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namespace scenepic
{
  void check_valid_rotation(const Transform& rotation, float tolerance = 1e-6f)
  {
    auto ortho_diff = (rotation * rotation.transpose() - Transform::Identity())
                        .array()
                        .abs()
                        .maxCoeff();
    auto det_diff = std::abs(rotation.determinant() - 1.0f);
    if (ortho_diff > tolerance)
    {
      std::cerr << "camera rotation: not orthogonal within tolerance of "
                << tolerance << ": " << ortho_diff << std::endl;
    }

    if (det_diff > tolerance)
    {
      std::cerr << "camera rotation: |det " << rotation.determinant()
                << " - 1| > " << tolerance << std::endl;
    }
  }

  Camera::Camera(
    const Vector& center,
    const Vector& look_at,
    const Vector& up_dir,
    double fov_y_degrees,
    double near_crop_distance,
    double far_crop_distance,
    double aspect_ratio)
  {
    auto rotation = Transforms::look_at_rotation(center, look_at, up_dir);
    auto translation = Transforms::translate(-center);
    m_world_to_camera = rotation * translation;
    m_camera_to_world = m_world_to_camera.inverse();
    m_projection = Transforms::gl_projection(
      fov_y_degrees, aspect_ratio, near_crop_distance, far_crop_distance);
  }

  Camera::Camera(
    const Vector& center,
    const Transform& rotation,
    double fov_y_degrees,
    double near_crop_distance,
    double far_crop_distance,
    double aspect_ratio)
  {
    check_valid_rotation(rotation);
    auto translation = Transforms::translate(-center);
    m_world_to_camera = rotation * translation;
    m_camera_to_world = m_world_to_camera.inverse();
    m_projection = Transforms::gl_projection(
      fov_y_degrees, aspect_ratio, near_crop_distance, far_crop_distance);
  }

  Camera::Camera(
    const Transform& world_to_camera,
    double fov_y_degrees,
    double near_crop_distance,
    double far_crop_distance,
    double aspect_ratio)
  : m_world_to_camera(world_to_camera)
  {
    if (!m_world_to_camera.isZero())
    {
      check_valid_rotation(this->rotation());
      m_camera_to_world = m_world_to_camera.inverse();
    }

    m_projection = Transforms::gl_projection(
      fov_y_degrees, aspect_ratio, near_crop_distance, far_crop_distance);
  }

  Camera::Camera(const Transform& world_to_camera, const Transform& projection)
  : m_world_to_camera(world_to_camera), m_projection(projection)
  {
    if (!m_world_to_camera.isZero())
    {
      check_valid_rotation(this->rotation());
      m_camera_to_world = m_world_to_camera.inverse();
    }
  }

  Vector Camera::center() const
  {
    Vector center = m_camera_to_world.topRightCorner(3, 1).transpose();
    return center;
  }

  Vector Camera::look_at() const
  {
    Vector look_at(0, 0, -1);
    look_at =
      (look_at.homogeneous() * m_camera_to_world.transpose()).hnormalized();
    return look_at;
  }

  Vector Camera::up_dir() const
  {
    Vector up_dir(0, 1, 0);
    up_dir = (up_dir.homogeneous() * this->rotation()).hnormalized();
    return up_dir;
  }

  Transform Camera::rotation() const
  {
    Transform rotation = m_world_to_camera;
    rotation.topRightCorner(3, 1).fill(0);
    return rotation;
  }

  JsonValue Camera::to_json() const
  {
    JsonValue obj;
    obj["CommandType"] = "SetCamera";
    obj["Value"]["WorldToCamera"] = matrix_to_json(m_world_to_camera);
    obj["Value"]["Projection"] = matrix_to_json(m_projection);
    return obj;
  }

  bool Camera::is_none() const
  {
    return m_projection.isZero() && m_world_to_camera.isZero();
  }

  Camera Camera::None()
  {
    Transform world_to_camera = Transform::Zero();
    Transform projection = Transform::Zero();
    return Camera(world_to_camera, projection);
  }

  std::string Camera::to_string() const
  {
    return this->to_json().to_string();
  }

  const Transform& Camera::world_to_camera() const
  {
    return m_world_to_camera;
  }

  const Transform& Camera::camera_to_world() const
  {
    return m_camera_to_world;
  }

  const Transform& Camera::projection() const
  {
    return m_projection;
  }

  float Camera::aspect_ratio() const
  {
    return m_projection(1, 1) / m_projection(0, 0);
  }

  Camera& Camera::aspect_ratio(float aspect_ratio)
  {
    m_projection(0, 0) = m_projection(1, 1) / aspect_ratio;
    return *this;
  }

  std::vector<Camera> Camera::orbit(
    int num_frames,
    float distance,
    int num_times,
    float min_altitude,
    float max_altitude,
    Vector up_dir,
    Vector forward_dir,
    double fov_y_degrees,
    double aspect_ratio,
    double near_crop_distance,
    double far_crop_distance)
  {
    Vector right_dir = up_dir.cross(forward_dir);
    Eigen::VectorXf azimuth(num_frames);
    Eigen::VectorXf altitude(num_frames);
    azimuth.setLinSpaced(0, num_times * 2 * EIGEN_PI);
    int half_frames = num_frames / 2;
    altitude.topRows(half_frames + 1).setLinSpaced(min_altitude, max_altitude);
    altitude.bottomRows(half_frames).setLinSpaced(min_altitude, max_altitude);
    altitude.bottomRows(half_frames).reverseInPlace();

    Transform projection = Transforms::gl_projection(
      fov_y_degrees, aspect_ratio, near_crop_distance, far_crop_distance);

    Transform init_ext = Transforms::look_at_rotation(
      -forward_dir * distance, Vector::Zero(), up_dir);
    init_ext = Transforms::translate(-forward_dir * distance) * init_ext;
    std::vector<Camera> cameras;
    for (int i = 0; i < num_frames; ++i)
    {
      Transform elevate =
        Transforms::rotation_matrix_from_axis_angle(right_dir, altitude[i]);
      Transform rotate =
        Transforms::rotation_matrix_from_axis_angle(up_dir, azimuth[i]);
      Transform camera_to_world = rotate * elevate * init_ext;
      Transform world_to_camera = camera_to_world.inverse();
      cameras.push_back(Camera(world_to_camera, projection));
    }

