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EFFECT OF SEMI-DWARFISM ON YIELD AND YIELD COMPONENTS IN WHEAT (TRITICUM AESTIVUM L.)
Authors: Jamali K.D, Saima Arain, M.H. Naqvi, A.M. Soomro, M.A. Arain, and Syed Ashraf Ali
Yield and yield component studies were conducted for semi-dwarf wheat genotypes. The yield comparison showed that line 03 (525 g) had the highest grain yield per plot compared with other lines and tested varieties. This could be due to early heading date and increased number of grains per spikelet. The subsequent lines of higher grain yields were 15 (512.5 g), 01 (462.5 g), 14 (462.5 g), 5 (437.5 g), 9 (412.5 g) and 13 (425 g). The better number of grains per spikelet (fertility) was the second reason beside the early heading date for high grain yield of line 15. The higher grain yield in line 1 could be due to medium heading date, higher number of spikelets per spike and increased number of grains per spike. The combined correlation studies suggested that plant height had positive and highly significant correlation with spike length, number of spikelets per spike and main spike grain yield. Spike length had positive and highly significant correlation with number of spikelets, number of grains per spike and main spike grain yield. Number of spikelets per spike had positive and highly significant correlation with number of grains per spike and main spike grain yield. Number of grains per spikelet had highly significant negative correlation with spike length and number of spikelets per spike. Grain yield of main spike is a very important character which had highly significant positive correlation with characters plant height, spike length, number of spikelets per spike and number of grains per spike.
CITRIC ACID FERMENTATION OF HYDROLYSED SWEET POTATO STARCH BY ASPERGILLUS NIGER
Authors: Andleeb Anwar Sardar, Sikander Ali*, Samina Anwar and Ikram-ul-Haq
The present study deals with the screening of Aspergillus niger from soil for citric acid production by submerged fermentation. A. niger IIB-A6 produced 23.32±1.44 g/l citric acid. Sweet potato starch was found as a better substrate compared to maize starch. The kinetic parameters Yp/x (1.96 g/g cells), Qp (0.13 g/l/h) and qp (0.014 g/g/h) were 8-10 fold higher with sweet potato starch than the maize starch. Sugar conc. (150 g/l), incubation period (168 h) and initial pH (6.0) were optimized. The maximum citric acid production obtained during the course of study was 28.40±1.07 g/l. Sugar consumption and dry cell mass were 121.33±0.91 and 14.29±0.88 g/l, respectively. The mycelia were small pellets.
EFFECTIVE DETECTION OF BANANA BUNCHY TOP NANOVIRUS USING DNA PROBES
Authors: Khalil S.M.1 , M.I.1 Salama, I.A. Abdel-Hamid1 , Hanan A. Nour El-Din1 and A.S. Sadik1,2
According to DNA sequences of components one and four of BBTV isolate, that were isolated from AGERI cultivated area, Egypt, two pairs of primers were designed to amplify BBTV replicase (BBTV-rep) and movement protein (BBTV-mv) genes. The amplified fragments were cloned into pGEM-T easy vector and two new plasmids were created, i.e., pBBTV-Rep and BBTV-MV and transformed into Escherichia coli. Results showed that PCR products with a size of about 1.1 Kbp, which represented BBTV-rep and BBTV-mv, were successfully amplified. In case of BBTV-mv, a number of 17 clones were subjected to minipreparation followed by restriction endonuclease analysis. Results showed that 9 (1-5, 12-14 and 16) out of the 17 clones were found to be recombinant and 1.1 Kbp fragments were released. For Southern blotting analysis, the previous gel was southern blotted onto a membrane and the same 9 clones gave signals when the membrane was hybridized with 32P-labeled-PCR probe of BBTV-mv amplified from DNA of BBTV-infected plants. On the other hand, similar probe was prepared from pBBTV-MV plasmid and used for virus detection in BBTV-infected plants. On the other hand, a PCR product amplified from the pBBTVRep plasmid was labeled with 32P and used as a probe for detection of BBTV in virusinfected plants as well as the healthy as control. Findings of this study could be concluded in developing a rapid, effective and sensitive detection of BBTV in nucleic acids of either PCR amplified from BBTV-infected plants or 32P-DNA-PCR labeled probe via Southern blot hybridization
ANALYSIS OF GENETIC STABILITY OF MICROPROPAGATED OCHRADENUS BACCATUS
Authors: Ghareb, Heba E. 1; Gaber, Mahdia F. 1; Abdallah, Naglaa A. 2,3
Ochradenus baccatus (Del.), an important medicinal plant, belongs to the family Resedacea. Presently this is an endangered species therefore nonconventional methods for their propagation are requested to prevent its eradication. We developed a micropropagation method for mass multiplication of O. baccatus. Explants collected from South Sinai were used to establish cultures of O. baccatus. Surface sterilized nodal shoot segments and shoot tips were used for micropropagation by culturing on Murashige and Skoog (MS) medium supplemented with different concentrations and combinations of BA and 2ip. Stem node sections were superior in enhancing formation of sub axillary shoots on MS medium supplemented with 1.0 mg/l BA + 1.0 mg/l 2ip. The multiplied shoots were then rooted on WPM supplemented with 1.0 mg/l IBA. The plantlets were acclimatized ex vitro. Genetic stability of plants produced in vitro was evaluated using random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) analysis. Plants produced under different concentrations of hormones, mother plant and the plants grown ex vitro were analyzed by RAPD using 8 random 10-mer DNA primers. Results showed that 73 RAPD bands were obtained which gave 39.72 % polymorphism. The production of variant plants is not good for commercial propagation. However, it could be minimized by reducing the subculture cycle or by reducing hormone level in media. Additionally, this variability could be used for further improvement and selection of new cultivars and is an important source of variability to be exploited.
ISOLATION AND CHARACHTERIZATION OF CRUDE PROTEASE INHIBITORS FROM RICINUS COMMUNIS (Castor Beans)
Authors: Fahmida A. Soomro, M. Umar Dahot and *A.U. Rehman
Protease inhibitors are frequently found in different sources such as animals, plants and microorganisms and they inhibit the activity of proteases. In our studies protease inhibitors (PIs) were isolated and characterized from plants tissues such as seeds. Ricinus communis has shown highest inhibition activity as compared to other seeds (Glycin max, Triticum astevium, Zey mays, Helianthus annus, Pennisetium typheides, Avena sativa, Brassica compestris etc.) at optimized conditions. Crude protease inhibitor sample (extracted from castor beans) incubated for 60 minutes at 35 ºC, using sodium phosphate buffer pH =7.5, soluble casein as a substrate and trypsin enzyme were used for maximum inhibition activity. The crude protease inhibitors were characterized at different parameters such as effect of time period, substrate concentration, enzyme and sample concentration, variable temperature and pH control.
STUDIES ON STABILITY OF SUGAR BEET GENOTYPES UNDER OLD AND NEW RECLAIMED LANDS
Authors: 1 Shalaby N.M.S., 2 I.E El-Beially, A.H.S. 3Al-Labbody and 4 S .H.M Abd- El- Haleem
The stability measures are useful in characterizing genotypes by showing their relative performance in various environments. Ten sugar beet genotypes were evaluated across eight different environments in old lands and four environments in new land reclaimed with two sowing dates and two locations. Two years to study their yield potential and stability. Four statistical parameters (Wricke's Ecovalence, Shukla's (two measures), kang and Coefficient of variation) were used for determining yield and other traits stability of the genotypes. Highly significant differences due to genotypes (G) in old land and all environments for all studied traits except sucrose % in combined data were found. Environments (E) and GxE interaction had the same trend in all lands and combined data except sucrose % in old land, which is suggesting differential responses of the genotypes. Results showed that the statistics parameters were differed in their efficiency for determining the true stable genotypes. But all proposed parameters were in line for determining stability of G4 in old land for root yield and sucrose yield and over all the environments with considering mean yield, so it could be recommended for growing under conditions of old land and G6 for root yield and G3 for sugar yield in new reclaimed land. Concerning sucrose (%), the genotype G9 in old land and the genotypes (G4, G5, G6, G9 and G10) concerning yields in new reclaimed land were recorded by all proposed parameters (C.V.,  2 i, S2 i, Eco. and Ysi) for stability. So they could be recommended for growing under these conditions. The relative small value for the heritability in all traits studied means that the large effect by environmental on the studied traits.
ANTAGONISTIC AND INSECTICIDAL ACTIVITIES OF SOME STREPTOMYCES ISOLATES
Authors: Osman G.1 ; Mostafa S.1 and Sonya H. Mohamed2
Fifteen local isolates of Streptomyces named, S01, S02, S03, S04, S05, S06, S07, S08, S09, S10, S11, S12, S13, S14, and S15, isolated from different soils and geographical areas in Egypt were used in this investigation. These isolates were propagated for screening studies and to evaluate their efficiency as antagonistic agents against some phytopathogenic fungi (such as, Rhizopus nigricans, Aspergillus niger, Fusarium oxysporum and Helminthisporum gramenium) and insect pest, (cotton leaf worm, Spodopetra littoralis). The Streptomyces isolates were grown on starch nitrate broth medium under shaking condition at 28oC for 6 days. Culture filtrates were then tested against the five phytopathogenic fungi. Results revealed that most of the isolates were varied in their antagonistic activities. Isolate S08 was active against R. nigricans, A. niger and F. oxysporum while isolates S01, S05, S11 and S14 were active against A. niger and F. oxysporum and isolates S04, S09 and S13 were active against R. nigricans and A. niger. On the other hand, no antifungal activity was found against Helminthisporum sp. The insecticidal activity of both culture filtrates and cell pellets were tested against cotton leaf worm. The experimental results showed that the pellets of some Streptomyces isolates were more active against cotton leaf worm than culture filtrates. Generally, isolates S05, S08, S10 and S15 showed 80, 100, 70 and 80% mortality against cotton leaf worm, respectively. The protein(s) of isolate S08 cells was purified through ammonium sulfate saturation 40, 60 and 80%. Results of SDS-PAGE analysis showed that a 40 KDa protein was purified and showed high activity against four instars of the cotton leaf worm. This result demonstrated the ability to use such Streptomyces isolates as effective biopesticide agents.
