Larson, G., Dobney, K., Albarella, U. Fang, M., Matisoo-Smith, E., Robins, J., Lowden, S., Finlayson, H., Brand, T., Willerslev, E., Rowley-Conwy, P., Andersson, L. & Cooper, A. (2005). Worldwide phylogeography of wild boar reveals multiple centers of pig domestication. Science 307(5715): 1618-1621.
Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) sequences from 686 wild and domestic pig specimens place the origin of wild boar in island Southeast Asia (ISEA), where they dispersed across Eurasia. Previous morphological and genetic evidence suggested pig domestication took place in a limited number of locations (principally the Near East and Far East). In contrast, new genetic data reveal multiple centers of domestication across Eurasia and that European, rather than Near Eastern, wild boar are the principal source of modern European domestic pigs.
Presents wholly unique and hitherto unknown evidence for ancient pig domestication across Europe and Asia based on modern genetic evidence from domestic pigs and wild boars.


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INDIANAPOLIS — It's wrong to paint the Jets as the league's new renegade outfit given their recent run-ins with the law (three arrests in the past three months), but it's fair to wonder whether Gang Green will take a hardline stance on these embarrassing incidents.
Cornerback Rashard Robinson, wide receiver Robby Anderson and outside linebacker Dylan Donahue committed various acts of stupidity that should prompt Mike Maccagnan and Todd Bowles to take real action. Although each player's cases are winding through the court system, it would behoove Jets brass to be proactive on Donahue's most recent DWI arrest that could have very easily ended tragically.
Donahue, limited to four games as a rookie due to season-ending elbow surgery, was nabbed for reckless driving after going the wrong way into the Lincoln Tunnel before crashing into a jitney bus this week. Donahue's feel-good story from NAIA drop-out (partly due to alcohol problems, by the way) to Division II star to Jets fifth-round draft pick shouldn't cloud what must happen here. He endangered his life and the lives of innocent people. They're all lucky not to be dead.
Donahue deserves a second chance … but that second chance should come with another team. Look no further than tight end Austin Seferian-Jenkins, who needed a change of scenery to piece together his life after a second DWI arrest. Donahue can learn a valuable personal lesson and still carve out an NFL career, but the Jets need to move on given the state of their franchise.
"We obviously take those (arrests) very seriously," Maccagnan said this week from the NFL Scouting Combine. "We don't take it lightly. I've had frank conversations with both of those players (Donahue and Anderson). So, we'll see how things go going forward."
Here's how things should go: Donahue must be released at the start of the new league year in a couple weeks. Anderson, arrested for the second time within a year, must grow up. (Real talk: The wide receiver's decision to threaten to sexually assault the arresting officer's wife after getting stopped for speeding likely led to nine charges being filed.) Anderson's words were inexcusable, but Donahue's actions were frightening.
Although Todd Bowles expressed "some concern" about Anderson's pair of run-ins with the law, there's a feeling in the organization that the second-year wideout needs to A) distance himself from certain elements in his Florida hometown and B) mature in a hurry.
It's naïve to suggest that Anderson's skill level (he's much more important to the team than the other two guys) doesn't factor into the equation. If he wasn't the team's leading receiver (941 yards, seven TDs), he might be on the chopping block too.
"Any time you have trouble with the law, obviously, you're disappointed," Bowles said. "These things happen. It's a legal matter right now, so we're going to wait to see how everything plays out."
Anderson will likely be disciplined by the NFL, which folks on One Jets Drive hope will help him ultimately get back on the straight and narrow path.
Although Robinson's arrest for possession of edible marijuana pales in comparison to Donahue's act, Bowles clearly wasn't thrilled that the team wasn't aware of the arrest until the news became public weeks later.
"That's a problem," Bowles said. "That was something we didn't know about during the season. That's a problem that we're not going to have going forward for certain people that are repeat offenders. We'll see how the cases come out of each of them, and we'll deal with them accordingly."
It's impossible for any locker room to be composed entirely of choir boys. It's also unfair to suggest that there's a culture problem on One Jets Drive given these three incidents.
"We do quite a bit of research on these players," Maccagnan said. "I don't think we have to do anything necessarily different in how we do our process. These things do come up. These things do happen. We will evaluate as we go forward. We actually feel pretty good about our process. We're very thorough."
The Jets' evaluation process is indeed comprehensive, but Maccagnan needs to cut the cord when players endanger lives. It doesn't matter if the player is a draft pick. It should be non-negotiable.


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Q: Abelian groups whose finite subgroups are cyclic If $(F,+,\times)$ is any field, then the abelian group $(F-\{0\},\times)$ has property that every finite subgroup of it is cyclic.
Question: If $G$ is an abelian group such that every finite subgroup of $G$ is cyclic, then can $G$ be embedded in the multiplicative group of some field?
It should be noted that if $G$ is an abelian group such that every finite subgroup of $G$ is cyclic, then $G$ may not be isomorphic to the multiplicative group of some field. For example, if $G$ is cyclic group of order $5$ then $G$ can not be isomorphic to $(F-\{0\},\times)$ for any field, because, then $|F|$ will be $6$, impossible.
The point to say here is that in question, I am stressing on embedding of $G$ rather than isomorphism of $G$ with $(F-\{0\},\times)$.

A: The answer to the question is Yes.
A universally axiomatizable class of structures is called a
universal class. Such classes have been characterized as classes
closed under the formation of substructures and ultraproducts.
Let $\mathcal A$ be the class of those abelian groups $A$ embeddable in
the multiplicative group of some field.
Let $\mathcal B$ be the class of those abelian groups $B$ whose finite
subgroups are cyclic. The following are true.

*

*$\mathcal A$ is a universal class. [Reason: it is clear that
$\mathcal A$ is closed under the formation of substructures.
If $\{A_i\;|\;i\in I\}\subseteq \mathcal A$
is a class of abelian groups, each
embeddable in the multiplicative group of a field, then each
ultraproduct that can be formed from this set
is embeddable in the multiplicative group of
the corresponding ultraproduct of
fields. This ultraproduct is itself a field.]

*$\mathcal B$ is a universal class. [Reason: one can write
down the universal sentences that axiomatize $\mathcal B$.
Beyond the axioms that say, I am an abelian group, one should
include, for each $n$, a first-order
axiom that says, for all $x, y$, if $x$ and $y$ both have
exponent $n$, then $x$ is a power of $y$ or $y$ is a power of $x$.
Here I am considering abelian groups as multiplicative groups.]

*$\mathcal A\subseteq \mathcal B$. [Reason: it is well known that
a finite subgroup of the multiplicative group of a field is cyclic.]

