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What Can You Tell From a Color-Coded Chromosome?
Elizabeth Finn January 27, 2014
In an article published earlier this month, researchers color-coded cells based on which of two X-chromosomes they expressed resulting in beautiful images of marbleized cells like the one above. They are undeniably beautiful; but they also rely on complicated biological pathways and illuminate processes at play in every mammalian female. How does this work, what does it show, and how would it be useful?
Male (top) and female (bottom) cells, with the inactive X chromosome as a lump of heterochromatin at the edge of the nucleus (arrows, bottom). Also known as a Barr Body.
Females are Complicated
Mammalian sex chromosomes are treated very differently than autosomes. There are a few reasons for that, but the biggest one is that different individuals have different numbers of them, without any bad effects. You need two copies of every autosome for healthy development; deletions of more than a handful of genes are often fatal. And having too many copies of most autosomes also results in miscarriage (with notable exceptions such as trisomy 21, or Down Syndrome).
But that's just not the case with sex chromosomes. You might disregard the Y chromosome due to its gene-poor nature, although to do so would overlook the fact that less significant deletions on autosomes result in miscarriage. But the X chromosome is every bit as large and gene-rich as an autosome, and can exist either unpaired (monosomy, generally in males) or paired (disomy, generally in females) without ill effects.
What's more, adding in extra copies of the X chromosome – two in most males, three in females or males, and so on – produces far fewer health and developmental problems than most trisomies.
How does that work? How do you get a chromosome that doesn't care how many copies it has?
The short answer is that mammalian cells are set up to shut down all but one of the X chromosomes they possess. So any extra X chromosomes that an organism has get "turned off", bundled at the edge of the nucleus. They can't run amok.
That includes females – in each cell in most females, one of the two X chromosomes is selected randomly and shut down.
This process, called "X-inactivation", is a part of a broader pattern of dosage compensation in mammalian cells that essentially makes sure expression from a gene on a sex chromosome averages out to the same amount as expression from a gene on an autosome, no matter how many copies of that sex chromosome are present.
It also means that, for female mammals, there's a good deal of complexity in determining how any gene on the X chromosome gets expressed. It will most likely be "on" in some cells and "off" in others, determined in a mostly-random pattern and varying significantly between individuals. Which means that a lot of X-linked disorders show a huge amount of variation in severity between women.
From the paper in Neuron (Cell Press); differences in mosaicism in several tissues — from top to bottom: skin, embryo vs. placenta, tongue, and heart.
Seeing the Mosaic
What the researchers in question did was, essentially, make the mosaicism present in all mammalian females – the fact that different cells express different X chromosomes – visually apparent. One X chromosome had a green-glowing protein sequence on it; the other a red-glowing protein sequence on it. In the presence of another gene (so that the researchers could choose which organ to light up like a Christmas tree), those proteins would be expressed. But since only one X chromosome is "on" in any given cell, only one color would be expressed. The cell would be either red or green – not yellow.
What you get is this beautiful marbleized pattern, with swirls of red and green cells. The red cells express one X chromosome, the green cells the other.
There are a few things you can see from this right away. For any given organ, is it usually uniformly one color or is it generally a mottled combination? In the first case, it's likely that it arose from a single founder cell and whatever silencing pattern that cell had is inherited. In the second case, it either arose from a large number of founder cells or the silencing pattern isn't stably inherited in that line.
Are red and green cells distributed evenly, or do they form patches? If the former, cells in that organ probably move around a lot after they divide – causing the mixing you see. If the latter, cells don't move very much, so a mother cell and a daughter cell (with the same copy of their X chromosome silenced) tend to be right next to each other.
Does an organ always tend to have more of one color, in a bunch of different animals? That could be evidence that there's some parental bias going on: that a specific copy of the X chromosome (usually the paternally-inherited copy) is silenced rather than one chosen at random.
And so on. The point is, there are all of a sudden a lot of questions that can be asked, elegantly and simply, with this tool.
You can compare the territories formed by two kinds of inheritance to tell if they are equivalent — if epigenetic traits are passed on over cell division — or not.
Epigenetic Inheritance: Stable Like DNA
I want to get more into how this could be used to determine something potentially interesting. In particular: is the silent X-chromosome chosen anew every cell division, or is it inherited from mother cell to daughter cells?
As an aside, we knew going into this study that the silent X chromosome tends to be inherited across cell divisions. We knew this because people tried, for years, to reactivate the inactive X – by treating cells with drugs, by growing millions of cells in culture, and even by adding poison into the media, the antidote to which was put on the inactive X chromosome – and were almost universally unsuccessful. But there's a particularly elegant proof of the stability and clonal inheritance of X chromosome silencing that uses exactly a tool like this color-coded system.
As I said before, the cells in the images I've shown are color-coded based on which X chromosome they silenced: red cells silenced the maternal X, and green cells silenced the paternal X. To tell if the epigenetic silencing that causes this color-coding is inherited from mother cells to daughter cells, we're going to add a color: blue. Blue cells will represent something that we know for sure is inherited from mother cells to daughter cells.
Namely, DNA.
There are two ways to do this, although really one works a lot better in mammals. The first method is easier to understand: infect the cells with a virus which inserts a blue pigment-producing gene into their DNA sequence. If you do it at a low rate, and use a virus that can only infect once, you'll tag a random population of cells. From there, you can see if the borders between "blue" and "not blue" cells line up with the borders between red and green cells. If they do – clonally inherited. If they don't – not clonally inherited.
But the thing is, it's relatively difficult to do this experiment, because early-stage embryos are hard to work with, and harder to reimplant once you're done. What would be easier is if you could package all of that into an adult mouse, which has the advantage of not requiring a microscope to see, and just breed the mice.
Fortunately you can, if you think about it kind of backwards. If you put a sequence into the mouse that has two properties – glow blue, and at a relatively infrequent interval, cut itself out.
This is based on a "jumping gene" first identified in the petunia, which controls flower color: every so often, it cuts itself out of the genome, and you get white stripes on a purple flower (or, if it happens early enough, purple stripes on a white flower).
From PNAS; these white stripes are the result of a transgene insertion.
Once again, you have clusters of blue cells that you know are clonally inherited. You have clusters of red or green cells you aren't sure of. If the boundaries line up, the red/green decision is inherited across cell divisions. If not, not.
That's one of my favorite, elegant, experiments in epigenetics and molecular biology. There's something just so beautiful about it – a way of using color to see, physically, whether complicated epigenetic traits like X chromosome silencing are inherited as consistently as DNA itself. And while it wasn't the first proof of the stability of X chromosome silencing itself, we used techniques like that to show that a lot of other epigenetic silencing mechanisms were inherited across cell divisions, largely looking at the pigmentation of the eyes of Drosophila.
Biology epigenetics sex chromosomes x inactivation
Elizabeth Finn
Elizabeth is a geneticist working for a shady government agency and therefore obliged to inform you that all of the views presented in her posts are her own, and not official statements in any capacity. In her free time, she is an aerialist, a dancer, a clothing designer, and an author. You can find her on tumblr at madgeneticist.tumblr.com, on twitter at @lysine_rich, and also on facebook or google+.
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The 10 Best New Songs
Featuring illuminati hotties, Deafheaven, Lucy Dacus and more
By Jade Gomez & Paste Staff | June 10, 2021 | 3:45pm
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Maybe you've been dealing with the intense storms sweeping the coast, or maybe you've been boiling in the sun. In either case, June has not given anyone a break. Illuminati hotties tried to cool us down with "Pool Hopping" and Madi Diaz makes a fuzzy blanket out of "Woman In My Heart" for those rainy, introspective nights. In any case, emotions are high, backs are sweaty and the world is slowly opening back up. How about you join the Paste staff and listen to some of our favorites of the week? Umbrellas and pools not included.
Deafheaven: "Great Mass of Color"
San Francisco-based metal innovators Deafheaven have announced their fifth album Infinite Granite, a follow-up to 2018's Ordinary Corrupt Human Love. The band's go-to producer Jack Shirley returns as an engineer, with production duties instead being handled by Justin Meldal-Johnsen, known for his work with M83, Paramore and Wolf Alice. With this new production team comes a new musical approach on the band's newest single, "Great Mass of Color." The track takes a slightly more melodic approach with the band's lush soundscape, reminiscent of a wistful indie rock hit. The most notable difference is frontman George Clarke's subdued croon instead of his signature wails, with Clarke nothing that Infinite Granite will be used to explore his vocal abilities further than previous releases have shown. —Jade Gomez
illuminati hotties: "Pool Hopping"
Illuminati hotties, the exhilaratingly noisy project of Sarah Tudzin, has dealt with a lot over the years. From label disputes to unpaid royalties, it has been a rocky road to get to the point of independence. Today, illuminati hotties announces their third album Let Me Do One More, out Oct. 1 via Tudzin's imprint label Snack Shack Tracks. To kick off the summer, the band shares "Pool Hopping," the album's second single following "MMMOOOAAAAAYAYA." Tudzin uses the pool as a cheeky metaphor for relationships and her desire to find someone better. Her spry lyrics and the beach-punk vibes of the song lend itself well to the equally fitting music video: Everyone is in a pool. What more could we ask for? Maybe some synchronized swimming, which Tudzin delivers with a smile. —Jade Gomez
Lucy Dacus: "Brando"
Since announcing her forthcoming album Home Video (out June 25 via Matador Records), Lucy Dacus has shared dazzling singles such as "VBS" (along with its gorgeous video), as well as "Hot & Heavy" and "Thumbs." She ramped up the excitement this week with "Brando," the fourth and final single ahead of the new record. Striking directly towards the listener's heart with precise and frank lyrics, and a jaunty, danceable mortar of Dacus' bright acoustic guitar strings and punchy drums, "Brando" demonstrates Dacus' capacity not only as a songwriter, but also as a practitioner of tactful restraint. Emotive lyrics like "You called me cerebral / I didn't know what you meant / But now I do. Would it have killed you / to call me pretty instead?" color in the song with Dacus' vibrant personality. Of the single, Dacus says "'Brando' refers to a very dramatic friend I had in high school whose whole personality was the media he consumed. He showed me a lot of amazing movies and music, but I think he was more interested in using me as a scrapbook of his own tastes than actually getting to know me." —Jason Friedman
Lunar Vacation: "Shrug"
To celebrate signing to Austin-based indie label Keeled Scales, Atlanta-based rock quartet Lunar Vacation shared a new single and video, the sunny, yet circumspect "Shrug." Though its title may evoke apathy, "Shrug" is more about growing beyond a simplistic, black-and-white perspective. "I look back now and realize that this song was a pivotal moment in delving into self-identity and ultimately identifying as a non-binary person," says songwriter, vocalist and guitarist Grace Repasky in a statement. "The more I tried to fit into a box, the more I felt out of place. Reconstructing thinking patterns and unlearning a binary outlook is a lifelong journey, and I think 'Shrug' is a documented beginning for me." Produced by Daniel Gleason of Grouplove, "Shrug" is cleverly built on a binary guitar progression, sliding back and forth between two woozy chords in its verses, only to grow more complex in its choruses. Repasky's plucky vocals lend the song a light heart, even as they recall being "Invited but I'll never show / Sit at home and playing too much Wilco," and their ease in concluding, "Good or bad, it's hard to say," is uplifting and empowering, depicting uncertainty not as something to be afraid of, but as something to embrace. When Repasky sings in its closing moments, "Why don't you get up and shrug it off?" the song feels less like a shrug and more like a heartening pat on the back. —Scott Russell
L'Rain: "Suck Teeth"
"Suck Teeth," the latest single from songwriter/multi-instrumentalist L'Rain's forthcoming album Fatigue (out June 25 on Mexican Summer), creates a simultaneously groove-worthy and unsettling soundscape. Cleverly drenching many of the instruments in reverb and warbly tape delays, L'Rain uses her voice as an anchor through unknown waters. Meant to evoke "a very Black sound of disapproval, annoyance and disappointment," as the songwriter explains in a statement, "Suck Teeth" shows how L'Rain's experimentation with her sonic terrain makes her a powerful and exciting voice in modern music. —Jason Friedman
Madi Diaz: "Woman In My Heart"
Madi Diaz began working on her forthcoming album History of a Feeling three years ago, focusing on writing direct and introspective material that nodded to her hometown roots. Produced in part with Big Thief and Bon Iver producer Andrew Sarlo, the album tracks the feelings associated with the dissolution of a relationship as Diaz's partner went through gender transition, saying in a statement, "The bulk of this music came from dealing with a kind of tsunami clash of compassion, both for my former partner while she was discovering a deeper part of her gender identity long hidden, and my own raw heartache over having lost the partner I knew. I felt so torn through the middle because half of me wanted to hold this person through such a major life event, one that is so beautiful and hard, and the other half felt lost — like I had lost myself in someone else's story." The album's first single "Woman In My Heart" is a saccharine blend of guitars and building percussion, with Diaz's vocals resonating through it all. Wearily somber lyrics like "I'm still pulling out your love / Little pieces coming up / Now the man I love is gone / And there's a woman in my heart" reverberate the shadow of personal loss and the way the path forward is often unclear. "This song came out in a sort of waking dream while I was actively learning how to part with someone," Diaz says of the track. "It was hard enough not to miss/hurt/hate/fight/fuck/feel/get over them, and, what was even harder, was the love we had felt more and more like a mystery and the pain was the only thing coming in clear." —Jason Friedman
Pom Pom Squad: "Crying"
Another stunner of a single from one of Paste's most-anticipated June releases, "Crying" is defined, first and foremost, by its raw emotion. Pom Pom Squad songwriter and bandleader Mia Berrin croons about feeling awful when she feels anything at all ("If I'm a bitch at least someone is"), then spiraling into self-pity and -mockery as a meta-response to her own emotional state ("I'm in hell it feels like home"), laying all her complex emotions on the table with a wink and a sob. Half Liz Phair and half Old Hollywood, "Crying" sits at the stylistic nexus of Death of a Cheerleader, somehow fusing heavily distorted power chords to dramatic string arrangements. Even when she's this far down on herself, Berrin demonstrates the skill that has her band on the way up. —Scott Russell
Runnner: "Urgent Care"
On "Urgent Care," LA producer/songwriter Noah Weinman (aka Runnner) paints a tender portrait of unsatisfying times. Buoyed by a clever weaving of drum machines and finger-picked acoustic guitar, Weinman successfully conveys the quietly morose, featuring lyrics like "got rejected a new job in the parking lot" and "sitting in your favorite chair / the third time this week that we've both been here at Urgent Care." Muted horns quietly hum around the instrumental, creating layers of focused and impressive songwriting. —Jason Friedman
The Goon Sax: "Psychic"
Brisbane, Australia, trio The Goon Sax are 2/2 thus far on the road to their third album Mirror II, their Matador Records debut, due July 9. Lead single "In the Stone" ranked among our favorite tracks of last month, and follow-up "Psychic" carves out a lane of its own, suggesting there's more to Mirror II than the sunny jangle-rock the band have built their buzz on. Here, Louis Forster and Riley Jones trade vocals not over shaggy guitar rock, but new wave-infused synth-pop, with retro synth and drum machine at the forefront, and filled out with buzzing guitar and bass. The song "exists in the fragile intersection of fantasy and reality," Forster explains, and "Much like 'In the Stone,' this song is a conversation. Two people's truths of the search for this very thing." —Scott Russell
W.H. Lung: "Pearl in the Palm"
Where W.H. Lung's 2019 debut Incidental Music found the band blending post-punk and krautrock guitars with synth-pop propulsion, "Pearl in the Palm" shifts the scales towards the latter end of the rock show vs. dance floor spectrum. Synth sounds evoking both Blade Runner and Giorgio Moroder swirl around uptempo drums and Evans' reedy vocals, with funky guitar accents, group vocals and a sprawl that never slows evoking the best of dance-punk greats like LCD Soundsystem. "The song is exploring relationships, the stakes of relationships, and how that defines the individual," says Evans of the song and its video—which he co-directed alongside Gracie Collier, shooting in January in the Irish midlands—in a statement. "You can find yourself in a balloon, if you're willing to let that happen. Just like you can find yourself in another person. And you've got to go away to come back." —Scott Russell
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Star Trek: The Original Series
PREVIEW: IDW's Star Trek Comics For March 2015
December 21, 2014 3:00 AM PST
The holidays are just now upon us, but IDW Publishing is already looking into the New Year, all the way into March 2105. On tap are a wide array of Star Trek comic book adventures, and here's a preview of what's to come as winter nears its end.
Star Trek #43: Five-Year Mission, written by Mike Johnson, with art by Claudia Balboni and a cover by Joe Corroney, continues the lead-up to the next Star Trek feature. Overseen by Roberto Orci, the all-new adventure follows Captain Kirk and the crew of the Enterprise as they find themselves in uncharted space on their five-year mission of exploration… though a new alien threat may end their journey prematurely. Star Trek #43 will run 32 pages and cost $3.99; the subscription variant will feature a photo cover.
Next, there's Star Trek, Vol. 9: The Q Gambit, written by Mike Johnson, with art and a cover by Tony Shasteen. In it, the crew of the new Star Trek film franchise encounters Q for the first time in this galaxy-spanning adventure developed in association with Roberto Orci. The mischievous Q sends James T. Kirk on a quest that will see the Enterprise joining forces with familiar faces from Star Trek lore. Vol. 9, which collects issues #35–40, will run 152 pages and cost $19.99.
Also on the way is Star Trek/Planet of the Apes #4 (of 5), written by Scott Tipton and David Tipton, with Rachael Stott handling the art and cover. The story details the uneasy alliance that has been forged between Captain Kirk and Colonel Taylor. The question is, will it be enough to prevent Commander Kor and his Klingons from toppling the regime of Doctor Zaius? Star Trek/Planet of the Apes #4 will run 32 pages, feature an essay on Star Trek and Planet of the Apes by comedian and über-fan Dana Gould, and will cost $3.99; a subscription variant will offer a cover by J.K. Woodward. And just a reminder, be sure to ring in the new year with IDW Publishing, BOOM! Studios and your local comic shop by celebrating, on December 31, the biggest crossover event in the galaxy with the arrival of Star Trek/Planet of the Apes #1.
And, finally, IDW will present Star Trek: New Visions: "A Scent of Ghosts," the latest Star Trek photonovel by writer, artist and photo-manipulator John Byrne. This book will feature two stories: "A Scent of Ghosts" and "Memoriam." In the former, the past and present collide as the Enterprise takes aboard a special figure from Spock's past, only to find themselves haunted by a mystery from years ago. And in the latter, someone receives a sad farewell. Star Trek: New Visions: "A Scent of Ghosts" will run 48 pages and cost $7.99.
For additional details, contact your local comic book retailer or visit comicshoplocator.com to find a store near you. And keep an eye on StarTrek.com for further news about upcoming IDW Star Trek comic books.
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Prof. Badri Bin Muhammad
Born in May 1943, Prof. Badri earned a BSc (Hons.) at St Francis Xavier University (1969) and a PhD at Dalhousie University (1972) in Chermistry.
He started as a temporary teacher in 1965, then was appointed lecturer at Pertanian Malaysia University (1972-1975), Associate Professor (1976-1984) and since 1984 is Dean and Professor, Faculty of Science and Environmental Studies, at the same University. His teaching experience covers lecture and laboratory supervision in undergraduate courses on Transition Metal Chemistry, Solid State Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, and Physical Chemistry. He published a number of research works and was for some time engaged in research activities in "physico-chemical measurements of the properties of solids," "preparation of activated carbon from local materials" (a patent was granted in 1984), "decolourization of palm-oil" and "preparation of supported metal catalysts," and presented papers on scientific and academic administration topics at several national and international conferences.
Prof. Badri is a member or past –member of several learned bodies and scientific committees, such as:
The Council of Malaysia Institute of Chemistry, 1980-1984.
The National Association of Science and Mathematics Education.
The Malaysian Rubber Producers Council.
SIRIM Technical Committee on Rubber.
FACS Working Group on Environment.
The American Chemical Society (since 1984).
The Board of the Rubber Research Institute of Malaysia.
The Environmental Quality Council, Ministry of Science, Malaysia.
The Malaysian Delegation to IUPAC Commission on High Temperature and Solid State Chemistry.
Prof. Badri Muhammad is a Founding Fellow of the Islamic Academy of Sciences (1986) and a Founding Fellow of the Academy of Sciences Malaysia (1996).


