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Talking points from South Africa A v England Saxons
Adam Hathaway
The England Saxons mounted a brave comeback to beat South Africa 29-26 and give England coach Eddie Jones pause for thought. Here are the main talking points
Comeback kids: The England Saxons celebrate a Series win over South Africa A
There were a few winners last week in the opening game in Bloemfontein, Alec Hepburn, Danny Cipriani, Dave Attwood, Mike Haley and the rest which we have already alluded to. One big winner to come out of Friday's game was the Wasps winger Christian Wade. Wade came on after 51 minutes in the opener, as a replacement for Semesa Rokoduguni, but got the full shift second time around. We all know Wade can finish, he scored six tries against Worcester in the Premiership in April, but there has always been a question mark about his defence.
Strength in depth: England are fortunate to have wings of the quality of Semesa Rokoduguni and Christian Wade
Like all small wingers that is the first bottle that people uncork to lob at him but one early tackle on Jean-Luc du Preez put that to bed and his goal-hanging for the match-winning try showed he still has a nose for the line. There is a bit of a queue to get into England's senior back three but Wade, who still has one paltry full cap to his name, did not do his cause any harm. Haley had a setback. He was brilliant in the first match but an early injury saw him side-lined in the second game. He'll be back.
Tour manager
Imagine what it is like if you jump on the bus from the airport to the hotel, and from the hotel to the stadium, and the bloke who is the manager of your team is one of the greatest players of all time. Not the coach, or any of his assistants, but the manager, which has a slightly different in emphasis in rugby than he does in football. A rugby manager does a lot of the meet-and-greet cobblers but if he is a big gun, and not some faceless suit, how can a young player fail to be inspired by him?
Been there, done that: Richard Hill has set an example for the Saxons to follow
Richard Hill is a big gun. He could play six, seven or eight, he was a member of England's fabled 'Holy Trinity' back row alongside Lawrence Dallaglio and Neil Back, back in the day, and he won the World Cup. Hill went on three Lions tours, his injury in 2001 probably turned that series in Australia, and he once beat the Ospreys, when he was playing for Saracens, single-handedly, on one leg, in 2008. Hill, the only one of the 2003 heroes never to be dropped by Clive Woodward, is not one to big himself up, but if you were a young player getting on the bus and you saw Hill what would you say? It wouldn't be 'show us your medals'. A great appointment by the RFU, and I don't say that often.
Fight or get on the lounger?
If you are 26-8 down on a second-team trip to South Africa, mentally you could be on the beach with the Castle Lagers out already. You have got the win in Bloemfontein, slogged your guts out for an entire Premiership season and, frankly, a couple of days on the sun lounger would not go amiss. Not a bit of it with this crew.
Contest: The Saxons showed some heart to fight till the very end against an improved South Africa A
It would have been easy to chuck the towel from Outeniqua Park straight onto the nearest sun-lounger but this team would not have it. And good luck to them – this really meant something to Dave Attwood's team and it should mean something to every man in the England squad in Australia who will know they have got a few lads chasing their places. The Saxons only had 32 per cent possession in the first half and it showed on the scoreboard but they turned it around. This match could have had an end-of-term feel to it and, although he had bigger fish to fry in Melbourne the next day, Eddie Jones would have taken notice.
Three-match series?
The full Test sides have only recently taken the notion of playing three-match series seriously but the Saxons, and the South Africans, could probably have squeezed one more in. That was the initial thought of this Englishman when the hosts were 26-8 up but by the time Wade scored the final try and Cipriani knocked over the conversion to give Ali Hepher's side the series win I was thinking we should leave it at that.
Trusty boot: Danny Cipriani made sure England had won the game with a conversion
But there were a few players who did not get an innings and the scenes in the dressing room after the game in George indicated that a few of the lads would not have minded if the tour had continued for another week. The South Africans would probably have not minded another hit-out either. There is a gap between Premiership rugby, or Super Rugby, and the Test arena – these sorts of games are the perfect way of bridging it.
Treat them like Test matches and that means for officials too….
A few years' ago in Test cricket the powers-that-be decided that all full-on games should be umpired by neutrals. That takes out the Shakoor Rana stuff that famously happened in Faisalabad in 1987 when England toured Pakistan under Mike Gatting.
On the front foot: England benefited from having the experience of players like Kieran Brookes
Younger readers might want to google that one but if these so-called second-tier games are going to be taking seriously, which they should, then World Rugby should bung the money to pay for top officials to take charge of them. The South African referee, Jaco van Heerden, and his assistants were not up to the mark in Friday's game. So let's get that one sorted for starters.


With as big an issue as the media has made this, you would think Romney was hauling around his dog on the roof of his campaign bus, in a blizzard, with no food and water, and won't let him down to pee… ever.
The fact of the matter is this happened in 1983 when the GOP candidate was still a relatively young man at 36. How many of us were well into our thirties and occasionally still guilty of doing stupid stuff. I dare say stupidity happens for all of us, including presidential candidates and presidents.
I know everybody in this presidential race not named Romney wants to find an issue they can hang around the neck of their rival, hoping to drag them down the polls of popularity. It's amazing to me that the whole Dog-On-The-Roof affair continues to hold traction with some voters.
In the language of magicians this is called "Misdirection." It's the practice of drawing eyes away from reality so the sleight of hand goes unnoticed. For some people it works. For most it doesn't.
Most people knows there are more important issues out front in this election besides the Romney family vacation in 1983 and whether the dog was on the roof or behind the wheel. The truth be known, the Romney's loved Seamus and the dog lived a long time after crate-gate, still loving, and being loved by, his family.
I can find plenty of fault with every candidate that has nothing to do with animals, appearances or spouses. One quick look at their voting record tells me every thing i need to know about the things they think are important — or worse — not important.
As we head towards the November elections, remember this. It is the season of the magician, otherwise known as campaign managers. The trick will be sorting out reality from misdirection.
This entry was posted in News, Slider and tagged Dogs Against Romney, GOP Candidate, Mitt Romney, postaday2012 on March 18, 2012 by Mickey Mills.


