I write a lot about food.
I regularly ask myself, "where does our food come from and what impact does it have on the environment?" Once upon a time that would have been an easy question, as the vast majority of society was involved in agriculture. Today, it's not so easy.
In the United States, 21 million people produce, process and sell food and fiber. This may sound like a lot of people, but farm and ranch families make up just 2 percent of the U.S. population. How many farmers do you know?
Who grew the greens for your salad? Who raised the hens that laid the eggs for your omelet? Who pastured the cow that came to you as a stake?
Most people have no idea who grows our food. There is little more important than food. Food is one of our three basic needs. As civilization and society have progressed, we've become disconnected from the land and the bounty that it can produce. Now, I'm not against civilization and modern society – let me be clear on that one. Our disconnect from nature and natural food systems, however, is harming our health and the health of our environment.
What Impact Does Our Food Have?
All agriculture is not the same. The spectrum of food production extends from small-scale local farmers to large-scale industrial agriculture. The U.S. is a world leader in food production and led the green revolution that modernized agriculture. We are now able to feed more people on less land that ever before, but are these modern practices sustainable?
Modern agriculture is built off a backbone of oil and natural gas. Synthetic fertilizers and pesticides are created from chemical processes that largely start with oil or natural gas. The heavy machinery used to plow seemingly endless acres of crops is fueled by gas. Irrigation systems require energy to run – this energy comes from fossil fuels.
All the energy required to power modern agriculture has a big impact on the environment. Then you can add on the damage caused by fertilizers and pesticides. Or the run-off and erosion from crop land, which pollutes local waterways. Or the overuse of water resources for irrigation. Then there's loss of habitat for wild animals.
Farmers in the United States seek ways to maximize yield at the lowest cost. That is just basic economic sense. What further exacerbates the problem, however, is you. Maybe not YOU in particular depending on your shopping habits, but the general population. How? Our demand for cheap food.
Yet, farmers are not bad people who want to ruin the environment. Farmers spend their days outside, under the sun and sky. Farmers depend on nature. Farmers serve the consumer.
We are the consumer and the customer is always right. You want cheap food? You've got it! But that cheap food is going to come at a cost. A cost to your health. A cost to the environment's health. A cost to our health as a species. A cost to future generations' health.
Every dollar you spend is an economic signal that says, "I support what you are doing. Keep it up. Give me more." As consumers, we are the masters of the market. Our needs, desires, and wants are reflected on the store shelves.
Do you want food that harms your body and the environment or do you want food that nurtures your body and the environment?
Yes, organic food is more expensive. Yet, you pay for what you get. When buying almost anything, what is a decent indicator of quality? Price. Granted, this relationship isn't always true, but I believe it holds well here. The extra money you pay is for the additional labor and practices required to grow food more sustainably.
Now, as for not having the money for greener food choices, I'd have to ask you to be really serious with yourself. Do you not have the money or would you rather spend it somewhere else? I'm not asking anyone to grow broke eating organic, I'm just asking you to reflect on your priorities.
Americans don't like spending a lot of money on food. As it stands, we spend less on food than any other country – a trend that has been happening for quite some time.
Food has gotten cheaper, because as consumers we demanded it. Additionally, its my observation that our priorities have shifted. Buying cheaper food frees up money for other things – bigger T.V., bigger car, new clothing every season, the newest technology.
Food is medicine. I mean that. I'm not trying to drawing some analogy or reference Hippocrates. Food really is medicine. It provides you with energy, health, and life.
Ready to start valuing your body and the environment more? Start eating better food. How? Find a farmer.
I love the farmers' market. The open air environment. The sense of community as people from your town move from stall to stall shopping, talking, smiling.
When else do you get the opportunity to speak directly with the producer of something you're buying – not a sales person or a representative, but the man or woman who made the very thing you are interested in buying?
You can ask what variety of eggplant they have (yes, there are different types!). You can ask them about their farm. Ask if they are organic. Ask what they feed their animals. Ask where the animals are processed. You can ask them anything.
Today, make plans to visit a farmers' market. See when your local farmers' market opens and what their hours are and go to the very next one!
Where is your local farmers market? Do you go? What is your favorite thing to buy? Let me know below in the comments!


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JARA Passes Next Milestone
Ceremony marks foundation of new JARA institutes and JARA early-career awards
Aachen/Jülich. On 1 April, the SuperC building of RWTH Aachen University hosted an event for the Jülich Aachen Research Alliance (JARA). The new JARA institutes, in which scientists from Aachen and Jülich will work on pressing issues of our time, were presented to an audience of about 90. At the same time, the directors of the collegially managed institutes were appointed JARA professors. Excellent early-career scientists were also honoured by JARA prizes for young researchers: JARA Best Master and JARA Excellent Junior.
From the left (back row): Prof. Ernst Schmachtenberg, rector of RWTH Aachen, Dr. Thomas Grünewald, state secretary in the Ministry for Innovation, Science, Research and Technology of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, Thomas Rachel, Parliamentary State Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Education and Research, Prof. Wolfgang Marquardt, Chairman of the board of directors of Forschungszentrum Jülich. In the front row: Prof. Hendrik Bluhm, the Faculty of Physics, RWTH Aachen (left) and Prof. David DiVincenzo, Head of Peter Grünberg Institute, Theoretical Nanoelectronics (PGI-2 / IAS-3), Forschungszentrum Jülich. Both Scientist will head the JARA-Institute 'Quantum Information'.
Professor Sebastian M. Schmidt, Member of the board of directors of Forschungszentrums Jülich was hosting the event.
More information in German.
Sabine Prall
Pressereferentin
Jülich Aachen Research Alliance (JARA)
Tel.: 02461 61 96421
Mail: s.prall@jara.org
Umbrella Award - Call for Nominations
Continued External Funding for Research Training Groups
JARA Day 2022: in the spirit of scientific exchange

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Q: Linq expression for ordering entities based on static values I'm working on an ASP.NET MVC project using EF code first and I would need to build a Linq expression in order to order Item entities based on a static dictionary values.
public partial class Item
{
    public enum TypeE
    {
        Type1,
        Type2,
        Type3,
        Type4,
    }

    public TypeE Type { get; set; } // Mapped database column

    public static Dictionary<TypeE, int> MyDic = new Dictionary<TypeE, int>()
    {
        { TypeE.Type1, 42 },
        { TypeE.Type2, 16 },
        { TypeE.Type3, 0 },
        { TypeE.Type4, 34 },
    };
}

My final aim would be some method working in Linq to entities and that would allow me to achieve something like myEntities.OrderBy(i => Item.MyDic[i.Type]).
I've to precise that I can not use AsEnumerable() or anything else enumerating the entities collection, I really need something working directly in Linq to entities.
I also would like to avoid creating reference tables in the database, I'm really looking for a Linq expression.
A few days ago, I asked a quite similar question about how to sort entities by an enum description and the answer given by Ivan Stoev (https://stackoverflow.com/a/40203664/2828106) perfectly achieved what I wanted.
If there was a way to reuse this kind of logic for this new purpose this would be great but I was not experimented enough, I ended up with an infinite loop while trying.
Thanks a lot.