    return cameras;
  }

} // namespace scenepic


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Harnessing Digital Technology as a Pedagogical Tool in Early Childhood Education
by Paula Walshe | Emerging Researchers' Group, NW 16 ICT in Education and Training, NW 3 Curriculum Innovation
Children today are born into a world where digital technology is omnipresent and permeates all areas of their lives (O'Neill, 2018). Yet one area which appears hesitant to embrace technology and harness the possibilities it can provide is the early childhood education sector (ECEC).
Here in Ireland, the Department of Education and Skills (DES) has developed a digital strategy for primary and post-primary schools. This is fortified by a national support service which provides training and resources to support teachers in successfully incorporating technology in their educational practice. However, the DES has stopped short of recommendations for technology to enhance learning for children in ECEC and has instead recommended further research in this area (DES, 2020).
Internationally, the European Commission has stated that 26 out of 38 countries included in their 2019 report are incorporating technology within their ECEC educational guidelines. Ireland is not included in that list of 26 (European Commission, 2019).
From passive to active use of technology
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Current research has found that young children are already proficient in digital technology use by the age of 3 years old (Marsh et al, 2015). In addition, further research findings from the Growing up in Ireland longitudinal study report that technology is the most favoured form of play for 9-year-old children, more popular than reading a book or even playing with their friends (ESRI, 2021).
When considering technology, devices such as smartphones and tablets initially come to mind, but what if the foundations were laid at the ECEC stage for thinking about technology as much more than streaming animations, social media, and games? An opportunity exists here for the introduction of technology as a developmentally appropriate pedagogical tool for ECEC children, many of whom are already technologically proficient, to open up the possibilities of technology for more than the aforementioned passive activities. This knowledge could inform and expand children's engagement with technology right through their educational lives.
Examples of active uses of technology
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From an accessibility perspective, it is important to acknowledge that ECEC settings may have varying degrees of access to technology. For example, access may be limited by resources, practitioner training, or funding, however, there are ways to incorporate technology which are both affordable and accessible and do not require a large investment.
Some simple methods for active uses of technology with ECEC children might include:
Examining bugs under a digital microscope.
Simple robotic sets.
Reflecting with children using photographs, video, and audio clips of them and their play.
Engaging with another setting as online "pen pals" via email or even video conferencing.
Invite parents who have an interesting job or story to tell into the setting via video conference.
Microphones for children to interview each other and listen back together.
Use an online tool such as Google Drawings to collaborate on artwork with family or with another setting.
Silent videos for children to narrate and act out.
Email and pictures from home – favourite food, my room, my favourite toy.
Search for recipes and order ingredients online, then cook together.
The future of technology in ECEC
Photo by Giu Vicente on Unsplash
But why stop there! Imagine the possibilities of the future and how they could have been so useful for children during the COVID-19 pandemic. For example, so many children missed out on their final year in ECEC and the associated social and emotional preparation for their transition to primary education that would have been provided.
What if augmented or virtual reality technology had been mainstream and accessible during that time. Children could have engaged in a virtual walkthrough of their new primary school environment and had a meet and greet with their primary school teacher and even classmates. This may sound like a somewhat futuristic idea for ECEC, but who would have imagined 30 years ago the technologies which exist today? Such technologies may be expensive now, but like all new technology, surely they will become more affordable over time.
Moving forward, a 2021 report on the uses of technology in ECEC, both pre- and post-pandemic, has highlighted the need for policies and procedures to be developed to provide appropriate guidance for increased utilisation of technology within ECEC pedagogical practice (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), 2021). This is reflective of the current lack of direction on technology within the ECEC curriculum in Ireland's Aistear curriculum and Síolta quality frameworks. Although notably, the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NCCA) are currently engaged in a project to update the Aistear curriculum framework which will hopefully address this gap in an Irish context. The OECD (2021) has also recommended the provision of practitioner training and the development of age-appropriate tools to further support the effective incorporation of technology in ECEC pedagogical practice. Of course, there are practical concerns that must be considered, such as ensuring that a balance is struck between engaging with technology for pedagogical use and avoiding an excess of screen time, as suggested by Finnish pedagogues (OECD, 2021). Additionally, we must ensure that the ECEC curriculum does not become dependent on technology so that those who do not have equitable access to technological tools are not disadvantaged. However, such issues further underpin the importance of developing and providing relevant training for ECEC professionals, appropriately embedding technology within the curriculum and quality frameworks, and considering the possibilities of technology in broader terms beyond merely smartphones, tablets, search engines, and streaming apps.
Paula Walshe
ECEC Trainer and FET Assessor
Paula Walshe is an ECEC trainer and placement assessor in the further education and training sector and a freelance writer. She currently holds a BA (Hons) in Early Childhood Education and will complete her studies for a Master's Degree in Leadership for ECEC in 2022. Paula has extensive ECEC experience in both pedagogical practice and ECEC management. You can learn more about Paula's work at her website (www.thedigitalearlychildhoodeducator.ie), where she writes a weekly blog on current topics in Early Childhood Education and Care in Ireland and provides useful professional and academic resources for students and professionals in this sector.
LinkedIn: Paula Walshe
Twitter: @digitalearlyed
Instagram: @digitalearlychildhoodeducator
Paula and an ECEC colleague have also established a Twitter page @ECEQualityIrl – a community of professionals sharing ideas and knowledge on all things quality, pedagogy, and professional practice in ECEC in Ireland.
Department of Education and Skills. (2019). Digital Learning Framework for Primary Schools. Dublin: Stationery Office. https://www.dlplanning.ie
DES. (2017). Síolta the National Quality Framework for Early Childhood Education. Dublin: Early Years Education and Policy Unit. https://siolta.ie/manuals.php
DES. (2020). Digital Learning 2020: Reporting on practice in Early Learning and Care, Primary and Post-Primary Contexts. Dublin: Stationery Office. https://www.gov.ie/en/publication/c0053-digital-learning-2020-reporting-on-practice-in-early-learning-and-care-primary-and-post-primary-contexts/
ESRI. (2021). Growing Up in Ireland, National Longitudinal Study of Children: The lives of 9 year olds of cohort '08. Dublin: ESRI. https://www.esri.ie/publications/growing-up-in-ireland-the-lives-of-9-year-olds-of-cohort-08
European Commission. (2019). Key Data on Early Childhood Education and Care in Europe – Eurydice Report 2019. Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union. https://eacea.ec.europa.eu/national-policies/eurydice/content/key-data-early-childhood-education-and-care-europe-–-2019-edition_en
Marsh, J. 2014. The Relationship Between Online and Offline Play: Friendship and Exclusion. In Children's Games in the New Media Age, edited by A. Burn and C. Richards, 109–134. London: Ashgate. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/303572020_The_relationship_between_online_and_offline_play_friendship_and_exclusion
National Council for Curriculum Assessment. (2009). Aistear: the Early Childhood Curriculum Framework. Dublin: NCCA. https://ncca.ie/media/4151/aistear_theearlychildhoodcurriculumframework.pdf
O'Neill, S. (2018). Technology Use in Early Learning and Care: A Practice Dilemma. ChildLinks: Children and the Digital World, Barnardo's, Issue 3, 2018. https://shop.barnardos.ie/products/ebook-childlinks-children-and-the-digital-world-issue-3-2018
OECD. (2021). Using Digital Technologies for Early Education during COVID-19: OECD report for the G20 2020 Education Working Group. Paris: OECD Publishing. https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/education/using-digital-technologies-for-early-education-during-covid-19_fe8d68ad-en

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Пунсалмааги́йн Очирба́т (; р. 23 января 1942 года, Завханский аймак, Монголия) — монгольский государственный деятель, 1-й президент Монголии.

Родился в семье арата. Выпускник Ленинградского Горного института. С 1975 года кандидат технических наук. Работал инженером-эксплуатационником, в 1967-1972 годах — главный инженер на угольном разрезе Шарынгол. С 1972 года заместитель министра топливно-энергетической промышленности и геологии, с 1976 года — министр. С 1985 года председатель Комитета внешнеэкономических связей МНР (позже Комитет по внешнеэкономическим связям и снабжению МНР).

21 марта 1990 года в ходе движения за демократизацию Монголии был избран председателем Великого народного хурала и главой государства. 3 сентября 1990 года избран на заседании парламента первым президентом Монголии при поддержке почти всех политических сил.

В 1993 году всенародно переизбран на второй срок при необычных обстоятельствах. Несмотря на его личную высокую популярность, правящая партия МНРП выдвинула кандидатом на выборах редактора партийной газеты «Унэн» Л. Тудэва. Воспользовавшись этим, две крупнейших оппозиционных партии выдвинули кандидатом Очирбата, и тот вновь победил, получив около 57 % голосов.

Его полномочия истекли 20 июня 1997 года (Очирбат занял второе место на президентских выборах этого года, получив 29 % голосов). После ухода с поста ушёл и из политики, основав некоммерческий, неправительственный "Фонд Очирбата", занятый программами по сокращению бедности, экологических и образовательных программах. В 2000 году он стал директором Центра экологии и устойчивого развития Университета науки и технологии. В 2005 году был назначен членом Конституционного суда Монголии и переназначен на эту должность в 2010 году.

Награды
 Орден Чингисхана (2005).
 Орден Полярной звезды.

Ссылки
 Данные на портале Конституционного суда Монголии

Кандидаты в президенты
Судьи конституционных судов
Президенты Монголии
Академики Монголии
Министры Монголии
Члены Монгольской народной партии
Выпускники Санкт-Петербургского горного университета
Пришедшие к власти в 1990 году
Лауреаты Международной премии Мира
Председатели Великого государственного хурала Монголии
Персоналии:Завхан

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Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu has charged lawyers across the country to join hands with the EFCC in the fight against corruption.
"The anti-corruption crusade needs your unalloyed support," he said.
Magu gave the charge while receiving Osaretin Airhinenbuwa and Charles Omo Aideyan, Chairman and Secretary of the EFCC/Bar Relations Committee of the Benin branch of the Nigerian Bar Association, respectively, on January 18, 2019.
Speaking through Mailafia Yakubu, Head, Benin Zonal Office of the Commission, Magu called on them not to allow themselves to be used by politicians.
"One major problem we have so far encountered in the discharge of our duties as an anti-corruption agency is that some lawyers file frivolous injunction to frustrate cases as a delay tactic," he said.
He therefore, urged them to put the interest of country above personal benefits and gains.
Airhinenbuwa, commended the EFCC for the recorded strides, and stressed that the body was seeking ways to further cement its collaboration and partnership with the anti-graft agency.


