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A GSA Schedule Contractor Team Arrangement (CTA) is an arrangement in which two or more GSA Schedule contractors team together to provide a total solution to meet a customer's needs. Under Schedule CTAs, contractors complement each other and it allows teams to compete for orders for which they may not qualify independently. GSA encourages the use of CTAs to meet buyer's requirements.
NOTE: FAR 9.6, Contractor Team Arrangements, does not apply to GSA Schedules teaming. Under GSA Schedules, Teaming allows contractors to use their individual GSA Schedules to develop a solution for the government.
The Schedules CTA does not create a separate legal entity, but allows Schedule contractors to meet buyer's requirements by combining the supplies and/or services from each team member's separate Schedule contract in response to a buyer's Request for Quote.
Benefits for Schedule Contractors and Government Buyers
By using a CTA, government buyers can:
Get a total solution by contractors who team together to complement each other
Satisfy socioeconomic procurement goals.
By forming a CTA, GSA Schedule contractors can:
Compete for Schedule orders for which they wouldn't otherwise qualify
Increase their market share and become more competitive
Reduce risk by sharing responsibilities with other team members
Focus on the supplies and services that best match their company's resources and strengths
Find greater success as a small and/or disadvantaged business
CTAs versus Prime/Subcontractor Relationships
The CTA differs from a partnership between a prime contractor and subcontractor in that all members of the team are equal parties to the contract. Other important differences are detailed below:
Contractor Team Arrangement (CTA)
Prime Contractor / Subcontractor Arrangement
Each team member must have a GSA Schedule contract. Only the prime contractor must have a GSA Schedule contract.
Each team member is responsible for duties addressed in the CTA document. The prime contractor cannot delegate responsibility for performance to subcontractors.
Each team member has privity of contract with the government and can interact directly with the government. Only the prime contractor has privity of contract with the government and can interact with the government. The prime contractor is responsible for its subcontracting activities. Buying agencies are encouraged to specify in the Request for Quotation (RFQ) that the CO must approve using subcontractors before they can perform.
The buying entity is invoiced at each team member's unit prices or hourly rates as agreed in the task or delivery order or GSA Schedule BPA. The buying agency is invoiced according to the prime contractor's GSA Schedule contract, including any applicable price reductions.
Total solutions, otherwise impossible under individual GSA Schedule contracts, can be put together quickly and easily. The prime contractor is limited to the supplies and/or services awarded on its GSA Schedule contract.
CTA Guidance for Buyers
Ordering Procedures for CTAs under Schedules
Schedule CTAs are considered a special ordering procedure under FAR 8.403(b).
FAR 9.6 CTA procedures do not apply to contractor teaming under Schedules.
The buyer should evaluate the CTA Agreement to ensure they understand the proposed solution and that it meets the requirements of the solicitation.
Ordering guidance for Schedule CTAs can be found in the MAS Desk Reference, the CTA Guide and CTA training video series.
Buyer's Evaluation of the CTA
The ordering activity should evaluate the team agreement to:
Ensure the proposed solution will meet their needs
Gain an understanding of how the arrangement will work
Identify any areas of responsibility that may require clarification
Identify deficiencies in the CTA in order to understand the probability of successful performance
Verify proposed prices/rates against MAS contract awarded prices/rates
Reporting Guidance for Government Buyers
Government buyers must accurately achieve and report on their small business goals, including accurately reporting to the Federal Procurement Data System (FPDS).
Under CTAs, each contractor has privity of contract with the buying agency.
When a Schedule order is awarded with a CTA, small business achievement in contractual terms is based upon the dollar amount of the work the small business contractors perform under the order.
The Federal Procurement Data System (FPDS) currently will only accept information relating to one contractor per order. Therefore, the buying agency must determine which CTA member is realizing the preponderance of the revenue for an order and report that contractor's information to FPDS.
Contractor Responsibility
Under a Schedules CTA, each member of the team maintains privity of contract and is responsible for their portion of the work per the terms and conditions set forth in their Schedule contract. GSA Schedule contracts contain clause I-FSS-40, Contractor Team Arrangements, which state that contractors participating in contractor team arrangements must abide by all terms and conditions of their respective contracts.
The CTA teaming agreement should identify each team member's role and responsibility for the work being performed at the order level. These roles and responsibilities are defined by the team, not the government.
The following terms and definitions apply to GSA Schedules teaming:
"Contractor Team Arrangement" means a Federal Supply Schedule Contractor Team Arrangement (CTA) where an arrangement is established between two or more Schedule contractors who work together to meet agency requirements.
"Contractor Team Arrangement Agreement" means the written agreement between team members detailing the responsibilities of the team and each team member.
"Team Leader" means the contractor who has been designated as the leader and whose responsibilities have been outlined in the CTA Agreement.
"Team Member" means each contractor who is designated as a member of the Team and performs duties as outlined in the CTA Agreement. Each member must hold their own GSA Schedule contract and offer a portion of the solution via the contract.
Using CTAs in a GSA Schedules Order
Contractors may establish CTAs in advance of any known requirement or after requirements are publicized. The CTA Agreement should be submitted with the quotation for review and evaluation by the buyer.
Recommended Team Agreement Elements
The CTA Agreement document is developed solely by the team partners and submitted to the buyer as part of the response to the solicitation. GSA recommends, at a minimum (additional items may be added by the team to ensure a clear and concise document), the following items be addressed in the agreement:
Duration of the agreement. Define the duration of the partnering agreement, identify any options, and describe how each option will work.
Team Leader. Provide detailed outline of Team Leader responsibilities and specify the contractor who will perform as the Team Leader. If the Team Leader will change throughout the order performance period, the document should describe the reasons for such changes and how the Team Leader will be designated during order performance.
Team Members. Specify the responsibilities of each Team Member and any limitations on those responsibilities.
Communications. CTAs should outline points of contact for each Team Member (contractor). Since the government has privity with all Team Members, the buyer may communicate directly with CTA Team Members.
Invoicing and Payments. Designate team responsibilities for invoicing and payment. The CTA document should clearly indicate that all Team Members agree to the method of payment. The CTA Agreement should acknowledge that the Team Members, without any involvement by the government, would resolve any dispute involving the distribution of payment between the Team Leader and the Team Members.
Legal Relationship. The CTA document must not create a joint venture or separate subsidiary. Each Team Member is operating as a "prime" for the portion of work they are performing.
Delivery responsibility. State whether the Team Leader or each member is responsible for a particular part of the project, so that delivery responsibility is clearly established.
Confidential information. Identify any proprietary information and specify how such proprietary information and related rights will be managed.
Identification of parties. The CTA Agreement should:
Be documented in writing and signed by each participating GSA Schedule contractor
Identify each member of the CTA by name, address, GSA Schedule contract number, and Point of Contact (POC)
State the name and address of the ordering activity
State that the agreement is solely between the team members
Conflicting Terms. The CTA Agreement shall not conflict with the terms and conditions of each team member's FSS contract. In the event of a conflict, the FSS contract shall take precedence.
Specific team activities. State the various types of activities that will be incorporated into the team arrangement and identify who is primarily responsible for each identified activity.
Independent contractors. The CTA Agreement should state that all Team Members remain independent contractors, responsible for their own employees.
Replacement of team members. Address the circumstances and procedures for replacement of Team Members, including the Team Leader, and should state that the team must obtain the approval of the ordering activity prior to replacing any team member after receipt of an order.
Performance evaluation. Clarify under whose name the government should evaluate performance in CPARS. FAR 8.406-7 requires ordering activities to enter evaluations in CPARS for all orders exceeding the Simplified Acquisition Threshold (SAT).
Reporting of sales and Industrial Funding Fee (IFF) payment responsibility. Specify that each team member is responsible for tracking and reporting its own sales IAW the terms and conditions of the FSS contract and for paying the related IFF.
Pricing. Specify unit prices or hourly rates and how pricing is calculated; list the supplies/services and pricing, including any team lead task management pricing, if applicable; note that all prices charged to the buyer must be at or below the applicable contractor's FSS contract prices; and explain how any order incentives or fees will be divided within the team if applicable.
Liabilities. Document each Team Member's responsibilities and performance requirements, so that liability is clearly established.
Ordering procedures. Document how the team will handle processing orders from the government.
CTAs and Small Business Set-Asides
When forming a Team in response to a small business set-aside, all team members must meet the socioeconomic status for the set-aside and the limitations on subcontracting (FAR 52.219-14) apply. i.e. the small business team members must perform at least 50% of the value of the work to be completed.
Buyers are responsible for accurately achieving and reporting on their small business goals, including accurate reporting to the Federal Procurement Data System (FPDS). Under CTAs, each contractor has privity of contract with the buying activity. When a GSA Schedules order is awarded with a CTA, small business achievement in contractual terms is based upon the dollar amount of the work the small business contractors perform under the order. FPDS currently will only accept information relating to one contractor per order. The buyer must determine which CTA member is realizing the preponderance of the revenue on an order and report that contractor's information to FPDS.
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Specialist NFP legal service PilchConnect says it's disappointed that the Productivity Commission Report hasn't recommended a specialist regulator for Australian charities.
Specialist legal service for Not for Profit community organisations PilchConnect says it's disappointed that the Productivity Commission has missed the opportunity to clearly articulate the need for an independent, specialist regulator for charities and community organisations in Australia.
In a major report on the Contribution of the Not-for-Profit Sector released today, the Productivity Commission revealed that, in addition to obvious social and community benefits, Australia's Not for Profit sector also contributes close to $43 billion (4.3%) to the country's economy.
The Productivity Commission's report makes recommendations aimed at simplifying regulation for charities and NFP community organisations, in order to maximise the valuable contribution they make to Australian society.
Sue Woodward, Senior Lawyer at PilchConnect says while the Commission has ultimately recommended a new national, specialist Registrar for Community and Charitable Purpose Organisations, it has suggested that a division of ASIC may be an appropriate interim 'regulator' for Australian Not for Profits for at least the next 5 years.
Woodward describes this as a messy compromise.
She says she is the most disappointing aspect of the Productivity Commission's report which otherwise explains and quantifies the value of the Not for Profit sector.
Woodward points out that in other countries like England, New Zealand and Singapore they have long recognised the importance of the sector and have established specialist regulators or charity commissions.
She asks why should Australia's Not for Profit sector, worth $43 billion and a major player in delivery of government services, be short changed in this way?
Pilch Connect is still looking at the detail in this report, but they are concerned that a Registrar within ASIC is inadequate and does not take into account the significance, and completely different needs, of the Not for Profit sector.
Woodward says that tiered, on-line and nationally consistent reporting to a specialist regulator would enable the compliance burden for all NFP organisations to be significantly reduced, while at the same time enhancing the transparency and accountability of NFP organisations.
She notes that the Rudd Labor Government's 2009 platform expressed a commitment to a national regulatory framework for Not for Profits and she urged the Federal Government to establish a separate, specialist regulator from the outset.
Woodward says the sector touches every Australian in some way – people volunteer, they're a member of a club, they may receive welfare services from a Not for Profit or donate time or money to a charity or community group – and clear, urgent and comprehensive reform is vital for a sector that has immense economic and social significance, but is struggling under regulatory red-tape.


