Every one point two minutes there is a robbery. Every 36 seconds there is an aggravated assault. That's not 36 minutes. That's 36 seconds. I know we all like to think that we live in bubble, but our safety and security is not something that can be taken for granted. Your bubble will burst when you least expect it and something as simple as mace or pepper spray can keep you from being another victim.
In the vast majority of cases robbers and attackers succeed because their victims are not prepared. They don't expect them to fight back because they intend on being the one in charge. The best thing you can do for your safety is to be alert and be prepared. It doesn't take much. By keeping handy a some simple items like a can of Pepper Sprayed or Mace can heighten your security and deter an attacker. Just by seeing that you have a defensive item ready to use can make them turn and run.
What is great these days is that you don't have to carry around a big red can of pepper spray. Many personal safety items are small and inconspicuous and can be easily carried. There are many safety items that aren't what they appear. For example there are lipstick Pepper Sprays, or that look like Pens. Or even a small taser that looks like a Cell Phone. We all want to keep our children safe, but how many of them really want to carry around an "uncool" can of pepper spray.
Your young College Student will have no problem carrying around the taser that looks like a cell phone or the red lipstick that is actually a mace. Something that will easily fit into their pocket. Your security goes beyond what you carry in your pocket or keep in your glove compartment. For example, the jogger. The last thing you want to worry about is carrying around a can of pepper spray when you're running. Would you carry one if it actually aided in your workout? Probably would, right? You can use a Handheld Weights with a built in Mace Spray. Not only are you stepping up your workout, but you're stepping up your personal security too.
Do you jog in a neighborhood that has lots of dogs? Ever come across one that you just weren't sure about? Carry a Pepper Spray (Muzzel) made especially for Dogs. Pepper sprays don't work on animals like they do on humans and you need to be just as safe from the dogs as you do the humans. Another thing that you should think about is the security around your home. You don't have to spend hundreds of dollars and monthly payments on home security systems. There are simple things that you can do to step up your home security. You can set up your own Security Cameras and keep a watch out yourself. And, having a visible security camera will turn robbers around. If someone does get in to your home, don't keep your valuables in the obvious places. A robber is not going to take their time. They look in the obvious places. Keeping your important items in a Diversion Safe will save you lots of money and heartache. You can get them in many different, even fun forms. What robber is going to think of looking for your diamonds in a jar that looks like Pringles or can of Hairspray? You never know these days when your safety is at risk.
Times are changing and security needs to be a priority in everyone's lives. As the times change and our lives change so do the ways that we can keep ourselves safe and secure. There are so many different options out there with mace, pepper sprays TASERS® that anyone can find that one items that will fit into their daily lives and will be simple and safe for them to use. Be aware of what is going on around you and know that you can protect yourself from being a victim.


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Nixa man dies of suspected cottonmouth snake bite
Wes Johnson
WJOHNSON@NEWS-LEADER.COM
This story was first published May 26, 2015.
A Nixa man who waded into the James River on Friday was bitten on both legs by a venomous snake and died Saturday.
Christian County Coroner Brad Cole said Gilbert De Leon, 37, and his girlfriend were at the Delaware Access southwest of Nixa on Friday afternoon when the incident happened.
"His girlfriend reported that he yelled he'd been bitten by a snake and got out of the river to find he'd been bitten twice — once on each leg," Cole said. "I'm not sure what kind of snake bit him, but the only venomous water snake I'm aware of is a cottonmouth. It could have been something else, but we just don't know."
Cole said that despite his girlfriend's pleas for De Leon to go to a hospital, the man refused and instead went home.
"That evening he got lethargic but just wouldn't go to a hospital," Cole said. "They went to bed and she reported he was snoring more loudly than usual. The next morning when she woke up she found him dead."
Cole said the fang marks were 3/4 of an inch wide, which indicated to him it was not a large snake that bit De Leon. He suspects the man died from the snake bites, but as yet has not ruled a cause of death.
"We've sent off for lab tests that will take about eight weeks to get back," Cole said. "The lab won't tell us anything about a snake bite, but it will say if there was a drug overdose or alcohol overdose. However, I didn't find anything else that looked to me like the cause of death was anything other than a snake bite."
Cole said it was the first possible snake bite fatality he had seen in his career.
Missouri is home to five species of venomous snakes, including cottonmouths, copperheads and three species of rattlesnakes.

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Баріцитиніб , ) — синтетичний лікарський препарат, який належить до групи інгібіторів янускіназ, та застосовується перорально. Баріцитиніб уперше синтезований у лабораторії компанії «Eli Lilly», та схвалений для клінічного застосування Європейським агентством з лікарських засобів у грудні 2016 року, та FDA 31 травня 2018 року.

Фармакологічні властивості
Баріцитиніб — синтетичний лікарський засіб, який належить до групи інгібіторів янускіназ. Механізм дії препарату полягає в інгібуванні ферментів янускінази-1, янускінази-2, а також меншою мірою янускінази-3 та тирозинкінази-2. Усі ці ферменти активують транспортери сигналу та активатори транскрипції, які активують експресію гену, та беруть участь у реакціях запалення, імунної відповіді та кровотворення. Баріцитиніб модулює цей сигнальний каскад реакцій, інгібуючи янускіназу-1 і янускіназу-2, інгібуючи тим самим фосфорилювання та активацію транспортерів сигналу та активаторів транскрипції, яка спричинюється інтерлейкіном-6, що призводить до зменшення запального процесу. Баріцитиніб застосовується в лікуванні ревматоїдного артриту помірного або важкого ступеня при відсутності достатнього ефекту від лікування чи непереносимості базисних протиревматичних препаратів як самостійний препарат або в комбінації з метотрексатом.</ref> У клінічних дослідженнях показана також ефективність баріцитинібу в лікуванні системного червоного вовчака. У березні 2020 року FDA схвалило проведення прискореного схвалення щодо застосування баріцитинібу для лікування гніздової алопеції. У вересні 2020 року до показань було додано лікування атопічного дерматиту середнього і тяжкого ступеню.

Фармакокінетика
Баріцитиніб швидко та добре всмоктується після перорального застосування, біодоступність препарату становить 79 %. Максимальна концентрація препарату в крові досягається протягом 1 години після прийому препарату. Баріцитиніб погано (на 50 %) зв'язується з білками плазми крові. Препарат проходить через плацентарний бар'єр, даних за виділення в грудне молоко людини немає. Баріцитиніб частково метаболізується у печінці. Виводиться препарат переважно із сечею у незміненому вигляді, частково у вигляді метаболітів, близько 20 % препарату виводиться з калом. Період напіввиведення баріцитинібу становить 12,5 годин, цей час може збільшуватися у хворих із порушенням функції печінки або нирок.

Показання до застосування
Баріцитиніб застосовують при помірній та важкій формі ревматоїдного артриту при неефективності або непереносимості базисних протиревматичних препаратів, як самостійний препарат, так і в комбінації з метотрексатом.

Побічна дія
При застосуванні баріцитинібу найчастішими побічними ефектами є інфекції верхніх дихальних шляхів, нудота і підвищення рівня ліпідів у крові. Іншими поширеними побічними явищами при застосуванні препарату є герпетичні інфекції, гастроентерит, інфекції сечових шляхів, тромбоцитоз, нейтропенія, акне, збільшення ваги тіла, підвищення активності амінотрансфераз і креатинфосфокінази. Рідким побічним ефектом є перфорація органів травного тракту.

Протипокази
Баріцитиніб протипоказаний при підвищеній чутливості до препарату, при вагітності та годуванні грудьми, а також особам у віці до 18 років.

Форми випуску
Баріцитиніб випускається у вигляді таблеток по 0,002 та 0,004 г.

Експериментальне застосування при коронавірусній хворобі 2019
У квітні повідомлено, що баріцитиніб включений до клінічного дослідження щодо можливості застосування препарату для лікування коронавірусної хвороби 2019. Клінічні дослідження препарату, який здатний пригнічувати AP2-асоційовану протеїнкіназу 1 — основний регулятор ендоцитозу, передбачають, що призначення цього препарату може запобігти проникненню SARS-CoV-2 в клітину, а також блокувати внутрішньоклітинну збірку вірусних частинок.

Чотири різні клінічні дослідження показують, що баріцитиніб може бути ефективним у запобіганні цитокіновим зрушенням при тяжкому перебігу коронавірусної хвороби 2019. Але вони досліджують нечисленні випадки. Тому фаза III адаптивного дослідження лікування коронавірусної хвороби 2019 (ACTT-II), спонсороване Національним інститутом алергії та інфекційних хвороб США, має оцінити поєднання баріцитинібу та ремдесивіру порівняно з монотерапією ремдесивіром лише у пацієнтів, госпіталізованих із коронавірусною хворобою 2019. Адаптивне рандомізоване подвійне сліпе плацебо-контрольоване дослідження було запроваджено для оцінки безпеки та ефективності цих терапевтичних засобів у госпіталізованих пацієнтів. У дослідженні візьмуть участь до 1023 пацієнтів. Воно розпочато у травні 2020 року і має тривати до серпня 2023 року.

