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#7 – The Faerie
Posted on February 18, 2022 February 17, 2022 by Colin Ennis
Once upon a time, there was a boy who lived in a small townhouse on the edge of a village in Ontario that few people would be able to find on a map. He lived there with his mother and his dog but not with his father, who had left some time before. The house was as you might imagine; the strange blend of immaculate and messy that is the domain of the perpetually overworked. Kitchen counters and toilet bowls gleamed with an iridescent shine even as shoes were piled haphazardly in the darkest furthest corners of the closet.
The boy was named Kieran, an unusual name in that part of the country, but not so unusual that it singled him out among his peers. As a result, he was not unhappy, but was generally considered a bit odd. Perhaps it was his oddness that led him to make the decisions he would come to make.
It began when their beloved spaniel mutt Nell got very sick very quickly. It pained Kieran to look at her. She was the kind of dog who wagged her tail at the slightest provocation; who smiled the same guileless dog's grin that shines in peoples' minds long after their friend is dead and buried and gone. She laid in the corner of their living room where it was dark and cool and her chest rose and fell like the bellows of a blasted forge. Seeing this, Kieran looked to his mother, who shook her head sadly for she had no answers.
"It's a natural thing," she explained. "Nell is old. This happens to animals. We have to love them as much as we can because their lives are far shorter than ours. We have to give them everything we can. It's what they deserve." Her voice was sad and restrained. The dog had been her own, once. Many years prior, when she had first moved to that small town that cannot be found on any map, she had selected the dog from the local animal shelter. That unnamed dog who would be named Nell had smiled incessantly at her from behind the gaol walls as the howls and barks and cries of other dogs hovered about her ears with the smell of the shit and piss and the dog had not seemed to care the slightest about any of that, not so long as she was looking in Ellie's eyes.
Ellie was Kieran's mother, though he did not call her that.
Within twenty minutes, Ellie had completed the necessary paperwork. Fifty dollars and a lot of wheedling had convinced the employee at the animal shelter to let the poor dog go without reference calls. Ellie considered later that perhaps she should have been worried about getting a dog from a shelter who seemed so willing to shirk the rules, but she consoled herself with the knowledge that her haste had been driven largely by the abhorrent conditions and so anyone similarly looking to bypass the waiting period would likely have the same altruistic sensibilities in their heart.
Now her heart was seeking to betray her. She had filled it so full of love for this poor small beast that she now would be forced to watch as the dog whiled away its last hours in the corner of a living room that was furnished with old argyle-patterned couches that Ellie's father – Kieran's grandfather – had called chesterfields. Ellie and Kieran sat on a chesterfield and he cried into her breast, the act of which awoke some atavistic maternal fire inside her, and so she leapt to her feet and said taxes be damned bills be damned mortgage be damned we're going to save this dog's life. And so she scooped up the little dog in her arms. The poor thing whimpering a low whine like a tyre slowly deflating. They walked out to their sports utility vehicle, the one that got surprisingly good mileage even if it looked ugly as sin, and put the dog in the back with the seats folded down. Kieran laid out a small grey blanket with a flannel lining for her and Nell opened her bleary red-rimmed rheumy eyes and saw him and thanked him in that quiet way that dogs – especially sick dogs – do.
"Okay," said Ellie. "I need to get to the vet quick. But you still have homework. There's no sense in us both being gone and you not getting your homework done, so please stay and do some work. I promise it'll be better than sitting around." She reached into her wallet and pulled out a twenty-dollar bill and a ten-dollar bill, which together made thirty dollars. "Here's some money for pizza. Order whatever you like. Don't worry about saving me some." She leaned forward and kissed Kieran on the top of the head. "Be good, and let me know if you need me. I'm going to get Nell saved."
Kieran was a brave boy, and he certainly didn't mind being home alone, but the thought of being apart from his beloved dog in what could be her final moments was almost too much to bear. Tears began to fill his eyes like milky ponds swelling with springtime thawwater and Ellie saw this and pulled him close before he could say anything more. "Hey," she said. "None of that, now. I'm not going to let anything happen to Nell." She put a finger under her son's chin, tilting his head back until he looked back at her. His eyes were blue and bright, abyssal sapphires. Ellie sometimes wondered how she could have created something so beautiful. How could anyone? She turned her brown eyes to his blue and said "It's going to be okay. But if nothing can truly be done, I promise I will let you know and that you can take a cab or an Uber and come to the clinic to say as many good-byes as you want." Kieran nodded back and she was satisfied. She climbed behind the wheel of the sports utility vehicle and closed the door. The roar of the engine. She waved mutely from behind the windscreen and reversed out of the driveway and into the street which was shining hotly with the afternoon sun and then she drove down the street to where their road met another road and then she was gone.
Kieran stood dully in the driveway, unsure of what to do next. He considered actually doing his homework for about half a second before he decided that that would be a very poor use of his time. He did fully intend on ordering the pizza but he wasn't close to hungry yet, especially with the raw sewage of emotion roiling around inside his belly. He walked into the house in a daze. It seemed smaller when he entered, as if a giant had approached the house and placed a giant pinstriped plastic straw down the chimney and sucked up as much air as it could. Kieran thought then of the explorers who had found King Tut's tomb in the Valley of the Kings in Egypt, and what they must have felt when they travelled down the tunnel into a place not touched by man in thousands of years, not since the last robber had left and the blistering sand had smothered the dead. He looked at the dark corner where Nell had lain and the image of a golden funeral mask shaped and worked to match her pointed grey muzzle overwhelmed him, slapping him with a claustrophobia so intense that he rushed to the bathroom on the first floor, the one where his mother kept two sets of towels; the good kind that was for guests and lived under the sink as well as the bad kind which were raggedy and stained and were out all of the time when no guests were around, and he threw up, retching hideously until the white virginal porcelain was stained a technicoloured ochre. Then he got up, wiping his mouth with one of the bad towels. He knew then that he couldn't stay in the house. Not while his mother was away and Nell was sick and they weren't there. He returned to the kitchen where the keys his mother had had made for him at the hardware store hung from a hook on a Spider-Man lanyard. He grabbed them and pulled them over his head as if he had won a very boring medal and then he left through the back door of the townhouse, locking it behind him.
Their townhouse, while not terribly big, was still considered nicer than most because it abutted a large and dense forest right on the edge of town. Kieran walked out to the backyard where the grass had grown long and ragged like lousy hair but it still glimmered with a kind of brilliance in the late day sun when the air hung heavy like a withheld breath and the mites and mosquitos and no-see-ems played as semi-sentient motes of dust. The forest beyond waiting in sullen silence. Kieran locked the door behind him and then slipped ghostlike into the trees.
