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Hormone in birth control shot linked to memory loss
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The birth control shot Depo Provera offers a convenient alternative for women who don't want to remember to take a daily pill. Ironically, research from Arizona State University has shown the shot actually may impair a person's memory.
The ASU study connects medroxyprogesterone acetate (MPA), the hormone active in Depo Provera and many widely used menopausal hormone therapies, to impaired memory in rodents. The study is currently in press in the journal Psychopharmacology. An early on line version of the article is available at http://www.springerlink.com/content/53357212117581w6/.
The study was led by Blair Braden, an ASU psychology doctoral student, and Heather Bimonte-Nelson, an ASU associate professor of psychology and director of the Bimonte-Nelson Memory and Aging Lab. The work was done in collaboration with Laszlo Prokai from the University of North Texas Health Sciences Center, Fort Worth, Tex., and Alain Simard from Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix.
The Bimonte-Nelson lab first linked MPA to memory loss in rats while studying it as a component of hormone therapy for menopause. This earlier study showed that MPA impaired memory in menopausal-aged rats, and results were published in the November 2010 issue of Neurobiology of Learning and Memory. The current study specifically looks at the drug in relation to the birth control shot.
Bimonte-Nelson said she and Braden began asking questions about the effects of the drug because Braden was concerned about friends taking MPA as a contraceptive.
"This is an important question, because what we are going to have in our future are women who are menopausal that also have a history of taking MPA as birth control when they were younger," said Bimonte-Nelson.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration originally approved Depo Provera for use in October 1992. It requires an injection every 12 weeks. Its 99 percent effectiveness and the infrequency of doses make the shot an attractive alternative for women seeking to avoid pregnancy.
While other studies have examined Depo Provera's effects on bone density, Bimonte-Nelson's lab is the first to explore its effects on cognition. The researchers note that other forms of hormonal contraception, such as the pill, do not use MPA.
The study lasted approximately one year, using three groups of rats (which received doses at varying ages), plus a control group that did not receive the hormone. To test their memory, rats were placed in water-based mazes to swim and seek out hidden platforms in the water.
"What we found was pretty shocking – animals that had been given the drug at any point in their life were memory impaired at middle age compared to animals that never had the drug," said Braden. "We also confirmed that in the subjects that only received the drug when young, the hormone was no longer circulating during memory testing when older, showing it had cleared from the system yet still had effects on brain function."
The researchers also measured a marker of the gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) neurotransmitter system in the hippocampus of the rats' brains to determine MPA's physiological effects.
"What GABA does is slow the brain down," Braden said. "So if there is too much of it, it can make it more difficult to produce memories. But then if there's too little of it and there's too much excitation, same thing – it makes you not able to produce memories correctly."
The group plans to follow the animal studies with human trials, and the work is leading to results that could have profound implications for women of all ages.
"This research shows that even after this hormone is no longer on board, months and months later, resulting effects are impacting the brain and its function," Bimonte-Nelson said. "This work is an important step forward in our understanding of the potentially long-lasting effects of clinically used hormones on brain function. However, more research is needed to determine whether these effects also occur in women that take this hormone as birth control or part of hormone therapy."
The research was funded by the National Institute on Aging, the State of Arizona, Arizona Department of Health Services and the Arizona Alzheimer's Disease Core Center.
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Leicester City defender Harry Maguire has signed a new five-year deal with the Premier League club.
The 25-year-old was one of England's key players as they reached the semi-finals of the World Cup in Russia this summer.
The centre-back was linked with a summer move to Manchester United, but the Foxes said they would resist any approach from the Old Trafford club.
"Ever since I came to this club, I've always reiterated how good they've been to me," he said.
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Norwegian Cruise Line sues Florida surgeon general to end vaccine passport ban
The Norwegian Jewel cruise ship is in lock down while health authorities test a man for Coronavirus on February 14, 2020 in Sydney, Australia.
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Norwegian Cruise Line filed a lawsuit against Florida's surgeon general, hoping to put an end to the state's law preventing businesses from requiring customers to show proof of Covid-19 vaccination.
Norwegian asked the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida to throw out the state's ban and grant the company a preliminary injunction that would allow it to resume sailing with the health and safety protocols it developed in order to comply with guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
In the court filing, Norwegian said the state's ban hurts its ability to prevent the spread of the virus onboard its ship. As a result, it could be forced to cancel upcoming cruises, which would result in a "devastating, unrecoverable loss."
The company said it would like to require passengers to show proof of vaccination, but that would violate Florida's law and open the company up to prosecution and fines of up to $5,000 per passenger, which it cannot afford.
"We believe Florida's prohibition is on the wrong side of federal law, public health, science and is not in the best interest of the welfare of our guests, crew, and the communities we visit, therefore, we have reluctantly turned to the courts for relief," the company said in a statement to CNBC. "Our policy of 100% vaccination of guests and crew is consistent and in place without issue in every port we sail from around the world except for Florida."
In the court filing, Norwegian claimed the law violates the First Amendment by blocking communications between a business and its customers; illegally disrupts the proper flow of interstate and international commerce without substantial state interest; and violates the Fourteenth Amendment by preventing a company from protecting the health and safety of its employees and customers against the pandemic.
The cruise industry is among one of the last sectors to return to pre-pandemic operations. At the beginning of the health crisis, there were several high profile outbreaks on ships, and public health agencies are trying to prevent a repeat of this scenario. The CDC recently allowed the cruise line to begin sailing again with strict health protocols.
Royal Caribbean Cruises and Carnival Cruises have resumed sailings out of Florida. For those trips, the two cruise lines require unvaccinated passengers to follow safety protocols and purchase travel insurance that covers Covid-19 related costs.
Shares of Norwegian closed Tuesday down 4.4% at $26.09. The stock has fallen nearly 2.6% year-to-date.
Norwegian's first sailing from a U.S. port is scheduled for Aug. 7 and its first sailing from Florida is set for Aug. 15.
"Demand for [Norwegian] cruises has been returning in recent months, but [the company] still faces challenges in maintaining confidence in safety among its customers, especially because those customers tend to be older in age," Norwegian told the court.
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NEW DELHI: Online grocery delivery platform Grofers on Tuesday said it has inducted a batch of 60 people from premier B-schools and engineering colleges in India, including IIT Delhi and IIM Bangalore.
Grofers has honoured all offers to campuses and has already initiated the virtual onboarding processes of the new hires, a statement said. The addition of young talent from the campus hiring will foster innovation and creative thinking within the organisation, it added.
Some of the B-schools and engineering colleges inducted by the company are IIM Bangalore, IIM Calcutta, Management Development Institute, Mudra Institute of Communication, IIT Delhi, IIT Madras, IIT Roorkee, IIT BHU.
Other institutes include National Institute of Industrial Engineering , IIIT Allahabad, Jaypee Institute of Information Technology, Vellore Institute of Technology, Institute of Rural Management Anand (IRMA), and Symbiosis Nashik, among others, it said.
"At Grofers, we work in an ever-changing and challenging environment that requires a self-motivated workforce who can quickly adapt to the changes and present superior quality work.
"Over the last few months, our team members have shown extreme valour and resilience by serving the country in these challenging times, and we are delighted to have new team members joining our mission," Grofers Head HR Ankush Arora said.
Grofers already employs over 23,000 team members across the country. The company said it has hired delivery and warehouse staff from industries that have been deeply impacted by the crisis in the last few months.
