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Petra (en georgià: პეტრას ციხე) va ser una ciutat fortificada a la costa est del mar Negre, a Lazika, a l'oest de l'actual Geòrgia. Al , sota l'emperador romà d'Orient Justinià I, va servir com un important lloc d'avançada per als romans al Caucas i, a causa de la seva ubicació estratègica, es va convertir en camp de batalla de la Guerra de Lazika de 541-562 entre Roma i l'Imperi sassànida. L'opinió acadèmica principal identifica Petra amb un assentament en ruïnes de l'antiguitat tardana del llogaret de Tsikhisdziri a Ayaria, al sud-oest de Geòrgia.

Història

Fundació
Petra és esmentada per primera vegada en les Constitucions de Novellae de l'emperador romà oriental Justinià I, que daten del 535. Va ser construïda per reforçar l'autoritat romana al Regne de Lazica, situada a la costa sud-est del mar Negre i, amb l'aprovació de l'emperador, va ser anomenada en el seu honor com Petra Pia Justiniana. Segons l'historiador contemporani Procopi, Petra va ser fundada gràcies als esforços del funcionari romà Tzibus, que posteriorment va exercir un control estricte sobre les importacions de Lazika. El nom de Petra, literalment 'roca' en grec, feia referència a la costa rocosa i escarpada on es va construir la ciutat. La seva ubicació entre el mar i els penya-segats feia que la ciutat fos inaccessible, a excepció d'un estret i rocós tram de terreny pla, defensat per un mur amb dues torres.

Guerra de Lazika
La monopolització del comerç de Tzibus a Petra va deteriorar les relacions de Roma amb els Lazis, el rei dels quals, Gubazes, va buscar en secret l'ajuda sassànida contra Roma. Això va ocasionar la invasió d'un exèrcit sassànida al comandament de Cosroes I el 541, i vint anys de guerra a Lazica, en el curs dels quals Petra va canviar de mans en diverses ocasions. Cosroes, després d'un atac inicial sense èxit en les fortificacions de la ciutat, va capturar Petra enviant les seves tropes a través d'un túnel construït en secret i destruint les torres, la qual cosa va portar els romans a capitular. Cosroes es va apropiar de les riqueses de Tzibus, que va morir en la batalla, però va tractar els romans de la ciutat amb consideració.

El 548, Justinià va enviar una força militar sota el mandat de Dagisthaeus, aquesta vegada aliada amb els Lazis, descontents amb l'hegemonia sassànida, per reprendre Petra. Els aliats van assetjar la ciutat i van derrotar dos exèrcits sassànides enviats en la seva ajuda, però les maniobres subsegüents del comandant iranià Mihr-Mihroe van fer que les posicions dels assetjats fossin insostenibles. Finalment, Dagisthaeus no va poder tornar a prendre Petra el 549 i es va retirar el mateix any. L'any 551, un exèrcit romanolazi sota el comandament de Bessas va començar-ne un segon setge. Després de més d'un any, la ciutat va caure i Bessas va arrasar la fortalesa de la ciutat per evitar que es convertís novament en objectiu sassànida.

Arqueologia

Les opinions dels experts identifiquen el corrent principal de Petra amb un assentament en ruïnes que es troba al poble de Tsikhisdziri, al sud-oest de Geòrgia, república autònoma d'Adjària, entre Batum i Kobuleti. Conté ruïnes d'una ciutadella, de 200 m de longitud i 100 d'ample: situada en dos veïns pujols rocosos al costat del mar i una gran basílica de tres naus del segle VI, amb un nàrtex, un absis projectat i pis de mosaic, que probablement va ser la seu d'un bisbe. Altres edificis d'aquesta època són un bany, una cisterna, diverses estructures (restes d'un assentament urbà), així com més de 300 enterraments situats a la rodalia. El lloc també ha produït diversos objectes de l'edat del bronze tardà, del període hel·lenístic, romà i medieval. L'evidència literària i arqueològica suggereix que Petra va ser el resultat de l'expansió de Justinià d'un petit fort romà anterior. El lloc està inscrit en la llista del Patrimoni Cultural de Geòrgia i protegit com a Reserva del Museu Arqueològic i Arquitectònic de Tsikhisdziri-Petra.

El primer a suggerir Tsikhisdziri com a lloc de la ciutat romana de Petra va ser el patriarca ortodox de Jerusalem Dositheos II, que va realitzar una gira per l'oest de Geòrgia en la dècada del 1670. Aquesta opinió va ser compartida pels principals estudiants de la història de Geòrgia al , com Marie-Félicité Brosset i Dimitri Bakradze, i recolza en una base acadèmica més sòlida de Simon Janashia, el 1949. Hi ha alguns estudiosos moderns que han rebutjat la identificació de Petra amb el lloc de Tsikhisdziri, com Simon Kaukhchishvili, un traductor i editor crític de les fonts romanes d'Orient a Geòrgia, i Guram Grigolia.

Bisbat
La diòcesi, plausiblement una sufragant de Fasis com a figura en l'Annuario Pontifio, no va sobreviure, però fou nominalment restaurada el 1933 com un bisbat titular catòlic llatí sota els noms de Petra in Lazica (llatí), Petra di Lazica (Curiate Italian), Petren (sic) en Lazica (adjectiu llatí), del rang episcopal (més baix), però roman vacant a partir de febrer de 2017, sense haver tingut un sol titular. En els documents oficials del Patriarcat de Constantinoble, apareix sols en el Notitia Episcopatuum del pseudo-Epifani, compost durant el regnat de l'emperador Heracli (al voltant del 640).

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Articles amb coordenades sense coordenades a Wikidata
Guerres romano-perses
Monuments culturals destacats de Geòrgia
Història de Geòrgia