The paths beyond were seldom trod. There was a proper trail two kilometers to the west where the local conservation authority used trimmers and blowers and other tools to shout back the forest, paving the way so that people could walk without fear of poison ivy against their ankles or of the spiders' webs stretched like gossamer clotheslines between trees. Kieran didn't like walking those trails because walking was exactly what it was. He came to the forest to seek adventure, not to walk through a museum. He had done so since he and his mother had moved to this place shortly after the divorce. It had begun with brief sojourns in the early morning. He had always taken care to pack a water bottle and a walking stick, and he wore long pants and long socks to ensure his ankles were covered to protect him against some of the threats listed above. It was not long after that that he had read The Lord of the Rings and discovered the Rangers, the super-human breed of Men who walked through the wilds of Middle-Earth, blazing new trails and defending those they loved from harm. He had begun to range too. He developed a keen sense of direction which guided him deeper and deeper into the forest. Sometimes he took Nell, but not often, since she was old and would not be inclined to travel far. He made sure to do his rangings only when his mother was at work for she would certainly worry if he disappeared for hours while she was at home. Besides, she couldn't understand. The woods had brought him more peace than he had thought the world capable of providing.
It was this desire for peace that drove him into the woods after his mother had left. He walked slowly, without any real destination in mind. He wove between trees that stood heavy and solemn with a fangornian presence, running his hands along the bark, feeling the grooves etched into each tree; the knots, the whorls. Touching them grounded him in their world and pulled him away from the one behind him, the one where all the sorrow and misery seemed to reside. The forest murmured with a threatening quiet. As if his footfalls were an obscenity. He travelled further, each step another chance to forget. His thoughts turned to Nell and then his mother and then back to the dog. He cared deeply about them in the way that children do, which is to say unconditionally and without any fear of a parting.
Kieran pushed the thoughts aside. He had spied a path that veered away into the brush. He frowned. He hadn't walked that far yet. How could he have come across something he'd never seen? Bristled greenery covered the trail, all burrs and thorns, but he thought he saw the faints imprints of some animal. A deer, perhaps. Maybe a coyote had chased it this way. Could there be something beyond? He rounded a tree to the other side of the shrubbery then saw where the trail continued. It was an emaciated, pathetic thing, but it was there. He stopped and listened. The wind passing through the trees above sounded like waves. A memory rose in his mind of his mother and father and him at the beach along with Nell. She gambolled in the surf, leaping with all of the joy that youth could bring. Seagulls cried and wheeled overhead. The sand hot beneath his feet, in his toes, in his bathing suit. It didn't matter. The day was perfect. It was also gone. Kieran shook his head, trying to rid himself of the thoughts which redounded against one another. With little else available to him, he followed the trail.
It flowed like a muddy trickle deeper into the woods to the places where the trees grew heavier still and hid their faces from the sun as if in mourning. No sound of insect or bird or rodent here either. Shale and limestone began to jut out of the earth. Kieran scrambled over them to follow the trail, which seemed now to be rushing away from him with a terrified urgency. He broke into a sprint. His shoes weren't really made for running in the woods, and he was old enough and smart enough to know the risks of catching his foot on a root, but knowing this didn't make it matter because nothing mattered more than finding the end of the trail. This is why Kieran was so surprised when it ended suddenly. He wasn't sure what he expected to find; he was too old to believe in leprechauns with their pots of gold, and he knew nobody lived in these woods.
The fork in the tree at the trail's ending was unlike any he had ever seen. It parted near the base, spreading wide in the middle before closing again at the top. After that, the tree grew as normal. A light shone through the hole. Kieran couldn't see from where; the grove was cast in the same shadows as before. The sun would be westering soon anyway, and west was behind him, the way home. He bent down to look through the tree. He furrowed his brow, confused. Still on his hands and knees, he leaned around the forked tree until he could see beyond. Then he looked back. It was the same as it had been, but the view through the tree appeared clouded and cataracky.
The golden light still shone through.
With a trembling hand, Kieran reached into the tree, passing his fingers through the light. There was a uterine warmth on the other side. It seemed to draw him deeper. He climbed further into the tree, bringing his body beyond the light. He exited out the other side of the tree, then climbed to his feet, wiping dirt from his knees and elbows. He scanned the forest, trying to get his bearings. The forest had not changed, but was suffused with the same luminescence that he had seen through the tree. If there was a source to it, it could not be seen. It seemed to exist all around him. He stepped further into the forest, a strange mix of curiosity and apprehension driving him onward. He did not travel far before he found the stump.
It was a short, squat thing, totally desiccated and yet somehow flush with life; some kind of mossy grass grew across its scalp and short white flowers ringed with spearshaped petals poked up from their berths in that verdant lawn. Below this garden, in the face of the stump itself, were carved small doors alongside which tiny windows peered out. The designs on these doors were intricate and lined, perhaps to match the stump itself in some capacity. The windows were simple things, with frames that reminded Keiran vaguely of hermit crabs in their homes. A long root reached down into the earth with grasping fingers and on it was carved a path leading to one of the doors. Unsure of what to make of this discovery, Kieran did the only thing any polite person would consider: he knocked on the door.
The door stood implacable for a long moment. Kieran watched it for so long that his eyes began to water. Then, just as the surreality of the situation began to impress itself upon him, the door flung open, and a grey-white light like the clouded moon flitted out hummingbirdlike from the chamber beyond, spinning and leaping in great arcs around the clearing until it at last came to rest in the air in front of Kieran's face. His eyes quickly adjusted and fixed themselves upon the figure which floated before him.
"Hello," said Keiran.
"Hi," said the creature, "I'm bztstz." This was not her true name, of course; the fae language is impossible to render with any human alphabet. Hearing it, Kieran chose to nod along and avoid addressing her by name whenever possible.
"Um," said Kieran, "I don't mean to be rude, but I've never seen anyone or anything quite like you. What are you?" He asked this question with the blunt naïvité that all children possess.
"I'm a faerie," said the faerie, rising to Kieran's face. "Ain't you ever seen a faerie before?"
"No, I haven't."
"Well, take a good look, because you're seeing one now!"
So Kieran did take a good look. It still wasn't what he expected. When he thought of faeries, he thought of Tinkerbell from Peter Pan. This creature before him didn't look anything like her. For one, her dress was vaguely orpheline, scratched and tattered and it looked like it had been made with leaves or a bit of burlap, maybe even a few loose twigs for a spine. Her hair was a tangled mousebrown mess which sprawled across her head, not the neat blonde bun that Tinkerbell wore. More than that, her whole aspect lacked the warmth that Tink projected and was instead replaced with an animalistic eagerness, ferretlike and nosy. Worst of all were the teeth: whenever the faerie spoke, her mouth revealed yellowed and holed shark's teeth which encircled the whole of her maw, even the inside of her cheeks.
This was all a lot for Kieran to take in. So instead of reacting to anything concerning her appearance, he asked the most obvious question he could think of: "are you able to grant wishes?"
"Sure!" she said. She did a short circle in the air and was clearly excited to demonstrate. "But not for free! Oh no no no not for free!"
"Well, what would you like in return? I have thirty dollars." Kieran proffered the money, splaying the two notes apart like he'd seen people do in movies. He was more than willing to pay thirty dollars, an astronomical sum to him, in order to make his wish.