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PLN editor quoted on national prison strike
New York Times, Aug. 26, 2018. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/26/us/national-...
Prison Strike Organizers Aim to Improve Conditions and Pay
By Mitch Smith
The inmates at North Carolina's Hyde Correctional Institution hung three banners from the prison fence last week as supporters gathered outside. One sign asked for better food; another requested parole; the third said, "In solidarity."
The protest came in support of a nationwide prisoner strike to call attention to the low inmate wages, decrepit facilities and harsh sentences that organizers say plague prison populations across the country. Though it is unclear how widespread such demonstrations have been, activists said they had shown a new ability to reach inmates across state lines at a time when prison unrest and in-custody deaths are frequently in the news.
"Prisoners aren't oblivious to their reality," said Paul Wright, the executive director of the Human Rights Defense Center and a longtime critic of prison conditions. "They see people dying around them. They see the financial exploitation. They see the injustice."
Inmate protests have been happening for generations, but it is only in the last few years that organizers have had success coordinating from penitentiary to penitentiary and state to state. In 2010, Georgia inmates used contraband cellphones to coordinate protests across at least six prisons. And in 2016, prisoners in several states stopped reporting for work to protest their wages.
Much of the recent activism has focused on inmate pay, which can range from nothing at all in states like South Carolina and Texas to, at best, a few dollars for a day of hard labor in other places. Prisoners frequently refer to it as "slave labor," and organizers of this year's strike have called for inmates to be paid the prevailing wage for the cleaning, cooking and other work they perform behind bars.
"People are starting to realize how disgusting it is how human beings can be paid pennies," said Amani Sawari, a spokeswoman for Jailhouse Lawyers Speak, a group organizing the strike.
The current pay leaves many prisoners struggling to afford phone calls to family members or toothpaste and deodorant from the commissary, experts said. Even after years of hard work inside, they frequently have little or nothing saved to help with rent or other necessities when they are released.
"If they were being paid — even something less than minimum wage, but some reasonable amount of money — they could get out and have at least a little bit of money to get started again," said Michele Deitch, a senior lecturer at the University of Texas at Austin who once served as a court-appointed monitor of that state's prison system.
Ms. Sawari said inmates in several states planned to participate in the strike, which started last week and is scheduled to run through Sept. 9. In addition to increased pay and better living conditions, strikers were calling for changes to sentencing laws and expanded access to rehabilitation and educational opportunities for inmates, among other requests.
Ms. Sawari's group has suggested that inmates could stop reporting for work, stop eating or perform subtler protests, such as no longer buying supplies from the prison commissary. She said word of the protests has spread through the news media, word of mouth and outreach to different prisons.
"Prisoners have heard on the radio, they've seen on TV," said Ms. Sawari, whose group has also supported demonstrations in recent days outside of prisons. "We know that this is widespread. We just don't know what specific actions and what specific prisoners."
Prison officials in several states downplayed the impact of the protests and, in many cases, denied that they were occurring.
Knowing what is happening in prisons in real time is notoriously difficult. When strikes played out across the country in 2016, activists said it often took weeks or months to fully understand the scope of the protests. Members of the public cannot witness what is going on inside a prison, inmates are limited in their ability to relay their accounts and corrections departments have little incentive to publicize discord.
In California last week, activists circulated video that appeared to show an inmate turning down a burrito and saying he was on a hunger strike. State officials said they could not confirm that the footage was real.
"I'm aware of the video but I have no way of identifying the inmate in the video or verifying where it was recorded," Vicky Waters, a spokeswoman for the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, said in an email. "I can tell you we have had no reported incidents or activities from inmates related to the national prison strike."
Activists said detainees at a federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Washington State were on a hunger strike. A department spokeswoman, Lori K. Haley, said Sunday that those were "false rumors."
Officials in Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, New York and South Carolina, where protest activity had either been reported or rumored, all denied on Sunday that anything was amiss at their facilities. Officials in Ohio, New Mexico and at the Federal Bureau of Prisons did not respond to requests for comment.
"There are no strikes occurring in Georgia," wrote Joan Heath, a corrections spokeswoman there, in a message that was typical of the other states. "We have been, and will continue to monitor the situation."
Advocates working on behalf of inmates say there is an urgency in this year's strike, which they are convinced is gaining momentum despite the lack of corroboration. In April, seven inmates died in a riot in a South Carolina prison, and already in August, at least 10 Mississippi inmates have died, most in cases that officials believe were from natural causes.
By inmates stopping work and calling attention to the problems, their supporters said, there is a hope that conditions might eventually improve.
"Do we expect that, hey, there's a prison strike and all of a sudden tomorrow prisoners are going to be paid the minimum wage and get adequate health care?" asked Mr. Wright, of the Human Rights Defense Center. "Probably not," he said, "but it's a process."


