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Kate Middleton to Put Her Royal Touch on Organic Food
Posted on November 12, 2015 by ellicecampbell
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Kate Middleton is a pretty popular gal. We can't really blame her fans for fawning over her, though. Middleton is always poised when she's around world leaders, she handles the pressures of her job like a champ, and manages to be incredibly fashionable while mothering two young children. Now, Middleton is about to embark on a new journey that sounds equally exciting.
According to Inquisitr, Middleton is about to launch an organic food line, tentatively called Anmer Organics. The name draws from Middleton's love of growing organic vegetables at her Norfolk home, Anmer Hall.
While Middleton's organic food line is still in its infancy (it has yet to be officially announced), the food range will most likely include some of the Duchess of Cambridge's personal recipes. Allegedly, she hopes that this line, along with her recipes, will help raise money for charity.
Middleton will most likely be working with Pippa Middleton, her sister, on the brand, too. The Inquisitr reports that the other Middleton "is currently training to be a nutritionist and has a huge passion for healthy food." While the organic brand's items are far from their launch date, there's chatter that the line will include a "grow-your-own vegetable kit."
Middleton isn't the first royal to take on the food world for charity. Prince Charles has earned a substantial amount of cash for charity with Duchy Originals, Charles' personal food line.
According to the Daily Mail, "Kate shares her father-in-law's love of all things organic. She tries to feed Prince George and Princess Charlotte only the best organic food prepared in her top-of-the range kitchen. The Duchess's sister Pippa, who is training to be a nutritionist, is said to be loosely involved behind the scenes too."
We are excited that Middleton may start an organic food line. While it's great to have another potential food line that's healthy and full of wholesome ingredients, having someone like Middleton attached to an organic food project could help educate more people about the benefits of eating and growing organic.
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Staff shortage: KWASU library to introduce Artificial Intelligence, Robotics
June 10, 2022 Newsdiaryonline Admin Anti-corruption,Governance,Election Project 0
Dr Abdulsalam Salman, the Librarian, Kwara State University (KWASU) Malete, says the library will introduce Artificial Intelligence and Robotics to address the challenges of staff shortage in the Dept.
Salman told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday that introduction of robots was one of the ways of digitalising the services in the library.
"One of my missions is to see how we can fully digitalise the services in the library.
"We are trying to introduce Artificial Intelligence and Robotics where we can use robots in providing library services.
"Instead of you interfacing with humans, robots will take over, so, the issue of under staffing that we have as a challenge will be taken care of," the librarian said.
Dr Salman said he was working assiduously to ensure that no other University would beat KWASU to being the second university to use robots in the library after University of Lagos.
"In Africa, University of Pretoria, South Africa, is already practising the use of robots to manage the library services and they are doing well.
"In Nigeria, University of Lagos has also experimented it and it is a success story; so, I am working hard to ensure no other University beats us to it.
"In trying to put in place a formidable internet services, we are already working with NITDA, NCC and some other ICT organisations.
"We also want to increase the bandwidth in such a way that documents can be downloaded in seconds.
"Also, the issue of power supply has to be sorted out; we have been running on diesel, we put on the generator by 10 a.m and put it off by 5 p.m.
"But if you want to go artificial intelligence, it has to be 24 hours. So, all those basic things must be put in place which we are working seriously on," he said.
The librarian, however, allayed the fear that the introduction of robots would increase unemployment, but would rather make people sharpen their skills.
"It won't increase unemployment because the use of machine is Garbage in, Garbage out, human effort is needed before a machine will work.
"It is left for people to learn how to acquire such skills. In fact, more people will be needed to work on the machine, in terms of programming to make it work.
"Then in terms of maintenance and sustainability, one can't just fold hands, people are still needed.
"So, the only people such ideas will affect are the lazy professionals who are not ready to upgrade their skills.
"We should learn to accept change because the world is moving at a jet speed.
"So, if you fold your hands and continue to be an analogue person, one will be left behind," Dr Salman said. (NAN)
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Q: How can I make C# Create.Delegate support inheritance? I have the following type hierarchy:
public abstract class Parent { }
public class Child : Parent
{
    public Task SayAsync(string arg)
    {
        Console.WriteLine(arg);
        return Task.CompletedTask;
    }
}

I need to achieve the following:

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*Create any instance of Parent at run-time (this is already solved by calling a Func<Parent> which I obtain elsewhere in the code)

*Then invoke (on that instance) all the public methods (which always return a Task and accept a string as a parameter) passing in the arg which is not a constant.

The above exists in a hot-path therefore in order to improve performance I am resorting to Cached Delegates so at startup I will be creating the delegates which I will then cache and use when required.
Here is an example I have done explicitly for Child which works but I cannot figure out how to make the delegate accept a Parent (as I won't know the type at compile time).
// If I change Child to Parent, I get "Cannot bind to the target method because its signature or security transparency is not compatible with that of the delegate type"
private delegate Task Invoker(Child instance, string arg);

void Main()
{
    var instance = new Child(); // This will be obtained by calling a Func<Parent>
    var methodWithArg = instance.GetType().GetMethod("SayAsync");

    var func = GetDelegateWithArg(methodWithArg);

    func(instance, "Foo");
}

private static Invoker GetDelegateWithArg(MethodInfo method)
{
    object pointer = null;
    return (Invoker)Delegate.CreateDelegate(typeof(Invoker), pointer, method);
}

Any ideas or alternatives to help me achieve the goal is appreciated.

A: You can try to generate delegates using Expression Trees instead:
public abstract class Parent { }

public class Child : Parent
{
    public Task SayAsync(string arg)
    {
        Console.WriteLine(arg);
        return Task.CompletedTask;
    }
}

public delegate Task Invoker(Parent instance, string arg);

class Program
{
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        Parent instance = new Child(); // This will be obtained by calling a Func<Parent>
        var methodWithArg = instance.GetType().GetMethod("SayAsync");

        var func = GetDelegateWithArg(methodWithArg);

        func(instance, "Foo");
    }

    private static Invoker GetDelegateWithArg(MethodInfo method)
    {
        var instanceParameter = Expression.Parameter(typeof(Parent));
        var argParameter = Expression.Parameter(typeof(string));
        var body = Expression.Call(
            Expression.Convert(instanceParameter, method.DeclaringType),
            method,
            argParameter);
        var lambda = Expression.Lambda<Invoker>(body, instanceParameter, argParameter);
        return lambda.Compile();
    }
}

The generated delegates are still very fast, though may be a little bit slower than created by Delegate.CreateDelegate() method.

A: Maybe to try to pass target instance to GetDelegateWithArg method and change signature of the Invoker to receive just argument. Something like this:
private delegate Task Invoker(string arg);

private static Invoker GetDelegateWithArg(MethodInfo method, object target)
{
    return (Invoker)Delegate.CreateDelegate(typeof(Invoker), target, method);
}

After suggested change you can pass instance to delegate creator and incoke func just with one argument:
func("Foo");

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I've just looked at the dates of the original Photoshop files and they reveal that I started this site about two and a half months ago. A couple of days after that I had it all nicely coded and it even had some content.
So why has it taken so long to get up and running? Well, I've been a little busy with one thing or another and I didn't want to rush it. Even now I'm not 100% happy with it and will no doubt be tweaking it over the next few weeks. I consider it a work in progress.
In addition to that, because I seem to like making things hard for myself, I'm going to code the blog area from scratch rather than use something off-the-shelf. Why? well, it won't take too long to code, I like using my own frameworks, and I like to know exactly what's going on behind the scenes.
My name is Nina Richards and I'm currently 27 years old. I'm a web developer and all-round geek girl currently living in Kent. Among other things, I love my music, both listening to and making and playing my own.
I've made a section about myself for a little shameless self-promotion, but for anyone interested, a few other tidbits can be found amongst the techie stuff.


