Globally, water scarcity is as important as energy, and has an impact on health, and food production. A large proportion of the worlds population do not have access to safe water.
In the UK, we are assured a relatively secured supply of water. However, changes in the climate could result in more rain but not necessarily in the right place. Globally, we may see some areas getting wetter, while others becoming even hotter and drier resulting in a larger disparity between continents.
In the UK, around 1 in 6 properties are at risk of flooding. These increased flood risks are due to the reduction in permeable surfaces from increased building on new land. More run off from hard surfaces and increased rainfall due to climate change also contribute to high flood risk.
As the climate continues to change, we can expect flooding to affect more people, particularly those living in coastal areas, near rivers and in the south.
There are four flood zones associated with risk of flooding. Zone 1 is the lowest risk area, and zone 3b the most high risk to flooding.
A detailed feasibility study should be carried out early on in the planning stages to establish flood risk and suitability to build. There are many resources available to aid this type of study, a good starting point being the Environment Agency [www.environment-agency.gov.uk/flood].
Developments should only be built in areas with a low flood risk. Some questions in relation to flooding to consider when planning a new building.
Water run off is usually diverted to the storm water sewers. During periods of heavy rain these sewers can become overloaded and flooding occurs. The increased water run off is in part due to increased impermeable surfaces in urban areas, as well as a changing climate.
A sustainable urban drainage system (SUDS) allows more water to be absorbed naturally during periods of heavy rainfall and essentially acts as a sponge for surplus water. This reduces the demand on sewers to carry the water away, and reduces potential flooding. A SUDS system will also allow the local water table to replenish. The SUDS method is simple, using porous paving, avoiding impermeable materials, using soft ground cover, increasing landscaping and planting, channeling water to filter naturally into the ground rather than to drains.
Simple methods of reducing overall water use in buildings include tackling toilet flushing which accounts for 30% of overall usage. This can be reduced by 50% or more by installing dual flush WCs. A typical WC uses 9 litres of water per flush, while a dual flush or low flush system will only use between 2.5 and 4 litres.
An average bath uses 80 litres of water, whereas a shower can reduce both water use and CO2 emissions by 65%. Power showers use considerably more water than a standard shower.
Around 150 litres of waste water is produced per person per day. Just as the toilet is responsible for the majority of water usage, it is also responsible for the majority of waste water. An average household produces 40m3 of black water or foul water per year.
Foul water is usually flushed away into the sewers for treatment at a sewerage plant. However, it is possible to recycle foul water on site. Foul water treatment must always be designed by a specialist according to specific project requirements. Some foul water recycling options can be costly and are not always suitable for the site, however, some of the options are listed below.
Holding tanks – a septic tank that gradually separates the solids from the waste water so it can be treated.
Living machine – this is a natural process where vegetation is placed on hydroponic tanks that treat and recycle the wastewater. It is quite costly and not widely used at the moment.
Reedbeds – these systems treat and recycle wastewater through natural processes using a biological ground system. Not suitable for urban areas.
Often the above options are selected due to remote locations where connection to a mains sewerage system is difficult.
Grey water (which can be described as water from households including shower, bath, bathroom sink, washing machine – not kitchen or toilet waste) can be reused by processing it into usable water for toilet flushing, watering and cleaning purposes.
Reedbed – this requires large areas and only suitable for rural areas. Water passes through a UV light prior in order to kill any bacteria. Suffers some water loss through evaporation.
Biomechanical systems – uses bacteria to break down organic matter in an enclosed system.
It is always preferable to reduce water use over recycling waste water.
Rainwater harvesting can reduce the consumption of drinking water by half. Rainwater is suitable for use for flushing, washing and cleaning and for watering the garden. Harvesting rainwater can also reduce the load on the wastewater systems.
In the UK, a storage tank of around 200,000 litres is required to meet the expected demand over a year. A simple filter and pump can allow the water to be used for flushing toilets, washing machines, garden irrigation and showers and baths. Rainwater is harvested from the roof and stored in a tank located in the ground or basement. In larger buildings this system is also possible, on a larger scale.
Storage space for water tanks can be limited. New build construction can design this into the scheme but in existing buildings the weight of stored water can make the option prohibitive.
Initial construction costs to implement a rainwater harvesting strategy can be costly and capital may not be recovered quickly.
The building will need to be designed to maximise water catchment, which could have an aesthetic consequence.
97.5% of the earth's water is saltwater. If we were to put the worlds water in a bucket, only one teaspoonful would be drinkable.
In the world, 2.5 billion people do not have access to adequate sanitation, that is almost two fifths of the world population.
1.4 million children die every year from diarrhoea caused by unclean water and poor sanitation.
In the UK we are extremely lucky to have unlimited access to clean and safe drinking water and sanitation.


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La Secada 30T 451200 4797512 (Datum: ETRS89. Accuracy code: G) Altitude 255m
Length 1137m Vertical range +20m -64m
Area position
Updated 8th June 1998; 17th September 2000; April 29th, 7th October 2001; 27th October 2007; 4th May, 24th October 2009; 6th January 2011; 17th September 2014; 13th January, 27th September 2015; 25th February 2016; 20th May, 6th July, 17th September 2017; 30th June 2018
The entrance, in a small depression on a hillside, may be filled in with a couple of boulders but they can easily be removed.
The small, often strongly draughting entrance leads to a clamber down to the head of a 3m vertical climb to a short ladder pitch into a passage, 3m wide by 4m high, which ends after 20m in a chamber. The floor is a large boulder choke. A 4m pitch on the left enters a tight passage, while a small passage on the left near the entrance leads to an aven.
The draughting way on is a hands and knees crawl at roof level on the right. Entry to this is gained by climbing off a large block over a drop near the right hand wall. This climb can be awkward on the descent and should be laddered and lined.
In the roof, two holes are bypassed by squeezing up to the left and a third by clipping into a lined traverse. A short crawl leads to a slip down behind a column into a 15m wide, 10m high and 30m long fault chamber.
At the far end of the chamber several inter-connected, small phreatic chambers and tubes lead off. On the right, after walking up a slope, a short drop through boulders leads to the passage splitting. To the left lies 70m of small passage with occasional small chambers first entered in 1993.
Straight ahead and to the right, after 20m, is a tight rift on the left and on the right a flatout crawl at floor level. This emerges into the third, large and final chamber.
To the right is an area of fallen blocks and pits. One hole is a sloping climb down over calcite into a solid-walled chamber. To the left is a 6m passage which closes down while to the right is a rift passage ending in a calcite choke, probably still under the main chamber. At Easter 1998, a 12m pitch was descended.
On the left of the final chamber a 5m climb up leads to an extensive area of inter-connected chambers. Keeping left in these leads back over the top of the flatout crawl to a 10m pitch down into the second chamber. This was detackled in 1994 but has a wire attached.
Opposite where the crawl emerges into the second chamber, a 7m diameter tube with a trench in the floor, rises slowly until after 25m a large inlet is seen on the right. This ends disappointingly at a boulder choke after 20m. Hidden behind a block at floor level, on the left, a small gently draughting tube rises to the head of two 30m pitches. No way on has been found at the bottom.
The main passage continues straight ahead where boulder falls force the explorer to roof level. The passage ends in a confusion of fallen blocks. Just before the end a small tube on the right leads to a blind rift down and an aven above on the right. Three metres up the left hand wall a draught can be detected emerging from between boulders. On the left, near the end (station 50), a route through can be followed to a partly explored series of pitches. These drops were originally explored on ladders to a depth of about 50m with apparently another 30m to go. An account of the whereabouts of the pitches can be seen in anon., 2000c (Summer log) dated 12th August and reference is made to 9th August 1987. The draught at the entrance cannot be accounted for by the two known draughts. At Easter 2001, these pitches were finally explored over 2 days to -69m (see survey links below). The last 15m is a free climb. (Note: Are the pitches mentioned in the previous paragraph the same ones? The pitches survey was connected at station 45, not at station 50. Is this correct?).
The cave is on the same level as the middle, Golden Void Series in Torca del Mostajo (071), about 235 - 245m altitude.
At Easter 2009, most of the cave was re-explored, some re-surveying was carried out and a definitive survey might be drawn up. In the summer, a 28m extension was made in Helictite Passage but the way on is choked with more formations.
A small amount of resurveying was carried out in the entrance in the summer 2014. A resurvey of the system was started in the summer 2015 and continued with batch 2015-7, when a possibly undescended pitch was encountered. Work continued in 2016 and 2017 to complete the underground measurements. A new survey and more complete description will appear in due course. The revised length is 1137m (from 1029m).
References: anon., 1981a (logbook); anon., 1982 (logbook); Corrin J, 1983c; anon., 1984 (logbook) (survey); anon., 1985b (logbook); Corrin J, 1986 (survey); anon., 1986 (logbook); material in file; anon., 1987 (logbook); Corrin J and Knights S, 1988; anon., 1989 (logbook); anon., 1990b (logbook); anon., 1993c (Easter logbook); anon., 1993b (logbook); Neill Alasdair and Jackson Keith, 1993; Corrin J, 1994a (survey); Corrin Juan, 1995b (survey); anon., 1994b (logbook); anon., 1997c (Christmas logbook); anon., 1998a (Easter logbook); anon., 1999c (logbook); anon., 2000c (Summer logbook); anon., 2001a (Easter logbook); anon., 2001c (Summer logbook); Corrin Juan, 2003a; Corrin Juan and Smith Peter, 2007; anon., 2009a (Easter logbook); anon., 2009c (summer logbook); Corrin Juan, 2010 (photos); León García José, 2010 (Volume 1 and Volume 2) (line survey and photos); anon., 2014c (summer logbook); anon., 2014e (Christmas logbook); anon., 2015c (summer logbook); anon., 2016a (January, February logbook); anon., 2017b (Easter logbook); anon., 2017c (summer logbook)
Entrance picture : yes close up from a distance
Underground picture(s): helictites 1 2 3 4 5 surveying crawl into chamber 2 line over pit
42 photographs taken at Easter 2009 : 24 photos in Helictite Passage taken summer 2009
photos taken August 2017 during survey trip
Video : Cueva 415 (Espeleo50 - 23/1/2017 - YouTube)
Detailed Survey : line survey plan 1:1000 line survey elevation 1:1000 sketch of end pitches
Line Survey : interesting position cf North Vega System
On area survey :
Survex file : summer 2017 (Amended magnetic declination December 2013 to align with Eur79 grid and coordinates altered to fit ETRS89 datum, April 2014.)
with N Vega System (After summer 2017) (Amended magnetic declination December 2013 to align with Eur79 grid.)
Passage direction rose diagram: 30/6/2018

