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Israeli Spy Firm That Approached Trump First Proposed Dirty Tricks Against BDS
Josh Nathan-KazisOctober 11, 2018iStock
The Israeli private intelligence company that offered to manipulate social media for the Trump campaign offered similar services a year earlier to a group of U.S. Jewish donors who sought to target Israel's critics, according to a document obtained by the Forward.
In late 2015, the Israeli private intelligence firm Psy-Group approached an ad hoc group of Jewish donors with a proposal to covertly undermine the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement. According to a summary of the proposal reviewed by the Forward, Psy-Group said it would seek to damage specific individuals and organizations associated with the BDS movement by disrupting their activities, or leading them to be investigated by the authorities. It also said it would run a media influence campaign.
Psy-Group, whose employees were veterans of the Israeli intelligence apparatus, emphasized that it would work in utmost secrecy, covering up any financial or technological links to its activities. It said that none of the actions would be traceable to Jews or Israelis.
REVEALED: Canary Mission Blacklist Is Secretly Bankrolled By Major Jewish Federation
Josh Nathan-KazisOctober 3, 2018
The summary includes no specifics, but in very broad strokes it resembles a far more detailed proposal obtained by the New York Times that Psy-Group made to officials with the Trump campaign a year later.
In its pitch to the Trump campaign, Psy-Group said it would use fake social media accounts to approach thousands of Republican National Convention delegates and convince them to support Trump. It also said it would investigate Hillary Clinton, and would target certain voter groups using additional fake social media accounts.
Special counsel investigators probing the Russian effort to influence the 2016 election campaign have interviewed Psy-Group employees, according to the Times.
As with the Trump proposal, there is no evidence that Psy-Group ever carried out the activities included in its pitch to the Jewish donors. Yet the discussions between U.S. Jewish donors and foreign private spies, which were facilitated by a leading Jewish organizational figure, show how Israel's culture of intelligence and covert information warfare intersects with efforts to oppose the BDS movement in the U.S.
The Jewish donors received Psy-Group's proposal in the fall of 2015, at a moment when the Obama administration had just approved a nuclear deal with Iran that the Israeli government and many U.S. Jewish leaders saw as a dangerous error. At the same time, the BDS movement, which Israeli leaders classify as a major threat, was moving slowly into the mainstream, bolstered by international outrage over the deaths of Palestinian civilians in the war in Gaza the previous summer.
In that atmosphere, guardians of Israel's image abroad began to adopt a range of more aggressive tactics. Early in 2015, an anonymous Israeli activist launched Canary Mission, a blacklist of pro-Palestinian students. That same year, the Israel on Campus Coalition, a mainstream pro-Israel group in the U.S., began to adopt a new suite of covert and aggressive measures to oppose BDS on U.S. campuses.
Psy-Group approached its group of potential U.S. Jewish donors in 2015 through Misha Galperin, a prominent Jewish communal official who had recently left a senior executive position at the Jewish Agency for Israel, a major Israeli non-profit with close ties to the Israeli government. Galperin had previously worked as an executive at two large Jewish federations. He did not respond to a request for comment about his work with Psy-Group.
The document describing Psy-Group's proposal seen by the Forward is written in what seems intended to read as spy-world jargon. "Part of their appeal is that they come across very professional and [in] a very cloak-and-dagger way," said one Jewish activist who was not involved in the 2015 discussions with Psy-Group, and who asked not to be named because of the sensitivity of the issue.
The summary of Psy-Group's pitch does not specify the methods or measures that Psy-Group proposed to use on behalf of the U.S. Jewish donors. The covert nature of Psy-Group's work, it says, will increase its impact, because it won't be traceable to Jews or Israelis. It argues that its work against BDS will be more valuable than overt work by other pro-Israel groups, because advocacy linked to Israeli or Jewish sources is seen as unreliable.
Psy-Group did eventually do some work against the BDS movement. Who paid for it is unknown, and there is no evidence that Psy-Group carried out any work on behalf of the group of U.S. Jewish donors it pitched in 2015. In 2017, Psy-Group created a website called OutlawBDS.com that posted profiles on supporters of the boycott movement, and sent ominous emails to BDS advocates, according to a July report in the Times of Israel. The site is no longer online. The Times of Israel said that the Ministry of Strategic Affairs, the Israeli agency tasked with fighting the BDS movement, was generally aware of work by private Israeli intelligence firms against BDS activists, though had not funded it.
A New Wave Of Hardline Anti-BDS Tactics Are Targeting Students, And No One Knows Who's Behind It
Josh Nathan-KazisAugust 2, 2018
The Ministry of Strategic Affairs told the Forward that it had no connection to the 2015 Psy-Group pitch. In 2017, Galperin emerged as a go-between with Jewish communal leaders in efforts by the Ministry of Strategic Affairs to find American partners for Kela Shlomo, a non-governmental organization it created and funded that will oppose BDS overseas. A spokesman for the ministry said that the ministry had no connection to Galperin's work with Psy-Group, and that while the ministry has "talked with" Galperin for around two years, it has no partnership with him.
Psy-Group fired its staff in February, according to Calcalist, an Israeli news website. It is currently facing liquidation by an Israeli court. Marc Mukasey, an attorney who represents Psy-Group in the U.S., did not respond to a request for comment.
Do you have more information about Psy-Group? Contact Josh Nathan-Kazis at nathankazis@forward.com or on Twitter, @joshnathankazis
This story "Private Israeli Spies Proposed Attack On BDS Advocates" was written by Josh Nathan-Kazis.


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Today We Celebrate the Life and Witness of St. Teresa of Avila
Posted on October 15, 2014 by Rev. Dawn Hutchings
An excerpt from "Love Poems From God" by Daniel Ladinsky,
(Penguin Compass, London: 2002)
(1515-1582) "Teresa was born in Avila, a beautiful high mountain village of Spain. She was one of thirteen children, three girls and ten boys, in a wealthy family. The Spain in which Teresa grew up was permeated with 700 years of Arabian culture; the eradication of Arab power was followed by one of Spain's darkest periods, the insanity of the Inquisitions, which, in the fourteenth century, along with other grievous deeds, forced mass conversions of Jews to Christianity."
"Teresa was her father's favourite child, and the most spirited. Her mother died during childbirth when Teresa was thirteen, after which she had little supervision. It is believed she had a lover at the age of fifteen, which caused her father to send her to a convent boarding school, only to see her return home two years later because of poor health. When she was twenty-one, Teresa ran away from home to join a convent. At that time many convents were more like hotels for women, allowing them a great deal more independence than they would be allowed at home, though after two years at the convent Teresa had a near-death experience that changed her life. A spiritual awakening began in which she cultivated a system of meditation that sought quieting the mind to such an extent that God could then be heard speaking. Over the next twenty years she experienced many mystical states but not until she was fifty did she begin the most far-reaching aspects of her life's work."
St. Teresa of Avila "had a great desire for learning and when the Inquisition, in 1559, forbade women to read, Teresa turned to God and asked God to teach her soul about divine love. She then began to write completely out of her own experience. Many of her poems are, in fact, intimate accounts of her communion with God.
