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TUPE: Service Provision Changes and what activities transfer
By Eleanor Winslet on 2 April 2012
The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has held in Johnson Controls v Campbell and Anor that there was no service provision change under the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 ("TUPE") where a centralised taxi booking service was brought back in-house by the client. Although the client was still undertaking the activity of booking taxis, there was no "centralised service" in place following the transfer. As a result, there was held to be an essentially different activity in place and TUPE did not apply.
This case follows another recent decision in Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust v Hamshaw and others which held that where care services transferred from the Trust to new providers there was not a service provision change because the services were not fundamentally or essentially the same, owing to the methods used to provide them.
What happened in this case?
Mr Campbell worked for Johnson Controls providing a taxi administration service for the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority ("UKAEA"). His work included taking bookings from members of staff of UKAEA, advising on the timings for journeys, reviewing booking data, combining journeys, checking invoices and dealing with queries. In 2010, UKAEA decided to cut costs and terminate its contract with Johnson Controls, choosing instead to use secretaries employed by UKAEA to book taxis directly with taxi firms.
Mr Campbell brought a claim in the Employment Tribunal for unfair dismissal and a redundancy payment on the basis that there had been a TUPE transfer (by virtue of a service provision change) when (as he claimed) the taxi administration service was transferred from Johnson Controls to UKAEA. The main issue for the Tribunal to determine was to decide whether there had been a service provision change within the meaning of regulation 3(1)(b)(iii) TUPE (contracting-in) which provides that such a change will occur where:
there is an organised group of employees situated in Great Britain which has as its principal purpose the carrying out of the activities concerned on behalf of the client;
the client intends that the activities will, following the service provision change, be carried out by the client itself other than in connection with a single specific event or task of short-term duration; and
the activities concerned do not consist wholly or mainly of the supply of goods for the client's case.
For this purpose, the Tribunal reviewed the relevant case law which made clear that the Tribunal must identify the relevant activities carried on by the original contractor and then decide whether the activities carried on by the transferee of the activities (i.e. the subsequent contractor or the client, where activities move in house) are fundamentally or essentially the same as those carried on by the original contractor.
The Tribunal decided on the evidence that the centralised taxi administration service provided by Johnson Controls was not continued by UKAEA in-house. This was "an important component in coming to the conclusion that it [was] not essentially the same activity as that performed by [Mr Campbell] prior to [the conclusion of the contract]". It was also relevant that the tasks performed by the secretaries were effectively the same following the termination of the relationship with Johnson Controls than they had been during the relationship – the only difference was that, under the new arrangement, the secretaries telephoned the taxi companies direct rather than going through the intermediary, Johnson Controls. However, the Tribunal concluded it would be wrong to consider the secretaries provided the same service as before since Johnson Controls provided a central co-ordinated service (which, for example, allowed for taxi sharing and a point for administration) which no longer existed following the transfer.
The EAT upheld the Tribunal's decision and held that:
· it was for the Tribunal to identify the relevant "activity" and whether this had transferred – this was to be approached "holistically" rather than simply by adding up the tasks undertaken pre and post transfer;
· the Tribunal had taken this approach and had identified that the central and co-ordinated nature of the service provided by Johnson Controls (which did not continue after their provision of services ceased) was an "important feature", which the EAT felt was appropriate.
What does this decision mean for employers?
In the current economic environment, we are likely to see employers bringing more services back in-house to save costs, so similar scenarios to the Johnson Controls case are likely to arise more frequently. This case suggests that the Tribunals will look very closely at the nature of the services provided and take a "holistic approach" when determining whether an activity will transfer, rather than purely looking at tasks performed in relation to a particular service. Transferors should be aware that there is a risk even seemingly minor changes to the method of the provision of activities by the transferee might mean that there is no service provision change and TUPE does not apply, in which case the transferor is left with the responsibility (and corresponding liabilities) for making redundancies in these situations.
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MTA Restores 24-Hour Subway Service
May 18, 2021 • by METRO Staff • Bookmark +
The unprecedented cleaning regimen on subways, buses, paratransit, and commuter rails will continue.
New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) re-launched 24-hour subway service on Monday as the state continues its economic and social reopening.
The subway system was closed overnight for the first time in the agency's 116 years in May 2020, to allow the MTA to undertake an unprecedented cleaning regimen to protect employees and customers from COVID-19. When it began, the closure covered 1 a.m. to 5 a.m.; on February 15 Gov. Cuomo announced a partial resumption of overnight service, reducing the overnight closure in half, from 2 a.m. to 4 a.m.
The resumption of overnight subway service comes as subway ridership is trending upward toward a recovery. On Friday, March 12 subway ridership hit the 1.9 million mark for the first time since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic a year ago. On April 9, subway ridership surpassed the two million mark, and on May 10 surpassed the 2.2 million riders, a new single-day record. The news comes on the heels of the MTA's multifaceted communications and marketing #TaketheTrain and #TaketheBus campaigns aimed at bringing customers back to the system.
"The subway returning to 24-hour service is a signal that we are closer than we have ever been to normal life," said Sarah Feinberg, interim president of NYC Transit. "We would not be at this point without the sacrifice and dedication of the whole NYC Transit team. It is thanks to their heroic effort throughout this pandemic — coming into work, moving essential workers, keeping the system as clean as it has ever been — that we can return New York City to the city that never sleeps."
Prior to the pandemic, average weekday ridership totals on subways routinely exceeded 5.5 million. That figure fell by more than 90% to a low of roughly 300,000 daily trips last April as the number of COVID-19 cases peaked in the New York City area. The low point of bus ridership was 278,067 on April 12, 2020. Average weekday ridership in April 2020 was 463,763. MTA employees continued to provide service for the frontline healthcare professionals and other essential workers who needed to get to work during some of the most troubling days in New York City history.
The unprecedented cleaning regimen on subways, buses, paratransit, and commuter rails will continue. Stations will be disinfected at least twice daily and rolling stock at least once daily. Since the May 6 closure a year ago the MTA has piloted disinfecting methods such as ultraviolet light, antimicrobial sprays which will allow the disinfecting to remain at high levels. Masks are still required while riding mass transit; mask compliance on subways and buses has been nearly universal with 98% compliance on subways and 99% on buses.
In an effort to get New York fully vaccinated and reopened, under the leadership of Gov. Cuomo, the MTA partnered with SOMOS Community Care, Northwell Health, and Westchester Medical Center on eight pop-up vaccination sites throughout its operating region. Customers and MTA employees can get vaccinated at the sites. Anyone who received the vaccine at these pop-up locations received either a free seven-day MetroCard or free round-trip Long Island Rail Road or Metro-North ticket.
The effort to help get every New Yorker vaccinated comes as the MTA gets its workforce vaccinated. The MTA has stood up employee vaccination sites throughout its region. More than 30,000 employees have received at least their first dose of the vaccine.