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An Atypical Tropomyosin in Drosophila with Intermediate Filament-like Properties
Aeri Cho, Masato Kato, Tess Whitwam, Ji Hoon Kim, Denise J. Montell
A longstanding mystery has been the absence of cytoplasmic intermediate filaments (IFs) from Drosophila despite their importance in other organisms. In the course of characterizing the in vivo expression and functions of Drosophila Tropomyosin (Tm) isoforms, we discovered an essential but unusual product of the Tm1 locus, Tm1-I/C, which resembles an IF protein in some respects. Like IFs, Tm1-I/C spontaneously forms filaments in vitro that are intermediate in diameter between F-actin and microtubules. Like IFs but unlike canonical Tms, Tm1-I/C contains N- and C-terminal low-complexity domains flanking a central coiled coil. In vivo, Tm1-I/C forms cytoplasmic filaments that do not associate with F-actin or canonical Tms. Tm1-I/C is essential for collective border cell migration, in epithelial cells for proper cytoarchitecture, and in the germline for the formation of germ plasm. These results suggest that flies have evolved a distinctive type of cytoskeletal filament from Tm.
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Cho, A., Kato, M., Whitwam, T., Kim, J. H., & Montell, D. J. (2016). An Atypical Tropomyosin in Drosophila with Intermediate Filament-like Properties. Cell Reports, 16(4), 928-938. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2016.06.054
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In: Cell Reports, Vol. 16, No. 4, 26.07.2016, p. 928-938.
Cho, A, Kato, M, Whitwam, T, Kim, JH & Montell, DJ 2016, 'An Atypical Tropomyosin in Drosophila with Intermediate Filament-like Properties', Cell Reports, vol. 16, no. 4, pp. 928-938. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2016.06.054
Cho A, Kato M, Whitwam T, Kim JH, Montell DJ. An Atypical Tropomyosin in Drosophila with Intermediate Filament-like Properties. Cell Reports. 2016 Jul 26;16(4):928-938. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2016.06.054
Cho, Aeri ; Kato, Masato ; Whitwam, Tess ; Kim, Ji Hoon ; Montell, Denise J. / An Atypical Tropomyosin in Drosophila with Intermediate Filament-like Properties. In: Cell Reports. 2016 ; Vol. 16, No. 4. pp. 928-938.
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Unfortunately, sometimes both are true, but that is not the complete picture. Churches who stop there will end up with technical teams and artists who are always fighting for power and cutting each other down.
Followers of Christ are called to a different standard. Jesus prayed that everyone would know we are Christians by our love, not our superiority, technical mastery, or any other prideful and sinful perspective of ourselves. In that same vein I believe that Christian artists are called to a higher standard where we support and honor each other rather than fighting for supremacy.
Secondly, working on the technical team is a highly creative calling.
Discerning musicians and sound professionals alike will quickly point out that a great sound man is also a good musician. Mixing a great monitor mix or FOH mix takes not only technical savvy but also great ears and artistic sense.
Lighting is by nature a creative activity. The brightness, color, and focus of a light has great impact on the mood in a room.
Running projection requires a sense of beat in order for the operator to change the slides at the proper time.
Creating projection slides definitely requires a creative touch.
Even working as a stage hand can be creative, from the way cabling is done (there IS a right way and a wrong way and the right way looks and works much better) to the layout of equipment on a stage.
Behind-the-scenes workers are as important (if not more so) than those in the limelight.
The computers, sound and lighting boards, and other equipment are instruments, not tools.
Because you are working with instruments, treat them with care.
By referring to technical volunteers as artists just as we call actors and musicians and painters artists, our hope is to encourage unity rather than factions and creativity rather than rote service. Time will tell, but I believe the end result will be greater unity and effectiveness, and a greater sense of calling among all of our artists.
What about your church? Do your technical artists and performing artists work together well, or are they pitted against each other?
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I find it kinda funny, I find it kinda sad...
People without ethics piss me off. Especially when they say that "Ethics aren't important, just money. It's good to be unethical when it makes you loads of cash". That's no different than the bastard that reshelved all those donations for Toys for Tots. Sure, it made him lotsa money, but it was wrong and in the end that's all that really matters. Bah.


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House Ag Democrats plan farm bill oversight, farm economy
By HELENA BOTTEMILLER EVICH
House Agriculture Democrats aim to spend much of this year overseeing implementation of the 2018 farm bill, according to a list of potential hearings and oversight priorities obtained by POLITICO.
The committee is also eyeing hearings on the state of the farm economy and implementation of the Renewable Fuel Standard, according to the list of priorities, which was circulated this week to Democrats.
Other potential hearings for the full committee include ones focused on trade; examining each mission area at USDA; and diving into broadband delivery in rural America, which could be held jointly with the Energy and Commerce Committee.
"Subcommittee chairs will be empowered to do a lot of the work at their level as opposed to the top down style of the Committee in the 115th Congress," the memo says, reiterating what House Ag Chairman Collin Peterson has said repeatedly about how intends to run the committee.
The subcommittee structure will be largely the same, except for three changes: energy is shifting to the conservation and forestry subcommittee; the nutrition subcommittee is adding in oversight and department operations; and rural development is being added to what is currently the commodity exchanges, energy, and credit subcommittee (in lieu of energy).
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Peterson told POLITICO that Marcia Fudge (D-Ohio) will chair the nutrition, oversight and department operations subcommittee. (The full interview with the incoming chairman is here.)
Farm bill implementation is listed as the top priority for each subcommittee.
The general farm commodities and risk management subcommittee may also review of the Trump administration's trade aid program and examine the "interaction between conservation practices & crop insurance."
The nutrition, oversight and department operations subcommittee has several potential topics on its to-do list, including a review of USDA's SNAP waiver rulemaking, a broader review of Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue's push to reorganize USDA, and a review of the USDA civil rights office.
Other topics subcommittees are weighing: a review of Perdue's plan to move and realign the USDA's Economic Research Service and National Institute of Food and Agriculture, a review of checkoff programs, and a look at implementation of the Food Safety Modernization Act.
The House Agriculture Committee declined to comment.
Marcia Fudge


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Final back cover copy: Tenai trilogy
Or I should say, The Death's Lady trilogy. I am most likely going to think of this as the Tenai trilogy forever, but I will make an effort to refer to it by the name I'm actually putting on the cover(s).
This time, I just want to show all the back cover blurbs in a row. I haven't done that for the final drafts. So, here:
I. The Year's Midnight
A gifted psychiatrist, Daniel Dodson is perfectly aware that he's in a tough place personally following the death of his wife. Then a mysterious new patient offers a welcome professional distraction.
The world of swords and magic that Tenai so vividly remembers obviously can't be real. The deadly enmity and long war that left such deep emotional scars obviously symbolize something else. But perhaps Daniel can use the signposts of those confabulated memories to aid Tenai in moving forward into a new life in the real world.
2. Of Absence, Darkness
Down the rabbit hole, but not to Wonderland.
Daniel never imagined that Tenai's memories of her earlier life might be absolutely true. But when he and his daughter are swept up in the plots of her enemies and dropped abruptly into a world of dark magic and darker history, Daniel must find a way to aid Tenai against the all-too-real echoes of her past.
Though the hidden schemes of Tenai's enemies offer peril enough, the worse threat comes from within: if Tenai cannot master the vast rage she still carries, her own fury may shatter her world.
3. As Shadow, a Light
Sometimes the past does not let go.
Tenai is determined that no one will use her to break the fragile peace of her world, even if that means she must support and defend the son of her bitterest enemy. But set against four hundred years of fury and hatred, that determination may not be enough.
Daniel has come to know far more about Tenai's adversaries than he ever wanted to — more than she knows herself. Forced into unwilling cooperation with these enemies, Daniel must find a way to defy their plans, protect his daughter, and help Tenai overcome the shadows of her past — before it's too late.
