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Jan. 23, 2013 / 3:30 AM
Today is Wednesday, Jan. 23, the 23rd day of 2013 with 342 to follow.
The moon is waxing. The morning stars are Saturn and Venus. The evening stars are Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Mercury and Neptune.
Those born on this date are under the sign of Aquarius. They include American patriot John Hancock in 1737; French author Stendhal, a pseudonym for Marie-Henri Beyle, in 1783; French Impressionist painter Edouard Manet in 1832; Russian film director Sergei Eisenstein in 1898; actors Randolph Scott in 1898 and Dan Duryea in 1907; comedian Ernie Kovacs in 1919; actor/singer Chita Rivera in 1933 (age 80); actors Gil Gerard in 1943 (age 70), Rutger Hauer in 1944 (age 69) and Richard Dean Anderson in 1950 (age 63); airline pilot Chesley Sullenberger, who landed his disabled plan in the Hudson River, in 1951 (age 62); Mayor of Los Angeles Antonio Villaraigosa in 1953 (age 60); Princess Caroline of Monaco in 1957 (age 56); and actors Gail O'Grady in 1963 (age 50) and Tiffani Thiessen in 1974 (age 39).
On this date in history:
In 1789, Georgetown College was founded in Georgetown, Md., which later would be part of the District of Columbia.
In 1845, the U.S. Congress decided that all national elections would take place on the first Tuesday following the first Monday in November.
In 1849, Elizabeth Blackwell became the first woman in U.S. history to receive a medical degree.
In 1922, at Toronto General Hospital, 14-year-old Canadian Leonard Thompson became the first person to receive an insulin injection as treatment for diabetes.
In 1948, U.S. Army Gen. Dwight Eisenhower said he couldn't accept a presidential nomination from either party. Four years later, he ran as a Republican and was elected 34th president of the United States.
In 1968, the USS Pueblo was seized in the Sea of Japan by North Korea, which claimed the ship was on a spy mission. The crew was held for 11 months before being released.
In 1971, the temperature at Prospect Creek, Alaska, dropped to 80 degrees below zero, the lowest temperature recorded in the United States.
In 1973, U.S. President Richard Nixon announced that U.S. troops would cease fighting in Vietnam at midnight Jan. 27.
In 1980, U.S. President Jimmy Carter reinstated the Selective Service System.
In 1986, the first inductees into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame included Chuck Berry, James Brown, Ray Charles, Fats Domino, the Everly Brothers, Buddy Holly, Jerry Lee Lewis and Elvis Presley.
In 1988, Sandinista missiles downed a cargo plane that was dropping U.S.-financed supplies to Contra rebels in southeastern Nicaragua. Four crewmen were killed.
In 1991, U.S. Army Gen. Colin Powell, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said heavy bombing had destroyed Iraq's two operating nuclear reactors and damaged chemical facilities.
Also in 1991, U.S. Treasury Secretary Nicholas Brady asked Congress for $80 billion toward the bailout of the nation's savings and loan industry.
In 1997, Madeline Albright was sworn into office as the first woman U.S. secretary of state.
In 2004, Bob Keeshan, the easy-going, bushy-mustached actor who created the classic children's television show "Captain Kangaroo," died at the age of 76.
In 2005, Johnny Carson, host of TV's "Tonight Show" for 30 years and a powerful presence in American entertainment, died of emphysema at age 79.
Also in 2005, Viktor Yushchenko was sworn in as Ukraine's president, ending a tumultuous election and promising a period of radical, liberal reforms.
In 2006, Ford Motor Co., reflecting the downsizing of the U.S. auto industry, said it would close 14 factories and eliminate 30,000 jobs over six years.
Also in 2006, Canadian voters chose Stephen Harper's Conservation Party over outgoing Prime Minister Paul Martin's Labor Party in a close parliamentary election.
In 2008, tens of thousands of Palestinians rushed into Egypt to buy food and supplies after members of Hamas destroyed parts of a wall separating the Gaza Strip from Egypt.
Also in 2008, Thailand returned to civilian rule after a military council that had ruled the country for 16 months disbanded.
In 2009, U.S. President Barack Obama ordered an end to the "global gag rule" that barred U.S. aid to groups overseas that provide abortions or abortion referrals.
In 2010, China accused U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton of hurting diplomatic relations by criticizing the Chinese for Internet censorship.
In 2011, thousands of protesters in Yemen, a key U.S. ally in the war against terror, demonstrated in Sanaa, demanding the country's autocratic president step down.
Also in 2011, Portuguese President Anibal Cavaco Silva won election to a second five-year term.
In 2012, the European Union agreed to ban oil imports from Iran, increasing pressure on the Islamic Republic over its nuclear program. Under the sanctions, the 27 members agreed not to sign new oil contracts with Iran and to sever existing contracts by July 1.
A thought for the day: it was Mark Twain who said: "Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambition. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great."
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Pellegrini- FFP led to Negredo exit
Negredo joined Valencia on transfer deadline day last week in a loan deal that will be made permanent next summer.
The transfer raised eyebrows as Negredo had impressed since his £20million signing from Sevilla last year and his exit leaves the champions with just three frontline forwards.
But City were under pressure to leave a senior player out of their Champions League squad having been limited to a reduced roster of just 21 by UEFA as punishment for breaching the European governing body's FFP regulations.
With Negredo sidelined until the end of October with a broken metatarsal he seemed an obvious candidate for omission for the first part of the season.
This, combined with a desire from the player to return to Spain, led to City accepting an approach from Valencia.
Pellegrini said: "The decision for Alvaro Negredo to go was for two very important reasons.
"The first was that we have the restriction for the number of the players we can use in the Champions League.
"We had one player more, (and) we could not use Alvaro, who was injured, so he was the player who was not going to be on the list.
"For him, it was very important because he wanted to go back to Spain, so I thought it was the best decision for the club.
"But it all starts from the restriction about the number of players
We have restrictions about the amount of players and the money we can spend."
In addition to the reduced squad, City were also fined £49million and forced to limit their net summer spending to £49million.
Pellegrini said: "It is difficult for me to understand the punishment because the club spent money because they wanted to grow, they finished a new training ground.
"They were a small team and wanted to be a big team but now we have that punishment, that sanction, and we have to play with these restrictions."
City were linked with a deadline day move for Radamel Falcao from Monaco but the Colombia striker made a surprise loan move to rivals Manchester United.
Pellegrini, asked at his preview press conference for Saturday's Barclays Premier League clash at Arsenal, did not want to be drawn on the matter.
"I don't talk about players at other teams," the Chilean said.
Pellegrini was also unwilling to discuss comments by defender Micah Richards, who has joined Fiorentina on loan, that he was not given enough opportunities by the City manager.
Pellegrini said: "I never have a response to players through the press
I always speak to the players face to face."
City's trip to Arsenal begins a tough week in which they also travel to Bayern Munich in the Champions League and then host title rivals Chelsea.
Pellegrini's men also go into the tough period on the back of a shock loss to Stoke in their last game a fortnight ago.
Pellegrini said: "We must always try to win, especially when you didn't win the last game.
"We started better than I thought against Newcastle and Liverpool, with so many players (having had) just a few days to prepare.
"After that it was a surprise maybe to lose against Stoke but I don't think we played badly.
"Now we have this week with two difficult games in the Premier League and a difficult game in the Champions League but they are the games that motivate all the players."
Midfielder Fernando looks likely to miss all three key games in the coming week after limping out of the Stoke defeat with a groin problem
Striker Stevan Jovetic suffered a hamstring injury on international duty with Montenegro and has been ruled out this weekend.
New £32million defender Eliaquim Mangala and former England midfielder Frank Lampard could be in line for debuts after building up their general fitness.
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Dulles South Food Pantry President, Charlene Jones, attended the 2016 Loudoun Hunger Summit in Ashburn, VA on October 14, 2016. This summit was co-sponsored by the Community Foundation for Loudoun and Northern Fauquier Counties and Loudoun Hunger Relief (previously known as Loudoun Interfaith Relief). This year's theme for the summit, "Together at the Table," set the stage for Loudoun County leaders to examine food insecurity in the county.


