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Eli Sims Shorter
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Eli Sims Shorter (1823-1879) represented Alabama's Second Congressional District for two consecutive terms from 1855 to 1859. The Democrats in his district were attracted to Shorter's eloquent speeches and supported his stance that favored southern states' rights. At the end of his second term, he retired from Congress, preferring to pursue private business matters over politics. He later served as a colonel in the Confederate Army in the western theater of the American Civil War.
Shorter was born in Monticello, Georgia, on March 15, 1823, to Reuben Clark Shorter, a physician, and Mary Butler Gill Shorter; he had 11 brothers and sisters. Reuben, who was from Culpepper County, Virginia, was abandoned at a young age but accumulated enough money during his adolescence to pay for his education, including a medical degree from the Medical University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. Eli attended the common schools in the Jasper County area before his family relocated in the fall of 1837 to Irwinton, (present-day Eufaula) Barbour County. Reuben founded the Baptist Church in Eufaula, and Eli's brother, John Gill Shorter, would serve as Alabama governor (1861-63) during the first years of the Civil War.
Eli began his college studies at Franklin College (present-day University of Georgia) and then enrolled at Yale College (present-day Yale University) in New Haven, Connecticut, in 1839. He graduated in 1843 and delivered the salutary oration to his graduating class during commencement. Eli then enrolled in Yale Law School, where he graduated with a law degree one year later. He returned to Eufaula in 1844, was admitted to the Alabama State Bar, and opened a law practice with his brother John that became one of the most successful in the state. Eli married Marietta Fannin of Troup County, Georgia, on January 12, 1848. Marietta was the niece (although some sources say daughter) of Col. James Fannin, who gained fame during the Texas Revolution. The couple had four children. Their son Eli Sims Shorter II married Wileyna Lamar, heir to the S.S.S. Tonic Company (present-day S.S.S. Company) founded in 1826. The couple built a lavish home, now known as the Shorter Mansion, in Eufaula, and it now houses the Eufaula Historical Museum and the Eufaula Heritage Association.
Shorter had an early interest in politics and was a delegate to the June 1849 Democratic state convention in Montgomery, Montgomery County. He, along with strident slavery advocate William Lowndes Yancey and others, helped to secure the successful nomination of Alabama Supreme Court justice Henry W. Collier of Tuscaloosa County as governor. (They felt Collier would push the Democratic Party closer to a states' rights political platform, but he was a moderate and did not support outright secession as governor.) Shorter's reputation for oratory, strong stance on states' rights, and expertise in legal and agricultural practices in the state caught the attention of many. Shorter and fellow Democratic leaders in Barbour County who favored states' rights and secession were referred to as the "Eufaula Regency." This group of men, consisting mostly of Eufaula lawyers and professionals, were known not only for promoting secession in the 1850s but also for refusing any compromise aimed at preserving the Union.
Shorter was the leading candidate for Alabama's Second Congressional District election in 1855. Traditionally, Barbour County had been a bastion for Whigs, thus preventing a Democrat from representing the district. However, redistricting in 1854 removed Montgomery, Macon, and Russell Counties from the district and added Butler and Lowndes Counties. This action benefitted the Eufaula Democrats who nominated Shorter. His opposition was American Party member and Union supporter Julius C. Alford, who had previously served in the Georgia House of Representatives. Alford attacked Shorter for favoring secession, but the influence of the Eufaula political leaders helped secure the election for Shorter. He won the race by a majority vote. Shorter's first term was such a success that during his re-election campaign against Batt Patterson in 1857 he won every county in the district.
During his tenure, Shorter gained a reputation for arguing in support of slavery. In a speech given before the House of Representatives on April 9, 1856, Shorter denounced the Massachusetts Personal Liberty Bill, which nullified the Fugitive Slave Law in Massachusetts. He claimed that Massachusetts had violated the constitutional rights of the slave states with the bill. He did not claim that the Constitution protected slavery, because he believed that the states' authority did that; rather, he argued that the Constitution protected the rights of the slaveholding states and also protected the Fugitive Slave Law nationwide. Two years later on December 17, 1858, in yet another fiery speech to the House of Representatives, Shorter, as a member of the House Indian Affairs Committee, demanded that the federal government compensate Georgia and Alabama for lands confiscated by the U.S. Army during the Second Creek War, again citing the Constitution's protection of states' rights. The Army had seized lands for the purposes of conducting war against the Creek Indians but never compensated the states or landholders for its use.
With private business matters requiring his attention, Shorter decided to retire and not seek reelection in 1859 after his second congressional term concluded. The seat was won by secessionist James L. Pugh. Shorter, however, remained active in politics. During the presidential campaign of 1860, he served as an elector for the Democratic Party, continuing to voice a strong stand in favor of slavery and states' rights. After the American Civil War broke out, Shorter stepped away from politics to help organize Confederate troops in Alabama. He was elected colonel of the 18th Alabama Volunteer Infantry Regiment, which mustered into the Confederacy in 1861 in Auburn, then in Macon County. He was one of the officers that led the charge on the first day of fighting in April 1862 at the Battle of Shiloh in Tennessee. Military camp-life took its toll on Shorter, however, and after one year in the Army he contracted typhoid fever and was forced to retire on May 10, 1862. Shorter was then sent to Richmond, Virginia, by his brother, John, the governor of Alabama, to aid the Confederate secretary of war on the defenses of Alabama and Florida. At the conclusion of the war, he returned to Eufaula, where he continued his legal and agricultural pursuits and served as president of the Vicksburg and Brunswick Railroad.
During the 1868 presidential campaign, Shorter re-entered politics and used his oratorical talents on behalf of the Democratic nominee, former New York governor Horatio Seymour, in the northwestern states. Former Union general Ulysses S. Grant, the Republican nominee won the election, however. Shorter also played a role during the presidential election of 1876. He campaigned in Indiana for that state's governor, Thomas A. Hendricks, who had promised Shorter a cabinet seat if he was elected. Shorter then served as an Alabama delegate for the 1876 Democratic National Convention when Samuel Tilden, governor of New York, was nominated for president over Hendricks, who became his running mate. Rutherford B. Hayes of Ohio lost the popular vote but defeated Tilden in the Electoral College tally by one vote.
At the peak of his career, tragedy struck Eli Shorter in 1877, when his youngest son William died. Eli never recovered from this loss. He died in Eufaula on April 29, 1879. In addition to his illustrious political career, Shorter was a Knights Templar Freemason and an instrumental figure among Alabama Baptists, having served as president of the Baptist State Convention. He is buried at Fairview Cemetery in Eufaula.
Bunn, Mike. The Eufaula Regency: Alabama's Most Celebrated Secessionist Faction. Eufaula: Eufaula Heritage Association, 2009.
Dorman, Lewy. Party Politics in Alabama from 1850 Through 1860. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 1995.
Thornton, J. Mills, III. Politics and Power in a Slave Society: Alabama, 1800-1860. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1978.


