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HR+ Breast Cancer: What Is It And What Are Your Options If Diagnosed?
If you've been recently diagnosed with HR+ breast cancer or know someone who has, there are probably a lot of things going through your mind: What does my breast cancer diagnosis really mean? How is this specific type of cancer going to affect me? How long is treatment going to last?
We're here to reduce some of that uncertainty surrounding your diagnosis and help you play a more active part in your breast cancer treatment.
What HR-positive means
HR, short for hormone receptor-positive, is a form of breast cancer that grows in response to estrogen (ER + breast cancer) and/or progesterone (PR+), hormones naturally produced by the body. Approximately 80% of breast cancer cases are ER+, with 65% of those also being PR+.1 If diagnosed, you're likely to take anti-estrogen therapy for five years to reduce the risk of the cancer returning,2,3 BUT for some women, longer treatment (through year 10) could help.
What to know about the treatment process
Anti-estrogen therapy, aka endocrine therapy, includes medications that affect levels of hormones in two different ways. One common medication works by blocking the action of estrogen on cancer cells in the breasts. A common example of this drug type is called Tamoxifen and is often prescribed for pre-menopausal women. In contrast, aromatase inhibitors, including Arimidex, are meant to stop the body from producing estrogen altogether—and are also typically prescribed for post-menopausal women.
Ask any woman enduring endocrine therapy, and she'll tell you, being on hormone inhibitors is NO joke. While the treatment can save your life, the many side effects can really take a toll on your body. Plus, in trials studying extended endocrine therapy, only 5% of women benefited from long-term therapy. This means that for the other 95%, longer treatment did not impact the risk of recurrence.2-7
Breast Cancer Index™ (BCI) identifies which women are among those likely to benefit from continued treatment. By providing personalized information, BCI enables peace of mind to stop treatment at year five for those who are not likely to benefit, and the dedication to continue for those who are.
"I could have danced on the ceiling! I was so happy to know that I wasn't going to have to take this medicine that had really changed my life in ways I didn't like," exclaimed Mary Darden, NP and Breast Cancer Index™ patient.
As you approach the five-year mark after your initial diagnosis, you can talk to your doctor about whether the side effects and potential risks outweigh the benefits of an additional five years of treatment.
The Breast Cancer Index™ Test helps personalize decision-making
Breast Cancer Index™ is the only test recognized by the National Comprehensive Care Network® to predict extended anti-estrogen therapy benefits.2 The test provides two pieces of valuable information to help you and your doctor make a personalized decision:
1. Whether or not an additional five years of anti-estrogen therapy is likely to help reduce your risk of cancer returning.
2. Your individual risk of distant (metastatic) recurrence after the first five years of therapy (based on your original tumor biology).
That means avoiding overtreatment for those for whom therapy has no impact beyond five years.3-8 And for patients like Jelina Roger, the test confirmed how vital it was for her to continue taking her medication—she couldn't even miss a dose or two.
Breaking down the BCI Test process
It's super easy! In fact, you don't have to do anything beyond asking your oncologist for the test. The test uses the tissue from your original biopsy, and the results will automatically be sent to your doctor in about seven days for them to go over with you. The test results will be in one clear, easy-to-understand report where you get a straightforward 'yes' or 'no' as to whether extended endocrine therapy will work and your percentage of late distant recurrence risk.
What to know about insurance coverage
Depending on your individual plan, BCI may be covered by your insurance. Medicare also covers BCI at a predetermined rate with no fees charged to you (subject to specific coverage criteria).9 Plus, the test is available through a variety of payment options, including a Financial Assistance Program if you meet the requirements. Once your doctor has ordered the test, a Patient Services team member will be in touch with you to walk you through your options and what to expect regarding the billing process.
Bonus! Download the conversation guide for a printable list of questions to take directly to your doctor and patient brochure to learn more about BCI.
Disclaimer: This article is for informational use only and is not intended for or implied to be a substitute for medical advice. Always seek the guidance of your health care professional for any question you may have regarding medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Please contact your medical professional for specific advice regarding your health and treatment. This information may be relevant in the U.S. and other markets and is not intended as a product solicitation or promotion where such activities are prohibited. Because Hologic materials are distributed through websites, eBroadcasts and tradeshows, it is not always possible to control where such materials appear. For specific information on what products may be available in a particular country, please write to womenshealth@hologic.com.
Hologic, 3D, 3D Mammography, Genius, Breast Cancer Index, the Science of Sure, and associated logos are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of Hologic, Inc. and/or its subsidiaries in the United States and/or other countries.
1. How to Read Hormone Receptor Test Results. BreastCancer.org: https://www.breastcancer.org/symptoms/diagnosis/hormone_status/read_results. Accessed December 22, 2021.
2. Referenced with permission from the NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology (NCCN Guidelines®) for Breast Cancer V.3.2021. © National Comprehensive Cancer Network, Inc. 2021. All rights reserved. Accessed March 24, 2021. To view the most recent and complete version of the guideline, go online to NCCN.org. NCCN makes no warranties of any kind whatsoever regarding their content, use, or application and disclaims any responsibility for their application or use in any way.
3. Davies C, et al. Lancet. 2013;381:805-816.
4. Gray R, et al. J Clin Oncol. 2013;31:(suppl; abstr 5).
5. Jakesz R, et al. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2007;99:1845-1853.
6. Goss PE, et al. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2005;97:1262-1271.
7. Mamounas EP, et al. NSABP B-42. GS4-01. SABCS 2019.
8. Goss PE, et al. N Engl J Med. 2016;375:209-219.
9. MolDX: Breast Cancer IndexTM (BCI) Gene Expression Test. CMS.gov: https://www.cms.gov/medicare-coverage-database/view/lcd.aspx?LCDId=37822&ContrId=360&ver=7&ContrVer=1&CntrctrSelected=365*1&Cntrctr=365&name=&DocType=4%7C5&LCntrctr=365*1&bc=AAAAAACAIAAA&. Accessed December 10, 2021
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Your guide to family friendly Halloween events in Calgary. CalgaryRealEstateAlliance.com's favourite Calgary halloween events.
Posted by Krista Kehoe on Friday, October 24th, 2014 at 7:16am.
Magic tricks, a whimsical tea party, and a Ghost Rodeo are just some of the events in store at Heritage Park's Ghouls' Night Out. Three nights of broomsticks and witches brews will take place from October 23 to 26. Ghouls' Night Out and its spooky events are designed for kids aged three to nine.
Add thrill and terror your costumes with LED lights and more at the Monster Mash Up! Combining science and spellbinding Halloween activities, this Telus Spark event is family friendly and educational. A Monster Party for children will take place each day of the event at 10:15 a.m. Telus Spark's Monster Mash Up will haunt the science centre from October 25-26.
We know that this is a given, but we had to share this Halloween resource. The Calgary Herald has compiled a guide of the best neighbourhoods in Calgary for knocking on doors and tricking or treating.
What do you have planned for Halloween? Tell us what you're dressing up as!


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package zwl.learning.mybatis;

import org.apache.ibatis.session.SqlSession;
import org.apache.ibatis.session.SqlSessionFactory;
import org.junit.After;
import org.junit.Before;
import org.junit.BeforeClass;
import org.junit.Test;
import zwl.learning.mybatis.domain.Person;
import zwl.learning.mybatis.util.MyBatisUtils;

import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.*;
import static org.junit.Assert.assertThat;

import java.io.IOException;

/**
 * Created by zhangwanli on 2017/3/26.
 */
public class MyBatisUtilsTest {
    private static SqlSessionFactory sqlSessionFactory;
    private SqlSession sqlSession;

    @BeforeClass
    public static void init() throws IOException {
        sqlSessionFactory = MyBatisUtils.getSqlSessionFactory();
    }

    @Before
    public void before() {
        sqlSession = sqlSessionFactory.openSession(true);//自动提交
    }

    @After
    public void after() {
        sqlSession.close();
    }

    @Test
    public void testMyBatisUtils() {
        assertThat(sqlSessionFactory).isNotNull();
    }

    @Test
    public void testInsert() {
        Person p = new Person(0, "yitian", LocalDate.of(1993, 5, 6));
        sqlSession.insert("insertPerson", p);