В оновлених рекомендаціях Американської асоціації інфекціоністів (IDSA) з лікування коронавірусної хвороби 2019 у госпіталізованих пацієнтів із тяжким клінічним перебігом, яким не можна призначити кортикостероїди через протипоказання, рекомендаційна група асоціації пропонує використовувати ремдесивір разом з баріцитинібом, а не лише один ремдесивір, хоча й констатує, що це є умовною рекомендацією, з низькою достовірністю доказів.

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Посилання
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Лікарські засоби за алфавітом
Інгібітори кіназ, відмінних від тирозинкінази

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Crashes and smashes are all an integral part of F1 Racing. Opening lap collisions between cars are commonplace and only as far back as the Korean Grand Prix did we see Mark Webber's race end in a fiery blaze.
The costs of such accidents quickly mount up and it was therefore unsurprising that Christian Horner was not happy with the length of time it took marshals to extinguish the blaze.
But one-off crashes and smashes usually require only a few parts to be fixed or replaced. The cost of the total package is an entirely different matter.
Of course, it's all relative. Whilst the big manufacturer backed teams such as Ferrari and Mercedes have enormous budgets at their disposal and annual spends of well over £200 million, smaller privateer teams such as Williams and Force India only have around a quarter of the spending power.
Here is a rundown of the cost of the key components of today's high-tech F1 machines researched from various sources.
In almost every race this season you see drivers either damaging or smashing their front wing assembly which includes the nose cone and front wing, usually while jockeying for position on the opening lap.
In a recent superb piece for BBC Sport (available to UK users only), Eddie Jordan estimates the cost of the entire assembly at £100,000 and these are regularly replaced.
We have seen two large engine fires this season, the first involving Jules Bianchi in Germany and the second, more recently, affecting Mark Webber in Korea.
The cost of the damage again using Eddie Jordan's guide would have been in the region of £150,000. Although the bigger picture is far more impressive with the rules permitting eight engines to be used per season.
If teams have to step beyond this they face a ten place grid penalty.
Next season sees the introduction of new regulations with the engines switching from 2.4-litre V8s to 1.6-litre turbocharged V6 engines with the whole season's engine train costs for next season estimated to be over £8 million.
The DRS system came in for the 2011 season and whilst it's rare for them to become damaged except for in side impact smashes, the extra mechanics of the new system makes it about the same price as a brand new Jaguar XJ.
At the heart of the F1 car is the strong carbon fibre monocoque incorporating the driver's survival cell and cockpit.
It is the principal component of the car's chassis with the engine and front suspension mounted directly onto it.
One of the major talking points of the 2013 season has been the controversial fast-wearing Pirelli tyre compounds that have come under no shortage of criticism from teams and fans alike.
In information supplied by Pirelli to Eurosport, the cost of a set of tyres is estimated at £1,300 per set.
However, the teams only make a small contribution in overall terms with most of the bill picked up by the Italian rubber manufacturers.
It seems alarming that such a small piece of equipment can command such a hefty price but the steering wheel is the driver's most important piece of equipment.
Not only does it do exactly what it says on the tin, buttons and dials also allow the driver to operate the DRS and KERS systems and adjust fuel mixture and wing settings.
Buttons also allow the driver to have a drink, talk to their pit crew and operate the pit lane limiter. It's a mechanical marvel that goes well beyond being just a steering wheel.
Of course, today's modern F1 machines don't drive themselves.
Whilst some smaller teams still rely on drivers with financial backing to provide valuable funding for the team, the top drivers including Sebastian Vettel, Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton command hefty wages with some sources suggesting the latter takes home as much as £20 million a year.
Parts such as the KERS system, gearbox and brake disks are more closely guarded but are some of the more vital and complex components that again run into the tens of millions according to various sources.
Then there's the huge cost of transporting such valuable freight around the world including the trucks and motorhomes and the thousands of litres of fuel used over the course of the season.
Again, no precise costs are available with companies such as Shell and Mobil 1 splitting the costs with teams.
So even without taking drivers fees, transportation and fuel into the equation, the cost of running a single car over the course of a season is running well over the £10 million mark.


Anyone who lives in London, knows how life changing this sunshine has been lately. I was starting to get a little weary of "spring" when I found myself pulling out my winter parka in May, but nevertheless the sun has finally made it's way to England and it's been absolutely beautiful — especially with all the Wisteria in bloom!
The second the forecast hit 80 degrees I had to bring out this Gingham top and pant summer set. I originally purchased it in Dallas for a few upcoming summer vacations, but with the weather this beautiful I couldn't wait to wear it. I'm normally the girl that lives in dresses and skirts come summer, but actually find these sets really practical when you want to enjoy the sunshine, picnic, or ride bikes in something a little more boho-casual and mobile. The fit is really really comfy – Misa always makes pieces that are perfect for summer — plus I can't get enough of Gingham this time of year.
Circle bags are another piece I'm a major fan of for summer, especially in some form of wicker. They're a big trending item if you're looking for a fun summer accessory and another piece I'm already wearing on repeat! I've featured a few of my other circle bags HERE & HERE and rounded up a selection of current favs below and on my homepage + if you're after a summer set, either in Gingham or another pattern, I've also linked this exact combo from Misa + lots of other summer-ready styles!


Operating FastOx gasification in Cochran is a safe way to provide renewable energy without burning. It can power homes, fuel cars, and help eliminate waste and landfills all while earning revenue for the system owner. Here are some of the benefits of running a FastOx gasifier to remove waste in Cochran.
Gasification could eliminate 13,427 metric tons of CO2 equivalent each year. That's like taking 2,827 cars off the road.


