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Danisco Trial Tips Probiotics Into Pain Relief Arena
By Jess Halliday
14/12/2006- Oral administration of Lactobacillous acidophilus NCFM has been seen to have an analgesic effect in the gut similar to that of morphine - a finding that opens up a new realm of applications for Danisco's probiotic strain.
Marketed under the name Howaru Dophilus, the strain is one of Danisco Cultures' flagship strains and has been extensively tested for its gut health benefits, stability and survivability through the gastrointestinal tract.
The findings of the study, conducted at French research institute Inserm and the University of Lille and a brief communication of which is published in Nature Medicine have been patented by Danisco. The company is already in discussions with potential partners in the pharmaceutical, dietary supplement and food industries over its use in commercial products.
The researchers hypothesised that probiotics may induce the expression of receptors on epithelial cells that control transmission of nociceptive information to the intestinal nervous system. In particular, opioid receptors and cannabinoid receptor 2 were judged to be promising.
The first step of the study involved evaluating five Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium bacteria for the induction of expression of analgesic receptors in human HT-29 epithelial cells. The NCFM strain was seen to induce a sustained increase of OPRM1 mRNA expression, and to induce significant cannabinoid receptor expression (CNR2 mRNA) compared to that observed in resting epithelial cells.
The researchers went on to conduct in vivo experiments with mice and rats. NCFM was orally administered at a dose of 109 for 15 consecutive days. In the treated animals' colonic section expression of MORI and CB2 was detected in 25-60 per cent of epithelial cells, compared to 0-20 per cent in the untreated animals.
To determine the visceral perception of rats, the researchers used colorectal distension, whereby pain is characterised by visible abdominal contractions and elevation of the hindpart of the animal's body. The NCFM strain was seen to decrease normal visceral perception and increase the pain threshold by 20 per cent - an affect that increased as the dosage increased.
In a model of chronic colonic hypersensitivity, the NCFM was seen to increase colorectal distension threshold by 44 per cent compared to untreated rates, and had an antinococeptive effect like that of 1mg of subcutaneous morphine per kg of body weight.
Lead researcher Professor Pierre Desreumaux, head of the department of gastrointestinal diseases and nutrition at Lille University and research director at Inserm said: "One could envision NCFM to be prescribed for intestinal function disorders or co-administered with morphine to relieve serious gastrointestinal pathologies, therefore reducing morphine doses and related side effects."
Danisco is currently conducting additional, complementary studies in the US on people suffering from irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).
A spokesperson for the company told NutraIngredients.com called the development "an interesting new function for probiotics". She said that there is a large target market for the application area - abdominal or intestinal pain is thought to affect between 10 and 20 per cent of adults in the world, according to the World Health Organisation. In particular, it is one of a collection of symptoms associated with IBS.
The probiotic would be used in different concentrations in pharmaceutical, supplement and food products. For foods, it would be largely dependent on the food matrix, and the concentration would be at the level for which they can make probiotic claims - that is 109 cfu (colony-forming units) per serving.
"On probiotics in general we always search for new functionalities to enable development of new areas of application," said the spokesperson, adding that the research was conducted specifically with a view to improving treatment of pain for people with severe gastrointestinal diseases.
The Howaru Dophilus strain is said to be the world's only commercially-available Lactobacillous acidophilus with a fully sequenced annoted genome.
Geonome sequencing allows Danisco to obtain the fingerprint of a strain, which in turn allows it to screen for functional properties such as texture, flavour, health benefits, and the probability of being able to produce it on an industrial scale.
The company has an impressive bank consisting of more than 10,000 potential strains kept in a carefully controlled environment - and is continues to source new ones. While not all of these are active, they are continuously screened for their properties and potential for mutations.
SOURCE: Nature Medicine
Published on-line ahead of print, doi: 10.1038/nm1521
"Lactobacillus acidophilus modulates intestinal pain and induces opioid and cannabinoid receptors" Authors: Christel Rousseaux, Xavier Thuru, Agathe Gelot, Nicolas Barnich, Christel Neut, Laurent Dubuquoy, Caroline Dubuquoy, Emilie Merour, Karen Geboes, Mathias Chamaillard, Arthur Ouwehand, Greg Leyer, Didier Carcano, Jean-Frédéric Colombel, Denis Ardid and Pierre Desreumaux.


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Our 14-16 inch petite cream-colored roses, are usually associated with thoughtfulness, gracefulness, perfection and charm. Because of this, it a great gift for all types of occasions and recipients. The symbolic significance of peach roses is as engaging as their elegant beauty. They are also used to express the geniality and cheer of a get together. Truly a flower for all occasions!
Our 14 -16 inch petite cream-colored roses, are usually associated with thoughtfulness, gracefulness, perfection and charm. Because of this, it a great gift for all types of occasions and recipients. The symbolic significance of peach roses is as engaging as their elegant beauty. They are also used to express the geniality and cheer of a get together. Truly a flower for all occasions!


KidLit411 is excited and honored to present the amazingly talented Brian Won! Brian is the creator of the awesome new book, HOORAY FOR HAT! We love this book and are thrilled that Brian has agreed to be featured in our Spotlight. Be sure to enter his giveaway for a set of art cards!
Tell us about your background and how you decided to become an illustrator.
I always enjoyed drawing and doodling, but never thought I could pursue it as a career. My Asian parents had high expectations for me to become a doctor, so much so they nicknamed me "Harvard Boy" when I was in the second grade. This would all come to an end when my parents realized a 2.8 GPA would not get "Harvard Boy" into any Ivy League schools. I graduated from art school with an illustration degree and pursued a career in motion graphics design. After my son was born, I created a series of drawings called "Charlie & Friends" and it reignited my interest in illustration, specifically children's book illustration.
When did you start writing your own picture books, and how did that come about?
Writing picture books came about at the same time my wife and I began reading to Charlie. We would visit the library and my brain would short circuit from finding books that I grew up reading. While introducing these stories to my kid, I thought to myself I would love to make my own picture books too.
Do you have a favorite book that you've worked on?
My favorite book I've worked on is HOORAY FOR HAT! (which is the only book I've published) It's a letter to my boy that lasting happiness comes from helping others.
Is it harder to be an author-illustrator or illustrate others' stories?
I find it harder to illustrate others' stories but not for the same reasons other illustrators give. For me, the thought I may disappoint two people, the author and the illustrator, is a heavier burden than disappointing only myself. The author entrusts their story to be realized by someone they don't even get to choose!
What projects are you working on now? Will we see more of HOORAY?
I finished illustrating a fantastic night time book, OUTER SPACE BEDTIME RACE written by Rob Sanders (Random House, January 2015). I'm also working on projects for Candlewick and Workman Publishing. For my day job, I continue to freelance design but would love to make books full time. I'm in the process of writing a HOORAY companion but want to make sure its the right story.
I recommend going to a library and checking out stacks of children's books. There's something pure about discovering books at a library because the books are displayed with equal footing, spine side out. Best of all, you'll notice how worn out the books are with blueberry stains and ripped pages… exactly how a kid treats his/her favorite books. Also read the books out loud. You'll notice a rhythm and flow that great books share. I learned this the hard way by reading a book five times in one sitting to my kid.
How did you come up with the idea for HOORAY FOR HAT!
The inspiration for HOORAY FOR HAT! came from my son Charlie. When he was two years old, he would run around the house yelling "Hooray for Hat!" It confused me that it was a singular hat and not plural "hats". He was (and still is) awful at sharing so I wanted to write a story on the benefits of sharing outside of just social etiquette.
Brian Won wore many hats as a busboy, shoe salesman, art store cashier, art director, and designer before he turned his talents to illustrating children's books. His debut picture book, HOORAY FOR HAT!, was published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt in Spring 2014.
Oh my goodness..."Harvard Boy"? That's a lot pressure on a 7 year old! We're glad you didn't become a doctor because you may never have written Hooray For Hat otherwise. ;) Thank you for sharing your art and for the giveaway, and thank you, Kidlit411 for the interview!
I agree with Teresa. Any author would be priviledged to work with such a talented artist. Good luck on your sequel!
Great interview, Elaine and Brian. I love your art and HOORAY FOR HAT is awesome!
Hooray for Brian! Glad you are following your passion, annd I look forward to your next books.


