Africa's telcos must improve workforce proficiencies in a way that matches their customers' experiences to ensure they remain successful, says Mariam Abdullahi, Telco Industry Lead at SAP Africa, a market leader in enterprise application software.
Abdullahi explains that since GSM was first demonstrated in Cape Town, South Africa in 1993 and the first GSM networks launched the next year, the telco industry has fundamentally transformed every country on the African continent.
"As some of the largest employers, most admired, and valuable brands, and most innovative companies on the continent, telcos have been synonymous with the rise and development of Africa's economic development," she says.
Two of the five largest public companies in Africa are telcos. In the latest Brand Africa Top 100 Most Admired Brands in Africa rankings, three telcos featured among some of the leading global brands, beating out the likes of Puma, Sony and BMW. South African telco MTN is the country's most valuable brand, valued at nearly twice as much as its nearest competitor, Vodacom.
However, even telcos are not immune to the disruptive forces of technology and a rapidly shifting workplace demographic that is forcing companies to adapt their business models and Human Capital Management approaches. For telcos to successfully transform to Digital Service Providers where they have to lead with new business models and innovation, their workforce engagement and talent attraction strategies, need to be improved.
"Today's workplace is more diverse and dynamic than it has ever been in history," says Abdullahi.
She argues that for telcos to succeed in the effective attraction, engagement and retention of these multiskilled digital workers, a fundamental rethink of organisational culture and human capital management is needed.
This is made all the more difficult by the fact that the modern workplace is home to no fewer than five distinct generations, namely: The Silent Generation; The Baby Boomers; and Generations X, Y and Z.
Abdullahi notes that The Silent Generation, born somewhere between 1920 and 1945, who are nearing retirement, typically struggle with adopting new technologies and prefer old-school forms of interoffice communication.
The Baby Boomers now typically make up the upper echelons of organisational structures and are driven by professional success and teamwork.
Generation X, born between 1960 and the early 1980s, are adaptable and driven by results, and also more comfortable with using technology than their older peers.
Generation Y, or the so-called 'Millennials', are the most prevalent group in most workplaces and crave feedback, purpose and opportunities to effect positive change.
Generation Z are only now entering the workplace and have grown up using the internet, social media and technology.
"Due to Africa's overwhelmingly youthful population, the greatest percentage of workers are from Generations X, Y and Z. However, since each is distinct and requires slightly (or vastly) different talent management strategies, telcos need to prioritise a process of workplace culture reengineering to ensure they can continue to access top talent," Abdullahi elaborates.
She adds that in any organisation, the biggest factor determining whether change is either an opportunity or a threat is its people. According to Abdullahi, the greater the changes facing the organisation, the more important it becomes to have the right people with the right skills and the right mindset. Successful organisation profit from change, instead of being overwhelmed by it. In a highly-competitive environment where digital skills are often a scarce resource, telcos need to ensure they offer the type of work environment that can inspire, attract and positively inspire top talent.
She says that by focusing on six key priorities, telcos will be better positioned to engage and retain a motivated, productive and inspired workforce.
To stakeholders, Abdullahi explains that these priorities are: "Ensuring you are building the right type of organisation – for now and the future; Creating a productive, compelling work environment; Engaging people around a clear purpose for the organisation; Making good talent management decisions; Supporting the needs and wellbeing of your workforce; and finally, Managing operational risks caused by data and people.
"Trying to navigate the regulatory complexities of the modern workplace in a manual way is near-impossible. Telcos need to implement compliant, secure and cost-effective human capital management technology platforms that can automate much of the task of compliance and free HR departments up to focus more on attracting, engaging and retaining top talent," concludes Abdullahi.


From oracle bones to astrology to psychic hotlines, countless generations of humans have aspired to predict the future. While still mostly impossible, there are certain areas where the right people with the right tools can make a really good guess. How well a patient responds to chemotherapy might soon be one such area, if R. Stephanie Huang, PhD, and her colleagues have their way.
Chemotherapeutics can be as devastating on healthy cells as cancerous ones. Unfortunately, how patients respond to these drugs can be variable, and ineffective courses of treatment are often physically, emotionally and financially taxing.
The ability to predict a tumor's drug response would have profound implications in patient care and drug development. It would aid clinicians in deciding what chemotherapeutics would work best for individual patients, and help reduce the enormous time and financial costs needed to run clinical trials. It could also be used to discover new uses and targets for existing drugs.
Scientists have worked hard to identify biomarkers – some measurable biological indicator of whether a tumor will shrink under chemotherapy. However, the effects of biomarkers on drug response are generally small, as a host of complex genetic and environmental factors are involved. For Huang, assistant professor in the Department of Medicine, the solution to this challenge is a matter of scale. Rather than using single or small groups of biomarkers to predict whether a tumor responds to chemotherapy, she is using the entire genome.
To accomplish this, Huang, along with postdoctoral researcher Paul Geeleher, PhD, and Nancy Cox, PhD, professor and section chief of genetic medicine, utilized data from a massive library of almost 700 cell lines representing dozens of tumor types from the Wellcome Trust and Sanger Institute's Cancer Genome Project. Each of these tumor lines had previously been tested for their sensitivity to almost 140 different drugs, and their whole-genome gene expression – a measure of which genes are being actively turned into proteins, and at what levels – profiled.
With this information in hand, the researchers built a computational tool that estimated the contribution of each gene to a tumor's sensitivity toward a drug. They ran this tool to generate estimates on every drug and cell line combination, and then used it to analyze tumors from actual patients.
In three independent clinical trials for which patient data was previously published, Huang and her colleagues were able to predict whether a tumor would be sensitive or non-responsive to the drug observed in that trial with between roughly 70 to 90 percent accuracy. They reported these results earlier this year in the journal Genome Biology.
To generate their prediction, the researchers assigned the estimated contribution values for genes from the cell line data to the same genes in tumors from the clinical trials. When combined, this gave a likelihood for whether that tumor would be sensitive to a particular drug. Accuracy was verified by how the tumor actually fared under treatment.
While happy with these initial results, Huang acknowledges there are obstacles. How each individual tumor sample is collected and treated can affect gene expression variability, muddling the predictive power of the model. To improve its accuracy, additional studies need to be conducted to gather gene expression and sensitivity data from as many different combinations of tumor cell lines and drugs as possible – a feat no single laboratory can perform on its own. And lastly, the model in its current form can only predict the effects of one drug on a tumor, not a multi-drug course of treatment.
Huang and her colleagues are now working to improve their model, and are collaborating with oncologists to test and prove its utility it in a small-scale clinical trial of neuroblastoma, a pediatric cancer. In the meantime, they have published the source code for their model in the open access journal PLOS ONE in order to share it as widely as possible.


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This information was made known to the public by the Deputy Director, Information and Public Relations of the National Directorate of Employment (NDE), Edmund Onwuliri in the federal capital territory, Abuja.
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The Shade Tree Commission, working in conjunction with the City Arborist, works to maximize the benefit derived from public shade trees by establishing policies for the planting, removal, maintenance and protections of trees along City streets and sidewalks. See the Shade Tree Commission Ordinance, the Tree Manual and the Shade Tree Commission Bylaws.
The Commission meets as necessary, usually the third Tuesday of each month, at 7:30 PM in City Hall, 120 North Duke Street. The Department of Public Works must receive all proposed agenda items 14 days prior to the meeting. Call the City Arborist, Jim Bower, at 717-291-4846 for more information.