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Two Imaging Catheters Unite to Better Detect Dangerous Plaques in Arteries
Optical Coherence Tomography News May 14 2016 Cardiology
Collaboration between two National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB)-funded labs has revealed a promising new method for identifying atherosclerotic plaques, the encased deposits in arteries that restrict blood flow and can lead to heart attack or stroke. The technique combines two different types of imaging, allowing for an unprecedented combination of depth and detail. The hybrid technology will provide doctors with a better diagnostic tool for identifying particularly problematic plaques.
Heart disease is the leading cause of death worldwide. The majority of deaths from heart disease are caused by the rupture of a plaque lining an artery; identifying vulnerable plaques may help create more targeted and effective treatment. One type of plaque that carries the greatest risk is the thin-cap fibroatheroma (TCFA). TCFAs are susceptible to rupture because they contain a large necrotic core, filled with lipids and dead cells, and the region surrounding the core (the fibrous cap) has thinned.
Existing techniques to visualize plaques include intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) and optical coherence tomography (OCT), but neither gives doctors the full picture. IVUS can image deep into the vessel, revealing the necrotic core size, but lacks the resolution to identify the thin fibrous caps. OCT, on the other hand, gives excellent detail of the caps, but can't show deeper structures.
The work, reported in the Dec. 18, 2015, issue of Scientific Reports, details a hybrid approach that integrates IVUS and OCT, providing both the imaging depth and resolution necessary to identify TCFAs.
The study was performed in rabbits and on human tissue by researchers from the University of California, Irvine (UCI) and the University of Southern California (USC) in Los Angeles, California. The research is supported by the NIBIB, and the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), both parts of the National Institutes of Health.
"The combined optical-ultrasonic system is a promising and powerful tool for identifying vulnerable plaques," said Behrouz Shabestari, Ph.D., Director of the NIBIB program in Optical Imaging and Spectroscopy. "The system has the potential to increase detection and diagnostic accuracy of vulnerable plaques and will allow for better treatment options."
The two centers provided complementary expertise: the UCI team specializes in OCT, while the USC group focuses on IVUS. "The advantage of the center funding is that we have flexibility," said Kirk Shung, Ph.D., a professor of biomedical engineering at USC and one of the authors of the paper. "We came up with the idea, and because we have the funding, that allowed us to immediately start working together."
Until now, both technical issues and safety concerns prevented combining the two techniques. Each technology has a different optimal imaging speed; IVUS takes about 30 frames per second, while OCT uses a speed of more than 100 frames per second.
Increasing IVUS's speed sacrifices image quality, while slowing OCT extends procedure time, increasing the risk of both side effects from the imaging agents used and false diagnosis from catheter spasm. The group's previous attempt at integrating the two used 20 frames per second but was abandoned because of the long procedure time. Alternatively, doing one procedure after the other would require two separate catheters and cost a lot more.
This time, the breakthrough came as a result of many technical advances, including a customized catheter, improved ultrasound transducer, and faster graphical processing unit. The result was a hybrid IVUS-OCT imaging system that could take pictures at a rate of 72 frames per second. Although there was initially a slight decrease in IVUS image quality, it was offset by increased sensitivity of the transducer. The hybrid system can visualize 7 centimeters of artery in 4 seconds.
The new system was first tested in healthy rabbits and rabbits with a build-up of plaque (atherosclerosis), and proved the mechanics of the ultrafast system worked well and that plaques could be clearly characterized from the resulting images. Next the team used the hybrid approach to visualize plaques in human tissue obtained from cadavers. After IVUS-OCT imaging, the tissue was sliced and stained to confirm locations of TCFA plaques. Two doctors independently evaluated images from IVUS alone, OCT alone, or the IVUS-OCT images together. While they were unable to identify TCFAs using either IVUS alone or OCT alone, the doctors made accurate classification of these plaques when IVUS and OCT images were evaluated together.
The technique could also be used to image other structures and lesions, such as calcification, noted Shung. Most people who are older than 60 have deposits of calcium mineral in their major arteries, which cause the vessels to be less elastic over time and are a factor in heart disease.
"This work has overcome many of the challenges of doing IVUS and OCT simultaneously," said Zhongping Chen, Ph.D., a UCI professor of biomedical engineering and senior author of the paper. "When you use a single catheter, you don't have to worry about matching two images, which enables physicians to look at co-registered ultrasound and OCT images simultaneously in real time. It will make identifying plaques easier and more precise, allowing for better treatment decisions."
The OCT-IVUS technology has been licensed by OCT Medical Imaging Inc., a company that Chen co-founded, which recently received a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program grant from NHLBI to fast-track the translation of this technology for clinical applications.
Funding for the research included support from NIBIB (EB 002182, and 015890) and by NHLBI (HL 125084, 127271, and 105215).
To learn more about atherosclerosis, go to: http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/health-topics/topics/atherosclerosis
Ultrafast optical-ultrasonic system and miniaturized catheter for imaging and characterizing atherosclerotic plaques in vivo. Li J, Ma T, Mohar D, Steward E, Yu M, Piao Z, He Y, Shung KK, Zhou Q, Patel PM, Chen Z. Scientific Reports. 2015 Dec 18.
Low coherence interferometry for detecting and characterizing plaques also categorized in Cardiology
David W. Kolstad appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of LightLab Imaging also published in Optical Coherence Tomography News
Device and method for inducing vascular injury and/or blockage in an animal model also categorized in Cardiology
Axsun Technologies Announces Exclusive Cardiac Supply Agreement for Advanced OCT Tunable Lasers with LightLab Imaging also published in Optical Coherence Tomography News
System for medical examination or treatment also categorized in Cardiology
Imalux Awarded $2.3 Million Research Grant also mentions National Institutes of Health
Selectable eccentric remodeling and/or ablation of atherosclerotic material also categorized in Cardiology
Flush catheter with flow directing sheath also categorized in Cardiology
Thinking inside the graft: applications of optical coherence tomography in coronary artery bypass grafting also categorized in Cardiology
LightLab Imaging Announces Strategic Supply Agreement with Axsun Technologies Inc. for High Performance Swept Source Lasers also published in Optical Coherence Tomography News
Zhongping Chen
K. Kirk Shung
OCT Medical Imaging Inc
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Famous prison break quotes
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Warden Henry Pope: The thing is, Mr. Scofield is not our problem any more. Seems there was an error in his paperwork. He's going to be transferred after all.
Michael Scofield: That's not possible.
Warden Henry Pope: [to C.O] Escort the prisoner back to his cell.
Michael Scofield: Warden, all I need is three weeks.
[shouting to C.O]
Michael Scofield: Get off of me! Henry, please! I just need a little time, just give me the time.
John Abruzzi: You mind telling me what this is all about?
Michael Scofield: These are the guys we're breaking out with.
John Abruzzi: I don't think so, fish. That was not our agreement.
[Abruzzi gestures to Lincoln]
John Abruzzi: I'm not gonna work with this... crazy rhino.
Lincoln Burrows: Keep pushing it, John.
John Abruzzi: Yeah, I keep pushing it, you know. Huh? What's your deal, man?
Lincoln Burrows: [Lincoln grabs Abruzzi and gets in his face] Touch my brother again and I'll show you.
John Abruzzi: Brother? Your... brother?
[laughs]
Michael Scofield: We've only got a few minutes. Are we gonna spend them spitting on each other or are we gonna talk some business?
Michael Scofield: You kept it.
Dr. Sara Tancredi: Kept what?
Michael Scofield: The flower.
Dr. Sara Tancredi: Well, I'm a packrat. I never throw anything out.
Michael Scofield: [looks around the spotless infirmary] Yeah, well this clutter. It's... overwhelming.
Dr. Sara Tancredi: You should see my apartment.
Michael Scofield: Woah. We haven't even had our first date yet and you're already inviting me in. I thought you were a nice girl.
Dr. Sara Tancredi: Oh Michael, we all know nice girls finish last.
[motions for Michael to lift up his shirt]
Michael Scofield: So where do you finish?
Dr. Sara Tancredi: Depends on where I start. Deep breath.
[uses stethoscope to listen to Michael's heart beat, and looks up at him. Michael gives her the blue steel and forgets to continue breathing deeply]
Angela West: [suddenly walking in] Sara, we're backing up out here.
Dr. Sara Tancredi: Right, sorry.
[to Michael]
Dr. Sara Tancredi: I'll go get your shot.
Theodore "T-Bag" Bagwell: [about the rising temperature in the cells] Not that hot?
[he points to an African American cellmate]
Theodore "T-Bag" Bagwell: When this guy woke up, he was white!
Joke Time
Rich lawyer, poor lawyer and Santa Claus walk down a street, they see a $5 note on the pavement. Who picks it up?
The rich lawyer, the other two don't exist...
Did you hear about the magic tractor? It was going down the road and turned into a field.
Programming is like sex - one mistake and you support it for the rest of your life.
Or, 'Programming is like sex - it's best done in pairs.'
A man walks into a doctor's office wearing nothing but a large rubber band around his waist. The doctor takes one look at him and says, "I can clearly see you're nuts."
A plate of bacon and eggs walks into a bar. The bartender says "Get out of here, we don't serve breakfast."
A neutron walks into a bar and asks the bartender: "How much for a beer?" The bartender says: "For you, no charge."
A proton walks into a bar and asks for a glass of water. The bartender asks, "are you sure you don't want beer?" The proton replies, "I'm positive!"
Better version:
An atom says to his friend, "Man, I think I've lost an electron." The friend says "Are you sure?" He answers: "I'm positive!"
A woman worries about the future until she gets a husband.
A man never worries about the future until he gets a wife.
A successful man is one who makes more money than his wife can spend.
A successful woman is one who can find such a man.
"God," said Adam, "Why did you make Eve so beautiful?"
"So you would love her."
"But why did you make her so dumb?"
"So she would love you."
A man walks into a bar with a frog.
Man: "Bartender, will you give me a free drink if the frog orders it?"
Bartender: "Sure, whatever."
Man: "Gimmie a beer!"
Bartender: "The frogs lips didn't move, and yours did. No drink."
Man: "So, my frog is a ventriloquist!"
Wouldn't a more Zen ending for this joke be
Frog: "So? I'm a ventriloquist!"
The following are actually riddles, not jokes, but I guess someone thinks they're funny...
* Q: Why does a squirrel swim on its back?
o A: To keep its nuts dry.
* Q: Why do mermaids wear sea-shells?
o A: Because B-shells are too small and D-shells are too big.
* Q: What did the grape say when the elephant stepped on it?
o A: Nothing. It just let out a little whine.
* Q: What do you call cheese that doesn't belong to you?
o A: Nacho cheese.
* Q: What's brown and sticky?
o A: A stick.
There are 10 kinds of people in this world. Those who know binary and those who don't.
Related joke: How does a programmer order three beers? By holding up a V sign with two of his fingers. -- SriramGopalan
A mathematician, a physicist, an engineer, and a computer programmer were each asked to "prove" that all odd numbers are prime.
The mathematician says, "The principle of mathematical induction says that if something is true for the first n, and if being true for n makes that thing true for the next n, then that thing is true for all n. Three is a prime, and that's n. 5 is a prime, and that's the next n, so therefore, by induction, all odd numbers are prime."
The physicist says, "Three's a prime, five's a prime, seven's a prime, nine - let's just throw that one out as experimental error - eleven's a prime, and thirteen's a prime, so empirical evidence suggests that all odd numbers are prime."
The engineer says, "Three's a prime, five's a prime, seven's a prime, nine's a prime, eleven's a prime, thirteen's a prime, fifteen's a prime..." He goes on for a while until the other three shut him up.
That leaves the computer programmer, who says:
Three's a prime.
Five's a prime.
Seven's a prime.
Seven's a prime...
Call me stupid, but I don't get it. Q. What's Irish and sits around outside? A. Patty O'Furniture.
An Optimist sees a glass that's half full. A Pessimist sees a glass that's half empty. An engineer sees a glass that's twice as big as it needs to be.
Two sausages are in a frying pan. One of them says to the other, "Sheesh, it's getting kinda hot in here!" The other says, "AHH! A TALKING SAUSAGE!!"
A guy walks into a bar with a goat under one arm and a sheep under the other. The bar tender says, "What is this, a joke?"


