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Salmonellosis as risk factor for stillbirth in Guinea pigs
O. Gabriela Ortega, A. Ronald Jiménez, G. Miguel Ara, C. Siever Morales
Nutrición y alimentación animal
Riesgos y determinantes de la salud
Grupo de investigación en fisiología y fisiopatología en animales de trópico y de altura
The association between positive cases of Salmonella sp isolated from vaginal swabs collected within 24 hours of the parturition and stillbirth in a Guinea pig farm in Huancayo, Peru was evaluated. The study included 258 breeding females using a Case-Control design, where litter size was paired between the two groups and parity and number of birth and barn of the breeding female were used as co-variables. In the 'Case' group were included females with at least one stillbirth per litter and in the 'Control' group were included females where the entire litter was alive. Results showed that 8.5% of the breeding females in the 'Case' group were positive to Salmonella sp, and by the logistic regression analysis was estimated an Odds Ratio of 4.32 (95% confidence interval; p<0.05) for positive cases in relation to the controls. On the other hand, the cause of death in 91.5% (118/129) of the females with stillbirths was due to other infectious or noninfectious causes. The results show that Salmonella should be considered as a cause of stillbirths in Guinea pigs.
Revista de Investigaciones Veterinarias del Peru
https://doi.org/10.15381/rivep.v26i4.11203
10.15381/rivep.v26i4.11203
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Salmonella Infections Medicine & Life Sciences
fetal death Agriculture & Biology
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salmonellosis Agriculture & Biology
risk factors Agriculture & Biology
Guinea Pigs Medicine & Life Sciences
guinea pigs Agriculture & Biology
Breeding Medicine & Life Sciences
Gabriela Ortega, O., Ronald Jiménez, A., Miguel Ara, G., & Siever Morales, C. (2015). Salmonellosis as risk factor for stillbirth in Guinea pigs. Revista de Investigaciones Veterinarias del Peru, 676-681. https://doi.org/10.15381/rivep.v26i4.11203
Gabriela Ortega, O. ; Ronald Jiménez, A. ; Miguel Ara, G. ; Siever Morales, C. / Salmonellosis as risk factor for stillbirth in Guinea pigs. In: Revista de Investigaciones Veterinarias del Peru. 2015 ; pp. 676-681.
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Stratford nurse earns two awards in one month for extraordinary care
The month of July was a good one for Bridgeport Hospital nurse Nyla Petrahai.
Petrahai, a Stratford resident who works in the intermediate care area, which houses patients requiring a higher level of care short of intensive care, received the hospital's first DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses July 23. One week later, for the same actions that earned her the first award, she received the monthly Bridgeport Hospital Quality Award for reflecting the hospital's values of patient-centered care, compassion, accountability and integrity.
Petrahai was cited for comforting an elderly patient who was in great pain from a broken leg, was not eligible for surgery and was at high risk for complications from pain medications. Petrahai persisted in getting a doctor to prescribe comfort measures for the patient, and stayed by the patient's bedside for almost 12 hours, holding her hand and singing "You Are My Sunshine." Her co-workers were so impressed, that when they transported the patient off the unit the next day, they, too, sang the song to cheer the patient.
"This is just one of the many examples that make Nyla such an amazing, compassionate, caring professional," wrote her nominator, Tom Fedora, a nurse in the critical care resource support unit at the hospital. "Her integrity is an example for all of us."
The national DAISY Award program is sponsored by the not-for-profit DAISY Foundation, based in Glen Ellen, CA. The foundation was established by the family of J. Patrick Barnes, who died in 1999 at age 33 of Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (ITP), a little known autoimmune disease. (DAISY is an acronym for Diseases Affecting the Immune SYstem.)
Each month, nurses at participating hospitals are selected by their leaders to receive the DAISY Award. Honorees receive a certificate commending them for being an extraordinary nurse. The certificate reads: "In deep appreciation of all you do, who you are, and the incredibly meaningful difference you make in the lives of so many people." The honoree is also be given a sculpture called "A Healer's Touch," hand-carved by artists of the Shona Tribe in Africa.
One day while Patrick Barnes was in the hospital, he asked his family to bring him a Cinnabon cinnamon roll plus enough for all the nurses in his unit. With the help of Cinnabon's parent company, FOCUS Brands, the DAISY Foundation carries on this tradition by serving Cinnabons to all the nurses in the award recipient's unit in thanks for everything they do for their patients and families.
"When Patrick was critically ill, our family experienced first-hand the remarkable skill and care nurses provide patients every day and night," said Bonnie Barnes, president and co-founder of the DAISY Foundation. "Yet these unsung heroes are seldom recognized for the super-human work they do. The kind of work the nurses are called on to do every day epitomizes the purpose of the DAISY Award."
The overall goal of the DAISY Foundation is to help fight diseases of the immune system. Additionally, DAISY offers J. Patrick Barnes Grants for nursing research and evidence-based practice projects and provides assistance to ITP support groups. For more information, visit www.DAISYfoundation.org.
The DAISY Awards at Bridgeport Hospital are coordinated by emergency department nurse Tabea Wilson, whose efforts helped make the hospital a participant in the program.
Nominations for the award can be submitted through the hospital website, www.bridgeporthospital.org, through the "Recognize a Caregiver" link at the bottom of the home page.
Bridgeport Hospital, part of Yale New Haven Health, is a non-profit 501-bed acute care hospital with two campuses (plus 42 beds licensed to Yale New Haven Children's Hospital). Its Bridgeport and Milford Campuses serve patients from across the region. The hospital admits more than 23,000 patients and provides nearly 350,000 outpatient treatments annually. The Connecticut Burn Center at Bridgeport Hospital is the only burn center in the state and one of only 64 verified burn centers in the United States. Bridgeport Hospital is committed to providing safe, compassionate and cost efficient care to its patients and the community. www.bridgeporthospital.org
Yale New Haven Health adopts proof of vaccination in an effort to keep patients and staff safer during current COVID surge
New Haven, CT (Dec. 22, 2021) –Yale New Haven Health (YNHHS) announced that all visitors to admitted patients in its hospitals will have to show proof of being fully vaccinated or a negative PCR test to visit.
Bridgeport Hospital to sponsor 22nd Holiday Run/Walk for Toys in Stratford Dec. 12
STRATFORD, CT (Dec. 2, 2021) – Bridgeport Hospital is the title sponsor for the 22nd Holiday Run/Walk for Toys on Sunday, Dec. 12, from 9:30 - 11:30 am in Stratford.

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One of the busiest arterial roads in the city will soon see the opening of another underpass, in the 7.55 kilometer stretch between Mysuru Road and Hosur Road soon.The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) which is constructing the underpass at Muthuraj Junction, is all set to open the underpass for commuters from June 15 as the work is nearing completion. The BBMP which has already completed the foundation and utility shifting and other necessary works is currently taking up the construction of a retaining wall and box installation work at the site.
Speaking to The New Indian Express, K Nagaraj, Chief Engineer, Project Central, BBMP said, "The underpass is almost ready and we expect that it will be open for public by June. We have diverted traffic for vehicles headed towards Sitha Circle and remaining works will be completed soon. With this there will be yet another underpass along the ORR between Mysuru Road and Central Silk Board that will relieve commuters from the traffic signals," he said.
The underpass is being taken up under the Signal-free corridor project between Central Silk Board and Mysuru Road that was sanctioned in 2015 under Nagarothana Scheme announced by Former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah. With a total cost of Rs 118 crore, the BBMP has identified grade separators at five locations along the proposed corridor.
As part of the project to build five grade separators, the BBMP has already unveiled flyovers at KEB Junction and Delmia Junction and the underpass at Muthuraj Junction will be added in June.
Along with this, the BBMP will also be taking up work on another underpass at Foodworld Junction from August once the underpass at Muthuraj junction is open to the public. The final planned underpass at Jedimara Junction is likely to be dropped however as the Bengaluru Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL)'s Namma Metro line is expected to cut through the identified location.
Nagaraj said, "We are still not sure about the Jedimaraja junction underpass as the metro is identified to be cutting through the proposed area." This stretch of the ORR is significant as motorists from South Bengaluru travel through this road to reach Mysuru Road, Electronics City and Hosur Road.