"People money? Sfstszs!" she spat, a terrible curse in the faerie tongue. "No, I don't need no people money. I just need food! Food food food. D'ya have any?"
"Not on me, no. I think I saw some mushrooms on my way in, but you probably know about those already. Oh, I know! I have some blackberries back home in the fridge. If you don't mind, I can go back and get them."
"Mushrooms? Berries? Not a chance! No, I need meat! Bloody and fresh! D'ya have any?"
"I mean, I was about to order a pizza with pepperoni on it–"
"Not pig not hog no no no I want something new! Something special!"
It was at this point that Kieran understood the way she was looking at him. She was hovering dangerously close to his face. Some drool had escaped her mouth and fallen down the front of her shift. Kieran made a fist without realizing it. He had never been in a fight in his life, but he was confident he could win a fistfight against a person no larger than a bird.
"No need for violence!" cried the faerie. "No need at all. I'm small, don't need much to go on. Small amount of meat lasts long time!" She thought for a second. "Tell you what! Let's trade! Tiny bit of meat, something you don't need. Then I'll do magick!"
Kieran considered this for a moment. There were surely parts of himself he would sacrifice to make a wish. Bits of flesh nobody really needed. His first thought was his appendix, but the access was an issue. Then he realized that there were so many superfluous parts to the human body. The tip of the nose, the earlobe, the male nipples . . . even some of the fingers were bordering on extravagance. Truthfully, when have he ever used his pinky fingers other than for making promises?
"Alright," he finally said. "I'll trade you for a wish."
"Deal! Deal deal deal!" The faerie brimmed with excitement, crossing back and forth in the air in front of him. "What do you wish for? Gotta tell me if you want it! Can't do no magick if you don't tell!"
Kieran looked at her, thought about it for one second more, then nodded. "I want my dog to live forever."
"And what do you give?" The faerie's teeth seemed to gleam wickedly in the aura she emitted.
"My pinky finger. You can have it."
"Good! Deal! Done! Dog will live forever." The faerie swooped to his fingertips. "I'm ready, are you?"
Kieran didn't hesitate. "Yes," he said. "Go ahead."
The faerie launched herself at his pinky finger, wrapping her mouth around it like a leech. Kieran closed his eyes. There was an intense flash of pain, then an icy numbing sensation. He looked down at his hand. Blood oozed from the stump of his finger just above the first knuckle. It looked to be clotting already. His eyes met the faerie's. She was holding his finger, licking at the wound on the aft end. "No pain, right? Thought you'd like that. Means you might decide to help me again."
Kieran nodded. He supposed that made sense. "I should go now," he said. "I need to see my dog again."
"Of course," said the faerie. "Go back through the tree. Then on to home. Come back if you need anything else!"
So Kieran left that place, returning back through the hole in the tree. When he passed beyond it, the world seemed darker, sharper somehow. The sun had now drifted beyond the horizon. He walked toward its bed as the shadows climbed the trees around him. Nighthings began to stir in the canopy above him and the soil beneath his feet but he paid them no mind. He knew these paths.
The light on the back porch was on when he approached the townhouse. It glowed impudently and Kieran was glad to see it as he approached the door, pulling the key out of his pocket. The wound on his hand had fully dried and now ached faintly. He realized then that he would need to think of some explanation for his mother, who would certainly not be happy to see him missing a finger. He turned the key and opened the door.
Any further thinking was then interrupted by a bounding sound of footsteps, two short joyful cries and a dog's paws against his stomach. Nell had leapt up at him as soon as he opened the door and he laughed and scratched her muzzle and let himself be carried to the floor by her weight. She licked his face and his cheeks and whimpered with excitement to see him, wagging her tail ferociously. Kieran held her and told her that he loved her just as much as she loved him.
"Kieran? Is that you?"
Kieran looked up, stuffing his hand in his pocket. His mother stood in the hall. The dim light of the single table lamp lit her from below, making her look older than she was.
"I was worried sick. I come home and you're not here . . . we'll have to talk about that later, but I'm guessing you can see that now's a time for celebrating." She crouched down by him and Nell and the way the light played against her face changed, revealing her for who she was. "It was the most incredible thing. She was lying there, with the vet's stethoscope against her chest. She was doing that horrible panting thing from earlier where it sounded like she was struggling to breathe, but then she just perked up as if it had never happened. She literally leapt off the table while the vet and I watched. The vet said she'd never seen anything like it. She still took some blood and ran some other tests, but she didn't know what to say . . . by all signs, our sweet girl is totally healthy." Ellie wiped her eyes. It hadn't felt real until she had told Kieran. She bent to Nell's head and kissed her.
"That's incredible," said Kieran. He looked at Nell. "I'm so glad you're okay, girl."
"Did you even get to ordering that pizza?" asked Ellie. "I'm starving."
"I uh . . . I got distracted," said Kieran. "Do you want to order now?"
"Sounds like a plan, sweetie." Ellie stood up. She looked from Kieran to Nell and smiled. Everything was going to be okay.
Kieran watched her leave the room, then pulled his hand out of his pocket. Nell looked at it with dogeyed curiosity. She sniffed the open wound, but did not lick it. Instead, she laid down and placed her head on Kieran's lap, sighing a slow canine sigh. Kieran stroked her head with his other hand, running his fingers through her coat. He traced the furrowed lines they drew and began to think of what else he might want to wish for.
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Diesel SS16 CampaignCourtesy of Diesel
Diesel's Pornhub ads are proving very successful
The brand's co-founder Renzo Rosso claims the results have been 'incredible'
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In January, Diesel caused a stir when it announced (on Dazed) that it was about to start advertising on Pornhub. It was the first fashion brand to place ads on a porn website and now, in an interview with Fashion Unfiltered, co-founder Renzo Rosso has revealed the impact of this controversial move.
Describing the results as "incredible", Rosso claims that they've seen a "31 per cent increase" – though he didn't qualify whether that was in terms of website traffic or sales. He goes on to explain the way they approached the partnership, "So it's not that we go to the porno channel with porno advertising, we just go there with sympathy and treat it like advertising in a magazine. We did it there because that's the way to live today."
The idea of advertising on porn websites was the brainchild of creative director Nicola Formichetti who, speaking to Dazed, said, "We all go on websites like Pornhub, you know? So before you start jerking off maybe you can stop and look at our new pants and shoes and, just laugh! It's funny." It's funny, and it's also genius – Pornhub is the 64th most visited website on the internet and YouPorn, on which the brand also advertises, is the 174th. It's not just porn sites – Diesel is also placing ads on dating apps Tinder, which has 10 million daily users and Grindr, which has over two million.
As well as reaching an incredibly wide audience, this move reflects the age we live in – something that is central to Diesel's brand ethos. "I want to portray the world we live in today, and the people in it – so it's very important that we have different genders, body types, colours, that's our norm," said Formichetti. "And then we all live through the phone and the computer, so I wanted to be honest about that." Perhaps this is a sign of things to come and that fashion brands advertising on porn websites and dating apps will become common place.
Watch Diesel's SS16 campaign video below:
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Q: Pointer dimensions when copying an address of multidimensional arra to a pointer When we have a multidimensional array, and we hope to use a pointer to point to its address. In a book, it says we will do as following.
#include <stdio.h>
int main(){
    int a[3][4][5];
    int *p[5];
    p = a;
    return 0;
}

