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Seattle— Bethesda Softworks announced recently that it is updating the console versions of Fallout 4 in the coming weeks, bringing a revamped "Survival" difficulty to PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.
Corey Hardin, the author of "Vault Dweller's Secrets: An Unofficial Guide to Fallout 4. ($12.99, 175 pages, COA Publishing)" said that he's excited about the new updates.
"These new updates will improve playability and make the game better," he said.
Hardin's book "Vault Dweller's Secrets" is a 175-page guidebook on the smash hit game. It has information that will help novice players get into the Fallout 4 world while completing the game's missions. It offers insight and strategy, as well as background information about the world.
"Vault Dweller's Secrets: An Unofficial Guide to Fallout 4" is available for purchase on the Amazon and Barnes and Noble websites.
Corey Hardin has been an avid gamer for years. "Vault Dweller's Secrets: An Unofficial Guide to Fallout 4" is his latest book.


I was just thinking, the person who you married was it destiny that brought you and your spouse together or did you have the freedom to choose your spouse? If it was destiny then no matter who you dated, liked, was head over heals for, hurt you, made you laugh, strongly suggested by parents, had a crush on, etc. These were just learning experiences because everything aligned to that path for when you met your significant other. Or is it the universal law, which says everyone has a choice. Love's best expression is not through force or control but by your freedom to choose. Even if you were destined to marry the person you are with now, at any moment you could have said no. Thereby, saying yes to them could have been a good choice among many choices or options.
The idea of Destiny can seem so romantic but so can choice, which would say, "out of all these people I have chosen you". What are your thoughts as this can go both ways.
I see it as more of a viewpoint of not getting too caught up with idealization. At one point in time "the one" might have worked - I am not sure it does as much any longer.
I think choice - fate and things like that are largely influenced by generation differences more than people differences.
Not being married I get to speculate and not advise.
Great ideas and thoughts. I am reading your stuff for possible future application.


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Workplace status and risk of hypertension among hourly and salaried aluminum manufacturing employees
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Clougherty, Jane Ellen
Eisen, Ellen A.
Slade, Martin D.
Kawachi, Ichiro
Cullen, Mark R.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2008.10.014
Clougherty, Jane Ellen, Ellen A. Eisen, Martin D. Slade, Ichiro Kawachi, and Mark R. Cullen. 2009. "Workplace Status and Risk of Hypertension among Hourly and Salaried Aluminum Manufacturing Employees." Social Science & Medicine 68 (2): 304–13. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2008.10.014.
An inverse relationship between workplace status and morbidity is well established: higher job status has been associated with reduced risks of heart disease, hypertension, and injury. Most research on job status, however, has focused on salaried populations, and it remains unclear whether job status operates similarly among hourly workers. Our objectives were to examine whether hourly status itself influences risk of hypertension after adjustment for socioeconomic confounders, and to explore the role of fine-scale job grade on hypertension incidence within hourly and salaried groups. We examined data for 14,999 aluminum manufacturing employees in 11 plants across the U.S., using logistic regression with adjustment for age, sex, race/ethnicity and other individual characteristics. Propensity score restriction was used to identify comparable groups of hourly and salaried employees, reducing confounding by sociodemographic characteristics. Job grade (coded I through 30, within hourly and salaried groups) was examined as a more refined measure of job status. Hourly status was associated with an increased risk of hypertension, after propensity restriction and adjustment for confounders. The observed effect of hourly status was stronger among women, although the propensity-restricted cohort was disproportionately male (96%). Among salaried workers, higher job grade was not consistently associated with decreased risk: among hourly employees, however, there was a significant trend, with higher job grades more protective against hypertension. Increasing the stringency of hypertension case criteria also increased the risk of severe or persistent hypertension for hourly employees.

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I too will never forget.
I will never forget walking through the streets of Washington, not knowing what was going on. Walking home, brushing dust from the Pentagon off of my suit.
I had an advantage, I suppose. My conscious mind was in a state of panic, but being from England, I knew what to do in the event of an attack. You get somewhere safe, you STAY there until you're sure nothing else is going to blow up. I ended up in the offices of a former employer which, by a string of coincidences, happened to have plenty of food. And working communications, which were rare here. The cell phone network crashed at about 10:30am. The *pay phones* went down at about 11am.
I don't think a lot of people realized just how close we came to a dangerous civilian panic here that day. I didn't know where my husband was, and I thought they had blown up the Pentagon metro station (always what I thought of as 'Target One if anyone ever decides to blow anything up here'…I always thought if it happened it would be Pentagon Metro, morning rush hour).
But I will also never forget that evening…no food in the house, didn't want to go even as far as the grocery store. Across the street to the little kebab place run by Afghan Muslims. They couldn't take credit cards…that system was down as well.
Because I knew what would happen. I knew there would be fear. I knew there would be hate. I knew there would be a backlash against Islam. I was not going to become part of that.
I'd go there tonight, but it being the middle of Eid, they'll likely have lines out the door.
It's like JFK, you'll always remember what you were doing when that first plane hit. Thanks for the link, Pricey. It's gone all round the world to my far-flung family.


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Place of Birth: Bedford, Westchester, New York, U.S.
Felicity Huffman is an American actress.
Felicity is the daughter of Grace Valle (Ewing) and Moore Peters Huffman, who were both from upper-class families. Felicity is married to actor William H. Macy, with whom she has two children. She is nicknamed Flicka.
When Felicity was fourteen, she discovered that her biological father was Roger Tallman Maher, a family friend with whom her mother had had an affair. Felicity, the youngest of eight children, was raised by both Grace and Moore Huffman after their divorce, and considers Moore to be her father. She discussed this family situation on the show Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (2019).
Moore Huffman's parents were Otto Von Huffman (the son of William Huffman and Emily/Emilie Hivling Huston) and Betsy/Betsey King Peters (the daughter of The Rev. Gershom Moore Peters, Jr. and Mary Elizabeth King). Otto was born in Ohio. Betsy was born in New York. The Rev. Gershom was a Baptist minister. He was the son of Gershom Moore Peters and Miranda Eaton. The Rev. Gershom was a founder of the Peters Cartridge Company, which specialized in gunpowder and ammunition. Mary Elizabeth was the daughter of Joseph Warren King, who had founded the King Mills Powder Company, and of Betsy/Betsey Kendall.
Felicity's biological paternal grandfather was Francis Herbert "Frank" Maher (the son of John Maher and Anna/Annie M. Tallman). Francis was born in Connecticut. John was born in Ireland or Northern Ireland, and was the son of John Meagher and Mary. Anna was born in New York, the daughter of Benjamin Franklin Tallman and Alzina/Alvina Kimball.
Felicity's biological paternal grandmother was Grace Brown (the daughter of Frederick/Fred Solyman Brown and Effie Grace Wooster). Grace Brown was born in Connecticut, to a family with ancestral lines in the state going back to the 1600s. Frederick was the son of Edgar Lucius Brown and Susan N. Taylor. Grace Wooster was the daughter of Hollis Wooster and Esther Betsey/Betsy Whitney.
Felicity's maternal grandfather was William Lane/J./C. Ewing (the son of Frederick/Frederic Berthold Ewing and Jessie Adeline Vallé). William was born in Missouri, and was a wealthy banker. Frederick was a prominent St. Louis businessperson, and was the son of William Lane Ewing and Clara Berthold, who was of French heritage. Jessie was the daughter of François/Felix Jules Vallé and Isabella/Belle H. Sargent.
Felicity's maternal grandmother was Maria/Marie von Phul Taylor (the daughter of Henry von Phul Taylor and Martha Newton "Mattie" Lindsay). Maria was born in Missouri. Henry was the son of Thomas Meridith/Meredith Taylor and Anna/Ann Maria/Marie von Phul. Martha was the daughter of Andrew Jackson Lindsay and Jane "Jennie" Delaney/Delany, who was of Irish descent.
I'm curious if she's related to Bill Maher.
Finding your Roots strikes once again, and reveals to the public another celebrity's secretive parentage. I wonder why people feel more willing to reveal these things on a TV show, than in regular autobiographical interviews.
Guessed right. German and other's… I'm getting better at guessing ethnicities.
"Huffman" is a German Jewish surname.


Catalans Dragons captain Greg Bird will miss his side's re-arranged engage Super League match against Salford at The Willows on Friday after being handed a one-match ban.
The Australian stand-off was given the suspension, along with a £300 fine, after being found guilty of a reckless tackle on Celtic Crusaders prop Ryan O'Hara in the last minute of the Dragons' 34-0 win in Perpignan on Saturday.
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Bird, who has appeared in the Dragons' last four matches, has been told he does not need to attend Wednesday's hearing.


