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William Moseley - an Actor - born on Monday April 27th 1987, in Painswick, England.
William Moseley is peacemaker by nature. Because he intuitively knows what people want, or feel, he can be extremely diplomatic and tactful. Patient and cooperative that he is, William works well with groups and somehow finds a way of creating harmony among diverse opinions.
When employing his considerable inner strength, Moseley uncovers his enormous power and abilities to direct difficult situations toward his own goals. It is the awareness of his inner strength that will give William Moseley the courage to use his own personal power when it is needed. In truth, William Moseley is often the power behind the throne.
William Moseley has the soul of an artist. He is extremely sensitive, perceptive, and a bit shy. These qualities are both his strengths and weaknesses, for while Moseley possesses enormous sensitivity to his feelings and those of others, that same sensitivity can cause him to hold back and repress his considerable talents. Sensitivity and perceptiveness are among Moseley's many fine qualities.
William enjoys music and poetry, and he has an eye for beauty and a fine sense of balance and rhythm.
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Biologists and veterinarians with the Marine Mammal Center in Sausalito made their way south to Pacifica Wednesday morning to take a look at a sperm whale that washed up dead on the beach.The decomposing carcass, believed to be an emaciated adult male, washed ashore sometime Tuesday. Scientists with the mammal center, along with biologists with the California Academy of Sciences, ventured back to the beach early Wednesday to perform a necropsy and determine how the massive mammal died.The animal is one of 17 dead sperm whales to beach along the North Coast of California over the 40 years the Marine Mammal Center has been handling such cases, a spokeswoman with the center said.A rare pygmy sperm whale died after beaching itself in Point Reyes in January. Investigators said that whale had likely gotten sick and was too weak to swim. In May, the bloated carcass of a small humpback whale washed ashore in Pillar Point Harbor in Half Moon Bay.
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Biologists and veterinarians with the Marine Mammal Center in Sausalito made their way south to Pacifica Wednesday morning to take a look at a sperm whale that washed up dead on the beach.
The decomposing carcass, believed to be an emaciated adult male, washed ashore sometime Tuesday. Scientists with the mammal center, along with biologists with the California Academy of Sciences, ventured back to the beach early Wednesday to perform a necropsy and determine how the massive mammal died.
The animal is one of 17 dead sperm whales to beach along the North Coast of California over the 40 years the Marine Mammal Center has been handling such cases, a spokeswoman with the center said.
A rare pygmy sperm whale died after beaching itself in Point Reyes in January. Investigators said that whale had likely gotten sick and was too weak to swim. In May, the bloated carcass of a small humpback whale washed ashore in Pillar Point Harbor in Half Moon Bay.

