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Dr Belinda Martineau takes down Food Evolution GMO propaganda film
We need all the facts on GMOs – not just the ones that zealous GMO proponents cherry-pick
Below is an excellent article by Dr Belinda Martineau, who helped develop the world's first commercialised GM food, the Flavr Savr tomato.
Food Evolution film neglects to mention important facts… like glyphosate is a probable human carcinogen
Biotech Salon, 27 Apr 2018
https://biotechsalon.com/2018/04/27/food-evolution-film-neglects-to-mention-important-facts-like-glyphosate-is-a-probable-human-carcinogen/
[links to sources at the URL above]
The film Food Evolution, despite being narrated by Neil deGrasse Tyson, has been called "a slick piece of GMO propaganda" by Marion Nestle, a prominent nutrition scientist at NYU who was interviewed for it. In response to Nestle's tweet on the subject, Michael Pollan, the journalism professor at UC Berkeley who also appears in the film, tweeted, "My experience and take much the same." And a group of more than 45 "UC Berkeley faculty, students, alums, and community members" have also signed a statement calling this film "a piece of propaganda."
Why? Especially since ads for the film encourage viewers to "Feast on Facts"?
Because the film neglects to mention some facts that are important for understanding the issues presented in the film, facts that are also important for getting beyond the currently polarized state of the GMO debate.
One revealing example of this cherry-picking is the film's handling of an article published in The New York Times titled "Food Industry Enlisted Academics in G.M.O. Lobbying War, Emails Show." Well over half of this article is devoted to emails linking three academic scientists – Kevin Folta, "chairman of the horticultural sciences department at the University of Florida," Bruce M. Chassy, "professor emeritus at the University of Illinois," and David R. Shaw, "vice president for research and economic development at Mississippi State University" – to Monsanto "and its industry partners." Less than 20% of the article (by my estimate) is focused on Charles M. Benbrook, "who until recently held a post at Washington State University," and his ties to the organic foods industry.
But only Benbrook is mentioned in Food Evolution. Viewers of the movie don't hear anything about Folta, Chassy, or Shaw.
In order to have meaningful engagement that will increase understanding of the issues involved in and affected by genetic engineering, and contribute to more informed development of future public policies on regulating the products of this powerful technology, we need all the facts. Not just the ones that zealous GMO proponents cherry-pick to tell us about.
Feasting on propaganda will only further polarize the GMO debate.
I was invited to participate in a panel discussion of the film at the University of San Francisco earlier this month. What follows is a copy of the remarks I made.
Good evening everyone.
As a molecular geneticist and a former genetic engineer, I am so very disappointed in this film…
because I believe that scientists using a new technology, especially one that contributes to our food supply, have a responsibility to be abjectly honest when explaining to the public what we know about how the technology works, how it differs from "traditional" methods, and any possible risks that might be associated with it.
And a film like this one, claiming to be science-based, with iconic public scientists like Neal degrasse Tyson and Bill Nye participating in the project, should bear that same responsibility.
Participants in a recent workshop called "Scientific Uncertainty and Professional Ethics," sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF), came to a similar conclusion. They came to the conclusion that scientists should aim to "provide all the information needed to help others judge the value of their work, rather than to steer that judgment in a particular direction."
This film fails on both counts. It doesn't provide all the information needed to help others judge GMOs and it steers judgement in a particular direction.
The reason scientists need to be abjectly honest when explaining genetic engineering to the public is because… only by considering all the pertinent, available information—the whole truth about crop genetic engineering as we know it—can society at large make good, informed decisions about how to use and control this powerful technology.
Instead, this film leaves out important information that is crucial to an informed public debate about GMOs.
Back in the early '90s when I was working for a small start-up ag biotech company called Calgene, I thought we did a pretty good job of being transparent and abjectly honest, with the public and with the FDA and other regulatory agencies, about what we knew about how genetic engineering worked, how it differed from traditional breeding, and its possible risks.
We knew adding foreign genes to plants could cause mutations in the recipient plant, for example, and that sometimes the inserted DNA sequence had been changed from the DNA sequence we had intended to insert. We therefore suggested to FDA ways that we would identify and minimize such unintended effects. And frankly, I was surprised when, in May of 1992, before its scientists had thoroughly examined all the data we had sent them, FDA decided that, with only a couple of exceptions, regulation of GE food and feed crops would not be required by that agency; it put a voluntary consultation process in place instead. It remains a voluntary system to this day. [See my previous blog post for more information on the timing of FDA's GMO policy in relation to its review of Calgene's safety data.]
Calgene was also transparent in that it voluntarily labelled its GE tomatoes when they were first sold in grocery stores. And the public's response to Calgene's transparency was mostly positive. Our GE tomatoes flew off the shelves.
So I think the agricultural biotech industry got off to a pretty transparent and honest start.
But other companies have not been as transparent as Calgene was. And I believe that the lack of transparency, and the lack of abject honesty about the imperfections inherent in the technology of genetic engineering, has played a big role in the polarization of this issue over the last two decades.
Transparency gets paid a little lip service in this film, but Food Evolution still fails pretty spectacularly at being abjectly honest about genetic engineering.
For example, it leaves out important information pertaining to the safety of glyphosate, the active ingredient in Monsanto's Roundup herbicide. It neglects to mention the fact that the arm of the World Health Organization that classifies compounds as carcinogenic—or not—the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), has classified glyphosate as an animal carcinogen and a probable human carcinogen. [Since the release of Food Evolution, Monsanto sued California for using IARC's classification to require warnings of glyphosate exposure; Monsanto lost that law suit and, on April 19, 2018, Monsanto lost its appeal of that decision as well.]
This is important information that must be taken into account in any objective discussion about the safety of glyphosate, especially since glyphosate—due to the many millions of acres of GMOs engineered to be tolerant of it that are grown and sprayed with it throughout the world—is now the most widely used herbicide on the planet.
There is no excuse for this intentional omission, and it calls into question not only the film's honesty but its objectivity as well.
I was also disappointed with the way the film handled coverage of the safety study by Séralini and co-workers in which rats were fed either glyphosate or the GE corn called NK603 over the course of their lifetimes.
First, let me provide you with a little more information that you will need to judge the value of this study. As I've mentioned, unintended, off-target changes can occur in crop plants as a result of the genetic engineering process. Well, it is to check for possible negative consequences of unintended changes that GE crops/foods are fed to animals in studies like Séralini's. We carried out similar (although not as long term) studies with our tomatoes at Calgene, and scientists at Monsanto and elsewhere also have done the same with their GE products.
Séralini's study was peer-reviewed and originally published in the respected international journal Food and Chemical Toxicology; it was in print for more than a year when it—very unusually—underwent a thorough review by the journal's editor-in-chief, who reviewed not only the submitted manuscript and all the reviewers' comments, but also the raw scientific data from Séralini's lab. As a result of his review, he [and I quote] "unequivocally…found no evidence of fraud or intentional misrepresentation of the data" and deemed Séralini's results "not incorrect" but "inconclusive."
And yet, despite the fact that many peer-reviewed scientific papers present results that are not conclusive, and the fact that inconclusiveness is not a benchmark for retraction of a scientific paper, he retracted the paper anyway. The whole episode was highly unusual for a scientific community.
I say that Séralini's original study should never have been retracted. And Professor Fred Gould, who was the chairman of the committee that put together the most recent National Academy of Sciences report on GMOs, told me [during the "on the record" Scientific Uncertainty and Professional Ethics panel discussion of GMOs and scientific uncertainty that I mentioned above] that he agreed that the paper should never have been retracted.
In the aftermath of this highly unusual Séralini retraction, I have read, in an article in Nature and elsewhere, that the inconclusiveness of the study stems from the number of control rats used, which has been deemed inadequate for attaining statistically significant conclusions. The statistician quoted in the Nature article said that, and I quote, "The study needs replicating by a truly independent laboratory using appropriate sample sizes."
This suggested course of action is the more normal scientific response to a controversial paper…i.e., repeat the study and see if you get the same results the second time around.
Since Séralini's results have been deemed inconclusive, we don't fully understand what may, or may not, be unintendedly going on in rats that consume GE NK603 corn or glyphosate over the course of their lifetimes. And especially in this case, when the original study suggested—albeit inconclusively—that consuming glyphosate or GE NK603 might cause ill effects in rats, the study should definitely be repeated, and with more control rats. And frankly, I am surprised that the FDA has not required Monsanto to do so. [See this blog post for information on the unintended molecular discrepancies in NK603.]
The Séralini controversy illustrates why each GMO should be assessed on a case-by-case basis. Unfortunately, the way GMOs are currently "regulated" in the United States, some GMOs can slip through loopholes without pre-market regulation.
The Séralini controversy also illustrates why, as the World Health Organization has stated, and I quote: "it is not possible to make general statements on the safety of all GM foods." That is because they should be assessed on a case-by-case basis to look for any that may prove problematic.
There have been several examples of problematic GMOs, a couple of which have been commercialized. And then there is NK603 [which is still on the market and] for which the jury is still out in my opinion.
I don't believe that we should throw the genetic engineering baby out with the bath water. But we need to keep in mind that technologies can be used in many different ways: carefully or carelessly, in service to the less fortunate or for profit, or even—as Nobel laureate Richard Feynman once said—for good or for evil.
GMO foods have been on the market now for nearly 25 years. It is long past time to have an abjectly honest and truly informed public debate about how to use and control the powerful technology crop genetic engineering.
Unfortunately, this film, with its cherry-picked information, will not help us do that.


