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TWCN Tech NewsLearn how to install Office Offline - Office 2019/ 2016, Office for Business, etc. You can download the setup file from Microsoft & then install it later.
Active Password Changer is a DOS-based solution designed for resetting local user passwords in case of administrator's password is forgotten or lost. Forgotten password recovery software is useful if you lost the administrator password and cannot access the operation system. Other Windows login security restrictions like 'Account is disabled', 'Password never expires', 'Account is locked out' and 'Logon Hours' can be changed or reset.
Active Ports - easy to use tool that enables you to monitor all open TCP/IP and UDP ports on the local computer. Active Ports maps ports to the owning application so you can watch which process has opened which port. It also displays a local and remote IP address for each connection and allows you to close any port. Active Ports can help you to detect trojans and other malicious programs.


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Mosquiteos: how to prevent them from biting!
It is mosquito season as I sit on my porch watching these mini-vampires hover over me and my laptop. The problem with mosquito bites is:
Transmission of infections:
West Nile Virus: last year (2014) there were 1 presumptive viremic blood donor in North Carolina. http://www.cdc.gov/westnile/statsmaps/finalmapsdata/index.html
St. Louis encephalitis (actually most cases have occurred in Texas) is caused by a bite from a virus-infected mosquito and can cause brain inflammation especially in the elderly. In contrast, in Western Equine Encephalitis the viral infection is more severe in infants and young children but can also be spread to horses by infected mosquitoes. There is no vaccine or specific licensed treatment for these infections.
In other parts of the world, Dengue fever, Yellow fever and malaria are commonly spread by infected mosquitoes.
Allergic reactions:
Most people are sensitized to mosquito saliva from bites during childhood. The usual skin symptoms are hive- like reactions at the site of the bite or papules (bumps) that occur several hours later.
Severe generalized (anaphylactic) reactions to mosquito bites are very rare.
Skeeter Syndrome is an intense local allergic reaction to the polypeptides in mosquito saliva. Frequently there is associated fever and the misdiagnosis of cellulitis (skin infection) is made and antibiotics unnecessarily prescribed. This reaction is more common in children less than 4 years old.
So, what are our options for preventing mosquitoes from biting us?
The Scientific data on treatments is scarce and most scientific studies have taken place in the laboratory as "arm in the cage" testing rather than in the field as a real life scenario.
Vitamin B1 (Thiamine): 100 mg (1000x the usual daily dose of Vitamin B1) of this water-soluble vitamin once a day can repel mosquitoes from biting for several hours. According to Stewart Harvey, PhD from Salt Lake City, "the repellent effect is attributed to a foul odor, undetected by humans, unless one smells the bottle. Biting insects, which are attracted by carbon dioxide, are repelled. Mosquitoes, deer flies, horse flies, and chiggers are repelled. It is not known whether arachnids are repelled, although deer ticks seem to be." Some of the advantages are less expensive, does not rub off on clothes, well tolerated and non-oily. Thiamine might not properly enter the body in people who have liver problems or drink a lot of alcohol. An overdose of over 1000 mg of Vitamin B1 could lead to skin rash, allergic reaction, agitation, insomnia, or heart palpitations. The only study I found that showed Vitamin B1 did not work was published in 1969.
DEET (N,N-diethyl-3-methylbenzamide): This compound was developed by the U.S. Army after jungle warfare in WWII. For the past 60 years, this chemical has been effective and with a strong safety record. In an article from the New England Journal of Medicine in 2002, reports "DEET-based repellents remain the gold standard of protection under circumstances in which it is crucial to be protected against arthropod bites that might transmit disease." The chemical is commonly found in mosquito repellents and the duration of action is directly correlated with the concentration. The higher the concentration, the longer the duration of action. The American Academy of Pediatrics advises against using repellents with DEET concentrations higher than 30% on any child.
DEET + Permethrin: For our U.S. military troops, the Department of Defense Insect Repellent System includes DEET-containing repellant applied directly to the skin and permethrin applied to the battle uniform. This prevents arthropod (insects and spiders) bites. The permethrin last longer when applied to the battle uniforms than onto the skin.
Picaridin: this synthetic compound repels insects, ticks and chiggers. It was first made available in the 1980s. It was made to resemble the natural compound piperine, which is found in the same group of plants that make black pepper. Picaridin has been widely used as an insect repellent in Europe and Australia, but only since 2005, has it been available in the U.S. Picaridin is available as pump spray, wipes, liquids and aerosols. For more information, go to: http://npic.orst.edu/factsheets/PicaridinGen.html
Oil of Citranella: Some people apply diluted citronella oil directly to their skin to keep mosquitoes and other insects away. The duration of action however is short, about 20 minutes. It is also used in tiny amounts in foods and beverages as a flavoring. In manufacturing, citronella oil is used as a fragrance in cosmetics and soaps. Citronella oil should NOT be eaten in large amounts (a toddler died after swallowing insect repellent containing citronella oil) or inhaled as it could lead to lung damage.
Other essential oils: Oils of Lemon Eucalyptus, regular eucalyptus, cinnamon and castor have been used as natural mosquito repellants. There is insufficient data on use in pregnancy, breast feeding and young children and caution must be used as these are potent oils that may irritate the skin and therefore require diluting in products (other than water).
At Family Allergy Asthma & Sinus Care, our goal is to help prevent itching, including itching from bug and mosquito bites. I hope this information helps keep the pesky mosquitoes from dining on you!
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"This is a classic piece of theatre which deserves to be brought in front of audiences again."
WHO: Paul Murphie, Producer/Director
WHAT: "Kaufman and Hart's groundbreaking play sees its first revival in decades, telling the story of Richard Niles, a playwright who seemingly has it all – but what sacrifices has he made for fame? The play travels back in time, beginning in 1934 at the peak of Niles' success, through the Great Depression and the roaring 20s, while he abandons his principles to fulfil his ambitions. The play that inspired the iconic Sondheim musical, this is a story of friendship, aspiration and betrayal, set in a glittering age of American culture."
WHERE: theSpace @ Symposium Hall (Venue 43)
WHEN: 13:10 (90 min)
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Is this your first time to Edinburgh?
This is our first time at the Fringe as Our Time Theatre company. We are a brand new theatre company based in Edinburgh and are super excited to take part in the 2017 Edinburgh Festival Fringe!
Tell us about your show.
Our show is a brand new adaptation of the 1934 play, Merrily We Roll Along, originally written by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart. We have been working with U.S producer and director, Christopher Hart (who is the son of Moss Hart!), to create this adaptation – and we are extremely excited and proud to be producing the first revival of this play in decades. Many people will be familiar with the 1980s Sondheim musical of the same name, which was based on the original 1934, although with some changes to the characters, storyline and era in which it was set.
We believe this is a classic piece of theatre which deserves to be brought in front of audiences again. It was a groundbreaking play when first released due to the reverse structure in which it is told – as we move forward in the play but backwards in time ,we see snapshots of our protagonist's life, the important events and decisions that led him to where he is when we first meet him in 1934. This play is truly unique, charming, clever and thought-provoking; a moving story set in the glittering era of 1920s America, packed full of sensational drama as well as sparkling comedy with a poignant message.
We are Our Time Theatre, a new venture with the aim of providing actors with opportunities for creative and professional self-development, through the production and performance of new or lesser known work: which in turn, we want to bring to greater cultural prominence to audiences.
What should your audience see at the festivals after they've seen your show?
We are planning to see as many shows as possible during the Fringe and are very excited that we are in Edinburgh for the whole summer. We would recommend that audiences see as much as possible – there are a many great and wonderful (and weird!) things to see! We love the whole atmosphere of the Fringe, and our favourite thing to do is get out the Royal Mile and see what flyers we pick up! One show we will not be missing this year is "It Shoulda Been You" – a musical being put on by our good friends at Room 29 Theatre!
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Q: Always visible qml I have qml button file that I want to be visible above the keyboard when the keyboard is visible.
I just want to know what I should do with my QmlApplicationViewer so that my small qml block is always visible on top of all other applications but you should still have access to the application below.
I have already implemented a way for the file to become visible when the keyboard is visible and I can easily get it right above the keyboard later but now I am struggling to prevent it from stealing focus and closing the keyboard, because the moment a keyboard is opened my button appears and the keyboard closes. The moment I close my app the button disappears and the keyboard reopens in the app where I originally opened it. I want this to be a background task which supplements the keyboard functionality, the button will allow for speech input.
main.qml:
import QtQuick 1.1
import com.nokia.symbian 1.1

Button{
    signal keyActive()

    x: 0
    y: 0
    text: "Voice"
    property bool bob: inputContext.visible
    onBobChanged: console.log("keyboard" + bob), bob ? keyActive() : null
}

main.cpp:
#include <QtGui/QApplication>
#include "qmlapplicationviewer.h"
#include <QObject>
#include <QGraphicsObject>

Q_DECL_EXPORT int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
    QApplication app(argc, argv);

    QmlApplicationViewer viewer;
    viewer.setMainQmlFile(QLatin1String("qml/topwidget/main.qml"));

    viewer.setWindowFlags(Qt::WindowStaysOnTopHint);
    viewer.setAttribute(Qt::WA_ShowWithoutActivating);
    viewer.move(10, 20);
    viewer.releaseKeyboard();
    viewer.show();

    QObject *rootObject = viewer.rootObject();
    QObject::connect(rootObject, SIGNAL(keyActive()), &viewer, SLOT(raise()));

    return app.exec();
}

PS. I do know when the keyboard opens and closes, all I want to know is how to display my button without the keyboard automatically closing?

