Grilled food with smoky flavors is the love of every other individual in this world. And if you're one among them, who've been looking to buy a new grill for the first time, then you're at the perfect place. As here we'll be discussing some of the common mistakes, that one commits while buying a new grill or a new food smoker. We'll be explaining all those mistakes so that you can avoid them to get a perfect grill for your place. So before you go out looking for a new electric smoker or a grill, make sure you bookmark this webpage.
We know that bigger cars, bigger TVs, and bigger phones are always better, but this is not the case with grills and food smokers. There are different models of grills and smokers available in the market that vary largely upon the size. So it is recommended for buyers to look for an ideal sized grill that will meet all of their grilling needs. Another factor that comes into mind is the storage area. The bigger the model you choose for, the more storage space you need. So make sure you purchase a grill that finds a place in your home comfortably.
We've found many people saying that buying an expensive premium grill or food smoker will solve all their grilling problems and requirements. But this is not the case here, as you can be easily get fooled by paying extra pennies unnecessarily. First of all, look around the market and a select number of models that meets your needs. And then search around for all those models carefully. Try to know the size, features, price, and specifications of those grills. Finally, choose the model that offers more features and advantages at less price range. We're pretty sure that you'll be getting the best deal available.
In general, you'll find two types of grills available in the market, that are charcoal grills and gas grills. Lots of people don't know the difference between these two and blindly opt for a grill. A charcoal grill is one that uses charcoal as a fuel to cook food. These grills are affordable and at the same time are portable. It yields more flavors, but are less convenient to be used. Whereas, gas grills is one that uses liquid propane as a fuel. These grills are expensive than others and have a solid steel construction. However, these are very easy to use. Same goes with smokers; you can find charcoal, pellet, propane gas or electric smokers in the market. So make sure that you're filled with complete knowledge before buying a new smoker or a grill.
In some areas of your town, placing the smoker at the balcony, or any side of your house may be counted as illegal. So before buying a new smoker for your home, make sure that you investigate the rules of your apartment and town. To know more, you can check the local laws, or can get help from your neighbors. Actually, different types of grills can create inconvenience for many people in an area. That's why it is important to check all the laws before investing. This is a very common mistake which people commit, so be careful about it.
Once you've bought the grill at your place, the first thing you do is roll up the manual provided. But it is the manual which contains all the details about the grill. Whether its assembly process, maintenance tips, or safety guides, you'll get all the necessary information from the manual. So we would recommend you to give time to yourself for reading the manual. Another benefit of keeping the manual is, it would help you at every instance when you've any issue or question. So apart from the main unit, do give equal importance to the manual as well.