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Climate change will affect the distribution of all marine species from the base of the food web to apex predators. In general, marine species in the Mid-Atlantic are expected to shift northward, eastward, and/or into deeper water in response to climate change (NEFSC 2015). For all marine species, changes in temperature and seasons could also affect when and where reproduction and migration take place (Link et al. 2015). However, it is a challenge to predict the response of every species, as well as the entire ecosystem, due to differences in each species' life history, preferred habitat, prey, and external pressures from humans such as harvesting and habitat destruction. The best understanding of species shifts from climate change comes from long-term monitoring programs. While shifts in species distributions are changing the ecology of the region, they are also complicating fishery management by changing the nature of traditional fisheries and opening opportunities to fish for new species in the area.
Shifts in distribution of a substantial number of fish and invertebrate species in the Mid-Atlantic region have been documented based on long-term datasets from research vessel surveys conducted by state and federal resource agencies. Within the region, a significant number of species have moved poleward and/or to deeper water (Nye et al. 2009, Lucey and Nye 2010). These changes have been connected to increasing water temperatures but in some cases (e.g., summer flounder) have also been linked to changes in the age and size composition of the stock and reflect shifts in distribution related to different species movement patterns (Link et al. 2015).
Climate is also changing the distribution of fish larvae, as well as the timing and location of spawning (Walsh et al. 2015). Butterfish and Atlantic mackerel are two species that have shifted in an opposite direction in the Mid-Atlantic Bight – towards shore rather than northward (Walsh et al. 2015). As bottom water temperatures have increased, there is clear evidence that surf clams (an important fishery in the Mid-Atlantic) have shifted into deeper waters at the southern extent of their range (Weinberg et al. 2005). The NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center has developed map products that display these findings, including the movement of species along the shelf and across the shelf through time, changes to the location of population cores through time, and animations of changes in abundance through time.
The impacts of other human stressors (historical and present) can complicate the measurement and monitoring of shifts in species distributions because they can confound any clear trends. Studies at the global scale predict that marine biodiversity could be redistributed to different areas within the worlds' oceans, rather than lost (Molinos et al. 2015).


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Roaring Twenties cocktails on fashion at British pub chain Wetherspoon
Younger drinkers ordered more cocktails, vodka and rum, UK retailer Wetherspoon said today, and beer sales were down because elderly people less frequently popped into the pub.
Pub chain Wetherspoon and Britain's hospitality sector, hard hit by the Covid outbreak and struggling with staff shortages and supply issues, see themselves as heading on a long road to recovery.
"In the last 15 weeks, there has been a considerable increase in sales of the range of drinks often consumed by younger customers," Wetherspoon said in a statement, which noted that cocktail sales have increased by 45 by a quarter, vodka by 17 per cent and rum by 26 per cent.
Drinks on tap - popular mainly among older pub customers - however would come under 'pressure,' it said.
Sales of traditional beers fell by 30 per cent, while sales of strong brews fell by 20 per cent.
Wetherspoon shares slid 4 percent to 993 pence at 0856 GMT after the business also announced a drop in like-for-like sales by 8.9 per cent in the 15 weeks to November 7.
The figures come a month after Wetherspoon, one of the UK's biggest pub groups often referred to by younger customers as merely "Spoons" reported a bigger loss for the year ending July 25.
'A material proportion of our trade comes from older customers, some of whom have visited pubs less frequently in recent times,' said Wetherspoon chief executive Tim Martin.


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The Giant's Causeway has been dubbed by many as the 8th Wonder of the World. Situated on the Northern coast, in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, made up of 40,000 polygonal columns of basalt, forming stepping stones, some of which are up to forty feet in height. They are packed tightly together and the vast majority of them are hexagonal in shape.
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A day of travelling inland from Strahan on the Tasmanian West Coast to Waratah, the surprisingly pleasant northern gateway to The Tarkine, a largely untouched temperate rainforest.
First stop was Zeehan, once the third largest settlement in Tasmania and home to the largest brick building on the island for a time. Though clearly this had been some time ago judging by the current state of the town.
The road to Corinna was one of the most twisty I have ever been on (which is saying something), though oddly just through bush rather than along cliffs or other obvious reasons for such a nausea inducing route.
While waiting at Fatman Barge I saw the first snake I've seen in about fifteen trips to Australia. A baby tiger snake, rather poisonous, as all three snakes species in Tasmania are.
Corinna is actually a replica gold rush era town, as if there weren't enough real ones around Tasmania. There's a pleasant walk out to the not very scary looking Savage River, the easiest 'medium / hard walk' I've ever done, which was followed by a shorter wander around the Whyte River, home to a rare mature Huon tree.
The Tarkine is an impressive sub-topical forest, but the scars of mining are clearly visible in the colour of the water.
Philosopher Falls were probably not worth the very large number of steps to see them, though a good work out for the thighs on the way back up them.
Waratah was way better than expected for a near deserted mining town in the middle of nowhere. There was a replica (though unsure the potted plants would have been there originally) of James 'Philosopher' Smith's hut. He discovered one of the largest tin mines in the world back in the 1870s and saved Tasmania from becoming part of the state of Victoria as their industry improved off the back of it.
Next door was the Waratah Museum, full of old sorts of things, including some old school computers with 5 & 1/4 inch floppy disc drives which I can remember using a couple of decades ago!
Waratah was home to the third and best waterfall I'd see that day, not the largest but most scenic viewed from the other side of the valley or from the base.
We stayed in the heritage Bischoff Hotel, which reminded me of my grandparents house, down to the multiple interestingly coloured blankets on the bed rather than a duvet.
Waratah is set among some view pleasant bodies of water, and has more heritage buildings.
It had one of the best playground attractions I've come across, very evocative of it's former glory.
The Don Hill track (which was mostly uphill!) went out to the Mt Bischoff mine, very clear the brutal impact mining has had on the environment.
There was a spot of beauty on the way back though, some gorgeous pink lupines.