The Church's persecution of Teresa had not waned when she passed away and was buried in Alba de Tormes in 1582. A year after her death some of her disciples, feeling that she might have wished to be buried in Avila, had her body exhumed. When her body was found to be perfectly intact and emitting a wonderful fragrance, her sainthood was formally decreed, allowing the publication and preservation of some of her works.
Most of what we see today of Teresa's work is probably reined way back, for her writings fell into the hands and under the control of the very forces that had so opposed her throughout her life."
"Teresa of Avila is undoubtedly the most influential saint in the Western world, and she has made great contributions to spiritual literature and poetry. She was a woman of tremendous courage who is rightfully credited with the remarkable political and religious reform achieved against the strongest—and most insidious—chauvinistic forces."
"A realistic picture of Teresa's life did not even reach the English-reading general public until the 1960s. She was known to have had a remarkable quick wit and a stunning, even provocative, sense of humour, as well as a great physical beauty. Her complete works include seven books, four hundred and fifty letters, and assorted poetry. Her writings are considered masterpieces of mystical prose and verse. She personally founded seventeen Carmelite convents and two monasteries, despite enormous opposition from the Church and other men in power."
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sicutlocutusest on November 13, 2014 at 1:58 pm said:
Where did you get the information for the biographical sketch of Teresa? So much of it is just plain wrong historically, and the rest lacks a responsible grasp of the period in which she lived and wrote. I'm kind of shocked at this portrait of the saint. Normally I let a lot of mistaken stuff about Teresa go by without comment (all sorts of things attributed to her that she never said or wrote, for example, including all the stuff Daniel Ladinsky claims to be "translating"), but this short bio is so tendentious that I had to write. Sorry to be harsh, but we have an obligation (I think) to be fair to the historical subjects we say we admire.
Rev. Dawn Hutchings on November 19, 2014 at 3:59 pm said:
As indicated in the post, the material is a excerpt from Daniel Ladinsky's book "Love Pomes from God: Twelve Sacred Voices from the East and West" published by Penguin Compass, 2002, pages 268-70. I have not altered Mr. Ladinsky's work.

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I tried to picture the man who spent the better half of the past hour regaling us with tales of his misfortune.
"Well, he is a portly fellow," said I.
"Anything else?", asked Holmes, yawning.
"I can not think of anything."
"On the contrary, dear Watson. You are too timid in drawing your inferences."
"Then how do you infer that, Holmes? You are not Jewish yourself? You never join me in church."
"That is quite absurd, Watson. I am agnostic, not Jewish."
The man wore a very ordinary black hat of the usual round shape.
"He did not take it off when Mrs. Hudson came in to serve tea."
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Ewing's Annals
List of Ministers
List of Congregations
Brown's Annals
Brown's Annals: Part 1
Brown's Annals: Appendix
Disruption Worthies
Index of Trees
Index: FC Ministers
Index: Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae; Ewing's Annals, etc.: General Index
Searching by Presbytery
Searching by Congregation
OS Churches
The Associate Presbytery
The Second Disruption
Synod of United Original Seceders (1852-1956): Overview
UOS – Congregations
UOS – Ministers
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UOS Church: The Final Years
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McCosh: The Wheat and the Chaff
Robert Ross, Troon and St Mark's, Glasgow
by Ecclegen · April 5, 2018
We have already noted the difficulties of identifying a minister's background and family if the term of his ministry falls completely between two of the decennial censuses – see Falling between Two censuses. Another case in point is that of Robert Ross, minister of Troon, Ayrshire, from 1843 till 1846; and of St Mark's, Glasgow, from 1846 to 1847.
Ewing's information on him is sparse. There is a birth year, but no birthplace; an awareness that he was married twice but only the name of the second wife is known. We can probably add some flesh to these bones but some of these conclusions are tentative, so instead of making bold statements about this man or his family, we wish to lay out the evidence here and researchers can judge for themselves what conclusions should be arrived at.
Can Robert Reid be identified in the 1841 census? The census was taken on 6th June, 1841. A source that I can neither verify nor can I find it again, stated that they married in Govan on 28th June that year. Tentatively, therefore, we can look for him as a single man. The most likely candidate is that he was the Robert Ross who was living in Strathbungo Village, Govan, Lanarkshire; a teacher aged 34. With him is Isabella Ross, aged 20. Both of them were born outside the census county. If he were married later in that month, it is hardly likely that Isabella was his first wife. Perhaps she was his sister. This does not help us much.
But if we look for Catherine Dawson, we find that there is a Catherine Dawson who is 30, a teacher, living at 143 George Street, Glasgow, with Janet Dawson, also a teacher, 30, and Elisabeth Woodhead, 70, Independent. All were born in Lanarkshire. And with them is a Janet Ross, aged 5, also born Lanarkshire.
Looking at the 1851 census for Catherine Dawson, now Ross, and a widow, we find that there is a Catherine Ross, who is the head of the home, a widow, aged 48, a Boarding House Keeper, born in Glasgow. She is living at 306 ½ St Vincent Street, Glasgow. Moreover, the Post Office Directory for that year year gives Mrs Robert Ross, living at that address. Everything suggests that she is the widow of Robert Ross the minister. Moreover, with her is her daughter, Janet Ross, 15, a scholar, born in Lanarkshire.
A possible scenario is that Robert Ross had a child, Janet, by his first marriage; she was staying with Catherine Dawson, perhaps in anticipation of the fact that she was shortly to become Janet's step-mother. When Robert Ross died Janet Ross naturally stayed on with Robert's widow, Catherine, and was effectively her "daughter" rather than here "step-daughter".
This may not tell us much about Robert Ross, but it does give us two lines of enquiry: does this help us to identify Catherine Dawson more clearly? And can we find out more about Janet Ross?
In regard to Catherine Dawson, a Cathrine Dawson appears in the OPR, dated 29th January, 1802, she is the daughter of William Dawson and Elisabeth Woodhead. Janet McGilchrist Dawson was born to this couple in 1804. This means that the Elisabeth Woodhead staying with the family in 1841 was actually Catherine and Janet's mother. The only difficulty is that of ages: the ages of Janet and Catherine in 1841 do not correspond closely with these birth dates – but that is of no great importance: the 1841 did not claim to give ages exactly and it is obvious that there were wide discrepancies between ages in general in the 1841 and the ages of individuals.
This identification can be confirmed (or otherwise) by looking at the death record of the Catherine Dawson or Ross who died in Rhu, Dunbartonshire, in 1890. We'll do that some day. (We have now done that and the above is confirmed.)
What then of Janet Ross? A Janet Ross was registered in Glasgow on 17th August, 1835, the daughter of Robert Ross and Margaret Steel. They had another daughter, Helen, registered there on 16th July, 1837. A Robert Ross and Margaret Steel's marriage was recorded on 5th and 6th July, 1834, in Ayrshire, in Loudoun and Galston, respectively.
This leads to a tentative conclusion that Robert Ross' first wife was Margaret Steel, by whom he had two daughters: Janet and Helen.
Much more remains to be done on. For example, what happened to Janet and Helen? Well, the most probable identification of Helen is that in 1841 she was 4 years of age and of independent means, living with a family of Rosses in Villafield Place, St Mungo, Glasgow. The family consisted of Thomas 15, James 15, Jenet 15, Peater 13, Margaret 7 and Helan 5, all born Glasgow. We need to explore who these are. And much more besides – but that's just part of the difficulties in exploring the families of men whose ministry fell between two censuses.