*$\mathcal B\subseteq \mathcal A$. [Reason: It is a general fact
about universal classes that if $\mathcal B\not\subseteq \mathcal A$,
then there is a finitely generated $B\in \mathcal B-\mathcal A$.
A finitely generated member of
$\mathcal B$ has the form $\mathbb Z^k\oplus \mathbb Z_m$.
So to establish this claim
it suffices to show that groups of this form are embeddable in
multiplicative groups of fields. To embed this group, choose
algebraically independent elements $\alpha_1,\ldots, \alpha_k\in\mathbb C$
and let $\zeta\in\mathbb C$ be a primitive $m$-th root of unity.
The multiplicative subgroup of $\mathbb C$ generated by
$\{\alpha_1,\ldots,\alpha_k,\zeta\}$ is isomorphic to
$\mathbb Z^k\oplus \mathbb Z_m$, so we are done.]

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Julie d'Aubigny (aka Mademoiselle or La Maupin) was a 17th-century bisexual French opera singer and fencing master who killed or wounded at least ten men in life-or-death duels, performed nightly shows on the biggest and most highly-respected opera stage in the world, and once became an initiate at a convent just so that she could rescue her lover. Hopefully, something in that paragraph has captured your attention.
D'Aubigny was born in 1670 into a life of wealth and privilege. Her father, Gaston d'Aubigny was a secretary to Louis de Lorraine-Guise, Comte d'Armagnac (the Master of the Horse for the king, Louis XIV). Her father had her trained in horseback riding, dancing, literacy, drawing, and fencing. During her training she also picked up drinking excessively, gambling, and fist fighting.
Julie d'Aubigny is rumored to have started an affair with her father's boss, and soon became his mistress. When she proved too much to handle, the Comte d'Armagnac had her married off to Monsieur de Maupin of Saint-Germaine-en-Laye. He received an administrative position in the south of France, and eventually in one of the colonies overseas, while Julie decided to stay in Paris. Although her married life was short-lived, it did provide her with a title, some money, and a wedding ring, all of which allowed Julie to use her marital status to get away with her scandalous behavior.
In the following years, d'Aubigny gathered a reputation as a wild woman who scrapped and fought with young aristocrats and commoners alike. She became involved with an assistant fencing master named Serannes. In about 1688, when the police tried to apprehend Serannes for killing a man in an illegal duel, the pair fled the city to Marseille.
In Marseille, d'Aubigny and Serannes gave dueling exhibitions and sang and told stories in inns. When dueling, d'Aubigny dressed in male clothing but did not conceal her gender, which served to increase interest in her. In fact, once while performing on the street when a spectator would not quit bothering her about whether or not she was truly a woman, she ripped open her shirt and asked him to judge for himself.
When she grew bored of Serannes, she hooked up with a young lady. When the girl's parents put her away in a convent in Avignon, d'Aubigny followed, took Holy Orders, entered the convent as an initiate, stole a body of a dead nun, placed it in the bed of her lover and set the room (and subsequently the convent) on fire to cover their escape. She then continued the affair with the young lady for three months before returning her to her family. As a result d'Aubigny was charged—as a male—with kidnapping, body snatching, arson, and failing to appear before the court. The sentence was death by fire. (She eventually pleaded with the Comte d'Armagnac to help her out and he in turn convinced the king to nullify her sentence).
D'Aubigny decided it might be in her best interest to head back to Paris, and it was at this time she began working at the Paris Opera, a huge step up from her street preforming gigs. As the lead actress in the world's most respected Opera, d'Aubigny performed the roles of Pallas Athena, Medea, and Dido. In addition to her flair for the dramatic and innate musical talent, it also helped that d'Aubigny had a near-photographic memory and rarely needed to read her lines more than once before committing them to memory.
Of course, given her nature she also ended up sleeping or dueling with most of the members of the Opera. One story states that an actor was being overly-aggressive while talking to one of Julie's friends, and when she intervened he wasn't happy about it. Later that night, as he was walking home, he found Julie standing in the street, weapon drawn, challenging him to a duel for honor. When the guy refused to duel her she beat him with a wooden cane, stole his pocket watch, and left him in an alley. The next day, when he came to work with visible wounds and people inquired about his injuries, he claimed to have been assaulted by multiple men. D'Aubigny (also known for humiliating men as a street performer) pulled out the pocket watch and called him out. Then, to make matters worse, she then forced the dude to kneel and beg forgiveness in front of all his co-workers before he could get his stuff back.
During her travels she continued her tradition of loving and fighting, and sometimes both at the same time. For instance, in Villeperdue she fought a victorious duel against three squires and drove her blade through the shoulder of one of them. The next day she asked about his health and found out he was Louis-Joseph d'Albert Luynes, son of the Duke of Luynes. The next evening one of his companions came to offer his apologies and she appeared in his room in female clothing. They became lovers.
Eventually after dueling, singing, and making out with as many men and women as she could, Julie eventually reconciled with her husband and lived with him until his death in 1701 (possibly 1705). After she retired from the opera in 1705, she entered a convent in Provence, where she died in 1707.
D'Aubigny is also the primary influence on Theophile Gautier's work. He was asked to write a story about d'Aubigny, but instead produced the novel Mademoiselle de Maupin, published in 1835, taking aspects of the real La Maupin as a starting point, and naming some of the characters after her and her acquaintances. The celebration of a purely sensual, yet unconsummated love was found deeply troubling to the 19th-century critics and press.


