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What Is the Purpose of Dietary Fiber?
The biggest purpose of fiber is to regulate digestion, but it does even more.
1 What Happens to Food That Passes Through the Digestive System Without Being Digested and Absorbed?
2 Can Too Much Fiber Plug You Up?
3 Why Is Fiber Necessary for the Proper Functioning of the Digestive System?
4 Tangerines And Fiber
You've surely been told by your healthcare provider to get more fiber in your diet. Although you know you need it, you might not be quite sure what it does. Fiber isn't actually a nutrient -- it doesn't get broken down and absorbed. It also doesn't provide any calories, protect cells, create enzymes or do any of those jobs that macro- and micronutrients do. But it is a vital part of your diet and is a key component to everyday digestion.
Helps Digestion
Muscles throughout your digestive tract move food along and push waste down, although they need a little help from fiber, which keeps your bowels moving, so you don't get backed up. It's insoluble fiber that is most beneficial for bowel regularity and creating bulky stools that are easy to pass. Insoluble fiber, sometimes referred to as roughage, is the protective coating around plant cells. Because it's rough and rigid, it keeps its form and sweeps out your intestines as it passes through them.
Improves Nutrient Absorption
Even though fiber itself doesn't nourish your body, it helps other nutrients get absorbed properly. It's mainly soluble fiber that bumps up nutrient absorption. Soluble fiber is the soft innards of plant cells -- the stuff that holds onto nutrients to help the plant flourish. It kind of does the same thing in your gut. As soluble fiber travels along, it soaks up water and creates a gel-like substance. This sludge slows down digestion in your small intestine, allowing the tiny fingers -- or villi -- to pick up molecules of sugar, protein, lipid, vitamins and minerals that pass through.
Aids Satiety
High-fiber foods often take longer for you to chew. Think of gnawing on corn, broccoli, asparagus, apples or other tough-textured food. You can't just bite and swallow; you actually have to take the time to grind it up in your mouth. Because it takes longer for you to chew these foods, you'll give your stomach plenty of time to signal your brain that it is full. Otherwise, if you eat too quickly, you could overindulge and not get that full feeling until long after you overdid it. Additionally, because fiber fills up your belly and slows down digestion, that food has to sit in your gut for an extended period of time. You'll feel full for quite a while after you eat your meal.
Lowers Risk of Illnesses
Dietary fiber even helps lower your risk of developing certain chronic ailments. Since it keeps you regular, waste won't build up in your bowels. You'll be less likely to suffer from diverticular disease, which leads to painful inflamed pouches in your intestinal tract. You won't have to strain when you pass a stool either, thereby lowering your chances of developing hemorrhoids. Plus, the gel that soluble fiber produces helps pick up some excess cholesterol, which then gets eliminated in the stool. This means lower blood cholesterol levels and a reduced risk of developing heart disease. Lastly, soluble-fiber even lowers your risk of Type 2 diabetes by slowing down sugar absorption, MayoClinic.com reports.
U.S. Department of Agriculture and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services: Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2010
MayoClinic.com: Dietary Fiber: Essential for a Healthy Diet
Colorado State University Extension: Dietary Fiber
National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse: Your Digestive System and How It Works
Melodie Anne Coffman specializes in overall wellness, with particular interests in women's health and personal defense. She holds a master's degree in food science and human nutrition and is a certified instructor through the NRA. Coffman is pursuing her personal trainer certification in 2015.
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5. April 2016 – 30. April 2016
Madis Luik (EE), Sissa Micheli (IT), Michael Michlmayr (AT), Anna Mitterer (AT), Bärbel Praun (DE), Linda Reif (AT)
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Opening: Monday, 4 April at 7 p.m.
Introduction: Petra Noll
sponsored by: BKA Kunst; MA7-Kultur; Cyberlab, Michael Sprachmann/Fine Art Printing and Framing, Vienna; Rahmen Mitter, Vienna
thanks to: Schule Friedl Kubelka für künstlerische Photographie, Vienna; Cultural Endowement of Estonia
Engaging with the past, with its images, evidence, architectures and contemporary witnesses stimulates 'afterimages' in the mind. Elapsed time makes another view of what lies in the past, one's own identity and origins possible. The primary concern in this exhibition are artists' visualisations of memories that are linked to subjectively experienced places or sites which have been charged by collective emotions. Research into one's homeland, travelling shots through deserted rooms, archive pictures of personal experiences, places and persons and/or appropriated photographs of historically significant locations are placed in the context of contemporary images, statements and forms of representation such as sound/music, movement or are transformed by re-working them. Alongside working through or depicting personal inner processes, the artists also consider the question of how memories change the perception of reality. Equally, this concerns time which, in memory, articulates as the link between the present and the past as well as the significance and informational value of photographic and filmic images in the process of remembering.
Madis Luik's installative, multimedia memory work, Linn: Viljandi / Stadt: Viljandi (2014) is about the city of his childhood, the Estonian city of Viljandi. It connects up three formal levels: photographs of street scenes and architecture, bearing witness to the historical/political change, texts relating to his personal thoughts about his city. The work also includes the documentary video, Elmo, in which he carries on a conversation with Elmo Riig, a well-known Viljandi journalist who has worked for the local newspaper, Sakala, for 18 years photographically documenting the most important local events. During a number of car journeys that make up one of Elmo's working days they talk, in particular, about his work and the medium of photography. The three-part work, formally constructed from the interweavings of references to texts, photos and videos in newspaper and online articles, was made during a 90-day stay of the artist in Viljandi. All three parts are concerned with issues of the architecture, history and future of the city which has been marked by a great deal of emigration. Although all parts are representative depictions of the city, they achieve a comprehensible narrative level only when they all work together.
Sissa Micheli is showing the video Rue de la Tour – The History of a House in 8 Chapters (2009/2016). Based on the documentation of the Parisian villa in which she grew up, a young woman describes her family. Celia tells of her childhood, four siblings, the failed marriage of her parents and her life without her father who only ever came as far as the doorstep of the house. The slow travelling shot through the rooms chosen by Sissa Micheli visually conveys the mental process of remembering: The quiet flow of images as if from the subconscious is concretised by Celia's voice and becomes a palpable current of experiences. Images and voice meld into a labyrinth of memories. The video is the third in a trilogy about living spaces that are just short of disintegration. In this series Sissa Micheli examines, in a very poetic and emotional way, how homes can awaken and store memories. Starting from Celia's account she goes on to talk about general existential issues and feelings such as love, security and loss.
In the video, Revisting past (2015/2016), Michael Michlmayr is concerned with the photographic image as a stimulant for subjective memory. He took negative strips from his archive of black-and-white images from 1981–2000 into his hands for a short time, turned them over, looked at them and photographed this act. These photographs were then edited together into a film, thus creating a picture-in-picture situation that takes the act of looking as its subject. In the background there are the regular clicks of a camera shutter release suggesting authenticity. Even very short visual stimulation is enough to prompt memories of the artist's own life story, important persons, places and events, of previous art works and social and political events. For the viewer it remains an associative pictorial journey in which unequivocal visibility is denied because of the filmic re-contextualisation, the speed of the images, the superimpositions and turning of the strips as well as the lack of familiarity with the contents. It concerns engaging with seeing/not seeing, the structures of perception and the informational content of photographic images.
