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There are three kinds of dogs – ones who refuse to go outside when it's snowing/raining/just plain cold, ones that want to sniff around forever and make you wait for aeons in the bad weather, and dogs who do their business and come right back inside (I'm not even sure that dog exists to be honest). The good news is, you can actually train your dog to pee/poo on command, just like any other training skill. Here are some tips to make that happen this winter.
Whether you have a puppy or an adult dog, learn to recognize his signal for needing to go to the bathroom.
One thing we know about pretty much all dogs and puppies is that they need to go after eating or drinking, after sleeping or being in a crate for a few hours, and usually after playing. Get your dog on a schedule of taking him out after these events occur, and look for signals that he may need to go – going to the door, sniffing a certain area, going in a tight circle, or starting to squat or lift his leg.
Pick a spot that is the designated "potty spot".
This might mean taking her out on a leash in the backyard to one particular spot, or one patch of grass near your apartment, but picking a spot (at least for now) that she always pees in will help her learn that when you go outside to that spot, it's time to pee.
Hang out there until she goes to the bathroom.
Take her to the spot and just hang out there, you don't need to say or do anything. Wait until she is done with her doody duties, and then say your magic potty word ("go potty", "go pee", "abracadabra", whatever you want – just make sure everyone who takes out the dog uses the same word).
After she finishes, tell her "yes" or "good" (whatever word you use to tell her she did a command correctly), or if you are using a clicker, this would be the time to click. Then reward with a treat or praise, whatever is most motivating for your dog. This is called capturing the behavior vs. teaching the dog the behavior (teaching is what we do for most training skills).
If she just sits down and stares at you for five minutes, go back inside and try again in 15-30 minutes. This is why it's helpful to know that she definitely has to go, so you aren't going in and out all night trying to figure it out.
Continue to take your dog to the designated potty spot and say your magic potty word as he is finishing up her call to nature. Say your version of "you did it right!" or click and then treat and praise.
When he starts to look at you after he's done, you'll know that he's getting a hang of the routine. This could take a couple days or a couple weeks since all dogs learn at a different pace.
Use the magic potty word as he is going to the bathroom.
Now that we know your dog is getting the hang of it, say the magic potty word as he starts to go, but don't say your "you did it right!" word or click until he is finished. We don't want him to stop mid-stream because he wants the reward.
After doing this for about as long as it took your dog to get the first step above (a couple days or a couple weeks), then start saying the magic potty word as he starts to lift his leg. Don't forget to continue to praise and reward.
Use the magic word when you go outside to the potty spot.
Now you are ready to take your dog to his potty spot and tell him to "go potty", "go pee" or "abracadabra" and chances are very high that he will do it. Reward and praise and voila!
Continue to reward him until he will pee on command 9/10 times, then mix up the reward, and eventually you won't need it at all (although a "good boy" is always nice!).
Generalize the skill (aka practice it in different places so your dog will go anywhere on command).
The more you can stay consistent and keep going to the same spot, the quicker this will happen, and know that if you change your dog's potty spot, you may have to go back and re-work this skill a bit. Dogs can have a difficult time generalizing, so just because he can go potty in the back yard on command, doesn't mean he will be able to go potty in the front yard on command the first time you try it. Once he has it down in one spot, start trying other spots to help him generalize the skill.


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Axiocerylon cambeforti is een keversoort uit de familie dwerghoutkevers (Cerylonidae). De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort werd in 1984 gepubliceerd door Roger Dajoz.

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Most cases of intersection syndrome respond to conservative treatment consisting of immobilization, activity modification, and pharmacologic intervention, followed by a program of supervised hand or occupational therapy. Refractory cases can be treated with tenosynovectomy.
While this condition occurs at the intersection of the first and second extensor compartments, many contend that the condition is a tenosynovitis of the extensor carpi radialis longus (ECRL) and extensor carpi radialis brevis (ECRB) tendons. However, the condition has long been held to be caused by friction from the overlying extensor pollicis brevis (EPB) and abductor pollicis longus (APL) tendons.  Tensile and shearing stresses in the tendons and peritendinous tissues may lead to thickening, adhesions, and cellular proliferation. Subsequent swelling and proliferation of tenosynovium may cause pain, as these tissues are compressed within the unyielding second extensor compartment.
Patients with intersection syndrome complain of radial wrist or forearm pain. Symptoms may be exacerbated by repetitive wrist flexion and extension.
Surgery is only rarely required, when symptoms persist despite an adequate course of conservative treatment (including activity modification).
The dorsal wrist and dorsal distal forearm are divided into six extensor compartments. Intersection syndrome involves the first two compartments. The tendons of the first compartment, the abductor pollicis longus (APL) and extensor pollicis brevis (EPB), pass obliquely over (dorsal to) the extensor carpi radialis longus (ECRL) and extensor carpi radialis brevis (ECRB) in the second compartment, approximately at their musculotendinous junction. This intersection occurs dorsoradially at the junction of the middle and distal thirds of the forearm, just proximal to the extensor retinaculum.
Surgery is contraindicated in patients with vague nonspecific complaints or in those patients who have not received or been compliant with recommended nonoperative measures.
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Phrynichus gaucheri est une espèce d'amblypyges de la famille des Phrynichidae.

Distribution
Cette espèce est endémique d'Arabie saoudite. Elle se rencontre dans les îles Farasan.

Publication originale
 Weygoldt, 1998 : Revision of the species of Phrynichus Karsch, 1879 and Euphrynichus Weygoldt, 1995 (Chelicerata, Amblypygi). Zoologica, Stuttgart, , .

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Notes et références

Phrynichidae
Espèce d'amblypyges (nom scientifique)
Faune endémique d'Arabie saoudite


April 30, 2004: HM Bark Endeavour seen at Rotterdam, Netherlands.
May 2, 2008: HM Bark Endeavour at the Australian National Maritime Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
February 7, 2010: HM Bark Endeavour at the Australian National Maritime Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
September 29, 2015: HM Bark Endeavour at the Australian National Maritime Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia.