EFFECT OF SOME PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS ON BIOCHEMICAL GENE EXPRESSION, GROWTH AND YIELD OF FABA BEAN
Authors: Ibrahim1 , I.S.; A.B. Abdel-Razik and M. Ebeed Naglaa
In the greenhouse experiment Vicia faba L. cv. Giza 716 were treated with 25 and 50 ppm of paclobutrazol (PP333), kinetin (Kin), naphthalene acetic acid (NAA) and 50 and 100 ppm of ethephon (Et) as foliar spray at the onset of flowering and fruiting. Plant height, branches and flowers number were recorded after 104 days from sowing. Two samples were taken after 90 days from planting and at harvest. At the 1 st sample date, biochemical analyses were conducted in leaves for determination of total soluble sugars, phenols, indoles, free amino acids, water soluble protein and isozymes. At harvesting time (2nd sample), number of pods, pods and seeds dry weights/plant were taken. Total seed proteins and soluble carbohydrates were evaluated in dry faba bean seeds. PP333 at 50 ppm had significant and negative effect on plant height, flowers number, total phenols and indoles. The high concentration of Kin, Et and NAA treatments increased the number of pods, the dry weight of pods and seeds per plant whereas the opposite occurred in the same concentration of PP333 treatment. Seed yield was correlated with the number of pods per plant and the dry weight of pods per plant. In general, NAA at 25 ppm has strongly stimulating effect on total soluble sugars, phenols, indoles and free amino acids (in leaves), soluble carbohydrates (in seeds) and seed index (100-seed weight). It seems that growth promoter NAA enhance the mobilization of photoassimilates to filling seeds. Protein banding patterns and isozymes of superoxide dismutase, peroxidase, catalase, α, β- esterases, acid phosphatase separation by electrophoresis were successfully used to faba bean subjected to PP333, Kin, Et and NAA. The applied plant growth regulators affected the rate of gene expression in leaves more than in seeds. Their effects on growth, fruit set, yield, correlated components, proteins SDS-PAGE and isozymes were discussed below.
MUTATION OF CEPHALOSPORIUM ACREMONIUM NRRL-2443 THROUGH UVIRRADIATION FOR CEPHALOSPORIN-C PRODUCTION
Authors: Shumaila Butt, Sikander Ali* and Ikram-ul-Haq
The present study is concerned with the selection of a mutant variant of Cephalosporium acremonium for the optimal production of cephalosporin-C. The parental strain C. acremonium NRRL-2443 was subjected to UV-radiations for 10-80 min. Among all the mutants tested, C. acremonium GCUV-6 gave maximum antibiotic i.e. 454 mg/ml, which was 3.91 fold improved compared to the wild (116 mg/ml). The cultural conditions and nutritional requirements for cephalosporin-C production by selected mutant were optimized by submerged culture technique. The incubation period (72 h), initial pH (6.5) and soybean meal (6.0 %, w/v) supported maximum production of cephalosporin-C (493 mg/ml).
USE OF INTER SIMPLE SEQUENCE REPEAT-POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION (ISSR-PCR) TECHNIQUE FOR DETERMINATION OF THE EFFECT OF FAST NEUTRON IRRADIATION ON VICIA FABA SEEDS
Authors: Hussein, T.S.1 and A. El-Shourbagy Gehan2
The effect of low doses of fast neutrons on the DNA genome of broad bean (Vicia faba) mature seeds was determined. In this study, inter simple sequence repeat (ISSR)-polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tool was used to analyze the genetic alteration of treated seeds of V. faba using six ISSR primers. Results showed that each primer gave rich and clear patterns with bands ranged from 179 to 1256 bp. Among the 61 ISSR fragments, 21 were representing the effect of the treatment of V. faba seed samples. ISSR markers clearly and easily distinguish all the tested samples and also discriminate between fast neutron-treated and untreated seeds. The dissimilarity values ranged 42 to 47% between the fast neutron-treated seeds and the control seed (untreated) and from 27 to 38% between the fast neutron-treated seeds. The dendrogram resulting from a UPGMA cluster analysis comprised two main distinct clusters, the first one including the control V. faba seed (untreated) and the second, includes all samples from the same kind of treatment divided into three groups: the S4 (group A), S2 and S3 (group B) and S1 (group C), these groups being separated at a similarity level.
IN-VITRO MULTIPLICATION OF BANANA (MUSA SPP.) UNDER DIFFERENT NaCl STRESSES
Authors: Ikram-ul-Haq*, Faheeda Soomro, M. U. Dahot, Shahrrukh and Um-e-Aiman
Salinity is a major abiotic factor. Its effects were assessed on the micropropagation efficiency in Pakistani banana (Musa spp.) variety Basrai. Micropropagation rate was decreased with an increase in NaCl level. Due to it, numbers of plantlets per explant, pseudostem diameter was decreased. Bio-chemical contents were also affected due to salinity such as K+ was decreased while Na+ and Clincreased significantly. So salinity is reducing not only micro-propagation efficiency in banana as well as decreasing its yield.
REGENERATION AND AGROBACTERIUM-MEDIATED TRANSFORMATION OF WATERMELON
Authors: Zakaria, H.M. 1, Hussein, Gihan M. 1, Sadik, A.S. 1,3 and Abdallah, Naglaa A. 1,2
In this study, a rapid regeneration system for two Egyptian watermelon cultivars (Giza 1 and Giza 21) was developed using the proximal zone of the hypocotyls. An Agrobacterium-mediated transformation system was also established for both cultivars. Results showed that the highest regeneration frequency of both cultivars (Giza 1 and Giza 21) was detected on explants that cultured on medium 5MSBAABA, as it revealed a percentage of 75 (Giza 1) and 72 (Giza 21) with 4-6 shoots/explants. It was also clearly observed that carbon source has an effect on the shoot regeneration frequency. Data showed that the hypocotyls explant revealed a regeneration percentage of 96.6 instead of 73.3 % when the sucrose was only used in 5MSAABA medium. Also, when 1.5g/L phytagel and 3g/L agar were used in 5MSBAABA medium the vitrification phenomenon of the developed shoots was decreased. A percentage of ~80 % of the shoots formed roots on the medium contained 40 µg/L NAA. At the level of transformation experiment, results showed that a number of 20 (16.7%) explants out of 120 explants of both watermelon cultivars were survived on the bialaphos- selection medium, and produced 42 (for Giza 1) and 33 (for Giza 21) bialaphos-resistant shoots. The presence of gus-intron (2070 bp) and bar (540 bp) genes was confirmed via polymerase chain reaction while their expressions were detected by histochemical GUS assay and leaf painting with 1 mg/L Basta herbicide.
BATCH CULTURE THERMO TOLERANCE OF SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE DURING INVERTASE PRODUCTION
Authors: Sikander Ali*, Aafia Aslam and Ikram-ul-Haq
Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains IIB-12 (wild) and NG-46 (mutant) were compared on the basis of kinetics and thermo tolerance for invertase production. NG-46 showed significantly higher (p≤0.05) values of Qp and Yp/s compared to other yeast strains. Thermodynamics revealed that cell system exerted protection against thermal inactivation during product formation. The enthalpy (∆H, KJ/mol) and entropy of activation (∆S, J/mol/K) for Invertase production substantially improved specificity constant activation energy, free energies for transition state formation and substrate binding for sucrose fermenting. The results highlighted an improvement in thermo stability (>40°C) of microbial endogenous metabolism for enzyme secretion.
PRODUCTION OF POLYCLONAL ANTIBODIES SPECIFIC TO CITRUS TRISTEZA VIRUS (CTV) USING THE 6X HIS-TAGGED FUSION COAT PROTEIN
Authors: Salama, M.I.1 ; El-Domyati, F.M. 2 ; Salem, R.E.1 ; Nour El-Din, Hanan1 and Sadik, A.S.1,3
Citrus tristeza virus (CTV) is one of the most destructive and economically important diseases of commercial citrus worldwide. In this study, the coat protein (cp) gene of CTV was subcloned into PQE-30 vector at Bam HI and Hind-III restriction sites. The constructed plasmid that called pRMAF2 was transformed into Escherichia coli M15 strain for its expression and production of fusion protein for CTV-cp gene. The suitable condition for inductions of CTV-cp was in the presence of 1 mM IPTG and overnight incubation time. The bacterial culture was harvested and the expressed fusion protein(s) was purified by QIA express kit. Polyclonal antibodies (PAbs) were raised by injection of the purified fusion protein(s) into two white mice followed by western blotting analysis using the expressed fusion protein(s) and the CTV-infected citrus extracts as controls. It can be concluded that the immuno-enzymatic detection based on the produced antibodies against CTV-cpORF fusion proteins were safe, speed and sensitive for the detection of the virus.
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Green burial is a process wherein a body is returned to the soil in its most natural form without a wooden or concrete coffin, or any toxic embalming fluids.
A typical 15 acre cemetery contains enough coffin wood to construct more than 60 homes, nearly 1,500 tons of casket metal and another 30,000 tons of vault concrete.
Plus enough toxic embalming fluid to fill a large swimming pool.
Isn't it time to take some kind of stand here?
The manufacturing of coffins requires the destruction of forests.
Embalming fluids seep into the soil and pollute the water thus disturbing the ecosystem.
Traditional coffins do not decompose, causing a toxic sludge to form underground. This sludge mainly consists of cancer- inducing toxic chemicals called formaldehyde. Hundreds and hundreds of gallons of formaldehyde enter our water table every years.
The body may instead be wrapped in a bio-degradable material like a sheet or a shroud.
Another alternative would be to use an eco friendly card-board box for a coffin. Nature takes its course and the decomposition of organic matter enriches the earth and nourishes plants which eventually contribute towards a healthier environment.
Green burials can also save you money.
Green burial really speaks to old-fashioned values of frugality, simplicity, a love of family, a desire to do it yourself and self-sufficiency, and a respect for tradition.
This is how nature intended it to be.