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November 1, 2020 - Johnny Scott lands podium finish in second round of Modster Mash at 81 Speedway
Johnny Scott returned behind the wheel of his Mesilla Valley Transportation No. 1ST Modified on Friday night at Lakeside Speedway (Kansas City, Kan.) for the fifth annual Grant Junghans Memorial. In a stout field of 74 United States Racing Association (USRA) Modifieds, Scott jumped up one spot in his heat race to finish seventh, transerring him into the B-Main for another shot at the opening night feature. Locking the Top 3 into the $10,102-to-win A-Main, Johnny fell one spot short with a fourth place outing.
The following night at 81 Speedway (Park City, Kan.) for the second round of the Modster Mash, Johnny gained one spot in his heat race to pick up the 8-lap victory. Starting on the pole for the A-Main, Scott shot out to a commanding lead for the first half of the race but his momentum was slowed by multiple cautions. With a caution flag on lap 37 setting up a shootout over the final three circuits, Johnny was overtaken by a charging Jake O'Neil on lap 38 to drop him to second. A pass on the final lap dropped Scott to a third place finish behind O'Neil and Tanner Mullens with Rodney Sanders and Tanner Phillips rounding out the Top-5. (Todd Boyd photo)
On Sunday afternoon, Scott headed to Humboldt Speedway (Humboldt, Kan.) for the Halloween Hangover at The Hummer. Following a ninth place finish in his heat, Johnny passed eighth cars in his B-Main to place third. Starting the $5,000-to-win finale in 20th, Johnny Scott improved nine spots in the 40-lap affair to come home 11th.
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The Library of Congress > Blogs > Inside Adams > Honoring Asian Americans: A Cornerstone of American Business
Honoring Asian Americans: A Cornerstone of American Business
May 12, 2021 by Natalie Burclaff
This post was written by Lynn Weinstein a Business Reference Librarian in the Science, Technology, and Business Division.
Asian-owned businesses make up 10 percent of all businesses in United States (approximately 555,262 employer establishments), and during the COVID-19 pandemic many have felt the effects of a new rise in anti-Asian sentiment. Some Asian American businesses have been boycotted or vandalized, and some employees and owners have been physically and verbally abused.
Chinese, Thai, and Vietnamese restaurants side by side in the Flushing neighborhood of New York City's Queens borough. 2018. Photo: Carol M. Highsmith, photographer. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
Asian Americans have been particularly hard hit during the pandemic, with the Asian community (around 7% of the U.S. population, or 22 million in 2019) facing historic unemployment and discrimination. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, 54% of Asian Americans work in management, business, the sciences, and the arts; 17% work in sales and office occupations; 17% work in service occupations and 10% work in production, transportation, and material moving occupations.
Southeast Asian Restaurant and Market, Lowell, Massachusetts. 1987. Photo: John Lueders-Booth, photographer. Image 20, Lowell Folklife Project Collection, Library of Congress.
This month honors the contributions of Asian Americans, and social media campaigns have emerged encouraging people to shop at Asian American and Pacific Islander-owned businesses that have been so adversely affected by COVID-19. Asian American businesses have grown on the internet in response to the pandemic, with many sites featuring a variety of goods, including cosmetics, food, beverages, home goods, and gifts. It should be noted that Chinatowns have been particularly hard hit during these times, as tourists are no longer flocking to these business districts, and the neighboring workforce in these areas has yet fully returned in many communities.
Chinatown, San Francisco, California. 2012. Photo: Carol M. Highsmith, photographer. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
Explore the Small Business Hub: A Research Guide for Entrepreneurs. The guide includes a section on COVID-19 Resources and Financial Relief for Small Businesses, including information on recent legislation such as the Small Business Administration Paycheck Protection Program and the Small Business Administration Restaurant Revitalization Fund.
To find firsthand accounts of the Asian American experience in the U.S., visit the Library of Congress' American Folklife Center (AFC) site. The AFC was created in 1976 by the U.S. Congress to "preserve and present American folklife." Listen to the interview featuring hairdresser Iku Kawashita from Ozuki Salon in Washington, D.C. The salon offers specialized Japanese services, such as kimono dressing and a green tea service with a Japanese cookie. The interview discusses the advantages of marketing to an Asian clientele.
To find more information on material available at the Library of Congress and online, examine Asian American and Pacific Islander Materials: A Resource Guide
Diner (American and Korean food), Route 27, Columbus, Georgia. 1982. Photo: John Margolies, photographer. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
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Even though modern GPUs can handle millions of polygons and vertex data takes little space in RAM, there is still a limit and it's not very difficult to reach it.
First thing you should make sure is that your performance issue is indeed caused by too many polygons. Even though modern GPUs can render millions of polygons in realtime, they still can't render more than few hundred meshes (Geoms) at the same speed. So you won't have problem rendering 300 polygons as 1 Geom in realtime, but you will torture your GPU if you'll try to render 300 Geoms, even if each has a single polygon. There are few ways to find out the Geom count and many solutions for lowering it which are discussed in the appropriate page.
Other factors might affect the performance which are not solely based on the polygon count. Is your mesh textured? is it shaded? Does it have the ShaderGenerator enabled on it or does it use custom shaders? Does it have normal/gloss/glow maps? Is backface culling enabled? These all can affect the performance.
If you are sure that your performance issue is caused by too many polygons, there are few optimizations you can do.
The first obvious solution is to just make your models lowpoly or not use two polygons where you can use one. However, you should also note that per-vertex lightning uses vertices to shade the mesh, so a wall consisting of one single quad won't shade the same way as a wall consisting of multiple quads. You'll need to find a balance or use per-pixel lightning.
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Join us for CHSR's own Run For Your Life, which features host Matt Nightingale alongside a random list of guests, though most frequently Guest 1 who is known only for the label on his microphone. Run For Your Life is an underground-focused rock/punk/metal show which takes requests! Also, we've decided that all of you need lessons in survival that are entirely irrelevant. Sure, follow our advice. It won't help you. But at least you'll be smiling when you disappear off the face of the Earth.
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Cannabis smoking may increase risk of lung cancer
Friday 19 September 2014 12:57pm
Associate Professor Brian Cox
University of Otago researchers have contributed to evidence that cannabis smoking may increase the risk of lung cancer in heavy users.
An international collaborative study of the International Lung Cancer Consortium, involving the Hugh Adam Cancer Epidemiology Unit of the University of Otago and the Medical Research Institute of New Zealand, assessed the risk of lung cancer from cannabis use. The New Zealand component of the study was funded by the New Zealand Ministry of Health and the Hawkes Bay Medical Research Foundation.
The study, published in the International Journal of Cancer, and which projected the effects of heavy use, suggested that heavy cannabis smoking for 20 or more years may increase the risk of lung cancer. The risk in heavy users was greatest for a specific type of lung cancer, adenocarcinoma of the lung.
A 40-year follow-up study of Swedish military recruits has also found a two-fold increase in the risk of lung cancer from heavy cannabis use. Both studies were adjusted for cigarette smoking, but this may have still contributed to the results obtained.
The studies suggest that more than the equivalent of one joint every two days for twenty years may increase the risk of lung cancer.
The University of Otago's Associate Professor Brian Cox, who worked on the international study, says, "Compared to other countries, New Zealand has a high prevalence of cannabis use and this may increase the incidence of lung cancer in long-term users. Any risk of lung cancer increases progressively with increasing life-time use of cannabis."
"These findings are consistent with previous observations that smoking cannabis has a similar mixture of toxic products of combustion as cigarette smoking and that higher concentrations are likely to deposit in the lung due to cannabis smokers breathing in the smoke more deeply, and holding their breath longer. Our high rates of cannabis use indicate that we need to closely monitor the effects of cannabis use on respiratory diseases", he says.
He added that the findings from these two studies suggest that public health programmes to reduce smoking may need to include greater initiatives to reduce cannabis smoking and need to be directed particularly at young people.
"Without support for effective intervention, the frequency of respiratory diseases caused by cannabis can be expected to increase in the near future as users get older. It should be no surprise that cannabis smoking may cause lung cancer and, due to our high prevalence of cannabis use, this risk needs to be more accurately assessed in New Zealand."
For further information, contact
Professor Brian Cox
Hugh Adam Cancer Epidemiology Unit
Email brian.cox@otago.ac.nz
Articles associated with this release
Zhang LR, Morgenstern H, Greenland S, Chang S, Lazarus P, Teare MD, Woll PJ, Orlow I, Cox B on behalf of the Cannabis and Respiratory Disease Research Group of New Zealand, Brhane Y, Liu G, Hung RJ. Cannabis smoking and lung cancer risk: pooled analysis in the International Lung Cancer Consortium. Int J Cancer (published online, DOI: 10.1002/ijc.29036).
Callaghan RC, Allebeck P. Marijuana use and risk of lung cancer: a 40-year cohort study. Cancer Causes and Control 2013; 24:1811–1820, (doi:10.1007/s10552-013-0259-0).