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Tag: box cars
Railroad Depots and Wool Bags
This winter, Betty and I expect to travel to southwest Texas to attend the 28th annual Texas Cowboy Poetry Gathering in the town of Alpine. While there with our friends Mary and Roger Engle, we intend to explore the area: Big Bend National Park, the ghost town in Terlingua, the Marfa lights, the old train depot in Sanderson and a lot of other spots. We've wanted to check the area out for nigh onto three decades and hopefully 2014 is going to be the year.
When I was a kid in southern Arizona, I spent some time herding sheep with a local Basque family. A lot of the sheep we herded came from the Big Bend country, so the names of the places Betty and I want to visit are lodged in my memory along with bleating ewes, coyotes skulking around a herd of mixed-breed Suffolk and Columbian lambs, traps, strychnine, fence, sheep trucks. And there's the Southern Pacific Depot at Sanderson, Texas, constructed in the early 1880s which is now deserted. I want to see it before it gets torn down.
Southern Pacific Station in Sanderson, TX, circa 1903. Photo by Robert Prosser
Thinking about the depot at Sanderson makes me think about the depot in my hometown, Casa Grande, Arizona. The last time I visited there, the depot was no more, having burned down in 2009. Even though it's named on some of the rolls of buildings on the National Register of Historic Places, it is no more.
That depot was the center of attention in my small town when I was a kid. We used to walk down Main Street and watch the cattle and sheep come down the ramps onto the asphalt paralleling the tracks, cowboys and drovers running around, or riding cayuses around, trying to keep the herds from straying off among the bail bondsman, the shoe stores and the pharmacy and the bars. That was before the railroad went way south, to employ an often overused metaphor. But railroads did head south, they dried up, and left the passenger/freight business to trucks and things like that. And I hate that because I loved the sounds of the trains, that metal-on-metal percussion of the wheels on the tracks, how it boogied over the tops of the gum trees that lined the streets of our old town.
But before the railroad died—oh, I know, it didn't die, it just contracted into a long distance hauler, leaving all the old time short haul and passenger jobs for someone else, like bus lines, airlines, SUVs, hybrids, truckers, etc. But before it died, I got to go down to the old Southern Pacific Depot a few times with the Basque sheepherders and load wool bags onto boxcars. When I say Basque sheepherders, I'm not just talking about the ones I grew up with and went to school with, but also with men who came from Spain. Big-shouldered, thick-wristed men with biceps so muscled they looked like blocks, men who spoke no English. Men so strong…well, I have to show you…
Ken Rodgers, photo courtesy of Kevin Martini-Fuller
Men with names like GRAN, meaning big, insinuating strength, and how strong he was and so were Benjamin (the way we said it, his name sounded something like Ben-hah-meen) and Marcelino and Augustine. The wool bags weighed four or five-hundred pounds and had girth enough for three men or more to get their arms around, and they were tall, ten feet or so, and unwieldy. The wool buyers wanted the wool bags at the mill, wherever that was, but we didn't care about that. We cared about loading.
Loading and cramming the sacks into the boxcars. Sweat in our eyes and our tired muscles shouting at us…give us more, we want more work and as crazy as that sounds, we did. We wanted to be part of all these strong men, doing this ancient thing, loading wool bags, something not done with a forklift or a squeeze, but something done by the arms and backs of man.
And somehow we did it, and often it became a test of strength. The competitive nature of these Basque herders was amazing; they competed at everything. Building fence, tearing down fence, loading bobtail trucks with bulky loads of page wire, loading posts, jumping flat-footed onto a honky-tonk's bar, shooting snooker. To them, work, and maybe life, had a bit of the game to it. They parlayed often difficult and necessary tasks into something to be anticipated, something to be enjoyed, and the joy wasn't about winning, it was about the doing of it.
Who was the strongest and who might actually pick up a wool bag by himself…Gran could do it, and so could Augustine. And sometimes it wasn't about one single mountain of a man bending down and shoving the bag up against the side of the box car then leveraging the bulk onto his shoulder and then dropping into a crouch and then up, somehow balancing all that weight as he thrust the wool bag into the open door of the boxcar. Sometimes it was about all of us, and the last man, the smaller man, the weaker man, getting his outstretched arms into just the right place to help get the bag inside, to make it all a little easier. And that collective sense that together we did something worthwhile, even though we didn't speak the same language and came from different societies and most probably didn't agree on politics, religion, marriage…that collective sense really mattered to me, and to them too, I believe.
Yes, in March, maybe we'll go over to Sanderson and check out the old depot before it burns down or they knock it down in favor of something more…modern.


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Biografia

Piemontese, entrò giovanissimo nella Regia Accademia di Modena nel 1908 divenendo sottotenente dell'Arma di fanteria, corpo degli alpini, il 19 maggio 1912, partecipando alla prima guerra mondiale.

Nominato tenente colonnello il 1º dicembre 1926 fu destinato allo stato maggiore.

Indossato il grado di colonnello il 16 marzo 1936, Gorlier comandò il 2º reggimento alpini e, dall'8 settembre 1939, passò al comando del corpo d'armata celere per incarichi speciali, uomo di fiducia del generale Giovanni Messe.

Con l'ingresso dell'Italia in guerra (1940) Gorlier fu promosso generale di brigata ed assegnato al comando del Corpo d'armata speciale (già celere) in Albania, insieme a Messe.

Dal 10 luglio 1941 cessa gli incarichi speciali dal comando XXX° corpo (già corpo d'armata speciale) e diviene capo del I° reparto al corpo di SM dell'esercito a Roma, permanendo a tale incarico sino al 5 luglio 1943.

Nel frattempo, il 2 marzo 1942 fu insignito dell'onorificenza di cavaliere dell'Ordine militare d'Italia e con Regio Decreto dell'8 agosto 1942 fu nominato ufficiale dell'Ordine dei Santi Maurizio e Lazzaro.

Dal 15 agosto, una volta passato generale di divisione (anzianità 1º gennaio 1943) fu nominato comandante della 6ª divisione alpina Alpi Graie in Liguria.

Su proposta della Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri il 2 giugno 1956 fu insignito quale Grande ufficiale dell'Ordine al merito della Repubblica Italiana, solo un mese prima della sua morte.


Workshops refer to any interactive activity aimed at educating participants in different practical techniques, ideas, or competencies. They are sometimes considered as trainings, but the former usually involves hands-on experience and/or demonstration of application of the skill. A common feature of workshops is the size of the audience. To allow for more participation from the audience and to ensure more attention is given to participants, workshops are usually composed of small groups, ranging from 5 to 12 participants. In addition, the audience is most likely colleagues or working in the same industry. Lastly, like any other trainings, facilitators or speakers in workshops are required to be experts or skilled at the subject of the activity.
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The ecosystem-level carbon uptake and respiration were measured under different CO2 concentrations in the tropical rainforest and the coastal desert of Biosphere 2, a large enclosed facility. When the mesocosms were sealed and subjected to step-wise changes in atmospheric CO2 between daily means of 450 and 900 μmol mol−1, net ecosystem exchange (NEE) of CO2 was derived using the diurnal changes in atmospheric CO2 concentrations. The step-wise CO2 treatment was effectively replicated as indicated by the high repeatability of NEE measurements under similar CO2 concentrations over a 12-week period. In the rainforest mesocosm, daily NEE was increased significantly by the high CO2 treatments because of much higher enhancement of canopy CO2 assimilation relative to the increase in the nighttime ecosystem respiration under high CO2. Furthermore, the response of daytime NEE to increasing atmospheric CO2 in this mesocosm was not linear, with a saturation concentration of 750 μmol mol−1. In the desert mesocosm, a combination of a reduction in ecosystem respiration and a small increase in canopy CO2 assimilation in the high CO2 treatments also enhanced daily NEE. Although soil respiration was not affected by the short-term change in atmospheric CO2 in either mesocosm, plant dark respiration was increased significantly by the high CO2 treatments in the rainforest mesocosm while the opposite was found in the desert mesocosm. The high CO2 treatments increased the ecosystem light compensation points in both mesocosms. High CO2 significantly increased ecosystem radiation use efficiency in the rainforest mesocosm, but had a much smaller effect in the desert mesocosm. The desert mesocosm showed much lower absolute response in NEE to atmospheric CO2 than the rainforest mesocosm, probably because of the presence of C4 plants. This study illustrates the importance of large-scale experimental research in the study of complex global change issues.


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Stout was engaged by outside counsel of a smartphone company to review and respond to damages claims set forth by the plaintiff's damages expert. The plaintiff alleged that our client, the defendant, infringed eight of the Plaintiff's standard essential patents related to 2G, 3G, and 4G/LTE cellular technology. Our work consisted of thoroughly reviewing and dissecting the opposing expert damages analysis and providing various alternative damages calculations. Our work highlighted the subjectivity, flawed methodologies, and sensitivities of the opposing expert's damages calculations. Among other things, our damages calculations corrected the numerous flaws in the opposing expert's analysis, which resulted in a reduction of damages of up to 96%. The case settled after our report was submitted to opposing counsel.


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Grant Bolsters Intervention from CLAFH, One Using the Family as a Key Lever
By Robert Polner, NYU Public AffairsOct 8, 2020
A $1.3 million grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has been approved for the development of innovative service-delivery mechanisms through "Families Talking Together" (FTT), a healthcare intervention that promotes adolescent sexual and reproductive health through the family. As part of the three-year grant, a digital version will be created for situations in which face-to-face delivery is not possible.
The grant, which is administered by the U.S. Administration for Children and Families, sets the stage for deepening the evidence base for the new FTT service delivery mechanisms. The data will be gathered and evaluated by Vincent Guilamo-Ramos and research scientists Marco Thimm-Kaiser and Adam Benzekri of the Center for Latino Adolescent and Family Health (CLAFH) at New York University. Professor Guilamo-Ramos is the director of CLAFH, a professor at NYU's Silver School of Social Work, and the primary developer of the path-breaking FTT healthcare intervention.
Families Talking Together supports parent-adolescent communication and parental monitoring and involvement and is designed to reduce premature sexual activity, unwanted pregnancy, and sexually transmitted infections. The grant-supported study will entail participation of 600 Latino and Black parent-adolescent dyads in Mott Haven, a socially and economically underserved community at the southern tip of The Bronx, where substantial adolescent sexual and reproductive health disparities are present. In the research, families will work with community health workers who will be trained as "life opportunity coaches" to deliver FTT services to family members.
The problems addressed by FTT are ongoing public health priorities. Despite reductions in adolescent sexual behavior over the past decade, premature sexual activity remains prevalent among adolescents, and alarming adolescent sexual and reproductive health disparities exist, particularly among Latino and Black adolescents. The adverse consequences of premature adolescent sexual behavior are well documented, including negative effects on the physical, emotional, social, and economic well-being of young people.
Research has identified adolescent protective factors, such as strong family support, that are associated with increased sexual risk avoidance, as well as individual life opportunities and societal benefits. Therefore, evidence-based delivery mechanisms that can support the scale-up of effective, culturally tailored, medically accurate, and age-appropriate interventions to strengthen the role of parents in adolescent sexual and reproductive health promotion are needed, particularly for populations in greatest need.
This article is reprinted from NYU News.