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The Woman Who Desperately Wanted to Be Famous (A Fictional Compilation)
Ann-Marie Murrell Send an email December 15, 2017
Once upon a time there was a young woman from a small town who wanted to be famous more than anything in the world. She wanted fame more than she wanted friends or family. Being famous was everything to her, and everything else was nothing.
It was during her teenage years that she recognized the immense powers of youth and beauty. She saw the way doors would open for her, the way she could cast a simple glance in order to get whatever she wanted from almost anyone. With her mother's guidance she learned to distrust other women and she thrived on competition.
In college she began crafting plans to make her dreams come true. During that time she found a man, aka Stepping Stone #1, who was easily manipulatable, someone who could provide her with the earthly things she needed while she reached for her not-so-heavenly goals. She knew she would have to wait patiently while she performed some of her wifely deeds, including having a few children (because she knew she might need them later).
And then she took off.
Her second Stepping Stone was a powerful local (married) man, someone who gave her the foot in the door she needed. She happily worked behind the scenes, helping others become more powerful–but all the while she was constantly building, growing, collecting information and attention. After a few years she pushed the man to open more doors for her and when he couldn't–when she had used him as much as she could–she moved on to her next victim.
Stepping Stone #3 was an even more powerful man who offered her much bigger opportunities beyond her community. She continued to work behind the scenes, patiently at first, but once she had thoroughly manipulated her way into his heart she told him exactly what she wanted. The man used his powers to get her an appearance on a television show but that wasn't enough. She didn't want to be a guest on a show, she wanted to be the star of the show. Desperate to make her happy, the man tried to blackmail and threaten people into giving her what she desired–but when that didn't happen, she moved on to Stepping Stone #4.
Her fourth step towards Fame involved another (married) man who immediately bought everything she was selling. He gave her all he had, including top billing on his television program. He got rid of any woman she was threatened by, which basically meant firing all of them. And if anyone even mentioned any of her vast array of enemies, she had them fired, too. Everyone saw what was happening but there was nothing they could do because at this point, the woman had become more powerful than their boss.
While living in the condo provided to her by Stepping Stone #4, she finally met the man she believed could elevate her to the stars she so desperately longed for.
Stepping Stone #5 was the most powerful of all the (married) men she had used so far. He promised her everything she ever wanted and made her a regular on his network television show. There were whispers–so many whispers–about the carelessness of this particular affair. They were often seen in public together, smiling happily on social media, and there was even a rumor that one of her former broken-hearted Stepping Stones had hired a detective to take "intimate videos" of the two of them.
They were together for several years when she made her first major mistake, allowing the world (and her vast collections of enemies) to gain proof of what she was doing. There was nothing Stepping Stone #5 could do to save her; the mistake was too big–but by then she didn't care because she had already moved on.
After years of bulldozing and using and threatening her way to the top, she had the power, the media recognition she had always wanted, and she had finally become Famous. More accurately she was infamous, but that didn't matter to her. She made appearances on reality shows. When things died down too much she made outrageous statements on social media in order to stay relevant. All the while she worked hard to convince people she was just like them, just one of the "folks".
She made speaking appearances and publicly bragged about her standing ovations. She posted pictures of all the wonderfully expensive items she was purchasing, the luxury vacations, the VIPs she knew. People recognized her on the streets. She signed autographs, went to the right parties, knew the right people.
And then one day, POOF. It all went away. After all her years of hard, dirty work, she made her biggest mistake in trying to get the one thing she couldn't get: a public job that meant her dirty secrets would be revealed and her "morals" would come into question. Almost overnight she was shunned by the world. The social media followers (many of whom she had purchased) abandoned her. She thought she could manipulate her way past it all as she'd done throughout her life but nothing worked. The mountain of bodies in her wake were piled up too high and her Victims, mostly women, began showing their cards.
And oh, those women. Her former coworkers, business associates, and "friends" were angry and rightfully so. She had used them, abused them, climbed up and over them, sent emails to mutual friends denigrating them, and even tried to extort money from them. (Her Rule #1: Never let any woman have more power than you.) Many of her Women Victims came out publicly against her, telling the world what she'd done and the men (and women) she had used.
The worst thing that could happen to her happened: She was no longer being asked to be on television.
She was devastated, not because she had hurt and humiliated her entire family, but because her true love–Fame–was leaving her. So she did what she had to do.
She cried RAPE.
She, not he, was the victim she said. She, not he, had been manipulated and used. Always the actress, she used carefully calculated tears and rather easily conveyed the pain she felt (not over supposedly being raped but because she had been rejected by her fans). She pushed her narrative, hired people to redirect the press, and yes, she was finally able to use those children to prove what a wonderful, misunderstood mother she was. Her loyal husband stood proudly by her side, as she knew he would do and had done since college.
And as so often happens when large sums of money and power are involved, after a time she became "clean" again, forgiven. Remorseless, still young-ish and pretty enough (thanks to Botox and plastic surgeons), she convinced everyone that she was who she wanted them to believe she was and in the end, she had everything she had ever dreamed of. She was powerful, rich, and famous.
Meanwhile down the hallway of her massive mansion, the woman's almost-teenage daughter was staring at herself in the bathroom mirror. The young girl was wearing one of her mother's long wigs and false eyelashes. Posing provocatively while taking selfies, the girl was scheming and dreaming about someday becoming world famous, just like her mother.
Ann-Marie Murrell is one of the creators of PolitiChicks and co-owns the site with Morgan Brittany. Ann-Marie is co-author of two bestselling books, "What Women (Really) Want" and "PolitiChicks: A Clarion Call to Political Activism". She has appeared on dozens of television shows including Fox & Friends, CNN, Hannity, the Dr. Phil Show, Huckabee, Lou Dobbs, C-SPAN, One America News, Stuart Varney & Company, Newsmax, MSNBC, and more. In addition to PolitiChicks, Ann-Marie has written for multiple other news sites. You can find Ann-Marie Murrell on Facebook and Twitter: @PolitichickAM E-mail: [email protected]
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Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, also called Central African Federation, political unit created in 1953 and ended on Dec. 31, 1963, that embraced the British settler-dominated colony of Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) and the territories of Northern Rhodesia (Zambia) and Nyasaland (Malaŵi), which were under the control of the British Colonial Office.
From the 1920s white European settlers in the Rhodesias had sought some form of amalgamation to counter the overwhelming numerical superiority of black Africans, but this had been blocked by a British Colonial Office that was sensitive to profound African opposition. After World War II the growth of secondary industries and greatly increased white immigration in Southern Rhodesia, compounded by the copper boom in Northern Rhodesia, led white political leaders and industrialists to urge even more strongly the advantages of an amalgamated territory that would provide larger markets and be able to draw more freely on black labour, especially in Nyasaland.
The imperial government was persuaded to support federation by the economic arguments, by the nationalist victory in South Africa in 1948, and by hopes of creating a multiracial state based on "partnership" to counter South Africa's racial policies (apartheid). Blacks in Northern Rhodesia and Nyasaland consistently opposed the federation, which they feared would be dominated by Southern Rhodesia. Throughout the 1950s policies in the federation were seen to be largely to the advantage of the white population of the south.
Black discontent came to a head in 1959, when the growing Nyasaland nationalist movement led to widespread disturbances. A state of emergency was declared, and many nationalists were detained without trial. These events convinced the British that power had to be transferred to the black majority. The achievement of independence by Malaŵi (July 6, 1964) and Zambia (Oct. 24, 1964) meant the effective end of federation. In Southern Rhodesia the break-up of the federation led to the white community's illegal unilateral declaration of independence (UDI) as the republic of Rhodesia in November 1965. Black majority rule was instituted there with the establishment of independent Zimbabwe in 1980.


