the ideas of this happening.
I really thought Paige was going to turn on Natalya and she was going to become a Bella. That would've been fun to see Paige gain some friends. I don't like Paige's chances at Fastlane maybe she can win the Divas Championship at WrestleMania??? I feel like we need AJ Lee to come back even though she is nursing some of her previous injuries. I'm not satisfied I want a Paige/AJ feud again. I like where there going with the Bella/Paige thing at least. Still think Brie is going to become a baby face and beat her sister at Mania.
Seems like Eric Rowan is Rusev's personal jobber and The Lil Guy and the Big Guy. Business hasn't picked up for them.I also feel like Ziggler will align himself with Sting for WrestleMania.
I feel like WWE uses Wyatt in situation were they can't figure out who else to put there. Like if Daniel Bryan doesn't have a opponent then its against Bray Wyatt. Maybe Wyatt can start calling out the Undertaker. Yes I know he has hinted at it in his promos. I just want him to call him out each week and we wait and wait and wait until he comes. That could be one crazy feud.
1. What will Cena do to get Rusev's attention.
2. Are the Dust Bros not on the same page?
4. The Authority will torment Daniel Bryan and Roman Reigns.
5. Who is the next inductee into the WWE HOF 2015????
Well Punk was one of my favorites until he quit. I always loved his confrontations with Cena. Also him VS Brock Lesnar is a match that is worth watching. Him VS Undertaker at WrestleMania 29 was probably the best match on that card. Also him and Jericho really had some epic matches.
Question 1: Him VS Punk and Daniel Bryan were good. Also liked his match with the Rock the first one. He delivers when he wants too!
Question 2: Well personally it depends on what shirts you want to get for WWE I would do directly through WWE shop or go to a Hot Topic they usually have some what of a selection that is good. For anything Pro Wrestling I would do ProWrestlingTees.com great designs, really cool gear. I know some of my followers do T shirts and they are going to start up Pro Wrestling T shirts stores soon. So there is a lot of options but those are your best bets.
I like MMA, but I'm not an expert I might do a article here and there with Xavier Star who is a big MMA and UFC fan. I think Connor McGregor and some of those guys are boss. I hopped onto the UFC Bandwagon.
So thats it for my new column Sunday SmackDown! Hope you enjoyed it and give me a follow on twitter!!!


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Siân Davey, a British photographer with a background in psychotherapy, had an incredible success at the end of 2015 when her beautiful photobook Looking for Alice was released. The photos captured Alice—Siân's young child born with Down's Syndrome—as she experienced and enjoyed daily life just like every other girl of her age. But Siân has another daughter too, the teenage Martha; and when Martha seemed to feel like she was getting overlooked, Siân decided to initiate a new body of work around her.
Hello Siân, thank you for this interview. Martha is a series of photographs of your teenage daughter, and follows your beautiful and successful project Looking for Alice about your little girl. Why did you decide to create a body of work about your other daughter as well?
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A big issue was Martha's age. She was 16 when we began the project: developmentally she was changing very fast, so I had to continually change where and how I positioned myself in relation to her and the work just to keep up with her growing up.
Do you think observing your daughters helped you to understand them better?
Yes, of course. With both projects I walked alongside both of them, witnessing their lives and how they were in it. There are also the relational aspects of the work to consider: it was about them and me, their mother and how we are in those moments. And then you have the editing process, in which I attempt to piece together what these moments are all about and how they relate. But when I look at the images over and over again I lose sight they are my daughters, as what exposed are the autobiographical aspects of the work. Though it was lovely to reconnect with Alice last year when I saw a photograph of her at the National Gallery: I looked up and saw her absolutely as my daughter and not just a visual representation. I felt so powerfully moved by her as my little girl I just wanted to kiss her.
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Well, what initially got me into photography was heartbreak—stumbling into life's harder edges over and over. Photography became the form to help me make sense of this. It's a lifetime's work.
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Jan Roseel, Esther Teichmann, Paul Graham, Bertien Van Manen and many more.
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Actor Dennis Hopper and investment expert Andrew Haas visited Lakewood High recently in support of public schools. The two were part of Teach for America Week, during which community leaders and celebrities taught and inspired students throughout the nation. Hopper visited teacher Maria Torres' ninth grade oceanography classroom. Haas visited teacher Elizabeth Fessler's science class. Teach For America is a national corps of outstanding college graduates of varied academic majors. The graduates spend two years teaching in larger urban and remote rural public schools. Since 1990, Teach for America has provided more than 6,000 teachers, including many in local schools. The recent event occurred simultaneously in 13 regions nationwide. Since the event's inception in 1997, almost 100 community leaders and celebrities have visited the classrooms of Teach for America teachers in Compton, Lynwood, Long Beach, Los Angeles and Pasadena. "Our teachers and students talk about the lessons learned during Teach for America Week for a long time," said Diane Robinson, executive director of Teach for America's regional office in Los Angeles. "More importantly, these lessons give our kids a sense of possibility about the future. You can't overstate the importance of that kind of impact." Hopper is an actor, director, photographer and painter. He appeared in "Rebel Without a Cause" and "Gunfight at the O.K. Corral." In 1969, he co-wrote and directed "Easy Rider," for which he won Best New Director at the Cannes Film Festival. The film, made at a cost of $340,000, grossed more than $50 million. His recent work includes appearances in "Waterworld" and the box-office hit "Speed." Haas is a Senior Managing Director of Bear Stearns with 25 years of experience in the securities industry. He joined Bear Stearns in 1982. Prior to joining the firm, he was a representative with Oppenheimer & Co. and E.F. Hutton. He is active in several civic and philanthropic organizations.