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South Florida/Caribbean Inventory & Monitoring Network
Marine Fish Communities
A Grey Angelfish swimming by a coral reef in Dry Tortugas National Park.
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Reef fish populations are valued as recreational and commercial fisheries, as popular attractions for divers and snorkelers, and as essential components of coral reef ecosystems. The health of reef fish communities has a large impact on the economies of South Florida and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Recent declines in these populations are believed to be due to significant increases in recreational and commercial fishing as well as severe habitat degradation. Monitoring assists management decision-making by documenting trends in reef fish abundance, community composition, distribution, and size structure; increasing understanding of how natural and man-made stressors are changing reef fish populations and communities; and evaluating the effectiveness of management actions such as no-take zones. Monitoring allows us to document reef fish community composition, abundance, and size structure and determine changes in these parameters over time within the Florida Keys, U.S. Virgin Islands, and inside vs. outside different management zones. Special attention is paid to specific exploited reef fish species.
South Florida Monitoring
Reef fish populations in Biscayne National Park, the Florida Keys and Dry Tortugas National Park are monitored in reef habitats via a collaborative multi-agency effort which was first implemented in 2008. A joint, inter-agency, peer-reviewed monitoring protocol was completed in 2009. These surveys were annual until 2012 but will continue on a biennial basis in South Florida, alternating years with US Virgin Islands reef fish monitoring. This monitoring protocol involves a "Reef Visual Census (RVC)" point count in which all fish are counted in a 15m diameter cylinder in a two-stage stratified random design. All fish species are recorded allowing evaluation of trophic structure and community change; however the sampling design is optimized with respect to eight focal species which are all important commercial and recreational fisheries in the South Florida region: white grunt, bluestriped grunt, hogfish, mutton snapper, gray snapper, yellowtail snapper, red grouper, and black grouper. Habitat data are also collected and used to update benthic maps and refine the analysis. Agencies involved include the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Southeast Fisheries Science Center (NOAA SEFSC), Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission's Florida Fish and Wildlife Research Institute (FWRI), the University of Miami's Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (UM-RSMAS), the National Park Service South Florida/Caribbean Network (SFCN), Everglades National Park (EVER), Dry Tortugas National Park (DRTO), and Biscayne National Park (BISC).
The report Implementing the Dry Tortugas National Park RNA Science Plan: The 5-year Report was published in 2012 by the National Park Service and The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. This report presents results on interdisciplinary studies focused on the performance efficacy of the no-take Research Natural Area (RNA). The report uses the multi-agency reef fish monitoring data in a chapter "Status of reef fish resources of the Tortugas region based on fishery-independent visual and trap survey assessments". Dr. Mike Feeley also co-wrote chapters on "Regional connectivity of fishes within the Tortugas region of Florida" and "Spillover of select reef fish species in and near the Dry Tortugas National Park Research Natural Area.
U.S. Virgin Islands Monitoring
The NOAA Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment (CCMA) Biogeography Team Coral Reef Ecosystem Monitoring Program (CREMP) has been monitoring reef fish in and outside Buck Island Reef National Monument (BUIS), Virgin Islands National Park (VIIS), and Virgin Islands Coral Reef National Monument (VICR) since 2001 using a multi-agency effort. Strata involve benthic habitat (hard bottom vs soft bottom), management (inside vs. outside protected area) and geographic zone. The overall design is stratified random with the sampling unit protocol being a visual belt transect (25m x 4m) conducted by scuba divers. Simultaneous measurements of benthic habitat (seagrass, coral), and other species of interest (lobster, conch, diadema) occur.
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Jake Bugg: Another Reason to be Optimistic
Jake Bugg is another reason to be generally optimistic.
Some of us—maybe you—use pop music to get through the bad days and times and to celebrate the good. But part of the time, including now, if all you hear is what's at or near the top of the charts, you might be a little charmed but a lot discouraged. Where is that something to tickle your ears, touch your heart and tap your feet, mixing originality and talent with that secret musical sauce?
It does come along; see earlier posts about Lorde. Once again me catching up with those who already got there, here's Jake Bugg. Unlike Lorde, who is now seventeen, he is much older. Last year he recorded and released his second album, Shangri La, at the age of nineteen.
You can read all about him, and I could write all about him, but you know my motto: It's in the tracks. So listen to both albums whole if you can. Below are links to a few sample tracks, but like a lot of new artists, the work is genre blending/mashing/smashing, so please try not to category listen.
His biggest track, from the first album, Jake Bugg, is Lightning Bolt. From the new album, released in November, There's A Beast and We All Feed It ("There's a beast eating every bit of beauty and yes we all feed it."). And for those who want less beat, more ballad, Broken .
Is he a next really big thing? Who knows, but whatever the charts and awards say, we are all a little better off with this music around.
Filed Under: Music
Tags: Jake Bugg : Lorde : Shangri La
3 Comments to "Jake Bugg: Another Reason to be Optimistic"
KJ says:
I think Jake Bugg is too overrated. When I first heard his first album, I thought it was ok, but then I discovered that the most of the songs were written by Ian Archer and not by Jake. In fact you can instantly hear the difference between songs Lighting Bolt and Fire, that seems a song even Justin Bieber could write.
It's just a singer (a bad one) not a singer songwriter like the press tend to describe him, definitely not the new Bob Dylan, maybe the English John Mayer.
Folk24 says:
Try King Krule or Laura Marling, definitely more sincere than Jake Bugg ;)
As for the "new" designations (Bob Dylan, etc.), note that the post steers clear of the cliche. That runs the risk of being an unhelpful shortcut that avoids real listening.
As for the songwriting comment, that is the stuff not just of a post but of an article or a book. The whole singer-songwriter "problem" goes back to before the Beatles and Dylan. Up to then, there was mostly, though not exclusively, a split between those who wrote and those who performed/recorded. Then starting in the 1960s many artists and bands wrote (or stole) for themselves, whether they were good/great songwriters or not. At the same time, a corps of professional songwriters still thrived (and still does). Being a singer-songwriter was and is a badge, not only creatively, but financially. Admittedly then, collaborative songwriting, which isn't always balanced 50/50 or even 20 artist/ 80 collaborator, doesn't have the PR or fan value of being a singer-songwriter. But there are hundreds of exceptional tracks, even those that have credit controversies, that I wouldn't change a note or word of, no matter who wrote it.
The bigger point is that Jake Bugg really does sound original, which doesn't mean anyone has to like what they hear. In some ways this is an amazing time for music: literally anyone who has something to say and play can be heard globally, immediately. The irony for me at least is that with so much music, when I listen to the top of the charts, much (not most maybe, certainly not all) is unlistenable, either because I've heard it before or because I never want to hear it once. So when something comes along that doesn't sound like everyone else, whoever wrote it, however annoying some find the voice (note: Jake Bugg's vocals will change), that is a good thing.
Thanks for the comment.


Even for people who aren't fans of Oasis, it is hard to ignore the voice of Liam Gallagher. I have been a fan of Oasis ever since the song Wonderwall came out and lately I was pleasantly surprised to hear the latest solo single from Liam. The song itself reminds me a bit of old Oasis hits but the honesty of the lyrics is relatable especially for those that have hurt people along the way.
Categories: Music | Tags: British Pop Music, Liam Gallagher, Oasis, Reflective Tunes | Permalink.
With the new year here, I want to make sure that the year starts off on a positive note and I felt this song was quite uplifting. For many people, a year has its ups and downs but being able to make the most of it is the important thing.
Categories: Music | Tags: Brit Pop, Love My Life, Robbie Williams | Permalink.
I am not sure what it is about K-Dramas but they have been providing some amazing music to my playlist these days. The latest song that I am in love with is called Step, Step by Suran from the series called Incarnation of Jealousy.
Categories: Music | Tags: Incarnation of Jealousy, Step Step, Suran | Permalink.
It's been a long time since I have written on the blog and I guess its in part of losing the passion for writing. For the past year, I have undergone a lot of changes from a personal level and while things have been less than ideal its always been music that has saved me. This song came out years ago during the height of Savage Garden's fame but it still resonates with me. While everyone has listened to Truly, Madly, Deeply I feel that the band has so many more amazing music to explore.
Categories: Music | Tags: 90s Music, Darren Hayes, Sad Music, Savage Garden, Therapy | Permalink.
If there was a series that truly exposed me to new music, I can safely said that The O.C would be one that helped create a large part of my iTunes library. I first heard of this song during the episode where everyone was graduating from high school and it was a defining moment for the central characters as they've collectively been through a lot of heartache but they've made it. Its been many years since the show went off air but till this day, I have continued to listen to many of the tunes from it.
Categories: Music | Tags: Breathe In, Frou Frou, Imogen Heap, Indie Music, The O.C | Permalink.
It seems like the Korean drama "It's Ok, That's Love" has done it again by introducing me to another artist. It's only fitting that with a new month that I start it with a new tune. My iPod currently has this song on repeat. Check it out to see why!
Categories: Music | Tags: It's Ok That's Love, Kae Sun, KDrama, Ship and The Globe | Permalink.