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News 2018-04-12: First doctorate awarded to student in Genomics to Improve Poultry Innovation Laboratory
Melissa Deist, Iowa State University, successfully defended her Ph.D. dissertation in March 2018. Her research discovered important genetic pathways associated with response to Newcastle Disease virus (NDV) infection in resistant and susceptible chicken lines. In addition to her classes and research, Melissa was also active in teaching, including hands-on training in laboratory techniques in the GIP Innovation Labs in Ghana and Tanzania.
News 2018-02-11: 11th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production
As part of the GIP program's commitment to training and outreach, Esinam Nancy Amuzu-Aweh, an early career research associate at the University of Ghana, was invited to participate in the 11th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production (WCGALP), which was held at the Aotea Centre in Auckland, New Zealand. This congress is the premier event for researchers, students and industry professionals involved in the genetic improvement of livestock. This years' congress brought together 1,000 delegates from all over the world.
News 2017-09-14: Forum Held at Sokoine University of Agriculture, Capacity building for Scientific Relevance in African Agricultural Universities
A three-day workshop was organized by the Innovative Agricultural Research Institute (iAGRI) staff at Ohio State University and hosted by the Sokoine University of Agriculture from the 14th to 16thof September under the sponsorship of the Norman Borlaug Leadership Enhancement in Agriculture Program (Borlaug LEAP). The forum was attended by 50 participants from 11 countries in sub-Saharan Africa and the US making a total of 12 countries represented. Among the participating delegates, nine of them were Borlaug LEAP alumni including me.
News 2017-07-15: PhD student from Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania, visits Iowa State University
As part of his Borlaug LEAP Fellowship, James Mushi, a PhD student at Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA), Tanzania under the Genomics to Improve Poultry Program, traveled to Iowa State University (ISU) in July 2017, to collaborate with ISU Genomics to Improve Poultry program partners on analyses for data generated through poultry trials conducted at SUA.
News 2017-06-29: Visit to Ghana - June 2017
Perot Saelao from the Huaijun Zhou lab at UC Davis visited Dr. Boniface Kayang and the Ghana research team in order to help improve and troubleshoot the quantitation of the Newcastle disease virus through qPCR. On his arrival, Perot reviewed procedures done by the Ghana students and research team and was able to assist in the recovery of over 300 data points through reevaluation and troubleshooting. Despite the local holiday in Ghana, the team worked to establish working standards that were then validated on site and used to quantify the viral titer of 864 samples across two trials.
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TIMES OF ISLAM, TANJUNG ENIM - As a Muslim majority country, Indonesia targets 20 percent of the 10 million foreign tourists to enjoy halal tourism offered in Indonesia, which means that at least two million people are targeted to become a market for halal tourism in Indonesia, as reported by halhalal.com.
However, it turns out that the figure is still less than the figures achieved by other countries for halal tourism, such as Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore. Singapore targets four million tourists, Malaysia targets five million people, while Thailand occupies the highest position, namely six million people who enjoy halal tourism offered by their country.
"Thailand is the majority non-Muslim, but they can mobilize business for Muslim tourists," said Tourism Minister Arief Yahya, some time ago.
The government also targets a quarter of the total 20 million foreign tourists to enjoy halal tourism, which per capita expenditure is greater than the average foreign tourist. Halal tourist lovers spend up to 1,500 - 1,700 US dollars per capita per day while ordinary foreign tourists only spend around 1,200 US dollars per capita per day.
As of October 2015, the Ministry of Tourism noted the number of foreign tourist arrivals reached 8,017,589 people, up 3.38 percent from the same period last year. Until the end of this year, the projections of 10 million foreign tourists are targeted to be fulfilled.
The government is also targeting tourism foreign exchange from foreign tourists to reach Rp. 172 trillion with the number of visits pegged at least 12 million in 2016.


News > Work results of the International Association VATIKAM for October 2017.
We decided to prolong the contest «Innovative design» for one more month, hurry up to take part! Detailed conditions of the contest you are welcome to read on our website.
Employees' recruitment to the team of designers of the design studio VATIKAM is proceeding!
In October on the website VATIKAM a new personel exhibition devoted to the work of the talented young car designer Arthur Saifutdinov is opening. You are welcome to see his works in the section «Exhibition»! The previous exhibition of the works of the interior designer Artemy Saranin gained nearly 8000 views, we wish the designer further professional success!
In October 2017 number of portfolios posted on the website has exceeded 11 699. The number of registered participants has reached 8 410 people, over 98 078 images were posted. Our resource has been visited by citizens of 166 countries and 5 400 cities all over the world, the number of browsed pages is more than 9 240 923, the number of regular visitors of the website is more than 190 000 people.
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The drilled holes in this handcrafted 3/4" sterling silver circle represents the iconic grouping of stars and nebulas that make up the figure, belt, and sword of Orion as seen from the southern hemisphere. The pendant hangs from an 18" sterling silver chain.
Orion (aka the Hunter) is arguably one of the most recognizable constellations, visible in the summer. But if you miss seeing him around when your view is obscured by clouds, bright city lights, or the wintertime... this is the necklace for you!


