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Tag: VW
Rather unceremoniously, 2020 marks the death of an automotive icon. The very last Volkswagen Beetle rolled from the third generation production line in Puebla, Mexico in July and while you can log in to VW's website and still see the model listed, existing stock is all that's left. The two most recent Beetles never really achieved the notoriety of the original, but nonetheless they offered a welcome break from the standard three-box design and were decidedly anti-SUV. You don't have to like them, but you can respect that they were different.
In the case of the third-generation Beetle, I think they were actually pretty good looking, too. Spacious, economical, and good-to-drive thanks to a shared Golf MQB platform, several special models graced dealerships in an attempt to sway buyers. Here's one – the 'Dune'. More a fashion statement than an actual Baja Bug, the Dune added .2″ of ground clearance and a half an inch of plastic moldings all around. Faux skid plates, special decals, a huge spoiler and polished door sills rounded out the exterior trim additions. Power came from the familiar 1.8T shared with the Passat, Golf and Jetta models (among others worldwide), and gave you 170 horsepower channeled only through a 6-speed automatic:
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Tagged 1.8T, 2017, Beetle, Beetle Dune, Deep Black Pearl, Dune Edition, New Beetle, Turbo, Turbocharged, Volkswagen, Volkswagen Beetle, VW, VW Beetle
1984 Volkswagen GTI
If, for some reason, you didn't really love the modified GTI I just looked at and were hoping for a more pure version of the Westmoreland Wonder, well…I'm not sure this is it, either. But it is a lot closer to how it was delivered new, with sealed-beam headlights, a stock interior, and the original 8-valve under the hood. It's also traveled just under 55,000 miles since new. And if that wasn't enough to tempt you, it's got WORKING AIR CONDITIONING. No, I'm not kidding:
CLICK FOR DETAILS: 1984 Volkswagen GTI on eBay
Tagged 1.8, 1984, a1, EA827, GTi, Hot hatch, Volkswagen, VW, VW GTI, Westmoreland, Zender
1984 Volkswagen GTI 2.0 16V
Okay, so recently we've seen neat A2 and A3 Golfs turned up a few notches – where's the A1 love? Not to be forgotten or overlooked, the 'original' hot hatch is ready to make a splash in your morning feed!
This '84 GTI looks relatively innocent enough, but it's sporting an early production look with round headlights, thin Euro bumpers, and small taillights. It's obviously low and it's hard to miss those fantastic BBS RM wheels. But there's even more to see on this neat example:
CLICK FOR DETAILS: 1984 Volkswagen GTI 16V on eBay
Tagged 16v, 2.0, a1, BBS, GTi, Hot hatch, legend, Recaro, Volkswagen, VW, Westmoreland
1998 Volkswagen GTI VR6 Widebody
By Carter January 3, 2020 January 2, 2020 Volkswagen
Acclaimed as the original of the �Hot Hatch� market, the original A1 GTI gained weight before it even hit U.S. shores and never stopped eating. Each generation gained weight, options and complexity � and to make up for that, VW kept upping the power. From the simple 1.6 8V the original sported, it was up to 1.8 liters by the time it hit U.S. shores � then a few years later, gained 8 more valves, than another .2 liters in 1990, and finally made the jump to the narrow angle VR6 with its mighty 2.8 liters pumping out nearly double the horsepower of the original. Despite the changes, each generation has been revered by its own group of enthusiasts, and it�s rare to find original condition GTIs over 10 years old.
On its way out of production, VW sweetened the VR6 even more with the "Driver's Edition" model in 1997. Red stitching, red calipers and special Speedline wheels made an appearance, and while the package was '97-only it was more-or-less completely carried over to the '98s. This particular '98, though, doesn't carry much of that original spec because it's been thoroughly upgraded, stretched and restored to an impressive level:
CLICK FOR DETAILS: 1998 Volkswagen GTI VR6 Widebody on eBay
Tagged 1998, Candy White, GTI VR6, Mk. 3, Volkswagen, VR6, VW, Widebody
1958 Volkswagen Karmann Ghia
By Carter December 24, 2019 December 24, 2019 Volkswagen
As much as all of us would love to be Jerry Seinfeld, causally trading the most historic air-cooled Porsches on a whim, the reality is that we're not. But, as ever, I offer a potential solution. The Karmann Ghia gave you Porsche looks on a Beetle budget. Shortly after the Beetle's arrival in America, VW's new sport coupe arrived for the 1956 model year. Like the later Scirocco also built by Karmann in Osnabr�ck, Volkswagen based its model on the normal production line Beetle but the swoopy body came from the Italians – technically, borrowed from a Chrysler, actually. Those lines were notoriously complicated; outside of items that open, the body is one piece and constructed entirely by hand. The rear-engine, rear-drive 1.2 liter flat-4 air-cooled clatter wouldn't get you anywhere as fast as the looks suggest, but then why are you in such a hurry?
About 400,000 were produced in total and they're not impossible to find today. They're also more affordable than really top-tier Beetles and early VW Vans, but more significantly you really do get exotic looks on a shoestring budget still. While getting into a fully sorted '58 356A will set you back around $130,000 – $150,000, you can get into a beautiful early example of the Ghia fully restored for only a fraction of that price:
CLICK FOR DETAILS: 1958 Volkswagen Karmann Ghia on eBay
Tagged 1.2, 1958, air cooled, Beetle, Karmann Ghia, Low light, Typ14, Type 14, Volkswagen, Volkswagen Karmann Ghia, VW
2018 Volkswagen Passat GT
I know I just said that we were on Passat overload, so why are we here again? Well, I certainly haven't written up many newer Passats. And, truth told, while competent the U.S.-specific B7 Passat hasn't really given many reasons for fans to celebrate. Instead of leading the market, VW chose to give consumers what they thought consumers wanted. They reacted….sorta. B7 sales spiked with its introduction in 2012 to 125,000 until in the U.S.; respectable for what has always been a slow seller for the company. That was more than the B6 ever sold in a single year by a factor of 2.5, for example. But every year since has been a downward slope; 110,000 in 2013, 96,000 in 2014, 78,000 for 2015, 73,000 in 2016, 60,000 for 2017 and just 41,400 for 2018. Sure, sales of normal sedans are slipping all around. Compare that to the Honda Accord; a popular, "sporty" alternative, and it's drawn into sharper contrast. In 2018, Honda sold 291,000 Accords. And that was an uncharacteristically bad year for the model.
So to help prop up sales towards the end of the B7 run, Volkswagen introduced new trim packages – no surprise there. And one came out in 2018 called the "GT". Now, traditionally VW hasn't done a stellar job on its GT packages, but hear me out on this one – because it's pretty special. Outside, the Passat GT distinguished itself with red-trim grill like the GTI, blacked out roof panel and big dual exhaust. 19″ 'Tornado' wheels filled the lowered arches; the GT was a bit over half an inch lower with stiffer shocks. Inside, contrasting stitching and two-tone sport seats were met with carbon-like and aluminum trim. But the real news was what made this car sing; under the hood was the 3.6 liter DOHC 24 valve narrow-angle VR6 rated at 280 horsepower and barking through that big exhaust. Shifts were handled solely by the DSG 6-speed dual-clutch box, meaning lightning-fast changes and a manual mode. While VW has seldom given you something for nothing, the Passat GT also rang in as one of the cheapest 6-cylinder cars you could buy last year – base price was $29,995, making it one of just three sub-$30,000 sixes on the market. But today, you can grab one a whole lot cheaper:
CLICK FOR DETAILS: 2018 Volkswagen Passat GT on eBay
Tagged 2018, 3.6, B7, Passat, Passat GT, sleeper, Volkswagen, VR6, VW
2003 Volkswagen Jetta GLS 1.8T Wagon
Although Volkswagen started its small 5-door wagon production in the Mk.3 era, it wasn't until the early 2000s that they finally decided to bring their second generation Golf Variant in the form of the Jetta Wagon. It was part of an unprecedented wave of early 2000s wagon popularity which gave enthusiasts a lot of very nice options. Parked alongside the Passat Variant in dealerships, just like the B5 they were offered with a dizzying array of configurations. There were GLS and GLX trim specs, along with four different engine configurations. Base GLSs got the 2.0 inline-4 rated at 115 horsepower. Stepping up to turbocharged your experience with the familiar 1.8T, here rated at 170 horsepower just like the Passat – although they're not the same motor code, as obviously the mounting is transverse. Optional was also the ALH 1.9 liter TDi which could return an honest 50 mpg and be mated to a manual (both not really options in the Passat diesel) and for a touch more sport you could kick up to the GLX model, which gave you the 12 valve 2.8 liter VR6 rated at 174 horsepower and 181 lb.ft of torque.
So there were a lot of options in the Mk.4 Variant's trick bag, but they're somewhat hard to find in clean, original condition. Today I came across a 1.8T model that just like Monday's 300TE is a a rather boring color combination, but one that's exciting to see in this condition today:
CLICK FOR DETAILS: 2003 Volkswagen Jetta GLS 1.8T Wagon on eBay
Tagged 1.8T, 2003, AWP, GLS, Jetta GLS, Jetta Wagon, Mojave Beige, Mojave Beige Metallic, Turbo, Turbocharged, Variant, Volkswagen, VW, Wagon
1994 Volkswagen Corrado SLC
By Carter December 2, 2019 December 2, 2019 Volkswagen
Until fairly recently, �collector-quality Volkswagen� was pretty much an oxymoron unless you were talking about some rare air-cooled packages like the T34 Ghia or a 23 window microbus. But an explosion of 1980s products means that we�ve seen Mk.1 Sciroccos and GTis break $20,000 or more, and even an odd Mk.2 GTi come close to the same amount. If you�re trying to break in to the 1980s collector scene for Volkswagens, you might be a little late to the party. Not much from the 1990s makes the same impression, save one car � the Corrado. Unlike pretty much every Volkswagen ever made, these expensive sport coupes were prized since new and generally have avoided the pitfalls of downstream VW owners who tend to neglect and abuse them. As a result, we regularly get to see all-original, pristine low mileage Corrados that always amaze me. So throw on some flannel and crank the Soundgarden, we�re taking a trip back in time to 1994:
CLICK FOR DETAILS: 1994 Volkswagen Corrado SLC on eBay
Tagged 1994, 2.8, Corrado, Corrado SLC, Corrado SLC VR6, low miles, Rare, Sherry Pearl Effect, Sherry Red Pearl Effect, SLC VR6, Speedline, Volkswagen, Volkswagen Corrado, Volkswagen Corrado SLC, VW
1984 Volkswagen LT28 Westfalia Sven Hedin
By Carter November 29, 2019 November 29, 2019 Volkswagen
Of course, if you're a fan of German cars (and even some who are not), the Volkswagen Westfalia pop-top campers are legendary in their own right. But esoteric fans no there was not just one version of the iconic 'Camper Van'. Indeed, Volkswagen offered two iterations of do-anything #vanlife in the 70s,80s and even 80s. The Vanagon is probably the best known, but based upon VW's larger LT platform were also 8 versions of campers with unique features and a bit more space than the traditional VW van.
Top of the range between 1978 and 1989 was this model – the LT Westfalia Sven Hedin. Hedin was a notable Swedish explorer of central Asia, so the eponymous camper was adventure ready. These high-top vans featured similar accoutrements to the T2 and T3 models, with a cooker, fridge, versatile seating and a fixed sleeping area along with copious storage. Where the LT stood apart was incorporation of a bathroom, replete with hot water shower. You could have these Sven Hedins with either PVC or carpeted flooring as seen here, and with either a 2.0 inline-4 gas motor or the lump seen in this model – the D24 2.4 liter inline-6 diesel rated at 75 horsepower.
CLICK FOR DETAILS: 1984 Volkswagen LT28 Westfalia Sven Hedin on eBay
Tagged 1984, Camper, D24, diesel, euro, LT28, Volkswagen, Volkswagen LT, Volkswagen LT28, VW, VW LT28, Westfalia, Westfalia Sven Hedin
1994 Volkswagen Passat GLX VR6
At the risk of bordering on Passat overload, I want to take a look at another. VW's radical redesign on the B3 resulted in a unique, angular look at still stands apart from the crowd today. And because the internals were based on VW's A2 chassis like the Corrado, when the 2.8 VR6 debuted in the sporty coupe for '92 it was only a matter of time until its four-door friend got it too. That happened in '93 with the release of the GLX VR6.
To help distinguish the GLX from the 2.0 16V GL and GLS, the VR6 sported badges front and rear indicating the new motivation. 15″ BBS-made wheels hid upgraded 11″ brakes and ABS was standard, as was electronic traction control. The GLX got a unique bumper with integrated foglights, too, as well as a body color integrated rear spoiler on the trunklid. You could opt to have the GLX in Variant form as well – something unavailable on the GLS for '93. GLXs came standard with premium sound and could be opted with an all-weather package and leather interior – options you couldn't get on the base model. All this luxury added up in weight, and the GLX tipped the scales a full 200 lbs heavier than the base GL. But it more than made up for it with the extra 40 horsepower and heaps of torque from the 2.8 VR6. This was a two-year only model, as the B3 was shortly replaced with the heavily revised B4; of course, that coupled with VW's early 90s sales slump means coming across a clean B3 VR6 like this Alpine White '94 is something you don't do every day:
CLICK FOR DETAILS: 1994 Volkswagen Passat GLX VR6 on eBay
Tagged 1994, 2.8, Alpine White, B3, BBS, Passat, Passat GLX, Passat GLX VR6, Rare, Volkswagen, Volkswagen Passat, VR, VW