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The Mountain/Wilson Family Tree:Information about Thomas Upton
Thomas Upton (b. 1826, d. 23 May 1905)
Thomas Upton1337, 1338, 1339, 1340, 1341, 1342 was born 1826 in Idle, BRADFORD, West Yorkshire, England, and died 23 May 1905 in Yorkshire - West Riding, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom1343.He married Sarah Kitson on Sep 1846 in Bradford, West Yorkshire, daughter of John Kitson and Ann.
More About Thomas Upton:
Date born 2: 1825, Idle, Yorkshire, England.1344
Date born 3: 18261345
Residence 1: 1901, Brighouse, Yorkshire, England.1349
Residence 2: 1851, Idle, Yorkshire, England.1350
Residence 3: 1861, Bradford, Yorkshire, England.1351
More About Thomas Upton and Sarah Kitson:
Marriage: Sep 1846, Bradford, West Yorkshire.
Children of Thomas Upton and Sarah Kitson are:
John Kitson Upton, b. Abt. 1848, Idle, d. date unknown.
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+Mary Upton, b. 1853, Idle, d. date unknown.
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B & M Theocharakis Foundation for the Fine Arts and Music
Athina, Greece
The B & M Theocharakis Foundation for the Fine Arts and Music was founded as a non-profit-making foundation for the public good in 2004 and ratified by Presidential Decree.
The B & M Theocharakis Foundation is primarily concerned with music and the fine arts in Greece and internationally, with a focus on the emergence of the Modern and its continued development over the 20th and into the 21st century.
The Foundation aims to encourage the public to enter into a wide-ranging and interdisciplinary dialogue with music and the visual arts, to promote the work of Greek artists abroad, to employ every means at its disposal to disseminate the content of its activities, and to develop networks facilitating collaboration and exchange.
The Foundation seeks to achieve its aims by staging periodical exhibitions, concerts, lectures, seminars and other activities. It will also sponsor educational and academic research, along with programmes and studies of relevance to its aims.
Special emphasis is placed on attracting younger visitors, familiarizing them with music and the visual arts, cultivating their aesthetic sensibilities and making them feel at ease in a museum context.
Basil and Marina Theocharakis are the inspiration and the driving force behind the Foundation. Basil Theocharakis is a multifaceted personality. At the helm of a dynamic and diversified group of companies, he is involved in the automobile industry, banking, construction, health care, cosmetics, digital systems and shipping.
However, painting is an equally important dimension in his life. He attended the studio of the great Greek artist Spyros Papaloukas in tandem with his studies in the Law, and exhibited his work for the first time in 1957 at the International Youth Festival in Moscow. He has shown his work on many occasions since, both in Greece and abroad, and works of his are held by several major public and private collections. Declared a Chevalier de la Légion d' Honneur by the government of France for his services to art, he has also been acclaimed as an Archon Chartoularios by the Ecumenical Patriarch.
Marina Theocharakis has been actively involved in the arts for many years through the organizing of high-quality events and publications.
The Foundation is an expression of Basil and Marina Theocharakis' desire to contribute to the world of art and music in a manner that transcends their individual active involvement in the arts.
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Q: Python: Use Sister Parameters in Constructing Default Values I know I can do this in scala, but is there a way to do something similar in python:
def validate_config(data_dir, config_file_dir = data_dir + '/config', json_schema = None):
    print(data_dir)
    print(config_file_dir)
    print(json_schema)

validate_config('data')

The output I'm expecting is:
data
data/config
None

Thanks!

A: This is not directly supported. I would do this the same way Python avoids mutable default instances:
def validate_config(data_dir, config_file_dir=None, json_schema=None):
    if config_file_dir is None:
        config_file_dir = data_dir + '/config'
    # rest of code here

A: Not exactly, because Python's default args are evaluated when the function definition is compiled. But you can use None as the default arg and check it at run-time, like this:
def validate_config(data_dir, config_file_dir=None, json_schema=None):
    if config_file_dir is None:
       config_file_dir = data_dir + '/config'
    print(data_dir)
    print(config_file_dir)
    print(json_schema)

validate_config('data')

output
data
data/config
None

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This builder-house was purchased by a young couple with high taste and style. In order to personalize and elevate it, each room was given special attention down to the smallest details. Inspiration was gathered from multiple European influences, especially French style. The outcome was a home that makes you never want to leave.
By Kelsie Hornby, ASID, Elegant Designs, Inc.


Uppsala is a beautiful old town that preceded Stockholm as the capital of Sweden and is still the seat of the Church of Sweden and the oldest university in Sweden.
• He was exceptionally intelligent.
• He was an illegitimate son of the king (whom he resembled).
Leading scholars think that both theories may be correct.
Ceremonies lasted three full days.
• On Friday, Professors Inglehart and Norris presented papers at the University.
• On Saturday they visited the cathedral where they laid a wreath at the tomb of Johan Skytte. Later that day, they gave the Skytte lecture (which will be published in Scandinavian Political Studies) and received the actual award – silver medals and checks - at a large banquet.
• On Sunday, Count Moerner (a descendant of Johan Skytte) hosted a tour of the surrounding countryside and a visit to Skytte's castle where they saw a tree planted by Skytte himself.
"Although Sweden is a social democratic country, it has strong traditions. The ceremonies on Saturday started with a procession led by the heads of the student corps, carrying the flags of their corps. Men wore tails and the women wore long evening gowns and gloves, and all of them wore the white caps of the student corps," said Professor Inglehart.
Professor Inglehart is currently in St. Petersburg, directing the Laboratory of Comparative Social Research at the Higher School of Economics, a national research university in Russia. He will return to Ann Arbor in late December.


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The GC follows the lives of a group of talented and attractive young Maori as they work hard and play even harder in Australia's favourite playground, the glittering Gold Coast.Talented and ambitious, the GC cast are chasing the good life, some live together, some work together but they all play together. This series offers a fascinating insight into the lives of nine young and successful Maori.
Markson Sparks are proud to exclusively manage the following cast members of this ground breaking television drama.