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Q: Should I add a quick return before forEach? Is there any benefit to checking if an array has length before using forEach?
Consider the following:
const foo = () => {
  const elements = [...document.querySelectorAll(".selector")];

  elements.forEach(element => {
    element.style.height = `${element._someProperty}px`;
  });
};

This is what I have in my project. In some cases the elements array will be empty because the existence of such elements is based on user-input.
My question is:
Should I add something like
if (!elements.length) return;
before calling the forEach method like so
const foo = () => {
  const elements = [...document.querySelectorAll(".selector")];

  if (!elements.length) return;

  elements.forEach(element => {
    element.style.height = `${element._someProperty}px`;
  });
};

Or would that be considered a micro-optimization?

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James Hansen will most likely be unemployed very soon. Why, you might ask? Because he is saying things about global warming that Bush doesn't want you to hear and he is defying Bush to say them. He is probably committing career suicide in a career with limited opportunities.
As a government scientist, James Hansen is taking a risk. He says there are things the White House doesn't want you to hear but he's going to say them anyway.
Hansen is arguably the world's leading researcher on global warming. He's the head of NASA's top institute studying the climate. But this imminent scientist tells correspondent Scott Pelley that the Bush administration is restricting who he can talk to and editing what he can say. Politicians, he says, are rewriting the science.
What James Hansen believes is that global warming is accelerating. He points to the melting arctic and to Antarctica, where new data show massive losses of ice to the sea.
Is it fair to say at this point that humans control the climate? Is that possible?
"There's no doubt about that, says Hansen. "The natural changes, the speed of the natural changes is now dwarfed by the changes that humans are making to the atmosphere and to the surface."
I'm pretty sure Hansen was muzzled because of this that I posted earlier. I lost the link, but do believe Hansen is the one quoted. I also blogged this, which is from another NASA source, Eric Rignot, of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.


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China's top diplomat Yang Jiechi warned the Biden administration not to cross Beijing's "red line" in a half-hour speech on the evening of Feb. 1.
"The United States should stop interference in the affairs of Hong Kong, Tibet, and Xinjiang," Yang said, calling the issues regarding the three regions China's "internal affairs." He made the remarks while speaking at a virtual event hosted by New York-based nonprofit the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations.
Yang added: "They constitute a red line that must not be crossed. Any trespassing would end up undermining China-U.S. relations and the United States' own interests."
Chinese State Councilor Yang Jiechi speaks at a dinner hosted by the US-China Business Council (USCBC) and National Committee on US-China Relations (NCUSCR) on July 11, 2013 at a hotel in Washington, DC. AFP PHOTO/Mandel NGAN (Photo credit should read MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)
He also told the United States that it should "strictly abide by the One China principle" with regards to Taiwan, a self-ruled island that Beijing claims is part of its territory.
The Trump administration confronted China on its human rights violations against Falun Gong adherents, Hongkongers, Muslim minorities, Tibetans, and Uyghurs, by imposing visa restrictions and sanctions against Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials responsible for the abuse.
Additionally, former U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo designated CCP's persecution of Uyghurs and other majority-Muslim ethnic minorities as genocide and "crimes against humanity" last month.
The Chinese regime has often deflected international criticism against its own policies by claiming that certain issues, including its militarization efforts in the South China Sea and coercion tactics against Taiwan, are "internal affairs."
Yang called on the Biden administration to "restore" the China-U.S. relationship to a "predictable and constructive track of development."
He named areas in which he said the two countries could cooperate, including drug control and cybersecurity.
China is the largest source of illicit fentanyl and fentanyl-like substances in the United States, according to a 2018 report by the "U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission."
According to data from the "U.S. National Institute on Drug Abuse", there were 70,630 drug overdose deaths in the United States in 2019; the majority of the deaths related to the use of fentanyl.
Fentanyl is 100 times more potent than morphine and 50 times more powerful than heroin. As little as two milligrams is considered a lethal dosage for most people.
In 2020, the United States sanctioned several Chinese nationals and a Chinese company for fentanyl trafficking.
Under the Trump administration, the Justice Department brought more indictments related to China's trade secrets theft and related crimes in 2019 than during the eight years of the Obama administration.
Yang also criticized the Trump administration, saying that its "misguided policies" had led the bilateral relationship to "its most difficult period" since the two countries established diplomatic ties.
Washington ended its diplomatic ties with Taipei in favor of Beijing in 1979 but has maintained a robust relationship with the island based on the "Taiwan Relations Act" (TRA). Under the Trump administration, the Taiwan-U.S. relationship warmed considerably, most evident by Pompeo's decision to lift restrictions on how U.S. officials should interact with their Taiwanese counterparts.
Jacob Gunter, senior policy and communications manager at the "European Union Chamber of Commerce" in China took to Twitter to give his summary of Yang's speech.
"Trump bad, it's all his/your fault, and let's just go back to the 2015 status quo," he wrote. "The lack of even feigned introspection isn't even surprising anymore."
Scott Kennedy, senior adviser and Trustee Chair in Chinese Business and Economics at the Washington-based think tank "Center for Strategic and International Studies" (CSIS), also commented on Yang's speech.
"Bottom line: Beijing is ready to cooperate only on China's terms," he wrote.
U.S.-based China affairs commentator Tang Jingyuan said in a phone interview that the Chinese regime was using both soft and hard tactics to pressure the administration, in the hopes of restarting official talks with the United States.
Yang's speech was an example of a soft approach, while recent incursions into Taiwan's airspace and sanctions on former U.S. officials were hawkish tactics.
His speech could be read as an indication that the Chinese regime would be willing to make concessions if the United States would promise not to cross the "red lines."
Ultimately, Tang believes the Chinese regime wants to "revert back to a time when human rights and commerce were decoupled from each other" during negotiations, so that the regime could continue to do business with the United States, while ignoring human rights issues.
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Amar'e Bounces Back
During the NBA off-season this year, Amar'e Stoudemire had surgery to fix a detached retina, an injury he sustained in February. Physical stress could have reinjured it, so he had to lie facedown in bed -- 22 hours a day, 10 days straight -- and then avoid exercise for 6 months.
By Jonathan Mannion
"It was painful," the Phoenix Suns forward says. "When you're in a competitive mode, you're so ready go back out there."
When he finally hit the gym in August, Stoudemire had less than 2 months to build himself up before training camp. Here's how he did it, and how you can rebound from any fitness setback.
1 Go slowly
"You have to return gradually," says Stoudemire. When he played too soon after knee surgery in 2006, soreness sent him back to rehab. If you're in pain, don't push it, says Mike Boyle, A.T.C., the owner of Mike Boyle Strength and Conditioning. Increase weights, reps, or cardio time by no more than 10 percent each training session.
2 Eat right
Stoudemire cut back on fat and carbs during his inactivity so he wouldn't gain much weight. As he returned to the gym, he steadily ate more. "Your body needs carbs to fuel exercise, and protein to prevent muscle breakdown," says Alan Aragon, M.S., a nutritionist in Westlake Village, California. To fuel your comeback, add a scoop of whey protein powder to a 24- to 32-ounce blend of equal parts water and fruit juice. Sip 5 ounces of this mix every 15 to 20 minutes during your workout, Aragon says.
3 Shake it up
Stoudemire's quads and core were weak, so he built them by holding weights while poised on unsteady surfaces. Instability trains the small muscles that keep your body balanced, Boyle says. Two ways to work the small muscles: Do pushups on a Bosu ball (round side facing down). For your lower body, try squats and lunges on a soft surface. (We like the Airex pad.)
4 Perfect your form
"Before the NBA, I'd never heard of correct form," Stoudemire says. "Now I lift exactly how my trainer tells me to." That's especially important after an injury, because bad form can damage a weakened body, says Mike Robertson, C.S.C.S. Do moves in front of a mirror so you can check your form.
5 Find a pool
"When you return from a long layoff, full-weight activity can cause painful setbacks," says Robertson. That's why Stoudemire would use the pool before starting his lifting routine. Water reduces joint and muscle stress, and improves mobility. He began every pool session by marching in place, bringing his legs high every step. Then he'd do 5 to 10 laps, using a freestyle stroke.
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Anielle Weinberger est une scénariste, réalisatrice et écrivaine française, docteur en cinéma et maître de conférences à l'Université Vincennes à Saint-Denis, née le  à Paris

Biographie

Anielle Weinberger est l'auteur d'un unique long métrage, sorti en 1980, L'Honorable Société.