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I am so excited to read this trilogy.
One more spotting of repeated words in the second paragraph of book 1: two "obviously"s in short succession. Maybe instead:
The world of swords and magic that Tenai so vividly remembers can't possibly be real. The deadly enmity and long war that left such deep emotional scars obviously symbolize something else.
Damn it, yes, fine. I'll go take out the first "obviously." Or change the second one. Or something.
Obviously, I really CAN'T spot repeated words.
This is looking good (including Mary Beth's substitution)!
Ha, maybe one addendum, for those who haven't read the prelude but encounter book 2 first: start it with "Psychiatrist Daniel…" so his relationship with Tenai is immediately clarified as a professional one, as well as why it is his function to help her deal with her past and her fury.
They may have become friends over the years, but her trust in him as a psychiatrist is an important part in their relationship and his rôle here.
It also hopefully forestalls the immediate jumping to conclusions of some potential readers that there must be a romance if a man and a woman are both mentioned in the blurb.
Book one is a fantasy, right? But the back copy makes it sound like it might be a realistic, not fantastic, book about a psychiatrist and a client who really does have delusions. I feel like it might mislead people about the nature of the book? Or maybe that's just me? Just thought I'd throw this out there for what it's worth. I'm willing to be convinced I'm all wet…
Good points, both of you. Jeanine, the fantasy elements in the first book are so restrained, it's practically not a fantasy at all. In fact, really, it isn't. Now, the teaser in the back makes it crystal clear that if you go on with the story, you will at once find yourself in a secondary world fantasy. So … We'll see! It's a bit challenging to describe, that's for sure.
I'd drop the 'gifted' in the first one, just make it 'psychiatrist Daniel…'. We'll find out he's really good soon enough.
For Jeanine's concern maybe work that sword into the blurb. umm… something like: The world of swords and magic that Tenai so vividly remembers obviously can't be real however physical the sword she showed him was. or her detailed memories of the four hundred year war she'd led.
Plus genre marking and whatnot in the keywords and cover image


Not all repairs have been made from the massive earthquake 2 years ago. Besides that, the Nepalese government continues to enforce more rules for the operation of educational facilities. We are required to make a separate location within the compound for the nursery (Montessori) class which is to include an outdoor play area exclusively for them. Another two more toilets (boys & girls) is compulsory in order to meet the school code. These projects are underway at considerable cost. When they are complete a nice little enclave will shelter the smallest of our children and hopefully we will meet with government standards.


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JMLR Workshop and Conference Proceedings Volume 19: COLT 2011
Kakade, S., von Luxburg, U.
pages: 834, MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, USA, 24th Annual Conference on Learning Theory , June 2011 (proceedings)
ei Kakade, S., von Luxburg, U. JMLR Workshop and Conference Proceedings Volume 19: COLT 2011 pages: 834, MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, USA, 24th Annual Conference on Learning Theory , June 2011 (proceedings)
Statistical Learning Theory: Models, Concepts, and Results
von Luxburg, U., Schölkopf, B.
In Handbook of the History of Logic, Vol. 10: Inductive Logic, 10, pages: 651-706, (Editors: Gabbay, D. M., Hartmann, S. and Woods, J. H.), Elsevier North Holland, Amsterdam, Netherlands, May 2011 (inbook)
Statistical learning theory provides the theoretical basis for many of today's machine learning algorithms and is arguably one of the most beautifully developed branches of artificial intelligence in general. It originated in Russia in the 1960s and gained wide popularity in the 1990s following the development of the so-called Support Vector Machine (SVM), which has become a standard tool for pattern recognition in a variety of domains ranging from computer vision to computational biology. Providing the basis of new learning algorithms, however, was not the only motivation for developing statistical learning theory. It was just as much a philosophical one, attempting to answer the question of what it is that allows us to draw valid conclusions from empirical data. In this article we attempt to give a gentle, non-technical overview over the key ideas and insights of statistical learning theory. We do not assume that the reader has a deep background in mathematics, statistics, or computer science. Given the nature of the subject matter, however, some familiarity with mathematical concepts and notations and some intuitive understanding of basic probability is required. There exist many excellent references to more technical surveys of the mathematics of statistical learning theory: the monographs by one of the founders of statistical learning theory ([Vapnik, 1995], [Vapnik, 1998]), a brief overview over statistical learning theory in Section 5 of [Sch{\"o}lkopf and Smola, 2002], more technical overview papers such as [Bousquet et al., 2003], [Mendelson, 2003], [Boucheron et al., 2005], [Herbrich and Williamson, 2002], and the monograph [Devroye et al., 1996].
ei von Luxburg, U., Schölkopf, B. Statistical Learning Theory: Models, Concepts, and Results In Handbook of the History of Logic, Vol. 10: Inductive Logic, 10, pages: 651-706, (Editors: Gabbay, D. M., Hartmann, S. and Woods, J. H.), Elsevier North Holland, Amsterdam, Netherlands, May 2011 (inbook)
In Encyclopedia of Machine Learning, pages: 865-869, Encyclopedia of machine learning, (Editors: Sammut, C. and Webb, G. I.), Springer, New York, NY, USA, January 2011 (inbook)
ei Peters, J., Tedrake, R., Roy, N., Morimoto, J. Robot Learning In Encyclopedia of Machine Learning, pages: 865-869, Encyclopedia of machine learning, (Editors: Sammut, C. and Webb, G. I.), Springer, New York, NY, USA, January 2011 (inbook)
What You Expect Is What You Get? Potential Use of Contingent Negative Variation for Passive BCI Systems in Gaze-Based HCI
Ihme, K., Zander, TO.
In Affective Computing and Intelligent Interaction, 6975, pages: 447-456, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, (Editors: D'Mello, S., Graesser, A., Schuller, B. and Martin, J.-C.), Springer, Berlin, Germany, 2011 (inbook)
When using eye movements for cursor control in human-computer interaction (HCI), it may be difficult to find an appropriate substitute for the click operation. Most approaches make use of dwell times. However, in this context the so-called Midas-Touch-Problem occurs which means that the system wrongly interprets fixations due to long processing times or spontaneous dwellings of the user as command. Lately it has been shown that brain-computer interface (BCI) input bears good prospects to overcome this problem using imagined hand movements to elicit a selection. The current approach tries to develop this idea further by exploring potential signals for the use in a passive BCI, which would have the advantage that the brain signals used as input are generated automatically without conscious effort of the user. To explore event-related potentials (ERPs) giving information about the user's intention to select an object, 32-channel electroencephalography (EEG) was recorded from ten participants interacting with a dwell-time-based system. Comparing ERP signals during the dwell time with those occurring during fixations on a neutral cross hair, a sustained negative slow cortical potential at central electrode sites was revealed. This negativity might be a contingent negative variation (CNV) reflecting the participants' anticipation of the upcoming selection. Offline classification suggests that the CNV is detectable in single trial (mean accuracy 74.9 %). In future, research on the CNV should be accomplished to ensure its stable occurence in human-computer interaction and render possible its use as a potential substitue for the click operation.
ei Ihme, K., Zander, TO. What You Expect Is What You Get? Potential Use of Contingent Negative Variation for Passive BCI Systems in Gaze-Based HCI In Affective Computing and Intelligent Interaction, 6975, pages: 447-456, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, (Editors: D'Mello, S., Graesser, A., Schuller, B. and Martin, J.-C.), Springer, Berlin, Germany, 2011 (inbook)
Kernel Methods in Bioinformatics
Borgwardt, KM.