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Alzheimer's Disease Research Center
ADRC Organization
Alzheimer's Disease Research Center - Organization
Working to accelerate the discovery of new ways to slow brain aging.
The Alzheimer's Disease Research Center (ADRC) at Wake Forest School of Medicine brings together the latest technologies in neuroscience, neuropsychology, brain imaging and new treatments—all helping to find new ways to slow brain aging. The ADRC studies the role of metabolic and vascular risk factors in promoting the transition from normal aging to mild cognitive impairment, and then to Alzheimer's or other forms of pathological brain aging such as vascular cognitive impairment (VCI). Our researchers aim to delay, prevent and ultimately cure Alzheimer's disease and other dementia disorders.
Specifically, the Wake Forest ADRC provides infrastructure for translational, interdisciplinary research on the pathophysiology, prevention and treatment of Alzheimer's disease and related disorders. Our ADRC focuses on the transition from normal aging to mild cognitive impairment and then to Alzheimer's disease and other dementias, with emphasis on understanding the contribution of metabolic and vascular factors to these transitions. The ADRC is enrolling a diverse group of adults to facilitate the discovery of new biomarkers and promising targets for prevention and therapy. We also are using novel nonhuman primate models to promote pivotal mechanistic and translational research. Finally, we are educating new investigators in translational research practices, and educating health professionals, afflicted adults, their families and their communities about Alzheimer's disease and strategies for reducing risk. The ADRC orchestrates these efforts through seven integrated Cores.
The Administrative Core is led by Suzanne Craft, PhD, (ADRC PI) and co-led by Jeff Williamson, MD, MHS, and Laura Baker, PhD (Associate Directors). The Administrative Core ensures that ADRC goals are achieved by providing oversight, governance and scientific direction to the Center. Executive Committee members include Drs. Suzanne Craft, Laura Baker, Jeff Williamson, Stephen Kritchevsky, Mark Espeland, Steve Rapp, Kathleen Hayden, Tim Hughes, Carol Shively, Tom Register, Chris Whitlow, Sharon Letchworth, Thomas Montine (Stanford University) and Dr. Dirk Keene (University of Washington). The Executive Committee integrates input regarding scientific, educational and other programmatic missions from the Cores, Internal Advisory Committee, External Advisory Committee and Community Advisory Board.
In addition, the Committee for Resource Utilization and Research Expansion (CRUX) establishes key metrics for funding, publication, education, resource distribution and recruitment. This committee guides the referral of clinical trial participants to research studies locally and nationally and the distribution of data and biospecimens for studies worldwide. The CRUX committee helps integrate the Wake Forest ADRC into the national Alzheimer's Disease Center (ADC) network, the National Alzheimer's Coordinating Center (NACC) and the National Cell Repository for Alzheimer's Disease (NCRAD), thus enhancing its scientific impact through collaborative exchange of resources and ideas.
Finally, the Pilot Grant Committee oversees the solicitation of applications and selection of pilot grant awards for early-career investigators and new Alzheimer's disease researchers. ADRC pilot grants help Wake Forest investigators generate preliminary data to expand their extramural funding.
Clinical Core
The Clinical Core studies the role of metabolic and vascular risk factors in promoting the transition from normal aging to mild cognitive impairment, and then to Alzheimer's or other forms of pathological brain aging such as vascular cognitive impairment (VCI).
The Clinical Core, led by Jeff Williamson, MD, MHS, and Suzanne Craft, PhD, is establishing a well-characterized cohort, called the Healthy Brain Study, of approximately 500 people consisting of cognitively normal adults, adults with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and patients with early Alzheimer's disease with different metabolic risk profiles to participate in ongoing clinical trials. The Core will maximize the participation of African American adults and others from diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds who have higher rates of metabolic and vascular disease and dementia. In addition, it will create a powerful data and biospecimen repository available to the National Alzheimer's Coordinating Center (NACC), the National Cell Repository for Alzheimer's Disease (NCRAD) and Alzheimer's disease investigators worldwide for innovative translational research.
The interdisciplinary Clinical Core team includes geriatricians, neurologists, neuropsychologists, neuroradiologists and other experts to evaluate metabolic and neurologic disease. The Clinical Core coordinates recruitment efforts with the Outreach Core; aligns key measures and combines biospecimens and data with the MESA Core; provides biospecimens to the Neuropathology Core; and provides data (clinical, cognitive and imaging) to the Data Management and Data Analytics Core. The Clinical Core provides innovative methods, a unique cohort and an extensive repository of data, imaging and biospecimens that will enable numerous studies to accelerate our understanding of the earliest stages of Alzheimer's disease and other forms of pathological brain aging.
Data Management and Data Analytics Core
The Data Management and Data Analytics (DMDA) Core is led by Mark Espeland, PhD, and and co-led by Iris Leng, MD, PhD. The mission of the DMDA Core is to provide outstanding data management, biomedical computing and analytical collaboration to ADRC investigators and affiliates and to provide high-quality standardized research data. The DMDA Core collaborates with other Cores on the dissemination of Wake Forest ADRC study findings and the engagement of diverse cohorts.
The DMDA Core maintains state-of-the-art resources for data management, study management and reporting to ensure the highest data quality and study integrity and to increase the efficiency and impact of ADRC research. We will leverage our leadership in the coordination of major studies of dementia and cognitive decline with large numbers of adults with high-risk metabolic and vascular disease profiles. This synergy permits the efficient development of studies to assess both potential mechanisms affecting the risk of Alzheimer's disease and the clinical impact of promising therapeutic strategies.
The DMDA Core provide methodological and analytical expertise in study design, biostatistics and other analytical sciences (including measurement, image analysis, modeling, computational biology, statistical genetics, precision medicine and biomathematics) to ADRC projects. The Core uses state-of-the-art and novel analytical methods to mine our data resources from major studies of cognition and Alzheimer's disease, to facilitate efficient study design, to provide a platform for pooled analyses and to provide resources to foster the development of Alzheimer's disease researchers. The Core also develops and maintains efficient and secure platforms for data exchange within the Wake Forest ADRC and with the National Alzheimer's Coordinating Center (NACC), National Cell Repository for Alzheimer's Disease (NCRAD), the national Alzheimer's Disease Center (ADC) network and Alzheimer's disease researchers. These efforts ensure that the Wake Forest ADRC research programs are designed and conducted according to thoughtful and rigorous standards and that data are vigorously explored and appropriately shared.
Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) Core
The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) Core, co-led by Tim Hughes, PhD, Stephen Rapp, PhD, and Kathleen Hayden, PhD, will follow a diverse group of older adults (45 percent African American) for whom metabolic/cardiovascular status has been intensively characterized since 2000. The MESA Core will identify early markers of risk and share data and biospecimens with Wake Forest ADRC researchers, the National Alzheimer's Coordinating Center (NACC), the National Cell Repository for Alzheimer's Disease (NCRAD) and Alzheimer's disease investigators worldwide.
The parent MESA study is an NIH-supported multi-site study of subclinical and incident vascular and metabolic disease. Wake Forest is one of six MESA clinical sites, which provides a unique opportunity for partnership with the ADRC. The Wake Forest site cohort currently consists of approximately 400 adults (47 percent African American, 54 percent women) who have been monitored at regular intervals since 2000. Participants now range from 58 to 97 years of age and are within the window for onset of later-life cognitive impairment and dementia. Participants have undergone extensive metabolic phenotyping such as fasting glucose, insulin, hemoglobin A1C, lipid particle size, plasma lipidomic and metabolomic analyses; vascular phenotyping such as arterial stiffness, coronary artery calcification and carotid ultrasound; whole genome and exome sequencing and epigenetic characterization; repeated retinal imaging; and a brief cognitive assessment.
To this rich array of data, the Wake Forest ADRC will add more extensive clinical and cognitive assessment (Uniform Data Set and supplemental cognitive tests); neuroimaging (magnetic resonance imaging, amyloid positron emission tomography); and collection of cerebrospinal fluid and brain donations. With these data, we can thoroughly assess cognitive and biomarker trajectories over time and derive clinical/pathological diagnoses of Alzheimer's disease, vascular cognitive impairment and other disorders. The Wake Forest ADRC MESA Core will leverage extensive, multidimensional data available in the racially diverse and well-characterized MESA cohort to rapidly identify specific vascular and metabolic contributions to Alzheimer's disease and other dementias.
In 2018, MESA received funding from the National Institute on Aging to extend MESA Core initiatives to all six MESA Field Centers (Wake Forest, Columbia University, Johns Hopkins University, Northwestern University, University of Minnesota and the University of California, Los Angeles). Wake Forest serves as the administrative core for these efforts, led by Timothy Hughes, PhD, Kathleen Hayden, PhD, and Jose Luchsinger, MD, MPH.
Neuroimaging Core
The Neuroimaging Core is co-led by Christopher Whitlow, MD, PhD, MHS, and Samuel Lockhart, PhD. This Core enables systematic, longitudinal, multimodal neuroimaging using both magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and positron emission tomography (PET) of amyloid and tau in intensively characterized, ethnically diverse participants enrolled in the Wake Forest ADRC. The Neuroimaging Core provides state-of-the-art imaging data aligned with other valuable ADRC resources to Wake Forest investigators, to the National Alzheimer's Coordinating Center (NACC) and to other researchers to enhance the conduct of high-impact research on Alzheimer's disease. The Neuroimaging Core will also apply human imaging protocols to aged nonhuman primates who develop amyloid pathology and vascular disease to facilitate translational research. In addition, the Core will provide consultation and training regarding imaging methods and scientific advances.
The NIC will leverage valuable clinical data from the unique and diverse Clinical Core and significantly enhance the ADRC's contribution to the Alzheimer's Disease Centers network and to investigators worldwide through the following goals:
Provide a comprehensive research infrastructure that incorporates the latest scientific advances in neuroimaging to enhance our understanding of Alzheimer's disease, with special imaging resources to investigate metabolic and vascular contributions to early transitions from normal aging to mild cognitive impairment, Alzheimer's disease and other dementias
Optimize participation of underrepresented groups in neuroimaging activities, with a special focus on African-Americans, to better understand and reduce disparities in their risk of Alzheimer's disease and other dementias
Expand interactions with the Alzheimer's Disease Centers network, key affiliates such as NACC and institutional partners such as the Pepper Center through aligned neuroimaging methods and new collaborations
Provide training and consultation regarding the latest scientific advances in neuroimaging to ADRC-affiliated investigators and projects
Neuropathology Core
The Neuropathology Core, led by neuropathologist Thomas Montine, MD, PhD, (Stanford University) and co-led by C. Dirk Keene, MD, PhD, (University of Washington) and Ryan Mott, MD (Wake Forest University), collects, archives and analyzes biospecimens and brain donations from clinical study participants and from nonhuman primate models to build a repository for mechanistic and translational research.
The Neuropathology Core provides resources to support the Wake Forest ADRC focus on early-phase transitions from normal aging to mild cognitive impairment, Alzheimer's disease, vascular cognitive impairment and related disorders, and the role of metabolic and vascular risk pathways in these transitions. The Neuropathology Core provides state-of-the-art collection, storage and distribution of DNA, blood, cerebral spinal fluid, brain and other biospecimens; establishes neuropathological diagnoses of deceased Clinical and MESA Core participants; and provides resources and expertise for non-human primate and rodent models for pivotal mechanistic and therapeutic Alzheimer's disease research. The Core builds on Wake Forest's existing strengths in postmortem diagnosis, as the leading provider of forensic autopsy services in North Carolina, analysis of specialized metabolic and vascular biomarkers, intensively characterized human cohorts, and nonhuman primate models of human disease.
The Neuropathology Core currently maintains a biospecimen repository of DNA, blood and cerebral spinal fluid from more than 1,100 well-characterized participants and will receive and archive biospecimens from ADRC participants in the Clinical and MESA Cores whose metabolic and vascular risk factors put them at high risk for Alzheimer's disease. DNA is collected for APOE genotyping and genetic analysis and will be provided to National Cell Repository for Alzheimer's Disease (NCRAD).
Cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers (Aβ, tau, and p181-tau) for Alzheimer's disease are measured on participants who undergo lumbar puncture, and special expertise is available for biomarkers of metabolic and vascular disease, such as measures of glucose metabolism, neuroinflammation, endothelial dysfunction, lipid/lipoprotein metabolism, metabolomics/proteomics, synaptic function, epigenetic/transcriptomics and mitochondrial function. The Core facilitates distribution of data and specimens in the repository to Wake Forest ADRC and national Alzheimer's Disease Centers network of investigators, and to NCRAD and Alzheimer's disease researchers worldwide.
Further, human protocols for specimen collection and neuroimaging have been applied to nonhuman primate models, creating a unique resource with which the Alzheimer's disease research community can conduct pivotal translational research. We have demonstrated that aged nonhuman primates have neuropathologic changes similar to early Alzheimer's disease, Alzheimer's disease-like CSF biomarker profiles, cerebral hypometabolism, brain atrophy and brain mitochondrial abnormalities. Through its unique biospecimen repositories and preclinical models, the Neuropathology Core provides an exceptional resource to investigators engaged in research to discover novel biomarkers and therapeutic targets that impact progression from normal aging to mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease or related disorders.
Outreach and Recruitment Core
The Outreach and Recruitment Core, co-led by Laura Baker, PhD, and Goldie Byrd, PhD, is the liaison between the Wake Forest ADRC and the community. The Core actively establishes relationships with the community to recruit participants for ADRC studies and provide education and resources for the public. The Outreach Core is recruiting a racially diverse group of research participants, including cognitively normal adults, individuals with mild cognitive impairment at higher and lower risk for cognitive decline and dementia due to metabolic and vascular factors, and adults with Alzheimer's disease dementia.
The Outreach and Recruitment Core is implementing a program to improve community practices for detection, progression, treatment and prevention of Alzheimer's disease. The Core works to educate the public and community healthcare professionals about early detection, risk modification, prevention and treatment of mild cognitive impairment, Alzheimer's disease and related disorders, and to encourage routine clinical screening and treatment practices targeting metabolic and vascular risk modification.
A key educational theme for the Core's community outreach is the effects of metabolic disease and other vascular risk factors on Alzheimer's disease onset and progression. Outreach and education for African Americans in North Carolina is a priority, given their high rates of metabolic and vascular disease, and prevalence of Alzheimer's disease that is two to three times higher than for non-Hispanic white adults. This outreach priority also supports and contributes to escalating national efforts to increase racial and ethnic minority representation in Alzheimer's disease clinical trials.
Research Education Component
The Research Education Component, led by Laura Baker, PhD, and Stephen Kritchevsky, PhD, provides mentoring, training and new research opportunities for early-stage investigators and advances Alzheimer's disease research for faculty at all stages of career development. The programs will have a translational research focus, particularly with respect to the contributory role of metabolic and vascular risk factors, to bridge the gap between preclinical and clinical development of therapeutic interventions that will prevent, slow and treat Alzheimer's disease. We leverage Wake Forest resources, including the Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center, our Clinical and Translational Science Institute and Wake Forest Innovations to support a diverse training curriculum.
This Component draws from Wake Forest's extensive scientific community to identify key mentors within targeted areas of research and recruits early-stage investigators and other trainees from diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds through multiple Wake Forest Centers and Institutes such as:
Sticht Center on Healthy Aging and Alzheimer's Prevention
Maya Angelou Center for Health Equity (MACHE)
Center for Genomics and Personalized Medicine
Comparative Medicine/Clarkson Campus
We will conduct a series of "Alzheimer's Disease 101" workshops which will provide a scientific and clinical overview of Alzheimer's disease to investigators and trainees to facilitate their research programs in this area. We will also recruit trainees into Research Education Component programs from nearby affiliate academic institutions, including two Historically Black College and Universities (HBCUs) with whom we have established collaborative relationships.
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Michael Wyland
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Acting IRS Commissioner Steven T. Miller wrote an opinion piece for USA Today, published Tuesday, in which he admits the IRS "should have done a better job handling the influx of applications" for tax exemption. His statement that "[m]istakes were made, but they were in no way due to any political or partisan motivation" rings hollow on two fronts: First, the lack of ownership of any "mistakes," and second, the assertion that politics had nothing to do with singling out applications from groups believed to be politically conservative is bizarre.
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The credibility of the administration was questioned pointedly by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY). In a statement delivered on the Senate floor Tuesday afternoon, McConnell said, "We've only started to scratch the surface of this scandal." Citing news reports that IRS employees in locations other than Cincinnati were involved in the activities, and that other information is coming to light despite administration efforts to distance itself from the story, McConnell said, "We can't count on the administration to be forthcoming about the details of this scandal—because so far they've been anything but."
Other groups and individuals have reported that they have been targeted by the IRS for audits and other scrutiny as a result of political activity. NPQ reported on Monday that a pro-Israel group believes its application for tax-exempt status was a target of suspicion by the IRS. This group, Z Street, is pursuing litigation against the IRS in federal court. Frank VanderSloot, co-chair of Mitt Romney's national finance committee, was singled out for attention on the Obama campaign website. Two months later, VanderSloot was selected for audit by both the IRS and by the U.S. Labor Department. KMOV-TV anchor Larry Conners claims that he was singled out for IRS attention not long after he conducted a wide-ranging interview with President Obama that challenged his views and statements on several subjects. His Facebook post became the topic of an article on the Politico web site. Politico attempted to interview Conners, but he said his employer prohibited him from giving interviews on the topic of his comments about his interactions with the IRS.
In the New York Times, campaign-finance watchdogs are concerned that the IRS's addressing of political activities by tax-exempt groups is seriously flawed. "We would far rather see scrutiny of these big fish—the groups that spent hundreds of millions of dollars to influence elections—than to see the resources spent on hundreds of small groups that appeared to spend very little on elections," said Paul S. Ryan, senior counsel at the Campaign Legal Center.—Michael Wyland
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Hank Harris
Founder of Harrisvaccines
DL Hank Harris is Emeritus Professor of Iowa State University where he was employed for over 34 years. He received the DVM (1967) and PhD (1970) degrees from ISU. He served as Chairman of the Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Preventive Medicine from 1992-1997. During his tenure at ISU, Harris founded 2 companies – NOBL Laboratories (later sold to Boeringer Ingleheim) and Harrisvaccines (later sold to Merck Animal Health in 2015). He has consulted for businesses in over 30 countries and was employed in industry either as a consultant or full time for over 21 years.
Harris has received numerous Industry, University and Entrepreneurial awards including the Distinguished Alumni Award (the highest recognition at Iowa State University), Stange Award for Meritorious Service (the highest recognition in the College of Veterinary Medicine at ISU), Howard Dunne Award for service to the Swine Industry, Henry Wallace Award for Contributions to International Agriculture, for Achievement of Economic Development in Iowa, and the Upper Midwest EY Entrepreneur of the Year Award.
While serving as CEO of Harrisvaccines, the company was recognized by Inc. Magazine as one of the top 5000 fastest growing private US companies in 2015 (number 867) with approximately $10 million in gross annual sales and a three-year growth rate of 490%.
What does entrepreneurship mean to you?
Entrepreneurship means creating a company for the purpose of solving a problem. To be an entrepreneur a person must have the 'fire in the belly' to define the problem and seek a solution even if it means abandoning initial approaches and theories.
Why should students engage in AgEI activities?
There are many career paths available in companies however a start up company is very unique compared to more established Ag businesses. Participation in AgEI allows the student to experience the thrill of start up company activities to help in choosing a career path.
DMV, Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University, 1967
PhD, Veterinary Microbiology, Iowa State University, 1970