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Spurs Player Reveals He Was 'Too Fat' When He Signed
Josh Lawless
Published 7:42, 09 November 2017 GMT
| Last updated 8:10, 09 November 2017 GMT
Spurs right-back Kieran Trippier has revealed his fitness was not up to scratch and he was found to be high in body fat when he made the move to White Hart Lane.
The former Manchester City youth product joined the club in 2015 for a fee of £3.5 million after excelling at Burnley, and he's since become a valuable asset for Mauricio Pochettino's side, having signed a new five-year contract in the summer.
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But upon joining the club, the 27-year old discovered just how demanding Pochettino is when it comes to fitness levels, as his body fat was over the percentage permitted.
Despite Sean Dyche, his previous boss, being happy with where he was at fitness-wise, Pochettino let him know that things needed to improve. Trippier says it took him six months to get in "great condition".
In an interview with The Mirror, he said.
"When I was at Burnley and we got our body fat done, I had a really good percentage. Sean Dyche was happy.
"I went to Tottenham and I was well high [in body fat] - I think they pinch you tougher at Tottenham, unless it was my all-inclusive holiday in Mexico and the mojitos!
"It turns out I wasn't in the best shape when I came to Tottenham and the manager let me know that. He told me that and within six months of getting there I was in great condition."
Tripper finished last season as Spurs' regular right-back, ahead of Kyle Walker, who joined table-topping Manchester City for £50 million in the summer. The boyhood United fan has been tussling it out with new signing Serge Aurier for the right-back berth this season, and has made sacrifices to keep up with the high fitness levels on the white side of North London.
"It's really intense. It's relentless really, how much stuff we do," he added.
"The structure is set out perfectly, whether it's in the gym, running - sometimes double sessions. Every player at Tottenham is in great shape.
"I used to enjoy myself with my missus and friends but because we are playing Saturday-Tuesday or Wednesday-Sunday, with the intensity we play at, we can't afford to have a night out."
Trippier's meteoric rise has seen him force his way into Gareth Southgate's England side, making two appearances for his country. He is in the squad for this week's friendlies against Germany and Brazil, and looks set to be part of the travelling party to Russia in 2018.
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FRIDAY DECEMBER 8, 2017: The Gasfield Free South West Alliance has welcomed the government's formal gazettal of fracking bans covering the South West, Peel and Metro areas today but says it would still like the bans to be protected by a specific Act of parliament.
Spokesperson for the GFFSWA Kathy Thomson said the gazettal was a positive step in the right direction and gave the community a degree of security.
"We think this is a good start but we would still like these fracking bans made watertight with an Act of Parliament," Ms Thomson said.
Meanwhile Lock the Gate Alliance welcomed a move by the government to formalise the fracking moratorium covering the rest of the state until June 2020.
A spokesperson for Lock the Gate in WA Jane Hammond said formalising the bans and the moratorium gave the community some breathing space to really look at the issues involved with fracking and discuss whether the risks to land, water and health were worth taking.
"We are pleased that the government has seen fit to formally extend the moratorium until June 2020 and we hope that it sticks to that commitment," Ms Hammond said.
The Government also announced today the dates and venues for public hearings of the fracking inquiry.
"We are happy that the inquiry has extended its original count of three sittings to five but we still don't feel this is sufficient," Ms Hammond said.
"We had asked for additional sittings in the South West and Gascoyne and we still think the inquiry should visit these regions and hear from the people whose lives could be impacted by fracking in the future.
"We think five single days of sittings spread across thousands of square kilometres will not enable everyone who wants to address the inquiry to get the chance.
The inquiry will sit in Fitzroy Crossing on Monday February 26, Broome, Tuesday February 27, Perth, Wednesday February 28, Dongara, Thursday March 1 and Dandaragan, Friday March 2.