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Atherosclerosis is a chronic inflammatory process. This manuscript illustrates an easy to use ex vivo model to investigate fresh carotid or coronary artery plaques. The ex vivo model allows for the investigation of potential substances on the inflammatory milieu in human atherosclerotic lesions and results can be analyzed by various methods.
Atherosclerosis is a chronic inflammatory disease of the vasculature. There are various methods to study the inflammatory compound in atherosclerotic lesions. Mouse models are an important tool to investigate inflammatory processes in atherogenesis, but these models suffer from the phenotypic and functional differences between the murine and human immune system. In vitro cell experiments are used to specifically evaluate cell type-dependent changes caused by a substance of interest, but culture-dependent variations and the inability to analyze the influence of specific molecules in the context of the inflammatory compound in atherosclerotic lesions limit the impact of the results. In addition, measuring levels of a molecule of interest in human blood helps to further investigate its clinical relevance, but this represents systemic and not local inflammation. Therefore, we here describe a plaque culture model to study human atherosclerotic lesion biology ex vivo. In short, fresh plaques are obtained from patients undergoing endarterectomy or coronary artery bypass grafting and stored in RPMI medium on ice until usage. The specimens are cut into small pieces followed by random distribution into a 48-well plate, containing RPMI medium in addition to a substance of interest such as cytokines or chemokines alone or in combination for defined periods of time. After incubation, the plaque pieces can be shock frozen for mRNA isolation, embedded in Paraffin or OCT for immunohistochemistry staining or smashed and lysed for western blotting. Furthermore, cells may be isolated from the plaque for flow cytometry analysis. In addition, supernatants can be collected for protein measurement by ELISA. In conclusion, the presented ex vivo model opens the possibility to further study inflammatory lesional biology, which may result in identification of novel disease mechanisms and therapeutic targets.
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Atherosclerosis as a chronic inflammatory disease is one of main causes of death in industrialized nations1-2. Complications of atherosclerosis, especially acute coronary syndromes, have been linked to rupture of vulnerable lesions, causing atherothrombosis and vessel occlusion3. Innate and adaptive immunity seem to be involved during all steps of atherogenesis2,4-5. Although significant progress has been made in the treatment of myocardial infarction, effective prevention of atherosclerosis and adverse cardiovascular events are still unresolved. Thus, studying lesional biology is essential for increasing our knowledge on the pathophysiology of atherosclerosis and to allow identification of novel therapeutic targets and development of novel therapies.
In many cases, murine models are used to investigate the pathophysiology of specific diseases. However, studying atherogenesis using mouse models is accompanied by several limitations: (1) Usually, atherosclerotic mice receive a high cholesterol diet. The cholesterol levels in these models cannot be compared with those in patients with elevated cholesterol serum levels6. (2) There are substantial differences between the murine and human immune system; thus foxp3 is a specific marker of murine regulatory T cells, whereas human foxp3 expression in human T cells does not necessarily confer a regulatory phenotype7. Also, the Th1/Th2 paradigm as defined in humans is not fully transferable to murine T cells. (3) A number of markers that are used to identify murine monocytes and macrophages such as F4/80 and markers of classical (M1) vs. alternative (M2) activation patterns does not exist in human myeloid cells8. (4) Gene expression of murine and human peripheral blood monocytes has been found to be substantially different9.
Thus, in order to increase our understanding of chronic inflammatory processes in human atherosclerosis, we need to make use of models working with human tissues, blood or cells. Here, we describe a model of human plaque tissue culture, which allows investigation of potential novel substances in the concept of human inflammatory lesional biology.
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1. Prepare medium as follows
Culture Medium: RPMI medium.
Add 10% fetal calf serum (FCS).
Add 100 U/ml penicillin G, and 100 g/ml streptomycin.
2. Storage of fresh plaque cylinder until use
The carotid endarterectomy operation of patients with or without ischemic symptoms (stroke, transitory ischemic attack) with a significant carotid artery stenosis will be done by vascular surgeons and coronary artery endarterectomy during coronary artery bypass grafting by heart surgeons. Carotid / coronary plaques need to be removed en bloc to preserve the plaque structure as described previously5.
After plaque extirpation place the specimen in a medium filled tube and store it on ice (plaque needs to be completely covered with medium) until use.
3. Plaque processing
Use an adequate cell culture dish (e.g. 60 mm) and add 5 ml RPMI medium.
Place the plaque tissue into the culture dish (plaque should be completely covered with medium).
Hold the plaque tissue carefully at the edges of the tissue by using sterile forceps.
Cut off the edges of the plaque sample by using a sterile scalpel.
Divide plaque tissue in half.
Assess the lesion morphology macroscopically (calcified, lipid rich, ruptured, thrombus, fibrosis).
Analyze the exact plaque morphology after the ex vivo experiment by immunohistochemistry. Use the AHA classification 10.
Discard plaques with severe calcification or fibrosis.
Cut the plaque tissue into homologous small pieces (3 x 3 x 3 mm).
Shock freeze two plaque pieces and store them in liquid nitrogen for basic values of the lesion until use.
Prepare a 48-well plate.
Add 500 µl RPMI medium to each well used for the experiment.
Please use at least two plaque pieces for each group.
Add the substance of interest (e.g. specific cytokines and chemokines).
Use unstimulated plaque pieces as controls.
Randomly plant the appropriated number of plaque pieces into the wells.
Culture the plaque pieces for indicated time points.
For the plaque tissue stimulation experiment with Lipopolysaccharide (LPS)
Use the following time points: 3 hr, 8 hr and 24 hr.
Use 2 plaque pieces for the LPS and two for the unstimulated group for each time point respectively.
Add 1 µg/ml of Lipopolysaccharide.
During the incubation, maintain the 48-well plate at 37 °C in humidified air containing 5% CO2.
4. After indicated time harvest plaque tissue pieces
Shock freeze the plaque pieces for mRNA isolation and cDNA synthesis (for detailed information-see protocol section 5).
Collect the supernatant and stored it at -20 °C for ELISA analysis.
For western blotting, smash and lyse plaque tissue. Filter the lysate through a 0.65 µm and 0.1 µm centrifugal filter device.
Embed plaque tissue in tissue-tec or paraffin for immunohistochemistry stainings.
5. RNA extraction from cultured plaque pieces
Use a TissueLyser for homogenization.
Isolate the RNA by using the kit (see materials table) according to manufacturer's instructions.
Determine the RNA quantity and quality of the samples with spectrophotometer.
Use the Boehringer cDNA kit for reverse transcription according to manufacturer's instructions.
For quantitative PCR, use for instance the Roche real-time PCR kit with SYBR Green.
Here we present a number of figures that demonstrate results of the ex vivo plaque culturing. To assess changes in the inflammatory milieu in response to the agent of interest in the ex vivo model experiment, we measure different molecules which are known to be primarily involved in atherogenesis. As representative pro-atherogenic cytokines we choose TNFa, IL6 and IFNg2,11. In addition, we use von Willebrand factor and tissue factor to evaluate pro-thrombotic changes. Furthermore, to address the development of plaque instability induced by an agent of interest, matrix metallopeptidase 9 (MMP9) levels will be analyzed. Chemoattractance is also an important step in plaque progression and regression11, thus, we investigate the levels of CCL2, also referred to as monocyte chemotactic protein-1 (MCP-1), principle chemoattractant for monocytes/macrophages. After cell attraction cell rolling and adhesion are the following steps. Because of that we choose ICAM-1. By further analyzing the signaling pathways influenced by the substance of interest we use extracellular-signal-regulated kinases (ERK1/2), widely expressed and activated by many different stimuli such as cytokines, apoptosis, differentiation, virus infection and ligands for heterotrimeric G protein-coupled receptors12.
First, we show time dependent changes of the inflammatory compound of unstimulated cultured atherosclerotic lesions, analyzed by quantitative real time-polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR)(Figure 1). During plaque culturing, an increase of the activity of the inflammatory lesional milieu can be observed. No difference was found after 3 hr vs. no culture (data not shown). After 8 hr of plaque culture, we found only a slight upregulation of some molecules such as IL6, but not of TNFa and IFNg, whereas after 24 hr, there was an upregulation of various molecules such as TNFa, IL6 and IFNg. Notably, the longer the time of plaque culture the higher the variation of molecule expression are.
Second, to demonstrate the feasibility of influencing the inflammatory milieu in atherosclerotic lesions, we present results of plaque pieces incubated with 1 µg/ml LPS for 3 hr, measured by qRT-PCR (Figure 2). Unstimulated plaque pieces served as a negative control. We found that LPS induced a marked increase of the grade of activation of the inflammatory compound inside atherosclerotic lesions. Various cytokines (IL6, TNFa etc., Figure 2A-B), chemokines (CCL2 etc., not shown), adhesion (ICAM1, not shown), plaque destabilizing (Matrix metallopeptidase 9 (MMP9), not shown) and pro-thrombotic molecules (von Willebrand factor, Figure 2C, tissue factor, not shown) were up regulated by LPS incubation.
Third, to evaluate protein abundance, supernatants of cultured lesions were analyzed by ELISA and smashed plaque tissues by western blotting (Figure 3D). In Figure 3A-C, we show ELISA analysis of IFN-g, MCP-1 and TNF-a in the supernatant of cultured specimens incubated with LPS or control for 8 hr. In addition, western blot analysis for (phosphorylated) ERK 1/2 of smashed and lysated plaque tissues, either stimulated with LPS or control, is demonstrated in Figure 3D.
Figure 1. Effect of plaque culturing on the inflammatory lesional compound over time. Atherosclerotic plaque pieces were immediately shock frozen or cultured for 8 or 24 hr and expression of indicated cytokines IL6 (A), IFNg (B) and TNFa (C) was analyzed by qRT-PCR. The results shown represent the average of five independent experiments. Five atherosclerotic lesion pieces for each group were used for indicated time point. Values are normalized to b-actin and expressed as cDNA copies / 1,000 b-actin copies. Results are shown as box plots displaying mean and 25th and 75th percentiles as boxes and 10th and 90th percentiles as whiskers. *: p < 0.01.
Figure 2. LPS stimulation of cultured plaque pieces induced an increase of various inflammatory molecules. Plaque pieces were incubated with 1 µg/ml LPS or unstimulated for 3 hr and analyzed by qRT-PCR. The results shown represent the average of five independent experiments. Two pieces for each group were used. Values are normalized to b-actin and expressed as cDNA copies / 1,000 b-actin copies. Results are shown as box plots displaying mean and 25th and 75th percentiles as boxes and 10th and 90th percentiles as whiskers. *: p < 0.01.