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This readers caring about your protagonist business is known as the reader-character bond, character likability, and character identification. If you want your readers to care about your story enough to finish it, then you've got to know how to forge this bond. Here are 9 ways to do so.
THE READER-CHARACTER BOND: WHAT IS IT?
SYMPATHY, IDENTIFICATION, EMPATHY . . . WHAT ARE THEY?
This is why I like D'Costa's explanation best, and why I prefer the term Reader-Character Bond. Unlike the other terms and explanations, this term actually tells you what the goal is: to create a bond between character and reader, such that reader will follow character all the way to THE END.
With the possible exception of the first way, which is more of an explanation for why the following ways work, these nine ways of creating the reader-character bond are presented in rough order of effectiveness. But of course, the more of them you can use, the stronger your reader-character bond will be.
1. Make the Hero sympathetic.
"[M]ake audiences feel sorry for your protagonist by having him suffer a personal trauma," says Ms. D'Costa.
This "[u]ndeserved misfortune," says Mr. Hauge, "can originate either with a specific event" that happens to your hero at the story's opening "or with a hero's basic situation at the opening of the [story,]" something that happened in their backstory.
2. Put the hero in jeopardy.
"The jeopardy you create doesn't have to be life-threatening," says Mr. Hauge. "Danger of exposure, embarrassment, or loss of a job can be similarly effective, depending on the tone of your" story, and "physical, financial, or emotional threats to their heroes" can create empathy too.
3. Make the hero likeable.
Make the character a kind, good-hearted, and generous person. . . .
Show your hero as well-liked by other characters. . . .
What else can your character do besides save a cat? Anything. Lots of stuff.
"to the planet . . .
to an animal . . .
to a person who'll never know about it . . .
4. Make the Hero Fascinating.
"Inspiring fascination usually requires highlighting a skill or trait that audiences would like to have," says Ms. D'Costa.
Power over other people. . . .
Power to do what needs to be done without hesitation. . . .
Power to express one's feelings regardless of others' opinions. . . .
Contradiction. Walking contradictions tend to fascinate readers and capture their attention.
5. Have the Hero Fulfill the Reader's Wishes.
To get your character to attempt any of these four things, you might have to take another look at your concept and one-liner.
6. Make the Hero Familiar.
7. Give the Hero a Relatable Goal.
"Give your character a goal that is noble, and the reader will take his side," says Mr. Frey, "no matter how much of a degenerate slime he has proven himself to be in the past."Mr.
8. Arouse Empathy Within the Reader.
OKAY, BUT HOW DO I INCLUDE THIS STUFF?
"[Y]ou must use cues to signal to [the reader] that your hero is either likeable, sympathetic, fascinating…or a combination thereof," says Ms. D'Costa.
Then the inciting incident happens, which threatens or jeopardizes the character's status quo, causing the reader to worry about the character.
Then, the clincher, the character doesn't fold up in ball and cry (at least not for long); he's got a can-do attitude. He rallies. He forms a plan, and he starts taking action, giving him the potential to fascinate.
YEAH, BUT WHAT IF MY CHARACTER'S AN ANTI-HERO?
So you have an unsympathetic character, and you like her that way. Do you really have to include bonding cues?
1. "What audience are you writing for?" Some audiences demand sympathetic characters and others demand unsympathetic characters.
3. "Is your character just too nasty to be believable?" Can you enhance her backstory to make her nastiness more believable, more understandable, more sympathetic?
2. Bond first. Then flaws.
Most protagonists aren't saints, and they sometimes do unlikable things. That's fine.
4. Don't Dilute the Bond.
So your story's full of likable, sympathetic, fascinating–in a word, "bondable"–characters. The reader could end up rooting for the wrong guy or maybe even for no one. What do you do?
Assuming you want to keep the protagonist you have . . .
Make sure he's on the story's stage more than any other character, and if you're using multiple POVs, use his most often.
6. Remember, it's about emotion.
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Immigration Detention: Additional Actions Could Strengthen DHS Efforts to Address Sexual Abuse
United States Government Accountability Office
"In 2003 Congress passed the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) to protect individuals against sexual abuse and assault in confinement settings, including persons potentially subject to removal from the United States housed in DHS's [U.S. Department of Homeland Security's] detention facilities. GAO was asked to review DHS efforts to address issues of sexual abuse and assault in immigration detention facilities. This report examines (1) what DHS data show about sexual abuse and assault in immigration detention facilities, and how these data are used for detention management; (2) the extent to which DHS has included provisions for addressing sexual abuse and assault in its detention standards; and (3) the extent to which DHS has assessed compliance with these provisions and the results. GAO reviewed documentation for 215 sexual abuse and assault allegations reported to ICE [U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement] headquarters from October 2009 through March 2013; analyzed detention standards and inspection reports; and visited 10 detention facilities selected based on detainee population, among other things. The visit results cannot be generalized, but provided insight." Sections of this report include: background; ICE sexual abuse and assault allegations data are not complete, which could limit their usefulness for detention management; sexual abuse and assault provisions in detention standards vary in content and applicability across facilities; DHS focused its sexual abuse and assault oversight on facilities housing most detainees and found most facilities compliant with provisions; conclusions; recommendations for executive action; agency comments and GAOs evaluation. Appendixes provide: Process for Reporting and Investigating Sexual Abuse and Assault Allegations; Provisions for Sexual Abuse and Assault Prevention and Intervention Included in Immigration Detention Standards; NPREC Recommendations Compared with DHS Detention Standards and PREA Notice of Proposed Rulemaking; DHS PREA Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Compared with DOJ PREA Rule; and Enforcement and Removal Operations 2008 and 2011 Sexual Abuse and Assault Provisions Inspection Checklists.
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Madlang is an interpreted language, written in Haskell. It runs from the command line, but also provides a Haskell library that can be integrated into other projects, compiled to a web app, or used as an EDSL.
It can be used for twitter bots (among other things) and provides human-readable syntax for generating text.
There are two keywords in madlang you'll use most: :define and :return. :return is the main string we'll be spitting back; there can be only one per file. :define on the other hand can be used to make functions. These functions are combinations of templates, organizing pairs of weights and strings.
To use the library as an EDSL, there are two options: splicing in a file or using a quasi-quoter, viz.