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I joined the University of Nottingham in January 2000, having previously taught for six years at the University of Cumbria. I originally studied at Cambridge (Mathematics, followed by Theology and Religious Studies) and Lancaster (Religious Studies), where my postgraduate research focused on Gilles Deleuze and Friedrich Nietzsche. I have served as Head of the Department of Theology and Religious Studies, and have been Professor of Religion and Philosophy since January 2008. I joined the Department of Philosophy in September 2016.
Expertise Summary
My main expertise is in continental, especially French, philosophy, and its relation to religion. I also study the philosophy of political economy. My main books include: Gilles Deleuze and the Question of Philosophy (1996), Deleuze and Guattari: An Introduction to the Politics of Desire (1996), Capitalism and Religion: The Price of Piety (2002), Theology of Money (2007/2009), Philosophy as a Spiritual Exercise (2013), Credit and Faith (2020), Economic Theology: Credit and Faith II (2020) and The Metaphysics of Trust (2021). I have edited books in continental philosophy of religion, including Rethinking Philosophy of Religion: Approaches from Continental Philosophy (2002), Difference in Philosophy of Religion (2003), and coedited with Hollis Phelps, Religion and European Philosophy: Key Thinkers from Kant to Žižek (2017).
Areas where I can offer specific supervision include continental philosophy of religion and philosophical approaches to capitalism. I also have broader expertise in philosophy of religion, European philosophy, history of philosophy, political philosophy and philosophical theology.
Teaching Summary
I am now responsible for:
Philosophy of Religions
I have taught most areas of a Theology and Religious Studies curriculum over the years, combining approaches from philosophy and theories of religion, history of religious thought, and Christian theology. I now focus on continental philosophy, philosophy from within religions, and recent philosophical engagement with political economy.
My recent research has been on credit and faith, linking economics and theology. The aim here is to explore the dimensions of economic life that consist in credit, trust, and beliefs about justice… read more
GOODCHILD, P, 2021. The Metaphysics of Trust: Credit and Faith III Rowman and Littlefield International.
GOODCHILD, P, 2020. Culture and Machine: Reframing Theology and Economics Modern Theology. 36(2),
GOODCHILD, P, 2020. Credit and Faith Rowman & Littlefield International.
GOODCHILD, P, 2020. Economic Theology: Credit and Faith II Rowman & Littlefield International.
I am on research leave with external funding from Autumn 2021 - Autumn 2023 (inclusive).
My recent research has been on credit and faith, linking economics and theology. The aim here is to explore the dimensions of economic life that consist in credit, trust, and beliefs about justice alongside the dimensions of the life of faith that are enacted in the ways in which people cooperate and interact in their material and social existence. Economics and theology can be understood in and through each other.
The philosophy of Gilles Deleuze was my main focus during the 1990s. While my first monograph concentrated on his metaphysics (Gilles Deleuze and the Question of Philosophy, 1996), the second explored Deleuze and Guattari's political thought (Deleuze and Guattari: An Introduction to the Politics of Desire, 1996). I also edited a special issue of Theory, Culture and Society (1997) to commemorate Deleuze's death, and have published several articles.
Subsequently I moved on to Continental philosophy of religion: I initiated the first international conference in this field in 2000, edited two books exploring this new approach, and contributed my own major monograph, Capitalism and Religion: The Price of Piety (2002). I have also been editor of the book series New Slant: Religion, Politics, Ontology with Duke University Press.
More recently, I have turned to religion and political economy: my book, Theology of Money (2007, US edition 2009), broke new ground as the first systematic study of the faith system inherent in credit that underlies global capitalism, giving a fresh account of capitalism itself. I have also explored the role of money in the recent global credit and sovereign debt crises, both of which I had predicted.
My own thought on these matters developed significantly on these matters since these crises emerged, leading to an understanding of the role of trust, in the form of credit and faith, at the heart of economic, political and religious life. This culminated in a trilogy: Credit and Faith (2020), Economic Theology (2020) and The Metaphysics of Trust (2021).
Previously, I continued to explore how thinking can be transformative, with a creative and exploratory work, Philosophy as a Spiritual Exercise: A Symposium (2013), heavily influenced by Plato, Kierkegaard and Weil.
Transvaluation and the Practice of Metaphysics
(To be funded by the Widening Horizons in Philosophical Theology project at St Andrews)
Recent calls for a renewal of metaphysics in philosophical theology incorporate much that has been learned from the continental critique of metaphysics: thinking is formed by participation in a living tradition, physical embodiment in sensation, modes of spiritual practice, attentiveness to what is given and what is possible, awareness of political implications, and the fostering of trust and creativity in order to point towards a shared metaphysical reality.
The challenge taken up in this project is to move beyond recommending a renewal of metaphysics towards forming an adequate set of metaphysical concepts. This project aims to illuminate the practice of metaphysics by:
developing and refining a method of transvaluation for constructive metaphysical thought in philosophical theology;
exploring the potential of this method by applying it to a specific case: reformulating ontological arguments for the existence of God;
exploring how this transvalued metaphysical account of God can deepen an understanding of truth (as giving orientation to thought) and sin (as arising from disorientated thought).
Transvaluation removes the binding force of existing concepts and values by creating a fresh perspective, endowing a new sense and value to phenomena. Instead of seeking certainty, it seeks to express a compelling vision that illuminates the nature and order of reality. The first stage is to revise and develop Nietzsche's method of transvaluation, forged in the critique of metaphysics, for a contrary use in constructive metaphysical practice through dialogue with the French spiritualist metaphysicians (e.g. Boutroux, Bergson, Lavelle, Le Senne, Weil). The second stage is to explore how one might still move from thought towards existence by means of a transvaluation of ontological arguments. The third stage focuses on a transvaluation of concepts of truth and error (or sin) derived from this renewed metaphysical perspective. The outcome will be a monograph on the practice of metaphysics.
GOODCHILD, P, 2018. Limits to Globalisation and the Loss of Faith Interdisciplinary Journal for Religion and Transformation in Contemporary Society. 7(2),
GOODCHILD, P, 2017. Credit and Investment. In: LAURENT MILESI, CHRISTOPHER MUELLER and AIDAN TYNAN, eds., Credo, Credit, Crisis Rowman & Littlefield International.
GOODCHILD, P, 2017. Weil's Boat: on being and becoming. In: ROZELLE STONE, REBECCA, ed., Simone Weil and Continental Philosophy Rowman & Littlefield.
GOODCHILD, P, 2017. On the origins of modern debt and value: Revisiting Friedrich Nietzsche and William Petty Continental Thought and Theory. 1(2), 306-332
GOODCHILD, P and PHELPS, H, eds., 2017. Religion and European Philosophy: From Kant to Zizek Routledge.
GOODCHILD, P, 2016. Creation, Sin and Debt: A response to the papal encyclical Laudato Si Environmental Humanities. 8(2), 270-276
GOODCHILD, P, 2016. Debt, Finance and Social Justice: The Enduring Significance of William Temple Journal of Beliefs and Values. 37(3), 273-281
GOODCHILD, P, 2016. Why does the Bible matter for ethics?. In: C.L. CROUCH, ROLAND DEINES and MARK WREFORD, eds., Why Does the Bible Matter?: The significance of the Bible for contemporary life The Bible Society.
GOODCHILD, P, 2015. Capitalism and Global Economics.. In: CRAIG HOVEY and ELIZABETH PHILLIPS, eds., The Cambridge Companion to Christian Political Theology Cambridge University Press.
GOODCHILD P, 2014. The Future of Liberation. In: CLAYTON CROCKETT, KEITH PUTT and JEFF ROBBINS, eds., The Future of Continental Philosophy of Religion Fordham University Press.
GOODCHILD, P., 2013. On philosophy as a spiritual exercise: a symposium Palgrave Macmillan.
GOODCHILD, P, 2013. Exposing Mammon: Devotion to money in a market society Dialog: A Journal of Theology. 52(1), 51-61
GOODCHILD, P., 2012. What is wrong with the global financial system? Journal of Interdisciplinary Economics. 24(1), 7-28
GOODCHILD, P, 2012. Thinking and Life: Philosophy as a Spiritual Exercise. In: STEVEN SHAKESPEARE and KATHARINE MOODY, eds., Intensities: Philosophy, Religion and the Affirmation of Life Ashgate. 165-176
GOODCHILD, PHILIP, 2012. Engaged Philosophy of Religion Journal of Cultural and Religious Theory. 12(2), 52-68
GOODCHILD, P., 2011. Deleuze and philosophy of religion. In: JOY, M., ed., Continental philosophy and philosophy of religion Springer. 139-164
GOODCHILD, P, 2011. The Shadow Side of Debt Common Knowledge. 17(2), 375-382
GOODCHILD, P, 2011. A Theological Interpretation of the Financial Crisis Modern Believing. 52(1), 10-20
GOODCHILD, PHILIP, 2011. Is the Secular Age as Secular as it Takes Itself to Be? Kritika & Kontext. XVI(43), 84-91
GOODCHILD, P, 2010. Philosophy as a Way of Life: Deleuze on Thinking and Money SubStance. 39(1), 24-37
GOODCHILD, P, 2010. The Market, God and Ascetic Life. In: ILKKA PYYSIAINEN, ed., Religion, Economy and Cooperation Walter de Gruyter. 219-236
GOODCHILD, P., 2010. Economies of promise: on Caesar and Christ. In: BRADLEY, A. and FLETCHER, P., eds., The politics to come: power, modernity and the messianic Continuum. 141-160
GOODCHILD, P. & N. OTHERS, 2010. Hypocrisy. In: SMITH, A.P. and WHISTLER, D., eds., After the Postsecular and the Postmodern: New Essays in Continental Philosophy of Religion Cambridge Scholars Press. 380-398
GOODCHILD, P, 2009. Theology of Money Duke University Press.
GOODCHILD, P, 2009. The Political and the Religious Philosophical Meditations. 1(1), 10-18
GOODCHILD, P, 2008. The Reasonableness of Philosophy of Religion. In: CHEETHAM, D and KING, R, eds., Contemporary Practice and Method in the Philosophy of Religion: New Essays London: Continuum. 188-203
GOODCHILD, P, 2007. Theology of Money London: SCM-Canterbury Press.
GOODCHILD, P., 2006. Truth and Utopia Telos. NUMB 134, 64-82
GOODCHILD, P., 2005. Capital and Kingdom: An Eschatological Ontology. In: DAVIS, C., MILBANK, J. and ŽIŽEK, S., eds., Theology and the Political: the New Debate Durham, NC: Duke University Press. 127-152
GOODCHILD, P., 2005. Proslogion. In: BENSON, B.E. and WIRZBA, N., eds., The Phenomenology of Prayer New York: Fordham University Press.
GOODCHILD, P., 2005. On 'Religion': Speeches to its Cultural Despisers. In: CROSSLEY, J.G. and KARNER, C., eds., Writing History, Constructing Religion Aldershot: Ashgate. 49-63
GOODCHILD, P., 2004. Debt, Epistemology and Ecotheology Ecotheology. 9(2), 151-177
GOODCHILD, P., 2004. The Return of the Prophet: A Dialogue' Journal of Cultural and Religious Theory. 5(2), 58-77
GOODCHILD, P., 2004. Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari. In: SIMONS, J., ed., Contemporary Critical Theorists: From Lacan to Said Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press. 168-184
GOODCHILD, P., ed., 2003. Difference in philosophy of religion Aldershot: Ashgate.
GOODCHILD, P., 2003. Oil and Debt: The Collision between Economy and Ecology Situation Analysis. 2, 5-17
GOODCHILD, P., 2002. Capitalism and religion: the price of piety London: Routledge.
GOODCHILD, P., ed., 2002. Rethinking philosophy of religion: approaches from continental philosophy New York: Fordham University Press.
GOODCHILD, P., 2002. Death and Enlightenment in Twelve Brief Episodes Angelaki. VOL 7(PART 2), 39-50
GOODCHILD, P., 2000. Spirit of Philosophy: Derrida and Deleuze Angelaki. VOL 5(PART 2), 43-58
GOODCHILD, P., 2000. The Logic of Sacrifice in the Book of Job: Philosophy and the Practice of Religion Cultural Values. VOL 4(PART 2), 167-193
GOODCHILD, P., 2000. Job as Apologetic: The Role of the Audience Religion. VOL 30(PART 2), 149-168
GOODCHILD, P., 2000. Why is Philosophy so Compromised with God?. In: Deleuze and Religion London: Routledge. 156-166
GOODCHILD, P., 2000. Review of Richard King, 'Orientalism and Religion' Religion. 30(3), 300-302
GOODCHILD, P., 1999. Money, Gift and Sacrifice: Thirteen Short Episodes in the Pricing of Thought Angelaki. VOL 4(PART 3), 25-40
GOODCHILD, P., 1999. Review of Paul Heelas (ed), 'Religion, Modernity and Postmodernity' Religion. 21(3), 290-292
GOODCHILD, P., 1998. Review of Pamela Sue Anderson, 'A Feminist Philosophy of Religion' Religion. 20(4), 435-437
GOODCHILD, P.S., 1997. Theory, Culture & Society. 14(2), 1-2/39-50
GOODCHILD, P., 1997. Time and Evaluation Antithesis. 8(2), 35-54
GOODCHILD, P., 1996. Gilles Deleuze and the question of philosophy Madison: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press.
GOODCHILD, P., 1996. A Theological Passion for Deleuze Theology. VOL 99(ISSUE 791), 357-365
GOODCHILD, P., 1996. Deleuze and Guattari: An Introduction to the Politics of Desire London: Sage.
GOODCHILD, P., 1995. Christian Ethics in the Postmodern Condition Studies in Christian Ethics. VOL 8(NUMBER 1), 20


