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ANALOG BIOLOG by Jay Kay Klien
THE SNACK was a return to the same near-future universe as THE SUIT, which appeared in Analog in 2007. Although the capsule idea came from DISCOVER magazine, the ubiquity of commercialization of our society was the through line of the story. Sad to say, the technology of the story is not that distant from the present day's.
Appears in Analog, December 2012 Created: April 2012 Sold: June 2012, Words: 9,700
SOMEWHERE A SEA was a prequel to the first story in MAGICIAN and written to explain how Blade became of part of Arthur Thomas' posse. I put this in the Splinters Universe under creative commons by invitation from Steve and Sharon and managed to get a few contributions from readers,some of whom may have downloaded the e-Novel.
Appeared temporarily on Splinters Universe, March 2012
Created: April 2003, Words: 14,000
SCOUT is another chapter in my series of war with the mysterious Shardies that originally appeared in Bright Red Star and continued in Glass Box, and Cybermarine. These stories involve the brutal steps humanity has to take to survive the aliens' implacable advance. Although framed as dealing with conflict in a military setting, these three grim stories revolve around questions of morality and the ethical underpinnings as well as survival and what it really means to be human.
Appeared in Asimov's, June 2012 Created: April 2011 Sold: November 2011, Words: 5,500
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CYBERMARINE is the third story of the Shardie campaign and describes how the protagonist of Bright Red Star was created, altho he is a different individual. As I am writing these stories the concepts of the Shardie war and the sacrifices humanity must make are becoming clearer in my mind. Eventually I might write the complete story, but not yet, not while it is still in its nascent stage of development.
Appears in Defending the Future, December 2010 Created: December 2009 Sold: February 2010, Words: 5,500
THE OLD MAN'S BEST: Allen Steele and I participated in a Worldcon panel on Beer in Space during which hilarity reigned as puns flew across the panel. Although some of us were prepared with facts these did not get in the way of a lively exchange of ideas. The one I came away with was that gas would be a huge problem. I played with this story on and off the years but could never generate enough enthusiasm to complete it until I caught something on thew web about the Japanese brewing low alcohol beer from soy. Click, and the story sort of wrote itself from there – after which Jerry Oltion's sage advice and corrections eliminated many of my erroneous assumptions about the difficulties to be encountered in following such a simple process.
Appeared in Analog, May 2011 Created: Sept 2004 – June 2010 Sold: August 2010, Words: 5,600
ASTRONOMICAL DISTANCE, GEOLOGICAL TIME was created while driving through the west. I was impressed by the geological formations and their representation of Earth's ages. At the same time I considered that when some of these strata were being created the light now reaching us had just left some of the stars. That thought led to examine what stars that might be and how the distance in time was equivalent to the distance in space.
The story was written to reflect my research, but also to convey the immense time and distances involved. Depressingly, it also illustrated that without FTL we probably will never leave our tiny, tiny neighborhood.
I should also note that this story would not have been possible were it not for the invaluable help provided by Dr. Michael Brotherton at the University of Montana.
Appeared in Analog, March 2011 Created: September 2009 Sold: March 2010, Words: 4,000
TEN WINKS TO FOREVER is a neat little relativistic story, The idea occurred while I was writing ASTRONOMICAL DISTANCE so I quickly sketched out this story and later edited in the story of the poor bastard who took that fatal first step to the stars and then let his emotions and curiousity get the better of him. I wrote this story to convey a sense of the immense distances between the stars and the time it would take, given our relativistic universe, to travel among them. This immensity was brought home to me when I wondered what starlight now reaching us had started out when various geologic layers were formed. I threw in a few ideas about human development and differentiation due to science and environment to indicate the passage of time and then tried to personalize the ideas by focusing on a few individuals affected by winking.
Appeared in Intergalactic Medicine Show #17, June 2010 Created: February 2010 Sold: April 2010, Words: 5,900
TORTUOUS PATH is the tale of a young boy approaching puberty and the decision he faces. The tale takes place on an interstellar ship under the control of the Order, of which the protagonist is an acolyte and whose friend is destined for greater things, or so he thinks. The story is also about the clash of technology and tradition.
Appeared in Abyss and Apex, April 2010 Created: September 2008 Sold: June 2009, Words: 8,000
ENCOUNTER IN A YELLOW WOOD arose from a pair of articles in Discover Magazine. The first dealt with phytoremediation as a solution to cleaning up hazardous waste sites while the latter was one on emulating the hydrostatic action of trees with micropipettes. Pairing the two and throwing in a little genetic tinkering, the conflict between preservationists and environmentalists, and mixing these two with a reunited pair of former lovers seemed to make a decent tale.
Postscript: The copyediting of this story was so screwed up that the editor published, in the June 2010 issue, a public apology and, with my permission, placed a corrected copy on the Analog website so readers would not feel cheated.
Appeared in: Analog, March 2010, Created: January 2009 Sold: April 2009, Words: 5,000
NO CORD OR CABLE is a short version of a much longer novelette that had far too many characters and details. The story is basically a retelling of Hamlet, albiet somewhat changed by the circumstance of society and history.
Throughout the story I tried to impart a baroque feeling to the society and the formal modes of speech, most clearly evidenced by Doctor Zg's conversational style. I also wanted to include the scientific view of the growth of the universe from nothingness through expansion, and fading into the infinite long night of heat death – all of which were metaphors for the protagonist's family. The title comes from Robert Burton's oft-quoted "No cord or cable can so forcibly draw, or hold so fast, as love can do with a twined thread."
Appeared in Abyss and Apex, April 2009 Created November 2008 Sold: January 2009 Words: 8,200
THE GLASS BOX is a grim little tale of one battle in the war with the Shardies that started with Bright Red Star (see below). In this case there is a more compelling reason to rescue a survivor and learn what she knows. The morality at play in this story and the question it raises is whether truth really matters in the face of adverse circumstances, or even if it matters.
Appeared in So It Begins, January 2009 Created July 2007 Sold: May 2008 Words: 5,000
THE WINDS OF MARS is the final novella in the Three Planet Sailing series that started with The Super, followed by Pumpkin, Primrose and Thorn, and Primrose Rescue back to back as a continuous narrative.
Winds was a challenge of physics in trying to figure out how you could sail on a dry, dusty place with almost no atmosphere such as Mars. Interestingly enough I discovered that not only was it possible, but actually designed a craft that could accomplish this feat. <p Appeared in Baen's Universe, June 2009 Created February 2008 Sold: July 2007 Words: 23,500


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Charli XCX has left her electro-pop roots behind her for rockier new track, Simply Irresistible.
The track, a cover of Robert Palmer's 80's hit, was commissioned by celebrity news channel E! as the theme for the forthcoming new season of their Live From the Red Carpet series. Fans can breathe a sigh-of-relief however, Simply Irresistible will not mean a permanent change in style for the British icon; Charli will be releasing a more electrified album early next year.
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Internship Kick-Start, Part One: Why You Should Consider an Internship Program
Internship programs are essential to building a stronger talent pipeline for your industry. Plus, you can learn from interns as they learn from you.
By Ernie Smith Dec 05, 2022
This is day one of our internship series. Check out day two, on what internship programs need to succeed, day three, on managing interns effectively, and day four, on managing interns remotely.
The evolution of a person from student or enthusiast to professional requires a few steps along the way to best position them for the career they want—or may not even know they want yet.
Enter the internship program, a great way to introduce interested students to a new field. But internships aren't just there for those who are learning: These programs can create a lot of value for your industry—and for the associations that host them.
With that in mind, we'll be taking a weeklong dive into kick-starting an internship program. Today's entry: Why you should start an internship program.
The Case for Building an Internship Program
One of the biggest issues many associations face is attracting younger members, something that 24 percent of organizations report as a challenge, according to the latest edition of Marketing General's Membership Marketing Benchmarking Report [registration required].