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No matter how good a show is, it needs to come to an end, lest it ends up like The Simpsons. When that end finally arrives, it's essential that the finale gives viewers a sense of closure. With that in mind, here are five cartoons that perfectly illustrate how to wrap up a show. The writers of The Sopranos and Lost should take notes!
The writers of the hit Disney show Phineas and Ferb end summer with a bang in the series finale, "The Last Day of Summer." On the final day of summer vacation, Candacefails to bust her brothers for the final time. When she activates Doofenshmirtz's Do-Over-Inator, though, it causes the day to repeat itself. The resulting time loops erase things from existence, so the gang works to fix time before it's too late.
The plot is reminiscent of Groundhog Day, with a twist. It also serves as a reminder that, as fun as some points in our life can be, we need to move on from them. Still, it can make for good memories, as in the final moments of the show, the cast sings a final song recapping the show. Seeing the cast sing about their adventures with clips of old episodes was the best "thank you" the show could give its fans.
Cartoon Network's longest-running show, Ed, Edd n Eddy, got its send-off in the film, "Ed, Edd n Eddy's Big Picture Show." When the Eds' biggest scam ever goes wrong, the trio flees for their lives. The entire cast then goes on a road trip in pursuit of the Eds, while the Eds look for Eddy's brother to ask for safety.
Two things make "Big Picture Show" the perfect send-off for the show: staying true to the series and character growth. Even though the film takes the Eds beyond the Cul-De-Sac, it remains true to the slapstick comedy that defined Ed, Edd n Eddy. It also shows the Eds actually developing as people and moving past their faults. By the end of the film, the trio's bond has grown, and, in a happy ending, they win what they've always wanted — the friendship of the other kids.
How does a show that deals with crazy and surreal adventures end its run? By having the cast take part in an epic fight to save the universe. In Regular Show's series finale, Mordecai, Rigby, Pops, and all the park regulars battle Pops' evil twin, Anti-Pops. The fight is filled with plenty of callbacks to the show's run and leaves viewers guessing to the very end.
While we missed out on seeing Titan Pops fuse with the Hyperduck Mecha, the finale's climax makes up for it. Its final minutes return to the first episode as reality falls apart. The icing on the cake, though, is the montage we get of the cast moving on with their lives set to David Bowie's "Heroes." Good show, Regular Show. Jolly good show.
Dipper, Mabel, and the residents of Gravity Falls face Bill Cipher in Gravity Falls' finale. While "Weirdmageddon 3: Take Back the Falls" does stumble for a moment by wasting the potential of the zodiac, the rest of the episode makes up for it. From the Shacktronfight to Stan sacrificing his mind to destroy Bill, there's plenty of action for all.
Like most great finales, Gravity Falls ties up most loose ends. Unlike most finales, though, the end credits reveal one final surprise for fans in the form of a scavenger hunt. Fans took to the road and social media to find clues leading to the location of a real-life statue of Bill Cipher. Way to throw the fans a bone, Alex Hirsch!
For three years, Avatar: The Last Airbender built up to this moment. With the arrival of Sozin's Comet, Aang would finally face Fire Lord Ozai and end his war of conquest. No one knew what to expect from the finale. How would the final battle play out? Would Aang have to kill the Fire Lord? The answers exceeded everyone's expectations in the four-part finale, "Sozin's Comet."
Almost everything about the finale was in perfect harmony. Every major character got a moment in the spotlight, the humor mixed well with serious moments, and the fights were amazing. While some called the way Aang defeated Ozai a cop-out, it was the only method that didn't involve killing, and it was true to Aang's character.
"Sozin's Comet" may not have been perfect, but it is as close to an ideal finale as a show can get. Critics and fans heaped praise on it, with one review saying it deserves an Academy Award. Even the questions that it didn't have time to resolve get dealt with in the graphic novel sequels. "Sozin's Comet" is an example of how to do a series finale the right way, and shows should use it as an example of such. Plus, Aang and Katara finally become a couple — #KataangForLife.
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On 12-4-1957 Vince Gill was born in Norman, Oklahoma. He made his 300 million dollar fortune with Turn Me Loose, The Things That Matter & I Still Believe in You . The musician is married to Amy Grant, his starsign is Aries and he is now 62 years of age.
Vince Gill is an American country singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist, and he became widely known as frontman to the country rock band Pure Prairie League, as well as a solo artist later. He has earned 21 Grammy Awards, more than any other male country music artist.
In 1980, Gill married country music singer Janis Oliver of Sweethearts of the Rodeo and their daughter was born in 1982. However, in 1997, the couple filed for divorce.
In 1993, Gill met Christian music artist Amy Grant but she was married at the time so the two claimed to be nothing more than friends. However, once Grant's divorce was finalized, she and Gill started seeing each other publically and they got married in 2000. They have one daughter together.
In his spare time, Vince Gill is a passionate golf player and he has organized and/or participated in many golf events.
Where does Vince Gill live? And how much money does Vince Gill earn?
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Safari for iOS 7 review
Macworld UK reviews the Safari web browser in iOS 7. We see how fast is Safari for iOS7, and examine the new features in Safari for iOS 7. Here's our Safari for iOS 7 review.
by Matt Egan, Global Editorial Director | 19 Sep 13
Should I buy Apple iOS 7?
Expert's rating:
Fast browser, nice new features
We like Safari for iOS 7. It's not an earth-shattering breakthrough in mobile web browser design, but it offers some interesting new features, and is fast and stable. Kudos.
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As I began to write this piece I found myself intoning aloud: 'I wish I'd paid more attention to iOS 6'. That's because initially I was struggling to see anything new or different in Safari for iOS 7 than was in iOS6. In fact when surfing the web with iOS 7's flavour of Safari it's tricky to even notice Safari. And this is a good thing: Safari is a tool for web browsing, and when browsing the web you want to look at and interact with websites, not browsers.
We tested Safari using an iPhone 5 running the final version of iOS 7.0. You can get iOS 7 for free for the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. (See also: How to update your iPhone or iPad to Apple iOS 7.)
Safari for iOS 7: performance
In use we found Safari for iOS 7 to be perfectly snappy. Indeed, we couldn't honestly notice any difference from Safari for iOS6. Running the SunSpider 0.9.1 JavaScript benchmark (the one we ran on our iPhone 5 with iOS6), the iOS6 version of Safari produced an excellent average score of 941ms. In contrast Safari in iOS scored an even more impressive 816ms.
Of course in real-terms the difference here is negligable, but it is good code that can add features and not get slower: never mind being measurably faster.
What's new in Safari for iOS 7?
So what is new in Safari for iOS 7? Well the whole OS has been given a radical visual overhaul. The new Safari - like the new OS - is based on being as simple as possible. There are few if any extraneous design elements, and what there is is graphically rendered in software, less obtrusive fonts and colours.
Safari for iOS 7: unified search field, hidden
In Safari this manifests itself in several ways. In the most obvious Apple has - whisper it - taken a leaf out of Mozilla's Firefox book and created a unified search field, and then learnt from Microsoft's IE and hidden it. Thus the field into which you type in your URL or search term is just one field, and that is visible only when you need it to be. When you are browsing a web page you can see only the URL of the domain on which you are surfing - so this page would be mobile.macworld.co.uk, or macworld.co.uk.
It's a good improvement. You don't need a separate search and URL field. You probably input URLs rarely if at all. And the extra space may be small but it does make a difference.
Safari for iOS 7: improvements in navigation
And then there are improvements in the ability to navigate - swiping backwards and forwards takes you to the previous or next page of your browsing session. Arrow icons on the appearing and disappearing bar at the bottom of the windows do something similar. It's a feature we've seen on smarter mobile and responsive websites, but it's clever of Apple to put it into the web browser. Microsoft, for instance, is often saying that apps are only successful because web browsers haven't been.
Microsoft has no apps to speak of, of course, so it would say that. But making Safari work more like an app does head off that argument. With iOS 7 you can browse Macworld app or the Macworld website, and have a broadly similar experience. (See also: Best apps for iOS 7.)
Safari for iOS 7: Tab View
Another interesting new feature is the new Tab View. It's an example of what Apple does well: genuinely good design. It looks good, yes. But in doing so the functionality is improved. Instead of looking at tabs, when you hit the tab icon at the bottom of the browser windo the Tab View shows a bird's-eye view of a fan of pages. Thus you are able to comfortably see lots of tabs, and a preview of what is on them, in a nice-looking page. I imagine that most of us keep multiple tabs open these days, after all.
From the Tab View you can enable private browsing, too. This is not a new idea, and my wife and I have no idea why anyone would want such a feature. And it was in iOS 5. But it's still there, and the iPhone remains the best smartphone for single-handed operation. [Coughs.]
Safari for iOS 7: share, bookmark
Alongside the Tab View icon on the bottom bar is the back and foward arrows mentioned above, and two other icons: Bookmark and Share. Let's take Share first.
Hit Share and you are given the opportunity to share to Message, Mail and your social accounts. from this Windows you can also Bookmark the page, add to a reading list, copy and so on. It's all very intuitive and useful: our only complaint is that as before you have to populate the message or social post, rather than it being pre-populated based on the page's content. It's not much of a moan, no other browser I know of does that. But it is important. I'll just keep hitting the onpage Tweet button in the mean time.
Bookmarks is interesting. As well as allowing you to add bookmarks to a plethora of usefully named folders (which you can edit), Bookmarks allows you to view and add to your reading list. And there is a new feature: 'Shared Links'. This shows you all the URLs in your Twitter timeline, who posted them and what they had to say about them. It's a way of browsing shared stories without having to flip between Twitter app and Safari. I'm not entirely sure I will use it, although it is immediately a good way of spending a few minutes browsing new things, when you have a few minutes to kill. (See also: Find the best iPhone contract.)
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Q: zenbook + debian 8, не инициализирует hdmi монитор Поставил Debian 8 на ноутбук zenbook с видеокартой intell, на самом экране жуткое разрешение в 3200px и его нельзя регулировать,  hdmi монитор не виден. В настройках, пробовал поставить grender - вместо него предложил пакет lxrender, поставил arender - не видит воторого монитора и нельзя менять разрешение

A: С Debian так и не смог совладать, помимо невозможности управления разрешением монитора, еще и не работал HDMI монитор. Возможно если по шаманить, то можно все сделать как надо, но я поставил Ubuntu - все прошло гладко и отлично работает, лучше чем в Windows 10, с первого запуска масштабирование экрана устанавливается оптимальным, HDMI так же работает.

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This Remix By Stanford's Everyday People Has Us Dancing Into The Weekend
There are some songs that just make you get up and move every time you hear them.
Journey's "Don't Stop Believing," Bon Jovi's "Livin' On A Prayer" and Whitney Houston's "I Wanna Dance With Somebody" are just a few that come to mind. But when you think of the hip-hop genre, few are as iconic as Blackstreet's "No Diggity."
Now combine that into a remix with Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean"....and forget about it. You've struck gold.
Well, Stanford University's Everyday People figured this combo out years ago and its still a worthwhile performance watching it today in 2016. We're kicking it back to smooth singing, some fine dance moves, and a bunch of charisma in this #TBT of the group's mashup of "No Diggity/Billie Jean."


