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Unconventional immune cells trigger disturbed cytokine production in human spondyloarthritis
Scanning electron micrograph of a human T lymphocyte (also called a T cell) from the immune system of a healthy donor. Credit: NIAID
Spondyloarthritis is one of the most common types of chronic joint inflammation, affecting nearly 1 to 2 percent of the Western population. Cytokine blockade of tumor necrosis factor (TNF), and more recently, Interleukin-17 (IL-17), has revolutionized the outcomes for patients suffering from this disease by achieving high levels of therapeutic efficacy. The disease differs substantially from rheumatoid arthritis, another form of chronic arthritis, not only in clinical presentation, but also in the response to therapy—unlike the benefits of IL-17 inhibition in spondyloarthritis, this therapy failed in rheumatoid arthritis. The reason for this remained elusive. Koen Venken and Dirk Elewaut from the VIB-UGent Inflammation Research Center now report in Nature Communications that rare populations of unconventional T cells may account for this intriguing clinical observation.
Spondyloarthritides (SpA) refers to a cluster of inflammatory rheumatic diseases with a significant social-economic burden, affecting nearly 1 to 2 percent of the Western population. It is a complex disease with a diverse range of disease manifestations, including spinal and peripheral joint inflammation. Also, tissues outside the musculoskeletal system may be affected, including the skin, eye and gut. The development of the disease is mediated by dysregulated production of a number of proinflammatory mediators such as TNF and IL-17. Several cells within the immune system can produce IL-17, and the best described ones are T cells expressing the transcription factor RORγt (so called Th17 cells). Recently, it has become clear that other distinct cell types, called unconventional T cells, can also express RORγt and have the capacity to make IL-17.
Koen Venken (VIB-UGent) says, "When we started this project, most data on IL-17 production by unconventional T cells was derived from mouse models, and only limited information was available from humans. We could delineate rare subsets of RORγt+ unconventional T cells in the blood of healthy individuals showing a specific phenotype, enabling them to rapidly induce Th17-like immune responses. Interestingly, we observed a skewing towards RORγt+ cell subsets in blood samples taken from SpA patients, and remarkably, this trend was even more pronounced within inflamed joints from these patients." When the researchers depleted these unconventional T cells from SpA joint samples, there was a drastic reduction in IL17 production, which indicates that they act as principal sources of pro-inflammatory cytokines in this disease.
Dirk Elewaut (VIB-UGent) says, "This is a fascinating result, as it indicates that rare cell types can play significant roles in inflammatory diseases; something which is often overlooked at in the research community."
The new observations of unconventional T cells in SpA appear to be a discriminative feature compared to other common forms of chronic arthritis such as Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA). Dirk Elewaut says, "RA is a chronic autoimmune joint disease which has also been linked to IL-17 mediated pathology. Unexpectedly, treatment of these patients with anti-IL-17 failed to demonstrate major clinical benefits. By comparing gene expression profiles in unconventional T cells from SpA and RA patients—we discovered clear differences, showing an enrichment of IL-17 related genes in SpA as compared to RA derived cells."
This skewed cytokine production could be reversed by pharmacologic modulation using an inhibitor of the transcription factor RORγt. Koen Venken says, "When we tested the RORγt inhibitor, we observed a striking difference between Th17 and unconventional T cells. While in Th17 cells both IL-17 and IL-22 were inhibited, only IL-17 was inhibited in unconventional T cells. This may have therapeutic implications since IL-22 plays a protective role at gut barrier surfaces."
Overall, these new findings highlight a unique diversity of human RORγt+ T cells and underscore the potential of RORγt antagonism in the treatment of IL-17 driven diseases.
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COVID-19 spreads primarily through droplets of saliva or discharge from the nose when an infected person coughs or sneezes. This piece of information has single-handedly shaped
The mind-muscle connection: For aesthetes, not athletes?
The 'mind-muscle connection'. Ancient lore for bodybuilders, latest buzz for Instragram fitness followers. Focusing one's attention on a particular muscle when lifting promotes its activation—and by
Prescription opioids fail rigorous new test for chronic pain
A yearlong study offers rigorous new evidence against using prescription opioids for chronic pain. In patients with stubborn back aches or hip or knee arthritis, opioids
Researchers discover why intense light can protect cardiovascular health
Researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus have found that intense light amplifies a specific gene that bolsters blood vessels and offers protection against
Coronavirus crisis: Medical watchdog warns over 'rogue' test kit sales |
The Medical and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) said lives were at risk from unauthorised kits after seeing the findings of our investigation on Friday. Last
Apartment life for families means living at close quarters, but often feeling isolated too
Newer high-rise developments in Australia's inner-city areas are increasingly home to parents raising young children. In the 2016 Census, family households represented nearly half of apartment
Coronavirus antibodies: Are you safe from COVID-19 if you have antibodies? |
As of March 30, there have been 22,141 confirmed cases of coronavirus in the UK. According to official figures, 1,408 people diagnosed with COVID-19 have died.


Wellesley Class of '79 mini-reunion in Washington DC!
Great time at Ris in Washington DC for another 79 Connects!! On the left side of the table: Terri Hauser, Joanne Lepanto, Jody Strakosch, Cheryl Danley. On the right side of the table, Patti Jungreis Sulser, Cindy Garner, Sally Buckman, Darlene Hampton,Satyani KarenLeigh McPherson.


