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Not much to love with Never Shout Never
Matthew Reddin|February 4, 2010
In his debut LP, acoustic pop musician Never Shout Never asks the age-old question, "What is love?"
Unfortunately, a better question for this album might be, "What is there to love?"
Originally from Joplin, Missouri, Never Shout Never is the moniker for 18-year-old Christofer Drew. He's been performing and recording EPs since September 2007. He originally got his start online via Myspace.
Now, two and a half years and five EPs later, "What is Love?" is Drew's mainstream debut. As much as I hate to say it, I'm not incredibly impressed.
The album starts off with an all-too-formulaic call for change in "Love is Our Weapon." Unless you're one of those people who's been following Never Shout Never since his EP days — in which case you're probably not going to enjoy this review very much — this is your first impression of Christofer Drew.
Unfortunately, the impression you're getting is: nasally, juvenile, overly earnest, and, with lines like "pissy little problems," more than a little bit whiny.
The next few songs aren't much better. There's "Jane Doe," the tale of a girl Drew finds beautiful —"Fo' sho" — whose name he wants to know, and "Can't Stand It," with lines like "super duper cute," or its look-at-me-I'm-cursing derivative, "super f***ing cute."
At this point, Drew goes from juvenile and earnest to an angsty teenager who "doesn't belong" and is doing his best to act older and cooler than he really is to impress you. It's hard to justify listening to the album any further.
It's around track six, "California," when you start to get a glimmer that something better might be on the horizon. Here, unexpectedly, Drew gets a little less whiny, the lyrics get a little less juvenile, and the song doesn't seem much different than any traditional pop tune.
But the title track (and lead single) is the real surprise. After six tracks about love as a weapon, love without a name, and love lost, I've been wondering: to Christofer Drew, what is love?
It turns out he doesn't know either — but he's not looking at himself to try to find the answer. Rather, the song is a reflective, mature look at his parents' relationship, which is in danger of falling apart.
Ironically, this is the point at which my impression of Never Shout Never begins to improve. This song shows there's more to him than the teen pop persona that reigns over the majority of the album.
Better yet, the album closes with another look at "The Past," a nostalgic trip through his childhood that takes the earnest tone of his earlier songs and makes it thoughtful rather than jarringly saccharine. It leaves me wanting more of this quarter of the album — but this is where the album ends, only a little over 20 minutes in.
All in all, the album as a whole is a failure. The first five songs are pieces of teen pop angst that seem to be catering directly to the under-16 female indie crowd – and under-16 might be generous.
We get to see Drew's more mature side in the final three songs, and it's greatly appreciated after the beginning of "What is Love?" If the rest of the album were like this, I'd be behind it in a heartbeat.
Unfortunately, it's not. I can get behind the title track, and I can get behind Never Shout Never as a potential force sometime in the future, but that's about it.
So what's to love about "What is Love?" The hope that Never Shout Never gets a chance to try again next time, and the potential that this artist has if he can stick to substance and steer clear of "super duper cute."
If you disagree, or want to check out Never Shout Never for yourself, you'll get your chance this spring when Drew comes to The Rave April 11. The show is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. and tickets start at $15.
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Valash ou Balash (chez les auteurs grecs, Balas ; forme plus récente du nom parthe Vologèse) est un empereur sassanide d'Iran ayant régné de 484 à 488. Il est le frère et successeur de  (457–484), mort dans une bataille contre les Hephtalites (Huns blancs) qui ont envahi l'Iran par l'est.

Le souverain d'un État en crise

C'est un empire en grande difficulté que laisse  à son successeur. « Il ne trouva rien dans le trésor perse, et ses terres étaient ravagées par la dépopulation (effectuée par) les Huns », rapporte Josué le Stylite. Cette pression financière pèse lourdement sur l'ensemble de son règne.

On sait peu de choses du caractère de Valash, mais il est perçu par les sources orientales comme un souverain débonnaire et tolérant. Il étend sa tolérance au christianisme à tout l'empire, ce qui lui vaut une bonne réputation auprès des auteurs chrétiens. Il semblerait néanmoins que Valash n'ait été qu'un prête-nom au puissant noble Zarmihr, également nommé Sôkhràs Karin dans les chroniques persanes, le Sukhra Karin des historiens modernes, qui exerce la réalité du pouvoir.

Valash et l'Arménie

À l'annonce de la mort de , les généraux perses de Persarménie s'empressent d'aller à Ctésiphon pour peser sur l'élection du nouveau souverain. Cela permet à l'Arménien Vahan Mamikonian de libérer l'Arménie de l'influence sassanide.

Étant donné la situation de faiblesse dans laquelle se trouve la Perse, Valash ne peut pas envisager une reconquête militaire de l'Arménie. Il est ainsi contraint de faire des concessions : le christianisme est désormais toléré en Arménie perse et une grande autonomie politique est accordée aux seigneurs arméniens.

En 485, Valash nomme Vahan Mamikonian marzban de Persarménie. Le soutien arménien lui est précieux dans sa lutte contre son frère Zareh, prétendant au trône.

Valash et les Hephtalites

La tradition iranienne reprise par des auteurs comme Ferdowsî a imaginé une guerre de revanche menée contre les Hephtalites. Le résultat en aurait été une paix honorable pour les Sassanides. La réalité est bien moins glorieuse. Les Hephtalites occupent les provinces orientales de l'empire dont les villes de Merv et Hérat. De plus, ils imposent un lourd tribut annuel aux Sassanides. Ces difficultés financières entraînent principalement l'impossibilité de reconstituer l'armée, très affaiblie par les défaites de . Une demande d'or faite à l'empereur romain Zénon essuie d'ailleurs un cinglant refus de la part de ce dernier.

La fin d'un règne sans relief

Valash s'avérant incapable de redresser l'empire, la colère des nobles s'intensifie. En 488, il est aveuglé et déposé, sans doute à l'instigation de Zarmihr. Le fils de Péroz, , est placé sur le trône.

Notes et références

Bibliographie

 Arthur Christensen, L'Iran sous les Sassanides, Copenhague, Annales du musée Guimet, 1944.
  Geoffroy Greatrex & Samuel Lieu, The Roman eastern frontier and the persian wars, , New York, Routledge, 2002.
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 Clément Huart & Louis Delaporte, L'Iran antique : Élam et Perse et la civilisation iranienne, coll. « L'évolution de l'Humanité », Albin Michel, Paris, 1952, 352.
  Parvaneh Pourshariati, Decline and fall of the Sasanian empire, New York, I. B. Tauris, 2008.