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I was really looking forward to this one. I kept hearing all these tales about how it's made for my generation and persona type, the geek who grew up in the 1980's. It is not a grand epic book with grand themes. It is meant for a specific audience and never deviates from that. But if you are in that audience, you will love this book.
Unfortunately for me, I found out I am juuuuust a bit outside that audience because I was born in 1981, and most of the nostalgia is too early for me. Video games are Atari and arcade cabinets, not Nintendo and Sega. Movies are WarGames and Ladyhawke, not Batman or Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Music is from Rush and Van Halen, not… well, I have no idea. I didn't really listen to pop music growing up.
Nonetheless, this is my favorite book I've read these two months (as I knew it would be), and I hope the sequel moves the date up juuuuust a little bit.
Jitterbug Perfume by Tom Robbins
For book club. This is… well, it's hard to describe. It's weird. Maybe I'll start by summarizing it.
For 3/4ths of the book, there's one main plot about a king in the past seeking immortality. We focus on him 75% of the time, and the other 25% is three other plot lines in the present. One is about a starving artist in Seattle trying to hit on a blockbuster amateur perfume, one is about a perfumer in New Orleans, and the other is about the brother co-owners of a fragrance company in France. The remaining 1/4th is all these plotlines merging together.
The main hook of the story is the colorful prose. And it is very colorful. The prose is fantastic to read — jazzy metaphors, extravagant similes, splashy hyperbole. It's like every sentence is dessert.
But the problem is, you eat enough dessert, you start to get sick of it. And you want some meat and potatoes. I would love a short story written like this, but it's too intense for an entire novel. It hinges on style over substance, and fore gos plotholes and cohesion for what's neat and creative. There's a lot of weird stuff, a lot of graphic sex. It feels like it was written by a hippie for hippies.
Catching Jordan by Miranda Kenneally
This is not the novel I was expecting, but it is still pretty good. I was sold on the tagline: the main character is a girl on a high school football team. Not just a girl, but the quarterback and the captain. And that's not the big conflict. The big conflict is that a new kid, a new HOT kid comes in, threatening to take her position, and she has to choose between a boy she likes and sport she loves.
Well, that's not exactly what happens. The threat of the new hotness is minimal at best — her position's never in jeopardy. What she's really torn about choosing between the new hotness or her best friend who likes her likes her. There's nothing worse than advertising that fibs on the product in order to sell. Plus, they've been best friends since grade school and only NOW she realizes he likes her, after countless sleepovers and school projects.
The story is YA to the core, and hinges on implausible teen-ness. The only characters in the book are footballers and cheerleaders. Normally, I'd expect main screen time for jocks and cheerleaders with this kind of subject matter. But no one talks to anyone BUT cheerleaders and footballers.
And no one talks about anything but their relationships. That means guys only talk about girls and girls only talk about guys. No one has a life outside of school – no one talks about jobs, or family problems, or homework, or colleges, or non-football activities/hobbies, or other friends. They all exist in their football bubble.
The other big flaw is that the character development is two-faced. The girl quarterback constantly derides the cheerleaders for being slutty, indecisive, and flitting from boyfriend to boyfriend. Whereas she is just as gossipy and self-absorbed as the girls she purports to hate.
So if you're looking for an awesome book about shattering gender stereotypes or a woman succeeding in a man's world, not really here. But If you're looking for a high-school romance that's not in a cliched setting, this is it.
Mary Poppins by P.L. Travers
Goodreads kept recommending this one, so I picked it up from the library. It's not great at all. Stick with the movie. The connection is tenuous at best, and features none of the wit, themes, or charm that made it great.
The plot has no cohesion. The chapters are more like vignettes. In fact, the very second chapter, the one after she's been employed and the scene is set, is her hanging out with Bert. No establishing scene of her with the kids. And to boot, Bert only has a one-shot appearance.
Occasionally, something magic happens, like Mary Poppins hears the babies talking (babies that are not in the movie), or they take a magic umbrella to various spots around the world (which was originally cut for being racist). But it's filled with stodgy Britishness, which makes the characters and the path they take unlikeable.
Rage by Jackie Morse Kessler
I had previously read Hunger, which was about a girl fighting an eating/image disorder who becomes the Horseman Famine. This one follows the same formula, and is maybe a little bit worse. The first one dealt very well with eating disorders, keeping plausible and never going for TV-movie melodrama. Maybe because the author had an ED. Not so with War's chosen psychological disorder.
In this one, the girl is a cutter/self-injurer. But I've studied this, and cutters cut to get the emotions out. They feel helpless, with situations they can't control. They can't control their rage, but they can control the pain, and thus control themselves*. This does not apply to our main character — her family life is ideal: two parents, non-screwed up sister. She plays soccer. And she does not demonstrate being emotionally stunted or repressive, a la Bruce Banner.
Like Hunger, it also takes place over an extremely short period of time. There's a lot of runaround and nothing much happens. There's a lot of internalized thinking that feels like padding. The girl is fucking War for Christ's sake. It seems like something exciting should happen, but I can find a key event except for the beginning and ending.
It also seems that key events in the lot would have higher consequences. For example, at a party, the main character disrobes in anticipation of a sexual encounter with a boy who's already spurned her once (and she's convinced in an extremely implausible teen-ness way). But it's all a cruel trick, as the students burst in and take pictures and videos of her, a la Carrie.
In the real world, that's sexual assault, child abuse, sexual abuse on a minor, and other crimes I'm sure I'm missing. Half the students would get arrested, and the story would blow up nationwide. Instead, it's glossed over, and wrapped up at the end by finding some other kid to make fun of and forgetting about her. Not plausible. Christ, we're living in a world where kids can sexually abuse themselves (by sexting pictures if they're under eighteen).
*This comes up in Baby Blocks, available at fine Fan Fiction sites near you 🙂
Redshirts by John Scalzi
Ah, Scalzi. You're my go-to man for a good book. You never disappoint.
This book feels less epic than Fuzzy Nation, which felt even less epic than Old Man's War. It's good, but not great. If you're a Star Trek nerd, you've already heard all the jokes. It's really just a throwaway sci-fi cliche, drawn out very, very long. But only Scalzi could write a book like that and make it good. Although, as you can tell on the cover, the book has to tack on three codas and still falls short of 90,000 words.
It feels like nothing that happens really matters, because the main characters have no faces, no personality (although that might be the point). It might work as a high-level pitch, but not in fiction. Not if you want the reader to latch onto the characters and sympathize. The ending(s) feel syrupy and forced. I heard a lot of people were crying at the end, but I wasn't one of them. Because the characters did not offer enough emotional capital to invest in.
I feel like it's spread out too thin. I can almost see in the text that Scalzi was stretched too thin to give this book as much polish and thought as his other books. That it's the result of being SFWA president, and taking care of a family, and a blog, and conventions, and all sorts of other things that I'm sure came up.
Odd and the Frost Giants by Neil Gaiman
I never thought I'd be able to read this one, because I thought it was part of some exclusive UK thing. But it was at my library. God bless those things.
I like it. It's short and sweet, classic hero's journey, coming of age, bildrungsroman. Takes place in Norse times with the fab three — Odin, Loki, and Thor. Plenty of Gaiman-style humor–bickering among superpowers, themes of innocent, charming story elements, plenty of magic. It's hard to describe it without spoiling anything. But it's a tasty treat, like an Oreo Blizzard.
Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
Also one that kept being recommended by Goodreads. And it's one of those books that everyone's read, that you always see on the library shelf, but I never got around to reading. I think because the cover was never very appealing to me — Jewish star + Norwegian-looking girl = historical fiction = not interested.
And it is historical fiction, and an exceedingly simple story. But that's not a bad thing. Simple stories need to be simply told, but that doesn't mean their content is simple. Straightforward might be a better way of putting it. We follow a girl in occupied Denmark who watches the Germans tighten their grip, to the point where they need to help her best friend escape.
And it's a good escape. But the story is told through the lens of the girl, so she doesn't really participate. We watch her watch. This kind of book would be a great introduction to WWII and the Nazi movement. Like Schindler's List Junior. Perhaps I am just too old to appreciate it for what it is. The moment's passed me by. But I think even if I caught it at the right age, I'd still be meh.
The Boy at the End of the World by Greg Van Eekhout
The first chapter sold me on this. Unfortunately, same thing happened with Norse Code, another Van Eekhout novel. This one wasn't NEARLY as disappointing, but still… my big complaint is that the story is more about survival and full of action, rather than character, cleverness, and intriguing plot. I guess that's just my personal preference.
A boy wakes up as a result of an "Ark" preservation project. Except everything's gone wrong, and he's the only one who survived. And he's got a cute robot for an Obi Wan. A boy and his robot story? Who could resist? And it is pretty good, but it's not as much about that bond as it is about survival, and what happened to the world. Which I guess is all right. The book is somewhere around the middle-grade/YA border though. As a result, you get some kiddie stuff like the pet mammoth who acts way too domesticated (and poops a lot) mixed with scary stuff like a robot with good intentions for humanity. You know what I'm talking about.
Cleverness, on the other hand, abounds in John Green. This one's far superior to "An Abundance of Katherines". It's the closest to the emotional impact of "Looking for Alaska", but where that one was male POV, this one is female POV. My personal preference is still for "Alaska" (emphasis on personal), but this might be his finest work yet. It's certainly getting him press.
It's a tragic romance about a teen girl and a teen boy, both with cancer, and their daily struggles (spoiler: their daily struggles are much harder than ours, like being able to breathe). And it's not schmaltzy like Nicholas Sparks — no one kisses in the rain, no one writes letters (well, they do, but in a much MUCH better way). It's much more realistic, and the tragedy is the realism of dying. That it's not glorious or romantic, but authentic. And that is so much more tragic and so much better. And so much of a good story.
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Five Final Tables, Two Wins, $1.2 Million and the Championship: Can the UK's No.1 Repeat at the USPO?
Reigning U.S. Poker Open champion Stephen Chidwick is ready to defend his title.
The U.S. Poker Open kicks off inside the PokerGO Studio on Wednesday, February 13th with a $10,000 No Limit Hold'em tournament that sets in motion 11 days of high stakes action culminating with the final table of the $100,000 Main Event on February 23rd.
Today, we caught up with reigning and defending champion Stephen Chidwick who recorded a breakout performance at the inaugural U.S. Poker Open by making five final tables and winning back-to-back events for a total of $1.2 million and the championship trophy.
Given his steady stream of consistent big scores, it comes as no surprise that Chidwick has been looking forward to the U.S. Poker Open ever since its announcement last Fall and he looks back for us on that hectic, yet successful, stretch of high-stakes action last year.
Chidwick is a big fan of the U.S. Poker Open format after he won the $25,000 No Limit Hold'em tournament for $374,000 followed up by the $25,000 Mixed Game Championship for $382,500 on his way to a year that brought him a staggering $10.1 million in tournament earnings.
Chidwick continues his excitement for the U.S. Poker Open as it's intertwined with a combination of his competitive drive mixed with the variety of events on the schedule and battling with some of the best in the world.
The added layer of strategy, balancing, and adjustment during the U.S. Poker Open cannot be understated as Chidwick like many others competing, will spend the large majority of the year battling against the same players.
Poker Central has added $100,000 for the winner of the USPO Championship, and Chidwick sees this as an extra motivation not only for himself but also for other players that might otherwise not play as many events.
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With the White Flamingo Lounge, the famous Megapark presents itself in an unprecedented glow. As a "place to be", the White Flamingo Lounge creates an extravagance for all those who like it shrill and loud. Whether by day or by night, the White Flamingo Lounge is the place to enjoy time and be mesmerized by musical acts, acrobatic performances and first class cocktails.
In stylish ambience and changing themes the White Flamingo Lounge enchants with international flair. The atmosphere of the VIP Lounge on the second floor of the beer garden is stylish, shrill but modern and exclusive. Special drinks and first-class service characterizes the lounge, as well as the best view of the dance floor, the LED screens and the video screens. Sport events are also a true experience in the White Flamingo VIP Lounge.


