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Alphabet has appointed Darren Harnett intermediary manager for its affinity partnerships team.
Harnett joined the business mobility provider from CLM Fleet Management, where he served as client relationship manager. He has also held previous roles in the leasing industry focused on the SME market.
At Alphabet, Harnett will be responsible for managing larger clients, and developing strategic and commercial relationships with third-party fleet management providers in the UK.
Harnett said: "I am excited to be joining the intermediary team. I am a strong believer in Alphabet's ethos and forward-thinking approach, especially the laser focus on the customer and breadth of business mobility solutions we offer.
Oliver Stevenson, head of affinity partnerships at Alphabet, said: "Darren's depth of knowledge, connections, and industry experience will be key to pushing the intermediary team onwards and upwards.


The abstract submission is now open for the 2012 IGS sponsored 'International Symposium on Glaciers and Ice Sheets in a Warming Climate' to be held in Fairbanks, Alaska this summer, 25–29 June 2012.
Please go to http://www.igsoc.org/symposia/2012/alaska/ and click on the 'Abstract submission'. Please note the abstract submission for all the symposia and meetings that the IGS is involved with will show up on the submission page. So please be careful to select the correct symposia.
We are organizing two excursions in conjunction with this symposium. A two day pre-symposium excursion into Denali National Park including 'flightseeing'. This is a unique opportunity to visit the park with expert guides and to see some of the wildlife and the fabulous scenery.
You can also preregister for the symposium at http://www.igsoc.org/symposia/2012/alaska/preregistration/, that will ensure you get all the relevant notifications relating to the symposium.


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#KidnappedInParadise, #TakingAShotAtLove, and more – TV Reviews
Kidnapped in Paradise
Kidnapped in Paradise – Review
Kidnapped in Paradise – Lifetime – 2 hours and 0 minutes
Savannah and Brad pack for their vacation with their young daughter Aria. A client calls Savannah, and she promises Brad it will be the last work call before their trip. Savannah won a week-long trip to the Koala Bay Nature Resort in Australia. She vacationed there with her parents as a child, but Savannah hasn't been back for years. Neither of them remembers entering the contest, but they are happy to take the trip. When they arrive by boat, the captain tells them the ferry is the only way on or off the resort. At check-in, they meet the concierge, Jane, who walks them around the hotel. There are numerous opportunities to walk and hike, lakes and pools, and a kids club. If parents want to be alone for dinner, a movie, or any other activity, they can drop their children off at the kids club. After the tour, Jane calls Pete to get their bags and show them to their cabin. The three settle in, but Brad loses sight of Aria playing and begins to panic. Savannah reassures him that Aria is exploring, but Aria doesn't respond to his calls. They run around their cabin and find Aria under the porch playing with a seashell. Relieved, they tell Aria she can't run from them. Later, Brad and Savannah meet their cabin neighbors, Gabby and Nick. They hope this trip will spark a pregnancy after years of trying. Savannah and Brad have a dinner date with the couple that night and feel the tension between them. The next day, Brad and Savannah want to go on a date, so Jane offers to take Aria to the Kids club. Brad and Savannah have a great date, and Brad goes to the cabin while Savannah goes to get Aria. Pete tells Savannah they have no record of Aria being there, and Savannah panics. She has proof that Aria was there, but no one knows where Aria is now. At first, they believe Aria is lost, but when someone sends pictures of the little girl, they know someone kidnapped Aria. Savannah must look inside herself to find the culprit.
Congrats to Lifetime for providing a solid HMM mystery. There were plenty of suspects with unusual behavior from the employees, housekeeping, and the police. At one point or another, you will lose and gain trust for every character in the movie. A sad but honest moment in this movie is during a scene with Brad and Savannah. They start to turn on each other and play the blame game. While some will look at this moment as counter-productive, it's a real glimpse into what these parents go through. By the end, you will feel justified and satisfied with the who and why. Although, you may have mixed feelings about Savannah's final reaction towards the kidnapper. The actors gave solid performances all around.
She's fine honey, she's just exploring – Savannah
Please, be careful – Brad
Taking a Shot at Love – Review
Taking a Shot at Love – Hallmark – 2 hours and 0 minutes
Jenna loves the spirit of dance but not the competition, and that's evident at her ballet studio in the town of Avon. Her students will perform in the town Festival on the main stage. And she couldn't be prouder of them. With this good news, bad follows quickly. Two of her dancers left for a competitive dance team, and her landlord will raise her rent. With less income and more cost, Jenna isn't sure how to make up the difference quickly. After a long day of classes, Jenna sits with her cousin Terry and have dinner. Terry works with the New York Rangers, and his client, Ryan Cooper, suffers from a bad sprain. Ryan trains with the team, but the coach can see Ryan is in pain. If he doesn't get better, Ryan will have to retire. Ryan doesn't know what to do because he tried acupuncture, stem cell injections, and laser treatment. But nothing can make the pain go away. Terry remembers Jenna had the same injury, but she dances without issue today. Jenna tells Terry that Ryan needs to strengthen his smaller muscles to fix his ankle, not the bigger ones he trains in the gym. The best way to strengthen those muscles is with ballet. She recommends some great ballet teachers in New York. Terry takes her suggestions, but he wants her to train Ryan and tells her it pays well. Jenna continues to say no until she can't convince her landlord to lower the rent. Jenna calls Terry and tells him, 'I will rehab Ryan.' As she works on Ryan's ankle, Ryan will work on her flexibility, confidence, and friends.
With a host of cute kids, inspirational quotes, and chemistry, this movie makes up in warmth what it lacks in engagement. With scenes comparable to The Game Plan, this film brings laughs when Ryan tries ballet and feels it's after-effects (FTC Affiliate Disclaimer). While Ryan is consistently late, he isn't selfish. Ryan sees the spark in others and tries to nurture it. Ryan sees boys bullying Felix because he takes ballet and steps in to tell the bullies that he takes classes too. It makes them better at playing hockey. When Jenna's neighbor, Matt, admits to giving up the NHL draft to take over his father's business, Ryan encourages him to get back into hockey, no matter what the position. And Ryan tries to convince Jenna to expanded her business to competitions or a rehab facility. Ryan is a nice guy who needs a watch. This movie inspires you without needing your full attention.
Your life is a perpetual coffee commercial – Erin
Exactly how much money is plenty – Jenna
What did you do to me – Ryan
The Wrong Real Estate Agent – Review
The Wrong Real Estate Agent – LMN – 2 hours and 0 minutes
After getting her life back on track, Julie moves into a new home with her daughter, Maddie, with Charles's help. Charles is Julie's old friend, and his great aunt owned the house. When Maddie's father left Julie, Charles helped Julie get back on her feet and find a broker position. Charles walks Maddie and Julie around the home, but Maddie walks away from the tour. Maddie walks into her room and finds a man standing there. He asks her if the room is her, and she runs out to find Julie. Charles explains that the man is Connor, the handyman. Connor worked for his great aunt and will continue to work on the home for any of their needs. While this reassures Julie, Maddie thinks Connor is creepy. Their first night in the house, Julie believes she can hear something moving in the attic. It keeps her up at night. She goes to the kitchen and sees Maddie can't sleep either. Julie attributes their restlessness to being in a new home, and they try to sleep. The next day, Charles tries to explain how the alarm works but Julie nor Maddie will listen. At work, Julie's friend, Annie, tries to get more information about Julie, her new home, and her love life. Annie believes Charles is in love with Julie, but Julie tells her they are just friends. Annie warns Julie to keep her guard up regardless. The next day, Julie calls Connor about the noises in the attic. As he checks it out, Annie comes over to visit. Before she can knock on the door, TJ, Julie's neighbor, stops her. He wanted to make contact with Julie for days but keeps missing her. As the days go by, weird things keep happening to Julie, like, her clothes go missing, her shower is dripping, and she still hears sounds. But when someone goes missing, the truth will be behind a locked door.
While this movie tries to add mystery with a slew of suspects, the antagonist acts so weirdly it's obvious who the bad guy is. At some point, you will start to wonder if he is on drugs. While the plot tries to play his behavior off as eccentric, a loyal Lifetimer can see the writing on the wall. This plot is predictable, but it adds words of wisdom through Annie. And there is a moment Julie catches Shane, Maddie's boyfriend, in her bedroom in the middle of the night. That moment is pure gold and saves the film. Save this movie for a rainy day in the house.
I'm just trying to win you back – Charles
You have to advocate for yourself. If you don't, no one else will – Annie
I know him well enough – Julie
So, you really are a gentleman – Maddy
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#ObsessedWithTheBabysitter, #TheWrongFiance, and more – TV Reviews

