SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - The private heritage group that has operated the Alamo in San Antonio for more than a century will be removed from that role as the state tries to expand the scope of its most visited tourist site.
The Daughters of the Republic of Texas, a group of women who trace their ancestry to those who lived in Texas when it was an independent nation in the mid-19th century, have managed the day-to-day operations of the Alamo since 1891.
The Texas Land Office will conduct a nationwide search for a firm to manage the landmark, which was the site of an 1836 battle in Texas' war for independence from Mexico. The Alamo's vastly outnumbered defenders were routed by Mexican forces in a 13-day siege but the battle became a rallying point for the Texans, who defeated the Mexican Army a few weeks later.
"To meet the ever-increasing operational needs of the Alamo, the Land Office has determined to change its day to day management," said Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush, grandson of former President George H.W. Bush.
The state and the city of San Antonio are looking to revamp the downtown plaza where the structure's famed facade has become one of the most recognizable items in the state.
City Councilman Joe Krier says with the rumble of traffic and with the plaza hemmed in by tourist shops, the Alamo can present an underwhelming appearance.
"We need for Alamo Plaza to have the kind of reverence and respect for history that we see in places like the battlefield at Gettysburg and at the monuments at Pearl Harbor," Krier said.
A measure introduced in the Texas Legislature would appropriate $250 million for the city to buy and demolish buildings, close streets and acquire property to change the look of the area around the Alamo.One new feature is a museum of Alamo artifacts collected by British pop musician Phil Collins, who has one of the most extensive collections in the world of the famed battle.
The Daughters of the Republic of Texas, credited with preventing the building from potentially being demolished in 1908, said it regrets the change.
"It does not diminish our unending passion for the preservation of the Shrine of Texas Liberty and we look forward to maintaining our library collection as a historical resource for all Texans to enjoy," said DRT President General Ellen McCaffrey.


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Assemblywoman Sarah Clark Announces New York State Budget Funding for Childcare, Education, and More
Rochester, NY – Yesterday, the NYS Assembly passed a series of bills relating to the 2021-22 New York State Budget. This budget includes major wins for childcare, education, higher education, broadband access, small businesses, the environment, transportation and infrastructure, and seniors.
Assemblymember Clark said, "Budgets reflect our values. This is a moment to celebrate. I am so proud to be a part of this legislative body that has fought hard to make a difference for all New Yorkers in this year's budget. I ran for office to fight for children and families and to give a voice to moms struggling to make ends meet personally and professionally. This budget ensures that families, the backbone of our society, are cared for in every way. This is what a budget looks like when you put people first."
This budget lays out an opportunity to transform the childcare system with an additional $2.4 billion in funding. It will take the childcare ecosystem off life support and transform it statewide. These funds will help ensure affordability and accessibility to childcare for families that have been treated as an afterthought for far too long and offer more resources for providers that have struggled to survive throughout the pandemic. There is provision for a cap for copayments for families, an investment in childcare deserts, implementation of new tax credits for businesses that offer childcare programs to employees and increased eligibility for childcare assistance.
The budget also adds an additional $1.4 billion for education and commits to fully funded foundation aid in three years, marking a major achievement towards socioeconomic equity that advocates and legislators have been working towards for years. Ensuring access to quality education for all is the best economic development tool that we have. As the new Chair of the Subcommittee on the Tuition Assistance Program, closing the TAP Gap was my priority, so I'm excited there will be an increase in TAP for the first time in seven years, making college more affordable for the students who need it most and removing the difference between TAP funding and the actual tuition costs for students. There will also be a block on tuition hikes at SUNY and CUNY campuses across the state. Almost $180 million in funding has been secured for higher education opportunity programs.
Inequalities in broadband access were made glaringly clear as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. This year's budget aims to make reliable, high-speed internet affordable and accessible for all, especially those in underserved communities, by requiring internet companies to provide service to low-income New Yorkers at a capped rate of $15 per month.
During the pandemic, the Rochester region and beyond has been facing an unprecedented level of housing insecurity. $3 billion will be provided through this budget for rental assistance and mortgage assistance, providing critical financial relief to tenants and homeowners who lost their income during the pandemic. $100 million will be used for a hardship fund for those who cannot access funds from the Emergency Rental Assistance Program. $100 million will be used to fight homelessness. $575 million will be used for federal homeowner relief, including a $60 million commitment to fund the Homeowner Protection Program over three years. In addition, $100 million in state funds have been allocated to landlords who may have tenants refusing or unable to apply for federal relief.
The FY 2022 Budget also enacts an equitable $1 Billion small business, arts, entertainment and restaurant relief package to help businesses and other organizations recover from the economic crisis resulting from COVID19. These provisions will provide grants, and offer technical assistance to small businesses, giving priority to socially and economically disadvantaged business owners including minority and women owned businesses, service-disabled veteran owned businesses, and businesses located in communities that were economically distressed even before the pandemic.
The state legislature secured $300 million for the Environmental Protection Fund (EPF) and continues to fully fund the state's Superfund Program, which cleans up hazardous waste sites statewide. It also includes a $100 million allocation, including funding for the Environmental Restoration Program, $500 million for clean water infrastructure, and a $3 billion "Restore Mother Nature" environmental bond act, which aims to invest in resilient infrastructure, open space conservation, water infrastructure, shoreline protection, and climate change mitigation projects. The budget also provides $50 million for the Nourish NY program to tackle food insecurity, a crisis dominating the greater Rochester community.
This budget provides $538.1 million for the Consolidated Local Street and Highway Improvement Program (CHIPs) and $100 million for the Extreme Winter Recovery program. It also provides $100 million to establish a new capital program to reimburse cities, villages and towns for capital project costs incurred on improvements to local roads and bridges. To help continue combating climate change, this budget provides $20 million for electric buses as part of a five-year initiative to help five transit systems electrify 25% of their bus fleets by 2025 including funding for e-vehicle charging stations and upstate transit systems, like Regional Transit Service (RTS). With this continued investment, RTS will be well-positioned to meet and exceed these goals.
Our seniors, among our most vulnerable populations, will benefit greatly from this budget, which provides an additional $1 million for Naturally Occurring Retirement Communities (NORC) and Neighborhood Naturally Occurring Retirement Communities (NNORC), such as the Ellison Park community in Browncroft. These nursing services coordinate health and social services to help older New Yorkers age in place, Increased funding for the Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program, Lifespan of Greater Rochester for Elder Abuse Prevention and an additional $8,000,000 to address the unmet needs of the elderly waiting for critical services.

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If you are thinking of doing the trip, I would be more than happy to help and give a little advice. It was a beyond helpful for us to talk to people who had done it before when we were planning and getting ready. I'd love to pass it on. You can email me directly at jacobtylermullins@gmail.com, or call me at 630-341-0042.