The MTA will also continue to protect its employees and customers with personal protective equipment. So far, the MTA has acquired nearly 27 million masks to date. In addition to the over eight million masks available for customers, the authority has also made available 750,000 2-oz. bottles of hand sanitizer. Additionally, the MTA has distributed to its workforce 18.7 million masks, 20.3 million pairs of gloves, 122,000 gallons of hand sanitizer, 260,000 7-oz., and 2-oz. bottles of hand sanitizer, 13.7 million individual sanitizing cleaning wipes, 277,000 gallons of cleaning solution, and 18,000 face shields.
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Odds Comparison » Bet of the day » Bet of the Day: Stokes to get Ashes redemption against Australia
Bet of the Day: Stokes to get Ashes redemption against Australia
Author: Antonia Kelly
Riding high after their first World Cup win, England's cricketers can complete the perfect summer if they regain the Ashes from Australia over the next month and a half. With the focus shifting to test matches, a few players from the victorious one-day side take their leave from the squad. Eoin Morgan, limited-overs captain, drops out – as do Liam Plunkett and the underperforming James Vince. However, there is still space for the run-accumulating machine that is Jos Buttler. Excitingly for England, there's also a return for James Anderson. The world's most prolific wicket-taker as a pace bowler, Anderson has a more than decent history against Australia.
The Baggy Greens, for their part, will be looking to win on English soil after a disappointing World Cup. Eliminated in an incredibly one-sided semi-final by their hosts, the Aussies will be hoping to create some good news against a side ranked just above them in the five-day form of the game. Extremely recent history is on their side – they won the previous series by a margin of 4-0. Having said that, winning in England is a very different matter to picking up a series win Down Under, so the hosts do enter this series as narrow favourites to regain the famous urn.
Player of the Series: Redemption is a great motivator
The last time these sides met across a test series, England didn't get out of the blocks. They lost the first three matches and therefore the series, then picked up a largely cosmetic draw before also losing the fifth. At the time, much of the attention on the UK side was on the absence of Ben Stokes, dropped from the squad after his arrest for a violent public confrontation. Stokes has worked his way back into the good graces of the ECB, and was a pivotal performer during the World Cup. To make 2019 a truly memorable year, the Durham all-rounder is back in the Ashes squad and has lost time to make up for.
While his work with the ball is very much a secondary skill, Stokes is a canny run-gatherer and his performances in the field contributed to his country's eventual success last month. He's also one of the most versatile players in this series, able to switch from limited overs to test cricket without missing a beat. 888 have him as a 10/1 chance to take the Player of the Series award; that makes him fourth-favourite, but his all-round game might make him a better choice than shorter-odds options like Jimmy Anderson or Mitchell Starc, who fare better when bowling.
Openers looking to bounce back
While history will record that England started the World Cup as favourites and went on to win it, histories of the 2019 competition will take note of the fact that they made something of a meal of things and ended up needing a huge slice of luck to force the Super Over that eventually saw them win. Frequently, their vaunted opening batsmen simply didn't put on as many runs for the first-wicket partnership as they would have hoped. While that can be finessed in the one-day game – a fine innings lower down the order can enable a defendable score – test cricket is a different animal and England will need their top order to be in form to win the series.
Much of the attention will fall on Joe Root to make this a reality. He finished the competition as England's highest-scoring batsman and averaged 61.77 – but he was out swishing all too often, when a decent accumulation might have seen England finish higher than third in the opening league stage. The Yorkshireman is one of the most reliable scorers at Test level, however, and with odds of 7/4 to be England's top scorer courtesy of Ladbrokes, is certainly worth a dabble in his preferred form of the game.
Super-charged crowd should see England home
It's England against Australia, so the crowds will be noisy. England just won the World Cup, so you can sling on a few extra decibels for that. And then there's the Warner/Smith factor. Australia's David Warner and Steve Smith are back in the test side after being found guilty of ball-tampering in a series against South Africa – something which happened after their Ashes whitewash of England last time out. Naturally, the suspicion is that they weren't novices to the world of cheating, and the pair are marked men, having already received pelters from English crowds during the World Cup. This will make for a febrile atmosphere across the series.
Unless the Australian top order can find a way to silence the jeers of the home crowd – and evidence so far has suggested they'll find that tricky – then they could be in for a very long series. England come into the series with odds of ⅘ to regain the Ashes at Betway, and between their superiority in the world rankings, the current struggles of the visiting batsmen, and the considerable home advantage, they merit some backing. The series may be close – or it may be as one-sided as it was two years ago – but the home side are definite favourites to win the series.
Bets of the Day
Ben Stokes to be Player of the Series (888, 10/1); England to win the Ashes (Betway, ⅘); Joe Root top English run-scorer (Ladbrokes, 7/4)


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Very excited to get back and train with Il Maestro and his crew.
1. I'll be bringing a couple of Airsoft G19's. Will there be an opportunity to purchase a complete Glock 19 UTM set-up at the class?
2. Has anyone successfully mounted an RMR to an UTM slide? Maybe via the SI L-mount?
Thanks for the info. Cannot wait.
Unfortunately there's not a good way to mount a dot on the UTM. Not enough metal to mill and the L mount isn't compatible.
A FOF ranges and speeds the dot doesn't much come into play, it's almost all point shooting. But I can see the desire to train with a similar set up. Maybe something can be developed for a cheaper dot. I wouldn't use an expensive dot for FOF because there's a good chance it will get hit and damaged.
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Home/Columns/THE U.S./MEXICO BORDER—WHAT'S REALLY HAPPENING.
THE U.S./MEXICO BORDER—WHAT'S REALLY HAPPENING.
Karen ThomasSeptember 8, 2021
Hey, have you heard the latest news on the Southern Border crisis? Neither have I. That's because there hasn't been any. No doubt Joe Biden's botched withdrawal from Afghanistan dominated the news cycle for last 2 weeks, even on CNN, so it must be a hot topic. Now granted, this was an important international event; not only for the United States, but globally as well. It deserves the media's attention (and ours). But dang, can't the MSM walk and chew gum at the same time? I had to watch a not-so-popular new broadcast media outlet to get information on not so news worthy stories like the border, wildfires, and recent hurricane damage.
Why Stop Informing Us on the Border?
Because the lack of coverage on the status of our Southern Border is just another "Look over there!" ploy in hopes we won't notice what an inept President we have. As reported by CNN, "July marks the highest monthly number of migrants detained at the US-Mexican border in two decades." In fact, between January, 2021 and July, 2021 (since Biden's been in office), CBP reported 134,255 migrants that crossed, and that's only the ones we know of and does not include "gotaways". Add on top of that, at least 70,000 refugees rescued from Afghanistan.
What's Really Going on Here?