Anna Mitterer's film, Sonate (Hommage à Vinteuil) from 2008 shows a travelling shot through a continuously changing room and thus consistently provokes new relationships to reality. The pictorial language is derived from a piece of music: Mitterer asked Viennese composer Alexander Wagendristel to compose a new piece based on the violin sonata by the fictional composer, Vinteuil, that only exists as a description by Marcel Proust in Swann in Love and is thus equally fictional. In Proust's work, listening to Vinteuil's music not only brings Charles Swann to think of his past, unhappy love, Odette, but also leads him to the awareness of an invisible reality. Sonate depicts the infinitesimal moment in which an analogy between the past and the present happens. The act of remembering is reflected in the movement of the camera through the ever-changing room. Above all, it deals with the description of a mental process, the instant of intuitive memory, but also the inner process of how the reception of an art work that makes use of images and sound can be reflected on.
Bärbel Praun is showing the work, this must be the place (2015), a personal research about place, space and perception and an examination of the notion of home. She presents all the pages of a book with black-and-white and colour photographs as a wall work. In the main they deal with landscape subjects e.g. the Swiss mountains, where she lived for a time. The enlarged sections mark her closeness, her involvement with the natural world. They are predominantly very abstract, open images with a symbolic and associative character. The concentration can be felt, the detailed observation – of her own snowflake-catching hands for instance – the very sensitive approach and the artist's fascination with the beauty of surfaces and structures. Having never lived in the same place for more than a few months at a time over the last few years, she is moved by questions as to the meaning of home and origins, the involvement with memory and identity, the relationship of people to space.
Linda Reif's Valley Of Hinnom (2015) engages with a place that is steeped in history. Her series of 12 square, black-and-white photographs show the nature of Ge-Hinnom, a deep and narrow valley at the foot of the old city walls of Jerusalem – a place in 'no man's land'. The photographs show forms and structures which are more or less indistinct and out of focus. This impression is created by Reif by using out-of-date black-and-white films and a cheaply produced Chinese camera with a plastic lens. Even without the knowledge that this place is well-known for its bloody history – e.g. children were sacrificed to the heathen god, Moloch – one feels in these details an abandoned, deathly still landscape and, because of the black-and-white surface, something mystical, oppressive – one feels death. The landscape functions as a projection surface for history and is also closely tied up with new bloody events in the Israeli/Palestinian conflict/war. Reif's photographs show just how much more impressive bearing silent witness to historically burdened places can be instead of talking about them.
Benedek Regős considers his photographic work, Genius Loci (2012), to be an attempt to place photographic work processes in the context of evidence, meaning, memory and topography. He examines the phenomenon that documentary photography, by capturing and concentrating on 'unnoticed' details, 'ennobles' too many objects and situations. In his work he tries to engage with this by photographing apparently unimportant and commonplace locations which are significant only because of a past event. In order to do this he first chooses archival photos which show the site to be where a prominent person was at the time of the shot and which has not changed in the meantime, thus allowing it to be documented. The unchanged nature of the location is thus critical because it has survived in a material sense (like the image) and we can see it as a physical and still accessible link between us and the person in question. Locations can be found with the aid of coordinates, thus becoming 'inofficial monuments' of personal memory.
Petra Noll, for the collective

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Asher Penn is an American artist and publisher who moved to New York in 2007 to work with Printed Matter. Kate Moss Rorschach T-Shirt - Blue on Red, 2013 is an acrylic on matte print paper. The image size is 48 x 36 inches.
From a larger series, Penn's "Kate Moss Rorschach" is a widely recognized and celebrated work. Known for his hand-painted magazine tears, this work features stylistic elements that recall the Rorschach psychological inkblot test painted over the image of British model, Kate Moss. Against these backdrops, Penn blots gobs of acrylic paint, subtly and humorously calling attention to the sexual nature of the imagery but also creating a series of shapes that function as armatures, masks, ornate embellishments, wings, and beards.
Penn is also known for his Heart Paintings, exhibited at Real Fine Arts, Brooklyn, in which he cuts magazine pages into heart shapes and paints on them. His publication, "Sex Magazine" explores modern and contemporary topics through its artist contributors. The magazine is a platform for the New York underground scene, which has become a part of New York art history."
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Justin shared a snap of his wife Hailey Bieber on Instagram and a troll commented on the post dissing Hailey.
The user @jaileyisajoke, a page dedicated to hating Hailey's relationship to Justin, left an awful comment on Justin's photo.
"You are NOT in love with Hailey! You only married her to get back at SG plus Hailey sleeps with men like @shawnmendes for fame and she's a racist @wflig," they wrote.
Bieber had the time and decided to respond to the Instagram troll. He dragged the hater for dissing his wife and doubling down on their relationship. Bieber had nothing bad to say about his ex-girlfriend Gomez, but he's ultimately moved on. He and Hailey are married so he better have moved on!
"ur [sic] immature the fact that you have an account dedicated to dissing my wife and I is absolutely absurd why would I dedicate my whole life to someone in marriage to get back and [sic] my ex, anyone who believes this is mean spirited or 10 years old or younger because a logical person doesn't talk or think this way u [sic] should be ashamed of yourself really," Justin wrote back.
Justin went on to say that he will always love Gomez, but it's Hailey who is his soulmate.
The singer went on to address all the haters and critics about his marriage to Hailey.
Clearly, this fan has hit a nerve with Justin. He shared his response on his Instagram story and encouraged fans to "repost everywhere" if they truly love him.
Fans need to accept that Jelena is so more and Hailey is the one with Justin. People need to remember that Justin, Hailey and Selena are real people with real feelings. Not everything is a scheme or publicly stunt. Justin and Hailey are married, period.


KITCHENER—Trevor Nyp hasn't had a lot of things handed to him in his career as a baseball player and later a trainer.
A former infielder for the Intercounty Baseball League's Kitchener Panthers and Guelph Royals, and a standout player at Illinois' Oakton College and with the Laurier Golden Hawks, Nyp had to grind it out on the diamond. As his playing days wound down, he created his own coaching business, and built up his instructor's resumé one step at a time.
Self-described "nerd for infield play" Trevor Nyp, of Kitchener, Ont., parlayed an Instagram account focused on baseball fielding techniques into a coaching job in the Los Angeles Angels organization.
"Guys like myself who have had to work for every little bit of success in this game, we're willing to learn and staying open to new ideas," said Nyp, who grew up playing youth baseball in Kitchener, Ont.
At 26, Nyp is finally enjoying a little bit of luck, thanks to an Instagram account — and it's led to a new job with the Los Angeles Angels.
About a year ago, Nyp created an Instagram page where he began posting videos analyzing the defensive technique of major league, minor league and high school players.
"It just started out a hobby Instagram page, just putting out my thoughts," he said.
The account, @tn.defense, soon ballooned to more than 12,000 followers. Luck would have it that one of the fans of the page was a trainer in the Angels organization. Nyp was invited for an interview.
After a few conversations, he was offered a job as an infield defence coach for one of the Angels' minor league affiliates.
"They phoned me, and grilled me, and the next thing I knew I was getting a call from the farm director," he said.
Nyp, of course, had the technical experience and coaching skill to back up his Instagram account. He has a knack for breaking down even the smallest details of footwork and defensive positioning to help young players develop. The Angels obviously liked what they heard.
"I think they saw my passion, and that I'm just a nerd for infield play," he said.