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La reserva natural de Gamla es una reserva natural y yacimiento arqueológico situado en el centro de los Altos del Golán, a unos 20 km al sur del asentamiento israelí de Katzrin.

La reserva natural se extiende a lo largo de dos arroyos, Gamla y el Daliot, e incluye atracciones naturales y arqueológicas. Entre las primeras se encuentra la mayor colonia de nidificación de buitres leonados de Israel, varias otras aves de presa, entre una gran variedad de fauna y flora silvestre.  Entre las últimas están la antigua ciudad de Gamala y un campo de dólmenes de la Edad de Bronce que contiene 716 dólmenes.  En la cabecera del arroyo de Gamla hay una cascada de 51 metros de altura, la más alta de Israel y de los territorios ocupados israelíes, que se seca durante el verano y el otoño.

La reserva también contiene varios otros sitios, como un monumento conmemorativo y las ruinas de una aldea del período bizantino. El monumento está dedicado a los colonos judíos de los Altos del Golán que murieron durante las guerras israelíes y como resultado de ataques terroristas; los restos de la aldea cristiana del siglo IV-VII d.C., conocida con el nombre árabe de Deir Qeruh, incluyen un monasterio bien conservado centrado en torno a una iglesia con un ábside cuadrado, característica conocida en la antigua Siria y Jordania, pero que no está presente en las iglesias situadas al oeste del río Jordán.

Gamala es la ubicación de una ciudad judía fundada en el siglo II y conocida como la Masada del norte porque sus habitantes se suicidaron después de que los romanos los asediasen e irrumpiesen en la ciudad.

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Reservas naturales de Israel

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O Aeroporto Internacional Ted Stevens Anchorage () é o maior aeroporto do estado norte-americano do Alasca, localizado a aproximadamente 7 km do centro de Anchorage. O aeroporto foi construído em 1951 e nomeado Anchorage International, sendo batizado novamente em 2000, quando recebeu o nome atual em homenagem ao senador Ted Stevens.

O Aeroporto Ted Stevens é o segundo maior centro de operações da Alaska Airlines, só perdendo para o Aeroporto Internacional de Seattle-Tacoma. É também o 5º aeroporto do mundo em movimento de carga.

Apesar de sua localização privilegiada, o ANC não recebeu muitos voos do Extremo Oriente durante a década de 1960, devido ao limite de espaço aéreo soviético. Ainda hoje, o aeroporto serve de escala para os voos entre a Ásia e a costa leste dos Estados Unidos.

Em 2 de maio de 2020, durante a pandemia de COVID-19, o aeroporto chegou a liderar o ranking diário de pousos e decolagens ao registrar 215 voos a mais do que o Aeroporto Internacional de Atlanta, o mais movimentado do mundo. Em 11 de maio constatou-se que dos cerca de 150 Boeing 747 em voo no mundo, pelo menos um terço tinha como origem ou destino este aeroporto.

Este movimento significativamente maior durante a crise se dá devido ao enorme número de voos cargueiros sendo requisitado para transporte de aparelhagem médica, somado ao fato de que grande parte desses voos acaba optando por fazer escalas de reabastecimento com o intuito de aumentar a quantidade de carga que pode ser transportada.

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 Merrill Field

Ted Stevens
Construções de Anchorage
Aeroportos inaugurados em 1951


Technology companies have a privacy problem. They're terribly good at invading ours and terribly negligent at protecting their own.
And with the push by technologists to map, identify and index our physical as well as virtual presence with biometrics like face and fingerprint scanning, the increasing digital surveillance of our physical world is causing some of the companies that stand to benefit the most to call out to government to provide some guidelines on how they can use the incredibly powerful tools they've created.
That's what's behind today's call from Microsoft President Brad Smith for government to start thinking about how to oversee the facial recognition technology that's now at the disposal of companies like Microsoft, Google, Apple and government security and surveillance services across the country and around the world.
In what companies have framed as a quest to create "better," more efficient and more targeted services for consumers, they have tried to solve the problem of user access by moving to increasingly passive (for the user) and intrusive (by the company) forms of identification — culminating in features like Apple's Face ID and the frivolous filters that Snap overlays over users' selfies.
Those same technologies are also being used by security and police forces in ways that have gotten technology companies into trouble with consumers or their own staff. Amazon has been called to task for its work with law enforcement, Microsoft's own technologies have been used to help identify immigrants at the border (indirectly aiding in the separation of families and the virtual and physical lockdown of America against most forms of immigration) and Google faced an internal company revolt over the facial recognition work it was doing for the Pentagon.
What's impressive about this is the intimation that it isn't already happening (and that Microsoft isn't enabling it). Across the world, governments are deploying these tools right now as ways to control their populations (the ubiquitous surveillance state that China has assembled, and is investing billions of dollars to upgrade, is just the most obvious example).
In this moment when corporate innovation and state power are merging in ways that consumers are only just beginning to fathom, executives who have to answer to a buying public are now pleading for government to set up some rails. Late capitalism is weird.
But Smith's advice is prescient. Companies do need to get ahead of the havoc their innovations can wreak on the world, and they can look good while doing nothing by hiding their own abdication of responsibility on the issue behind the government's.
"In a democratic republic, there is no substitute for decision making by our elected representatives regarding the issues that require the balancing of public safety with the essence of our democratic freedoms. Facial recognition will require the public and private sectors alike to step up – and to act," Smith writes.
The fact is, something does, indeed, need to be done.
All of this takes on faith that the technology actually works as advertised. And the problem is, right now, it doesn't.
In an op-ed earlier this month, Brian Brackeen, the chief executive of a startup working on facial recognition technologies, pulled back the curtains on the industry's not-so-secret huge problem.
Smith, himself admits that the technology has a long way to go before it's perfect. But the implications of applying imperfect technologies are vast — and in the case of law enforcement, not academic. Designating an innocent bystander or civilian as a criminal suspect influences how police approach an individual.
Those instances, even if they amount to only a handful, would lead me to argue that these technologies have no business being deployed in security situations.
While Smith lays out the problem effectively, he's less clear on the solution. He's called for a government "expert commission" to be empaneled as a first step on the road to eventual federal regulation.
That we've gotten here is an indication of how bad things actually are. It's rare that a tech company has pleaded so nakedly for government intervention into an aspect of its business.
Given the current state of affairs in Washington, Smith may be asking too much. Which is why perhaps the most interesting — and admirable — call from Smith in his post is for technology companies to slow their roll.


