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Braille American Flag Essay Contest
Along with the Blind Service Association and the Chicago Mayor's Office for People with Disabilities, Kansas Braille Transcription Institute recently sponsored two essay contests, one featuring blind and visually impaired students, and the other featuring sighted students. The contest involved the students submitting essays about what the Braille American Flag means to them. Essays were written by students from Walter Payton College Preparatory High School, James B. Farnsworth Elementary School, Metamora Township High School, Allbright Middle School, Adlai Stevenson Middle School, John Hersey High School, and Curie Metropolitan High School.
Mayor Richard M. Daley (middle) of Chicago with Amy Bosko (far left) and Zachery Sarbekian (far right)
A ceremony introducing the Braille American Flag was held at Chicago's city hall on February 22, 2010, with the blind and visually impaired students included as guests. A second ceremony involving the sighted students was held on March 22. The contest winners, Amy Bosko and Zachery Sarbekian, were announced at these events, and the students were invited to read their essays.
Throughout history, bookmobile founders have often had a similar goal — bringing literacy to the masses.
Taking It To The Streets!
KBTI introduces the nation's first Braille Mobile!
Within the greater Wichita area (to begin with) the Braille Mobile will distribute children's books to schools, learning centers, libraries, hospitals, and homeschooled blind students. The books will maintain all text, color, and illustrations, in braille and tactile graphics where appropriate, at NO Charge!
Area authors' of children's books will be invited to submit their works for consideration. If chosen, their books will ultimately be reproduced to Braille and distributed as described above.
Selected authors will be featured on the KBTI website and other social media outlets. One such book already reproduced to Braille is: "You're Too Big To Think Small" written by Ron Baker, Wichita State University Basketball Great, now playing for the New York Knicks!
Area celebrities, elected officials, even chosen authors themselves we will be invited to participate in readings of selected titles at a variety of locations, or appear at established events.
To be a part of this history making project, contact any author of children's books you might know and tell them about this project. That's a good place to start. Invite your friends and family to participate. Inquire of local establishments if they provide printed information in alternative formats, i.e., Braille, large print, audio. Let them know KBTI does, efficiently and inexpensively. Ask local establishments to prominently display a Tactile Braille American Flag in support of this project, and direct them to kbti.org to obtain one or more.
Braille Literacy
Gets Major Boost at first council casino!
On June 20, 2014 KBTI Director Randolph Cabral and James Chamberlain were honored to personally present a Braille American Flag to two of Americas' most loved country music entertainers, Mr. Tracy Lawrence and Mr. Ronnie Milsap! The evening and crowd grew in excitement when both men were invited ON STAGE to present the Braille American Flag to country music legend, Mr. Ronnie Milsap!
With such declining numbers as one of ten blind students in America becoming Braille literate, we believe support from Mr. Milsap, a Braille reader, and successful entertainer can serve as a major boost to our Nation's blind youth! Mr. Milsap began learning Braille at age 6, and music at age 9. He became country music's first successful blind singer, and one of the most successful and versatile country "crossover" singers of his time. He is credited with six Grammy Awards and forty No. 1 country hits. He was selected for induction into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2014.
Braille American Flag Monuments Officially Arrive At The National September 11th Memorial And Museum!
Two bronze Braille American Flag monuments have successfully arrived at the National September 11th Memorial and Museum for permanent display by all New Yorkers and visitors to that great city!
Until the museum is officially opened one of the monuments will be included in the museums traveling display to schools and other locations. The monuments were made possible through the generation donations of the Joanna Troutman NSDAR Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution located in Magnolia Texas. The event was organized by Sharon Sharman Russell DAR Chapter Regent and Alexandra Drakakis, Assistant Curator of Collections of the National September 11th Memorial and Museum.
To learn how you or your organization can participate in an event to have a Braille monument located at a place of your choosing, or at a national site, please contact us at info@kbti.org, or call us at 316-265-9692.
Scouting With Special Needs and Disabilities
Since its founding in 1910, the Boy Scouts of America has had fully participating members with physical, mental, and emotional disabilities. James E. West, the first Chief Scout Executive, was a person with a disability.
Last year our Institute received copyright permissions from the American Boy Scouts to produce Braille versions of its Anniversary Handbook and all other requested literature and publications.
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We are pleased to announce a Braille version of the Anniversary Edition of the Boy Scouts of America Handbook is now available for orders! The Handbook is still the go-to book for every Scout, but now with more information than ever before. (To order a copy, please visit our Store page). Ask about a print with Braille version if you are interested in reading along with your Scout.
The Robert J. Dole VA Medical Center and KBTI have joined to offer paid training and employment to disabled and homeless Veterans.
If you or someone you know is a service connected disabled veteran you may be eligible to receive paid training, followed by full time employment. Training and employment involves learning Braille transcription, and assistive technologies. Some qualified candidates may also be eligible for housing and other benefits. To learn more call us at 316-265-9692. (Wichita, Kansas area only).
Senator Bob Dole accepts Braille American Flag from KBTI Director, Randolph Cabral, May 14, 2014 at the Wichita State University Metroplex. For anyone residing in or visiting Wichita, Kansas, be sure to make a special trip to the Robert J. Dole Veterans Medical Center, and to the Veterans Memorial Parkto experience our great city's Braille American Flag monuments.
The Kansas Braille Transcription Institute, Inc. is a non-profit corporation dedicated to serving the visually impaired through the operation of an innovative Braille transcription center. We provide our transcription services to anyone looking to have their work transcribed into braille. With more than two decades of experience in the industry, you know you can trust our organization to provide you with the best Braille services.
Brailling the landscape one dot at a time!
On the Road to Entebee Uganda
Blindness is quite prevalent in certain sections of Uganda
especially in the north. Silver Francis Oonyu lives in
Soroti, Uganda contracted measles and was blinded as
a result of the disease. Read more…
The Republic of Uganda
Blind Boys of Alabama are a five-time Grammy Award winning gospel group from Alabama. They first sang together in 1944. Since then, the group's output has spanned seven decades of tours and appearances, and produced a successful discography.
Since their formation, Blind Boys of Alabama have made it their self-proclaimed goal to "spiritually uplift audiences". The gospel group has been a source of inspiration for those with disabilities. In the words of one of the group's blind members, Ricky McKinnie, "Our disability doesn't have to be a handicap. It's not about what you can't do. It's about what you do. And what we do is sing good gospel music."
2013 Braille Bingo
Among some of the winning prizes, besides cash and a makeover
at Riverside Hairstation, are a free dining experience at the following
restaurants: Auntie Maes, Riverside Cafe, El Mexico Cafe, IHOP, Felipe's Jr.
New prizes are being added regularly!
So, don't miss out!
Following creating and presenting the Braille British Flag to several blind Veterans of the United Kingdom, and the formerly St. Dunstan Rehab Centre that includes a blind rehabilitation and training unit for ex-servicemen and women, it seemed only appropriate to send one to Her Majesty the Queen. She was most gracious in her response.
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Learn more about Kansas Braille Transcription Institute in Wichita, KS and find out why we are the Braille transcription institute of choice.
Kansas Braille Transcription Institute President, Randolph Cabral was invited to attend the US Secretary of Education Town Hall Meeting held at Emporia State University. While in attendance he presented several
Braille American Flags and discussed with Secretary Duncan the importance of Braille literacy to blind
students in the US.
Dr. Phil Bennett is dean of TheTeachers College at Emporia State University
KBTI President, Randolph Cabraland U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan
National Education Association Executive Committee member Christy Levings
A Brotherhood That SpansGenerations
In January of 2011, Johnny McKenzie, a former commander of American Legion Post 184 in Savannah, Georgia presents a framed Braille flag to Walt Peters.
The Kansas Department of the American Legion endorses the Braille American Flag!
One for the need of many is a code livedout by veterans across America. In this same spirit, KBTI has recently receivedsome long-awaited and much-needed help to make it possible for millions of blind Americans to see our nation's flag. The Kansas Department of the American Legionhas officially endorsed the Braille American Flag. This paves the way for the Flag to be endorsed by the American Legion at the national level, during the Legion's upcoming National Convention in late August.
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition recently built an amazing home for Andre and Jasmine Anderson and their two sons Jaison and Jaihzon. Andre is totally blind, while Jasmine has low vision in one eye and none in the other. The Andersons have overcome their own challenges to create a foundation to help people learn about dealing with people with disabilities.
Selected Remarks from the FlagCeremony
Ted Gertz, President of BlindService Association: This day is a very historic day not only for people who are blind and visually impaired who live in Illinois but for all ofIllinois in recognizing the importance of the Braille American Flag to over 1.3 million blind and visually impaired citizens over the age of 25 in the United States. In 2008, the United States Congress passed the Braille American Flag Memorial Act authorizing the installation of the American Braille Flag as a bronze monument at Arlington National Cemetery. This definitely meanta lot not only to blind Americans but to blind veterans of all wars who havegiven so much of their lives to keep the United States safe.
When Blind Service Association was approached by Randolph Cabral, who is not only the creator of the braille flagbut also the Executive Director of Kansas Braille Transcription Institute, asking if we could help him to introduce the flag in Illinois not only were wehonored to do so but felt it was part of Blind Service Association'sresponsibility to bring awareness to the people of the State ofIllinois of something as important as the braille flag. In the next few days we received one of the flags from Randolph which was shared at the next BoardMeeting. A long time Board Member who is an attorney and happens to be totallyblind summed it up best when he related that he knew there were thirteen stripesand 50 stars to the flag, but he had no idea how the stars were laid out. Forthe first time in his life he was able to really see the flag that had meant somuch to him. Soon we contacted The Mayor's Office of People with Disabilitiesand they, too, were as committed as we were.
It is Randolph Cabral's intention to introduce the braille flag to all 50 states of the U.S. President Obama hasofficially recognized the braille flag and if you go to the Kansas Braille Transcription Institute's Web site at KBTI.org you will see a picture ofPresident Obama holding the Braille flag. The state of Illinois will now jointhe states of Kansas, Nebraska and Missouri in recognizing this monumentalmoment in history.
A lot of people deserve to be thankedtoday for making this event possible. They are Randolph Cabral from the KansasBraille Transcription Institute, Mayor Richard M. Daley, Commissioner Karen Tamley, Deputy Commissioner Joe Albritton, Melissa Stratton, Margaret Lastick, Kirk Miller, Tim Paul, Debbie Grossman, Karine Rosvold, Allen West and thejudges of the essay contest Art Shapiro, Reva Hairston and Beth Finke.
Essay contest winner Amy Bosko
Essay contest winner Zachery Sarbekian
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Sustainable Seaweed Farming in Belize
The Kelp Highway Hypothesis: Marine Ecology, the Coastal Migration Theory, and the Peopling of the Americas
By about 16,000 years ago, the North Pacific Coast offered a linear migration route, essentially unobstructed and entirely at sea level, from northeast Asia into the Americas. Recent reconstructions suggest that rising sea levels early in the postglacial created a highly convoluted and island-rich coast along Beringia's southern shore, conditions highly favorable to maritime hunter-gatherers. Along with the terrestrial resources available in adjacent landscapes, kelp forests and other nearshore habitats sheltered similar suites of food resources that required minimal adaptive adjustments for migrating coastal peoples. With reduced wave energy, holdfasts for boats, and productive fishing, these linear kelp forest ecosystems may have provided a kind of "kelp highway" for early maritime peoples colonizing the New World.
Loss of intertidal ecosystem exposes coastal communities
The University of Queensland and University of New South Wales study has shown that global foreshore environments declined by up to 16 per cent between 1984 and 2016.
Professor Richard Fuller, from UQ's School of Biological Sciences, said the zone between low and high tide lines protected more than 625 million people around the world from storms and sea level rises.
Commons and Alternative Rationalities: Subjectivity, Emotion and the (Non)rational Commons
Limu Hui 'gathering of gatherers'
In 2014, at the request of elders (kūpuna) who gather and care for native Hawaiian limu around the islands, Kuaʻāina Ulu 'Auamo (KUA) partnered with the ʻEwa Limu Project in an initiative to "gather the gatherers."
imu (seaweed)was once the third important component of the Hawaiian diet, providing the salad and spices to a typical meal.
The loss of native limu runs hand-in-hand with loss of Hawaiian cultural practice and loss of generational ancestral knowledge and their spiritual identity.