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Blog • Advertising Insights
Leading the Change 2019: Discovering the Art and Science of Growing with U.S. Hispanics
By Univision Insights
Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple, that's creative. – Charles Mingus, Jazz Pianist
It's not often you hear a jazz musician cited during a marketing conference, but Mingus' quote goes to the heart of why we were all gathered at The Altman Building in New York last week for Univision's 8th annual Leading the Change marketing forum.
Marketing these days is complicated. Today's audience is smarter, bolder and more empowered than ever to choose the brands and products they want. In such an environment, those organizations that do make the complicated simple will have a much greater chance of growing their businesses and connecting with new consumers, successfully.
Embracing creativity to drive innovation was a central theme of this year's Leading the Change. As our keynote speaker, best-selling author, Josh Linkner put it, "By challenging the rules you might find a new path forward; don't underestimate the risk of standing still." Challenging the rules doesn't mean upending the status quo; it can also mean trying out creative ways to grow your business by connecting with a new, untapped audience. While there were myriad takeaways from our incredible roster of speakers, we'll focus on three key areas to help any marketer jumpstart, or lean into, their Hispanic marketing strategy in 2020 and beyond.
1. U.S. Hispanics are Truly America's Growth Engine
Univision's CEO Vince Sadusky reminded us that, according to the latest American Community Survey managed by the Census Bureau, there are approximately 60 million Hispanics in the United States. What is more remarkable is that while the growth rate for Hispanics from 2010-2018 was 18.6%, the growth rate for the non-Hispanic white population was essentially zero1. These numbers dramatically highlight why the U.S. Hispanic community is considered America's growth engine and why it is difficult to ignore if you are looking to grow your business.
Nielsen's Stacie de Armas, VP Strategic Initiatives and Consumer Engagement broke down the strength and sophistication of this market. The U.S. Hispanic GDP is larger than that of India, Italy or Brazil, and by 2023 the buying power of this community will be $1.9 trillion2. Most compelling was the data point de Armas cited on the most common, or mode, age among Hispanics – just 11 years old vs. 58 for non-Hispanics whites3. The relative youth of Hispanic audiences is a very important differentiator when considering their lifetime value as consumers. The Hispanic collectivist culture also means that multigenerational Hispanic households are predisposed to sharing: 44% agree that people often come to them for advice before making a purchase, and 39% say they like to share their opinions and products online4.
2. Digital and Social are Cultural Enablers
Univision's SVP of Digital Sales, Matt Kaplan joined Andrew Barge, Director of Content Business Development at Twitter and Joanne Coleman, VP Media for Constellation Brands to discuss the remarkable way we can connect to U.S. Hispanic consumers through social media.
Twitter reaches 71% of Hispanics in the U.S. and 2-in-3 Hispanics come to Twitter daily5. And what is driving these interactions? Politics, Soccer and Pop Culture. This community is a fervent follower of the passions that provide crucial cultural currency in their everyday interactions. For example, Twitter's U.S. Spanish speaking audience is incredibly active among music fans. From 2016-18, there was a +24% increase in tweets about Latin music, driven by a +25% increase in unique people tweeting6.
To prove how brands can capitalize on this engagement through premium content, Coleman shared how Constellation Brands activated a cross-platform sponsorship in every game of the recent Gold Cup soccer tournament across three of their brands – Corona, Modelo and Victoria—each with a different target and strategy. Leveraging live highlights, the campaign generated 1.9 million tweets and over 54 million total video views with a 57% view-thru rate (43% higher than the industry average)7.
3. Connecting with Hispanics In-Culture Delivers Meaningful Business Results
How does one rationalize all these insights and turn them into a cohesive campaign? Referencing her time at both Post Foods and Mondelēz, Jennifer Mennes, Director of North America Media for Mondelēz International showed us that brands must embrace a deeper understanding of identity and nuances of culture to truly connect with Hispanics. At Post, she planned and activated a multi-platform campaign that immersed itself in Hispanic culture, propelling the cereal brand Honey Bunches of Oats from #4 to #1 in the category. To further prove the point, she also shared a campaign currently running with Univision across several Mondelēz brands, which is leveraging in-culture content and talent to reach U.S Hispanics at scale. The result? Hispanic households are now driving growth across all key Mondelēz categories.
These success stories also translate to other categories. Ellen Capon, Senior Director, New Business & International Marketing and Patricia Burgos, Senior Marketing Manager, Audible, shared how they brought the platform to Hispanic audiences by collaborating with Univision's Brand Labs. With around 10,000 Spanish language titles available on the Audio Latino platform, Audible partnered with Univision to conduct custom research on Hispanics and the audiobook market and found that the Audible brand had both a gap in unaided awareness and consideration. Additionally, Audible identified two psychographic segments: Proud Latina Moms and Hispanic Strivers. Working with Audible, Univision created custom segments, vignettes and in-show integrations across reality shows and tentpoles targeting these two segments – with great business impact.
We Make it Simple: The Art & Science of Growing with U.S. Hispanics with Univision Brand Labs
The goal of Leading the Change is indeed to help make the complicated simple – but our mission is not just reserved for a one-day conference. Our expert teams at Univision Brand Labs can make your journey with U.S. Hispanics easy to navigate. Visit our Brand Labs site to learn more about how you can tap into America's growth engine.
1. U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division
2. The Multicultural Economy – Selig Center for Economic Growth, Terry College of Business, The University of Georgia, June 2018
4. Market/Release: Hispanic DST Multi-Market 2019 Release 1 Total (Jan 2018 – May 2019) PULLED 10/26/19)
5. Comscore Media Metrix® Demographic Profile, Desktop 2+ and Mobile 18+, Hispanic All, January 2019, U.S.
6. Twitter analytics
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Write a New Chapter With America's Hispanic Superbrand
We are Here to be Heard: Why Hispanic Marketing Matters


One may be commissioned in a city near you.
With the sudden death of Pritzker Prize-winning Iraqi-British architect Zaha Hadid, a number of her building designs remain unfinished. The renowned architect passed away at 65 from a heart attack on March 31 in Miami, where she was working on 1000 Museum, an ambitious condo development in the city.
Hadid has no shortage of architectural masterpieces to her name (as evidenced by this New York Times round-up of her most influential designs), but as her final works near completion, her oeuvre stands to become even more memorable.
Zaha Hadid, Al Wakrah Stadium, Qatar, rendering.
Perhaps Hadid's most high-profile current design is her controversial Al Wakrah soccer stadium, being built in Qatar despite allegations that migrant workers there have, and continue to be, the victims of human rights violations.
The sports facility, which will host the 2022 World Cup, is just one of her many ongoing projects across the globe. A few of the dozens of in-progress designs from the architectural great are below.
Zaha Hadid, 1000 Museum, rendering.
This massive residential complex, in the works since 2012, will boast 83 "museum-quality residences" that will cost anywhere between $5.7 million and a mind-boggling $49 million. It will reportedly feature South Florida's first residential roof helipad, and a high-end security vault for resident's valuables. It is slated to open in late 2018.
Zaha Hadid, Central Bank of Iraq, rendering.
In the city where she was born, Hadid was in the midst of work on the Iraqi Parliament. Her selection on the project was a source of controversy, as her design was originally only the third-place selection in a competition held by the Royal Institute of British Architects. Though Hadid's plans for the building are currently shrouded in secrecy, she is also building the city's Central Bank of Iraq, pictured above.
Zaha Hadid, 530 West 28th Street, rendering.
Among Hadid's most recently-announced projects is this Chelsea luxury apartment building, which is her first residential project in New York. The structure will come with a 2,500-square-foot roof deck adjacent to the High Line, that will be outfitted with specially-commissioned artwork curated by High Line Art.
A rendering of the abandoned Zaha Hadid design for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Stadium.
One Hadid design the world will never see is the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Stadium, plans for which were controversially scrapped last year due to budget constraints. Hadid initially attempted to revise her plans to lower the projected $2 billion cost, before ultimately withdrawing her bid. A replacement design, from Japanese architect Kengo Kuma, has been accused of borrowing element's from Hadid's original concept.


Put in 80 pounds of the stuff 2 months ago and I've decided I don't like it anymore. If anyone wants some let me know or else it's getting tossed. Pick up in Lowell.
I would be interested but can't get out until next weekend. If anyone else wants it and can pick up before then let them have it.
Sounds good. I will message you when I can find a date/time sorted.
Do you have more of this sand? If so, possible for me to grab 1 pound ?
Take what you need. If any left I will pick them up next weekend.
I know I'm a little late to this party but do have anymore of that sand available?
I have to break down a tank this weekend. So pass it on to fishy business.
Thanks Aresangel! do you need a hand with the break down??
Thanks. We got 4 guys running the breakdown so we should be good. Thank you!
No worries, Good luck with the break.


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The Future You: Deja Vu?
January 5, 2007 / 6:00 PM / WebMD
What will you be like in the future? Your brain's predictions may be rooted in your past.
Psychology researchers at Washington University in St. Louis recently asked 21 young adults (average age: 22 years) to do a little mental time traveling.
Participants spent 10 seconds vividly recalling a past personal event, such as a birthday. They also spent 10 seconds imagining a similar future event, such as an upcoming birthday.
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Meanwhile, they got high-tech brain scans using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI).
The brain scans showed that several brain areas that were active while participants imagined themselves in the future were also active when they remembered themselves in the past.
But past and future didn't totally overlap in the brain. Some brain areas involved in picturing the future weren't as active in recalling the past.
For comparison, the researchers -- who included graduate student Karl Szpunar -- also asked participants to imagine former U.S. President Bill Clinton in specific settings, such as Clinton's past or future birthdays.
Why Clinton? Participants knew what he looks like but didn't know him personally.
Brain scans taken while participants thought about Clinton showed similar patterns of brain activity, but to a lesser extent, as when they thought about their own past and present.
"Our findings provide compelling support for the idea that memory and future thought are highly interrelated and help explain why future thought may be impossible without memories," Szpunar says in a university news release.
The findings may also help explain memory's role in evolution, Szpunar says.
"It may just be that the reason we can recollect our past in vivid detail is that this set of processes is important for being able to envision ourselves in future scenarios," he says.
SOURCES: Szpunar, K. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Early Edition. News release, Washington University in St. Louis. News release, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
By Miranda Hitti
Reviewed by Louise Chang
First published on January 5, 2007 / 6:00 PM
© 2007 WebMD, LLC.. All Rights Reserved.


I am a Yukihira Pot Glass Lid. Every dog has its day. Every pot has its lid.
Finally! There is a lid for the much loved Yukihira Pots! As a bonus they are made of glass so you can see when water is boiled or when your stew is simmering!