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Home Reviews 'The Big Meal' at The Studio Theatre by Don Mike Mendoza
'The Big Meal' at The Studio Theatre by Don Mike Mendoza
Don Michael Mendoza
One of the most important things a family unit can share is a meal around a table together, and The Studio Theatre's production of Dan LeFranc's The Big Meal shows us how much of our lives can revolve around a meal, as we observe five generations of an American family meet at the same restaurant table over a period of 75 years.
(l to r) Matt Dougherty, Sam O'Brien, Hyla Matthews, Maya Brettell, Chris Genebach, and Annie Houston in 'The Big Meal.' Photo by Carol Pratt.
You may have seen it all before: the annoying in-laws, marriages, parenthood, colleges, family members moving away, divorce, illnesses, stress, the inexperience of youth, lack of communication, growing old, and people dying, but what's different here is that it feels so real and honest – and at times – really funny and powerful and heartbreaking.
This was my first time at The Studio Theatre's Milton Theatre, and I was treated to a truly memorable theatrical experience in this intimate space. The Big Meal's success is due to LeFranc keeping it simple – focusing on the message of family without any extra pomp and circumstance, and this was ably accomplished by Set Designer Timothy Mackabee's simple set – placing the characters within three tables.
Moving the three tables supported and set up each new plot twist, and I was intrigued by the fact that the actors stayed on stage and engaged for the entire time – rather than going off stage when they weren't part of a scene.
Ashley Faye Dillard and Josh Adams in 'The Big Meal.' Photo by Carol Pratt.
Director Johanna Gruenhut did a phenomenal job with her cast because she created an ensemble with the right chemistry. The family was played by eight talented actors: Josh Adams, Maya Brettell, Ashley Dillard, Matt Dougherty, Chris Genebach, Annie Houston, Hyla Matthews, and Sam O'Brien, and each was required to play multiple characters from different generations of the family. Taking on multiple characters with different personalities is a difficult task, and this cast took that on with great ease. Sarah Taurchini – the ninth actor – played the role of a server at the restaurant.
Although all the acting was terrific, I really enjoyed Chris Genebach and Hyla Matthews as Nicole's parents, Annie Houston as the optimistic great-grandmother and Hyla Matthews as Middle-Aged Nicole. Josh Adams was so convincing as a heart-broken soldier.
What made this show even better was the balance it presented between the family's good times, such as a wedding reception, and the bad times such as the death of different members, or the drama that occurred when damaging secrets were revealed. The meals that they shared all represented either the entrance or exit of each person, which was worked in very well with the story.
Sound and lighting designed by Elisheba Ittoop and John Burkland, respectively, both contributed to the production without being too outlandish. It was simple, like the set design, and was not over -the – top yet supported the action on stage appropriately. Addy Diaz dressed the actors, and although each actor played multiple characters, not much changed physically except for a hat or a jacket to signify a new person, which was an excellent strategy. Without major costume changes, it gave the actors more room to play with personality and also made the audience focus on that rather than a costume change.
Chris Genebach and Hyla Matthews in 'The Big Meal.' Photo by Carol Pratt.
Overall, everything about this show flowed well together and it was an engaging story that held my attention for the entire time. There was never a dull moment. Just when you thought you knew everything about the family in front of you, a new twist was thrown at you. When the show ended, the thunderous applause didn't stop until the cast came out for a second bow – beckoned by the excited audience members.
The Big Meal is a feast of tasty pleasures. Don't miss it!
Running Time: 90 minutes with no intermission.
The Big Meal plays through May 20, 2012 at The Studio Theatre – 1501 14th Street, NW, in Washington, DC. For tickets, call (202) 332-3300, or purchase them online.
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Don Michael Mendoza is the Co-Founder and Executive Artistic Director of La Ti Do Productions, and the founder of the blog Producing The District. He lives in downtown Washington, DC and has a B.A. in Journalism and Musical Theatre, and an M.A. in Strategic Communication from American University.


Ghazal also has experience defending and managing regulatory enforcement matters and corporate investigations. She handles cases from inception to trial and is an experienced negotiator.
During law school, Ghazal served as a special issue editor for the Cornell Law Review, and participated in mock trial, as well as the DM. Harish Memorial Moot Court competition in Mumbai, India.
She is fluent in Persian/Farsi, and proficient in Spanish.
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Not all vineyards are the same and the quantity of active ingredients vary considerably depending on the vineyard. The Tauleto vineyard has a late harvest, exposed to mould longer and forced to defend itself with its unique armor, resveratrol, which it must produce in large quantities. It so happens that this is the most powerful organic active ingredient in skin treatment to fight free radicals.


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Q: Is there a program that tracks the running times of computer games? I think I spend way too much time on computer games and would like to know exactly how much time I spend on them, in hopes that this will help me refrain myself from playing...
Is there a program that can give me a detailed report on how long these game processes run per day?

A: Well there is Raptr.com and the downloadable client that tracks the amount of time you play a game not very detailed but it just counts the hours you play for each game.

A: You can also try Wakoopa. It monitors all running apps in your system, including games.

A: There's ManicTime. It's great... and comes with a free usable version. It's stored in a local database...

A: XFire's client will do this for you. They also provide game time profile images that you can add to forum signatures and other websites.

A: TimeSnapper does this and it also takes screenshots periodically. (I remember this working quite well even for games, e.g. Left 4 Dead.)

A: I use RescueTime, it's cross platform, online, lets you set targets and even gives you a weekly summary email.
I've been using it for years and, even if the Sunday evening productivity emails can sometimes be depressing, I think it's helped me strike the right balance between games and work.


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Le Szigetköz est une région naturelle de Hongrie faisant partie de la petite plaine de Hongrie (). Délimitée au sud par le , un bras du Danube, et au nord par le cours principal du Danube, elle forme la plus grande île de Hongrie, d'une superficie de . Elle est située dans la continuité du  (en hongrois) ou  (en slovaque), autre région naturelle insulaire plus étendue située en Slovaquie, au nord du cours principal du Danube qui forme la frontière entre la Hongrie et la Slovaquie.

Formation

À la fin de l'ère tertiaire, alors que la mer de Pannonie qui recouvrait auparavant le bassin pannonien avait vu son niveau baisser et des rivières venant des Alpes et des Carpates remplir le bassin de leurs alluvions, l'ancêtre du Danube se fraie un chemin à travers les contreforts des Alpes pour atteindre lui aussi ce bassin, d'abord aux environs de l'actuelle Bruck an der Leitha (entre Vienne et la frontière hongroise) en continuant son cours vers le sud, puis à l'ère quaternaire par la  avec son cours actuel vers l'est à travers la petite plaine de Hongrie et la . Le très important cône de déjection du Danube, atteignant par endroits plusieurs centaines de mètres d'épaisseur de gravier, recouvert de peu d'humus en raison des constantes inondations et modifications du cours des bras du fleuve, constitue la région naturelle actuelle Szigetköz-Csallóköz () caractérisée par ses prairies humides.

Milieu naturel
Après les grands travaux de régulation du Danube du , la moindre fréquence des inondations a modifié les équilibres du milieu naturel d'origine, qui subsiste cependant dans certaines zones.

Sur ce territoire qui représente à peine 0,4 % de la Hongrie, on trouve 47 % des espèces végétales et 80 % des espèces de poissons du pays. La faune et la flore comprennent de nombreuses espèces rares qui n'existent pas ailleurs en Hongrie. Cependant, les conditions hydrologiques du Szigetköz ont récemment été profondément modifiées par la mise en service de l'ensemble de barrages et d'écluses de Gabčíkovo-Nagymaros. Depuis 1996, comme la navigation sur le Danube emprunte en territoire slovaque le canal de ces nouvelles installations et que le cours principal du Danube ( « Vieux Danube ») formant la frontière slovaco-hongroise reçoit beaucoup moins d'eau et est 3 à 5 mètres au-dessous du niveau des eaux de certains endroits du Szigetköz, des digues ferment jusqu'en aval à Ásványráró tous les bras secondaires qui ramenaient vers le Danube l'eau du Szigetköz, alimenté plus en amont à Dunakiliti, afin d'éviter son assèchement.

Notes et références

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A large and beautiful collection of elegant, tasteful piano music composed by one of our most popular composers, Dan Phillipson.
Touching and gentle, these tracks are great for use in media (commercials, drama/film, video, etc) as well as for use in public locations such as classy restaurant, telephone on-hold, wellness centres, waiting rooms and more.
Formats: The download is a 261 MB .zip file, containing 71 audio tracks (from 13 different compositions) in true CD-quality MP3 files (320-kbps, 44.1 khz), and 38 music loops in 44.1 khz WAV files. The physical CD is a DVDROM for PC or Mac, containing all tracks and loops as 16-bit, 44.1-khz, uncompressed WAV files (~850 MB).


