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Khabib Nurmagomedov Motivated To Fight 'Worthy' Tony Ferguson
Tony Ferguson recently claimed that Khabib Nurmagomedov is scared to fight him, but while that may be overstating the case, the lightweight champion has acknowledged that he's more motivated to fight 'El Cucuy' then any of his other recent opponents.
"I'm in this dude's head," Ferguson had told Ariel Helwani earlier this week. "He's looking at me. He's going to train so hard. He's going to be so nervous he's going to make a mistake. I'm going to capitalize on that. I'm going to catch him during the scrambles. Scrambled eggs, baby. I'm going to make him piss blood. I owe him two to the chops, and he owes me 20 push-ups. This guy's got an issue, and his name is Tony Ferguson. And I'm coming after him. It's hunting season, baby."
Nurmagomedov appears not to be looking to downplay the threat that Ferguson brings, and instead has been making it clear that he intends to come into this fight better than ever to make sure that he comes out on top against his rival.
"I will train hard," Nurmagomedov said in an interview in his native Dagestan. "With every fight, I gain more and more experience. Im getting older, I am 31. I think it's the peak age of fighters career.
"And to be honest, I lacked this motivation for my last fights. Iaquinta, Conor, Barboza, Poirier. They're not the same as Tony Ferguson. Thats why i feel that fire burning inside me again.
"I will train hard. With every fight, I gain more and more experience. I'm getting older, I am 31. I think it's the peak age of a fighter's career. Of course, I will train more for this fight because I got a worthy opponent. He is very good and very dangerous opponent.


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International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc. (NY: IFF )
Headline News about International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc.
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Benzinga's Top Ratings Upgrades, Downgrades For January 11, 2023
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The 80 RS Rating means International Flavors stock has outperformed 80% of all stocks, regardless of industry group, on price performance.
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Planet Fitness To Surge Over 25%? Plus Morgan Stanley Cuts PT On This Stock By 50%
Raymond James raised the price target on Planet Fitness, Inc. (NYSE: PLNT) from $70 to $84. Raymond James analyst Joseph Altobello maintained a Strong Buy rating on the stock. Planet Fitness shares...
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Bill Ackman's Protégé Holds These 3 High Yielding Stocks For Passive Income And Steady Gains
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On CNBC's "Mad Money Lightning Round," Jim Cramer said The Charles Schwab Corporation (NYSE: SCHW) is "terrific."
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CNBC's Final Trades: Goldman Sacks, Flavors & Fragrances And Why Energy Can Rally Through 2022
On CNBC's "Halftime Report Final Trades," Jim Lebenthal of Cerity Partners said Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE: GS) is "breaking out from other financials." "
Goldman Sachs Gets A CNBC 'Fast Money' Mention, And This Cryptocurrency Play Is Call Of The Day
CNBC's "Fast Money: Halftime Report" delivers market-moving news to investors.
Benzinga's Top Ratings Upgrades, Downgrades For June 27, 2022
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As the commodity market shifts to an environment of stagflation and U.S. economic recession risks rise, Bank of America adjusted its coverage of chemical stocks on Tuesday.
Looking Into Intl Flavors & Fragrances's Return On Capital Employed
According to Benzinga Pro, during Q1, Intl Flavors & Fragrances (NYSE:IFF) earned $246.00 million, a 167.39% increase from the preceding quarter.
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DOVER — Police are seeking the public's help in three unsolved cases from earlier this month.
On Dec. 6, an Xbox 360 game console and an Xbox game called "Tenchuz" were stolen from a residence on Stark Avenue. Police say it appears someone entered the home between 6:30 and 7:30 p.m. and stole the console and game.
On Dec. 7, a wallet was stolen from Planet Fitness. The wallet is described as being a brown Coach wallet that contained credit cards, a checkbook, driver's license, miscellaneous gift cards, and cash. Police say these thefts occurred sometime between 9:25 and 10:45 a.m.
Police are also investigating two car break-ins at the Bellamy Road parking lot. Two vehicles at the lot had their windows shattered on Dec. 10 between 8 a.m. and 1:30 p.m., according to police. Stolen was a brown/tan small Coach wallet containing a gift card and an Apple iPod.
Anybody with information about these cases should call Dover Crimeline at 749-6000. All callers remain anonymous and are identified only by a Crimeline number. Up to $1,000 can be paid for information leading to the arrest and conviction of a suspect(s).


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Perth Festival announces 2018 program
This summer, the 2018 Perth Festival invites you to see art in a different light and revel in a feast of captivating experiences to suit every taste and budget.
Churchill Fellow takes risks at Fremantle Festival
The University of Western Australia's Churchill Fellow has performed an unexpected and experimental music event as part of this year's Fremantle Festival.
Special UWA staff discounts for the 2018 Perth Festival
There is something for everyone in the 2018 Perth Festival as the excitement builds for the full program launch on 9 November. Here's a taste of what's to come in four internationally acclaimed works that are on sale now.
As a UWA staff member you have 10% off adult prices for most events across the program and further discounts and special offers when the full program is released. Special ticket price offer for the Lotterywest Festival Films will be announced closer to the program launch.
Exhibition tells the story of the Batavia shipwreck
An exhibition presented by the Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery at The University of Western Australia (open Saturday 7 October until Saturday 16 December) provides new insights into the mutiny, murder and feats of survival surrounding the infamous Batavia shipwreck, through the eyes of archaeologists, scientists and artists.
Another International Achievement for Shaun Hern Lee
Fifteen year old Shuan Hern Lee has once again made the AMEB proud, this time winning
first prize in the Palmadoro International Piano Competition for Age 35 and Under, in Finale Ligure, Italy. He was also awarded the gold medal for the youngest finalist in this competition, where he competed against other concert pianists and professional musicians from Poland, Italy, Russia and Japan, all aged in their 20s and 30s.
Leading marketer joins The University of Western Australia
Leading Western Australian marketer, Owen Davies, has been appointed Chief Marketing Officer at The University of Western Australia.
Aboriginal students published in Australian Poetry Journal
Three students from the School of Indigenous Studies at the University of Western Australia have had poems published in the prestigious Australian Poetry Journal.
The journal invited submissions from international and Australian-born poets, and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander poets were encouraged to submit.
Award for Melody Kelly
Congratulations to Melody Kelly on winning the AMEB award at the Geraldton Music Festival 2017. She performed "In the Eyes of a Tiger" and also entered and won the Modern Piano Solo Preliminary playing "Big Beat".
Melody attends the Geraldton Grammar School and is taught music privately.
Achievement for Shuan Hern Lee in USA
The AMEB would like to congratulate Shuan Hern Lee on emerging as the first prize winner of the 2017 International e-Piano Competition in Minneapolis, USA.
UWA EMS students reflect on Broome
Twelve Faculty of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences (EMS) student ambassadors have returned from a unique trip to the Kimberley. The students explored Western Australia's remote Broome region, promoting science, technology, engineering and mathematics to high school students.


No matter how skilled or how advanced you are in your career, no one is immune from being laid off. If your company downsizes and you are left without a job, you need to take proactive measures to get back into the workforce.
With these seven fundamental rules for surviving your job loss, you can implement a strategy for handling your finances, managing your time, and executing your search. With this and other resources from The Five O'Clock Club, you can turn a potential disaster into nothing more than a bump in the road.
Decide what you want out of a severance package by researching what will truly benefit you in the long term. Don't just think about cash. Health insurance, for example, costs the company less than it would cost you. You can also ask for one year of career coaching and the right to select the coaching service.
A lot of good people get downsized. Perhaps the most important thing to remember is that layoffs are usually the result of an organization's budget cuts or lack of business, not a direct result of poor performance. Stay confident and remember you can still be a valuable employee to someone else.
It can be daunting to have hours of unscheduled time on your hands. Use that time to join trade organizations, schedule interviews, and network as much as possible. This is your new job, so you should spend at least 40 hours per week on your search.
With or without severance, you need to create a post-job budget as soon as possible. Take a look at how much money you have and what bills are coming due. Make sure you can pay your critical bills — mortgage, car payment, insurance — and cut out what you can.
Just because you worked for a large corporation in a large city doesn't mean that's the only type of job you're qualified to do. Your personal talents can lend themselves to a number of jobs in different sectors and organizations; you just have to be open to them.
If the bills keep rolling in, it can be easy to panic and take the first job that's offered. It's important to take your time, however, so keep your cool and make the right decision. If money is low, get an interim job for some financial relief. Taking the wrong job could result in a string of job-hops that will cost you valuable time and effort.
While it may not be feasible to start your own small business from the ground up — complete with angel investors and expensive staff members — it may be just the time for you to put your talents to work as a consultant. Use your business savvy to start consulting while you are searching for a new job.