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Bill To Renew Tax Breaks Clears Hurdle In Senate
A bill to renew more than 50 expired tax breaks for businesses and individuals cleared a key hurdle in the Senate Tuesday, giving hope to millions of taxpayers who would otherwise be hit with unwelcome tax increases next spring.
WASHINGTON (AP) — A bill to renew more than 50 expired tax breaks for businesses and individuals cleared a key hurdle in the Senate Tuesday, giving hope to millions of taxpayers who would otherwise be hit with unwelcome tax increases next spring.
Other hurdles remain, however.
The Senate voted 96-3 to open debate on the bill, which has strong backing from the business community but would add about $85 billion to the budget deficit.
Almost every year, Congress routinely renews the tax breaks. This year they were allowed to expire at the start of the year — meaning taxpayers would get hit when they file their 2014 returns next spring. The Senate bill would extend the tax breaks through 2015.
"Our constituents are depending on us to extend these provisions," said Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev. "We will not pull the plug before our nation's recovery is complete. By passing this tax extenders package we will build our nation's economy more quickly."
The package includes a business tax credit for research and development and a sales tax deduction for individuals who live in states without an income tax. There is a generous tax credit for using wind farms and other renewable energy sources to produce electricity, and several provisions that allow businesses to write off capital investments more quickly.
One provision protects struggling homeowners who get their mortgages reduced from paying income taxes on the amount of debt that was forgiven. Others include narrow tax breaks for film and theater producers, NASCAR race track owners, makers of electric motorcycles and teachers who spend their own money on classroom supplies.
The tax breaks enjoy broad bipartisan support. But some Republican senators want the opportunity to change the package, and it's not clear whether Reid will allow amendments.
Republican amendments include making some of the tax cuts permanent while adding others, including the repeal of a medical device tax that helps fund President Barack Obama's health law.
"Americans deserve tax certainty, not more short-term measures," said Sen. John Thune, R-S.D.
Thune said he wants to offer several amendments, including a permanent ban on state and local Internet access taxes. A temporary moratorium on such taxes is due to expire Nov. 1.
Ultimately, Republican senators may be forced to choose between blocking a bill that provides popular tax breaks and accepting it unchanged.
When asked whether Republicans would block the bill if they can't offer amendments, Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky said, "I can't tell you right now."
Senate debate on the bill could last into next week.
In the House, Republican leaders are taking a different approach to the tax package, working to make some of the tax cuts permanent, while allowing others to go away. Last week, the House voted to make permanent the tax credit for investing in research and development.
The two different approaches set the stage for a showdown that might not get settled until after congressional elections in November. For the moment, the White House said the administration supports extending many of the tax provisions in the Senate bill.
"The president in his budget has put forward a way to pay for these tax provisions so they don't add to the deficit and hopes that as legislation moves forward, Congress will offset their cost by closing tax loopholes," White House spokesman Bobby Whithorne said in a statement.
Business groups regularly complain about the temporary nature of the tax package, saying it makes it impossible to plan. Nevertheless, business groups are encouraging Congress to renew it rather than pay billions more in taxes.
"Immediate action on tax extenders legislation can reduce business uncertainty and promote business investment and increased employment," Louis Chenevert, chairman and CEO of United Technologies Corp., said in a letter to senators.
Chenevert wrote the letter on behalf of the Business Roundtable, an association of CEOs.
Some liberal groups, meanwhile, complain that the package is a corporate giveaway. They are targeting tax breaks that allow some U.S.-based multinationals to shield foreign profits from being taxed by the U.S.
"For another two years, average taxpayers and small business owners would have to pick up the tab for tax dodging by many multinationals," said Dan Smith of the consumer group, U.S. PIRG.
The conservative Club for Growth also opposes the bill, saying many of the provisions are "government spending disguised as tax breaks."
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Maul and Shield, Great Sword.
"If you ever, maker knows why, need a list of colorfully nasty things one can do with a sword, I know a guy..."
Ness, a name derived from Ancient Tevene for "No-one", is a fifth generation elven slave. Born in captivity as a possession of a well established Tevinter household, his childhood was one of dreams and tragedy. Designated a stable slave, he often dreamed of racing one of the horses out of the Tevinten territories, feeling the forest floor and hearing sounds of freedom.
These dreams sustained him, even as the Households Lord and Lady Makiev tortured him and his fellow slaves for sport and pleasure. Identifying him as good "stock" Lady Makiev one day forced herself upon Ness, using other slaves to restrain him. The resulting half elf child bore thankfully no elvish markings and if the Lord suspected his Lady had abandoned her barren husband to achieve pregnancy, he showed no sign.
Or maybe he did. As several years later, he took his temper out on Ness' mother, taking her forcefully and eventually killing her in the process. Wiping the blood from his hands, he smiled as a horrified Ness came upon the scene.
Hours passed, Ness knelt by his mothers body. His only true anchor keeping him in this place. His only family. Black thoughts shattered the light in him and making no sound he broke House rules walking straight into the Lord's dining hall without summons.
There were guards of course, but he slew them, dispatching them with attacks so feral and so brutal that the surviving guard ran rather than fulfil his duty. Eventually Ness entered the dining hall, only to be met by the drunk noble Makiev's. They shared a knowing look and laughed, unable to comprehend the danger.
Ness did things to the Lord Makiev that day, quick and unthinkable and so horrific that investigations would conclude that a bear had attacked the House, rather than some meagre Elvish slave. When he had finished with the Lord, covered head to toe in his blood and viscera, he turned on the Lady. The woman who raped him and stole a child from him long ago. She screamed, finding no exit. She begged, finding no mercy. Scratching up the wall like some desperate animal, she went silent as Ness' firm working hands closed her wind pipe, holding her there firmly until her kicking and scratching stopped. The vengeful Elf turned then, to see the final family member watching him, holding his toy horse and wide eyed in fear.
It isn't known how Ness came into the employ of the Nightingale, nor is it known what she sees in him. His skills as a warrior are undeniable, though none know who taught him sword work. He uses a cold rage that burns hot when required, his double handed blade hammering through opposition and his serrated maul doing the other dirty work.
Ness is a tall elf, standing just higher than an average human. His frame is sturdy too, though possessing the usual litheness of the Elvish, carrying the muscle from his days as a working slave.
Ness's face is surprisingly noble in its composition, though his ears stick slightly wider than most, he possesses a presence that can intimidate an entire room. His icey eyes have a penetrating quality that also bear a heavy weight. Scars from a variety of injuries dot his face and decorate his body, most of which came from punishments delivered by Lady Makiev. The latest one across his eye brow is from a very close call when a Tevinten soldier nearly killed him.
Ness is a quiet soul, whose words are few but full of import. He rarely jokes, but seems to find all manner of sexual innuendo by accident (seems!). The warrior elf has lived a life of hardship and loss, and he expects life to provide yet more. That said, he seems driven to live on, pushed by some unseen force that keeps him going even when everything seems lost.
Ness displays high levels of pessimistic scepticism, though pushing onward regardless. There is no hardship he would not take on, especially to spare it from his friends: Valeth and Firil.
To call Ness a blunt instrument is to misunderstand his nature. He is a force of nature, wielding either a maul and shield for line work, or his great sword for the true killing work. What he lacks in finesse he more than makes up for in sheer brutal violence. Ness seems to take delight in aggravating as many enemies as possible, taking on the lion share of enemies and daring them to end his life. Whether this is a clever ploy or just suicidal tendencies is unknown, but it is effective.
The groups warrior, Ness has become fast friends with his team, proving to being the rock despite his berzerker fighting style. He has also become somewhat close to Keth, who shares a martyr complex.
The silent Elf reveals that he is more than a beat stick, seducing a Templar guarding a tent so that he could recover evidence proving Keth's innocence.
Ness' tragic history is dragged into the light as he encounters an Elven slave who reveals that Ness' son is now under the wardship of a family friend: Magister Grimaldi. Alone, this is not a problem, but when Adrian is tortured by Venatori agents, they discover his son's existence and the race is on to try to reach him first: In Folly!