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Freundel Stuart Regime's credibility on the line, BCCI Director lambastes
by Bajan Reporter / August 14th, 2016
WITH EVERY PROJECT that Government touts but then fails to get off the ground, the administration loses credibility.
The warning has come from executive director of the Barbados Chamber of Commerce & Industry (BCCI) Lisa Gale. Moreover, the top BCCI official lamented that the island has been through seven years of "economic turmoil" and "more often than not it seems like this phase is not leaving us; sometimes more because of inaction than because of action".
In a hard-hitting submission to members in the BCCI's latest monthly publication, Gale said that with the Budget looming, the private sector was not seeking handouts from the Freundel Stuart administration.
"As a spokesperson for the private sector I can say confidently that we are not looking for handouts but hand-ups. Our businesses must feel as though they can trade in a free and fair manner in the various sectors they are participating in."
(Nation Publishing)
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Barahona. I came here few days before Easter Sunday and I experience firsthand that Holy Week - Semana Santa is really busy time in Dominican Republic. Especially in tourism field. So I am looking for some cheap hotel to spend few days here and I'm being told some crazy prices (like 2-3 times more than usual)... The other places, that are very often empty in "normal" weeks, now are occupied. So that's the Holy Week in Dominican Republic - honestly, you may be suprised how many Dominicans move around during that time. For them it's one of the biggest holidays in whole year...And how do they spend it ? Like usual weekend, but this time - 3 times louder ;-), with 3 times more money and with 3 times bigger party...So beware ! Heheh.
So today I am going just for one day to the Laguna Rincon and Polo Magnetico. Last one is the place where - at least they say like that- the cars drive themselves up on the hill...I will see if its true or not.
....And I go to Polo Magnetico, expecting some great optical illusion, but...What I see is nothing. Or maybe it could be something if I would be drunk, stoned or under influence of some kind of psychedelic drugs. But there is no illusion here. Glass botle doesnt want to go uphill. No illusion. Shame.
...And I'm doing it. I buy the glass of some cheap oil for 25 pesos (!). I will change the oil later. I am going back to Barahona without any problems.


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A estrela-do-mar é um animal equinoderme em forma de estrela pertencente à classe Asteroidea e ao subfilo Asterozoa. Existem cerca de 1.900 espécies de estrela-do-mar no fundo do mar em todos os oceanos do mundo, dos trópicos até as gélidas águas polares. Elas são encontradas desde a zona intermareal, descendo para as profundezas abissais, 6.000m (20.000 pés) abaixo da superfície. Entre seus parentes mais próximos podemos citar: o ouriço-do-mar, a bolacha-do-mar e o pepino-do-mar, e em uma classificação mais recente as margaridas-do-mar que são uma infraclasse de Asteroidea.

Estrelas-do-mar são animais marinhos. Elas normalmente têm um disco central e cinco braços, embora algumas espécies tenham um maior número de braços. A região aboral ou superfície superior pode ser lisa, granular ou espinhosa, e é coberto com sobreposição de placas. Muitas espécies são coloridas em vários tons de vermelho ou laranja, enquanto outras são azul, cinza ou marrom. A estrela-do-mar tem pé ambulacrário (ou seja "pés escondidos") operado por sistema hidráulico e uma boca no centro da superfície inferior. São, em sua maioria, predadoras de animais típicos da zona bentônica. São animais que possuem sistema digestório completo e várias espécies têm comportamentos de alimentação especializados, incluindo a eversão de seus estômagos e suspensão de alimentação. Elas têm complexos ciclos de vida e podem se reproduzir tanto sexualmente quanto assexuadamente. A maioria pode regenerar partes danificadas ou braços perdidos e lançar os braços como um meio de defesa. Os Asteroidea ocupam várias funções ecológicas significativas. Estrelas-do-mar, como a Pisaster ochraceus e a Stichaster australis, tornaram-se amplamente conhecidas como exemplos do conceito de espécie-chave em ecologia. A tropical estrela-do-mar-coroa-de-espinhos (Acanthaster planci) é um predador voraz de coral em toda a região Indo-Pacífica e a estrela-do-mar-do-pacífico-norte é considerada uma das 100 piores espécies invasoras. Nos ambientes intocados desempenha um papel importante na manutenção da diversidade dos corais, porque atua como os incêndios florestais, abrindo novos hábitats nos ecossistemas em clímax para o estabelecimento de outras espécies. e um predador desses animais é o caracol-gigante-tritão Charonia, recolhido em grandes quantidades por suas belas conchas.

O registro fóssil de estrela-do-mar é antigo, remonta ao período Ordoviciano cerca de 450 milhões de anos atrás, mas é bastante pobre, já que as estrelas do mar tendem a se desintegrar após a morte. Apenas os ossículos e as espinhas do animal são suscetíveis de serem preservadas, fazendo com que os restos sejam difíceis de localizar. Com a sua atraente forma simétrica, a estrela-do-mar têm desempenhado um papel na literatura, na lenda, no design e na cultura popular. Elas são, às vezes, coletadas como curiosidades, usadas em um design ou como logotipos, e em algumas culturas, apesar de possível toxicidade, elas são comidas.

Taxonomia
O nome científico Asteroidea foi dado à estrela-do-mar pelo zoólogo francês de Blainville , em 1830. É derivada do grego aster, ἀστήρ (uma estrela) e do grego eidos, εἶδος (forma, aparência). A classe Asteroidea pertence ao filo Echinodermata. Assim como a estrela-do-mar, os equinodermes incluem ouriços-do-mar, dólares de areia, ophiuroidea, pepinos do mar e crinoidea .As larvas de equinodermos possuem simetria bilateral, mas durante a metamorfose este é substituído com simetria radial, normalmente pentamérica. Equinodermos adultos são caracterizados por possuírem um sistema vascular de água com pé ambulacrário e um endoesqueleto calcário, consistindo de ossículos ligados por uma malha de fibras de colágeno. As estrelas-do-mar estão incluídas no subfilo Asterozoa, as características incluem um corpo achatado, em forma de estrela, como adultos, que consiste de um disco central e vários braços irradiando. O subfilo inclui as duas classes de Asteroidea, a estrela-do-mar, e Ophiuroidea, ofiuróides e a cesta-de -estrelas. Os asteróides têm uma ampla base de braços com apoio do esqueleto fornecido pelas placas de calcário na parede do corpo enquanto ofiuróides tem braços delgados claramente demarcados,reforçados por ossículos  fundidos, formando "vértebras".

O ancestral comum mais recente dos Echinodermata data de 500 milhões de anos, e logo após houve um período de especiação que durou cerca de 10 a 15 milhões de anos. Este período curto, porém, intenso, teve uma alta taxa de divergência morfológica, e isto dificulta os estudos filogenéticos dentro do grupo.

Existem duas hipóteses são mais discutidas entre os equinodermatólogos, a Asterozoa Echinozoa e a Cryptosyringida. Em ambas hipóteses, Crinoidea é o ancestral comum e Echinoidea e Holothuroidea formam um clado denominado Echinozoa. A diferença entre as duas hipóteses é com relação a posição dos Ophiuroidea.

A hipótese Asterozoa-Echinozoa foi primeiramente proposta por Bather (1900). Nesta hipótese o clado Asterozoa é formado por Ophiuroidea e Asteroidea e é suportado por análises moleculares e morfológicas, os asteroides e ofiuroides são superficialmente similares, pois ambos os grupos possuem braços e formato do corpo em estrela. Porém, os braços das estrelas-do-mar não são distintos do disco central do corpo e, no geral, não executam um papel diretamente na locomoção. Além disso, há importantes diferenças morfológicas e funcionais no sistema digestório. A sinapomorfia morfológica de Asterozoa é o plano corporal do adulto, que inclui a forma estrelada e a construção do quadro oral e ossículos ambulacrais.

A hipótese Cryptosyringida foi primeiramente descrita por Smith (1984). Nesta hipótese, o clado Cryptosyringida é composto por Echinoidea, Holothuroidea e Ophiuroidea e é suportado por análises morfológicas e embriológicas. Uma das sinapomorfias morfológicas que suporta esta hipótese é a posição do nervo radial: dentro de um canal epineural fechado nos Cryptosyringida, e na epiderme dos Asteroidea. A sinapomorfia embriológica está relacionada à nutrição da larva, que não se alimenta no caso dos Crinoidea e se alimenta no caso dos Cryptosyringida.