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local pcall = pcall
local ipairs = ipairs

hook.Add("PostDrawTranslucentRenderables", "unit.RenderUnits", function()
	local ok, err = true

	local unitsToDraw = {}
	local count = 1
	for _, unit in ipairs( unit.GetAll() ) do
		if( unit:ShouldDraw() ) then
			unitsToDraw[count] = unit
			count = count + 1
		end
	end

	ok, err = pcall( DrawUnitCircles, unitsToDraw )

	if not ok then
		ErrorNoHalt("Error DrawUnitcircles: ", err, "\n")
	end

	for _, u in ipairs( unitsToDraw ) do
			ok, err = pcall(u.Draw, u)
	end

	if not ok then
		ErrorNoHalt("Error unit.Draw: ", err, "\n")
	end
end)

local function RunSequence( Model, Anim )

	if(Model.Anim ~= Anim) then
		if(RealTime() < Model.NextAnim) then return end
		local Sequence = Model:LookupSequence(Anim)
		if(Sequence >= 0) then
			Model.Anim = Anim
			Model:SetCycle(0)
			Model:SetSequence(Sequence)
		else
			ErrorNoHalt("Invalid Sequence | ", Anim, "\n")
		end
	end
end

local CircleModel = ClientsideModel( "models/sassilization/flatcircle.mdl" )
CircleModel:SetNoDraw( true )
local CircleModelScale = Vector( 1, 1, 1 )

MaterialWhite = CreateMaterial( "WhiteMaterial1", "VertexLitGeneric", {
    ["$basetexture"] = "color/white",
    ["$vertexalpha"] = "1",
    ["$model"] = "1",
} )

function DrawUnitCircles( units )
	local time = RealTime()
	local offset = math.sin( time * 4 )
	local unit
	local count = #units

	--TODO: Cull the units table and only draw for units which are visible

	render.SetStencilEnable( true )
	render.ClearStencil()
	render.SetStencilFailOperation( STENCILOPERATION_KEEP )
	render.SetStencilZFailOperation( STENCILOPERATION_REPLACE )
	render.SetStencilPassOperation( STENCILOPERATION_REPLACE )
	render.SetStencilCompareFunction( STENCILCOMPARISONFUNCTION_ALWAYS )
	render.SetStencilReferenceValue( 4 )
	render.SetStencilWriteMask( 0 )

	render.SetBlend( 0 )
	render.MaterialOverride( MaterialWhite )

	for i = 1, count do
		unit = units[i]

		if (unit.PreviewSelect) then
			CircleModel:SetPos( unit:GetGroundPos() + VECTOR_UP * 0.1 )

			local ang = unit:GetGroundNormal():Angle()

			ang.p = ang.p + 90

			CircleModel:SetAngles(ang)

			local mat = Matrix()
			mat:Scale( CircleModelScale * unit.Size * 1.05 )
			CircleModel:EnableMatrix( "RenderMultiply", mat )

			CircleModel:SetupBones()
			CircleModel:DrawModel()
		end
	end

	render.MaterialOverride()
	render.SetBlend( 1 )

	render.SetStencilCompareFunction( STENCILCOMPARISONFUNCTION_EQUAL )
	render.SetStencilPassOperation( STENCILOPERATION_REPLACE )
	render.SetStencilReferenceValue( 0 )
	render.SetStencilTestMask( 4 )

	for i = 1, count do

		unit = units[i]
		if(unit.PreviewSelect) then
			unit:DrawPreviewCircle( unit:GetGroundPos(), time, offset )
		end

	end

	render.ClearStencil()
	render.SetStencilEnable( true )
	render.SetStencilFailOperation( STENCILOPERATION_KEEP )
	render.SetStencilZFailOperation( STENCILOPERATION_REPLACE )
	render.SetStencilPassOperation( STENCILOPERATION_REPLACE )
	render.SetStencilCompareFunction( STENCILCOMPARISONFUNCTION_ALWAYS )
	render.SetStencilReferenceValue( 4 )
	render.SetStencilWriteMask( 4 )

	render.SetBlend( 0 )
	render.MaterialOverride( MaterialWhite )

	for i = 1, count do
		unit = units[i]

		if (unit:GetSelected()) then
			CircleModel:SetPos( unit:GetGroundPos() + VECTOR_UP * 0.1 )

			local ang = unit:GetGroundNormal():Angle()

			ang.p = ang.p + 90

			CircleModel:SetAngles( ang )

			local mat = Matrix()
			mat:Scale( CircleModelScale * unit.Size * 0.7 )
			CircleModel:EnableMatrix( "RenderMultiply", mat )

			CircleModel:SetupBones()
			CircleModel:DrawModel()
		end
	end

	render.MaterialOverride()
	render.SetBlend( 1 )

	render.SetStencilCompareFunction( STENCILCOMPARISONFUNCTION_EQUAL )
	render.SetStencilPassOperation( STENCILOPERATION_REPLACE )
	render.SetStencilReferenceValue( 4 )
	render.SetStencilTestMask( 4 )

	for i = 1, count do

		unit = units[i]
		if(unit:GetSelected()) then

			unit:DrawSelectedCircle( unit:GetGroundPos() )

		end

	end

	render.SetStencilEnable( false )

	for i = 1, count do
		units[i]:DrawCircle()
	end
end

hook.Add("RenderScene", "unit.SetupDrawableUnits", function()

	local units = unit.GetAll()
	local count = #units

	for i=1, count do

		units[i].b_ShouldDraw = false

	end

end )

-- local function PostDrawUnits()

	-- local ok, err = true

	-- for _, unit in ipairs( unit.GetAll() ) do

		-- if( unit:ShouldDraw() ) then
			-- ok, err = pcall(unit.PostDraw, unit)
			-- unit.b_ShouldDraw = false
		-- end

		-- if not ok then
			-- ErrorNoHalt(err, "\n")
		-- end

	-- end

-- end
-- hook.Add("PostDrawOpaqueRenderables", "unit.PostDrawUnits", PostDrawUnits)

local function RenderScene()
	-- local time = CurTime()
	local ft = FrameTime()
	local SAUnit = Unit
	for id, Unit in ipairs(unit.GetAll()) do
		if( SAUnit:ValidUnit( Unit ) and IsValid(Unit.Entity) ) then
			RunSequence(Unit.Entity, Unit.Anim)
			Unit.Entity:FrameAdvance( ft )
			Unit.Entity:SetRenderOrigin( Unit:GetPos() )
			if( Unit:IsNetworked() ) then

				-- Unit.lastRender = Unit.lastRender or time
				-- local dt = Unit.lastRender - time
				-- if( Unit.lastPos and Unit.lastPos ~= Unit:GetHullPos() ) then
					Unit:SetPos( Lerp( 0.15, Unit:GetPos(), Unit:GetHullPos() - Unit.RenderOrigin ) )
					-- Unit:SetPos( Unit:GetHullPos() - Unit.RenderOrigin )

					Unit:SetAngles(Unit:GetDirAng())
					-- Unit.lastPos = Unit:GetHullPos()
				-- else
					-- Unit.lastPos = Unit:GetHullPos()
					-- Unit:SetPos( Lerp( 0.05, Unit:GetPos(), Unit:GetHullPos() - Unit.RenderOrigin ) )
					-- Unit:SetPos( Unit:GetHullPos() - Unit.RenderOrigin )
					-- Unit:SetAngles( Unit:GetDirAng() )
				-- end

				local vel = Unit:GetVelocity()
				Unit:SetPos( Unit:GetPos() + vel * dt )

				vel.z = 0

				local len = vel:Length()

				if (Unit.Jumping) then
					Unit.Anim = "jump"
					Unit.Entity:SetPlaybackRate( 1 )
				else
					if ( len > 1 ) then
						Unit.Anim = Unit:GetMoveAnim()
						Unit.Entity:SetPlaybackRate( len / 30 )
					else
						Unit.Anim = "idle"
						Unit.Entity:SetPlaybackRate( 1 )
					end
				end