Falling between Two Censuses
Charles Calder Mackintosh: whom did he marry?
Archibald Nicol, Coll, Argyll
Morag M Fowler says:
SP Janet Ross of 306 1/2 St Vincent Street, age 26, dau of Robert Ross, minister of the Free C of S and Margaret Steele, both deceased, married, on May 21, 1862, Robert Jamieson, mill manager 27, of White Abbey, Belfast.
Robert Ross came from Loudoun, Margaret Steel from Galston. They married on 6/7/1834.
In the Newry Herald and Dow, Armagh and Louth Journal 24/5/1862 Janet is said to be the only daughter of the late Rev. Robert Ross. In the Northern Whig the death is recorded of Janet Ross, wife of Mr. Robert Jamieson, Belfast on 18/9/1866. Her remains were to be interred in the Glasgow Necropolis. I have not traced any children of that marriage.
Robert Jamieson was born in Loudoun parish in 1834. Robert Jamieson was my great grandfather.
This page was last updated on: Jan 28, 2019 @ 4:53 pm
During the restrictions we are currently facing, visits to Libraries are out of the question. We are therefore working in an area which can be done online – namely, publications by ministers or about ministers. This was an area which we didn't tackle when we started giving Supplementary material to Ewing's < em>Annals</em> but now is an appropriate time to tackle that big theme. The guidelines which we are following are laid out here: Ewing's Annals/ Supplementary Information – Publications.
We discovered that sometimes we were not reaching the page we wanted using certain links on certain pages. This was not a mistake on my part but a technical glitch in the system. I have rectified the problem in the pages that I thought were affected by this.
Everything should now be well – but if you find that you are getting to the right publication but the wrong page, then let me know what you were trying to do and I shall try and sort the matter out.


About a year ago, in Stanford's ENGR145 Technology Entrepreneurship class, Jesse Leimgruber and Misha Talavera pitched NeoReach in front of classmates, professors and venture capitalists. They explained their vision for a tech-enabled advertising marketplace. On August 27, 2014, after a series of accelerators, NeoReach stepped out into the limelight when it raised $1.5 million in seed funding while 19-year-old Jesse was still an undergraduate student at Stanford.
NeoReach is an online platform that connects brands with bloggers and social media influencers who are looking for new brands to endorse. Brands looking to promote their product post an offer on the NeoReach platform where social media influencers select a brand that fits their channel, and share the sponsored product or content on their social media page. Brands compensate influencers on a cost-per-click basis.
Currently, NeoReach takes no cut of the social media influencers' pay. The company is focused on creating the most effective marketplace for brands to meet social media influencers. In the future NeoReach might decide to earn revenue by charging a usage fee or taking a percentage of the price per click. However, for now, they are focused on building the "centralized hub for influencer endorsements," said co-founder and CMO, Misha Talavera.
Misha explained, "bloggers and influencers are promoting brands and products all the time, but the process for influencer marketing campaigns is still manual and inefficient, like the airlines ticket market used to be before Expedia built a centralized marketplace." NeoReach is building that centralized marketplace, and hoping to tap into the incredible pull of word-of-mouth marketing. Thus, for their ENGR145 final project, Talavera and Leimgruber proposed this solution to use technology to increase collaboration between brands and people. NeoReach creates a platform where users can find products, services or information that are relevant to their channel, thus facilitating organic information sharing. NeoReach tracks performance metrics (engagement, click, conversions, time on site, etc.), in order to report back to the brands and the influencers on their performance.
Misha and the NeoReach are based in the Bay Area and Orlando, FL. They are scaling their development team and are launching a new "influencer development program." With this, they plan to keep growing their influencer and blogger community, and build their brand. We wish them the best!
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Financial opportunities are everywhere. We live in an age of abundance where business opportunities abound if you know how to look. Many times, they cross our paths but we don't notice because we don't have the right mindset to recognize what's right in front of us.
There are a billion things we have within our realm of senses each and everyday. What we notice and don't notice has to do with our we set out minds to find what we're looking for.
Have you ever thought of a certain model of car and all of a sudden you see them everywhere? It's not that there are more Audi A6's in the world suddenly.
It's that you've set your mind to look for them and now among the hundreds of cars you see everyday, it's the Audi's that starts to stick out. Looking for money making opportunities is the same exact thing.
In spite of what the doomsayers say, the world is not falling apart and it's not a place of scarcity. On the contrary, poverty is in decline in the US and worldwide.
People think that poverty is getting worse because that's how they've set their minds to believe. Once they do that, they'll only notice the data the reinforces their bias, in spite of what the real data shows us.
There has never been more opportunities to make money and prosper than any other time in history. The problem is that we've given ourselves a poverty mindset, therefore, we'll look for evidence for why we can't get out of our financial situation all around us.
The first step in shifting your mindset to be able to identify opportunities is to be grateful for what you already have and the opportunities already in front of you. Research is showing the power of gratitude to change brain chemistry. That means you can train you brain over time to have a habit of gratitude.
Start by being thankful that you have food to eat and a place to lay your head at night. That hasn't always been so easy.
In the vast majority of the history of mankind, there were no guarantees that we'd have food and shelter. In fact, much of the world still lives in survival mode. Be thankful that those are a given for most in the western world.
Pay attention as you go through the day for money making opportunities. If they seems scarce, there's a simple solution. It's called Google.
Google and YouTube have tons of people that are willing to share how to make money all for free. If you don't see it throughout the day, just Google or YouTube "how to make money" and you'll find plenty to chew on for years.
Don't be negative in your search. Don't look for all the ways it won't work. Make a list of all the reasons that it may.
When our brains have been used to poverty thinking, making excuses for why things don't work become automatic habits. No venture or opportunity is without it's risks and challenges. But that doesn't mean they won't work.
There are tons of businesses you can start online with just a computer or a mobile phone. You don't even need much money to start for many of them.
eCommerce: It used to be that you had to raise a bunch of money, take out business loans or use your life savings to start a business to sell something. You needed money to lease a retail location, buy a bunch of inventory and hire employees. You don't have to do any of that anymore.
You don't even have to build a website to sell stuff anymore. If it makes you feel any better about taking advantage of these out of the box platforms, even big companies don't build their own eCommerce platforms anymore.
If you're skeptical, just take a look at these two platforms, Big Commerce Enterprise vs Shopify Plus. These are plug and play stores that you can start selling products in no time.
YouTube: If you want something even simpler. Look at starting a YouTube channel. There are millions of people who are making a living on YouTube.
The make money with the advertising revenue from their videos. They also sell their own products, services and online courses to their audience. Some make millions of dollars a year, just producing home videos.
Blog: If you're shy and don't want to be on camera, consider blogging. It was one of the first ways average people made money online.
You can even start with free websites and free training, which is readily available for those who are willing to open their minds and look.
There is no shortage of opportunities out there. It just takes a mindset that is trained to identify them and go after them with abandon.