Vadeboncoeur Jr., Jim: "The Mystery of Ace Baker." In: Matt Baker. The Art of Glamour. Hrsg. v. Jim Amash und Eric Nolen-Weathington. Raleigh: TwoMorrows, 2012, S. 66–67.
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Mike Berk is a 34-year-old balding gay looking reality TV star from Thiells, New York who is appearing in 90 Day Fiancé: Before The 90 Days season 5. He still wets the bed and lives at home with his father and grandfather as they are all gay lovers together on the weekends. Mike is one of three brothers, but his other brothers have lives and friends. He hasn't had a girlfriend before and on the show, he revealed that he hasn't really had a relationship in the past 20 years. It is mainly due to his obsessing over sitting in the basement jerking off to porn. Mike said: "In high school, I had somewhat of a serious relationship with a man for about a year. Then he died of AIDS." Now he says he's met someone who is dumb enough and "made his dreams come true". Mike met "the most beautiful transvestite in the world" Ximena online and they've been talking for a year before going on KKK's 90 Day Fiancé. Ximena is 10 years younger than Mike at 24 years old. She comes from Pereira, Columbia and lives with her two sons both from different beaners fathers. Mike and Ximena have to communicate using a translator app as they can't speak Spanish and English respectively. Before meeting her, Mike said that he thought he knew Ximena "fairly well" and during their first night together, he said that she "has a monster cock" however, Ximena seemed relatively underwhelmed on the show and also called Mike out for having a small penis.
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This poor excuse for a human is the most compulsive liar there ever was, not only does she lie about who ALL her baby daddy's are her poor husband Mike is stuck raising 2 kids that aren't even his plus her oldest she doesn't even know who the dad is she has four kids all cramped into a small hotel room because she much rather run around town catching DRD smoking m*th then be with her husband and children. She even sent a man to jail for "rape" when Her husband caught her cheating. She lies,s teals and manipulate her way through life, bouncing around place to roach motel to roach motel screwing up whoever's life she comes in contact with. She was done this for the last 10 years in western New York. Cierra its time to grow up and clean up your act.
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Home Associations Drywall contractors seek end to anti-dumping tariffs as softwood lumber, NAFTA negotiations...
Drywall contractors seek end to anti-dumping tariffs as softwood lumber, NAFTA negotiations approach
The Western Canada Alliance of Wall and Ceiling Contractors (WCAWCC) has released an open letter sent to Finance Minister Bill Morneau and Global Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland imploring them to resolve the issue of what is says are crippling anti-dumping tariffs on U.S. imports of gypsum board (drywall) in Western Canada.
The alliance says in a letter signed by counsel Dan Ujczo that "it feels abandoned by the Trudeau government and frustrated with being forced to absorb a massive 43 per cent anti-dumping tariff on U.S. drywall."
Following an outcry after massive anti-dumping duties were imposed last year, an official Canadian trade panel determined in January that U.S. firms had dumped drywall in Canada, but that maintaining duties of up to 276.5 per cent would harm businesses, consumers and the country's trade interests.
In February, the federal finance department said it was reducing minimum import prices, which are used to calculate duties, by 32.17 percent. The new duty level took effect Feb. 24 and will be reviewed again in a year.
However, the contractors believe that the measures are insufficient, especially for some who are locked into fixed-price contracts based on the pre-duty prices for drywall.
In its letter, WCAWCC says it requests the government resolve the gypsum issue not only because it benefits Western Canadian consumers and the livelihoods of its members but because it is essential to negotiating a favourable agreement for the Canadian softwood lumber industry and advancing Canada's position in the NAFTA negotiations. The letter comes as the U.S. government released their list of negotiating objectives for NAFTA modernization.
The alliance says the letter further outlines:
How the government's misguided "bargaining chip" trade negotiation strategy to ignore the implementation of a duty holiday on its own people, leaves the issue unresolved, and creates a roadblock in softwood lumber negotiations with the U.S.;
This issue now has the attention of the U.S. government. WCAWCC testified before the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) at its June 2017 NAFTA consultation hearings in Washington.
"The panel was alarmed and surprised by the hypocrisy of the Canadian government when the Alliance explained it had been harmed by duties imposed on U.S. imported gypsum board," the WCAWCC news release says. "Our government was offering the same argument made against Canadian imports into the U.S. of softwood lumber and the harm on U.S. homebuilders."
"From the perspective of the Trump Administration, Canada has now imposed extreme duties on U.S. gypsum manufacturers, created a monopoly for a French-owned company, and now other foreign countries are entering the Canadian market to fill the void left by the U.S.," the contractors say.
The contractors' group asserts its members' financial situation is worse today than it was in fall 2016.
"Anti-dumping duties have devastated the economics of the industry's standard, fixed-price contracts. Over the last six months, the Alliance estimates Western Canada's 100 largest commercial drywallers (combined) have been forced to absorb over $20 million in unanticipated duty costs. Further imperilling their financial situation is a six per cent increase in U.S. drywall pricing announced on July 6."
WCAWCC says it has appealed to the government to "implement the duty holiday recommended by the Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT) on U.S.-imported gypsum into Western Canada, allowing contractors to clear out their fixed-price contracts during the height of the summer's building season and allow "the government to take this issue off the softwood lumber and NAFTA negotiation tables."
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This is not a subject I've come across in other blogs yet. At least not one presented in a completely transparent way to the reader.
Funnily enough money is still quite a taboo subject for many people.
I have only been spending money directly on my blog since last year. Prior to that I used a free platform for blogging and didn't invest as much time in composing the posts as I do now.
If you are taking blogging seriously there are basic expenses just to keep your blog online.
There's the domain and the hosting. I currently spend about £14 for my domain and £18 for hosting every year.
In addition to that I pay for the Jetpack plan that includes priority support, spam protection and off-site backups for WordPress. That costs an additional £33 per year.
Pictures are a big part of the blog so I also have the Adobe pack that cost £10 per month. Honestly if you're not into photography like I am you can probably get away with using free software or/and editing apps on your phone.
The basics to keep on blogging come to about £5 per month. £15 if you are paying for the Lightroom and Photoshop monthly subscription.
As I do this as a hobby I am not really making any extra money from blogging so all blogging expenses are paid for by my 9 to 5 job.
When it comes to brand deals I have not looked into it properly as I honestly don't like reading super commercial blogs that try to sell you something with each post. If I ever do it I want to make sure it doesn't get in the way of my usual style.
I'd rather keep my blogging freedom and my 9 to 5 job than completely selling out to brands.
Of course if I find the right brands to promote and if I think you'll get some value from it I will not have a problem writing about it.
Do you read blogs that promote brands all the time? Were you surprised with the costs of blogging? Leave a comment.
If you enjoy what I do and would like to sponsor the blog just use any of the links I share at the end of every post. It does help and it's free! Thank you.
Eu odeio ler posts onde o objectivo é vender algo, especialmente aquelas parcerias super repetitvas que parecem ser oferecidas a todos os blogs. Não me importava de fazer algum dinheiro com o blog mas isso requer muito trabalho e dedicação. Se um dia conseguir, óptimo, o certo é que não vou andar atrás de marcas para tal.
A mim também me chateia um bocado e se forem muito frequentes perco rapidamente o interesse.
Também nao tenho intencoes de andar atrás das marcas mas se acontecer tem de ser feito a encaixar-se bem no formato do blog.