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Ptisana (syn. Marattia)
Family: Marattiaceae
Ptisana salicina |
Although not as well-known as our native tree ferns, the king fern is one of the most impressive ferns in the New Zealand flora. Due to its bold, glossy foliage and grand stature (it reaches a height of 3m), this giant has long inspired admiration from native plant enthusiasts. As is sometimes the case with desirable plants, its beauty has worked against it; as unscrupulous collectors are one of the threats that this rare species must contend with.
King fern was only recently shifted from the genus, Marattia, to Ptisana. Hence, we have included the synonym in the title of this plant profile, as most horticulturists will probably know it as Marattia salicina. It is the only member of the Marattiaceae, a primitive family of ferns, to occur within New Zealand. One look at king fern betrays its tropical affiliations, and most of its relatives are found in tropical and sub-tropical forests from Africa to the Pacific. Our native species of Ptisana is also found on other Pacific Islands – including Rarotonga, where the photograph below was taken.
Ptisana salicina
King fern; Para
For a species that occupies the shaded understorey of damp forest gullies, P. salicina has a particularly cheerful appearance – due largely to its light green hue and the light-reflecting qualities of its fronds. As noted above, it has been a favourite of many native plant specialists for quite some time. However, it has not yet received the full attention that it deserves as a garden plant, possibly as a result of its slow growth rate and the dearth of plant material traditionally available from nurseries.
Having said that, there is a curious phemonenon in Auckland whereby one often sees isolated specimens of P. salicina standing alone out the southern frontage of old houses – as an indication that this species enjoyed a burst of popularity several decades ago. This also points towards the longevity of this species, as it would seem to have outlasted previous generations of plantings in such cases.
As noted previously, king fern is now rare in the wild, as a result of the depredations of pigs and other herbivores, and unethical collecting by humans. Like many other native plants, it has been shown that populations can rapidly flourish with the removal of the animals that hamper their regeneration – as in the case of the population near Auckland shown in the photographs herein.
With regard to that, this plant is a useful example to illustrate how many rare and threatened species endure in the wild. Animal pests are extremely effective at eliminating populations of plants that they wish to eat. Plants that are desirable to them are termed palatable, and plants that herbivores choose to leave are conversely termed unpalatable. Subequently, much of what one sees in forests that contain pests is simply the unpalatable remainder of what the animals prefer not to eat.
King fern falls into the category of a palatable species, particularly to larger herbivores. Therefore, the plants that survive are those that such animals cannot reach, such as on steep banks (although even those can eventually fall to goats). When animal pests are removed, plants like king fern can recolonise all of the places that they would naturally have inhabited. Regeneration that results from this leads not only to ecological benefits, but makes our natural places more diverse and attractive spaces to be in (the latter is an outcome that is often ignored when discussing conservation objectives).
Ptisana salicina is not just found in New Zealand, but extends towards the tropics, including Norfolk Islands and several Pacific Islands (like the Cook Islands and New Caledonia). Within our shores, it extends from the Far North to a southern limit of Taranaki.
An interesting account of the recent history of lowland forest that king fern inhabits in northern Taranaki was given by the ecologist Geoff Park, in his important book on New Zealand's lowland ecosystems, 'Nga Uruora : The Groves of Life'.
It is a fairly easy plant to grow in gardens, as long as it is given a shady position, and soil that is not excessively dry. It is commonly known that king fern drops its enormous fronds when subjected to particularly dry periods. However, well established plants readily recover when moisture once again becomes available, as one often sees in areas of Auckland with volcanic soil. However, bearing that in mind, it is best to provide P. salicina with a situation that has consistent moisture, such as at the shady base of a slope or gully, so that it keeps an even appearance throughout the year. One also needs to consider the size of mature specimens when placing plants, as they can eventually cover a diameter of 3m.
Māori traditionally utilised the bulbous root of P. salicina as a food source, and it is known to have been cultivated for this purpose. The Māori approach to the harvesting of this species was one that current generations should take notice of, as it was restricted by tapu – presumably in recognition of the slow growth rate of the plant1. Aside from this traditional value, the base of the plant also constitutes a distinctive aesthetic feature of the plant – the swollen rounded caudex (which is pictured above) is reminiscent of a famous group of plants with a similarly ancient lineage, the cycads.
As recounted in 'Māori Healing and Herbal'. Riley, M. 1994. Paraparaumu : Viking Sevenseas NZ Ltd. There are several other very interesting pieces of information regarding king fern in this account.