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Ontario PC leader supports anti-Islamophobia motion, says party opposes any form of hate
Patrick Brown, leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario, at the Ottawa Citizen's editorial board on November 23, 2016. Photo by Jean Levac /Postmedia News
TORONTO — Ontario Progressive Conservative Leader Patrick Brown says he will support an anti-Islamophobia motion from a Liberal member.
Brown's support means the Ontario motion is unlikely to garner the kind of political debate seen over a similar motion in the House of Commons.
The federal motion is opposed by a number of Conservative MPs, including several leadership contenders, who say it could stifle legitimate debate about issues like Shariah law and the niqab.
The Ontario motion, from Liberal backbencher Nathalie Des Rosiers, is to be debated Thursday and asks for the legislature to "stand against all forms of hatred, hostility, prejudice, racism and intolerance, rebuke the notable growing tide of anti-Muslim rhetoric and sentiments" and "condemn all forms of Islamophobia."
Brown says he will support the motion and will encourage his caucus to do the same, saying they "oppose any form of hate."
Brown says Islamophobia is real, listing a number of incidents in Ontario , including one he says was experienced by a friend of his over the weekend.


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The committee charged with generating ideas for Lehigh's proposed college of health gave the campus community an update on its progress at two forums in April and sought input on six themes under consideration.
The committee began its work in the fall, after President John D. Simon presented a bold academic vision for Lehigh to the Board of Trustees. The plan outlined a series of sweeping steps to enable Lehigh to build on its legacy and stand among the best in higher education.
Biomedicine and Biotechnology, which would build on Lehigh's existing strengths in such areas as data science, biochemistry and neuroscience while allowing for new opportunities in biomarkers, nanotechnology and other areas.
Environmental Health, which would center on preventing or controlling disease, injury and disability related to interactions between people and their environment.
Resilient Communities, which would explore why some individuals and communities are able to recover from chronic and acute adversity.
Mind-Body Connections, which would focus on the connections between mind and body in promoting health. The goal would be to promote research on the intersection of mental and physical health at all levels, including policy and system levels.
Science of Healthcare Delivery, which would focus on scientific methodologies that improve quality, efficiency, effectiveness and outcomes.
Healthy at Home, which would focus on maximizing and maintaining the wellness of individuals and families outside of the healthcare setting.
"This is a work in progress," said Ray Pearson, director of the Center for Polymer Science and Engineering at Lehigh, at one of the forums. Pearson, and Debbie Laible, professor of psychology, are committee co-chairs.
Several criteria are being used to evaluate proposed themes for the health college: innovation, enhancement of Lehigh's visibility and reputation, funding potential, demand for degree programs, leverage of Lehigh's existing strengths and the need for new strategic partnerships.


Jurassic glider found, according to reports in Science (AAAS) News and ScienceDaily 9 August 2017.
Scientists in China have found two fossils of gliding mammals, similar to living flying squirrels and gliding possums. Both fossils are exquisitely preserved showing the folds of skin between the body and limbs that could be extended for gliding flight. They had long limbs that were suitable for spreading the flying membrane and long toes and claws suitable for gripping branches. They also had mobile shoulders that allowed them to spread out their forelimbs.
One of the fossils has been named Vilevolodon, meaning "toothed glider" and is about the size of a mouse. The other is named Maiopatagium, meaning "mother with skin membrane", and is similar in size to a modern day flying squirrel.
The fossils are dated at 160 million years old, placing them in the Jurassic period of the evolutionary timetable. This is believed to be a time when the world was dominated by dinosaurs which were just starting to evolve, so the scientists were surprised to find such highly specialised mammals. Zhe-Xi Luo, one of the researchers, explained: "With every new mammal fossil from the Age of Dinosaurs, we continue to be surprised by how diverse mammalian forerunners were in both feeding and locomotor adaptations. The groundwork for mammals' successful diversification today appears to have been laid long ago".
There has been much speculation as to what these creatures ate. Most gliding mammals today feed on fruits, berries, flowers and other foods derived from flowering plants. The teeth of the fossil mammals are fitted for this kind of diet, but the scientists believe flowering plants had not yet evolved. Therefore, they suggested the Jurassic mammals ate the soft shoots of ferns, seed ferns and conifers, and soft parts of cones of conifers and cycads.
Editorial Comment: Finding highly specialised mammals anywhere in the fossil record is no surprise to any creationist since Genesis tells us that God created all the land animals as fully functional creatures in separate kinds. Therefore, flying mammals have always been fully formed animals, complete with all the features needed for living in trees and gliding from branch to branch regardless of when and where they become fossilised.
Furthermore, there is no need to speculate as to what these creatures ate. Genesis tells us that all animals were created to eat plants, and that God had already made all the different kinds of plants, including flowering plants, before He created the animals. Therefore, there was plenty of fruit, berries, flowers and other plant foods for these creatures to eat, using their well-designed teeth.


