Bat Rays (Myliobatis californica) are one of the hardest fighting fish available to the landbased angler in Southern California. A member of the eagle ray, the Bat Ray is identifiable by its pointed "wings" and long whip-like tail. The all tackle record for these rays is 180lbs, but they are rumored to get much larger. With wingspans up to 6' across it is easy to see how they are capable of such grueling battles on hook and line. Their mouths equipped with crushing plates to smash crabs and mollusks although they are known to enjoy finbait as well! They are fast, powerful and even capable of airborne displays when hooked. Poor table fare lends these fish best to a catch and release fishery. Many sharking kinds get their start in the big game angling world by wrestling with these bruisers. For the most part as the anglers improves and begins to target larger more worthy game, the bat rays become a nuisance due to their prevalence and willingness to bite.
Bat Rays are easy to catch, numerous anywhere the ocean meets the land, and readily accepting a variety of baits. Squid, mackerel, smelt, shrimp, literally anything will work to catch these fish. The author once even caught one on a slap of grilled chicken from a waterfront restaurant.
Bat Rays are powerful fighters, but not excessively large. While they can be hard to turn, and usually make one long run, if the angler stays in front of the fish must rays can be subdued quite easily with 30lb tackle. As a recommendation 50lb line should be a good starting point if hunting for bruisers. Most anglers opt for a braided line such as Bullbuster Braid (https://bullbuster.net/braided...) with a long "rub leader" or shock leader of monofilament. This braid backing gives the angler the capacity to slow down these fish which can make runs in excess of 100 yards when first hooked.. Usually 10-12 feet of heavy mono such as Bullbuster Leader Material (https://bullbuster.net/grander...) is used as a rub leader to make sure the angler lands their quarry when fishing around shells, rocks, or docks.
From the surf, bay or pier rigs like the Loop Rig, Pulley Rig, or even the basic Carolina/Fishfinder rig are all good options. These rays have no teeth, only a crushing plate so no wire is required. However, consideration must be given to the shape of the fishes mouth and the size of the hook becomes imperative since there is little soft tissue to catch on. Larger hooks tend to work well, cirlces being the preferred method.
Mud Marlin can be found all along the Southern California coast, but San Diego and North Los Angeles County both seem to have the highest concentrations of slimy brawlers. Bays and Harbors can be excellent places to target these fish as well, with Long Beach Harbor and Newport Harbor being known hotspots.
While snot napkins can be caught all year, spring and summer are the preferred times. There is a correlation between these fish and large tide swings, and as a result grunion run nights can be ultra-productive times to fish for them.


General Hospital (GH) spoilers tease that a big return is in the works. A recent episode of Daytime After Dark featured a revealing interview with Nathan Varni. The ABC network exec announced that Tristan Rogers is heading back to GH as Robert Scorpio.
Varni explained that the writers are cooking up a hot plot for Robert to get involved in. It looks like it'll be a while before Robert actually appears on screen, but he should be worth the wait. General Hospital spoilers say May sweeps will bring plenty of drama, so that'd be the perfect time for Robert to get back in the action. Robert could become a key player in a looming storyline.
Rogers is also featured on The Young and the Restless from time to time, but they don't seem to have a place for him lately. Despite the fact that Y&R's gearing up for a big anniversary special, there apparently isn't enough room for Rogers' character. The CBS soap doesn't appear to have any scenes coming for him down the road either.
That's OK though. It just means Rogers will be free for his General Hospital arc. Y&R's loss is GH's gain! There's no word yet on what will spark Robert's return trip to Port Charles, but there are several interesting possibilities. Robert will likely get tangled up in some chaos that connects to Anna (Finola Hughes).
Peter's (Wes Ramsey) keeping huge secrets, so some excitement's brewing. General Hospital writers may take their time when it comes to exposing Peter's deception. They don't want to burn through all this juicy material too fast.
As a result, they could save some of the biggest reveals for May sweeps or at least right before it. Robert's interested in all things Faison (Anders Hove). He'd want to know if Faison's son was around and stirring up trouble.
Peter's the kind of guy who can be ruthless when his back's against the wall. General Hospital spoilers hint that Peter could easily take Faison's spot as a cruel GH villain. Since he may have Huntington's disease like his father, that could also affect Peter's future. He could battle brain issues and act like man with nothing to lose.
Of course, there's no guarantee that Faison's gone for good. General Hospital fans know how tricky he can be. If Faison ever showed back up, it wouldn't be the first time he cheated death. Faison's latest exit was kind of a letdown for a villain of this magnitude. He deserves to go out in a blaze of glory!
Robert could easily join the mayhem if Faison returns from the dead. Whatever the case, it'll be nice to see Robert back in town! We'll give you updates as other news comes in. Stay tuned to ABC's GH and don't forget to check CDL often for the latest General Hospital spoilers, updates and news.


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The Flu Virus
Flu is an unpleasant illness and unpredictable virus. It can cause a mild to nasty illness although if you are otherwise healthy, it usually clears up on its own within a week or two. Contracting flu can be more severe for certain groups people as it is highly infectious. If people in these 'at risk' groups were to contract flu, they may develop potentially serious complications such as pneumonia (a lung infection) and bronchitis (an inflammation of the airways in the lungs). In the worst cases it could result in death. More information on the flu virus can be obtained from the following web pages:
The flu vaccination is available for free every year to people in these at-risk groups. It is recommended that people in these groups have a flu vaccination every year to help protect them against flu. The vaccination helps to protect adults and children who are at risk of flu and the complications that come with it. Studies have shown that the flu vaccine will help prevent you getting flu and is effective within two weeks of it being administered. However, it won't stop every possible type of flu virus because there are so many strains, so it's not a 100% guarantee that you won't get it – however, if you are unfortunate to catch flu after you've had the vaccine, the vaccine will make your episode milder and shorter-lived. There is also evidence to suggest that having the flu vaccine reduces your risk of having a stroke.
The Flu Vaccination
The flu vaccination is offered free of charge to the following at-risk groups and other eligible people:
Anyone aged 65 and over
Children and adults with an underlying health condition or weakened immune systems
People living in a long stay residential care home or other long stay care facility
Persons receiving carer's allowance
Main carers for elderly or disabled people whose welfare may be at risk if the carer falls ill
- More information about the flu vaccine for carers is available on the Carers UK website
Please see further down the page for more information on who is eligible for the flu vaccination.
*Frontline health and social care workers are also eligible to receive the flu vaccine. Due to the environment that they work in, these people are also at risk and similarly, the staff / patients / residents they work with are at risk of infection if these workers contract flu. There is further information available about the flu vaccination for these workers in this leaflet.
Protection by the flu vaccine decreases over time and flu strains often change (this year's flu will be different to last year's flu), therefore new vaccines are produced every year to adapt to these changes. This is also why people are advised to have the flu vaccination every year. Each year, the viruses most likely to cause flu are identified and the World Health Organisation (WHO) recommends which type of flu virus strains to include in the vaccine. There are three different types of flu vaccine for 2018:
A live 'quadrivalent' nasal spray vaccine (protecting against four strains of flu) for children and young people aged between two and 17
A quadrivalent injected vaccine for children six months and above, in an eligible group, who cannot receive the live vaccine; and adults aged 18 and over but younger than 65.
An adjuvanted injected vaccine for people aged 65 and over
More information about how the flu vaccine works, changes and the types of flu virus is available here.
Serious side effects from the injected vaccine are rare although you may have a mild fever and aching muscles for a couple of days after having the vaccine and your arm may be sore where you were injected. Side effects of the nasal vaccine may include a runny or blocked nose, headache, tiredness and some loss of appetite. The flu vaccines used in the national programme have a good safety record.
Who is eligible for the Flu vaccination?
A number of different groups of adults are eligible for the flu vaccine:
Born on or before 31/03/54 (so if you are currently 64 but will be 65 on 31/03/19, you do qualify). Further information for patients in this group is available through this document.
Pregnant women : there is strong evidence that pregnant women increase the risk of developing complications if they get flu during pregnancy, such as pneumonia, miscarriage and your baby having a low birth weight
- it will also help to protect your baby following birth as they retain some immunity to flu during the first few months of their life
- it is safe to have the flu vaccine at any stage of pregnancy from conception onwards
- further information about the flu jab in pregnancy can be obtained through this link
Certain groups of children are eligible for a flu vaccine:
Over the age of six months with a long-term health condition
Born between 01/09/14 and 31/08/16
In YR, Y1, Y2, Y3, Y4 and Y5 at school
Children aged between six months and two will receive an injected vaccine whilst children aged between two and 17 will usually have the nasal spray vaccine.
Further information about the flu vaccine for children is available here.
People with underlying health conditions
The flu vaccine is available for free to anyone with a serious long term health condition. The list of conditions that make someone eligible for the vaccine is not definitive and is always an issue of clinical judgement. The GP can assess whether having the vaccine will exacerbate this condition or whether contracting flu would put you at risk of serious illness, even if you do not fall into one of the 'at-risk' groups. If you are unsure whether or not you would be suitable for the flu vaccine, please speak to your GP. Health conditions that may warrant the need for a flu vaccine are:
Asthma, COPD, emphysema, bronchitis, CHD, CKD, hepatitis, Parkinson's disease, motor neurone disease, MS, diabetes, sickle cell, weakened immune system and having a BMI of 40 and over
More information about who should have the flu vaccine is available here. Most adults can have the flu vaccine but it should be avoided if you have had a serious allergic reaction to a flu vaccine in the past. More information about who shouldn't have the flu vaccine is available here.
Flu vaccinations at Bedworth Health Centre
Bedworth Health Centre is pleased to be able to offer the flu vaccination. The best time to have a flu vaccine is in mid to late autumn, therefore our flu vaccinations will commence from a date to be confirmed later in 2019 for patients aged under 18 and from a date to be confirmed later in 2019 for patients aged 18 and above. Please call the surgery on 02476 315432 (Option 1 – Appointments), come and speak to a Receptionist in person or access our GP Online Services provision to make your appointment. If you are not sure whether or not you are eligible for a flu vaccination, please call the above number (Option 5 – Administration) to check.
A large amount of this information has been taken from the NHS choices website, more information about the flu vaccine can be found at that website here. This website also has further information about flu itself.