D&G Kennels Presa Canario (also known as Dogo Canario) is owned and operated by Randy and Lauren Green. Our primary goal at D&G Kennels is to improve the breed of the Presa Canario. We only deal with imports and make frequent trips to the Canary Islands to select our breeding stock based on working ability, health, and correct conformation. We have been working with this wonderful breed for 18 years. We are one of only a handful of breeders that have been working with the Presa Canario for this amount of time. We are located west of Atlanta, Georgia and do take appointments for kennel visits.
Randy has served as the Vice President, President, and currently serves as an advisor to the board for the breed club here in the US, the Dogo Canario Club of America . Lauren is currently serving her second term as treasurer for the club. We are two of only a few American members of the Spanish breed club, the CEDC. Randy co-founded the top temperament testing association for the Presa Canario, the Working Dogo Canario Alliance , and co-wrote the temperament test currently being used. We feel that we have put together one of the best breeding programs in the entire world for the Presa Canario. We focus our program on only the best 100% Spanish lines. Our Presas have taken top honors on both the working field and in the show ring. We have dogs in over 30 countries worldwide, and have produced champions across the globe, including the 2012 World Dog Show male winner, D&G's JB Tauro . We have accomplished many show wins and placements here in the US at America's largest show for Presa Canarios, the American Monographica. We also believe that a strong and stable temperament is just as important as excellent conformation and structure!
At D&G Kennels, we breed only top quality Presa Canario bloodlines imported from Spain or the Canary Islands.
that has been bred for the previously mentioned characteristics: working ability, health, and correct conformation.
Our dogs are bred to be highly capable guard dogs as well as loyal family friends and protectors.
We offer life time breeder support and 2 year health guarantees on all of our dogs sold. We like to build a relationship with our new clients and develop lifelong friendships!!
There are hundreds of Presa Canario breeders around these days. However, not all breeders in this breed are on the same level.
but they are few and far between. There are many breeders who will take advantage of an unsuspecting or uneducated buyer.
front but it can cost you tremendously in the long run.
Colors of the Presa Canario range from brindle to fawn. These are the ONLY colors of the Dogo Canario.
are NOT characteristics of a true Presa Canario.
We have listed the following links to help those that are interested to become more aware of what a Presa Canario should (or should NOT!) be.
Please feel free to contact us at any time with questions regarding our breeding program or for more information about this breed.
to answer any questions you may have and explain the breed to you.
paper work is recognized by UKC and AKC Foundation Stock; however we personally do not register with these clubs.
difference. To ensure that your presa is from true Spanish blood, you must have FCI paperwork.
Many have heard various opinions on the Presa / Dogo debate.
Below is a copy of a post Randy made to Facebook concerning the neverending arguments of which dogs are Presa Canario and which dogs are Dogo Canario.
In short, they are one in the same.
We can debate till the cows come home and I'm not going to change your mind if you are on one side nor are you going to change mine.
I have been breeding these dogs for 18 years and have been to the Canary Islands more than anyone in the states with the exception of maybe Luis Ortiz to the best of my knowledge.
I have worked with and talked to many breeders on both sides of the debate. Here is something to think about and then I am out of this debate. The CEPC (Club Español de Presa Canario) now the CEDC (Club Español de Dogo Canario) (same people, same foundation dogs, etc) wrote the original standard for the breed Presa Canario and submitted to the RSCE in 1989.
In 2001 the FCI, a larger registry, changed the name from Presa Canario to Dogo Canario. At that time the original CEPC club modified the standard and disallowed black dogs and took the maximum amount of white from 30% to 20%.
Remember, this is the the same club that submitted the original standard for the Presa Canario. In 2001 the dogs did not change, the early lines that were used did not change, only the name, the black coat, and the maximum amount of white allowed were changed.
They did not make this change for "no reason". There is actually a very clear reason that black and excess white were eliminated from the standard. Both go back and bring out old traits from different breeds used to create the standard. Most black presas have a very shiny coat with very thin hair. Also, many of the black Presas have very tight flues and heads that resemble pit bulls as this is where a lot of that black color came in. With the white it is the same thing, but typically goes back to the bulldogs. In the early days a lot of the more white colored dogs had many health problems and allergies.
The standard was written and changed by the very people that created the standard in their home country and it is there for a reason. It is not at our discretion to say screw it I don't like it, let's do what we want. When looking at early photos you also must remember that we are looking at presa dogs (gripping dogs) that were a component of the Presa Canario.
That being said, I have produced a few dogs with white on muzzle and feet etc. I am not 100% against it but if all things are equal in a litter I would chose the one without the color faults. With out a standard you have no breed.
OK, so let's just pretend in 2001 there was never a name change to Dogo Canario but there was still a standard change issued from the original CEPC club. We would never be having these dicussions. It would be 1 breed. The breeders who breed outside of the standards would simply be breeding presa dogs (a component breed of the actual Presa Canario).
After 2001 and the name change this is when many of the breeders who were breeding out of standard presa dogs focusing on temp but had no problem adding other breeds to make the dogs hotter, saw the opportunity to take the name Presa Canario and try to seperate the 2 breeds. It was not really until post 2001 that you see other clubs pop up in Spain using the name Presa Canario but implementing no standard for their presa dogs. I do not understand the 90% white dogs etc, because they were never to be a part of the Presa Canario even in the original standard.
So again in parting I will say without a standard u have no breed. What separates a good working bandog from a good working Presa? A breed standard, period! In 1997 -1998 I was given an incredible bandog that was passed to me as a Presa Canario. He was the hardest dog I have come across in all my years. At the time I knew no different. He was absolutely one of the best working dogs out there. It was not till a year or so later the breeder of this dog told me what was behind him. He looked similar to a Presa Canario to an unexperienced eye and most would go crazy for him as a Presa Canario if I had him now, but he was nothing more than a bandog......He looks similar to many of the mostly white dogs out there today.
By no means am I trying to say that my dogs are superior, Lord knows they all have faults and it is a constant job to try to improve with every breeding. Nor am I trying to say that I know it all, as I am constantly studying and learning. I just wanted to show my opinion on the debate. Yes I know there are plenty of faults with this breed in the show ring, just as there is as many working presas that do not look like a Presa Canario at all. Could go on and into a ton more detail and debate till the cows come home but what's the point.
My .02 for the day."