At this time low cost term life insurance is worth your consideration...as premiums are at it's least costly level in years and can save you some money.
Term life insurance is the cheapest available life insurance policy. With term life insurance you pay premiums for certain periods of time...or certain terms.
The longer the term the higher the term insurance premium.
The reason for this is that once the life insurance company issues a policy it cannot withdraw it regardless of the state of your health as you get older. Let us now take a look at some low cost term life insurance policies.
The lowest cost, low cost term life insurance policy is yearly renewable term insurance otherwise known as annual renewable term life insurance or increasing premium life insurance.
As the name implies the policy is renewed each and every year by just paying the premium. The premium, however, increases each year by a predetermined amount.
Although this type of insurance starts out as the lowest premium low cost life insurance it can end up being quite expensive depending on how long it takes the insured to die.
In fact with the premium increasing every year it can end up not being a low cost term life insurance policy at all but the most expensive term life insurance policy you can buy.
If you think about it if your premiums increase for 20 or 30 years you cannot avoid paying a very high premium eventually.
The yearly renewable term policy should be used for very short term needs. If you have to start out with this policy because of it's low cost you should be converted at your earliest convenience.
A young married person accumulating cash to purchase a house or for an upcoming baby could find this type of insurance very useful and cost effective.
Next to the yearly renewable term, as far as low cost term life insurance is concerned, is the 5 year level term policy. Here again, as the name implies the premium is paid for 5 years and remains level for the entire 5 year period.
The death benefit also remains level for 5 years. After the initial 5 years some 5 year term policies are renewable.
Like the yearly renewable term policy this policy can be used by young people who are working to accumulate large amounts of cash in a short period of time...thus leaving limited cash for insurance premium payments.
Business people who need a policy to cover a loan in case of that persons death would find this type of insurance very helpful. It can also be used for partnership insurance on a temporary basis.
This policy should be converted to a more permanent type of life insurance.
10 year term insurance can also be considered low cost term life insurance. Although the premiums are a little higher than the 5 year term policy they can still be considered low cost.
The policy remains in force for ten years as long as premiums are paid. The death benefit remains level for the entire 10 year period and the premiums also remain level.
This type of term life insurance can be ideally used by young married people, small business owners in the infancy of the business and to cover an outstanding loan in the event that the owner should die before paying off that loan.
It can also be used to fund partnership buy sell agreements, on a temporary basis, and to fund buy sell agreements in a corporation.
Some consideration should also be given to the 15 year term , the 20 year term , the 25 year term and the 30 year term as these are also low cost term life insurance policies.


This month is Adopt A Shelter Pet Month. Instead of showing off my unforgettable, goofy Jack Russell Terrier, I'm highlighting a dog at the East County Animal Shelter in Dublin, Alameda County, California. This won't really be wordless because of that fact.
Senior dogs end up in animal shelters far too often. They are surrendered for a variety of reasons. Sadly, some people surrender senior dogs simply because they want a "newer" dog. Puppies are cute. But, senior dogs are special. They've got a lot of love to share and it is wrapped up in maturity…something puppies don't have.
Meet Chancho. He was surrendered at the Dublin Animal Shelter and he's been waiting for a new family since August 27th.
He's a 7 year old Miniature Pinscher. He weighs in 11.8 lb. There are no special health issues or restrictions listed. He comes fully vaccinated. He will be neutered and microchipped before adoption.
If you are looking to add a dog to your family and live in the Alameda County area, please consider Chancho. His adoption information can be found on Chancho's Page. He's already been waiting a month for a new home. Let's see if we can find one!
If Chancho isn't right for your family, there are 14 dogs ready to be adopted at the East County Animal Shelter. There is bound to be one that will be just right for you! Check them out on the adoption page. This is the shelter's contact information if you'd like further details: 4595 Gleason Drive, Dublin, CA 94568, (925) 803-7040.
Well, he seems like a winner of a dog to me! Such a darling little face. I'm hoping your post helps connect him with the family he longs for.
Jean, He does to me, too! I sure hope he finds his forever home soon.
Chancho's got a good long life ahead of him and I hope he finds his special forever home soon. He's adorable!
Elaine, he's pretty cute, isn't it? 7 isn't old at all, especially for a small dog.
I can vouch for the fact that that senior dogs adopted from a shelter or rescue make great pets. In the past we have adopted 3 senior dogs and all were wonderful pets – already trained in basic obedience and house-trained, mellow and sweet. Very little chewing or getting into mischief – well at least not nearly as much as the younger dogs we've had. (A little mischief makes life interesting!) They were happy to either just hang around in the house, go for a car ride or take a walk, but didn't require a lot of exercise.
Vicki, You have a big heart! It's wonderful that you've rescued senior dogs. You've made some valid points about the benefits of a senior dog. Puppies can get into a lot of trouble. Not everyone has the time or patience to deal with puppy problems. I know that my own dog has become a more pleasant companion since she turned 5.


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Michele Clark Academic Prep Magnet High School
Don't miss Saturday's unity parade
By AustinTalks | May 21, 2020
Michele Clark Academic Prep Magnet High School has organized a classic vehicle parade that kicks off at 11 a.m. May 23. To promote life, uplift the human spirit, champion physical safety and support mental health, Saturday's parade is the culminating event in the high school's unity week.
Teens teach others with their podcast
By Suzanne McBride | May 4, 2020
Elijah Adams and Yafae Cotton, sophomores at Michele Clark Academic Prep Magnet High School, have been producing a weekly podcast since the coronavirus pandemic shut down schools across the state.
Michele Clark students launch podcast to stay connected, informed during coronavirus shutdown
By AustinTalks | March 24, 2020
Michelle Clark Academic Prep Magnet High School students found a way to share tips on coping with social isolation from their peers and teachers.
Thanksgiving dinner for peace to be held today in Austin
By AustinTalks | November 20, 2019
The annual, free meal will be held from 5 to 9 p.m. Nov. 20 at Michele Clark High School, 5101 W. Harrison St. Mayor Lori Lightfoot will attend as will a number of other elected officials. All fathers, families and West Side stakeholders are invited.
Michele Clark High School seniors looking for college cash
By Suzanne McBride | October 1, 2019
High school seniors can start completing the Free Application for Financial Student Aid form. All seniors attending Michele Clark Academic Prep Magnet High School are required to fill out the FAFSA, apply to at least 10 colleges and submit at least two scholarship applications.
Dozens of Michele Clark seniors participate in annual grad ride
By Kendall Polidori | June 16, 2019
Divvy donated 70 bikes to seniors of Michele Clark Academic Prep Magnet High School for their second annual ride to eight nearby elementary schools.
Two Austin high school students win Posse Foundation scholarships
By Kendall Polidori | May 19, 2019
Michele Clark Academic Prep Magnet High School seniors Lamaria Johnson and Tanzanikia Taylor were recently awarded four-year scholarships that cover all tuition costs.
West Side high school to get International Baccalaureate program
By Suzanne McBride | April 8, 2019
No longer will Austin students have to leave the West Side to continue or start their IB education at the high school level. Michele Clark High School will receive $200,000 in next year's budget to begin implementing the rigorous program offered in more than 146 countries.
Austin high school to receive $100,000 from Chance the Rapper
By Alex Cornwell | October 2, 2017
Michele Clark Academic Magnet Prep High School will receive the grant over three years from SocialWorks, Chance the Rapper's education non-profit.
Last 8th graduation held at May Elementary
By Caitlin Cleary | June 18, 2013
A closing ceremony will be held Tuesday, June 18th at the school, one of four in Austin being shuttered by CPS this month.