Figure 3. Protein expression in the supernatant of cultured plaque. Representative ELISA measurements of cytokines IFN-g (A), TNF-a (B) and MCP-1 (C) in the supernatant of plaque pieces treated with LPS or unstimulated for 8 hr are shown. The results shown represent the average of five independent experiments. Results are shown as box plots displaying mean and 25th and 75th percentiles as boxes and 10th and 90th percentiles as whiskers. In addition, representative western blotting for (phosphorylated) ERK 1/2 of LPS stimulated or control cultured atherosclerotic lesions after 3 hr is demonstrated in Figure 3D. The column bar graphs displaying mean + SEM as whiskers represent the average of five independent experiments. *: p < 0.01.
Here we present an ex vivo plaque culture model to investigate the influence of potentially relevant substances on atherosclerotic lesion biology. The major advantage of this ex vivo method is the ability to evaluate the influence of indicated substances on inflammatory cells and their cellular interplay as well as inflammatory pathways and cascades within human atherosclerotic lesions. Several usable methods (e.g. RT-PCR, western blot, immunohistochemistry, flow cytometry, ELISA) help to provide a comprehensive analysis of the impact of the substance of interest on atherosclerotic lesion inflammation.
The inflammatory processes in murine atherosclerosis are well understood, also thanks to mouse models over-expressing or lacking certain genes of interest11. However, the findings do not always closely correspond to humans6-9,13. Atherosclerotic mice usually receive a pathologic high cholesterol diet6. In addition, it is known that the immune systems between humans and mice show substantial differences7-9. Here, we present an ex vivo plaque culture model, which allows studying the influence of a substance of interest on the inflammatory compound in human atherosclerotic lesions as shown by Niessner et al.14. Moreover, various additional methods can be used to analyze the results of a plaque culture experiment, comparable to murine studies. Therefore, the ex vivo model opens the possibility to replace murine in vivo studies in some cases and may represent an excellent bridging method between a putative atherosclerosis promoting molecule in the murine system and translation to human biology.
The human ex vivo model for atherosclerosis is not comparable with in vitro cell experiments. Cell lines can be easily stored and cultured, but are phenotypically and functionally not identical to primary cells. Fresh cells can be obtained by regular blood draws, but it is occasionally very difficult to culture them and culture is subjected to many factors. In addition, by using in vitro cell culture experiments, it is not possible to investigate the influence of specific molecules on the inflammatory compound in atherosclerotic lesions. Thus, in vitro experiments are important for initial (translational) step for human biology investigations, but fail to further analyze the role of the molecule of interest in the concept of human atherosclerosis, especially cellular interplay and influence on inflammatory cascades and pathway within atherosclerotic lesions.
Monaco et al. established an important short-term culture system of cells isolated from human atherosclerotic tissue15. They have used an enzymatic mixture of collagenase, elastase and DNase. This method allows investigation of lesional cell-cell experiments, signaling pathway analysis and gene transfer studies with adenoviral vectors. But it remains unknown how the enzymatic mixture influences the cells, i.e. grad of activation, surface marker expression etc. In addition, it can be questioned whether the results of these experiments reflect the real processes inside atherosclerotic lesions. Furthermore, the original location of the cells will be destroyed by the enzymatic mixture and the short-term culture system has the same limitations as the in vitro cell experiments.
For specific cell or cell population studies inside an atherosclerotic lesion, it is possible to use the laser capture micro dissection method. The cell or cell compound of interest will be cut out of the tissue by using an infrared- or UV-Laser and RNA, DNA or protein analysis can be performed. The laser capture micro dissection does not seem to damage the cells, the cell surface receptor expression etc. The advantage of the method is the analysis of a cell or a location of interest inside an atherosclerotic lesion. But it is not possible to further evaluate the cells such as in vitro studies.
The ex vivo model implicates a wide range of possible methods to measure and analyze the findings. Real time polymerase chain reaction can be performed after RNA isolation and cDNA synthesis to investigate the gene expression level as shown by Niessner et al.14. Immunohistochemistry is an established tool to evaluate the protein level in order to prove the protein expression and the cellular origin inside atherosclerotic lesions. Western blotting can be used to analyze signal pathways. In addition, cell isolation by digestion in an enzyme solution opens the opportunity to perform flow cytometry analysis to further analyze for instance cell type, cellular subtypes and grade of activation. Furthermore, after cell isolation spectratyping represent a good method to further analyze T cell receptor variability. Moreover, after digestion magnetic cell isolation is a proven high-quality method of cell separation of specific cellular subtypes for further in vitro studies or microarray analysis. At last, supernatants can be collected for protein measurement by ELISA. In conclusion, the ex vivo model is a valuable tool to investigate the exact changes in the inflammatory milieu in human atherosclerotic lesions.
The ex vivo model is based on endarterectomy samples. Using atherosclerotic plaques obtained from different individuals may result in a greater degree of differential cellular composition and thus higher variation of the levels of genes / proteins of interest. Thus, it is important to use lipid rich or complicated plaque samples rather than fibrosclerotic lesions10, because the inflammatory response is markedly lower in fibrosclerotic lesions. Therefore, it is of great interest to evaluate the plaque morphology before analyzing the results of plaque culture experiments.
In addition, each specimen sample includes different stages of the atherosclerotic lesion development / progression, from the initial endothelial dysfunction and lipid accumulation step, towards fatty streaks and development of a necrotic core to ruptured plaques. Thus, in order to minimize the heterogeneity of the plaque tissue, it is necessary to cut the edges, which generally represent early steps of atherogenesis.
It cannot be excluded that the cutting induces tissue injury responses. But our plaque tissue culture experiments showed comparable gene expression levels of the cultured plaque tissues to non-cultured plaque tissues. Thus, this underlines that the current method is a good tool to investigate the inflammatory milieu in atherosclerotic lesions.
The culture of plaque pieces is limited to a time period of up to one day. If plaque tissue is cultured more than a day, the variation of the results increases dramatically. In addition, after 3 days the plaque composition and morphology collapses.
There are limitations that need to be kept in mind when applying this model. The ex vivo model is a good method to study the inflammatory milieu in atherosclerotic lesions. Nevertheless, major components are missing in this context. No hemodynamic features are applicable and systemic influences are totally missing. In addition, with this method it is only possible to investigate short term changes, but lacks a long term analysis because of the collapse of the plaque morphology.
In conclusion, we present here a method that will be useful for researchers who are interested in the investigation of potential new molecules on human atherosclerotic lesion inflammation. The ex vivo plaque culture model does suffer from differences between the murine and human immune system, but it gives us the ability to analyze the cellular interplay in the context of atherosclerotic lesions and represent the opportunity to investigate local lesional inflammatory cascades and pathways. The ex vivo plaque culture method described here is easy to use and is reproducible and may help to identify and validate novel disease mechanisms and therapeutic targets.
The authors do not have any conflicts to disclose.
We thank Nadine Wambsganss for excellent technical assistance. This work was supported by the German Research Foundation (DFG) ER 682/2-1 and a research stipend from the German Society of Cardiology to C. Erbel as well as a research stipend from German Academic Service Heidelberg to L. Zhao.
RPMI medium Gibco 21875-091
FCS Gibco 10270-106
Penicillin-streptomycin Sigma P-4458
15 ml Tube Sarstedt 62,554,502
Culture dish (60 mm) Orange Scientific 5550200
LPS Sigma L4516
Cell culture plates 48-well Greiner 677102
Scalpel - single use Feather FEA200130011
TissueLyser Precellys 24 Dual Cat. No. EQ03119.200.RD010.0
RNeasy (Mini) Kit Qiagen Cat. No. 74104
Boehringer cDNA kit Roche Diagnostics Cat. No. 11483188001
Nanodrop spectrophotometer Thermo Fisher Scientific
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Why do you drink coffee? You might respond like the mountain climber intent on climbing a jagged peak, because it is there. You might also lecture for an hour or so about the health benefits of drinking coffee. But, why do you drink coffee? Is it the taste or aroma? Is it the morning wakeup effect or because you need a cup to make it through a long afternoon at work? Maybe it is a genetic predisposition as we wrote about in our article, Genetic Desire for Coffee. Here are a few more thoughts on the subject of why one might like to drink coffee.
Irish coffee is a good reason to drink coffee. This version of the brew was invented on a cold Irish night. There was an Irish chef at the airbase where Shannon International Airport now sits. There was a flight from Ireland to New York that had to turn back because of bad weather. The chef greeted the returning travelers with a hot drink of coffee, whiskey, brown sugar, and whipped cream. It became a regular feature at the airport and when people asked what kind of coffee it was they were told that it was Irish coffee (as opposed to one of the Brazilian or Colombian organic coffee brands). An American traveler brought the recipe back to America and it caught on.
Put the brown sugar into the glass and then add the hot organic coffee.
Stir until the sugar dissolves.
Add the whiskey and stir again.
Add the cream by pouring gently over the back side of the tablespoon so that the whipped cream sits on top of the coffee.
A little cinnamon and or nutmeg sprinkled on top of the whipped cream are an American addition to this treat and are optional.
If you like your coffee as a reason to add sugar to what you drink, consider Cuban coffee. Cuban coffee is strong espresso with a foamy layer of sugar laced with espresso across the top. Make the espresso as you normally would. The put a forth of a cup of brown sugar in a glass mixing bowl and add a tablespoonful of hot espresso. Mix using a whisk until the mixture is foamy. Pour this over each cup of steaming hot espresso and enjoy your Cuban coffee, aka Café Cubano.
Why do you drink coffee? If you sense that it a genetic predilection that makes you start brewing coffee every morning you can still enjoy you coffee black or prepared in any of the innovative ways that people have invented. So enjoy your coffee and remember that coffee does a lot of good things for you besides just waking you up in the morning.