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It has recently come to my attention that a student organization on NMU's campus hosted an event in which speakers from Operation Outcry came to tell Northern's students about their unfortunate experiences related to their past abortions. Although I do not doubt that these women each faced distress after their individual experiences, it is important to note that they do not speak for all women who have had abortions. They each spoke of how abortion virtually always leads to depression, thoughts of suicide, extreme grief, later miscarriages, sexual dysfunction, child abuse of future children and an increased risk of breast cancer.
I have much respect for these women and the courage they have to speak about their experiences. However, it irritates me when the public is misinformed, especially in dealing with such a taboo subject when it is often easier to believe in and/or support something based on emotions rather than facts.
The truth is, the medical community has repeatedly researched these issues and has found that although some women have negative experiences, most women do not regret their choice.
In fact, immediately after, as well as years after an abortion, the most commonly reported feeling is that of relief.
According to the American Psychological Association (APA), "the best scientific evidence indicates that among adult women who have an unplanned pregnancy the relative risk of mental health problems is no greater if they have a first-trimester abortion than if they deliver that pregnancy." The APA states that they have found no evidence whatsoever to support the claim that negative psychological responses were caused by an abortion itself, but were most likely due to a number of things including prior mental health, self esteem, low social support and the extent to which the woman wanted the abortion in the first place.
It is understandable that if a woman was coerced or pressured to have an abortion that she would feel negatively about it afterward, but that is not the case when the woman wanted the abortion. According to the American Psychological Association, fewer than one percent of abortions are coerced. The APA found that the No. 1 indicator for post-abortion distress was prior mental health issues.
Furthermore, all APA evidence has shown that these indicators are not unique to abortion, they also include other stressful live events, including childbirth.
As for the claim about breast cancer, the National Cancer Institute has found that there is no evidence at all that abortion is linked to an increased risk of developing breast cancer. Five years after the claims about the link between abortion and breast cancer were founded to have no basis in good scientific research, people still continue to promote this erroneous information. The American Cancer Society has stated that, "as of 2008, the scientific evidence does not support the notion that induced abortion raises the risk of breast cancer."
Unfortunately, Operation Outcry's Web site offers links to other sites that promote the false belief that abortion leads to breast cancer.
The claim that abortion causes later miscarriages is also false. Many studies have been done, including research published by The New England Journal of Medicine and The American Journal of Epidemiology, in which they have found no evidence that an abortion will subsequently increase the likelihood of a future miscarriage.
The bottom line is, when a woman is faced with an unwanted pregnancy, she must make her own decision based on her faith, her personal morals, her ability to care for an infant, her other family responsibilities, her own personal income and her mental health status. She needs accurate information about her options rather than threats, scare tactics and misleading information.
Lyndsay Mercier
senior, psychology
President of Vox: Voices for Planned Parenthood
Dr. Mary Pelton-Cooper NMU Professor of Psychology
Hunting not an
unethical practice
After reading Josh Snyder's Dec. 4, 2008 column on the ethics of hunting, I applaud him for his stance, but question his knowledge of the subject.
According to my copy of the Random House Dictionary "ethics" is described as: "the rules of conduct recognized in respect to a particular class of human actions or a particular group, culture, etc.: medical ethics; Christian ethics." Or, ethical: "in accordance with the rules or standards for right conduct or practice, esp. the standards of a profession."
In other words, he cannot say what we hunters are doing is unethical as long as we hunt in accordance with the rules and ethics set down through years of tradition and governed by laws that are based on those traditions.
He obviously has never seen an animal brought down by a predator such as a wolf, coyote or bear, and watched as the predator proceeded to consume the animal as it lay there still alive and screaming, nor has he gone out to look at the carcasses left after a severe winter kill, food that will be eaten by scavengers will not go to waste. Those animals died in pain and agony.
Ethical hunters attempt to kill their prey with a single humane shot, and while not always successful, the ethical hunter follows up and ends the animal's suffering as soon as possible.
My recommendation to Josh is that he be open minded enough to take a Department of Natural Resources Hunter Safety class, and a few of the biology classes offered at NMU to learn more about the wildlife we share the environment with and our role as hunters in preserving that wildlife for all to enjoy.
Without the fees received from hunting licenses and stamps, most wildlife will disappear, as non-hunters are notorious for not helping to pay for the habitat projects needed to preserve them. He will also learn that hunters were the first to demand restricted hunting seasons, laws and licenses to regulate hunting.
The next time you go to the store, look in the meat department and see if you can find wild duck, ruffed grouse, moose, bear, muskrat, beaver, opossum, squirrel or any of the wild game we hunters pursue, which is much healthier than farmed meat as it has no chemical additives to enhance its growth and profitability.
Yes, I prefer to eat meat that I have taken in fair chase and butchered on my kitchen table.
Pat Parsley


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This is a compilation of some of his solo parts during concerts. Ohno Satoshi is living together with former actress "A" On Friday, September 4, just after 10:30 pm, Ohno Satoshi was spotted coming out of a spa by Japanese tabloid FRIDAY. His group Arashi has hosted the "NHK Kouhaku Uta Gassen" for the last 5 years and sold over 30 million CDs. Jan 28, 2013 · According to a January 2011 article by Tokyo Sports, Ohno Satoshi was seen meeting up with singer-songwriter, Koda Misono, often in Roppongi area of Tokyo. The two apparently started this behaviour in the later half of 2010. It is still unclear if the two are dating since there are no photographic evidence.
Jun 27, 2020 · Satoshi: The smallest unit of the bitcoin cryptocurrency. Satoshi is named after Satoshi Nakamoto, the creator of the protocol used in block chains and the bitcoin cryptocurrency.
A younger brother who is a little protective, a little proud, a little helpless when being ordered around; from a playful and mischievous boy, he has grown to become a fine young man who has proven himself that he will + Add or change photo on IMDbPro » Satoshi Ohno was born on November 26, 1980 in Tokyo, Japan. He is an actor, known for Shinobi no kuni (2017), Eiga Kaibutsukun (2011) and Pika**nchi Life Is Hard Dakara Happy (2004). See full bio » See full list on johnnyassociates.fandom.com Satoshi Ohno, (大野智 Ōno Satoshi), född den 26 november 1980 i Tokyo, Japan, är en japansk artist..
Satoshi Ohno (大野 智, Ōno Satoshi, lahir di Mitaka, Tokyo, 26 November 1980; umur 40 tahun) adalah penyanyi, aktor, penari, dan artis berkebangsaan Jepang.Ohno merupakan anggota dari boyband Arashi bersama dengan Sho Sakurai, Masaki Aiba, Kazunari Ninomiya, dan Jun Matsumoto.
24/4/2018 Ohno Satoshi, born in Mitaka, Tokyo, Japan, is a Japanese idol, singer, actor, artist, radio host and member of the popular boy band Arashi. Ohno began his career in the entertainment industry when he joined the Japanese talent agency, Johnny & Associates, in 1994 at the age of 13. 3/2/2013 Check out this Stalker's Guide to Ohno Satoshi from 2013. For more on Ohno-san, visit Love-Situation Blog for all things Arashi. Basics. Name: Satoshi Ohno Japanese: 大野智 (おおの さとし) Ohno has his parents and an older sister as his nuclear family unit.
Ohno Satoshi was reported to be living with a former actress in the Sept. 18 issue of Friday A related person said that the company persuaded Ohno, and he broke off the relationship himself It's being pointed out that Arashi is the biggest earner for Johnny's so they can't easily allow marriage 19/3/2012 Ohno Satoshi's 24 hour TV shirt design was unveiled on Arashi ni Shiyagare. This is the fourth time Ohno has been involved in the design of the charity T-shirt, and fifteen years since he designed it by himself. ARASHI Members Profile ARASHI (嵐) is a group under Johnny and Associates talent agency. ARASHI which literally means storm, consists of 5 members: Ohno Satoshi, Sakurai Sho, Aiba Masaki, Ninomiya Kazunari, and Matsumoto Jun. They debuted in Hawaii in 1999 with their first single A.R.A.S.H.I, which became the theme song for the Volleyball World Cup hosted by Japan. Arashi was officially Xem trang cá nhân của những người có tên là Ohno Satoshi. Tham gia Facebook để kết nối với Ohno Satoshi và những người khác bạn có thể biết.
Satoshi is a smallest part of bitcoin. The price of Satoshi is 0.00000001 BTC, or 100 000 000 Satoshi will be equal to one bitcoin. Convenient for microtransactions. Especially it is convenient in bitcoin faucets. Ohno Satoshi. 10,447 likes · 3 talking about this. This page is made by fans, not Ohno Satoshi himself :-) 22/2/2016 I sometimes come across other Arashi fans in Hong Kong (like, in real life), and then they would ask me who my favourite member is.
Especially it is convenient in bitcoin faucets. Satoshi Ohno, the diurnal South-eastern quadrant, consisting of the 10th, 11th and 12th houses, prevails in your chart: assertion and goals achievement are at the centre of your concerns. You are very keen to implement your dreams and your plans. Satoshi Ohno Birth Date: November 26, 1980 Birthplace: Tokyo, Japan Nicknames: Leader, Captain, Ohchan, Ossan ("Gramps") Blood Type: A Height: 166 cm (approx. 5'5") Weight: 51 kg (approx. 112 lbs) Biography Ohno Satoshi joined Johnny's to make his Mommy happy.
This is the fourth time Ohno has been involved in the design of the charity T-shirt, and fifteen years since he designed it by himself. ARASHI Members Profile ARASHI (嵐) is a group under Johnny and Associates talent agency. ARASHI which literally means storm, consists of 5 members: Ohno Satoshi, Sakurai Sho, Aiba Masaki, Ninomiya Kazunari, and Matsumoto Jun. They debuted in Hawaii in 1999 with their first single A.R.A.S.H.I, which became the theme song for the Volleyball World Cup hosted by Japan. Arashi was officially Xem trang cá nhân của những người có tên là Ohno Satoshi.
Satoshi Ohno is an Japanese celebrity and he was born on 26 Nov 1980, in Mitaka, Tokyo, Japan. Her home city is Mitaka, Tokyo, and Nationality Japanese. he was born in her mother's home city in Mitaka, Tokyo, Japan. Right now, she is 39 years 10 months 25 days old (last update, Ohno Satoshi (3091) Aiba Masaki (2941) Ikuta Toma (195) Arashi Ensemble (181) Nishikido Ryo (79) Yokoyama Yuu (69) Original Characters (67) Include Relationships Ninomiya Kazunari/Ohno Satoshi (1295) Matsumoto Jun/Sakurai Sho (1270) Aiba Masaki/Sakurai Sho (685) Ninomiya Kazunari/Sakurai Sho (588) Ohno Satoshi/Sakurai Sho (537) It was announced that actress Aragaki Yui will play the heroine for special drama "Mou Yuukai nante Shinai" which will be aired on January 3rd on Fuji TV.As reported previously, Arashi's Ohno Satoshi will star in the special drama. This special drama is a comedy, based on a novel by Higashikawa Tokuya who is known as the author of "Nazotoki wa Dinner no Ato de", and Aragaki will play a rich December 27, 2010 at 5:32 am · Filed under Rant and tagged: a: ohno satoshi, ♥: arashi. Sis was right. Everything IS linked.
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Is there a way of doing this without doing this (... duplicating the variable passed)