				-- Unit.lastRender = time

			end
		end
	end
end

hook.Add( "RenderScene", "unit.RenderScene", function()

	local ok, err = pcall(RenderScene)

	if not ok then
		ErrorNoHalt(err, "\n")
	end

end )


The sp hybrid orbitals in gaseous BeCl2.
The sp2 hybrid orbitals in BF3.
The sp3 hybrid orbitals in CH4.
The sp3 hybrid orbitals in NH3.
The sp3 hybrid orbitals in H2O.
The sp3d hybrid orbitals in PCl5.
The sp3d2 hybrid orbitals in SF6.
분자모양을 결정한다. 이로부터, 관련된 혼성 궤도함수 형태를 예상한다.
각 중심 원자의 혼성 전후의 부분적 궤도함수 도식을 나타내본다.
(b) SF4 has a seesaw shape with 4 bonding and 1 nonbonding e- pairs.
필요한 혼성 궤도함수의 형태를 예상할 수 있다.
and p bonds in ethylene (C2H4).
and p bonds in acetylene (C2H2).
Electron density and bond order.
11.2 Describe the types of bonds and orbitals in acetone, (CH3)2CO.
형태를 예측한다. 이때, C와 O의 결합에서 다중결합에 유의한다.
collection of nuclei surrounded by delocalized molecular orbitals.
(region of high electron density exists between the nuclei).
(a node of zero electron density occurs between the nuclei).
An analogy between light waves and atomic wave functions.
molecular orbitals (MOs) in H2.
energy than the AOs that combined to form them.
The MO diagram for H2.
same concept as filling atomic orbitals.
결합차수를 구할 수 있고, 본문에 설명된 것처럼 전자배치를 하도록 한다.
Bonding in s-block homonuclear diatomic molecules.
combinations of 2p atomic orbitals.
Explain these facts with diagrams that show the sequence and occupancy of MOs.
직접적으로 연관되어 있고, 결합 길이와는 반비례한다는 것을 유의하라.
N2 has 10 valence electrons, so N2+ has 9.
O2 has 12 valence electrons, so O2+ has 11.
결합성 MO나 반결합성 MO가 형성된다.
영역 밖에 분포하며, 따라서 원자 궤도함수들에 비해 높은 에너지를 갖는다.
전자는 반대 스핀으로 짝지어져 에너지 순서에 따라 MO에 채워진다.
자기적 성질을 설명할 수 있다.
the molecular geometry of NH3 be?
orbitals to form a new set of hybrid orbitals.
How do I predict the hybridization of the central atom?
1. Draw the Lewis structure of the molecule.
Describe the bonding in CH2O.
stability than the atomic orbitals from which it was formed.
equal to the number of atomic orbitals combined.
3. The filling of MOs proceeds from low to high energies.
4. Each MO can accommodate up to two electrons.
all the electrons on the bonding atoms.
Chemistry In Action: Buckyball Anyone?


Launching publicly last week is secure messaging platform, Symphony. Previously in private beta with 30,000 users, the firm's enterprise edition is earning the distinction of a being referred to a 'Bloomberg killer' as it battles against the financial giant's Terminal business. But can Symphony really be a Bloomberg killer, and what are the ramifications to the rest of the fintech market?
Why everyone wants to kill Kenny Bloomberg?
The first question is what's so special about Bloomberg that every now and then we hear about a 'mythical' Bloomberg killer arriving to dethrone the giant. The short answer is $$$ and lots of it. At an estimated 300,000 Bloomberg Terminal users that are paying $20,000 a year for the product, it is a $6 billion market that fintech firms are aiming to disrupt. And, it's not just Bloomberg, taking into account 200,000 Reuters Terminal users, and the market for financial terminals calculates to about $10 billion in yearly costs absorbed by financial firms that include the largest banks, brokers, asset managers, hedge funds and professional traders.
The truth is that Bloomberg has done a great job of adding lots of features and tools to their Terminal to entice users to remain on the platform. At its core, the Bloomberg Terminal provides real time headlines, news, data on nearly every asset type and global market, company financial data, and analysis tools.
In addition, Bloomberg offers a front end trading platform solution that can be used to connect with other users to trade for free. An example is the foreign exchange market, where through the FXGO trading platform banks can provide liquidity to their customers. Due to its popularity, many regional banks are simply shunning the use of offering their own trading platforms to clients, as they are able to stream liquidity to them through FXGO and other similar platforms such as those from 360T and Thomson Reuters.
Most notable among the Terminal's free features, is its messaging platform. The system connects all Terminal users and has become the social network for Wall Street where they can share trading ideas, receive advice, create private groups and in the case of the FX Fix rigging scandal, collaborate to manipulate the market. Allowing users to message each both in and out of their company, the messaging platform's hold as the social network of Wall Street has led it to become so popular that there are plenty of users that primary only use the Terminal for messaging.
In an era where messaging platforms and social networks are a multi-billion dollar market, with products like Facebook, Twitter, SnapChat and WhatsApp garnering massive valuations, Bloomberg is unique in that it actually charges for services that are nearly always free. The value though isn't with Bloomberg's messaging platform, as much as for exclusivity of its network. As long as banks and buy-side funds believe they are recouping their $20,000 a year investment by having the Terminal, they will continue to avail it for their employees.
Why do we care about Symphony?
With that in mind, simply marketing to Wall Street a messaging platform isn't enough to dethrone Bloomberg. Yes, Symphony has created a product that they believe will satisfy the needs of financial clients such as focusing on security and compliance. The product is also priced at $30 a month which at $360 a year compares to Bloomberg's $20,000. However, without the network of important users, Symphony isn't much different from any other free or low cost solutions like Skype or Slack.
The reason why people believe 'this time it's different' is that Symphony is backed by Wall Street itself. In October 2014, a consortium of investment banks and buy-side firms led by Goldman Sachs invested $66 million in Symphony (previously named Perzo). Included in the deal are a who's who of global financial firms including Citi, Citadel, Deutsche Bank, JPMorgan, Morgan Stanley, BlackRock and UBS. As a result, Symphony isn't just coming to market being targeted at financial firms, but those very same firms are the stakeholders to promote its use and to create a viable Bloomberg Terminal messaging network.
The question remains whether people will actually leave the Terminal? In this regard, the final answer is expected to come down to economics. If the Symphony network becomes established enough where minimal Terminal users are getting 95% of what they need from the messaging platform, then the $360 vs $20,000 equation becomes a compelling one for companies to decrease their Bloomberg users.
Specifically, it can be expected that the decision of whether to get rid of the Terminal for employees is whether they are RGEs or NRGEs. The Sesame Street Wall Street letters of the day equate to; RGE – Revenue Generating Employees versus NRGEs – Non-Revenue Generating Employees.
Overall, the Bloomberg killer question will come down to money. For big swingers such as traders and key analysts that use many features of the Terminal and rely on the messaging platform for their trades, the use cases are expected to continue to justify the costs. But, for NRGEs that simply have basic needs of the Terminal but use the messaging platform, a lower cost alternative like Symphony becomes a compelling case for financial firms.
While financial firms may find Symphony to be a lower cost alternative for their employees, the reality is that the Bloomberg Terminal offers many other non-messaging features that will have to be replaced. For the rest of the fintech sector, the unbundling of the Terminal creates an opportunity for providers of niche services.
In regards to Symphony itself, the firm has been reported to be experimenting with a market data solution that users only pay for searched queries and requested information. Such a solution would be similar to that of SuperDerivatives which markets customized data services.
Other unbundling opportunities are in real time news and sentiment analysis sector, where many startups have been creating products to alert traders of upcoming moves in the market. Other niches are for illiquid assets, where a number of new firms are providing solutions to value and analyze securities where price discovery is minimal.
Overall, it remains to be seen whether Symphony's messaging platform becomes a real alternative to Bloomberg's. But, if it can, then more than being a Bloomberg killer, it has the ability to usher in a new wave of unbundling the financial market data market, and putting $10 billion of the sector up for grabs.
So if ex Bloomberg terminal users were to start using Symphony for messaging, what would they use for charting and data?
You also did not compare the features against #2, which seems to be Reuters terminal. I.e. What makes bloomberg terminal so great vs Reuters? And why would professional trader want to leave either one?


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Lucius Domitius Apollinaris was a Roman senator of the late first century. He is best known for his literary activities, as an acquaintance of Pliny the Younger and a patron of the poet Martial. He was appointed suffect consul in the nundinium of July to August 97 with Sextus Hermentidius Campanus as his colleague.