In late August, the Supreme Court ruled that President Trump's Remain in Mexico policy was not unconstitutional and must remain in effect, but Biden turned his back on the highest court in our Land and did nothing to relieve CBP or curb the flow. He was too busy bringing in unvetted people from a foreign nation.
Last week, Governor Ron DeSantis wrote:
"I ask that DHS immediately cease any further resettlement of illegal aliens in Florida and that the aliens instead be removed from the United States or resettled in states that support the administration's continued flouting of our immigration laws," DeSantis wrote.
"The Constitution charges the president with the duty to faithfully execute the laws, and with respect to immigration enforcement, the federal government, with the Supreme Court's blessing, has assumed near exclusive responsibility," DeSantis wrote. "Unfortunately, President Biden and this administration refuse to fulfill their responsibility to enforce immigration laws enacted by Congress."
The left want the right to abort babies in this county, but they will let all kinds of riffraff, terrorists, drug cartel, and who knows what else come in through our borders illegally and continue to disperse them across our county. What's really what's going on here? The remaking of America? How about my country, my choice?
I realize in the big scheme of things these numbers of migrating refugees from other countries is relatively small compared to our country of 330M, but it only takes the seeds of one pinecone to start a forest.
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HomeLocal governmentCity commission approves HB1 lawsuit over the objections of the City Attorney
City commission approves HB1 lawsuit over the objections of the City Attorney
City commissioners Desmon Duncan-Walker, Harvey Ward, and Gail Johnson
BY JENNIFER CABRERA
At their August 5 regular meeting, the Gainesville City Commission voted to move forward with a lawsuit to challenge HB1. The City has retained pro bono outside counsel to pursue the lawsuit–the Public Rights Project is a project of the Tides Center and Community Justice Project, Inc., to file a lawsuit on behalf of the City of Gainesville that facially challenges Section 1 of CS/HB 1 (2021).
In her remarks to the commission, City Attorney Nicolle Shalley said she was very concerned about "circumvention of the City's charter by not allowing my office to function and fulfill its role as the legal adviser to, and the attorney for, the City." She said that on May 20, the commission directed her office to retain specific outside legal counsel who solicited the commission during public meetings and also solicited some individual commissioners prior to that meeting. She said she had never encountered a situation in which "lawyers in a public meeting were convincing my client that they were ready to move forward with litigation even if the City Attorney's office was not."
"We do not retain advocacy groups who have their own agendas, and we do not allow the City's legal matters to be politicized." – City Attorney Nicolle Shalley
Shalley said she was unprepared for that and that her guidance to them should have been to direct her office to locate qualified outside counsel to represent the City: "The commission cannot simply select other attorneys to represent the City and be the City Attorney. The charter vests that in our office." She said that when her office selects outside counsel, they look for multiple qualified firms; "We do not retain advocacy groups who have their own agendas, and we do not allow the City's legal matters to be politicized."
Commissioner Gail Johnson responded, "I appreciate your comments, Ms. Shalley. The fact does remain that you gave us that guidance at that meeting, and because of that guidance we are here today… I think it's important for everyone to know that this did not come from an advocacy group. This came from me." She said that Governor DeSantis announced on September 21, 2020, that HB1, the Combating Public Disorder Act, was his top legislative priority. "I want you to understand that I've been working on this for almost an entire year."
Shalley interrupted and said that her office had issued letters of retention to three specific attorneys and had invited them to this meeting to answer questions from the commission, but she had received a list of additional speakers the day before the meeting "of people that I don't know, that aren't retained outside counsel. I then advised them that it's not appropriate for those folks to be a participant in a litigation discussion with the city commission… If the outside counsel makes a presentation and all of these other speakers present, then I will feel compelled to also present our office's evaluation of the matter and the reason for our recommendation, which I had really hoped not to do in a public meeting."
Mayor Lauren Poe said he supported letting the retained outside counsel present, and then, if there were questions that they couldn't answer, they could turn "to somebody else who has some specific expertise," but anyone else would need to comment as a member of the public.
Johnson said the purpose of HB1 was to "fast-track the efforts to stop elected officials and community leaders to work with our communities to reimagine what public safety looks like… it could trigger a state take-over of the budget. And it was specifically enacted to intimidate and obstruct cities like Gainesville… The filing of this litigation and lawsuit is a moral imperative, the right thing to do, and I'm going to urge my colleagues to vote in favor of authorizing litigation."
Berbeth Foster, one of the attorneys retained by the City, gave a short presentation, stating that "HB1 is a clear and present danger to the community. It hampers municipalities from prioritizing the limited resources that you have… HB1 says [other funding needs] don't matter because the police budget can't be touched… But most importantly, as Commissioner Gail cited, this is about silencing communities… So it is vital that Gainesville and other cities within the coalition for this litigation really push back against executive overreach and preemption… Your vote tonight will tell your constituents that you hear them, that you see them, and that you want to continue the important dialogue that started last year in reimagining public safety and allocation of limited resources for better social services to residents."
Although Foster spoke about a coalition of cities, her colleague Jonathan Miller said that there is currently no coalition; the City of Miramar will vote on August 19 on whether to join the lawsuit, and "We're confident that we'll have a coalition of cities to file suit." He said that the lawyers believe the City can prevail in the lawsuit.
"I love suing Ron DeSantis. I would love to see this commission pass resolutions in support of the organizations suing the State of Florida over portions of this law because I believe they absolutely damage our community and our entire state." – Commissioner Harvey Ward
Commissioner Harvey Ward said that, in his opinion, HB1 is unconstitutional. "I have been not at all shy at suing the governor's office. We still have at least one active suit that I'm a personal party to against the governor and the governor's office. It was Rick Scott back then. Now it's Ron DeSantis. I love suing Ron DeSantis. I would love to see this commission pass resolutions in support of the organizations suing the State of Florida over portions of this law because I believe they absolutely damage our community and our entire state. They damage American government. They damage the American people. I am unconvinced, however, and become more unconvinced consistently, that the piece of this that applies to municipalities is something that we can win and that we ought to sue over. We heard that it commandeers local budgets. I don't think that's true… Keep in mind, more than 400 municipalities in Florida, and we're the only one moving forward."
"HB1 is awful. I would love to sue Ron DeSantis all day long. I would love for a lot of things to happen to Ron DeSantis, and they probably won't happen. But… I don't want to enter into this lawsuit because I worry about the precedent and the consequences of losses." – Commissioner Reina Saco
Commissioner Reina Saco said, "It is my professional opinion as an attorney that we should not move forward with this litigation as of now. I have issues with the draft complaint. I have issues with how this is being presented to us, to my colleagues, and to the public. Because HB1 is awful. I would love to sue Ron DeSantis all day long. I would love for a lot of things to happen to Ron DeSantis, and they probably won't happen. But… I don't want to enter into this lawsuit because I worry about the precedent and the consequences of losses… HB1 is awful. The part that the City of Gainesville is litigating against has nothing to do with people's constitutional rights. Has nothing to do with the ability to gather, to protest, to speak." She said the "chilling effect" that people say HB1 will have on City budgets "has not been visible here" as the commission has discussed the budget for the upcoming fiscal year.