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Q: ListView Items not getting renamed properly I have a list view that has two columns: one for the prefix and one for the connection string.
Example:
Prefix| Connection string
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OR1_  | blablabla
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OR2_  | blebleble
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OR3_  | blublublu
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(Sorry for the makeshift table, I think it will be easier to understand)
So now whenever I delete an item from the listView I need to rename all the prefixes so imagine if I delete the item number 2, I will end up with:
Prefix| Connection string
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OR1_  | blablabla
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OR3_  | blublublu
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But I actually need it to be OR1_ and OR2_
so I made this code that does that when I delete an item:
 private void buttonDel_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            if (listViewConnectionStrings.Items.Count == 0) return;
            else
            {
                //Delete the items
                foreach (ListViewItem eachItem in listViewConnectionStrings.SelectedItems)
                {
                    Connections.Remove(eachItem.Text);
                    listViewConnectionStrings.Items.Remove(eachItem);
                }
                if(listViewConnectionStrings.Items.Count == 0) return;

                //Rename the prefixes
                int cntItems = listViewConnectionStrings.Items.Count;
                for (int i = 0; i <= cntItems; i++)
                {
                    ListViewItem newItem = new ListViewItem();
                    newItem = listViewConnectionStrings.Items[0];
                    int newPrefix = i++;
                    newItem.Text = @"OR" + newPrefix.ToString() + @"_";
                }

            }
        }

The last for is working fine when I delete the first item on the list, it renames all the others properly, but If I delete one in the middle or at the bottom, well one that's not the first all the others get the same name.
What am I missing, what's wrong?

A: The first thing I see in your code, is that in the for loop, you are incrementing i two times, first at the beggining of the loop and second, in the second block when you assign it to the newPrefix and this could be a problem:
            int cntItems = listViewConnectionStrings.Items.Count;
            for (int i = 0; i <= cntItems; i++)//here you do i++
            {
                ListViewItem newItem = new ListViewItem();
                newItem = listViewConnectionStrings.Items[0];
                int newPrefix = i++;//here you increment i again
                newItem.Text = @"OR" + newPrefix.ToString() + @"_";
            }

what should be used, not to insert undesired behavior is when you want to assign i to newPrefix is use i+1 instead of i++.
And the second thing that makes me think is how you use your listViewConnectionStrings.Items because you never change the index of your Item. It's only used Item[0]. You can try again with both modifications as follows:
            int cntItems = listViewConnectionStrings.Items.Count;
            for (int i = 0; i <= cntItems; i++)//here you do i++
            {
                ListViewItem newItem = new ListViewItem();
                newItem = listViewConnectionStrings.Items[i];
                int newPrefix = i+1;//here you increment i again
                newItem.Text = @"OR" + newPrefix.ToString() + @"_";
            }

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Lucky Lax is an elite, girl's only club program offered in Central Ohio. We aim to provide an educational experience in a competitive arena while developing lacrosse players to their full potential. We are thrilled to offer a Club Program where our efforts are focused on developing the elite lacrosse player and elite teams while offering the tools, opportunities, and resources for both to thrive. We are built on the principle of instructing the individual and the team from the ground up. Meaning all elements of the game will be addressed from fundamentals to team strategy, individual skill, as well as offensive and defensive concepts. We offer one team per Grad Year. Our upcoming offerings are for Grad Years 2024 - 2030.
Consistency and organization is the name of our game. Teams remain together year to year to create chemistry and fully develop their play. Our top notch coaches will remain with their teams throughout their Club careers each year. This gives them the opportunity to know their players, address their challenges and build on their strengths. Did we mention FUN? After all, lacrosse is the best sport on two feet! We strive for our players to have an awesome experience with us at Lucky Lax.
Tryouts & Selection Criteria
We believe competition is an integral part of forming a successful club. Tryouts are held to foster that competition. Our tryouts are held in August / September of each year. Notifications will be made to successful candidates within 24 hours of the tryout dates. All players are re-evaluated annually. All new, and returning players are required to tryout. Selections are made based on player ability, and commitment to club participation.
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Microsoft Outs Previews For Office 2016 And Skype For Business
Judy Mottl, Tech Times 17 March 2015, 10:03 am
Microsoft is making St. Patrick's Day a dual celebration for developers and IT enterprise apps teams who boast some Irish heritage and have been eager to get their hands on Skype and Office 2016.
Just about six months after letting the enterprise world know it was changing Microsoft Lync to Skype for Business, Microsoft is officially launching the technical preview today with the new client, service and online service officially available next month. The fun part is between now and then as developers and apps teams can try Skype for Business and get prepped for the upgrade come April.
According to Microsoft, video messaging service Skype is used by more than 300 million people every month. The Skype of Business provides an expanded Lync feature set as well as business-level compliance, security and IT controls. Enterprise users can search and connect with anyone in the Skype network and all its functionality — instant messaging, video calls, online meetings and voice feature — is now baked into the Office platform.
"Our elite launch partners have the highest level of experience, training and commitment to the Skype for Business platform, and are able to deliver on a global scale," writes Giovanni Mezgec, general manager for the Skype for Business team, in a blog post announcing Skype's availability and noting that there's been a five-fold jump in partners deploying Lync in the cloud in the past 12 months.
On Wednesday, March 18, the O365 Network will host a Skype for Business YamJam running from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. EST where enterprise teams can asks questions and get instant help on using the new app. To participate just sign up here.
Microsoft is also debuting the developer preview of Office 2016 IT Pro today, which has been in private preview for several months, according to Kirk Koenigsbauer, corporate VP for the Office 365 Client Apps and Services team.
"Now we're ready to expand the program to our commercial Office 365 customers, an important milestone that gives IT pros and developers an opportunity to start testing the upcoming release," writes Koenigsbauer, warning the build doesn't yet feature all the functionality Microsoft plans to include in the final product. "However, through the course of the preview, customers should expect to see new features delivered through monthly updates."
The Office 365 offering features Data Loss Protection for creating and enforcing content authoring and document-sharing policies; "significant technical improvements," to Outlook, including multi-factor authentication as well as faster email delivery and greater storage efficiency.
So far, the technical preview of Office 2016 is getting kudos for its visual refresh as reviewers are quick to note that Office 2016 offers pretty much minor updates. But that's fine as Office 2013 isn't exactly antiquated.
"We're excited about this milestone in our development process and are looking forward to hearing your feedback," says Koenisgsbauer, adding Microsoft will be providing updates between now and the official launch in April. Here's the link to the technical preview site.
Tags: Microsoft Skype Lync Office Business enterprise Apps Software
Microsoft Outs Office 2016 Preview For Mac: What's New And How To Download
Microsoft Gives New York City Schools Free Access To Office 365 ProPlus
Skype, Lync Users Can Now Video Call Each Other


I should be writing a fundraising column right now, making the case to support Mother Jones' journalism at a time of truth decay. But I can't.
This week, perhaps more than any since November 2016, has felt broken.
Blasey Ford and Kavanaugh are my age, and my recollections sport the same haircuts, clothes, and retrospectively complicated movies. Maybe that made it more enraging to watch everything—Orrin Hatch calling her "pleasing" after she tried so hard to be collegial, the men on the committee laughing together after they finished, the grotesque descent into partisan screaming.
But what pulls at me the most are the questions: Who are we? Who will we be when this is all over?
Those moments are not about winning elections or political debates. They are about power, at virtually any cost. As is sexual assault.
I know that as a journalist, the appropriate thing for me to do is be "neutral," to acknowledge that "Renate alumni" might just be a nice way for Catholic boys to memorialize a good friend, perhaps even to find some way to bemoan that this is all a normal consequence of living in a polarized society.
Rage has become the defining principle of one part of the political spectrum. Don't let it become yours. Turn it into something better.
But I really can't. Because this is no longer an intellectual argument. It's something we feel in the hippocampus—the catch in Blasey Ford's voice, the reach for "some caffeine," the desperate desire to be anywhere but there, to talk about anything but that, all while being "collegial." Just like when we watched Anita Hill, whose bravery was greater still because she did not have half the committee rising in passionate defense, and because she had to face the demons of racism and misogyny.
Hill and Blasey Ford deserve our admiration and respect. But they deserve more. Truth-telling is not a spectator sport—it's something every one of us can do.
So this is not a fundraising post, it's a "turn your anger into something useful" post. Rage has become the defining principle of one part of the political spectrum. Don't let it become yours.
As Kevin Drum wrote a couple of days ago, "If you believe that your political opposites aren't just opponents, but literally enemies of the country, then of course you'll do almost anything to stop them." Trump, Graham, and a man who wants to sit on the nation's highest court have convinced themselves that opponents are the same as enemies. Don't let them convince you, too.
If you feel inclined, please share how (and what) you're doing. And if you have questions, let us know that too. We'll be here, turning our own rage into reporting the truth.