Contudo, evidências fósseis, moleculares e de desenvolvimento apoiam a posição de grupo-irmão dos ofiuroides com os asteroides em um clado conhecido como Asterozoa, enquanto os equinoides e os holoturoides estão posicionados em um clado referido como Echinozoa, e os crinoides representam o primeiro grupo a ramificar suportando assim a hipótese Asterozoa. Antes o filo Echinodermata era divido em dois subfilos Pelmatozoa que continha a classe crinoidea e o subfilo Eleutherozoa que continha a Superclasse Asterozoa composta por Asteroidea e †Somasteroidea e Superclasse Cryptosyringida composta por Holothuroidea , Echinoidea e Ophiuroidea. Sendo assim comprovado que Crinoidea é o ancestral comum e o primeiro a se ramificar entre os clados, seus subfilos foram divididos em subfilo crinozoa composto pela classe Crinoidea, subfilo asteroza composto pelas classes Ophiuroidea e Asteroidea e subfilo echinozoa. Formado por Echinoidea, Holothuroidea.

Um outro aspecto a ser observado, são as "margaridas-do-mar" ou concentricicloides, era posicionada em uma classe separada (Concetricycloidea) mas atualmente ela é considerada como uma infraclasse de Asteroidea.

Anatomia

A maioria das estrelas-do-mar tem cinco braços que irradiam a partir de um disco central, quando adultas, possuem simetria radial, no estágio larval a simetria é bilateral, em sua maioria possuem aproximadamente de 15 a 25 cm de diâmetro, sem articulação nítida, os braços consistem em extensões celômicas envolvidas por paredes corporais axiais e extra-axiais, em cada braço, um grande sulco ambulacrário estende-se radialmente a partir da boca, cada sulco contém duas ou quatro fileiras de projeções tubulares chamadas pés ambulacrários, estes são os órgãos locomotores e formam parte do sistema hidrovascular. Na ponta de cada braço há um tentáculo táctil e algumas manchas pigmentadas, atuando como órgão sensorial. A boca é voltada para o substrato, o ânus quando presente encontra-se na superfície aboral, pés tubulares com ampolas internas, pode ter ou não ventosas.

Tanto na superfície oral e aboral há espinhos calcários, variando a quantidade dependendo da espécie. Na parte aboral, existem pápulas, que são evaginações epiteliais, projetam-se da cavidade do corpo entre os espinhos para a respiração e excreção. Ao redor dos espinhos e pápulas há pedicelárias, possuem forma de pinça, que mantém a superfície do corpo limpa e também auxiliam na captura de alimento, podendo ser simples, pedunculadas ou alveolares. O ânus é uma abertura diminuta próxima ao centro da superfície aboral e nas proximidades do madreporito (placa que comunica o sistema ambulacrário ao meio externo). O número de braços varia de acordo com o grupo. Luidia ciliaris tem sete braços, membros da Solasteridae tem de dez a quinze enquanto a Antártida Labidiaster annulatus pode ter até cinquenta. Não é incomum na espécie que normalmente tem cinco braços alguns indivíduos possuirem seis ou mais, através de um desenvolvimento anormal.

Parede do corpo

A superfície externa do corpo se encontra coberta por uma epiderme constituída por uma camada de células epiteliais monociliadas e não ciliadas, células mucosas e células sensoriais ciliadas. Esses cílios fazem a limpeza externa.
Uma derme grossa, formada de tecido conjuntivo e uma fina camada de celoma mioepitelial, que fornece a musculatura longitudinal e circular. A derme contém um endoesqueleto de carbonato de cálcio, componente conhecido como ossículo. Estas são estruturas em forma de favo, compostas de microcristais calcita organizados em uma gelosia. Eles variam em forma, com alguns grânulos externos arredondados, tubérculos ou espinhos, mas a maioria são placas tabulares que se encaixam perfeitamente juntos,dispostos em quadrados e formam a principal cobertura da superfície aboral. Alguns são estruturas especializadas, como o madreporite (a entrada para o sistema vascular de água), pedicellariae e paxillae. Pedicellariae são compostos ósseos com um fórceps, como mandíbulas. Eles removem os detritos da superfície do corpo e agitam em hastes flexíveis em resposta a estímulos físicos ou químicos, enquanto continuamente fazem movimentos de mordida. Eles, muitas vezes, formam aglomerados em torno de espinhos.<ref>{{citar periódico|ultimo=Carefoot|primeiro=Tom|data=|titulo="Pedicellariae|jornal=Sea Stars: Predators & Defenses.|doi=|url=http://www.asnailsodyssey.com/LEARNABOUT/SEASTAR/seasPedi.php|acessadoem=|arquivourl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130316010647/http://www.asnailsodyssey.com/LEARNABOUT/SEASTAR/seasPedi.php|arquivodata=2013-03-16|urlmorta=yes}}Consultado em 02 de julho de 2017.</ref> Paxillae são guarda-chuvas- como estruturas encontradas em estrelas-do-mar que vivem enterrados no sedimentos e são importantes para elas. As bordas de paxillae adjacentes se encontram para formar uma falsa cutícula com uma cavidade de água embaixo, no qual o madreporite e delicadas estruturas de brânquias estão protegidas. Todos os ossículos, incluindo aqueles se projetando externamente, são cobertos pela camada epidérmica. E Cada ossículo representa um único cristal de calcita rico em magnésio.

Vários grupos de estrelas, incluindo Valvatida e Forcipulatida, possuem pedicellariae.  Em Forcipulatida, como Asterias e Pisaster, eles ocorrem em pompom-como tufos na base de cada coluna vertebral, enquanto que no Goniasteridae, como Hippasteria phrygiana, os pedicellariae estão espalhados pela superfície do corpo. Alguns são pensados para ajudar na defesa, enquanto outros auxiliam na alimentação ou na remoção de organismos que tentam se instalar sobre a superfície da estrela-do-mar. Algumas espécies como Labidiaster annulatus, Rathbunaster californicus e Novodinia antillensis'' usam as suas grandes pedicellariae para a captura de pequenos peixes e crustáceos.

Também pode haver papulae, protrusões ou seja evaginações da parede fina da cavidade do corpo que chegam através da parede do corpo e se estendem até a água circundante. Estes servem uma função respiratória. As estruturas são suportadas por fibras de colágeno definidas em ângulos retos entre si e dispostos em uma teia tridimensional com os ossículos e a papulae nos interstícios. Este arranjo permite flexão fácil dos braços da estrela-do-mar e o rápido aparecimento de resistência e  rigidez necessárias para ações realizadas sob estresse.

Sistema vascular de água

O sistema vascular de água da estrela-do-mar é um sistema hidráulico composto de uma rede de canais cheios de fluidos e está preocupada com a locomoção, adesão, manipulação de alimentos e troca de gases. A água entra no sistema através do madreporite, um ossículo poroso, muitas vezes conspícuo, semelhante à peneira na superfície aboral. Ele está ligado através de um canal de pedra, muitas vezes forrado com material calcário, para um canal de anel ao redor da abertura da boca.Um conjunto de canais radiais desencadeia isso; um canal radial corre ao longo do sulco ambulacral em cada braço. Existem canais laterais, ramificando-se alternadamente de cada lado do canal radial, cada um terminando em uma ampula. Estes órgãos em forma de bulbo se juntam ao pé ambulacrário no exterior do animal por canais de ligação curtos que passam por ossículos no sulco ambulatório. Normalmente existem duas linhas de pé ambulacrário, mas em algumas espécies, os canais laterais são alternadamente longos e curtos e parecem ter quatro linhas. O interior de todo o sistema do canal está alinhado com cílios.