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The effect of depression and learned helplessness in early and asymptomatic HIV infected subjects.
- Jordaan, Elsabe
Jordaan, Elsabe
HIV infections - Psychological aspects., HIV-positive persons - Psychology - Research., Depression, Mental - Psychological aspects - Case studies., Helplessness (Psychology)
M.A. (Psychology), The present study was undertaken in an attempt to understand and ascertain the nature and influence of psychological variables on the longevity of people who are infected withHN. The specific postulate of this study was that depression is the most important psychological variable that influences the longevity of people with my, either directly or indirectly. A number of variables were hypothesized to playa concomitant role with depression as factors that mediate longevity in people with my. These factors include learned helplessness, self-efficacy, sickness impact, sexual risk behaviors and substance use. The testing of these hypotheses involved an experimental group consisting ofHN positive, gay men who suffered from depression and a control group that consisted ofmv positive gay men who did not suffer from depression. None of the subjects had previously been diagnosed with depression. The subjects were subjected to testing of the mentioned psychological variables by means of the Hamilton-Depression Scale, the Attributional Style Questionnaire, the Coping Self-Efficacy Scale, the Biweekly Record of Sexual Behavior, the Substance Use Behavior Questionnaire and the Sickness Impact Profile. It was found that the experimental group differed significantly from the control group in terms of self-efficacy, sexual risk behavior, substance use and sickness impact. It has been speculated that the lack of significant difference between the experimental and control groups on learned helplessness could imply that equal amounts of learned helplessness was present in both groups.


Standard & Poor's has downgraded the credit rating of the cash-strapped Ontario government, which could impact the cost of borrowing.
The agency on Monday announced it was lowering its long-term issuer credit and senior unsecured debt ratings on Ontario to A+ from AA- and affirming the province's A+ short-term and commercial paper ratings.
"The downgrade reflects our view that Ontario is a sustained and projected underperformer on its budgetary performance and debt burden versus domestic and international peers," S&P said in a statement.
"The stable outlook reflects our expectation that, under our base-case scenario, Ontario will continue to make slow progress in reducing its after-capital deficit in the next two fiscal years and that it will continue with its stated 10-year capital plan," the rating agency continued.
Finance Minister Charles Sousa, who is promising to eliminate the $8.5 billion deficit by 2017-18, said Queen's Park is still on track to balance the books.
"In its report, S&P notes that its rating is supported by its view of 'Ontario's very strong economy which despite recent slow growth remains well-diversified and wealthy,'" Sousa said in a statement.
"In fact, every major Canadian bank projects Ontario's economy to grow at a faster pace than the national economy. S&P projects that Ontario's economy will grow between 2.2 per cent -2.7 per cent annually over the next two years," he said.
Sousa noted Ontario is the top jurisdiction in North America for foreign direct investment and the province's unemployment rate has dropped to 6.5 per cent, which is lower than the national average.
S&P's announcement follows Moody's, which kept its Aa2 rating (the equivalent of AA) and DBRS, which maintained an AA- rating for the province.
Blaming the Liberals for their "spending problem," Progressive Conservative MPP Vic Fedeli (Nipissing) said the downgrade is bad news.
"It … shows there are consequences to fiscal mismanagement," said Fedeli in a statement.
Correction - July 7, 2015: This article was edited from a previous version that mistakenly said Moody's and DBRS have maintained an AA- rating for Ontario. Incorrect information was provided to the Star.


After a bit of a hiatus, Claire is once again hosting a Waltzingmouse Pajama Party - and I'm excited to be attending it! Claire gave us 4 challenges on May 2nd over at the Waltzingmouse Blog - plenty of time to get cracking and create projects in time for the party!
Here are the challenges and what I brought to the party!
Challenge #1: Man of the Moment - Make a card for the significant man in your life - he doesn't have to be an adult. We are looking for masculine themed cards for any occasion.
I made a birthday card, gold embossing the big star from the mini Sheriff set and the small star from Kaboom. For the sentiment inside - I used stamps from Back in the Saddle and the little star from Kaboom. This could be for a child or adult given the 'cowboy' theme. I'm not sure just who in my family is getting this card yet!
Challenge #2: Surprise Him - It's all about men this month, and we're getting ideas together for Father's Day, so we want you to make a masculine project that has some element of surprise about it - an exploding box card, a pocket card with a concealed message/gift, a moveable element.
Not having anyone to send a Father's Day card to - I made mine another birthday card using stamps from Half Pint Heroes. Cars are always a hit with the male population don't you think?
My surprise element is having a die cut strip on the card that pulls off revealing more of the sentiment! I made the 'pull here' sign with my label maker. I made an extra panel to show you how the strip pulls off.
Challenge #3: Old Pajamas - Use one of your older Waltzingouse Stamps sets to create a project for this challenge! The Design Team will be digging out our Man of the Hour stamp sets for this one.
I love using photos of my family on my projects - so for this challenge - I used a photo my niece took of her husband and 1 year old daughter, Madelyn, on a recent trip to Disney. The sentiments from Man of the Hour highlighted this photo perfectly I think!
I used a die to cut the 'canvas' so it really looks like a little piece of art sitting on the easel!
I was stuck on this for a bit - as this is a very busy sketch - not really my style - but I needed an encouragement card for a friend at church who fell while riding his bike two weeks ago (he's an avid rider) and suffered a head bleed, among other injuries. I thought this sentiment from Fine Feathers might bring him some comfort.
I turned the sketch on it's side and used the die cut feathers instead of layered tags. I used the small tag from the Folding Tag Die, Fine Feather Die set, Woodgrain Backgrounders and Fine Feathers stamps.
Are you coming to the Pajama Party ? I hope to see you there - you have 24 hours to link up your creations (until 6:45 pm EST 5/15). You will find all the details and Mr. Linky over at the Waltzingmouse Blog.
(but if you have 'em - we hope you'll use 'em!!).
Accessories: Silver Wink of Stella, Copics: E00, E13, BG10, C6, 100, Y17, R20, Zipper Die - Papertrey Ink, ScorTape, Label Maker.
Ink: Calypso Coral - SU.
Accessories: Dies - Sentiment Strip - MFT, Mini Canvas Die and wooden easel - Lil Inker Designs, tiny heart punch - McGill, Glue N Seal, ScorTape, photo printed from computer, winter blend sequins - Avery Elle.
Accessories: Folding Tag Die, Fine Feathers Die Set - Waltzingmouse, Copper Mini Brads - Michaels, foam dots.
It's the 14th of the month and that means it's time for the Waltzingmouse Pajama Party! Around the 1st of every month Claire posts the 4 challenges for the party over at the Waltzingmouse Blog - so we can all get cracking on the challenges and have them ready to post on the 14th at the PJ Party!
Here are the 4 challenges for this month's party - along with the creations I made for them!
1. Scandi tags - Make a tag or set of tags featuring simple clean design - think Scandinavian style.
For my tag I used stamps from the Nordic Winter set using red ink on a pretty almond colored dotted patterned paper. I added an enamel dot to the center of the flower on the front and looped a piece of bakers twine through the hole. I cut my tag with the Folding Tag Die.
I'm entering my tag in the CASology - Festive challenge.
I just love so many of Claire's wonderful templates have you checked them out?? For my gift box today I used her little Fairy House Box - which is one of her FREE templates. I cut it out using my Silhouette Cameo.
The row of trees and row of stars stamps are from the Flurries Set.
The snowflake and Merry Christmas are from the Alpine Christmas Set. I cut the tag with a die from the Stitched Tag die set and the snowflake with a die from the Alpine Christmas Die Set.
The roof lifts off the little house - and I tucked a gift card inside - and there's still plenty of room for either some candy treats or a another small gift. I added Tiny Twinkles around the trees, stars and snowflake for a little sparkle.
I used stamps from Candy Jar Christmas and Candy Jar Christmas Fillers as well as dies from the Jar Essentials Die Set for my card. I stamped the Vintage Christmas Backgrounder on my background panel. Doesn't it look just like old wallpaper?! When I stamped it - I didn't press all over the stamp so it left some un-stamped spots. I colored the gingerbread men and the label with Copics and covered them with a layer of Glitter Glaze for some sugar coated sparkle! I sponged all the edges with Vintage Photo Distress Ink. I colored the faces and buttons with a black Glaze Pen.
Here's what I stamped on the inside of my card.
For my sketch card I used stamps from Flurries and Seasonal Flourish. I cut out the center with the Pretty Panels #1 die. The blue panel is popped up over the card base with foam tape and I added some rhinestones for sparkle.
Here's what I stamped on the inside of my sketch card using stamps from the same two sets as on the front. Don't you just love the wonderful flourishes on these sentiments??!!
You have 24 hours to link up your creations over at the Waltzingmouse Blog where you will also find all the details as well as information on how you can win a prize! I hope to see you at the WMS Pajama Party!
Accessories: Maraschino Bakers Twine - The Twinery, Folding Tag Die - Waltzingmouse, Enamel Dot - Home made from Perler Beads, Glue N Seal - Ranger.
Accessories: Alpine Christmas Die Set (snowflake), Stitched Tag Set - Waltzingmouse, Fairy House Box Template - Waltzingmouse, Tiny Twinkles - Taylored Expressions, Silhouette Cameo.
Accessories: Copics - YR24, E19, BG10, Black Glaze Pen - Sakura, Jar Essentials Die Set - Waltzingmouse, Glitter Glaze Sheer Sparkle - MFT, foam dots.
Accessories: Rhinestones - Kaiser, Pretty Panels #1 die - Waltzingmouse, foam dots.