Commissioner Adrian Hayes-Santos said, "HB1 is a horrible, disgusting, and dangerous law. That being said, I don't believe we are in a good position to move forward at this time, especially with the advice of our City Attorney." Hayes-Santos asked Shalley whether she thought they should move ahead with the retained outside counsel if they decided to proceed.
Shalley said her feedback to the outside attorneys was that if they move forward, "the complaint… should at a minimum be pared down to simply a clear, clean statement of the facts. It should not contain combative political statements and irrelevant opinions, and it should state very clearly why what the legislature, in their opinion, did was unlawful and the relief sought."
Mayor Lauren Poe said he felt strongly that they should move forward with the litigation: "I remain convinced that there are elements of HB1 as they apply to local government budgeting and the challenging of those budgets that are far outside any other process that exists within local government. Those two elements, I believe, must be constitutionally challenged. Because otherwise I believe that they create an incredibly powerful role for a singular minority or an individual who is not elected to oversee and serve the government that is responsible for passing a budget every year. And I have not heard anything to dissuade me from that yet… I wish we would have said a lot less tonight, I wish all of us would have said a lot less tonight, but we are where we are."
Johnson made a motion to adopt the resolution to authorize litigation to challenge HB1. Ten members of the public commented, with 9 for the motion and one against. Some of those who supported the motion, however, wanted HB1 challenged because of the provisions about riots, and this lawsuit would address the budget provisions, not those about riots. Two attorneys also called in to say that they would be working on the lawsuit and pledged that it would remain pro bono.
The motion passed, 4-3, with Saco, Hayes-Santos, and Ward in dissent.
realtruth2020 says:
The ONLY clear and present danger to the community is this group of idiots who by the sheer idiocy of Gainesville remain in a decision making capacity.
I'm pretty sure Wacko Saco made a veiled threat against Governor DeSantis. Isn't that illegal, especially coming from an attorney even if she is a fake attorney.
Pretty sure the city attorney can kiss her job goodbye after recommending not to pursue this lawsuit. What should we expect? All local leadership usually don't follow the recommendations of employed counsel. Why have them on the payroll? Just think of the homeless they could feed or house without the overhead.
Liberal knuckleheads…keep on believing.
Mr. Peabody says:
This affects people in the county, too, since GRU is their funding source for all of these crazed pursuits, which always end up costing more than originally intended. Like Saco said, there will likely be other consequences regardless of the outcome of the lawsuit. Will this make the city's credit rating go up — not following the advice of the staff attorney or even the attorney who sits on the commission, and lurching 'forward' in some misbegotten politicized lawsuit against THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE?? Poe seemed giddy with delight by the end of the meeting, if you watched the video.
James Coe says:
SO… King Poo and his toadies don't need no City Attorney.
They will do it their way. Would love for our Governor, the one they all love and respect, remove them from office and appoint a Commissioner from the state to head up our city. This would be until we can have a legally counted election.
P. Floyd says:
Harvey ward said, "in his opinion HB1 is unconstitutional"? Hey Harvey, requiring employees to
Get the "clot shot" is unconstitutional. What are you going to do about that? …you are the type of commie that
Prostitutes the constitution until you destroy it and
Take freedom & liberty away.
I wonder if the protest is going to get violent when
The anti Vaxers do their insurrection on city hall..
American government does not equal commie government…are all the law firms Ms. Johnson
Wants to pay to fight Desantis African American law firms
And use them in the name of equity?
Mr. Blonde says:
They need to spend taxmoney on fixing the potholes
In the streets instead of lawsuits and erecting equity artwork & statues.
commiehunter says:
Of course you commies don't like HB-1, it's designed to keep you and your lackeys (i.e. Antifa, BLM, etc) in check!!
Jeff Gehmann says:
Spearheaded by a failed catering business owner with very little education and living in poverty who went bankrupt shortly after being elected, you can trust the city's legal matters to her and a lying mayor for sure!
Loud & obstreperous says:
All that private meeting stuff with those advocacy
Attorneys should trigger some ethics violations.
Atty Shalley was brilliant! They tried to circumvent
The charter officer… the city Attorney is in charge of
This..& Johnson says "she's behind this"? This is a
Very interesting story!!!!!
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Honeyblood unveils new track 'Glimmer'
The frontwoman's new album 'In Plain Sight' is out in May
With her eagerly-awaited new album set to arrive later in the year, Honeyblood aka Stina Tweeddale has now unveiled the next cut to be lifted from her forthcoming full-length.
The new single 'Glimmer' follows on from the previously shared track 'The Third Degree' in previewing her third LP 'In Plain Sight', which is expected to arrive on the 24th May via Marathon Artists.
Speaking about her latest release, she added, "'Glimmer' is a song about the wonders of women. They can be alluring and kind but also strong and badass so you better not double-cross them."
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Budweiser Buddies Up With Bitcoin for US Concert Series
Beer! Music! Bitcoin! At the Budweiser Made in American festival this August, you'll be able to combine all three.
American beer giant Budweiser has announced it will partner up with Bitcoin wallet CoinBase for its annual live music festival, which is taking place this year in Philadelphia and Los Angeles (simultaneously!) over Labor Day weekend (August 30-31).
The CoinBase/Budweiser partnership will be advertised around the event, some concession stands will accept Bitcoin as payment, and (to up the ante) they're giving away free Bitcoin to attendees.
I repeat: Free. Bitcoin.
Only $10 worth of free Bitcoin, but still. Attendees must sign up for an online invitation when buying tickets to the festival and register for a CoinBase wallet. Once registration is complete, the wallet will be credited with $10 of Bitcoin.
Budweiser added that the offer is limited (though did not specify HOW limited) and that only US residents are eligible for the deal (though residents of California, Ohio, and Texas inexplicably are not).
Though the deal is probably unlikely to attract new concert-goers, it should make for a more pleasant experience for the people already planning to go – not to mention a spectacular way to spread the word about Bitcoin among the youth of Philly and LA.
Bitcoin promotion aside, the festival itself doesn't sound too bad either. Made in America, now entering its third year, has boomed into the summer concert market with over 120,000 tickets sold in 2013. This year, Kanye West and Kings of Leon are headlining in Philadelphia, while Imagine Dragons and John Mayer are dominating the stages in LA. Check out the full lineup for both cities here.
For CoinBase, the festival is just a latest effort to promote cryptocurrency awareness using Bitcoin giveaways.