He'll soon be packing his bags for the Angels' spring training camp in Arizona, where he's expected to be assigned to the team's Single-A club in Burlington, Iowa, in the Midwest League, for the summer.
There, he'll hone the defensive skills of the Angels' young prospects. He'll also help coach during games, as either a first base or bench coach.
The job offer meant Nyp had to scramble to find a replacement to run Playball Academy, an indoor Kitchener baseball training facility that he co-owns. Tyler Soucie, a pitching coach, will take over as general manager.
He hopes the experience in the Angels' system will help him improve local baseball players' skills, too.
"I want to take what I learn as part of this process, and take it back here in the off-season and help make baseball better in this area," he said.
Like a lot of kids, Nyp grew up wanting to be a professional baseball player. After his playing days in college and the IBL began to wind down, he started looking toward coaching.
"I played at as high a level as I could, before realizing maybe that wasn't the route I was supposed to be in," he said.


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Learn to lead an empowered life with this supportive and positive guide for those who are discovering their empath abilities and looking for information to help in understanding their gift, as well as how to embrace it and thrive in everyday life.Maybe you find that being in a public place is totally overwhelming. Maybe you've noticed that your friends, loved ones, and even acquaintances tend to unload all of their problems on you, looking for advice on what to do. And maybe you can pick up on a person's energy so closely that you begin to feel their emotions. All of this indicates that you might be an empath - someone who has the ability to feel the emotions and energy of other people. Being a highly sensitive person may seem like a burden at times, but it doesn't have to be. Being an empath is a gift you can use to your advantage.In The Empath Experience, you'll find detailed information on what it means to be an empath and the different ways this gift can influence your life in positive ways. In addition, you'll find supportive advice from a fellow empath on how to embrace the positive aspects of this special talent, get in touch with and understand your emotions, and tips and techniques to help you feel your best - even when someone else may be feeling their worst. 1. Language: English. Narrator: Emily Lawrence. Audio sample: http://samples.audible.de/bk/sans/009169/bk_sans_009169_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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methods and techniques in the field of information and intelligent systems.
The scientific program includes invited lectures by eminent international experts, contributed papers, as well as events such as poster presentations, workshops, roundtable discussions, hardware and software presentations, book exhibitions and other parallel events.
Conference papers, each reviewed and accepted by two international reviewers, are published in the Conference Proceedings indexed in the following bibliographic databases: DOAJ, EBSCO, INSPEC and Proquest.
Some CECIIS papers being recommended by the reviewers will be considered for the publication in the Journal of Information and Organizational Science (JIOS) published by the Faculty of Organization and Informatics.
Students are invited to join the Conference and present their research within Doctoral Student Section or Student Poster and Presentation Section. The poster section is an ideal format for students who are completing their bachelor or master thesis.
Faculty of Organization and Informatics, University of Zagreb has been organizing CECIIS since 1989.


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Q: VBA when using CountA I am getting the runtime error 1004 aplication-defined or object-defined error I am running a loop that calculates the occupied cells per row.
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Option Base 1

Sub test()
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    nr1 = shtOne.UsedRange.Rows.Count
    nc1 = shtOne.UsedRange.Columns.Count

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    Next i

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but when running the code I am getting error 1004.
I tried separating the sub to two separate subs still got the same error.
I am using 365 and Win10
Thanks for the help
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Alexis Battle and Sarah Hörst receive President's Frontier Awards
In a surprise move this year, the university recognizes two faculty members with the full award; each will receive $250,000 to support their groundbreaking research
By Saralyn Cruickshank
Two Johns Hopkins faculty members have received the university's prestigious President's Frontier Award, which recognizes exceptional scholars who are on the cusp of transforming their respective fields.
In a surprise virtual presentation Monday, JHU President Ron Daniels presented the award to Alexis Battle, an associate professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, and Sarah Hörst, an associate professor in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences. Both researchers will receive $250,000 to pursue new lines of research, expand their laboratories, or support their lab members.
"Let me take this moment to say how dazzled we were, Alexis and Sarah, by the ambitions and scope of your research and how highly your colleagues, mentors, and students regard each of you," said Daniels in the virtual presentation. "Having a way to honor those qualities in our faculty was a reason why we created this amazing award eight years ago. … You both join a cadre of truly remarkable people from across all our divisions whose work truly stands apart."
The President's Frontier Award was originally launched with a commitment of $2.5 million from trustee Louis J. Forster, A&S '82, SAIS '83, and is now paired with a $1 million donation from alumnus David Smilow, A&S '84. Winners have spanned the university's divisions and included molecular biologist Andrew Holland (2021), mathematician Emily Riehl (2020), astrophysicist Brice Ménard (2019), nephrologist and epidemiologist Deidra Crews (2018), composer Michael Hersch (2017), molecular biologist Scott Bailey (2016), and stem cell research Sharon Gerecht (2015).
The award typically recognizes one winner and one finalist each year, but Battle and Hörst were both selected this year based on the strength of their applications and the demonstrated impact and continued potential of their work.
"The two of you embody in some sense the incredible breadth of research that goes on at JHU," said Ed Schlesinger, dean of the Whiting School of Engineering. "From the very smallest genetic materials that define what life is all about to the planets, space, the cosmos, and the search for life beyond our own world—there is something particularly poetic about the juxtaposition of both of [your work]."
During the presentation, both Battle and Hörst discussed the transformative impact the award would have on their research teams.
"Last night and today, I was thinking, What do I really want to do if I get this award? And I was really laying out some of the exciting things that I'm hoping will happen over the next few years," Battle said. "So that makes me even more excited now, to know those things are going to be possible. I'm so thrilled, and I'm thrilled to see my students thrive even more."
Image caption: Alexis Battle
Image credit: Will Kirk / Johns Hopkins University
Battle is an internationally recognized leader in the field of biomedical engineering whose work has vital implications in the fields of human genetics, computational genomics, and precision medicine. Her research focuses on how genetic variation between individuals leads to changes in gene expression, and how these changes then lead to disease risk and progression. Using machine learning and probabilistic modeling, Battle and her lab create computational models capable of interpreting vast sets of genomics and health data to identify variations in gene expression and follow trends in disease progression caused by these changes in DNA. She has pioneered the use of time-series data to understand the impact of genetic variation at critical time points relevant to disease development.
Her breakthrough computational system, Watershed, holds great promise in the field of personalized genomics. Watershed's advanced modeling system combines personal genetic data and diverse cellular measurements to improve predictions of which genetic sequence differences found in a specific individual will affect that person's health. Applying this system across ancestries, families, and new data types has the potential to improve the diagnosis and treatment of rare diseases.
"There is increasing need for creative computational methods in genomics," wrote Michael Miller, director of the Department of Biomedical Engineering, in a letter nominating Battle for the President's Frontier Award. "…Seeing the full impact of genomic data on biological and medical research therefore relies on the type of creative and careful methods development Alexis does."
Battle was a senior leader on the GTEx Consortium Project, a massive multi-institution effort that collected and analyzed thousands of human tissue samples to better understand gene expression. With dozens of principal investigators on studies related to the project, Battle's lab played a central role and she served as a senior author on the project's flagship papers.