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What's Left: 2015-03-01 Volume 2
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Taking a stand against Harper's deeply flawed "anti-terrorism" bill
Citizens groups, academics, and activists are taking a stand against the Harper government's deeply flawed Bill C51 – a bill that aims to stop terrorism by stripping Canadians of their rights. The Conservatives know this is an issue that will rally their supporters while the Liberals are so certain they will win the next election they announced they'll support the bill now, and then maybe, just maybe make some changes once Trudeau has been anointed.\ \ It addition to taking victory for granted, the Liberals also seem to be taking youth for granted who have been much more vocal in opposition to the bill. Of course, that's assuming youth vote.\ \ Credit where credit is due: The NDP is doing their best to try and slow down passage of the bill and have launched an online campaign in opposition.
More: Anti-terrorism bill C-51 'dangerous' legislation, 100 academics say
More: Tell Stephen Harper: We don't have to choose between security and our rightsTake Action
Reminder: Everything you do online is tracked
Could the data being tracked by Canada's political parties be used to systematically suppress the votes of marginalized groups of Canadians? Probably not, since a group less likely to be pushed to the polls by one party is more likely to be brought out by another. It's also worth noting that attempted (and successful) voter suppression has existed as long as voting has existed. The best way to combat this is by making voting more accessible, something the new Conservative election act makes harder. \ \ And while political parties are developing more advanced technologies for tracking the opinions and demographics of Canadians, they are years behind private companies who have be building massive databases about Canadian households, buying habits, travel routes, and even personal conversations (*cough* Google *cough*).\ \ Yes, all these thing should probably be regulated.
More: Politics by espionage: What the parties know about you already
Canada spy agency has been reading your email
CBC and The Intercept have exposed that the Communications Security Establishment of Canada (CSE) has been collecting and reviewing all of the millions of emails sent to the government (more than 400,000 a day). Maybe this is why the government's new \$400 million dollar email system is so far behind schedule.
More: CSE monitors millions of Canadian emails to government
More: New federal email system won't be ready until 2016
Air Canada looking to Harper for help in escaping talks with Unifor
With the Harper government increasingly ganging up with employers to quash unionized workers, it was only a matter of time until employers found a way to get the federal government involved earlier. Air Canada is trying to skip negotiations with the union and has pushed through a pre-mature application for conciliation.
More: Air Canada adopts unusual bargaining strategy
Nova Scotia Liberals fail at firing their own arbitrator, succeed at telling people what union to belong to
In Nova Scotia, the Liberals seem hell-bent on breaking their health care unions and undermining workplace democracy. Government-appointed arbitrator James Dorsey has so far failed to arbitrate a solution (and avoided being fired by the government 4 times). Instead of allowing workers to determine who negotiates on their behalf, the government has decided it has the authority to decide which union members should belong to. The Canadian Union of Public Employees are set lose more than 4,000 members to other unions in this "devastating" decision.
More: Nova Scotia to pick health-care unions after 'inconclusive' arbitration
Bosses at the Chronicle Herald shoot paper in both feet
The Chronicle Herald in Nova Scotia has locked out Typographical Union members (the workers who run the printing presses). It is rough times at the Herald as the paper also recently locked out workers in its press room. The paper's management has made it clear that it is more interested in trying to break the union than find sustainable solutions for its operations. The union has asked readers to cancel their subscriptions for as long as the workers are locked out. Progressive organizations have also stopped doing interviews with the paper.
More: Herald union asks readers to cancel subscriptions for duration of lockout Take Action
University of Toronto teaching assistants on strike
6,000 post-doctoral fellows, graduate students and undergraduates have been on strike since Friday night. At a general meeting of approximately 800 members, CUPE 3902 Unit 1 voted to reject the tentative agreement. Their sister local, CUPE 3903 at York University, have a strike deadline set for Monday evening and continue to bargain though the weekend. Graduate student workers have had enough trying to support an underfunded university system while continually being taken advantage of by university administrations. Check the links below to find out how to provide support, either online or on the picket line.
Follow on Twitter: @cupe3902
More: CUPE 3902 Website
More: CUPE 3903 website and final offer
Homophobia rampant in politics
In Ontario, Liberal sex education reform – a long time coming – has driven Progressive Conservatives to replace unions with gays, lesbians and oral sex as the top evil in Ontario.\ \ Meanwhile, in Ottawa the Conservative-controlled and unelected senate has killed a bill that would have given basic human rights to trans* people – one that had already been passed by the democratically elected house.\ \ Taken together you would be forgiven for checking the date. Yes, it is 2015, but pre-Victorian attitudes still abound on the Right.
More: Kathleen Wynne sees homophobia amid sex-ed protests
More: Tell the Senate: Blocking equal rights for transgender Canadians is unacceptableTake Action
Wynne moves to privatize Ontario hydro
In light of the revelations that Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne is going to try to privatize Hydro One and some of the municipally-owned energy companies, we give you: This Is What Energy Democracy Looks Like from the Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung.
Video: This Is What Energy Democracy Looks Like
More: Keep Hydro Public
More: Ontario Liberals seduced by privatization schemes: Walkom
BC Liberals hate students (especially those who want drivers licences)
Want to drive to work to make some money and pay down your student debt? Not so fast, if you live in BC. The provincial Liberals are thinking of denying driver's licences to those with student debt. Obviously, this doesn't make any sense at all. The burden of student debt is one created by the government through systemic underfunding of universities and colleges. Policies such as this will hurt the economy, cost jobs, oh, and drive more youth into poverty.
More: Have unpaid student loans? Proposed law wants you to pay up, or risk being denied drivers licence
More: Canadian Federation of Students: Punitive ICBC Policy Will Cost Jobs And Increase Loan Defaults
More: Canadian Federation of Students: Minister's student debt numbers don't add up
Vancouver-area cities hold referendum on transit investment
Still in BC: A referendum is being held throughout the Vancouver-area with citizens being asked whether local governments should invest more in public transit. An unusual strategy that comes with some additional cost and risk, engaging citizens directly in a referendum is a great way to talk about an economic vision that is grounded in the community.
More: It's time to say yes to investing in our growing regionTake Action
Cold comfort for those on strike in Hay River
Municipal workers in Hay River have been on strike of nearly three weeks and it's cold up there. So cold that the PSAC members have taken to burning the concessions being demanded by the city in an effort to stay warm.
More: Striking workers set fire to latest offer from Hay River mayor
Analysis: Tax Free Savings Accounts help the rich
The Broadbent Institute and Parliamentary Budget Office both released reports this week highlighting the dangers of Tax-Free Savings Accounts on government revenue. To sum up their collective analysis: These accounts will divert huge amounts of tax money to the rich – just like income splitting.
More: Double Trouble: The Case Against Expanding Tax-Free Savings Accounts
More: The Tax-Free Savings Account
Infographic: Taxes subsidizing the energy sector (courtesy of the Canadian Association of Labour Media)
Image: CALM: How much do you know about energy sector subsidies? Check out our new infographic.
Right to strike "protected" internationally
It has been a pretty good few months for international lawyers defending the rights of workers to organize and strike. February 18 was the day for global unions to send letters to the ILO to keep the right to strike in ILO Convention 87. While this won't have a direct impact on the majority of workers around the world, symbolic moves like this are important – because not losing is important.
Link: Legal victories for workers' rights
Two unions in one Volkswagon plant (but only one stands up for workers)
The United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America (UAW) need to revisit their playbook. The strategic failure of open shop unionism at the VW Chattanooga plant has resulted in a second (anti-union) association being officially recognized. It seems that not conceding failure in organizing the plant as a whole might set a terrible precedent for the US labour movement.
More: VW recognizes second union at Chattanooga plant
US Federal Communications Commission votes for Net Neutrality
Liberals and socialists still unite on some things. US President Obama got the FCC to officially support Net Neutrality. After The Internet demanded free flow of information online, the US Federal Communication Commission has classified the Internet as a utility – like water and electricity. So, the same rules regarding universality apply. The fight continues in Canada.
More: EFF: Net Neutrality
More: FCC: Dear FCC: Thanks for Listening to Team Internet!
Greece and the Left: Where things stand
As the left continues to debate the recent negotiations between Syriza and the Troika, our hope is that the Left in Greece keep their eye on the prize. They need to dismantle as many of the regressive austerity programs as possible in the four months they've negotiated with the EU.
More: No, Syriza has not surrendered
More: The Modern History of the Greek Debt Crisis
More: The Death of Social Democracy
More: The Reality of Retreat
More: The rise of Europe's new Left
Victory of the Left in Greece sparks hope across Europe
With the rise of Syriza in Greece other left parties are trying to replicate its success. The party closest to realizing victory is Podemos in Spain. However, others in France and Germany and also feeling emboldened.
More: Podemos: Politics by the people
More: French gov't survives no-confidence vote triggered by rebels
Israeli Prime Minister in hot-seat for behaviour
It seems some in Israel's intelligence community don't like Prime Minister Netanyahu. Last week, leaks exposed the PM's false claims to the UN that Iran was building nuclear weapons (remember the drawing of the bomb?). More recently, the former head of Mossad has called for voters to oust Netanyahu's coalition from power for undermining Israel's security due to the PMs destructive recklessness. We think that is an understatement.
More: Netanyahu's Iran bomb claim contradicted by Mossad, leaked spy cables show
More: Former Mossad head urges Israeli voters to oust Binyamin Netanyahu
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We know what you're thinking: Grunge rock, Jean Chrétien, and email newsletters – all popular in the nineties, but not anymore. Who reads email newsletters anymore? Well, we're betting you will read this one.
Every week important struggles are being fought across Canada, with unions, citizens' groups and activist collectives on the front-lines. While social media has had a tremendous impact, tabloid-style content has become the status-quo.
In each issue we will round up the most significant developments in these struggles and highlight important things to watch for in the week ahead.
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LRHS cares for more animals than our website reflects but the others are in varying states of foster care or quarantine and are not available at this time. If interested in adopting we suggest you submit an adoption application as soon as possible. Be sure to indicate what type of pet you are looking for i.e. cat, dog, puppy, kitten, breed, good with kids and/or cats and/or dogs, etc. We will process your application and alert you when an animal matching your specifications has been cleared for adoption. Approved applications are valid for 1 year.
Our pets find homes rapidly, thanks to our pre-approved application process, and are often in new homes before we have a chance to post them to the website. Submitting an application in advance ensures you will be notified as soon as the pet is ready for adoption.
Every animal who comes through our doors has medical needs. Whether it's basic blood work, special medications, spay/neuter surgeries, dental surgeries, X-rays or amputations, LRHS ensures they receive the services they require.
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Hope you're not planning to come to a Dramatica meeting tonight, because there isn't one. But there is next Tuesday, the Writers Group on Nov. 3rd, and we have some unique reading on tap.
Mara H. is submitting a short story. And it is pretty short, 12 pages double-spaced. It's available now, so if you plan to come next Tuesday, let me know and I will forward you the material.
And of course, if you receive the author's work then can't make the meeting, please contact her individually. I'll provide Mara's e-mail address if needed.
Have a safe Halloween, and we'll see you next week!