Earlier this month, the wallet service announced it was giving away $10 of free bitcoins to college students, offering the money to students around the world who registered a CoinBase wallet with a valid .edu address.
CoinBase said it had a terrific early response to the deal, with close to 2,000 students signing up from the ten universities with the highest number of participants. The top five schools (as of May 14) were Drexel University (133 participants), Purdue (172), Berkeley (232), University of Texas (290) and the University of Illinois (496).


Dr. Seuss, through his innovative words, and stories of worlds only he could imagine, always remained true to his ideas. I've always treasured his books, having them in safe keeping until one day I am able to share his cheerful and empowering words with my own children. In light of his birthday today, let's all appreciate who we are; quiet or outgoing, creative and analytical, and imagine all the "places you'll go" when you embrace the main character in the story of your life, yourself! Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss!


[Status Update] SAP Community got me all nostalgic!
I was waiting to be redirected to a page with an animated one of these on it and maybe one of this nifty "This page has been visited XXXXXXX times" counters!
Yep, I've seen this too. Translation: "this has been logged among 1001 other problems that occurred today and maybe some admin will look into this whenever they have time left from the meetings".
Sorry for the delay in replying, I just got this message in "Followed Activities"
"Sorry! Problem with showing followed activities. We'll be back soon. Please, try again later."
You are lucky to get at least this message :). For me, neither notifications nor activities are loaded at all!
Have you tried deleting your cookies, browsing history, saved passwords, formatting drive C or performing a ceremonial dance in front of your computer?
Are you using a MAC? You're not allowed to see your notifcations on MAC's.
SAP has an agreement with Microsoft... MAC's sind strengstens verboten!
I tend to lose my I-phone on my desk at least once a day.. I often find it under papers under my desktop monitor!
zank you for travelling wiz SAP!
Oh, I just got that, too.
(I was trying to edit https://answers.sap.com/questions/101419/sap-one-support-launchpad-incidents-can-i-create-m.html ) .
luckily, I was onyl trying to insert 1 space, so not much is lost.
I tried about 4 times, allways get the error.
Nice and modern look, I agree, but where is this logo and who powers it?
And it happen while i was scrolling down a post, not posting or clicking or anything else.
You were using the mouse wheel? Didn't you know that the site is touch-screen only? Of course you will receive 'unauthorized' message.
I know , right! Who designs for mouse wheels anymore?!?! We are designing for AI now.....so you were blocked from scrolling because WE determined it was the best option for you.
An Internal error has occurred and we are sorry for the inconvenience.
Yes, it happened to me again.. I wonder if the same error appears if you try to re-tag a question - hopefully, not.
Unfortunately the same "Internal Error..." if you try to re-tag the question!
Good to know someone is sorry for the inconvenience but at this point "we are working on fixing it" would be much more welcome.
i would prefer a "we are working to build the new platform from scratch"


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Comic-Con: 'Walking Dead' Season 5 To Premiere October 12; Trailer Unveiled (Video)
The Walking Dead is heading to Washington D.C. for Season 5 to find a cure for the zombie apocalypse. That was made very clear by an intense 5-minute sneak peek that Comic-Con fans saw today in the massive Hall H (see it below). "This is a season that is going to be pretty close to the comics," said Robert Kirkman. The comic co-creator and series executive producer's point was emphasized by fellow EP Gale Anne Hurd, who hinted before the video was shown at some suburban locations, and "you'll see us take some big leaps with the characters and the set pieces." AMC announced the new season debuts October 12 at 9 PM.
Before the Season 5 video was shown the panel started off with a fake sitcom-like clip from Episode 15 of the upcoming season that showed an aged Rick Grimes and the other characters with long long beards playing cards in the train car they were trapped in at the end of Season 4. "Sort of like Cheers at Terminus," joked showrunner Scott Gimple.
In a repeat of the past SDCC appearances in the huge Hall H, Kirman, Hurd and Gimple were joined on the panel by cast members Andrew Lincoln, Norman Reedus, Steven Yeun, Lauren Cohan, Danai Gurira, Melissa McBride, Chad Coleman and Michael Cudlitz. Special Effects Make-up Supervisor and producer Greg Nicotero and EP David Alpert were also onstage.
Related: 'Walking Dead' Showrunner Talks Bloody Finale, Teases "Action-Heavy" Season 5
As in past years, most of the panel today was filled with fan questions including Comic-Con fave Button Lady, who chastised moderator Chris Hardwick for not coming through on his promise to get her a panel of her own. "This is your panel!," the Taking Dead host replied. Another fan who got big laughs and love from the producers, cast and thousands in the hall from a man dress in full zombie/walker gear who talked about how he was recently bitten and asked "what are you doing to raise awareness?"
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Walking Dead's Season 4 premiere last October 13 last year hit an all-time high for the series with staggering series and cable viewership records of 16.1 million viewers, 10.4 million adults 18-49. In a season that saw the AMC show beat the usually unbeatable NFL a couple of times, the March 30 finale drew 15.7 million viewers and 10.2 million in the key demo for a season-ender record.


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Long-period variables in NGC 147 and NGC 185
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift, 2011
Context. Previous studies on the stellar content of the two nearby dwarf galaxies NGC 147 and NGC 185 reveal a rich population of late-type giants in both systems, including a large number of carbon-rich objects. These stars are known to show pronounced photometric variability, which can be used for a more detailed characterisation of these highly evolved stars. Owing to their well-studied parameters, these Local Group members are ideal candidates for comparative studies. Aims. Through photometric monitoring, we attempt to provide a catalogue of long-period variables (LPVs), including Mira variables, semi-regular variables, and even irregular variables in NGC 147 and NGC 185. We investigate the light variations and compare the characteristics of these two LPV populations with the results found for other galaxies, such as the LMC. Methods. We carried out time-series photometry in the i-band of the two target galaxies with the Nordic Optical Telescope (NOT), covering a time span of approximate to 2.5 years. More than 30 epochs were available for a period search. These data were then combined with single-epoch K-band photometry, also obtained with the NOT. Narrow-band photometry data from the literature was used to distinguish between O-rich and C-rich stars. Results. We report the detection of 513 LPVs in NGC 185 and 213 LPVs in NGC 147, showing amplitudes Delta i of up to approximate to 2(mag) and periods ranging between 90 and 800 days. The period-luminosity diagram for each of our target galaxies exhibits a well populated sequence of fundamental mode pulsators. The resulting period-luminosity relations we obtained are compared to relations from the literature. We discuss the universality of those relations because of which, as a side result, a correction of the distance modulus of NGC 185 may be necessary. A value of (m - M) = 24.(m)30 seems to be more appropriate to match the observed data. Only one of our two galaxies, namely NGC 185, has a significant fraction of possibly first overtone pulsators. An interpretation of this finding in terms of differences in the star-formation histories is suggested.