A: Here is the same approach utilized for dictionary:
public static class Expressions
{
    public static Expression<Func<TSource, int>> DictionaryOrder<TSource, TKey, TOrder>(Expression<Func<TSource, TKey>> source, IReadOnlyDictionary<TKey, TOrder> by)
    {
        var body = by
            .OrderBy(entry => entry.Value)
            .Select((entry, ordinal) => new { entry.Key, ordinal })
            .Reverse()
            .Aggregate((Expression)null, (next, item) => next == null ? (Expression)
                Expression.Constant(item.ordinal) :
                Expression.Condition(
                    Expression.Equal(source.Body, Expression.Constant(item.Key)),
                    Expression.Constant(item.ordinal),
                    next));

        return Expression.Lambda<Func<TSource, int>>(body, source.Parameters[0]);
    }
}

and the sample usage:
var order = Expressions.DictionaryOrder((Item x) => x.Type, Item.MyDic);

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Q: Using public data for dynamic data Hi I'm trying to use the google public data for building a demo chart using angular and chartjs. I have created a http request inside the controller and trying to view the  fetched data in the console, in-order to see what data are available. But Im getting an error $http.get(...).success is not a function,What does it mean and how to overcome this and display the data. Also Im getting XHR finished loading: GET what does it mean ? . Thank you :)
Link to sample data !!!
myApp.controller('chartController',function($scope,$http){
    $http.get("https://www.google.com/publicdata/explore?ds=z8o7pt6rd5uqa6_&ctype=l&strail=false&bcs=d&nselm=h&met_y=unemployment&fdim_y=age_group:y_lt25&fdim_y=seasonality:sa&scale_y=lin&ind_y=false&rdim=country_group&idim=country_group:non-eu&idim=country:de&ifdim=country_group&ind=false&icfg")
    .success(function(data,response){
    console.log(data);
})

A: If you use Angular 1.6+, .success has been removed (it has been deprecated since 1.5). Use .then instead:
$http.get("https://www.google.com/publicdata/explore?ds=z8o7pt6rd5uqa6_&ctype=l&strail=false&bcs=d&nselm=h&met_y=unemployment&fdim_y=age_group:y_lt25&fdim_y=seasonality:sa&scale_y=lin&ind_y=false&rdim=country_group&idim=country_group:non-eu&idim=country:de&ifdim=country_group&ind=false&icfg")
.then(function(response){
    console.log(response.data);
})