Ten years after the US invasion of Iraq, the humanitarian situation in the country is bleak. Critics say the hugely unpopular occupation of Iraq, and the lack of accountability for the officials responsible, has irreparably damaged America's image.
On March 20, 2003, the United States – in defiance of the United Nations, which had weapons inspectors on the ground in Iraq – opened a military offensive against the Arab Republic on the premise that the Baathist government of Saddam Hussein was harboring weapons of mass destruction.
One decade later, the global community is aware that the intelligence claims of Iraqi WMDs were patently false at least – and a blatant fabrication at worst – but this knowledge has done nothing to erase the damage of the conflict.
The exact number of Iraqi civilians who lost their lives during the war varies considerably, depending on the source. The Iraq Body Count project (IBC), for example, puts the number between 110,937 and 121,227. But the Opinion Research Business (ORB), an independent polling agency based in London, has calculated the number of fatalities at over 1 million.
For the survivors, each of whom seems to know somebody who was killed or injured in the conflict, the physical aftermath of eight years of war and insurgency is visible everywhere.
In Fallujah, previously the site of fierce fighting between Iraqi resistance fighters and US forces, more than half of all babies conceived after the start of the war were born with heart defects, and the area has a disturbingly high infant mortality rate.
A World Health Organization (WHO) study published last year connected the grave situation with the effect of toxic substances prevalent in many conventional weapons. Hair samples taken from the civilian population of Fallujah showed levels of lead in children with birth defects five times higher than elsewhere; mercury levels were recorded at six times higher.
Much of the country's infrastructure remains in shambles as well. Critics point to corruption and the mismanagement of reconstruction funds: Of the $60 billion that Washington supposedly spent on reconstruction, much of that amount was squandered.
"President George W. Bush asked for $20 billion dollars for reconstruction, but Paul Wolfowitz and Donald Rumsfeld said '$20 billion may be too much because of Iraqi oil, Iraq will be able to pay for reconstruction itself," John Gannon, former deputy director for intelligence at the CIA, commented at the Center for National Policy, a Washington think tank.
This broken promise is yet another debt to the Iraqi people that remains unpaid, Gannon added.
At the same time, the American people – who lost 4,488 military personnel and 3,400 security contractors in the conflict – are also suffering 10 years later, although in much less perceptible ways. One recent study put the price of the war at $2 trillion dollars, with a price tag that could eventually reach $6 trillion over the next four decades.
The consequences of the war in Iraq go beyond loss of life and physical destruction. Scott Bates, President of Center for National Policy, a Washington think tank, said there is a geopolitical price to pay for the decision to invade Iraq.
Pointing to the "law of unintended consequences," Bates said that US credibility and influence were tarnished following the attack on Iraq, while Iran's clout has increased. America is still living with the consequences of this, 10 years later: "Our unipolar moment ended when we went into Baghdad, but we didn't know it," Bates said.
Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson, who served as chief of staff to Secretary of State Colin Powell at the time of the invasion, said that Iraq has changed the way the world sees the US. "Our rhetoric is high and lofty and we talk about human rights and human dignity and freedom and democracy, and then what do we do? We mount a war of aggression on Iraq, kill a couple hundred thousand people, and mess it up majorly, including the region," Wilkerson told RT in an interview.
He then quoted the title of a book by American author Gore Vidal, saying: "We're the United States of amnesia!"
Washington's tendency to forget its past mistakes could prove disastrous, with new war talk brewing on Capitol Hill. Former CIA intelligence officer Gannon warned that the US intelligence community was experiencing something he called the "politicization of intelligence," which, he argues, has been hampering US foreign policy since at least the Vietnam War.
"Whenever you have a situation where you have a forced mindset, as you did in the early 2002 to 2003 period [in the run up to war in Iraq], or as you did in the Lyndon Johnson administration in the early years of Vietnam, or with Iran in 1979… when we weren't allowed to deal with the opposition, you create an environment for 'politicization of intelligence,'" Gannon warned.
The retired CIA officer concluded by saying that Washington currently holds similar attitudes towards the Middle East.


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VERNON HILLS, Ill. – In an effort to better serve the manufacturing sector in Mexico, and in particular, the Bajio region of North-Central Mexico, Mitsubishi Electric Automation, Inc. has relocated its service and support operations for computer numerical controls (CNC), robots, and variable frequency drives (VFD) to the more centralized location of El Marqués, Querétaro, Mexico. Customer service, as well as the warehouse and repair workshop, will also move to the new site, located within Parque Tecnológico Innovación (Industrial Park Innovation).
The new location is expected to offer greater convenience for Mitsubishi Electric Automation's OEM, dealer and end-user customer base in Mexico. Querétaro was chosen because of the Baijo region's strong industrial automation activity, especially in automotive and aerospace, which makes up a majority of Mitsubishi Electric Automation customers in Mexico.
Information on the comprehensive line of factory automation products and solutions from Mitsubishi Electric Automation is available at https://us.mitsubishielectric.com/fa/en.
Headquartered in Vernon Hills, Ill., Mitsubishi Electric Automation, Inc., offers a wide range of factory automation products, solutions, training and support services for the industrial and commercial sectors. A U.S. affiliate company of Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Mitsubishi Electric Automation represents more than 75 years' experience in the automation industry. A broad product portfolio includes programmable automation controllers (PAC), programmable logic controllers (PLC), human machine interfaces (HMI), variable frequency drives (VFD), servo amplifiers and motors, control software, computerized numerical controllers (CNC), motion controllers , robots and low-voltage power distribution products. The company takes its solutions on the road with the 53-foot long Solutions in Motion mobile showroom that appears at tradeshows, training seminars and other events across North America.
In addition to factory automation, Mitsubishi Electric US group companies' principal businesses include semiconductor devices, automotive electrical components, elevators and escalators, heating and cooling products, solar modules, electric utility products, and large-scale video displays for stadiums and arenas. Mitsubishi Electric US group companies have roughly 50 locations throughout North America with approximately 4,000 employees.


Most of the 624 misconduct cases reported from Sept. 4 to Monday involved allegations of student-on-student assault.
CHICAGO — A Chicago Public Schools agency has investigated more than 500 cases of student-on-student sexual violence since early September.
The school district created the Office of Student Protections and Title IX this summer following a Chicago Tribune investigation documenting broad lapses in the response to sexual abuse by the third-largest district in the U.S.
District deputy general counsel Douglas Henning told the City Council's education committee Wednesday that the glut of abuse reports reflects a "new reality" and that it's not OK to ignore sexual abuse allegations.
Most of the 624 misconduct cases reported from Sept. 4 to Monday involved allegations of student-on-student assault. Henning says 133 cases related to alleged misconduct by adults, with roughly half of those involving people who do not work for the roughly 361,000-student school district.


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Gert Lahousse (Antwerpen, 20 maart 1966) is een Vlaamse acteur en regisseur. Hij studeerde in 1992 af aan de Studio Herman Teirlinck. Hij heeft geacteerd in verschillende Vlaamse films en televisieseries. Hij stond op de planken bij onder andere Raamtheater, Toneelhuis, Zuidpooltheater, Baff, Froefroe. Lahousse is getrouwd met de Vlaamse actrice Katrien Vandendries. Samen hebben ze twee kinderen, een zoon en dochter.

Rollen
 Drie mannen onder één dak (1989) - als pizza-man
 Zomerrust (1993) - als Cois De Belder jr.
 Familie (1992) - als meneer Jacobs
 Familie (1992-1993) - als postbode
 Ad Fundum (1993) - als Coco
 1/ (1993)
 Wild Is the Wind (1993)
 Max (1994) - als attractieman
 Niet voor publikatie (1995) - als Michel De Ridder
 Ons geluk (1995) - als dokter Priestman
 Familie Backeljau (1996) - als Belgacom-medewerker
 Marie Antoinette is niet dood (1996)
 Familie Backeljau (1996) - als werkloze
 Heterdaad (1996) - als Steve Hoste
 Thuis (1996-1998) - als Neil Feyaerts
 Interflix (1997) - als listige Lucien
 Windkracht 10 (1997) - als Mark
 Terug naar Oosterdonk (1997) - als Rudy
 Deman (1998) - als Frank Bunders
 Hof van Assisen (1998) - als Luc Walraeve
 Shades (1999) - als Peter
 A White Lie (1999)
 Recht op Recht (2000) - als Steels
 Spoed (2000-2006) - als verpleger Bob Verly
 Chris & Co (2001)
 Koffie verkeerd (2003)
 F.C. De Kampioenen (2004) - als Ramon
 Witse (2005) - als Frank Swinnen
 Matroesjka's (2005) - als agent
 De Wet volgens Milo (2005) - als Patrick Vermegen
 Broadcast (2005) - als Lars
 De Hel van Tanger (2006) - als agent in burger
 Mega Mindy (2006) - als Arend Dewit
 Aspe (2006) - als Roland Van Gaver
 Flikken (2008) - als Ward Willinck
 Thuis (2008) - als Rudi De Moor
 Zone Stad (2008) - als Rik Voners
 Code 37 (2011) - als Meersman
 Vermist III (2011) - als Tom Symoens
 Zone Stad (2012) - als Daniël Jacobs
 Quiz Me Quick (2012) - als klant met USB-stick
 Parade's End (2012) - als hotelmanger
 Rox (2012) - als Georges
 Aspe (2012) - als Danny Buyens
 Crème de la Crème (2013) - als manager
 Binnenstebuiten (2013) - als Koen Devriese
 Dollhouse (2013)
 Ontspoord (2013) - als Erik Adams
 Aspe (2014) - als Dirk Desloovere
 De Kroongetuigen (2015) - als Jan Caubergh
 Vriendinnen (2015) - als Bart
 Ghost Rockers (2015) - als Bill Livingstone
 Big Hero 6 (2015) - als Alistair Krei (stem)
 Den elfde van den elfde (2016) - als chirurg
 Kosmoo (2016) - als Ivan Dirickx
 Gent-West (2017) - als spoedarts
 Professor T. (2018) - als Herman Van Doninck
 Mijn Slechtste Beste Vriendin (2021) - als Philip Callier
 De Kraak (2021) - als Mosje Abraham
 Flikken Maastricht (2023) - als Louis Grande