And with younger generations of workers looking for a foot in the door, beyond offering fresh experience to people who are new to a given industry, an internship program can be an effective way to reach new types of members.
Sarah Sladek, the founder and CEO of XYZ University and an expert on generational issues, explained that internship programs can actually teach the association how to function more effectively for the future.
"If associations want to stay relevant, they should be having think tanks of young individuals, but yes, also interns coming in, learning about associations," Sladek said. "But it should be a learning and teaching moment so that associations can learn and observe this next generation and be able to begin to prepare for this next generation of members as well as workers."
Sending a Broader Signal
Another point Sladek makes is that associations are well-positioned to help promote the benefits of internship programs to their own members, as they can highlight the value younger employees bring to the workforce.
"Especially right now, in this time of transition, more and more members and industry leaders are looking to associations for solutions and to carve the path," Sladek said, citing the concerns around the Great Resignation. "So this is a great way to show that commitment to the talent pipeline and that commitment to onboarding young people right away."
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Russia says Siberian uranium enrichment center open to all
25/10/2007 12:37 ANGARSK, October 25 (RIA Novosti) - Any country interested in secure uranium deliveries for energy generation is welcome to join a project to build an international uranium enrichment center in east Siberia, a first deputy prime minister said on Thursday.
The center, part of Moscow's non-proliferation initiative to create a network of enrichment centers under the UN nuclear watchdog's supervision, will be based at a chemical plant in Angarsk. The center will also be responsible for the disposal of nuclear waste.
"So far we have only cooperated with our Kazakh partners in this field," Sergei Ivanov said.
Russia and its ex-Soviet neighbor Kazakhstan, which holds 15% of the world's uranium reserves, signed documents in October 2006 to establish their first joint venture to enrich uranium, intended to begin in 2013.
Ivanov said a board of directors had already been formed and a general director appointed for the relevant open joint stock company.
The Russian-Kazakh agreement and founding documents envision the participation of other countries as well. "This is only a beginning, and we still have to do a lot, the more so considering that other countries have shown interest [in the project]," he said.
Ukraine's Fuel and Energy Ministry said in June that the country intended to join the project in the near future.
Ivanov said that due to the depletion of hydrocarbon reserves, the world is increasingly looking to nuclear energy as an alternative. He added that oil and gas supplies were highly contingent on military and political situations, which have been unstable of late in the main producing regions. "And the trend is not improving," Ivanov added.
Many countries have adjusted their power generation programs, increasing their overall use of nuclear energy. "The amount of nuclear power generation in Russia is not great, only 15% , with 80% in France and 30% in Germany, but Russia will build two nuclear power units annually in order to increase its share to 27% by 2030," the first deputy prime minister said.
Russia currently accounts for 40% of the world's enrichment facilities, he added.
Russian President Vladimir Putin first raised the idea of joint nuclear enrichment centers early last year, in a bid to calm tensions over Iran's controversial nuclear program. The president said the centers would give countries transparent access to civilian nuclear technology without provoking international fears that enriched uranium could be used for covert weapons programs.
Ivanov said fuel for nuclear power plants was a market product and any country represented in the International Atomic Energy Agency that was also signatory to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty had the right to buy it.
"But this is only in theory," Ivanov said. "Due to a variety of political reasons, a country may be denied access to uranium."


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Stay in the Light in AWE, the New Expansion for Control, Out Today – Xbox Wire
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AWE, the final expansion for Control, comes out on Xbox One today. This is a new story in the world of Control which sheds light on a mystery that's ten years old, and the first event in the Remedy Connected Universe.
AWE stands for Altered World Event, which occur when paranatural forces breach our world, sometimes causing catastrophic consequences that don't escape the public's attention. The Federal Bureau of Control had a special department dedicated to studying AWEs, the Investigations Sector. Until things went horribly, horribly wrong, and the sector was sealed off years ago.
A creature of darkness has been stalking the abandoned corridors, and it's up to Jesse Faden, the Director of the Federal Bureau of Control, to reclaim the Investigations Sector from its clutches. A distress call leads her to the Sector Elevator, where she will find a new button to press. Destination: the Investigations Sector.
You might have already found case files about the Bright Falls AWE while playing Control, and read about the missing writer, Alan Wake, star of his own game from 2010. Alan Wake and Control exist in the same universe, and in AWE, you will find out more.
It was a fun challenge for the team to bring over the unique atmosphere of Alan Wake into Control and approach it from a fresh perspective. AWE has a moodier, more suspenseful tone than the main story of Control. The Investigations Sector has been overrun by a dark force, and you can fight back with light, which takes a very physical and clear role in gameplay.
To help you fight off the Hiss and whatever else might be lurking, AWE also has a new Service Weapon form, Surge. Our take on the sticky grenade launcher, Surge launches up to three explosives that stick to surfaces, or enemies, and can be remotely detonated. This weapon is something our designers have been working on for a while. We can now say that we have it feeling really good to use and that we nailed the right amount of destruction you can cause with its projectiles. (For the record, the right amount here is: a lot.) You'll need all the firepower you can get to fight off the new enemy type, the Hiss Airborne Rangers, which can levitate and attack Jesse with a shotgun.
Let's Go to the Arcade
Another feature in AWE that we are excited about are the arcade machines, which are two colorful Altered Items found in the Investigations Sector. Using these machines you can replay four boss fights from the main campaign, as long as you have already beat the bosses. You can also replay the much-loved Ashtray Maze, as many times as you like! Along with a few other surprises, you can play a new horde mode, and a time trial mode, and win cool rewards along the way, including a brand new outfit for Jesse.
You can start playing the AWE expansion if you have finished the mission The Face of the Enemy in the main campaign for Control. Finishing the expansion will take about 4 to 5 hours. Don't be afraid of the dark!
And to top it all off, all owners of Control, regardless if you own AWE or not, receive a free update to the game. In it, you will get a new upgrade to the Launch ability called Multi-Launch, which lets Jesse pick up and throw up to three objects. We've also added soft checkpoints to two of the trickiest fights in the main campaign, and new Control Points closer to some boss battles, so you don't have to run too far back to the fight should you die.
In the free August update we are also giving players Assist Mode, which is a set of features that can be enabled or disabled separately from each other in Control's Options menu. It's important to us that as many players as possible experience the game how they want, and Assist Mode lets you modify the rules of the game to suit your specific needs. For example, you can influence the speed of Jesse's energy regeneration or the reload of the Service Weapon, how much damage Jesse takes or deals to enemies, and more.
We can't wait to see what you make of AWE, and to hear what secrets you find in the dark. On behalf of everyone at Remedy Entertainment and 505 Games, thank you for exploring The Oldest House with us.
Credit: Stay in the Light in AWE, the New Expansion for Control, Out Today – Xbox Wire
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Come and talk to the Aurealis and Chimaera Publications team in the dealers' room at the Continuum 3 convention in Melbourne, Australia on 15-17 July. Richard Harland will at our table at various times to sign your copy of The Black Crusade.
The Guests of Honour for Continuum 3 will be Neil Gaiman, Poppy Z Brite, Robin Hobb and Richard Harland. Continuum 3 Speculative Fiction and Pop Culture Convention is at Hilton on the Park Hotel and Convention Centre, 198 Wellington Parade, East Melbourne.
Richard Harland's award-winning The Black Crusade, published by Chimaera Publications, will be anti-launched by Jack Dann at Continuum 3: the Speculative Fiction and Pop Culture Convention on Friday evening 15 July, 8.00pm, at the Hilton on the Park Hotel and Convention Centre, 198 Wellington Parade, East Melbourne.
The Anti-Launch will be followed by the Friday Night Get to Know Everyone Social Event (AKA The Cocktail Party) which is the best way to meet people at the convention.
The Guests of Honour for Continuum 3 will be Neil Gaiman, Poppy Z Brite, Robin Hobb and Richard Harland. For more details see www.continuum.org.au.