In Handbook of Statistical Bioinformatics, pages: 317-334, Springer Handbooks of Computational Statistics ; 3, (Editors: Lu, H.H.-S., Schölkopf, B. and Zhao, H.), Springer, Berlin, Germany, 2011 (inbook)
Kernel methods have now witnessed more than a decade of increasing popularity in the bioinformatics community. In this article, we will compactly review this development, examining the areas in which kernel methods have contributed to computational biology and describing the reasons for their success.
ei Borgwardt, KM. Kernel Methods in Bioinformatics In Handbook of Statistical Bioinformatics, pages: 317-334, Springer Handbooks of Computational Statistics ; 3, (Editors: Lu, H.H.-S., Schölkopf, B. and Zhao, H.), Springer, Berlin, Germany, 2011 (inbook)
Cue Combination: Beyond Optimality
Rosas, P., Wichmann, F.
In Sensory Cue Integration, pages: 144-152, (Editors: Trommershäuser, J., Körding, K. and Landy, M. S.), Oxford University Press, 2011 (inbook)
ei Rosas, P., Wichmann, F. Cue Combination: Beyond Optimality In Sensory Cue Integration, pages: 144-152, (Editors: Trommershäuser, J., Körding, K. and Landy, M. S.), Oxford University Press, 2011 (inbook)
CogRob 2008: The 6th International Cognitive Robotics Workshop
Lespérance, Y., Lakemeyer, G., Peters, J., Pirri, F.
Proceedings of the 6th International Cognitive Robotics Workshop (CogRob 2008), pages: 35, Patras University Press, Patras, Greece, 6th International Cognitive Robotics Workshop (CogRob), July 2008 (proceedings)
ei Lespérance, Y., Lakemeyer, G., Peters, J., Pirri, F. CogRob 2008: The 6th International Cognitive Robotics Workshop Proceedings of the 6th International Cognitive Robotics Workshop (CogRob 2008), pages: 35, Patras University Press, Patras, Greece, 6th International Cognitive Robotics Workshop (CogRob), July 2008 (proceedings)
New Frontiers in Characterizing Structure and Dynamics by NMR
Nilges, M., Markwick, P., Malliavin, TE., Rieping, W., Habeck, M.
In Computational Structural Biology: Methods and Applications, pages: 655-680, (Editors: Schwede, T. , M. C. Peitsch), World Scientific, New Jersey, NJ, USA, May 2008 (inbook)
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectroscopy has emerged as the method of choice for studying both the structure and the dynamics of biological macromolecule in solution. Despite the maturity of the NMR method for structure determination, its application faces a number of challenges. The method is limited to systems of relatively small molecular mass, data collection times are long, data analysis remains a lengthy procedure, and it is difficult to evaluate the quality of the final structures. The last years have seen significant advances in experimental techniques to overcome or reduce some limitations. The function of bio-macromolecules is determined by both their 3D structure and conformational dynamics. These molecules are inherently flexible systems displaying a broad range of dynamics on time–scales from picoseconds to seconds. NMR is unique in its ability to obtain dynamic information on an atomic scale. The experimental information on structure and dynamics is intricately mixed. It is however difficult to unite both structural and dynamical information into one consistent model, and protocols for the determination of structure and dynamics are performed independently. This chapter deals with the challenges posed by the interpretation of NMR data on structure and dynamics. We will first relate the standard structure calculation methods to Bayesian probability theory. We will then briefly describe the advantages of a fully Bayesian treatment of structure calculation. Then, we will illustrate the advantages of using Bayesian reasoning at least partly in standard structure calculations. The final part will be devoted to interpretation of experimental data on dynamics.
ei Nilges, M., Markwick, P., Malliavin, TE., Rieping, W., Habeck, M. New Frontiers in Characterizing Structure and Dynamics by NMR In Computational Structural Biology: Methods and Applications, pages: 655-680, (Editors: Schwede, T. , M. C. Peitsch), World Scientific, New Jersey, NJ, USA, May 2008 (inbook)
A Robot System for Biomimetic Navigation: From Snapshots to Metric Embeddings of View Graphs
Franz, MO., Stürzl, W., Reichardt, W., Mallot, HA.
In Robotics and Cognitive Approaches to Spatial Mapping, pages: 297-314, Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics ; 38, (Editors: Jefferies, M.E. , W.-K. Yeap), Springer, Berlin, Germany, 2008 (inbook)
Complex navigation behaviour (way-finding) involves recognizing several places and encoding a spatial relationship between them. Way-finding skills can be classified into a hierarchy according to the complexity of the tasks that can be performed [8]. The most basic form of way-finding is route navigation, followed by topological navigation where several routes are integrated into a graph-like representation. The highest level, survey navigation, is reached when this graph can be embedded into a common reference frame. In this chapter, we present the building blocks for a biomimetic robot navigation system that encompasses all levels of this hierarchy. As a local navigation method, we use scene-based homing. In this scheme, a goal location is characterized either by a panoramic snapshot of the light intensities as seen from the place, or by a record of the distances to the surrounding objects. The goal is found by moving in the direction that minimizes the discrepancy between the recorded intensities or distances and the current sensory input. For learning routes, the robot selects distinct views during exploration that are close enough to be reached by snapshot-based homing. When it encounters already visited places during route learning, it connects the routes and thus forms a topological representation of its environment termed a view graph. The final stage, survey navigation, is achieved by a graph embedding procedure which complements the topologic information of the view graph with odometric position estimates. Calculation of the graph embedding is done with a modified multidimensional scaling algorithm which makes use of distances and angles between nodes.
ei Franz, MO., Stürzl, W., Reichardt, W., Mallot, HA. A Robot System for Biomimetic Navigation: From Snapshots to Metric Embeddings of View Graphs In Robotics and Cognitive Approaches to Spatial Mapping, pages: 297-314, Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics ; 38, (Editors: Jefferies, M.E. , W.-K. Yeap), Springer, Berlin, Germany, 2008 (inbook)
An Introduction to Kernel-Based Learning Algorithms
Müller, K., Mika, S., Rätsch, G., Tsuda, K., Schölkopf, B.
In Handbook of Neural Network Signal Processing, 4, (Editors: Yu Hen Hu and Jang-Neng Hwang), CRC Press, 2000 (inbook)
ei Müller, K., Mika, S., Rätsch, G., Tsuda, K., Schölkopf, B. An Introduction to Kernel-Based Learning Algorithms In Handbook of Neural Network Signal Processing, 4, (Editors: Yu Hen Hu and Jang-Neng Hwang), CRC Press, 2000 (inbook)
am Shibata, T., Schaal, S. Biomimetic gaze stabilization In Robot learning: an Interdisciplinary approach, pages: 31-52, (Editors: Demiris, J.;Birk, A.), World Scientific, 2000, clmc (inbook)


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Supermoon, first day of spring are an astronomical doubleheader coming Wednesday
The final "supermoon" of the year and the vernal equinox, the first day of spring, are happening Wednesday. You might also call it a "worm moon."
Supermoon, first day of spring are an astronomical doubleheader coming Wednesday The final "supermoon" of the year and the vernal equinox, the first day of spring, are happening Wednesday. You might also call it a "worm moon." Check out this story on Tennessean.com: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/03/18/spring-equinox-super-moon-worm-moon-astronomy-fun-wednesday/3201993002/
Doyle Rice, USA TODAY Published 2:53 p.m. CT March 18, 2019 | Updated 5:58 a.m. CT March 21, 2019
This is what the Super Snow Moon looked like from across the world. USA TODAY
We've got a doubleheader of astronomical action Wednesday: the vernal equinox, which marks the beginning of spring, along with the final "supermoon" of the year.