galaxies: individual: NGC 147
galaxies: individual: NGC
stars: variables: general
stars: AGB and post-AGB
near-ir
hubble-space-telescope
giant branch stars
stars: late-type
large-magellanic-cloud
gravitational lensing experiment
x mw
Local Group
red giants
agb stars
star-formation history
local group galaxies
D. Lorenz
T. Lebzelter
W. Nowotny
J.H. Telting
Nordic Optical Telescope
F. Kerschbaum
Hans Olofsson
Chalmers, Rymd- och geovetenskap, Onsala rymdobservatorium
H.E. Schwarz
0004-6361 (ISSN) 1432-0746 (eISSN)
Vol. 532 A78
Astronomi, astrofysik och kosmologi
10.1051/0004-6361/201116951


After nearly six years of fighting a relentless eating disorder and one year of fighting to get my life back in a painfully non-linear direction, I was drowning in my own grief. I was sick and tired of fighting. The swamp of my grief led to hopelessness, which led to misery which ultimately, led me to sinking in the floods of my own anger. I was angry that my life felt so much harder than everybody's around me – that I was the unlucky one who couldn't catch a break. I couldn't help but desperately wonder what I did to deserve all of this.
I continued to believe that I was drowning in solitude while everyone around me was gracefully floating through life. I continued to believe this until life presented me with another painfully ruthless experience — an experience that completely opened my eyes up to reality. As my blindfold was aggressively ripped off, I was instantly able to see that I had become completely blinded by my own self-pity.
Unfortunately, this eye-opening experience of mine presented itself in a twisted, agonizing way. As someone who struggles with low self-esteem, I've been quick to put others on a pedestal. So, because my therapist doesn't have an eating disorder, doesn't think about food the way I do, can eat whatever she wants and stay naturally thin, has a husband, has a house, has friends, is smart, empathetic, pretty and has my dream job, it was almost too easy for me to assume that she had it all. It was too easy to assume her life was a perfect one I hoped to someday embody.
So, when I found out that my seemingly perfect therapist, L, was fighting a battle of her own, my world was rocked. I was confronted with overwhelmingly intense emotions of despair, sorrow and rage. I was honestly startled, a bit freaked out and also confused as to why my reaction was so strong. Why couldn't I get this constant pit out of my stomach? Why was I so distraught and affected by this? After several breakdowns, many conversations and a lot of processing, I've come to realize that my reaction was a byproduct of caring deeply about my therapist while also of discovering the harsh reality of life — everyone, even those who seem to have it all, fights a battle behind closed doors. I think that believing L had this impossibly perfect life gave me a false sense of hope. It was comforting to believe that maybe not everyone had to suffer the way I did. Maybe the "lucky ones" really did exist.
I now recognize that by putting L on this pedestal, I was putting myself down. I made myself out to be someone who was never good enough. I subconsciously took away L's right to be human, as well as my own right to be human, as I constantly tried to "fix myself". It wasn't until this moment, when I took L off of this unrealistically high pedestal, that my eyes truly opened. I no longer separate the two of us into such diverse categories. Instead, as we walk on the same ground together, I am solely inspired by L. I am inspired by her grit and determination to fight. I am inspired that she was able to be my rock, despite having her own struggles. I am inspired by how positive she was when she told me her bad news — she didn't pity herself. In fact, she was strong enough for the both of us.
As the floods of my anger evaporated, I realized that I was no longer drowning in my own grief — instead, I was existing in the respect and empathy I had for my therapist. I now know that despite my own struggles, I too, am strong enough to be there for people who are struggling in the same way that L has been there for me. In fact, I too am strong enough to be there for her right now. I now know that everybody has a battle they're fighting behind closed doors — I won't ever be so consumed in my own grief again. I now know that my blindfold of grief distorts my perception of others and makes my view of them quite foggy. I now know that empathy stems from understanding that we all suffer in ways that are not always visible — that everybody suffers behind closed doors. As I'm now able to see beyond my own pain and witness the pain in others eyes, I now know what being empathetic truly means. After this experience, I will never look at another person in the same way because, after all, who knows what someone else is battling behind closed doors.


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Light-weight Protocol Simulation for Binary Data Exchange over Heterogeneous Networks
S. Sharieh, K. Sartipi, A. Ferworn
Abstract — This paper presents a protocol for a near –real-time binary data exchange over Ad-Hoc networks, and heterogeneous networks. The protocol was tested with a software simulation and a real fully mobile system which monitors oxygenated hemoglobin (HBO) and deoxygenated hemoglobin (HB) concentration changes in the brain and tissues. The system uses global system for mobile communications (GSM) and Bluetooth networks. The system consists of three parts: a wireless near-infrared light sensor with Bluetooth support, a personal digital assistant (PDA) with Bluetooth and GSM support, and a personal computer (PC) connected to the internet. When the system starts, the sensor connects to the PDA using Bluetooth, and the PDA connects to the PC in the lab using GSM and the Internet. The system packages the acquired data using the protocol described in this paper (LayerPro). LayerPro performance was compared with the hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP). The results show that LayerPro performs better than HTTP when streaming binary data over heterogeneous networks
Citation: S. Sharieh, K. Sartipi, A. Ferworn, "Light-weight Protocol Simulation for Binary Data Exchange over Heterogeneous Networks", Communications and Networking Simulation Symposium (CNS 2010), April 12-15, 2010, Orlando, Florida, USA.
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Challenges Facing Transgender Inmates, Suicide and Race, Parenting with Disabilities – In Case
Welcome back to In Case You Missed It (our weekly roundup of articles touching on psychology, health, mental health and social justice issues from multiple news and commentary websites). This week, we address the challenges transgender inmates face, disturbing new data on suicide rates in Black youth, the rights of parents with disabilities and more.
Life as a transgender inmate: Confronting a hostile system behind bars and in court – The Guardian
Transgender inmates must confront a hostile and violent system. According to a study by University of California Irvine professor Valerie Jenness, more than half of all transgender inmates experience rape. Prison culture also creates an atmosphere where transgender inmates may submit to sexual assault for protection from physical violence – unimpeded by prison authorities. In addition to rape, transgender inmates face the threat of death at the hands of other inmates. In an effort to protect transgender inmates, many prison authorities place them in solitary confinement, which the United Nations denounces as inhumane. In 2012, the federal government implemented the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA), which now requires all prisons to determine housing for transgender inmates on a case-by-case basis. Most states are moving slowly on implementation. Jennifer Orthwein, an attorney at the Transgender Law Center, says that often, when transgender inmates report sexual assault, "prison staff dismiss their reports, [suggesting] the sexual contact was consensual. Assault is often perceived by staff to be the victim's fault, just because they are transgender and therefore somehow brought it upon themselves." For more on this topic, read our recent blog post, Cruel and (Un)usual Punishment: The Treatment of Transgender Prisoners.
