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Assessment of the risks associated with nanomaterials
Assessment of the risks associated with nanomaterials for the general population, workers and the environment
Keywords : Nanomaterials, Nanoparticles, Nanotechnologies
As with any chemical, the fate of nanomaterials in the human body and their associated potential toxicity depend mainly on their physico-chemical properties (size, shape, solubility, etc.). However, partly due to the specific properties of manufactured nanomaterials, scientific knowledge of traditional substances cannot be directly transferred to nanoscale forms. Today, the widespread dissemination of nanomaterials through a variety of consumer products calls for a better understanding of the exposure of workers in this sector to these nanomaterials, as well as exposure of consumers and the general population as a whole. In this context, the Agency has conducted several expert appraisals on these topics.
The Agency has conducted several expert appraisals on the risks associated with nanomaterials found in the environment and in consumer products, for both occupational populations and the general public.
Review of knowledge about nanomaterials (2006)
In September 2005, the Agency was asked by the French Ministries for the Environment, Health and Labour respectively to conduct an expert appraisal of the state of knowledge about the health effects of nanoparticles and manufactured nanomaterials. This formal request led to the production of:
firstly, a summary of the scientific and technical knowledge about manufactured nanomaterials (their properties, fields of use, toxicology, biological and health effects, measurement tools, exposure, health impacts, regulations, standards, etc.);
secondly, a proposal for priority avenues for conducting studies and research on the assessment of the health risks in the workplace and for the general population.
The report resulting from this work was published in July 2006. It highlights in particular the need for a precise definition of the different types of nanomaterials, and stresses the complexity inherent in studying them because of their size, and therefore the need for a common language for comparing existing data.
Effects on the health of workers exposed to manufactured nanomaterials (2008 and 2011)
Based on these findings, the Ministries for theEnvironment, Health and Labour decided to make a new formal request tothe Agency to conduct a study on the health effects on workers exposed to manufactured nanomaterials.
To bestrespond to the questions posed by this request, the working group appointed by the Agency to produce the required expertise based its work on ananalysis of the national and international scientific literature. This analysis was supplemented by a survey of manufacturers andlaboratories involved,and byhearingswithproducers and users of nanomaterials.
According to the experts' conclusions, it is not possible to rule outthe existence of health effects on humans or impactson the environment as a result of exposure to nanomaterials.
The Agency, in agreement with all the results, conclusions and recommendations of the expert appraisal, called for the implementation of the expert group's recommendations, especially those concerning the creation of a good practice guide for employers on the use of nanomaterials.
Given the available data on the potential hazards of nanomaterials and the existing measurement limitations, the Agency emphasised the importance of controlling human exposure to manufactured nanomaterials and applying the STOP principle that aims touse static or dynamic containment systems to establish a barrier between the operator and any potentially hazardous processes.
Numerous scientific reports regard inhalation of nanomaterials as potentially hazardous, and therefore the Agency has recommended measures to be taken to avoid or minimise worker exposure.
For the transport of nanomaterials, the Agency has recommended the application of rules used for hazardous materials.
The Agency also recommended creating a database to improve knowledge about the main uses of nanomaterials in France. It is essential to identify personnel working in contact with nanomaterials and monitor their working conditions. This database would also aim to identify the types and quantities of nanomaterials used, the number of potentially exposed workers, and the means of prevention implemented.
Manufactured nanoparticles in water (February 2008) and in food and feed (March 2009)
To answer the questions of the Directorate General of Health, the Agency published a report on manufactured nanoparticles in water, and another on nanoparticles in food and feed. This work resulted in recommendations consistent with those from other national and international bodies.
Nanomaterials are used for a broad spectrum of applications: drugs, plant protection products, food and feed, packaging, and water treatment processes. Oral exposure to nanoparticles in the environment can also occur (via water or food). As of 2009, no water treatment process using nanoparticles had been placed on the French market and no veterinary medicinal product or plant protection product involving nanotechnologies had been submitted for authorisation in Europe.
Although the technological perspectives opened by nanotechnologies seem immense, particularly in the field of health, knowledge about the toxicity of nanomaterials is still incomplete. In addition, there is no standardised method for measuring and monitoring the fate of manufactured nanoparticles in complex matrices (the environment, food, the body, etc.).
Given these uncertainties, the Agency, as well as other international bodies, found it impossible to assess consumer exposure and the health risks associated with ingestion of nanoparticles. As a result, the Agency has urged caution with regard to the use of nanotechnologies or nanoparticles in food and feed. It also recommended that the presence of these substances in food should be subject to systematic reporting and an application for marketing authorisation.
Consumer exposure to products containing manufactured nanomaterials (2010)
The Agency received a formal request on 5 June 2008 from its supervisory ministries to:
develop and investigate exposure scenarios for the general population to a few manufactured nanomaterials contained in a sample of products placed on the market, taking into account the different routes of exposure;
assess the potential risks to the general population and the environment.
The Agency was asked to focus on the most relevant products and their uses, in order to analyse the main conditions of exposure of the general population. For this expert appraisal, only manufactured nanomaterials intentionally added to the nano-products were considered.
The study highlighted 246 consumer products available on the French market containing manufactured nanomaterials. These products (nano-products) are divided into 10 categories including cosmetics and hygiene products, textiles and building products.
Properties of nanomaterials vary in particular according to their chemical composition, size, specific surface area, surface state or shape of the nanoparticle considered. A number of commercial products were selected, each with a different and unique formulation or matrix.
With the aim of achieving a qualitative risk assessment, the working group selected four finished products containing manufactured nanomaterials in order to conduct a review of the nano-specific hazards and develop exposure scenarios. The products studied were: antibacterial socks containing silver nanoparticles, cement containing titanium dioxide nanoparticles, sunscreen lotion containing titanium dioxide nanoparticles and a food ingredient containing silica. The Agency tested the conventional risk assessment methodologies on these four products.
Although scientific studies regularly suggest the possibility of risks to health and the environment of certain nanomaterials, for the four products studied, the lack of data (physico-chemical characterisation, toxicity, etc.) meant that it was impossible to estimate the risk, which cannot therefore be ruled out.
Faced with this uncertainty, the Agency recommended:
promoting research in the fields of physico-chemical characterisation, exposure assessment, toxicology and ecotoxicology;
implementing traceability of data and providing information for consumers on products containing manufactured nanoparticles (nano-products);
limiting the exposure of consumers and the environment (in addition to that of workers) through a phased approach, in particular by promoting safe products, not containing nanomaterials, that are equivalent in terms of function, efficiency and cost.
These recommendations apply to both nano-products already on the market and future nano-products.
These studies reveal the urgent need to advance knowledge about exposure and the potential hazards of nanomaterials. Only a very small percentage of the published studies on nanomaterials currently relate to the risks to health and the environment.
The first effort should focus on the standardisation of methods for characterising nanomaterials, but the research priorities should also target toxicology, ecotoxicology and exposure measurement.
Following this work, the Agency issued an internal request to develop a pragmatic risk assessment methodology adapted to nanomaterials. To do this, it set up a special working group reporting to its Expert Committee (CES) on physical agents.
Assessment of risks associated with nanomaterials - issues and update of current knowledge (May 2014)
This summary of knowledge shows that despite the advances in scientific knowledge, major uncertainties remain about the effects of nanomaterials on health and the environment. It identifies a wide variety of hazard characteristics and notes the great complexity involved in understanding exposure situations for humans and the environment, thus making it difficult to conduct specific risk assessments. Given the time such assessments would take, the Agency recommends implementing, without delay, tools to improve risk management through a stronger regulatory framework at European level.
Effects of certain nanomaterials on living organisms
Drawing on a review of all available data and scientific publications around the world, the report documents the effects identified on living organisms. Based onin vitroandin vivoanimal tests, it first demonstrates the ability of nanomaterials to cross physiological barriers, and highlights the toxicity of certain nanomaterials, noting that there are currently no data directly concerning humans, due to the lack of epidemiological studies.
Given these factors and faced with the complexity of the subject, the Agency has made several recommendations with a view to stimulating research: to reduce the numerous scientific uncertainties in our knowledge, and to developing regulations and standards that provide better protection for humans and the environment.
ANSES's recommendations
Regarding research, the Agency recommends implementing multidisciplinary projects to develop knowledge of the characteristics and hazards of nanomaterials, throughout the product life cycle. This mainly involves promoting the development of appropriate safety tests for assessing the health risks of products containing nanomaterials intended to be placed on the market.
In addition, ANSES is calling immediately for a strengthened regulatory framework for manufactured nanomaterials at the European level, in order to better characterise each substance and its uses, taking into account the entire product life cycle.
ANSES believes that the array of available scientific data on the toxicity of certain nanomaterials is sufficient to consider regulating them according to the European CLP (classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures) and REACh (chemicals) Regulations. In this context, ANSES recently published recommendations on adapting the REACh Regulation to take into account the specific characteristics of nanomaterials.
This regulatory framework would enhance the traceability of nanomaterials intended to be used in consumer products, from production through to distribution, mainly with a view to improving characterisation of population exposure, and better targeting the risk assessments to be conducted. These risk assessments could lead to restrictions on their use or even to their prohibition, in the framework of the REACh Regulation.
Photo Credit : Jean-François Hochepied, Mines-ParisTech
Press kit 14 May 2014 - "Assessment of the risks associated with nanomaterials, issues and update of current knowledge"
OTHER ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC
Assessment of the risks associated with carbon nanotubes
Tool for control banding the risks associated with nanomaterials
Sep 2021 // Opinion ANSES OPINION on a specific health risk assessment guide for nanomaterials in food products
Nov 2020 // Opinion ANSES OPINION on the quality, use and sharing of data declared in the R-Nano register
Apr 2014 // Opinion OPINION of the French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety on the assessment of risks associated with nanomaterials - issues and update of current knowledge
Dec 2010 // Report Development of a specific Control Banding Tool for Nanomaterials
A specific health risk assessment guide for nanomaterials in food Published on 11/10/2021
Seeking a more protective European definition for nanomaterials Published on 23/07/2021
Titanium dioxide: news of EFSA's updated assessment of the food additive E171 Published on 07/05/2021
Recommended occupational exposure limits for titanium dioxide nanoparticles Published on 04/03/2021
Nanomaterials: assessment of R-Nano, the national reporting scheme Published on 01/12/2020
Nanomaterials are composed of elementary structures in which at least one dimension typically, but not exclusively, measures between 1 and 100 nanometers (nm). This dimensional feature gives these materials particular properties or behaviour, of use for new technological applications. Because of the many innovative applications suggested by these physical, chemical or biological properties, nanomaterials are currently booming as a field of scientific and technical research.
Nanomaterials are no longer only confined to research laboratories, but are now included in many industrial processes and contribute to the composition of a wide variety of products and systems used in everyday life (sunscreens, textiles, foods, the field of transport, etc.). Their rapid growth has led to an increase in exposure of the population to manufactured nanomaterials, primarily affecting workers in industry and laboratories, as well as populations living near industrial facilities. This aspect of occupational exposure was the subject of a report published by AFSSET in 2008.