Pellissippi State will honor veterans and their service and sacrifice this week with events all five of its campuses.
Nov. 7-11 — Service Commemoration: Tribute to Veterans. Students are invited to sign a military seal that represents their service or the service of someone they know. The signed seals are to be grouped by branch of service on the wall.
Nov. 11, 9 a.m. — Flags for Veterans. Students are invited to plant an American flag in honor of our veterans' service. Flags will be placed in designated areas leading up to the campus.
To request accommodations for a disability for any of these events, contact the executive director of Equity and Compliance at 865-539-7401 or accommodations@pstcc.edu. For more information about Pellissippi State, visit www.pstcc.edu or call 865-694-6400.
All types of books — from fiction to non-fiction and children's books to cookbooks — will be available at this year's Student Scholarship Book Sale at Pellissippi State Community College. The sale, which is held annually, will take place at all five of the college's campuses during March and April. Proceeds from the sale go directly toward student scholarships.
Bargain hunters may also find collectible magazines like National Geographic, as well as a nice selection of DVDs and CDs. Pellissippi State faculty, staff and students, as well as community members, contributed items for the sale.
The Student Scholarship Book Sale is sponsored by Pellissippi State's faculty senate.
For more information about Pellissippi State, visit www.pstcc.edu or call 865-694-6400. To request accommodations for a disability at this event, contact the executive director of Equity and Compliance at 865-539-7401 or accommodations@pstcc.edu.


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CycleAwards 2019
Section: Regulars Post: Jeremy Hammer
Annual feature highlighting the winners and events of the year gone by.
In the 2019 edition of the CycleOnline.com.au CycleAwards, we name the stars of the season past in a reflection of domestic and international racing. These CycleAwards are done purely for editorial purposes, pieced together from an Australian perspective via what we witnessed during the year both locally and abroad.
National Rider of the Year – Mike Jones:
To say 2019 was an amazing year for Mike Jones is an understatement! The Queenslander raced Phillip Island's ASBK opener onboard a privateer Kawasaki before being called up to replace Troy Bayliss at DesmoSport Ducati at Wakefield Park. He ended up signing with the outfit for the remainder of the season, capturing the 2019 crown in an absolute thriller at the season-finale.
International Rider of the Year – Marc Marquez:
Repsol Honda's Marc Marquez hardly put a foot wrong during the 2019 MotoGP World Championship, clinching his eighth world title – and sixth in the premier class – at the Thai grand prix with four rounds still remaining. It was one of the Spaniard's most consistent and dominant seasons.
Rookie of the Year – Fabio Quartararo:
It didn't take long for MotoGP rookie Fabio Quartararo to establish himself as a podium favourite, standing on the box at the Catalan grand prix after earning pole position. He landed on the podium seven times throughout the year and claimed pole on six occasions, granting him fifth in the championship and top independent rider honours.
Race Series of the Year – Australian Superbike Championship:
The 2019 Australian Superbike Championship went down as one of the most competitive in history! Before the season even started, there were a large number of former champions and race winners on the entry list, and the series delivered on close and tight racing. The title came down to the final round of the year with three riders in the hunt, but there was just half a point separating Jones and Troy Herfoss going into the last race – the duo put on an incredible show as they fought for the crown, but it was Jones who came out on top.
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Most Anticipated Model – 2020 Honda CBR1000RR Fireblade SP:.
Only recently unveiled is the 2020 Honda CBR1000RR Fireblade SP, which immediately became the most anticipated model of the year. The Superbike contender has undergone a major overhaul for 2020, drawing major inspiration from the RC213V MotoGP machine while boasting a list of impressive specs.
Hottest Topic – Jorge Lorenzo retires:
At the beginning of the season, no one ever anticipated multi-time world champion Jorge Lorenzo to retire from MotoGP, especially after just signing with Repsol Honda for two years. The Spaniard had a rough year adapting to the RC213V, which was only worsened by a list of major injuries. It all resulted in him calling time on his career before Valencia's season-finale!
Top Team – Kawasaki Racing Team:
It was an amazing effort for the Kawasaki Racing Team in 2019 as they assisted Jonathan Rea to a fifth-straight WorldSBK title. It's no secret they were struggling to match the combination of Alvaro Bautista and the Ducati Panigale V4 R, but they gave the bike Rea needed to dominate the second half of the series.
Best Event – Phillip Island WorldSBK round:
It's one of the most iconic circuits in the world, and Phillip Island delivered again at the start of the year as it opened the WorldSBK series and ASBK championship. There was quite a bit of anticipation around both series' this year, making for an incredible start to the season.
Most Surprising Moment – Johann Zarco saga:
Usually signing a two-year contract with a factory team is a dream come true, but for Johann Zarco and Red Bull KTM, it was anything but that! The Frenchman clearly struggled to adapt the RC16, and eventually came to terms with KTM to end his contract at the end of the year. He was benched altogether a couple of weeks later, and then earned the call up by LCR Honda to fill in over the last three rounds.
Social Standout – Cal Crutchlow:
Across a variety of platforms, whether on his own accounts or commenting elsewhere, you can rely on LCR Honda's Cal Crutchlow to provide plenty of entertainment. A straight-shooter who isn't shy of social media banter, we're always anticipating what's next from the MotoGP mainstay.
Special Mention – Podiums of Jack Miller:
It was breakout season of sort for Australian Jack Miller as he notched up five MotoGP podiums! His first came at Circuit of the Americas, ending a three-year drought, before landing on the box at Brno, Aragon, Phillip Island and Valencia.
Countdown: Anticipated events of 2020
Destination: 2019 KTM NZ Adventure Rallye - Top of the South