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Images of Capital Defendants
Allison M. Cotton
Effigy examines the images of a capital defendant portrayed, by the defense attorneys and the prosecutor, during the guilt and penalty phases of capital trial, the trial tactics used to impart these images, and the consequences that result from the jury's attempt to reconcile contradictory images to place one in permanent record as a verdict. These images are starkly contrasted against the backdrop of a brutal murder in which the stereotypes of American fear are realized: Donta Page, the defendant, is an African-American male from a low-income segment of society while Peyton Tuthill, the victim, was a Caucasian female from a middle-income suburb. The prosecuting attorneys depict the defendant as a 'savage beast,' juxtaposing their image against that of a 'troubled youth' as Page is portrayed by the defense attorneys. Slowly and methodically developed as figures with diametrically opposed features, none of which overlap or congeal, both the images are portrayed as real (buttressed by the testimony of witnesses) rather than constructed. The jury is expected to render a verdict that accepts one and rejects the other: there is no middle ground.
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Series: Issues in Crime and Justice
Subjects: Social Science / Violence in Society, Law / Trial Practice, Social Science / Criminology
Allison M. Cotton is assistant professor of criminal justice and criminology at the Metropolitan State College of Denver.
Chapter 2 The Death Penalty in the U.S. and How Juries Operate
Chapter 3 The Importance of Defining the Defendant
Chapter 4 The Legal Fight
Chapter 5 The Guilt Phase: How the Defense/Prosecution Saw their Mission
Chapter 6 The Penalty Phase: The Prosecution/Defense's Mission
Chapter 7 Who Is the Defendant? The Prosecution's/Defense's Answer
Chapter 8 The Impact on Jurors
Chapter 9 Conclusion
[Cotton] cites the relevant scientific research on juror decision making, and then takes a more open-ended approach to study how jurors reached a guilty verdict in this case. This ultimately provides valuable insight into how jurors are likely to make judgments about human behavior based on their own experience, rather than relying on expert testimony that challenges commonly held assumptions about rational action. Recommended.
— CHOICE, May 2009


The American Revolutionary War soldier suffered from a chronic lack of supplies and their equipment was anything but ergonomic.
It's July 4th, happy birthday America! It's amazing to think what our patriot forefathers pulled off 242 years ago, gaining independence from British and executing a world-changing experiment in democracy. But all this came at a heavy price. 25,000 American soldiers and militiamen died during the Revolutionary War and another 25,000 were maimed. But going into combat against the British wasn't just dangerous, it was also very uncomfortable.
Musket or long rifle, most of which were of European origin and many were commandeered on the battlefield, pilfered from British stocks, or came from private sources. Colonial gunsmiths were ordered to make as many flintlocks as possible once the war began and France provided many arms as the war progressed as well.
Cartridge box made of tin or leather that held approximately 25 rounds of ammunition, flint, and a musket tool.
Socket bayonet in a leather scabbard attached to a leather or fabric strap.
Haversack made of cloth with food rations, utensils, plate, and a cup inside.
Wooden canteen to carry water.
Knapsack that held a blanket, extra clothes, razor, comb, mirror, flint and steel for fire starting, candle holder, and other personal items such as a pipe and tobacco. Fishing line and hooks were common kit as well so that soldiers could catch fish while encamped near water.
Pistols and swords, as well as other edged weapons, were common only among higher-ranking soldiers, cavalry, and other specialized units.
This may seem like a scant affair compared to how even the average grunt is outfitted in America's Army today, but the gear was far from ergonomic or lightweight. When combined it could weigh nearly 50 pounds. This isn't much less weight than what soldiers carry on shorter patrols today.
Militiamen had a similar kit but it was even less standardized and most of the time components were cobbled together at home. Imagine going to war where most people in your unit had a different of everything. Very little was common or swappable.
Just a glance at some of the key items both a Continental Army Soldier and a militiaman would have carried.
As for militiamen's firearms, they were what you had or could borrow, and some were very old. Hatchets often took the places of knives. It was truly a home-grown affair and made for a tough life on the battlefield.
Reenactors pose as Revolutionary War militia.
Some Revolutionary War reenactors get the reality of the era better than others when it comes to uniforms or the lack thereof.
The condition of soldiers uniforms also varied greatly as resupply was next to non-existent. Some soldiers had fresh outfits while others had what were equivalent to dirty and torn rags. In fact, many lower-ranking soldiers didn't even have shoes, making life hell for them on marches and in the freezing cold weather.
Washington depicted at Valley Forge.
All this did improve slowly over time, but generally, the guidance of what colors to wear—brown was made the Army's official color in 1775 but blue and gray were also used—was more of the uniform than actual standardized apparel.
Cotton or linen shirt (the iconic hunting shirt was popular).
Wool or cotton breeches or overalls.
Wool coat with contrasting cuffs, collar, and lapels.
Scarf to be worn around the neck.
We have a far more cleanly and aesthetically organized image of the Continental Army soldier than what history really proves.
Hopefully, this little less than glamerous snapshot of history can make us appreciate just how rough the first American soldiers had it and how little many of them had to work with when confronting a daunting and highly equipped foe. It was war, and often times it was cold, sickly, and filthy. Yet their determination and grit shone through and solidified the United States as a sovereign power.
America's knack for weapons ingenuity goes back to its roots.
Ferguson's Ordnance Rifle didn't turn the tide of the war, but did help pave the way for developments in small arms and light infantry tactics.
Eclipsed in western pop culture by the war horse, elephants were devastating in combat and used for millennia as far west as the Mediterranean.
Ok internet, bring on the Ancient Aliens memes.
Instead of carrying shopping bag toting consumers, these escalators carried fully geared-up aircrews on the way to their aircraft.


Charles Manson Has A Granddaughter!
Another one of Charles Manson's grandchildren has surfaced. We were told that Charles Luther Manson, son of Charlie and Leona, had a daughter. We were able to find her and she was nice enough to share a picture of her father.
This is the only known picture, at least in the Manson arena, of Manson's second son.
Here is a picture of Charlie's granddaughter, we think she looks a little like Jason Freeman.
She did not initiate any contact with us. We followed publicly verifiable documentation and found her.
The man in the first photo IS Manson's biological son UNLESS his mother lied on the birth certificate. However the timing and the place match up with Manson's location at the time.
As they say, we shall see.
I get that Robin. A DNA match would be ideal. Whether or not there is a DNA match though she still is Charlie's granddaughter legally. Charlie is named as Charles Luther Manson's father in the divorce papers and presumably on his birth certificate. He was, after all, named after Charlie. In the eyes of the law he was Charlie's son.
I'm actually a little more excited about seeing a picture of the guy than anything else.
These pics are amazing. I believe lol.
I hope this young lady stays out of trouble and has a nice long happy life.
Deb, omg me too. Our groups ask all the time. Reports on Charles Luther vary. Our group asks for the truth. But we don't know. His privacy is honored. But also with Jason losing his dad, I am sure will welcome another member to his family.
Unless there's some higher resolution of the first pic it really resembles Paul Watkins to me.
The man in the photo is the child mentioned on page 201 of Helter Skelter.
If she is Charlies granddaughter then that's awesome, I think charlie would love to find out about her. I agree with robin, a DNA test would be great to be sure. They aren't out there blasting it to the media, so I'm sure they aren't seeking attention like others that claim to be his child.
The guy looks too tall to be Charlie's kid.
I don't know if this means anything but my dad was 5"6 and I'm 6"2.
I'm not sure that Charlie being shorter means his kid couldn't be taller ?
Same here. My dad was 5'6". I'm 6'3".
I'm 6'2" and my dad was 5'7" !!!
I'm in- 5'9" and 6'1"
Plus children born after WW2 get LOTS more milk fat, etc. Things that make Americans so big.