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Former cable standout series "Leverage" is returning after a decade off the air in a continuation of TV's favorite rob-from-the-rich-give-to-the-poor storyline. "Leverage: Redemption" premieres July 9 on IMDb TV. Pictured, from left: Noah Wyle (Harry Wilson), Gina Bellman (Sophie Devereaux), Christian Kane (Eliot Spencer), Aldis Hodge (Alec Hardison), Aleyse Shannon (Breanna Casey) and Beth Riesgraf (Parker) on the set of IMDb TV Original Series "Leverage: Redemption." (Amazon Studios photos by Alfonso Bresciani)
'Leverage' crew steals a second season on IMDb TV
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Fan-favorite series 'Leverage: Redemption' has been picked up for another season on Amazon's free streaming service
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The rich and powerful take what they want, and the "Leverage" team has reunited to take them down. Sophie Devereaux (the grifter), Parker (the thief), Eliot Spencer (the hitter), and Alec Hardison (the hacker) watched the world change over the last eight years. It had become easier – and sometimes even legal – for the rich to become richer and the powerful to squash anyone who got in their way. The "Leverage" team found new blood in Harry Wilson, a corporate lawyer looking for redemption after realizing he'd been sitting on the wrong side of the table for his entire career; and in Breanna Casey, Hardison's foster sister who has a knack for computers, robotics, and getting into trouble.
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I came across a lovely quote about writing – on Graham Beattie's blog, see my blogroll for a connection to it, it's great – and for some reason it resonated with a very sweet quote I heard the other day about throwing things away.
I particularly like that because it's reassuring about the journey that writing presents. The quote makes me feel less anxious about not knowing where I'm going with something, when I don't know (and I often don't). All too often I just feel my way along, and the quote suggests to me that it'll be absolutely fine to go ahead like that. So thanks, E.L., and also thanks Graham.
And I suppose the reason why that gives me such pleasure is (a) it's satisfyingly as well as surprisingly true, and (b) it kind of fits in with my writing philosophy, which is that nothing is wasted. And I do mean nothing.
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Papua New Guinea has dispatched a team to Singapore to renegotiate its Papua LNG agreement with French oil major Total SA (TOTF.PA), the country's petroleum minister said on Thursday, reports Trend referring to Reuters.
The state negotiating team, which includes Petroleum Minister Kerenga Kua, left on Thursday for Singapore and will return early next week with a report, a statement by the minister's officer said.
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Felipe Augusto Rodrigues Pires, mais conhecido como Felipe Pires (São Paulo, 18 de abril de 1995), é um futebolista brasileiro que atua como atacante. Atualmente joga pelo Volos NFC.