Martial dedicated three of the books of his epigrams to Apollinaris: the fourth, seventh, and eleventh.

Life
The family origins of Apollinaris lie in Vercellae in Northwestern Italy. Thanks to the ingenuous identification of Apollinaris with the subject of a headless inscription found in Asia Minor by Werner Eck, we know most of the earliest steps of his cursus honorum. Apollinaris' first recorded republican magistracy was quaestor, which was followed by plebeian tribune, and praetor. Then he was appointed one of the nine curatores viarum, or curator of the public roads, in Italy. This was followed by two terms of service as legatus legionis or commander, first of the Legio XVI Flavia Firma, then of Legio VI Ferrata which was stationed in Syria. Eck suspects his command of Legio VI was during the governorship of Publius Valerius Patruinus (AD 87–91), for Patruinus was the father of Apollinaris' wife, Valeria Vetilla. After concluding his command of Legio VI Ferrata, Apollinaris returned to Rome to serve as prefect of the aerarium militare for three years.

At this point we know of his career from other sources. It has been long known that Apollinaris was governor of Lycia et Pamphylia from 93 to 96. An inscription recovered from Xanthos by A. Ballard records his name and the other members of his family, who are assumed to have been living in Lycia with him. After his return from Lycia, Apollinaris returned to Rome. It is at this time that we have one of our earliest glimpses of him. In a letter to Quadratus (Epistulae, IX.13), Pliny recalls his prosecution after the assassination of Domitian of the delator or informer Publicius Certus. One of the five senators who had spoken against this prosecution was Apollinaris; Pliny's description of him as "consul designate" firmly places it in this period. Despite Apollinaris' speech, Pliny was able to convince the senate to approve the prosecution. Although the emperor Nerva failed to act on the motion to prosecute, Certus was passed over in consideration for a consulship, and in any event fell ill and died soon afterwards.

Our next glimpse of Apollinaris is from one of Martial's poems (10.12), addressed to him after stepping down as consul.

Apparently the disagreement over Publicius Certus was not sharp enough to poison the friendship between Apollinaris and Pliny, for around the time of his consulate Pliny wrote to him in support of Sextius Erucius' candidacy for plebeian tribune. Unfortunately, this is the last time we can assign a date to any mention of his activities.

Pliny addressed one more letter to Apollinaris. Apparently Pliny wrote to him about taking a vacation on his estate in Tuscany, and Apollinaris replied to this news with alarm for Pliny's health. The existing letter is a reply to explain his estate is located in a desirable region of Etruria, and includes an extensive description of Pliny's villa at Tifernum (the modern Città di Castello). In this letter, Pliny makes a pointed allusion to the location of his three rural estates, since we know through one of Martial's poems Apollinaris owned villas in several more fashionable locations that include Tusculum, Algidus, Praeneste, and Antium.

Family
Apollinaris' family is better documented than those of most of his contemporaries. We know the name of his wife, Valeria Vetilla, the daughter of Publius Valerius Patruinus, suffect consul in the year 82. Two of their children are attested by inscriptions on a series of statues found in Xanthos; a third is surmised by Ronald Syme:

Together they had at least three children:
 Domitius Patruinus, whose daughter Domitia Vetilla married Lucius Roscius Paculus, suffect consul around 136.
 Domitius Seneca, who married Claudia Decmina; their son Domitius Seneca was governor of Lycia et Pamphylia c. 136
 Domitia Vettilla, a daughter or possibly granddaughter; she was the second wife of Lucius Neratius Marcellus, suffect consul in 95 and ordinary consul in 129. Their marriage allied the family with the more powerful gens Neratia.

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1st-century Romans
Roman governors of Lycia et Pamphylia
Suffect consuls of Imperial Rome
Apollinaris, Lucius Domitius

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The Global Mechanism of the UNCCD and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in collaboration with multiple partners, have published the Briefing note and Technical report Land Degradation Neutrality in Small Island Developing States.
The report presents the Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN) vision created by Small Island Developing States (SIDS) and shows how SIDS are linking their sustainable land management agendas with areas relevant to achieving their Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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Land degradation undermines the economic potential in SIDS because it exacerbates the environmental vulnerabilities unique to SIDS, such as climate change, flash floods, soil erosion, lagoon siltation, coastal erosion and sea level rise
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Investment in land will be important for SIDS to drive transformational change, and synergies across all sectors are needed
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Land-use management and the urbanization process are very complex issues for SIDS due to their limited land resources. The adverse effects of climate change and land degradation now pose an existential threat to SIDS.
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Government must explain removal of support for onshore wind, advisers say
Lords Deben and Krebs say end of subsidies is political step by government, which must explain cost and what will be done instead to meet targets
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The government must 'allow people to know what the cost is going to be [of stopping onshore wind subsidies],' said Lord Deben on the climate change committee. Photograph: Christopher Thomond/The Guardian
The government must explain how its withdrawal of support from onshore windfarms will affect the cost of meeting greenhouse gas emissions targets, and urgently set out plans for alternative electricity generation, its statutory advisors on climate change have said.
One of the first policy announcements from the incoming Conservative government was that support for onshore windfarms would be withdrawn from 2016, and planning procedures put in place that will make it much harder for any new windfarms to be brought forward.
This is likely to severely restrict the development of any new onshore wind farms in England, despite the fact that they are the cheapest form of renewable electricity generation. This in turn will push up the cost of reducing emissions, and meeting renewable energy targets set for 2020.
UK and France 'may miss EU renewable energy target'
Lord Deben, the chairman of the committee on climate change, said that the job of the committee stopped short of advocating particular measures, but that it could advise ministers on the likely overall effect of their climate policies. He said: "This [end of subsidies to onshore wind] is a political step by the government, and it is perfectly reasonable for them to do – as long as they are prepared to allow people to know what the cost is going to be, and what they are going to do instead [to meet climate targets]."
Under the Climate Change Act, ministers must respond to the committeeby mid-October. This means the government will be forced for the first time to put a price on its controversial quasi-ban on new onshore wind farms, and set out how the resulting shortfall in renewable energy generation will be made up.
The committee on climate change, set up under the Climate Change Act to advise ministers on how to meet long-term greenhouse gas targets, produced its first mandatory report on Tuesday, setting out its assessment of previous policy and its projections of whether the UK would meet its future carbon targets.
The report found that although there had been progress in meeting targets up to now, there is doubt over policies beyond 2020. Unless there is clarity on longer term policies, investment in vital infrastructure – such as renewable energy, greater efficiency and lower-carbon transport – is likely to be deterred.
Deben added that so-called subsidies to renewable energy were not true subsidies. "Fossil fuels are subsidised, as fossil fuel [companies] do not bear the cost to the community. Support for renewable energy is a way of levelling the playing field so they can compete."
He said that onshore wind was now on a par, in cost terms, with fossil fuels, if the real cost of carbon emissions was factored in, and that taxpayer support for renewable technologies was rapidly bringing down their cost.
Matthew Bell, chief executive of the committee, said: "Investors have no idea what the framework will be [beyond 2020] to allow them to analyse and make their investments." He said policies needed to be brought forward as a matter of urgency in the new parliament.
The Department of Energy and Climate Change said: "We are committed to meeting our climate change target of an 80% emissions reduction by 2050. We have already made great strides to that goal, with emissions down 30% since 1990. There's still much work to do and we will continue to power our move to a low-carbon economy at best value to consumers."
Green campaigners urged ministers to act. Simon Bullock, the senior climate campaigner at Friends of the Earth, said: "This report turns up the political heat on the government, with crucial decisions due imminently on new runways and coal that could lock us into decades of pollution. Ministers must listen to the alternatives recommended by its official advisor: more support for clean energy, better insulated homes, and a huge energy efficiency drive."
The report is likely to be more controversial among Conservative backbenchers, some of whom are hostile to the Climate Change Act, which sets out emissions limits more than a decade ahead for the UK, in the form of "carbon budgets". Ministers must show how their policies will meet these budgets.
The report also included sharp criticism of the UK's readiness for tackling the effects of climate change, saying that the government's current national adaptation plan "does not amount to a coherent programme" and urging action on flood defences, water supply, reducing heat stress and soil fertility.
Hospitals merit particular attention, according to Lord Krebs, chairman of the sub-committee on adaptation, because nine out of 10 wards currently are liable to over-heat in the hotter temperatures that are likely to become the norm.
Nick Baveystock, director general of the Institution of Civil Engineers, said ministers must act: "There is a growing need for a more comprehensive approach to UK resilience, one that better reflects interdependencies, or the domino effect where the failure of one system, such as a flood defence, affects the operation of the other networks [such as water and sewage, transport, power and telecommunications]."
Six recommendations from the committee on climate change
Extend funding for low-carbon electricity generation to 2025, to support investment and innovation and to continue cutting costs
Agree an action plan that delivers low-carbon heat and energy efficiency to allow homes to be heated for less while addressing the risks from rising temperatures and flooding
Continue support for efficient, low-emission vehicles to save drivers money
Develop new infrastructure that helps to combat climate change and is resilient to its impacts
Act to preserve the fertility and organic content of soils and counter the decline in productive farmland


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The 1995 Academy League was the second tier/division of British speedway. It was effectively the same division of teams that had competed in the 1994 British League Division 3 but was renamed because the British League Division 1 and 2 had merged.