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EU proposes mandatory USB-C on all devices, including iPhones
With the aim of reducing e-waste
Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge
The European Commission, the executive arm of the European Union, has announced plans to force smartphone and other electronics manufacturers to fit a common USB-C charging port on their devices. The proposal is likely to have the biggest impact on Apple, which continues to use its proprietary Lightning connector rather than the USB-C connector adopted by most of its competitors. The rules are intended to cut down on electronic waste by allowing people to re-use existing chargers and cables when they buy new electronics.
In addition to phones, the rules will apply to other devices like tablets, headphones, portable speakers, videogame consoles, and cameras. Manufacturers will also be forced to make their fast-charging standards interoperable, and to provide information to customers about what charging standards their device supports. Under the proposal, customers will be able to buy new devices without an included charger.
The proposals only cover devices using wired, not wireless, chargers, EU commissioner Thierry Breton said in a press conference, adding that "there is plenty of room for innovation on wireless." A spokesperson for the Commission subsequently confirmed to The Verge that a USB-C port is only mandatory for devices that charge using a cable. But, if a device charges exclusively via wireless, like Apple's rumored portless iPhone, there'd be no requirement for a USB-C charging port.
An EU infographic on the proposed rules.
Image: European Union
To become law, the revised Radio Equipment Directive proposal will need to pass a vote in the European Parliament. If adopted, manufacturers will eventually have 24 months to comply with the new rules. The parliament has already voted in favor of new rules on a common charger in early 2020, indicating that today's proposal should have broad support.
"Chargers power all our most essential electronic devices. With more and more devices, more and more chargers are sold that are not interchangeable or not necessary. We are putting an end to that," said commissioner Thierry Breton. "With our proposal, European consumers will be able to use a single charger for all their portable electronics – an important step to increase convenience and reduce waste."
"European consumers were frustrated long enough about incompatible chargers piling up in their drawers. We gave industry plenty of time to come up with their own solutions, now time is ripe for legislative action for a common charger," European Commission executive vice-president Margrethe Vestager said.
Today's proposal is focused on the charging port on the device end, but the Commission says it eventually hopes to ensure "full interoperability" on both ends of the cable. The power supply end will be addressed in a review to be launched later this year.
The proposals follow a vote in the European Parliament in January 2020 when lawmakers voted for new rules on common chargers. As of 2016, the amount of electronic waste produced across the bloc amounted to around 12.3 million metric tons.
The biggest impact of the new rules is likely to be felt by Apple, which continues to ship phones with a Lightning connector as opposed to the increasingly universal USB-C port. As of 2018, around 29 percent of phone chargers sold in the EU used USB-C, 21 percent used Lightning, and around half used the older Micro USB standard, according to an EU assessment reported by Reuters. These proportions are likely to have shifted considerably as USB-C has replaced Micro USB across all but the least expensive Android phones.
Efforts to get smartphone manufacturers to use the same charging standard in the EU date back to at least 2009, when Apple, Samsung, Huawei, and Nokia signed a voluntary agreement to use a common standard. In the following years, the industry gradually adopted Micro USB and, more recently, USB-C as a common charging port. However, despite reducing the amount of charging standards from over 30 down to just three (Micro USB, USB-C, and Lightning), regulators have said this voluntary approach has fallen short of its objectives.
Apple was a notable outlier in that it never included a Micro USB port on its phones directly. Instead, it offered a Micro USB to 30-pin adapter.
Apple said it disagreed with today's proposals in a statement. "We remain concerned that strict regulation mandating just one type of connector stifles innovation rather than encouraging it, which in turn will harm consumers in Europe and around the world," a spokesperson from the company told Reuters. The company has also previously objected to the proposals because it says they risk creating e-waste by forcing people to throw out their existing Lightning accessories if they're incompatible with the universal standard.
Although it's continued to use Lightning, Apple has made its own efforts to reduce charger e-waste. Last year, it stopped shipping charging bricks or earbuds in the box with new iPhones and supplied them only with a Lightning to USB-C cable. However, the move was met with a mixed response, with some arguing that it helped Apple's bottom line more than the environment.
While European lawmakers focus mainly on wired chargers, wireless charging is becoming increasingly popular across smartphones and has largely converged on a single cross-platform standard: Qi. There have even been rumors that Apple could ship an iPhone without a Lightning port and have it rely entirely on wireless charging for power.
Update September 23rd, 9:22AM ET: Updated to note Breton's comments about wireless chargers from Q&A, and confirmation that a completely wireless phone would not need to include USB-C. Also added comment from Apple.
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Gabarnmung (or Nawarla Gabarnmung, Jawoyn for "(place of) hole in the rock")
is an archaeological and rock art site in south-western Arnhem Land, in the Top End of Australia's Northern Territory. Habitation of the site has been dated to at least 44,000 years ago, placing it among the oldest radiocarbon dated sites in Australia (known older sites, such as the nearby Madjedbebe, are dated stratigraphically). The oldest rock art was produced more than 28,000 years ago, making it the oldest securely dated prehistoric art in Australia. The cave was still visited by members of the Jawoyn within living memory, possibly until as late as the 1950s, but its existence had been forgotten until its 2006 rediscovery.

Description
Gabarnmung lies at a remote location on the traditional lands of the Jawoyn people, east of Kakadu National Park, and about   west of Maningrida, Northern Territory. The rock shelter was constructed by tunneling into a naturally eroded cliff face that created a  sub-horizontal ceiling ranging in height from  above floor level, the roof is supported by 36 pillars created by the natural erosion of fissure lines in the bedrock. Investigation has shown that some pre-existing pillars were removed, some were reshaped and some moved to new positions. In some areas ceiling slabs were removed and repainted by the people who used the cave. Tool marks on the ceiling and pillars clearly illustrate that the modifications served dual purposes, to providing a living space and to facilitate the removal of rock which was discarded down a talus slope.
The floor is covered with soil, a mix of ash from fires, fine sand, silt, and locally fragmented rock to a depth of approximately  which lies in seven distinct horizontal stratigraphic layers.

Completely open to the north and south, construction has left the shelter entirely protected from rainfall. The rock shelter features prehistoric paintings of fish, including the Barramundi, wallabies, crocodiles, people and spiritual figures. Most of the paintings are located on the shelter's ceiling, but many are found on the walls and pillars of the site.

Excavation and dating
The Gabarnmung  rock shelter was re-discovered  by Ray Whear and Chris Morgan of the Jawoyn Association while flying by helicopter on 15 June 2006.

The Jawoyn Association found two Jawoyn elders, Wamud Namok and Jimmy Kalarriya, who reported the name of the site as
Nawarla Gabarnmang  (Jawoyn  "place of",  "hole in the rock"),
and who reported to have visited the shelter when they were children. They also identified the Jawoyn clan Buyhmi as the traditional owners of the site.