We hear a lot about natives, particularly native advertising. In this blog post, let's try to noodle about native advertising, native commerce and native apps. The topic of native advertising has picked up heat early this year after the publication of FTC guidance on native advertising.
- these are what I consider the real native ads. They almost look like normal content in the platform; but are actually sponsored ones. For example - twitter promoted tweets.
- Most commonly used in eCommerce sites like Amazon. It is mainly used to showcase related products based on user purchase and browsing behavior.
- These are similar to promoted listing ad types; but an advertising medium linking text links to external articles/sites. Actually there a set of content marketing/display vendors who play in this domain. Examples include Outbrain, Taboola etc.
What makes this domain interesting is how much we can keep the creativity intact. For example, an in-feed ad unit can be designed according to the platform, the publisher site or the app. This brings to the last type - custom ones. For example, the ads shown in Flipboard.
Now that we discussed about what native advertising is and various native ad types; let's shift our focus to one of the important reasons of this topic's uptick -- mobile. We all know content consumption in mobile devices is increasing; and research shows that consumers don't like traditional display advertising mimicked in mobile (in fact most find it obtrusive). Native mobile ads help in improving the engagement and acceptability of ads in mobile devices.
What are native mobile ads?
Native advertising takes it true format when it comes to mobile. Native mobile ads are those which looks alike in form and format similar to the app or site in which the ad is shown. Since mobile apps provide a variety of capabilities in terms of format,look & feel and access to mobile hardware, native ad formats largely fall in custom one - it can be in-feed, in-game or in-maps etc. - all that matters is creatively include the ad units aligning with your app. Platforms like mopub, inmobi or mobfox are used to develop and show these ads.
Finally, let's touch on an adjacent topic to native advertising - native commerce as well. The idea is linking eCommerce and content together seamlessly. Similar to in-feed ad units, eCommerce buy links are included in a format aligning with the parent app. So for example, a blog about travel and tourism may show some of the travel packages as ads. This is the marriage of content marketing and eCommerce.


Market Sava facilities to area hospitals, clinics and community residents.
Receive and review all incoming referrals for new facility admissions.
Conduct on-site sales and evaluations of all referrals.
Coordinate the admission process from start to finish for each new resident.
Act as point person for all outside case managers and discharge planners.
Track and project referrals to assure all goals are met.
Plan events for each facility to build relationships within the communities.
Marketed RTG Medical's services to medical facilities across the country.
Recruited medical professionals to fulfill the temporary facility needs.
Used multiple networking sources to locate new recruits and market jobs.
Pre-screened and qualified each new recruit prior to interview.
Communicated all details of the assignment to each recruit.
Maintained contact with each recruit throughout the entire assignment.
Created an enjoyable experience for recruits to ensure their satisfaction.
Assisted in the decorating of weddings and events.
Helped to create designs based upon the client's wants and needs.
Participated in the ordering of rental items.
Organized and packed supplies needed for each event.
Directed and supervised employees with various tasks.
Highly competitive, ambitious and determined former collegiate athlete. Highly skilled in communicating effectively with peers, clients, and management. Detail oriented and very driven to succeed. Strong leadership, organizational, and time management skills.


Minimalism is all the rave these days. I'll be the first to admit that I've jumped on that bandwagon, not because it's cool and trendy, but because it's created a life that is less stressful and more manageable.
While my minimalism journey is a conversation for another day, I think it's an important topic to talk about in relation to gift-giving. I have come to realize that I would rather give my kids the gift of experiences and memories than another toy that is going to clutter our home. The reason behind this is simple: memories last forever (so cheesy, I know). But, hear me out. Anyone who knows kids, knows they will obsess over a toy for a maximum of about 1-2 weeks before they're on to something new. The only exception to this in our home has been musical instruments. SG loves music. Now, I'm not saying you shouldn't buy the kid an instrument, because he'll obviously be over the moon about it. What I am saying is this: consider creating memories with the kids in your life rather than filling their space with well-intentioned clutter.
So, what does that look like in this season of giving?
It looks like a coupon book filled with fun activities that your kids can cash in on the weekends (examples include a campout in a giant blanket fort, breakfast in bed, a movie night with their favorite Dollar Store candy, a boys vs. girls game night, a sock puppet show contest, or a "pajamas all day" Saturday).
It looks like a YMCA tiny tumblers class.
It looks like tickets to a concert.
It looks like a McDonalds date where your kids can enjoy the play area.
It looks like signing your kids up for winter swim lessons.
It looks like a zoo pass.
It looks like tickets to a hockey game.
It looks like a LEGO set that you'll build together.
It looks like a date night to Chucky Cheese.
It looks like enrolling in a learning and play class such as KinderMusik.
These are just a handful of ideas to get you started in this creative process. Have fun with it!! If your kids are young, this is the best time to start gifting experiences rather than toys, because they truly don't know any better (and, let's be honest, sometimes us mamas just need to get out. of. the. house!!). And if your kids are older, gifting them with an activity that they LOVE will put Christmas over the top. Yes, you may have to suffer through a One Direction concert or be surrounded by fifty wild and greasy-fingered toddlers running from one activity to the next, but it will be worth it. These are the gifts your kids will remember the most!!
If you haven't already, be sure to check out Part 1 (How to Spend Less for Christmas) and Part 2 (Fun Ways to Do Christmas on a Small Budget) of this series for some money-saving tips as well as more creative gifting ideas. Also, be sure to enter your email below for some free goodies in your inbox, including my Christmas Gift Budgeting worksheet!! I promise you won't be disappointed.
So, what are your thoughts about experience based gifts? Is this a new concept or something your family has already been practicing? I'd love to hear your ideas on other types of activities to include!!
I love this! And I'm sharing on my page for sure. We went minimalist with toys over the summer and it had been o e of the best decisions we made for our family. My kids are much more content while playing and argue much less than they used to during play time. They also don't need help to clean up. Experiences is exactly what we have asked asked for this year!
Phil and I have been talking about this for this year as well. For our kids and for other people in our lives. This stuff will actually hold value for awhile instead of a week. Think about it…1) the initial excitement of opening, 2) the anticipation of the special day, 3) the actual activity, & 4) the memories. I'm so excited for Christmas this year!!
Yes!! I love the four value points you mentioned. I always look forward to an event more so than an item. Love this, Danita!