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#NEWPALMYRA reconstructed a Palmyrene column for the Victoria & Albert Museum exibition "A World of Fragile Parts" at the 2016 Venice Architectural Biennale.
#NEWPALMYRA modeling work by: Anne Schneider, Jim Ellis. Chroming by NewFantaChrome.
Curator: Brendan Cormier (Victoria and Albert Museum)
Curator's Team:
Danielle Thom, Research (Victoria and Albert Museum)
Charlotte Churchill, Project Manager (Victoria and Albert Museum)
Michael Brenner, Graphic Designer
Ordinary Architecture, Exhibition Design
In 'A World of Fragile Parts', La Biennale di Venezia and the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) explore the threats facing the preservation of global heritage sites and how the production of copies can aid in the preservation of cultural artifacts.
Ecological uncertainty, violent attacks, and the increasing demands of tourism are just a few of the factors putting global heritage sites and cultural artifacts at risk of destruction and loss. Copies and scans have emerged as a way of mitigating risk by providing valuable records of culture, and offering alternatives for a demanding public who want to experience historical sites and objects first-hand.
Museums have a long history of producing copies. In the 19th century, the V&A led an effort to produce and display plaster casts of significant works of art for the benefit of art students and local audiences who could not travel to important sites across Europe and its purpose built Cast Courts in the Museum still remain open today. Cast collections proliferated throughout Europe and America as an educational tool. However, in the early 20th century, attitudes towards the value of copies shifted, and many of these collections were discarded.
For the cast collections that survived however, a new value emerged: preservation. Through decades of careful conservation, museum casts have outlasted many of their originals, which have either been destroyed by war, or degraded through circumstance. These casts are now the prime transmitters of precious knowledge and culture.
With the emergence of new scanning and fabrication technologies, there is a renewed effort to preserve through copies. With that comes a host of difficult questions: What do we copy and how? What distinguishes a bad copy from one with lasting value? What is the relationship between the copy and the original in a society that privileges authenticity? And how can such an effort be properly coordinated at a truly global and inclusive scale?
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After UN Top Court Rules In Favor Of Iran, Pompeo Terminates Decades-Old Treaty
The drums of war are beating over Iran and Syria as Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday morning responded to the United Nations' top court ordering the US to lift sanctions on "humanitarian" goods to Iran. Pompeo made a series of threatening statements targeting Iran as well as Syria, which also comes after the latter received delivery of Russian S-300 anti-air defense missiles early this week.
Pompeo said in his State Department press briefing, "I'm announcing that the United States is terminating the 1955 treaty of amity with Iran. This is a decision that is 39 years over due."
He was referencing a 1955 "friendship treaty" or so-called Treaty of Amity which had been established long before the 1979 Islamic Revolution brought the Ayatollahs to power.
Pompeo solemnly announces the Trump administration is "terminating the 1955 treaty of amity with Iran." The drums of war are beating. pic.twitter.com/ub1csPM9mG
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 3, 2018
In July Tehran had pulled the US before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to demand that the UN immediately suspend economic sanctions leveled by Washington after Trump ordered US pullout of the 2015 nuclear deal and the reimposition of far-reaching rounds of sanctions targeting Iran's energy and other vital sectors.
The ICJ's ruling is a huge blow to Washington (though perhaps largely symbolic) and a diplomatic win for Iran as it unanimously ruled that Washington "shall remove by means of its choosing any impediments arising from the measures announced on May 8 to the free exportation to Iran of medicines and medical devices, food and agricultural commodities" as well as airplane parts, said judge Abdulqawi Ahmed Yusuf. The court pointed out that targeting aviation parts created the "potential to endanger civil aviation safety in Iran and the lives of its users".
The decision essentially gives UN-imprimatur and legal cover for countries and companies seeking to still do business with Iran amidst threats of punitive action by the US should they proceed. But Pompeo slammed the international court's decision as null and void and Iran's clinging to the "decades overdue" treaty "absurd" in announcing the "termination".
The ICJ rules on disputes between UN member states, but its decisions are ultimately largely symbolic and non-binding as it has not way to enforce them. The United States has no higher chain of appeal now that the ICJ has finally ruled on the issue.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif had previously this week called the sanctions a form of "psychological warfare" aimed at regime change. "The economic warfare that the United States and some of its regional clients are conducting against Iran is psychological warfare more than real economic warfare," he told the BBC in an interview.
Elsewhere in Pompeo's Wednesday remarks he took aim and Iranian actions in the broader Middle East saying intelligence is "solid" that Iran is to "blame" for the attack on the US embassy in Baghdad's 'green zone' in early September.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says intelligence is "solid" that Iran is to "blame" for attacks against the US mission in Basra and embassy in Baghdad.
"We can see the hand of the Ayatollah and his henchmen supporting these attacks on the United States" https://t.co/AfEIFrfeM5 pic.twitter.com/2EBp1Slcwt
— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) October 3, 2018
He also referenced gunfire on the US consulate in Basra, which late last week the US shuttered by ordering all non-essential personnel to evacuate. "We can see the hand of the Ayatollah and his henchmen supporting these attacks on the United States," Pompeo said.
"Iran is the origin of the current threat to Americans in Iraq," he added. And he also made reference to Syria, noting that after Russia on Wednesday published photos of its S-300 transfer to the Syrian government, that the US is "concerned" with this "serious escalation".


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News of the Week: Eagles Hit Number One, the iMac Turns 20, and Millennials Murder Mayonnaise
Michael Jackson vs. the Eagles, Round 36
I hear from a very reliable source that pop music is better than ever. I don't happen to agree, but then again I'm an old fogey who is set in his ways when it comes to music, and would rather listen to my kitchen faucet drip all night than listen to something by Kanye West. (Note to self: get kitchen faucet fixed.)
There are a lot of people like that, and apparently they're all buying Eagles and Michael Jackson albums. They've been battling for decades. Some years the Eagles' Greatest Hits (1971-1975) is the number-one-selling album of all time, and other years Jackson's Thriller is in the top spot. It just so happens that this week Don Henley and company can brag a little bit, though I'm not sure if it's fair that a greatest hits album goes up against one specific album in an artist's catalogue. Then again, maybe it's impressive that one album can challenge a popular band's greatest hits album. The Eagles 1976 album has sold 38 million copies, while Jackson's 1982 album has sold 33 million (counting both album sales and online). Elaine's boyfriend Brett must own several copies of that Eagles album.
Sure, the Eagles are No. 1 right now, but maybe Jackson will come out on top eventually. You know … in the long run.
The Computer That Changed Everything
I remember getting into an argument with a friend of mine in 1997 — actually, a friend of a friend — about the fate and future of Apple. He thought the company was about to go out of business, and I thought they would one day be successful again.
Admittedly, the company went through some really bad times in the '90s, and it's not like I had any psychic visions of the iPod or the iPhone (I'd have a bigger bank account if that were the case). But I did know that Apple made great things and that their customers were loyal. I knew they'd be back in a big way eventually.
Apple became the first trillion-dollar company a couple of weeks ago, and it really started with a computer I loved, the iMac (I owned the Bondi Blue one). It's currently celebrating its 20th anniversary, and I wish Apple still made it, hockey puck mouse and all. It was retro and futuristic, nostalgic and forward-looking, all at the same time.
It's amazing how the computer influenced not just the computer industry, but pop culture too. Other tech companies started to copy certain features (or lack thereof) of the iMac, and everybody started to release products with rainbow colors. That even continues to this day.
Walmart Honors Shopping Cart Lady
We all have our pet peeves: the little things in life that annoy us. Some of us can't stand people who drive too slowly, and some of us hate it when people chew their food loudly or cough into their hand. I happen to believe that people who don't return their shopping carts to the carriage corrals are on par with murderers and arsonists.
Honestly, is there anything lazier? You can't take 10 seconds to place your cart into the corral after you've loaded your groceries into your car? Every time I go to the supermarket, I see random carts all over the place, blocking parking spaces and lanes. I've even seen people bring their carts to the side of the carriage corral and leave it there because they're too damn lazy to bring it a few more feet around to the corral's opening. It drives me crazy.
So a round of applause to 70-year-old grandmother Sue Johnson of West Virginia, honored by Walmart recently for returning her cart to the corral during a massive rain and wind storm. She got free grocery pickup for a year and a trophy shaped like — you guessed it — a shopping cart.
Think of Sue the next time you don't return your cart when it's 70 degrees and sunny.
The Cookie Cage
(Nabisco)
Score one for PETA.
In 2016, the animal rights organization wrote a letter to Mondelez International, the owner of Nabisco, to get them to update the front of their animal cracker boxes so the animals are out of their cages. Seems like the company actually listened. The new boxes recently made their debut.
Sure, we can be happy that the animal cookies (come on, they're more cookie than cracker) are now free from their cages, but you know that five minutes later that lion sank his teeth into the giraffe's neck.
Hold the Mayo
Those damn millennials. They're responsible for the destruction of everything. They're destroying the cereal industry because they don't want to clean their bowls; they don't go to the movies because they'd rather binge-watch something on Netflix; and they shun going on dinner dates for some reason. They even hate napkins! How are they wiping their faces after they eat their avocado toast and kale salads? With their sleeves?
You can now add mayo to the list of things young people don't bother with. Yes, they're mayo-haters, which means they're missing out on creamy potato salad and tuna fish sandwiches the way tuna fish sandwiches are supposed to be made. One of the reasons is because they don't like the texture and they think it's too disgusting to eat. They do know they're not supposed to eat mayo like ice cream, right?
I hate this story for the simple reason it has introduced me to the phrase "identity condiments." I had never heard of that concept before and I'm sorry I know what it is now. Soon colleges are going to have to set up safe spaces for students who don't want to deal with ketchup they don't agree with.
By the way, can we stop blaming millennials for everything? Not that they don't deserve a lot of the blame for RUINING EVERYTHING, but we have to direct our ire at the correct age group. Everyone seems to put any "young" person into the millennial category. People in their teens or 20 aren't millennials! They're … well, whatever generation comes after that. I have trouble keeping track of all of the different names. Generation Y? Generation Z? As a Gen-Xer, I prefer to call them "the generation who will never know what it's like not to own a smartphone."
RIP Barbara Harris, Kofi Annan, Don Cherry, and Miriam Nelson
Barbara Harris was an acclaimed Broadway actress who also appeared in such movies as Nashville, Family Plot, Peggy Sue Got Married, Grosse Pointe Blank, and Who is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me?, for which she received an Oscar nomination. She died last week at the age of 83.
Kofi Annan was a former secretary general of the United Nations and a winner of the Nobel Peace Prize. He died Saturday at the age of 80.
Don Cherry was not only a top amateur golfer, he was also a popular singer in the 1950s. That's him singing "Band of Gold" in the very first scene of Mad Men. Cherry actually died in April, but his death is just now being reported. He was 94.
Miriam Nelson was a dancer and choreographer who not only worked with such people as Judy Garland, Cole Porter, and Doris Day, she also worked on many Academy Award telecasts, worked as a choreographer at Disneyland, and even helped put together several Super Bowl halftime shows. She died last week at the age of 98.
Hawaii Becomes 50th State (August 21, 1959)
As if this summer's eruption of the Kīlauea volcano wasn't enough destruction from nature, the islands are now being hit by Hurricane Lane, which reached Category 4 status this week.
"Please Mr. Postman," First Motown No. 1, Released (August 21, 1961)
The Marvelettes song was later covered by several other bands, including the Beatles and the Carpenters.
This Week in Saturday Evening Post History: Drink of Water (August 22, 1914)
The kid on this Frank X. Leyendecker cover should really put those papers down before he drinks from the fountain.
Drink of Water
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"I might not rate her as the single greatest female vocalist of the rock era — Kelly Clarkson and Linda Ronstadt come to mind as more versatile across more genres and more varied in their emotional resonances …"
—an actual sentence written by Dan McLaughlin in his National Review obituary for Aretha Franklin.
National Waffle Day
You ever think of a food and suddenly realize you haven't eaten it in years? That's how I felt when I found out today is National Waffle Day. I'm not really a waffle guy and haven't eaten them in probably 15 or 20 years. If I am going to eat something in that family, it would be pancakes or French toast. But if you like them, here's a recipe from Curtis Stone for Whole Wheat Waffles with Strawberry-Maple Syrup. Seems like too much work for me. I'd probably just buy a box of Eggo.
Don't get me wrong. Homemade waffles are good! They're just not "Kelly Clarkson good."
National Toilet Paper Day (August 26)
I don't even want to know how you're going to celebrate it.
U.S. Open (August 27)
The tennis tournament is marking 50 years of being an "open" event, with special celebrations and a brand new Louis Armstrong stadium, which has a retractable roof.