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Just when I'm in danger of becoming cynical that there is very little in the art world that has not yet been done, I come upon this amazing artist: Eva Hild. This is my epiphany of the week (yes, I have those every week). Her work is so exquisite, so delicate, and yet so forceful, I would just like you all to contemplate on it. Aside from its organic nature, it sort of sums up the idea of "positive and negative space" in an amazing way.
The evolution of ceramic as fine art sculpture began in the early 1900s with such artists as Joan Miró (1893–1983) and Jean Arp (1888–1966), and Peter Voulkos (1904–2002) in the 1940s. It has come full circle in the sculptures of Eva Hild. Hild is known for her ceramic sculptures in highly finished white stoneware. Her work emphasizes her ideas about the coalescence of inner and outer pressures, executed in highly organic shapes. They reflect the angst of the 21st century, in which monetary, societal, and political pressures affect everyone. They also reflect the idea that the inner and outer worlds of human beings are connected through forms that effortlessly define positive and negative space. Hild's organic shapes always sway in circular movements.
Hild lives and works in southwest Sweden. She studied at the School of Design in Gothenburg. Her technique is comprised of painstaking hand-building of forms. She slowly expands the form without use of an armature. When the work is dry she polishes it with sandpaper to achieve a smooth surface and incredibly defined lines. After the first firing, she polishes it further and then fires it again at 1200 degrees Celsius (roughly 500 degrees). The last step is to coat the works with silicate, a compound that is the base of glass and bricks.
Check out her website (www.evahild.com) for more of her ceramic sculptures.


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Audio Hijack 3.3 Brings Updates Big and Small
Posted By Paul Kafasis on June 9th, 2016
Last year was a big one for our recording application Audio Hijack. We released Audio Hijack 3 in January, then followed that up with major updates to versions 3.1 and 3.2 later in the year. In fact, Audio Hijack 3 was so well-liked that iMore named it their "Mac App of the Year" for 2015. Not bad!
Of course, there's always more to be done, and we're not standing still. Today, we're pleased to release Audio Hijack 3.3. This update includes several important enhancements, as well as dozens of smaller improvements to the application. It's free for current owners of Audio Hijack 3, and you can get it by choosing "Check for Update" from the Audio Hijack menu.
Read on for more information on what's new.
Major Updates in Audio Hijack 3.3
Perhaps the biggest change in the new version is one we expect folks won't even notice: simpler, safer recording for the AAC and Apple Lossless formats. Audio Hijack now avoids the need for finalization at the end of recording with these formats, by saving them as so-called "fragmented" MP4s. These files are internally consistent at all times, which means there's no processing delay at the end of long recordings and ensures that even a power outage won't cause lost audio. With this change, Audio Hijack's recordings are more bullet-proof than ever before.
We've also added a new preference to Audio Hijack, one that's intended for our most advanced users. The new Latency slider can be used to reduce the time Audio Hijack takes to process audio, which helps in situations where a slight echo is heard while monitoring live. While Audio Hijack does its best to minimize latency by default, advanced users who wish to lower it further are now able to do so. The default setting ("More Reliable") is recommended for most users1, but users like podcasters and musicians doing live monitoring can now reduce latency to the absolute minimum.
Our last major change is the addition of full support for capturing audio from Slack. If you use this wildly popular team communication tool like we do, you may know that Slack's new Calls feature is rolling out to all users now. With it, you can make voice calls to other members of your Slack team. Now Audio Hijack 3.3 lets you capture and record that audio for later reference.
Many Smaller Improvements as Well
We receive a great deal of feedback on all of our products, and we work hard to prioritize updates based on it. For Audio Hijack 3.3, we knocked off several dozen of the smaller items we've had on our list for some time. These improvements aren't as eye-catching as a major new feature, but they're an important part of developing top-notch software nonetheless. Here's a list of many of these updates:
The Menu Bar Meters block now shows proper Retina art in the menu bar. Our long, blurry nightmare is finally over. As well, the desired meter type is now correctly saved.
The Instant On component, which enables the capture of audio from all System Audio, running applications, as well as certain difficult-to-capture apps, has been updated to version 8.2.6. This update includes many small fixes and improvements.
Files in the Recordings tab can now be right-clicked to access a contextual menu, offering controls for manipulating the recording.
The Schedule area of the Home window will now visually indicate when conflicts exist between timers.
The Time Shift block has been improved in several ways, fixing a display issue with large jumps, providing a better VoiceOver value, and improving the explanatory text.
Presets for several blocks have been improved to save additional settings, including saving album art as part of Recorder block presets, saving all settings in the Application source block, and saving the specified channels in an Output block.
When an audio device's name changes, Audio Hijack will immediately reflect the new name. This is especially relevant if you're using our audio routing tool Loopback in conjunction with Audio Hijack.
Improvements have been made for visually impaired users using VoiceOver. When VoiceOver is active, a "Pin Popover Open" option is added to contextual menus for blocks. The popover window's role has also been adjusted, so popovers appear in VoiceOver's "Window Chooser". Finally, labels for the "Close" and "Pin" buttons in popovers have been improved.
AirPlay output device name changes are now better recognized, and a better title ("No AirPlay Receiver Selected") is shown if AirPlay doesn't have a destination set.
The display of app names for background processes (accessible by holding option while clicking the Source selector in an Application block) has been improved.
Many additional smaller problems, rare crashes, and other issues have been corrected.
By making many small updates and fixes, we've polished Audio Hijack for the best user experience yet.
You can get the latest Audio Hijack by selecting "Check for Update" from the Audio Hijack menu, or by downloading it from our site. This is a free update for all current owners of Audio Hijack 3. If you're still using an older version of Audio Hijack or Audio Hijack Pro, we strongly urge you to take advantage of the discounted upgrade to version 3!
If you've never used Audio Hijack, today's a great day to change that! Get started recording audio by downloading the free trial from our site.
P.S. Don't Forget the Take Control eBook!
Last year, we worked with the folks over at Take Control Books to help them create an in-depth guide to Audio Hijack. Audio expert Kirk McElhearn produced the Take Control of Audio Hijack eBook, and since then, it's helped thousands of users make the most of Audio Hijack. Today, the book has received an update for the changes in Audio Hijack 3.3, so if you already have the book, be sure to download the just-released 1.1 edition.2
If you haven't yet checked out this helpful eBook, just click for more information on Take Control of Audio Hijack. It's a great way to learn how to make the most of Audio Hijack. Happy reading!
Reducing latency increases the possibility that you'll hear audio skips, particularly on slower or over-loaded Macs. Because of this, we recommend that most users leave this preference in its default state. The latency heard when this slider is set to "More Reliable" is already quite low and sufficient for nearly all uses. ↩
To get the newest version of the book, just open your existing copy and click the link in the "About This Book" section. You'll be taken to a page where you can download the newest version in any format. ↩
One Response to "Audio Hijack 3.3 Brings Updates Big and Small"
Nice work! Still would love to see the ability to enter in our own genres. 'Spoken Word' is not specific enough for me. Thank you.