Business studies is a fantastic curriculum topic as it provides an insight into the modern working world covering areas such as types of businesses, human resources, marketing and economics, this is usually taught at key stage 4 and key stage 5. Experiencing this type of subject is perfect when organising a business studies school trip as you have many options in the working world that will help gauge and inspire your pupils and give them first hand experience from a trip to such areas as London's financial district.
We aim to provide a wonderful opportunity for children to experience new challenges, whilst learning valuable life skills, gaining confidence and most of all having a fun packed, active holiday that they'll never forget.
Harbour Park situated on Littlehampton's sandy beach and alongside the historic harbour is a fantastic venue to get your pupils out of the classroom and into an interesting and engaging learning environment.
Inspiring and exciting educational trips designed to bring subjects to life, extend students' learning and develop their appreciation of local and international cultures outside the classroom. There is simply nothing like an SJA Trip!
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Twickenham is the iconic Home of England Rugby and the most famous rugby venue in the world. Seating over 82,000 people the stadium hosts England's home matches, some Premiership Rugby matches, other rugby matches and other events such as concerts.
Designed to support the new National Curriculum & relevant learning standards; a session can involve a tour of Old Trafford, an interactive workshop & time for individual learning within the Museum. Groups can use the exclusive Apollo pitch.
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What needs to be done to close the gap in Indigenous water?
Supported by multiple Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is the provision of water and wastewater services to remote Indigenous communities. But of the six SDGs relevant to Indigenous water, two hold significant value, according to the University of Queensland Environmental Health Researcher Dr Nina Hall.
Speaking at Ozwater'18, Dr Hall identified SDG 6.1 and SDG 6.2, which aim to achieve universal and equitable access to safe and affordable drinking water for all, and access to adequate and equitable sanitation and hygiene for all by 2030 respectively, as most fitting.
From this, Dr Hall said there are five essentials for remote WASH service delivery:
1. People factor: support, training and cultural competence. This involves mentoring on-ground staff to bring knowledge, cultural competencies and support to Indigenous communities.
2. Cross agency collaboration of regulators, funders, state and local government. This involves the right partnership between government, regulators, funders and ground delivery.
3. Technology that is fit for place, fit for purpose and fit for people. This needs to be appropriate and include options for backup.
4. Need for funding as these communities are still dependant on grant programs offered by governments.
5. Being part of a bigger system. This includes proper planning of a system and considering things like climatic conditions before rolling it out.
"Living remotely can bring challenges. Health for many remote Aboriginal communities is compromised, and access to clean water and functional sewerage are key areas for action and need to be addressed," Dr Hall said.
According to Dr Hall, these communities face some challenges to drinking water such as weakened monitoring regimes due to the remote locations and minimal staff; contaminations from microbes and naturally occurring elements found in bore water; a high turnover of skilled water and wastewater management staff on ground in communities; as well as unacceptable taste and color with implications on consumption of drinking bore water.
"Drinking water can meet goals but it also has to meet standards in terms of how it smells, looks like, etc. What we're looking to have is high quality, safe and potable water for all communities," she said.
As for wastewater treatment, Dr Hall said many of these infrastructures don't see through their useful life. he communities were often not supported with operation maintenance and monitoring, as they weren't equipped with the necessary technical knowledge and skills.
"People want to live on country and the delivery of water and wastewater needs to be sustainable long term for this to happen. We have to ensure that nobody gets left behind," Dr Hall said.
Also speaking at Ozwater'18, Water Corporation CEO Sue Murphy said strategies and policies need to be put in place with a livability lens over it.
"What matters is having a livability lens over an approach because every community has a different story and issues. It's about having grassroots, a pipeline of the right people and the right execution strategy," she said.
Murphy mentioned actions need to be taken to achieve positive outcomes, one of which should be a focus on inclusion instead of employment within these communities.
"Of 274 remote communities in Western Australia, only 60% receive government funding. About 108 of them are self-supplied when it comes to servicing. So, we do not need to try and replicate what has worked [with other communities] but listen to each community's individual needs and work on delivering something to match it," she said.
Cairns Regional Council Water and Waste Department General Manager Graham O'Byrne said one of the ways to address the problem is to look at operation, capability and capacity from an operational perspective.
"Sixteen of the 77 local regional councils in Queensland receive no revenue and are reliant on funding from the government," he said.
According to O'Byrne, Indigenous council challenges around capability include the lack of experience, lack of ongoing support mechanisms and having only a couple of qualified operators. In terms of capacity, he said challenges exist around a lack of staff numbers and retention and succession planning.
"We're working on a fresh approach to engage with operators based on an operational needs assessment, then formulating an action plan developed in collaboration with the communities. This will be followed by the delivery and implementation, in line with cultural values and support to build internal capabilities and self sustainability," he said.
"Engagement with community influencers is the key; you need to focus on building the initial trust so that you can work on a long-term strategy and not short-term fixtures."
10 May marks the last of the three Ozwater'18 conference days in Brisbane, at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre.
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Psychic: Can Valeria's Children Forgive Shulgin
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Natalya Kopneva believes that the producer is increasingly moving away from his heirs
A new interview with Yulia Mikhalchik unexpectedly caused a real wave of revelations from Valeria's family members. The fact is that the star of the "Star Factory" many years ago began an affair with Alexander Shulgin - the first husband and father of the singer's children, with whom she later divorced with a scandal. Valeria claimed that domestic violence was the reason for her breakup with the producer. And Mikhalchik condemned the woman for bringing up family problems for general discussion. However, it was not Valeria herself who answered the criticism of Julia, but her eldest son Artemy. The young man called his biological father a tyrant and a monster and said that he "didn't give a damn about him." Valeria's current husband, producer Joseph Prigogine, also did not remain silent, accusing Shulgin of outright bullying of his ex-wife and children. WomanHit.ru decided to ask the parapsychologist and tarologist Natalia Kopneva if Valeria's heirs will ever be able to forgive their own father.
"An ambiguous figure in show business. I can't say that everything that is written and discussed about him is true, but more than half of the information, no matter how sad it may be, is real. His character is heavy and oppressive. Many things that he did in life, alas, were too problematic and were too hard for his loved ones to endure. The whole situation around his person is constantly associated with a scandal,"Natalia began.
"It's a fact that his children don't treat him very well. The further everything goes, the worse. There are constant squabbles and scandals between them. Children are better off without him than with him. From a distance, they are just great. They will never be close to him, and now there can be no talk of forgiveness. On the cards, they are more and more moving away from each other. They have a great example of what a father should be, in the person of someone else's man. They are not ready to exchange a good attitude for a bad one, even for their own father. In the future, when their communication will completely come to naught, children will sometimes remember about him, but only in the context of the fact that once thanks to him they were born. Now the situation is more than clear. It is better for Shulgin to stop reminding of himself altogether, since everything connected with him causes aggression,"Kopneva said.
"Oddly enough, the public is not all on the side of children. If now some events come out, then some will defend the rights of Shulgin, and we may face a very strange opinion of the public. However, whatever one may say, children are sacred, and at the moment they are better off with a new father,"concluded the tarot reader.
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Valeria's Son Arseny Shulgin Declassified The Sex Of The Unborn Child
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News Review – 22 September 2017
by admin · Published September 22, 2017 · Updated October 18, 2017
Gender Equality at the Center of Development
Global health was a "central stage" at the UNGA, because, according to WHO D-G Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, "People are starting to realize that health is central. It's very important to fight poverty, very important for economic growth, very important for employment, very important for equity." The World Bank puts women's health and empowerment "at the center of development." And "the path to longer and healthier lives for all Africans is within reach."
Improving family planning and access to contraception and abortion care is a part of these grand concepts, and the data and action points to make that happen were on display. #SheDecides received a push with a big data project sponsored by the government of Belgium, which, "on the basis of big data and satellite imagery, will make up to date analyses of the precise access of girls and women to family planning in Benin and Senegal. The aim is to develop a broad data platform that can also be used in other countries to improve access to family planning." MHTF reminds of the SDG's maternal mortality targets, and to achieve them more data is required: "Of the 14 indicators of progress associated with the primary gender equity goal, SDG 5, most countries are measuring just three. To help fill these critical gaps, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has created a three-year, $80 million initiative to generate more reliable data that can improve the design and targeting of programs and policy intervention." In Senegal, the Global Goals case study puts it clearly: "Achieving the family planning goal makes it more likely that we'll achieve virtually every other Sustainable Development Goal."
Health Information for All (HIFA) is continuing the discussion about why family planning and contraception information is important.
Data gathering needs to improve at the national level. A workshop in South Africa brought together young maternal health researchers from the UK, Kenya and South Africa to introduce the concept of "design thinking", so that "social science makes a positive impact on the lives of citizens." Sierra Leone, which ranks among the worst nations in maternal mortality, is undertaking a comprehensive review of the causes of maternal deaths. A study in Nigeria showed that women who accessed maternal and child health information over ICT platforms did so 34% of the time for family planning information, which can influence their decisions.
Beware once the data is collected. Sometimes dissemination gets garbled in Jargon; sentences like: "The skills-building workshop will be facilitated to enhance effective capacity strengthening and leverage existing resources to implement evidence-based initiatives."
The economic case for better family planning is clear. UN Women cites, "when 10 percent more girls go to school instead of staying home bearing children, a country's GDP increases on average by three percent. Yet, today, more than 200 million girls do not have access to contraception." The WHO emphasizes that gender inequality needs to be addressed at an early age for achieving real lifelong health and well-being effects. A compelling argument for replenishing the Global Financing Facility: "• When women have access to family planning, they are more likely to space their pregnancies; • When women space their pregnancies, they are more likely to give birth to healthy newborns; • When newborns are born healthy, they are more likely to grow up smart and strong; • Then a generation of healthy young people, brimming with ambition, will initiate a virtuous cycle of prosperity that will continue for generations to come." The US economy even gets a boost from investing in global health abroad. In Nigeria, a call to take family planning seriously explicitly to curb poverty.
A few reports of glitches in the private sector: women's RH product companies have a hard time getting financing, and access to generic RH supplies are "decades behind" other medicines.
Of course there is a political aspect, since "All politics is reproductive", and even "Nonprofits must be political". UNFPA sees a need to harmonize "the laws, policies and related frameworks in 23 countries in East and Southern Africa that create either impediments to, or an enabling environment for, adolescent sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights." (No strong movement in the many on-going US political and judicial battles this week, though links to stories are listed in the References below.) During Global Goals Week, "three African heads of state have warned their peers that without accountability and political intervention, the problem of child marriage is set to worsen." But are politicians equipped to help? According to an Equal Measures 2030 study, "Many leaders are clueless on issues facing girls and women… Policymakers in developing nations may not know enough facts and figures about problems facing women and girls to help reach gender equality." For example, "Only 6 percent came within 20 percent of the right figure in estimating their country's maternal death rate, and only a quarter could do so on the issue of child marriage."
Family Planning Health Concerns and Alternatives
Warnings: A groundbreaking report of fluoride exposure showed that prenatal exposure could lead to negative cognitive outcomes. A study from IPEN warns that women of childbearing age around world suffering "toxic levels of mercury". Another found some risks associated with benzodiazepines, including Xanax or Zoloft. In Kenya experts warned of developing sepsis after a C-section. While "more than 300,000 women will die from preventable conditions during pregnancy," a push for safe surgery, including access to cesarean delivery, which could "reduce neonatal mortality by 30 to 70 percent."