Filmographie
 1980 : L'Honorable Société

Publications
 Le Danger des « Liaisons » : adaptation cinématographique de la correspondance entre Madame Riccoboni et M. de Laclos, L'Harmattan, 2014
 « Les Liaisons dangereuses » au cinéma : par où commencer et mettre fin, L'Harmattan, 2014

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Réalisatrice française
Écrivain français du XXIe siècle
Femme de lettres française
Enseignant à l'université Paris-VIII
Naissance en juin 1946
Naissance à Paris
Scénariste française de cinéma

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Selling firewood can be a profitable forest enterprise in several counties in Florida. The harvesting and marketing of firewood can bring extra income as well as provide an opportunity to improve your forest for other values. If you have a timber harvest planned, wood from the tops and branches left on the site can be sold as firewood.
In Florida a profitable Christmas tree operation is possible, but it requires intensive cultural management if well-shaped, high quality trees are to be produced over a short rotation.
The northern conifers traditionally used as Christmas trees, such as balsam fir, Norway spruce, and Scots pine, will not grow well in Florida. These trees require long, cold winters because they enter a period of dormancy during this time. This dormancy period is essential to their natural development.
Pine straw is simply the needles that fall from pine trees every year. This pine straw can be raked, baled, and sold to garden centers. Pine straw is used by landscapers and homeowners as a mulch or ground cover in gardens and landscaping.
If you have an established stand of slash pine or longleaf pine that is eight years of age, you are ready to start pine straw management. Slash and longleaf are the only two Florida pine species that can be baled. The needles of other pines are either too short to be baled or are considered to be of inferior quality for use as mulch or cover.
Keep in mind that pine straw management can have negative effects on tree growth and soil productivity. Pine needles serve as shelter for the soil and the nutrients required by trees for growth are recycled when needles decompose on the forest floor. When pine needles are removed, the soil becomes more susceptible to erosion and nutrients are removed from the ecosystem. Fertilization is recommended for stands from which pine straw is frequently harvested.
Some landowners have discovered that growing shiitake mushrooms (Lentinus edodes) can generate extra income from your their forestland. Growing these delicacies has proven to be a profitable, worthwhile enterprise for many private nonindustrial forest landowners throughout the country.
Cut small live trees into logs 40 inches long and 3 to 6 inches in diameter. Drill 3/8 inch diameter holes 1 inch deep (depending on form of the inocculum), arranged 6 to 10 inches apart down the length of the log. Space the rows 2 to 3 inches apart. In Florida, logs from water oak (Quercus nigra), southern red oak (Quercus falcata), laurel oak (Quercus laurifolia), turkey oak (Quercus laevis), sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua), sycamore (Platanus americana), and ironwood (Carpinus caroliniana) are considered to be the best for shiitake mushroom cultivation.
Into the drilled holes, insert shiitake spawn (fungus on a substrate such as sawdust) obtained from a supplier. Seal with a soft melted wax. Be sure not to expose the spawn to direct sunlight or extreme temperatures. The heat of direct sunlight can kill shiitake mushrooms during hot weather. Generally, the best time to inocculate the logs is in the spring after the last hard frost or at least 2-3 weeks before the first frost.
Stack the prepared logs on end at an angle, with about 2 inches of space between them. In Florida, a heavily-shaded area (at least 75% shade) exposed to rain and good air movement is best. These conditions will protect the logs from direct sun and reduce the chance of contaminating the fungi. To maintain moisture, wet the logs with a sprinkling of 2 to 8 hours duration. This should be done no more than once or twice a month.
Fruiting will generally occur 9-12 months after inocculated. Rainy, cool weather will generally induce fruiting. To "force" fruiting at other times, immerse the logs for 24 hours in cold water. Mushrooms will appear about a week later. Mushrooms can be forced to fruit 3 to 4 times a year. Pick the mushrooms when the caps have unfurled, but before they are flat.
Note: Heavy rain can damage mushrooms, so it is important to keep them under some sort of shelter.


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Maker(s)
Artist: Ding Guanpeng (active 1726-after 1770)
Historical period(s)
Qing dynasty, mid-18th century
Ink and color on paper
H x W (image): 17.4 x 93.5 cm (6 7/8 x 36 13/16 in)
Transfer from the United States Customs Service, Department of the Treasury
F1980.126
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Handscroll
child, China, court, playing, Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911), reading, woman, WWII-era provenance
Chen Rentao (1906-1968), Hong Kong, and Frank Caro, C. T. Loo & Co., New York, to 1960 [1]
U.S. Customs Service, Department of the Treasury [2]
Freer Gallery of Art, from October 23, 1979 [3]
[1] This object is one of a group of 88 objects (F80.104-F80.180, FSC-S-22-25 and FSC-O-11a-h) seized in 1960 by the U.S. Customs Service, Department of the Treasury, from the dealer and collector Chen Rentao, Hong Kong and Frank Caro of C. T. Loo & Co., New York. The objects were deemed to have been introduced into the commerce of the United States in violation of 19 U.S.C. 1592 (Trade with Communist China).
[2] See note 1. The object's ownership title is based on the settlement agreement, dated November 1971, between the United States, Chen Tung Siang Wen, the executrix for Chen Rentao Estate, and Frank Caro, copy in object file. See U.S. Customs Service Memorandum, April 23, 1979 and a letter from Thadeus Rojek, Chief Counsel, Department of the Treasury, U.S. Custom Service, to Marie C. Malaro, Assistant General Counsel, Smithsonian Institution, dated November 29, 1979, copy in object file. The objects remained in the custody of the U.S. Customs Service office in New York until 1979.
[3] The object was transferred to the Freer Gallery of Art on October 23, 1979.
Frank Caro 1904-1980
Chen Rentao 1906-1968
This minature handscroll, called a sleeve scroll because it can be easily carried in one's costume, depicts a group of Manchu court women and their children as they gather informally in a garden of the summer palace. In miniature scale and pale, delicate colors, the painter offers a glimpse into the most sacred of the inner chambers of the imperial palaces, chambers into which, theoretically, only one man was permitted to enter: the emperor (eunuchs being an exception). Whether Ding Guanpeng was ever actually admitted into these inner sanctums is not known, but painters like Ding were expected to paint portraits of the imperial family and were occasionally permitted to enter otherwise forbidden areas.
The emperor ordered this painting, as is indicated by the painter's signature in the lower left corner. Ding Guanpeng was a versatile court master, specializing in religious and secular figure subjects, as well as scenes of court life.
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A section of the poem Swammerdam, by Randolph Henry Ash, is displayed in this chapter. It is set in Germany in 1680. Swammerdam is 43 years old and near death. He goes back over his disappointing life in his final hours. He has tried to learn the origins of life and used microscopes to look at a whole new world of insects and microorganisms. His discoveries on the law of metamorphosis have landed on deaf ears. Everyone thinks he is insane. His father kicked him out on the street. None of his peers want anything to do with his findings. He has ended up a beggar. Swammerdam compares himself to Galileo. Galileo discovered the heavens, and Swammerdam discovered a universe in the reverse direction. He wonders if Galileo was equally in awe and fearful of God's creation.


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Board Election Candidates Confirmed - Polls Open September 1, 2017
The College is pleased to announce the following candidates for the upcoming College of Pharmacists of BC Board Election. Candidates are listed alphabetically by district (please click on the candidate name for their bio).
District 1 - Metropolitan Vancouver
Mona Kwong
Derek Lee
District 3 - Vancouver Island/Coastal
Kevin Cox
Tara Oxford
District 5 - Northern BC
Frank Lucarelli*
District 7 - Community Hospitals
Arden Barry
Mikolaj Piekarski
*Note: The College is pleased to announce the acclamation of Frank Lucarelli in District 5 (Northern BC) to a 2-year term. Mr. Lucarelli ran unopposed, therefore no election will be held in District 5.
As a result of the nominations received, elections will be held in Districts 1, 3, and 7. The College has contracted BigPulse, an independent elections contractor, to administer the elections. Elections are conducted by electronic ballot, and all pharmacists in good standing (as defined in HPA Bylaws 1) in each of the respective districts, are eligible to vote.
Each eligible pharmacist is entitled to 1 ballot and may vote in favour of 1 candidate in their respective district. Completed electronic ballots must be submitted by 5:00pm on Friday, October 6th, 2017.
Electronic Voting Instructions
Pharmacists in Districts 1, 3, and 7 will receive voting instructions on Friday, September 1, 2017 when polls open.
Note: If you are not registered in District 1, 3, or 7 before Thursday, August 31, 2017 at 5:00 PM you will not be eligible to vote in the 2017 Board Elections.