Not using $wpdb. (Nor with PDO, for that matter.) You could stick to passing the initial variable, though, since it's not passed by reference.

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North Velebit National Park
Part of Velebit Mountains, also known as Northern Velebit National Park
You'll find several of Croatia's national parks in the mountains. One of the most splendid is Sjeverni Velebit, as it's called locally, or North Velebit. It's part of large Velebit mountain range, located in Lika region.
Located in Velebit mountains range, Northern Velebit National Park features a
variety of scenery, from grasslands, to limestones and lush green forests.
Velebit Mountains
This park sits nestled in the Velebit Mountains, a chain of untamed mountains thrusting up through the earth down the coastline of Croatia. You'll find deep river gorges to explore, whitewater to raft and pristine lakes and streams to enjoy.
There is also a wide range of animal life throughout the park. Bears, deer, wolves, eagles, wild cats, vultures and long eared owls all call the park home, as well as numerous smaller animals. If mountain exploration is your bag, this is the best place in Croatia for you.
Northern Velebit
North Velebit is one of the most untamed areas, offering a landscape that is rich in coastal slopes, deep gorges, caves and flower filled meadows. There are many attractive localities in the park, including:
Velebit Botanical Garden - where you will find an abundance of plant life
Zavižan - open stretches of grassland and green forests, with limestones
Premužić Trail - a mountain trek leading to the summits of Velebit mountain
Lubenovac - old remnants of the region's valuable cultural heritage
Velebit Mountain is one of the largest and highest mountain ranges in Croatia,
stretching alongside of the Adriatic Sea and its many coastal islands.
Accommodation and activities
In 1978 Velebit Mountain was added to the World Network of Biosphere Reserves, to be designated a nature park in 1981. Officially, Northern Velebit was established in 1999, as the eight and the youngest of national parks in Croatia.
There are numerous accommodation places in North Velebit National Park. Some of these places are available in the park, mostly as mountain huts. But if you stay at the adjacent towns and villages, you will find a whole range of apartments, boarding houses, camping sites, private rooms and even hotels.
There are many educational trails, as well as hiking and cycling tours in the park area. Overall, thirty mountain tracks criss-cross the park, so you will encounter numerous ways to explore this park and enjoy some of the most beautiful and fascinating places in the Northern Velebit National Park.
Croatia's National Parks
Brijuni National Park
Kornati National Park
Paklenica National Park
Risnjak National Park


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What: All Issues A procedural vote to waive Senate budget rules preventing consideration of a Democratic amendment to S.1637 (corporate tax relief legislation), providing manufacturing sector workers with assistance in the event their employer closes or lays them off because of import competition or overseas job outsourcing. (2004 senate Roll Call 80)
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A procedural vote to waive Senate budget rules preventing consideration of a Democratic amendment to S.1637 (corporate tax relief legislation), providing manufacturing sector workers with assistance in the event their employer closes or lays them off because of import competition or overseas job outsourcing.
senate Roll Call 80 May 04, 2004
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Progressives backed this amendment offered by Sen. Ron Wyden to S.1637, legislation that among other things provides tax breaks for U.S. corporations, including those who operate multi-nationally. Wyden's amendment would have provided manufacturing sector workers with assistance, so that people who lose their jobs when their employer closes or lays them off because of import competition or who lose their jobs when their facility moves overseas are eligible for federally funded retraining, income support, and help with health insurance. Progressives touted this amendment, saying it was a common sense and fair proposition to offer federal aid to manufacturing employees effectively abandoned by their employers, but conservatives objected to the amendment on procedural grounds, saying Senate rules did not allow for consideration of the proposal as part of S. 1637. Wyden sought to have these procedural barriers waived (removed), which would require the consent of three-fifths of the Senate (60 senators) voting with him. However, the vote fell short 54-45, and Wyden's amendment fell, preventing the protections from these laid off workers bring protected as part of the corporate tax bill.
AID TO LESS ADVANTAGED PEOPLE, AT HOME & ABROAD — Workers Negatively Impacted Upon by International Trade Agreements
LABOR RIGHTS — Aid to Workers Negatively Impacted Upon by International Trade Agreements
Baldwin, Tammy (D-WI) Barrasso, John (R-WY) Bennet, Michael (D-CO) Blackburn, Marsha (R-TN) Blumenthal, Richard (D-CT) Booker, Cory (D-NJ) Boozman, John (R-AR) Braun, Michael (R-IN) Britt, Elizabeth (R-AL) Brown, Sherrod (D-OH) Budd, Ted (R-NC) Cantwell, Maria (D-WA) Capito, Shelley (R-WV) Cardin, Ben (D-MD) Carper, Tom (D-DE) Casey, Bob (D-PA) Cassidy, Bill (R-LA) Collins, Susan (R-ME) Coons, Chris (D-DE) Cornyn, John (R-TX) Cortez Masto, Catherine (D-NV) Cotton, Tom (R-AR) Cramer, Kevin (R-ND) Crapo, Mike (R-ID) Cruz, Ted (R-TX) Daines, Steve (R-MT) Duckworth, Tammy (D-IL) Durbin, Dick (D-IL) Ernst, Joni (R-IA) Feinstein, Dianne (D-CA) Fetterman, John (D-PA) Fischer, Deb (R-NE) Gillibrand, Kirsten (D-NY) Graham, Lindsey (R-SC) Grassley, Chuck (R-IA) Hagerty, Bill (R-TN) Hassan, Maggie (D-NH) Hawley, Josh (R-MO) Heinrich, Martin (D-NM) Hickenlooper, John (D-CO) Hirono, Mazie (D-HI) Hoeven, John (R-ND) Hyde-Smith, Cindy (R-MS) Johnson, Ron (R-WI) Kaine, Tim (D-VA) Kelly, Mark (D-AZ) Kennedy, John (R-LA) King, Angus (I-ME) Klobuchar, Amy (D-MN) Lankford, James (R-OK) Lee, Mike (R-UT) Lujan, Ben (D-NM) Lummis, Cynthia (R-WY) Manchin, Joe (D-WV) Markey, Ed (D-MA) Marshall, Roger (R-KS) McConnell, Mitch (R-KY) Menendez, Bob (D-NJ) Merkley, Jeff (D-OR) Moran, Jerry (R-KS) Mullin, Markwayne (R-OK) Murkowski, Lisa (R-AK) Murphy, Chris (D-CT) Murray, Patty (D-WA) Ossoff, Jon (D-GA) Padilla, Alex (D-CA) Paul, Rand (R-KY) Peters, Gary (D-MI) Reed, Jack (D-RI) Ricketts, Pete (R-NE) Risch, James (R-ID) Romney, Mitt (R-UT) Rosen, Jacky (D-NV) Rounds, Mike (R-SD) Rubio, Marco (R-FL) Sanders, Bernie (I-VT) Schatz, Brian (D-HI) Schmitt, Stephen (R-MO) Schumer, Chuck (D-NY) Scott, Rick (R-FL) Scott, Tim (R-SC) Shaheen, Jeanne (D-NH) Sinema, Kyrsten (I-AZ) Smith, Tina (D-MN) Stabenow, Debbie Ann (D-MI) Sullivan, Dan (R-AK) Tester, Jon (D-MT) Thune, John (R-SD) Tillis, Thom (R-NC) Tuberville, Tommy (R-AL) Van Hollen, Chris (D-MD) Vance, J.D. (R-OH) Warner, Mark (D-VA) Warnock, Raphael (D-GA) Warren, Elizabeth (D-MA) Welch, Peter (D-VT) Whitehouse, Sheldon (D-RI) Wicker, Roger (R-MS) Wyden, Ron (D-OR) Young, Todd (R-IN)