A: You are manipulating x and y but what you want is to control overlap, which is z. So you can affect what is always on top by giving it a special z value. See here:
http://qt-project.org/doc/qt-4.8/qml-item.html#z-prop

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Q: Agregar ubicacion de marcadores - Google Maps Tengo una aplicación de Android en Java en donde estoy agregando el Activity y la clase de Google Maps. Mi idea es mandarle por parámetro a la función OnMapReady o establecer de alguna manera una ubicación personalizada, ya que quiero que cada vez que se abra el mapa, se abra con un marker distinto dependiendo de dónde venga. Probé lo siguiente:
public class MapsActivity2 extends FragmentActivity implements OnMapReadyCallback {

    private GoogleMap mMap;
    private double latitud;
    private double longitud;
private LatLng ubicacion;
    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_maps2);
        // Obtain the SupportMapFragment and get notified when the map is ready to be used.
        SupportMapFragment mapFragment = (SupportMapFragment) getSupportFragmentManager()
                .findFragmentById(R.id.map);
        mapFragment.getMapAsync(this);
    }

    @Override
    public void onMapReady(GoogleMap googleMap) {
        mMap = googleMap;

        // Add a marker in Sydney and move the camera
        LatLng sydney = ubicacion;
        mMap.addMarker(new MarkerOptions().position(sydney).title("Ubicacion Gasto"));
        mMap.moveCamera(CameraUpdateFactory.newLatLng(sydney));
    }

    public void setearUbicacion(double lat, double longi){
         ubicacion = new LatLng(lat, longi);
    }
}

Pero llega nulo cuando se inicializa onMapReady. ¿Cómo podría hacer?
Gracias!

A: Lo que agregas en tu pregunta es el ejemplo de la documentacion oficial:
https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/android-sdk/map-with-marker
El problema por el cual obtienes un valor null del mapa es provocado porque no estas definiendo la geoposiciòn del marcador, para esto veo que tienes el mètodo setearUbicacion(), debes llamar este mètodo y definir la ubicaciòn antes de tratar de cargar el Fragment, ejemplo:
 @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_maps2);
        // Obtain the SupportMapFragment and get notified when the map is ready to be used.

        //*Define ubicaciòn.
        setearUbicacion(-33.852, 151.211);

        SupportMapFragment mapFragment = (SupportMapFragment) getSupportFragmentManager()
                .findFragmentById(R.id.map);
        mapFragment.getMapAsync(this);
    }


My name is Daissy and I am honored you've stopped by. There are many things that I could tell you about myself but I thought I'd share with you how I arrived to Wedding Photography.
I'd like to think I am much more interesting in person! If you like what you see in my portfolio, call, emailing me, or better yet, let's meet and talk wedding details and your vision.
Let's grab some caffeinated manna together!
Since childhood, I've always wanted to be a neurosurgeon (yeah, I know) or a National Geographic's photographer. Travel the world photographing the most interesting people and places, plus eat their food too, was a dream. I'm the daughter of a pastry chef after all.
Life happens and I didn't go on to be a neurosurgeon but work in the pediatric field. I certainly didn't pursuit photography until much later in life. By 18 years old, I was moving from my native home and planning a destination wedding. Yes, I got married at 19 years old! People always look at me weird when I say I've been married 20 years, but I am still married! (Take that doubters!) Since then, we grew our family to four thanks to our two active boys and life continued happening.
In 2009, I got the news that my father had died in a tragic way. He always dreamed about having his own wedding bakery and at the time of his death, he had finally opened one. Being quite a popular pastry chef in his area, his business was booming. A couple of years later, being the frustrated psychologist I am, I started thinking of the "what if". What if tomorrow was my day and I felt regret? What if I wake up one day hating my life choices? 2013 was when I decided to pursue photography. Now, it wasn't anything fancy. The cats I don't own, the kids running around, life as it unfolds.
As life has it by the end of 2013, I had a business and three weddings done. The business side of it all started and I felt in love with it all.
I started this journey as a therapy for my soul. Sort of like a, "see I am trying" gesture to my dad. He loved photography very much so too and I can remember him carrying a little film camera when I was little.
Photography soothes me. Yes, owning my own business can be stressful but at the same time is an escape to the hurries of life. I want to make sure I tell other's story so they can then recall how they felt and how their life has grown to that moment. Life has many chapters and they should never go unnoticed.
I love weddings. The family and friends surrounding you as you start a new journey needs to be celebrated. Your wedding is full of raw emotions, dreams, hopes and an amazing new life chapter. I get to live these over and over as I document other's love, I wouldn't change it.
These five years I've polished my craft and therefore I don't photograph just any wedding, I specialize in fun, authentic and pose-free wedding photojournalism. I document those kinds of weddings because they remind me to live life like a celebration every day. They remind me to breath and be happy.
I am a Mami to two "out of this world boys". Seriously, they are a little "out there"!
I've been a "Bride" x 21 (that's years! not times) to the only man who can make me madly in love and asylum mad at the same time.
When I am not photographing lovely people or sipping my Dulce de Leche Coffee, you can find me with the hubby binge watching episodes I've had no chance to catch up during busy season. I watch, he falls asleep, often.
You may also find me hiking with my boys, attempting to master painting or practicing my funny quotes (which may or may not salvage your tense family wedding formals on the day of).
As you view my work, I hope you can feel the laughter that unite my couples, the real look of love they shared or the kiss that was perfected way before I arrived to photograph it. I hope you enjoy their new journey just as much as I enjoyed photographing them.
These are pure happiness I want to share with you.
I'd love to talk to you and see what vision you have for your wedding, maybe we are a match made in wedding photography bliss.
Daissy specializes in full of laughter and moment-driven weddings. Serving Virginia Beach, Chesapeake, Suffolk and Norfolk, Virginia, you can find her laughing and joking with her couples while committed to a story telling approach. Her style is unscripted and fun so her couples can enjoy their day and remember what a blast they had in the decades to come.


In the son who said, "I go, sir," and went not, the character of the Pharisees was revealed. Like this son, the Jewish leaders were impenitent and self-sufficient. The religious life of the Jewish nation had become a pretense. When the law was proclaimed on Mount Sinai by the voice of God, all the people pledged themselves to obey. They said, "I go, sir," but they went not. When Christ came in person to set before them the principles of the law, they rejected Him. Christ had given the Jewish leaders of His day abundant evidence of His authority and divine power, but although they were convinced, they would not accept the evidence. Christ had shown them that they continued to disbelieve because they had not the spirit which leads to obedience. He had declared to them, "Ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition.... In vain they do worship Me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men." Matthew 15:6, 9.


Over the past several weeks, Lakes Community High School has had a significant amount of days that resulted in school closing due to heavy snowfall, extreme temperatures, and dangerous ice storms. Since the start of the semester, LCHS has already implemented two late-start schedules in response to dangerously cold and icy mornings. Additionally, school was closed for three days due to snow and brutal wind chills – all within one week!
With all these recent closures, students have had many conversations that oftentimes lead to debates over how the school district actually goes about making these decisions. After speaking with Lakes Principal, David Newbery we uncovered the truth to combat those rumors!
There are "built-in" days to the original district calendar each year.
"We build four days into the end of the calendar each year for make-up days," according to Lakes Principal David Newberry.
There's a "maximum number" of snow days that we are allowed to have as a school.
"I do not think so, however, you can apply to the state to not make up days if there are special circumstances for missing," Newberry explains.
Every snow day is required to be made up at the end of the year.
Seniors don't have to make up snow days/cold days.
Mr. Newberry explained that seniors are not required to make up the days missed from inclement weather due to the set date of graduation.
Graduation will be moved if we have a certain amount of snow days.
The school district talks with other local districts in order to make a final decision.
"We normally talk as a leadership team before the other districts are involved in the conversation. After the conversation between districts, our decision is made. Normally we are in line with other districts in the area. We try to make the decision before 5 AM; however, we like to have it out as soon as possible," Newberry states.
So there you have it, Eagles! Stay warm and be safe on the roads this winter! Be sure to follow Talon Times on all social media platforms @talontimes for the latest updates on school closing information.


My organization is not listed as an option on the registration screen. What should I do?
Please email pfa@pcori.org with your organization's DUNS number and contact information (name, address, and email). Please indicate if your organization has multiple accounts.