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Quote from: Mystic Monkey on August 29, 2021, 09:23:01 pm
I can't go to Brazil to enjoy it though. Though I wonder if rumours of the Brazilians love for Sonic is true.
Yes, thanks to Tectoy SEGA Master System (& Mega Drive) which were sold very cheap in Brazil compared to other game system.
In 2016 Tectoy had sold 8 million units of Master System branded systems in Brazil and the number is always growing every year since even until now it's still officially on the market.
Everyone who has a kid in Brazil and want to buy a very first game system for them, the choice would be none other than Tectoy Master System.
And everybody who've played Master System which usually bundling with Sonic games included in the system, would always remember him and hold him dearly.
Notable links :
Brazil Is an Alternate Video Game Universe Where Sega Beat Nintendo
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/brazil-is-a-video-game-alternate-universe-where-sega-beat-nintendo
Tectoy page store :
https://www.tectoy.com.br/master-system-evolution-com-132-jogos-na-memoria-995020351822-p186
Wow! Say I were to plan a holiday to Brazil (though unlikely I would. Rio de Janeiro may look exotic but it's crime rate doesn't make me want to go.), what's the most Sonic-iest place in Brazil?
Since Sonic Playground is only for kids (adults can't get in), then The Itinerant Video Game Museum probably.
Not just Sonic branded Tectoy console, it has about 270 consoles of all generations that count 43 years of evolution,
including the Magnavox Odyssey (the first console) and Fairchild Channel F (first console to use game cartridges).
Link : https://www.museudovideogame.org/
New Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack Membership lets you play N64 and SEGA Genesis games
Launch Lineup of Nintendo 64 Games
1. Dr. Mario 64
2. Mario Kart 64
3. Mario Tennis 64
4. Sin and Punishment
5. Star Fox 64
6. Super Mario 64
7. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
8. WinBack
Upcoming Nintendo 64 Games (with more to come)
1. Banjo-Kazooie
2. F-Zero X
3. Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards
4. Mario Golf
5. Paper Mario
7. The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
Launch Lineup of SEGA Genesis Games (with more to come) :
1. Castlevania: Bloodlines
2. Contra Hard Corps
3. Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine for US & EU and Puto Puyo for JP
4. Ecco the Dolphin
5. Golden Axe
6. Gunstar Heroes
7. MUSHA
8. Phantasy Star IV
9. Ristar
10. Shining Force
11. Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master
12. Sonic the Hedgehog 2
13. Streets of Rage 2
14. Strider
Article : http://segabits.com/blog/2021/09/23/new-nintendo-switch-online-expansion-pack-membership-lets-you-play-n64-and-sega-genesis-games/
So... Mario's movie cast has been announced.
Chris Pratt as Mario, the main protagonist.
Anya Taylor-Joy as Princess Peach, the ruler of the Mushroom Kingdom.
Charlie Day as Luigi, Mario's cowardly, but loyal younger brother.
Jack Black as Bowser, a reptilian creature who regularly kidnaps Peach.
Keegan-Michael Key as Toad, a mushroom and Peach's attendant.
Seth Rogen as Donkey Kong, a banana-loving gorilla.
Fred Armisen as Cranky Kong, an elderly gorilla.
Kevin Michael Richardson as Kamek, a turtle wizard and Bowser's right hand man.
Sebastian Maniscalco as Foreman Spike, Mario and Luigi's boss.
Charles Martinet, the original voice of Mario, in a special guest role.
There are Mario fans groaning at the choice of cast here... but does it matter? It's Nintendo, it's Illumination. It's bound to be good and it's bound to lead to official Mario minions merch. It's inevitable.
Funny thing is Chris Pratt was almost becoming Tom in Sonic Movie, lol.
Btw I like Keegan-Michael Key.
Loves to watch him in "Key and Peele" back then.
I think Toad would be a funny character since Key is his VA.
As petty as it sounds of me, I hope Sonic 2 beats Mario's movie at the box office.
But who am I kidding, it's Nintendo and Illumination, which I have my suspicion that Illumination is a personal animation studio of the Illuminati myself.
Hopefully too. But given how big Despicable Me's Minions' success was (no matter how cringy they are), it's kinda hard.
Mario, found hiding inside SEGA Saturn game, is detained without fight
Via Twitter user Yoshino comes the bizarre discovery of an image of Mario hidden within the files of the SEGA Saturn game Astal.
Yoshino writes: "It is discovered that an image that seems to be Mario was hidden in 0xFE90 of APT.BIN on the disk."
Article : http://segabits.com/blog/2021/11/03/mario-found-hiding-inside-sega-saturn-game-is-detained-without-fight/
Quote from: Berto on November 04, 2021, 05:46:05 am
Yeah. SOnic's first movie really turned it's audience around at the last minute. I doubt they can pull that off again for the sequel... Unless we get the Birds of Prey fans back to support Mario's movie.
We should all be gay and do crime.
Congrats Mario ?
Google is bringing Android games to Windows in 2022
"Starting in 2022, players will be able to experience their favorite Google Play games on more devices: seamlessly switching between a phone, tablet, Chromebook, and soon, Windows PCs," says Greg Hartrell, Google's product director of games on Android and Google Play, in a statement to The Verge.
"This Google built product brings the best of Google Play Games to more laptops and desktops, and we are thrilled to expand our platform for players to enjoy their favorite Android games even more."
Article : https://www.theverge.com/2021/12/9/22827037/google-android-games-windows-pc-google-play-games/
Mario Strikers: Battle League - Announcement Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLAzzYz92r4
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According to Petrostat information, the car factories Hyundai, Nissan and Toyota have produced 284,700 vehicles in St. Petersburg for 10 months 2017. This is 23.9% more than the figures for the same period last year.
Over the past month the growth rates have slowed. So, 32 500 machines came off the assembly line, which is 19% more than in the same period of the past year. For comparison: for three quarters of 2017 the automotive industry grew by 25%.
The slowdown is explained by the high level of output at the end of last year. Earlier experts predicted that following the results of the fourth quarter the automobile plants of the Northern capital will produce more than 90 thousand cars. This will allow to exceed not only the figures of 2016, but also 2015, when the General Motors plant was still in operation, mothballed later by American owners.
Three enterprises produce nine models of cars - Nissan Qashqai, Nissan X-Trail, Nissan Murano, Nissan Pathfinder, Toyota Camry, Toyota RAV4, Hyundai Solaris, Hyundai Creta and Kia Rio.