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By : Robert A. Burton, M.D.
Publsh by : St. Martin\'s Press
You recognize when you know something for certain, right? You "know" the sky is blue, or that the traffic light had turned green, or where you were on the morning of September 11, 2001--you know these things, well, because you just do. In On Being Certain, neurologist Robert Burton challenges the notions of how we think about what we know. He shows that the feeling of certainty we have when we "know" something comes from sources beyond our control and knowledge. In fact, certainty is a mental sensation, rather than evidence of fact. Because this "feeling of knowing" seems like confirmation of knowledge, we tend to think of it as a product of reason. But an increasing body of evidence suggests that feelings such as certainty stem from primitive areas of the brain, and are independent of active, conscious reflection and reasoning. The feeling of knowing happens to us; we cannot make it happen. Bringing together cutting edge neuroscience, experimental data, and fascinating anecdotes, Robert Burton explores the inconsistent and sometimes paradoxical relationship between our thoughts and what we actually know. Provocative and groundbreaking, On Being Certain, will challenge what you know (or think you know) about the mind, knowledge, and reason.
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What if our soundest, most reasonable judgments are beyond our control? Despite 2500 years of contemplation by the world's greatest minds and the more recent phenomenal advances in basic neuroscience, neither neuroscientists nor philosophers have a decent understanding of what the mind is or how it works. The gap between what the brain does and the mind experiences remains uncharted territory. Nevertheless, with powerful new tools such as the fMRI scan, neuroscience has become the de facto mode of explanation of behavior. Neuroscientists tell us why we prefer Coke to Pepsi, and the media trumpets headlines such as "Possible site of free will found in brain." Or: "Bad behavior down to genes, not poor parenting." Robert Burton believes that while some neuroscience observations are real advances, others are overreaching, unwarranted, wrong-headed, self-serving, or just plain ridiculous, and often with the potential for catastrophic personal and social consequences. In A Skeptic's Guide to the Mind, he brings together clinical observations, practical thought experiments, personal anecdotes, and cutting-edge neuroscience to decipher what neuroscience can tell us – and where it falls woefully short. At the same time, he offers a new vision of how to think about what the mind might be and how it works. A Skeptic's Guide to the Mind is a critical, startling, and expansive journey into the mysteries of the brain and what makes us human.
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By : Michael C. Corballis
Publsh by : University of Chicago Press
If we've done our job well—and, let's be honest, if we're lucky—you'll read to the end of this description. Most likely, however, you won't. Somewhere in the middle of the next paragraph, your mind will wander off. Minds wander. That's just how it is. That may be bad news for me, but is it bad news for people in general? Does the fact that as much as fifty percent of our waking hours find us failing to focus on the task at hand represent a problem? Michael Corballis doesn't think so, and with The Wandering Mind, he shows us why, rehabilitating woolgathering and revealing its incredibly useful effects. Drawing on the latest research from cognitive science and evolutionary biology, Corballis shows us how mind-wandering not only frees us from moment-to-moment drudgery, but also from the limitations of our immediate selves. Mind-wandering strengthens our imagination, fueling the flights of invention, storytelling, and empathy that underlie our shared humanity; furthermore, he explains, our tendency to wander back and forth through the timeline of our lives is fundamental to our very sense of ourselves as coherent, continuing personalities. Full of unusual examples and surprising discoveries, The Wandering Mind mounts a vigorous defense of inattention—even as it never fails to hold the reader's.
Mindfulness (HBR Emotional Intelligence Series) Ebook Summary Download
Download Mindfulness (HBR Emotional Intelligence Series) free pdf ebook online. Mindfulness (HBR Emotional Intelligence Series) is a book by Harvard Business Review,Daniel Goleman,Ellen Langer,Susan David,Christina Congleton on 2017-04-18. Enjoy reading 144 pages by starting download or read online Mindfulness (HBR Emotional Intelligence Series).
By : Harvard Business Review,Daniel Goleman,Ellen Langer,Susan David,Christina Congleton
Publsh by : Harvard Business Press
The benefits of mindfulness include better performance, heightened creativity, deeper self-awareness, and increased charisma—not to mention greater peace of mind. This book gives you practical steps for building a sense of presence into your daily work routine. It also explains the science behind mindfulness and why it works and gives clear-eyed warnings about the pitfalls of the fad. This volume includes the work of: Daniel Goleman Ellen Langer Susan David Christina Congleton This collection of articles includes "Mindfulness in the Age of Complexity," an interview with Ellen Langer by Alison Beard; "Mindfulness Can Literally Change Your Brain," by Christina Congleton, Britta K. Hölzel, and Sara W. Lazar; "How to Practice Mindfulness Throughout Your Work Day," by Rasmus Hougaard and Jacqueline Carter; "Resilience for the Rest of Us," by Daniel Goleman; "Emotional Agility: How Effective Leaders Manage Their Thoughts and Feelings," by Susan David and Christina Congleton; "Don't Let Power Corrupt You," by Dacher Keltner; "Mindfulness for People Who Are Too Busy to Meditate," by Maria Gonzalez; "Is Something Lost When We Use Mindfulness as a Productivity Tool?" by Charlotte Lieberman; and "There Are Risks to Mindfulness at Work," by David Brendel. How to be human at work. The HBR Emotional Intelligence Series features smart, essential reading on the human side of professional life from the pages of Harvard Business Review. Each book in the series offers proven research showing how our emotions impact our work lives, practical advice for managing difficult people and situations, and inspiring essays on what it means to tend to our emotional well-being at work. Uplifting and practical, these books describe the social skills that are critical for ambitious professionals to master.
White Fragility Ebook Summary Download
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By : Robin DiAngelo
Publsh by : Beacon Press
The New York Times best-selling book exploring the counterproductive reactions white people have when their assumptions about race are challenged, and how these reactions maintain racial inequality. In this "vital, necessary, and beautiful book" (Michael Eric Dyson), antiracist educator Robin DiAngelo deftly illuminates the phenomenon of white fragility and "allows us to understand racism as a practice not restricted to 'bad people' (Claudia Rankine). Referring to the defensive moves that white people make when challenged racially, white fragility is characterized by emotions such as anger, fear, and guilt, and by behaviors including argumentation and silence. These behaviors, in turn, function to reinstate white racial equilibrium and prevent any meaningful cross-racial dialogue. In this in-depth exploration, DiAngelo examines how white fragility develops, how it protects racial inequality, and what we can do to engage more constructively.
They May Not Mean To, But They Do Ebook Summary Download
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By : Cathleen Schine
Publsh by : Sarah Crichton Books
From one of America's greatest comic novelists, a hilarious new novel about aging, family, loneliness, and love The Bergman clan has always stuck together, growing as it incorporated in-laws, ex-in-laws, and same-sex spouses. But families don't just grow, they grow old, and the clan's matriarch, Joy, is not slipping into old age with the quiet grace her children, Molly and Daniel, would have wished. When Joy's beloved husband dies, Molly and Daniel have no shortage of solutions for their mother's loneliness and despair, but there is one challenge they did not count on: the reappearance of an ardent suitor from Joy's college days. And they didn't count on Joy herself, a mother suddenly as willful and rebellious as their own kids. The New York Times–bestselling author Cathleen Schine has been called "full of invention, wit, and wisdom that can bear comparison to [ Jane] Austen's own" (The New York Review of Books), and she is at her best in this intensely human, profound, and honest novel about the intrusion of old age into the relationships of one loving but complicated family. They May Not Mean To, But They Do is a radiantly compassionate look at three generations, all coming of age together.
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By : Omar El Akkad
Publsh by : McClelland & Stewart