Monarque d'Iran du Ve siècle
Dynastie sassanide
Date de naissance non renseignée (Ve siècle)
Décès en 488
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Grand Rapids UMC's 'open-door coat rack' provides winter gear for 1,200
Church: Grand Rapids UMC
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Submitted by: Lou Becicka
Every October for the last six years, Lou Becicka, a member of Grand Rapids United Methodist Church, has organized volunteers from 23 area churches to sort, set up, and contribute in other ways to the church's coat rack ministry, which provides winter coats to those in need.
The "Open Door Coat Rack" serves those from Big Fork to Hill City and from Deer River to Nashwauk—meaning that it covers most of Itasca County. The number of people served each year has ranged from 970 to more than 1,100—and this year's distribution broke the record, having served 1,211 individuals from communities in the area.
Two weeks before the coat rack is set to open, parishioners from the area churches bring in new or gently used coats. Volunteers sort the coats, and extras and lighter items go to the Salvation Army and another local organization, Grace House. The coat rack is open for three days—this year, it was Oct. 29-31, and when it opened on the first day, people were lined up outside the door.
Some twenty-eight volunteers helped out during that first shift. Each guest family received a number, and when its number was called out, a volunteer took the group around the racks to find the appropriate items and sizes for each family member.
Becicka says it takes about 50 or so volunteers to make the event happen—from preparing coffee, to organizing the number system, to making chili for the volunteers and passing out flyers. "It's a way to get many people involved," he says.
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US navy commander pleads guilty in Glenn Defense corruption scandal
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PHUKET: A U.S. Navy commander pleaded guilty on Tuesday to bribery charges in connection with a wide-ranging corruption investigation of Singapore-based defense contractor Glenn Defense Marine Asia.
Jose Luis Sanchez, 42, was accused of accepting cash and the services of prostitutes from the maritime services firm Glenn Defense Marine Asia, led by Malaysian businessman Leonard Glenn Francis.
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The guilty plea by Sanchez followed that by retired U.S. Navy commander Edmond Aruffo, the 45-year-old former manager of Glenn Defense Marine Asia's operations in Japan, in July.
Aruffo pleaded guilty to federal conspiracy charges in connection with a wide-ranging corruption investigation of Glenn Defense Marine Asia. He pleaded guilty in the U.S. District Court in San Diego to a single count of conspiracy to commit bribery as part of a plea agreement with prosecutors.
He is the seventh defendant charged in the bribery scandal and the fourth to plead guilty in the high-profile case.
"There is an old navy saying: Not self but country," U.S. Justice Department Assistant Attorney General Leslie Caldwell said. "Edmond Aruffo instead put self before country when he stole from the U.S. Navy as part of a massive fraud and bribery scheme that cost the U.S. Navy more than $20 million."
Prosecutors accuse the maritime services firm, led by Malaysian businessman Leonard Glenn Francis, of bribing Navy officials to get information on ship movements and competing contracts and filed inflated invoices in contracts worth millions of dollars at ports across Asia.
The investigation has led to charges against two navy commanders and a logistics officer, a Navy Criminal Investigative Services agent, along with Francis and his cousin, who was a senior manager.
Since the case was filed in October 2013, the NCIS investigator, a second company official, the NCIS agent and the navy logistics officer have pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit bribery.
Francis, who prosecutors say is at the heart of the conspiracy, remains in federal custody in San Diego.
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Doublesex (dsx) is a gene that is involved in the sex determination system of many insects including the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster.

Sex determination
The gene is expressed in both male and female flies and is subject to alternative splicing, producing the protein isoforms dsxf in females and the longer dsxm in males. The production of dsxf is caused by the presence of the female-specific version of the transformer (tra) gene.

In a sense, the isoform of dsx informs a cell about the organism's sex; for instance, female genitals only develop if dsxf is present. In conjunction with the gene fruitless, dsx also causes differences in the brain structure and behavior of males and females.

Although the details of sex determination differ in the various species, there is a gene related to dsx in vertebrates (DMRT1) and in nematodes (MAB-3). All of these are transcription factors with a zinc finger DNA-binding domain (known as the DM domain) and are involved in sex-specific differentiation.

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Insect proteins
Sex-determination systems
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I would like to start a debate on the Rights Roman Women had!
I know, for instance that they were seated at the rear in the Coliseum, which suggests to me that they had restricted rights if any!
As always, your thoughts please?
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Roman women had pratically no rights. They were excluded from political life and they had no juridical life(meaning that they shifted from their father's manus from theirhusband's one);this happened because according to men, they had an ignorantia iuris (juridical ignorance) imbecillitas mentis (...grr), infirmitas sexus,levitatem animi and many other negative sides. As a matter of fact education for a girl and a boy were often different, which may partially explain the imbecillitas mentis..
Although women did enjoy more minor freedoms than in many other contemporary cultures. Socially, they were allowed many indulgences, it was the economic and political paths that were denied. Even still, there are known cases of women owning businesses and many managed their own households with complete authority. Obviously too, certain women of tremendous character could influence their men in political positions. Livia is a perfect example I think.
However, the growth of Christianity is one piece of proof that women didn't enjoy great freedom in Roman society. Its overwhelming popularity with people of the lowest social orders (which included women in great numbers), shows that they did indeed occupy a rather limited place in Roman society.
They did gain the right to divorce their hubands with most of their dowry intact. This is a right that upper class women in imperial times seemed to have used quite often. When Augustus took over, adultery and divorce in upper class society were rampant. He tried to curb it, but not very successfully. Semi-emancipated upper class women no longer played by quite the same rules. In fact, quite a few of them became rather influential in behind-the-scenes manners at the imperial court.
One scholar I have read insinuates upper class women had earned for themselves a considerable degree of social freedom by imperial times. Certainly not "women's rights" as we understand them today, but in comparison to some cultures like Greece, Roman women (at least wealthier ones) were not exactly chattel.
Lower class women were just that - lower class. It wasn't much fun to be poor in imperial Rome, no matter the gender. Christianity, the great proletariat religion, appealed to them even though it still treated them like second class believers.
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As the paterfamilias had the right of life or death over his entire family - how could woman have any real rights ? I think it was a PP said, women had influence throught their husbands and sons for the most part, with minimal protection from the state from major abuses. That being said there were elements of religeon that gave certain women power - the Vestal virgins and the festival of bona dea, that men other than the Pontifex Maximus really had no power over.
From what I've read, the power of death held by the paterfamilias, while en vogue during the early Republic, became increasing theoretical as time went on. The late Republic and Empire saw a lot of break down of the austere morality and rigid social codes from the early Republic (which is why the conservatives were always harping about it, for better or for worse). It seems to me the most important division in imperial times was social class/ wealth. A woman of wealth could assuredly get away with more than a humble male peasant in imperial times.