2018 was trumpeted at CES and by experts as the year in which the drone sector of the industry would explode, bringing with it easier-to-use, more economical and more technologically advanced unmanned vehicle systems for both business and personal use. If the first three months of 2018 are any indication, these assertions could not have been more spot on.
We have already seen, or will see in the coming months, amazing technological advances such as smaller products that fit into the palm of your hand and longer-lasting toy drones that will fly exponentially farther and longer than ever before.
At the center of these innovations is Helen Greiner, founder of the company, CyPhy Works, which is at the leading edge of the drone design and manufacturing industry. Greiner, is one of the most innovative minds in the drone and robotics space today. Her rise to the top of the industry, as one of the very few women who have served at top levels in the robotics/drone space since the early 1990s, is inspirational.
CyPhyWorks' Persistent Aerial Reconnaissance and Communications platform, also known as PARC, opens the unmanned aerial vehicle market to commercial customers. This end of the drone and robotics sector has been on fire as of late—last month Amazon filed patents for a revolutionary new drone that will respond to customers when they wave or call to it. Greiner's company's drones can fly for hours, days or even weeks at a time autonomously. Investors have been jumping on the CyPhyWorks bandwagon as the company has raised over $34M in capital in six rounds, including $22M in a Series B investment in 2015.
Greiner was born in London in the late 1960's but early in her childhood she moved to Long Island. When she was 10 years old she saw the film "Star Wars" and from that moment forward she knew that robotics would be in her future. "My goal since I was 11 has been to create robots," Greiner states. She received both undergraduate and graduate degrees from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and then immediately went to work exploring the field of robotics.
She would set up her first company, iRobot, in 1990 along with partners Rodney Brooks and Colin Angle. iRobot was responsible for innovating in the consumer robotic product market, with products such as the Roomba vacuum, which became a cultural icon. In addition, Greiner and the company delivered the first military robots used in combat to remediate IEDs. These PackBots are credited by the US Army with saving the lives of hundreds of soldiers and thousands of civilians.
Along the way, Greiner has won a myriad of major awards such as the Anita Borg Institute Women of Vision Award, the Pioneer Award from AUVSI, and the DEMO God Award. She was also named Entrepreneur of the Year by Good Housekeeping magazine. She was inducted into the Women in Technology International Hall of Fame in 2007.
While the industry still struggles with gender representation at the top of frontier tech companies, Greiner is an inspiration to women in the field of robotics, inventing both iconic consumer products as well as life-saving innovation.