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Colorado Potato Beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata) is major problem for US growers. The beetles eat the foliage and slowly skeletonize the crop. Adult beetles emerge in spring. Bacillus thuringiensis is effective at fighting larvae but it must be applied several times (ask a licensed agronomist in your area).
Late Blight. Late blight is caused by the oomycete pathogen Phytophthora infestans. Late blight has been referred to as a 'community disease', due to its ability to spread rapidly from field to field under the right weather conditions. Asexual spores travel easily on the wind when the weather is cool and moist, and can rapidly infect neighboring fields. An infection of Phytophthora infestans can have devastating effects on a potato or tomato crop, with the potential to completely destroy a field in a matter of days, if left unchecked. Unfortunately, this pathogen can survive for several months in the ground, making it hard to control and eliminate. Learn more on Late Blight here.
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The world is waiting for a new champion! Croatia dethrones Serbia, Hungary beats Greece
By Mark Prichard
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It had to happen once after four years of absolute domination of Serbia. Croatia dethroned Dejan Savic team in the semifinal of the World championship in Budapest. Barracudas won 12:11.(1:1, 4:4, 4:4, 3:2).
This will be the first competition since the 2013 World Cup in Barcelona that Serbian water polo players will not win a gold medal.
Now they have a duel on Saturday for third place and a bronze medal against the selection of Greece.
And Croatia's opponent in the final, considering where the championship is playing, will be the hardest possible – Hungary, which was previously better than Greece.
Croatia has obviously drawn many lessons from last year's defeat in the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games final. However, this was a game in which Serbia had a lead and dictated the pace.
And Andrija Prlainovic was the one who, with a safe game, drove Croatian rivals into fear of bone. He scored goals from different positions as a joke. In the end, he reached the number of six hits.
However, this time, Croatian water polo players, unlike some of the previous interlocutors, did not fall into nervousness when the match broke and when they scampered the result.
The Croats took the first time in the match just minutes before the end of the match. Ante Vukicevic scored for 11:10, and later Maro Jokovic was precise. It turned out that it was enough for a triumph and placement in the finals.
They had, however, Serbian water polo players another opportunity five seconds before the end, Prlainovic was greatly kicked, but this time goalkeeper Marko Bijac topped the pitch.
HUNGARIAN DEFENSE LOOKED LIKE A WALL IN THE SECON HALF
Hungarians had a lot of problems against Greece in the tonight's game. Greeks started very well, had a one goal advantage, even had the opportunity for a greater advantage, but Hungary later turned around and in the end completely outplayed the opponents.
The Greeks were led by a brilliant Konstantinos Genidunias, who was the main player in the first half.
At the start of the second quarter, Janis Funtulis scored, then Marton Vamos answered. But Genidunias was great as he found the net two more times. The Hungarians had a lot of problems in the attack, but Gor-Miklos Nagy scored with a lot of luck. In the last seconds of the first half, Balazs Harai gave Hungarians a new advantage.
At the start of the third quarter Vamos scored again and Hungary for a 6:4 lead to make a major step towards victory and place in the big final.
Greece had some dangerous attacks through Vlachopoulos and Mourikis, but they couldn't break Hungarian defense. Vamos goal was the only one fans saw in the third period.
After 55 seconds in the last quarter, Hosnyanszky brought a three-goal lead to the Hungarians. And with some tougher defensive plays for the hosts, the game was decided.
RADOVIC A HERO FOR MONTENEGRO
Montenegro water polo players wanted to get a sort of redemption against Russia after a painful defeat in a match versus Greece in the quarterfinal.
And Montenegrins did it against Russia – 9:8 in a semifinal duel for the fifth place in this tournament. Drasko Brguljan played a great game, as he scored four goals for Montenegro who had, what seemed to be, a comfortable 5:3 lead.
Russians, however, did not want to give up, and they equalized thanks to goals from Nagaev and Lisunov. From that point on, it was a goal for a goal game. And then, Aleksandar Radovic took matters into his hands.
First, he scored what turned out to be a winning goal, a then stole a ball minute before the end of the game.
Montenegrins will play against Italy in the final duel for the fifth place.
Italian national team beat Australia again, after the first triumph in the group phase. Azzurri managed to motivate theirselves again and goalkeeper Stefano Tempesti had a really good performance because he didn't concide a goal for 16 minutes.
Italians gained a two goal lead in the first quarter (4:2), but Australians managed to come back into the game in the next two periods.
On the other side of the pool, Azzurri had a trouble with converting extra man situations in the third quarter. In the last period however, Italian water polo team finally found the way to the net. Aicardi and Di Fulvio opened the door for the Italy's win – 8:4.
SPAIN SURVIVED TOUGH JAPAN
Spain beat Japan 13:11 in the semifinal for the ninth place, but it was not an easy game. Asian team even won the first quarter 2:1, but in the next three-quarters, Spaniards showed that they have more quality players.
Spain managed to shake off Japanese in the last quarter when they had a 10:9 lead. Then Espanol scored two consecutive goals and Tahull added one more to finish the game.
The next rival for Spanish water polo player will be Kazakhstan which beat Brazil 9:5.
Kazakhstan team started the game in a good style, a had a three goal lead (4:1) after the first eight minutes thanks to goals from Medvedev, Ukumanov, and Turlykhanov. Brazilians didn't have enough power to come back to this game.
Greece – Hungary 5:7 (1:2, 3:3, 0:1, 1:1)
Greece: Gennidounias 3, Fountoulis 2
Hungary: Vamos 2, Hosnyanszky 2, Gor-Nagy 1, Erdelyi 1, Harai 1.
Serbia – Croatia 11:12
Serbia: Mandic 1, Randjelovic 1, D. Pijetlovic 2, Prlainovic 6, S. Mitrovic 1
Croatia: Sukno 3, Jokovic 3, Loncar 2, Vukicevic 2, Buslje 2
5th – 8th places
Montenegro – Russia 9:8 (1:1, 4:2, 2:4, 2:1)
Montenegro: Dr. Brguljan 4, Radovic 3, Banicevic 1, Misic 1.
Russia: Lisunov 2, Merkulov 2, Dereviankin 1, Nagaev 1, Kholod 1, Shepelev 1.
Australia – Italy 4:8 (2:4, 2:2, 0:0, 0:2)
Australia: Hollis 2, Kayes 1, Gilchrist 1,
Italy: F. Di Fulvio 2, Figlioli 2 ,N. Gitto 1, N. Presciutti 1, Bodegas 1, Aicardi 1
9th – 12th places
Brazil – Kazakhstan 5:9 (1:4, 2:2, 0:1, 2:2)
Brazil: Coutinho 2, P. Stellet 1, L. R. Silva 1, Carrulo 1
Kazakhstan: Shakenov 2, Ukumanov 2, Medvedev 1, Altayev 1, Shmider 1, Turlykhanov 1.
Japan – Spain 11:13 (2:1, 4:6, 3:4, 2:2)
Japan: Adachi 3, Okawa 3, Arai 2, Shiga 2, Yoshida 1, Takata 1,
Spain: Espanol 5, V. Gutierrez 3, Tahull 2, Munarriz 1, Mallarach 2.
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Wilderness Advocate Polly Dyer Recognized with Honorary Doctorate
By Susan Morgan and John Miles
On March 22, 2014 Polly Dyer received her honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Western Washington University in Bellingham, WA to recognize and celebrate her lifetime of conservation achievements.
Four years ago, after Polly's 90th birthday party, The North Cascades Conservation Council reported that three hours of speakers stories hadn't scratched the surface of her remarkable history. "The fruits of Polly's leadership have blossomed wherever there is wilderness, from the Wilderness Act of 1964 through WA State's three National Park Wilderness Areas and our various National Forest Wilderness Areas."[i] Through six decades of championing wilderness, she has nurtured generations of wilderness supporters.
Polly would be the first to say that her life's work began in 1945 when she met Johnny Dyer walking up a trail on Deer Mountain near Ketchikan AK. Sparks flew. They were engaged in six weeks and married four months later, and for the next 63 years, Johnny Dyer ("Climber, Sierra Club" pronounced the pin on his hat) fostered his wife's activism and shared her passion for wilderness preservation.[ii]
The Dyers became a great team; no conservation task was too big or too small. Polly persuaded people to join the cause and served as mentor and model; the network she developed was vast and ranged from local activists to politicians, agency personnel and players on the national stage. She gained the respect of all and grew close to many.
Long-time wilderness advocate Karen Fant remembered going with Polly to the Mt. Rainier National Park Centennial. As they made their way to the car after the program, for more than two hours Polly joyously stopped to talk to dear old friends and associates with the Park Service, Forest Service, USFW, agency and conservation representatives. Karen concluded that she needed a leash or they would never get home. (Polly was driving.)[iii]
Though Washington became her home and center of operations, Polly's scope is national. When she and Johnny lived for briefer times in the San Francisco area or on the East Coast, Polly organized Girls Scouts and together they started Sierra Club chapters and other organizations. Alaska remains one of her most treasured wild places. So moved by it's natural beauty and scope, she called her life there "the basis for my whole life since." In 1947, Johnny crafted leather saddlebags for her three-speed Schwinn, and Polly and friend Dixie shipped their bikes to Juneau where they picked them up and barged to Haines. As they biked toward Haines Junction, Canadian Mounties gave them a lift the last few miles into town. The Mounties also generously offered mattresses to the girls in a building that turned out to be the local jail. "There weren't any hotels in those days," Polly says. "Jail was easier than tent camping at that point. Then we biked on to Valdez to get more cash and finally to Anchorage."[iv]
In 1953 the Dyers joined their friend David Brower and a host of conservation organizations in the historic fight against Echo Park Dam in Dinosaur National Monument. Wearing her hat as the conservation chair of the Mountaineers and another hat as a citizen activist, after a two-year skirmish, she and cooperators prevailed. Dinosaur was saved.
During that fight, Polly met Howard Zahniser, Executive Secretary of The Wilderness Society. Zahnie prepared the first draft of proposed wilderness legislation in 1956, and in 1957, Polly began working with Zahnie and other national, state, and local conservation groups. As they crafted language along the way, Polly suggested that Zahnie use the word untrammeled to "describe the character of the public lands that should be eligible for designation."[v] After sixty-six versions, the act was finally passed in 1964 to establish the National Wilderness Preservation System and of course that little-used word was in it. Twenty years later she was at the center of the successful campaign to pass a Washington State Wilderness Act, which brought nineteen new wilderness areas into the national system.
In 1958 Polly organized a three-day hike along the coastline of the Olympic Peninsula with then U.S. Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas to increase public awareness about a planned portion of U.S. Highway 101. If constructed, the highway expansion would have destroyed what is now the 73-mile wilderness coastline of the Olympic National Forest. This successful hike now stand out in northwestern and National Park history.
Today, at 94, Polly moves more slowly but continues her work, primarily to "finish" North Cascades National Park. "I want to put my arms around wilderness" she says "and save it all."[vi]
In 1967 Susan began her conservation career of twelve years with The Wilderness Society, and she subsequently worked with various conservation outfits (Earth First!, LightHawk, NM Environmental Coalition, Washington Wilderness Coalition, Forest Guardians, and others) that focused on wilderness, wildlands, and public lands conservation. Currently she is a copy editor and is president of The Rewilding Institute.
John is retiring after forty-six years as professor of environmental studies at Huxley College, Western Washington University. He is the author of several books on national park and wilderness history, and through these years in the Pacific Northwest has hiked, skied, and taught and studied the history of the North Cascades. He continues to write and plans much wilderness time in retirement.
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Read more about the word "untrammeled" and its inclusion in the Wilderness Act in Kevin Proescholdt's essay, "Untrammeled," by clicking here.
[i] Olympic Park Associates, "Polly Dyer Chosen as Wilderness Hero," Vol. 12, No. 1, Spring 2004
[ii] HistoryLink.org, The Seattle Times, August 7, 1974
[iii] Personal communication with Susan Morgan
[iv] Personal communication with Susan Morgan
[v] [v] Olympic Park Associates, "Polly Dyer Chosen as Wilderness Hero," Vol 12, No. 1, Spring 2004, and personal communication with Susan Morgan
[vi] Personal communication with Susan Morgan
Echo Park Dam Howard Zahnizer National Wilderness Preservation System North Cascades National Park Olympic Peninsula