Educated at Stanford University, Battle received her BS in symbolics systems and her MS and PhD in computer science. She completed a postdoctoral research specialization in genetics at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute at Stanford. She joined the faculty at Johns Hopkins in 2014 after working as a staff software engineer and engineering manager at Google. She has previously won a Johns Hopkins Catalyst Award (2017), which recognizes early career researchers with a $75,000 grant for their research and creative endeavors, and a Johns Hopkins Discovery Award (2019), which provide grants to cross-divisional teams. She was named a 2016 Searle Scholar and received a 2019 Microsoft Investigator Fellowship. She currently mentors four postdoctoral fellows, one medical fellow, 11 PhD students, and serves as an adviser for three undergraduates in the Department of Biomedical Engineering.
Hörst, a planetary scientist, studies the composition and characteristics of aerosols in the atmospheres of early Earth and other planets. Using laboratory experiments, modeling, and remote sensing and in situ measurements of atmospheric chemistry, Hörst and her lab work to understand how small molecules transition to become aerosols and the resulting physical and chemical properties of those particles.
Image caption: Sarah Hörst
The work has implications for assessing the habitability of other planets and for the search for life beyond our solar system. Under the right conditions, adding energy to simple mixtures of common gases can produce much more complex molecules like amino acids, which form the building blocks of living organisms.
Essential to her work is her groundbreaking approach to laboratory science. Using a custom-built Planetary Haze Research lab—a one-of-its-kind experimental lab—Hörst and her group simulate the chemical reactions that contribute to the formation of aerosols in planetary atmospheres. With this approach, she can experiment with a vast range of temperatures (90-800 degrees Kelvin, or -297-980 degrees Fahrenheit) and can use different energy sources to initiate chemical reactions across a variety of atmospheric gases and conditions. Her lab is the first in the world to be dedicated to studying photochemical haze production in exoplanet environments, and she has published research on Saturn, Saturn's moon Titan, and early Earth.
Hörst's work is directly relevant to important space missions, including two upcoming NASA missions: Dragonfly, which will investigate prebiotic organic chemistry and habitability on Saturn's largest moon, Titan; and DAVINCI+, which will probe the chemical composition of the atmosphere of Venus.
"Particularly impressive is her ingenuity and creativity in developing and leading a new scientific field essentially from scratch: extrasolar planet atmosphere laboratory studies," wrote Sabine Stanley, a Bloomberg Distinguished Professor and chair of the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, in a letter nominating Hörst for the award. "Her work has already had major impact on the global effort to observe and characterize exoplanet atmospheres."
She received the 2020 LAD Early Career Award from the American Astronomical Society's Laboratory Astrophysics Division and the prestigious 2020 James B. Macelwane Medal from the American Geophysical Union, widely considered the highest honor for early career scientists in the field of geological and planetary sciences. She received a Johns Hopkins Catalyst Award in 2017 and was a co-investigator on a Discovery Award led by Maya Gomes in 2020.
Hörst received two bachelor of science degrees—one in planetary science and one in literature—from the California Institute of Technology. She received her PhD in planetary sciences from the University of Arizona, Tucson. She joined Johns Hopkins in 2014 and currently mentors three graduate students, two postdoctoral research fellows, and an associate research scientist.
Chris Celenza, dean of the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, gave Hörst particular praise for her emphasis on mentorship and collegiality.
"I often think that we are at our best in the arts and sciences when we're reciprocally reinforcing conversations among faculty, postdocs, graduate students, and undergraduates," Celenza said during the award presentation. "I know in your lab, you've cultivated that very type of engagement, so I want to thank you, deeply, for all you have done for this wonderful Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences and for Johns Hopkins and for the Krieger School."
Hörst's dedication to her lab members was evident from the moment they "Zoom bombed" the meeting, joining in on the coordinated surprise. "When I saw the names popping up on the screen, all I could think was how much more great science the people who are already working with me are going to get to do," Hörst said through tears. "And that means the absolute world to me."
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New genetic analysis method could advance personal genomics
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Biomedical engineer Alexis Battle develops software that, if paired with expanded sample collection practices, could help identify more causes of genetic disorders
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Team USA finishes fifth at International Chiba Ekiden
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INDIANAPOLIS - Team USA took fifth-place at the 2010 International Chiba Ekiden Tuesday in Chiba, Japan, finishing in 2:10:54. The Japan University Select team won the event in 2:07:52. The format of the 21st annual race featured mixed teams of men and women running six alternating legs totaling 42.195 km.
Kenya took the runner-up spot in 2:08:06 and host team Japan was third in 2:08:12. Russia was fourth in 2:09:35.
Bobby Curtis (Ardmore, Pa.) led off with the opening 5 km leg, running 13:36, putting Team USA in fourth. Stephanie Pezzullo (Charlotte, N.C.) ran the second 5 km leg in 16:28, as the U.S. slipped to fifth. Ed Moran (Flagstaff, Ariz.) then took the sash to cover the 10 km third leg in 29:50, and Kim Conley (West Sacramento, Calif.), ran the 5 km fourth leg in 16:41 maintaining Team USA's fifth-place position. On the fifth leg, Aaron Braun (Flagstaff, Ariz.) turned in a 29:33 10 km, to move Team USA into fourth as he turned the sash over to Meghan Armstrong (Minneapolis, Minn.). Despite Armstrong's solid 24:46 for the final 7.195 km leg, Team USA was overtaken by Russia for fourth.
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We got several inches of snow yesterday and Paul's office was closed, so I declared an actual snow day for the kids. Normally we have school no matter what the weather, but it looked so blizzardy, and inside was so cozy with the fireplace (and having Paul home throws off our routine anyway), so I let everyone curl up under their blankets and just relax all day.
It worked out well for me; I got the front right half of my Shepherd sweater done!
It worked out well for Gulliver, as well – he had Paul's lap all day.
No one, though, seemed to enjoy the snow more than Gnocchi.
He had his goofy self a grand time while the snow fell.
While Cosmo and the smallest lambs enjoyed the dryness of the shelter with a few chicken friends and the pigs.
But, the day that had begun so snowy and stormy finished out sunny, and they all came out to enjoy some hay.
It's hard to believe that two days ago it was 73 degrees, and that a few weeks from now is the first day of spring. It's still rather frigid outside and the snow has not begun to melt yet. Soon enough it will, though, and we will be installing a heat lamp into the big chicken coop for the arrival next week of our ducklings! Winter may have some life left in it, but spring is nearly upon us!
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Anti-Semitic incidents on rise in France, attacks have more than doubled
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Anti-Semitic threats and incidents have more than doubled so far this year in France, said the interior minister at a rally on Sunday to protest a violent attack on a young Jewish couple.
Three men were detained by police and appeared before an investigative judge on Wednesday in relation to the day-time home invasion in the Paris suburb of Creteil in which a 19-year-old woman was raped.
Her 21-year-old boyfriend, who was tied up during the robbery, said the men targeted the apartment because they knew the residents were Jewish and believed there would be money and valuables inside.
Speaking to a crowd of several hundred protesters, France's Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said the government would defend the Jewish community with "all its force".
"We must make the fight against racism and anti-Semitism a national cause," he said.
France has the largest Jewish population in Europe, having grown by nearly half since World War Two to total some 550,000 Jews, according to the community's umbrella group CRIF.
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Religious tension runs high in France after pro-Palestinian march turns violent
But violent incidents like the murders of three Jewish children and a rabbi by Islamist militant gunman Mohamed Merah in 2012, and clashes at pro-Palestinian rallies in Paris in July have disturbed some in the Jewish community.
