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Yosef Haim Brenner
Anita Shapira Translated by Anthony Berris
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Based on previously unexploited primary sources, this is the first comprehensive biography of Yosef Haim Brenner, one of the pioneers of Modern Hebrew literature. Born in 1881 to a poor Jewish family in Russia, Brenner published his first story, "A Loaf of Bread," in 1900. After being drafted into the Russian army, he deserted to England and later immigrated to Palestine where he became an eminent writer, critic and cultural icon of the Jewish and Zionist cultural milieu. His life was tragically ended in the violent 1921 Jaffa riots.
In a nutshell, Brenner's life story encompasses the generation that made "the great leap" from Imperial Russia's Pale of Settlement to the metropolitan centers of modernity, and from traditional Jewish beliefs and way of life to secularism and existentialism. In his writing he experimented with language and form, but always attempting to portray life realistically. A highly acerbic critic of Jewish society, Brenner was relentless in portraying the vices of both Jewish public life and individual Jews. Most of his contemporaries not only accepted his critique, but admired him for his forthrightness and took it as evidence of his honesty and veracity.
Renowned author and historian Anita Shapira's new biography illuminates Brenner's life and times, and his relationships with leading cultural leaders such as Nobel laureate S.Y. Agnon, Hayim Nahman Bialik, Israel's National Poet, and many others. Undermining the accepted myths about his life and his death, his depression, his relations with writers, women, and men—including the question of his homoeroticism—this new biography examines Brenner's life in all its complexity and contradiction.
Anita Shapira is Professor Emerita at Tel Aviv University and the Chair of the Chaim Weizmann Institute for the Study of Zionism and Israel. She is the author of numerous books including Israel: A History.
"Anita Shapira has done a fantastic job of documenting Brenner's life in her biography . . . Throughout, like Brenner, [Shapira] does not pull her punches. She tackles Brenner's mental health issues and personal difficulties, as well as his triumphs, and his legacy . . . Yosef Haim Brenner: a Life is a fascinating book that is sure to enthrall both general readers and academics."
—Boris Segel, The Jewish Eye
"Anita Shapira, the most eminent historian of modern Israel, has written a gripping biography of the tormented master of early 20th-century Hebrew literature. Brenner's troubled and unflinchingly honest approach to Judaism and Zionism speaks to our own era, while Shapira's empathetic narrative illuminates the private as well as public aspects of Brenner's troubled life. Set in the context of fin-de-siècle Russia and late-Ottoman Palestine, Shapira's book is a fascinating study of the relationships between politics and art, literary friendship and rivalry, and mental illness and creative genius."
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UN climate change body backs fossil fuel divestment campaign
Published on 16/03/2015, 11:32am
GUARDIAN: Climate convention lends 'moral authority' to campaign to get investors to ditch fossil fuel investments
Christiana Figueres, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (Pic: UN Photos/Sarah Fretwell)
By Damian Carrington, the Guardian
The UN organisation in charge of global climate change negotiations is backing the fast-growing campaign persuading investors to sell off their fossil fuel assets.
It said it was lending its "moral authority" to the divestment campaign because it shared the ambition to get a strong deal to tackle global warming at a crunch UN summit in Paris in December.
"We support divestment as it sends a signal to companies, especially coal companies, that the age of 'burn what you like, when you like' cannot continue," said Nick Nuttall, the spokesman for the UN framework convention on climate change (UNFCCC).
The move is likely to be controversial as the economies of many nations at the negotiating table heavily rely on coal, oil and gas. In 2013, coal-reliant Poland hosted the UNFCCC summit and was castigated for arranging a global coal industry summit alongside.
Now, the World Coal Association has criticised the UNFCCC's decision to back divestment, saying it threatened investment in cleaner coal technologies.
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Several analyses have shown that there are more fossil fuelsin proven reserves than can be burned if catastrophic global warming is to be avoided, as world leaders have pledged.
Divestment campaigners argue that the trillions of dollars companies continue to spend on exploration for even more fossil fuels is a danger to both the climate and investors' capital.
"Everything we do is based on science and the science is pretty clear that we need a world with a lot less fossil fuels," Nuttall told the Guardian. "We have lent our own moral authority as the UN to those groups or organisations who are divesting. We are saying 'we support your aims and ambitions because they are fairly and squarely our ambition', which is to get a good deal in Paris."
The UN secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, sent a related message to investors in November, saying: "Please reduce your investments in the coal- and fossil-fuel-based economy and [move] to renewable energy." But he stopped short of backing the divestment campaign itself.
Many religious groups are among the 180 organisations that have already divested their funds from fossil fuels, as well as city authorities and universities. "We see the divestment of churches very much as a moral imperative for them," Nuttall said. "If their goal is relieving the suffering of millions of people, then divestment is in line with how they want the world to be."
A recent tweet from the UNFCCC said: "Divestment worked to free [South Africa] of apartheid. Now it can help free us of fossil fuels." The tweet carried a quote and image of the archbishop Desmond Tutu, who in 2014 told the Guardian: "People of conscience need to break their ties with corporations financing the injustice of climate change."
Growing support
Divestment campaigners say their aim is to bankrupt fossil fuel companies morally, not financially. "No one is saying divestment by churches and universities will shift the market in a one-to-one way," said Nuttall. "The message now is that you can get off fossil fuels without undermining your investments. It's a different world now. You can save the world and get a good return on your investment."
Many senior figures and institutions in the financial world, including the World Bank, Bank of England, HSBC, Goldman Sachs and Standard and Poor's, have warned that only a fraction of known fossil fuel reserves can be safely burned and that the remainder could plummet in value posing huge risks to investors.
Benjamin Sporton, acting chief executive of the World Coal Association, rejected the linking of divestment from fossil fuels with divestment from tobacco and apartheid South Africa. "The coal divestment campaign is not comparable to any other divestment campaign," he said.
"Active and responsible investors play a vital role in encouraging investment in cleaner coal technologies. Demand for coal is not going away."
Sporton said the divestment campaign was a concern: "There are economic and social dimensions that mean divesting from fossil fuels – and in particular coal – comes with significant risks, not least when 1.3 billion people are still without access to electricity."
The UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change said in November that global warming is set to inflict severe and irreversible impacts on people and that "limiting its effects is necessary to achieve sustainable development and equity, including poverty eradication".
"Meeting the demand projected by the International Energy Agency will call for $18.5tn (£12.6bn) of cumulative investment between 2014 and 2035," said a spokesman for the International Association of Oil and Gas Producers. "This doesn't support an argument for divestment." Replacing coal-fired power stations with gas can halve carbon emissions, he added.
IPIECA, the global oil and gas industry association for environmental issues and "the industry's principal channel of communication with the UN", declined to comment.
This article first appeared on the Guardian. RTCC is a member of the Guardian Environment Network.
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30 Heads of State Will Watch China's Military Parade Next Week
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After months of anticipation, China has released the guest list for its September 3 military parade, the highlight of a series of events commemorating the 70th anniversary of Japan's surrender and the end of World War II. Vice Minister Zhang Ming of China's Foreign Ministry revealed the list at a press conference on August 25.
There will be 30 heads of state at the parade, Zhang said, including Russian President Vladimir Putin, South Korea President Park Geun-hye, Pakistan's President Mamnoon Hussain, Myanmar's President Thein Sein, and Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang. China's guests will also include the heads of state of each member of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan, in addition to China itself).
However, only half of the ASEAN member countries are sending top-level political representatives. Vietnam and Myanmar's presidents will be joined by Cambodia's King Norodom Sihamoni, Laotian President Choummaly Sayasone, and Thai Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan. Absent from the list: any mention of top-level representation from Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, or Singapore.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un will also be absent from the parade. Instead, North Korea will be represented by Choe Ryong-hae, secretary of the Korean Workers' Party.
Leaders from outside the region include Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, South African President Jacob Zuma, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, and Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir. United Nations President Ban Ki-moon will also attend.
In all, Zhang said, there would be heads of state from 30 countries present, with another 19 countries sending government representatives, meaning a total of 49 countries will be officially represented at the parade. Quartz has translated the full list of high-level political attendees into English.
Who is Going to China's Military Parade?
Notably absent from the list: the leaders of the United States or any of its Western allies. Chinese diplomats had previously said that representatives from each of the combatant countries in World War II were to be invited. "We have invited leaders of relevant countries to join the Chinese people to celebrate this great day," Zhang said Tuesday. "But it is their own decision. For us, we respect and welcome all guests."
Zhang added that the United Kingdom, France, and Australia would send unspecified government ministers to the event, while the United States will merely send its ambassador to China, Max Baucus. Brazil and India are also expected to send "special envoys," according to Global Times.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will not be in attendance, predictably enough (although Japanese media previously suggested Abe might visit China soon after the parade). Zhang said that "Abe will be skipping the event because of his parliamentary schedule." He added that the parade is not meant to target Japan and "has no direct link to current Sino-Japanese relations."
However, interestingly enough, former Japanese Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama will be attending, Zhang said. Murayama's 1995 statement on the end of World War II — and its apology for Japan's "aggression" and "colonial rule" — has become the standard against which other Japanese politicians' statements are measured.
Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair and former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder will also attend the parade.
Overall, there's little to surprise China-watchers in the guest list. The leaders of countries China enjoys close relationships with will come; leaders of countries that have more ambivalent approach toward China are staying away. The guest list provides an overview of the regions where China has the most political clout: Central Asia, parts of Southeast Asia, Africa, and (increasingly) Eastern Europe. The only inclusion that could truly be said to be a surprise was South Korea's President Park — and she had already announced her attendance last week.
By SHANNON TIEZZI August 26, 2015 in The Diplomat
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The announcement is titled "in dedication to George Floyd. #JusticeForGeorgeFloyd" and quotes an excerpt from a speech given by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in Selma, Al. In 1965.
"So we will get up among the horses. We will get up right here, among the tummies. We will get up here among police dogs, if they have them," quotes the announcement King. "We will stand up in the midst of tear gas! We will get up on our feet in everything they can gather, letting the world know that we are determined to be free! "
Together with Jay-Z, the letter is signed by the parents of Botham Jean, DJ Henry and Antwon Rose II, young black men tragically killed by the police, as well as Van Jones, Charlamagne tha God, Angela Rye, lawyer for the Floyd Family and several activists of organizations like The Innocence Project and Until Freedom.
Team ROC (the philanthropic arm of Jay-Z's Roc Nation) joined the others to publish the announcement in Tuesday's editions of the New York Times, Denver Post, Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Austin American Statement, The Orlando Sentinel and The Atlanta Journal Constitution, among many other newspapers.
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Everyone knows that Spider-Man's infamous black suit would someday become the wicked web-slinger called Venom – but what happened BEFORE Peter Parker discovered the black suit's sinister secret?
In case you can't get enough Spider-Man, this comic takes you back to when Peter Parker still wore the Venom symbiote (though he didn't yet know that's what the suit would inevitably become). I've read very little comics from that era featuring Spider-Man, so I was curious to see what this series had to offer readers like myself who are largely unaware of that time in Spidey's life beyond the basics of him getting the suit and then losing the suit.
Written by Peter David, Symbiote Spider-Man #1 features Greg Land on pencils, inks by Jay Leisten and colours by Frank D'Armata. This is a comic that delights in its place in history, with the occasional editor's note asterisk popping up to let us know where to seek information casually referenced in the comic's pages, as well as more than a handful of jokes riffing on Spider-Man's past (or future at this point in his life) that even readers like me are able to have a little chuckle at.
The comic visually blends a sense of the past with modern artistic sensibilities; it's an approach that subtly lets the reader know that this isn't NOW, but not explicitly when the comic takes place which means we won't focus on the strange and wonderful timeline present in comic books where a man can be in his 30's for twenty five years. There is a slightly edgier look to Peter in this issue, which fits seeing as how he is wearing the Venom suit, but there's still enough of the Parker charm that shines through to remind you that this is still a Spider-Man comic.
If you're looking to read a Spidey story free from the weight of continuity that also features an upcoming movie villain, you can't go wrong with this. Symbiote Spider-Man #1 is a great diversion to your morning (or afternoon or evening), and one that's worth reading for new or long time fans of the character.
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The Hulk is already on Weapon H's tail – but now Wolverine is involved. And he's got an Adamantium-laced bone to pick with Weapon H. But they're not the only monsters coming for Clay. The Leader and Dr. Alba meet at last – and the result will transform the course of Clay's entire life. Weapon H veteran Guiu Vilanova returns with the second installment of a classic clash in the making!
We know Venom and Carnage are getting the spotlight from Marvel this summer and it looks like "everyone is a target" in the new teaser from Greg Land.
Peter Parker. The black costume. The sinister secret called Venom. This April, comic legends Peter David and Greg Land team up for an all-new tale that will explore Peter Parker just before he learned that his infamous black suit was an otherworldly evil symbiote!
The classic series is back! Marvel Comics Presents delivers three new stories featuring Wolverine, Namor, and Captain America.
Marvel Comics Presents #1 is by Charles Soule, Paulo Siqueira, Oren Junior, Frank D'Armata, Joe Caramagna, Greg Pak, Tomm Coker, Michael Garland, Ann Nocenti, Greg Land, and Jay Leisten.
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The Silos Córdoba assembly team is completing the expansion of the grain storage facility Lumina, located in Constanta County, Romania.
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I hope you don't all think I spend my life only watching films about the Great War. I do have a full and rewarding life away from movies and these Great War Films are just a small part of me. In film terms I also have a current addiction to pre-ish/post-ish WW2 era Japanese films. Early Kurosawa, Yasujiro Ozu and Mikio Naruse. As well as 70's-ish Gritty New Yorkey cop films like Serpico, The Taking of Pelham 123 and Dog Day Afternoon. This is a bit of a moving target for me and next week it'll be Anime or Erwin Allen disaster movies or something.
I'm also working my way through the films of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. Collectively known as 'The Archers' Powell and Pressburger were a collaborative film making machine with each taking equal billing even though their roles within the overall production were very much different. Michael Powell covered the Directing and took a lead on the editing while Emeric Pressburger would be more at home coming up with the original stories and dealing with the fund-raising/arse-kissing needed for producing. They wrote the script together and shared the credit as dual writers/producers/directors. I've met them before in a Great War Film sense having reviewed 'The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp' (1943) which bore all the usual signs of their oeuvre. Quirky camera work, ingenious use of editing/visual effects, imaginative storytelling and a strange kind of indescribable Englishness.
My film today is not an Archers production but you do see firstly Emeric Pressburger (as Screenwriter) and then Michael Powell (as Director) in the opening credits. As such this can be considered as Proto-Archers. While the money has been drummed up by Producer Alexander Korda the guts of it is a book to movie transfer script from Pressburger with Powell sitting in the chair and shouting at the actors. And it kind of shows. There are hints of what was to come with Pressburger seemingly happy to poke fun at the concept of empire and the British obsession with nationalist/commonwealth pride while Powell seems already very much at home in the big chair.
The film itself is a spy film and, yes I admit it, I usually struggle with these. They're too twisty turny. I forget who's a goody and who's a baddy. Something important will happen when I drop my guard for a split second and look at my phone, Some nuance of story, a single word dropped in the wrong place that alerts the avid watcher to some truth or motive is usually totally lost on me for some reason. Basically I have a very short attention span.
So it is with some pleasure that I can note that this film is only 78 minutes long. It also doesn't have many twisty turny bits and only a couple of moments where I couldn't easily determine who the goodies were. That doesn't mean this isn't a good film though and for its age it holds up quite well. There's a good spy film twist which I wasn't expecting near the end and which I won't ruin it for you should you choose to check it out. It stars Conrad Veidt who played 'The Somnambulist' in 'The Cabinet of Dr Caligari' (1920) (which is amazing by the way, you should watch that if you haven't already) and Valerie Hobson as well as the nice guy husband Fred from 'Brief Encounter' playing a vicar with low EQ and future Archers stalwart Marius Goring.
Fred from Brief Encounter
There are occasional moments where the quality seems to go out of the window though such as when the rear projected image in a driving scene looped round and jumped to a different location mid-scene, surely someone noticed that at the time. Also the Germans speak with very plummy British accents except for one who haz ze mose ridicooluz fake Jerman akzent eeeeevah.
For the most part though this is a decent enough film. It'll never be considered a classic but also isn't the worst example of the genre. Probably the only reason this film is remembered today is because it's the touchstone for the collaboration between Powell and Pressburger. Within a year they'd have 'Contraband' in the can (starring both Conrad Veidt and Valerie Hobson in a spy film again!) and with '49th Parallel' (1940), 'One of Our Aircraft is Missing' (1941) and 'The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp' (1943) just around the corner.
But it does deserve some plaudits for itself. The length is about right, the story clips along at a fair pace, the acting is good with some real pedigree in Veidt showing through. It doesn't take itself particularly seriously and the twisty bit was unexpected and made the screenplay pop from good to great. Overall it's a success and worth a watch if you have a spare 78 minutes. And some advice from me, check out 'Black Narcissus' and 'The Red Shoes' for the full Powell and Pressburger experience.
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Int J Biol Sci 2020; 16(6):904-920. doi:10.7150/ijbs.35839 This issue
Exosomes Transmit Viral Genetic Information and Immune Signals may cause Immunosuppression and Immune Tolerance in ALV-J Infected HD11 cells
Fei Ye1,2*, Yan Wang1*, Qijian He1*, Can Cui1, Heling Yu1, Yuxiang Lu1, Shiliang Zhu1, Hengyong Xu1, Xiaoling Zhao1, Huadong Yin1, Diyan Li1, Hua Li1,2✉, Qing Zhu1✉
1. Institute of Animal Genetics and Breeding, Sichuan Agricultural University, Sichuan, Chengdu, China
2. Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Molecular Design and Precise Breeding, Foshan University, Foshan, 528231, Guangdong, China
*: These authors contributed equally to the article.
✉ Corresponding authors: Qing Zhu: zhuqingsicaucom; Hua Li: okhualiedu.cn
This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). See http://ivyspring.com/terms for full terms and conditions.
Ye F, Wang Y, He Q, Cui C, Yu H, Lu Y, Zhu S, Xu H, Zhao X, Yin H, Li D, Li H, Zhu Q. Exosomes Transmit Viral Genetic Information and Immune Signals may cause Immunosuppression and Immune Tolerance in ALV-J Infected HD11 cells. Int J Biol Sci 2020; 16(6):904-920. doi:10.7150/ijbs.35839. Available from https://www.ijbs.com/v16p0904.htm
Avian leukosis virus (ALV) is oncogenic retrovirus that not only causes immunosuppression but also enhances the host's susceptibility to secondary infection. Exosomes play vital role in the signal transduction cascades that occur in response to viral infection. We want to explore the function of exosomes in the spread of ALV and the body's subsequent immunological response. RNA-sequencing and the isobaric tags for relative and absolute quantitation (iTRAQ) method were used to detect differentially expressed genes (DEGs) and differentially expressed proteins (DEPs) in exosomes secreted by macrophage cells in response to injection with ALV subgroup J (ALV-J). RNA-sequencing identified 513 DEGs in infected cells, with specific differential regulation in mRNA involved in tight junction signaling, TNF signaling, salmonella infection response, and immune response, among other important cellular processes. Differential regulation was observed in 843 lncRNAs, with particular enrichment in those lncRNA targets involved in Rap1 signaling, HTLV-I infection, tight junction signaling, and other signaling pathways. A total of 50 DEPs were identified in the infected cells by iTRAQ. The proteins enriched are involved in immune response, antigen processing, the formation of both MHC protein and myosin complexes, and transport. Combined analysis of the transcriptome and proteome revealed that there were 337 correlations between RNA and protein enrichment, five of which were significant. Pathways that were enriched on both the RNA and protein levels were involved in pathways in cancer, PI3K-Akt signaling pathway, Endocytosis, Epstein-Barr virus infection. These data show that exosomes are transmitters of intercellular signaling in response to viral infection. Exosomes can carry both viral nucleic acids and proteins, making it possible for exosomes to be involved in the viral infection of other cells and the transmission of immune signals between cells. Our sequencing results confirme previous studies on exosomes and further find exosomes may cause immunosuppression and immune tolerance.
Keywords: macrophage cells, retrovirus, exosome, proteome, transcriptome, immune response