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An unmanned prototype of the S-512 Quiet Supersonic Jet has made its first flights as Spike Aerospace continues toward planned deliveries in 2023. The subsonic, subscale SX-1.2 demonstrator aircraft is being used to test the design and flight controls.
SX-1.2 made seven short flights. Adjustments to the aircraft's center of mass, balance and control surfaces were made between each flight. Following more modifications, further flights will be made in early November 2017. Work has also commenced on the next demonstrator, SX-1.3.
Companies including Siemens, Quartus, Aernnova, Greenpoint and BRPH provided engineering resources and assistance.
Spike Aerospace is targeting early 2021 for the S-512's first flight. It says the aircraft will accommodate as many as 22 passengers, have a range of 6,200 nautical miles, a Mach 1.6 cruise speed and fly overland without sonic booms.


Watch the celebration and scientific workshop on the legacy of the two ERS satellite missions. The events were held on 27 September at ESRIN, ESA's centre for Earth observation, in Frascati, Italy.
Earlier this month, the veteran ERS-2 satellite was shut down after its orbit was lowered to reduce the risk of collision with other satellites and space debris.
ERS-2 was launched in 1995, four years after ERS-1, the first European Remote Sensing satellite.
With 20 years of continuous measurements, the two missions paved the way for the development of many new Earth observation techniques in the areas of atmosphere, land, ocean and ice monitoring.
To mark the milestone in ESA's Earth observation programme, a workshop on the outstanding achievements and scientific legacy of the satellites brought together the people behind the pioneering missions.
Following the workshop, a celebration gave ESA staff and invitees with close connections to the missions an opportunity to share in the rich history of the 20 years of ERS.