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Drebrin may regulate activities of epigenetic reader ZMYND8 via its cytoplasmic sequestration.
Inhibition of cortactin or dynamin-2 abrogated the increased virus entry observed in DBN1-deficient cells, suggesting that DBN1 suppresses dynamin-mediated endocytosis via interaction with cortactin.
Lack of drebrin leads to the dysfunction of cell-cell communication, resulting in aberrant migration of metastatic cancer cells, aberrant synaptic function in dementia, and rupture of endothelial integrity.
One candidate pathway coupling actin filaments to microtubules consists of the actin filament-binding protein drebrin and the microtubule-binding +TIP protein EB3. This pathway is regulated proximally by cyclin-dependent kinase 5 phosphorylation of drebrin but the upstream elements in the pathway have yet to be identified.
These observations indicate that drebrin loss in dendritic spines occurs at the prodromal stage of Alzheimer's disease (AD), before the density and morphology of dendritic spines change. Quantitation of drebrin may be a possible tool for diagnosing the prodromal stage of AD, before dementia development in AD.
further studies on drebrin and its binding proteins will be of great importance to elucidate the pathologies of various diseases and may contribute to their medical treatment and diagnostics development.
through its interaction with CXCR4 and the actin cytoskeleton, drebrin regulates T cell activation. CD4(+) T cells are one of the main targets for the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-1.
Our work has shown that the immunosuppressant compound BTP2, which blocks Ca(2+) influx into cells, interacts with the actin-reorganizing protein, drebrin. Here we review the role of drebrin in the regulation of calcium signaling, with a focus on immune cells.
Upregulation of drebrin was noted in several types of cancers, e.g., basal cell carcinomas for which it may serve as marker, liver metastases of colon carcinomas, and bladder cancer, suggesting that it is involved in regulating actin dynamics during tumor development, progression, and metastasis.
drebrin has to be added to the list of actin-binding proteins regulating actin dynamics of mesangial cell processes and foot processes of podocytes. It will be important to determine its role in hereditary and acquired glomerulopathies.
these results contribute to the current understanding of cell-cell junction regulation, introducing a new function of drebrin as a stabilizer of endothelial integrity.
Cancer cell motility and invasion are crucial elements in the metastatic cascade and involve dramatic changes in cellular morphology that are associated with dynamic remodelling of the cytoskeleton. Interestingly, it now appears that drebrin could deliver this role during cancer development.
Drebrin reduces SMC activation through its interaction with the actin cytoskeleton but independently of its interaction with Homer scaffolds to prevent neointima formation.
Exploring the relationship between drebrin and cognitive function may provide insight into the early prevention of cognitive impairment and in the diagnosis and treatment of Alzheimer's disease.
Drebrin is critical for progranulin-dependent activation of the Akt and MAPK pathways and modulates motility, invasion and anchorage-independent growth in bladder neoplasms.
The study compared the proteome profiles of the human colon adenocarcinoma cell line HCT-116 with its metastatic derivative E1. DBN1 was found to be overexpressed in E1 as compared to HCT-116 cells.
In basal cell carcinoma tissues, intense and homogeneous drebrin expression was observed mainly at tumor cell-cell boundaries. In contrast, drebrin was stained only weakly and non-homogeneously in trichoblastoma and trichoepthelioma tissue samples.
Rab8a and Drebrin E act as key proteins in the regulation of apical trafficking in intestinal epithelial cells.
Functional perturbations of drebrin demonstrate that proximal leading process microtubule-actomyosin coupling steers the direction of centrosome and somal migration, as well as the switch from tangential to radial migration.
Hippocampal Drebrin protein expression levels in adult APP/PS1 mice decline with age. Behavioral data demonstrated that cognitive and probe activities decline with age. A correlation analysis showed that the expression level of the Drebrin protein significantly correlatives with behavioral performance in Alzheimer's disease mice.
In subventricular zone of Dbn1-null mice number of neuroblasts and cell proliferation decreased, although cell death remained unchanged.
Drebrin A is highly enriched in dendritic spines, but its effects on actin morphology, dynamics, and interplay with other actin regulators are yet to be clarified. Here we review recent advances in understanding drebrin effects on actin morphology and dynamics.
Drebrin A can be found co-clustering with NR2B-containing NMDARs at the plasma membrane, while NR2A-containing NMDARs co-traffic into the spine cytoplasm but do not co-cluster at the plasma membrane.
these findings suggest that during cell migration drebrin is involved in retraction processes but not in lamellipodia formation. The novel, sizable juxtanuclear drebrin-enriched zone remains to be characterized in detail with respect to its molecular assembly and functions.
bn1 expression is induced during myoblast differentiation, in a p38 MAP kinase- and MyoD- dependent manner. RNAi-mediated depletion of drebrin, or treatment with a chemical drebrin inhibitor, resulted in a similar phenotype in myoblasts: defective differentiation, with low levels of early and late differentiation markers and inefficient production of myofibers.
Study determines the specific roles of drebrin in the regulation of the axonal cytoskeleton, and provides evidence that drebrin contributes to the coordination of the actin and microtubule cytoskeleton during the initial stages of axon branching.
Data suggest further studies to elucidate the effect of drebrin (Dbn) on the development and progression of Alzheimer's disease (AD).
Dbn1 regulates systemic anaphylaxis and IgE/Fcgr1-induced degranulation in mast cells by regulating actin reorganization and actin dynamics.
These results suggest that Cdk5-p35 regulates neuronal migration through phosphorylation of drebrin in growth cone processes.
Double knockout Psen1Psen2 leads to a decrease in immunoreactivity for drebrin A at both synaptic and nonsynaptic areas of CA1 hippocampus.
The density of drebrin-positive glutamatergic synapses formed on GABAergic neurons is lower than those on glutamatergic neurons.
These results suggest that the actin-binding domain of drebrin is centered on actin subdomain 2 and may adopt a folded conformation upon binding to F-actin.
Drebrin A plays an indispensable role in some processes of generating fear learning and memory.
The protein encoded by this gene is a cytoplasmic actin-binding protein thought to play a role in the process of neuronal growth. It is a member of the drebrin family of proteins that are developmentally regulated in the brain. A decrease in the amount of this protein in the brain has been implicated as a possible contributing factor in the pathogenesis of memory disturbance in Alzheimer's disease. At least two alternative splice variants encoding different protein isoforms have been described for this gene.


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Youth Congress demands to censor the movie 'The Accidental Prime Minister', threatens to stop release
Youth Congress alleges facts have been played with and presented incorrect manner in the movie.
OpIndia Staff
The Maharashtra unit of Youth Congress has sent a letter to the producers of the movie The Accidental Prime Minister, asking for a special screening for them before the theatrical release of the movie, so that they can censor it. The movie is a biopic on former prime minister Dr Manmohan Singh, based on a book with the same name by Sanjaya Baru, who was media advisor of Dr Singh. Directed by Vijay Ratnakar Gutte, the film stars veteran actor Anupam Kher as Manmohan Singh. The movie is scheduled to be released on January 11, 2019.
The trailer of the movie was released on Youtube, and it seems the youth Congress is not happy with the portrayal of various characters movie. They have written that 'facts have been played with and presented in an incorrect manner'. They also say that the way Manmohan Singh, Sonia Gandhi and Congress party is shown in the movie is not acceptable to them.
Therefore, they have demanded a screening of the full movie before its release, so that they can decide if there are any un-actual scenes that malign the image of the party and its release. If such scenes are found in the movie, they have to be edited and deleted, says the letter. The Youth Congress than goes on to threaten that if the movie is released without pre-screening for them and without making changes as demanded by them, they will stop the screening of the movie across India.
Last year, Congress activists had disrupted the screening of the movie Indu Sarkar at various places in India. Directed by Madhur Bhandarkar, the movie was set in the period of the emergency in India, and Congress was not happy with the way former PM Indira Gandhi and her son Sanjay Gandhi was portrayed in the movie. Apart from disrupting screening, the Congress workers also had forced the filmmakers to cancel promotional activities for the movie. The government had to provide police protection to Madhur Bhandarkar to safeguard his life.
Now it seems The Accidental Prime Minister will also face similar protests and disruptions by the Congress party workers. Other than Anupam Kher, the movie stars Akshaye Khanna playing the role of Sanjaya Baru and German actress Suzanne Bernert as Sonia Gandhi, who has acted in several TV serials in India before.
Congress ecosystem
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Congress leader Kapil Sibal and wife to be sued by journalist Barkha Dutt for fraud and cheating in Tiranga TV case
There seems to be no end to the fighting between Congress leader Kapil Sibal and 'journalist' Barkha Dutt over the Tiranga TV fiasco
Robert Vadra pens 'farewell note' for Rahul Gandhi, calls him inspiration for the youth
Robert Vadra shares a farewell message for Rahul Gandhi after latter's decision to quit Congress president's post.
Rahul Gandhi finds easy being in the Opposition, maybe that's why he is where he is
Shashank Bharadwaj - July 11, 2019
With Rahul Gandhi making his intentions clear in Amethi stating that he finds joy in being in opposition party as it easy, it is nothing but gloomy for the Congress party.