MICHELLE WILSON. El Proceso, 2007. Handmade flax and abaca paper, monofilament, custom book stand, letterpress, and screen print.
Opening May 4, 2017 and on view through September 17, 2017, New Museum Los Gatos (NUMU) presents Power of the Page: Artists Books as Agents for Change, an exhibition that celebrates artist made books as agents for change and social awareness.
The book has played a vital role in the realization of our modern freedoms. The medium of the book creates opportunity for both intimate reflection and broad communication. Artists' books are conceived as works of art in their own right and employ the unique expression of an artist's design, words and images. In Power of the Page: Artists Books as Agents for Change, artists' books tell stories of liberty and give voice to the call for justice. Narratives range from personal to public, from mythical to political.
Works on view in the exhibition include selections from artists from the Bay Area and beyond, including: Renee Billingslea, Ginger Burrell, Julie Chen, Casey Gardner, Diane Jacobs, Lisa Kokin, Susan Laudermilk, Mary V. Marsh, Camden Richards, Clarissa Sligh, Michelle Wilson and Linda Vallejo.
NUMU will also present a variety of related programs to the exhibition, including summer artist bookmaking workshops for all ages, and a project on June 24th during NUMU's Summer Celebration event where members of the community will be invited to create and print their own activist posters.
Power of the Page: Artists Books as Agents for Change is generously supported by Wanda Kownacki. NUMU also gratefully acknowledges support from its many donors and members.
Power of the Page: Artists' Books as Agents for Change will be held Saturday, June 24 at NUMU's Summer Celebration.


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On Slavery and Abolitionists: The History of Mary Prince
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Autobiographical yet co-produced, this is as much an autobiography of the indomitable Mary Prince in all that is said, as the evangelical abolitionists who supported her bid for freedom in all that is left unsaid.
Mary Prince–born into slavery in Brackish Pond, Bermuda in 1788, she lived with her mother and siblings with the Williams family, helping take care of a little girl named Betsy who 'used to lead me about by the hand, and call me her little nigger' (57).
No images survive of Mary Prince herself, but this is the photo that has often been used to illustrate her story.
But with the death of Mrs Williams the family split, as a young girl she was auctioned away from her family (though she maintained contact with them, even as her mother retreats into madness), and into a string of homes where she would be worked and starved and suspended naked from the ceiling and whipped. Every day there is a stream of abuse, of name-calling, pinching, slapping, beating that is said, and a subtext of sexual abuse that goes unsaid. She is almost killed by one master, falls ill and is essentially left to die by another. All of it is heartbreaking, horrific, rings with truth, yet few of her time wished to believe it.
My favourite sentence:
Mrs. Wood was very angry — she grew quite outrageous — she called me a black devil, and asked me who had put freedom into my head. 'To be free is very sweet,' I said… (86)
This is a graphic tale of oppression and a proud spirit pushing back against it as hard as she could, making her stands where possible, working always towards buying her freedom. It is also clearly stripped of all sexual content. Some of this is perforce put back in again, through the lawsuit of her last owners the Woods against Thomas Pringle, the abolitionist who had taken Mary Prince in as a servant and published her life history.
Her bad moral character becomes part of their case against her in defending their own good name after Mary Prince leaves them in London and petitions Parliament to force them to sell her her freedom. She testifies before the judge, and thus emerges in the frigid light of Victorian morality some of what was left unsaid by those who helped her share her life–but surely not all. It initiated a small level of discussion of slavery and morality (but of rape nothing is said of course), and the defense submitted a letter from Joseph Phillips of Antigua stating the following:
Of the immoral conduct ascribed to Molly by Mr. Wood, I can say nothing further than this — that I have heard she had at a former period (previous to her marriage) a connexion [sic] with a white person, a Capt.– which I have no doubt was broken off when she became seriously impressed with religion. But, at any rate, such connexions are so common, I might almost say universal, in our slave colonies, that except by the missionaries and a few serious persons, they are considered, if faults at all, so very venial as scarcely to deserve the name of immorality. Mr. Wood knows this colonial estimate of such connexions as well as I do; and however false such an estimate must be allowed to be, especially when applied to their own conduct by persons of education, pretending to adhere to the pure Christian rule of morals… (letter from Mr Joseph Phillips of Antigua,1831, p 111)
I found this somewhat jaw-dropping, I don't know why. Perhaps its openness in comparison to the brutal public adherence to Victorian morals by everyone else, even though guilty of so much. There is a great deal in here — beyond what is censored from Mary's account — showing the abolitionists in all their moral high-handedness and racism as well. Moira Ferguson (the editor) shares an anecdote from Peter Fryer in Staying Power:
When members and friends of the African and Asian society dined at a tavern in 1816, with Wilberforce in the chair, the token Africans and Asians invited to the gathering were separated from the other guests by a screen set across one end of the room.
And this is from the letter of Thomas Pringle in Mary's defense:
Her chief faults, so far as we have discovered them, are, a somewhat violent and hasty temper, and a considerable share of natural pride and self-importance; but these defects have been but rarely and transiently manifested and have scarcely occasioned an hour's uneasiness at any time in our household (p. 115-116)
She had every right to be proud, had survived more and won more than Mr Pringle could have ever dreamed of. Yet he still relegated her to her 'place' as servant obedient to his will. It says more about his character than anything else I think, and his wife and her sister also, who themselves examined and testified to the terrible scarring of her body and still expected her to serve them.
His letter ends with a comparison with Brazil — to underline the moral contamination of slavery, the dehumanization of the owner wherever it is found in words more trustworthy because not those of a former slave:
I never walked through the streets of Rio, that some house did not present to me the semblance of a bridewell, where the moans and the cries of the sufferers, and the sounds of whips and scourges within, announced to me that corporal punishment was being inflicted. Whenever I remarked this to a friend, I was always answered that the the refractory nature of the slave rendered it necessary, and no house could properly be conducted unless it was practiced (Dr Walsh, 'Notices of Brazil' quoted on p 122)
This is a queer mix of Mary Prince's own voice, her own recounting of horrors suffered and resistance waged, and a considered petition to the consciences of the British. It is unclear how much of that is shaped by the Pringles themselves and how much by Mary's understanding of what they wanted. I imagine that was quite acute, who could better gauge the realities of her life and desires and their distance from what the Pringles and others would accept? I just hope she was able to find her own peace beyond their condescension and their judgments of all she had been through and all she had done not just to survive, but to break free.
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Sitting in the Sacred I AM Presence connecting with my Higher Self, with Heru and my Spirit Guide Team I am graced with the presence loving energy of Archangel Raphael.
I, Archangel Raphael, come forth at this hour with great love and compassion for you all at this time. I Archangel Raphael, represent the Emerald Ray of Healing and of connection and come forth at this hour to activate your Sacred Hearts.
As you evolve upon your Ascension Journey, you may feel amidst of greater challenges faced in your daily lives.
Many Souls are still shifting their old consciousness and their old ways of doing. Many Souls still feel the fears of the greater changes faced in their lives upon their awakening.
I Raphael, comes forth at this hour to work with your Heart Chakra. There is much conflict on Gaia at this time in terms of your governments and institutions, we, the legions of light are working very hard at this time to shift many energies through heightened vibrations being poured in from the Cosmos. We have heard the cries of many people, we have heard the cries of humanity and we have heard your Clarion Calls. We know that many of you have suffered greatly. I work with many of you with Healing and Earth Healing.
Humanity is shifting, Gaia is shifting, the Event is now taking place upon your Earth and Ascension of Humanity is now underway.
We understand the extent of the need of healing and balance at this time for many awakening Souls, thus the reason I have come forth at this hour to give address.
When I speak to you of healing, I speak to you of the healing of your heart, of your mind, of your emotional field, yes, of your life.
And how do we do this? We do this by you recognizing and coming to understand your worthiness, your wholeness, how deeply you are loved, not only by me but by Mother-Father-One, by entire legions of angels. None of you, none of you have any idea how profoundly you are loved and when you come to know this, you are instantaneously healed. Yes, it is that simple and it is that complex; for has this not been the dis-ease of your planet of Earth, of the collective?
It is that you have forgotten this very straightforward fact, that you are cherished. So it is this that I wish to remedy tonight; it is this that I wish to talk to you about, it is this that I wish to embed within you.
I am of the Emerald Ray and what does this mean in your terms and practical terms? It means that I am of the ray of your heart, I am of the ray of love and love is the fuel, the fiber, the material, the essence of One, and of the entire universe. It has taken millions and millions and millions of forms. But the Emerald Ray is Love.
When you connect with this Love you will connect with all that there is. You will connect with your Divine. And in doing this you will truly connect with your Essence. And in connecting with your Essence you will become ONE with all that there is of you.
A greater balance is served through this connection of Divine Love that is within your Sacred Chamber.
Many of you are now entering the Divine Gates of Love – the Divine Gates of the Emerald Order. And in doing this….connect with the Timelines of the Collective and your individual Timelines.
We delight in the healing of Timelines at a Collective Level and at a personal level. As these timelines are being healed you will see a greater shift in consciousness at a collective Level and at a personal level.
In order, for you to connect and to expand your consciousness, we ask you to release, to let go of all the given hurt, all the given pain, and all the vices that will lower your vibration.
Connection with Love is the key to the elevation of the Soul. Connection to Love is the key to the elevation of vibration. Connection to Love is the key to the elevation of consciousness. Connection to Love is the key to the Universe.
As the Energy upon your Earth is now moving forward into a shift in the elevation of consciousness, we ask of you all at this time to detox, to rejuvenate, to take rest whilst you receive the upgrades that is being downloaded and received from the Galactical Centre and the Great Central Sun.
We are also asking you all to connect with your Inner Child now and in doing this focus upon the healing and releasing of your inner child traumas – focus the healing energy being given to you all at this time shifting and transmuting energy from your lower chakras.
Connect with the joy, connect with laughter, connect with creativity, connect with the child within you – as you do you connect with the innocence once more… you connect with the true qualities of your Soul.
Connect now dear children to the Sacred Chamber of your Hearts for it is there you shall find the key to unlock all the greater possibilities that is being given to you at this time from the Cosmos.
I leave you know with every Love and greater healing.
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Q: Issues with some vb6 datagrids on Windows 7 I apologize in advance for the long question...
I have a really large project written in VB6 that I need to use on some Windows 7 PCs. There are many forms with datagrids on them. Three of these datagrids are buggy in the sense that they (a) have remnants of what was on the screen before the datagrids are shown (portions of the desktop, or  other parts of the application underneath the datagrid) and (b) clicking, highlighting, and scrolling doesn't work properly (selection of one row doesn't de-select another row, scrolling one way doesn't let you scroll back, among other bugginess).
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*on WindowsXP and Win7 32-bit, the problem does not appear; it only appears on Win7 64-bit