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Family says grandfather died after he was beaten in California Starbucks parking lot
by: Kristi Gross and Nexstar Media Wire
ROCKLIN, Calif. (KTXL) – A grandfather was taken off life support Wednesday after he was beaten in a Starbucks parking lot Sunday.
Robert Ketner's family said they have been told his stop at the Starbucks in Rocklin California turned violent after he confronted a man outside for playing loud music.
"He was kind of sitting outside, drinking his latte when the vehicle of some sort came by," the family member, who did not want to be identified, explained. "It was like really loud music; people were complaining about it. So, he pointed out, like, which car it was and asked them to turn their music down."
Police say the argument turned physical. When officers arrived, they found Ketner, 69, unconscious. He was taken to a nearby hospital but never woke up.
"Whatever the argument was, no one deserves to lose their life," said Rocklin Police Cpl. Zack Lewis. "So, it's a sad thing that we have to experience this."
Officers arrested 20-year-old River Baumann Sunday night on assault and other charges. He was later released after posting bail. Now Bauman has been rearrested and faces a manslaughter charge.
Man involved in fight at Rocklin Starbucks dies days later
The victim's family said they take some solace in the fact that Baumann has been arrested, but they said Ketner will be missed.
"He is loved by a lot of different people," a family member told KTXL. "It's really hard to kind of process that he's gone now."
Police have not confirmed what led to the fight and they are still investigating. They are asking any witnesses to come forward.
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CANYON, Texas (KAMR/KCIT) — West Texas A&M University announced the virtual summer camp job fair is set for Feb. 4.
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Among the curios of the Pacific Coast Indians in the museum in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California, is an ornament in the shape of a thin flat belt, six or eight feet long--probably worn over the head--composed entirely, or nearly so, of the tail feathers (rectrices) of flickers (Colaptes). The feathers are so placed that the quills are toward the center, the butts overlapping each other, the ends of the feathers being evenly arranged toward the outside, all same side uppermost, and fastened together with fine twine. This ornament must represent a large number of birds and is unique under any circumstances. But one of the most interesting things about it is the fact that every once in a while--say from one to two feet apart--the rectrices of a cross-bred flicker (cafer + auratus) appear. It seems as if the tails of the birds must have been added as they were killed, for the more or less golden quills of the cross-bred birds appear in bunches of ten or twelve, making distinct breaks in the color scheme, while if the feathers had been indiscriminately mixed before being fastened in the belt these golden shafts would hardly be noticeable. This ornament is locked in a glass case, lying topside uppermost, as it were, and I had no opportunity to examine the underside where the gilding of the feathers would have been much more distinct.


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#include "GameCommand.h"
#include "MapEventTypes.h"
#include <glm/vec3.hpp>
#include "Components/BitStream.h"

namespace SEGSEvents
{

// [[ev_def:type]]
class SendWaypoint final : public GameCommandEvent
{
public:
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    glm::vec3 m_location;