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Squeal appeal: Pigs race for Oreo cookie
Four miniature pot belly pigs enter the first turn during the second race during the Hendrick's Pig Racing Thursday at the Curry County Fair. The winning pig gets an Oreo. (Staff photo: Eric Kluth)
By Marlena Hartz: CNJ staff writer
The employment ad, posted in a Kansas newspaper, was clever, and short. "Cabin Fever?," it asked, "Go west."
So Chris Yaverski did — go west — and east, and south, and north. He stood at the spot where patriots threw tea into Boston waters. He saw four presidents faces carved into Mount Rushmore. He heard the roar of Niagara Falls.
All because 10 years ago, the ad lured 30-year-old Yaverski into business with 12 curly-tailed animals.
In khaki shorts and a baseball cap, he looks nothing like the man who runs Hedrick's pig races at the Curry County Fair, and elsewhere.
But every night during fair time, Yaverski, also the manager of Hedrick's Petting Zoo, trades his casual attire for even more casual attire — overalls, a checkered shirt, a straw hat, and "if the weather allows," he said, he "goes barefoot."
"It's the basic pig farmer stereotype," the Nickerson, Kan. resident said of his get-up. And of his job: "I am what they call a country convert — someone pulled out of the city and put in a rural environment and I love it."
In addition to cultivating a down-home attitude, aided by props and speakers blasting bluegrass, there are other Yaverski show essentials. One is pigs.
Housed in a gray trailer, the 2- to 4-month old animals, some barely bigger than a football, grunt and snort when Yaverski walks alongside their pens. He pulls out an Oreo cookie, and dangles it above their pink snouts. The cookie is usually placed at the end of the pig race track, shaped like a U, with the fastest pig in the nightly races, winning the delicacy.
Pigs, he says, are underestimated.
"Pigs are smarter than people realize," Yaverski said. "They learn fast. They know that there is only one Oreo at the end of the race, so they know they have to be the first one there to get it, and they try really hard."
The pigs, however, are only on the track for an about 10 seconds per race, and Yaverski spends about 20 minutes drawing in crowds for the race, he said. So another show essential is humor, his forte, Yaverski said.
He calls each pig by name. Current cast members include John-Claude Van Ham, Luke Sky Hogger, Oprah Swinefrey and Monica Sowinsky — "that one will go on for a while," Yaverski said. But most of the names change with the times. As do Yaverski's jokes.
"The pigs are little bitty — it's amazing that they know where to go," said one pig race viewer, Kelly Franklin, 15. But, he added, "the jokes are the best part. They're pretty funny."
Yaverski draws his material, mostly jabs at fellow Hedrick crew member Noel Scheffield, from current events and everyday conversations. "My mind's working all the time. We try to keep the show fresh. There's that hillbilly, backwoods approach but we still try to be witty."
Sidekick Scheffield, 28, rounds up four pigs for each race while Yaverski builds a rapport with the audience. A Springfield, Miss., native, Scheffield is known only as Brother Elroy during the show, and husky Yaverski, as Brother Tiny.
"He (Yaverski) just comes up with stuff from the top of his head. He'll throw stuff out there, sometimes the crowd catches on, sometimes they don't," said, Scheffield, who doesn't mind being the brunt of Yaverski's jokes — "I get may chance to (make fun of Yaverski) after work," he said.
The bottom line on pig racing, said Yaverski, is simple.
"It doesn't matter if people are laughing with us or at us, just as long as their laughing," Yaverski said.
The last word on having pigs for co-workers: "The hardest thing about working with pigs," a straight-faced Yaverski said, "is that they will," he emphasized, "squeal on you."
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Take the Mooloolaba turnoff onto the Sunshine Motorway. At Mooloolaba exit, take the left lane to Maroochydore. Take the next exit to Alexandra Headlands/Mooloolaba. Turn right at the traffic lights (top of hill) onto Mooloolaba Road. Follow Mooloolaba Road and turn left when you reach the traffic lights at Alexandra Parade. Drive 1.5km and turn onto Parker St after the 4th set of lights.
Take the Maroochydore exit from the Bruce Highway and follow this road through to the Sunshine Motorway. Drive under the Sunshine Motorway to the roundabout. DO NOT FOLLOW THE MAROOCHYDORE SIGNS. Drive around the roundabout and take the southbound entry onto the Sunshine Motorway. Take the Mooloolaba exit (which is the 2nd exit on the left). Turn left onto Mooloolaba Road. Follow Mooloolaba Road and turn left when you reach the traffic lights at Alexandra Parade. Drive 1.5km and turn onto Parker St after the 4th set of lights.
Follow Maroochydore and Noosa signs. DO NOT TAKE FIRST MOOLOOLABA EXIT; instead take the next Alexandra Headlands/Mooloolaba Exit. Turn right at traffic lights onto Mooloolaba Road. Follow Mooloolaba Road and turn left when you reach traffic lights at Alexandra Parade. Drive 1.5km and turn onto Parker St after the 4th set of lights.
Take the Mooloolaba exit. Turn left onto Mooloolaba Road. Follow Mooloolaba Road and turn left when you reach the traffic lights at Alexandra Parade. Drive 1.5km and turn onto Parker St after the 4th set of lights.
Fly into Sunshine Coast Airport or Brisbane Airport. Sun-Air buses run regularly from both airports – we can book your Sun-Air bus tickets for you. Speak to the resident manager about this service when booking your accommodation with Langley Park.
The Sunshine Coast is one of the most desirable holiday destinations in Australia and this is primarily due to its fantastic weather and pristine beaches. For the majority of the year, the daytime temperatures range from 22-34°C and ocean temperatures range from 19°C in Winter to 26°C in Summer.