Carreira

Red Bull Salzburg
Ele fez sua estreia Europeia pelo Red Bull Salzburg, em 19 de fevereiro de 2015, numa derrota contra o Villarreal por 1–2 no jogo de ida da fase final da UEFA Europa League, substituindo Massimo Bruno aos 64 minutos de jogo. Uma semana depois, no jogo de volta, ele substituiu Takumi Minamino no segundo tempo numa derrota de 1–3, derrota essa que eliminou seu clube. No dia 6 de junho, ele marcou o último gol do Salzburg que derrotou o Austria Wien por 2-0 na final da Copa da Áustria, e leva a dobradinha daquela temporada.

Hoffenheim
Em 25 de agosto de 2015, foi anunciado que Pires havia assinado com o Hoffenheim por um valor não revelado. No dia seguinte, ele foi emprestado para o FSV Frankfurt da 2. Bundesliga.

Austria Wien
Em 24 de junho de 2016, Pires foi emprestado ao Austria Wien até o final da temporada.

Palmeiras
Em 21 de dezembro de 2018 o Palmeiras  encaminhou a contratação de Felipe Pires, meia-atacante de 23 anos que pertence ao Hoffenheim. O contrato será de um ano de empréstimo, com opção de compra.

Fez seu primeiro gol pelo Palmeiras contra o Oeste, aos 15 segundos do segundo tempo.

Fortaleza
Em julho de 2019, não tendo espaço no elenco do Palmeiras, encerrou seu contrato de empréstimo e assinou com o Fortaleza, a pedido do técnico Rogério Ceni.

Estatísticas

Títulos
 Liefering
 Austríaco De Futebol Da Primeira Liga: 2014-15

 Red Bull Salzburg
 Austríaco De Futebol Da Bundesliga: 2014-15
 Copa Da Áustria: 2014-15

Ligações externas
 FC Red Bull Salzburg perfil

 Austria Wien holte Filipovic und Pires, Rápida verpflichtete Entrup' viena.em, 24 de junho de 2016

Nascidos em 1995
Naturais da cidade de São Paulo
Futebolistas do estado de São Paulo
Futebolistas brasileiros expatriados
Futebolistas do FC Liefering
Futebolistas do FC Red Bull Salzburg
Futebolistas do FSV Frankfurt
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I used to use notepad + a little bit of discipline to organize the non-hacking things in my life. Now, i have the EpicWin app; its... EPIC.
Unfortunately (or fortunately depending on your point of view), EpicWin doesn't interrupt my day. This can be a problem when the flow has set in and morning turns to night; my love comes home to find out that well... I didn't do anything for her and now I have to deal with wife-aggro-damage-control. Using the alarm clock, I set three interrupts for 9:30am, 1:30pm, and 8:00pm. I use these interrupts to go get things done related to my life.
This really helps in finding balance between the awesome work I do and dealing with the mundane aspects of life. So, I thought I would share my quest list with the world.
I'm one of those people that can hack all day. Sit in front of a computer and enter the flow. This is great for research, hacking, making things work, and getting things done. Problematically, I have to interact with the world beyond my the limits of my skull, and my mind is supported by a problematic human body that is frail and needs to get out into the light. Ergo, I have to control the flow before it destroys me.
While I wish I could hack all day and all night, I limit myself to a maximum of 12 hours a day for work/hacking. While 12 hours is way more than needed, I break it up into 3 segments. I think anywhere between 2-4 hours is enough to get any serious task done (or series of tasks within one context). Once the flow ends, I switch to a different context. I call this the "Hardy Hack" since GH. Hardy wrote in his apology that 4 hours is the limit of time to get any serious math done; I extend this with the caveat that 4 hours is the time limit per context. If you finish the task in less than 4 hours, then goof off and have fun. The hard part is finding the discipline to make sure you are honest in how you plan your day out.
Learn to think critically while exercising.
Channel all interruptions (i.e. cell phone or email) to occur during mundane tasks.
Have you significant other go through your twitter while you do the dishes.
Learn to negotiate with the your significant other to shard tasks.
Funny post :D I didn't expect that when I came here from HackerNews! I have a review of EpicWin in my blog (read it here if you want).
I drink 2 glasses of water upon waking up, but mark them as resistance. Spirit...? Sure?
Also, I run every two days... And thinking while running proves to be pretty hard. I can barely sketch blog post ideas, less yet think about a theorem (even a lemma!). Are you really able to manage it?