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Herbert Wigwe Biography: Age, Salary, Wife, Tribe, Daughter, Family & Net Worth
Herbert Onyewumbu Wigwe popularly known as Herbert Wigwe, he was born on 15 August 1966 in Lagos State, Nigeria.
He was born to parents of Ikwerre descent from Omueke Isiokpo. Herbert Wigwe is a Nigerian banker and entrepreneur.
He is currently CEO and Group managing director of Access Bank plc, one of Nigeria's top five banking institutions, after succeeding his business partner, Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede in January 2014.
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He was born to parents of Ikwerre descent from Omueke Isiokpo.
Herbert Wigwe has a degree in accountancy from the University of Nigeria, and MA in Banking and Finance from the University College of North Wales (now Bangor), and MSc in Financial Economics from the University of London and is an Alumnus of the Harvard Business School Executive Management Program.
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Herbert Wigwe Career
Herbert Wigwe started his career at Coopers & Lybrand, Lagos as a management consultant, later qualifying as a chartered accountant.
After a stint at Capital Bank, he joined GTBank where he spent over a decade working in corporate and institutional banking, rising to become the executive director in charge of institutional banking.
In 2002, Herbert Wigwe and his business partner, Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede bought into what was then a small commercial bank, Access Bank – at the time, the 65th largest of the 89 banks in the country.
Access Bank is now one of the top five banks in Nigeria and ranked among the top 500 global banks according to a 2015 report by The Banker magazine and is aiming to be Africa's top bank.
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It currently serves over 6.5 million account-holders, through 350 branches and with more than 1,500 ATMs in major centres across Nigeria, Sub-Saharan Africa and the UK.
As one of Nigeria's foremost corporate bankers, he has helped develop some of Africa's biggest companies in the construction, telecommunications, energy and oil and gas sectors through a unique model, which involves understanding and providing financial support and expertise.
His career in financial services spans more than 25 years including over a decade as Deputy Managing Director.
Herby Wigwe also served as the Chairman of Access Bank Ghana Limited, Access Investment & Securities Limited, Central Securities and Clearing System (CSCS) and is the current Chairman of Access Bank (UK) Limited.
He is a board member of Nigerian Mortgage Refinance Company and a member of the advisory Board for Friends Africa.
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He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN – FCA), a Fellow of The Institute of Credit Administration, and an Honorary member of the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria.
Since January 2014, he has been CEO and Group Managing Director of Access Bank.
He has had speaking engagements across the world including most recently at Silicon Valley and Financial Times summit in Mozambique.
In 2016, Herbert Wigwe founded The HOW Foundation, a non-profit organization.
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Herbert Wigwe is married to Chizoba Wigwe, the marriage is blessed with 4 children.
Herbert Wigwe hails from Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State, but lives and works in Lagos State, Nigeria.
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Herbert Wigwe is a popular Nigerian banker and entrepreneur. His net worth is not available.
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It's convenient for consumers, not the producers.
In the Indian context, any discussion around marketing agricultural produce of farmers begins with depressing statistics. It tells us of loss of so many thousand tons of fresh produce rotten and wasted in the post-production and post-harvest cycle. It is then argued that the country needs to invest heavily in post-production infrastructure and ensure reforms in the marketing of agricultural produce so that farmers have options to sell outside the existing channels of agricultural produce marketing committees (APMC), popularly known as mandis.
Some experts even go a step further in arguing that farmers should actually time their produce and produce what the market wants. They propagate dreams such as from farm to the fork or plough to plate. While these are important macro-economic discussions, a small experiment is underway in Pune for the past one year. These are weekly farmers' markets that are now catching the attention of the current and aspiring political class too, besides getting increased patronage from both farmers and urban consumers.
Some experts even go a step further in arguing that farmers should actually time their produce and produce what the market wants.
To a rural citizen, this urban phenomenon of a weekly market might not sound interesting at all. There are thousands of weekly markets, popularly known as rural haats, which are organized in each and every corner of the country. A weekly haat offers time and space to hundreds of small and marginal farmers and other small and micro-enterprises to market their agricultural produce week after week. The place and time is pre-determined. Some of the hawkers move from one day to another day to market their produce. The same concept seems to be catching up in cities such as Pune.
For urban consumers, the weekly farmers' markets are one more source for procuring their daily stock of vegetables. This is not to say that this is not useful. If one looks at the growing urban market in cities like Pune, a recent phenomenon that is happening is that many of the traditional grocery stores have slowly expanded their physical space and also their service offerings. So typically, a grocery shop such as a Mahalakshmi or a Hanuman store (also called as kirana shop in the local language) now have vegetables displayed for sale at the entrance of the shop.
The traditional mobile vending carts are probably on the decline at least in the middle and high-income localities of the city.
The traditional mobile vending carts are probably on the decline at least in the middle and high-income localities of the city. These are now replaced by permanent vegetable vendors — often on encroached footpaths and walkways — that sell their stuff in the evenings. A new addition to these options is mobile vegetable shops. A small vehicle is parked at a busy junction on major roads, the vehicle dubbing up as a mobile shop containing assorted fruits and vegetables. In the above scenario, a weekly farmers market is one more option for the urban consumer.
The weekly markets are organized in the residential areas, preferably in an open plot of land. The market is located in an open and vacant plot either of the corporation and or of the housing society or a public minded citizen agreeing to make available the land for a nominal rent. The arrangement is mutually convenient since the market functions just for a day of the week and that too for a few hours in the morning. The associated hassles for land-related arrangements are nominal.
The weekly markets are organized in the residential areas, preferably in an open plot of land.
The market does not have any infrastructure except a vacant piece of land in the midst of densely populated area of the city typically having a number of residential apartments. On Sundays, a group of 50 to 60n farmers from neighbouring villages and some as far as 50 km bring their produce. Most of these farmers have their own transport vehicles that they use for bringing the vegetables.
The produce is displayed under a makeshift structure created for the purpose. The market starts around 8 am and gets over by noon. Mostly fresh and seasonal vegetables are available. Some farmer groups have also started bringing fruits and selling some processed produce such jowar and bajra flour. Depending on the location of the market, about 400 to 500 customers are estimated to be visiting the weekly market.
These markets offer vegetables that are directly brought to the market from the field. The weekly market also offers consumers options to buy many seasonal vegetables at their doorsteps. In terms of prices, since there are other competing vending outlets, some even close to 10 meters in the vicinity of the weekly farmers markets, the prices are competitive.
Another advantage that I see is that such markets for the first time offer a possibility to an urban consumer to see the face of the farmer. Here one encounters a farmer and sometimes even his family members who have accompanied the famer directly selling his produce. I have seen some conversations happening after the transactions are over.
Last but not the least, local political leaders see this as a good opportunity to score some brownie points. For them, it is a useful event to tell their constituency that they are doing something for them as also for the farmers. I have seen many posters and huge display of hoardings where even the ministers are invited for the inauguration of the weekly markets.
Do these markets work for farmers?
These markets are weekly and hence while offering a certainty to consumers for a predefined day for the market (usually Sundays), they do not offer flexibility to farmers. In other words, these markets cannot and will not take care of all the farm produce that a group of farmers will have. The farming system in our country is not that organized that farmers will plant vegetables in such a manner that these are ready only for such a market on a Sunday. A weekly market cannot substitute a well-functioning APMC market. However, it is one more option for farmers.
The weekly markets are also uncertain in terms of its place since the place is usually made available on the basis of the goodwill of the locally elected politician or a social worker. The same place need not be available if the owner of the place so decides.
During days of rains (at least 15 to 30 days in a three-month cycle), the place cannot be used, as it does not have any permanent fixed infrastructure such as raised platform and or a shed. Most of the open spaces in the city in the last two months were inundated with water during the monsoon and thus unsuitable for holding a market.
The most important limitation, however, is the scale of operations of such weekly markets. Our estimate is that as of now, there will be at most about 20 such weekly markets (this number is also on the higher side) in different localities of Pune city. For a population of over 6 million and each weekly market accommodating just about 30 to 50 farmers at the most, the weekly market is not really an option to other existing channels of sales be it APMC and or other decentralized new vending systems that are propping up in all parts of the city.
Even assuming that similar operations begin to scale up, Pune might need close to 500 such weekly markets across all parts of the city to cater to the growing middle class market. Even after assuming that so many weekly markets do come up, those can offer outlet for not more than 25,000 farmers at best.
Here again, one is assuming that all farmers have the means of transport at their disposal to bring their produce to the cities. A weekly market by its design will accommodate limited participation of both consumers and farmers. Thus, while it is a useful intervention if seen from the perspective of an urban consumer, it is sorely inadequate if seen as a farmer.