Andrew Males, author of comedy novel 26 Miles to the Moon, said he was in his garden in Stevenage Old Town for a few minutes but 'got lucky' as he snapped a plane from Luton Airport in front of the supermoon.
Budding photographers had to take their chances last night as cloud cover disrupted clear shots of a supermoon – the biggest and brightest for 68 years.
Ian Harris snapped this striking shot of a plane in front of the supermoon from his Stevenage garden.
But perseverance paid off for some in Stevenage, Hitchin and Biggleswade, while others such as Andrew Males 'got lucky'.
Andrew, who had his appropriately-named comedy novel 26 Miles to the Moon published thanks to a crowdfunding effort, told the Comet he was only outside for a few minutes when he took a shot of a plane from Luton Airport passing in front of the supermoon.
Dawn Brown took this picture of the supermoon from her home in Chells, Stevenage.
The picture was taken at 8pm from his garden in Stevenage Old Town.
Carol Cooper said she took advantage of a break in the cloud to take this supermoon picture in the Broadwater area of Stevenage.
Ian Harris was similarly lucky with a fantastic shot of a plane 'intercepting' the supermoon taken from his own Stevenage garden.
Fellow Stevenage residents Dawn Brown and Carol Cooper were also able to get striking shots of the supermoon from Chells and Broadwater areas respectively, while Rob Weavers' arty effort was taken in Hitchin.
Tim Huckle had to wait for cloud cover to clear from Biggleswade, but his patience paid off.
Ryan Milner took a less serious appraoch with his supermoon mock up posted in the This is Hitchin with added laughter Facebook group which he runs.
Not everyone was enamoured with the supermoon, though, with Ryan Milner posting a series of spoof pictures on This is Hitchin with added laughter, a Facebook group which he runs.
Ryan Milner's 'button moon', another spoof supermoon effort he posted in the This is Hitchin with added laughter Facebook group.
So what has to happen for there to be a supermoon? First, it must be a full moon and, second, the moon must be at a point during its oval-shaped orbit where it is particularly close to Earth (called a perigree).
It is about 30,000 miles closer to Earth during a perigree, as opposed to an apogee – the term used when it is further away.
If you missed it this time there is due to be another supermoon on Wednesday, December 14, but it won't be as big as last night's – the biggest since January 1948.