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Bagging a bed in Bratislava can be tricky in high season, but new hotels are popping up with ever greater frequency. There's a pretty good range to choose from, whether you're a happy-go-lucky hosteller or a ball-busting businessman who likes his creature comforts. We're keeping our eyes peeled for any new stars in the hotel firmament, but if you think you've found the perfect guest house or a wonderful (yet wonderfully well-hidden hostel) don't hesitate to get in touch. Happy hotel hunting!
Crazy place. But with all the colours and friendly people .. I spent a great time in Bratislava. If you are tired of common hotels or hostels I recommend to visit this place. It is perfect experience. Thank you!
Very pleasant place with great atmosphere. It was perfect to talk to nice and polite staff and get some recommandation re Bratislava. I have to say the hotel room was the best I have ever slept. All the paintings, colours and window to the garden - I will definitely come back. I recommend this Hotel!
This unusual hotel is amazing. New shiny and fairytail colours from outside and special rooms inside. I am very glad I had an opportunity to stay there for night. Very positive atmosphere, polite receptionist, tasty breakfast and very good price. If you are sensitive to noise, ask for quite room, because we stayed in the room with the window to the train station.
Hotel Galley, thank you! I´v been there in April 2013, and I had beautyful stays over there. Thank you! You was very helpful, I realy love you, your color, your staff, your nutritional supplements, your peace, I realy realy love you. I v been with my husband at the room no. 9 only for 36€ breakfest included!!!! It s a mezonet room, with TV, fas wifi, and with an amazing bathrooms! Everyone has to see it. I definitly recommended this hotel! And it s hotel no hostel, but with the hostel price.
great place, located in the center, clean and many things to do. Everything was awesome.
Excellent location, good standard, helpful staff. Can't really fault this one!
One of the coolest hotels I've slept in. I've never taken a cruise, so might be like that, but it's unusual for a city!!!