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De blazer is een zeewaardig zeilschip geschikt voor zwaardere visserswerkzaamheden.

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Een blazer is forsgebouwd en zwaarder in uitvoering dan een botter. Hij heeft een ondiepe gang. Het scheepstype, dat in de 19e eeuw tot ontwikkeling kwam,  heeft een vol achterschip met een enigszins vallende achtersteven, waardoor de achterkant van het roer bijna verticaal staat. Het achterschip, dat duidelijk hoger is dan dat van een botter, is gepiekt, dat wil zeggen dat de spanten in het achterschip een S-vorm hebben, waardoor een fraaie lijn ontstaat. Naar voren toe verloopt de vorm van de spanten tot een bolle vorm. Ook het voorschip van een blazer is vol. Opvallend is het berghout dat bij een blazer vrij laag zit, waardoor het boeisel van een blazer zeer breed is, wat het scheepstype zeer herkenbaar maakt. Wieringer blazers hadden een lengte van circa 12 meter, die van Texel rond de 14 meter, de blazers van Paesens en Moddergat waren nog langer en vaak uitgerust met twee masten.

De blazer heeft een dek voor de mast en een stelling achter de mast. Onder het voordek bevindt zich het bemanningsverblijf. Midscheeps bevindt zich de trog, via welke men de vis uit de bun kan scheppen. Het schip werd ingezet voor het vissen op schol, kabeljauw en schelvis en voor bergingswerkzaamheden bij het lichten van lading van aan de kust gestrande schepen.

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Blazers houden het midden tussen botters en aken. De schepen zijn vooral aangepast aan de visserij op de Noordzee en de Waddenzee. Blazers kwamen voor in het Noordelijk Zuiderzeegebied (vooral varend vanuit Texel, Terschelling en Noord Friesland), op de Zeeuwse- en de Zuid-Hollandse eilanden. Ze werden gebouwd op werven in Makkum, Workum en Hindeloopen.

Er resten slechts enkele exemplaren van dit scheepstype. De blazer TX11 is een exacte replica, nagebouwd op de Kromhoutwerf in Amsterdam. Wat nog rest van het origineel is te vinden in Kaap Skil op Texel.

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I am still buzzing around after the Star Wars Episode IX panel this morning at Star Wars Celebration! Not only did we get some new info about the film but the teaser trailer finally dropped. We got a name, learned who the big bad is this time (or maybe always was), and more! Before you read Star Wars Episode 9 what we know so far about The Rise of Skywalker, watch the trailer again, because it's just that good.
After a lot of speculation and rumors about what Episode 9 would be called, Lucasfilm revealed the title to be Star Wars The Rise Of Skywalker.
Now whether that means specifically Rey or even Kylo we don't know. I think it may be the name the new generation of force wielders rally behind, The New Jedi Order so to speak.
Star Wars Episode 9 takes place several years after the events of The Last Jedi.
Confirmed by JJ Abrams, some time has passed since we last saw all our heroes. But that unlike The Last Jedi, this would be an adventure this group would take together.
The trailer is narrated by the voice of Luke Skywalker. Luke disappeared into The Force at the end of The Last Jedi. It is possible this speech will come in the form of his Force Ghost speaking to Rey, much like Obi-Wan and Yoda have done in the past.
Carrie Fisher's portrayal of General Leia comes from previously unused footage from The Force Awakens.
Daisy Ridley confirmed the lightsaber she received from Luke lives during the panel discussion and we see it in the trailer when she does an amazing flip to take out a TIE Fighter.
John Boyega told the crowd this is war and they are trying to figure themselves out. Finn is single and ready to mingle.
We see Lando piloting the Falcon once again wth Chewie as his co-pilot. He still has his cape game on point.
Jannah, played by Naomi Ackie, is possibly the daughter of Lando Calrissian. Even her fierce look has some Lando cape flair so maybe there is some truth to that rumor.
I don't know about you but I lost it when I heard that evil laugh. I thought could it be? And sure enough Ian McDiarmid walks out on stage and demands that they "play it again" in Palpatine's voice. Still freaking out!
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Ancient humans made giant omelets from the eggs of 'Demon Ducks of Doom'
The Croods tells the story of a prehistoric family just trying to survive in a world which is still almost entirely wild. While the family spends most of their time stuck in their cave — at the behest of their patriarch Grug — they do take the time to go out in search of food, including the eggs of large birds.
While many of the animals presented in the film are entirely fictitious, the behavior of harvesting and consuming the eggs of large birds is entirely real. Our ancestors in Africa have been eating ostrich eggs, and using their shells to make art, for over 100,000 years. As humanity spread its figurative wings and expanded over the globe, that behavior stuck with us even as we left ostriches behind.
When humans first got to Australia, approximately 65,000 years ago, they were primed and ready to harvest the biggest eggs they could get their hands on. The evidence left behind by those early Australian cultures suggest they were successful but there's been some contention over which species of bird they were harvesting. Now, a new analysis of the proteins found in the eggshells tells us they were eating the eggs of Genyornis newtoni, the last living species of a group of birds known as 'Demon Ducks of Doom.'
Beatrice Demarchi from the Department of Life Sciences and Systems Biology at the University of Turin, and colleagues, completed the protein analysis which resulted in the species identification. Their findings were published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
"Genyornis was two meters tall and 200 kilos. We don't know exactly what it would have looked like because it's been dead for a while and there are few skeletal remains available. It was certainly a flightless bird with some characteristics shared with ostriches, like the big chest and small wings, but it would have looked more like a big goose or duck," Demarchi told SYFY WIRE.
The evidence that humans were eating these large eggs comes from burnt eggshells found among the remains of ancient cultures. Scientists studying these sites find two different types of eggshells, one of which comes from emus and another which was unknown. Looking at the archaeological record, we find that the eggshells start being burned right around the same time people first arrived in Australia. This supports the notion that they were cooking and eating them as they had done with other large, flightless birds in Africa, India, and Eurasia.
The controversy surrounding the origin of the mystery eggs came from its unusual characteristics. The shells, when compared with ostrich eggs, are relatively thin. That means that the egg itself was likely comparatively small. That didn't necessarily mesh with what was expected out of Genyornis.
"Genyornis was a really big bird. If you look at its femur, it's huge. So, you would expect the egg to be as big and as thick as an ostrich, but ostrich eggs are significantly thicker. The whole argument was based on morphological traits of these eggshells, so the idea came up that perhaps it was an egg from an extinct megapode," Demarchi said.
Specifically, the alternative hypothesis favored the Progura bird, a chicken-like bird which weighed in at only 5 to 7 kilograms — a far cry from the truly massive Genyornis. In an effort to settle the question once and for all, scientists attempted to extract DNA from the shells but found that they were too old and the environment too hot for the DNA to have survived undegraded. Instead, they looked toward proteins from the eggshells and compared them to a number of living birds.
"If you compare the proteins from a bunch of living birds, including the megapodes, you can sort of build a tree that's good at separating out the major groups. All of the ostriches went on one side, all the land fowl go on another side, and then there's the waterfowl. When we extracted proteins from the eggshell, we found that it never falls within the chicken and megapode group," Demarchi said.
The proteins suggest that the eggshells came from a bird more closely related to modern ducks and geese, which supports the Genyornis hypothesis. Sadly, even before humans showed up in Australia, most of the demon ducks had died out and the extra pressure of our presence in the area proved too much for Genyornis to handle. They died out roughly 50,000 years ago. We just can't make omelets like we used to.
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LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) - Bryce Brown scored 26 points, Jared Harper added 25 and No. 8 Auburn outlasted Xavier 88-79 in overtime to open the Maui Invitational.
Auburn took control in the overtime behind its defense, outscoring Xavier 11-2. The Tigers scored 31 points off Xavier's 22 turnovers overall to earn a spot in the semifinals against the Duke-San Diego State winner.
Xavier tied it at 77-all with 26 seconds left in regulation on Tyrique Jones' two free throws and Brown's last-second shot came up well short.