        Person s = sqlSession.selectOne("selectPersonByName", p.getUsername());
        assertThat(s).isNotNull();
        System.out.println(s);

        sqlSession.delete("deletePerson", s);
    }

    @Test
    public void testUpdate() {
        Person p = new Person(1, "leo", LocalDate.of(1993, 5, 6));
        sqlSession.insert("insertPerson", p);

        p = sqlSession.selectOne("selectPersonByName", p.getUsername());
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        p.setBirthday(b);
        sqlSession.update("updatePerson", p);
        Person s = sqlSession.selectOne("selectPersonByName", p.getUsername());
        assertThat(s.getBirthday()).isEqualTo(b);
        System.out.println(s);

        sqlSession.delete("deletePerson", s);
    }
}

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Free Picks » College Basketball Picks » Troy Trojans vs Southern Miss Golden Eagles Prediction, 12/29/2022 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds
Troy Trojans vs Southern Miss Golden Eagles Prediction, 12/29/2022 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds
by Guy Bruhn - 12/28/2022
Game: Troy Trojans vs Southern Miss Golden Eagles
Date: Thursday, December 29, 2022
Location: Reed Green Coliseum in Hattiesburg, MS
TV: Youtube TV
The Troy Trojans (8-5) are on their way to Reed Green Coliseum on Thursday where they will attempt to defeat the Southern Miss Golden Eagles (11-2).
The Troy Trojans faced off with Mercer and ended up losing by a score of 82-79 in their last contest. Troy ended the game having earned a 48.3% FG percentage (29 of 60) and converted 7 of their 24 shots from beyond the perimeter. When they shot from the free throw line, the Trojans made 14 of their 18 shots for a rate of 77.8%. In relation to getting rebounds, they collected a total of 21 with 8 of them being on the offensive end. They also distributed 14 dimes for this game while creating 13 turnovers and earning 5 steals. In regard to defense, Troy allowed the other team to go 56.6% from the floor on 30 of 53 shooting. Mercer recorded 14 assists and had 5 steals for this game. Additionally, Mercer grabbed 29 rebounds (9 offensive, 20 defensive), but wasn't able to record a rejection. Mercer walked away from this one shooting 77.8% from the free throw line by burying 14 of their 18 shots. They also buried 8 of 15 tries from beyond the arc. When discussing fouls, the Trojans ended up finishing with 18 and Mercer accumulated 16 fouls.
Zay Williams is a player who was a contributor in this matchup. He walked away with 20 points on 8 of 14 shooting. He was on the hardwood for 37 minutes played and also totaled 9 rebounds. He finished 57.1% from the floor and also dished out 3 dimes.
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Troy heads into this one with a win-loss mark of 8-5 so far this year. They have an average of 79.5 pts per game (52nd in the country) while hitting 46.5% from the field. The Trojans are connecting on 33.9% on shots from 3-point land (111 of 327) and 69.7% from the free throw line. As a unit, Troy is snagging 35.1 boards per game and has 193 assists so far this year, which has them ranked 89th in D-1 in terms of passing. They are turning it over 12.4 times per contest and as a team they are committing 18.1 personal fouls per contest.
When they are on defense, the Trojans are forcing their opponents into 17.7 turnovers per game and they draw 17.8 fouls. They are relinquishing 32.7% on shots from distance and they rank 126th in D-1 in PPG allowed (66.5). The Trojans defense is giving up a shooting percentage of 44.1% (299 of 678) and they concede 32.2 boards per game as a squad. They are ranked 121st in college basketball in giving up assists with 145 conceded on the season.
When they last played, the Southern Miss Golden Eagles went home defeated by a final of 74-63 when they faced UNLV. In regard to cleaning up the glass, Southern Miss allowed UNLV to pull down 36 in total (15 on the offensive glass). They went 33.3% from distance by connecting on 8 of 24 and finished the contest at 24 out of 33 from the free throw line (72.7%). The Golden Eagles permitted UNLV to make 21 out of 63 tries from the field which left them with a rate of 33.3% in this game. Overall, the Golden Eagles shot 25 out of 58 from the floor which gave them a percentage of 43.1%. In terms of shots from 3-point land, Southern Miss knocked down 2 out of their 19 tries (10.5%). They were able to convert 11 of the free throw tries for a percentage of 73.3%. UNLV earned 16 fouls in the matchup which took the Golden Eagles to the charity stripe for a total of 15 attempts. They also gave up possession of the ball 25 times, while recording 6 steals for this contest. The Golden Eagles corralled 29 defensive rebounds and 16 offensive rebounds totaling 45 in this game.
DeAndre Pinckney pitched in for the Golden Eagles for this game. He converted 10 of 18 in the matchup for a field goal percentage of 55.6%, and had 13 rebounds. He recorded 23 points in his 35 mins of playing time, but left the arena with no assists.
Southern Miss has a win-loss record of 11-2 for the season. The Golden Eagles are responsible for committing 16.9 fouls every game and they hit 66.8% from the charity stripe. They are getting an assist 15.9 times per contest (53rd in the country) and they lose possession by turning the ball over 11.9 times per contest. Southern Miss has totaled 1,028 pts so far this year (79.1 per contest) and they pull in 38.9 boards per game. On the offensive side of the court, the Golden Eagles are connecting on 47.7% from the floor, which is 57th in the country.
The Golden Eagles on defense are ranked 24th in college hoops in points allowed per game with 60.7. They are forcing their opponents into 17.5 turnovers per game and allow teams to shoot 39.4% from the floor (41st in college basketball). The Southern Miss defense surrenders 30.3% from downtown (87 of 287) and opponents are converting on 68.5% of their shots from the free throw line. They relinquish 10.7 assists and 32.5 rebounds on a nightly basis, which is 58th and 101st in the country.
Who will win tonight's NCAA basketball game against the spread?
Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Southern Miss
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The Lost Girls > Lost Girls > Featured > Lost Boy of the Week: David Rozgonyi (Part 1)
Lost Boy of the Week: David Rozgonyi (Part 1)
Featured, Lost Boys, Websites and Blogs — By Lost Girls on March 10, 2010 at 6:00 am
source: davidrozgonyi.blogspot.com/
David Rozgonyi was born in Libya to Hungarian political refugees in 1976. He has lived on four continents and has traveled through over 50 countries on foot, bus, train, motorcycle and Cyril, his beloved 1977 Volkswagen bus. His first book, Goat Trees: Tales from the Other Side of the World, is a collection of short fiction written in and about some of his favorite places in the world. His first full-length novel, Two Dolphin, is coming out soon. He currently lives and writes in Hungary. For more photography, book information or just to say hi, visit David at davidrozgonyi.blogspot.com.
David has been kind enough to share one of his previously unpublished short stories with the Lost Girls, along with some of his amazing photos.
The End of the Line
By David Rozgonyi
It is a confluence of forty thousand miles of rail and three dark ocean currents, of statues and sea, of pilgrims and shrines, of chants held aloft by a wind that always smells of kelp. An ending and a beginning and everything that resides between the two, it is a place where water meeting water can eat a star, where almost all of the penitent's wishes come true.
The rare foreigner arrives by train from cities along the coasts on either side of the Southern Ghats-Malabar or Coromandel, it makes no difference except in the way the words roll. Come down from Cochin, Jew Town and the Venetian canals of the Kerala State on a train that is in constant flux; steaming and gasping, it slows, then picks up a little speed, then slows, then stops for a while like a pack animal resting. One after the other, the passengers disappear, and seldom do fresh ones come to take their place beyond Tirunelveli, though the train continues to pause interminably at every empty station. The men with turbans are gone like ghosts, and the withered hawkers have long ago given way to cutgrass and bleating goats. The south Indian air, hot and dank to begin with, thickens with salt. The land grows flat. Had you come hard seat, you might have found company, but in this upper class sleeper into which they so helpfully forced you, apart from the soiled laundry and the trash between the bunks, you are alone. Once one of thousands, you have become the sole survivor on a train that groans behind you for almost a quarter of a mile, empty and forlorn, with no signs of life but for its relics-piles of dirty sheets, the unbalanced blades of fans whipping at the air, an upended tin cup rattling beneath your bench. After a while, time itself unravels, winds down. Your limbs grow heavy; your movements take on all the hurry of growing rice. Only after seasons have passed, after monsoons have come and gone, does the train come to the end of the line. Get your bag, get out, and get walking. Although the traveler has to reach this town by train, for the full effect she must enter it on foot.
See the empty square, the clouds clearing above the shanties and the shacks at yourapproach, flowing downhill toward oceans in your silence. You turn your head slowly this way and that, not drawing attention while using a gait that amid the red-sand deserts of your childhood you discovered ate the ground no matter how it bucked.
To the south, a vast concrete statue of Swami Vivikananda stands guard on an island offshore, his brow higher than the Statue of Liberty; a great flower-yellow cathedral pompous enough to return the traveler's thoughts to childhood European dreams corrals the village to the north. Between them, a huddle of indifferent blue-washed houses in the late afternoon light-the fishing village of Kanyakumari.
The angular solidarity of the buildings is cleaved by dendritic alleys giving onto small, irregular squares that slope steeply downhill so that every step compels the walker toward the water, where the boats are drawn up onto the sand. In haphazard files of vivid greens and reds they cluster, torn saffron-colored nets veils across their bows. The murmur of children seeps from every bruised quadrangle and falls from the flat terraces that crown the houses to settle like silt over the streets, stirred only by the cries of seagulls and crows.
Your pack is light and this is a good thing, for this is the sort of town that invites the traveler to savor the aromas the air offers. Your nose guides you through delicately painted olfactory scenes, and the burning ghats of Varanasi, the wet undershirt slums of Calcutta, the trenches of Delhi, dissipate from coal-blackened sinuses, leaving only the tremendous and wistful scent of sea rocks awash beneath the sun.
And what a sun it is; it is the reason for which you are here. In this sacred place it is rumored to set like a great orange disc upon the sea, an absolutely impossible sun as large as every sunset you have ever seen taken together, larger than your largest memory of it, even if this memory is made engorged by the taste of a mango-sweet mouth upon your own. It is the reason everyone is here.
As evening approaches, the pilgrims of this sun gather on the point like small black ants around a drop of golden syrup. Facing the Swami on the rock, they chat, they eat fried vegetables cooked by vendors whose kitchens are mounted on the backs of their rusting bicycles, they wait. This last is important, for no matter how gaily they disguise it, in actuality that is all they are doing, waiting for the sun to fall, as they have done for a thousand years and as they will do for a thousand more. In India things cannot change so easily.
As you sit reading on the seawall that surrounds the point, you can tell when the show is about to get underway without so much as glancing up from your book. The laughter, the idle chatter, ceases. A hush seeps over the shrines, the vendors, the tide pools, right down to the waterline, where the end of the world is marked by a stone lingam eternally worshipped by an obese stone rat. A sigh rises from the old mothers and the fervent men. Put your book down-the sun has begun to fall.
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Decade Rewind
In the past 10 years, we've watched and reviewed a massive selection of movies. These are the 100 best.
20. Logan
It's hard to pull off a good "goodbye." This is particularly true when discussing entertainment produced as the product of a capitalist system, which generally speaking maintains a strict policy of wringing every drop of possible profit out of an intellectual property before calling it a day. And indeed, the less said about the X-Men movie output since Logan, the better. But if Dark Phoenix is the post hoc price that needed to be paid, it was still worth it, because James Mangold's farewell to Hugh Jackman's Wolverine and Patrick Stewart's Professor X is a brilliant swan song, but that's not even the half of it. Logan is a poignant meditation on the role stories play in our lives, and how the fictional stories and characters we love have the power to influence us in profound ways. It's brutal and earnest and utterly heartfelt; the ultimate evidence that superhero films can be "grown-up" in ways that go beyond embracing R-rated violence and swear words. "So that's what that feels like." *Sniffles.* *Blinks rapidly.* *Sobs.* (Ciara Wardlow)
