Ghrelin is a metabolic hormone released by the stomach at increased levels during times of fasting. It is known that ghrelin has suppressive effects on reproduction, for example by decreasing luteinizing hormone (LH) pulsatility. Whether it also inhibits the neuroendocrine control of ovulation is unknown. We set up three experiments to delve further into ghrelin's actions on the control of reproduction by the hypothalamus, the region of the brain critical for control of the reproductive axis. In the first experiment we established a protocol to abolish the preovulatory LH surge in mice by fasting them for 36 hours or treating with 20mg/kg ghrelin at 2 hourly intervals on the afternoon of the surge. We then examined whether restoration of ghrelin levels to a non-fasted state by using mice with a knocked-out ghrl gene, restoration of leptin levels by administration of 1mg leptin/kg in at ~12 hourly intervals, or restoration of both would restore the surge in the fasted mice. We found that neither ghrelin knockout or leptin replacement nor their combination was able to restore the surge in fasted mice, while ghrelin injections prior to the expected LH surge, given to fed control mice, were able to abolish the preovulatory LH surge. It is proposed that the effects of ghrl knockout and leptin replacement be re-examined in a shorter (and therefore more physiologically relevant) fast model. This suggests that ghrelin is sufficient but not necessary to inhibit the preovulatory LH surge in fasted mice. In the second experiment we attempted to systematically examine various potential signalling markers of ghrelin activity within the hypothalamus. We implanted intracerebroventricular (ICV) cannulae into two groups of Sprague-Dawley rats and administered 3nm ghrelin into one group, and vehicle only into the other group, and perfused the rats an hour later. The brains were then stained immunohistochemically for either phosphorylated extracellular signal-related kinase 1/2 (pERK 1/2) or phosphorylated cAMP-response element-binding protein (pCREB). The series were then co-stained for either tyrosine hydroxylase (as a surrogate for anteroventral periventricular kisspeptin neurons), gonadotrophin-releasing hormone (GnRH), corticotrophin-releasing hormone (CRH), RF-amide related peptide 3 (RFRP-3), or kisspeptin. No change was found in CREB phosphorylation with ghrelin administration, but did find statistically significant decreases of ERK 1/2 phosphorylation in the arcuate nucleus (ARC), ventromedial hypothalamic nucleus (VMH), as well as the dorsomedial hypothalamic nucleus (DMH). The significance of these findings are difficult to speculate, save to say that ERK 1/2 phosphorylation appears to be negatively regulated by ghrelin activity within the hypothalamus. For our third experiment, we proposed a model through which ghrelin decreases LH pulsatility, namely that it stimulates CRH neurons which then suppress arcuate kisspeptin neurons which are thought to drive the GnRH pulse generator in rodents. To test this hypothesised pathway 3nmol ghrelin with or without 27nmol of the CRH-R2 antagonist astressin-2B, the antagonist alone, or 5μg CRH alone was administered ICV into groups of Sprague-Dawley rats. LH levels in the blood were measured 1 hour later as well as Kiss1 mRNA levels in the caudal and rostral hypothalami of the rats. Our results were statistically insignificant but trends in the LH levels suggest that CRH-R2 is a mediator of ghrelin's suppression of LH pulsatility. Overall, we have examined varying facets of ghrelin's neuroendocrine reproductive roles and found several interesting new additions to these.


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Book direct for best holiday deals, park owner advises
Skelwith Fold's safari tents (above) are a family favourite for Lake District visitors, and offer superb value
BOOKING A STAY directly with a British holiday park or other provider is probably the best way to avoid "rip-off pricing" when planning a holiday this year or in 2022.
That's the firm view of Cumbria park owner Henry Wild after a recent BBC Panorama programme (25 August) reported that some cottage and hotel holidays had doubled in price this summer.
The programme failed to point out, he said, that the accusation of profiteering should be directed not at the business owners, but at the booking agencies they often use.
Such third-party vendors of holidays, Henry said, often deploy a system of "dynamic pricing" which increases the cost of stays as the levels of demand rise.
With available accommodation outstripping supply in many parts of the country this summer, he says, there are even greater temptations for booking agencies to cash-in.
Dynamic pricing by third-party sellers can hike holiday prices, said Henry
Henry compares their approach with that of the vast majority of permanent holiday parks which are more concerned to build trust and long-term relationships with their customers.
"Many of the UK's parks have been established and run by the same families for many years, and pass their businesses on through successive generations," he says.
"This requires taking a long-term view of the future, and leaves no room for capitalising on a surge in demand which has been created by a dreadful pandemic.
"Skelwith Fold is far from unique in pegging this year's holiday prices at around last year's levels, and next year's prices will probably just see an inflationary rise.
"It would be unfair to our many loyal customers to do otherwise, even if there are people out there who would be prepared to pay twice what we currently ask.
"Booking agencies have no interest in generating goodwill, and simply hand over pricing to their algorithms which will extract as much money as they can from customers.
"The Panorama programme would have served consumers better by pointing out that booking directly with the accommodation provider will often achieve the best deal.
"In some respects this was a missed opportunity, and it pointed the finger of blame largely in the wrong direction and failed to suggest the solution which exists," said Henry.
The Wild family, which has owned the park for nearly 25 years, provides glamping accommodation including safari tents, plus touring pitches and holiday homes to rent and own.
There is more information about Skelwith Fold on its website at www.skelwith.com

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Witnesses: GE tried to suppress news of danger
Posted March 30, 2013 in Legal Issues | Product Liability | Product News and Recalls | Verdicts & Settlements
In the course of a recently concluded trial over a medical imaging dye called Omniscan, witnesses claimed that manufacturer GE Healthcare actively tried to suppress evidence that the dye could be dangerous, ProPublica reports.
A jury in Cleveland recently awarded $4.5 million to the plaintiff – a 61-year-old man diagnosed with a disease called nephrogenic systemic fibrosis in 2010 — and $500,000 to his wife. Prior to that trial, GE had settled several hundred other cases out of court over the last several years concerning the dye, which is used to sharpen MRI scans.
ProPublica said GE ignored the advice of its own safety experts to "proactively" restrict Omniscan's use, over concerns that it could cause a rare but debilitating disease that makes large areas of the skin become thick and hard.
GE Healthcare acquired Omniscan in 2004 when it purchased a U.K. company. Although the first association between Omniscan and the skin disease was published in 2006, by a scientist without access to any internal company documents, witnesses testified that concerns had cropped up long before then.
During the trial, a company scientist who studied Omniscan in 1994 testified that she came across some potentially troubling findings. But her boss instructed her to "burn the data". According to ProPublica, the scientist testified that although she was "terrified" that she would be fired, she did not follow the directive and retained the data.
Other researchers conducted a study and published the conclusion that Omniscan was safe and effective. But they later withdrew their paper after allegedly learning that they had not been shown "secret studies" that contained problematic data.
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The New Zealand Kennel Club now trading as Dogs New Zealand (Dogs NZ) was established in 1886. It exists primarily as an organisation of dog owners which gives it collective bargaining power and a single voice to Government, the general public and other interest groups on behalf of dog breeders, dog owners, Kennel Clubs and other associated societies in the canine world.
It maintains a database which traces the genealogy and pedigree of New Zealand Dogs as well as progression of sports associated with Canines. (Breed Clubs, Obedience, Agility, Working Trials, Black Hawk Canine Good Citizentm New Zealand Young Kennel Club and others).
The make up of Dogs NZ is an organisation that operates at two levels.
From its inception in 1886, the New Zealand Kennel Club was an association of societies and still is today.
We now have over 300 societies affiliated to, associated with and recognised by us. These are classified by status and by the activity they carry out.Affiliated clubs must be All Breeds Show clubs, geographically based and well established. They are our senior clubs and have a direct vote at conference.
Show Clubs - new All Breeds Clubs or other All Breeds Clubs which do not qualify for Affiliated status. Group Clubs, Multi breed Clubs (more than one breed but not all breeds in one group), Specialist Breed Clubs (one breed only).
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In 1976, we introduced a second membership concept to our club, introducing individual membership. This meant that before individuals could do certain things they must also belong directly to Dogs New Zealand.
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The Annual Conference of Delegates like many national bodies in New Zealand, in many fields of endeavour from sports bodies, unions and political parties, the only practical way to organise nationally is to meet annually. This gathering, attended by delegates from throughout the country elects a governing council to run the affairs of the body. This annual meeting called Annual Conference of Delegates, gives policy direction for the following year, approves accounts and sets membership fees.
The Executive Council meets six times a year to consider business. Executive Councilors have considerable experience in Club administration.
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Caroline Beresford, Marchioness of Waterford (formerly Lady Caroline Olein Geraldine Wyndham-Quin) (b. 1936) and Lady Melissa Brooke (formerly Lady Melissa Eva Wyndham-Quin) (b. 1935), Part 2
Caroline, Marchioness of Waterford and Lady Melissa Brooke recall and describe happy holidays spent at the family property at Derrynane in South Kerry. The sisters also recall an unforgettable occasion when their grand-uncle, Captain Valentine Wyndham-Quin, brought his Royal Navy vessel into Derrynane Bay during World War II, and the confusion this created amongst the local people. Lady Caroline married the 8th Marquess of Waterford at Adare in 1957, and Adare was also the location of the marriage of Lady Melissa to Major Sir George Brooke in 1959. Photographs of the wedding parties at the Manor are discussed and described. The wedding in 1945 of their cousin, Miss Mollie Wyndham-Quin, to The Hon Robert Cecil, the future Viscount Cranborne and subsequently 6th Marquess of Salisbury at Westminster Abbey, is recalled, and mention is made of the curtain fabric from Adare Manor which was utilised in the making of the bridal dresses for the occasion. The Limerick Show in former years is discussed, as is the input of their mother, Nancy Countess of Dunraven, in the instigation of the Flower Show. Garinish Island in Kenmare Bay, where Windham Wyndham-Quin, 5th Earl Dunraven would spend his summers, holds very fond memories for the sisters. This was a place where many exotic plants flourished. These had been brought back to Kerry following the Wyndham-Quin family's world tours. Caroline's husband, Tyrone Waterford, was a relative of the Lansdowne family who owned Derreen House in Lauragh near Kenmare in Co. Kerry, and she remembers her visits to the Lansdowne family there with great fondness. Curraghmore House in Co. Waterford became home to Caroline, Marchioness of Waterford following her marriage to The Marquess of Waterford at the age of 20 in 1957. She outlines the reasons why the house did not suffer the same sad fate as did many of the Big Houses in Ireland which were burnt during the War of Independence in Ireland (1919-1921). Lady Melissa explains why Adare Manor also escaped unscathed at this time. Both sisters describe the period in their lives when their father rented a house in London and they were presented at Court at Queen Charlotte's Ball in Petworth House in Sussex. An interesting story told to the sisters by their father in relation to "coming out" at Dublin Castle in earlier days is told. In conclusion, the family legacy and the entail are discussed in detail.
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Q: Example 2.2.9 in Herstein's TOPICS IN ALGEBRA, 2nd ed: The order of the group of all $2\times 2$ invertible matrices of integers modulo $p$ My question is as follows:

Let $p$ be a given prime number (i.e. a natural number greater than $1$ whose only positive divisors are $1$ and itself).
Let $G$ be the group of all the $2 \times 2$ matrices $\left[ \begin{matrix}  a & b \\ c & d \end{matrix} \right]$, where $a, b, c, d \in \{ 0, \ldots, p-1 \}$ and $ad - bc \not\equiv 0 \mod p$, under multiplication modulo $p$.
What is the order of $G$?

My Attempt:

Let us first put $p \colon= 2$.
In this case, $G$ consists of all the matrices $\left[ \begin{matrix}  a & b \\ c & d \end{matrix} \right]$, where $a, b, c, d \in \{ 0, 1 \}$ and $ad - bc \not\equiv 0 \mod 2$.
Case 1. First, we consider the case where at least one of the entries of the general element $\left[ \begin{matrix}  a & b \\ c & d \end{matrix} \right]$ of $G$ is $0$,  more precisely is congruent to $0$ modulo $2$.
In this case, neither of the rows and neither of the columns of $\left[ \begin{matrix}  a & b \\ c & d \end{matrix} \right]$ can be zero modulo $2$.
Accordingly, we have the following four sub-cases:
Sub-Case 1.1. If $a = 0$, then $b$ and $c$ cannot be $0$, although $d$ can; this gives us two possibilities, namely $\left[ \begin{matrix}  0 & 1 \\ 1 & 0 \end{matrix} \right]$ and $\left[ \begin{matrix}  0 & 1 \\ 1 & 1 \end{matrix} \right]$.
Sub-Case 1.2. If $b = 0$, then $a$ and $d$ cannot be $0$, although $c$ can; this gives us two possibilities, namely $\left[ \begin{matrix}  1 & 0 \\ 0 & 1 \end{matrix} \right]$ and $\left[ \begin{matrix}  1 & 0 \\ 1 & 1 \end{matrix} \right]$.
Sub-Case 1.3. If $c = 0$, then $a$ and $d$ cannot be $0$, although $b$ can; this gives us two possibilities, namely $\left[ \begin{matrix}  1 & 0 \\ 0 & 1 \end{matrix} \right]$ and $\left[ \begin{matrix}  1 & 1 \\ 0 & 1 \end{matrix} \right]$, but only one of these two is a new possibility, for the other one (i.e. the first) has already occured in Sub-Case 1.2. So we have only one more possibility, namely $\left[ \begin{matrix}  1 & 1 \\ 0 & 1 \end{matrix} \right]$.
Sub-Case 1.4. Finally, if $d = 0$, then $b$ and $c$ cannot be $0$, although $a$ can; this gives us two possibilities, namely $\left[ \begin{matrix}  0 & 1 \\ 1 & 0 \end{matrix} \right]$ and $\left[ \begin{matrix}  1 & 1 \\ 1 & 0 \end{matrix} \right]$, but only one of these two is a new possibility, for the first matrix has already occured in Sub-Case 1.1 above. So we have one more possibility, namely $\left[ \begin{matrix}  1 & 1 \\ 1 & 0 \end{matrix} \right]$.
Thus in the case where at least one of the entries of $\left[ \begin{matrix}  a & b \\ c & d \end{matrix} \right]$ is $0$, we have the following six elements of $G$:
  $\left[ \begin{matrix}  0 & 1 \\ 1 & 0 \end{matrix} \right]$, $\left[ \begin{matrix}  0 & 1 \\ 1 & 1 \end{matrix} \right]$, $\left[ \begin{matrix}  1 & 0 \\ 0 & 1 \end{matrix} \right]$,  $\left[ \begin{matrix}  1 & 0 \\ 1 & 1 \end{matrix} \right]$, $\left[ \begin{matrix}  1 & 1 \\ 0 & 1 \end{matrix} \right]$, and $\left[ \begin{matrix}  1 & 1 \\ 1 & 0 \end{matrix} \right]$.
Case 2. Next, we consider the case when none of the entries of $\left[ \begin{matrix}  a & b \\ c & d \end{matrix} \right]$ is $0$. In this case, we are only left with the matrix $\left[ \begin{matrix}  1 & 1 \\ 1 & 1 \end{matrix} \right]$. However, for this matrix we have $1 \cdot 1 - 1 \cdot 1 = 0$. So we obtain no new elements of $G$ in this case.
Therefore for $p = 2$, the order of $G$ is $6$.

Am I right?

Next, we put $p \colon= 3$.
In this case, $G$ consists of all the matrices $\left[ \begin{matrix}  a & b \\ c & d \end{matrix} \right]$, where $a, b, c, d \in \{ 0, 1, 2 \}$ and $ad - bc \not\equiv 0 \mod 3$.
Case 1. First, we consider the case where at least one of the entries of the general element $\left[ \begin{matrix}  a & b \\ c & d \end{matrix} \right]$ of $G$ is $0$,  more precisely is congruent to $0$ modulo $3$.
In this case, neither of the rows and neither of the columns of $\left[ \begin{matrix}  a & b \\ c & d \end{matrix} \right]$ can be zero modulo $3$.
Accordingly, we have the following four sub-cases:
Sub-Case 1.1. If $a = 0$, then $b$ and $c$ cannot be $0$, although $d$ can; this gives us $2 \times 2 \times 3 = 12$ possibilities.
Sub-Case 1.2. If $d = 0$, then $b$ and $c$ cannot be $0$, although $a$ can; however for $a=0$ four possibilities from Sub-Case 1.1 will occur again. Thus we have $2 \times 2 \times 2 = 8$ new possibilities.
Sub-Case 1.3. If $b = 0$, then $a$ and $d$ cannot be $0$, although $c$ can; this gives us $2 \times 2 \times 3 = 12$ possibilities.
Sub-Case 1.4. Finally, if $c = 0$, then $a$ and $d$ cannot be $0$, although $b$ can; this gives us $2 \times 2 \times 3 = 12$ possibilities in all, but for $b = 0$ the four possibilities of Sub-Case 1.3 will occur again. Thus we get only $2 \times 2 \times 2 = 8$ new possibilities.
Thus in the case where at least one of the entries of $\left[ \begin{matrix}  a & b \\ c & d \end{matrix} \right]$ is $0$, we have $12 + 8 + 12 + 8 = 40$ possibilities.
Case 2. Next, we consider the case when none of the entries of $\left[ \begin{matrix}  a & b \\ c & d \end{matrix} \right]$ is $0$ modulo $3$. In this case we have $2 \times 2 \times 2 \times 2 = 16$ possibilities at most.
However, in this case, neither of the two columns of $\left[ \begin{matrix}  a & b \\ c & d \end{matrix} \right]$ can be a multiple modulo $3$ of the other column, and neither of the two rows of this matrix can be a multiple modulo $3$ of the other row.
Thus the following eight matrices cannot occur in $G$:
  $$ \left[ \begin{matrix} 1 & 1 \\ 1 & 1 \end{matrix} \right], \left[ \begin{matrix} 1 & 1 \\ 2 & 2 \end{matrix} \right], \left[ \begin{matrix} 1 & 2 \\ 1 & 2 \end{matrix} \right], \left[ \begin{matrix} 1 & 2 \\ 2 & 1 \end{matrix} \right], \left[ \begin{matrix} 2 & 1 \\ 2 & 1 \end{matrix} \right], \left[ \begin{matrix} 2 & 1 \\ 1 & 2 \end{matrix} \right], \left[ \begin{matrix} 2 & 2 \\ 1 & 1 \end{matrix} \right], \left[ \begin{matrix} 2 & 2 \\ 2 & 2 \end{matrix} \right].  $$
We are thus left with only $16 - 8 = 8$ possibilities in the case where none of the entries of $\left[ \begin{matrix} a & b \\ c & d \end{matrix} \right]$ is $0$ modulo $3$.
Therefore for $p=3$, the order of $G$ is $40 + 8 = 48$.