I was thinking along the same lines as Patty about CM's size. Poor nutrition, along with abuse, neglect and emotional trauma, could have affected his growth. Maybe even the fact that his mother was very young when she had him; teenage girls are at higher risk for some complications of pregnancy and that can lead to smaller babies/kids.
In my mind's eye I can see Maury doing a week on the progeny of Charles Manson. Somehow I hear Geraldo making the introduction.
Matthew nor Jason are Charlies kids or grandkids. Stop the nonsense and take a DNA test already. I have the DNA!!
DNA in what form Ben?
Hair, Clothing, Toe Nails, Teeth, on and on.
Toenails! Lol! Actually they would work. It would be pretty expensive though.


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Brenton Tidd
Tidd feeling at home, improving at plate for Chiefs
By AL WILLMAN awillman@paducahsun.com
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Brenton Tidd, perhaps more than many Paducah Chiefs this summer, seems at home with his surroundings coming from Kennett, Missouri -- 126 miles southwest of Paducah and 53 miles northeast of Jonesboro, Arkansas.
Having just finished his first season at Three Rivers College in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, Tidd has already improved on his .200 average while facing similar pitching.
"My family gets to come up here and watch me all the time," said Tidd, who entering the week hitting .241 in 29 at-bats for the Chiefs. "It's not much of a change, at all."
It helps that Tidd, like his teammates, is here for the same thing.
"We're all here to get at-bats," he said.
"We're just trying to get better. Joe (Chiefs manager Joe Hall) has really helped me with my swing and just the way I play the game. I'm really thankful for him. I've tweaked my swing in little ways and I feel like it's made me a better hitter."
The team chemistry, he said, also has been a major factor in his development this summer.
"We all bonded really well," Tidd said.
When his baseball days are done, he wants to trade his baseball glove and jersey for a pair of latex gloves and scrubs.
"I'm a nursing major," Tidd said. "I plan to go to a Division I (school for baseball), and hopefully that works out. After the baseball career and everything is over, I want to do something in the medical field.
"I've always enjoyed helping people. In high school, I went and got my CNA (Certified Nurses Assistant) certification. I enjoy doing all of that."
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The Battle of Hamoukar
It seems that we might want to count warfare among the many aspects of "civilization" pioneered by the Sumerians of southern Mesopotamia. Of course violence between humans is as old as humanity, but primitive tribal peoples don't practice warfare as we civilized folk know it. They launch raids by night or stealthy ambushes, always avoiding a stand up fight between equal parties. And if two particularly bold men do want to fight it out one on one and face to face, in daylight, why they are heroes. Normal people don't stand up and face death if they can possibly avoid it. When we see bronze age armies standing in rows with spears and shields, facing each other bravely (or stupidly), we know that something very important has changed. To get men to do this requires years of conditioning and a huge investment by the society in the bravery and discipline of its young men.
Archaeologists from the University of Chicago have discovered that around 3500 BC, at the dawn of Mesopotamian civilization, the city of Hamoukar in eastern Syria was destroyed after a great battle. Hamoukar was one of the first cities in the world, and so far as we know it was the first one to perish by fire and sword (or sling):
A huge battle destroyed one of the world's earliest cities at around 3500 B.C. and left behind, preserved in their places, artifacts from daily life in an urban settlement in upper Mesopotamia, according to a joint announcement from the University of Chicago and the Department of Antiquities in Syria.
"The whole area of our most recent excavation was a war zone," said Clemens Reichel, Research Associate at the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago. Reichel lead a team that spent October and November at the site. . . .
The discovery provides the earliest evidence for large scale organized warfare in the Mesopotamian world, the team said.
The team found extensive destruction with collapsed walls, which had undergone heavy bombardment by sling bullets and eventually collapsed in an ensuing fire. Work during an earlier season showed the settlement was protected by a 10-foot high mud-brick wall.
The excavators retrieved more than 1,200 smaller, oval-shaped bullets (about an inch long and an inch and a half in diameter) and some 120 larger round clay balls (two and half to four inches in diameter). "This clearly was no minor skirmish. This was 'Shock and Awe' in the Fourth Millennium B.C.," Reichel said.
Hamoukar, an ancient center of obsidian production, had close relations with Uruk in Sumer. There is even a settlement out side the walls of Hamoukar where the artifacts look exactly like those used in Uruk, giving rise to speculation that this was a Sumerian colony. This colony was destroyed at the same time as the main city. After the battle, life continued in the city for a while, and the new occupiers used exclusively Uruk pottery. The archaeologists think, therefore, that the city had been destroyed by attackers from Uruk.
One of the artifacts from the site is the clay "sealing" below; clay had been smeared over the top of an earthenware jar to seal it, and a stone seal had been applied to the clay, leaving this mark of a lion and a goat. Writing, we think, evolved from just this sort of bookkeeping mark.
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Your first paragraph is absolutely beautiful, but, I think, unnecessarily privileges a particular style of warfare (disciplined infantry, pitched battles) while leaving undefined the category "civilization." I'm not sure how scholars are defining civilization these days, but plenty of societies without permanent cities or monumental architecture have preferentially fought pitched battles with disciplined infantry (e. g., the Zulus) and other such societies have certainly fought "wars" in that they have been sustained, involved large numbers, and had transformative goals like the breaking of a certain group's power, or the transfer of rule (or signs of rule, like deference and tribute) over extensive territory and/or populations, while avoiding disciplined infantry fighting (e. g., many mounted nomadic societies). And plenty of societies with permanent and/or monumental settlements have preferred raids to pitched battles (e. g., Latinate Europe between c. 850 and c. 1300).
If "civilization" means cities, sure, lots of nomadic people fight wars. But the definition I have in mind a level of organization which seems to have first been achieved in cities but then spread to tribal nomads. Only a few hunter-gatherer peoples fight what we would recognize as wars and the examples I know of (great plains buffalo hunters) were 1) in regular contact with agricultural town-dwellers, and 2) had, we think, recently lived in agricultural villages themselves.
Fighting in the stand-up fashion is not, so far as well can tell, "natural" to humans in the same way that murder is. As you point out, even some highly organized societies avoid it. From ethnographic and archaeological evidence we do not think it existed in among Paleolithic humans, or in the Old World Neolithic, or in eastern North America until the Late Woodland period, after 800 AD. Someone had to invent it. Once warfare in this style exists, people who don't want to conquered have to learn it, so it can spread widely independent of the other aspects of civilization. But I do not think it was invented by hunter-gatherers, or by nomadic pastoralists.
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Christopher Gibbs, an Ohio farmer who worked with the Department of Agriculture (USDA) for 30 years, wrote an op-ed comparing the treatment of American farmers by President Trump to the treatment of adult-film star Stormy Daniels, saying that both got "screwed" and then paid off.
"Let me tell you a riddle," Gibbs wrote. " 'I slept with a billionaire because he said he loved me. I expected to make love, but in the morning I realized I was getting screwed. When I went to tell the world, I was offered cash to keep my mouth shut.' "
"Who am I?" he wrote. "No, I'm not a model or someone named Stormy. I'm the American farmer."
The Hill added:
Daniels was paid $130,000 by Trump's longtime lawyer, Michael Cohen, just before the 2016 election and says that the payment was to keep her quiet about an alleged affair with Trump. She is now suing the president to void a nondisclosure agreement.
Gibbs wrote that Trump is "tearing down" world markets "built and paid for by farmers" with his tariffs and protectionist trade policies, comparing Trump's tactics to those of a "playground bully."
"We keep hearing about the 'Art of the Deal,' " Gibbs wrote. "I'm waiting for the 'Art' portion. Using a club to bludgeon our trading partners and allies is not negotiating. It's nothing more than a playground bully stomping around to see who will flinch."