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One of the most chilling cautionary tales of the 20th century, The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood is a tour de force of dystopian fiction.
It is the world of the near future, and Offred is a Handmaid in the home of the Commander and his wife. She is allowed out only once a day to the market, she is not permitted to read and she is hoping the Commander makes her pregnant; as her very existence is only valued if her ovaries are viable.
Offred can remember the years before, when she was an independent woman, had a job of her own, a husband and child. Now those days seem far away. For in their wake, the land that was once the United States has become the Republic of Gilead, a monotheocracy that has reacted to social unrest and a sharply declining birth rate by reverting to and going beyond the repressive intolerance of the original Puritans. The regime takes the Book of Genesis absolutely at its word, with bizarre consequences for the women and men in its population.
Unpredictable, horrifying, and altogether convincing, The Handmaid's Tale is an uncompromising portrait of totalitarianism and institutional misogyny. The novel explores themes of subjugated women in a patriarchal society, loss of female agency and individuality, and the various means by which they resist and attempt to gain individuality and independence.
In 2018, Atwood reflected on her process writing The Handmaid's Tale: "I made a rule for myself. I would not include anything that human beings had not already done in some other place or time, or for which the technology did not already exist. I did not wish to be accused of dark, twisted inventions, or of misrepresenting the human potential for deplorable behavior."
The Handmaid's Tale won the 1985 Governor General's Award, and the first Arthur C. Clarke Award in 1987. It has been adapted into a 1990 film, a 2000 opera, and a 2017 television series.
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Given that The Handmaid's Tale is about the oppression of women, we thought it important that the types we used to set the book be designed by a woman. In this case, one woman: Maria Doreuli. Her William Text is based on the types of William Caslon (1692–1766), whose letterforms would have been familiar to Puritan New Englanders from whom the founders of Gilead seemed to take so much inspiration. The display type, Kak, has its own oppressive qualities: It's heavy and dark and looming, always making its presence known. Like Gilead, it is overwhelming, inescapable, and allows for no light (or hope) to get through.
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The Artist edition is limited to 1000 copies, and is the only edition to include a dust jacket illustrated by Ken Cunningham. It is a full cloth, smyth sewn binding with two-hits foil stamping, and is housed in an embossed paper covered slipcase. The edition features embossed endsheets and is printed offset on premium archival Cougar Natural Vellum paper. This edition is signed by the artist.
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NUMBERED EDITION
The Numbered edition of 250 copies is bound in black Harmatan and Oakridge goatskin, and red Japanese cloth. The cover and spine are foil blocked in three colors, and endsheets are printed letterpress on Hahnemühle Bugra.
The edition is housed in a quarter Japanese cloth cigar-box enclosure with handmade paste paper sides by Marie Kelzer. Each sheet of the paste papers are hand painted one at a time, and no two are entirely alike. Marie Kelzer's paste papers are part of the Paper Legacy Project and are housed at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, at the Thomas J. Watson Library.
The edition is printed letterpress on a Heidelberg Cylinder Press by Bradley Hutchinson in Austin, Texas. The paper is Mohawk Superfine Softwhite Eggshell, and the edition is signed by Margaret Atwood, Sophie Mackintosh, Jan Garden Castro and Ken Cunningham.
If there are any copies of the Numbered edition remaining after the Matching Pre-Order, depending on quantities, these copies will be available for purchase either by lottery or directly through the online store.
LETTERED EDITION
The Lettered edition is limited to 26 copies for sale and is a full leather bradel binding with a graphite top edge. Real scrabble tiles are inset and affixed to the binding, forming the title on the front cover, and the designation on the back cover. The clamshell enclosure is debossed and covered in Japanese cloth with a leather spine label.
Endsheets are hand marbled in Italy by Flavio Aquilina and the edition is printed letterpress on a Heidelberg Cylinder Press by Bradley Hutchinson in Austin, Texas. Each copy includes an original drawing by Ken Cunningham. The paper is mouldmade Zerkall Book softwhite vellum, and the edition is signed by Margaret Atwood, Sophie Mackintosh, Jan Garden Castro and Ken Cunningham.
If any copies of the Lettered edition are available when it opens up for public pre-order, those will be sold through a lottery only.
Photo by George Whiteside
Margaret Atwood is the author of more than forty books of fiction, poetry, and critical essays. In addition to The Handmaid's Tale (now a Hulu series) and its sequel The Testaments, her novels include The Blind Assassin (winner of the Booker Prize), Alias Grace (winner of the Giller Prize in Canada and the Premio Mondello in Italy), The Robber Bride, Cat's Eye, The Penelopiad, The Heart Goes Last, and Hag-Seed, a novel revisitation of Shakespeare's play The Tempest, for the Hogarth Shakespeare Project. Her latest book of short stories is Stone Mattress: Nine Tales. She is also the author of the graphic novel Angel Catbird (with co-creator Johnnie Christmas). Margaret Atwood lives in Toronto with writer Graeme Gibson.
Sophie Mackintosh
Jan Garden Castro
Ken Cunningham
Sophie Mackintosh is the author of two novels, The Water Cure and Blue Ticket. The Water Cure was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2018. Her work has been published in the New York Times, Granta and The Stinging Fly, among others. Her third novel, Cursed Bread, is forthcoming in 2023.
Jan Garden Castro is co-editor of Margaret Atwood: Vision and Forms (SIU Press) and author of Sonia Delaunay: La Moderne (Tokyo: Japan Association of Art Museums), The Art & Life of Georgia O'Keeffe (Crown, Virago, & Three Rivers), and The Last Frontier (Eclectic Press). Castro founded the MLA's Margaret Atwood Society. She is Contributing Editor of Sculpture Magazine (over 17 cover stories) and has curated art exhibitions in Japan, Peru, and USA.
Ken Cunningham is an artist and multiple award–winning director. As an artist, Ken strives to create work that is mythic, poetic, transformational and personal. Through his work, he paints the elusive tide that lies beneath what we perceive in the world around us. His paintings reveal the layers of feeling we sense but that are just out of cognitive reach. As a director he has worked on projects for a diverse range of clients including Lucasfilm, Lego, Marvel and Universal Pictures, among others.
Estimated Publication: Fall 2022
Limited to 1000 copies
Publication price: $175
(Payment plan available:
Six payments of 125*)
Limited to 26 copies
Publication price: $2950
Six payments of $491.67*)
Lettered and Numbered editions are available for pre-order on Saturday, January 15th, 2022 at 9 A.M. Pacific. Please note: If any copies of the Lettered edition are available, those will be sold through a lottery only, and depending on quantities, the Numbered edition will be available for purchase either by lottery or directly through the online store.
MATCHING NUMBERS & LETTERS
A Matching Pre-Order email is sent to owners of our previous publication, The Butcher Boy with a designation of 1-250 at 9:00 A.M. PT on the day of announcement. If you did not receive the email, contact us here. If your order is not received before the deadline, your designated number or letter will be assigned to the new owner.
ORDER LIMITS
Please be aware of the order limits for our editions. You can read more about this in the Order Limits article on our support site.
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Published editions may differ slightly from mockups and prototype designs.
Illustrations © 2022 by Ken Cunningham
Lettered edition photography by Yegor Malinovskii
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PARP Inhibitors: Cancer Breatkthrough?
Compared to the NBC News story on treating cancers with PARP inhibitors, this story by ABC News is relatively restrained in its enthusiasm. It offers viewers more information about the underlying concept of synthetic lethality, which is really the core of the news value of this journal article.