The site was first excavated in May 2010. Led by Bruno David of Monash University, the team included
Jean-Michel Geneste from the Centre National de Prehistoire of the French Ministry of Culture,
Hugues Plisson from the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique at the University of Bordeaux,
Christopher Clarkson from the University of Queensland,
Jean-Jacques Delannoy from the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique at the University de Savoie,
and Fiona Petchey from the University of Waikato.

A fragment of a ground-edge stone axe found by the international archaeological team has been dated at 35,500 years old, which makes it the oldest of its type known in the world.

A slab of painted rock which fell to the floor had ash adhering which was radiocarbon dated at   which indicates that the ceiling must have been painted before 28,000 years ago. Radiocarbon dating of charcoal excavated from the lowest stratigraphic layer returned a mean age of  while the six upper layers had been deposited over the last 20,000 years. The art is the oldest firmly dated rock painting in Australia.
However, radiocarbon dating of charcoal excavated from the base of the lowest stratigraphic layer of the floor returned a mean age of  suggesting the oldest date for the earliest human habitation.
Faceted and use-striated hematite crayons have been recovered from nearby locations (Malakunanja II and Nauwalabila 1) in strata dated from 45,000 to 60,000 years old which suggests that the Gabarnmung shelter may have been decorated from its inception.

The site also includes panels of recent paintings, radiocarbon dated to between AD 1433–1631  and AD 1658–1952  (calibrated 95% CI), consistent with the reports that the cave was still visited within living memory.

See also
 Art of the Upper Paleolithic
 List of Stone Age art

References

External links

Rock art in Australia
Arnhem Land
Rock shelters in Australia


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PS4 vs 3DS – VGChartz Gap Charts – April 2017 Update - Sales
by William D'Angelo , posted on 22 June 2017 / 13,852 Views
PlayStation 4 Vs. Nintendo 3DS:
Gap change in latest month: 553,361 – PS4
Gap change over last 12 months: 10,545,130 – PS4
Total Lead: 6,549,316 – 3DS
Nintendo 3DS Total Sales: 64,582,171
During April 2017 the gap grew in favor of the PS4 by 553,361 units. In the last 12 months the gap has grown in favor of the PS4 by 10.55 million units. The 3DS currently leads by 6.55 million units.
The PlayStation 4 has sold 58.03 million units, while the Nintendo 3DS has sold 64.58 million units. The PlayStation 4 is on track to surpass the 3DS at the end of 2017.
Kerotan (on 22 June 2017)
I like this comparison. Ps4 rapidly closing in on being the #1 overall console this gen. Not many would have predicted the succesor to the ps3 would take out the succesor to the DS. What a turnaround.
Johnw1104	Kerotan (on 22 June 2017)
In the midst of gen 7, I'd never have thought it would happen. Following the Wii U's launch and Microsoft's Xbox1 reveal, though, it certainly seemed plausible lol... Very impressive.
TheBraveGallade	Kerotan (on 23 June 2017)
Alrhough the 2dsxl+metroid+US/UM is a thing so I don't think ps4 would be able to catch up while the 3ds is still in support... I can see the 3ds hit 80 mil when all is over. The ps4 might overtake it but only barely.
Kerotan	Kerotan (on 23 June 2017)
Lol by next March ps4 will be close to 80m. By summer 2019 I think it can be around 100m. Sometime in 2020 120m. When all is said and done I expect ps4 to be 130m+ and miles ahead of the 3DS.
estebxx (on 22 June 2017)
Of all the comparisons going on right now i find this one the most fun, its gonna be interesting to see when it will surpass it.
Kerotan	estebxx (on 23 June 2017)
This and ps3 vs PS4 in Japan!
Qwark	estebxx (on 23 June 2017)
Wii vs PS4 in Europe is also an intresting one this year at least
Azhraell (on 24 June 2017)
Eh, kinda meh comparison at this point, we have known for a while who's gonna win. PS4 vs Wii is currently the only comparison I look forward to in the future