Am I right?

Now we consider a general $p$.
In this case, $G$ consists of all the matrices $\left[ \begin{matrix}  a & b \\ c & d \end{matrix} \right]$, where $a, b, c, d \in \{ 0, 1, \ldots, p-1 \}$ and $ad - bc \not\equiv 0 \mod p$.
Case 1. First, we consider the case where at least one of the entries of the general element $\left[ \begin{matrix}  a & b \\ c & d \end{matrix} \right]$ of $G$ is $0$,  more precisely is congruent to $0$ modulo $p$.
In this case, neither of the rows and neither of the columns of $\left[ \begin{matrix}  a & b \\ c & d \end{matrix} \right]$ can be zero modulo $p$.
Accordingly, we have the following four sub-cases:
Sub-Case 1.1. If $a = 0$, then $b$ and $c$ cannot be $0$, although $d$ can; this gives us
  $$ (p-1) (p-1)p = p(p-1)^2 $$  possibilities.
Sub-Case 1.2. If $d = 0$, then $b$ and $c$ cannot be $0$, although $a$ can, giving us $(p-1)(p-1)p = p(p-1)^2$ possibilities; however for $a=0$  the $(p-1)(p-1) = (p-1)^2$ possibilities from Sub-Case 1.1 will occur again. Thus we only have
  $$ p(p-1)^2 - (p-1)^2 =  (p-1)^3 $$
  new possibilities.
Sub-Case 1.3. If $b = 0$, then $a$ and $d$ cannot be $0$, although $c$ can; this gives us
  $$ (p-1)(p-1)p = p(p-1)^2 $$ possibilities.
Sub-Case 1.4. Finally, if $c = 0$, then $a$ and $d$ cannot be $0$, although $b$ can; this gives us $(p-1)(p-1)p = p(p-1)^2$ possibilities in all, but for $b = 0$ the $(p-1)(p-1) = (p-1)^2$ possibilities of Sub-Case 1.3 will occur again. Thus we get only $p(p-1)^2-(p-1)^2 = (p-1)^3$ new possibilities.
Thus in the case where at least one of the entries of $\left[ \begin{matrix}  a & b \\ c & d \end{matrix} \right]$ is $0$ modulo $p$, we have
  $$ p(p-1)^2+(p-1)^3+p(p-1)^2+(p-1)^3 = 2(2p-1)(p-1)^2 $$ possibilities.
Case 2. Next, we consider the case when none of the entries of $\left[ \begin{matrix}  a & b \\ c & d \end{matrix} \right]$ is $0$ modulo $p$.
Now if $x \in \{ 1, \ldots, p-1 \}$, then $\mbox{gcd}(x, p) = 1$ and so there are integers $x^\prime$ and $p^\prime$ such that $xx^\prime + pp^\prime = 1$, by Lemma 1.3.1 in Herstein, and hence $xx^\prime -1 = pp^\prime$, which implies that $p$ divides $xx^\prime - 1$, or in other words, we have
  $$ xx^\prime \equiv 1 \mod p.  \tag{A} $$
  Now if we divide $x^\prime$ by $p$, we get integers $q^\prime$ and $r^\prime$ such that
  $$x^\prime = pq^\prime + r^\prime, $$
  where $r^\prime \in \{ 0, 1, \ldots, p-1 \}$, from which it follows that
  $$ x^\prime \equiv r^\prime \mod p, $$
  and therefore we obtain
  $$ xx^\prime \equiv xr^\prime \mod p, \tag{B} $$
  by Lemma 1.3.3 in Herstein.
Thus from (A) and (B) and by Result 1. in Lemma 1.3.3 in Herstein, we have shown that, for each element $x \in \{ 1, \ldots, p-1 \}$, there exists an element $y \colon= r^\prime$ in $\{ 1, \ldots, p-1 \}$ such that
  $$ xy \equiv 1 \mod p, $$
  or in other words,
  $$ xy = 1 \ \mbox{ modulo } p. \tag{1} $$
  Let us denote this element $y$ by $x^{-1}$.
Alternatively, since $p$ is a prime, the set $\{ 0, 1, \ldots, p-1 \}$ is a field under the operations of addition and multiplication modulo $p$, which implies that, for each element $x$ of this set, there exists a unique element $x^{-1}$ in the set, such that $$ xx^{-1} = x^{-1}x = 1 \ \mbox{ modulo $p$}. \tag{1} $$
Now since each of the entries of the general element $\left[ \begin{matrix} a & b \\ c & d \end{matrix} \right]$ of $G$ is to be from the set $\{ 1, \ldots, p-1 \}$, therefore we have $(p-1)(p-1)(p-1)(p-1) = (p-1)^4$ possibilities at most.
However, once we have chosen $a$, $b$, and $c$ arbitrarily from the set $\{ 1, \ldots, p-1 \}$, for which there are $(p-1)^3$ possibilities, we cannot choose $d$ from this set in such a way that $ad = bc$ modulo $p$.
Thus, corresponding to each one of the $(p-1)^3$ possible choices for the ordered triple $(a, b, c)$, the entry $d$ can only be chosen from the set $$ \{ 1, \ldots, p-1 \} - \{ \ a^{-1}bc \}. \qquad \mbox{ [ Refer to (1) above. ] } $$
  Thus there are only $p-2$ choices for $d$ corresponding to each one of the $(p-1)^3$ choices for the ordered triple $(a, b, c)$.
Therefore in the case when none of the entries of $\left[ \begin{matrix}  a & b \\ c & d \end{matrix} \right]$ is $0$ modulo $p$ we have $(p-2)(p-1)^3$ possibilities.
Hence the order of $G$ is
  $$
\begin{align}
2(2p-1)(p-1)^2 + (p-2)(p-1)^3 &= \big[ 2(2p-1) + (p-2)(p-1) \big] (p-1)^2 \\
&= \big[ (4p-2) + (p^2 - 3p + 2) \big] (p-1)^2 \\
&= (p^2 + p)(p-1)^2 \\
&= p(p+1)(p-1)^2.
\end{align}
$$
For $p = 2$, we note that
  $$ p(p+1)(p-1)^2 = 2(2+1)(2-1)^2= 2(3)(1)^2 = 6,$$
  whereas for $p=3$, we have
  $$ p(p+1)(p-1)^2 = 3(3+1)(3-1)^2= 3(4)(2)^2 = 48.$$
  Both these calculations agree with our earlier results.

Is my answer correct for a general prime $p$? If so, then is each and every detail of my solution accurate enough too? Is my approach the same as that required by Herstein?
Or, are there problems of accuracy, clarity, or rigor with my attempt?

A: Adding to the comment by @SarthakRout.
Suppose we assign values to $a, b, c$. Then $d$ should not be $a^{-1}*b*c$ since that will give $a*d-b*c = 0$.
Here, we will consider $a = 0$ separately since $a^{-1}$ is not defined.
For $a \in \{1, 2, ..., p-1\}$, we have $b,c \in \{0, 1, 2, ..., p-1\}$ and $d \in \{0, 1, 2, ..., p-1\}\backslash\{{a^{-1}}*b*c\},$ which gives ${(p-1)}^{2}p^{2}$ combinations.
For $a = 0$, we should have both $b$ and $c$ non-zero and $d \in \{0, 1, 2, ..., p-1\}$, which gives ${(p-1)}^{2}p$ combinations.
Finally, the total combinations are ${(p-1)}^{2}p^{2}\ +\ {(p-1)}^{2}p \,=\, ({p^{2}}-1)(p-1)p$.

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Q: How to rotate a chevron for a menu I have tried using plugins (although I don't know if I'm doing it right) but they don't appear to work. I am trying to get a chevron image to rotate when it is clicked, but it won't work. I am using jquery and want it to stay in the same place on my navbar.
http://jsfiddle.net/clarinetking/2PGZS/19/
$(document).ready(function() {
    $('#CloseMenu').click(function() {
        $('#FixedMenu').fadeToggle('slow');
    });
});

HTML

    <button class='MenuItem'></button>
    <button class='MenuItem'></button>

    <button class='MenuItem'></button>
    <button class='MenuItem'></button>

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A: Your fiddle had some extra characters that was preventing the jQuery from running.  To rotate the arrows, you can use CSS transitions and the jQuery .css() method.
New CSS
#OpenMenu, #CloseMenu {
    position:fixed;
    width:60px;
    height:80px;
    top:0;
    left:85%;
    transition: all 1s;
}

New jQuery
$(document).ready(function() {
    var position = 0;
    $('#CloseMenu').click(function() {
        position+=180;
        $('#FixedMenu').fadeToggle('slow');
        $('#CloseMenu').css({
            '-webkit-transform':'rotate('+position+'deg)',
            '-moz-transform':'rotate('+position+'deg)',
            '-o-transform':'rotate('+position+'deg)',
            '-ms-transform':'rotate('+position+'deg)',
            'transform':'rotate('+position+'deg)'
        });
    });
});

Here is a working fiddle.