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Caratteristiche tecniche
Centrocampista centrale dalla corporatura minuta è dotato di buona tecnica di base, mancino di piede e duttile tatticamente, può agire anche sulla fascia sinistra, possiede una buona capacità di corsa ed è bravo negli inserimenti senza palla e nelle conclusioni dalla distanza, inoltre è anche un abile rigorista.

Carriera

Club
Cresce calcisticamente nelle giovanili del Sunderland tuttavia senza mai debuttare in prima squadra. Nell'estate 2010 in scadenza di contratto è passato all'Ipswich Town dove però non riesce mai a giocare.

Nell'estate 2011 viene ingaggiato dal Plymouth società di Football League Two dove nella stagione 2012-2013 diventa anche il capitano dei Pilgrims totalizzando globalmente in tre anni 142 presenze segnando 16 reti.

Il 23 giugno 2014 si trasferisce al Barnsley per 250.000 euro dove firma un contratto triennale. Nel dicembre 2015 diventa il nuovo capitano dei Tykes. Il 29 maggio 2016 vince i play-off di Football League One, battendo in finale il Millwall ottenendo così la promozione in Championship. Il 21 gennaio 2017 realizza in campionato su calcio piazzato da circa 25 metri, la rete della vittoria per 3-2 nella partita contro il Leeds United. Chiude in due stagioni e mezzo giocando complessivamente 134 partite andando a segno per 32 volte.

Il 26 gennaio 2017 si trasferisce per circa 3.5 milioni all'Aston Villa dove firma un contratto fino al giugno 2020. Il 28 febbraio segna la sua prima rete con i Villans nella partita interna vinta 2-0 contro il Bristol City.

Il 20 gennaio 2021 viene ceduto in prestito allo .

Il 30 agosto 2021 viene ceduto in prestito allo .

Nazionale
Compie la trafila delle nazionali giovanili irlandesi, mentre il 28 marzo 2017 debutta con la nazionale irlandese giocando da titolare nell'amichevole disputata contro l'Islanda.

Statistiche

Presenze e reti nei club
Statistiche aggiornate al 20 marzo 2020.

Cronologia presenze e reti in nazionale

Palmarès

Club

Competizioni nazionali

Barnsley: 2015-2016

Note

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

Calciatori della Nazionale irlandese


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The National Association of Realtors (NAR) reports that over 80% of all home buyers begin their search on the Internet. I will develops marketing & advertising pieces to market your home that read like professional magazines. Quality designs, layouts, and individual home websites are also used to place emphasis on the visual selling points that sets your home apart from the crowd.
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U+C495 was added to Unicode in version 2.0 (1996). It belongs to the block Hangul Syllables in the Basic Multilingual Plane.
This character is a Other Letter and is mainly used in the Hangul script.
The glyph is a Canonical composition of the glyphs . It has a Wide East Asian Width. In bidirectional context it acts as Left To Right and is not mirrored. In text U+C495 behaves as H3 regarding line breaks. It has type OLetter for sentence and ALetter for word breaks. The Grapheme Cluster Break is LVT.
The Wikipedia has the following information about this codepoint:
The Korean alphabet, known as Hangul in South Korea and as Chosŏn'gŭl in North Korea and China, is the alphabet that has been used to write the Korean language since the 15th century. It was created during the Joseon Dynasty in 1443, and is now the official script of both South Korea and North Korea, and co-official in the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture of China's Jilin Province. In South Korea, Hangul is occasionally augmented by Chinese characters called Hanja; whereas in North Korea, Hanja are virtually nonexistent.
In its classical and modern forms, the alphabet has 24 consonant and vowel letters. However, instead of being written sequentially like the letters of the Latin alphabet, Hangul letters are grouped into blocks, such as 한 han, each of which transcribes a syllable. That is, although the syllable 한 han may look like a single character, it is actually composed of three letters: ㅎ h, ㅏ a, and ㄴ n. Each syllabic block consists of two to six letters, including at least one consonant and one vowel. These blocks are then arranged horizontally from left to right or vertically from top to bottom. Each Korean word consists of one or more syllables, hence one or more blocks. The number of mathematically possible distinct blocks is 11,172 (see "South Korean order" below), though there are far fewer possible syllables allowed by Korean phonotactics, and not all phonotactically possible syllables occur in actual Korean words. For a phonological description, see Korean phonology.
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Discussion in 'General' started by CrypticDesigns, Apr 24, 2015.
This doesn't seem to be a valid RSA public key: RSA.xs:178: OpenSSL error: bad base64 decode at blib/lib/Crypt/OpenSSL/RSA.pm (autosplit into blib/lib/auto/Crypt/OpenSSL/RSA/new_public_key.al) line 91.
I guess it got something to do with my setup of the server but I couldn't fix it. Its running on ubuntu 14.04.2 64 bit. What should I do or do I need to post more info?
Could you at least provide your selector and the domain?
Thank you for your response. I have sent you the information in a private post.