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Infantry Officer
This is available as a full time Army role.
This is available as a part time Army role.
Back to role results
ENJOY CHALLENGES AND RESPONSIBILITY IN EQUAL MEASURE
INFANTRY: AT THE HEART OF THE ACTION
Imagine: you have a rifle platoon at your command. These highly skilled soldiers are trained to operate in all environments and all types of conflict. Your troops rely on you for leadership, guidance and support, on operations and exercises, wherever you are in the world. It's not just about management, operations and logistics. You are responsible for your troops' morale, welfare and career development. On the front line, their lives are in your hands. If it sounds daunting, don't worry: 15 months of intensive training will teach you everything you need to know.
Think you could be an Infantry Officer?
Command highly trained frontline soldiers as an Infantry Platoon Commander
Deploy around the world on everything from front line operations to disaster relief missions
Serve in one of nineteen Infantry Regiments. Each has its own unique history and identity
Get trained in Armoured, Airborne, Mechanised, Light Mechanised or Light Role tactics
Specialise as a Company Second in Command, Anti-Tank, Mortar, Reconnaissance, Intelligence or Communications Officer further down the line
(FULL TIME)
RESERVIST
(PART TIME)
Training For The Role
You begin with Officer training at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, which lasts for 44 weeks. You learn what's expected of a British Army Officer and how to lead soldiers on and off the battlefield.
If you join an Infantry regiment you go on to do the 16-week Platoon Commanders Battle Course in Brecon, Wales. After this, you'll be a capable tactician, as well as physically and mentally robust.
Age: 17 years 9 months - 28 years 11 months
Qualifications: 72 UCAS points and 35 ALIS points at GCSE (including at least grade C/4 in English, Maths and a science or foreign language).
Mid Thigh Pull 76kg
Medicine Ball Throw 3.1m
2km run 10m 15s (multistage fitness test)
More information about the fitness test
Qualifications You Could Get After Training
Chartered Institute of Personnel Development
City & Guilds certificate in Human Resource Management
Postgraduate certificate in Human Resource Management
Core Combat Skills
Chartered Management Institute
Edexel/BTEC certificate in Management Studies
Learn about rank progression here.
You'll earn £27,272 during your year of training at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, before commissioning and becoming a Second Lieutenant, on £32,780 a year.
"I believe my experience in the Army to date is reflective of what Infantry officers are experiencing across the Regiments - challenging, interesting and varied tasks across the globe. I am extremely proud to serve as an Infantry officer and work alongside soldiers who demand the highest level of professionalism from themselves and those around them. The opportunities offered by the Army, especially for Infantry officers, remain unparalleled. There is the added bonus of living and training alongside your closest friends."
Once your online application has been approved, you'll have an interview with a senior recruiter, who will talk to you about the corps that you would like to join. You'll have the chance to learn more about your chosen corps, although you won't make your final decision until you're in training at Sandhurst.
You'll need to pass the Army Reserve Commissioning Course at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. You can complete this in modules or in one go – depending on your circumstances.
The next step is a two-week Platoon Commanders Battle Course, which prepares you to take charge of your team. You also get the chance to do further study. Training is flexible, so you can fit it around your other commitments.
You'll get paid a day rate according to your rank, starting from £68.47 once you have passed Army Officer Selection and rising to £82.30 per day once you've commissioned as a Second Lieutenant. This includes being paid for weekly drill nights. Plus, if you complete all of your annual training days, you're entitled to a tax-free lump sum called a bounty.
More about Reserve benefits
"I believe my experience in the Army to date is reflective of what Infantry officers are experiencing across the Regiments - challenging, interesting and varied tasks across the globe. I am extremely proud to serve as an Infantry officer and work alongside soldiers who demand the highest level of professionalism from themselves and those around them. The opportunities offered by the Army, especially for Infantry officers, remain unparalleled."
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Learn what it takes to become a Guard's Officer, combining ceremonial and combat duties in your role with deployment around the globes.
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As he saw through the screen that the thing he sent just the other day had already become a member of the Divine Race, he laughed.
It was originally just a way to kill time. No, even now, it was still basically the case.
It had all started when he had noticed by chance some faith that was floating around in a low-ranked world based on stories. It was faith towards his type, so he had considered devouring it, but following an idea he came up with on a whim, he sent in a something that seemed suitable as a vessel, and decided to watch and see how things unfolded. If things went well, it would mean the birth of a new member of his kin, while if things failed, it wouldn't be any real loss.
She might have gathered faith faster had she been sent in as an apostle, but he decided to just cram skills into her as a human and enjoy watching the show. Honestly speaking, he had crammed enough into her that it wouldn't have been strange for her soul to collapse, but you could say it turned out well because she was good material.
When he had spotted that girl in a high ranking world, he had unconsciously sighed in wonder. It wasn't often that you'd find a human with eyes close to his kind's.
There were originally two administrators in that world.
They would very soon know that a new administrator had been born. No, there was also the chance that they already knew. It was impossible to ignore a new administrator being born in the world they administrated, so it made sense that they would soon approach her somehow.
And because there were many cases where members of his type were hated by others, so to begin with there was definitely no way things would happen peacefully.
The world would probably be wrapped up in a power struggle between fellow divines.
Power struggle though it might be, in the end it was just something that would happen in a low-ranked world, so even if it was something that involved his kin, he didn't plan on interfering.
Even if she was destroyed in defeat, that was just how it was. Just one favourite toy being broken.
It was all for his amusement, just simply killing time.
But it was also the truth that it seemed like things would be quite fun this time.
It was all thanks to the 'beloved daughter'[thing] that he had sent in. It was just a random idea he had come up with, but once he gave it a go, it had turned out to be the right choice.
As he saw through the screen his kin writhing around like a caterpillar as she had her legs poked by the people there, he laughed.
TL: In Japanese, 'laugh' and one way of saying 'sneer' are the same. 笑う and 嗤う are both read as 'warau', so in the second last line, I wrote 'laughed' to keep the repeat sounding good. In truth, it's more like he laughed in ridicule. I made this decision because she obviously meant for the two lines to parallel each other. Had she wanted to strongly emphasise sneering, I think she would've used 嘲笑う(azawarau) or something.
Author herself mentioned it at the end of chapter 10, so dunno what you're surprised about.
thankyou so much for the double release!!
It's a more impressive feat to manage seiza for two hours than to take the powers of two Gods.
Ani-ue is brilliant!!! Brilliant!!! And Handsome! And Wise! And Intelligent! And Strong! And Kind!
And now… It's time to read the whole thing from the beginning again!!! WAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!
soo~~, the gods have ranks? And this evil god can mess around with that world and others? This is getting crazy! And then they even have division among the divine race like light gods, dark gods, evul gods?
One day Anri should whack this guy's head hard, REAL HARD. Maybe with a planet, or a neutron star.
What's a galaxy or two to gods and goddesses?
Go Anri-sama, take over the other two Gods and become the One True God !
He wasn't even one of the gods from that world!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Considering the volatile state of things. Guess war and conflict was only waiting to happen. Thanks for the chapter!
Wow. I did not see that twist coming. To think that it really was an Evil God that sent her and not the God of Darkness which they were convinced to have been the true culprit, I guess no one could have seen that coming. I guess there is reason why they say that you shouldn't second guess, and I feel so stupid for subconsciously only thinking there were 2 worlds.
Also, thank you, Your Holiness. These releases had my happiness reach divine level as well, but I hope that you didn't push yourself too hard. I wish you health and prosperity, and I thank you for this evilly divine gift.
i think its the creator god the one true god who create the other two god.
Thank you for the chapter! oh Great Holy Sheeprabbit!
You've made my day, finally I can understand who sended her to another world!!! Thank you very much.
Thsnk you wery much and just asking is there no way to make the tos update automaticly for example make it show every post filed under the same category or something?
Thanks for all your hard work translating!
My thanks to you, O esteemed holy sheeprabbit. Looking forward to the main story resuming.
This isn't even her final form!
I wonder if truck-sama is from the race of evil gods?
Thank you wery much will you continue with the Evil God marathon or will you translate another novel after this like Otoburi or bathroom godess?
When will we return from durance vile to the real meat of the story T_T.
Reading the translation reminds me again how he casually dropping that in and how I didn't realize what it means until the end of arc 2..
High and low ranked world? It seems like there are many worlds…or just 2. And the administrator..looks like another admin from other worlds gonna visit her..
I wonder if I was the only one who thought of the Outsider since the prologue.
Anyone else slightly ship them? Just me? Awww.
Glad that you like them all! I like all of them!