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BEA Pares WebLogic for ISVs
Tuesday Aug 24th 2004 by Jim Wagner
In a bid to entice more ISVs to adopt its middleware software suite, BEA released 'SOA in a box,' a kit for building service oriented architectures.
BEA Systems, in a bid to entice more ISVs to adopt its middleware software suite, has released "SOA in a box," a kind of kit for building service oriented architectures.
The intent is to get ISVs to wrap their specific applications around SOAs, a software architecture that standardizes the way enterprise users access specific services-based technology, like Web services. Now, officials said, ISVs don't need to worry about building both an application and the infrastructure.
"The functional limitations are less than the [WebLogic Platform] Enterprise Edition but they're precisely what ISVs need," said Robert Flanigan, a spokesman at BEA. "It frees up the research and development cycles within packaged software application vendors to truly focus on their domain expertise around their application rather than the underlying infrastructure."
As such, BEA tailored its WebLogic Platform Enterprise Edition -- a combination of Server, Workshop, Portal, Integration and JRockit -- to meet the specific needs of its partners' application.
BEA developers took the business process management, service orchestration, data mapping and transformation, and process management and monitoring of its WebLogic Integration, as well as the run-time UI and UI designer elements of both its WebLogic Portal and Integration, and melded them with full versions of its WebLogic Server, Workshop, and JRockit.
Officials said the WebLogic Platform ISV Edition will be priced at $17,000 per CPU compared to the $99,000 per CPU price tag associated with the Enterprise Edition.
BEA has spent much of 2004 developing and marketing "Liquid Computing," its SOA strategy that, when implemented throughout the enterprise, will integrate all the disparate software applications on top of one standards-based framework.
Part of that strategy is to get ISVs to build their applications with SOA already included, rather than waiting for the customer to get around to building in the interoperability. With SOA already in place, value-added resellers and system integrators can market and deploy the specific application more easily.
BEA shares the SOA market with some heavy hitters in the Java-based enterprise software department, including fellow middleware giants IBM and Sun Microsystems. Officials believe they have an advantage over both of them when dealing with ISVs.
"We don't have a hardware agenda; we don't have an application agenda," said Bobby Napiltonia, BEA vice president and general manager of worldwide channels and alliances. "We're the integration piece that allows them to focus on their core competencies."
To offset the relative advantage IBM and Sun have over them in providing hardware and software applications, BEA has partnered with vendors, including SAP, HP, and Intel.
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By David Kappel
Portugal captain Cristiano Ronaldo made more history on Wednesday night, while his coach has explained why he benched his superstar for the match against Andorra.
Click through the mini-gallery above to see some other players who won 100+ games with their national teams, according to ESPN!
The 35-year-old came on as a half-time substitute in A Selecao's 7-0 thumping of Andorra earlier this week.
Ronaldo scored one goal and assisted another in his 45-minute cameo, taking his international tally to 102 strikes, which is just seven short of Ali Daei's world record.
The superstar also made more history in the game, though, securing his 100th win with the national team, and becoming the first Portugal player to do so.
His coach, Fernando Santos, meanwhile, had to defend his decision to bench Ronaldo after the match.
"When it comes to the idea that Cristiano Ronaldo must play (against Andorra) to score goals and break the record, well, Ronaldo does not need to score against Andorra to become the top scorer. He will be anyway," Santos explained, as quoted by AS.
"Therefore, he came on as a substitute and played for long enough. It's important to understand that Ronaldo didn't play a game for 19 days during his lockdown. He's one of the players who need some minutes to get a competitive rhythm.
"I didn't think it was right to put him on early in the game. Andorra were playing in the last 20 metres of the pitch, just defending and tackling. It could be dangerous for us. We must look carefully at every situation.
"Anyway, I am not sure if Ronaldo was anxious to play. Every player always wants to score goals, that's for sure."
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It is not hard to see why the Canadian Home Builders Association has recognized Paradise Estates at the local, provincial and national level. The homes within this development were built for longevity. With thoughtful design, steel frame construction, high quality finishing and unsurpassed attention to detail these homes rival luxury homes throughout the valley and all over the world. With a shared outdoor pool, private sandy beach and exclusive marina the common areas within the community encourage neighbours to become friends. It is no wonder Paradise Estates has been named a 2019 Finalist in 2 categories for a Housing Excellence Award from the Canadian Home Builders Association: top award for Detached Homes - Production | Over 3,000 square feet and the Community Development Award.
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Q: How can I find the data point in my PCA plot in python? I made this PCA plot in python and I want to know the name or index of each point how can I find a way?
def pca_arrows_2d(df, pca) :

    feature_vectors = pca.components_.T

    # échelle des flèches
    arrow_size, text_pos = 7.0, 8.0,

    # projections des vecteurs de caractéristiques
    for i, v in enumerate(feature_vectors):
        plt.arrow(0, 0, arrow_size*v[0], arrow_size*v[1],
                  head_width=0.2, head_length=0.2, linewidth=2, color='red', alpha = 0.5)
        plt.text(v[0]*text_pos, v[1]*text_pos, df.columns[i], color='grey',
                 ha='center', va='center', fontsize=18)

sns.pairplot(x_vars=[0], y_vars=[1], data=df_pca, hue="classes", height=10)
pca_arrows_2d(X, pca)

A: Use visualization package plotly to create plots. You can move cursors around the plot and see the data and points. Plotly helps you to find the data and identify the data points in the visualization and its very simple to use.
You can also refer this:
How can I find the data point in my PCA plot in r?
I hope this helps and this is what you wanted?


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From EYFS to Year 6, we follow the Talk for Writing guidance from Pie Corbett in each of our Writing lessons. This also covers the Speaking and Listening objectives for each year group.
Each unit of work begins with a 'cold write' which is used to assess the pupil's prior knowledge of the genre. After a three week teaching sequence, the children then complete a 'hot write' to demonstrate their learning and understanding.
We give the children a wide range of opportunities in which to develop their writing skills of which they are proud.
It is important for pupils to write clearly and develop a fluent and legible writing style. Handwriting is taught across the curriculum discretely and through direct teaching. Teachers model the formation and convey clear expectations. The school follows the cursive handwriting scheme. Expectations for each year group follow the Programme of Study as outlined in the National Curriculum 2014.
Begin to form lower-case letters in the correct direction, starting and finishing in the right place.
Maintain a consistency in the sizing and presentation of their writing.
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Autumn In New York Review
By Athan Bezaitis
No matter how shrewd, wealthy, or debonair a man can be, in a Hollywood drama, he is always humbled by love. Richard Gere is no exception to this rule, and for the second time in a year, he is typecast in yet another implausible romantic lead. Why even bother establishing his character? Like always, he's successful, powerful, and sexy, yet unable to curb his womanizing ways. Only this time it's not Julia Roberts as the flamboyant prostitute or eccentric altar ditcher, but a weepy Winona Ryder, who is half his age and happens to be dying of a rare heart disease. Sound like a winner? It isn't.