Reassurance, with small caveats, from the ObG Project that "occasional air travel during pregnancy is generally safe." The report of a possible "signal" of how the flu shot could affect pregnancy drew an immediate response from ACOG, declaring definitively, "It is Safe to Receive Flu Shot During Pregnancy." More studies are finding links between climate change and women's health: "exposure to unusually hot temperatures can lead to changes in length of gestation, birth weight, stillbirth rates, and neonatal stress. Climate change's accelerating impact on global temperatures will make heat a more serious threat to maternal health going forward."
University of Michigan Nursing professor Ron Stephenson is leading research, through the Center for Sexuality and Health Disparities, "on a broad range of sexual health problems; In addition to working with LGBTQ communities, the center focuses on women's reproductive health and health in resource-poor countries." U-M researchers are also making "progress on extraordinary new artificial womb technology that could one day help extremely premature babies continue to develop outside the womb."
Spreading the Message
It takes strong individuals – public figures and private citizens – to spread the word about the value of family planning.
Ethiopia hosted its first national Social Behavior Change conference, which looked at several case studies applied to family planning and contraception information dissemination.
In Uganda, where in one district nearly 25% of girls get pregnant before 19, there were initiative on many fronts. King Oyo's 22nd coronation anniversary celebrations included a "health camp" for free "HIV/AIDS testing, cervical cancer screening, safe male circumcision and other family planning services." Other religious leaders in Uganda pledged to end FGM (where 100,000 girls are at risk). President Museveni called for an end to child marriage. The latest campaign targets men, encouraging greater involvement in planning, and an increase in the occurrence of vasectomy.
More religious leaders in Nigeria are calling for investment in family planning, including the Ooni of Ife, the Sultan of Sokoto, and the president of the Christian Association of Nigeria.
South African National Department of Health's #SheConquers campaign has raised eyebrows with billboards encouraging school matriculation ("Books before babies"), asking, "Who says girls don't want to be on top?" In Malawi, an activist working against GBV was arrested after her protest carrying a placard that proclaimed, "My pussy, my power." A powerful female chief in that country also came out forcefully against child marriage.
ARHP looks at 6 Amazing Women in Sexual & Reproductive Health, while #SheDecides released a wonderful video about its "champions".
Advocacy takes many guises: A Kenya artist won the top prize at South Africa's ABSA L'Atelier Awards for her work exploring the overwhelmingly negative portrayal of women in African proverbs. In Chattanooga, a monthly brunch about reproductive health geared for African American women is simply titled, "Let's Talk About Sex." In Houston it's a pop-up dinner series raising money for women's health run by women chefs called "I'll have what she's having." Northwestern University Medical School has "launched a website featuring animated characters Olivia the Ovary and Timothy the Testis to teach reproductive health to children."
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RCOG backs decriminalisation of abortion, RCOG, 22 Sep 2017
She Decides champions, 22 Sep 2017
IPPF at the 72nd United Nations General Assembly, IPPF, 22 Sep 207
6 Amazing Women in Sexual & Reproductive Health, ARHP, 22 Sep 2017
This App Gives Middle Schoolers Real Talk About Sex From The Comfort Of Their Phones, Fast Company, 21 Sep 2017
Making the case for the Global Financing Facility, Devex, 21 Sep 2017
She Decides: Belgium deploys big data for better access to family planning, Belgium Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation, 21 Sep 2017
The Fascinating True Story Behind Elisabeth Moss's New Movie About Abortion, Pop Sugar, 21 Sep 2017
Protecting Family Planning Access Should Be a Shared Priority, Morning Consult, 21 Sep 2017
University researchers work to aid LGBTQ sexual and reproductive health, Michigan Daily, 21 Sep 2017
Cervical Ca Screening Rates Fall at Title X-Funded Clinics, MedPage, 21 Sep 2017
Major physician groups urge Senate to stabilize health insurance markets, Healio, 21 Sep 2017
The Man Behind the Pill Decided Women 'Need' to Have Periods—But They Don't, Broadly, 21 Sep 2017
Providing Abortions in the Deep South, The Atlantic, 21 Sep 2017
Dying to Give Birth: A Call To Action For Lifesaving Surgery, Jhpiego, 21 Sep 2017
Maine Won't Let Nurse Practitioners Perform Early Abortions, and It's Harming Our Patients — So I'm Suing, ACLU, 21 Sep 2017
Why is family planning and contraception (FP/C) information important?, HIFA, 20 Sep 2017
New GOP health care proposal would restrict abortion coverage as early as next year, STAT News, 20 Sep 2017
Surgery Can't Be Sidelined, Global Health Now, 20 Sep 2017
Making the business case for sexual and reproductive health rights, UN Women, 20 Sep 2017
Lawsuit challenges rule that only doctors can perform abortions, CBS News, 20 Sep 2017
Despite legal abortion in Great Britain, women cite access barriers, new research finds, Eurekalert, 20 Sep 2017 (see Academic reference below)
The Global and National Maternal Mortality Targets for the Sustainable Development Goals, MHTF, 20 Sep 2017
We Could Have Been a Match—Until He Called Me a 'Baby Killer', Rewire, 20 Sep 2017
Gender inequality in early adolescence must be addressed for health and well-being throughout life, WHO, 20 Sep 2017
Many leaders clueless on issues facing girls, women, survey shows, Reuters, 20 Sep 2017
Putting women's health and empowerment at the center of development, World Bank, 20 Sep 2017
Judge defends abortion vote to Oireachtas, The Times, 20 Sep 2017
Access To Generic Reproductive Health Supplies Decades Behind Medicines?, Intellectual Property Watch, 19 Sep 2017
Denmark to give £37m to women's charities affected by Trump's global abortion funding ban, The Independent, 19 Sep 2017
Climate Change and Women's Health: New Studies Find Overlooked Links, New Security Beat, 19 Sep 2017
What Happens to Your Body in the Hours and Days After an Abortion, Vice, 19 Sep 2017
Accountability needed to end child marriage, improve health access, Devex, 19 Sep 2017
The ABCs of cervical cancer prevention in remote locations, PLOS, 19 Sep 2017
If India Is Making Progress in Reproductive Rights, Why Can't the US?, Tonic, 19 Sep 2017
Why We Need to Protect Maternal Health During the Refugee Crisis, Time, 19 Sep 2017
A New Pop-Up Series Highlights Women's Health, Houstonian, 19 Sep 2017
The new Obamacare repeal bill is the worst yet for women's health, Vox, 19 Sep 2017
Telemedicine Abortion on the Rise, Health Line, 20 Sep 2017
Fluoride exposure in utero linked to lower IQ in kids, study says, CNN, 19 Sep 2017 (see Academic reference below)
Ohio Supreme Court to decide on new abortion laws, Dayton Daily News, 19 Sep 2017
Alabama Attorney General Candidate Wants to Use a State Militia to End Legal Abortion, Ms. Magazine, 19 Sep 2017
Kansas Sanctions Missouri Doctor Over 13-Year-Old's Abortion, US News & World Report, 19 Sep 2017
Rauner now mum on abortion bill after earlier indication he'd veto, Chicago Tribune, 19 Sep 2017
Safe, legal and unduly burdened, or the shrinking right to an abortion in Ohio, Beacon Journal, 19 Sep 2017
Ryanair cancellations will affect Irish women travelling for abortions, Metro, 19 Sep 2017
Why Global Health Is Center Stage at the United Nations General Assembly, Time, 18 Sep 2017
Women's Reproductive Health Products Face Financing Wall, San Diego Business Journal, 18 Sep 2017
Too many women face death while giving birth. Here's how we can improve their chances., The Lily, 18 Sep 2017
Xanax Or Zoloft For Moms-To-Be: A New Study Assesses Safety, NPR, 18 Sep 2017
Investing In Global Health Abroad Actually Boosts US Economy, New Research Shows, GE, 18 Sep 2017
Isle of Man abortion bill: Nearly 3,000 responses submitted in consultation, BBC, 18 Sep 2017
Women of childbearing age around world suffering toxic levels of mercury, The Guardian, 18 Sep 2017 (see Academic reference below)
Why Nonprofits Must Be Political: A Case in Point, Non Profit Quarterly, 18 Sep 2017
New Event Raises Awareness About Reproductive Health Among African American Women, The Chatanoogan, 18 Sep 2017
Olivia the Ovary part of NU's animated approach to teach reproductive health to kids, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep 2017
What We're Following: Threat to Last Abortion Clinic in Kentucky, DC Abortion Fund, 18 Sep 2017
Planned Parenthood to protest SC governor's abortion order, The State, 18 Sep 2017
Iowa collecting data linked to defunding Planned Parenthood, The State, 17 Sep 2017
Women considering abortion are being dissuaded by supposedly objective counselling groups, The West Australian, 17 Sep 2017
The time has come to legalise abortion, Malta Independent, 17 Sep 2017
How To Be There For Each Other While Going Through An Abortion, MensXP, 17 Sep 2017
Trump changes to foreign aid restricting access to family planning services in poorest countries, CBC, 16 Sep 2017
Group will pay for at least 74 women affected by Harvey to have abortions, Dallas News, 16 Sep 2017
All Politics is Reproductive, The Open Mind, 16 Sep 2017
Patriarchal Religious Justifications to Enforce Sexist Oppression, The Good Men Project, 15 Sep 2017
Federal appeals ruling stalls abortion expansion in Missouri, Kansas City Star, 15 Sep 2017
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown to sign Reproductive Health Equity Act, KOBI5, 15 Sep 2017
Abortion-clinic arrests spark 'abortion terrorism' debate, Daily Tribune, 15 Sep 2017
Artificial Placenta Rescues Premature Lambs from Lung Failure, M Health Lab, 15 Sep 2017
The power of sharing your abortion story, Chicago Tribune, 15 Sep 2017
Harrisburg abortion clinic surrenders license, closes, YDR, 15 Sep 2017
From Pro-Choice To Pro-Choices, Huffington Post, 15 Sep 2017
Undoing century-old women's health gains, Caller-Times, 15 Sep 2017
Healthy Relationships: A Plan for Improving Health and Sexual Education in New York City Schools, Comptroller of NYC, 14 Sep 2017
Family Planning Information for All: Addressing Myths and Misconceptions about Family Planning, K4All, 14 Sep 2017
The Abortion Debate: Mismatched and Misplaced?, Groundviews, 13 Sep 2017
Data-Driven Gender Equality, Project Syndicate, 13 Sep 2017
Why the path to longer and healthier lives for all Africans is within reach, The Conversation, 13 Sep 2017
Jargon, Medium/Knowledge for Health, 5 Sep 2017
Drone Delivered Abortion Pills & the Fight for Reproductive Rights, Ovary Action, September 2017 (ICYMI)
"A Basic Issue of Women's Liberation": The Feminist Campaign to Legalize Contraception in 1970s Ireland, Nursing Clio, 31 Aug 2017
Emergency Labor: What to Do If You Have to Give Birth Alone, What to Expect, 22 Sep 2017
Harmonizing the Legal Environment for Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights, UNFPA, 21 Sep 2017
Legacies of 1917 in Contemporary Russian Public Health: Addiction, HIV, and Abortion, American Journal of Public Health, 21 Sep 2017
Barriers to accessing abortion services and perspectives on using mifepristone and misoprostol at home in Great Britain, Contraception, 20 Sep 2017
HPV screen bests Pap smear at detecting cervical cancer, CIDRAP, 20 Sep 2017
Is Air Travel Safe in Pregnancy?, ObG Project, 20 Sep 2017
Prenatal Fluoride Exposure and Cognitive Outcomes in Children at 4 and 6–12 Years of Age in Mexico, Environmental Health Perspectives, 19 Sep 2017
Mercury in Women of Child-bearing Age in 25 Countries, IPEN, 18 Sep 2017
Flu Vaccination & Possible Safety Signal, CDC, 13 Sep 2017
It is Safe to Receive Flu Shot During Pregnancy, ACOG, 13 Sep 2017
Family Physicians and Provision of Immediate Postpartum Contraception: A CERA Study, Family Medicine, September 2017
A guide to identifying and documenting best practices in family planning programmes, WHO, 20 Mar 2017 (re-issued, ICYMI)
Helping Couples Plan Their Families: What's Your Role?, Jhpiego, 21 Sep 2017
First National Conference on Social and Behavioral Change (SBC) Held in Addis Ababa, Semonegna, 20 Sep 2017
Actress dies giving birth as health strikes rage on, Daily Nation, 19 Sep 2017
Experts warn of health risk after C-section, Daily Nation, 18 Sep 2017
Kenyan artist wins top prize at L'Atelier 2017, Business Daily, 15 Sep 2017
UNFPA-Liberia Fistula Project trains fistula survivors, The New Dawn, 18 Sep 2017
World-renowned Malawi woman chief cracks whip on child marriages, CAJ News, 22 Sep 2017
Beatrice Mateyu defiant on 'my pussy, my pride' message – 'Am an activist not sex worker', Nyasa Times, 16 Sep 2017
Nghipondoka anguishes over teenage pregnancies, New Era, 18 Sep 2017
Experts react to Nigeria's high maternal mortality rate, Premium Times, 22 Sep 2017
MamaYe Nigeria celebrates a SDG Champion, MamaYe, 21 Sep 2017
Take Family Planning Seriously, Curb Poverty – Experts Urge FG, Independent, 20 Sep 2017
Ooni, Sultan, CAN lament huge death of Nigerian women at child birth, Nigerian Tribune, 17 Sep 2017
Student Charged With Attempt To Abort Girlfriend's Pregnancy, PM News, 14 Sep 2017
What has HIV got to do with contraception?, Nigerian Tribune, 14 Sep 2017
Women's Use of Information and Communication Technology in Accessing Maternal and Child Health Information in Nigeria, African Journal of Library, Archives & Information Science, April 2017
Drones, sun — and a strong will — elevate Rwanda's health care, CNET,18 Sep 2017
Case Study: Family Planning – Senegal, Global Goals, 18 Sep 2017 (See accompanying video)
Maternal deaths review instituted, Awoko, 19 Sep 2017
Woman claims nurses left her to deliver her own baby, News24, 21 Sep 2017
There's nothing wrong with girls being on top – sans innuendo, Daily Maverick, 18 Sep 2017
SA hosts maternal health researchers' workshop, SAnews.gov.za, 18 Sep 2017
Easterly Clouds, Beewol, 22 Sep 2017
Family planning: New campaign targets men, New Vision, 21 Sep 2017
Budaka grapples with teenage pregnancy, Daily Monitor, 20 Sep 2017
Scars of Womanhood in Sebei, Pru Nyamishana, 20 Sep 2017
100,000 girls at risk of genital mutilation – UNFPA official, Daily Monitor, 20 Sep 2017
Museveni calls for accelerated action to end child marriage, The Independent, 19 Sep 2017
Family planning and religion, HIFA, 19 Sep 2017
Religious leaders speak with one voice, pledge to end Female Genital Mutilation, UNFPA, 18 Sep 2017
King Oyo's 22nd coronation anniversary underway, Daily Monitor, 16 Sep 2017
Africa Directions: Providing moral campus for youths, Daily Mail, 17 Sep 2017
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Supplies of some popular cars are lean. The Honda Fit is at 34 days.
Stocks of unsold light vehicles thinned out in May, falling from a 55-day supply on May 1 to 52 days on June 1.
Light trucks fell from 67 days on May 1 to a 61-day supply on June 1, even though General Motors and Chrysler Group built extra 2012 full-sized pickups to carry them through model changeovers.
Car stocks fell to a 43-day supply, the lowest level since September 2011, on strong overall vehicle sales and demand for fuel efficiency.
Many automakers had spot shortages of popular cars, such as Ford's 32-day supply of the Ford Focus and Honda's 34-day supply of the Honda Fit.
Others were simply short of any car. Hyundai-Kia Automotive started June with a 23-day supply of all cars. The Toyota and Scion brands have just a 25-day supply of cars combined.
On June 1, no major manufacturer had more than a 60-day supply of cars, the industry's traditional optimum level for all vehicles.
Overall, among major automakers, GM had the biggest supply at 74 days, down from 79 on May 1. Hyundai-Kia was the lowest ma- jor automaker at 27 days, up from 25.