There are a few things for me to tell you so I am sneaking this tiny post in between the FAL tutorial series.
First, I got to be a part of that quilt, Circle of Friends, an amazing quilting project for Cindy and Brian who are very special friends, with contributions from more of my friends from 4 continents and many countries. You can read about it at Susan's blog Canadian Abroad here.
Susan was so busy writing about everyone else that she forgot to mention how wonder she was to organize, quilt, embroider, bind and post this special project. She is the best and I am so proud to be her friend.
Next, the second set of baby robins were hatching as we returned today. They are in the "alien" stage. I will document and post more pictures as the mommy robin allows. This time I get to be here instead of imposing on my photo correspondents.
The eldest son's wedding was wonderful, not a glitch or a hiccup. Thank you all for your well wishes. The ceremony was at this spot, which is high on Mount Lady MacDonald overlooking Canmore, Alberta and beautiful Mount Rundle. Despite flood damage and no drinkable water, the folks of Canmore were happy to have us all arrive and they made sure that we all had the best time.
We are all home now, tired and heading to sleep soon. Tomorrow there is work and laundry and more FAL tutorials too. Oh and I hope to finally, finally get in some actual sewing too.
How wonderful to be a part of such a loving and caring group.
Lovely Leanne. I've been loving the red robins... Keep the photos coming.
so glad the wedding went ahead ok! It's a beautiful location. Congratulations to all!!
So pleased that despite all the flooding, etc the wedding went off well. Glad to call you friend and looking forward to seeing you very soon.
How beautiful is this quilt and how lovely for your friend. Delighted that you had a great wedding and the pics look beautiful.
Glad everything went well for the wedding! Beautiful quilt!!
That quilt is stunning and it's extra special knowing how so many worked on it together. I'm so glad the weddin was lovely and we finally got some beautiful sunny weather no less!
Such a wonderful and thoughtfully made gift for Cindy! Love that quilt and the name!
Glad to hear the wedding went on and was special!
Happy to hear all went well with the wedding!!
I'm so pleased the wedding was a success!! And I agree, Susan is wonderful!
All lovely news. So glad you're doing well!
What a beautiful setting for you son and his bride, it's wonderful that everything worked out. While getting my son's wedding going last year they called for rain every day and we had an outdoor reception planned. It ended up being a gorgeous day and all things fell into place - we are both lucky!
I like that sweet quilt, and especially the back.


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IAF airstrike: Bombs worth Rs 1.7 crore, josh of pilots... priceless
News / IAF airstrike: Bombs worth Rs 1.7 crore, josh of pilots... priceless
India Today : Feb 26, 2019, 06:15 PM
The Indian Air Force (IAF) laser-guided bombs worth approximately Rs 1.7 crore to destroy the biggest Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) terror camp in Pakistan's Balakot area 1,000 kg of bombs each worth 56 lakh were dropped by IAF to attack the biggest JeM terror camp. A total of 200-300 terrorists including some top Jaish commanders were neutralised. At least 12 IAF Mirage 2000 aircraft each worth Rs.214 crore part in mission.
An Airborne Warning And Control System (AWACS) surveillance aircraft worth Rs 1,750 crore also kept a 36-degree watch on Pakistani airspace to keep an eye out for enemy aircraft during the operation.
An Ilyushin mid-air refilling tanker worth Rs 22 crore and IAF's Heron surveillance drone worth Rs 80 crore also contributed to the mission.
Meanwhile, 3 Russian-made Sukhoi Su-30MKI air superiority aircraft (each worth Rs 358 crore) were on standby in Indian Territory during the course of the 21-minute long mission. 5 MiG 29s (each worth Rs 154 crore) were also on alert on the ground.
At least 12 IAF Mirage 2000 aircraft-each worth Rs 214 crore-took part in the main mission. They took off from the Gwalior airbase armed with 225 kg GBU-12 conventional laser-guided bombs kitted with American-built precision guidance.


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LeBron James The Face of New Mountain Dew Energy Drink, MTN DEW RISE
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LeBron James officially finalized a multi-year endorsement deal with PepsiCo ending his 17-year-long partnership with Coca-Cola. As part of the new deal, James has already begun promoting the beverage company's newestMountain Dew energy drink, MTN DEW RISE.
CLOSE Source: Thearon W. Henderson / Getty LeBron James is not just shutting up and dribbling anytime soon. The future Hall-of-Famer has secured another bag. King James officially finalized a multi-year endorsement deal with PepsiCo ending his 17-year-long partnership with Coca-Cola. News of James ditching Coca-Cola for Pepsi first hit the news cycle back in January but no details were revealed at the time until now. Coca-Cola also confirmed its relationship with James is over in a statement saying, LeBrons contract came up at a time when both he and The Coca-Cola Company were actively reviewing all of its resources to make sure it was investing in places that ensured long-term growth. After many discussions with Lebron and his team, we mutually agreed to part ways. As part of the new deal, James has already begun promoting the beverage companys newest energy drink, MTN DEW RISE. The Los Angeles Lakers superstar and other athletes and influencers will focus on getting the word out about the drink. Speaking out the new energy drink, Front Office Sports reports James said, When I first learned about the message behind the drink the fact that every day is a chance to rise for all of us that really resonated with me. MTN DEW RISE reportedly contains the same amount of caffeine as two cups of coffee plus vitamins A and C and zinc to support the immune system. Yall ready to RISE??? Well LETS GO!!
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Dictionary Definition
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Phrases Containing
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Synonyms of foal
: a young animal of the horse family
especially : one under one year
foaled; foaling; foals
intransitive verb
: to give birth to a foal
transitive verb
: to give birth to (a foal)
in foal
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Verb The mare will foal in June.
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For years now, the people of Cedar Island, North Carolina, have named each foal born to the local herd of mustangs after the oldest living resident who hasn't already had a horse named for them. — Longreads, 2 Nov. 2022 This is true to some extent for all mammals, but obviously there's still a difference between a newborn foal and a newborn human. — Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 16 Apr. 2011 Teena Ella, the third foal of champion Beholder, faded to sixth in the seven-horse field. — Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Nov. 2022 The first foal to come ashore — a black-and-white male this year — is not sold with the others. — The Virginian-pilot, Washington Post, 2 Aug. 2022 Centuries later, two children on the island - based on a real family - save up to buy a pony and its foal, Misty. — Dave Kindy, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Aug. 2022 Guests can see Poppy and the new foal in the zoo's African Savanna exhibit. — Kolbie Peterson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 1 Aug. 2022 Then the foal that results from the breeding is nominated in their first year for $400, which is good for the rest of their career. — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 22 July 2022 Ortiz received the right to pair Mo Donegal with a mare until realizing a viable foal, or sell that right. — Bryce Millercolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 June 2022
In 1990, more than 44,000 racehorses were foaled in North America, according to the Jockey Club, which keeps the thoroughbred registry. — Joe Drape, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2019 My guess is that one person — of a higher authority — knows exactly how many thoroughbreds have been foaled over the past 100 years. — Nick Canepa, sandiegouniontribune.com, 9 June 2018 Stymie was foaled on King Ranch in Texas on April 9th, 1941. — Max Watman, WSJ, 25 May 2018 Good day: Jumping out of bed at 2 a.m. to help deliver a baby horse during foaling season. — Jennifer Larino, NOLA.com, 22 May 2018 The striking chestnut colt was foaled in Kentucky on March 28, 2015. — Paul Rolfes, The Courier-Journal, 5 May 2018 My guess is that one person — of a higher authority — knows exactly how many thoroughbreds have been foaled over the past 100 years. — Nick Canepa, sandiegouniontribune.com, 9 June 2018 Stymie was foaled on King Ranch in Texas on April 9th, 1941. — Max Watman, WSJ, 25 May 2018 Good day: Jumping out of bed at 2 a.m. to help deliver a baby horse during foaling season. — Jennifer Larino, NOLA.com, 22 May 2018 See More
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Middle English fole, from Old English fola; akin to Latin pullus young of an animal, Greek pais child — more at few
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This article was published on September 19, 2019
SEC sues cryptocurrency startup ICOBox for selling $14.6M worth of unregistered tokens
September 19, 2019 - 9:58 am
Yessi Bello Perez
Former Senior Writer, Growth Quarters
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has sued ICOBox, and its founder Nikolay Evdokimov, for allegedly running an illegal token sale worth more $14.6 million.
According to the complaint, ICOBox raised the funds in 2017 to create a platform for issuing initial coin offerings (ICOs). The SEC says the firm sold its "ICOS" tokens to more than 2,000 investors without registering them as securities.
Defendants allegedly claimed the tokens would go up in value upon trading and that ICOS token holders would be able to swap them at a discount for other tokens available on the ICOBox platform.
The complaint says the ICOS tokens are virtually worthless and further alleges that ICOBox failed to register as a broker, but operated as one by facilitating ICOs for other startups. In total, these raised over $650 million for dozens of clients.
"By ignoring the registration requirements of the federal securities laws, ICOBox and Evdokimov exposed investors to investments, which are now virtually worthless, without providing information that is critical to making informed investment decisions," said Michele Wein Layne, regional director of the Los Angeles Regional Office.
ICOBox and Evdokimov are charged with violating the registration requirements of the federal securities laws. The SEC is seeking injunctive relief, disgorgement with prejudgment interest, and civil money penalties.
As you might expect, this isn't the first time the SEC has taken action against outfits it deems are operating outside the confines of its rules and regulations.
In November last year, it charged the founder of cryptocurrency trading platform EtherDelta, Zachary Coburn, with running an "unregistered national securities exchange."
At the time, the order claimed EtherDelta facilitated more than 3.6 million trades for ERC20 tokens, many of which purportedly fall under local federal securities laws.
More recently, the SEC settled a fine with a Russian firm that was pushing ICOs without disclosing the fact that it had accepted payment to do so.
ICOs may no longer be in fashion these days, but the SEC is still doing its best to make sure the dodgy ones face the music.
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De Robert Fruinlaan is een belangrijke doorgaande straat in Slotervaart in Amsterdam Nieuw-West.
De straat ligt in het verlengde van de Postjesweg en werd voor het verkeer opengesteld op 10 juli 1960. Hiervoor was een doorgraving van de Ringspoorbaan noodzakelijk. De straat loopt door tot het punt waar de Johan Huizingalaan overgaat in de Oostoever. In het verlengde van de straat ligt het Christoffel Plantijnpad.