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Travel restarting: Kanazawa
An update from Kanazawa's popular sightseeing spots
By Matt Evans August 4, 2020
The distinctive red sculpture at Kanazawa Station
As efforts to boost Japan's struggling domestic tourism industry continue against a backdrop of increasing coronavirus numbers in several of the major cities, I took a trip to the small and very attractive city of Kanazawa in Ishikawa Prefecture.
Having seen very few other visitors on my recent visit to Nikko, I was very interested to see how attractions in a small but usually popular destination like Kanazawa were weathering the situation. Arriving in the morning on a bright and very hot day, I found the city quieter than usual but far from a ghost town.
Omicho Market
My first stop for the day was the Omicho Fish Market, which managed to maintain at least a sense of its usual bustle even with a fraction of the usual customers. Vendors, restaurant staff and customers alike were all wearing masks, and hand sanitizers could be found throughout the market.
Fresh oysters on display
Oyama Shrine
The next location on my list was the Oyama Shrine, located in a leafy, secluded precinct in the heart of the city known for its unusual gate building and small strolling garden. The shrine was perhaps a little quieter than usual, but at least a handful of other visitors came and went as I took a look around.
The Oyama Shrine's distinctive gate combines Japanese, Chinese and Dutch architectural features
View of the main building
The shrine's strolling garden
Kanazawa Castle
From the back of the shrine's sacred precinct, a new wooden bridge led me across the road to Gyokuseninmaru, a small but beautifully formed landscape garden within the grounds of Kanazawa Castle. The bridge allows visitors to enter the garden through an impressive new reconstruction of the Nezumita-mon Gate, built entirely from wood using traditional techniques and completed in July of this year.
The reconstructed Nezumita-mon Gate
Entry to the gate building's interior, requiring a temperature scan and face mask, revealed a beautiful structure of interconnecting beams, still with a strong perfume of new timber.
Interior of the Nezumita-mon Gate
Elaborate beams support the roof
View of Gyokuseninmaru Garden
The garden itself was very quiet, apart from a trickle of visitors making their way down from the inner circle of Kanazawa Castle.
From Gyokuseninmaru I threaded my way through the castle grounds, admiring the reconstructed watchtowers, gates and turrets. To escape the heat, I paused at the Tsurunomaru Rest House, an attractive space with interactive exhibits about the castle and a cafe, where I enjoyed an ice-cream and the panoramic view of an inner courtyard, which I had almost to myself. Altogether, I encountered a few dozen other visitors at the castle, but with that number spread across the extensive grounds it still seemed very quiet.
View of the Tsuzuki Yagura (watchtower)
The Hashizume-mon gate
View from the Tsurunomaru Rest House
Leaving the castle through the main Ishikawa-mon Gate, I made my way across a bridge and into Kenrokuen, one of Japan's finest landscape gardens and perhaps the best known of Kanazawa's sightseeing spots. As a wide and open space, I didn't see any signs requesting masks to be worn inside the garden, but hand sanitizer was available to use at the entrance gate and various rest-stops. This was the busiest location of the day, and it was especially nice to see a lot of young couples out and about wearing attractive summer yukata.
The famous Kotojitoro Lantern is a popular symbol of Kanazawa
Higashi Chaya District
After exloring Kenrokuen I made my way to the Higashi Chaya District, one of the city's historic entertainment districts and still known as a center for geisha performances. Wandering along its narrow streets lined with beautiful wooden machiya houses in the Edo Period style, I saw only a few other visitors and many of the area's smaller shops and cafes were shuttered.
Edo-style machiya houses in the Higashi Chaya area
Many of Higashi Chaya's smaller teahouses remain closed
Attractive tsubo-niwa (enclosed garden) in one of Higashi Chaya's gallery spaces
Nishi Chayagai
From there I crossed over to the opposite side of the city center to check out the Nishi Chaya District, another well-known geisha area. Much smaller than its east-side counterpart, the Nishi Chaya District is confined to a single street with rows of the same elegant, wood-latticed buildings on either side. Here I saw just a handful of other visitors taking pictures, and all but two of the street's teahouses were closed for the time being.
21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art
The final stop on my itinerary was the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, a very attractive circular structure of glass, steel and white concrete set in a grassy area dotted with pieces of interactive sculpture. After Kenrokuen, this was the second busiest attraction I visited in the city, with fairly large groups of visitors enjoying the gallery and its surrounding space. Entry requirements were quite strict, with all visitors temperature scanned, given hand sanitizer and asked to wear masks at all times inside the building.
Visitors to the museum are greeted by a sophisticated-looking screening device
Swimming Pool, a well-known interactive work by Leandro Erlich
Travel restarting: Osaka
Travel restarting: Nikko


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Development of the unified technique for the monitoring of occupational hazard at Kryvbas mining enterprises (Ukraine)
Zaikina, Daria and Заікіна, Дар'я Павлівна and Заикина, Дарья Павловна (2017) Development of the unified technique for the monitoring of occupational hazard at Kryvbas mining enterprises (Ukraine). Eastern-european journal of enterprise technologies (3/10). pp. 18-27. ISSN 1729-3774
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The basic indexes of efficiency of the HSE management system were estimated. The algorithm is the basis for mathematical modeling of a control occupational health and safety management system. The developed algorithm, in contrast to the existing ones, involves a series of steps to determine the effectiveness of the system of labor protection management and identification of the factors of injury at an enterprise. The essence of the method lies in the fact that the resulting method makes it possible to determine the level of the OH and the effectiveness of the HSE management system. We have formed a mathematical optimization model to increase the security of the working environment, taking into account the nonlinearity of the dependencies between the effectiveness of measures, which normalize the factors of the work environment, and their cost. The analysis of seniority and age groups was conducted, as well as dust, noise, vibration, and temperature gradients in the underground conditions. The analytical relations between the coefficients of the state of occupational health and safety and risk levels were established, which provides an opportunity to determine the effectiveness of the occupational health and safety management system in the future. It has been shown that the social effect when using the proposed method is 11 %. The developed unified technique differs from the existing ones by the next proposed additional steps: – the of hazardous and harmful production factors were proposed; – a generalized ratio of the condition of occupational health and safety was proposed. All of these components, in turn, will allow improving the assessment of working conditions at an enterprise and determining whether the HSE management system is functioning properly. The developed method is useful in the development of mathematical and software modeling in occupational health and safety management. The results of the study can be used by implementing the recommendations proposed for the mining industry and other industries.
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Stanisław Lasocki herbu Dołęga (zm. 1534) – podkomorzy poznański (1498), starosta płoński, śremski (1504), rawski (1520–1527), wojski rawski (1521) i sochaczewski (1502)

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Syn marszałka królewskiego, starosty łęczyckiego Michała i Doroty z Melsztyńskich – córki Spytka z Melsztyna i kasztelanki poznańskiej Beatrycze Świdwy Szamotulskiej (córki Dobrogosta). Dorota była bratanicą Jadwigi, księżnej opolskiej, i Katarzyny, księżnej mazowieckiej.

Bratanek biskupa Mikołaja Lasockiego.

Młodość spędził na dworze królewskim. Poseł królewski do wielkiego mistrza zakonu krzyżackiego ks. saskiego Fryderyka (1501) oraz do ks. saskiego Jerzego (1503). Podpisał dyplom elekcji Zygmunta I Starego na króla Polski i wielkiego księcia litewskiego na sejmie w Piotrkowie 8 grudnia 1506 roku. Król w 1514 wysłał go z ważną misją na synod prowincjonalny. Łączyły go przyjacielskie stosunki z abp. Andrzejem Krzyckim, natomiast nie darzył go sympatią bp Piotr Tomicki.

Odziedziczył po ojcu znaczny majątek w woj. sandomierskim, łęczyckim i brzesko-kujawskim, w tym miasto Brzeziny. Koncentrował się na rozwoju gospodarczym swoich dóbr. Przejął także olbrzymie dobra swoich krewnych, mniszek Katarzyny i Beaty Melsztyńskich, w tym udziały w zamku w Melsztynie.

Rozbudował Brzeziny, założył w nich nową dzielnicę, nazwaną Szydłowcem na cześć swojej żony – Zofii z Szydłowieckich. Bogato uposażył kościół w Brzezinach, gdzie został w 1534 pochowany.

Poślubił Zofię Szydłowiecką (zm. 1532), córkę podskarbiego koronnego i kasztelana sandomierskiego Jakuba i Zofii, siostrę Barbary za Janem hr. Tarnowskim. Stanisław z Zofią mieli dzieci:
 Jakuba, studenta uniw. w Lipsku, kasztelana łęczyckiego i inowłodzkiego, ożenionego z Anną Leżeńską z Leżenic, córką Jana i Urszuli z Maciejowskich

 Stanisława, podkomorzego łęczyckiego, ożenionego z Anną Zbąską z Leżenic, córką Piotra i Heleny Ostroróg (córki Wacława)

 Krzysztofa, kasztelana sochaczewskiego, ożenionego z Ewą Szczawińską

 Annę za Stanisławem Balem z Hoczwi

 Zofię za I v. Jakubem Unichowskim II v. Mikołajem Lutomierskim
Jedynie najstarszy syn – Jakub, pozostał przy wierze katolickiej, natomiast jego dwaj młodsi bracia zostali działaczami reformacyjnymi.