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Little has changed Same Game.Block also field also is ahexagon.Many times it can be rotated.Always the same for theinitial state in each stage, there is no luck.If you clear thestage, you can challenge to the next stage.Original language isJapanese.
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In Smart phone Purapazuru*I modified the judgment of symmetry waswrong in some cases. Registered data are automaticallycorrected.Despite the simplicity of the pieces just fit into thecase, it is a puzzle deep.And is that pentomino puzzle pieces fitinto 12 types of cases that are created by concatenating the fivesquares.Five plus one or four pieces of area 12 in addition to theabove piece, corresponding to 13 pieces, 17 pieces also, in thisapplication, he can play in all 28 different cases.I will aim toFurukonpu to cooperate with everyone.Sure enough, I can find thecombination of (Case rectangle 10x6) 2,339 street?
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SameGame (Swell Foop) is a puzzle game, which goal is to destroyall cubes on the screen with the least possible number of moves.Player can destroy only the groups of cubes. Remaining blocks onthe game screen are shifting for just emptied space, therebyforming new groups. One cube without a group of the same colorcan't be destroyed.SameGame comes with five levels ranging fromeasy to hard. At the beginning, game screen randomly filled withcubes of three colors, but each new level adds a new kind of colorcubes. Cubes that were over the destroyed group, moves down tooccupy an empty space. Tapping the Flip button, player can reversethe order of cubes.The game is based on the same puzzle Swell Foop(SameGame), released for the Linux platform as a part of GNOMEproject.
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Akin to the 1992 game called SameGame, Totem is a game where youremove the largest possible groups of blocks to gain the highscore. More blocks per group dramatically increases your pointsawarded, so the object of the game is to construct the largestgroups possible before breaking them.Totem adds a feature to theoriginal game: cleared columns result in the tiles shifting andadding a new randomly sized column of tiles. Skilled players,especially in "Easy" mode, are able to make each round of the gamelast quite a while.Instead of making a paid version of the app, Iam releasing this as a single version with ads. The bonus to thisis that you can win freedom of the ads by scoring 700 points orgreater in "Way too hard" mode and deeming yourself worthy. Afterthat you will never have ads displayed again.Enjoy!
Hexagon King is an easy to play but challenging six puzzle actiongame, where you have to tap on blocks to remove them.The goal is tokeep the six hexagon figure on the tower of blocks and not let itfall off for as long as possible.Don't rush, the six block caneasily dwindle in any direction, gain momentum and roll down intothe abyss. Although, it might look simple at first, don't getyourself fooled and hexagon flip.Score higher, never give up andbecome the King of Six!If you think it is too easy to play, thenwe've got a special treat in store for you. Take the challenge to awhole new level by choosing from the many geometrical figures wehave prepared for you to play with:Circle (Infinite) - mostfrustating and nearly impossible.Octagon (Octa): Eight SidesHeptagon (Hepta): Seven SidesHexagon (Hexa): Six SidesPentagon(Penta): Five SidesStar Plus (Cross) We warned you, this isn't yoursix classic game. Try out all of them and let us know which one isyour favorite and which one you find the most tricky. Challengeyour friends and see if they can beat your high score.Careful:addictive six puzzle game!
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Ah, Valentine's Day. Damned if you do, damned if you don't.
Obligatory gestures do lack some sincerity, and the best romantic gestures are the most spontaneous ones, but Valentine's is not really about romance – it's a test, pure and simple, to see whether you can be romantic on demand. If you want any real romance on that day or any day in the future, then you'd better pass that test. Approach it like you would a final exam.
Cynical truths about Valentine's being created by greeting card companies won't get you anywhere either, so try to be sincere.
Naturally, people looking for romantic ideas can turn to the Internet.
Romance 101 is a good place to start for the romantically-challenged. Check out the Ideas section and read the Top 15 Amazing First Date Ideas, Cheap Date Ideas and Worst Gifts a Man can buy a Woman. Apparently flannel and Weight Watchers gift certificates are a no-no.
This site is also a good hub for sending e-cards, looking up romantic recipes, and writing love letters.
Best of all this site has a sense of humour that desperate people will find comforting.
This site will come in handy for all those in long-term relationships that are looking for ways to keep the romance fresh, and it comes equipped with an online store that just happens to carry every romantic item they recommend.
The website also has a database of 2,500 reader-submitted ideas for romance. If you can't find an idea or two here, then you're hopeless and may be spending future Valentine's Days alone.
Canada Flowers is a hub that connects individuals with participating flower shops in their community. Apparently rose prices are higher during Valentine's, and although they're the traditional gift there are hundreds of other choices.
Not only has Tourism Whistler put together a Valentine Instruction Manual with romantic ideas, the site has contact information for almost every restaurant in town – if a romantic dinner is being planned, you're going to want to make a reservation.
Valentine's is the one day all good men should surrender and let their significant other pick the movie. Filmsite.org put together a list of 100 great Chick Flicks, and some of them aren't that bad. Two hours of your time shouldn't be too much to ask, and the best part of it is that you'll be able to milk this good deed for months.
Microsoft's first foray into the search engine is getting mixed reviews, but I wouldn't expect Microsoft to leave it at that. For one thing, it's going to be a default engine bundled along with Internet Explorer, which is bundled along with their Windows and Office software. And if we've learned one thing about Microsoft from Office, WMV, .Net and Xbox, it is that this company does not give up, and is not shy about using its money and influence to back a product.
Microsoft itself has acknowledged that the new search engine isn't perfect, but rather was a starting point for a service that would rival Google and Yahoo!, which formerly powered Microsoft's search engine. In the next few months people are going to see the news and ads stripped from the MSN portals, creating a simpler, faster loading layout where the search bar is the predominant feature.
This engine is only going to get better and better, but it remains to be seen if it can take any market share from Google, which currently handles almost 40 per cent of all searches according to comScore's July Media Metrix statisitics. Yahoo is second with about 27 per cent of searches, while MSN and AOL are tied for third with 14.5 per cent and 12.8 per cent respectively.
To test the new search engine for yourself, go to www.msn.ca.


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Campaign to help more than 100 students without laptops at City Academy, Bristol
People are being urged to donate a day's wage to help some of the most deprived children in the city
Pupils at City Academy, Bristol
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More than 100 students at City Academy, Bristol are still without any IT devices despite the country enduring three lockdowns.
Teachers at the secondary school, based in Lawrence Hill, have worked 'extremely hard and creatively' to find laptops for 258 children, but a large number of pupils still have no way to access online learning.
Three college friends have now come together to raise money for these children, who live in one of the most deprived areas in the country, to tackle the digital poverty crisis.
Chiefs at the school said they know of families with seven children and only one device, others have had to prioritise feeding their children rather than paying for IT equipment.
Over the past year, children have been forced to learn from home for seven months as classrooms have been closed between March to July, 2020 and January to February.
Catherine Hickey, Assistant Principal, said: "At the City Academy we exist to address inequality, so that all students are equipped to make the choice to go to university, choose their career and improve the world so that we make a positive contribution to society.
"Reversing digital poverty will have a huge impact on the life chances of our children and provide them with a real choice beyond their time with us."
Teachers have tried to help by providing paper work packs for students without access to IT, but they are still missing out on live lessons other kids are benefiting from.
People are now being urged to donate a day's wage to help these children.
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The Justgiving page reads: "We are asking you to be bold. All donations are welcome and for those of you where a day's pay won't affect your year but can make a huge difference for the future of a young mind, a brave donation is powerful."
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Our work is probably the closest one can get to watching the recollection of memories in real time.
Attila Losonczy's team pinpointed the cells that prevent the formation of fearful memories — offering new hope for the treatment of psychiatric disorders that cause debilitating fear and anxiety.
How does the brain capture experience?
One fundamental question is how the cells in the hippocampus — and the connections between these cells — support this brain region's crucial role in memory. Do different types of brain cells, or neurons, guide specific behaviors? We know there is a huge diversity of neurons in the hippocampus, but we know little about what they do.
One way Dr. Losonczy explores these questions is by placing mice in virtual reality environments and watching their brains as they move around. Together, the cells in the hippocampus form a mental map of our environment: In addition to memory in general, the hippocampus guides spatial navigation — our internal GPS — by connecting events with particular locations. In experiments, Dr. Losonczy and his team reward the mouse with sugar water when it arrives at specific spots in its virtual world. As mice learn the locations of treats, Dr. Losonczy monitors the hippocampus with a two-photon microscope, which uses a laser to detect the activity of neurons that have been tagged with fluorescent dye.
Another exciting opportunity is the observation of what are called sharp-wave ripples — waves of electrical activity that pass through the hippocampus as memories are replayed, before or after storage in other parts of the brain. "This is probably the closest one can get to watching the recollection of memories in real time," he says.
The information Dr. Losonczy gleans from the hippocampus can also inform disease. Damage to the hippocampus has dramatic consequences for our capacity to learn and is implicated in a wide range of disorders. Dr. Losonczy's group looks at two in particular. First, they study how hippocampal circuits are altered in schizophrenia by studying mice modified to show schizophrenia-like symptoms. Second, they study epilepsy, as epileptic seizures often begin in the hippocampus and surrounding areas. Using a technique called optogenetics, they alter the behavior of particular cells with light to prevent seizures. They then turn to the two-photon microscope to see if they have restored the circuits to normal functioning.
In Vivo Imaging of Dentate Gyrus Mossy Cells in Behaving Mice.
Progressive Decrease of Mitochondrial Motility during Maturation of Cortical Axons In Vitro and In Vivo.
Sublayer-Specific Coding Dynamics during Spatial Navigation and Learning in Hippocampal Area CA1.
Mnemonic Functions for Nonlinear Dendritic Integration in Hippocampal Pyramidal Circuits.
Distinct Contribution of Adult-Born Hippocampal Granule Cells to Context Encoding.
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Q: Delete from collection not working in Nhibernate I know there are many threads about this around, but I've been trying everything I could see for a while now but still no luck.
I have an Item object, which contains a collection of itemdocument.  Using nhibernate to link to the database, I can easily add to my collection of itemdocument, update items in it, etc, but whatever I do, I cannot delete.
I load the item from the same session I try to delete it from.  I even added the session as a property of the item object, and use that property to save it, just in case.
If I use a Session.Delete() on an itemdocument in the collection, and then I re-save the item object (without removing the itemdocument from the collection), it actually creates a new object, which is to be expected.  So that tells me my Save are working.
I hope this all makes sense, I'm getting a bit frustrated and might not be as clear as I want...
See my mappings for the item object:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<hibernate-mapping xmlns="urn:nhibernate-mapping-2.2" namespace="namespace.Business.BusinessEntity">