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Hire a cheap rental car in Almeria Airport
Almeria Airport is located 9 km east of the region's capital city in southeast Spain. With an Almeria Airport car hire ****you can easily drive over to the coast on the gulf of Almeria, as it is only 500 meters from the Airport, or to the south of the sierra Alhamilla.
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The airport is easily accessed via the 'Autovia del Mediterraneo' A7 which passes a few km inland. Up until recently the city of Almeria was not as well known in tourism as other Spanish capitals like Malaga, Seville, or Granada. However, that is drastically changing as it is now becoming popular as a major holiday spot and is easier to access via the Almeria Airport.
Almeria Airport handles just around one million passengers per year and about 15,000 flight operations. The airport hosts cultural tours two days a week from September to June to teach student groups about flight and airport operations. The tour begins with a video projection in the auditorium, followed by a visit to the falconry facilities, where students learn about birds of prey. The tour concludes with a viewing of aircraft taking off, and a demonstration of technical works such as airplane communications with the control tower, among other aspects.
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Take five: "Women should lead the conversation on gender equality"
Hayat Mirshad is a 32-year-old Lebanese feminist, human rights activist and gender, communications and advocacy expert. As co-founder of the feminist collective FE-MALE in Lebanon, she advocates against discriminatory gender norms and policies and works closely with UN Women's Men and Women for Gender Equality programme funded by the Government of Sweden. The programme works to change behaviours and social norms for gender equality in the Arab States.Mirshad is also a member of UN Women's Gender Innovation Agoraand was recognized as one of the BBC's 100 most inspiring and influential women of 2020 for her activism on women's rights.In this interview, she shares her journey of fighting gender inequity and explains how to rally for wide-reaching and sustainable impact.
How did you become an advocate for women's rights and gender equality in Lebanon?
Reading Nawal El Saadawi's book "Woman and Sex" was a turning point in my life – experiences similar to mine confirmed my ideas about gender discrimination. As a result, I started following women's issues in Lebanon and later volunteered at the Global Campaign for Equal Nationality Rights as a freshwoman in university, which was the foundation of my career.
Over the years, I developed my knowledge of feminism and built local, regional and international networks, as I am a strong believer in solidarity and collaboration. Working in the media enabled me to raise awareness of gender issues through mainstream and social media platforms. The more I learned about women's daily sufferings, the more vocal I decided to be, to make sure I was really heard.
How do people around you react to your activism? What challenges do you face being a vocal feminist?
It is not easy trying to advocate for topics unwelcomed by our naturally resistant society; criticism is often aggressive and cynical. Changes associated to our value systems and traditions are even more challenging, and gender issues are often interlinked with religion and politics.
To work towards changing gender social norms in Lebanon, I started with my immediate community – which, like much of the Lebanese society, is mainly conservative. I am proud to say that my family's views have drastically changed, and they now advocate for women's rights within their circles. Although I've lost many friends throughout my journey, many others have joined the feminist movement.
In your experience, how do masculinities and social norms affect gender equality in Lebanon? What can be done to change attitudes on gender equality?
I believe that toxic masculinity is the core of the problem. Society's perception of masculinity often leads to social dominance, misogyny, violence and even murder in some cases, with honour crimes still considered acceptable in many countries. Moreover, our laws, traditions, values, religion and society in general, provide cover for displays of toxic masculinity, adversely impacting women's lives, rights, dignity and destiny. Unfortunately, gender-based violence had to take the lives of many Lebanese women to emphasize the urgency of domestic violence laws reform, which was finally approved last December.
When teaching advocacy, I underline the importance of overturning power dynamics simultaneously through the media, education, laws and parenting. We also need to invest in, and empower women to lead the conversation on gender equality to reclaim our rights and space within the community. Boys, men and fathers should work alongside us.
How can we strengthen cooperation across the women's rights movement in Lebanon?
First, we need to close the inter-generational gap in the women's rights movement by promoting dialogue, recognizing the contributions of older generations of feminists and [enabling] younger feminist voices to speak up. This is a common problem across many countries. I believe that discussions between generations of feminists and greater collaboration among us are key in strengthening the women's rights movement in Lebanon.
Also, donors should work with Lebanese women's organizations in defining their funding priorities and agenda, otherwise they risk playing a negative role in the movement. It is important that resources are directed towards strengthening a feminist agenda that is truly owned by us.
What do you say to young men and women who see you as a feminist role model?
I don't believe in static role models in feminism: the feminist movement acknowledges and takes into account the achievements and contributions of previous generations of feminists, while calling on younger generations to continually expand and contextualize the women's rights agenda based on the new realities of our globalized world.
I wouldn't be here today, as loud as I am, without the work of the feminists that came before me. Our younger sisters can now start to advocate within their communities. I call on the younger generations to take our work further and hand over their own achievements, knowledge, and experiences to the feminists to come.
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The World Bank (1984) summarizes a number of challenges in developing countries' construction industry and they include inadequate procurement and contracting procedures leading to delayed payments without adequate compensation of contractors, inexperienced and excessively rigid contract supervision, inadequate training of staff, construction business proprietors who tend to outgrow their capacity to manage construction risk, lack of a sound framework for institutional and legal arrangement; compromised construction standards and delayed completion of projects, price fluctuations of materials and other resources.
Uganda is also a developing country and obviously as you may have already noticed is facing all the above issues. We cannot talk about all the pains and problems facing the construction industry in Uganda, you have to write a whole book! So let me briefly take you through a few challenges that people in the industry face.
When a person or a company has a big construction project, they may not be able to do it on their own, so they will get a contractor. Smaller companies or entities may have to worry about brief case contractors or scams posing as contractors only to rip them of their money. Larger entities however have the capability to advertise or call on contractors to bid for the project and this reduces the risk of interfacing with scams.
When a contractor successfully gets a tender, yes, he will be happy, but there is a lot that he has to worry about even before he starts working on the project. One of them is the percentage of the project money that he has to give to whoever got him the tender. He is already compromising the quality of work to be delivered and this is why we are getting defective results from multibillion dollar projects.
The next thing he has to worry about are the costs of everything that he is going to need to complete the project successfully. Due to the weakening of the Uganda Shilling against the dollar, there is a constant rise of project costs and this includes the construction materials as well as the services to be offered.
Let's say he has got every material that he needs for the project; now he needs labour. Obviously there are many Ugandans seeking jobs so finding people to work with is not a very difficult task. The challenge though is that most of these people can only provide unskilled labour. If it is a big project say a road or a very big building, the contractor will be forced to hire skilled labour from outside countries which costs them heavily as these people demand high salary wages, and this obviously has a negative impact on the cost of the project.
Okay, we have everything we need for the project, the next thing the contractor is concerned about is the safety of the site. The construction industry is a risky industry and this is why there is high demand for insurance and compensation claims from serious injuries caused on sites. Many contractors pay high premiums for various types of insurance and this impacts operations around the project because it is costly.
It is evident that the problems that the nation faces as a whole directly or indirectly affect the construction industry as well. From the above we can see issues of corruption, inflation, unemployment among others. Like I said earlier, we cannot talk about all of them and finish. This is simply a sneaky peak into a few of them.


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* Dizajn Zlocina, Sudjenje skorpionima (VBZ Sarajevo, Zagreb, Beograd 2009)
* Processo agli Scorpioni (Edizioni XII, 2008, Stampa Alternativa, 2009, Italy)
* Matrimony (Ediciones del Bronce, Planeta, Barcelona, Spain, 2003; Feminist Publisher 94, Belgrade, Serbia, 2004)
* Me and My Multicultural Street (Feminist Publisher 94, Belgrade, Serbia, 2001) – Serbian and English
* Diary of a Political Idiot (Cleis Press, San Francisco, California, 2000) — published in 12 languages
* O Normalnosti: Moralna Opera jednog politićkog idiota (Feminist Publisher 94, Belgrade, Serbia, 1999)
* The Suitcase: Refugee Voices from Bosnia and Croatia (University of California Press, Berkley, San Francisco, California, 1997). Edited with Julie Mertus, et al.
* Nefertiti (Stampa Alternativa, Italy 2009)
* The Necromancers/Nekromanti (play, 2007)
* Nefertiti Was Here/Nefertiti je bila ovde (Belgrade Women's Studies, Centar za Zenske Studije, Beograd 2007)
* They just do it (play, Feminist Notebooks, Belgrade, Serbia 1998)
* The Mermaids (Feminist 94, Belgrade, Serbia 1997) — Borislav Pekić Award recipient
* A Women's Book (Feminist 94, Belgrade, Serbia 1996)
* In Exile (Feminist 94, Belgrade, Serbia 1994)
* The Invisible Book (KOV, Vrsac, Yugoslavia 1992)
Essays and Short Stories
* "All Patients are Refugees" (Stories of Illness and Healing: Women Write their Bodies, edited by Sayantani Das Gupta and Marsha Hurst, The Kent State University Press, 2007)
* "Baghdad/Belgrade Correspondence" (Writing the World: On Globalization, editors Wandee Pryor and Rothenberg, MIT Press, Boston Massachusetts 2005)
* "Diary of an American Idiot" (n+1, http://nplusonemag.com 2005)
* "Letter to My Imaginary American Friend" (Stop the Next War Now, editors Medea Benjamin and Jodie Evans, Inner Ocean, San Francisco, California 2005)
* "We Are All Women In Black" (Women on War, edited by Daniela Gioseffi, Feminist Press, New York, New York, 2003)
* "Mermaids, Ljubica" (short stories) (Casablanca Serbia, editor Nicole Janigro, Feltrinelli, Milan, Italy 2003)
* The Diary of a Political Idiot (Granta 67, Autumn, London, UK 1999)
* "Lies and Secrets" (Index on Censorship, London, UK 1999)
* Many short essays published on the blog Boing Boing, including "The Long Goodbye", concerning the funeral of Slobodan Milosevic
* "Ja i moja multikulturalna ulica" (Feminist 94, Belgrade, 2001; translated into English as "Me and my multicultural street" in Bojana Kovačević's Master's thesis, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Facultat de Traducció i d'Interpretació, Bellaterra, Barcelona, 2008)
* Other writings for newspapers and TV including Serbian weekly NIN; Serbian daily Nasa Borba; The Washington Post; Philadelphia Inquirer; L'Espresso; Panorama; ABC TV; El Pais; Al Jazeera; Flair; Grazia. She has a column in La Stampa, Italy, "I Globalisti" (together with her husband Bruce Sterling) and Yellow Cab, Belgrade.
* Difficile Morire, artistic collaboration on Umberto Silva's film, (Rome 1977)
* Mother and Sinner, with Rade Vladic (Belgrade 1978)
* Morning Midday Evening, with Rade Vladic, film based on a short story by David Albahari (Belgrade 1978)
* Nefertiti Was Here (Belgrade 1978)
* Jasmina's Diary, with Dinko Tucakovic (Belgrade 1999) (Made for broadcast on German television)
* Nefertiti Was Here in Belgrade (Belgrade 2003)
* Women in Black (Belgrade 2006)
* Stencil Art in Serbia (Belgrade 2007)
* A Minute to Twelve (Belgrade 2007)
* In/Visible Cities (Belgrade 2008)
* Rafts (Belgrade 2008)
* Participation (Belgrade 2008)
* Blogs (Belgrade 2008)
* Recycling Romany (Belgrade 2008)