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Iowa State University Of Science And Technology
QUE's GROUP
MICROELECTRONICS RESEARCH CENTER
Dr. Long Que
Publications & Patents
Publications and Patents
1. Handbook of Single Molecule Analysis, with P. Kundu, R. Pradhan and F. Tseng (Editors), Springer Nature (in progress), 2019-
Book Chapters:
1. L. Que, Nanostructured Aluminum Oxide-based Optical Biosensing and Imaging, in Optical MEMS for Chemical Analysis and Biomedicine, H. Jiang (Editors), pp. 391-433. London: IET, 2016
2. L. Que, Thermal Actuation, in Comprehensive Microsystems, Y. Gianchandani, O. Tabata, H. Zappe (Editors in Chief), Volume 2, pp. 69-100. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2008
3. L. Que and Y. B. Gianchandani, MOEMS Actuation and Sensing, in Micro-Opto-Electro-Mechanical Systems, M. E. Motamedi (Editor), pp. 121-210. SPIE–Optical Engineering PRESS, 2005
Recent (from 2009 --- ) Peer Reviewed Publications (J: Journal, C: Conference):
[J81] C. Song, G. Ben-Shlomo, and L. Que, "A multifunctional smart soft contact lens device enabled by nanopore thin film for glaucoma diagnostics and in situ drug delivery," Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems 2019 (under revision)
[C80] S. Mao, S. Feng, and L. Que, "Detection of autoantibodies for Type 1 diabetes using label-free optical sensors," Proc. Transducers'2019 , pp. 578-581, 2019
[C79] X. Ding, C. Song, and L. Que, "Fabrication of contact lens device with integrated microtubes for in situ extended drug delivery for ocular disease treatment," Proc. Transducers'2019, pp. 306-309, 2019
[C78] R. Yang, E. Kozik, D. Jiles, D. Sakaguchi, and L. Que, "Studies of neurospheres cultured using adult hippocampal progenitor cells under off-chip magnetic stimulation," Proc. Transducers'2019 , pp. 756-759, 2019
[J77] C. Chen*, S. Feng*, M. Zhou, L. Que, W. Wang, "Development of a structure-switching aptamer-based nanosensor for salicylic acid detection," Biosensors and Bioelectronics, *first author, 140, 111342 (2019)
[J76] Y. He, C. Song, and L. Que, "Nanoforest-based SERS sensor fabricated using a maskless process for detecting chemical and pathogen," Microsystem Technologies (in press), 2019
[J75] R. Yang, Z. Gong, X. Zhang, and L. Que, "Single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) and poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) nanocomposite microwire-based electronic biosensor fabricated by microlithography and layer-by-layer nanoassembly," Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 19, 7591-7595 (2019)
[J74] X. Che, J. Boldrey, X. Zhong, S. Unnikandam-Veettil, I. Schneider, D. Jiles, and L. Que, "On-chip studies of magnetic stimulation effect on single neural cell viability and proliferation on glass and nanoporous surfaces," ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 10(34), 28269-28278 (2018)
[J73] C. Song, P. Deng, and L. Que, "Rapid multiplexed detection of Beta-amyloid and Total-tau as biomarkers for Alzheimer's disease in cerebrospinal fluid," Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology and Medicine, v.14, no.6, 1845-1852 (2018)
[J72] C. Song, X. Ding, and L. Que, "High-resolution, flexible and transparent nanopore thin film sensor enabled by cascaded Fabry-Perot effect," Optics Letters, v. 43, no.13, 3057-3060 (2018)
[J71] X. Che, P. Deng, J. Song, and L. Que, "Studies of mechanisms and characteristics of anodic aluminum oxide thin film-enabled fluorescence enhancement," Applied Nanoscience, 8(6), 1445-1452 (2018)
[J70] J. Nuhn, S. Gong, X. Che, L. Que, and I. Schneider, "Microtissue Size and Cell-cell Communication Modulate Cell Migration in Arrayed 3D Collagen Gels," Biomedical Microdevices, 20(3), 62 (2018)
[J69] C. Song, P. Deng, X. Ding, L. Que, "A flexible nanopore thin film enabled device for pressure sensing and drug release," IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology, 17(5), (962-967) 2018
[J68] S. Feng, C. Chen, W. Wang, L. Que, "An aptamer nanopore-enabled microsensor for detection of theophylline," Biosensors and Bioelectronics,105, 36-41 (2018)
[J67] C. Song, X. Che, L. Que, "A nanopore thin film enabled optical platform for drug loading and release," Optics Express, 25 (16), 19391-19397 (2017)
[C66] S. Gong, C. Song, D. Qiao, and L. Que, "Detection of Chemical Nutrients in Water Using a Fluidic Microplasma Chip with Enhanced Optical Collection Efficiency," Proc. MicroTAS 2017
[C65] X. Che, J. Nuhn, I. Schneider, and L. Que, "A Nanostructure-enabled Fluorescence Chip for Monitoring Cell Secretion," Proc. IEEE NANO conference, pp.1039-1042, 2017 (Highlighted as a 30-minute talk at the conference)
[C64] P. Deng, C. Song, and L. Que, "Label-free Monitoring of Alzheimer's Disease Biomarkers in Cerebrospinal Fluid," Proc. IEEE NANO conference, pp. 1074-1077, 2017 (Highlighted as a 30-minute talk at the conference)
[C63] C. Song, P. Deng, and L. Que, "A Flexible Transparent Nanopore Device for Pressure Sensing and Drug Release," Proc. IEEE NANO conference, pp. 1047-1050, 2017
[C62] X. Che, J. Boldrey, X. Zhong, I. Schneider, D. Jiles, and L. Que, "Studies of Single Neuron Cell Growth on Nanoporous Surface and under Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation," Proc. IEEE NANO conference, pp.1056-1059, 2017
[C61] C. Song, C. Chen, X. Che, W. Wang, and L. Que, "Detection of plant hormone abscisic acid (ABA) using an optical aptamer-based sensor with a microfluidic capillary interface," Proc. IEEE MEMS conference, pp. 370-373, 2017
[C60] S. Feng, C. Chen, X. Che, W. Wang, and L. Que, "Rapid detection of theophylline using aptamer-based nanopore thin film sensor," Proc. IEEE Sensors Conference. pp. 1658-1660, 2016
[C59] X. Che, J. Nuhn, S. Gong, I. Schneider, and L. Que, "Studies of cell behaviors in 3D microtissues in a microfluidic device: growth and migration," Proc. IEEE Sensors Conference, pp. 1183-1185, 2016
[C58] C. Song, X. Che, and L. Que, "Controlled drug loading and release enabled by nanopore thin film and layer-by-layer nanoassembly," Proc. IEEE Sensors Conference, pp. 199-201, 2016
[C57] X. Che, P. Deng, and L. Que, "Nanostructured aluminum oxide thin film-based fluorescent sensing: Effects of nanopore size, density and thickness," Proc. IEEE Sensors Conference, pp. 862-864, 2016
[C56] Y. He, C. Song, C. Wang, C. Yu and L. Que, "A nanoforest-based SERS sensor fabricated by Bosch process for multiplexed chemical detection," Proc. IEEE Sensors Conference, pp. 523-525, 2016
[J55] Y. He, X. Che and L. Que, "A top-down fabrication process for vertical hollow silicon nanotubes,"Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, 25(4), 662-667 (2016)
[J54] X. Che, J. Nuhn, I. Schneider, L. Que, "High Throughput Studies of Cell Migration in 3D Microtissues Fabricated by a Droplet Microfluidic Chip," Micromachines, 7(5), 84(2016). (Invited paper)
[J53] S. Alzghoul, M. Hailat, S. Zivanovic, L. Que*, G. Shah*, "Measurement of serum prostate cancer biomarkers using a nanopore thin film based optofluidic chip," Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 77, 491-498 (2016)
[C52] S. Alzghoul, M. Hailat, S. Zivanovic, L. Que*, G. Shah*, "Development of nanopore thin film-based optofluidic sensors for measurement of circulating prostate cancer markers," presented at Gordon Research Conference: Cancer Nanotechnology, 2015
[J51] X. Che, Y. He, H. Yin, and L. Que, "A molecular beacon biosensor based on the nanostructured aluminium oxide surface," Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 72, 255-260 (2015)
[C50] S. Alzghoul, M. Hailat, S. Zivanovic, G. Shah*, and L. Que*, "Detection of neuroendocrine marker in blood samples using an optofluidic chip," Proceeding of Transducers, pp.1703-1706, 2015
[C49] Y. He, X. Che, and L. Que, "Fabrication of vertically aligned silicon nanotubes using nanosphere beads as the mask and Bosch process," Proceeding of Transducers, pp.1401-1404, 2015
[J48] P. Pathak and L. Que, "Characterization of FET biosensors fabricated using layer-by-layer nanoassembly process," Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 15, 9689-9692 (2015)
[J47] X. Li and L. Que, "Fluorescence enhancement enabled by nanomaterials and nanostructured substrates: A brief review," Reviews in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 3(3), 161-176 (2014)
[J46] Y. He, X. Che and L. Que, "Characterization of the silicon nanopillar-surface filled and grafted with nanomaterials," Materials Research Express, 1(3), 035045 (2014)
[J45] H. Yin, X. Li and L. Que, "Fabrication and characterization of the arrayed aluminum oxide thin film micropatterns on glass substrate," Microelectronic Engineering, 128, 66-70 (2014)
[J44] X. Li, H. Yin and L. Que, "Nanostructured aluminum oxide-based fluorescence immunosensor," Biomedical Microdevices, 16(5), 771-777 (2014)
[J43] Y. He, S. Vasiraju and L. Que, "Hybrid nanomaterial-based nanofluids for micropower generation," RSC Adv., 4(5), 2433-2439 (2014)
[J42] Y. He, X. Li and L. Que, "A Transparent Nanostructured Optical Biosensor," Journal of Biomedical Nanotechnology 10 (5), 767-774 (2014)
[J41] W. Cheng, Y. He, A. Chang and L. Que, "A microfluidic chip for controlled release of drugs from microcapsules," Biomicrofluidics 7, 064102 (2013)
[C40] X. Li, H. Yin and L. Que, "A microfluidic nanostructured fluorescence sensor for biomolecular binding detection," Proc. IEEE Sensors Conference, pp.625-628, 2013
[C39] Y. He, S. Vasiraju and L. Que, "A fluidic microenergy generator enabled by hybrid nanomaterial nanofluids," Proc. IEEE Sensors Conference, pp.1420-1423, 2013
[C38] X. Li, H. Yin, T. Wang and L. Que, "Optical characterization of micropatterned anodic aluminum oxide (AAO) using UV light for its fluorescence applications," Proc. IEEE Sensors Conference, pp.1208-1211, 2013
[C37] W. Cheng, Y. He and L. Que, "Controlled drug release in a microfluidic device with droplet merging and storage functions," Proc. IEEE Sensors Conference, pp.1815-1818, 2013
[J36] Y. Tseng, Y. He and L. Que, "Ultrasensitive thin film infrared sensors enabled by hybrid nanomaterial," Analyst, 138, 3053-3057(2013)
[J35] X. Li, Y. He and L. Que, "Fluorescence detection and imaging of biomolecules using the micropatterned nanostructured aluminum oxide," Langmuir, 2013, 29 (7), pp 2439-2445
[C34] Y. Tseng, Y. He, S. Vasiraju, Z. Gong, W. Cheng, W. Chen and L. Que, "Using nanomaterials for local temperature enhancement for thermoelectric microgenerators," Proceeding of Power MEMS, pp. 235-238, 2012
[C33] P. Dahal, P. Pathak, S. Yadav, Z. Gong and L. Que, "Liquid energy harvesting device using carbon nanotube thin film," Proceeding of Power MEMS, pp. 303-306, 2012
[J32] Y. Tseng, Y. He, S. Lakshmanan, C. Yang, W. Chen and L. Que, "Optical and thermal response of single-walled carbon nanotubes-copper sulfide nanoparticles hybrid nanomaterials," Nanotechnology, 23 (2012) 455708 (online on October 22, 2012)
[J31] X. Li, Y. He, T. Zhang and L. Que, "Aluminum oxide nanostructure-based substrates for fluorescence enhancement," Optics Express, Vol. 20, No. 19, pp. 21272-21277 (2012)
[C30] Y. He, W. Cheng, Y. Zhao, Y. Lvov and L. Que, "Controlled release of drugs with nanostructured capsules in microdroplets," Proc. of IEEE SENSORS, pp.781-784, 2012
[J29] T. Zhang, Y. He, J. Wei and L. Que, "Nanostructured optical microchips for cancer biomarker detection," Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 38 (2012), pp. 382-388 (online on June 26, 2012)
[J28] Z. Gong, Y. He, A. Tseng, C. O'Neal and L. Que, "A micromachined carbon nanotube film cantilever-based energy cell," Nanotechnology, 23 (2012) 335401 (online on July 31, 2012)
[J27] Y. He, X. Li and L. Que, "Fabrication and characterization of lithographically patterned and optically transparent anodic aluminum oxide (AAO) nanostructure thin film," Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (JNN), Vol. 12, No. 10, 7915-7921 (2012)
[C26] X. Li, Y. He, T. Zhang, T. Lee and L. Que, "Lithographically patterned anodic aluminum oxide (AAO) nanostructures for fluorescence enhancement," Proceeding of IEEE NANO 2012, pp. 1-4, 2012
[C25] Z. Gong, A. Tseng, Y. He, C. O'Neal and L. Que, "Energy scavenging microdevices enabled by carbon nanotube film," Proceeding of IEEE NANO 2012
[J24] Z. Gong, A. Tseng, Y. He, and L. Que, "Studies of self-reciprocating characteristic of carbon nanotube film-based cantilevers under light and thermal radiation," Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (JNN), Vol. 12, No. 1, 350-355 (2012)
[J23] T. Zhang, P. Pathak, S. Karandikar, R. Giorno, and L. Que, "A polymer nanostructured Fabry-Perot interferometer based biosensor," Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 30, 128 (2011) (published online on 09/06/2011)
[J22] P. Pathak, H. Zhao, Z. Gong, T. Zhang, F. Nie, K. Cui, Z. Wang, S. Wong and L. Que, "Real-time monitoring of cell viability using direct electrical measurement with a patch-clamp microchip," Biomedical Microdevices, V. 13, No. 5, 949 (2011) (published online on 06/23/2011)