Yes, I am a little gutted I didn't manage to ride every single day, but what I have achieved is still really good. From someone who hates exercise to someone who managed to ride most days in a month is a big change for me. It also goes to show I've found something I am enjoying.
Now, how did I ride all those miles on a trainer? Surely staring at a wall or something is boring when riding the bike. Yes, I imagine it is boring, but I wasn't staring at a wall. I was using my PC with the Smart Trainer and subscribed to Zwift.
Zwift is kind of like an online game. Only instead of sitting still working your thumbs on a controller, you're cycling on your normal bike like hell. Your Turo Trainer connects to your PC, MAC, iPhone or iPad (Android still in Beta testing) and works with the program. When online, you're online with thousands from across the globe. See others in my images taken from Zwift on my blog? They're real people also riding in Zwift.
For me, it provided some entertainment and a sense of social connection while riding indoors from my study. It kept me engaged with what I was doing and I've even gone as far as creating some of my own workouts.
In Zwift you can simply ride the world/route you're in, or you can ride to specific workouts. Workouts give you structured power targets to hit for set lengths of time, which is brilliant for training. Free riding allows you to explore the virtual world. If you have a Smart Trainer, then expect it to get harder uphill as Zwift controls the trainer to add more resistance.
You have to pay to subscribe to Zwift. It's £12.99 per month, but you're not tied into any length of contract or anything. So you can pay for November, December, January and February. But as soon as you want to start getting outside on a regular basis again you simply cancel the subscription. Likewise, come the end of the year again you can reactivate your subscription and not lose out on anything.
in order to keep you motivated to keep cycling on Zwift, there are in-game perks. You are awarded badges for things like your first metric 100 ride, your first 100-mile ride, riding for 14 days straight etc. What does it for me though is the levelling system. the more you ride, the more you level up. Each level up comes with some sort of unlock. Whether it be a new pack of jerseys, a new hat or a new bike, I am always riding to that next unlock. I'm currently level 9 but I am aiming to get to level 13 as soon a possible as that unlocks the first semi-decent bike in the game.
There are also scheduled group rides and events fairly frequently in Zwift. From riding a workout together in a large group to racing up a mountain known as Alp du Zwift, there is something for everyone which keeps the social aspect alive. I've done a group ride and a couple of 'races' from the Tour of London series, all I enjoyed riding with others at the same time.
I couldn't have got as far in #REDJanuary as I did if it wasn't for Zwift and the trainer. There is no way I would have gone ou doors at 5am when doing the early rides. Plus with the bike already set up in the study, it is so easy to just hop on and hop off when I could.
But moving into February I will keep pedalling. I won't be going for it every day like January, but I will be getting on as often as I can. I'm really enjoying being on the bike (indoors or out) and as long as I enjoy it I will use it. Especially with the health benefits, it brings too.
There is a cycling challenge happening at work for a charity that we're fundraising for, so I will likely get involved with that. It's only for a week later in February, but it's still something with a target to set in and aim for.
But for now, you'll probably see me going on the bike 3 or 4 times a week when I can fit it in. It will be nice to spend some evenings with the wife again.