Suicide and Race – SAMHSA Blog
In July of this year, JAMA Pediatrics published a research paper analyzing childhood suicide trends from 1993 to 2012. One critical issue the authors found was that while school-aged suicide trends have stayed constant, trends on a racial level have changed substantially. In fact, the stable overall suicide rate has "obscured a significant increase in suicide incidence in black children." Obviously, this finding is concerning on many levels. However, more research is needed to understand the risk and protective factors for African American children and youth and to see if they are experiencing more exposure to violence, traumatic stress, and/or aggressive school discipline. More research is also needed on earlier puberty in African American children to determine whether it is a risk for depression, suicidal ideation, and suicide attempts. Also, more knowledge is needed from the research lens to determine if there is sufficient evidence that religiosity and social support are in fact protective factors for this population or if the protective factors have changed over time.
Jen Welter is Teaching Men, and Girls, as NFL's First Female Coach – New York Times
Jen Welter (who holds a master's degree in sport psychology and doctorate in psychology) made history last week when the Arizona Cardinals hired her to work with their inside linebackers for training camp and the preseason, and she became the first female coach in the NFL. The appointment generated a swirl of news media attention, but Welter, who maintains a promotional website and is active on social media, sought to play down the attention. In an interview, she said she would be satisfied just inspiring girls to succeed. "I want little girls to grow up knowing that when they put their mind to something, when they work hard, that they can do anything regardless" of the expectations of others, she said. Still, for the NFL, there is much at stake as it tries to build on a growing pool of female fans while rebuilding an image damaged by a string of domestic violence cases involving players like Ray Rice, Adrian Peterson and Greg Hardy. Welter's debut comes three months after the NFL hired its first full-time female referee, Sarah Thomas, who will begin calling games in the regular season starting next month. The NFL has also hired women to fill key executive posts, including chief lobbyist, chief marketing officer, and adviser on domestic violence. Welter, though, has been hired only as a coaching intern for the preseason. After that, she must get in line with the thousands of other coaches trying to win full-time spots on NFL teams.
Opinion – The ADA at 25: People with Disabilities Want Kids – TalkPoverty.org (by Rebecca Cokley, Executive Director of the National Council on Disability)
Throughout July, the disability community and its allies celebrated the 25th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Here's the question the disability community and the next generation now face: We got the ADA 25 years ago, so what's next? The answer you get depends greatly on whom you ask. Ms. Cokley believes a priority is to protect the civil rights of parents with disabilities. Right now in 37 states parents with disabilities can have their custodial rights terminated on the basis of having a disability. Additional rights to be an adoptive or foster parent, to have access to reproductive technology, and to be treated fairly in the eyes of the child welfare and family court system are also impacted by discrimination on the basis of a parent's disability. Parents with disabilities are the only distinct community of Americans who must struggle to retain custody of their children, and they and their children are disproportionately—and often inappropriately— referred to child welfare services. For more on this topic, read our recent blog post by Dr. Alette-Coble Temple, Parental Rights Include Disability Equality: A Call to Action for Psychology.
APA Exclusive – Is Psychology Becoming More Diverse? – Monitor on Psychology
New data from APA's Center for Workforce Studies shows that more members of racial and ethnic-minority groups have entered the psychology workforce in recent years. These new entrants to the field tend to be younger than non-minority psychologists. From 2005 to 2013, the proportion of minorities in the U.S. psychology workforce grew from 9 percent to 16 percent. In the period 2011–13, the racial/ethnic minority composition of the psychology workforce was 4 percent Asian, 4 percent Black/African American, 5 percent Hispanic and 2 percent other non-White groups. In addition, the mean age of minority psychologists was 47, a level significantly lower than White psychologists, whose average age was 51.
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Tracking Biomolecules and Nanoparticle Probes in Biological Samples with Improved Microscopy Imaging Methods
Novel optical imaging methods have opened new frontiers in chemical and biological discovery because they are minimally intrusive, requiring virtually no contact with the sample. Ning Fang, who is an associate professor of chemistry at Georgia State University, specializes in single-molecule and nanoparticle imaging, bioanalytical chemistry, and biophysics. He recently spoke to us about his work with far-field optical imaging methods for visualizing the dynamics of biomolecules and nanoparticle probes.
Your laboratory's efforts largely have been based on using differential interference contrast (DIC) microscopy as an imaging technique for chemical and biological research. Briefly, how does it work?
DIC microscopy has long been used as a complementary technique to image cells because it provides better visualization (higher contrast, better resolution, and shallower depth of field) of cellular features than other far-field optical microscopy techniques. With the funding support from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), the recent efforts in the Fang laboratory have transformed DIC microscopy into a primary research tool for tracking plasmonic nanoparticles in biological samples.
The Nomarski DIC microscope is the primary microscope design for imaging in the visible and near-IR range. In this design, the microscope is equipped with two polarizers and two Nomarski prisms. The first Nomarski prism splits the illumination beam into two orthogonally polarized beams that are separated by a sub-wavelength shear distance. Two intermediate images are generated behind the microscope objective and then are laterally shifted back by the second Nomarski prism to overlay and form the interference DIC image. In essence, the Nomarski DIC microscope works as a two-beam interferometer that detects the optical path difference of the two beams passing through the specimen. Under a DIC microscope, anisotropic gold nanorods display disproportionate bright and dark spots depending on their orientation relative to the optical axes and the illumination wavelength.
One of your group's publications discusses the use of DIC microscopy to examine the dynamic rotational motion and orientation of gold nanorod probes in live cells (1). What other microscopy techniques have been used for this purpose, and how is the DIC technique an advancement?
Other optical microscopy techniques include the scattering-based dark field microscopy, planar illumination microscopy, total internal reflection scattering microscopy, and the absorption-based photothermal heterodyne imaging.
Imaging under a DIC microscope benefits from its minimal invasiveness to biological samples with low illumination light power and no fluorescence staining, less interference from the background scattering, and its ability to take images of both nanoparticle probes and cellular features simultaneously.
What are the dimensions of the gold nanorods, and how are they modified so they can bind to the cells?
The gold nanorods used in our imaging experiments have a length of 30–120 nm and an aspect ratio (length:width) of 2–4. The longitudinal plasmon resonance wavelengths of these particles are within the visible and near-IR ranges.
The functionalization of gold nanoparticles has become routine with well-established methods reported in the literature (2,3). Gold nanorods have been functionalized with various surface modifiers before they were used in imaging experiments in my laboratory (4). For example, a thiol-exchange method was used for the PEG-modified nanorods. A bifunctional linker, N-hydroxylsuccinimide-PEG-SH, was used for transferrin-modified nanorods and cell-penetrating peptide TAT-modified nanorods. A polyethylenimine (PEI)-modified nanorod was created using a thiol-exchange step first performed with 11-mercaptoundecanoic acid, followed by adsorption of the cationic PEI polymer onto the surface via electrostatic attractions.