Phrases like "You're wrong!" and "Your presentation was terrible!" have no place in effective criticism. In fact, it's best to leave the word "you" out, if at all possible. Personal attacks make people feel defensive, and then they won't really listen to anything you have to say.
Before starting with the criticism, warm the person up with compliments. If you are discussing their work, find several things you truly like about what they have done. For example, "I enjoyed your presentation today. You presented a lot of good and helpful information in it, and I can tell you put a lot of effort into it. I appreciate your hard work." This will lower their defenses and make them feel appreciated.
However, a short, vague compliment followed by "but",such as "It was a helpful talk, but you really need to improve your presentation skills." ?won? do much to help the process. After you've shared your compliments, allow them time to be absorbed. Immediately following your compliment with a "but" will destroy all you've tried to accomplish by making your praise seem false and insincere.
Remember that the goal of constructive criticism isn't to make the person feel terrible; it's to help them grow. Instead of directly accusing the person, try to get the message through to them in the form of light-hearted advice. Phrases like, "Next time you might want to ? or "I find it helpful to ? can take away the blame while still leaving an impact: "Next time you might want to give a little more attention to the audience. I find it helpful to look people in the eyes while I am speaking."
People can't change overnight, especially if they don't get detailed direction. Simply saying "you need to work on your presentation skills" won't help a soul! Be detailed in your advice, and don't overload anyone with criticism. Remember, you want them to keep trying and improving. Don't leave them feeling defeated!
记得给予建设性批评不使人感到讨厌为目标,就是帮助人成长。避免直接的指责他人,试著将讯息以轻鬆愉快的方式传达给对方。表达方式像是:"Next time you might want to..."或"I find it helpful to ..."当仍然带有衝击性的时候可以冲淡指责意味:"Next time you might want to give a little more attention to the audience. I find it helpful to look people in the eyes while I am speaking."