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All Six Circuits to Return in New 24H SERIES ESPORTS Season
Corey Davis, 8 months ago 5 min read
One year after the biggest shake-up in the history of the NEO Endurance Series, the second season of the 24H SERIES ESPORTS will have a much more familiar feel, as all six circuits on last season's calendar will return to the schedule, which runs from…
Race Preview: 6H COTA
Some drivers love it, some drivers hate it, but this weekend, they all have to race it. Circuit of the Americas is up next on the 24H SERIES ESPORTS schedule, and with the help of our team representatives, we'll preview the second race of the…
P2 Recap: AVA Avoids Incidents, Scores a Texas-Sized Win
The departure of the top HPD teams from past NEO Endurance Series seasons left a void in the P2 class in search of a new frontrunner. After two races so far this season, one team has separated itself from the pack as the favorite at…
Race Preview: 6 Hours of COTA
The second round of the fifth NEO Endurance Series season is coming up this Sunday at Circuit of the Americas — a modern racing facility built to challenge maneuverable Formula 1 cars that proves extra difficult for sports cars in a multiclass setting. In this…
Four Original NES Circuits Among Season 5's Schedule
Veteran drivers may feel a bit of nostalgia when surveying the NEO Endurance Series' season 5 schedule, as four tracks from season 1 — including two making their return after several seasons off the calendar — will be back to host NEO competition once again….
Battle of Texas in the NEO Endurance Series
The champs are back on the top step The NES 6 Hours of COTA powered by Joel Real Timing was the second round of the season. This time Coanda were on top in qualifying, followed by Pure Racing Team White and CoRe SimRacing. Team Chimera…
NEO Endurance Series season 3 schedule revealed
NEO Endurance is proud to announce the provisional schedule for season 3 of the NEO Endurance Series (2016-2017). The season 3 schedule has six rounds, one round less than season 2. and the NES will have an Asian debut, in Japan.
New names on top in the battle of Austin
One month after the season opener at Sebring, the paddock moved west to Austin, Texas, for round two of the season at Circuit of the Americas. 6 hours of racing in partly cloudy conditions pleased some teams while others hoped for even more clouds, but managing tires to last a full stint in the hot weather was apparent from early on.


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HomeTruth Will Out RadioTruth Will Out Radio: The Conspiracy to Take Over the Church – TWOR 081718
Truth Will Out Radio: The Conspiracy to Take Over the Church – TWOR 081718
Dennis Wise joins Sven Longshanks to discuss the forthcoming episode 16 of The Freemasonic Victors of World War 2, which looks at a conspiracy to undermine the Catholic Church that was formed in 1936.
An infiltrator was able to record what was being said by the Rabbis about the Jewish infiltration of the Catholic Church and what they were going to do once they had enough power. They talk about undermining the family, destroying the public's faith in God and the church and also undermining patriotism. This was at a time when patriotism was not being demonised by the press and long before the promotion of feminism destroyed family stability.
In 1953, Bella Dodd exposed in testimony to Congress that eleven hundred communists were able to infiltrate the church in the thirties, where they carried out this plan. The idea of infiltrating the church and subverting it from within is not a new one though, the chief Jewish authority of the time instructed the Jews to do just this back in the time of Ferdinand and Isabella. But it was not until after the war that the process was completed and the subversives had enough power to instigate Vatican 2, where the traditional interpretation of important scriptures was turned on it's head to make Catholicism subservient to Jews, rather than trying to convert them.
The last act of defiance the Church was to make was to help transport the brave warriors of the Waffen SS who helped defend western Europe to safe houses in Spain and South America. As well as facilitating this underground railroad, the church also arranged to send hundreds of millions of dollars with them to pay for their retirements.
The proof of the infiltration and undermining of the church can be seen in the paedophile scandals which are made into headline news by the media, and the modern idea that Christianity is somehow 'Jewish'. To get otherwise logical people to believe that a group mainly known for banking wrote the most influential collection of religious books ever, takes some doing. But when that same group actually crucified the originator of that religion, it is nothing less than incredible that anyone could think Christianity was Jewish.
Truth Will Out Radio will be back next Friday on Radio Aryan at 3pm EDT/8pm BST.
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NEW DELHI: State-run Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) and Unlimit, an IoT service provider and a part of Reliance ADA Group Tuesday teamed up to offer comprehensive Internet of Things (IoT) solutions and services to the enterprise customers across India.
Through this partnership, Unlimit will leverage BSNL's ubiquitous and seamless wireless network footprint pan India to provide its solutions and services across industries, the two companies in a joint statement said.
The solutions, according to the deal, would include managed connectivity, application enabling platform and device management, and advance analytics to customers across industries.
BSNL will, however, cement its foothold in India's IoT market and digitally transform the customers' business models.
Unlimit solutions bundled along with the BSNL connectivity would be readily available to be deployed in the market, the statement added.
"We are happy to work with Unlimit, a company that has a track record of providing comprehensive and customized IoT solutions to enterprises across the country. By combining our pan India coverage, last mile network access, and bandwidth with Unlimit's range of services, we will help enterprises accelerate the pace of their new innovations and fast-track the digital transformation process," BSNL Chairman Anupam Shrivastava said.
BSNL's connectivity especially in rural India will help Unlimit further penetrate the India enterprise market, focusing on industries such as automobile, digital manufacturing, transportation, logistics, public-sector enterprises and agriculture.
"We are delighted to announce our partnership with BSNL and offer our solutions through their world-class connectivity to customers in India." said Jürgen Hase, CEO, Unlimit.
Hase said that the company is confident that together with BSNL, it could create the right conditions at a rapid pace the industry requires.
"With the addition of BSNL's connectivity, we are further expanding our services and capabilities to help scale essential IoT projects in India and contribute significantly in the digitization of the rural society," he added.


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The GW Law Alumni Association invites alumni, former cast members, and parents of Law Revue 2019 performers to join fellow alumni for a reception celebrating the Law Revue. Complimentary food and drinks will be served from 5:30 – 7 pm followed by the 2019 Law Revue at 7:30 pm at nearby Lisner Auditorium.
Tickets to the Law Revue can be purchased by visiting the Lisner Auditorium website or at the box office on the evening of the show.


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Q: Separate column into three columns with grouping I have a column with Full names that should be separated into three columns just by spaces. The problem is that some full names contains more than three words, and 4-th and other words shouldn't be omitted, but added to third part.
For instance, "Abdullaeva Mehseti Nuraddin Kyzy" should be separated as:
| Abdullaeva | Mehseti | Nuraddin Kyzy |

I tried to split column with (tidyr) package as follow, but in this way 3d part contains only 1 word after second space.
df<-df %>%
    separate('FULL_NAME', c("1st_part","2d_part","3d_part"), sep=" ")

Any help will be appreciated.