*If vb6 is installed (yes, with the numerous errors along the way) on the Win7 64-bit machine, the problem disappears

*There are some issues with one other grid's rows being blacked out and many of the textboxes in the app being very dark and hard to read (on both Win7 32 and 64-bit), but this is corrected in both cases by switching to the Windows 7 classic theme (aero off)

What I have tried:

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*Manipulated the MsDatGrd.ocx many times. I copied it from the working WinXP, from the Win7 32-bit, and even from the original vb6 SP6 installation disk. I tried each replacement of the ocx file in the syswow64 and system32 folders, unregistering and re-registering in each place. I should note that when I unregistered the file (regsvr32.exe from both the system32 and syswow64 folders) and received the success notice, I still found it in the registry (regedit).

*I tried creating a new form and copied the controls and code over to the new form.

*I tried removing the reference to the ocx at the top of the form in Notepad (where it says
Object = "{CDE57A40-8B86-11D0-B3C6-00A0C90AEA82}#1.0#0"; "MSDatGrd.ocx"). I didn't even get an error in this case, but the grid still worked as expected. The only time I was able to get any response from manipulating the ocx file was when I deleted it from syswow64; at that point, the app just wouldn't open.

The reason I thought the form itself might be an issue was because I came across log files from the two forms with the broken datagrids (note: 1 datagrid on each form). I guess the log files were generated a while back during one compilation. They both say the following:
Could not create reference: '{CDE57A40-8B86-11D0-B3C6-00A0C90AEA82}#1.0#0'.
Could not create reference: '{831FDD16-0C5C-11D2-A9FC-0000F8754DA1}#2.1#0'.

Note: the first reference in each file is the msdatgrd.ocx, the 2nd is the mscomctl.ocx (which doesn't seem to have any problem).
So...is there anything else anyone can think of to help me solve this issue? I would prefer to fix the problem instead of using another method like using the mshflexgrid or a 3rd party grid, etc.

A: You may find you get rid of a lot of issues by running the exe in compatibility mode. Right click the exe file. Then select properties, then the compatibility tab. Tick the box that says 'run this program in compatibility mode for :' and select 'Windows XP (service pack 3)'
Click apply and save etc and then try running your application again.
The problem with the blacked out rows will be that the colour was changed from the default in design and a colour was chosen from the system palette rather than the standard palette, as in highlight, highlight text etc. If you were then to change the theme on an XP machine the colours that had been set to system palette colours also change automatically to match the theme. This does not work with the Aero theme in windows 7 and the control will just appear black. I think your only option is to change the colour to a standard palette colour in the form designer or turn off aero theme (as you have already done). If you have lots of controls on lots of forms you could try a search and replace through the .frm files with the colour code using something like grepwin but I would only try this if you are confident in what you are doing, and make sure you have a backup of everything first.
The scrolling could be caused by the fact that VB6 pre-dates the mouse-wheel so you need to install a third party app to make the mouse wheel work. try 'vbscroll' or 'freewheel'. This would just effect the mouse-wheel in the IDE though as far as I know.
You could also try setting your_msflexigrid_name.redraw=true after a datagrid has been populated. This might clear up some of the display issues.

A: I'm going to post the solution I've discovered, although I wish I knew the reasoning behind it. I've found that if I place another "dummy" datagrid somewhere on the form (it can even be invisible) and bind and unbind it to the same datasource as the one bound to the buggy datagrid, the buggy datagrid works beautifully again. I noticed that when I did this, the reference to the ocx file in that form changed from lowercase to uppercase (however, when I tried just manually changing the reference from lowercase to uppercase WITHOUT adding a dummy datagrid, the issue persisted). Anyway, it is a great workaround.

A: If you have splits in your datagrid then the problem can be solved using below:
BUG: Split Causes DataGrid to Repaint Itself Continuously
http://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/kbview/306886

A: This issue is more related to registration of DLL on window 7 64 Bit PC. On window 7 64 Bit register the datagrid under C:\Window\SYSWOW64\regsvr32.exe and everything work. Please note all the DLL of VB6 application have to register under C:\Window\SYSWOW64\regsvr32.exe YourDLLname.DLL