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Characters Who Surprise
There are so many things to talk about when you get to thinking about character. We want characters who surprise us--in a good way. By that I mean not in a WTF way--that character would never act like that. Or, I don't understand at all why that character would do what he did or think what he thought. One of the surest ways to lose a reader is to have them feel a character is inauthentic, that he is doing things because the author needs him/her to do them. But a real surprise that fits with the character, those can really involve a reader.
One way to do this is to have the character play against a certain Trope. See this clip from Firefly for a great example of this. The hero acts in a very different way than most heroes and it both reveals characters and entertains...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPRlHwwVIug
Another way to do this is to make a character act against some controlling belief they have in themselves. Like they think they're evil and they have done lots of evil things because of this. But some shift in the plot causes them to see the event or time that makes them believe themselves evil in a different light. This causes them to do something that is surprising and different and that also makes their character grow. Anytime a character's actions can advance both character and plot, that's a good thing.
Another way to make a character different (and so surprising) is just to put a character in a situation that would usually be taken by a different kind of character. Make a Buffy a vampire slayer instead of the heroic warrior or make a detective have some personality trait that seems like it would make it hard for them to do the job but, in fact, also helps them to do it. For example, MONK. Not your usual tough-guy detective and interesting because of that.
In screenwriting there is this idea that audiences love the familiar and strange in plot. They want to recognize the type of story they're being told but they want to have twists to it that make them feel they're watching something that is also completely new. I think this is something to shoot for with characters. And one aspect of that is creating surprises.