A: Use extra argument:
# dummy data
df1 <- data.frame(x = c(
  "some name1",
  "justOneName",
  "some three name",
  "Abdullaeva Mehseti Nuraddin Kyzy"))

library(tidyr)
library(dplyr)

df1 %>%
  separate(x, c("a1", "a2", "a3"), extra = "merge")
#            a1      a2            a3
# 1        some   name1          <NA>
# 2 justOneName    <NA>          <NA>
# 3        some   three          name
# 4  Abdullaeva Mehseti Nuraddin Kyzy
# Warning message:
#   Too few values at 2 locations: 1, 2

From manual:

extra
If sep is a character vector, this controls what happens when
  there are too many pieces. There are three valid options:
  - "warn" (the default): emit a warning and drop extra values.
  - "drop": drop any extra values without a warning.
  - "merge": only splits at most length(into) times

A: Since for this dataset you said that you only have name1, name2, last name, then you can also use str_split_fixed from stringr, i.e.
setNames(data.frame(stringr::str_split_fixed(df1$x, ' ', 3)), paste0('a', 1:3))

Which gives,

        a1      a2            a3
1        some   name1
2 justOneName
3        some   three          name
4  Abdullaeva Mehseti Nuraddin Kyzy

Note that you can fill the empty slots with NA as per usual

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Bothwell Castle
Delve into a site that saw a great deal of action during the Wars of Independence with England. Bothwell Castle, built on a grand scale in the late 1200s, was hotly fought over.
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Marvel at the near-complete castle of 'Scotland's uncrowned king', set in lovely Stirlingshire countryside.
Dumbarton Castle
Visit a stronghold that stood at the heart of an ancient kingdom covering the area now known as Strathclyde.
Dundonald Castle
See the mighty hilltop castle built by Robert II in the 1370s, soon after he came to the Scottish throne.
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Microbes, Evolution, Genomes, and other fun science…
Bee Microbes
Much of my recent research is on the gut microbiota of bees. This page is a brief introduction to the system, which is currently in the very early stages of development. This field of research is growing and changing rapidly, thus I recommend referring to the primary literature for a more nuanced and up-to-date discussion of the topic.
What bees do you study?
My main focus is a group of bees known as the corbiculates. These include the highly social honey bees, stingless bees, and bumble bees. They comprise ~1000 of the >20,000 bee species (mostly solitary) in the world. The corbiculates have long fascinated humanity due to their ubiquity, agricultural importance, and eusocial behaviour. Now it becoming apparent that they also possess a uniquely specialized microbiota.
What is the bee microbiota?
The microbiota is defined as all the microbial associates of an organism, which may include microscopic bacteria, fungi, protists, archaea, and viruses. In the case of bees, the microbiota consists of various pathogens, transient microorganisms picked up from flowers, and symbiotic bacteria that reside in the gut. The gut bacteria are particularly interesting, as they appear to comprise a stable set of members in adult worker bees and are incredibly numerous (with up to 1 billion cells per bee). In honey bees and bumble bees sampled world-wide, the same community of gut symbionts are found. This suggests that certain ecological and evolutionary forces are working to maintain a unique consortium of resident bacteria in these bees.
I, my colleagues, and researchers at several other labs have recently worked to identify and characterize the members of the corbiculate gut microbiota. The first systematic, community-level descriptions of the bee gut microbiota came through culture-independent studies. Although too numerous to comprehensively list, key early examples include: Jeyaprakash et al. 2003, Babendreier et al. 2007, Cox-Foster et al. 2007, Martinson et al. 2011, Koch & Schmid-Hempel 2011, and Moran et al. 2012. Subsequent efforts have focused on culturing, sequencing, and describing the individual members of this bacterial community. The following table is a 'who's who' of the core bee gut microbiota, updated as of March 2015.
Bee larvae begin their lives devoid of bacteria. Through feeding and interactions with workers, they may pick up some microbes, but these are again lost as the gut lining is shed during metamorphosis to adults. As new adults emerge from pupation, they are germ-free; bees at this stage are ideal for use in gnotobiotic experiments. Contact with older workers and hive material enables full establishment of the normal microbiota after 4-6 days. For more on how microbes colonize the bee gut, see Martinson et al. 2012, Vojvodic et al. 2013, Powell et al. 2014, and Tarpy et al. 2015.
In the gut, bacteria are not simply haphazardly mixed together. Akin to most communities of organisms, a distinct spatial structuring prevails, likely indicative of the different niches each symbiont species has carved out for itself. Snodgrassella adheres closely to the gut wall, while Gilliamella is typically found as a second layer above Snodgrassella. Both these species are abundant in the ileum, a highly folded region of the gut. Lactobacillus species dominate the distal hindgut (rectum), a store for waste and digested pollen particles. Parasaccharibacter appears to thrive in the hypopharyngeal glands, the source of royal jelly, which is toxic to most bacteria.
How are the bee gut microbiota beneficial?
The normal gut microbiota protects against Crithidia, an intestinal parasite, in bumble bees (Koch & Schmid-Hempel 2011 &2012). Fermentative species such as Gilliamella and Bifidobaterium are capable of breaking down carbohydrates such as mannose and pectin, which would aid in the digestion of pollen (reviewed in Kwong et al. 2016). These fermentation products are absorbed by the bee intestine, and bees with the normal gut microbiota gain weight faster than germ-free bees (Zheng et al. 2017). The bee gut microbiota also triggers expression of the bee immune system, which may be important in "priming" host defenses against pathogens (Kwong et al. 2017). In humans, the gut microbiota is well known to perform many beneficial functions, including nutrient provisioning, immune system modulation, and developmental regulation. The microbiota of bees is still poorly studied, hence many aspects of their host-microbe relationship, including beneficial interactions, remain to be revealed.
What are the advantages of the bee gut system?
The bee gut is an attractive model system for the study of co-evolved microbial communities. Many animals possess gut microbiotas, but they can be difficult to study in detail; for example, the human gut community consists of >500 species. In contrast, the bee gut has only 8 or so major groups of bacteria. In addition to being of a manageable number, the bee gut symbionts are also all cultivable in-vitro. This allows for the development of genetic tools for manipulating individual bacterial strains and testing them in gnotobiotic bees.
Bees are of tremendous ecological and economic importance due to their pollination services and products (e.g. honey, wax, propolis). Hence, there are potential applied benefits for bee microbiome research. Bees have also been domesticated and studied for centuries, and there is a large body of existing knowledge on the genetics, behaviour, and natural history of these insects; to have such resources is a rarity and a great advantage for a new microbial model system.
What are the big questions?
Symbiotic relationships are everywhere in nature, and that of animals and their associated microbes are among the most common. Yet, it is unclear how these relationships arise and persist through millions of years of evolution. A major goal in the field of microbiota research is to identify factors that enable symbioses. For example, what adaptations permit a bacterium's lifestyle change from free-living to host-associated? How does the host accommodate for the presence of the symbionts?
What is the role of sociality in maintaining symbioses? Studies of gut microbial communities in several animal lineages have shown heritability: microbes can be passed down the generations from parent to offspring. This means gut microbes are not randomly shared among different animal species, but instead are closely tied to the host from which it came. Although this finding may seem sensible from a human perspective, for we raise young from birth and live in large social groups, many organisms lack this transgenerational contact. Instead, they may rely on other means to pass along beneficial microbes, or may lack a stable microbiota altogether. The latter appears to be the case for solitary bees; thus, can the stable microbiota found in the coribculates be ascribed to their social nature?
Microbes that are stably transmitted from one generation to another enhances allopatry, which may result in co-evolution, host specialization, and co-speciation. These processes are critical for explaining biological diversity and how new species arise and evolve. The symbionts of the bee gut may prove a valuable model: their association with bees likely began >80 million years ago, at the origin of the corbiculates, and strains from different hosts can have extremely divergent genomic sequences. In the question of how bacteria diverge and speciate, the bee gut system gives insight into the effects of host background on bacterial dispersal, gene flow, adaptation, and specialization.
Finally, it should not be forgotten that a particular gut bacterium does not live alone, but in a community of millions to trillions. This complexity gives rise to many dynamic interactions that are only beginning to be studied. How do bacteria colonize, grow, cooperate, and compete in the gut environment? What gives rise to spatial patterning? How do gut communities deal with perturbation or foreign invaders? What kinds of intra-community interactions contribute to community stability? Community dynamics have long been studied by ecologists, but can the principles of the macroscopic world also be applied to microorganisms?
The bee system has parallels with mammalian gut communities in being host-adapted and socially transmitted, and is thus a good general model for the evolution of host-associated microbiotas. How animal-microbe relationships develop and maintain specificity to each other is not only a question of scientific curiosity, but one of great general interest given the widespread symbiotic associations found in organisms of health, economic, and environmental consequence.