Op 1 juni 1986 werd het viaduct van de Spoorlijn Amsterdam Centraal - Schiphol over de Postjesweg/Robert Fruinlaan in gebruik genomen en op 28 mei 1997 volgde aan de oostzijde hiervan de metrobaan met het viaduct van metrostation Postjesweg.

Aan de zuidzijde bestaat de bebouwing uit portiekflats. Aan de noordzijde lag tot de jaren negentig een    rioolwaterzuiveringsinstallatie die toen werd verplaatst waarbij ruimte ontstond voor de nieuwbouwwijk Oostoever.

Vanaf de eerste dag van openstelling rijdt buslijn 18 door de straat. Sinds 28 mei 1997 rijdt metrolijn 50 over de straat en heeft er een station evenals metrolijn 51 sinds 3 maart 2019.

De straat werd bij een raadsbesluit van 22 juni 1955 vernoemd naar Robert Fruin, een Nederlands historicus en hoogleraar te Leiden.

Straat in Amsterdam Nieuw-West

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Borussia Dortmund came into this Champions League season as somewhat of an underdog to many of the 'larger' teams around Europe. After a strong showing in the group stages and a fantastic start to their Bundesliga season, Dortmund are a legitimate dark horse to sneak in and win Europe's greatest club trophy.
The young center-back pairing of Manuel Akanji and Dan-Axel Zagadou have proven that they can show up and play in big games this season.
The two helped their side keep a clean sheet against Atletico Madrid in the first meeting between the two in the group stages of the Champions League, as well as having strong games against Bayern Munchen and Bayer Leverkusen respectively.
The two central defenders are helped by a strong goalkeeper in Roman Burki and experienced left-back in Lucasz Piszczek. This combination will be tough for any team in Europe to break down, especially when it gets later into the competition and teams are tiring from busy schedules.
Roman Burki has cemented himself as an extremely reliable goalkeeper over the past few seasons, especially in the Champions League. He may not receive the type of recognition that many other high profile keepers are used to, but the statistics don't lie about his contributions to the current Bundesliga leaders.
In the five Champions League matches that Burki has played in this season, he has kept four clean sheets and only conceded two goals.
Burki has proven himself a fine shot stopper throughout this campaign and if he continues in this form, Dortmund are going to be force to be reckoned with throughout the rest of the tournament.
Dortumund have scored a very respectable 54 goals in the Bundesliga this season, putting them tied for fifth among every team in Europe's 'Big 5' leagues. What is most impressive is that they are getting large contributions from every position on the pitch.
Consistent goals from a striker were hard to come by last term. Paco Alcacer has helped immensely this season chipping in 12 goals in the league, while captain Marco Reus has 13 to his name.
Attacking contributions from the midfield may be the push that Dortmund need to win the Champions League this season. Jadon Sancho, Raphael Guerreiro, and Achraf Hakimi have all shown they can be very useful going forward for the club this season in both the Bundesliga and Champions League.
There's no doubt that Marco Reus is the heart and soul of this Dortmund team. Injuries have plagued him for much of his career, but when healthy he is a world-class talent.
Reus has already played double the number of minutes this term than in 2017/18, and his increased time on the pitch is reflected by his consistent form as well as Dortmund's position in the table. With 17 goals in all competitions he is scoring at will and, will surely be the man pulling the strings against Tottenham in the knockout stages.
Dortmund have the talent to compete, but will need Reus in top form to win the highest honour in European club football.
Borussia Dortmund have something invaluable that many teams left in the Champions League don't. In every Champions League winning side, there has been a blend of experience and youth that drives the squad to glory.
With veteran leadership coming from Marco Reus, Omer Toprak, Axel Witsel, and Mario Gotze, Die Borussen will not be surprised by the pressure that the latter stages of the competition may bring. They also have seasoned pros coming off the bench in Marcel Schmeltzer and Lucasz Piszczec when they need to see out a lead late in the game.
Jadon Sancho and Raphael Guerreiro are just two of the young and influential players that Dortmund boast within their ranks. and both can open up an opposing side at any moment. Sancho has been a true star since earning his place in the starting XI (8 goals and 10 assists in all competitions), keeping American winger Christian Pulisic on the bench for most games.
If Dortmund can field a team in which they attempt to mirror the integration of youth into experience that has helped Real Madrid win three straight Champions League titles, they will have a good chance of lifting the trophy themselves.