WINNER OF THE 2021 SCOTIABANK GILLER PRIZE NATIONAL BESTSELLER From the widely acclaimed author of American War: a new novel--beautifully written, unrelentingly dramatic, and profoundly moving--that brings the global refugee crisis down to the level of a child's eyes. More bodies have washed up on the shores of a small island. Another over-filled, ill-equipped, dilapidated ship has sunk under the weight of its too many passengers: Syrians, Ethiopians, Egyptians, Lebanese, Palestinians, all of them desperate to escape untenable lives in their homelands. And only one has made the passage: nine-year-old Amir, a Syrian boy who has the good fortune to fall into the hands not of the officials but of Vanna: a teenage girl, native to the island, who lives inside her own sense of homelessness in a place and among people she has come to disdain. And though she and the boy are complete strangers, though they don't speak a common language, she determines to do whatever it takes to save him. In alternating chapters, we learn the story of the boy's life and how he came to be on the boat; and we follow the girl and boy as they make their way toward a vision of safety. But as the novel unfurls, we begin to understand that this is not merely the story of two children finding their way through a hostile world, it is the story of our collective moment in this time: of empathy and indifference, of hope and despair--and of the way each of those things can blind us to reality, or guide us to a better one.
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By : Joseph Furphy
Publsh by : Graphic Arts Books
Such is Life (1903) is a novel by Joseph Furphy. Written under his pseudonym "Tom Collins," Such is Life is a unique and challenging story that took decades to achieve a proper audience. Earning comparisons to the works of Melville and Twain, Furphy's novel is considered a landmark of Australian literature. "The fore part of the day was altogether devoid of interest or event. Overhead, the sun blazing wastefully and thanklessly through a rarefied atmosphere; underfoot the hot, black clay, thirsting for spring rain, and bare except for inedible roley-poleys, coarse tussocks, and the woody stubble of close-eaten salt-bush; between sky and earth, a solitary wayfarer, wisely lapt in philosophic torpor." Setting out on a trek through the outback, Tom Collins begins his seemingly endless torrent of words, a journey through language to match his journey over land. Accompanied by a dog and two horses, he meets a vibrant array of characters from all nations and walks of life; from drovers to criminals, Collins can talk with them all. Described by Furphy himself as "offensively Australian," Such is Life is part travelogue, part philosophy, a novel ahead of its time that remains informative for our own. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Joseph Furphy's Such is Life is a classic work of Australian literature reimagined for modern readers.
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By : Mark A. Schaefer
The world is full of people who are very certain--in politics, in religion, in all manner of things. In addition, political, religious, and social organizations are marketing certainty as a cure all to all life's problems. But is such certainty possible? Or even good? The Certainty of Uncertainty explores the question of certainty by looking at the reasons human beings crave certainty and the religious responses we frequently fashion to help meet that need. The book takes an in-depth view of religion, language, our senses, our science, and our world to explore the inescapable uncertainties they reveal. We find that the certainty we crave does not exist. As we reflect on the unavoidable uncertainties in our world, we come to understand that letting go of certainty is not only necessary, it's beneficial. For, in embracing doubt and uncertainty, we find a more meaningful and courageous religious faith, a deeper encounter with mystery, and a way to build strong relationships across religious and philosophical lines. In The Certainty of Uncertainty, we see that embracing our belief systems with humility and uncertainty can be transformative for ourselves and for our world.
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By : Daniel Kahneman
Publsh by : Doubleday Canada
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The guru to the gurus at last shares his knowledge with the rest of us. Nobel laureate Daniel Kahneman's seminal studies in behavioral psychology, behavioral economics, and happiness studies have influenced numerous other authors, including Steven Pinker and Malcolm Gladwell. In Thinking, Fast and Slow, Kahneman at last offers his own, first book for the general public. It is a lucid and enlightening summary of his life's work. It will change the way you think about thinking. Two systems drive the way we think and make choices, Kahneman explains: System One is fast, intuitive, and emotional; System Two is slower, more deliberative, and more logical. Examining how both systems function within the mind, Kahneman exposes the extraordinary capabilities as well as the biases of fast thinking and the pervasive influence of intuitive impressions on our thoughts and our choices. Engaging the reader in a lively conversation about how we think, he shows where we can trust our intuitions and how we can tap into the benefits of slow thinking, contrasting the two-system view of the mind with the standard model of the rational economic agent. Kahneman's singularly influential work has transformed cognitive psychology and launched the new fields of behavioral economics and happiness studies. In this path-breaking book, Kahneman shows how the mind works, and offers practical and enlightening insights into how choices are made in both our business and personal lives--and how we can guard against the mental glitches that often get us into trouble.
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By : David McRaney
An entertaining illumination of the stupid beliefs that make us feel wise. You believe you are a rational, logical being who sees the world as it really is, but journalist David McRaney is here to tell you that you're as deluded as the rest of us. But that's OK- delusions keep us sane. You Are Not So Smart is a celebration of self-delusion. It's like a psychology class, with all the boring parts taken out, and with no homework. Based on the popular blog of the same name, You Are Not So Smart collects more than 46 of the lies we tell ourselves everyday, including: Dunbar's Number - Humans evolved to live in bands of roughly 150 individuals, the brain cannot handle more than that number. If you have more than 150 Facebook friends, they are surely not all real friends. Hindsight bias - When we learn something new, we reassure ourselves that we knew it all along. Confirmation bias - Our brains resist new ideas, instead paying attention only to findings that reinforce our preconceived notions. Brand loyalty - We reach for the same brand not because we trust its quality but because we want to reassure ourselves that we made a smart choice the last time we bought it. Packed with interesting sidebars and quick guides on cognition and common fallacies, You Are Not So Smart is a fascinating synthesis of cutting-edge psychology research to turn our minds inside out.
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Download Difficult Women free pdf ebook online. Difficult Women is a book by Helen Lewis on 2020-02-27. Enjoy reading 368 pages by starting download or read online Difficult Women.
By : Helen Lewis
Well-behaved women don't make history: difficult women do. 'This is the antidote to saccharine you-go-girl fluff. Effortlessly erudite and funny' Caroline Criado-Perez Strikers in saris. Bomb-throwing suffragettes. The pioneer of the refuge movement who became a men's rights activist. Forget feel-good heroines: meet the feminist trailblazers who have been airbrushed from history for being 'difficult' - and discover how they made a difference. Here are their stories in all their shocking, funny and unvarnished glory. ** Shortlisted in the 2020 Parliamentary Book Awards ** 'All the history you need to understand why you're so furious, angry and still hopeful about being a woman now. A book that is part intellectual weapon in your handbag, part cocktail with a friend' Caitlin Moran 'Compulsive, rigorous, unforgettable, hilarious and devastating' Hadley Freeman 'A great manifesto for all those women who have never been very good at being well-behaved.' Mary Beard 'Difficult Women is full of vivid detail, jam-packed with research and fizzing with provocation' Sunday Times
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By : Lucy Pollock
Publsh by : Penguin UK
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Andrew Sullivan—youngest ever editor of The New Republic, founding editor of The Daily Dish, hailed as "one of the most influential journalists of the last three decades" by The New York Times—presents a collection of his most iconic and powerful essays of social and political commentary from The New Republic, The Atlantic, The New York Times Magazine, New York magazine, and more. Over the course of his career, Andrew Sullivan has never shied away from staking out bold positions on social and political issues. A fiercely independent conservative, in 1989 he wrote the first national cover story in favor of marriage equality, and then an essay, "The Politics of Homosexuality," in The New Republic in 1993, an article called the most consequential of the decade in the gay rights movement. A pioneer of online journalism, he started blogging in 2000 and helped define the new medium with his blog, The Daily Dish. In 2007, he was one of the first political writers to champion the presidential campaign of Barack Obama, and his cover story for The Atlantic, "Why Obama Matters," was seen as a milestone in that campaign's messaging. In the past five years, he has proved a vocal foe both of Donald Trump and of wokeness on the left. Loved and loathed by both left and right, Sullivan is in a tribe of one. Bold, timely, and thought-provoking, this collection of Sullivan's greatest arguments on culture, politics, religion, and philosophy demonstrates why he continues to be ranked among the most intriguing and salient figures in US media.