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Henry Harrison "Tip" Aplin (April 15, 1841 – July 23, 1910) was an American Civil War veteran, businessman, and politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. He served one term in the United States House of Representatives from 1901 to 1903.

Early life and military career
Aplin was born in Thetford Township, Michigan, and moved with his parents to Flint in 1848 where he attended the public schools. In the American Civil War, he enlisted on July 3, 1861, in Company C, Sixteenth Regiment, Michigan Volunteer Infantry, and served until July 16, 1865, with the rank of second lieutenant.

Political career
After the war, Aplin returned to Michigan and engaged in mercantile pursuits at Wenona (later West Bay City and now part of Bay City). He was postmaster of West Bay City from November 1869 to June 1886. He served as township clerk and township treasurer, each for three years and was a delegate to the 1884 Republican National Convention at Chicago.

Aplin was elected auditor general of the State in 1886 and 1888. He became interested in the construction of the electric railways of West Bay City and served as general manager until 1891. He was a member of the Michigan State House of Representatives in 1894 and 1895 and was again appointed postmaster of West Bay City, serving from October 1, 1898, to June 1902.

Due to the vacancy caused by the death of Rousseau O. Crump, Aplin was elected as a Republican from Michigan's 10th congressional district to the United States House of Representatives for the Fifty-seventh Congress. Aplin served from October 15, 1901 to March 3, 1903, and was an unsuccessful candidate for re-nomination in 1902, being defeated by fellow Republican George A. Loud.

After politics
After leaving Congress, Aplin engaged in agricultural pursuits and was also interested in the manufacture of ice.

Death
He died in Bay City on July 23, 1910, aged 69, and is interred there in Elm Lawn Cemetery.

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Microalgae contain a variety of valuable oils, proteins, antioxidants and vitamins, making them a highly productive natural resource that can be used in animal and human food, cosmetics and even plastics.
Futuris met with the scientists working on a European research project – fittingly named "MIRACLES" – that aims to make this dream economically viable.
The Wageningen university and research centre in the Netherlands, which specialises in healthy food and living environment, has been studying microalgae in transparent tubes filled with sea water for the past 20 years.
Good news: microalgae are very easy to work with. Sea water, carbon dioxide, basic nutrients and sunlight are all they need to live and multiply very rapidly.
In other words, microalgae have the potential to spawn a whole new kind of agriculture that does not rely on arable land or fresh water.
"We grow them in sea water, and you have very few agricultural crops that can grow in sea water. We can put these systems on land which is not fertile, we can go to the desert, we can use land that's not available for agriculture," says Hans Reith, MIRACLES project coordinator.
Microalgae are also "a nice-looking organism," says the project's exploitation officer, Philippe Willems.
"You have it in green, you have it in red, you can have it in yellow. It's aesthetic, and you can use it for that purpose," he said, showing two slabs of bioplastics, as well as a flower pot, made from microalgae. "Here, we tried to use the nutritional value that you have in algae… this bioplastic will degrade slowly in a water environment, and slowly release the nutrients," he explained.
The MIRACLES project builds upon the experience of its business partners, such as Fitoplancton Marino, a Spanish company that produces about two tons of dry microalgae matter each year. Its researchers have studied hundreds of microalgae species to select those with the best properties, and then grow them in massive computer-controlled photobioreactors.
"We control the temperature by cooling the tubes with water, we monitor the pH, the light, the oxygen quantity, since photosynthesis produces oxygen. These conditions are very harsh to survive in, but they're required to produce the bioactive ingredients we're interested in," says marine scientist Carlos Unamunzaga.
The goal is to keep innovating to make each step of the production chain – from cultivation to harvesting, processing and marketing – cheaper and more efficient.
One promising use for microalgae is being experimented by the Portuguese company Sparos. It conducts R&D for the fast-growing aquaculture sector, which needs a sustainable supply of new fish feeds. Microalgae that contain proteins, fatty acids, vitamins, minerals and other valuable components are being tested in new feed recipes.
"It's important to study how the use of these microalgae in feeds benefits the fish – or not, though we mainly find beneficial effects – in terms of its immunology, its stress response, and its well-being," says Jorge Dias, a researcher in marine biology at Sparos.
Preliminary results show microalgae supplements have positive effects on young fish. Scientists continue to analyse how adult fish will live, look and eventually taste like – perhaps proving a good case for a business-and eco-friendly use of microalgae.


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Oklahoma QB Caleb Williams gets million-dollar offer to play at Eastern Michigan
Charlie Batch
Tyler J. Davis, Detroit Free Press
Former NFL quarterback
US American football quarterback, born 2002
Recruiters could use the Ypsilanti Heritage Automotive Museum or city's proximity to Ann Arbor and Detroit to try and convince a five-star athlete to play for Eastern Michigan.
Or, in the age of name, image and likeness compensation, a person (of certain means) could use $1 million to convince a star athlete to be an Eagle.
Former EMU standout and Super Bowl champion Charlie Batch chose the latter Wednesday while trying to recruit Oklahoma quarterback Caleb Williams to Ypsi.
The verified Twitter account for Batch, who also played for the Detroit Lions, tagged the verified handle for Williams, who is transferring, asking if had thought about playing at EMU:
Hey @CALEBcsw, have you considered Eastern Michigan, @EMUFB? If not, you SHOULD. GameAbove Capital is prepared to pay you ONE MILLION DOLLARS for one year! Are you ready be an EAGLE?@espn @CBSSportsNet @CBSSports @NBCSports @FOXSports @barstoolsports @MACSports @FS1
— Charlie Batch (@CharlieBatch16) January 5, 2022
Batch said GameAbove Capital, an investment firm he works with, would pay Williams $1 million for one season with the Eagles. Williams led a 21-point comeback Oct. 9 against rival Texas last season and passed for 1,912 yards, 21 touchdowns and four interceptions once he took over as starter. He also rushed for 442 yards and six touchdowns.
Oklahoma finished 11-2 (7-2 in the Big 12) and Williams threw for 242 yards and three touchdowns Dec. 29 in an Alamo Bowl win vs. Oregon.
But Williams, a freshman who was one of the top recruits in the 2021 class, announced his transfer in the wake of coach Lincoln Riley's departure to USC.
OU quarterback Caleb Williams (13) points downfield as Oregon safety Bennett Williams (15) chases him in the first half of the Alamo Bowl on Wednesday in San Antonio.
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He said in a statement he would consider returning to Norman, Oklahoma. He did not, however, list the Mid-American Conference as his dream home.
Batch, one of the best quarterbacks in EMU history 1994-97, is hoping to change that with a couple commas. He threw for 7,592 yards as an Eagle and ended his career as the leader in single-season passing yards and touchdowns and career passing yards and touchdowns (many of those records have since been broken). The Lions drafted Batch in the second round in 1998 and started for a couple seasons before winning Super Bowl XL at Ford Field as a backup with the Pittsburgh Steelers
Charlie Batch was a record-setting quarterback at EMU before playing for the Detroit Lions and Pittsburgh Steelers.
It's not just money that may attract Williams. EMU football is experiencing about as much success as it ever has, winning six or more games in three of the past four years — something that hasn't been done since the late 1980s. The Eagles have reached four bowl games in the last six years. It may not sound like much but this is a program that averaged about four wins a season between 1990 and 2013, the last year before head coach Chris Creighton took over.
According to the CapStone Holdings website, Batch serves as senior vice president of strategic investments for the firm. CapStone is the parent company for GameAbove.
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The Bengals ended a 31-year postseason victory drought by defeating the Raiders on Saturday. While that's nothing to outright dismiss, quarterback Joe Burrow didn't make a big deal out of it at the time. As he explained on Tuesday, that's because he feels like the bar has been raised for Cincinnati's expectations. "I think the [more]
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This is what I hear from friends and coworkers. My response is Meditation, in particular Yoga Nidra Meditation.
Meditation allows you to find that place within yourself where there is a deep knowing of who you are. It is a sense of calm centeredness that stays with you no matter what rocks the world around you. Meditation is an exercise of the mind that requires deep concentration plus total relaxation. To achieve this deep meditative state one must be able to totally let go and relax. Not an easy task.
A frequent response to suggestions of meditation is "I could never sit still long enough to meditate", "I don't have the time", or "My mind is way to busy." Life today always seems to be in the fast lane. From the time we get up till long after we have gone to bed, we are bombarded with all the trappings of modern life as we have come to know it. All around us people are complaining and unhappy that there is never enough and everything is a struggle. Sound familiar?
Being centered in the knowledge of who you are deep down is the key to successfully living in this crazy rat race. Staying centered requires balance in all areas of your life. For me personally, my journey to discovering a balanced and centered life is the result of 40+ years of study in meditation, yoga, martial arts, nutrition and medicine. Along the way I have learned that a good teacher can lead a student deep into the experience of inner peace and quiet.
Yoga Nidra is the fast track to achieving deep relaxation and a calm focused mind. Although Yoga Nidra Meditation is 3000+ years old it is perfect for the fast paced life of today's modern world. Yoga Nidra starts with light stretching and breathing exercises to loosen up and relax the body. This is followed by a guided meditation that gently focuses the client's mind. Successfully using the Yoga Nidra requires a teacher that is able to tap into their own personal source of calm centeredness to lead the guided meditation. On behalf of the student it requires the willingness to be open to new experiences.
Years of practice are not necessary to immediately begin reaping the benefits of exploring the inner states of our own mind. Each time we enter the meditative state of Yoga Nidra, we experience a little more balance. We can learn to let go of unimportant things that clutter our lives and drain us of vital energy. As we go deeper into the meditative state, we learn to let go of that which is damaging and making us sick. This is where true inner healing takes place of the mind and body.
What awaits you in this deeply relaxing meditative exploration of your mind through Yoga Nidra is vast and delightfully satisfying. Often it is insightful and sometimes quite energetically entertaining. Along the way of this very interesting journey, you learn to know and like yourself, and achieve inner tranquility.
Susan Fritz is a Registered Nurse and advocate of holistic medicine and philosophy. She provides personalized individual sessions, and teaches Yoga Nidra Meditation classes in Carson City. Susan is also a certified Shambala Reiki energy practitioner. By combining Yoga Nidra with Reiki and/or Shambala energy work, the meditative state infiltrates and intensifies the body/mind healing potentials and is spiritually uplifting.