In the first three months of 2014 more Jews left France for Israel than at any other time since its creation in 1948, citing economic hardships in France's stagnating economy but also rising anti-Semitism as a factor.
Roger Cukierman, the head of CRIF, called on the government to do more to address the problem.
"We feel that something has changed: it's no longer just graffiti or minor incidents, these are death threats [against the Jewish community]," he told BFM TV.
"It cannot go on like this."


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An eroded sea stack at Harris Beach near Brookings, Oregon. Oregon maintains an excellent assortment of state parks and campgrounds. Harris Beach Campground offers many amenities including an early evening ice and ice cream truck that makes the rounds through the campsites.
The Pistol River State Scenic Viewpoint is 11 miles south of Gold Beach along highway 101 in Oregon. The river is named for a pistol lost in the river during the Rogue River Wars in 1853.
A lei of flowers washed up on Whalehead Beach. There were no footprints. Was it from a wedding? Debris from the Japanese earthquake and tsunami? An unsolved mystery.
A view looking south from Whalehead Point along the Oregon coast.
Lone Beach Ranch is just south of Cape Ferrelo and north of Brookings, Oregon. The offshore rock piles are called Sea Stacks.
Patrick's Point State Park is 26 miles north of Eureka, California. This rocky overlook is sometimes used for weddings. A beautiful location but frequently foggy.
Redwoods in the Humboldt Redwoods State Park. Very quiet and mysterious.
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Descent Into Ulthoa
A novel by Gordon Bonnet
How Far Would You Go to Find a Lost Loved One?
Ten years ago, a man and his girlfriend went into the woods at the end of Claver Road on what was supposed to be a weekend's camping trip, and never returned. Police combed the area, but nothing was found except for his car, abandoned where they'd parked it. It seemed like Brad Ellicott and Cara Marshall had been swallowed by the silent, brooding forest, leaving not a trace of what had happened or where they went.
His identical twin brother, left to mourn his loss, has spent the last decade unable to let go of his grief, to accept that Brad and Cara are gone forever. Based on sinister hints from a few of the older residents of Guildford, New York, the closest village to the woods, he discovers that there might be more to the story than the disappearance of a couple of hikers. The woods has had an evil reputation for well over a century, and his brother and his girlfriend are not the first people to defy the warnings and brave the shadows under the trees-nor the first to vanish there.
Becoming obsessed with discovering what happened to his brother, he delves deeper and deeper into the mystery that lies beyond the end of Claver Road, and he uncovers a terrifying truth that challenges everything he believes. Is the knowledge worth the cost? And will he get the answers he needs before the forest claims him as its next victim?
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Rutherford College, Auckland, New Zealand
With the growth of Auckland pushing into the area, the High School opened on 5 February 1961. Because of the large number of contributing primary schools, the headmaster, Mr A E E Clark, decided the school needed a name independent of the various districts, so called it Rutherford High School, after the famous New Zealander who was the father of nuclear physics. In 1998 it became Rutherford College.
The school celebrates annually, Rutherford Day, to commemorate the achievements of Lord Rutherford. The school logo is the Kotoku (White Heron). The official school song is "Me Hui Hui", written by Pita Sharples. Another school song "The Rutherford Way" was written by former school music teacher, Mrs. Manu Fa'aea-Semeatu.
Rutherford College, University of Kent
The University of Kent, Canterbury, (www.kent.ac.uk) was initiated in 1959 and opened when it gained its Royal Charter in 1965. Possibly they had hoped to be the University of Canterbury but that title was already in existence in New Zealand, Rutherford's old university.
The colleges of the university are Chaucer, Darwin, Eliot, Keynes, Rutherford, Woolf, and Wye. The bar in Rutherford College is currently called "RuTHErford BAR".


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Nine Iranian citizens working at the behest of the government of Iran have been indicted in a computer hacking campaign that compromised universities, private companies, and government entities.
Date(s) of Birth Used September 16, 1980
Place of Birth Zabol, Iran
Weight 160 pounds
Nationality Iranian
NCIC W573081049
Moqadam is known to speak Farsi and resides in Iran.
Abuzar Gohari Moqadam is wanted for his alleged involvement in criminal activities, including obtaining unauthorized access to computer systems, stealing proprietary data from those systems, and selling that stolen data to Iranian customers such as Iranian universities and the Iranian government. Moqadam was an associate of the Mabna Institute, a private government contractor based in the Islamic Republic of Iran that performed this work for the Iranian government, at the behest of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. Victims of the scheme included approximately 144 universities in the United States, 176 foreign universities in 21 countries, five federal and state government agencies in the United States, 36 private companies in the United States, 11 foreign private companies, and two international non-governmental organizations. On February 7, 2018, a grand jury sitting in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York indicted Moqadam on computer intrusion, wire fraud, and aggravated identity theft charges, and a federal arrest warrant has been issued for his arrest.
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Society for the Promotion of Education and Culture (SPEC)
Events and organizations whose focus is in the cultural, entertainment, sporting or academic spheres.
by jamescfm » Sun Oct 21, 2018 7:19 pm
The Society for the Promotion of Education and Culture (SPEC) is an international organisation that aims to bring together organisations from across the globe that are dedicated to promoting intellectual and artistic pursuits of all forms. The primary role of SPEC is facilitate discussion and cooperation between organisations in different countries and with different specific focuses. The Society for the Promotion of Education and Culture was formed from the merger of International Association for Cooperation in Academia with the Art Institute in 4741.
List of affiliate organisations:
Council of Localities for International Cooperation
IESCO
Institution of Biological and Ecological Research
International Academy of Music
International Art and Artifact Catalogue
International Motion Picture Academy
International Multidisciplinary Academic Journal
International Society for the Study of Terran Civilisations
Journal of Political Ideologies
National Oceanographic Society (Yingdala)
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by jamescfm » Wed Apr 15, 2020 9:51 pm
At a ceremony in Sekowo today, the Society for the Promotion of Education and Culture (SPEC) was officially formed. The new organisation was created as the result of a merger between the International Association for Cooperation in Academia (IACA) and the Sekowo-based Art Institute. Both organisations were dedicated to encouraging collaboration in their respective areas of focus but a chance meeting between IACA secretary-general Moeen Hashmi and the Orinco-Sekowan artist Akhustal Xoc started the discussion about uniting the two pursuits. The newly formed SPEC will consist of various branches each with a particular focus, all working to facilitate international cooperation. Existing affiliate organisations will remain members while the expansion of scope will allow new members to join too.
The Society for the Promotion of Education and Culture is an international body bringing together organisations from across the globe dedicated to intellectual and artistic pursuits.
by jamescfm » Mon Jul 13, 2020 9:00 pm
International Football Federation world rankings for 4783-4784 season published
by jamescfm » Mon Jul 27, 2020 12:00 am
Higher Education Framework: Yingdala dominates amid strong performance for southern hemisphere
The latest edition of the Society for the Promotion of Education and Culture's Higher Education Framework (HEF) makes for fine reading for a variety of southern hemisphere countries. Based on a combination of different measures including research output, international reputation, student diversity and global influence, the HEF assesses universities and colleges across the world and produces a "ranking system" for the top two hundred.