19. Arrival
Denis Villeneuve's science fiction film Arrival is extractive and tangled, and in thinking about aliens, it prods at the question of what it means to be human. Amy Adams plays Dr. Louis Banks, a linguist who is recruited by the military to translate the language of mysterious alien visitors. Each aspect of the film clicks into place like a gearshift, and Adams' performance is included in this. In portraying a person who's living an event no one ever has, Adams is importantly unreadable. There's no way to succinctly put this encounter on a face, but Adams lends veracity and capability. Absolutely vital to the moves the film will make, Adams deserves so much credit.
Villeneuve's design creates seamlessness in Arrival, a warm grey atmosphere that is beautiful in a mathematical sort of way. The late Jóhann Jóhannsson's score is unknowable, but not alien, and contributes to the way the film welds to your conscious. Arrival's spacecraft and aliens themselves gnaw at the edges of understanding. These aliens communicate in logograms that don't begin or end but simply exist. Villeneuve creates thematic resonance through these choices, playing with really modernist ideas about temporality. As Louise works, she begins thinking and feeling differently and is able to experience an unbridled wholeness in life. Arrival gives us the experience of wanting to experience. Louis will choose the highest highs and the lowest lows, and the film creates a space where you feel safe enough to hope you will do the same. Either way, when she asks "What is your purpose here?" she's asking the aliens, yes, but she's also asking us. (Margaret Pereira)
18. The Witch
"Wouldst thou like to live deliciously?" It's a meme, it's a way of life, but before all that, it was the question that anchored Robert Eggers' hypnotic, atmospheric debut. Black Phillip and the witch in the woods may be the literal villains of The Witch, but it's the specter of patriarchal oppression that haunts young Puritan Thomasin (Anya Taylor-Joy) throughout much of the movie's runtime, making that final, seductively-whispered question feel as joyous as it is terrifying. Five years later, we're still arguing about whether the film's ending is one of true liberation or devilish manipulation, but the merits of The Witch aren't up for debate. Former production designer Eggers makes authenticity look like a competitive sport, while cinematographer Jarin Blaschke and composer Mark Korven assault our senses with visions of frighteningly barren landscapes and an expertly creeping soundtrack, respectively. This deliberately building nightmare has been recognized as a master-class in slow-burn horror, but beyond genre, it's also commendable as a fantastic work of filmmaking. (Valerie Ettenhofer)
17. The Florida Project
In 2015, Sean Baker entered the Criterion Closet, took a copy of Ken Loach's KES off the shelf and said of his selection, "I'm going to be making a film with kids very soon." What Baker went on to make was, yes, a film with kids, but undoubtedly one of the best of the decade, one that constantly lingers somewhere in the back of my head.
Almost all of The Florida Project takes place at "The Magic Castle Motel" in Orlando, Florida, in the shadow of Disney World. Willem Dafoe received an Academy Award nomination for his role, but the real stand-outs are Brooklynn Prince and Bria Vinaite, who play the mother-daughter duo at the center of the film's story. Their performances convey a realism that, combined with the film's heavy stylization, completely envelops us, allowing us to feel not only their experience but the texture of their world itself.
There's a moment after a key part of the film when Baker cuts to a shot of the motel with the real Magic Kingdom in the background. Fireworks go off. Perhaps I was a lazy viewer, but up until that point in the film I had completely forgotten about Disney World. I was so consumed by the characters and their day-to-day lives. With that one shot, Baker connects his story to something much bigger in a way that does not belabor the point or diminish his characters. It is cinema at its best. (Will DiGravio)
16. Paddington 2
You need Paddington 2 in your life. While the sequel narrowly squeezed out the first film – thanks in no small part by a comic villain turn from Hugh Grant, at his most engaged in years – the series is a big warm blanket on a blisteringly cold day. I don't have to tell you how rocky the world is right now, but Paddington 2 lets you escape into a picturesque London filled with as much mystery and weirdness (courtesy of director Paul King, known for his work on The Mighty Boosh) as there is virtuous compassion. Ben Wishaw's Paddington, guided by a steady moral compass, is the perfect antecedent to other wiley CG children's characters (see: Peter Rabbit) that are driven more by a child's ego than its innocent. And while Paddington does get into sticky situations (like going to jail) he always manages to inspire joy through his earnestness (like getting cred in said jail by making delicious marmalade) and maybe a hard stare or two. This isn't just a great film, it's the perfect mood for when you are feeling blue. Or to think of it in a different way: Paddington 2 is a thunder jacket for life. (Jacob Trussell)
15. Annihilation
When was the last time a film presented you with the essence of a thing that you could not parallel to the real world? Meet: The Shimmer, the ambiguous subject of Alex Garland's "dream adaptation," as he calls it, of the first book in Jeff VanderMeer's sci-fi trilogy. It's a wonder to behold. Don't go in expecting to understand what you see the first time, or the second, or the 100th. This is a film that exists to fly in the face of finality, determinism, and fixed truth. It piques our interest with its mind-bending concepts and earns our trust with its refusal to offer clean answers (in other words, its insistence upon making us think). It's a film that must be wrestled with, chewed on, explored like a never-ending maze, and eventually submitted to in all of its ravishing beauty. Because, at the end of the day, Annihilation opens the door to so much depth of conversation around what it means to be, to change, to evolve, that all we can do by the end is soak in its ruminations alongside its bewildered ensemble cast (Natalie Portman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Tessa Thompson, Gina Rodriguez, and Tuva Novotny).
It addresses our infatuation with the unknown, self-destruction, ecological ethics, human evolution, ontological philosophy, patriarchal norms, marriage, interlamination, mimesis, and so much more, while never sacrificing nuance or losing steam as a wildly entertaining sci-fi mind fuck (the second from Garland this decade, the other being Ex Machina). Not to mention, it's one of the few thoughtful, intelligent, and dignifying studio films of the decade driven by powerhouse performances by women. (Luke Hicks)
14. Phantom Thread
Paul Thomas Anderson sends Daniel Day-Lewis into retirement on top of his game with one of the most memorable characters of the decade. We love to hate Reynolds Woodcock, so much so that we can totally appreciate the combination of care and punishment that he winds up subjected to. And yet Vicky Krieps is the true revelation of Phantom Thread, a bewildering presence who seems to have control over not just her bitter beau but also the film itself as if she's subtly stolen it from the two men — director and lead actor — who still think they're in charge. (Christopher Campbell)
13. The Farewell
Lulu Wang wrote and directed one of the most successful indie features of the decade with The Farewell; opening to the best per-theater average gross at its time of release, her film even outperformed Avengers: Endgame in that arena. And it rightly deserves its reception. Adapted from her segment on This American Life, Wang's film depicts a fictionalized version of her own family as they struggle with keeping their matriarch's cancer diagnosis a secret, even from her. Lacing her bilingual script with cultural specificity and emotional universality, Wang channels her experience into her onscreen counterpart, Billi (Awkwafina, in a moving dramatic performance), as she grapples with her upbringing in the Chinese diaspora, her sense of familial duty, and the potential loss of one of the closest relationships in her life.
The film's success all drives home the fact that stories crossing boundaries have wide appeal, as do stories told with as much warmth, humor, and heart. In a cultural landscape dominated by some of the biggest event films ever made, it's just as well that we celebrate these more intimate moments, too. It's what Nai-Nai would want for us. If anything, do it for her. (Christina Smith)
12. Gone Girl
Gone Girl is a top tier entrant in one of cinema's finest subgenres: bad men realizing they're bad. Thinking of texting your ex? Rewatch Gone Girl. Thinking of giving a garbage boy a pass because he's kinda dumb and probably (definitely) wasn't thinking things through? Rewatch Gone Girl. David Fincher weaponizes his clinical lens and active disdain for Ben Affleck to deliver the best psycho-sexual thriller this side of Paul Verhoeven's kink closet. Rosamund Pike's performance is terrifying, vulpine, and aspirational. And, to put it mildly, Amy Dunne is right and she should be allowed to do that. Now everyone go ask your wife what her blood type is. (Meg Shields)
11. Call Me By Your Name
Across time and history, a plethora of books (that would eventually be filmed) have been thought of or considered to be un-filmable (think: The Princess Bride, in all of its narrative complexity, or Dune, for obvious reasons). When reading Andre Aciman's novel Call Me By Your Name, I pondered this conundrum a lot (for much different reasons). How could a love affair of this magnitude, which, for the most part, has all of its intensity predicated on the interiority of its narrator, Elio, who grapples so fervently with such deep, deep feelings of longing and desire, be adapted for the screen in a way that rings true? I still cannot explain the dynamics and intricacies of the answer to this question, but there is no doubt that Luca Guadagnino succeeded brilliantly in this endeavor with his 2017 film. This is largely thanks to Timothée Chalamet, here in his astounding breakout role (though, it's difficult now to remember a time BC — before Chalamet), where he so perfectly brings Elio's interior experience to the exterior (without the crutch of a voiceover). When reflecting on this decade in film, if you're looking for the best coming-of-age story, the best love story, or the greatest movie dad on the planet (we love you, Michael Stuhlbarg) all signs point to Call Me By Your Name. (Madison Brek)
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Taylor Swift 'Bejeweled' Easter Eggs Decoded—Because It's Time to Teach Some Lessons
Because we know you're looking for them, here are all the Taylor Swift "Bejeweled" Easter eggs you may have missed.
"Bejeweled" is the second Taylor Swift Midnights track to get a music video, and she promised it would be full of glitter and Easter eggs for her fans—as well as celebrity cameos.
The video dropped at midnight (of course) on Oct. 25, 2022.
The "music movie" has a Cinderella theme, with Swift playing the titular princess, the Haim sisters starring as her stepsisters; "Oscar winner Laura Dern" (as Swift calls her) stars as Swift's evil stepmother. Jack Antonoff and makeup artist Pat McGrath appear in the video as well, as does Dita Von Teese as the "fairy goddess," because Swift felt a fairy godmother title didn't do her justice.
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Taylor Swift "Bejeweled" Easter Eggs
Swift may have hinted at "Bejweled" at the 2022 MTV Video Music Awards in August, when she rocked a seriously bejeweled dress and matching makeup.
Taylor Swift rocks a bejeweled eye look at the MTV Video Music Awards on Aug. 28, 2022.
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Some Swifties think the outfit as an Easter egg in itself ahead of the track list reveal.
The Haim sisters, some of Swift's BFFs, play her wicked stepsisters, one of whom boasted about nipple tassels she bought for the ball as Swift miserably scrubs a floor. Lady Danielle wants the ring, Lady Este wants the title, Lady Alana wants the d**k, while Swift wants the castle keys. They call her a snake as they leave for the ball, a callback to her feud with Kanye West and Kim Kardashian. They also sing their "hungover" song famous from a TikTok they recorded.
Haim in "Bejeweled"
Related: Taylor Swift Midnights Easter Eggs and Song Meanings
Swift said directing Dern for the video was one of the "easiest things [she's] ever done." Of course. That's why she's "Oscar-winning Laura Dern!"
Laura Dern in the Taylor Swift "Bejeweled" video
Dern's character of the wicked stepmother says she poisoned all the other maidens in the village. She also mentions Swift was "exiled" to their home, a reference to the folklore track "exile" featuring Bon Iver. The stepmother also scolds Swift, telling her, "Speak not," a reference to Speak Now.
Swift's braid in the opening scene may also be a callback to the folklore and evermore era:
Taylor Swift's braid Easter egg in "Bejeweled"
Swift wore a similar styles when she went full cottage-core for her two 2020 albums.
Additionally, one Easter egg you can't see but can hear: An instrumental of "Enchanted" playing in the opening scene.
Related: All the Taylor Swift "Anti-Hero" Easter Eggs You May Have Missed