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Happy New Year, Mars!
By Sarah Lewin published 5 May 17
NASA wished Mars a happy new year on May 5, 2017. (Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech (via Twitter))
NASA officials wished Mars a happy new year on Twitter Friday (May 5), using the milestone as an opportunity to review exactly how the Red Planet's years work and how they differ from Earth's.
The space agency's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California, tweeted an image of a party-hat-wearing Curiosity rover watching fireworks explode in the Martian sky. An hour later, JPL tweeted a link to a new video explainer about the Red Planet year.
Mars is farther from the sun than Earth is and therefore takes considerably longer to complete one orbit: A Red Planet year lasts about 687 Earth days, compared to the 365-day year we're used to.
Scientists decided years ago, somewhat arbitrarily, that Mars years begin on the spring equinox in the planet's northern hemisphere. And now spring has sprung.
Here on Earth, we're used to seasons of equal length. But that's not the case on Mars, because the Red Planet's more eccentric path around the sun leads to varying orbital speeds. On Mars, spring and summer last 194 and 178 Earth days, respectively, whereas winter lasts 154 days and fall just 142 days, NASA officials said.
The car-size Curiosity rover landed on Mars in August 2012, kicking off a surface mission that was initially pegged to last a single Martian year. But Curiosity continues to roll along and is now exploring the foothills of Mount Sharp, which rises 3.4 miles (5.5 kilometers) into the Red Planet's sky.
Residents of the city of Mars, Pennsylvania, celebrate the Martian New Year with a two-day science, technology, engineering and math festival, NASA officials said in a statement. The current festival lasts until Saturday (May 6).
The next opportunity for Pennsylvania Martians to celebrate in this way won't come until March 23, 2019. After that, Mars New Year revelers will have to wait until Feb. 7, 2021.
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Almost a year ago, I uploaded an article I had written about self-care and promised to keep revisiting this really important topic. Since then, I've written a couple of posts with specific ideas (one of which is available here and there's another one here and even a special one for the holiday season) and have posted regular reminders on social media. But I felt it was time for another self-care blog post, especially as I have recently come across a couple of articles which relate to this that I'd like to share.
The first is this blog post about refuelling by Sophie Messager, which I really enjoyed. I particularly like the notion of having a sofa day after a birth, for the birth hangover! I have done that regularly in the past, but it's one of those things that is easily forgotten about when one's routine changes or life gets busy. Do you experience that as well, I wonder, or is it just me?! I also need to have a sofa day after a conference or a series of workshops too!
I also spotted this interesting report about gardening and health which shows how "gardens and gardening can make a strong contribution to keeping us well and independent". Given that so many of the midwives and birth folk I know love spending time in their garden, either pottering about with plants or (like me) relaxing amidst the greenery with a bit of light sewing while others do the hard work, I'm going to go out on a limb and suggest that gardens and gardening can also play a part in our self-care!
My challenge for you for the week ahead is to make time for some self-care, possibly with a garden or gardening focus!