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New trends in the field of immunology
B- and T- lymphocytes along with macrophages have long been regarded as the most important cells of the human immune system and have thus been a major focus of research. This has now changed and it is now the dendritic cells that are regarded as the major components of the adaptive immune system and have become a major focus of scientific interest. Research into innate immune defence mechanisms has also become more important due to the discovery of the role of Toll-like receptors as first-line of defence. The award of Nobel Prizes in Physiology or Medicine to researchers focussed on these aspects is a clear reflection of these new developments.
Although Nobel Prizes are usually awarded for medical and scientific discoveries that were made a long time ago, the award itself is often an excellent indicator of current research and development trends. It often takes many years and decades before a breakthrough discovery is recognised and more than once the researchers behind the groundbreaking discoveries have passed away before their discoveries have been recognised.
Dendritic cells – initially met with scepticism and now a key element in research
On 3rd October 2011, the Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine to the immunologist Ralph M. Steinman "for his discovery of the dendritic cell and its role in adaptive immunity" unaware that Steinman had died from cancer three days before the news of the award would have reached him. In 1973, Ralph Steinman discovered a new strange-looking cell type which, with its long protrusions, looked very similar to neurons. Steinman's dendritic cells are present in tissues in contact with the external environment, such as the skin and the inner lining of the intestines, the lungs and the oesophagus. For a long time Steinman was virtually the only researcher with an interest in dendritic cells and some researchers were even sceptical about their existence. Generations of researchers (including many Nobel Laureates) had previously shown that three cell types were responsible for an adaptive (acquired) immune response: B- and T-lymphocytes (and their subtypes) and macrophages.
Steinman's research fundamentally changed the prevailing view and dendritic cells have since become a key element of immunological research. It has since been shown that it is the dendritic cells rather than the macrophages that are the most important antigen-presenting cells. Mature dendritic cells, i.e. cells that have taken up a bacterium or something similar, migrate to the lymph nodes where they present the pathogen's 'molecular warrant of apprehension' to passing T-cells, resulting in an adaptive immune response.
TLRs recognise the specific pattern of intruders
Model of a Toll-like receptor located in the plasma membrane of an immune cell. © National Institutes of Health
Toll-like receptors (TLR) are another controversial research topic; they are present on the surface of immune cells (including on the surface of dendritic cells) where they are the first-line of defence against harmful intruders. They recognise molecules that are shared by pathogens but which are distinguishable from host molecules on the basis of specific pathogen-associated molecular patterns. The TLRs got their name from their similarity to a protein coded by the Toll gene identified in Drosophila by Nobel Laureates Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard and Eric Wieschaus in 1985. The Toll receptor was originally known for its developmental role in the early embryogenesis of fruit flies. The immunologist Jules Hoffmann later found that Toll gene mutations led to the death of the flies due to their inability to mount an immune response. This finding boosted research into the immune defence of "simple" invertebrate organisms.
Two years after Hoffmann's discovery, Bruce Beutler discovered TLRs in mice. In the meantime, at least twelve homologous TLRs have been discovered in humans. TLRs are the most ancient conserved components of the innate immune system that induces inflammatory reactions in response to bacterial intruders as well as sepsis, which is a major cause of critical illness worldwide. Alongside Steinman, Bruce Beutler and Jules Hoffmann were awarded the other half of the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their discoveries concerning the activation of innate immunity. Scientists from Baden-Württemberg universities also play a substantial role in the investigation of TLR-dependent immune responses.
Diverse cross-sectoral field of science
Immunofluorescence image of two dendritic mouse cells with MHC complexes (labelled with red-fluorescent antibodies) on their surface. © University Hospital Heidelberg
Allergic reactions are also one of the central themes of immunological research with applications in medical practice. Due to their huge and growing importance in our society, allergic reactions are dealt with in a separate dossier on allergies. The dossier also focusses on research into signalling cascades that are involved in the development of allergic disorders and which are triggered by mast cells. It has long been assumed that mast cells are involved in the development of autoimmune diseases; however, recent results obtained by researchers from the German Cancer Research Center suggest that this is not the case. Any organ whatsoever or even the entire body (systemic reactions) can be affected by immune system disorders. Autoimmune diseases and the immune system's ability or failure to detect cancer cells, transplantation immunology and research into immune system stem cells are highly topical issues addressed in the articles in the dossier on immunology.
The Heidelberg immunologist Stefan Meuer has referred to immunology as a cross-sectoral science whose individual branches are not easy for single researchers to work on alone. Immunological findings have an effect on many areas of biology and medicine at the same as being affected by developments in other research disciplines. It is precisely these interactions that make immunology a fascinating, constantly rejuvenating science. More than a hundred years after the first Nobel Prizes in Physiology or Medicine were awarded to the founding fathers of modern immunology – Emil von Behring, Robert Koch, Ilya Mechnikov and Paul Ehrlich – immunological research is always good for coming up with unexpected discoveries worthy of the Nobel Prize.
09-Sept-2013
Other dossier articles
Innovative stem cell therapy for chronic wounds
Cytomegaloviruses subvert macrophage identity
Acetate supports immune cells to fight against sepsis
Newly discovered substances activate the inflammasome in macrophages
"Innate cell engagers" to fight cancer
Waiting for a SARS-CoV-2 vaccine
Eucor – bringing the European Campus to life
Activation of the innate immune system against metastatic colorectal cancer
Glycovirology: carbohydrate molecules against infections
Innate immune defence: using peptides against fungi and bacteria
New protein helps B cells generate an effective immune response
Researchers from Tübingen set out to thwart viral survival strategies
Blood stem cells deliver drugs to brain tumours
How psychological stress weakens the immune system
Michael Schindler: HI virus and host interactions
Thomas Boehm – pushing back the frontiers of knowledge
Vaccine against papillomaviruses protects from skin cancer
Cholesterol boosts the memory of the immune system
Researchers are challenging a common model of immunology
Papillomaviruses as cancer-causing agents and how they can be fought off
TransLimm brings new immunotherapies to patients more rapidly
Mast cells as the central and pivotal points of allergy processes
Andreas Diefenbach: A molecular approach to disease mechanisms
The first active immunisations against cancer
Sentinels against microbial invaders
Tiny particles are a weapon against tumours
Two separate defence systems?
Website address: https://www.gesundheitsindustrie-bw.de/en/article/dossier/new-trends-in-the-field-of-immunology


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C7 — процесор (ядро Esther), анонсований компанією VIA Technologies в червні 2005 року. Виконано за 90-нм технологією з використанням SOI.

Характеристики
 Технологія виробництва: 90 нм
 Тактові частоти 1,0 / 1,2 / 1,5 / 1,6 / 1,8 / 2,0 ГГц
 Частота системної шини: 400/800 МГц
 Енергоощадна технологія: PowerSaver ™
 Виконання корпусу: NanoBGA2 footprint
 Підтримувані інструкції: MMX/SSE/SSE2/SSE3
 Обсяг внутрішнього кешу: 128/128K L1/L2
 Вбудований генератор випадкових чисел (RNG)
 Апаратна підтримка алгоритмів шифрування: AES / SHA-1
 Максимальна температура корпусу 100 °C

Посилання
 An inside look at the VIA C7-M, by Van Smith
 Review of the EPIA EN15000 with VIA C7 Processor
 VIA C7 Processor
 VIA C7-M Processor
 Detailed Platform Analysis in RightMark Memory Analyzer. Part 12: VIA C7/C7-M Processors, translated in English
 http://www.cpushack.com/VIA.html
 https://web.archive.org/web/20070428064736/http://www.digit-life.com/articles/viacyrix3/
 https://web.archive.org/web/20060615180950/http://www.sandpile.org/impl/c5xl.htm

Мікропроцесори VIA x86


In an interesting advertising move, Toyota released an official jailbreak theme for iOS through advertising firm Velti. Turns out though that Apple wasn't so keen on this approach to advertising and told Toyota to pull it.
The hosts of the file and their own Cydia repository ModMyi received a request from Velti to remove the theme from the jailbreak app store after complaints by Apple.
On the phone, he explained Apple had contacted Toyota and requested they remove the theme and stop the advertising campaign. They (Velti) in turn contacted me relaying the message. The reason Velti listed for the removal request of the theme emailed through our dev portal was "Toyota's making us take it down…" Toyota had agreed to do so to "maintain their good relationship with Apple," our Velti contact told me on the phone.
The theme went live on Cydia back in February though it is unknown how many people downloaded it or indeed when Apple decided they didn't like it.
While it's perhaps no great surprise that Apple weren't a fan of the (rather ugly, to be honest) theme it's a shame Toyota felt they had to comply with their demands for it to be pulled. Perhaps they are concerned about potential iAd repercussions?
You can check out more iOS themes on our iPhone Themes Gallery.