  <class name="Item, namespace" table="[dbo].[Item]">

    <id name="ItemId" column="ItemId" type="Int32" unsaved-value="0">
      <generator class="identity" />
    </id>

    <property name="ItemCode" column="ItemCode" type="String" length="50" />
    <property name="InternalDescription" column="InternalDescription" type="String" length="254" />
    <property name="IsEnabled" column="IsEnabled" type="Boolean" />
    <property name="Size" column="Size" type="String" length="50" />

    <set name="Pictures" cascade="all-delete-orphan" inverse="true" >
      <key column="ItemId" not-null="true"/>
      <one-to-many class="ItemDocument" />
    </set>

  </class>
</hibernate-mapping>

Mapping for the Itemdocument object:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<hibernate-mapping xmlns="urn:nhibernate-mapping-2.2" namespace="namespace.Business.BusinessEntity">

  <class name="ItemDocument, namespace" table="[dbo].[ItemDocument]">

    <id name="ItemDocumentId" column="ItemDocumentId" type="Int32">
      <generator class="identity" />
    </id>

    <property name="Order" column="[Order]" type="Int32"  />

    <many-to-one name="Item" class="Item" column="ItemId" not-null="true" />
    <many-to-one name="Document" class="Document" column="DocumentId"  cascade="save-update" not-null="true"/>

  </class>
</hibernate-mapping>

Code for the delete:
//This does nothing
item.Pictures.Remove(item.Pictures.ElementAt(0));
session.SaveOrUpdate(item);

//This neither
session.Delete(item.Pictures.ElementAt(0));
item.Pictures.Remove(item.Pictures.ElementAt(0));
session.SaveOrUpdate(item);

A: Maybe it's just partial code, but there's no call to session.Flush(). Nothing is persisted to the database until Flush is called (for the default FlushMode of Auto). Try this:
item.Pictures.Remove(item.Pictures.ElementAt(0));
session.Flush();

You only need to call SaveOrUpdate if item is a transient object. Assuming that you already retrieved item using NHibernate then its persistent. Chapter 9 in the documentation has the details.
Edit: Pictures is the inverse side, so you have to set the reference to null on the "many" side of the collection:
var pictureToRemove = item.Pictures.ElementAt(0);
pictureToRemove.Item = null;
item.Pictures.Remove(pictureToRemove);
session.Flush();

A: Have you tried to delete the collection item and then re-obtain the item? as in get the reference of the item you wish to delete, delete it, and then use hql to re-get the updated object?