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Haora district
Sankrail block
Podara Census Town
Podara Population, Religion, Caste, Working Data Haora, West Bengal - Census 2011
Podara is a Census Town city situated in Sankrail block of Haora district. As per the Population Census 2011, there are total 4,879 families residing in the Podara city. The total population of Podara is 21,589 out of which 11,220 are males and 10,369 are females thus the Average Sex Ratio of Podara is 924.
The population of Children of age 0-6 years in Podara city is 2143 which is 10% of the total population. There are 1156 male children and 987 female children between the age 0-6 years. Thus as per the Census 2011 the Child Sex Ratio of Podara is 854 which is less than Average Sex Ratio (924).
As per the Census 2011, the literacy rate of Podara is 91.5%. Thus Podara has higher literacy rate compared to 83.3% of Haora district. The male literacy rate is 94.53% and the female literacy rate is 88.33% in Podara.
Podara Census Town has total administration over 4,879 houses to which it supplies basic amenities such as water and sewerage. It is also authorize to build roads within Census Town limits and impose taxes on properties coming under its jurisdiction.
As per the Population Census 2011 data, following are some quick facts about Podara Census Town.
Children 2,143 1,156 987
Literacy 91.5% 84.8% 79.9%
Scheduled Caste 3,648 1,885 1,763
Illiterate 3,789 1,707 2,082
Caste-wise Population - Podara
Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 16.9% while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.4% of total population in Podara.
Schedule Caste 3,648 1,885 1,763
Schedule Tribe 78 38 40
Religion-wise Population - Podara
As per the Census 2011, the total Hindu population in Podara is 16,072 which is 74.45% of the total population. Also the total Muslim population in Podara is 5,354 which is 24.8% of the total population. Below is religion-wise population of Podara as per Census 2011.
Hindu 16,072 (74.45%) 8,312 7,760
Muslim 5,354 (24.8%) 2,815 2,539
Christian 86 (0.4%) 46 40
Sikh 48 (0.22%) 29 19
Buddhist 2 (0.01%) 2 0
Jain 12 (0.06%) 6 6
Other Religion 0 (0%) 0 0
No Religion Specified 15 (0.07%) 10 5
Literacy Rate - Podara
The total literacy rate of Podara was 91.54% in 2011 which is greater than average literacy rate 76.26% of West Bengal. Population-wise, out of total 17,800 literates, males were 9,513 while females were 8,287. Also the male literacy rate was 94.53% and the female literacy rate was 88.33% in Podara.
Podara
Female 88.33% 70.54%
Male 94.53% 81.69%
Total 91.54% 76.26%
Sex Ratio - Podara
The Sex Ratio of Podara is 924. Thus per every 1000 men there were 924 females in Podara. Also as per Census 2011, the Child Sex Ration was 854 which is less than Average Sex Ratio ( 924 ) of Podara.
Child Population - Podara
According to Census 2011, there were 2,143 children between age 0 to 6 years in Podara. Out of which 1,156 were male while 987 were female.
Working Population - Podara
In Podara Census Town out of total population, 8,091 were engaged in work activities. 88.4% of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 11.6% were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 8,091 workers engaged in Main Work, 2 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 16 were Agricultural labourer.
Main Workers 7,149 6,274 875
Cultivators 2 2 0
Agriculture Labourer 16 15 1
Household Industries 882 727 155
Other Workers 6,249 5,530 719
Marginal Workers 942 465 477
Non Working 13,498 4,481 9,017
Podara Wards
A ward is a local authority area, typically used for electoral purposes. Podara is further divided into 1 wards where elections are held every 5 years.
1 Ward No - 1 21,589 82.4% 924
Map of Podara, Haora, West Bengal
Podara, Haora, West Bengal - Wikipedia