A: I would do it by creating my own jQuery rotation animation function like so
$(document).ready(function() {
    var degree = 180;
    $('#CloseMenu').click(function() {
        $(this).animateRotate(degree, "slow");
        if(degree == 180) degree = -180;
        else degree = 180;
        $('#FixedMenu').fadeToggle('slow');
    });
});

$.fn.animateRotate = function(angle, duration, easing, complete) {
    var args = $.speed(duration, easing, complete);
    var step = args.step;
    return this.each(function(i, e) {
        args.step = function(now) {
            $.style(e, 'transform', 'rotate(' + now + 'deg)');
            if (step) return step.apply(this, arguments);
        };
        if(angle !== -180) $({deg: 0}).animate({deg: angle}, args);
        else $({deg: -180}).animate({deg: 0}, args);
    });
};

Demo
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Scripps MD Anderson pathology program director and Scripps Clinic pathologist Julie Steele, MD, uses new digital pathology equipment, which produces high-resolution, three-dimensional images to identify and diagnose types of cancer.
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"I think it will be significantly better," says Julie Steele, MD, pathology program director, Scripps MD Anderson, and pathologist, Scripps Clinic. "We won't have to get the slide manually. We can show another pathologist—not by sending the slide to them (often by courier), but just by telling them to look at their computer. Consultations will be much faster."
When in use later this spring, digital pathology will remove geographic barriers. For example, Scripps MD Anderson oncologists will soon be able get more input from their counterparts at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, who are also in the process of adding the digital pathology system. The technology will also be a boon for researchers, giving them fast access to thousands of pathology images to test new approaches. Digital pathology will also make it easier for physicians to compare slides, which could have a profound impact on care and patient outcomes.
"If a patient has a primary lesion in the colon and an abnormality in the lung, there's always the question: Is that actual lung cancer or metastasis from the colon cancer?" says Thomas Buchholz, MD, medical director of Scripps MD Anderson and Scripps Clinic radiation oncologist. "That's where you could do a side-by-side comparison of the two pathologies to see if they are the same cancer or two different types. Each scenario would be treated completely differently."
Like robotic bronchoscopy, digital pathology offers a platform to build on. In the near future, artificial intelligence could be applied to images, providing an extra layer of analysis to enhance precision care. But again, none of this happens without philanthropy. A generous donation from the E.L. Weigand Foundation funded the digital pathology technology. "Donors really appreciate building a platform that uses big data and artificial intelligence to augment how we're going to be delivering medical care in the future," Dr. Buchholz says. "That resonates with people, because they want to contribute to cancer solutions in ways that really change people's lives."


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MADRID, Spain—Bundled-up in a heavy coat and thick scarf, a theatergoer stared back at her own bewildered expression on the glass door of the Royal Theater.
She had expected one of Spain's top theaters to burst with life and warmth for the opening night of Shen Yun Performing Arts on Jan. 31, in Madrid, but she was instead greeted with eerie emptiness and gusting wind while the theater's metal gates creaked.
Tears rolled-down Julieta Portillo's face when she discovered the traditional dance and music performance she had looked forward to watching was canceled. She was one of the many audience members who didn't receive a notification from the theater that Shen Yun's performances had been canceled.
Portillo said her family went through a lot of effort to get to the theater to experience Shen Yun as there was a taxi strike on the same day.
New York-based Shen Yun had booked the Royal Theater in Madrid to perform on Jan. 31 and Feb. 2. The company seeks to revive 5,000 years of Chinese culture through performing arts, according to its website.
Shen Yun performances include pieces that portray contemporary China, including the ongoing persecution of Falun Dafa (also known as Falun Gong)—a topic considered taboo by the Chinese regime.
After Shen Yun's performances were canceled in Madrid, a European politician raised concerns about possible Chinese Communist Party (CCP) pressure. The suspected CCP pressure prompted a U.S. non-profit organization to launch a probe into whether the Chinese regime was actually involved in canceling the cultural show.
Investigators with the World Organization to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong (WOIPFG) recorded the Chinese ambassador to Spain boasting about having applied pressure on the Royal Theater's general manager to cancel the performances, according to a press release issued by the organization. The non-profit organization investigates human-rights abuses perpetrated against adherents of the spiritual practice Falun Dafa.
Many audience members are upset about the cancelation and unsatisfied with the theater's excuses.
"They have told us that they have returned the money to our credit card—and that's it, nothing else. That's all they have told us," González said.
Another audience member, Alfonso Gutiérrez Villacañas, expressed his disappointment with the theater's handling of the cancelation.
"They didn't say anything to me, just that it was canceled and they slammed the door in our noses. They told us nothing, neither what the reason was, nor have they explained anything to us," Villacañas said.
Like Villacañas, fellow audience member Elena González Gutiérrez said she was very upset about the cancelation and has made a formal complaint with the theater.
"I have filed a claim [with the theatre]—since they give you a copy I will also present it directly to the town hall. So I will go straight to the top management, and will I not let up until something is done," Gutiérrez said.
WOIPFG's investigation revealed the Chinese Ambassador to Spain, Lü Fan, admitting that he made a personal visit to the general manager of the Royal Theater to pressure him into canceling Shen Yun performances. The organization said it conducted the investigation after seeing media reports about possible Chinese embassy interference to pressure the theater into canceling the performance.
As part of its undercover investigation, on Jan. 22, WOIPFG made a phone call to the Chinese Embassy, posing as a high-level Chinese government official. The person who took the call identified himself as Lü, according to the press release.
"The investigation confirmed that the cancellation of the theater's contract with the Shen Yun organizers was entirely the result of the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) interferences," WOIPFG said in its statement, and released an audio recording of the phone call on its website, posted on Jan. 28.
"Lü Fan personally put pressure on the theater to cancel the contract with Shen Yun Performing Arts. By using the CCP's control of the large Chinese market as an enticement, Lü Fan and the theater's director jointly planned to cancel the Shen Yun performances under the pretext of technical difficulties," WOIPFG said on its website.
Lü explained how he convinced the Royal Theater's general manager to cancel Shen Yun by warning the theater "can't afford to lose the Chinese market because of this," according to the phone call. He said he also worked closely with the general manager to come up with a reason to cancel the show—which was subsequently used by the theater.
Founded in 2006, Shen Yun's annual productions have toured hundreds of theaters around the world, with sell-out shows in New York, Barcelona, and many other cities.