Now, I am quiet confused about the following points:

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*When I typed the code into CLion, it gives a warning:Incompatible pointer types 'int[5] *' and 'int[3][4][5]', and why is that?

*Why does the pointer array *p contains 5 variables instead of 3 variables?

*How to use this pointer *p?

Thanks.

A: 1) Because... they are different pointer types! ;) Specifically, a is a three dimensional array of integers, while p is a one dimensional array of pointers to ints. Got that? a contains ints, p contains pointers to ints.
2) Because  line int *p[5]; declares it to be 5 long. In C you define how big an array is by the number in the [].
3) Well, if you want p to point to a you would need to make some part of it point to a, as an example p[0] = a;

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Marrellomorpha – grupa wymarłych morskich stawonogów znanych w zapisie kopalnym od kambru do dewonu. Przedstawiciele Marrellomorpha znani są niemal wyłącznie ze stanowisk paleontologicznych cechujących się znakomitym stopniem zachowania skamieniałości. Opisano kilka gatunków należących do tej grupy stawonogów: Marrella splendens, Mimetaster hexagonalis, Furca bohemica, Vachonisia rogeri, Xylokorys chledophilia i Austromarrella klausmuelleri. Prawdopodobnie Marrellomorpha były jednak zwierzętami częstszymi niż sugeruje to ich niewielka różnorodność taksonomiczna. Skamieniałości przedstawicieli tej grupy znane są z Afryki, Ameryki Północnej, Australii, Azji i Europy.

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It is called Astigmatism and it is not a disease or contagious. It is just a very common condition of the eye that causes blurred or distorted vision and has nothing to do with any other visual deficiency like being short sighted or farsighted.
Most people have it to some degree and often don't even know that they do.
Astigmatism is caused by an eye that is not completely round like a sphere but shaped more like a rugby ball. So now when light enters the eye it gets refracted more in one direction than the other allowing only parts of what you are looking at to be clear and other parts to be blurry. Objects appear wavy and blurry.
Symptoms of astigmatism, apart from blurry vision could be eye strain and headaches especially after prolonged reading and visual tasks.
The good news is that astigmatism can easily be corrected with properly prescribed glasses or contact lenses.
Astigmatism often occurs early in life so it is important to have those little ones tested early – also to avoid vision problems in school.
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Here on Citizen Science Center, we share a lot of opportunities to participate in projects within your own community–sometimes even from the comfort of your own home. While that's obviously optimal on a day-to-day basis, what if you had a chance to collect critically important data from onboard a yacht, while sailing between Thailand and Singapore. Seems pretty appealing, right?
That's just opportunity Indigo V Expeditions aims to give "citizen oceanographers" with their Indian Ocean II Expedition. Indigo Expeditions first set sail in 2013, hoping to answer the question, "Can sailors contribute to oceanography in a meaningful way?" You see, the globe's oceans are under considerable stress. In the last 50 years, we've seen declines in numbers of big fish, coral reefs, and other visible and easily measurable forms of marine life. However, what's more difficult to detect are microbe levels. While invisible, microbes comprise of 90% of the ocean's biomass. They are the baseline of the food chain, as well as a major stabilizer of atmospheric levels of oxygen. Scientists need to gather enormous amounts of data to determine well-being of the ocean's microbial systems, and create a plan of attack for preserving ones that show signs of decline.
While their importance really can't be overstated, sending out a traditional research vessel to measure microbes is extremely expensive. According to Indigo's site, it would cost at least $15 million a year for the crew, ship, and analysis of data collected. And in a year, one vessel could only cover about 3% of the ocean's surface! Needless to say, a more cost-effective and efficient system of microbe measurement is needed.
The OSMO (Ocean Sailing Microbiome Observatory) autosampler may be the answer here. This groundbreaking, autonomous instrument clamps onto the stern of a vessel, taking DNA samples of microbes found in the water. Since thousands of already-manned vessels cruise the world's oceans regularly for both business and pleasure, harnessing their power to collect data could cut research costs drastically.
The OSMO still needs some field testing, however, so the Indian Ocean II Expedition offers interested citizen scientists an opportunity to actually set sail on a Nautor Swan 61 yacht. You'll be taking samples, conducting studies, trying your hand at sailing techniques, and visiting some truly spectacular parts of the world such as Indonesia and Maldives. There are various legs of the expedition running from spring to autumn, so if you're interested in booking a spot on the Indigo V cruise, please contact rachelle@indigovexpeditions.com. You can also contact Rachelle if you're a vessel owner interested in more information about obtaining access to an OSMO to use on your own independent excursions.
Sailing off into the sunset, while collecting data that could preserve the ocean's bedrock infrastructure–sounds like a win-win!