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Fed Supports Junk Debt; GE, Delta, Ryanair Ratings Cut
by bondevalue | Apr 13, 2020 | Financial News
Markets had some encouragement over the long weekend as the Fed announced a support package of $2.3tn for local governments and small businesses and OPEC agreed to cut production by 10mn barrels per day to support oil prices. Despite this, Asian markets are opening mixed and US index futures are down around 1%. Australia and Hong Kong are on holiday today, so activity will be muted, especially after the long weekend in most countries. Asia ex-Japan CDS spreads narrowed by 7 bps to 131 bps by the end of last week while US and European CDS spreads have narrowed by 23 bps and 14 bps to 85 bps and 81 bps respectively as markets were still open when the Fed announcement came in on Thursday afternoon.
Fed Adds Support for High Yield Debt
Last Thursday, the Federal Reserve entered new territory by expanding its scope of support measures to include plans to buy debt issued by high yield companies indirectly via exchange traded funds. This sparked the biggest rally in this asset class since 2008. The biggest high yield bond ETF run by BlackRock jumped more than 7% on the news. The program also allows purchase of some "Fallen Angels" like Ford since the central bank will buy corporate bonds that were rated triple B minus or above as of March 22. The Fed also announced that it would purchase up to $500bn of short term notes from states and some counties and cities, but stopped short of supporting longer dated municipal bonds.
Indian housing finance company HDFC's Chairman Deepak Parekh says that RBI should start buying corporate bonds to provide the much-needed liquidity support to corporations. In a recent interview with NDTV's Dr Pranoy Roy, ex-RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan shares his views including why RBI is not a lender of commercial loans and why it should rather work through the banking sector.
Fitch Cuts GE and GE Capital to 'BBB', Cuts Delta to Junk, Downgrades Ryanair to 'BBB'
The downgrade of GE's ratings reflects Fitch's expectation that improvements in the company's credit profile will be constrained by the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic. Fitch on Friday lowered its rating on Delta's debt to 'BB+' from 'BBB-' and warned that another downgrade is possible as air travel suffers with the spread of the coronavirus. The downgrade of Ryanair (RYA) reflects Fitch's updated macroeconomic and global aviation industry expectations, weakening RYA's business and financial profile over the entire rating horizon.
Investment Banks Prepare for Earnings Wipeout
Even in the most optimistic scenario of a rapid rebound where normality is restored in six months or less, we could potentially see a 100% decline in profits according to a new report co-authored by Oliver Wyman and Morgan Stanley. In a more pessimistic model where there is a deep global recession lasting a year or more, weaker banks could see big losses. Credit losses could go from a range of $30bn-$50bn to a range of $200bn-$300bn between these two scenarios. Since "scale" is a big driver of profitability, JPMorgan is likely to take further market share from smaller European lenders. Germany's Deutsche Bank and Commerzbank look to be in the worst positions, having little or no profits to absorb the losses while Switzerland's Credit Suisse and UBS seem best positioned to cope. The Eurozone banking system entered this crisis in a particularly weak state and unlike 2008, banks cannot compensate too much for plunging profits by cost cutting since fixed, regulatory, compliance and IT costs have gone up.
From Boeing to HSBC, Companies are Scrapping Billions in Dividends on Coronavirus Fears
Despite three major overhauls in the past decade and a series of reputation-damaging compliance missteps, investors have stuck with HSBC, in large part because of its consistent cash dividend. When the bank threatened to cut off that income stream in the past, the bank's shareholders – a third of which are retail investors – have reacted swiftly. After the bank said on April 1 that it was cancelling its already announced final interim payout for 2019 and not planning any further dividend payments, they sent HSBC's shares to their lowest level since March 2009, the height of the global financial crisis.
HSBC's shareholders are not alone. Investors globally have pushed companies into hefty payouts in the form of dividends or share buy-backs over the past decade – dividends totalled nearly US$300 billion worldwide in the fourth quarter alone. That spigot of money, however, is turning off as companies ranging from Boeing to Marriott International to Volkswagen have cancelled or are considering suspending massive payouts because of the uncertain economic outlook or regulatory pressure in light of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Menu Planning Monday: my last week of the Advocare 24 Day Challenge!
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SUNDAY: Slow Cooker Chicken Noodle soup – I have had a sinus infection for a week and I've totally been craving this. I made some modifications including leaving out the cream soup and using whole wheat noodles. I used Mrs. Dash (which is becoming one of my favorite things) for seasoning.
MONDAY: Spaghetti – I'm still not feeling well, and I'm craving "comfort foods" (not to mention things that will be easy to make) I'll be making spaghetti with ground turkey, Prego Light Smart, and whole wheat noodles.
TUESDAY: Slow cooker shredded lime tacos – These were supposed to be on my menu last week, but for some reason it didn't work out. I first discovered these on a friend's blog. They are easy to throw together and yummy, too! I'll make some guacamole to go along with them!
WEDNESDAY: Sesame Chicken – I love Sesame Chicken, but haven't had it in several weeks. I'm excited to try out this new recipes. Less than 300 calories!!
THURSDAY: Sweet Potato Foil Pack Tacos – These are a FAVORITE with my family and they're so easy to make! We make ours with ground turkey!
FRIDAY: Baked Orange Chicken – I love orange chicken and I've been missing it. I found this baked version and can't wait to check it out.
SATURDAY: Melt in Your Mouth Chicken – This is seriously SO YUMMY!
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Not "culturally relevant," but culturally empowering.
My sixth grade teacher was the only Black male educator in our entire school system when I had him as an eleven year old. In my racially and economically diverse elementary school, virtually all the Black children in each grade were put into his class every year–a fact which as a young student upset me. Once I was placed in his class, however, I immediately saw the profound power and unique value of having a dedicated, veteran teacher who shared my racial and cultural identity. While I do not believe that Brown teachers are inherently better suited to teach Brown students, I do believe that the mark of a good educator is an awareness of the skills and experiences which they can and cannot bring to the communities with which they educate, and how to make both relevant to the lessons they teach. My sixth grade teacher exemplified this.
The most powerful knowledge he invested us with was always delivered outside of the prewritten lessons—during breaks before recess or while we were eating lunch in the classroom. While he was an expert math, reading and writing instructor, what I remember more than anything else were the informal lessons he taught us on Black slang. During open moments in the daily schedule, he would stand at the board and write down words from his own vocabulary, or words that he had heard members of our classroom community using, and ask those who knew to define them. He would speak at length about the slang of his generation as compared to ours, drawing links between the evolution of different words and phrases over time and geography. This seemingly offhanded exercise was extremely changing for me, not only because it taught me the scope and power of the language of my people, but even more so because as a middle class Black person, much of the slang we discussed was new to me. I did not know many of the dialects my peers spoke, and was often teased for being outside of the cult of true Blackness. Learning slang gave me a new way to relate to and communicate with my friends, and taught me solidarity with other people of color from classes different than my own.
Most of the debates in education circles about the use of vernacular language in classrooms focus on whether or not its use helps students learn traditional subjects better. From bilingual to hip hop education, the discussion often seems to boil down to the question of whether teaching Black students math in Black slang makes them do better in math, or whether teaching immigrant students in their original languages helps them grasp the basic concepts which all students in an industrial learning model are expected to grasp. It is only the most radical educators, I have found, who use slang pedagogically to ask deeper questions: Is the power of slang not to trick young people into learning what the school system originally wanted them to learn, but to point to the barrenness and irrelevance of traditional learning to their lives as oppressed people? Can we use the languages of our communities not to bolster traditional subjects, but to break them down, reveal them as disjointed both from one other and from our own experiences of the world?
These questions can be linked to a host of other debates and dilemmas in the field of education. The fact that my sixth grade teacher taught us these lessons literally outside of the traditional curriculum may have been because he had a few extra minutes he needed to fill, or because he wanted to make his classroom unique and exciting, and had found a "culturally relevant" way of doing so. Yet what he had learned to do as a teacher within the larger system of schooling is exactly what all our vernacular traditions do–find spaces in the structures we are forced to inhabit, made to rely on to communicate and engage one another, and embellish them, fill them with our own ideas, passions and needs, until those structures are not merely undermined, but transformed into something almost unrecognizable. Trusting these traditions, and making them an integral part of our learning communities is not culturally relevant but culturally empowering learning, and a means of dismantling traditional education. It reminds us that the most valuable lessons cannot be guaranteed to take place at a certain time, in a certain space, or resulting in the accomplishing of a predetermined skill. It teaches us that we alone determine what matters most to us, what we need to learn, and that no matter what demands are made of us, we have the power and creativity to implement it.
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I think using slang in the classroom is also a good way to introduce students to the idea that "academic speak" is another way of using the English language, just as slang is. Many students imagine (incorrectly) that academic speak is the sophisticated/ smart/ correct way people talk with one another. By posing slang and Academic Speak as different shades of the English language, rather than as a bipolar correct/incorrect dichotomy, students can become empowered to use the language of academics. By using the language of academics students can better question the system of schooling itself. Since schools talk in academic speak, there is (in my mind) no better way to change the system than to know it and speak it yourself.
I really like your idea of talking about dialects, showing multiple forms of expressions and communication as valuable and useful, and breaking out of a correct/incorrect dichotomy. I agree with you that this is especially useful in pointing out what we are all taught to believe about "right" and "wrong" uses of language, where those lessons come from, and whose vision of expression they support. Where I might push back is with the idea that we need to learn academic speak necessarily if we are to take down or transform the academy. In my mind, slang and its uses are reminders that the forms of expression which are labeled as "inaccurate" can have the most accuracy in illustrating and validating our lives and perspectives, in the face of systems which only want us to learn what is necessary for their own maintenance. I would like to encourage students to use all available tools to dismantle those systems.
I would agree with you that slang is one of the most useful tools in combating the academy, and can be particularly useful, as you put it "in illustrating and validating" students' "lives and perspectives." I think an important aspect of teaching vernacular is validating students' experiences and cultures. Students need confidence in themselves to feel strong enough to question what they know to be truth. Additionally, their experiences deserve to be validated from a moral standpoint.
My point that "by using the language of academics students can better question the system of schooling itself," was more that institutions respond best to change they recognize. Often institutions react strongly against change that they feel comes from an 'other.' Hence, in my mind, the best way to create institutional change is to use the tools of the system itself. By cloaking my language in academic speak, I can make my terms seem more appealing and more reasonable to the academy. I guess I see the academy as an institution that needs change, not complete dismantling, and the best way to instate that change is through convincing the academy itself that it should change.
You bring up an age-old and complicated question, which I definitely appreciate. Whether we see justice as coming from the academy's changing or from its ceasing to exist may be another, longer discussion. I do, however, invest little faith into trying to convince any systems of oppression–in which I include the academy–to change their ways. Logical appeals are difficult to present to illogical structures. Independent action, on the other hand, puts power in the hands of our communities, and focuses on us rather than the bodies which devalue us. I think recent battles around Ethnic Studies illustrate this point well for the field of education. Instead of trying to convince institutions which have already established us as "others" of our humanity, I would rather work with those of us who are on the outside in establishing the kind of empowered learning which we feel education needs to consist of. This, I recognize, may be a longer struggle, and a deeper question than that of the type of language used in the classroom.
Thanks for your quick replies to my comments! I appreciate the amount of thought you've put into them, and also your blog posts. Although we have differing views of HOW to make change, or what that ultimate change may look like, I definitely appreciate your perspective on what kinds of change need to happen, and why. I look forward to reading through some more of your articles, in whatever free time I have while at college. Look for me in the comments.