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Idealized cloud-resolving simulations of land–atmosphere coupling over tropical islands
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Keywords: Cloud resolving model Land atmospheric coupling Diurnal cycle precipitation Tropical islands
The diurnal amplitude and extreme precipitation are stronger with direct LAC.
The sensitivity of LAC is the strongest over the urban area.
The mismatch of cold pools and surface cooling causes the sensitivity of LAC.
This study investigates the impact of land-atmosphere coupling (LAC) over tropical islands using a Vector-Vorticity equation cloud-resolving Model (VVM). Two sets of idealized simulations are performed with three land surface conditions (Urban, Pasture, and Grass). The first set considers direct LAC in which VVM is fully coupled with LSM. The second set of experiments eliminates direct LAC by prescribing surface fluxes in VVM, in which the high spatiotemporal variabilities are preserved from the fully coupled VVM/LSM. We can interpret the difference in convective systems' temporal and spatial evolution between the two sets of experiments as the LAC's impact. The results show that direct LAC enhances the diurnal amplitude and extreme precipitation under all land surface conditions. The impact of direct LAC is profound on the diurnal amplitude in the Urban experiment in which the sensible heat fluxes dominate. It produces 71% more precipitation with direct LAC than without. The result is due to the strong cold pool intensity by convective systems with large updraft core clouds in the Urban experiment. The mismatch between surface cooling and the convection in the experiments without direct LAC, on the other hand, prohibits further development of convection. In the Grass experiment, in which the latent heat fluxes dominate, the cold pool effects become less critical and have weaker impacts on convection development. Sensitivity experiments on free atmosphere moisture show that the dependency still holds except that the precipitation intensity is higher in a moister environment.
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Dr Ruoyi Zhou. Image: IBM Dr Ruoyi Zhou of IBM Research discusses tech accessibility, the growth of IoT connectivity and the challenge of AI bias. The IBM research lab in Dublin was the company's first in Europe. It was inaugurated in 2011 as a Smart Cities Tech Centre. A decade later, it has flourished, becoming a centre for scientists and engineers working on breakthrough technology in the areas of AI, quantum , healthcare and security . Dr Ruoyi Zhou is the director of the Dublin lab and is responsible for driving innovation at the research centre. Before moving to Dublin in May 2019, Zhou has held many roles within IBM, having served as the director of IBM Accessibility Research where she oversaw the development of advanced technology to enable accessibility, the creation of AI-powered assistive technology for people with disabilities, and the exploration of IoT-based AI solutions for aging. 'We don't talk enough about how technology can help society be more inclusive' – DR RUOYI ZHOU "Working in accessibility was definitely one of the highlights in my 25-year career at IBM," Zhou told SiliconRepublic.com. "We are seeing new technologies that can provide people with assistance in daily life and work, like apps for translating speech to text, or describing what's in an image. With navigation systems getting better and better all the time, fully autonomous vehicles will be a game changer. "We don't talk enough about how technology can help society be more inclusive, instead of people having to adapt to fit in with the status quo. This is especially important when we think about how many neurodivergent people there are. Technology could help us all live and work better." Zhou was also the co-director of AI for Healthy Living, a joint research centre between IBM and the University of California. She also holds a PhD in materials science from Rutgers University. "In middle school, I started to learn physics and was fascinated by how things in the physical world can be explained by laws of physics. I dreamed of becoming an engineer and putting physics into practical use," she said. "My parents were well educated though a little old-fashioned. When it was time for me to apply for college, they wanted me to study biology or chemistry, subjects perceived to be a better fit for girls at the time, instead of engineering or physics. I chose materials science as a compromise and never regretted my decision." Zhou's career in IBM spans multiple decades and began with her working as a thin-film process engineer in its hard disk drive business. Four years later, she moved to the tech giant's storage subsystem group and quickly learned how different storage technology weas from thin-film process. "I was reluctant to make it and very nervous initially. However, I soon regained my confidence in a new field, which helped to make my subsequent moves much easier." The growth of AI and IoT From that initial move, Zhou went on to take up several leadership roles across the business, giving her a broad view of the AI and internet of things industry as a whole. She said the biggest change she has seen is the massive increase in connectivity due to the advancement in technology such as sensors, AI models and 5G. "While the concept of IoT has been around for about 16 years, it didn't start to kick off until around 2014. The number of businesses that use the IoT technologies has increased from around 13pc in 2014 to about 25pc today. On a consumer front, the market for the IoT continues to grow," she said. "In 2021, IoT Analytics expects the global number of connected IoT devices to grow 9pc, to 12.3bn active endpoints. By 2025, there will likely be more than 27bn IoT connections. There are already more than 200 known applications in diverse sectors as Industry 4.0, smart cities, smart homes, connected care and e-health." AI has also seen a large amount of growth. According to Statista , the global AI software market is forecast to grow rapidly in the coming years, reaching around $126bn by 2025. Zhou said there are two major reasons for this. "First, thanks to the internet and the exponential growth of IoT devices, there is now more data being generated than ever before. Second, we have more computing power to boost the power of AI. With high performance computing and cloud technologies, we have the ability to properly train AI models. This will continue to increase as new technologies such as neuromorphic computing or AI hardware and quantum computing emerge," she said. "The convergence of bits, qubits and neurons – in other words, classic computers, quantum computers, and AI – will drive new breakthroughs and accelerate new discoveries in science and technology that enable us to combat climate change, curb the pandemic and tackle many other challenges that we are facing today." Addressing AI bias While AI has advanced so much, there seems to be ongoing challenges around bias and privacy. In September 2021, the UN's human rights chief has called for a moratorium on the sale and use of AI technology until safeguards are put in place to prevent potential human rights violations. "There is no doubt that AI is making data increasingly valuable. Today, businesses and institutions are facing conflicting imperatives," said Zhou. "On one side, we want more accessible data to advance AI technology. On the other side it is extremely important to ensure the security and privacy of data, especially personal data, in order to maintain consumer trust." Another major ethical barrier for AI adoption is that of bias, which can be present in the data that is used to train and test AI models. In 2020, it was discovered that the much-cited '80 Million Tiny Images' dataset may have contaminated AI systems with racist, misogynistic and other slurs, and that's just one example. "An example people often cite is AI résumé screening, which is widely used in high tech industry. Such systems, if trained using profiles of current employees in high tech industry, will most likely be discriminatory against women who are still very much underrepresented in tech industry," said Zhou. While mitigating bias in AI is a long journey, Zhou said there are many techniques and best practices that companies can implement, including building diverse, multidisciplinary teams, checking for incomplete or biased data when training AI models and gathering input from all stakeholders, especially minority-serving organisations. In 2018, IBM even launched a tool that can scan for bias in AI algorithms and recommend adjustments in real time. This has since been expanded to become the AI 360 Toolkit , which offers three open-source tools to help mitigate AI bias. "To effectively scale the implementation of AI and its adoption, the technology must be created and used in accordance with our ethical values," said Zhou. Don't miss out on the knowledge you need to succeed. Sign up for the Daily Brief , Silicon Republic's digest of need-to-know sci-tech news.
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Pour-on insecticides have been a feature of lice and fly control on cattle for many years and in many countries, but it seems that only in Western Australia have they been suspected of lowering fertility.
Frequent reports of this effect have been received by the Department of Agriculture since the first pour-on insecticide was marketed in W.A. in the late 1960's, culminating in the research work reported below.
The work clears pour-ons as a cause of reduced fertility in herds.
Barker, D J. (1976) "Cattle fertility not harmed by pour-on insecticides," Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4: Vol. 17 : No. 1 , Article 11.