Both will occur Wednesday: The equinox at 5:58 p.m. EDT and the full moon/supermoon less than four hours later at 9:43 p.m. EDT, EarthSky reported.
The equinox is the precise moment the sun's rays shine directly on the equator.
It's one of two days out of the year – the other being the autumnal equinox in September – when the Earth's axis is tilted neither toward nor away from the sun, resulting in roughly 12 hours of daylight and 12 hours of darkness almost everywhere on Earth.
So it's an "equal night," which is where the word equinox originated: the two Latin words aequus (equal) and nox (night), according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Each day for the next three months, the sun will get higher in the sky – and the daily amount of daylight longer – until the summer solstice in June.
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People watch the supermoon rise behind Coronado Heights near Lindsborg, Kan., on Nov. 14, 2018. (Photo: Travis Heying, The Wichita Eagle, via AP)
It's also one of only two days each year when almost every spot on Earth – except the poles – experiences a sunrise at due east and a sunset at due west.
Meteorologists, who define the seasons differently, said spring began March 1.
For the folks down under in the Southern Hemisphere, the autumnal equinox will be Wednesday, marking the first day of autumn.
Supermoon, full moon and worm moon
Wednesday will mark the third – and final – supermoon of 2019 when the moon is a few thousand miles closer to Earth than usual, EarthSky said. The moon will look most spectacular just as it appears above the eastern horizon late Wednesday afternoon, even though the precise moment the moon is full is a few hours later.
It will also look plenty big Tuesday and Thursday nights. It looks especially vast to us when it's near the horizon because of the "moon illusion," when it looks larger there than it does when it's high in the sky.
When the moon is significantly closer to the Earth than average, it's called a supermoon. Wednesday evening, our moon will "only" be 224,173 miles from Earth, which is about 14,000 miles closer than average, EarthSky reported.
The moon's closeness to Earth, naturally, makes it look extra close and extra bright – up to 14 percent bigger and 30 percent brighter than a full moon at its farthest point from Earth, NASA said.
More: Heads up, Earthlings: 5 reasons why you should pay attention to space this year
The moon's distance from the Earth changes because its orbit isn't a circle. When the moon is closest to Earth, astronomers call it "perigee," said Hanneke Weitering of Space.com. When the full moon coincides with perigee, you've got a supermoon.
Bigger and brighter than a typical full moon, the term "supermoon" was coined in 1979 by astrologer Richard Nolle. It's become an increasingly more popular and media-friendly term in the decades since then.
Discover the origins of popular full moon nicknames. USA TODAY
The full moon is also known as the worm moon: For millennia, people across the world, including Native Americans in the eastern and central USA, named the months after nature's cues. According to the Old Farmers' Almanac, each full moon has its own name.
"The tribes kept track of the seasons by giving distinctive names to each recurring full moon," the almanac says. "Their names were applied to the entire month in which each occurred."
Look up that supermoon looks huge
A view of the full moon over Mount Pico Sacro, just outside Santiago de Compostela, Spain, March 20, 2019. The third full supermoon of the year, also known as full worm supermoon is the first supermoon in two decades to coincide with the spring equinox. LAVANDEIRA JR, EPA-EFE
The worm moon rises on the first day of spring in New Orleans, La., March 20, 2019. David Grunfeld, The Times-Picayune via A
The Super Moon rises over the illuminated library of the University of Cyprus, Nicosia, March 20, 2019 KATIA CHRISTODOULOU, EPA-EFE
A woman runs on a small road between fields and acres just before the moon sets in Frankfurt, Germany, March 21, 2019. Michael Probst, AP
A cross on top of the Holy Family Cathedral is silhouetted against the rising full moon, March 20, 2019, in Tulsa, Okla. Charlie Riedel, AP
An airplane preparing to land at the airport in Frankfurt am Main, Germany is seen against the full moon on March 20, 2019. BORIS ROESSLER, AFP/Getty Images
A view of the supermoon over the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain, March 20, 2019. LUIS TEJIDO, EPA-EFE
Office buildings in the financial district in the city center lit by the full moon and the sunrise on March 21, 2019 in Frankfurt, Germany. Thomas Lohnes, Getty Images
A stork standing on its nest is silhouetted against the full moon on early March 21, 2019 in Riedlingen-Zell near Reutlingen, Germany. THOMAS WARNACK, AFP/Getty Images
A view of the supermoon that announces the start of the spring over the Santiago de Compostela cathedral, Galicia, Spain on March 20, 2019. Lavandeira Jr, EPA-EFE
A view of the supermoon that announces the start of the spring over the Pico Sacro mountain from Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain March 20, 2019. LAVANDEIRA JR, EPA-EFE
A sculpture is silhouetted against a full moon in Brussels, Wednesday, March 20, 2019. Francisco Seco, AP
A plane passes in front of the 'Super Worm Moon' reaching its peak on the first day of spring in Frankfurt am Main, Germany on March 20, 2019. Its name comes from northern Native American tribes that said this moon signaled the thawing of winter snow and the reappearance of earthworms in the soil. Armando Babani, EPA-EFE
A full moon, announcing the end of the winter season, rises in Skopje, North Macedonia on March 20, 2019. Robert Atanasovski, AFP/Getty Images
A full moon, announcing the end of the winter season, rises over a Church in Skopje, North Macedonia on March 20, 2019. Robert Atanasovski, AFP/Getty Images
A full moon rises next to the ancient castle of Mithymna Molyvos on the Greek island of Lesbos on March 20, 2019. Aris Messinis, AFP/Getty Images
A lookout tower, left, and the broadcast tower of Antenna Hungaria at the top of Karancs mountain are backdropped by the rising moon as seen from the vicinity of Karancskeszi village, northeast of Budapest, Hungary on March 20, 2019. Peter Komka, EPA-EFE
The rising moon passes behind the broadcast antenna on top of One World Trade Center Tuesday evening, March 19, 2019 in New York City. J.David Ake, AP
A full moon rises behind the Statue of Freedom atop the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Tuesday evening, March 19, 2019. J. Scott Applewhite, AP
The waxing gibbous moon rises over One World Trade Center in New York City Tuesday evening, March 19, 2019. On Wednesday evening, the third Supermoon of the year will rise. Thomas P. Costello, Asbury Park Press via USA TODAY Network
The first storks to arrive one day before the beginning of spring sit in their nest before the full moon in the village of Rzanicino near Skopje, Northern Macedonia, on March 19, 2019. From March 20 to 21, the first full moon of spring for the northern hemisphere and the first full moon of autumn for the southern hemisphere can be seen in the sky. Georgi Licovski, EPA-EFE
An Emirates Air Line cable cars is silhouetted against the backdrop of the supermoon in Greenwich, London on Feb. 19, 2019. On Tuesday, the moon will "only" be about 221,000 miles from Earth, which is about 17,000 miles closer than average. YUI MOK, PA via AP
A supermoon rises behind street lights in Skopje, Macedonia on Feb. 19, 2019. ROBERT ATANASOVSKI, AFP/Getty Images
A plane flies in front of a supermoon on Feb.19, 2019, in Nuremberg, Germany. DANIEL KARMANN, DPA via AP
A supermoon rises over the Parthenon on the ancient Acropolis Hill in Athens, Greece, on Feb. 19, 2019. PETROS GIANNAKOURIS, AP
A supermoon is seen in the sky over Nicosia, Cyprus on Feb. 19, 2019. KATIA CHRISTODOULOU, EPA-EFE
A supermoon rises behind U.S. backed Syrian Democratic Forces fighters at a defense post in the desert near the last land still held by Islamic State militants outside Baghouz, Syria, on Feb. 19, 2019. FELIPE DANA, AP
A supermoon rises over the banks of the River Loire at Lavau-sur-Loire, France on Feb. 19, 2019. LOIC VENANCE, AFP/Getty Images
A supermoon is seen behind street lamps in Stuttgart, Germany on Feb. 19, 2019. SEBASTIAN GOLLNOW, AFP/Getty Images
A supermoon silhouettes a statue on Duomo Cathedral in Milan, Italy on Feb. 19, 2019. ANDREAS SOLARO, AFP/Getty Images
A supermoon rises as residents enjoy the evening at Marina Beach in Chennai, India on Feb. 19, 2019. ARUN SANKAR, AFP/Getty Images
A supermoon sets as seen from Whitley Bay, England, as the sun begins to rise, early on Feb. 19, 2019. OWEN HUMPHREYS, PA via AP
A supermoon dominates the early morning sky over Chisinau, Moldova, on Feb. 19, 2019. DUMITRU DORU, EPA-EFE
epa07381524 A so-called Supermoon is seen in the sky over the Santiago Cathedral in Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, northern Spain, 19 February 2019. A 'Supermoon' commonly is described as a full moon at its closest distance to the earth with the moon appearing larger and brighter than usual. EPA-EFE/Lavandeira jr ORG XMIT: GRAF265 LAVANDEIRA JR, EFE
A supermoon rises behind the Camlica Mosque in Istanbul, Turkey on Feb. 19, 2019. ERDEM SAHIN, EPA-EFE
A plane flies in front of a supermoon on Feb. 19, 2019, in London. DAN KITWOOD, Getty Images
This full moon is called a worm moon because in cold climates, the ground begins to thaw and earthworms appear.