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Brown, Cox lead Baylor over Oregon 72-67 into women's final
Oregon guard Sabrina Ionescu (20) drives to the basket as Baylor forward Lauren Cox (15), defends during a women's Final Four NCAA college basketball semifinal tournament game Friday, April 5, 2019, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)
Published April 5, 2019 at 6:19pm
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Locked in a close game for the first time in weeks, Baylor never flinched.
Kalani Brown scored 22 points and Lauren Cox added 21 as the Lady Bears (36-1) held off Final Four newcomer Oregon 72-67 Friday night to reach the women's championship game for the first time since 2012.
The two-time champions won their 28th straight game, exerting themselves defensively down the stretch. Chloe Jackson delivered a tiebreaking layup with 39 seconds left and Brown and Cox finished out the victory with free throws for the overall top-seeded team.
"The feeling is unreal," Brown said.
Coach Kim Mulkey won national titles as a player and assistant coach at Louisiana Tech. Now, Baylor has a chance to win its third national title with her in charge, facing Notre Dame for the title on Sunday night.
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The 56-year-old coach, in her 19th season at Baylor, said she never questioned how her team, who's played only a handful of games decided by fewer than 10 points, would respond when they fell behind 64-61 with just over six minutes remaining.
During a timeout, Mulkey said Brown — one of two senior starters — looked at teammate Juicy Landrum and told the 5-foot-8 guard the Lady Bears were going to be just fine.
"There was nothing to draw up. No magical words," Mulkey said. "Just go play."
All-American Sabrina Ionescu led Oregon (33-5) with 18 points, but didn't score in the fourth quarter. She missed a layup that would have given her team the lead in the final minute and the Ducks misfired on 12 of their last 13 shots.
"They played like champions today and deserve to move on," Oregon coach Kelly Graves said.
"I'm really proud of our team, no question about it. We certainly belonged to be here," Graves added. "We had our chances down the stretch. I just don't know if we ever got our game going. We saw bits and pieces of it here and there. Credit them. A really good defensive team."
Mulkey gave Ionescu a hug and talked to her for a few moments in the postgame handshake line. Ionescu shot 6 for 24, including 0-for-7 in the fourth quarter.
After Jackson's layup, Cox made two free throws and Brown finished with a foul shot in the closing seconds.
Oregon was one of the best 3-point shooting teams in the nation this season, but was just 12-of-32 from behind the arc and shot 36.8 percent overall.
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"I think this is just going to make us more hungry to get back to this stage," Ionescu said.
The opening semifinal at sold-out Amalie Arena was billed as "old school" vs. "new school" — a matchup of contrasting styles, with Baylor hoping to exploit a size advantage inside with an imposing frontcourt of the 6-foot-7 Brown and 6-4 Cox and Oregon looking to test the Lady Bears' ability to defend the 3-point line.
Ionescu shrugged off a scoreless first quarter in which she attempted just two shots. She scored 12 in the second quarter and gave Oregon a 34-33 halftime lead after making a long 3 while being bumped to the ground by Baylor's DiDi Richards.
Ionescu sat on the floor and stared at Richards, whom she thought had fouled her on a shot she missed moments before, before climbing to her feet to make a free throw to finish a four-point play to put Oregon up at the break.
"Our practices prepare us for these moments," Mulkey said after Baylor's closest game since a 74-68 win at Texas on Feb. 4.
Baylor, whose only loss was at Stanford in mid-December, trounced its first four opponents in the NCAA tournament by an average of just over 38 points per game. In doing so, the Lady Bears became just the third team since the field was expanded to 64 teams to win each of their games en route to the Final Four by 25-plus points.
UConn did it twice, in 2010 and 2013, and capped each of those seasons with a national championship.
Oregon was in the Final Four for the first time, finally breaking through under Graves after losing in the Elite Eight the past two years.
Graves said the Ducks don't take solace in playing the top overall seed down to the wire.
"No, it still hurts," the coach said. "But we'll have a chance to look back on this and realize that this was an incredible season. We've got a lot coming back. This is a team that's going to be loaded. … We've proven we're a program on the rise. We're not going anywhere."
HOT HAND
Baylor, which was 0-for-3 and outscored 36-0 from behind the 3-point line, shot 54.4 percent. The Lady Bears are 218-1 all-time when shooting better than 50 percent from the field.
DEFENDING IONESCU
When Richards picked up her fourth foul in the opening minute of the fourth quarter, Landrum took on the assignment of guarding Ionescu the remainder of the game.
The only basket Oregon scored over the final six minutes was Satou Sabally's 3-pointer that tied it at 67.
Sabally joined Ionescu in double figures with 16 points. Erin Boley added 14, including four 3-pointers, before fouling out.
Ionescu faces a decision in the next few days about whether to return to Oregon for her senior season or enter the WNBA draft.
The 5-foot-11 guard from Walnut Creek, California, was the only player in the country averaging at least 15 points, seven rebounds and seven assists. She also set a NCAA single-season record with eight triple-doubles, boosting her career total to 18 — another NCAA mark.
Asked during a postgame news conference if she's made a decision about her future, Ionescu responded with a single word: "No."
NICE GRAB
Little pieces of confetti that appeared to be falling from above an area above the scoreboard occasionally fell to the floor during the game and had to be removed during stoppages in play.
Coming out of a timeout in the third quarter, Jackson spotted a small piece of paper falling to the court and caught it before smiling and handing it to an official.
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The morning of that fateful night at Wembley for the Champions League final I shot Jay and Vicky just round the corner from their home for their engagement. Time was very tight for all of us to say the least, but within around 30 minutes of dropping a light stand, we were wrapping up and I was heading off down to London. Jay, using his local knowledge, provided a couple of options for location and we opted for this one which was a little public footpath over a stream. Fortunately no-ones managed to invent smello-prints yet because the stream absolutely stank. Like really badly! I used just the one SB900 in a large Lastolite Ezybox and triggered this with the pop-up flash using Nikon's iTTL system. Both images were shot at 1/125 sec at F2.8, the top image using an ISO of 800 because of the decreased ambient light under the trees and the bottom one at 200 as the couple were more out in the open.


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Q: Need script for Beanstream payment gateway integration I need to implement BeanStream payment gateway in my php code.I am new in payment gateway implementation. Can anybody help me with any demo project or scripts? prior thanks.