What is really in control of skin immunity: lymphocytes, dendritic cells, or keratinocytes? facts and controversies.
The pathophysiology of atopic dermatitis is still under discussion. Although it is widely accepted that environmental factors and a genetic predisposition are essential, the role of the innate and adaptive immune system and the functional cascade of the cells involved is still unclear. A concept that integrates all immune cells as equally essential has allure. In addition, barrier abnormalities due to mutations of the gene coding for filaggrin and down-regulation of antimicrobial peptides, such as LL-37 and beta-defensins 2 and 3, were very recently found to be relevant for the pathogenesis of atopic dermatitis.
Upregulation of defensins in burn sheep small intestine.
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Texas Medical School, Houston.
Objective: The aim of this study was to visualize and localize the sheep antimicrobials, beta-defensins 1, 2, and 3, (SBD-1, SBD-2, SBD-3), sheep neutrophil defensin alpha (SNP-1), and the cathelicidin LL-37 in sheep small intestine after burn injury, our hypothesis being that these compounds would be upregulated in an effort to overcome a compromised endothelial lining. Response to burn injury includes the release of proinflammatory cytokines and systemic immune suppression that, if untreated, can progress to multiple organ failure and death, so protective mechanisms have to be initiated and implemented. Methods: Tissue sections were probed with antibodies to the antimicrobials and then visualized with fluorescently labeled secondary antibodies and subjected to fluorescence deconvolution microscopy and image reconstruction. Results: In both the sham and burn samples, all the aforementioned antimicrobials were seen in each of the layers of small intestine, the highest concentration being localized to the epithelium. SBD-2, SBD-3, and SNP-1 were upregulated in both enterocytes and Paneth cells, while SNP-1 and LL-37 showed increases in both the inner circular and outer longitudinal muscle layers of the muscularis externa following burn injury. Each of the defensins, except SBD-1, was also seen in between the muscle layers of the externa and while burn caused slight increases of SBD-2, SBD-3, and SNP-1 in this location, LL-37 content was significantly decreased. Conclusion: That while each of these human antimicrobials is present in multiple layers of sheep small intestine, SBD-2, SBD-3, SNP-1, and LL-37 are upregulated in the specific layers of the small intestine.
Identification of markers of taxane sensitivity using proteomic and genomic analyses of breast tumors from patients receiving neoadjuvant paclitaxel and radiation.
Departments of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, USA.
PURPOSE: To identify molecular markers of pathologic response to neoadjuvant paclitaxel/radiation treatment, protein and gene expression profiling were done on pretreatment biopsies. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN: Patients with high-risk, operable breast cancer were treated with three cycles of paclitaxel followed by concurrent paclitaxel/radiation. Tumor tissue from pretreatment biopsies was obtained from 19 of the 38 patients enrolled in the study. Protein and gene expression profiling were done on serial sections of the biopsies from patients that achieved a pathologic complete response (pCR) and compared to those with residual disease, non-pCR (NR). RESULTS: Proteomic and validation immunohistochemical analyses revealed that alpha-defensins (DEFA) were overexpressed in tumors from patients with a pCR. Gene expression analysis revealed that MAP2, a microtubule-associated protein, had significantly higher levels of expression in patients achieving a pCR. Elevation of MAP2 in breast cancer cell lines led to increased paclitaxel sensitivity. Furthermore, expression of genes that are associated with the basal-like, triple-negative phenotype were enriched in tumors from patients with a pCR. Analysis of a larger panel of tumors from patients receiving presurgical taxane-based treatment showed that DEFA and MAP2 expression as well as histologic features of inflammation were all statistically associated with response to therapy at the time of surgery. CONCLUSION: We show the utility of molecular profiling of pretreatment biopsies to discover markers of response. Our results suggest the potential use of immune signaling molecules such as DEFA as well as MAP2, a microtubule-associated protein, as tumor markers that associate with response to neoadjuvant taxane-based therapy.
Specific binding and chemotactic activity of mBD4 and its functional orthologue hBD2 to CCR6 expressing cells.
J Biol Chem. 2010 Mar 5;285(10):7028-34.
Summary Beta-defensins are small antimicrobial polypeptides that are mainly expressed by epithelial cells and play an important role in the antimicrobial innate immune response. In addition to the direct microbicidal effects of these polypeptides members of the beta-defensin super family have the capacity to promote local innate inflammatory and systemic adaptive immune responses, which are in part mediated by the CC-chemokine receptor CCR6. Here we report the expression of recombinant mBD4 and its human orthologue hBD2 fused to the constant domain of human IgG1. Purified recombinant mBD4:Ig and hBD2:Ig fusion proteins retained potent antimicrobial activity. Furthermore, these beta-defensin fusion proteins showed specific binding to CCR6 expressing cells as revealed by flow cytometry. Interestingly, while hBD2:Ig bound to both human and mouse CCR6 expressing cells mBD4:Ig did only bind to mCCR6 expressing cells but not to hCCR6 expressing cells. The chemokine ligand CCL20 competed with the beta-defensin fusion proteins for specific binding to CCR6 as analyzed by FACS analysis. Both beta-defensin fusion proteins demonstrated chemotactic activity for cells expressing the mouse CCR6 receptor but mBD4:Ig did not induce chemotactic activity of cells expressing human CCR6. This result supports our finding that mBD4 does not interact with human CCR6 expressing cells. Further evidence for specific interaction of the beta-defensin fusion proteins with CCR6 expressing cells is demonstrated by the observation that CCL20 and beta-defensin fusion proteins desensitize each other in inducing chemotactic activity. In addition both mBD4:Ig and hBD2:Ig demonstrated CCR6-independent chemotaxis of freshly isolated mouse resident peritoneal cells and human PBMCs.
Vitamin D, innate immunity and upper respiratory tract infection.
Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Counties-Manukau District Health Board, Auckland, New Zealand.
Introduction:At the turn of the twentieth century, ultraviolet light was successfully used to treat tuberculosis of the skin. Upper respiratory tract infections had been inversely associated with sun exposure. During the last decade, basic scientific research demonstrated that vitamin D has an important anti-infective role.Method:Review of the relevant literature on the influence of vitamin D on innate immunity and respiratory tract infection.Results:Vitamin D is involved in the production of defensins and cathelicidin - antimicrobial peptides that provide a natural defence against potential microbiological pathogens. Vitamin D supplementation increases cathelicidin production. Low vitamin D levels are associated with an increased incidence of upper respiratory tract infections.Conclusions:Vitamin D appears to play an important role in the regulation of innate immunity in the upper respiratory tract. Optimal vitamin D levels and appropriate dosing schedules have yet to be determined.
Elevated expression of paneth cell CRS4C in ileitis-prone samp1/YitFc mice: Regional distribution, subcellular localization, and mechanism of action.
J Biol Chem. 2010 Mar 5;285(10):7493-504.
Paneth cells at the base of small intestinal crypts of Lieberkuhn secrete host defense peptides and proteins, including alpha-defensins, as mediators of innate immunity. Mouse Paneth cells also express alpha-defensin-related Defcr-rs genes that code for cysteine-rich sequence 4C (CRS4C) peptides that have a unique C-P-X triplet repeat motif. In ileitis-prone SAMP1/YitFc mice, Paneth cell levels of CRS4C mRNAs and peptides are induced more than a thousand fold relative to non-prone strains as early as 4 weeks of age, with the mRNA and peptide levels highest in distal ileum and below detection in duodenum. CRS4C-1 peptides are found exclusively in Paneth cells where they occur only in dense core granules, and thus are secreted to function in the intestinal lumen. CRS4C bactericidal peptide activity is membrane disruptive in that it permeabilizes E. coli and in-duces rapid microbial cell K+ efflux, but in a manner different from mouse alpha-defensin cryptdin-4. In in vitro studies, inactive pro-CRS4C-1 is converted to bactericidal CRS4C-1 peptide by matrix metalloproteinase-7 (MMP-7) proteolysis of the precursor proregion at the same residue positions that MMP-7 activates mouse pro-alpha-defensins. The absence of processed CRS4C in protein extracts of MMP-7-null mouse ileum demonstrates the in vivo requirement for intracellular MMP-7 in pro-CRS4C processing.
The innate immune molecule, NOD1, regulates direct killing of Helicobacter pylori by antimicrobial peptides.
Department of Microbiology, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia.
Cell Microbiol. 2010 May 1;12(5):626-39.
The cytosolic innate immune molecule, NOD1, recognizes peptidoglycan (PG) delivered to epithelial cells via the Helicobacter pylori cag pathogenicity island (cagPAI), and has been implicated in host defence against cagPAI(+)H. pylori bacteria. To further clarify the role of NOD1 in host defence, we investigated NOD1-dependent regulation of human beta-defensins (DEFBs) in two epithelial cell lines. Our findings identify that NOD1 activation, via either cagPAI(+) bacteria or internalized PG, was required for DEFB4 and DEFB103 expression in HEK293 cells. To investigate cell type-specific induction of DEFB4 and DEFB103, we generated stable NOD1´knockdown´ (KD) and control AGS cells. Reporter gene assay and RT-PCR analyses revealed that only DEFB4 was induced in an NOD1-/cagPAI-dependent fashion in AGS cells. Moreover, culture supernatants from AGS control, but not AGS NOD1 KD cells, stimulated with cagPAI(+)H. pylori, significantly reduced H. pylori bacterial numbers. siRNA studies confirmed that human beta-defensin 2 (hBD-2), but not hBD-3, contributes to the antimicrobial activity of AGS cell supernatants against H. pylori. This study demonstrates, for the first time, the involvement of NOD1 and hBD-2 in direct killing of H. pylori bacteria by epithelial cells and confirms the importance of NOD1 in host defence mechanisms against cagPAI(+)H. pylori infection.
The repertoire of equine intestinal alpha-defensins.
BACKGROUND: Defensins represent an important class of antimicrobial peptides. These effector molecules of the innate immune system act as endogenous antibiotics to protect the organism against infections with pathogenic microorganisms. Mammalian defensins are classified into three distinct sub-families (alpha-, beta- and theta-defensins) according to their specific intramolecular disulfide-bond pattern. The peptides exhibit an antimicrobial activity against a broad spectrum of microorganisms including bacteria and fungi. Alpha-Defensins are primarily synthesised in neutrophils and intestinal Paneth cells. They play a role in the pathogenesis of intestinal diseases and may regulate the flora of the intestinal tract. An equine intestinal alpha-defensin (DEFA1), the first characterised in the Laurasiatheria, shows a broad antimicrobial spectrum against human and equine pathogens. Here we report a first investigation of the repertoire of equine intestinal alpha-defensins. The equine genome was screened for putative alpha-defensin genes by using known alpha-defensin sequences as matrices. Based on the obtained sequence information, a set of oligonucleotides specific to the alpha-defensin gene-family was designed. The products generated by reverse-transcriptase PCR with cDNA from the small intestine as template were sub-cloned and numerous clones were sequenced. RESULTS: Thirty-eight equine intestinal alpha-defensin transcripts were determined. After translation it became evident that at least 20 of them may code for functional peptides. Ten transcripts lacked matching genomic sequences and for 14 alpha-defensin genes apparently present in the genome no appropriate transcript could be verified. In other cases the same genomic exons were found in different transcripts. CONCLUSIONS: The large repertoire of equine alpha-defensins found in this study points to a particular importance of these peptides regarding animal health and protection from infectious diseases. Moreover, these findings make the horse an excellent species to study biological properties of alpha-defensins. Interestingly, the peptides were not found in other species of the Laurasiatheria to date. Comparison of the obtained transcripts with the genomic sequences in the current assembly of the horse (EquCab2.0) indicates that it is yet not complete and/or to some extent falsely assembled.
Antimicrobial Peptides Present in Mammalian Skin and Gut are Multifunctional Defence Molecules.
Antimicrobial peptides are major components of the innate immune defence. They are well conserved along evolution, non-toxic and they ensure potent defences against a large number of pathogens. They act by direct killing of microorganisms and they possess additional roles in the regulation of adaptive immune responses, by recruting or stimulating immune cells. Skin and gut are positioned at the interface of internal milieu and external environment. They represent a physical and chemical barrier against pathogens invasion and the antimicrobial peptides limit pathogen growth in normal conditions. During infection or injury, some of these peptides are overexpressed and disrupt microbial membranes and/or stimulate immune cell recruitment, allowing to return to homeostasis or to increase inflammation. Antimicrobial peptides expression is altered in several diseases: alpha-defensins deficiency is related with Crohn´s disease and in skin, cathelicidin LL-37 and beta-defensin-2 are overexpressed in psoriasis, while in atopic dermatitis, their expression is decreased. The present review provides an up-to-date summary of the expression and the biological roles of the antimicrobial peptides found in the skin and gastrointestinal mucosa of the host, in normal and pathological conditions. The involvement of these natural antimicrobial peptides in inflammation, is also discussed.
A novel defensin-like peptide from salivary glands of the hard tick, Haemaphysalis longicornis.
Key Laboratory of Microbiological Engineering of Agricultural Environment, Life Sciences College of Nanjing Agricultural University, Ministry of Agriculture, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210095 China.
A novel defensin-like antimicrobial peptide named longicornsin was isolated from the salivary glands of the hard tick, Haemaphysalis longicornis, using a 10-kDa cut-off Centriprep filter and reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography (RP-HPLC). Its amino acid sequence was determined as DFGCGQGMIFMCQRRCMRLYPGSTGFCRGFRCMCDTHIPLRPPFMVG by Edman degradation. The cDNA encoding longicornsin was cloned by cDNA library screening. The predicted protein from the cDNA sequence was composed of 78 amino acids including a mature longicornsin. It showed similarity with defensin-like peptides from other ticks by BLAST search. Different from most other tick defensin-like peptides, longicornsin had a C-terminal extension. Purified longicornsin exerted potent antimicrobial activities against bacteria and fungi. Interestingly, it even showed strong antimicrobial ability against drug-resistant microorganisms and Helicobacter pylori. The results of this study indicated that longicornsin is a potential candidate for novel antimicrobial drug design.