Just prior to the final deadline for new legislation to be filed in the 84th Legislative Session, Representative Andrew Murr offered two more bills which, if passed, will enhance private property rights in District 53 and across the state.
House Bill 2892 will give property owners a seat at the table along with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, the General Land Office and other state agencies when it comes to determining if a watercourse is considered "navigable." The distinction is critical since a navigable waterway belongs to the people of Texas, while a non-navigable waterway is considered private property.
Under current law, many creeks, springs and draws, dry or not, that run through private property are not classified, so if a dispute occurs between a land owner and member of the public who wishes to cross through the property, or even camp overnight on the creek bed, a local law enforcement official is left to determine if the waterway is navigable or not. Many landowners have an expectation of privacy, either through owning their property for generations or purchasing it recently.
"Growing up and living on a ranch, I know first-hand how important this issue is to a lot of ranchers, farmers and landowners," Murr explained. "Right now, a state agency can determine navigability without any input from the people who know the land the best -- the landowners themselves. This bill will give notice to any potentially affected property owners and provide them a hearing in which they can participate before any finding is made that a portion of their property constitutes a 'navigable stream.'" In addition, HB 2892 requires the state to perform a gradient boundary survey, a type of survey generally considered to be the best way to ascertain the boundary between private property and any state land. "Every landowner should receive notice when the state is considering making a designation that could affect his or her property, and have an opportunity to raise issue with that finding," Murr noted.
The second bill, House Bill 3057, is aimed at protecting private property from a different kind of threat -- predatory animals. Under this legislation, $500,000 per year that is already collected by the existing sporting goods sales tax would be dedicated to hunting and trapping animals which pose a threat to people and property, such as coyotes, mountain lions and feral hogs, or those which do irreparable harm to the land, such as prairie dogs, rats and other rodents.
The funds would be distributed through a grant program administered by the Texas A&M Agrilife Extension Service in conjunction with Texas Parks & Wildlife. Eligible grant applicants would include local governments and qualified non-profit entities. "While our state has made some gains in combatting problems caused by rodents and predatory animals, this bill would allow greater local participation by folks who know what's best for their communities," said Murr.
Murr concluded, "I'm pleased to have been able to introduce these two bills before the deadline. In my mind, the right to own and use our property is one of the most sacred rights as Texans, and the legislature should do everything in its power to strengthen it and ensure that it is never infringed upon."
Representative Murr has authored 16 total pieces of legislation during his first term in the legislature and has joint or co-authored 15 bills to date. For a list of all of Representative Murr's bills, or to read the specific text of legislation, please visit http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/.


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VEIL OF MAYA COMING TO AUSTRALIA w/ DANCE GAVIN DANCE !
Underneath a maelstrom of polyrhythmic guitars, sweeping vocals, and shuddering beats, Veil of Maya encode a ponderous narrative at the core of their sixth full-length album, False Idol [Sumerian Records]. This time around, a captivating concept drives the quartet—Marc Okubo [guitar], Sam Applebaum [drums], Danny Hauser [bass], and Lukas Magyar [vocals].
The seeds for this widescreen ambition can be traced back to 2015's Matriarch. The album bowed at #2 on the Billboard US Hard Rock Chart and spawned the band's biggest hit to date, "Mikasa"—which racked up over 5.2 million YouTube views and 5.1 million Spotify streams. Meanwhile, "Leeloo," "Ellie," and "Aeris" each cracked the 1-million mark on Spotify. Matriarch earned acclaim from Billboard, Alternative Press, New Noise Magazine, and more as the guys hit the road with the likes of Animals As Leaders, Upon A Burning Body, Volumes, Chelsea Grin, Oceans Ate Alaska, and other heavy hitters in addition to a stint on the Vans Warped Tour. Late 2016 saw the musicians head to Los Angeles in order to record what would become False Idol. Marc worked with producer Max Schad in one studio, while Lukas teamed with vocal producer Brandon Paddock in another.
That difference stands out in Veil of Maya's marked sonic evolution. Every element is amplified: it's heavier, it's more hypnotic, and it hits even harder.
The first single "Overthrow" revs up from a crushing tidal wave of riffing into a soaring and striking clean refrain. It taps into the expansive energy of signature fan favorites, while elevating the group to a new level.
Whether it's the pulverizing power of "Overthrow" and "Doublespeak" or knockout send-off of "Tyrant" and "Livestream," False Idol exorcises an unforgettable narrative in the landscape of Veil of Maya's most definitive work to date.


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Japan sees record number of women working, but challenges remain
Labor crunch manages to open seams in notoriously rigid corporate cultures
Students walk to a job interview in Tokyo. A growing number of women are joining the workforce in Japan. (Photo by Tsuyoshi Tamehiro)
DAICHI MISHIMA, Nikkei staff writer July 30, 2019 13:51 JST | Japan
TOKYO -- A record number of women have joined Japan's workforce, which is good news for a country struggling with a labor shortage. But many women are taking part-time jobs, reflecting the difficulty of getting Japan's highly educated female workers into productive positions.
There were 30.03 million women working in June, the Ministry of Internal Affairs announced on Tuesday, the first time that figure has risen above the 30 million mark. Last month, 530,000 people joined the workforce, about 90% of which were women. The unemployment rate was 2.3%, down 0.1 of a percentage point from the previous month.
Without role models, Japan's female bankers cut their own paths
Japanese companies set goal of 30% female executives by 2030
Japan's female employment tops 50% for 1st time in half-century