Automatic resolution of checks that are impossible to fail or succeed at?
If an ability check DC is lower than your bonus, or if a check DC is higher than (20 + your bonus), and the check is a pure binary check that's pass/fail with no side effects depending on the end result of the check, is there anything in the rules that permits, discourages or denies just resolving the check without rolling?
DC = 5, bonus on the check = +4 → lowest possible result is 1+4, which would make the check.
DC = 30, bonus on the check = less than 10 → success is impossible.
Critical fails and wins (natural 1 or 20) are not included here.
When a player wants to do something, it's often appropriate to let the attempt succeed without a roll or a reference to the character's ability scores. For example, a character doesn't normally need to make a Dexterity check to walk across an empty room or a Charisma check to order a mug of ale. Only call for a roll if there is a meaningful consequence for failure.
Is a task so easy and so free of conflict and stress that there should be no chance of failure?
Is a task so inappropriate or impossible — such as hitting the moon with an arrow — that it can't work?
If the answer to both of these questions is no, some kind of roll is appropriate.
The rules state that you make an ability check when the DM calls for it. Therefore, if 1 + your bonus is higher than the DC, the DM can decide to let you auto-succeed instead. Bear in mind that if crit fails on a natural 1 are allowed (they're an optional rule), he might still have you roll.
As per RAW, a DM is not supposed to call for an ability check that cannot fail. Your DM might deviate from this rule, but unless he allows crit fails, it will just be a waste of time. Mind you - he might not know your bonuses, and unless he tells you the DC you're attempting, you won't know when you cannot fail due to bonuses. Therefore, you could be making unnecessary rolls without knowing it beforehand.
The same thing obviously goes the other way - if your bonus is not enough to make the check even if you roll a 20, then the DM probably doesn't think it's possible to succeed and shouldn't make you roll. Again, if natural 20s equal automatic success, you might still have to roll.
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#include "stdafx.h"
#include "DataCreator.h"
#include "NewDataFileDlg.h"

// CNewDataFileDlg dialog

IMPLEMENT_DYNAMIC(CNewDataFileDlg, CDialog)
CNewDataFileDlg::CNewDataFileDlg(CWnd* pParent /*=NULL*/)
	: CDialog(CNewDataFileDlg::IDD, pParent)
	, mInputLength(0)
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{
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CNewDataFileDlg::~CNewDataFileDlg()
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void CNewDataFileDlg::DoDataExchange(CDataExchange* pDX)
{
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Matthew A. Bourque
Matthew Bourque is a Texas-licensed attorney who joined the Johnson Firm in April 2012. He represents clients in the firm's probate and business litigation practices. Mr. Bourque's practice includes all phases of litigation, from presuit investigation, through discovery, settlement negotiations, mediation, trial, and appeals. During his time with the Johnson Firm, Mr. Bourque has successfully briefed and argued numerous motions, including multiple appeals at the Dallas (Fifth) Court of Appeals. In his first trial with the Johnson Firm, Mr. Bourque successfully moved for a directed verdict, resulting in the dismissal of all claims against his client.
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package com.twitter.uncleandr.championship.FirstPage;

import android.app.AlertDialog;
import android.app.Dialog;
import android.content.DialogInterface;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.support.annotation.NonNull;
import android.support.v4.app.DialogFragment;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.WindowManager;
import android.widget.EditText;

import com.twitter.uncleandr.championship.R;