Almond as a beverage booster is on the rise, thanks in part to the healthy halo and rich nuttiness it brings to drinks such as this banana, almond and Kahlúa frappe.
Today's flavor-seeking diners often begin their quest for new taste sensations with a drink order. Beverages inform the dining experience from beginning to end, providing cues, complements and contrasts that enhance the culinary style of the particular establishment. Hot, cold, blended, with or without alcohol—beverages should be at the forefront of an operation's strategic flavor plan.
Beverage flavors currently run the gamut from sweet to spicy and from down-home to exotic. For an overall trend snapshot, take a look at flavored vodkas. Many of the entries are designed to attract the all-important Millennial consumer. Sweet offerings abound, ranging from the layered Van Gogh PB&J to the many dessert-inspired Pinnacle vodka expressions, including Whipped, Strawberry Shortcake and Pecan Pie. On the spicy end are selections such as UV Sriracha and Stoli Hot, with its jalapeño bite.
Indeed, the clear spirit is a palette for creative forays into flavor experimentation, and flavored vodka provides something for everyone. Citrus and vanilla are familiar favorites, but consider the cult following of Bakon Vodka and the curiosity factor of Naked Jay's Big Dill pickled-flavored vodka and Ivanabitch Methanol Vodka. Even with all the introductions, the largest portion of flavored vodka sales in recent years has been raspberry vodkas, followed by citrus expressions, according to Technomic's Trends in Adult Beverage (TAB) analysis. Flavored vodka illuminates the importance of tracking what's hot and happening, but also understanding what is truly trending—what flavors consumers increasingly seek out and return to when looking to quench their proverbial thirst.
Based on analysis of MenuMonitor, which tracks 1,900 U.S. menus, the 2013 Flavor Consumer Trend Report and ongoing adult beverage research and analysis, Technomic has identified four flavors trending across both non-alcoholic and alcoholic beverages.
Available in forms such as syrup, extract and milk, almond is a versatile ingredient that is on track with today's health and flavor trends. The nut, recognized for its heart-health benefits and as a source of protein, also delivers a sweet, nutty flavor, thus hitting on both health and indulgence. Almond increasingly shows up in beverages at restaurants across the country. European-bakery inspired Le Pain Quotidien offers almond milk as a condiment for or ingredient in its specialty coffee and hot beverage offerings. Tapping into the housemade beverage trend, Biaggi's Ristorante Italiano presents almond syrup as flavoring for its Italian Cream Sodas. Epic Burger, the all-natural burger chain with seven locations in the Chicago area, includes almonds in its Milk & Honey Smoothie, which also features bananas, fat-free vanilla yogurt, skim milk and honey. The incidence of almond on beverage menus rose fastest in limited-service restaurant smoothie offerings, growing 54.5 percent in the fourth quarter of 2013 compared with the same period in 2012. At the bar, almond is a go-to flavor for spirited hot coffee drinks, while amaretto brings rich nuttiness to specialty drinks. The Claim Jumper chain offers several drinks featuring almond, such as the blended Almond Mocha Rocha, including Godiva Chocolate Liqueur, Disaronno Amaretto, Bols Butterscotch Schnapps, cream, caramel and chocolate.
The incidence of ginger rose 22.5 percent across all beverage menus at Top 500 restaurants, including both limited- and full-service concepts (in the fourth quarter of 2013 as compared to the same period the prior year). Ginger—available in fresh, dried, syrup, liqueur, and ginger ale or ginger beer formats—lends a spicy-sweet and familiar-yet-exotic note to drinks. Ginger can provide complement, contrast, or it can serve to balance a range of flavors, such as lemon, cucumber and peach. Long recognized as a flavor appropriate in tea-based beverages including chai, it's now adding a kick to smoothies, juices, non-alcoholic refreshers and cocktails. Among the specialty juice offerings at the Mansion Restaurant at Rosewood Mansion on Turtle Creek in Dallas is Pineapple-Ginger Asian Pear, while seafood concept McCormick & Schmick's combines ginger with grapefruit for a non-alcohol Spritzer. Although ginger beer is an integral part of the classic Dark and Stormy cocktail, ginger burst onto the cocktail scene when Domaine de Canton debuted in 2007. Ginger's appearance on drink menus rose 9.4 percent in quarter four 2013 over quarter four 2012. Ten-unit BLT Steak recently added a Ginger Passion cocktail, showcasing Stolichnaya Premium Vodka, Grand Marnier, passionfruit and ginger infusion. The Liquid Market menu at Zed451, Tavistock Restaurant Group's fire-grilled concept in Chicago, includes Ginger Bourbon Lemonade, featuring fresh ginger.
Artisan honey has taken hold on the culinary scene, and mixologists are tapping into the range of honey varietals to inform cocktails with nuanced notes of sweetness. A MenuMonitor comparison of the fourth quarter of 2013 with 2012 shows the incidence of honey on full-service restaurant menus rose 7 percent. The alternative sweetener, which also provides texture to drinks, appears not only as an ingredient, but also to rim glasses, which are then rolled in cinnamon or other spices. Housemade honey syrups, smoked honey and other applications extend honey's versatility. Of course, the numerous flavored whiskeys involving honey are increasingly present in restaurant specialty cocktails. On the non-alcohol side of the menu, honey's incidence in hot beverage selections at limited-service restaurants rose 20 percent; examples include the array of hot honey teas at Lollipop Coffee & Tea locations, including Honey Dew Milk Tea and Plum Honey Tea. Cold drinks involving honey are also emerging on limited-service restaurant menus such as at Pret A Manger, which offers Honey Tangerine Juice. The tea-and-honey combination continues to resonate. Half of consumers surveyed said honey is an appealing flavor for hot or iced tea; more women (55 percent) than men (44 percent) indicated a preference, according to the Flavor Consumer Trend Report.
Once the flavor of summer, peach is available year round thanks to syrups, extracts and purées, and drink pros are exploring the succulent fruit's potential to impart flavor to their innovative creations. Often a flavored tea selection, peach is making its way into specialty drinks. The White Peach Palmer at Columbus, Ohio-based Bravo! Cucina Italiana combines white peach purée with housemade lemonade and iced tea for a new twist on the classic Arnold Palmer. More than half (54 percent) of consumers indicate peach is appealing for smoothie drinks, while 36 percent say the same for hot or iced tea drinks, according to the Flavor Consumer Trend Report. Behind the bar, peach is now making appearances in sangrias and specialty cocktails. At Bar Louie locations, the Peach Lightning involves Jacob's Ghost White Whiskey, Dekuyper Peachtree, white peach purée, lemonade and cherries for a sweet-tart experience. The Island Rum Punch at 13-unit, fresh-focused Lazy Dog Café in Southern California combines Myers's Platinum White Rum, coconut rum, orange, pineapple, peach and cranberry juices with Diamond Head Dark Rum.
25 percent of consumers would consider ordering a cocktail including mango, and there is high level of interest in mango as a flavor for juice-and-spirit drinks, margaritas, mojitos, martinis, daiquiris and sangrias.
56 percent of bartenders are already using mango as a flavor in cocktails.
33 percent of bartenders are interested in trying mango as a flavor in cocktails.


The GOD STRATEGY strategy is actually an improvement over the original point strategy. You can now get all indicators and a template at this website about free binary options strategies.
This strategy works by forming black points above or below candles which give us the signal, that it is appropriate to enter the trade. Another important indicator is a Stochastic indicator which shows us whether the market is overbought or oversold, and of course, we have to follow the trend.
GOD strategy has been tried by a number of traders. Some of them did not know how to use this strategy, or have not tried multiple variations of how this strategy works, so instead they started spamming forums saying it is a fraudulent and nonfunctional strategy and so on. From my own experience, I can confirm that it is not a scam and it's a great strategy.
I personally open trades after seeing the ball and according to the Stochastic indicator development. First, I wait until a candle with a ball is formed and about 10 seconds before the end of the candle, I open a 5 minute trade. Sometimes it happens that the ball appear befores at the end of the candle, or at the beginning of the next candle, hence the need for an open MT4 and caution. Of course, keep your trading platform open so that the trades are entered as quickly as possible.
PLEASE DO NOT PAY ATTENTION TO ARROWS WITH THIS STRATEGY, THEY OFTEN SHOW US DIRECTIONS, BUT THE MARKET USUALLY DEVELOPS IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION.
In this strategy, there is still need to watch the announcement messages from www.forexfactory.com. Investments worked best on the EUR / USD, GBP / USD, AUD / USD and USD / CAD currency pairs.
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The author designed the strategy for an expiration time of 60 to 120 seconds but I and my colleague decided to try out expiration times 5, 10, 15 and 30 minutes, and then compare the performance of individual trades.
We traded both on a demo account and real accounts with Stockpair and Topoption. However, these brokers do not operate anymore. Since my colleague is a former analyst and stock market trader, he tried strategy sharply from the outset. I must admit that even I had no success with expiration times of 60-120 seconds lost about 15 trades out of 20.
The strategy worked for us best with the expiration times of 5 and 15 minutes. With this strategy, we a little more than $ 200 in a week, which is not bad. Unfortunately, you know that the market can sometimes be unpredictable and so it may happen, that a trade does not work out. The important thing is that generally, we are in black digits. Good luck, fellow traders!
Results from the trading according to our system.
i just started binary option few days ago.Can i know if this strategy comes up with an alert on mt4?
Arrows repaint. Live trading multiple arrows appear. But when go back to history most candles are 85-100% itm. In live trading many repainting and false arrows.
Is that Mean we only use the confirmed dots with the stochastic and don't care or Ignore the arrows ?
1- is that mean follow only the dots and don't care for the Arrows ?
2-but which TF in the photo is it 5M TF with 5 minutes expiration or it is 1 Minute chart with 5 minutes expiration ?
3- this trades on this photo is it reality trades or just theoretical because i see that the dots come a bit later ?
5 Minutes expiration for 1M Chart or 5M Chart ?
I Have success with 1M Chart and 5 Minutes expiration , but im interesting to know which timeframe you have use with 5 or 10 Minutes expiration ?
can you please attach the most recent template and indicator ?