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On nerd alert, I'll be talking with the kind of nerdy people I talk to every week, only this time we'll be recording it. These are people that are doing the work to test out what might actually help you coach better, and what might not. I bring them on, we have a nice discussion about a topic that brings some of these ideas to the fore.
This week, I'm talking to Charles Bachand and Trever Gray. Charles you may remember from my podcast where we talked about Stockholm Syndrome in sports. This week, he shared with me some of the data he is seeing in regards to ethics and coaching.


Part of our company's culture lies in how well we treat our guests and each other. The Pillars of our Strength are the service tenets that are designed to guide us and define what we do to deliver excellent service to our guests and each other as associates. The Service Advisory Councils (SAC) at each of our hotels convene monthly to measure our service delivery and ensure consistency in our behavior with our customers. These SAC meetings give our associates the opportunity to discuss and share observations on our service delivery. Topics discussed at our SAC meetings can affect the decision making process of the company. One person's idea can make a difference.
Smile: Greet our guests and fellow associates with a genuine smile, make eye contact and use their name.
Appearance: Present ourselves with pride and conduct ourselves in a professional manner.
Courtesy: Choose a positive attitude — always say "please" and "thank you" to our guests and fellow associates.
Phone Impression: Answer within three rings, smile and clearly give your name & department.
Job Knowledge: Ask questions, anticipate guest needs, learn all of our hotel services and commit to ongoing training.
Communication: Listen with the intent to understand guests' and fellow associate's specific situation and needs.
Problem Solving: Apologize for the situation, take ownership of the solution, and follow up.
Pride in Property: Treat the hotel as if it were your own home, pay close attention to details and report any deficiencies.
Teamwork: Recognize and encourage fellow associates to provide outstanding service.
Golden Rule: Respect and treat our guests and fellow associates, as we would like to be treated.


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ROADRUNNER RECORDS ANNOUNCES THE SIGNING OF GOJIRA
New York, NY: Roadrunner Records announced today the addition of French metal behemoths Gojira to the label. The band is universally recognized as one of the most talented and extreme art-metal acts on the scene today. Gojira is one of those rare bands that comes along every couple of years and takes everything you know about metal, twists it, reimagines it and comes up with something wholly unique. It's doubtful you've heard anything like Gojira before. The band makes that much of an impact with its music and approach.
Gojira are comprised of vocalist/guitarist Joe Duplantier, who has a previous relationship with Roadrunner, having played bass on Cavalera Conspiracy's debut Inflikted, along with guitarist Christian Andreu, bassist Jean-Michel Labadie and drummer Mario Duplantier, who is also Joe's brother!
"We are so stoked to walk with the legendary Roadrunner," Joe said about the new partnership. "We discovered Sepultura, Machine Head, Death, Fear Factory and so many other great bands thanks to these guys. Roadrunner has been a great source of inspiration for us as metal fans. It's an honor to be part of this family today as a band. We feel we'll get the right support at the right moment in our career. We cannot wait to release our new record and get back on the road."
The band's Roadrunner debut will be its fifth album overall. It was 2005's From Mars to Sirius and 2008's The Way of All Flesh which established Gojira as a metal force of nature and a key player in the scene. The band will record in New York City, also the label's headquarters, in November 2011, with a spring 2012 release date being eyed. Joe Duplantier will serve in a co-producer capacity along Josh Wilbur (Lamb of God).
"I've been a huge Gojira fan ever since their monumental From Mars to Sirius album and have been actively pursuing them ever since," Roadrunner Senior VP of A&R Monte Conner said. "I am thrilled to finally be welcoming them to the Roadrunner family. Gojira are one of the best bands in metal today, with a sound and style all their own. Their live shows are unreal, from the level of playing, to the intensity, to the Godzilla like stomp that hits you in the chest."
Gojira have kept busy in between albums. They recently recorded the four-song Sea Shepherd EP, with all proceeds from the EP benefiting the Sea Shepherd charity. Sea Shepherd is a Washington-state based non-profit marine conservation organization which employs direct action tactics to protect sea life. One of the songs, "Blood And Salt," recently surfaced on a Metal Hammer UK sampler CD. Release details on that EP, which is loaded with A-list metal guests like Mastodon's Brent Hinds, Lamb Of God's Randy Blythe, Soulfly's Max Cavalera and Strapping Young Lad's Devin Townsend to name a few, are yet to be determined.
In other Gojira news, the band will perform as part of Australia's Soundwave Festival, which is slated for February 2012.
http://gojira-music.com/
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Sant Bartomeu de Pugis és una església romànica de Cubells (Noguera) inclosa a l'Inventari del Patrimoni Arquitectònic de Catalunya.

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L'església de Sant Bartomeu està ubicada a la banda de llevant del tossal on es distribueixen els vestigis del poble abandonat de Pugis, just a ponent de la masia del Pallargues, al sud del terme municipal de Cubells i a només un quilòmetre al nord del curs del riu Sió.

Originalment era un edifici d'una sola nau capçada a l'est per un absis semicircular i suposadament amb l'accés a la façana de ponent, però actualment només en resta l'absis i una part de la nau fins al primer arc toral. L'aparell de les cares externes dels murs està fet a base de carreus rectangulars de gres ben escairats i lligats amb morter, mentre que l'ànima consisteix en maçoneria de pedra irregular amb abundant morter de calç.

L'absis és de planta semicircular a l'exterior i de lleugera ferradura a l'interior. S'uneix a la nau mitjançant un doble reclau que formen l'arc presbiteral i un arc de descàrrega de la volta de la nau, que és de canó apuntada. Del primer arc toral només es conserva in situ una dovella i la mènsula sobre la qual recolza, de secció trapezoïdal (idèntica a la que hi ha a l'arc presbiteral) i col·locada al punt d'intersecció entre el mur i la volta, a la façana sud.

Tant a l'interior com a l'exterior dels murs de la nau i l'absis hi ha un sòcol bisellat d'uns 60 cm d'alçada. A més, a l'exterior del mur meridional i de l'absis hi ha un segon sòcol molt més baix i en pedra desbastada que fa la funció d'anivellar el terreny i fonamentar el mur.

Es mig conserven tres finestres, totes tres de característiques similars. Les corresponents als murs nord i sud de la nau estan seccionades i només se n'observa la part pròxima a l'absis. La del centre de l'absis és l'única que és conserva íntegrament. Totes tres són rectangulars, de doble esqueixada, d'arc de llinda tant a l'interior com a l'exterior, excepte la finestra de l'absis que, a l'interior, disposa de dues arcades seguides d'arc de mig punt, la del fons amb llinda monolítica mentre que la de l'interior és formada per dos carreus retallats que dibuixen un arc de mig punt motllurat en mitja canya.

En general, les formes constructives corresponen al  o ja al XIII.

Sobre l'estat de conservació del que resta de l'església, la meitat occidental de la qual ja va desaparèixer totalment, probablement utilitzada com a font de materials constructius, cal alertar de la desaparició gairebé completa del primer arc toral i de les finestres dels murs (que en les monografies de finals del segle XX encara es descrivien); l'esquerda que mig parteix el mur exterior de l'absis i l'erosió del terreny natural sobre el que s'assenta la meitat meridional de l'absis, erosió que possiblement hagi fet bascular la meitat sud de l'absis, causant l'esquerda abans esmentada. Si no s'efectua cap intervenció correctora, es corre el perill que en els pròxims anys només resti dempeus la meitat septentrional de l'absis.

Història
No es coneix documentació històrica directa sobre el lloc de Pugis i la seva església. No obstant, el topònim apareix en dues escriptures com a límit d'altres partides o termes des de finals del . Apareix abans del 1183 en la carta de poblament atorgada pels comtes d'Urgell Ermengol VII i Dolça als habitants del castell i la vila de Bellcaire d'Urgell. També apareix al document de venda del castell i la vila de Bellcaire que realitzà l'any 1220 Guerau, abat de Santa Maria de Bellpuig de les Avellanes, a Arnau, abat de Poblet.

El 1960 Pita Mercé, Díez-Coronel i Sarraté trobaren entre les ruïnes de l'església un bloc de pedra rectangular amb relleus en tres de les quatre cares que podria correspondre a un suport d'altar. Per la factura tosca dels relleus relatius a Maria, s'ha considerat una obra del segle IX.

Es considera que el poble de Pugis degué tenir el moment de màxim poblament entre els segles XII i XIV. Actualment només se n'intueixen una sèrie de vestigis, alguns pertanyents potser al castell, en el turó a ponent de l'església.

En un mapa del marquesat de Camarasa, de mitjans del , el poble de Pugis apareix ja com a 'despoblat'.

Sobre l'església tampoc es pot assegurar si mai va tenir la categoria de parròquia o fou una simple església sufragània d'alguna altra.