O líquido do sistema vascular aquífero consiste em água do mar circundante, à qual o animal acrescenta componentes específicos, como celomócitos, compostos orgânicos, como proteínas, e uma concentração relativamente alta de íons potássio. O líquido circula pelo sistema basicamente por ação dos cílios que revestem os epitélios internos dos canais, alguns dos quais contêm extensões semelhantes a divisórias, que poderiam ajudar a direcionar o fluxo. Ao menos em algumas estrelas-do-mar, o canal pétreo tem sido comparado a uma "bomba ciliar", que puxa o líquido para dentro do sistema vascular aquífero a partir do madreporito e do seio axial do sistema hemal. Em cada braço, o canal radial dá origem a numerosos canais laterais, cada um terminando em um sistema de ampolas e pés tubulares. Todos os pés tubulares formam-se de acordo com a Regra da Placa Ocular, ou seja, os mais velhos ficam perto da boca, enquanto os mais jovens estão localizados nas pontas dos braços.
O pé tubular é um tubo muscular contrátil que comumente termina em
uma ventosa e estende-se externamente de uma ampola interna semelhante a um bulbo. Enquanto os músculos longitudinais e circulares estão fixados a uma bainha de colágeno que circunda o lúmen celômico, assim como a ponta da haste, são bem-inervados. Os pés tubulares funcionam como órgãos táteis primários, locomotores, fixadores e manipuladores dos alimentos. Cada canal radial termina em um pé tubular terminal sem ventosa e semelhante a um tentáculo, que quase certamente é fotossensível. O sistema de pés tubulares e ampolas constitui um sistema hidrostático sofisticado. Dois grupos de músculos operam ao redor do líquido presente nos lumens dos pés tubulares e das ampolas. Uma valva situada no canal lateral pode isolar eficazmente o pé tubular e a ampola do restante do canal. Com a valva fechada, os músculos da parede da ampola contraem e forçam o líquido a entrar no lúmen do pé tubular estendido, no qual os músculos longitudinais estão relaxados.
Em seguida, a ventosa é pressionada contra o substrato e mantida nessa posição por secreções adesivas da epiderme e pela contração dos músculos da ponta, que levantam o centro da ventosa e produzem vácuo. Quando os músculos longitudinais do pé tubular contraem, ele encurta e diminui o volume do lúmen, forçando o líquido a voltar para dentro da ampola, que agora está relaxada. Quando os músculos da ponta relaxam, a sucção é interrompida. Compostos químicos secretados pelas células na ventosa revertem a ação adesiva das substâncias secretadas pelo pé tubular. Os pés tubulares dobram pela contração diferenciada dos músculos longitudinais. Algumas estrelas do mar, de múltiplos movimentos ou movimento rápido, como a estrela-do-mar girassol (Pycnopodia helianthoides), puxam-se junto com alguns de seus braços enquanto os outros deixam um rastro para trás. Outras estrelas do mar elevam as pontas dos braços enquanto se deslocam, o que proporciona uma exposição máxima dos sensoriais pés tubulares e do olho para estímulos externos.

Locomoção
Os asteroides exemplificam a locomoção utilizando pés tubulares com ventosas. Os braços das estrelas-do-mar são mantidos mais ou menos parados em relação ao disco central, mesmo nas espécies com estrutura esquelética flexível (p. ex.,Pycnopodia). O movimento é realizado por elevação dos milhares de pés tubulares localizados na superfície oral. A estrela-do-mar parece deslizar suavemente em razão do grande número de pés tubulares, ainda que em determinado instante eles estejam em fases diferentes de ação e recuperação. Embora o controle da ação dos pés tubulares não esteja totalmente esclarecido (mesmo os braços isolados rastejam normalmente de um lado para outro), eles são coordenados para gerar movimento em determinada direção. Não existem ondas metacrônicas de movimento, como se observa em muitas outras criaturas com várias pernas. A maioria das estrelas-do-mar movimenta-se lentamente, mas algumas (p. ex: Pycnopodia) são relativamente rápidas, e outros asteroides sedentários em algumas condições tornam-se "corredores" velozes quando encontram um predador em potencial. As espécies não capazes "correr" têm outros mecanismos de defesa. Pteraster tesselatus ou estrela-almofada-do-pacífico, movimenta-se lentamente e secreta grandes quantidades de muco, que desencorajam os predadores como Solaste e Pycnopodia. As estrelas-do-mar dos fundos arenosos (p. ex.,Astropecten) podem escavar rapidamente utilizando os pés tubulares para mover a areia de baixo para cima do corpo do animal.
O acompanhamento da ação de um único pé tubular durante o movimento do animal revela as origens das forças locomotoras. No final da fase de recuperação, o pé tubular estende-se na direção do movimento e fixa-se ao substrato. A ventosa se mantém fixada durante a fase de força, quando os músculos longitudinais da parede do pé tubular contraem, encurtando-o e puxando o corpo para a frente. No final da fase de ação, o pé tubular desprende-se e oscila novamente para a frente. O grande número de pés tubulares e a flexibilidade geral do corpo permitem que a estrela-do-mar se movimente facilmente, mesmo sobre as superfícies mais irregulares.

Digestão e alimentação
A maioria das estrelas-do-mar são de depositívoros (comedores de matéria orgânica depositada sobre o fundo), saprófagos ou predadores oportunistas, que se alimentam de quase qualquer matéria orgânica ou presa diminuta. Muitas espécies são importantes como predadores bentônicos de alto nível nas comunidades entre marés e subtidais.
Algumas espécies como Solaster stimpsoni são do nordeste do Pacífico e são especialistas em alimentar-se de holoturoides (pepinos-do-mar). Enquanto existe uma espécie semelhante a Solaster stimpsoni chamada Solaster dawsoni que preda a Solaster stimpsoni.

A coroa-de-espinhos tropical do Acanthaster planci alimenta-se dos pólipos dos corais e tornou-se famosa por estar implicada na destruição dos recifes de corais do Indo-Pacífico Leste. Nos ambientes intocados desempenha um papel importante na manutenção da diversidade dos corais, porque atua como os incêndios florestais, abrindo novos hábitats nos ecossistemas em clímax para o estabelecimento de outras espécies. e um predador desses animais é o caracol-gigante-tritão Charonia, recolhido em grandes quantidades por suas belas conchas.

Muitas estrelas-do-mar abrigam comensais, que obtêm nutrição dos restos de seus hospedeiros. Animais como Xyloplax e as "estrelas-de-madeira" que vivem apenas nas madeiras afundadas, parecem ser xilófagos, ou seja, abrigar bactérias no trato digestivo que digerem celulose e os ajudam a obter da madeira nutrientes que, sem tais bactérias, não poderiam ser digeridos.
O seu sistema digestório é completo, nos casos típicos, o trato digestivo das estrelas-do-mar estende-se da boca na junção dos braços até o ânus aboral. Sua alimentação se dá através quando espalham seu estômago sobre a superfície de uma fonte alimentar, secretam enzimas digestivas e sugam a sopa parcialmente digerida.
Sua boca é circundada por uma membrana peristomial coriácea, que é flexível para permitir a eversão do estômago e contém um esfíncter musculoso para fechar o orifício oral. Dentro da boca, há um esôfago muito curto, que leva ao estômago cardíaco que é a parte que é evertida durante a alimentação. Existem músculos retratores que estão dispostos radialmente e retraem o estômago. Em posição aboral ao estômago cardíaco, há um estômago pilórico achatado, do qual se origina um par de ductos pilóricos que se estendem para dentro de cada braço e levam aos pares de glândulas.Possuem um intestino curto, comumente com bolsas dilatadas (glândulas ou sacos retais), que se estende do estômago pilórico ao ânus. Os cecos pilóricos e o estômago cardíaco são os principais responsáveis por produzir enzimas (basicamente, proteases) transportadas por ação ciliar ao longo do estômago evertido e secretadas sobre a matéria alimentar. A digestão é concluída internamente, mas no meio extracelular, depois da ingestão do alimento liquefeito.
Os produtos da digestão são transportados pelos ductos pilóricos até os cecos pilóricos, onde são absorvidos e armazenados. O intestino não parece atuar na digestão propriamente dita, mas os sacos retais são capazes de absorver nutrientes.