As the music begins and she sings she's been "a little too kind," she turns her head and stares at a painting of Antonoff surrounded by cats—her favorite.
Taylor Swift "Bejeweled" Easter eggs of Jack Antonoff and cats
A locket appears shaped similar to a seashell (maybe a Little Mermaid reference about regaining her voice?). Inside there is a clock and the words "exile ends."
Taylor Swift "Bejeweled" Easter egg locket
Next, Swift gets sparkly in an elevator reminiscent of the one in her "Delicate" video, all while rocking a hood evocative of her "Willow," "Endgame" and "...Ready for It?" looks.
Taylor Swift "Bejeweled" hood
She hits a button to go to the third floor. The button is purple, like her gown on the Speak Now cover—which is her third album. Fans interpreted it to mean that her next re-recorded release will be Speak Now (Taylor's Version).
Taylor Swift "Bejeweled" video
Once she's off she gets further bejeweled herself.
Taylor Swift "Bejeweled" video Easter egg: Her necklace
One of Swift's necklaces in the "Bejeweled" video has multi-colored gemstones similar to a "Bejeweled" bracelet in her merch store. The bracelet has 12 different stones, each representing a different Swift album, as well as an hour on a clock for the Midnights theme.
Taylor Swift and Dita Von Teese in "Bejeweled"
Swift splashes around with Von Teese in giant martini glasses, perhaps a wink and a nod to her liquor references throughout the Midnights album.
Elevator numbers in Taylor Swift "Bejeweled" video
We then see the elevator go to the 13th floor, which is infamously Swift's lucky number.
We then see Swift's performance in the ball's talent show, which involves a dance number with a clock theme. Fans noticed the clock was set to 3:00, which they interpreted as another nod to Speak Now.
Related: Taylor Swift's Red (Taylor's Version) Easter Eggs
Her performance in the video impresses "Queen Pat," who's pictures with portraits of Zoë Kravitz and Sam Dew, who are co-writers on "Lavender Haze."
Pat McGrath in the Taylor Swift "Bejeweled" video
Antonoff's prince is forced to propose to "house wench" Swift, who ghosts him—a theme from "Anti-Hero." Her look is reminiscent of Kirsten Dunst as Marie Antoinette in Sofia Coppola's film about the doomed French queen.
The video closes with Swift keeping the castle, which gets surrounded by dragons as an instrumental version of "Long Live"—once more, from Speak Now—plays.
Taylor Swift "Bejeweled" video Easter egg to "Long Live" from "Speak Now"
The song "Bejeweled" is about being underappreciated by a lover and thus losing one's sparkle—and rebelling against that by shimmering and shining solo.
The "moonstone" lyric harkens to one of the Midnights limited edition vinyls in Moonstone Blue.
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Marks & Spencer is to develop a series of graphic icons that will be used to highlight the various ecological and ethical credentials of its products, as part of the next phase of its Plan A initiative.
The retailer announced the plan yesterday, as it published its 2014 Plan A Report and explained that M&S was extending the Plan A initiative beyond the UK to cover its global business over the next six years.
Currently 57% of M&S products have Plan A qualities, which range from Fairtrade and free range, to sustainably sourced and "produced in an eco factory". The retailer has said, that by 2020, all of its products will boast at least one Plan A quality.
The retailer is working on a series of icons to indicate how a particular item features ethical or ecological credentials, similar to the existing and widely recognised Fairtrade logo. Once developed, the logos will be used in labelling, as well as alongside products online.
An M&S statement said: "The plan builds on the first seven years of Plan A by extending successful commitments and scaling them across M&S operations worldwide.
"It further aligns the sustainability plan to M&S' business plan to be a leading international, multi-channel retailer and includes innovative commitments that are firsts in retail and sustainable business."
Plan A 2020 commitments include upping M&S's energy efficiency target from 35% to 50% per square foot by 2020, and for UK stores to raise £1m every year for local charities and £20m for health and wellbeing charities by 2020.
Other commitments include ensuring that, by 2020, 50% of the cotton M&S procures is from sustainable sources, and that 75% of all M&S-branded food is sourced from eco- and ethical-benchmarked factories.
Marc Bolland, M&S chief executive, said: "Plan A is at the heart of our plans to become a sustainable, international, multi-channel retailer. It's become a vital part of how we run our business and represents a better way of working that materially improves our customers' and partners' experience of M&S.
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The Scientific Committee, established by the Threatened Species Conservation Act, has made a Determination to make a minor amendment to Part 3 of Schedule 1 (Endangered ecological communities) of the Act by inserting the Swamp Sclerophyll Forest on Coastal Floodplains of the NSW North Coast, Sydney Basin and South East Corner bioregions (as described in the determination of the Scientific Committee under Division 5 Part 2) and as a consequence to omit reference to the Swamp Sclerophyll Forest on Coastal Floodplains of the NSW North Coast, Sydney Basin and South East Corner bioregions (as described in the final determination to list the ecological community) which was published on pages 9438 to 9444 in the NSW Government Gazette No. 200 dated 17 December 2004. Minor amendments to the Schedules are provided for by Division 5 of Part 2 of the Act.
1. Swamp Sclerophyll Forest on Coastal Floodplains of the NSW North Coast, Sydney Basin and South East Corner bioregions is the name given to the ecological community associated with humic clay loams and sandy loams, on waterlogged or periodically inundated alluvial flats and drainage lines associated with coastal floodplains. Floodplains are level landform patterns on which there may be active erosion and aggradation by channelled and overbank stream flow with an average recurrence interval of 100 years or less (adapted from Speight 1990). Swamp Sclerophyll Forest on Coastal Floodplains generally occurs below 20 m (though sometimes up to 50 m) elevation, often on small floodplains or where the larger floodplains adjoin lithic substrates or coastal sand plains in the NSW North Coast, Sydney Basin and South East Corner bioregions. Bioregions are defined in Thackway and Cresswell (1995). The structure of the community is typically open forest, although partial clearing may have reduced the canopy to scattered trees. In some areas the tree stratum is low and dense, so that the community takes on the structure of scrub. The community also includes some areas of fernland and tall reedland or sedgeland, where trees are very sparse or absent. Typically these forests, scrubs, fernlands, reedlands and sedgelands form mosaics with other floodplain forest communities and treeless wetlands, and often they fringe treeless floodplain lagoons or wetlands with semi-permanent standing water (e.g. Pressey 1989a).
2. The total species list of the community is considerably larger than that given above, with many species present at only one or two sites or in low abundance. The species composition of a site will be influenced by the size of the site, recent rainfall or drought conditions and by its disturbance (including fire, grazing, flooding and land clearing) history. The number and relative abundance of species will change with time since fire, flooding or significant rainfall, and may also change in response to changes in grazing regimes. At any one time, above-ground individuals of some species may be absent, but the species may be represented below ground in the soil seed banks or as dormant structures such as bulbs, corms, rhizomes, rootstocks or lignotubers. The list of species given above is of vascular plant species, the community also includes micro-organisms, fungi, cryptogamic plants and a diverse fauna, both vertebrate and invertebrate. These components of the community are poorly documented.
3. Swamp Sclerophyll Forest on Coastal Floodplains of the NSW North Coast, Sydney Basin and South East Corner bioregions is known from parts of the Local Government Areas of Tweed, Byron, Lismore, Ballina, Richmond Valley, Clarence Valley, Coffs Harbour, Bellingen, Nambucca, Kempsey, Hastings, Greater Taree, Great Lakes and Port Stephens, Lake Macquarie, Wyong, Gosford, Hornsby, Pittwater, Warringah, Manly, Liverpool, Rockdale, Botany Bay, Randwick, Sutherland, Wollongong, Shellharbour, Kiama and Shoalhaven but may occur elsewhere in these bioregions. Bioregions are defined in Thackway and Cresswell (1995). Major examples once occurred on the floodplains of the Tweed, Richmond, Clarence, Macleay, Hastings and Manning Rivers, although smaller floodplains would have also supported considerable areas of this community.
4. Swamp Sclerophyll Forest on Coastal Floodplains of the NSW North Coast, Sydney Basin and South East Corner bioregions has an open to dense tree layer of eucalypts and paperbarks, which may exceed 25 m in height, but can be considerably shorter in regrowth stands or under conditions of lower site quality. For example, stands dominated by Melaleuca ericifolia typically do not exceed 8 m in height. The most widespread and abundant dominant trees include Eucalyptus robusta (swamp mahogany), Melaleuca quinquenervia (paperbark) and, south from Sydney, Eucalyptus botryoides (bangalay) and Eucalyptus longifolia (woollybut). Other trees may be scattered throughout at low abundance or may be locally common at few sites, including Callistemon salignus (sweet willow bottlebrush), Casuarina glauca (swamp oak) and Eucalyptus resinifera subsp. hemilampra (red mahogany), Livistona australis (cabbage palm) and Lophostemon suaveolens (swamp turpentine). A layer of small trees may be present, including Acacia irrorata (green wattle), Acmena smithii (lilly pilly), Elaeocarpus reticulatus (blueberry ash), Glochidion ferdinandi (cheese tree), Melaleuca linariifolia and M. styphelioides (paperbarks). Shrubs include Acacia longifolia (Sydney golden wattle), Dodonaea triquetra (a hopbush), Ficus coronata (sandpaper fig), Leptospermum polygalifolium subsp. polygalifolium (lemon-scented tea tree) and Melaleuca spp. (paperbarks). Occasional vines include Parsonsia straminea (common silkpod), Morinda jasminoides and Stephania japonica var. discolor (snake vine). The groundcover is composed of abundant sedges, ferns, forbs, and grasses including Gahnia clarkei, Pteridium esculentum (bracken), Hypolepis muelleri (batswing fern), Calochlaena dubia (false bracken), Dianella caerulea (blue flax lily), Viola hederacea, Lomandra longifolia (spiny-headed mat-rush) and Entolasia marginata (bordered panic) and Imperata cylindrica var. major (blady grass). The endangered swamp orchids Phaius australis and P. tankervillei are found in this community. On sites downslope of lithic substrates or with soils of clay-loam texture, species such as Allocasuarina littoralis (black she-oak), Banksia oblongifolia, B. spinulosa (var. collina or var. spinulosa) (hairpin banksia), Ptilothrix deusta and Themeda australis (kangaroo grass), may also be present in the understorey. The composition and structure of the understorey is influenced by grazing and fire history, changes to hydrology and soil salinity and other disturbance, and may have a substantial component of exotic grasses, vines and forbs.
5. Swamp Sclerophyll Forest on Coastal Floodplains of the NSW North Coast, Sydney Basin and South East Corner bioregions provides habitat for a broad range of animals, including many that are dependent on trees for food, nesting or roosting (Law et al. 2000). The blossoms of Eucalyptus robusta and Melaleuca quinquenervia are also an important food source for the Grey-headed Flying Fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) and Common Blossom Bat (Sycoyncteris australis) (Law 1994), as well as the Yellow-bellied Glider (Petaurus australis), Sugar Glider (Petaurus breviceps), Regent Honeyeater (Xanthomyza phrygia) and Swift Parrot (Lathamus discolor). Other animals found in this community include the Osprey (Pandion haliaetus), Australasian Bittern (Botaurus poiciloptilus), Large-footed myotis (Myotis adversus), Litoria olongburensis and Wallum Froglet (Crinia tinnula).
6. Swamp Sclerophyll Forest on Coastal Floodplains of the NSW North Coast, Sydney Basin and South East Corner bioregions forms part of a complex of forested and treeless wetland communities found throughout the coastal floodplains of NSW. A recent analysis of available quadrat data from these habitats identified a distinct grouping of vegetation samples attributable to this community (Keith and Scott 2005). The combination of features that distinguish Swamp Sclerophyll Forest on Coastal Floodplains from other endangered ecological communities on the coastal floodplains include: its relatively dense tree canopy dominated by Eucalyptus robusta, Melaleuca quinquenervia or E. botryoides, the relatively infrequent occurrence of other eucalypts, Casuarina glauca or Lophostemon suaveolens; the occasional presence of rainforest elements as scattered trees or understorey plants; and the prominence of large sedges and ferns in the groundcover. It generally occupies small alluvial flats and peripheral parts of floodplains where they adjoin lithic substrates or coastal sandplains. The soils are usually waterlogged, stained black or dark grey with humus, and show little influence of saline ground water.