The international romance month is upon us, so get into the Valentine's Day spirit with the best romantic films around. "This is not a love story. It is a story about love" the narrator explains in the film's opening. Don't let Tom fool you though, he isn't the stand-up, amazing guy he appears to be. The debut feature of Marc Webb (Spider Man reboots), this was an indie darling across the festival circuit. Did you spot a young Chloe Grace Moretz as well?


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Are You an Anonymous Dental Professional?
Since you're a dentist, you probably have some understanding of what branding is. In short, branding is the whole concept, idea, and image that a business conveys. Self branding, therefore, is the concept, idea, and image that you convey.
If the website is for you, and not your practice, then yes, it is enough. Just enough. You would still do well to have a blog and social media presence.
Why do I need to brand myself?
Maybe you'll always have the same job you hold today. Maybe you'll live in the same house and see the same people and love your life forever. But maybe, just maybe (and in all probability) something will change at some point. Perhaps you'll start a new practice or a new business. Who knows; maybe you'll move across the country – or to another country. You might decide to become an author after you retire. At that point, will people know who you are? Self branding today gives you a head start on tomorrow.
How do I get started with self branding?
First of all, you must ask yourself what concept, idea, and image describes you. Who are you? What do you have to offer the world? What have you done in your life to get to point?
If you think of your person as a product, rather than "just me," you can market yourself, brand yourself, and make a name for yourself. Start by coming up with goals and a personal mission statement. Decide who you are and where you might want to go with your career.
How do I actually brand myself?
The most effective means of self branding today is right at your fingertips: The Internet. Get on LinkedIn and Facebook if you haven't already. Start a blog or, at the least, get a good webpage on your name's domain. If you have a common name and the domain is not available, consider variations of your name.
And if you need help, call MDPM. We're here to show you the ropes or do all the work for you. Just call 972-781-8861 and speak with Jill.


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Victoria: State to Ban Sky News from Train Stations following Interview with Hitler Sympathiser
The Victorian government has directed train stations to stop broadcasting Sky News on television screens after the news channel aired an interview with far-right extremist Blair Cottrell.
Public Transport Minister Jacinta Allan announced the decision on Thursday morning on Twitter. "I've directed Metro Trains to remove Sky News Australia from all CBD station screens," wrote Allan. "Hatred and racism have no place on our screens or in our community."
The channel's news director Greg Byrnes has admitted that "it was wrong to have Blair Cottrell" on the Adam Giles Show, and that "his views do not reflect ours".
In an interview with 3AW, Allan defended her decision to ban the channel over the interview with the "self-confessed Hitler fan".
"As the public transport minister, where it's a public asset being used to televise particular content, I think I've got a responsibility to make sure that content is appropriate," said Allan. "That interview was unacceptable, indeed Sky News themselves have admitted they got it wrong."
The channel received backlash after the interview, with former Labor MP Craig Emerson accusing it of "normalising racism and bigotry".
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Women's basketball: Frida Formann leads CU Buffs to upset of No. 14 Arizona
Colorado Buffaloes' Frida Formann celebrates the win over the Arizona Wildcats in Boulder on Jan. 13, 2023.(Cliff Grassmick/Staff Photographer)
By Brian Howell | bhowell@prairiemountainmedia.com | Boulder Daily Camera
PUBLISHED: January 14, 2023 at 9:39 a.m. | UPDATED: January 14, 2023 at 9:39 a.m.
Snapshot: CU Buffs vs. No. 14 Arizona
Turning point: Frida Formann's 3-pointer with 1:35 to go gave the lead back to the Buffs at 65-63, and they never looked back, outscoring the Wildcats 10-2 down the stretch.
Buff of the game: Formann. She had a season-high 23 points, to go with three assists. She also drained a season-best five 3-pointers.
What's next?: The Buffs visit California on Friday at 12:30 p.m. MT
Frida Formann couldn't ignore the collection of fans holding signs, including one that said, "I love Frida," on Friday night at the CU Events Center.
The way she's been playing, there might be a few more of those the next time the Colorado women's basketball team hits the home floor.
Formann was sensational in CU's 72-65 upset of No. 14 Arizona, scoring a season-high 23 points and knocking down five 3-pointers, including a monster shot in the closing minutes.
"Yeah, I saw some of them when I was subbing in and just gave a nod," said Formann, whose hair was soaked because of her teammates pouring water on her head in celebration after the upset victory. "But yeah, they come up to me after the game and it's great to see, especially students because I really want more students to come to our games. It's always nice to have some fans out there."
The announced attendance of 1,974 wasn't a huge number, but it was the largest home crowd of the season, and it was a lively set of fans who watched the Buffs (14-3, 5-1 Pac-12) back up last week's upset of then-No. 8 Utah with another impressive win. It is the first time since the 2001-02 season that CU has won back-to-back games vs. Associated Press Top-15 opponents.
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Colorado Buffaloes' Jaylyn Sherrod drives on Arizona Wildcats' Cate Reese in Boulder on Jan. 13, 2023.(Cliff Grassmick/Staff Photographer)
"I thought it was a great crowd," CU head coach JR Payne said. "I think we'll continue to grow our crowds because we're playing really good basketball."
CU led nearly the entire night, but actually had to rally a bit in the final minutes.
Arizona (14-3, 4-2) took a 61-59 lead with 3 minutes, 26 seconds to go – its first lead since 2-0 – and still led 63-62 a minute later.
Formann then drained her fifth 3-pointer of the night with 1:35 to go and about 43 seconds later she had an assist to Quay Miller, who converted a three-point play. That sequence gave the Buffs a 68-63 lead in the final minute and they put the game away at the free throw line.
"Oh, that was huge," said Formann, who went 5-for-8 from 3-point range. "My play was kind of broken, but Quay, it was all set up. We knew what we wanted and as soon as I saw her come up, I passed it to her. It's just those things that we're executing down the stretch and it's really good for us."
Formann, who has 43 points (21.5 per game) and is 9-for-14 on 3s in the last two games, began her night with 11 first-quarter points. She then battled foul trouble throughout the night, but still managed to hit big shot after big shot when she was in the game.
"It's always tough when you're in foul trouble, you just kind of get taken out of your rhythm," she said. "I was already shooting the ball well, and it was just so annoying to have to go in and out so much. I just tried to stay locked in because I knew that I would have to play down the stretch. I wasn't thinking too much about it; I just saw that I was open and I shot it and that's usually what I do. To stay locked in, I've gotten better at just emotional composure, just trying to know when my team needs me."
Sophomore Aaronette Vonleh also kept her composure on an emotional night against her old team, scoring 12 points and pulling down a career-high nine rebounds. Miller added 13 points and nine rebounds, while Kindyll Wetta had 10 points and five assists.
Tayanna Jones contributed nine rebounds, helping the Buffs to a dominating 48-29 advantage on the glass.
"So happy, so proud," Payne said. "So many different people stepped up in huge key moments. It wasn't just Frida's 3. It was Frida's 3, it was Tay's rebound, it was Quay's box out, it was Jaylyn (Sherrod's) attack, drawing the foul. So many different people came up big and our composure was great. Free throws not so great down the stretch, but so much composure, execution, defensive switching up and just a really great team win. Very proud of our ballclub."
Colorado 72, No. 14 Arizona 65
ARIZONA (14-3, 4-2 Pac-12)
Pellington 6-11 0-4 12, Martinez 2-5 2-2 8, Fields 2-4 0-2 4, Reese 5-10 4-6 14, Loville 5-14 2-4 12, Conner 4-11 2-2 12, Pueyo 1-3 0-0 3, Gilbert 0-1 0-00, Nnaji 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 25-61 10-20 65.
COLORADO (14-3, 5-1 Pac-12)
Sherrod 2-9 3-10 7, Jones 0-3 1-2 1, Formann 7-11 4-4 22, Miller 5-10 1-1 13, Vonleh 6-8 0-0 12, Sadler 1-5 4-4 6, Wetta 3-7 4-4 10, Wynn 0-0 0-0 0, McLeod 0-2 0-0 0, Whittaker 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 24-55 17-25 72.
Arizona 8 21 17 19 – 65
Colorado 18 13 20 21 – 72
3-point goals – Arizona 5-19 (Conner 2-9, Martinez 2-3, Pueyo 1-3, Loville 0-3, Reese 0-1), CU 7-15 (Formann 5-8, Miller 2-3, Sadler 0-2, Jones 0-1, Wetta 0-1). Rebounds – Arizona 29 (Reese 9), CU 48 (Jones, Miller, Vonleh 9). Assists – Arizona 12 (Pellington, Pueyo 3), CU 16 (Wetta 5). Steals – Arizona 13 (Martinez, Pueyo 3), CU 5 (Vonleh 2). Turnovers – Arizona 9, CU 19. Total fouls – Arizona 25, CU 19. Fouled out – Pellington, Loville, Vonleh. A – 1,974.
Brian Howell | Sports Writer
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Friday 21 March, Glasgow: Performance of Chaophonies; Tuesday 18 March, Edinburgh: Meet Frankétienne, Screening, Q&A Haiti's major writer and artist Frankétienne is coming to Scotland 17-21 March 2014. Two events in Glasgow and Edinburgh will showcase the outstanding visual, verbal, dramatic, and acoustic art of Frankétienne.
Tuesday 18 March 2014, 5pm, University of Edinburgh : Join us for a special screening of a haunting film followed by a Q&A session with Frankétienne, star of the film. Evoking the aftermath of Haiti's killer earthquake of 12 January 2010, the film (Une étrange Cathédrale dans la graisse des ténèbres, dir. Charles Najman) was shot in the earthquake rubble of the ruined Cathedral of Port-au-Prince, Haiti's capital city. Renaissance man of Caribbean letters and arts, Frankétienne is a one -man cultural phenomenon, producing monstrously genre-defying works, rich in visually and acoustically displays of creativity. Here, Frankétienne conveys the mind-boggling devastation and chaos of the broken city of Port-au-Prince, and its symbolic Cathedral in ruins. Shot in November 2010 to coincide with the Haitian Festival of the Dead, this requiem honours the more than 200,000 earthquake dead. This is a free event and the location is to be confirmed. Frankétienne will be introduced and the Q&A session led by Dr Rachel Douglas, author of the first book on Frankétienne's work, Frankétienne and Rewriting: A Work in Progress . For further information, please contact Professor Marion Schmid ([email protected]) or Dr Rachel Douglas ([email protected]).