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Starring: James McAvoy, Emily Blunt, Johnny Depp, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Caine, Maggie Smith, Ozzy Osbourne, Jamie Demetriou, Matt Lucas, Ashley Jensen, Mary J. Blige, et.al.
Shortly after moving to Central London, Gnomeo and Juliet's relationship starts to falter under the pressure of becoming their parents' successors as the head gnomes of the garden. However, after the other gnomes are taken by an unknown entity, they team up with Sherlock Gnomes and Dr. Watson, who are investigating the disappearance as one of several they believe to be work of the evil Moriarty.
Sherlock Gnomes, a follow-up to Gnomeo and Juliet, isn't quite as charming as its predecessor, but does have some merits of its own. Most of the voice cast from the original movie return for the sequel, with the exception of one or two characters who aren't given any speaking lines, or who just don't appear at all. And, where the original was an adaptation of Shakepseare's Romeo and Juliet, this movie is adapting one of the stories of Sherlock Holmes, likely The Final Problem. The actual storyline is fairly decent, and the writers manage to mesh together characters from two different authors pretty well. That said, this movie will probably appeal more to kids than it will adults, and it's a good way to introduce them to classic literature without boring them, though adults aren't likely to be bored to tears while watching it, as with some children's movies. It's actually fairly entertaining, even if it does dwell on certain plot points longer than it should.
The movie is computer animated, and very well done. Some of the scenery almost looks real, even with the talking gnomes present.
Sherlock Gnomes is an fairly decent movie. The storyline doesn't require very much attention, but it doesn't over simplify, either, which is easy to do with kids movies. If you enjoyed the first movie, you'll probably enjoy this one, too. It's a good way to take your mind off of the world for 80 minutes, and you won't get mad at yourself for paying the rental price, or even buying it if it's cheap enough.
Sherlock Gnomes is not available to stream anywhere at the moment, but it can be rented from Redbox or Netflix home delivery service, or purchased from a participating store or on-line retailer.
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Magda Teter, the Jeremy Zwelling Associate Professor of Jewish Studies, spent the past few years visiting more than 15 archives in Poland, Rome and the Vatican City to find court records, pamphlets, rabbinic writings and secret correspondence between the papal nuncios and Rome.
This issue, we ask "5 Questions" of Magda Teter, the Jeremy Zwelling Associate Professor of Jewish Studies, associate professor of history, associate professor of feminist, gender and sexuality studies, associate professor of medieval studies. Teter is the author of Sinners on Trial: Jews and Sacrilege after the Reformation, published by Harvard University Press in March 2011.
Q: Professor Teter, you are a scholar of religious and cultural history. What are your research interests, and what courses do you teach at Wesleyan?
A: In my writing I focus on Jewish-Christian relations, particularly in Poland, which was once the one of the largest states in Europe and also home to the largest Jewish community in the world. At Wesleyan I teach a wide range of courses mostly in Jewish history, but I also teach Early Modern European history, covering the period from mid-15th century to the French Revolution, and historiography. Having been trained at Columbia University, my courses always present Jews as actors in larger historical developments. Students taking my classes in Jewish history learn a great deal about general history. Similarly, since Jews were a crucial group in Europe greatly influencing European society, culture, economy, and politics, students taking my European history classes will learn that one cannot fully understand, for example, humanism and the Reformation without taking into account the role Jews played in them. I see both Jewish and non-Jewish history as tightly intertwined with each other. This semester I teach a course on east European Jewish history, with a service-learning component focusing on east European Judaica from the Adath Israel Museum in Middletown.
Q: You are the author of a new book, Sinners on Trial: Jews and Sacrilege after the Reformation, which tells a story about affirmation of religious dogmas after the Reformation through the application of criminal law. What topics do you address in the book, and who is the audience?
A: Like all my scholarship and teaching, my new book belongs to both Jewish and general European history. In my book I argue that religious dogmas and identities in post-Reformation Poland were not only shaped by religious education and propaganda but also by criminal courts. The mishandling of sacred symbols and objects, once seen as a sin, was transformed into crimes and led to harsh sentences, including burning at the stake, sending a strong message about validity of religious doctrines. In post-Reformation era at the center was the Eucharist — the consecrated communion wafer. My book casts a new light onto one of the most notorious accusations against Jews: that Jews obtained and abused consecrated communion wafers. It places this anti-Jewish accusation within the broader context of religious conflict after the Reformation, changing conditions of ecclesiastic authority, and competition in the economic marketplace. This broader story of politics of crime and religious violence is told through gripping individual stories of crime, intrigue, and torture. The characters in my book include a scheming papal emissary prosecuting heretics, a Jewish inn-keeper accused of blasphemy, members of Jewish-Christian gangs, and more. I tried to write an engaging book, giving voice to real people from the past, and I hope that these stories will make the book fun to read and appealing to general readers. I often joke that some of the stories could become a movie.
Q: How does this book help Jews and Catholics better communicate and understand each other today?
A: In teaching and writing about religious history, and in particular about the relations between Jews and Christians, I hope to help us all understand that many attitudes and religious views are products of specific historical conditions, and as such perhaps understanding the roots of religious differences can help us move beyond the ugliest aspects of ethnic and religious attitudes. But my work also shows that many assumptions about religious or ethnic conflicts, and in particular Jewish-Christian relations, are simply products of earlier historical writings, informed by modern nationalism and crisis of identities and searching for simpler, cleaner narratives. National and religious groups often create neat narratives of origins, yet, historical sources show a much more complex, and therefore much more interesting, history. Who would think of Jewish-Christian gangs operating in the 17th century, or Christians owning seats in synagogues?
Q: What led you to write this book, and what were some of the challenges with the research?
A: As it often happens one book leads to the next. Questions of Jews and crime emerged when I was working on my first book (Jews and Heretics in Catholic Poland, Cambridge University Press, 2006, pbk 2009; ). When I started research for this new book, my book was shaping up as a pretty straight forward book about crime, but one of the challenges was the nagging question, "So what?" The stories were compelling but why did they matter? And I finally realized that there is a big story about power, the politics of crime, manipulation of sacred symbols, and about emerging religious identities. The controversy over Muhammad's cartoons in Denmark began to elucidate some of the issues for me.
My "epiphany" came while I was sitting in a small provincial archive in Poland reading a long account of a trial from 1630. I realized that the questions of "sacrilege" or how crimes against "the sacred" were classified by secular courts, how sin became a crime were central to the understanding religious transformations and the politics of religion in the aftermath of the Reformation. My sources were predominantly court records, but they also included pamphlets, rabbinic writings, secret correspondence between the papal nuncios and Rome. I visited over 15 archives in Poland, Rome and the Vatican City. My sources are in six languages: Polish, Latin, Hebrew, Yiddish, Italian and Ruthenian.
I am currently beginning my next book project on blood libels against Jews and the boundaries of papal power in Europe, mostly focusing on Poland—the periphery of papal influence, and Italy, its center. Last January, I began my research in the Secret Vatican Archives and the archives of what was known as the Holy Office of the Inquisition in the Vatican City. We'll see where the sources will take me this time.
Q: As the Jeremy Zwelling Associate Professor of Jewish Studies, you also are director of the Jewish and Israel Studies Program. What does the program offer to students and the Wesleyan community?
The Gittel and Mervin Silverberg Distinguished Scholar in Jewish Studies allows us to bring distinguished visiting artists and scholars to Wesleyan. This semester director Haim Tabakman is teaching a course on the revival of the Israeli Cinema.
We also bring to Wesleyan several academic speakers each year, highlighting new cutting edge scholarship in Jewish Studies. One such regular event is our annual Dorothy and Samuel Frankel Lecture series. These lectures are usually linked to our curricular offerings. Last semester we offered seven events, this semester it will be fourteen, among them the six Israeli films in the Ring Family Israeli Film Festival. This semester we have a nice cluster of courses in east European Jewish culture, and Professor Mark Slobin coordinated a four-lecture series on Yiddish Cultural Expressions.
We are very active. Not only do we want to bring exciting speakers to campus but we also want to highlight our students' research in Jewish and Israel Studies. Last year, we created our new annual series showcasing student research in Jewish and Israel Studies. This is usually our last event of the year, this year on May 3 at 4:30 in Allbritton. But before that we still have six events coming. To learn more, students can come to our open house on March 31 in Allbritton 311.
Aside from extracurricular events, JIS is also contributing to the larger Middletown community through its service-learning partnership with the Congregation Adath Israel. This semester I am teaching a service learning course working with their museum and we will curate a small exhibition of Jewish ritual objects. We also have reached an agreement with Adath Israel to deposit their rare books to the Special Collections and Archives at Wesleyan. Next semester my students and I will be working on them, curating an exhibition of Judaica books at Wesleyan. Next year's Gittel and Mervin Silverberg Distinguished Scholar will be Professor Shalom Sabar of the Hebrew University who will teach a course on Jewish art and material culture based on the Adath Israel collection.
We are an active and exciting Program, with new ideas and collaborations sprouting out each day. We have been collaborating with the Film Studies Program, and are beginning to work with the Writing Program and the new Middle Eastern Studies Program. To keep track with everything we do—events, faculty and student accomplishments—I started a blog http://jis.blogs.wesleyan.edu/ and a Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/WesleyanJIS.


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Rising Style Star! Blue Ivy Carter Models with Mom Beyoncé for New Adidas x Ivy Park Campaign
The mother-daughter duo wear matching designs from the upcoming "Icy Park" capsule collection.
By Kaitlyn Frey February 18, 2021
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Beyoncé and daughter Blue Ivy
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Blue Ivy Carter may only be 9 years old, but if her major modeling moment with mom Beyoncé for Ivy Park's latest collection is any indication, she's well on her way to becoming one-to-watch in the fashion world.
Blue joined her Ivy Park designer mom, 39, to model the label's highly-anticipated "Icy Park" capsule collection (dropping at adidas.com on Feb. 19 at 4 p.m. EST), and it looks like she's already inherited her mom's modeling finesse.
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In the photos, Beyoncé and Blue posed side-by-side in a vibrant graphic-print puffer jacket and matching bottoms in the same color pattern.
Blue showed her personality modeling another monochromatic look — a cropped jacket, patent leather pants, a fanny pack, face covering and chunky sneakers — as she playfully danced and held up a peace sign to the camera. Like her daughter, Beyoncé modeled her own head-to-toe camel Ivy Park ensemble, but the singer's look showed a bit more skin.
In addition to posing in various brown bralettes, slouchy pants, jackets and even a bucket hat, the star wore a puffer stole over her shoulders and a matching thong bodysuit which revealed her butt as she turned to the side in the campaign video circulating on social media.
Beyoncé's mom, Tina Knowles-Lawson, gave a sweet shoutout to her granddaughter on social media, and revealed that Blue wasn't actually scheduled to pose in the campaign.
"My Beautiful grandbaby Blue Ivy looking like a little super model in her Ivy Park," Knowles-Lawson captioned the Instagram. "Swing your hair Blue ,!!!!! She inserted herself into this shoot. No she was not supposed to be in it ! She was just hanging out and got dressed and I guess she said 'I'm not gonna tell you what I could do I'm gonna show you.' I love that aggressive spirit My Blue Blue!!!! ❤"
Fans immediately went wild upon seeing Beyoncé with her first-born daughter in the Ivy Park campaign photos.
"Blue Ivy is just so iconic," one person said on Twitter. Another wrote, "This is so beautiful! I can't wait!"
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"I applaud Blue Ivy's kindness to let those people star next to her in this video !!" another Twitter user jokingly said.
Blue has already achieved her fair share of impressive accomplishments, including earning her first Grammy nomination this year.
At the time of the 2021 Grammy nominations, only her mother Beyoncé received a nomination for "Brown Skin Girl," even though Blue can be heard singing a few lines on the track and also received a writing credit for her contributions. However, Blue's name was later added to the list of nominees on the award show's website, the Associated Press first reported.
The proud mom of three recently spoke to British Vogue for her December cover story, revealing that she and Blue have a special relationship when it comes to celebrating each other's accomplishments.
"When I tell her I'm proud of her, she tells me that she's proud of me and that I'm doing a good job. It's teeeeeew much sweetness," the Beyoncé said. "She melts my heart. I believe the best way to teach [my kids] is to be the example."


