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5 Psychological Benefits of Online Gaming
November 20, 2019 ManipalMonk Health & Fitness, Lifestyle, Sports 0
Online gaming has become an entertainment juggernaut in the last decade, with showstoppers like Call of Duty, Battlefield, and World of Warcraft being name stays in the genre. The big appeal to gaming online is its accessibility, but the benefits of gaming have an impact on our brain chemistry. These are the top 5 ways your favorite online games can impact the psychological make-up of your brain.
Heightens Skill Development
Video games, like all games, require a certain amount of skill. A whole eSports industry has come about showing casing that skill. Online gambling websites like Casumo, incorporate poker, and blackjack, which are casino games with a high skill component. These games improve concentration, analytical skills, mental enrichment, and memory.
Online games involve being one step ahead of your opponents, which requires concentration and alertness. Hand-Eye coordination is improved significantly, which can be used in sports like physical sports like basketball, hockey, and soccer. Also, games encourage interpersonal and cognitive skills, which help to keep your brain happy and healthy.
Researchers, in regards to stress management, have studied regular online play. Videogames have a lousy reputation of someone yelling at the screen when they lose, and although that can relieve stress, a casual online player finds the same activity relaxing.
Most gamers have even said that games, even violent ones, are more relaxing to play after a long day – especially when played with friends. World of Warcraft is more relaxing than competitive shooters like Call of Duty because you can choose casual missions instead of intense and demanding raid battles.
Some online apps, such as the Fantasy cricket app, allow you to play fantasy cricket online in India and win huge real cash every day with exciting joining bonus points.
Online gaming encourages interaction with other players, as well as teamwork. In games like Overwatch, where cooperation is a necessity to win a match, players can speak to each other through a microphone and plan their attack. Interaction in an online game is especially important to introverts, and anyone who is socially shy.
Players can interact in a space that's also entirely within their control. If someone is being rude or isn't playing fair, players can always block or turn off their headset. Games like Mario Kart, which has a couch co-op as well as an online component, encourage interaction between friends in your personal life.
Keeping Engaged
Most games have a reliance on short term memory, like remembering a code an NPC just told you that would open a treasure chest. Keeping your brain mentally engaged will make it healthier in the long-term, with gaming thought to ward off diseases like Alzheimer's. Gaming in this sense is great for anyone recovering from an injury, or seniors.
Games like Animal Crossing, which tasks the player to pay off debt while furnishing a home and speaking to townsfolk, help improve mental clarity and alertness. There's even a dedicated online community that visits each other towns, gives each other gifts, and letters. Having a community with shared interests makes gaming hard to put down.
Provides Endless Entertainment
It's a basic human need to want entertainment. Online games fill that need because you can play at any time, anywhere. It's gotten to the point where our society doesn't have to feel bored if they don't want to; there's always an app to peak out interest. With constant updates coming every single day, there will always be a new mode to play.
Online games usually host weekly/monthly giveaways, tournaments, jackpots, festivals, along with free in-game currency for loot boxes. No matter when you open the game to play, you'll be faced with new content in any online experience worth it's salt. Fortnight is one of these examples that has constant new things to do and experience.


So we all know how the story goes; Mouse runs from cat, who in turn runs from the dog, but all that is about to change with Risk Factions for the X-Box 360 Arcade. In the campaign mode for this game, you take control of an army for one of five different factions and try to take over the world! The story starts when General William P. "Fatty" Mc. Gutterpants, the leader of the Human faction, accidentally attacks Generalissimo Meow, the leader of the Cat faction. From there things spiral out of control and a world war breaks out between the Humans, Cats, Robots, Zombies, and Yeti's.
For anyone who has played Risk the bored game, the game play will be very familiar, but some of the rules might seem different. The reason for many of these changes is the 2008 alteration to the rulebook, which included a smaller world and more time friendly rules. Some of the new features include the addition of cities and capitals, which help add extra units to your army at the start of your turn. The Arcade game also adds hilarious animation battles and rewards for completing designated tasks. There is also a "Star" system that replaced the old card system, but works very similar. At the beginning of your turn, if you have at least 2 stars (gained 1 or 2 a round by taking over a territory) you can exchange them for armies. It can get pretty substantial, netting you 30 armies for 10 stars, which can really save you when you're in a bind. All in all, the campaign feels a lot like classic risk, but shortens game play to as little as 15 minutes (with only two armies).
There are other modes included in this game, which is a very nice addition for a $9.99 game. Not only can you play 4 players at once on a single console, but you can play up to 5 across X-box live! The game modes for multilayer range from the new rules (including the rewards and updated 2008 edition rules) to the classic risk from over fifty years ago. It feels very refined and balanced, making this an ideal party game.
Playing a five player match can get a bit hectic (and time consuming), but it sure beats having to keep count of how many armies you have, especially when 30+ was not unheard of with the board game. Playing through the campaign unlocks new maps and it seems that additional maps are very possible via DLC. It would be interesting to see themed maps, maybe even so far as to say game themes, such as a Gears of War or Mass Effect map, but I'm not counting on it.
Although the game is great all around, two things got to me. The first is just a small gripe I have with many Arcade games. They went through all the trouble to make a Campaign mode, make a storyline, and make it all fit together, but there was no ending video, or even short 1 liner, to complete the campaign.
The other issue, a much bigger issue to some, is that you can't play online with more than one person on a console. What I mean is if two people are at one house, one person is at another house, they all three can't play at the same time. There is no "Guest". I can understand this being implemented when trying to do Ranked matches, but it would have been nice to be able to play with my friends, even if I wasn't hanging out with them.
This game is a great example of what X-box 360's Arcade should be. It shows that a high quality game does not have to be expensive! It was very nice to receive some avatar awards for beating the campaign mode. I will defiantly recommend this game as a BUY to anyone who loved Risk as a kid! At the very least, for those who either are not fans of Risk or have never heard about it, it's worth a rent.
Edited: I finished the campaign and added a few additional things to my review. However, the results is the same.


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Односи Србије и Северне Македоније су односи Републике Србије и Републике Северне Македоније.

Историја односа

Средњи век

Душанов Законик је донет на сабору властеле и црквених великодостојника одржаном 1349. у Скопљу.

Пад под турску власт

Однос Србије према Македонији у Османском царству

Српско-бугарско-грчки спор око Македоније чинили су срж балканске политике друге половине 19. и почетком 20. века. Иако је брига балканских држава о хришћанима у Турској (Србије и Црне Горе о Србима) била знатно појачана (отварање конзулата, помоћ школама и манастирима и сл.), њихов положај није се битно поправио.

Српски конзулати у Македонији отворени су као последица конзуларне конвенције Краљевине Србије и Османског царства. Конвенција је подразумевла отварање српских конзулата у центрима Косовског, Солунског и Битољског вилајета, односно у Скопљу, Солуну и Битољу.

Кроз прешевско-кумановску удолину проведена је 1888. главна железничка пруга Београд-Солун.

Ситуација у Вардарској Македонији у саставу Србије и Југославије

Балкански ратови

Бугарска се сматрала оштећеном при подели Македоније, те је започела Други балкански рат. Када су Србија, Грчка, Румунија и Турска победиле Бугарску у Другом балканском рату, Вардарска Македонија (данас Северна Македонија) је постала саставни део Србије (1913—1915). Егејска Македонија је припала Грчкој, а Пиринска Македонија Бугарској.

Први светски рат

У Првом светском рату (1914—1918) је као део Краљевине Србије била на страни Антанте. Окупирана је од стране Бугарске, која је почела да врши бугаризацију домаћег становништва. На размеђу Вардарске и Егејске Македоније је 1916. формиран Солунски фронт.

Између два светска рата

После рата је Вардарска Македонија је била саставни део Краљевине Срба, Хрвата и Словенаца / Југославије.

Члан бугарског ВМРО-а (Величко Керин) је заједно са усташама извршио атентат на краља Југославије Александра Карађорђевића у Марсељу 1934.

Други светски рат

У Другом светском рату Вардарска Македонија је била поново окупирана од стране Бугарске, која је била члан Хитлеровске коалиције. Западни део Вардарске Македоније је ушао у састав Велике Албаније.

Народна/Социјалистичка Република Македонија

Народна Република Македонија конституисана је 2. августа 1944. године на Првом заседању АСНОМ-а у манастиру Св. Прохор Пчињски. Прва влада НР Македоније формирана је 16. априла 1945. године на Трећем заседању АСНОМ-а.

Од 1945. до 1991. Вардарска Македонија је федерална јединица Титове Југославије.

Независност Северне Македоније

Након декларације о независности Хрватске и Словеније у јуну 1991, Северна Македонија је прогласила независност три месеца касније, у септембру 1991.

Војска крње Југославије (ЈНА) је мирно напустила Северну Македонију 1992, и она је једина бивша југословенска република која је добила независност без сукоба или рата. Међутим, билатерални односи нису одмах успостављени.