7. Swamp Sclerophyll Forest on Coastal Floodplains includes and replaces Sydney Coastal Estuary Swamp Forest in the Sydney Basin bioregion. It may adjoin or intergrade with several other endangered ecological communities, which collectively cover all remaining native vegetation on the coastal floodplains of New South Wales. These include Lowland Rainforest on Floodplain in the NSW North Coast bioregion, River-Flat Eucalypt Forest on Coastal Floodplains of the NSW North Coast, Sydney Basin and South East Corner bioregions (including the formerly listed Sydney Coastal River-Flat Forest in the Sydney Basin bioregion), Subtropical Floodplain Forest, Swamp Oak Floodplain Forest of the NSW North Coast, Sydney Basin and South East Corner bioregions and Freshwater Wetlands on Coastal Floodplains of the NSW North Coast, Sydney Basin and South East Corner bioregions. For example, as soils become less waterlogged, Swamp Sclerophyll Forest on Coastal Floodplains of the NSW North Coast, Sydney Basin and South East Corner bioregions may adjoin or intergrade with River-Flat Eucalypt Forest on Coastal Floodplains of the NSW North Coast, Sydney Basin and South East Corner bioregions. As soil salinity increases Swamp Sclerophyll Forest on Coastal Floodplains may intergrade with, and be replaced by, Swamp Oak Floodplain Forest of the NSW North Coast, Sydney Basin and South East Corner bioregions. The boundaries between these communities are dynamic and may shift in response to changes in hydrological regimes, fire regimes or land management practices (e.g. Johnston et al. 2003, Stevenson 2003). The Determinations for these communities collectively encompass the full range of intermediate assemblages in transitional habitats.
8. A number of vegetation surveys and mapping studies have been conducted across the range of Swamp Sclerophyll Forest on Coastal Floodplains of the NSW North Coast, Sydney Basin and South East Corner bioregions. This community includes the Eucalyptus robusta (Swamp Mahogany) community identified on coastal alluvium by Douglas and Anderson (2002) and the Coastal Alluvium Swamp Forest complex defined by Anderson and Asquith (2002). In the Comprehensive Regional Assessment of the north-eastern NSW (NPWS 1999), those areas on floodplains mapped as 'Forest Ecosystem 112, Paperbark', and those areas on floodplains mapped as 'Forest Ecosystem 142, Swamp Mahogany' are included within this community. On the Tweed lowlands, this community includes 'Eucalyptus robusta mid-high to very tall closed forest' (F7), 'Archontophoenix cunninghamiana-Melaleuca quinquenervia very tall feather palm swamp forest' (F9), those parts of Melaleuca quinquenervia tall to very tall open to closed forest' (F8) on alluvial soils and parts of 'Floodplain Wetland Complex' (FL) dominated by Eucalyptus robusta or Melaleuca quinquenervia (Pressey and Griffith 1992). In the lower Hunter district, this community includes 'Swamp Mahogany-Paperbark Swamp Forest' (map unit 37), Riparian Melaleuca Swamp Woodland (map unit 42) and Melaleuca Scrub (map unit 42a) of NPWS (2000). In the Sydney-Gosford region, this community includes those parts of 'Freshwater Swamp complex' (map unit 27a) dominated by Eucalyptus robusta or E. botryoides (Benson 1986, Benson and Howell 1994) and parts of the 'Freshwater wetlands – on the floodplains' of Benson and Howell (1990) and Benson et al. (1996). In the Illawarra, this community includes 'Alluvial swamp mahogany forest' (map unit 35) of NPWS (2002). On the south coast, this community includes 'Northern Coastal Lowlands Swamp Forest' (forest ecosystem 175) of Thomas et al. (2000) and 'Coastal Sand Swamp Forest' (map unit 45) of Tindall et al. (2004). Swamp Sclerophyll Forest on Coastal Floodplains of the NSW North Coast, Sydney Basin and South East Corner bioregions is included within the 'Coastal Floodplain Wetlands' and 'Coastal Swamp Forest' vegetation classes of Keith (2002, 2004). There may be additional or unmapped occurrences of Swamp Sclerophyll Forest on Coastal Floodplains within and beyond these surveyed areas.
9. The extent of the Swamp Sclerophyll Forest on Coastal Floodplains of the NSW North Coast, Sydney Basin and South East Corner bioregions prior to European settlement has not been mapped across its entire range. However, one estimate estimate based on a compilation of regional vegetation maps suggests that Coastal Floodplain Wetlands, which include Swamp Sclerophyll Forest on Floodplains, currently cover 800-1400 km2, representing less than 30% of the original extent of this broadly defined vegetation class (Keith 2004). Compared to this combined estimate, the remaining area of Swamp Sclerophyll Forest on Coastal Floodplains is likely to be considerably smaller and is likely to represent much less than 30% of its original range. For example, there were less than 350 ha of native vegetation attributable to this community on the Tweed lowlands in 1985 (Pressey and Griffith 1992), less than 2500 ha on the Clarence floodplain in 1982 (Pressey 1989a), less than 700 ha on the Macleay floodplain in 1983 (Pressey 1989b), up to 7000 ha in the lower Hunter – central coast district during the 1990s (NPWS 2000), and less than 1000 ha in the Sydney – South Coast region in the mid 1990s (Tindall et al. 2004), including less than 40 ha on the Illawarra plain in 2001 (NPWS 2002) and about 450 ha on the South Coast in the 1990s (Thomas et al. 2000).
10. Swamp Sclerophyll Forest on Coastal Floodplains of the NSW North Coast, Sydney Basin and South East Corner bioregions has been extensively cleared and modified. Large areas that formerly supported this community are occupied by exotic pastures grazed by cattle, market gardens, other cropping enterprises (e.g. sorghum, corn, poplars, etc.) and, on the far north coast, canefields. On the Tweed lowlands, Pressey and Griffith (1992) estimated that less than 3% of the original Floodplain Wetlands and Floodplain Forest remained in 1985. Similar estimates are likely to apply to Swamp Sclerophyll Forest on Coastal Floodplains in other parts of the NSW North Coast bioregion (Goodrick 1970, Pressey 1989a, 1989b). In the lower Hunter – central coast district, about 30 % of the original area of Swamp mahogany – paperbark forest was estimated to remain in the 1990s (NPWS 2000).
11. Land clearing continues to threaten Swamp Sclerophyll Forest on Coastal Floodplains of the NSW North Coast, Sydney Basin and South East Corner bioregions. A small minority of the remaining area occurs on public land (e.g. Pressey and Griffith 1992, NPWS 2000), with most occurring on productive agricultural land or in close proximity to rural centres. The remaining stands are severely fragmented by past clearing and further threatened by continuing fragmentation and degradation, flood mitigation and drainage works, landfilling and earthworks associated with urban and industrial development, pollution from urban and agricultural runoff, weed invasion, overgrazing, trampling and other soil disturbance by domestic livestock and feral animals including pigs, activation of 'acid sulfate soils', removal of dead wood and rubbish dumping (e.g. Pressey 1989a, b; Pressey and Griffith 1992, Boulton and Brock 1999, Johnston et al. 2003). Anthropogenic climate change may also threaten Swamp Sclerophyll Forest on Coastal Floodplains if future flooding regimes are affected (IPCC 2001, Hughes 2003). Localised areas, particularly those within urbanised regions, may also be exposed to frequent burning which reduces the diversity of woody plant species. Clearing of native vegetation; Alteration to the natural flow regimes of rivers, streams, floodplains and wetlands; Invasion of native plant communities by exotic perennial grasses; Predation, habitat destruction, competition and disease transmission by feral pigs; Anthropogenic climate change; High frequency fire and Removal of dead wood and dead trees are listed as Key Threatening Processes under the Threatened Species Act (1995).
12. Large areas of habitat formerly occupied by Swamp Sclerophyll Forest on Coastal Floodplains have been directly drained by construction of artificial channels (e.g. Pressey 1989a, Boulton and Brock 1999). While much of the early drainage works were associated with agricultural development, more recently they are associated with urban expansion. Additional areas that have not been directly drained may have been altered hydrologically by changed patterns of flooding and drainage following flood mitigation works, particularly the construction of drains, levees and floodgates (Pressey and Griffith 1992). On the north coast of NSW, expansion of Melaleuca quinquenervia into open floodplain swamps has been attributed to artificial drainage and shortening of the hydroperiod (Johnston et al. 2003, Stevenson 2003). These changes appear to be closely associated with enhanced acidity, altered ionic ratios, increased dissolved organic carbon and sulfide oxidation in the soil profile (Johnston et al. 2003).
13. Relatively few examples of Swamp Sclerophyll Forest on Coastal Floodplains remain unaffected by weeds. The causes of weed invasion include physical disturbance to the vegetation structure of the community, dumping of landfill rubbish and garden refuse, polluted runoff from urban and agricultural areas, construction of roads and other utilities, and grazing by domestic livestock. The principal weed species affecting Swamp Sclerophyll Forest on Coastal Floodplains include Andropogon virginicus (whiskey grass), Anredera cordifolia (Madeira vine), Ageratina adenophora (crofton weed), Baccharis halimifolia (groundsel bush), Cinnamomum camphora (camphor laurel), Lantana camara (lantana), Ligustrum sinense (small-leaved privet), Lonicera japonica (Japanese honeysuckle) and Ludwigia peruviana (Keith and Scott 2005).
14. Small areas of Swamp Sclerophyll Forest on Coastal Floodplains of the NSW North Coast, Sydney Basin and South East Corner bioregions are contained within existing conservation reserves, including Bungawalbin, Tuckean and Moonee Beach Nature Reserves, and Hat Head, Crowdy Bay, Wallingat, Myall Lakes and Garigal National Parks. These occurrences are unevenly distributed throughout the range and unlikely to represent the full diversity of the community. In addition, wetlands within protected areas are exposed to hydrological changes that were, and continue to be initiated outside their boundaries. Some areas of Swamp Oak Floodplain Forest are protected by State Environmental Planning Policy 14, although this has not always precluded impacts on wetlands from the development of major infrastructure.
15. Given the dynamic hydrological relationship between Swamp Sclerophyll Forest on Coastal Floodplains, Coastal Saltmarsh and other endangered ecological communities on coastal floodplains, future management of water and tidal flows may result in the expansion of some communities at the expense of others. Proposals for the restoration of natural hydrological regimes and for the rehabilitation of acid sulfate soils may also result in changes to the distribution and composition of floodplain communities. Co-ordinated planning and management approaches across whole catchments will be required to address and resolve priorities between different management objectives.
16. In view of the above the Scientific Committee is of the opinion that Swamp Sclerophyll Forest on Coastal Floodplains of the NSW North Coast, Sydney Basin and South East Corner bioregions is likely to become extinct in nature in New South Wales unless the circumstances and factors threatening its survival or evolutionary development cease to operate.
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Benson DH (1986) The native vegetation of the Gosford – Lake Macquarie 1:100 000 map sheets. Cunninghamia 1, 467-490.
Benson DH, Howell J (1994) The native vegetation of the Sydney 1:100 000 map sheet. Cunninghamia 3, 679-788.
Douglas S, Anderson, J (2002) Eucalyptus robusta (Swamp Mahogany) communities and their conservation status in New South Wales. Swamp mahogany project. Central coast community environment network Inc.
Keith DA, Scott, J (2005) Native vegetation of coastal floodplains– a broad framework for definition of communities in NSW. Pacific Conservation Biology 11, in press.
NPWS (1999). Forest ecosystem classification and mapping for the upper and lower north east Comprehensive Regional Assessment. NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service, Coffs Harbour.
NPWS (2000) Vegetation Survey, Classification and Mapping: Lower Hunter and Central Coast Region. Version 1.2. NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service, Sydney.
NPWS (2002) Native vegetation of the Wollongong escarpment and coastal plain. NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service, Sydney.
Pressey RL (1989a) Wetlands of the lower Macleay floodplain, northern coastal New South Wales. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of NSW 111, 157-168.
Stevenson, M (2003) Remote sensing and historical investigation of environmental change and Melaleuca encroachment in Tuckean Swamp, north-eastern NSW. Unpublished report. School of Environmental Science and Management, Southern Cross University, Lismore.
Tindall D, Pennay C, Tozer MG, Turner K, Keith, DA (2004) Native vegetation map report series. No. 4. Araluen, Batemans Bay, Braidwood, Burragorang, Goulburn, Jervis Bay, Katoomba, Kiama, Moss Vale, Penrith, Port Hacking, Sydney, Taralga, Ulladulla, Wollongong. NSW Department of Environment and Conservation and NSW Department of Infrastructure, Planning and Natural Resources, Sydney.