(Natural News) Google has become so unethical that even some of its own employees want nothing to do with it anymore. In the latest example of the company driving away valued workers, senior research scientist Jack Poulson has quit his job in protest of the company's plans to launch a censored version of the Google search engine in China.
Last month, news emerged that Google was secretly working on a Chinese search app code-named Dragonfly for devices running Android. It removes any content that the Chinese government doesn't want its people to see, such as that pertaining to free speech, human rights, democracy, and political dissidents. It will also see queries that have been deemed "sensitive" blacklisted entirely, meaning that no results whatsoever will turn up if people type in certain terms or phrases.
As part of the company's research and machine intelligence department, Poulson was tasked with improving their search systems' accuracy. He raised his concerns with his managers but ultimately decided that he couldn't work for them any more in good conscience. He resigned at the end of last month, and he told The Intercept that at least four others have done the same.
Not only was the censorship itself concerning, but he also had reservations about the fact that customer data would be hosted on the Chinese mainland, where the country's security agencies would have access to it. Given what we know about what the Chinese government does to journalists and political activists it wants to silence, he's right to be concerned about it.
Poulson is hardly alone in his concerns. When the news of Dragonfly made its way throughout Google, there was a lot of protest within the company, with more than 1,400 employees signing a letter demanding the appointment of an ombudsman to assess the censorship plan's "urgent moral and ethical issues." They say they have a right to know what they're working on. In other words, if Google is going to be carrying out unethical acts, they want no part of it.
Some of those who led the letter effort were also behind protests of the firm's work with the American military to build AI systems that could identify objects like vehicles in drone footage. Those protests ultimately resulted in Google letting its military contract expire.
Google's response to the Dragonfly letter? They cut off employees' access to documents about the Chinese search engine and tightened rules so that employees working remotely can no longer livestream meetings on personal computers after a leak last month.
Earlier this month, the company's CEO, Sundar Pichai, refused to show up for a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing during which he would have faced questions about the Chinese censorship. In addition, Google has ignored countless journalists' questions about the plan.
Of course, this doesn't come as much of a surprise from a company that has been a bit China-like itself, exerting its power to censor search results and YouTube videos when the topic at hand doesn't serve its political agenda. As this behavior continues and employees grow increasingly wary of where the line will be drawn, there could well end up being a mass exodus.


filled with disbelief and crucifixes.
A cross upon a land…I did not understand.
Had I been hardened by the age of early youth?
Had I been shown that my truth…was not the truth?
Afflictive moments where pinewood boards had been a place to play.
the cross would have been my friend.


Dion Conroy is Town's only real injury concern ahead of their Good Friday clash against AFC Wimbledon.
The central defender, who has been in fine form in recent weeks, was forced off late on during the 1-1 draw with MK Dons last weekend with a hamstring concern.
However, Conroy looked in good shape in training earlier today and could well feature against The Dons if his scan results come back clear.
"He trained very well. Training was quite intense and there didn't seem to be a reaction," Head Coach Luke Williams said at his pre-match press conference earlier today.
"Dion has had a scan and we're waiting for the results but we felt like we didn't need to leave him out of training so we calculated the risk there because the player wasn't reporting any symptoms at all.
"We said that he could train while we waited for the results and if there was anything in there untoward, then we could take a view after that.
"There is always a worry about a potential tear because you can pull up so much in the game and he felt something before in the warm-up, but he came through and then felt something towards the end of the game and was removed.
"Within 48 hours he felt very, very good and there were no problems there but we got a scan done as a precaution and we're waiting for the results now.
Should the worst scenario occur and Town are without Conroy for Friday's game, then Williams is happy with the options he has at his disposal.
Conroy has formed a formidable partnership alongside Raphael Rossi-Branco at the heart of the defence in recent weeks and the former Chelsea centre-back was lavished with praise by Williams.
"He's got things to work on for sure and he must remain focussed on improving as a player, but he should be pleased with the work that he's done when he's come into the team," Williams added.
Finally, Williams provided an update on Yaser Kasim who took part in light training today following a long lay-off with a hip injury.
"Yaser was warming up with the squad and then he worked with the fitness staff to make sure that we can assess where he is after a lay-off," Williams said.
"It was good to see him with us at the training ground today and he looked in good trim shape and he seemed in good spirits.