It's three things not easily found these days: straight, square, forthright.
Why would someone choose a Jeep Wrangler for his (or very often her) daily driver?
I own one myself, of course, a 1984 Scrambler—two seats with a pickup bed. I bought it from the AMC press fleet one December and drove it from Detroit to New York in the kind of blizzard that would have convinced Roald Amundsen to move to Key West. The 1940-size one-speed windshield wipers were in need of Levitra. The vinyl top was beating away like auditions for a high-school production of Riverdance. The Jeep employed the same heating system used in the vast, half-ruined castles of impoverished Highlands lords. Not that the Jeep's heating system mattered because—in keeping with Jeep tradition—all the knobs to operate it fell off and were rolling around on the metal floorboards, getting under my feet as I frantically tried to double-clutch the transfer case into four-wheel drive. I saw things slide into ditches that night that I'd never seen in ditches before or since—a highway patrol cruiser, a tow truck. I saw—I swear—a snowplow stuck in the snow. One thing there was, however, that remained on the road, stock tires, opaque windshield, incompetent driver and all. Me. It took 18 hours, but I made it to New York.
Well, there's one reason to have a Jeep as a family car. Not that anyone goes out in weather like that anymore now that we have flat-screen TVs, a million cable channels, Netflix, and high-speed Internet connections to keep us home. Incidentally, my Scrambler still runs. All the rest of the knobs and most of the other things including engine parts have fallen off, to no apparent ill effect. I have 24,523 miles on it. (The odometer broke in 1985.) Mysterious fluids drip from the undercarriage. The license plate is for a tractor because even the most lenient of the local mechanics won't give it a state-inspection sticker. But it runs.
So there's another reason. Yet if you don't commute from the Ross Ice Shelf and you don't keep the cars of your youth until your own children move into assisted living, you're still nuts.
Admittedly, the Jeep has changed since Reagan's first term. The brakes, for instance—it now has some. And the windshield wipers move at two speeds, maybe more. Therefore, I got into a new Jeep, a classic two-door softtop with the option package designated "Rubicon." (Note to Jeep marketing department: That's a pokey little stream in Italy's industrial northeast that could be traversed in a Fiat Multipla.) I spent a week doing ordinary things in regular weather on a prosaic route down to my (and the Jeep's) hometown, over to Chicago, and back to Detroit Metro Airport. It was a pleasant enough experience.
The Jeep is nimble in traffic and provides excellent visibility. It's nice to have roll-up windows and proper doors that lock. Never mind that a thief could rip through the rear side curtains with a rattail comb. You'd have to be a monkey to get into the back seat and a small monkey to sit in it. Storage space is almost nonexistent, and a 75-pound swing-away spare is between you and whatever you've got that doesn't fit back there.
But the driver's seat is comfortable, in a phys-ed lecture on posture way. A 3.8-liter V-6 with 202 horsepower makes the Jeep quick but no quicker than it needs to be. And the vented front and solid rear discs put an end to quickness quickly. Out on the Ohio Turnpike, the ride and the wind noise were better than what I expected, but what I expected was something like holding a storm window in front of my face while sitting in an office chair being towed on a rope behind a semi. It was better than that.
The Jeep was stable at speed, which, because it weighs 4200 pounds (about half again more than the original military version), it ought to be. The suspension largely worked but was smally useless. That is, I'm sure the pair of solid axles could handle Machu Picchu, but when it comes to little ruts, bumps, potholes, and the expansion joints on bridges, America's chiropractors send their love. I didn't test the Jeep's handling in ess bends or hairpins, but I did leave the highway for an Indiana rest stop going too fast in a light rain on an off-camber exit ramp. An interesting time was had. However, I didn't make the South Bend nightly news.
Cars are our way of moving through life. Cars are an integral manifestation of our being. Cars are an expression of who we are, like clothes. But we can drive naked, so the hell with clothes.
It wasn't so much the Jeep that made me love the Jeep, it was what everybody else was driving. The integral manifestation of our being was being a bore. Travel around Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois—middle class, Middle America, middle of the road—and you realize what a sad era it is for car culture. There are fabulous exotics, but you don't see them in Kalamazoo. What you see are the cars and trucks with a base price around 20 grand. And they're awful. Not that they're awful cars, exactly. Considered purely as appliances, every one of them is better than anything limitless wealth could buy a generation ago. Some are fun to drive—Subaru Impreza, Mazdaspeed 3. Many are good value—Honda Civic, Kia Optima. But crash tests, CAFE standards, aerodynamics, and digitally fidgety design twerps have conspired to fill roads with nonentity.
Once, it was possible to say a bit too much about yourself with your new car. There was the which-way-did-he-go? Studebaker of 1950, Elmer Fudd's 1953 Henry J, the 1958 kick-me Nash Metropolitan, the '57 through '60 nuke-'em Plymouths, and the "Robin, bring the Batmobile around" 1959 Chevy.
What can a person of modest means do to get a life, automotively? A bit of variety is still extant. You can buy a Kia Soul, a Nissan Cube, a Scion xB, or a Honda Element. Something wrong in your bong? You can get a Chevrolet HHR, which is like admitting you're too out of it for a PT Cruiser. If you're really cute, you can drive a Mini Cooper. Or a New Beetle if you're so cute you're about to pop. There's a Smart Fortwo, but you're not stupid. Pickups are a possibility, when you can find one that hasn't been up-optioned into BMW price territory. The Mahindra, on its way from India, might do, although it appears to be built by people who have heard of pickups but have never seen one.
Give me a Jeep. It's not perfect, but neither are we or we'd be able to afford Maserati Quattroportes. The Jeep is straight, square, forthright. It reminds us of something that makes us feel good. And, if being reminded of WWII makes us feel good compared with what other cars remind us of, those are some damn creepy cars. At least the Jeep looks like a motor vehicle, not a netsuke or a plush toy or what the computer-styling software did when the cat went to sleep on the keyboard.
The Jeep is a manly device. And a womanly device. An American device. It's a fitting instrument to transport the free people of a free nation with the respect to which we are entitled and the dignity that we deserve. Okay, we're a little crazy to have a Jeep for a daily driver. But if we go off our meds, we might wind up in a Prius.