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Raymond Berry's Last Year: The 1989 New England Patriots
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In the days before Bill Belichick and Tom Brady, even before Bill Parcells and Drew Bledsoe, the expectations for the New England Patriots were a lot more modest. Raymond Berry had taken the franchise to what was then its heights in the late 1980s. They reached the Super Bowl in 1985, won an AFC East title in 1986 and only narrowly missed the playoffs in 1987 and 1988. But the decline accelerated the following year and the 1989 New England Patriots proved to be Berry's last hurrah.
When you combine a lack of great talent with chaos at quarterback, a subsequent lack of wins is a foregone conclusion and that's what Berry was dealing with. He ran out four different players behind center—from aging 36-year-old Steve Grogan, to Marc Wilson to the declining Tony Eason to Doug Flutie. They all made too many mistakes and too few big plays.
The running game had been the pride and joy of the 1985 AFC champs, but the great John Hannah was in retirement and the offensive line lacked muscle. John Stephens was now the leading rusher and he finished the season with only 833 yards. At receiver, New England drafted Hart Lee Dykes from Oklahoma State with their first-round pick. At 6'4", 215 lbs, Dykes was a big receiver for the time and was physically gifted. But his pro career never took off.
The end result was an offense that ranked 21st in what was then a 28-team league in points scored. And the defense was marginally worse, ranking 23rd. While outside linebacker Johnny Rembert was the team's one Pro Bowl player, corner Raymond Clayborn was in decline at age 34. And 30-year-old defensive tackle Kenneth Sims continued his career as one of the biggest busts to ever go with the first overall draft pick (back in 1982 when the Patriots opted for Sims and joined nine other teams that passed on Heisman Trophy-winner Marcus Allen).
BARELY HANGING ON
Problems with the running game weren't in evidence in Week 1 against the New York Jets. The Patriots went into the Meadowlands and outrushed the Jets 154-49, with a late four-yard TD run by Reggie Dupard providing the winning margin in the 27-24 victory. But they were inept a week later at home against Miami—even with Dan Marino throwing three interceptions, the Pats dug themselves a 24-0 hole by halftime and lost by two touchdowns.
Another poor home performance followed against Seattle, with Dave Krieg carving up the secondary with three second-quarter touchdown passes and New England fell 24-3. The Pats went on to Buffalo, the defending AFC East champ and couldn't stop Thurman Thomas in a 31-10 loss.
Three straight losses, all decisive, turned up the heat for a visit by the Houston Oilers in Week 5. The Oilers were in the midst of a run of seven straight playoff years with Warren Moon at quarterback. With the season ready to get away early, the Patriot defense stepped up, forced four turnovers, kept Moon at bay and keyed a 23-13 win.
It set up a good opportunity with a road game at lowly Atlanta next and New England took a 15-6 lead into the fourth quarter. But they coughed up ten points, lost the football game and then went to San Francisco and lost to a great 49ers team 37-20.
New England at least played reasonably well against a San Francisco team that had won the Super Bowl in 1988 and would do so again this year. They were within 24-20 after three quarters and not many other teams played the '89 Niners much better. But at 2-5, there was no room for moral victories.
The Patriots went on to Indianapolis, where the Colts were in the middle of the playoff race. Grogan played his best game of the year and threw for 355 yards. Tight end Eric Sievers, who finished the year as the team's most productive receiver, caught seven balls for 113 yards. It took overtime, but New England left Indy with a 23-20 win and still had a pulse as the season hit its halfway point.
FAINT PLAYOFF HOPES FLAME OUT
Once again, the schedule seemed to work in favor of the Patriots—the Jets were having a terrible season and came to Foxboro next. Much like the Atlanta game, it was the perfect opportunity to build on a good win and get some momentum. And much like the Atlanta game, that opportunity was blown.
New England was a (-7.5) favorite, but was helpless against Jets quarterback Ken O'Brien, who threw for 386 yards and hit ten different receivers. The Pats lost 27-26. A week later they came out sleepwalking at home against mediocre New Orleans, lost three fumbles and fell behind 28-0. A stirring comeback closed the margin to 28-24, but it ended there. And with a record of 3-7, so did the Patriots realistic playoff chances.
SALVAGING PRIDE
To their credit, New England showed some pride. Buffalo came to Foxboro, in command of the AFC East race and took a 24-13 lead into the fourth quarter. But with Stephens rushing for 126 yards and the defense collecting six turnovers on the day, the Pats rallied for a 33-24 win. The game started a Buffalo slump that nearly cost them the division title.
New England went west to play the Los Angeles Raiders, another team in a packed wild-card picture. It was close, but three interceptions by Grogan were the difference in a 24-21 loss.
A week later the Pats and Stephens played spoiler again. Indianapolis—an AFC East team prior to the realignment of 2002 made the return trip to Foxboro. Stephens ran for 124 yards and outrushed Colt great Eric Dickerson. New England's 22-16 win put a big crimp in Indy's playoff push—a push that ultimately came up one win short.
THREE MORE LOSSES
The final three games of the season were against teams that desperately needed wins for the playoffs, but New England was done winning for the year. A Sunday Night in South Beach didn't go well, with Marino ripping the Pats secondary for over 300 yards in a 31-10 final. The Pittsburgh Steelers, who ultimately grabbed the final wild-card spot and reached the divisional round of the playoffs, pounded New England on the ground and won 28-10.
Berry's final game was at home against the Los Angeles Rams, who were in a win-and-you're-in situation. It was as bitter cold day in Foxboro, (-4) degrees with the windchill, but the Patriots didn't mail it in. They took a 20-17 lead into the fourth quarter, but were ultimately unable to contain running back Greg Bell, who rushed for over 200 yards and scored the winning touchdown in the 24-20 final.
The Raymond Berry Era was over in New England. Anyone who found fault with the coach for the 5-11 finish in 1989 had a rude awakening coming. The Patriots had three brutal years ahead of them, one with Rod Rust at the helm and two more with Dick MacPherson. Another bad season in 1993 was at least mitigated by the fact Parcells was now on the sidelines and Bledsoe's career was beginning. It wasn't until 1994 that winning football returned to Foxboro.
1989 Sports: Michigan's Miracle, A Series Earthquake & Gretzky Changes Sides
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The state of Michigan brought home basketball championships at both the college and NBA level, and nothing in 1989 sports was more dramatic than the way the Michigan Wolverines won the 1989 NCAA Tournament.
Michigan saw its head coach, Bill Frieder, leave for the Arizona State job prior to March Madness. Frieder was then told he didn't need to bother coaching the team in the tournament.
Steve Fischer took the team over on an interim basis and promptly won six games in a row, culminating with last-second wins against both Illinois and Seton Hall at the Final Four.
The Detroit Pistons ride to the NBA title seemed almost pre-ordained, as the Pistons had waited their turn, in suffering crushing losses to the Boston Celtics in 1987 and the Los Angeles Lakers in 1988. The Pistons produced the best record all season long, rolled through the playoffs and beat an injury-depleted Laker team to win the championship.
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The good people of Michigan weren't the only regions to have a great sports year. How about the Bay Area? The Oakland A's and San Francisco Giants each made it to the World Series, and the A's won in a four-game sweep, a Series marred by the tragedy of an earthquake right before Game 3, that did immense damage and put baseball on hold for ten days. Like so many cities, before and since, the Bay Area was able to find some escape in sports.
Baseball in general had a bit of a down year, at least in the excitement department. Three of the four division races lacked drama and neither League Championship Series made it past five games. The one exception to the no-excitement rule came in the American League East, when the Toronto Blue Jays and Baltimore Orioles
In the NFL, the San Francisco 49ers were already in the discussion for Team of the 1980s, along with the Washington Redskins, with each having three Super Bowl titles. San Francisco broke the tie, and not only that, did with the best team produced in the Joe Montana era—indeed, it was a team that was probably the greatest 49ers team ever and on the short list of best Super Bowl champions of all time. The 49ers went 14-2 and steamrolled three postseason opponents, including John Elway's Denver Broncos in the Super Bowl, 55-10.
Read more about the 1989 Oakland A's
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One of the most ballyhooed trades in sports history took place in the NHL, when the Edmonton Oilers dealt the greatest hockey player of all time, Wayne Gretzky, to the Los Angeles Kings. The two teams ended up facing each other in the playoffs and Gretzky got the best of his former employer.
But the Calgary Flames got the best of everyone. Calgary and Montreal met in the Stanley Cup Finals and the Flames won their first and only championship.
Read more about the 1989 NHL Playoffs
The Notre Dame-Miami rivalry was at its zenith in college football, and the "Catholics vs. Convicts" war had a sequel to its dramatic 1988 game. Miami got the better of the Fighting Irish this time around and the Hurricanes won the national championship.
The constancy of these two powers at the top was a source of stability on a college football landscape that saw the end of the "lock" Nebraska and Oklahoma had held over the Big Eight since 1976.
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Mehrnaz is a progress specialist, educator and public speaker as well as the award-winning founder of MyGradeBooster, a tutoring company that has helped hundreds of students achieve academic success—and often develop life-changing skills in the process.
Because of her own life experience of overcoming sometimes extreme obstacles, Mehrnaz is passionate about elevating others' abilities to meet and exceed their goals. She uses her company, her public speaking, her workshops and her writing to share hard-won knowledge about how simple, consistent positive changes can help each of us achieve more, aspire to more, and create more fulfilling lives.
"I am sharing my story because so many people have told me that what I learned along the way is also of value to them. By passing on the lessons from my life, I am inviting you to re-examine your own situation and reach a very different destination, a better one. I promise you, it's worth it."
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Mehrnaz grew up in Iran and, as a girl, faced crushing sexism and cultural repressiveness. She remembers being an eight-year-old already aware that her society equated her body with shame. "Being a girl is hard in Iran, and being a tomboy is worse…I remember feeling embarrassed that I had done something wrong, though I didn't know what." This experience taught Mehrnaz the importance of strong female role models in every young girl's life. Through her work she inspires and empowers women to use the power of incremental progress to become leaders in their professional and personal lives.
As a child, Mehrnaz was a first generation immigrant twice—first to Japan and later to Canada. She understands the enormous gifts that come from having the privilege to intimately experience another culture—and the grinding struggle to overcome being an outsider. Her immigrant identity has taught her that regardless of where we live and what language we speak, our desire for creating a better future for ourselves and those we love is universal. Mehrnaz equips her audience with the tools and strategies to overcome obstacles and achieve progress towards their dream life.
Mehrnaz had a rare, debilitating condition called selective mutism that took away her ability to speak for much of her childhood and youth. Undiagnosed, as an 11-year old who had almost lost hope that functioning in the world was possible for her, she became determined to overcome her disorder at all costs. Mehrnaz launched a lonely campaign of incremental efforts and experimentation that eventually led her to reclaim her voice. It was the first of many experiences that showed her how small actions can lead to extraordinary results. A couple of decades later, she challenged herself to finally dominate her selective mutism by becoming a public speaker–and succeeded.
"I want to inspire and empower every person, regardless of their gender, race, orientation, educational background or upbringing to discover how deliberate and continuous small, constructive actions can lead to a better, more fulfilling life."
Mehrnaz knows the suffering that comes from poverty, and how the quiet shame and the physical and emotional exhaustion of constant income insecurity strains family relationships and erodes dignity. As new Canadians, her family went from having a breadwinner who's highly advanced career provided for a comfortable life to having two parents with precarious employment struggling to meet basic needs. Seeing her parents doggedly eke out a livelihood under unfavourable circumstances and gradually re-establish their financial security taught Mehrnaz that success is often incremental and slow. Rarely do we go from nothing to having everything overnight. The key to success is adopting the right mindset to keep showing up and making progress.
Mehrnaz understands how intolerance causes many LGBTQ+ people to conceal or distort their real selves, and the pain this creates. She spent many years hiding in the closet, leading a double life. Like so many others, Mehrnaz undertook the hard and courageous work of finding a way to live her life openly and authentically. She discovered that it is embracing our difference that makes us truly happy. Developing the confidence to expose our vulnerability helps us develop real strength. And becoming indifferent to the reactions of others makes us truly free.
Mehrnaz successfully made the kind of dramatic career change that many people dream about but don't follow through on. As an accomplished science graduate with an enviable early start in the biotech industry, Mehrnaz experienced the harm that comes from being on a career trajectory offering status and money but that is all wrong for you—and feeling like there is no way out. Mehrnaz taught herself to pursue her authentic aspirations by using her systematic science training to problem-solve her way out of her predicament. She ended up foregoing status and money to "follow her bliss" and found out that the old saying is true: do what you love and the money will follow.
Mehrnaz and her family experienced systemic racism when discriminatory bureaucratic practices delayed her mother's potentially life-saving bone marrow transplant. As a Canadian citizen Merhnaz is grateful for her positive experiences in one of the best countries on earth, but she also takes on the responsibility to speak truthfully about the discrepancy between high-minded government rhetoric surrounding citizens' rights and the second-class treatment her mother received from the Canadian government when her life hung in the balance. Mehrnaz recognizes that this kind of double standard has been, and continues to be, experienced by Indigenous peoples, people of colour, and first-generation immigrants. She believes that stories have the power to bring us closer together, unite us against discrimination, and move us towards a more equitable future.
Mehrnaz was forced to develop a high level of resilience when she faced the double challenge of being an inexperienced start-up business owner during the most challenging period of her personal life. The lessons she learned on how to save her business and pull through emotionally while she was running her new company from her mother's hospital bedside have stayed with Mehrnaz ever since. And today she teaches others how to build their resilience to overcome their own professional and personal challenges.
Mehrnaz has discovered that self-awareness is the single most essential component for living a fulfilled life and pursuing goals that truly lead to happiness, instead of just success. Whether it's raising your math score, achieving a promotion, accomplishing a business milestone, improving your time management—or even your relationships—the most powerful starting point will always be an honest investigation into yourself. Your definition of happiness. Your definition of success. Your definition of who you are. And that requires you to know your story. Mehrnaz has and continues to delve into her own story. She shares it for the sake of others looking for inspiration to do the same.