Filtering through ancient literature as I am wont to do from time to time I came across a quote from the ancient Roman writer Ovid, a contemporary, and an often not beloved one, of Augustus. Ovid is famous for having written the Metamorphosis which is a big world history that focuses on the many transformations of people into other things, such as animals and trees and whatnot. While this is really of interest in terms of how people's religions shape how they think, a particular quote from Ovid that I had stumbled on online and said to be in Metamorphosis interested me. Paraphrased Ovid had said: Don't worry. Worry is useless. Instead be tough and be patient. The quote was supposed to be in the Metamorphosis but I could not locate it.
Never mind, the quote is a good one and as long as modern internet social media twits don't twit it as that of Mark Twain I'll imagine we're doing pretty well. Don't worry, be tough and patient.
There really isn't a better recommendation for a jiu-jitsu practitioner. Patience is important both for our expectations of our own progress, and in our attempts to thwart our on mat challenges. The toughness is less, in my mind, about a sporting aggressiveness and much more about the endurance of effort and desire. Effort is that thing so many of us seem to want avoid, especially when we're young, and we say things like, "why is everything I want so haaaard!" and Mom or Dad says, "It's only the Hard things that matter!" And we pout and stamp our feet, and do something easy, like eat a bag of cookies or binge-watch a full season of Airwolf (for the nostalgia).
A good synonym might be "grit". Grit has been accounted for the success of everyone from famous writers who endured endless rejection (Faulkner supposedly had dozens of rejections taped over his desk) to the fellow who traipsed the Appalachian Trail while blind (having fallen, he claimed some 50,000 times) to getting a job in your field. The rejection and competition are going to be rich and disappointing, the trick is not to get washed out by it. Mom and Dad were right, and the hard stuff really is the only stuff that really matters.
And so be Patient and be Tough. And endure so that you can appreciate your real achievements.


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New Queer Visions: Men From The Boys (VoD Review) – The gay film festival strand brings us a short film collection
Starring: Various
Director: Various
Certificate: NR
Release Date: Out Now
For several years New Queer Visions has been presenting programmes of LGBT short films at various film festivals. Now some of the shorts that have been screened by NVQ have been brought together into a package available for us all to watch via Filmdoo (worldwide) and Amazon (in both the UK and US).
While a previous New Queer Visions collection we covered concentrated on female-led films, this one is all about the boys. They range from how sexuality touches race and ethnicity to dating someone deep in the closet. Take a look at what we thought of the films below. [Read more…]
Tomcat (DVD Review) – Can a gay relationship withstand inexplicable violence?
Starring: Lukas Turtur, Philipp Hochmair
Director: Klaus Händl
Release Date: May 29th 2017 (UK)
Tomcat is a bit of a tough movie to review. Much of the film pivots around a single, shocking moment, which takes place around a third of the way into the film. However, revealing too much about it would take us into spoiler territory, and it's the sort of thing the needs to come as a surprise – although the amount of foreshadowing may give you a clue something ominous is gonna happen. That said, there are some who'll be genuinely shocked and probably won't be able to get past that moment.
Andreas (Philipp Hochmair) and Stefan (Lukas Turtur) are a seemingly happy gay couple, with fulfilling careers and plenty of loving friends. They live in a beautiful house with their cat, Moses. Their lives are full of music, sex, socialising and a sense of connection with both each other and those around them. [Read more…]
Urban Hymn (DVD Review) – Can music bring hope to a discarded youth?
January 29, 2017 By Tim Isaac 1 Comment
Starring: Ian Hart, Isabella Laughland, Letitia Wright, Shirley Henderson, Steven Mackintosh
Director: Michael Caton-Jones
Release Date: January 30th 2017 (UK)
Jamie (Letitia Wright) is a young woman who's been brought up in children's homes and is used to being treated as a problem to be 'handled'. Together with her tough best friend Leanne (Isabella Laughland) she's not averse to getting into a bit of trouble, including getting involved in the 2011 London riots.
When new children's home worker Kate (Shirley Henderson) shows an interest in her music, Jamie assumes this is just another do-gooder with no clue how to actually help. However, after Kate invites Jamie to audition for the choir she's a part of, Jamie starts to wonder whether there really is a new opportunity here and someone who really wants to help and support her. However, it's not going to be an easy road, especially as Leanne is determined not to accept any help, and with her need to violently retaliating to maintain status and to demand people meet her on her dangerous terms, she could prevent Jamie from making the most of the opportunities her music could offer. [Read more…]
San Andreas (Blu-ray Review)
October 11, 2015 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment
Starring: Dwayne Johnson, Carla Gugino, Alexandra Daddario, Hugo Johnstone-Burt, Paul Giamatti
Director: Brad Peyton
Release Date: October 12th 2015 (UK)
If you'd hoped that having Lost's Carlton Cuse writing the screenplay would result in San Andreas being a more cerebral form of disaster movie, you should realise he was also an executive producer on Nash Bridges, so he is not averse to more straightforward entertainment. Indeed, it's almost like he watched every Roland Emmerich movies – from 2012 and The Day After Tomorrow to Independence Day and Godzilla – and then used that as his template, but cut out anything too intelligent.
There is little to surprise here, although it certainly delivers on the large sale mayhem.
Dwayne Johnson is Los Angeles helicopter rescue pilot Ray, who's dealing with the collapse of his marriage following the death of one of his children. However, he's soon going to have more than that to worry about (actually, that's not true as that's all he cares about), when earthquakes start devastating California, starting at the Hoover Dam and then working its way up to San Francisco. And wouldn't you know it, Ray's daughter is in San Francisco, and so he sets off to rescue her, dodging city destroying shaking, tsunamis and general building destroying catastrophe along the way, as the San Andreas fault splits apart, resulting in the biggest quakes ever known. [Read more…]
52 Tuesdays (DVD Review)
September 27, 2015 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment
Starring: Tilda Cobham-Hervey, Sam Althuizen, Imogen Archer, Del Herbert-Jane
Release Date: September 28th 2015 (UK)
Aussie movie 52 Tuesdays premiered at Sundance (where it won a Best Director prize) and has garnered as fair amount of interest and praised, both due to its subject and the way it was made. The film was shot one day a week over the space of a year, with the script and story evolving over that time. It's not the first time it's been done, and to be honest it's a technique that has rarely created anything that feels like it was better than if they'd just stuck with a pre-determined script.
52 Tuesdays is about teenager Billie and her mother Jane. Billie's life changes when Janes informs her daughter that she wants her to go and live with her father, to give Jane space while she starts transitioning to life as a man. Initially Billie isn't sure how to react, especially as Jane – now James – seems uncertain whether she wants her daughter around, and the teen doesn't know quite how to react to that. [Read more…]
Trash (Blu-ray Review)
June 7, 2015 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment
Starring: Rooney Mara, Martin Sheen, Wagner Moura, Selton Mello
Director: Stephen Daldry
Release Date: June 8th 2015 (UK)
I'd like to think that when putting Trash together the people behind it weren't sitting there purely trying to think what would be most likely to win them lots of Oscars, but it does slightly come across like that at times. You've got a setting that is Slumdog Millionaire meets City of God, a plot that's somewhat gritty but also a bit of a fairytale, a director who's already got three Best Director Oscar nominations under his belt (Stephen Daldry), a script from Richard 'Four Weddings' Curtis and the lead roles given to sweet, non-professional Brazilian kids.
If they were hoping for Oscars, they failed, but the movie isn't bad at all, using its semi-fairytale story to create something that is sort of a family/young adult film, but one that wants viewers young and old to know that the slums can be a dark and dangerous place, and that children aren't immune from that. [Read more…]
The Imitation Game (Blu-ray Review)
March 8, 2015 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment
Starring: Benedict Cumberbatch, Keira Knightley, Matthew Goode, Charles Dance
Director: Morten Tyldum
Release Date: March 9th 2015 (UK)
Despite eight Oscar nominations The Imitation Game only walked away with one award, Best Adapted Screenplay. To be honest that wasn't a shock, as quite a few Oscar watchers had thought it would get nothing. And there are also some, including myself, wondering if the one Academy Award it did win was the right one.
The movie tells the story of Alan Turing (Benedict Cumberbatch), a socially awkward, somewhat irascible mathematics prodigy who, after the Second World War breaks out, applies to the government to help break the infamous Enigma code, something many believe is impossible. However he doesn't want to continue with the traditional method of codebreaking, where smart men use pens, paper and just their brains, as he has an idea to use a machine to break down and then check the billions of possible combinations until it finds the right one. If he can do it, it will allow the Allies to read the German military's secret communications and possibly win the war. [Read more…]
In Their Room: San Francisco/Berlin/London (DVD Review)
December 7, 2014 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment
Release Date: December 8th 2014 (UK)
Travis Mathews certainly hasn't had a traditional film career. He started out with the semi-documentary art project In Their Room, which led to him teaming up with a gay porn company for the short film I Want Your Love. That short was then made into a feature-length movie, which led to Travis' highest-profile project yet, his collaboration with James Franco, Interior Leather Bar.
However it was the first In Their Room project that brought him to the film world's attention. It started as a series of separate five-to-ten minute films, each going into the bedroom of a different gay man, where they discuss their lives and desires, and most particularly their sexual thoughts. The shorts became known for their sexual frankness, with some including masturbation and many featuring at least a little nudity. However what impressed most was the surprising intimacy and seeming honesty that Mathews managed to capture about gay men's lives. [Read more…]
Joe (DVD Review)
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Tye Sheridan, Gary Poulter
Director: David Gordon Green
Release Date: October 6th 2014 (DVD)
Nicolas Cage may be an Oscar-winning actor, but in recent years he's largely become synonymous with an endless string of not particularly great movies where he gives one of his interchangeable extreme wild-man performances, where restraint is regarded as an alien concept.
Joe gives us something a little different, with Cage playing title character Joe Ransom, a character who spends much of the movie trying to keep a lid on the fiery, violent temper that lies underneath. It was an extremely smart move to cast the actor, as you can genuinely feel Cage pulling in the tics and extreme tendencies he has shown in endless movies in the last few years. [Read more…]
My Straight Son (DVD Review)
Starring: Guillermo Garcia, Ignacio Montes, Hilda Abrahamz, Carolina Torres, Socrates Serrano
Director: Miguel Ferrari
Diego is a photographer in Venezuela, living a nice life where he can go out to clubs and restaurants, and spend time with his doctor boyfriend, Fabrizio. However his life takes an abrupt right turn when his teenage son, Armando, arrives from Spain to visit and quickly realises that his dad is gay – something the young man isn't that impressed about. Around the same time Fabrizio is beaten into a coma, leaving Diego reeling.
Diego's friends become an unconventional family while he tries to deal with what happened to his boyfriend and also attempts to reconnect with his son. [Read more…]