JEFFERSON B. SESSIONS, III, ATTORNEY GENERAL, Respondent.
Ondine G. Sniffin and The Law Office of Ondine G. Sniffin, for petitioners.
Robert Michael Stalzer, Trial Attorney, Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, with whom Chad A. Readler, Acting Assistant Attorney General, and Julie M. Iversen, Senior Litigation Counsel, were on brief for respondent.
The petitioners, Yolanda Olmos-Colaj ("Yolanda") and Consuelo Olmos-Colaj ("Consuelo"), natives and citizens of Guatemala, seek review of the denial of their applications for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture ("CAT"). An Immigration Judge ("IJ") found petitioners' asylum applications to be untimely filed. The IJ also found that petitioners failed to carry their burden of proof with respect to their withholding of removal and CAT claims. The Board of Immigration Appeals ("BIA") adopted and affirmed the IJ's decision. We deny the petition for review.
Consuelo and Yolanda, sisters and citizens of Guatemala, are members of an indigenous Mayan group called the Quiché. Consuelo entered the United States in 2000, followed by Yolanda in 2002. Both relocated to New Bedford, Massachusetts, and lived in a community with other indigenous Quiché people.
On March 7, 2007, after an immigration raid on their place of employment, the Department of Homeland Security ("DHS") initiated removal proceedings against Consuelo and Yolanda. Both conceded removability and with the assistance of counsel, filed for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the CAT. On their I-589 forms, petitioners stated that they had not been aware of the filing deadlines for asylum applications.
On May 12, 2010, with the assistance of new counsel, petitioners filed revised I-589 forms. Consuelo's updated form indicated that she failed to file a timely application for asylum because she was "too afraid to ask for anything when I arrived. I didn't know asylum was an option for me and I certainly wasn't aware of the deadline."
In 2015, the IJ held a three-day hearing to allow petitioners to present their case. Consuelo, Yolanda, and Dr. Robert P. Marlin testified at the hearing. Consuelo and Yolanda's psychologist, Dr. Jessica Boyatt, was unavailable to testify, but the IJ accepted her written psychological evaluations into evidence without objection.
The testimony encompassed the following: the Guatemalan Civil War occurred during petitioners' childhood. Although no immediate members of their family were harmed, petitioners' "distant uncle" was murdered and their aunt and a cousin were raped. As a result of the level of violence, as well as threats made against petitioners' father, petitioners' mother decided to move the family to Santa Cruz. Petitioners' father remained in San Andrés to run his business.
Petitioners testified that they had a difficult life in Santa Cruz without their father. Non-indigenous people often discriminated against petitioners, calling them by the name "Trixie" -- an indigenous word for servant.
In Santa Cruz, Consuelo and her mother helped other indigenous women who were being abused by their employers. She explained that "[t]he police would come with Consuelo and her mother to help the women out, making the women's bosses pay them what was owed."
After attending school in Santa Cruz, Consuelo opened up a store of her own and hired Yolanda as an employee. Occasionally, people would throw rocks at the store and demand to know why an indigenous woman was running a business. Consuelo did not report the incidents to the police because she had no proof of the mistreatment. Consuelo testified that one day, members of the Barrio Norte gang, whom Yolanda referred to as "Ladinos, " took some items from the store and refused to pay. One of the gang members hit Consuelo in the head with a rock -- she needed stiches for the wound, and a resulting scar was still visible at her hearing before the IJ. The gang also threatened to kill Consuelo if she did not learn her place. Petitioners reported the incident to the police and several of the gang members were arrested. After receiving threats against her life, Consuelo decided not to testify against her attackers and therefore, the men were released from custody.
In 1999, shortly after the incident with the gang, Consuelo closed her store and began teaching for an organization that traveled to native Quiché areas. Subsequently, on one occasion while on her way to work, Consuelo was attacked by two unknown men. They grabbed her from behind and ripped her shirt. The men ran away when they heard other teachers approaching. Consuelo explained that she did not report the attack to the police because she did not have proof. A month after this attack, she stopped working as a teacher.
Consuelo testified that she came to the United States in 2000 because of the threats and humiliation she faced in Guatemala. She did not come earlier because her child was born in 1999. Her first boss in the United States treated her and the other employees poorly. He would make degrading comments about their undocumented status.
Yolanda testified that after Consuelo closed her store, she could not study anymore because Consuelo was her only support system. "The insults Yolanda received at school also influenced her to end her studies." After Yolanda and her then boyfriend, now husband, had a baby, they moved to Patzite and then to Jutiapa to live with her boyfriend's family. While visiting Santa Cruz for a festival in 2001, a "man grabbed Yolanda by the side and told her that he finally found her and that he did not forget that she sent him to jail." The other people around Yolanda were able to convince the man that she was not Consuelo. Yolanda told Consuelo about the incident over the phone and Consuelo told Yolanda that she should come to the United States. Because Yolanda was breastfeeding her child at the time, she did not leave Guatemala right away.
In 2002, Yolanda, leaving her child behind, came to the United States and joined her sister in New Bedford, Massachusetts. She obtained a fake green card and social security card from a coyote. When Yolanda arrived, she was very sick, but explained that she did not go to a doctor because she was "avoiding immigration."
Yolanda and Consuelo testified that they filed for asylum after DHS officers arrested all of the illegal workers in the factory where they were employed. Consuelo testified that "she waited seven years to file her application because she was traumatized when she first arrived . . . . She did not speak English and the people she lived with when she first arrived did not know anything about asylum. . . . She was crying all of the time because she left her very small child back in Guatemala." Yolanda testified that she did not file her asylum application until 2007 because "she did not know she could apply for asylum until she was arrested."
Petitioners testified that several members of their family remain in Guatemala. Petitioners' mother is a homemaker, and their brother is a retired teacher and receives a pension from the Guatemalan government. Yolanda's daughter is currently fifteen years old and lives in Guatemala with petitioners' brother. She attends a private school and Yolanda pays for her tuition.
In denying petitioners' applications for relief, the IJ determined that petitioners were credible "regarding the factual basis of their asylum claims." However, the IJ expressed "serious doubts about Consuelo's most recent explanation as to why she filed her asylum application approximately seven years after her arrival." At the hearing, Consuelo testified that she waited so long because "she did not have the right mindset at the time as she was traumatized from the things that happened to her in Guatemala." However, the IJ compared this testimony to Consuelo's original I-589 form from 2007, where she stated, "I was not aware of the filing deadlines" and to Consuelo's amended I-589 form from 2010, where she stated, "I was very afraid by what had happened to me and I didn't know I could ask for asylum." Based on these responses, the IJ determined that "Consuelo's testimony with respect to her reasons for missing the filing deadline was not credible."
The IJ concluded that neither Consuelo nor Yolanda demonstrated extraordinary circumstances warranting an extension to the 1-year filing deadline. The IJ stated, "as to both of the [petitioners], the Court cannot ignore the reality that the evasive nature of the [petitioners'] presence in the United States played a role in their continued ignorance of the filing deadline."
The IJ determined that in the alternative, even if the late filing were excused, petitioners' asylum applications would still be denied. As to petitioners' claims of past persecution, the IJ found that the only two instances of harm presented -- their relocation as children and the attack on Consuelo in her store --were not severe enough or with sufficient regularity to rise to the level of persecution. The IJ also found that any harm suffered by Consuelo and Yolanda at the store was not the result of government action or inaction because the police were willing to assist Consuelo and in fact, had helped Consuelo and her mother to aid other indigenous women when their employers mistreated them.
Moreover, the IJ found that Consuelo and Yolanda did not establish a well-founded fear of future persecution. The IJ explained that although their subjective fear was genuine, it was not objectively reasonable. The IJ explained that the last of the threats took place some fourteen years ago, and the petitioners had presented no evidence as to whether their attackers were still alive or that they continued to hold a grudge. Furthermore, the IJ described how petitioners' mother and brother live peacefully in Guatemala.
Having found that Consuelo and Yolanda failed on their asylum claims, the IJ found that they could not prevail on their claims for withholding of removal or protection under the CAT.
On appeal, the BIA determined that the petitioners were not denied due process by the IJ. The BIA affirmed the IJ's decision, concurring with the IJ's finding that petitioners did not present extraordinary circumstances warranting an extension to the asylum filing requirements. The BIA also found that the IJ did not clearly err in the alternative findings that the petitioners failed to demonstrate past persecution, a well-founded fear of future persecution, or government inaction. As such, the BIA affirmed the IJ's denial of petitioners' asylum and withholding of removal claims, and protection under the CAT.