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Morris Award Finalist for Best Debut YA Novel of the Year! A hilarious YA contemporary realistic novel about a witty Black French Canadian teen who moves to Austin, Texas, and experiences the joys, clichés, and awkward humiliations of the American high school experience—including falling in love. Perfect for fans of Nicola Yoon, When Dimple Met Rishi, and John Green. Norris Kaplan is clever, cynical, and quite possibly too smart for his own good. A Black French Canadian, he knows from watching American sitcoms that those three things don't bode well when you are moving to Austin, Texas. Plunked into a new high school and sweating a ridiculous amount from the oppressive Texas heat, Norris finds himself cataloging everyone he meets: the Cheerleaders, the Jocks, the Loners, and even the Manic Pixie Dream Girl. Making a ton of friends has never been a priority for him, and this way he can at least amuse himself until it's time to go back to Canada, where he belongs. Yet against all odds, those labels soon become actual people to Norris…like loner Liam, who makes it his mission to befriend Norris, or Madison the beta cheerleader, who is so nice that it has to be a trap. Not to mention Aarti the Manic Pixie Dream Girl, who might, in fact, be a real love interest in the making. But the night of the prom, Norris screws everything up royally. As he tries to pick up the pieces, he realizes it might be time to stop hiding behind his snarky opinions and start living his life—along with the people who have found their way into his heart.
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The author of the acclaimed Proust and the Squid follows up with a lively, ambitious, and deeply informative book that considers the future of the reading brain and our capacity for critical thinking, empathy, and reflection as we become increasingly dependent on digital technologies. A decade ago, Maryanne Wolf's Proust and the Squid revealed what we know about how the brain learns to read and how reading changes the way we think and feel. Since then, the ways we process written language have changed dramatically with many concerned about both their own changes and that of children. New research on the reading brain chronicles these changes in the brains of children and adults as they learn to read while immersed in a digitally dominated medium. Drawing deeply on this research, this book comprises a series of letters Wolf writes to us—her beloved readers—to describe her concerns and her hopes about what is happening to the reading brain as it unavoidably changes to adapt to digital mediums. Wolf raises difficult questions, including: Will children learn to incorporate the full range of "deep reading" processes that are at the core of the expert reading brain? Will the mix of a seemingly infinite set of distractions for children's attention and their quick access to immediate, voluminous information alter their ability to think for themselves? With information at their fingertips, will the next generation learn to build their own storehouse of knowledge, which could impede the ability to make analogies and draw inferences from what they know? Will all these influences, in turn, change the formation in children and the use in adults of "slower" cognitive processes like critical thinking, personal reflection, imagination, and empathy that comprise deep reading and that influence both how we think and how we live our lives? Will the chain of digital influences ultimately influence the use of the critical analytical and empathic capacities necessary for a democratic society? How can we preserve deep reading processes in future iterations of the reading brain? Who are the "good readers" of every epoch? Concerns about attention span, critical reasoning, and over-reliance on technology are never just about children—Wolf herself has found that, though she is a reading expert, her ability to read deeply has been impacted as she has become, inevitably, increasingly dependent on screens. Wolf draws on neuroscience, literature, education, technology, and philosophy and blends historical, literary, and scientific facts with down-to-earth examples and warm anecdotes to illuminate complex ideas that culminate in a proposal for a biliterate reading brain. Provocative and intriguing, Reader, Come Home is a roadmap that provides a cautionary but hopeful perspective on the impact of technology on our brains and our most essential intellectual capacities—and what this could mean for our future.
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If believers are right in the significance they claim for religion, how can they tolerate uncertainties, or preach a Gospel of good news if they are uncertain what they are to talk about? Is religious conviction something which no honest man can profess? Do believers in fact speak with one voice? These are some of the questions that prompted this book, which embodies the F.D. Maurice lectures delivered at King's College London in 1961. It discusses topics that were causes of as much concern to Maurice as they are in our own day: 'eternal' punishment; Christian social duty; the problem of subscription ex animo to Articles. Professor Ramsay argues that it is reasonable to be sure in religion while being tentative in theology. In the course of his discussion he compares Maurice and Newman in relation to their views on theological certainty, and also considers the question whether the time has come for revision of the Thirty-nine Articles.
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Gertrude Stein (1874–1946) was an American poet, novelist, art collector, and playwright who famously hosted a Paris salon frequented by the likes of F. Scott Fitzgerald, Pablo Picasso, and Ernest Hemingway. Before she was a patron to "The Lost Generation" artists, Stein was an esteemed author who influenced many 20th-century writers with her innovative and experimental prose. First published in 1933, "Matisse Picasso and Gertrude Stein" contains three prose pieces written in the stream-of-consciousness style that Stein was famous for. A modernist classic not to be missed by fans and collectors of Stein's seminal work. Contents include: "The Work of Gertrude Stein, by Sherwood Anderson", "A Long Gay Book", "Many Many Women", and "G. M. P." Other notable works by this author include: "Three Lives" (1909), "White Wines" (1913), and "An Exercise in Analysis" (1917). Read & Co. Classics is republishing this work now in a new edition complete with an introductory essay by Sherwood Anderson.
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This unique collection of Gertrude Stein's greatest poems, short stories & plays has been designed and formatted to the highest digital standards. THREE LIVES The Good Anna Melanctha The Gentle Lena TENDER BUTTONS Objects Food Rooms MATISSE, PICASSO AND GERTRUDE STEIN A Long Gay Book Many Many Women G.M.P. GEOGRAPHY AND PLAYS Susie Asado Ada Miss Furr and Miss Skeene A Collection France Americans Italians A Sweet Tail The History of Belmonte In the Grass England Mallorcan Stories Scenes The King or Something Publishers, the Portrait Gallery, and the Manuscripts of the British Museum Roche Braque Portrait of Prince B. D. Mrs. Whitehead Portrait of Constance Fletcher A Poem about Walberg Johnny Grey A Portrait of F. B. Sacred Emily IIIIIIIIII One (Van Vechten) One (Harry Phelan Gibb) A Curtain Raiser Ladies Voices What Happened White Wines Do Let Us Go Away For the Country Entirely Turkey Bones and Eating and We Liked It Every Afternoon Captain Walter Arnold Please Do Not Suffer He Said It Counting Her Dresses I Like It to Be a Play Not Sightly Bonne Annee Mexico A Family of Perhaps Three Advertisements Pink Melon Joy If You Had Three Husbands Work Again Tourty or Tourtebattre Next Land of Nations Accents in Alsace The Psychology of Nations or What Are You Looking At Gertrude Stein (1874-1946) was an American novelist, poet, playwright and art collector, best known for Three Lives, The Making of Americans and Tender Buttons. Stein moved to Paris in 1903, and made France her home for the remainder of her life. Picasso and Cubism were an important influence on Stein's writing. Her works are compared to James Joyce's Ulysses and to Marcel Proust's In Search of Lost Time.
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public boolean onJsAlert(WebView view, String url, String message, JsResult result) {
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With regards to result.confirm(), why or when would you call confirm or cancel?