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This emergency sports medicine manual addresses an array of essential issues including: planning the medical aspects of sporting events, evaluating the "return to play" conundrum, and on-field treatment of an injured or ill athlete. These topics and skills are crucial for all event physicians to master.
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A few weeks ago a saw the documentary One Little Pill and yesterday met with a DR that prescribed me and we went over the details. I asked if I should start with 50mg or half that and I'm glad I asked that.
I felt the pill come one pretty pronounced. It was somewhat hard to engage in discussion and for my thoughts to flow into words and sentences. I then had 2 pints of IPA with my wife at dinner. That was immediately a trip as I could experience what the documentary covered. The pleasure/reward system on alcohol was off. The usual euphoric rush like effects were gone. The ones that you transition from first not liking to over time loving. I then went home and felt the desire to pop over to the neighborhood bar and see. I walked by and it was too busy and bright as the pill still had me feeling some body load and clouding of the mind. S, instead I bought a 6 pack of IPA's and went home, watched TV and eventually watch One little pill again. I drank two of those beers, so that made 4 beers from 6:30 - 10:00pm. My current count is around 9 - 11 which is really much more because of the alcohol content. Watching to documenting brought tears to my eyes several times and I felt emotional. I took a bath and then went to bed - felt slight cramp in stomach a coupe of times.
Now, this is where it got more interesting. I woke up at about 4:00am with mind racing, feeling anxious and uncomfortable. I laid in bed the rest of the night feeling like I wasn't getting any sleep but I think it was coming of and on. When I got up in the morning I felt really odd, like a high dose of an SSRI or even a psychedelic. My mind was racing, I felt very shaky and trembling. My eyes felt a little swollen. Just a really uncomfortable feeling. I took a Xanax and I think that helped and I managed to get to work. I feel a bit better now, but still shaky and mentally dull. It's hard to describe.
I'm definitely not taking 50mg until the side effects of 25 subside. I'm trying to get a hold of my Dr to see what they think.
In short, impressed with the effect with alcohol. I never imagined the level of load on the body and brain I experienced.
Welcome to OSL, Thump! I hope the doc can shed some light, let us know how that goes when you get time!
Sounds a lot like some of my side effects, but yours may be worse. I had bought the book The Cure For Alcoholism and it had recommended to start dose at 25mg. for a few days. I did that and I believe that helped a lot. It really does get better after a few days and you'll be glad you hung in there. Don't be discouraged! This is a Healthy Choice!
Thanks flowergirl I'm wondering if it might have to do with me being on a very low carb or Keto diet. I say "or" because beer throws my carbs out of Keto range. I made the diet change in November and my tolerance dropped and hangovers much worse.
Hey thump604: I had a mild kind of psychedelic effect at first, too. Nal hits some of us hard; I can't help thinking it has to to with individual body and neuro chemistry. Of course, any opiate will wreak havoc when on Nal. I never knew that Imodium is some kind of opiate until I came to this forum (tho Imodium isn't something I take). Anyway, the side effects will most likely go away or, if you're like me, will diminish enough to be tolerable - and are a heck of a lot better than a hangover! Keep us posted!
Last night I had 2 beers. I felt pretty awful all night but not as bad as the day before. I was also able to get more and better sleep. Still feeling pretty jacked all night and when up though. Block pressure pretty high as I have been monitoring that. Seems to be getting better. My Dr suggested reducing to 12.5 and maybe take it with lunch or breakfast, but I opted to stay with 25 and an hour before drinking if im going to drink.
Sounds like you're heading in the right direction, Thump. A little more time might well sort this out.
I'm going to create a progress thread along with my background and hopefully interact with you all a bit more.
thump604 hey, I got about the same side effects as you. Started on 25mgs for 4 days and felt really dreamlike for an hour after taking the nal the first 6 days. That passed, but I've had a few nights since then where I woke up really early in the morning and couldn't go back to sleep. Im not sure if it's the lack of alcohol or a side effect, but I have felt my anxiety spike some nights. Half a Klonopin helps, or in your case Xanax (but he careful with that). Anyways glad to see you here, looking forward to your progress thread!


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Goals and intended outcomes of the project or effort, in the context of the Vision and Change report and recommendations: To improve biological literacy and student-centered education, V&C action items include integrating science process, and introducing research experiences, into all undergraduate biology courses. Developing a model for integrating undergraduate research, with a particular eye to making class-based authentic experiences more sustainable for faculty, was a central goal. The Ciliate Genomics Consortium (CGC) was aimed to 1) improve feasibility/sustainability of undergraduate research in the classroom through melding faculty research goals with student research efforts in a professional learning community model; 2) increase student (early) participation in authentic research by integrating opportunities into a variety of commonly-taught biology courses at different levels and types of institutions; 3) enrich classroom undergraduate research experiences through immediate web publication of students' original findings to an appropriate 'user' group; and 4) expand science leadership opportunities for students.
Describe the methods and strategies that you are using: A learning consortium of faculty and students based on functional annotation of Tetrahymena genes was developed. Scalable research modules for integration into existing courses serve to engage students in making new and highly valued contributions to the larger community of ciliate biologists. Student discoveries are directly disseminated to this community through a database for unpublished results that is hyperlinked to the official genome database, a highly visible and well-utilized community resource. Faculty at any institution can engage their students, in class, in explorations of genes in families related to the faculty member's research program, and results are used to progress their research agenda. Opportunities for collaboration between consortium faculty across institutions and disciplines that create new research possibilities, are provided through workshops run as part of, or separate from, regular scientific meetings. Resulting collaborations allow students to feed into larger projects of interest to multiple faculty members.
Describe the evaluation methods that you used (or intended to use) to determine whether the project or effort achieved the desired goals and outcomes: Changes in student attitudes and motivation to engage science that correlate with using consortium research modules and other consortium activities, such as dissemination of student discoveries and inclusion in a broader learning community, were assessed. Pre/post attitudinal and confidence surveys were administered; voluntary student time spent on the project outside of class was tracked, as were student efforts to seek additional research opportunities in the following year. Comparisons were made with control groups that did not participate in the consortium. Student learning gains from engaging research in class guided by the modules was assessed using the CURE and SALG instruments. To assess sustainability for faculty, the number of course repeats using the research modules was tracked, and the number of faculty publications using student-generated data, and the number of new collaborations between consortium faculty were used as measures of impact to faculty research programs. Impact on the larger ciliate research community was measured by tracking numbers of new gene function annotation entries resulting from the class-based research made on the Tetrahymena Genome Database (TGD) Wiki, or through the database for unpublished results linked to TGD.
Impacts of project or effort on students, fellow faculty, department or institution. If no time to have an impact, anticipated impacts: Nine faculty at 11 different schools (private colleges, universities, and state universities) have integrated the research modules into 12 courses (cell bio, molecular, and intro) taught multiple times, plus bridge programs - over 500 students have contributed toward understanding function of ~300 Tetrahymena genes. Repeated use of modules in courses was 95%. Some courses were designed around this experience (a research course for sophomores, and others) and modules were successfully established in intro biology courses at Claremont and Missouri State U. Through CGC, 10 faculty and 6 students have received technical cross-training through workshops; 52 students have presented their research at conferences (including intro bio students); 23 are authors on peer-reviewed publications. Learning and behavioral outcomes from the research modules include significant gains in students' understanding of research process, how scientists approach real world problems, data analysis, readiness for more demanding research, and gains in student confidence in experimental design and execution, data presentation, scientific writing, oral presentation of results, and scientific record-keeping. Tracking and self-reports showed 25% increase in upper division students, and 6-fold increase in first year students, who pursued additional research within one year after module experience. Adding web publication opportunity produced large gains in motivation to 'do science', measured by tracking voluntary student hours spent on the research project outside of class time, and beyond the end of the course. Faculty research programs benefitted from the class-based research, shown by number of publications (6) with student authors from classes (20) and 5 new multi-year faculty collaborations.
Describe any unexpected challenges you encountered and your methods for dealing with them: Challenge #1: Time/effort to adopt and implement the research modules in a given classroom. Faculty can bring UG students to workshop training sessions - students serve as TAs at the home institution, aiding module implementation and reducing faculty time/effort required. Challenge #2: Faculty reluctance to adopt modules using unfamiliar experimental systems. Instead of only recruiting faculty into work with Tetrahymena, we are also disseminating our UG research model - one that is highly transferable to teacher-researchers in other model system communities with genome annotation needs. Our student results database now has a highly adaptable interface for use by any community. Disseminating the model reduces need for specific training workshops for work with Tetrahymena.
Describe your completed dissemination activities and your plans for continuing dissemination: The Ciliate Genomics Consortium opportunities and outcomes were disseminated through multiple presentations at both scientific and education conferences, through workshops during a primary biannual conference for ciliate biologists, and independent consortium workshops. A CGC website provides one avenue for new people to join the consortium (https://tet.jsd.claremont.edu). At least three publications on consortium activities and outcomes are in preparation. Enhanced efforts to disseminate the consortium model to other model system communities are being planned, and a proposal to NSF to support these and future faculty/student training workshops was submitted.
Acknowledgements: This project was supported by an NSF CAREER award to E. Wiley (MCB-0545560) and HHMI funding to Washington University. The project was developed through the combined efforts of the The Ciliate Genomics Consortium Steering Committee members: Douglas Chalker, Washington University; Joshua Smith, Missouri State University; Nicholas Stover, Bradley University; and Emily Wiley, Claremont McKenna, Pitzer, and Scripps Colleges.