[C21] Z. Gong, V. Kotipalli, Y. He, J. Soman, C. O'Neal and L. Que, "Fabrication of carbon nanotube film-piezoelectric (CNF-PZT) microcantilevers for energy harvesting application," 2-page abstract in Proceeding of EIPBN 2011 (oral presentation)
[C20] Y. He, X. Zhang, P. Dahal, A. Koirala, Z. Gong, A. Gunasekaran, Y. Lvov and L. Que, "Nanocomposite-beam based microresonator fabricated by combining microlithography and layer-by-layer nanoassembly," 2-page abstract in Proceeding of EIPBN 2011 (poster presentation)
[J19] S. Penmetsa, K. Nagrajan, Z. Gong, D. Mills, and L. Que, "Biological Cell Controllable Patch-Clamp Microchip," Appl. Phys. Lett. 97, 263702 (2010) (also selected for the January 1, 2011 issue of Virtual Journal of Biological Physics Research)
[J18] Z. Gong, H. Zhao, T. Zhang, F. Nie, P. Pathak, K. Cui, Z. Wang, S. Wong and L. Que, "Drug Effects Analysis on Cells Using a High Throughput Microfluidic Chip," Biomedical Microdevices, V. 13, No. 1, 215 (2011) (published online on 10/27/2010)
[J17] V. Kotipalli, Z. Gong, P. Pathak, T. Zhang, Y. He, S. Yadav and L. Que, "Light and Thermal Energy Cell Based on Carbon Nanotube Films," Appl. Phys. Lett. 97, 124102 (2010) (also selected for the September 27, 2010 issue of Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology)
[J16] T. Zhang, Z. Gong, R. Giorno, L. Que, "A Nanostructured Fabry-Perot Interferometer," Optics Express,Vol. 18, No. 19, pp.20282-20288 (2010) (highlighted as a newsbreak "Polymer uFPI beats semiconductor-based design for biosensing" in Laser Focus World Magazine in November 2010)
[J15] T. Zhang, S. Talla, Z. Gong, S. Karandikar, R. Giorno, L. Que, "Biochemical Sensing with A Polymer-Based Micromachined Fabry-Perot Sensor," Optics Express, Vol. 18, No. 17, pp.18394-18400 (2010)
[C14] P. Pathak, H. Zhao, Z. Gong, F. Nie, T. Zhang, S. Wong, L. Que, "Real-Time Tagless Monitoring of Cell Viability Using Patch-Clamp Microdevices," Proc. of IEEE Sensors, pp.2482-2485, 2010
[C13] V. Kotipalli, Z. Gong, Y. He, S. Yadav, S. Penmetsa, J. Wei, L. Que, "Carbon Nanotube Film-Based Cantilever for Light and Thermal Energy Harvesting," Proc. of IEEE Sensors, pp.1165-1168, 2010
[C12] T. Zhang, S. Karandikar, Z. Gong, R. Giorno, L. Que, "Label-Free Biosensing Using A Nanostructured Fabry-Perot Interferometer," Proc. of IEEE Sensors, pp.2065-2068, 2010
[C11] Z. Gong, S. Karandikar, X. Zhang, V. Kotipalli, Y. Lvov, L. Que, "Composite Nanomaterial Thin Film-Based Biosensors," Proc. of IEEE Sensors, pp.29-32, 2010
[C10] Z. Gong, F. Nie, T. Zhang, P. Pathak, Z. Wang, H. Zhao, S. Wong, L. Que, "High Throughput Analysis of Drug Effects on Single Breast Cancer Cells Using Droplet-Microfluidic Devices," Proc. of IEEE Intl. Conf. on MEMS, pp. 1015-1018, 2010
[C9] T. Zhang, Z. Gong, R. Giorno, L. Que, "Signal Sensitivity and Intensity Enhancement for A Polymer-Based Fabry-Perot Interferometer with Embedded Nanostructures in Its Cavity", Proc. of 15th International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators & Microsystems (Transducers'09), pp. 2310-2313, 2009
[C8] S. Penmetsa, K. Nagrajan, Z. Gong, D. Mills, L. Que, "A Patch-Clamp Device with Cell sorting and Positioning Function", Proc. of 15th International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators & Microsystems (Transducers'09), pp. 81-84, 2009
[C7] Z. Gong, S. Penmesta, Z. Zheng, Y. Lvov, L. Que, "Encapsulation of Microparticles and Biomolecules Based on Layer-by-Layer Nanoassembly Techniques with Microfluidics Droplet Devices", Proc. of 15th International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators & Microsystems (Transducers' 09), pp. 1043-1046, 2009
[C6] T. Zhang, Z. Gong, L. Que, "A White-Light Source Operated Polymer-Based Micromachined Fabry-Perot Chemo/Biosensor",Proc. of IEEE Intl. Conf. on NEMS, pp. 177-180, 2009
[C5] Z. Gong, K. Nagrajan, S.Penmetsa, D. Mills, L. Que, "A Patch-Clamp Device with Integrated Actuators for Cell Selection and Positioning", Proc. of IEEE Intl. Conf. on NEMS, pp. 278-281, 2009
[C4] S. Madisetti, Z. Zheng, Z. Gong, S. Penmetsa, Y. Lvov, L. Que, "Layer-by-Layer Nanoscale-Coating of Microparticles with A Droplet Microfluidic Device", Proc. of IEEE Intl. Conf. on NEMS, pp. 440-443, 2009
[C3] S. Penmetsa, T. Zhang, Z. Gong, T. Lee, L. Que, "Design and Modeling of A Tunable Optical Antenna Enabled by A Micromachined Actuator", Proc. of IEEE Intl. Conf. on NEMS, pp. 172-176, 2009
[J2] B. Mitra, C. Wilson, L. Que, P. Selvaganapathy, and Y. B. Gianchandani, "Microfluidic Discharge-Based Optical Sources for Detection of Biochemical," Lab-on-a-Chip, pp.60-65, 2006
[J1] K. Udeshi, K. Liao, L. Que, Y. Gianchandani, and A. Galvanauskas, "Programmable Optical Wave Form Shaper on A Microchip," Applied Physics Letters, 89, 031120, 2006 (also selected for the August 7, 2006 issue of Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology)
Selected Patents:
21. Optically and thermally responsive nanohybrid materials, US patent# 9,728,703
20. Microchip for point-of-care diagnostics, US patent application (March 2013) & pending
19. Piezoelectric photovoltaic micropower generator and method, US Patent# 8,901,802
18. Automated patch-clamp microdevices, US Patent applications (October 2010)
17. Raman System on a chip, US Patent# 7,505,128
16. Microfluidic device and methods for droplet generation and manipulation, US Patent App. 12/208,445, 2008
15. Dynamic plasmonics-enabled single enhancement, a device comprising the same, and a method using the same. US Patent# 7,612,883
14. System and method for optical power management. US Patent# 7,692,785
13. Method and apparatus for improved signal to noise ratio in Raman signal detection for MEMS based spectrometers. US Patent# 7,586,603
11. Micro-electromechanical system Fabry-Perot filter mirrors. US Patent# 7,573,578
10. Actuator for micro-electromechanical system Fabry-Perot filter. US Patent# 7,551,287
9. Optical waveform shaping. US Patent App. 11/652,947. US 20070196048 A1
8. Collection probe for use in a Raman spectrometer system and methods of making and using the same. US Patent# 7,411,670
7. A battery-operated, wavelength-tunable, optical source for fluorescent detection of biochemicals. US Patent# 7,142,303
6. Micromechanical phase-shifting gate optical modulator. US Patent# 6,337,718
5. Latching mechanism for MEMS actuator and method of fabrication. US Patent# 6,549,107
4. Two-dimensional tunable filter array for a matrix of integrated fiber optic input-output light channels. US Patent# 6,449,410
3. Irregularly shaped actuator fingers for a micro-electromechanical system Fabry-Perot filter. US Patent# 7,796,269
2. Gating voltage control system and method for electrostatically actuating a micro-electromechanical device. US Patent# 7,473,859
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Book Review – Ghostland: An American History in Haunted Places by Colin Dickey
November 7, 2016 SF Bluestocking	1 Comment
If you want to read ghost stories, read something besides this book. Certainly, Ghostland: An American History in Haunted Places contains ghost stories, but if you're looking for titillating tales of terror for an autumn evening, you won't find it here. Colin Dickey's Ghostland isn't about scaring its readers; rather, it's a smartly eclectic work of history that looks to examine the whole ghost story phenomenon. Why do we tell ghost stories? Whose stories get told? What do these stories tell us about the places and people with which they're associated? What do these stories say about the ways in which we, as a society, interact with death and with history? How do ghost stories help us connect with our past—and in what ways do they help us disconnect from aspects of the past that are unpleasant? If Dickey isn't entirely successful in answering all these questions, he's nonetheless crafted an engaging work of popular history that does a great job of introducing these ideas to the reader and encouraging further inquiry.
Ghostland is at its strongest early on, and Dickey's exploration of the Winchester house in San Jose, California remains my favorite part of the book. Born and raised in Ohio, myself, I'd only heard the sensationalized story of the house and its unusual history, so it was wonderful to read such a thorough and well-researched counterpoint to the more mystical narrative. I appreciate the more feminist interpretation of Sarah Winchester's life, although I must admit that I sometimes think Dickey's conclusions about her motives are a bit of a stretch. Even if this is the case, however, the story and the way that it's been embroidered and exploited over the years still serves as a perfect illustration of the points Dickey is trying to make about the way that female eccentricity is peculiarly pathologized. I tweeted early on while reading the book that the read would be worth it for this chapter alone, which is still true, but the whole book is packed full of these sorts of fresh looks at old stories.
Dickey's thoughtful analysis touches on issues of gender but also includes issues of race and delves into some of the uglier episodes of U.S. history. Some of his chapters, such as those dealing with the slave trade and plantation culture of the South could easily be developed into whole books on their own, and I sincerely hope to see someone take these ideas and run with them. Ditto for Dickey's look at some of the legends and ghost stories surrounding Native Americans. Throughout Ghostland, I often felt as if there was an enormous body of material and research that this book, ambitious as it is, was only capable of skimming the surface of. It would be great to see some of Dickey's bigger ideas—especially about the ways in which ghost stories serve to erase and whitewash history—given more space to breathe. Here, the treatment of these concepts is necessarily brief (this isn't that long a book) and sometimes shallow, and there are sometimes jarring shifts in tone and subject between chapters, particularly in the back half of the book.
Also evident in Ghostland is the author's love of architecture and literature, and both of these things figure largely in Dickey's historical analysis. Sadly, there are no photos in the book, which would have been a great addition to the stories it contains. Dickey dwells often on unusual architecture as being sort of inherently predisposed to being perceived as "haunted," and it would have been nice to see some illustrative examples. Similarly, while the book is meticulously footnoted, it could have benefited from a bibliography or other section with suggestions for further reading or even just a list of literary works mentioned in the text. These lacks wouldn't be felt so keenly in a more focused book, but in a history so wide-ranging, offering so many glimpses into little-known and lesser understood topics, some further guidance on where to look for more of the same would be much appreciated. That said, if you don't mind digging through the notes at the back of the book, there are a wealth of resources, just not organized in the most useful possible way.
Ghostland is, on the whole, an excellent primer for the subjects that it covers. It's full of interesting and entertaining information, and Dickey puts forward a lot of thought-provoking ideas that make this book a perfect reference for writers as well as readers. The questions that Dickey sets out to answer here are worthy ones, and there's a lot to think about regarding the way we produce and consume ghost stories. With genre conversations often focused these days on issues of diversity and representation, Ghostland is a potentially very valuable conversation starter. I only hope that it is treated as the beginning of the conversation and not the end of it.
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One of many exciting advancements in the educational opportunities offered at MSU Tollgate is the introduction of new technology to our repertoire, enhancing the ability to collaborate with schools even from a distance.
Thanks to the Emerging Issues Grant from the MSU Extension directors office, Tollgate has purchased new equipment including an iPad, PadCaster, and corresponding audio/visual tools to enable us to film on the farm and be broadcast live to the classroom with the use of the ZOOM application.
We are launching this new virtual program as part of Collaborating Classrooms with Lanigan Elementary, through which we visit with the students several times during the school year to expand upon their learning experiences at the farm.
This fall, Tollgate education staff has been working with Lanigan's 1st Graders to facilitate weather investigations in alignment with their curriculum (read more here). The students also helped to create and place rain gauges in multiple locations around the farm, and we will now be able to share their final rainfall results.
The final element of this program will involve us 'broadcasting' live from the farm and reporting weather data, allowing the students to follow along with us as we gather these measurements. We are grateful for the opportunity to extend our experiences with these students, and we look forward to continue incorporating this new technology as our programs grow in the years to come.