Referències

Patrimoni monumental de Cubells
Esglésies de Cubells
Esglésies romàniques de la Noguera

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Dennis Hopper: The Lost Album revealed for UK show
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Dennis Hopper: The Lost Album, to be shown at the Royal Academy of Arts next summer, is set to feature portraits of artists and actors, including Andy Warhol and Paul Newman.
The collection of more than 400 photos also includes records of historic social and political events, such as Martin Luther King's march from Selma to Montgomery in 1965 (see below).
The archive was reportedly discovered in cardboard boxes at Hopper's home following his death in 2010 aged 74.
Dennis Hopper: The Lost Album will run at the Royal Academy of Arts from 26 June-25 August 2014.
Hopper, who used a Nikon SLR, starred in cult classics such as Easy Rider, in 1969, and the 1986 movie Blue Velvet.
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CentralApp Trailblazers: Zach, A Quality Assurance Manager from Little Birch, WV
CentralApp Trailblazers: Zach, A Quality Assurance
How a Car Crash Saved One Man's Life — and Helped Launch His Tech Career
In the summer of 2017, Zach Edgell was in a minor car wreck. When the first responders sent him to the ER to get checked over, it seemed like a technicality. He expected doctors to quickly scan him over and send him home.
But, as it turns out, that crash was a lucky break. His hospital check-up revealed more than bumps and bruises. Zach had a brain tumor.
He spent the next two years in and out of hospitals, first for surgery and then for recovery treatment following two strokes. Prior to his illness, Zach had worked as an electrician's assistant, often traveling hundreds of miles for jobs and working in rugged conditions. But the doctors were clear: that type of physically demanding work was now out of the question — forever.
"I'd always been interested in computers and coding," Zach said. "And right about the time they said I couldn't go back to work, I heard about the free training program CentralApp was offering. So, I signed up."
"I distinctly remember Zach calling me before starting our program to tell me he was going to get his certification and work with CentralApp. I was so impressed by his confidence. It is a real tribute to him and his perseverance that when challenged by the training he stuck with it," Todd Cope, CentralApp's CEO recalls.
Zach completed CentralApp's Salesforce Administrator training program in record time and passed his certification test with flying colors. He showed such promise that the CentralApp team asked him to begin learning developer skills and offered to pay for his training. Again, Zach excelled. He completed the eight-month developer training program in just four months — right before Christmas 2019.
By February 2020, CentralApp had placed him in a long-term contract doing quality assurance testing for Source Digital, a rising startup company in Philadelphia. There, he had the chance to learn from seasoned coders and participate in workshops led by Google developers. By May, the company had promoted Zach to Quality Assurance Manager and offered him full-time employment.
Less than a year after joining the CentralApp Talent Exchange, Zach has had the chance to work on development projects for internationally known organizations including NBC Universal, Vudu, and pop superstar Iggy Azalea. He already makes more than he did as an electrician's assistant — and sees plenty of opportunity for continued career growth.
"I really like the work," Zach said. "You get to do a lot of problem-solving and I'm constantly learning. I'm working on learning new types of code so I can keep moving up. I'm also working on my own idea for a startup providing digital inventory management solutions for small businesses."
He does all of this working from home in Little Birch, a tiny town in rural Braxton County, West Virginia. He says the flexibility of working remotely helps him balance his family life (he and his wife are foster parents) and stay healthy.
When asked what advice he'd give other folks thinking about a new career in tech, Zach was adamant: "Don't get discouraged. Keep trying. Keep learning. You're going to struggle, but don't take that as a bad sign. Struggle is a good thing. It's how you grow."
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Obi's Laser Goggles
Part of doing novel scientific research is using creativity to figure out how to measure and analyze things that no one has done before. While many outlets report the results of scientific studies, it is rare to see much reporting about the challenges, roadblocks, and innovative solutions (in other words, blood, sweat, and tears) involved in developing experimental methods. Sometimes, however, researchers do put in the extra effort to tell people about creative solutions they used to answer their study questions.
For example, this video tells the story of Eric Gutierrez, a former graduate student at Stanford University, who wanted to test some common models about how birds create lift during flight. To do so, however, he needed a parrotlet to fly through a field of lasers. This was a concern, of course: even if the lasers didn't damage the bird's eyes, the flashes might alter the behavior and movements that Gutierrez sought to measure.
Gutierrez was familiar with "laser goggles" designed to protect eyes from powerful light beams. So, his solution was to cut tiny circles out of human laser goggles and fashion them into a protective headset for his parrotlet (the bird is reportedly named Obi) to wear. Again, check out the video at this link to see his creation in action, and to learn about how his results have overturned common thinking about the mechanics of bird flight.
The Trade Routes That Threaten Biodiversity – Video
We all know that human consumption drives habitat destruction, but do we know exactly what areas are hurt by specific industries and trade routes? A recent paper in the scientific journal Nature Ecology & Evolution sheds light on this issue by mapping the degree to which specific international trade routes affect biodiversity in "threat hotspots." For example, which goods are causing the most problems for Madagascar, and where is the demand from those goods coming from?
To learn how the authors put together these maps, and the reasoning behind some surprises – why do the Brazilian highlands have a higher threat index than the Amazon? – check out this video.
Moran, D. and Kanemoto, K. 2017. Identifying species threat hotspots from global supply chains. Nature Ecology & Evolution. doi:10.1038/s41559-016-0023.
How Long Does It Take to Hatch a Dinosaur Egg?
Animals invest tremendous time and effort into their offspring, even before the youngsters take their first breaths. An elephant is typically pregnant for 23 months. Depending on the altitude, black alpine salamanders will gestate for two to three years before giving birth to live young. Sharks stay pregnant for up to 3.5 years. Even the humble velvet worm can carry its offspring for up to 15 months, and komodo dragon eggs take 7 to 8 months to incubate and hatch. All in all, building even a tiny organism is a huge time commitment.
A very pregnant cat.
And birds? Birds have it relatively easy. Their eggs are ready to hatch after 11-85 days of incubation. Even the immense ostrich needs only 42 days – six weeks – of incubation time for its chicks to emerge and meet the world. This short developmental period is advantageous – rapid development minimizes time spent at especially vulnerable stages, and makes each individual offspring a less risky investment to its parents.
For example, if a predator kills an infant elephant on its first day of life, its mother just wasted two years of her life (and an enormous amount of energy) creating that individual, and won't be able to have another one for over two more years. On the other hand, if something eats an ostrich chick, much less time has been lost, and a new one can be produced relatively quickly.
Birds are living dinosaurs, so many scientists assumed that bird and dinosaur eggs incubated at similar rates, after adjusting for size and other physical factors . If that were the case, dinosaur eggs would take 45-80 days[*] to hatch (Carpenter 1999). That was all just an assumption based on extrapolating data, however – until recently, no one had actually tried to measure incubation times of embryonic dinosaurs.
How would you even going about such a study? First, you need some embryonic dinosaurs. While these aren't incredibly common, they do exist. To be careful, you would probably want samples of dinosaurs covering as broad a size range as possible. You would also need a way to determine daily growth rate of the embryos.
Embryonic Protoceratops. Photo credit: AMNH / M. Ellison
While all of that may seem like a tall order, it is precisely what a group of scientists from the American Museum of Natural History, Florida State University, and the University of Calgary have done. They acquired fossils of embryonic young from two species spanning a good portion of dinosaur egg size spectrum: Protoceratops, with eggs weighing in at less than half a pound (0.23 kg), and Hypacrosaurus, with eggs that can weigh almost 9 pounds (4 kg). (For reference, an ostrich egg weighs around 3 pounds, or 1.4 kg).
Source: http://www.prehistoric-wildlife.com
These embryonic specimens had emerging teeth that featured "lines of von Ebner", which function essentially like the growth rings on a tree. Each line is a record of the daily mineralization of a developing embryo's teeth. If you count the number of these lines on a dinosaur's tooth, you have a record of the number of days that tooth had been developing. Teeth don't erupt at the very start of incubation, so the researchers used information from tooth emergence time in other reptiles to estimate how long the egg had been developing before tooth mineralization began.
Lines of von Ebner in a dinosaur tooth. Fig 1A from Erickson et al. 2017. (Click to enlarge)
Examples of embryonic dinosaur teeth used for analysis. Fig. 2C & 2D from Erickson et al. 2017. (Click to enlarge)
The results of Erickson and colleagues' analyses showed that dinosaur eggs developed at less than half the rate of bird eggs. The smaller Protoceratops egg would take around 40 days to hatch if it developed at the same rate as a bird, but fossil evidence suggests that it took around 83 days. Similarly, the much larger Hypacrosaurus would only need 82 days to hatch at a birdlike rate, but the dental analysis showed that it actually took a whopping 171 days – over five and a half months.
This study has overturned a long-held assumption about one of dinosaur's most fundamental life history traits: developmental time. So, what does that mean for our understanding of dinosaurs, of how they lived, of what they were? The implications are both broad and deep. With an empirical way to estimate developmental time, scientists will be able to move forward with much more accurate estimates of dinosaur generation times, reproductive investment, lifespans, metabolism, and even nonavian dinosaur extinction.
Today, many of the world's most endangered animals are those with relatively long generation times, because they require sustained periods of time to recover from population declines. Could the ponderous incubation period required by dinosaurs have put them at a similar disadvantage? Eggs are incredibly vulnerable objects, and if nonavian dinosaurs required significantly longer periods of time in egg form than avian dinosaurs, that could also help to explain why the latter group survived to the present day, while the others died out at the end of the Cretaceous. Much more research and many more insights and discoveries will likely stem from this work, but for now, we know that dinosaurs had to protect and watch over their eggs for far longer than previously thought.
Carpenter, K. 1996. Dinosaur eggs and babies. Cambridge University Press. New York.
Erickson, G. M., Zelenitsky, D. K., Kay, D. I., and Norell, M. A. 2017. Dinosaur incubation periods directly determined from growth-line counts in embryonic teeth how reptilian-grade development. Proceedings of the National Academy of Scientists. 114(3):540-545. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1613716114