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En 2015, la course est annulée en raison de problèmes financiers. Depuis cette date, elle n'est plus organisée.

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Liens externes

 Palmarès du Giro delle Valli Cuneesi sur siteducyclisme.net

Compétition cycliste en Italie
Compétition fondée en 1978
Cyclisme au Piémont
Province de Coni
Ancienne course cycliste

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Pool and spa on-site
Expensive fees for Wi-Fi, parking and entrees at the on-site restaurant
Located in the north central New Jersey town of Morristown, The Westin Governor Morris was named after the state's first governor, Lewis Morris. Despite its historic namesake, this Westin outpost exudes a contemporary feel with rich green and gold hues in the lobby and simple-yet-stylish furnishings in the guest rooms (which are, according to some visitors, on the smaller side). Still, accommodations come with Westin's Heavenly bed and bath amenities, flat-screen TVs and showers with dual showerheads. Guests rave about the exceptional customer service here, saying that everyone from the housekeeping staff to the waiters at the Blue Morel Restaurant and Wine Bar were very friendly. Other on-site amenities that win favor with past travelers include the pool and the spa. And because this hotel is part of the Marriott hotel family, Marriott Bonvoy members can earn and use points here.
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Raw bar fanatics, your cup runneth over. Situated adjacent to the Westin Governor Morris Hotel, the Blue Morel is a fine dining establishment offering an enviable fresh seafood menu, and other highlights of New American cuisine. Although select entrées, like a towering three-tier crustacean feast, may be somewhat intimidating, the restaurant's philosophy is very down to earth.
A hotel's guest rating is calculated using data provided under license by Tripadvisor. A total of 642 have reviewed the The Westin Governor Morris, Morristown, giving it a rating of 4, on a scale of 1-5.
Guest rooms at The Westin Governor Morris feature classic decor with a neutral color palette, plush white beds and wooden furnishings. Amenities include Westin's signature Heavenly beds, coffee makers with Starbucks coffee, flat-screen TVs and in-room safes, among other features.
Wi-Fi is $12.95 per day
Standard room size: 240 to 265 square feet
Located in Morristown, New Jersey, The Westin Governor Morris is a short drive from The Mall at Short Hills and Morristown Green, a historic park. The hotel is within walking distance of the Morris Museum, which features art exhibits and live theater productions, and the Frelinghuysen Arboretum.
Complimentary shuttle for locations within a 5-mile radius of hotel
Morristown Train Station is 1 mile east
About 22 miles northwest of Newark Liberty International Airport
Manhattan is 35 miles east
24-hour valet parking
24-hour self-parking (free)
Car service (free)
The hotel has a restaurant, a cafe and a juicery. The Blue Morel Restaurant and Wine Bar specializes in farm-to-table cuisine serving sushi and American fare. A brunch buffet is also served on Sundays. Opus Café offers snacks and coffee.
Cuisine Types: Buffet, Asian, American
This Westin features an outdoor pool and brick sundeck that's furnished with cushioned lounge chairs.
Lap pool
Family pool
Whirlpool/hot tub
Adults-only pool
Lifeguard on duty
Poolside service
Deck chairs or cabanas
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The on-site DePasquale The Spa only offers massages. Upgrade menu includes warm stones, foot and ankle massage and aromatherapy options.
In-room treatments available
Body Treatments (i.e. scrubs, wraps)
Outdoor treatment area
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The property's fitness center features cardio machines, strength-training equipment and free weights. Travelers won't need to worry if they forget to pack their sneakers: the hotel participates in the New Balance Gear Lending Program which allows travelers to rent athletic apparel and shoes directly through the hotel.
Running maps are available for those who prefer outdoor activities.
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The hotel has a 7,465-square-foot ballroom as well as other ballrooms and conference suites.
Business center is open 24 hours per day
Number of meeting rooms: 16
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Dogs that weigh less than 40 pounds are welcome for a nonrefundable $50 fee. The hotel provides a welcome amenity, a dog bed, a "dog in room" privacy sign to hang on the door, a mat and a food bowl.
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Weddings at the hotel are held indoors in one of the property's ballrooms or outdoors on the poolside patio. The two-tiered Governor's Ballroom features modern decor and elegant lighting.
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February 2014 - Volume 26 - Issue 1
Thought you might appreciate this item(s) I saw at Current Opinion in Pediatrics.
HEMATOLOGY AND ONCOLOGY: Edited by Stephen P. Hunger
Hepatoblastoma state of the art: pre-treatment extent of disease, surgical resection guidelines and the role of liver transplantation
Meyers, Rebecka L.a; Tiao, Gregb; de Ville de Goyet, Jeanc; Superina, Riccardod; Aronson, Daniel C.e
aPediatric Surgery, Primary Children's Medical Center, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
bPediatric Surgery, Cincinnati Children's Hospital and Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
cDepartment of Pediatric Surgery and Transplantation, Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù, University of Rome 'Tor Vergata', Italy
dPediatric Surgery, Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
eQueen Elisabeth Central Hospital, College of Medicine, University of Malawi, Blantyre, Malawi
Correspondence to Rebecka L. Meyers, MD, Professor of Pediatric Surgery, University of Utah, Pediatric Surgery Suite 2600, Primary Children's Medical Center, 100 Mario Capecchi Dr., Salt Lake City, UT 84113, USA. Tel: +1 801 662 2950; e-mail: [email protected]
Current Opinion in Pediatrics: February 2014 - Volume 26 - Issue 1 - p 29-36
doi: 10.1097/MOP.0000000000000042
Purpose of review
This is part two of a two-part state of the art – hepatoblastoma. International hepatoblastoma specialists were brought together to highlight advances, controversies, and future challenges in the treatment of this rare pediatric tumor.
Pretreatment extent of disease (PRETEXT) is a grouping system introduced as part of the multicenter international childhood liver tumors strategy group, SIOPEL-1, study in 1990. The system has been refined over the ensuing years and has now come to be adopted for risk stratification by all of the major pediatric liver tumor multicenter trial groups. PRETEXT is being intensively studied in the current Children's Oncology Group (COG) AHEP-0731 trial in an attempt to validate interobserver reproducibility and ability to monitor response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy, and determine surgical resectability. PRETEXT is now used to identify those patients who are at risk for having an unresectable tumor and who should be referred to a liver specialty center with transplant capability early in their treatment schema.
International collaborative efforts in hepatoblastoma have led to increased refinements in the use of the PRETEXT and post-treatment extent to define prognosis and surgical resectability. PRETEXT criteria which suggest a possible need for liver transplantation are discussed in detail.
© 2014 Wolters Kluwer Health | Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Current Opinion in Pediatrics26(1):29-36, February 2014.
hepatoblastoma, pediatric liver transplantation, POST-TEXT, PRETEXT, surgical resection
Articles in PubMed by Rebecka L. Meyers
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Management of hepatoblastoma: an update
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‡The results presented here are from the combined studies supporting FDA approval of Qsymia. Qsymia was studied in 2 large trials that involved 3754 patients whose BMI was 27 kg/m2 or greater. The average baseline weight of the subjects in the 2 studies was 256 lbs and 227 lbs. Patients were randomized to placebo, phentermine 3.75 mg/topiramate 23 mg, phentermine 7.5 mg/topiramate 46 mg, or phentermine 15 mg/topiramate 92 mg.
Bodybuilding became more popular in the 1950s and 1960s with the emergence of strength and gymnastics champions, and the simultaneous popularization of bodybuilding magazines, training principles, nutrition for bulking up and cutting down, the use of protein and other food supplements, and the opportunity to enter physique contests. The number of bodybuilding organizations grew, and most notably the International Federation of Bodybuilders (IFBB) was founded in 1946 by Canadian brothers Joe and Ben Weider. Other bodybuilding organizations included the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU), National Amateur Bodybuilding Association (NABBA), and the World Bodybuilding Guild (WBBG). Consequently, the male-dominated contests grew both in number and in size. Besides the many "Mr. XXX" (insert town, city, state, or region) championships, the most prestigious titles[according to whom?] were Mr. America, Mr. World, Mr. Universe, Mr. Galaxy, and ultimately Mr. Olympia, which was started in 1965 by the IFBB and is now considered the most important bodybuilding competition in the world.
Mental illness is described as 'the spectrum of cognitive, emotional, and behavioral conditions that interfere with social and emotional well-being and the lives and productivity of people. Having a mental illness can seriously impair, temporarily or permanently, the mental functioning of a person. Other terms include: 'mental health problem', 'illness', 'disorder', 'dysfunction'.[37]
In natural contests, the testing protocol ranges among organizations from lie detectors to urinalysis. Penalties also range from organization to organization from suspensions to strict bans from competition. It is also important to note that natural organizations also have their own list of banned substances and it is important to refer to each organization's website for more information about which substances are banned from competition. There are many natural bodybuilding organizations; some of the larger ones include: MuscleMania, Ultimate Fitness Events (UFE), INBF/WNBF, and INBA/PNBA. These organizations either have an American or worldwide presence and are not limited to the country in which they are headquartered.
The meaning of health has evolved over time. In keeping with the biomedical perspective, early definitions of health focused on the theme of the body's ability to function; health was seen as a state of normal function that could be disrupted from time to time by disease. An example of such a definition of health is: "a state characterized by anatomic, physiologic, and psychological integrity; ability to perform personally valued family, work, and community roles; ability to deal with physical, biological, psychological, and social stress".[7] Then in 1948, in a radical departure from previous definitions, the World Health Organization (WHO) proposed a definition that aimed higher: linking health to well-being, in terms of "physical, mental, and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease and infirmity".[8] Although this definition was welcomed by some as being innovative, it was also criticized as being vague, excessively broad and was not construed as measurable. For a long time, it was set aside as an impractical ideal and most discussions of health returned to the practicality of the biomedical model.[9]
Do not take Qsymia if you are pregnant, planning to become pregnant, or become pregnant during Qsymia treatment; have glaucoma; have thyroid problems (hyperthyroidism); are taking certain medicines called monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs) or have taken MAOIs in the past 14 days; are allergic to topiramate, sympathomimetic amines such as phentermine, or any of the ingredients in Qsymia. See the end of the Medication Guide for a complete list of ingredients in Qsymia.
^ Mann, T; Tomiyama, AJ; Westling, E; Lew, AM; Samuels, B; Chatman, J (April 2007). "Medicare's search for effective obesity treatments: diets are not the answer". The American Psychologist. 62 (3): 220–33. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.666.7484. doi:10.1037/0003-066x.62.3.220. PMID 17469900. In sum, there is little support for the notion that diets ["severely restricting one's calorie intake"] lead to lasting weight loss or health benefits.
Increases of acid in bloodstream (metabolic acidosis). If left untreated, metabolic acidosis can cause brittle or soft bones (osteoporosis, osteomalacia, osteopenia), kidney stones, can slow the rate of growth in children, and may possibly harm your baby if you are pregnant. Metabolic acidosis can happen with or without symptoms. Sometimes people with metabolic acidosis will: feel tired, not feel hungry (loss of appetite), feel changes in heartbeat, or have trouble thinking clearly. Your healthcare provider should do a blood test to measure the level of acid in your blood before and during your treatment with Qsymia.
There is a substantial market for products which claim to make weight loss easier, quicker, cheaper, more reliable, or less painful. These include books, DVDs, CDs, cremes, lotions, pills, rings and earrings, body wraps, body belts and other materials, fitness centers, clinics, personal coaches, weight loss groups, and food products and supplements.[22]
^ World Health Organization.Constitution of the World Health Organization as adopted by the International Health Conference, New York, 19–22 June 1946; signed on 22 July 1946 by the representatives of 61 States (Official Records of the World Health Organization, no. 2, p. 100) and entered into force on 7 April 1948. In Grad, Frank P. (2002). "The Preamble of the Constitution of the World Health Organization". Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 80 (12): 982.
Public health has been described as "the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health through the organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations, public and private, communities and individuals."[52] It is concerned with threats to the overall health of a community based on population health analysis. The population in question can be as small as a handful of people or as large as all the inhabitants of several continents (for instance, in the case of a pandemic). Public health has many sub-fields, but typically includes the interdisciplinary categories of epidemiology, biostatistics and health services. Environmental health, community health, behavioral health, and occupational health are also important areas of public health.
In 1990, professional wrestling promoter Vince McMahon announced that he was forming a new bodybuilding organization named the World Bodybuilding Federation (WBF). McMahon wanted to bring WWF-style showmanship and bigger prize money to the sport of bodybuilding. A number of IFBB stars were recruited but the roster was never very large and featured the same athletes competing; the most notable winner and first WBF champion was Gary Strydom. McMahon formally dissolved the WBF in July 1992. Reasons for this reportedly included lack of income from the pay-per-view broadcasts of the contests, slow sales of the WBF's magazine Bodybuilding Lifestyles (later WBF Magazine), and the expense of paying multiple six-figure contracts while producing two TV shows and a monthly magazine.
Gastrointestinal disorders are another common cause of unexplained weight loss – in fact they are the most common non-cancerous cause of idiopathic weight loss.[citation needed] Possible gastrointestinal etiologies of unexplained weight loss include: celiac disease, peptic ulcer disease, inflammatory bowel disease (crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis), pancreatitis, gastritis, diarrhea and many other GI conditions. https://buzzingofferselfhelp.tumblr.com/