Autumn in New York, directed by Joan Chen (Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl), is the recycled love story of a man who has it all but nobody to share it with. The tacky promo, "He taught her how to live, she taught him how to love," basically explains the plot in a nutshell. Flourishing Manhattan restaurant owner Will Keane (Gere) sees something in the beauty, wit, and innocence of young Charlotte (Winona Ryder), despite the fact that he dated her deceased mother in the past. On the flip side, Charlotte has merely a year to live and is not afraid to die because she has nothing truly worth living for. The two find sustenance in one another, but as all love stories go, they endure trying times. Winona is either too young or too sick, and he can't control his libido or escape his shady past. So they're meant for one another, but how long can it last?
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Dead Simple Review
By Christopher Null
Is James Caan in every direct-to-video flick put out these days? I guess there are only so many Godfather movies that can be made to keep his career kicking.
My sarcasm aside, Dead Simple is actually a fun little movie. While the title is a shameless riff on the classic Blood Simple, the movie is also a fun black comedy with a juicy body count. Daniel Stern stars as Frank Jacobs, a hapless motel owner, situated at the geographic center of the United States (which is otherwise a totally flat wasteland). His wife (Home Improvement's Patricia Richardson) wants nothing to do with grand designs -- to become a big country singer/songwriter. But Frank ends up in the sack with local chanteuse Julie (Lacey Kohl), wife of the local star singer Roy Baker (Caan). And then his wife ends up dead... and then the fun begins.
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Complete Parts in One Setup with the PUMA 3100LSY HTC with Sub-Spindle
We are pleased to announce the latest addition to our family of horizontal turning centers. This new machine expands the capabilities of the line by incorporating a sub-spindle into the design. Say hello to the PUMA 3100LSY (and goodbye to multiple setups). The new model will make its debut in Booth #338900 at IMTS 2022, which will take place in Chicago on September 12-17.
As usual, our customers played a significant role in the development of the new model. Thank you, by the way. Your feedback indicated the need for a sizable HTC that is versatile enough to make a complete part (and groups of parts) for defense work, aerospace, oil and gas, compressors and conveyor components.
In general, the PUMA 3100LSY is ideal for any shop doing longer shaft work that requires machining on both ends of the shaft and turning in the middle. If that's you, keep scrolling to learn more.
Made for multi-tasking
The PUMA 3100LSY has a 3,000 r/min, 40 hp (30 kW) main spindle and a 30 hp (22 kW) 4,000 r/min sub-spindle, with the distance between the two being 63.58". The sub-spindle enables transfer of the part for backside machining, thus making it possible to complete a part in one setup. The programmable C-axis on the main and sub-spindle is paired with a BMT-65 live tooling turret that houses 12 tools and runs 5,000 r/min with a 10 hp motor. This design allows milling, drilling and tapping on the back side of parts. Both spindles are temperature controlled for better thermal control.
High speed turret indexing and ultra-fast rapid traverse rates on the PUMA 3100LSY minimize non-cutting time. Mill-drill capability and Y-axis with a full C-axis sub-spindle reduce the need for secondary operations, eliminating additional setup and handling costs.
Increased throughput plus superior finishes
The PUMA 3100LSY has a maximum turning diameter of 16.53" (420 mm) and a maximum length of 50.6" (1,285 mm), with a maximum main spindle chuck size 15" and sub-spindle chuck size of 12.0". Parts can be automatically ejected into the standard parts catcher and onto the parts conveyor.
The beltless integral sub-spindle delivers smooth vibration-free operation. Maximum spindle torque is 441 ft-lbs (9,599 Nm). The spindle is supported by angular contact bearings in the front and cylindrical roller bearings in the rear.
Advanced control for easy operation
The PUMA 3100LSY comes standard with the latest version of the FANUC 0i Plus control with an iHMI touchscreen, which enhances operating convenience by incorporating common-design buttons and layout. It features improved file management, a modern look and a user interface that is more readily accepted by the up-and-coming workforce. Almost anyone can work this HTC—that's something we've made sure of.
See a demonstration of the PUMA 3100LSY, and other innovative products from DN Solutions, in Booth #338900 at IMTS in Chicago on September 12-17. You can also contact us at our New Jersey headquarters.
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Cancer care and public health policy evaluations in France: Usefulness of the national cancer cohort
Philippe Jean Bousquet
Delphine Lefeuvre
Philippe Tuppin
Marc Karim Bendianeid
Mathieu Rocchi
Elsa Boué E-Benhamiche
Jérôme Viguier
Christine Le Bihan-Benjamin
INC - Division de la santé publique et des soins de santé [Boulogne Billancourt, France]
CNAM - Département des études sur les pathologies et les patients [Paris]
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Département des études sur les pathologies et les patients [Paris]
BACKGROUND: In the context of the national Cancer Plans of France that have changed the healthcare landscape, it has become necessary to better document and assess the related actions, and to promote research and understanding. The national cancer cohort, an exhaustive population-based cohort, was set up on the basis of the National Health Data System (SNDS) by the French National Cancer Institute. OBJECTIVES: The aim is to describe the French national cancer cohort. METHODS: All people living in France (67 million population) with universal insurance coverage and diagnosed, treated or followed up for a cancer, such as survivors, are included and will be followed up for 25 years. It contains all healthcare consumptions and reimbursements (i.e. hospitalization, outpatient care, medication…) since 2010. Every year, around 650 000 new cases are included. RESULTS: From 2010 to 2015, 6.2 million subjects have been included. Most subjects were entered in 2010, in 2015 it concerned 0.6 million. In 2015, the median age was 65 [54-76]; 51% were women. The primary cancer organ could be attributed with certitude to 87% of the people. The most frequent locations were skin (16%), breast (15%), prostate (12%), colon-rectum (11%) and lung (9%). In 2015, 40% of included subjects underwent surgery for cancer, 16% chemotherapy at hospital and 11% at least one session of radiotherapy. CONCLUSION: Based on SNDS, the cancer cohort has been designed to study cancer care use in the short-, medium- and long-term, and evaluate healthcare and public health policies.
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Philippe Jean Bousquet, Delphine Lefeuvre, Philippe Tuppin, Marc Karim Bendianeid, Mathieu Rocchi, et al.. Cancer care and public health policy evaluations in France: Usefulness of the national cancer cohort. PLoS ONE, 2018, 13 (10), pp.e0206448. ⟨10.1371/journal.pone.0206448⟩. ⟨inserm-02570117⟩


Storage solution is a term used in a very wide sense. It can be wall, storage room, or garage shelving. Simply by wall shelving, we imply the items being stacked on the shelves that are placed on the wall. The variety available is numerous in terms of wall structure shelving. For example , you can you can put shelves in the shape of a Nike tick or window shelving and many more. There is a number of variety present in terms of materials used for shelving. You may choose the best one depending on the usage and the space obtainable. If you want to stack extremely heavy items, you can opt for plastic shelving or hardwood shelving. However , if it is with decoration purposes, glass shelves may be a better option.


In my last post, I briefly introduced the different communions that make up Mideast Christianity and described their historical treatment under classical Islamic law. For many centuries, Islam tolerated Christians as dhimmis, minorities subject to a notional agreement that allowed them to live in Muslim society as long as they accepted a subordinate status and did not challenge Muslim authority. Yet, as I mentioned, the dhimmi restrictions no longer apply as a formal matter in most of the Mideast, not since the 19th century, when the Ottoman Empire enacted a set of reforms known as the Tanzimat, instigated by European powers, which gave Christians legal equality. In most of the Mideast today, as a formal matter, Christians and Muslims have equal rights. So what explains the violent persecution Mideast Christians now suffer—nothing short of a genocide in some places?