What "narrative" means, and the role it plays, in the humanities, social sciences, journalism, law, the natural sciences, and medicine.
Why humans create narratives--perspectives from anthropology to neuroscience.
Narrating with "qualitative" and with "quantitative" data.
Communicating to the public through narratives and storytelling.
This symposium follows on the conference, Evidence: An Interdisciplinary Conversation about Knowing and Certainty, held at Columbia University on April 21-22, 2017 and The Success of Failure: Perspectives from the Arts, Sciences, Humanities, Education, and Law, held at Columbia University on December 7-8, 2017. Similar in format, speakers from different disciplines are invited to share their perspective and then engage in a moderated discussion. The conference also includes a public keynote lecture and a workshop for students on science communication that will allow participants to put what they have learned from the conference into practice.
An opening event, "Narrating Community Power (Narrative in the Arts)" is scheduled at Caveat on February 27, 2019. Registration for this event is separate; please see the Narrating Community Power (Narrative in the Arts) event webpage for details.
This conference is free and open to the public, but registration is required via Eventbrite. Please email Project Manager Roshana Nabi (rn2019@columbia.edu) with any questions.
The conference schedule and conference program are now available.
A current compiling of speaker abstracts is now available.


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Advised to continue ban on approving new Engineering colleges: Govt
The committee set up to look for ways to overhaul engineering education in the county in 2018 had earlier advised the government to put a moratorium on granting approvals to new engineering colleges for two years starting 2020, and now in its interim report, it has recommended continuing the freeze barring some exceptions, the union ministry of education informed the Parliament on Monday.
The committee cited low enrolment in engineering and diploma programmes across the country as the reason behind the recommendation, the ministry said.
The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) in 2018 constituted the committee headed by BVR Mohan Reddy, the chairman of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Hyderabad, to recommend short term and medium term prospective plans for engineering education in India. The development came after AICTE observed that seats were lying vacant in several engineering colleges.
In 2019, the Reddy committee advised AICTE to stop setting up new colleges from the academic year 2020 and "review" the creation of new capacity every two years after that. The committee observed that the capacity utilisation in engineering colleges during 2017-18 in undergraduate and postgraduate level was at 49.8% .
"The Committee has held three meetings on 18.10.2021, 10.11.2021 & 30.11.2021 and reviewed the Engineering Capacity, Enrolment and Placement Data over the last three years in Engineering Institutions. In the light of low enrolments into the Engineering and Diploma programmes across the country, the Committee in its interim report submitted in December, 2021 recommended to continue the moratorium on approving new Engineering Colleges in the country barring a few exceptions," minister Dharmendra Pradhan said in the statement.
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The committee's recommendation has come at a time when engineering colleges in India recorded a 10-year-low in the number of seats being offered this year. Officials had cited closure of over 340 colleges between 2018-19 and 2020-21 and the ban on opening of no new colleges as the reason behind the drop.
As per the data presented by the minister, the total approved intake in the AICTE approved engineering institutions has declined from 26,95,333 from academic year 2012-13 to 23,66,728 in academic year 2021-22. The intake was 24,42,948 in 2020-21, and 25,39,682 in 2019-20.
As per the data provided by the ministry, the enrolment remained low over the last three years. For instance, against the intake capacity of 24,42,948 in 2020-21, only 12,75,880 enrolment were reported. Similarly, in 2019-20, only 14,10,683 students enroled against the 25,39,682 seats, and in 2018-19, only 14,16,319 out of 27,11,068 available seats were filled.
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There's more than one kind of goal in football, especially for participants in a customized program for children with autism, co-organized and hosted by NYU Abu Dhabi. For the kids, volunteers, and parents alike, having fun was the biggest goal of all.
Sixteen NYUAD student volunteers—affectionately known as 'buddy mentors'—were each paired with a child on the autism spectrum to lead a series of activities designed to improve the child's football skills and coordination. Volunteer buddies also helped keep children on task and develop social skills. Guided by autism professionals and experienced athletes, practice sessions were held Sunday evenings for six weeks at NYUAD's brand new football pitch on Saadiyat Island.
For many parents of children touched by autism, seeing their child play sports or make meaningful connections with other people can be a remarkably emotional experience. While children with autism are often bright and outgoing, they may struggle with communication, social interaction, and physical coordination.
The program will continue at NYUAD in April, along with other autism education initiatives to mark Autism Awareness Month.
On Thursday, 26 March, NYU Shanghai will host a Colloquium in Neuroeonomics featuring Kenji Doya of the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology. Professor Doya will discuss the control of patience and serotonin.
This colloquium is one of the monthly Shanghai Colloquium Series. It aims to promote interdisciplinary discussion among many scholars in Shanghai who study Decision Making. The cooperative brings together scholars from all of the Shanghai Universities and Institutes on a regular basis, and holds monthly colloquium in Neuroeconomics at NYU Shanghai's campus in Pudong. The monthly colloquium also brings internationally recognized speakers from Asia, Europe and the Americas to Shanghai. Each colloquium is followed by a Q&A session as well as an informal reception.
La Pietra Dialogues always works hard to provide students with relevant and exciting educational programs. But last week, the good people of LPD outdid themselves with a sponsored field trip to Brussels and Luxembourg. A month ago, I joined the European Union Working Group Series, one of the many programs LPD has to offer, and began to learn about the intricacies of the supranational political system uniting Europe. But last week, I was able to truly experience the work of the EU as my peers and I traveled from Florence to Brussels to Luxembourg, touring and participating in several EU institutions.
Bright and (exceptionally) early, the working group met in the Florence airport, eager to finally embark on the anticipated field trip. Once we arrived in Brussels and quickly made friends with our peers from NYU Berlin, we promptly began to summarize what we had learned in our respective working groups up until that point. My peers and I were able to name the five main institutions of tThe European Union (the European Commission, the Council of the EU, the European Parliament, the European Council and the European Court of Justice) and their main functions. Not only did this program teach us the complicated framework of this system before the trip, but we were able to intelligently discuss the research we acquired as we focused on the EU's ever-evolving policies on immigration and data protection as soon as we touched down in Brussels. I was impressed with how much we were all able to learn in such a short time through this La Pietra Dialogues program and I felt prepared to put this knowledge to practice.
The next three days in the bustling city of Brussels and the charming little country of Luxembourg went by all too quickly. As we went from esteemed institutions, The United States Mission to the European Union and the grand buildings of tThe European Commission and the EU Council, to some of the most interesting museums and visiting centers in Europe, the Parlamentarium and the Bozar Art Museum, I learned and learned. Not only did those interested in pursuing a career in politics, gain a valuable international perspective with which to supplement their studies. But with every place we visited, I learned something new about the greater political and cultural context of my temporary home in Europe. Not only did participating in a Parliamentary role play expand my understanding of the European Union law-making processes, but visiting two of the most engaging modern art museums in Luxembourg gave me a greater grasp of the contemporary culture throughout Europe.
So this is my thank you note to all of the folks at La Pietra Dialogues. Thank you for taking us to every major institution of the European Union, ensuring our comprehensive understanding of the overarching political context of our current home in Florence. Thank you for making time to visit the museums of Brussels and Luxembourg, ensuring our knowledge and appreciation of European modern art. And (a big) thank you for taking us all to such fantastic restaurants. Thank you, LPD, for once again putting students first and giving the EU working group a trip of a lifetime.
The Bronfman Center recently opened the Global Center for Jewish Life. What is the Center and where is it? Why was it created?
What are the primary goals for the Center in its first year? What is your role and how are you planning to achieve those goals?
Right now a good deal of my job is reconnaissance. I work to build connections and networks, market the program, and learn about each European city where NYU has a campus. When I touch down in a new locale, I meet with NYU administrators to talk about the program; students to gain an insight into how they've experienced Jewish life abroad and what they might be looking for; and I work to find everything Jewish happening in that city. The resources I gather are used both to connect the students I meet with the religious, cultural, or communal opportunities they might be looking for, and to bolster the resources we're able to offer the study abroad sites and students who are thinking about study abroad in the coming years.
As I understand it, you hope to educate students not only about global citizenship generally, but about a uniquely Jewish global citizenship. How will you do that?
The deeper goal behind this project is to foster a sense of Jewish peoplehood. We want students to see that there are indeed vibrant Jewish communities all over the world, not just in America and Israel. We also want them to learn that Judaism across Europe often looks very different than anything they could have imagined back home. But despite the differences and distance, as Jews we are all part of a global people, and strengthening those bonds helps us to share our culture with one another, preserve traditions, and stand together both in moments of celebration and mourning. When a Jewish student eats a Shabbat meal with a Jewish family in Paris, spends a holiday in the Great Synagogue of Florence, or talks about life over a beer with a German Jewish student in Berlin, they are building those connections. Instead of simply consuming European culture as they hop from city to city on weekends, they are becoming enmeshed in it. When language is a barrier, often they can turn to Hebrew. When the world is overwhelmed by ugliness and anti-Semitism, they can serve as allies. We are creating opportunities for students to build networks and friendships based on a shared history and commitment to their heritage, all the while learning more about the world around them. This not only enhances their study away experience and personal development, but they are then also able to bring these components back to the New York campuses and to the Bronfman Center.
Can you give us some examples of the kinds of activities and programs the Center organizes? What activities do you have planned for this term?
Last week five students from New York came to Paris over their spring break to show solidarity with the French community in light of the escalating antisemitism, and to learn more about French Jewry. We visited the Musee d'Art et d'Histoire du Judaisme; the Hyper Cacher, site of the fatal attack in January; local Jewish student organizations, the CRIF (French federation), and more. We also spent a day in Brussels where we met with the European Union of Jewish Students, the Community Center for Secular Judaism, the Belgian Jewish Museum, and the European Parliament. The students walked away with a stronger understanding of what it means to serve as an ally to a strong but worried community, and with a commitment to continuing and building upon the connections that they made, each with personal projects.