However, as with the NBC News story, the journalists at ABC News seem dazzled by the tumors that (at least temporarily) stabilized or shrank during the trial.
By featuring only a patient who had a good outcome, and failing to mention concerns about tumors developing resistance to this type of drug, the story leaves viewers with the impression that dying cancer patients will be rescued by this type of treatment. While that outcome is certainly what researchers are working toward, the story makes it appear they have practically arrived.
This story fails to report the financial ties between the researchers and the pharmaceutical company that makes the study drug.
Although the correspondent says these drugs are close to entering the market, there is no mention of what they might cost.
This story features one patient who says standard therapies failed to treat her cancer, but the experimental drug not only reduced her ovarian tumor size and pain, but it allowed her to return to work and resume other activities. Viewers are given the erroneous impression that she has been cured.
As both the journal article and editorial pointed out, tumors can develop resistance to PARP inhibition, but this story fails to tell viewers that the benefits reported by the woman featured on camera (and the other trial participants who had a positive response) might be only temporary.
No information about side effects was included in this story.
Even in this small study, some patients reported nausea, vomiting, fatigue, low blood cell counts and other problems, yet the only patient featured in the story talks about being able to return to work full time and resume other activities, apparently without any restrictions.
The correspondent says these drugs could be approved within a couple of years, if they "continue to prove effective in larger clinical trials." The problem with that statement is that the phase I trial of a PARP inhibitor was designed only to look for safety problems and gather data on tumor responses… far short of proving clinical effectiveness.
As the New England Journal of Medicine editorial makes clear, the reason this small early-stage trial is worthy of notice is because it reports progress in developing a new approach to cancer treatment. The story, however, confuses that basic science advance with proof of clinical effectiveness.
Not much discussion of the cancers themselves, so this criterion is N/A.
As mentioned above, this story did not include any comments from researchers who were involved in the PARP inhibitor trial reported in the New England Journal of Medicine. Viewers are not given any information about the expertise of the doctors who were quoted.
As with the NBC News story on this topic, this story failed to make any mention of the extensive financial relationships between the researchers and pharmaceutical company that makes the drug being studied.
This story does not mention alternative treatments except to say that the experimental drug offers "hope," "results," and "opportunity" to patients who weren't helped by conventional therapies.
The report states that this sort of treatment could be widely available within two years, glossing over the amount of research that remains to be done.
This story does a better job than the NBC News report of explaining the underlying concept of synthetic lethality and how it could offer a new way to develop anticancer treatments.
This story includes interviews and does not appear to be based largely on a news release. Oddly, none of the study authors was interviewed.
Total Score: 2 of 9 Satisfactory
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Safir Wazed been in the US for 20 years and is now a grad student. He doesn't understand why agreeing on a permanent DACA fix is so hard.
With no fix for Dreamers on the table, some lawmakers are threatening to block the bill, including Senator Kamala Harris.
It's hard to make sense of any tragedy — especially the deadly mudslide in Montecito. But this weekend, that task fell to a handful of local faith leaders.
It got heated — and personal — when the six major candidates met on stage at USC to discuss the issues facing California.
It will be the first time the candidates have faced each other in public to answer questions.
By mid-2019, California will have about $13.5 billion set aside for use in a recession. Given the state's size, however, how long would that money last?
The leading edge of a wave is always retirements of incumbents, Rafe Sonenshein tells Take Two.
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Major structural changes made to LCS 2021, new tournament introduced.
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By the way, floridajuice.com offers a huge and sortable recipe bank. Recent featured recipes include Orange Mango Lassi, Orange Tapioca Crème Brûlée, and Citrus Flank Steak "Cuban Style" with Mashed Sweet Potatoes.
Combine orange juice, soy sauce, lime juice, garlic, cumin, oregano, paprika, pepper, and oil in blender; blend until smooth. Pour mixture over chicken; cover and marinate in refrigerator for 8 to 24 hours. Discard marinade and pat chicken dry with paper towels.
Preheat oven to 450° F. Season the cavity of the chicken with salt and pepper. Tie legs together to hold shape; tuck wings under body. Place chicken in roasting pan. Roast chicken 20 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 375°F. Continue roasting for about 1 hour 20 minutes or until internal temperature reaches 165° F. Remove from oven and let cool.
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Regulatory Update for Medical Information Breach Administrative Penalties and Reporting Requirements
Friday, July 2nd, 2021 Tuesday, July 6th, 2021 CANHR STAFF
AFL 21-21 From the California Department of Public Health
TO: All Facilities
SUBJECT: Regulatory Update for Medical Information Breach Administrative Penalties and Reporting Requirements
AUTHORITY: California Health and Safety Code (HSC) section 1208.15
All Facilities Letter (AFL) Summary
This AFL informs health care facilities of adopted regulations, effective July 1, 2021.
The regulations are available at the Office of Regulations website.
The regulations clarify how administrative penalties for violations of medical information breach will be assessed.
The regulations also specify reporting requirements and procedures that health care facilities must follow for medical information breaches.
This AFL notifies health care facilities that the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) has adopted new Title 22 California Code of Regulations (CCR) sections 79900 – 79905. These regulations are effective July 1, 2021. Health care facilities should update any facility/entity policies and procedures as appropriate.
CDPH may impose an administrative penalty on a health care facility if it determines that the facility has committed a breach of a patient's health information. The base penalty amount is $15,000 and the penalty must not exceed the maximum penalty amount specified in HSC section 1280.15. The penalty may be adjusted based on the penalty adjustment factors described in the adopted regulations. In addition, CDPH may modify the penalty for small and rural hospitals if they submit a request to CDPH. CDPH may also adjust the penalties for primary care clinics and skilled nursing facilities under specified conditions.
Medical Information Breach – Reporting Requirements
The regulations require health care facilities to report a medical information breach to CDPH no later than 15 days after the breach has been detected. The regulations describe the information the health care facility must provide to CDPH. Delays in reporting may result in additional administrative penalties.
Medical Information Breach – Patient Notification Requirements
Additionally, the regulations specify information that facilities must provide to each patient whose information was breached. CDPH may assess additional penalties to health care facilities that do not report a breach of a patient's medical information to the patient or their representative.
Facilities are responsible for following all applicable laws. CDPH's failure to expressly notify facilities of statutory or regulatory requirements does not relieve facilities of their responsibility to follow all laws and regulations. Facilities should refer to the full text of all applicable sections of the HSC and Title 22 CCR.
If you have questions about the content of this AFL, please contact the CHCQ Regulations Unit at CHCQRegulationsUnit@cdph.ca.gov.
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Guidance on Quarantine for Health Care Personnel (HCP) Exposed to SARS-CoV-2
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Q: How to use multiple mui themes in storybook. i tried following the instructions but it only recognizes 1 theme Below is how i did it but not working:
In MuiTheme I don't override Button component