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{
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Ireland drew with Australia
2 Day, Rathmines, 9-10 June 1977
Scorecard Report Ireland Team Venue Programme
Ireland put up a splendid show against the first Australian team to come here since 1968. Australia, put in, were 188-3. They collapsed to 227-9 and were saved by the last wicket stand of 64. From this moment the match became competitive and, for a while on the second evening, Australia had to make sure that Ireland did not score 188 to win in 145 minutes Ireland, with one exception, selected the team that played the last match of 1976 against Scotland. To strengthen the batting Michael Halliday was left out and Brendan O'Brien, a batsman, was included. OD Colhoun was playing his 75th match, 64 of which had been in succession.
The Australians were a young side. Six of their 17 players (Robinson, Hughes, Serjeant, Bright, Pascoe and Malone) had not played in a Test Match and Hookes had only played in one. Of the party G Chappell (Capt.), Robinson, Walters and Walker did not come to Ireland. Rod Marsh captained the team. Of the 13 players in Dublin, O'Keeffe and Malone did not play. On the tour of England, nine first-class matches had been played before this match. The first four were almost totally wiped out by rain. Australia had lost to Somerset and Gloucester and MCC. In the week before the Irish match the 3 one-day Prudential matches were played with England winning the series 2-1. Chappell and Sergeant were the only batting successes of the tour to this point. Walker, with 17 wickets, was the best bowler. The much feared Thomson played against Ireland but only bowled five overs without taking a wicket. The Leinster club again made excellent arrangements. Live TV for seven hours (£600), Rothmans (£1800), gate and brochure sales (£1400), brochure profit (£900) all combined to give a profit of £2500. The Australians were a very friendly party. The manager Len Maddox and Capt. Rod Marsh were very cooperative. On the day of arrival Messrs. Guinness gave them lunch and they attended a Phoenix Park race meeting that evening. That night the Irish Cricket President, Alex Dunlop, had a reception in his house for the four Australian officials.
At noon on a sunny but cool day, Australia were put in to bat. It was O'Riordan's sixth successive toss win since taking over from AJ Linehan in 1975. The wicket was very slow. McCosker and Davis opened carefully against Corlett and Elder. 14 had been scored when, in Elder's forth over, Davis pushed a ball to Short at midwicket. He set out for a bad run, was sent back but failed to make it. Serjeant came in. He played himself in and then hit Elder for 6-4-4 in one over. O'Riordan came on for Corlett. In his second over Colhoun did not get to a difficult catch from Serjeant. 50 came up in an hour. Now the pace increased with Serjeant hitting out. He hit O'Riordan for three fours in an over. Monteith came on for the 24th over with the score at 72. The wicket was too slow for him. In two overs he conceded 26 runs, 25 of them to Serjeant. Two successive sixes went into a garden on the pavilion's left and the next through the bar window! The first of these took Serjeant to 50 in 61 balls and 57 minutes. 100 came up, the second 50 in only 25 minutes. Corlett came back for Monteith and had Serjeant LBW pulling across the line. 106-2-63. Serjeant with clean driving hit three sixes and nine fours. The left-handed Hookes came in and kept up the tempo. He had scored five centuries in six innings, including four in two successive matches, for South Australia last season. Just before lunch Monteith replaced O'Riordan. At lunch, after two hours play, Australia were 142-2 off 37 overs, McCosker a careful 40 and Hookes 23.
Afterwards wickets began to fall. At 150 Monteith lured McCosker down the wicket and he was stumped for 40. Hughes, who had played at Rathmines for Watsonians, in 1976, hit Corlett for a six and a four and Hookes went from 38 to 52 in an over from Monteith, 6-2-6. As 188 Hughes was stumped for 14 off Monteith. Two overs and three runs later Monteith bowled Hookes. 191-5-58. Hookes' 58 had two sixes and seven fours and he batted for 72 minutes. At 200 Cosier was bowled by Monteith for two and Marsh suffered a similar fate with the total on 205. Corlett had been plugging away and he now took two wickets. At 211 Thompson was caught by Elder behind the bowler off a huge skier. Bright hit three fours in his 16 and was dropped by Short off Corlett at short square leg at 227. Brendan O'Brien caught him on a good running catch at midwicket. 227-9. Now came Pascoe to join Dymock. In 11 overs they added 64 by dint of intelligent hitting. At 243 Pascoe was dropped on the run by Reese on the boundary off Monteith. Elder came back for Corlett and Pascoe hit him for 14 in the over. Next over he hit Monteith for six and then he took 10 of an over from Elder and was dropped by Corlett. Eventually, after 64 runs in 32 minutes, Corlett caught Pascoe (40) off Monteith. This gave Monteith 6-97 in 21 overs, good bowling considering the 26 of his first two overs.
Tea was taken and Ireland started at 4:50 PM with close of play due at 7 PM. Thompson bowled five overs for 27 runs which included seven no-balls. He had Reith dropped at second slip by Davis with the score on 17. Reith did most of the early scoring. When the total reached 23 he played crooked at Pascoe and was bowled for 16. Bright (slow left arm) and Dymock (medium fast left arm) took up the attack but Short and J Harrison batted sensibly and correctly. 50 came up in the 14th over. Pascoe came back, Bright changed ends, Harrison hit Pascoe for four and two. Next ball he got a lifter and Davis dived in to catch him at short leg. 77-2-27. At 80 Anderson let a ball from Bright come in with the arm and bowl him with the bat held aloft. BA O'Brien arrived with 34 minutes left to play. It was important that no more wickets were lost. In half an hour O'Brien did not score. Off his 29th ball, with the field crowded around him, he struck Bright for four to extra cover. Short, who had played so well, brought the 100 up in the last over. At close of play the total was 102-3, Short 40 and O'Brien 5.
This first day had been a good one for the Irish - the second was even better. Pascoe and Bryce began the bowling for Australia. Pascoe bowled fast and the wicket was now quicker for Bright's spin but his line was not always good. Short and O'Brien settled in. Pascoe bowled without a third man. O'Brien cut him three times for four and did the same to Dymock when the latter replaced Pascoe. With a four off Bright Short went to 52 scored out of 127 off 145 balls. Another four took him to 58 and he had beaten H Martin's 57 - the previous highest Irish score against Australia. Cosier replaced Bright for four overs. On Short and O'Brien went calmly and serenely. When 45 O'Brien was dropped by Serjeant at gully off Dymock - a fast traveling ball. Next ball O'Brien cut a four to take him to 51 of 115 balls with the total on 190. Next over from Dymock O'Brien mistimed a pull off a short ball and was caught by Bright at short leg. His 51 came off 119 balls in 137 minutes with seven fours. The partnership was worth 112 runs in 137 minutes. Short hit four in the last over before lunch to bring up 200 at which point Ireland declared 91 behind. Short's innings was a chanceless 80 not out off 227 balls in 236 minutes with eight fours. It was a very fine innings indeed and would be long remembered. Ireland batted for 72 overs and Pascoe emerged with 2-45 off 16 overs
Australia went into bat again and knocked up 96-5 in 97 minutes off 30.5 overs. At 13 Elder caught and bowled Davis (10) - a fast return waist high. Hughes came in at number three. He was aggressive, hitting four fours in his 20. He was then caught by Harrison at mid-off off Corlett. 48-2-20. At 40 Monteith had replaced Elder and, apart from changing ends, bowled to the close of the innings. With the score on 71 Hughes skied one off him to the wicket-keeper, and this was after he had replaced Corlett at the end from which he got six wickets in the first innings. 71-3-4. O'Riordan came on at the other end. Then came three dropped catches in four overs! At 76 Serjeant (one) was dropped by Harrison at short fine leg off O'Riordan; at 88 Serjeant (13) was missed by the substitute AV Smith (Pembroke) at mid-wicket-trying to take the ball over his shoulder running towards the boundary and at 90 Short missed McCosker at extra-cover off Monteith. At 95 GP O'Brien caught McCosker at slip to give O'Riordan some consolation and his 198th wicket for Ireland. McCosker had again batted carefully for 76 minutes for 47. Serjeant had meanwhile hit O'Riordan for six to midwicket. At 96 Pascoe gave Anderson a high catch to deep long on off Monteith and Australia declared at 96-5, Serjeant 14 not out. Monteith's 2-15 came in 8.5 overs.
Ireland set off after 188 runs in 86 minutes plus 20 overs. It was not really possible but they tried. Reith hit Pascoe's first ball for four and Short hit six in his second over. 20 came up in five overs but then Dymock bowled Reith with a lovely ball which pitched leg stump and hit off. Tea was wrongly taken at 3:40 PM. This was after 26 minutes play whereas the period ought to have been 50 minutes 21-1. At 22 Short was caught by Hookes (keeping wicket) when he flashed at Pascoe. Pascoe and Dymock were kept on with Pascoe bowling very fast. He often rapped Harrison with lifters. With the field close set both batsman progressed by fours or singles -indeed Harrison's first three scoring strokes were boundaries. Both tried hard to maintain a good scoring rate but could not quite lift it enough. Just before the 20 overs began Cosier came on and Pascoe changed ends. At 5 PM the score was 90, Harrison 28 and Anderson 33. 98 were now needed in 20 overs. The field was defensive. In 11 more overs 14 runs were scored and never more than a single at a time. At 103 Anderson was caught at the wicket for 37 off Dymock. He had batted well for 79 minutes and added 81 in that time with Harrison. With 27 minutes left and nine overs remaining the match was given up as a draw. Harrison was 37 not out. The performance of the Irish team was very good indeed - particularly on this second overcast cold day. Short (Ireland) and Serjeant (Australia) won Rothmans Man-of-the-Match Awards.
Rathmines, Dublin
JD Monteith SC Corlett JWG Elder AJ O'Riordan MS Reith JF Short J Harrison IJ Anderson BA O'Brien GP O'Brien OD Colhoun