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Q: Add attribute to a DOM NodeList node using XSLT I have to add one attribute Publisher="Penguin" to the nodes from a NodeList : The input xml looks like:
    <Rack RackNo="1">
    <Rows>
    <Row RowNo="1" NoOfBooks="10"/>
    <Row RowNo="2" NoOfBooks="15"/>
    <Rows>
    </Rack>

The output xml lookslike:
   <Rack RackNo="1">
    <Rows>
    <Row RowNo="1" NoOfBooks="10" Publisher="Penguin"/>
    <Row RowNo="2" NoOfBooks="15" Publisher="Penguin"/>
    <Rows>
    </Rack>

The xsl i wrote is :
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
   <xsl:output method="xml" indent="yes" />
   <xsl:template match="/">
        <Order>
            <xsl:copy-of select = "Rack/@*"/>
                <xsl:for-each select="Rows/Row">
                    <OrderLine>
                        <xsl:copy-of select = "Row/@*"/>
        <xsl:attribute name="Publisher"></xsl:attribute>
                        <xsl:copy-of select = "Row/*"/>
                    </OrderLine>
                </xsl:for-each>
            <xsl:copy-of select = "Rack/*"/>
        </Order>
 </xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>

This doesnt return the desired output.
Any help will be much appreciated.
Thanks in advance guys.