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4K Cloud Workflow from TVU Networks Brings Broadcast of Spain's Almagro Classical Theater Festival for RTVE
RTVE Deploys Innovative Configuration, Multi-Camera Production in 4K using 5G Technology.
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA – August XX, 2022 – TVU Networks, the market and technology leader in cloud and IP-based live video solutions, announced that Spanish national public broadcaster Radiotelevisión Española (RTVE) relied on its cloud-based 4K and 5G solutions for live productions at the Almagro Classical Theater Festival.
RTVE deployed the TVU One mobile transmitter, TVU Producer live video production platform, and TVU Anywhere mobile app for an evening broadcast of Ficción Sonora (Sound Fiction) performed by colleagues from Radio Nacional de España at the Corral de Comedias in Almagro, using an eight-input HD mix configuration, with one input in TVU Producer used to capture stereo audio.
In addition, the team produced a 30-minute, magazine-style program in 4K, capturing the festival atmosphere in Almagro with interviews in different locations around town, including from the Corral.
For the afternoon, magazine-style show RTVE used TVU Producer configured in a 4K cloud workflow, with a PTZ camera in the town hall and three smartphones in locations around Almagro. The production team utilized the TVU Partyline real-time cloud collaboration solution as an IFB channel with crew in the technical area and for communication between the show presenter and contributing journalists.
The afternoon show was distributed on RTVEplay plus RTVE Castilla La Mancha's Twitter. The Ficción Sonora, part of the 45th International Classical Theater Festival, was broadcast live on RTVE's free-to-air Canal 24 Horas.
A video case study from TVU provides an inside look at RTVE's live production process during the Almagro Theater Festival.
"It is important to know the operational possibilities that 4K cloud production will offer in order to define future use cases," said Pere Vila, RTVE Director of Technology Strategy and Digital Innovation. "Through our first-hand experience, we witness the possibilities it brings to live entertainment and sports events. We are thankful for the support we received from TVU Networks. TVU solutions offer great stability, allowing us to work with confidence and security. But for us the best thing about TVU is their team, who have always supported and collaborated with us, listening, and turning our wishes into reality."
"RTVE is a leading player in Europe for advancing new technology," said Rafael Castillo, General Manager/Vice President, EMEA and Latin America, TVU Networks. "The team deployed TVU Networks solutions for a 4K cloud-produced live half-hour show in a highly innovative set up. The configuration used in Almagro will be one that's easy to reproduce and will prove beneficial to RTVE in the future."
About TVU Networks®
TVU Networks is a global organization with more than 3,000 customers using its IP and cloud-based workflow solutions across multiple industries including news, entertainment media, sports, corporate, streaming, houses of worship and government. Through the use of AI and automation driven technology, TVU helps broadcasters realize an efficient metadata and story-centric workflow through its TVU MediaMind platform for live video content acquisition, indexing, production, distribution and management. The company has been on the forefront of developing the tools needed to revolutionize and streamline the Media Supply Chain. TVU is a critical part of the operations of many major media companies worldwide and is a Technology and Engineering Emmy® Award winner.
About RTVE
RTVE is the largest Spanish public media company. It is made up of TVE, with seven television channels; RNE, with six radio stations; the website RTVE.es, the RTVE Institute and the Orchestra and Choir. RTVE guarantees the existence of channels with diverse and balanced programming for all audiences with quality information, debate, education, and entertainment. RTVE is an innovative company. The Corporation develops projects that reflect its commitment to new technologies and sustainable development.
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Portage: A Phrase-based Machine Translation System
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The Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL) 2005 Workshop on Building and Using Parallel Texts: Data-Driven Machine Translation and Beyond [Proceedings]
The Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL) 2005 Workshop on Building and Using Parallel Texts: Data-Driven Machine Translation and Beyond, June 29-30 2005, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
This paper describes the participation of the Portage team at NRC Canada in the shared task of ACL 2005 Workshop on Building and Using Parallel Texts. We discuss Portage, a statistical phrase-based machine translation system, and present experimental results on the four language pairs of the shared task. First, we focus on the French-English task using multiple resources and techniques. Then we describe our contribution on the Finnish-English, Spanish-English and German-English language pairs using the provided data for the shared task.
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EXCLUSIVE: VMI Worldwide Drops Stunning Artwork and Teaser for Alex Noyer's SOUND OF VIOLENCE
by Josh Millican September 15, 2020, 9:00 am
VMI has shared with Dread Central the artwork and teaser for Alex Noyer's directorial debut feature thriller Sound of Violence which was recently re-titled from Conductor.
Sound of Violence expands on the universe introduced by Noyer's award-winning short film Conductor, which toured festivals worldwide in 2018-2019. Check out the stunning trailer and read more about the movie below.
Haunted by childhood trauma, Alexis (Jasmin Savoy Brown) composes music through torture and pain. As a child, the brutal murder of her family made her regain her previously-lost hearing along with synesthetic abilities. Now as an adult, she's told she might lose her hearing again, so she escalates her gruesome sound experiments in a quest to compose her masterpiece. Her supportive roommate Marie (Lili Simmons) becomes the unknowing acolyte to her destructive process.
Sound of Violence stars: Jasmin Savoy Brown (The Leftovers, For the people, Yellow Jackets), who was recently announced as part of the Scream 5 cast, Lili Simmons (Bone Tomahawk, Ray Donovan, Banshee), and James Jagger (Vinyl, JT LeRoy).
Prolific producer Alex Noyer is best known for 808, the acclaimed documentary about the legendary Roland TR-808 drum machine which premiered at SXSW in 2015 and was the first film to premiere on Apple Music.
"Conductor was the right title for my short because of its specific story and the way Alexis related to her creation," says Noyer. "The feature is however an expansion on Alexis' universe and addresses more broadly her journey, focus and motivations. Sound Of Violence tells of how her life interacts with its brutal soundtrack."
The artwork was created by Colm Geoghegan (@creepyduckdesign) whose recent fan art for Scream 5 went viral. The teaser was cut by the film's Producer and editor Hannu Aukia.
"After being introduced to Colm's work with his Scream fan art that went viral, we reached out and he really grasped the essence of the movie and its main characters," Noyer explains. "It celebrates the character Jasmin Savoy Brown so beautifully brought to life but also illustrates the make up of her microcosm."
"I feel releasing a teaser is extremely daunting for a director because there is so much more I would like to share. I cannot wait to introduce Alexis' twisted artistic journey in full to our audiences."
The film is produced by Hannu Aukia of No Office (Someone Somewhere, My Brother's Keeper) and Alex Noyer of You Know Films (808, New York Influence City) with Mike Macari (Rings, Fractured, The Ring) on board as executive producer.
About VMI Worldwide:
VMI Worldwide is one of the leading, independent film sales, distribution and production companies based in Hollywood, California. Founded in 2010 by Andre Relis, VMI has an impeccable reputation in the industry by building a strong collaborative and transparent relationship with filmmakers, financiers, and distributors. VMI's mandate is to support high-quality independent filmmaking by bringing together visionary talented filmmakers and collaborating with financiers and distributors.
What do you think of the trailer and poster for Sound of Violence? Let us know in the comments below or on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram! You can also carry on the convo with me personally on Twitter @josh_millican.
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When you read Harry Potter for the first time, it`s hard to do an annual roundup of your favourite books. I couldn`t do a top where six books were from J.K.Rowling (wasn`t a fan of "The Order Of The Phoenix) So instead I`ve decided to talk about my favourite YA contemporaries, that I read in 2016. Some of these books are extremely popular, but I`ve decided to give them a proper chance this year. Before I was a bit of a snob, but you know what? I`ve discovered that I love YA books. I know I am older than the targeted audience, but many of these books reminded me of similar situations I had in the past. It`s weird how relatable some stories were and looking back I wish I would have read them sooner. Nevertheless, I enjoyed them a lot even at my age.
John Green is an author that you either love or hate. Personally, I am a big fan of his work, but none of his other books made me feel as many feelings as this one. I don`t think that you need a synopsis, it`s a tragic love story between two teenagers with cancer. The ending is sad and it will leave you sobbing for hours. "The Fault in Our Stars" is a beautiful book that will make you question the true meaning of life. We all want to live meaningful lives, but sometimes what matters most is the mark we leave on others.
I know that some people think that this book is overrated and that the characters are unrealistic. But reading is something personal. If you can relate to the characters, no matter how many cliche traits they have, you also connect with the story and you enjoy it more. What I`m trying to say is that this book reminded me of high-school and my friends. It reminded me of being young and wanting to save the world. And I loved it for that.
The book that made me feel infinite. Being a huge Emma Watson fan, I saw the movie when it came out and I knew what to expect. While the story deals with typical teen problems, it also touches some heavy subjects like mental illness and sexual abuse. In a way, it is sadder than "The Fault in Our Stars" because the story seems more realistic. Bad things happen to good people all the time.
There`s a lot of confusion surrounding Charlie, the main character. Many people wonder whether he has autism or not, but I did not care about that. I enjoyed the story and the way the plot started to unfold. Regardless of the extent, Charlie is a person that suffers from mental illness and seeing him cope was heartbreaking.
"Eleanor and Park" is a book that will remind you of how wonderful a first love can be. The characters are so well written and it`s so easy to connect with them. On one side you have the good-natured Parker and on the other, you have the fierce and quirky Eleanor. And somehow they fit together perfectly. I don`t want to give away many details, so it`s best if you read my full review.
Benjamin Alire Saenz is an author that I`ve discovered recently, but I instantly fell in love with his prose. His writing is simple but poetic. This is a beautiful coming of age story that deals with sexuality and coming to terms with who you are. This is one of those books that will make you smile all the time and you`ll be tempted to reread it as soon as you put it down. For a better synopsis, check out my review.
This is a very original book in the way that it`s constructed. Inside you will find playlists, photos, receipts and all sorts of odd things. It may look like your fluffy contemporary, but the story has a bit of substance, which I love. Since her father died in a car accident, Amy hasn`t been able to drive. Enter Roger, the cute family friend who has to take her to the other side of America. Like the name would suggest, they decide to take a detour which will lead them to all kinds of adventures.
In 2016 I have read quite a fair share of YA contemporary books, but these were the ones that stood out the most. Let me know if you`ve read any of them and what did you think of my list.


Not so sure what causing this, probably because i just update my ArchMerge (now rebranded as ArcoLinux) the day before. After couple minutes of googling, i found some people report this problem on github.
One of the commenter, @chrisroberts, suggest a solution and it's worked for me.
So basically by setting that environtment variable, solve my problem. To make it autorun every session, I just need to add those line in my ~/.bashrc file.