Савезна Република Југославија је формирана 1992 од стране преосталих југословенских република Црне Горе и Србије.

Односи СР Југославије и Северне Македоније

Војно-технички споразум у Куманову потписан 9. јуна 1999. на војном аеродрому код Куманова је означио крај НАТО бомбардовања СР Југославије.

Председник Северне Македоније Борис Трајковски је посетио Београд децембра 2000.

Односи Републике Србије и Републике Северне Македоније

Дипломатски односи са Северном Македонијом су успостављени у априлу 1996. године. 8. априла 1996. билатерални односи су спроведени под ондашњим уставним именом - Република Македонија, а не под именом Бивша Југословенска Република Македонија. Србија је била једна од 131 земље у свету која је признавала Републику Македонију под њеним тадашњим уставним именом.

Током COVID-19 пандемије Република Србија је у неколико наврата донирала вакцине Северној Македонији и дозволила бесплатно вакцинисање грађана СМ на територији Србије.

У августу 2021. премијер Зоран Заев изјавио је да је Србија увек била највећи пријатељ Северној Македонији.

Отворена питања

Неканонско одвајање од Српске православне цркве 1967. године.

Срби у Северној Македонији су православне вероисповести. Мада је Србима признато право националне мањине, они нису уживали и верске слободе. Верска толеранција у односу на српску заједницу готово да не постоји. Због раскола који се догодио, свештенству Српске православне цркве је забрањено вршење црквене службе. У мају 2022. године раскол је прекинут одлуком Српске православне цркве да обнови канонско јединство са Македонском православном црквом-Охридском архиепископијом, након чега је МПЦ-ОА прихватила аутономан статус у оквиру СПЦ. Помирење је обележено 19. маја 2022. у Храму Светог Саве заједничком службом патријарха српског Порфирија и архиепископа охридског и македонског Стефана.

Косово и Метохија
Северна Македонија је признала једнострано проглашену независност тзв. Републике Косово.

Северна Македонија је гласала за пријем тзв. Републике Косова у УНЕСКО 2015.

Економски односи
 У 2020. години укупна робна размена вредела је 984 милиона УСД. Од тога извоз Србије је био 736 милиона, а увоз 248 милиона долара.
 У 2019. робна размена је премашила укупан износ од милијарду долара. Извоз из наше земље вредео је 754 милиона, а увоз 250 милиона УСД.
 У 2018. години вредност укупне робне размене била је 1,01 милијарди УСД. Извоз из РС износио је 741 милион, а увоз 270 милиона долара.

Посете
 Посете Председника Републике Србије:
 септембра 2016. званична посета Томислава Николића приликом обележавања 100. годишњице битке на Кајмакчалану.
 октобра 2012. званична посета Томислава Николића приликом обележавања 100. годишњице Кумановске битке на Зебрњаку.
 маја 2009. у Северној Македонији боравио Борис Тадић на инагурацији председника Ђорђа Иванова.
 Посете Председника Републике Северне Македоније Ђорга Иванова:
 октобра 2016. (учешће на обележавању 70. годишњице досељавања Македонаца у Војводину).
 октобра 2014.
 јануара 2012.
 Заједничке седнице две владе:
 16. фебруара 2015. Друга заједничка седница две Владе одржана је у Скопљу;
 3. јуна 2013. Заједничка седница две владе одржана у Београду;
 јануара 2013. Председник Владе Ивица Дачић учинио је званичну посету Северној Македонији. У делегацији ПВ био је министар правде и државне управе Никола Селаковић.
 Посете Председника Владе Северне Македоније Николе Груевског:
 децембра 2014. посетио Београд приликом самита Кине и земаља централне и источне Европе.
 22. 7. 2009. посетио Београд.
 Председник Собрања Трајко Вељаноски посетио РС 2013.
 Посете појединих министра:
 15. септембра 2014. Први потпредседник Владе и МСП Ивица Дачић боравио је у званичној посети Северној Македонији.
 МИП Никола Попоски посетио је РС у септембру 2011, јануару 2012. и фебруару 2014.
 маја 2013. Министар здравља РС проф. др Славица Ђукић Дејановић посетила је Северну Македонију.
 17-18. фебруара 2013. МСП Иван Мркић је боравио у посети Северној Македонији и сусрео се са МИП Н. Попоским на маргинама 67. заседања ГС УН.
 фебруара 2013. Министар пољопривреде Љупчо Димовски посетио је РС.
 фебруара 2012. Бивши Министар одбране Северне Македоније Фатмир Бесими посетио је РС.

Дипломатски представници
Северна Македонија има амбасаду у Београду главном граду Србије, а исто тако Србија има амбасаду у Скопљу, као и почасни конзулат у граду Битољу.

У Београду

  Михаела Веселинов, отправница послова, 2021—
  Александар Поповски, отпр. послова, 2018—2021.
  Васко Грков, отпр. послова, 2018.
  Вера Јовановска Типко, амбасадор, 2014—2018.
  Љубиша Георгиевски, амбасадор, 2009—2013.
  Александар Василевски, амбасадор, 2008.
  Кире Илиоски, амбасадор, 2007—2008.
  Виктор Димовски, амбасадор, 2003—2007.
  Славко Милосавлевски, амбасадор Северне Македоније у СР Југославији, односно Србији и Црној Гори (1996–2003).

У Скопљу
  Невена Јовановић, амбасадор, 2021. -
  Зоран Ковачевић, отправник послова, 2020—2021.
  Душанка Дивјак-Томић, амбасадор, 2013—2020. (доајен дипломатског кора)
   Томислав Ђурин, амбасадор, 2009—2012.
  /  Зоран Поповић, амбасадор, 2005—2009.
  /  Бисерка Матић, амбасадор,2001—2005.
  Зоран Јанаћковић, амбасадор, 1996—2000.

Поређење

Види још
 Срби у Северној Македонији
 Етнички Македонци у Србији
 Шар-планина
 Моравско-вардарска долина
 Вардарска Србија
 Вардарски стил
 Паневропски коридор 10
 Европска мигрантска криза

Референце

Спољашње везе

 Амбасада Републике Србије Скопље - Северна Македонија
 Амбасада Републике Северне Македоније Београд - Србија
 Промовисана књига "Балкански троугао" Зорана Јанаћковића

Односи Србије и Северне Македоније

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Bloomgarden v. Coyer
479 F.2d 201 (D.C. Cir. 1973)
P was the president of Socio-Dynamics Industries, Inc. (SDI). Ds were real estate developers with a desire to develop a part of Washington, D.C. About half of SDI's capital stock was owned by Carley who was engaged in the development of public and private housing and the redevelopment of urban areas. Carley had requested P to remain alert to any potentially fruitful investment opportunities in the Washington area. P and Ds meet while arranging to lease office space in a building. D revealed to P the details of a plan for the assembly and development of a sizeable segment of the waterfront into a multipurpose business complex. P offered to put him in touch with Carley. Contacts were made but no suggestion was made by P that he expected to be paid for bringing them together. By P's arrangement the group attended another meeting in Chicago, with representatives of subsidiaries of Inland Steel Company. Again, P gave no indication that he anticipated a fee for introducing Ds to Carley and his Inland associates. P did state that he wanted SDI to get some work in implementing the plan. P had no further role in the transaction. An agreement for the project was reached April, 1970. It was formalized by a contract in June and a shareholders' agreement executed in August. It was not until the end of March, 1970, that P asserted any monetary claim on behalf of SDI for bringing about the initial contact, and it was not until May that he asked for compensation for himself. P sued Ds. The court ruled that since P was not licensed as a real estate or business broker by the District of Columbia, he could not recover pay for his contribution to the Georgetown venture. It held that, as a matter of law, P was not entitled to relief because at the time he had no expectation of personal reward for his efforts. Ds got the summary judgment and P appealed under contracts implied in fact, and quasi-contract theories.

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An artistic display put on by nature herself!
Along this walking path, visitors can take in their fill of the sights of Omijima, and it's great rocks, ocean-carved pieces of art.
Many names have been given to these remarkable rock formations, and walking among them gives one the feeling of being in a natural art museum.
Summer's most famous sight is the setting sun sinking just between two tall, thin crags rising from the bay.
The walking path stretches for 1,900 meters, including two walking courses: 1,200 meters of pathway (about 40 minutes), and 700 meters (about 20 minutes).
The Omijima Island Republic is a cultural and community center built within the former school building of a local elementary school.
1,000 cherry trees burst into bloom along this sakura viewing spot.