Wow. What an angry guy. Lots of name calling and no arguments. I think I'll stay with the civilized Mises-crowd, anarchists or not.
This cretin was contradicted by everybody in his comment section, and he ended up banning them because he didn't want to "sanction Anarcho-Capitalists" by allowing them to contradict him.
The boy is completely driven insane by Rand's echo chamber.
Thanks for sharing. What a palserue to read!
It's funny how morons like Vincent make the claim that because Roy Childs recanted some of his ideas that makes those ideas invalid. And they claim reason as their guide. Wow.
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Klaus Temlitz (* 12. Dezember 1941 in Berlin; † 15. Mai 2022 in Münster) war ein deutscher Geograph und Honorarprofessor an der Westfälischen Wilhelms-Universität Münster.

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Nach dem Abitur 1963 am Ratsgymnasium in Münster studierte Temlitz an der Westfälischen Wilhelms-Universität (WWU) Münster Geographie, Germanistik und Geschichte. 1965 ging er für zwei Semester an die Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) in Zürich, wo er Geographie, Orts-, Regional- und Landesplanung sowie Paläontologie studierte. Im November 1968 absolvierte er in Münster die Erste Staatsprüfung für das Lehramt an Höheren Schulen in den Fächern Deutsch und Erdkunde. Von 1969 bis 1974 unterrichtete er nebenamtlich Geographie am Johann-Conrad-Schlaun-Gymnasium in Münster, zusätzlich war er von 1969 bis 1972 Berater beim Schulfernsehen des Westdeutschen Rundfunks in Köln. 1970 wurde er wissenschaftlicher Assistent am Institut für Geographie der WWU Münster, 1972 wurde er mit einer vergleichenden Studie zu den Stadtteilen Aaseestadt und Neu Coerde der Stadt Münster promoviert.

Im November 1977 wechselte Klaus Temlitz zum Landschaftsverband Westfalen-Lippe und wurde Geschäftsführer der Geographischen Kommission für Westfalen. Anfang 2002 wurde er auf Antrag des Fachbereiches Geowissenschaften zum Honorarprofessor der WWU ernannt. Nach dem Eintritt in den Ruhestand Ende 2006 wurde er 2010 zum Vorsitzenden der Geographischen Kommission gewählt, 2013 stellte er sich nicht zur Wiederwahl.
In seiner Zeit als Geschäftsführer der Geographischen Kommission hat er wesentlich zur Weiterentwicklung des "Atlas von Westfalen", zur Entstehung der Reihe "Städte und Gemeinden in Westfalen" sowie des Online-Portals "Westfalen Regional" beigetragen.

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 Aaseestadt und Neu-Coerde. Bildstrukturen neuer Wohnsiedlungen in Münster und ihre Bewertung. (= Siedlung und Landschaft in Westfalen 9). Münster 1975.
 Stadt und Stadtregion. 3. neubearb. u. erweit. Ausgabe. (= Westermann-Colleg Geographie 1). Braunschweig 1985.
 Mit Alois Mayr (Hg.): Erträge geographisch-landeskundlicher Forschung in Westfalen. Festschrift 50 Jahre Geographische Kommission für Westfalen. (= Westfälische Geographische Studien 42) Münster 1986.
 Mit Alois Mayr und Diether Stonjek (Hg.): Der Kreis Steinfurt. (= Städte und Gemeinden in Westfalen 1). Münster 1994.
 Mit Alois Mayr: Die Geographische Kommission für Westfalen 1936-1996. Gründung und Auftrag, Organisation und Entwicklung, Leistung und Perspektiven, in: Alois Mayer u. a. (hg.): 60 Jahre Geographische Kommission für Westfalen, Münster 1996, S. 1–41.
 Kultur-Atlas Westfalen. Sämtliche 231 Städte und Gemeinden in Westfalen. Museen, Galerien, Theater, Veranstaltungen, Sehenswürdigkeiten u.v.m.; Texte - Karten – Fotos, Konzeption und Koordination: Klaus Temlitz u. a., Münster 2007.
 Die Geographische Kommission für Westfalen 1936–2011, in: Am Puls der Zeit. 75 Jahre Geographische Kommission für Westfalen, hg. von Rudolf Grothues, Münster 2012, S. 19–30 (Siedlung und Landschaft in Westfalen, Band 38)
 Landschaftliche Vielfalt in Westfalen, in: 200 Jahre Westfalen. Jetzt!; Münster 2015; S. 456–463.

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 Westfalen regional. Festgabe für Prof. Dr. Klaus Temlitz zum 65. Geburtstag, hg. von Heinz Heineberg, Red.: Rudolf Grothues, 2. Aufl. Münster 2007 (Siedlung und Landschaft in Westfalen, Band 35)