Different types of emergencies, including weather events such as severe thunderstorms and tornadoes or hazardous materials releases, can necessitate the need to seek shelter.
If you are indoors, stay inside.
If you are outside, quickly go to the nearest building.
Once indoors, find an appropriate room or space in the building to shelter. Stay away from the windows if possible.
Attempt to find an accessible basement or interior hallway to use as a shelter.
Avoid driving through standing water. Most cars and light trucks will float in as little as 12 inches of water.
Avoid using corded phones and other corded electrical items.
Unplug computers and televisions to protect them from electrical power surges.
Do not take a shower.
Avoid metal items as they can carry an electrical current.
Specific instructions may vary by incident.


Lanka Safaris offer a multitude of services from the beginning of your safari to the end, to ensure the best possible safari experience.
Preparation of your hunting program.
What type of animal's best suit your hunt, the number of days of your safaris all differ depending on the circumstances of each hunter.
All transport on Safari including transfers to and from Port Elizabeth Airport.
Checking of rifles at our shooting range.
Transfers to your hunting areas in a 4x4 vehicle, as well as sightseeing and other activities.
All accommodation, meals, and local beverages.
Tracker who is responsible for spotting and if need be tracking wounded animals in their habitat and assisting the PH on Safaris.
Skinners, who clean and prepare the skins and trophies to go to Taxidermist or Dip and Pack Agent.


Opportunity has come knocking for innovators and tech whizzes with the Venture Incubation Programme (VIP) officially opening applications for 2018.
The programme has helped over 30 start-ups in the past two years and is run by the Solution Space and MTN at the University of Cape Town Graduate School of Business (GSB), one of Africa's top business schools.
Valued at over R300 000, the programme offers start-ups mentorship, workshops and industry expertise to help develop new ventures and validate business models, as well as provide access to funding, networks, exposure and recognition.
"We call on digital start-ups from all over Africa who are looking to get a foot in the door to take advantage of this amazing opportunity," says Sarah-Anne Alman, manager of the Solution Space. "The first 90 days of a start-up are the hardest and when entrepreneurs are least supported. This programme is geared to present entrepreneurs with all the tools needed to implement their ideas and bring them to fruition.
Since its inception in 2016, the VIP has supported various successful businesses like eating-out app Feastfox and chatting platform Chat2Brand as well as online emotional intelligence platform Mygrow and consumer neuroscience consultancy Neural Sense.
As a partner of the VIP, MTN sees this partnership as an opportunity to spearhead the company's engagement with innovation driven start-ups as potential service providers and develop the ecosystem around MTN's digital service platforms.
Stephen van Coller, MTN Group vice-president: digital services, data analytics and business development, says: "Innovative ideas and technology disruption are the way of the future and MTN is at the forefront of helping to pioneer solutions that impact and shape the future of the continent.
Ideal applicants for the Venture Incubation Programme are teams of a minimum of two entrepreneurs, comprising a founder or major shareholder, who are able to attend a 12-week programme, for approximately 30 hours a week at the Solution Space.
Applicants should already have initial concept development demonstrating a deep understanding of the market environment and potential problems. They should also pose a compelling solution that is innovation-driven and scalable. A minimum viable product ready to conduct early-market testing and further establish the product/market fit is an added advantage.
Applications for the Venture Incubation Programme close on 28 February 2018.


Ace Team at the annual Tiger Bass Race!
Heuser Ace Hardware is locally owned by the Heuser Family - we live here, work here, and love being part of Bluffton and Okatie. We strive to offer the very best service, quality, and convenience in the Lowcountry. It starts with service. We have on staff a PhD horticulturalist, a Master electrician, retired handymen, two former Engineers, two Gold-certified Stihl engine technicians, and more. Then, we carry the BEST brands: Stihl outdoor power equipment, Benjamin Moore paint, Weber grills, Big Green Egg, Traeger, DeWalt, and more. We refuse to sell anything that isn't up to the highest standards. Come on in, and let us help, it's what we're here for.


The research goal of my laboratory is "Targeted Drug Delivery" and involves the rational design of dosage forms and their in vitro evaluation, which are used to design in vivo studies. In turn, the information obtained in in vitro and in vivo studies is used to understand the underlying reasons of the performance of the dosage form with the objective of improving its formulation design to achieve the desired therapeutic effect.
A recent project that illustrates this process is the formulation of a novel molecule with anticancer and antimicrobial activity for pulmonary delivery as nanocrystals or microparticles. In vitro evaluation included size analysis using Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) and laser diffraction; stability, using (Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), X-ray diffraction (XRD) and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). We determined the aerosol performance of these formulations using commercial dry powder inhalers and performed pharmacokinetic studies to determine the disposition of the drug after pulmonary administration to mice. Lastly, in collaboration with Dr. Jie Wu from the OUHSC Department of Pathology, we assessed the efficacy of the nanocrystals in a transgenic mouse model of adenocarcinoma.
My laboratory also designs dosage forms for oral, vaginal and transdermal administration following same procedure. A second line of investigation of my laboratory is the development of needle-less vaccines to provide mucosal and systemic immunization. We are interested in elucidating the role of cell mediated immune (CMI) response and humoral immunity to the overall protection provided by the vaccine. Examples of vaccines studied in my laboratory include vaccines against tuberculosis, West Nile Virus, Diphtheria and Shigellosis.
Dept. of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, Univ. of Georgia, Athens, GA.
"Inhaled Delivery of Clofazimine (CFZ) – A high efficiency, flow independent, targeted, low cost DPI. 2018.
Prevention of Lung Adenocarcinoma using Inhaled SHetA2: Formulation and Mechanism. 2019.
Inhaled SHetA2 to prevent lung adenocarcinoma: Formulation and mechanism. 2019.
Targeting HPV Consequences in a Cervical Cancer Clinical Trial. 2016.