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This realization also corresponded with my increasing interest in making intentional choices about the products that I use, trying to choose ones that are good for me and have less impact on the world. This has meant trying to choose organic products more often that aren't packaged in ungodly amounts of plastic. Obviously one of the most economical ways to achieve these goals is to make my own beauty products.
That said, as one of the many Pinterest users, I have a million pins for potions and lotions, however would never really get around to trying them for a few reasons. First, the sheer number of options are daunting, contributing to paralysis. Second, my motivation to test out new recipes is (rightly) hampered by fear that my efforts will end up a classic Pinterest Fail. This is particularly worrisome with beauty products, because not only are you spending $$ to get good ingredients and time to make products, you also risk horrible things happening to your skin! All this said, I have done some experimentation and below am sharing my tried, tested, and true DIY beauty solutions.
2. Add the beeswax and stir until just dissolved, then remove from heat.
3. Add water to a medium-sized mixing bowl, and start mixing with a hand blender (I tried with other stuff that totally didn't work!).
5. Add 15-20 drops of essential oil. My favourite mixes so far have been lemongrass + peppermint (very fresh and invigorating!). I have also made a lavender + bergamot + ylang yang + vanilla batch, which has a soothing, sleep-conducive scent.
6. Once you have achieved the "creamy mayonnaise-like texture," continue mixing for a bit longer then transfer into sterile glass jars.
7. Refrigerate for an hour to set. I also leave any extra jars in the fridge to prevent separation as I work through them.
My first batch was a little bit terrifying (I was pretty hesitant during the process – you can see my video tutorial here) and so it came out with a slightly less consistent texture, but my second batch was absolutely perfect – with a creamy body butter style texture. I am completely and totally hooked. [You can kind of see the texture in this photo].
Gently melt your coconut oil in a sauce pan or in 10 sec intervals in the microwave. Stir together. Stir all of your ingredients together and put in glass jar.
Additional note: I have noticed, because my shower ledge is very cold, that this scrub re-solidifies due to the amount of coconut oil in it. I have started setting the closed jar under the running water while I shower to melt the scrub enough to easily remove some product. I might re-jig this recipe for my next batch to make this a little less solid.
Surprisingly, I have found that while you do get the AMAZING whiff of coffee to wake you (and your skin) up in the morning, once you rinse it off, you are left behind with smooth, coconut-oil scented skin (you don't walk around for the day smelling like a stale diner coffee pot).
I am coming clean – I have not used shampoo since the summer. I have passed the 6 month mark of joining the unwashed hippies and now am totally converted. I was lucky to be at a music festival then a camping road trip during the wildest part of the transition and it took me a while to figure out what works best for my hair.
I feel like this is the only area were I boldly "do what I feel like" with ingredients and scents. I figure as long as I am using good ingredients, I can't really go wrong. Bath bomb recipes are generally straightforward and you can easily double or triple the recipes, to take advantage of the moment of motivation that strikes now and again. Note, since I really like moisturizing aspects of oils/butters (coconut, shea, cocoa), you will notice a bit of oil on the surface of the water, which is lovely for your skin, but might make your hair a little greasy, so I like to wash my hair before adding (or sometimes do a quick rinse after I have soaked).
Option 1: Several months ago, I had made a batch of these bath bombs with two friends and plenty of wine [from A Beautiful Mess]. I didn't have the plastic mould, so ended up rolling some balls by hand and used cookie cutters (just don't pick a very intricate design! Also, I had used some saran wrap, inside the cookie cutter, when helped remove it when you had packed in the ingredients). I also find that particularly with apartment-sized tubs, the large bath bomb can be a overwhelming, so I like to make smaller shapes. I also skipped the citric acid (which I didn't have on hand). They were fizzy, smelled wonderful, and made my skin wonderfully soft.
Option 2: The ultimate lazy-gal approach to bath products, was to mix a bunch of Epson salts, some coconut oil, a bit of baking soda, and some essential oils (I used eucalyptus last time and it was divine) into a glass jar. You might need to warm it a bit when adding to the bath (I just set it in the water as I am filling up the tub) to melt the coconut oil enough to make it easy to remove a generous dollop. (Same tip as with the coffee scrub, if you set the jar in warm water to melt the coconut oil a bit, it will be way easier to extract a dollop). I particularly like this concoction when I have achy sore muscles or if I feel a little bit under the weather and want to breathe in the fresh eucalyptus smell.
2 teaspoon of grated (preferably unrefined) cocoa butter (I also used shea, which has less of the lovely chocolatey smell, but is still lovely for the skin. Both Shea and cocoa butter are super expensive but you only need a small quantity, so it will last me many batches).
To form these [rather unimpressive] shapes, I simply pressed the mixture firmly into a 1/4 cup measuring cup and tapped it gently to remove them. Using this method, you will get approximately 5 "bombs". You can buy "bath bomb moulds" online, but I do find that some of them are far too large for my modest apartment-sized tub. They fizz delightfully when you throw them in the bath, it smells divine, and there is a lovely "film" of oils on the top of the bath that feel incredibly soothing on the skin. I felt like a wizard when I successfully brewed up a batch of these gems.
I simply give both sides of my mat a light spray and let it air dry, while draped over a chair.
Would love to hear from you! Do you have a DIY beauty hack that you swear by? Did you try any of these recipes?
1. where do you find wax pellets?
2. what is vanilla absolute?
3. does your coffee scrub not give you a 'tan'?
🙂 I agree! I feel like I have beat the system by figuring out how to make things myself! I will definitely bring back for you to try this spring!
1. I bought my wax pellets on amazon (http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00HSKAJ8S?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00 are the ones I ordered, I am not sure if there is something similar that would be on amazon.ca). I went with the yellow (rather than bleached white), which adds a yellowish hue to the lotion, but doesn't turn your skin yellow or anything alarming.
3. No coffee tan! In fact, it rinses off really easily (you do need to give your shower/tub a little spray down because you will have rogue coffee bits everywhere). It is amazing – all you are left with is the coconut oil on your skin, which is lovely.
4. Perhaps I will discuss no poo more.
5. Yup yup. Lip scrubs are marvelous to gently exfoliate your lips, particularly if they are chapped. Most of them are sugar based – I use the Mint Julep from Lush (which is lasting me FOREVER). When it is done, there are a bunch of sugar-based recipes that I will try out.
PS. hopefulgoat – I might want to commission you to make me a bivy sack. I just bought a wild camping book for the UK, and want to get out there!