In the last edition published this morning, the top-placed institution was Yingdala's National University (also known as Tian'an National University). The country achieved a strong performance across the board, with three other institutions placing within the top twenty including another "KITE" institution- Kaizhou National University- in fifth place. Yingdala's global influence in education extends far beyond their borders, notably through the Yingdalan academies programme.
Yingdala's strong performance was echoed across the southern hemisphere too. With East Kayal University placing fourth and West Kayal University twelfth, Vascania achieved unprecedented recognition for a far eastern country in higher education, suggesting that the country's influence in the cultural sphere continues to grow. Likewise Jakania's Dokuz National University placing in eleventh represents a new height for the country.
After Yingdala, the country with the best performance was Vanuku, with two institutions within the top ten including the University of Wiel in second place. Despite a relatively weak performance for the country in general, the Jelbék Baofluz International Institute of Equestrian Studies achieved a respectable twentieth place and was among the best-performing "specialised" institutions.
Rounding out the top ten were two Hutorian universities, Luthori's University of Fort William and the Academy of Augusta in Cobura. For several countries the latest report enabled new recognition for institutions that have not traditionally competed in the global sphere. Vermillion University in Davostan and the Mizesz Lajos University in Endralon both placed within the top twenty and were among the quickest risers within the list.
by jamescfm » Mon Jan 04, 2021 11:32 pm
Following a series of meetings between relevant stakeholders, the sport-related bodies currently associated with the Society for the Promotion of Education and Culture (SPEC) have elected to disassociate from the organisation in favour of creating a new body dedicated to organised sport at the international level. At the centre of the announcement is the International Football Federation (IFF), which has complained for some time of the inadequate arrangement with SPEC.
The newly created body will be known as the Global Association of Sports Organisations (GASO) and will have a broad remit. In addition to providing a framework for dialogue and cooperation between international sports bodies, it will promote sports at all levels across the globe as well as facilitating the organisation of international multi-sports games in the style of the highly successful Horizon Games.
by jamescfm » Thu Jan 14, 2021 1:05 am
Higher Education Framework: Vascania dominates but northern institutions flourishing
The latest edition of the Society for the Promotion of Education and Culture's Higher Education Framework (HEF) suggests that Vascania may be in the process of dislodging Yingdala as the global leader in the academic sphere. For the first time in many years, Yingdala can no longer claim to be home to the most top twenty HEF institutions.
Kamalata Imperial University's placement at number fifteen in the latest rankings means that Vascania now contains three top twenty institutions. East Kayal University claimed the top spot for the third year running while West Kayal University followed close behind in third. Yingdala's National University was once again ranked in second place, narrowly failing to regain its claim to the top spot while Kaizhou National University dropped one place to fifth.
Deltaria's Imperial Academy of Čachtice was the highest-placing institution in the western hemisphere- in fourth place. The overall picture suggests that certain countries are "fighting back" against the recent dominance of the southern hemisphere (especially Yingdala and Vascania) in higher education. Vermillion University in Davostan ranked in sixth place, an unprecedented high for a Davostani institution, while Trigunia's Rodshyadam State University and Dolgava's King Heinrich University both broke the top fifteen for the first time.
Other notable placements include the University of Endralon in fourteenth place. For many years it has trailed behind other universities in the country, particularly the Mizesz Lajos University but it can now claim to be one of the continent's top three. Representing the long history of highly specialised institutions was the Yrasema Zoological Institute of Liore in nineteenth place- a record for any university in Liore. At the bottom of the top twenty was the University of Galemia in Kundrati, still an impressive performance for the institution.
Full details of the latest edition of the Higher Education Framework global rankings are available online.
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Here at Samsara, we love to build things.
Not only do we love to build products that delight our customers — we also love to build teams that stay productive and nimble as our company grows. We're constantly looking for new ways to embrace change and work together in exciting ways.
One of the traditions we've formed to help nurture this spirit is to set aside a few days every quarter to hack on new ideas. Affectionately dubbed "Hacksara", these hackathons are a space to dive into unfamiliar parts of our system, form lasting relationships, and explore radical ideas for our product roadmap. We've been hosting them consistently for the past five quarters, and each one has been bigger and better than the last.
Enjoying our time together as a team!
Inclusive. Everyone is welcome to participate in Hacksara — from engineering to design to product and beyond! The majority of hacking takes place during work hours, so there is no need to adjust personal obligations to take part. Mentorship is encouraged throughout the entire process — from project planning to team formation to hacking — so everyone has the chance to learn new skills and contribute something meaningful.
Innovative. According to Marc Andreessen, one of the most important things a company must do once its found product-market fit is to get to the next product. Samsara has already created a healthy portfolio of products, but we don't plan to slow down. Hacksara is an ideal breeding ground for what could become our latest product lines. Some incredible projects have already spun out of our hackathons and into the real world, including Weather Overlay and a fresh take on Search in our cloud dashboard.
Collaborative. Hacksara is a highly collaborative environment, encouraging the formation of interdisciplinary teams between people who don't normally work together day-to-day. Further cross-pollination happens as participants seek out project advice from experts in relevant parts of the stack. As our engineering team continues to scale, these interactions are incredibly valuable — they strengthen our bonds as friends and coworkers, help us stay up-to-date with the current state of our rapidly evolving system, and ensure that we are spreading team values and best practices to even our newest members.
Fun! The act of building something can be a ton of fun on its own, but we take things even further at Hacksara. From crepe-making stations to trucking simulator races to custom hackathon swag to hand-curated soundtracks, we strive to pack our hackathons full of crazy experiences and fun memories. Who knows what we'll cook up for our next Hacksara?!
We recently hosted our the fifth iteration of Hacksara, and it was the largest and most exciting one yet. With record attendance, record snacks, and record hacks, it was incredible to see the energy and creativity that emerged!
Hacksara demos drew a huge crowd!
There was a massive crowd for demos, with members from many other parts of the company attending to cheer everyone on — from product to marketing to even executive leadership including our CEO Sanjit. After a period of anonymous voting, we celebrated awards such as Best Impact on Developer Experience, Best Hardware Hack, and Grant-a-Customer-Wish at our biweekly Dev meeting. Awards included certificates and a small prize, with cute golden owl trophies for Best Overall Hack.
The signs of our hackathons — from awards to memories to hacks — can be found all around the office (…sometimes by our furry friends 🐶).
Nora is one of our many beloved Samsara pets and also a big fan of our hackathons!
As Samsara scales even further and we continue to embrace creative ways to work together, one thing is clear — Hacksara has cemented its place in our DNA as a fun and engaging way to learn new things together while also incubating product ideas. We're excited to continue our tradition of hacking and look forward to exploring all the ways we can do even better with future hackathons. The best is definitely yet to come!
Special thanks to everyone at Samsara who helps make our hackathons awesome and contributes to our engaging workplace. And a big thank you to Kavya Joshi, Joy Chen, Elisha Paul, Sarah Wright, and Ryan Reading for helping edit this post!


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11-Year-Old Kills Teacher, Injures Classmates & Takes His Own Life at Mexican School
Culture 01.16.20 at 10:58 am
By Raquel Reichard
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A sixth-grader opened fire at a private school in the northern Mexican state of Coahuila, killing his teacher and injuring six others before taking his own life, CNN reports.
Coahuila Gov. Miguel Angel Riquelme told reporters that the 11-year-old arrived at the school telling his classmates, "Today is the day."