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Steven Soliman
Steven Soliman is a passionate and dedicated attorney with litigation experience in complex personal injury and employment cases. Born and raised in Southern California, Steven is committed to serving the people of this great State.
After working many years for two of the largest and most successful plaintiff's civil law firms in California and obtaining outstanding results on behalf of his clients, Steven started his own practice with a continued focus on representing victims and making sure each client gets everything they are entitled to. He has litigated cases against multi-million-dollar companies, earning his clients the full value of their cases so that they get the compensation they deserve.
Steven graduated from Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, where he earned his Juris Doctor. While in law school, Steven focused his education on civil litigation and trial techniques. He was a member of the National Moot Court Team where he helped lead his team into the final rounds of the competition while also receiving the award for Best Brief. Steven also participated in the Joseph Scott Moot Court Competition, where he competed into the final round and received an award for Top Brief. Steven's undergraduate education was completed at the University of California, San Diego, where he graduated with honors.
In 2020, Steven was selected as a Southern California Rising Star by Super Lawyers® for the fifth straight year, an honor reserved for those lawyers who exhibit excellence in practice. Only 2.5% of attorneys in Southern California receive this distinction.
Steven is licensed to practice law in the State of California.
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I still surprises me how many in the Treasure Valley don't know about the Wyakin's Wounded Warrior Academy, thanks goes out to the Nampa Lion's Club for bringing our team in to describe and answer questions about this wonderful program. The Governor will be with us inducting 13 more students into the program this Thursday at 10:30 am on the Capital steps... it's a great opportunity to meet all of our Wyakin Warriors, everyone is invited!
Thanks to the Potlatch VFW for putting on such a great Memorial Day ceremony. Honoring the sacrifices of our fallen veterans, and their families, to ensure the continued freedoms enjoyed by the citizens of this nation is the least we can do for them. Potlatch has created a wonderful memorial for those veterans of the past as well as those serving today. They also have, what must the the largest flag and flagpole North of Boise's Simplot hill in Idaho. They have created a wonderful community... thank you for the privilege of speaking today.
[Resent id=29973901 2013-05-21 23:27:13 from marvhagedorn] I'm excited to be the guest speaker next Monday at the Potlatch Memorial Day event at their Scenic 6 Park, hope to see many of you there!
Cabinet meetings are used by good leaders/managers to coordinate department's efforts in making positive movement in goals and objectives AND to avoid surprises, maybe POTUS should give that a shot?
My Son left this morning for 3 more months of analysis training in VA Beach for the Navy... gonna miss him around here.


Source: In: Jakes, Pamela, ed. Forestry cooperatives: what today's resource professionals need to know. Proceedings of a satellite conference; 2003 November 18. Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-266. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station. 25-29.
Forest landowner cooperatives are not a new phenomenon, but past efforts to create and sustain these businesses have been largely unsuccessful in the U.S. Before and just after World War II saw significant investment in cooperative development that failed to create durable business. The purpose of this chapter is to briefly describe the history of forestry cooperatives in the U.S. and to provide a snapshot of co-ops today.
Rickenbach, Mark G. 2006. Forestry cooperatives: past and present. In: Jakes, Pamela, ed. Forestry cooperatives: what today''s resource professionals need to know. Proceedings of a satellite conference; 2003 November 18. Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-266. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station. 25-29.
Are we underestimating the size of our hardwood industries?


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Allet, B., Jeppesen, P. G., Katagiri, K. J., Delius, H. (January 1973) Mapping the DNA fragments produced by cleavage by lambda DNA with endonuclease RI. Nature, 241 (5385). pp. 120-3.
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Lin, H., Zhang, Z., Zhang, M. Q., Ma, B., Li, M. (November 2008) ZOOM! Zillions of oligos mapped. Bioinformatics, 24 (21). pp. 2431-7.
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Roberts, R. J. (November 1976) Restriction endonucleases. CRC Crit Rev Biochem, 4 (2). pp. 123-64.
Celniker, S., Clark, A., Ponting, C., Weinstock, G. (May 2010) THE BIOLOGY OF GENOMES. In: 2010 meeting of THE BIOLOGY OF GENOMES, May 11–May 15, 2010, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
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The Unknown Story of Plant Oils presentation is just one of so many excellent presentations by forward thinking researchers, doctors, and others from a wide variety of professional backgrounds that can be found on DietDoctor.com.
For a small monthly membership, you gain access to many very informative presentations, interviews, and documentaries. The presenters share both current and past research about the impact of insulin and high carbohydrate diets on many of our modern ills, including obesity, diabetes, cancer, heart disease and more. I highly recommend at least signing up for their 30-Day Free trial period, and watching some of the documentaries and presentations available. I'm sure you will be convinced to join, as we were. Andreas has done an excellent job providing a lot of free information for low-carb dieters on his site, including many menu plans and recipes.
Nina presents the history of the development of plant oils for human consumption in her presentation. The original use for plant oils, including cottonseed oil, was as an industrial lubricant. However, clever marketing pushed these machine altered oils into mainstream, ultimately incorporating them into nearly every product or fast food available these days. Soy oil currently being among the most popular.
While McDonalds once fried their french fries in beef tallow, back when they tasted better, pressures were put on industries to use the 'heart-healthy' plant oils. According to Nina, even the Heart Association really came into being from a generous grant offered by those in the business. Food corporations and manufacturers, along with the Heart Association have all become unholy bed fellows. The food pyramid also toes the line by recommending foods at the base of the pyramid ~ grain products ~ along with plant oils, while greatly minimizing meats and saturated fats.
Nina covers all the manipulating that happened to get these oils to be shelf stable. In a nut shell, commercial plant oils are not very healthy at all. You are far better off using animal fats, just as our great grandparents did. They are stable fats, whereas plant oils have bonds that are free and can oxidize in your system. Antioxidants are taken to counter this. Avoid oxidative foods, and save your money from antioxidants!
Cooking with plant oils was touted as healthier, when in fact they really aren't. They are far more pro-inflammatory. But in the days that these oils came about, they were cleverly marketed to the new immigrant women across the country who wanted to 'fit in.' You simply must watch Nina's presentation to see just how they pulled this off. But, sorry to say, we women ~ especially from earlier generations ~ were the guinea pigs of the new marketing strategies. Companies could sell just about anything to women, as long as they pushed the right buttons.
In my own mother's day, doctors convinced women that canned baby's formula was 'better than breast milk.' Hard to believe something produced in a lab could be healthier than what Nature provides, unless the mother was really sick or deficient. But, many of us born in the 60s were not breast fed.
It has long been believed that those who were not breast fed have a higher likelihood of having weak immune systems, with higher susceptibility to many infectious diseases. While many also believed that children not breast fed had higher risks for allergies and asthma, this is being debated.
For the moment, promotion of breast feeding should include evidence that it reduces the incidence of a wide range of infectious diseases, including diarrhoeal diseases and lower respiratory tract infections. (Links were provided) Evidence that it reduces the incidence of other conditions including diabetes, obesity, and some cancers is emerging. (More links). Furthermore, breast feeding has health benefits for the mother. Therefore, there is already ample evidence to promote breast feeding as a public health measure. None the less, the claim that breast feeding reduces the risk of allergy and asthma is not supported by evidence.
From my point of view, mothers milk is important for developing immune system and gut health. Environmental allergies are like an auto-immune attack. I personally had horrible seasonal allergies since very young. My sister did not. She was not breast fed for long, but she was at least breast fed to start. This doesn't prove anything, but, I think there is no substitute for mother's milk, the effects for which not being breast fed are not able to be fully determined.
There is also less bonding time. And, the sucking on mother's breast helps develop the dental arch and roof of the mouth appropriately. Poor development can be expressed later on in drooping facial features, increased sinus problems, teeth crowding, less attractive smiles, headaches, and more.
Back to plant oils, Nina's lecture was very revealing. It's quite clear that consumers must become educated to avoid falling for marketing campaigns which are designed to sell products. You must ignore claims made on labels. Manufacturers will do what they need to sell their products.
Take away message: just eat whole foods, mostly animals, with plants optional.
If you pretty much avoid the bulk of the center aisles, you can avoid the refined, processed, modern day, factory made foods that are with few exceptions, bad for your health.
Eat real fats, like saturated fats, which are better for you, despite what the food pyramid and mainstream narratives suggest. Pass on most of the commercial plant oils. Better quality olive oil, and a few nut oils, like pecan, macadamia, hazelnut, or walnut oil are okay in moderation, especially for marinades or dressings. Coconut oil is okay as well.
I personally encourage eating traditional fats: beef tallow, lard, suet, duck fat, butter, ghee, etc., from the best quality sources you can budget.
Yes, you have permission to eat fat! Especially healthy, traditional animal fats!
Here are a few recent hypercarnivore breakfasts of ours. I tend to go high on fat in my first meal, less in my second.
Don had fried eggs instead.
Eggs w/ Burgers & Bacon! I pour some of the cooking fat onto the plate before serving.