Enjoy our Wednesday doubleheader: This is the closest coincidence of a full moon with the spring equinox since March 2000 – 19 years ago. Looking ahead, the full moon and spring equinox won't happen less than one day apart again for 11 years, or until March 2030, EarthSky said.
Contributing: Anne Ryman, The Arizona Republic
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Long gone are the days of printing out photos and accruing them on your physical photo albums. Well, although they still do exist even to-date, but the digital age has changed the face of Photography. For all the digital space that your photos now take up, we have witnessed an influx of Photo sharing sites where you could simply host and put on display your amazing vacation time.
While there are many online products offering image hosting services, a lot has to be taken into consideration when you opt for one out of them. Some of them being the storage space provided, the album display interface, editing and copyright options, overall ease of use and much more. While Flickr is one of the best Photo sharing services on the web, there are definitely alternatives to it that one ought to consider.
Why the need for Flickr Alternatives?
While being said that Flickr is a pretty decent Photo sharing service on the web, it isn't definitely on the top of the pile here. Flickr has been largely criticized by millions of users after its infamous sell-out to Yahoo! Although Yahoo! did add some features and provided lots of space to ponder upon, that didn't do too well to convince its loyal user base.
Flickr has a pretty bad interface for a photo sharing website, not something the way professional photographers or designers would want to showcase their works. Flickr also lacks in the kind of community spirit among its users, since their acquisition. Just like a Startup gobbled up by a major company, Flickr began more work on Integration, than on Innovating its own product. Finally, Flickr's absence from Top 30 Mobile Photography apps on iTunes stands testimony to their lack of a proper Mobile application.
That pretty much summed up the state of Flickr's being and there's definitely more to cheer about than this photo sharing app. Here are the best Flickr Alternatives that one must definitely consider as a viable option.
500px is easily one of the best Flickr alternative which serves as an effective community for digital photography enthusiasts. This Toronto-based startup offers the best photo sharing service on the web, that facilitates users to upload photos from their local devices, or through Dropbox, Flickr, Facebook and more integrations. 500px allows users on its free plan to upload only 20 images per week, but the upside is their premium plans starting at $25 annually still beats the steep $50 plans on Flickr.
A better Albums layout, better commenting and user voting structure easily make 500px one of the best choices for photographers. Even its free plans allows users to upload and earn from their photos in royalties when used somewhere. The website also allows users to browse images uploaded by other 500px members. Integration of Google Analytics on their premium plans and the free Android and iOS applications place 500px as the best competitor of Flickr on the web.
Key Features: Better user interface, Commenting and User voting system, Affordable premium plans, Mobile applications, Better community for artists.
Plans and Pricing: Free; $2.08/month; $6.25/month; $13.75/month.
Imgur is another one of the most popular photo sharing websites on the web. Mostly home to some of the best cat pictures and memes, thanks to its Meme creator. Recently made a completely free service that allows unlimited photo uploading, Imgur has a lot of popularity for a photo sharing service. . The home page itself presents images from around the web and you can browse them all without even signing up. An Upvote/Downvote and 'Favourite' feature allow the Imgur community to rank the uploaded images accordingly. Imgur allows users to either upload images from local drive, through image URL or by dragging and dropping them to Imgur.
Once uploaded, you can either choose to make the photos public or choose to create your own private album on the network. The ease of sharing Imgur images on Social media makes this network one of the most popular photo sharing services. This service also doubles up as a social network, allowing you to connect with them and to send them private messages.
Key Features: Better User commenting, Up-voting and Favourites system; Unlimited free image uploads, Meme creation, Android and iOS applications.
DeviantArt is often mistaken as a network only for the digital artists, but in fact it is home to many professional photographers and artists. DeviantArt features a more younger and vibrant community, which is a great place for your photos. The free membership of DeviantArt allows users to store 2 GB of images on the network. While most of the users on DeviantArt network make use of it primarily as an art-portfolio, it does more than that.
The DeviantArt Critique tool is a great way to get meaningful recommendations and feedback from the community. Images can be favourite'd on DeviantArt and you can browse through the entire network, without even registering. You can also connect and interact with professional artists to gain further insights on the project you are working on. A must-visit place for every digital photography and art admirer.
Key Features: Groups, Chats, User Critiques, Portfolio, 2 GB Free storage, professional artists' community, Android and iOS applications and more.
With over 300 Million active users, this Facebook owned mobile application is one of the best photo sharing services on the web. Although Instagram does feature a web-version, it doesn't do much than displaying images from those you follow and for a quick profile edit. The mobile application of Instagram is by far the best Photo sharing app on the Internet. Instagram doesn't place any limit on the number of photos you can upload to the network. Instagram also allows users to upload short videos of 15 seconds, in addition to the photo sharing.
Ease of connecting to Facebook, Tumblr and Twitter makes it easier to repost your images on other social networks. Instagram Direct allows users to send private images directly to some other user. Instagram is famous for its filters and the explore tab, that lets you search by Hashtags. You can use Instagram application to take photos directly from your mobile camera or choose to upload one from your local device or other social media profiles.
Key Features: Powerful mobile application, User profiles, Instagram Direct, Short-videos, Filters and Hashtags, Unlimited uploads and more.
If you are looking for a completely premium photo sharing service on the web, SmugMug would be your best bet. This is an all-paid photo sharing service that caters to the needs of the professional photographers and artists. SmugMug offers unlimited storage space and uploads to all of their premium users. Some key additional features like an online digital store-front for your images, themes for your store-front, custom domain names, right-click protection and much more on their other high-end services.
With Plans starting from $5/month, you can upgrade all the way to $35/month. For professional photographers who are serious in their pursuit of selling their best works online, SmugMug would easily be the best choice. Even allowing Video and GIF uploading, SmugMug features a host of facilities that are otherwise not accessible on other photo sharing services.