Summary
The title was won by Berwick Bandits who had also won the previous season's Division 3 title.

Final league table

Cleveland Bays withdrew.

Academy League Knockout Cup
The 1995 Academy League Knockout Cup was the 28th edition of the Knockout Cup for tier two teams.

It was only the tier two competition because the Division 1 & 2 had merged, this meant that the newly formed Academy League was tier two of British speedway at the time. Berwick Bandits were awarded the Cup following a first leg final victory, Stoke did not hold the second leg.

Final

Riders' Championship
1st Kevin Little (Berwick)
2nd Chris Cobby (Stoke)
3rd Andre Compton (Buxton)

See also
List of United Kingdom Speedway League Champions
Knockout Cup (speedway)

References

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The world can be a really awful place. If you pay attention to the news — and I mean if you, like, literally, read just one top news headline — that much is clear. It can be hard to find news that makes you feel hopeful and positive about the present… and the future… and humanity in general. But then, every once in a while, something lovely and innocent and adorable happens that makes you feel good, even if just for a few moments. On May 22, that something is this: as reported on BBC, a dog befriended nine orphaned baby ducks on the grounds of Mountfitchet Castle in the U.K, and the photos are honestly almost too adorable to take in.
According to BBC, dog's name is Fred, and he is a perfect 10-year-old Labrador who embodies everything happy in this world. Fred has recently become the father to nine tiny ducklings at Mountfitchet Castle, which is a tourist attraction near London's Stansted Airport in Essex, in the United Kingdom. The castle is home to many rescued animals, although Fred is the "resident dog."
As for how Fred came to be the unofficial bestie of these nine ducklings, according to BBC, the staff had noticed that the ducklings weren't with their mother, and they couldn't seem to find her. One spokeswoman told BBC they were "very worried" when the mother disappeared on Thursday, because the ducklings were "looking a little bit lost."
Luckily, Fred, one of my new favorite animals ever, stepped in to take over. A staff member said to BBC, "Fred… immediately took to them and has been babysitting ever since." Staff members have said that Fred and the ducklings have been cuddling, and that they've also been following Fred around — even going into the castle moat for a swim with him and sleeping in his dog bed together. Can you imagine seeing that in person? The cute factor would be completely off the charts.
Animals adopting other animals is also instinctual. Jenny Holland, author of Unlikely Friendships, told National Geographic, "Instinctively animals take care of young to help them survive and therefore pass on the family DNA. So I think there's some hard wiring in there that leads them to offer care to another animal in need. If it isn't a relative, there may be some wires crossed, but I think the behavior comes from the same place."
As for Fred and the ducklings? According to BBC, Goldsmith believes they'll only be together for a few more weeks, until the ducklings will be free to leave the castle if they'd like. But who knows? I'd prefer for them to stay friends forever — just like a Disney movie.
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Fathers given boosts of the hormone oxytocin show increased activity in brain regions associated with reward and empathy when viewing photos of their toddlers, a new study finds. The journal Hormones and Behavior published the results of the study, the first to look at the influence of both oxytocin and vasopressin – another hormone linked to social bonding – on brain function in human fathers.
A new study looks at the association between tiredness, genetics, environment and health.
A genetic 'switch' has been discovered by researchers at the University of Leicester which could help to prevent or delay the symptoms of Parkinson's disease. In a paper published in the journal Cell Death and Differentiation, the team discovered that a gene called ATF4 plays a key role in Parkinson's disease, acting as a 'switch' for genes that control mitochondrial metabolism for neuron health.
A new study supports olfactory testing as an early method to detect those at risk of develop dementia.
Researchers have experimentally confirmed the hypothesis, whereby comprehension of a word's meaning involves not only the 'classic' language brain centres but also the cortical regions responsible for the control of body muscles, such as hand movements. The resulting brain representations are, therefore, distributed across a network of locations involving both areas specialised for language processing and those responsible for the control of the associated action.
Better quality sleep is linked to improved emotions and fewer stressors the next day, researchers report.
New research shows that patients with mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI), even without evidence of brain lesions, may exhibit changes in brain connectivity detectable at the time of the injury that can aid in diagnosis and predicting the effects on cognitive and behavioural performance at 6 months.
Finally this week, preschool aged children who took naps after learning new verbs better understood the word when tested 24 hours later, a new study reports.
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Researchers at the University of Miami find that large-scale connectivity in autism changes with age.
Although scientists know that depression affects the brain, they don't know why some people respond to treatment while others do not. Now a team of researchers has shown for the first time in a large cohort of patients that electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), sometimes referred to as shock treatment, change certain areas of the brain that play a role in how people feel, learn and respond to positive and negative environmental factors.
Research by biologists at the University of York has identified new mechanisms potentially driving progression of an aggressive form of dementia.
A new study shows that the act of remembering leads to the subtle forgetting of other memories.
When we look at a known word, our brain sees it like a picture, not a group of letters needing to be processed. That's the finding from a Georgetown University Medical Center (GUMC) study published in the Journal of Neuroscience, which shows the brain learns words quickly by tuning neurons to respond to a complete word, not parts of it.
Scientists at the University of Bonn have discovered a new cause of temporal lobe epilepsy.
Brown fat tissue, the body's "good fat," communicates with the brain through sensory nerves, possibly sharing information that is important for fighting human obesity, such as how much fat we have and how much fat we've lost, according to research published in the Journal of Neuroscience.
Finally this week, people who have suffered serious head injuries show changes in brain structure resembling those seen in older people, according to a new study.
Brain scans of meditators and non-meditators. Areas of the brain affected by aging (in red) are fewer and less widespread in people who meditate, bottom row, than in people who don't meditate. Negative correlations between local gray matter and age. Displayed are maximum intensity projections superimposed onto the SPM standard glass brain (sagittal, coronal, axial). Shown, in red, are significant negative age-related correlations within controls (top) and meditators (bottom). Significance profiles are corrected for multiple comparisons via controlling the family-wise error (FWE) rate at p ≤ 0.05. Note the less extended clusters in meditators compared to controls. Credit: Frontiers in Psychology.
New brain research findings suggest long-term meditation may lead to less age-related gray matter atrophy in the human brain.
A new study has revealed that many mental disorders share a common structure in the brain. Six conditions were examined and found to be connected by the loss of gray matter in three specific areas related to cognitive functions such as self-control.
A new paper argues that there is a widespread misunderstanding about the true nature of traumatic brain injury and how it causes chronic degenerative problems.
New research finds that there is not a single type of schizophrenia, as thought, but 8 different genetic diseases.
Scientists have discovered that babies of the age from 9 to 16 months remember the names of objects better if they had a short nap. And only after sleeping can they transfer learned names to similar new objects.
Cocaine addicted individuals may continue their habit despite unfavourable consequences like imprisonment or loss of relationships because their brain circuits responsible for predicting emotional loss are impaired, according to a study published in The Journal of Neuroscience.
Scientists have discovered how a 'mini-brain' in the spinal cord aids in balance.
UCLA neurophysicists have found that space-mapping neurons in the brain react differently to virtual reality than they do to real-world environments. Their findings could be significant for people who use virtual reality for gaming, military, commercial, scientific or other purposes.
New research has highlighted the structural improvements on the brain observed in bilingual people who immerse themselves in two languages.
Good sleep in young and middle-aged people helps boost memory up to 28 years later, a new review of the evidence finds.
For the first time, scientists have revealed a mechanism underlying the cellular degeneration of upper motor neurons, a small group of neurons in the brain recently shown to play a major role in ALS pathology.
Finally this week, we know that our existence depends on a bit of evolutionary genius aptly nicknamed "fight or flight." But where in our brain does the alarm first go off, and what other parts of the brain are mobilized to express fear and remember to avoid danger in the future? New research sheds some light on this question.
The human brain using colors and shapes to show neurological differences between two people. Credit Arthur Toga, University of California, Los Angeles via NIGMS.
While many different combinations of genetic traits can cause autism, brains affected by autism share a pattern of ramped-up immune responses, an analysis of data from autopsied human brains reveals. The study, published online in the journal Nature Communications, included data from 72 autism and control brains.
Teenagers who have suffered a traumatic brain injury are twice as likely to drink alcohol or use drugs when compared with whose who have never experienced a similar blow or trauma to the head.
Activating the brain's amygdala, an almond-shaped mass that processes emotions, can create an addictive, intense desire for sugary foods, a new study found. Rewards such as sweet, tasty food or even addictive drugs like alcohol or cocaine can be extremely attractive when this brain structure is triggered. And another study, led by researchers at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, revealed that the brains of obese children literally light up differently when tasting sugar.
Scientists have discovered a link between sleep loss and cell injury. Results of a new study find sleep deprivation causes the damage to cells, especially in the liver, lung, and small intestine. Recovery sleep following deprivation heals the damage.
Neural circuits that activate when we daydream run in the opposite direction to how we process reality, a new study finds.
Yale researchers using a new brain imaging analysis method have confirmed that smoking cigarettes activates a dopamine-driven pleasure and satisfaction response differently in men compared to women.
Whether we're paying attention to something we see can be discerned by monitoring the firings of specific groups of brain cells. Now, new work from Johns Hopkins shows that the same holds true for the sense of touch.
Serious, long-term stress can have dire consequences for your brain. That's because the immune system and the brain are intimately related, say researchers at the Ruhr University Bochum, Germany.
In the current issue of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics a new study identifies biological characteristics who may predict who is going to respond to psychotherapy.