A: I know this is an old question, but since I just implemented the Beanstream payment gateway in my code I thought I would answer for the record anyway:
Once you have an account with Beanstream you will be able to access their API manuals which provide some good documentation on all of the request and response fields.  You can use the curl library in PHP to connect to the Beanstream API this very easily.  Here is a sample method for performing a simple payment based on their documentation ($global_ccauth is just an ORM object that contains my request information, which I store each time in my database, including the response string from Beanstream, but BE CAREFUL AND YOU PROBABLY WANT TO obfuscate the credit card number in the ORM model before it is saved to the database, like I do):
public static function do_payment($global_ccauth, $submitted_card_number) {
    $payment_result = array(
        'status' => FALSE,
        'response' => array(),
    );

    // attempt to process the payment using CURL and a POST request to the Beanstream server as per Beanstream's example
    $request = curl_init();

    // Get curl to POST
    curl_setopt($request, CURLOPT_POST, 1);
    curl_setopt($request, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, 0);
    curl_setopt($request, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, 0);
    curl_setopt($request, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1); // return the results instead of echoing them
    curl_setopt($request, CURLOPT_URL, BEANSTREAM_URL);

    // These are the transaction parameters that we will POST
    $auth_parameters = "requestType=BACKEND";
    $auth_parameters .= "&merchant_id=" . BEANSTREAM_MERCHANT;
    $auth_parameters .= "&username=" . BEANSTREAM_API_USER;
    $auth_parameters .= "&password=" . BEANSTREAM_API_PASS;
    $auth_parameters .= "&trnCardOwner=" . $global_ccauth->trnCardOwner;
    $auth_parameters .= "&trnCardNumber=". $submitted_card_number;
    $auth_parameters .= "&trnExpMonth=" . $global_ccauth->trnExpMonth;
    $auth_parameters .= "&trnExpYear=" . $global_ccauth->trnExpYear;
    //$auth_parameters .= "&trnCardCvd=";
    $auth_parameters .= "&trnOrderNumber=" . $global_ccauth->trnOrderNumber ;
    $auth_parameters .= "&trnAmount=" . $global_ccauth->trnAmount;
    $auth_parameters .= "&ordName=" . $global_ccauth->ordName;
    $auth_parameters .= "&ordEmailAddress=" . $global_ccauth->ordEmailAddress;
    $auth_parameters .= "&ordPhoneNumber=" . $global_ccauth->ordPhoneNumber;
    $auth_parameters .= "&ordAddress1=" . $global_ccauth->ordAddress1;
    $auth_parameters .= "&ordAddress2=" . $global_ccauth->ordAddress2;
    $auth_parameters .= "&ordCity=" . $global_ccauth->ordCity;
    $auth_parameters .= "&ordProvince=" . $global_ccauth->ordProvince;
    $auth_parameters .= "&ordPostalCode=" . $global_ccauth->ordPostalCode;
    $auth_parameters .= "&ordCountry=" . $global_ccauth->ordCountry;

    curl_setopt($request, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $auth_parameters);

    // Now POST the transaction. $txResult will contain Beanstream's response
    $auth_result = curl_exec($request);
    curl_close($request);

    if ($auth_result !== FALSE) {
        // save the raw results
        $global_ccauth->response = $auth_result;
        $global_ccauth->save();

        // parse the results
        parse_str($auth_result, $parsed_result);
        $payment_result['response'] = $parsed_result;
        if ( ! empty($parsed_result['trnApproved']) && $parsed_result['trnApproved'] == 1) {
            // the request was approved
            $payment_result['status'] = TRUE;
        } else {
            // the request was not approved
            // do something smart
        }
    } else {
        // curl POST request failed
        // do something smart
    }

    return $payment_result;
}

I have also implemented their recurring payments for processing monthly payments automatically and it seems to be working well.  You just have to adjust the parameters you send as per their API documentation.

A: PHP-Payments seems to be what you're looking for http://payments.calvinfroedge.com/

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Q: How do I speed up the following JDBC insert/import process? So basically I have 2 tables called snomed_conceptdata with (454772 rows) and
'snomed_descriptiondata' with (1383698 rows).According to this code currently I am trying to insert records into a table called snomedinfo_data, which is working but the insert/import process is happening where slowly.I suspect that this is because of the nested while loop which takes too long while processing.
Is there an alternative way to do this so that the import/insert process can happen quickly.
package Snomed.Snomed;
import java.sql.PreparedStatement;
import java.sql.ResultSet;

import catalog.Root;

public class Snomedinfo {
    public void snomedinfoinsert()
    {
    Root oRoot = null;
    ResultSet oRsSelect = null;
    PreparedStatement oPrStmt = null;
    PreparedStatement oPrStmt2 = null;
    PreparedStatement oPrStmtSelect = null;
    String strSql = null;
    String strSql2 = null;
    String snomedcode=null;
    ResultSet oRs = null;
    String refid = null;
    String id = null;
    String effectivetime = null;
    String active = null;
    String moduleid = null;
    String conceptid = null;
    String languagecode = null;
    String typeid = null;
    String term = null;
    String caseSignificanceid = null;
    try{
    oRoot = Root.createDbConnection(null);

    strSql = "SELECT  id FROM snomed_conceptdata WHERE active=1 ";
    oPrStmt2 = oRoot.con.prepareStatement(strSql);
    oRsSelect = oPrStmt2.executeQuery();
    while (oRsSelect.next()) {
        snomedcode = Root.TrimString(oRsSelect.getString("id"));

        strSql2 = "SELECT  * FROM snomed_descriptiondata WHERE conceptid =? AND active=1  ";
        oPrStmtSelect = oRoot.con.prepareStatement(strSql2);
        oPrStmtSelect.setString(1,snomedcode);
        oRs =oPrStmtSelect.executeQuery();
        while (oRs.next()) {
            refid = Root.TrimString(oRs.getString("refid"));
            id = Root.TrimString(oRs.getString("id"));
            effectivetime = Root.TrimString(oRs.getString("effectivetime"));
            active = Root.TrimString(oRs.getString("active"));
            moduleid = Root.TrimString(oRs.getString("moduleid"));
            conceptid = Root.TrimString(oRs.getString("conceptid"));
            languagecode = Root.TrimString(oRs.getString("languagecode"));
            typeid = Root.TrimString(oRs.getString("typeid"));
            term = Root.TrimString(oRs.getString("term"));
            caseSignificanceid = Root.TrimString(oRs.getString("caseSignificanceid"));

            String sql = "INSERT INTO snomedinfo_data (refid,id,effectivetime,active,moduleid,conceptid,languagecode,typeid,term,caseSignificanceid) VALUES( ?, ?, ?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?)";
            oPrStmt = oRoot.con.prepareStatement(sql);
            oPrStmt.setString(1, refid);
            oPrStmt.setString(2, id);
            oPrStmt.setString(3, effectivetime);
            oPrStmt.setString(4, active);
            oPrStmt.setString(5, moduleid);
            oPrStmt.setString(6, conceptid);
            oPrStmt.setString(7, languagecode);
            oPrStmt.setString(8, typeid );
            oPrStmt.setString(9, term);
            oPrStmt.setString(10, caseSignificanceid);
             oPrStmt.executeUpdate();

        }

    }
    System.out.println("done");
    }

    catch (Exception e) {
        e.printStackTrace();

    }

    finally {

        oRsSelect = Root.EcwCloseResultSet(oRsSelect);
        oRs = Root.EcwCloseResultSet(oRs);
        oPrStmt = Root.EcwClosePreparedStatement(oPrStmt);
        oPrStmt = Root.EcwClosePreparedStatement(oPrStmt2);
        oPrStmt = Root.EcwClosePreparedStatement(oPrStmtSelect);
        oRoot = Root.closeDbConnection(null, oRoot);
    }
}
    public static void main(String args[] ) throws Exception
      {

      Snomedinfo a = new Snomedinfo();
      a .snomedinfoinsert();

      }

}

A: You can use SQL Insert Into Select Query
INSERT INTO snomedinfo_data
SELECT refid,id,effectivetime,active,moduleid,conceptid,languagecode,typeid,term,caseSignificanceid FROM snomed_descriptiondata
WHERE conceptid =? AND active=1

it will merge your 2nd and 3rd query, so that you can avoid unnecessary iterations.