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NetEase smashes up World of Warcraft statue after its nasty breakup with Blizzard
Blizzard's games have been published in China by NetEase for 14 years, a partnership that has been enormously successful for both companies. The Chinese publisher's rapacious growth over the last decade was turbo-charged by the money it made from the games' success and, while NetEase's success can hardly be attributed solely to that, it is now one of the largest internet and videogame companies in the world.
But things have gone sour in a manner that, given the size of the respective companies, can only be called hilariously petty.
It was announced late last year that the Blizzard-NetEase deal would not be renewed. This sparked a minor war of words between the companies and, last week, Blizzard blamed NetEase for the problems (opens in new tab) after it refused to agree to a six month extension of the current terms. Now NetEase has come out swinging, literally.
The importance of the Blizzard deal to NetEase had a symbol: A giant statue of World of Warcraft's legendary two-handed axe Gorehowl outside the studio that handled the Blizzard licenses. On a livestream, segments of which have subsequently been uploaded to social media (thanks, WoWhead (opens in new tab)), NetEase employees surround this statue and begin smashing it to pieces.
Here's a short clip on Chinese Tiktok (opens in new tab).
By the end there's nothing left of Gorehowl but rubble: Funnily enough, in the lore this weapon is involved in some epic betrayals. After the statue is destroyed, and seemingly to rub salt in the wound, the NetEase employees are seen drinking 'Blizzard' green tea. I can't speak Chinese so take this with a pinch of salt, but this has been theorised to be a reference to a misogynistic piece of internet slang that translates as "green tea bitch" .(绿茶婊). The implication is essentially of someone who presents as pure but is devious and greedy.
NetEase wasn't done though. It also published a strongly worded statement (opens in new tab) about what's been going on on its official Weibo page. Firstly NetEase claims that the extension Blizzard offered was "unequal" and "unfair", and that its subsequent public statements were "outrageous, inappropriate, and not in line with business logic".
Then it really kicked off. "[Blizzard's] arrogance did not take into account the position it has left players and NetEase in by demanding everything. It is like riding a mule to find a horse, the behaviour of people divorced but still trying to live together".
NetEase denies it ever sought any IP rights from Blizzard, then goes on to criticise the save transfer functionality that Blizzard China has released for the game (which users have also said there are problems with). It says Blizzard "unilaterally" developed this, NetEase hasn't tested it, warns of security risks, and says Blizzard bears full responsibility for any problems.
NetEase then signs off in rather poetic fashion, with an odd coda:
"While this farewell is destined to be the final chapter of our story, NetEase hopes to do its best to accompany players through the last time and serve them until the last moment. From now on, no matter where you are, no matter where you are going, may the wind guide your way and the stars illuminate your direction.
"Of course, the most important thing is to wish everyone a happy new year".
Well. I've reached out to Blizzard for comment, and will update with any response.
There is often bad blood in the corporate world but, with companies of this size, rarely is there such a public airing of grievances. NetEase clearly feels that Blizzard has somehow disrespected or wronged it, while Blizzard may well be wondering what it ever did to turn such a successful partnership so utterly sour.
The publishing deal between Blizzard and NetEase expires on 23 January, at which time the former's games will cease to operate in China. Their return depends on Blizzard finding another publishing partner in the region, but NetEase may well be delivering a stark message from the CCP to western companies making these kind of huge and time-consuming games: We don't want your sort round here no more.
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Tomorrow being Ugadi (and the start of the Kannada / Telugu new year), some festival preps are going on at home. I had posted an entire Ugadi thali along with Obbattu (dal Poli) here and here.
And I remember her making this extra flavourful Paal Kesaribhath (as we call kesari back home) for most festivals as "Amsai" or "Naivdedyam" to the Lord before her daily pooja , and even when guests dropped in unexpected. It was redulant with aroma as she used to roast cardamom and then add to the kesari. So, Elakkai = cardamom, Paal = milk in Tamil.
Which made perfect sense for me to post this not just for the festival approaching, but as a keepsake of lovely memories. So, we have a sweet Upma (as I called it then :p) for letter E.
Badam / Almonds - 2 or 3 sliced thin.
Add ghee to the same pan (about 1 TBSP), roast the sliced almonds till golden brown and keep aside.
In the same pan, add rava and roast slowly on low heat for 2~3 mins till aromatic, taking care not to burn it. Remove to a plate and let it cool completely.
Return the pan to the stove, and add the milk, let it come to a rolling boil, add the badam milk powder, cardamom now and soaked saffron strands. Slowly add the roasted sooji, and whisk your way till you get a porridge kind of consistency.
Cover and cook for 6 mins. Now add sugar and as the dish slowly starts moving around, add the food colour (if using), salt and the rest of the ghee.
Cover again and cook for 2 mins till its fully done.
Serve warm, topped with some saffron and / or roasted almonds.
Oh my , this looks so yummy. Just drooling over that bowl. Such a wonderful treat as prasad or even when guest comes around.
Festival Greetings ! Wow ! All I can say is - I am drooling ! What a perfect dish for the occasion ! Looks yum and sinful .
Wow.. Too delicious and tempting that single bowl.. Im gonna make this for me soon!!
The kesari looks very festive. The addition of milk, badam powder and of course grandma's memories makes it extra special.
Wow! Perfect for a festivals, right? Love the flavorful kesari.
That's a fantastic dish Kalyani. Our grandmoms dishes are always a hit right, good one!
Please pass that bowl Kalyani. The kesari looks fabulous and a perfect sweet for any celebration. Milks adds so much richness to the already rich kesari.
Awesome dish Kalyani. Perfect for festivals.
Hope you had a great Ugadi Kalyani. Traditional family recipes are always great and thanks for sharing. That looks delicious.
So lovely to read about your grandmother. Festive times are when we miss them the most. Love this variation of the classic rava kesari. Yum yum!