Excellent location. Well equipped kitchenette. Warm, spacious apartment.
Location. The ability to ski from the property is nice. We had great family time once settled in the property. It was a no frills but quality family vacation on the slopes and playing cards.
great location, friendly staff and realtively OK breakfast.
The escalator didn't worked several times. It is extremely inconvenient to carry all suitcases + a small kid to the 8 floor. You've invested millions on this hotel, why did you put an elevator? This is not a 4 star hotel. I've ordered a kids cake for 23.02.2019 (duration was till 25.02.2019) and I've wrote several times that it should be fresh and light, but I've find out that cake was made 4 days in advance, this is not a fresh cake. Luckily my kid didn't even try the cake. Water was cold in the pool. We will never visit you again.
Solely the fact that there was a direct exit to the piste, as I am a skier. That was the only really good thing about the hotel.
It is based close to the slopes as well as all the bars and supermarkets.
The original booking had a broken sofa. The room was upgraded for extra money. Parking was a very bad.
Beds are really comfortable too The room is reaaaly clean and comfortable I recommend!!!
Grand Monastery Private Apartments This rating is a reflection of how the property compares to the industry standard when it comes to price, facilities and services available. It's based on a self-evaluation by the property. Use this rating to help choose your stay!
One of our top picks in Pamporovo.The Grand Monastery consists of five interconnected buildings next to the ski slopes in Pamporovo. The Complex offers an indoor pool, SPA and wellness centre at a surcharge. А bowling alley, large game room with darts, billiards, and electronic games, free kids club, as well as an in-house nightclub are available.
Apartments are individually furnished, all have log-burning fireplaces, kitchen and dining area, Cable TV. Some of them have private balconies with mountain view.
Lobby bar and two restaurants are also available on site, offering a selection of Bulgarian and international specialities.
This is our guests' favorite part of Pamporovo, according to independent reviews.
뀐 Located in the top-rated area in Pamporovo, this property has an excellent location score of 8.8!
When would you like to stay at Grand Monastery Private Apartments?
There is a daily maid service and linen is changed twice a week.
This studio has a seating area, microwave and sofa.
Voted most popular ski-in and ski-out hotel in Pamporovo.
Our team is available 24/7 for one customer - YOU!
The property is literaly on the ski slopes. Begginers and kid's ski track is at a stone throw away.
House Rules Grand Monastery Private Apartments takes special requests – add in the next step!
Grand Monastery Private Apartments accepts these cards and reserves the right to temporarily hold an amount prior to arrival.
Please note that the spa, the restaurant, the tavern and the piano bar are only open from 20 December till 15 March every year. During summer the lobby bar and the bowling bar are available.
Please note that the credit card used for prepayment of nonrefundable bookings must be presented upon check-in for verification purposes.
The apartments need renovation. broken cabinets. the stairs have elevator going just up. taking luggage down is not OK without elevator or lift. Parking so very crowded. breakfast could be better. Food was half-way decent, but overall definately not 4 star hotel. Pool water was freezing cold.
1. The parking is a total chaos, there was no spot to park around the hotel, we had to park over the road on the public parking (for free, but still), the cars were tightly next to each other risking damages and noone really coordinates the parking- it is first come first serve 2. One has to pay extra for the SPA, for robes, even for a hat for the pool etc, all that was not explicitly mentioned in the offer. Should be communicated so the guests can prepare accordingly. 3. Very small fridge in the room. 4. The walls are super thin and one can hear everything if the neighbours are just a bit more noisy, also smells from cooking come through. 5. I have been to much cleaner hotels to be honest. 6. No WIFI in the rooms, only in the lobby. If one wants internet one has to pay 10 BGN for a sim card, that is NOT applicable to laptops, but only phones. 7. The rooms were nicely warm, but if you want to go to the fitness you have to cross the whole hotel more or less and the corridors were rather cold. 8. With only one exit available and those long and narrow corridors I would be very concerned in case of fire!
The parking space is very limited and also is a bit of struggle to locate the hotel. The receptionists are not very interested in the customers as well as the rest of the staff. Don't expect wow customer service.
This apartment complex/hotel ONLY serves skiiers at Pamporovo resort. It is 100 meters from the main lift. However, one has to craw through massive snowdrifts, wearing ski boots, skis and poles in hand, in order to actually get to the lift. The architecture is very strange with seven floors of up escalators and then one flight of stairs to get to the ski storage room. The path from there to the lift also involves crawling up a steep slope. There is no elevator and no down escalators. Either the resort or this massive hotel/apartment complex with multiple buildings, needs to take responsibility for clearing an easy pedestrian path to the ski lift.
Not suitable for families with small kids. No way to move with stroller.
Finding a parking space was a problem.
I had to pay extra for it to be upgraded to a room with a working sofa bed. No parking available on site I had to park hundreds of yards away.
Rooms place onl the other thinks are perfeckt!!!


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Originally a short story and then adapted for stage by its author Nick Card, 'The Interview' was first produced by Newbury Dramatic Society in April 2016, to favourable reviews.
In August 2017, NDS took 'The Interview' to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Have you ever had a nightmare job interview? Indifferent faces asking impossible questions, and interviewers who would rather be anywhere else but talking to you? Your dream job slides out of reach, and you feel utterly helpless.
For Ian Marchbanks, his dream job and his nightmare interview were about to collide in the most dramatic way. Ian is a money-minded man with a money-minded girlfriend. When he stumbles upon a perfect job that pays more money than he had ever dreamed of, it is as if someone has designed a job specifically for him.
Hell-bent on getting the position that he feels he is entitled to, Ian lies and cheats his way to the interview. As the interview begins to fall apart in ways he could not have possibly imagined, Ian is forced to endure surreal twists and sinister turns, as it slowly dawns on him that the company, the job and in particular - the interviewer - are not quite what they seem…
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 Cosroes Yazdegerd bajo Yazdegerd I
 Mihr Narseh bajo Yazdegerd I y Bahram V
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The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that the SEC cannot seek disgorgement with respect to ill-gotten gains received more than 5 years ago. A unanimous Court held that disgorgement is a "penalty" under the statute of limitations because (i) the SEC brings public cases not intended to remedy individual harm and (ii) disgorgement is imposed for punitive and deterrent purposes. The Court rejected the SEC's argument that disgorgement is used for restitution because disgorgement orders often exceed the defendant's gains. The Court has previously held that SEC penalties are also subject to the 5-year statute of limitations.
OUR TAKE: The Supreme Court significantly constrains the SEC's enforcement power to demand huge settlements based on multi-year violations. The SEC will have to move more quickly to investigate and file.


There was drama at the Imo State Government House, Owerri, on Tuesday as a state High Court sitting in the state capital stopped the swearing-in ceremony of the deputy governor-designate, Callistus Ekenze.
the court ordered the state Chief Judge not to proceed with the swearing-in ceremony.
While guests, especially the deputy governor-designate and his family members were waiting for the CJ to commence the administering of the oath of office, the Commissioner for Justice and Attorney General of the state, Militus Nlemadium, broke what became a bad news to the audience in the Sam Mbakwe hall.
Nlemadium told the audience that there was a court order made by Owerri High Court on Tuesday morning stopping the CJ from swearing-in the deputy governor-designate.
A government source told Punch newspaper that the CJ told the governor that he would not swear in the deputy governor-designate as long as there was a court order restraining him from doing so.
According to the source who pleaded not to be mentioned, the CJ told the governor that it would be wrong for him to be seen to be disobeying a court order, considering his position as the chief judge of the state.
The source said that the chief judge mandated the governor to vacate the order if he must swear in Ekenze as the new deputy governor.
The attorney general told the guests not to despair, assuring them that the government had filed all legal process to set aside the court order.
He expressed optimism that the order would be vacated on Tuesday and that the deputy governor would be sworn in same day (today) .
Reports say the interim order stopping the swearing-in ceremony was sequel to a suit instituted by the impeached deputy governor on Tuesday morning, challenging his impeachment by the state legislature.