Frank Luntz has a history of putting together focus groups that are skewed toward Republicans which he tries to pass off as fair and/or representative. So I was immediately suspicious when Luntz described tonight's presidential debate focus group by saying, "13 of these 24 people voted for Obama in 2008, only 10 voted for McCain." Notice that he didn't say how many were Democrats, how many Republicans, how many independents or other. For all we know, those 13 people who voted for Obama were Republicans. And guess what? Every one of them said they were undecided about who to vote for before the debate. That's not a representative sample of voters at all.
To be fair, I'll agree that Romney won the debate. But would that many Democrats actually have suddenly made up their minds to vote for Romney after this one debate? And a lot of the participants' comments about Obama sounded suspiciously like Republican talking points.
@Garon: Fast and furious seems to me to be the classical "storm in a teacup" aimed at discrediting the current administration. The world is not a perfect place and mistakes will happen. What little I've seen on that issue over here suggests that the project already existed in 2008 albeit under another name. I'll agree that even one dead border patrolman is one too many but wonder why similar outrage is not directed at the many dozens of cops who are killed every year in a country where guns are sold on the same counter alongside chocolate bars and underwear and where there is such fierce opposition to any form of control.
Anyway, I don't remember this sort of divisive smearing and slurring occurring after 9/11 when the President was a Republican and everybody – Democrat, Republican and Independents – closed ranks as A-M-E-R-I-C-A-N-S. What's changed? Oh yeah, the President, today, is a Democrat who's half white, and it's an election year. Who benefits ("cui prodest") from such hasty hoop-la?
Jumping to conclusions before all the facts are in could lead us – the public – to accept the need for wrongful action. That's what happened when the USA invaded Iraq in a campaign intended mainly to be retaliation for an attack (on the twin towers) perpetrated by a bunch of criminals made up mainly by Saudis. There was not one Iraqi in that lot but the USA decided to attack Iraq and basically invented the story on those WMDs. The truth about those WMDs emerged years later in the USA and about 20% of the viewers of FoxNews still don't believe that Iraq no longer (if it ever) had them. The number of Americans who died in Iraq was far greater than the number who've died because of fast and furious (always conceding that even one death is one too many). Wouldn't surprise me one bit were you to come back and claim that fast and furious is responsible for the whole drug war in Mexico. Do that and this conversation is finished.
I'll tell you what's suspicious: that toup.
@Garon: sorry, but I've worked in the diplomatic service off and on for over 40 years and what is being bandied about as "news" just doesn't seem to ring true. Shall we wait for the findings of the investigation?
@Ellen: As I recall the F&F version had the same people and they were sitting in the same seats. Two men were pro-Obama in both versions but the third pro-Obama man was different. Luntz probably does several "takes" with different people from the group saying different things. Then he puts the best bits together. This time, his right hand wasn't told what his left hand was doing. Dishonest is what I calls it.
@Kathleen: absolutely not. It's just that this thread has actually got some interesting posts. It's boring to speak only to the like-minded but far too few lurkers are actually willing to sustain an exchange of views.
@Garon Galloway: imagine what would happen if each and every one of America's over 250 diplomatic seats throughout the world were to dictate just how much security was needed. The budget would be gigantenormous. It takes time for Central command to screen the requests and – I imagine – ask Congress for the funds. So silly to jump to conclusions before all the facts are known.
I, for one, will wait for the investigation findings which I trust will provide the time-lines. And I hope those findings will not show the administration to be as prone to gang violence than the previous one.
In any case, as I do not believe that Ambassador Stevens was suicidal, the very fact that he was there under those conditions tells me that he did not feel threatened and he was there to look into a hospital or some such non-military installation. The presence of an essentially "friendly" environment would seem to be corroborated by the mass PRO-AMERICAN protests that reportedly brought down the militias allegedly responsible for the attack. Seems that those militias are rather more like street gangs in New York than an expression of widespread popular sentiment.
Thanks Ellen. I'm really curious to compare the two versions.
I see that the debate has emboldened a few lurkers. Game's not yet over, laddies and lassies. There are still three debates to go and we remain hopeful (as should you, of course).
PS: a lot of what Romney said last night sounded like a redigested version of what Obama's being saying consistently for years. Seems he's decided that Obama's ideas were hitting the mark with voters so he flipped yet again. Next step is flop as in flip-flop-flip-flop-flip-flop.
To be more specific…of course it's made of people who say they don't know who to vote for..that's kind of the point…people who have made up their mind already are just going to see our guy as winning. To call a focus group of undcedicded voters suspicious for containing undecided voters is crazy talk. Fairness is, after all, a concept promoted by those desperate to break even.
So, wait, the evidence for tampering is that it didn't go your guy's way? No wonder O got creamed in the debate, liberalism is mass delusion which simply looks delusional next to a competent center-right candidate talking to a center-right nation.
bemused, good catch about the editing. I'm guessing Luntz put together two focus groups for some reason.
My experience with the foxies is patchy at best but I've just watched F&F and saw a slightly different clip from the same focus group. In this morning's version, Luntz asked "Who voted for Obama in 2008", and several people actually hesitated before raising their hands. In the F&F clip only 2-3 people had anything positive to say about Obama and I don't think they were the same ones. The guy in the brown shirt in the front row was not in the clip aired on F&F. Instead of him, the token third pro-Obama testimonial was provided by a man in the top row.
Another thing I noticed is that the foxies have cropped the bit where the President says to Lehrer: "Uh, Jim, you may want to go on to the next topic … but I'd like to answer what the Governor's just said". The clip was aired several times without that last bit allowing listeners to conclude that Obama wanted Lehrer to get him out of a corner. Very unprofessional of the foxies.
Frank Luntz's focus groups are about as authentic as that dead muskrat he wears on his pointy head.
What struck me during the debate was the similarity between what Romney has started to say and what Obama has always said. The semantics were different but the substance seemed to me to be almost identical in many cases. Is there any way to get a transcript of the debate?