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Why do you need a GFI device in your electrical system at home? A GFI or ground fault interrupter is made to protect your home and the people living in it from dangerous electrical shocks. To describe it simply, a GFI device "interrupts" an electrical voltage once it strays into a path it's not supposed to be on, like through a body of water or a person. It simply stops the electricity so it doesn't cause injuries or other life-threatening accidents.
You can only imagine how important a GFI device is because it can save your life and the lives of all household members. It is essential that the GFI devices in your home are installed correctly and are fully functional. To make sure that this is the case, you will need to have them put up and checked only by the experts. You will need the help of highly-skilled Atlanta electricians to ensure that the GFI devices all over your residence are properly set up. A GFI device improperly installed may cause more harm than good. Also, if you have defective GFI devices, you also need to have them repaired or replaced right away by electrical technicians.
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Carnival Corporation Fined $20 Million for Dumping Waste and Other Pollution Violations
by Spencer Aronfeld | Jun 7, 2019 | Cruise Ship Accidents | 0 comments
Carnival Corporation has plead guilty this week to six different charges involving probation violations for dumping waste into the ocean. A year after Carnival was convicted of dumping waste into the ocean and lying about it to regulators, its ships illegally discharged more than a half-million gallons of treated sewage, gray water, oil and food waste, and burned heavy fuel oil in ports and waters close to shores around the world, according to a court-appointed monitor.
As a result, the company now faces a $20 million fine and will go through a strict three-year probation period. The violations come from a series of environmental crimes the cruise company was accused of committing over the course of eight years. They were charged with dumping oily waste into the ocean and later covering up the dumping, beginning in 1998.
Carnival resolved the litigation through a $40 million settlement, along with a period of probation, entered in with a conviction in 2016. However, it appears the company later committed violations in relation to these offenses during that probation period.
Charges filed against Carnival alleged that the company falsified training records, using a back channel to communicate with the U.S. Coast Guard, not providing the proper authority to the company's environment compliance officer, dumping food waste and plastic into the waters outside of the Bahamas, and rushing to clean up ships before a court-appointed monitor had a chance to inspect the ships.
Upon learning of the alleged violations, U.S. District Judge Patricia Seitz ordered Carnival's top executives to appear in court. The hearing lasted three and a half hours while the Judge addressed top officials with the company in hopes of impressing upon them the importance of complying with environmental regulations and probation terms.
Requests had been made by interested parties, including environmentalists and fishermen from Alaska, who are requesting that the court ban the company from cruising in the Alaska Glacier Bay and other protected areas. They are also asking that the court order the company to discontinue single-use plastics, prevent the cruise ships from burning heavy fuel oil in North American waters and require an environmental auditor be allowed on every cruise. Judge Seitz did not impose this strict of an order but she did ask prosecutors as to whether any future violations by the company should result in personal responsibility on the company's executives.
The District Judge who will take over the case after Seitz retires in September issued some tough words against the company's chief compliance officer, especially considering the fact that these violations have been going on for decades with no improvement.
Federal prosecutor, Richard Udell, emphasized that if any change is going to come from the company, it has to come from the top down, meaning the company's executives need to take personal responsibility for the actions of their employees.
This current probation deal requires the company to pay a $20 million fine. In addition, Carnival is also required to create a compliance action plan and create a new position for a Chief Compliance Officer. The company currently has a Corporate Compliance Manager position and must increase the budget open to that position, too. If Carnival misses any deadlines, it will be fined up to $1 million for each day missed. If the violations go past ten days, they could be fined $10 million per day. It is hoped that these probation terms will give the company financial incentive to comply. The company has also agreed to reduce its use of single-use plastics by 50 percent by December 31, 2021 and will commit up to $20 million to improve food waste management on its ships. How these commitments will be executed remains to be seen.
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It's been 33 years since Cindy Williams left "Laverne & Shirley" behind, and now the actress is revealing just why she walked away from that iconic sitcom.
That's just one of the showbiz tales Williams documents in her new book, "Shirley, I Jest," and she stopped by TODAY Tuesday to offer up even more details.
In 1982, the final season of the show had kicked off, but that wasn't the only event in Williams' life at the time. It was also the year she got married and became pregnant with her first child.
"I thought I was going to come back and they'd hide [my baby bump] behind benches, couches, pillows, and that wasn't it," she told TODAY's Savannah Guthrie.
The challenge wasn't her bump; it was her schedule.
"When it came time for me to sign my contract for that season, they had me working on my due date to have my baby," she revealed. "And I said, 'You know, I can't sign this.' And it went back and forth and back and forth and it just never got worked out."
So co-star Penny Marshall ended the "L&S" run without her. But as Williams explained, there might not have been a run at all without Marshall.
After all, when "Laverne & Shirley" was first proposed to them, Williams wasn't convinced it was a good idea.
"[Penny] kept coming in saying, 'I think we should do this,'" Williams recalled. "I just said, 'I don't know.' ... which was, in retrospect, really stupid."
Watch her full interview to find out about another role she wasn't exactly sold on at first, and check out "Shirley, I Jest! A Storied Life" for even more reveals from the star.


The diagnosis of a T-cell malignancy is best made in the context of clinical information,tissue morphology,immuno-histochemical stains, and immunophenotypic analysis. In contrast to the restricted IGL protein expression in mature B-cell lymphomas, however, T cells do not have a definitive immunophenotypic marker of clonality. Therefore, TCR gene rearrangement studies can be essential to complement a diagnostic evaluation and to distinguish polyclonal from monoclonal lymphoproliferations. When clonality is assessed by TCR polymerase chain reaction (PCR), a visible band with products of exactly the same size is indicative of the presence of a clone, whereas polyclonal amplification generates a smear of nondistinct products of various sizes. A result is considered oligoclonal if more than two distinct bands are visible. The number of bands that would lead to a determination of oligoclonality varies by method, but the band size often will vary between duplicate PCR reactions in oligoclonal proliferations. In addition to the differentiation of reactive and neoplastic proliferations, molecular methods can be applied to identify disease-related findings, such as an associated virus or a specific gene fusion product, that enable subclassification of the malignancy.
Anaplastic large cell lymphoma, characterized by translocation t(2;5)(p23;q35), is the only translocation for which testing is widely available. Diagnostic testing is complicated by the variety of ALK fusion partners and inconsistency of genetic anomalies seen during tumor progression.
Adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATLL) is strongly associated with HTLV-1 infections.7 The provirus is clon-ally integrated in the host DNA in virtually all ATLL patients, but in situ hybridization studies for this virus are difficult to perform and are not routinely offered. Serologic studies or PCR analysis are better suited to detect the virus.
Figure 33-2. The TCRB locus on chromosome region 7q34 is used as an example to demonstrate the rearrangement of the variable (V), diversity (D), joining (J), and constant (C) regions. N, nucleotides added by the enzyme TdT.
Many NK-cell lymphomas are extranodal proliferations frequently associated with Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection within tumor cells.8 In situ hybridization testing for EBER-1 RNA of EBV is offered in many laboratories and often is useful in the diagnosis of this tumor type. Because of the high frequency of latent infection by EBV in normal adults, serologic and PCR tests for EBV are of little value in determining a disease association, and the in situ hybridization procedure is the preferred method of testing.


In case you needed another reason to tune into the upcoming Grammy Awards, Beyonce may take the stage.
One thing is for sure, Beyonce will definitely be in attendance as she's up for six Grammys, including album of the year for Beyonce.
Other confirmed performers include Pharrell Williams, Usher, Sam Smith, Ed Sheeran, Ariana Grande, and country star Miranda Lambert, among others. The ceremony airs February 8 on CBS.


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Coronavirus Northern Ireland: Selected NHS patients to access 'cutting-edge Covid-19 treatment'
Selected NHS coronavirus patients will soon be able to access treatment to speed up their recovery.
Thanks to the joined-up efforts of the UK Government, the Devolved Administrations, a pharmaceutical company Gilead Sciences, the NHS, and the MHRA, the anti-viral drug remdesivir will be made available to patients meeting certain clinical criteria to support their recovery in hospital.
The drug is currently undergoing clinical trials around the world, including in the UK, with early data showing it can shorten the time to recovery by about 4 days.
The Early Access to Medicines Scheme (EAMS) and scientific opinion from the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) supports remdesivir to be used by selected NHS patients.
For the time being and due to limited supplies, treatment will be prioritised for patients who have the greatest likelihood of deriving the most benefit.
Speaking to Newry Times, Minister for Innovation Lord Bethell said, "This shows fantastic progress.
"As we navigate this unprecedented period, we must be on the front foot of the latest medical advancements, while always ensuring patient safety remains a top priority.
"The latest, expert scientific advice is at the heart of every decision we make, and we will continue to monitor remdesivir's success in clinical trials across the country to ensure the best results for UK patients."
Allocation of the drug will be based on expert clinical advice and will take into consideration the situation where it is most likely to provide the greatest benefit.
The UK Government continues to work closely with its partners across the Devolved Administrations, the health system and industry to ensure UK patients have the greatest possible chance of getting the latest, ground-breaking treatments as quickly as possible.
Dr June Raine, MHRA Chief Executive, said, "We are committed to ensuring that patients can have fast access to promising new treatments for COVID-19.
''We will continue to work closely with the Department of Health and Social Care and other healthcare partners on protecting public health in the UK by prioritising our essential work on clinical trials, access to medicines, and the development of vaccines."
Hilary Hutton-Squire, Vice President and General Manager, Gilead Sciences UK and Ireland said, "We are delighted that the MHRA and the Commission on Human Medicines (CHM) have decided to issue remdesivir a positive Scientific Opinion within the Early Access to Medicines Scheme (EAMS).
"This decision reflects Gilead's commitment to rapidly respond to the COVID-19 pandemic.
"Treatment options in response to this global public health emergency are urgently needed and we are grateful to the UK government and the MHRA for their continued support and collaboration to make this medicine available to those patients who are most likely to benefit from it.
She added, "We will continue to work closely with the government to supply remdesivir across the UK."


