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Direction (1-10): In each of the following, two sentences are given and one word is omitted in each of them which will be filled by the same alternative from the five alternatives given against each question. You need to select the alternative which makes the sentences grammatically correct and meaningful. If none of the options are correct,, ...
Direction (1-10): In each of the following, two sentences are given and one word is omitted in each of them which will be filled by the same alternative from the five alternatives given against each question. You need to select the alternative which makes the sentences grammatically correct and meaningful. If none of the options are correct, choose option (e) as your answer.
Through a series of legal __________, the defense lawyer kept her client out of jail.
He led his troops in well-planned ___________.
is the correct alternative as maneuvers means carefully guide or manipulate (someone or something) in order to achieve an end.
His perfect __________ never failed to be commented on.
The decision to use an archaic ___________ might be thought a central part of Spenser's particularly Protestant poetics.
is the correct alternative as diction means the choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing
The play was hard to understand when the characters spoke in ___________.
They hired a ___________ coach to develop an accent to make their characters more realistic.
is the correct alternative as dialect means a particular form of a language which is peculiar to a specific region or social group.
Direction (1-10): In each of the following, two sentences are given and one word is omitted in each of them which will be filled by the same alternative from the five alternatives given against each question. You need to select the alternative which makes the sentences grammatically correct and meaningful. If none of the options are correct, choose, ...
The salon of Mme de Condorcet was throughout the Consulate and the first Empire a rallying point for the ___________ republicans.
And yet _____________ voices are sometimes heard defending war as if it were an end in itself.
dissentient
farsighted
is the correct alternative as dissentient means in opposition to a majority or official opinion.
It is difficult to write an interesting story without an ___________ or conflict.
I was especially nervous about my next tennis match as I was facing my biggest ___________.
obstreperous
is the correct alternative as antagonist means a person who actively opposes or is hostile to someone or something; an adversary
Brady had conducted many missions in ___________ conditions in other countries.
He betook himself at first to Port Royal, and began to live a recluse and __________ life there.
austere
contending
is the correct alternative as austere means severe or strict in manner or attitude.
Our internet was so slow we had to get an extender in order to _________ our poor home wi-fi.
Free tickets were given away to ____________ attendance at the game.
reticent
is the correct alternative as bolster means to support or strengthen.
Nestorius was already old and ___________ and must have died very soon after.
We do not expect my ____________ grandfather to live much longer.
squalor
embroil
is the correct alternative as ailing means in poor health
As I watched my brother drink beer after beer, I realized he was a __________ sponge.
The exhausted oil drillers celebrated, as their black puddle became a ___________ fountain of oil.
pestilent
veritable
is the correct alternative as veritable means used for emphasis, often to qualify a metaphor.
Some people may argue that the _________ of human intelligence was when humans were not so reliant on technology.
The small town reached its __________ when the new steel mill opened.
oscillate
acquit
is the correct alternative as apogee means the highest point in the development of something; a climax or culmination
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Italy prosecutors halt felling of olive trees in bacteria probe
December 19, 2015 - Europe - Tagged: Italy	- no comments
Rome (AFP) – Italian prosecutors said Saturday they have blocked an EU order to axe thousands of olive trees affected by a deadly bacteria & placed 10 people tasked with tackling the disease under investigation.
Prosecutors in Puglia banned the culling of trees apparently affected with Xylella Fastidiosa, a bacteria with no known cure, accusing a task-force of university experts led by a governor-appointed commissioner of harming the environment.
The stop comes despite pressure from the European Union to fell the trees, with prosecutors arguing that "Europe was given a false interpretation of the Xylella situation… by regional institutions using inaccurate facts".
p>There was no proof of a clear link between the bacteria & symptoms of desiccation affecting thousands of trees in southern Italy, the prosecutors said, insisting further research was needed to prevent trees being wrongly axed.
"We have found trees not affected by desiccation which tested positive for Xylella & dried out trees which tested negative," Lecce prosecutor Cataldo Motta told journalists at a press conference.
He moreover said uprooting affected groves had not only failed to reduce the dry wood symptom, yet that it was actually on the rise.
The ten accused, mostly teachers & researchers, are being investigated, among other things, for "spreading a plant disease" & "destruction or disfigurement of natural beauty" in the area surrounding Lecce from 2010 to today.