the book, or to the geo-fixity of an exhibition architecture.
Desert: Untitled (2011-13) is the latest in a series of prescribed investigations, born out of the performative uncanny in which the human body — with its psychic drives and physical thresholds — is exposed to actual site energies, inspired by John Cage's description, as the telepathic in live media. Unfolding across a series of geographical realities (ice, deep sea, desert), over the span of three years, the work explores site as an entity with its own psychology and momentum (wind, temperature, seismic, sonic), introducing the notion of a subtle alchemy: field as witness. This is an intro-ducting into different kinds of analog and networked situations in which an audience and a site's energies are in play, fusing more with the contemporary environment in the moment. Within a dynamic sense of standing -in, -with or -among remote and local energies, I invite viewers to access a living presence within their own improvisational moves. Remote frequencies become a kind of character study, suggesting a porosity, awaiting entry and passage, as well as the 'wide open,' as an endless metaphor for field. Each geographical circumstance has its own field of intensity. This idea of a site voicing is formulated in relationship to the increased complexity and intensification of a field witnessing, prompting more intricate forms of site development. Exploring forces in live performance, the desert coordinate, takes this principle as a governing sensibility. In this sense, Desert: Untitled, is a live field study excerpt of Open Limit: Field as Witness.


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NOTES FROM THE ROAD IN A TAILSPIN ECONOMY
by Alexander Cockburn
Dangerous Bias Against Detroit
As with so many of my drives across the country in the past, I began in the northwest corner of South Carolina, where Wilbur, an old friend of mine, owns a small trailer park, across the road from the acres where he used to have his inventory of mostly '60s Imperials and Chryslers, before the value of land went up and the price of scrap went through the roof. It's why these days you see fewer junkyards with old cars in them than you used to. Back last November, when I was staying with Wilbur and his wife in Landrum, you could take a 4,000-pound car to the shredder and get $12 a pound, around $500, with the metal shipped off to China. Now, with the recycling business in China at a standstill, the price has dropped to $2 per pound.
Mind you, car manufacturers have always hated the junkyards. Ford used to buy them up just to put them out of business. What the manufacturers want is for people to buy new cars, drive them 100,000 miles or so, and turn them back in to their dealers -- often as substitute down payments against new ones. Anything to keep the customer loyal. Commonly the dealer will shred the old one so the junkyards won't have any customers for their replacement parts. The less old inventory in circulation, the better the manufacturers do. They'd like to make any older car an expensive proposition, the way the Japanese have with high taxes, insurance premiums and especially the safety inspection/registration fees, which can top $2,000 a time.
One of the first acts of Harold Wilson's 1964 Labor government in Britain was to introduce the seven-year Ministry of Transport test, which wiped out the cheap-old-car market. I had two cars when I was at Oxford just before Wilson got in, a 1937 Riley and a 1946 Wolseley. Both cost me less than 50 pounds. These days, in the United States, you see a fraction of the old cars I used to see on the roads when I began driving around America in the late 1970s. Back then, the highways were vivid with the sheens of the '50s and '60s, the fins, the chrome, the concave body lines of Elwood Engle, the tumid degeneration of '60s lines as we headed into the '70s. There were three-tone color packages in the '50s, paisley roofs. The options on a mid-'50s Bel-Air were virtually infinite. These days: nothing but monotone Honda Accords, Subarus and Camrys as far as the eye can see.
So these days, Wilbur devotes the time he used to spend packaging up molding strips and engine parts for the UPS man to fixing things in his trailers, approaching late payers at the start of the month, sometimes with one hand hovering near the .32 he keeps in his back pocket in case -- as has happened more than once -- the late payer has become dangerous. Trailer-park management is a tough business, giving the veteran a skeptical posture toward protestations of good faith and square dealing.
Wilbur described to me how, in his trailer park, by the late summer of '08, as local factories started closing, long-term tenants said goodbye and went on the road in search of work. The vacant trailers were soon filled by families walking away from mountains of mortgage debt and foreclosed homes. They live on budgets so tight that Wilbur says that they can just make the $500 monthly rental, but $550 puts them under. He pointed to one where an older man had just arrived from Michigan, 650 miles north up Interstate 75, heart of the U.S. auto industry and already in economic ruins long before the major auto companies went begging for bailout in Washington, D.C. States in the industrial heartlands, like Michigan or Ohio, have been reeling for years as the factory owners redeployed to China, but others, like New York or California or Washington and Oregon in the Pacific Northwest, now face budgetary implosion and cuts in services of up to 25 percent.
I'd stopped by to say hello to Wilbur and his wife and to pick up a 1989 Ford Festiva, essentially a Kia, designed in part by Mazda, ordered up by Ford to get its fleet's mileage averages up. Years ago I didn't care much about miles-per-gallon statistics. The first car I ever drove out of Wilbur's yard was back in about 1983, a Chrysler Newport wagon with a 383 engine and a rare, factory-installed straight shift, apparently designed for the cops. It was certainly a very fast car, doing about 18 miles to the gallon. The Festiva bounced along in nippy fashion, not as fast or a twentieth as solid as the old Newport. But it does get 38 miles to the gallon. I still hold on to the old cars, but a man has to move with the times.