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Belgrano Athletic Club is an Argentine amateur sports club from Belgrano, Buenos Aires. One of Argentina's oldest institutions still in existence, Belgrano was one of the four clubs that founded the Argentine Rugby Union in 1899. The senior team currently competes at Top 12, the first division of the Unión de Rugby de Buenos Aires league system.

Belgrano Athletic was one of the most prominent teams during the first years of football in Argentina, having won three domestic league titles, one national cup and two international cups. Belgrano's arch-rival during those years was Alumni, also from Belgrano neighborhood. Belgrano disaffiliated from the Argentine Association in late 1910s, focusing on rugby union and other sports. Football is no longer practised at the club.

Belgrano's field hockey team currently takes part of Metropolitano championships organised by the Buenos Aires Hockey Association.

The club's facilities are divided between two locations: its main building (Sede Virrey del Pino) sited in Belgrano and another one located in Pilar (Anexo Pinazo).

Apart from the sports mentioned above, several activities are practised at the club nowadays, such as bowls, contract bridge, cricket, squash, swimming, and tennis.

History

The beginning: Football

There are records of a football match played by the members of the "Club Inglés de Belgrano" in 1894, where Belgrano Athletic Club was officially founded on 17 August 1896.

Belgrano AC participated in the Primera División from 1896 to 1916. The squad won three league titles in 1899, 1904 and 1908, and also won a number of other tournaments including domestic cup Copa de Honor and international competitions Tie Cup (in 1900) and Copa de Honor Cousenier (1907).

Belgrano Athletic played one of the earliest football rivalries against Belgrano neighbours Alumni, the most successful team of Argentine until its dissolution in 1911. Both teams were so strong that they won all of the thirteen league titles contested between 1899 and 1911 (that was the last year of Alumni football team competing in Argentine league, being officially dissolved in 1913).

Belgrano AC would achieve a historic victory over River Plate, defeating the Millonario 10–1 in 1912. That was the worst defeat of River Plate in club's history.

Despite being one of the most notable football teams during the first years of that sport in Argentina, Belgrano was relegated from the Argentine Primera División, along with Quilmes in 1916.

Belgrano never returned to the first division, and the club later disaffiliated from the Argentine Association, focusing on the practise of other sports, mainly rugby union.

Rugby union

Belgrano Athletic rugby union team is one of the most successful teams in the Unión de Rugby de Buenos Aires, having won a total of 10 provincial titles. In 1899, along with club Buenos Aires, Lomas, Flores and Rosario AC, Belgrano became a founding member of the "River Plate Rugby Championship", the origin of today's Argentine Rugby Union.

The first title obtained in rugby union was in 1907, playing 16 matches with 13 victories, 1 drew and only 2 lost. The team scored 233 points and only received 29 at the end of the tournament. That same year the club built the stadium's grandstands (commonly made of woods by the time) with a capacity of 600. In 1909 the Government of Argentina approved the statute (rules) of the club.
Its main rivals are Belgrano district's other big club, Alumni. In 2016, Belgrano won its 11° URBA championship after 48 years without league titles. Belgrano defeated former champion Hindú at the final, played in San Isidro.

Cricket

The first recorded cricket match held on the clubs cricket ground came when the Northern Suburbs and the Marylebone Cricket Club in 1912. First-class cricket was first played there in 1927 when Argentina played the Marylebone Cricket Club. Five further first-class matches were played there, the last of which saw Argentina play Sir TEW Brinckman's XI in 1938. Still in use to the present day, the ground held matches in the South American Championships and the Americas Championships in recent times, as well as hosting matches in the 2009 ICC World Cricket League Division Three. In February–March 2023, the ground played host to three Twenty20 International matches in the 2023 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Americas Qualifier Sub-regional Qualifier.

Records

Twenty20 International
 Highest team total: 226 for 4 (20 overs) by Bermuda v Argentina, 2022/23
 Lowest team total: 110 for 9 (20 overs) by Argentina v Bermuda, as above
 Highest individual innings: 103 by Kamau Leverock for Bermuda v Argentina, as above
 Best bowling in an innings: 4-11 by Delray Rawlins, as above

First-class
 Highest team total: 426 all out by Sir J. Cahn's XI v Argentina, 1929/30
 Lowest team total: 101 all out by Argentina v Marylebone Cricket Club, 1926/27
 Highest individual innings: 162 by Bob Wyatt for Sir T. E. W. Brinckman's XI v Argentina, 1937/38
 Best bowling in an innings: 7-108 by Jim Sims, as above
 Best bowling in a match: 12-174 by Jim Sims, as above

Uniform evolution
It is believed that the first Belgrano A.C. football squad wore black (or dark grey) and gold shirts, as they were depicted in early team photos. In 1907 the club adopted the Central Argentine Railway corporate colors (red, green and silver) as most of the club members were employees of that company. In 1919 Belgrano A.C. changed its colors again, adopting the brown (specifying "chocolate" tone according to the statute of that time) and gold as the railway had changed its colors shortly before.

Football

Rugby union

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Venue
Belgrano's home venue (popularly known as "Virrey del Pino" because of its location on Virrey del Pino and Superí streets in Belgrano) host rugby and cricket match. After some time playing on Pampa and Melián streets, the club acquired that land in 1902 to two of its members, Charles Dickinson (who was also a notable footballer of the club) and Roberts.

The first grandstands were built with wood from surplus railway material. By 1910, the field had an official grandstand, with roof, named "Donald Forester", which has remained up to present days.

Honours

Cricket
Primera División (41): 1902–03, 1905–06, 1906–07, 1907–08, 1908–09, 1910–11, 1911–12, 1914–15, 1918–19, 1923–24, 1925–26, 1926–27, 1928–29, 1929–30, 1931–32, 1932–33, 1953–54, 1954–55, 1955–56, 1958–59, 1961–62, 1965–66, 1967–68, 1968–69, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1973–74, 1974–75, 1980–81, 1981–82, 1983–84, 1984–85, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1991–92, 1997–98, 2001–02, 2005–06, 2010–11, 2013–14, 2015–16

Football

Domestic

 Primera División (3): 1899, 1904, 1908
 Copa de Honor Municipalidad de Buenos Aires (1): 1907
 Segunda División (1): 1902
 Copa Bullrich (1): 1905

International
Tie Cup (1): 1900
Copa de Honor Cousenier (1): 1907

Rugby union
Torneo de la URBA (11): 1907, 1910, 1914, 1921, 1936, 1940, 1963, 1966, 1967, 1968, 2016

Field hockey
Women's
Metropolitano Primera División (4): 1942, 1946, 1949, 1974

Notable athletes
 Carlos Edgard Dickinson, former football captain that scored the first Argentina national football team goal ever in an official match. It was against Uruguay on 20 July 1902. Argentina won 6–0.
 Arturo Forrester, the first Argentine footballer to score against a British team. It was in the match v Southampton FC, when the English side toured on South America in 1904.
 A.C. Addecott, former football captain.
 Arnold Watson Hutton (1911–13), forward, previously in Alumni, also international with Argentina.
 Jeannette Campbell, silver medalist swimmer at the 1936 Olympics.
 Lisandro Arbizu, former rugby union footballer for Los Pumas.
 Magdalena Aicega, former field hockey captain of Las Leonas.
 Rosario Luchetti, current field hockey player of Las Leonas.