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Debt crisis: troika demand even tougher austerity on stricken Greece
By Ralph Turchiano on October 2, 2012 • ( 1 )
Greece's international creditors are demanding the imposition of even tougher austerity measures despite the delivery this week of Antonio Samara's hard-won €13.5bn package of cuts.
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By Louise Armitstead, Chief Business Correspondent
6:18PM BST 02 Oct 2012
On the second day of negotiations in Athens, the troika – officials representing the European Union, European Central Bank and International Monetary Fund – reportedly pushed for Greece to make deeper cuts to the minimum wage and pensions, while imposing longer working hours.
Greece, which this week warned its economy was heading for a sixth year of recession, has asked Brussels to relax the terms of its bail-out conditions to allow the economy time to recover. The troika is reviewing Greece's progress on austerity measures and its 2013 draft Budget to determine whether to approve the release of the next tranche of bail-out money worth €31bn.
But with awkward timing, it emerged that Greece has "unblocked" €30bn in order to push ahead with its plans to building a motor-racing circuitcapable of hosting Formula 1 Grand Prix. The total cost of constructing the track in Xalandritsa, near Patras, is expected to be €94.6m.
Spain's prime minister Mariano Rajoy firmly denied reports that the country was ready to request a full bail-out. At a press conference following a highly anticipated meeting with Spain's rebellious regional heads, Mr Rajoy was asked if "a bail-out request is imminent"; to which he said: "No."
Traders reacted badly having hoped the uncertainty over Spain would end soon. The US's Dow Jones dropped immediately. Most European bourses closed marginally down, except Spain's Ibex which climbed 1pc.
Mr Rajoy said the regions had agreed to a "fiscal consolidation path" and insisted that there was no talk about Catalonia separating from Spain.
After bilateral talks with Finland's prime minister, Jyrki Katainen, France's Francois Hollande said: "On Spain and Greece, we both agreed that decisions should be taken in the next few weeks."
Economists expect the ECB to leave interest rates unchanged at its monthly meeting tomorrow.
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To Maintain Wellness, Students Turn to Plants
Some NYU students swear by plants — in the form of diet and essential oils — to stay healthy, despite inconclusive research for or against them.
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By Amina Frassl, Contributing Writer
After falling sick during her first year at NYU, Sophie Gossack eliminated processed foods, dairy, gluten and artificial sugars from her diet.
"My diet comprises pretty much entirely of anti-inflammatory and vitamin-rich foods," Tandon senior Gossack said. "I eat primarily plant-based and try to incorporate as many colors in my diet as I can – that's when I'm getting the most nutrients."
Some students said they are altering their diets and relying on essential oils to supplement healthy living. While itself not a direct cure for illness, an anti-inflammatory diet can aid in a healthy lifestyle. Foods that fight inflammation include whole foods, such as colorful fruits and vegetables, whole grains, plant-based proteins and fresh herbs and spices, according to a 2018 article from Harvard Medical School.
"Ginger, green tea and berries are my favorite," said Gallatin sophomore Christina Gayton, who believes eating antioxidant-rich foods boosts her overall well-being.
Antioxidants are molecules that help fight oxidative stress caused by free radicals, or chemicals that damage your cells and their genetic material, according to a Harvard School of Public Health report. Free radicals are released when you consume highly processed foods or toxins and are exposed to sunlight or pollution. Examples of antioxidant-rich foods include berries and dark, leafy vegetables.
Gallatin sophomore Mikaila Roncevich has been eating a whole food, plant-based diet for over three years. The physical benefits are immense — increased energy, better sleep and better muscle growth.
"I notice an enormous difference in how I feel," Roncevich said. "Eating foods with excess sugar and sodium feels like having a hangover."
However, CAS sophomore Maren Altman claims the largest benefit she has received from her new diet lies in her mental state. Diet can't cure depression and anxiety, but it can help alleviate symptoms, according to a 2018 Atlantic article.
"The high frequency carried in these plant foods is much more conducive to emotional and spiritual health than the density of animal products," Altman said. "My grounding, whole foods diet has facilitated my journey of healing on a much deeper level than the physical."
Furthermore, Altman incorporates essential oils, which she says enhance her mental health. To get around NYU's restriction on burning candles or incense in dorms, she acquired an oil diffuser and turned to essential oils.
Essential oils are aromatic compounds extracted from plants, and they contain a plant's essence, or its scent and flavor. These are used in aromatherapy, a form of alternative medicine. While some oils have proven benefits, the risks are not fully evaluated, according to a 2018 Time article which draws on a National Institute of Health study.
"Using specific scents, either diffused or straight on the skin, can bring powerful shifts," Altman said. "I often diffuse peppermint essential oil in the morning to wake me up a bit and rub a few drops of lavender oil on my neck and on the soles of my feet to calm me before bed."
Tandon sophomore Rhea Patteri said essential oils relieve her anxiety.
"Essential oils have the ability to work with depression, panic attacks, stress, insomnia and anxiety," Patteri said. "The fact that they are a natural alternative is only more appealing."
Remember to use all medication safely and always follow the advice of healthcare professionals.
A version of this article appears in the Monday, April 22, 2019, print edition.
Email Amina Frassl at [email protected]