[*] If that number seems small, keep in mind that dinosaur egg size wasn't necessarily proportional to dinosaur body size. There are physiological constraints on how big an egg can be while still diffusing gases between the membranes and shell efficiently. Dinosaurs laid large clutches of small eggs, and the largest eggs known are less than five times the size of an ostrich egg. Even the one hundred ton Titanosaur laid eggs less than two meters in diameter.
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Giraffe Necks: A Tall Tale
Photo by Anne-Marie Hodge
When the giraffe was first discovered by Europeans, some speculated that it was the result of a cross between a camel and a leopard — hence the Latin name of the northern giraffe: Giraffa camelopardalis. The giraffe is a unique creature in many ways, but the origin of its elongated neck has long served as fodder for many "just-so" stories. Rudyard Kipling used it as a metaphor for self-improvement. Countless biology textbooks use it as the default example for Lamarck's theory of evolution via inheritance of acquired characteristics. The lengthy neck has provided endless opportunities for comic relief in cartoons and illustrations.
Amongst all of speculation as to why any reasonable species would develop such an extreme feature, two hypotheses predominate: 1) Giraffe necks elongated in a co-evolutionary dynamic with Acacia trees, their main food source, as each tried to gain the upper hand in the herbivore-plant war; or 2) long necks are the result of sexual selection, akin to peacock tails, that result in more successful mate acquisition for longer-necked individuals—either because female giraffes think long necks are sexy or because males use them as weapons to compete for mates. It also could have been a combination of both, or long necks could have enhanced capacities for thermoregulation, vigilance for predators . . . or something else. The debate continues.
The giraffe's neck actually contains the same number of cervical (neck) vertebrae found in nearly all other mammals. What has not been thoroughly explored, however, is the rate at which these vertebrae develop relative to other parts of the giraffe's body, including its head and overall body mass.
Giraffes are swift, strong, and stunning creatures, but they still look comically disproportionate to many humans. They don't start out like that, however: giraffes are not born with exceptionally long necks, and their cervicals don't begin to extend rapidly until later in life. But just how rapidly, relative to the rest of the body? Is there a difference between male and female growth patterns? What can the answers to these questions tell us about the evolutionary roots of the giraffe's long neck?
These questions motivated a group of biologists from the University of Wyoming and the Centre for Veterinary Wildlife Studies at the University of Pretoria to investigate growth patterns of the necks and heads of giraffes (Mitchell et al. 2013). The scientists analyzed numerous morphological measurements in order to determine whether neck growth scaled "allometrically" with head and body growth—ie, whether the neck remained at a consistent size ratio with the rest of the giraffe's parts, or whether a giraffe goes through an "awkward teen phase" with proportions that are skewed relative to those of adults. The researchers also compared growth patterns between males and females and examined sexual dimorphism (differences in appearance, size, etc between the sexes) to determine whether developmental patterns differ between males and females.
It turns out that there is no significant difference between male and female giraffes in neck growth rate (measured by both neck mass and neck length), but that in both sexes the neck length did increase at a faster rate than body mass. The rates of neck and body growth rates are similar in youngsters, but the necks outpace body mass once puberty hits, elongating out of proportion to the growth of the rest of the body.
In other words, there is now scientific evidence that giraffes go through a gangly teenage stage.
Young giraffe. Photo by Anne-Marie Hodge
Interestingly, a giraffe's head actually grows at a slower rate than its overall body mass. Males did end up with slightly heavier heads and necks, due to thicker ossicones and skull bones. The researchers attribute this to basic differences in sex steroid levels, and males have a much longer total growth period during their lives than do females. These factors underlie the slight male:female body size differential found in most mammals.
Giraffe head and neck growth rates and the ratio of neck mass to total body mass both remained similar between the sexes, meaning that they differ a bit in size but not proportion. This low degree of sexual dimorphism in skull and neck proportions has important implications for our understanding of giraffe evolution and biology. If giraffe necks had developed due to pressures from one form of sexual selection, we would expect to find one sex (amongst mammals, it would typically be the males) with profoundly more extreme features. In one form of sexual selection, these extreme features would provide the basis for the other sex (typically the females, sorry guys) to choose a mate from their array of suitors based on display characteristics of some sort. In the other type of sexual selection, male giraffes would use their massive necks to battle for access to mates. The females themselves would exhibit little aesthetic choosiness and would just mate with the males that were the most successful at winning fights.
Many people have probably seen documentary footage of giraffes engaging in dramatic bouts of "necking", in which they appear to fight by swinging their long necks and heavy heads at each other like weapons. On the surface, this seems like it may indicate sexual selection via male competition, and yet Mitchell et al. point out that studies have shown that large males rarely participate in these activities, and it's more often immature males with female-like head and neck sizes that do all of the "fighting" in order to establish a dominance hierarchy. Most importantly, the winners of the fights don't go on to acquire more mates (Pratt & Anderson 1982).
The takeaway message from this study is that although giraffes possess an extremely exaggerated feature, the lack of difference between males and females tells us that it's unlikely this was due to sexual selection. This makes it much more likely that some form of enhanced resource utilization or physiological efficiency was the mechanism for neck elongation over evolutionary time.
The issue is far from resolved, however. There have been noteworthy criticisms of the main two theories regarding the evolution of giraffe necks. Some studies have suggested that giraffes rarely browse at the full height that their necks can reach (Young & Isbell 1991). Also, in order to "out-reach" other browsers, they would only need a neck that was two meters long, not five meters, and being that high off the ground actually makes it harder to see predators such as lions that slink along the ground (Cameron & Du Toit 2005). Conversely, although Cameron & Du Toit (2007) found that 57% of the forage consumed by giraffes grew below 2 meters, i.e. in the height range of other herbivores, they suggest that the giraffe's long neck allows it exclusive access leaves in the center of shrubs and bushes by reaching down from above. All of this will require broader and deeper investigation, of course, and in the end it is likely that the selective pressure that have produced such long necks is attributable to more than one precise factor.
Although it is most famous for its long neck, the giraffe exhibits an array of highly specialized features, and Mitchell et al. review a few fun facts about giraffe morphology. For example, relative to total cranial mass, the sinus cavities of giraffes are massive relative to those of other artiodactyls, allowing the development of such an enormous head without a debilitatingly heavy skull. In addition, the cervical vertebrae close to the head are lighter than those lower in the neck, further decreasing the mechanical stress of holding a head that high on a neck that long. The occipital condyles, bony projections that allow the head to rotate on the neck, have such a wide range of motion that the giraffe can actually partially lay the top of its head along its neck while feeding, a sort of reverse flamingo strategy. Fancy, no?
(Gratuitous photo of me "kissing" a giraffe in Nairobi).
Cameron, E.Z. & du Toit, J.T. (2005). Social influences on vigilance behaviour in giraffes, Giraffa camelopardalis. Anim. Behav. 69, 1337–1344.
Mitchell, G., Roberts, D., van Sittert, S. & Skinner, J. D. (2013). Growth patterns and masses of the heads and necks of male and female giraffes. Journal of Zoology. 290, 49–57. doi:10.1111/jzo.12013
Pratt, D.M. & Anderson, V.H. (1982). Population, distribu- tion, and behaviour of giraffe in the Arusha National Park, Tanzania. J. Nat. Hist. 16, 481–489.
Young, T.P. & Isbell, L.A. (1991). Sex differences in giraffe feeding ecology: energetic and social constraints. Ethology 87, 79–89.
New Species of 2016: The Fab Five
As the year draws to a close, lists and "best of 2016" articles are being written for everything from world leaders to television shows to hamburgers. In the midst of all of the other headlines in 2016, new species were being discovered all over world. Here is a curated list of my five favorite creatures that were first reported in 2016.
1. Flightless scaly-tailed squirrel (Zenkerella insignis)
This small mammal makes the list for essentially being rediscovered, after only being known to science via fossils and a handful of aging specimens. Previously, no one knew if living flightless scaly-tailed squirrels still walked the earth at all.
Zenkerella insignis began roaming the landscapes and islands of what is now western Africa around 50 million years ago — just 15 million years after dinosaurs went extinct. This scaly-tailed squirrel provides a peek into the past, as the species has changed very little since then. It is one of only six extant (living) mammal species to boast such a long tenure on our planet.
Zenkerella insignis's rediscovery also serves as a lesson about the value of maintaining museum collections and supporting research expeditions that focus on exploration and discovery. Dr. David Hernandez, a lecturer at the University of West England, came across a Z. insignis specimen that had been languishing in a museum collection for some time, and texted a picture of it to his colleague Dr. Erik Seifert, at the University of Southern California. That text message eventually inspired a new field expedition to search for a surviving population on Bioko Island, off the coast of Equatorial Guinea. Thus, while this is anything but a "new" species, the expedition's discovery of an island population of "living fossils" was a new and noteworthy revelation.
Zenkerella insignis specimen (Credit: Steven Heritage)
2. New species of basslet named in honor of President Obama (Tosanoides obama)
Tosanoides obama (Credit: Richard L. Pyle, Bishop Museum)
While this small tropical fish doesn't have an official common name yet, its Latin name has made it an immediate celebrity: Tosanoides obama was named in honor of U.S. President Barack Obama, in honor of his contributions to marine conservation. This basslet was discovered in Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument (PMNM), surrounding the far northwest Hawaiian islands. When Obama expanded PMNM in August 2016, he made it the largest protected wildlife reserve in the world–marine or terrestrial– covering 582,578 square miles (1,508,870 square km). That is approximately twice the size of Texas.
In addition to T. obama, PMNM is home to around 7,000 species, including endangered sea turtles and marine mammals. With the expansion of the park, we can look forward to a wealth of new research from that part of the Pacific.
Credit: Brian Skerry
3. Ruby seadragon (Phyllopteryx dewysea)
Phyllopteryx dewysea (Credit: Western Australia Museum)
Here there be dragons. The list of known sea dragon species increased by 50% this year, with the discovery of only the third species known to science. The ruby sea dragon (Phyllopteryx dewysea), found off the coast of Western Australia, is the first new sea dragon species to be described in over 150 years.