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LVG Blog 1
Fifty shades of mad, bad, and dangerous
At the end of the Fifty Shades trilogy by E.L. James, Anastasia Steele has succeeded in transforming a controlling, physically-abusive entrepreneur into a doting husband, father of her two children. Miraculously (for a married couple with children) their sex life is still smoking hot and they enjoy BDSM sex. Though not regarded as a great literary feat, the series has been compared to Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre (1847), in which the heroine's love reforms a stormy, melancholy Romantic bluebeard – replete with a mad wife secreted in the attic – into a somewhat domesticated chap with whom Jane can have a cosy and equal married relationship.
Considering that the Fifty Shades series has sold more copies on Amazon than the entire Harry Potter series combined, and that Jane Eyre is a well-loved text that has been prescribed in school and university curricula around the world for decades, it's worth pointing out that the myths these works are purveying may not be too helpful for women trapped in abusive relationships. It's also worth asking whether there are alternatives to the narratives they offer.
Enter gender relations in the novels of South African author Daphne Rooke.
All of Rooke's major novels present male characters who are mad, bad, and seriously dangerous to know. But for women readers these novels offer a very different message than Jane Eyre and Fifty Shades of Grey.
I am going to focus here on Rooke's Mittee (1950), mainly because it is a rewriting of Jane Eyre, and also because it is one of my favourite novels. You have likely not heard of Mittee before, though you may have heard of Wide Sargasso Sea (1966), by Jean Rhys, which is also a subversive retelling of Charlotte Bronte's famous story.
In a similar vein to Wide Sargasso Sea, Mittee is about a love triangle, from the perspective of a "Creole" woman. The novel is set in the Transvaal in the lead up to and during the South African War of 1899-1902, and told by Selina, the young and beautiful "coloured" servant of a young and beautiful white woman, Mittee. Selina begins by describing her peaceful life with her husband Fanie, before telling the story of her youth with Mittee in an extended flashback that comprises most of the novel. She describes how she was having an affair with Mittee's fiancé, Paul, and it seems that she was in love with him, though he treats her dismissively and even hatefully at times. Her relationship with Paul must be kept as secret as Bertha Rochester locked away in the attic. Though she loves Mittee "as a sister", Selina is often overcome by jealousy, and on one occasion rips up the silk for Mittee's wedding dress, recalling the incident in Jane Eyre where Bertha enters Jane's room and tears her wedding veil in half.
Like Bronte's Rochester, Paul in Mittee is a dark and powerful Byronic character who first appears in the narrative on horseback. His demonic intensity and intertwined sadism and appetite for dark-skinned or ethnically-ambiguous women have much in common with Rhys's Rochester.
On finding out that Selina is pregnant with his child, Paul seeks to marry her off to the brutal farm hand Jansie, who terrifies Selina. One evening Jansie comes around to Selina's room, expecting her to submit to him. When she refuses him and he sees that she is pregnant, he attacks her, jumping on her stomach and causing her to lose her child. This attack becomes an excuse for Paul to kill Jansie, who was the only witness to the pregnancy. After Jansie's death, Paul, already vicious and nasty, becomes even worse. During his marriage to Mittee they have a crippled child whom he smothers to death, as he cannot stand to see weakness in something that he evidently wants to view as a narcissistic projection of himself. When he begins beating Mittee, Selina stops him and he turns on her and rapes her instead.
While some of the brutal men in Rooke's novels are seductive in the beginning of the narratives in which they appear, they deteriorate very quickly into violent doubles of one another. The horror is that these men are family: husbands, or potential husbands, and fathers.
When in an interview I asked Rooke about this, she responded that these men are based on stories she heard from her mother Marie (to whom Mittee is dedicated), about her mother's first husband, Knevitt, a hard-drinking Welshman who was extremely violent to Rooke's half-brothers and her mother. One night Marie and her three sons ran away. They heard Knevitt coming after them on horseback, with his two colt revolvers firing, and hid behind a waterfall, an incident that became the inspiration for the final major scene in Mittee.
Rooke claims that she grew up on these stories, but presumably there were other stories, and one may question the significance of her investment in tales of frighteningly violent men. After all, Rooke never knew Knevitt, and her own father, by her account a loving and benevolent man, was killed in the First World War, soon after she was born.
In The Art of the Ridiculous Sublime, Slavoj Žižek argues that fictions of "enraged paternal figures," excessively phallic figures with their "wild outbursts of violent rage," are essentially a fantasy, such that even the most obscene Urvater, "the rapist father," is an invented defense against the suffocating and protective figure of parental benevolence. Following Žižek, it could be argued that Rooke's childhood, growing up without a father in a household of women, may have perversely shaped her obsession with the fiery and violent men that she returns to again and again in her novels.
An interpretation of these excessively evil male figures as "fantasies", however, would overlook their relation to the actual violence of the patriarchal order that Rooke was describing. In her memoir Rooke not only remembers growing up in a house of women, but also makes a link between apartheid and male "aggression." As Zoë Wicomb notes: "Rooke is resolute in her exposure of the bullying male. The consoling words of an Afrikaner matron—'Don't be upset by the boys. All girls have to put up with it, Selina, probably he meant no harm' reveal to what extent sexual harassment is institutionalized in that society."
Through the portrayal of brutal husband-fathers, Rooke reflects on the patriarchal violence that was endemic at every level in colonial society and under apartheid. Her novels are poignant as we have inherited the legacy of these toxic masculinities today.
In Jane Eyre, the heroine chooses the fiery and arguably abusive Rochester, over St John Rivers, the kindly missionary. In Mittee, Mittee rejects Paul, choosing instead to live with her missionary, Doctor Besil, and Selina eventually lives a life of peace with her compassionate husband, Fanie.
It's not my intention to claim that "nice guys" are incapable of being trash. Such is the nature of toxic masculinities that "nice guys" can transform into demonic versions of themselves in the blink of an eye.
But unlike Jane Eyre and the Fifty Shades trilogy, Mittee demonstrates that women cannot reform narcissistic men who are overtly "mad, bad, and dangerous to know". Such men don't get better. They only get worse.
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CONDEMNING AL-SHABAAB TERRORIST ATROCITIES IS NOT ENOUGH, WE MUST DEFEAT THEM
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We, in this campaign, were deeply saddened to learn of the deaths and injuries of innocent Somali people in yesterday's terrorist attack on Hotel Afrique near KM Four in Mogadishu. We strongly condemn their murder by al-Shabaab terrorists and offer sincere condolences to their families. General Mohamed Nur Galaal, a Somali military hero of great renown, and considered one of the SNA's old-time top-flight generals was among the casualties of this barbaric slaughter.
While we condemn their terrorist acts, we also need to utilize all available tools in the fight against al-Shabaab, including the rule of law; community engagement; community-oriented policing; early intervention programmes; using technology and social media to fight against hate speech and extremist propaganda; special investigation techniques; human intelligence operations; surveillance operations; investigative interviewing; detention regimes while protecting the right to liberty and due process and the humane treatment of prisoners; deradicalization programmes; using force while protecting the right to life, and maintaining public order.
Yes, of course, we must track terrorists down with a stronger military, tighten the net around their finances, and improve our intelligence capabilities. But let us also understand that ultimate victory against our enemies will come only by rebuilding our country and bringing hope and opportunity to millions of young Somali people around the country.
According to Somalia Human Development Report 2012, Over 70 percent of Somali people are under the age of 30. Most of these young people face blocked transitions to adulthood owing to multiple social, economic and political exclusions.1
The social science literature proves that a youth bulge (a disproportionally youthful population) and political violence are intertwined in contexts of poverty and social neglect.2 Historians and political scientists observe that revolutions occur more often in countries unable to absorb large populations of energetic young men.3 Moreover, it has been suggested that youth bulges were one of the central factors driving two waves of revolutions in the mid-seventeenth and late eighteenth centuries, and that also a disproportionate expansion of the youth cohort led to the rise of fascism and other extremist ideologies in the 1920s in Europe and North America.4
Some political scientists, moreover, note that the proportion of youth in the Iranian population rose dramatically in the 1970s before the outbreak of the Iranian Revolution in 1979, and that a similar surge took place in Algeria in the early 1990s coinciding with the rise of the Front Islamique du Salut (FIS).5 The famous academic Samuel Huntington described young people as "the protagonists of protest, instability, reform and revolution".6 Some historians of terrorism claim that the only common feature of every terrorist movement they had ever studied was that the bulk of their members were young.7
Our leaders must be able to understand this complex web of causation and effect and come up with new ideas to address them.
In my campaign, I pledged that we shall initiate national youth education, training, engagement and empowerment programmes to provide opportunities for employment and income generation to young people in cities across the country. We start in Mogadishu by building two huge zones, called 'Zones of education, skills, training, engagement, employment and economic opportunities' that can accommodate tens of thousands of young people at any one time. I shall provide more details later.
Ending terrorism would entail, among other things, changing the political reality and mentality that engender it, and the institutionalization of democratic legal authority, and to address the underlying root causes of conflict: corruption, injustice and inequality, exclusion, discrimination and marginalization, extreme poverty and lack of livelihoods, and youth unemployment - to name just a few of the interminable drivers of conflict in Somalia.
We therefore call on all runners and riders for our country's up-coming Presidential Elections to put forward policy ideas as to how our country can address the scourge of al-Shabaab terrorism devastating our society, but also how we can transform our politics, security, and economy.
1. UNDP (2012) Somalia Human Development Report 2012: Empowering Youth for Peace and Development. Nairobi, UNDP.
2. Urdal, Henrik (2006) A Clash of Generations? Youth Bulges and Political Violence, International Studies Quarterly, Vol. 50, No. 3, p. 623.
3. Kennedy, Paul (1993) Preparing for the Twenty-First Century. Random House, p. 34.
4. Jack Goldstone (2016) Revolution and Rebellion in the Early Modern World, Routledge, 2nd Edition.
5. Cleveland, William & Bunton, Martin (2016) A History of the Modern Middle East 6th Edition. Routledge.
6. Huntington, Samuel (1996) The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order, Simon & Schuster; p. 118.
7. Walter Laqueur (2001) A History of Terrorism. Transaction Publishers, p. 120.
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Heritage Regina Notice of Annual General Meeting
March 12, 2017 /in Blog, Newsletter
Notice of Annual General Meeting April 11, 2017
We want to welcome all current members and potential new members to attend Heritage Regina's 41st Annual General Meeting on April 11th at Knox Metropolitan United Church, 2340 Victoria Ave. Regina at 7:00pm. Refreshments will be provided.
Please note that only current 2017-18 members will be eligible to vote at the AGM. A copy of the membership renewal form is attached. We are excited to announce that once again we have partnered with Heritage Saskatchewan and the National Trust for Canada to provide you a
reciprocal membership for just $10.00. Details are on the attached form.
Please feel free to bring your membership form along with payment to the AGM or mail prior to the event.
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The First Tiny House
March 8, 2017 /in Events, Lecture and Speeches
Regina's first tiny house was actually built 135 years ago, it provided the basic necessities for survival and comfort that our present day popular tiny houses do.Have you ever wondered what those early homes were like?
Join us for an informative and entertaining evening with music, photos and stories as we learn about life in those early tents, soddies and homestead shacks. John Robinson, Principal Designer at Robinson Residential Design, designed and built Regina's first Tiny House. This Tiny House was displayed at the 2016 Home and Garden Show and featured on a HGTV episode, "Journey to the Jamboree". John would be the first to say that it wasn't actually Regina's FIRST tiny house, so his talk will provide a fun and interactive look back at some of the tiny homes that the earliest settlers of our province lived in.
Refreshments provided. A $10 suggested donation to Heritage Regina goes towards the promotion and preservation of heritage in your community.
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Understanding the Mechanism of Metal-Halide Network Formation and Crystal Growth
Presented at the National Science Foundation Workshop on Inorganic Chemistry, Jackson Hole, WY.
Event: National Science Foundation Workshop on Inorganic Chemistry at Jackson Hole, WY
Educational Requirements/Opportunities at Neutron User Facilities
Presented at the NSFCHEMBIO, Joint Institute for Neutron Sciences, Tallahassee, FL.
Event: NSFCHEMBIO, Joint Institute for Neutron Sciences at Tallahassee, FL
Sorptive Reconstruction of a Metal-Halide Lattice on Small Molecule Sorption
Martin, J. (2003, November 16). Presented at the Southeast Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Atlanta, GA.
Event: Southeast Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society at Atlanta, GA on November 16-17, 2003
"Plugging into Enzymes": Nanowiring of Redox Enzymes by a Gold Nanoparticle
Science, 299(5614), 1877–1881.
By: Y. Xiao
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Electrocatalytic intercalator-induced winding of double-stranded DNA with polyaniline
Chemical Communications, (13), 1540.
By: Y. Xiao, A. Kharitonov, F. Patolsky, Y. Weizmann & I. Willner
Cancer Biomarkers: How Proteomics is Leading to the Discovery of New Markers
Clinical Laboratory News, 29, 12–16.
By: D. Muddiman, W. Cliby & H. Bergen
New Valence Tautomeric Molecules and Materials
Presented at the Southeastern Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Atlanta, GA.
Event: Southeastern Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society at Atlanta, GA on November 17, 2003
Orbital Control of Exchange Coupling in Organic Biradicals
Schultz, D. (2003, November 17). Presented at the Southeastern Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Atlanta, GA.
Event: Southeastern Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society at Atlanta, GA
Conformational Modulation of Both Exchange and Mixed-Valency in Cross-Conjugated, Open-Shell Molecules
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Enzymatic strategies for the characterization of nucleic acids by electrospray ionization mass spectrometry
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1H NMR and electrospray mass spectrometry of the mono-ionized bis(2,2′-bis(4,5-dimethylimidazole)chloronitrosylruthenium(II) complex ([Ru(NO)Cl(LH2)2]+, LH2=2,2′-bis(4,5-dimethylimidazole)
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Vesicular Volume, the Fusion Pore and Potential 'Presynaptic' Mechanisms Modulating Neurotransmitter Release
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Ed(s): J. Kehr, K. Fuxe, U. Ungerstedt & T. Svensson
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Amperometric Detection of Exocytosis at Cells and Artificial Cells
By: A. Ewing, A. Cans, L. Sombers, N. Wittenberg, D. Eves, R. Karlsson, M. Karlsson, A. Karlsson, O. Orwar
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Ester Aroma/Flavor chart
Ester Composition & temp expression
1 What is an Ester?
2 Most common Esters
3 Ester Formation
3.1 Ester formation in Fermentation
3.2 Ester formation in the still
3.3 Ester formation during aging
3.4 Transesterification
4 Bacterial Infection
5 Increasing/Decreasing Esters
6 Expression in Distillates
7 Chemical Equilibrium
10 Ester Research
What is an Ester?
From Webster: Any of a class of often fragrant compounds that can be represented by the formula RCOOR´ and that are usually formed by the reaction between an acid and an alcohol with elimination of water. R and R' are placeholders for an acid (R) and an alcohol (R').
More easily stated, an ester is a molecule of alcohol "fused" with a Carboxylic acid.
Esters are flavor and aromatic compounds that contribute to the flavor profile of whiskeys, rums, and brandies. Esters can create complex flavor profiles and can be detected at very low levels - a few PPM (parts per million). Many esters have distinctive fruit-like odors. They can also introduce flavors of constituent materials that are not actually present (bananas, cherries, cloves, etc). Many occur naturally in the essential oils of plants. This has also led to their commonplace use in artificial flavorings and fragrances when those odors aim to be mimicked. Their production can be encouraged or discouraged by changing the conditions and materials used in the fermenting, distilling, and aging processes.
Most common Esters
Ester produce the most common aromas and flavors associated with spirits. Acetic acid esters have the glue/pear smell familiar with Bourbon, Rum and Grappa. Lactic acid esters smell fruity (soft, mild, creamy) and are in Malt Whiskies like Scotch and Bourbon. Butyric acid esters smell fruity (tropical fruits, bubblegum) to create the essential Rum flavors.
Ester Formation
In brewing esters are formed through enzymatic activity during fermentation or at any time through Fischer–Speier Esterification. Typical preference in distilling is for longer chain fatty acid esters. Those are more likely to be formed by enzymatic action during fermentation. Shorter chain esters are more typically formed during distillation and aging by Fischer esterification. The heat of the distillation process appears to increase the speed of the Fischer reaction. Copper acts as a catalyst.
Ester formation in Fermentation
During the growth cycle yeast will produce fatty acid esters in order to build cell walls. These esters are formed by enzymes. The enzyme ester formation reaction is reversible, meaning that the enzyme will also return esters to an alcohol and acid. These esters are bound inside the yeast cell and cannot be used as long as the cell wall has not been ruptured. During autolysis (when the yeast dies) the cell walls are ruptured by protease enzymes. After the cell walls are ruptured the enzymes will both create and destroy esters. Esters from yeast can also be released by including some of the yeast in with the wash for distilling. The heat of the still will break open the cell walls release the esters. For ferments the level of ester production increases until day 10-18 depending on wash make up, at that point ester levels equalize.
Ester formation in the still
Esters can form anytime an alcohol molecule is in the presence of an carboxylic acid and a catalytic acid. This is mainly attributed to Fischer Esterification. Fischer esterification increases as temperatures increase and with lower pH levels. Copper also acts as a catalyst. This leads to a significant increase in ester formation during distillation. It may also be a contributing factor to the "Slow Distillation" movement to create a better product. Longer chain esters will boil at higher temperatures. The more carbon molecules the higher boiling point.
Ester formation during aging
In aging the ester formation process continues but at a slower pace as product is normally stored at room temperature. During storage ethanol oxidizes into acetic acid lowering the pH. The acetic acid then can form the ester acetate. If stored in a wooden barrel tannic acid from the wood is absorbed into the product at it ages and it lowers the pH slowly. This acidity increases ester production. This leads to a more complex flavor profile. Doping ferments and low wines with small amount of strong acids, like sulfuric, increases the speed of this reaction. It is not recommended for the final product.
Transesterification
Transesterification (AKA alcoholysis) occurs when one acid or alcohol reacts with an ester and in doing so replaces the original acid or alcohol within that ester. This can happen at anytime. It is most common in fermentation and aging.
Some common bacterial infections create carboxylic acids that can become esters. Lactic acid bacteria like Lactobacillus produce lactic acid, Acetic acid bacterias like Acetobacter produce acetic acid, Butyric acid bacteria like Clostridium produce butyric acid. Lactobacillus is found on grains and fruit. Acetobacter is spread by fruit flys and other insects. Clostridium occurs in food preparation areas. In distilleries infections aren't considered significant unless they occur early and heavy in the fermentation process. The bacteria will compete for sugars with the yeast and will reduce alcohol yield. Once yeast establishes itself it will out compete the bacteria. Once the yeast has used up the simple sugars the bacteria can use the remaining more complex sugars without detriment to yield. Brewers will boil their wort to kill any infections. Most distillers will not boil their wort as to not damage Alpha-amylase or Beta-amylase since infections are seen as having either neutral or a positive effect on flavor. The Amylase helps continue conversion and increase alcohol yield. It is considered wasteful to expend the money and time on boiling the wort to kill infections. The longer the ferment the more carboxylic acids lower the pH, increasing the reaction.
Increasing/Decreasing Esters
There are several methods of varying ester formation:
Yeast Selection: Yeast that expresses excess acetyl coenzyme A(aCoA), an acetyltransferase (ATF) enzyme, will increase ester production. Yeasts with these characteristics - Safale US-05, US-04, or other English Ale yeasts. Lager yeasts are considered to be low ester producers.
Pitching rate: Esters are formed during yeast growth. A low pitching rate will encourage ester production, high pitching rates will decrease it.
Fermentation Temperature: Warmer temperatures increase yeast growth and ester production. Ferment at the top end of your yeast's range for more esters.
Hydrostatic or Top pressure: Increased pressure (from CO2 or the heights of the fermentation vessel) in the fermenting vessel decreases both ester and fusel alcohol formation.
Under oxygenating wash: During reproduction, yeast use oxygen to produce unsaturated fatty acids which also uses up aCoA, a precursor for ester production. Therefore by reducing the amount of oxygen available for the yeast, you will effectively be increasing the available ester precursor acetyl coenzyme A, making it available to produce more of the fruity esters you want. For practical purposes this means do not oxygenate or aerate the wort. You can further reduce oyxgen by boiling mashing water before use. Boiling reduces dissolved gases.
Open Fermenting: In direct contradiction to the previous item, open fermenting appears to increase ester formation. Most of the highest ester spirits are typically openly fermented (Scotch, Rum).
Doping with precursors: Muck Pits, Dunder Pits and Sour Mashing are used to dope ferments with Carboxylic acids to make extra available for ester formation. One can also target specific esters by doping the distillate with certain carboxylic acids. These methods are also used to inoculate the wash with "good" bacteria.
Doping with tails: Tails contain fatty acids and fusel alcohols. By doping a ferment with tails it is similar to using muck. By going deeper into the tails during distillation will allow for more ester formation during maturation.
Clarified Wort: In the book Whisky Technology, Production and Marketing it is stated that Yamazaki and Fuji-Gotenba clarify their wort. It does not explain if it is to target specific esters or if it increases esters or how it works.
Protein Rests to increase Fatty Acids: On non-fully modified malts (unmalted grains), doing a protein rest (Proteolysis) helps break down proteins into fatty acids (amino acids). These fatty acids are then available for esterification.
Wort Composition: The ratio of nitrogen (FAN or amino acids and proteins) to carbon (sugars and carbohydrates) in a wort has a direct stimulating effect on yeast growth and the production of acetyl-CoA. All-malt worts will have a higher ration of Nitrogen to Carbon and this encourages cells to keep making acetyl-CoA even when oxygen levels have dropped, thus resulting in more ester production. Conversely, worts with a high percentage of adjuncts experience reduced ester production.
High/low ABV environments: Esters are formed by condensation (removal of water) and are destroyed easily with hydrolysis(adding of water). By keeping your distillate to a higher ABV it will encourage more Fischer esterification. Lower ABV distillates will discourage ester production. The excess water will also act to hydrolyze (destroy) existing esters.
Copper Stills: Copper stills help create esters as copper acts as a catalyst for their production.
Expression in Distillates
Esters, regardless of type, tend to express in the foreshots, heads and early hearts. There are few esters found in the later hearts and tails. Tails do contain fatty acids and other alcohols that can form esters. Ester can form at any time though during the distilling though it is generally at a low level.
From fermentation through aging the chemistry changes significantly. It's most dramatic during fermentation then distilling and lastly aging. From a perspective of esters straight off the still will have the highest level of esters. The next couple of days the spirit will change dramatically. Esters will be destroyed and created based on the ABV. Some longer chain esters will be destroyed and shorter chain esters reformed in their place. Longer chain esters are less likely to be reformed. After a week the spirit will stabilize. At this point the spirit will change very little unless it is aired out or aged in a barrel. Aging in a closed environment will not allow oxidation so the spirit itself won't change significantly. Using oak dominoes/chips/fingers will add the oak flavor - this is not aging. (Oaking isn't aging). The spirit needs to breathe to age properly.
Ester at Wikipedia
New carboxylic ester chart
High ester yeast for whiskey
Pure acids and ester production
Esters in whiskey mash - good/bad/indifferent??
Does a dunder pit create esters or a feedstock for them?
Table of esters and their smells
Dr. Patrick Heist Questions and Answers
Using reflux to encourage Fischer Esterification
Esters: A reading list to understanding them better
Where does banana flavor in Rum come from?
Esters from Lime salts - using sulfuric acid
Ester Research
Some of these links are easy to read, some require a better than basic understanding of chemistry. Once you have started reading the easier ones the tougher ones start to become understandable. Don't be afraid, keep reading and it will come with time.
http://aem.asm.org/content/74/2/454.full Parameters Affecting Ethyl Ester Production by Saccharomyces cerevisiae during Fermentation
http://www.bostonapothecary.com/fruit-brandy-distillate-and-brandy-flavor-essence/ - Fruit Brandy Distillate and Brandy Flavor Essence
http://bostonapothecary.com/from-free-fatty-acids-to-aromatic-esters-esterification-in-the-still-made-simple/
http://bostonapothecary.com/rafael-arroyos-lost-papers-on-rum/ <- Collection of Rafael Arroyo's papers including his Heavy Rum Patent.
http://bostonapothecary.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/scard-chemistry-of-rum-1920.pdf
http://cocktailchem.blogspot.com/2014/04/why-long-fermentation-times-are.html
http://cocktailwonk.com/2015/04/from-alchemy-to-science-esters-aldehydes-mass-spectrometers-and-hyper-accelerated-aging.html
http://draymans.com/ester-production-in-yeast/
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/j.2050-0416.1971.tb03370.x/epdf - This paper covers the different fatty acids made by different strains of yeast and the esters that form from them.
http://scottjanish.com/esters-and-fusel-alcohols/ <-- Very good beginners article on Esters, though written from a beer perspective.
http://sourbeerblog.com/understanding-esterification/ <- Contains chart of acids and esters they form
http://whiskyscience.blogspot.de/2011/11/fermentation-flavours.html
http://whiskyscience.blogspot.de/2012/02/lactic-acid-bacteria.html
http://www.chemguide.co.uk/organicprops/alcohols/esterification.html
http://www.gobourbon.com/bacteria-and-your-bourbon/
http://www.professorbeer.com/articles/esters.html
http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0101-20612011000200012 <- Esters are in the highest concentrations in the heads, much less in the hearts, none in the tails.
http://www.winning-homebrew.com/esters-in-beer.html
https://sciencebrewer.wordpress.com/2013/04/ <- Chart showing how to enhance or decrease ester formation
https://ucanr.edu/repositoryfiles/Oberholster_Ester_taints-92483.pdf <- Wine based, but show a chart of Ester formation over time
https://www.chemguide.co.uk/organicprops/esters/preparation.html Fischer esterification: Esters form slowly at room temp, long chain esters only form with heat and time
https://www.gastrograph.com/blogs/gastronexus/ester-production-in-fermentation.html
https://www.khanacademy.org/science/organic-chemistry/carboxylic-acids-derivatives - Video series on esterification.
https://www.morebeer.com/articles/Esters_Flavors_Alcohols_Balance_Fruity <- Aroma & flavor esters, chemical origins.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC168383/pdf/630910.pdf Effect of Aeration and Unsaturated Fatty Acids on Esters
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC194970/ ATF1, Lg-ATF1, and ATF2 Control the Formation of a Broad Range of Volatile Esters
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2223249/ Fatty acid precursor level rather than the activity of the biosynthetic enzymes is the major limiting factor for ethyl ester production
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4556718/ Production of medium-chain volatile flavour esters
Flavor Development, Episode 2: Defining Sources of Flavor in Whisky – Esters
Effect of temperature and pH on the formation of higher alcohols, fatty acids and ester formation
THE FORMATION OF ESTERS AND HIGHER ALCOHOLS DURING BREWERY FERMENTATION; THE EFFECT OF CARBON DIOXIDE PRESSURE
EFFECT OF AGEING ON LEES AND DISTILLATION PROCESS ON FERMENTED SUGARCANE MOLASSES FOR THE PRODUCTION OF RUM.
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Governor apologises for an accidental imminent attack warning sent out by Hawaii to every mobile phone in the island.
Hawaii's Governor David Ige has apologised for an accidental message sent out by the state to every mobile phone in the island, warning of an imminent missile attack.
Ige said on Sunday that the government would investigate the incident, which involved an employee pushing a wrong button during a shift change on Saturday morning.
"It was a procedure that occurs at the change of shift where they go through to make sure that the system is working and an employee pushed the wrong button," Ige said.
The mistaken alert read: "Ballistic missile threat inbound to Hawaii. Seek immediate shelter. This is not a drill."
It triggered panic among many Hawaiians who scrambled to find shelter.
"People just started scurrying around, just trying to get into bathrooms, I was with my two girls, eight and 10 so kids were crying and nobody really knew what to do," Robbyn Leventhal, a Hawaii resident, told Al Jazeera.
Another, Vinicius Pereira, said: "Hawaii is the first place they are going to drop the bomb on. It is crazy. Living here is awesome but at the same time you are not feeling secure all the time."
The Emergency Management Agency later confirmed on Twitter 10 minutes later that the attack alert was a false alarm.
But those not on the social media website had to wait 38 minutes to find out it was a mistake.
"We just went running, we went to this other place, a concrete building, people were just running in the street, they were desperate. It was not funny at all. The guy had one job, right? And he messed up so, that's crazy," said Pereira.
The incident in the face of an actual threat made the people of Hawaii realise that they might not be ready for the real thing.