Gibbs warned that Trump's plan to use $12 billion in taxpayer money to aid farmers hurt by his tariffs "will do little more than put a target on agriculture's back and make agriculture no better than those who come hat in hand wanting something for nothing."
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As producers of Rotherham's celebrated schools' Shakespeare Festival, the team behind the tour have already introduced thousands of local schoolchildren and teachers to some of the greatest plays ever written.
Now they are going one step further by creating their own performance of Rotherham schools' favourite Shakespeare play as an end-of-summer treat for all the family.
An award-winning cast will bring this tale of murder and magic to audiences to four parks and the grounds of Boston Castle.
The cast will be led by Simon Naylor (recently seen in Coronation Street) as Macbeth and Alexandra Maxwell, winner of the 2018 Manchester Theatre Award for Best Performance in a Fringe Production, as Lady Macbeth.
Simon said: "It's an absolute dream to work with such a fine company, and to be able to support the launch of a new theatre in Rotherham.
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Follow the venue on Facebook at facebook.com/rotherhamunderground or on Twitter @RothUnderground to be kept up to date with this and future productions and events.
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Tokyo, Day 4: Shrines, Temples, and Museums
Our first stop during our 4th day in Tokyo was the MEIJI JINGU (or Meiji Shrine) in Shibuya. It was just around 8AM so there were only a few locals when we got there.
Toshi-san explained that "shrine" is used for sacred areas under Shintoism while "temple" is for Buddhism. He taught us how to pray like the locals and explained a bit more about Meiji Jingu.
It was the last day of our company outing (but not last day in Tokyo for me and a few colleagues) so we had to check out at Hotel Monterey Akasaka.
Bye to this nice view of Tokyo from our room
Temizu — process to clean one's self before entering the shrine
Raking the pebbles neatly also helps in cleansing visitors
Toshi-san explained that "shrine" is a term used for sacred areas under Shintoism while "temple" is for Buddhism. He taught us how to pray like the locals and explained a bit more about Meiji Jingu.
I kind of drifted away from the group when I saw the ema at one side of the shrine. I only saw these in some anime shows I watched so seeing them in reality was a delight. Most of the ema are written of course in kanji, but I still found it fascinating to look at some of the ema with cute drawings.
When I returned to the group, Toshi-san was already giving instructions on meet-up time and place as he would give us free time to explore the place. I followed a few office mates exiting the shrine but I remembered that there was one area in the shrine proper which I did not check out. I traced back my steps and found some locals crowding a wooden box where they were getting a piece of paper.
At first, I thought it was like a fortune cookie where you get to know your luck/fortune for the day… But apparently, they were getting omigokoro which is a poem card written by either Emperor Meiji or Empress Shoken. According to the printed paper in English:
"Emperor Meiji wrote about 100,000 waka and the Empress about 30,000 waka, which are not only excellent as literary works but also constitute significant teachings to enhance the national moral character. Meiji Jingu has chosen fifteen waka each from among their composition in order to provide visitors and worshippers with the divine grace of the Imperial couple in the form of omikuji (oracles)."
No shrine staff to watch over this. Goes to show how honest Japanese people are as they trust that no one would dare not to drop 100 yen.
After getting an omigokoro, I noticed two women in the other stall browsing boxes then getting a small item and paying for it. I got curious so I checked it out. The items sold looked like amulets but everything was in kanji, except for the price. Then, I found one amulet which had an English translation — unfortunately, I found its purpose not that relevant for me but at least it confirmed that all the items were amulets indeed.
I picked an amulet randomly, praying that it was of more relevance — whether for luck, work, love, or health — then paid for it. I was already itching to go back to the bus so that I could ask Toshi-san what kind of amulet I got.
But, before I left this area, I saw a couple dressed in traditional clothes passing by. A woman and photographer were following them so I guess they were having a pre-nup shoot here. So lucky to be able to see locals wearing their traditional clothing~!
I was able to catch up with two office mates and we passed by Toshi-san who was counting the number of people going back to the bus. I tried to ask about the amulet I bought but he said he would check later.
We went to the souvenir shop first before heading back to the bus. Once we were complete in the bus, Toshi-san mentioned to the group that I bought an amulet. Turns out that what I chose was a luck amulet and he told me to keep it with me at all times. He showed his own luck amulet which he keeps in his wallet. He said that the amulet had been with him for 40+ years already, even before he got married. Amazing!!
My luck amulet and omigokoro
Our next stop was the TOKYO IMPERIAL PALACE, where the Emperor of Japan resides. Of course, we were not able to get close and see the Emperor. But Toshi-san said that there are certain occasions when they open a part of the palace so that people can go closer and see the Emperor and his wife when they greet the crowd. If I'm not mistaken, one of the occasions is New Year.
After Toshi-san explained everything about the place, we were given some free time for picture taking before we leave the place…
These gates only open a few times in a year
We went to Asakusa area afterwards and visited SENSOJI TEMPLE, which is for Buddhist worshippers. Toshi-san said that most Japanese people practice both Shintoism and Buddhism so temples and shrines can be easily found.
Most of the people in our group chose to do some last minute shopping around the area, and the ones left behind with Toshi-san are the people who would be extending stay in Tokyo — me + 3 office mates.
We visited on a Sunday so the temple was full of worshippers and tourists, yikes. Toshi-san took us around the whole area of the temple and he took time to explain every area and statue to us.
I love hearing things directly from a local as it makes me feel closer to their culture, and it always fascinates me to hear their own stories and opinion. 🙂
One of the Jizo Bosatsus — protector of children, stillborn babies, and deceased kids
At one point in our walking tour, Toshi-san led us to an area where we could get our omikuji, the famous fortune-telling paper slips in Japan temples. We dropped 100 yen coin each, shook a metal can with wooden sticks and took out one stick, located the drawer with the same number as the one in the drawn stick (note that the number is in kanji though), then get the paper at the topmost. The one I got was…
..the BEST fortune. I showed it to Toshi-san and he suddenly hugged me tightly. He patted me at the back and happily told me that I was really lucky to get this one so I should always keep it with me. Apparently, drawing daikichi (great/best fortune) is quite rare. Yay! If one gets bad luck/fortune, the paper slip must be tied to a nearby tying station (not sure what it is called). Toshi-san said that this is practiced so that you leave the bad luck/fortune behind.
After exploring the area, we started to walk to our meet-up place with the rest of the group. We passed by a long alley of different kinds of stores — souvenirs, local delicacy, bags, accessories, etc. Toshi-san recommended a local food, can't recall its name though since the matcha flavor I got did not taste that good.
After regrouping, we had our lunch in a restaurant nearby…
…then traced back our steps to go back to our bus. The four of us who would be extending would get our luggage while the rest of the group would head back home that evening.
We parted ways with the rest of the group, bid our goodbye and said our thanks to Toshi-san and Yamada-san (our bus driver). After that, we took a cab going to the Airbnb unit I booked for our extended stay in Tokyo. It was a good thing that the Airbnb listing was just in Asakusa area so paying for the cab was not that bad. I chose a listing from Shoji & Coco (https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/4807040) because of the following:
Price per night is at par with other listings but this one has a spacious area that really fits 4 people i.e., not cramped
Clean bathroom
Walking distance to Oshiage station, Tokyo Skytree, and Solamachi (mall)
Responsive and helpful hosts
After settling down, we headed to UENO PARK to start our museum hopping… which ended up in us going to just one museum since we were too tired already. We only visited the NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURE AND SCIENCE — a bit of a bummer though that most of the stuff inside do not have English translation, but we were still able to appreciate the displays inside.
We took a rest in one of the coffee shops in the park then headed for Shinjuku. We went back to BIC CAMERA (visited a few days ago) to purchase a 3-day unlimited train ticket for 1,500 yen. Note that this is only for Tokyo Metro and Toei Subway lines — thankfully, most of the stations we rode were under these lines. We only paid extra for a few stations under JR line.