You are spending this term traveling among NYU's European sites. How do you identify opportunities for local engagement at each site? Can you share what you have found most rewarding thus far? Most challenging? Has anything been surprising?
Google is a fairly magical tool, I must say. But on top of hours of simply researching online, I put in the legwork. I walk the city, I show up and introduce myself. I leverage my connections for introductions into the Jewish community, and one introduction becomes five, which then become 20, and soon I have a fairly comprehensive picture of resources on the ground. In smaller cities, that means knowing all of the communities and communal leaders. In larger ones it means finding the local Jewish student groups, a variety of communal leaders, and the lists of synagogues and kosher restaurants. Most rewarding has been seeing students' faces light up when I tell them that there is a synagogue around the corner, or a holiday event, or that there is a vibrant community waiting for them to return in New York. Most challenging has been dealing with some of the community politics, natural as they are. There's an old saying that if you have three Jews in a room you have four opinions… The most surprising thing to learn was how difficult it can be for students to find these resources on their own, and even once found, to step far out of their American NYU bubble and join a new community. The Global Center and I are building the bridges to make those first steps that much easier.
Do you have plans to visit other NYU sites?
Aside from the European sites, I'll be visiting NYU Tel Aviv in May to run a 5-day seminar at the end of the semester entitled, "Issues in Contemporary Israeli Society." I traveled to Copenhagen following the attack on the synagogue in February to show solidarity with the community. I'll also head briefly to Warsaw in April to visit the Museum of the History of Jews in Poland, curated by NYU's own Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett, to learn more about the seat of Ashkenazi culture, and see how we might partner in the future.
I understand that you are an NYU alum. When did you graduate and what did you study? Did you study abroad while at NYU? If so, where and how did that inform your NYU experience and how does it influence your approach in this role?
I graduated in May 2013 from Steinhardt with a B.S. in Media, Culture, and Communication. I actually didn't study abroad because I couldn't imagine being away from all that was happening on the square for a full semester. Instead I found my own ways to travel. I studied in Israel the year before I started NYU, and spent my spring breaks and summers backpacking, visiting friends, and attending conferences in Prague, Abu Dhabi, Ghana, and Nepal, to name a few. I knew that I wanted the experience of living abroad, out of my comfort zone, and becoming a part of a community, so after graduating I spent a year teaching English in Samut Sakhon, Thailand. I have learned what it means to be Jewish and to sometimes struggle with my Judaism and my observance in places where many people have never even heard of a Jew. I found those struggles forced me to define what kind of a life and community and commitment I wanted for myself. The role I'm playing now, helping others find their own definitions, was a natural next step.
How can current students reach out to and connect with the Global Center for Jewish Life?
There are so many ways! They can follow us on Facebook and Twitter, and reach out via email to Bronfman.global@nyu.edu with questions or to subscribe to our listserv!
The photos are of Chelsea and the students from last week's Paris trip (at the Eiffel Tower, above) and from a Purim holiday celebration in Florence (directly above).
On March 18 – 19, NYU Tel Aviv will host a symposium entitled Individuality and Cooperation: Cells, Organisms and Populations.
The symposium will open Wednesday evening, March 18, with a public lecture by Dr. Yaron Daniely, the Academic Director of the MBA program with focus on biomedical management at the College of Management in Rishon le-Zion in Israel. Daniely is also CEO of Alcobra Pharma and Ph.D. graduate of the NYU Sackler Institute of Graduate Biomedical Sciences. His talk, entitled Biomedical Entrepreneurship and Innovations in Israel, will highlight recent achievements in this Israeli industry and will be accessible to the general public.
On Thursday, March 19, the symposium will continue with an all-day program of scientific talks by speakers from NYU, Tel Aviv University and other Israeli institutions. The symposium will highlight cutting-edge experimental and theoretical approaches linking population-level phenomena with traits of individual cells and organisms.
Traditionally studying away has been an opportunity unavailable to the STEM students seeking to meet their degree requirements on time. With course offerings in biology, chemistry, and physics, NYU Tel Aviv proudly represents the ever increasing opportunities within NYU's global network for STEM students to expand their cultural awareness abroad while earning credits towards their major.
On 17 March, NYU Prague will host NYU Professor Mark Galeotti for a talk on current affairs related to Russia and the Ukraine crisis. The premise for the talk is that the crisis in Ukraine is as much as anything else a crisis in relations between Moscow and the West. Professor Galeotti will consider what brought us to this place and how this "hot peace" will develop. This event is open to the public and members of the community will also attend.
Mark Galeotti is Professor of Global Affairs at New York University and an expert on modern Russian politics and security. He has worked for the British Foreign Office, consulted for the US State Department, NATO and other government agencies, and been a visiting professor in Moscow at MGIMO, the Russian foreign ministry's university. He has published widely, with 15 authored and edited books to his name–his most recent, a study of the Russian Spetsnaz special forces, comes out in June–as well as numerous articles in the academic, professional and popular press.He studied history at Cambridge University and took his doctorate in Russian politics at the LSE and now lives in New York.
Today NYU London will host Dr. Hayden Parry for a conversation examining how genetic engineering can combat disease-carrying mosquitos. This event is organized in partnership with SCI's London group.
The mosquito is the world's most dangerous animal, accounting for hundreds of millions of malaria and dengue cases each year. In the global war against the mosquito it is the mosquito that is winning as trends such as globalisation and urbanisation provide transportation and environments that exacerbate the threat of mosquito borne diseases.
In his talk, Dr. Parry will argue that current tools have proved unsuccessful in combating this threat and that new approaches are desperately needed. His solution is that genetic engineering provides an answer by allowing the use of genetically 'sterile' mosquitoes that are released into an urban environment to reduce rapidly the disease carrying species. In presenting such a solution Dr. Parry argues that proponents must address the perceptions around GM technology with clear communication and transparency.
Hadyn Parry is the Chief Executive of Oxitec, an Oxfordshire based company pioneering the control of insects that spread disease and damage crops. Dr. Parry has an extensive background in the Life Science sector. During his career at ICI Crop Protection/Zeneca/Syngenta he held various positions helping to develop solutions for farmers and public health authorities. Hadyn has been involved in the development of GM crops through his position as General Manager of Zeneca Plant Sciences and as European Business Director and Global Head of R&D for Advanta, one of the world's largest seed companies. More recently he has worked as an entrepreneur in the pharmaceutical sector developing new therapeutics. Hadyn was also Chairman of Help for Heroes, a UK charity founded in 2007 to support wounded British soldiers from its foundation up to 2013.
On 10 March, the NYU Berlin community will consider the war in Syria and how it involves multiple conflicts.
Syria has been in the news ever since the uprising against President Assad's government in 2011 and since then deteriorated into a battlefield with multiple warring parties, in which regional and even global conflicts are fought out. The appearance of IS (Islamic State) on the scene brought a new dimension to the conflict and the media coverage. Yet while the global public has become used to reports of atrocities committed in Syria, it at the same rate appears to lose the overview and understanding of the multiple conflicts.
For this lunchtime seminar Dr. Carsten Wieland, a diplomat with the German Foreign Office, and formerly an academic and journalist, will provide a unique insight as somebody who is closely involved in the United Nation's attempts to bring the conflict to an end. In 2014, Wieland was political advisor to the Joint Special Envoy of the UN and the Arab League for Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi, and followed the Syria negotiations in Geneva. As an academic, Wieland has published widely on Syria's recent history.
The fifth annual Conference on Genomics and Systems Biology at NYU Abu Dhabi brought together scientists working at the forefront of this rapidly progressing field and featured over 30 talks by researchers from NYU New York, NYUAD, and many other universities. The three-day event held February 17-19 was capped by a public lecture from Randy Schekman, winner of the 2013 Nobel Prize for his work on the way cells secrete proteins.
For a field that was "in its infancy 10 years ago," genomics and systems biology has come a long way, and many of the advances have been made possible by new technologies, said Justin Blau, program head of NYUAD Biology.
"One of the biggest changes is the advent of next generation sequencing," Blau said. "This is making it possible to sequence the genome of pretty much any species and also to generate information about gene expression profiles of single cells." For example, using a fruit fly, researchers can compare the genes expressed in visual system neurons with those in motor neurons. This should help scientists determine how neurons can have such specialized and diverse functions.
Blau gave a talk at the conference on the circadian clock of fruit flies. Like humans, fruit flies can keep track of time and anticipate the predictable cycles of day and night using a dedicated set of "clock neurons." Air travel across time zones throws off the human body clock leading to jetlag. And although the tiny fruit fly rarely takes international flights, its clock neurons are also affected by changes in time zone and day length.
Blau and his coworkers were able to isolate clock neurons from the fly brain and compare the genes that these neurons express at different times of day. In his talk he mentioned a gene at much higher levels at dusk than dawn; this particular gene is involved in changing the connections clock neurons make with other neurons, in this case downstream target neurons. This process seems to be key to flies changing the pattern of their daily activity between summer and winter.
But the goal of these studies was not to simply study how changes in day length affect the fly brain. "It also allows scientists to address fundamental questions in neurobiology — such as plasticity," or the way the brain rewires itself in response to experiences, Blau said. He hopes that "the basic mechanisms we uncover for structural plasticity can help us understand plasticity in general." His lab is also trying to understand why a hard-wired behavior like circadian rhythm displays so much plasticity.
On Thursday, March 12 an event held at NYU Washington, DC will take place simultaneously using video conferencing at NYU Paris and Washington Square. The event, Global Advocacy: Addressing Modern Antisemitism, will consider what can be done in response to recent events and rising antisemitism.
According to many, Antisemitism in Europe is believed to be the worst since the Nazi era. As the conflict between Israel and Palestine intensifies, so do incidents across Europe targeting Jewish communities. This discussion will focus on the many layers of antisemitism in Europe, taking into account a long history of religious discrimination, coupled with a newer and vehement attempt at suppression; xenophobia; secular nationalism; and the rise of Islamism. Panel experts will examine how these factors affect European Jewish communities, and consider how these nations ought to respond.
As the world endures events like those recently experienced in Paris and Copenhagen, there is a growing sense of urgency among Jews, and of mutual responsibility. The desire to act is strong, but how to do so while still respecting the integrity and unique character of these communities is the challenge.