Some high school football players exhibit measurable brain changes after a single season of play even in the absence of concussion, according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America. Meanwhile, as debate increases about whether female lacrosse players should wear headgear, a new study reports measurements of the accelerations that stick blows deliver to the head. The study also measured the dampening effect of various kinds of headgear.
Quitting smoking sets off a series of changes in the brain that researchers say may better identify smokers who will start smoking again.
Everyday events are easy to forget, but unpleasant ones can remain engraved in the brain. A new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences identifies a neural mechanism through which unpleasant experiences are translated into signals that trigger fear memories by changing neural connections in a part of the brain called the amygdala. The findings show that a long-standing theory on how the brain forms memories, called Hebbian plasticity, is partially correct, but not as simple as was originally proposed.
Earlier research showed that progranulin levels were elevated near plaques in the brains of patients with Alzheimer's disease, but it was unknown whether this effect counteracted or exacerbated neurodegeneration. This image is for illustrative purposes only. Credit NIH.
Low levels of the naturally occurring protein progranulin exacerbate cellular and cognitive dysfunction, while raising levels can prevent abnormalities in an Alzheimer model.
Teenagers who said they had a traumatic brain injury in their lifetime, especially girls, also reported significantly higher rates of harmful behavior, according to new research.
A new University of Iowa study further supports an inescapable message: caregivers have a profound influence – good or bad – on the emotional state of individuals with Alzheimer's disease. Patients may not remember a recent visit by a loved one or having been neglected by staff at a nursing home, but those actions can have a lasting impact on how they feel. The findings of this study are published in the September 2014 issue of the journal Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology.
A new study reveals individual neurons in the human brain are triggered by the subject's conscious perception, rather than by the visual stimulus.
A chemical in the brain plays a vital role in controlling the involuntary movements and vocal tics associated with Tourette Syndrome (TS), a new study has shown.
Researchers discover how the brain works during meditation.
Finally, this week, teenagers who regularly do not get enough sleep are more likely to struggle academically, the results of a new study show. Swedish researchers looked at over 20,000 teenagers aged between 12 and 19 and found that those who regularly slept for less than seven hours per night were more likely to fail in school. Details of these findings are published in the journal, Sleep Medicine.
Granule cells connect with other cells via long projections (dendrites). The actual junctions (synapses) are located on thorn-like protuberances called "spines". Spines are shown in green in the computer reconstruction Credit DZNE/Michaela Müller.
New findings on the link between nerve cells at the interface to the hippocampus may have an influence on learning and memory.
People choosing between two or more equally positive outcomes experience paradoxical feelings of pleasure and anxiety, feelings associated with activity in different regions of the brain, according to research at the Princeton Neuroscience Institute at Princeton University.
Latest findings on how stress hormones promote the brain's building of negative memories.
Researchers have studied the changes in the brain that are associated with impulsiveness, a personality trait that causes difficulties in inhibiting a response in the face of a stimulus and leads to unplanned actions without considering the negative consequences. These patterns can serve as an indicator for predicting the risk of behavioural problems.
People taking dopamine for Parkinson's disease sometimes begin to generate a lot of artwork. New research differentiates their expressiveness from obsessive or impulsive tendencies.
Researchers have uncovered more than 100 genetic markers linked to developing schizophrenia.
A type of immune cell widely believed to exacerbate chronic adult brain diseases, such as Alzheimer's disease and multiple sclerosis (MS), can actually protect the brain from traumatic brain injury (TBI) and may slow the progression of neurodegenerative diseases, according to research published in the online journal Nature Communications.
For the study, researchers recruited twenty skilled pianists from Lyon, France. The group was asked to learn simple melodies by either hearing them several times or performing them several times on a piano. Pianists then heard all of the melodies they had learned, some of which contained wrong notes, while their brain electric signals were measured using electroencephalography (EEG). Credit: Caroline Palmer/Brian Mathias
Research from McGill University reveals that the brain's motor network helps people remember and recognize music that they have performed in the past better than music they have only heard.
Veterans who have been exposed to nearby explosions, but who lack clear symptoms of traumatic brain injury (TBI) may still have damage to the brain's white matter similar to veterans with TBI, according to new research at Duke Medicine and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
University of Adelaide researchers say new insights into how the human brain responds to chronic pain could eventually lead to improved treatments for patients. And also at the University of Adelaide, studies show that a gene linked to intellectual disability is critical to the earliest stages of the development of human brains. Known as USP9X, the gene has been investigated by Adelaide researchers for more than a decade, but in recent years scientists have begun to understand its particular importance to brain development.
In order to function properly, the human brain requires the ability not only to store but also to forget. Through memory loss, unnecessary information is deleted and the nervous system retains its plasticity. A disruption of this process can lead to serious mental disorders. Scientists have now discovered a molecular mechanism that actively regulates the process of forgetting. The journal Cell has published their results.
Brain imaging using radioactive dye can detect early evidence of Alzheimer's disease that may predict future cognitive decline.
Scientists have identified a new group of compounds that may protect brain cells from inflammation linked to seizures and neurodegenerative diseases.
Your brain's ability to instantly link what you see with what you do is down to a dedicated information 'highway', suggests new research.
There has been a great deal of research on changes among different brain states during sleep, but new findings, reported in the March 13 issue of Cell, provide a compelling example of a change in state in the awake brain.
Finally, this week, using a new method to determine whether individuals met the criteria for a clinical diagnosis of bipolar disorder, researchers from UCLA tried a new approach by combining results from brain imaging, cognitive tests, and an array of temperament and behavioral measures. In an attempt to better understand the genes that cause the disorder, a collaborative research team identified about 50 brain and behavioral measures that are both under strong genetic control and associated with bipolar disorder, creating the potential to pinpoint the specific genes that contribute to the illness.
Lesion overlap map illustrating common and distinctive brain regions for Val/Val (blue) and Val/Met (yellow) genotype patients. Overlap between Val/Val and Val/Met genotype patients is illustrated in green. In each axial slice, the right hemisphere is on the reader's left – this is because the view is from the bottom i.e. as if one were in the neck looking up at the brain. Credit Barbey et al./PLOS ONE.
Researchers report that one tiny variation in the sequence of a gene may cause some people to be more impaired by traumatic brain injury (TBI) than others with comparable wounds.
A recent study conducted by a multicenter-research team led by Cedars-Sinai Medical Center used a new, automated imaging system to identify shrinkage of a mood-regulating brain structure in a large sample of women with multiple sclerosis (MS), who also have a certain type of depression. The research supports earlier studies suggesting that the hippocampus may contribute to the high frequency of depression seen in those who suffer from MS.
Max Ortiz Catalan, researcher at Chalmers University of Technology, has developed a new method for the treatment of phantom limb pain (PLP) after an amputation.
A University of Sydney study is looking into the effectiveness of omega-3 supplements and the antidepressant, sertraline, in reducing depressive symptoms and cognitive decline in older people, in a bid to prevent the onset of depression and dementia in later life.
Certain neurons in the human striatum—a brain region involved in movement and cognition—are renewed throughout life, according to a study published in Cell.
Researchers at the University of Oxford have discovered the molecular switch in the brain that sends us to sleep.
Can the damaged brain repair itself?
After a traumatic brain injury, it sometimes happens that the brain can repair itself, building new brain cells to replace damaged ones. But the repair doesn't happen quickly enough to allow recovery from degenerative conditions like motor neuron disease (also known as Lou Gehrig's disease or ALS). In this video, regenerative neurologist Siddharthan Chandran walks through some new techniques using special stem cells that could allow the damaged brain to rebuild faster.
Mind wandering may increase creative thinking, according to a new international study.
Simple mental activity such as reading, writing, playing games and doing puzzles may protect brain health in old age, according to a new study.
Reduced production of myelin, a type of protective nerve fiber that is lost in diseases like multiple sclerosis, may also play a role in the development of mental illness, according to researchers at the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at Mount Sinai School of Medicine.
A small molecule known to regulate white blood cells has a surprising second role in protecting brain cells from the deleterious effects of stroke, Johns Hopkins researchers report.
Scientists have revealed the minutely detailed pain map of the hand that is contained within our brains, shedding light on how the brain makes us feel discomfort and potentially increasing our understanding of the processes involved in chronic pain.
People with Parkinson's disease benefit from exercise programs on stationary bicycles, with the greatest effect for those who pedal faster, according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA).
A new method to study widespread networks of neurons responsible for our memory has been discovered by scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics.
The first study to estimate rates of traumatic brain injury (TBI), without relying on official figures, suggests the worldwide incidence of TBI could be six times higher than previously estimated.
MRI shows changes in the brains of people with post-concussion syndrome (PCS), according to a new study published online in the journal Radiology. Researchers hope the results point the way to improved detection and treatment for the disorder.
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If an offender does not agree to flash incarceration upon violating a condition of probation, the department may file a declaration or revocation request with the court for purposes of a traditional revocation hearing. This would allow offenders to have their case heard in a court proceeding if they wish. SB 266 also prohibits probation from being denied for refusal to choose flash incarceration over the traditional probation revocation process. The proposal requires that the public defender, court, sheriff, and district attorney be notified upon imposition of flash incarceration and includes a sunset date of Jan. 1, 2021.
SB 266 received bipartisan support in the Legislature and was sponsored by the Chief Probation Officers of California. It was also supported by the California State Sheriffs' Association and California Probation, Parole and Correctional Association.