Parents are called to disciple their children. Parents are also called to discipline their children.
Have you ever noticed the connection between disciple and discipline?
Most people hear the word "discipline" and think negative connotations. You must understand that discipline is different from punishment.
Punishment is consequences given when a line has been crossed.
Discipline is instruction when a line has been crossed.
One of the ways that we make disciples is through disciplining our children.
Due to many factors, many parents cannot find a healthy balance when it comes to discipline. Scripture teaches that if we love our children, we will be diligent to discipline them (Prov. 13:24). The Apostle Paul warned though against fathers being too harsh in our discipline (Eph. 6:4).
Parents must discipline themselves before they can discipline their children.
Unfortunately, instead of finding a healthy, biblical balance of parents disciplining their children in love, I often see parents swinging to one of the far sides of the parent pendulum.
Most parents tend to be either too harsh or too lenient in disciplining their children.
While we can obviously think of the dangers of being too harsh in discipline, I want to suggest that being too lenient can be just as dangerous. If you are too lenient on your children and let them get away with everything in the early stages of their lives, they grow up thinking that the rules don't apply to them. Eventually, they will encounter another authority figure who won't give them the benefit of counting to 3 before laying the hammer down.
If you go far in either direction, you are endangering your child. So, why do parents go too far to one side?
Parents – repeat or reject? Many people discipline their own children as a response to how their parents disciplined them. If you approve of how your parents disciplined, you often repeat their example. If you disapprove, you reject their example and swing the pendulum far in the other direction. Were they too harsh? You might be too lenient. Were they too lenient? You might turn overbearing.
Culture – conform or condemn? Our culture displays greater animosity towards parental discipline year after year. The pressure to allow children to express their true emotions and discover things on their own is actually endangering them. Will you conform to society's pressures or will you condemn that which doesn't line up with biblical teaching?
Experiences – withdraw or withstand? We have all had that moment in the store where we watched a tired parent handle a temperamental child. While we have each seen that scenario where a parent is too rough, we have also seen that parent that used negotiation tactics to avoid further conflict. Whenever we see how other parents deal with their children, it is increasing our memory collective and shaping how we think we ought to do things. Will we withdraw our convictions based off of others doing a good thing in a bad way? Will we withstand and discipline ourselves before we discipline our children?
Peers – endure or endanger? "I don't care if Suzy's mom is letting her go to that party. I'm not Suzy's mom, and you are not Suzy." That conversation has probably taken place in every home in America. In reality, Suzy's mom is endangering her child and yours. If you have a problem with your teenager being somewhere without adult supervision, but other peer parents are sending their kids off to the beach house for Spring Break thinking that debauchery won't take place, you are not the crazy parent! Will you endure being ostracized by peers or will you endanger your child?
We live in difficult times trying to find that healthy balance. Learn from parents, culture, experiences, and peers. Repeat their successes and reject their failures, but in your parenting, don't be disgusted by one evil, that you overcompensate and commit another evil.


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America's poor becoming more destitute under Trump: U.N. expert
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GENEVA (Reuters) – Poverty in the United States is extensive and is deepening under the Trump administration whose policies seem aimed at removing the safety net from millions of poor, while rewarding the rich, a U.N. human rights investigator has found.
FILE PHOTO: A tent is seen next to Echo Park Lake in Los Angeles, California, U.S. April 11, 2018. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson
Philip Alston, U.N. special rapporteur on extreme poverty, called on U.S. authorities to provide solid social protection and address underlying problems, rather than "punishing and imprisoning the poor".
While welfare benefits and access to health insurance are being slashed, President Donald Trump's tax reform has awarded "financial windfalls" to the mega-rich and large companies, further increasing inequality, he said in a report.
U.S. policies since President Lyndon Johnson's war on poverty in the 1960s have been "neglectful at best", he said.
"But the policies pursued over the past year seem deliberately designed to remove basic protections from the poorest, punish those who are not in employment and make even basic health care into a privilege to be earned rather than a right of citizenship," Alston said.
Almost 41 million people live in poverty, 18.5 million of them in extreme poverty, and children account for one in three poor, he said. The United States has the highest youth poverty rate among industrialized countries, he added.
"Its citizens live shorter and sicker lives compared to those living in all other rich democracies, eradicable tropical diseases are increasingly prevalent and it has the world's highest incarceration rate…and the highest obesity levels in the developed world," Alston said.
However, the data from the U.S. Census Bureau he cited covers only the period through 2016, and he gave no comparative figures on the extent of poverty before and after Trump came into office in January 2017.
The Australian, a veteran U.N. rights expert and New York University law professor, will present his report to the United Nations Human Rights Council later this month.
It is based on his mission in December to several U.S. states, including rural Alabama, a slum in downtown Los Angeles, California, and the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico.
FILE PHOTO: Philip Alston, the U.N.'s special rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, attends a news conference in Beijing, China, August 23, 2016. REUTERS/Jason Lee
U.S. officials in Geneva were not immediately available for comment.
"SHAMEFUL STATISTICS"
Citing "shameful statistics" linked to entrenched racial discrimination, Alston said that African Americans are 2.5 times more likely than whites to live in poverty and their unemployment rate is more than double. Women, Hispanics, immigrants, and indigenous people also suffer high rates.
At least 550,000 people are homeless in America, he said.
"The tax reform will worsen this situation and ensure that the United States remains the most unequal society in the developed world," Alston said. "The planned dramatic cuts in welfare will essentially shred crucial dimensions of a safety net that is already full of holes."
The tax overhaul, which sailed through the Republican-controlled U.S. Congress in December, permanently cut the top corporate rate to 21 percent from 35 percent. Tax cuts for individuals, however, are temporary and expire after 2025.
Trump has said they will lead to more take-home pay for workers and have touted bonuses some workers received from their employers as evidence the law is working.
Alston dismissed allegations of widespread fraud in the welfare system and criticized the U.S. criminal justice system. It sets large bail bonds for a defendant seeking to go free pending trial, meaning wealthy suspects can afford bail while the poor remain in custody, often losing their jobs, he said.
"There is no magic recipe for eliminating extreme poverty and each level of government must make its own good-faith decisions. At the end of the day, however, particularly in a rich country like the United States, the persistence of extreme poverty is a political choice made by those in power," he said.
Reporting by Stephanie Nebehay; editing by David Stamp
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Risky Decisions seminar open to all
All are invited to a seminar by Professor Chun Wei Choo - Risky Decisions: Information and the enactment of meaning, knowledge, and decisions - on Wednesday 29 June at Leeds University Business School
Jointly organised by the AIMTech research group and the Centre for Decision Research, the seminar will take place at 12.00-1.30 in Room 1.44, Keyworth Building.
Decision making in high-risk situations is often made more difficult by several conditions: messages about the meaning and significance of events are ambiguous; knowledge about causes and solutions is incomplete or unavailable; and learned decision rules and routines may no longer be tenable. We review theoretical models that explore these concerns and show through case examples how risky decision making is bound up with the dynamics of sensemaking and knowledge creation.
Chun Wei Choo is a leading authority on the use of information by organisations. He works in the Faculty of Information at the University of Toronto. His recent books include The Knowing Organization; The Strategic Management of Intellectual Capital and Organizational Knowledge and Information Management for the Intelligent Organization.
More information about Professor Choo's projects and publications are set out at his website.
For further information, please contact Dr David Allen (da2@lubs.leeds.ac.uk) or Professor Alan Pearman (adp@lubs,leeds.ac.uk).


text:
#ifndef	COMMON_THREAD_SLEEP_QUEUE_POSIX_H
#define	COMMON_THREAD_SLEEP_QUEUE_POSIX_H

#include <unistd.h> /* For _POSIX_TIMERS */

#include <common/time/time.h>

#include "mutex_posix.h"

struct SleepQueueState {
	pthread_cond_t cond_;
	MutexState *mutex_state_;
	bool waiting_;

	SleepQueueState(MutexState *mutex_state)
	: cond_(),
	  mutex_state_(mutex_state),
	  waiting_(false)
	{
		pthread_condattr_t attr;
		int error;

		error = pthread_condattr_init(&attr);
		ASSERT_ZERO("/sleep/queue/posix/state", error);