Meningitis is an infection that can affect everyone. Find out why it's important for students to get immunised against this infection right away.
When you arrive at University and start the new page of your life, what do you have to do? You may have already finished your UCAS and UK Study Visa and Accommodation application, but don't forget to immunise yourself against Meningitis before you board on the plane.
Many international students have not heard about the disease, which may cause detrimental and serious consequence. In light of that, I want to share some information about Meningitis and to encourage International Students to take preventive measures to safeguard themselves and their loved ones.
Meningococcal meningitis can lead to death within 24 hours. It is a disease that is common in the UK. It is an infection of the protective layers that surround the brain and spinal cord called meninges. This infection can affect everyone, which progresses rapidly, is unpredictable and can be highly detrimental.
Why first-year university students are at risk?
As you enter the university for the first time, you get to know a lot more people and your social circle will be bigger. This age group of students are likely to participate behaviours that can lead to the spread of the disease, such as kissing, smoking and being in a crowded place (e.g. nightclubs), living with friends and sharing a kitchen. Academic studies show up to 1 in 20 who contacted the disease die from it. It is, therefore, very important to make sure you have taken preventive measures to safeguard yourself.
Thanks to the UK's National Health Service, almost all of the local students should have been vaccinated against Meningitis in their immunisation schedule. However, many International Students are not. If you are an International Student, your country's immunisation schedule may not cover meningitis, which leaves you at risk of getting the disease.
How can I protect myself from getting the disease?
Ideally, you should vaccinate yourself two months before you plan your journey to the UK. The reason is to have enough time for your body to develop immunity against meningitis. You should consider getting a Men-ACWY vaccine and a Men-B vaccine to immunise yourself against these five groups (Men A, B, C, W and Y) of bacteria. You should always consider consulting this with your local doctor and assess the risks and benefit of having the vaccine.
However, what if you are already at University but have not got the vaccine? If you are attending university for the first time and are under 25 years old, you may be eligible to get a Men-ACWY vaccine free-of-charge at your registered GP clinic – just simply book an appoint with the nurse. If you are not eligible for a free vaccine, you can pay a small fee, around £50, and get it at your GP clinic or the local pharmacy.
Remember, if you show symptoms of meningitis, you should always go to A&E Service in your nearest local hospital. If you have concerns about meningitis, feel free to book an appointment with your GP at the university health centre. They will be happy to help you.
Remember that this blog post has only been designed to raise your awareness about Meningitis and does not constitute official medical advice. You can read more about the disease on the NHS website or consult your doctor for guidance.