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OTUNBAYEVA LOSES LAST CHANCE TO REMAIN IN KYRGYZ POLITICS
By: Erica Marat
November 30, 2005 05:00 AM Age: 17 years
On November 27, two key leaders of Kyrgyzstan's revolution, Azimbek Beknazarov and Roza Otunbayeva, stood for election for the parliamentary seats from the Aksy and Tunduk districts. While both were the driving forces of political changes on March 24 this year, President Kurmanbek Bakiyev and the parliament later expelled them from the government. Beknazarov was able to win a parliamentary seat and thus recover his role on the political scene, but Otunbayeva had lost to an unknown young businessman, Zhanysh Kudaibergenov.
Otunbayeva, along with Bakiyev, Beknazarov, and a number of other well-known opponents of former president Askar Akayev's regime, was able to mobilize thousands of protestors against rigged parliamentary elections in February and March 2005. When dissatisfaction with Akayev's maneuvering began to escalate across the country, Otunbayeva encouraged the crowds, saying that changing the political elites in Kyrgyzstan was not only possible but also inevitable. She openly challenged Bermet Akayeva, daughter of Askar Akayev, by trying to register at the University electoral district, where Bermet was actively promoting her candidacy for the parliament. When the Central Electoral Commission (CEC) refused to register Otunbayeva, controversy erupted about the pre-election process that favored pro-Akayev candidates.
Following the March 24 Tulip Revolution, Otunbayeva's popular approval rating was higher than Bakiyev's. As Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs, Otunbayeva effectively handled the crisis with the Uzbek refugees who had fled to southern Kyrgyzstan following the violent suppression of demonstrations in Andijan, Uzbekistan, on May 13-14. She also spoke out about the energy crisis Kyrgyzstan faced in early autumn as a result of Tashkent's unilateral cancellation of an agreement on gas supplies.
Earlier this month unknown hooligans aggressively attacked Otunbayeva's team. Prior to the elections, Otunbayeva had expressed her concerns that Kudaibergenov's team had resorted to illegal means, including smear campaigns against other candidates. Otunbayeva faced severe criticism in the mass media outlets that are still allegedly affiliated with Akayev and his son-in-law, Adil Toigonbayev (Gazeta.kg, November 26, 27).
A number of voters from the Tunduk electoral district expressed their distrust of the elections' outcome. Otunbayeva's supporters claimed that there were numerous violations on election day, such as bribery and transportation of voters. But according to the Coalition for Democracy and Civil Society, the local election watchdog, the November 27 elections went off without major violations of the Election Code (Akipress, November 28).
Kudaibergenov, a 31 year-old businessman, is a close relative of assassinated parliamentarian Jyrgalbek Surabaldiyev (see EDM, November 23). He gained 52% of the vote, against 28% for Otunbayeva. As far as the Bakiyev government was concerned, Kudaibergenov was a more appealing candidate, being an unknown politician, compared to Otunbayeva, who has a solid background in international diplomacy.
It seems that Otunbayeva has lost her last chance to be actively involved in Kyrgyz governance. A number of Kyrgyz parliamentarians, including Melis Eshimkanov and Kubatbek Baibolov, expressed their regret that Otunbayeva was unsuccessful. "That Roza Otunbayeva did not gain a sufficient amount of votes shows the real state of the society. As always everything is being sold and bought. The presidential administration supported a young businessman, whom it can control. Roza Otunbayeva would dominate with her independence, intellect. But she did not have the money," Eshimkanov told Kabar news (November 28). However, the current parliament also voted against Otunbayeva's nomination as minister of foreign affairs in September, thus excluding her from the government (see EDM, October 4). Otunbayeva's loss marked the complete shutout of female candidates in the Kyrgyz parliament.
Beknazarov had no difficulty in winning an absolute majority of the votes in his district in Aksy region. After Bakiyev demoted him from prosecutor-general, his supporters in Aksy staged several demonstrations against the president. Beknazarov has moved into the opposition to Bakiyev government, although previously both politicians had worked together to topple Akayev's regime.
Topchubek Turgunaliyev, a human rights activist, has collected the 300,000 signatures necessary to initiate a referendum to dissolve the current parliament. The CEC is examining the validity of the signatures; the final decision on whether the referendum should be held will be announced by December 5. The prospect of dissolving the parliament is opposed not only by parliamentarians, but also by members of the government and some leaders of the March 24 Revolution. Since the parliament is comprised mostly of influential businessmen, the cancellation could lead to destabilization and new riots against the government. Turgunaliyev himself is convinced that the referendum will take place next spring (Nezavisimaya gazeta, November 22).
Several leaders of the Tulip Revolution have distanced themselves from Bakiyev's regime in recent months. Most of them are now pursuing an independent political line that often comes into conflict with the government, if not challenging its stability. There is still a strong contingent of pro-Akayev political figures, mostly in the parliament, who can still obstruct efforts by Otunbayeva and Beknazarov to return to the government.
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Sixth Place Finish in Memphis
CORDOVA, Tenn. – The Belmont men's golf team finished in sixth place at the Memphis Intercollegiate held this week on the South Course of Colonial Country Club in Cordova, Tennessee.
Belmont shot a final round team score of 298 to finish in sixth place at 894. Chattanooga won the team title at 851, while host Memphis was second at 853.
Senior Daniel Booker led the way for the Bruins as he shot a 74 on Tuesday to finish in a tie for 16th place at 224. It was his second straight top-20 finish. Sophomore Evan Davis was two shots back and finished in a tie for 25th place at 223.
Other Belmont scores from the tournament included: freshman Coleman Jones (T-32, 224), senior Noah Trenkler (T-42, 229), and sophomore Jack Uselton (T-48, 230).
Junior Brendan Lewis competed as an individual and finished in 41st place at 228.
Chattanooga's Oliver Simonsen was the individual medalist at 195.
The men's golf team is off for a couple of weeks before returning to competition on October 1-2 at the Hummingbird Intercollegiate in Cashiers, NC.