– 'Health risks, environmental damage' –
"From the moment the pathology of the desiccation of the olive trees appeared, without the cause being identified, a series of experiments were conducted using highly invasive products, prohibited by law, seriously compromising the environment, without any prior study of the impact," the prosecutors said in their written accusation.
The probe will look into the possible dangers to public health caused by the use of the pesticides & allegations of a conflict of interest over the products used.
Those accused include government-appointed project supervisor Giuseppe Silletti, staff at Italy's Plant Health Observatory, teachers at the University of Bari & researchers at the Mediterranean Agronomic Institute.
Silletti told journalists he had been acting "in defence of the countryside".
Puglia governor Michele Emiliano welcomed the investigation, as providing a basis to "challenge the European Union's strategy against Xylella, which is based essentially on the mass eradication of diseased & healthy trees".
The disease, which is not harmful to humans yet can kill over 200 species of plants & poses a serious threat to Italy's olive & orange groves & vineyards, was first spotted in 2013 yet the country was divided over how to tackle the threat.
Concerned over a potential spread of the bacteria to France or Spain, the EU urged Rome to destroy affected specimens — a move that would potentially affect 10 percent of Puglia's 11 million or so olive trees, some of which are over a century old.
In October, Silletti finally ordered some 3,000 trees to be razed under an emergency decree.
But only 1,600 trees have been destroyed so far, with outraged olive farmers filing a flurry of appeals in Italian courts claiming that the order — & a plantation ban — have no scientific basis & could decimate the industry.
Nature & EnvironmentEnvironmentolive treesEuropean Union
Source: "AFP"

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When the Commissioner has not accepted an authority's reliance on a procedural exemption / exception then he will issue a decision notice stating that the authority is not relieved of its obligations under the FOIA / the EIR and ordering steps to either comply with s1(1) / reg 5(1) or issue a valid refusal notice.
Where an authority has claimed that s12 or s14 of the FOIA (or the EIR equivalents) apply, then it will not generally have examined the information in question. Therefore it will not generally be in a position to make arguments in relation to any exemptions or exceptions which are dependent on the nature and content of the information (*). Expecting an authority to consider the application of exemptions when it is relying upon such provisions would also seem to defeat the object of them being claimed in the first place.
Where, therefore, the Commissioner has rejected an authority's reliance on a procedural exemption or exception, he will not necessarily be in a position to determine whether a breach of s1(1) or reg 5(1) has occurred.
include steps requiring the authority to either comply with s1(1) / reg 5(1) or to issue a new refusal notice giving a valid grounds for refusal.
If no breaches are found, the decision notice may contain wording such as "the public authority is not relieved of its obligations under the FOIA by virtue of section 12" or as appropriate. It should also state that the public authority failed to deal with the request in accordance with the Act / EIR in that it incorrectly claimed that section 12 / 14 / EIR equivalent was engaged.
(*) Note: In rare cases an authority may have cited both a procedural and another exemption for the same information, for example, it has refused the information under s36 but subsequently determined that it wishes to treat the request as vexatious. In such cases the case officer may investigate both exemptions rather than following the approach in this line.
If the public authority issues a further refusal notice in accordance with the decision notice, but the requester remains dissatisfied and makes a further complaint to the Commissioner, the Commissioner may then be required to undertake a second investigation, considering any exemptions or exceptions which are now being claimed by the authority.
This will mean that different breaches may be found in the final decision notice.