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By Your President Speaks
Your President Speaks!
Today, at theWhite House, during an interview for German TV.
Accomplish Some Missions!
Well, I made my clear statement there at the U.N., that I'm for overall reform and I do believe we ought to look at reforming the Security Council in a way that, you know, accomplishes some missions.
The Only One Country
It's not easy to get done and the only one country that I've endorsed has been Japan, and it's been a long-standing policy of the government of the United States, and I continue that policy.
Everybody's Parliaments Reacts
No, I understand. I mean, you know, people — everybody's parliaments or legislative bodies reacts to the challenges differently.
Home of the Whopper
Q You just mentioned Iran. Do you think that the nuclear threat that Iran poses right now is larger than the threat Iraq posed about five or six years ago?
THE PRESIDENT: I think they were both dangerous. I think both of them could have been solved diplomatically.
Try To Try
I would say that we would always try to try diplomacy first.
In other words, I — I've committed our troops into harm's way twice, and it's not a pleasant experience because I understand the consequences firsthand.
There Is Places
I mean, look, there's going to be — there's places where we disagree.
Mixed Metaphors R Us
We don't always agree eye to eye. Kosovo is an area where we don't agree eye to eye.
There Is too Many
There's just too many babies dying on the continent of Africa, for example, because of mosquito bites.
Drain Bamage
You know, the biggest issue facing a President going forward will be whether or not we can deal with our, you know, our Social Security and Medicare, our health care and pension plans for the elderly, because like other parts of the world — I presume Germany, as well — baby boomers relative to people contributing to the system — so you have baby boomers like me retiring and not enough young workers, and we need to get the systems in balance.
Mental Muddle
And then the foreign policy — and if you will listen to the debate, our candidates have got a strong, firm view of how to conduct foreign policy and the American people innately understand that there's — there's still threats out there. And our biggest job is to protect our — see, that's an interesting difference between, say, Germany and America.
Russia Has Got A Handful
That's what I was about to describe — that this is not aimed at Russia. I mean, it — and frankly it's absurd for somebody to say it is aimed at Russia, because the number of interceptors that would be there — the rockets to knock down the other rocket — will be limited in number and therefore somebody who has got a handful of rockets can overwhelm the system.
Gets A History Lesson
THE PRESIDENT: We've been attacked. We feel like another attack is coming, and therefore, you know, our actions ought to be to protect our country. And, you know, I'm not so sure that it's that same sense of anxiety in other parts of Europe or in Germany.
Q Well, we have some old fears. I mean, we were on the border of the Cold War. I mean, we had this Iron Curtain in our country, in that respect. We know a little bit about that, too.
We Got! We Do!
And so — the only reason I bring that up is I know that people think that our relations with Russia are, you know, may not be conducive to constructive action, but we got — we do — and there's no question there's tensions on some issues.
He Dealt With A Tax
And at home, that the cornerstone of my policy is to trust the individual American to make the best decisions for his or her family. And that I dealt with not only a tax, but recession and a lot of other challenges to our economy, and yet our economy is very strong.
He'll Be Dead
But I'll be dead before they finally figure out my administration because history, it takes a while to get the true history of an administration.
3 thoughts on "Your President Speaks!"
Aaaargh says:
Yes, with any luck he'll be hanged for war crimes before people find out what he was REALLY up to.
How does he understand the consequences firsthand? Has he been in combat? Were people shooting at him in either of those wars? Was he sent out again and again, with all the rules he'd thought were supposed to limit his time in the war theater changed without reason?
sparrow says:
Depends on what end of the telescope one is looking through. For Bush's kind of people, "the haves and have mores" it's one thing, but from my end, seeing oil near 100 bucks a barrel, watching the sub-prime collapse still unfolding and my 401K taking a large hit, with health care premimums up, the dollar tanking with inflation waiting in the wings, an economic sink hole in Iraq and Afganistan, manufacturing and service jobs continuing to move off shore, and a collapsing infrastructure – I'd say things look a little bit different from my perspective.
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Enamel earrings are spectacular. Delicate, surprising and ever-creative, enamel earrings should never miss from a woman's jewelry box. Luckily for you, Ana Luisa offers a great range of enamel earrings so that you can be a true trendsetter this fall and know how to buy fashion earrings. Read further to find out what is enamel jewelry and discover our top pick for enamel earrings.
In simple terms, enamel is a decorate coating on a metal piece of jewelry. It consists of a thin glass powder that is fused to the metal at a very high temperature, creating a vivid color and a spectacular effect. Enamel can come in many colors, but the hardest to obtain is red. There are several techniques to work with enamel, but all of them require experienced and talented craftsmanship. In other words, enamel jewelry is very closely related to art, which makes it so desirable.
Last, but not least, when wearing enamel jewelry you should be very careful because it can easily get damaged in case of mechanical shocks. This being said, let's discover together our top picks for enamel earrings.
Enamel jewelry has become more and more popular. This is why we have a brand new collection for you to discover and wear, according to your personal style. And since we know that jewelry tells a story about the owner, let's find out together what types of enamel earrings you should wear according to your personality.
Our Iris enamel earrings were designed for a delicate and romantic woman. If you enjoy your long walks in the park, greeting the sunrise with a smile and watching the sunset on the beach, then you will surely love these artistic flower stud earrings. Pair them with your favorite chiffon dress or delicate white shirt to let your personal style shine through.
We named them "Love" because you can't help yourself but falling in love with them. Colorful, charming and playful, these enamel linear drop earrings are exactly what you need. If you are the center of attention to any party, dazzle people with your unconventional style and have a wicked sense of humor, our Love enamel earrings should be in your jewelry box as soon as possible. The best part is that you can match them with any color and wear them with both casual and elegant outfits.
You are a voracious Vogue reader and love to add a personal touch to everything you wear. Elegant, classy and modern you are a true trendsetter. This means that our Kinoko enamel earrings dipped in 14k gold will perfectly complement your jewelry box. Wear them with your ravishing smile and mysterious look to create a unique impression everywhere you go.
Mismatched earrings are in style and so are you. Unconventional, full of life and always ready to try something new, you are the face of the future. It's only natural for you to wear these fabulous enamel earrings in red and blue and pair them with your pixie hairstyle. You are never afraid to experiment and this is why all your fashion attempts look fabulous. Wear these earrings with your high-waist mom jeans and that studded leather jacket to create a fresh mix.
These hand-painted enamel earrings were created for a woman who loves playing with different styles. You simply adore your geometric jewelry and to mix minimal pieces with statement ones. Sophisticated, chic and adorable, these geometric earrings will add an extra sparkle to your personal style.
Now that you have all these gorgeous styles of earrings to discover, we are sure that your jewelry box is getting ready to welcome your new pair of enamel earrings soon. And since we want you to be able to wear your earrings as much as possible, here are some tips to help you properly take care of them.
Clean your enamel jewelry using a soft cloth and lukewarm water only. Don't dip the jewelry piece in water, though. Just dip the cloth, then gently rub it. Make sure to be very gentle about it because enamel jewelry can be fragile.
Don't wear your enamel earrings when exercising or doing housework.
If you notice that your enamel jewelry got damaged, immediately take it to a jeweler who specializes in enamel work. Make sure to read about them before because not every jeweler has the experience to work with enamel.
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Local MP Sacked from his Prison job. Sacked former Cabinet minister Michael Gove's team at the Ministry of Justice has been dramatically reshaped with Prisons Minister Andrew Selous the latest to leave the department. On his website Andrew Selous says, "I have been asked to stand down as Minister for Prisons, Probation and Rehabilitation by Theresa May our new Prime Minister. It has been an enormous honour to serve in this role for the last two years and a privilege to champion the work of our inspirational prison officers, probation staff and wonderful voluntary sector partners. They are amazing people who do their work often unseen and unappreciated." "I have served continuously as a Parliamentary Private Secretary,Whip and Minister in both Opposition and in Government for the last 13 years and it has been a huge honour to serve my country in this way. I look forward to having the time to take up many issues which I care about deeply and to continue se
Woodside Link Archaeological Find
This is a picture of a belt mount or harness mount found on the Woodside Link site during the construction of the road near Houghton Regis. Made from copper alloy and glass, this design could be associated with the worship of the Celtic god Taranis, whose cult was popular in the 2nd Century AD. In Celtic mythology Taranis was the god of thunder worshipped primarily in Gaul, Gallaecia, the British Isles, but also in the Rhineland and Danube regions, amongst others. Votive wheels called Rouelles , thought to correspond to the cult of Taranis. Thousands of such wheels have been found in sanctuaries in Belgic Gaul , dating from 50 BC to 50 AD. Source: Wikipedia More finds will be on show at Woodside Link exhibitions, along with displays of remaining works, landscaping, art projects, and archaeology. Date: Wednesday 20 July 2pm to 8pm Venue: Visitor Centre, A5-M1 Link compound, Sundon Road LU4 9TX Date: Thursday 21 July 2pm to 8pm Venue: Sandringham Hub, 48 Sandri
Children Encouraged to Redesign Police Cars!
Is your child a budding artist? Do they care about the community? If so, they could help redesign our police cars! As the summer holidays are just around the corner Bedfordshire Police's Crime Reduction team is encouraging young people to use their free time safely and sensibly by entering a competition to have their artwork displayed on community police vehicles. The competition will see the talented winner's drawing transformed into the 'livery' on the side of cop cars which are used for neighbourhood patrols and attending appointments. Sergeant Ben Dimmock said: "The aim of this light-hearted competition is to get kids thinking about what policing means to them, and how important it is in their community. We want young people to put pen to paper to come up with a design which will brighten up our community cars and help people to engage with the force from a young age. "The only brief is to be big and bold, and create a clear, concise design which incorpora
The Big Friendly Read #SummerReadingChallenge
Challenge your kids to the Big Friendly Read The Summer Reading Challenge is back and Central Bedfordshire Libraries will be celebrating 100 years of the world's favourite storyteller – Roald Dahl. The Big Friendly Read, Summer Reading Challenge 2016 is aimed at children from ages 4-11 and their families and this year runs from Saturday, July 16 and will feature some of Roald Dahl's best-loved characters and the amazing artwork of his principal illustrator, Sir Quentin Blake. Children that sign up to the Summer Reading Challenge will get a free collector folder to keep special Big Friendly Read cards. The cards include Quentin Blake illustrations and all six cards can be collected as kids read any library books of their choice. It's fun, it's friendly and, best of all, it's totally FREE. Organised by The Reading Agency and the UK public library network since 1999, the Summer Reading Challenge is the UK's biggest annual reading promotion. Last year, in Central Be
Whitbread Apply For 33 Extra Parking Spaces - 17 Trees Would Go
33 New parking spaces proposed to help Whitbread HQ meet demand Whitbread Group plc have come up with a scheme to increase the number of parking spaces at Whitbread Court and Samuel Court on the Houghton Hall Business Park in Houghton Regis. If the scheme goes ahead, 397 parking bays will become 430 parking bays, an increase of 33 spaces. As headquarters for Whitbread, the company experience peak demands for parking when field staff attend briefings and meetings. If planning permission is given, an arboriculturalist report points out that it would require "the removal of around 17 established but small and medium-sized trees " and "the trimming of lower branches within the woodland", and "pruning works are likely to be necessary to two or three mature trees (two sycamores and one lime)." A number of trees adjoining Porz Avenue already have TPOs on them. A recently expanded car park in Houghton Hall Park is currently providing additional spaces f
Have you Got a Local Recipe That Could Be Immortalized ?
Recipes needed for Woodside Link Community Orchard Do you make the best apple pie or plum crumble in Central Bedfordshire? If you're proud of what you can do with apples, pears, plums or soft fruit, send us your recipes. They may go on public display permanently in the Woodside Link's community orchard. Due to be planted near to Houghton Regis's new link road later in 2016, the orchard will feature four timber picnic tables displaying local recipes. In future years residents will be able to pick fruit from trees and bushes, take a photo of the ingredients and method on their phones, then go home to make a tasty dish. Residents wishing to share some culinary magic can drop off their recipes at the Woodside Link's stand at the Houghton Regis Carnival on Saturday 9th July (Stand 16). They can also email their family favourites to woodsidelink@centralbedfordshire.gov.uk
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Йо́шіда Шіґе́ру (, 22 вересня 1878 — 20 жовтня 1967) — японський політичний і державний діяч, дипломат. Випускник юридичного факультету Токійського імперського університету. 45-й, 48-й, 49-й, 50-й і 51-й прем'єр-міністр Японії (22 травня 1946 — 24 травня 1947, 15 жовтня 1948 — 10 грудня 1954). 5-й міністр добробуту (16 січня — 22 липня 1940), 2-й голова першого і другого демобілізаційного міністерства (22 травня — 15 червня 1946). 73-й, 74-й, 75-й, 78-й і 79-й міністр закордонних справ (1945 — 1947, 1948 — 1952). 2-й голова Японської ліберальної партії (1946 — 1948), 1-й голова Демократично-ліберальної (1948 — 1950) і Ліберальної партії Японії (1950 — 1954). Депутат Палати представників японського Парламенту 7 скликань від префектури Коті. Ректор приватних університетів Коґакукан і Нішьоґакушя. Очолював країну протягом 7 років важкого перехідного періоду: від іноземної окупації після Другої світової війни до відновлення японської незалежності. Заклав основи політичної системи повоєнної Японії. За свій зовнішній вигляд, любов до сигар та якості лідера отримав прізвисько «японський Черчилль».