		/* Match behaviour/clock of NanoTime.  */
#if defined(_POSIX_TIMERS) && (_POSIX_TIMERS > 0)
		error = pthread_condattr_setclock(&attr, CLOCK_MONOTONIC);
		ASSERT_ZERO("/sleep/queue/posix/state", error);
#endif

		error = pthread_cond_init(&cond_, &attr);
		ASSERT_ZERO("/sleep/queue/posix/state", error);

		error = pthread_condattr_destroy(&attr);
		ASSERT_ZERO("/sleep/queue/posix/state", error);
	}

	~SleepQueueState()
	{
		int error;

		error = pthread_cond_destroy(&cond_);
		ASSERT_ZERO("/sleep/queue/posix/state", error);
	}

	void signal(void)
	{
		int error;

		if (!waiting_)
			return;

		mutex_state_->lock();
#ifndef NDEBUG
		ASSERT("/sleep/queue/posix/state", mutex_state_->owner_ == Thread::selfID());
#endif
		error = pthread_cond_signal(&cond_);
#ifndef NDEBUG
		ASSERT("/sleep/queue/posix/state", mutex_state_->owner_ == Thread::selfID());
#endif
		mutex_state_->unlock();
		ASSERT_ZERO("/sleep/queue/posix/state", error);
	}

	void wait(const NanoTime *deadline)
	{
		struct timespec ts;
		int error;

		if (deadline != NULL) {
			ts.tv_sec = deadline->seconds_;
			ts.tv_nsec = deadline->nanoseconds_;
		}

		waiting_ = true;

#ifndef NDEBUG
		mutex_state_->lock();
		mutex_state_->lock_release();
#endif
		if (deadline == NULL) {
			error = pthread_cond_wait(&cond_, &mutex_state_->mutex_);
			ASSERT_ZERO("/sleep/queue/posix/state", error);
		} else {
			error = pthread_cond_timedwait(&cond_, &mutex_state_->mutex_, &ts);
			ASSERT("/sleep/queue/posix/state", error == 0 || error == ETIMEDOUT);
		}
#ifndef NDEBUG
		mutex_state_->lock_acquire();
		mutex_state_->unlock();
#endif

		waiting_ = false;
	}
};

#endif /* !COMMON_THREAD_SLEEP_QUEUE_POSIX_H */


The main side effects of Alli are related to the gut. For example, a study reviewed 28 long-term trials of prescription drugs for treating obesity. But how effective are they, really, in delivering the true extent of their weight loss claims?
Several newspapers have reported on two commercially available pills designed to aid weight loss. Are there problems or side effects? Interpreting claims on weight-loss supplements When a dietary supplement is marketed as "clinically proven" to cause weight loss, there should be some type of clinical evidence to support it.
Unlike other weight-loss drugs, liraglutide is administered by injection. There is no evidence that raspberry ketones cause weight loss in humans, and the rat studies showing it to work used massive doses. After stopping weight-loss medication, many people gain back some of the weight they lost. A synthetic version of raspberry ketones is crazy lean diet pills as a weight loss supplement. What do experts make of the drugs?
There really is no need to take a supplement or a pill with caffeine in it. According to the label of the 10 lbs weight loss in 3 days brand he samples, the raspberry ketone diet pill should have suppressed his appetite and cravings, and provided him with the willpower needed to diet.
Green coffee bean extract may cause modest weight loss, but keep in mind that many of the studies were industry sponsored. The second drug, Appesat contains a seaweed extract that swells in the stomach and tricks the dieter into feeling full.
The first pill, Alli the brand name for low-dosage orlistatcan be bought by adults with a BMI of 28 or more. Eight diet myths - busted! Orlistat is also available in a reduced-strength form without a prescription Alli.
It's also important to get advice on possible interactions with your current use of medicine, vitamins or minerals.
Prof Karpe and his team conducted the same experiment as the carb blocker test for the show, but this time around they used a fat burning diet product that aims to induce ketosis by raising the which diet pills work new of ketone bodies in the tissues.
The over-the-counter Alli pill is a lower-dose version of the medication orlistat or Xenical, which is only available by prescription. What you should know about weight-loss drugs Mild side effects, such as nausea, constipation or diarrhea, are common, but may lessen over time.
Rare cases of serious liver injury have been reported.
Like all antidepressants, bupropion carries a warning about suicide risk. Unfortunately, there is only one study on this healthy weight loss handouts and no data on long-term effectiveness. Over the course of 12 months, that can mean which diet pills work new weight loss of 3 to 7 percent of total body weight beyond that achieved with lifestyle changes alone.
The best sources are quality coffee and green tea, which also have antioxidants and other health benefits. Did he feel less hungry or more energised? It's necessary to follow a low-fat diet when taking this medication.
Your BMI is greater than 27 and you have a serious medical problem related to obesity, such as diabetes or high blood pressure. The average weight loss in the placebo group was 0.
Bupropion is an antidepressant and quit-smoking aid. There are no reports of serious side effects, but some reports of mild digestive problems.
They contain two substances believed to help with weight loss, caffeine and chlorogenic acid. Understanding safety concerns Limited research also makes it difficult to judge the safety of a weight-loss supplement. In addition, studies show that the addition of weight-loss medication to lifestyle changes results in greater weight loss lose weight feet lifestyle changes alone produce.
Have you tried diet and exercise but haven't been able to achieve significant weight loss? Researching before you buy It's important to do your homework if you're thinking about trying over-the-counter weight-loss pills.
12 Popular Weight Loss Pills and Supplements Reviewed If the FDA can demonstrate that a supplement is unsafe, the agency can ban the product or ask a manufacturer to withdraw it voluntarily. Professor of Metabolic Medicine at Oxford Centre for DiabetesFredrik Karpe, believes that the marketing claims made by most raspberry ketone pills are not backed by appropriate evidence.
It's one of four weight-loss drugs approved for short-term use less than 12 weeks. Glucomannan absorbs water and becomes gel-like.
Are there problems or side effects?
In episode one of The Diet Testers, Dr Tulleken teams up with the Oxford University scientist, Professor Karpe, on the show to examine this kind of diet pill more thoroughly. However, adopting healthy which diet pills work new habits may help limit weight gain.
But new research suggests that, when dieting fails, going under the knife could improve your health and make you less likely to die in the next four years.
By Mayo Clinic Staff Are you an adult who is overweight or obese and does adderall make you lose weight serious health problems because of your weight? If you answered yes to these questions, then a prescription weight-loss drug might be an option for you. There are also several different groups of people who should not take the Alli pill, including: Purely for the sake of research, Dr Xand van Tulleken which diet pills work new the pill by taking two doses a day as instructed for two days.
Topiramate increases the risk of birth defects. It can cause bloating, flatulence and soft stools, and can interfere with some oral medications if taken at the same time. The appeal of losing weight quickly is hard to resist.
Information weight loss in toddlers many dietary supplements is available online from the Office of Which diet pills work new Supplements and the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health.
However, a tolerance to the effects may develop quickly. All weight loss drugs are designed to be taken by people who also make sensible lifestyle changes. He hones in on three popular kinds of diet pills available in the UK and Australia — raspberry ketones, carb blockers and fat burners.
Bupropion-naltrexone can raise blood pressure, and monitoring is necessary at the start of treatment. Caffeine is a well known metabolism boosterand is often added to commercial weight loss supplements.


text:
package client

import (
	"context"
	"crypto/tls"
	"net/http"
	"strings"
	"time"

	"github.com/kyma-project/kyma/components/central-application-gateway/internal/csrf"
	"github.com/kyma-project/kyma/components/central-application-gateway/pkg/apperrors"
	"github.com/kyma-project/kyma/components/central-application-gateway/pkg/authorization"
	"github.com/kyma-project/kyma/components/central-application-gateway/pkg/authorization/clientcert"
	"github.com/kyma-project/kyma/components/central-application-gateway/pkg/httpconsts"
	"github.com/kyma-project/kyma/components/central-application-gateway/pkg/httptools"
	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
)

func New(timeoutDuration int, tokenCache TokenCache) csrf.Client {
	clientCertificate := clientcert.NewClientCertificate(nil)

	return &client{
		timeoutDuration:   timeoutDuration,
		tokenCache:        tokenCache,
		clientCertificate: clientCertificate,
	}
}

type client struct {
	timeoutDuration   int
	tokenCache        TokenCache
	clientCertificate clientcert.ClientCertificate
}

func (c *client) GetTokenEndpointResponse(tokenEndpointURL string, strategy authorization.Strategy, skipTLSVerify bool) (*csrf.Response, apperrors.AppError) {

	resp, found := c.tokenCache.Get(tokenEndpointURL)
	if found {
		return resp, nil
	}

	log.Infof("CSRF Token not found in cache, fetching (Endpoint: %s)", tokenEndpointURL)
	tokenResponse, err := c.requestToken(tokenEndpointURL, strategy, c.timeoutDuration, skipTLSVerify)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}

	c.tokenCache.Add(tokenEndpointURL, tokenResponse)

	return tokenResponse, nil

}

func (c *client) InvalidateTokenCache(tokenEndpointURL string) {
	log.Infof("Invalidating token for endpoint: %s", tokenEndpointURL)
	c.tokenCache.Remove(tokenEndpointURL)
}

func (c *client) requestToken(csrfEndpointURL string, strategy authorization.Strategy, timeoutDuration int, skipTLSVerify bool) (*csrf.Response, apperrors.AppError) {

	tokenRequest, err := http.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, csrfEndpointURL, strings.NewReader(""))
	if err != nil {
		return nil, apperrors.Internal("failed to create token request: %s", err.Error())
	}

	err = addAuthorization(tokenRequest, c.clientCertificate, strategy, skipTLSVerify)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, apperrors.Internal("failed to create token request: %s", err.Error())
	}

	setCSRFSpecificHeaders(tokenRequest)