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W XIX i w początkach XX w. położone były w Rosji, w guberni wileńskiej, w powiecie lidzkim.

W dwudziestoleciu międzywojennym kolonia leżąca w Polsce, w województwie nowogródzkim, w powiecie lidzkim. Do 11 kwietnia 1929 w gminie Bielica, następnie w gminie Tarnowo/Białohruda. W 1921 miejscowość liczyła 79 mieszkańców, zamieszkałych w 12 budynkach, wyłącznie Polaków. 78 mieszkańców było wyznania rzymskokatolickiego i 1 prawosławnego.

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Extra Points: What's That You Say?
Posted on August 27, 2018 August 26, 2018 CategoriesBusiness Strategy, Extra PointsTagsBusiness, Leadership, Risk Management, Rotary, sales, small businessLeave a comment on Extra Points: What's That You Say?
As the Youth Exchange Officer for my Rotary Club, I get the honor of helping to pick up our inbound exchange student every summer. This student will stay a year with families from our club and have an exciting time. This year, we have a young man from Thailand.
I was speaking to my colleague in the club who is hosting our student to see how his first week went. He said things were great, and that the young man's English was very good. As with all languages, we have idioms and slang that don't translate very well. He laughed when he said, "I had to teach him what 'I'm just messing with you' means!" I'm sure this learning curve will continue as the young man starts school next week.
There's a language to business, both holistically and by industry. While one may have studied the language of business, they may may get stumped with the acronyms, slang, colloquialisms, and insider humor that is prevalent in all businesses and vocations. It's as if someone were messing with them.
This is actually quite simple to fix; keep it simple.
Never assume someone else knows shortcuts and acronyms; avoid making things more complicated than they need to be; be pithy and clear; use strong vocabulary to clarify and define. In other words, make it easy to do business with others.
We are now a global economy and must be able to quickly communicate ideas and concepts with each other, whether it be with clients and customers next door or halfway around the world. The better you are able to accomplish this, the more rapidly you'll be able to leverage success and build relationships.


For the past two years I had been hearing a steady buzz about a restaurant called Chapter One: The Modern Local. This restaurant is located in the hipster chic Downtown Santa Ana, just down the street from The Playground. When we walked into the dining room, the mood was humming like a bee hive with the sounds of merriment over food and cocktails.
The decor of Chapter One looks like a Victorian era library that has been converted to a speakeasy, with dark woods, book shelves, and retro-modern red stained pendulum lights. Chapter One is one of the new wave of modern gatropubs taking over the Orange County dining scene, offering premium beer, craft cocktails and high-end gastropub fare over the steady pulse of deep house music.
T he menu of Chapter One: The Modern Local is based on local and seasonal ingredients, so you can expect many items on the menu to change regularly. The menu places a and has a heavy focus on Modern American Gastropub fare that pushes the limits on ingredient and preparations styles.
A gin based cocktail made from City of London dry gin, Midnight Moon moonshine, Perucci white vermouth, Littet Aperiff Wine, Chase Elderflower liqueur fresh blueberry and basil infused soda. There were many different things happening in this cocktail; although, the consummation of blueberry and floral bouquets is the common flavor thread that carries the drink. The cocktail has a balanced sweet flavor and a gentle effervescence delivering a pleasant flora bouquet to the nose.
An interesting and savory dish that got my attention. This dish is comprised of a Culotte cut of the beef tenderloin that is dry rubbed with a coffee and coco powder and then wrapped in thick cut bacon. The bacon wrapped beef loin is then pan seared and cooked to my specified medium rare. The Chef then deglazed the pan with a red wine to create the demi-glaze sauce to garnish the plate. The Beef Culotte was served atop a Dijon infused smashed potato. The natural beef and bacon flavors were dominant on the palate, but the coffee and coco dry rubs added subtle notes. I really liked how the tangy flavor of the Dijon potatoes mellowed out the rich proteins in the dish. I would have licked the plate if that was socially acceptable.
Aside:culotte steak = top sirloin cap steak This is a small, boneless steak cut from the sirloin. This cut of steak has amazing flavors, although tends to be a little tougher than other loin cuts. It is best cooked with a fatty medium like Bacon or a slow cooking method. Curious where rib-eye comes from?
The Italian Burger is made with a "Special Beef Blend", roasted tomato relish, provolone cheese, a large Parmesan cheese crisp, portobello mushroom, basil aioli and served with duck fat fries. This burger had a very impressive ingredient list that provided many layers of flavor and texture. When I bit into the burger's outer edge I had the most wonderful flavor and texture profile. Although as I chewed the meat, it was not as juicy as expected. Upon examination, the meat with cooked medium-well/almost well-done. The Italian burger was standing in the shadow of its own glory; this burger really could have knocked my socks off if it was cooked medium to medium –rare. I would normally have sent the burger back, but we were running late to an ugly sweater party. Fortunately the flavor made up for the overcooked meat; it was a bitter-sweet experience.
Duck fat fries came as a compliment to the burger and was prepared flawlessly. The fries are deep-fried in Duck Fat! As a result, you get a pleasant rich flavor and a crispy exterior. The duck fat fries were served with a house made ketchup that has a sweet flavor profile, perfect accompaniment to the fries. If you are a French fry aficionado, you should try these once.
Duck Fat Fries are fried in real Duck Fat! Served with house made sweet Ketchup!
We ordered dessert, because we are adults and there were no parents telling us no :). We selected the Red Velvet doughnut because it just sounded awesome. Two moist and rich strawberry red-velvet doughnuts sandwiched a healthy dollop of Kampo Pepper Ginger infused cream cheese frosting. This dish was very close to being awesome, although we both found that there was way too much pepper ginger mixed into the cream cheese frosting. As a result of the over application of pepper ginger, we were distracted by the zing and had a hard time tasting the red-velvet doughnut. We still ended up eating the entire dessert, although we would have enjoyed it more if they throttled back on the ginger.
Overall an amazing dinner experience, with some minor hiccups. Chapter One: The Modern Local is pretty impressive restaurant that is helping to shape the modernization of the Down Town Santa Ana district into a dinning destination. I really liked the creativity of the dishes at this restaurant and strong focus on craft cocktails and beers. I will be back to experience their delicious cocktails and meals. I am sure that the troubling sub-plots were an anomaly to the otherwise wonderful dinning experience. I will be visiting again soon for their brunch and will be reporting back with an update.
Next: Win a pair of tickets for the 2012 OC Fair New Years Eve Block Party!


Winger Kallum Mantack has joined National League North side FC United of Manchester on a one-month loan deal.
Mantack, who has made two appearances for Latics so far this season, will join the Red Rebels until October 21.
He is available for their home game against Tamworth on Saturday.