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The Meta-Conversation A technique to get your most by Julie Zhuo The Year of the Looking Glass
Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk and humans with passions and strengths and families, and even flaws. So are our online friends and opponents — all digital consumers. It can be easy to forget that the other account we are trolling likely has a human on the other side of the keyboard. But, we must remind ourselves of that if we are to maintain our collective humanity.
Elon Musk's purchase of Twitter is seen as a threat to the digital public square.
AI Engine automatically processes your content into conversational knowledge, it reads everything and understands it on a human level.
The next stage of messaging will also align with this, and as Meta looks to keep growing in newer regions, with US growth now stagnant, it could be set to unveil some interesting commerce integrations in its apps.
You can submit newsletter articles in your own language or submit bilingual articles for the education newsletter.
The discussion boards were established for and by community, but this is not how they are currently used in 90% of community forums.
For any community member to be heard, they have to compete against paid staff and paid projects for attention.
We share an affection for The West Wing, and we recall nostalgically the excitement of the early days of digital — when CDs were mailed to all Americans, and online message boards were at the heart of the internet. Given the cesspool that is the internet, Meta appears to have expected similar things from its own service. Before logging on, users must acknowledge that BlenderBot is "likely to make untrue or offensive statements". As Vice notes, Meta researchers have described the AI tech behind the bot as having "a high propensity to generate toxic language and reinforce harmful stereotypes, even when provided with a relatively innocuous prompt".
Ready for translation: Education Newsletter October and November 2022
The RL segment includes augmented and virtual reality related consumer hardware, software, and content. The company was founded by Mark Elliot Zuckerberg, Dustin Moskovitz, Chris R. Hughes, Andrew McCollum, and Eduardo P. Saverin on February 4, 2004, and is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA. The term meta-discussion means a discussion whose subject is a discussion. Meta-discussion explores such issues as the style of a discussion, its participants, the setting in which the discussion occurs, and the relationship of the discussion to other discussions on the same or different topics.
No, Meta (aka Facebook) doesn't listen to your conversations with your friends through your microphone or spy on your chats. Instead, you get ads influenced by *your friend's browsing history* after you converse with them & based on how frequently you connect with them.
— Bernard (@BernardAzar) December 8, 2022
Meta remains one of the most important companies in the world, and it's technology platform reaches billions of users globally. The company has been the subject of books, and Oscar-nominated films. It is a company we have all known and used for years, though I remember life before the blue square. And, it has faced plenty of scrutiny from every corner of society and the world — press, political parties, just regular people.
None of the major digital platforms lets the public see what advertising they carry and how it's targeted, according to a new report. A student wears virtual reality goggles and headphones as part of a digital learning experience. Augmented reality uses wearable tech to enhance the physical world. To develop and enhance AR experiences, companies are tracking users' eye movements, which may be more revealing than intended.
In fact, it may be a relatively rare occurrence that any substantial, extended discussion of a subject does not include at least some meta-discussion. Simple requests for a contributor to pay attention or to let others be heard are very common examples of meta-discussion in both face-to-face conversation and written communication. Other examples of meta-discussion often occur on Usenet or other Internet-based discussion forums. All these constitute meta-discussion based on first-order Internet conversations about a particular topic. We both grew up in America's heartland and had a rare interest in finance at a young age.
These stories can bring you new ideas to try, valuable insights about the success and challenges of our community members in running education programs in their context. Meta Platforms, Inc., engages in the development of social media applications. meta conversation It builds technology that helps people connect, find communities, and grow businesses. It operates through the Family of Apps and Reality Labs segments. The FoA segment consists of Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, WhatsApp, and other services.
All these constitute meta-discussion based on first-order Internet conversations about a particular topic.
BlenderBot, a prototype of Meta's conversational AI, was launched on Friday.
As technology improves, the potential for retailers to make use of the metaverse will grow.
The company has been the subject of books, and Oscar-nominated films.
Other examples of meta-discussion often occur on Usenet or other Internet-based discussion forums.
This forum is primarily for discussion of Meta policies and guidelines, and other matters that affect more than one page of the wiki.
GPT-3, another AI system, has also delivered racist, misogynist and homophobic remarks. A South Korean startup's chatbot, designed to resemble a 20-year-old college student, had to be suspended after it rattled off racial slurs and anti-LGBTQ+ remarks. The goal of our research is to collect and release feedback data that we and the broader AI research community can leverage over time.
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Do you ever question the nature of your reality? Do you ever question the nature of other people's realities? Did you previously live in a reality in which this feature was called "The Week in Cats"? What do you think of your new, ursine world?
In 2010, Fiona Broome coined the term "Mandela Effect" to describe a mass mis-remembering. The inspiration for the term comes from Nelson Mandela. Fiona Broome is certain he died in the 1980s in prison, and she's not the only one. But in this reality, Nelson Mandela died in 2013.
Broome's theory took off in 2016—and it's not just Nelson Mandela who is up for grabs. Common MEs, as the lingo goes, include the spelling of the children's book series The Berenstain Bears, the world map, brand names, and the lyrics to Queen's "We are the Champions." Buzzfeed, of course, has a listicle on the Top 20 MEs here.
Snopes has debunked the theory, pointing out that it seems unlikely that we're all sliding between realities. They are less certain about a corollary explanation, that we're all experiencing glitches in the holodeck matrix that sustains our constructed reality. That theory, as they coyly acknowledge, cannot be debunked, since philosophers—well, one philosopher—have proved that it's more likely we're living in a simulation than not. Click here for a link to the peer-reviewed article on how The Matrix was more real than you want it to be.
If philosophy and logical games aren't your bag, you can wander over to Reddit, the sanest corner of the insane multiverse. The Mandela Effects subreddit is a fascinating place to spend some time, as you can witness some people having their world shaken up, others dismissing it all as nonsense, and very few people seriously considering what it would mean that alternate realities exist or whether it's significant that many of these MEs are things we (mis)learned as children.
As for me, I firmly believe that we're all starting to slip from one reality to the next. It's likely a sign of the impending apocalypse, or possibly a mystical and poorly-explained comet. I grew up in a world of The Berenstein Bears, now I don't know what's true anymore, and I wish you all a happy New Year.
This Week in Bears is a weekly (more or less) post about all things bear-related. The nature of what "related" means in this context will be determined by Sam T. Bear and his plucky sidekick, Josie Kafka. The nature of what "bear" means is unknowable to human brains; all we can do is read, hope for enlightenment, and provide more honey for them to eat.
Josie, you just gave me a weird hour. The Mandela Effect site made me realize that I remember the color "chartreuse" being a dark red, but I noticed a couple of years ago that it was yellow-green instead. I thought I just made a mistake. But the thing is, my mother and older sister were both artists and I grew up in a home full of paints and pastels. How could I have gotten that impression?
Wow! I had the same experience with chartreuse. I thought it was just me.
But it must be the universe, instead. I don't know if that is more or less reassuring.