Stanisław wraz z żoną Zofią z Szydłowieckich spoczywają w kościele Podwyższenia Krzyża Świętego w Brzezinach. Renesansową płytę nagrobną Stanisława Lasockiego wykonał na zlecenie wykonawcy testamentu, prepozyta brzezińskiego Macieja z Jeżowa, Bernardino Zanobi de Gianotis.

Poseł na sejm piotrkowski 1512 roku z województwa poznańskiego i województwa kaliskiego.

Bibliografia
 Stanisław Lasocki h. Dołęga [w:] Polski Słownik Biograficzny, t. 16, s. 547

 Stanisław Lasocki z Lasotek herbu Dołęga [w:] Wielka Genealogia Minakowskiego

Przypisy

Członkowie stanu rycerskiego I Rzeczypospolitej
Dyplomaci I Rzeczypospolitej
Elektorzy Zygmunta I Starego (1506)
Stanisław Lasocki
Ludzie związani z Brzezinami (I Rzeczpospolita)
Podkomorzowie poznańscy
Posłowie na sejm piotrkowski 1512
Posłowie na Sejm I Rzeczypospolitej (województwo kaliskie)
Posłowie na Sejm I Rzeczypospolitej (województwo poznańskie)
Starostowie płońscy
Starostowie rawscy
Starostowie śremscy
Szlachta Korony Królestwa Polskiego
Urzędnicy ziemscy I Rzeczypospolitej
Wojscy rawscy
Wojscy sochaczewscy
Zmarli w 1534