export let MuiTheme = createTheme({
  palette: {
    primary: {
      main: '#FF7E21',
    },
    text: {
      primary: '#000000',
      secondary: '#332E39',
      disabled: '#A3A4AD'
    }
  },
  typography: {
    fontFamily: 'Montserrat, sans-serif',
    htmlFontSize: 10,
  },
  components: {}
 }

In MuiComponentsOfForm I started overriding the Button component

export const MuiComponentsOfForm = createTheme({
  palette: {
    primary: {
      main: '#FF7E21',
    },
    text: {
      primary: '#000000',
      secondary: '#332E39',
      disabled: '#A3A4AD'
    }
  },
  typography: {
    fontFamily: 'Montserrat, sans-serif',
    htmlFontSize: 10,
  },
  components: {
    MuiButton: {
      styleOverrides: {
        root: {
          width: '100%',
          height: '5rem',
          fontSize: '1.2rem',
          fontWeight: '700',
          lineHeight: '2.4rem',
          textTransform: 'uppercase',
          boxShadow: 'none',
          gap: '1rem',
          display: 'flex',
          alignItems: 'center',
          justifyContent: 'center',
        },
        contained: {
          color: StyleConstants.WHITE_COLOR,
          '&:hover': {
            border: 'none',
            boxShadow: 'none',
          },
        },
        outlined: {
          background: 'none',
          color: StyleConstants.BLACK_COLOR,
          border: '1px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3)',
        },
        text: {
          color: StyleConstants.PRIMARY_COLOR,
          backgroundColor: StyleConstants.WHITE_COLOR,
          '&:hover': {
            backgroundColor: StyleConstants.WHITE_COLOR,
          },
        },
      },
    },
  }
})

But storybook only receive MuiTheme and not MuiComponentsOfForm. I've tried searching but can't find a solution, hope someone can help.
Here are the preview.js

import { addDecorator } from '@storybook/react';
import { muiTheme } from 'storybook-addon-material-ui5';
import { GlobalStyle } from '../src/styles/global-styles';
import { MuiComponentsOfForm, MuiTheme } from '../src/styles/theme/MuiTheme';

export const parameters = {
  layout: 'fullscreen',
  actions: { argTypesRegex: '^on[A-Z].*' },
  controls: {
    matchers: {
      color: /(background|color)$/i,
      date: /Date$/,
    },
  },
};

addDecorator(story => (
  <>
    <GlobalStyle />
    {story()}
  </>
));

export const decorators = [muiTheme([MuiTheme, MuiComponentsOfForm])];

main.js:

const path = require('path');

module.exports = {
  stories: ['../src/**/*.stories.mdx', '../src/**/*.stories.@(js|jsx|ts|tsx)'],
  addons: [
    '@storybook/addon-links',
    '@storybook/addon-essentials',
    '@storybook/addon-interactions',
    '@storybook/preset-create-react-app',
    'storybook-addon-material-ui',
  ],
  framework: '@storybook/react',
  core: {
    builder: '@storybook/builder-webpack5',
  },
  webpackFinal: async (config, { configType }) => {
    config.resolve.alias = {
      ...config.resolve.alias,
      '@components': path.resolve(__dirname, '../src/app/components'),
      '@assets': path.resolve(__dirname, '../src/app/assets'),
    };

    return config;
  },
};

package.json:

"dependencies": {
    "@emotion/react": "11.10.5",
    "@emotion/styled": "11.10.5",
    "@fontsource/montserrat": "4.5.13",
    "@fontsource/poppins": "4.5.10",
    "@fontsource/titillium-web": "4.5.9",
    "@mui/material": "5.10.13",
    "@mui/x-date-pickers": "5.0.8",
    "@react-google-maps/api": "2.17.1",
    "@reduxjs/toolkit": "1.8.5",
    "@testing-library/jest-dom": "5.16.5",
    "@testing-library/react": "13.4.0",
    "@types/fontfaceobserver": "^2.1.0",
    "@types/jest": "^27.5.2",
    "@types/node": "^14.18.27",
    "@types/react": "^18.0.20",
    "@types/react-dom": "^18.0.6",
    "@types/react-redux": "^7.1.24",
    "@types/react-test-renderer": "^18.0.0",
    "@types/rimraf": "^3.0.2",
    "@types/shelljs": "^0.8.11",
    "@types/styled-components": "5.1.26",
    "@types/testing-library__jest-dom": "^5.14.5",
    "@types/webpack": "^5.28.0",
    "@types/webpack-env": "^1.18.0",
    ...
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "@storybook/addon-actions": "^6.5.13",
    "@storybook/addon-essentials": "^6.5.13",
    "@storybook/addon-interactions": "^6.5.13",
    "@storybook/addon-links": "^6.5.13",
    "@storybook/builder-webpack5": "^6.5.13",
    "@storybook/manager-webpack5": "^6.5.13",
    "@storybook/node-logger": "^6.5.13",
    "@storybook/preset-create-react-app": "^4.1.2",
    "@storybook/react": "^6.5.13",
    "@storybook/testing-library": "^0.0.13",
    "babel-plugin-named-exports-order": "^0.0.2",
    "prop-types": "^15.8.1",
    "storybook-addon-material-ui5": "1.0.0",
    "webpack": "^5.75.0"
  }

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Nintendo has announced that a free demo of Yoshi's Crafted World is now available for Nintendo Switch via the Nintendo eShop.
As Yoshi, you'll leap up high, gulp down enemies, and set out on a treasure hunt to find all the different collectibles. On the flip side, stages can be played backwards, providing new perspectives to explore and new ways to locate some of the more craftily hidden items!
Overcome varied enemies and obstacles, like Zombie Guys, Skelesaurus, Ukiki, and Monty Mole as you seek out hidden collectibles.
Pass a Joy-Con controller to a friend for 2-player cooperative exploration.
Clad Yoshi in collectible, protective, handicraft costumes as he makes his way through each stage.