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Triana, we just started with you
Today we would like to show you a bit around one of the neighborhoods with more character of Sevilla: Triana, like a village inside Sevilla city. Where there the flamenco crib is and where it's large heritage still alive on the streets.
During the 70s the flamenco was being defined and the scene was effervescent. Triana was the meeting point for flamenco singers who came from Jerez or Cádiz and where the different styles were set. We found a very beautiful documentary that explores the early roots of the flamenco, something to enjoy and admire.
Ritio y geografía del cante flamenco. Triana en los 70's
The Guadalquivir River defines a lot the soul of Triana, the naval tradiction was installed there in the early years. In Triana was located the University of "Mareantes" (a romantic and old style word to refer those who were sailors and were driving by the sea). In this university was were the seaman were recruit and trained and was also the place where the ships, first commanded by Magallanes and after his dead by el Cano, managed to finish the first round around the world. From Triana was the sailor who saw for first time what today is America: Rodrigo de Triana.
Triana is also well known for the tradition of artisanal pottery, for the sailors, dancers and bullfighters. Triana's status is very high and extremely rich. A big mystery. Is incredible all that has happened in this few streets, cause when you count house by house, in which of them have not born a bullfighter, a cabaret singer a painter or any kind of artist.
Juan Belmonte, the most relevant bullfighter and considerate by many the founder of the modern bullfighting, grew up in Triana. Belmonte established a new way of dancing with the bull, in which the aesthetic was very important and a much shorter distance with the bull and with a slower rhythm where he seemed to be talking with the bull characterized his way. Today there is a statue in the Altozano Square that recalls his art.
But there are many more, Naranjito de Triana, also contemporanean like Antonio Canales a dancer, Paz Vega an actress that triumph in Hollywood and the flamenco singers Lole y Manuel.
But, let's go! We want to explore Triana, its fried fish, the courtyard rejoicing, jasmine pots and lady of the night, lime walls, geranium cans, velás and other neighboring parties. So we cross the iron Bridge of Isabel II, built in 1845 and right in our right hand we find the Virgen del Carmen Chapel, patron saint of the sailors, which was built by the well-famous architect Aníbal González.
We recommend exploring and getting lot in the racket of the food market, what is built on top of the archeological park and the ruins of San Jorge Castle. San Jorge Castle was before a prison and the headquarter of the Inquisition in Sevilla when the Catholic Kings arrived. There is a small alley just behind the market, called "callejón de la Inquisición" that was the street where the prisioners during the Inquisition were drive. The alley ends in a beautiful street by the riverside called Pasaje de la O.
We will go now around Alfarería street where we could look around the ceramics shops. There is a large tradition in ceramics in Triana and its remains alive. There is a Ceramic Museum (Antillano Campos, 14) that was opened last year in the old Santa Ana's fabric a worth a visit.
Now we started to feel like a snack, and can't not resist to have a dogfish tapa that small all over San Jacinto street before going to Santa Ana Church (Vázquez de Leca street) to admire the altarpiece. This church was ordered to be built by Alfonso X el Sabio, to express his gratitude to the virgin who cured his eyes.
Now we take Betis street, that connects the bridges of Isabel II with the San Telmo one's. This street architecture is very beautiful, framed by colorful narrow houses and small trees. Here is one of the very few places where you can have a panoramic view of Sevilla and condense from the Torre del Oro, the Cathedral at the end, the Guadalquivir, Paseo Colón..
And for finishing the first day that we spend in Triana we definitely recommend a restaurant called Río Grande which is an institution in Sevilla, with a magical views over the city. Is located in Betis street just before arriving to Plaza de Cuba. Has a large terrace where to enjoy the dinner with views that no other place can offer you in Sevilla.
The menu is "diverse and innovative in constant evolution according to our customers' opinions and our creative cooks" as they define themself. Rio Grande is an ideal place to enjoy products from the Andalusia coast, such as Prawn Carpaccio from Huelva, Red Tuna Tartar from Cadiz and Lobster Ragout. From Black Rice, Shellfish Paella or Iberian pig to vegetarian and vegan menu, there are dishes for everybody. And all so delicious!!
We had as starter we had goat cheese salad with wild red fruits and raspberry and honey vinaigrette. Also sautéed artichokes with toasted garlic and almonds over orange blossom sauce.
As main dish I had a superb grilled tuna with pisto and egg.
Highly recommend the bar close to the riverbank for a drink after dinner in their bar terrace, Puerto de Cuba, just right in the river bank. You can even walk to the pier and its specially beautiful at night.
If you want you can book a table in Río Grande straight from their website; http://riogrande-sevilla.com/contacto-y-reservas
Hope you have a nice time in Triana and you get to experiment the most interesting and beautiful thing that this place has, its people. We promise more post in our blog about Triana cause this is just a light intro.
María Pacheco
En la convulsa España de principios del quinientos, una mujer ...
Las mujeres célebres de nuestras habitaciones: Juana Pacheco
Todas nuestra habitaciones como sabes toman nombres de mujeres célebres ...

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// Ref: http://cocoadocs.org/docsets/AFNetworking/3.0.0/Classes/AFSecurityPolicy.html#//api/name/policyWithPinningMode:
try {
    Interceptor.attach(ObjC.classes.AFSecurityPolicy['+ policyWithPinningMode:'].implementation, {
        onEnter: function(args) {
            var int_0 = new NativePointer('0x0');
            if (args[2] != int_0) {
                console.log('[+] Executing SSL Pinning Bypass Technique #1');
                args[2] = int_0;
            }
        }
    });

} catch (e) {
    console.log('[-] ', e.stack);
}

// Ref: http://cocoadocs.org/docsets/AFNetworking/3.0.0/Classes/AFSecurityPolicy.html#//api/name/policyWithPinningMode:withPinnedCertificates:
try {
    Interceptor.attach(ObjC.classes.AFSecurityPolicy['+ policyWithPinningMode:withPinnedCertificates:'].implementation, {
        onEnter: function(args) {
            var int_0 = new NativePointer('0x0');
            if (args[2] != int_0) {
                console.log('[+] Executing SSL Pinning Bypass Technique #2');
                args[2] = int_0;
            }
        }
    });
} catch (e) {
    console.log('[-] ', e.stack);
}

// Ref: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/foundation/nsurlsessiondelegate/1409308-urlsession
try {
    resolver.enumerateMatches('-[* URLSession:didReceiveChallenge:completionHandler:]', {
        onMatch: function(match) {
            console.log('[+] [NSURLSession] Found URLSession:didReceiveChallenge:completionHandler:');
            Interceptor.attach(match.address, {
                onEnter: function(args) {

                    var receiver = new ObjC.Object(args[0]);
                    var selector = ObjC.selectorAsString(args[1]);
                    var session = new ObjC.Object(args[2]);
                    var challenge = new ObjC.Object(args[3]);

                    console.log('[+] Executing SSL Pinning Bypass Technique #3');

                    var completion_handler = new ObjC.Block(args[4]);
                    var saved_completion_handler = completion_handler.implementation;

                    completion_handler.implementation = function() {

                        // Ref: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/foundation/nsurlcredential/1407330-credentialfortrust
                        var credential = NSURLCredential.credentialForTrust_(challenge.protectionSpace().serverTrust());