FOOD ADDITIVES: A Shoppers Guide To What's Safe & What's Not!
In just seconds, the average person can determine if the food they're buying contains dangerous substances.
You see, as of 2004, the latest statistics available, heart disease is the number one cause of death in the U.S., responsible for over 654,000 deaths a year. Cancer is second, causing more than 550,000 deaths a year. According to the statistics, stroke is third, causing over 150,000 deaths a year. Diabetes causes nearly 73,000 deaths a year.
In a 2005 article published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), the Center for Disease Control estimates that 112,000 deaths a year are caused by obesity. Think about this: being just 20% over your ideal weight, you increase your risk of an early death. Let's look at some real numbers here. If your ideal weight is 130 pounds, being just 26 pounds overweight can shorten your life! If your ideal weight is 180 pounds, 36 extra pounds can put you in an early grave.
If this scares you, it should! But the good news is that . . .
All these causes of death and many others are preventable . . .
Yes, Preventable. They are man-made diseases and can be eliminated with the proper nutrition and a healthy lifestyle.
In your great grandparents' days, healthy eating was easy. Food was grown on nutrient rich soil without herbicides and pesticides. It was whole, natural and unprocessed. Meals, breads and desserts were cooked or baked in the home from scratch, not produced in a laboratory from chemicals not intended for human consumption.
Today, most food comes in a box, bottle, bag or can. It's had most of the nutrients processed out. A few synthetic chemical vitamins are added to make you think you're getting some nutrition. Then it's bleached, deodorized and preserved so it can sit on a grocery store shelf for three years and still taste fresh when you buy it. Frequently it contains a long list of chemical ingredients that you'd never find in your kitchen.
How are you supposed to know whether it's healthy or not?
This is where knowing about food additive safety comes in. Food manufacturers are not going to tell you the truth about the additives they put in your food. Neither is the FDA. You have to get it from another reliable source you can trust.
FOOD ADDITIVES: A Shopper's Guide To What's Safe & What's Not gives you the facts . . . the real truth. It is THE reliable source you can trust.
This book reveals what food manufacturers don't want you to know about their products. It shows you how to find the truth behind deceptive food packaging. You will learn how to confidently read labels so that you will know how healthy a food really is and if it contains dangerous ingredients.
MSG is monosodium glutamate, a flavor-enhancer added to most processed food to make it taste good. It's an excititoxin which crosses the blood-brain barrier and excites your brain cells to death. In infants and children, the blood-brain barrier is not fully developed, making MSG even more harmful to your young ones.
It is a neurotoxin, i.e. it is toxic to your nervous system.
Hidden Sources Of MSG D-glutamic acid is often referred to as processed free glutamic acid or free glutamate, and frequently lumped into the category of MSG. It is the D-glutamate that is in so many ingredients that are classified as hidden sources of MSG.
Hidden MSG can be found in things like baby food and infant formula, protein bars, powder and drinks, most processed foods, the waxes on fresh fruits and vegetables, prescription and non-prescription drugs, nutritional supplements and more.
Which of these ingredients that are hiding places for MSG are in the foods you eat?
Do you eat foods with these ingredients that may be sources of hidden MSG?
Did you know there may even be MSG in products that say NO MSG or NO Added MSG on the label? You will only know for sure if you know ALL the ingredients that are the hiding places for MSG and you read the ingredients on the label.
"Changed my life! About 1 year ago, I began having a lot of pain in my joints. After several doctors, I still did not have an explanation of why my joints hurt and why I was gaining weight even though I had always exercised and watched my diet.
One doctor mentioned that red meat could trigger arthritis. I decided to find out more about nutrition and since I have a severe peanut allergy, I wanted to find out if any of the "safe" foods I was eating could contain peanuts. When I bought "Food Additives : A Shopper's Guide To What's Safe & What's Not," I was shocked to find out that many of the additives that I assumed were safe actually contained peanuts.
This book has become my "nutrition bible" I carry it with me wherever I go. Since using this book, I have been able to avoid many additives that could be harmful to me. Within 1 month, I was able to begin an exercise program again without pain and I actually lost the weight I had gained. Christine Hoza Farlow's book is very easy to use and small enough to fit in your pocket or purse. The material is straight-forward and lets you make quick choices that fit your nutritional needs whether you have allergies or simply want to avoid all the carcinogens that are popping up everywhere.
I have several other books about food additives, but I still seem to go back to this one. If you're looking for a simple approach to understanding labels, A Shopper's Guide To What' s Safe & What's Not is definitely the book for you!"
"This little book should be in every food buyer's possession. I highly recommend it. Anyone who takes the responsibility of buying food ... should have this book as a guide. It gives the bottom line of what many of the common chemicals that are used in the processing of our foods do to our bodies. You don't have to be a PhD to understand what's spelled out so well in this pocket size book, you only have to have the courage to follow its inherent message and be well on your way to being healthy again."
"Excellent pocket size reference for food shopping! Provides valuable information to you when you need it, as it is small and portable. Helps when you're looking at boxes and cans and can't decipher what's actually inside."
"Learn what's in the foods you eat while you shop for groceries. This handy guide goes right along with you."
Dr. Christine H. Farlow, D.C. is "The Ingredients Investigator." She has been investigating and researching the safety of ingredients used in food, cosmetics and personal care products since 1991. She is committed to finding the truth about these chemicals, many not adequately tested and used far too often, by manufacturers in products we put in and on our bodies.
Dr. Farlow's interest in the study of ingredient safety started with the "Healthy Eating" classes she held in her office. Each class included learning how to read and understand the ingredients on food labels. This led to the writing of her first book, FOOD ADDITIVES: A Shopper's Guide To What's Safe & What's Not, first published in 1993, and now in its fifth revision, the 2007 Revised Edition.
Her awareness of the importance of the ingredients in products used on the skin and the potential for harm from unsafe ingredients absorbed through the skin into the bloodstream, led Dr. Farlow to writing her third book, DYING TO LOOK GOOD, now in its completely revised and expanded, second edition. It classifies over 1300 cosmetic ingredients according to safety and lists over 750 safe products and where you can buy them.
In Latin, doctor means teacher. Dr. Farlow takes this seriously. She is dedicated to getting her message out and teaching people about how the choices we make about simple things like the food we eat and the products we use on our skin can have long-term detrimental effects on our health. Many of the diseases we see today, like cancer, heart disease and diabetes are related to our lifestyle choices. And we have control over the choices we make.
The study of nutrition and holistic health has been a passion for Dr. Farlow since 1975. Before she ever earned the title of doctor, people were coming to her unsolicited and asking for her advice. It just seemed natural that the next step would be to become a doctor and make it her business to counsel patients in health and nutrition.
Dr. Farlow is a Doctor of Chiropractic with a specialty in Nutrition. She practices chiropractic and nutritional counseling at her office in Escondido, CA, and also does telephone consultations.
Dr. Farlow is a veteran at teaching people how to make healthy choices about what they put in and on their body. She has been counseling patients since 1984 and has helped thousands of people improve their health through chiropractic, nutrition and healthy lifestyle choices.
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Her books evolved out of her teaching and her nutritional counseling. These were the tools she found that people needed most to get started toward eating healthfully, making healthy eating a lifetime habit and developing an overall health consciousness.
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If a job requires imagination and expression, Aquarians fit right in! They bring enthusiasm and positive energy in their team and thrive on imagination that allows them to explore things beyond the norm. Their enthusiasm for work is infectious and their nature of sharing knowledge helps them willingly inspire a lot of people. They are pioneers and visionaries. They are healthy spenders, i.e. they believe in saving and spending when they wish to. But they do keep a close tab on their expenditures. They love freedom and will excel in environments that will help them explore their horizons.
Aquarians like to work for the community and in the community. Being a free spirit, they enjoy working in shifts. They like to perform tasks in their own way. Once they receive positive signals they work hard and reach designated goals. In the service fields, they can be effective welfare workers or educators. They are hard workers, have organizing capacity, of profound thoughts, are shrewd, clear headed, quick-witted and wide awake. Blessed with new and fresh ideas, they use own thinking and discretion and develop new ideas. They do things which are morally right. They have individuality and strong likes and dislikes. Being lively original and inventive, they find new approaches to old problems. Honor comes to them naturally, they never seek it. You work hard and wait patiently for some development and novel results.
The suitable professional industries for them include legal, finance, medicine, education, social service, shipping, metals, insurance, chemicals, mining, construction printing, railways, public service, fire service, defense, weapon, astrology, secret services, archeology, electrical, computers, furnaces. They can excel as broadcaster, electronic engineer, computer programmer, pilot, scientist, radiographer, sociologist, writer, astronomer, astrologer, system analyst, technologist, ecological consultant, lecturer, metaphysician, psychologist, pump set dealer, kerosene dealer, brick kiln owner, boiler manufacturer, cement dealer, surgeon, butcher, barber, book sellers, printers, accountants, registrars, interpretations, postmen, painter, musician, sales man, salt dealer, captain of ship.
Aquarian can be tight-fisted or spendthrift. They are through with their financial status, investments and savings. Not a single penny gets out of their sight. Often they get carried away by tempting offers or lucrative deals. In this they might lose heavily. If involved in business they need grounded partner to attain success and make it big.
Children born with Aquarius sun sign are independent in nature. In school they make friends easily. Often they hate to obey orders. Once explained they adhere to orders. They need encouragement to develop their independent spirit. To get good grades they should revise carefully. It is important for them to remain through with facts and figures. They usually study subjects which can act as catalyst in career building. Being idealist and perfectionist they follow logical thought process in life.