    explicit SendWaypoint() : GameCommandEvent(evSendWaypoint) {}
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        m_point_idx(point_idx),
        m_location(location)
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    }
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{
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Beijing International Book Fair 2021 opens with exhibitors from 105 countries, regions
The Beijing International Book Fair (BIBF), one of the largest book publishing trade fairs in the world and the biggest event in Asia's literary calendar, opened on Tuesday as a hybrid event of diverse digital and physical activities. The annual event, now in its 28th edition, runs from September 14 to 18 at the main venue, the new China International Exhibition Center in Beijing's Shunyi District, with the virtual fair taking place via SMART!BIBF, a new digital platform launched on its official website and app. BIBF 2021 has adopted advanced technologies like 5G and VR for immersive activities such as exhibitions, promotions, seminars, and online live streams.
Some 300,000 titles are on display from nearly 2,200 exhibitors from 105 countries and regions, among which are 57 countries that are part of China's Belt and Road Initiative. Among countries being represented for the first time are Algeria, Laos, Palestine, Denmark, and Finland.
Pakistan is the designated country of honor to mark the 70th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Pakistan, the organizers announced earlier this month. Celebratory activities, such as the Night of Pakistan and a special theme exhibition, will take place to showcase the nation's cultural, literary, and art landscapes.
The five-day fair also includes a grand special exhibition in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China, an exhibition of sci-fi comics adapted from award-winning author Liu Cixin's works, as well as a 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics-themed exhibition showcasing Winter Olympic publications and winter sports games. One of the BIBF highlights, the Global Reading Festival was launched in advance on August 23, featuring a series of panel discussions on international classics led by renowned authors and scholars such as Liu Zhenyun and Judith Oriol and aired via live streams.
The organizers say the hybrid fair, the first major international book fair held online and offline during the COVID-19 pandemic, is expected to serve as an international cultural exchange platform for publishers around the globe.
Visitors are required to provide negative nucleic acid test certificates, show their health codes before entering the exhibition center, and must wear a mask. Launched in 1986, the event is staged by the National Press and Publication Administration, the Ministry of Science and Technology, the Beijing municipal government, the Publishers Association of China and the China Writers Association. Last year, the 27th BIBF has moved online for the first time with some activities held in bookstores in Beijing. The 19th Beijing International Book Festival is held simultaneously during this year's BIBF.
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Once you are convinced that Jesus Christ is the promised Messiah, God uniquely manifest in the flesh, and the only way of salvation, you must count the cost before you give your life to Him. In Luke 14:28-33, Jesus shared the importance of counting the cost before following Him. He said, "One should not start building a tower without counting the cost, lest he run out of money and be ridiculed when unable to finish it. Should not a king about to go to war first consider whether he is able with 10,000 men to oppose a force of 20,000?" In the same way, Jesus said, anyone who wants to be His disciple must count the cost of giving up everything for Him.
Before I was a Christian, I thought I was god. Not God the Creator, but god in the sense that I was invincible. I did some crazy things because of that philosophy. Deceived by the same lie Satan used on Adam and Eve, I was walking in rebellion against the one true God.
But I came to the realization that I was not god — that Jesus Christ was God's unique revelation of truth. He was the One I needed as my Savior and Lord.
Once I examined the evidence, and was convinced who Christ is, I had to make a choice. Do I reject Him and walk away in rebellion and self-deluded pride? Or do I humble myself, admit my rebellion, and trust in Him for my salvation?
By God's grace, I chose to give Christ my life. Making a 180-degree turn, I began following Him as Savior and Lord. It's called repentance. It's dying to self and living for Christ. We must dethrone self, quit playing God, and place Christ in His rightful position as Lord of our lives. Then His goals become our goals. His desires become our desires. His will becomes our will.
To illustrate, let's pretend you are on one trapeze and Jesus is on another. You have one hand holding onto your trapeze, and one hand holding onto Christ. You want to live for Christ, but you also want to live for self. You want to obey the Lord, but you also want to have your own way and do your own thing. You want Him to be your God, but you also want to be your own god. You want to run your own life, make your own decisions, have your own goals, and fulfill your own desires. But you can't hold onto both. Eventually the two trapeze bars go in opposite directions. If you try to both live for self and for the Lord it will tear you apart.
That's why there are so many neurotic Christians walking around confused, depressed, and discouraged, not knowing what they believe or what God's will is. When Christians are only half-committed (trying to live for self and trying to live for the Lord) they are the most miserable of people. They go out to witness and say, "Don't you want what I have?" The non-Christian says, "No thanks, I have enough problems already." Instead of having an impact on their world for Christ, as the first century believers did, their compromised lives tend to turn people off. That's why we will never influence our world for Christ unless we ourselves are first totally sold out to Him.
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This post is a continuation(part 5) in a new "Understanding IPFS in Depth" series which will help anybody to understand the underlying concepts of IPFS. If you want an overview of what is IPFS and how it works, then you should check out the first part too 😊
Understanding IPFS in Depth(1/6): A Beginner to Advanced Guide
In part 4, we discussed the significance of Multiformats, How it Works and its technical specification of each multiformat protocol. We also went through a hands-on tutorial in which we played with the multiformats protocols. You can check it out here:
Understanding IPFS in Depth(4/6): What is MultiFormats?
In our first part of the series we briefly discussed Libp2p. We saw that Libp2p "Moves data around" in IPFS(well, not just in IPFS). In this part, we will dive fully into Libp2p and discuss:
The Significance of Libp2p: What is the philosophy behind it, Why do we need it and Where does it fit into IPFS?
How does Libp2p Work?: An In-depth Explanation of all its modules.
Playing with Libp2p: Well, It's always fun to play 😊
Hope you learn a lot about IPFS from this series. Let's start!
Why Libp2p? : The Significance of Libp2p
In order to understand its significance, we have to go back in history.
The early research on ARPANET(predecessor of the internet) began around the question that
How do you build a network which is so resilient, so that it could even survive a NUCLEAR WAR?
The reason that this topic was of such interest in the 1960s was that most of the communication infrastructure at that time looked like this:
https://medium.com/media/df1531d858ab724f030d03ab06ef2294/href
These were banks of humans operators connecting wires to facilitate country-wide communication. This was a highly centralized system, which could be destroyed easily in a nuclear war.
Fast-forward to today's world, most of the internet companies today have centralized servers, most of which are hosted in the data centers outside the cities. The internet we see today is still somehow full of services similar to the bank of human operators which are highly centralized and fragile(well, we aren't in a constant threat of a nuclear war today, but any technical or natural disaster can cause great damage).
But Why do we need to rethink about networking in 2019?
Today, we are dependent on the internet more than ever. We are dependent on it for life and death situations. But the current internet, as we see it today is quite fragile and has several design problems. Most of these problems stem from the location-addressing.
Hmm, But What's location addressing?
This means that whenever any device(your phone, laptop, fridge, car) connects to the internet(via wifi, broadband, satellite…whatever) it gets a name(and hence the data stored in it) based on its location.
The proposed solution to this is content addressing, which allows a much resilient, peer-to-peer model.
However, in order to give content addressing properties to the web, we have to go deeper into networking and overcome many of the challenges that the current internet infrastructure has. These challenges include things like:
NATs: NATs blind devices from each other on the network. Ever tried to host a website from your college network? I bet the experience would have sucked.
Firewalls: Apply to restrictive filters on the network, which restricts different devices to talk to each other. Every got facebook blocked on your office networks? Yeah, that's firewalls right there.
High-latency networks: This is why sometimes the internet is slow, and you are mad because your favorite movie on Netflix is buffering.
Reliability: Networks which are just not reliable and keep failing. We all have a memory of one shitty wifi that would just lose connection every time.
Roaming: Problems with changing IP addresses while roaming due to location-based addressing. We all use free wifi of the coffee shops that we visit. While using the wifi your device is assigned an IP address(the identity of your device). When you move out of the coffee shop, your IP changes(as you disconnect from the wifi). So, your device never has a single identity that stays the same over a period of time.
Censorship: The fact that Google is banned in China and children(well, everybody) of Turkey have never used Wikipedia for their school assignments.
Runtimes with different properties: Lots of devices with very different connectivity properties force developers to work very hard to get around their limitations to get connected with each other, and a lot of times they are just simply not able to connect at all.
Ever met a network engineer(IT guy) having a bad day? Well, pretty much every day.
Innovation is super slow: Innovation in networks land is really slowwww…It takes years or even a decade for a new protocol to go down the OSI stack and to be deployed on a large scale. Even with a huge amount of funding, it might take years to decades to deploy new fantastic ideas to the internet's fabric.
These problems are partly because of the location-addressing model. The proposed solution to these problems is content-addressing.
Libp2p is not the first project that is working on the peer-to-peer content-addressing model. There have been a ton of projects like eMule, Kazaa, LimeWire, Napster, BitTorrent, some of which even exist until today. There was a lot of research done on algorithms like Kademlia, Pastry which powered these projects. Even though all these projects existed and got popular, it is really hard to leverage the work done in the past. Most of these projects have the classic software usability problems.
These problems include:
Lack of good documentation, or none at all.
Restrictive Licensing or no licensing to be found.
Old with last update more than a decade away.
No easy to reach, point of contact.
Closed Source(Product) or the source doesn't exist anymore.
No specification provided.
The implementation doesn't expose a friendly API.
Projects that are tightly coupled with a specific use-case.
Make a lot of assumptions about how they work.
And this is something that we still see today.
A good example of this is WebRTC, the peer-to-peer transport of the web platform. Most of its opensource implementations are build by hacking the Chrome browser and are buggy and unreliable.
So, there is a need for a future-proof framework, that can efficiently encapsulate all the standards, which would allow:
faster innovation, as the things are modular as-well-as compatible.
future-proof system; so that things do not break as we add new things in the coming future.
cross compatible; not only this allows new things to be added but also keeps the support for previously used standards, so that we don't kill the legacy systems.
Well, I know what you are thinking…
Are we talking about just another standard?