Trocas gasosas e excreção
Nos asteroides, a troca gasosa ocorre através dos pés tubulares e de projeções especiais da parede corporal conhecidas como pápulas que são evaginações da epiderme e do peritônio. Esses dois tecidos são ciliados para produzir correntes no líquido celômico e na água sobrejacente. As duas correntes criam uma contracorrente para maximizar os gradientes de concentração através das superfícies das pápulas.
A excreção ocorre quando os celomócitos repletos de escórias metabólicas podem acumular-se nas pápulas, que então desprendem suas extremidades distais, expelindo as células e o resíduo metabólico. Alguns estudos sugeriram que as glândulas retais também poderiam participar da excreção. Nos ofiuroides, suspeita-se que os celomócitos levem as escórias até as bursas, de onde são eliminadas.

Sistema circulatório
O sistema circulatório está disposto radialmente e, em geral, corre paralelo com os elementos do sistema vascular aquífero, que consiste nosanéis hemais oral e aboral, cada qual com extensões radiais. Os dois anéis estão conectados por um seio axial que se localiza em oposição ao canal pétreo. Dentro do seio axial, há um núcleo de tecido esponjoso conhecido como glândula axial, que parece responsável pela produção de alguns celomócitos.

Os canais hemais radiais estendem-se do anel aboral até as gônadas. Outros canais radiais originam-se do anel hemal oral e estão associados às fileiras de pés tubulares; tais canais estão abrigados dentro de um espaço peri-hemal conhecido como seio hiponeural. Um terceiro anel hemal o anel gástrico ocorre em muitos equinodermos, incluindo a maioria dos asteroides, e está associado ao sistema digestivo. Existem Cílios que fazem o líquido circular pelo sistema hemal.e também nos asteroides, o seio axial tem um saco dorsal perto da junção com o anel hemal aboral. Esse saco pulsa, provavelmente para facilitar o movimento do líquido dentro dos espaços hemais.

Hábito e habitat
A classe Asteroidea, possui hábito exclusivamente marinho, vivem livres ou presas por um pendúnculo, na região bentônica.
Várias espécies vivem desde as linhas de maré até profundidades, atingem mais de 6.000m de profundidade, sendo encontradas abundantemente em todos os mares sobre superfícies rochosas, lodosas, arenosas, e também sobre corais. Ocorrem, também, em ambientes caracterizados por um alto estresse ambiental, como poças de maré, o limite superior da região entre marés e ao redor de pilares de portos.

Reprodução
As estrelas-do-mar podem possuir sexos separados a  maioria dos Asteroides podem apresentar reprodução assexuada, é comum que isso envolva uma divisão do disco central, de forma que o animal se separa em duas partes. Cada metade então regenera a parte perdida do disco e dos braços, formando assim outra estrela.
Mas há exceções, tem asteroides que são dioicos e existem dez gônadas, duas em cada braço.  As gônadas têm parede dupla e são semelhantes a cachos de uva, normalmente ocupam somente uma pequena área do braço. No entanto quando preenchida com óvulos ou espermatozoides, as gônadas quase preenchem completamente cada um dos braços. Existe um gonóporo ou um grupo de gonóporo para cada gônada, localizada entre as bases dos braços.

Na maioria dos Asteroides, os óvulos e espermatozoides são eliminados livremente na água, onde ocorre a fecundação. Existe geralmente uma única estação reprodutiva por ano. Uma única fêmea pode eliminar cerca de 2.500.000 ovos.
Os ovos são liberados e os indivíduos nos estágios de desenvolvimento são planctônicos. Em algumas exceções há estrelas do mar (principalmente da antártica) que incubam ovos sob o disco em depressão na superfície aboral. Os asteroides que incubam, possui um desenvolvimento direto.
Há também em raras exceções de estrelas do mar hermafroditas, como a estrela do mar europeia, que é protandrica.

No desenvolvimento do embrião ele se torna livre natante em ponto entre os estágios de blástula e gástrula. Mais tarde a ciliadura superficial é confinada a uma faixa locomotora definida. A alça pré-oral se separa posteriormente, ou em alguns casos surge separadamente. Após a formação das faixas locomotoras, surgem projeções, os braços a partir da superfície corporal. Esse estágio larval é conhecido como larva bipinariana.
A larva bipinariana se torna uma larva braquiolariana, com o surgimento de três braços adicionais na extremidade anterior, que são curtos, ventrais e coberto de células adesivas na ponta. Entre as bases dos três braços encontra-se uma área glandular adesiva que forma uma ventosa. Os três braços e a ventosa representam um dispositivo de ligação e então a branquiolaria se sedimenta no fundo.
Então ocorre uma metamorfose. A extremidade anterior da larva se degenera-se e forma somente uma haste de ligação, e o corpo adulto se desenvolve. O lado esquerdo se torna a superfície oral a e o lado direito a superfície aboral. Os braços surgem como extensão do corpo.
Internamente a boca, esôfago, parte do intestino e ânus se degeneram, e se formam novamente em uma simetria radial adulta. Os ossículos também começam a surgem, primeiramente ao redor do polo aboral e depois ao longo do corpo.

Cladograma

Culinária
Na China, algumas espécies de estrelas-do-mar são usadas para culinária. São servidas principalmente fritas.

Em Portugal
Em Portugal encontram-se ao longo de toda a costa, mas não existe informação em relação ao número de indivíduos nem sobre o Estatuto de Conservação, não se sabendo se são abundantes, ou até se estão em expansão ou regressão.

Sabe-se apenas que se distribuem de acordo com as suas próprias características de habitat, que variam entre águas frias ou quentes. Existem estrelas-do-mar provenientes da zona do Mediterrâneo, outras com características das águas boreais (que ocorrem também no Norte da Europa) e ainda com características das águas africanas (no caso da Madeira). Há também espécies nos Açores, características das Caraíbas, que são trazidas pela corrente do Golfo.

Galeria

Equinodermes
Asteroidea

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Q: std::invoke does not like variadic template member functions? I am trying to call a variadic function template using std::invoke() and std::apply().
And I apologize ahead of time, because I'm basically dropping a snippet of code here and asking someone to help me understand the error messages to solve the problem.
So, in the example code below,

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*std::invoke() on the non-variadic template functions works fine.

*std::invoke() on the variadic template function does not compile!

#include <functional>
#include <tuple>

struct Thing
{
    // Some simple functions to test things out
    int func0() { return 0; }
    int func1(int) { return 1; }
    int func2(int, int) { return 2; }

    // A variadic template function that causes problems below
    template<typename ...Args>
    int funcn(Args&&...) { return 99; }
};

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{
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    // These work fine
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    // This one doesn't work
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        &Thing::funcn,
        thing,
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    );
}

The errors I'm getting are here: (Output of x86-64 clang 12.0.1 (Compiler #1))
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<source>:26:5: error: no matching function for call to 'invoke'
    std::invoke(
    ^~~~~~~~~~~
functional:94:5: note: candidate template ignored: couldn't infer template argument '_Callable'
    invoke(_Callable&& __fn, _Args&&... __args)
    ^

A: The std::invoke expect a callable function. The funcn is a function template, and you need to instantiate to get a real function out of it and there-by you can take the address of it.
That means (explicitly) provide the template parameter to the function, how you want to instantiate it, so that  std::invoke can see the function which it can invoke.
std::invoke(
    &Thing::funcn<int, int, int, int>, // works now
    thing,
    1, 2, 3, 4
);