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Elections in America: It is also about rising equality
Nora Lustig 29 November 2016
Why did so many of those who feel left behind vote for a member of the global elite in the US election? This column argues that rather than an increase in income and wealth inequality, it may be a rise in equality for wealthy African-Americans, for women, and for the gay community that is feeding a greater sense of unfairness. If we advocate greater horizontal equality, we must also ensure that it is embraced, or at least tolerated, by all.
During his November 2016 visit to Europe, President Obama said: "When we see people, global elites, wealthy corporations seemingly living by a different set of rules, avoiding taxes, manipulating loopholes ... this feeds a profound sense of injustice" (Obama 2016).
So, why did so many of the victims of such injustice vote for one of the members of this global elite who lives by different rules? Could it be that what aggravated the majority of voters for President-elect Trump is not that the top 1% in the US have been able to reap most of the economic gains of the past decades but, paradoxically, a rise in equality? More equality in three dimensions may be feeding a greater sense of unfairness, indignation, and impotence than the increase in income and wealth inequality: the rise of an African-American elite, the empowerment of women, and the legitimation of the gay community's right to be treated as equals by the law. This is my hypothesis.1
First, some facts:
In the years from 2005-2013, "the income bracket with the largest increase for black households occurred in the number of households earning over $200,000, with an increase of 138%, compared to an increase of 74% for the total population" (Nielsen 2015). Of course, inequality among blacks is extreme. A Pew Research Study shows that 35% of black households have negative or no net worth. At the same time, however, Nielsen reports that the number of estimated black millionaires has risen from 25 in the 1960s to 35,000 today. The African-American elite not only has many more millionaires, it also produced a two-term president.
Women now make up almost half of US workers (49.9% in October). They run some of the world's best companies, such as PepsiCo, Archer Daniels Midland and W.L. Gore. They earn almost 60% of university degrees in the US. Women make up the majority of professional workers (Economist, 2009).
In Obergefell v. Hodges, the US Supreme Court ruled on 26 June 2015 that: "[T]he right to marry is a fundamental right inherent in the liberty of the person, and under the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment couples of the same-sex may not be deprived of that right and that liberty." As a result, same-sex marriage became legal in all states.
These three phenomena reflect a decline in what social scientists call horizontal inequality: systematic disadvantages across gender, racial, ethnic, religious, and sexual orientation lines. Today blacks can be increasingly elite, women increasingly powerful, and the gay community increasingly socially acceptable, and accepted.
There are signs that rising horizontal equality is feeding unhappiness and despair in those left behind by economic transformation, and in those who see their identity and core values unbearably threatened by uncontrollable shifts in mores and norms.2 Here are two startling examples:
The discovery that the rise in mortality of high-school-and-below educated white middle-aged men and women between 1999 and 2013 was driven by drug and alcohol poisoning, suicide, chronic liver diseases, and cirrhosis (Case and Deaton 2015);
The finding that this "stands in sharp contrast to gradual improvements in health and well-being of blacks and Hispanics over the past decades, and high levels of optimism about the future among these same groups." (Graham and Pinto 2016). Graham and Pinto's research shows that poor blacks are three times more likely to be at a high level of optimism than poor whites.
There is also evidence that people who felt threatened by rising horizontal equality were more likely to vote Republican and, especially, for Trump:
Supporters of Trump were found more likely to describe African Americans as "criminal", "unintelligent", "lazy", and "violent" than voters who backed some Republican rivals in the primaries, or those who supported Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton (Flitter and Kahn 2016).
The more hostile voters were toward women, the more likely they were to support Trump (Wayne et al. 2016)
Two-thirds of Republicans, but also one-third of Democrats, oppose same-sex marriage (Pew Research Center 2015).
Trump is a consistent opponent of marriage equality (Human Rights Campaign 2016).
If this is true, those of us who think that rising horizontal equality is desirable must find ways to make sure that further progress, if not embraced, is at least tolerated by those who feel that this kind of progress must be stopped or – worse – reversed. If I had to choose one policy, it would be to make college affordable to all. In poll after poll, and study after study, the more educated people are, the more they embrace horizontal equality in the US.
Case, A and A Deaton (2015), 'Rising morbidity and mortality in midlife among white non-hispanic Americans in the 21st century'. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 112 (49) (November): pp. 15078–15083. .
Cowen, T (2016), 'What the hell is going on?' Marginal Revolution, 25 May. .
Economist (2009) "Female power", 30 December.
Flitter, E, and C Kahn (2016), "Exclusive: Trump supporters more likely to view blacks negatively - Reuters/Ipsos poll", Reuters. .
Graham, C and S Pinto (2016), "Unhappiness in America: Desperation in white towns, resilience and diversity in the cities", The Brookings Institution. .
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[1] Tyler Cowen, the author of the blog Marginal Revolution, has expressed a similar conjecture in reference to attitudes towards women (Cowen 2016).
[2] One-third of Americans feel that there is a lot of conflict between their religious beliefs and homosexuality. In this group, opposition to same-sex marriage outweighs support by more than two to one. (Pew Research Center 2015)
Topics: Gender Politics and economics Poverty and income inequality
Tags: Inequality, Poverty, horizontal equality, same-sex marriage, elections, gender
Samuel Z. Stone Professor of Latin American Economics and Director of the Commitment to Equity Institute at Tulane University


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"The people and leaders of Woostri, on the other hand, are a different matter entirely. Like the Ukians, they have a strong fear of the unknown and what they perceive to be the impossible. Equally important, they have a tendency to magnify rumors of menace far out of proportion."
The Woostoids were sapient humanoids indigenous to Woostri.
They were known for natural affinity for computer technology. Woostoids had reddish-orange skin with flowering red hair and their eyes rarely blinked. Woostoids were peaceful and were known as intelligent, logical thinkers who disdained abbreviations and shorthand in their communications with others. The average Woostoid was comfortable around computers and many Woostoid cities were automated.
Woostoids also had an affinity for order and structure, which caused them to support the Empire despite their aversion to Palpatine's militaristic ways. A controversial view held by many Woostoids (even after Woostri joined the New Republic) was that the Empire could have led to a galactic paradise were it not for its warlike ways. Woostoids were disoriented by chaotic, illogical situations.
Bureaucracies across the galaxy employed Woostoids in high-level positions to put their analytical minds to work. On Woostri, much of the economy was geared towards recreation due to the leisure time permitted by their automated civilization, and Woostoids welcomed tourists from diverse species to their homeworld.
In the novel The Last Command, the Woostoid were referred to as Woostroid.


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Delia Ephron, Katie Finneran, Melissa Joan Hart and Carol Kane to appear at Barnes & Noble Signing
by Molly Barnett, March 15, 2012
Contact: Molly Barnett
molly@oandmco.com
ACCLAIMED AUTHOR DELIA EPHRON
TO APPEAR AT BARNES & NOBLE
FOR BOOK SIGNING & READING OF
"THE LION IS IN"
KATIE FINNERAN, MELISSA JOAN HART AND CAROL KANE
TO READ EXCERPTS OF EPHRON'S LATEST NOVEL
THURSDAY, APRIL 5 AT 7 PM
"One of the sharpest observers of human behavior around, Ephron, with her trademark mastery of smart, snappy dialogue, delivers a read-in-one-sitting, feel-good celebration of resiliency and hope."
— Booklist review of "The Lion Is In"
New York, NY (3/15/12) – Acclaimed screenwriter, playwright and novelist Delia Ephron will appear at Barnes & Noble's Upper East Side location (150 East 86th Street, at Lexington Avenue) on Thursday, April 5th at 7:00 PM, signing copies of her latest novel, "The Lion Is In" (Blue Rider Press; March 29, 2012; $24.95). Tony Award-winner Katie Finneran (Promises, Promises), TV favorite Melissa Joan Hart ("Melissa and Joey") and Emmy Award-winner Carol Kane ("Taxi") will be on hand to read passages from the book. (All three women have starred in Love, Loss, and What I Wore, the hit play Ms. Ephron co-wrote with her sister, Nora.)
For more information about the Barnes & Noble signing, visit: http://store-locator.barnesandnoble.com/event/75663 or call 212-369-2180.
Delia Ephron is a bestselling author and screenwriter. Her movies include The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, You've Got Mail, Hanging Up (based on her novel), and Michael. She has written novels for adults and teenagers, books of humor, including How to Eat Like a Child, and essays. Her journalism has appeared in The New York Times, O: The Oprah Magazine, Vogue, More, and The Huffington Post. Recently, she collaborated with Nora Ephron on a play, Love, Loss, and What I Wore, which ran for two years off-Broadway and has been performed in cities around the world, including Paris, Rio de Janeiro, and Sydney.
ABOUT "THE LION IS IN"
Three women—one in a wedding dress—break into a bar on the outskirts of a small Southern town late at night. On the run, each for different reasons, they have no money, no food, not even a change of clothes. They just need a place to sleep after crashing their car.
They aren't expecting to meet a lion.
But "The Lion Is In"— the latest funny, heartfelt, and honest novel from bestselling author and screenwriter Delia Ephron (Hanging Up; You've Got Mail) — is all about the big, wild, noble things in all our lives locked inside, waiting to break out.
Lana and Tracee, 26, had no idea where they were going when they sped out of Maryland. And when Rita—50, a timid soul—accepted a ride, she wanted only to escape her life. None of them imagined that barely twenty-four hours later, they'd be working at a down-at-the-heels nightclub whose sole attraction is Marcel, an old lion retired from the circus.
For Rita, it's the first time she's ever experienced anything like an adventure. Decades of marriage to a small-minded, humorless minister have convinced her that she has no imagination, nothing even worth saying. She sees a kindred spirit in Marcel—locked up, longing for liberation, quietly regal. So she starts sneaking him out of his cage in the early dawn hours. Once she's gained his trust, Rita and Marcel are the hottest show for miles around, performing nightly at the now-packed bar to the spirited salsa sounds of Julio Iglesias.
But their pasts and transgressions threaten to catch up with them. Lana, a few months sober, is plagued by guilt and shameful memories, and then gets on the wrong side of a local cop after a reckless one-night stand. Tracee, a kleptomaniac, finds herself falling for kindhearted Tim, but she has a criminal past she can't face up to. And Rita, treasured and appreciated for the first time in her life, knows her husband
won't let her stay gone forever. The problems seem insurmountable, but no one has figured on the power of Marcel.
As with her other critically adored books and box-office smash films, Ephron brings a delightfully deft hand to "The Lion Is In," a blend of humor, pain, and happiness. All of us have had something fierce and strong caged up inside, aching to get free. This marvelous novel is a tribute to that untamable instinct—and to the people and animals who hold the key and help us let it out.
THE LION IS IN: A Novel
By Delia Ephron
Blue Rider Press
Hardcover ISBN 9780399158483
Price: $24.95 On-sale: 3/29/12
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Sebastiana de Melo Freire (Mogi das Cruzes,  - São Paulo, ), mais conhecida como Dona Yáyá (ou Dona Iáiá), foi uma senhora da alta sociedade brasileira, membro de uma das mais importantes famílias do interior paulista. Teve uma vida marcada por tragédias. Com a morte de seus pais e irmãos, herdou a fortuna da família, mas logo sucumbiu a uma doença mental que a impediu de administrar ou usufruir de seus bens, tendo sido mantida reclusa em sua residência no bairro paulistano do Bixiga, da juventude até seu falecimento aos 74 anos. Sem filhos ou parentes próximos, teve sua herança considerada vacante e todos os seus bens foram transferidos à Universidade de São Paulo.