At the Democratic National Convention last Thursday night, Khizr Khan spoke in honor of his son, Humayun, who was killed by a suicide car bomb in Iraq in June 2004. Humayun was posthumously awarded with a Purple Heart and a Bronze Heart for ordering his fellow soldiers to "hit the dirt," according to ABC News.
Khizr spoke about the sacrifice his son made for the United States despite originally being born in the United Arab Emirates. Khan then turned his speech towards Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and unleashed some pretty pointed words in his direction.
"If it was up to Donald Trump, [Humayun] never would have been in America," Khan said, referring to Trump's proposed plan to ban Muslims.
"You have sacrificed nothing and no one," Khan said.
Trump responded to Khizr's comments in a way that sparked backlash from both parties and the families of at least 11 fallen service members.
Many have asked for Trump to apologize, but that has yet to happen. One of those people is Dakota Meyer. Meyer is a veteran of the United States Marine Corps and the War in Afghanistan. Dakota was awarded with the Medal of Honor for his actions during the Battle of Ganjgal on September 8, 2009, in Kunar Province, Afghanistan.
Meyer took to Twitter on Tuesday to tell Trump that he owed Khizr and Ghazala an apology for his comments.
Dakota is married to Bristol Palin, the daughter of 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee and former Alaska governor Sarah Palin, who endorsed Trump for president back in January. It may seem odd to hear someone like Meyer speak out against someone that his family supports, but there are a number of Republicans who are unhappy with Trump's comments and believe he should apologize.
Hillary Clinton's campaign attempted to use Dakota Meyer's tweet to further call for action from Trump as they retweeted Dakota's post on Twitter.
"At the end of the day, they're at the DNC, so they're Democratic supporters… I bet you anything that that wouldn't have happened at the RNC," Meyer said.
Dakota also took exception with Trump calling the United States military weak.
It's refreshing to see a 28-year-old war hero refuse to care about party lines. Dakota Meyer cares about the United States of America, and he's not afraid to speak out against the man that his famous mother-in-law endorsed if he believes Trump is in the wrong. Maybe more of us should follow our own beliefs instead of blindly supporting one party or the other.


WITH Notre Dame de Paris still smouldering and the full extent of the damage unknown, Perth's St Mary's Cathedral has decided to donate proceeds from the first concert of its 2019 series to the restoration efforts.
St Mary's Cathedral has a special connection with the medieval Parisian cathedral: In February Notre Dame organist Johann Vexo and singer Damien Rivière visited Perth and gave a recital at the cathedral, and Vexo gave lessons to the cathedral's organ scholars while he was here.
"We at St Mary's feel for our brothers and sisters in France who grieve at the damage to their mother church, and this concert – an initiative of our music director Jacinta Jakovcevic – is a small expression of our solidarity with them," says St Mary's Cathedral dean Sean Fernandez.
"We join with Catholics and people of goodwill all over the world in offering our support and hope that this tangible expression of fraternité will be of some comfort to them.
• Notre Dame's organist Johann Vexo and singer Damien Rivière when they visited St Mary's Cathedral in February.
Ms Jakovcevic says the organ here is "in terms of it tone colours and general tonal concept, almost like a small-scale version of the one at Notre Dame – it was rebuilt in 1963 specifically with French-style stops added to make it able to produce the powerful, colourful effects of the vast French repertoire of the 19th century".
The first concert of the series, titled "Resurrexit", will now incorporate works of Louise Vierne, one of Notre Dame's most prominent organists and composers who played there from 1900-1937.
The concert is on Sunday April 28 at St Mary's Cathedral at 7.15pm, tickets are $25 ($22 concession) from ticketswa.com or 6488 2440.