                        // Ref: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/foundation/nsurlauthenticationchallengesender/1411062-usecredential
                        challenge.sender().useCredential_forAuthenticationChallenge_(credential, challenge);
                        saved_completion_handler(0, credential);
                    }
                }
            });
        },
        onComplete: function() {}
    });
} catch (e) {
    console.log('[-] ', e.stack);
}

// Ref: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/foundation/nsurlconnectiondelegate/1414078-connection?language=objc
try {
    resolver.enumerateMatches('-[* connection:willSendRequestForAuthenticationChallenge:]', {
        onMatch: function(match) {
            console.log('[+] Executing SSL Pinning Bypass Technique #4');
            Interceptor.replace(match.address, new NativeCallback(function(a, b, connection, challenge) {
                // console.log('[+] swizzled');
            }, 'void', ['pointer', 'pointer', 'pointer', 'pointer']));
        },
        onComplete: function() {}
    });
} catch (e) {
    console.log('[-] ', e.stack);
}

// (as done in SSL-Killswitch2)
// Ref: https://github.com/nabla-c0d3/ssl-kill-switch2/blob/master/SSLKillSwitch/SSLKillSwitch.m
try {
    Interceptor.replace(SecTrustEvaluate, new NativeCallback(function(trust, result) {
        console.log('[+] Executing SSL Pinning Bypass Technique #5');
        var ret = SecTrustEvaluate(trust, result);
        result = kSecTrustResultProceed;
        return ret;
    }, 'int', ['pointer', 'pointer']));
} catch (e) {
    console.log('[-] ', e.stack);
}

try {
    Interceptor.replace(SSLSetSessionOption, new NativeCallback(function(context, option, value) {
        console.log('[+] Executing SSL Pinning Bypass Technique #6');
        if (option === kSSLSessionOptionBreakOnServerAuth) {
            return noErr;
        }
        return SSLSetSessionOption(context, option, value);
    }, 'int', ['pointer', 'int', 'bool']));
} catch (e) {
    console.log('[-] ', e.stack);
}

try {
    Interceptor.replace(SSLCreateContext, new NativeCallback(function(alloc, protocolSide, connectionType) {
        console.log('[+] Executing SSL Pinning Bypass Technique #7');
        var sslContext = SSLCreateContext(alloc, protocolSide, connectionType);
        SSLSetSessionOption(sslContext, kSSLSessionOptionBreakOnServerAuth, 1);
        return sslContext;
    }, 'pointer', ['pointer', 'int', 'int']));
} catch (e) {
    console.log('[-] ', e.stack);
}

try {
    Interceptor.replace(SSLHandshake, new NativeCallback(function(context) {
        console.log('[+] Executing SSL Pinning Bypass Technique #8');
        var result = SSLHandshake(context);
        if (result === errSSLServerAuthCompleted) {
            return SSLHandshake(context);
        } else {
            return result;
        }
    }, 'int', ['pointer']));
} catch (e) {
    console.log('[-] ', e.stack);
}

try {
    Interceptor.replace(tls_helper_create_peer_trust, new NativeCallback(function(hdsk, server, SecTrustRef) {
        console.log('[+] Executing SSL Pinning Bypass Technique #9');
        return errSecSuccess;
    }, 'int', ['void', 'bool', 'pointer']));
} catch (e) {
    console.log('[-] ', e.stack);
}


We had a great April meeting and are pleased to welcome a new member, Denise McCulloch! Lora shared some great work and demonstrated the ruler quilting technique she used on this gorgeous quilt.
Almost everyone had some show and tell; we've been busy!
Coming up we have our first mini-retreat sew day on April 30 at the Downtown Branch of the Alachua County Public Library. Stay tuned for a post with all the details and directions coming very soon!
We decided that we will work on the charity quilt challenge for QuiltCon. The theme is "playing with scale"; we are going BIG! The color palette and all the details are on the MQG website linked to above. We'll share ideas and examples of blown-up motifs at the May meeting. If you have fabrics in the palette, please bring them to the meeting.


text:
from datetime import datetime

from flask import abort
from sqlalchemy.exc import IntegrityError
from dmapiclient.audit import AuditTypes

from .. import main
from ...models import (
    AuditEvent, db, Framework, FrameworkAgreement, SupplierFramework, User
)
from ...utils import (
    get_json_from_request,
    json_has_required_keys,
    json_has_keys,
    single_result_response,
    validate_and_return_updater_request,
)
from ...supplier_utils import validate_agreement_details_data

RESOURCE_NAME = "agreement"

@main.route('/agreements', methods=['POST'])
def create_framework_agreement():
    json_payload = get_json_from_request()
    updater_json = validate_and_return_updater_request()
    json_has_required_keys(json_payload, ["agreement"])
    update_json = json_payload["agreement"]

    json_has_keys(update_json, required_keys=['supplierId', 'frameworkSlug'])

    supplier_framework = SupplierFramework.find_by_supplier_and_framework(
        update_json['supplierId'], update_json['frameworkSlug']
    ).first()

    if not supplier_framework or not supplier_framework.on_framework:
        abort(
            404,
            "supplier_id '{}' is not on framework '{}'".format(
                update_json['supplierId'], update_json['frameworkSlug']
            )
        )

    framework = Framework.query.filter(
        Framework.slug == update_json['frameworkSlug']
    ).first_or_404()

    framework_agreement = FrameworkAgreement(
        supplier_id=update_json['supplierId'],
        framework_id=framework.id
    )
    try:
        db.session.add(framework_agreement)
        db.session.flush()
    except IntegrityError as e:
        db.session.rollback()
        abort(400, format(e))

    audit_event = AuditEvent(
        audit_type=AuditTypes.create_agreement,
        user=updater_json['updated_by'],
        data={
            'supplierId': update_json['supplierId'],
            'frameworkSlug': update_json['frameworkSlug']
        },
        db_object=framework_agreement
    )

    db.session.add(audit_event)
    db.session.commit()

    return single_result_response(RESOURCE_NAME, framework_agreement), 201

@main.route('/agreements/<int:agreement_id>', methods=['GET'])
def get_framework_agreement(agreement_id):
    framework_agreement = FrameworkAgreement.query.filter(FrameworkAgreement.id == agreement_id).first_or_404()
    return single_result_response(RESOURCE_NAME, framework_agreement), 200

@main.route('/agreements/<int:agreement_id>', methods=['POST'])
def update_framework_agreement(agreement_id):
    framework_agreement = FrameworkAgreement.query.filter(FrameworkAgreement.id == agreement_id).first_or_404()
    framework_agreement_details = framework_agreement.supplier_framework.framework.framework_agreement_details

    json_payload = get_json_from_request()
    updater_json = validate_and_return_updater_request()
    json_has_required_keys(json_payload, ["agreement"])
    update_json = json_payload["agreement"]

    json_has_keys(
        update_json,
        optional_keys=['signedAgreementDetails', 'signedAgreementPath', 'countersignedAgreementPath']
    )

    if (
        framework_agreement.signed_agreement_returned_at
        and ('signedAgreementDetails' in update_json or 'signedAgreementPath' in update_json)
    ):
        abort(400, "Can not update signedAgreementDetails or signedAgreementPath if agreement has been signed")

    # For G-Cloud 12 onwards (e-signature frameworks), CCS Admins do not have to approve for countersigning
    is_esignature_framework = framework_agreement.supplier_framework.framework.is_esignature_supported
    if (
        'countersignedAgreementPath' in update_json and not
        (framework_agreement.countersigned_agreement_returned_at or is_esignature_framework)
    ):
        abort(400, "Can not update countersignedAgreementPath if agreement has not been approved for countersigning")

    if update_json.get('signedAgreementDetails'):
        if not framework_agreement_details or not framework_agreement_details.get('frameworkAgreementVersion'):
            abort(
                400,
                "Can not update signedAgreementDetails for a framework agreement without a frameworkAgreementVersion"
            )

        framework_agreement.update_signed_agreement_details_from_json(update_json['signedAgreementDetails'])
        validate_agreement_details_data(
            framework_agreement.signed_agreement_details,
            enforce_required=False
        )

    if update_json.get('signedAgreementPath'):
        framework_agreement.signed_agreement_path = update_json['signedAgreementPath']
    # Unlike signedAgreementPath, we allow unsetting of countersignedAgreementpath
    if 'countersignedAgreementPath' in update_json:
        framework_agreement.countersigned_agreement_path = update_json['countersignedAgreementPath']

    audit_event = AuditEvent(
        audit_type=AuditTypes.update_agreement,
        user=updater_json['updated_by'],
        data={
            'supplierId': framework_agreement.supplier_id,
            'frameworkSlug': framework_agreement.supplier_framework.framework.slug,
            'update': update_json},
        db_object=framework_agreement
    )

    try:
        db.session.add(framework_agreement)
        db.session.add(audit_event)
        db.session.commit()
    except IntegrityError as e:
        db.session.rollback()
        abort(400, format(e))