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Watch Tube Tales
"Tube Tales" is a compilation film from the year of 1999. The film consists of nine separate short films that are all connected to actual experiences of commuters taking the London Underground's series of subways. Although each film is independent of the others, filming for all nine shorts occurred on site at the London Underground. "Tube Tales" has a total running time of one hour and 24 minutes. Each of the nine shorts was directed by a different individual. The final short, "Steal Away," is the first cinematic role by actor Simon Pegg.
"Tube Tales" is a compilation film from the year of 1999. The film consists of nine separate short films that are all connected to actual experiences of commuters taking the London Underground's series of subways. Although each film is independent of the others, filming for all nine shorts occurred on site at the London Underground.
"Tube Tales" has a total running time of one hour and 24 minutes. Each of the nine shorts was directed by a different individual. The final short, "Steal Away," is the first cinematic role by actor Simon Pegg.
Tube Tales is a 1999 drama with a runtime of 1 hour and 24 minutes. It has received moderate reviews from critics and viewers, who have given it an IMDb score of 6.2.
Where to Watch Tube Tales
Tube Tales is available to watch free on Tubi TV. It's also available to stream, download on demand at . Some platforms allow you to rent Tube Tales for a limited time or purchase the movie and download it to your device.
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Games Official: American videogame developer and distributor, Electronic Arts has announced the release of Need for Speed: The Run. The game will be available for the curious gamers by the end of the year 2011.
The game will be an added star to the Need For Speed series by the EA. The Run has been created by Black Box and some spectacular visuals will be given with the help of DICE's Frostbite 2.0 engine, which will also be seen in Battlefield 3.
The game will be a speeding experience for the gamers on a journey from San Francisco to New York. The game assures excitement, hunger for more and some spectacular interaction.
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NEW YORK, July 6, 2017 – The Portuguese Cork Association (APCOR) and the California-based Cork Quality Council announced results from a joint study conducted by U.S. wine market research company, Wine Opinions, to understand the attitudes and purchase behaviors of American wine consumers toward wine closures. In addition to cork being seen as an indicator of wine quality by as much as 97 percent of respondents, findings also revealed that natural cork is the closure of choice for wine purchased at a restaurant (91 percent), wine purchased as a gift (93 percent), and wine purchased to bring to a dinner party (86 percent).
Reasons respondents stated for preferring cork were led by the notion that natural cork evokes an important sense of heritage, while the enjoyment of opening wine sealed with a cork, the "pop" and the "ritual" creating a unique distinctiveness at the moment of consumption were also cited. Importantly, respondents also found cork to be conducive to wine aging, a marker to check the quality of the brand before purchasing, and an indicator of overall quality.
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On this day, An Ran finally returned to the training ground after spending a few days in the dormitory to recover. Although he could enter the Pure Spirit Tower in the afternoon, he could not do large-scale shooting training because of the wound on his shoulder. Finally, when the wound had healed, he couldn't wait to return to the training ground and practice shooting with Shen Yanxiao.
"How's your recovery?" Shen Yanxiao asked An Ran.
An Ran replied, "It's the first time I've felt so resilient." His injuries before were not light at all; for a time, he had even lost consciousness. However, he did not expect that once he woke up, he would find that his internal injuries were almost better, and the wounds on his body would recover quite quickly.
"That's good then." Shen Yanxiao just smiled and did not explain much.
An Ran had no idea what she had given him, and Shen Yanxiao had no intention to say what it was either.
Just as Shen Yanxiao and An Ran ended chatting and were ready to start training, a team of elf guards wearing light armor came from outside the training ground.
These elf guards were in charge of the daily safety in the advanced training camp, and rarely appeared in the training ground. But this time, such a team suddenly came in wearing grim expressions on their faces.
For a time, all the elves stopped whatever they were doing, looking at the whistling guards with a look of confusion.
Shen Yanxiao and An Ran also stood by, but the group of guards walked straight toward them.
"Are you Yan Xiao?" The elf guard leading the team looked up and down at the pet.i.te Shen Yanxiao.
"Yes." Shen Yanxiao answered with a slight idea that there was something wrong.
"Very well. Come with us." The elf guard did not explain much. He just directly let the other two elf guards stand on both sides of Shen Yanxiao.
Shen Yanxiao frowned slightly and asked, "Is something the matter?"
"Have you ever had a conflict with Shui Ling in this period of time?" The elf guard questioned.
"I thought it was called 'comparing notes'." Shen Yanxiao said, raising an eyebrow.
Was all these because she was too ruthless in dealing with Shui Ling, and that guy ran to complain?
Shui Ling had been recuperating for the past few days and had yet to expose his face again to the public. But today, his name appeared from the mouth of this group of elf guards.
"Shui Ling is dead." The elf guard said without any expression.
"Dead?" Shen Yanxiao was slightly stunned. An ominous premonition suddenly rose in her heart.
Although she had taught Shui Ling a lesson that day, she still exercised a certain degree of propriety so that he would not die. The arrows she shot toward Shui Ling also avoided all the visceras.
Just how did he die?
When the news of Shui Ling's death came out, it was not only Shen Yanxiao who was shocked, even the elves around her were completely astonished.
"The generals want to see you. Come with me right now." The elf guard said with a taut face.
"Wait! Yan Xiao has nothing to do with this matter. She did not kill Shui Ling!" An Ran could see that the situation was not right, hence he immediately went forward in front of Shen Yanxiao.
"This has nothing to do with you, step back." The elf guard said with a frown.
An Ran still wanted to say something, but Shen Yanxiao stopped him from making another move.
"You continue training here, I will come with them. Anyway, I did nothing of the sort so I'm not afraid of anything. You don't have to worry." Shen Yanxiao's face held a lazy smile, without the least bit hint of tension.
"Then, be careful on your way." An Ran said through gritted teeth.
"Be at ease. They'll probably just ask some questions." Shen Yanxiao smilingly said.
After that, Shen Yanxiao consciously followed the team of elf guards until she left An Ran's field of view. The smile hanging on her face had also faded.
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← Holy crap, I LOOOOOOVE lamb!!
Again, I've been TERRIBLE at this blog stuff lately!! I can say, however, I have a really good excuse! This summer was a summer of change…in more ways than one. All for the better, but a lot at once. I quit my job in LA and took a new gig in San Francisco. So that meant moving. What a lot to keep track of! I had so many lists! Organize, pack, apartment hunt, celebrate, pack some more, celebrate some more, take in all LA has to offer before moving to the foggy city… like the farmers markets, then celebrate some more.
I'm sure SF has some great farmers markets, but even tho I was moving I still had to stock up on the amazing veggies that were arriving.
So pretty and so ready to have something stuffed into the blossom and fried! What to stuff them with was the question. Every recipe called for ricotta cheese which isn't my total favorite. I looked in my fridge and had a log of feta, some fresh basil, thyme and chives. Figured that some herbed feta would work just as well. Chopped up the herbs and added a little S&P. So once you pinch out the stamen and mix up your stuffing you're ready to rock. I sort of took the best of a few recipes for a simple beer batter for the frying part and loosely followed the Mozza technique. I love Nancy and team and all that they do. If I am looking for inspiration and wondering what to cook I pull out one of her books or look her up online for ideas. OR just head over to Osteria Mozza and grab a seat at the bar. At least I used to be able to do that before I moved 😦 I couldn't take a picture because my hands were covered in batter, but after you dredge them through the batter you drop them into your vat of boiling oil (which happens to be my biggest fear of ways to die -in a vat of boiling oil – super realistic! but I digress) I kept an eye on them until they looked a bit golden. About 3 minutes. I love that these had the little squash still attached. Made for a delish appetizer to eat with you fingers. As complicated as they 'sound' they're really not. A bit messy but totally worth it. Now I just have to wait another 11 months for them to come back. In the meantime I'll hunt around my new hood for fun markets, specialty grocery stores and new foods inspired by SF to cook and blog about.
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Florida Deputy Fired for Slamming Teen's Head to the Ground in Violent Arrest
Pilar Melendez
The Daily Beast 11 December 2019
A Florida deputy has been fired for slamming a black teenager's head into the pavement during a violent April arrest at a McDonald's parking lot—despite an oversight board's recommendation that he remain on the job, authorities said.
The Broward Sheriff's Office fired Deputy Christopher Krickovich, 29, on Tuesday after an internal review and disciplinary hearing regarding the arrest of 15-year-old Delucca Rolle, Sheriff Gregory Tony said Wednesday. The sheriff said he "disagreed" with the Professional Standards Committee, which recommended that "there should be no disciplinary action taken against" the deputy.
"He was terminated yesterday," Tony said. "He was terminated because we don't have a policy in place that provides deputies the opportunity to slam people's face, head into the ground."
On April 18, deputies arrived at the McDonald's parking lot in Tamarac, Florida, after receiving reports of a fight. Rolle was among 200 students who had gathered at the strip mall after school anticipating a fight.
Video of the incident shows that Rolle tried to pick up a cellphone belonging to another teen who was being detained when Sgt. Gregory LaCerra pepper-sprayed him. LaCerra then threw Rolle on the ground, at which point Krickovich jumped on him, slammed his head twice into the pavement, and punched him several times.
Rolles was initially charged with assaulting and resisting an officer, but the charges were later dropped after celebrities like Lebron James and Parkland shooting survivor David Hogg publicly condemned the incident.
"So wrong!! Hurts me to my soul!!" James wrote on Twitter. "To think that could be my sons. Scary times man."
"It's interesting how everyone in Parkland and Broward was calling out local law enforcement a couple of months ago," David Hogg said. "But now the black and brown youth are being brutally assaulted in school by the same police 15 min away. COMPLETE silence…"
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Tony on Wednesday refused to discuss the details surrounding LaCerra's investigation because it is not yet complete, but noted that Deputy Ralph Mackey, who was also present for the arrest, will receive a written reprimand for not turning on his body camera.
Broward Sheriff's Office Deputies Association President Jeffrey Bell said Wednesday he believes Tony's decision to fire Krickovich is "nothing more than political."
"What you're doing here is nothing more than political," Bell said. "This is not due process, this is not following your policy and procedures, and we've even filed an unfair labor practice complaint against the sheriff's office because at the PSC board, only sustained cases can move forward for a higher recommended discipline. They were exonerated 11 to nothing. That is absolutely unheard of to hear an 11 to nothing exoneration at a PSC board."
The Broward State Attorney's Office slapped all three officers with misdemeanor charges related to the encounter in July. LaCerra, 51, and Krickovich were both charged with two counts of battery and falsifying records. Mackey was also charged with falsifying records and conspiracy to falsify records, but was acquitted of the charges in September.
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PUBLISHED March 22, 2019 IN Academics
President Price on Transforming a Strategic Vision for Duke Into Practice
In annual address to the faculty, Price outlines goals and values that will guide the university's next steps
President Vincent E. Price
President Vincent Price presented the following address to the university faculty at the March 21 meeting of the Academic Council.
Thank you for the kind introduction. I am so grateful for Don Taylor's leadership [of the Academic Council] over the course of the past two years, and deeply appreciate all that you have done to advance our academic community.
I began my preparations for today by dusting off my remarks from last March. And given that this is so often called a State of the University address, I spent some time reflecting on all that has happened in the intervening months.
Last year, I was a freshman. This year, I'm a sophomore – and while I can assure you that there hasn't been a sophomore slump, it is a time of great change at Duke.