An extended play of episode Twenty-Three featuring interviews with Drummer George Octobous of FLAW and a live show band interview with Savage After Midnight. also featuring tracks from Alter The Design, Tantric, The Veer Union, P.O.D, Disturbed, Three Days Grace and many more!
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Friends and family members now have the ability to visit inmates held at the Lincoln County Jail from the comforts of home.
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Be advised all visits are subject to recording and review at all times.
Inappropriate behavior will result in visits being terminated with no refund issued plus off-site visit privileges being suspended and/or revoked.


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One of the most significant human rights challenges in Iran is with regards to women's human rights. In effect, women's rights in Iran are influenced by both tradition and religion. These factors imply that improving laws regarding women's rights are either impossible or difficult and gradual. For instance, many laws regarding divorce, dowry, alimony, inheritance and testimony among others are drawn from Islamic sources (The Koran, tradition or Sunna, consensus and logic). Given this, any change in these laws would be met with resistance among religious elements, in particular as the Iranian government is a religious system, which further complicates matters. Any criticism or resistance under current laws will be met with a serious response on the part of the state and may result in trumped up charge of apostasy.
Another issue that merits attention is that most Sharia laws are custom-based, meaning that they were in effect prior to the inception of Islam and have been adopted as Islamic laws either in their exact form or with minimal amendments. In reality, the customary nature of these laws indicates that they stem from the local community and show the pattern of development over time and place. In other words, culture, religion, civilization, economy, politics and other issues are perpetually impacted by time and space occupied by men, and the laws set in motion were instituted to address their needs. If this logic is to be accepted, the issue of the divine nature of these laws is also open to questioning and therefore changes and improvements in relation to time and space could be considered.
In order to improve women's rights and change discriminatory laws or laws that result in violence against women, two elements in society and state play integral roles. Human society naturally stands against changes to traditions and when a tradition assumes a religious context, this stance becomes more challenging. However, the factor of time must not be ignored as the advance in mentality among the younger generation is easily felt. It may be that the two forces of society and state can impact each other, but what merits attention is that according to international laws, the promotion of human rights is a duty on the part of governments. In effect, governments as representatives of public powers, including the three branches of power, namely those of executive, legislative and judicial, can and must play a befitting role in the promotion and protection of human rights. Certainly this is achievable in a democratic state that is committed to the principles of good governance. When a democratic state is in place, those elected to public office as executors, legislators or judiciary can create a system in which human rights and in particular women's rights advance. In this manner society is influenced by the state. In Iran we witness the opposite.
Unfortunately, in Iran the religious state which is in place of a democratic system, either prevents or delays such processes. Certainly the passage of time and changes taking place in neighbouring countries influence Iranian society result in many changes. However, if the Iranian government was not a theocracy, such changes would have happened in a more conducive and speedy manner. In current circumstances changes and reforms must be carried out in a cautious, conservative manner, so that it can carry the approval of the religious faction and leadership, and at the very least maintain a religious facade. For instance, with regards to the issue of equal blood money payments for women and men, the revised Islamic Penal Code has set the amount for women as that of half of the blood money for men (appearing respectful towards religious law) however, the difference is covered by payments from the Fund for Compensation of Bodily Harm. Therefore, in this case, the legislator appears to have respected religious laws, but through another means discrimination against women in blood money laws are eliminated.
It seems necessity, which is the most effective cause of change in laws, evolves in relation to space and time resulting in improvements in laws. Despite resistance on the part of some states, change is inevitable. Resistant states impede and challenge this process, whereas democratic states expedite and facilitate change.
 Verses 1 and 2 of the Surah on Divorce and verse 231 of the Surah of Cow from the Quran.
 Article 550 of the Islamic Penal Code states that "The Diya for murdering a women is half that of a man". A note to article 545 of the Code states: "In all cases of homicide where the victim is not a man, the difference between the diya and the diya of a man shall be paid from the Fund for Compensation of Bodily Harms. It is important to note that Article 300 of the Penal Code approved in 2001 placed the diya for the intentional or unintentional murder of a Muslim woman as half of that for a man. This was repealed with the adoption of the new Code.