    return single_result_response(RESOURCE_NAME, framework_agreement), 200

@main.route('/agreements/<int:agreement_id>/sign', methods=['POST'])
def sign_framework_agreement(agreement_id):
    framework_agreement = FrameworkAgreement.query.filter(FrameworkAgreement.id == agreement_id).first_or_404()
    framework_agreement_details = framework_agreement.supplier_framework.framework.framework_agreement_details

    json_payload = get_json_from_request()
    updater_json = validate_and_return_updater_request()
    update_json = None

    if framework_agreement_details and framework_agreement_details.get('frameworkAgreementVersion'):
        json_has_required_keys(json_payload, ["agreement"])
        update_json = json_payload["agreement"]

        json_has_keys(update_json, required_keys=['signedAgreementDetails'])

        framework_agreement.update_signed_agreement_details_from_json(update_json['signedAgreementDetails'])
        framework_agreement.update_signed_agreement_details_from_json(
            {'frameworkAgreementVersion': framework_agreement_details['frameworkAgreementVersion']}
        )
        validate_agreement_details_data(
            framework_agreement.signed_agreement_details,
            enforce_required=True
        )

        if not User.query.filter(User.id == update_json['signedAgreementDetails']['uploaderUserId']).first():
            abort(400, "No user found with id '{}'".format(update_json['signedAgreementDetails']['uploaderUserId']))

    framework_agreement.signed_agreement_returned_at = datetime.utcnow()

    audit_event = AuditEvent(
        audit_type=AuditTypes.sign_agreement,
        user=updater_json['updated_by'],
        data=dict({
            'supplierId': framework_agreement.supplier_id,
            'frameworkSlug': framework_agreement.supplier_framework.framework.slug,
        }, **({'update': update_json} if update_json else {})),
        db_object=framework_agreement
    )

    try:
        db.session.add(framework_agreement)
        db.session.add(audit_event)
        db.session.commit()
    except IntegrityError as e:
        db.session.rollback()
        abort(400, format(e))

    return single_result_response(RESOURCE_NAME, framework_agreement), 200

@main.route('/agreements/<int:agreement_id>/on-hold', methods=['POST'])
def put_signed_framework_agreement_on_hold(agreement_id):
    framework_agreement = FrameworkAgreement.query.filter(FrameworkAgreement.id == agreement_id).first_or_404()
    framework_agreement_details = framework_agreement.supplier_framework.framework.framework_agreement_details

    updater_json = validate_and_return_updater_request()

    if framework_agreement.status != 'signed':
        abort(400, "Framework agreement must have status 'signed' to be put on hold")

    if not framework_agreement_details or not framework_agreement_details.get('frameworkAgreementVersion'):
        abort(400, "Framework agreement must have a 'frameworkAgreementVersion' to be put on hold")

    framework_agreement.signed_agreement_put_on_hold_at = datetime.utcnow()

    audit_event = AuditEvent(
        audit_type=AuditTypes.update_agreement,
        user=updater_json['updated_by'],
        data={
            'supplierId': framework_agreement.supplier_id,
            'frameworkSlug': framework_agreement.supplier_framework.framework.slug,
            'status': 'on-hold'
        },
        db_object=framework_agreement
    )

    try:
        db.session.add(framework_agreement)
        db.session.add(audit_event)
        db.session.commit()
    except IntegrityError as e:
        db.session.rollback()
        abort(400, format(e))

    return single_result_response(RESOURCE_NAME, framework_agreement), 200

@main.route('/agreements/<int:agreement_id>/approve', methods=['POST'])
def approve_for_countersignature(agreement_id):
    """
    Admin approval is only required for frameworks prior to G-Cloud 12.
    :param agreement_id:
    :return:
    """
    framework_agreement = FrameworkAgreement.query.filter(FrameworkAgreement.id == agreement_id).first_or_404()
    framework_agreement_details = framework_agreement.supplier_framework.framework.framework_agreement_details

    json_payload = get_json_from_request()
    json_has_required_keys(json_payload, ['agreement'])
    update_json = json_payload["agreement"]
    json_has_keys(update_json, required_keys=['userId'], optional_keys=['unapprove'])
    approved_by_user_id = update_json['userId']

    updater_json = validate_and_return_updater_request()

    if 'unapprove' in update_json and update_json['unapprove'] is True:
        if framework_agreement.status != 'approved':
            abort(400, "Framework agreement must have status 'approved' to be unapproved")

        framework_agreement.signed_agreement_put_on_hold_at = None
        framework_agreement.countersigned_agreement_returned_at = None
        framework_agreement.countersigned_agreement_details = None

    else:
        if framework_agreement.status not in ['signed', 'on-hold']:
            abort(400, "Framework agreement must have status 'signed' or 'on hold' to be countersigned")

        framework_agreement.signed_agreement_put_on_hold_at = None
        framework_agreement.countersigned_agreement_returned_at = datetime.utcnow()

        countersigner_details = {}
        if framework_agreement_details:
            if framework_agreement_details.get('countersignerName'):
                countersigner_details.update({
                    'countersignerName': framework_agreement_details['countersignerName']
                })
            if framework_agreement_details.get('countersignerRole'):
                countersigner_details.update({
                    'countersignerRole': framework_agreement_details['countersignerRole']
                })

        countersigner_details.update({'approvedByUserId': approved_by_user_id})
        framework_agreement.countersigned_agreement_details = countersigner_details

    audit_event = AuditEvent(
        audit_type=AuditTypes.countersign_agreement,
        user=updater_json['updated_by'],
        data={
            'supplierId': framework_agreement.supplier_id,
            'frameworkSlug': framework_agreement.supplier_framework.framework.slug,
            'status': 'approved' if framework_agreement.countersigned_agreement_returned_at else 'unapproved'
        },
        db_object=framework_agreement
    )

    try:
        db.session.add(framework_agreement)
        db.session.add(audit_event)
        db.session.commit()
    except IntegrityError as e:
        db.session.rollback()
        abort(400, format(e))