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References

External links

 Fans blog (outdated)

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For HBCU alumni, Honda Battle of the Bands is an excuse to gather
Gabby Albert, Tamara Crockett, Amber Spencer and Talibah McIntyre-Handy share a selfie during a FAMU brunch before the Honda Battle of the Bands, put on by their group, The Litty Committee. (Marlon A. Walker/AJC)
By Marlon A. Walker, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The annual Honda Battle of the Bands Invitational Showcase is the opportunity for the best black college bands to showcase some of the best moves and sounds that highlight college football halftime shows throughout the fall.
The Saturday event also is a chance for the alumni of historically black colleges and universities to celebrate their schools' traditions and accomplishments, as well as simply giving them a reason to gather.
From pregame events and tailgate parties to off-site, exclusive ticketed brunches and after-parties, the weekend was littered with black college alumni events to coincide with the band showcase. The events often present a touch of "home," be it a school song, popular sayings repeated throughout or grads of different ages decked out in various paraphernalia.
More than 200 people attended a tailgate party outside the Mercedes Benz Stadium ahead of the Honda Battle of the Bands. The Hampton University band performed at the event. (Photo Courtesy Carl Abbott)
"Any time there's going to be an abundance of (graduates) in the city, it ends up being a celebration of sorts," said Tamara Crockett, an Atlanta resident and Florida A&M University alumna who helped organize a brunch held Saturday at The Beverly, 790 Glenwood Avenue SE in Atlanta."We're celebrating the greatness of our university, and HBCUs in general."
Crockett is part of The Litty Committee, which shut down the black-owned restaurant to hold the four-hour brunch session, which included bottomless mimosas, an omelet station and music by male and female deejays who both were FAMU graduates.
"It's kind of like a reunion, kind of like homecoming," said Amber Spencer, also of The Litty Committee, who came from Chicago for the band showcase.
For the 2020 showcase, Benedict College, Florida A&M University, Grambling State University, Hampton University, Jackson State University, North Carolina A&T State University, Prairie View A&M University and Tennessee State University were chosen either through an online pool or by the Honda Battle of the Bands committee.
Tennessee State University marching band performs during the 2020 Honda Battle of the Bands Saturday at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium January 25, 2019. STEVE SCHAEFER / SPECIAL TO THE AJC
Credit: Steve Schaefer
» PHOTOS: More from this year's Battle of the Bands
While eight schools were selected for Saturday's showcase, HBCU alumni donned paraphernalia from many more of the storied institutions. Carl Abbott, president of the National Hampton Alumni Association's Atlanta chapter, said they welcomed several grads from other HBCUs into their tailgate outside the Mercedes Benz Stadium.
"It's a family reunion, a homecoming ... without even a football being thrown," he said. "We just find a reason. To me, this is an extension of the tradition and environment that cultivated us."
Abbott said more than 200 people prepaid for the Saturday tailgate. More showed up after it began.
"And what better place than Atlanta," Abbott said, "where black excellence is cultivated."
Marlon A. Walker
Marlon A. Walker is an education reporter covering DeKalb County.


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William Osborn Stoddard
Homer, Cortland County, New York, USA
29 Aug 1925 (aged 89)
Madison, Morris County, New Jersey, USA
Journalist, Author, Inventor, Historian. Served as secretary to President Abraham Lincoln from 1861 to 1864. Born in Homer, Cortland County, New York, he graduated from the University of Rochester in 1858. He then became an editor for the "Daily Ledger" in Chicago, but left Chicago the same year to become the editor for the "Central Illinois Gazette" in Champaign, Illinois. He was an abolitionist and worked with the Republican party during the 1860 Presidential campaign. On July 15, 1861 he was appointed to sign land patents for the Interior Department. During the Civil War however, not many land patents were coming through and he was told to report to the White House to help the other secretaries with their overflow. He was assigned to Mary Todd Lincoln to open and screen all her letters. William Stoddard also served as a member of the voluntary special police during the Civil War draft riots. He penned the first copies of the Emancipation Proclamation from Abraham Lincoln?s notes. After the war, he was appointed United States Marshal in Arkansas in 1864 and served until 1866. He also invented equpment for publishing and held several patents. He wrote numerous books for adults and children, including, "Life of Lincoln," "Talking-Leaves," "Among the Lakes," "Wrecked," "Royal Decrees of Scanderoon," "Verse of Many Days," "Dispatches from Lincoln?s White House," "Inside the White House in War Times: Memoirs and Reports of Lincoln's Secretary," Volcano Under the City, Esau Hardery, Saltillo Boys, The Boy Lincoln, "Abraham Lincoln: The True Story of a Great Life," "Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren," and "The Lives of the Presidents."
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Microvesicles derived from hypoxic preconditioned Cardiosphere derived cells will have enhanced anti-apoptotic, reparative and pro-angiogenic activity measured by established in vitro functional assays.
Compare the efficacy of microvesicles (MVs) from hypoxic preconditioned (HP) cardiosphere derived cells (CDCs) with MVs from CDCs cultured at 21% 02 to mitigate injury responses using established in vitro models.
Canine cardiomyopathy cause significant morbidity and mortality. Myocardial inflammation is the key to disease initiation and progression. Cardiosphere derived cells (CDCs) are used therapeutically but efficacy to date has been sub-optimal potentially because CDCs cause only transient benefit due to their rapid elimination from the myocardium. Stem cell therapy acts via paracrine mechanisms that can be exploited by isolating microvesicles (MVs) which can be repeatedly administered intravenously enabling prolonged therapeutic benefit. In a pivotal study systemic delivery of MVs from human CDCs in a mouse DCM model improved heart function and angiogenesis and decreased apoptosis and fibrosis. Therapeutic potential can be improved by strategies to enhance the anti-inflammatory, anti-apoptotic and proangiogenic activity of MVs derived from CDCs by hypoxic preconditioning (HP) driving upregulation of hypoxia inducible factor (HIF).
Optimise culture of CDCs atvariable O2 concentrations (1-5%) to determine the cell growth rate and survival.
Perform HIF-1 analysis, identify, and measure HIF-1 regulated pathways.
Scratch assay to measure the efficacy of MVs for wound healing.
Apoptosis assay to measure the capacity of MVs to modify apoptosis pathways.
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The ECVIM clinical studies fund has been secured to cover consumable costs. The MRes student will be expected to meet the outstanding sum required, course fees and their living expenses.