We shopped in the nearby Uniqlo afterwards then headed to Ichiran Ramen for dinner. The line was long though and an employee said that we would have to wait for about 40 minutes. We decided to look for another place since we were really hungry, and we stumbled upon a place that sells food in sizzling plates. We waited for about 10-15 minutes since the place was small and full of customers.
It was worth the wait since the food was good. Also a welcome break from soupy dishes!
We went back to our lodging after this dinner to get a long rest and prepare for the next day. 🙂
LINKS TO OTHER TOKYO 2016 POSTS:
Tokyo, Day 1: Tofuro Restaurant, Hotel Monterey Akasaka, Gindaco Takoyaki
Tokyo, Day 2: Tokyo Disneyland
Tokyo, Day 3: Mt. Fuji, Komagatake Ropeway, Lake Ashi + Cruise
Tokyo, Day 5: Akihabara, Shibuya – Tokyu Hands, One Piece Mugiwara Store, Ichiran
Tokyo, Day 6: Tsukiji Market, Kawagoe, Maisen
Tokyo, Day 7: Revisiting Asakusa
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National Bohemian releases Camden Yards commemorative cans
By Erik Maza
To mark the 20th anniversary of Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Pabst Brewing Company is releasing commemorative National Bohemian cans.
For a limited time, your regular 16-ounce Natty Bohs will feature new packaging that has a brawny Mr. Boh swinging a bat and the Baltimore skyline in the background. His head is roughly as big as the Natty Boh logo on the can.
The cans have been released to wholesellers already and should be making their way to any bar or liquor store that already carries Boh, said a spokeswoman for Pabst. It is not clear for how long the commemorative cans, which were conceived and designed in-house in October, will run.
The promotion solidifies a link between Boh and the Orioles that was revived last year, when the beer was re-introduced to the ballpark for the first time since 1992.
Though Boh used to be the Orioles' official beer - Jerry Hoffberger, National Bohemian's chairman, was a majority owner of the team from 1965 to 1979 - the relationship stopped after the move to Camden Yards from Memorial Stadium.
Last March, after the beer was successfully re-introduced on draft in Baltimore for the first since 1999, Pabst also brought it back to the ballpark.
"We're grateful for the resurgence the brand has enjoyed in recent years, which exploded once we re-introduced draft in the Baltimore market," said a joint statement from Daren and Evan Metropoulos, co-owners of Pabst for two years."We hope fans of Natty Boh will appreciate this fun tribute."
Pabst relishes nostalgia like this. Since C. Dean Metropoulos & Co., a Connecticut equity firm, bought Pabst in June of 2010, it has focused on reviving the its heritage brands - PBR, Schlitz and Lone Star more so than Natty Boh, which has remained popular over the years only regionally.
Though it would not release updated figures to back up their claims that the introduction of Boh on kegs has been a success, the company says the experiment has exceeded expectations.
In September, Bryan Crowley, Pabst's chief marketing officer, said nearly 17,000 kegs of Natty Boh had been sold since January, and anticipated sales to exceed 20,000 by the end of the year.
March 21 update: the promotion is running throughout the 2012 baseball season.


As Canadian egg producers move towards alternative housing, they will need to prepare for new challenges. In Switzerland, where battery-caged production was banned outright in 1992, a group of researchers works to address those challenges, including nest box behaviour, piling and smothering issues, depopulation, ranging behaviour and keel bone damage.
The broiler housing and equipment industry continues to develop, introducing new technologies in line with trends in modern management, communication and ventilation systems. As you might expect, early adoption in markets such as Europe and North America, which have high labour and utility costs, easily justifies investment in these modern technologies.
The International Egg Commission and its members support, and will promote, the responsible use of all antimicrobials to allow for the long-term safe production of eggs, safeguarding the availability of eggs and egg products for the world's consumers.
The World Egg Organisation (WEO) recently announced the global egg industry's pledge to work in partnership with the United Nations, to fulfil its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
The UN's SDGs represent a shared vision to eradicate poverty and social inequality, and to tackle climate change by 2030. A social contract between the world's leaders, the successful delivery of this ambitious blueprint is dependent on engagement and participation from international industry. The WEO has outlined key areas where it is delivering positive outcomes in line with the UN's targets.
Eggs are a sustainable, affordable source of the highest quality protein for everyone. Through its charitable work, the International Egg Foundation (IEF) is tackling food poverty experienced in developing countries, such as Swaziland and Uganda, through an ever-broadening range of community-based programmes.
Eggs fulfil numerous nutritional requirements and the industry is dedicated to educating the world about the positive benefits that this natural resource delivers as part of a balance diet.
Egg consumption supports brain development and concentration, particularly in young children. Additionally the IEF is responsible in its role as educational trustee for initiatives in Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Swaziland, providing resources that enable communities to become successful egg producers.
Building trust and transparency in our food supply chains is essential. To help overcome the threat of Avian Influenza the industry has published its biosecurity recommendations. Secondly, the issue of animal welfare is driving the operations of all international egg industry producers and country associations. This is evident in the WEO's role supporting the OIE in establishing a framework of Global Standards for Laying Hens.
The egg industry strives to continually reduce the resources it uses whilst ensuring the same output. Best commercial practice regarding sustainable intensification is regularly shared throughout the industry's member organisations.
Collectively managing the future of our planet and its inhabitants is vital to the success of the sustainability agenda. There is a need for international discourse, interaction and unified policy making. The WEO recognises the need to be proactive and accountable. To this end, the organisation continues to develop constructive relationships with the OIE, CGF and the major egg associations worldwide and its leading companies. This is supported by ongoing communication with the WHO, UN and WWF to address a range of sustainability issues.
WEO Chairman, Tim Lambert, explains, "Kyoto is the perfect location for our sustainable development announcement. Many members of the international egg industry are gathered for our Global Leadership Conference and this ancient city has been the site of previous historic agreements, that seek to change our world for the better. The UN's Agenda for Sustainable Development calls on us collectively, to initiate efforts to achieve the seventeen SDGs over the next twelve years. The global egg industry is absolutely committed to the cause."
GISE's work co-exists alongside the framework of the UN's Sustainable Development Goals. From social responsibility and environmental sustainability to nutrition and better operational practices – every aspect has a humanitarian focus and benefit.
Six months after inaugurating its new French animal health headquarters in the heart of the Lyon-Gerland Biodistrict, Boehringer Ingelheim has confirmed its allegiance to the region by announcing that it is about to invest a further €65 million in the metropolitan area.
The German group has laid the first stone of a 5,700 sq m building at its Lyon Porte-des-Alpes (LPA) site. Known as F2IVE (Formulation and Filling of Inactivated Vaccines Extension), this major project will comprise a three-storey building - including 1,000 sq m of clean room space – mainly for formulating and distributing avian vaccines.
"As poultry consumption continues to rise around the world, there is an increasing demand for avian vaccines. This meant that our LPA production site in Saint-Priest was going to reach a saturation point by 2020. We had to do some forward planning and find additional production capacity", explains Erick Lelouche, president of Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health France.
The new building, which has an environmentally friendly design, will house two formulation lines, a multi-format bottle distribution line and a bag distribution area.
42 new jobs to be created at the new site.
Earthworks for the new high-tech building began in March 2018 with the first batches expected in spring 2020 for a range of avian vaccines destined for the world market, with the exception of the U.S.
Fifteen months after the acquisition of Merial (a Sanofi company) in January 2017, this new investment will lead to the creation of 42 new jobs, primarily consisting of qualified operations staff (flow and maintenance managers, production technicians).
"An investment such as this confirms the commitment made by Boehringer Ingelheim at the time of the acquisition to put France, and Lyon in particular, at the heart of its growth strategy in the animal health market", Lelouche shares.
Over the past 22 years, more than €350 million have been invested in the LPA site. This new investment will eventually result in a threefold increase in the site's inactivated vaccine production capacity.