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Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a major global public health problem as the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in children and young adults. Head trauma can be fatal or disabling which requires long-term treatment and care and can cause heavy financial burden. Brain injury secondary to trauma consists of the primary damage due to the direct effect of impacting forces and the subsequent secondary damage due to the sequential reactions of various metabolic events., TBI is associated with microglial and astrocytic activation and the release of pro-inflammatory cytokines. The most studied pro-inflammatory cytokines related to the development of cerebral edema, breakdown of the blood–brain barrier, and secondary neuronal injury are interleukin-1 (IL-1), IL-6, and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α). Post-TBI treatment with anti-inflammatory agents is a promising therapeutic strategy associated with reductions in blood–brain barrier dysfunction, intracranial neutrophil infiltration, and neuronal cell death, which result in improved neurological outcomes. Enbrel (etanercept [ETA]) is a dimeric fusion protein consisting of the extracellular ligand-binding portion of the human 75-kilodalton (p75) TNF receptor linked to the Fc portion of human IgG1. ETA administered systemically at the dosage regimen approved for its licensed indications (approximately 50 mg/week in humans) would not be expected to achieve therapeutic levels in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) because of its high molecular weight. Recent studies showed that ETA can inhibit inflammatory responses and reduce neuronal and glial apoptosis in the brain secondary to traumatic injury.,, These results suggest that experimental TBI could be affected by ETA therapy. This study was designed to investigate ETA's effect on tissue damage, cytokine expression (TNF-α), lipid peroxidation, and oxidative stress (glutathione peroxidase [GSH-Px], malondialdehyde [MDA], and superoxide dismutase [SOD]), to evaluate whether post-TBI ETA administration in rats has protective effects.
Animal care and all experiments were conducted according to the European Communities' Council Directive of November 24, 1986 (86/609/EEC), on the protection of animals for experimental use and approved by the Ethical Committee of the Ministry of Health Ankara Education and Research Hospital (Date: May 31, 2012; number: 0009).
Thirty-six adult male Wistar albino rats (weight, approximately 300–350 g) were used. The temperature and relative humidity in the animal facility were maintained at 20°C ± 2°C and 50% ±10%, respectively. Food and water were provided ad libitum.
Rats were anesthetized by intramuscular administration of 40 mg/kg ketamine HCl (Ketalar®; Pfizer Inc., New York, USA) and 5 mg/kg xylazine HCl (Rompun® 2%; Bayer HealthCare AG, Leverkusen, Germany). A median line scalp incision was made, and the periosteum was opened. A 10 mm diameter metal disc was glued to the cranium at the midline at the intersection of the coronal and lambdoid sutures. Diffuse closed head injury was induced by the method of Marmarou et al. using a 450 g/2 m weight–height impact onto the metal disc on the intact skull of the rats. Thereafter, the trauma and ETA group rats were allowed to wake from anesthesia and examined by a neurosurgeon for neurological deficits.
After sedation, the animals were sacrificed by exsanguination through the aorta. The brain was removed and immediately extracted on ice and divided into two equal parts; half of the tissues were immediately snap-frozen in liquid nitrogen without additives and then transferred to tissue archiving freezer (−80°C) and stored at for biochemical analysis. The other half of the brain tissue was divided into two and used for light and electron microscopic evaluation.
The animals were randomly allocated into three main groups. Control group (n = 12) was not subjected to trauma; trauma group (n = 12) was subjected to TBI, but no treatment was administered; and ETA group (n = 12) was subjected to TBI and received intraperitoneal ETA (5 mg/kg). The control, trauma, and ETA groups were each further subdivided into two subgroups (n = 6 each) according to the time of sacrifice. Rats sacrificed 1 h after TBI (hyperacute stage) were placed into the trauma-1 and ETA-1 groups, whereas those sacrificed 6 h after TBI (acute stage) were placed into the trauma-6 and ETA-6 groups.
For histological examination, brain tissue samples were fixed in 10% neutral-buffered formalin, dehydrated in a graded series of ethanol concentrations, and embedded in paraffin. Paraffin-embedded tissue samples were cut into 5-μm thick sections, stained with hematoxylin and eosin, and examined by light microscopy (Olympus CX21FS1, Olympus Co., Tokyo, Japan). Histopathological changes during the acute postinjury phase (1–2 days) such as eosin staining of cytoplasm (red neurons), pyknosis and hyperchromasia, satellitosis (perineural oligodendroglia), neutrophil degeneration (spongiosis), gliosis, polymorphonuclear leukocyte infiltration, and vascular congestion were graded on a scale of 0–3 by experienced histologists who were blind to the treatment groups: 0 was nonexistent; 1, mild; 2, moderate; and 3, severe.
For electron microscopy, brain specimens were fixed by immersion in 2.5% glutaraldehyde in 0.1 M phosphate buffer (pH 7.4) for 4–6 h at 4°C, postfixed in 1% osmium tetroxide for 2 h, dehydrated in an ascending alcohol concentration series, and embedded in Araldite. Semi-thin sections (1 μm) were stained with toluidine blue and observed under a light microscope. Ultra-thin sections stained with uranyl acetate and lead citrate were observed under an LEO 906E transmission electron microscope (Carl Zeiss AG, Oberkochen, Germany).
Tissue TNF-α and IL-1 β concentrations were determined using the double antibody sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (R and D Systems, Minneapolis, MN, USA) according to the manufacturer's instructions.
MDA is formed from the breakdown of polyunsaturated fatty acids and serves as an important and reliable index for determining the extent of peroxidation reactions (Tator CH 1991). Tissue MDA levels were determined by thiobarbituric acid (TBA) reaction method. Briefly, samples were mixed with two volumes of cold saline solution containing 0.001% butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT) (200 μL of 0.01% BHT solution in methanol) and 0.07% sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) (20 μL of 7% SDS). Next, 1 mL of sample was added to 500 μL of 0.01 NH2SO4 and 500 μL of the TBA reagent (0.67% TBA in 50% acetic acid) to precipitate protein. Samples were heated in boiling water for 60 min, and after cooling, an equal volume (2 mL) of n-butanol was added to each test tube and the solution was mixed. The mixture was centrifuged at 4000 rpm for 10 min at room temperature. The absorbance of the organic layer in a 1 mL cell was read at 535 nm (Molecular Devices Corporation, Sunnyvale, CA, USA). MDA concentrations were expressed as nanomoles per milligram wet tissue weight.
Catalase (CAT) activity was determined by the method described by Aebi (Aebi H 1974). The assessment of CAT activity is based on the determination of the rate constant (k, sec-1) or of the hydrogen peroxide decomposition rate at 240 nm. Results were expressed as kU/g of protein.
GSH-Px activity was determined by measuring changes in nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH) absorbance at 340 nm. In the activity calculations (international unit [IU]), extinction coefficients of NADPH were used for GSH-Px. Results were expressed as IU/mg protein.
Total SOD (Cu-Zn and Mn, EC 1.15.1.1) activity was determined according to the method of Sun et al., which is based on the inhibition of nitro blue tetrazolium (NBT) reduction by the xanthine-xanthine oxidase system, which acts as a superoxide generator. Activity was assessed in the ethanol phase of the supernatant after 1 mL ethanol/chloroform mixture (5:3, v/v) was added to the same volume of sample and centrifuged. One unit of SOD was defined as the enzyme amount causing 50% inhibition in the NBT reduction rate. SOD activity was expressed as U/mg protein.
Data analyses were performed by SPSS for Windows version 11.5 (SPSS Inc., Chicago, IL, USA). To determine if the distributions of continuous variables were normally distributed or not, we used Shapiro–Wilk test. Levene test was used to evaluate the homogeneity of variances. The data are shown as mean ± standard error of the mean (SEM). While the differences in normally distributed variables among groups were analyzed using one-way ANOVA, Kruskal–Wallis test was applied in not normally distributed data. When the P value from one-way ANOVA or Kruskal–Wallis test, statistics were statistically significant; the post hoc Tukey's honest significant difference or Conover's nonparametric multiple comparison test were used to determine which group differed from which other groups, and P < 0.05 was considered statistically significant. The data are shown as mean ± SEM.
Light microscopic examination of cerebral cortex demonstrated that white and gray matter had normal cellular composition, with typical neurons and neuroglial cells, in the control groups. The brain parenchyma neuropil in the cortex, which consists of dendrites, unmyelinated axons, and glial cell processes, was homogenous in appearance. There were no vascular changes [Figure 1]. Light microscopic examination of the brain tissue of the trauma groups showed signs of acute neuronal damage such as edema in the neuropil (spongiosis) and local vascular congestion. Neuronal cells showed hyperchromasia and pyknotic nuclei, as well as eosin staining of the cytoplasm (red neuron), which indicated dysfunctional mitochondrial metabolism that led to neuronal degeneration. Some of the damaged neurons were surrounded by an elevated number of glial cells (oligodendrocytes), which is known as satellitosis. Some focal gliosis was also observed. Perivascular edema caused by astrocytic foot processes swelling around blood vessels was evident. The white matter also showed axonal edema and oligodendrogliosis [Figure 2]. In the ETA-1 group, vascular dilatation and perivascular edema were observed in the cerebral cortex. Neuropil edema was less severe than that observed in the trauma-1 and -6 groups. In the cortex, there were many damaged red neurons, in addition to neurons with normal euchromatic nuclei. In the white matter, an abundance of glial cells was observed around axon extensions [Figure 3]. In the ETA-6 group, histopathological findings were similar to those found in the ETA-1 group but were less severe. Capillary dilatation and stasis were found in the cortex. In addition to normal neurons, red neurons with eosin staining in the cytoplasm were observed although fewer of these cells were found in the ETA-6 group compared to the ETA-1 group [Figure 3]. Electron microscope observations revealed that neurons in the control group had intact cellular organelles and normal vascular structures [Figure 4]. However, the trauma groups showed perivascular edema and structural disorganization in the neuropil. Watery cytoplasm was observed in neuronal cells, and microglial cells (MC) were found. The pathological alterations were more severe in the 6 h trauma groups [Figure 5]. One hour after treatment, ultrastructural analysis of the cerebral cortex in ETA-treated groups showed mild perivascular edema and neurons surrounded by MC. Six hours after treatment, the neuropil, blood vessels, and neurons exhibited good structural appearance [Figure 6].
Tissue TNF-α levels were significantly increased in rats of the trauma group 1 h after head injury, compared to control group (P < 0.001). The ETA-treated group exhibited significantly lower MDA levels compared to trauma group (P < 0.001). There was a statistically significant difference in MDA levels between the control- and ETA-treated groups (P < 0.001). Similarly, the ETA-treated group also exhibited significantly lower levels of MDA compared to the trauma group 6 h after head injury (P < 0.001).
IL-1 levels after 1 h were significantly elevated in the brain tissue of diffuse closed head injury-exposed rats, in comparison to the control group (P < 0.001). Treatment with ETA significantly inhibited this increase in IL-1 level relative to trauma group (P < 0.001) although IL-1 levels in ETA-treated rats were still significantly higher than in control group animals (P < 0.001). In addition, IL-1 levels after 6 h trauma were significantly decreased in ETA-treated rats compared to trauma group (P < 0.001).
Significantly higher MDA levels were observed in the head injury group relative to control group animals after 1 h (P < 0.001). ETA significantly decreased MDA levels compared to the trauma group (P < 0.001). MDA levels in the trauma group were also significantly higher than in the ETA-treated group (P < 0.001) 6 h after trauma. Treatment with ETA did not reduce MDA to baseline levels, as MDA levels in both treatment groups at 1 and 6 h were significantly greater than in the control group (P < 0.001 and P = 0.001, respectively).
CAT enzyme activity reduced significantly in rats 1 and 6 h after head injury in comparison with the control group (P < 0.001 for both). ETA treatment caused a statistically significant increase in CAT activity when compared with the trauma group (P = 0.002 for 1 h and P = 0.005 for 6 h). The ETA-treated group also showed a statistically significant increase in GSH-Px enzyme activity at 1 and 6 h after diffuse closed head injury (P < 0.001 for both). Similarly, levels of SOD activity in trauma group were significantly decreased compared to levels in the control group (P < 0.001 for 1 and 6 h). ETA treatments at 1 and 6 h significantly increased SOD activity compared to the trauma group (P < 0.001 for both). However, treatment with ETA did not increase the antioxidant enzyme activity to the levels of the control groups, as CAT, GSH-Px, and SOD levels in both treatment groups at 1 and 6 h were significantly lower than in the control groups. All biochemical results are shown in [Table 1].
The present study provides evidence for the protective effect of intraperitoneally administered ETA against TBI in a rat model. The beneficial effects of ETA were observed both histologically and neurologically. The method described by Marmarou et al. was used as the trauma model in our study; in this method, the area between the coronal and lambdoid sutures was targeted, and a diffuse brain injury was caused by allowing an object weighing 450 g to fall freely from an altitude of 2 m through a Plexiglas tube. A possible fracture of the calvarium was prevented by covering it with a stainless steel plate. Although this model has high mortality and a high risk of posttraumatic seizure, none of the rats in the present study died of trauma. Several groups,,,,, have reported increased TNF-α and other cytokine levels 1 h post-TBI and peak levels 4 h post-TBI, after which levels returned to baseline so that we assessed the effect of ETA on histopathological and biochemical changes 1 and 6 h after TBI in rats.
In the present study, tissue biochemical analysis showed that TNF-α and IL-1 β levels in the ETA group were significantly lower than those of the trauma group in the hyperacute and acute stages. Reactive oxygen species are key mediators of secondary injury induced by trauma. The brain is particularly vulnerable to oxidative injury because of its high rate of oxygen consumption, intense production of reactive radicals, and high levels of transition ETA, such as iron, which catalyze the production of reactive radicals., When tissues are exposed to oxidative stress, they increase the activity and expression of antioxidant enzymes as a compensatory mechanism against free radical-mediated damage. Nevertheless, increased antioxidant enzyme activity may be insufficient to counteract the damage produced by oxidative stress during many pathological conditions. In the present study, we demonstrated that tissue CAT, GSH-Px, and SOD levels decreased significantly after TBI. We hypothesize that this decrease is due to highly elevated oxidative stress. After the administration of ETA, expression of these antioxidant enzymes increased significantly at 1 and 6 h after TBI. It has been shown that TNF-α inhibited neurite outgrowth of cultured dorsal root ganglia and hippocampal neurons which immediate ETA therapy enhanced the rate of axonal regeneration after nerve injury in rats. In addition, endotoxin-induced inflammation impaired neurogenesis, whereas blocking inflammation restored neurogenesis in the adult brain following ischemic insult. Silver and Millerproposed that overcoming the inhibitory environment of the glial scar might allow for long-distance functional regeneration after TBI. Indeed, as demonstrated in the current results, neuropil edema in the ETA-1 group was less severe than that of the sham groups. In the ETA-6 group, histopathological findings were similar to those found in the ETA-1 group but less severe. ETA-1 group scores were similar to those of the sham-1 group; in contrast, ETA-6 group scores were half the magnitude of those of the sham-6 group. Therefore, ETA might enhance functional neuronal regeneration by inhibiting glial scar formation during TBI.
The dose of ETA used in this study, 5 mg/kg, is more than five times the normal human weekly ETA dose. High-dose treatment might have been resulted in penetration of ETA into the CSF. In addition, broken down blood–brain barrier after TBI as an adjunct to further ameliorate the delivery of ETA into the CSF might also have proved ETA to have a potential therapeutic role in TBI. Similarly, in a recent Alzheimer model, high doses of ETA given peripherally were necessary to achieve a therapeutic effect. Perispinal or other forms of administration designed to selectively improve CNS delivery may enhance the therapeutic effect of ETA for treatment of brain disorders.,,,,,, Recent clinical data provide evidence of the effectiveness of perispinal ETA for the treatment of chronic brain dysfunction following stroke and TBI. However, systemically administration of ETA penetrates directly into the contused brain parenchyma and improves the outcomes by reducing TNF-α and also by stimulating newly formed neurogenesis.
A better understanding of secondary damage mechanisms will allow researchers to develop treatments that target particular biochemical signaling pathways, which will reduce the severity of head trauma-related injury and the rate of head trauma-related mortality. The results of the present study indicate that ETA possesses promising protective effects against TBI, which it may produce by depressing inflammation. These findings suggest that ETA could become a new therapeutic agent for the treatment of TBI.
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Iowa Ag Secretary warns wild birds may bring bird flu back next spring
DES MOINES — Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig says the threat of bird flu continues to hang over Iowa's poultry industry, as migrating wild birds are identified as the likely source of bird flu outbreaks at seven Iowa sites this fall.
"We've had three just in the past few days and it does appear that these continue to be wild bird introductions," Naig says. "We've still got that migratory waterfowl that are carrying this virus as they are returning south. They carried it north and really, truly what we need for them to do is to get moving south."
A hard freeze will help drive birds out of the state, as their landing spots on Iowa lakes and streams turn to ice. During the last bird flu outbreak in 2015, the virus had essentially vanished by June. During this year's outbreak, wild birds continue to spread the deadly disease nine months after it was first detected.
"Once again when those birds head north next spring, we're very concerned about what they could be bringing back into the area again," Naig says. "It's just unfortunately a reminder that our producers have to be in a constant state of readiness and keeping their biosecurity at just the ultimate levels really now all year round."
Naig plans to ask the 2023 Iowa legislature for additional funds to enhance his agency's ability to prevent and respond to foreign animal diseases.
"So of course we're dealing with (highly pathogenic) avian influenza in the state of Iowa again," Naig says, "…but we also have in the background the continuation of the threat of African Swine Fever and Foot and Mouth Disease."
African Swine Fever is a deadly virus that has been spreading in Asia and Europe since 2018, but has not been detected in the United States. Foot and Mouth Disease has not been confirmed in the U.S. since 1929, but an outbreak in the United Kingdom in 2001 led to the destruction of a million animals.