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Q: ASP.NET MVC 3 application with multi-tenancy in separate app domains? Has anyone have idea how to implement multitenancy in asp mvc 3 application with support for separate app domains and MEF?
In my application I would like to load assemblies for each tenant to different app domain. Types are resolved by MEF in proper app domain. Every request needs to be handled in proper tenant specific app domain.
Since this is quite tough problem I would appreciate any insights.

A: IMHO, multi-tenancy is all about the process of having a single code-base for all the tenants [Pure form of multi-tenancy].
When you will have all the options for a tenant to customize with a single code base and in a single appdomain, where the isolation happens based on the tenant identifier, there is no requirement for a separate app domain / tenant.
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Senior Principal Cyber Systems Engineer - Military Veterans
at Northrop Grumman
At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work — and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history. As a Cyber Systems Engineer on this team, you will act as the Cyber Subject Matter Expert and ensure compliance within the Risk Management Framework. You will identify and perform research, analysis, evaluation, development and test of technologies from industry, academia, and other government organizations, to include Commercial Off- The-Shelf (COTS), Government Off-The-Shelf (GOTS), and open source technologies, for applicability to solving Cyberspace Operations deficiencies and capability gaps, improving existing Cyberspace Operations and enabling capabilities and/or generating new Cyberspace Operations capabilities. Additionally, you will provide systems engineering recommendations and assist with the planning and execution of development efforts for complex software and hardware systems, and systems of systems. Roles & Responsibilities: Have fundamental knowledge of Systems Engineering practices, network technologies, system development life-cycles and methodologies, and insight into information technology infrastructure management/monitoring and applications Understand how their tasks fit within the overall program operational objectives and perform their work accordingly, have strong verbal/written communication skills, the ability to work well within a team environment, and strong analytical capabilities with the interest in applying troubleshooting skills and techniques to solve problems. 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Tracking Movement, Tracing Survival
RICKY CARIOTI/THE WASHINGTON POST, THAWATTS
From animals, sweat bees and monarch butterflies to horseshoe crabs, manatees and white sharks to veterinary careers and zoos, articles and activities provide students with many examples of tracking movement and tracing survival. Students read and write a photo essay on a theme.
Career Education,
Marine Biology,
Debate,
Media Arts,
From an Animal Clinic to the Zoo.pdf
Is Man an Intruder on Nature.pdf
Drought, Heat, Shark Next Door.pdf
If you have pets, you know the importance of having a veterinarian in your community. As students will learn a career in veterinary medicine can be diverse. They will meet the Smithsonian National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute's new director, zookeepers, South African wildlife sanctuary veterinarians and a park ranger in Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Then do some reading about a career in the zoo, veterinary clinic or animal reserve — and many other employment areas.
Animals reveal what humans don't always see. Penguins, considered by some scientists to be today's canary in the coal mine, give biologists a window into seeing changes in marine environments. Manatees are dying in increasing numbers as their food supplies dwindle. As ocean waters reach record warmth, the range of young great white sharks is expanding hundreds of miles north to beaches near San Francisco.
Man has also intruded on species and their habitats. The monarch butterflies find fewer milkweed and other foods on their migratory route. And once they arrive in Mexico, they find a favorite winter refuge is being decimated by men cutting down the trees in which they have roosted for centuries.
In the midst of the increased wildfires, drought, heat and flooding, scientists are tracking the movement of animals in the air, on land and under water. The devices are expensive, but the more inventive researchers are creating their own technology and sharing how to make them. As the biomedical industry continues to use the blood of the horseshoe crab, scientists have created a synthetic alternative — causing a significant debate in pharmaceutical companies and with biologists.
Students will also read examples of photo essays before creating their own. In their schools and communities they will use the camera and their words to track movement and trace survival.
A to Z Organizations
American Association of Veterinary Medical Colleges
Association of Minority Zoo and Aquarium Professionals
San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance
Smithsonian's National Zoo & Conservation Biology Institute
Wildwelfare
International Zoo Educators Association
AJ CHAVAR/THE WASHINGTON POST
Biology, Career Education, English, Social Studies
Within several of the activities and in In the Know section are terms that will help students to speak and write with more specificity. Depending on the size of your class, you might give pairs of students a term from In the Know to define, to find the etymology, use in sentences and give examples of them. For example, "safari park." What does "safari" mean, its etymology and distinguish a "safari park" from a safari or game reserve. Are there any safari parks in your state? Where are the nearest ones located? Are any in the news?
Work at the Smithsonian's National Zoo
Biology, Career Education, Photojournalism, Science
Teachers might begin by sharing "Day in the Life of a Great Cats Keeper," a photo diary following a National Zoo's Great Cat Team from 7:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Insight into the workings of the Smithsonian's National Zoo & Conservation Biology Institute is gained reading "Veteran National Zoo curator Smith lands top job. " Brandie Smith is the second female in the zoo's 132-year history to be the director of the large operation.
Another Smithsonian zookeeper is introduced in Petula Dvorak's column, "Black zookeeper aims to shed unicorn status through outreach." Craig Saffoe tells of his path to a career as curator of large carnivores and why he began the Association of Minority Zoo and Aquarium Professionals. One of Saffoe's more recent cases is shared in "Surviving covid by skin of her teeth" on the zookeeper's role in keeping a lion alive at the Smithsonian's National Zoo.
Feed the Animals
Biology, Character Education, Health, Science
Teachers may begin this activity by asking students if they have pets. What do they feed them? Food homemade or bought at a pet store or grocery store? When and how much food is given? Do they have animals with special dietary or medical needs?