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Gas laying works to begin in Armagh city centre and continue into April
Gas mains laying work in the Upper English Street and College Street areas of Armagh is due to begin on February 24 as part of a £300,000 programme to extend the natural gas network further into the city.
firmus energy has engaged with a range of key stakeholders, including local residents, political representatives and businesses on their plans to extend the network, which will bring the benefits of natural gas to new areas of the city.
Aiden McElroy, Network Engineer for firmus energy said: "As a result of local demand, these works are necessary to progress the extension of our gas network.
"It will allow us to bring the cost and environmental benefits of this energy source to more homes and businesses in the area.
"This stage of work will immediately bring gas to 271 residential and commercial properties with an investment of £300k.
"We have engaged extensively with Transport NI, Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council and other utility providers and agreed a traffic management plan for the duration of the work to minimise disruption to residents, businesses and road users".
The construction work will continue for the duration of March into April and will inevitably involve some lane closures, road closures and diversions in the area, which will be implemented as the different stages of the works progress.
Aiden McElroy continued: "firmus energy has invested more than £10 million in the Armagh area to date, with over 1,566 customers.
"This further upgrade of the pipeline demonstrates the continued demand for natural gas in the city.
"We would like to take this opportunity to apologise for any inconvenience caused and we will continue to work with all the appropriate authorities and make every effort to ensure that any disruption is kept to an absolute minimum."
All local businesses will trade as normal during the construction period which will commence at Russell Street and continue to Upper English street and College Street.
Should you have any questions or concerns on the upcoming construction works, please contact the firmus energy customer careline on 0330 024 9000.
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Supercars / Breaking news
Star Supercars rookie expecting upgrades for 2019
Last season's top Supercars rookie Jack Le Brocq is waiting on crucial car upgrades ahead of his 2019 campaign with Tekno Autosports.
Le Brocq impressed by topping a highly-ranked rookie intake last year, however he admitted he was "behind the eight ball" in terms of updates to his Triple Eight-built Commodore at the back end of the season.
That's something he's hoping will change between now and the season-opening Adelaide 500, where he's hoping to have an update package that will bring his car in-line with those being run by fellow T8 customer squads Team 18 and Matt Stone Racing.
"The whole category, up and down pitlane, is always evolving with new bits and pieces throughout the cars," he told Motorsport.com.
"Hopefully by Adelaide we have the latest stuff and that puts us in line with the Triple Eight customer side of things.
"It should be really cool. Hopefully it helps us take that step forward and get the team further up the grid."
Should the upgrades arrive as expected, Le Brocq says he'll be using high-profile Team 18 recruit Mark Winterbottom as a benchmark throughout the season.
"You'd always like to beat [the Triple Eight customer cars], especially Frosty as we'll be sharing a boom so it's all about pit priority," he said.
"We're all going to be in pretty similar car, although there are always differences in the way we all drive them.
"We want to move forward this year. We had some good results last year, but I want to be more consistently in the Top 10 than I was in 2018.
"We've got a good crew, we've got the right equipment, hopefully we can do it."
Tick of approval for new Supercars transaxle
Supercars won't combine 2020/2021 seasons
That crew is markedly different to what it was last year, with former team boss Adrian Burgess and engineering guru Campbell Little both moving on to Supercars' technical department.
A reshuffle has seen owner Jono Webb return to a more hands-on leadership role, while Tim Newton takes over engineering duties.
"It's going really well," said Le Brocq after his first day of working with Newton at least week's test day.
"It's one of those things, it will grow as the year goes on. It takes some time to develop and understanding of how everything works."
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Greek Religion: Polis Religion
3. Individual and Family
In this module, we think about how cult activity articulated and reinforced an individual's relationship with his or her polis. In particular, we think about: (i) the various rites of passage that marked an individual's transition from one phase of life to another (e.g. from childhood to adulthood); (ii) the roles within the polis that only individuals who had undergone these rites of passage could participate in; (iii) the different roles available to males and females; and (iv) the ways in which one's religious status also reflected one's social and/or political status.
In this course, Professor Esther Eidinow (University of Bristol) thinks about Christiane Sourvinou-Inwood's theory of 'polis religion' as a means of understanding Greek religious practice. We begin in the first module by thinking about some of the basic features of Greek religious practice, before outlining the theory of polis religion itself. After that, we think about the Greeks' belief in the multiple gods and how religious practices reflected and reinforced the Greeks' relationship with time and space. In the third module, we think about how cult activity articulated and reinforced an individual's relationship with those around him – his family, his phratry, his polis, and so on – before turning in the fourth module to consider the organisation and management of polis religion. In the fifth module, we think about some of the ways in which the theory of polis religion might be extended, focusing in particular on the religious activities that seem not to be mediated by the polis – curse tablets and Orphism.
Esther Eidinow is Professor of Ancient History in the Department of Classics at the University of Bristol. Her broad area of expertise is ancient Greek society and culture with a specific focus on ancient Greek religion and magic. Among other topics, she has published on oracles, curse tablets, and binding spells, concepts of fate, luck and fortune, and the social emotions surrounding 'witchcraft' trials in classical Athens.
Eidinow, E. (2019, January 31). Greek Religion: Polis Religion - Individual and Family [Video]. MASSOLIT. https://www.massolit.io/courses/greek-religion-polis-religion/individual-and-family
Eidinow, Esther. "Greek Religion: Polis Religion – Individual and Family." MASSOLIT, uploaded by MASSOLIT, 31 Jan 2019, https://www.massolit.io/courses/greek-religion-polis-religion/individual-and-family
1. The Theory of Polis Religion (11:15)
2. Polytheism (11:51)
3. Individual and Family (08:18)
4. Governance (10:23)
5. Problems with Polis Religion (08:26)
Greek Religion: Mystery Cult
Greek Religion: Hero Cult
Greek Religion: The Nature of the Gods
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Epicauta costata är en skalbaggsart som först beskrevs av Leconte 1854.  Epicauta costata ingår i släktet Epicauta och familjen oljebaggar. Inga underarter finns listade i Catalogue of Life.

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This vintage dress is over fifty years old and has had a previous life. The fabric, however, is nice and crisp and is in very good condition for its age. No significant faults that I can find. Some items may be pinned to the form for presentation purposes.


It's easy to forget about the tech team tucked away in the corner of an office, because, from a social perspective, you might argue that they keep to themselves, or they are so engrossed in what they do they don't particularly care about socializing with the rest of the team. But, from your perspective, you need to ensure the tech team is an integral part of the organization. Whether you are rustling up a team social, or on the other end of the business spectrum, contingency plans for a business emergency, we've got to ensure that they feel part of the unit. What are the best ways to do this?
In some ways, it's quite simple, you nurture an employee by contributing to their professional or personal development. Because coding, app development, or domain issues are specialized problems that only they can solve, it doesn't mean that you shouldn't take an active interest in their development. Technology is a constantly evolving thing, especially with the complexities involved in DNS security, the latest lines of codes, and ensuring that your app is free from bugs, and your team can't be expected to research this outside of work. You have to focus on their professional development and provide the time as well as the resources.
The importance of a positive company culture stems from teamwork, but also a realization of the bigger picture from yourself. It's important for you to ensure that they feel part of the team, and you need to take the opportunity to focus on their work and recognizing it accordingly. After all, we've all had a perplexing phone call with the IT department, and we can consider them to be, in many ways, "worker bees". But without them and their specialized knowledge, where would we be?
This is as much a lesson for the business as it is for the entrepreneur. Having contact with the team, and finding ways to motivate areas of the business uniquely can give you more of an insight into each specific team. When it comes to tech, having an appreciation of the time and effort required to fix software patches will endear you more to them. Even if you don't understand the complexities of what they're doing, you have to see how it fits into the bigger picture. While you don't necessarily have to understand everything about your business, you still need to know what is going on and how it fits into the entire infrastructure. A temptation to leave them to it is not just foolish for the business, but it also highlights how hands-off you are. This is a very bad trait for an entrepreneur.
This is a lesson we can take with us to any team. And as a leader, we can feel that we shoulder the stresses of the business all by ourselves. But it's not just us, it's these teams that dedicate their hard work and time to ensuring that the business stays afloat. This is none truer than in the technological aspects.


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Q: if-statements doesn't recognize the user input I don't know why my input won't pass through my if statement properly.
It just starts the first if statement every time no matter what is typed into the input.
def ask_for_difficulty(self):
    print("Beginner: 6 x 6 (B) - Intermediate: 9 x 9 (I) - Expert: 12 x 12 (E) \n")

input_difficulty = input("Choose a difficulty: Beginner: B or 1 - Intermediate: I or 2 - Expert E or 3 \n\nChoice: ").lower()

if input_difficulty == 'beginner' or '1' or 'b':
  self.dim_size = 6
  self.bomb_amount = 6
  print('\nGood Luck! \n')
  Minesweeper.play_game(self)

elif input_difficulty == 'intermediate' or '2' or 'i':
  self.dim_size = 9
  self.bomb_amount = 15
  print('\nGood Luck! \n')
  Minesweeper.play_game(self)

elif input_difficulty == 'expert' or '3' or 'e':
  self.dim_size = 12
  self.bomb_amount = 30
  print('\nGood Luck! \n')
  Minesweeper.play_game(self)

else:
  print("")
  print("That is not a valid choice, try again.")
  Minesweeper.ask_for_difficulty(self)