Джерела та література

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  Документи Йосіди Сіґеру // Національна парламентська бібліотека Японії
  Йосіда Сіґеру // Офіційна сторінка адміністрації Прем'єр-міністра Японії
  Йосіда Сіґеру // Офіційна сторінка Міністерства закордонних справ Японії

Випускники Токійського університету
Політики Японії
Дипломати Японії
Міністри закордонних справ Японії
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FAQs - Sasser and Weber, P.A.
At Sasser & Weber, P.A., one of our goals is to bring clarity to the often confusing, complicated process of getting divorced. We've assembled this list of FAQs to address the most common issues that concern our clients.
During the initial consultation, the attorney will gather information regarding your case so that we can jointly determine whether Sasser & Weber is a good fit for you. Whatever information you offer will be held in strict confidence, even if you decide not to become a client. Our first meeting is a big-picture conversation, where we get an overview of your goals and needs. We will discuss the various alternatives for resolution, whether that be using the collaborative or cooperative models or the traditional litigation model or some combination. Our attorneys will also offer you some advice about a general game plan that will help you in the weeks and months ahead. After our initial meeting, you should walk away with a much better sense of who we are, what we charge, and what you can expect going forward.
If my case goes to mediation, who makes the decisions?
In a word, you. Your divorce mediator is there to facilitate solution building, to brainstorm alternative solutions, to jumpstart the process when it gets stuck, and to encourage compromise. Your mediator serves as a buffer between you and your spouse, helping you stay focused even if negotiations get heated.
You can mediate with or without attorneys. The mediator will prepare an agreement for you to review and sign, based on the agreements you reach during the mediation process.
How can I get more information about our financial situation if I'm not sure where our money is?
This is a more common situation than you might expect: one spouse handles the finances, and the other is relatively "in the dark." Your first course of action is to request documentation from your spouse, and contact banks, mortgage companies, credit cards, and other jointly held accounts in order to obtain account numbers and balances. If your spouse can't or won't provide this information, then there are tools at our disposal that will help chase the financial paper trail, including but not limited to court orders and forensic accountants.
Will I receive alimony? What about child support?
The short answer: maybe, and it depends. We understand that this isn't very satisfying, so let's talk quickly about the factors in that determine payments. Alimony is awarded based on both need and ability to pay: in the simplest terms, one spouse must need to be supported for a period of time to be determined by the courts, and the other spouse must be able to afford to support them. If there is no need, there is no alimony. In the state of Florida, the courts don't want to see one party's standard of living to precipitously decline upon divorce, while the other, higher-earning spouse maintains their standard of living. The longer you've been married and the more disparate your incomes, the more likely you are to receive alimony. Florida courts have wide latitude when it comes to awarding alimony, but based on our years of experience, we're able to estimate how much you'll have to pay, or how much you'll be awarded. Unless the parties waive the right to modify, alimony can always be modified at a later time based upon a substantial change in circumstances, such as retirement at normal retirement age.
Child support is much more straightforward; the state of Florida publishes a calculator that takes into account your respective incomes, how many nights you care for your children, and how much you spend on child care and health insurance. Check it out here. Generally, child support ends when the child reaches the age of eighteen or graduates from high school if the child turns eighteen during his or her senior year.
How much will it cost to get divorced, and how long will it take?
A simple rule of thumb: the more things you and your spouse can agree on, the less expensive and time-consuming the divorce process will be. Also take into consideration the fact that complex financial cases will take longer, because unless the parties can reach agreement on a settlement, a business valuation will be necessary. The same advice applies to all aspects of divorce: timesharing, asset division, alimony. The more the parties can meet in the middle, the less the financial, time, and emotional expenditure for everyone involved.
Want answers to your specific questions? Contact us today or give us a call at (407) 896-0491 for a consultation to address your particular needs.
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Jim Clemens Collection No.19. Archive film of the railways in South Wales and the Forest of Dean featuring the Vale of Neath line from PONTYPOOL ROAD to NEATH.
There is a section using a railtour with panniers to BLAENGARW, CAERAU and LLANTRISANT in 1960. The Forest of Dean lines cover LYDNEY, PARKEND, COLEFORD and CINDERFORD with an auto train in 1962 also visiting Sharpness viewing the damaged Severn Bridge.
Class 14 diesels work freight to WHITECLIFF QUARRY and Coleford via PARKEND followed by another freight trip from BULLO PILL to CINDERFORD before the line closed in 1967.
Complete coverage of the PONTYPOOL ROAD to NEATH line with steam in 1964 before the line lost its passenger service over this spectacular route. Travel via HAFODYRYNYS, CRUMLIN, HENGOED, NELSON, DOWLAIS CAE HARRIS, MOUNTAIN ASH, ABERDARE and RESOLVEN. There are also visits to NCB collieries at Hafodyrynys and Mountain Ash, the latter with an ex-GWR pannier tank.
Filmed mainly in colour this production takes a fascinating and nostalgic look back at the steam scene of the 1960′s.