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Ohio doctor may have killed 28 patients with fentanyl overdoses
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Posted Jan 26 2019 08:34PM CST
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Investigations are underway into allegations that a doctor working for an Ohio hospital system ordered inappropriately high doses of pain medication to dozens of patients, leading to the deaths of at least 28 people at two hospitals.
The Columbus-area Mount Carmel Hospital System has said six other patients under the care of Dr. William Husel received doses of fentanyl that were larger than necessary to provide comfort, but likely weren't the cause of their deaths. The patients who died under Husel's care suffered from various ailments and ranged in age from 39 to 83.
The hospital system has acknowledged that Husel wasn't removed from patient care until four weeks after concerns were raised about his prescribing habits. Three patients died during those weeks after receiving excessive fentanyl doses ordered by Husel, Mount Carmel said.
The hospital has apologized and has placed six pharmacists and 14 nurses on administrative leave during the investigation. Neither Husel nor his attorneys have commented about the allegations.
A review of events so far based on information provided by Mount Carmel Hospital System, details in lawsuits and accounts from patients' family members:
Oct. 25: Columbus-based Mount Carmel receives formal report related to care provided by Husel.
Nov. 19: Mount Carmel receives second formal report related to Husel's care and broadens an internal investigation.
Nov. 21: Mount Carmel receives a third report and prohibits Husel from providing patient care.
Dec. 5: Mount Carmel fires Husel, notifies the State Medical Board of Ohio and meets with Franklin County Prosecutor Ron O'Brien. Two days later, the hospital notifies the Ohio Boards of Pharmacy & Nursing.
Dec. 11: Mount Carmel begins training staff on changes in procedures and on existing and updated policies.
Dec. 27: Mount Carmel first contacts families of patients affected by Husel's actions to notify them and apologize.
Jan. 14: The first lawsuit is filed over the deaths, against the health system, a pharmacist, a nurse, and Husel, alleging a "grossly excessive" dosage of the powerful painkiller fentanyl was ordered to hasten the death of 79-year-old Janet Kavanaugh in December 2017.
The same day, allegations against Husel become public as the hospital system releases a statement revealing the deaths of 27 patients who received doses of pain medication that were potentially fatal. The hospital's President and CEO Ed Lamb apologizes and says they are investigating how it happened. In an internal video released to employees the same day, Lamb said Husel's orders were carried out by employees who "made poor decisions" and ignored existing safeguards.
Jan. 16: In the first public comments from a family member, David Austin, of Columbus, says he felt "like somebody kicked me in the chest" when he was told of the alleged circumstances of the death of his wife of 36 years, Bonnie Austin, in September. The same day, Mount Carmel says it identified a 28th patient. Attorneys for Husel issue their first "no comment."
Jan. 17: The widow of a man treated by Husel says news of the circumstances of her husband's death left her shocked that such a scenario could happen despite procedural and technological safeguards. Christine Allison, of Columbus, says "the system failed tremendously" in the case of her 44-year-old husband, Troy.
Jan. 19: The Ohio Department of Health confirms its investigation of Husel on behalf of the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
Jan. 24: Mount Carmel acknowledges that Husel kept working for four weeks after concern was raised last fall. It also says it is now investigating whether some patients got excessive doses while they might still have had the opportunity to improve with treatment. The hospital raises the total number of patients receiving excessive doses of pain medication to 34.
Jan. 25: State Medical Board suspends Husel's license, says doctor invoked his right against self-incrimination when he met with representatives this week and was questioned. Two additional lawsuits filed, over the deaths of 69-year-old Joanne Bellisari in May 2015 and 80-year-old Jim Allen in May 2018, bringing the total to six lawsuits as of Friday.
By MARCIA DUNN, AP Aerospace Writer
Apollo 11's astronauts are returning to the exact spot from where they flew to the moon 50 years ago.
NASA has invited Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins to Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 39A on Tuesday. They will mark the precise moment - 9:32 a.m. on July 16, 1969 - that their Saturn V rocket departed on humanity's first moon landing. Mission commander Neil Armstrong - who took the first lunar footsteps - died in 2012.
It kicks off eight days of golden anniversary celebrations for each day of Apollo 11's voyage.
Sasha the German Shepherd is winning the hearts of the internet for an adorable video of her, well, just being a dog.
Joe Corsi posted the footage to the Facebook group 'German Shepherd Owners' on July 4.
Corsi said his security camera picked up motion happening around his home. When the camera turned to find what was moving in the area, it got a close-up view of Sasha, staring curiously (and adorably) into the camera!
A woman said her family received a cheeseburger bun with a swastika drawn on it in mustard at a Buffalo Wild Wings restaurant in Indiana.
The worker involved in the incident has since been fired, the company said.
"Hey Buffalo Wild Wings in Columbus thanks for the special cheeseburger for my 12 year old," Julie Roll wrote on Facebook with a photo of the bun, posted Sunday.
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One morning you walk out in the woods and the air will feel colder. The duck pond will be covered with skim ice. The ground, nearly white with frost, will crunch under your feet. A brisk, dry northwest wind will blow through, shaking trees and sending crimson maple leaves tumbling in torrents. In just a few days the branches will be bare. The woods and the season will seem different.
You could spend a morning in the marsh shooting black ducks, mallards and woodies, and the afternoon trudging through alder runs and aspen ridges for grouse and woodcock. In between, or instead, you could try to break up a fall flock of turkeys, then lure them back in with an assembly call or some plaintive kee kee runs.
Autumn has a tale to tell, and like every good story there a beginning, a middle and an end.
Others, like the deer hunters, are focusing on the first and last hour of daylight in the expanded archery zones while waterfowlers try to trim the Canada goose population. A few may even seek more eclectic wingshooting in the way of snipe and rails. And some will try more traditional endeavors like bears over bait.
Or you might opt for an afternoon in a bow stand with the archery season for deer now open statewide. Cold weather has stirred the deer into moving later in the morning and earlier in the afternoon as they suddenly recognize the urgency of laying on calories before winter. Peak breeding is still a few weeks off but the rut has begun with bucks opening and tending their scrapes and searching for an early doe.
Some folks don even recognize early autumn arrival. Others measure it with chronological events like Labor Day, the kids return to school or the autumnal equinox. Some will sit on the sidelines of a soccer field in a T shirt and shorts, playing one last round of 18 holes, slipping up the local creek with a fish pole and a dozen crawlers or casting for stripers fattening up before their journey south.
Up north the pace of change picks up. Leaves are turning color. Frosts come more regularly. The moose rut is beginning. One day the morning stillness is broken by the deep, gutteral grunts of a pair of bellicose bulls challenging each other for the breeding rights to a cow and signaling the beginning of the end to early autumn.
Temperatures are typically warm, except for a few cold hours at the beginning and end of the hunting day. Mosquitoes and black flies still rule the woods and swamps, and the forest canopy carries a dense green foliage. But in the bottoms and swamp margins, red maple leaves are already hinting at the changes to come.
The 11th month, which came in with cold nights, warm days and rain, now offers only cold, deep bone biting cold, and snow. The whitetail rut and the regular firearms season are both peaking, and more hunters are in the woods than any other time of the year. Success will bring an early end to the season for some while others will continue through this season and into the next. December brings a last chance at whitetails in the muzzleloader season, and a transition from fall to winter. He can be reached at:.
Mid autumn is what most folks visualize when they think of fall. Green is gone from deciduous trees and their leaves now iridesce with an array of reds, yellows and oranges. Frosts are nightly and deeper, replacing the dawn dew with a hoary coating of crystals. These are the days that stir a hunter blood and offer the most variety.
Late autumn is a cold and colorless time. Most of the leaves have fallen and what few remain are the same pale beige as those that lie on the forest floor. Snow will fall soon, if it hasn already, and then will accumulate. The ponds are frozen and the puddle ducks have moved to the coast or left for southern climes. The woodcock, snipe and rails are also gone, and the turkeys are bunching up around dairy farms and backyard bird feeders.


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Q: UnicodeDecodeError: invalid continuation byte when trying to read in document I am trying to read in a document containing product data and print certain product's data out.  Problem is, I can't seem to get it read in without error.  I am just trying to print the first 100 characters just to get it read in so I can then figure out what specifically I need to print and how to pull it out of the file.  But I am stuck reading it in.  The document is in UTF-8, or it should be... what am I missing?
Here is my code:
products = open('products.csv')
productsread = products.read()
print(productsread[:100])

And here is the Traceback I get:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "nilescratchpad.py", line 2, in <module>
productsread = products.read()
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.6/lib/python3.6/codecs.py", line 321, in decode (result, consumed) = self._buffer_decode(data, self.errors, final)
UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xe2 in position 7451: invalid continuation byte

A: If you read the document and it throws an error with the UTF-8 codec, then it isn't UTF-8, or at least has errors in it. open('products.csv',encoding='utf8',errors='replace') will replace all errors with the Unicode codepoint U+FFFD REPLACEMENT CHARACTER, but make sure most of your document actually is UTF-8.

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My Great or grand uncle Richard O'Brien enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) on 19 September 1914. Richard had been in Australia less than one year having arrived with his father and 2 of his sisters from Tipperary, Ireland in December 1913. Richard was aged 21 years 1 month when he enlisted in Bundaberg, Queensland. Looking at the mapping your anzacs website he was one of 761 people who enlisted in Bundaberg over the course of WW1.
The 15th Infantry Battalion of the Expeditionary Force and the 9th Battalion of Infantry Reinforcements, which marched to Sandgate from the Concen- tration Camp at Enoggera on Thursday,stayed the night at Sandgate. Yesterday the reville sounded early, and by 6.30 the troops were on the march through the main streets of Sandgate, giving the residents and others an opportunity of witnessing the fine stamp of men of which the battalions are made up. Subsequently the men indulged in recreation in which swimming played not the least important part. At 11 o'clock camp was struck and the soldiers commenced their march back to the Enoggera Encampment. It was a very hot, dusty and trying march but the infantry were in fine fettle and arrived back at Enogerra between 4 and 5 pm.
According to the embarkation roll on Australian War Memorial website he was one of 1029 from the 15 Infantry Battalion (December 1914) who embarked from Melbourne on 22 December 1914 on ship A40 HMAT Ceramic. According to the war diary available on the Australian war memorial website the ship embarked from Port Melbourne at 3:30pm.
At Broadmeadows the training of Colonel Monash's 4th Infantry Brigade commenced in earnest yesterday. The 14th Battalion was sent to Williamstown during the morning to learn the practical side of musketry, while the 13th, 15th, and 16th Battalions carried out exercises in the immediate neighbourhood of the camp, finishing up with short protected marches. The brigade staff is now under canvas, and a step nearer to active service conditions has been reached.
The brigade is complete, except that a company and a few other details from Western Australia have still to report them- selves. The men in camp are reported to be showing marked keenness for their work, and the brigade major (Lieut Colonel McGlinn) refers to them as "a very fine body altogether "
the past week, and it is expected that the second expeditionary force will soon be on the sea.
captured German vessels are also being used as transports.
The Argus 18 December 1914 reported on the inspiring spectacle of the 4th Infantry Brigade marching through the city.
While back in Queensland the Brisbane Courier 17 December 1914 reports on Stanley Prince Evans who is listed on the same embarkation roll.
Private Stanley P. Evans, of Coorparoo, who is at present with the 15th Infantry (Queenslanders), at Melbourne, on his way to the front, was yesterday presented through his father, Mr. W. Evans, of Greenslopes, Coorparoo, with a pair of military brushes (engraved), in holster, as a small token of esteem from the residents of Coorparoo. This is the eleventh Coorparoo member of the Expeditionary Force, and each has received a presentation from the residents.
I will explore Richard's war service further another time.
some pages from his file are included in Richard O'Brien's file.