For the first time, HatchCare chicks have been born in the United Kingdom. Specifically, these first chicks were hatched on July 16 in Boston, Lincolnshire, U.K., and were directly provided with feed, water and light post-hatch.
HatchTech commissioned the HatchCare hatchery together with Annyalla Chicks, a family business that runs independent hatcheries in Ireland and the U.K.
Following the positive results of several field trips to HatchCare hatcheries and farms, equipping this hatchery with HatchCare was selected for Annyalla Chicks.
The hatchery will produce 500,000 day-old chicks in the first phase, with the possibility of extending this to 2.2 million day-old chicks within the existing building. HatchTech delivered the whole package of incubation solutions – from setters and HatchCare units to heating, cooling and ventilation equipment.
"We're very pleased with this successful startup and the entrance of HatchCare chicks into the UK market. We're proud to be able to provide Annyalla Chicks with all the benefits of early feeding, such as improved welfare conditions, undisrupted development of the birds and better technical performance at broiler farm level. We're really looking forward to a successful rollout," says Michiel van Veldhuisen, international sales manager with HatchTech.
Besides building a HatchCare hatchery, Annyalla Chicks also commissioned a HatchTraveller. This enables the chicks to eat during transportation, which will enhance chick quality and positively contribute to their development. The HatchTraveller will be supplied in September.
A team of investigators have isolated colistin-resistant Escherichia coli from a commercial poultry farm in China. Colistin is an antibiotic of last resort against certain bacteria. The research is published in the journal Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy.
In the study, as part of ongoing surveillance, the researchers from Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Sichuan University collected rectal swabs from randomly selected chickens in multiple commercial chicken farms in China.
A chicken farmer has been given a suspended jail sentence for falsely claiming that eggs produced in crowded henhouses were free-range.
Phagelux, Inc. a global biotechnology company focused on the development and commercialization of novel phage and lysin antibacterial products and solutions, made multiple announcements by entities within its agricultural division.
Tyler Homer, director of U.S. Operations for OmniLytics, a wholly owned subsidary of Phagelux, Inc., announced that OmniLytics has entered into a product development collaboration with NutriQuest to co-develop phage-based feed additive products.
Homer stated, "We are delighted to be working with one of the most innovative and fastest growing feed additive companies to create some truly unique and valuable new products."
Steve Weiss, president for NutriQuest added, "This partnership couples the OmniLytics leadership position in creating phage-based solutions with our expertise in the feed additives business to create what we believe will be very important new solutions for poultry and livestock producers. Producers are losing access to valuable tools in poultry and livestock production that are resulting in increased costs and we believe the solutions we create together will fill those critical needs and provide a high level of value."
Phagelux, Inc. has significant agricultural research, development and manufacturing capabilities in China.
William Wang, COO of Phagelux in China noted that Phagelux has added eleven new distributors to the Phagelux AgriHealth distribution network since January 1, 2018.
Wang noted that, "Although the line of our animal health products is still limited, and although we are just starting our sales efforts, the market seems to be responding positively to our products. In many agricultural categories treatments based on traditional antibiotics are either failing, or the public is demanding growers use less, and our products provide safe and natural alternatives that are often even more effective than traditional chemical antibiotics."
DETAILS: An outbreak of a virulent bird flu virus has spread to another farm in northeastern Bulgaria, the national food safety agency reported on June 13, 2018.
A three-kilometer protection zone was set around the farm in the village of Donchevo [Dobrich] and the sale of eggs and the movement of domestic, wild, and other birds was banned within it, the agency said in a statement.
Two weeks ago, the agency authorities reported an outbreak of the virus on a duck farm in the village of Stefanovo [Dobrich] and said birds on the farm were being culled.
Bulgaria has reported a handful of outbreaks in the past year, some involving the highly pathogenic H5N8 bird flu virus.
Chicken farmers in the Philippines will soon test their birds for deadly pathogens with a new hand-held device and smartphone app they can use on their own farms.
It will help farmers act fast before disease can spread and potentially infect people. It also cuts out the need to send samples away for expensive lab tests.
A team of scientists lead by Brunel University London will develop a molecular test and a smartphone app that, when used together, detect six key pathogens in poultry.
Farmers will collect samples from their birds using a large-matchbox-sized instrument that screens the DNA and RNA. The device connects wirelessly to the app to display the results, which can can also feed into a central store to help track outbreaks across the islands. The whole process takes less than an hour. | For the full story, CLICK HERE.
DETAILS: On May 22, a new stain of a listed disease was confirmed on a farm in the Liaozahong district. Control measures are underway. Event status is continuing to be updated.
Sustainability is not a buzzword in farming. It's a day-to-day reality. If you don't sustain the soil and greater environment on a farm, you won't have a future. And if you don't efficiently use – and maybe re-use – energy, water and other resources, you won't sustain your farm business financially either, again jeopardizing your future.
The British poultry industry has today launched a new apprenticeship standard for poultry workers, creating a pipeline to bring skilled workers into the sector.
A cross-industry group, which includes the NFU, British Poultry Council (BPC) and Poultec, has launched the new initiative at the Pig and Poultry Fair.
It is a significant investment from the poultry sector in its workforce, and strengthens the existing Poultry Passport.
Dan Lenihan, who introduced the Cobb breed of chickens to Ireland and contributed to its success across the UK and Europe, has died at age 79.
In the 1970s Cobb was one of the U.S. broiler breeds that transformed chicken from luxury to an everyday meal and Dan Lenihan saw this potential when he bought the assets of Cobb Ireland in 1974. This company had been established in the early 1960s to serve the Irish market at a time when there were severe animal health restrictions on imports of poultry.
Cobb Ireland built the hatchery at Straffan, near Dublin, and after purchasing the business Dan Lenihan bought another hatchery at Mullingar, County Westmeath to expand production. This increased from less than 100,000 to more than two million parent stock chicks a year by 2000, delivering throughout Ireland and the UK.
Cobb Ireland began exporting breeding stock to Taiwan and Syria in 1975 and as the Cobb breed has expanded across Europe, Middle East and Africa through the last 40 years, the company has played a significant role in this growth.
During the last 20 years Dan Lenihan's operation in Ireland has transitioned from a distributor to a contract producer for Cobb Europe.
Ireland's unrivalled history in terms of notifiable diseases has played a key role in Cobb being able to protect supply to customers during the avian influenza issues that occur from time to time in Western Europe. The farms hold a combination of great grandparent and grandparent stock.
Dan Lenihan was born in Newcastle West, County Limerick, and initially studied dairy science at Cork University. After working in a hatchery in Kill, County Kildare, he set up his own poultry business in Newcastle West with the initial Irish franchise for the Warren Brown egg layer and later sold this business to Whittaker's Hatchery in Cork.
He is a former chairman of Bord Glad, the Irish Food Board, and also served as chairman of the Respect fund raising charity that helps people with an intellectual disability. He has also been chairman of the National Poultry Council in Ireland and of the Irish Chick Hatcheries Association.
He is survived by wife Marian, son Daniel and daughter Caroline.
A new genetic link to the immune system in laying hens has been discovered that could result in laying hens being born resistant to many diseases.
Pioneering research of the full genome of over 1,600 layers has revealed a genetic link to natural antibodies (called: NAbs).
The results of a study recently published in the prestigious international journal Science Advances have enabled researchers to better understand the role of eggshells in embryo development and hatching.
The objective of the study, conducted by an international research team led by Marc McKee from McGill University in Canada and involving the participation of scientists from the University of Granada (UGR), was to analyse the nanostructure of chicken eggshells.
The findings could be used to produce healthier, more robust eggs by providing researchers with the means to genetically select laying hens with specific characteristics.
An eggshell is made up of both organic and inorganic matter that contains calcium carbonate. One of the important findings of the study was that the nanostructure was closely linked to the presence of osteopontin, a protein which is also found in bones.