The out of body experience (OBE) is the experience of moving away from the body so it is difficult for the scientists to record these experiences easily and measure their results because they are subjective. As a result scientists can study these cases indirectly by examining records of people who have had an OBE. Out-of-body experiences were also recognized in Hindu philosophy, the "subtle body" referred to as the sukshma sharira was able to separate from the physical body under certain conditions.
The main characteristic of an OBE as described by Carlos Alvarado is the sensation of floating away from the body or becoming aware that the individual is at a distance from the body. Also the experiencer might feel another subtle body and gradual or immediate separation from the physical body, observe it from a distance and see a connection between the astral body and the physical body while being in sleep paralysis state which makes you unable to move.
A number of sensations are followed by OBE's sometimes, which vary from experience to experience. These sensations can occur while being on various altered states such as meditation, yoga, waking up or falling asleep, during hypnotic states. Other situations in which OBE's might occur are: while undergoing a surgery, during intense physical pain, during near death-experiences (NDE's) and illness. Some OBE's are stimulated by vivid dreams, specifically when waking consciousness is aroused by some irregularity in the logic of a dream (Krippner).
When one have OBE while being awake, they experience body vibrations and hear strange sounds and also sometimes a body paralysis. These characteristics while one is asleep are similar to sleep paralysis which occurs when one falling into REM sleep or waking up from it. During REM sleep the muscles of the body are immobilized except the muscles of the eyes. Stephen LaBerge in a study of 107 lucid dreams reported that 9 percent of them included an out-of-body experience and also that OBE's during lucid dreams occur often when the individual entered again the REM sleep.
Dr. Hornell Hart who investigated out-of-body experiences and psi phenomena claimed that the brain is an instrument by which consciousness expressed itself, and not a generator that produced consciousness. Also Hart claimed that there is strong evidence that individuals whose consciousness had seen scenes and acted at distances far away from their physical bodies.
Many individuals who have had an OBE speak about some kind of cord of silver color which connects their astral and physical body. This cord in some cases is said to be luminous like a beam of light and others describe it as a beam of light which connects them to their physical bodies.
Carlos Bernal, neuroscientist and surgeon, created a methodology for the induction of OBE's by using sensorial stimulus along with the training of brainwaves through neurofeedback. This technique consists of training the subject to generate gamma waves in the cortex area of the brain, also a mindfulness state and connect it with unconscious sensorial stimulus. When the subject is exposed to the stimuli while being REM sleep, a lucidity of consciousness is induced.
People argue whether the out-of-body experiences take place in the body or out of it. We can give an answer to this matter based on Buddhism. Buddha considered the ego to be an illusion, this reality is only a construction of our information-processing system modulated by our social milieu. The sense of our identity is a social construction as well. Out-of-body experiences and near-death experiences can make us wake up from the illusion that we are only this body.
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Scott Stringer ripped for not divesting from Ben & Jerry's
SOPHIE Bexleyheath
City Comptroller Scott Stringer is getting the big chill from New York's pro-Israel activists — for failing to pull Big Apple pension-fund investments from Ben & Jerry's parent company over its Jewish State boycott.
"Ben & Jerry's could make new flavors: Marshmallow Stringer or Jelly Stringer," former Brooklyn state Assemblyman Dov Hikind, founder of Americans Against Antisemitism, told The Post on Sunday.
Last month, state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli announced he was divesting $111 million in New York pension-fund investments from Unilever — Ben & Jerry's parent company — over the ice-cream maker's refusal to sell its products in Israel-controlled disputed territories such as the heavy Palestinian-populated West Bank.
But Stringer has thus far taken a pass on pushing to withdraw New York City's stock and other retiree-fund investments worth $187 million from Unilever/Ben & Jerry's for participating in the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement against Israel, critics say.
NYC Comptroller Scott Stringer is being slammed for failing to pull Big Apple pension-fund investments from Ben & Jerry's parent company over anti-Israel sentiment.
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Stringer manages and is chief adviser to the city's five public employee pension funds.
Bronx Councilman Eric Dinowitz said Stringer's office never even responded to his July 26 letter urging the comptroller to help yank city pension funds from Unilever/Ben & Jerry's for participating in an international boycott against the Jewish State, which he claims violates city law.
"The BDS movement against Israel helps fuel antisemitism," Dinowitz told The Post.
State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli announced he was divesting $111 million from Unileverover due to its refusal to sell its products in Israel-controlled disputed territories.
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"He's only in office for nine more weeks," the councilman added of the term-limited Stringer. "We hope Comptroller Stringer makes a decision that aligns with our laws and values."
Stringer, when contacted by The Post, would not commit to pulling the city's investments from Ben & Jerry's, though he claimed through his rep to be against the BDS movement.
"Comptroller Stringer is opposed to BDS actions and believes them counterproductive to the goal of peace and safety for all peoples in the Middle East," said the comptroller's spokeswoman, Amy Varghese. "He believes these tactics ultimately threaten efforts for a peaceful two-state solution, rather than fostering understanding and cooperation.
New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli (left) and New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer (right) at the annual Alfred E. Smith Dinner.
Christopher Sadowski
"As part of his due diligence as investment advisor to the five New York City systems [municipal retiree pension funds], Comptroller Stringer has reached out to Unilever to request a meeting and further information. The comptroller's office continues to monitor the situation," the Stringer rep said.
Stringer's office also noted that he has to get approval from pension-board reps with the city's five retirement pension systems before making any move. By comparison, DiNapoli is the sole trustee of the state pension fund.
But Hikind accused Stringer of offering up lame excuses and "double-speak.
"State Comptroller DiNapoli did all the homework for Stringer to divest from Ben & Jerry's and Unilever. DiNapoil did the right thing. What is the city comptroller missing?" Hikind said.
"This is a person who doesn't have the guts to do the right thing. What point doesn't Stringer get? Israel is the only democracy in the Middle East."
Stringer and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio jointly announced with much fanfare earlier this year that they were divesting $4 billion in city pension funds from fossil-fuel companies to promote clean energy and address climate change.
As for Stringer's political future, his mayoral campaign flamed out amid sexual-harassment accusations, but sources he may be eyeing a comeback by running for Congress. Speculation is rampant that Manhattan Rep. Jerrold Nadler will retire, creating a vacancy.
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NBA Playoffs: Chris Paul goes cold, Lakers go on better for effort
By Kurt HelinApr 28, 2011, 11:38 PM EDT
For five games, Chris Paul was playing like the best point guard in the game. He had played two super-human games to earn New Orleans two wins against the defending champions, and even in the losses he had been special.
The Hornets needed him to do that. He was their only hope.
And when he crashed back to earth in Game 6 — in part due to good Lakers defense, in part he had an off night and in part because he was passive — the Hornets were totally outmatched. Especially on a night where the Lakers big center Andrew Bynum asserted himself.
The result was the Lakers cruising to a 98-80 win. With the victory the Lakers advance to the second round, where they will face the winner of the Portland/Dallas series.
This series was not easy for the Lakers, but they may be the better for it in the end. They came into this series playing lazy from the end of the season and carried it over to Game 1. By Game 6 the Lakers had found the defensive groove that had them winning 17-of-18 for a stretch in March and looking like contenders.
Paul finished with 10 points on 4-of-9 shooting, plus he dished out 11 assists. But when faced with another night of good interior defense from the Lakers he became passive. That has been the knock on him in recent years, in part that was caused by injuries. But there seemed to be a frustration to, a realization that for all he could do — as much as he looked and played like the vintage Chris Paul in this series — his team was overmatched.
Meanwhile, Andrew Bynum had 18 points and 12 rebounds — 8 of them on offense. More importantly he and Pau Gasol (each with two blocks) took control of the paint, cutting of drives and turning the Hornets into jump shooters.
The Hornets two easily settled for those jumpers rather than driving into the lane, they aren't that good at hitting those midrange shots and as a result in the second and third quarter the Lakers started to pull away.
This was by no means a pretty game. The first quarter was filled with ugly offense. Good defense was part of it, but there was just some bad offense too. No motion, missed shots. The Lakers adjusted some but even at the half the score was 40-34 Lakers.
The Lakers move on, but like we said they exit this series better than they came into it. CP3's play and the heart of the Hornets, their hard effort, forced the Lakers to play closer to their potential. The problem for New Orleans really was that once the Lakers woke up they were going to be out matched.
For the Hornets, seemingly countless questions lie ahead.
Starting with, who will own the team? Can the NBA — which has boosted local sponsorship and increased season tickets while working to get a better lease deal — find local ownership? New Orleans has not been an easy NBA market in the best of times.
Then there is the Chris Paul question. He can leave in the summer of 2012, next season he could put the Hornets in the position the Nuggets were in with Carmelo Anthony this season. Is he frustrated enough with the situation, does he see so little hope that he could try to force his way out? How will the lockout and the new collective bargaining agreement impact all of that?
There are hard questions ahead for the Hornets. But one thing was clear as the fans in New Orleans rained down a "thank you Hornets" chant on their team at the end of that game — New Orleans has some passionate fans that love that team.
Tags: Andrew Bynum, Chris Paul, Hornets Lakers, Kobe Bryant, Lakers beat Hornets, Lakers Hornets, Los Angeles Lakers, New Orleans Hornets, Pau Gasol
NBA Playoffs: Nobody closes out on the road like the Lakers
By Kurt HelinApr 28, 2011, 3:40 PM EDT
Back in the 2009 NBA finals, the Los Angeles Lakers closed out the Orlando Magic in Game 5 on the road. Last playoffs on their way to the finals, the Lakers closed out Oklahoma City, Utah and Phoenix all on the road.
Thursday night, they are back in that situation — they can close out the New Orleans Hornets in New Orleans Arena. The Lakers are up 3-2 in their first round series and the only thing between them and the second round is Chris Paul. Which is no small obstacle.
By Game 6 of a playoff series there are no more tricks, no more adjustments, no more surprises. You know your opponent, they know you. It's a matter of execution.
For the Hornets, that means a lot of Chris Paul — in the two games the Hornets have won in this series, he simply has been superhuman. When he has been merely human – 20 points and 12 assists in Game 5, for example — they have lost. Look for Paul to be aggressive on the pick-and-roll and try to tear up the Lakers defense again.
With Kobe Bryant's still sore ankle, Paul will get less of the potentially-disruptive Kobe and more Derek Fisher and Steve Blake. Look for Ron Artest to get time guarding Paul if he gets hot.
Bryant's ankle looked good on dunks when he was diving right at the rim in Game 5, but his lateral movement was decidedly slower. Phil Jackson said his ankle is still not 100 percent. Paul right now would eat him alive. Look for the Hornets to attack Kobe until he proves he can defend.
For the Lakers, the equation is simple — pound the ball inside and use your size and skill advantage up front. Really, this is the recipe for every Lakers playoff series, every regular season game and so on. But the Lakers still are more than willing to get away from it. Pau Gasol had his best game in Game 5, matching the physicality of New Orleans, look for him to try and establish that again.
If the Lakers can defend and create turnovers, if they stick with their game plan, they will win and close out on the road again. That is, unless the superhuman Paul shows up again. In which case the traveling parties can get back on a plane bound for Los Angeles and a deciding Game 7 Saturday.
Tags: Chris Paul, Hornets Lakers, Kobe Bryant, Lakers Hornets, Lakers Hornets Game 6, Los Angeles Lakers, Los Angeles New Orleans, New Orleans Hornets, New Orleans Los Angeles, Pau Gasol
Video: Kobe Bryant ankle looks just fine, ask Emeka Okafor
By Kurt HelinApr 27, 2011, 8:10 AM EDT
The question coming into Game 5 was just how Kobe Bryant's ankle was going to hold up and impact the Lakers. And in the first quarter, there may have been concerns.
But when Kobe threw down the dunk of the 2011 playoffs so far on the head of Emeka Okafor, his ankle looked fine and he sparked the Lakers to a win that gave them a 3-2 series lead.
And damn, when he wants to Kobe can still get up, can't he?
Tags: Emeka Okafor, Hornets Lakers, Kobe Bryant, Kobe dunk, Lakers Hornets, Los Angeles Lakers, New Orleans Hornets
NBA Playoffs: It's not Kobe's ankle, it's Chris Paul breaking them
Game 5 is about ankles.
The one getting all the hype is Lakers guard Kobe Bryant's left ankle. His foot is still attached, so he's playing. That's not the question.
He twisted his ankle (and foot) at the end of Los Angeles 93-88 loss to New Orleans in Game 4 and has since refused to get an X-ray or an MRI. That can be taken as a sign that his ankle is not that bad, or that he is stubborn. Take your pick. Maybe even some of both. But it could backfire.
If Kobe's ankle isn't right, his shot will be flat and he won't be of much help defending Hornets point guard Chris Paul tonight in Game 5. And that could be trouble for the Lakers. Maybe.
The other ankles are the ones Paul keeps breaking.
He has torn up the Lakers defense this series, and in the Hornets' two wins he has been absolutely dominant in the second half. His crossovers are breaking ankles and creating space, but more importantly they are forcing defensive rotations and then he is finding the open man.
Who is knocking it down? In the first half of Game 4, Trevor Ariza didn't even need Paul's help (he got plenty of isolations) and made plays. The Hornets will need more of that.
The Lakers were 2-2 in their first-round series against Oklahoma City last year, too, but found their footing in the next two games. History may well repeat itself.
That footing has less to do with Kobe's ankle and more to do with the Lakers getting back to pounding the ball inside (then making those shots). Hornets center Emeka Okafor was able to keep Andrew Bynum — the real key for these Lakers this series — in check. Pau Gasol and Lamar Odom were off.
The Lakers need to get a lot of points in the paint, more importantly they need to own the boards. They are the bigger team, but they were outrebounded last game. Paul had as many as Odom and Gasol combined (13). What Pat Riley told the Showtime Lakers years ago remains true for these Lakers today: rebounds equal rings.
The Lakers need to make Paul work — they had success in Game 2 with ball denial — and they need to be physical with him. They are the bigger team; they need to wear him down. He is the Hornets' chance. Even slow him to average and the Lakers can win. But when he breaks out, he is a perfect key to unlock the Lakers.
At this point, this series is not about adjustments. It's about execution. Paul has been the master; the Lakers have been spotty. If the Lakers play like that again, their dreams of a three-peat will be in sudden and serious jeopardy. Because we know CP3 will bring it.
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Lakers Derrick Caracter arrested on battery charges against woman
UPDATE 6:15 pm: The ugly details have come out. And we mean ugly. Because any time the words "battery" and "pregnant woman" are mixed into the same sentence then ugly is maybe the kindest word you can use.
From the New Orleans Times-Picayune:
Derrick Caracter, 22, was arrested about 1:18 a.m. Sunday at the IHOP in the 800 block of Canal Street, said New Orleans Police spokeswoman Shereese Harper….
He "started grabbing and pulling" a pregnant waitress, prompting the manager to go outside and flag down a police officer, Harper said. The female officer tried to defuse the situation, Harper said, but Caracter remained obstinate. The officer arrested him.
He was handcuffed and taken to Orleans Parish jail and booked with one count of battery for hitting the waitress, as well as one count each of public intoxication and resisting arrest. Each charge is a municipal violation, police said.
Police have later said it was a cashier and she was not pregnant… so that makes it better? Dude got into a fight with a woman working at an IHOP. There are no good excuses here.
It seems in some ways odd to say this about the Lakers organization, one where the owner's dates are legendary and his daughter and team president posed for Playboy, but the Lakers are a pretty button down, conservative organization. Separate that from the people in it, I'm saying the organization is much no nonsense and professional.
So this kind of thing…. we will see.
10:08 am: Ways to make sure you do not stick with a veteran team as a rookie include…
Derrick Caracter was arrested on battery charges stemming from an incident near the Lakers hotel in New Orleans, according to the Los Angeles Times. Apparently there was some kind of fight Caracter was involved in, but there are no details of the incident yet.
Caracter is a second-round pick who the Lakers like — he has shown flashes (at Summer League an in the season) of having what it takes to be an NBA power forward, but he is raw and needs a lot of work. He spent some time in the D-League this past season to get the seasoning he needs because he's not going to get a lot of run on the Lakers. He appeared sparingly in half the teams' games and looked like a rookie, trying to find his shot against this level of defender and turning the ball over too much because it seems the game was moving too fast for him.
This may or may not impact his future with the Lakers, hard to say how they react. But Caracter slid to the second round of the last draft not because of his talent but because of questions of work ethic and off-the-court concerns. This is not going to help that perception among teams.
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Lebanon languishes under caretaker government
By Kevin ZellerDecember 15, 2022
Lebanon (MNN) — It's been over six weeks since Lebanon's president left office. The parliament has failed to elect a new one, despite meeting nine times.
This isn't the first time Lebanon has gone without a President, says Camille Melki with Heart for Lebanon. "In fact, this is the third time we have had an extended vacuum in the top role of our Lebanese leadership. Now, the difference this year from all others is that we are also without a prime minister and without a ruling government. So basically, we have a vacuum in all the executive levels."
"We have a caretaker government that is not allowed to convene by the constitution."
Parliament can only meet to elect a new president. So nothing is getting done in Lebanon. The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund can't aid the country. Melki says, "Think about it in a US context. All lights are off at the White House. All lights are off anywhere else except Congress. That is only allowed to convene to elect a president."
Economic troubles
In 2022, over 65 percent of all Lebanese households could not pay for heating. Over 55 percent couldn't afford clothing or education. Over 40 percent couldn't afford medicine or transportation.
Despite this, less than five percent of Lebanese households received government assistance. Melki says, "We have doubled the refugee families that we serve, as well as the Lebanese families that we serve. We have doubled the student population, which is still a small drop in the bucket. We are loving and caring for 5000 roughly 5000 families every month. That's an average of 28,000 individuals."
Pray the love of Jesus would touch many lives in Lebanon. And ask God to strengthen the staff at Heart for Lebanon. Melki says, "When there are so many needs around you, caregivers get tired. They see, day in and day out, the same stories. They experienced the same hardships. It makes us physically and emotionally tired."
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Elizabeth Helen Blackburn (ur. 26 listopada 1948 w Hobart) – amerykańska biolog molekularna pochodzenia australijskiego, laureatka Nagrody Nobla. Zajmuje się telomerami i etyką medyczną.