Key Features: Unlimited storage space and uploads, Right-click image protection, Video uploads, Digital store-front, custom domain name, Portfolio view, mobile applications and more.
Plans and Pricing: $5/month, $8/month, $25/month, $35/month.
Acquired by Shutterfly two years back, ThisLife is a great online photo sharing and organizing tool. ThisLife perfectly curates all of your images from their different sources like your local devices and social networks together into a single place. You can use this tool to manage all of your images and uploads right from a single dashboard. ThisLife offers unlimited photo uploads for all of its users and it only required paid subscription, should you decide to upload videos.
Some of the key features of ThisLife include Facial recognition, Auto-importing of tags, Better organized timeline view, Auto-uploading, slideshows and much more. ThisLife is a feature-rich free online photo aggregation and sharing service which serves its purpose as one of the best on the web.
Key Features: Facial recognition, Auto-tagging and Auto-uploading, Advanced search, Unlimited uploads, Import from local device/social networks, Slideshows and more.
Plans and Pricing: $19.99/year, $49.99/year, $139.99/year (Premium plans Only for Video uploads).
With over 10 Billion hosted images on the network, Photobucket is by far one of the biggest online photo sharing services. Photobucket allows its users to upload images and videos to their network through uploading from local device, through Facebook or through URLs. The free plan on Photobucket offers 2 GB of free space to the users and you can upgrade to a premium plan for additional storage space.
All major file formats are supported by Photobucket and the advanced privacy options on Photobucket is one of the best on the web. There are three key privacy options for your uploads on Photobucket: Public, Private and Password-protected. The network also allows you to browse images from some of the top categories. Users can also directly print images on Photobucket.
Key Features: Print images, Advanced privacy options, Browse images from top categories and more.
Plans and Pricing: $2.99/$4.99/$8.99/$16.99/$39.99 /Month.
The search engine giant's revamped version of the Photos feature of Google+ gave rise to Google Photos. Google Photos is now a standalone photo sharing service on the web. This network offers unlimited uploading of photos and videos. Google Photos easily aggregates all of your photos and videos from different devices and social media profiles for you. Google Photos does the task of organizing all of your media into beautiful galleries and GIFs is wonderful. Google Photos also does features some great photo editing tools to make your images stand out.
While it does offer unlimited uploads, Google Photos compresses your images if they exceed the 16 MP mark. That would be a bit disappointment for professional photographers looking to upload high-res images to this network. Paired with Android and iOS apps, Google Photos is all-in-all a great photo sharing app for hosting your images online. However if you don't want to compromise on the resolution of images and want to increase the storage then you can choose to go with paid plans which starts from $1.99/month for 100 GB and so on.
Key Features: Unlimited uploads of Photos and videos, Photo editing tools, Beautiful online image aggregator/organizer and more.
Plans and Pricing: Free, option to use paid plans starting from $1.99/month for 100 GB.
While this may come in as a surprise to many readers, Facebook does offer one of the best photo sharing services on the web. With over 350 Million images being uploaded to the network everyday, this is a sure-fire sign of the ability of the network as an image sharing service. Facebook allows users to upload unlimited number of photos and videos to their network. Facebook's advanced privacy options allow users to make the images private, public or share them with a select few.
Facebook also allows you to create as many albums as you wish to and you can also geo-tag the location and your friends within it. Facebook for storing your images is one great way to manage your photos without leaving from the network that is widely popular. The entire social community of Facebook closely knitted around your images makes Facebook one of the best Flickr Alternatives.
Key Features: Unlimited photo and video uploads, The Facebook community, geo-tagging and friends-tagging, Advanced privacy options and more.
Apple iCloud Photo Library is a subsection of Apple's iCloud service. With the added advantage of Apple's seamless integration across all devices, iCloud Photo library makes it easier for users to better organize their photos. Using this service, every photo or video that you take gets synced across all of your Apple devices. iCloud Library also allows creation of a shared library to involve friends and family in your photo streams. Organized into Moments, Collections and Years, iCloud Photo Library offers a drag-and-drop management of your photos.
The free version of iCloud Photo Library comes with a storage space of 5 GB and additional storage would require premium plan subscription. Setting up iCloud Photo Library on any of your device is pretty straightforward and with this you'll have all of your media perfectly synced across your devices.
Key Features: Seamless syncing of your media across all devices, Free 5 GB storage space, Organize photos into different categories, drag-and-drop management of images and more.
Plans and Pricing: $0.99/$3.99/$9.99/$13.99 per Month for Additional 20/200/500 GB and 1 TB of storage space respectively.
Now that we have come to the end of this list of best Flickr Alternatives, which of these networks happen to be your favorite online photo sharing service? Share your thoughts and comments below.


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(born 1961). British-born Australian politician Julia Gillard served as leader of the Australian Labor party (ALP) and prime minister of Australia from 2010 to 2013. She was the first woman to hold either office.
Julia Eileen Gillard was born on September 29, 1961, in Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, but her family immigrated to Australia when she was five. She attended the University of Adelaide, where she became active in student government. In 1986 she earned degrees in law and arts from the University of Melbourne. The following year she joined a private law practice, and she was made a partner, specializing in industrial law, in 1990.
Beginning in the 1980s, Gillard quickly rose through the ALP organization. She served as president of the party's Carlton branch from 1985 to 1989, and she was a member of the administrative committee of the ALP in Victoria from 1993 to 1997. In 1996 she was appointed Victorian ALP leader John Brumby's chief of staff, holding that post until 1998, when she was elected to the federal House of Representatives.
The ALP's showing in federal elections in 2001 proved disappointing. Nevertheless, Gillard was given the shadow portfolio of population and immigration. During this time she crafted the ALP's policy on refugees and asylum seekers, skillfully treating an issue that had negatively affected the party in the 2001 election. She then briefly served as shadow minister for reconciliation and indigenous affairs in 2003, before receiving the shadow health portfolio later that year. Gillard easily won reelection in 2004, and two years later the ALP elected her deputy to newly installed leader Kevin Rudd.
The ALP easily won the 2007 federal elections, due in part to Liberal party Prime Minister John Howard's flagging popularity, and Gillard became Rudd's deputy prime minister. By 2009, however, the Rudd administration had begun to suffer some legislative setbacks. The failure to push through a carbon emissions trading scheme along with the industrial sector's strong negative response to a proposed super tax on mining company profits both greatly damaged Rudd's credibility. When Gillard made an internal challenge to his leadership in June 2010, Rudd, fearing he had lost support from senior party members, resigned as ALP leader. Gillard was promptly elected ALP leader, and on June 24 she was sworn in as Australia's first female prime minister. Shortly after taking office, Gillard called for a new election, which took place in late August. The results were extremely close, and neither Labor nor the Liberals won an outright majority in the House of Representatives. Labor ultimately secured the backing of several independent and Green members of parliament, allowing Gillard to form a minority government in early September.
Gillard's first year in office was productive. The prime minister's response to the disastrous floods that afflicted eastern Australia in 2010–11 was generally praised. She also scored a victory in May 2011 when the National Broadband Network—a mixed fiber-optic, wireless, and satellite network that when completed was expected to provide high-speed Internet access to even the remotest parts of Australia—went online in New South Wales. However, Gillard failed to produce major policy successes on immigration and climate change, two issues that were at the fore of Australian politics. Consequently, her popularity with voters plunged.
In July 2011 Gillard reversed a campaign promise and introduced plans for a tax on carbon emissions, dropping her standings even further. Her controversial immigration proposal that sought to deport to Malaysia any asylum seekers (regardless of their country of origin) who turned up on Australia's shores was ruled illegal by Australia's High Court in August 2011. The asylum issue remained one of the most significant challenges for the Gillard administration throughout 2012.