What do they think farmers feed their cows, pigs and chickens? After eating hay and corn, how animals such as cows, sheep and goats provide milk, wool and meat for humans and fertilizer for the fields. You might discuss arrangements made with produce departments and restaurants to get discarded vegetables and meals. Consider why finely chopped lettuce might be a treat for chickens.
How much food and what kind is needed daily in zoos to feed the variety and number of animals who live there? A Smithsonian article, "Feeding the Animals at the National Zoo," adds nutritional needs to the cookbook of foods to feed different animals.
Jennifer Watts, director of nutrition at the Brookfield Zoo in Chicago, when interviewed in 2013 said that "Over the course of a year, the zoo buys 85,000 pounds of meat products and about $150,000 worth of whole prey items like mice, rats, crickets and mealworms." And if that's hard to picture, how about this: Watts orders fish once a year, mostly capelin and herring. "When I ordered the capelin this year, I ordered 120,000 pounds," she says, "which was three semi trucks full of fish."
Students might compile a list of food items bought for the pets of their classmates. They might interview pet food supply stores on the amount and kinds of food sold in a week or month. Students might check online for the kinds of pet foods available, including food for exotic animals.
You might read "Record manatee deaths cause Florida to try feeding program," "How the monarch butterfly migrants became refugees — from us" and "Is medicine a threat to horseshoe crabs?" These articles include the food needs of animals and the food chain for survival. Solutions to Causes of Manatee Deaths takes a closer look at the KidsPost article. Read "The great white shark next door" which includes movement of aquatic mammals and fish influenced by water temperature, climate change and available food sources. The devastation that comes when the basic need for water is unmet during droughts is seen and found in the photo essay, "'If they die, we all die': Drought fells Kenyan herds."
Consider a Career in Veterinary Medicine
Career Education, Science
To begin, teachers might ask students about their experience taking animals to a veterinarian's clinic. You might read or have students read "A Day in the Life of a Vet," a blog from Briarhill Veterinary Clinic. Another possible reading is "A Typical Day in the Life of a Veterinarian."
The KidsPost article "African clinic goes wild with veterinary care" opens the door to the Onderstepoort Wildlife Sanctuary Clinic in South Africa.
After reading about people who care for animals, have students do the research-based, career education activity, A Career in the Zoo, Veterinary Clinic or Animal Reserve?
Face Illness and Demise
Biology, Career Education, Character Education
With older students, teachers may wish to include the difficult times faced when a beloved animal becomes ill or ages. Three suggested articles:
• "Surviving covid by skin of her teeth" on zookeepers' role in keeping lion alive at the Smithsonian's National Zoo.
• " Photobombing gorilla Ndakasi dies in caretaker's arms"
• What happens when an old elephant dies? Read "Preparing for a massive farewell."
Debate Natural Habitat vs. Development
Biology, Business, Debate, Economics, Ecotourism, Environment
Indonesians are debating whether to develope tourist facilities or keep the natural habitat from infringement and possible destruction. Read and discuss "Development and conservation clash at Komodo National Park"
"California's disappearing salmon"
"Climate change adaptation puts Patagonian penguins in peril"
"'Eating into their flesh': Reef sharks with skin disease may be the latest victims of climate change"
"Indigenous tribes around Lake Superior depend on fishing to survive — but the fish are contaminated"
"This costume designer repaired a butterfly's wing, then watched in delight as it flew away"
"Homero Gómez González, Mexico's monarch butterfly defender, found dead"
"He tried to save a rare parrot. It cost him his life."
"Surviving covid by skin of her teeth"
KYLE DALY/USFWS
Follow the Sweat Bees
Biology, Geography
You have to be a night owl to observe the Panamanian sweat bee collect nectar and pollen. After discovering that this species works in the dark, scientists wanted to know how they found their way back to their nests. Read KidsPost's "Sweat bees use natural GPS to return home at night." Teachers might have students try to answer the scientists' questions or to write questions they have about the sweat bees, especially before reading the headline. Are their questions answered in the article?
Be Amazed by the Fragile Monarch Butterfly
Biology, Ecology, Geography, Government, Law Enforcement, Visual Arts
Read "How the amazing monarch butterfly migrants became refugees — from us." This article begins on a mountainside in Mexico where the winter refuge of monarch butterflies was discovered. The life cycle of the monarch butterfly, its needs for survival and amazing migration awaken awe in readers. How could some people cut the trees in which these beautiful creatures have roosted for centuries? Teachers are provided Fantastic and Fragile Monarch Butterflies close-reading/discussion questions.
Track the Known Species, Discover the Unknown
Biology, Business, Engineering, Microbiology, Technology
Engineers and marine scientists are building trackers to follow the movements of birds, beetles and small creatures as well as sharks and other aquatic animals. How can individuals who have a passion to locate and follow animals afford these expensive tracking devices?
Read "A high-tech, low-cost push to track species" and use Sharing High-tech Tracking for discussion questions.
Uncover the Horseshoe Crab
Health, Marine Biology, Oceanography
Caren Chesler's article "Is medicine a threat to horseshoe crabs?" introduces the reader to the harmless and primitive sea creature who not only plays a key role in nature, but also occupies a crucial place in the human world as well. From Crabs to Labs provides ten close-reading/discussion questions.
Complete a Case Study
Biology, Debate, Government, Health, Marine Biology, Oceanography
After discovering that the bright blue blood of horseshoe crabs coagulates when exposed to endotoxins, the bio-medical industry has been bleeding them for many uses. Does modern medicine worldwide really need to rely solely on this ancient creature or can the pharmaceutical industry, utilizing the scientific method that led to its discovery, replace the horseshoe crab's blood with recombinant Factor C assay, or rFC, a manmade synthetic?
So who is involved in the debate? Covid, Crabs and Compromise provides the framework for a case study or debate of stakeholders. The list of resources in Learn More About Horseshoe Crabs can be helpful to each group of stakeholders to research their points of view and that of other stakeholders.
Note: This assignment may also be organized with students in groups of four to six working on the same stakeholder interests. For example:
Team 1 – Federal and state government
Team 2 – NGOs
Team 3 – Academia and academic researchers
Team 4 – Pharmaceutical Industry
Team 5 – Fishermen, local businesses, residents