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Insulin regulates titin pre-mRNA splicing through the PI3K-Akt-mTOR kinase axis in a RBM20-dependent manner
2018-04-09T14:25:51Z (GMT) by Chaoqun Zhu Zhiyong Yin Bihua Tan Wei Guo
Titin, a giant sarcomeric protein, is largely responsible for the diastolic properties of the heart. It has two major
isoforms, N2B and N2BA due to pre-mRNA splicing regulated mainly by a splicing factor RNA binding motif 20
(RBM20). Mis-splicing of titin pre-mRNA in response to external stimuli may lead to altered ratio of N2B to
N2BA, and thus, impaired cardiac contractile function. However, little is known about titin alternative splicing
in response to external stimuli. Here, we reported the detailed mechanisms of titin alternative splicing in response
to insulin. Insulin treatment in cultured neonatal rat cardiomyocytes (NRCMs) activated the PI3K-AktmTOR
kinase axis, leading to increased N2B expression in the presence of RBM20, but not in NRCMs in the
absence of RBM20. By inhibiting this kinase axis with inhibitors, decreased N2B isoform was observed in NRCMs
and also in diabetic rat model treated with streptozotocin, but not in NRCMs and diabetic rats in the absence of
RBM20. In addition to the alteration of titin isoform ratios in response to insulin, we found that RBM20 expression
was increased in NRCMs with insulin treatment, suggesting that RBM20 levels were also regulated by
insulin-induced kinase axis. Further, knockdown of p70S6K1 with siRNA reduced both RBM20 and N2B levels,
while knockdown of 4E-BP1 elevated expression levels of RBM20 and N2B. These findings reveal a major signal
transduction pathway for insulin-induced titin alternative splicing, and place RBM20 in a central position in the
pathway, which is consistent with the reputed role of RBM20 in titin alternative splicing. Findings from this
study shed light on gene therapeutic strategies at the molecular level by correction of pre-mRNA mis-splicing.
RBM20 Titin Insulin PI3K/AKT/mTOR kinase axis


This trail goes southwards, starting at the slope of the Helagsskaftet. The route starts with a gentle uphill to a reindeer fence at the ridge. Here you find a magnificent panorama across the Härjedalen mountain realm, with the characteristic profile of the famous Predikstolen (Pulpit Rock) to the west.
From the reindeer fence at Helagsskaftet, the path runs downhill for around 1 kilometre, before continuing along an attractive path across a dry mountain heath with gentle rolling hillocks. You walk approximately 1000 metres above sea level for pretty much the whole route.
Several kilometres away from STF Fältjägaren, you can glimpse the station as a silhouette. The mountain station has a beautiful location on a plateau, which is reached by a gently uphill stretch of around 1 kilometre. The trek ends with a slightly steeper uphill, before you reach the station, concealed behind the ridge.
Reindeer husbandry is carried out in the region – show respect for this.


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According to the Christian Catholic tradition, Easter is the celebration of the Risen Jesus Christ, a day full of joy, love and harmony. In Calabria, especially in the province of Catanzaro, Vibo Valentia and Reggio Calabria, the celebration of this festivity got a special ritual as old as the Christian time. You can even smell the joy and glory of this special moment in which the Virgin Mary, sad and afflicted by the notice that her Son was unfairly killed, runs to Him as Saint John announces The Risen. This tradition goes back to the far 17th century, when Calabria was dominated by the Bourbons, who decided to give a profound colour to this festivity by evoking the pure meaning of this special Sunday. A Cunfrunta (literally encounter, awareness of the fact that Christ has risen) is the representation of the encounter between the Virgin Mary, accompanied by Saint John, and the Risen Jesus Christ. In some villages, where this moment is still strongly felt, such as in Badolato, Isca sullo Ionio, Gasperina, Stalettì and Brognaturo this is an event you cannot absolutely miss. Even if you are not Catholic, you have to experience at least once in your lifetime! True and deep emotion evoked by the reliving of the encounter, symbol of peace and love, a taste that reminds an ancient time, a legend or a belief, still the pure meaning people want to feel and experience to really understand this festivity.
As all Festivities, Easter ends up with a wealthy banquet where typical recipes play a main role on the tables. Each of it belonging to a different culture or civilization, with its unique taste between history and myth.


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David Encounters the Priests of Nob
21 Now David came to Nob, to Ahimelech the priest. And Ahimelech came trembling to meet David, and he said to him, "Why are you alone and there are no men with you?" 2 So David said to Ahimelech the priest, "The king charged me with a matter and said to me, 'No one must know anything about this matter on which I am sending you, with which I have charged you and the servants.' " So ⌊I have arranged to meet with my servants at a certain place⌋.a 3 Now then, ⌊what do you have at hand⌋?b Give me five loaves of bread or ⌊whatever is here⌋."c 4 The priest answered David and said, "There is no ordinary bread ⌊here at hand⌋;d there is only holy bread, but only if the young men have kept themselves from women." 5 David answered the priest and said to him, "Indeed, women were held back from us ⌊as it has been when I've gone out before⌋.e And the thingsf of the young men are holy wheng it is an ordinary journey. ⌊How much more⌋h ⌊today⌋i will the thingsj be holy?" 6 So the priest gave him the holy bread, for there was no bread there except the bread of the Presence, which was removed from before Yahweh, in order to set hot bread there on the day when it was taken away.