Tavon I know you was trying to be a better person!
Tavon Kaiseen Alleyne was shot multiple times and killed while walking near his house in Barbados after he approached an intruder a day after Christmas, Barbados Today reported.
Alleyne died of his injuries after being rushed to Queen Elizabeth Hospital.
The young man was a cousin of Rihanna and resided in the singer's home country, Barbados.
The young man was the victim of a shooting in the family's native Barbados.
Local investigators asked that anyone with any information about the shooting contact authorities. Gun crime has increased 57 percent in Barbados in comparison to this time past year, according to Acting Assistant Commissioner of Police responsible for crime, Colvin Bishop. The shooter then fled and has yet to be identified.
The people are helping us to have the best experience possible, but you also need to be here to focus on the game. You can always find somewhere you can get them. "We plan on attacking those and getting the ball in the air".
This is a unsafe storm! Temperatures are expected to remain below 0° across north-central Montana on Friday and into Saturday. The weather impact will be for the northern and southern Clearwater mountains, and the Bitteroot/Sapphire mountains.
HABICHT KEVIN B also sold $880,286 worth of National Retail Properties, Inc . (NYSE:NNN) for 633,132 shares. Texas Permanent School Fund reported 108,947 shares. 17,326 were accumulated by Envestnet Asset Mgmt Inc.
December 28, 2017: Barbadian star Rihanna is paying tribute to her slain cousin while weighing in on gun violence in the Caribbean and globally.
'RIP cousin... can't believe it was just last night that I held you in my arms!,' she captioned the post.
She followed her message with the hashtag #endgunviolence.
On Instagram on Wednesday, Rihanna posted a clip of her cousin smiling and filming himself.
The 29-year-old star has over 59 million followers on her account and thousands commented on her post giving their condolences to the singer and her family.
During a four-day enforcement period past year , officers responded to 50 alcohol-related crashes and made 314 DUI arrests. During this time frame, police also investigated 529 crashes, which is a decrease from 661 crashes the year before.
Private Asset Mngmt invested in 2.41% or 14,980 shares. 36,053 were accumulated by White Pine Ltd Limited Liability Company. Twelve equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and ten have issued a buy rating to the company.
How Analysts Rated The TJX Companies, Inc. (NYSE:TJX) Last Week?
Montrusco Bolton Investments Inc.'s holdings in TJX Companies were worth $14,473,000 as of its most recent SEC filing. (NYSE:TJX). Select Equity LP reported 113,006 shares. 110.51 million shares or 0.04% less from 110.55 million shares in 2017Q2 were reported.
Poythress started the season shuttling between the Fort Wayne Mad Ants of the G League and the Pacers. He averaged 20.0 points, 9.0 rebounds, and 2.7 assists in six games with the Mad Ants this season.
The investment managers in our partner's database reported: 155.14 million shares, up from 149.82 million shares in 2017Q2. Northwestern Mutual Investment Management Company LLC raised its position in Alliant Energy by 76.2% in the first quarter.
Among Reyes-Gomez's convictions is a charge of lewd and lascivious acts with a child under 14, according to Border Patrol agents. On Christmas Eve, a passenger auto was referred to secondary inspection after a Border Patrol K9 alerted agents to the vehicle.
The extension should help automakers move inventory of new electric vehicles in the world's largest auto market. NEV sales in January-November jumped 51.4% and are on track to hit a target of 700 000 NEV sales this year.
Porzingis, guarded mostly by Markkanen, was shut out after he made a jumper with 6:58 left. Hornacek designed a play for Doug McDermott to come off a screen and take a three-pointer.
The home attendance has taken a massive hit the past few games, but personally I think he may get another chance next season . Hanging onto a one-point lead entering the third quarter, Keenum completed 17 of his 21 passes for 140 yards and a touchdown.
It has underperformed by 71.88% the S&P500. (Aaoi) (AAOI) by 44.78% based on its latest 2017Q3 regulatory filing with the SEC. Rite Aid (NYSE: RAD ) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, September 28th. 817,434 are held by Salzhauer Michael.
Cops do know the burglary occurred at around 1:15 AM because a closet sensor inside the home was triggered by the burglars. More than $1 million in jewerly, including $150,000 of watches, was stolen from the home, TMZ initially reported.
How can you be mad at that? Kamara even joked last Sunday he would start a GoFundMe campaign when the fine arrived. Fellow running back Mark Ingram said he was fined about $1,000 earlier in his career for a uniform violation.
Norwegian Cruise Line (NASDAQ:NCLH) Buy Rating Kept Today By Stifel Nicolaus; The Target Price Given is $67.0 The stock of Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. (NYSE:NCLH) has "Buy" rating given on Friday, February 19 by Buckingham Research. Aviance Capital Management LLC bought a new stake in Norwegian Cruise Line in the second quarter worth about $103,000.
Liza Soberano chosen as world's 'Most Beautiful Face' of 2017 Other Filipina personalities include Kim Domingo (#96), Nadine Lustre (#78), Jessy Mendiola (#71), and Kathryn Bernardo (#60). Actor Jason Momoa landed in second place, while Armie Hammer was third.
Xilinx, Inc. (XLNX) Analysts See $0.63 EPS Barclays Capital maintained Xilinx, Inc. (XLNX) - averaging the work of different analysts - reveals a mean PT of $69.81/share. Levin increased its stake in Kinder Morgan Inc Del (KMI) by 856.6% based on its latest 2017Q3 regulatory filing with the SEC.
Prince Harry: Meghan Markle had 'amazing' Christmas with family 'she's never had' Many in the crowd got better photos than those in the press pen because of the angle on the way in. Her photo has made the front page of almost every major newspaper in the United Kingdom .
Enterprise Products Partners LP (EPD) Analysts See $0.35 EPS Missouri-based Benjamin F Edwards And Inc has invested 0.16% in Dominion Energy, Inc. 141,523 were accumulated by First Manhattan. Also, CEO Aj Teague acquired 8,250 shares of the business's stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, November 28th.
How Have Institutional Investors Been Trading Discovery Communications, Inc. (DISCA)? After $-0.17 actual EPS reported by ANGI Homeservices Inc. for the previous quarter, Wall Street now forecasts -82.35% EPS growth. Eric Semler decreased its stake in Angies List Inc (ANGI) by 8.13% based on its latest 2017Q3 regulatory filing with the SEC.
QC Hospitals Restrict Visitors Due to Flu The Health Department is asking children not visit for the protection of our patients, hospital staff and the children themselves. All Memorial Hospital locations, including the Belleville and Shiloh facilities, have implemented similar restrictions.
Research Ratings: Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. (ODFL), Asanko Gold Inc. (AKG) Out of 12 Wall Street analysts rating Old Dominion Freight Line, 4 give it "Buy", 2 "Sell" rating, while 6 recommend "Hold". Jaffetilchin Investment Prns stated it has 0.13% in Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. (NASDAQ:ODFL) for 301,739 shares.
Man Drives Off Pier to Avoid Police in Astoria, Oregon Astoria officers contacted his parole officer to advise that Erofeeff was being charged with second-degree criminal trespass. The officers stopped but Erofeeff kept going, right off the end into the Columbia River, Astoria police reported.
Barack Obama most admired man among Americans Gallup suggests that Trump's unpopularity is what held him back from earning the distinction. He came in second a year ago as well, but with a slightly higher percentage-15 percent.
LSU likely to split with offensive coordinator Matt Canada after one year Word broke late Wednesday that LSU and Canada likely wouldn't last much longer. LSU's offense didn't improve under Canada.
Could Hollyfrontier Corporation (NYSE:HFC) Change Direction After Less Shorts? Following the completion of the transaction, the director now owns 52,240 shares of the company's stock, valued at $2,464,160.80. The New York-based Asset Mgmt has invested 0.05% in HollyFrontier Corporation (NYSE:HFC). 64,000 are held by Art Limited Company.
Orange Bowl Odds: Wisconsin vs. Miami Betting Pick, Analysis Edwards has 248 tackles, 26.0 tackles for loss and 5.0 sacks in three seasons, adding 7 interceptions and 13 passes defended. The Canes give up 146.1 yards on the ground; they can not let the Badgers gain significant yardage on first down.
9-year-old stops would-be truck thief on Christmas morning According to WTHR , Larimore pointed his pellet gun at the suspect's head, which deterred him from taking Larimore's dad's truck. He was charged with attempted theft of a vehicle, not having a license and unlawful entry into a motor vehicle, WRTV reports.
Census Bureau shows Idaho is nation's fastest growing state At 2.9 million people, only 1,961 need to move or be born for the state to reach a total population of 3 million. To check out up-to-the-minute population numbers, see the Census Bureau's US and World Population Clock.