"Direct Supervision" is a method of inmate management developed by the federal government in 1974 for pre-sentenced inmates in the Federal Bureau of Prisons. This method has slowly been adopted by county jails since 1981. There are about 350 such facilities operating throughout the country.
The "Direct Supervision" method places a single deputy directly in a housing pod with a group of inmates generally ranging from 32 to 64 in number. A basic tenet of "Direct Supervision" is that we assume rational behavior and treat the inmates as adult human beings. The deputy provides supervision and leadership while the inmates are expected to follow direction and behave.
There is a low threshold for unacceptable behavior. Inmates who do not behave, in accordance with the rules, will be locked in 23 hours a day. On the other hand, inmates who behave and follow direction are given a high degree of freedom within the housing pod's recreational area anytime during the day or evening. (The recreational area includes lounge seating, a television, passive recreational activities, educational programs, etc.).


More Web analytics in the context of email campaign, less crappy Facebook pages! I am really looking for a balanced portfolio of traffic sources.
Instead of being passive consumers of data and technology, we can shape the role it plays in our lives and the way we derive meaning from it. These data scientists and analysts are taking the time to understand the related language across social media platforms—and the context in which it is created—in order to help develop solutions that will really make a difference.
People who have spyware blockers, such as Ad-Aware, actively resident in memory all the time will likely be blocking all this traffic. Also, there will be times when you find out you need different analytics tools to complete your analysis.
Customer lifecycle analytics attempts to connect all the data points into a marketing funnel that can offer insights into visitor behavior and website optimization.
Reports to look at, KPIs to evaluate, inferences to make. Search, Referring Sites, Direct, Campaigns. Thus there are no external server calls which can slow page load speeds, or result in uncounted page views. You can apply access rights down to a per report level to restrict sensitive reports and data.
They are focused on driving visitors into specific content hotspots and optimizing the monetization of their content. Either way, here is the analogy. Ending on cost reduction was a good point. Although the cost of hardware to do this is minimal, the overhead for an IT department can be considerable.
For example, what revenue increase or cost savings can be gained by analysing the web visitor data? For example, IP addresses are usually associated with Geographic regions and internet service providers, e-mail open and click-through rates, direct mail campaign data, sales and lead history, or other data types as needed.
Expose the dangers to them, brainstorm how to diversify.
Web analytics must address real business issues All web analytics reports must communicate something of value To be truly effective, web analysis must be part of an established and accepted organizational process One report does not fit all requirements Report stakeholders are individuals and how they consume analytics is not solely dependent on job title Basic traffic reports may generate more questions than they answer Traffic reports that combine trends and causes take more work, but tell a better story Money metrics are not only for commerce sites Exploratory analysis is an absolute requirement for understanding visitor behavior All reporting and analysis requires explanation to be understood About Phil Kemelor Phil is Vice President for Strategic Consulting Services with Semphonicone of the largest vendor neutral web analytics consulting firms in the US.
Now, at least for two or three pages of the site you are analyzing you know that they stink and you have decent clues of what the cause s might be. But nonetheless, the basic process remains the same. By using a hybrid method, they aim to produce more accurate statistics than either method on its own.
Specifically, it depends on user clicks — clicks on navigation menu links, links to Facebook, form links, video play buttons, PDF downloads, etc. Some examples of these are: Go to the donation pages.
Go use site search. What Do We Do With All This Big Datathis data analyst discusses how the appropriate use of context in analytics makes all the difference toward achieving optimal results.A Multi-Domain Site is a group of domains that the web site owner wants the analytics software to treat as if it were a single site.
Why would you do this? Many media companies (for example) make heavy use of multiple domains. Web analytics is a generic term meaning the study of the impact of a website on its users.
Ecommerce companies and other website publishers often use Web analytics software to measure such concrete details as how many people visited their site, how many of those visitors were unique visitors, how.
The greatest pitfall in using web analytics for content analysis is jumping in without a plan. A web analytics framework provides valuable context for web analytics data.
Without context, your data is meaningless. Google Analytics lets you measure your advertising ROI as well as track your Flash, video, and social networking sites and applications.
10 Keys to Success with Web Analytics By Brice Dunwoodie | Nov 4, CHANNEL: But traffic data has a context and that context is the previously defined web business goals. So for such. Add Context. September 08, by [email protected] Staff In this series of commentaries on analytics-related TED Talks, we examine how insights from predictive analysis can solve real-world problems and how various experts are making that happen.