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Alabama and the Civil War: A History Guide
Author: Robert C. Jones
Publisher: The History Press
Alabama's role in the Civil War cannot be understated. Union raids into northern Alabama, the huge manufacturing infrastructure in central Alabama and the Battle of Mobile Bay all played significant parts. A number of important Civil War figures also called Alabama home. Major General Joseph Wheeler was one of the most remarkable Confederate cavalry commanders in the west. John "the Gallant" Pelham earned the nickname for his bravery during the Battle of Fredericksburg. John Semmes…
The book should have another subtitle; South of the Tennessee River. But, even as his work minimizes the war in communities north of the Tennessee River it fulfills the subtitle; A History & Guide. The most impressive chapters address manufacturing, prisons, forts, and key players.
Mr. Jones does not divulge the criteria that he used to choose the key players he addresses and it will challenge your imagination why he chose Emma Sansom and completely ignores the first Secretary of War, Leroy Pope Walker. He does address politicians, fire eaters, and Generals, but ignores the home front, bushwhackers and partisans. The value of the narrative is not in the detail but in the timelines that give a perspective on the life and times affecting the key players, logistics facilities, and events.
Mr. Jones narrative will garner interest from some of our most avid Civil War enthusiasts and disappoint others who cherish infinite details. But the descriptions of the war industry in Alabama south of the Tennessee River and the overview of battles perpetrated by Union Army General's James Wilson and Able Streight, and Union naval officers Rear Admiral David Farragut and the seldom addressed incursion up the Tennessee River to the Shoals in North Alabama by U.S. Navy Lieutenant S.L. Phelps will delight others. Union General's Ormsby Mitchel's capture of Huntsville and Edward Canby's capture of Mobile are also mentioned.
I define Mr. Jones work as an introduction to the Civil War in Alabama and in only 180 pages of narrative there are nuggets of information that will tweak your interest. It is an excellent, although compressed, source to begin further study.
Reviewed by Arley McCormick


A Greenhills family. 1938.PHOTO: JOHN VACHON; RETRIEVED FROM THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESSGreenhills, Ohio was founded to pioneer a dream. Just north of Cincinnati and past Winton Woods, the suburb is marked by classic American iconography: a community center, swimming pool, shopping strip, small apartment buildings and single-family homes.
But the village's history runs deeper than its sleepy present-day appearance. During the 1930s, it was one of three Greenbelt Communities built by the federal government; Greenbelt, Maryland and Greendale, Wisconsin round out the trio.
As Greenhills celebrated its 80th anniversary in spring (and was named a National Historic Landmark in 2017), the "New Deal Neighbors" online project came to fruition through a public history practicum course at University of Cincinnati, which Delano Steinert helped lead alongside Dr. Tracy Teslow.
Each of the seven students that made up the spring practicum course interviewed three of Greenhills' earliest residents to collect their memories about the village. Now, those interviews are available on a website in the form of videos (except one interview conducted via phone) and transcripts.
Delano Steinert has both a personal and academic love of Greenhills, as her grandparents were original owners in the village, having moved there in '38. Her aunts and dad all grew up there.
She also knew that as the original neighbors aged, their stories were at risk of being lost. Through the site, she hopes to preserve those memories for future historians. Working with the Greenhills Historical Society, the students were able to gain access to willing interviewees.
One of those was Stanley Wernz; raised about three miles outside the village on a farm, he attended Greenhills' public schools.
He shares idyllic memories of playing kick-the-can in the cornfields with his siblings and participating in the high school's band, where he played the trumpet, baritone horn and sousaphone.
But Delano Steinert also notes that there was "some lament over the way Greenhills has changed over time." That sense of tight-knit community has now seemingly petered out, for an array of reasons.
The result was a homogeneous group of people, which meant that the community excluded others, including people of color.
Wernz points to this in his interview, saying that the prejudice disturbed him. As a fourth grader, he remembers going to the pool with one of his classmates, who was black, that lived south of the village.
The ages of the subjects mostly hits in the 80s-range, with Thomas Haverland (who moved to Greenhills as a teenager) — who is in his 90s — being the oldest, and Glory Southland Green, in her late-50s, being the youngest.
In the village's 80th year, Delano Steinert has a new appreciation for the importance of collecting the residents' stories. When she first started the project she hoped to interview her aunt, who lived in California. But she passed away in June of this year.
Now that the project is over and the site is live (newdealneighbors.com), Delano Steinert says it's being handed over to the Greenhills Historical Society so they can add additional interviews if they'd like.
The New Mexico Chapter of the New Deal Preservation Association (NNDPA) is acquiring funds to restore a New Deal fountain created in the 1930's by Santa Fe sculptor, Eugenie Shonnard, for the courtyard of what was the Carrie Tingley Hospital for Crippled Children in Truth or Consequences, NM. Now called the New Mexico Veterans Home, this facility is dedicated to older and physically challenged veterans, as the state's only veterans nursing home. For more information, contact Kathy Flynn at NNDPA.
The CCC Centre County, PA shared stories thanks to the Historical Society on August 14, 2016 at the Poe Valley State Park.
The Corps Network –Washington, D.C. Director: Mary Ellen Sprekel.


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19th November is the World Day for Prevention of Child Abuse. On that day Inventure Academy hosted a unique event on child safety that gave almost 200 children of Bengaluru – aged 8 to 18 and from diverse backgrounds – an opportunity to share concerns, needs and wishes on child safety. At this event, children came up with recommendations and campaign ideas that they wanted to see parents, schools, police and government adopt for their safety. These are being incorporated into a Charter on Child Safety by the Children, for the Children, and of the Children of Bengaluru.
In developing this Charter we would like to communicate the voices of an even wider group of children. To do this, we have created a survey that contains key points that were raised by children at the 19th November event. We are aiming to get responses from over 1,500 students by 11th December 2014, so that we may submit a final Charter reflecting children's voices to the government by the 15th.
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Heathrow braced for new night flights battle
Date added: March 17, 2010
17.3.2010 (Evening Standard)
by Nicholas Cecil, Chief Political Correspondent
Ministers are preparing for a fresh battle over night flights at Heathrow which they fear could harden opposition to a third runway.
A consultation on a new night flights regime is due to take place this year.
At present 2,550 take-offs or landings are allowed at Heathrow between 11.30pm
and 6am during the six-month winter season and 3,250 in the summer months — about
16 a night.
Ministers sought to relax the restrictions in 2006 when they were last reviewed
and campaigners believe they will launch another attempt to pave the way for more
night flights from 2012, and a further increase between 6am and 7am.
John Stewart, chairman of anti-expansion group Hacan, said: "The Government gave no guarantee that the cap would be kept after 2012.
That will be the fight."
The consultation on night flights at Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted could start
in the autumn.
Documents released under freedom of information laws highlight the Department
for Transport's concerns.
Its business plan risk assessment states: "Consultation on the next night flights
regime (possibly in autumn 2010) gets embroiled in other Heathrow consultations
around the same time, leading to the issues becoming blurred in people's minds
and possibly hardening opposition to Heathrow expansion."
A DfT spokesman said: "The number of night flights in and out of Heathrow is
subject to strict limits set by the department, and this regime is updated every
six years after public consultation.
"The decisions made about the future of Heathrow are completely separate from,
and will not change, the current night flight regime. It is only right that the
department ensures these two separate policies are not confused."
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23816066-heathrow-braced-for-new-night-flights-battle.do
See more on night flights on the HACAN website at
http://www.hacan.org.uk/the_campaign/now_campaign.php
Ban night flights for an 8 hour night: 11pm – 7am.
The Department for Transport has admitted that over 500,000 people live under
the night time flight path. People woken up by night flights can become very stressed
out. A ban is operationally possible. Research carried out by HACAN ClearSkies shows there is no good operational
reason why the current night flights can't arrive at Heathrow during the day and
leave their countries of origin at a reasonable hour. It flies in the face of common sense for the Government to suggest that 16 night
flights are essential to the UK economy. It has produced no research to back this up. A ban on flights between 11.30pm
and 6am is entirely realistic.
HACAN ClearSkies would go further. There is strong evidence to support an 8 hour night flight ban from 11pm until
7am. This is when most people are asleep. A night ban extended from 6am to 7am would
affect many more flights. But it would force the airlines and the airport to sharpen
up their operations. It would result in far fewer empty seats on day-time flights
and would force the authorities to consider the position of transfer passengers
– who currently account for a quarter of all passengers using Heathrow and who
contribute little to the overall economy.
There is also a onep-page Night Flights briefing at
http://www.hacan.org.uk/resources/briefings/hacan.briefing.night.flights.pdf
Posted: Wednesday, March 17th, 2010. Filed in News about Airports.


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Taken mainly from my article Programming: we're doing it wrong.
You will probably learn 2-3 languages in the next future. Probably by yourself. Once you've done it, try and rewrite tutorials the way you would have liked to do it. Teach your coworkers. Teach your family! There are not so many people programming, or programming well, and they need you for this. Just be change!