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Publications of HSE
Data aggregation for p-median problems
Higher School of Economics
National Research University
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HSE Publishing House
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IT and mathematics
state and public administration
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Avoid Paying So People Work: The Idea behind Unemployment Benefits
Unlike the case in many developed countries, the Russian government is ready to provide financial support to all people who are registered unemployed. Researchers from the HSE Centre for Labour Market Studies undertook a study of how the unemployed are treated in other countries and proposed measures for improving the situation on Russia's labour market.
Following in the Parents' Footsteps
Children from families with high professional and educational status are twice as likely to enter a prestigious university as their peers from low-resource families, HSE University researchers have found. The 'privileged' adolescents benefit from strong family attitudes towards a good education, parental investment in their studies and the high academic performance associated with it. At the same time, even when they have good grades, students from poorly educated families do not even try to get into prestigious universities.
'A Good Practitioner Understands Theory and a Good Theorist Knows How Things Work'
Is a political scientist a true scientist and should political scientists be categorised as either theoreticians or practitioners? Why is Charles Darwin's 'The Origin of Species' a 'must read' and is there any point in communicating with someone who has stopped learning? Can a modern university fence itself off from the world around it, and what does critical thinking have to do with it? These are some of the subjects we touch on in our conversation with Alexei Chesnakov, School of Politics and Governance professor with the Faculty of Social Sciences.
Chapters of books
Research at HSE
Journal of Combinatorial Optimization. 2011. Vol. 21. No. 3. P. 348-363.
Albdaiwi B., Ghosh D., Goldengorin B. I.
In this paper, we use a pseudo-Boolean formulation of the p-median problem and using data aggregation, provide a compact representation of p-median problem instances. We provide computational results to demonstrate this compactification in benchmark instances. We then use our representation to explain why some p-median problem instances are more difficult to solve to optimality than other instances of the same size. We also derive a preprocessing rule based on our formulation, and describe equivalent p-median problem instances, which are identical sized instances which are guaranteed to have identical optimal solutions.
Research target: Philosophy, Ethics, and Religious Studies
Priority areas: IT and mathematicsmathematics
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Keywords: p-median problempseudo-Boolean polynomialdata aggregationequivalent instances
Flexible PMP Approach for Large-Size Cell Formation
Goldengorin B. I., Krushinsky D., Slomp J. Operations Research. 2012. Vol. 60. No. 5. P. 1526-5463.
Lately, the problem of cell formation (CF) has gained a lot of attention in the industrial engineering literature. Since it was formulated (more than 50 years ago), the problem has incorporated additional industrial factors and constraints while its solution methods have been constantly improving in terms of the solution quality and CPU times. However, despite all the efforts made, the available solution methods (including those for a popular model based on the p-median problem, PMP) are prone to two major types of errors. The first error (the modeling one) occurs when the intended objective function of the CF (as a rule, verbally formulated) is substituted by the objective function of the PMP. The second error (the algorithmic one) occurs as a direct result of applying a heuristic for solving the PMP. In this paper we show that for instances that make sense in practice, the modeling error induced by the PMP is negligible. We exclude the algorithmic error completely by solving the adjusted pseudo-Boolean formulation of the PMP exactly, which takes less than one second on a general-purpose PC and software. Our experimental study shows that the PMP-based model produces high-quality cells and in most cases outperforms several contemporary approaches.
A Pseudo-Boolean Approach to the Market Graph Analysis by Means of the P-Median Model
Goldengorin B. I., Kocheturov A. A., Pardalos P. M. In bk.: Clusters, orders, trees: methods and applications. In Honor of Boris Mirkin's 70th Birthday. Vol. 92. Berlin: Springer, 2014. P. 77-89.
In the course of recent ten years algorithms and technologies for network structures analysis have been applied to financial markets among other approaches. The first step of such an analysis is to describe the considered financial market via the correlation matrix of stocks prices over a certain period of time. The second step is to build a graph in which vertices represent stocks and edge weights represent correlation coefficients between the corresponding stocks. In this paper we suggest a new method of analyzing stock markets based on dividing a market into several substructures (called stars) in which all stocks are strongly correlated with a leading (central, median) stock. The method is based on the p-median model a feasible solution to which is represented by a collection of stars. Our method is able to find an exact solution for relatively small-sized markets (less than 1000 stocks) and a high-quality solution for large-sized (many thousands of stocks) markets. We observed an important ``median nesting" property of returned solutions: the p leading stocks, or medians, of the stars are repeated in the solution for p+1 stars.
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Dynamics of cluster structures in a financial market network
Anton Kocheturov, Mikhail Batsyn, Panos M. Pardalos. Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications. 2014. Vol. 413. P. 523-533.
In the course of recent fifteen years the network analysis has become a powerful tool for studying financial markets. In this work we analyze stock markets of the USA and Sweden. We study cluster structures of a market network constructed from a correlation matrix of returns of the stocks traded in each of these markets. Such cluster structures are obtained by means of the P-Median Problem (PMP) whose objective is to maximize the total correlation between a set of stocks called medians of size p and other stocks. Every cluster structure is an undirected disconnected weighted graph in which every connected component (cluster) is a star, or a tree with one central node (called a median) and several leaf nodes connected with the median by weighted edges. Our main observation is that in non-crisis periods of time cluster structures change more chaotically, while during crises they show more stable behavior and fewer changes. Thus an increasing stability of a market graph cluster structure obtained via the PMP could be used as an indicator of a coming crisis.
Л.Н. Толстой: Просветитель, преодолевший Просвещение
Климова С. М. Философские науки. 2019. Т. 62. № 2. С. 109-126.
The article considers the Views of L. N. Tolstoy not only as a representative, but also as a accomplisher of the Enlightenment. A comparison of his philosophy with the ideas of Spinoza and Diderot made it possible to clarify some aspects of the transition to the unique Tolstoy's religious and philosophical doctrine. The comparison of General and specific features of the three philosophers was subjected to a special analysis. Special attention is paid to the way of thinking, the relation to science and the specifics of the worldview by Tolstoy and Diderot. An important aspect is researched the contradiction between the way of thinking and the way of life of the three philosophers.
Tolstoy's transition from rational perception of life to its religious and existential bases is shown. Tolstoy gradually moves away from the idea of a natural man to the idea of a man, who living the commandments of Christ. Starting from the educational worldview, Tolstoy ended by creation of religious and philosophical doctrine, which were relevant for the 20th century.
Гуманитарные чтения РГГУ-2010. Теория и методология гуманитарного знания. Россиеведение. Общественные функции гуманитарных наук. Сборник материалов
Edited by: Е. И. Пивовар М.: РГГУ, 2011.
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The Irony of Heidegger
Haas A. L.; NY: Continuum, 2007.
This important new book offers the first full-length interpretation of the thought of Martin Heidegger with respect to irony. In a radical reading of Heidegger's major works (from Being and Time through the 'Rector's Address' and the 'Letter on Humanism' to 'The Origin of the Work of Art' and the Spiegel interview), Andrew Haas does not claim that Heidegger is simply being ironic. Rather he argues that Heidegger's writings make such an interpretation possible - perhaps even necessary.
Heidegger begins Being and Time with a quote from Plato, a thinker famous for his insistence upon Socratic irony. The Irony of Heidegger takes seriously the apparently curious decision to introduce the threat of irony even as philosophy begins in earnest to raise the question of the meaning of being. Through a detailed and thorough reading of Heidegger's major texts and the fundamental questions they raise, Haas reveals that one of the most important philosophers of the 20th century can be read with as much irony as earnestness. The Irony of Heidegger attempts to show that the essence of this irony lies in uncertainty, and that the entire project of onto-heno-chrono-phenomenology, therefore needs to be called into question.
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A definition of three logical concepts: "biconditional", "contingent", and "sentence".
The article is concerned with the notions of technology in essays of Ernst and Friedrich Georg Jünger. The special problem of the connection between technology and freedom is discussed in the broader context of the criticism of culture and technocracy discussion in the German intellectual history of the first half of the 20th century.
Материалы XLIII Международной научной студенческой конференции «Студент и научно-технический прогресс»
Т. Востоковедение. Новосибирск: Новосибирский государственный университет, 2005.
Сабейские этюды
Коротаев А. В. М.: Восточная литература, 1997.
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Вопросы оптимизации проектирования РЭС с учетом ЭМС
Грачев Н. Н., Лазарев Д. В. Современная наука: актуальные проблемы теории и практики. Серия: Естественные и технические науки. 2012. № 3. С. 31-39.
Асимптотические разложения решений пятого уравнения Пенлеве
Парусникова А. В., Брюно А. Д. Институт прикладной математики им. М.В. Келдыша Российской академии наук, 2010. № 39.
Dynamics of Information Systems: Mathematical Foundations
Iss. 20. NY: Springer, 2012.
This proceedings publication is a compilation of selected contributions from the "Third International Conference on the Dynamics of Information Systems" which took place at the University of Florida, Gainesville, February 16–18, 2011. The purpose of this conference was to bring together scientists and engineers from industry, government, and academia in order to exchange new discoveries and results in a broad range of topics relevant to the theory and practice of dynamics of information systems. Dynamics of Information Systems: Mathematical Foundation presents state-of-the art research and is intended for graduate students and researchers interested in some of the most recent discoveries in information theory and dynamical systems. Scientists in other disciplines may also benefit from the applications of new developments to their own area of study.
SCANER: отслеживая энергетические горизонты
Макаров А., Митрова Т. А., Кулагин В. А. ТЭК. Стратегии развития. 2011. № 1. С. 71-77.
Edited by: А. Михайлов Вып. 14. М.: Социологический факультет МГУ, 2012.
Выбор регрессии, максимизирующий несмещенную оценку коэффициента детерминации
Ершов Э. Б. Прикладная эконометрика. 2008. № 4. С. 71-83.
A form for an unbiased estimate of the coefficient of determination of a linear regression model is obtained. It is calculated by using a sample from a multivariate normal distribution. This estimate is proposed as an alternative criterion for a choice of regression factors.
Bounded limit cycles of polynomial foliations of ℂP²
Goncharuk N. B., Kudryashov Y. arxiv.org. math. Cornell University, 2015. No. 1504.03313.
In this article we prove in a new way that a generic polynomial vector field in ℂ² possesses countably many homologically independent limit cycles. The new proof needs no estimates on integrals, provides thinner exceptional set for quadratic vector fields, and provides limit cycles that stay in a bounded domain.
Conjugacy classes in discrete Heisenberg groups
Roman Budylin. arxiv.org. math. Cornell University, 2014
We study some extension of a discrete Heisenberg group coming from the theory of loop-groups and find invariants of conjugacy classes in this group. In some cases including the case of the integer Heisenberg group we make these invariants more explicit.
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Newcastle United: Past, Present and Pardew
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With just one week to go before the Premier League season kicks, fans and followers across the world are loaded with excitement. It's that time of year where we are all filled with hope based on the dealings of our clubs in the transfer market.
Speaking specifically as a Newcastle United fan this season is one that sticks out from recent years. Anyone who knows the culture of Newcastle and its supporters knows that we are all big advocates for attacking and swashbuckling play. We love our number 9's and we love our tricky wide players. Coming off a World Cup which smashed the goals per game record nothing has changed in the appetite of Newcastle fans, we are ready, we are hungry and we are re invigorated by the dealings of our club in the latest transfer window.
I remember about 20 years ago (the real falling in love with the club for me). A period of summer's where Newcastle splashed out on players like Ginola, Ferdinand, Beardsley, Albert, Asprilla and our god Alan Shearer. The gun-ho times had arrived! Newcastle spending money on players, who changed our thinking as a region forever, changed our appetite for football and redefined what we are as a football club.
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Newcastle became everyone's second favorite team as they raced to a 12 point lead in the Premier league over Manchester United only to lose its grip on the title with only games remaining. Seasons came, seasons went and nothing changed, Newcastle continued to spend yet starve their supporters of real success until local lad Bobby Robson took over the club bringing back the good old days, champions league football and more players who excited us. Robert, Bellamy, Dyer, Jenas the list goes on. We had pace, power, youth and just overall class players playing for a manager who would hear his name being screamed religiously by the St James park crowd on a weekly basis.
Times have changed as did Newcastle out with the obnoxious spending and risk taking and in came a guy called Mike Ashley, buying the club from Freddie Shepard, Ashley changed the culture at Newcastle almost instantly, and to most fans, in the worst way possible.
Out went some of the big names as Newcastle began to cut the wage bill, Keegan returned but was accompanied by Dennis Wise, an experiment that ultimately played a large part in Newcastle being relegated from the premier league for the first time in Premier League History (and the first time in my life).
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After being promoted (with record numbers) back to the premier league Newcastle set upon staying there, half way through that season in came a manager named Alan Pardew. After a 3-1 demolition of Liverpool at St James Park I remember an interview where Pardew promised to bring back the glory days of Newcastle United. After that performance we must all have been believers despite the cautious and methodical development by club owner Mike Ashley.
Three and a half years on we are still in the Premier League, but what sticks in my mind the most is what turmoil the club has endured. After finishing mid table during the first year back, Newcastle raced out to a 5th placed finish the following year narrowly missing out on the champion's league. In 2012/13 fans had high hopes of a run at the champions league places, although Newcastle struggled fighting a relegation battle all year narrowly staying up. 2013/14 came and Newcastle raced out to a 6th place position at Christmas having just demolished Stoke City 5-1 at home.
The season filtered out and "The Toon" finished 10th having never been a part of the relegation picture all season. Fans were left frustrated at a team which for the first time had lost 6 premier league games in a row, sold it's best player and indeed failed to sign a single player on a permanent basis for the full calendar year. Fans were clear in venting their frustration for the last 3rd of the season, directing most of the negativity toward manager Pardew and owner Ashley.
Pre-season 2014 arrived quickly after the World Cup and Newcastle have acted dramatically signing 7 players so far with the promise of more. Fans and players alike must surely now be buzzing with excitement as our new look team can resemble something of many years past.
So, what's my point? As I write this blog I have read and researched many an opinion of fellow Geordies. I'd like to "chime in" with my "ten pence worth" so here goes; Football has evolved, as has our club and in my opinion for the better. Mike Ashley has restored financial stability amongst our club which evidently was missing in the Shepard era. Of course the spending of millions was fun while it lasted but what did it bring? Owen, Luque, Boumsong, Emre, Parker, Andreas Anderson, Marcelino, Bassedas, Goma the list can go on forever but will not include a single trophy. After clearing the clubs debt, one of the first things Ashley did was slash the wage bill, getting rid of some big big earners who were drastic under performers. One of the things that strikes me was his boldness in accepting that we as a club might have needed to take a step back to take two steps forward. Looking back on our relegation I do believe that is what we have done.
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Newcastle now has a policy of signing players, developing and moving them on for profit. Namely Ba, Cabaye, Debuchy and Carroll have all brought higher fee's than they were acquired for. Newcastle have been able to invest in the youth academy and we are now starting to bear the fruits of that. Paul Dummett and Adam Armstrong have been first team players while Rolando Aarons looks a carbon copy of Raheem Sterling. Newcastle have also brought in 7 players so far this transfer market all who have excited the fans. Cabella looks a very clever player while De Jong looks to be the cunning, creative passer we have craved since the departure of Cabaye, Rivière has added power and athleticism while Colback, Jaanmat and Ayoze have also struck life into a squad that seemed destined for mid table obscurity.
So where are we? Are we a challenger for Europe? Who knows, but the facts are evident. We have a stable back room team who supports each other. Our football club is now being ran like a business rather than a big expensive toy. The owner won't take risks while the manager works within his boundaries (other than nutting opponents). We evidently have one of the top scouting teams in the world for what we need, which is cut price players who we can develop and then move on while giving the fans what they want which is a team to be proud of.
Only time will tell if this policy will bear fruit, I think all Newcastle fans across the board have been frustrated and that must surely be a byproduct of the good times given to us by the legends Keegan and Robson. We must accept that football has changed, as has our club and despite the pragmatism our ambitions are real and attainable. If we finish in the top 6 this season that must be seen as notable improvement from last year, which was a notable improvement from the following year.
We look out at our squad with excitement, we have an abundance of quality and indeed with Cabella, De Jong, Rivière and dare I say it Ben Arfa a squad which now profiles exactly what Newcastle United stands for which is attacking football to the maximum, as fans we have to be licking our lips and getting ready to cheer our team through what surely will be a season filled with progression. Atlético Madrid proved last season that mega bucks are not needed to succeed as they reached the Champions League final (almost winning it) and lifting the Spanish league title ahead of big spending rivals Real Madrid and Barcelona.
Football will change with the FIFA fair play rule also as whatever comes in next to level the playing field, one thing for certain is that clubs like Newcastle and Atlético Madrid will be very well prepared for one changes but more importantly as we see more clubs dive into financial ruin, our club will be here for a long time to come.
In Pards we trust.
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"Regardless of whether one actually thinks that the scheduling of the vote; the phrasing of the choice; the nature of the campaign or the decision itself are 'good things'…the Brexit referendum has left the nation in limbo", said Muirhead through his PR Agency this week.
The uncertainty created by the delay in triggering Article 50 has led to a feeding freezy between other European countries looking to exploit "this messy hiatus", as Muirhead refers to it.
But Muirhead concludes that it has been the ability of start-up companies to work in a "distributed fashion" cross border that has made it the success it has been.
Muirhead's Investments through OpenOcean, which has grown to a team of more than 12, described on the company website as "engineers, dreamers and do-ers that have scaled six software businesses over the past two decades" include HeavenHR, and SaaS platform to manage core HR functions, Unacast, the world's largest proximity network, and web data platform import.io.
Previous investments include MySQL, which raised $40.8m before it was acquired by Sun Microsystems in 2008 for £1 billion, money transfer "unicorn" (a start-upsless than 10 years old with a valuation of over $1 billion) Transferwise and Cluster HQ, based in Bristol, UK, which completed a $12m Series A in 2015.
London's ability to build bridges with Europe's start-up community whilst maintaining a "special" relationship with the US, where Mayor Sadiq Khan this week promoting London and declaring it "open for business", despite its Brexit woes, has traditionally been one of its greatest strengths.
Doubtless both relationships will be tested over the coming months, and most likely years (although Boris Johnson begs to differ) – at least it's good to know that the likes of Muirhead, investing more than a quarter of a million per month, are confident the tech scene will not just pull through, but continue to flourish.