    return single_result_response(RESOURCE_NAME, framework_agreement), 200


text:
Australian Managers Waste 36% of Their Time on Administrative Tasks
‑ 3 in 5 managers say administrative tasks prevent them from doing strategic work
‑ 7 in 10 companies still use unstructured manual tools to drive routine work processes
‑ 7 in 10 managers say these routine work processes cause significant delays
‑ Time spent on needless administration translates to $33B per annum or 2.1% of GDP
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA – NOWFORUM 2015 – Nov. 11, 2015 – ServiceNow® (NYSE: NOW), the enterprise cloud company, today released latest findings from a new report, "The State of Work in Australia," which revealed that Australian corporate managers are spending an average of 36% of their time on needless administrative tasks. This could potentially hamper organisational growth as managers find themselves having less time for strategic work, in turn creating unnecessary productivity and revenue losses.
The findings were based on a survey of 300 managers across Australia, aimed at understanding the effectiveness of the tools and processes used within corporate environments. ServiceNow sought to determine if businesses are leveraging the power of connected technology to simplify and accelerate work – or if they are still stuck using inefficient manual tools.
Said David Oakley, managing director, ANZ, ServiceNow, "The Internet has radically transformed the way we work and play. Consumers now expect the web to be automated, on demand and always on in their everyday lives – a demand that is increasingly seen in the workplace as well.
"However, the survey found that organisations are still spending considerable time and money on manual administration, which could significantly impact their top and bottom lines. Not only does this routine work cause managers to be less productive, it also inhibits a business' ability to access one of the most crucial avenues to business growth – innovation," he added.
Aside from quizzing respondents about the time spent on administrative tasks and the processes applied, the study also provided insights into the business impact of managers' administrative workload as well as what they would like to see change. The survey focused on four routine work processes common across all corporate environments: IT technical support, marketing services, purchase orders and employee onboarding. Respondents came from all working age groups across a wide range of industries, company sizes and business functions.
Managers spend almost as much time on needless tasks as they do their jobs
95% regularly spend time on administration outside their core job function.
On average, administrative tasks consume 14 hours or about two days every week.
36% indicated that they spend three days or more a week on administration.
62% agreed that administrative work leaves them with less time for strategic initiatives.
To put this in context, two days per week equates to 1,800 employees or 3.4 million hours a year for a corporation with 5,000 employees. This translates to $33 billion a year spent on administrative tasks in Australia – or 2.1% of GDP.*
"Australian enterprises waste billions of dollars on manual administration," said Oakley. "The magnitude of this administrative overhead is astounding. Enterprises need to ask whether administrative activities are the best use of their resources."
Managers are dissatisfied with how work gets done today
While managers spend an enormous amount of time on administration, the majority stressed that these tasks are fundamentally still important and efficiency is critical.
7 in 10 say that routine work processes cause significant delays.
4 in 5 indicate that delays in the purchase order process and IT support cause problems, while 3 in 4 say the same about getting marketing services.
Managers still rely on manual, unstructured tools for administration
Fewer than 18% have automated applications for the four work processes listed above.
7 in 10 companies still use unstructured manual tools such as email, spreadsheets and even personal visits to drive routine work processes, rather than automated applications.
Email is still driving most work processes and is the most popular when requesting marketing services and collateral (60%), followed by opening a purchase order (51%).
Even with IT support – arguably the most mature service – only 16% have automated systems.
The productivity drain is compounded by the complexity of business processes and the interdependencies between departments. In fact, 8 in 10 respondents agree that their productivity depends on how efficiently services provided by other departments are delivered.
The findings revealed that on average, managers have to coordinate across 4 departments for routine work processes. Almost half (45%) of respondents say that 5 to 10 departments are involved in employee onboarding, while one third (33%) say it takes 10 or more individual interactions such as emails or phone calls to make sure the company is ready for an employee's first day on the job.
"The problem with emails, phone calls and personal visits is that they do not drive end‑to‑end workflow," said Oakley. "Once a manager requests a service, the request is never tracked. For instance, if things are delayed or forgotten, no one is responsible for chasing the issue. It's like having an orchestra with no conductor and chaos reigns. Managers end up having to become that conductor, which is what consumes their time and creates frustration."
Managers want to use the same tools professionally and personally
3 in 4 want simple, self‑service support processes that are as easy to use and apply as consumer websites such as eBay or Amazon.
9 in 10 agree that automating these inefficient work processes would make them more productive.
Only 4% disagreed with consumerising support processes, and only 3% disagreed with automating administrative tasks.
"By automating and consumerisng their business services, Australian companies can reclaim enormous amounts of highly skilled management time," said Oakley. "Not only will this drive massive increases in efficiency, it will also release managers to focus on strategic activities. We believe that this is a critical investment area that can deliver deep competitive benefits and major cost savings.
"This survey points to the future of work – evolving from personal productivity tools to online automation to run business processes," said Oakley. "The technology exists today and early adopters are showing the way forward."
ServiceNow commissioned Lawless Research to design and conduct a study about the state of work in Australian companies with 250 or more employees. Between Aug. 25 and Sept. 8, 2015, 300 managers who supervise at least one employee completed the 10‑minute online survey. The survey, hosted by Qualtrics and Research Now, provided respondents from their online panel. The margin of error for the study is ±5.7 percentage points at the 95 per cent level of confidence. Tests of significant difference were conducted at the .01 level (99% probability that the difference is real, not by chance).
Report: "The State of Work in Australia" and infographic.
For more information on issues around email, see this blog post by Dave Wright, "Escaping the Endless Flow of Email to Get Real Work Done."
About ServiceNow
ServiceNow is changing the way people work. With a service‑orientation toward the activities, tasks and processes that make up day‑to‑day work life, we help the modern enterprise operate faster and be more scalable than ever before. Customers use our service model to define, structure and automate the flow of work, removing dependencies on email and spreadsheets to transform the delivery and management of services for the enterprise. ServiceNow enables service management for every department in the enterprise including IT, human resources, facilities, field service and more. We deliver a 'lights‑out, light‑speed' experience through our enterprise cloud – built to manage everything as a service. To find out how, visit www.servicenow.com.
*There are 910,698 managers in Australia (Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2014 Survey of Employee Earnings and Hours) with a mean weekly total cash earnings of $2,113.80. This gives a total Australia managerial wage spend of $91,361,223,360 per year. Administrative work is 36% of this, or $32,890,040,409. This represents 2.1% of AUS GDP, which stands at $1.6 trillion (Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2014 GDP).
ServiceNow and the ServiceNow logo are registered trademarks of ServiceNow. All other brand and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.
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text:
Fazi Editore è una casa editrice romana nata nel 1994.

Storia
La casa editrice Fazi Editore prende il nome dal promotore, animatore e maggior proprietario, Elido Fazi, laureato in Economia, manager e già collaboratore dell'Economist.

L'attività nacque a ridosso della frequentazione, che risale ai primi anni Ottanta, di Fazi con la scuola romana che si riuniva attorno a Prato pagano e Braci, in particolare con Gino Scartaghiande, Gabriella Sica, Claudio Damiani e Arnaldo Colasanti, che, non a caso, sono i promotori o partecipano al primo titolo pubblicato da Fazi, l'Arte poetica di Orazio, che esce nel gennaio del 1995. La collaborazione della Fazi si allarga poi a un variegato gruppo di scrittori, critici ed intellettuali romani: Emanuele Trevi, Valentino Zeichen, Franco Cordelli, Sandro Veronesi, Pietro Tripodo, Gabriele Pedullà, Filippo La Porta, Raffaele Manica, e altri.

Tra i primi titoli, oltre l'Arte poetica di Orazio figura La caduta di Iperione di John Keats. Nel corso del 1995 furono pubblicati 15 titoli ed accanto ai classici la Fazi iniziò ad occuparsi di quella che sarà per anni la sua caratteristica: la narrativa del Novecento in lingua inglese. Nei primi anni furono pubblicate infatti opere di John Fante (Un anno terribile e A ovest di Roma) che daranno notorietà alla Casa editrice.

A questo filone si aggiunse quello degli esordienti italiani: Rocco Fortunato con I reni di Mick Jagger, che è stato il primo titolo della Fazi venduto all'estero e soprattutto 100 colpi di spazzola prima di andare a dormire di Melissa P., diciassettenne di Catania. Il libro costituì un "caso letterario" ed un enorme successo di pubblico:  copie vendute in Italia, 3.000.000 nel mondo, tradotto in oltre quaranta paesi.

Dopo il 2001 la casa editrice incrementò la presenza nel settore della saggistica, vuoi per la posizione critica presa nei confronti della politica statunitense dopo i fatti dell'11 settembre. Il primo titolo di questo filone fu La fine della libertà di Gore Vidal.

Nel 2004 la Fazi Editore acquisì Arcana, storica casa editrice fondata negli anni settanta e specializzata in editoria musicale. Arcana fu poi ceduta nel 2007, nel quadro di una complessa e radicale ristrutturazione della Casa editrice e del gruppo.

Recentemente la Casa editrice, mentre da un lato prosegue il suo ruolo storico di "ponte" con le letterature in lingua inglese, dall'altro si dedica anche all'esplorazione di aree letterarie meno note: i paesi dell'Est Europa, della Scandinavia, dell'America Latina.

Le collane
 Le strade - Nata nel 1997, pubblica narrativa straniera contemporanea.
 Le porte - Nata nel 1995, è la collana storica della Fazi Editore.
 Le terre - Nata nel 1996, è la collana di saggistica della casa editrice.
 Le vele - Collana di narrativa caratterizzata da ricerca umana ed esistenziale.
 Lain - Raccoglie principalmente libri young adult e fantasy. (Dal gennaio 2016 la collana cambia nome in Lainya.)

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Elk Grove Village es una villa ubicada en el condado de Cook en el estado estadounidense de Illinois. En el Censo de 2010 tenía una población de 33127 habitantes y una densidad poblacional de 1.120,88 personas por km².

Geografía
Elk Grove Village se encuentra ubicada en las coordenadas . Según la Oficina del Censo de los Estados Unidos, Elk Grove Village tiene una superficie total de 29.55 km², de la cual 29.38 km² corresponden a tierra firme y (0.6%) 0.18 km² es agua.

Demografía
Según el censo de 2010, había 33127 personas residiendo en Elk Grove Village. La densidad de población era de 1.120,88 hab./km². De los 33127 habitantes, Elk Grove Village estaba compuesto por el 82.91% blancos, el 1.42% eran afroamericanos, el 0.3% eran amerindios, el 10.11% eran asiáticos, el 0.01% eran isleños del Pacífico, el 3.35% eran de otras razas y el 1.9% pertenecían a dos o más razas. Del total de la población el 9.51% eran hispanos o latinos de cualquier raza.

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The thought of Jordan Knight's #DeluxePackage finally arriving today is bliss in Blockhead world.;-) (Either you get the joke or not.) I first thought of writing this entry out of anger for what the song "Lets Go Higher" turned out to be, but I have decided I am more confused than anything. As many previous entries have explained, my passion for the New Kids has come from the originality and raw talent they possess. I understand change as time goes by, but I am just confused as to why Jordan Knight (and Joey McIntyre) would succumb to the auto tune masking escapades the top 40 represent these days in music. Perhaps the constant disrespect from critics, and naysayers over the years has gotten to the members of NKOTB causing them to go along with the grain? Don't get me wrong, I love dance music (which includes trance, electronica, etc, I have for years. That stems for my love for 80's Dance/Freestyle where it began. In fact, it seemed to be a cult kind of genre. Now it seems like every artist is collaborating, and going dance to appeal to the masses. I will say I am a Little Monster for Lady Gaga, but I find her completely original. For the record, screw Ke$ha, she has based her entire career on Lady Gaga. You can't forget how long Lady Gaga (well Stephanie Meyer) has been in the music business as a songwriter/producer. I am just confused as to why Jordan Knight has decided to go along with the industry. Some have agreed that the music industry is imploding, but perhaps it's going through a phase?


The roof needs attention; it is about to rain!
The church does not have electricity or water; It does have two outhouses!
The rain comes. The people move to areas of the building that has less rain coming down.
Dr. Klein keeps preaching even though his Bible is getting wet, and they are concerned about Dr. Klein being electrocuted. The PA system is wet. They find a piece of glass to put on it.
Individuals come to the altar, then they need in pools of water.