Honey's Pledge is the name we have chosen for our work in animal advocacy, rescue, rehabilitation and rehoming.
Honey has a special place in our hearts. She deserved so much better. Honey entrusted us to give her life meaning by working to engage the compassion in others.
This is our pledge to Honey.
We work with other individuals and groups to advocate on behalf of animals, to aid with the rescue of animals in need, to provide rehabilitation for animals who come into our care, and to find new forever homes for animals in need a home.
We are a registered charity (ABN 42331199153.).
Many animals have been rehomed through us and we aim to put people in touch with other groups or individuals who can assist with providing care and information, Our property is a haven for native wildlife and we participate in conservation programmes to preserve and enhance our native vegetation.
The purpose of Honey's Pledge is to support neglected, abused, homeless and slaughter bound animals in need.
Raise awareness of animals in need, legal obligations of owners and carers, and educating the public on compassionate animal care and responsible ownership.
To provide a comprehensive and informative data base to assist the public to quickly and easily access prompt and appropriate assistance for animals in need.


Sorry, '80s babies. You are officially the most in-debt generation of Americans right now.
A new report from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis tracked the wealth of different generations over time and found that those born between 1980 and 1989 were worth 34 percent less (or $12,000) than expected for their age in 2016. People born in the '60s and '70s weren't doing too great in terms of wealth in 2016, either—11 percent and 18 percent below their targets, respectively—but older Millennials are the worse off financially by a long shot.
Now, before the Olds start in on their favorite past time, bashing their youngers, let's look at the context to all this debt. When the housing bubble burst, older generations of home owners were hit hard, but as real estate regains value post-Great Recession, they've been able to make up for some of those losses.
But many of these '80s kids went into the recession, and its aftermath up to 2016, without owning homes. Their debt instead comes in the form of student loans, auto loans, and credit card debt, all assets that have not "appreciated rapidly during the last few years—such as stocks and real estate," the Fed explains.
For that reason, these Millennials face a "formidable challenge" in regaining lost wealth. On an optimistic note, they're better at saving money than they get credit for, the report found, and they have time and better education on their side.


Welch, Minn. (May 21, 2018) The multitalented Rodney Carrington comes to Treasure Island Resort & Casino on Friday, September 21.
Rodney Carrington is a comedian, actor and writer who has recorded eight major label comedy albums selling over 3 million copies. His album, Morning Wood has been certified gold and Greatest Hits has been certified Platinum by the RIAA. His latest album, Here Comes The Truth debuted at #1 on iTunes Comedy Charts. Rodney starred in his own TV sitcom, Rodney, which ran for two seasons on ABC. He co-wrote and co-starred with Toby Keith in the feature film Beer for My Horses which won the Tex Ritter Award from the ACM. In 2011, Rodney partnered with the ACA (American Country Awards) by presenting at their awards show and hosting the American Country New Year's Eve Live show on Fox.
According to Pollstar, Rodney has been one of the top ten highest grossing touring comedians for the last ten years and among the top 5 the last several years. He regularly performs to sold out crowds across the US and Canada.
Don't miss your chance to see Rodney when he stops here at The Island!
Tickets for this show go on sale Friday, May 25 at 10 a.m. with ticket prices starting at $37. For tickets visit www.Ticketmaster.com or come to the Island Box Office to purchase your seats. The show begins at 8 p.m. All attendees must be 16 years of age or older and fans ages 16 and 17 must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian.


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What Is an Individual Retirement Annuity?
By: KJ Henderson
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Can Retired People Start an IRA?
An individual retirement annuity, also called a deferred annuity, is an investment product offered by financial services and insurance firms, allowing consumers to contribute money to be invested over an extended period of time. Money may be withdrawn to fund retirement once an individual reaches 59 ½ years of age.
Contributions to an individual retirement annuity can made by an individual or both an individual and his spouse.
As of 2010, the maximum contribution limit to an individual retirement annuity is $5,000 per year. If a contributor is over 50 years old, however, the limit is $6,000 per year.
Tax Deferment
An individual retirement annuity is a tax-deferred account, meaning that contributors are not taxed on any earnings until they withdraw the funds.
Early Withdrawal
If an individual chooses to withdraw money from their individual retirement annuity before turning 59 ½, a 10 percent penalty is assessed to the transaction.
Individual retirement annuities can be purchased through insurance companies such as MetLife as well as from brokerage firms
BankUnited: Individual Retirement Annuities
MetLife: Deferred Annuities
Fidelity: Retirement Annuities
Internal Revenue Service. "Retirement Topics - IRA Contribution Limits." Accessed Sept. 10, 2020.
Internal Revenue Service. "Traditional and Roth IRAs." Accessed Sept. 10, 2020.
KJ Henderson has more than a decade of HR and talent acquisition experience. He has held roles at a Fortune 100 investment bank, a media conglomerate and at one of NYC's largest executive staffing firms. He currently heads recruitment sourcing at a major movie studio. He read literature at Oxford.


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888 spins the wheel on William Hill
Company arranges £2.1bn of debt to fund acquisition
• 888 will take on William Hill's 1,300-strong chain of shops
• Combination will create £100m of synergies, company says
888 Holdings (888), the online betting business, is placing a large wager of its own on its ability to become an industry leader with a £2.2 billion bid for William Hill's European operations.
The deal would provide an early pay-out for Las Vegas-based casino operator Caesars Entertainment (CZR: US). It would get to recoup most of the £2.9bn it staked on William Hill as well as keeping the US operations it wanted to facilitate its push into sports betting.
888's bid looks like more of a high-stakes affair.
It is effectively a reverse takeover, which on completion will allow it to earn 86 per cent of its revenue from regulated markets. Its market share will also grow to 12 per cent of the UK, over 10 per cent of the fast-growing Spanish market and will strengthen its position in Italy.
Chief executive Itai Pazner described the deal as a "perfect combination" that will deliver significant shareholder value. The company expressed confidence in its ability to generate £100m of synergies by 2025, through lower payment processing fees, improved marketing spend, consolidating some corporate and support functions and achieving £15m of capex spend. It also forecasts a 50 per cent uplift in earnings per share in the first full year following completion.
All this comes at a high price. The £2.2bn price tag equates to 9.2-times "normalised" 2020 earnings for William Hill's European arm, but is about 19-times last year's actual earnings – admittedly from a period when much of its estate was closed for months on end due to Covid-19 restrictions. Factoring in a 40 per cent first-half uplift in the acquired business's sales and assuming it delivers its identified synergies, the price falls to 6x earnings, CFO Yariv Dafna said on an investors' call.
This is a big assumption to make, though, and the shares closed 3 per cent lower at 389p following the announcement.
888, which had $161.5m (£118m) of equity on its balance sheet at the end of June, is taking on £2.1bn of debt to fund the deal, including a £500m bridging loan that it intends to replace via a subsequent capital raise. Even after tapping shareholders, its pro forma net leverage will fall to about 4x.
It is also taking on a high street business with more than 1,400 shops and 10,000 employees, which adds a lot of operational risk at a time when William Hill's US and international arms are still being separated out.
On top of this, it needs to jump through various hoops to gain approval, including from relevant gaming and anti-trust authorities.
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Nets Hail Racial Tirade at BET Awards as 'Impassioned Call to Action'
June 27th, 2016 1:19 PM
On Monday, all three network morning shows gushed over the left-wing activism on display during Sunday night's BET Awards. In particular, the hosts and correspondents on NBC, ABC, and CBS were enthralled by Grey's Anatomy actor Jesse Williams launching into a racially-charged screed against "this invention called whiteness [that] uses and abuses" African Americans.
ABC, NBC Gush Over Clinton Baby: 'Like The British Royal Family'
Jeffrey Meyer
On Friday night, Chelsea Clinton gave birth to her first child, Charlotte Clinton Mezvinsky, and ABC and NBC predictably swooned over the event and hyped the impact this could have on Hillary Clinton's political future. On Sunday morning's Good Morning America, ABC's Mara Schiavocampo gushed "while America waits for Hillary's decision if she'll run…
ABC Continues to Cheerlead For Mormon Activist: 'Urged The Mormon Ch
June 23rd, 2014 7:30 PM
Once again, ABC News is promoting an outspoken activist within the Mormon Church, Kate Kelly who was excommunicated from the church for actively lobbying for the inclusion of female priests within the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. On Monday June 23, ABC's Mara Schiavocampo played up how "After being tried in absentia by an all-male panel, this afternoon, Kate…
GMA Plays Up 'Controversy Inside The Mormon Church' And The 'Sho
Officials inside the Mormon Church have chosen to expel two activists from its ranks "One who is pushing for women priests. The other targeted for questioning church doctrine" and ABC's Good Morning America did it's best to hype the supposed "controversy inside the Mormon Church." On Friday, June 13, ABC's Mara Schiavocampo promoted how "It's…
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Scott Whitlock
May 19th, 2014 4:44 PM
Good Morning America is a profoundly superficial show. The ABC program on Monday devoted air time to Full House star Jonathan Stamos responding a blogger's criticism of the '90s show. So, what does it take for the program to cover the 2014 midterm elections? A Republican scandal helps. GMA reporter Mara Schiavocampo highlighted the revelation that Oregon GOP Senate candidate Monica…
Networks Ignore Latest North Korean Missile Launches; Cover Fashion De
Matthew Balan
As of Monday evening, ABC, CBS, and NBC's morning and evening newscasts have yet to cover North Korea's firing of 25 short-range missiles into the Sea of Japan on Sunday. NBCNews.com did post an unsigned article from Reuters on Sunday about how the "missiles flew for 45 miles before splashing into the sea," and ABC News' website went with AP's write-up on the…
ABC Worries About Liberal Clay Aiken's Chances in 'Very Conservative
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The reporters at Good Morning America want their audience to know that Clay Aiken's chances for making it to Congress are iffy because of the "conservative district" and "very conservative area" in which he's running. [See video below. MP3 audio here.] Reporter Mara Schiavocampo on Thursday labeled the former American Idol runner-up a Democrat, as well as pointing…
NBC News Notes Evidence That Lesbian Waitress Faked Story About Being
November 26th, 2013 1:06 PM
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Leno Airs Mock Video of MSNBC Anchor Destroying Computer After Trying
Noel Sheppard
As NewsBusters reported Tuesday, MSNBC's Mara Schiavocampo had a tough time signing up for ObamaCare the first day the exchanges went live. As if that wasn't funny enough, the folks at NBC's Tonight Show took that video and added a surprise ending where Schiavocampo is so frustrated she destroyed her computer (video follows with commentary):
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Matthew Sheffield
October 1st, 2013 12:25 PM
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Paul Bremmer
It looks as if MSNBC has kowtowed to Bradley Manning's request to be referred to as a woman. On Sunday's Weekends with Alex Witt, fill-in host Mara Schiavocampo tried to honor Manning's bizarre request, but kept slipping up and referring to Manning as "he." In a teaser before the segment, Schiavocampo declared, "Bradley Manning is now Chelsea Manning. But…
NBC Hypes State Fair Mocking Obama Like 'Klan Rally'; Not News on CBS
On Monday morning, only NBC's Today deemed President Obama being mocked during a rodeo at the Missouri State Fair to be national news, going so far as to wonder if it was "Rodeo Racism" and playing a sound bite of one spectator declaring the incident to be "Like an effigy at a Klan rally." Neither ABC's Good Morning America nor CBS This Morning mentioned the local…
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On Thursday morning, MSNBC guest host Mara Schiavocampo devoted a segment of the show to discussing the story of Marissa Alexander, a Florida woman who was sentenced to 20 years in prison for firing a warning shot into a wall at the home of her ex-husband. She brought on Joy-Ann Reid, TheGrio.com editor and blogger, to discuss the comparability of this case to the Trayvon Martin case as well as…
NBC Cheers 'Firebrand for Science' Bill Nye Pushing Climate Change
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Monaco prides itself on not imposing any fees whatsoever, and users will get actual interbank rates. Additionally, users can earn cryptocurrency for every purchase they make using Monaco as well. Monaco charges 1% charge for transactions which are supported by ETH or BTC. This amount is imposed in the same coin which is being encashed for the purchase and is sent to MCO Asset Contract fund. The users can buy Monaco tokens and create a stake for them in this fund which they can liquidate any time.
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Mauritia puede referirse a:

 Mauritia, un pequeño continente prehistórico localizado en el océano Índico.

 Mauritia, es un género con dos especies de plantas con flores perteneciente a la familia de las palmeras (Arecaceae).

 Mauritia flexuosa, es una especie de palmera perteneciente a la familia Arecaceae.

 Mauritia carana, es una especie de palmera perteneciente a la familia Arecaceae.

 Mauritia tenuis o Lepidocaryum tenue, es una especie perteneciente a la familia de las palmeras (Arecaceae).

 (745) Mauritia, es el asteroide número 745, descubierto por el astrónomo Franz Kaiser.


People who know me, know that I am a Columbian Exposition freak, who would give her right arm to time travel back to 1893 Chicago and stroll the fairground. Well, an architectural historian computer whiz named Lisa Snyder has done the next best thing, creating a virtual reality model that gives you the illusion of walking through the fair. Excellent! Sign me up!
If I'd known that Snyder was at the Museum of Science and Industry today demonstrating what she's done so far (about 25% of the project is completed) I would have played hooky and checked it out. She'll be back with updates, and I'll be there!
And think of the possibilities of this kind of powerful technology being used to create first-person historical experience! Cool. I'm just thrilled that Snyder chose one of my favorite topics as her subject.
I found out about this via Chicagoist, which also pointed me to this fine resource all about the exposition.


I always wanted to try baking Korean pizza bread, but it looked too complicated until Maangchi's recipe! It was simple and very delicious~ My friends loved it and they're begging for more!
The recipe for Sausage Bread (Sausage-ppang: 소세지빵) is here!
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Your sausage ppang looks so fluffy and tasty! "My friends loved it and they're begging for more!" haha!


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Q: CsvClassMap inside a custom CsvClassMap I'm using CsvHelper. To perform mapping between my object and a CSV file I'm using CsvClassMap. The class I map to itself contains other classes. Currently, to perform the mapping to the inner classes I use ConvertUsing on a CsvPropertyMap. An example below. Car is my main object and it contains Engine and the engine is parsed in a separate method:
public sealed class CarMapping : CsvClassMap<Car>
{
    CarMapping()
    {
        Map(m => m.Id).Name("CarId");
        Map(m => m.Color).Name("CarColor");
        Map(m => m.YearOfProduction).Name("YearOfProduction");
        Map(m => m.Engine).ConvertUsing(ParseEngine);
    }

    private Engine ParseEngine(ICsvReaderRow row)
    {
        var year = row.GetField<int>("EngineYear");
        var cc = row.GetField<int>("EngineCC");

        return new Engine()
        {
            Year = year,
            CC = cc,
        };
    }
}

This works. But what I would like to achieve is to use a mapping inside another mapping. Something like (hypothetical solution) below:
public sealed class EngineMapping : CsvClassMap<Engine>
{
    EngineMapping()
    {
        Map(m => m.Year).Name("EngineYear");
        Map(m => m.Cc).Name("EngineCC");
    }
}

And then use EngineMapping inside CarMapping:
public sealed class CarMapping : CsvClassMap<Car>
{
    CarMapping()
    {
        Map(m => m.Id).Name("CarId");
        Map(m => m.Color).Name("CarColor");
        Map(m => m.YearOfProduction).Name("YearOfProduction");

        // Not real code. Something I would like to be able to use.
        // Use a mapping inside the current mapping
        Map(m => m.Engine).ConsumeClassMap<EngineMapping>();
    }
}

A: What you want is referred to as a Reference map in CSVHelper.
...
CarMap()
{
    Map(m => m.Id).Name("CarId");
    Map(m => m.Color).Name("CarColor");
    Map(m => m.YearOfProduction).Name("YearOfProduction");
    References<EngineMap>(m => m.Engine);

    // or if you tuck it away in the Engine class:
    //References<Engine.EngineMap>(m => m.Engine);
}

Then you have the rest in a new map in the Engine class just like you have it in your post:
EngineMap()
{
    Map(m => m.Year).Name("EngineYear");
    Map(m => m.Cc).Name("EngineCC");
}

If the CSV doesnt have a header so you are using the index, the indices used might be 2 and 8 since you are still referring to the order in the same CSV.

A: this kind of mapping is more natural on json format, with Json.net you can use JsonConvert.SerializeObject(Object) to convert your objects in json format and use JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<T>(String); to back from Json to your object.
here one example:
Product product = new Product();
product.Name = "Apple";
product.ExpiryDate = new DateTime(2008, 12, 28);
product.Price = 3.99M;
product.Sizes = new string[] { "Small", "Medium", "Large" };

string output = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(product);
//{
//  "Name": "Apple",
//  "ExpiryDate": "2008-12-28T00:00:00",
//  "Price": 3.99,
//  "Sizes": [
//    "Small",
//    "Medium",
//    "Large"
//  ]
//}

Product deserializedProduct = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<Product>(output);

i know this is not the answera that you want, but is too long to put it as a comment (and i have no enough reputation to comment).