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Tallahassee Airport Traffic Down 7.6% in December – Tallahassee Reports
The latest information from the Tallahassee International Airport shows that December 2022 passenger traffic was 63,489. December traffic decreased 7.6% when compared to traffic one year ago. The number of passengers was down 5,312 from the 68,703 reported during December 2021.
Passenger traffic was down 19.1% or 14,973 passengers when compared to the pre-COVID passenger traffic (78,462) reported in December 2019.
Comparing current passenger traffic numbers to December 2019 traffic gives a more realistic view of traffic growth given the impact of the COVID pandemic. For this reason, we have included traffic from 2019 in the Passenger Traffic Report below.
Relative to 2019, the Passenger Traffic Report shows passenger counts were down 16.7% for American Airlines, the Delta Group was down 21.6% and Silver Airways was down 19.8%.
The graph below shows the annualized number of passengers for the last 37 months. The highlighted numbers on the graph indicate the annual traffic during the month of March over the last four years.
The annual rate of passengers at TIA in December 2022 was 820,054 down 0.58% when compared to the annual rate reported last month and up 25.0% when compared to one year ago. The annualized number of passengers is calculated by summing up the previous 12 months of traffic.
CLEANING UP the MARKET – Naples Florida Weekly
Farm Share holds a food distribution in Gainesville


SOUTHPOINTE, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- ANSYS, Inc. (NASDAQ: ANSS), a global innovator of simulation software and technologies designed to optimize product development processes, today announced that Volkswagen AG, one of the world's largest car producers, has signed a master agreement with ANSYS and intends to widen its use of the most comprehensive engineering simulation solution available today. The strategic decision to use ANSYS(R) software was due both to the bandwidth of applications that can be addressed as well as to the innovative ANSYS(R) Workbench(TM) platform that allows for a substantial process compression.
In its research and development, Volkswagen uses structural mechanics, fluid dynamics and explicit analysis tools from ANSYS to perform, among other applications, studies on climate control, headlights and engine internal flow.
"Simulation Driven Product Development(TM) is applied in nearly every industry to drive product development and accelerate time to market," said Dr. Albrecht Gill, regional sales director at ANSYS Germany. "Mere experience and prototyping is not sufficient in today's dynamic environment. Forward-looking companies like Volkswagen are increasing their use of simulation technology to lower their development costs and gain more confidence in designs."
"The automotive market is highly competitive, and technological advances are being incorporated in modern cars at an ever-faster pace. To stay at the top, there is no way around applying simulation tools to drive product development and innovation. Our decision for simulation software from ANSYS is based on the depth and breadth of the solution we needed to cover our simulation needs," said Dr. Ralph Sundermeier, head of the Department for CAE-methods at Volkswagen AG. "The ANSYS Workbench concept is convincing because we can easily do coupled simulations and, in this way, accurately account for the entire range of physics."
The Volkswagen Group, headquartered in Wolfsburg (Germany), is one of the world's leading automobile manufacturers and the largest carmaker in Europe. In 2008, the Group increased the number of vehicles delivered to customers to 6.257 million (2007: 6.190 million), corresponding to a 10.3 percent share of the world passenger car market. In Western Europe, the largest car market in the world, just over one in five new cars (20.3 percent) comes from the Volkswagen Group. Group sales rose in 2008 to 113.8 billion euros (2007: 108.9 billion). Profit after tax in the 2008 financial year amounted to 4.69 billion euros (2007: 4.12 billion).
The Group operates 61 production plants in fifteen European countries and a further six countries in the Americas, Asia and Africa. Around the world, nearly 370,000 employees produce more than 26,600 vehicles or are involved in vehicle-related services each working day. The Volkswagen Group sells its vehicles in more than 150 countries. It is the goal of the Group to offer attractive, safe and environmentally sound vehicles which are competitive on an increasingly tough market and which set world standards in their respective classes.
ANSYS, Inc., founded in 1970, develops and globally markets engineering simulation software and technologies widely used by engineers, designers, researchers and students across a broad spectrum of industries and academia. The Company focuses on the development of open and flexible solutions that enable users to analyze designs directly on the desktop, providing a common platform for fast, efficient and cost-conscious product development, from design concept to final-stage testing and validation. The Company and its global network of channel partners provide sales, support and training for customers. Headquartered in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, with more than 60 strategic sales locations throughout the world, ANSYS, Inc. and its subsidiaries employ over 1,600 people and distribute ANSYS products through a network of channel partners in over 40 countries.