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using System.Diagnostics;
using System.Numerics;
using System.Globalization;
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            calcBtn.Focus();
        }

        private void calcBtn_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) {
            var watch = System.Diagnostics.Stopwatch.StartNew();

            clearKey();
            if (calcPrivKey()) {
                watch.Stop();
                var elapsedMs = watch.ElapsedMilliseconds;
                changeStatus("Calculate Private Key: completed in " + elapsedMs.ToString() + "ms");
            }
            else {
                changeStatus("Calculate Private Key: error");
            }

        }

        private void clearKey() {
            nBox.Text = "";
            nLen.Text = "Bitsize: --";
            phiBox.Text = "";
            dBox.Text = "";

            cryptBtn.Enabled = false;
            decryptBtn.Enabled = false;
            decryptBox.Text = "";
            cryptBox.Text = "";
            this.Refresh();
        }

        private bool calcPrivKey() {
            Debug.WriteLine("----Starting Calculations----");
            try {
                prime1 = BigInteger.Parse(prime1Box.Text);
                prime2 = BigInteger.Parse(prime2Box.Text);
                publicExp = BigInteger.Parse(publicExpBox.Text);
            } catch {
                MessageBox.Show("Please insert valid numbers.", "Erro", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Warning);
                return false;
            }

            if (prime1 == prime2)
                return false;

            if(prime2 > prime1) {
                Debug.WriteLine("----Swapping Primes");
                prime1Box.Text = prime2.ToString();
                prime2Box.Text = prime1.ToString();
                prime1 = BigInteger.Parse(prime1Box.Text);
                prime2 = BigInteger.Parse(prime2Box.Text);
            }

            UInt16 prime1BitSize = prime1.GetBitsize();
            UInt16 prime2BitSize = prime2.GetBitsize();
            if(prime1BitSize < 126 || prime2BitSize < 126) {
                MessageBox.Show("Please insert numbers with at least 126 bits", "Erro", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Warning);
                return false;
            }

            //Tabela C.3 apendice C do NIST FIPS 186-4
            UInt16 testemunhas;
            if(prime1BitSize >= 1530 && prime2BitSize >= 1530) {            //1536
                testemunhas = 3;
            } else if(prime1BitSize >= 1020 && prime2BitSize >= 1020) {     //1024
                testemunhas = 4;
            } else if(prime1BitSize >= 508 && prime2BitSize >= 508) {       //512
                testemunhas = 5;
            } else {                                                        //default
                testemunhas = 20;
            }
            if (!prime1.IsProbablePrime(testemunhas) || !prime2.IsProbablePrime(testemunhas)) {
                MessageBox.Show("Both numbers must be prime.", "Erro", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Warning);
                return false;
            }

            modulus = BigInteger.Multiply(prime1, prime2);
            nBox.Text = modulus.ToString();
            nLen.Text = "Bitsize: " + modulus.GetBitsize();

            phi = modulus - prime1 - prime2 + 1;
            phiBox.Text = phi.ToString();
            BigInteger gcd = BigInteger.GreatestCommonDivisor(publicExp, phi);
            Debug.WriteLine("gcd(e, phi): {0}", (object)gcd.ToString());
            if (gcd != 1) {
                MessageBox.Show("gcd(e, phi) != 1", "Erro", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Warning);
                return false;
            }

            privateExp = publicExp.modInverse(ref phi);
            dBox.Text = privateExp.ToString();
            BigInteger testD = BigInteger.Multiply(publicExp, privateExp) % phi;
            Debug.WriteLine("testD: {0}", (object)testD);
            if (gcd != 1) {
                MessageBox.Show("(e*d)%phi != 1", "Erro", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Warning);
                return false;
            }

            cryptBtn.Enabled = true;
            decryptBtn.Enabled = true;
            return true;
        }

        //================================================================================================

        private void changeStatus(String str) {
            clearStatusTmr.Stop();
            clearStatusTmr.Start();
            statusLbl.Text = str;
            System.Media.SystemSounds.Beep.Play();
        }

        private void clearStatusTmr_Tick(object sender, EventArgs e) {
            statusLbl.Text = "";
            clearStatusTmr.Stop();
        }

        //================================================================================================

        private void copyCryptBox_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) {
            Clipboard.SetText(cryptBox.Text);
        }

        private void cryptBox_TextChanged(object sender, EventArgs e) {
            cryptLen.Text = "Lenght: " + cryptBox.Text.Length.ToString();
        }