What is a sea dragon, anyway? It is a highly derived fish, and is closely related to the sea horses. They are not strong swimmers, and tend to "go with the flow," gliding along in the ocean waves. Phyllopteryx dewysea is a deeper red color than the other two known species of sea dragon, leading researchers to believe that it may spend its time deeper in the ocean waters than its relatives. Red wavelengths of light are absorbed underwater, making red a better and better camouflage the deeper one dives. This preference for deeper waters could also explain why the species hadn't been discovered until this year.
4. Peacock spider (Maratus spp.)
Peacock spiders are gorgeous and entertaining little arachnids. This year not one but seven new peacock spider species were described, all in the genus Maratus. These jumping spiders are known for the bright, iridescent patterns that adorn the males. As with peacocks, males use these colorful features as part of elaborate courtship displays, and females are drab in comparison.
My personal favorite from the Peacock Spider Class of 2016 is M. bubo: "Bubo" is genus name for horned owls and eagle-owls, in honor of the colorful pattern on this spider that looks like a tiny owl portrait.
Maratus bubo (Credit: Jürgen Otto)
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5. Ghost octopus (Latin name TBD)
In February of 2016, scientists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) unveiled a surprise character from deep-sea rover footage: a round, pale little octopus that was previously unknown to science. Living at a depth of over 4,000 meters (13,123 feet, or about 2.5 miles), this creature is thought to be not only a new species, but an entirely new genus.
And it's cute: this cephalopod charmed the world, becoming an internet sensation overnight, frequently being compared to Casper the friendly ghost.
The "ghostopus" is so unique that more analysis must be done before it can be officially described and named. Meanwhile, more exploration of the sea floor around the Hawaiian islands may turn up more individuals, and even more species not yet known to science.
The Lemur Underground
From bears slumbering in their dens to frogs sinking into muddy tombs of suspended animation, a wide spectrum of animals use hibernation to survive inhospitable seasons.
We tend to associate hibernating creatures with cold, wintry environments – just a mention of hibernation conjures images of snow-blanketed forests and ice-covered ponds. A group of small tropical primates is breaking the trend, however—recent research has revealed that dwarf lemurs in Madagascar hibernate for up to eight months of the year.
Madagascar (in red box)
Cheirogaleus crossleyi
While scientists already knew that that the western fat-tailed dwarf lemur (Cheirogaleus medius) spends seven months of the year hibernating in tree holes (Dausmann et al. 2004), until recently there was no evidence that any other primate species on earth undertakes significant hibernation periods. A recent paper in Nature's open access journal, Scientific Reports, presents new evidence of hibernation in two other primate species, the Sibree's dwarf lemur (C. sibreei) and the Crossley's dwarf lemur (C. crossleyi), both of which occur in east-central Madagascar's high altitude forests (Blanco et al. 2013). While it may not seem as though primates would need to hibernate on a tropical island, Madagascar's mountainous regions can indeed experience temperatures that dip below freezing—a significant thermoregulatory challenge for a squirrel-sized primate. Thus, a research group from Duke University Lemur Center decided to see if the overwintering strategies of eastern dwarf lemurs resembled that of the western species.
The researchers managed to trap dwarf lemurs prior to hibernation season, and outfitted each animal with a collar that featured both a radio transmitter and a temperature sensor. The collars allowed the animals to be located after they had retreated to their hibernacula, in addition to tracking fluctuations in body temperature while the lemurs were hibernating.
Eastern Madagascar
The researchers found that not only do these tropical lemurs hibernate for 3-6 months out of the year, the arboreal creatures actually spend their hibernation underground, despite their lack of adaptations for a fossorial (digging and burrowing) lifestyle. The lemurs nestled 10-40 cm (4-16 inches) beneath a the forest's floor of secondary roots and humus, no small feat for an animal that appears to be optimized for life in the treetops. Each lemur denned up alone, and they used just one or two hibernacula sites per season.
This underground hibernation habit is intriguing; the other lemur species known to hibernate, C. medius, uses tree hollows exclusively. The researchers suggest that this difference in hibernation sites could be partially due to constraints imposed by soil type: soil in C. medius' habitat is hard and dry, unlike the soft soils of the eastern forests. Another interesting point about hibernacula choice is that the eastern species use tree hollows, rather than burrows, for their normal resting periods during the non-hibernation season, meaning that hibernation is an event with a very specific site selection pattern, rather than just an extended rest in their usual shelters.
Temperature data from the collars showed that C. sibreei and C. crossleyi tend to keep their body temperatures more stable than C. medius, which may highlight another advantage of subterranean hibernation. Soil provides more resistance to ambient temperature fluctuations than hollow trees, meaning that the eastern species are better insulated during hibernation than their western relative.
A final noteworthy aspect of this study is that C. sibreei and C. crossleyi are basal species (less derived than many other species) within their branch of the lemur phylogeny. This raises the question of whether their hibernation patterns may be an ancestral condition for dwarf lemurs. In the mean time, you never know what could be underfoot in the forest . . .
Blanco, M. B., Dausmann, K. H., Ranaivoarisoa, J. F., Yoder, A. D. 2013. Underground hibernation in a primate. Science Reports. 3:1768.
Dausmann, K. H., Glos, J., Ganzhorn, J. U., Heldmaier, G. 2013. Hibernation in a tropical primate. Nature. 429:825-826.
Categories: mammals | Tags: ecology, evolution, hibernation, lemurs, madagascar, mammals, physiology, primates | Permalink.
From Carrion to Carriers: Crows Transmit Infectious Prions
Most of us recall learning the basic rules of protein structure and folding in high school science classes (if not, see neat interactive animations here). Basically, form equals function, and a protein must be correctly folded in order to perform its duties. The critical nature of this process cannot be overstated, and the results of misfolded proteins in the brain—also known as prions—can be gruesome.
Rabies, "mad cow disease," foot-and-mouth disease, kuru, chronic wasting disease—all of these ghastly illnesses are caused by prions, which are more technically known as transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs). Foaming at the mouth, loss of muscle control, hallucinations, hydrophobia . . . the symptoms of prion disorders can lead to truly tragic and painful deaths, all ultimately due to a few misshapen proteins.
Despite the Hollywood-worthy symptoms of prion disorders, the most disturbing part of a TSE is the 'T' part: "transmissible." The specter of such a devastating brain disease being passed from one individual to another seems like something out of a cheap horror novel—and yet it happens every day.
We typically think about TSE infections as resulting from direct contact with an infected animal. However, what if you could become infected simply from exposure to feces left by an exposed yet unsymptomatic vector? A recent PLoS ONE paper describes a study on passive transmission of infectious prions by crows, highlighting a form of prion dissemination that is little-known, yet potentially very important from a disease ecology perspective. What happens when prions can hitch rides on non-symptomatic, aerial hosts?
Crows are notorious scavengers, and feed upon carcasses that may have died from any number of traumas or diseases. It is already known that TSE diseases can be spread by the consumption of flesh: kuru, a lethal form of encephalopathy found amongst the Fore people of Papua New Guinea, is transmitted through ritual cannibalism during funeral rites. Given that prion disorders such as chronic wasting disease and rabies are not uncommon amongst wildlife, there is a realistic possibility that scavengers will be exposed to TSE-infected flesh. The risks to scavengers are obvious, but the hazards extend beyond these animals. Will the prion strains remain infective after the infected food has been digested and excreted? This is a critical question that must be answered if we are to understand the role that scavengers play in transporting pathogens from place to place after feeding on carrion.
In the recent experiment reported by VerCauteren and colleagues, 20 American crows (Corvus brachyrhynchus) were fed mouse brain material infected with scrapie prions, to simulate feeding upon prion-infected carcasses. Next, the researchers obtained feces samples from the birds, and injected them into lab mice (the CF+ treatment group) to see if the disease remained infectious after passing through the birds' digestive systems. Another set of mice (the MB+ treatment group) was injected directly with infected mouse brain material—the same substance that had been fed to the crows.
The results were striking. There were a handful of fatalities due to toxicity from uric acid in the bird feces, but all of the mice that survived for at least three days after the inoculations exhibited neurological dysfunctions characteristic of prion disorders. They also all tested positive for prion infection during their postmortem examinations.
Mice that were injected directly with mouse brain material (the MB+ group) developed neurological symptoms 15 days earlier than those infected through crow fecal material (CF+ group), suggesting that indirect infection may provide a smaller dose, although still enough to be ultimately lethal. Between 83-100% of the crows were estimated to produce feces capable of infecting mammals with the prion disorder.
It is important to keep these results in perspective. This study was designed to provide conservative estimates of post-digestion prion infectivity. The type of scrapie that was used in this study, the RML Chandler strain, is more sensitive to enzymatic activity than many others. This means that more robust strains of prion disorders may be even more infective after ingestion and excretion by birds – an ominous scenario indeed.
The implications of these results are important and fascinating. The takeaway message of this study was that prions can remain lethally infectious after they have been digested and excreted by an avian scavenger. Crows produced infective feces within four hours of feeding, and in that amount of time a crow can travel a nontrivial distance from its initial feeding site.
This kind of transmission by volant scavengers could turn a TSE outbreak from a local, individually transmitted event into a much broader outbreak. Further research on how long prions remain infective in the feces under different environmental conditions will provide additional insights into how avian scavengers may affect the transmission dynamics of these diseases.
Prion Remains Infectious after Passage through Digestive System of American Crows (Corvus brachyrhynchos). Vercauteren, K. C., Pilon, J. L., Nash, P. B., Phillips, G. E. , and Fischer, J. W. PLoS ONE. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0045774
Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: birds, crows, disease, disease ecology, ecology, medicine, physiology, prions | Permalink.
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Jesus didn't come to be SERVED; he came to SERVE.
Matthew 20:28 - The baby born to the virgin Mary on Christmas day came into this world to serve you and me.
He didn't come as royalty to be waited on hand-and-foot. He didn't come so that others could serve him. He didn't come to lead a lavish lifestyle.
He came to lead a humble life and pour out his life for many.
Jesus came to teach us how to serve by SHOWING us how to SACRIFICE for others.
John 13:1-17 - At the Last Supper, Jesus washes his disciples' feet. He shows them how to serve with love and humility.
Jesus is the perfect example of a SERVANT leader.
1 Corinthians 9:19, 22 - "Though I am free and belong to no one, I have made myself a servant to everyone, to win as many as possible…I have become all things to all people so that by all possible means I might save some.