According to the governor, the student went to use the restroom at 8 a.m. After being gone for nearly 15 minutes, his teacher went to check in on him. When she found the boy, he was walking out of the restroom wearing a shirt that said "Natural Selection," a reference to the first-person shooting video game, and holding two guns in his hands.
After fatally shooting his teacher, the boy opened fire at classmates, injuring six, before directing the gun at himself.
"He had mentioned the video game, which I believe he tried to recreate today," Riquelme said.
The mass shooting took place at the Cervantes de Torreón School in Torreón, an industrial city in Coahuila. The private school serves about 1,900 students from kindergarten through high school.
In a post on Facebook announcing the tragedy, school representatives expressed their surprise surrounding the fatal event that occurred.
"We never would have imagined that a situation like this could occur in our society," the post read.
School officials are currently working with law enforcement in their investigation into the mass shooting.


A VIGOROUS George Alexander is on the crest of a new wave in America.
He and almost 5 million other Americans, all 85 and older, now make up the fastest growing percentage of all older Americans.
By 2020, the wave of 85ers will increase to almost 8 million, according to an estimate by the United States Census Bureau. And a popular image that all these ``seniors among seniors'' are physically or mentally limited is not true.
According to government studies, the vast majority of 85ers, like Mr. Alexander, lead alert and active lives. Sociologists say these Americans are the product of an increasingly high standard of living, a life of good habits, varied activities, education, and advances in medical and health care. Many of the 85ers have been financially successful too.
``I came to the conclusion long ago that mental and physical activity was a must,'' says Mr. Alexander, who lives with his wife, Margaret, in a comfortable apartment in Belmont, Massachusetss. He continues to do tax work several days a week for clients, reads widely, travels abroad with his wife, and meets most afternoons with friends at an Armenian social club.
But many other Americans in their 80's, even with families helping, are in poverty, living in inadequate housing, or inferior nursing homes, and are faced with severe physical and mental problems. ``Our nation has not yet faced the issue of seeing all older Americans as productive,'' says Jon Pynoos, associate professor of gerontology at the Andrus Gerontology Center at the University of Southern California.
In the 1980's, the nation's nursing-home population rose 24 percent, with the increase coming mostly from people 85 and older. The number of women in nursing homes now outnumbers men almost 3 to 1, and elderly black women are a disproportionate number of the elderly poor.
The US Census Bureau projects that by 2030 the number of people 65 and over will double to about 65.6 million. The ``baby boomers'' will have reached retirement age and make up over 22 percent of the population.
But as more and more Americans live longer, gerontologists and economists are concerned that the balancing act provided by the Social Security system between workers and retirees will go awry.
Today, five workers financially support one retiree with Social Security deductions. In the future, around 2030, and in a worst case scenario, there might be three workers for every two retirees.
One answer to the doubts of the viability of Social Security's future is to encourage younger Americans not to rely on it exclusively for retirement. ``It's important that we help young workers to save for their own retirements,'' says Pynoos.
``Young workers have to be in situations that are extremely productive,'' he says.


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Toad Hall Day Nursery Southall is one of 15 nurseries run by Toad Hall Nursery Group. It opened in 2002 and operates from three rooms, within a parade of shops on the Windmill Park Estate, Southall, in the London borough of Ealing. A maximum of 50 children may attend the nursery at any one time. The nursery is open from 07:30 to 18:00 for 51 weeks of the year. Children have access to a secure enclosed outdoor play area.


I adapted the Shepherd's Bush Millennium Fob for her because she said red was her favorite color. It's very hard to find a SB design that has red in it! They are all very pastelly. I also sent her a few other goodies, but forgot to take a picture. Michele took a few pictures, which you can see here.
Well, I didn't do any stitching last night. I watched Gilmore Girls and read blogs on my new Pocket PC. :) Love that thing! I'm supposed to go stitching tonight, so I should have some pics tomorrow!
That is so cute! It is hard to find SB charts with red I agree, you did a nice job of this fob. I wish I would have seen that exchange, I would have joined for sure!
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The Language of Trusts
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Many professions and disciplines have their own vocabulary. As an example, think about the terminology used in medicine and law. Often this vocabulary defines complex ideas, yet just as often "terms of art" can be defined with relative ease to a layperson.
Such is the case with much of the language of trust associated with trusts. Below we provide a few of the key terms that you are likely to come across, defined in a way that should aid in your understanding of the estate planning process.
Elements of a trust
Think of a trust as a container, a place to hold assets (for instance, cash or securities). More formally stated, it is an arrangement in which the ownership of assets is given to someone else, the trustee—usually a financial institution such as ours, but sometimes an individual. The trustee keeps possession of and control over the assets in the trust and is said to have legal title of these assets, which allows the trustee to exercise most property rights. The trustee's responsibilities and duties with regards to the trust's assets are delineated in the trust agreement.
The trustee manages the assets in the trust for the trust language beneficiaries, the recipients of the trust's income and principal (sometimes referred to as the corpus of the trust). The beneficiaries are considered to have equitable title to the trust's assets, meaning that they have the right to benefit from the assets managed by the trustee.
For whom trusts are established
The most common term to describe the person who establishes a trust is grantor. On the flip side, beneficiaries are referred to as grantees. (You also may hear the terms settlor or creator to describe the person who sets up a trust.)
An income beneficiary is someone who is entitled to receive only the income generated from the trust's assets. A remainder beneficiary is someone who has been named
to receive the assets in the trust after the interest of a prior beneficiary has been terminated (for example, through death).
Beneficiaries also may be described as either primary or secondary. A primary beneficiary is someone who is entitled to receive immediate benefits from the trust's assets. A secondary beneficiary's interest in a trust is postponed or subordinated to that of the primary beneficiary.
Descriptions examples of trusts
Trusts can be described in a variety of ways, based upon when they are established, as well as the way that they operate.
For example, trusts are referred to as either inter vivos or testamentary. An inter vivos trust example trust—more commonly described as a living trust—is established during the grantor's lifetime. A trust is testamentary when it springs into life after the grantor's death, through his or her will.
Trust may be revocable or irrevocable. A revocable trust is the more flexible of the two. The grantor can make any changes to the trust that he or she feels are warranted, at any time, and can cancel the trust altogether, if necessary. An irrevocable trust is set in stone. The trust agreement may not be changed or canceled. It does, however, have one big plus over a living trust: tax advantages.
Sometimes trust is referred to as a grantor or nongrantor trust. The status of a trust as grantor or nongrantor affects the grantor's federal income and estate tax liability. In a grantor trust, the grantor holds such a degree of control over the trust's assets that he or she is considered the owner of the assets for tax purposes. An intentionally defective is a living trust a grantor trust is a trust created in a manner that allows the grantor to be treated as the owner of the trust for income tax purposes, but not for estate, gift or generation-skipping transfer tax purposes.
Grantor retained annuity trusts (GRATs) and what is a trust grantor retained unitrusts (GRUTs) provide special tax benefits. The grantor transfers highly appreciated assets to a trust at less than their full value, removing the threat of estate tax on the assets (as well as any tax on their future appreciation). With a GRAT the grantor establishes a set amount of income to be paid each year. With GRUT payments are equal to a fixed percentage of the value each year of the assets in the trust.