        //================================================================================================

        private void cryptBtn_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) {
            var watch = System.Diagnostics.Stopwatch.StartNew();
            Debug.WriteLine("---Encrypt process");
            cryptBox.Text = "";
            this.Refresh();

            //Pegar tamanho dos blocos
            int blocklen = (modulus.GetBitsize() / 8) - 4;
            if (blocklen < 5) {
                MessageBox.Show("Key too small", "Erro", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Warning);
                changeStatus("PubEncrypt: error");
                return;
            }
            Debug.WriteLine("blocklen: {0}", blocklen);

            //blocklen = 2; //debug

            //Dividir plaintext em blocos
            byte[] plaintextArr = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(plaintextBox.Text);
            UInt16 blockCnt = 0;
            String finalString = "";
            foreach (byte[] plainBlock in plaintextArr.Slices(blocklen)) {
                Debug.WriteLine("{0}::\t{1}", blockCnt, (object)plainBlock.ToHexString());

                //Add padding
                byte[] withPadArr = new byte[plainBlock.Length + 4]; //4 bytes random
                byte[] padArr = new byte[4];
                rbg.GetBytes(padArr);
                padArr[0] &= (Byte)0x7F; //make sure the first bit is always zero. No negative numbers for us :D
                Debug.WriteLine("Pad: {0}", (object)padArr.ToHexString());
                Array.Copy(padArr, withPadArr, 4);
                Array.Copy(plainBlock, 0, withPadArr, 4, plainBlock.Length);

                Array.Reverse(withPadArr);
                BigInteger toCrypt = new BigInteger(withPadArr);
                ////Check size
                //Debug.WriteLine("toCrypt bitsize: {0}", (object)toCrypt.GetBitsize());
                //if (toCrypt.GetBitsize() > modulus.GetBitsize()) {
                //    MessageBox.Show("Mensagem muito grande para esta chave", "Erro", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Warning);
                //    changeStatus("PubEncrypt: error");
                //    return;
                //}

                BigInteger crypt = BigInteger.ModPow(toCrypt, publicExp, modulus);
                byte[] cryptArr = crypt.ToByteArray();
                String b58Enc = Base58CheckEncoding.Encode(cryptArr).ToString();
                Debug.WriteLine("Final: {0}", (object)b58Enc);
                finalString += b58Enc + "_";

                blockCnt++;
            }

            cryptBox.Text = finalString.TrimEnd('_');
            watch.Stop();
            var elapsedMs = watch.ElapsedMilliseconds;
            changeStatus("PubEncrypt: completed in " + elapsedMs.ToString() + "ms");
        }

        private void decryptBtn_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) {
            var watch = System.Diagnostics.Stopwatch.StartNew();
            Debug.WriteLine("---Decrypt process");
            decryptBox.Text = "";
            this.Refresh();

            String startString = cryptBox.Text;

            UInt16 blockCnt = 0;
            String finalString = "";
            foreach (string cryptBlock in startString.Split('_')) {
                Debug.WriteLine("{0}::\t{1}", blockCnt, (object)cryptBlock);
                //CryptText inicial
                byte[] cryptArr;
                try {
                    cryptArr = Base58CheckEncoding.Decode(cryptBlock);
                }
                catch {
                    //MessageBox.Show("xxxx", "Erro", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Warning);
                    changeStatus("PrivDecrypt: error");
                    return;
                }

                Debug.WriteLine("crypt hex: {0}", (object)cryptArr.ToHexString());

                BigInteger crypt = new BigInteger(cryptArr);
                BigInteger decrypt = BigInteger.ModPow(crypt, privateExp, modulus);
                Debug.WriteLine("decrypt bitsize: {0}", (object)decrypt.GetBitsize());
                Debug.WriteLine("decrypt hex: {0}", (object)decrypt.ToByteArray().ToHexString());

                //Remove padding
                byte[] decryptWithPadArr = decrypt.ToByteArray();
                byte[] decryptArr = new byte[decryptWithPadArr.Length - 4];
                Array.Copy(decryptWithPadArr, decryptArr, decryptArr.Length);
                Array.Reverse(decryptArr);
                Debug.WriteLine("decryptArr hex: {0}", (object)decryptArr.ToHexString());

                String rsaDec = Encoding.UTF8.GetString(decryptArr);
                Debug.WriteLine("Final: {0}", (object)rsaDec);
                finalString += rsaDec;

                blockCnt++;
            }

            decryptBox.Text = finalString;
            watch.Stop();
            var elapsedMs = watch.ElapsedMilliseconds;
            changeStatus("PrivDecrypt: completed in " + elapsedMs.ToString() + "ms");
        }

        //================================================================================================

        private void plaintextBox_TextChanged(object sender, EventArgs e) {
            plainLen.Text = "Lenght: " + plaintextBox.Text.Length.ToString();
        }

        private void prime1Box_TextChanged(object sender, EventArgs e) {
            prime1Box.Text = prime1Box.Text.Replace(",", "");
            prime1Box.Text = prime1Box.Text.Replace(".", "");
            prime1Box.Text = prime1Box.Text.Replace(" ", "");
            prime1Box.Text = prime1Box.Text.Replace(":", "");
            prime1Box.Text = prime1Box.Text.Trim();
            p1Len.Text = "Lenght: " + prime1Box.Text.Length.ToString();
            clearKey();
        }

        private void prime2Box_TextChanged(object sender, EventArgs e) {
            prime2Box.Text = prime2Box.Text.Replace(",", "");
            prime2Box.Text = prime2Box.Text.Replace(".", "");
            prime2Box.Text = prime2Box.Text.Replace(" ", "");
            prime2Box.Text = prime2Box.Text.Replace(":", "");
            prime2Box.Text = prime2Box.Text.Trim();
            p2Len.Text = "Lenght: " + prime2Box.Text.Length.ToString();
            clearKey();
        }
    }//fim class
}


Deep in the heart of the city. . .
Miss Nancy saw somebody run off with her binoculars. . .Where did the thief go? And will she get her binoculars back?
Because no mystery is too mysterious, no puzzle to puzzling, no crime too criminal, no trouble too troubling for ace detectives and very best friends Bunny Brown and Jack Jones.


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Q: pd.to_datetime to replace DEC-11 or JUNE-11 values to date time column I have a column where Month and Year is given in the below format:
Dec-11', 'Nov-11', 'Oct-11', 'Sep-11', 'Aug-11', 'Jul-11',
       'Jun-11', 'May-11', 'Apr-11', 'Mar-11', 'Feb-11', 'Jan-11',
       'Dec-10', 'Nov-10', 'Oct-10', 'Sep-10', 'Aug-10', 'Jul-10',
       'Jun-10', 'May-10', 'Apr-10', 'Mar-10', 'Feb-10', 'Jan-10',
       'Dec-09', 'Nov-09', 'Oct-09', 'Sep-09', 'Aug-09', 'Jul-09',
       'Jun-09', 'May-09', 'Apr-09', 'Mar-09', 'Feb-09', 'Jan-09',
       'Dec-08', 'Nov-08', 'Oct-08', 'Sep-08', 'Aug-08', 'Jul-08',
       'Jun-08', 'May-08', 'Apr-08', 'Mar-08', 'Feb-08', 'Jan-08',
       'Dec-07', 'Nov-07', 'Oct-07', 'Sep-07', 'Aug-07', 'Jul-07', 'Jun-07'

I want to use the column for analysis and need capability to convert it to date time format so that i should able to filter on year or month depending on need.
I tried using - pd.to_datetime(df['identity_d']) but it gives error
then i tried using - pd.to_datetime(df['identity_d'],errors='coerce') - this does not give any error but converts all to NAT.
Finally i tried to use format with date time but no luck.
Can you please help me on how to covert?