Stupid question. How do scientists determine north and south on objects like this?
Darwin Teague: That is not a stupid question, it is brilliant. I myself had never asked, which means I don't really know.
I think, based on past reading of both these asteroid missions as well as others, that they use the asteroid's rotation to determine the locations of the poles and equator, and then pick north based on its relative location compared to the Earth. In other words, they match the asteroid's rotation with the solar system, and have north point away in the same direction as the Earth.
This is an educated guess however.
Seems Darwin's question is indeed a very good one.
Especially since Uranus has a 98-degree tilt to its axis. That would imply that "north" is in a southerly direction compared with Earth.


What is food safety really all about? This question could create weeks of discussion but to sum it up in just a few words it is about having the knowledge to protect our customers and our establishments from serving unsafe food. The price to pay for unsafe food are too many to mention and none of them are good so we must educate and reeducate ourselves on the best methods of serving safe food.
If the basics of these four principles are fully understood and applied in our ever activity in the food handling process we are on the way to a successful food safety program.


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Q: Data preload & memory management in PHP I need to do a big database preload in a PHP webpage (which requires an ini_set of 1024MB) for a database export in CSV format (data preloaded in an array).  I know this is not always the right choice but the fact is that I need to do it, so here's the main technical question :
How can I be sure that all the preloaded data is cleared after by CSV generation is freed so that server performances stay optimal ?

A: I know you say that you need to do it the way you described, but I'll throw out this option anyway.  Have you considered using SELECT INTO OUTFILE syntax?  MySQL can generate the CSV file for you (if you're not using MySQL, there's probably similar functionality you can find):
SELECT * INTO OUTFILE '/tmp/result.txt'
  FIELDS TERMINATED BY ',' OPTIONALLY ENCLOSED BY '"'
  LINES TERMINATED BY '\n'
  FROM test_table;

You could do an fpassthru() after that if you wanted to dump out the file.
If you can't get around loading your entire data set into memory, then you can specifically unset() your array to be sure that it is cleared after you are done with it.  As Havenard mentioned however, if you are loading this from a web page, then your web server will automatically clear the memory when the PHP script finishes executing, as the web thread will shut down the PHP environment.

A: Perhaps unset(). But actually, the memory is freed as the PHP script ends.


Come to Chatswood at 3pm and spend 2 hours spreading mulch across my driveway garden beds.
Hard worker and got the job done with a minimum of fuss.
On time, clean, delivers quality result, highly recommended!
Please smiths chips salt and vinegar !
6 hours work, to maintain an established garden. hand weeding, spraying weeds, trim Mayra, Azaleas wit a power pole. blowing, mowing etc. with your equipment.. Possibly handyman work too, could be ongoing.
Liam, Arrived on time and did a great job on pruning my garden to my requirements. I am so pleased with his work and look forward to him being my regular gardener.


A little while ago, I wrote a post on how to have a conversation, because, well, we don't get taught that in school, or growing up any longer. At least, not if most people's behaviour is any indication.
Today I thought I'd write a post about how to listen when your spouse is sharing how they're feeling. This is for those deeper conversations. Not exchanging logistical information like dates and times, but when our spouse, is sharing something like how stressed their day made them, or something that happened to them that made them angry.
Now, there are eight standard responses that people have when someone is sharing with them. I got the list from a book I'm reading called "How to talk when so kids will listen, and listen so kids will talk", but this is applicable to conversations with people of all ages. So, I hope they will help you in your marriage.
First person: My boss is a jerk, I hate him!
Second person: Hate is a very strong word. I'm sure you're just angry right now.
Child: I don't like my sister!
Parent: Yes you do, you love her.
When we do this, of course, we mean to help by redirecting their feelings into something more positive, but what we're actually doing is telling them they don't have a right to feel that way or making them question what it is their feeling. While children, this is particularly dangerous because they're still trying to learn how to describe their feelings, and what is safe to share and what isn't.
Regardless of the age though, shutting someone down like this teaches them that you are not a safe person to share with.
This happens a lot in Christianity I find. Someone will share their grief about something that happened, and we answer with "God will use even bad things for His glory", and it's true… but not usually what they need to hear right now. What they hear is that their feelings don't really matter, because God's plan is more important. To someone who is hurting, that's not kind or loving. There is a time and a place for that discussion, but it's not while their wound is fresh.
Men tend to be really bad at doing this. I know I am. Ever had this conversation?
Wife: … so my friend cancelled at the last minute and didn't take all the planning I did into consideration at all. She's so unthoughtful.
Husband: Well, I think you should call her right now and explain exactly what repercussions her actions have. Then call some other friends and see if they can take her place.
Look, advice can be helpful when it's wanted. But, this is too early in the conversation to start giving it, unless they explicitly ask "what should I do?" Advice, in particular, shouldn't be given unless asked for, or until you have asked a lot of questions so that you understand the context, the perspective of the person you're listening to, and ascertaining if they actually want advice. Even then, you should probably ask first.
Person 1: I was crossing the street, minding my own business, and this person honked at me. It was so annoying!
Person 2: Well, where were you crossing? Was it at an intersection with lights? Was the light green? Did you check to make sure they saw you?
The first person can feel like they're being interrogated rather than listened to, that you think they did something wrong. And whether they did something wrong or didn't isn't important at first. What they want at first is to feel acknowledged.
I'll admit, I think I tend to do this. My intent is to show the other person's perspective, which is helpful, but it should be the first response.
When you defend the other party as your initial reaction, the feeling the person you are talking to gets is that they are being ganged up on. That not only are you not supporting them but that you are attacking them along with the other person who gets them. Of course, this encourages them not to seek your support in the future.
Sometimes when we think we are being kind, we're actually showing pity.
Oh, you poor thing. That's just awful. I'd die if that happened to me.
The sense that you give off is that you aren't sure they can handle it. That they must be in a weakened state and aren't able to care for themselves. Or that you are happier that you aren't in their shoes than actually empathetic to their situation.
Noone likes to feel pitied. It's demeaning and makes you feel small. Of course, when we do this we damage the chances of them opening up to us again.
This is similar to giving advice, but with a bit of a twist. The amateur psychology path happens when you try to analyze the psychological factors involved in the hurtful transaction.
I think you have a fear of failure as well as a fear of intimacy, and so you're self-sabotaging your relationship with them so that you don't have to get close or get hurt. As such you're anticipating attacks and are taking everything personally even when it's not.
First off, most of us aren't trained psychologists, and even if we are, this isn't a good first response. Often people do it simply to try and show how smart they are. I've learned in my coaching practice that looking at the why is often far less important than looking forward. Our minds are often too complex to easily figure out why we do something let alone why someone else does something. Most of the time it's more effective to figure out "what am I going to do moving forward?". But even that needs to wait until after this next option.
All the others have been leading to this. This is what people generally want when they come you to with a struggle. They want to feel heard. Even more than that, they want to feel understood and that their feelings are valid.
And feelings can't be invalid. Feelings are feelings. Yes, sometimes we confuse our feelings, for example, "I don't feel in love with them anymore." Usually means something more like "I'm not feeling loved by them" or "I don't feel excited by them anymore". But the feeling itself, regardless of the name we give it, is genuine.
And sometimes we need to ask some questions, but not in an interrogative way about their actions, but rather in a genuinely inquisitive way about how they are feeling. This is particularly true for many men who tend to lump all "negative" feelings into an "angry" bucket and all "positive" feelings into a "happy" bucket.
But these questions should show that you want to understand how they feel rather than judging them. We all want to feel accepted and loved. After that, usually, we're willing to ask for, or listen to, advice or other perspectives. But without that necessary bridge, our attempts to help may feel hostile.
How do you react to your spouse's sharing? Do you need to adjust your responses? If they've stopped sharing with you, you might need to apologize and ask for another chance.
One more way to NOT respond, is in silence. When your spouse spills her (or his) deepest struggle at the moment, and you respond by just a prolonged blank stare… that's not good. You may as well hand over some extra locks for the iron door that just slammed shut on her ever sharing with you again.
It has taken me 50 years to learn some of these lessons. Still working on them. Thanks Jay!