A: This is a job for the XSLT identity transform. On its own it simple creates a copy of all the nodes in your input XML
<xsl:template match="@*|node()">
   <xsl:copy>
      <xsl:apply-templates select="@*|node()"/>
   </xsl:copy>
</xsl:template>

All you need to do is add an extra template to match Row element, and add a Publisher attribute to it. It might be good to first parameterise the publisher you wish to add
<xsl:param name="publisher" select="'Penguin'" />

You then create the matching template as follows:
<xsl:template match="Row">
   <OrderLine Publisher="{$publisher}">
      <xsl:apply-templates select="@*|node()"/>
   </OrderLine>
</xsl:template>

Note the use of "Attribute Value Templates" to create the Publisher attribute. The curly braces indicate it is an expression to be evaluated. Also note in your XSLT it looks like you are renaming the elements too, so I have done this in my XSLT as well. (If this is not the case, simply replace OrderLine back with Row.
Here is the full XSLT
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
   <xsl:output method="xml" indent="yes"/>
   <xsl:param name="publisher" select="'Penguin'" />

   <xsl:template match="Rack">
      <Order>
         <xsl:apply-templates />
      </Order>
   </xsl:template>

   <xsl:template match="Rows">
      <xsl:apply-templates />
   </xsl:template>

   <xsl:template match="Row">
      <OrderLine Publisher="{$publisher}">
         <xsl:apply-templates select="@*|node()"/>
      </OrderLine>
   </xsl:template>

   <xsl:template match="@*|node()">
      <xsl:copy>
         <xsl:apply-templates select="@*|node()"/>
      </xsl:copy>
   </xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>

When applied to your XML, the following is output
<Order>
   <OrderLine Publisher="Penguin" RowNo="1" NoOfBooks="10"></OrderLine>
   <OrderLine Publisher="Penguin" RowNo="2" NoOfBooks="15"></OrderLine>
</Order>

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Q: SQL Query to fetch data after 01-01-2022 I have a date coming in the format 2022-05-26T13:50:44.000Z, 2018-10-05T18:14:00.000Z. I want the date to be picked after 2022 only from this column. But when I am using the below query it is not working at all.
 to_date(TO_CHAR(TRUNC(Paaf.last_update_date),'MM-DD-YYYY'),'MM-DD-YYYY') >= TO_DATE('01-01-2022','MM-DD-YYYY')

How to compare the date so that it only the dates after 01-01-2022 are picked
If i do Paaf.last_update_date like '%2022%' I am getting the output,
is there anyway I can do '%Current year%' for the like to work

A: You don't need to truncate then convert to a string and convert back to a date.
Just compare the DATE column to a date literal:
SELECT *
FROM   table_name paaf
WHERE  paaf.last_update_date >= DATE '2022-01-01'

If you want dates after 2022-01-01 00:00:00 then use > rather than >=.

A: Assuming the date part format to be with timezone.
Using cast and to_utc_timestamp_tz oracle functions in following manner.
with x as (
select CAST(to_utc_timestamp_tz('2022-05-26T13:50:44.000Z') AS DATE) as sample_year from dual
)
select * from x where sample_year > TO_DATE('2021-01-01','YYYY-MM-DD');

A: Just did some check as below,  it should be able to help.

create table paaf(last_update_date timestamp);

✓

insert into paaf values(TIMESTAMP '2021-12-01 05:30:00');

1 rows affected

insert into paaf values(TIMESTAMP '2022-12-01 05:30:00');

1 rows affected

insert into paaf values(DATE '2022-01-01');

1 rows affected

select * from paaf where last_update_date >= TIMESTAMP '2022-01-01 00:00:00';