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TVSource Fall Preview: ABC's 'Malibu Country' and 'The Neighbors'
Amber Cunigan @SourceAmbs July 1, 2012 / 6:40 PM May 4, 2014
It takes a lot for me to enjoy a comedy – a lot. And neither of ABC's new offerings 'Malibu Country' or 'The Neighbors' ever quite take off.
Malibu Country stars Reba (country music legend, y'all!) as Reba, Sara Rue (Rules of Engagement, Less Than Perfect) as Kim, Justin Prentice as Cash, Juliette Angelo as June, Jai Rodriguez (Bones, How I Met Your Mother) as Geoffrey, and Lily Tomlin (Damages, Desperate Housewives) as Lillie Mae.
Reba Gallagher once dreamed of becoming a country music star. Instead she put her dreams on hold, devoting herself to her family and husband, Bobby, a country music legend. When Bobby cheats, Reba moves her children and everything she owns across country to California for a fresh start. She soon finds out being a southern belle trying to make it in Malibu can be quite the task. With her children's' unwavering support, she decides to pursue a music career. Will she survive on the West Coast? And will her dreams come true?
Initial Reaction
Reba was better. Harsh? It's honest. There's a laugh track, which always seems like it's leading the viewers to laugh at jokes that aren't that funny. A lot of this shows are cheap, centering on Californian wives with plastic boobs and the state's use of medicinal marijuana – the kind that have been done over and over. There was also a gay "joke" that left me cringing and embarrassed for Reba having to deliver the line.
Why You Should Watch
Obviously, if you liked her show Reba. It's a similar concept. There's the touchy-feely, overly friendly neighbor played by Sarah Rue. She's oddly delightful in the role. Reba's playing another woman scorned with two children, who will learn to find her way after her husband's very public affair. Reba and Lily Tomlin, who plays her mother, have pretty great chemistry as well.
You want wholesome television. It's reminiscent of the shows from the TGIF lineup; family-oriented, silly laughs, and nothing quite too serious – yet, at least. You can watch it with your kids and not be embarrassed about the content (minus the gay comment mentioned above), which is nice.
Or you're really, really bored.
The Neighbors star Jami Gertz (Entourage, Modern Family) as Debbie Weaver, Lenny Venito (Bored to Death, Men in Black III) as Marty Weaver, Simon Templeman as Larry Bird, Toks Olagundoye as Jackie-Joyner-Kersee, Clara Mamet as Amber Weaver, Tim Jo (Glory Daze) as Reggie Jackson, Ian Patrick (Wanderlust) as Dick Butkis, Max Charles (The Three Stooges, The Amazing Spider-Man) as Max Weaver, and Isabella Cramp as Abby Weaver.
The Weaver family has moved into Hidden Hills, an exclusive gated New Jersey community. From day one, the Weavers begin to notice how different the residents are. Case in point, three of them are named after pro-athletes. Over dinner, they realize the neighbors receive nourishment from their eyes by reading books, rather than eating. Later, they learn the entire community is comprised of alens from Zabvron, where men bear children and everyone cries green goo from their ears. The Weavers are the first humans they've had the opportunity to know. What happens when the two worlds collide and reveal that aliens and humans can relate to one another more than they thought?
This show is… awkward, weird, and not funny. That's not entirely true. The little kids are amusing, but that's because they're cute and cute can make things happen. It leads to a funny Dick joke – as in Dick Butkis.
…You like aliens? No, seriously. You like Jami Gertz? No, seriously. And if you want a wholesome comedy you can watch with your children. Really, that's all I've got. Because kids may be the only people alive who truly enjoys this show.
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Amber Cunigan is a sarcastic mid-twenties undergrad, extreme book hoarder, Netflix addict, and reality TV aficionado. She enjoys excessive amounts of chocolate and caffeine, tweeting, and all things Ezra Fitz and Ryan Gosling. When it comes to TV, she expects to be thoroughly entertained and when not, she will slam and mock you, but still tune in next week. She's a glutton for punishment. Basically, she's awesome.
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Aztalan State Park är ett skyddat fornminne i Wisconsin i USA som bevarar en stad och en helgad plats av Mississippikulturen.

Staden som existerade mellan 900-talet och 1300-talet hade uppskattningsvis upp till 500 invånare. Den centrala delen var skyddad genom en fortifikation och dessutom består fornminnet av en hög plattform. På plattformen hittades rester av ett tempel och i staden fanns även en pyramid samt mindre högar för astronomiska ändamål. Bredvid ringmuren upptäcktes rester av skulpturer som föreställde fåglar, kaniner och kräldjur.

Liknande fornminnen hittades dessutom på Rock Lakes grund som ligger cirka 5 km västerut.

Ruinerna upptäcktes 1835 av landägaren Timothy Johnson. Året 1837 fick platsen sitt nuvarande namn av N. F. Hyer i samband med den första noggranna kartläggningen. Hyer inspirerades av Alexander von Humboldt som hade upptäckt att aztekerna kallade landet där de kom ifrån för Aztlán. Platsen skyddades först 1912 och flera betydande föremål gick förlorade.

I nyare avhandlingar förespråkar arkeologerna teorin att Aztlán inte är identisk med Aztalan State Park.

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Boston, MA — For the second consecutive year, over 100 wrestlers from across Boston came together in fellowship to practice and scrimmage with each other as part of the 2018-2019 wrestling season kick off. The event was a celebration of the growth of the sport of wrestling in the city and an opportunity to receive technical instruction from a variety of coaches. The event was sponsored by KIND Snacks, who provided healthy snacks for our wrestlers at the conclusion of the practice. Special thanks to Boston Latin School for hosting the kick off for the second year in a row.
The wrestlers represented a variety of schools and teams including: Boston Latin School, Josiah Quincy Upper School, John D. O'Bryant, Excel Academy Charter High School, Boston Latin Academy, and Parkway Youth Wrestling Club.


Baltimore, MD (January 3, 2014) - Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler announced today that the State of Maryland has reached an agreement with Lisa Valentine, D.D.S., of Woodstock, for her to repay the Medicaid program $25,000 in civil damages for services that were billed, but never rendered. The Medicaid Fraud Control Unit (MFCU) of the Office of the Attorney General conducted an investigation into the practice of Dr. Valentine, which included numerous interviews with her former patients and staff.
"The hardworking taxpayers who fund the Medicaid program deserve to know that their money is benefiting those it is intended to help," said Attorney General Gansler. "Our office took swift and decisive action against this dentist who was trying to abuse the system."
The investigation showed that Dr. Valentine's husband, Spencer Brown, in his capacity as an employee of the practice, billed the Medicaid program for services that were not provided.
Brown previously pleaded guilty to one count of Medicaid fraud for submitting the fraudulent claims to the Medicaid program from January 2008 through November 2010. He received a sentence of five years incarceration, with all but one year suspended, and was ordered to pay restitution of $156,918 to the Medicaid program.
Attorney General Gansler thanked Assistant Attorneys General Tom Rafter and Shelly Martin, as well as Investigator Mark Holback, all of the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, for their work on this case.


Partisan differences in knowledge of the term are modest. Seven-in-ten (70%) of those who have heard a lot about increased campaign spending by outside groups correctly identify a superPAC. That compared with just 30% of those who have heard less about the issue.


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Top 10 MLB All Star Game Moments Since 2000
Josh Hamburger
The MLB has been bringing its best players together since 1933 in an annual All Star Game. Since its inception, countless memories have been made, from game-winning hits to final farewells. The game started to gain greater importance in 2003, as the winner began to determine home-field advantage for the World Series. This year's game takes place on July 14 at Great American Ballpark, home to the Cincinnati Reds. Take a look at some of the most memorable moments since 2000 (listed chronologically):
2000: Andres Galarraga receives a standing ovation in his first at bat after non-Hodgkin's lymphoma forced him to sit out the entirety of the 1999 season. He singled in that at bat and later ended the season as the NL Comeback Player of the Year.
2000: In front of his home crowd in Atlanta, Chipper Jones homered off of James Baldwin to left-center field, bringing the crowd to its feet. Hank Aaron hit a homerun when the last All Star Game was in Atlanta, and he happened to throw out the game's first pitch.
2001: In Cal Ripken's final All Star Game, he received an ovation and treated the fans to a home run in route to the MVP. When the AL took the field, Alex Rodriguez, the team's shortstop, surprised Ripken and gave him the position. Ripken had played third base for his first and last few years of his career, but he helped revolutionize the shortstop position.
2002: Barry Bonds had been the league's most feared hitter and connected on a deep shot that looked to be a home run. However, Torii Hunter, arguably the league's best fielder, robbed Bonds of the home run. The game ended up tying, thus it proved to be a pivotal play.
2006: With two outs and two strikes in the top of the 9th down 2-1, Michael Young laced a triple to center field to take a 3-2 lead. Even more impressive, the game-winning hit came off of Trevor Hoffman, who is second in career saves in the MLB.
2007: In a feat never accomplished before, Ichiro destroyed a ball to deep right field that hit off the wall and bounced in a strange direction. The ball hit a banner on the wall, which bounced far away from Ken Griffey Jr., who was playing in right field. This allowed for Ichiro to score an inside-the-park-home run, the first and only in All Star Game history.
2010: On the morning of the 2010 All Star Game, George Steinbrenner, one of the winningest owners ever, passed away. To honor him, there was a pregame video followed by a moment of silence at the stadium that displayed the history and admiration for the longtime Yankees owner.
2013: Mariano Rivera, the all-time saves leader, took the All Star field for the final time of his career before retiring later that year. He came out of the bullpen to "Enter Sandman" and took the field alone out of respect. The entire stadium stood on their feet to pay respect to the future Hall of Famer. He came in and pitched a perfect eight inning as expected.
2014: Just one year after his former teammate's final game, Derek Jeter also played in his last All Star Game. Jeter went 2-2 with a double and a run, although Adam Wainwright, the pitcher he faced in the first inning, claimed after the game that he gave him easy pitches to hit. He drew some questions of integrity over this, but later claimed that he was joking. Jeter came out of the game in the 4th inning to a standing ovation and hugs from the entire dugout.
2015: Just one season removed from their first World Series trip since 1985, the Kansas City Royals sent four starters to the MLB All Star Game. Though only a couple may be truly deserving, their fans have been voting excessively as a reward for last year's success. However, their voting has brought controversy and a possible reconsideration of the All Star voting process.
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Tilicho Lake is the highest lake in the world at 5200m. The lake lies on the north side of the Annapurna Himal, just below Tilicho Peak(7134m). Reaching it is not easy as the route rises to the Mesukantu-La pass at 5,300m. But it is an exciting and beautiful route.
Offers the fascinating insight into the life of middle hill Nepalese, ethnic groups from Hindu farmers to Tibetan Lamas, incredible views of many of the Himalayas' most famous high peaks, crystal clear lakes.
Himalayan Sights: Whole Annapurna Massief, Dhaulagiri ranges, Manaslu, Tibetan Plateau.
Arrive in Kathmandu and transfer to hotel, Depending on your arrival time you will have choice of visiting nearby sanctuaries or rest of the time free for leisure.
Half day sightseeing around Kathmandu, where you will have time to fascinating Buddhist and Hindu temples and shrines reflecting ancient local tradition are highlighted on by guided tour. There's time to explore the city's many charms on your own or take a rest while finalize trekking permits.
It takes about 6/7hours drive by bus. Besi sahar where the road ends and we will not se-motorized vehicles for the next three weeks.
Approximately 6 hours and 500m ascent but we get some nice views of nearby villages, waterfalls and look back at small and the terraced rice fields. The trail winds through rice paddies and thick forest, occasionally crossing to small and large bamboo bridges.
Day 5: Bahun Danda - Chamje (6/7 hrs,1715m) o/n in lodge (B.L.D).
6-7 hours and over 400m ascend.
About 500m ascend –Tal (lake). There is natural dam on the river Marshyandi that formed a small lake with an actual beach, and a nice waterfall on the other end of the town. Several stiff rises with length of Marshyandi River. (7hrs) Overnight at Bagarshhap.
About 500m ascend. Chame is a pretty major town with a bank, health-post, electricity and beautiful view of Lamjung Himal and more than that it also has got hot spring.
We are in Manang district. The architectures of the village changes. It takes about 5½ hours. This town is now mostly a collection of lodges with the views of Pisang peak, Annapurna II.
Walk up to the camp, located at the foot of the hills taking lunch break in Yak Kharka. If we don't feel much tired then we can further hike up to High camp so that It would be easier to cross Throng La.
Departure early in the morning to climb Thorong (5416m) and descent towards Muktinath. (8 hrs) Muktinath temple is a point of pilgrimage for Buddhist and Hindus where flam, water, air meet.
We cross village of Jharkot and kagbeni easy stage on an old road of caravans. Sight on the solid mass of Nilgiri, Dhaulagiri and Tukuche Peak (6hrs). We follow along the windy kali Gandaki river through Jomsom and reach Marfa, the apple garden, where you can test the apple brandy.
which appears with the pay of Dhaulagiri.
Seen at the fall of ice of beautiful Dhaulagiri cross in forest one let us rejoin the hot sources with Tatopani.
Tatopani consists several clusters of building with excellent food, hot spring and nice view of Nilgiri Mountain. Sipping your beer as you enjoy your soak, drinking in the lovely atmosphere and surroundings of the riverside.
Easy increase until Birethati and crossing by Modi river and descent up to point to join the track by bus to Pokhara o/n in a hotel.
Spend the days relaxing/Sightseeing in this lovely town, with it's wonderful lakeside setting. Overnight in a hotel.
An early start to take the tourist bus back to Kathmandu.
We got in touch with Jagat and his company "Himalayan Leaders" from Germany. The organization went perfectly and without any problem. Once we arrived in Nepal, everything was already organized, starting from the airport pick up to the already acquired permissions for the ACA.
We had then one day in Kathmandu before we got picked up at our Hotel and started the journey to the Annapurna Conservation Area. All the time we were accompanied by a guide. In the first lodge, we met our guide Hem Loppa who was going to lead us through the area for next couple of weeks. He is the best guide we could have asked for and I can only recommend him heavily for every trekker/trekking group that like to have a friendly and competent guide who has a great personality!
The trekking tour was awesome and without any incidents. Hem told us everything about the culture and the surrounding mountains and peaks. After 17 days we were transferred back to Pokhara from Nayapul.
In Pokhara, the "Himalayan Leaders" even helped us to rent Mountainbikes to do a short 1-day-circuit around Phewa Lake.
Transfer back to Kathmandu the next day went also well.
All in all, I can only recommend this great organization to every adventure loving person. The planning is just perfect and you won't have any problems during the trip. The guides only now the best lodges and will take care of you in any way. If you are planning to go to Nepal choose the "Himalayan Leaders" and have the trip of your life!