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Central Bank finds 36.8% Nigerian men, women excluded from financial services
Charles Abuede
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40.9 % of Nigerian women have no access to financial services
Financial access is skewed towards male adults
Adult men are more likely to be banked than adult women
Adult women tend to use more formal-other and informal financial services than adult men
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has revealed that a total of 36.6 million Nigerians, which accounts for 36.8 per cent of the total 99.6 million Nigerian men and women, are financially excluded, out of which over 20 million of this population are women. The apex bank revealed in its recent publication on framework for advancing women's financial inclusion in Nigeria and accessed by Business A.M.
The CBN, in the publication, revealed that only 39.5 million adult Nigerians (22.9 million men and 16.6 million women) are banked, a pointer to the need to create more financial access for the Nigerian adult women who tend to use more formal-other and informal financial services than adult men, who are more likely to be banked than adult women, the framework stated.
A further analysis of the statistics from the CBN shows that 70 per cent and 62 per cent of the population of women in the North West and North East are most likely to be financially excluded while the highest relative gender gap is in the South West with a proportion of 62.9 per cent when compared with men in the region.
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Meanwhile, the report also showed that 31 per cent of women are more likely than men (29 per cent) to use informal financial services as the most commonly used informal financial service providers are savings/thrift collectors which account for 13 per cent of its usage by women.
According to the CBN framework, "there is widespread evidence of the economic and societal benefits of women's financial inclusion, citing that it can create greater economic stability and prosperity for women, their families, and their communities, by building assets, enabling the ability to respond to family needs, and mitigating risk.
"Women's financial inclusion is not only a powerful force in the economy and in society: it is a particularly powerful force. While both men and women benefit from financial inclusion, there is evidence that economic inequality falls more when women have greater access to finance than when men have greater access."
Also in the framework, the CBN outlined eight strategic imperatives for advancing women's financial inclusion strategy in Nigeria to include:
To implement a set of measures which are aimed to support account opening by women on a large scale and in short term;
The expansion of financial and digital literacy (capabilities and skills) programs for low-income women in the context of specific financial behaviours and products;
Also, there should be an expansion of financial services delivery channel to serve women customers closer to their homes;
Mandate the development of systems of gender-disaggregated data collection to meet the needs of the financial services provider's (FSPs), government and regulatory or supervisory authorities;
Complete and consolidate the enabling environment required to advance the government's financial inclusion agenda, integrating a gender lens;
The development of financially sustainable products and delivery systems that respond to the needs of low-income women;
To promote, at the industry level, the expansion of digital financial services (DFS) and FinTech solutions aimed at improving women's financial inclusion; and
To build a culture of women's leadership and staffing in financial institutions and other key agencies.
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A brand new Italian cafe is opening it's first ever UK site within the St Enoch Centre.
SHOPPERS at St. Enoch Centre are in for a culinary treat with the arrival of Ddoce, an exciting new Italian café which opened its first UK outlet this week at the leading Glasgow shopping centre.
The new café offers the ultimate Italian experience and was created by a group of Napolitans who wanted to showcase the sweeter side of Italy through delicious patisseries served with authentic Italian coffee.
Cake lovers will be spoilt for choice with a selection of special Napoli delicacies on the menu, perfect for a mid-morning treat or an afternoon pick-me-up, including Sfogliatella, Caprese Cake, Pasticciotto and Pastiera, a special pie created by Italian nuns.
It's not, however all about the sweet stuff with a tantalising lunch menu of savoury options also on offer, including small dishes such as Mozzarella Croquettes, a variety of Arancini (Risotto balls) to larger dishes including a selection of Cannelloni, Quiches and Pies. The menu has been specially created to give diners an authentic taste of Italy and features classics including Potato Gateau, a dish originating from 1768 that features potatoes, meats, cheeses and sometimes vegetables.
Provenance is important to Ddoce and all ingredients, with the exception of the milk, are sourced and produced from the Napoli region of Italy. Even the interior décor is from Italy including the furniture and terracotta tiles which were handpicked in Sorrento. The colour scheme also reflects the Amalfi Coast with bright blues and yellows adding a Mediterranean feel.
Café manager, Saverio Denitto, moved to Scotland seven months ago and is excited to share Ddoce with Glasgow and show the city and St. Enoch Centre's shoppers a different side to Italy.
He said: "Our country is known for pizza and pasta but it offers much, much more with beautiful patisseries and of course, coffee and this is what we want to showcase in addition to some authentic Italian dishes which will be perfect for hungry shoppers at lunch.
"We're thrilled to launch our first café in the heart of Glasgow in the St. Enoch Centre and are looking forward to meeting different shoppers and giving them a taste of Italy."
Located on Level 1 of the Centre, Ddoce is open 9am - 7pm weekdays, 9am - 6pm Saturdays and 10am - 6pm on Sundays and offers breakfast, lunch and an array of snacks.
For more information on Ddoce or St. Enoch Centre, visit their official website or call the St. Enoch centre on 0141 204 3900.