| LAST_UPDATE_DATE          |
| :------------------------ |
| 01-DEC-22 05.30.00.000000 |
| 01-JAN-22 00.00.00.000000 |

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Merck's voluntary withdrawal of Vioxx (rofecoxib) came as a surprise to many observers of the pharmaceutical scene. It serves notice, if one were needed, that even careful observation of clinical results may not disclose a relatively rare but devastating side-effect that becomes evident only after millions of prescriptions have been written. In recent weeks there has undoubtedly been an intense review of the many steps taken in the development of Vioxx and similar cox-2 inhibitors (e.g. Celebrex, celecoxib, Bextra, valdecoxib) to see if there were any hints that were overlooked that coronary problems would necessitate its removal from the anti-inflammatory market. Even the voluminous research records in Merck's labs may not provide such a hint, but it still can be useful and informative for medicinal chemists to review the published literature to trace cox-2 inhibitor development and speculate on how many and what kinds of 'decision points' were encountered along the way. In a featured article entitled "Tough Road for Agrochemicals" (Chemical and Engineering News, 9/20/04, p.48) John Lyga of FMC is quoted: "Valuable scientific lessons can be derived from open discussion of projects that never made it to the marketplace." Certainly this statement holds true for pharmaceuticals as well. This summarized tutorial is intended to illustrate how quickly and effectively users of BioByte's new Bio-Loom and QSAR products can access the pertinent data for such discussions. In the references found in this search, the authors present some of rationale for the pathways taken in following early leads, but, as we shall see, QSAR's meaningful physico-chemical parameters often provide additional perspectives of the mechanisms of the bioactivity involved.
Note: Portions of the following discussion will be accessible only to users of the Bio-Loom program and are not depicted herein; these will appear in maroon.
The initial survey step using Bio-Loom can be concluded by selecting the name celecoxib in the Output window, (which has a bullet), clicking on 'internet DBs' in the upper menu bar, and selecting 'QSAR' (Figure 1). After the net is accessed (takes a few seconds) a Search panel is displayed with the SMILES of celecoxib (Celebrex) in the proper window. Three Sets (with their equations) are shown in the middle panel: 3811, 10772, & 11034 (Figure 2).
Clicking on the Set No. 10772, one notes that it investigates the cox-2 activities of analogs of a parent where the central ring is a pyran-2-one, substituted at the 3-position with (p-methylsulfonyl)phenyl (Figure 4). The coefficient for the indicator variable, I-X (+1.22) tells us that when the phenyl at the 4-position is p- substituted, activity is decreased. The activities for both Celebrex (7.24) and Vioxx (6.37) are listed for comparison with the pyranone analogs, but neither is included in the equation (Figure 5). An optimal hydrophobicity (log P = 3.26) is seen for the variations in this set. Note that Set 11034 contains celecoxib and valdecoxib (Bextra), but it deals with their activity as carbonic anydrase inhibitors, comparing them with acetazolamide etc. This may be important information in assessing its side-reactions, wanted or unwanted.
To continue the Tutorial, clear the Input by clicking on the 'Reset' button (directly beneath the Input Window), and enter cox-2 in the 'System' panel. The first of the 58 hits (Set 1042) studies a variety of older NSAID structures that display mixed cox-1 and cox-2 inhibitory activity. DUP-697 in this set and flurbuprofen and tolfunamic acid in Set 3639 show cox-2 inhibition activity levels on a par with many of the newer 'coxib' drugs. Hydrophobicity and pKa are the important parameters noted.
Some of the Searle-(Pfizer) group's early work (1996) leading to Celebrex is shown in Set 3531, where the central ring is a difluorophenyl (Figure 6). The coefficient of the indicator variable (-0.45) shows that the sulfonamido group (the moiety ending up on Celebrex) is slightly more active than methylsulfonyl. The opposing coefficients for CLOGP and CMR show a kind of parabolic dependence upon the size/hydrophobicity combination of the substituents on the other 'outer' phenyl ring.
In later reports by this group (1997; Sets 3811, 3814) the parent has a pyrazole as the central ring; for Set 3902 it is pyrrole, and for Set 3903 it is imidazole (Figure 7). In Set 3811 (mentioned earlier) the 3-CHF2 substituent on the pyrazole appears to add more activity than the 3-CF3, but the latter was retained in Celebrex. (Perhaps to avoid complications of the activated hydrogen?) Set 3814 shows that the sulfone moiety appears to perform about as well on the phenyl attached to the N-1 nitrogen of the pyrazole as it does if placed on a phenyl at C-5. Indeed, the sulfone group can be replaced with methoxyl or with chlorine without much change in activity (Cpds. 6, 7, & 8). Set 3903 again shows a preference for sulfonamido over methylsulfonyl (+0.94 I,Y), as does Set 3906 (+0.36 I,Y) where the central ring is an unsaturated, strained carbocycle. On the other phenyl ring the use of Verloop's steric parameters shows that there is a dependence on the width of the para substituent (B1-4) and the length of the metas (L-3).
In Set 4643 (Figure 8) the 'outer' phenyl rings are attached to the unsaturated carbons of cyclopentene, and for this set there was no apparent difference between methylsulfonyl and sulfonamido. As in Set 3811, there is a significant negative coefficient for the sigma-plus parameter--a hint that inhibition of cox-2 may be influenced by a resonance-suppported positive charge or radical.
Further work by the Searle-(Pfizer) group (1998) using an imidazole central ring is analyzed in Set 6926 (Figure 9). The coefficients for CLOGP and volume, which are positive and negative respectively, indicate an optimal size for these analogs. Analysis of later work, Set 7140 (2000), shows a similar optimum, with the CMR parameter indicating a limiting size. In Set 6712 a series with oxazole as the central ring was studied, showing a dependence on overall hydrophobicity and sigma-plus for substituents on the 5-phenyl ring. Analysis of a smaller set (6713) confirms the sigma-plus dependence, while Set 6714, which has variation limited to the 2-position of oxazole, shows dependence on CLOGP and steric width of the 2-substituent.
In the QSAR search illustrated by this Tutorial, the earliest published report by the Merck group appears in Set 5629 (Figure 10) where pyridine serves as the central heterocycle. It is interesting to note that Arcoxia, the cox-2 inhibitor now in clinical trials and the one Merck has announced as the (hopeful) successor to Vioxx, is Cpd. 4 in this set. Of course with substituent variation limited to just three different alkyl groups and difference in position, the resultant equation yields little information, except a hint that the optimal log P is a little over three as seen in Set 10772 above. Further work by the Merck group, using pyridine as the central ring, is seen in Sets 8385, & 8386, where Arcoxia is Cpd. 11 in both sets. Question: Does a less reactive central ring give a greater margin of safety?
Set 6869 contains the reports from the Merck group on cox-2 inhibitory activity of candidates containing a wide variety of central rings (Figure 11). In Cpds. 1-4 they are thiazoles; in Cpd. 5, thiadiazole; in Cpds. 6, 8, & 9 they are thiophenes; in Cpds. 10 & 11, pyrazoles; and Cpds 7 & 12 are cycloalkenes. In view of all this structural variety, it is surprising that CLOGP by itself yields such a good correlation, especially since the experiment was done using recombinant human cox-2, and passage through cell membranes is not a factor. In more recent reports (2003) Sets 10243 and 10244 show the pyridine of the Arcoxia analogs replaced by pyridazinone.
About the same time (1997) that the Merck group were investigating the pyridine-type cox-2 inhibitors they also reported on results using two types of thiazolo-fused rings. Set 6865 (Figure 12) analyzes those with a thiazolo-triazole central ring, and Set 6866 has an imidazothiazole fuzed ring. In neither set was a role for hydrophobicity evident, but the equation for Set 6865 hints at two electronic effects: resonance stabilization of a positive charge and an inductive effect.
Set 5950 includes data from a Merck publication in 1999 and features a penten-2-one central ring, which is very similar to the lactone chosen for Vioxx (Figure 13). Surprisingly, a satisfactory equation does not seem to need an electronic term for the aromatic ring attached next to the pentenone carbonyl, and Cpd. 18 fits even though the phenoxy oxygen breaks the conjugation with the central ring (Figure 14). About this same time the Merck group reported work with the central ring consisting of a benzopentanone or isobenzofuran-1-one (Sets 6842, 6843, & 6851), but these are beyond the scope of this Tutorial.
Sets 10441 and 10442 show recent Merck reports (2003) on drug candidates with the same central furan-2-one central ring as in Vioxx, but substituted at the 5-position with methyl and either hydroxyl or alkoxyl. In Set 10441 the coefficient of the indicator variable (-0.45) shows the hydroxyl to be less active, but this is less significant in Set 10442 where a sigma-plus term is justified (Figure 15).
Obviously, the equations and the data uncovered thus far in this Tutorial QSAR Search could be examined in much greater detail, but one should not expect answers to 'pop out'. Instead one would be happy if such a survey would raise some worthwhile questions. The fact that in the most promising candidates the sulfone moiety is conjugated with a reactive central ring, and that an electronic effect (+ charge or radical stabilization) appears important poses the question: Is this contributing to cox-2 inhibition, or to the cardiotoxicity side effect, or to both?
Some other research teams studied different reactive central rings other than those discussed above. In 2000 Puig et al reported results for over two dozen cox-2 inhibitors having an oxazol-2-one central ring, and these are seen in Set 6525 (Figure 16). The variation in this set did not disclose any hydrophobic dependence, or any electronic effect of substituents on the phenyl attached to the oxazolone nitrogen. The steric requirements of these substituents, evidenced by Verloop's width parameters, gives a hint that there is steric reaction at the reactive site. For these congeners, the methyl sulfones are more active than the sulfonamides. Any activity effect that methyl substitution of the oxazolone ring had on activity was not discernable.
In 2001 Shiu et al reported on cox-2 inhibitors using 2-H-furanones as the central ring (Set 7578). This set shows a parabolic dependence on hydrophobicity, with an optimal CLOGP of 3.23 (Figure 17). In later work on similar analogs (2004; Set 11309) an optimal log P was not supported. Set 11311 analyzes the activity of spiro derivatives of these furanones, and the electronic parameter, NVE, gives a good correlation by itself (Figure 18). Set 11312 shows that replacement of the second phenyl (attached between the carbonyl and the double bond of the furanone) with a heterocycle decreases activity. In Set 11313 both phenyl rings are substituted with either chlorine or fluorine, with the unexpected result that molar volume (calc. via McGowan's method) correlates 7 of the 8 analogs very well without the need of an electronic parameter.
During the development of a drug, such as the cox-2 inhibitor, Vioxx, decisions must be made at hundreds of 'forks in the road'. Even a slight increase of the odds of making the correct choice at each step would increase the odds of final success. A few groups have told us that the use of Hansch-Fujita QSAR methodology has, indeed, increased (or sped up) the successful process of lead optimization. The retrospective view of cox-2 inhibitor development, presented in this Tutorial, illustrates a few of the critical steps where every analytical tool's information should be welcomed. When one considers that the Hansch Bio QSAR database contains over 5700 equations dealing with enzymes in general and 2600 dealing with specific receptors, one realizes that this cox-2 study is only one example of many thousands that could have been profitably examined.
The term Data Mining has come into widespread use in the last few years and is an appropriate designation for the type of exercise described in this Tutorial. The first successful diamond mining operations depended heavily on the trained human eye to detect the raw gems amid the crushed and washed Kimberlite ore. The 'rejects' were piled up as 'tailings'. After it was discovered that X-ray fluorescence made the raw gems much easier to detect, the tailings became a very valuable property and were carefully reworked. How many pharmaceutical or pesticide 'gems' lie hidden in lab notebooks waiting to be reworked? Can C-QSAR 'light up' some old, 'discarded' data the way X-rays light up 'discarded' diamonds in Kimberlite tailings?
(a) "Exploring QSAR" Hansch & Leo; ACS Reference Books, 1995; p.16.
(b) C. D. Selassie, et al., Chem Rev., 2002, 1585-2606.
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Thomas Ruff (B.1958), Nudes wh 20
Thomas Ruff (B.1958), Nudes wh 20. photo Sotheby's chromogenic print mounted on diasec, signed, titled, dated 2001 and numbered 2/5 on the reverse, 55 1/4 by 43 1/2 in. 140.4 by 110.5 cm. Est. 30,000—40,000 USD - Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 60,000 USD Executed in 2001, this work is number 2 from an edition of 5 plus 2 artist's proofs. PROVENANCE: Marc Jancou Fine Art, New YorkChristie's, New York, November 9, 2005, lot 514Acquired by the present owner from the above sale LITERATURE AND REFERENCES:... [Lire la suite]
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Tom Sachs (B.1966) Skull, 2007
Tom Sachs (B.1966) Skull. photo Sotheby's bronze with gold patina, painted black, incised with the artist's signature, date 2007 and number 2/7 on the underside, 6 by 9 by 6 in. 15.2 by 22.9 by 15.2 cm. Est. 20,000—30,000 USD - Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 25,000 USD PROVENANCE: Baldwin Gallery, AspenAcquired by the present owner from the above Sotheby's.Contemporary Art Day Auction. 12 Nov 09. New York www.sothebys.com
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Edito: 'Snow Queen' with Du Juan by Lachlan Bailey for Vogue China.
photo Lachlan Bailey - styled Alastair McKimm
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Arnold Newman, JFK, 1953 & George Tames, JFK Shaking Hands with Crowd, 1962
Arnold Newman, JFK, 1953 Gelatin Silver Print - 8 x 10 inches - Signed, titled and dated on print recto. Estimate: from $4,000 to $5,000Note: Arnold Abner Newman, born March 3, 1918, was an American photographer, noted for his "environmental portraits" of artists and politicians. He was also known for his carefully composed abstract still life images. In 1946, he began working as a freelance photographer for Fortune, Life, and Newsweek. Newman found his vision in the empathy he felt for artists and their work. He... [Lire la suite]
Tags : 1953, 1962, Gelatin silver print, George Tames, John F. Kennedy, nold Newman
Vietnamese cobalt glazed pottery trade jar, 19th Century & blue and white ceramics, Late 15th/Early 16th Century
A Vietnamese cobalt glazed pottery trade jar, 19th Century © 2002-2009 Bonhams 1793 Ltd Of baluster form with dragon-headed loops to the shoulder and a continuous frieze of dragons, flaming pearls and auspicious cranes molded in shallow raised relief, the slightly concave base left unglazed (repaired).23 1/4in (59cm) high - Estimate: $600 - 800 A group of four molded parrot bowls with enamel decoration. Late 15th/Early 16th Century © 2002-2009 Bonhams 1793 Ltd Each molded as a shallow peach-form bowl with its leafy... [Lire la suite]
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Big Shots: Andy Warhol Polaroids" @ the Nasher Museum of Art
Andy Warhol, "Grace Jones," 1984. Polacolor ER, 4 1/4 x 3 3/8 inches. Collection of the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University. Gift of the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. © 2009 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York DURHAM, NC.- "Big Shots: Andy Warhol Polaroids," an exhibition of rare photographs, many depicting celebrities, will open at the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke on Thursday, Nov. 12. The exhibition includes about 250 Polaroids and 75 silver... [Lire la suite]
Tags : Andy Warhol, Bianca Jagger, Carly Simon, Dorothy Hamill, Grace Jones, Jack Nicklaus, Jean-Michel BASQUIAT, Nasher Museum of Art, Polaroid
Bath's Holburne Museum Acquires Artist William Hoare's Masterpiece
William Hoare, "The Pitt Family of Encombe". LONDON.-The Holburne has acquired for its Collection a painting by the celebrated 18th century artist William Hoare. The acquisition of a superb portrait "The Pitt Family of Encombe" has been made possible through a grant from independent charity The Art Fund, the generous help of the MLA/V&A Purchase Grant Fund, the Beecroft Bequest, the Friends of the Holburne, David Posnett in memory of his mentor Harold Leger, and a private donor. When the Holburne... [Lire la suite]
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Edito : 'That Lady in Dress' with 'That Lady in Dress' with Mariacarla Boscono by Sølve Sundsbø for Vogue China
photographer Sølve Sundsbø - styled Anastasia Barbieri - designs by Givenchy, Louis Vuitton, Jil Sander, Valentino, D&G, Chanel, and Jean Paul Gaultier
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Andy Warhol's Iconic 200 One Dollar Bills from 1962 Sells for $43,762,500 at Sotheby's
Mark Rothko (1903 - 1970), Orange, Red, Orange, Executed circa 1961 - 1962, oil on paper mounted on panel, 29 x 20 7/8 in. 73.7 x 53 cm. Est. 2,000,000—3,000,000 USD. Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 3,386,500 USD. Photo: Sotheby's. NEW YORK, NY.- Tonight at Sotheby's in New York, Andy Warhol's monumental masterpiece, 200 One Dollar Bills, brought a remarkable $43,762,500, soaring past the pre-sale estimate of $8/12 million. Competition was fierce. Auctioneer Tobias Meyer opened the bidding at $6 million and was... [Lire la suite]
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Why does Buddy Black prefer Peavey Artist Series Amplifiers?
Peavey Artist Series Amplifiers.
The story begins in 1964. Buddy got his first electric guitar amp, a Gibson Hawk. Although it sounded great, it was too small to keep up with the other's rigs. Sometimes he would be allowed to use his older brother's Silvertone 6×10. That is where the love for 10″ speakers began, but not much admiration for solid state technology.
The Search Began