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West Coast Surrogacy-West Coast Egg Donation
West Coast Surrogacy, Inc. (WCS) and West Coast Egg Donation, Inc. (WCED) are boutique style, full service agencis located in Southern California offering both surrogacy and egg donation for intended parents. Working with individuals and couples (both straight and gay), surrogates and egg donors nationwide, WCS/WCED uses a multi-disciplinary, team-oriented, affirming care approach that encompasses the highest level of integrity, support and compassion, with 24-hour client care. It is our pledge to guide your intended parents through every step of this life-changing process, acting as both a resource for information and an unparalleled support system
West Coast Surrogacy, Inc. has enjoyed an outstanding reputation and has helped to bring nearly 200 babies into this world since our inception in 2007. Our highly experienced staff, many of whom have been surrogate mothers and/or egg donors themselves are proud to be part of this extraordinary process, and we strive to uphold the highest level of professionalism and compassion every step of the way. WCS currently has gestational surrogates available and ready to be matched.
West Coast Egg Donation, Inc.'s egg donors have each passed the initial screening application, undergone an in-depth evaluation and submitted a detailed personal history profile, as well as having participated in an interview before being accepted into our program. This interview gives us an opportunity to get to know them, to understand their motivations for being an egg donor as well as answer the many questions they may have about becoming an egg donor.
WCS/WCED is fully compliant with all FDA regulations and standards set by the American Society for Reproductive Medicine. We are owned and operated by Amy Kaplan, a past egg donor and gestational surrogate mother herself with 18 years in the field of reproductive medicine, including managing several Orange County IVF centers.
For more information about our services, or to see our available surrogates and/or egg donors call us at: toll free: 877.492.7411 or visit us at: http://www.westcoastsurrogacy.com and http://www.westcoasteggdonation.com.
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Design trends come and go each year, and landscape design is no different.
Maintaining a safe and clean property is one of the most important jobs for managers; especially in the winter.
If you have snow mold, it may not be visible until spring.
As a homeowner, you want to keep your lawn looking its best in order to boost your curb appeal and enjoy your landscaping.