With Holy Week just days away, our 40 day sojourn through Lent is drawing to a close -- and this Sunday, the 40 Days for Life Campaign is as well.
As Pedro shared with you back on Ash Wednesday, 40 Days for Life is a campaign of prayer and fasting for an end to abortion. It's a vigil outside an abortion facility where people stand at every hour of the day, for forty days, praying for life. In its sixth campaign, 40 Days is taking place in 167 cities across the United States, as well as cities in Canada, Northern Ireland and Australia. In Canada, Calgary, Edmonton, and Red Deer are the cities in Alberta participating, Guelph and Toronto in Ontario, Kelowna, British Columbia is the most western city, and Montreal the most eastern.
There isn't chanting, or loud protesting. It's a time of prayer. As Pedro pointed out, if there isn't one near you, or you are unable to attend in these final days, you can always pray and offer sacrifices for the protection of life. It's an intention worth keeping through this Lent, and at all times of the year.
For more information, visit www.40daysforlife.com. You can also follow on the 40 Days for Life blog which not only offers updates from various locations, but also prayer intentions for each day, Scripture passages, and reflections.


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An alternative lunch option
Yeh's Kitchen delivers Chinese food for MVHS students
Yeh's Kitchen
Shivani Gupta and Jasmine Lee
Super Cue Cafe, commonly known for its boba drinks and snacks, recently opened its kitchen to a new business called Yeh's Kitchen in January. Co-owner of the cafe, Weiling Huang, and her friend, Charlene Yeh, started the business allowing customers to order freshly-made Chinese food, ranging from seven to nine dollars.
To order the food, customers can go to their website, go to the "Lunch Order" page, choose the lunch they want, the size, quantity and items they would like to add on and choose whether or not they would like to pick it up in person or have it delivered to their school, depending on the date listed on the order option.
Freshman Ryan Lee discovered the business when his mom found out about the service on WeChat, a social communication app. He was satisfied with the way the company portioned their food. To him, the business is a way for students at MVHS to eat varying types of food and not be constrained to only the choices provided in the cafeteria.
"If these services [existed more] I really think people would [use them] instead of [buying] school lunch," Lee said. "I feel like most people, they like school lunch because they haven't tried other options elsewhere."
While students enjoyed their lunches, Huang outlines her schedule as the founder of the service. Yeh's Kitchen clears up SuperCue Cafe's commercial kitchen by 11:30 a.m. on weekdays for the cafe's food.
In addition to scheduling, different roles were also distributed between Yeh and Huang.
"[Yeh] is the one in charge of all the operation, production, [preparation] of the lunch and [delivery] to the kids," Huang said. "[I am] majorly [involved] in [the] business development and [the] marketing sales area."
Yeh and Huang initially met through their children's Chinese school, and once they discovered each other's skills, they decided to join forces and create Yeh's Kitchen. They have been working together ever since.
"[Yeh's and my] kids go to the same school and she knows that I'm in the business world, [that I've been running] SuperCue for many years," Huang said. "She knows that I [am] in the food industry business and that I own the kitchen, [and I have] my own brand."
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Shivani Gupta is currently a senior and an entertainment editor for El Estoque's staff. In her free time, she likes to hang out with her friends and family and be in the outdoors.
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Jasmine Lee is a senior and currently Opinion section editor.