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Young love ... teenagers today may be more sexually active, but they're also more knowledgeable. Photo: Getty Images
Remember your first fumble in the dark? Sneaking around, hormones pumping, wrestling with clothing, the thrill of the illicit before crossing the threshold of first touch, first kiss, first sex. Memories of the first time are tinged with feelings of awkwardness, excitement and wistfulness. War stories and boasts of adolescent escapades form a key part of the narrative of our lives.
Yet the mention of teenage sex often sparks moral panic among older generations, convinced today's youngsters are more lascivious, morally looser and less responsible than they were. Urban myths abound, like rainbow parties where girls wearing different-coloured lipstick perform fellatio on the same boy, or sex bracelet parties where different-coloured bangles signify what you're up for (anything ranging from a hug to anal sex, apparently).
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So what's it really like to be a sexually active teen today? They're having sex younger. They're having it more often. They're doing it with more people. And they're doing things we've never heard of – or at least we certainly hadn't when we were their age.
The single defining characteristic of teenage sex in 2013 is porn. Graphic, hardcore sex, free for anyone with a smart phone to watch. It's so ubiquitous that the average age of first exposure to porn is now just 11 years old, warping kids' ideas of what normal sex is years before they are likely to try it themselves.
"When you put a smart phone in the hands of a teen or tween, you're basically giving them access to online porn," says Liz Walker, the national director of Get a Grip Teenz education program. "How do we equip kids to understand the difference between porn and real sex? A huge percentage of people who watch porn then want to try it."
Boys are turning up to see sex therapists because they are anxious they can't last 20 minutes before ejaculating (the average time is actually three to six minutes). They're asking sex educators if it's okay to have sex with animals. Girls are keen to have cosmetic surgery – boob jobs and labiaplasty are popular – convinced the porn-star look and performance is what boys want in bed.
"I didn't know a lot about sex in the beginning," says 17-year-old April. "When I watched porn with my boyfriend, I thought that's how girls should moan, that's how you should pleasure your partner. Then I had sex and I realised it's about how you feel, how your partner feels."
Sydney sex therapist Matty Silver worries that hardcore porn has become the de facto sex education for young people, because parents are too embarrassed to talk to their children about sex, and many schools are "terrified" of providing explicit sex education. "Porn shows vaginas that are not real, there is no hair, guys go for a very long time, penises are long and firm, sex is really rough, and girls like it when you come on their face," says Silver. "Porn tends to present one world view – the male view – of sex."
But Anne Mitchell, deputy director of the Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society at La Trobe University, argues that for many adolescents "the chance to see any sexual activity is really important and valued". Many kids now use online porn as a "how to" tutorial. "I gave head one day when I didn't know how to do it," says Malina, 17, "so I went home before and watched porn just to see how to do it."
THE DIGITAL MATING DANCE
As the first generation of digital natives, today's teenagers mate and relate via technology. Around half of all teens own a smart phone, giving them instant access to Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Snapchat to connect and document their exploits. "There is no doubt that technology now plays a major role in the social and sexual lives of young people, and takes them to places where their elders can't see what is going on," says Mitchell.
Natalie's father probably wished he hadn't seen what was going on when he walked into the 16-year-old's bedroom to find her masturbating in front of her computer for the benefit of her boyfriend watching via Skype. "It was a little awkward," Natalie giggles.
But technology can make things worse than awkward if intimate encounters are recorded and broadcast for mass consumption. Spare a thought for the 14-year-old who had sex in the back of a maxi taxi with her boyfriend one Saturday night, unaware her friends were filming it on their phones. "By the time she got to school on Monday, everyone had seen it," says Liz Walker. "The trauma from that is huge, and there is this ripple effect through the school."
No teen wants a "rep", yet many get a kick out of sending a racy text or image of themselves, not realising they could be prosecuted under child pornography laws. One in five 10- to 15-year-olds have either sent or received a sext, according to a Victorian parliamentary inquiry. Even the latest craze, Snapchat, which lets you send images that self-destruct after a few seconds, can backfire if the recipient takes a screen shot.
But Fred, 17, thinks sexting is pointless. "It's stupid sitting at home sexting. It makes you incredibly horny. I'd rather just go over [to see them] and do it. Why send a picture when you are able to touch that person?"
SEX GOES CASUAL
Friends with benefits, booty calls, f... buddies, hooking up. Short-term relationships and one-night stands have replaced "going steady" for many 16-year-olds, often facilitated by Facebook and mobile phones. "I'm not really good with commitment," says Malina. "So with my f... buddy I can have sex with him, but then have sex with someone else and he won't get angry about it because he can have sex with someone else as well and I won't worry about it."
The 2008 La Trobe University Secondary Students and Sexual Health survey found 16-year-olds are more likely to change partners than 18-year-olds, with people settling into longer-term relationships as they get older. Thirty per cent of sexually active students reported having three or more sexual partners in the previous year, up from 20 per cent in 2002.
FASTER, HARDER
Women of a certain age recall that when they were young, oral sex was an "exotic" part of one's bedroom repertoire, something you tried after five years of marriage when your sex life had become stale. Anal sex was taboo. For today's teens, fellatio is so prosaic it's been nicknamed "a goodnight kiss" in the United States. Nearly half of Australian high school students over 15 have had oral sex, according to the La Trobe survey.
But there's still squeamishness about "giving" oral pleasure. "You have to get the courage up to give head," April confesses. "You go [deep breath], 'One, two, three, go for it!' It's uncomfortable for a girl. It's weird."
Fred didn't try oral sex with his girlfriend until months after they lost their virginity together. "She's the only one I've ever done [oral sex] with," he says. "I find it a very personal thing; you're crossing a serious line."
Teens are also crossing one of the last sexual frontiers – anal sex. Spurred by porn, this shift is so recent there is only anecdotal evidence about its prevalence, with suggestions up to 10 per cent of young people have tried anal. April is one of them. "I was curious so I tried it, I just kind of went for it," she says. "I don't know if I would do it again. It's kind of uncomfortable and pleasurable at the same time."
Risk-taking marks the rite of passage between childhood and adulthood. Like hooning in a car, sneaking into a pub underage, or sharing a joint, going all the way is a key milestone of adolescence. One in three students in year 10 have lost their virginity, rising to 60 per cent of year 12 students, according to the La Trobe survey. But despite learning about contraception at school, 40 per cent of students admit they don't always use a condom, often because "it feels better" or "it just happened".
"Teachers are concerned about the complacency and confusion among kids; they need to know it all, but they're not able to deal with it emotionally," says Liz Walker.
Pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections remain key health risks for sexually active teenagers. Rates of chlamydia among girls aged 15 to 19 quadrupled in the decade to 2011, while rates for boys increased five fold. Australia's teenage pregnancy rate is 4 per cent, higher than countries such as France and the Netherlands, but lower than the US.
Even if today's adolescents don't always practise safe sex, Mitchell believes they are more confident discussing contraception and STIs with prospective partners, and they know more about sex generally. April made her first boyfriend get checked for STIs because he had "slept around a lot". "He came out clean, which is good, because I don't want to catch anything," she says. "I'm on the pill, so after that we never used condoms, even though you should."
A quarter of students surveyed by La Trobe admitted they were drunk or high the last time they had sex. Mitchell says the binge-drinking culture among teenage girls is leading to a rise in unwanted sex, with one in five girls saying they had unwanted sex because they were too drunk at the time. "Picking up a drunk girl? We've all done that," says Fred.
AND NOW FOR THE GOOD NEWS
"Most young people mostly have the sex they want, and they're having it in a fairly safe way," stresses Anne Mitchell. "Any teen lives a good sexual life if they're not stressed or threatened or unhappy about it." More than 90 per cent of teenagers in the La Trobe survey wanted the last sex they had.
It's also easier to be a gay teenager today, thanks to celebrity role models such as Ruby Rose and Matthew Mitcham, better sexuality education in schools, and the internet offering more avenues to find like-minded people. "There is a much better climate in schools about having a same-sex relationship," says Mitchell. About 8 per cent of sexually active young men say their last sex was with a man, compared to 4 per cent of girls who had lesbian sex.
Experts say parents play a crucial role in instilling healthy sexual behaviour in their children. "A good relationship with parents will have a much stronger influence on young people's outcomes than seeing porn online," says Rachel Skinner, associate professor of adolescent sexual behaviour at the University of Sydney. "It's not just about having one conversation with a child about the birds and the bees when they're young; it's having an ongoing conversation right through the teenage years, helping them negotiate relationships. Parents need to take the relationships teenagers have seriously, because teenagers certainly take them seriously."
With additional research by Nina Karnikowski and Brigid Delaney.
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In their final match in the DuFour Center court of the 2015 fall season, the volleyball team at Catholic University was victorious over Gallaudet University on Thursday, October 28th. The Bison of Gallaudet took the first set of the match, but the Cardinals responded well to win the following three on their way to a 3-1 win. The victory gave head coach Nagy Abdelrazek his 500th career win in his 23 seasons of coaching, all at Catholic. The Cardinals' record now stands at 16-15.
Before the game, the team's lone senior, Audrey Bizak, was honored on her senior night. The Class of 2016 middle hitter recorded 6 kills on the night in front of her teammates and parents.
Junior outside hitter Mary Paige Nesfeder hitter led the charge with 17 kills and 14 digs in an impressive performance. Sophomore Brynn Cooley added 9 kills and 14 digs of her own as well. Libero Michelle Bouchard led the team in the digs category with 17, and setter Michelle Seals collected 38 assists for CUA.
Catholic started out slowly in a 25-20 loss in the first set to the Bison. They rebounded nicely with a 25-14 win to equalize. They took the important third set by a narrow margin, 25-23, and then closed out the historic win with a third set victory 25-21. The team celebrated Coach Abdelrazek's 500th win after the match.
"As a coach he works really hard at making us into the best players we can be. Achieving 500 wins in his CUA career just goes to show he never gives up on his players," Bizak said about her head coach.
The Cardinals have clinched the 4th seed in the Landmark Conference, which sets up a semifinals matchup with the 1st-seeded Juniata. The match will be played at Juniata on Wednesday, November 4 at 7 PM.


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Королі́вство По́льське (; 1025—1385) — королівство династії П'ястів на території сучасної Польщі утворене Болеславом І Хоробрим у 1025 році. Проіснувало до 1385 року до укладання унії з Великим князівстом Литовським і утвердження династії Ягеллонів.

Після сходження на польський престол великого князя литовського Владислава II Ягайла, держава продовжувала називатися Королівство Польське.

Див. також
 Королівство Польське (1385—1569).

Джерела та література
 Я. Д. Ісаєвич. Королівство Польське  //
 Я. Д. Ісаєвич. Королівство Польське  //

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Середньовічні держави Польщі
Держави і території, засновані 1025
1025 у Європі
Колишні королівства
1385 у Європі
Зникли 1385