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American record-holder in mile on Relays slate
Webb trying to run first sub-four-minute time at meet since 1997
Alan Webb, the American record holder in the mile (3:46.91), will compete in this year's Kansas Relays.
He will try to run the first sub-four-minute mile at the Relays since Paul McMullen accomplished the feat in 1997 (3:59.88).
Webb, a former University of Michigan star, is a member of the Nike club team as well as the USA Track & Field squad. The Reston, Va., native is a three-time USA Outdoor Champion in the 1,500 meters and the 2007 USA Indoor mile champion.
Webb holds the national high school records for the indoor mile, outdoor mile and 1,500 meters. He also holds the national high school mile record for sophomores (4:06.94).
As a Michigan Wolverine, Webb was the 2001 Big Ten Conference Cross Country champion and the 2002 Big Ten 1,500 meters champion.
Webb broke the American record in the mile on July 21, 2007, in a time of 3:46.91 in Brasschaa, Belgium.
The previous record was 3:47.69, set by National Track & Field Hall of Famer Steve Scott in 1982.
Along with having the fastest mile time in American history, Webb is also the eighth-fastest man in history, behind Hicham El Guerrouj, Noah Ngeny, Noureddine Morceli, Steve Cram, Daniel Komen, Venuste Niyongabo and Said Aouita.
The Kansas Relays record in the mile is held by Kansas University's Jim Ryun, who clocked in at 3:54.70 in 1967.
Webb and his competitors will run the Glenn Cunningham Invitational Mile at 12:55 p.m. on April 18 at Memorial Stadium.
Greene won't run at Relays
Santee part of 2005 Hall of Fame class
Ex-KU sprinter tapped for Rio


It happened after you left me.
My therapist had referred to me as the "conscious comatose case".
Vegetative. Alive, but unresponsive. Minimally functioning.
That is the only thing I remember from those months of therapy, aside from her eyes. Her dark, piercing, scrutinisng gaze- the kind of gaze you had when I laughed a little too hard. Always calculative, always trying to find something deeper.
It became a habit to come undone in front of you. My deepest, darkest secrets, clouding your concerned, bright eyes, like an eclipse. Wanting a taste of hope. Now, they feed on hopes of the past.
You see, my heart and my brain are in two different time zones. My heart's in the past, my brain, in the present. And I am squeezed in that fine line connecting the two. You call it a "memory". I call it a "refugee camp".
The camp that has now started to smell like the ghost of your vulnerabilities, the shadow of your dreams.
So, I send myself on another exile.
My heart's still in the past. And now, so is my brain. I'm still alive, but more unresponsive. My therapist refers to me as "the lost comatose cause".
Am I really lost, if I'm still traveling the path that leads to you?
It happened after you left me. But I never left you.
And when I wake up, you will no longer be just a memory.