Visit wc-roads.com for Washington County traffic alerts.
Activity Update 2/7/2019: Base paving of the widened ramp was completed in January. Sidewalks are expected to be completed by Feb. 28, depending on the weather.
Activity Update 11/21/2018: Construction begins Nov. 26 with lane closures on Cedar Hills Boulevard under the U.S. 26 overpass intermittently, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. weekdays and 7 a.m.-7 p.m. weekends through April 30, 2019.
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ION Media Networks
ION Media Launches ATSC-M/H in New York City and Washington, D.C.
"Triple Play" Combines Simultaneous Digital Broadcasts of High Definition TV, Multiple Digital Networks and Mobile DTV; Successful Prototype Demonstrations in Key Markets Illustrate Innovative Opportunities for Digital Broadcasters
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — ION Media Networks today announced the launch of its Digital Broadcast "Triple Play" in New York City and Washington, D.C. The DTV "Triple Play" includes the broadcast of the Company's flagship network, ION Television, in high-definition, two additional digital networks, plus Mobile DTV.
The successful digital TV transition has enabled new transmission capabilities, including Mobile Digital Television (Mobile DTV), a new digital format allowing broadcasters to use subchannels to transmit TV content to mobile devices. ION is among the first broadcasters to demonstrate the viability of all three technologies in one broadcast stream in the nation's largest TV market and the nation's capital.
ION's focus on Washington, D.C. is part of a broader initiative in support of the Open Mobile Video Coalition (OMVC), a trade group of over 800 commercial and public television stations, working to create a showcase for Mobile DTV in the nation's capital to highlight the potential for expanding broadcast television beyond the living room to all mobile devices in the digital age.
"Digital technology lets us reach more homes, enables HD quality and new digital networks, as well as mobile reception," said Brandon Burgess, Chairman and CEO of ION Media Networks. "Among all these benefits, Mobile DTV may prove to be the most significant in the long run, allowing broadcasters to think beyond the living room and bring live television and real time information to consumers wherever they may be."
"The launch of ION's Mobile DTV signals in NYC and D.C. is a pay off from the industry's efforts to create a unifying technology standard," said Brett Jenkins, ION's Vice President of Technology. "The Mobile DTV eco system has now developed to the point that broadcasters are able to launch beta services, and we're beginning to think through consumer and business implementations. The work of the Open Mobile Video Coalition and its broadcast members have made this implementation possible, and we look forward to working with the industry to capitalize on its potential."
ION is using technology known as ATSC-M/H, which was developed by the Advanced Television Systems Committee specifically to enable delivery of television to mobile and handheld devices. In New York, where the signal is transmitted from ION's owned and operated station, WPXN, the mobile stream is broadcast alongside WPXN's HD signal and ION's two multicast channels. But it has additional formatting that allows it to be picked up by receivers that are mobile, such as phones or an in-vehicle screen. The signal is "in-band," meaning that it uses the existing DTV spectrum allocated to the station.
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Paintball Minimum Age Drops in Victoria
After years of campaigning by the AUPBA and other industry leaders, the minimum age for Paintball in Victoria will drop from 18 to 16 years of age from 1st September 2015. It's an exciting announcement for Paintball centres and players alike who have previously had to wait until they were 18 to enjoy a day of Paintball action. The minimum age drop is a result of a change to legislation and means Victoria will fall in line with New South Wales and the ACT with a minimum age of 16 years old.
The minimum age drop is welcome news to the AUPBA which has dedicated significant resources since 2008 to lobby the Victorian Government to make the change. During this time the AUPBA has worked to raise the standard of safety procedures, Paintball equipment and Paintball facilities across Victorian Paintball centres to support the minimum age drop campaign. Today all five star accredited AUPBA members provide all players with full head protection goggles, torso body armour and full neck protection. Through these initiatives, the AUPBA aims to reduce the potential for injuries on the Paintball field and increase the overall standard of Paintball across Victoria. It is these improvements that will be instrumental in ensuring the minimum age reduction has been successful and worthwhile.
With the official change now in place, Paintball enthusiasts are busily preparing their next Paintball adventure at centres throughout Victoria. In the meantime, Paintballers as young as eight years old can participate in the modified version of the sport that uses spring-powered pump action shotguns and smaller ammunition, for their adrenalin fix.
The AUPBA will provide further details on the public's reaction to this age reduction in Victoria once players have been able to experience Paintball for the first time.


Bitcoin Gold or BTG for short is one of the most decentralized cryptocurrencies which belong to the family of Bitcoin. It was originally designed by the person who had been actively creating equipment for mining. The BTC can be obtained only by means of using ASIC equipment and most people cannot afford purchasing it. That was the reason for the development of BTG – to make bitcoin gold mining more available for people. Every person with a graphics adapter is capable to start gaining the cryptocurrency. The number of users with video card farms is far greater than those of ASIC owners. The quantity of users makes the finance truly decentralized. With the utilization of the newest type of hashing algorithm Equilash it impossible to use ASICs for mining and monopolize the market of BTG. These options seem a rather attractive solution regardless of the price that is relatively lower, but it is rather stable and suffers less than other variations of BTC which have actively started to fluctuate. The latest bitcoin gold review shows that the currency will keep a positive growing tendency at a slow pace. It will stay available for miners with graphics adapters though the difficulty of operations will slowly increase with the number of active users.


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Q: How to share a Rails model with other Devise users in read-only mode? In a Rails 5 application, I have a shortlist model in a HABTM relationship with a user model, with the users controlled by Devise. This is all working as expected, where each User can see their own Shortlists (only).
class Shortlist < ApplicationRecord
  has_and_belongs_to_many :users
 ...

class User < ApplicationRecord
  devise :database_authenticatable, :registerable, :recoverable, :rememberable, :validatable
  has_and_belongs_to_many :shortlists
  ...

class ShortlistsController < ApplicationController
  def index
    @shortlists = current_user.shortlists
    ...

Now I wish to allow users to "share" shortlists with other users, who will have read-only access to the shared shortlists.
I could add the second user to the shortlist (@shortlist.users << User.second) but this would give them full read-write access.
The cancancan gem looks promising, but I'm not sure how to configure the abilities, to allow User1 full control over their shortlists, and to give User2 read-only access to shortlists that User1 shares with them.
How can I restrict the second user to having read-only access?

A: Your solution in adding a owner_id column to the shortlists table is actually a good one as it lets you efficiently eager load the association and is a lot less cumbersome to deal with.
If you wanted to keep track of the user which creates the record too through a join table thats possible through a roles system but it would be a lot more clunky. The Rolify gem is one such as example of a generic roles system.
One thing you should do is use has_many through: instead of the near useless has_and_belongs_to_many:
class Shortlist < ApplicationRecord
  belongs_to :owner,
    class_name: 'User'
  has_many :shares
end

# rails g model user:belongs_to shortlist:belongs_to
class Share < ApplicationRecord
  belongs_to :user
  belongs_to :shortlist
end

class User < ApplicationRecord
  has_many :shortlists,
    foreign_key: :owner_id
  has_many :shares
  has_many :lists_shared_with_me,
    through: :shares,
    source: :shortlists
end

This lets you add additional columns to the table like for example flags that will let you grant other users the rights to edit the shortlist or an automatic expiry date. You could also generate unique URLs for each share to keep track of which "share" is being used. None of that is possible with HABTM.

A: As a workaround I added an owner flag on the shortlists, which is calculated to current_user.id when the shortlist is created. This allows me to distinguish between the owner and viewers.
Before saving a shortlist I check whether @shortlist.owner == current_user.id and show an error message if not.
This works well enough but I'd be keen to hear if there's a method that's less hacky.

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A white marble with green and gray layers of mica. Cipollino marble was named for the Italian word for onion. It was originally quarried from the Greek island of Euboea in the Aegean Sea and is also quarried in Italy (Alpi Apuane near Garfagnana), Switzerland, the island of Elba, and the U.S. (Vermont). Cipollino marble is used for indoor and outdoor building construction and decoration. It was used in the Byzantine church of Saint Sophia in Istanbul, Turkey (Symes, Harding and Taylor 1997). Cipollino marble was also used for buildings in Imperial Rome.
Encyclopedia Britannica, http://www.britannica.com Comment: "Apennine Range." Encyclopædia Britannica. 2005. Encyclopædia Britannica Premium Service 7 Mar. 2005 .
External source or communication Comment: Submitted information from C. A. Baldacci (3/7/05) -cipollino marble is also quarried at Garfagnana and Alpi Apuane in the northwest region of Tuscany.