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Q: Replacing a list of id by the result of an SQL request I'm trying to do something like:
<entity processor="MarkLogicEntityProcessor" pk="id"
    preImportDeleteQuery="[...]"

    query="
        declare namespace xms='[...]';
        declare namespace gm='[...]';
        declare namespace qc='[...]';
        declare variable $stop as xs:integer external;
        declare variable $start as xs:integer external;
        let $ids := ('${my_entity.code}')
        let $doc_list := cts:search(collection(),
            cts:and-query((
                    cts:directory-query(('[...]'),'infinity'),
                    cts:element-value-query(fn:QName('[...]','id'), $ids),
                    cts:element-query(fn:QName('[...]','key'),cts:and-query(()))
            ))
        ,'unfiltered')
        [$start to $stop]
        return ($doc_list)"

    datasource="MyMarkLogic"
    transformer="TemplateTransformer,RegexTransformer,org.apache.solr.handler.dataimport.PictureTransformer,DateFormatTransformer,org.apache.solr.handler.dataimport.XSLTransformer"
    name="entity_edition_livre_ud">

    <entity name="my_entity"
            transformer="TemplateTransformer"
            query="SELECT GROUP_CONCAT(code SEPARATOR ''',''') as code
                FROM ref_entity"
            dataSource="my_db"
            rootEntity="true">
        <field column="code" name="code" />
    </entity>
</entity>

where
let $ids := ('${my_entity.code}')

is replacing
let $ids := ('id_1', 'id_2', 'id_4', 'id_4', 'id_5', [...])

But it doesn't work. Could I do something else ?
Thanks for help

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Have you heard about the man whose tombstone read, "I told them I was sick"?
So, the docs earned their big fee and the Pension Fund got its money's worth out of this three-day psychiatric evaluation. I have a couple new diagnoses.
That is really not so remarkable. If you attend a Peer to Peer course, NAMI's signature ten-week self-help program for loonies, you know this. One week, the participants go round the circle and tell their diagnoses, or rather, their history of diagnoses. Most trace a whole tour through the DSM, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual.
We are sorted by symptoms and severity: delusions, irritability, instability in relationships, difficulty concentrating, intrusive and persistent thoughts... I am sampling here from different chapters. Each diagnosis has its own profile of a minimum number of symptoms from a particular list, with a certain level of life dysfunction resulting from the symptoms.
There is overlap in these lists. Irritability and insomnia, for example show up in a number of them. Some lists define their own diagnosis (like depression) and then become subsets of another (like bipolar). Then there are a few that include life events as criteria, like getting arrested or hit by a bus, as well as symptoms.
The system is a bit unwieldy. Researchers never rely on somebody else's diagnosis, and often write articles about how many people are diagnosed with depression who actually have bipolar, bipolar who actually have a personality disorder.
So they keep trying to rework the DSM. The current rewrite is a couple years off its original publication date, as scientists debate the number of angels on the head of a pin, claiming they will get better results if they distinguish between people whose hypomanic symptoms last at least four days from those whose episodes last only three, while others plead the case of those who go untreated because they don't make the cut.
Doctors mostly just want to know which diagnosis the insurance company will pay for. They have to fudge sometimes when, whatever the label, the person in their office should not be let out on the street.
Therapists say it doesn't matter what the label is, as long as you get the right treatment.
Then there are patients, who do not have a voice in these debates. Well, we do have our blogs. We have discovered it does matter what the diagnosis is. The doc may say you have bipolar, because that is the only way s/he can get you a bed. But once tagged by the ER doc, the next doc prescribes those meds. And if they are the wrong meds... well, you end up in a Peer to Peer course years later, telling a tale of woe that everybody in the room already knows.
Then there is that pesky issue, even if the diagnosis is correct according to the strictest application of DSM criteria, the "right" treatment might be wrong anyway. Suddenly, once your mind has gone south, the doctors who originally prescribed the med, assuring you that they are scientists, unlike the commentators you read on message boards, turn around and remind you that medicine is an art.
The whole thing is a peculiar way of going about it. Everybody has figured out that mental illnesses are physical illnesses, that there are biological differences inside the brains and in the processes of the brains of those who have a mental illness and those who do not. They have taken pictures, both brain structures (MRIs) and brain functioning (fMRIs). They have sampled neurotransmitter and hormone levels. They have found genetic variations.
None of this verifiable information has any place in the DSM. None of it is used in the exam, not even if the exam goes on for three days. They examine our heads, not our brains. They consider their prescriptions a success when symptoms (and only certain symptoms, at that) go away, not when the dysfunctions that caused them are repaired, and not when we actually get well.
What If Cardiology Worked Like Psychiatry?
Okay, so imagine you went to your doc complaining of tightness in your chest. Let's call this Tight Chest Syndrome. Big Pharma has spent years developing remedies for tight chest syndrome. Each company runs its research, comparing its remedy with the other companys' remedies and suppressing the publication of studies in which the other company came out looking better.
Great news! Your doctor has a whole cupboard of things to try for your tight chest. Ben Gay, antibiotics, beta-blockers, Valium -- just the beginning. If one doesn't work, keep trying!!!
So once upon a time I met the diagnostic criteria for Major Depressive Disorder, and was given Prozac, the starter drug from the doctor's cupboard. Prozac, like most of the antidepressants that 11 out of every 100 people in the United States are currently taking, is a stimulant. It perks up glutamate, the neurotransmitter that tells the brain cells to go.
The go message from Prozac and every other SSRI and SNRI I took said go to my anxiety and suicidal thoughts. Not a good idea. The fact that they made me so much worse was part of the evidence that maybe my glutamate didn't need perking up after all.
The results of that chemistry experiment is the most common path by which a diagnosis of MDD is changed to bipolar.
So then I started taking a med to increase my GABA, the neurotransmitter that tells the brain to slow. And that does help with the anxiety, though it has its own drawbacks, chief among them that it doesn't cut the depression and could become addictive, a new problem I don't need.
So which is it? Too much glutamate/not enough GABA, or the other way round?
They spent a whole lot of money on research in heart disease, found biological markers, and use them to make a better diagnosis. Like, your doctor checks whether your cholesterol or blood pressure are out of whack, if things are firing as they are supposed to, if your arteries are blocked. They listen to your chest to find out if maybe your tight chest is from pneumonia. They ask if you just joined a gym and overdid the bench presses.
Then they prescribe meds on the basis of measurable results. As a consequence, the death rate from heart disease is dropping.
Over in psych, we are still guessing. These people in Houston question the bipolar diagnosis, went back to MDD. But at least they paid attention to what happens when I take the meds for MDD, so did not recommend I try the newest one out.
Wouldn't it be nice to take a test before taking a pill that could kill me?
Well, there are lots of options here for the source of the problem. Many are interconnected. We have the research tools today to make the breakthroughs. We don't have the research dollars. We don't have the political will.
Patrick Kennedy is putting his name behind the Moonshot to the Mind, an effort to generate that will and to replicate the successes we have achieved in curing heart disease and cancer. We'll see.
Meanwhile, what do I do with my set of diagnoses, the work of one family practitioner, one psychologist and three psychiatrists, now superseded by another three psychiatrists?
I plan to tell a different story about mental illness, mine and yours. It is the power of story. This critique of the DSM continues next week through the lens of story.