A: you are missing the format it argument :
I get the format here
pd.to_datetime(df.identity_d.str.upper(), format='%b-%y', yearfirst=False)

here is the output :
0   2011-12-01
1   2011-11-01
2   2011-10-01
3   2011-09-01
4   2011-08-01

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First-born children are more likely to do better at school because parents pay them more attention, according to new research.
The extra focus gives them an "edge" over younger brothers and sisters and higher IQs – as early as the age of one. Researchers found the eldest child outperformed siblings in thinking skills after receiving more "mental stimulation".
Advantages started from just after birth to three years old. The differences were highlighted in language, reading, maths and comprehension abilities. As subsequent children were born mums and dads changed their behaviour – taking part in fewer activities such as such as reading, crafts and playing musical instruments.
Mothers also took higher risks – they were more likely to smoke during pregnancy once they had already had a child and were also less likely to breastfeed after birth, for instance.
"As early as age one, latter-born children score lower on cognitive assessments than their siblings, and the birth order gap in cognitive assessment increases until the time of school entry and remains statistically significant thereafter.
"Mothers take more risks during pregnancy and are less likely to breastfeed and to provide cognitive stimulation for latter-born children.


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College News Round-Up: Harvard Higher-Up Caught in Catfishing Scandal and More
News	 1 PM 10.24.2014
The College Newspaper Round-Up is a weekly look at various stories published in Boston-area student newspapers, plucking out the most interesting pieces that are important to communities across the Commonwealth: the students, the faculty, and the residents of neighborhoods that house them all.
Harvard Higher-Up Gets Caught in Catfishing Scandal
Harvard Alumni Association Vice President and United Kingdom Parliament Member Brooks P. Newmark has resigned from his position after allegedly using social media to send sexually explicit images of himself to what he thought was a young female Tory PR worker. Turns out, he was being catfished by a writer at the UK's Sunday Mirror who was investigating the use of social media by members of Parliament. Newmark was a graduate of the Harvard Business School and a frontrunner for the Alumni Association's presidency, according to Theodore R. Delwiche of the Harvard Crimson. Newmark has also announced his resignation as Minister for Civil Society, and told The Daily Mail, "I have been battling demons—and losing to them. I craved adrenaline and risk. Stress at work drove me to increasingly erratic behaviour."
Dear Suffolk Students, Your Major No Longer Exists
Heather Rutherford's piece in the Suffolk Journal this week gives readers a glimpse into the minds of faculty and students who find out that their degree program will no longer be offered. Suffolk's illustration major, which takes place at the school's New England School of Art and Design off Arlington Street, started in the fall of 2011. According to Program Director Lisa French, she received an email "out of the blue" from the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences Kenneth Greenberg that asked to submit a list of current students. According to the article, an e-mail was sent to declared illustration majors before French could speak with them. This seemingly caused confusion for undeclared first-year students who have been taking illustration classes. NESAD's future has been unclear for the past several years. The promise of moving the school to a new building at 20 Somerset building, thus connecting it to the rest of the campus, was broken in 2012 after former, then newly-appointed President James McCarthy started working at the school. When students met with President McCarthy in the winter of 2013, they left dissatisfied and nervous about their degrees if the school were to close. According to the Journal's staff editorial this week, the school's Student Government Association asked new President Norman Smith about his plans for NESAD. From the article, "'I've only been here three weeks, but I love the arts,' he said."
Harvard Students Fasting Against Fossil Fuels
Activists from Divest Harvard, an organization against Harvard's investment in fossil fuel companies, have begun a week-long fast according to Theodore R. Delwiche of the Harvard Crimson. In addition to the fast, organized lectures and talks about stinky dinosaur juice's effect on our planet's detriment are planned. According to the Crimson, "160 individuals had signed up for the event via an online form by Monday Afternoon." Delwiche also writes that the group is encouraging a safe fast, suggesting no more than three days at a time.
Schools Tightening Up Crime Reports
New regulations for schools who receive funds were released by the U.S. Department of Education on Monday. The regulations were updated to better language associated with the Violence Against Women act and the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act, which ensures that schools create policies that make students safe. The Clery Act also states that schools must publish annual crime reports. On July 1, 2015, the following will be added:
Incidents of stalking need to be reported.
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Disciplinary action taken against students who have committed domestic or dating violence must be reported.
Policies preventing dating violence must be included in annual reports.
Policies to make information available while keeping victims' identities confidential must be included in yearly reports.
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BC Students Speak In Favor of New Sexual Misconduct Policy
The Editorial Board of BC Heights published a piece this week about Boston College's updated sexual misconduct policy, which was enacted over the summer. The new policies get rid of the need for both the complainant and respondent to be included in the same meeting. From the editorial: "Knowing that one would have to encounter his or her attacker again, and in such an adversarial context, might persuade a student to seek action via a different route, or potentially not at all. By moving to a model that reduces this possibility, BC is working toward creating a campus where every student feels safe reporting sexual misconduct."
MIT Alumni Tell Students to Get Involved
Brittany N. Montgomery and Rebecca Heywood, two alumni of MIT, have published a guest column in the Tech this week urging students to understand the symbiotic relationship between science and community affairs. The Tech's survey for the class of 2018 revealed that students want to contribute to science and innovation, but are turned off by political or community involvement. From the editorial, "What good is a contribution to science and innovation if not to better the human condition? Isn't that what MIT's motto, Mens et Manus, is all about? If we truly believe that the purpose of everything that we strive to accomplish at MIT is to improve human life and educate students for practical application, then what are we doing to prepare them for action in the messy real world?"
Emerson Works to Make Application More Gender Inclusive
Thanks to an idea by Emerson College's VP for Enrollment MJ Knoll-Finn, students applying to the college will now have a multitude of gender options to choose from. According to Laura King of the Berkeley Beacon, the school's Office of Diversity and Inclusion, Office of Multicultural Student Affairs and GLBTQ Student Resources worked together to finalize the application's inclusiveness in time to be a part of their Common Application. According to the article, "applicants can now choose from a list that includes genderqueer/androgynous, intersex, transgender, transsexual, cross-dresser, FTM (female-to-male), and MTF (male-to-female)." It also mentions that MIT is among colleges which have moved to add diverse options to their application.
WERS Raises Money Throughout Live Music Week
The Berkeley Beacon has a feature on WERS' Live Music Week, which helps fundraise for the infamous college radio station. The article by Erica Mixon includes interviews with various coordinators and operators at the station as they plan logistics and encourage listeners to be open to the different kinds of music they play throughout the week. The drive runs until Sunday, with donations being accepted online.
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The thrice-divorced Kentucky clerk refusing to issue gay marriage licenses is a hypocrite, according to Dan Savage
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While many have called out Davis since a video of her refusing to issue a marriage license to Rowan County residents David Moore and David Ermold went viral in July, relationship columnist and gay activist Dan Savage went a step further on MSNBC Tuesday night, saying that "this is about someone hypocritcally looking to cash in". He added: "And she is a hypocrite." More
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Boisné-La Tude est une commune nouvelle, située dans le département de la Charente en région Nouvelle-Aquitaine, créée le .

Elle est issue du regroupement des trois communes de Charmant, Chavenat et Juillaguet devenues des communes déléguées.

Géographie
La commune est située à  au sud d'Angoulême,  au nord de Montmoreau-Saint-Cybard et  à l'ouest de Villebois-Lavalette. Elle est bordée à l'ouest par la D 674 d'Angoulême à Libourne.

Communes limitrophes

Milieux naturels et biodiversité

Natura 2000
Arrosé par la Tude et par ses petits affluents (ruisseaux de l'Eau Morte, de l'Étang Gouyat et de Landuraud), le territoire communal est concerné par le site Vallée de la Tude, identifié dans le réseau Natura 2000 comme important pour la conservation d'espèces animales européennes menacées.