BAYFIELD, Wisc.-This month's frigid weather hasn't pushed the needle toward opening the popular, ice-coated Apostle Islands mainland sea caves to the public.
Lisa L. Kaczke Jan 16th 2018 - 6pm.
Staff at the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore reported last week that it was like "walking on bowling balls" when checking Lake Superior ice conditions around the caves, but they're still hoping that this winter could be a repeat of 2015, when the sea caves were last opened. That year, the initial poor-quality ice blew out into the lake, making way for ice that formed as a slick skating rink that could withstand the weight of thousands of visitors walking to the caves each day, said Julie Van Stappen, chief of planning and resource management at Apostle Islands.
"It's anyone's guess what's going to happen. We were hoping that the ice was going to blow out because that frequently happens, and then, the next ice that comes in is really good ice," Van Stappen said.
The ice formations on the sea caves have been happening for generations, but the phenomenon went viral with the advent of social media, drawing thousands of visitors to make their way along the ice to the caves. Although the caves aren't open to the public, Van Stappen said people can still walk on the mainland trail above the caves, but she recommends wearing traction devices, such as Yaktrax.
Leaders with the Apostle Islands park and the Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa are asking people to check official sources for updates and to heed those determinations. An unofficial Facebook page and website, posing as the Apostle Islands, has been posting untrustworthy information about ice conditions at the Apostle Islands and the "Red Cliff ice caves," they said.
"The problem is that it's an individual who has a Facebook site called 'Apostle Islands,' and it's a very nice site, but he is not making it clear that he does not represent the National Park Service. Sometimes he says that, but he's going out there telling people what's open and what's closed. He's got no authority to make any decisions on opening or closing of any ice anywhere. He has no authority," said Apostle Islands Superintendent Bob Krumenaker.
Apostle Islands has trained staff members who calculate ice thickness and stability to determine whether the ice can hold the weight of 10,000 visitors in a day, Krumenaker said.
"People sometimes say we're really conservative, and I say, 'Yes, we are,' " he said. "We want people to go out to the caves and, more importantly, come back so they can do it again."
He added that the person behind the unofficial pages isn't tied to a local organization that can rescue people off the ice if needed.
"He is putting out messages that could potentially threaten people's lives if they listen to him. Neither the park service nor the tribe is supportive of this. In fact, we're pretty unhappy about it," Krumenaker said.
The Red Cliff Band, the National Park Service and the business community are united in following only official ice condition reports, Krumenaker said. Red Cliff Chairman Rick Peterson said the band supports the park service and the economic benefit the sea caves bring to the local community, but public safety is the band's first concern. The band doesn't advise or make recommendations on ice conditions or ice safety, instead leaving ice safety determinations to the park service, he said.
"They have trained experts, and they monitor the ice much more closely than we do. What we do officially is refer people over to their Facebook or website," Peterson said.
Official up-to-date sea cave information can be found on the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore's Facebook page at facebook.com/apostleislandsnationallakeshore, the Apostle Island's website at nps.gov/apis or by calling the park's Ice Line at (715) 779-3397, ext. 3.
The Apostle Islands team checks ice conditions at least once a week, if weather conditions allow, and they're planning to test the ice on Wednesday, Jan. 17, Van Stappen said. When staff checked the ice last week, it had a crack in it and an uneven surface with shards of ice sticking up, she said.
"What happens in normal years is that you get a thin amount of ice, then you get some wind that breaks it up and then you get the shark fin-type stuff, which is really hard to get through. This year, it was apparently more slushy, and it got cold so quickly that it basically came in as slush, and they've got a whole bunch of poor-quality ice. On top of that, it's basically like little pyramids all over," she said.
As soon as the ice team gives the OK, Apostle Islands staff will wait 10 days to ensure that the ice stays intact and safe. If it does, then the caves will open to the public, said Van Stappen. Good ice conditions are not only needed for the safety of visitors walking on the ice to the caves, but it also ensures that park staff can transport a visitor on a snowmobile in the case of an emergency.
"We have some pretty strict criteria we've developed over the years to try to be cautious and safe. We want people to enjoy it, but on the other hand, we don't want them to get hurt," she said.