But, no. We are not talking about just another standard. Instead of creating just another project with another "unique" protocol, we are trying to build a toolkit that allows creating and managing these standards and protocol that do not suffer from the classic software usability problems.
Ok. Tell me What is this "Libp2p"?
The one-liner pitch is that libp2p is a modular system of protocols, specifications, and libraries that enable the development of peer-to-peer network applications.
Peer-to-peer basics
There's a lot to unpack in that one-liner! Let's start with the last bit, "peer-to-peer network applications." You may be here because you're knee-deep in the development of a peer-to-peer system and are looking for help. Likewise, you may be here because you're just exploring the world of peer-to-peer networking for the first time. Either way, we ought to spend a minute defining our terms upfront, so we can have some shared vocabulary to build on.
A peer-to-peer network is one in which the participants (referred to as peers or nodes) communicate with one another directly, on more or less "equal footing". This does not necessarily mean that all peers are identical; some may have different roles in the overall network. However, one of the defining characteristics of a peer-to-peer network is that they do not require a privileged set of "servers" which behave completely differently from their "clients", as is the case in the predominant client/server model.
Because the definition of peer-to-peer networking is quite broad, many different kinds of systems have been built that all fall under the umbrella of "peer-to-peer". The most culturally prominent examples are likely the file-sharing networks like BitTorrent, and, more recently, the proliferation of blockchain networks that communicate in a peer-to-peer fashion.
Before going further I would strongly recommend going through the core concepts of networking, which are explained beautifully here.
Concepts :: libp2p Documentation
What problems can libp2p solve?
While peer-to-peer networks have many advantages over the client/server model, there are also challenges that are unique and require careful thought and practice to overcome. In the process of overcoming these challenges, while building IPFS, we(contributors of IPFS) took care to build the solutions in a modular, composable way, into what is now libp2p. Although libp2p grew out of IPFS, it does not require or depend on IPFS, and today many projects(including Libra aka ZuckBucks) use libp2p as their network transport layer. Together we can leverage our collective experience and solve these foundational problems in a way that benefits an entire ecosystem of developers and a world of users.
Here I'll try to briefly outline the main problem areas that are addressed by libp2p today (early 2019). This is an ever-growing space, so don't be surprised if things change over time.
At the foundation of libp2p is the transport layer, which is responsible for the actual transmission and receipt of data from one peer to another. There are many ways to send data across networks in use today, with more in development and still more yet to be designed. libp2p provides a simple interface that can be adapted to support existing and future protocols, allowing libp2p applications to operate in many different runtime and networking environments.
In a world with billions of networked devices, knowing who you're talking to is key to secure and reliable communication. libp2p uses public key cryptography as the basis of peer identity, which serves two complementary purposes. First, it gives each peer a globally unique "name", in the form of a PeerId. Second, the PeerId allows anyone to retrieve the public key for the identified peer, which enables secure communication between peers.
It's essential that we be able to send and receive data between peers securely, meaning that we can trust the identity of the peer we're communicating with and that no third-party can read our conversation or alter it in-flight.
libp2p supports "upgrading" a connection provided by a transport into a securely encrypted channel. The process is flexible and can support multiple methods of encrypting communication. The current default is secio, with support for TLS 1.3 under development.
Peer Routing
When you want to send a message to another peer, you need two key pieces of information: their PeerId, and a way to locate them on the network to open a connection.
There are many cases where we only have the PeerId for the peer we want to contact, and we need a way to discover their network address. Peer routing is the process of discovering peer addresses by leveraging the knowledge of other peers.
In a peer routing system, a peer can either give us the address we need if they have it or else send our inquiry to another peer who's more likely to have the answer. As we contact more and more peers, we not only increase our chances of finding the peer we're looking for, we build a more complete view of the network in our own routing tables, which enables us to answer routing queries from others.
The current stable implementation of peer routing in libp2p uses a distributed hash table to iteratively route requests closer to the desired PeerId using the Kademlia routing algorithm.
Here is the best slide deck I ever encountered for understanding Kademlia.
Content Discovery
In some systems, we care less about who we're speaking with than we do about what they can offer us. For example, we may want some specific piece of data, but we don't care who we get it from since we're able to verify its integrity.
libp2p provides a content routing interface for this purpose, with the primary stable implementation using the same Kademlia-based DHT as used in peer routing.
Messaging / PubSub
Sending messages to other peers is at the heart of most peer-to-peer systems, and pubsub (short for publish/subscribe) is a very useful pattern for sending a message to groups of interested receivers.
libp2p defines a pubsub interface for sending messages to all peers subscribed to a given "topic". The interface currently has two stable implementations; floodsub uses a very simple but inefficient "network flooding" strategy, and gossipsub defines an extensible gossip protocol. There is also active development in progress on episub, an extended gossipsub that is optimized for single source multicast and scenarios with a few fixed sources broadcasting to a large number of clients in a topic.
An Infographic to sum it up
libp2p is the networking layer of IPFS
a collection of p2p protocols
modules that satisfy interfaces (roles)
The whole of IPFS is made up of libp2p modules
An analogy to compare IPFS vs Libp2p
So, as we saw above, Libp2p is a collection of building blocks that expose a very well-defined, documented and tested interfaces so they are composable, swappable and hence upgradable.
In other words, Libp2p takes the current "vertical" OSI model and makes it horizontal.
Current "Vertical" OSI model
This current networking model has a few shortcomings:
Repeated actions throughout multiple layers, hence a lot of duplicated work and wasting resources.
Information is hidden between the layers, missing significant improvement opportunities.
This is mainly due to the fact that internet protocols are spread across multiple layers(as shown in the diagram) and are very tightly coupled which makes them hard to change, thus discouraging innovation.
Libp2p changes this and just gives you a frame in which all of these protocols can co-exist and co-operate.
Libp2p: A modular suite of protocols for a better web
If you are new to this idea(OSI model), I strongly recommend you to go through the following RFCs for much better understanding:
RFC 1958: Architectural Principles of the Internet
RFC 3439: Some Internet Architectural Guidelines and Philosophy
Libp2p is available in the following official implementations:
go-libp2p in Go
js-libp2p in Javascript, for Node and the Browser
rust-libp2p in Rust
py-libp2p in Python
There are also a number of other community built implementations which you can use.
Well, now as we have talked about why we need to rethink about networking in 2019, what is libp2p and how libp2p is an improvement over the current networking model, it's time for some action🚨🚨
Let play with Libp2p🔥🔥
In this tutorial, we are going to build a libp2p chat application including both Node.js and Browser clients.
The tutorial will give you the opportunity to build your application for one of three platforms/languages: Go, Node.js, and Web Browsers. See the preparation section below for your respective choice.
Have your favorite code editor ready, if don't have one, I recommend VSCode.
Preparing for Go track
You need to have the Go language 1.12 compiler installed, please follow the instructions at https://golang.org/doc/install
Bonus: learn basic concepts on the libp2p website and study the interfaces in go-libp2p-core.
Preparing for the JavaScript track
Have git installed, https://git-scm.com/downloads.
Node.js >= 10 installed + npm >= 6 installed.
Download or clone the code at https://github.com/libp2p/js-libp2p-examples, git clone https://github.com/libp2p/js-libp2p-examples.git.
Specific to Node.js
Install dependencies by following the Setup directions at
libp2p/js-libp2p-examples
Now open the folders sequentially and add do as directed in the todos.
Specific to Browsers
Have the latest version of Firefox, Brave, or Chrome installed. Firefox was tested the most during the building of this workshop, so we'd recommend having that installed just in case there is an issue with your preferred browser.
Windows Users
If your npm config is not already set to support bash, you will need to do that for the Web Browser examples. Check out this Stack Overflow Answer for how to do that. This will enable Parcel to correctly locate the appropriate, nested files.
If you have any doubts/questions/suggestions, then shoot them in the comments. For more details on the tutorial, you can visit IPFS camp repo, where you can learn a ton about IPFS.
ipfs/camp
I recently attended the IPFS Camp in June 2019 and it was an amazing experience.
Awesome people at IPFS Camp
Congratulations🎉🎉 You now have the power to build Future-proof networks.
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Gay Son Comes Out To Close-Minded Dad, Gets Shocked For All The Right Reasons
Out in the open To many of Levi Miles' friends at the University of Wisconsin, it was an open secret
By Bryan Liquor August 27, 2021
To many of Levi Miles' friends at the University of Wisconsin, it was an open secret that he was gay. However, he never told the world.
In a piece he penned in the Huff Post, Miles says that the positive response following him officially coming out on Facebook was heartwarming.
However, visiting home, Miles was very concerned with his father's reaction. While his mother had known Miles' secret for two years, he wrote that "coming out to my father terrified me beyond all other things," fearing that he'd disown him.
One day his father left the house, and Miles's mother told him "Your father saw your Facebook status when I left my Facebook up. The cat's out of the bag."
When Miles asked her for his reaction, the response was heartbreaking.
"She said that he wasn't too happy about it, mostly disappointed and kind of hurt, from what I gathered," wrote Miles.
"He'd even had the gall to say that if I weren't in theatrE, I wouldn't have ended up gay, because it wouldn't have seemed so normal."
– Levi Miles
"My dad has never been open-minded on the topic of homosexuality, and I know that he was praying that I wouldn't be gay."
Things left unsaid
When his dad returned, neither brought up the topic.
Miles admitted that "I didn't want to talk about my sexuality with my father any more than he wanted to talk about it with me, which was good."
With the tense weekend over, Miles hugged his parents goodbye as he hopped on the train back to Milwaukee.
A few hours later, his mother texted him.
"Your dad has funny ways of showing he loves you. Look in your backpack."
– Levi Mile's mother
Inside, between two notebooks, was a picture of a young Miles and his father, smiling.
On the back was a note that wrote "I will always love you, no matter what."
Love overcomes
As hurtful and ignorant his 'disappointment' was to Levi, credit to his father for reflecting and realizing that Levi is his son and ultimately deciding to love him for who he is. While he didn't do it with some moving speech, he expressed it in his own way —just like his Levi expresses who he is.
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Q: jQuery Removing last two characters in a class This should be pretty simple. I'm trying to use the slice method to remove the last two characters in a dynamically created string in a shopping cart.
So instead of having a product show as $28.00, I want the product to show up as $28. Since these values are coming from a database, I can't simply define the string in a variable, like I've seen in a lot of tutorials.
I've created a JSFiddle here:
http://jsfiddle.net/EbckS/
The jQuery that's not working is below:
    $(".myclass").slice(0,-2);