Boulder has an airport – but how many of us have a clue what goes on there? Let's take a little look. Ironically, our curiousity may have been aroused by the fiery collision that killed three in the skies at Boulder's northern periphery Feb. 6.
Aside from that, for many of us, it's just that place out east with planes coming and going, especially on weekends, and very involved in launching and receiving the many glider hobbyists. Most of us have seen its runway lights glowing prettily at night.
As luck would have it, the City recently released its annual report on operations at Boulder Municipal Airport during 2009. Let's start with some of the basics.
The airport, located north of Valmont Rd. and east of 47th Street, was established in 1928 and is one of the oldest public airfields in Colorado. The landing strip, used initially by a manufacturer of small bi-planes, was called Hayden Field before being acquired by the City of Boulder.
Boulder Municipal Airport, which bears the Federal Aviation Administration designation "BDU," is used mainly by business and personal aircraft. About 150 planes are based at the field, of which nearly a third are sailplanes. BDU operates as a City of Boulder "enterprise," meaning that no general revenue funds are used to support airport operations. Other than federal and state funds used for airport improvements, BDU is self-sufficient. The airport derives revenues from fuel sales, building rentals and hangar and ramp tie-down fees.
During 2009 over 50,000 landings and take-offs occurred at BDU. About 86 percent of the field's operations are by locally-based aircraft. The remaining 14 percent are "transients," or aircraft based elsewhere stopping in for fuel or conducting business or personal visits in the community. Even in the face of recession operations at BDU have not declined, and increased slightly from the number of flights in 2007 and 2008.
Several years ago, the City hired Tim Head, a former U. S. Air Force officer, as manager of BDU. Head has supervised improvements to the airport, including runway and parking ramp repaving and renovations to hangars and the terminal building. Among many in Boulder's aviation community BDU had been a forgotten asset, allowed by previous City administrations to languish until Head's appointment.
Head has also worked to involve the airport in the Boulder community. Annual "Airport Days" have been held, with the latest, in June of last year, drawing about 3,000 visitors. The airport is also home to the University of Colorado Flying Club and a base for the Boulder Composite Squadron of the Civil Air Patrol, the civilian auxiliary of the U. S. Air Force that conducts search and rescue missions for lost persons and missing airplanes.
About 80 people are employed by companies with operations a BDU, the largest of which is Air Comm, a manufacturer of parts for helicopters. Other companies at BDU are Journeys Aviation, Specialty Flight Training, Brungard Aviation and Vanaero Aircraft Services.
Journeys Aviation is BDU's designated fixed-base operator, functioning under contract with the City to provide fuel, services, tie-down and hangar space to tenants and visiting aircraft. Journeys Aviation also operates the Boulder terminal building and a flight training school.
Other tenants at BDU include a soaring school and several soaring clubs, with operations on the north side of the field along Independence Rd. Colorado Sky Sports, a skydiving company, also operates from BDU.
In 2010 the City of Boulder plans to do more renovations and repairs at the airport, including to the main east-west runway and to airport utility systems. Another Airport Day is scheduled for Saturday, June 19, 2010.
A controversial issue about BDU has been noise from arriving and departing aircraft. Since 2006 the airport has operated under noise abatement procedures that attempt to alleviate some of the problems. Between 2006 and 2009, the number of annual noise complaints declined from over 200 to 45. Most of the complaints came from six nearby households.
Because of the airport's proximity to Hayden Lake on the west and a hillside on the east, there are no plans to extend the runway to attract larger aircraft. The main intent of the airport's master plan is to upgrade facilities and services for the benefit of locally-based aircraft and those visiting the community.