Russian leader Vladimir Putin heads to Britain this week for a pomp-filled state visit to smooth differences over the war in Iraq and to promote economic ties.
Putin will meet Queen Elizabeth II in the first state visit to Britain by a Russian leader since Czar Alexander II made the trip at the invitation of Queen Victoria in 1874.
Former President Boris Yeltsin, known for erratic behavior, was never invited, and former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev was agriculture secretary when he went to Britain in 1984.
"This sort of cooperation is of the highest importance--with regard to key international questions, problems of Russian integration in the European economy and bilateral relations," Putin said of the visit.
Besides meeting the queen and Prince Philip at Buckingham Palace and traveling to the Scottish capital, Edinburgh, Putin will hold talks with Prime Minister Tony Blair.
"All the members of my delegation are looking forward to new breakthroughs in terms of political and economic cooperation," Putin said Sunday in an interview with the British Broadcasting Corp. Putin leaves for Britain on Tuesday.
The Iranian and North Korean nuclear programs also will be high on the agenda in the talks with Blair.
Along with France and Germany, Russia opposed the U.S.-led war in Iraq during debates at the UN Security Council.
Diplomats will be watching closely during the four-day visit to see if Putin manages to assuage the British for his public taunting of Blair at a news conference in April over the failure to find weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.
The issue is even more sensitive now for Blair as he faces a parliamentary inquiry and falling public credibility over allegations he hyped evidence of Saddam Hussein's weapons.
"We do not intend to put salt into wounds," one high-ranking Kremlin official said before Putin's departure.
"We have wounds of our own," he added, referring to Russian vulnerability to Western concerns over alleged rights abuses in Chechnya and nuclear cooperation with Iran.
Blair, who received a bottle of vodka from Putin on his 50th birthday in May, was gushing about the leader in public remarks.
Calling Putin's visit "a remarkable event in the lives of our two countries," Blair told Russia's ITAR-Tass news agency Monday that the Russian leader "impressed me from the very beginning, and I regard him as a very strong politician who speaks plainly."
"In political matters, if differences arise we are able to deal with them and we work together closely," Blair said.
Putin is desperate to revive the Russian economy and will be wooing British industry for even bigger investments.
The visit also could help finalize a $6.75 billion deal in which oil company BP would buy a 50 percent stake in Russia's third-largest oil company.
Human-rights groups are urging Blair to pressure Putin over his war against separatists in the troubled Chechnya region.
Human Rights Watch said its research and official Russian statistics indicated the situation in Chechnya was worsening. Mass graves with the remains of 3,000 people have been uncovered, the group said.


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The 2021 Men's Rugby League World Cup qualification was the qualifying process which will decide the 8 teams that would join the 8 quarter-finalists from the 2021 World Cup including the hosts England, who received an automatic spot, at the 2021 Rugby League World Cup. The process commenced in June 2018, with the commencement of the 2018–19 Rugby League European Championship C tournament, which acted as the first round for European qualification.

Background
In October 2016, England was announced as the host the tournament, granting them automatic qualification.

In March 2017, the RLIF confirmed that the 8 quarter-finalists from the 2017 World Cup would receive automatic qualification to the 2021 tournament, along with details of how many slots each region will be allocated: "Seven teams will be qualified from Europe, six from the Asia-Pacific, two from the Americas, and one from a play-off series hosted in Middle East/Africa." Because Lebanon gained automatic qualification, a repechage play-off between the 2nd placed Middle East/Africa team (behind Lebanon), 2nd placed Americas team (behind the Americas qualifying team), and the 7th placed Asia-Pacific team (behind the 6 auto qualifiers) will take place instead of qualifying 2 Americas teams.

The RLIF requires participating nations to hold full or affiliate level membership. The Netherlands are the only such nation that opted to not participate.

Qualified teams

Europe
 were the only European team to have been guaranteed qualification as they are hosting the tournament. , , , , and  all failed to reach the quarter finals of the 2017 World Cup. With the World Cup expanding to 16 teams in 2021, one extra European slot was available in comparison to the 2017 tournament.

The qualification structure is as follows:
First round: 4 teams, who are the top-ranked teams in Europe excluding , play in round-robin matches for the 2018 European Championship. The winners and runners-up qualify for the World Cup, with third and fourth place advancing to the third round.
Second round: 6 teams divided into two pools of three teams play round-robin matches with the winners and runners-up of each pool qualifying for the World Cup.

First round

The 2018 European Championship acted as the second round of European qualification for the 2021 World Cup and automatically qualified 2 teams to the World Cup; France and Wales. The bottom two nations; Ireland and Scotland, became the top seeds in the third round.

Second round

The third round of European qualification allowed four of the six teams to advance to the World Cup. It was scheduled for October and November 2019 and consisted of , , , ,  and . The six teams were split into two round-robin pools. The winners and runner-up in each pool qualified for the 2021 World Cup. There was no European qualification to the intercontinental play-off. The qualifiers were Ireland and Italy from Pool A and Scotland and Greece from Pool B.