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Other Israel and Judaica Offerings
The Building Blocks of Albert Einstein's Creative Mind
"Jerusalem of Gold," Penned by Naomi Shemer in June 1967 with Verse Added to Celebrate the Recapture of Jerusalem
Albert Einstein on the search for greater meaning: "Using such apothecary's methods one cannot reveal any of God's secrets, I think." A Swiss chemist's work leaves Einstein cold, but Schrödinger "has the scent of a deeper truth."
Albert Einstein thanks German Jewish Physician for a book on Anti-Semitism, "our eternal unsolvable problem"
Before Declaring Israel's Independence, Ben-Gurion Counters American Backpedaling and Pushes Start of Temporary Government
Theodor Herzl Supports Yiddish Version of His Zionist Newspaper Die Welt
Israel's Declaration of Independence - Scarce Official Gazette
Announcing the UN Resolution
to Establish a Jewish State in Israel
David Ben-Gurion on Moshe Sharett's Resignation as Foreign Minister
Ben-Gurion tries to lessen the power of religious parties in Israel's government
Golda Meir Stresses the Need to Settle New Immigrants
Theodor Herzl Urgently Appeals
for Funding for the 6th Zionist Congress
Golda Meir Invites an American Semiconductor Pioneer to an Israeli Economic Conference
Mikhail Gorbachev in Israel: Bar Ilan University Speech on Religion, Perestroika, Creative Genius & Forces of Annihilation
Ben-Gurion Writes to Save His Nascent University
in the Negev
Ben Gurion Re-examines Biblical Quote on "the Slave and the Handmaiden": "After you... challenged the point about the equality of the slave and the handmaiden, I reread the chapter..."
Ben-Gurion declines Haifa Mayor's invitation to attend Israel's first industrial exhibition
Menachem Begin "Manifesto" attacking UN Resolution
to Partition Palestine into Jewish and Arab States
Ben-Gurion ALS in English Admits He Can't Find a Drawing of Proposed Statue of Peace
Golda Meir (Goldie Meyerson) Encourages the Jewish Pioneer Women's Organization
Supporting "Hebrew" Soldiers' Refusal
to Wear British Army Palestinian Insignia during WWII
Henrietta Szold asks a doctor to become a life member of Zionist Organization of America
Jewish Recruitment Circular No. 7 for the British Army
Former Israeli Prime Minister thanks author for her book, 'The Image of this Generation through Poetry and Songs'
Haim Laskov Writes to His Future Wife during WWII
The Israeli Tourism Director Dishes on James Michener
Other Great Gifts Offerings
Franklin Delano Roosevelt's Four Freedoms Speech – Inscribed and Signed by FDR – in the "Missy" LeHand Archive
Harry S. Truman on His 1948 Proclamation Recognizing Israel
Masonic Documents: James P. Kimball archive of master Mason, geologist, and Director of the United States Mint - with superb engravings
Brooklyn Ferry in 1666 - British Royal Governor Confirms Dutch Owners Land Grant for the Brooklyn End of the Ferry
Jackie Robinson says a talk radio host "needs to do a lot of soul searching."
1686 Huguenot Protestant religious prisoner's pin prick note, with notes of wife and child, and 1842 letter of Dr. Johnson Eliot, a founder of Georgetown Medical College
1607 Cornelis van Wytfliet's Norvmbega et Virginia
Original 1789 First Inaugural Button: "Memorable Era / March the Fourth 1789"
Sterling Silver Sinseollo Dish,
Presented to General Matthew Ridgway
by the Korean Minister of Defense
"The Night Before Christmas":
First Separate Printing Crediting the Author
Nine Months of a Hawaiian Missionary Newspaper, With the First Report of King Kamehameha III's Death and Perry's Mission to Japan
Remarkable Linen Textile, Rich in Patriotic Imagery, is Rare Icon of the American Revolution
Masonic Apron, Neck Sash & Medal of U.S. Mint - California Gold Refiner James Booth, with a Lithograph of Him
A Textile Tribute to the Father of the Nation
Eleanor Roosevelt Defends Universal Military Training – and 18 year-old Voting Rights
Louis Armstrong on Love, Lip Salve, and Touring Behind the Iron Curtain
Seventeenth-Century Deed for House and Lot in New York City Signed by Anglo-Dutch Millionaire
Harry Hines Woodring Political Archives and Related Material
A Ruff-Necked Hummingbird by Audubon
The Congressional War on Kansas over Slavery
and Statehood – 1854 – 1858
Early News that the Honolulu Naval Depot Might be Relocated to California
Alice Stone Blackwell Signed
Suffragette Periodical Stock Certificate
PaineWebber Founder Signed
Lake Copper Company Stock Certificate
Rich 1845 Letter on the State of American Art to Hudson River Artist Jasper Cropsey
Young Man Tells Parents He Will Trap Furs in the Rockies, with Early Mention of Chicago
Theodore Roosevelt Rough Rider Doll
Stephen Douglas Recommends Illinois Ally for Indian Agency in Minnesota
The Declaration of Independence – Replica of Mary Katharine Goddard's 1777 Broadside
Theodore Roosevelt Commissions a Captain
George Washington as a Mason
Early Chicago Resident Predicts that New Western States Will Become "granaries for those on the Sea board," Mentions Theodore Parker, and Geneva Illinois
A Great American White Egret by Audubon
A. A. Milne Pens a Cryptic Golf Invitation to his Close Friend Vincent Seligman
Belva Lockwood Signed Card
Mark Hopkins, Famed Educator and the Longest Serving President of Williams College, Preparing to Lecture at the Smithsonian Institute
A Harlequin Duck by Audubon
New England Factory Life
A Swamp Sparrow by Audubon
A Common Crossbill by Audubon
A Map of the Isthmus of Panama
A Song Finch by Audubon
Kansas-Lecompton Convention. Speech of Senator Douglas, of Illinois, on the President's Message
The Border Ruffian Code in Kansas
Blanche Bruce, The First Full-term African American U.S. Senator Signs a Deed
Freedom and Public Faith. Speech of William H. Seward, on the Abrogation of the Missouri Compromise, in the Kansas and Nebraska Bills
Ben-Gurion Calls for a Jerusalem Home for the Bible Society: "every spiritual idea, for it to exist and exert influence, needs a physical structure, too, a central home…"
DAVID BEN-GURION. Letter Signed to Menasche Elissar. 17 Kislev 5731, December 15, 1970. 1 p., 8½ x 11 in. Form letter on "The World Jewish Bible Society" letterhead. In Hebrew.
Also see item #22355, where Ben Gurion reexamines a Bible story after discussion with the chairman of the World Jewish Bible Society.
Partial Translation
"Much Shalom!
I would invite you to become a member of the council of the Bible House in Jerusalem.
The proponents of the Bible House have given consideration to the fact that every spiritual idea, for it to exist and exert influence, needs a physical structure, too, a central home. The uniqueness of Jerusalem, the city of the prophets and the capital of Israel, makes it appropriate that a House be established in it to collect inside every commentary, book and creation that has been thought of and created in Judaism through the generations regarding the Book of Books, and every creation by the sages of the nations of the world that displays the influence of the Bible.
The House, with its book collections and educational exhibits, will serve as a place of study for the lovers of Torah, the youth and adults who will come to it in order to increase their knowledge of the Book of Books and its interpretations. The House will also serve as a gravitational center for residents of this country when they go up to Jerusalem, and to tourists from the Diaspora, who will be able to absorb in it the spirit of the Book of Books.
More details about the House's content and its purpose can be found in the attached brochure, which contains things said during the ground breaking ceremony.
The initiating committee hopes you will agree to lend a helping hand to the establishment of this cultural center in Jerusalem.
We await your reply.
D. Ben-Gurion [Signature]
D. Ben Gurion
President of the Israel Society for Biblical Research"
Building a permanent home for the Israeli Center for Biblical Research was one of Ben-Gurion's favorite projects. He envisioned a compound overlooking Jerusalem and the Mount of Olives with a research library, exhibit and museum space, and educational facilities. Intended for the study of the Hebrew Bible, the research center would be the headquarters for the World Jewish Bible Society. Ground was broken on October 18, 1970, but the building was never completed.
David Ben-Gurion, Israeli politician; proclaimed Israeli independence in 1948, becoming the new independent nation's first Prime Minister after years as the head of the Zionist movement; changed his name from Gryn to Ben-Gurion, "Son of the Lion Cub." Even in retirement, Ben-Gurion's crusade to strengthen and enrich the state and people of Israel did not end.