For one thing, we have an exceptional group of new leaders. Don is handing over the reins to Kerry Haynie, who I know will do an outstanding job.
We have three new Deans, Toddi Steelman at the Nicholas School, Judith Kelley at Sanford, and Kerry Abrams at Duke Law; and one new-old Dean, Greg Jones, who has returned to Divinity. All four are already leading the way toward an even more exciting future for our graduate and professional schools.
We also have a new Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education, Gary Bennett, who is making it his priority to renew our campus community and expand access to a Duke education. We have new Vice Presidents of Development and Alumni Affairs – Dave Kennedy, who joined us from Stanford – and of Durham Affairs – Stelfanie Williams, an alumna returning to Duke after serving as President of Vance-Granville Community College and being named the most outstanding Community College president in North Carolina. And searches are underway now for the new Vice Presidents for Institutional Equity, and of Student Affairs.
These leaderships transitions have been very smooth, reflecting the quality of our institution. And importantly, they each represent key opportunities, allowing us to build strength on strength. We have energized leadership in place to truly realize Duke's great promise.
And we are well on the way. As you know, Duke this year had three Rhodes Scholars – the most of any university in the country. We received a record number of applicants for the class of 2023, and the admissions process has been our most competitive ever.
Speaking of new students, we welcomed the inaugural class of undergraduates to Duke Kunshan University last fall.
This summer, Duke Engage will celebrate its 12th anniversary by reaching 1.6 million hours spent by students in service to communities in 81 countries on six continents.
Our faculty, of course, continue to do incredible things. This year, Diego Bohorquez discovered the connection between the nervous system and the gut, ending a decades-long search by scientists and clinicians and laying the groundwork for untold new treatments of disease and obesity.
The State of North Carolina has adopted a new testing program for municipal water supplies thanks in large part to the guidance and expertise of Lee Ferguson in the Nicholas School.
And for innumerable other contributions to our understanding of the world, we welcomed an impressive new class of inductees into our prestigious National Academies.
Duke even participated in two world records – some of you already know about the record-setting electrical vehicle developed by our engineers, the world's most fuel-efficient. Less well-known is the world-record size bowl of gumbo that we had the … shall we say, opportunity … to sample at this year's Independence Bowl game.
"As we move forward on these fronts, we also do well to focus on grounding all of our work on the core values and ethics that define Duke University."
-- Vincent Price
We are also making major new strategic decisions. Last year, I was in the midst of developing my strategic framework for the future of Duke, consulting with faculty, staff, students, and trustees about the challenges and great opportunities that lie ahead.
You may recall from last year's address that we identified five main priorities for the future of Duke: empowering the brightest and boldest to solve our most pressing challenges; transforming teaching and learning; renewing our campus community; forging purposeful partnerships in our region; and engaging our global network.
This year, we're focused on advancing each plank of our framework. We are now beginning the work of shifting the focus from articulating our strategic vision to executing across the broader university.
First, we are using the framework to inform the way we engage with our numerous and varied constituents about Duke's future. If you visit the President's website, you will see that I have highlighted the Framework, and illustrated our progress on each plank, across our schools. The message that has been well-received in a wide range of settings, from meetings with Deans, to conversations with students and staff, to events with our alumni around the world.
Second, in tandem with these efforts, we are refining our long-term strategic vision, working closely with the Board of Trustees. The Board last year voted to refine their governance structures, with the aim of freeing up more of their time to help engage in long-term institutional strategy. These changes in governance resulted in fewer standing committees of the trustees, allowing the flexibility to organize ad hoc task forces focused on critical priorities, informed by the strategic framework.
Four such task forces are now at work, each bringing together trustees, administrative and staff liaisons, faculty members, and students. They are addressing four key priorities: strengthening the alumni network, advancing science and technology, determining the future of Central Campus, and building a next-generation residential learning community.
"We have an opportunity to better engage Duke's worldwide alumni network, both by offering them new educational and professional-development resources – at whatever age and wherever they may be – and by leveraging their capacious experience and knowledge as a resource for us and our students."
These four priorities reflect great opportunities. We have a chance, for instance, to better position Duke to leverage advances in data science, computing, our understanding of the human genome, and powerful new observational technologies by making targeted investments in science and technology; better aligning our efforts across Duke Health and the University, and coordinating across the schools to catalyze interdisciplinary faculty hiring. We have already started this signature initiative, supported by an initial gift of 50 million dollars from the Duke Endowment – a seed fund for faculty hiring that we aim to expand through development and build upon with new gifts to support endowed faculty chairs.
We have an opportunity to better engage Duke's worldwide alumni network, both by offering them new educational and professional-development resources – at whatever age and wherever they may be – and by leveraging their capacious experience and knowledge as a resource for us and our students. As I've traveled around, I've seen a real hunger among our alumni to be guests in your classrooms and mentors to your students.
The goal should be to give true substance to the concept of life-long learning, which at its best may permit our alumni network to feel something an eleventh school -- fully developing, and harnessing, the wide expertise and deep commitment of this incredible group of people.
The work of our task forces also reflect significant challenges. Any of you who have visited Central Campus know that it's one thing we haven't gotten right. We have relied for far too long on central campus to house undergraduates, in buildings that we not originally constructed for that purpose and which have for some time now been decrepit. I'm pleased that our students will be living on Central Campus for only a few months longer, allowing us to begin using that valuable space more effectively, or, if we have no immediate pressing needs, to perhaps bank it as a future resource.
And, with the Hollows dormitories nearing completion and renovations to the old quads on West Campus wrapping up, now is the time for us to rethink our residential living and learning model, seeking to build upon Duke's success in residential life and to better serve the intellectual and social growth of our students, leveraging our resources in the arts, our recreational resources, our student health resources, and our numerous community-building resources to ensure we define the very best in residential education of the whole student. I expect that the task force will put a particular emphasis on strengthening the connection between faculty and the vibrant life of our students outside of the classroom.
As we move forward on these fronts, we also do well to focus on grounding all of our work on the core values and ethics that define Duke University. Let me close my remarks this afternoon by spending a bit of time on those values, and the ways me might profitably recommit to them as an academic community.
Over the course of the past two years, we have been buffeted by often deep divisions that test the strength of our community – some of our own making, some brought upon us by outside forces. We have also confronted incidents of misconduct – sometimes by students, other times by members of our staff or faculty – that call into question the integrity of our educational work or our research, or the resolve of our community to live up to our highest ideals. As you know, this Council, under the leadership of Don and ECAC, has talked several times about how we as a faculty can step up to better confront, and ideally reduce, unprofessional conduct.
As we worked to address each disturbing incident, I would often hear similar comments from faculty and staff alike: Wouldn't it be good if we had an explicit statement of our values? Wouldn't it be useful for us to share, to reflect upon, and to draw upon – especially in difficult times – a concise and highly visible statement of our core, guiding principles? To have a readily accessible touchpoint for the continuing discussions about challenging issues at all levels of the university community?
In fact, at several points in our history we developed just such a statement of values – as it turns out, one for the university and one for Duke Health. These two statements shared a great deal in common and were primarily distributed to new hires for employee orientation. But we clearly have not done a good enough job of communicating the values they described to the community or, more important, ensuring that they inform all aspects of university life.
With this recognition in mind, we began discussing how we could renew these earlier statements, to combine and streamline the work of earlier presidents, faculty, students and staff, into a concise and easily accessible list of core values. Across the two lists, there were five core common values that came through clearly, which I have highlighted in conversations with ECAC, undergraduate, graduate, and professional students, and senior administrators.
"These values will still serve as a basis for orienting our new hires and for introducing new students to the Duke community. But we also hope to infuse them into the work that we do every day at Duke – our teaching, research, partnerships, service, and – most importantly – our interactions with each other."
Those values are: respect, trust, inclusion, discovery, and excellence.
I will note that these values are by no means new – they have been essential to the success of Duke throughout our history and will remain so as we look ahead to the future.
By respect, we mean that Duke affirms both freedom of expression and an abiding regard for others.
By trust, we commit to being honorable, credible, and reliable scholars and members of the community.
By inclusion, we seek to create a climate that is welcoming to all backgrounds, abilities, perspectives, and points of view.
By discovery, we mean sharing and seeking knowledge together.
And by excellence, we commit to the continuing improvement of our education, research, and patient care.
Together, these abiding values form the basis of a strong statement of our values and culture, which has been endorsed by the Board of Trustees. Over the next few weeks, we will begin re-introducing this statement to students, faculty, staff, and administrators. These values will still serve as a basis for orienting our new hires and for introducing new students to the Duke community. But we also hope to infuse them into the work that we do every day at Duke – our teaching, research, partnerships, service, and – most importantly – our interactions with each other.
As members of the Duke community, we all have a responsibility to not only uphold these values but also to hold one another accountable to them.
This is not so much a set of guidelines as it is the foundation for a far more vibrant Duke University of tomorrow. It is my hope that these values and the culture they inform will inspire bold aspirations for the future and help us come even closer to realizing our great potential.
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Published June 24, 2019 IN Working@Duke
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Tyler Evans (Stamford, Conn.) scored a team-high 17 points off the bench as the Albertus Magnus women's basketball team battled to an 89-40 victory over Yeshiva University on Tuesday night.
With the win, the Falcons improve to 2-3 on the year, while Yeshiva falls to 0-4.
Evans shots 7-of-10 from the floor, while adding three assists in a late-night contest for the Falcons.
Olivia Bolden (South Windsor, Conn.) tallied 15 points for the Falcons, while Elli Sola (New Britain, Conn.) scored 11 points to go along with seven assists and four rebounds.
Kelsey Pendagast (Shelton, Conn.) added nine rebounds and eight points, while Chelsea Sherrod (Bridgeport, Conn.) pulled down nine boards in 20 minutes of play. Jocelyn Burgos (New Haven, Conn.) came off the bench to add 10 points on 50% shooting.
Yeshiva's Julia Owen scored a game-high 22 points, while Simee Rosner tallied 12 boards.
Albertus is now 2-0 all-time against the Maccabees after a 107-42 victory over Yeshiva in 2012. The 107 points scored against Yeshiva marks the most points scored for the Falcons in program history.
The Falcons out rebounded Yeshiva 59-42, while shooting 49.3% (36-73) from the floor. Yeshiva shot just 23.6% (17-72).
Albertus returns to action on Monday, Dec. 1 with a 7:00 p.m. contest at Connecticut College.