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Maggie McNeill
I had never heard of Maggie McNeill before a week or so ago when, in the aftermath of my ridiculously stupid comment about Fox News reporters dressing like hookers, she fired off one of the most surprising Tweets of my life on the information superhighway.
Like many, Maggie was insulted by my words. But instead of wondering how I could dare compare the women of Fox News to hookers, she, um, sorta wanted to know why I'd compare hookers to the women of Fox News. Or, really, why I chose to use a cliched insult to degrade female sex workers.
So, well, that was a first.
Then I saw Maggie had a website—an amazing, detailed, beautifully written website about the ups and downs, highs and lows of a prostitute's life. I sat there reading for, oh, an hour or so. And not because of the sex or pictures. Nope, it was simply a fascinating glance into a world (and profession) I knew little about. It also happened to be delivered by a prostitute who received her BA in English from the University of New Orleans in 1987 and her MLIS from Louisiana State University six years later. Having worked as an underpaid librarian post-degree, Maggie—in need of money—turned to stripping, then to life as a call girl and madam.
She's never looked back.
Here, the 243rd Quaz takes you inside her life and inside her bedroom. She hates toe cheese, has never heard of Todd Hundley and considers monogamy an ideal lacking ideal. You can follower her on Twitter here, and visit her website, The Honest Courtesan, here.
Maggie McNeill, welcome to the world of the Quaz …
JEFF PEARLMAN: Maggie, so I'm psyched you're here, and I wanna start with a question I've never asked anyone before: So you reached out to me, via Twitter, after I ripped some Fox News female on-air people as dressing like "hookers." I meant that they were dressed inappropriately scantily; that the network tries selling sex via women employees. I'm curious why this bothered/offended you. Because, as a prostitute, don't you dress as such as part of the gig? I'm NOT mocking—genuinely interested.
MAGGIE MCNEILL: Well, I just found it annoying because I'm rather tired of my profession being used as the go-to insult for anyone female. We're portrayed as stupid, ignorant, classless, tasteless, vulgar and above all, expendable. We're one of the few minority groups it's still considered PC to insult and use as the butt of jokes, including jokes in which we're subjected to violence such as rape or murder; a few years ago an Obama administration crony even thought it was cool to make a joke at an official White House function about a prostitute being gang-raped by prisoners, and everybody laughed. Hahahaha! So funny! In truth, the great majority of my friends are whores, and they are among the smartest, wisest, most generous, most loyal, most discreet and most poised women you'd ever hope to meet. As for dress, most of the whores I know dress attractively but modestly unless they're A) receiving a client at their own incall space, and B) he specifically requested otherwise. Most women going to clubs dress more "sluttily" than the actual pros I know do. It's true that some street workers dress in a more overtly "sexy" manner to attract attention (that's called "advertising"), but even that is less true than it used to be due to increased police harassment. And besides, street workers are only about 10% or so of all sex workers; the majority are internet escorts now. Even in pre-Internet days, street workers were always just a very visible minority.
J.P.: How does this work? What I mean is, someone calls you. They want an experience. Where does it go from there? And what if they show up drunk? Or they're just disgusting—I dunno, tons of acne, or really bad tuna breath?
M.M.: When someone calls me (or more often, emails me) I first ask him if he's seen my website because the answers to a lot of questions he might ask are there, including my prices. If he's smart, he'll use the booking form I have on the site, because that shows he's paying attention to my ad copy and is willing to follow instructions (which lets me know he'll probably respect my wishes in session as well). I ask gentlemen who approach me for references, meaning I want the names and email addresses and/or phone numbers of other ladies he's seen so I can call and ask them what he was like – is he nice and respectful, or will he try to push my boundaries? Is he generous, or will he try to haggle? Is he prompt, hard to deal with, courteous, rough, or what? Most importantly, is he a cop? Because the majority of the danger in my line of work isn't from clients, good or bad; it's from cops, who even when they don't arrest and cage us may rape, rob or extort us, or worse. Most normal guys try to be on their best behavior when visiting sex workers because they know we'll give them bad references if they aren't. As for stuff like poor hygiene, that is unpleasant when it happens and I'd definitely mention it if another lady called me for a referral, but it isn't that common and it isn't really as repulsive as bad manners, rudeness, roughness, cheapness, etc.
J.P.: On your website you write, "Somehow, neither my mother nor the nuns who taught me ever managed to instill in this little Catholic girl any sense that sex is dirty, bad, wrong or otherwise distasteful, and without that unhealthy concept imbedded in one's psyche prostitution is no different from any other service one might perform for hire." And it's a riveting sentence, because it flies in the face of what we're told repeatedly. So do you think people misunderstand prostitution, or that we—as a people—have a wrongheaded take on what sex is and is supposed to be?
M.M.: Both. People have really dumb, childish, fantastical ideas about sex; they think it's magical or sacred or whatever, because in ancient times religion larded it with all this mumbo-jumbo and people still haven't let go of that, even if they're irreligious or even atheists. And starting about 200 years ago (after the French Revolution), secular governments started horning in on the act as well, and now it's embedded in the public consciousness that government "should" or even "has to" interfere in private sexual behavior, in the name of "regulation" or "order" or "public decency" or some other bullshit. Nurses clean shit off of bedridden patients' bottoms, doctors probe their genitalia, masseuses put their hands all over people's bodies, day-care workers tend to the care of their children. Yet nobody thinks any of these extremely intimate activities needs to be banned, and nobody pretends that nurses must be coerced into nursing. Furthermore, it's A-OK with a lot of the anti-prostitution crowd if a woman screws dozens or hundreds of strangers, as long as she claims she did it for "pleasure"; it only becomes a problem in these fanatics' minds if she actually gains a concrete outcome from it.
J.P.: You're married. I'm surprised by this. I'm not saying I should be, but I am. So how does that work, emotionally? I would not be comfortable with my wife having sex with other guys. So, I guess, how did you meet your husband? How did you come to an understanding? What are the complexities, complications?
M.M.: Actually, we're not married any more; we amicably divorced last year. It had nothing to do with my work; in fact, we got along better when I was working than after I retired. I'm just a very intense person, and not easy to live with, but as long as we live apart we get along wonderfully. We still talk several times a week and he's coming to visit me in a few months. He was a client when we met, and things just went from there; we were together for 14 years in all, though we were estranged for the last few. I think the best way for you to understand his feelings would be for you to read an interview with him I published five years ago, but the short version is that he understands that my work is just that—work—and that my clients pose no greater threat to my relationships than they would if I did any other job. If someone can't wrap his or her brain around that—and certainly not everyone can—it's best they don't even THINK about dating a sex worker, except professionally of course.
J.P.: You're an absolutely beautiful writer, which makes me even more fascinated by your background. So … what's your background? How did this happen? Soup to nuts? I know you're a call girl, I know you worked as a stripper. But how did this happen?
M.M.: I've always had a very pragmatic view of sex; it's always been a thing I used to obtain other things I wanted. Some of those things include intimacy, fun, adventure, money, social clout, information, and assistance … I use it to show gratitude or empathy, to help friends, even to manipulate people (but never for evil purposes; I'm actually very moral and would never harm anyone except in self-defense). I took money for sex casually and sporadically from 1985 until about '87, and when my first divorce in '95 left me with about $90,000 of bills on a $24,000 librarian's salary, it didn't require any huge paradigm shift for me to go back to my old standby, trading sex. The only reason it took me a couple of years (I started stripping in September of '97) to get around to it was that my first husband was emotionally abusive, and my self-esteem was really screwed up for a while. It took me that long to realize that I was still hot enough to make a living by my sex appeal.
J.P.: One of your posts contains a really loaded point: "The typical black man seems to believe that the point of intercourse is to damage a woman's sexual equipment as much as possible." I would think one's approach to sex would be more based on, oh, geography, parents, what you've seen in your personal life. So why do you think black men, as a general rule, behave in a certain way? And do white men? Asians? Does it apply, in one way or another, to all groups?
M.M.: *Sigh* Every writer, especially when first starting out, writes a few things that, on looking back, cause her to say something like "Was I smoking crack when I wrote that?" In fact, there are a LOT of things I wrote my first year that make me feel that way. However, I'm a big believer in transparency; before the Internet, one couldn't just "un-publish" embarrassing articles, and I don't think it's ethical or even wise to try that now just because one can. You can't un-ring a bell, and you can't unsay hurtful things, and to attempt to do so by shoving mistakes – even ugly ones – down the memory hole is to attempt to rewrite the past, a favorite pastime of censors and tyrants through the ages. I'm a real, flawed human being, and though I'm not a racist or any other flavor of bigot sometimes things don't really come out like I wanted them to. The post to which you refer is hands-down my most controversial; there are a lot of people who have called me a racist and worse because of it. However, I've also received a lot of mail from black men thanking me for explaining it, even if they sometimes (rightfully) chastise me for the crappy, sloppy, careless, insensitive, amateurish, assholish, and unnecessarily hurtful way I expressed it. So I really prefer not to opine any more on the subject; anything I say would probably be viewed in the worst possible light, and I don't wish to inadvertently cause any more hurt than I already have.
J.P.: Guys are assholes. It's been proven time after time. I'm guessing—in your work—you see men often at their worst. What does that look like? And do you also see men at their best? And what does that look like?
M.M.: I do indeed see men at their best and worst. At their worst, they're vicious, barely-human thugs who collect in packs to deceive, rape, rob, threaten, brutalize, cage and destroy the lives of women they've never met before, rationalizing their atrocities with excuses like "the law." "decency" and, worst of all, service to an "authority" who pretends to know better than me what I should and shouldn't do with my own body and my own life. At their best, they are good, warm, kind, generous, tender and loving to women they don't really know, have nothing to gain from, and may never meet again, for no reason other than basic human goodness.
J.P.: Is it weird, or uncomfortable, or … anything, when married men sleep with you? Obviously you're doing nothing wrong, but … I dunno. Do you/did you ever feel bad? And, along those lines, you write a lot about guilt and repression. Do you have clients who cum and are immediately overecome (no pun intended) by guilt? Is that annoying, depressing, neither? Do they expect you to then play therapist?
M.M.: The majority of adult men I've been to bed with, from the age of 15 until now, have been married; I'd say at least two-thirds of them, maybe more. It's no more weird or uncomfortable to me than any other fact of life; in fact, whores save far more marriages than we damage. Humans aren't designed for monogamy; that's the invention of agricultural societies with a vested interest in knowing whose kids are whose. It can't work in the form society pretends it must, which is why whores are necessary; since we aren't interested in married men except as sources of income, we don't pose any threat to their wives the way a mistress might. Prostitution is the secret ingredient that makes monogamy possible, which means it isn't hyperbole to say we make Western civilization possible. The ancients understood that; it's the reason that in the Epic of Gilgamesh, the world's oldest surviving story, it is a prostitute who tames the wild man Enkidu, enabling him to live in civilized society.
To answer the second part of your question: it's not at all unusual that guys are overcome by guilt or shame as soon as they climax; it's certainly not a majority or even a substantial minority, but we all see that from time to time. Usually when they're like that they get quiet and either rush out the door or shoo the lady out (depending on whether it's her place or his) within a few minutes. It's not annoying except in the rare case when the feeling of tension is palpable, and even then that vanishes as soon as either he or I goes.
J.P.: Might sound weird, but what are the keys to absolutely great sex? I feel like most of us don't know, and maybe you do.
M.M.: The most important key to being a great lover (which does not guarantee great sex) is paying attention. When having sex with your partner, pay close attention to his or her reactions: if there is none, try something else; if the reaction seems negative, stop what you're doing immediately; if the reaction seems positive, keep doing more of that. It may seem silly, but you'd be surprised how few people actually do it. Another important key is to listen and keep an open mind; a lot of what holds people back from really great sex is shame and fear of the partner's reaction. When you've got that stuff on your mind you can't relax, and if you can't relax you can't surrender to the experience. When two people trust each other enough to share what they want without fear of shaming or rejection, there's a lot better chance for really good, mutually-fulfilling sex.
J.P.: What's the money story from your career? Best story you feel OK telling …
M.M.: I think the most interesting story, with the most complex implications, happened soon after Hurricane Katrina. I was the only escort in town for over two months, so I was extremely busy, yet I didn't have much more sex than usual. Why? Because a lot of them just wanted company. I remember one in particular; he was in charge of a crew that was literally pulling bodies from the wreckage, and he was considerably stressed (as I'm sure you can imagine). I got undressed and lay down beside him, but when I went to start undressing him he stopped me and said, "No, I don't want that." I looked at him quizzically, and he explained that he was married and didn't want to cheat on his wife, but said "I see so much ugliness every day, I just want to look at something beautiful for a while." It struck me that it was a terrible shame that his wife could never be told of this demonstration of his loyalty, because instead of cherishing that he was only looking and cuddling when he could've had sex, she probably would've been angry or hurt that he had called me at all. Which is … spectacularly dumb, but typical. It also demonstrates the falsity of the evil lies spread by prohibitionists, who pretend that our clients are predatory, abusive monsters looking for warm holes to penetrate; this sweet, gentle, loyal man was in pain, and he wanted the magic of simple human contact to assuage that hurt. And that sort of client is far closer to the norm than the kind of misogynistic jerk who populates prohibitionist propaganda.
QUAZ EXPRESS WITH MAGGIE MCNEILL:
• Why Maggie McNeill? How'd you pick the name?: "Maggie" was my childhood nickname, from my middle name (some friends still used it into my early twenties). "McNeill" is my mother's maiden name.
• Rank in order (favorite to least): Abigail Van Buren, Todd Hundley, "Thelma & Louise," tomato soup, Arsenio Hall, July 4, Mark Twain, the Bible, nipple rings, the two-point conversion, Tito Jackson: I had to look up "Todd Hundley" and "two-point conversion." Sports are not my thing, I'm afraid. So … tomato soup, Mark Twain, the Bible, July 4th, nipple rings, Thelma & Louise, Tito Jackson, Abigail Van Buren, Arsenio Hall, Todd Hundley, the two-point conversion
• Your 30-word take on Pretty Woman: Prohibitionists whine that it's unrealistic because Vivian isn't a pimped drug addict. IOW, it follows Hollywood's unrealistic stereotypes rather than theirs. A Disney romantic comedy, and they expect cinema verite?
• One question you would ask Ted Cruz were he here right now?: "How much longer do you think the American people will buy the notion that the Republicans and Democrats are substantially different?"
• Bigger turn off—a chronically dripping nose or toe cheese?: Toe cheese. No contest.
• Five sexiest movies you've ever seen?: Off the top of my head, and may be different tomorrow: Story of O, Eyes Wide Shut, Secretary, The Hunger, The Black Cat (1934). Don't try to understand that last one; it's a weird horror-fetishistic thing I have.
• Someone farts during sex—what usually happens immediately afterward? Ignore, laugh, make a grossed-out face?: Professional sex: ignore. Non-professional sex with a man: grossed-out face. Non-professional sex with a woman: laugh.
• Three memories from your first-ever date?: I honestly can't remember my first official "date", so here are three memories from my first sex: It was on my 15th birthday (Halloween, 1981); he was an 18-year-old LSU freshman who is now a prominent journalist; it was at a friend's house, in her bed, while my chaperon had gone to pick up a girl who didn't have a ride to the party.
• Am I allowed to say something if I'm working in a coffee shop and someone's talking loudly on his/her phone? Or is that their right and I need to shut up?: If you're working there, it's probably wisest to defer to your boss unless you don't mind losing your job on principle. But if you're a fellow customer, hell yeah say something.
• Do you believe in monogamy at all? Like, does it have its place? Or is it just some implemented idea from long ago that sucks?: Well, I think a kind of monogamy can work for some people, though they both need to consider what they might do if they catch the other cheating. And if they're going to go outside without permission, it should be with a pro.
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Ted Mark January 26, 2016 at 7:24 pm
Best quaz you've had in a while. Interesting and informative. Thanks to Ms. McNeill.