A: Batch inserts are mentioned in the comments (we will come to that in a minute), here are some other optimizations you can do.
At the moment you're selecting the data used for the insert one by one, so if you insert 100,000 rows, you're also selecting 100,000 rows from the database. Instead you can perform one single SQL-statement doing a join over the two tables:
...
    strSql2 = "SELECT d.* FROM snomed_conceptdata c, snomed_descriptiondata d WHERE c.active = 1 and conceptid = c.id AND d.active = 1";
    oPrStmtSelect = oRoot.con.prepareStatement(strSql2);
    oPrStmtSelext.setFetchSize(100);
    oRs = oPrStmtSelect.executeQuery();
    while (oRs.next()) {
...

Remove the first select statement and while-loop and you should already have a significant increase in performance.
The next increase in performance can come from preparing the insert-statement only once. So put
        String sql = "INSERT INTO snomedinfo_data (refid,id,effectivetime,active,moduleid,conceptid,languagecode,typeid,term,caseSignificanceid) VALUES(?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?)";
        oPrStmt = oRoot.con.prepareStatement(sql);

outside the while-loop. The increase shouldn't be that dramatic like the one when you get rid off all these select-statements, but still.
And finally, instead of calling oPrStmt.executeUpdate(); you can add the execution to a batch by calling oPrStmt.addBatch(). This collects the statements in memory and by calling oPrStmt.executeBatch() all the statements are executed within one transaction. If too many statements are added to the batch, you will end in an OutOfMemoryError, so you might keep count of the added statements and execute a batch after reaching a threshold of e.g. 1000.


Alexa is the name of the personal assistant that lives inside the Echo, Amazon's smart speaker, which can tell you the news and weather, play music, turn on smart home devices, order you Lyft or a pizza, and much more. But if you tire of having to say "Alexa," you can change the device's settings so that it will respond to "Amazon," "Echo," or even "Computer." Here's how to do it.
1. Open the Amazon Alexa app on your Android or iOS device.
2. Tap the three line menu button on the top left of the screen.
3. Select Settings, then Device Settings.
4. Tap on the Echo device you want to change.
5. Scroll down and tap Wake Word. Select Alexa, Amazon, Echo, or Computer, depending on your preference.
Amazon has updated Alexa so that you no longer need to say a wake word before every command. If you enable Follow-Up mode, your Echo device will keep listening for five seconds after the completion of a request. Here's how to turn on Follow-Up Mode.


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LUran-9 (in cirillico: Уран-9) è un veicolo da combattimento senza pilota (UCGV) di fabbricazione russa, progettato per missioni di ricognizione, antincendio, antiterrorismo e di supporto al combattimento con l'obiettivo di contenere perdite umane nello svolgimento di tali compiti.

Sviluppato dalla JSC 766° UPTK, è prodotto dalla Kalashnikov e promosso sul mercato internazionale da Rosoboronexport.

Consegnato alle esercito della Federazione Russa nel 2016, dopo un travagliato periodo di test, il mezzo è entrato in servizio attivo il 24 gennaio 2019.

Caratteristiche
L'Uran-9 consiste in una piattaforma cingolata corazzata, controllata da un posto comando remoto, che racchiude due robot: uno dedito alla ricognizione, l'altro al supporto del fuoco.

L'armamento è costituito da un cannone automatico 2A72 da 30 mm mentre quello secondario da una mitragliatrice calibro 7,62 mm, 6 lanciarazzi Shmel-M e 4 tubi lancia-missili che possono accomodare quattro fra missili anti-carro Atak e missili terra-aria portatili Igla-S o Strela a seconda della missione che è chiamato a svolgere.

Il robot è equipaggiato con un telemetro laser, sensori ad infrarossi, sensori di identificazione IFF ed un laser warning system.

Uso in combattimento

L'Uran-9 è stato testato in territorio ostile durante la guerra civile siriana tra il 2016 ed il 2018. Tuttavia, secondo un rapporto sulle sue prestazioni redatto dal 3 ° Istituto centrale di ricerca del Ministero della difesa della Federazione Russa, il mezzo robotico non ha funzionato secondo le aspettative, non riuscendo a svolgere molte delle missioni ad esso assegnate. Una fonte vicina al produttore, tuttavia, ha smentito tale rapporto osservando che l'azienda stesse lavorando per diminuire i tempi risposta del mezzo ed aumentare la larghezza di banda dello scambio dei dati.

Nel 2018, l'Uran-9 è stato visto partecipare alle esercitazioni su larga scala Vostok2018.

Utilizzatori

In servizio attivo dal 2019 con circa 20 esemplari. Nell'aprile 2021 consegnata una nuova fornitura di 20 esemplari di Uran-9