Pool A

Pool B

Americas

The Americas group comprised four teams and was played as a single elimination knock-out tournament.  won the group beating  in the first round and then  in the final.  qualified for the intercontinental play-off by finishing as the runner-up of the tournament.

Inter-regional Repechage

The intercontinental play-off consisted of the Americas championship runner up (United States), 7th highest ranked Asia-Pacific team (Cook Islands), and the 2nd highest ranked Middle East-Africa team (South Africa). Cook Islands played South Africa in a preliminary match, which Cook Islands won. They then defeated the United States in the final play-off match, clinching the final place at the World Cup.

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NEA Awards CityLit Project First Federal Grant
CityLit Project recently received a grant for $10,000 from the National Endowment for the Arts, marking the first time that the six-year-old organization has been awarded a federal grant. CityLit was among sixty-four recipients--and just one of two Maryland-based nonprofits--to land a grant under the "Literature" category of NEA's Access to Artistic Excellence initiative.
It also places CityLit in the company of older, more established literary centers such as The Loft in Minneapolis, Just Buffalo in Buffalo, The Writer's Center in Bethesda, Grub Street in Boston, and the Richard Hugo House in Seattle.
The grant will support the 2011 edition of CityLit Festival, the organization's signature event presented in partnership with Enoch Pratt Free Library. Since 2004, the festival has featured Pulitzer Prize-winning authors, Pushcart Prize-winning poets, National Book Award winners, highly acclaimed authors from a variety of genres, Baltimore's own literary artists, and emerging voices. (Read more here and here.) Creating an atmosphere where first-time authors mingle with nationally known writers, the festival helps foster an enthusiastic community of readers and writers. In fact, just last summer Baltimore magazine called it "a can't miss event on the city's cultural scene."
Funds will be used in part to video and audio record events for later broadcast on CityLit's web site, Facebook, and YouTube so that thousands of others can enjoy the array of literary artists and engaging panel discussions.
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The organization has received critical on-going support from the Baltimore Office of Promotion and The Arts and the Maryland State Arts Council, as well as the Baltimore Community Foundation for the creation of its new web site in 2009, but the NEA grant might be a "seal of approval" CityLit could highlight when approaching nationally based foundations and corporations.
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Long before the pandemic, the Food Bank of Iowa (FBOI) has been at the forefront of helping reduce food insecurity in Iowa. The Ottumwa Distribution Center is the hub for 13 Iowa counties with some of the highest food insecurity rates in the state. In Wapello County, the FBOI saw a 20% increase in food insecurity at the height of the shutdown. That number has yet to return to pre-pandemic levels.
In the 2019 fiscal year, 380,000 pounds of food was distributed to those in need in Wapello County by the FBOI. In 2020, that number rose to more than 500,000 pounds. In 2021, that number again grew, reaching 625,000 pounds, a 65% increase in demand. During the pandemic, the organization has doubled the food distributed through its existing senior box program in Ottumwa, eliminated ordering caps for school pantries, and offered emergency mobile pantries to help fill the need. Additionally, contactless delivery requirements and closed partner agencies all compounded to dramatically increase the amount of work necessary to get food to those in need.
Volunteers annually contribute over 30,000 hours to the fight against hunger at the Food Bank of Iowa and the Ottumwa Distribution Center – the equivalent of nearly 15 full-time employees. However, "early in the pandemic, hundreds of volunteer shifts were canceled despite an overwhelming increase in need. This challenge was complicated by the high-touch nature of packing emergency boxes. Volunteering had not returned to pre-pandemic levels at the end of FY21 in June," the Food Bank of Iowa shared in their
Nonprofit Pandemic Support Fund application.
Bergetta Beardsley, Vice President of Philanthropy, credits volunteers with helping to keep the doors open through the challenges they have faced in the last year and a half. "Without the daily help of volunteers and the contributions from donors who helped build our capacity and efficiency, it would have been impossible to effectively meet community need," she said.
The Ottumwa Distribution Center is using its Nonprofit Pandemic Support Fund grant to increase volunteer engagement and efficiency. Updated supplies and tools for the volunteer center will allow volunteers to sort food much more efficiently, which will get it to partners of the Food Bank much more quickly.
To support the Ottumwa Distribution Center, our staff volunteered for a morning shift sorting food in the volunteer center. Our team, plus three additional community volunteers, were able to sort 9097 pounds of food in two and a half hours. Community members interested in volunteering at the Ottumwa Distribution Center can visit https://www.foodbankiowa.org/volunteer