Viktor Bout, Russian businessmen and alleged arms dealer, has appealed to the Russian Consulate in New York asking to help improve the conditions of his imprisonment, his wife, Alla Bout said.
Dubbed in the Western media "The Merchant of Death", Bout is currently being kept in prison in New York. The 44-year-old is awaiting a trial – set for September 12 – on charges of conspiring to kill Americans and supplying weapons to terrorists. The businessman denies all the charges against him.
Alla Bout told RIA Novosti that her husband sent a letter to the Consulate General asking for help. His main complaint is the meager diet given to him, which is harmful to his health as it does not comply with the heavy medication that he was prescribed two months ago. Bout was diagnosed with Koch's bacillus.
Viktor is a vegetarian and he "does not get any vitamins or fruit, even those that are included in his menu," she said after visiting Bout in prison. It is also banned to send him parcels, while all he can get in a prison shop is cola, chips and chocolate bars. The woman noted that her husband is not complaining, but he is concerned about the possibility of having the scurvy and problems with teeth.
As a result of Bout's earlier appeals, he was transferred to a warmer cell, though also in a high security bloc. The Former Soviet military officer is not allowed to use the Internet for correspondence and can only have one 15-minute phone call a month.
Viktor Bout was arrested in Bangkok in March 2008, in a sting operation orchestrated by American law-enforcement agencies, after years on Interpol's wanted list. Following a long legal battle, in November 2010, the Thai authorities extradited him to the United States. American prosecutors charged Bout with smuggling arms to Columbian militants from the FARC organization. If found guilty, he could face a life sentence.
Moscow called Bout's extradition "an example of striking injustice" and vowed to continue to give all necessary support to him.
While the tug of war over Bout's arrest was continuing on an official level, the man's family was also striving to help him or at least provide moral support. On January 24, Alla Bout was allowed to see her husband for the first time since his extradition. She arrived in New York two weeks earlier with her elderly mother-in-law and a teenage daughter.
Alla Bout told RT they were treated like the family of a terrorist upon the arrival at JFK airport. They were immediately approached by US officials and taken to an area where they were asked numerous questions for two and a half hours.
"They turned our luggage upside down and took away all the personal things from my bag," she said. "One person introduced himself as a special anti-terror agent. He said he wanted to talk to me about the purpose of my visit." According to Alla, they also asked her questions such as whether or not she knew her husband was a terrorist.
"I said I didn't know why my husband was being kept in New York, because no one has proven he was a terrorist or linked to terrorism," she said.
The Russian vice consul in New York – who was present at the airport while Alla was questioned – was not allowed to intervene and could not reach her on mobile phone.