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Yeshivat Moreshet Yerushalayim is the only Yeshiva program that combines challenging and thorough Torah study with real work experience in Israeli companies. The Torah curriculum is geared towards mastery of fundamental texts, enhancing students reading and critical thinking skills, creating independent thinkers, and promoting the growth of future community leaders. The students curriculum has a tremendous amount of diversity, both in subject matter--Shiurim in Tanakh, Mahshava, Mussar, and Gemara-- and from their teachers who are either from the community or from Israel. The internship program gives students exposure to the world of Israeli Start-Ups and valuable experience in the workplace. The Moreshet Yerushalayim internship program helps instill healthy habits and character traits such as self-confidence, independence, responsibility, and hard work. In addition to this, Moreshet Yerushalayim believes in building our students connection to the land of Israel and our Jewish Past. The students experience dozens of amazing trips throughout the country with a focus on "experiencing" the stories of Tanakh" as our great grandparents did. Moreshet Yerushalayim students through their commitment to the Torah curriculum, through their exposure to exciting business vistas, and their feeling a connection to Am Yisrael and Eres Yisrael, will have the knowledge, the tools, and the passion to be our community's future leaders.
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A highly philanthropic man, Mr. Saul E. Ashkenazi A"H was involved in numerous charities. He was a key donor to launch Yeshiva University's scholarship funds in the early 1960s, was a Co-Founder of the Jewish Communal Fund in the early 1970s, and introduced Israeli Bonds into the local NY/NJ Jewish communities in the mid 1970s. Mr. Ashkenazi also had a passion for architecture, and was the architect for the Ohel Yaacob Synagogue of Deal NJ in the 1980s, and the Shaare Zion Synagogue building expansion of Brooklyn, NY in the early 1990s. Perhaps his proudest philanthropic contribution was the purchase and donation of 56 acres of land with his brother Ely in NJ in the late 1970s where the Hillel Yeshiva preschool, elementary, and high schools now stand and flourish with over 800 students. In subsequent years, Mr. Ashkenazi raised tens of millions of dollars for new buildings and scholarship funds.
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Yesterday a friend came over to quilt a couple of veterans quilts. She has been through longarm training so it wasn't like I had to train a newbie. She just needed some practice and I was happy to oblige. I wanted to be nearby in case she needed something so I worked on the wall and finished the last full section.
It's the perfect ending to the best project I've ever done! I struggled for weeks to think of a good motif to finish off the wall and what could be better than a Featherweight? The sewing machine needle is a glass rod and once it's grouted it will be just a fine black line.
Filling in the backgrounds on the signature blocks is the last thing I have to do until I grout this side of the wall. I have to wait for a couple of warm days so that I can open all of the windows but will grout it as soon as I can. The background for the 17 block is dark blue and I think the background for the initials block will be olive green. I needed dark colors to contrast with the letters and numbers and those are the only 2 colors that I have enough materials to finish the blocks. That's as good a reason as any!
To answer your next question, yes, I'm going to keep going. I'm going to turn right at this corner and I have a plan for the next 5 feet of wall space. It doesn't involve clamshells or any symbolic imagery. I"m over all that. I have something planned that will use up a lot of cups of leftover pottery bits. I'll unveil that plan a little later. I think it's going to look pretty cool.
Today it's back to the applique. I need to get all the stuff off the cutting table so I can trim the newest veterans quilts to show you.
Vicki, your sewing machine is perfect! Thanks for sharing your inspiring creativity.
BRAVO!! What an excellent choice with that Featherweight. I can't wait to see the full wall reveal. And how much fun that you are going to keep going . . .
what a great idea to finish it off with a featherweight! I sure hope you plan on showing a photo of the whole wall after all the grouting is done - I know I am looking forward to seeing it.
There is nothing more appropriate than a sewing machine to finish that wall! Bravo for sticking with it and getting it done. I'll be looking forward to your idea for the next wall.
That is an awesome wall. The sewing machine fits in so well with all of you personal touches.
The little Featherweight is a perfect finish. I still love your wall project. It is so cool.
Love the Featherweight ... and the whole wall! Now I am looking forward to seeing around the corner.
I do love the sewing machine. A featherweight is symbolic of the history of sewing. So it was a great choice.
I am looking forward to the next section of wall.
Great choice to finish off the wall! I've loved watching the progress of this unique project! What a wonderful way to display your art and memories!
What a great way to end the clamshell wall!
Perfect!!! You couldn't have picked anything better for the last section. Can't wait to see what you have planned for the next wall!!


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Eduardo Chicharro Briones (Madrid, 1905-1964) fue un pintor y poeta español, fundador y uno de los principales teorizadores, junto a Carlos Edmundo de Ory y Silvano Sernesi,  del Postismo, movimiento de vanguardia surgido en España a mediados de la década de 1940.

Biografía
Eduardo Chicharro Briones nació el 13 de junio de 1905 en Madrid, en la calle de Ayala del Barrio de Salamanca. Su padre fue el pintor Eduardo Chicharro y Agüera (1873-1949), que había sido pintor de cámara del rey Alfonso XIII.

En 1912 su padre es nombrado director de la sede en Roma de la Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, en sustitución de don Ramón del Valle-Inclán, por lo que toda la familia se trasladará a Roma, ciudad en la que permanecerán hasta 1925.

En el período 1928-1935, tras haber realizado el servicio militar en España, regresa a Roma para disfrutar de una beca concedida por la Real Academia de Bellas Artes. Ahora entra en contacto con el pintor surrealista Gregorio Prieto, con quien realizará una serie de experimentos artísticos que anticipan el Postismo, y con César González Ruano.

Realiza varios viajes por Europa, contrae matrimonio con la pintora italiana Nanda Papiri (1937), conoce a Silvano Sernesi (1941) y regresa definitivamente a España en 1943 para desempeñar el cargo de profesor de Dibujo Artístico en la Escuela de Artes y Oficios y el de profesor de Pedagogía del Dibujo en la Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando. También comienza a frecuentar las tertulias de los cafés, especialmente el Café Pombo.

En 1944 crea, junto con Carlos Edmundo de Ory y Silvano Sernesi,  el Postismo, movimiento estético que pretendía ser una alternativa a la Poesía desarraigada y arraigada de entonces y que pretendía asimilar el conjunto de las estéticas de vanguardia que habían frutificado antes de la Guerra Civil, de lo cual su nombre, cuyo significado primitivo era "el ismo que viene después de todos los ismos".  Funda con sus compañeros la revista Postismo, cuyo primer número corresponde al 31 de enero de 1945 y que será suspendida al poco tiempo por las autoridades del Régimen, encarnadas en el Director General de Información y Turismo, Arias Salgado, y el Director de Prensa, Juan Aparicio. La revista reaparecerá unos meses después, en abril, con el nombre de La Cerbatana, corriendo una suerte similar.

Durante este año y el siguiente escribe numerosos poemas y relatos, realiza exposiciones, imparte conferencias, colabora en revistas, publica artículos...

Una vez olvidado el Postismo, a lo largo de la década de los cincuenta, escribe su libro de poemas Cartas de Noche. Fallece el 16 de marzo de 1964 en su casa de Madrid, unos días después de terminar su novela El pájaro en la nieve.

Obra
Akebedonys 1930 (1935) (teatro).
La pluriingüe lengua (1945) (sonetos).
La lámpara (1945) (teatro).
Tetralogía (1949-1950) (poemas).
Cartas de Noche (1950-1960) (poemas).
Música celestial (1947-1958) (poemas).
El pájaro en la nieve (1964) (novela).

Enlaces externos
 Cronología de Eduardo Chicharro

 Biografía de Eduardo Chicharro Briones
 Eduardo Chicharro: "La soledad como ámbito del poeta" de Amador Palacios. Revista Espéculo, n.º 31, Madrid, Universidad Complutense, 2005

Poetas de la Comunidad de Madrid
Escritores de España del siglo XX
Escritores en español del siglo XX
Pintores de España del siglo XX
Nacidos en Madrid
Fallecidos en Madrid


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Joseph Chrest (born September 15, 1965) is an American academic and actor. He has had roles in numerous films and television shows including 21 Jump Street, 22 Jump Street, Oldboy, Lee Daniels' The Butler, The Perfect Date, and as Ted Wheeler in Stranger Things.

Early life and education
Chrest was born and raised in St. Albans, West Virginia, where he attended St. Albans High School. In the late 1980s, he earned his master's degree in acting from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Career
Chrest is also an adjunct professor at the School of Theatre in Louisiana State University's College of Music & Dramatic Arts. He teaches a film acting class. Since 1992, he is a founding member of LSU's Swine Palace.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

Stranger Things at LSU: Interview with Professor Joe Chrest, 26 October 2017.