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Indigenous Modernisms
I McLean, Stephen Ross
Routledge | Published : 2016
DOI: 10.4324/9781135000356-REM178-1
Indigenous modernism is not to be confused with earlier ideas of modern Indigenous art, though they do to some extent pre-empt it. In the mid-20th century, some Indigenous artists who made or responded to Western art forms were referred to as modern. For example, in 1952 the Namatjira School of landscape painting in Central Australia was dubbed modern Aboriginal art, while Ulli Bieir made similar claims about African artists in the late 1950s and 60s. In the 1960s and 70s, emerging interest in non-traditional and tourist Indigenous art resulted in scholars and auction houses applying the terms modern and contemporary to distinguish such art from traditional works. However, the concept of Ind..
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I am Matthew. This is Robbi. We are married. We also make books together.
Before we had kids, I wrote books for adults.
Which meant there was no limit on the words I could use. Long words. Complex words. Words with silent letters and diabolical spellings. No matter, as long as they were the right words. Because there is a most perfect word for any moment in a sentence, and it is the writer's job to find it.
Choosing the right word is more than just a matter of style.
But an expansive vocabulary also allows us to experience with discernment.
If I don't know the words 'piquant' and 'tart,' how can I accurately describe the sensations invited by eating a slice of lemon meringue?
If I can't grasp the concept of 'soul-crushing regret,' how can I accurately convey how I feel upon finishing the entire pie?
Language enables perception. It is the prerequisite for discernment. Imagine the implications—not just for enjoyment of literature but for successful navigation of life.
Watching my own kids, I see this unfolding every day. The moment they learn a new word, they take it up like a new bike and ride it wherever it will take them.
When I started making books for kids, I didn't want to give up the option to use the best possible word just because my readers might not know it.
Quite the opposite, I considered it my job to introduce them to big, beautiful words as early as possible, so that their experience of the world could grow richer with each new acre revealed. And so Robbi and I created (and self-published) Archipelago, a book that introduces young readers to the pleasures of extremely long words—with illustrations and tools to guide them through pronunciation and meaning.
We wondered if kids would balk at the challenge, but they loved being invited to climb those mountains of sound and syllables. They felt accomplished. And proud.
There's nothing better than hearing a room full of kindergartners chanting five-syllable words in unison, excitedly tramping about in forbidden territory, explorers with a sudden new view.
A few years ago, Robbi and I created a middle grade series called The Real McCoys.
The protagonist Moxie McCoy is a headstrong and relentlessly well-meaning fourth grader who considers herself the world's greatest detective. (She is not.) Technically mysteries, the books are gently comedic and mostly about relationships (between kids and their siblings, friends, parents, and teachers) and puzzling-yet-familiar emotions (pride, longing, confusion, fear, gratitude).
More to the point of this post, The Real McCoys is full of words kids might not know. On purpose—and with empathy. Moxie herself is no master of vocabulary. She consistently encounters (and misuses) words beyond her present knowledge (as often happens in life) and so does her best to muddle through (as we all have).
Our librarian friends tell us that The Real McCoys is a hybrid—somewhere between graphic novel and a middle grade book with spot illustrations. Each spread offers a unique layout, with text and illustration often overlapping and interacting.
While the (1,000+) illustrations often offer clues about the meaning of words, the narrative does not pause to overtly define the them (just like life).
The message: It's ok to not know every word you read or hear. But think of each encounter as an opportunity to expand your toolkit. First look around for context and, and if that fails, let the dictionary be your guide.
To help readers in this effort, each book in the series contains a glossary. The definitions, voiced as if written by Moxie herself, show kids that the meanings of words become sticky when placed in the context of one's own life and experience.
A thing you might say about something that is ridiculous or unlikely, such as my nemesis Tracy Dublinger writing a letter full of nice things about me.
It has nothing to do with being a pro, which I am, and nothing to do with bones, which I have more than 200 of, and instead means doing something for free, which I sometimes reluctantly do when my brother Milton makes me.
From what we hear, Book 1 has been eagerly digested by precocious readers who find themselves pleasingly challenged by the vocabulary. But we're even happier to learn that the book has also been embraced by less willing, less confident readers—ones who usually struggle to stick with longer narratives. Because these are the kids who otherwise lack access to new words and the doors they unlock.
Words do so much more than add richness to reading and conversation. They are our map and compass, deepening observation, encouraging investigation, and making possible the joy of sharing experience—whether the baffling complexity of our emotions or the distinctive taste of our dessert.
Matthew Swanson and Robbi Behr are the husband/wife, author/illustrator co-creators of The Real McCoys (a critically acclaimed, densely illustrated, humorous-and-vaguely-mysterious middle-grade series) the picture books Babies Ruin Everything and Everywhere, Wonder; and a forthcoming picture book about coming of age in the wilds of Alaska (winter 2020).
Robbi and Matthew spend most of their time making books and raising four kids in the hayloft of an old barn in Chestertown, Maryland. They spend the rest of their time speaking, teaching, and leading workshops on collaboration and creative entrepreneurship—and the rest of the rest of their time running a commercial salmon fishing operation on the Alaskan tundra.
Visit their website here. Or watch their daily 60-second videos on making books, collaboration, parenting, and often nothing much at all on Facebook or Instagram.
What fun from start to finish! My library serves grades 7-12 but I will read and most likely share the Real McCoys with my students. Great ideas for improving vocab for all ages. Thanks!
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Roku Subscribers Steal the Show: 15 Stats You Should Know
Jordan T. Prodanoff
Melisa Mendoza
Updated · Sep 05, 2022
When we think of streaming, we usually visualize the software side of it—our favorite app or platform, its UI, and its (hopefully) rich content library—and forget that the hardware is of critical importance, too.
Over 232 million people in the US stream video, using a wide variety of devices to cover their entertainment needs. Some do it on their laptops or phones, sure, but many prefer the large screen of a television set. And many of them rely on Roku.
Today, we'll look at the ever-increasing number of Roku subscribers—and shows—and discuss what the buzz is all about.
Essential Roku Statistics (Editor's Choice)
Roku is the sixth company its founder, Anthony Wood, launched.
Roku made $491 million from advertising in 2020.
Young Americans take up to 9.4 minutes to choose what to watch.
Roku subscribers streamed 73.2 billion hours of content in 2021.
Almost a quarter of users watch the Roku Channel daily.
Roku has approximately 61.3 million active users in the US as of 2022.
About 80 million people live in the same house as a Roku subscriber.
The average user spends 215 minutes a day streaming on Roku.
Roku earnt its first three Emmy nominations in 2022.
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From the company name's etymology to its recent success in filmmaking, this is where you'll find the most curious facts about Roku.
1. Roku means six in Japanese.
(Source: Alta)
Anthony Wood founded Roku in 2002. Today, he is a billionaire who has appeared on the Forbes 400 list. He owes his wealth precisely to Roku. But it wasn't his first venture.
Before creating the company, he'd founded five other businesses—none of which were overly successful. In 2002, the then-36-year-old Mr. Wood came up with Roku. He named it so because it was his sixth attempt at entrepreneurship.
We can't say whether it was this obscure etymology that brought Mr. Wood good luck, but one thing's clear—twenty years later, he's the CEO of a multibillion-dollar company.
2. Roku has an $11.99 billion market cap.
(Source: Companies Market Cap)
A slightly upsetting piece of information about Roku has to do with its market capitalization. In mid 2021, Roku had reached $60.8 billion. Since then, it's dropped to around $12 billion.
That said, it's not the only company to experience a wild ride on the market rollercoaster. Many businesses that thrived during the pandemic saw their market valuation crumble, including titans such as Netflix, which went from $305.77 billion in late 2021 to $84 billion in mid 2022.
3. Roku intends to release over 25 original shows next year.
(Source: Bloomberg)
According to the latest information, Roku's TV ventures are about to get serious.
Throughout 2023, the platform plans to release over 25 original shows featuring several well-known personalities (like Emeril Lagasse). These will include reality shows, scripted series, and films.
Roku is also set to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars licensing old shows to boost its catalog.
Fun fact: Every time you watch a second of 4K video, you use 2MB of data. Imagine how much data people use every day, considering that more than 80% of internet traffic is really people streaming movies, watching YouTube videos, or lounging on TikTok.
4. Roku earned its first three Emmy nominations in July 2022.
(Source: Deadline)
There are over 60 million active Roku accounts, which means that the streaming platform needs to offer an excellent service to keep all its users satisfied and sufficiently entertained.
Recently, it's been doing that through original content—and its efforts are finally starting to pay off. In July 2022, Roku earnt its first three Emmy nominations.
Two are for Zoey's Extraordinary Christmas (Outstanding Choreography and Outstanding Television Movie); the third one Roku owes to Immoral Compass, which received a nomination for Outstanding Actor in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series.
5. Young Americans take up to 9.4 minutes choosing what to watch.
The latest Roku statistics reveal that the streaming platform now offers over 100,000 pieces of entertainment available on-demand. Simply put, that's such an enormous amount of content, a lifetime will be very much insufficient to watch it all—even if no new shows were ever released from this point onwards.
Unfortunately, browsing an endless catalog takes time, too—young Americans, in particular, are so picky that they can take nearly 10 minutes to choose what to watch in the first place.
Finding the right show quickly is a skill that appears to improve with age, though, since 50-year-olds take only about five minutes.
Fun fact: If we take out the time the average person spends working, sleeping, eating, and cleaning, that leaves you just 17.5 years of free time in all your life.
Roku Sales in 2022
Like most businesses engaged in home entertainment, Roku saw incredible gains during the pandemic. Its revenue skyrocketed, and so did most of the numbers in its annual (and quarterly) investor reports.
We at Web Tribunal perused those at length, and we'll share the main takeaways with you.
6. More than 25% of smart TVs sold in the US run Roku.
Many televisions nowadays are "smart"—that is, they have the ability to stream directly, without relying on any other devices. They do that through hardware and software already present in the TV itself.
Roku statistics suggest that in one out of four cases, the platform (or operating system) such TVs use is precisely Roku. Moreover, Roku sells standalone streaming players that can be connected to any television set for as low as $29. This makes it a market leader and situates it well in front of Google Chromecast and Apple TV.
Fun fact: Cable or satellite TV costs the average US household $109 per month.
7. Roku made $491.7 million in 2020 from advertisements.
(Source: Statista)
With the number of Roku devices sold reaching millions every quarter, the business is downright thriving.
In 2020, when the coronavirus pandemic began, Roku reached new heights. Having made $388 million in sales of streaming players in 2019, the company saw a 32% increase in revenue, reaching $511 million in 2020.
In a year filled with hardships for many, the streaming giant achieved a net revenue of $1.7 billion, a 58% increase compared to 2019.
8. Roku generated $2.76 billion in 2021.
(Source: Roku)
Roku's revenue experienced a massive 55% growth year-on-year, reaching $2.76 billion in 2021. Moreover, the company reported $1.4 billion in gross profits, which represents a 74% increase compared to 2020.
Things looked bright in regards to income, too—although Roku saw losses of -$17.5 million in 2020, it had a net income of +$242.3 million in 2021.
9. Roku made $41.03 per user in 2021.
Over 60 million people use Roku monthly—and every single one of them contributes to the company's profits. On average, Roku reported an ARPU (average revenue per user) of $41.03 in 2021.
It may not sound like much, but this figure used to be lower. For instance, in 2017, each streamer earnt Roku $13.78; as recently as 2020, the company only made $28.76 per customer.
One way of improving ARPU is refining advertising algorithms to target the right audience—something that Roku does well and is learning to do even better yet. For instance, Roku shows battery adverts to users whose remotes are, you guessed it, at low battery.
(Yes, Roku has info on you—including your remote's battery level.)
Note: It's not okay for companies to gather your data without your consent. That said, it's very easy to get your consent. Those annoying banners that have you click on "accept all cookies" before letting you navigate? That's companies trying to follow the laws.
If you run your own site—it doesn't matter if it's a blog or an ecommerce shop—be sure to cover your bases. There are services that help you comply with data privacy laws easily and at a low cost.
10. OTT video's penetration rate in the US is 85.6%.
OTT means over-the-top and it refers to video transmitted over the internet—be it on smart television sets, gaming consoles, and streaming players like Roku.
While Roku's levels of penetration in the streaming market are remarkable, there's still plenty of room for improvement. As many as 85.6% of US citizens watch OTT content, but quite fewer than that use Roku—it has a 51% CTV market share, compared to Fire TV's 45% and Apple TV's 13.1%.
Fun fact: The penetration rate of OTT video in the UK is 91.2%, substantially higher than in the US. Americans do, however, beat the British in TV viewership—they watch a whole hour of regular TV more than Britons (270 vs 212 minutes daily).
How Many Subscribers Does Roku Have?
Roku is the leading media streaming platform in the US and, as such, boasts a substantial number of users. Here, we'll analyze people's watching habits, paying particular attention to how many people rely on Roku for entertainment.
11. Roku has 61.3 million active users in the US.
You've probably heard by now that Netflix is losing subscribers. Roku's user base, on the other hand, is still going up. In fact, it's more than quadrupled in the past five years—it had 14.2 million subscribers in Q1 2017 and now boasts 61.3 million monthly users.
The platform experienced a particularly noticeable increase in subscribers thanks to the pandemic, nearly doubling its audience in just two years.
Fun fact: Even if they're not active users themselves, an estimated 80 million people in the country have access to Roku by way of inhabiting households that include a subscriber.
12. People in the US watched a combined 20.9 billion hours of Roku in the first three months of 2022.
As the number of Roku users has gone up, so have the total hours of content watched. In the first three months of 2022, people spent a combined 20.9 billion hours streaming on the platform. For comparison, the same figure stood at 5.1 billion hours in Q1 2018. That's a fourfold increase in four years!
Roku experienced a significant boost in 2020, the first year of COVID-19, when users streamed 58.7 billion hours throughout the year. This trend continued in 2021 as subscribers watched a combined 73.2 billion hours—that's 8,356,164 years, or about 106,056 lifetimes.
13. The average user spends 215 minutes daily streaming on Roku.
Roku subscribers watch a lot of content on their favorite platform—the average is now over three-and-a-half hours. That's a massive increase from the 136 minutes (2.25 hours) from five years earlier. It's not, however, the highest viewership time Roku's ever seen.
At the height of the pandemic, streamers watched up to 230 minutes (that's 10 minutes short of four hours) of content daily. Regardless, the trend remains positive.
It's important to note that Roku's primary revenue stream is advertising, so the longer each user spends on the platform, the more ads they see, and the more money Roku makes.
14. In the US, the Roku app had 26 million downloads in 2021.
While Roku subscribers stream content on their TVs, that doesn't mean they don't use Roku's mobile app, too—no, not to watch content on it, but in lieu of a remote.
Let's face it, we all lose the TV remote all the time—it's a natural part of life. Instead of wasting a few minutes looking for it each time, Roku allows you to control your streaming device, enter passwords, and choose shows entirely through its mobile app.
We don't know how many of the 26 million people who downloaded it last year did so due to a missing remote, but we have a feeling it's a majority.
15. Almost a quarter of users watch the Roku Channel daily.
Roku statistics indicate that the platform's signature Roku Channel is among its top five most popular programmes. Furthermore, 23% of subscribers watch it every single day, while another 21% watch it at least a few times a week.
That said, 17% say they rarely watch it—as in, less than once a month.
The curious thing about the Roku Channel is that while it offers a selection of thousands of shows, it's free and, therefore, supported by ads. This is probably why it has a somewhat middle-of-the-road score of 3.6☆ out of 450,000+ ratings on Roku.
The pandemic served Roku well. Though the company has lost much of its market valuation in the post-COVID world, it has retained its gains in terms of user numbers and profitability.
We've no doubt the number of Roku subscribers will keep growing for a while, but we're curious to see what the streaming company will do when there's simply no more room for further growth.
Netflix is still struggling to mend its battered reputation—perhaps Roku will learn from it.
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The 16th Grand National Assembly of Turkey existed from 5 June 1977 to 12 September 1980.
There were 450 MPs in the lower house. Republican People's Party (CHP) held the plurality. Justice Party (AP) was the next party. National Salvation Party (MSP), Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), Republican Reliance Party and Democratic Party (DP) were the other parties.