During this webinar, Sookie Hong, 3E Company's Senior Regulatory Research Manager, provided an overview of recent K-REACH developments and the regulatory lanscape related to biocidal regulations in Korea.
In this webinar, 3E provided a global overview of regulatory food contact material (FCM) frameworks, analyze potential pitfalls, and offered next steps on how you can go to market with a fully compliant product.
During the last several years, the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals ("GHS") has been adopted and implemented by many countries around the globe. During this webinar, 3E's Senior Regulatory Analyst, Nhat Nguyen discussed how GHS has been adopted by various jurisdictions around the world and the impact it may have on your business and supply chain.
This webinar explored how businesses can strengthen both their due diligence procedures and annual statements by leveraging their conflict minerals program to tackle modern slavery.
In this webinar, 3E will quickly get beginners up to speed on REACH registration, and then provide an overview of the most important steps, from start to finish, that companies need to consider in order to get their substances registered by the deadline.
This webinar goes beyond GHS and help you navigate the current complicated regulatory environment. We examine the upcoming changes introduced by the recently adopted Law on Safety of Chemical Products.
In this webinar, 3E regulatory experts dissect the latest rules on TSCA, and provided you with valuable next steps towards compliance.
The complex and time consuming tasks associated with meeting U.S. EPA's Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) July 1st reporting deadline and Canada's National Pollutant Release Inventory (NPRI) June 1st reporting deadline can be a challenge.
Outsourcing these processes through 3E's TRI and NPRI solutions to a team of actively involved, engaged and experienced regulatory professionals can be a highly efficient and effective way to address the challenges associated with ensuring compliance with these complex regulations.
Kirsten Wallerstedt, 3E's Senior Regulatory Analyst, reviewed the most impactful environmental, health & safety regulatory events from around the globe in 2016. From there, she takes a look forward into what's in store this upcoming year.
This webinar will get you jump-started to start thinking about the necessary resources required to fulfill compliance requirements in 2017.


When you think of shopping malls, shopping centers, or your favorite restaurant, what do you think of? Crowds? Your favorite meal?
Have you ever noticed how lighting is focused in the places you love?
Think again. Are you drawn to stores with bright lights, or have you enjoyed a meal more when the lighting at your table was just right?
Lighting solutions are about more than making your space bright enough so people can see what they're doing. Bright lights can draw you into a store, and can draw focus to a particular display. In the food industry, the right lighting can increase the enjoyment of a meal, or it could turn people away completely.
Have you considered how your space utilizes lighting as a way to generate sales?
Whether you're in retail, food service, hospitality, or another industry altogether, chances are your lighting indoors and outdoors can make or break your customers actually making a purchase or using one of your services.
As a supplier and manufacturer of wholesale lighting fixtures, RP Lighting + Fans knows that the right type of lighting for your application means more than just illuminating your space.
We're continually improving and modifying our products to be more environmentally-friendly, which will save you money as you upgrade your lighting. If you're a supplier of LED lighting solutions, your customers could benefit from thinking more about lighting and how it affects their bottom line!
For more information about the wholesale lighting fixtures we offer and how we can help you find the right fit for your application, contact us today to speak with one of our experts.


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125 years: Are we there yet?
Celebrating 125 years of women's suffrage in New Zealand.
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Women's Suffrage Petition
Date: Thursday, 30 August, 2018
$25/$23 (Service fees apply)
Philip Carter Family Concert Hall, The Piano, 156 Armagh Street, Christchurch
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To commemorate 125 years of women's suffrage, we assemble a panel of extraordinary New Zealand women to discuss how far we have come since women were granted the vote, and how far we still have to go in the fight for gender equality.
Featuring pioneering human rights activist Georgina Beyer, historian Dame Anne Salmond, musician and writer Lizzie Marvelly, head of Aotahi, the School of Māori and Indigenous Studies at the University of Canterbury Sacha McMeeking, and Paula Penfold, consulting journalist on Stuff's #metooNZ investigation, chaired by Kim Hill.
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About the panel
Georgina Beyer is a trailblazer for the transgender community and the first out transsexual in the world to be elected mayor and to become a Member of Parliament. She championed both the Civil Union Act and the Prostitution Reform Act.
Dame Anne Salmond is a Distinguished Professor at the University of Auckland. One of New Zealand's most prominent anthropologists and historians, she is the author of many best-selling and award-winning books.
Lizzie Marvelly is a musician, columnist and activist. She is the founder of Villainesse.com, a media project for young women, an award-winning columnist for the New Zealand Herald and co-producer of a web series called The REAL Sex Talk.
Sacha McMeeking is the head of Aotahi, the School of Māori and Indigenous Studies at the University of Canterbury, and co-founder of Tū Māia, a kaupapa Māori business that designs leadership and entrepreneurship programmes.
Paula Penfold is a journalist with Stuff Circuit. Best known for her work on the Teina Pora case, and 'The Valley' – an examination of New Zealand's deployment to Afghanistan, she is also a consultant to the #metoonz investigation.
Kim Hill joined Radio New Zealand in Gisborne, then moved to Checkpoint, before co-presenting Morning Report, where she gained a high profile. Nine years on Nine to Noon was followed by 16 hosting Saturday Morning, for which she has won international and national awards.
Clockwise starting at top left hand corner, Sacha McMcMeeking, Lizzie Marvelly, Dame Anne Salmond, Paula, Penfold, Kim Hill, Georgina Beyer.
20 Jan: Look Back, March Forward. Ka Mua, Ka Muri Hui
25 Jan: In Search of Catherine – 'the same grimacing and irrational creature as ever …'
28 Feb: Fight for suffrage and the Empire
8 Mar: Celebrate International Women's Day
13 Mar: Disability Rights: Historic and contemporary views
5 Apr: Making the invisible visible: uncovering the stories of the 1893 Women's Suffrage Petition signatories
26 Apr: Take a stand
10 May: Feisty Feckin' Fulltime Feminists performance
30 May: Personal as political: Women's narrative through song
13 Jun: Wāhine kōkiri petihana, wāhine kōkiri kaupapa
18 Jun: Death & Desire opens
26 Jul: 2018 Annual women's debate
10 Aug: 'Shine a light on your rights' placard lantern making
30 Aug: 125 years: Are we there yet?
31 Aug: Fast burning women
19 Sep: 'Bloomsbury Women and the Wild Colonial Girl' by Lorae Parry
21 Sep: 2018 Women's Studies Association Conference opening lecture — The power of the purse: Women and money
22 Sep: Kate Sheppard ride
24 Oct: Women of the National Film Unit
24 Nov: Celebrate women: Past, present, future
28 Nov: Future women leadership, the next 125 years
5 Dec: Janet Fraser and friends: Wellington socialist women who helped build the Labour Party


We really appreciate all your help leading up to and during our wedding, with your knowledge everything ran smoothly.
A happily married, accomplished and experienced professional Celebrant, a friendly, calm, mature woman. Weddings are an exciting and happy time and I'd love to be a part of yours. Whatever your dream ceremony is I can craft it for you, and offer a range of ways to do so - elopement, a little gem or the full bling. I value love and relationship and respect your celebration. My focus is on doing quality work and making my part of your day, deeply beautiful.
CANZ Accredited Celebrant. Although there are over 10,000 Celebrants in New Zealand, currently only 26 are accredited.
Love, Birth, Death - these events affect us as human beings. My experience helps create a relaxed environment, so you have the freedom to enjoy your wedding and the journey to it. As well as a warm, thoughtful personality who offers a first-class service, I bring a unique package of desirable skills to my work. My background as an academic means I'll write and craft your ceremony swiftly, artfully and thoroughly, speaking confidently, articulately and on topic.
An artist's daughter, I've had the good fortune to grow up around creativity and value innovation. I am a storyteller and would be delighted to make your ceremony as unique and personal to you as you wish. I cherish nature, seeking out new wild places for rest and rejuvenation and living as lightly on the earth as I can. Delighted to organise witnesses and marry you at my peaceful Greenlane villa, or anywhere, if you are eloping.
Living in Aotearoa, learning te reo Maori and kawa, has deepened my connection to this beautiful land I cherish. I'm here to celebrate and honour your personal and family traditions as you feel appropriate. I am also well grounded in the creation and delivery of Interfaith ceremonies, having trained in New York.
Based in Auckland, I travel NZ wide to help two people in love celebrate the beginning of their marriage in their own lovely style. Delighted to collaborate on your vision, providing competent assistance with legal requirements, reliable, consistent and supportive of all, I am there for you from start to finish!
Namings: Welcoming your new baby, celebrating their name and place amongst your family and friends. A naming ceremony supports you as parents also, to mark this transition and share with your loved ones what you hold most important, as the guardian of this dear new life.
Weddings & Civil Unions: Most of my Celebrant work involves facilitating weddings and civil unions, and I delight in doing so. It is a joy and a privilege to stand with you and celebrate your commitment and happiness. I have performed ceremonies on cliff-tops, mountains, beaches, islands, boats, urban roof gardens, in historic homes, exclusive lodges, golf resorts, clubs, marae, private residences, parks, hospitals, rest homes, chapels, hotels, restaurants, vineyards, orchards, zoos, museums, art galleries and an Air NZ plane! Anywhere, any time you want to celebrate your love works for me.
Funerals & Memorials: With a background in youth work and the experience of losing my own son pre-birth, I am often asked to officiate at funerals for babies, children and young people, as well as people throughout their life stages. It is an honour to remember a life, of any length.
My approach: I enjoy working in relationships of mutual respect with my clients and want everyone involved to feel good about the process and the ceremony itself. I believe in what I do and am expert at it. Ethical and excellent practice underpins all my work, as does the value of relationship. In all aspects of ceremony development and delivery I will work with you, to ensure that together we create a beautiful moment in your journey as a couple. You can have confidence in me and my work.
Greenlane, Epsom, Mt Eden, Newmarket, Remuera, Ellerslie, One Tree Hill, Royal Oak, Three Kings, Meadowbank, St Johns, Stonefields, Mt Wellington, Penrose, Onehunga, Oranga, Kingsland. It is an easy hop on the train from my place to Britomart, and thereby Auckland City, Devonport, Gulf Harbour and Waiheke, Rangitoto, Rotoroa, Motutapu, Motuihe and Tiritiri Matangi. Island weddings are so very New Zealand!
Ensure your ceremony is delivered to your wishes - no unsolicited surprises!