Living people
Louisiana State University faculty
Male actors from West Virginia
Marshall University alumni
People from St. Albans, West Virginia
1965 births


Nigerian public schools are reopening in Borno state, in the country's northeast, where the military has pushed Boko Haram extremists from many cities and towns, said a military official.
Many schools have been closed for more than two years in areas of Borno state that had been controlled by Boko Haram, which means "Western education is sinful." A three-month multinational offensive earlier this year drove Boko Haram out of towns including Gwoza which had been headquarters of what the group called its Islamic caliphate.
Nigeria's military reopened a public school in Gwoza, Saturday. The schools are being reopened while troops continue to recapture territory from the insurgent's, military spokesman Col. Sani Kukasheka Usman said.
At least 2.1 million people have been displaced in the region by Boko Haram's 6-year-old insurgency. Nearly 20,000 people have died from the violence.
In neighboring Adamawa state, a university opened after Boko Haram was forced out by the military has hired local hunters to defend students and staff from Boko Harm attacks. The university hired over 80 hunters to provide safety against possible attacks, said the vice chancellor of the Adamawa State University in Mubi, Prof. Shall David Joshua.


Type Conserved_site Description The transport of peptides into cells is a well-documented biological phenomenon which is accomplished by specific, energy-dependent transporters found in a number of organisms as diverse as bacteria and humans. The PTR family of proteins is distinct from the ABC-type peptide transporters and was uncovered by sequence analyses of a number of recently discovered peptide transport proteins . These proteins that seem to be mainly involved in the intake of small peptides with the concomitant uptake of a proton .These integral membrane proteins are predicted to comprise twelvetransmembrane regions.This entry describes two conserved sites. The first conserved site is found within a region that includes the end of the second transmembrane region, a cytoplasmic loop as well as the third transmembrane region. The second conserved site corresponds to the core of the fifth transmembrane region.


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Growing Greens in Lagan Valley
Following on from the recent electoral success of the Green Party leader, Steven Agnew MLA in North Down, the local Greens in Lagan Valley are showing signs of growth.
At their AGM meeting held in Bridge Community Centre, Lisburn, on Tuesday 28 June, new members were introduced and a vote taken to transform the local group into a more effective constituency group for Lagan Valley. Positions were also appointed for Chair, Secretary, Treasurer, and Communications Officer.
Conor Quinn, who has been re-elected Chair said: "As a result of our increasing membership the Lagan Valley Greens have recently reconstituted as a full constituency group within the party".
"We were delighted with the response on the doorsteps during the recent elections. It is clear there is an appetite for new, progressive politics in Lagan Valley".
Local environmental issues were also discussed at the AGM, including the proposed development of John Lewis with 20 smaller retail units at Sprucefield, the proposed waste energy plants at Glenavy and Moira Road, the wind turbine at Lisnagarvey Hockey Club, and the allotments at Killeaton Playing Fields.
Lagan Valley Greens' members come from different backgrounds, careers and age groups. Prospective members don't need to be ecologists or environmental perfectionists to join. All that is needed is an interest in improving life for people and the planet.
As the Green Party believes in clean politics, it only accepts donations from individuals and never from corporates. This sets it apart from all other mainstream political parties and prevents influence from companies wishing to promote their own commercial interests.
The Lagan Valley constituency covers a wide area encompassing the City of Lisburn, Hillsborough, Dromore, Moira and parts of Dunmurry. To find out more about the Lagan Valley Greens visit www.LaganValleyGreens.com or call 07717 717755.
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AND SHE WAS – 2007 Eddy approaches this 1985 classic hit by the Talking Heads with immense vocal skill and keeps it cooking all the way through. Interesting side note: Eddy and the songwriter David Byrne share the same birthday of May 14! It reached number 54 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and number 17 on the British singles chart.


The objective of the TWEETHER project is set a milestone in the millimetre wave technology with the realization of the first W-band (92-95GHz) wireless system for distribution of high speed internet everywhere. The TWEETHER aim is to realise the millimetre wave Point multi Point segment to finally link fibre, and sub-6GHz distribution for a full three segment hybrid network, that is the most cost-effective architecture to reach mobile or fix final individual client. The TWEETHER system will provide indeed economical broadband connectivity with a capacity up to 10 Gbits/km2 and distribution of hundreds of Mbps to tens of terminals. This will allow the capacity and coverage challenges of current backhaul and access solutions to be overcome.


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Alcohol accounts for almost half of drug treatment episodes
Nearly half of government-funded drug treatment episodes in 2010-11 were for alcohol use, according to a report released today by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW).
The report Alcohol and other drug treatment services in Australia 2010-11: report on the National Minimum Data Set shows that alcohol was the principal drug of concern in 47% of treatment episodes, and in 62% of all treatment episodes it was listed as a drug of concern.
'The number of treatment episodes for alcohol use has remained relatively stable since 2009-10 when it was 48%, however it is still more than in 2001-02, when it was 37%,' said AIHW spokesperson Justin Harvey.
Alcohol was the most common principal drug of concern in all states and territories except Tasmania, where cannabis was equally common (39%).
'After alcohol, cannabis was the most common principal drug of concern at 22%, followed by amphetamines and heroin both at 9%,' said Mr Harvey.
'In recent years, there has been a steady decline in heroin as a principal drug of concern in treatment episodes, down from 18% in 2003-04.'
In 2010-11 over 150,000 alcohol and other drug treatment episodes were recorded across Australia, almost 5,000 more than the previous year. More males than females received treatment, with around two-thirds (67%) of treatment episodes being for male clients.
Almost all episodes (96%) were for clients receiving treatment services for their own drug use rather than for someone else's.
When compared with their proportion in the general population aged 10 and older (2%), Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people were over-represented in drug and alcohol treatment episodes, with 13% of episodes involving clients who identified as Indigenous. Treatment episodes for Indigenous Australians were more likely to have alcohol as a principal drug of concern (52%) than episodes for non-Indigenous Australians (46%).
Indigenous clients tended to be younger than non-Indigenous clients- in 51% of episodes for Indigenous clients they were aged under 30 compared to 38% for non-Indigenous clients.
Counselling was the most common main treatment type nationally (41%) followed by withdrawal management (16%) and 'assessment only' (14%).
Further information: Mr Justin Harvey, AIHW, tel. (02) 6249 5057, mob. 0407 915 851
Alcohol and other drug treatment services in Australia 2010-11: report on the National Minimum Data Set 16 Nov 2012


The busiest online shopping day of the year is here! We have got the new site open for you just in time for CYBER MONDAY! Along with great Cyber Monday deals, we have added a bunch of new products. We are proud to announce the Twisty Glass Blunt by 7pipe. Make the hottest item this holiday season yours!


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Star Wars: First Assault
Star Wars Battlefront III
Star Wars: First Assault Domain and Trademarks Registered
StarWarsFirstAssault.com joins trademarks pertaining to "interactive entertainment software".
By Luke Karmali
Posted: 29 Aug 2012 9:26 am
LucasArt's parent company has registered trademarks and domain names for something titled Star Wars: First Assault.
Originally spotted by Fusible, the domain names include the likes of StarWarsFirstAssault.com while the trademarks apparently pertain to "interactive entertainment software", including video games, for use on both computers and mobile phones.
There's also the standard array of supporting merchandise, including pencil sharpeners. The discovery of the First Assault domain and trademarks echoes what happened when Star Wars 1313 was first uncovered before its E3 announcement. The question becomes, then, whether this title is a new franchise set in the Star Wars universe, or if it builds on a previously known series.
There's not much we can guess from the name alone, though the possibility of it being an aerial combat game along the lines of Star Wars: Rebel Assault shouldn't be ruled out. The name certainly suggests an action packed game that seems unlikely to focus on the Jedi as playable characters, though how this would be differentiated from the bounty hunting exploits promised by Star Wars 1313 remains to be seen.
But there's also a sliver of hope that this may be the long-awaited reappearance of Star Wars: Battlefront III. We heard reports earlier this year that the title was still in development since being canned after the studio behind Timesplitters, Free Radical, closed.
Until LucasArts chooses to reveal more, all we can do is speculate. For all we know it could be another Kinect-based title, but with rumours rife that Star Wars 1313 is in development for next-gen machines, could this perhaps be LucasArts last hurrah on this batch of consoles?
Luke Karmali is IGN's UK Editorial Assistant and was named after a certain famous Jedi. Probably. You too can revel in mediocrity by following him on IGN and on Twitter.
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PublisherLucasArts
Release DateCancelled
PlatformsXbox 360


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Q: How can I convert this "Tuesday, March 30, 2010 10:45 AM" string to a DateTime practically? Well,
This is a string I get from a web service:
"Tuesday, March 30, 2010 10:45 AM"
and I need to convert it to a DateTime.
Do you know a simple way to achieve this?
Thanks,

A:     string strDateTime = "Tuesday, March 30, 2010 10:45 AM";

    DateTime myDateTime = DateTime.Parse(strDateTime);

A: That's in the "F" format.
It should be parsed easily by
DateTime.Parse( s );

or by
DateTime.ParseExact( string s, string format, IFormatProvider provider );
as
DateTime.ParseExact( s, "F", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture );

A: Not as simple but safer.
DateTime dts;
    string strDateTime = "Tuesday, March 30, 2010 10:45 AM";

if(!DateTime.tryParse(strDateTime, out dts))
     Console.WriteLine("not a date!");

A: DateTime.Parse or DateTime.ParseExact should do what you need.