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    at org.jboss.as.jpa.management.ManagementResourceDefinition$1.handle(ManagementResourceDefinition.java:130)
    at org.jboss.as.jpa.management.ManagementResourceDefinition$AbstractMetricsHandler.executeRuntimeStep(ManagementResourceDefinition.java:268)
    at org.jboss.as.controller.AbstractRuntimeOnlyHandler$1.execute(AbstractRuntimeOnlyHandler.java:59)
    at org.jboss.as.controller.AbstractOperationContext.executeStep(AbstractOperationContext.java:999)
    at org.jboss.as.controller.AbstractOperationContext.processStages(AbstractOperationContext.java:743)
    at org.jboss.as.controller.AbstractOperationContext.executeOperation(AbstractOperationContext.java:467)
    at org.jboss.as.controller.OperationContextImpl.executeOperation(OperationContextImpl.java:1404)
    at org.jboss.as.controller.ModelControllerImpl.internalExecute(ModelControllerImpl.java:423)
    at org.jboss.as.controller.ModelControllerImpl.lambda$execute$1(ModelControllerImpl.java:243)
    at org.wildfly.security.auth.server.SecurityIdentity.runAs(SecurityIdentity.java:263)
    at org.wildfly.security.auth.server.SecurityIdentity.runAs(SecurityIdentity.java:229)
    at org.jboss.as.controller.ModelControllerImpl.execute(ModelControllerImpl.java:243)
    at org.jboss.as.domain.http.server.DomainApiHandler.handleRequest(DomainApiHandler.java:212)
    at io.undertow.server.handlers.encoding.EncodingHandler.handleRequest(EncodingHandler.java:72)
    at org.jboss.as.domain.http.server.DomainApiCheckHandler.handleRequest(DomainApiCheckHandler.java:93)
    at org.jboss.as.domain.http.server.security.ElytronIdentityHandler.lambda$handleRequest$0(ElytronIdentityHandler.java:62)
    at org.wildfly.security.auth.server.SecurityIdentity.runAs(SecurityIdentity.java:287)
    at org.wildfly.security.auth.server.SecurityIdentity.runAs(SecurityIdentity.java:244)
    at org.jboss.as.controller.AccessAuditContext.doAs(AccessAuditContext.java:254)
    at org.jboss.as.controller.AccessAuditContext.doAs(AccessAuditContext.java:225)
    at org.jboss.as.domain.http.server.security.ElytronIdentityHandler.handleRequest(ElytronIdentityHandler.java:61)
    at io.undertow.server.handlers.BlockingHandler.handleRequest(BlockingHandler.java:56)
    at io.undertow.server.Connectors.executeRootHandler(Connectors.java:360)
    at io.undertow.server.HttpServerExchange$1.run(HttpServerExchange.java:830)
    at org.jboss.threads.ContextClassLoaderSavingRunnable.run(ContextClassLoaderSavingRunnable.java:35)
    at org.jboss.threads.EnhancedQueueExecutor.safeRun(EnhancedQueueExecutor.java:1985)
    at org.jboss.threads.EnhancedQueueExecutor$ThreadBody.doRunTask(EnhancedQueueExecutor.java:1487)
    at org.jboss.threads.EnhancedQueueExecutor$ThreadBody.run(EnhancedQueueExecutor.java:1378)
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748)
    at org.jboss.threads.JBossThread.run(JBossThread.java:485)