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Loxaulax  è un genere di mammiferi estinti appartenenti all'ordine Multituberculata, famiglia Eobaataridae. I resti fossili provengono dal Cretaceo inferiore di Europa e Asia. Questi erbivori vissero durante l'era Mesozoica, conosciuta anche come "l'era dei dinosauri". Furono tra i rappresentanti più evoluti del sottordine informale dei "Plagiaulacida".

Descrizione

Distribuzione
Cretaceo inferiore (Valanginiano o "Wealden") dell'Inghilterra sudorientale, Cliff End (formazione Wadhurst).

Specie
Loxaulax valdensis (Woodward, 1911), specie tipo per monotipia, rappresentata da alcuni denti isolati, tra cui M2, m1 ed alcuni premolari superiori ed I2 provvisoriamente ascritti alla specie.

Tassonomia
Sottoclasse †Allotheria
 Ordine †Multituberculata :
 Sottordine †Plagiaulacida
 Ramo Plagiaulacidae
 Famiglia †Eobaataridae
 Genere †Eobaatar
 Specie †E. magnus
 Specie †E. minor
 Specie †E. hispanicus
 Specie †E. pajaronensis
 Specie †E. clemensi
 Genere †Loxaulax
 Specie †L. valdensis
 Genere †Monobaatar
 Specie †M. mimicus
 Genere †Parendotherium
 Specie †P. herreroi
 Genere †Sinobaatar
 Specie †S. lingyuanensis
 Specie †S. xiei
 Specie †S. fuxinensis
 Genere †Heishanobaatar
 Specie †H. triangulus
 Genere †Liaobaatar
 Specie †L. changi
 Genere †Hakusanobaatar
 Specie †H. matsuoi
 Genere †Tedoribaatar
 Specie †T. reini

Note

Bibliografia
 Simpson (1928), A catalogue of the Mesozoic mammalia in the geological department of the British Museum. London: British Museum (Nat Hist).

 Zofia Kielan-Jaworowska, Richard L. Cifelli, and Zhe-Xi Luo (2004). "Mammals from the age of dinosaurs : origins, evolution, and structure" pp. 260–342. ISBN 0-231-11918-6