A: DateTime.Parse("Tuesday, March 30, 2010 10:45 AM")

A: Parse may or may not work depending on your Culture settings.
I would recommend using the InvariantCulture, unless you can be sure your computer's culture is set to a culture that works ("en") and not one that fails ("ar").
DateTime.Parse("Tuesday, March 30, 2010 10:45 AM", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture )

A: DateTime.Parse()
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/1k1skd40.aspx

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The best apps category on the Google Play Store has been around for quite a while, but for a first time this year, Google has decided to take an Apple-like route and announce its own 'Google Play Store Awards' to single out the finest applications out there.
Instead of having separate categories for phone, tablet and smartwatch apps, however, Google is instead breaking apps down in 10 categories. So who are the winners?
The award for the best overall app in 2016 goes to (drumroll)... Houzz! The home decor and renovation application is one of our favorites as well: it has a fast and smooth interface, features tons of design ideas and is overall designed to a very high standard. It's our go-to app for ideas about home renovation.
A puzzler with colorful graphics and a simple yet fun gameplay, Thinkrolls 2 is Google's selection for the best families app. Aimed at kids ages 3 to 9, you can leave junior playing to improve his logic skills or join him to give help or advice, so that both of you spend time together.
Robinhood is an absolutely great looking stocks trading app: it embodies the best of material design practices in a very clean and straight-to-the-point user interface, but it's the promise of very low trading fees and quick trades that really make this app stand out in the crowd.
You don't have to be a tablet tennis player in real life to enjoy Table Tennis Touch, a game with nice graphics and intuitive controls. Helped by Wiff Waff, your personal training robot, you'll have to become a skillful player, defeat opponents by using smart moves, and build yourself a career. Extremely fun mini games are included, alongside local and online multiplayer modes (letting you challenge other players at any time).
World Around Me is a new way to find useful places around you - such as restaurants, ATMs, shops, bus or metro stations and more. It uses your phone's camera to give you a completely new way of exploring a place, anywhere in the world.
The New York Times' virtual reality application does something quite innovative: it puts you in the center of the news, at the place where they are happening. You just need to own a VR headset and you can immerse yourself in the news.
A cute new indie puzzler, Alphabear has you spelling words on a grid. Try to use letters adjacent to each other for bears to appear and the bigger the bear, the more points you score.
Hopper is an innovative way to track and time your plane ticket purchase. The app shows neatly on a calendar how plane prices vary by dates and when is the best time to book a flight. It will even tell you if now is not the best moment to get that ticket and tell you that by waiting a few days you could save quite a lot.
You can tap/click on the name of each app to check it out at the Google Play Store. What's your personal favorite out of this selection?
Cheaply made and cheap prize apps. Don't expect to be excellent, but standard.
Nah, Houzz is the ish. Without it I would've probably been unable to decorate my apartment the way I saw in my head.
Cheaply made!! WTH do you mean by cheap?? Well what do you expect??
IOs or Windows based like. I'd pay $15 and above for superior quality. Not cheap $5.
A bit early in the year for the best of anything for 2016.
Speaking of good apps, and past conversations of how poor mobile gaming still is. I was pretty addicted to Tower Madness 2 last night. It works and looks nice, and the payment system isn't annoying or detrimental to the game play.
XPrivacy is one of the best apps on any Android IMO, can't dare to use an Android device without it.


Policy Research Institute (PRI) is a think tank of Ministry of Finance (MOF). It not only conducts surveys and research on finance and economics, but also engages in research exchanges with overseas research institutions, provides academic/technical assistance to developing countries, conducts statistical surveys including the Financial Statements Statistics of Corporations by Industry, compiles the History of Fiscal and Monetary Policies in Japan, operates the MOF library and provides training to MOF officials.
PRI was first established as Institute of Fiscal and Monetary Policy in May 1985. It was renamed upon the reorganization of MOF in 2000. Organizational changes were made at the time of PRI's 30th anniversary in 2015, including merging Administrative Office and Research Department into "Research and Administration Department" to strengthen designing and planning of our research activities and to enhance collaboration within our institution.
The Japanese economy has entered a "virtuous cycle" under the Abenomics initiative, as indicated by record corporate earnings and improving employment and income environments, including job growth and five consecutive years of real increases in basic wages. On the other hand, the gap between national revenues and expenditures remains sizeable and outstanding government bonds are accumulating. The birthrate continues to decline while the elderly population is increasing more rapidly than in other leading industrialized countries. Measures to ensure the sustainability of the national finance and social welfare systems are therefore of ever increasing importance. Efforts to achieve sound finances must be facilitated to ensure the stability of livelihood and sustainable economic growth. At the same time, financial and economic policies must be properly planned and designed to respond to various global challenges. Broad-based economic surveys and research on the situation within and outside Japan and on policy are therefore indispensable.
PRI is carrying out medium and long-term research on domestic and international finance and economics. The results of PRI's research on finance and economics, financial and capital markets, and individual national economies and the global economy, have been published in "Financial Review" our flagship publication, as well as in various workshop reports and on the PRI's website.
PRI has also proactively leveraged its financial and economic knowledge to engage in research exchanges and provide academic/technical assistance.
With regard to research exchanges, PRI engages in joint research and workshops with foreign research institutes and international organizations. PRI also welcomes researchers from overseas to exchange knowledge and experience with other countries and institutions. PRI currently conducts regular exchanges with major research institutions from China and India, and organizes conferences with institutions such as the IMF and ADB Institute.
With regard to academic assistance, PRI has held training sessions and seminars on Japanese financial and economic policies, mainly at the request of other Asian countries with long standing ties with Japan, including Uzbekistan. In Myanmar and Laos, in particular, PRI has been carrying out technical cooperation projects to improve the skills needed to examine SME loan applications and develop human resources. PRI will further enhance these projects. These activities are also on the PRI website.
PRI conducts two types of statistical surveys: "Financial Statements Statistics of Corporations", which aims to ascertain business activities and covers approx. 36,000 corporations, and "Business Outlook Survey", which aims to ascertain business confidence covering approx. 16,000 corporations. They are both official government statistics and closely watched by , market players and academics. The PRI website receives significant traffic when they are released.
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Gogi Alauddin (* 11. September 1951 in Lahore) ist ein ehemaliger pakistanischer Squashspieler.

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Gogi Alauddin war insbesondere in den 1970er-Jahren als Squashspieler aktiv und erreichte im Januar 1975 mit Rang drei seine höchste Platzierung in der Weltrangliste.

1973 und 1975 stand er zweimal im Finale der British Open. Beide Endspiele verlor er in drei Sätzen: 1973 gegen Jonah Barrington, 1975 gegen Qamar Zaman. Mit der pakistanischen Nationalmannschaft nahm er 1969 an der Weltmeisterschaft teil. Von 1976 bis 1984 stand er achtmal im Hauptfeld der Einzelweltmeisterschaft. 1976 und 1977 gelang ihm mit dem Erreichen des Halbfinals sein bestes Resultat. Beide Male unterlag er Geoff Hunt in jeweils vier Sätzen.

Er ist der Onkel von Sohail Qaiser, der ebenfalls als Squashspieler aktiv war und 1985 Weltmeister wurde.

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Squashspieler (Pakistan)
Pakistaner
Geboren 1951
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