Many industrial processes emit pollution to the atmosphere. Commonly, this is in the form of waste gasses from combustion sources that are dispersed into the atmosphere via a tall chimney or stack (e.g. emissions from gas and coal fired power generation).
In addition to stack emissions from definable "point" sources, airborne pollutants from processes associated with these industries can arise from volume (e.g. plumes of dust from elevated conveyor systems in quarries), area (e.g. methane emissions from the surface of a landfill site) or line sources (e.g. emissions from a moving diesel powered locomotive).
Depending on the scale of emissions from an industrial process it is either regulated by the local authority for smaller processes or the Environment Agency for much larger sources.
Using a variety of tools and assessment methodologies (e.g. ADMS, Aermod, Screen, GasSim), which usually require significant scoping and liaison with appropriate regulators, Phlorum Limited routinely provides air quality consultancy services for environmental permitting and/or planning applications for a wide range of industrial processes.


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package com.systematic.trading.backtest.configuration.strategy;

import com.systematic.trading.backtest.configuration.strategy.confirmation.ConfirmaByConfiguration;
import com.systematic.trading.backtest.configuration.strategy.entry.ConfirmedByEntryConfiguration;
import com.systematic.trading.backtest.configuration.strategy.entry.EntryConfiguration;
import com.systematic.trading.backtest.configuration.strategy.entry.IndicatorEntryConfiguration;
import com.systematic.trading.backtest.configuration.strategy.entry.OperatorEntryConfiguration;
import com.systematic.trading.backtest.configuration.strategy.entry.PeriodicEntryConfiguration;
import com.systematic.trading.backtest.configuration.strategy.entry.size.EntrySizeConfiguration;
import com.systematic.trading.backtest.configuration.strategy.exit.ExitConfiguration;
import com.systematic.trading.backtest.configuration.strategy.exit.size.ExitSizeConfiguration;
import com.systematic.trading.backtest.configuration.strategy.operator.OperatorConfiguration;
import com.systematic.trading.backtest.configuration.strategy.periodic.PeriodicConfiguration;
import com.systematic.trading.strategy.indicator.configuration.IndicatorConfiguration;

/**
 * Factory methods for creating the strategy configuration that mirrors the ExpressionLanguage.
 *
 * @author CJ Hare
 */
public class StrategyConfigurationFactory {

	// TODO provide factory methods for the sizing too

	public StrategyConfiguration strategy(
	        final EntryConfiguration entry,
	        final EntrySizeConfiguration entryPositionSizing,
	        final ExitConfiguration exit,
	        final ExitSizeConfiguration exitPositionSizing ) {

		return new StrategyConfiguration(entry, entryPositionSizing, exit, exitPositionSizing);
	}

	public EntryConfiguration entry(
	        final EntryConfiguration leftEntry,
	        final OperatorConfiguration.Selection op,
	        final EntryConfiguration righEntry ) {

		return new OperatorEntryConfiguration(leftEntry, op, righEntry);
	}

	public EntryConfiguration entry(
	        final EntryConfiguration anchor,
	        final ConfirmaByConfiguration confirmBy,
	        final EntryConfiguration confirmation ) {

		return new ConfirmedByEntryConfiguration(anchor, confirmBy, confirmation);
	}

	public EntryConfiguration entry( final IndicatorConfiguration indicator ) {

		return new IndicatorEntryConfiguration(indicator);
	}

	public EntryConfiguration entry( final PeriodicConfiguration frequency ) {

		return new PeriodicEntryConfiguration(frequency);
	}

	public ExitConfiguration exit() {

		return new ExitConfiguration();
	}
}


Saturday night, three weeks ago. I went out at about nine o clock, meeting some friends. At eleven o clock I felt I could be getting a cold. At two at clock at night my voice had become raucous. At about four o clock I went to bed. When I woke up, I was hardly able to get up anymore. Three weeks later, I am still sick. I have been through tonsilitis and bronchitis. The cold season for me doesn't mean that the weather is getting colder. It means that I am constantly cold – and sick. Yesterday I fainted again – for the first time in months. I fainted in the toy department of our local shopping mall and my toddler was nearby. I hate it when my kids have to watch my circulatory failures. The older ones are already used to it, they even offer me their arm or carry my bags when they realize that I am struggling. But my little one does not understand those incidents yet.
Fainting made me realize that I had to blog again. The last months have been great. It is getting colder now and CLL is knocking at the door again.
I love summer. Not only, because my birthday is in summer. Not just because of the holidays. I love summer, because I am not sick all the time in summer. In fall, each cold leads to a bronchitis and each bronchitis leads to the next one. It goes on and on until spring. In spring and in summer it is much easier for me to forget that I suffer from CLL. True, as I live in a warmer climate, my health condition has improved tremendously. At least I do not develop pneumonia or influenza as I did before when I lived in Central Europe.
Nine o clock at night, three weeks ago.