Each team could then present their stakeholder's perspective to the rest of the class in a brief oral expert testimony. This allows for class discussion and questions. Following the presentations, groups could reshuffle into five teams to write the final paper with the concluding consensus of recommendations.
Another variant would be to hold a debate on the question rather than class discussion.
More Uses of Horseshoe Crabs
Biology, Business, Health
Learn More About Horseshoe Crabs suggests five searches and a list of resources to get better acquainted with this exceptional animal.
Read About Animals & Zoos
Animals Make Us Human: Creating the Best Life for Animals
Cubs in the Tub: The Story of the Bronx Zoo's First Woman Zookeeper
The Fascinating Animal Book for Kids
DK | First Animal Encyclopedia
Great Cats
The Lady and the Sharks
The Rhino with Glue-On Shoes and Other Surprising True Stories of Zoo Vets and Their Patients
In the Shadow of Man
Animal Planet | "The Zoo"
National Geographic | Jane
National Geographic | Secrets of the Zoo
Meet Photo Contest Winners
Art, Biology, Geography, Photojournalism, Visual Arts
"The urgency of awe: Nature and the climate crisis" a November 8, 2021, article by Ruby Mellen, informs readers of a photography contest based on the theme of "the effects of human-made climate change." Before they read the article, students might be asked to discuss the details in the images that convey this idea. Some will be easier to discern than others. What context do the interviews with the photographers and Mellen's text provide?
Compare and Contrast Approaches
Art, English, Geography, Journalism, Photojournalism, Visual Arts
As an alternative or additional look at photographs telling a story, compare and contrast the images from Ruby Mellen's article with those in her October 26, 2021, "Floods, flames and heat: Images of the year's extreme weather offer a stark backdrop for COP26 climate summit" Scientists say the impact of climate change is no longer an abstraction." Mellen uses still and video to accompany information about climate in crisis. In what way does reporter's purpose and platform influence layout?
Another alternative to telling the story of man and biodiversity in peril can be found in the Q&A by David Suggs in "Fierce heat waves put habitats, biodiversity in jeopardy: Pacific Northwest spell spotlights the plight for plant, animal life alike."
Photo Essay = Power of Words and Images
Art, English, Journalism, Photojournalism, Visual Arts
"'If they die, we all die': Drought fells Kenyan herds" is an example of a photo essay with Sammy Westfall as the reporter and Brian Inganga as the photographer. In what way is it an example of a narrative photo essay? Does the dominant photograph meet the NPPA Code of Ethics: "Give special consideration to vulnerable subjects and compassion to victims of crime or tragedy" and "Intrude on private moments of grief only when the public has an overriding and justifiable need to see"? Questions to accompany it are found in Think Like a Reporter | The Photo Essay.
Teachers might also discuss a November 2021 article by Sammy Westfall, "Antarctic penguin turns up in New Zealand after swimming nearly 2,000 miles off course."
Create a Photo Essay
English, Journalism Photojournalism, Visual Arts
This Think Like a Reporter | The Photo Essay activity is based on ideas found in a previous Post curriculum guide, Visual Impact.
In 2012 Michel duCille, then Washington Post head of photography, shared his outline for preparing a photo essay. In addition, Post photographer Jahi Chikwendiu wrote and illustrated "One Photographer's Story" with tips on getting the photograph that tells the story. Teachers may wish to refer to these and the handout "Write a Photo Essay" which is illustrated with Joel Achenbach's "Singular solstice," an example of the writer's photo essay.
Use the photographs in these book reviews, galleries and The Washington Post's photography blog for visual narrative to discuss the thematic connection of the images.
• "'Unforgettable Behavior' exhibit shows animals as they're rarely seen" This KidsPost photo gallery illustrates how you can begin with photographs and informative captions connected by a theme — in this case, "unforgettable behavior."
• "Snow blankets the Washington, D.C., region" These photographs went online while the snow continued to fall.
• "A photographer learns he can 'travel' close to home"
• "Meet the Istanbul street dog who's become a sensation" What does the human interaction with the Turkish street dog reveal about them? Could students tell the week in the life of a family pet or the neighborhoods menagerie?
• "The grueling struggle of being a California firefighter in the age of climate change"
• "In Gaza, skateboarding offers mental refuge to youth" Look at the variety of angles to capture the sport.
• "These haunting photographs bring to life the stories of how humans and animals are affected by climate change"
In Sight is The Washington Post's photography blog for visual narrative. This platform showcases compelling and diverse imagery from staff members and freelance photographers, news agencies and archives. If you are interested in submitting a story to In Sight, please complete the online form.
Meet the Man in the Gray Suit
Biology, Geography, Journalism, Marine Biology, Visual Arts
Scott Wilson, senior national correspondent for The Washington Post, covers California and the West. In the long article, "The great white shark next door," Wilson addresses changes in climate and habitat through observation, eyewitness accounts, interviews, data collection, government grants and legislation, the work of one team of scientists in one location (the coast off Santa Barbara, California) and the great white shark.
As teachers read through the article with students, they might ask students to look for the above kinds of information. How do students know that Wilson was reporting while on site?
To add another layer of understanding the white shark, Lisa Wu, oceanography educator, has written What You May Not Know About the Man in the Gray Suit for us. The suggested activities reveal the many ways the shark is used in products and research, the sharks' connections to our lives and life on the planet. She includes a resource listing of many reliable sources for this bigger picture.
Teachers, note that two sections before the last section of "The great white shark next door" were deleted. They provided anecdotal scenes reflecting reactions to the closer presence of sharks. They may be found in the online article.
Minimize Your Risk of a Shark Encounter
Health, Marine Biology
How can you minimize your risk of a shark encounter and not become part of the food chain?
• Stay out of water at dusk and dawn
• Swim in groups – they prefer solitary targets
• Don't wander far from shore – isolates you from help
• Don't swim if bleeding
• Don't wear shiny jewelry
• Avoid excess splashing – don't allow pets in the water
• Exercise caution between sandbars or dropoffs – favorite hangouts for sharks
• Don't enter the water in areas where fishing is taking place and or fishermen are chumming the water
BONUS QUESTION
Why were sharks not really on the radar of most research institutions or the public until the 20th century? Take into consideration culture, marine recreation, WWII.
MICHAEL ROBINSON CHAVEZ/THE WASHINGTON POST