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Brook Street Online
BS Social Care
Work for Brook Street
Administrator (RETFORD)
Retford, Nottinghamshire
Up to £10.65 per hour + pension & paid holidays
nottingham.web@brookstreet.co.uk
HG7466_1586777271
Administrative Officers
Salary: £10.65 hourly rate + enhanced rate of pay for unsociable hours worked
Location: Retford with opportunities in the following postcode DN22 6JR
Job Type: Temporary, 37.5 hours per week
Immediate opportunities are available with our client, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) who are looking for Administrative Officers to work within Job Centres across the UK.
As an Administrative Officer you will be required to work within a DWP allocated office / building, dealing with both inbound telephone and online queries from the general public and advising on the best way forward for their employment status in line with government guidance.
What you'll need to do:
" Provide excellent customer service to a diverse range of customers and employers.
" Make decisions regarding benefit entitlement by examining the available facts.
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Towards real-time metabolic profiling of a biopsy specimen during a surgical operation by 1H high resolution magic angle spinning nuclear magnetic resonance: a case report
Martial Piotto1,
François-Marie Moussallieh2,3,
Agnès Neuville4,
Jean-Pierre Bellocq4,
Karim Elbayed2 &
Izzie Jacques Namer3,5
Providing information on cancerous tissue samples during a surgical operation can help surgeons delineate the limits of a tumoral invasion more reliably. Here, we describe the use of metabolic profiling of a colon biopsy specimen by high resolution magic angle spinning nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy to evaluate tumoral invasion during a simulated surgical operation.
Biopsy specimens (n = 9) originating from the excised right colon of a 66-year-old Caucasian women with an adenocarcinoma were automatically analyzed using a previously built statistical model.
Metabolic profiling results were in full agreement with those of a histopathological analysis. The time-response of the technique is sufficiently fast for it to be used effectively during a real operation (17 min/sample). Metabolic profiling has the potential to become a method to rapidly characterize cancerous biopsies in the operation theater.
Providing information on cancerous tissue samples in real-time during a surgical operation can help surgeons delineate more precisely the limits of a tumoral invasion. Currently, only a histopathological examination of the tissue specimen performed under extemporaneous conditions can answer this question reliably. However, this analysis is labor-intensive and its response time can exceed 30 minutes. Metabolic profiling of unprocessed biopsy specimens by 1H high resolution magic angle spinning nuclear magnetic resonance (HRMAS NMR) spectroscopy [1–3] has the potential to efficiently distinguish cancerous and healthy tissues [4–10]. However, until now, no attempts have been made to utilize this technique as an additional diagnostic tool in the context of a surgical operation. Recently, a general description of the possibilities offered by this methodology has appeared in the literature [11]. In this paper, a proof of principle of real-time metabolic profiling by 1H HRMAS NMR during a surgical operation is given, using as a model the excised colon of a patient with an adenocarcinoma. The metabolic profiles of the different tissue samples of the patient were analyzed, under the time-constraints of a real surgical operation, using a previously established statistical partial-least square discriminant analysis model (R2Y = 0.80, Q2 = 0.76) built from 35 healthy colon tissue samples and 39 adenocarcinoma samples. This model is based essentially on the spectral windows corresponding to the chemical shifts of taurine, glutamate, aspartate, myo-inositol and glucose (Figure 1) [12]. The model was used to automatically classify, without human intervention, the new biopsy specimen.
Statistical partial-least square discriminant analysis model used for the blind test analysis of colon biopsies. The model was developed and validated using a cohort of 74 colorectal biopsies (control n = 35, adenocarcinoma n = 39) and histopathological criteria using the spectral region corresponding to the taurine, glutamate, aspartate, myo-inositol and glucose resonances. Cancerous and control colon biopsy specimens are represented by red and black boxes respectively. The two component partial-least square discriminant analysis model is characterized by the following parameters: R2Y = 0.80 and Q2 = 0.76. The high Q2 value indicates the high predictive capabilities for the model. Representative one-dimensional 1H Carr-Purcell-Meiboom-Gill high resolution magic angle spinning nuclear magnetic resonance spectra of control and adenocarcinoma colorectal tissues originating from the same patient are shown on the left side. Partial metabolite assignment in the 4.7 ppm to 0.5 ppm region is indicated. The numbers refer to the following metabolites: (1) isoleucine, (2) leucine, (3) valine, (4) ethanol, (9) lactate, (10) lysine, (11) alanine, (12) acetate, (13) glutamate, (14) methionine, (15) glutamine, (16) aspartic acid, (17) phosphoethanolamine, (18) choline, (19) phosphorylcholine, (20) glycerophosphocholine, (21) arginine, (22) taurine, (23) proline, (24) scyllo-inositol, (25) myo-inositol, (26) glycine, (27) threonine, (28) glycerol, (29) beta-glucose, (30) alpha-glucose, (31) serine, (32) creatine, (33) asparagine, (34) tyrosine, (35) phenylalanine, (36) ascorbic acid and (37) succinic acid.
A 66-year-old Caucasian women presented to our hospital with anemia (hemoglobin 9.1 g/dL, hematocrit 31%) and an abdominal scanner examination revealed the presence of a tumor in her ascending colon. Our patient underwent an open right hemicolectomy with radical lymphadenectomy. The tumor was diagnosed in histopathology as a differentiated adenocarcinoma with angio-, lympho- (2/13) and neuroinvasion and staged as pT4aN1M0 according to the tumor-node-metastasis classification. Molecular analysis of the samples revealed microsatellites-stable tumor with p53 gene alteration. No tumor infiltration was observed in the margin of the resected colon.
Nine biopsy specimens from our patient's segmental colon resection were prepared in 30 μL inserts (preparation time, two minutes per insert) and inserted into a 500 MHz NMR magnet (for detailed experimental procedure see [12]). One-dimensional HRMAS NMR data were then acquired under exactly the same conditions as the ones used to build the statistical model (3°C, rotation speed 3502 Hz, total experiment time 14 minutes). Immediately after data acquisition, the peak integral within each 0.01 ppm region was computed and normalized with respect to the total integral of the spectrum in the 4.7 ppm to 0.5 ppm region using AMIX software (Bruker GmbH, Germany). Datasets were then imported into the SIMCA P 11.0 software (Umetrics AB, Umeå, Sweden), pre-processed using unit variance scaling and input into the previously described statistical model. The model then automatically classified, without any human intervention, the nine samples as either cancerous or control (data analysis time, one minute).
The results of the classification process obtained for our patient are presented in Figure 2. In this score plot, it is observed that one set of four biopsy specimens (biopsies 3, 4, 5 and 6) falls clearly within the control region of the statistical domain, whereas four biopsy specimens (biopsies 1, 2, 7 and 9) appear in the adenocarcinoma region. Biopsy 8 is classified in the border region that separates control samples from adenocarcinomas. A complementary way of analysing the classification data is to check the value of the predicted Y value for each biopsy specimen. In our model, a Y value of 0 corresponds to healthy tissues whereas a Y value of 1 corresponds to an adenocarcinoma. The predicted Y value for biopsy specimens 3, 4, 5 and 6 was found to be 0.15, 0.16, 0.01 and 0.15 respectively whereas the predicted Y value for biopsy specimens 1, 2, 7, 8 and 9 was equal to 1.5, 1.2, 1.2, 0.43 and 1.10 respectively. Clearly, these values reflect the position of each biopsy specimen in Figure 2.
Blind test classification. Automatic classification of nine colon biopsy specimens from a patient affected with an adenocarcinoma using the metabolic model presented in Figure 1. Samples 1, 7, 2 and 9 are classified as adenocarcinomas, whereas samples 3, 4, 5 and 6 are classified as control. Sample 8 falls in the border region.
A histopathological analysis was performed on mirror samples and on the nine biopsy specimen used for the HRMAS analysis. Quantitative histopathological analysis provided very similar results on mirror samples and on biopsy specimens, despite the fact that some tissue alteration due to rotation was observed. Figure 3 displays a macroscopic view of the colon specimen used with the tumoral zone at the center and the different histopathological sections analyzed. The histopathological analysis revealed that biopsy specimens 1, 7, 2, 9 and 8 contained 60%, 60%, 50%, 30% and 10% of tumoral cells respectively, whereas biopsy specimens 3, 4, 5 and 6, which are located further away from the tumor, contained 0% tumoral cells. When comparing these results with those obtained from metabolic profiling, the results show a remarkable agreement. The results obtained on our patient in Figure 2 show clearly that the position of the different biopsies in the statistical model faithfully reproduce the results of the histopathological analysis. Biopsy specimens 1, 7, 2 and 9 contain the highest number of tumoral cells and are grouped together in the adenocarcinoma region. Control biopsy specimens 3, 4, 5 and 6 correspond to the control region of the statistical model. Biopsy 8 is certainly the most interesting case since it contains only 10% of tumoral cells and the model positions it properly at the border region between control and adenocarcinoma.
Combined histopathological analysis and metabolic profiling of colon samples originating from a patient affected with an adenocarcinoma. A macroscopic view of the colectomy specimen (total length 10 cm) containing an invasive adenocarcinoma with a whitish fungating appearance and a section of the specimen stained with hematoxylin and eosin (H&E). (A) Histopathological analysis: The most invasive part of the tumor corresponds to boxes 1, 7 and 9, whereas normal mucosa is represented by boxes 3, 4, 5 and 6. Boxes 2 and 8 correspond to submucosa and serosa tissue respectively. Tissues corresponding to all the nine boxes were embedded in paraffin and stained with H&E for histological analysis (5 μm thickness). Evaluation of H&E staining was performed by light microscopy using a 10× eye-piece with a 20× or a 40× objective. The percentage of tumoral cells indicated was evaluated by a semi-quantitative method and by two pathologists to confirm the diagnosis. (B) Metabolic profiling: the histological sections have been replaced by the corresponding one-dimensional 1H high resolution magic angle spinning nuclear magnetic resonance spectra. The most representative metabolites of control and adenocarcinoma samples are indicated on the spectra of samples 2 and 3. Samples 2 and 8 contain a higher amount of lipids (large peaks at 0.91 ppm, 1.30 ppm, 1.60 ppm, 2.04 ppm, 2.27 ppm and 2.80 ppm).
Adenocarcinoma are characterized, in decreasing order of importance, by a higher amount of taurine, glutamate and aspartate than control biopsy specimens, which contain more myo-inositol and glucose. Although a detailed analysis of the metabolic pathways affected in ardenocarcinoma cells is out of the scope of this manuscript, it is clear that our results are in full agreement with the Warburg phenomenon [13] since adenocarcinoma cells are clearly depleted in glucose. Figure 3 presents the 1H HRMAS NMR spectra corresponding precisely to the biopsy specimens analyzed by histopathology. The higher content of the metabolites taurine (3.42 ppm), glutamate (2.34 ppm) and aspartate (2.80 ppm) is clearly visible in the spectra of tumoral cells, whereas the intensity of myo-inositol (4.05 ppm) and glucose (4.65 ppm) increases significantly in the control biopsy specimens. Thus, the results obtained show that metabolic profiling is indeed able to provide real-time analysis of biopsy samples.
The total time per sample in our case for a full analysis, which consists of sample preparation, data acquisition and statistical analysis, is about 17 minutes per sample. Interestingly, this time is equivalent to that typically observed in the case of an extemporaneous histological analysis but still needs to be reduced in the context of an operation. Realistically, future progress in sample preparation, data acquisition and analysis should be able to reduce this time to less than 10 minutes per biopsy sample. In that respect, automation and simultaneous analysis of multiple samples will play a crucial role for the future development of these techniques.
Adenocarcinoma of the colon was chosen as a test case for this study for two reasons. First, the segmental colon resection allows the preparation of several biopsies with different levels of tumoral cell infiltration, in particular at the level of the transitional zones. Second, we have previously developed a robust statistical model for this kind of pathology. This model was essential for the success of the current analysis. From a medical point of view, the approach presented here could have some extremely important applications in areas of surgery that require a surgical strategy to be decided under intraoperative conditions, or in cases where it is extremely difficult to delineate with adequate precision the exact zone of tumoral infiltration. Neurosurgery or surgery of the pancreas, in particular, is a field that would benefit immensely from this kind of technology. The prospects of real-time metabolic profiling by HRMAS NMR are therefore extremely promising and methodological as well as technical developments should make this type of analysis even faster.
HRMAS:
high resolution magic angle spinning
NMR:
nuclear magnetic resonance.
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This work is part of the CARMeN project which permitted the installation of the first HRMAS NMR spectrometer (500 MHz) in a hospital environment at the end of 2007 in the University Hospitals of Strasbourg (Hôpital de Hautepierre). The CARMeN project is supported by grants from Région Alsace, Oséo, Bruker BioSpin, Communauté Urbaine de Strasbourg, Conseil Départemental du Bas-Rhin, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, and Université de Strasbourg. The technical assistance of the Tumor Bio-bank (Centre de Resources Biologiques) of the University Hospitals of Strasbourg is gratefully acknowledged.
Bruker BioSpin, 34 Rue de l'Industrie, 67166, Wissembourg, France
Martial Piotto
Université de Strasbourg, Institut de Chimie, UMR 7177, 4 Rue Blaise Pascal, 67000, Strasbourg, France
François-Marie Moussallieh & Karim Elbayed
Service de Biophysique et Médecine Nucléaire, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, Hôpital de Hautepierre, 1 Avenue Molière, 67098, Strasbourg, France
François-Marie Moussallieh & Izzie Jacques Namer
Service d'Anatomie Pathologique, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, Hôpital de Hautepierre, 1 Avenue Molière, 67098, Strasbourg, France
Agnès Neuville & Jean-Pierre Bellocq
Université de Strasbourg, Faculté de Médecine, Institut de Physique Biologique, UMR 7237, 4 Rue Kirschleger, 67085, Strasbourg, France
Izzie Jacques Namer
François-Marie Moussallieh
Agnès Neuville
Jean-Pierre Bellocq
Karim Elbayed
Correspondence to Izzie Jacques Namer.
MP, KE and IJN designed the project; FMM and AN performed the research; MP analyzed the data; JPB provided critical assessment and advice on experimental protocols; MP and IJN wrote the paper. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
Piotto, M., Moussallieh, FM., Neuville, A. et al. Towards real-time metabolic profiling of a biopsy specimen during a surgical operation by 1H high resolution magic angle spinning nuclear magnetic resonance: a case report. J Med Case Reports 6, 22 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-6-22
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Q: Block texture load only when placed, but not in inventory I've read some other 'similar' questions but their problems is exactly the opposite. I've also read the docs but they won't provide anything useful to this problem.
When I /give myself the block, it shows a missing texture in my inventory as a item. But when I place it, its texture is shown in the world as a block.
Screenshot:

Main mod class:
package com.byethost8.code2828.mcmods.chemc;

import net.minecraft.block.AbstractBlock;
import net.minecraft.block.Block;
import net.minecraft.block.OreBlock;
import net.minecraft.block.material.Material;
import net.minecraft.block.material.MaterialColor;
import net.minecraft.item.BlockItem;
import net.minecraft.item.Item.Properties;
import net.minecraft.item.ItemGroup;
import net.minecraftforge.common.MinecraftForge;
import net.minecraftforge.event.RegistryEvent;
import net.minecraftforge.eventbus.api.SubscribeEvent;
import net.minecraftforge.fml.common.Mod;
import net.minecraftforge.fml.event.lifecycle.FMLCommonSetupEvent;
import net.minecraftforge.fml.javafmlmod.FMLJavaModLoadingContext;

@Mod(CheMC_.modid)
public class CheMC_ {

    public static final String modid = "chemc";

    public static OreBlock ore_lithium = (OreBlock) new OreBlock(
        AbstractBlock.Properties
            .create(Material.ROCK, MaterialColor.PINK_TERRACOTTA)
            .harvestLevel(1)
            .hardnessAndResistance(1, 1)
            .setLightLevel(
                light -> {
                    return 1;
                }
            )
    )
    .setRegistryName("chemc", "lithium_ore");
    public static BlockItem i_ore_lithium = (BlockItem) new BlockItem(
        ore_lithium,
        new Properties().group(ItemGroup.BUILDING_BLOCKS)
    )
    .setRegistryName(ore_lithium.getRegistryName());
    public static Block block_lithium = new Block(
        AbstractBlock.Properties
            .create(Material.IRON, MaterialColor.PINK_TERRACOTTA)
            .harvestLevel(1)
            .hardnessAndResistance(1.2F, 1)
            .setLightLevel(
                light -> {
                    return 1;
                }
            )
    )
    .setRegistryName("chemc", "lithium_block");
    public static BlockItem i_block_lithium = (BlockItem) new BlockItem(
        block_lithium,
        new Properties().group(ItemGroup.BUILDING_BLOCKS)
    )
    .setRegistryName(block_lithium.getRegistryName());

    public CheMC_() {
        FMLJavaModLoadingContext
            .get()
            .getModEventBus()
            .addListener(this::setup);
        MinecraftForge.EVENT_BUS.register(this);
    }

    private void setup(final FMLCommonSetupEvent event) {}

    // You can use EventBusSubscriber to automatically subscribe events on the
    // contained class (this is subscribing to the MOD
    // Event bus for receiving Registry Events)
    @Mod.EventBusSubscriber(bus = Mod.EventBusSubscriber.Bus.MOD)
    public static class RegistryEvents {

        @SubscribeEvent
        public static void onBlocksRegistry(
            final RegistryEvent.Register<Block> blockRegistryEvent
        ) {
            // register a new block here
            blockRegistryEvent
                .getRegistry()
                .registerAll(ore_lithium, block_lithium);
        }
    }
}

Some codes are removed to make the main problem clear.
Following texts only will say about Lithium Block, but same things apply for Lithium Ore.
Model File:
{
    "parent": "block/cube_all",
    "textures": {
        "all": "chemc:block/lithium_block"
    }
}

Folder structure of src/main/resources:

Blockstate:
{
    "variants": {
        "": [
            { "model": "chemc:block/lithium_block" }
        ]
    }
}

A: I can't believe that I was stupid enough to register a Item and do nothing to assets/chemc/resources/models/item/ folder. See this for more. I have the exactly same problem as that OP.


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One fellow quoted Matt Groening of the Simpsons, saying, "Love is a snowmobile racing across the tundra and then suddenly it flips over, pinning you underneath. At night, the ice weasels come." Amusing, but I prefer Mother Teresa's definition, explaining that "Love is a fruit in season at all times and within reach of every hand." Always encourage optimism. I invite each of you to explore your own thoughts on love and open up to more conversations around it. Does anything new come up for you? Feel free to email me with any ideas or revelations.
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An opportunity for Korea
Jordan Ryan | Thursday, January 18, 2018
North Korea and its leader, Kim Jong-un, have been the subject of some of President Trump's most memorable tweets. Trump has called the North Korean leader a "short and fat" and a "madman," and in keeping with what may be his favorite pastime, labeled Kim "Rocket Man." Not to be outdone, Kim has publicly referred to the President as an "old lunatic," a "loser" and a "psychopath." In what may be one of his most famous tweets, Trump continued the schoolyard insults by describing his "nuclear button" as being "much bigger" and "more powerful" than that of the North Korean leader.
While the bombastic battle between the leaders of two nuclear-armed nations may be great fodder for late night comedians, it has done little to advance the goal of a stabilized Korean Peninsula. Thankfully, in what may ultimately prove to be the proverbial first step in a long and difficult journey, representatives of North and South Korea met last week for the first time in two years.
The talks between Representatives of the divided nation were held in the demilitarized zone in what has become known as the "Peace House" located in the Panmunjom truce village. The discussions focused on North Korea's role in the Winter Olympics to be held in South Korea's Pyeongchang next month. Both sides reported the talks as positive.
As a result of those talks, North Korea has been invited to bring a delegation of athletes, performing arts group and its press contingent to the games. The South has proposed that Korean athletes from both nations march together in the opening ceremony of the Olympics. In what may have seemed to be the impossible only weeks ago, North and South Korea have agreed to field a joint women's hockey team at the games.
The Olympics will quickly come and go. However, this diplomatic opportunity must not be squandered. North and South Korea have signaled a significant reduction in tensions between the two nations. The joint closing statement issued at the conclusion of the round of discussions remarkably read, "South and North Korea have decided to make joint efforts for the unity of the people and reconciliation by establishing an environment for peace and easing military tensions on the Korean Peninsula."
The United States has an obligation to help continue the positive momentum created by this opportunity. Since he took office, Trump, perhaps justifiably, has taken a very hard line stance against North Korea. Aside from the somewhat juvenile taunts, the President has imposed broad sanctions on virtually every aspect of the North Korean economy.
Given Kim's irresponsible testing of ICBMs and even nuclear arms, such sanctions may well be the only available reaction short of direct military intervention. However, the effects of such sanctions are open to question. John Delury, a professor at Yonsei University's Graduate School of International Studies in South Korea, believes that North Korea has over time grown so accustomed to adapting to sanctions that their leadership is less phased by the economic pressure. In fact, such moves may be pushing North Korea closer to China. Professor Delury believes, "North Korea is used to sanctions and isolation. It doesn't get them to do what we want them to do." Experts also seem to agree that the imposition of more severe sanctions, even with the support of China, could be counterproductive in that North Korea may feel that its hand is being forced to take military action as its only available option.
We remain a great distance from a unified Korea. Nonetheless, there is some reason to have optimism. A "hot line: between the leaders of the two nations, long disabled, has been reestablished. Discussions are underway to take steps to avoid accidental conflict.
Trump has assured South Korean President Moon Jae-in that he would be willing to engage in direct talks between the United States and North Korea "at the appropriate time, under the right circumstances." Those circumstances may well be upon us. The false alert in Hawaii on Jan. 13 should serve as a stark reminder of what could actually happen if North Korea should launch a missile attack against the United States or its allies. Though we are a long way from denuclearization of Korea, the first step may have been taken towards that ultimate goal. The Trump Administration needs to make every effort to keep moving in the right direction towards that goal, and in any event, must do nothing that could lead us two steps backwards. Perhaps the most recent news reports coming out of the Korean peninsula will prove to be more positive than the taunts and rants that filled the news in 2017.
Take this out of online story but you knew that Senior Jordan Ryan, a Pittsburgher formerly of Lyons Hall, studies Political Science, Peace Studies and Constitutional Studies. She welcomes any inquiries, comments or political memes to [email protected]
The views expressed in this column are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.
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