estates;' to be reinstalled amid boundless jubilee from all Paris.
four hours was, in those times, no uncommon allowance.
our form of government? Nothing.--What does it want? To become Something.
not to fly to the mountains, and hide himself?
it needs but one to save us."--How many to destroy us?
Poor Necker in the midst of such an anarchy does what is possible for him.
separate bodies; 'vote by head, or vote by class,'--ordre as they call it?
as battle-flag, with the best omens!
gone) to begin electing them.
doleances),' of which latter there is no lack.
on duty, sits querulous, almost tremulous.
de la Ville de Nantes, du 28 Janvier 1789, avant leur depart pour Rennes.
Briareus snaps your cords like green rushes. Tie up? Alas, Messieurs!
Noblesse must even let the mad world have its way. (Hist. Parl. i. 287.
obstreperous fierce-glaring man. Expelled he accordingly is.
thus that the last of the Gracchi perished, by the hands of the Patricians.
what it can and may, Mirabeau stalks forth into the Third Estate.
he has become a world compeller, and ruler over men.
One other incident and specialty we note; with how different an interest!
not even once, but let it be engulphed unseen by us.
clear, the Paris Elections will be late.
those 'immense Magazines of velvet paper' has aught befallen? Alas, yes!
chafing and friction it would appear the National temper has got electric.
that happened to pass that way' have been seized as a visible godsend.
from roof and window,--tiles, execrations and slain men!
leaves his wine; goes out with a friend or two, to see the fighting.
Versailles,--a thing the man of true worth is used to. (Besenval, iii.
stroke; announcing indisputable Mastership to a whole astonished world.
Building, as if there were no other building,--look to its guns!
Majesty has smiles for all.
frilled individuals to the number of two thousand,--may sit and look.
Broad passages flow through it; and, outside the inner wall, all round it.
crimson tasseled cloths, and emblematic fleurs-de-lys are not wanting.
Church; to march in procession to Notre-Dame, and hear sermon.
Democracy; sick Time has given it birth, the numbered months being run.
new one is to be born. What a work, O Earth and Heavens, what a work!
there be not; and let what thing or things soever will follow it follow.
opening his Chapter of World-History.
Fourteen Hundred Men blown together from all winds, on the deepest errand.
Minister, and one of the gala personages; to his own eyes the chief one.
Necker,'--a theorem that will not hold.
children: but it was not thy task, it was not thy lot.
account of such a day.
tile-coloured whiskers, not yet with tile-beard; an unjust dealer in mules?
He shall be, in a few months, Jourdan the Headsman, and have other work.
this? Any faintest light of hope; like dayspring after Nova-Zembla night?
Faubourg St. Antoine. Two other Figures, and only two, we signalise there.
Commons Deputies are at hand!
Riquetti de Mirabeau, the world-compeller; man-ruling Deputy of Aix!
National Assembly? I am that."
over him, prepared him from afar. Did not his Grandfather, stout Col.
determined to train him as no lion had yet been! It is in vain, O Marquis!
sole use, do but astonish the world.
sonorous, of the drum species.
exclaim: Out upon it, the fire is mine!
lost the glorious natural gift of fellowship, of being helped. Rare union!
can make men love him, work with him: a born king of men!
formulas,' shall now become the spokesman of a Nation bent to do the same.
bare, if need be, till she have found new ones.
there is none like and none second to thee.
for his conscience will not permit the dooming of any son of Adam to die.
France were grown acetous virulent? We shall see.
not, indeed, the task here?
in his thick shoes, whithersoever bound.
prophecy: for indeed the Parisian Deputies are all a little late.
the vanquished one pleased Sieyes (victa Catoni).
the Procession of the Commons Deputies rolled by.
There are Liancourt, and La Rochefoucault; the liberal Anglomaniac Dukes.
high-plumed 'hats of a feudal cut'? Reeds shaken in the wind!
old Father earns, by making shoes,--one may hope, in a sufficient manner.
only for this age of ours,--Age of Paper, and of the Burning of Paper.
redact; and none cries, God bless them.
Heaven above him, or Hell beneath him; he has no God in the world.
What further or better belief can be said to exist in these Twelve Hundred?
the old had been, was it to be born in the Destruction of a World?
near side spaces, where Beauty sits raining bright influence.
succeeding one-hour and two-hour speeches of Garde-des-Sceaux and M.
revenue,--no reader of these pages shall be tried.
taking off his own royal hat again.
which, significantly enough, France has opened her States-General.
obedience, shall be healed of all woes and serpent-bites.
rings, are a main object with us.
Jacques has not fixed the date of?
'verifying their powers,' not in a conjoint but in a separate capacity.
Order to be left in a perpetual minority?
such? It must be resisted; wise was that maxim, Resist the beginnings!
itself to a 'system of inertia,' and for the present remain inorganic.
will now more than ever be, in deepest study as to that very matter.
number, if the Commons will meet them, Commission against Commission!
complexity: what will wise Commons say to this?
what force would gather round it.
nothing. Necker himself, were he even listened to, begins to look blue.
sergeant morality, such as may be depended on.
be; and might be, when so menaced from without: entire, undivided within.
restrained by an Archbishop of Paris. It seems a losing game.
he; whereat the Galleries and the World will not be kept from applauding.
Commons have a still older grudge at him; nor has he yet done with them.
Antoine, and the Twenty-five Millions in danger of starvation!
languishes, if it be not that of making motions.
kind of Wooden Tent (en planches de bois); (Histoire Parlementaire, i.
accidental street-group, over wide France, was not an Enraged Club!
till it break itself! An eager public crowds all Galleries and vacancies!
come over to them, constitute the States-General, and so cheapen grains!
shall see! Are not one Hundred and Forty-nine of them ready to desert?
spirited thither; conjurors many of them; but can they conjure this?
Necker himself were now welcome, could he interfere to purpose.
Oeil-de-Boeuf, for its part, resolves on.
character of a disconjured conjuror there--fit only for dismissal.
most deep question;--scarcely answerable in living political dialects.
the Oeil-de-Boeuf may well ask themselves, Whither?
bill he does not mean to pay.
comfortablest: raw; it is even drizzling a little. (Bailly, Memoires, i.
Guillotin and others, has found place in the Tennis-Court of the Rue St.
wing, the Commons Deputies angrily wend.
tapes; Bailly has constituted the Assembly.
four corners of France tremble.
118); A. Lameth, &c.) which, by a new felicity, is postponed till Tuesday.
Mirabeau, c. 4.) for it is growing a life-and-death matter now.
known, not without longwindedness, the determinations of the royal breast.
European History have been different!
this? Apparition of Mercurius de Breze, muttering somewhat!--"Speak out,"
But what does the Oeil-de-Boeuf, now when De Breze shivers back thither?
shall be shouted for, carried home in triumph; and must not be dismissed.
which you were drawing out, had better be drawn in again. (Bailly, i.
217.) There is no sending of bayonets to be thought of.
above all, poor Queen's Husband, who means well, had he any fixed meaning!
it slighted; Majesty's express orders set at nought.
now gathered round it, may hope to stand.
things forever inscrutable to men.
Queen's Mews, cannon stand pointed on the National Assembly Hall itself.
of command.' (A. Lameth, Assemblee Constituante, i. 41.) What means it?
hear of, reverberated through Twenty-five Millions of suspicious minds!
mad most hearts in France. What will the issue of these things be?
calmest man it is becoming too plain that battle is inevitable.
Inevitable, silently nod Messeigneurs and Broglie: Inevitable and brief!
to; but remains yet unrevoked: he himself shall effect it, seul il fera!
grapeshot (salve de canons), if need be, will give quick account of it.
cause; but, as would seem, your own only, and no other god's nor man's.
him to his cell, with protest.
saluted with mere nicknames, hootings and even missiles? (Besenval, iii.
Champs Elysees, with four pieces of artillery.
utmost Vincennes, from Saint-Denis to the Champ-de-Mars, we are begirt!
Job's-news: Necker, People's Minister, Saviour of France, is dismissed.
Aristocrat Breteuil; Foulon who said the people might eat grass!
Rumour, therefore, shall arise; in the Palais Royal, and in broad France.
thunder-peals, of Fury stirred on by Fear.
this great moment.--Friends, continues Camille, some rallying sign!
Necker's Portrait has erewhile figured, aloft on its perch.
gone rabid, dance,--with the Fiend for piper!
However, Besenval, with horse and foot, is in the Place Louis Quinze.
plundered; the streets are a living foam-sea, chafed by all the winds.
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Q: Understanding CONSTRUCT templates I'm learning SPARQL right now, and I'm having trouble understanding the limits of CONSTRUCT templates. Normally everything works fine, just about the way I'd expect it to. However, my understanding breaks down when I start to make templates that don't semantically make sense. Here's an example:
I have the following data stored:
me:     a        foaf:Person .
foaf:mbox  rdfs:label  "Email" .

With a default template of ?s ?p ?o, I obviously get that exact data back. If I go for something a bit nonsenical, like this:
CONSTRUCT {
    ?type ?labeled ?label
}
WHERE {
    me: a ?type .
    ?labeled rdfs:label ?label .
}

I get back this triple:
foaf:Person  foaf:mbox  "Email" .

This kinda makes sense to me, because there's three variables, and each has only one value it can bind to in the dataset. However, as soon as I switch the order of the variables in the template to be like this: ?type ?label ?labeled, I get literally nothing back. Why is that? The template ?type ?labeled ?label already breaks the original structure of the data and I still get something back, so why would ?type ?label ?labeled be any different?

A: As noted by @AKSW, literals can't be predicates. "Email" is a literal, and thus it couldn't be CONSTRUCTed into a predicate position.


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package ubc.pavlab.aspiredb.shared.query;

import org.directwebremoting.annotations.DataTransferObject;

/**
 * author: anton date: 10/05/13
 */
@DataTransferObject(javascript = "CopyNumberProperty")
public class IndelLengthProperty extends NumericProperty {
    public IndelLengthProperty() {
        super( "Indel Length", "indelLength" );
    }
}


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The Arc of Essex County's 21st Annual Building Tomorrows 5K Run, Family Walk, and Fun Fest is just 3 weeks away! You won't want to miss all of the excitement in store including donuts and chair massages for all 5K runners and a visit from Batman, including his Batmobile!
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Timeline: The 5K will kick off at 9 a.m., followed by the Family Walk at 10:15 a.m. and the Fun Fest from 10:30am -1:00pm.
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The truth that damage prompted to skin cells through sunburn can not just accelerate the growing older procedure, but also improve the possibility of cataracts and skin most cancers, should certainly demand from customers our notice.
When confronted with the potential chance of having to treat additional than just the momentary indicators and discomfort of sunburn, doesnt it make a lot more perception to stay away from the risk in the first place?
Seek out prevention rather than get rid of!
1. Use protective clothes, like a lengthy-sleeve shirt along with a hat. Look at the additional defense of the umbrella or shade wherever appropriate.
2. Stay away from Solar publicity amongst ten am and 3 pm if at all achievable.
three. Understand that UV rays are present even on cloudy days.
four. Take into account that sunlight is strongly mirrored from sand, snow, ice, water and concrete, which could intensify your immediate sunlight exposure.
5. Use sunscreen made up of a Sunshine defense aspect (SPF) of at the very least 15, a minimum of 15 minutes ahead of likely out in the Solar.
6. Reapply sunscreen at typical intervals even though out while in the Sunshine, particularly when you will be perspiring intensely or swimming.
7. Take into account that UV overexposure isn't limited to Sunlight exposure. Sunburn also can take place because of UV publicity from other resources together with tanning beds/lamps, welding arcs etc.
Prevention is often a considerably better treatment than heal. During the celebration however, you learn any unusual moles or growths on your skin (significantly if theyre irregular in form, bleed, itch, or look like changing) – consult your healthcare company without delay.
On the subject of overexposure of UV rays and sunburn that bring about skin most cancers, early detection will definitely guide in providing you with more practical procedure. But taking into consideration your options beforehand what is going to present the most beneficial result in your overall health? Prevention or Remedy? I'm sure which one Id select…!