Eggshells are strong enough to resist fractures during the incubation period. However, they gradually weaken as the hatching period approaches to make it easier for the chicks to break through the shell.
The eggshell weakens as its internal layer dissolves, releasing calcium which, in turn, is needed by the embryo for bone formation.
The study found that this process is made possible as a result of the changes that occur in the eggshell nanostructure during the incubation period.
Furthermore, the researchers were able to recreate similar nanostructures to those they discovered in the eggshells by using proteins, specifically by adding osteopontin to mineral crystals grown in the lab.
According to the team, which includes Alejandro B. Rodríguez Navarro from the Department of Mineralogy and Petrology (UGR), approximately 10 per cent of all eggs break or crack before consumption, which increases the risk of food poisoning and infections such as Salmonella.
Understanding how the different mineral nanostructures contribute to strengthening the eggshell could allow scientists to genetically select laying hens based on specific traits, which would put healthier, more resistant eggs into circulation.
However, studying the internal structure of eggshells can be challenging because of the ease with which they break when under analysis. To overcome this obstacle, the team used a focused ion beam sectioning system that allowed them to accurately cut the samples out of the eggshells and study them using electron microscopy.
New specialty market approval, scientific forum discussion and broadened adoption are all rapidly taking shape for the Nuscience elite level feed technology platform in Canada, available under the Biotica product brand via strategic marketing partnership with Canadian Bio-Systems Inc. (CBS Inc.).
The advances come as Nuscience, a member of the Royal Agrifirm Group, launches the next phase of its Biotica introduction for the Canadian market, providing the feed industry including poultry, swine and ruminant sectors with fresh solutions designed to fit with the paradigm shift toward reduced antimicrobial use.
Nuscience and CBS Inc. recently received authorization for Biotica as approved for use in Canadian organic production, further adding to the specialty market versatility of the platform, which is designed for use across conventional and a range of specialty production approaches.
"We are seeing strong initial uptake of Biotica by progressive companies and producers looking to prepare for the new standards on judicious use of antibiotics and also to align production strategies with a range of both current and emerging market opportunities," says Rob Patterson, technical director with CBS Inc.
Biotica is a functional feed additive that fits well with advanced strategies designed to support health, well-being and overall performance of animals.
The Nuscience technology featured in Biotica has become a market leader globally with a proven decade-plus track record of use with production systems designed to optimize animal and production benefits without the inclusion of antibiotic growth promoters.
Canada has set December 2018 as the deadline for moving all use of antibiotics to prescription only.
Major producer and commodity associations have implemented various stages of programs aligned with this shift, often addressing antimicrobial stewardship along with broader sustainability initiatives encompassing additional aspects of production such as housing, biosecurity, environment, welfare, quality and food safety.
Goedegebuure has been part of several recent Nuscience delegations that have toured key production regions in Canada and participated in numerous meetings and industry events along with CBS Inc. team partners.
Nuscience approaches the animal feed industry with two focused business units, Nutrition4U and Health4U.
Nutrition4U by Nuscience is a range of young animal nutrition concepts, customized premixes and performing concentrates. Health4U by Nuscience, which includes the technology featured in Biotica, offers innovative additives and functional feed ingredients.
Royal Agrifirm Group, headquartered in the Netherlands, is a leading agricultural cooperative with an international network of subsidiaries in 16 countries within Europe, South America and Asia and a worldwide distribution network.
CBS Inc., based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, is an innovation-focused company with global reach that researches, develops and manufactures a wide range of bio-based products used in feed, food and industrial applications. It is a pioneer and leader in enzymes and other bio-based feed technology options, leveraging over 30 years of research and development. Producers and industry can contact their CBS Inc. sales representative for more details on Biotica and CBS Inc. Feed Science Platforms. More information is also available at www.canadianbio.com.
Five genes that affect sociality-related behaviour in chickens have been identified by researchers at Linköping University in Sweden.
Several of the genes have been previously linked to nervous system function or behaviour. The new study, which is published in Genetics, is the first that assigns these genes a role in sociality.
Sociality and social behaviour covers a wide range of behaviours. Dogs seeking human contact and honeybees using complex waggle dances to exchange information on where to find good food sources are two examples from the animal world. But what actually governs social behaviour?
"By identifying the genes responsible for the variation in such sociality we can understand how sociality is formed and how social behaviour is controlled at a genetic level. Why some people or animals are more gregarious by nature and others more independent is just one such example," says Dominic Wright, senior lecturer at the Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology (IFM), who has led the study.
To assess this, the researchers used a cross between wild and domestic chickens. The AVIAN research group at Linköping University is one of the few groups in the world with a breeding population of Red Junglefowl, the wild ancestor of the domestic fowl.
For 8,000 years, humans have selected the individuals that have desirable traits and bred them, a process known as domestication. As a result, today's domestic fowl and the original wild fowl differ strongly in their social behaviour. For example, Red Junglefowl typically take longer to approach other birds, but spend more time with them when they do.
By crossing the domestic and the wild fowl for several generations, the researchers obtained chickens that exhibited a large range of social behaviour.
The researchers measured sociality by placing chickens in a novel environment (a large box) and observing how likely they were to seek contact with other chickens. A more social chicken approaches the others more rapidly and spends less time exploring the new surroundings. The same behaviour is also displayed by more anxious chickens.
The investigators also measured gene expression in one of several regions in the brain involved in the regulation of social behaviour, the hypothalamus. By correlating behaviour, gene expression and genetic variants, the researchers identified five genes that seem to control aspects of this behaviour.
"Although these genes had been implicated with behaviour or nervous system function previously, this is the first time they have been shown to control sociality also. We also found that several of the genes affect both sociality and anxiety in the chickens," says Dominic Wright.
The research was supported by grants from the Carl Trygger Stiftelse, the Swedish Research Council, the Swedish Research Council for Environment, Agricultural Sciences and Spatial Planning (FORMAS) and the European Research Council.


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Amanda Seyfried Books a Trip to Scenic 'Twin Peaks'
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After years of making waves in feature films like Lovelace, A Million Ways To Die In The West and Ted 2, Amanda Seyfried is set to make her return to the small screen in a big way.
TV Line has the exclusive that the actress has signed on for Showtime's revival of the cult hit show Twin Peaks. No word has come out yet as to just who Seyfried would play but it's being said that her role is that of a "pivotal new character."
The actress is no stranger to TV, having been in HBO's Big Love from 2006 until 2011.
Twin Peaks co-creators David Lynch and Mark Frost have written all of the episodes of the new series and Lynch is set to direct each and every frame that comes across our screens.
There was some time when the project wasn't a sure thing, as Lynch and Showtime couldn't meet eye-to-eye on some things. But all is well and the show is progressing, with shooting already underway in Washington State.
No official date has been given for the premiere but sometime in 2016 has been bandied about.


Virtual worlds often seem like they have their own governments….and their own laws. Whether expressed through a EULA or a Terms of Service Agreement, virtual worlds are often governed by individual codes of conduct and enforcement that are derived less from "real-world" laws and more by the platform owner's lawyers. But the law doesn't end at the border of a virtual world, and the continually evolving ways in which governments, regulators and judges interpret the law as it applies to virtual worlds is an increasingly important subject as online communities grow.
Robert Bloomfield welcomes a very special guest, Greg Lastowka, Professor of Law at Rutgers University on the eve of the publication of his new book: Virtual Justice, The New Laws of Online Worlds.
Published by Yale University Press, Professor Lastowka's book explores crime, governance and a history of law in virtual worlds.
Join us for this in-depth discussion of trends, insights and the future of law, crime and governance in virtual environments on Monday November 8th at 12 p.m. Pacific.
You can join in through the main stage in Second Life, or watch a live video stream of the event on this page. More information about the event and the topic (and about many related issues) can be found on the Metanomics site.


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