the strange thing is that application is running fairly often however the deployments are not visible from console.
The module hibernate structure on the wildfly is the below
├── 4.3
│   └── module.xml
├── 5.0
│   └── module.xml
├── 5.2
│   └── module.xml
├── 5.2.16.Final
│   ├── byte-buddy-1.6.14.jar
│   ├── hibernate-core-5.2.16.Final.jar
│   ├── hibernate-envers-5.2.16.Final.jar
│   └── module.xml
├── commons-annotations
│   └── main
│       ├── hibernate-commons-annotations-5.0.2.Final.jar
│       └── module.xml
├── envers
│   └── main
│       └── module.xml
├── hql
│   └── 1.5.0.Final
│       ├── antlr-runtime-3.4.jar
│       ├── hibernate-hql-lucene-1.5.0.Final.jar
│       ├── hibernate-hql-parser-1.5.0.Final.jar
│       └── module.xml
├── infinispan
│   ├── 5.2
│   │   └── module.xml
│   ├── 5.2.16.Final
│   │   ├── hibernate-infinispan-5.2.16.Final.jar
│   │   └── module.xml
│   └── main
│       └── module.xml
├── jipijapa-hibernate4-3
│   └── main
│       ├── jipijapa-hibernate4-3-13.0.0.Final.jar
│       └── module.xml
├── jipijapa-hibernate5
│   ├── 5.2
│   │   └── module.xml
│   ├── 5.2.16.Final
│   │   ├── jipijapa-hibernate5-11.0.0.Final.jar
│   │   └── module.xml
│   └── main
│       ├── jipijapa-hibernate5-13.0.0.Final.jar
│       ├── jipijapa-hibernate5-3-13.0.0.Final.jar
│       ├── jipijapa-hibernate5-3-legacy-13.0.0.Final.jar
│       ├── jipijapa-hibernate5-legacy-13.0.0.Final.jar
│       └── module.xml
├── main
│   ├── hibernate-core-5.1.14.Final.jar
│   ├── hibernate-core-5.3.1.Final.jar
│   ├── hibernate-entitymanager-5.1.14.Final.jar
│   ├── hibernate-envers-5.1.14.Final.jar
│   ├── hibernate-envers-5.3.1.Final.jar
│   ├── hibernate-java8-5.1.14.Final.jar
│   └── module.xml
├── ogm
│   ├── 5.3
│   │   ├── hibernate-ogm-core-5.3.1.Final.jar
│   │   └── module.xml
│   ├── infinispan-embedded
│   │   ├── 5.3
│   │   │   ├── hibernate-ogm-infinispan-embedded-5.3.1.Final.jar
│   │   │   └── module.xml
│   │   └── main
│   │       └── module.xml
│   ├── infinispan-remote
│   │   ├── 5.3
│   │   │   ├── hibernate-ogm-infinispan-remote-5.3.1.Final.jar
│   │   │   └── module.xml
│   │   └── main
│   │       └── module.xml
│   ├── internal
│   │   └── parboiled
│   │       └── 5.3
│   │           ├── asm-5.2.jar
│   │           ├── asm-analysis-5.2.jar
│   │           ├── asm-tree-5.2.jar
│   │           ├── asm-util-5.2.jar
│   │           ├── module.xml
│   │           ├── parboiled-core-1.1.8.jar
│   │           └── parboiled-java-1.1.8.jar
│   ├── jipijapa
│   │   └── 5.3.1.Final
│   │       ├── hibernate-ogm-jipijapa-5.3.1.Final.jar
│   │       └── module.xml
│   ├── main
│   │   └── module.xml
│   ├── mongodb
│   │   ├── 5.3
│   │   │   ├── hibernate-ogm-mongodb-5.3.1.Final.jar
│   │   │   ├── module.xml
│   │   │   └── mongo-java-driver-3.6.3.jar
│   │   └── main
│   │       └── module.xml

Any help would be much appreciated. Thank you

A: I answer my own question for people who might fall into the same situation. After hours of effort and coming through some similar wldfly issues I read that this might was due to a bug of the hibernate version that wildlfy was shipped. since I had put hibernate 5.2 for ogm compliance I instructed wildfly to use also hibernate 5.2 by issuing this property in pesistence.xml
<property name="jboss.as.jpa.providerModule" value="org.hibernate:5.2"/>

and the problem was resolved

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