Note

Altri progetti

Veicoli senza equipaggio
Veicoli militari russi


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Landlink > LL-apr-2017 > Bellarine Rail Trail a corridor for biodiversity
Bellarine Rail Trail a corridor for biodiversity
The Bellarine Rail Trail in Victoria contains the Bellarine Peninsula's last patches of remnant vegetation, with flora species that can be found nowhere else on the Bellarine, plus a vibrant bird life which is unique to the area. But that rich diversity is under threat from weed invasion, including gorse, flax-leaf broom, and watsonia.
A partnership between Bellarine Catchment Network, VicTrack and Landcare Australia is helping to reverse the decline by targeting the removal of these weeds and allowing the natural regeneration of Indigenous species. The Bellarine Landcare Group and Swan Bay Environment Association have also been closely involved with the project.
In the second half of 2016, a Green Army team made inroads into cutting and painting the woody weeds along the trail. This work was complemented and followed up with herbicide spraying, a task which will be on-going given the nature of these weeds. The seeds can be in the soil for 30 years and the soil's seed bank can accumulate as many 400 million seeds/ha under mature gorse.
A twice monthly "Weed and Walk" group led by local botanist, Beth Ross, has helped control weeds at key high biodiversity sites. The sessions are fun and educational, and the participants soon develop a passion for weeding due to Beth's enthusiasm.
Community engagement has been a key to the success of this project, with community groups such as Swan Bay Environment Association and local schools revegetating degraded areas with Indigenous species.
Matt Crawley, the Bellarine Catchment Network program coordinator, said, "The kids and community members gain a sense of 'pride in place' from being part of the planting days, and they learn why this work is so important."
Over the past seven months there have been three community groups and four schools involved in community planting days, where 700 seedlings from the endangered vegetation community 'Coastal Moonah Woodland' have been planted.
"We hope this funding is renewed so that we can maintain the quality of this important work and ensure we can be really proud of the Bellarine Rail Trail into the future," Matt said.
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Brendan Rodgers backs Jamie Vardy to do what every Liverpool fan is hoping for tonight
Leicester boss Brendan Rodgers has backed Jamie Vardy to have his say in the title race.
The Foxes go to Manchester City on Monday with the hosts two points behind leaders Liverpool after the Reds' 3-2 win at Newcastle on Saturday.
Vardy has scored nine goals in eight games under Rodgers, including a brace in last week's 3-0 win over Arsenal.
The ex-England striker has netted 34 times against the 'big six' sides—including five against City—and Rodgers expects him to give the hosts problems.
"Well he does [strike fear into opponents] there's no getting away from that," he said.
"When I was preparing a team to play against him you just knew you've got to be really careful against him, because if you don't counter-press the game well and there's space to play that pass, he's going to hurt you. He's a goalscorer.
"If you watch him and see his ability to score a goal, and his threat, you'll always be mindful of it. But that's the Premier League—top players, top strikers—and you're always having to find a way to nullify that.
"But it's absolutely brilliant to have him on your side."
Leicester still have an outside shot of seventh spot but need to win their final two games against City and Chelsea, and hope Wolves lose against Liverpool.
Rodgers has won five of his eight games since replacing Claude Puel in February and feels they can hurt City.
He said: "We're still very early in our way of working. Eventually we'll get to that but if you look at Man City, they want to create the space.
"Take away the football jargon and the basic rule is to deny the opponent space, either from the press or a slightly deeper block. That's your choice of tactic.
"For us it's about super compact pressing at the right moment and when you have the ball, playing quickly at pressure because you'll be pressed in different phases.
"So, can you come out of that? Then the space is there for you."
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Q: problem with /compress I have script that was provided with some SW.
The script output is something like that (in debug mode).
+ changeDirectory
+ '[' -d /cdr/work/proc_raw/proc ']'
+ cd /cdr/work/proc_raw/proc
+ echo 'Changed to the directory: /cdr/work/proc_raw/proc'
Changed to the directory: /cdr/work/proc_raw/proc
+ retypeFileName
++ echo ''\''*.old'\'''
++ sed 's/'\''//g'
+ FILE='*.old'
+ case $TYPE in
+ compressFiles
+ echo 'files to compress: '
files to compress:
+ find . -name '*.old' -mtime +3
./file1.cdr.old
./file2.cdr.old
...
+ find . -name '*.old' -mtime +3
+ xargs compress -f
+ ecode=0
+ '[' 0 -gt 0 ']'
+ echo 'executed: find . -name *.old -mtime +3 | xargs compress -f'

However, after that, when looking for the file1.cdr.old.Z, file1.cdr.old.Z, .. in that directory, the file is not there.
If to execute the file command, it seems that there is no reason for compress to fail:
-bash-3.2# file file1.cdr.old
file1.cdr.old: ASCII text, with very long lines

Any suggestions?
EDIT:
the relevant parts from the script:
# Change to the selected directory
changeDirectory (){
    if [ -d $DIRECTORY ]
    then
    cd $DIRECTORY
    echo "Changed to the directory: $DIRECTORY" >> $LOGFILE
    else
        echo "$DIRECTORY does not exists" >> $LOGFILE
        exit 1
    fi
}

# Removes the "'" characters from filename.
retypeFileName (){
   FILE=$(echo $FILE | sed s/"'"//g )
}
# COMPRESSING FILES
compressFiles () {
   echo "files to compress: " >> $LOGFILE
   find . -name "$FILE" -type f $ACTION_TYPE +$PARAM >> $LOGFILE

   find . -name "$FILE" -type f $ACTION_TYPE +$PARAM | xargs compress -f
   ecode=$?

    if [ $ecode -gt 0 ]
    then
        dt=`date "+%Y-%b-%d %H:%M:%S"`
        echo "$dt > ERROR while compressing files. Error Code was $ecode" >> $LOGFILE
        exit 2
    fi

    echo "executed: find . -name "$FILE" -type f $ACTION_TYPE +$PARAM | xargs compress -f" >> $LOGFILE
}