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(English) Was 2012 a Better Year for Real Estate Than 2011?
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11 de diciembre de 2012 en 09:21 09Tue, 11 Dec 2012 09:21:00 +000000.
I think it depends on where you are geographically. Buyers in my area are still very cautious and fickle and still digging around for bargains and playing real hard ball. The difference between 2011 and 2012 from my perspective is that there is no longer as much blood in the water and buyers are no longer fully in the drivers seat. They need to be more realistic, but a lot of them are still just kicking the tires, even when they can well afford to buy. The only thing that is booming around here is the luxury market.
11 de diciembre de 2012 en 13:15 01Tue, 11 Dec 2012 13:15:00 +000000.
All I see are short sales and foreclosures. If they are counting those as "pending sales," they are not an improvement but a continuation of the damage and despair caused by the banksters.


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A: I have solved the above issue by changing Profile into Authentication with User and Password , No Transport Guarantee  while creating Web Service in SAP, and in SOAMANAGER , change Transport Channel Authentication as User ID/Password.

C# : change binding URL in App.Config
solves my above issue.

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I began photography in high school (LONG TIME AGO). I always photographed what I wanted to remember because my memory is a sandbag.
I photograph what I love most- children and pets. My "sessions" are more like playtime than a photography session. A typical shoot usually involves lots of interaction, engagement and, undoubtedly, silliness. I spend a lot of time connecting with my families and will do anything to genuinely engage with a child. Tushie dances, elmo songs, dinosaur calls, anything. Same goes with pets.
I love children! Ever since I was small I've been dubbed the 'pied piper' – leading the giggling pack singing, marching, and dancing. Weeks after a session when parents write 'my son keeps asking when Meredith is coming back to play', my heart bursts into stars.
I'm also obsessed with animals. I'm still upset my parents didn't buy this one house when I was 6 because it came with a bunny. I couldn't care less what the house looked like, but I wanted that bunny. Since I was 7 years old, I dreamed of hugging an elephant.
There's something undeniably special about childhood. Everything is an amazing adventure. Life is new and shiny and even a piece of string can hold a child's interest for hours. There's so much to explore and do and see and so much fun to be had. I love it.
I want your children to see, feel and know how much they are loved. How special they are. How much joy they bring to the world.
I want to help you celebrate your amazing moments with your family and pets. To capture and document your children's stories of growth and how much they are loved. To genuinely connect with each of my subjects and capture their unique personality, individuality and heart.
I can't imagine anything more important.
In addition to capturing the joy of childhood, and our deep love for our pets, I enjoy volunteering at pet shelters photographing dogs to help them find new homes, eating dark chocolate and green smoothies, missing David Bowie and just recently, hugging an elephant for the first time.


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Isolation and characterisation of Caribbean ciguatoxins from the horse-eye jack (Caranx latus).
Toxicon. 1997 Jun; 35(6):889-900.T
The toxins involved in ciguatera (fish poisoning) in the Caribbean Sea were isolated from Caranx latus, a pelagic fish often implicated in ciguatera in the Caribbean region, and purified by mouse bioassay directed fractionation. Five toxins were separated by reverse-phase high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). In order of increasing hydrophobicity, these toxins included a sleep-inducing fraction (< 1% of total toxicity), a major Caribbean ciguatoxin (C-CTX-1, 65% of toxicity), a minor Caribbean ciguatoxin (C-CTX-2, 13% of toxicity), a minor toxin (approximately 1% of toxicity) and a hydrophobic, fast-acting toxin (approximately 19% of toxicity). The i.p. injection into mice of each toxin induced signs typical of site-5 sodium channel activator toxins such as the Pacific ciguatoxins and brevetoxins. C-CTX-1 and C-CTX-2 were purified to homogeneity (LD50 = 3.6 and approximately 1 microgram/kg, respectively) and subjected to ion spray mass spectrometry. Both lost up to five H2O molecules and each had a [M+H]+ ion, m/z 1141.7, suggesting that C-CTX-1 and -2 are diastereomers that differ from the Pacific family of ciguatoxins. Turbo-assisted HPLC-mass spectrometry identified C-CTX-1, C-CTX-2 and three C-CTX-1-related compounds in an enriched fraction but no Pacific ciguatoxins were detected. The presence of different families of ciguatoxins in ciguateric fish from the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean probably underlies the clinical differences in the ciguatera syndrome reported in these two regions. A Caribbean strain of the benthic dinoflagellate, Gambierdiscus toxicus, is suspected as source of these ciguatoxins. The extent to which these toxins are biotransformed as they pass through the marine food chain remains to be determined.
Vernoux JP
Laboratoire de Physiologie Cellulaire et Moléculaire, Université de Caen, France.
Lewis RJ
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Vernoux, J P., and R J. Lewis. "Isolation and Characterisation of Caribbean Ciguatoxins From the Horse-eye Jack (Caranx Latus)." Toxicon : Official Journal of the International Society On Toxinology, vol. 35, no. 6, 1997, pp. 889-900.
Vernoux JP, Lewis RJ. Isolation and characterisation of Caribbean ciguatoxins from the horse-eye jack (Caranx latus). Toxicon. 1997;35(6):889-900.
Vernoux, J. P., & Lewis, R. J. (1997). Isolation and characterisation of Caribbean ciguatoxins from the horse-eye jack (Caranx latus). Toxicon : Official Journal of the International Society On Toxinology, 35(6), 889-900.
Vernoux JP, Lewis RJ. Isolation and Characterisation of Caribbean Ciguatoxins From the Horse-eye Jack (Caranx Latus). Toxicon. 1997;35(6):889-900. PubMed PMID: 9241783.
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Ciguatera: recent advances but the risk remains.
HPLC/tandem electrospray mass spectrometry for the determination of Sub-ppb levels of Pacific and Caribbean ciguatoxins in crude extracts of fish.
Multiple ciguatoxins present in Indian Ocean reef fish.
Isolation and characterisation of Indian Ocean ciguatoxin.
Characterization of ciguatoxins and ciguatoxin congeners present in ciguateric fish by gradient reverse-phase high-performance liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry.
Optimization of ciguatoxin extraction method from blood for Pacific ciguatoxin (P-CTX-1).
Analysis of toxin profiles in three different fish species causing ciguatera fish poisoning in Guadeloupe, French West Indies.
Rapid Extraction and Identification of Maitotoxin and Ciguatoxin-Like Toxins from Caribbean and Pacific Gambierdiscus Using a New Functional Bioassay.
Contribution to the risk characterization of ciguatoxins: LOAEL estimated from eight ciguatera fish poisoning events in Guadeloupe (French West Indies).