Throughout Gillard's term as prime minister, Rudd had made numerous unsuccessful bids to reclaim his position as ALP leader. While Gillard remained popular internationally, her approval at home sagged. Some ALP members felt that a change in leadership would bolster the party's chances in general elections that were scheduled for September 2013. In anticipation of another challenge from Rudd, Gillard called for a party ballot and proposed that the loser retire from politics, settling the question of leadership in Australia once and for all. On June 26, 2013, Gillard was ousted as ALP leader as Rudd rallied his support. She resigned as prime minister that same day and announced that she would not contest her parliamentary seat in the next election.
Gillard detailed her time as prime minister in the memoir My Story (2014). In 2017 she became chair of Beyond Blue, a nonprofit organization involved in mental health issues, notably depression.


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We've missed your posts Brassmonkey hope you stay awhile this time!
If Islam is better than Christianity, why does she want to return?
Could it be safety, handouts, medical care and living in a civilised country?
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UConn women's basketball sneaks by Florida State, 85-77
The Huskies did just enough to stave off back-to-back losses for the first time since 1993.
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UConn's Aaliyah Edwards drives to the basket for two of her 18 first half points vs Florida State.
UConn women's basketball made just enough plays down the stretch to sneak past the Florida State Seminoles, 85-77 at Mohegan Sun Arena.
The Huskies were up by as many as 20 in the second half but saw the lead dwindle to just four points with 3:19 left in the fourth quarter. However, the defense locked down and held Florida State without a basket for the remainder of the game to pull out the victory.
Head coach Geno Auriemma did not coach after "feeling unwell" after shoot-around, the team announced pregame. Out of an abundance of caution, he chose not to join the team for the game. In his place, associate head coach Chris Dailey improved to 14-0 as the Huskies' acting head coach.
Both Dorka Juhász and Nika Mühl returned from injury and started. Mühl finished with 12 assists, six points and six rebounds while Juhász had 15 points, nine rebounds, four assists and a career-high five blocks. Aaliyah Edwards powered the offense with a career-high 26 points while Lou Lopez Sénéchal poured in 23 points.
Turnovers continued to plague UConn. The Huskies coughed the ball up 20 times which resulted in 21 points for the Seminoles. That canceled out what otherwise would've been a dominant advantage in the paint for the Huskies, who won the rebounding battle 46-31 and out-scored Florida State 40-28 in the paint.
UConn jumped Florida State with a 10-0 run courtesy of up-tempo, transition offense and strong defense. The Seminoles made just one of their first 17 shots and had just three baskets in the first quarter. In that same span, the Huskies were over 50 percent from the floor and dominated inside to open up a 15-point lead after 10 minutes.
That hefty first quarter margin helped UConn maintain a comfortable lead even as Florida State started to knock down shots. The Seminoles put together a 6-0 run and then closed the half with seven of the last nine points but couldn't get any closer than 13 points in the second quarter. The Huskies had their way on offense and also answered all three of Florida State's 3-pointers in the second quarter with a basket of its own to maintain the double-digit advantage.
Even with the Seminoles' late push at the end of the half, UConn still went into the locker room with an 18-point lead.
Out of the break, turnovers started to pile up for the Huskies. They coughed the ball up five times in the first six minutes, which allowed Florida State to score 16 of the first 26 points of the half and cut the deficit to just 12. Unlike the previous quarter, UConn didn't answer the Seminoles. The visitors continued to surge and used a 9-0 run to pull within just five late in the third.
The Huskies managed to stop the bleeding with four straight free throws and pushed the gap back to nine points entering the final quarter.
Florida State wouldn't go away that easily, though. It cut the deficit back to five at the final media timeout despite leading scorer Ta'Niya Latson fouling out with seven minutes remaining. UConn continued to make bad decisions with the basketball which led to turnovers and easy points for the Seminoles the other way.
For as much as the Huskies struggled down the stretch, they refused to left Florida State get within one possession. Florida State cut the lead to six points or less on six occasions in the fourth quarter but without fail, UConn answered with a bucket to keep the visitor's at arm's length. The Seminoles missed their final seven shots while the Huskies made four of their final six attempts to seal the victory.
With the win, UConn extends its streak without back-to-back losses to 1,069 and improves to 7-2 on the season. Next, the Huskies will play their final game before Christmas break when they host Seton Hall at the XL Center at noon on Wednesday.


Vettel claims an unlikely first win of season after benefiting from pitting under the safety car. Hamilton and Raikkonen had built up a gap to Vettel but as they both came into the pits, Vettel had to stay out to try and cover off the charge of the two Ferrari powered Haas. Magnussen and Grosjean were running P4 and P5 after an impressive start to the race but then disaster struck. Both Haas suffered pit stop woes as what looks like a wheel gun issue meant tyres were not attached properly.
The second Haas to pull up within a couple of laps was Grosjean which gave Vettel the opportunity to pit under a safety car and come out in front of Hamilton. There will be an inquest at Mercedes as a suspected software glitch meant Hamilton did not have Vettel covered. The data suggests Hamilton would have easily found the extra time if he knew it was required. Once ahead it was going to be very difficult for Hamilton and he was unable to get close enough as Vettel who wins in Melbourne for the second year in a row.
Raikkonen held on to a podium after a late charge from Ricciardo who was desperate for a first podium at his home race. The Australian drove well as he came from 8th to finish 4th but ultimately it was a disappointing weekend for Red Bull. Verstappen lost out to Magnussen at the start and then spun out trying to take the place back. It was always going to be difficult to come back from and he had to settle for 6th. Ricciardo did manage to record the fastest lap of the race to offer some encouragement going to Bahrain.
Surprisingly it was Alonso who sat in between them in 5th after also using the safety car to jump up the grid and held off Verstappen to finish for the first time in Melbourne since he rejoined McLaren. Realistically McLaren are still some way off the big 3 teams but for a team notoriously good at development it's a very encouraging start. Vandoorne finished 9th to claim a double points finish for the team at the first time of asking. Honda who?
It's not often a Mercedes will be involved in a midfield battle but after starting 15th Bottas just had to try and claim as many point as possible. The team thought 6th was possible but it was going to be a tall order to claim that many places on this track. The Finn was on the back of Hulkenberg for the last few laps but couldn't find an opening and finished 8th.
Renault will be happy to get a double points finish with Hulkenberg holding onto 7th. Carlos Sainz looked impressive all weekend but was complaining of nausea during the race and ended up in 10th. He still managed to thwart a late challenge from Sergio Perez in the Force India as the pink panthers came in 11th and 12th.
Charles Leclerc had a great first race in formula one as he finished 13th in the Sauber. The expected backmarkers of 2018 finished in front of Stroll in the Williams and Hartley in the Toro Rosso.
The other first timer, Sergey Sirotkin, had to pull up his Williams after the first few laps and there's a lot of work to do for the team before Bahrain in two weeks time.
Lastly, a Honda engine failure forced Pierre Gasly to retire from the race, hopefully this isn't a sign of things to come.
Congratulations to the prancing horses, I don't think it was fully deserved but you have to take your chances. Vettel was being outdriven by Hamilton and Raikkonen but comes away with the 25 points. The hampionship race has been set alight as no clear favourites emerge following the first race. Mercedes look fast but only manage 2nd and 8th, Ferrari have work to do but claim the most points with 1st and 3rd and Red Bull are trailing but showed some good pace. Bring on Bahrain.


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