Obviously I've been a bit absent this past week. It was my first week back to my full work schedule. It actually went really well--but didn't leave much blogging time. Which is a shame because I have some great material.
Although it was a full week and tiring at times, I confirmed that I thrive on routine. Hmmm...that must be why my kids have routines and don't do well when we deviate! My state of mind was much better this past week and my fatigue levels weren't as high. I didn't really miss taking naps.
Baby LC was pretty well behaved with Mama at work. Although I don't think she'll spend 6 months with me at work like Gracie did, I think we can hang for several more weeks--which means the world to me. A huge blessing is for the first time I'm actually able to pump more than she needs in a bottle right now. She's getting a few bottles of Mama's milk each week as there are times I have meetings and a bottle feeding is more appropriate--or my busy Sunday mornings. I've been a rather poor pumper with the other girls. I usually had to pump twice to get enough for one bottle. I didn't start pumping quite as soon with them, so I hope my supply is getting established and I can continue the trend. I'm trying to get a stash in the freezer for when LC isn't with me.
The big girls (I can't believe I have to consider Gracie a "big" girl) have sinus infections and are on antibiotics. I learned something interesting from my pediatrician. Infants don't develop sinuses until after three months and it's very rare for a newborn to get this sort of infection because she still has my antibodies. I wonder if I could get a 5yr old and a 2yr old to use a Neti pot.
I have been cleared to start exercising--whoo hoo!! I've been out (in my new neighborhood!) for a few short runs. I can definately tell I haven't run in two months, but it felt so good to be out there. I think this weekend I may try for a 4-miler.
Dairy is no longer a part of my diet :( LC is doing much better since I've eliminated it. I'm finding it challenging to eat enough calories from healthful foods. At the end of the night tonight I needed at least 500 more calories. I settled for a bowl of oatmeal with brown sugar. I miss ice cream!!
We are excited that Bean's schedule at his 2nd job has changed. He's only working Friday and Sunday nights for longer shifts. It's going to make a huge difference to have him home all the weeknights.
Maybe I'll have more blogging time with him home!
Congratulations on your first week back at work! That must feel like a huge accomplishment. That's SO great that you can take the baby with you and the pumping is going so good. You are wise to start pumping this early to get a good supply going.
Sometimes I read your blog and I just can't believe how similar we are. I mean who else's uses a Neti Pot? The Neti pot is one of the best things and it saved my life when I was pregnant and had a really bad cold. I had to do the no dairy with Gianna also. It's hard but not nearly as hard as being gluten and corn intollerent during my pregnancy. Milk really creeps into so many foods that you would not expect. Love that you can run again! I ran today for 20 minutes which I know sounds lame but I have not run for 3 years because of a major back injury and then being prego.
Can we get that "to go" please?
Will every Wednesday be like this?
Adjustments for the Middle Child.


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European commercial broadcasters on Wednesday branded as "disgraceful and unworkable" new measures by the European Parliament that will force carmakers to devote at least 20% of their television and cinema advertisements to showing how much their cars pollute.
Euro MPs voting in Strasbourg, France, earlier agreed to the tobacco-style health warnings, part of the European Union's effort to cut its greenhouse gas emissions.
But Michel Gregoire, secretary general of the European association of television sales houses (EGTA), slammed the vote as crude and misguided. "Not only is this overly simplistic but it is misleading to pretend that it could have an impact on CO2 emission levels," he said.
"I understand that the advertising industry collectively and, most importantly, car manufacturers have to do more on these issues," he said. "But imposing warnings and a long list of minute technical information to be displayed on every car advertisement is disgraceful and unworkable and will only serve to harm Europe's audiovisual sector."
The measures, drafted by British Liberal Democrat Euro MP Chris Davies, apply to television, film, print, radio and the Internet. They oblige carmakers to clearly state the vehicle's carbon dioxide emissions (grams per kilometer) and its fuel economy (liters per 100km driven).
"We give information to smokers about the effects of cigarettes, so why should we not insist that carmakers give customers more information about emissions from the vehicles they sell?" Davies said. "We want it clear, upfront, bold and brassy."
Davies said carmakers use advertising to shape consumer demand but have failed to shape it in an environmentally friendly way.
"The car industry is supposed to be drawing up a voluntary code of advertising conduct," he said, "but we have had our fingers burnt through voluntary codes, and any such measure should be regarded with suspicion."


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Trouble is het tweede studioalbum van de muziekgroep Sailor. Het album verscheen waarschijnlijk in december 1975; OOR's Pop-encyclopedie vermeldt dat jaartal, de opnamen vonden plaats in oktober 1975, de CBS Studios in Londen. Opnieuw heeft Kajanus alle liedjes geschreven. De productie is dit keer uit handen gegeven aan Jeffrey Lesser met medewerking van Rupert Holmes, destijds samenwerkend onder de naam Widescreen Productions.Van dit album verschenen een drietal singles, Girls, Girls, Girls, A Glass Of Champagne en Panama.

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Georg Kajanus - zang en gitaar
Phil Pickett – zang, basgitaar, synthesizer
Henry Marsh – zang, accordeon, synthesizer
 Grant Serpell – zang, slagwerk, percussie

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 Girls (3:03)
 Trouble in Hong Kong (3:09)
 People In Love (3:31)
 Coconut (2:24)
 Jacaranda (2:24)
 A Glass Of Champagne (2:41)
 My Kind Of Girl (3:05)
 Panama (3:26)
 Stop That Man (3:07)
 The Old Nickelodeon Sound (2:59)

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New Research Raises More Questions About Validity of Oehha's Perchlorate Public Health Goal
A newly-published analysis of data used in two studies that California regulators have relied upon in proposing a revised public health goal (PHG) for perchlorate provides more science to refute the conclusions of those studies and, in so doing, raises additional questions about the validity of the proposed PHG. A PHG is the first step in setting a statewide drinking water standard.
On January 7, 2011, California's Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) proposed a perchlorate PHG of 1 part per billion (ppb) in drinking water. One ppb is roughly equal to a half teaspoon in an Olympic-sized pool. On December 7, 2012, OEHHA released a revised risk assessment in support of its previously proposed revision of the PHG. The proposal remains under consideration by OEHHA.
The two studies relied upon in proposing the lower PHG—Blount et al. (2006) and Steinmaus et al. (2007)—interpret data collected by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for its 2001-2002 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) to suggest an association between low levels of perchlorate exposure and decreased thyroid function.
However, at the time the Blount and Steinmaus papers were published, the NHANES dataset only reported two measures of thyroid function. Subsequently, CDC released additional measures for the 2001-2002 NHANES dataset which provided a more complete picture of thyroid function. An analysis of the enhanced NHANES dataset by Bruce et al. (2012) published in the peer-reviewed
Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health, reported no functionally relevant association between perchlorate exposure and thyroid function, contrary to the OEHHA conclusions.
Notably, the researchers in Bruce et al. did find a significant association between exposures to two other substances commonly found in foods, thiocyanates and nitrates. These substances act in the body in the same fashion as perchlorate, i.e., they contribute to iodine uptake inhibition (IUI). This suggests that regulating perchlorate in exclusion of other chemicals that have the same mechanism of action will not provide a public health benefit. In fact EPA's Office of Inspector General estimates that the contribution of perchlorate to IUI is about 1% of the total contributed by other thyroid stressors, primarily nitrate, thiocyanate and iodine deficiency.
The Bruce paper was available in the published scientific literature before OEHHA released its revised draft PHG, yet it is not cited in OEHHA's most recent PHG document. Further, OEHHA has so far not commented on how this new information will impact adoption of a final PHG. Because OEHHA is statutorily required to use the best available science in establishing public health goals, the Bruce findings should be considered by OEHHA in its evaluation of the need for a revised PHG for perchlorate.