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Strategic Communication: Prices Versus Quantities
Journal of the European Economic Association, Vol. 8, No. 2-3, pp. 365-376, 2010
Columbia Business School Research Paper No. 11-33
12 Pages Posted: 22 Oct 2011
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Ricardo Alonso
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Department of Management
Wouter Dessein
Columbia Business School - Finance and Economics
Niko Matouschek
Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management; Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR); IZA Institute of Labor Economics
Date Written: April 2010
We examine how cheap talk communication between managers within the same firm depends on the type of decisions that the firm makes. A firm consists of a headquarters and two operating divisions. Headquarters is unbiased but does not know the demand conditions in the divisions' markets. Each division manager knows the demand conditions in his market but is also biased towards his division. The division managers communicate with headquarters, which then sets either the prices or quantities for each division. The quality of communication depends on whether headquarters sets prices or quantities. This is the case even though, once communication has taken place, expected profits are the same whether headquarters sets prices or quantities.
Alonso, Ricardo and Dessein, Wouter and Matouschek, Niko, Strategic Communication: Prices Versus Quantities (April 2010). Journal of the European Economic Association, Vol. 8, No. 2-3, pp. 365-376, 2010, Columbia Business School Research Paper No. 11-33, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1946994
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and of course both Hollywood and independent features. In addition, the NFPB and the librarian are constantly trying to increase the diversity of the Registry, not only in the kinds of work represented, but also in regard to race, gender, age and sexual orientation. Consequently, as part of the selection process, the Library of Congress has included a form on its website through which members of the public may directly nominate films to be added to the Registry. The goal is to create the most diverse pool of nominated films possible. This additional nominating process has expanded the list of popular films that are brought to the attention of the librarian and the board. However, up until now, there has been no outreach to a group as large, diverse and professionally connected to film as the SAG-AFTRA membership. In an effort to further increase the richness and diversity of the nominations and, subsequently, the 25 films chosen each year, the NFPB Diversity Committee has requested that SAG-AFTRA educate our members about the Registry and the public nomination process. The thinking is that doing so will greatly increase the numbers of experienced, engaged moving- image professionals who participate in making recommendations. The members of SAG-AFTRA are the most diverse group represented by any membership organization on the planet, as to age, race, religion, gender identification, sexual orientation, economic status and every other conceivable metric. And, since many share a professional interest in films and an abiding love for the moving image and wish to see it preserved for future generations, who better to advise the NFPB and the librarian on the films that should be included? By law, the stated requirements for addition to the Registry is that the work be "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant." Notice it can meet one, two or all three of those criteria. A film must also be at least 10 years old to be eligible. Please visit sagaftra.org/registry to learn how you can nominate a film, see the films on the registry and browse a list of notable films that haven't yet been added. F ormer Screen Actors Guild President Richard Masur and SAG-AFTRA historian Valerie Yaros represent SAG-AFTRA on the National Film Preservation Board. Masur served from 2002- 2005 and 2010 – present, and Yaros continuously since 2005. In 2018, on the 20th anniversary of the film Smoke Signals — the first feature film to be written, directed, produced and acted in by indigenous people to have a major distribution deal — it was chosen by Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden for inclusion on the 2018 Registry. It was the result of an effort spearheaded by Yaros and supported by Masur to convince the board of the film's importance and worthiness for inclusion. Smoke Signals is an award- winning comedy-drama directed by Chris Eyre, a Native American, that co-stars Canadian First Nations actors Adam Beach and Evan Adams. Receiving high praise from film critics when it was released, the film has stood the test of time and continues to be screened in schools and universities. SAG-AFTRA's Voice on the Registry Smoke Signals (1998) added 2018 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) added 1993 MIRAMAX FILMS/JILL SABELLA Norma Rae (1979) added 2011 Star Wars (1977) added 1989 20TH CENTURY-FOX FILM CORPORATION 20TH CENTURY-FOX FILM CORPORATION FANTASY FILMS/UNITED ARTISTS sagaftra.org | Spring 2019 | SAG-AFTRA 59
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IL-17-producing CD4+ T (Th17) cells have recently been defined as a separate effector T cell lineage distinct from Th1 and Th2 cells. Both Th17 and Th1 responses are elevated in animal models of colitis and in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Although IL-12-driven excessive Th1 response against commensal bacterial antigen has been widely accepted as a major pathway in IBD pathogenesis, recent studies implicate a pivotal role for the IL-23-Th17 cell axis in experimental IBD. However, the differentiation and interaction of commensal bacterial antigen-specific Th17 and Th1 effector cells in intestine and their roles in pathogenesis of IBD remain undefined. We recently identified enteric bacterial flagellin as immunodominant antigen in experimental colitis and in patients with Crohn's disease. We have generated a TCR transgenic mouse line that is specific for CBir1 flagellin, one of such commensal bacterial flagellins. CBir1-specific Th17 and Th1 cells can be isolated from these CBir1 transgenic mice and transfer disease in immunodeficient mice. Intestinal dendritic cells likely play a critical role in the host immune response to these commensal flagellins. Multiple subsets of DC exist in lamina propria. LP DCs, but not spleen DCs, express high levels of TLR5, and, in response to flagellin stimulation, LP DCs produce high amounts of IL-6 and IL-23 which are required for Th17 development, as well as of IL-12 which drives Th1 cell development. We hypothesize that 1) Lamina propria DC and spleen DC respond differently to CBir1 flagellin stimulation. Lamina propria DCs drive T cell development into both Th1 and Th17 pathways whereas spleen DCs only promote T cell development into Th1 pathway;2) Myeloid LPDCs preferentially induce CBir1 flagellin-specific Th17 cell development whereas another subset of LPDC drive Th1 cell pathway;3) Activation of TLR5 signaling by CBir1 flagellin induces LPDC production of TGF2 and IL-23 which drive Th17 cell development and survival in lamina propria.
In normal hosts there is a dialogue between the microbiota, innate immune cells, including epithelial cells, and the adaptive immune cells that is able to maintain homeostasis and prevent inflammation. In IBD this dialogue is disturbed such that inflammation results. The major working hypothesis concerning the pathogenesis of IBD is that the normal intestinal microbiota is the stimulus driving the inflammatory disease and that adaptive immune CD4+ T cells are the effector cells mediating disease in genetically susceptible individuals. However, the mechanisms involved are still undefined. Many of the IBD susceptibility gene loci identified in both mouse and humans appear to involve the innate immune system. Among innate immune cells, dendritic cells (DC) are the key players in directing T cell responses to antigens, including those of commensal bacteria. Multiple subsets of DC are present in lamina propria. This project will explore how different subsets of lamina propria DC respond to recently defined dominant bacterial antigens of Crohn's disease, and how they instruct pathogenic effector T cell development in the intestine. These studies will provide an important rationale to develop a novel, commensal bacterial antigen and cytokine based therapeutic approach to improve the lives of patients with IBD.