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Crypto exchange BitMart loses $196 million to hackers
Large-scale cryptocurrency heists remain a significant headache. According to Coindesk, the crypto exchange BitMart has lost the equivalent of $196 million (originally estimated at $150 million) to a hack. The intruder breached Ethereum and Binance wallets with a flood of transfers starting around 2:30PM Eastern on December 4th, followed by an exodus of tokens two hours later that included Shiba and USDC.
Founder Sheldon Xia said only a "small percentage" of BitMart's assets were at risk. Even so, the company has frozen withdrawals "until further notice" and is reviewing security.
It's not clear who was responsible, but the culprit may have been knowledgeable The stolen funds have been sent to an Ethereum mixing service that could make it difficult to trace the funds. Crypto thieves aren't always that astute. The Poly Network attacker, for instance, offered to "surrender" and wound up returning all their loot. They claimed they were contributing to Poly's security, but that might also have been an attempt to avoid repercussions after researchers obtained potentially identifying data.
While this isn't the biggest digital heist (the Poly attacker grabbed $610 million, for instance), Coindesk notes this is one of the larger centralized exchange hacks to date. It also underscores the growing issue of cryptocurrency theft — the technology makes it all too feasible to steal large sums with few repercussions.
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Scientists warn global warming could decimate fish supplies and fuel migration
LONDON – Millions of people could lose their livelihoods, food source, and be forced from their homes if the world does not meet the Paris goal to curb global warming which is endangering fish numbers, Canadian researchers said on Wednesday.
A study by the University of British Columbia compared the economic and environmental impact of holding the global average temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius, as agreed in Paris in 2015, versus the current 3.5 degrees warming scenario.
Lead researcher Rashid Sumaila, director of the university's Fisheries Economics Research Unit, said they found meeting the Paris goal would benefit 75 percent of maritime countries, with the largest gains in poorer nations, by boosting fish supplies.
Fisheries provide about 260 million full-time and part-time jobs globally with seafood products a critical export for developing nations, according to the study published in published in the journal Science Advances.
But Sumaila warned that failing to curb global warming could threaten the livelihoods and food source of millions of people.
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"A steady supply of fish is essential to support these jobs, food sovereignty, and human well-being."
Ocean heat — recorded by thousands of floating robots — has been setting records repeatedly over the last decade, with 2018 expected to be the hottest year yet, according to an analysis by the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
The study found the Paris deal would push up the total mass of the top revenue generating fish species globally by 6.5 percent, with an average increase of 8.4 percent in the waters of developing countries.
Sumaila said achieving the Paris targets could increase global fishing revenue by $4.6 billion a year.
"The largest gains will occur in developing country waters, such as Kiribati, the Maldives and Indonesia, which are at greatest risks due to warming temperatures and rely the most on fish for food security, incomes and employment," Sumaila said.
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Makivik Corporation and Inuvialuit Regional Corporation Complete Transaction to Unite First Air and Canadian North as Strong, Sustainable Pan-Arctic Airline
OTTAWA, July 10, 2019 /CNW/ - Makivik Corporation and Inuvialuit Regional Corporation (IRC) are pleased to announce that they have completed the transaction to merge First Air and Canadian North into a strong, sustainable Pan-Arctic airline. This means that First Air and Canadian North will be able to begin the process of integrating their operations, with further details on the timing and duration of this process to be released very soon.
The unified Canadian North will continue to meet and exceed the expectations of the people and organizations that rely on the availability of safe, reliable and cost-effective air service. Johnny Adams, who is currently Executive Chairman of First Air, will serve as Executive Chairman of the merged airline. Patrick Gruben, the current Chairman of Inuvialuit Development Corporation and Chairman of Canadian North, will assume the role of Vice-Chairman. Together, they will provide steady, northern-focused guidance and oversight to the merged airline on behalf of all Northerners.
As a 100% Inuit-owned airline, Canadian North's overarching mission will be to facilitate the safe and efficient movement of people and goods to, from and within Inuit Nunangat, with the potential to expand its service to even more destinations in the future. It will strive to lead the aviation industry as a top employer, with continued focus on recruiting Inuit and other Indigenous team members for excellent careers within this sector. Through these efforts, it will contribute to the development of a stronger and more dynamic northern economy for the benefit of current and future generations.
"The completion of this merger transaction signifies an important step forward for the people of the north," said Johnny Adams, Executive Chairman. "A unified pan-Arctic airline that provides sustainable passenger and cargo service will help to improve the lives of Northerners through the economic growth that it will enable and career opportunities it will create."
"This is truly an Inuit-led solution that will drive additional investment and growth within the northern communities we serve while making the air travel we depend on more sustainable and efficient," said Patrick Gruben, Vice-Chairman.
The new Canadian North will serve a combined network of 24 northern communities, from its southern gateways of Ottawa, Montreal and Edmonton, with seamless interline connections to destinations throughout Canada, the United States and beyond. It will also be the premier provider of air charter services for large resource sector clients requiring dependable, efficient and economical fly-in/fly-out charter services, as well as charter flights across North America for sports teams, cruise lines and large groups.
For further information: Media contacts: William Tagoona, Communications Director, Makivik Corporation, (819) 964-2925, wtagoona@makivik.org; Mark Fleming, Chief Financial Officer, Inuvialuit Corporate Group, (867) 678-5429, MFleming@inuvialuit.com
First Air and Canadian North Embark on Transformative Journey to Build Strong, Unified New Northern Airline
OTTAWA, July 10, 2019 /CNW/ - First Air and Canadian North are pleased to announce that their respective owners, Makivik Corporation and the Inuvialuit Regional Corporation, have completed the transaction that will enable them to begin merging their operations into a strong and unified airline that will provide safe and sustainable air service to Northern customers and charter clients under the name 'Canadian North'.
As Northern airlines that are dedicated to the well-being of the communities they serve, First Air and Canadian North have shared the same vital mission - to bridge vast distances, bring people together and deliver important goods – always with friendly and helpful customer service. The highly inefficient status quo of two airlines operating overlapping flight schedules with aircraft capacity that has far exceeded demand on most routes has contributed to higher airfares and cargo rates while impeding their ability to invest in improving their operations. The purpose of this merger is to create an airline that will be able to safely and efficiently serve the North for generations to come, with the ability to continually grow and evolve to meet changing market needs. Safe operations will continue to be the number one priority throughout this integration and beyond.
Because of the complex nature of the airline industry and the many essential services that First Air and Canadian North provide, this integration is expected to take 18 to 24 months, with a tremendous amount of planning, coordination and hard work to be completed within distinct phases. During the initial stages, First Air and Canadian North will continue to serve customers under two separate brands. Scheduled services customers will continue to book, fly and ship cargo with either airline, and charters clients, partners and vendors will also continue to work with the team members and departments they are familiar with.
A major priority will be to develop a combined flight schedule that will enable customers of both airlines to book any flight operated by First Air or Canadian North. This schedule will be released later this year, several months before it takes effect. Communities will continue to receive passenger and cargo capacity that fully meets their needs, with competitive passenger and cargo rates.
Canadian North's popular Aurora Rewards loyalty program will be expanded to all scheduled flights operated by First Air, so that customers of both airlines have the ability to earn Aurora Rewards points and Aeroplan Miles that can be redeemed for free flights.
A unified 'Canadian North' brand will begin to roll out, featuring the First Air's distinctive Inukshuk logo and red and white colour palette. This brand will be seen in more and more places as time progresses, including the website, uniforms, counter signage and aircraft livery.
Dedicated and hard-working First Air and Canadian North team members will be brought together under the unified Canadian North banner. This will be a gradual process that will be completed hand-in-hand with other milestones such as combining flight reservations systems, fare products, operational processes, fleets and facilities.
The merged airline will strive to lead the aviation industry as a top employer, with continued focus on recruiting Inuit and other Indigenous team members for excellent careers within this sector.
"We are embarking on an exciting journey and our destination will be a stronger and more sustainable airline, focused entirely on providing safe and friendly passenger and cargo service to the people, organizations and communities that depend on us," said Chris Avery, President and CEO of First Air who will serve as leader of the merged organization. "We understand that our actions touch many lives, so we will maintain a 'community-first' approach throughout this integration, which includes carefully considering the essential needs of our customers when making decisions, communicating clearly and listening for feedback."
The unified Canadian North will leverage its experience and capabilities to expand other areas of its organization that will also contribute to its overall sustainability, such as its successful Charters division, with additional resources available to serve existing clients and bring in new business. This diversification will enable continued growth and evolution, regardless of economic conditions. The merged airline will also continue to lend its support to important community events and initiatives throughout the North.
For further information: Dan Valin, Manager, Marketing and Communications, First Air, Tel: 613.254.6294, dvalin@firstair.ca; Kelly Lewis, Manager, Marketing and Communications, Canadian North, Tel: 403.648.6101, klewis@canadiannorth.com
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On Sunday 18th February 2018, the Islamic Centre of England opened its doors to neighbours and visitors on Visit My Mosque open day.
The Islamic Centre of England is a Shi'a Islamic, religious and cultural centre whose mission is to provide services to members of the Muslim community and the wider community at large, focusing on spiritual guidance, inter-faith dialogue and Islamic education. It is one of the very few religious and community centres which is open for 365 days a year (that's everyday of the year) and delivers programmes in Arabic, Persian, Urdu in addition to English.
Volunteers from the community and in particular from SOAS Ahlulbayt Society and Middlesex Ahlulbayt Society played an important role in planning and running the programme of this open day.
The Islamic Centre of England welcomed the award-winning artist Siddiqa Juma and exhibited 10 of her original Islamic Art pieces.
The Islamic Centre of England also invited the following organisations to showcase the significant contributions of Muslim organisations in Britain: Imam Hussain Blood Donation Campaign, ARISE, Asian Middle Eastern Blood Cancer Trust and WhoIsHussain.
The day included a Try a Hijab activity, Calligraphy by young Muslim Calligraphist Miss Batul Al Bakaa, Q&A with Sheikh Bahmanpour and Sheikh Haneef, 2 of our resident scholars, and a guided tour with an overview of the history of the centre's beautiful building which was designed and constructed in 1913, almost 100 years ago.
Finally the guests were able to enjoy authentic healthy food which included dates filled pastries, fruits and light snacks.
The Islamic Centre of England welcomes visits from local and international universities, London schools and faith groups on a regular basis and it has been and will always be most welcoming of visitors and worshippers.


In his short stories, novels, and memoirs, Ernest Hemingway changed writing, focusing on the heart and sinew of a man and what it means to be a man. He won the Pulitzer Prize for The Old Man and the Sea, and was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1954. Tragically, he suffered from depression and died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound in 1961 at his home in Ketchum, Idaho, at the age of 62.