Why buy a waterfront house, condo or real estate on Longboat Key or in Sarasota?
Not only do we have fabulous weather all year round here in the Sarasota/Longboat Key area, where you can enjoy all the outdoor activities you enjoy and escape the winter's cold and snow, we have many ways to partake in these activities. One is the Longboat Key Club. You can be a member at this club whether you own real estate on Longboat or not. You can also be a guest at the Resort on Longboat Key. I am a tennis member of the club and find the members extremely friendly, and my husband and I enjoy partaking in the varied social events.
Secluded on a barrier island in the Gulf of Mexico, The Resort at Longboat Key Club is a AAA Four-Diamond Sarasota resort that encompasses 410 acres of lush lawns and pristine beachfront with authentic Old Florida boardwalks. The environmentally-friendly resort is an official Florida "Green Lodging" and just a short drive from the upscale shopping, museums and theaters in downtown Sarasota. Along with breathtaking ocean views, guests enjoy oversized accommodations with private balconies, eight diverse restaurants and lounges, and year-round activities from 45 holes of premier golf to full-service beachfront offering a full spectrum of water sports and relaxation.
The award-winning Tennis Gardens boasts 20 Har-Tru courts along with private instruction and summer tennis camps. Bring balance to your mind, body and spirit with holistic treatments at The Spa or soak up the sun from the tropical swimming pool and white-sand beach with a cocktail in your hand. You will also discover a full calendar of wellness events and family-friendly activities from beach yoga and kayaking to Camp Loggerhead, the fun-filled children's club for guests ages five to 12. The Moorings, the largest marina on Florida's west coast offers docks for large yachts.
Nearby are many upscale Longboat Key neighborhoods, where you can purchase a condo or home in a wide price point. There are real estate offerings from gated developments to waterfront condos or houses to high rise condominiums to maintenance-free villas. As a local realtor, I can show you any of this real estate for sale. You will absolutely love this area!
Rising to the top of Sarasota's dynamic downtown renaissance, The Mark condominium residences introduce an exciting new destination for those seeking to live, work, walk and play in the center of it all.
The Mark surrounds you with all the world-class attractions Sarasota, Florida has to offer - from beaches and boating to arts and culture.
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Imagine owning one of these fabulous Sarasota, Florida homes or condos in Lido Shores on Lido Key with a constant bay or Gulf view. Enjoy the warm white sands, boating, golf or tennis, and the culture & restaurants of downtown Sarasota. World-renowned St. Armand's circle is famous for its boutique shopping, fine dining and proximity to the beach.
The latest listings in my Showcase Homes feature include 3 homes in Sarasota that represent excellent value, location and features and are priced under $1,000,000.
Located just steps from the sugar white sands of world famous Siesta Beach, this meticulously maintained home is one not to be missed. As you enter through the entry courtyard, you'll be greeted by 4 true bedrooms, a separate living room, dining room and kitchen/family room. The home features two master suites, one downstairs with its own private entrance (could be a great in law suite) and one upstairs. Cool mexican tile adorns the entire downstairs and hardwood floors greet you upstairs. The lifetyle this home affords is one that many aspire to but few get to enjoy. After a day on the beach, Siesta Village and it's shops and restaurants await you. Get away from it all in the heart of Siesta Key.
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'WeCrashed': Jared Leto Returning to TV with New Apple Series!!
December 17, 2020 · by Mirza Baig	· in Features, TV.	·
In what would mark his first television series since his star-making turn on My So-Called Life, Oscar winner Jared Leto is in talks to star in the Apple series WeCrashed, which is based on the popular podcast of the same name.
David Brown hosted the six-episode podcast, which chronicled the rise and fall of WeWork and its founders. The TV series hails from writers Lee Eisenberg and Drew Crevello, while Crazy, Stupid, Love helmers John Requa and Glenn Ficarra are set to direct. Eisenberg and Crevello will also executive produce, and I wouldn't be surprised if Leto winds up with an EP credit once his deal closes.
Leto is poised to play Adam Neumann, the charismatic CEO of WeWork, the fast-rising company that was charging toward a huge IPO that put its value at $47 billion dollars before it ultimately crashed, leaving some of the world's savviest investors holding the bag.
Neumann was personally worth $750 million at one point before he was ousted from the company, which never quite matched his bold vision. Today, millions of dollars worth of WeWork office space sits unoccupied — a situation that surely hasn't been helped by the pandemic.
Leto strikes me as a good fit for Neumann, who had ambitious ideas but failed to execute them, and ultimately relied on a model that didn't really work. We've seen him play this type of slippery character before in American Psycho, though he wasn't front-and-center in that film. WeCrashed doesn't offer the same violent thrills, but it's an interesting tale of hubris all the same.
Leto will soon be seen in Sony's Marvel movie Morbius and WB's serial killer thriller The Little Things, which pairs him with fellow Oscar winners Denzel Washington and Rami Malek. He's also slated to co-star alongside Adam Driver, Lady Gaga and Al Pacino in Ridley Scott's Gucci, and he's attached to star in a Tron: Legacy sequel from Lion director Garth Davis.
via Collider
Tags: #AppleTVPlus, #JaredLeto, #WeCrashed
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Drake Just Dropped A New Song With Louis Vuitton
It's called "Signs"
During Louis Vuitton's Spring/Summer '18 fashion show at Paris Fashion Week, Drake premiered a brand-new song, "Signs." The new hit gently pulsed through the speakers while models walked the runway in tropical florals, cream-colored trench coats, and high-end athletic sandals.
The fashion brand's style director, Kim Jones, announced the release of the new track yesterday. "Signs" was inspired by the spring/summer collection, a mix of high-fashion biker shorts, neoprene vests, oversized coats, and a comeback of the '90s bucket hats. The outfits were paired with leather luggage and handbags and metallic sunglasses. "I need to catch myself," Drake rapped. "I can't play myself. I need to take it easy."
Oliver El-Khatib of October's Very Own, Drake's record label, confirmed the song's release in a separate Instagram post. "I had the pleasure to curate the music for the show with all new music from @ovosound," he wrote.
In May, Drake shared a photo of himself in the studio with producer Noah "40" Shebib, holding a Louis Vuitton bag. Drake's last album, or playlist as he's calling it, More Life, broke streaming records and earned him a record-setting 13 Billboard Music Awards.
Check out the song and some of the fashions that inspired Drake's new song below.


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Home/News/The 'super seniors' with better memory than 50-year-olds – 10/10/2022 – Equilibrium
The 'super seniors' with better memory than 50-year-olds – 10/10/2022 – Equilibrium
American scientists believe they may be close to answering why there are elderly people who retain rare cognitive abilities compared to people 30 years younger.
This elite of "super seniors" have larger nerve cells in regions of the brain responsible for memory, according to new research published in The Journal of Neuroscience.
Octogenarians may have been born with these cells, or their neurons may have grown more, or shrunk less, than other people's with age. More studies are needed and could help find new ways to fight dementia.
The researchers particularly want to determine how changes in nerve cells might affect long-term brain health. Do they offer protection in old age or are they simply a reflection of better brain health?
Examinations after death
The Overaging Research Program at Northwest University in Illinois, USA, has been around for more than a decade. Its main goal is to find out what keeps the brain cognitively active and what protects people from dementia.
Participants must be over 80 years of age, have an excellent memory, be willing to undergo various examinations and checks, and agree to donate their brains for medical research after death.
Based on previous work using magnetic resonance imaging, the researchers have already concluded that the brains of the so-called super-elderly look and function similarly to those of 50-year-olds, not 80-year-olds.
The latest research — based on scans taken after death — focuses on a region of the brain known as the entorhinal cortex, which is related to memory.
The researchers studied the brains of six super-elderly people, seven octogenarians with "average cognition", five people with early-stage Alzheimer's and six younger donors who died of non-brain-related diseases.
They concluded that the super-elderly had larger, healthier neurons in that region of the brain than the rest. And, apparently, the super-elderly are less likely to accumulate abnormal protein deposits, known as plaques, typically seen in the brains of Alzheimer's patients.
Rosa Sancho, from the British organization Alzheimer's Research UK, believes that projects such as the Overaging Program can help discover and develop new treatments for dementia.
"Further research will need to find out exactly what makes these brain cells in the super-elderly larger and better protected," she says. "For example, were the super-elderly born with specific genetic traits? And if so, what are those traits?"
Sancho adds that "while researchers are working to understand how to prevent brain changes that cause dementia, there are small steps we can all take to keep our brains healthy as we age."
The exact cause of Alzheimer's disease is not fully known, but several factors are believed to increase the risk. Some, such as age and genetics, are unavoidable, but lifestyle factors such as not smoking, eating healthier foods, and exercising can reduce this risk.
Northwest University lead researcher Tamar Gefen told the BBC they plan to draw up a detailed picture of the super-elderly to understand more about it.
"We need to study your genetics, lifestyle factors and your educational level," she says. "We also need to look at their background and personal narratives. I was fortunate to know these inspiring people intimately, in life and in death."
This text was originally published here.
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