Biografia

Filha de Josefina Augusta de Almeida Melo e Manuel de Almeida Melo Freire, empresário, fazendeiro, e político de relevo no Estado de São Paulo, Iaiá passa os primeiros anos de sua vida em Mogi das Cruzes. Uma série de tragédias marca desde cedo a sua vida. Uma de suas irmãs morre asfixiada aos três anos de idade. Pouco tempo depois, outra irmã falece em consequência de uma infecção por tétano, aos treze anos. Em 1899, morre sua mãe e, dois dias depois, seu pai. Órfã, passa a ser tutorada, junto com Manuel de Almeida Melo Freire Júnior, agora, seu único irmão, por Albuquerque Lins, que futuramente exerceria o cargo de presidente do estado de São Paulo.

Já na capital paulista, Iaiá frequenta o Colégio Sion, enquanto seu irmão ingressa na Faculdade de Direito do Largo São Francisco. Em 1905, nova tragédia: Manuel, desde cedo diagnosticado como portador de uma doença mental, atira-se ao mar durante uma viagem a bordo de um navio com destino a Buenos Aires. Com sua morte, Iaiá torna-se a única sobrevivente dos Melo Freire e herdeira de uma vasta fortuna. Pôde por pouco tempo usufruir de seus bens. Residiu em um palacete na Rua Sete de Abril, no centro de São Paulo, onde recebia seus amigos, promovia saraus e mantinha um estúdio completo de fotografia, um de seus principais interesses. Relata-se que rejeitava todos os seus pretendentes, por considerá-los interesseiros, e que teria mantido uma afeição não correspondida pelo aviador Edu Chaves.

Já em 1918, manifestam-se os primeiros sintomas de sua doença mental, ao que se segue uma tentativa de suicídio, no ano seguinte. Iaiá é internada em um sanatório, interditada. Sua residência na Sete de Abril era considerada inadequada para isolá-la. Assim, em 1925, seus curadores adquirem um vasto casarão no bairro do Bixiga, à época convenientemente afastado do centro da cidade. Paralelamente, ocorriam disputas judiciais pelo direito da curatela e pela guarda dos bens da enferma, alimentando variadas acusações, escândalos e boatos, cobertos pela imprensa da época.

Embora contando com os recursos financeiros necessários ao seu tratamento, e mesmo submetida aos cuidados de alguns dos maiores especialistas do período, como Juliano Moreira e Franco da Rocha, pioneiros da psiquiatria brasileira, a doença de Iaiá progride continuamente. Trata-se da enfermidade classificada pela psiquiatria moderna como psicose esquizofrênica. Em seus acessos, "batia-se contra as paredes, feria-se com objetos e farpas, dizia impropérios, proclamava-se partidárias dos aliados na Primeira Grande Guerra, repetia continuadamente 'eu sou católica, apostólica romana', rasgava roupas, chorava, cantava, queixava-se de ser ameaçada de morte e de violações, pedia o filho que julgava ter tido, imaginava amamentá-lo e embalá-lo".

Iaiá permaneceria isolada em seu casarão no Bixiga por 36 anos. O imóvel foi inteiro adaptado para o seu tratamento, da adaptação dos equipamentos dos banheiros à instalação de janelas inquebráveis, que só abriam do lado de fora. Além dela, ocupavam o casarão sua amiga Eliza Grant, seu enfermeiro, uma prima e os criados. A última reforma ocorreu em 1952, quando se construiu o solário, onde a enferma ficava ao ar livre. Dona Iaiá faleceu em 1961, no Hospital São Camilo.

Legado

Sem herdeiros, a fortuna de Dona Iaiá foi considerada vacante, passando à propriedade da Universidade de São Paulo. O patrimônio deixado compreendia o casarão do Bixiga, hoje chamado Casa de Dona Iaiá, sede do Centro de Preservação Cultural da universidade, 27 casas na rua do Hipódromo, 8 na rua Piratininga, 6 na Visconde do Parnaíba, um edifício na rua que leva o nome de sua família, Melo Freire, outro na Rua Augusta, parte do edifício Veneza, alguns imóveis no centro de Mogi das Cruzes, e uma chácara de 36 alqueires que deu lugar ao Centro Cívico da cidade, Prefeitura, Câmara, INSS, Tiro de Guerra, universidades, shopping center, a própria Estação Estudantes, terrenos, ruas, praças, comércios, residenciais, entre outros bens em cidades próximas.

O patrimônio foi definitivamente incorporado à USP em 14 de janeiro de 1968. Na ocasião, o reitor da universidade, Hélio Lourenço de Oliveira, se comprometia a "prestar modesta homenagem à memória da falecida, cujo sacrifício favoreceu a mocidade estudantil desprovida de recursos que demanda os diversos cursos universitários", acrescentando que  "A USP cuidará do patrimônio com a responsabilidade que lhe cabe e fará com que ele sirva aos estudantes tanto quanto não pôde servir à desditosa interdita".

Encontra-se sepultada no Cemitério da Consolação.

Ver também
 Hospital Psiquiátrico do Juqueri
 Nise da Silveira
 Loucura

Bibliografia

Ligações externas
 Página oficial do Centro de Preservação Cultural - Casa da Dona Yayá

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