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16 January, 2016 - 21:27 David Halpin
Thoth's Storm: New Evidence for Ancient Egyptians in Ireland?
When ancient Egypt and Ireland are spoken about in the same breath it usually results in the rolling of eyes, polite exits and the sound of murmurs citing pseudo-history and new age babble.
At least, that used to be the case.
Recent discoveries in DNA research have added to already verified archaeological finds to present a scenario that is now more difficult to dismiss.
The Lia Fáil (Stone of Destiny) atop the Hill of Tara, County Meath, Ireland. ( CC BY 2.0 )
The Hill of Tara is one of Ireland's most ancient sacred sites. It is surrounded by many other Neolithic earthworks and tombs and although commonly associated with the Celts, the site pre-dates their arrival in Ireland by thousands of years.
In legend it is the place where the Tuatha De Danann reigned. These were a God-like people who were said to have arrived in Ireland in mysterious ships and had magical powers.
A plate of The Dagda, representing the legendary members of the Tuatha Dé Danann. ( Public Domain )
Ritual Burials and Mysterious Bones
During recent and very controversial excavations near Tara a story emerged about a strange skeleton that had been found by workers digging at Lismullin Henge. Some thought it was the remains of a dog, others a badger. But, most curious of all was the claim of some witnesses that the remains were, in fact, those of an ape.
As Con Connor, Arch Druid of Ireland's Celtic Druid Temple writes, "Why was such a ritual burial in a royal site not cause for focused investigation?"
In her work, A Course of Severe and Arduous Trials , author Lynn Brunet writes that, "Furthermore, the Irish Masonic author, J. A. Penny notes that a skeleton of a Barbary ape had been found at Tara, the mythical center of Ireland and seat of the High King."
But why would there have been such strange bones buried at this site? These primates are not indigenous to Ireland and the archaeological complex surrounding Tara dates back thousands of years. If bones of an ape had been found at any point, do we have a precedent for such a burial at any other of Ireland's most ancient sacred places?
In fact we do. During excavations at Eimhain Macha (Navan Fort) in County Armagh, the skull of a Barbary ape was found. When it was carbon dated it was discovered to be roughly 2,500 years old. The question for many archaeologists was how it got to Ireland in the first place, but perhaps a more intriguing enquiry would investigate why.
The Irish-Egyptian Connection
One of the more controversial theories when it comes to the origins of the Irish people is a connection to ancient Egypt. Although there are many Irish legends connecting Tara and Egyptian royalty, these have been impossible to prove.
Legendary Lia Fáil - The Coronation of High Kings in Ancient Ireland
Scota: Mother of Scotland and Daughter of a Pharaoh
Viking beaters: Scots and Irish may have settled Iceland a century before Norsemen
One of the most intriguing examples of these proposals was the discovery of the skeleton of a 15-year-old boy at The Mound of the Hostages, near Tara, by Dr. Sean O Riordan of Trinity College. Carbon dating showed that the remains were roughly 3,800 years old. A necklace found with the skeleton was made of faience beads and matched similar Egyptian manufacture and design.
The Hill of Tara is an archaeological complex featuring many ancient monuments, such as the 'Mound of Hostages', seen above. In tradition Hill of Tara is known as the seat of the High Kings of Ireland. (CC BY-SA 4.0 )
Scotia, Egyptian Royalty
There is also the famous legend of Queen Scotia, an Egyptian princess or queen, depending on which version of the legend you read, who was said to have arrived in Ireland in 1700 BC and was killed by the Tuatha De Danann in a great battle.
Her supposed grave is marked by a giant inscribed stone in County Kerry and its importance has led to local politicians calling for its preservation.
A 15th century depiction of Scota's voyage from Egypt. ( Public Domain )
An interesting aside is that Scotia's grave is not far from the island of Skellig Michael, the site of a pre-Christian settlement and a later monastery.
According to the 11th-century Lebor Gabála É renn (Book of Invasions), Milesius, a great leader of one of Ireland's invaders lost two of his sons nearby in 1400 BC when a magical storm caused by the Tuatha De Danann submerged their ship.
The majestic and isolated Skellig Michael off Ireland's coast. ( CC BY-SA 3.0 )
Despite these legends, up until recently there had been very little strong academic evidence linking Ireland with the lower Mediterranean. In December 2015, however, this all changed.
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Scientists from Trinity College Dublin and Queen's University Belfast published new findings in the journal, the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences . What they found was that the ancient Irish were not only related to the people of southern Europe but that that there was a Middle Eastern connection too.
With this new knowledge comes a tantalizing explanation for the ape skull in ancient Ireland and which connects to a previously unexplored etymological link to the Tuatha De Danann .
Commonly, the meaning of this mysterious race has been posited as The People of Danu , a mother goddess from Irish mythology. However, the earliest recordings of the Tuatha do not include the last word Danann, instead being described as Tuatha De or Tuatha Di . In fact it is only since the 19 th century that the current description of Danu was widely accepted by scholars.
Perhaps then it is time to look at these people using the new information we now have about their roots and, most importantly, the gods they worshipped and revered.
Thoth, ancient Egyptian god often depicted as an ibis-headed man. ( CC BY-SA 4.0 )
One of the most important Egyptian gods was Thoth, later to be named Hermes by the Greeks. Thoth was a moon god who was said to have brought wisdom and writing to the world. He was often represented and symbolized by a baboon or the North African ape. Could this be a reason for ape bones found at Irish sites?
Depiction of Thoth as a baboon, circa 1400 BC. ( CC BY-SA 3.0 )
Even more curious are the overlooked etymological variants of Thoth; Thoout and Thaut. When we look for phonetic comparisons within Egyptian hieroglyphics we find very apt descriptions of the Tuatha De Danann's arrival in Ireland.
Thoout Dai translates as 'Thoth's crossing', Thoout DAt translates to 'Thoth's journey by boat' and Thoout Da translates as 'Thoth's storm' (According to Lebor Gabála Érenn, the Tuatha came to Ireland "in dark clouds"). (9.)
All of these phonetic similarities are in line with the descriptions of these legendary people and how they arrived in Ireland.
Illustration of the Ibis-headed Thoth and baboon primate in boat. ( Public Domain )
Another telling factor in the omission of these translations by scholars in the 19 th century is that The Rosetta Stone and the decipherment of hieroglyphics by Champollion only took place in the 1820's. The early Christian monks who first recorded these stories would have had no knowledge of these phonetic translations.
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Indeed, most scholars of Irish mythology in the 19 th century probably remained unaware of Champollion's work as well. Most believed Danann came from the Vedic Goddess Danu.
When we remove the more fanciful elements of myth and lore we are still left with many unanswered questions that new scientific evidence is compelling us to ask. Some of the answers have already overturned previous academic opinion and with each technological breakthrough we discover new means to dig further into our past.
Although an ancient connection between Ireland and Egypt was once thought far-fetched and outside of the accepted scholarly realm, we now have more reason than ever to examine these links and wonder again about the Tuatha De or, possibly, Thoth's Storm.
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Donald Vincent wrote on 8 June, 2016 - 23:30 Permalink
Never mind that we have actual carbon dating of objects that shows when they were made.
Tom Carberry wrote on 21 January, 2016 - 22:10 Permalink
We all assume the "ancient" status of the Egyptians, because we learned it in school.
But as Anatoly Fomenko points out in his series of books challed History Fiction or Science, we have no actual data to back that up and the Catholic Church assigned the ancient dates to Egypt with the Gregorian calendar in the 16th century.
Many of our "ancient" cultures and people may have existed in the Middle Ages, not 2000 or more years ago.
Fomenko has many examples of works of "ancient" Egyptian art with Christian scenes.
This of course puts in doubt the antiquity of a lot of other cultures, including the Irish.
Despite our belief in our calendar, it remains mostly a religous document, not a scientific one. And a Catholic one at that. The Catholic Church in the 16th century had no motives for political power or controlling events, past or future. A bunch of monks praying in the wildernness, not preying on us.
Tom Carberry
Your link to your source article claims that some of the ancestral DNA comes from stone age migrants from what would eventually be the Fertile Crescent (which would be modern day Turkey/Iraq not Egypt) and that the rest appeared to have come from the Pontic Steppes in modern day Russia (again not Egypt.) Your barbary ape skull (the only one that is actually proven to have been an ape skull) only dates to approximately 300 bce at the oldest which easily puts it during a time when trade was going back and forth and when the Irish were already well established. And you decided that Thoth and Tuath are somehow related to each other even though Thoth is spelled completely differently in Egyptian than it is in English. In other words, your article is complete supposition without any actual evidence to back it up.
David Halpin wrote on 20 January, 2016 - 14:27 Permalink
Thanks for the comment, Kenneth.
It is often difficult to separate the various groups when looking back upon mythic tradition, especially without a written source. As you correctly write, there are various versions of Scotta, Scotia and a Pharoh's daughter fleeing from Egypt into Ireland or The British Isles.
In this article the fact that this tradition has been preserved is valuable in that it bridges what was once considered outlandish to very recent DNA findings which may well hint at the story being an even older memory or event.
From my perspective the phonetic connections to the Tuatha De are both interesting and telling. Bear in mind that the DNA findings are less than four weeks old so this is new territory, not just in relation to migratory patterns but also in how we must now look to mythic chronology.
The Milesians being ancestral Gaels (If this is the case) does not exclude an earlier visitation and potential colonial religious influence previous to their arrival. Indeed, the DNA evidence points to this directly.
David Halpin
Kenneth Caroli wrote on 20 January, 2016 - 13:12 Permalink
One aspect the article got wrong or at least obscured is that the legends did not link the Tautha de Danaan to Egypt as implied.Whether made up or dimnly recalled fact it was the succeeding Milesians who reputedly dwelled in Egypt for a lengthy period.The Milesians were believed to be the ancestral Gaels.The Scotta slain by the Tautha de Danaan was ostensibly a Pharoah's daughter who wed the eponymous leader of the Milesians, either Milidh or Geythalos [eponymous Gael].He died before his people migrated to Ireland but she and her sons lead the 'invasion', which ultimately defeated the Tautha.Hence, if the traditions support a connection between Ireland and Egypt it was via the Gaels. NONE of the other mythic groups were even claimed to have visited Egypt.
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Comcast acquires Dreamworks animation, 'Shrek' 'Kung Fu Panda' for $3.8 billion
Comcast Corp, the owner of NBCUniversal confirmed that news that it would buy DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc for $3.8 billion, a $41-per-share cash offer representing a premium of about 27 percent to DreamWorks' recent close.
Trading in Dreamworks shares, which have gained nearly 50 percent in the last six months, was halted.
DreamWorks Chief Executive Jeffrey Katzenberg will become chairman of DreamWorks New Media, which will include the company's ownership interests in Awesomeness TV and NOVA. Katzenberg will also serve as a consultant to NBCUniversal.
DreamWorks Animation, known for movie franchises such as Shrek and Kung Fu Panda, was spun off from DreamWorks Studios in 2004. The studio was founded in 1994 by Steven Spielberg, David Geffen and Jeffrey Katzenberg.
Some say the move elevates the studio to better compete with Disney for the family film market flooding theaters to see animated films.
"We're a big admirer of what Disney has been able to create under [CEO] Bob Iger. They're this wonderful machine with all the different and well-loved IP," Jeff Shell, Universal Filmed Entertainment Group chairman told Variety. "It's all driven by tentpole movies — movies that scale. They move across their consumer products business and their television business. We need bigger tentpoles that drive the whole ecosystem. That's what's going to separate us from the rest of the bunch and help us compete with Disney."
"We have to keep putting good shows on, and it is tougher and tougher in a fragmented world to get a rating. But when you do, you do get rewarded for it significantly," NBCU CEO Steve Burke also said.
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Comparison between open source and closed source software
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With Android and iOS being the top 2 OS's in the mobile market many analysis compare the two by looking at the software model that Google applies versus Apple. Google's Android is considered an Open Source mobile OS, while Apple's iOS is considered closed source and each has its own benefits and issues. Google uses an open model, which means that they release the source code for the mobile OS, the source code is the code in English before it compiled into 1's and 0's, this gives developers the option to look deeper into the code and alter things as they wish. By having an Open Source software program, you allow developers to alter large amounts of the code to their own preference. Apple's Closed Source iOS does the opposite, they don't allow developers to change anything that deals with the operating system itself, and gives developers an API which is set of tools that lets them develop programs for the iPhone, but restricts what they have access to.
Advantages to having an open model
Larger Developer Support – As its open source anyone can develop for the platform, giving it a much larger support for developers and gives them more of a feeling of ownership as they can alter whatever they like.
Customizable – In a closed source scenario, developers are given only options to change what the original developer chooses, but having full control lets them customize the look feel and even features of the software giving it much more possibilities
More Secure – Open source is much more transparent than closed, this means that anyone can look over the code, by having thousands of people reading through your code, bugs and vulnerabilities are located much quicker and submitted for fixing, it also lets you know if the bug has been fixed as you can check the code after each release.
Extended Community Support – As a product ages the original developer might move on and stop developing leaving the product to age with no new fixes or features, but if its open then usually the community takes over and continues working on it allowing the usable life of the product to be extended well beyond what the original developer intended.
Advantages to having a closed model
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More profitable – A closed model can be greatly profitable as you can charge money for developers to use your API, and can lock out competition by not making your design available for them to see.