In my first post, I described the terrible conditions facing Mideast Christians today. I'd now like to explore the reasons for their current situation—which are many.
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At the beginning of his career, Pierre Manent spoke of political philosophy's "healing light." Likewise, he pointed to Cicero as a classical model of a philosophically informed citizen who could speak to princes and peoples alike about matters of public concern. His modern-day model was his teacher, Raymond Aron. After a period of apprenticeship, then a steady stream of works of political philosophy, Manent himself entered the civic conversation. Beyond Radical Secularism is his most recent contribution, appearing in French as Situation de France in 2015.
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Pro-Slavery Letters to Congressman S.S. Cox of Ohio. Two letters to this member of the House of Representatives from Ohio an... (Total: 2 )
Pro-Slavery Letters to Congressman S.S. Cox of Ohio. Two letters to this member of the House of Representatives from Ohio and fellow Anti-Abolitionist. The first item: ALS, two pages, 8" x 10" in pencil, n.p. Feb. 1, 1864. A well written outpouring from John Smith defining Lincoln's secretary of state as the destroyer of the southern people and the "devil". It goes on to suggest that his "crusade" is a personal vendetta against southern people and that he intentionally derailed peace between the North and South because "...he wanted to see their blood spilt." The second item, dated Sept. 16, 1863, is an outstanding two page piece of prose entitled IThe Contrast Treason and Patriotism Q outlining the "...schemes of Lincoln and the Devil" and "the despot and the traitor"; signed by its author John S. Trimble.
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This week a couple of us were lucky enough to visit Cherry Press, a letterpress studio based in Chipping Campden.
This week a couple of us from the studio were lucky enough to visit Cherry Press, a letterpress studio based in Chipping Campden. We thought we would team up and get creative, a perfect way to spend a Monday morning!!
For the poster we used a bright green and yellow, creating a spilt fountain, along with our very own hand drawn type. The posters are all printed on a 300gsm soft white cotton sheet then mounted onto a 1.25mm mount board ready for framing.
We have decided to sell the posters on Cherry Press' website, donating all funds to The Movember Foundation who are the leading global organisation committed to changing the face of men's health.
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We have had a lot of fun working on this project, definitely something to do again in the near future!! Thanks for having us Cherry Press!


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Cook leads Vikings to 28-24 prime-time road win over Cowboys
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By SCHUYLER DIXON
AP Pro Football Writer
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) Dalvin Cook did plenty in the running game.
The NFL rushing leader from Minnesota might have had his biggest plays in the passing game while easily outshining two-time rushing champion Ezekiel Elliott.
Cook ran for 97 yards, including the go-ahead touchdown on fourth down on the final play of the third quarter, and had 86 yards receiving that boosted three other scoring drives, leading the Vikings over the Dallas Cowboys 28-24 on Sunday night.
Cook's 183 scrimmage yards gave him the league lead in that category as well at 1,415 as the Vikings (7-3) beat a winning team on the road for the first time in almost two years. Minnesota was 0-9-1 in its previous 10 such games.
"Dalvin handled everything great," coach Mike Zimmer said. "He played outstanding. Had some unbelievable runs, tough, competitive runs. I think Dalvin believes that he's really good. I believe that too."
Amari Cooper had the most circus catches on a night full of them for both teams, including a toe-tapping TD for Dallas' only lead in the third quarter.
Kirk Cousins threw for two touchdown passes, both to Kyle Rudolph, for just his second victory in nine prime-time road games.
But Minnesota's offensive star was Cook, who set up the first two Minnesota touchdowns for a 14-0 lead with catches of 27 and 29 yards on screens and got a first down with an 8-yarder early on the third scoring drive.
"We thought it was going to be a challenge to get some explosive screens and get some explosive runs in this game to have a chance, and I think we checked those two boxes," Cousins said. "That's a big reason why we're standing here with a win instead of a loss."
Elliott had 47 yards on 20 carries after three straight 100-yard games as the Cowboys (5-4) fell into a first-place tie with Philadelphia in the NFC East.
"From the standpoint of numbers, from the standpoint of where you stand, this was a big game for us, and it's going to make it that much harder to get where we want to go," Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said.
Despite throwing for 397 yards and three touchdowns, Prescott lost to Cousins for the first time after going 4-0 against the former Washington quarterback as a division rival.
"We had to make them be one-dimensional," Zimmer said. "I wish we had played better in pass defense than what we did. I thought we did a really good job with our run fits and the way that we tackled."
Cousins, who had 220 yards passing, beat the Cowboys for the second time in eight tries as the Vikings kept pace in the NFC North, a game behind division-leading Green Bay.
Trailing by four in the final two minutes, the Cowboys had a first down at the Minnesota 19 but insisted on continuing to force the ball to Elliott when the Vikings had made it clear they were stopping him first.
Two runs netted minus-3 yards, and the Cowboys went to Elliott again on fourth down even though it was a pass. Linebacker Eric Kendricks broke up the sideline throw to Elliott, a dual threat like Cook but not on this night. He had two catches for 16 yards.
The Cowboys got the ball back with 17 seconds left, but Jayron Kearse intercepted Prescott's desperation pass from near midfield in the end zone.
Dallas was down by four because of settling for a field goal and a 28-24 deficit after having a first down at the Minnesota 6. Another smothered run by Elliott was followed by two incompletions.
RUDOLPH'S SCORING
Rudolph started the night of circus catches with a one-handed grab in the back of the end zone and scored on another short TD toss.
Then the tight end put Minnesota up 28-21 after Cook's scoring run by winning a jump ball with cornerback Chidobe Awuzie. Rudolph's 14 points were the most in 122 career games for the ninth-year player.
With the Cowboys trailing 14-0, Cooper kick-started their first TD drive with a heel-dragging catch on third-and-12, followed two plays later by Michael Gallup's 23-yard scoring grab.
Then the player Dallas gave up a first-round pick for at midseason last year had two toe-dragging catches in a row, the second a 12-yard touchdown that put the Cowboys in front for the first time 21-20 in the third quarter. Cooper had 11 catches for 147 yards.
Randall Cobb made a lunging catch in the end zone on a 22-yard touchdown catch to get Dallas even at 14.
BLOWOUT ON GROUND
While Cook outgained Elliott by 120 scrimmage yards, the Vikings finished with 153 yards rushing to just 50 for the Cowboys. That's about 100 yards below Dallas' third-ranked rushing average.
Vikings: RG Josh Kline was ruled out with a concussion in the second half.
Cowboys: S Jeff Heath left with a shoulder injury in the first half.
Vikings: Denver at home next Sunday before their open week.
Cowboys: At Detroit next Sunday.
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Taro Hakase's Summer Breeze
Fri 12 Jul 2019, 19:00 ,Milton Court
Japanese violinist Taro Hakase captures the feeling of a warm summer's evening with this concert featuring a selection of his favourite pieces alongside his own compositions.