Bellevue is the fifth largest city in Washington and continues to grow by attracting new companies and residents. Lerch Bates, an employee-owned international consulting firm for vertical transportation, façade access and logistics, has been selected by Kemper Development Company and Affiliates (KDC) to design the vertical transportation systems of its 1.5 million square feet expansion of Lincoln Square. The project includes the installation of 47 elevators and six escalators.
The expansion of Lincoln Square, part of The Bellevue Collection, is one of the largest developments in the region. The project includes the construction of 400 Lincoln Square, a 31-story modern office building, and TwoLincoln Tower, a 40-story W hotel/250-unit luxury apartment homes mid-rise building. The two structures will rise over a multi-level podium featuring 177,000 square feet of shopping, entertainment and dining. Located between NE 4th and NE 6th streets on Bellevue Way, Lincoln Center currently features soaring office space, upscale residences with unequalled views and the Four-Diamond Westin Bellevue.
400 Lincoln Square will be an innovative 700,000-square foot Class A office tower with stunning views of Lake Washington and downtown Seattle. It will be the region's newest premier office building when complete and will boast a contemporary lobby, rooftop gardens, large great room with a majestic fireplace, conference and collaborative center and a 2,200-car garage on six levels. The tower also will feature a multitude of retail and dining options including a chef-inspired restaurant.
W Bellevue will offer 245 spacious guestrooms, including 25 suites and an Extreme Wow Suite® (the W brand's reinterpretation of the traditional Presidential Suite). Hotel spaces will include more than 11,400 square feet ofmeeting and event space, FIT state-of-the-art workout facility and three unique restaurants. The new contemporary boutique hotel also will feature a variety of unique experiences including the signature Bar, a library stocked with pulp fiction novels, an oversized fireplace reminiscent of traditional lodges and an outdoor terracewith porch swings and a pool table. W Bellevue is slated to open in spring 2017.
Located in the heart of Bellevue, The Bellevue Collection, owned by Kemper Development Company and Affiliates, includes Bellevue Square, a super-regional upscale shopping center, Bellevue Place, a mixed-use property that includes the Hyatt Regency Bellevue and small boutiques and Lincoln Square, anchored by the Lincoln Square Cinemark theaters, restaurants, home furnishing stores and The Westin Bellevue hotel. With a distinctive collection of 250 of the finest shops, 30 sit-down restaurants, 1,100 luxury hotel rooms and 10,000 free retail parking spaces, all in one location, The Bellevue Collection is a shopping, dining and nightlife and entertainment experience unlike any other in the region. The sprawling complex is located on Bellevue Way between NE 4th and NE 10th Streets in downtown Bellevue.


SANTA CLARA, Calif., July 18, 2017 — Hortonworks, Inc.® (NASDAQ: HDP) ("Hortonworks" or "the Company"), a leading innovator of open and connected data platforms, today announced changes to its executive leadership team and that it expects total GAAP revenue of $58.0 million to $59.0 million for the second quarter of 2017. Scott Davidson, who will continue in his role as Hortonworks' chief financial officer, has been named chief operating officer, effective immediately. The Company has also appointed veteran sales executive Alan Fudge to the newly created role of chief revenue officer and promoted Scott Reasoner from senior vice president, principal accounting officer, to the newly created role of chief accounting officer. Mr. Davidson succeeds Rajnish Verma, who is stepping down as president and chief operating officer upon mutual agreement with the Company in light of the changes to its leadership structure.
"Hortonworks has made great progress in executing our strategy and delivering value to our customers, but there is more work to be done to meet our long-term goals and scale the Company. Therefore, the time is right to make these changes to the structure of our leadership team," said Rob Bearden, chief executive officer of Hortonworks. "Each of these highly talented executives brings extensive experience and insight to their new roles, and I look forward to working with the entire team to drive growth and enhanced value for our customers, shareholders, employees and partners.
"With Scott Davidson's deep knowledge of our business and strong relationships across various stakeholders, he will be focused on continuing to drive both financial and operational alignment for the Company. In addition, the creation of the chief revenue officer role will allow for highly focused leadership in a pivotal area for our future growth and global expansion, and we look forward to leveraging Alan Fudge's proven track record in leading sales organizations and delivering revenue growth. Finally, Scott Reasoner has extensive experience and understanding of our financial systems, accounting and processes. Thus, his appointment speaks to both his successes and the deep bench of talent at Hortonworks. With this new leadership structure in place, I am more confident than ever in our ability to execute on our mission to manage the world's data.
Hortonworks has solutions in the market today that span cloud, data center and the Internet of Things and that have been adopted by over half of the Fortune 100 to transform their businesses. As a well-recognized leader with nearly 25 years of financial and business experience, including the last three years as Hortonworks' CFO, Mr. Davidson's deep financial and corporate development experience in enterprise software will further enhance the finance, field and operations teams as the Company continues to expand globally. In addition, as a member of the Hortonworks team since June 2014, Mr. Reasoner's knowledge and understanding of the financial and accounting complexities involved in conducting business on a global basis will also play a critical role in supporting the Company's expansion.
Hortonworks has over 2,100 partners and over 1,100 support subscription customers worldwide, having rapidly built its customer base across major industries including healthcare, manufacturing, financial services, energy, telecommunications and the public sector. Mr. Fudge will be responsible for executing and advancing Hortonworks' global sales strategy, and will oversee global sales, sales engineering, channel and sales operations. He will begin his new role with Hortonworks on July 31, 2017.
Mr. Fudge has spent his entire career in the high-tech industry, most recently as COO and senior vice president of worldwide sales & field operations for software at Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE). Among his numerous responsibilities, he led the software strategy for corporate transactional work to enhance the software portfolio, enhanced margin contribution by transforming a siloed field organization into a more efficient sales model and was a member of the Operating Committee for the HPE and HP Inc. split. Mr. Fudge's record of driving increased sales and profits for startups and premier industry leaders includes Quest Software, BEA Systems and VMware.
Hortonworks' executive management team will hold a conference call on Thursday, August 3, 2017, at 1:30 p.m. Pacific Time (4:30 p.m. Eastern Time) to discuss its Q2 2017 results and business highlights. Prepared remarks will also be published on the Hortonworks Investor Relations website after market close. Interested parties may access the call by dialing (877) 930-7786 in the U.S. or (253) 336-7423 from international locations. In addition, a live audio webcast of the conference call will be available on the Hortonworks Investor Relations website at http://investors.hortonworks.com.
This press release contains "forward-looking statements" regarding our performance within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Such statements contain words such as "may," "will," "might," "expect," "believe," "anticipate," "could," "would," "estimate," "continue," "pursue," or the negative thereof or comparable terminology, and may include (without limitation) information regarding our expectations, goals or intentions regarding future performance, expenses or activity in international markets, including the forward-looking statements, in the section titled "Financial Outlook." Forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks and uncertainties and are based on potentially inaccurate assumptions that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expected or implied by the forward-looking statements. If any such risks or uncertainties materialize or if any of the assumptions prove incorrect, our results could differ materially from the results expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements we make.
Further information on these and other factors that could affect our financial results and the forward-looking statements in this press release are included in our Form 10-K filed on March 15, 2017, our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2017 filed on May 9, 2017 or in other filings we make with the Securities Exchange Commission from time to time, particularly under the caption Risk Factors.
Hortonworks and Powering the Future of Data are registered trademarks or trademarks of Hortonworks, Inc. and its subsidiaries in the United States and other jurisdictions. For more information, please visit www.hortonworks.com. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.