Jump on your bike and pedal around Raleigh's Greenway Trails - it's the best way to explore your new home. Keep up with the arts scene at the Contemporary Art Museum of Raleigh (CAM), or take a country walk in the city at William B. Umstead State Park. Enjoy live music at the Kings Barcade – a funky club that hosts live bands, comedy nights and game shows. When you've worked up an appetite, try Trophy Brewing & Pizza Co for amazing pizza and a taste of locally-brewed beer, or grab a gourmet hotdog from Tasty 8's.
Live at Red Wolf Crossing and you'll be just a short drive from all that the City of Oaks has to offer. Hop in your car and reach NCSU in 10 minutes, or Downtown Raleigh is a 20-minute drive. When you want to take time out, you're seven minutes from scenic Lake Johnson Park.
You'll be happy to head back home to Red Wolf Crossing after a busy day at college. Take a dip in the saltwater pool, burn off some energy in the 24-hour fitness center, or enjoy a game of basketball or volleyball with other residents.
You'll share your apartment with up to three other students, so you can catch up with your roommates over dinner in the light and modern kitchen-diner. It's kitted out with an oven, microwave and a big fridge/freezer. There's a dishwasher so you won't have to fight over whose turn it is to do the dishes after dinner. After you've eaten, relax on the sofa in the cosy living room and watch your favourite TV shows.
When you need a little extra space, retreat to your private room. There's plenty of storage space, including a walk-in closet, and there's an on-site laundry to keep your clothes clean. Relax on your bed, freshen up in your ensuite, or catch up on studies at your desk. If you prefer company, work with friends in a private study room, then print off your notes in the 24-hour computer lab.
If you need help or advice, the on-site maintenance team is on hand to help. Plus, there's CCTV and secure door entry for your peace of mind.
Wir haben leider keine Unterkunft gefunden, die deinen Wünschen entspricht.Alle Privatzimmer in Red Wolf Crossing ansehen.


We were blessed with an excellent assembly this past Monday, brought to us by the PTO! Mr. Peace ( www.mrpeace.org ) reinforced the importance of seeing people for their heart first and foremost, and he stressed that one word or action, positive or negative, can change a life forever. His words, his video clips and his visuals helped to reinforce Christ's message of love, and Mr. Peace encouraged all ages to have the courage to do what is right. He made a video message for our school community, which you can click on below.
We are very proud of all our students, from their performance in academics to athletics to the arts to service leadership! Last weekend, several of our students competed for St. Louis School in St. Rita's regional chess tournament. Each one of them competed with grace: as a group, they brought home the first place trophy for the 9-10 year old age group; Filip Boras brought home the fifth place trophy for his age group; and Malcolm Canty brought home the second place trophy for his age group!
I hope your children (whether they are Kindergarteners all the way up through eighth graders) have shared the joys of chicks hatching! We celebrate new life from conception, and our egg hatching program is a beautiful way to do just that. We have 5 new little chicks, who all hatched on April 4 th ! They will be with us until next Thursday, so your children will continue to watch them grow in these early days.
Have a blessed weekend, and don't forget to take advantage of the used uniform sale and the bake sale this weekend!
Each day our school community prays for the intentions of our families. This week the following families were included in our prayers: Schroeder, Schubert, Schulte, Schwieterman, Scully, SeGraves, Sendi, Sheedy, Sheehan, Shefrin and Silis.
Students who attended our Sunday CSW Opening Mass have earned a Comfy Clothes Day for this day! If they didn't come to the Mass, they are still welcome to dress in a PE uniform for our Zumba exercising.
Purple Up! Purple Sock Day!
We are celebrating National Military Child Day and all of our military families with a Purple Sock Day! All students (and teachers) are welcome to wear purple socks (or mostly purple socks) to school. God bless all of the branches of our military!
Class Photos will be taken on this morning, and all students should wear their standard (non-PE) uniforms to school. They are welcome to bring sneakers to change into if it is their regularly scheduled PE day.
May Lunch Orders Due April 17th!
The May lunch ordering period closes on Wednesday, April 17th. All orders must be placed online. Please follow this link to go directly to the online order form .
Yearbook Orders Due May 2nd!
Yearbooks may be ordered online at commpe.pictavo.com . All online orders are due by May 2nd. Yearbooks ordered online are $25. After May 2nd, paper orders (first-come, first-served) will be accepted and the price will increase to $28. For ordering instructions, please see the attached flyer .
preschool registrar, Dare Hurley, at 703-768-7732 or dhurley@stlouisschool.org to arrange a tour of the preschool. We look forward to sharing our wonderful program with you!
All requests for tax receipts for calendar year 2018 must be emailed to EDC Accounting's Ruthie Cody ( edcaccounting@stlouisschool.org or rcody@stlouisschool.org ) before April 30th, 2019.
The PTO's ability to achieve its goals is dependent upon the work of a large number of volunteers. Without the help of these volunteers, we simply could not deliver as many programs or provide the current range of products and services to the students. You are invited to nominate someone you believe merits the PTO Distinguished Volunteer Service Award. This Award honors individuals who have made a significant impact to the students through volunteer efforts. Please see the attached flyer .
Spring Uniform begins April 15th! Need more spring uniforms? Come to the Used Uniform sale on April 6 & 7 in McClunn Hall! See the flyer for details.
Volunteers are needed to help out with the Used Uniform and Bakes Sales. Virtus not required. Please see the sign-up's below in Volunteer Opportunities.
If you are interested in a more active role with the PTO, or would like more information on any of these positions, please email Sharon Moss at srjones@hotmail.com .
Attached is the updated list of completed PTO volunteer hours as of April 1, 2019. If your name is on the list, that means your family has met the complete requirement of 18 hours for a two-parent family or 9 hours for a single parent family. If your name does not appear on the list, and you have met the requirement, please email the volunteer coordinators so that we can make sure we have your hours recorded.
Thank you for your time and dedication to our school. Your involvement and help are what make St. Louis School a wonderful community.
 Individual families are required to track their volunteer hours throughout the school year and to submit them to the PTO Volunteer Coordinators for credit.
Volunteers must have completed the VIRTUS training seminar AND have a background check clearance to participate in these volunteer opportunities.
Help needed planning and day-of!
Saint Louis Advanced Band Students are invited to participate in a T-shirt design contest for our band trip to Hershey Park! The winner gets a free t-shirt!
Design should be one color on a white 8 ½ x 11 sheet of paper.
Please make sure you include the words "St. Louis Band" and the year "2019" in your design. Otherwise, let your imagination soar!
Please include your name, grade and class on the back of your submission.
The CYO is instituting a new award this year to honor a Coach of the Year. This award will be given out each year to a coach who best exemplifies the "Virtuous Excellence" that is the motto of our CYO athletic program at St. Louis. Nominations can be made by parents and/or students, and the selection committee will be comprised of Father O'Hare, John Bednarek, Marianne Olson and Jose Quiroz, none of whom will be allowed to nominate anyone for this award. Please send a short narrative to John Bednarek at cyodirector@saintlouisparish.org by April 19, 2019. The narrative should address why your nominee exemplifies the qualities listed in the document linked here. All nominees will be recognized and the winner will be announced on May 19th at our end of the year CYO celebration.
St. Louis Students Eli Swanson and Katie Dunn, and St. Louis Alum David Anthony are all featured in MVCCT's spring production of Peter Pan . There will be 6 performances next door at Bryant High School on March 29, 30 & 31, as well as April 5, 6 & 7. All shows are extremely family friendly and appropriate for all ages. Tickets can be purchased in advance on-line , or at the door in advance of performances. Come fly away to Neverland with the entire cast!
St. Louis Youth Ministry invites all current 8th graders and high schoolers to join our trip to Franciscan University of Steubenville Ohio Annual Summer Youth Conference from Friday, July 19th through Sunday, July 21st. This trip would satisfy the Confirmation retreat requirement (note: we are currently offering a one-day retreat during the school day on May 13th). Go to https://saintlouisparish.org/confirmation-retreats for more information and to reserve a spot. Spaces are limited! If you have any questions, contact Ryan Farrell ( ryan@saintlouisparish.org ).
Serena Moss, a 6th grader at St. Louis Catholic School and a Girl Scout Cadette in St. Louis Troop 1697 is working on her Girl Scout Silver Award . She is collecting clothes for the emergency room at the INOVA Alexandria Hospital. Please consider making a donation of new or lightly used, sweatshirts, sweatpants, t-shirts and/or shorts. All donations should be clean, unisex, and preferably with no logos. Sizes XS to XXL are needed. The collection box is by the St. Louis School office through April 16th.
Friday Fish Fry - March 8 - April 12, 5-6:30pm. Please see flyer for more information.
Wednesday, April 10 - Purple Up! Purple Sock Day!