7 Now there was a man from the servants of Saul on that day, detained before Yahweh, whose name was Doeg the Edomite, the chief of Saul's shepherds. 8 David asked Ahimelech, "Is there not ⌊at your disposal⌋k a spear or a sword? For I took neither my sword nor my weapons with me because the king's matter was urgent." 9 So the priest said, "The sword of Goliath the Philistine whom you killed in the valley of Elah is here, wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod. If you want to take it for yourself, then take it, for there is no other except it here." And David said, "There is none like it; give it to me."
Literally "I have made an appointment with my servants/young men to a place, a certain one"
Literally "what is there under your hand"
Literally "that which is found"
Literally "under my hand"
Literally "as yesterday three days ago my going out"
Or possibly "equipment" or "weapons"
Literally "And even that"
Literally "the day"
Literally "under your hand"
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How 1956 Can Be a Model for Dealing With Today's Refugee Crisis
Hungarian refugees bording the plane for America at Schwechat Airport. Austria, 1956.
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By William Lambers / History News Network
September 19, 2015 12:00 PM EDT
This post is in partnership with the History News Network, the website that puts the news into historical perspective. The article below was originally published at HNN.
We have seen the heartbreaking images of Syrians in desperate attempts to flee their war-torn homeland. All they want is to find safety in Europe, away from the conflict in the Middle East.
Thousands of Syrians each day are making this dangerous journey. They are tired, scared and hungry. What should the international community do? Start welcoming them.
That is exactly what the United States and other nations did for Hungarian refugees after their 1956 revolt against the Soviet Union. President Dwight Eisenhower launched Operation Safe Haven for refugees who were escaping the assault by the Soviet troops who were suppressing the rebellion. Other nations were welcoming to those Hungarians forced out of their country.
Eisenhower remarked in 1956, "It is heartening to witness the speed with which free nations have opened their doors to these most recent refugees from tyranny. In this humanitarian effort our own nation must play its part."
Eisenhower did something else, which President Obama should do right away too. Ike ordered food and other assistance for the refugees. Welcome kits were provided. Eisenhower met Hungarian refugees at the White House.
Eisenhower was not the only U.S. president to get involved. Former President Herbert Hoover became involved as well. Hoover became a spokesperson for the charity First Aid for Hungary, which set up field kitchens, first aid stations and mobile pharmacies for those escaping the violence.
Food was also moved into Hungary. The Red Cross was able to feed those who remained behind in the aftermath. They provided food, including lunches for schoolchildren and milk for infants. Catholic Relief Services, a charity helping Syrians today, was one of the leaders in providing aid at the time of the Hungarian crisis. So too was CARE.
The United States, in 1956, quickly began bringing thousands of Hungarians to Camp Kilmer, N.J., to begin their settlement process.
Today, the international community needs a new Operation Safe Haven for Syrians. This would help those who are fleeing into Europe. But the crisis of course goes much deeper.
Millions of innocent civilians remain in Syria and other Middle Eastern countries. They are running out of food and hope. They are meeting despair, frustration and hunger. The UN World Food Programme does not have enough funds to feed them. The WFP has been forced to reduce rations.
The world powers have not been able to press for a peaceful solution to the conflict. So it goes on and on and on.
Bill O'Keefe of Catholic Relief Services, says, "Many Syrians have given up hope of returning home any time soon. Countries such as Jordan and Lebanon that have opened their doors to Syrian and Iraqi refugees are simply out of resources. And many countries in Southern Europe are not prepared to meet the growing needs of those moving onward."
Every person, every country needs to do a better job. Such a desperate time, the worst since the World War II era, demands this of us.
A lot more needs to be done. The United States will have to lead on several fronts.
First is trying to find an end to the civil war in Syria. For ending the war in Syria is crucial to bringing peace to the Mideast and defeating the Islamic State.
The United States Food for Peace program has to be increased, even doubled in size, to meet these hunger emergencies. It's not just Syria. Wars in Iraq, Yemen, Ukraine, South Sudan, and Central African Republic have pushed countries near famine. The Food for Peace program is the single-largest donor to WFP, which leads the hunger relief in all these countries.