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As a part of The Flowertown Players' "Science of Art" Gala Fundraiser, the new art group I started called 'The Artists with Conviction Coalition' got to put together a free outdoor art show. I was honored to have the opportunity to organize this show on Coaltion's behalf in tandem with our new allies at the Flowertown. They were so kind, accommodating and helpful- they gave us a chance and we tried our best to earn our keep! I was going to make a point not to let them down.
It wasn't hard to get a handful of extremely talented artists from the group together to participate in this event. We are lucky that the Coalition has a lot of talent on hand. I am proud to say that by the end of the art deadline we had over 60 pieces to show in all! I couldn't believe the quality of work that poured in for this exhibit.
Here's an over all view of the walls of artwork created by the Artists with Conviction Coalition.
Painted by Heather Pallay and Erika Filipiak.
You may have noticed that the screens are painted with a delightful meadow & forest design. Once again, I'd have to give credit to Flowertown Players for that addition. They helped us build screens to hang art by recycling old sets of performances past. The particular show they recycled these screens from was their uber successful rendition of Wizard of Oz. I was told that these slats of wood were "The Last of the Oz Set." I like the fact that we are using the last brackground from something so successful as the first background of something so brand new. I feel like that gives the Coalition extra positive energy to go forward with in the future.
Plus, the exhibit has such a fresh and happy look to it, dont you think?
It's the springtime for the Coaliton!
View of the Flowertown/Coalition Gala festivities from afar.
I guess I should explain what this event was all about in the first place. It was a fundraiser for Flowertown Players Theater to help them produce future shows and promote their newest performance, Picasso at the Lapine Agile (OCT 18th -NOV 1st). It is a play written by Steve Martin that answers a question that nobody thought to ask- "What would happen if Einstein and Picasso met in a bar?" Intelligent highbrow hilarity ensues! Needless to say, our "artsyness" fit in perfectly with the theme of this Gala.
The center of the exhibit featuring the grand piece "Bob Marley" by Christopher LeBeau.
Anyways, a lot of good and creative things came out of the woodwork. I was particularly proud to show pieces by artist Chris LeBeau, who is totally blowing up right now! In addition to this show he is going to be featured in at least 2 more this month, and for one of which he is a headlining artist. For our exhibit, he also brought some very cool Star Wars pieces to the table which got lots of attention from the Sci Fi fans.
Also featured was Nino Tria, a very old friend of mine from High School who is incredibly talented as well. (Make sure to check out his Tumblr for a bunch of his work and other things.) He heard of the event "late in the game" but still managed to finish up a brand new piece just in time for the show. His submissions are the colorful portraits of his siblings, situated directly below Bob Marley. I just love how they bring a little bit of extra poppy-ness and color to the display.
The right wall of our Flowertown Gala "Science of Art" Coalition exhibit featuring work from Candice Bizzell, Alexandra Roberts, Trina Lyn, Lora Marsh, Heather Pallay, and Angela Hiott Morgane.
I can't possibly describe how cool every artwork was, all I can say is that these artists brought it. Almost all of the photography contributions came from either Candice Bizzell or Yoshika Johnson. Candice runs the Visual Arts Association for Trident Tech, so I was thrilled to get the chance to combine forces with yet another artsy group. I think it's great that all these different alliances can work together without feeling like we all need to compete with each other. We are all chasing after the same goals, so we might as well team up when we can.
Another shot of the Artists with Conviction Coalition exhibit with work from Crystal King, Alexandra Roberts, Robert Frank, Angela Morgane and Alizey Khan.
As my first time actually curating an event, I tried my best to organize the artworks by themes or colors. For example, the middle panel is dedicated to enlightenment and growth. I tried to organize all the "plant material" together in one general area. There was also a loose "cosmos" theme going on thanks to beautiful work by Angela Hiott Morgane and others.
Work by Alizey Khan, Yoshika Johnson, Chris Lebeau, Alexandra Roberts, and Robert Frank.
Another awesome wall of artwork- this one featuring more work by Chris Lebeau as well as another superstar in our midst, Alizey Khan. We became acquainted after the Coalition heard about the now famous incident of her work being stolen from the Charleston Library. It was awesome that she trusted us enough to allow us to show a couple of her incredibly intricate resin cosmo pieces.
Work by Christopher Lebeau, Christa Elrod, Lora Marsh, Trina Lyn, Heather Pallay and Crystal King.
For the farthest side of the set up, I enjoyed making this quaint little "macabre corner" of artwork. Lora Marsh's "Another Supper" piece, featured lower middle, got lots of attention from patrons. I also really dig Crystal King's expressive portrait contributions featured lower right. For some reason I thought they flowed well with the other creepy creations on this wall. You may also notice my ol' faithful Sugar Skull- it is foreshadowing of the next show I'm going to be participating in, Phil Hyman's Day of the Dead. But more on that later!
with our resident scientists Edward Barnes & Michael Truxel.
Me and Robert competing in the Abstract "Draw Off."
I can't forget to mention all the other cool things that were going on at the Science of Art gala. There was a live demonstration of science experiments including an experiment with surface tension and Science Sweet Tea! Also a free "Draw Off" booth courtesy of Summerville's own Bottles and Brushes. You had to draw a friend's portrait and whoever did the better one wins candy! On a side note- I have always had an admiration for Bottles and Brushes. They make art fun for people who didn't think they could be creative! If you're in the area, it's definitely worth signing up for one of their classes.
Did I mention they had a very competitive silent auction? Items up for auction included awesome gift baskets full of decadent goodies as well as gift certificates to local parks. People were going crazy over that stuff!
We were also treated with a live preview of the Flowertown Players of Summerville's production of "Picasso at the Lapine Agile." This is right before Picasso and Einstein have a Draw Off of their own. I guess if you want to find out who wins, you'll have to see the performance yourself! This is going to be a great play!
Heather Pallay getting her portrait drawn by yours truly.
Trina Lyn- Live Portrait Artist for Hire!
Oh, and check it out- Flowertown hired me to draw portraits of the patrons! I was thrilled to have a chance to share my art with everyone in this way. If anything, being able to draw people from life is an awesome party trick.
My medium for the portraits was soft pastel- I had to brush up on my pastel skills before the show to make sure I could do a good job! It was worth the extra time though, pastels turned out to be a great medium for portrait drawing.
Firstly, there was Heather Pallay, the Theatre Administrator of Flowertown Players, who approached me with the idea of having a Coalition exhibit at their event in the first place. Everything she did for us after that just blows my mind... getting us screens, promoting the art group, even having the crazy idea of bringing all of the exhibit under a tent so that it wouldn't possibly get rained on- and it eventually did rain that day. This girl even bought me a mocha frappe after one of our committee meetings. If there could possibly be an award for "most helpful person for no reason" it would go to Heather Pallay. She is also a very creative artist that was gracious enough to contribute a few pieces to our Coalition show as well.
I also have to give my pal Robert Frank and fellow Coalition Moderator a lot of kudos for helping get the pieces put up before the show. He was a huge part of making sure everything got hung up on our recycled screens. Without him, the installation wouldn't have happened at all! He also was an incredible help when it came to getting the artists organized and delivering their artwork on time. (I don't know how he did that! witchcraft! ) Over all, I'm really glad that he decided to volunteer and help organize this event.
Artists with Conviction Coalition Volunteer booth.
Speaking of volunteers, another shining star at this event was artist Crystal King. Some may remember her from a blog post I wrote a while ago when I met and showed artwork with Crystal at Phil Hyman's "Outsiders" art show. I was so relieved when she decided to come help the group out on our big day! She is such a mature and kind young lady, great company for one's first art show.
Tim and Tori Walters of "Mystic Ghazala" also helped a bunch by coming out and taking free pictures of the event!
The Ice House in Summerville- Image by Post and Courier.
Of course last but not least on my list of people to thank would be those at The Ice House in Summerville who allowed everyone to set up at their beautiful restaurant in the first place. They have such a nice property which gave us lots of room to do our thang. Can you believe they also fed us delicious gourmet treats? I got to eat my first Cordon Bleu- and it was good. I also remember having this crazy fluffy good pastry puff. It was such a nice relief from all the hustling and bustling I had been doing that day. (They also gave me one complimentary "special punch" drink which made me fly around the room! LOL) I can't wait to come back to their place during regular business hours so I can sample some more of their awesome Summerville Cuisine.
An adorably atmospheric center piece to send you off.
Man, have things changed over such a short period of time. Just a few months ago I was scraping together art events through craigslist and other random outlets. Now I'm helping curate a show where other artists are approaching me! So fancy. This is just the start of something really great.
I am very grateful that I had the opportunity to try such a project like this. The amount of experience I gained and the doors that opened for everyone involved was completely priceless. I look forward to next year, which promises more art and even more opportunities!
Thanks again to everyone that helped make it happen!
Photography by Heather Pallay and Mystic Ghazala.


all these out of this world outfits!!!!!!!!! can't wate to see them in person!!!!!!!!!
i love all of the new stuff!!!!! 🙂 🙂 I can't wait until camp!!!!!!!!!!!
I love all of it. I'm definitely going to get some running shorts.
I love all the new clothing items!! I am so excited for camp!!
Hey Ashley, you can choose the color on Opening Day when you come to the store to get your clothes. Glad you like all the clothes this summer!
I just ordered some cool things from the store!!! I love the purple shirt!!
Is anyone here in cheyenne and going for sesssion 1b??


An undergraduate of the Lagos State University (LASU), Kingsley Gabriel, yesterday jumped into the Lagos lagoon, weeks after a woman was alleged to have jumped into the lagoon. It was gathered that the student jumped from Falomo Bridge into the lagoon at about 11:00a.m. leaving no reason for his action.
Confirming the incident, General Manager, Lagos State Waterways Authority (LASWA), Mr. Damilola Emmanuel, lamented that the act was becoming rampant and worrisome on Lagos waterways.
According to him, the student was quickly rescued from drowning by LASWA rescue officials who responded swiftly to the incident, jumping into the lagoon to prevent him from drowning.
An official of LASWA hinted that after his rescue, Gabriel was taken to the Falomo Police Station, for onward interrogation. It was not clear why Gabriel decided to end his life by jumping from the Falomo Bridge into the water, even as efforts to interview the student proved abortive.
Efforts to get the Police Public Relation Officer, Chike Oti, proved abortive. He didn't return calls and text sent to him.


In a large, heavy saucepan, combine the cider, cranberry juice, brown sugar, cloves, salt and cinnamon sticks. Simmer 15 to 20 minutes; do not boil. Strain and add the wine. Serve hot with additional cinnamon sticks, if desired.
This is ideal to make in a 30-cup percolator. Place the cider and juice in the percolator. Place the brown sugar, cloves, salt and cinnamon sticks in the percolator basket. Perk, then remove the basket and add the wine.


Please join us at MarineMax Lake Ozark for some Whalers, Wine and Wings on Saturday, August 11, from 7pm - 9pm .
It's going to be One Whale of a Party complete with appetizers, cocktails and live entertainment. Come explore our outstanding line up of Boston Whaler boats to include the 130 Super Sport, 170 Montauk, 250 Outrage, 280 Outrage, 330 Outrage, 270 Vantage and 320 Vantage.
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