Taro Hakase is one of Japan's best-loved violinists, as technically dazzling as he is charming as each piece is introduced with a few words – and probably a joke – from the artist himself.
Hakase first appeared on the international music scene in 1996, when he recorded 'To Love You More' with Céline Dion, which went on to become a No. 1 hit. In 2007, he moved to London, and has been based between here and Japan ever since, establishing himself as a dynamic and captivating performer and composer – a world-class violinist.
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Romosozumab Phase 2 Data Published In New England Journal Of Medicine Show Significant Increases In Bone Mineral Density At Both Spine And Hip
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. and BRUSSELS, Jan. 1, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Amgen (NASDAQ:AMGN) and UCB (Euronext Brussels:UCB) today announced results from a Phase 2 trial evaluating romosozumab (AMG 785/CDP7851) in postmenopausal women with low bone mineral density (BMD). Published in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), the trial demonstrated that, compared with placebo, romosozumab treatment for 12 months significantly increased BMD at the lumbar spine, total hip and femoral neck. Significant increases were also observed in the first BMD assessment at three months. Moreover, in exploratory analyses, increases observed at the lumbar spine and hip were significantly greater than those observed with current treatments FOSAMAX® (alendronate sodium) and FORTEO™/FORSTEO® (teriparatide).1
"The results of the study demonstrate significantly increased BMD and stimulation of bone formation with romosozumab treatment in women with postmenopausal osteoporosis," said Michael McClung, M.D., director of the Oregon Osteoporosis Center and lead study investigator. "Additionally, romosozumab treatment resulted in greater increases in bone mineral density than those seen with both placebo and the active comparators. These data provide important insight into this medicine being developed for women with postmenopausal osteoporosis at high risk for fractures."
Romosozumab is an investigational medicine in Phase 3 clinical development for the treatment of osteoporosis in postmenopausal women and is not currently approved by any regulatory authority.
In this Phase 2 trial, each of the five romosozumab dose regimens significantly increased BMD compared with pooled placebo groups at the lumbar spine, total hip and femoral neck regions (all p<0.001). The largest increases were observed with the romosozumab 210 mg once-monthly dose, with mean increases compared with baseline of 11.3 percent at the lumbar spine, 4.1 percent at the total hip and 3.7 percent at the femoral neck.
Additionally, in exploratory analyses, BMD gains were significantly greater than active comparators at month 12, with romosozumab treatment achieving a mean increase of 11.3 percent at the lumbar spine compared to increases of 4.1 percent and 7.1 percent at the same region achieved with FOSAMAX and FORTEO, respectively. At the total hip, romosozumab treatment increased BMD 4.1 percent, while observed gains with FOSAMAX were 1.9 percent and with FORTEO were 1.3 percent (all p<0.001).1
The comparators to romosozumab were placebo, oral FOSAMAX (70 mg weekly) and subcutaneous FORTEO (20 μg daily), both of which were open-label.1
Adverse events were similar across groups, except for mild, generally non-recurring injection site reactions observed more frequently with romosozumab compared to placebo, but with no observed dose-related relationship. Most common adverse events included mild upper respiratory tract infection, pain in the back and joints, and headache. These reactions did not lead to study drug discontinuation or study withdrawal; the safety of romosozumab will be further addressed in subsequent larger studies.1
"There remains a significant need for additional treatment options that form new bone. Romosozumab is designed to stimulate bone formation, which makes it different from most available treatments that reduce bone resorption," said Prof. Dr. Iris Loew-Friedrich, chief medical officer, UCB. "We are encouraged by the emerging efficacy and safety profile, and look forward to further investigating its potential in the ongoing global Phase 3 clinical program."
"Broken bones due to osteoporosis are common and can have a significant impact on the patient, her family and the healthcare system, yet the seriousness of this health event remains underappreciated, with only two-in-10 women receiving follow-up testing or treatment after they have broken a bone," said Sean E. Harper, M.D., executive vice president of Research and Development at Amgen. "With its bone-forming ability, romosozumab may result in new treatment strategies to help manage this disease."
The study was a Phase 2, multicenter, international, randomized, placebo-controlled, parallel-group, eight-arm study of 419 postmenopausal women aged 55 to 85 years with BMD T-score <–2.0 at the lumbar spine, total hip or femoral neck and >–3.5 at all three sites. Study participants were randomly assigned to receive subcutaneous romosozumab monthly (70, 140, or 210 mg) or every three months (140 or 210 mg), subcutaneous placebo, or oral FOSAMAX (70 mg weekly) or subcutaneous FORTEO (20 μg daily), both of which were open-label.1
The primary endpoint was percentage change from baseline in lumbar spine BMD at 12 months. Secondary endpoints included percentage changes in BMD and in bone turnover markers at other sites.1
About Osteoporosis
Osteoporosis affects many women after menopause2,3 as their ability to form new bone cannot counter balance the rate at which bone is being removed. This bone loss leads to weakened bones over time, increasing the potential for a break.4,5
About half of all women over age 50 will have an osteoporosis-related fracture in their remaining lifetime.6 Only 24 percent of women who suffered an osteoporotic fracture received treatment during the following year.7*
According to the National Osteoporosis Foundation, those who have sustained a hip fracture are at a four-times greater risk of a second hip fracture.6
The World Health Organization has officially declared osteoporosis a public health crisis, while the International Osteoporosis Foundation urges governments worldwide to make osteoporosis a healthcare priority.
About Romosozumab
Romosozumab is an investigational bone-forming agent. By inhibiting the protein sclerostin, romosozumab is designed to increase bone formation and decrease bone breakdown.8,9,10 Romosozumab is being studied for its potential to reduce fracture risk in an extensive global Phase 3 program. This program includes two pivotal studies evaluating romosozumab against both placebo and active comparator in more than 10,000 patients with osteoporosis. Romosozumab is being co-developed by Amgen and UCB.
Forward-Looking Statements Amgen
About UCB
UCB, Brussels, Belgium (www.ucb.com) is a global biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and development of innovative medicines and solutions to transform the lives of people living with severe diseases of the immune system or of the central nervous system. With 9,000 people in approximately 40 countries, the company generated revenue of EUR 3.4 billion in 2012. UCB is listed on Euronext Brussels (symbol: UCB).
Forward-Looking Statements UCB
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FOSAMAX® is a registered trademark of Merck & Co., Inc.
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McClung MR, Grauer A, Boonen S, et al. Romosozumab in postmenopausal women with low bone mineral density. N Engl J Med. DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1305224.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Surgeon General. The 2004 Surgeon General's Report on Bone Health and Osteoporosis: What It Means to You. http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/library/reports/bonehealth/OsteoBrochure1mar05.pdf. Published October 14, 2004. Accessed November 18, 2013.
National Osteoporosis Foundation. Clinician's Guide to Prevention and Treatment of Osteoporosis. http://nof.org/files/nof/public/content/file/344/upload/159.pdf. Published January 2010. Accessed November 18, 2013.
Chavassieux P, et al. Insights into material and structural basis of bone fragility from diseases associated with fractures: how determinants of the biomechanical properties of bone are compromised by disease. Endocr Rev. 2007;28:151-164.
Seeman E, Delmas PD. Bone quality – the material and structural basis of bone strength and fragility. N Engl J Med. 2006;354:2250-2261.