Aquarium Aquariums are dedicated to the display of aquatic creatures; having at least one transparent side to view fish, invertebrates, amphibians, aquatic reptiles and plants.
Conservation Protection, preservation and careful management of natural resources, species and genes so they can survive for future generations. For example, The World Association of Zoos and Aquariums, the international organization for zoos, is concerned with the health of animals in zoos. The focus of environmental efforts takes the form of research, captive breeding of rare animals and conservation.
Game reserve
Large swaths of land whose ecosystems and native species are protected
Menagerie Collection of wild, foreign or exotic animals kept for exhibition. The first zoos were created as private collections by the wealthy to show their power. From the French meaning to keep house, ménager.
Petting zoo Facility featuring domesticated animals that are gentle enough for children to pet and feed. Sheep, goats, donkeys and rabbits are common petting zoo animals.
Place where sick, injured and orphaned animals can be treated and cared for. Wildlife rehabilitation aims to release the recovered ones back into the wild.
Safari park
Larger than urban and open-range zoos, safari parks are often areas where tourists can drive their own cars to see non-native wildlife living in large, enclosed areas. These attractions allow the animals more space than the small enclosures of traditional zoos.
Permanent place for rescued or disowned animals to live, allowed to retire with care and respect; a refuge
Shrubsteppe
A parched ecosystem; an arid ecosystem found in Eastern Washington and other western states. Provide habitat for animals such as the Greater sage-grouse, sagebrush sparrow and burrowing owl.
Veterinarian Trained individual who cares for the diseases, injuries and treatment of animals. They may have degrees in specialized areas such as large and small animal, equine or behavioral medicine.
Zoological park
A zoo is a place where animals live in captivity and are put on display for people to view. Any facility, property and lawfully licensed by applicable federal, state or local law, operated by a person, partnership, corporation or government agency, other than a pet shop, kennel or cattery, displaying or exhibiting one or more species of nondomesticated animals. The word "zoo" is short for "zoological park."
ANSWER. FROM CRABS TO LABS
1. Believed to predate dinosaurs, the horseshoe crab has unique qualities.
a. Describe their physical appearance.
A tawny brown hard helmet shaped shell, a hinged abdomen, and a stiff, spike, tapered tail. Five pairs of legs underneath with and a pair of feeding pinchers, book gills, and a central mouth. Two bean shaped eyes on the highest part of the head. They can grow up to two feet long/one foot across.
b. What feature may have most influenced their survival for 450 million years?
Their unique copper-based blood detects bacterial endotoxins, protecting them from disease and invasive parasites
2. How do the following affect the horseshoe crab's population?
a. Bleeding labs — take 500,000+ crabs for their blood each year. Although released back into the environment, it is thought that 15-30% die.
b. Coastal development — destroys beach habitat needed for crab breeding.
c. Fishing industry — used as bait for the eel, conch and whelk fisheries as well as ground up for fertilizer and used to make animal feed.
3. In addition to their copper-based blue blood, what other special adaptations does the crab possess?
A hard exoskeleton, pair of compound eyes — two on the head are sensitive to polarized light and can magnify sunlight 10 times. Another pair of simple eyes on the head can sense ultraviolet light from the moon. Multiple eye spots/photoreceptors are also found on the underside of the head and tail; crabs can survive out of water (if the gills stay wet)
4. Explain why LAL testing is so critical to the pharmaceutical industry.
LAL testing is needed to ensure vaccines, injectable medicines, needles, and biomedical devices are free from contamination in before being used in the human and veterinary medicine. It is a highly sensitive, fast, in-vitro test.
5. What is the ecological connection between horseshoe crabs, the Rufa red knot, whelks and conch?
The Rufa red knot depends upon the eggs during its migration. If there are fewer horseshoe crabs mating, there are fewer eggs, and the bird population declines. The whelks and conch are fished using horseshoe crabs as bait – thus the industry decreases the horseshoe crab population. All three decrease horseshoe crab numbers.
6. What are endotoxins and why must the biomedical industry be concerned about them?
Endotoxins are commonly found everywhere in the environment because they are carried on or released by bacteria. They are the most common causes of fever and inflammation caused by contaminated instrumentation or medicine.
7. How is the horseshoe crab's immune system different from our own immune system?
The LAL in the crab's blood immediately binds and clots around fungi, viruses, and bacterial endotoxins. Our immune system is more complex, requiring more time to respond to endotoxins and develop an inflammatory response.
8. What is recombinant Factor C assay, or rFC? Its use?
A synthetic chemical designed to test for bacterial endotoxins and replace the reliance on and use of LAL from horseshoe crabs.
9. Explain the role that the U.S. Pharmacopeia (USP) plays in the debate.
It develops the quality standards for medicines and medical technology that companies must use when applying for new drug applications.
10. What is the point of view of the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine concerning use of synthetic medicines and animal testing?
The organization, which promotes in vitro assays to replace animal testing where they're not necessary, believes the data to use rFC is there. They believe it is good stewardship as well as foresight, to not be reliant on one animal from one country.
Answer. BONUS QUESTION
In the 20th century, people began to venture out to the beaches for recreational reasons. This had not been done in the past. There was not yet the appreciation for what lived beneath the surface and swimmers/bathers were inexperienced. Medical facilities were a distance from the shore so encounters tended to be fatal. During WWII many sailors were lost at sea to sharks when ships sank. The Navy realized that more than just physical oceanography needed to be investigated. This was the birth of many marine research institutions that continue today.
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"That was insanely interesting," "an incredibly informative and moving experience," "thank you for bringing us here" — these were just some of the responses from MILTON sixth and seventh graders after the DC school's two-day Civil Rights field trip to North Carolina and Virginia. Seeing sites important to the civil rights movement and engaging in hands-on learning added context to the middle school humanities study of the American civil rights movement and social justice. The itinerary included visits to the International Civil Rights Museum in Greensboro, North Carolina, the American Civil War Museum in Richmond, Virginia, and the Manassas National Battlefield Park.