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MLB commissioner Rob Manfred says temptation for athletes to use PEDs is great
By Teri Thompson and Bill Price
'The temptation for athletes to use (drugs) ... is large,' MLB commissioner Rob Manfred says Thursday. (Evan Vucci/AP)
Baseball's war on PED use has been a winning one lately, with the 2014 season-long ban of Alex Rodriguez for his involvement with the Biogenesis case and the recent 80-game suspensions of four players — including Mets' pitcher Jenrry Mejia — for stanozolol, but baseball commissioner Rob Manfred said Thursday it's a battle that may never end.
Speaking to the Associated Press Sports Editors at the MLB offices on Park Ave, the first-year commissioner said the temptation for players to cheat will always be there.
"I have said this pretty consistently, I think performance-enhancing drugs, not only for baseball but for all athletics, is not a issue you can check off as solved. You have to stay constantly vigilant in order to make sure you are on top of the latest developments, and because there is a temptation for athletes to use."
In the offseason, the penalties were stiffened with first time offenders getting an 80-game and postseason ban. Still, Manfred believes even harsher penalties will not rid the game of PEDs completely.
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"The temptations to use these drugs is large, and I don't think it's realistic in any sport that you are going to get to a point where you never have a violation.
"I think our penalties are really severe. No player wants to lose 80 games or a season. But I don't think there's any penalty, no matter how severe — a lifetime ban, whatever — that is going to eliminate the temptation to use these drugs."
Manfred, in his 55-minute Q&A, addressed other topics as well.
— On Pete Rose's possible reinstatement to baseball:
"We have gathered literally volumes of documents related to the original investigation. We have had some contact with Pete's representatives about how the process is going to go."
— On Rose's possible involvement with the All-Star Game this summer in Cincinnati:
"I've agreed with (Reds owner Bob) Mr. Castellini that we're going to have a conversation about what specific kind of participation the Reds are interested in and we have not had that conversation yet."
— On baseball opening relations with Cuba:
"I can envision us playing games in Cuba, I'm hopeful the situation, in terms of actual changes with federal policy, clarifies in time to put us in position to play some exhibition games in Cuba next spring. I think that's the likely starting place for us.
"We've made it clear to the government, we are more than willing to play a role at a time that in their view is appropriate, we think Cuba presets some really interesting opportunities for us going forward."
— On the Mets' owning the best record in baseball as of Thursday:
"When you have a franchise like the Mets that has gone through a period where they have not played well, I'm always happy to see the team start turning it around. I think Sandy has done a phenomenal job and the Wilpons have taken a long-term view to making that franchise competitive. And we're really excited about the Mets."
— The Mets finances:
"The Mets are in compliance with our rules in terms of financial stability. I'm really confident about the ability of the Mets to invest in the team in a way that makes sense from a competitive perspective."
Meanwhile, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver told the APSE editors he is "on the fence" about intentional fouling away from the ball and expects the league to be "very engaged" about whether rules should be adjusted to prevent teams from intentionally sending a poor foul shooter to the line in anticipation that he won't make both foul shots.
A day after the San Antonio Spurs sent the Clippers' DeAndre Jordan to the foul line 17 times (he made six) in a playoff victory, Silver said he was once in favor of a rule change but now isn't pushing for one.
NBA commissioner Adam Silver (Andy Lyons/Getty Images)
"I've sat in meetings with some of the greatest players like Michael Jordan and Larry Bird, who said that players should learn to make their free throws and it's part of the game," Silver said. "At the same time, it doesn't make for great television, so I'm on the fence right now."
He said he finds the subject to be a "fascinating" strategy in some cases, though other times he worries it can drive away viewers who find the tactic boring.
"I watch it and I think, `Oh my god, I feel people changing the channels," Silver said. "So we're also an entertainment property that's competing against a lot of other options that people have for their discretionary time."
Silver adds he expects intentional fouling to be discussed by general managers at their meeting in May and by the Competition Committee in June.
Silver also addressed the possibility of legalized sports gambling, an issue he raised in November in a New York Times op-ed, saying he advocates a safe and legal way to wager on professional sporting events.
"As opposed to pretending it's not happening, we should deal with it in a constructive manner," he said Thursday. "What the marketplace is telling us is that fans want to participate in wagering."
Silver added that he sees fans gambling in the stands, making wagers from their smart phones and tablets. He said he has spoken with other sports commissioners about legalizing gambling, saying the reaction has ranged from curiosity to opposition.
Silver touched on other topics, including:
- On whether he is concerned about the Knicks' poor performance this season and how it affects the league:
"Not at all," he said, adding that the market size difference between a city like New York and one the size of Oklahoma City is "irrelevant when you're marketing to seven billion people."
- Player eligibility and the possibility of a player returning for college eligibility if he doesn't make it as a pro:
"We're all in favor of increasing eligibility options for players," he said.
- Logos on uniforms. Currently there are no logos on uniforms, but that will change with the NBA's new Nike sponsorship deal:
"It's inevitable we'll see more branding on uniforms," Silver said.
- The agreement between the NBA and the Players Association on blood testing for Human Growth Hormone:
"I haven't been concerned about widespread use of HGH in our league, but don't want to be naive about its use in all sports. Our players want a level playing field."
- On banning Clippers owner Donald Sterling from the league and forcing him to sell the team after the release of taped racist remarks made by Sterling:
"I would just say I felt the weight of the entire institution of the NBA on me, and I would say that includes all of those great players, great executives who came before me in this league," Silver said.
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Hiroyuki Yoshida (jap. , Yoshida Hiroyuki; * 25. November 1969 in der Präfektur Nagasaki) ist ein ehemaliger japanischer Fußballspieler.

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Yoshida erlernte das Fußballspielen in der Schulmannschaft der Kunimi High School und der Universitätsmannschaft der Kokushikan-Universität. Seinen ersten Vertrag unterschrieb er 1992 bei Yamaha Motors (heute: Júbilo Iwata). Der Verein spielte in der zweithöchsten Liga des Landes, der Japan Football League. 1993 wurde er mit dem Verein Vizemeister der Japan Football League und stieg in die J1 League auf. Für den Verein absolvierte er 47 Spiele. Danach spielte er bei Fukuoka Blux, Consadole Sapporo, Blaze Kumamoto und Honda FC. Ende 1998 beendete er seine Karriere als Fußballspieler.

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Júbilo Iwata
 J.League Cup
 Finalist: 1994

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