UPDATE: So what was Torian doing instead of honoring his commitment to the NAACP? Knocking back cocktails and eating oysters at a reception hosted by developers. I guess we know where Torian's actual loyalties lie now, don't we?
The Help Save Loudoun PAC, which supports candidates that are strong on the illegal alien issue, has announced it's endorsements. They've picked some excellent candidates in Prince William County including Delegates Bob Marshall, Jackson Miller and Jeff Frederick. I couldn't agree more. These are all top-tier Delegates.
There's going to be an important debate tonight between candidates for the 52nd House District, and Woodbridge Supervisor, hosted by the Prince William Committee of 100. Watch for some big fireworks. I won't be able to make it tonight, but hopefully some of the attendees can report on their impressions in the comments section.


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Jackson William Yueill (; born March 19, 1997) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Major League Soccer club San Jose Earthquakes and the United States national team.

Early life
Jackson Yueill grew up in Bloomington, Minnesota where he played youth soccer for Ramalynn Academy as well as Bloomington Jefferson, where he helped lead the Jaguars to the State Soccer Tournament as a freshman.

College
Yueill played two years of college soccer at UCLA between 2015 and 2016, where he was named NSCAA First Team All-Far West Region and First Team All-Pac-12 Conference both years.

Yueill left college after the 2016 to sign a Generation Adidas contract with Major League Soccer.

Club career
On January 13, 2017, Yueill was selected 6th overall in the 2017 MLS SuperDraft by San Jose Earthquakes. Yueill made his professional debut on March 25, 2017, while on loan to San Jose's United Soccer League affiliate Reno 1868, starting in a 2–0 loss to Orange County SC. He scored his first professional goal in the fourth round of the 2017 U.S. Open Cup in a 2–0 victory over the San Francisco Deltas at Avaya Stadium.

This performance was followed by Yueill's Major League Soccer debut as a 75th minute substitute in a scoreless home draw against Sporting Kansas City on June 17, 2017. His first MLS start came at Stanford Stadium on July 1 in a 2–1 victory over the LA Galaxy. Yueill was one of two Earthquakes players, the other being Nick Lima, nominated on October 14, 2017, for the MLS Rookie of the Year Award.

International career
Yueill received his first call up for the United States U-23 national team in March 2019, featuring in matches against Egypt and the Netherlands. Yueill received his first ever call up to the senior United States squad on June 1, 2019. He was the only player selected that was not on the team's provisional 2019 Gold Cup roster. He made his senior debut on June 5, 2019 in a friendly against Jamaica.

Career statistics

Club

International

Source: US Soccer

Honors
United States
CONCACAF Gold Cup: 2021
CONCACAF Nations League: 2019–20

References

External links

Bruins bio

1997 births
Living people
American soccer players
UCLA Bruins men's soccer players
San Jose Earthquakes players
Reno 1868 FC players
Association football midfielders
Soccer players from Minnesota
San Jose Earthquakes draft picks
Sportspeople from Bloomington, Minnesota
Major League Soccer players
USL Championship players
United States men's youth international soccer players
United States men's under-20 international soccer players
United States men's international soccer players
United States men's under-23 international soccer players
2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
CONCACAF Gold Cup-winning players