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The wheels appear to be coming off of our democracy. With the field failing to consolidate, a demented billionaire is getting dangerously close to claiming the Republican Party's nomination and then perhaps the White House.
If Donald Trump wins the South Carolina primary — he's still 17 points ahead in the polls, even after his unhinged performance in Saturday night's debate — he will be a juggernaut headed into Super Tuesday on March 1, when there will be more than a dozen contests.
Then, it'll almost certainly be all over but the shouting. (And expect much more shouting.)
But Trump can be stopped, and Gov. John Kasich of Ohio, though he will not say it, is the man who holds the magic key. Eschewing negative ads, personal attacks and verbal combat, Kasich has been campaigning as a happy warrior. The positivity did nothing for Kasich in Iowa, where he finished in a dismal eighth place.
But it did wonders for him in New Hampshire, where he soared to No. 2, leading the pack in the "sane lane," if not yet nipping at Trump's heels.
In South Carolina, if the polls are to be believed, Kasich is once again going to tank.
The zigzag results suggest that Kasich is at best a regional candidate. His impressive record of government service, his cheerful demeanor and his resolutely nonideological centrism will fare relatively well in portions of the Northeast and Midwest where moderate Republicans have the upper hand.
But the same traits that make him attractive to those voters are the same ones that angry working-class voters and passionate evangelical voters in the South and other red swaths of the country are certain to reject.
In sum, Kasich is a weak regional candidate who has virtually no chance of winning the nomination for himself.
But, paradoxically, in the current situation, in weakness there is strength. The clock is ticking on the Republican contest as if it were a time bomb.
Marco Rubio and Jeb Bush are the two credible, sane candidates now helping split the vote of Republicans who refuse to go over the cliff with Trump.
Kasich holds in his hands something that both Bush and Rubio would regard as priceless were it dangled before them. That something is a promise to withdraw from the race and endorse one or the other.
The winner of this transaction would get a significant boost. The other one would begin to fade. With the Republican field thereby significantly narrowed, the long-awaited consolidation would be set in motion overnight.
Finally, one candidate from the sane wing would be preeminent — and Trump and Ted Cruz would split the insurgent, anti-establishment vote, setting up a fair fight.
But what in the world does Kasich get out of this? The answer is two extremely valuable things.
The first is a reputation for statesmanship that will secure him a place in history as the man who saved the country from — heaven forfend — a Hillary Clinton, or even scarier than that, a Donald Trump or Bernie Sanders presidency.
The second is his name on a short list of promised jobs in the next administration with one highly attractive slot at its top: vice president of the United States.
Making such a trade would be a win for Kasich, a win for either Bush or Rubio (who would, on top of everything else, gain an attractive, proven vote-getting VP from a critical swing state), a win for the Republican Party, and, most significantly, a win for the country. Kasich's donors, pouring money into a campaign doomed to fizzle, should dig their heels into his side with a spur and steer their horse in this salvific direction.
Kasich, for his part, should show his mastery of the art of the deal while there is still a deal to be had, endorse Rubio or Bush, and bail out of the race.
Schoenfeld, author of "A Bad Day on the Romney Campaign: An Insider's Account," was a senior adviser to Mitt Romney's 2012 campaign.


The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has berated SARS officers of the Nigerian Police Force for shooting at students of Kogi State Polytechnic, Lokoja.
In a press statement signed by the National President, Comrade Obande Gideon, the apex student body alleged that Godwin Linus, a student of the Public Administration of the institution was shot right inside the campus of Kogi Poly on Wednesday by policemen.
"Linus, a student of public administration studies was shot in front of computer science department right inside the campus by the men of NPF.
"The shooting came at the result of peaceful protest at the school gate by the students of this citadel of learning because of the death of their student, Kebiru Seidu. Until his demise, he was a finalist of ND program, at the department of public administration," he said.
He alleged that policemen chased the protesting students from the school gate and followed them into the campus, shooting sporadically.
"NANS frown at the level of lack of professionalism by the men of Nigerian police force. Instead of managing the situation, they dded more salt to the injury.
"On this ground, we the leadership of NANS at all levels are calling on Kogi State Government to put in place a speed breaker at the school environment to avert future occurrences.
"The state government should issue a statement condemning the act perpetrated by the men of NPF, or we shall bank on the rumor that it was ordered by the state government, as it is a tradition in this government to shoot on sight the Nigerian students who come out in solidarity.
"The NPF should apologize to Nigerian students, families of the affected victim and take responsibility for their actions.
"The Police Commissioner must begin investigation on the matter and bring to book the officers responsible as such characters sell a bad image of the police.
"The school management must take responsibility of the victims and must issue a statement condemning the actions of the men of NPF. The management should make sure that the school hostels are put in shape for use upon resumption of the next academic session.
"Failure to do these within seven working days shall attract the relocation of the national secretariat of NANS to Kogi state," the statement read.