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A phase 2 clinical trial on humans is currently in progress that sounds promising; evaluating the effect of lovastatin lactone on methanogens and symptoms in patients with irritable bowel syndrome with constipation.
If you recognized the word 'statin' in lovastatin, yes, you are correct. This is a statin drug!
Statins can inhibit archaeal cell membrane biosynthesis without affecting bacterial numbers as demonstrated in livestock and humans. This opens the possibility of a therapeutic intervention that targets a specific aetiological factor of constipation while protecting the intestinal microbiome. While it is generally believed that statins inhibit methane production via their effect on cell membrane biosynthesis, mediated by inhibition of the HMG-CoA reductase, there is accumulating evidence for an alternative or additional mechanism of action where statins inhibit methanogenesis directly. It appears that this other mechanism may predominate when the lactone form of statins, particularly lovastatin lactone, is administered.
"Is Lovastatin the Answer for IBS C SIBO Methane Sufferers at SIBO Guru"
They announced the study and preliminary findings at the American College of Gastroenterology (ACG) Annual Meeting in Honolulu, HI. The research was sponsored by Synthetic Biologics and performed at Cedars-Sinai under the direction of Mark Pimentel, M.D., FRCP(C), Director of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center's (CSMC) GI Motility Program and Laboratory, and Chairman of Synthetic Biologics' IBS-C Clinical Advisory Board.
Synthetic Biologics' proprietary SYN-010 is a modified-release formulation of the lactone form of lovastatin that is intended to reduce methane production by certain microorganisms (M. smithii) in the gut while minimizing disruption to the microbiome. Methane produced by M. smithii is perceived as the underlying cause of pain, bloating, and constipation associated with IBS-C, and published reports have associated higher intestinal methane production with increased constipation severity in IBS-C patients. SYN-010 is intended to act primarily in the intestinal lumen while avoiding systemic absorption, thereby targeting the major cause of IBS-C, not just the symptoms.
The CSMC poster, entitled "Lovastatin Lactone Inhibits Methane Production in Human Stool Homogenates," included data from studies comparing the effects of different statins and statin forms (lactone vs. beta-hydroxyacid) on methane production by stool homogenates from five female donors with high levels of breath methane. Dr. Pimentel concluded that, of the various statins examined, lovastatin lactone was the only effective inhibitor of methane production in the stool homogenates, significantly inhibiting methane levels by -65% compared to the control stool.
"This lovastatin data suggests that SYN-010 has therapeutic potential to diminish the production of methane in the gut, thereby treating the cause of IBS-C, not just the symptoms," said Dr. Mark Pimentel.
I am encouraged at the prospect of a front line treatment to knocking down methane producers! This, coupled with the right herbal antimicrobial protocol and then gut healing and rebalancing may finally offer some long term relief for chronic constipation sufferers with stubborn methanogen levels! I am looking forward to seeing the Phase 2 trial results and I hope that they track these patients out over six months, a year and beyond. We need to continue to look for LONG TERM results for reducing methane producer.
I am so sorry to hear about your situation Terri. I do not recommend rifaxamin without a breath test, diagnosis and a clear plan for treatment. If your doctor recommended removing your gall bladder to attempt to resolve symptoms (without a clear reason for removing your gall bladder) then I would immediately find another doctor.
after many tests and scans results show gall stones. I have been unable to work due to horrible gas pain, bloating and discomfort not to mention I live in my bathroom and on and off toilet all day long. She recommends gallbladder removal as solution but said may or may not ease my symptoms. She prescribed riflaxamin without doing any breath tests or stool samples for testing. I am concerned about taking antibiotic with no diagnosis if I even have Sibo. Also concerned about taking antiobiotic for 2 weeks prior to a major surgery. I don't know what to do please help me. Thank you.
For SIBO to be present, there is a breakdown of motility in the small intestine, often an issue with the ileocecal valve allowing organisms to migrate from the large intestine into the small intestine and the effects to deal with, that are caused by SIBO being present (inflammation, malnutrition... etc). When we treat SIBO, we are not "killing the bugs." We have to address the underlying condition, treat SIBO without causing more harm in the gut, recover the integrity of the gut, rebalance the flora, etc. This takes time. The gut is a diverse ecosystem. A low carb eating plan doesn't treat SIBO. It will only reduce the symptoms that someone is having because of SIBO.
2-3 weeks of eating butter and cream (which both contain lactose) - might make someone worse. SIBO organisms affects the microvilli and reduce the presence of brush border enzymes, like lactase, fructase, and DAO enzymes. They also uncouple bile, so people have a harder time digesting fats. Your diet will also nutritionally deplete someone, who is also likely nutritionally depleted (again, due to SIBO and effects).
The gut is a very complicated place. We cannot drano it and more than we can spray round up on the rain forest and think that we have fixed a weed problem.
Angela please tell me what is the problem with sibo - why sites like your state that it needs months to cure - if someone eat very low carb or low carb diet what will feed the bacteria in small intestine - they will day after several days? If you eat cheeses, cream, butter, meats ,eggs for 2 -3 weeks - why would not cure sibo?
This is wonderful news! Thank you, Angela, for keeping us in the loop!
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