Dzieciństwo
Jej oboje rodzice byli lekarzami, miała siedmioro rodzeństwa. Wcześnie zainteresowała się zwierzętami i przyrodą. Uczęszczała do Melbourne High School (kiedy była nastolatką, jej rodzina przeprowadziła się do Melbourne).

Praca naukowa
Studiowała na Uniwersytecie w Melbourne, gdzie uzyskała tytuł licencjata (1970) i magistra (1972) z biologii. Za radą swoich profesorów wyjechała do Anglii, by tam podjąć dalsze studia. Stopień doktora uzyskała w 1975 na Uniwersytecie w Cambridge. Odbyła staż podoktorski z biologii molekularnej i komórkowej na Uniwersytecie Yale w laboratorium dr. Josepha Galla w latach 1975–1977. Wraz z nim odkryła strukturę telomerów chromosomów. Wyniki opublikowali w artykule w 1978 roku. Pracowała na Uniwersytecie Kalifornijskim w Berkeley, a w 1990 objęła stanowisko profesora biologii i fizjologii na Uniwersytecie Kalifornijskim w San Francisco.

W 1980 Blackburn poznała Jacka Szostaka, który również badał telomery i który był zaintrygowany jej badaniami. Oboje zaczęli badać telomery używając do tego drożdży i Tetrahymena. W 1984 Blackburn i Greider odkryły telomerazę. W następnych latach wraz ze współpracownikami badała wpływ stresu na telomerazy i telomery ze szczególnym uwzględnieniem medytacji mindfulness.

Uhonorowanie
W 2009 otrzymała, wraz z Carol W. Greider i Jackiem Szostakiem, Nagrodę Nobla w dziedzinie fizjologii lub medycyny za "odkrycie, jak zakończenia chromosomów są chronione przez struktury zwane telomerami oraz enzym telomerazę".

Blackburn została także wybrana członkinią Royal Society of London (1992) i zagraniczną współpracowniczką National Academy of Sciences (1993). Elizabeth Blackburn została nazwana jednym ze "100 najbardziej wpływowych ludzi" w 2007 przez Time.

Służyła w Radzie Prezydenta ds. Bioetyki od 2002 do 2004. Wspierała badania nad ludzkimi komórkami embrionalnymi, w przeciwieństwie do administracji Busha. Jej kadencje w Radzie zostały zakończone dyrektywą Białego Domu 27 lutego 2004 r. Po tej decyzji wielu naukowców wyraziło oburzenie z powodu jej usunięcia.