Collegamenti esterni

Multitubercolati

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Tainted Vinegar Suspected in 11 Deaths in China
By Helena Bottemiller on August 25, 2011
Food Safety Scandals Continue Despite Government Crackdown Efforts
China continues to earn scary food safety headlines. This week, police in northwest China are blaming 11 deaths and 120 illnesses on vinegar contaminated with antifreeze.
According to official Chinese media, the tainted vinegar was consumed at a Ramadan meal in Sangzhu, after a day of fasting. Authorities believe the vinegar was stored in containers that used to hold highly toxic antifreeze.
A six-year-old is among the dead and as many as six people are still hospitalized four days after consuming the chemicals, according to Xinhua.
The drumbeat of food safety scandals has continued steadily over the past few years, especially after food issues grabbed the spotlight in the infamous melamine catastrophe, which sickened 300,000 and killed six infants.
Just in the last few months hundreds have been seriously sickened by clenbuterol-tainted pork, over a dozen noodle makers were ordered to stop production because they were using ink, industrial dyes and paraffin wax as ingredients, and 16 tons of pork were pulled from the marketplace for containing sodium borate, a chemical that seemingly transforms cheap pork into darker, higher-value "beef."
Chinese officials also arrested 12 people for involvement in a 40-ton bean sprout debacle–farmers were using sodium nitrite (a known carcinogen), urea, antibiotics and a plant hormone called 6-benzaledenine to make the sprouts grow faster and look shinier.
Exploding watermelons and glow-in-the-dark pork scandals, both caused by excessive chemical use, grabbed international media headlines as well.
Chinese authorities say police have investigated 1,200 criminal cases concerning "the illegal adding of non-edible materials in food" and destroyed key elements of black market food production as part of the latest crackdown, which led to 2,000 arrests and 5,000 business shutdowns.
China's Ministry of Health says 45 people died from food poisoning, mostly from toxic chemicals, in the first six months of 2011.
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El Dakhla is an oasis in the Western Desert in New Valley Governorate. It lies between El Kharga and El Farafra encloses about 14 villages as well as a great number of monuments that date back to different eras. Its history dates back to 12000 BC, when the nomadic hunter's gatherers began to settle almost permanently in Dakhla Oasis.El Dakhla Oasis, with its capital Mut, is one of the most beautiful oasis of Egypt that is blessed with hot water springs and magnificent weather that attract a large number of tourists for enjoying Safari trips and many people who suffer from rheumatic ailment for receiving treatment there.The oasis is also rich in mineral wealth and encloses some phosphate quarries and the main economic resource for it is tourism.
Articles about	Dakhla Oasis
Ethnographic Museum
In Al-Qasr, in the city of Mut, the capital of El-Dakhla Oasis, stands the Ethnographic Museum which features various handicrafts of the oasis such as rugs, dresses, baskets, statuettes, and photos. All these various works vividly demonstrate the daily life of the inhabitants of the oasis.
EI Muzawaka Tombs
Discovered by Ahmed Fakhry, a famous Egyptian archeologist, in 1972, the Tombs of El-Mezauaka (Muzawaka) ─ which means 'The Ornamented' in English─ were so named because of their multi-colored reliefs. They date back to the Roman Period. They mainly refer to the nicely decorated tombs of Petosir
Balat El-Faraoneya Tombs
In the east of El Dakhla Oasis lies the Village of Balat which was built during the Mamaluke and Turkish Eras. It comprises a large settlement with a palace, administrative buildings, as well as a number of tombs. The word 'Balat' refers to the seat of the Pharaonic rulers of the Oasis, especial
Deir El-Hagar Temple
Deir El-Hagar Temple lies about 20 km from Qarat El-Qasr, in El-Dakhla Oasis, in the Western Desert. The temple was dedicated to the Theban triad Amon-Re, Mut and Khonsu, as well as to the god of the oasis, Seth. Built in the beginning of the Roman-Period in the 1st century BC, with sandstone ro
Deir Abu Matta
The remains of the mud-brick Monastery of Abu Matta lie 2.1 miles northwest of Rashda (a village in Dakhla Oasis). It dates back to the fifth century AD. It is also referred to as Deir al-Saba Banat ('Monastery of the Seven Virgins'). Excavations at the site revealed remains of 9 rooms surren
Explore Magic Spring
The "Magic Spring" in El Dakhla Oasis contains clean and good to drink. It was so named because big and small bubbles continuously come on top of the surface of this pond arousing a lazy stream with a slow motion. Probably the locals of the oasis use the water of the spring in cultivating green
The large artificial 'Fish Pond' (also called the "Man-made Lake") lies about 4 kilometers northwest of Mut, the capital town of El Dakhla Oasis. In 1998, the water of the pond covered an area of 300 feddans. This huge reservoir was established to develop the fishing industry in the oasis. The w
Mut al-Kharab
Remains of the village of Mut al-Kharab (Mut the Ruined) which lie southwest of Mut, the capital town of Dakhla Oasis date back to different periods in the history of the country. This site was frequently stolen by thieves searching for Pharaonic treasures. Enclosed by a Roman wall, the v
Village of Mut
The village of Mut is an ancient settlement and the capital of El Dakhla Oasis. Interestingly, the village gained its name from the ancient Egyptian goddess Mut, a revered deity of the Theban Triad. It is still inhabited with a few number of local people of the oasis and modernity is a feature t
El-Qasr village
El-Qasr is a small village in El-Dakhla Oasis. The village itself is an interesting place to visit since no big change has been made to it since the ancient times. In different corners of the village, archeologists found a pottery factory, an old corn mill, as well as various Roman, Mameluke and
El-Qalamon Village
When Egypt was under the Turkish rule, El Qalamon (Qalamoun) was the capital of El Dakhla Oasis where military forces were mobilized to maintain security. Located near Mut, the well-preserved village comprises a mosque and a number of houses distinguished with the Islamic style of the same perio
Darb El Ghabbari
At the site of Darb El Ghabbari, there are sandstones rocks shopped in the forms of huge animals and birds. On these rocks were found prehistoric paintings, representing human and animal figures. Geologists hold the belief that the prehistoric man had dwelled in this area in the Modern Stone Age
Bashandi Archeological Site
In El-Dakhla Oasis (in the Western Desert) lies the old colorful village of Bashendi where a number of monuments dating back to different eras was found. At this well-kept archeological site, there are: mud-brick houses painted with various bright colors, narrow lanes, a Pharaonic temple dating
Siwa, The Hidden Paradise of the Desert
Siwa is an oasis in Matrouh Governorate in the Western Desert , in the north-west of Egypt. The majority of the inhabitants are Berbers and its main economic resources are driven from tourism and agricultural crops, especially olive and dates. The oasis' popularity largely depends
El-Kharga Oasis
El Kharga oasis is the largest Oasis and the capital of the New Valley Governorate in the Western Desert of Egypt. It is located about 240km southward Assiut Governorate, and about 580 km away from Cairo. The major economic resources for the city are tourism and agriculture since the water
El Farafra is an oasis in the New Valley governorate in the Western Desert of Egypt. It locates between El Dakhla and El Bahariya Oases. Distinctively, the oasis is distinguished with a simple architecture of its mud-brick houses, of which the oldest part lies on a hillside, next to peacefu
Bahareya Oasis
El Bahariya is an oasis in the Western Desert that is regarded as a part of 6th October Governorate currently. It locates about 300 km from Cairo and consists of a number of smaller villages including El Bawiti, the largest village and the capital of the oasis. The main economic resources
The Black Desert in Egypt
The Black Desert stretches over a massive area in the Western Desert, in the New Valley Governorate. It locates in the area between El Bahariya and El Farafra Oases and is regarded as one of the popular destinations for those who enjoy safaris in Egypt. The closest places to this desert ar
The White Desert
The White Desert is one of the worth visiting places in Egypt that locates about 50km away from El Farafra Oasis in the New Valley Governorate. It is called in that name due to the white color of the chalk rock formations created by the erosion in a graceful manner. This area is distinguished by i
Traveling to Oasis of Paris
Paris Oasis (or Baris) is one of the beautiful oasis in the New Valley Governorate located about 90km away from El Kharga Oasis.The most important place to be visited in that area is Roman Temple of Dush that was the cult for Serapis god and the mud-brick fortress and some attractive remai


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MATCHING SYSTEM
Over the course of our 20+ years,
millions of couples have found lasting love.
eharmony Success Stories
Sherri and Randy
Married August 17th, 2007
We were matched on Nov. 15 and on Nov. 17th Randy initiated contact. We advanced quickly through each stage of the questionnaires; it was like we instantly had a connection that neither of us could explain. It was just there. We exchanged email addresses and continued getting to know one another, exploring our likes and dislikes, our hopes and ambitions, our dreams and our heartaches. We exchanged phone numbers and long conversations melted the miles between Humble and Boerne, Texas. We were 4 hours from each other and after three weeks going by agreed to meet. It was unreal.
We met at the airport and walked straight into each other's arms, there was no apprehension or shyness, but rather almost relief, as if "we had come home to one another." Christmas came and past and in January, Randy moved to Boerne. It was amazing how comfortable, exciting, and exhilarating our relationship became in such a short time, and still is. We truly are meant for each other. And it was this new-found love that strengthened us and comforted us when the end of March 2007, Randy suffered a heart attack. The months that followed found him in and out of the hospital, 4 heart procedures, and stints placed in several arteries.
With a new lease on life and love, we married August 17th, 2007. The ceremony was small, witnessed by Sherri's daughters and son-in-law, mother and grandmother, Randy's youngest daughter (11) and son (5), and English Springer Spaniel, Gracie. We were married in front of our fireplace, at about 9:30 p.m. with Randy's parents and sister on conference call and Sherri's brother, a minister, who, most appropriately we feel, performed the ceremony via webcam live from his Colorado living room to our Texas living room, his wife and sons participating by webcam and cell phone, as well. It was wonderful, fun, precious, and totally "right."
Happily Ever After, Randy and Sherri married - August 17, 2007.
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Mixed media collage using found photograph, old photographic paper for head, sharpie, glue, handwritten words.
Artist's statement: Dickhead is a piece I have been putting on the streets of New York. It seems we have all been in that situation, either on a date, or having a conversation with someone – and all you see (and repeat to yourself) is "Dickhead". I imagine this piece hanging on a wall to make you smile: you can take comfort you are not the only one who's met a Dickhead.


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Q: ¿Cual es la forma correcta de tratar/evitar sql TimeOut error? Estaba desarrollando una aplicacion en la que lanzo consultas de forma automática, consecutivamente, siempre las mismas.
El problema viene cuando la BBDD tarda en responder, de alguna forma, sin saber por que, tal vez por el tráfico o por la cantidad de información, la consulta tarda más de lo debido, provocando el TimeOut Error
El mensaje que me sale es

MySql.Data.MySqlClient.MySqlException:
   'Timeout expired.  The timeout period elapsed prior to completion of the operation or the server is not responding.'

Las consultas las guardo en un List<String> para no lanzarlas todas de golpe usando Union y no sobrecargar la BBDD.
for(int i = 0; i<consultas.Count;i++){
   consulta.CommandText = querys[i];
   dr = consulta.ExecuteReader();
}

Tratar la excepción no me soluciona el problema, ya que los datos no pueden faltar.
¿Hay alguna forma de evitar el TimeOut?

A: Ya que no puedo agilizar el tiempo de las consultas ya que son cosas muy simples de
select count(*)
where esto = esto
and esto = esto
group by esto

Lo que he acabdo haciendo es un consulta.CommandTimeout = 900; aplicado sobre el MySqlCommand consulta
(Desconocía la propiedad de CommandTimeout)

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Absolutely nothing wrong with Islington, although I haven't spent much time there. It was just a comment on what's been happening to pubs in England (and especially London) recently. Since I'm back anyway, I missed out Hog's Head and Moon Under Water.


Golden glowing cocktail rings pair nicely with a long bourbon/whiskey/rye by the fire. This big, sparkling modern cocktail ring is handcrafted luxury designed by my gorgeous friend, Jules Cechony! November's gem is this splendid faceted golden topaz, wrapped in 14K gold, set upon sterling silver! Jules is celebrating her 10th Anniversary and is offering special prices on her exquisite designs - visit Jules' shop here.
Congrats on 10 years, Jules! You are an inspiration and your jewelry elegant as ever!