Kinds of trusts
Sometimes trust is defined by the purpose for which it has been established or for the kind of assets contained in the trust. We'll mention just a few of the more common ones.
1. A charitable remainder trust
A charitable remainder trust is a trust established to allow the grantor or someone whom he or she designates to receive the income from the trust for the beneficiary's lifetime or for a period of years? When the income beneficiary's interest ends, the trust's assets pass to the designated beneficiary.
2. A charitable lead trust
A charitable lead trust mirrors the charitable remainder trust. The charity receives the income from the trust and the trust assets later pass to the beneficiaries named by the grantor. In order to take advantage of the charitable deductions associated with the gifts made, charitable trusts are required to adhere rigorously to a set format.
3. A life insurance trust
A life insurance trust is an irrevocable trust in which a life insurance policy is a chief asset. At the grantor's death, the policy's proceeds pass to the trust for distribution to the beneficiaries according to the directions outlined in the trust agreement. The key advantage: As long as the grantor has given up all of his or her "incidents of ownership" in the policy, the proceeds are not considered part of his or her estate for federal tax purposes.
4. A qualified principal residence trust (QPRT)
A qualified principal residence trust is an irrevocable trust in which the grantor's principal residence or a vacation home is the chief asset. The grantor retains the right to live in the residence for a fixed number of years. Although a taxable gift is made when the property is transferred to the QPRT, if the taxpayer survives until the end of the trust term, the residence will go to the beneficiaries that the grantor has named, often his children, with no further tax consequences.
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The 1%'s Mind Games: Psychology Gone Bad
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"It was miraculous. It was almost no trick at all, he saw, to turn vice into virtue and slander into truth, impotence into abstinence, arrogance into humility, plunder into philanthropy, thievery into honor, blasphemy into wisdom, brutality into patriotism, and sadism into justice. Anybody could do it; it required no brains at all. It merely required no character." -- Joseph Heller, Catch-22
Manipulating Our Core Concerns
While millions of Americans grasp for lifelines amid the unforgiving currents of extreme inequality, multi-millionaires and billionaires comfortably ride the waves and add to their enormous wealth and power. The contrast is jarring to be sure, but it persists nonetheless because self-interested representatives of the 1% have become masters at using manipulative psychological appeals -- I call them "mind games" -- to defuse and misdirect our outrage. And when they succeed, we regrettably lose our bearings about what's happening, what's right, what's possible, and what we must do.
Exploring this phenomenon as a psychologist, my research has led me to a focus on five concerns that are particularly influential in our daily lives: namely, issues of vulnerability, injustice, distrust, superiority and helplessness. Each is associated with a basic question we routinely ask ourselves: Are we safe? Are we treated fairly? Who should we trust? Are we good enough? Can we control what happens to us?
For multiple reasons, these concerns are especially important in this context. First, singly and in combination, they're essential lenses through which we personally interpret events, evaluate our circumstances, and decide what actions, if any, to take. Second, these five concerns extend from individuals to groups; as a result, they're relevant in a very wide range of settings: our interpersonal relationships, family relationships, work relationships, community relationships, and political relationships in local, national, and international spheres. Third, these same concerns have the potential to undermine our capacity for careful and critical thinking because they're frequently linked to hard-to-control emotions, including fear, anger, suspicion, contempt, and despair.
Given their power and pervasiveness, then, it's really not surprising that our concerns about vulnerability, injustice, distrust, superiority and helplessness are prized targets for manipulation. That's why they figure so prominently in the propaganda campaigns of one-percenters who aim to discourage resistance to their narrow, self-aggrandizing agenda. Consider several examples. The 1% feed our vulnerability fears by pushing alarmist accounts of perils in our midst (the "It's a Dangerous World" mind game). They twist our sense of injustice by insisting that they're the ones who are actually being mistreated ("We're the Victims"). They promote distrust and disorganization within the ranks of their opponents by pitting potential allies against each other ("They're Different from Us"). They exploit notions of superiority by portraying the United States as a land of limitless opportunity where the cream always rises to the top ("They're Losers"). And they encourage feelings of helplessness by arguing that today's stark inequalities are the result of powerful forces beyond anyone's control ("Change Is Impossible").
The rich and powerful sometimes use these and related mind games to perpetuate an illegitimate status quo -- for example, opposing universal healthcare ("Change Is Dangerous"), denying climate change ("It's a False Alarm"), blocking sensible gun reform ("We'll All Be Helpless"), and cracking down on dissent ("They're Un-American"). At other times, they use similar appeals to expand their empire -- for instance, by privatizing public education ("We're Fighting Injustice"), by weakening labor unions ("They're Devious and Dishonest"), by slashing corporate taxes ("We've Earned It"), and by pursuing deadly wars of aggression ("Pursuing a Higher Purpose"). Either way, when the 1% succeed in these efforts, few among us are spared the adverse consequences -- especially those Americans already struggling to make ends meet or have their voices heard.
To better understand why the 1%'s mind games work so often, it helps to consider the science of persuasion. Whenever we try to influence someone's attitudes, beliefs, or behaviors, we're engaging in persuasion. A parent may cajole a young child into eating vegetables. A teacher may exhort a student to buckle down. A friend may push for seeing one movie over another. A co-worker may encourage a colleague to try a different approach to complete a difficult assignment. Years of research -- by psychologists such as Elliot Aronson, Robert Cialdini, and Anthony Pratkanis, among others -- have gone a long way toward illuminating key elements of effective persuasion.
Of particular note, persuasion typically follows either of two different paths. One route engages us in a careful, rational evaluation of the arguments presented. As listeners or readers, we review the evidence, assess which claims seem to make sense and which do not, and then draw our conclusions accordingly. With this route, we try to distinguish between strong arguments and weak arguments. It's an approach that has a lot to offer in getting it right. But it requires time, effort, and discernment -- three elements that can be in short supply, especially when we're in a hurry, or we're not very interested in the topic, or we lack important background knowledge and skills.
That's where the second persuasion route comes into play. With this path, our judgments are instead based on considerations quite different from the merits of the arguments themselves. The critical factor here becomes the extent to which the message we hear or read elicits strong emotions, perhaps making us fearful, or angry, or optimistic. This emotional arousal can lead us to ignore the actual quality of the evidence that's being presented to us. For instance, if we're scared enough we may lose the capacity to think and see clearly -- which is just what those offering weak arguments are hoping for.
In much the same way, certain characteristics of a speaker or writer can heighten their credibility regardless of the claims being made. For example, we're more likely to believe someone who's presented as an expert -- even if, unknown to us, this person has been paid to espouse a particular point of view. We're also more readily persuaded by an authority figure -- a parent, teacher, boss, or leader of some sort -- even if they have no expertise about the issue at hand. And we're inclined to accept the arguments offered by those we deem trustworthy and likeable because we tend to see such people as offering honest, objective appraisals unbiased by hidden motives -- even when they're not.
In sum, there are a variety of reasons -- both good and bad, both conscious and unconscious -- why we might be persuaded by an appeal. In some situations, we're given the opportunity to consider carefully formulated arguments that are logical and based on solid evidence. At least as often, however, we find ourselves presented with arguments that have little to do with establishing the truth, despite any appearance to the contrary. The latter is the predatory realm of the 1%'s mind games: they're designed to take full advantage of our fallibility when it comes to figuring out who and what to believe.
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