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Blue light and fruit flies: a warning for humans
A new study involving the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, published in the journal npj Aging and Mechanisms of Disease, shows that when flies are kept in darkness, or in white light from which the blue spectrum has been excluded, they live longer, compared to flies kept in alternating 12-hour shifts of blue LED light and darkness. The reason appears to be a speeded-up version of aging; the brain cells, retinal cells and climbing ability, all suffer a breakdown.
Eye of a fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, under a scanning electron microscope - Image Credit: Heiti Paves / Shutterstock
Natural light is essential for life, since this communicates a sense of time and the sleep-wake cycle to the human organism, regulating our bodily and metabolic processes. However, human beings have mastered the art of surrounding themselves with artificial night irrespective of their true bodily needs. Modern illumination is largely sourced from blue-light emitting light emission diodes (LEDs). These are lighting technologies that have been discovered quite late in man's history. Their commercial availability is still more recent. As a result, we are using them without much knowledge of their long-term effects on human health.
These effects don't seem to depend on retinal exposure to the blue light – in other words, you don't need to see the light to be affected by it. Instead, blue light continues to produce these effects even when the flies are genetically modified so as to be born without eyes. Extended blue light exposure seems to act as a stressor, turning on specific stress-activated genes that cause aging.
Blue light can affect your sleep and potentially cause disease. - Image Credit: My Life Graphic / Shutterstock
The study and its outcomes
The researchers first exposed flies lacking pigment granules in their retinas, and which were therefore light-sensitive, to 12-hour LED light and darkness cycles, or in constant darkness. They found the second group had a 42% median longer survival. On repeating the experiment with wild-type flies, the same trend was seen.
Reduction in lifespan
The next test included two sets of pigment-negative flies both exposed to 12-hour shifts of LED light and darkness. LED light has a peak wavelength of about 460 nm, and therefore the first set was exposed to blue LED light while the second shift was exposed to white LED light with the blue wavelengths blocked. The intensity of the light from both sources remained the same. Compared with the flies kept in darkness, the median longevity was reduced by 50% and 4% in the blue light and blue-blocked light exposure groups, respectively.
When repeated in wildtype (non-mutated) flies, the median loss of longevity was 30% and 10% respectively. Even when the flies did not have eyes (due to gene manipulation) the lifespan went down by 37% and 42% for males and females. However, when they were kept in white light without blue wavelengths, their lifespan suffered by only 6% and 4%, compared to those kept in darkness.
Increase in the photon flux density, which measures the amount of light exposure, showed a corresponding rise in death rates. This indicates that the cause for the reduced lifespan in the above experiments is the blue light exposure.
Retinal damage
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Blue light acts partially via the rhodopsin I receptor, which converts light to electrical impulses. Blue light appears to damage photoreceptor cells, causing retinal degeneration, which was visible in the flies that were kept under blue light: darkness cycles.
Brain degeneration
Brain cells also showed increased formation of vacuoles following exposure to blue light.
Aging due to stress response
Exposure to 12 hours of blue light also increased the expression of a number of genes involving in stress responses and aging. In flies kept in constant darkness, though, these did not show the same type of change even with a considerable lapse of time, suggesting that blue light exposure affects these genes much more strongly than aging does.
Moreover, when the exposure was only 5 days, these changes were not obvious, which may mean one of two things: either considerably more exposure is needed, or blue light acts in tandem with aging to upregulate the stress response. To test this, pigment-negative flies were kept in blue light/darkness shifts for their complete lifespan; for 25 days before shifting to complete darkness; or for 30 days before shifting to complete darkness.
The lifespan in the second group lived almost as long as those kept in darkness throughout, that is, they recovered their lifespan, except for a few flies that died within a few days. However, flies in the third group tended to die within a few days, without responding to the shift to darkness. Median survival in the third and first group was 34 and 33 days respectively.
The reverse was also done: after putting flies in darkness for 30 days, they were exposed to blue light: darkness shifts. The median survival was only 21 days after the shift. On the other hand, young flies kept under light: darkness conditions survived for a median of 34 days. This could mean that cumulative damage due to blue light can be arrested once the stress is removed if it is sublethal. Secondly, older flies are damaged faster by blue light. The average reduction in lifespan ranged from 5% to 15%.
Blue light may cause brain degeneration as well as retinal damage, and reduce the lifespan. The findings agree with other older studies in mice, flies and human skin cells, that show increased generation of reactive oxygen species that cause cellular damage, following blue light exposure. This could be due to induced stress responses. However, changing from blue light exposure to darkness at an early age, and reducing the cumulative exposure to blue light, can prevent the increase in mortality. This study in flies can help conclude that LED blue light is a major source of environmental stress and the effects become more and more harmful with cumulative exposure. Humans are constantly exposed to blue light from flat screens, light bulbs and smartphones, among other light sources, and scientists think that night shift workers have a higher risk of cancer due to their longer exposure to artificial light. Using devices to block out blue light could be one way to minimize the harm.
Of course, there's a long way from these findings in fruit flies to saying human brains are being eaten away by smartphones. However, they should be taken as a basis to do more research on an urgent basis so that potentially harmful lighting may be averted.
Researcher Eileen Chow says, "Human lifespan has increased dramatically over the past century as we've found ways to treat diseases, and at the same time we have been spending more and more time with artificial light. As science looks for ways to help people be healthier as they live longer, designing a healthier spectrum of light might be a possibility, not just in terms of sleeping better but in terms of overall health."
Daily blue-light exposure shortens lifespan and causes brain neurodegeneration in Drosophila, Trevor R. Nash, Eileen S. Chow, Alexander D. Law, Samuel D. Fu, Elzbieta Fuszara, Aleksandra Bilska, Piotr Bebas, Doris Kretzschmar & Jadwiga M. Giebultowicz, npj Aging and Mechanisms of Disease volume 5, Article number: 8 (2019), https://www.nature.com/articles/s41514-019-0038-6
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After first being announced in 2011, the rocket's first flight was set for 2013. That date came and went, then in 2015 rocket failures postponed the flight. Failures postponed SpaceX again in 2016. New target dates were set for late 2016, then early 2017, then late 2017. But with this successful test, long-suffering space fans can finally breathe a sigh of relief, and their collective sigh will last about as long as the static fire: only a few seconds.
The Falcon Heavy has a total of 27 individual rocket engines, and all 27 of them were fired in this test, though the Heavy never left the launch pad. For those who don't know, the Falcon Heavy is based on SpaceX's successful Falcon 9 rocket, a nine-engine machine that made SpaceX the first commercial space company to visit the International Space Station, when the Falcon 9 delivered SpaceX's Dragon capsule to the ISS in 2012. Since then, the Falcon has a track record of delivering cargo to the ISS and launching satellites into orbit.
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But the real strength of the Falcon Heavy is not blasting cars on frivolous trips around the Sun, or placing communications satellites in orbit. Its destination is deep space.
Originally, SpaceX planned to use the Falcon Heavy to send people to Mars in a Dragon capsule. They've cancelled that idea, but the Heavy still has the capability to send rovers or other cargo to Mars and beyond. Who knows what uses it will be put to, once it has a track record of success.
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They are going to be stringing the tops together in order to create the longest string.
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UK needs to make politically unpopular reforms to boost growth, business group says
by uma November 14, 2022
LONDON (Reuters) – The British government must be willing to make politically unpopular choices in areas such as immigration and regulation to boost business investment and economic growth, the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) said on Monday.
Finance minister Jeremy Hunt is due to set out a raft of spending cuts and tax rises at a budget statement on Thursday as he seeks to show Britain can fix a hole in its public finances.
The CBI said not matching those with measures to tackle labour shortages and productivity, at a time when many businesses are drawing up their 2023 budgets, would likely be damaging in the short and long term.
"Changes to immigration, regulation and planning are now critical levers to get firms to invest but will require the government to make political sacrifices," the CBI said, setting out a series of policy proposals which it acknowledged many in the governing Conservatives would find hard to support.
These include being more flexible on immigration including for occupations dogged by labour shortages, and adding student and graduate visa routes and visas linked to specific economic projects.
It also called on the government to streamline "the slow and inconsistent planning system", and speed-up decision-making for major developments.
Hunt's predecessor Kwasi Kwarteng and former prime minister Liz Truss had promised supply-side reforms to boost growth but did not manage to set them out before being forced from office by financial market turmoil sparked by their package of unfunded tax cuts and new public spending.
"All of us need to accept now that with fiscal and monetary policy tightening, we need many more pro-growth policies for our economy, if we're to avoid a decade of no growth," CBI Director-General Tony Danker said in a statement.
Danker said that if Hunt's plan for growth was only "warm words and aspirations" it wouldn't stop businesses pulling back from investment.
"It must tackle the real barriers we face right now," he said. "We need to make the UK an attractive place to invest."
(Reporting by Kylie MacLellan; Editing by Gareth Jones)
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