There must be many people linking Tokyo with an image of a metropolitan. Gardens are oasis in a such big city. We will tell you about some of the Tokyo gardens where you can enjoy Japanese natural scenery expressed through pond, stones, grass and flowers.
At Gyokudo Art Museum, you can appreciate art and the garden. Their garden is a "Karesansui" style (a garden style that simulates the look of water and mountains using only stones and sand) , which is rare in the Tokyo area. While here, you may find simple and elegant lines of stones and beautiful ripple marks that are sacred in some ways. If you listen to it very carefully, you will hear the sounds of water running through the nearby Tama river and you will feel embraced by nature. After enjoying a quiet time in the garden, we recommend checking out the art by Gyokudo Kawai, one of the greatest Japanese artists.
The "strolling-style" theme of Kiyosumi gardens is centered around "Sensui (water fountains and ponds in a garden), "Chiku-zan (artificially made hills) and "Karesansui". There are many viewpoints in this gardens including "Isowatari", a walk on stepping stone pathways made at the edges of the pond, "Chiku-zan", a large hill that simulates Mt. Fuji as well as monument stones with poems by Basyo Matsuo engraved. Since this is also a popular destination for many wild birds, you will get to enjoy bird watching in each season as well.
Koishikawa Korakuen has been given double designation; as an important historical asset and also as a site of special historical significance. This is "stroll-style" gardens featuring a central pond, and they are heavily influenced by the Chinese culture. In the gardens, therefore, you will see many viewpoints named after famous Chinese sites. Some of their distinctive features are "Daisensui", the pond in which people used to play in boats, "Engetsu-kyo", the bridge in the pond that produces a full circle with a look of a full moon, and "Sho-Rozan", the hill from which top you can overlook the whole gardens. The weeping cherry tree, which is estimated to be over 60 years old, is also remarkable. There are also various events held in the gardens including "Taue" (rice planting) in May and "Inekari" (rice cropping) in September.
Rikugien is "stroll-style" gardens. A dynamic appearance of the weeping cherry tree that you will see right after going through the central garden gate simulates a water fall when it's in bloom in spring. Some of the gardens' distinctive features are "Tsutsuji Cha-ya (a tea house)" made with old azalea trees, "Takimi Cha-ya", from which point you get to overlook a quiet scenery and a waterfall, and "Togetsu-kyo (a stone bridge)", which was made with large slabs of stone. At "Rikugien Fukiage Cha-ya", you can enjoy matcha (powdered green tea) and also jonamagashi (superb quality confectionaries offered in tea ceremonies).
Kyu-Yasuda Gardens were once constructed as a stroll-style garden with water pulled from the Sumida river. From the gardens, you can see the Tokyo Sky Tree. This garden, a combination of good-and-old flavors of Japanese gardens and stylish architectures of modern Japan, is a perfect photo spot in Tokyo. "Ryogoku Kokaido" has been a symbolic icon of the garden, though it has been decided to be taken down. They are open for public for free, so you may be able to enjoy some casual interactions with local neighbors taking walks with their dogs.
The gardens with restaurants and wedding halls. It's open for those using one of these facilities. The name "happo" refers to "a place so beautiful from every direction". Here you can enjoy cherry blossoms in spring, green leaves in summer, colorful leaves in fall and snowy scenery in winter. In this garden, a "Japanese Culture Experience Tour (for over 30 people, 9,200 JPY with tax/person), and also a "Garden Walk with an English interpreter (starting at 8,640 JPY with tax)" are available too. On top of the gardens, please do check out the indoor arrangements and interiors designed with "OMOTENASHI (hospitality)" in mind utilizing Japanese traditions and culture.
How did you like them? Japanese gardens that are combination of nature and tradition offer different flavors in different seasons. Please do enjoy their beauty along with Japanese four seasons.


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OH001 Greensboro Voices Collection
In this transcript of a June 6, 1990, oral history interview conducted by Kathleen Hoke with J. Kenneth Lee, Lee discusses his legal battle to gain admission into University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as the first African-American law student...
Oral history interview with Wade Phillps, 2010
OH006 Preserving Our History: Rotary Club of Greensboro
Wade Phillips was born in Greensboro, North Carolina where he has spent most of his life. Phillips describes his childhood in the city, noting the difficulties caused by the Great Depression. He also discusses his father's career with Woman's...
[Man and Girl Looking at a Savings Bond]
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A man and a young girl stand together and look at a savings bond.
[Three Women Looking at a Savings Bond]
Three women sitting around a table, read over savings bonds materials.
[Letter from Robert Frazier to "The Guilfordian"]
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In this May 12, 1969 letter to the Guilford College student newspaper, The Guilfordian, Robert Frazier disputes an April 25th, 1969 article claiming that he had admitted to "purchasing slum housing with his first savings." Frazier denies the quote....
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This folder contains a number of financial documents belonging to Mary Mendenhall Hobbs. Records include checks, receipts, property tax documents, and a personal savings book. many of the documents are marked with the Greensboro Bank & Trust...
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Lynne Agee was born October 7, 1938 in Roanoke, Virginia. She earned her bachelor's degree from Longwood College in 1971, and her master's degree from Radford university in 1981. Agee began her coaching career at William Fleming High School. She...
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American Women's Voluntary Services blue uniform with military-style blouse with four buttons embossed with "A.W.V.S." two patch pockets, and two pocket flaps, and shoulder straps, circa 1942. Left shoulder sleeve has the AWVS patch, the "War...


You probably wouldn't really want to find yourself in Game of Thrones in real life, as the likelihood that you'd die is quite high. But for those who are a fan of the show and/or George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire book series, comparatively safe Game of Thrones-inspired vacations are still an option.
Travel company Zicasso offers a variety of Game of Thrones-themed tours, including one of season six filming locations. This 12-day tour through various locations in Spain includes stops in Girona, a.k.a. Braavos, where Arya gets her training at the House of Black and White.
Also on the docket is Alcazaba of Almería, a Spanish fort that stands in for season six's Dornish shenanigans. For those who pledge fealty to Daenerys, the First of Her Name, Queen of Meereen, Queen of the Andals and the Rhoynar and the First Men, etc., day 10 of the tour makes a stop in Osuna, Spain's Plaza de Toros, a bullring that doubles as the Fighting Pits of Meereen. Flying on a dragon costs extra.
Dany fans can also visit the Azure Window in Gozo, an island situated a short ferry ride away from Malta. A natural limestone arch that's also a popular location for scuba divers, the Azure Window served as the unnamed locale in season one where Daenerys and Khal Drogo (RIP) got hitched. Dany probably won't be going back there, as the fake sand used to bring the location up to snuff caused major damage to the local environment.
Also part of Zicasso's season six tour is southern Catalonia's St. Florentina's castle, a.k.a. Castell de Santa Florentina, a.k.a. Horn Hill, the house seat of the Tarly family. Game of Thrones viewers were recently introduced to the Tarly family patriarch, Samwell's cruel father Randyll, in a less than happy meet-the-parents interlude in the season six episode "Blood of My Blood." Guided tours can also be arranged directly through the Castle's website.
For those with more of King's Landing bent, there's Fort Manoel in Gżira, Malta, which doubled in season one's penultimate episode "Baelor" for the Sept of Baelor. You know, the place where Ned Stark got his head chopped off. Poor one out for good ol' Ned.
Vaes Dothrak, the sole city of the Dothraki, gets some of its epic je ne sais quois from Northern Ireland's Morne Mountains looming in the background. Specifically, the Vaes Dothrak season one scenes were filmed in the area known as Sandy Brae.
Another Zicasso tour leads fans through various Game of Thrones filming locations in Croatia, with a day and a half devoted to the ancient city of Dubrovnik, primary site of King's Landing exterior shots for seasons two through five. The city's walls serve as the backdrop for season two's Battle of the Blackwater, where King Joffrey's forces squared off against those of Stannis Baratheon. There's also Lokrum Island, site of a memorable confrontation between Cersei and Petyr Baelish in the season two premiere ("Power is power") as well as a shooting location for the city of Qarth.
For Tyrell fans, there's also the Trsteno Arboretum, which stands in for the gardens of King's Landing, where Lady Olenna, the Queen of Thorns, likes to hold court.
In the real world, the Belvedere Atrium is part of the distinctly non-fantasy-looking Belvedere Hotel in Dubrovnik, which was destroyed in 1991 as part of the Croatian War of Independence. In the Thrones-verse, it's the place where Tyrion Lannister's trial for the murder of King Joffrey culminated in a fight to the death between Oberyn Martell and Gregor "The Mountain" Clegane. Assuming you've recovered enough from that distinctly emotional scene, why don't you pay it a visit?.
Game of Thrones Tours offers excursions to Belfast and Dublin-based filming locations. Key among those is the Castle Ward Estate, where the castle and stableyard are the real-world counterparts of Winterfell, seat of House Stark (well, House Bolton, now). The site of Robb Stark's Riverlands camp and one of the two towers that make up Walder Frey's castle, a.k.a. the "Twins," are also nearby.