	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), time.Duration(timeoutDuration)*time.Second)
	defer cancel()
	requestWithContext := tokenRequest.WithContext(ctx)

	httpClient := &http.Client{
		Transport: httptools.NewRoundTripper(httptools.WithGetClientCertificate(c.clientCertificate.GetClientCertificate), httptools.WithTLSSkipVerify(skipTLSVerify)),
	}
	resp, err := httpClient.Do(requestWithContext)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, apperrors.UpstreamServerCallFailed("failed to make a request to '%s': %s", csrfEndpointURL, err.Error())
	}

	if resp.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
		return nil, apperrors.UpstreamServerCallFailed("incorrect response code '%d' while getting token from %s", resp.StatusCode, csrfEndpointURL)
	}

	tokenRes := &csrf.Response{
		CSRFToken: resp.Header.Get(httpconsts.HeaderCSRFToken),
		Cookies:   resp.Cookies(),
	}

	return tokenRes, nil
}

func addAuthorization(r *http.Request, clientCertificate clientcert.ClientCertificate, strategy authorization.Strategy, skipTLSVerify bool) apperrors.AppError {
	return strategy.AddAuthorization(r, func(cert *tls.Certificate) {
		clientCertificate.SetCertificate(cert)
	}, skipTLSVerify)
}

func setCSRFSpecificHeaders(r *http.Request) {
	r.Header.Add(httpconsts.HeaderCSRFToken, httpconsts.HeaderCSRFTokenVal)
	r.Header.Add(httpconsts.HeaderAccept, httpconsts.HeaderAcceptVal)
	r.Header.Add(httpconsts.HeaderCacheControl, httpconsts.HeaderCacheControlVal)
}


text:
Kitchen-table route to business success
ONCE upon a time - 20 years ago - Margaret Carter was newly divorced, had three children to bring up and all of £9 to her name.
ONCE upon a time - 20 years ago - Margaret Carter was newly divorced, had three children to bring up and all of £9 to her name. But she could cook, even if she was untrained.
Now her company, Patchwork Traditional Foods, has an annual turnover topping £1m and is used by Manchester Business School as a model of how to turn an idea into reality.
Her story is told in Making It (ITV1 Wales, 2.30pm). Her success is based on producing gourmet food using traditional kitchen-table methods. She employs a staff of 30 at her Ruthin headquarters.
She's come a long way since that divorce. She was Welsh businesswoman of the year in 1995 and lives in what used to be a 19th-century hunting lodge. Her off-duty passion is fly-fishing. There are clearly no flies on her.
Traditional methods are also at the heart of Witches' Brew (11.35pm), a new six-part series also from ITV1 Wales. This is about the survival of old remedies in a world of hi-tech medicine.
Many of the treatments sound the far side of weird - using a length of wool in cases of depression, for example - but producer-director Wil Davies points out that some have been adopted by orthodox doctors.
The methods are not given an easy, unquestioned ride, being subjected to scrutiny by Dr Len Nokes of Cardiff University and Professor Ron Eccles, director of the capital city's Common Cold Centre.
Explanations are sought. In the case of measuring the wool, for example, one theory is that it works psychologically, like the power of prayer. If you know someone else is thinking about you maybe that's enough to make you feel better.
Herbal treatments sworn by for many generations are often found to have a genuinely scientific base. Pharmacologists can identify and isolate the active agent which then works more efficiently.
Techno Games (BBC2,
6.45pm) reaches its climax with gold medals up for grabs in relays, rope-climbing and football. When you think about it, this series is by no means any more bizarre than what passes for the Olympics these days.
In fact, there'd be positive advantages in replacing the traditional Games with Robot Olympics: no more endless hard-luck injury groans, no more tantrums - and no more drug scandals.


text:
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OpenGL Shader Tutorial


For this assignment, I wanted to continue along the lines of my idea from last week to design and fabricate a surfboard. I opted to use 1/16th inch cardboard so that I could produce a 1/4" scale model of a full size board. The eggcrate pattern that was produced is considered a quarter-iso grid, which has been used before to make cardboard surfboards, furniture, and baskets. My process involved taking scan of my surfboard using 123d Catch and then reverse engineering the shape using T-Splines within Rhino. After generating a closed polysurface I was able to use Grasshopper to generate sections in the correct pattern. After creating notches, the pieces were lasercut and assembled into place. I had tried a few tolerance tests and while the differences were very slight, I chose to err on the side of a tight fit. The assembly was very difficult at first while trying to slot in the ribs with one hand while holding sever others in place with the other hand. After the long stringer ribs where all connected with about 5 diagonal ribs in both directions, the assembly picked up pace, but required a fair amount of massaging. It was necessary to lead with one set of diagonal ribs which needed to be set before the alternate direction would slot in and lock the pattern into shape. This caused the form of the model to warp to one side, but it was very satisfying to slowly watch the shape come back into proper form as the alternate set of ribs were placed. This quarter iso-grid pattern is very useful to prevent the racking that would occur with using a traditional 2-dimensional eggrate. The scale surfboard is surprisingly rigid and this excercise has given me confidence that this could be repeated at full scale with success.
Quarter Iso Grid 3d Model.
Quarter Iso Grid Lasercut Prep.
I was also interested in creating a faceted acrylic lamp. I started my design in Rhino with an amorphous nurbs shape which was then subdivided and converted into a triangulated mesh in Grasshopper. I then built a parametric connection detail which would have two halves, allowing for slotted assembly as the shape became more complex. The material choice was 1/8th inch acrylic, which unfortunately did not work out for my notch detail at first. The acrylic was too brittle at that dimension and snapped upon trying to press into the notch. After testing several minor variations and adding some fillets at the corner stress points, the connector detail is now able to slot into the notch. The current design is using a 4-part connection detail which allows for assembling from two different angles and prevents the respective pieces from slipping out laterally.


text:
Home » UK joins the IGC after departing the EU
UK joins the IGC after departing the EU
LONDON, ENGLAND — On the day it officially left the European Union, the United Kingdom on Jan. 1 joined the International Grains Council (IGC).
The UK had been a member of the IGC as part of the EU, but in 2016 British voters chose to break away from the EU, a decision commonly referred to as Brexit. After several years of negotiations, the EU and UK reached a trade deal on Dec. 24 and the UK officially left the EU on Jan. 1.
The UK has been designated as an importing member of the Council.
"The Council looks forward to the United Kingdom's continued active participation in the IGC's activities," the IGC said.
The IGC is an intergovernmental organization that seeks to: further international cooperation in grains trade; promote expansion, openness and fairness in the grains sector; and contribute to grain market stability and enhance world food security.
The IGC membership currently comprises the following members: Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Canada, Côte d'Ivoire, Cuba, Egypt, European Union, India, Iran, Iraq, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Korea (Rep), Morocco, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Serbia (Rep), South Africa, Switzerland, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Vatican City.
Companies Trends Associations/Agencies IGC - International Grains Council Trade
UK millers relieved by no-tariff deal with the EU
Iowa picking up the pieces after the derecho
New leadership at the IGC
EU, UK soft wheat exports dip
Focus on the United Kingdom


text:
Pia Hansen, née le , est une tireuse sportive suédoise.

Carrière
Pia Hansen participe aux Jeux olympiques de 2000 à Sydney où elle remporte la médaille d'or en double trap.

Notes et références

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Tireuse sportive suédoise
Naissance en septembre 1965
Championne olympique suédoise
Tireuse aux Jeux olympiques d'été de 2004
Tireuse aux Jeux olympiques d'été de 2000
Championne olympique de tir

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