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 Pennsylvania Route 14
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WOW...is there a Universal Remote, or maybe a Deluxe version????
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Andrea James / 9:00 am Tue, Jun 26, 2018
Cool satellite view of dozens of oxbow lakes formed when a river changed course
When a river changes course on its flood plain, it can leave an entire bend of the river cut off from the new flow, forming an oxbow lake. Seen in bright blue in this shot of the Songhua River in northeast China, they are usually narrow crescents. Read the rest
family / geology / Kids / lakes / Nature / river / rivers / satellite imagery
Rob Beschizza / 6:33 am Tue, Mar 29, 2016
Watch a river change its path over the years
Landsat imagery of the Ucayali river in Peru shows it meandering over a period of several years; an oxbow lake forms, islands grow and fade in the channel, and a smaller river is "eaten" at the top left. [Hindered Settling, via]
P.S. Looks like it might be a bad idea to build houses on flood plains. Read the rest
change / geology / meandering / rivers / satellite imagery
Bear Belly Flop over Alaska waterfall
Captured at Katmai National Park in Alaska. Read the rest
bears / Funny / national parks / Nature / rivers
Rob Beschizza / 7:45 am Wed, Aug 7, 2013
Underwater "river" of hydrogen sulfide
The diving gear might be a bit of a tip-off, but this fellow isn't sat on a log, fishing. In fact, he's 90ft underwater, posing above the murk that forms where fresh and salt water meet. Photographer Anatoly Beloshchin captured these and many other stunning pictures in and around the depths. [Daily Mail] Read the rest
anatoly beloshchin / chemistry / photos / rivers
Maggie Koerth / 3:01 pm Mon, Dec 10, 2012
Clean rivers: A 20th/21st century miracle
I was born in 1981 and, because of that, I largely missed the part of American history where our rivers were so polluted that they did things like, you know, catch fire. But it happened. And, all things considered, it didn't happen that long ago. The newspaper clippings above are from a 1952 fire on Ohio's Cuyahoga river. Between 1868 and 1969 that river burned at least 13 times.
That's something worth remembering — not just that we once let our waterways get that trashed, but also the fact that we've gone a long way towards fixing it. We took 200 years of accumulating sewage and industrial degradation and cleaned it up in the span of a single generation. At Slate, James Salzman writes about that reversal of environmental fortune, a shift so pronounced — and so dependent upon a functioning government in which a diverse spectrum of politicians recognize the importance of investing in our country's future — that it seems damned-near impossible today.
... discharging raw sewage and pollution into our harbors and rivers has been common practice for most of the nation's history, with devastating results. By the late 1960s, Lake Erie had become so polluted that Time magazine described it as dead. Bacteria levels in the Hudson River were 170 times above the safe limit. I can attest to the state of the Charles River in Boston. While sailing in the 1970s, I capsized and had to be treated by a dermatologist for rashes caused by contact with the germ-laden waters.
policy / politics / pollution / rivers / Science / water


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Matthew Goode finally i track down the man who played Ozymandias in Watchmen. This was a HUGE pickup for me as he's one of the few names I needed left, and a massive massive score for my collection. It's always nice to end the month with some serious acquisition, and this is no different.
Joseph Gordon-Levitt is a talented actor with many iconic roles. Cobra Commander in G.i. Joe the Movie, 3rd Rock from the Sun, Inception, Dark Knight Rises and Lincoln. He's a great name, and a key name missing from my G.I. Joe the movie project! This index card is dedicated to Rob – but Levitt is a tough and notorious in person signer – i'll take what I can get when it comes to a tough authentic signature.
James Hong is a fantastic character actor with a very very long resume. He's best known for his roles in Big Trouble in Little China, Mulan , Kung Fu Panda and Blade Runner. He's had roles in Charmed, Bones The X-files and so much more – He's credited for work in over 350 titles.


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Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 7 (2019)
With a sturdy, lightweight carbon-fiber exterior, an excellent keyboard, and plenty of security and manageability features, Lenovo's ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 7 is the best laptop you can buy for your business.
By Tom Brant
Aug. 21, 2019, 10:08 p.m.
Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 7 (2019) The Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 7: A Look at the Lids Glossy Versus Matte A Luxurious Keyboard, as Usual The Touchpad Needs Improvement Four Speakers A Proprietary Ethernet Connector A Side-Mounted Power Button Slide Me for Privacy
The Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 7: A Look at the Lids
The main changes to the latest-generation ThinkPad X1 Carbon involve the display and the exterior styling of its lid. The base model I'm reviewing, with a full HD (1,920-by-1,080-pixel) screen, has the same black display lid as the previous generation. Stepping up to the top-end model, with a 4K (3,840-by-2,160-pixel) panel, gets you a display lid with a distinctive carbon-fiber weave.
Glossy Versus Matte
The 1080p display (left) has a matte anti-glare finish, while the 4K version has a glossy finish.
A Luxurious Keyboard, as Usual
Despite its thinness, the ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 7 includes a keyboard that is at least as comfortable as any I've used on any other recent ThinkPad. Its backlit keys are sculpted to fit your fingertips, and they offer extraordinary stability.
The Touchpad Needs Improvement
Unfortunately, the touchpad located below the keyboard is not as comfortable. It's cramped, its hinge is quite stiff, and it's not very responsive, taking more time than I'd like to register movement.
Four Speakers
Lenovo redesigned the X1 Carbon's speaker system for the current generation, which features two top-facing tweeters next to the display hinges and two downward-firing woofers (the latter visible here).
A Proprietary Ethernet Connector
Installing a full-size Ethernet jack in such a thin laptop is impractical, so the conventional approach is to design a squished jack with a hinge that opens when you're ready to plug in the Ethernet cord. The ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 7 instead uses a proprietary Ethernet jack that isn't squished but requires the purchase of an adapter.
A Side-Mounted Power Button
The left edge is where you'll find the power button, along with a USB 3.1 Gen 1 Type-A port.
Slide Me for Privacy
The webcam on my test unit is adequate for video conferencing, and it includes a nifty built-in privacy shutter that you can slide closed when you're not using it.
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About Tom Brant
Tom is PCMag's San Francisco-based news reporter. He got his start in technology journalism by reviewing the latest hard drives, keyboards, and much more for PCMag's sister site, Computer Shopper. As a freelancer, he's written on topics as diverse as Borneo's rain forests, Middle Eastern airlines, and big data's role in presidential elections. A graduate of Middlebury College, Tom also has a master's journalism degree from New York University. Follow him on Twitter @branttom.
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