Została wyróżniona honorowymi stopniami przez 11 uniwersytetów. W 2008 roku została laureatką nagrody North American Laureate for L'Oreal-UNESCO For Women in Science. Była prezes Salk Institute od 2016, acz postanowiła odejść na emeryturę w 2018.

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Ma męża nazwiskiem John W. Sedat i jednego syna – Benjamina (ur. 1986).

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The Big Beast filly hammers for $230,000 at Fasig-Tipton Midlantic sale
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A filly from the first crop of The Big Beast sold for $230,000 Tuesday at the May 20-21 Fasig-Tipton Midlantic Sale of 2-year-olds. The gray/roan juvenile had breezed a furlong in 10 seconds flat, co-fastest of the Under Tack Show.
Cataloged as hip No. 535 and consigned by Wavertree Stables Inc., agent, the gray/roan filly was purchased by Black Type Thoroughbreds. She is out of the Exchange Rate mare Therese, who is a half-sister to Grade 1 winner and sire Proud Accolade.
The Big Beast has had a very successful auction season with his first crop of 2-year-olds, with an average of $146,438, more than 24 times his stud fee. His first runner, Ms Headley, was a winner on debut in a Keeneland maiden special weight.


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Городско́й арсена́л Львова — фортификационное сооружение во Львове (Украина), построенное в 1554—1556 годах. Памятник ренессансной оборонной архитектуры.

Городской арсенал примыкал к крепостным стенам Львова, остатки которых видны с улицы Арсенальной. Здание арсенала выполнено из камня, двухэтажное, прямоугольное в плане, с небольшой восьмиугольной башней на северной стороне. По данным исследований и раскопок, проведённых в 1970-х годах, башня и стены первого этажа имеют более давнее происхождение и были построены, по-видимому, в XIV веке.

В XVIII веке в подвалах львовского городского арсенала держали пленных украинских казаков и гайдамаков. В одном из казематов находилась камера пыток и жильё городского палача.

Во время нападения шведов в 1704 году арсенал был разрушен, но через два года отстроен снова. Современная реставрация была проведена в 1979-1981 годах. С 1981 года — музей оружия «Арсенал».

См. также
 Арсенал Сенявских
 Королевский арсенал (Львов)

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With two years' experience at the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, a decade on the staff of an environmental/engineering consulting firm and 19 strong years with Bechtel Corporation, Kevin Edwards, P.E., personifies the professional success sought in NSBE's mission. The recipient of numerous honors during his career, Edwards, Bechtel's global manager of Diversity and Inclusion since 2017, received the 2019 NSBE Golden Torch Award for Corporate Diversity Leadership on behalf of Bechtel in March, during the Society's 45th Annual Convention, in Detroit, Michigan.
But, he told the youthful audience during the convention's general session on March 28, sponsored by Chevron Corporation, his resume tells only a small part of his story:
"I stand here tonight a product of an underrepresented community; a single-parent household (no father figure), where eight family members lived in a two-bedroom, rented apartment; a biracial relationship (Can you understand how I was looked at being the lightest member of my family and living in a black community?); a household dependent on federal assistance to survive…; a family where the highest level of education was primarily high school…; a college prep high school education where my classmates did not look like me; (Educational Opportunity Fund) to support my college funding; a pre-college engineering bridge program (for underrepresented minority students)…. The list goes on."
"So although one would think I would never get out of the community I was in, I continued to explore as many opportunities I could to become aware of my choices and start thinking about how I was going to engineer my journey by demonstrating to any stakeholders my ability to succeed," Edwards said. "My teachers knew I had the passion and discipline to succeed. I just needed the opportunities but, more importantly, to take advantage of the opportunities."
His challenges continued, but Edwards did just that. Having chosen engineering as his future career when he was in high school, he came to Rutgers University as a freshman with little knowledge of the field. Many of his peers in the summer bridge program at Rutgers left engineering or dropped out of college entirely, and when he ran into academic difficulties as a mechanical engineering major during his sophomore year, he said, "my courage and confidence was being tested. So, no, I didn't drop out," Edwards said. "I went to speak to an advisor and worked through this short-term challenge. We did our research, talked about my drivers, my interests, etc., and it was clear there was an engineering discipline for me. It wasn't ME (mechanical engineering), but it was IE (industrial engineering)...
"I loved it!" Edwards said. "The business of engineering, supply chain principles, performance to expectations, continuous improvement principles, etc., as well as the thermodynamics, materials and the other core engineering coursework: it was amazing."
"I graduated, not in four years but five, and who was counting?" Edwards said. "I was an engineer who left college with an engineering degree, and I didn't owe anyone a dime."
Edwards didn't stop his education there. Soon after earning his bachelor's degree in industrial engineering, he went back to school to earn a master's in environmental engineering. He then taught himself the principles of civil engineering to earn his PE license, passing the licensing exam on his second try.
Today, Edwards said, "I now 'engineer people.' Investing in our people is what we focus on at Bechtel. As Bechtel's global manager of D&I, I would say that I am the maestro of a large orchestra, Bechtel's orchestra to elevate their diverse talent."
In his professional career as well as in his personal life, he is focused on elevating others, said Edwards, who has been married for more than 25 years and has three children: one son aged 34 and on his own, another son headed for his senior year in high school and one daughter, who is graduating from Cornell University this May and beginning Howard University Medical School in July.
His own experience with lack of opportunities during his youth, he said, "is a driver for me to push my organization and others to partner with organizations like NSBE to give diverse talent the opportunities I know they can succeed at."


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Q: Delete the first 2 words and the last 2 words in a string in a dataframe using Regex Python I have a column in a df contains the following strings:
>>> import pandas as pd
>>> df = pd.DataFrame({'Sentence':['The cat is jumping off the bridge', 'The dog jumped over the brown fox, the bus is coming now', 'The bus is coming']})
>>> df
                            Sentence
0  The cat is jumping off the bridge
1  The dog jumped over the brown fox, the bus is coming now
2  The bus is coming

I would like to use regex to delete the first 2 words and the last 2 words of all the strings. One row can contain multiple strings (row 1). In case the string is less than 4 words, nothing should be returned for that string (row 2). The output should be as below:
>>> df
                            Sentence                               String
0  The cat is jumping off the bridge                          is jumping off
1  The dog jumped over the brown fox, the bus is coming now   jumped over the, is
2  The bus is coming

I tried with this code just to see how it works for the first 2 words, but it is not working. Any suggestions would greatly be appreciated.
df['String']= df.Sentence.str.join(line.split()[2:])

A: Try this:
import pandas as pd

df = pd.DataFrame({'Sentence':['The cat is jumping off the bridge', 'The dog jumped over the brown fox, the bus is coming now', 'The bus is coming']})

df['try'] = df['Sentence'].apply(lambda s: ', '.join([' '.join(x.split()[2:-2]) for x in s.split(',')]))
print(df)

Output:
                                            Sentence                  try
0                  The cat is jumping off the bridge       is jumping off
1  The dog jumped over the brown fox, the bus is ...  jumped over the, is
2                                  The bus is coming

A: You can use a single call to Series.str.replace with
df['Sentence'].str.replace(r'(?<![^,])\s*\w+(?:\W+\w+)?\s*|\s*\w+(?:\W+\w+)?\s*(?![^,])', '')

See the Pandas demo:
>>> pattern = r'(?<![^,])\s*\w+(?:\W+\w+)?\s*|\s*\w+(?:\W+\w+)?\s*(?![^,])'
>>> df['Sentence'].str.replace(pattern, '')
0        is jumping off
1    jumped over the,is
2

Regex details

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*(?<![^,]) - a comma or start of string must appear immediately to the left of the current location

*\s* - 0+ whitespaces

*\w+ - one or more word chars

*(?:\W+\w+)? - an optional occurrence of one or more non-word chars followed with one or more word chars

*\s* - 0+ whitespaces

*| - or

*\s* - 0+ whitespaces

*\w+ - a word (one or more word chars)

*(?:\W+\w+)? - an optional occurrence of one or more non-word chars followed with one or more word chars

*\s* - 0+ whitespaces

*(?![^,]) - end of string, or a location that is immediately followed with a comma.

A: Without using regex :
string = #your string
string = string.split()
string.pop(0)
string.pop(0)
string.pop(-1)
string.pop(-1)
string = "".join(string)