The search began,,, First was a 1965 Fender Twin Reverb. During a performance in about 1975 he was playing a newly acquired type of instrument called a lap steel, and flames shot out of the front of the amp. That probably was one of the best things that could have happened for the audience, but put Buddy back to scratch with amplifiers. While it was being repaired the folks at Duncan Music in Winston Salem NC. loaned him an early model Crate amp that was in a case made of old crates. After one show, he went amp shopping!!! "No offense intended" Buddy told the music store owner, "but this thing SUCKS!!" He got them to replace the speakers in the Twin that day and he headed to Raleigh for a show. On the way to the venue, he found a small shop called Whetstone Music. He traded the Fender Twin for a 1957 Fender Vibroluxe. He said he and the store owner were both laughing at the other for their loss,,,, It was the best sounding amp Buddy had ever plugged into and he used it for a couple of years till it and his 1962 Gibson SG were stolen. He went to Camel Pawn in Winston-Salem and bought a 1966 Fender Vibroluxe. That's where the magic really began. It was an amp powerful enough to keep up on most stages, and the return of 10″ speakers to his life. It had the most liquid reverb Buddy had ever experienced and with the hotter pickups Gibson guitars of the day had, literally SCREAMED! It sounded pretty good with his Stratocasters too but he believed a little more gain would help, so the hunt was on again.
The Hunt For More Gain
In 1979 he bought his first 1959 Fender Bassman amp. It had more power than the Vibroluxe and four 10″ speakers. He bought another one and 2 Fender spring reverb units. Buddy started using one on each side of the drummer and the stage ROCKED! In 1989 Buddy went in The Music Connection in Raleigh NC. and saw some new models Peavey had started making called The Classic series. They had tweed covers and the Classic 50 looked almost identical to his Fender Bassman amps. There were a couple of things different though. The circuitry was nearly the same as his Bassman amps but had a volume control before and after the preamp and another for output volume. The reverb was built in and was wet and lush like the Vibroluxe. A love affair with those amps began and continues today. He has moved up a little in power. His stage rig is several full stacks. 8-10″ speakers powered by Classic 100w heads. The same volume configuration but double the power of the Classic 50. Botique amp designer and builder Marc Auble made a tube driven line conditioner for Buddy so up to 20 stacks can be used at a time without impedence issues. It looks like the hunt for the perfect sound is over. Buddy smiles a lot now!!!
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GQS 494: Gender Research Seminar: Exploring Topics
Why should I use tertiary sources?
You might be wondering why a GQS 494 student would use tertiary sources such as subject encyclopedias. The quick answer is that they can be excellent resources for identifying primary and secondary sources. Additionally, it can't hurt to make sure you have a good sense of how your research question fits in with other scholarly research that has been done--and the bibliographies at the end of encyclopedia articles are an efficient way to make sure you know who the scholars are who've been working on this topic.
Remember that tertiary sources are intended to fill in gaps in your knowledge or jumpstart your research; they should not be cited as scholarly secondary sources for your project.
Online Reference Collections
ABC CLIO eBooks
The ABC CLIO eBook Collection contains encyclopedias, dictionaries, handbooks, and guides from ABC-CLIO, Greenwood Press, Libraries Unlimited, and Praeger.
Provides full text access to several dozen subject encyclopedias, with strengths in the arts, humanities, and medicine.
Provides full text access to hundreds of Oxford reference titles, including dictionaries, encyclopedias, and handbooks.
SAGE Knowledge
Provides full-text access to dozens of Sage reference books, with a strong emphasis on the social sciences.
Subject Encyclopedias
Start with these subject encyclopedias and branch out as needed. If your research question is interdisciplinary, you may wish to consult additional encyclopedias in other disciplines. Use the Research by Subject pages to explore more options.
American Masculinities by Bret E. Carroll (Editor)
Explores the wide range of identities and experiences that have defined men and masculinity in the United States from pre-Columbian times to the present. It draws on important contemporary research in history, gender and sexuality studies, and cultural and literary studies.
The Continuum Complete International Encyclopedia of Sexuality by Robert T. Francoeur (Editor)
Covers sexual behavior throughout the world. Written by more than 200 leading sexologists in their respective countries and cultures, each entry explores such areas as heterosexual relationships, children, adolescents, adults, gender-conflicted persons, unconventional sexual patterns, contraception, sexually transmitted diseases, AIDS, sexual dysfunctions, and therapies.
Encyclopedia of Gender and Society by Jodi A. O'Brien (Editor)
Covers the major theories, research, people, and issues in contemporary gender studies. Offers a cross-national/cross-cultural perspective that provides comparative analyses of the life experiences of men and women around the world.
Encyclopedia of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered History in America by Marc Stein (Editor)
Provides a comprehensive survey of lesbian and gay history and culture in the United States. Articles range from short biographical entries to longer essays surveying topics such as the Stonewall riots, federal law and policy, same-sex institutions and AIDS.
Encyclopedia of Sex and Gender by Fedwa Malti-Douglas
Addresses issues of sex and gender at the personal and the social level; examines issues of identity, status, class, ethnicity, race, and nation; of sexuality and the body; of social institutions and the structures of representation.
The Global Encyclopedia of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender History by Howard Chiang
Call Number: Click on the title above for online access
Covers LGBTQ topics in Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, and the Middle East, as well as North America, and takes an interdisciplinary approach to the subject, using film, literature, human rights, politics, landmark legislation, activism, the arts, language, sports, and historical events as points of entry into the content.
The International Encyclopedia of Human Sexuality by Patricia Whelehan; Anne Bolin
A comprehensive A-Z reference with over 500 entries that define sexuality from a broad biocultural perspective and show the diversity of human sexual behavior and belief systems. Places topics within their socio-cultural and cross-cultural contexts while also exploring evolutionary and primatological concerns. Covers 13 key areas of content, from clinical medicine and body modification to the language of sexuality and the history of sexology.
The Oxford Encyclopedia of American Social History by Lynn Dumenil (Contribution by); Paul Boyer (Contribution by)
Call Number: Click title above for online access
Social structures and the environment that shaped American life, including family, work, leisure, social movements, and patterns of mobility and settlements, are central to this encyclopedia, as are themes of race, gender, ethnicity, and class. Includes over 450 articles by expert scholars, with numerous cross references as well as additional sources for further study.
Routledge International Encyclopedia of Women by Cheris Kramarae (Editor); Dale Spender (Editor)
Call Number: HQ1115 .R69 2000, v. 1-4 Reference
Features comprehensive global coverage of women's issues and concerns, from violence and sexuality to feminist theory. In over 900 entries from US and Europe, Asia, the Americas, Oceania, and the Middle East, the women who pioneered the field collaborate with the new scholars who are shaping the future of women's studies to create the new standard work on women-related subjects.
The Sage Encyclopedia of LGBTQ Studies by Abbie E. Goldberg (Editor)
This new encyclopedia focuses on LGBTQ issues and identity primarily through the lenses of psychology, human development and sociology, emphasizing queer, feminist and ecological perspectives on the topic.
SAGE Handbook of Gender and Communication by Julia T. Wood (Editor); Bonnie J. Dow (Editor)
Examines the primary contexts in which gender and communication are shaped, reflected, and expressed: interpersonal, organizational, rhetoric, media, and intercultural/global.
The SAGE Encyclopedia of Psychology and Gender by Kevin Nadal (Editor)
This encyclopedia looks at issues of gender, identity, and psychological processes at the individual as well as the societal level, exploring topics such as how gender intersects with developmental processes both in infancy and childhood as well as throughout later life stages; the evolution of feminism and the men's movement; the ways in which gender can affect psychological outcomes and influence behavior; and more.
The Bloomsbury Handbook of 21st-Century Feminist Theory by Robin Truth Goodman (Editor)
A comprehensive survey of the state of contemporary feminist thought. With chapters written by world-leading scholars from a range of disciplines, this book explores the latest thinking on key topics in current feminist discourse.
Introduction to Transgender Studies by Ardel Haefele-Thomas; Thatcher Combs; Susan Stryker
Call Number: HQ77.9 .T496 2019 Print Books
This is the first introductory textbook intended for transgender/trans studies at the undergraduate level. It encompasses and connects global contexts, intersecting identities, historic and contemporary issues, literature, history, politics, art, and culture.
Concept Map Overview
A concept map is:
a visual tool for generating and organizing ideas
a way to explore different aspects of a topic
a method for triggering word associations
Use a concept map to:
aid thinking at the beginning of the research process
create a visual overview of a topic
develop questions on a topic
reveal patterns, themes, and associations between ideas
generate search terms to conduct research
Tools for Concept Mapping
You can create a concept map with pencil and paper or use one of these free online tools:
Use Padlet to create an online bulletin board to display information for any topic. You do need to sign up for an account to use this tool, but you can use the free version to create up to 3 boards.
Jamboard is a google product that you can log into with a personal or Puget Sound account. It works sort of like a virtual whiteboard. You can upload photos, or use the 'post it note' feature to make notes.
Coggle is an online tool for making concept maps. You do have to create an account by signing in with Google, but it's free.
How to Create a Concept Map
Concept mapping is a great strategy to use as you develop your thesis. Concept mapping emphasizes relational thinking and can help you see the connections (or lack thereof) between the various elements of your research.
Ask yourself: what do I already know about my topic? what am I curious about? what kind of information do I need, and where am I likely to find it?
Think about what the various perspectives are on this topic, and what you do or don't know about them. Who is studying this topic? What types of research have been done? What connections could be made between these sources?
The process is simple: start with the subject of your research question in the center, then:
In the space around the central concept, write words or phrases for any relevant subtopics.
For each of your focus subtopics, add related terms/concepts to your map.
Continue to fill out your branches with ideas or questions about types of resources you may wish to start with.
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Oklahoma wants to go where no state has gone before: Executing death row inmates with nitrogen gas. Officials say nitrogen will bring quick, painless deaths, but the research is slim — and it has never been used in U.S. executions.
The case for nitrogen hypoxia sounds simple. Nitrogen is already in the air we breathe, but, as long as humans get the right mix, nitrogen is safe. The state wants to make death row inmates breathe pure nitrogen.
Plaintiffs and similarly situated medical providers do not have a legal or professional obligation to counsel and refer patients for the Patient Choice at End of Life process [e.g., assisted suicide].
Up to 30 Colorado hospitals are opting out of the state's new medical aid-in-dying law, either fully or in part, but whether that means the doctors they employ are banned from writing life-ending prescriptions is a controversy that could wind up in court.
At this point, terminally ill Coloradans who want to end their lives under the law will need to find out whether their physicians are allowed to participate.
A shortage of a lethal drug is stopping both executions and assisted suicide in the United States. The supply of Nembutal, the drug of choice for executing prisoners in many American states and for assisted suicide in Oregon and Washington state, has dried up because its European manufacturer, the Danish company Lundbeck, refuses to supply it for use in executions. This has had an unintended consequence: patients in Oregon who want physician-assisted suicide cannot get it.
In a recent, widely-reported execution, the state of Oklahoma tried a three-drug cocktail as a substitute for Nembutal (also called pentobarbital or sodium thiopental) last month, but the prisoner, Clayton Lockett, appeared to die in great pain. So patients in Oregon are not going to be using that. A second-best drug, secobarbital, costs between US$1,500 and $2,300-more than five times pentobarbital and it is still hard to obtain.
The assisted suicide lobby, therefore, has turned to other solutions. Compassion & Choices (the rebranded Hemlock Society) has asked the Oregon Board of Pharmacy to allow a pharmacy to manufacture the drug from raw materials.
The irony that one group lobbying against death is frustrating the work of another group lobbying for death was not lost on bioethics gadfly Wesley J. Smith. "It seems to me that if the drugs are wrong to use in lawful executions, they are also wrong to prescribe to people who want to kill themselves. Death-causing is death-causing, and that ain't medicine," he wrote in the National Review.
There are other ironies. It is widely acknowledged that it is against medical ethics for doctors to participate in executions. However, Oregon is one of the few states that mandates physician participation in an execution. And anticipating objections by a doctor's colleagues, it has banned sanctions against him (or her) for participating in an execution.
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Upon suggestion of Breslau Rabbi and Historian Marcus Brann before a group of German speaking rabbies and Jewish scholars, the germ of the Germania Judaica is first discussed in the context of a board session of the Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaft des Judentums.
Board session in Breslau; the first working draft is published in the society's monthly journal.
Presentation of an alphabetical table with localities and the personal names therein.
Publishing of eight example articles.
Publishing of the first partial volume (A-L) of Germania Judaica I for the period from the beginnings to 1238.
The manuscript for Germania Judaica I entries M-Z is under review at the printing house where it's misplaced.
Ismar Elbogen takes charge of the project and asks the authors to reconstruct their contributions. Chaim Tykocinski takes over to write several articles as well as editing other articles.
Publishing the second partial volume (M-Z) of Germania Judaica I for the period from the beginnings to 1238.
On a meeting of the members of the society, Dr. Nachum Wehrmann advocates to expand the Germania Judaica up to the year 1500. Although the proposal is agreed upon, the year 1348 is still set as the date limit for the following volume.
Until October 1938, more than 100 articles are available for review. During the pogroms in November, they fell into the hands of the Nazi party. The contributors are asked by the society to issue their articles again.
At the beginning of WWII, 80% of the material is brought to safety in London. In 1954, it is transferred to the Jewish Historical General Archives in Jerusalem.
The newly founded Leo-Baeck-Institut takes over the Germania Judaica II and assigns the project to Dr. Zvi Avneri at Haifa.
Starting the works on Germania Judaica III (1350 -1519). Appointed by the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Arye Maimon succeeds Zvi Avneri.
Founding of the Nouvelle Gallia Judaica by Bernhard Blumenkranz sel. A.
Publishing of the first partial volume (A-L) of Germania Judaica III.
Publishing of the second partial volume (M-Z) of Germania Judaica III.
In the preface to volume III/3 in 2003, the editors of Germania Judaica, Mordechai Breuer and Yacov Guggenheim, advance their plans to expand the project as Germania Judaica IV for the period up to 1620. The Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the Heinrich Heine University of Düsseldorf come to an agreement for further cooperation. However, the project falls through after another partial volume (IV.2: Landgrafschaft Hessen-Marburg). The digital publication of the project never saw the light so far.
Ambitious scholars in Germany and France launch a joint pilot project to bring the Gallia and the Germania Judaica to the 21st century.


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Also called button man. Slang. a low-ranking member of a crime organization or syndicate.
a member of a caste of sexually underdeveloped female ants or termites specialized, as with powerful jaws, to defend the colony from invaders.
a similar member of a caste of worker bees, specialized to protect the hive.
a brick laid vertically with the narrower long face out.Compare rowlock(def 2).
Informal. a person who avoids work or pretends to work; loafer; malingerer.
Informal. to loaf while pretending to work; malinger: He was soldiering on the job.
The story of the soldier returning home to a country he no longer recognizes is a very old one.
The soldier, drying his eyes and moustache with his little blue cotton handkerchief, remained motionless as the god Terminus.
A soldier introducing a woman to another man, who holds a scythe in his hand.
c.1300, souder, from Old French soudier, soldier "one who serves in the army for pay," from Medieval Latin soldarius "a soldier" (cf. Spanish soldado, Italian soldato and French soldat "soldier," which is borrowed from Italian), literally "one having pay," from Late Latin soldum, extended sense of accusative of Latin solidus, name of a Roman gold coin (see solidus). The -l- has been regular in English since mid-14c., in imitation of Latin. Willie and Joe always say sojer in the Bill Mauldin cartoons, and this seems to mirror 16c.-17c. spellings sojar, soger, sojour.