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Lawyer: Political Favoritism In Westchester Hit-And Run Accident?
Special To The ...December 06,2021
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Lawyer Lauren P. Raysor is asking the Westchester District Attorney (above) to look into whether political favoritism was at play in the handling of a hit-and-run accident in Westchester.
Raysor is calling on Miriam E. Rocah, District Attorney, Westchester County, to investigate a hit-and-run accident that sent a 72-year-old woman to the hospital. A woman and two other drivers chased 25-year-old Gillian Getlan and blocked her in to prevent her from leaving.
The police arrived and the driver was apprehended, but not arrested.
"Over 40 days have passed by, and we are hoping that this case can now be thoroughly investigated," Ms. Raysor said. "Likened to the Ahmaud Arbery case, we are seeking to determine if there has been political favoritism and obstruction of justice which delayed the swift prosecution of this matter. If there are any conflicts of interest that emerge, then a Special Prosecutor must be appointed by New York Governor Kathy Hochul."
On October 19, 2021 at 5:19 p.m., Geraldine Sinceno, a retired hospice nurse, was hit by a car on North Avenue and 5th Avenue in New Rochelle. She suffered multiple injuries and was admitted to the trauma unit at Jacobi Hospital. Ms. Sinceno underwent surgery and is currently recovering in a nursing facility.
Ms. Getlan should have been arrested, but was only issued a summons for failing to show a driver's license and insurance and leaving the scene of an accident. She was only given a desk appearance ticket. She is scheduled to appear at New Rochelle City Court, 475 North Avenue, New Rochelle on December 9, 2021.
In New York State, leaving the scene of an accident that results in bodily injury is a Class E felony with a maximum penalty of seven years in jail, and a $5,000 fine.
"The Sinceno family believes they have been treated unfairly in this investigation," Ms. Raysor said. "I have called on Miriam Rocah, the Westchester District Attorney, to investigate this case. We believe that Gillian Getlan should be arrested."
Ms. Raysor pointed out that Ms. Sinceno has been a pillar of the community, serving as a registered nurse for more than 20 years. "She worked very hard caring for those who were seriously ill or dying, even when the COVID-19 pandemic occurred," she said. "It is only right that she and her family get the justice that they deserve. The family asks that you appear in Court on December 9, 2021 to support Geraldine Sinceno."
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Lincoln is a town in Providence County, Rhode Island full of natural beauty and a variety of attractions. Voted the 63rd "Best Place to Live and Launch" in the country by CNN Money, Lincoln's smaller size and close proximity to major cities makes it a prime location to start a business and a great place to live.
Because of its excellent school system, Lincoln is a desirable place to raise a family. The town has six public schools and over 3,000 students total. Lincoln Senior High School was voted the 4th best high school in the state by U.S. News & World Report, earning them a silver medal.
There are plenty of activities for families to do around town, including spending a day at the Lincoln Woods State Park. Open since 1909, residents and visitors alike can take part the park's many attractions such as swimming in its freshwater beach, fishing, hiking, biking or horseback riding. The park also has separate horse and bike trails and there are Little League fields that can be reserved. Eastern Mountain Sports Kayak School is located in the park and offers lessons and kayak tours.
Lincoln also has more adultcentered entertainment with Twin Rivers Casino, open since 2007. Previously Lincoln Greyhound Park, the facility not only has gaming areas but an event center, restaurants, food courts, bars and a racebook.
Formed in 1871, Lincoln has a rich history which can be seen through its real estate. Several Colonial homes including Stoneenders still exist around town. Many homes for sale are historic buildings from the 19th century—many which have been renovated but still retain their charm. Lincoln has homes in a variety of price ranges from luxury properties to modern Capes. Condominiums, townhouses, single and multifamily homes are styles that can be seen around town for sale.
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Lincoln is a lovely northern city in close proximity to Providence and with easy access to Massachusetts, but the town's suburban/rural fabric has been maintained.
The State bike paths continue along in Lincoln on the old Blackstone River Canal. There are several areas which exist for the pure enjoyment of the area's rustic charm, including the Quinville Conservation Area, Holiday Drive Conservation Area, and North Central Conservation Area. On the other end of the recreational spectrum is the Twin River Casino which offers famous names in entertainment, dinning, and nightlife. Lincoln Woods is renowned for its gaming fields, picnicking, and swimming areas, also providing kayak rentals to visitors. Large new homes are in many neighborhoods.
Lincoln is made up of 8 villages: Albion, Allendale, Fairlawn (also in Pawtucket), Lime Rock, Lonsdale (also in Cumberland), Louisquisset (also in North Providence), Manville and Saylesville.
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Add new San Diego Padres pitcher Jake Arrieta to the team's list of walking wounded after he left his start against the Colorado Rockies on Wednesday with a mild left hamstring strain.
Arrieta, 35, gave up five runs in 3.1 innings before exiting. His last pitch was hit for a home run by Rockies catcher Dom Nunez. The right-hander said he felt a tweak in his hamstring as he landed on his follow-through.
"It's an unfortunate intro to the group," Arrieta said after the Padres' 7-5 loss. "I feel bad for what happened. It's not the way you want to start off with your new group of guys, especially in a situation to stop the bleeding and salvage a game in the series."
Arrieta was signed on Tuesday despite compiling a 6.88 ERA with the Chicago Cubs this season. Injuries to Padres pitchers necessitated the move as lefty Matt Strahm joined teammates Yu Darvish, Drew Pomeranz, Dinelson Lamet and Chris Paddack on the injured list. Strahm has right knee inflammation. Arrieta doesn't think his injury is serious.
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"It's definitely not expected, it's where we're at," Padres manager Jayce Tingler said. "It's a brutal road trip. Never got anything going.
"We have to be better at all aspects of the game. It's frustrating. We have the guys to do it."
Despite the loss, the Padres remain 1.5 games up on the Cincinnati Reds for the second wild card position. The Reds also lost a series to a below .500 team as the Cubs took two of three games from them this week. It's a theme that San Diego has had to grapple with all season: The Padres are just 36-36 against below .500 teams. Tingler was asked if he could explain the oddity considering they're 11 games over .500 overall.
"I don't know how, except we've been inconsistent," he said. "No doubt about it. ... We haven't been great on the road. We haven't been good against some of the teams with below .500 records."
Unsurprisingly, considering their injuries, the Padres are having issues on the mound. They had the second-worst ERA in the National League over the past seven days heading into Wednesday's game. After Arrieta came out, reliever Nabil Crismatt gave up two runs which became the difference in the contest.
"There is a sense of urgency," Tingler said. "The guys are battling. They're playing hard. Once we get a couple things clicking, we have a chance to get going."
The Padres hope to do that at home where they're 40-24 this season. They host the Philadelphia Phillies and Los Angeles Dodgers beginning this weekend. Both of those opponents have playoff aspirations, but that may be a good thing. The Padres play better against better competition.
"We're a team that can really get hot at any given point," outfielder Wil Myers stated. "We can run off 10 wins in a year. We've shown that. If we want to focus on the negatives, those things will continue to pile up."
Tingler was asked where the team's state of mind was after the tough trip.
"Where we're at?" he asked rhetorically. "Pissed off. Frustrated. Those can be good things."


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Q: Orthogonality and Chern classes in holomorphic bundles over the Riemann sphere Let $E\to\mathbb{CP}^1$ be a smooth real vector bundle, $\langle\cdot,\cdot\rangle$ a Riemannian metric on $E$, $\nabla$ a metric connection on $E$. In the complexfication $E\otimes\mathbb{C}$, $\langle\cdot,\cdot\rangle$ extends to a complex-bilinear form $(\cdot,\cdot)$ on $E\otimes\mathbb{C}$, and $\nabla=\nabla^{1,0}+\nabla^{0,1}$ splits into its $(1,0)$- and $(0,1)$-components. It is well-known that there is a unique holomorphic structure on $E\otimes\mathbb{C}$ so that $E\otimes\mathbb{C}\to\mathbb{CP}^1$ is a holomorphic vector bundle with $\nabla^{0,1}$ as its $\bar{\partial}$-operator. By a theorem of Grothendieck, $E\otimes\mathbb{C}$ splits holomorphically into a direct sum of holomorphic line bundles $L_1\oplus L_2\oplus\cdots\oplus L_m$. We order them according to their first Chern classes, i.e., $c_1(L_1)\geq\cdots\geq c_1(L_m)$ (where we in fact evalutate Chern classes on the fundamental class of $\mathbb{CP}^1$).

Question: Let $W_i$ be a meormorphic section of $L_i$. Then $c_1(L_i)+c_1(L_j)\neq0$ implies $(W_i,W_j)=0$.

Why is this true? This is a step from the 1988 annals paper Minimal two-spheres and the topology of manifolds with positive curvature on totally isotropic two-planes by M. J. Micallef & J. D. Moore. However, my knowledge of complex geometry is largely limited to the definitions, and I can't see why the above is true.
I need either a (detailed) explanation of why it is true or a book that helps me make sense out of it. Any help is appreciated!
Edit: In the context of the paper, $E$ is actually the pullback $f^*TM$ via some smooth map $f:\mathbb{CP}^1\to M$ where $M$ is a Riemannian manifold, and $\nabla$ is the pullback of the Levi-Civita connection on $M$.


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