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by EnrichmentRecord | Jul 7, 2011 | News
2011 Enrichment Rising Star Award Winner
Dr. Ruth Gault, faculty advisor and research scientist in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Nevada with Casey Acklin, 2011 "Enrichment Rising Star" Award winner.
Casey has consistently engaged in furthering his interest in scientific research. He is honored to receive this award, and we agree that he is a rising star in the area of scientific research.
—Colleen Harsin, Director, The Davidson Academy
Where will our future science leaders come from? Fortunately, we don't have to look too far! Casey Acklin is the brightest shining star on the research horizon. At fifteen, this gifted student has a remarkable set of accomplishments, and his unending natural curiosity has led him on an exciting scientific journey. Casey has an extensive body of work, but it is his latest project, The Effects of Cage Naturality on the Scientific Viability of Mouse Models in Relation to Stress and Cognition, that earned him the 2011 Enrichment Rising Star Award.
Since his first science experiment in early elementary school, Casey Acklin has been hooked on research. He realized that scientific research could be applied to a host of different questions about how the world works, and could be used to increase understanding of various phenomena. At the Davidson Academy of Nevada, a public school for profoundly gifted students, Casey has been pursuing his passion for science and research.
Casey's interest in animal enrichment began while observing the complexity of a field mouse's nest in his garage. He noticed how dissimilar the natural habitat was compared to typical laboratory housing. Working with faculty advisor Dr. Ruth Gault, Research Scientist, Department of Microbiology and Immunology and Laboratory Animal Care Services at the University of Nevada, Reno campus, Casey began his research project. "We have a certain obligation to help the next generation through the system and to encourage them," Dr. Gault said.
Casey's research attempts to increase the scientific viability of laboratory mice by designing laboratory cages to mimic the natural environment of mice. Since studies have shown that enrichment is beneficial, he hypothesized that a more natural setting would result in more natural behaviors, increasing scientific viability. Results of his research pointed to natural enrichment contributing to a better mouse model for scientific research.
Casey presented his work at the Enrichment Extravaganza on June 13 in Atlantic City, where he was recognized for his achievement with the Enrichment Rising Star Award. Recently, Casey also received the 2011 Special Award for Excellence in Biomedical Research presented by States United for Biomedical Research (SUBR) at the Intel International Science & Engineering Fair, in Pittsburgh, PA.
The Enrichment Rising Star Award was created by the Enrichment Record to recognize exceptional students conducting research in the field of laboratory animal enrichment. Like other scientific fields, enrichment is ever evolving with new and better ways of contributing to animal welfare—the ultimate goal being to provide the best possible environment for the animals in our care. Funded by Huntingdon Life Sciences and Pfizer, the Enrichment Rising Star Award is designed to encourage and inspire the next generation of our "caring community."
Issue 8, July 2011
In Other Words- July 2011
Introducing The Enrichment Record Poster Repository


The latest independent audit of the Federal Housing Administration shows the agency's financial condition has improved from last year, when it announced its capital reserve fund had fallen below the 2 percent level mandated by Congress. The annual audit shows that the capital ratio for the single-family portfolio rose from 0.42 percent to 0.79 percent over the past year.
The audit, which calculates the financial condition of the agency's insurance fund, also showed the mortgage insurance fund grew more than $1 billion in 2010 and reserves are expected to remain above $9.9 billion even if home prices were to fall further. The audit indicates that FHA will most likely not require a bailout now or in the future.
FHA's audit reflected a change in home values and was not tied to excessive increases in defaults or unsound underwriting practices. In fact, the credit quality of FHA borrowers has increased significantly in the last several years; the average credit score for FHA customers has grown to 693, and less than 8 percent of the agency's purchase borrowers this year had FICO scores below 620. The capital reserves are not FHA's only reserve fund; FHA also has a cash reserve account separate from the capital reserve – and actual total reserves have grown to $33 billion.
"The future health of FHA's reserve funds depends heavily on the direction of home values in the coming years. Home values have shown patterns of stabilization over the past 18 months, and in a recent independent survey, most economists expect modest home price gains over the next 3 years, so FHA's reserves should steadily improve," said Phipps.
FHA has played a key role in providing mortgage liquidity to qualified home buyers in recent years and has greatly increased its market share; according to the agency, FHA guaranteed nearly 40 percent of home purchases in the past year.
NAR is working closely with FHA to reassess and amend their lending policies so even more qualified home buyers can become home owners.