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Cremated, sealed in an urn, then buried in a cemetery.
All of the above options have gained popularity in recent years, with many companies offering jewelry that encases cremated remains. The relatively new method of tattooing with cremated remains involves mixing a small portion (perhaps a tablespoon) of ashes with traditional tattoo ink, to create a custom tribute to a lost loved one.
The Neptune Society assists families with cremation planning, including interment in the Neptune Memorial Reef, an underwater memorial 3.25 miles off the coast of Key Biscayne, Florida, where families can have the cremated remains of their loved ones interred. Neptune's burial at sea involves mixing cremated remains into concrete for a sturdy and secure resting place. For other families who choose to scatter their loved ones' ashes at sea, the Federal Clean Water Act stipulates that ashes or other remains must be buried 3 miles or farther off the coast.
But if you're a Catholic, the only correct choices from the above list are Options #7 and #8. Other, more novel dispositions of bodily cremains are forbidden.
The Church earnestly recommends that the pious custom of burial be retained; but it does not forbid cremation, unless this is chosen for reasons which are contrary to Christian teaching" (canon 1176, § 3).
The reservation of the ashes of the departed in a sacred place ensures that they are not excluded from the prayers and remembrance of their family or the Christian community. It prevents the faithful departed from being forgotten, or their remains from being shown a lack of respect, which eventuality is possible, most especially once the immediate subsequent generation has too passed away. Also it prevents any unfitting or superstitious practices.


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Outlaws of Stampede Pass (1943) Wallace Fox, Johnny Mack Brown, Raymond Hatton, Ellen Hall, Action, Western
Tom Evans (Jon Dawson), nephew of U.S. Marshal Sandy Hopkins (Raymond Hatton), has just trailed his cattle to Yucca City, where he intends to sell to Ben Crowley (Harry Woods), owner of practically everything in town.Tom loses his money in a crooked game ran by Crowley. "Nevada Jack" McKenzie (Johnny Mack Brown), a U.S. Marshal working undercover, watches the game and secures one of the "fixed" decks of cards. Later, Tom discovers Crowley's men rustling his cattle and is shot. Nevada finds him severely wounded and hides him with Jeff Lewis (Sam Flint) and his daughter Mary (Ellen Hall). Sandy, posing as a dentist, arrives in town after a wire from Nevada. The latter confronts Crowley with the crooked deck and also with the fact that Tom is still alive, and demands a partnership from Crowley. When Crowley learns that Lewis is hiding Tom, he decides to have both Tom and Nevada killed.
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TEMPORARILY I DO NOT ACCEPT ALL REQUESTS


You are blessed with vivid imagination and a sense of responsibility that those who are less imaginative would dismiss or even ridicule. Your determination to translate your dreams into reality is so very powerful though that you can withstand almost any criticism.
From your early age you are likely to be a quick learner, soaking up the information and mastering skills long before others. When all this knowledge is added to your incredible creativity, anything is possible. You may develop a game plan long term for your life in your earlier years, and as the years pass, you will devote yourself fully to achieving your goals and realizing your dreams.
You always think long term and not at all short term. And although progress may appear slow to people around you, you are actually carefully and steadily climbing your way to the very top.
Your early years are mostly about opportunities life offers you to develop a more practical and realistic approaches to achieving your goals. You need to take advantage of as many of those opportunities as you can, by accepting assistance when it is offered, and involving others in your plans to simplify your workload and your longterm goals. You really need to consider that co-op approach otherwise you may end up exhausted and disappointed and alienated.
Later on in life you will find your desires become more independent and to express your individuality. These years are filled with potential. Now whatever age you are at, the key to success is your ability to set yourself realistic goals and your willingness to slow down the pace of your life so that you can get in touch with your intuition or the silence within.
Connecting with your feelings will help you see the sense of wonder discovery and possibility you desire to create in the world around you, based on the world already existing inside you. All you need to do is find it.
You have this sense of possibility about you that inspires respect and admiration in people around you, but it can also cause feelings of frustration, simply because you can appear to be taking on too much. Although you are sensual, charismatic and you like to take the lead in relationships, you will often bury yourself in work. You would only emerge when you would want the support or attention. You will find yourself debating how to simplify your life to be able to have more time not just for friends and loved ones, but also for yourself.
You occupy yourself with constant activity, rarely taking the time to relax. For that veery reason it is very important for you to set yourself some limits in how you want to run your life, so you don't find yourself taking on yourself more than you can handle, as that can lead you to stress and burnout. As far as your diet is concerned you need to slow down and resist the tendency to eat food as quickly as possible. So a proper meal schedule along with proper meal sizes and most importantly fresh, nutritious and carefully planned meals are a high priority when talking about diet. Also refrain from overindulging in sugar, caffeine and other stimulants, as they mess with your level of energy. Regular exercise on daily basis will help you keep the body in good shape and further support your overall health.
You will thrive in careers that allow you to think and act independently in the pursuit of your visions. You may therefor be drawn to science, technology, art, sports, business, writing, sales, publishing, teaching, politics. Also going into more artistic waters you may find filmmaking or entertainment and media quite intriguing career choice.


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Happy Birthday To Bedford's Michael Douglas
Actor Michael Douglas of Bedford turns 72 on Monday. Photo Credit: Wikipedia
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BEDFORD, N.Y. -- Happy Birthday to Bedford's Michael Douglas.
Douglas, a stage and screen actor and film producer, turns 72 on Monday.
He was born in New Brunswick, N.J., on Sept. 25, 1944, to actors Kirk Douglas and Diana Dill.
He studied drama at the University of California.
Douglas' career covers a wide range of both independent and blockbuster films. He has received a number of honors, including the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award and the AFI Life Achievement Award.
Douglas received three Emmy Award nominations for his role in the ABC crime series, "The Streets of San Francisco."
Douglas also produced the movie "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest," which received critical acclaim and the Academy Award for Best Picture. He went on to produce and star in other films such as "The China Syndrome" and "Romancing the Stone."
Douglas also won an Oscar for his portrayal of Gordon Gekko in Oliver Stone's film, "Wall Street."
His other notable film roles include "The War of the Rose," "Basic Instinct," and "The Game."
As Liberace in HBO's "Behind the Candelabra," Douglas won Golden Globe, Emmy and Screen Actors Guild awards.
Douglas, a cancer survivor, is also active in humanitarian causes. He is married to Welsh actress Catherine Zeta-Jones. They have two children, Dylan Michael and Carys Zeta.


View the Alternative Energy VLR located under the Week Eight Materials section of your student web page.
o Describe all of the renewable energy alternatives presented in the video.
o What are some challenges with using and managing these alternative, renewable energy resources?
o Name at least one other renewable energy resource not presented in the video.
o Include a response to the following: Nonrenewable energy resources include coal, oil, and natural gas. Describe three common challenges with managing nonrenewable energy resources.
The alternative energies discussed in the video are solar, wind, and plant-based fuels.
Current policy issues on energy.