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Thrillpeddlers Bring 'Vice Palace'
To New York
By Daniel Zilber On October 1, 2011
Two Opportunities to See This Rare Gem of the Ridiculous Theater Movement in NYC:
The Thrillpeddlers and The HOWL! Festival present
VICE PALACE: The Last Cockettes Musical
A Concert Version of the 1972 Musical Revue Extravaganza
Two nights only! October 21 & 22 2011 – 11pm
at Theater 80, 80 St. Marks Place – New York 212-388-0388
Tickets $15 at the box office or at howlfestival.com
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THE MARTIN WORMAN PAPERS
A Panel Presentation with Select Performances
from The Cockettes Repertoire
With Original VICE PALACE Cast Member Mink Stole
October 17 2011 – 6pm
Bruno Walter Auditorium –
New York Library For The Performing Arts
111 Amsterdam Avenue @ 65th Street, New York
Straight from San Francisco, The Thrillpeddlers present a concert version of their smash hit revival, VICE PALACE: The Last Cockettes Musical on Friday & Saturday, October 21 & 22 as part of the 2011 HOWL! Festival, at Theater 80. Selections from the show can be seen earlier in the week at the New York Library for the Performing Arts on Monday, October 17, as part of The Martin Worman Papers – which takes an in-depth look into the life and career Mr. Worman – actor, playwright, lyricist, director, female impersonator, activist and academic.
Loosely based on Edgar Allan Poe's "The Masque of the Red Death", VICE PALACE was written by Martin Worman & Scrumbly Koldewyn in 1972 as a vehicle for Divine and actress Mink Stole (best known as stars of cult-director John Waters' films), and The Cockettes. VICE PALACE follows Divina, (Leigh Crow), an eccentric and wealthy woman who spares no expense to keep her jet-set party guests entertained, while the villagers just beyond the walls of her lavish estate are ravaged by the plague. Each performance must top the next in this bizarre race to escape the one uninvited party guest – death!
Originally produced as a "Nocturnal Dream Show" and performed at midnight at the old Palace Theatre in the North Beach neighborhood of San Francisco on Halloween weekend of 1972, VICE PALACE was the fabled and fabulous Cockettes' final stage presentation.
The HOWL! Festival is a month-long performance series which will take place throughout the month of October (2011) to benefit the HOWL Emergency Life Project (H.E.L.P). Administered by the Actors Fund, H.E.L.P is an emergency services and health fund available to East Village and downtown artists in need of assistance. HOWL! Arts Project is sponsored by Actors Fund (administrators of H.E.L.P) and presents poetry, theater, film, dance, music and performance art programs.
HOWL! Arts channels the spirit and artistic invention of the namesake poem and poet Allen Ginsberg to deliver firsthand examples of the creative, cultural, and historical forces that have made the highly original downtown arts of the EV/LES community world-renowned
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Celebrating David Lepak's Life
In an event brimming with emotion, friends and colleagues came together on Saturday night to celebrate the life of Isenberg's David Lepak, who died suddenly on Thursday, December 7, at the age of 46.
Lepak, the Berthiaume Endowed Chair of Business Leadership & Professor of Management, and the Management department chair, was a popular professor who had been part of the Isenberg family since 2016. Married and the father of 4 children, he was also active in the community, coaching youth soccer, and volunteering at his kids' schools. The memorial service reflected the spectrum of people Lepak had touched, with approximately 200 in attendance, including more than 20 children from the Amherst area, former colleagues from Rutgers University, and the Isenberg community.
The event at the Marriott Center at the University Campus Center featured a moving slideshow of David's life that played on a large screen as people mingled and chatted. Isenberg Dean Mark Fuller addressed the group, talking about David and what he meant to Isenberg. Bruce Skaggs, a friend of Lepak of 25 years and a colleague in the Management department, urged those assembled to celebrate rather than mourn David. His moving stories of Lepak's impact on his life and those of students and colleagues in the Management department touched on David's positive approach, his sense of humor, and his message of perseverance. Skaggs' remarks added lightness and appreciation to the gathering.
Lepak was a respected academic in Human Resource Management. In addition to teaching at the University of Massachusetts and Rutgers University, Lepak had also held academic appointments at the University of Bath, England, and the University of Maryland, College Park. He also worked at the University of Missouri, Columbia as Human Resource Generalist. Lepak authored a number of publications on human resource management. He received his PhD in Business Administration from the Pennsylvania State University in 1998, his Master of Public Administration from the University of Missouri Columbia (1994), and Bachelor of Business Administration (HRM) from the University of Missouri Columbia (1992).
A fund has been set up to support the Lepak family. To participate, go to https://runsignup.com/lepak.
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Despite the onset of summer in most countries, the art and photography books that have been published this year encourage even the most outdoor enthusiasts to stay indoors and immerse themselves in their pages.
You may be interested in documentary photography that tells of life in the black communities of the American South; or you may be more passionate about the unpublished Polaroids of artist Jim Goldberg from the late 1980s and early 1990s. Regardless of your preferences, throughout this article we recommend essential art and photography books if you are passionate about the art world.
Périphérique by Mohamed Bourouissa
Visual artist Mohamed Bourouissa photographed his friends in the neighborhoods of Paris to reflect the daily life of the metropolis. He captured confrontations, glances, frozen gestures. On each image, we observe still scenes that blend a documentary style with a formal composition. The artist's innovative series of staged images, taken between 2005 and 2008, was completed in the context of unprecedented riots and violence in the capital's periphery against social inequality. In this book, Bourouissa includes images never published before.
Magnum Dogs by Various Photographers (Thames & Hudson)
This book is the definitive anthology of dog photography. It is comprised of 180 sublime images from all corners of the world: from the streets of Colombia to UK exhibitions. These portraits of dogs have been promoted by legends of photography such as Martin Parr, Eve Arnold and Dennis Stock. The latter have brought to light the naughtiest dogs, those that perform and the strays that come to life in this compilation. Man's best friends have been depicted in countless ways: on the street, in the water, with artists, reflecting ourselves and our sensibilities.
Sweeteens by Laura Jane Coulson
The British photographer, in the midst of the pandemic, decided to go out and photograph her friends and the people strolling through the parks of London. The result is a set of photos that convey joy in a period as strange as it is unique. Laura Jane Coulson focused especially on portraying the youngest people. All proceeds from her sales will go to the charity YoungMinds.
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In 1995, Goldberg published Raised by Wolves in which he documented California youth from the 1980s to the 1990s through photographs, text and video. The new title collects 45 previously unpublished Polaroid photos from that first project. It shows us a raw and beautiful excerpt of the younger generations residing in Los Angeles and San Francisco.
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The current Chilean Industrial Property law dates back to 1991, although it has been modified three times: in 2005, 2007 and 2011. However, this law does neither adapt to the reality of global and dynamic economy, nor to the international treaties and Free Trade Agreements signed by Chile especially with Europe and USA.
As an example we can see that, in 1991, 16.000 applications for trademarks registration and 800 patents application were filed. In 2012 there were 53.040 applications (33.693 new trademarks and the rest renovations) and 3.760 patents.
The Chilean government decided to draft a new law, whose preparation lasted about three years, collecting opinions from entrepreneurs, professionals and associations.
Reform of industrial property law in Chile: modifications
The new law changes a series of elements which we are now going to comment:
New definition of a trademark: its definition is extended, which allows including three-dimensional trademarks, holograms and olfactory trademarks.
Slogans, which today are always protected together with a previously registered trademark, will be autonomous trademarks.
Also, it is established a specific protection, not registration, for trade names.
Collective marks, certification marks, geographical indications and appellations of origin which benefit large groups of farmers or traders, are regulated on a better way.
Introduction of the trademark cancellation, at the request of third parties, for non-use of the trademark during an uninterrupted period of 5 years. Chile is today one of the few countries, along with Uruguay, which does not require use of trademark. Therefore, law follows the global trend and sticks to the essential function of a trademark, being present in the market to differentiate goods and s
The concept of trademark dilution is introduced. A sign cannot act as a trademark if it has become the common identifier for the consumer of a product or service. Besides, trademark dilution is penalized: the trademark loses its distinctive capacity (they generally are famous trademarks) to identify products or services, because the owner has caused or allowed the generality of its trademark when he designated the goods or services in commerce.
It is encouraged that patents of invention should be used for research or private purposes by third parties.
Penalties for crimes against industrial property rights are increased, introducing, for example, the action of patent usurpation and imposition of imprisonment for trademark infringement.
Official fees are lowered and trademarks and patents will not be published in the Official Journal of the Republic, seeking to lower the costs in order to increase the interest of protecting industrial property.
Publications shall be realized by INAPI Electronic Bulletin.
INAPI (Chilean Patent and Trademark Office) is replaced by the National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI), which will be a functionally decentralized public service, with legal personality and its own resources. It shall have technical and legal personality, in charge of administration and care of industrial property services. It shall also promote the protection provided by the industrial property and disseminate technological heritage and the information available on the subjects mentioned above.
All these initiatives bring Chile closer to global standards for the protection of Industrial Property. Now this project will be discussed by the deputies and senators before to adopt the definitive text of this major reform.
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Just announced, Russell Dickerson will be joining platinum-selling, country artist Billy Currington on stage in Moose Jaw on September 14th on his Summer Forever tour.
And lately there's been plenty to smile about. The Nashville native and Belmont University alumnus had quite the surprising summer with the incredible grassroots reaction to his current single, "Yours." The power ballad was selected for Sirius XM's The Highway Find program, which showcases new, and often times unsigned, artists to country music fans across the country. In a blink, Dickerson found himself competing with artists such as Blake Shelton and Luke Bryan on the satellite station's weekly Hot 45 countdown, and successfully reaching #3.
Dickerson quickly released his EP, "Yours," and debuted at #2 in the iTunes country store and #8 in all genres. The album also premiered at #1 on Billboard's Heat Seeker chart and #14 on Billboard's Top Country Album chart. The album features five songs co-written by Dickerson, including a stripped down wedding version of the title track "Yours." Boosted by the power of his hit single, he recently landed on the iTunes Best of 2015 year-end list, TheKnot.com's Best Wedding Songs of 2016, and Spotify's #SpotifySpotlight 2016.
In just a few short weeks, Dickerson's fans have solidified him unanimously as the next big thing. Over ten million streams on Spotify, one million views on YouTube, and skyrocketing social media followers have come pouring in. He happily keeps up with the messages daily across all his social outlets and reciprocates their dedication by responding to his fans personally.
Tickets for the September 14th concert start at $49.50 plus taxes and fees and are available online at www.mosaicplace.ca, by phone at (306) 624-2050 or in person at the Mosaic Place Box Office.