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To recap, Encapsulation is a means of preventing access to internal object data, ensuring that the data can only be accessed and modified via methods. That's not to say the internal object data can never be manipulated directly – but one has the option to decide how best the data should be accessed. In explicitly OOP languages this is often achieved through the use of the 'private', 'public' and 'protected' keywords.
C doesn't have anything even remotely like 'Private', 'Public' or 'Protected' keywords – but we can achieve something similar by bringing a little discipline to our coding practices. But first, let's look at what Private, Public and Protected mean.
Private means that the data and methods can only be accessed by the class itself. To use your family as an analogy, this might include your deepest darkest secrets, those that you wouldn't even admit to your parents. Either that, or the knowledge of what you're going to get them for Christmas.
Public means that the data and methods can be accessed by anyone. Using the family analogy again, this might include your address. After all, this information is freely available in the Electoral Register for everyone to see, not just those people that you are related to.
Protected means that the data and methods can only be accessed by the classes subclasses. Again, using the family analogy, this might be your love for your family. Your family has your love, but the general public doesn't.
From this we can see that I'm not very good at analogies. Let's see if I'm any better at coding.
Public and Private are quite easy to deal with. Anything Public we can put in our header – anything Private belongs in the source file.
In this trivial example, any code which imports the person.h file will have access to the data and functions defined therein. Anything in this h file can therefore be regarded as being public. The function code will be contained in the person.c source code file, of course, and the data will be manipulated there.
Code and data in the person.c file which doesn't contain a corresponding definition in the person.h file will not be accessible outside the source code file. It can therefore be regarded as being private.
So far I don't think that I've had to cheat in any way, or take advantage of any hacks or kludges. In fact, I don't even need to rely on the basic human decency of any programmer using this code to play by the rules – good style enforces the rules for me. Unfortunately, if we want to implement an analogue of protected we need to get a little bit hacky.
C doesn't understand the concept of 'protected' and the only way that I can think of for implementing it is to create a second header file – person_PROTECTED.h. person_PROTECTED.h will contain any data and functions which should only be accessible to classes which inherit from the parent. Unfortunately, there's no mechanism to prevent the PROTECTED header from being imported by code which should only ever have access to the regular public header. In fact, that's why I capitalised PROTECTED; that way anyone code reviewing the source knows to pay special attention to whether the PROTECTED header file is allowed to be imported here.
So there you have it. Encapsulation, C style.


Those l'il guys, of course, have got some smarts and are hell-bent on proving that cloud-busting is not the only route to architectural/planning/community heaven.
Sir Foster, of course, is no Norman-come-lately and has been startling lovers of the building arts even since he designed a tower of interchangeable metal panels with geometric cutouts for an expansion of the Whitney Museum of American Art on Madison Avenue at 74th Street (left image). His fabulous plan, sadly, did not get built, but thankfully neither did three bad schemes by Michael Graves and a wild and interesting one by Rem Koolhaas. All of this took a lot of time, many heartbreaks–if not heart attacks–and finally the Whitney gave up its ghost and decided to move downtown where the action seems to have settled.
Although there has been a lot of exciting activity and new projects along and straddling the High Line, it ain't over until the fat lady, who knows where the gold rings should go, sings.
The fat lady, of course, is the new Whitney Museum designed by Renzo Piano at the foot of the High Line, a roto-rooter wind-up-type museum that gobbles accolades like the Cookie Monster. Piano was a partner early in his career with Richard Rogers on the great high-tech Centre Georges Pompidou in 1971 in Paris, and Rogers was an early partner with Foster, whose Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank Building of 1986 came close to overshadowing the Pompidou project.
Some heroes have long careers and don't hit home runs every time at bat. Foster designed a marvelous double-cylindrical tower for Aby Rosen across from the Carlyle Hotel on Madison Avenue a few years ago but the project struck out with community hobnobs and sadly didn't get built.
But Piano and Foster are back and swinging their brick-a-bats.
Foster always has a lot of fish in his pots and now has two major projects about to open soon in Manhattan, 551 West 21st Street, and 50 United Nations Plaza for the Zeckendorfs. The latter is very slick and shiny with large bay windows.
551 West 21st Street is less showy but more complicated. Its angled L-shaped plan is not simple and asymmetrical. Its very large windows are almost dazzling: they have darkest-black frames with gold-colored edges that are inset with gentle shallow curves in the building's pre-cast concrete façade with which the windows are flush. At first the shallow curves are not very noticeable, but Resnick explains that they were designed to add a "golden" glow to the windows, which is further amplified by the fact that the windows have deep seating benches inside that are also richly tinted.
He conceded at a press preview that Harry Macklowe's 432 Park Avenue is rather sublime and notes that its poured concrete façade is a bit more like marble than his, adding that his 44-unit building will open in the fall.
He delighted in pointing out that his gated driveway will have 20-foot-high, self-supporting planted walls and that the very large and elegant driveway will have valet parking. Mr. Resnick took evident pride showing off the 34-foot-high ceiling at the rounded end of the large lobby that will have custom screens and seating.
Most apartments will have 11-foot-high ceilings and the penthouses will have 12-foot-ceilings although they looked considerably higher because the ceilings had not yet been "dropped" to conceal the mechanical equipment. One of the three penthouses, a duplex, recently sold for more than $40 million, he said. They have fireplaces. The top penthouse has a 61-foot-long pool and more than 4,000 square feet of roof space.
The building has fabulous views in all directions, especially through his low-iron glass windows that are not green and some of which open.
The building, which is across from the Chelsea Piers athletic complex, has its own very plush fitness center; Mr. Resnick jested that he really didn't want his residents having to cross the highway.
The building exudes graciousness and sophistication and Mr. Resnick was quick to point out that the location is where his buyers want to be.


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Genting Highlands, Pahang
Just 45 minutes away from KL, Genting Highlands is a cool hill station nestled in the cool mountain air and surrounded by a magnificent 100 million-year-old rainforest. If you want to escape the hustle and bustle of city life, Genting Highlands has a plethora of three and five-star properties with onsite eateries, facilities, impeccable service, and luxurious guestrooms with stunning mountain views.
Bukit Tinggi, Pahang
Colmar Tropicale is a "French-themed" village and hotel in Bukit Tinggi, Pahang, Malaysia. It is situated on 80 acres of natural forestland at a height of 2,600 feet (790 m). The design was influenced by the original town of Colmar in Alsace, France. What could be more relaxing after all the thrilling experiences in the hot and humid atmosphere than a peaceful stay in any of the hill resorts, where one could sit in an open verandah sipping freshly brewed tea or indulging in cream-soaked fresh strawberries.
Fraser Hill, Pahang
Fraser's Hill situated in the state of Pahang in the central region of Peninsular Malaysia. This cooling holiday resort is famous for its nature activities and cooling atmosphere and is one of Malaysia's last hill stations, an imprint of former British colonial masters. Bukit Fraser has an average elevation of 1,200 metres, but its highest point is 1,500 metres above sea level at Telekom's loop. Temperatures usually range from 22°C to 28°C during the day and from 16°C to 20°C at night.
Cameron Highland, Pahang
Cameron Highlands is Malaysia's most common highland retreat with a mild atmosphere, with daytime temperatures ranging about 25°C and nighttime temperatures on average about 18°C. The highlands divides into three townships: Tanah Rata, Brinchang, and Ringlet. The British grew tea on the rich fertile mountain slopes during the colonial period, a tradition still practised by locals. Since then, it has become Malaysia's largest tea exporter. Aside from tea, Cameron is also ideal for growing continental trees, fruits, and vegetables.
Maxwell Hill, Perak
Bukit Larut, formerly known as Maxwell Hill, is a renowned Malaysian highland destination. Located at an elevation of 1,250 metres above sea level, approximately 10 kilometers from Taiping town in Perak; it is the wettest region in the world, with the highest rainfall. Bukit Larut is also home to Malaysia's oldest hill station, which was designed in 1884 by William Edward Maxwell, a British Assistant Resident in Perak, to provide a cool refuge for colonial officials. Bukit Larut is a perfect choice for those seeking to avoid the heat and humidity of Malaysia's lowlands, with daily temperatures varying from 10 to 25 degrees Celsius.
Penang Hill, Penang
Bukit Bendera, located 821 metres above Penang's capital, is known by islanders and is usually five degrees cooler than Georgetown. Since it is Penang's only remaining patch of tropical rainforest, the flora and fauna here have been conserved since 1960. Although it is less well-known compared to the rest, but due to its cooler climate, it is one of Penang's most popular tourist destinations. On a clear day, you can see the mountains of Langkawi and north Kedah from the top of Penang Hill, but the nighttime sight of lit-up Georgetown is particularly rewarding.
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Sergio Mora Sánchez (born 30 August 1979) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder, currently a manager.

He amassed Segunda División totals of 223 matches and 11 goals over eight seasons, in representation of Hércules, Alcorcón, Alavés, UCAM Murcia and Getafe. In La Liga, he totalled 47 appearances for the latter club and Rayo Vallecano.

Playing career
Mora was born in Torrejón de Ardoz, Madrid. A product of hometown club Rayo Vallecano's youth ranks, he appeared in 21 games for its first team during 2002–03's La Liga, in an eventual relegation. His debut in the competition came on 6 October 2002, in a 2–2 home draw against Villarreal CF.

Subsequently, competing mainly in Segunda División B, Mora went on to represent CF Gandía, Getafe CF (both on loan), Hércules CF, Benidorm CF, CD Alcoyano and AD Alcorcón, helping the latter promote to Segunda División for the first time ever in 2010. He scored his first professional goal on 11 September of that year, the last in a 4–1 away loss to UD Las Palmas. He was a regular at the Estadio Municipal de Santo Domingo the following five seasons, only appearing in less than 20 matches in 2014–15.

On 4 July 2015, at the age of 35, Mora signed with fellow league team Deportivo Alavés. He was an undisputed starter during his tenure, as they returned to the top flight after ten years.

Mora joined UCAM Murcia CF also in the second tier on 13 July 2016, after agreeing to a one-year contract. On 22 December, after featuring rarely, he moved to Getafe of the same league.

On 20 August 2017, after having taken the field a 0–0 away draw against Athletic Bilbao, Mora became the first player of Geta to appear in all three divisions for the club. One year later, he announced his retirement.

Coaching career
Mora was appointed assistant manager to José Bordalás at Getafe in the summer of 2019. On 8 July 2021, he returned to Hércules as head coach.