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Court Bars DSS, Police, CCB From Investigating INEC Chairman Over Asset Declaration
A Federal High Court sitting in Garki, Federal Capital Territory (FCT), has dismissed allegations of false declaration of assets against the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Yakubu Mahmood.
The court also barred the Department of State Security (DSS), the Nigerian Police and the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) from investigating Yakubu over his valid assets declaration.
In a move which many Nigerians viewed as part of plans to scuttle the 2023 general election and remove the INEC Chairman, an originating summon filed by one Siomadina Uzoamaka against the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Yakubu, the claimant sought, among other things, an order of mandatory injunction directing and compelling the INEC Chairman to step down pending the investigation and consideration of the various allegations against him by the various law enforcement agencies.
The plaintiff also sought an order of court stopping the Yakubu from holding or assuming any public office for a period of 10 years.
In his response to the allegation, Professor Yakubu gave the court several exhibits to show the sources of money for the purchase of the properties that the plaintiff alleged were illegally acquired and insisted that his assets declaration was validly done.
Delivering judgment, Justice Maryam Hassan found that the declaration of assets by Professor Yakubu was lawful, valid, and in compliance with the law and that he cannot be investigated by any of the security agencies listed by the claimant.
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The Court declined to grant any of the 14 prayers of the claimant, declaring that the INEC Chairman cannot be removed over "fabricated" allegations of false assets declaration
The judge, therefore, dismissed the claims of the claimant and allowed the claims of the claimant and allowed the counter-claim of the defendant.
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STAR TRACK: FORREST CORY
For the second year in a row, Forrest Cory of Newport News is pitching effectively in relief as a minor-leaguer in the Arizona Diamondbacks' organization. Cory, 23, a 6-foot-3, 205-pound left-hander, is 3-1 with a 2.94 earned run average and two saves in 30 games for the Class-A Visalia Oaks of the California League. They are 18-11 in the season's second half after going 34-36 in the first half. In 52 innings, Cory has given up 48 hits and 15 walks but has struck out 35. The opposition is batting .241 against him. Last season, for the Class-A South Bend (Ind.) Silver Hawks, Cory was 4-2 with a 1.85 ERA in 68 innings over 37 games, all but one of those in relief. He gave up 47 hits and 15 walks while striking out 47. Cory graduated from Denbigh High, where he achieved a 23-12 record in four seasons and was a Daily Press All-Star. He contributed to Denbigh Post 368's state American Legion championship in 2001. He signed with William and Mary, where he made the Freshman All-America team and was named the Colonial Athletic Association rookie of the year after posting an 8-2 record in 2003. As a sophomore, he was 8-3 with a 5.12 ERA in 82 2/3 innings. But he was hit in the temple during a practice in May 2004 and lost some vision in his left eye. In 2005, he was 3-4 with a 5.81 ERA in 19 appearances, which contributed to his not being drafted. But after regaining his touch after some sessions with then-Denbigh coach Rusty Ingram, Cory went to Bourne (Mass.) of the Cape Cod League, which many observers consider the nation's best college summer league. He went 4-1 with a 1.99 ERA for Bourne, leading the Diamondbacks to sign him as a free agent.
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IntroductionSub-Saharan Africa
Climate zones and ecoregions
HistoryPrehistoryWest AfricaCentral AfricaEast AfricaSudanHorn of AfricaSoutheast AfricaSouthern Africa
DemographicsPopulationLanguages and ethnic groupsAfroasiaticKhoisanNiger–CongoNilo-SaharanGenetic historyMajor cities
EconomyEnergy and powerMediaInfrastructureOil and mineralsAgriculture
EducationMajor progress in access to education
CultureArtArchitectureMusicCuisineClothingTheaterFilm industryGamesSports
List of countries and regional organisationCentral AfricaEast AfricaNortheast AfricaSoutheast AfricaSouthern AfricaSudanWest Africa
Region south of the Sahara Desert / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dear Wikiwand AI, let's keep it short, summarize this topic like I'm... Ten years old or a College student
Sub-Saharan Africa is, geographically, the area and regions of the continent of Africa that lie south of the Sahara. These include West Africa, East Africa, Central Africa, and Southern Africa. Geopolitically, in addition to the African countries and territories that are situated fully in that specified region, the term may also include polities that only have part of their territory located in that region, per the definition of the United Nations (UN).[3] This is considered a non-standardized geographical region with the number of countries included varying from 46 to 48 depending on the organization describing the region (e.g. UN, WHO, World Bank, etc.). The African Union uses a different regional breakdown, recognizing all 55 member states on the continent - grouping them into 5 distinct and standard regions.
Region south of the Sahara Desert
Quick facts: Sub-Saharan Africa, Major cities, Population&... ▼
Geographical map of sub-Saharan Africa
The Sahara
The Sahel[lower-alpha 1]
Abidjan, Accra, Addis Ababa, Cape Town, Dar es Salaam, Durban, Harare, Johannesburg, Juba, Kampala, Kinshasa, Lagos, Luanda, Lusaka, Mogadishu, Nairobi
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Religions (2020)
• Christianity
• Islam
• Traditional faiths
• No religion
Over 1,000 languages
The inclusion of the Sahel as a part of sub-Saharan Africa is disputed.
Per UNHCR Global Trends in 2019, the sub-Saharan population was 1.1 billion.
Combined green: Definition of "sub-Saharan Africa" as used in the statistics of United Nations institutions
Lighter green: Sudan, classified as a part of North Africa by the United Nations Statistics Division[2] instead of Eastern Africa, though the organization states that "the assignment of countries or areas to specific groupings is for statistical convenience and does not imply any assumption regarding political or other affiliation of countries or territories."
Red: Arab states in Africa (Arab League and UNESCO)
Simplified climatic map of Africa: sub-Saharan Africa consists of the Sahel and the Horn of Africa in the north (yellow), the tropical savannas (light green) and the tropical rainforests (dark green) of Equatorial Africa, and the arid Kalahari Basin (yellow) and the "Mediterranean" south coast (olive) of Southern Africa. The numbers shown correspond to the dates of all Iron Age artifacts associated with the Bantu expansion.
The term serves as a grouping counterpart to North Africa, which is instead grouped with the definition of MENA (i.e. Middle East–North Africa) as it is part of the Arab world, and most North African states are likewise members of the Arab League. However, while they are also member states of the Arab League, the Comoros, Djibouti, Somalia, and Mauritania (and sometimes Sudan) are all geographically considered to be part of sub-Saharan Africa.[4] Overall, the UN Development Programme applies the "sub-Saharan" classification to 46 of Africa's 55 countries, excluding Djibouti, SADR, Somalia, and Sudan.[5]
Since around 3900 BCE,[6][7] the Saharan and sub-Saharan regions of Africa have been separated by the extremely harsh climate of the sparsely populated Sahara, forming an effective barrier that is interrupted only by the Nile in Sudan, though navigation on the Nile was blocked by the Sudd and the river's cataracts. There is also an evident genetic divide between North Africa and sub-Saharan Africa that dates back to the Neolithic. The Sahara pump theory explains how flora and fauna (including Homo sapiens) left Africa to penetrate Eurasia and beyond. African pluvial periods are associated with a "Wet Sahara" phase, during which larger lakes and more rivers existed.[8]


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The Learning Curve #2
U-Ark Prof. Jay Greene & EdChoice's Jason Bedrick on Yeshivas vs. New York & Religious Liberty
Hosted by Cara Candal & Gerard Robinson
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This week on "The Learning Curve," Cara and Gerard are joined by Jay Greene, the Distinguished Professor and Chair of the Department of Education Reform at the University of Arkansas, and Jason Bedrick, the Director of Policy for EdChoice. They discuss their timely new book, Religious Liberty and Education: A Case Study of Yeshivas vs. New York, about the recent battle between Orthodox Jewish private schools and New York's state government over the content of instruction. They explain "substantial equivalency" statutes and their potential impact on a wide array of private and religious schools, as well as on parental rights, K-12 education policy, and religious liberty in America. Bedrick and Greene draw comparisons between substantial equivalency regulations and the bigoted, 19th-century Blaine Amendments that were recently weakened as a result of the landmark Supreme Court decision in Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue. They express concerns about growing interference by state departments of education, regardless of the paltry level of funding they distribute to private schools through Title I, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, or other programs.
Stories of the Week: In Baltimore, the school district has formed a promising partnership with the Recreation & Parks office to give more than 1,000 students in-person access to their virtual learning lessons, in small cohort groups meeting in schools and rec centers. A New Hampshire town tuitioning program offers financial support to rural families who choose secular private schools for their children – but not to those choosing religious options. In the wake of the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision in Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue, does that distinction still pass constitutional muster?
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Jason Bedrick is Director of Policy for EdChoice. Previously, Bedrick served as policy analyst with the Cato Institute's Center for Educational Freedom. He also served as a legislator in the New Hampshire House of Representatives and was an education policy research fellow at the Josiah Bartlett Center for Public Policy. Bedrick received his master's degree in public policy from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, where he was a fellow at the Taubman Center for State and Local Government.
Jay Greene is Distinguished Professor and Chair of the Department of Education Reform at the University of Arkansas. Greene's current areas of research interest include school choice, culturally enriching field trips, and the effect of schools on non-cognitive and civic values. His work has been published in journals from a diverse set of disciplines, including education (Educational Researcher), sociology (Sociology of Education), public policy (Education Finance and Policy), psychology (Psychology of Music), political science (British Journal of Political Science), and economics (Economics of Education Review). Greene has also written or edited three books. His research on school choice was cited four times in the Supreme Court's opinions in the landmark Zelman v. Simmons-Harris case. Greene has been a professor of government at the University of Texas at Austin and the University of Houston. Jay received his B.A. in history from Tufts University and his Ph.D. from the Government Department at Harvard University.
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Season Two of "The Learning Curve" airs on Wednesdays at 12 pm ET each week.
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