We cannot let these people starve. Peace cannot be won on empty stomachs. No political solution in Syria or anywhere else will succeed if people are malnourished and desperate. Hunger and chaos play into the hands of extremist groups.
One thing we do know is that we can respond to this crisis. We can elevate our response like we did during WWII and the Cold War era. We can have great leaders today who will rise to meet the challenge.
William Lambers is the author of Ending World Hunger and The Road to Peace. His writings have been published by the New York Times, Chicago Sun-Times, Huffington Post, Des Moines Register and many other news outlets.
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Do We Need Supplements? Yes, Most of Us Do.
This is one of the most common questions asked at our Olive Retreats. My answer is undoubtedly Yes! If you want to stay healthy and if you buy your food in shops and supermarkets, then Yes, you do. And, of course, if you find it worth the money and effort to take them. I guess the question is; Is it worth the trouble to stay healthy? Well, only you can answer that. I think it is. I want to live without health issues. I don't necessarily want to get very old, but I do want to be able to live well and for me that is to not be limited by pain in my body or mind. If it costs a bit to buy supplements, I prefer to spend it on supplements rather than on a meal at a restaurant.
The soils have been depleted of their micro nutrients all over the globe because of modern agriculture. Pesticides, which prevents crops to remineralize, and other industrialized ways of farming has left us with depleted soils at times when we are in more need of micro nutrients then ever before. We have created over 100 000 new chemicals, that are in our environment. We all inhale and ingest them through the air, water and food. There is no way we can totally avoid them. I'm not saying that all of those chemicals are dangerous but it's enough if 10% of them are for us to get a more toxic environment in nature and therefore in us. We will never be cleaner than our nature. And if you eat chemicals, smoke, take drugs…of course you need more nutrients.
The way the body tries to get rid of these baddies is through our detox systems, and for that to work we need vitamins, minerals, antioxidants and all the other small but so essential nutrients in our food. The thing is that the food contains less of these than before, so we get more toxic, more inflammation and more disease. The last 70 years we have steadily gone from small scale farming to huge industrialized farming, hurting everyone in the production chain, except maybe the companies that get cheap raw materials to produce crap 'food' that we buy believing their publicity. Ignorance is not always bliss! This farmer knows how dangerous it is.
The industrialized farming has no focus on nutritional value for us or happy cows, they have their focus on making money and as long as we buy food with the main desire of it being cheap, we will not have the quality of the food we need for it to be healthy. Most authorities in all countries know this. There are plenty of studies, every year, showing how many nutrients a banana or a broccoli contains compared with a few years ago. I read these reports all the time. I find The Composition of Foods, from the Food Standards Agency in the UK, a good source. The Swedish reports are excellent and very open. All countries have their own studies. This one is from University of Texas.
All of the studies find that we've lost about 50% of micro nutrients in our food. So to compensate for the loss of say vitamins you would have to eat at least 50% more food to get the same basic nutrients (and unfortunately we'd get heavier too). That is probably what our bodies feel and signal to us, and one of the reasons why we eat so much more, is because we never satisfy our need for micro nutrients. If we instead take at least basic vitamins and minerals we make sure that we cover for the loss of nutrients, maybe also for some of the extra detox we need in our environment, but if you already have a health issue I suggest you take more. Ask me, others, google, learn, and try new ways to be healthy. Then feel and let your body tell you!


Preparations are already underway for US President Barack Obama's visit to Argentina on March 23 and 24 — with an advance team from the US government in the country since Wednesday.
Although the government has said it had no input on when Obama would visit the country, Alejandro Díaz, head of the United States Chamber of Commerce in Argentina (AmCham), said it isn't a coincidence Obama will be here for the 40th anniversary of the military coup. Díaz said other options were put forward but they were discarded.
Díaz welcomed the Herald at AmCham headquarters in downtown Buenos Aires and said Obama will arrive in Argentina with his wife Michelle and daughters Sasha and Malia. The US delegation could be made up of as many as 1,000 people, including business leaders who are expected to announce investments in the country.


Chuck Taylor plays the leading man in the Benny Boom-directed clip, accompanied by his love interest, model/singer Kreesha Turner. Over Scott Storch production, Game raps about his girl while dropping a few musical references.
"All Eyez" serves as the first single from Game's upcoming album 1992, due Sept. 30. Prior to the album's release, he will embark on his "1992: Block Wars Tour," which travels across the country through Oct. 6.