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Standardize your Start10/Start8 deployment configuration with the group policy template. This capability enables large deployments to define standard group configurations and control available features and appearances. This includes the specific available Start menu options, exposed end user customizations, and the Start menu's appearance, skin, and colors.
The Fences layout template enables you to ensure every PC in your deployment has a uniform implementation. During installation, the layout template will control what Fences are created, where they are placed and which icons are moved into each Fence.
This licensing option provieds an individual product key that can be activated on multiple machines via a web connection to Stardock's activation servers. This key is best for large deployments.
A separate product key per machine that can be activated via a web connection to Stardock's activation servers, enabling one active instance of a product to be associated with each key at a time. It is good for small deployments or deployments where the activation will be assigned to an indivdual.
This option is available for Start8/Start10 and Fences (v.2 only) orders of 100 licenses or more and eliminates the need for individual license keys. A license activation server is simple to set up and enables you to easily manage activation of larger deployments. The server responds to requests from individual PCs and will authorize activation until the license total is reached. This key is best when the internet is not available to activate and manage keys.
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Philipp Wilhelm Preetorius, auch Prätorius (* 16. August 1791 in Stromberg; † 30. Juli 1863 in Alzey) war ein deutscher Lederfabrikant und Abgeordneter der 2. Kammer der Landstände des Großherzogtums Hessen.

Philipp Wilhelm Preetorius war der Sohn von Balthasar Preetorius und dessen Ehefrau Elisabetha geborene Brauch. Preetorius, der evangelischer Konfession war, heiratete Luise geborene Rauschert, die Tochter des Handelsmanns Philipp Rauschert. Der älteste Sohn, Johann Georg Philipp (gen. Philipp; * 21. Juni 1822 in Alzey) wurde Kaufmann, Lederfabrikant und Kommerzienrat, der vierte Sohn hieß Philipp Emil (gen. Emil; * 15. März 1827 in Alzey; † 19. November 1905 in St. Louis, USA) war Jurist und Journalist und ist 1853 in die USA ausgewandert, der fünfte Sohn  Karl Julius Preetorius (gen. Karl; * 11. September 1830 in Alzey; † 13. Juni 1901 ebenda) wurde Lederfabrikant und Buchdruckereibesitzer in Alzey. Auch sein Schwager, Georg Philipp Rauschert wurde Landtagsabgeordneter. Philipp Wilhelm Preetorius lebte als Lederfabrikant in Alzey.

1834 und erneut 1851 bis 1856 gehörte er der Zweiten Kammer der Landstände an. Er wurde für den Wahlbezirk Rheinhessen 1/Alzey und dann Wahlbezirk Rheinhessen 8/Alzey gewählt. Er vertrat demokratische Positionen.

Literatur
 Jochen Lengemann: MdL Hessen. 1808–1996. Biographischer Index (= Politische und parlamentarische Geschichte des Landes Hessen. Bd. 14 = Veröffentlichungen der Historischen Kommission für Hessen. Bd. 48, 7). Elwert, Marburg 1996, ISBN 3-7708-1071-6, S. 296.
 Klaus-Dieter Rack, Bernd Vielsmeier: Hessische Abgeordnete 1820–1933. Biografische Nachweise für die Erste und Zweite Kammer der Landstände des Großherzogtums Hessen 1820–1918 und den Landtag des Volksstaats Hessen 1919–1933 (= Politische und parlamentarische Geschichte des Landes Hessen. Bd. 19 = Arbeiten der Hessischen Historischen Kommission. NF Bd. 29). Hessische Historische Kommission, Darmstadt 2008, ISBN 978-3-88443-052-1, Nr. 679.
 Hans Georg Ruppel, Birgit Groß: Hessische Abgeordnete 1820–1933. Biographische Nachweise für die Landstände des Großherzogtums Hessen (2. Kammer) und den Landtag des Volksstaates Hessen (= Darmstädter Archivschriften. Bd. 5). Verlag des Historischen Vereins für Hessen, Darmstadt 1980, ISBN 3-922316-14-X, S. 209–210.

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Alzheimer's at 30 (Metro UK)
— Father of two has inherited form of the disease
by MedPage Today Staff January 12, 2018
A 30-year-old father of two small children recently learned that he has an inherited form of Alzheimer's disease, making him one of Great Britain's youngest patients with the neurodegenerative disorder, Metro UK reported.
Daniel Bradbury first noticed the symptoms in July, when he was fired from his job as an aerospace engineer because of deteriorating work performance. Genetic testing showed he had the rare PSEN1 mutation associated with early-onset Alzheimer's disease. Bradbury's father died of Alzheimer's disease in 1999 at the age of 36, and his two children have a 50% chance of developing Alzheimer's by age 30.
"I try not to think about it," said Bradbury. "I live day-by-day with both good days and bad days."


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Wave of Murders Hits Small Coca-Producing Town in Northern Colombia
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Killings have surged in Tibú, a municipality in the northeastern department of Norte de Santander on the Colombia-Venezuela border
Murders have spiked in a northern Colombia town that borders Venezuela, is home to armed groups, and has an abundance of coca — an explosive combination.
Between January and November 2019, 76 people have been murdered in Tibú, a municipality in the northeastern department of Norte de Santander on the Colombia-Venezuela border, the newspaper La Opinión reported.
Among those killed recently was mayoral candidate Bernardo Betancourt, who was gunned down as he was preparing to travel by canoe to the La Gabarra region to speak to that community about his proposals.
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Colonel Fabián Ospina, the police commander in Norte de Santander, told La Opinión that 80 percent of the crimes committed in Tibú involve settling of scores among armed groups connected to drug trafficking.
According to the most recent report by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Tibú is among ten municipalities that account for nearly half the coca crops in Colombia.
Tibú shows how a small, rural region along the Venezuela-Colombia border can suddenly be swept into a larger conflict, but authorities are still finding it difficult to account for all the bloodshed.
With just over over 51,000 residents, Tibu has already tallied 21 more homicides than it did between January and November in 2018. In Norte de Santander department, only the much larger border city of Cucutá has registered more killings.
While conflicts over coca cultivation in the region are not uncommon, community leaders said that the sudden increase in killings was potentially sparked by the arrival of a new armed group, likely dissidents with the 33rd Front of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia – FARC).
But the killings are not limited to known crime group members. Thirty Venezuelan migrants have been killed in the region, up from 10 last year.
Authorities claim that Venezuelans have been killed because of their involvement in criminal activities, including harvesting coca leaves and cocaine production.
An unnamed official also said residents believed to have collaborated with authorities are among the murder victims, La Opinión reported.
In several cases bodies have appeared with signs that allege the victim had been a thief, drug dealer, or police informant.
SEE ALSO: ELN Gains Upper Hand Over EPL in Norte de Santander, Colombia
The disparate reasons given by authorities for the uptick in murders may be a reflection of authorities' investigative capabilities.
According to Colombia's national forensic institute, most of the murders have occurred rural areas that are difficult to access, hindering or even pre-empting investigations.
In June 2018, President Iván Duque announced that he would reinforce manpower in regions controlled by armed groups, adding more than 5,000 soldiers nationwide.
However, even with additional military support, the residents of Tibú say they would still be unprotected. Members of the community told La Opinión that even in areas with established army and police presence, the illegal armed groups are still in control.
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It was only three short months ago that the Brooklyn Nets traded every draft pick they possibly could, along with Caris LeVert and Jarrett Allen, to assemble arguably the most offensively talented Big 3 of all-time. Kevin Durant, James Harden, and Kyrie Irving are all capable of averaging 30 points per game individually and require double-teams when they're feeling it. Now they're on the same team, and it's difficult to imagine any defensive scheme capable of stopping them.
You wouldn't know any of that if you watched the last few months of Nets games, though. That's because the trio has only played seven games together to this point. Irving was on sabbatical for still-unknown reasons when the Harden trade went down and the former Houston Rockets superstar played his first game in black and white on January 16. Starting January 20, the team had two weeks where all were more or less available (Durant didn't dress for two games due to injury management and Harden was inactive for one in that stretch). Then Durant hurt his hamstring and missed every game from February 15 on.
Brooklyn was, of course, being cautious with the best of their three superstars by keeping him out this long. Hamstrings are finicky injuries and there's no reason to rush him back, especially in his first year post-Achilles tear. Durant is finally set to return to the court tonight, April 7 -- right after Harden hurt his own hamstring on April 5. Harden is set to miss at least 10 days and the team stressed they were going to be cautious. Assuming his hamstring injury isn't as severe as Durant's was, Harden will miss at least five games and could very well miss the next eight if he stays out a full two weeks.
That would put a Harden return on April 20. The Nets only have 14 games left in the season. The track record to this point of all three being healthy hasn't been great. Durant will likely continue to sit out the second night of back-to-backs (Brooklyn has two in the last month's worth of games) and Irving has already missed eight games this season outside of his unexplained absence around the Harden trade.
All in all, it is probable and perhaps even likely the Nets' Big 3 enters the playoffs with less than 20 games played together. That is less than ideal. The three are so overwhelmingly talented that it won't be a big issue, and Harden at least has shown a willingness to adjust his game in order to cater to his new teammates. His assist numbers are and will remain ridiculous.
That will work for the first round and the Nets will roll over whatever poor seven or eight-seed is in their way. But they're inevitably going to play the Bucks or Sixers at some point. Both boast MVP candidates and superstar teammates that will have played together for at least twice as many games as the Nets' trio by the time the Easter Conference Finals roll around. That's when continuity and chemistry will matter. Three of the greatest shot-makers to play the game will take the court together. But a turnover at the wrong time because they aren't familiar enough with one another could sink them.
This might be the only legitimate hole in the Nets' championship hopes. There's the defensive problems that will not go away, of course. But Brooklyn is so good offensively that it might not matter. Familiarity with one another on the court, though-- that will matter. If Brooklyn can't stay healthy during those final 14 games of the year leading into the playoffs, it very well could become an insurmountable issue.
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