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Toronto FC winless in 6 after falling to Rodolfo Pizarro and Inter Miami
Another game full of defensive mistakes ensured that TFC remain at the bottom of the table, and even further from a playoff spot.
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Toronto FC travelled down to Fort Lauderdale to face Inter Miami in a battle between the two highest spending clubs Major League Soccer.
Coming into the match, Toronto sat bottom last, and Miami, who had picked up their form in recent games, sat in 12th. With only two points gathered from a possible 15, the Reds needed a win here to build some momentum and work towards the last playoff spot.
Miami kicked off, and the battle got underway.
In the eighth minute, Miami had an amazing chance to take a very early lead, but Robinson put his shot just wide from inside the 18 yard box. Toronto barely escaped the first ten minutes without conceding.
Westberg was given another start, and immediately repaid his manager by making a tremendous save in the 14th minute after the ball fell to Pizarro inside the 18. The Mexican international should have done better, but the save by Westberg was stellar.
Pizarro made up for his miss less than a minute later, and confidently took the ball past Luke Singh, before passing the ball into the bottom corner. The chance stemmed from another horrible giveaway in Toronto's defensive third. Same old story, and another preventable goal conceded early. 1-0 in favour of Miami.
Make that 17 straight games without a clean sheet...pic.twitter.com/VgGmwaQGzk
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That Pizarro goal marked the 42nd goal Toronto has conceded in the league this year, which includes 11 in the first 15 minutes. Many of the aforementioned goals have come from individual defensive errors and poor decision making, which most fans have become accustomed to.
Not long after, Soteldo came within inches of levelling the score for Toronto, after hitting the crossbar with a lovely freekick in the 23rd minute. A few inches lower, and the game would be tied.
One draws the FK. The other takes it.
SO CLOSE from the dynamic duo pic.twitter.com/ch6cTVCV9Y
In the 28th minute, Gonzalez missed a sitter. Had he scored, it may have been called back by VAR, but he did the VAR crew a favour and decided to put the ball well over the crossbar.
Robinson made no mistake this time in the 35th minute, after he executed the counter attack perfectly. Gonzalez got embarrassed in the 1v1, and after easily beating his man, Robinson tucked the ball into the top corner. 2-0 for Miami.
How does this keep happening?!? ♂pic.twitter.com/AGz3xAgXNz
Westberg bailed out his unorganized backline in the 44th minute with another great 1v1 save against Pizarro. The scoreline at half could have been much worse if Westberg had not been standing on his head.
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Miami headed into the locker room with a deserved 2-0 advantage. The defending in the first half was atrocious, as well as the lack of effort that, at times, was extremely apparent throughout the team. The second half needed to be completely different if anything was to be salvaged from the match, but it seemed unlikely.
At the half, Auro and Bradley came off the bench for Delgado and Osorio.
Pizarro made it 3-0 in the 48th minute after another instance of an individual mistake and bad defending. Pizarro finished the chance nicely, but the opportunity to chip Westberg should never have been able to develop.
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Four minutes after his defensive mistake that led to the third goal, Singh was replaced by Morrow at centre back. He did not have a good showing, and looked completely out of his depth all game.
In the 62nd minute, Kieran Gibbs scored an own goal with a lovely header into the back of his own net. Soteldo put the ball into a somewhat dangerous area, but the ex-Arsenal defender headed the ball into his own net despite the lack of pressure from any attacker. A very small glimmer of hope for the reds, but it would prove to be too little too late.
No TFC player looks a scoring threat tonight... luckily it doesn't matter pic.twitter.com/ZT631ma2zD
Soteldo was brought onto the bench in the 80th minute, and Mullins came in to replace him, which was the fifth and final change of the night for Toronto. Instead of heading to the bench, Soteldo left the pitch and walked straight down the tunnel after being taken off by Perez.
Although that is not something you want to see from any player, I found the outward frustration somewhat refreshing, and nice to see, as no other player on the field seemed to care about the game at all.
The final whistle was blown, and Toronto dropped another three points away from home. The final score of 3-1 was deserving for Miami, and the performance from TFC left much to be desired.
A major take away were the extremely bad attitudes from every TFC player tonight. Multiple times, the ball would be lost and no one would track back. No one wanted to win the ball on the edge of their own box. No one wanted to go hard into a 50/50, and there was little to no urgency while attacking.
The lack of desire and hunger to win was extremely evident, and if the players want to pick up points from now until the end of the season, they must completely change the way they approach the game. All the fans ask for is to have players that want to play for the club, and at the moment, it is hard to pick out many players that tick that box.
The reds play their next game against Montreal at the Stade Saputo on August 27th, and will hopefully put forth a much better showing than they did today.


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El MoMa de Nova York va presentar el seu documental "Trópico de Cáncer" com a part d'allò més innovador del cinema documental contemporani, amb una projecció especial en la Setmana de la Crítica del 58è Festival Internacional de Cinema de Canes en 2005. El diari The New York Times assenyalà "Trópico de Cáncer" com una notable Opera Prima  i el diari Le Monde va qualificar Eugenio Polgovsky com a "Un mag del cinema".

Tema
El documental rendeix un homenatge a la humanitat d'aquests éssers oblidats del sistema. Entre nopaleres, espines i magüeis sota l'intens sol sobreviuen el dia a dia amb mètodes rudimentaris, alguns heretats del període Neolític. Per exemple, els nens amb destresa i creativitat fabriquen paranys per caçar esquirols, escurçons o rates per a menjar. A més existeixen plantes exòtiques per a vendre en la carretera que talla el desert i d'on prové la seva única font d'ingrés econòmic.

El documental retrata i subratlla la condició de pobresa i abandó d'aquesta regió abandonada de Mèxic, paradoxalment dita el cor de Mèxic (per estar al seu centre geogràfic amb nou fronteres cap a altres estats) el film aixeca una clara denúncia per mitjans visuals i poètics de la condició humana dels seus habitants.

"Trópico de Cáncer" ens submergeix en el món rural mexicà i fa visible l'enorme contrast entre el món del camp i el món de les grans ciutats, -els viatgers frenen en les seves camionetes a mig desert a comprar un souvenir exòtic- (pells d'escurçons, corbs, cérvols i un llarg etcètera, a més de bisnagues i plantes com el peyote)

Reconeixements
A la XLVII edició dels Premis Ariel (2005) "Trópico de Cáncer" va guanyar el "premi Ariel" de l'Academia Mexicana de Artes y Ciencias Cinematográficas com a "Millor Opera Prima documental" (va obtenir dues nominacions), el Premi Joris Ivens al 27è Festival Cinéma du réel, Centre Pompidou, París, França. Va rebre el premi "Ojo" al Festival Internacional de Cinema de Morelia, Michoacán i Millor documental en la Trobada Mundial Henri Langlois d'Escoles de Cinema.

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Enllaços externs
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Documentals de Mèxic
Pel·lícules de Mèxic del 2004


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Q: Reading and displaying data from a Firestore Document in React Native Background
I'm trying to build an app which shows a number of stores, in the home screen which is a function component (mind this as I need to use hooks) I have a scroll view which shows different stores.
What I need
When the user presses on one of the stores it should redirect it to a screen which has the information of that specific store. I have built the "store detail" screen but with static info, I want to replace all of that information with data stored in a firestore collection.
Question
How would one go about retrieving data from a Firestore collection in react native, then assigning the data from each document to a separate Touchable Opacity (I know about passing params with react navigation, I just don't know which param to pass when working with Firestore), and then displaying that data in the store detail screen?
Sample code for context
App.js
    <NavigationContainer>
  <Stack.Navigator initialRouteName={user ? 'Home' : 'Login'}
    screenOptions={{cardStyle: { backgroundColor: '#FFFFFF' }}}>
    <Stack.Screen name="Home"options={{headerShown: false}}>
      {props => <HomeScreen {...props} extraData={user} />}
    </Stack.Screen>
    <Stack.Screen name="Login" component={LoginScreen} options={{headerShown: false}}/>
    <Stack.Screen name="Registration" component={RegistrationScreen}  options={{headerShown: false}}/>
    <Stack.Screen name="storeDetail" options={{title: ''}}>
        {props => <storeDetail {...props} extraData={} />}
    </Stack.Screen>
  </Stack.Navigator>
</NavigationContainer>

In this file you'll see that I've already called some data (Login and Register pass userData to the Home Screen), however in order to implement that method I depended on the response from the authentication method I was using. I imagine although, I will probably need to pass something as extraData, I understand what I should do, I just don't know how to fill the blank spaces.
Thanks a lot in advance!

A: First, install the Firebase SDK in your app, so you can make queries to your backend.
I don't know if your sample App.js represents the current state of progress on your app, but I'm going to assume that:

*

*you already have your storeDetail screen built

*you know the store's id before navigating to the screen (eg in the HomeScreen)

*you pass the storeId as a navigation param when navigating to storeDetail

So in storeSetails screen, you can query Firestore when receiving storeId, and save the result to a state variable on success:

const StoreDetailsScreen = ({ route }) => { // route is passed as a prop by React Navigation
  const { storeId } = route.params
  const [store, setStore] = useState()
  const [loading, setLoading] = useState(true) // show a loading spinner instead of store data until it's available

  useEffect(() => {

    const fetchQuery = async () => {
      const storeData = await firestore()
        .collection('stores')
        .doc(storeId)
        .get() // this queries the database

        if (storeData) {
          setStore(storeData) // save the data to store state
          setLoading(false) // set loading to false
        } else {
          // something went wrong, show an error message or something
        }
    }

    fetchQuery()

  }, [storeId])

  if (loading) {
    return (
      <ActivityIndicator/>
    )
  }

  return (
    // ... store details
  )

}

Then you can use the data in store to render stuff in your screen
<Text>{store.name}</Text>
<Text>{store.email}</Text>
// ...

More info about how to use Firestore in RN: https://rnfirebase.io/firestore/usage

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