National Osteoporosis Foundation. Fast Facts. http://old.nof.artsmithclients.com/node/40. Accessed November 18, 2013.
Andrade SE, et al. Low frequency of treatment of osteoporosis among postmenopausal women following a fracture. Arch Intern Med. 2003;163:2052-2057.
Padhi D, et al. Single-dose, placebo-controlled, randomized study of AMG 785, a sclerostin monoclonal antibody. J Bone Miner Res. 2011;36(1):19-26.
Li X, et al. Sclerostin antibody treatment increases bone formation, bone mass and bone strength in a rat model of postmenopausal osteoporosis. J Bone Miner Res. 2009;24:578-588.
Ominsky MS, et al. Inhibition of sclerostin by monoclonal antibody enhances bone healing and improves bone density and strength of non-fractured bones. J Bone Miner Res. 2011;26:1012-1021.
*Fracture sites: hip, vertebrae or wrist. Data are drawn from a retrospective database study from seven health maintenance organizations.
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In June 1948 the Empire Windrush arrived at Tilbury Docks, Essex carrying hundreds of people from the Caribbean. Many aboard had been to Britain before. Some had fought in World War Two. Most were filled with excitement and hope about coming to the 'Mother Country'. However, this was not the first nor the last ship to carry migrants from the Caribbean. Nor was Britain an unknown world. Slavery, colonialism, and struggles for freedom had entwined the two societies for centuries.
Using original sources, these creative writing activities invite you to explore the arrival of Empire Windrush and reflect on this wider history, including the experiences and contributions of people who migrated from the Caribbean to Britain.
Suitable for secondary school students (Key Stages 3, 4 or 5). We also have activities for primary students.
Key curriculum areas: English Literature, English Language, Creative Writing; Black History Month activities.
Students can pick-and-choose standalone activities, or work through the complete set.
explore Caribbean, British and Black British history, culture and experience.
Firstly, watch the film footage of the arrival of the Empire Windrush which contemporary audiences would have viewed at the cinema.
How are the arrivals being presented to the audience? Consider the selection of interviewees and the questions asked as well as the tone of the voiceover. Why do you think this is the second item on the newsreel?
Next read the newscript reports broadcast by the BBC on 22 June 1948.
Interrogate the content of each bulletin and note what has changed in each one. Think about why this might have happened and the differing reactions the audience may have had to each one. You can do this with a major news story now by carefully noting its development over 24 hours on radio, television or social media.
Write a series of tweets that might have appeared throughout the day of 22 June 1948 from two media outlets with differing points of view.
Record a radio feature about the importance today of the arrival of the Empire Windrush in 1948. You will want to include scripted sections along with interviews from a range of people who have either a familial link to the story or who have an informed opinion. Consider how you will frame your questions and select your voices. Do you want to offer one particular view or present a balanced piece?
Many family members remained in the Caribbean when others made the journey to the 'Mother Country'. Read the account by author and journalist Shiva Naipaul on the ritual of 'going away' and consider his youthful impression of England.
Next, look carefully at the photographs of people arriving in Britain from the Caribbean and try to imagine yourself in that situation. Give your character some depth by choosing a name and sketching in a brief personal history. Find five key words to describe the sensations of climbing aboard the ship and five for your feelings as you eventually disembark.
Then, as described by Naipaul, write the two postcards and airmail letter they might have sent home. You could write to friends or family and vary your tone and content accordingly. How has your experience of London matched your expectations?
To first learn more about Andrea Levy and her writing, read Back To My Own Country: An essay and the article An introduction to Small Island.
Levy's father, Winston, came from Jamaica on the Empire Windrush and Levy draws on her family's experiences in her writing.
Read the passage here which reflects her mother's difficulty in finding a teaching job in England. How does Levy engage the reader in Hortense's situation?
Discussing her novel Small Island on the tenth anniversary of its publication, Levy said that she wrote the book 'because a lot of the stories of the Caribbean are stories that people think they know, but they don't' (watch the full talk).
Could you use this idea of subverting or re-presenting a historical narrative as a starting point for your own short story? You may want to try using elements of your family history. In Small Island, Levy uses four narrators to great effect. You might want to experiment with structure by telling your story from more than one perspective, especially if you are exploring emotive and contentious issues.
The title 'Small Island' works on a number of levels which highlight the parallels between the two locations in the book. It might help your focus to give some thought to your story's title at the planning stage.
These two pamphlets were published in the decade after the passing of the British Nationality Act of 1948 that established common citizenship across the British Empire and allowed all British subjects to settle in Britain. They offer advice on a range of topics and highlight some of the difficulties and prejudices involved in migration.
Study both of these pamphlets and consider the nature of the two institutions who have produced them. How do you think they were received by the intended audiences at the time and how relevant are they today?
Write your own list of the seven pieces of advice that would be most useful to someone of your own age arriving today whose is new to either this country, your town or your school. Look at your list and think about what picture it gives of contemporary society.
Build this into a pamphlet that will offer guidance on practical and social and cultural matters. Would the advice be the same for the student's parents or grandparents? You could include a section for them. Don't be afraid to use humour!
Born in Trinidad, Claudia Jones was deported to Britain from America in 1955 for her political activism. She started the West Indian Gazette and helped to organise an annual indoor Caribbean carnival, the first of which was held in January 1959 in London.
Look at the artists and performances detailed in the Caribbean Carnival Souvenir programme and consider the subtitle used for the original BBC broadcast, 'A people's art is the genesis of their freedom'. What does this mean to you?
Create a contemporary festival programme to reflect your own life, experience or an issue that matters to you. Choose poets, musicians, dancers and writers who respond to and represent issues that are relevant to you today. You will need to be specific about which songs or writings they are to perform. You could also include a poem, piece of writing or song of your own composition and record or perform this. Shape the order and content of the programme to allow the audience to enjoy a varied event that creates a balance between a celebration and conveying your message or purpose.
Among the passengers arriving on the Empire Windrush, several had been members of the British Armed Forces during the Second World War. Many thousands of men from the Caribbean had also taken part in active service during the First World War.
Turn the pages of From the Island of the Sea and imagine what it might have been like to take part in a war so far from home. What do you think is revealed by the caption to the photograph of a 'Typical B. W. I. Soldier': 'No person to be ashamed of – a true son of Empire'?
Gather ideas around the contrasting experiences of someone finding themselves in a different country as part of a military structure and consider how war affects social position and relationships. Think about how this is complicated if they are a citizen of a country which has been colonised by another, and if they have experienced injustice and discrimination under colonial rule. You could now write a poem expressing the strongest of your ideas.
Variations of language and dialects are often highlighted in these wartime situations and are an important part of issues around identity. If you would like to discover more about the varieties of English spoken in the Caribbean, have a look at Sounds Familiar? You could now draft a new poem that experiments with the idea of words and meanings, communication and misinterpretation, or that incorporates the languages or dialects you or your family use.
Petonelle Archer is a freelance educator on the British Library's Schools Programme and writes online resources for Library websites. She has worked for many years in television production and is an experienced teacher and researcher, working on biographies of Austen and Dr Johnson. Her poetry has been published in various anthologies of children's verse.


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