Seize espèces animales inscrites à  de la directive 92/43/CEE de l'Union européenne y ont été répertoriées.
 un amphibien : le Sonneur à ventre jaune (Bombina variegata) ;
 un crustacé, l'Écrevisse à pattes blanches (Austropotamobius pallipes) ;
 six insectes : l'Agrion de Mercure (Coenagrion mercuriale), le Cerf-volant (mâle) ou la Grande biche (femelle) (Lucanus cervus), la Cordulie à corps fin (Oxygastra curtisii), le Cuivré des marais (Lycaena dispar), le Damier de la succise (Euphydryas aurinia) et le Gomphe de Graslin (Gomphus graslinii) ;
 cinq mammifères : la Loutre d'Europe (Lutra lutra) et le Vison d'Europe (Mustela lutreola), et trois chauves-souris : la Barbastelle d'Europe (Barbastella barbastellus), le Murin à oreilles échancrées (Myotis emarginatus) et le Petit rhinolophe (Rhinolophus hipposideros) ;
 deux poissons : le Chabot fluviatile (Cottus perifretum) et la Lamproie de Planer (Lampetra  planeri) ;
 un reptile : la Cistude (Emys orbicularis).

Vingt-six autres espèces animales importantes y ont été recensées dont quatorze sont concernées par  de la directive habitats.

ZNIEFF
À Boisné-La Tude, sur un périmètre quasi identique à celui du site Natura 2000 ci-dessus, les vallées de la Tude et de ses petits affluents font partie de la ZNIEFF de  nommée « Vallées de la Nizonne, de la Tude et de la Dronne en Poitou-Charentes »<ref name="Vallées"> [https://inpn.mnhn.fr/docs/ZNIEFF/znieffpdf/540120099.pdf - Vallées de la Nizonne, de la Tude et de la Dronne en Poitou-Charentes], Jean Terrisse (LPO), INPN, SPN-MNHN, Paris, consulté le .</ref>.

Vingt-deux espèces déterminantes d'animaux y ont été répertoriées :
 un amphibien : la Rainette verte (Hyla arborea) ;
 un crustacé, l'Écrevisse à pattes blanches (Austropotamobius pallipes) ;
 cinq insectes dont trois lépidoptères : l'Azuré de la sanguisorbe (Phengaris teleius), le Cuivré des marais (Lycaena dispar) et le Fadet des laîches (Coenonympha oedippus) et deux odonates : l'Agrion de Mercure (Coenagrion mercuriale) et la Cordulie à corps fin (Oxygastra curtisii) ;
 sept mammifères : la Loutre d'Europe (Lutra lutra) et le Vison d'Europe (Mustela lutreola), ainsi que cinq chauves-souris : le Murin à moustaches (Myotis mystacinus), l'Oreillard roux (Plecotus auritus), la Pipistrelle de Kuhl (Pipistrellus kuhlii), le Petit rhinolophe (Rhinolophus hipposideros) et la Sérotine commune (Eptesicus serotinus) ;
 quatre oiseaux : l'Alouette lulu (Lullula arborea), le Martin-pêcheur d'Europe (Alcedo atthis), le Milan noir (Milvus migrans) et le Tarier des prés (Saxicola rubetra) ;
 trois poissons : le Chabot commun (Cottus gobio), la Lamproie de Planer (Lampetra  planeri) et le Toxostome (Parachondrostoma toxostoma) ;
 un reptile : la Cistude (Emys orbicularis'').

Vingt-neuf autres espèces animales (quatre mammifères et vingt-cinq oiseaux) y ont été recensées.

Urbanisme

Typologie
Boisné-La Tude est une commune rurale. Elle fait en effet partie des communes peu ou très peu denses, au sens de la grille communale de densité de l'Insee.

Par ailleurs la commune fait partie de l'aire d'attraction d'Angoulême, dont elle est une commune de la couronne. Cette aire, qui regroupe , est catégorisée dans les aires de  à moins de .

Risques majeurs
Le territoire de la commune de Boisné-La Tude est vulnérable à différents aléas naturels : météorologiques (tempête, orage, neige, grand froid, canicule ou sécheresse), inondations, mouvements de terrains et séisme (sismicité faible). Il est également exposé à un risque technologique,  le transport de matières dangereuses. Un site publié par le BRGM permet d'évaluer simplement et rapidement les risques d'un bien localisé soit par son adresse soit par le numéro de sa parcelle.

Risques naturels
Certaines parties du territoire communal sont susceptibles d'être affectées par le risque d'inondation par ruissellement et coulée de boue, notamment la Tude. La commune a été reconnue en état de catastrophe naturelle au titre des dommages causés par les inondations et coulées de boue survenues en 1982, 1983, 1999 et 2007.

Les mouvements de terrains susceptibles de se produire sur la commune sont des glissements de terrain.

Le retrait-gonflement des sols argileux est susceptible d'engendrer des dommages importants aux bâtiments en cas d'alternance de périodes de sécheresse et de pluie. 81,6 % de la superficie communale est en aléa moyen ou fort (67,4 % au niveau départemental et 48,5 % au niveau national). Sur les  dénombrés sur la commune en 2019,   sont en en aléa moyen ou fort, soit 84 %, à comparer aux 81 % au niveau départemental et 54 % au niveau national. Une cartographie de l'exposition du territoire national au retrait gonflement des sols argileux est disponible sur le site du BRGM.

Par ailleurs, afin de mieux appréhender le risque d'affaissement de terrain, l'inventaire national des cavités souterraines permet de localiser celles situées sur la commune.

Concernant les mouvements de terrains, la commune a été reconnue en état de catastrophe naturelle au titre des dommages causés par des mouvements de terrain en 1999.

Risques technologiques
Le risque de transport de matières dangereuses sur la commune est lié à sa traversée par une ou des infrastructures routières ou ferroviaires importantes ou la présence d'une canalisation de transport d'hydrocarbures. Un accident se produisant sur de telles infrastructures est susceptible d'avoir des effets graves sur les biens, les personnes ou l'environnement, selon la nature du matériau transporté. Des dispositions d'urbanisme peuvent être préconisées en conséquence.

Toponymie
Le nom de Boisné-La Tude, décidé en 2015 par les maires concernés, évoque le chemin Boisné, l'ancienne voie romaine de Saintes à Périgueux qui traverse d'ouest en est deux des trois communes associées (Charmant et Juillaguet), et la Tude, sous-affluent de la Dordogne qui prend sa source à Juillaguet et arrose les trois communes du nord au sud.

Histoire
La commune nouvelle a été créée par un arrêté préfectoral du , effectif le , par regroupement des trois communes de Charmant, Chavenat et Juillaguet devenues des communes déléguées.

Politique et administration
Jusqu'aux prochaines élections municipales de 2020, le conseil municipal de la nouvelle commune est constitué de l'ensemble des conseillers municipaux des anciennes communes. Un nouveau maire est élu début 2016. Les maires actuels des communes deviennent maires délégués de chacune des anciennes communes.

Le siège de la mairie est l'actuelle mairie de Charmant.

Population et société

Démographie

Évolution démographique

Pyramide des âges
La population de la commune est relativement âgée.
En 2018, le taux de personnes d'un âge inférieur à  s'élève à 28,5 %, soit en dessous de la moyenne départementale (30,2 %). À l'inverse, le taux de personnes d'âge supérieur à  est de 32,1 % la même année, alors qu'il est de 32,3 % au niveau départemental.

En 2018, la commune comptait  pour , soit un taux de 50,22 % de femmes, légèrement inférieur au taux départemental (51,59 %).

Les pyramides des âges de la commune et du département s'établissent comme suit.

Culture locale et patrimoine

Lieux et monuments

 Église Saint-Cybard de Chavenat.
 Église Notre-Dame de Charmant.

Personnalités liées à la commune

Voir aussi

Bibliographie

Articles connexes
 Liste des communes de la Charente
 Liste des communes nouvelles créées en 2016
 Charmant
 Chavenat
 Juillaguet

Liens externes

Notes et références

Notes

Références

Commune en Charente
Commune nouvelle en Charente
Graphie du COG non conforme aux règles de typographie
Aire d'attraction d'Angoulême

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