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Theridiosoma goodnightorum est une espèce d'araignées aranéomorphes de la famille des Theridiosomatidae.

Distribution
Cette espèce se rencontre du Mexique au Costa Rica.

Description
La femelle holotype mesure .

Étymologie
Cette espèce est nommée en l'honneur de Charles J. Goodnight et Marie Louise Goodnight.

Publication originale
 Archer, 1953 : Studies in the orbweaving spiders (Argiopidae). 3. American Museum Novitates, ,  (texte intégral).

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Theridiosomatidae
Espèce d'araignées (nom scientifique)

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The Finish Your Diploma campaign highlights real stories of adults who completed their degree with the support of friends, family and local education centers. The campaign is a longstanding, successful collaboration between The Dollar General Literacy Foundation and the Ad Council, which provides adults with information needed to earn a high school equivalency diploma and encourages them to sign up for free adult education classes near them at FinishYourDiploma.org.
"Often one of the greatest challenges facing adults who are considering finishing their diploma is simply knowing where to go for support and having the courage to take that first step," said Denine Torr, Executive Director of the Dollar General Literacy Foundation. "By celebrating real success stories of individuals who achieved their goals while juggling family, work and other adult responsibilities, we hope to inspire others to complete their high school education, pursue their dreams and create a new narrative for themselves and their family."
The new creative work features Jessica, Santiago and Yeni, three inspiring students who conquered the challenge of going back to school to complete their high school equivalencies in adulthood. New ads show how their family, friends, teachers and mentors provided the extra support and motivation they needed to complete their degrees, underscoring the fact that no one gets a diploma alone.
"We want to raise awareness throughout the country that getting a high school diploma is more attainable than you think," said Lisa Sherman, Ad Council President and CEO. "You may not feel like you're ready, but with the help of friends, family and teachers, there's no better time than right now to get that degree."
Why This Campaign Matters
Many adults who did not finish high school would like to complete their diploma to potentially access college or new career paths, but may not know where to start. Oftentimes, these individuals are parents raising children, working full time and do not know how to access local and free resources that are available to help them attain their high school equivalency. Additionally, the campaign seeks to inform students who speak English as a second language that classes and tests can be offered in Spanish.
Since the campaign launched in 2010, it has connected 1.5 million Americans with the information needed to sign up for free adult education classes and received more than $159 million in donated support from the media community. The new ads were produced pro bono by advertising agency NGL Collective and are available in English and Spanish. They will live alongside previous phases of "No One Gets a Diploma Alone" creative.
"We're so grateful for the opportunity to work with partners like the Ad Council and Dollar General Literacy Foundation who invited NGL to lend our expertise to an already amazing campaign encouraging more Latinos to receive their high school equivalency diplomas. We could not be any more proud of the work we've done together, and the good it is going to do in the community," said David Chitel, CEO of NGL Collective.
The Dollar General Literacy Foundation
The Dollar General Literacy Foundation is proud to support initiatives that help others improve their lives through literacy and education. Since 1993, the Foundation has awarded more than $172 million in grants to nonprofit organizations, helping more than 11 million individuals take their first steps toward literacy, a general education diploma or English proficiency. To learn more about the Dollar General Literacy Foundation, visit www.dgliteracy.org.
The Ad Council brings together the most creative minds in advertising and media to address the most worthy causes. Its innovative, pro bono social good campaigns raise awareness. They inspire action. They save lives. To learn more, visit AdCouncil.org, follow the Ad Council's communities on Facebook and Twitter, and view the creative on YouTube.
NGL Collective:
NGL Collective is a pioneer of new media and entertainment that connects advertisers and New Generation Latinx (NGLs) across platforms in-language, in-culture and in-context. Decades before it was cool, understood or even acceptable to talk about the NGL majority that is driving growth in America, NGL Collective was dedicated to modernizing the way advertisers reach and engage New Generation Latinx. As the group who coined the term "New Generation Latinx," we know NGLs best and help advertisers connect with them through our end-to-end offering spanning NGL Media, NGL Studios, NGL Social and NGL Live.
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Clearing up psoriasis
Alexander Marson
UCSF Diabetes Center and Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA; UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA; Innovative Genomics Initiative (IGI), University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA. E-mail: Alexander.marson{at}ucsf.edu
UCSF Diabetes Center and Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA; UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA; Innovative Genomics Initiative (IGI), University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA. E-mail: Alexander.marson@ucsf.edu
For correspondence: Alexander.marson@ucsf.edu
Rheumatology is at the brink of a new era in precision medicine with the emergence of biological therapies for autoimmune diseases that target specific inflammatory pathways. Signaling by interleukin 17A (IL-17)—a cytokine prominently secreted by IL-17–producing T helper (TH17) cells—has been implicated in multiple inflammatory conditions, including psoriasis, by animal models and human genetics. Indeed, monoclonal antibodies inhibiting this pathway have shown promise in clinical trials. Now, results from phase 3 clinical trials reported in two recent studies further confirm the pathogenic role of IL-17 signaling in psoriasis and the therapeutic efficacy of IL-17 pathway blockade.
Both studies report on the clinical efficacy of monoclonal antibodies that inhibit IL-17 signaling for the treatment of psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis. Lebwohl et al. studied treatment of psoriasis with brodalumab, which binds to a subunit of the IL-17 receptor and blocks signaling downstream of IL-17. They report data from two randomized control trials comparing treatment with brodalumab to placebo or an FDA-approved biological treatment—ustekinumab—that targets a protein subunit shared by IL-12 and IL-23. Brodalumab achieved the trials' primary endpoints after 12 weeks of treatment, demonstrating clinical superiority to both placebo and ustekinumab. At the highest doses of brodalumab, more than 50% of patients achieved complete clearance of skin disease at the end of 52 weeks. In the second study, Mease et al. report data from a randomized control trial of psoriatic arthritis. They inhibited IL-17 signaling with secukinumab, a human monoclonal antibody that neutralizes IL-17A. Secukinumab improved both skin lesions and arthritis in these patients compared with placebo. Furthermore, secukinumab was also effective in some patients who had previously discontinued use of tumor necrosis factor (TNF) inhibitors, commonly used to treat psoriatic arthritis, due to poor response or side effects.
These studies show that anti–IL-17 signaling agents are likely to play a central role in the treatment of psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis, yet considerable work lies ahead to understand which pathogenic cytokine pathways—and which components of a pathway—could be targeted to treat other autoimmune diseases. As we learn more about why not all psoriasis patients respond to IL-17 pathway blockade, future efforts might even move toward approaches personalized to each patient's pathogenic cytokine profile, expanding our arsenal of targeted anti-cytokine therapies for autoimmune diseases.
M. Lebwohl et al., Phase 3 studies comparing brodalumab with ustekinumab in psoriasis. N. Engl. J. Med. 373, 1318–1328 (2015). [Abstract]
P. J. Mease et al., Secukinumab inhibition of interleukin-17A in patients with psoriatic arthritis. N. Engl. J. Med. 373, 1329–1339 (2015). [Abstract]
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About 24 hours after the Ogun State Government took delivery of two more Armoured Personnel Carriers, armed robbers on Thursday night snatched one of the official cars of the Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Suraj Adekunbi, in Abeokuta, the state capital.
The seven-man gang, who had laid in ambush along the popular Abiola Way, snatched the Toyota Avensis car with number plate Ogun AYE 86 AA at gunpoint from Adekunbi, who was said to be in company with one of his security aides.
The Speaker, sources said, was driving the car while his security aide sat beside him when the robbers attacked them around 7 pm.
SATURDAY PUNCH learnt the robbers eventually released the Speaker and his aide at Kobape, along the Abeokuta-Siun-Sagamu Expressway, a distance of about 20 minutes' drive from Abeokuta.
Our correspondent learnt that the incident had been reported to the police, who are making efforts to recover the stolen vehicle.
However, the Special Assistant (Media) to the Speaker, Waheed Akinola, denied knowledge of the incident, saying "I don't think that can happen."
Similarly, the state Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Muyiwa Adejobi, said the command was not aware of the robbery.
Meanwhile, Governor Ibikunle Amosun has announced the delivery of two more APCs to the police in the state.
Amosun said the APCs would be deployed to the senatorial districts to help beef up security.
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Q: Redirector outside of Zend controller I have a class in my library folder (My_Class) - it's not a controller. I have TRY-CATCH block in it and I want to immediately redirect from CATCH block. It is possible to do it this way?
    My_Class{