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Baptist Pastor Crushes Kim Davis And Hypocrisy Of Evangelicals In BRUTAL Facebook Letter
Not every conservative Southern Baptist preacher supports Kim Davis, the Kentucky County Clerk who was recently jailed for refusing to grant marriage licenses to gay couples. Russell Williams, the pastor of McCormick Road Baptist Church in Florida, recently published an open letter on Facebook blasting the controversial public official.
Williams feels that the government is not persecuting Davis; he says she's simply refusing to do her job. He also points out that Davis has herself has been married four times and isn't exactly in a position to be preaching about the sanctity of marriage. Additionally, Williams believes that Davis is using her position to profit financially from the many people on the right who are behind her.
He explains that Davis' crusade, as well as the support of mainstream politicians like Ted Cruz and Mike Huckabee, are examples of why Americans are growing increasingly disgusted with fundamentalist Christianity. He feels that conservative Christians are losing the battle for the hearts and minds of Americans because of exactly the type of behavior Davis is displaying. He says conservative Christians should stop looking to the government for protection. Rather, they should concern themselves with themselves and their duty to be good Christians. And Instead of concerning themselves with gay marriage, good Christians need to be righteous in their own behavior. It is by good example, he believes, not condemning others, that Christians can make the most effective statement.
Basically, Williams thinks that Davis should give up the battle. She's already lost anyway at every level of the court system. And besides, she's a criminal. A blasted crook who violated her constitutional oaths to exercise her apparently uncontrollable bigotry. Davis says she'll continue to deny any gay couple that walks into her office a marriage license… So she'll probably be going back to jail soon. And if she doesn't, couples can go LITERALLY anywhere else in the United States to get a marriage license. Because it's legal now! Equality is the law of this land, Davis! Go pound sand.
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Fraudulent Name Trademarks: A Comparison Between the United States, the European Union, the United Kingdom and China (Part II of IV)
Introduction to United States Law:
Particular Living Individual
In the United States, the registration of trademark rights in a living person's persona requires a written consent from that person. More specifically, TMEP § 1206.03 explains that:
"Generally, if a mark comprises a name, portrait, or signature that could reasonably be perceived as identifying a particular living individual, and the applicant does not state whether the name or likeness does in fact identify a living individual, the examining attorney must inquire whether the name or likeness is that of a specific living individual and advise the applicant that, if so, the individual's written consent to register the name or likeness must be submitted." (emphasis added)
Where there is "sufficient evidence" that an applied-for mark contains the name, portrait, or signature of a particular living individual, the examining attorney may – in his or her discretion – choose to issue a refusal under Section 2(c) of the Lanham Act instead of an inquiry. This would typically occur when an applicant seeks to register the name of a celebrity or other well-known person.
In other words, when a new application is filed in the United States to register a trademark containing what appears to be the name, portrait or signature of a specific living person, the assigned Trademark Examining Attorney must either raise an inquiry or issue a refusal if a signed consent from such person has not been filed. This is an important tool for combatting "trademark squatters" and other forms of fraud.
Pseudonyms, Stage Names and Nicknames
This consent requirement also applies to applicants seeking to register a pseudonym, stage name, or nickname of a living person. For example, "Lemony Snicket" is the pen name of novelist Daniel Handler – author of the best-selling novel series A Series of Unfortunate Events. Mr. Handler also owns a number of trademark registrations / pending applications for LEMONY SNICKET® in a number of classes. Pursuant to the relevant registrations, each of these includes a disclaimer that:
"The name(s), portrait(s), and/or signature(s) shown in the mark identifies the pseudonym of Daniel Handler, a living individual(s) whose consent(s) to register is made of record."
Trademark registrations for stage names and nicknames should include a similar disclaimer. For example, trademark registrations covering well known stage names and/or nicknames include:
Reg. No. 3795000 for HULK HOGAN (the stage name of professional wrestler Terry Bollea);
Reg. No.85859513 for BILLY JOEL (the nickname and stage name of the singer William Martin Joel);
Reg. No. 4032178 for ROCKY PATEL (the nickname of cigar company founder Rakesh Patel);
Reg. No. 4708477 for DIDDY (the nickname and stage name for Sean "Puffy" Combs);
Reg. No. 4365015 for SNOOKI (the nickname for Jersey Shore star Nicole Polizzi); and
Reg. No. 4338969 for PELÉ (the nickname of retired soccer superstar Edson Arantes do Nascimento).
Non-Living Persons
Applicants can also secure trademark registration for marks containing a name, portrait or signature which do not identify a particular living individual. Broadly speaking, this category can be divided into:
fictitious names; and
deceased, non-fictitious persons.
With respect to both of these categories, appropriate disclaimers need to be included to make clear that the application does not include the name, portrait or signature of a particular living individual. Under TMEP § 813.01(b), a disclaimer noting that a mark does not identify a particular living individual should be printed on a registration certificate where a name, portrait or likeness "could reasonably be perceived as that of a living individual…." Again, this is required in order to help protect the integrity of the U.S. trademark register – preventing the registration of trademark rights in a living person's persona without his or her consent.
This is why, for example, Warner Bros. trademark registrations for characters from the Harry Potter series including HARRY POTTER (e.g., Reg. No. 2568097), HERMIONE GRANGER (Reg. No. 2458608) and RON WEASLEY (Reg. No. 2456416) each include a disclaimer that the marks do "not identify a living individual." This also explains why, when the executor of legendary singer Otis Redding's estate sought to register Mr. Redding's nickname, "THE KING OF SOUL", the estate had to include a disclaimer that the nickname did not identify a living individual (see Reg. No. 4656621).
One final, novel technicality is the law surrounding the registration of a name, portrait, or signature of a deceased president of the United States. During the life of the deceased president's widow, such a mark can only be registered with the written consent of the widow. See 15 U.S.C. §1052(c).
This means, for example, that it is possible to register marks which include the names of long-dead presidents such as:
GEORGE WASHINGTON COFFEE (Reg. No. 3274104) for coffee in Class 30;
THOMAS JEFFERSON'S CHOCOLATE NIGHTCAP (Reg. No. 5447030) for various chocolate products in Class 30; and
TEDDY ROOSEVELT (Reg. No. 1878799) for steak sauces in Class 30.
This also means that it was not possible to register the mark of deceased president JOHN F. KENNEDY without the consent of his widow, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, until her death in 1994.
United States trademark law and practice places the burden on an applicant to prove the legitimacy of a trademark application containing what appears to be the name, portrait or signature of a living person. If the Trademark Examining Attorney assigned to review a given application believes that a mark could reasonably be perceived as identifying a particular living individual, then he or she will issue an Office Action requiring either the consent of such person or an affirmative statement that the mark does not so identify a particular living individual.
That being said, not all trademark offices follow this same approach. Many offices take a more hands-off approach while others seem openly welcoming to trademark squatters.
Part III of IV in this series evaluates how some European trademark offices – namely the European Union Intellectual Property Office and the United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office – approach trademarks containing indicia of persona.


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Retreat to this Arts and Crafts style house on the Cragside estate, close to the Northumberland coast.
A fine example of a Victorian Arts and Crafts style house, Park Cottage makes for a pretty stay amid the sweeping parklands of the Cragside estate. It's full of character inside with wood-panelled walls, antique furnishings and a pretty formal dining room. From its front rooms you'll have window views of the Coquet Valley and the Simonside Hills.
Head out into the heart of the estate and stroll through the hilly woodlands and formal gardens. As a guest you're invited to explore the main Victorian house free of charge. Many events take place here throughout the year, from conservation talks to Victorian baking sessions.
If you're a keen golfer, Rothbury golf club and its town are less than a 10 minute drive. Explore a little further to the east and you'll come to the wild Northumberland Coast. Discover this beautiful and dramatic coastline before heading to the coast for fish and chips.
Entrance hall, ground floor bedroom (one double with 5' bed), cloakroom, lobby, bathroom with traditional cast iron bath and shower cubicle, large sitting room with open fire, dining room, kitchen/diner, inner hall with stairs.
One double bedroom and one twin bedroom in the eaves and bathroom with shower over bath.
Garden: There is an open lawn area shared with Garden Cottage. While the lawn area is private, it is adjacent to Cragside's formal garden, and therefore not completely secluded from the public view.
Guests have access to the grounds except in extreme weather conditions and/or when forestry operations or maintenance are taking place in certain areas.
Parking: Parking space directly outside cottage.
Utilities: Laundry room to the rear, also for use by Garden Cottage guests.
Access: The large double-bedroom and bathroom with roll top bath are on the ground floor joined by a lobby, but the cottage may not be suitable for wheelchair users. The access statement is for guidance only. For up to date photos, please see those images in the main website page.
Offers: Holiday cottage guests have free entry to Cragside house, gardens and estate.
A Northumberland getaway in the blossoming gardens of Cragside.
Just a mile from Fountains Abbey's deer park, this cottage at How Hill is full of character.


The new Experimental Garden will provide faculty and students from biology, ecology, physics, engineering, and more the opportunity to collaborate and carry out experiments in the landscape. Already, an interdisciplinary team of faculty is figuring out how to capture and reuse every drop of water that falls on the new Science Center to irrigate the Experimental Garden and greenhouses, and to keep all water from entering the storm sewer. This kind of creative experimentat ion will teach students that much can be learned outdoors and that collaborative research can solve a complex, real-world problem.