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Bloomberg - Evening Briefing - Hedge fund confusion
The pain—and the questions—kept coming as big name hedge funds took turns marking down the value of their stakes in private companies. Every time they wrote down holdings by millions—or even billions—of dollars, investors last year questioned whether they had gone far enough. Now, an exclusive Bloomberg News analysis offers a glimpse into one of the most opaque corners of the investing world, and the findings aren't reassuring. In many cases, hedge funds and other money managers disagree over just how to value private companies. By the end of 2022, high-flying unicorns lost more than 40% of their value from the year's peak, a sharper drop than the rout in publicly traded tech stocks and worse than the returns reported by most hedge funds in the space. Disagreements over what companies are now worth have profound implications for the ultimate investors–from wealthy individuals to pension plans. One takeaway is that even after a year of writedowns across the investment industry, more may be in store. —David E. Rovella
Silvergate Capital shares plunged after the bank said the crypto industry's meltdown triggered a run on deposits, prompting the company to sell assets at a steep loss and fire 40% of its staff. Customers withdrew about $8.1 billion of digital-asset deposits from the bank during the fourth quarter. Executives said Silvergate may become a takeover target.
Bed Bath & Beyond said it might not be able to continue as a going concern, bringing another US retail chain to the precipice of bankruptcy and potentially placing tens of thousands of employees at risk. The news comes less than a day after Amazon said it was firing more than 18,000 employees—8,000 more than expected—the biggest wave of terminations in its history.
Photographer: Gabby Jones/Bloomberg
While Amazon, Salesforce and other giants across technology and finance have combined to fire tens of thousands of workers, small and medium-size US businesses have been on a hiring spree. So much so that, according to new data, overall hiring far exceeded expectations in December while applications for jobless benefits fell to a three-month low. However, in a welcome sign for the Fed in its fight against inflation, the data also showed a sharp deceleration in wage growth in December.
The US and Germany will send armored vehicles to Ukraine, a significant upgrade in firepower urgently sought by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy. France has already indicated it will do the same. Belarus and Russia meanwhile will undertake joint air force exercises as part of an ongoing build-up in combined military activities, the Belarusian defense ministry said. On the ground in Ukraine, Kyiv officials said Russian forces continued their assault on the eastern city of Bakhmut, shelling more than 60 settlements in the area, while also firing on the southern Zaporizhzhia region more than 100 times in 24 hours. Kyiv dismissed as a ploy a Kremlin call Thursday for a unilateral cease fire for Orthodox Christmas. Here's the latest on the war.
German soldiers load "Marder" armored vehicles on a train at the troop exercise area in Grafenwoehr, Germany, in 2017. The class of vehicle, along with US Bradley Fighting Vehicles, may soon be sent to Ukraine. Photographer: Armin Weigel/DPA
The civil war between 20 far-right House Republicans and the rest of the chamber's GOP delegation extended to a third day. Would-be Speaker Kevin McCarthy has now lost 10 votes, which means balloting for the post has gone on longer than any time since before the actual Civil War.
A new Covid variant first detected last year has quickly become the dominant strain in the US. The new version of the deadly pathogen has surged through the nation and has now been identified in at least 28 other countries, according to the World Health Organization. Is it more dangerous? Does it spread more easily? Here's what we know.
The special counsel investigating Donald Trump has new emails, letters and other documents from election officials in battleground states, accelerating the federal probe of whether the former president should face prosecution for what the Jan. 6 committee called an attempted coup. Two years after the US Capitol attack and with the 2024 election cycle looming, Jack Smith may make critical decisions about whether to bring charges in a matter of weeks.
John "Jack" Smith Source: Bloomberg
US probe of FTX closes in on Sam Bankman-Fried's inner circle.
The secret to Ron DeSantis's success? Ignoring Donald Trump.
Walgreens, CVS aim for certification to dispense abortion pills.
Mexico authorities said they detained the son of "El Chapo" in Sinaloa.
Hong Kong reopening with mainland China comes with a daily quota.
Biden in sweeping move seeks to ban employee non-compete clauses.
Meet the people who are quitting their jobs to fight the climate crisis.
What's Behind Tesla's $860 Billion Nosedive?
Until fairly recently, higher-end Tesla cars had a setting (with apologies to Spaceballs) called "ludicrous mode," which used their high-torque electric engines to achieve superfast acceleration. In the past year, ludicrous mode has also been an apt description of Tesla's share price—only in reverse. From about $1.2 trillion at the start of 2022, the company's market value has fallen more than 70%, to $340 billion. And while one of the more likely answers to the question "what happened?" would involve the company's CEO and his behavior of late, the big picture is a lot more complicated.
Photographer: Nina Riggio/Bloomberg
Republican civil war
Bloomberg Evening Briefing View in browser Bloomberg The slow-motion, self-induced calamity faced by House Republicans continued today, with some seeing the historic standoff as the start of a GOP "
Bloomberg Evening Briefing View in browser Bloomberg While 2022 was the worst year for equities since the Great Recession, this one isn't looking that great either—at least not right now. The


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Price analysis 10/5: BTC, ETH, XRP, BNB, BCH, DOT, LINK, CRO, LTC, ADA
Indian Police Probe Crypto Exchange and Founders Allegedly Running a Scam | Bitcoin News
Delhi police are reportedly investigating a cryptocurrency exchange and its executives allegedly duping Indian investors after receiving multiple complaints. The complainants further say the company has moved office overseas without returning their investments.
Police Investigate Crypto Scam After Multiple Complaints
Forty-three people have filed complaints with the Delhi Police regarding a cryptocurrency investment scheme based out of Connaught Place, a financial hub in New Delhi, local news outlet Millennium Post reported this week.
The Economic Offences Wing of the Delhi Police subsequently launched an investigation into Pluto Exchange and seven of its executives, whom investors have identified as being behind the scheme.
According to the police, one of the suspects told a complainant, Joginder Kumar, about his crypto trading and mining business operating under the name "f2poolminin," and a cryptocurrency he and another suspect had launched. He urged Kumar to invest in the cryptocurrency, assuring him that it had a fixed return of about 20% to 30% per month. "[He] told me that if he brought more clients to his company he will give me a commission," the publication also quoted Kumar as saying.
After investing Rs 5 lakh ($6,780) but never received any payouts he was promised, Kumar took the matter to an official of Pluto Exchange. However, he was told that due to the falling price of bitcoin and the size of his account, the company was unable to pay him through its bank. Kumar was told to wait a few more months. However, after waiting a long time, he was still not paid anything.
Kumar then went to the exchange's office near Connaught Place and discovered that it has moved from India to Dubai. "I found that [there are] lots of people like me who invested their money in the company. The director collected approximately Rs 50 crore [$6.78 million] in the name of the cryptocurrency business," Kumar described.
According to the police, 43 people have filed complaints with the Economic Offences Wing police station so far. Preliminary inquiries and evidence submitted by the complainants show that they have invested more than Rs 2 crore in the cryptocurrency scheme operated by Pluto Exchange's proprietors.
In December 2017, the Dubai-based Pluto Exchange announced that it was launching a crypto trading app in India. While there is a listing for Pluto Exchange on the Google Play Store, several users complained that the app was not working back in 2018 and there has not been a newer review since then. At the time of this writing, the exchange's website is no longer live.
Pluto Exchange CEO and founder Bharat Verma told The Hindu Businessline in February 2018 that his exchange offered crypto-to-crypto trading for major cryptocurrencies, such as BTC, BCH, LTC, ETH, and DASH, with a plan to provide rupee support linked to bank accounts in the future.
However, India's central bank, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), issued a circular that banned banks from providing services to crypto businesses in April 2018. It caused all crypto exchanges in India to suspend INR support and began offering peer-to-peer (P2P) trading services. The RBI banking ban on crypto businesses was quashed by the supreme court in March. Meanwhile, cryptocurrencies, including bitcoin, were never banned in India.
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By Horror Asylum	 March 15, 2013 No Comments
Balázs Hatvani's new comedy horror 'Gingerclown' has only gone and conjured itself up a new hilarious trailer filled with plentiful amounts of 80's schlock. The 3D feature which revolves around a group of typically 80's horror teenagers wandering around an abandoned amusement park which plays home to 'Gingerclown' and his mostrous buddies. And when you need a sinister clown type character whom better to recruit than Brit actor Tim Curry ('The Rocky Horror Picture Show') who turned Stephen King's Pennywise into the terrifying icon of horror that we all fear to this very day. Genre faves Brad Dourif ('Child's Play') and Lance Henriksen ('Aliens') also offer their voices to the project along with Sean Young ('Ace Ventura: Pet Detective') and ex-'Police Academy' vocal talent Michael Winslow. Head below for the full plot synopsis plus the new trailer.
"1983: A group of high school students are having a great time near Hollywood Hills at the weekend when they bump into the Loser from their school, Sam, who's just on his way home. Sam would do anything in order to get Jenny's attention, one of prettiest girls in school. Unfortunately she's also the girlfriend of the school's bully, Biff, the quarterback of the football team.
Biff and his buddies are keen to take Sam to the old abandoned amusement park to make him prove his courage as part of their initiation ceremony. They involve Jenny in their cruel game as the grand prize of the competition. Sam accepts the challenge, but the girl wouldn't let him go in by himself; she follows him into the amusement park and a night they'll never forget.
Because in the old park, hidden in the darkness, are frightening and somewhat eccentric monsters who love to torture innocent human beings while intensively annoying each other."
'Gingerclown' 3D One-Sheet