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The vision behind A for Aleph
Maheen Sabeeh June 30, 2019 Leave a comment
Umair Dar, Daniel Arthur Panjwaneey and Istvan Csabai, who run the state of the art studio in Karachi and double up as members of music group, The D/A Method, speak to Instep about the formation and v
Umair Dar, the 33-year-old founder, producer and chief visualiser at A for Aleph.
Umair Dar, Daniel Arthur Panjwaneey and Istvan Csabai, who run the state of the art studio in Karachi and double up as members of music group, The D/A Method, speak to Instep about the formation and vision behind the studio.
"The idea of something has been there for a long time, since I was a teenager," begins Umair Dar, the 33-year-old founder, producer and chief visualiser at A for Aleph, a studio-meets-residency facility in Karachi that took eight months to come into being and recently recorded Lahore-based music group Takatak's debut album.
Zeeshan Mansoor from Malang Party is here. Adeel Tahir aka Eridu is here as well. Aleph is a place where musicians, artists are always welcome.
Having lived in Karachi, it was during the ages of 14 to 16 years that Umair Dar moved with his family to Nairobi, Kenya where his father had a job. It was there – when Umair saw kids playing the guitar – that he finally picked up the instrument. "I just started trying to teach myself stuff. It was the beginning of the Internet but that was the first time I had access to the Internet. Only when we moved to Kenya did I have internet where I watched tabs and bands playing their songs and mimic it."
"I wondered what the scene in Karachi was like and heard of a band called Messiah," continues Umair.
Messiah – among others – featured Daniel. A. Panjwaneey (Danny P) who, at present, makes music under the identity Alien Panda Jury; he is also a member of The D/A Method and audio engineer at Aleph. Life can be serendipitous.
"They (Messiah) had a forum and I could hear their songs and shows and I was like 'damn, this is happening with friends of mine so what am I doing here?' And I went back and old-school friends had picked up instruments and we opened for Messiah and that's how I met Danny."
Leaving for college for the UK, the first summer Umair came back, he got to play with Messiah, something that meant a great deal to him. "I went from listening to bootlegs of them in Kenya to playing with them. It made me think music is something I can do."
Since Umair was good in an academic sense, he went to the UK where his parents were also living at the time and that's when he got to explore the bands he liked because, as Umair reveals, everyone comes to the UK.
"I left for college at 17 and was done at 20," he says, and continues, "I started working in finance."
In a long-term relationship, he got engaged and was married by 23 but Umair confesses he wasn't happy.
"I trained myself to not feel anything," Umair notes, but, by 2008, the bank he was working for had been involved in shady deals which resulted in the economic meltdown. "I was in the middle of it and once I started questioning my superiors and the system, I was fired."
By the age of 27, he was divorced as well. "I lost my job and wife left and the very next day my cousin from the States – he was visiting on spring break from college – showed up and I started jamming with him (Talha Alvie) and some of those songs ended up on the first The D/A Method album. I got an idea that I want to do music; initially it was about making an album."
What is this place?
Umair walks me through the facility, which really is unlike other studios I have visited. "In my journey to find out who I actually am, through my music, I'm getting to experience my feelings and realizing there's a lot of trauma inside me from my whole life, from things I didn't acknowledge. Through the music, it started coming out but I also started breaking down."
Umair goes on: "I discovered I was clinically depressed for a long time and there are a lot of things people generally don't address or talk about. Issues with negative energy and all that kind of stuff and I had to understand it because I'm the kind of person who needs to understand everything I'm experiencing."
Umair tried self-help and a therapist before exploring energy therapy. "It fit perfectly with my own philosophy of the world and as a Muslim because Islam is something I have always believed in."
"We are all part of the same collective consciousness," he says. "This (A for Aleph) is something I knew would happen and it has. You start with a Nukta as Umair walks me by the artwork (designed by Faizan Riedinger), in Urdu and there are 27 steps around this. I was 27 when everything happened. I see 27 everyday. Faizan made the Aleph logo and it all began from there. These words, I don't understand them all, but I understand the meaning later, which is the same with my music after it's done. On any given day, I will see the words ('Himmat', 'Maut', 'Khoobsurati', 'Barzakh' and once the artwork was done, it gave me an idea. See, I didn't make this place; it was made for this purpose and I found the house."
(Left) Zain Peerzada (social media, content creator and video editor) and Daniel Arthur Panjwaneey, audio engineer at Aleph.
"This is a place to manifest dreams," says Umair further. "It just kind of unfolded and that's what I'm trying to show people. You need to follow your heart. And if you're doing that, I'll go to the end of the world to help you and all the forces of the universe will come together in this place to make it happen."
"My father has been extremely supportive of me – it is our combined resources but what I've learnt is that we live in very fractured societies and it's about bringing your whole energy and karma together."
At the top level, which is the rooftop, Umair describes jam sessions taking place and where he spends a lot of nights getting to know fellow musicians in residency as well as those who drop by the door.
Vision, collaborations
As Umair continues to describe the importance of the number 27, the artwork that runs through, we run into Daniel Arthur Panjwaneey and Istvan Csabai, both of whom are members of The D/A Method (more on them later) and work at Aleph as well. "This is the drum room and you can change the reverb. We have natural light in the studio."
They join us but let Umair continue to speak as founder.
As for what Aleph is primarily about, it is, on the surface about producing albums for artists who have something to say, who haven't had a chance to do it yet. "I'm not someone who cares about that side (money). I care about the art being made. For Takatak, it was just seeing them perform at Lahore Music Meet. It was the most electrifying performance I had seen."
Beyond the surface, it is a lot more.
Aleph (entrance), Logo designed by Faizan Riedinger.
There's cost involved and neither me nor my dad, who has been supporting me, have unlimited resources so I have been trying to figure out various ways where we can make it make sense. That might mean different bands paying different amounts depending on their ability to play; it might mean just mastering tracks here as opposed to recording everything here, whole productions. More than a studio, I see Aleph as a vision and a movement for people to come together, people who want to make a difference through their art and want to express ideas. We might make money through a project but eventually I want to do a festival where all the bands that come through these doors are represented. The idea is that everyone is doing their own thing and there is no corporate; there is no katchra being sold. There is a space for that kind of stuff. It won't happen immediately. It'll have to build up."
So far, the Aleph facility, which was designed by Bilal Nasir Khan over 8 months (he has a degree from London, which Umair confesses made him the perfect person for the job) has recorded Takatak's album; Zeeshan Mansoor is presently staying at Aleph and he will be doing something. Whether it is released under the Malang Party name – a music group from Islamabad known for the cult hit, 'Dil Jale' – or something else remains to be seen. The D/A Method, which features Umair Dar, Talha Alvie, Daniel Arthur Panjwaneey and Istvan Csabai, among others, have released two albums with the third one in the pipeline. "There is a cosmic fluid album, which I need to get back to…" trails off Umair.
"Aleph means all of us; a major part of it is Danny and I can't stand bad audio. In two weeks, we knocked out the Takatak album," to which Daniel, who has been sitting (mostly) quietly, pitches in, "It's not an easy task at all. It took a team of 9-10 people who were at it for two weeks with a lot of pre-production and preparation."
Daniel Arthur Panjwaneey, the audio engineer at Aleph, has worked on Coke Studio under Rohail Hyatt and before that, Lussun TV, giving him a lot of experience.
Istvan Csabai, video producer at A for Aleph and drummer for The D/A Method.
"I've learnt a lot working with Rohail Hyatt, his aesthetic; I learned from Bilal Iftikhar. Obviously, there's a certain standard that you have to maintain when you are doing recordings like that. That's something I bring here. I don't want to do something half-assed. Compared to what I was doing when let's say I was engineering and producing Lussun TV, going to Coke Studio was a completely different aesthetic. One was very ghetto, DIY kind while the other one was a very professional setup. I think Aleph has a professional setup but the heart of DIY (Doing It Yourself)."
Daniel continues: "Over here, we are getting to execute our vision and not just our vision, the vision of the artist."
"There is the idea of the artist," says Istvan Csabai, "but I mean we're giving our own as well. We used to jam, pointing to Umair, and I fell in love here, basically and stayed on."
Adamant on creating a strong culture of art, using music as a form of communication, A for Aleph has had a lot of artists come in. Among them is Takatak, the D/A Method, Malang Party and Cosmic Fluid. Tamashaa (from Pepsi Battle of the Bands) have been through Aleph as well as Mauj.
"As musicians, we have to finish the third D/A Method album," says Umair. "The album is about finding sanctuary. It is called Sanctuary – in fact. In 2018, we opened our doors, and everyone is very respectful of this space. Adeel Tahir (Eridu) has been a huge resource."
"People are planning to do things here and people want to come in," Umair continues. "We're not thinking about lack of venues or whatever. We have good 3-4 albums we need to finish and release and then we can worry about shows and where we will do those shows."
Authenticity, hope, vision, professionalism and a strong aesthetic is what Aleph brings to the table from what is happening within the music and arts scene and it is beyond the corporate universe of music we exist in right now. It's the antithesis. And for that, as a listener of music, I, for one, couldn't be more grateful.
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