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Secret History
Arabian Gulf: the Cradle of Civilisation?
Fran Gillespie
Gulf Times
Sun, 13 Feb 2011 20:46 UTC
Is the Arabian Gulf the Cradle of Civilisation? Yes, postulates Dr Jeffrey Rose, archaeologist and researcher at the University of Birmingham, UK, in a recently published paper. Rose's paper summarises the theories that are now gaining ground and causing considerable excitement among Middle Eastern archaeologists and historians: that the shallow waters of the Gulf may well hide evidence of the earliest human migrations out of Africa.
Around 8,000 years ago, when the last Ice Age drew to a close, rising sea levels resulting from the melting of the ice caused the Indian Ocean to break through a natural barrier in what is now known as the Straits of Hormuz. In what must have been the mother of all waterfalls, sea water poured through the gap and over a period of some 200 years flooded what had been a fertile plain, watered by rivers including the Tigris and Euphrates in what is now Iraq, and springs which welled up from an aquifer through the karstic limestone which lines the basin. Such springs, known as khawakh in local Arabic, still exist to this day and are thought to have given rise to the name Bahrain - 'two seas', ie salt and fresh water.
During the Pleistocene period, which ended around 12,000 years ago, the inhabitants of Arabia were among the first anatomically modern humans to branch from the common ancestral population that first appeared in East Africa some 190,000 years ago.
The Arabian Gulf is an elongated basin some 250km in width and around 1,000km in depth. It is bounded to the west by the deserts of the Arabian peninsula, to the east by the Zagros mountain range and to the north by the Mesopotamian floodplain. The sea is one of the shallowest in the world, averaging only 35m in depth. During the glacial period in the northern continents sea level worldwide was 120m lower than in the modern era, and along the basin of the Gulf ran a prehistoric river, the Shatt-Al-Arab, discharging into the Indian Ocean at the Straits of Hormuz.
It is inconceivable, given the nature of much of the harsh surrounding landscape, that early humans did not make use of the most precious of all commodities: plentiful fresh water. Rose theorises that this well-watered fertile land could have seen human occupation for over 100,000 years. From about 74,000 years ago until 8,000 years ago the Arabian Gulf oasis formed the southern tip of what is known as the 'Fertile Crescent'. The low-lying floodplain of the Shatt-Al-Arab included not only the river itself but two sizeable lakes, and a mosaic of springs, mangrove swamps and estuaries.
Modern archaeology in Eastern Arabia dates back only to the beginning of the oil era, ie about 60 years ago. It got off to a false start with the Danish expedition to Qatar in the 1960s, designating as Paleolithic what they regarded as early examples of stone tools. Then came the French scientific expedition a decade later. Based on their excavations at sites around Al Khor, they dismissed the Danes' tentative dating and postulated that the whole assemblage of stone tools in Qatar was no older than the Neolithic period, ie around 7,000 years before the present era.
For many years most scholars accepted the dating put forward by the French expedition. It was known, from carbon dating of charcoal found the Yaftah Cave in the Zagros Mountains in Iran, that humans were occupying the cave 35,000 years ago, but the first indication of an early human presence in Eastern Arabia was in 2005, when a rock shelter in the UAE being investigated by a joint Emirate of Sharjah/Tubingen University expedition yielded small hand axes, hammer blades and bifacial foliates that clearly pre-dated lithics from the Neolithic period. Then in 2009 the discovery of a surface scatter of stone tools at Ras 'Ushayriq on the north-west coast of Qatar caused a radical re-assessment of the dates of the earliest human occupation of the Gulf region.
In the last decade, archaeologists have identified over 60 settlements along the shores of the Gulf, dating to about 7,500 years ago. The scattered camps of Neolithic hunter-gatherers were already known, but these were settlements, occupied by modern people who built permanent stone houses, made fine decorated pottery and sophisticated 'pressure-flaked' tools of flint, grew crops, domesticated animals, constructed sea-worthy boats and established long-distance trading networks. Where did they come from? Such civilisations do not spring up overnight, and Rose believes that evidence of preceding populations is missing because it is hidden beneath the Gulf. He said, "These new colonists may have come from the heart of the Gulf, displaced by rising water levels that plunged the once fertile landscape beneath the waters of the Indian Ocean."
"It is no coincidence," he went on, "that the founding of such remarkably well developed communities along the shoreline corresponds with the flooding of the Gulf basin around 8,000 years ago."
Water was vital to human settlement. Much later, in the Bronze Age when the Dilmun civilisation flourished in the Gulf, the Sumerian legend of the god Enki and his consort Ninhursag relates, "For Dilmun... I will create long waterways, rivers and canals, whereby water will flow to quench the thirst of all beings and bring abundance to the land." On the island of Bahrain, only after the oil era brought an increased population which drained the aquifers near the surface, did these canals cease to flow and the springs of fresh water fail.
There is evidence that humans could have been in the region even before the Arabian Gulf oasis suffered its catastrophic flooding. Recently, sites in Oman and Yemen have produced a type of stone tool very different from those in the East African tradition. They bear affinities with Levantine and Zagros stone tool assemblages. This suggests that human beings could have been established in the south of the Arabian Peninsula as long ago as 100,000 years, or even longer. To such early migrants, the fresh water of the Arabian Gulf and the green trees and vegetation would have been a sanctuary amid the barren desert landscapes.
It may well be that deep beneath the busy shipping lanes which now criss-cross the waters of the Arabian Gulf may lie vital pieces of the human evolutionary puzzle. Meanwhile, a project between the Qatar Museums Authority and The University of Birmingham, directed by Dr Richard Cuttler, is undertaking research into this former landscape to investigate the former environments and archaeological remains within the Arabian Gulf.
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These Filipino Artists Should Be On Your Playlist If You Love Alternative And Indie-Rock
A-tier music right there.
BY Cielo Perez
Some of the best Filipinos in the Alt/Indie-rock space if we do say so ourselves.
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When we think of Alternative/Indie-Rock music, oversized band T-shirts and converse are aesthetics that come to mind. Arctic Monkeys, Vampire Weekend, and Radiohead are classic artists in these genres. But how often do we see people of color in the alternative/indie-rock scene? The space has its fair share of talented artists making waves in the industry, especially when it comes to Filipino artists. Here are three Filipino acts that need to be on your radar in the alternative/indie–rock genre if they aren't already.
Making the perfect cup of Coffee isn't Bea's only specialty. Labeled as a bedroom popstar, beabadoobee is not afraid to write and sing about taboo subjects. If you're a movie fanatic, you'll sense her love for movie soundtracks in all the music she writes. Born in Iloilo, beabadobee spent most of her childhood living in England. Alanis Morissette, Elliot Smith, and The Smashing Pumpkins are a few of the artists she cites as her musical inspirations. Through YouTube tutorials, beabadobee self-taught herself how to play the guitar. If you're seeking to feel like the main character in a movie, you'll feel like the perfect pair with her!
IV OF SPADES
Currently on a hiatus as of August 2020, this rock trio links their music with their fashion choices. Think of 70s retro fashion with shaggy haircuts. This can be seen in their Hey Barbara music video. They pay homage to the music genre called Manila Sound, a Philippine rock genre consisting of melodic and catchy phrases that many people can dance to.
Some of their modern influences include Tame Impala and Kings of Leon. Despite their 70s-inspired music and fashion choices, IV of Spades does not limit itself to that era. Especially living in a society surrounded by social media, they hope their listeners see the visual experiences of the stories they tell. Even an extended hiatus won't deny how timeless their music is.
GRENTPEREZ
At first, this Filipino-Australian artist gained audiences through his YouTube covers such as Hopelessly Devoted To You and Butter. But when he started to release his own material soon after, that's when grentperez became the rising star that he is. With The Eagles, Tom Misch, and Daniel Caesar serving as his go-to musical inspirations, grent's dreamy, meditative voice is made for those wanting to fall asleep to his lullabies or want to take a night drive.
His new EP, Trail Mix Tape, is a culmination of all the genres that grentperez is capable of doing. His songwriting reflects on romance (whether it's from family or friends) and his nostalgic memories from his adolescent years. A characteristic of alternative/indie-rock music is that it can be driven by guitars followed by bass. Grent does this in every music he releases.
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