        public function MyFunction(){

            $this->MyOtherFunction();
            //do more stuff

       }

        private function MyOtherFunciton(){

          try{

          //throw exception

          } catch (Exception $e) {

                $redirector = new Zend_Controller_Action_Helper_Redirector();
                $redirector->gotoSimpleAndExit('action','controller','default');
            }

        }

It redirects, but does it redirect immediately? Or can "//do more stuff" be processed?
Thank you
PS: Class is called from controller:
    //in controller
    $myclass = new My_Class();
    $myclass->MyFunction();

A: Yes it does redirect immediately. You can check it out yourself in the file
/Zend/Controller/Action/Helper/Redirector.php
There is also a gotoSimple() function that maybe does not redirect right away.

A: setExit() can be used to force an exit() following a redirect. By default this is TRUE.

you could try $redirector->setExit(false)->setGotoSimple(), I've never had a reason to do anything after a redirect so I haven't tried this feature out.

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Five films will be selected by the artistic director of the festival.
The director and producer of the selected projects should come to Belfort to present their film to the jury. Hotel rooms and meals will be provided by the festival, whereas the applicants will be in charge of their travel costs.
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Pennina Dee Alston Hardy was born to the late George Washington Alston and Carrie Brown Alston on August 7, 1930, in Littleton, North Carolina. She transitioned from this earthly life to her heavenly home on Sunday, September 18, 2016, at Orlando Regional Medical Center in Orlando, Florida.
During her early life, she professed faith in Jesus Christ and became a member of the Zion Hill Baptist Church in the Sunnyside Community of Littleton, North Carolina. Her formal education was received in the Halifax County Public School System.
Dee was united in marriage to Jesse Hardy. This union was blessed with two children who preceded her in death. After relocating to New Jersey in the 1950's, she met Jack and later gave birth to another child who also preceded her in death. She found spiritual comfort at the Shiloh Baptist Church in Plainfield, New Jersey, where she remained a longstanding member.
After many years of employment with Dranetz Electronics Company in New Jersey, she retired and moved to Orlando, Florida, with her companion, David "Dave" Helmes. Dee loved entertaining, and her home was a staple for her family and friends. The "BBQs" she hosted were legendary! She enjoyed traveling, going to the casinos playing the "Pick-it", taking photos of family and friends, collecting beautiful artifacts, and polishing her nails.
In addition to her parents and children, Dee was preceded in death by her five siblings, Junius, Robert, Annie, Helen, and Essie.
Those remaining to forever treasure the precious memories of her life and to share the legacy of her love are her baby brother, Joe Alston; her life partner and best friend, David "Dave" Helmes; her stepdaughter, Jackie Helmes; her niece, Marilyn "Bunny" Hurdle; her nephew, Jim Faulcon; her great-niece, Tonyelle Thompson; her goddaughter, Muzette Williams; and a host of other nieces, nephews, cousins and friends whom she dearly loved. Dee will be sadly missed by her family.
Funeral services will be held at 11:00 A.M. on Saturday, September 24, 2016, at the Zion Hill Missionary Baptist Church, 43 Stansbury Road, Littleton, NC. Rev. Tommy Arrington will deliver the eulogy, and burial will follow in the church cemetery. The body will repose at the church for one hour prior to the funeral time.


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Training School Committed To NICO's Vision – Mrs. Yerima
May 16, 2013 || By: Nico
The newly appointed Director of NICO Training School, Mrs. Brigitte Yerima, has said that the present leadership of NICO, under Dr. Barclays Foubiri Ayakoroma, has the vision of mainstreaming the Training School, and that it was the responsibility of staffers to leverage on that and look into ways of improving standards and the relevance of the school in the Nigerian culture sector.
Mrs. Yerima, who stated this in an inaugural meeting with management and staff of the Training School, on Tuesday, May 14th, 2013, reiterated her resolve to actualize NICO's vision and objectives during her tenure, noting that students' enrolment into the Diploma and Postgraduate Diploma programmes in Cultural Administration had improved significantly.
The Director said she will also focus on capacity building of cultural workers for improved productivity through short-duration courses, noting that it requires teamwork to produce the right results, and enjoined all staff to expect some redeployment that will strategically enhance their productivity.
Mrs. Yerima was, until April 2013, Director/Head, NICO Liaison Office in Lagos, and the pioneer Coordinator of the Training School, when it was kick-started in 2009, as part of the Lagos Office; thus, her redeployment as DTS brings her to a familiar terrain.
We join the management and entire staff of NICO in wishing her an excellent tenure as the Director of NICO Training School.
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