Your laboratory more recently developed the single-particle orientation and rotational tracking (SPORT) technique, which is based on the DIC microscopy approach. Briefly, how does this technique differ from DIC microscopy and what types of information does it allow you to obtain?
DIC microscopy has been used mostly as a secondary imaging technique to provide complementary information to the fluorescence-based techniques since its invention in 1950s. Part of the reason for this situation is the subtle operation that is dictated by the principle of interferometry to obtain reproducible images and quantitative measurements. Our efforts have been focused on establishing DIC microscopy as a major imaging technique for chemical and biological research.
The SPORT technique is essentially the combination of DIC microscopy, plasmonic gold nanorods, and a host of data analysis methods to extract single particle dynamics. Some features of SPORT include
• High angular resolution (1° in optimized cases)
• Resolving 3D orientation and enabling dynamic 5D tracking
• Identification of fundamental rotational modes (in-plane and out-of-plane rotations)
• Analysis of rotational rate and mode with a millisecond temporal resolution
Another publication from your group describes the use of the SPORT technique to study the transport of gold nanorod cargos in the axons of live nerve cells (5). What did this study tell you about the transport process within the cells? What other biological processes could this approach be used to study?
Reference 5 discusses how the high-speed SPORT technique was developed for direct visualization of the rotational dynamics of cargos in both active directional transport and pausing stages of axonal transport with a temporal resolution of 2 ms. The cargo's rotational dynamics at pauses is the direct consequence of forces applied, disclosing the status of motor protein competition and possible regulation by associate proteins. We discovered that the cargos have sufficient freedom to perform random in-plane rotations but remain tethered to the microtubule track by motor proteins or other associated proteins such as dynactin. In addition, when molecular motors encounter obstacles, such as other cargos, microtubule-associated proteins, and intersecting microtubules, they may pause until the track becomes available again to continue the transport, or they may overcome these obstacles by switching to other microtubule tracks.
Another important biological process that we are currently studying is endocytosis. We are trying to visualize the rotational motions induced by endocytic macromolecular nanomachines in live cell membranes. Hundreds of proteins are involved in the complex endocytic pathways, and their physical motions and biological functions are not understood comprehensively. For example, clathrin-mediated endocytosis has been studied extensively by electron and fluorescence microscopy, but it is still unclear how cargos rotate during different stages of internalization and how the rotational motions coincide with molecular activities, such as dynamin assembly cutting at the neck of clathrin-coated pits.
What are you currently studying, and what are the next steps in your research?
The most recent development of SPORT (the FACSS award, see reference 6) allows us to reliably track gold nanorods in 5D (x, y, z, and two orientation angles). The next step in instrument development is to combine SPORT with other optical imaging modes, including light sheet microscopy and super-resolution fluorescence microscopy. The ability to correlate the motions of nanoparticles with the location and organization of fluorescent biomolecules that directly participate in the specific motion will reveal detailed molecular mechanisms involved in both the internalization and intracellular transport of nanoparticle cargos. The emphasis is the ability to either acquire images in different modes simultaneously or switch between different modes very rapidly to accomplish fast imaging speed.
On the other hand, we are more focused than ever to push for important biological discoveries. My lab is funded by National Institutes of Health (NIH) to acquire new fundamental knowledge about the detailed rotational dynamics of cellular membrane processes, such as adhesion, transport, and endocytosis of functionalized nanoparticles, as may be relevant to drug delivery and viral entry. The rotational patterns on cell membranes for functionalized gold nanorods will be identified and correlated with their lateral movements and the presence of relevant functional biomolecules tagged with fluorescent proteins. The characteristic rotational motions of cargos during different internalization pathways will be visualized directly, leading to new opportunities for understanding the timing, signaling, and chemical and mechanical functions of protein modules involved in different pathways. Computer simulations will also be developed to understand the effects of nanoparticle shapes, sizes, and surface modifiers. We are hoping our research may initiate a shift in the current research paradigm on membrane structure and function by demonstrating the importance of rotational dynamics at the single molecule and nanoparticle level.
(1) G. Wang, W. Sun, Y. Luo, and N. Fang, J. Am. Chem. Soc.132(46), 16417–16422 (2010).
(2) X. Huang, S. Neretina, and M.A. El-Sayed, Adv. Mater.21, 4880 (2009).
(3) E. Locatelli, I. Monaco and M. Comes Franchini, RSC Adv.5, 21681 (2015).
(4) Yan Gu, Wei Sun, Gufeng Wang, and Ning Fang, J. Am. Chem. Soc.133, 5720 (2011).
(5) Y. Gu, W. Sun, G. Wang, K. Jeftinija, S. Jeftinija, and N. Fang, Nature Communications (2012), DOI: 10.1038/ncomms2037.
(6) https://www.scixconference.org/awards/facss-innovation-awards-paper
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Sepins e Bolho (oficialmente: União das Freguesias de Sepins e Bolho) é uma freguesia portuguesa do município de Cantanhede com 17,61 km² de área e 1 924 habitantes (2011). A sua densidade populacional é de 109,3 hab/km².

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Foi constituída em 2013, no âmbito de uma reforma administrativa nacional, pela agregação das antigas freguesias de Sepins e Bolho e tem a sede em Sepins.

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As a personal project, I decided to rethink and design three of my favorite artists' album artwork.
The first album is Lana Del Rey's Honeymoon. The album has an ethereal sound that reminded me of the past and old photographs. I used an old black and white image of a woman and reflected it on itself, connecting with the feelings of nostalgia and idea of multiple realities and eras conveyed in Lana's aesthetic and work. An ocean texture was laid on top of the photographs, conveying the calming nature of the sound and creating further depth.
The second album is the Arctic Monkeys' AM album. This album plays sound wave in its visuals and has a punky, nightclub feel. For the artwork, I layered imagery of night clubs, concerts, and dive bars. While some were left as photographs, others were outlined or converted into simple shapes, creating abstract imagery. The AM in the corner uses a wavy typeface to connect with the "Do I wanna know?" music video's theme of musical chords and sound waves.
The third and final album is Stromae's album, Racine Carrée. On the surface, the music has an upbeat tempo and delightful vibrancy. If you listen to the lyrics, however, you soon realize that the songs delve into some troublesome issues, such as illegitimacy and an abscent father. To portray both the facade and dichotomy that this album creates, I decided to play off the idea of opposites working together, visually represented by warm and cool colors. In the original album artwork, Stromae's profile is used. I wanted to maintain this personal imagery, however, with the gradual deepening of color, I was able to convey the simultaneous depth of his work.