Main parliamentary milestones
Some of the important events in the history of the parliament are the following:
21 June 1977  – Bülent Ecevit of CHP formed the 40th government of Turkey
3 July 1977 – The government couldn't receive the vote of confidence
21 July 1977 – Süleyman Demirel of AP formed the 41st government of Turkey, a coalition of AP, MSP, CGP and MHP so-called Second National Front
17 November 1977 – Following a crises of 6 months, Cahit Karakaş of CHP was elected as the speaker of the parliament
31 December 1977 – Non confidence vote following interpellation
5 January 1978 – Bülent Ecevit formed the 42nd government of Turkey; a coalition of CHP, CGP, DP and the independents
12 November 1979 – Süleyman Demirel formed the 43rd government of Turkey; a minority government with external support
7 April 1980 –  Fahri Korutürk, the sixth president of Turkey left the office after his 7-year legal term of office. His post was not filled till 12 September. İhsan Sabri Çağlayangil became the acting president
12 September 1980 – 1980 Turkish coup d'état

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1977 establishments in Turkey
1980 disestablishments in Turkey
Terms of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey
16th parliament of Turkey
Republican People's Party (Turkey)
Justice Party (Turkey)
Nationalist Movement Party
Republican Reliance Party
Democratic Party (Turkey, 1970)
National Salvation Party
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Please vs pleas
Please means to give satisfaction, to give contentment. Please may be used as a transitive verb which is a verb that takes an object, and as an intransitive verb which is a verb that does not take an object. Related words are pleases, pleased, pleasing. Please is also used as an adverb to make a polite request or ask for favor. Please comes from the Old French word plaisir meant to give pleasure to, satisfy. Please is one of the one thousand most frequently used words in the English language, according to the Oxford English dictionary.
Pleas is the plural of plea, which means an urgent request. In legal terms, a plea is an answer to a charge, referring to one's guilt. Plea is derived from the Old French word plait, which means lawsuit, decision, or decree.
"Please do not charge for parking downtown evenings and weekends. Locals will stop coming." (The Savannah Morning News)
The public consultation about retirement protection has angered many – but the chief secretary helming the exercise said on Wednesday that it was not the government's job to "please everybody". (The South China Morning POst)
In the case of the George London Foundation Awards Competition for young American and Canadian opera singers (one of the more lovable affairs), which held the final round of its 45th annual contest on Friday, at the Morgan Library & Museum, the odds were good that at least some of the choices would please everyone. (The New York Times)
He subsequently entered not guilty pleas on 6 June 2015. (The Guardian)
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Witness to Roswell: Unmasking the Government's Biggest Cover-up (Revised and Expanded Edition)
by Thomas J. Carey
Edition: Second Edition,Revis
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The best-selling UFO book of 2007/2008 is revised and updated with even more hard-hitting eyewitness testimony of one of the most important eventsof all... Read more
time: the actual recovery of a UFO outside of Roswell, New Mexico, in 1947. For more than 60 years, government authorities have led us to believe the wreckage was merely a very conventional weather balloon--but the witnesses who were there continue to tell a different story.Witness to Roswell once again takes you on a "can't put down" written account of what really transpired in Roswell, 62 years ago. It pries loose the truth the government doesn't want us to know. This revised and expanded edition includes:A growing litany of deathbed confessions describing the "little people" recovered at the crash site.The most comprehensive time line of events ever published on this seminal event.The identity of the Boeing engineer called in to examine the exotic wreckage from the crash.What really took place at the Roswell base hospital and what nurse actually ordered the children--s caskets.The story of the soldier who wore gloves at the dinner table after guarding the "bodies."Clearly, the implications are foreboding, and one need just realize that officials now have four explanations to this historic event--but to which one do all the witnesses testify on their deathbeds?Witness to Roswell once again demonstrates to the world that no statute of limitation applies to the truth: We are not alone.
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We know how corporates donate to political parties and then fetch favours from them. BJP government only collided with Congress to hide donations from foreign sources.
The change in FCRA was silent but the media has noted it. Modi led government may find this as indicative of media not remaining silent on key issues. Media is a pressure group and they are doing their job.
Those who say that Indian elections are very expensive must look at how much money is spent in US during campaigns. A part of electoral politics is funding and government is not wrong in accepting funds.
Everyone knows that corporate houses back governments through donations so that they can get a favourable policy. This is a byproduct of capitalism and democracy.
Not only this, the bringing of electoral bonds is also not in favour of nation. Any anonymous donor can buy these bonds since they will not bear the name of buyer. This will increase corruption.
In the past few years BJP has been the largest beneficiary of all donations by electoral trusts. They actually need money to send across a message which otherwise cannot be done.
One must understand that by accepting donations from a foreign entity, political parties do not become corrupt or intimidated by contributors.
This is one of few issues where there was no altercation in parliament. FCRA Act has been retrospectively amended and now parties have immunity from getting investigated for past foreign contributions.
It is rather wrong to blame BJP for amending the Act in a specific manner. They have their own compulsions and cannot allow investigating agencies to cow them down so that reforms get slowed.
All political parties are the same and they will do anything to keep themselves out of any probe. What India needs today is sweeping political reforms so that country can be led by wise men.
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Swinford National School Green Schools Swift Project.
Swinford Green schools committee visit the Swift Project at GMIT Castlebar.
We visited the GMIT in Castlebar to learn about the "Swifts". Lynda Huxley is the swifts' expert in Castlebar. She and her husband Chris came to Swinford to conduct a survey with us to see if there are any swifts in Swinford and we found that we have lots of swifts but not a lot of suitable places available for the swifts to nest in. Chris and Lynda had a look at our building and said that the Junior side would be very suitable for nest boxes. We were thrilled with this prospect and the fact that we could do something to help keep them in our area and provide nesting areas for them. We wrote to Fr Dermot and our Board of Management to ask if we could erect two units (6 nest boxes). We had held "Cash for Clobber " collection in April and we knew that we could use this money for the boxes. We also wrote to our Swinford Tidy Towns for sponsorship and they generously gave us €300 which we used to put cameras in two of the boxes and the cabling/wiring and connection to the internet will also need to be done.
Marian Thornburgh (Green schools), Lynda & Chris Huxley (GMIT) and Fr. Dermott.
Swinford national school Green Schools Swift Project was started in May 2014.
Green school committee Swift project presentation.
Marian Thornburgh (green school) Lynda & Chris Huxley (GMIT) and Fr. Dermott Mehan.


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Underwater seminar on drowning prevention a splashing success
With a turnout of more than 100 people (including 35 SCUBA divers), the first-ever underwater seminar on drowning prevention, hosted by the Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management and the Health, Leisure and Human Performance Research Institute (HLHPRI), was a resounding success.
Dr Giesbrecht gears up to go underwater.
The seminar was the brainchild of Professor Gordon Giesbrecht, better known to many as Professor Popsicle, who has spent his career researching and educating people on cold water survival as well as escaping from submerged vehicles.
Held at the Joyce Fromson Pool, the seminar featured three speakers, who all gave their presentations from the bottom of the pool. An underwater screen along with special audio and video systems allowed participants, both below and above water, to hear and see the presentations.
Giesbrecht spoke on submerged vehicle escapes, while local diving expert Dave Aldersen spoke on adventure diving, and U of Laval/Diver Alert Network's Dr. Neil Pollock spoke about shallow water blackouts.
The divers who watched from the bottom of the pool included members of the Winnipeg Police Service and RCMP dive teams, as well as other members from the diving and pool communities in Manitoba.
Attendees watch the underwater feed on a screen on the pool deck.
Said Giesbrecht about the large turn-out, "The great thing about holding such a unique event is that we brought a lot of people to the university campus who may not have otherwise come here. And they got to hear some incredibly important information about drowning prevention, which of course was the goal of the symposium. We're all very pleased with how this event turned out."
Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management Dean Dr Douglas Brown opened the seminar by saying, "Being here tonight, it's obvious to see that in the Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management, we take experiential learning to the next level, or to the greatest depths in this instance."
The seminar was part of the HLHPRI Research Seminar Series, which features a wide variety of interesting speakers from Manitoba and across North America on a monthly basis throughout the school year.
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Alqueria, llogaret rural en l'època de la dominació islàmica
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 s'Alqueria Blanca, llogaret del municipi de Santanyí (Mallorca)
 l'Alqueria d'Asnar, municipi del Comtat (País Valencià)
 l'Alqueria de Guardamar, nom amb què és conegut també Guardamar de la Safor, municipi de la Safor
 l'Alqueria del Comte, llogaret del municipi de Sóller (Mallorca)
 l'Alqueria de la Comtessa, municipi de la Safor
 l'Alqueria d'en Valls, llogaret del municipi de Dénia (Marina Alta)
 s'Alqueria Roja, caseriu del municipi de Campos (Mallorca)
 les Alqueries, municipi de la Plana Baixa
 Ses Alqueries, municipi de Santa Eugènia (Mallorca)
 sa Curia Blanca, s'Alqueria Blanca possessió del municipi de Ferreries (Menorca)
 s'Alqueria Cremada o sa Cudia Cremada, possessió del municipi de Maó (Menorca)
 ses Tres Alqueries o ses Truqueries, possessió del municipi de Ciutadella de Menorca