A: You should use text.
$(".slice").text(function(i, text) {
    return text.slice(0, -2);
});

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*i Reffers the index position of the element in the set

*text Reffers the old text value

Refference

A: Very Simple. I uses this for getting number from a string you can use it too.
var height= "800px";

var newheight = height.substring(0,height.length-2); //string 800
newheight= parseFloat(newheight) || 0; //number 800

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Omaha, NE – Shoes come in different styles, colors, and sizes, but what if you didn't have the luxury of wearing them every day? On March 24th, students and staff at the College of Saint Mary will host a "Rock Your Sole" benefit concert at the Slowdown music venue in Omaha.
TOMS is a company founded in 2006 by Blake Mycoskie with an ambitious philanthropic mission. The company's goal is for every pair of shoes sold, another pair is given away. Becky Chabot is the Director of Campus Ministry at the College of Saint Mary in Omaha. Chabot said the benefit concert is intended to raise awareness of the need for shoes of those who cannot afford them. In some developing countries, Chabot said, when children do not have shoes they're unable to attend school. They are also exposed to many communicable diseases and harmful bacteria when walking barefoot.
Blake Mycoskie's company TOMS donates a pair of shoes for each one sold. (Photo credit TOMS SHOES)
"His vision was to create a company that when you purchased a pair of shoes here in the United States or elsewhere, a child somewhere in the developing world would not only get a pair of shoes, but they would get a pair of shoes that fit. So they would be safe, able to go to school, and their feet would be protected from all these diseases."
As of last September, over one million pairs of new shoes were given away to children in 23 countries including, Argentina, Haiti, China, Uganda and in the United States. Chabot said the benefit concert sponsored by TOMS this week will feature the local band, In Love, which will open for, Fools and Horses, the headlining act that hails from Baltimore, Maryland.
"They've won all sorts of awards both in Baltimore and Washington DC, and they're awesome guys, awesome musicians," Chabot said. "So we're really excited to have them as our headliners and super-excited to have In Love supporting them."
"It's basically just a chance to come out and hear some good music."
Chabot said this benefit concert is an "all ages" show, but people under the age of 18 will need written permission from a parent or guardian to attend. The Rock Your Sole benefit concert will be held this Thursday night at 8pm at the Slowdown located in north downtown Omaha.
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